The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-02-23 00:00:00

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LANCASTER, FEB. 18
(Before Baron Rolfe and a Special Jury.)

LEVINS

JAWTON V. BOUSTEAD AND ANOTHER

LIABILITY OF PROVISIONAL COMMITTEEBIE;

This was an action brought, by the plaintiffs, who are
surveyors at Manchester, to recover the sum of 4128 10s•
from the defendants, who are both gentlemen of private
fortune, Mr. Henderson, residing at Liverpool and Mr.
Boustead, at Sedburgh, in Yorkshire, for services ren-
dered in that capacity, in reference to a projected, line e'
railway between Lancaster and Newcastle, and in the
prospectus ofwhich the names of the defendants appeared
as provisional committeemen. "
A great number of witnesses were examined, who prove'
that the defendants had authorised their names to be,
placed on the provisional committee, and that Bousteau
took such an active part in the scheme as to direct the
diversion of the route from that originally contemplated
by the surveyor sent over by Messrs. Levins and Lawton'
It was not proved, however, that either of the defendl;fv.
engaged these gentlemen, either personally or by VIII-3,
Under these circumstances, the learned IL., direCW

wished to tender a bill of

objection the
His lordship had no to Baines taking
case to a court of error or the House of Lords. He wig':
nevertheless remark that the state of the case was perfect
clear. When persons entered into a commercial contras
they took each other for better or worse, either by them'i
selvei or their agents. But this was not the Case with
joint-stock speculations, and least of all with provision"
committees. When a man entered into partnership, 11°
knew who were his partners ; ,but no provisional cols;
laced on'the list aft°

hat there was nc

thing startling in the doctrine that provisional committee"
men were not responsible for contracts in which they J
not taken an active part. On the 17th one of the de-
fendants was appointed a member of the provisional cool:
mittee ; but that did not, make him employ' the defo,
'
ants, .and was therefore no evidence whatever.—Verdiew
accordingly for defendants.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

LYTHAM SPRING CHAMPION COURSING MEETING. :4
This meeting took place on:Wednesday, Thursday, an
Friday, over the grounds of Thomas. Clifton, Esq. 1.,
hares ran well, particularly the two latter days. The fain
lowing are the returns :—The Great Clifton Cup, was
by Mr. Coupe's Handy, beating Mr. Temple's Tricksy
The Talbot Cup was won by Mr. Jardine Liddesdale!
beating Mr. Barnes's Lady. The Lytham Cup was Ny?,P,
by Mr. Buxton's Octavia, Mr. A. Graham's Send-baci,
the4noney running up. The Veteran Stakes were ""..41
by Mr. E. Robinson's Old Nick, heating Mr. Saunded,
Dressmaker. Sapling Stakes--No. 1, won by Mr..
Hornby's Her Highness ,beating Mr. Jepson's 1-107.
No. 2,. won by Mr. E. G. Hornby's Hydropathy, Y' d•
Taylor's Ruby running up ; No. 3, won by Mr.
I son's- Beggar Boy, beating Mr. Atkinson/s Am. ber 1'1_2%
I

m's Gin, beating Mr. Regen4e.
won by .Mr. Reade's Sultan the "
_ md, beating Mr. Browne's 'Phoenix. The snatch be'
tween Mr. Graham's Sir. Edward and Mr. Bake's nircit:
Browne's Stunning vonbyAtnhdey former." The
he mittch,b.etween Car
dy Joe

4, won bIA:

lime, w
Hozg's

POLITICAL MISCELLANI

as consented .to be a cane

iced a petition fr,t

for the representation of Leicester.
On Friday, Sir, Robert Peel press.
Liverpool, in favour of further relaxation of
ties on manufactures and commerce.
. MANCHESTER, BOROUGH ELECTION.—At a meeting
Lord Lincoln'g committee,- held on Friday, it was d
solved that a deputation should proceed to London
Tuesday, to present the requisition, asking his lore
to:offer himself as a candidate for the representation
the borough.

rictive 01]

SLAVERY.—Lord Brougham, in presenting a petititui,
to the Ho-use of Lords on Friday, from the Foreign Mo.
Slavery Society, said he had beewinformed that in col.l,et,
,
quence of the bill of last year sugar plantations had v.-00,
propagated in Cuba and Brazil, while coffee plantatl
had been thrown out of cultivation. The
had also increased from 20 to 25 per cent

nicie of 511°