The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-08-21 00:00:00

ALBRECHT V. MOORE

Mr. WIGHTMAN appeared for the plaintiff ;' the defendant
did not appear, From the statement of the learned counsel
it appeared that the plaintiff, who is a merchant in London,
chartered a vessel called the Dorothy Gales, of which the
defendant was owner and commander, to convey a cargo of
goods from Liverpool to Ceylon, in January last. All the
goods were regularly delivered on board except sixty half.
barrels of gunpowder, for Colombo, which, according to the
rules of the port, could not be sent on board whilst the ship
lay in dock. They were, therefore, put on board a boat and
ordered to be taken on board the Dorothy Gales, from near
the Black Rock ; but when the vessel arrived there the de.
fendaut refused to receive them. The gunpowder bad to be
sent by another vessel, and the action was brought to recover
the value of the freight. A verdict was returned for the
plaintiff. Damages £2l 2s. 3d.

WOODCOCK V. MARCH
Verdict for the plaintiff, £75 2s.
SAME V. SAME.
Verdict for the plaintiff, £l9 14s. Bd.
LAWSON V. JACKSON.
Verdict for the plaintiff, £29 17s. 2d.
CLARKE V. SCOTT.
Verdict for the plaintiff, £l3O 19*. •
COTTRELL V. STOCKS.

This was an action against the defendant, a cotton manu-
facturer, at Heaton Mersey, to recover damages for certain
injuries done by his negligence to Elizabeth Cottrell, the
plaintiff.
Mr. Cresswell and Mr. Atherton appeared for the plaintiff,
and Mr. Alexander for the defendant.
Mr. ATHERTON! opened the pleadings. The plaintiff in
this action was Elizabeth Cottrell, who sued by her nearest
friend and guardian, the Honourable Anthony Ashley Cooper,
commonly called Lord Ashley. The declaration stated that
the defendant was possessed of a certain mill, and a shaft in
the same mill, which shaft, when in motion, proceeded with
great velocity and power. The plaintiff was employed in this
factory, and the defendant, neglecting his duty, had omitted
to fence or box off the shaft, in consequence of which it
caught the plaintiff's clothes, and inflicted certain injuries
upon her, whereby she had been put to certain expenses.
The defendant had pleaded not guilty.
Mr. CRESSWEI.I. then addressed the jury. He was happy
to inform them that their time would not be occupied long
in the investigation of this case. His learned friend and
himself, after a few minutes' conversation, had arranged what
should be done between the parties; but, inasmuch as the
.case presented one feature which was not very common,
namely, that a young woman, serving inn a factory, sued here
by Lord Ashley, as her next friend and guardian, he thought
it but right that the circumstances under which the action
had been brought should be correctly understood. lie dared
say it was well known to the jury, that that noble lord had
devoted his time and his talents td .a great question, which
had more than once been agitated:in parliament, namely, the
degree of legislative interference that ought to take place be-
tween the owners of factories and their servants. The noble
lord, turning his attention to that subject, could not fail to
feel, as every man would feel, for those unfortunate beings
who, by thousands, were called to work in factories beyond
their strength, in order to obtain a scanty subsistence. That
noble lord could not but feel it was necessary that some pro-
tection should be interposed on behalf of those who were so
unable to protect themselves. To a great extent that feeling
had been shared in by the legislature, for acts of parliament
had been passed, whereby 'nspecters and superintendents had
been appointed, in order to watch over the necessities and
safety, and to act to a certain extent as the guardians, of the
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