The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-05-08 00:00:00

THE NAVIGATION LAWS.

HOUSE OF LORDS

LAST NIGHT.

The Marquis, of LANSDOWNE moved the second

ing of the Navigation Laws Bill, in a long speech

Lord BROUGHAM opposed the bill ; and was replied to

by Earl GRANVILLE, Lord COLCHESTER, the Duke of

ARGYLE, and the Earl of ELLENBOROUGR

The Earl of CARLISLE moved the adjournment of the

debate.—Carried

THE MURDERER RUSH.—This hardened criminal, we
find, has occasionally been in the habit of visiting the
town of Liverpool as a " member of the turf," on which
occasions he has come in something like aristocratic style
We have been shewn two letters addressed

Rusli to

the proprietor of one of our leading hotels, ordering a
bedroom to be prepared for him during his proposed visit.
The first is dated 9th July, 1845, from "Fenton's Hotel,"
for the race-week of that year; and the second in July of
the following year, from ' Arthur's Club." The felon's
doom, which was to overtake the writer. was probably
little anticipated, either by himself or those with whom
he mingled. in fellowship on these occasions.

SUDDEN DEATH OF THE REV
with feelings of regret that we

MILES FORMBY.—
re called upon to re

Friday, under circumstances of a most melancholy cha-
racter. The deceased, who was chairman of the bench of
magistrates for the district of Ormskirk, attended in his
magisterial capacity a meeting of the justices held on Fri-
day, in the court-house. He appeared in his usual health
and spirits, and conversed freely with those about him.
The business for which the meeting had been convened
terminated in the afternoon, when the deceased entered
into conversation with a friend, and while doing no he fell
back in his chair and instantly expired. The reverend
gentleman, who resided at Melling, held the incumbency
of the parish church at that place, and was much respected,
not only by those with whom, in the sphere of his minis-
terial labours, be came more immediately into contact,
but by mast of the leading gentry and others throughout

the county, The deceased was about 57 or 58 years of
age. He was son of the late Rev. Mr. Formby, of
Formby-hall, and leaves three brothers, John Formby,
Esq., late of Maghull, also a magistrate of the county,
Dr. Formby, of this town, and another brother, who is a
clergyman in Kent. We understand the deceased was
appointed to the magistracy in August, 1828, and has
consequently discharged the important duties of his office
for a period of 21 years. His death is supposed to have
resulted from disease of the heart.

IN RE WILLIAM LAIRD.—This was a case of consi-
derable interest, before the Bankruptcy Court, on Friday,
involving the right of a public company to prove debts
owing by one of the members becoming bankrupt. Mr.
Laird, who was a merchant, lately carrying on extensive
business at Birkenhead; was a large shareholder in the
Birkenhead Dock Company, and had been sued by the
company for calls to the amount of £12,000. Mr.
Lowndes, on the part of the company, asserted their right
to prove the debt : he had the power of attorney to prove
the debt, and the copy of the judgment showing the
amount sought to be proved. He did not see any thing
like a co-partnership existing between the bankrupt and
the Dock Company, and the company's consolidation act
empowered the secretary or treasurer to sue a defaulting
shareholder on the part of the company. Mr. Rigg, on
the part of the bankrupt, contended that the company
was not allowed to prove until the creditors were satisfied,
in the same way as if one partner owed another a sum of
money, and could not be sued by his partner until the
other creditors under the partnership were satisfied.—His
Honour observed that this was a different case to that of
a regular co-partnership. It might be urged that the
company could not prove their debt until the other cre-
ditors were satisfied ; but the tact should be borne in
mind that the act of consolidation empowered thecora-
pany to sue any of the shareholders for non-payment of
their calls. He apprehended, therefore, that the company
had a right to prove the debt, which was proved ac
ingly.
A I

JAWYER ANSWERED.—A certain learned lord, a
member of the lower house, is pleasantly spending the
Easter holidays in his native city of Edinburgh. His

lordship and Lord Cockburn— a-rej intimate friends, and
during last week the learned gentleman spent a day at
Bonaly, the villa of Lord Cockburn, situated at the foot
of the Petland Hills, a few miles from town. The two
friends, accompanied by her Majesty's Solicitor-General,
took a stroll on the hills before dinner: the day was
drizzly and a strong east wind blowing. They happened
to descry the shepherd, when the learned functionary took
a bet with Lord Cockburn that he would put a question
to Saundey Robertson (that is the shepherd's name) that
he (Saundey) would not answer. On meeting, his lord-
ship said—"
_Saundey, can you say anything in defence of

the east wind ?" Saundey, elevatine his bo-nnet. instantly
replied—" Yes, my lord, it weets the grass for the lambs ;
it slackens the ewes ; and it's the will of God." Lord
Cockburn : " You have had your answer, now I'll trouble
you to fork out the cash,"