The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-02-28 00:00:00

GLASGOW. CORN MAiIiKET.

fair business doing in Wheat, at about Is. per quarter-
advance on Wednesdces rates. Flour held in proportion-
Barley, Beans, and Peas, unchanged., Oats rather dearer.

LATEST SIPPING. WELLIGENCE.

DEAL, 27TH.— Arrived : • Morayshire, from Monlmeillt
Adam Lorin, from Callao; India, from St. Kitts; Nordin,
from Belize ; Solstice, from,Alexandria.
LOWESTOFT, 26Tri,—Arrived Ed„ and and Isabella, (rani'
Sunderland, having been in contact with the Indian Ctufet}
bar9ue, of Dundee.

The Hebe, for Perth ; Mary Ann Crook, and Aan,. fOr
Shields—all damaged.

RECRUITING: FOR THE ARMY appears to be going on
with much spirit and success. in this neighbourhood, and
has been doing so for the last week or two. Y.esterda.l
the number of recruits attested in Liverpool amounted tO
about eighty.
CAUTION TO THE COURTEOI7B.—A modern,philosopher
taking the- motion of the earth on its axis at seventeen
miles a second, says that if you take off your .hat in the
street to bow to a friend, you go seventeen miles bare"
headed in the open air.
SALVAGE AND CONSUL'S CO3IM/SSION.—In the Con
i
of Common Pleas, on Wednesday, the case of Bedgew
v. Codd was tried before Chief Justice Jervis, and
special. Jury. The plaintiff was formerly the mate of a
vessel, and, with his family, was a passenger on boar°
the Condor, which was burnt on the 9th of June, off the
coast of Brazil, while on a voyage from Melbourne
England, and the action was brought to recover of the,
defendant, the army agent at the. West End, the amoneu
of an excessive rate of commission, which had been.charged by the British consul at Pernambuco and.
~
boa
of (the defendant), for some alleged service to a ',,„
of gold, containing 1,000 ounces, the property of to"
plaintiff, in clearing it from the claims of the salver"_...
and transhipping it to England. The Condor had mote
than 21,000 ounces of gold on board, of the. value
£BO,OOO, and, as may be remembered, the French ell
Pauline took off her passengers and precious, freight•
was agreed to refer the amount of salvage to arbitrations
at Pernambuco, to three merchants. An Englishinell,
a Frenchman, and German were appointed arbitrator!!
and £12,000 was awarded to the captain of the French
ship. In addition to that the consul charged commiesi°,`
of 2i per cent. upon the whole £BO,OOO of gold on boar'
1 per cent. in the shape of a deposit, and 5 per C 8 of
commission on the advances for paying the salvage id
£12,000. Those charges were objected to, and the go
was sent to England, when the defendant claimed 2i yer
cent. commission upon the gold for his services, makuti
in all, £5,400, which was charged upon the owners,he
the gold. This demand was paid under protest, and la,
plaintiff averred that it was an outrageous demand
After the trial had proceeded some time, it was agr.rpa
to take a verdict for £l,OOO above the £12,000 a11°,1,-,t
for salvage.—Verdict for the plaintiff £2lO 14s. 3d., If."
being his share of the excess paid.—ln the case of 1,1,.
Bank of Australasia v. Codd, the plaintiffs owned a lar,Vr
amount of the gold, and the action was brought netitis;
the same circumstances. Verdict for the Plain New
damages, £1,896 lls.—The case of ,the Bank of.
tor
South Wales V. Codd was a similar action. 'Willie"
the plaintiffs ; damages, £2,107 2s. 4d.

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