The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-08-01 00:00:00

August 1, 1848.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S
COURT.-SATURDAY.

MENLOVE V. CARTER.
This was c motion for an injunction to restrain the
master of the shiv,Charlotte, and the Dock Company at
Liverpool from parting with the cargo—consisting of 1263
bales of cotton and 74,874 feet of plank. The bill stated
that Messrs. Menlove and Co., of Charleston, in America,
had been in the habit of dealing with Messrs. Higginson
and Deane, of Liverpool, and in Atignt,t, 1847, the latter
had sent out, in their ship the Charlotte, to Charleston, a
cargo of coal and salt, directing that the American house
should send back a cargo of cotton, and undertaking to
pay for the difference in value between the two cargoes.
Acting in pursuance of this direction, Messrs. Menlove
and Co., on the 12th October, 1847, despatched the ship
from Charleston with the cargo now in dispute, consigned.
to Messrs. Higginson, of Liverpool, the bill of lading
containing a direction to deliver to their (the consignors')
order, or assignees." On the 25th Sept. and 16th Oct. the
plaintiffs drew bills on Messrs. Higginson and Ca. for
£ll,OOO, being thevalue of the cargo, and shortly after as-
signed these bills to the Charleston Bank. with the bald
lading as an additional security. The Charleston Bank We'
money for the bills, and having dealings with the Bank
of Liverpool (who are co.plainti(fs), assigned to them the'
same bills, transferringralso, by way of additional security,
the bill of lading. While, however, the ship was on the
voyage, Messrs. Higginson and Co. became bankrupt. The
question now arose between the plaintiffs and the assig-
nees of the bankrupts to whom the cargo had been con-
signed, and who claimed to he entitled to it on the ground
that the property vested in Messrs. Higginson from the
time it was embarked on board their ship at Charleston.
The bank, however, with the consignors, contended that
the master of the ship, by the terms of the bill of lading,
was precluded from parting with the carao without an
order from the consignors (the plaintiffs), and that, there-
fore, the property in the cargo was never rested in the
bankrupts.

The book Company claimed a lien on the cargo for dues,
&c. The cargo had been placed in the company's ware-
house, under the provisions of their act.
The Vice Chancellor said he did not think, on the face
of the case, there was any alteration in its position since
March last, except that the goods were now in the ware-
houses of the dock. U" appeared that when a reference
was made to the common law advisers, those gentlemen
could not agree on a mode of determining the question.
Then how was the case to be tried ? The defendant was
at liberty to go to law if he pleased. Ile thought the
difference in the case was that there were novrstronger
reasons for continuing the injunction.

Warrants for the arrest of the London Chartist leaders
were issued on Saturday.
On Saturday, at York assizes, a special constable was
fined £lO for refusing to act when called on.
DEATH OF FRANCOIS CRAMER.—This eminent mu-
sician died on Tuesday, aged 76. He was leader of the
Concert of Ancient Music for forty years.
We see it stated in the Gentlemen's Gazette of Bombay,'
that 50 tons of Guzerat wheat have been shipped at Bom-
bay, for England, under several modes of packing, to
test the practicablity of the export.
THE DEARTH AT NEWFOUNDLAND.—The Harbor'
Grace Herald, of June 14, says that the inhabitants
have no potatoes left for seed, and no corn, save a pintor
more in some cases, furnished by Government. The-
Herald advises all who are able to leave the Ldand.
At York, on Saturday, the Chartist rioters whose con--
viction we have announced in another page, were sen-
tenced to imprisonment for periods varying from two
years to a month, the heavier offences having hard labour
attached to them.

CURIOUS FACT.—We learn that by the last packets.
from America several hundred Irishmen arrived, and im-
mediately took their departure for Ireland. It is believed
they are members of the Irish Confederation in America.
They had not, we believe, any arms.
SUMMARY OF GOODWOOD RACES.—TOtttI number Or
stakes, 37 : won by favourites, 12 ; won by non-favour-
ites, 21 ; forfeits, 4. Horses entered, 597; started. 208.
Total amount of stakes, £21,810: subscriptions, £20,175;
public money givem.£l,63s.
MOCK FUNERALS.—At an early hour on Tuesday morn-
ing last, a hearse was seen rapidly driving through Clon-
mel, surrounded by about fourteen horsemen. The
cortege was stopped outside the town by the police, and
the hearse searched, when it was ascertained that, instead
of a dead body, the hearse contained a large quantity of
arms, which were being conveyed to the rural districts.
EDUCATIONAL MOVEMENT.—At a meeting of persons
favourable to church education, held at Finchley, on
Saturday, for the purpose of inaugurating certain indus-
trial schools, which are to be established in connection
with the national schools, the Earl of Mansfield, who was
in the chair, and the Bishop of London, warmly advo•
cated the claims of the institution on public support, and'
a sum of £2OO was collected on the spot.
ZooLoutcAL GARDENS.—Madame Warton has just-
closed one of the most successful engagements ever entered,
into at this favourite resort. The programme for the-
present week is an attraction indeed ; thegardens themselves.•
day by day, present new beauties in nature and in art,
and the Aoelion Minstrels, who are engaged for four nights,
with the trombone band, give to the whole gardens rather
the appearance of an Italian festivity, than a pleasure.
ground at Liverpool.
POOR MAN'S INSTITUTE.—An establishment within the
means of a poor man, to furnish a literary relaxation after
toil to the most humble, was opened a few days since by
Lord Ashley in Pear-street, Westminster, one of the
poorest of that very poor locality. Itconsists of a library
and large reading room, furnished with periodicals, the
daily and weekly newspapers, provincial newspapers, &c•Lectures are delivered on philosophical subjects. The
room to be opened daily from 10 to 10. The subscription►
three-half-pence weekly..
SUSPECTED MURDER. OF AN OLD LADY.—Considerable
excitement has prevailed at Cheddar, in consequence of
the exhumation of the body of an old lady named Sendai,
who died in December last. The deceased, we under-
stand, was a single lady, and at one time carried on a.
profitable business as a staymaker; having acquired 3
considerable competence, she, some time since, gave up
business, and retired into private life. Before her death,
she made a will in favour of two nephews, and the present
inquiry has 'commenced at the instigation of her brother,.
who had expected to inherit her property.—Bridal
Journal.
AN EXTRAORDINARY CHARACTER.—At Dalnacroialt
in the pariah of Strathconan, Ross-shire, resides a bale,
eccentric old man, of the goodly age of eighty. In order
to perpetuate the custom of one of his ancestors, he has
resolved to await the last twinkle of his days in an old
arm-chair, which has been handed down in the family for •
the last two centuries. So determined is he in this strange -
resolution that he has caused his sister to burn his bed!
lest, by his infirmities overcoming his purpose, he should
be tempted to repose upon it. He sits upon. this cba'
night and day, but sleeps little, for the purpose of dyiag
awake.
BUNN V. JENNY LlND.—This celebrated cause, ill
which it will be remembered that Mr. Bunn recovered
verdict with £2,500 damages against Mdlle. Jenny 1,,,r,U1,,
for breach of an engagement, is still in litigation. 'l,".
next proceeding will be a writ of error on the part of the
defendant, which cannot be argued in the Exchenie.,
Chamber before Michaelmas term in November. i
Justice Erle has lately been engaged in settling a bill 0:
exceptions tendered on the trial ; and by an order made,
e
the damages, with £l,OOO for costs, have been prid into
the Court of Queen's Bench. The costs in the cause nave
been taxed at nearly £7OO, and the residue of din sur
paid into court is to meet the accruing expenses. The
action was commenced in March, 1847, so that in au
e
probability it, will be about two years before it will
finally decided.—John Bull. Th°
DWELLINGS FOR THE INDUSTRIOUS CLASSES.-- n 1
Metropolitan Association for Improving the Dwellings. It
the Industrious Classes are proceeding with equal sP„
and success in the prosecution of their benevolent entfc`b
prise. Having so well carried out the objects for whi4
they were embodied. in the erection of the building `,
Camden Town, they are now engaged in establishi?gei,
dormitory, or lodging-house for single men, in SPI.IOO,
fields, for which purpose they have purchased, for Xl,' t,
a site of freehold ground at the end of Spicer-stresec,
Brick-lane. The proposed dormitory is to contain be
cam modation for not less than 300 men, and there are teia.
erected also lodging-houses for 40 families at the leied
With regard to the building at Camden Town, we are rest,
to see from the report of the directors that in MO lolly
out of 110 sets of rooms, 103 were let, and 94 actua to
occupied. The entire number of applicants amounte
_ace
197, a few of whom only have been refused in consequ_eets
of their references not being satisfactory. The aPPII,:ore
for the lower-rented rooms, it appears, have been im
numerous than the buildings would contain.

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PRICES OF PROVISIONS 1N BIRKENII-v
MARKET, JULY 29, 1848. d•
s. (2. s. d. I s. d. ,„56 3
Beef ?lb. 0 6to 0 7 Gooseberries, qt. 0 li". 0 .6i
Mutton 0 6 0 7 Strawberries.... 0 4 0 1
Veal - 0'
Lamb, per lb 0 6 0 7 Black Ditto .... 0 0 "n
Fresh Pork
Bacon -
0 ~,
Hams 0 8— 0 9 Beans 0 4 0 v
Salmon
0 8— 0 0 Cucumbers,each 0 „ $ 4
Soles 9— 0 0 Fowls, p• Couple 2 "
.....--- 5 vn
Cod Fish
Brit n ..-- 6
0 6 0 0 Turkeys.... each 0 ",, ~..• 4 A
Haddocks 0 0— 0 0 Geese, c'ntry fed 4 u 0 v
---
Whiting 0 0— 0 0 Partridges,vbrce 0 0
..... 0 ~,
Lobsters
...... 0 `,,
0 .., 0 v
Fresh Butter Oll 1 0 Black Game ... • 0-- 0
Salt ditto - 0 0
Fggs.....p. 120 5 10 6 0 Hares ......each 2 Q..— 0 ~
Potatoes, A.Peck 0 6 010 Pigeans,v,couple 1 ...... 0 "
Plumbs 0 8 1 0 . Rabbits ........ 2
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