The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-02-27 00:00:00

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, SATURDAY, Feb. 24.

(Before Lord Abinger and a Special Jury.)
PICKFORD V. GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Mr. Martin and Mr. Cardwell appeared for the plain-
tiffs ; and the Solicitor-General with Mr. Crompton, for
the defendants.

This was-an action brought to recover compensation
from the defendants fora breach of their duty as carriers,
the declaration alleging that on two occasions large quan-
tities of pork had been delivered by the agents of the
plaintiffs to the defendants at Liverpool, to be carried by
them on the same night to Birmingham, whence they were
to be carried by the plaintffs to London. Instead, how-
ever, of so doing, the defendants detained the goods till
the next following night, by reason whereof the London
markets were lost, and the plaintiffs deprived of the cus-
tom of the parties to whom the pork belonged. The
defendants denied that the goods had been received on the.
,terms set forth in the declaration, and it was now shown
by the plaintiffs in each case that the pork had been deliv-
ered at the " goods station " of the defendants, between
five and six o'clock in the afternoons of two days in Jan-
uary, 1842, but that in neither case did the pork arrive in
Birmingham until Saturday morning, and only reached
London on Saturday night, whereby the plaintiff missed.:
the market and lost nearly £6O.
The. Solicitor-General having, in the cross-examination
of one of the pork-dealers, elicited the fact that there
always had been, and now was, a large board at the defen-
dants' station on which it was notified in large characters
that all goods delivered after 4 o'clock p.m. would be for-
warded on the following day, and also that on several
occasions special application had been made to the super-
intendent when perishable goods were delivered after that
hour to insure their being forwarded on the same evening,
went to the jury upon the cassas proved by the plaintiffs'
witnesses,. contending that the contract declared on had
not been proved. The defendants had a right to, make
what terms they pleased in the performance of their busi-
ness.

Lord Abinger was clearly of opinion that the defendants
were entitled to the verdict on the plaintiffs' own showing,
and where he the party to deeide,should say so without hesi-
tation ; but it was a question for the jury, to whom he
would submit it, rather than nonsuit the plaintiffs-, in order
to avoid further litigation.
The jury, however, did not at first seem to..be unani-
mous with the learned judge, and begged to retire.
Leave having been granted to that effect, they were
absent for about one hour, at the end of whi3h time they
returned with a verdict for the defendants.

DEATH FROM BURNING.—On Saturday an inquest was
held before the Borough Coroner, to inquire into the cir-
cumstances touching the death of Isaac Appleton, a child
two years of age. It appeared that the deceased lined
with his parents at 38, Tenterden-street ; and that, while
left alone in a.room, in which was a lighted candle, he was
so severely burned on the left arm and side that he died
shortly after. A verdict to this effect was returned.
THE N,ww YORK PACKET-SHIP YORKSHIRE. —'We
recently noticed this fine new vessel, commanded by Cap-
tain Bailey, and on a second visit were much gratified by
a visit to her accommodations for steerage passengers be-
tween decks. The berths are not, as is usual ranged along
the sides, intercepting the light from the small ports, and
exposing the luggage, and frequently the bedding to damp
and water. They are fixed amidships, or, in other words,
ranging with the masts in a double tier ; and are roomy,
commodious, and dry at all times. The whole space on
the lower deck is thus left free open and well ventilated
and lighted for the purposes of exercise or recreation.
The Yorkshire is, in fine, a superb passenger vessel in
every respect, and her appointments in every respect su-
perior. Her fore and main masts are in one piece and
splendid sticks, being 32 inches in diameter below, and 56
feet in height. She will sail, we understand, on Friday
next, and we wish her and her polite and gallant com-
mander every success.
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REVIVED PROSPERITY OF THE MANUFACTURING
DISTRICTS.—
Our readers will no doubt remember the
unction
dwell upon the ruinous state of the borough of Stockport
--its
employed factories and untenanted shops and
dwellings.
This borough was their chosen example of the
injury inflicted by the corn-laws upon manufacturing in-
teresis—distress even yet they are slow to acknowledge as
passed away.
Even Stockport, however, now gives the
lie to their false prophecies and unprincipled statements,
u with which the members of the league used to
n
as the following extract from a local paper—the Stock-
port Advertiser—will show : " Our borough begins to
assume a character more inviting to the stranger and
more pleasing to the resident than it has assumed for some
years back. The busy hum of our now fully occupied
factories, and the habits of our industrious and wholly
employed operatives, added to the eager occupatirm of
shops and dwellings long closed, and the brightened faces
of the inhabitants long depressed, give to our streets and
to our population unequivocal signs of commercial vitality,
banishing from amongst us that mournful appearance
whirl! untenanted houses and " shops to let" in onr m-in.
eipal streets and thoroughfares. were wont to convey to
every well-wisher of this town,"

Peb. 27, 1844.

THE TRUTH-TELLING MERCURY AND T 1
ANTIMONOPOLY ASSOCIATION•

having Priday's contemporary is wrathful against °
disclosed to the world the fact that, on E'eler
recent occasions, and more particularly on the occatoo_r_.oof
au atlrmpt to gull a public ast:emblv, held at Lassel
room about ten days ago, " the young men who coralrO`
the „c urers of the Anti monopoly Assoeonion" ' been
outvoted by their opponents. We enlist cerlaialy ideaug-sve
to the charge, if guilt it can be to have oltl the truth.
have inturmed oar readers of the result of these apPe'
to the public, and shall continue to do so. We have Ilft,
d
however, to introduce our readers to a gentleman,
the " young men," doubtless, who has the modest ass
ante trammeeceretei
I,t4itgr)yri,enfleth)rrarmet
dwttiiiaeitsw,,,soeol!thdtai,lvetethrrruoetuphgo.hr t
eit(h,iheeo
fc.,o lumos
shall tell his own story. tyhoeunpgartmicanuiT

"TO THE EDITORS OF THE LIVERPOOL MEREtTi/S:de
Gentlemen,—Allow tie to call your attention to sd,T
remarks in Tuesday's Stodard, oil a lecture delivered,
rne. as a member of the r.nti-monopoly Association, dP,
Thursday evening, at Lassdl's-room. Great Richmond
street.

"The report of the Standa-d is, as usual, utieriyis a-e.
_,,
From what I have seen before 4 the doings of the 51
dard to endeavour to serve party, irrespective of rill d.
pie, on this question, I was not s,rprised. Our procee
ings were, as on former occasion., interrupted by seas
,
score or two of DIRTY BOYS, whoseonly argument
plentiful use of their `most sweet voi9.'—Yours, 44'ff
The vanity of lectureshi H. Dmcsos.
p is strong inMr. H. Datil,
whoever he be. But " young men shoqd be 020","
however high an opinion they may entertain i thelasel
We must take leave to assure Mr. H. Thum" that °,:f
report is not false in any one important particult,.;
Mr. H. Danson, on perusing it, discovers that `e
made a blockhead of himself, that is his affair, not Kr 2
Despite his eloquent lecture, himself and his party
outvoted outvoted on this, as on many other, occasions; and
defeat was acknowledoed by the chairman of the ineel,
They were not " dirty boys " who replied to Mr•
Danson's shallow sophistries, but bearded men—ape, as
,rf
grey-haired men—men equal to Mr. H. Danson in eXiff
particular except, perhaps, that more cotton was on imo.
have
And
backsenvd
etnnbotauwn7 lsdi
inrteona offerowro rbtdor oioanduerssleoertiihvoe s. So far, then, Mr'
Danson, we give you back the compliments which
Y
or your whig-radical ally, the Mfreznzery",.indHuolgwediralrae4i
at the working men who composed a large portion of the
meetings? Is this your "liberalism "—your toleratiol
The honest operatives, forsooth—the "dirty boy9';'
not to come "between the wind and your gentilitlie
The greasy artisan is not to raise his " most sweet voLeecit
in your neighbourhood! Consistent eentlemen! 3 H
prate to the world your anxious solicitude for the intett
of the poor man ; and if he ventures to express an 0pi....1/7
of his own, as to the effect of the nostrums you offer
he is straightway a dirty fellow—part and parcel O 1
"unruly rabble "—unfit to possess the rights of
_ilf
Englishman, or to breathe in a land of liberty. A rrffl
set of despots, in truth, would be these same " Yon
men who compose the lecturers of the Anti-moaoPv*
Association," if Mr. H. Danson is an average sample-

WATERLOO COURSING MEETINGS
1 THIS DAY AND THURSDAY.
I MR. M'GEORGE, of STAINDROP, JUDGE.
The Dogs, to be in the Slips at Ten o'clock.
The following is the Drawing for the first Dar.
-WATERLOO CUP.
Mr. Bake's Birdlime against Mr. Pollok's Lancer
Gale's Ajax .. Hughes's Munro Park'
J. Robinson's Roc .. Harper names Hostess'
Robinson's Ariel .. Wynne's Briton
Swans Sparks of rice .. Bagge's Traveller
Garven ns Knock-nava:in .. Barton's
Slater's Speculation .. Barker's Hector
Ball ns Young Priam .. Watt's Slaughterixtan
Standish's Stteamer - .. Mare's Al ounseer
Fletcher's Freeman .. Eglinton's Blue Banner
Sharpe's Skylark .. M 'Guire's Garland's •
Clark's Dressmaker .. Dr. Brown's Cantrip
Deakin's Wing .. Jebb's Titania
Craven's Canto
G. Barge ns Tyrant
SIAcrreA,R72R.•.L.:OOESA
Eglinton ns Bugle against
Scott
Gowtrtaat
Rill ;en
n;Esp sa Graham's
tG,g
BrocadeiSeeri
nrog
Eden's Exquisite t
:Esmdt All
A. Graham's sr i
.. Sharpe's Star
Dr. Brown ns Sportsman .. Bake's Kake
Bagge's Tramp
.. Slater's Sandy
Etwall's Billy-go-by•
Deakin's Driver y ess,
• •
Swan's Sovereign Queen. .. Jebb's Criftin s.
Clarke's Drainer .. Wynne's Baroness-.
Eden's Rowena .. Pollok's Loudoun.