The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-04-06 00:00:00

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UORNTIIWAITE V. GARDNER.—The plaintiff in this
case, Mr. Joseph Cornthwaite, joiner and builder, Bow-
!less, Windermere, as executor of Robert Barrow, de-

FRI DAY. —PERCIVAL v. HAMILTON.—This Case,
opened the previous afternoon, was proceeded with. Plain-
tiff is a joiner and packing-case maker, carrying on busi-
ness in Faulkner-street, Manchester; the defendant is
treasurer of the Sun Fire Insurance Company; and the
action was brought to recover £325, on a policy of £350,
for damage done to that extent by a fire on his premises,
on the night of the 30th of April. The claim was resisted
on several grounds, the principal one being that it was
fraudulently set up, and that the plaintiff had wilfully
ccused the fire.—After evidence had been adduced, show-
ing that the plaintiff had sustained loss to the extent of
the claim, Mr. Watson addressed the jury for the defen-
dant, and contended that the plaintiff was attempting to
commit a false, scandalous, and exaggerated fraud upon
the Sun office; and that, if this were proved by the rules
of the society, which set forth th%t if, after a fire took
place, the insured were guilty of any fraud, his claim to
recover would be forfeited, he had no locus standi in
court. Evidence was called by the defendant to prove
that the stock in Percival's shop was much less than had
been stated by plaintiff's witnesses. Verdict for the
plaintiff for £240.

BRADBURY v. THE MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND
LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY.-011 this case being called
on, there were only ten jurors in the box, and the case
consequently went of'.

ANOTHER INSURANCE CASE.—LEIGIITON V. NICHOL.
—(Special Jury case.)—This was an action brought by
Edward J. Leighton, to recover £4OO on a policy of
insurance granted by the London and Liverpool Insur-
ance Company.—The plaintiff was landlord of the Old
Parliament-house, Lower Parliament-street, Liverpool,
up to 24th August, on which day a fire broke out, which
destroyed the house and all its contents ; the plaintiff
and the inmates escaped with difficulty. The question
was merely one of items, for the purpose of showing whe-
ther the claim was fairly made. The evidence was pro-
ceeding when the court rose at six o'clock,

SATURDAY.—LEIGHTON V. NICOL.—This case was
resumed, and after a tedious investigation, witnesses being
examined on both sides, Mr. Sergeant Wilkins addressed
the jury for the plaintiff, for whom the jury returned is
verdict for the full amount.
DOBIA V. LONDON AND NOnTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.
—Special jury case. This action was brought to recover
damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff, the Rev.
Samuel Doris, of Wigan, in a railway accident, while tra-
velling on the North Union line, in a second-class car-
riage. Verdict by consent for £3OO.
DOE DEM ROBERTSON V. GARDENER AND ANOTHER.—
Special jury case. An action in which the lessor of the
plaintiff sought to recover possession of a moiety of a cer-
tain parcel of land, situate in St. James's-square, and in
Booth-street, Manchester. Verdict for the plaintiff by
consent, subject to a special case upon the documents.
FALKNER V. STEELE.—The plaintiff was Mr. Edward
Falkner, stock and share broker, and a member of the
Stock Exchange, Liverpool, and the defendant, who is at
present a resident in Liverpool, was formerly in the em-
ployment of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Com-
pany. The action was brought to recover upwards of
£3,000, alleged to be a balance of certain moneys ex-
pended by plaintiff, at the request of the defendant, in
the purchase and sale of stock in the Lancashire and
Yorkshire Railway Company. Verdict for the plaintiff
for the amount claimed.
A case arising out of disputed share transactions was
gone into at considerable length, but it was ultimately
arranged.

One or two other cases went off by arrangement, and
the court adjourned.

(Yesterday's Nisi Prius will be found in the Bth page.)

THE INSPIRATION OF THE BIBLE.

LECTURE BY DR. BAYLEE

On Friday evening last, the Rev. Dr. Baylee, of St.
Aidan's College, Birkenhead, delivered an interesting
lecture in the Collegiate Institution, on the Inspiration of
the Scriptures. The lecturer examined the subject in the
following order :

1. Inspiration. This is the action of God on the spirit,
including the understanding and the affectims. In the
ancient times men required to be prepared for the divine
afflatus, as when a minstrel was employed to calm the
excitement of Elisha. Inspired men were sometimes
unconscious of the heavenly gift, as in the case of Jeremiah;
or conscious of it, as Ezekiel ; or, in doubt, as St. Paul.
Sometimes it came in the form of " a deep sleep."
2. Revelation is the effect of inspiration, or God's
knowledge to man. The sacred writers also referred to
the archives of the country, but this any one m'ght do ;
and hence the references to the " Books of the Chroni—
cles," &c. Several kinds of revelation were spoken of;
and to this subject Paul alluded when he said, " I think
also that I have the spirit of God." Some facts are given
by revelation only, as the history of the creation ; others
were well known, but the stamp of Divine authority is
given to them, as the moral sentiments in the Book of
Proverbs ; and natural facts were stated in a popular way,
so that the error was not in the science of the statement,
but in the wisdom of the interpreter.
3. Inspired Men. As the spirit of God acts on every
man more or less, so every man is at times more or less
inspired. The term " inspired writer" was usually con-
fined to those who were conscious of being acted upon by
the spirit of God, either by present or subsequent evidence.
The feeling was not continuous but occasional, as Balsam
and Caiplias were not always good men.
4. Inspired writings. These should be altogether in.
spired, else they
are
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things as they appeared, science explained them as they
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authority of God, and exhibits
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ministerhbie the Bible. It possesses the
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be had a Devil. The doctrines of the Bible, its history,
its novel teaching, are all true ; and they must be ver-
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REPRESENTATION OF SOUTH LANCASHIRE. The
League is suited with a nominee at last. Alderman Wat-
kins, it is understood, was asked to occupy the post to be
vacated by Mr. Henry, when Mr. Cheetham, of Staly-
bridge, had declined it, but the worthy alderman was
obliged to return a negative. Failing with him, the

League again sounded Mr. Cheetham,"and succeeded in
breaking down the resolution he so recently formed. He
is now, therefore, their man. On Thursday a deputation

their friends there, and are understood to have succeeded
so well that they returned sanguine of great success, even
in the event of a contest. There is to be a meeting this
day (Tuesday) at the League Rooms, for the purpose of
introducing Mr. Cheetham to the freeholders, when, if
his confession of faith be orthodox (as the League hold
orthodoxy):_it will be proposed by Mr. 11.7ipv And Qp-

he 6e brought

.eard a report which is
Conservatives are not

hey can help it, and t
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waded by the noble earl him

self from going any further, so far as the gallantraptaiCia
concerned.—Manchester Courier.

ceased, sued defendant, who is a solicitor at the same
place, for balance of account upon a contract for building
a house. There was a counter claim set up by defendant
for a guarantee given by Barrow for a debt of £350 due
by a grocer named Forrest. A point also arose whether
part of the balance sued for having accrued in finishing
the building after Barrow's death, it could be recovered
by this action. The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff
for £92, subject to a motion for a nonsuit on an objection
taken by Mr. Knowles, that in the lifetime of Mr. Bar-
row there never was any complete cause of action.
A SPORTING TRANSACTION.—HOLMES v. SIXSMITIT.
—The plaintiff in this action was Richard Wilson Holmes,
publican of Liverpool, and owner of a celebrated trotting
horse called Jackey, who sued the defendant Robert Six-
smith, as stakeholder in a certain race, which plaintiff
the fraudulent conduct of other parties. The alleged that he had been prevented from winning
circum-
stances of the case are very well known in sporting circles;
, through
and the public generally will, per'Laps, be satisfied with
knowing that plaintiff had been induced to match his
horse for £lOO against another, represented as being " a
rough horse, used to draw a cart in Liverpool," whilst, in
reality, it was a well-known American celebrity, called the
Oneida Chief. Notwithstanding, plaintiff's horse was
only defeated at length by " fouling," by the party own-
ing the American horse, one of whom had procured him-
self to be chosen umpire. A great number of sporting
characters were examined in the case, and considerable
interest was manifested during its progress. The Judge
ultimately directed a verdict to be returned for the plain-
tiff, on the ground of fraud having been practised apart
him ; but reserved as a legal point the question whether a
stamp should not have been attached to the conditions of
tl:e race.

LIBEL.—TILSON v. lior.mas.—in this case, which was
one arising out of the preceding, a juror was withdrawn.

THURSDAY.—ALLEGED BREACH OF CONTRACT.--
HINDLE V. KENYON.—The plaintiff in this case, James
Hindle, was a brickmaker, at Blackburn, and sued John
Kenyon, of Woolley-bridge, for damages sustained from
a breach of contract in having neglected to deliver certain
furniture of plaintiff's, which was subsequently seized and
sold for rent owing by him. His Lordship stated that
plaintiff was entitled to receive the value of his furniture;
and a verdict was found accordingly,—damages, £l2.
CLAIM FOR INJURY SUSTAINED IN A COTTON FAC-
TORY.—COR (AN INFANT IN FORMA FAUPERIS) V. PLATT
AND ANOTHER.—Special jury. The plaintiff in this case
was a child of about 14 years, named Nancy Coe, and
the defendants are Messrs. Platt and Sutcliffe, cotton
manufacturers, of Manchester. The action was brought
to recover damages for an injury sustained by plain-
tiff, in being caught by the machinery in defendants'
factory, which had been negligently uncovered contrary to
the provisions of the act of parliament. It appeared that,
after the grievous injury in question, the plaintiff had been
supplied by defendants with medical attendance, and
every thing required for her maintenance. A legal ques-
tion was raised upon the construction of the act of parlia-
ment, defendants contending that it was not required to
fence the particular shaft which caused the accident. His
lordship said that as regarded such legal point the verdict
must be for the defendant. The jury assessed the da-
mages at £150; the plaintiff to have leave to enter a ver-
dict with the thmag,es found by the jury.
ALLEGED NON-FULFILMENT OF A CONTRACT.—
DUNCUFT V. CLEGG AND ANOTHER.—(Special Jury
case.)—The plaintiff was Mr. John Duncuft, M.P.
for Oldham, and the defendants trustees under
the will of Mr. Clegg, deceased, who was possessed in his
lifetime of property at Oldham, including a mansion
named Westwood-house. The action was brought under
a contract from defendants to sell the house to plaintiff
for £2,550 on chief rent, which it wrs contended they had
no right to do by the will. Plaintiff had paid a portion of
the money which he sought to recover. After hearing
several of the witnesses, the judge declared there was no
answer to the case; and the jury returned a verdict for
the plaintiff, damages £1,450.
ACTION ON A POLICY OF INSURANCE.—FERCIYAL
V. HAMILTON.—(SpeciaI Jury case.)—This was an action
brought by the plaintiff against the Sun Fire Insurance
Company to recover a sum of £325 upon a policy of
insurance. The plaintiff's case was partially gone into,
when the court adjourned at half-past six o'clock.

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