The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-03-30 00:00:00

NISI PRIUS COURT

YESTERDAY

CLAYTON t
Messrs. Knowles and Athertou appeared for the plain-

ASHWORTH

Eartin anc

',mar for

he defendant

The plaintiff is an engineer and ironfounder at Praston,
and the defendant is a book-keeper at Walton-lerdale.
The plaintiff agreed for £1,225, to fix up in a mill for the
defendant, a steam-engine, and also a boiler, and to pro-
vide all necessaries for doing so except the brick and stone
work, which was to be performed by the defendant.
For the plaintiff several witnesses were called to show
that the defendant had expended an unreasonable length
of time in not fulfilling his contract, for had he wished to

have carried the conditions out, ample time had been

afforded

Mr. MAirriN was addressing the jury for the defendant,
when a verdict was agreed to be taken that Mr. Eccles
should become security for the payment of £3OO, within a
fortnight, from the defendant'to the plaintiff, and the

with all reasonal

be execute(

which is to .
defendant consenting to pay the expense for an alteration
in the length of a piece of piping.
ALDERSON V. DIXON AND ANOTHER.

Messrs. Francis Dixon and Co. are bottle manufacturers, at
Helens, and the plaintiff, Mr. John Henry Alderson, was em-
ployed as their agent to dispose of their wares in this town.
He entered into their employ on the 10th of. September, 1844,
the terms of the agreement. being, that he was to receive ..elOO
ayear for his services, and procure security to the amount of

On the Bth of Septeniber, in the same year, he was dis-
missed, and a certificate given to him by the defendants, as
follows :—" J. Alderson has been in our employment for nine
months and given satisfaction, and we can give satisfactory
reasons for dispensing with him." The surety given had been
entered into by the "Guarantee Society, in London," whose
agents are Messrs. Hughes and Ronald, wool brokers, Dale-
street. The n'aintiff being unable to prove the existence of a

partnership between the defendants, a nonsuit was entered,

31.1.E0D V. DUBBIN AND ANOTHER.
This was an actian in trover to recover possession of certain
helnnoinn to the ninintiff. which were nlleeefi to !mire

teen converted by the defendants. Mr. Mari in and 111 r. Fletcher
appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Knowles and Mr. Crompton
for the defendants. The plaintiff is a trustee under a deed of
conveyance of property left by one Beulah Colthurst to a Mrs.
Crowther, and the defendants, H. Cubbin and George Morgan,
are the assignees of the estate of George Crowther, husband of
Mrs. Crowther, under a fiat of bankruptcy ; and the question
at issue was, whether the good., in question belong to the de-
fendants, as trustees tinder such fiat of bankruptcy, or by con-
veyance to the plaintiff. The maiden name of Mrs. Crowther
was Colforth, and she was married some years ago, and she has
a sister named Beulah Colthurst, who went to live with Mrs.
Crowther at a house at Tranmere, and continued to live then(
until the year 1840, when her brother-in-law, Crowther, becalm
a bat

—taut, and Ins gooas were custrathea upon oy tne tang- as they deserved, amine bGLaLi..........._
lord, and sold by Messrs. Winstanley and Sons; and, subse- imprisonment.
quently, they were appraised at .€5O 9s-value, and bought by THE WEATHER. Since our last, the weather has been fa-
Miss Beulah Colthurst, whereby, of course, they became her vourahle, with very slight exceptions, for the labours of the field,
property. Upon leaving Tranmere, a house was taken in Pem- as well as for gardening and other rural operations. The wea-
broke-place, the furniture, said to be Miss Colforth's, being the ther was dry, and the land after the previous frosts (succeeded
furniture with which the house was furnished. Subsequently, by a fine thaw) is in prime order for ploughing, which may now
another house was taken in s'. James's-walk, in the name of be said to be nearly, if not wholly completed in this county and
Crowther, and an arrangement was entered into that the house Cheshire. The wheats had begun to look rather sickly, from
should be kept as a boarding-house by Miss Colthurst, whose the rather strong and biting easterly winds that had prevailed;
property was used to furnish the house, and she continued to but rain set in on Saturday evening, and has given the whole a
Mae purchases of household property. In 1814, Crowther healthy and promising appearance. In the neighbourhood of
being in reduced circumstances, a house was taken in Berry- I OrrelSkirk,Ntih eshiCe districts)
h ie,have w
See bseno,(aenrvded%egrdeoaut batzrnioctuletulsrear
iemre-
street, and all the property of Miss Colthurst taken there. In throughout
1846,-Miss Colthurst was desirous of transferring her property pro
fencing, road repairing, extension of arable surface by•ldraining
provements of recent achievement, in ploughing, planting,
to her sister s. Crowther, and a conveyance was drawn up
for that pur inserthp plaintiff being trustee for Alice Crowther and levelling, ditches, old ponds, &C. The same is observable
under the instrument during life, and afterwards for her chil- in many parts' of Cheshire. We never before, indeed, saw so
dreg. many ploughs, harrows, spades, &c., at work within a given
In cross-examination by Mr. KNOWLES, Miss Colthurst, to space. The spring corn is nearly all sown, and the planting of
explain how she had become possessed of the money with early potatoes—great care having generally been taken with the
which she bad repurchased the goods of her brother-in-law, shoots—is briskly going on, where not already finished. The
said that her mother, previous to her death, had left in trust growing field crops generally give good promise, and the same
for her, with her sister, Mrs. Crowther, .t'so and some little may be said'of garden produce. The fruit trees are already
furniture, and the reason, she supposed, why the furniture was I assuming a delightful virgin verdure, and appear to be perfectly
left to her rather than to her elder sister was, that her mother healthy. We had on Sunday night a rather chilling wind from
had been married twice, and she ( Miss Colthurst) was the only the northeast, which continued nearly throughout yesterday,
daughter by the second marriage. A few months back, pre- on the morning of which ice of considerable thickness appeared
vious to Crowther's second bankruptcy, she made a transfer of in the neighbourhood. This, it is to be hoped, will be but a
her property to the trust of the plaintiff for the benefit of her- temporary and slight check to vegetation. Last night there
self during life, and after that for the benefit of her childrerhed was a little rain, with a milder atmosphere.
The JUDGE having directed the jury, a verdict was return MURDEROUS ASSAULT UPON A GENTLEMAN, WITH IN-
for the defendants. TENT TO ROB HIM.—At the Police-court, yesterday,
is very,
stout man., named John Jones, was placed before Mr. Itt slt9n,
COMPANY V. GORDON. .
MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN IRISH RAILWAY
down a gentleman on his way home to Everton,
1 d mist tle e- charged, in conjunction with a gang, with violently knocsinF.
This was an action brought by Alaintiffs a
tgOf three calls.
fendant, as holder oft n shares of ) respe
whichc had been ob- ness of the day, on Tuesday last, with intent to rob him. The,
The reply to the case was that the act
to his dwelliir
complainant, Mr. Carlyle, stationer, &c., Bold-street who had,
defendant had
hieh the
ing..on the night from his shop
tained was not for the line to whis 1 lead wrapped up, and is still ill, said that he was proFeed-
it had been
the distance to which after the buss-
subscribed it falling short of
which is
-house4,
' t by which the realization from transit
had in Clarence-street, Evertor; and while passing a piece of Arai,
intended to carry 1 , .
and also that the shares cant ground opposite
would he materially deteriorated, -William Henry-street, near the end!,-
h d been obtained.
long before the act a . Shaw-street, he was seized by two men out of three w r'" '
been sold I. t liable, and a
led that the deteni an was . up to him. The prisoner Jones, 'lel. •
His Lordship ruwhom he distinctly recottnized
inte-
rest. 55. 31d. was taken, this sum including both by ti.. ~,,,: in Shaw-street. which was close bv, d 410
verdict forv. au _ A
rest. -"FIELD.

,o one month's

the moor

M'DONALD V. niunri,m,
This was an action on a charter party, to recover
£571 13s. 10d. The charter was not stamped, and the plain-
tiff was therefore nonsuited.

him most violently on the head and back, so that he w
ned, and on their leasing him—previous to which he s'
and kicked—he fell to the ground bleeding from the I

Aows OA.

ie observed in the hand of one of them an inststi

i;e------ ------'ifA--- ment which appeared to a life-preserver. e men. beforePROJECTION OF WATER FROM THE MAINS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. leaving, attempted to open the buttons of his coat, but appeared
to be scared by something they heard, and made off, two of
SlR,—Allow me, through the medium of your paper, to trerltAkier7a(ll.otwop A'.leirlittinn. Henry-street,
tr towards
disclaim any intention on my part of putting myself for- when 'the attack was made on him £22 in cash, and, a valuable
. He gave an alarm as lou as he could'. Police-officer
ward as the inventor of the method of extinguishing fires Guest.ssucscaekeldri
ihneaarpdprtetnalltnrnmezr,
it ande pursued the two fellows.
by means of water projected direct from the mains, which
thchipeyriLssotrneeert.JoAnesd,agwgheor
li.hand,4
method has been tried most successfully both here and in gafontterwrouanrddsa found, joiner's
a and
dy
alsoard
.a
dagger-knife. Air. Robert Wil-
liam Leather,
htrhegereoei
nnliv.,uerCreelda
frgoeeunirefeeesmnt 7
c.no,t ,fused Matedou
,ytohuanmt -d
siwt
tl ioaensnttahht he
Manchester.
Tne only part of this scheme which is in reality my
of s
collapse, t
and s
invention consists in the introduction of a simple, cheap,
head, which were probably inflicted by such an instrument as
and most effective fire plug; for regulating the pressure of
water between the mains and the branch pipes. a life-preserver. He considered the life of the patient at the
I believe, if merit is due to any one for discovering that time to be very precarious,
....,
but he was now, going on favourably.
, .. ..........„... ,-.,,, ~ hp nrniPeted thremoh The o nrisnor ii -i .4 +...‘• .th..a in hi. ,i.h.nra rind wns

water, under a great pressure, may Ut: jrrvUccwu 4111 111L7 lituHer Uel;iiiieU 10 say any g 111 (=Millie Mill
a small orifice to a great height, and with great velocity, committed for trial at the assizes.
it is to the famous Chinese Emperor Yau, who flourished Mr. Wilkinson has received a fr&h supply of the excellent
some 4,000 years ago, and who performed some very ante- Melton Mowbray pork pies.
The advertise
resting hydraulic experiments when diverting the waters ment of the Star Hotel, which is now under the
of the Hoong-Ho from their natural to the artificial than- able management of Mr. Hamilton, appears in our first page.
The attraction for the present week is exceedingly great..

Wel which he had prepared for their reception. ..LAnz ES' STA vE. —We were highly pleased ii tie; days since
Be this as it may, the principal object which I had in by the inspection of several new contrivances for rendering
more perfect this article of dress. They are of French inven-
view in undertaking the various experiments which have
et
hseoy 1:1-legseenrvioeuesxatnendssiovewelaltadapted fc.fdtheetecuit37
recently been brought so prominently before the public linoln.ieNavndo"l,T;
was, to excite attention to the impbrtance of the subject, not they will obtain it. One princiPplementfreelyn'obvviates the
and to demonstrate to the authorities and the publiczene- necessity of, lacing, and is so perfect, that any degree of ease or
rally the facility, with which fires can be extinguished by freedom may be momentarily obtained. The others are equally
advantageous. Mrs. Oakes, of Bold-street, is appointed, sole
means of copious streams of water thrown direct from the
... num 1 t _
mains, without any intervening 'mechanical contrivancz

Cheap literature, and cheap newspapers are now the order of

the day, but a glance at the idvertiieriient in our paper to-day,
whatever.
If I have succeeded in doing this,_ I shall have accom- will shew that we are also. to have cheap dinners. Whitemsin,
marked the
plished all that I desired; and I shall most readily concede the inimitable and irresistable Whiteman, announces another
ho have frequented_ the
the priority of the invention to the Emperor Yau, to rFel_luncstNivoinci:nmhust lave
any laud.ible improve-
Ghengis Khan, to Mr. Itose,'of Manchester, or any other meats that have from time to time beennl made , every month
claimant for that honour, regretting only that a plan. so has brought forth something, and
...

truly effective should not have been previously adopt(
every large town in the empire long cre now, especially as
the method appears now-to have been familiar to all par-
ties.—l am, sir, your obedient servant,
J. M`DONALD.

_ _ y re-estaunsnett atm rE
new face but the worthy host, whO •is
I hearted, merry, jolly soul-the " Happy Jerry " of old

thing wears
same kind-

VISIT OF LORD MORPETH TO LIVERPOOL

umerically great and respectable patronazebestovred on
THE ORIENTAL DIVAN,
the opening by the present Proprietor, calls from him *
- hunks to his Visitors; and he avails himself of the
)prising them, that his arrangements for the

CAUTION.—The following fact; for the truth of .1,
we have high medical authority,- is well deserving the at-
tention of the public :—muriatic acid of commerce gener-
ally contains a proportion of arsenic, which, although in-
sufficient to produce deleterious effects in a single dose,
may prove highly prejudicial if repeated, as is likely to be
the case, unless due regard is paid to the purity of the
ati _ _ e is
acid used in the new process for making bread. iLeu,
THE GREAT PERVERT, AND " VERY SHORTLy."_We LORD MORPETH.
The Dinner Tables are arranged. frau' 12 to 6 o'cloCk;
are informed on good authority, that the assertion of the Supper Tables from Bto 12. Joints are cooked every hour
Morning Post that Mr-. Newnian was to be "very shortly" and a Bill of Fare, with prices, is.placed on every Table.
ordained in the Romish Church, is, as we surmised, in- A Visit from Strangers would oblige
nmiratn. In Roman Catholic circles, it is now said that he olcserwriln4ivrnJOSEPH FEENY, PitornißToll.
ene • m..l.l;olannay.. ~,.,.r by had

ntunitv o

comi
FESTIVA

IT BIRKENHEAD

,ralleled

Xll7ot be admitted even into " minor orders " upon tfi.e ,rat
expiration of the present yyar—a period of more than two ---.

years from the date of his tbrmer apostaey. This, as com-
LIVERPOOL :
pared with the case of many later perverts (Father Wil- TUESDAY,' MARCH 30, 1847.
fred, for instance,Jate Mr, rubor), is at least remarkable, PRINTED AND PUBLISHED,
and goes far to confirm. the.prevalent rumours that the EVERY TUESDAY MORITINOP
rev. neophyte has " do-dined " his ratimutlistic tendon- Dy JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53 Grove street, and
cies to an uncoinfKlAthAe extent.--•Churagna 51a(e Go- IXONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford-street. - •
;:ette. Al INlct, 4,, ST. Gmez's Capes. Kr, L, 3-