The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-04-13 00:00:00

HALL AND SON V. HIGSON

In this case Messrs. Hail and Harrison, solicitors, of Man-
chester, were the plaintiffs, and Mr. Higson, formerly over-
seer of the township of Gorton, the defendant. The action
was brought to recover a sum of for fees paid and
law charges,' in defending in certain cases of appeal made
against a rate for the above township.
Mr. Wharton appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Murphy
for the defence.

It was proved that the sum of £6 13s. 6d. had been paid
by Messrs. Hall and Harrison as fees to the clerk of Mr.
Brandt, and of X 4 9s. to the clerk of Mr. Wilkins. The re-
tainer had been given by Mr. Hibbert, a fellow overseer of
Mr. Higson, but application had been made to the former
during a long period without effect. A witness. was called to
speak to an admission of Mr. Higson, that he had received
the money from the township.
For the defence, Mr. MURPHY contended that the testi-
mony last adverted to was unworthy of credit, as the inter-
view at which it was stated Mr. Higson made the admission,
was alleged to have taken place on the 17th of March last,
after the present action was commenced. It was proved that'
Mr. Higson was one of the persons who signed the notices of
appeal against the rate, and that he had paid the costs on be-
half of himself and. the other appellants to the attorney em-
ployed to resist the rate. Mr. Higson had, on an action
been entered against him for the recovery of the amount,

glected, in consequence of some misapprehension, to put in
s appearance. and suffered judgment to go by default;
)on which execution followed, and the debt and costs were
Lid to the sheriff under protest.
The jury returned a verdict for the defendant.
WAILING V. TRUSWELL.

Mr. John Waring is a hide merchant of this town, and the
defendant, Mr. Richard Truswell, a tanner, of Sheffield.
The action was undefended, and was brought to recover a
sum of £l4 10s. 7d. for goods sold and delivered. Verdict
for the plaintiff for the sum claimed, and 7s. interest.
The Court adjourned at six o'clock.

ASSAULTING 'A POLICE OFFlCElt.—Yesterday, a man
named John Sutton, who had been to Bootle with a shandry,
was found by a police-officer, violently abusing his wife, and
on being remonstrated with, he struck the officer on the
mouth, causing much swelling. The case being proved he
was tined 69s and costs, or in default to be committed to
gaol for one month.

A meeting of the Protestant Operative Association was
'cid yesterday (Monday) evening, in St. Luke's School-
oom , Cropper-street, for the purpose of forming a branch
ssociation for St. Peter's Ward. The meeting was addressed
ly Mr. Barrow, Mr. Leatherbarrow, Mr. Adshead, Mr.
F4avanson, Mr. Huyton, and Mr. M'Clay. We are happy
o find that these branch meetings are now held weekly
n some parts of our town.

WRITING--One of the first questions nut to a candidate
for employment is, what sort of a hand do you write ? If the
applicant cannot pass muster, though otherwise estimable'
he is often rejected. As it is no longer fashionable to write
badly, we•cannot do better than recommend Mr. Thomp-
son to notice, whose address will be found elsewhere.

SQUINTING.—We have formerly called attention to this
subject, and our readers will perceive, by Mr. IL Atkinson's
advertisement in another part of the paper, that his present
visit to Liverpool will terminate on the 24th instant. There
are ❑umbers he has cured who will no doubt remember him
hereafter with pleasure and gratitude. There are, however,
many who might avail themselves of his professional services
with advantage to themselves, which, if they neglect, the loss
will be their own.

DEAFNESS.—The following interesting case cannot fail
o attract general notice :—A boy named Morgan, four years
Id, " deaf and dumb," was placed by his father (a ware-
,ouseman at the Apothecaries Hall, Colquitt-street) under
dr. Cronin's treatment, for deafness. The improvement in
his boy's hearing has astonished numerous persons who have
een him within the last week, particularly as it is known

this little fellow has had the advice of many eminent men,
who " all" pronounced his case a hopeless one. Captain
Macgee's son (whose case we have already noticed) is rapidly
improving.—See advertisement.—From a correspondent.

ALBION HOTEL, CHESTER.—A very pleasant excursion
iv the railway to Chester, and a superb dinner afterwards,

may be enjoyed by these who avail themselves of the op-
portunity of attend►ng Mr. Whaley's opening dinner at the
Albion Hotel., This hotel has been newly fitted up, papered

nd• painted from roof to cellar, and may be considered a
,erfect model, for comfort and convenience. Some of the
first gentry in the county are expected to be present at the
inner. The railway train leaving at four o'clock from
3irkenhead will take those who intend to be Mr. Whaley's

uests from Liverpool just in time. The ride will se-
are an excellent appetite. The omnibuses belonging to
ie Albion Hotel will convey parties from the railway to
le place of destination without trouble or inconvenience.

NEWS FROM ..tiMERICA.—The royal mail steamer Cale-
min, which left Boston on the Istinstant, may be expected

:o reach Liverpool to-morrow. The Rocius packet-ship of
he 25th ult., from New York is now due, and may come
ip the river to-day. The intelligence by these vessels is
ooked for with more than ordinary interest on account of

he uncertainty which still hangs over the President.

—The

British Queen would leave Ne'w York on Saturday, and is
therefore due off Southampton on the 25th instant.
THE REV. W. DALTON.—An advertisement in another
part of our paper, announces that the annual sermons in be-
half of the national schools attached to St. Bride's church,
will be preached on Sunday next by the Rev. W. Dalton.
The name of this gentleman has long been intimately asso-
ciated with sound scriptural education, and our readers will
not need any further inducement than what they already
know of this eminent divine, to induce them to listen once
more to his silvery eloquence, and respond liberally to his
awakening appeals. .

THE PRESIDENT STEAMER.—The anxiety respecting
this vessel was yesterday for a short period considerably
allayed by a report which seemed to have some foundation,
that a letter had been received by the lady of the commander
of the President, which stated that the steamer had called
at Madeira for a supply of coals. The rumour originated in
a message which Mrs. Roberts directed her servant to take
to the captain of the Britannia steamer, Mrs. Roberts wish-
ing to ascertain whether the latter gentleman considered it
probable that the President would touch at Madeira, such
a suggestion having been made to her ; and the maid under-
standing that the fact was really so, and that a letter,
which Mrs. R. at the time was reading, conveyed the in-
telligence from her husband. So informed Capt. Clelland,
of course, lost no time in giving publicity to the report.
'The error was soon discovered ; and we are still unfortu-
nately without the slightest information of this unlucky ship,
though, we confidently anticipate, that in a few days the
uncertainty and alarm which now prevail respecting her
will be cleared up and removed.
IRON WAR STEAMERS.—Towards the close of last year
we gave a circumstantial account of the two iron war steam-
ers, the Nemesis and the Phlegethon, built by Mr. John
Laird, of Birkenhead, which were intended to, and did, in
fact, join the expedition against the Chinese empire. The
following paragraph, which we extract from the Times,
will show that the Nemesis hcs been found of considerable
utility, and has more than answered the expectations which
were formed of her. " The steam-vessels then attacked the
fleet of junks lying in Anson's Bay, but, owing to the shal-
lowness of the water, only the Nemesis could approach them,
towing 12 armed boats from her Majesty's ships. Her first
rocket set fire to the powder magazine of one junk; lb
others were blown up by their own crews, and the rest es-
caped into the inner waters." The buoyancy of the Ne-
mesis is owing to her being constructed entirely of iron,
and her consequent light draught of water enabled her to
enter a harbour inaccessible, not merely to the ordinary
vessels of war, but even to the other steamer. The result
was the total destruction of the Chinese junks. In the ati
tack on the forts, the Nemesis also did good service, having,
in conjunction with the Qneen, thrown shells into the uppe-
tower which commanded the lower fort.

DEATH ON BOARD SHIP.—An inquisition was yester-
day held before P. F. Curry, Esq., touching the death of
Richard Prouse, a soldier of the 10th regiment of foot. The
deceased had embarked on sick furlough at Cork, on board
the steamer Ocean, to proceed to Liverpool, in charge of a
corporal of the same corps, and a private. The vessel
sailed on Friday morning. The deceased was brought down
in a cab. He was in so exhausted a state that three men
had to carry him from the house he was in, on board the ves-
sel. He was placed in one of the sailors' berths. Every
possible attention was paid to him on board. The vessel
arrived at Liverpool on Saturday, and he died about ten min-
utes before he could be got on shore. The private soldier
stated that the decased appeared to be so sickly and weak
when he was brought on board, that he was not likely to
iive over the passage. Mr. P. Smith, staff surgeon resid-
ent in Liverpool, said the deceased was brought to the hos-
pital od Sunday morning, quite dead. The furlough bore
the signature of Major Charles Hay, commanding officer of
the depot, 10th regiment of foot, and he had no doubt was a
genuine document. He added that he had made an exami-
nation of the body, and was of opinion that death was
caused by inflammation in the abdomen, which was general
throughout, and caused by the effusion of serum, and the
result of dropsy, which had evidently been of long stand-
ing. Verdiict accordingly—died by the visitation of God.
STEALING A COAT.—TWO young men, Thomas Wa-
terson and John Kelly (both well-known thieves), were
brought before the stipendiary magistrate, on a charge of
stealing a coat rrom a cab. Waterson and another youth
were, on Saturday night, seen by police-officer 390, who
was then in plain clothes, loitering about a car which
was standing in Dickenson-street, a few doors from
Pitt-street. They went away, one of them (supposed to
be Kelly) carrying a coat over his arm, which he after-
wards handed to Waterson. The officer seized them
both ; but they broke away from him. He pursued them,
and succeeded in apprehending Waterson, who had drop-
ped the coat. They were seen by other parties ; but
neither the officer nor they could identify Kelly, who,
strange to say, had come into the court, no donbt to lis-
ten how the case went, and was, from his appearance and
the description given of him, inspected to be one of the
delinquents, and was instantly placed in the dock with
the other. The owner of the coat, William Fletcher,
had had a fare to the house in Dickenson-street opposite
to which the car stood, and had gone in to get his money
when the robbery was
accomplished. He identified the
coat as his property, which he had left on the box. As
Kelly could not be sworn to, he was discharged. Wa-
terson was committed for trial at the sessions. Kelly
had been before eight times committed, and three times
discharged ; Waterson had been three times committed,
and twice discharged.