The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-20 00:00:00

ZIPPING AND MERCANTIL
:MISCELLANY.
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AT LIGHTITOUSES.—Among the
expenditure by the Trinity-house last year_ was.. one of
£5l 16s. 3d., " for reading books for the use of the keepers
of the lighthouses and crews of the light-vessels."
GOLD.—It is understood that the London agency of the

ms of

tgr
)1,,
,340RDINARY Rua
4,,m5t., has,
i'.'.' ?toyer, Captain Warton, wilt..
at a most unseasonable p
the ,the voyage hence to St. Petersburg
taigue,rt space of 39 days, 7 of which wen
/I`,, cargo at Cronstadt.—Holl Packet.
lae,tgin
OF A LIVERPOOL VESSEL.—The British
kite' -oulwer, Captain Thomas Tobin, 1,100 tons burd-
iiru two hundred emiorants, foundered in sixty fath
tr, off Moosepece% Island, on the 9th of Nov-
the ic mud were saved by the boats. .
tlO lack Ball Liverpool Line of Packets, tv-
-I,''"'u, and was bound for Quebec.
eerrn
the
OP THE EA.ST.—lntelligence has been
berve'd of the arrival at Melbourne, on the 23d of Septt
p,2 of the Star of the East, one of the Golden Line
o;kets belonging to Messrs. Millers and Thompson, ai
i Ported by Mr. Beasley, of this town. She sailed from th
i et,
ic.on the Bth of July, and has consequently made th
!, ard run in 77 days'
p`'Rllowitoor Caors in NATAL.—The extraordinary
tiaretiveness of arrowroot in the soil of Natal is illus.
seraeci by the fact that from a plot of less than half-an-
-127% on the estate of Mr. Morewood, at Compensation, a
of the root or tubers has been taken weighing
lb 1,,,,413- and this crop has been sold for cash at ld. per
01;,"vnig upwards of £5O for less than half-an-acre ! The
t0:,..,ed arrowroot from this lot has been sold in this
''W at is. per lb.—Cape Thwn Mail.
t4ZPPEE PLANTING AT NATAL. —A letter from a gentle-
ofT.,!tho has large landed property in Natal, to a friend
100 in Cape Town, states that he has no less than
wai's,'"u coffee-trees, many of them blossoming, and which
Nit bear freely this year. He is also going to plant out
Plant. °ADO to 10000 new plants this season. Sugar
thortny, he states,.is also rapidly increasing, so that, in E
Ita.l stun, Sugar and coffee will be reckoned among th
e articles Of export from this flourishing colony.-
Ee Town Mail.
80,ZOURAGEMENT TO AUSTRALIAN VOYAGING.—The
(iraYl:, Aastralian Government has, on the motion of the BANGOR.—At a meeting held last week, £1,040 were
ve Council, awarded the sum of £4OO to Captain subscribed towards church extension in that parish.
ha„.°Vion, of the steamer Victoria, in consideration of his A
.tx.T THE BIRMINGHAM CATTLE SHOW, Mr. L. Braxl-
jai`dieng made the voyage out from England to Port Ade- hnrst Hill, Bach-hall, Chester, gained the first prize of
kwar'av4llll a mail, in 60 clear days. The like sum will be £lO for the best fat pig exceeding 15 months old.
sat, tether
any other vessels which shall make the voyage
lisa e miler Under sail or by steam, in 67 days, within Mr. rBRIDE has been entrusted with the execution of
the monument to the late Dr. Stevenson, of Birkaahead.
cl'aes,llt two years. To provide for this the sum of £6,000
An aid relievi in Carrara marble, from the text., " Heal
ilitatu" voted. It is made a condition that such vessels the sick," will form the leading feature of the work.
1, take out a contract malt.
FATAL Acorns-sr.—An inquest was held on Friday, at
t.2IE AUSTRALIAN TRADE.— The accounts received the Angel Hotel, Birkenhead, on the body of Michael Sullivan,
4,i'cin Australia have increased the demand for tonnage, who was engaged in loading a vessel with coals in the Birk-
% freights are very plentiful of every kind, whilst the enhead dock, when a heavy piece of machinery fell upon
Nr,in?., is far from being over abundant. The rates of him, injuring him very severely. The jury returned a
per ton have in consequence further advanced 20s, to 40s. verdict or "accidental death."
have sii
•• The General Screw Steam Shipping Company THE Punenia OF MRS. WM. LAIRD took lace on
given notice that the rate of freight by the Crcestis is
kr 6.°nl £7 to £9 arid upwards for fine goods after the Tuesday, in Birkenhead Church. Notwithstanding the
110 severity of the weather, a considerable number of persons
k,, instant. Sailing vessels are obtaining from 90s. to were present, to offer a last testimonial of respect to the
it ,Nl' ton. There are also more passengers offering, memory 'of a lady who was much esittented in the circle in
10.!be tide of enigration is by no means active from which she moved.
Cn•
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the
k,li /Oa- OF %ea tvo.—A deputation from the Royal week ended December 11, 1853 :—Ralway , Passengers,
},ttigitural Society was received by Lord Clarendon on parcels, &c., £1,842 13s. 10d. • goods £1,492 17s. 10d.;
Itated 43r week. In answer to the deputation, 'his lordship Steam-boats : £202 9s. Ocl. 'iota, t 9,538 Os. Bd. are . that the Government were directing a large share crease as compared with the corresponding week last year,
ir attentien to the question of cheapening Pernyian £4IZ Os. sd.
!lie"80; and that they intended to institute inquiries into CHESTER CHURCHYARDS.—The chairman of the local
kg. „htiStiCS el the supply in Peru, and also as. to obtain- board of health (Mr. Trevor) 'has received information
kaieZPPlies ,et- nitrate of soda from the Mexican tern- from the Home-office that Lord Palmerston is sending to
Lordwhich "was understood to possess 'Properties ''""'' 'Chester Dr. Sutherland, 'the government commissioner
Lnhf'''u it 'equivalent, as a manure, to guano itself. /under the Burials (beyond the 'metropolis) Act, to report
4 telis'arertion also referred to the thousand tons
eaail3, ,annnally thrown away in Newfonn d that might 'upon the state of the'chnrehyards and other burial grounds
in that city.
~T4,,ue 'converted into a rich and fertsing manure. STEALING Inow.—Atthe 'Birkenhead Police-court, on
tiet,,,,t` Stay ALFRED —ln the County Court of Bourke Th Thursday, four rough-looking young men, named John
efor„""e) the case of Husband v. Sutherland was tried Lynch,u 'Fro' Francis Campbell, Charles Ryan, and Michael
, a„,' t- W. Pohlman, Esq., judge,.on September 22nd. Fahey, were charged with stealing a quantity of ,iron
I,4ibh.,Lun Was to recover £5O the value of a box of boots, from the shipbuilding-yard,of Mr. John Laird, on Wed-
ttvl.._ at Liverpool, on board the Alfred, of which e nesday.
lef'Q ' • ' ' 'eb m Campbell- and Ryan were sent to gaol' for three
aa bd,"`, Was master. The plaintiff,helieving that there
ilve „,1.,-I'°lng like leather, brought wat with him a specula- months each ; Fahey for '2l, and Lynch for 14 days.—
James Wood, a bellet,maker in Mr. Laird's employ, was
,L4sr„,-""e, k of boots and shoes. But 'the boots marched committed on -a iimilarcharge.
ahb7%-es out of sight, or, at any rate, were never Mn.. W. TOPIIIM.—On Wednesday Mr. E. W. Thai-
111et, e.. 4 from the ship- into' the possession of the plaintiff. , the eer 'othe eourse at Chester,
ham •1
k f
V'efence was that the defendant had exercised the
It 4 carp 'wards of 40 gentlemen 'to a sumptuous entertainment at
tf,"41),1n - "Fleeted from captains of'vessels. He had put the King's Arms Ritrlhen, in this city. After theiusnal
' th —l'd a lighter and thondht-notice had been given
l' e • ' loyal toasts, Mr. I. B. Musgrave proposed 'the health of
e11i.., consignee of its being Placed upon the wharf. Mr. E. W. Topham, 'she newly elected town clerk-of the
~ii4l for plaintiff, £5O and mots,
loyal and ancient incorporation of the King's Arms Kit-
`hezao h'-PING AGENCY.—The case -of Gray v. :Tames was Then. The toast ",hieving been rapturously received, Mr.
`ht a,,eiard, although the plaintavas nominally 'for rM2 68., Topham responded -to the compliment in appropriate
tlv ount in dispute was craly £1 2s. 6d. ; and the ques- terms. Several other toasts were afterwards given, and
eop to a certain allegoticustom said "to prevail. in the proceedings 'were agreeably interspersed 'with some
e Ppmg agency business in Melbourne, of-deducting excellent glees. 'The arrangements were admirably con-
ste..l,)er Cent. upon all transactions in which shipping ducted. —Cheiter Courant.
1,1.,:143 were concerned, the said per centage being for the TOWNSIT/P' 13 -I,' 40XTON.—The inspectors,of lighting held
'la.nd advantage of those happy beings -the,shipping their anwanl 'meeting on Thursday, at the (Queen's Arms,
tpit,,4• The plaintiff had a-lighter, and tire :lighter was for the purpose(ef laying before the ratepayers a-statement
*hieisled by Captain James 'to bring up somegoods, for
14ehi;,,y.ork the amount claimed was charged. (Upon the of their accounts for
the year ended the ISt 'instant, to
Der ee'lisen taking his bill to Calitain James, that-pate skip- vote money foethe purpose of lighting the town hip for
the ensuirq vear, and to elect four inspectors to fill up
ttho w erred the lighterman 'to 'Messrs. Bearer and Stevens,
kishedere quite Willing taliquidate the claim, 'hut only vacancies. dhe sum mof £l4O was voted for the-,purpose of
lighting, stalklike following gentlemen were elected inspec-
kvaiii—_ nip off a trifling --five per cent. for 'their own tors, viz., Mr. Charles P. Nosworthy, Mr. liosejil G. Nash,
tett, _l7e. To
this mild proposition the Plaintiff demur-
mai a a accordin and Mr. Thomas Blissett, to serve for three :years, and
gly braught.this action. Verdict for the
Lev e ft'r full Mr. James N'ckles to serve for two years. Thanks were
t, neit 0 amount elairaell. '
voted to Mr.-John Crowther, as chairman of the-inspectors.
ooAßD,___,rt STEAMER WITH HER MAGI/TERRY ON ,
ifEATE.IN A. FOG.—A melancholy event has just oc-
-1 Co. lanejradaY, at 'high water, Messrs. Lawrie curred in 'the neighbourhood of Lianllyfiii, 'Carnarvon-
rini little -``
padm from tbeir'building-ard at Whiteinch shire. Aboat a week ago, John Williams, 19 years
411 the signal be-wheol steamer of , 200 tonsiaurthen. of age, in the employ of the Carnarvonshire -Slate Cora-
-n 'l44' gien. ad hile th vet Pater- pony left his work at the Tanrallt Quarry et the usual
ic,„ ng off, Miss Paterson he eau while
of - '
ve, , sq., perfo dth ,g ter . James hour, and-avrs seen by his fellow-workmen
toaain towaras
14, oosery liar
i
rme e cerfinony of naming the vessel.
, i his home, :about two miles off, in excellent lealth and
14 'vessel " "*""r° ‘-f ""vakr 1" this mingle, "sptrits. liealid not reach home that night,and next day
Ndk c° on board the,whole of the machinery, and
L;iv
~,utplete a state that his twos found about a mile from his . dwelling. A she will in a day or two be heavy Eon-hewing prevailed a strict search.wes instituted.
etr Proceed on her voyage to Australia.—Skipping The-'co,
rpm was discovered on Monday .by roman coming
qn4 'e.—LThis is not the first example of a steam-vessel over the mountain called Graig Las. Ituis-sepposed that
NI launched with bee machinery on board. The first he lost his way in the fog, and perished thncrugh cold and
built which was hralt was so treated. She was starvation.
Pam °Y Messrs. Tod and *Macgregor, of Glasgow, com- THE SBIE3MEEFERRY.---On Tuesday, at-the adjourned
Nii In their building yard, and with machinery on meeting of the contractors and others, it was resolved—
tso;li!M STEAM tr?, was Tat into the water at the ~ That -the Troprietor of the Seacombe Ferry is hereby
resolved—
e5O whence she steamed away on her trial trip called upon at once to supply good and efficient boats, to
, to,ately afterwards.—ED. L. S.]
insure regnifoity, efficiency, and despatch, and if he is not
't4 tel:°N AND LIVERPOOL BUILT IRON SHIMS.— now prepared to pledge himself to do tliii, is hereby called
t7t-trtic°t Published by Mr. Swan, engineer of the South- upon at once's° withdraw his offer to the Boardof Health,
N4111a.2,1,1d Continental Steam-packet Company, as to the and forthwith to let the ferry to other parties."—Mr.
,Yl,4,,;,`Ltlve cost of repairs 6f their eight steam-boats and Seawright 'moved this resolution, which was seconded by
iir'l eh',,fuur of them ballt7by an eminent London builder, Mr. Holmes. Mr. Penny, the manager for Mr. Smith, the
ALl.'hh rnes by a London engineer, and four built by Mr. owner of thelerry, entered into a defence of himself. Mr.
00 a Birkenhead, engines b; Messrs. Forrester Pino, who sonplies the boats for the ferry, also explained
,t,, gird,'erpool :
his position. The meeting was subsequently addressed by
off,our Liverpool boats end machinery, 1 .0154, Messrs. Brown, Golding, Hill, Gibson, Jones, Ilirownrigg,
Abi of February, 1850,1 e alst Jaly, 1853 1 ---- and others. 'Eventually, on the motion 6° Mr. Hall, (a
' four London boats for -same period... 134166 eommissioner,)tthe resolution was modified, krpkaving out
,„ ~,,, the word after'" despatch," and subslitading-these words,
'3,'"-4 " pending the negotiations for letting the ferry:" So
modified, the resolution was adopted by a large majority. ,

gh and back

She belonged t
isnred fc

have be

Bank of New South Wale
consignment to them of 15,000 ounces of gold by the

Madagascar, 20,000 by the Chowringhee, 20,000 by the
Roxburgh Castle, 7,000 by the 'Tartar, 10,000 by the Un-
daunted, and 15,000 by the Ambrosyne, making altoge-
ther 87,000 ounces, worth £348,000, in addition to 25,000

ounces sent them by the Victoria, just arrived. The
Madagascar and Chowringhee are known to have a total
of about 60,000 ounces each, and are expected daily. All
the others are looked for by the Ist of January, and the
receipts generally during the next three months will, it is
supposed, be large.

,Saving

k,1141.11
-"(,alterations of fear Liverpool boats
14(,)

LIGHT DvEs.'----We direct the attention of the shipping
interest to the following return, from which it will be
seen that the tax levied upon shipping for light dues
leaves a surplus amounting to nearly as much
as the whole cost of maintaining the lights. Without

going into nice calculations, it is evident that our ships
are taxed nearly 100 per cent. more than they ought to
be for the maintenance of the lights. We are aware that
much of what is collected goes to pay the interest
on the debt which the Trinity-house has incurred, but we
say that the board has no right to require the shipowners
to pay this debt, or the interest on it, inasmuch
as - the Trinity-house had no right to incur it:—

" Lighthouses.—Yesterday a return to parliament was
printed of the receipts as tolls from lighthouses, &c., by
the Trinity-house, in last year. The net revenue was
£169,781 18s 61-d. The charge of maintenance was
£88,683 is 6.1 d, leaving the surplus £81,098 16s 111 d. The
duties collected to the office of buoyage and beaconage
were in net £18,619 18s 61d. There was a surplus of
£70,000 on this account, which has been applied in part
liquidation of the debt incurred in the purchase of the
private lights, and to charitable and other uses connected
withthe corporation."—Shipping and Mercantile Gazette.

CHESHIRE AND WALES.

OUadtS _ T-- 4.1_ - a
44,elodhs__•---;libery for a more extended period, MELA.NCHOLY EFFBCTS OF MALA.Rit.—...II uue second
£19,500 week in November last, the festivities annuallyrollebrated
trlk,,e-mg the above, so as to give a longer •
‘, till .),Say Ist Aug., 1846, to 31st Only, 1853 ;in connexion with the Cowbridge Haut took !place as
,
No nPenditure
being additions to the lelite1elite
usual. The race. ball at the Bear Hotel, in the :town of
' and not repairs
2,000' reowbridge, was attended by the eof that portion of
IN .Giammorganshire, and had passed off with greater bril-
il iliancy even than ordinary. In a few days, however, the
m. a°lle of four London vessels for above
l 17,500 greatest consternation was occasioned by tire eircum-
-1
E 26,500 rte that several sadies and gentlemen who had sheen
....... ..
t 4 present were attacked by a fever of a most obstinate :and
N Lire arin,~
'"‘"' ' eAtiliction has beemoceAsioned by the
.aecidental,bftak-
qilttr:lsool'vessels are one quarter larger and one- til-
ing apt° an old drain. during some alterations on in
, txt ere Power, therefore the saving is really greater
he ,immediate vicunty,ef the ball-room, and ‘whicla,:rt as
kl.4ltlr:°tir than the figures give.
' said :bad not been opened for upwards of twenty years.
t 4,, -, ki"ttOURRE STEAMER.—COX 1,..T1CE AUSTRALIAN Th c.; - -
The trev.s.,:reorge Traherne,and Miss Richards of Roathi have
;:!k,kl/4,ti°„lL STEAM NIVIOA.TIox 0611 PANT.—This fallen victims to the terrible malady. Members, of nearly
11,1%. i))u, tried at the Court of Queen's Bench on all the !influential families in the district, who attended
11'141,11,k4.41.4;;1ight by the captain of the screw steam-ship the tail, am suffering inllte same way, many of them not
16u6. Iv , the repeated failures and disasters of which, expected to recover ; among those are members (of ,the ,
th 11S, and off Plymouth, have so frequently been
Nkeett e public, -families iof Sir G. Tyler, 14. P., Mr. Booker, XX Dr. '•
..,
4 (let le, to recover compensation in damages for carne,,.and.others.
,IL tined • • of • •
t ottl_ Unjust dismissal the plaintiff from the pogropmeg ROBBERIES
oek 6.",, company as captain of the ;vessel, thereby
Dir' kenhead Police-conrt, onThursday, Mr. Ramsey, one
r'SA, tio-4 'ame and character. The defendants pleaded .'-'
of the inspectors of the London Postoffice, appeared to 1
16' "of of the dismissal of the llefendant.
.on the prefer a charge against John Worrall, a clerk in the '
tillt?iiith l'ulanagement and improperly navigating and e sti .1, Frkenhead post-office, for embezzling a letter. There have
kikiti, rope P.—The attorney-general haVingoroceeciea been latteely nomerous complaints of letters containing
-"ek ri,g speech for nearly two hours, a -eonsulta-
comoneynanendoeocliwemr zrohztlyt,a not having been delivered, in
iii4ivlii4re between the solicitors and counseLen both
eptame down from London
!, tlie eoeuded in Mr. Sergeant Bytes saying, on the
specially to make an inv. estigation. On the 12th instant
be entered
he was ready to consent that a verdict
... he wrote a letter in Liverpool, in which he enclosed the
Ili'e'u,llB CncelitgTieerraelly.Oilittee
sroeinCOeFd..focr the plamtur half of
.a £1 bankof Ireland note, au Irish tenpenny token,
, plea '''y 1 ulty an prov- shilling of the reign of George 111, and five postage
(1 84 it although he would have been en- +„,„,,.
showky,; that the stood,ompany had a justifiratio —The It was addressed, " Mr. Mould, at Mrs. Mur-
-1 Ilee,Dneral said he was sorry the offer had lb ra-Ts,l-6., Lord-street, Birkenhead, near Chester," and was
ti4;ttilt r its"' -34, in addition to the vindication of his given to Mr. Mould, assistant to Mr.. Ramsey, who took it
di; :'e sum of
it % 411,5,4
Iv £4oo for the lc.oss. he had sustained to Chester for the purpose of having at checked in the
Birkenhead bag, and despatched by night mail on Monday.
OkLeharaeteraseall he asked; but if it was not asserted At Chester, the witness Mould, at half-pest four o'clock,
0 ...1 rather f Captain Cox was entirely vindicated, gave the letter to the postmaster, Mr. Owen, who stamped
c'l,?..ri he ~,.., g° -on with the cause. Mr. Sergeant
it, marked it with the date of Tuesday, and at nine o'clock
Vc, ahout—",_sented to a general verdict on the record,
at was placed along with some bundles of letters to be
;Th.,iatipba-ii" snake some further observations, when
111;,- eith,a.f3akt lie thought nothing further should be despatched to Birkenhead at a quarter past three o'clock
in the morning. The letter, which should have been
ea a Ilia' side ; it waist be understood that Captain.
,44t,411ta. st intelligent skilful and stout-hearted man delivered between nine and ten o'clock on Tuesday worn-
!i,lft , Mei% rp, . , , . .. mg, not having arrived, Mr. Ramsey obtained a magis-
4e4staan """eittry then returned a verdict for we trat's warrant to search the prisoner's house. He then
tt,(!th ages, £4OO.
proceeded to the Birkenhead postoffice, where he saw the
q tpikiAroy a k-,014.5. nor—Tall L TRIP. —On Saturday, prisoner, and told him of the fact of the letter not having
~.luistA,. she
i,,liew. iron. paddle steam vessel, made her reached its destination. The latter replied, that it eras a
kr,r,th,.oale •' a beautiful steam craft, and was launched
(:,lii, since from the building-yard of Mr. Laird, in the office, when letters were discovered to co
practice
tam money, to put them in a book, in order that their
'it'Atc, 44ie.ocreeti acres and Co ,of Sydney, New South Wales, addresses might be entered by the letter carriers, and that
1,0 Nis for the coasting trade of that colony. The ----
‘j ~t ~,D_1(1 galling
smart-looking vessel, barque-riggyea, and the letter which was the subject of inquiry would be found
in the proper letter-carrier's box. The prisoner added that,
Sili7yilig,"°g and steaming qualities she combines when sorting the letters in the morning, he had found the
11014 r'° eilabea, Pacity, while she Is built on a light •
'l, ~ ,_l'. u le her to navigate in comparatively shal- one which was Inquired. for, and had put it into the book
for the purpose of being entered, The letter was accord-
lt' 'el)th er dimensions are—Length, 156 ft. ; beam,
if 104 of I,
Nf 111 to --old, I 2 ft ; draught of water, 7 ft. • and ingly found by a witness in the book, with the seal broken,
k!Aets, ii tons burthen .
builders'measurement. ' Her in a box belonging to a letter-carrier named Williams.
tt, oh the
ee_ fitted ,
Messrs.
The prisoner was then given into custody, and on his
is l' rilal,Ae foil:: by Fawcett,Preston, house being searched by Inspector Birnie, there were
1A )4, Mg 0 wmg scale :-43-inch cylinder ; 4 feet
,11,3 qe Lik e the averaze 281- revolutions • 18i- feet found two £5 notes, three receipts for registered letters,
',NI- a eatherin fi - ' - . ... '.. and a pawn-ticket relating to some silver spoons, some
AOf la 40/11;„., g oats ; a pair of oscinatipg en-
rings and a gold pencil-case, all of which had been pledged
INN 4rge ''''' power of 60 horses each, with two with Mr. Barlow. After the examination of several wit-
:4,,,,,ttrtialetl,3,eeei:4acy le/. pLe.rd. t‘fntiltlie enioriit Thne nesses, the magistrate, considering the importance of the

bleat anainesdrayings, asthose of the Argentina.
` e,"„lectingly satisfactory one. The Col-
aoi ~,,?rlcine7ilAmoothly through the water, her
. •

V►ti ay 1,4'121'4f4 easily, and there being almost total
A47l.4l,rstaa ti;e even at the highest speed. She pro-
ojthwest Lightship, and on her
011. a tbei!A tiuthne tide, he was timed between that point

charge, and its being One of great suspicion, said he should
commit him for trial, accepting bail of two sureties of £lOO,
and himself in £2OO.

tjaiec.7, a distance ofthlln4s and thre,
of
t h 'ute ran in 18 minutes, equal to a speea
. ottr.
Attstr.,. The Collaroy is heavily rigged for her
whieira, Which she will make entirely under
ettefl awa Purpose her wheels will be unshipp?d
qoit fito 3' until she arrives at Sydney. She will
IN?! coal roe 8„ ,Ind spars, and will have a considerable
11/4Zt, e,, She I;2oard. She is commanded by Captain
li(cAnnt444s'., excellent cabin accommodation, fore
4' the s pas '4l-rtY firs nd an equal number
tht talent
,:eugers hews modelled by Mr. Wm.
Ip%lt collar son sou of the builder. Among those on
kto„altt th waa Captain Wiseman, who, two years
N'awarlarence, built also by Mr. Laird, for the
ctio'„eoasting trade, and which has given
Nl..,Neßs'fylt CaPtain Wig has returned to
,11 4144 r or the purpose of having another
bizia constructed by the same builder.

COI7RT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, SA.TI7RDAY.—MITHENSON
AND ANOTHER V. OLIVER.—This was an action brought

-- • •
nished by the plaintiffs to a ship called the Progress, be-
longing to the defendant, and for the performance of work
on board whilst lying in the East India Docks. The de-
fendant denied his liability. Witnesses were called in
support of the plaintiff's case. The case for the defendant
was, that the defendant had sold the vessel to a Mr. Com-
pertz, and that these goods were supplied, and the work
done, whilst Mr. Gumpertz was in possession of the ship,
Captain Thompson having been appointed by him. It
was also urged that, even if Captam Thompson was the
servant of the defendant, what he ordered was without
the authority of the defendant, and therefore the defendant
would not be liable for it. Mr. Bramwell tendered a bill
of exceptions to this ruling. The jury returned a verdict
for the plaintiffs, for the amount claimed. Two other
cases of the same nature as the preceding, and against
the same defendant, were then heard and decided in a
similar manner.