The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-09-03 00:00:00

NISI PRIUS COURT.-SATURDAY.

Mr. BAiNEs applied to his lordship to grant speedy ex--
ecution in this case. grounding his application on two affi-
davits, one to the effect, that steps had been taken for the
purpose of sweeping away all the defendant's property to
prevent the satisfaction of the plaintiffs demand ; and
that, after the verdict was given, the defendant was 1 eard
to say, by James Cook, one of the witnesses of the tri.3l,
It is all right : I am prepared for it."
Mr. WATSON said it was exceedingly inconvenient that
an application of this kind should be made at the end of
the week, when the Solicitor General and Mr. Dutidas,
who, with himself, (Mr. Watson,) were counsel for the
defendant, had gone. If his lordship granted immediate
execution it would be the utter destruction of the defen-
dant.

The Junon asked whether Mr. Watson would give
security?

Mr.'WATSON replied, that he knew not ; what he
should apply for was, an opportunity of answering the
affidavit.

His lordship granted Mr. Watson's application to
answer the affidavits on Monday.

BENTLEY V. FLEMING
The hearing of this case was then resumed ; and, at the
clase of the plaintiff's case, Mr. KNOWLES addressed the
jury for the defendant, contending, that there had net
been any infringement, inasmuch as the invention was not
new. The Jury, after an absence from court for six hours,
returned a verdict for the plaintiff.

CROSKILL V. GROUNSELL.
This was another special jury case. similar to the last,
in which the plaintiff, William Croskill, a machine-Maker,
of Beverley, in Yorkshire, brought an action against Wil-
liam Grounsell, another machine-maker, of Louth, in
Lincolnshire, for the infringement of the patent of a clod-
crushing-machine, used in agricultural purpories. The
defendant pleaded the general issue, and that the invention
was not new. Mr. Knowles, Mr. Martin, Mr. Cowling,
and Mr. Unthank appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr.
Watson and Mr. Webster for the defendant.

At the close of the plaintiff's case, at six o'clock, the
Court adjourned to nine this morning.
Neither of the foregoing cases possessed the slightest
interest, except to the parties concerned.

FASHIONS FOR SEPTEMBER.

(From the "London and Paris Ladies' Magazine cf

Fashion.")

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g
t o Theor ornament a rnmakee" t than aIl dresses.foriari .
bt:fieaheT.,iea.hshpipen:orcreo:o,n.hrt,t,isilhi
become rather common, is often replacedh bryat.
i:itowith smal
or a. palles, many terminating atht e
gives
nlfeutri gt tt
autumnal to the
jwauciksett;s,thnilso more
lour l
willess
preve
ailing
egs
offerswlei sleeves vh moree
sl lacings
v saevi revers,li
eats:
nah
buckle, which is now insensibly re
large buttons are vrry
short, wide or • tight, but the
and may he worn long or
dresses. Many corsages are round
tuworrintlineetiuntufruevuaunrd;
Oriental is still the favourite.
Cannezous with sleeves are worn with low bodies ; they
are of embroider; d muslin, terminating at the waist with
a small jacket embroidered in a wreath, which forms
heading to a narrow lice, the half-long sleeve correspond_
ink. Guitnpes are also made with sleeves.
Pelisses or dolmans, lightly wadded and quite distinct
from.the winter costume, are made for the promenade ;•
they are taffetas d' Italie of pale colours ; the hood and
sleeves only are trimmed with lace ; Some are of plain
Indian foulard, buttoning from top to hottorn..
The onanleau de voyage is of silk or thin -merino, lightly
wadded, and lined with coloured silk, made very full and
with hood, often with a large pelerine and a running
string at the waist, and wide sleeves with wristbands.
The manlelets of transparent materials with sleeves, worn
during the summer, are now made in fancy silks, either
checked or striped glace-es, trimmed with.a small eltieor6
ruc/te.
Acacia, lilies of the valley, rcses, tremieres, double
poppies mixed with corn-flowers, are :elected at this ino-
ment to ornament bonnets ; a bouquet of. field. Rowers on
a paille de riz is very pr,;•ty. Fancy straws are worn
with flowers or feathers : veils and 'roitetta are much
.usedrprtieularly at t!..e sea:side. Pietty. Wait' eq.s 'are
made with simple crowns, small and round.in front, with
vapi/lorrs of tulle bouillorinC., having a .ribbon thrt•egh
them:

Sept. 3, 1844.

CORRESPONDENCE.

MEDICAL REFORM BILL.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD',
SlR,—`z/ill you allow me to occupy a small space 112.
your columns, in order to arouse the attention of the fae,
dical profession and the public to the proposed measurearte
medical reform, which is now before the country. Thet,
are nearly 300 medical men in Liverpool, and it is a ma,
ter of surprise that a bill, which will alter the whole aspecr;
of the profession, seems to have excited no attentios
amongst them. And yet it is a fact, that the con,eclnette,
to society, which will follow from its adoption by parka
meat, will be evil, and only evil.
I am glad to observe that there is a movement
the country on the subject,- and it is to be libped that bert`
also the sentiments or the body chose interests are ran°sof
immediately concerned, will be freely expressed. It are
to be supposed that the intentions of governmen'h•cb
otherwise than good ; but in legislating on matters
are only known to professional men, they must,d!„Pethe
entirely on information derived from without; and '-hpen
present case there can be no doubt that they have been
most grossly misled. Indeed, if the British College
Health, which vends Morison's Pills, had been consul ore
it is impossible to conceive any piece of legislation giro,
calculated to degrade medicine, and exalt quackery, P
ceeding from such advice. have
Quackery is acknowledged, for the first time, to cr.
8
legal existence by this bill; while its restrictions on tujecis,
cal education are such, that it holds out a direct juuliAll
merit to the increase of unlicensed pra2titioners. bat
medical men are to be registered, not by comntasitl„:os•
by certain inducements, which they are tither in 13'71,--iog
sion of at present, or which 19-twentieths care p 0 re.
about; and all parties who choose to practise without to.
zistering, may do so, whether they be possessed of diPoo
all or!!
mas or not. In short, any one may put a brass pled no
his door, with the title doctor or surgeon thereon, an.,ioo
man has a right to prevent him. The pecuniary P°soo.
of the quack is much better than that of the reg,ttlar Pttbe
titioner, and the only difference between them is, k
quack cannot hold an appointment to an hospital or is
aplesnosary,w submithtioc)li,
ainnddeehde,
chaenncoatrepsronsoetchuitneg 1-I.„etist
debt, obliged w
ht
cshe rhvee onca
n juries
easily
ev(whichade his
b yfenl loot w
his t
trusting
uusbljtencgts "^ibirt
The all but universal opinion of the measure ie
odfegra
quackery,de s the naonbdl e
it sciencelet
lets
looseof medicineall
sorts intoof iaralpiiisog'shietthitrobat4l7t7:o;
society. A temperate, and, at the same time,- fina,e".
pression of opinion, on the part of medical men, will Pr;
vent the sanc nary of their profession from being profeit.'
so as to become a place within whose precincts no genttio
man or man of honour can enter ; and to such a state
proposed bill would at once debase it.

I am, yours, &c.
ACADEMICtic
o'

ST. GEORGE'S CLOCK.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STAND.ARA .0
SlR,—What the reason is of St. George's clock baitl
told so many falsehoods latterly, I do not know; b,1.1,e,
really wonder that he is not ashamed of showing his PIO
Possibly he is in affliction, as be keeps his hands "lk
lll's (eves). At all events, as he is so much looke°
he ought to be better looked after; and if be won'll°'
would humbly sw>°eest that he be taken off.
Yours, &c.,
ONE. OF THE porjoYs.
Monday morning.

tY,
DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—Mr. Moore .-A
chair. An additional lamp was ordered to be place "to
each of the dock-police stations.—lt was ordered that 90
house of the master of the Queen's Dock should beoil
altered as to make it more convenient, and that a 51-60.
hut should be furnished for the dock gatemen.—The;ibe
rine surveyor presented a report with reference Owl
breaking adrift of the bell beacon. He stated that itiof
been repeatedly run foul of, but being constructs tie
iron, found to be uninjured. On examining the Chia
where it had snapped, it was found to be strong euougdrea
hold a vessel of 150 tons, whereas the buoy only meas'aite
22 tons. He stated also that the proportion of buot_soo
stroyed, stove, or struck by steamers to those which Pi. 50
their moorings by severity of the weather was at leas'tbs
to 1, and these casualties were likely to increase 85 10
trade increased in the narrow entrances to this river.lsoo
the harbour of Liverpool there were 65 buoys with
fathoms of chain mooring in continual motion by th„ ;;0 •
Lion of the sea, and subject to the friction attendant r,OO
sandy bottom. 61 of these buoys rode by moorings "0
twelve to twenty fathoms in length. The red buoys 058
changed every six or eight months, and the black. dst
every twelve months, and their moorings are exaVne
the same time. Since 1839 not one of the light "Ps, vof
broken from her station or altered her position so a
to be a proper guide to the channels. During that elle
the bell beacon was twice drifted, but in each instant
inference is, that she has been dragged away in
quence of vessels running foul of her. The nutun',ol
buoys drifted or torn away in 1840 was seventeen, to the
eight, in 1842 six, and in 1843 two.—The services °,4rlr
Formby Life-boat, in going to the assistance of the
schooner, ashore on the Mad Wharf, was reporteu p,
Thomas Herbert, master of the Toxteth Dock, svt'S .0
Thomaspointed tporetnhteonSawltalruaspepoDinoteckd, atot thtaekseamciemsraglearioLi4.-!1
was
the
alsop a st
submitted,
umbomn
ittht
e, d
showing
w statedin
Toxteth Dock, at 30s. a week.—The receipts for ligr,.-;°4
dock dues for vessels entering the port of Runcorn °,"0";‘,
1178 ; receipts, £5B 175., being a decre.."''''t plan
gthetolabned—vesaeus'&°l99;4°. ni"
pared with the corresponding mouth of last
Yeart.o be me-
chased chased for forming the navigable cut tonetch7sc'arnYah,
riAda3tbe;
morial was read from the shippers to Portugal
Mediterranean, praying for the allotment of a axed shelf
berth for the line of vessels trading to these Placesl, the
was referred to the harbour. masters' sub-conamitte e_e
Chairman remarking that it would be a saving of `pad the
accede to the wishes of the memorialists. Drafts O,Abl
deed for securing the instalment of £50,000, to be P":t,
the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Company. were sub!" ; ott
by the solicitor, and the seal of the trust was autherl%tort
be placed to the deed. The Chairman said the propil:
were to pay the next instalment, £28,000, as soon "

land for the cut was purchased.
.411,
OFFICE ROBBERIES.—On Thursday, Jane Hat°,,r;,s
is
who gets her living by going round the different ely_ciider
the town•begging, was.brought before Mr. Rushton, uriog
the following circumstances. On Wednesday o,°spirig
she called at the office of Mr. Darlington, wine anu,t her
dealer, Great Charlotte-street ; Mr. Darlington toup
not to come again; but in the afternoon she was teesea
the_staircase near the door of the private office. 01 len,
as she found she was observed she made off, 90, 00 a
shortly afterwards 18 sovereigns were missed ~,,r,;ettl
drawer, which had been left open-in the office.
taken into custody at eleven o'clock at night, but Or; deo',
the money being found upon her, she was rola 0'
Money having lately been missed from the el'WeJ"
Messrs. Leigh and Whitley, 18s. were marked en.,„, por
nesday, and being stolen, were afterwards found 1" tbe,ll
session of the office boy, William Hickson, schc't,deat
confessed his guilt. He was brought up anti retnfled.tr
doubtless with the view of being restored to his 'rift reiw
without the contamination received by imprisonnle."
felons.
THE EXTRAORDINARY CASE ON BOARD SI:I-ft0.1 8
our last week's publication we furnished an accounhottier
disclosure made to Sir John Pirie, at the Mansion"oo'
London, by a seaman named Laidlow, relative tO,B polt;
snction on board the ship John Campbell, of this „e,l
the property of Mr. William Sharp, of Drury-1100o'
this town—not (as erroneously stated) Sir Joseph ars!`A,
From that statement an inference might have Lenl)iegev
that the conduct of the supercargo—who, it was $ alto
r
had wrongfully assumed the command of the si"roh'go
the death' of the captain (Nelson) on the voyage— if,the fret instance, been unjustifiable, and event
be
Old Calabar, murderous towards the crew. Sir J*/ t
very reasonably doubted (=is stated) the veracity :fito,‘
seaman's rather unaccountable story ; and, t°,,:ietl,'„
himself, wrote to the owner here. The magistratf
was received yesterday week by Mr. Sharp, whot_,lnbi.?;l
stake that Mr. H. Burnley, the supercargo, had 55e1
thority in writing to take the command of the c-ere'"e
case of the death of Captain Nelson, and that lhtetePi
his was.the only lawful authority on board after do creo
Before taking the command, he read to the '0,1:°,101301
Mr. Sharp's letter, so authorising him. Mr. ''etp4ooJ
furnished to a contemporary Mr. Burnley's sc,est,
the proceedings, which is dated 27th February °
was received in Liverpool six. or seven weeks antlos4lat
this it appears that the crew broke out into 01,6 ria
on the 9th February, in Old Calabar River, $ s,Phe
Captain Burnley, after consulting Capt. Willialo4'
Smith, and other English captains in the river,?-09, iP
proper course to be adopted with the mutirleelf:rarc'4l
to the nat:vo king for his protection and ass„
1"):104110
quelling the untiny. The letter to his neg Le.
was signed by every English captain in thee r"-0113-,10,
at tack on the vessel is thus described :—" liingoe, a", all
sent some canee§ off, with strict orders not 10,eothIt'o'
gentleman in each canoe for the purpose of Prove., cebla
those who might be so disposed. At about 9 3,:te P 11," so
ral armed canoes went off to the ship, but,sc-heinhoeieB
to get on board in consequence of the sh'„P side "tles
high out of the, waterL the side ladder on n'''the
hauled up ; and the other cut away as soon 3,2.4 on
got on it; firing pistols and throwing hot wa'.; endeopl6,
As they would not give in, King Evarnba wa'his Psee 0'
necessity, after having two men shot, to gicekets, Other
orders orders to fire. They fired two or three 000 Ties 3.,1"
which shot Edward Callaghan on the cheek• a, au l!eitiB
cooled them. The Kroomen 'then commerl,cerest,
the carpenter over the side into a canoe. 'Pie a I°' 'fa'
; a • J 30,4
it was useless attempting to keep poss7s-Zotala tve
ran below, and stowed themselves away• e ten moo der
ley proceeds to describe the condition 01.,10,e WO;
were sent to prison: namely, William LBIY GiliOn, 0'
son, Joseph King. Edward Johnson, Sarni,!,e.'l,,,,han•
Hall, Walker, Williams, Benest, and ‘-",".4,,eq.ed t 0
these only three required surgical assistane:a:,uppiee_
derson, Laidlow, and Callaghan, and grit!. Et °of
them. On searching' the men's chests se , 0,10,1'500
titles were found, and also gunpowder, slng_s_:,ede
various descriptions. Captain 13urnleyP,r_tuao
that the men were furnished with provielc,"_', the eelts
Mr. Sharp's letter to the authorities i 11100!
attended to, but does not givead
at the Mansion House on TuesdayLiest the„., to,
dition to some of the above facts, that in J
plain:ant, was cne of the mutineers, and ti 11_
11 heel the t jufle
Captain Burnley, be ins. • • et e,e-
Wel nu' HO • jef
statement of the meeting-, received-
rrir" 13rr,
He also states that the ship had not yact
0.10;
that he has no rea.-on to -suppose Cy 1.°,0
would commit such an .act vs that w-hr7ll,i;e sait,l);Bo
charges him.—The Lord Meyer and Sir _ „roper „ro•
into when F an, r
the matter should tee inquired tea
of:information arrived, and Laidlow,
the
mised to attend. the segnue}.7,!_don wa.7_

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