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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-08-30 00:00:00

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ship, captain, and other particu
however, had no client at that time to whom he could seu
the corn, but it was afterwards sold to the plaintiffs, who,

of course, having it to trade in, were anxious to sell it
again, and so they wrote to Mr. Mongredien on the sth
November, 1852, to the effect that they should consign to
him the cargo of the Aghios Nicolaos at 295. 3d. per qr.,
less one per cent. for his commission. A long corres-
pondence took place between the parties, which was read.
It closed with a letter on the 20th November from Mr.
Mongredien, of which the following is the substance :
"I have filially arranged with my buyer to pay at once for
the Aghios Nicolaos, at the rate of 295., without guarantee
of condition ; immediate cash, without interest, on either
side. Enclosed is the contract ; please, therefore, on re-
ceipt, forward the documents, as the money is ready. If
you send the documents to me say how the amount is to be
remitted." A copy of the sale note was also sent, which
was couched in the usual terms, and was to the effect that a
cargo of Ibrail Indian corn, about 2,900 imperial quarters,
of fair average quality, shipped by Agassiz Milessi and Co., of
Galatz, on board the Aghios Nicolaos, had been sold by order
and for account of Messrs. M'Curtin and Ryley, of Liverpool.
The- plaintiffs had intended to sell without any guarantee
of quality ; but Mr. Mongredien, according to the note
referred to, had inserted the words " fair average quality ."
Mr. 31'C'urtin, on receiving the note, took up his pen and
struck out those words ; and afterwards wrote to Mr.
Mongredien to complain that the latter had sold on such
terms. It was pleaded by the defendants, that, in erasing
these words, the plaintiffs put an end to the contract. On
reference to Lloyd's books, they had discovered that the
vessel, after touching at Athens and Nanplia, had put
into Malta on the 28th October, and had not left that
place up to the 11th November, which, being in direct
contradiction to' Mr. 3rCurtin's report as to the vessel,
his (Mr. Mongredlen's) buyers declined the cargo
altogether. Mongredien added :—" I much re-
gret this, but you ought to have informed me that
the vessel had touched at so many ports, and had stayed so
long at so suspicious a place as Malta." The defendant re-
fusing to take thecargo, plahitiff,s tried to get rid of it on
the best terms they could, and ultimately they sold it in
Ireland ; but, in conmquence of the discredit which had
been cast on the cargo,. they could not sell it without
guaranteeing the condition.; and when the vessel arrived
at Cork, as she had met with: very bad weather, and the
corn was much damaged,. the' plaintiffs were compelled to
annul their contract with•the new buyers, Messrs. Burke
Brothers, and pay back themoney. The cargo was after-
wards sold by auction, but at a difference of £894 between
the price actually realised'and that which would have been
realised had the defendants'performed their contract. The
present action, therefore, was brought to recover that dif-
ference, or such proportion as the' jury might consider the
plaintiffs entitled to.--Several`- witnesses were examined,
whose general evidence bore out the above statement of
facts. It was contended for thedefenee, that in reality no
contract could be established. If thesale note was held to
be the contract, there were no names on, it it was merely

" soutt for Mr. Curtin and Company to my principals."-;-'
His lordship concurred in the Tatterview. It was decided
to take a verdict for the defenda,uts onthe first and second
pleas, viz.:—that they " did not promise; " and second,
" neverindebted ; " and to give a verdict for the plaintiffs
on the nthers.
This concluded the business of the nssize.

NOTES, NOTICES, AM)- OPINIONS.

BY JOHANNES REENTICES

111. TIIRDECINILCOINAGE.—AIit seems we are to have
an alteration.in the currency medium, I should hope there
will be an effort made to issue such.coins, and such only,
as will most conduce to the comfort and convenience of
the community. Some of those at present in use are so
near in value to others that they cause mistakes and losses,
and may advantageously be dispensed 'with ; while; on the
other hand, we require a greater variety of gold coins than
we have hitherto had, or than is proposed under the new
system. For instance, it would very much Seen:tate the
large payments of gold, which are' every day made in
mercantile houses, if we had a larger win than the sove-
reign, and if we could have a crown in gold, instead, of the
present cumbrous silver one, it would ease us of the bur-
den of a quantity of small change. Nor would thesecoins
be found inconvenient either on account of the largeness
of the one, or the smallness of the other, as those who
have handled the twenty dollar piece and the gold dollar
of the United States will be ready to admit.. Tt will be
desirable, alsoto affix such names on new coins as will be
short and distinctive, and enable us to do away with ,such
compound terms as half sovereign, fourpenny piece, half-
penny, and thetlike.
LISH SPIRIT OF THE IRISH PRESS do
not think thatthe Anti-English spirit-of the Irish press is
sufficiently noted and commented on in England. In no
other country in Europe would it be permitted to-insult
and abuse and. vilify the • executive government, and stir
up tumult and. disaffection among the people in the way
that Popish journalists in Ireland are accustomed to do ;
and though the • liberty of the press is a very fine thi
it is quite possible to carry itto a very great and dangerous
extreme, when it would become a curse rather than a
blessing. To condemn a government for objectionable
measures, or to seek to influence it to adopt desirable ones,
is one thing, hut• to counsel disloyalty and union with
foreign foes is another; and• it is the latter course.-which
is adopted by these organs .of Pope Pius IX and Pope
Cullen. They axe in raptures., at a rumoured invasion by
the French, and assure Louis Napoleon that he will not be
opposed by the Irish, but rather welcomed,—they urge the
United States to " annex" Canada, and assure them of the
ready assistance of the Irish,—nay, their hatred of'English
Protestantism even goes so far as to overcome their here-
ditary antipathy to the Greek Church, and they point out
to the Czar, how easily he may drive the British forces
from India. Now this. is not the natural. feeling or lan-
guage of the Irish,—the Irish Protestants are• as loyal
subjects as the English themselves,—it is the language and
feeling of the priests,—the Maynooth-taught priests, whose
affections are at Rome, and whom nothing cantor ever will
satisfy but the complete extinction of British Protestantism,
and.ftbe subjugation of the whole realm to the triple tiara
of the Pope of Rome.

COURT AND FASHION

•

MAJOR-GRNRIaI, WILLIAM STA-VELEZ...O;B., has been
appointed commander-in-chief of the forces;on the Madras
establishment..
LORD GASCOIGNE CECIL was elected without opposition,
yesterday week, for Stamford, in the place:of Mr. Herries,
who had resigned.
MR. R. htemnsou and Mr. Buchanan arrived at Os-
borne on. Westnesday from London, and had audience of
her Majesty. Mr. R. Ingersoll delivered his letters of
recal as United States' Minister, and-Mr. Buchanan was
presented by the Earl of Clarendon. on his appointment
to succeed. Mr. Ingersoll.

THE SiAnnta.ei'z of Charles Henry Mills, Esq., of
Camelford,hou.se, London, and Hillingdon-park, Uxbridge,
to Lady Louisa Isabella, eldest daughter of the Earl of
Harewood, was celebrated at Harewood, near Leeds, on
Thursday, the service being performed by the Lord Bishop
of Ripon.
TICE LORD BISHOP OF LONDON, and Mrs. Blomfield and
the. Misses Blomfield, arrived on: Saturday, at the Island,
of Cumbrae, on a visit to the Countess Dowager of Glas-
gow: The bishop and his family are on a tour in the,
highlands, and proceed from. C.umbrae to Bishopstown,
Lochgilphead, on a visit to the Bishop of Argyll.
MAYNOOTII COLLEGE.—The commission of inquiry into,
the College of Maynooth is to consist of the Earl of Har-
rowby, Mr. Justice Patteson, Chief Baron Pigot, Mr..
Commissioner Longfield, and Mr. James O'Farrell, The
Chief Baron and Mr. O'Farrell are objected to by the
Morning Herald as being- Romanists. The latter is also,
a member of the committee of the new Romanist University,
ANOTHER Rerem, RESIDENCE.—We understand that
his Royal Highness Prince Albert is negotiating for the
purchase or rental of a magnificent building, the,property
of Mr. Child, the banker. It is situated on, an eminence
between St. John's-wood and Highgate, surrounded with
luxuriant woodland., meadow, pasture, and arable land,
and commands extensive views of the beautiful scenery
in and about the metropolis. It is intended, we believe,
as an occasional residence or " nursery!' for the royal
children.—John Bull.

ROYAL COMMISSIONEL—The London Gazette of Tues-
day contains the appointment of three commissions ;-1.
To illquiCe into the state and
practice of the county courts,
consisting of the Master of the Rolls, Justices Erie and
Crompton, Mr. Under-Secretary Fitzroy, H. S. Keating,
Esq., Q.C., J. H. Koe, Esq., Q.C., Sergeant Dowling, J.
Pitt Taylor, Esq., and J. R. Mullings, Esq. 2. To inquire
lack the law of bankruptcy, consisting of the Right Hon.
Spencer Walpole, Sir G, Rose, Knight, C. T. Swanston,
Q.C., M. D. Hill, Q.C., J. Bacon, Q.C., Mr. Commissioner
Holroyd, E. Cooke, Esq., and G. C. Glyn, Esq. 3. Relates
to Birmingham Borough Prison, and to inquire into cer-
tain charges of cruelty preferred by some of the inhabl-
tants against the governor of the
.gapl. The governor
resigned on Thursday. The commissioners are—W. N.
Webby, Esq., barrister-at-law ; W. J. Williams, Esq., in-
spector of prisons ; and W. Baly, M.D., medical superin-
tendent of Millbani Prison.

MARRIAGE OF THE DUKE OF BRABANT AND
THE ARCHDUCHESS MARIA OF AUSTRIA.
On Saturday week the Duke of Brabant, accompanied
by his father and a proper escort, met his bride, the Arch-
duchess Maria of Austria, daughter of the Archduke
Joseph Palatine of Hungary, at Verviers, on the Prussian
frontier, and conducted her in great state to Brussels.
The Duke de Brabant is still very young—only eighteen
years of age, but of tall stature, with quite a Bourbon face
—not the rounded contour of a Lous XVI.,• or a Duke de
Bordeaux, but nearer the older and more elongated type of
a Louis Quatorze, or his own ancestor the first Duke
d'Orleans. His manners are precocious, as is usually the
case with plants of a royal conservatory—the coolness, the
aplomb, and the knowledge of persons which he has, be-
longing rather to a man of thirty. The Archduchess
Maria is of middle height, of moderate embonpoint, of a
fine healthy complexion, and of a most pleasing expression
of countenance. She wore a costume of blue and white.
There was a great display of enthusiasm along the road at
all the chief to s—Verviers, Liege, Louvain, Mechlin, &c.
The Archduchess Maria was not sufficiently reco-
vered from 4er journey for to tec, 10 per.