The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-11-30 00:00:00

WAREING V. RAYNES

The plaintiff was Mr. John Wareing, the organist of the
parish church at Bebington ; and the defendant Mr. Jas.
Trevelyn Raynes, one of le churchwardens for a period
of six years up to Easter of the present year.
Mr. Bretherton, for the plaintiff, said he claimed £l5
for a portion of his salary as organist of the parish church
at Bebington for the year ending 1851. He was in this
unfortunate position, that he was placed between different
contending parties, and the consequence was that he could
not get his money. In 1850, and for some years previous,
the defendant was churchwarden of the parish of Bebing-
ton. He should show that a certain sum had been voted
by the vestry for the organist, (£15,) and paid for the
years ending 1848, 1849, 1850, and he had also been paid
the money for the year ending Easter, 1852 ; but for the
year 1851 the money had not been paid, and here came
the question of the defendant's liability.
The Rev. R. M. Fielding, rector. of Bebington, after
stating the facts connected with the annual allowance of
the £l5 by the parish in open vestry, spoke to the circum-
stances resulting from an arbitration (during the present
year) respecting payment of the plaintiff's salary. A copy
of the decision was sent to the defendant, which he
returned unopened. Mr. Raynes afterwards told witness
that he did not acknowledge his authority to arbitrate,
although he (Mr. Raynes) had suggested the meeting
which resulted in the arbitration.

The Rev. C. Barton' curate of Bebington from Sep-
tember, 1848, to March, 1851', said he was in the habit of
paying the organist his salary. £l5 a year came to him
from the parish. He understood it was primarily for the
organist's salary. He remembered a meeting taking place
at the rectory in the present year. Mr. Raynes was pre-
sent. At that meeting Mr. Raines said he had paid him
(witness) the salary twice. These two payments would
bring the salary up to Easter, 1849, and Easter, 1850.
The meeting at the rectory was in consequence of the dis-
pute between witness and Mr. Raynes. Mr. Raynes had
not paid witness the salary for the year ending Easter,

Mr. Hull, for the defendant, said the question (as Mr.
Bretherton had said) was not whether Mr. Wareing had
received the £l5 owing to him, but rather, who had got
the money which ought to have been paid over to Mr.
Wareing ? The money voted by the parish was for the
orchestra, and the payments had always been made by the
curate, to whom the churchwardens had handed the money,
and the curate, who had the management of the orches-
tra, had applied the money by paying the singers.
The Rev. T. B. Banner stated that he received the
money from the defendant for three successive years during
the time he was curate. The Rev. S. Eversfield also de-
posed to receiving the amount at Easter during the present
year, and Mr. Barton the two intervening years.
His Honour summed up, and the jury returned a ver-
dict for the defendant.

SINGULAR DEATH.—On Tuesday evening. last, an old
woman named Margaret Norris. aged 69, who lodged at
No. 12, Longville•street, was found in the cellar of her

lodgings in a helpless state. She was conveyed to the
Infirmary, where she died yesterday. It appeared the
deceased was much burned about her head and face,
which she said arose from setting fire to her cap with a
candle she bad in her hand, but how the other injuries
were infli. ted is not known. An inquest will be held to-
day (Tuesday).
Loss OF THE 2EOLUS.—The British ship 2-Bolus, up-
wards of 1000 tons burden, I\l'Alinn master, from Cardiff,
for Valparaiso, with coals, was lost on the night of the
10th ult., ten miles to the southward of Casabianca
(Dar-el-baida), during a thick fog. She became a total
wreck soon after she struck on the rocks. The master
and a seaman (Daniel Clarke) were killed by the falling
of the foremast. The chief mate (Hickman) and a sea-
man (Wm. Mant) were drowned, the boat, in which they
were making the shore, having capsized. The number
lost being four, and saved nineteen, sixteen of whom, the
second mate (Krebs) included, were brought to Gibraltar
by the French government steamer Newton,from Tangier,
two remaining there, and one at Rabat. _ _

BURNING OF FACTORlES.—lmmediately following the
destruction by fire of a cloth manufactory and other
property at Eiland, near Halifax, we have now to record
the destruction of other two manufactories by fire in the
'West Riding of Yorkshire. The extensive cloth factory
of Messrs. Norton, situate at Clayton West, near
Huddersfield, was totally consumed on Wednesday last.
The loss is very heavy, rumour making it as much as
£9,000. The premises, we understand, are insured for
£G,OOO. At least 100 people are thus thrown out of
employment. On Thursday morning a large worsted
manufactory, four stories high, at Legrams, near Bradford,
with all its valuable machinery and other contents, was
destroyed by fire. This mill or factory belonged to
Messrs. Bentley, and it is understood that the fire was
occasioned by the carelessness of a boy who was employed
to light the gas in the mill before the usual hour of com-
mencing work. The loss will be many thousands of
pounds, which, however, is covered by insurance.

CAPT. H. Ras' EN, OF THE PARKER.—A most grati-
fying circumstance has taken place on the retura voyage
of the ship Parker, the commander of which vessel has
now completed his fiftieth voyage across the Atlantic,
between the ports of Liverpool and George-town and De-
merara, occupying a space of nearly twenty-two years,
during which time, by his manly hardihood and sailor-
like capabilities, he has been able to preserve his ship
from those misfortunes so often recorded in the life of the
mariner. On Captain Risien's intention being made
known at Demerara that he would retire from the sea-
faring life he had so long followed, the opportunity was
taken by the inhabitants of the island to present him with
a memorial of the esteem in which he was held by them,
and a deputation was appointed to assure him, in the
name of the numerous friends with whom he was about
to part, of their regret at his leaving the island, at the
same time presenting him with a very iiandsome piece of
plate, purchased by a subscription entered into by all
classes in Demerara. When he arrived safely in port
from this last voyage another pleasure awaited him. On
landing he was met by his owners, Messrs. Sandbacb,
Tinnie, and Co., who presented him with an elegant tea-
kettle, with a lamp and stand, in silver; assuring him of
the esteem in which he was held by them, as well as by
all others who knew him. On the teakettle are engraved
a sketch of the ship Parker, and the following inscription
—" Presented, by the owners of the ship Parker, to
Captain Henry Risien, on his retirement from the sea,
after a faithful service of twenty-eight years, and the
completion of his fiftieth voyage to Demerara and back,
in command of the Parker. Liverpool, November, 1852."
Besides the above, several other pieces of plate presented
to Captain Risien may now be seen at Mr. Mayer's, in
Lord-street.

THE NEW SCREW STEAM COMPANY.—On Saturday, 3
deputation, consisting of the members of Parliament, '
accompanied the directors of the London, Liverpool, and
North America Steam Screw Company, to wait on the
Right Hon. J. W. Henley and Lord Colchester, at the
Board of Trade, for the purpose of supporting them in
their application for a charter. The deputation consisted
of Mr. John Masterman, M.P., Mr. Peter Rolt, M.P.,
Sir Herbert Maddock, M.P., Alderman Thompson, M.P.,
Mr. John Vance, M.P., Mr. Charles J. Mare, M.P., Mr.
Wyndham Goold, M.P., Mr. Vincent Scully, M.P., Mr.
Wm. Hutt, 1V1.P., Mr. D. Waddington, M.P., Mr. C. E.
Roche, M.P., Mr. Wm, Fagan, M.P., Mr. Robt. Carter,
M.P., Mr. J. Francis Maguire, M.P., Mr. J. W. Russell,
M.P., Mr. J. Macgregor, M.P., the Hon. F. H. F. Ber-
keley, M.P., Sir John B. Y. Buller, M.P., Mr. Richard
M. Fox, M.P., Mr. Thos. A. Mitchell, M.P., Sir John
M. F. South, M.P., Gen. Sir Geo. Berkeley, M.P., Mr.
John J. Heard, M.P., Mr. W. H. Gore Langton, M,P.,
Mr. Thos. H. Brooking, Mr. Robt. Gillespie, Mr. W.
Hutton Chaytor, Mr. Robt. Carter, Col. Woolbridge, Mr.
Henry J. Prinsep, Mr. Robt. J. Gillespie, jun., and Mr.
Robt. Lamont, with Mr. Samuel J. Wadeson, solicitor,
and Mr. James Nelson, secretary. The deputation was
introduced by Mr. Masterman, who presented a memorial
in favour of this company, signed, as he remarked, by the
principal merchants of the city. Mr. Henley was then
addressed at some length by Mr. Gillespie, Mr. Carter,
and Mr. Brooking, showing the advantages likely to accrue
to our Transatlantic possessions by the establishment of
such a company, which could only be done by chartered
bodies, without the aid of large Government subsidies :
explaining, at the same time, that Canada and Newfound-
land were totally destitute of steam communication, and
that to the United States was only for a high class of pas-
sengers and fine goods, whilst the emigrant and heavy
articles of commerce were entirely overlooked. They
were followed by the members for Cork and Dublin, who
described the crying necessity for the establishment of
this company, in consequence of the misery and distress
experienced by the unfortunate Irish in their passages, by
closely crammed sailing vessels to New York and Canada.
The member for Bristol also pointed out to Mr. Henley
the fact of his having applied, some time since, for a
committee of the House of Commons to investigate the
circumstances under which the subsidy of £160,000 was
granted for doing what this company now proposed to do
on a more extended scale, giving accommodation for the
numberless individuals, at low and fair prices, without
applying to the Government for a farthing. Mr. Henley
said the subject should have the best consideration of Her
Majesty's Government.