The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-10-22 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

The jury, in an action just tried at Romford, have re-
turned a verdict of £3l against the Eastern Counties
Company, for injury -sustained by Mr. Henderson, a soli-
citor, while entering a train, in consequence of there being
no lights at the Forest-gate station—a deficiency which
has since been supplied. .

ELECTIONEERING SERVICES.--DWYER V. SIR A. W.
lIILLEARY, BART.—This was an action tried last week,
at the Westminster County Court, to recover £6 6s. for
work and labour performed by the plaintiff for the de-
fendant, in preparing and transcribing an address to the
electors of the county of Limerick, upon the vacancy
created in the representation of that county by the con-
viction of Mr. Wm. Smith O'Brien. It appeared from
the plaintiff's account, that the plaintiff had been for
twenty seven years foreign correspondent to a morning
paper (Post), and after fulfilling his duties as corres-
pondent during the civil war in Spain, upon his return to
England was introduced by Dr. Williams to the defen-
dant, as being a gentleman whose literary qualifications
and attainments would be of service to the defendant, who
desired to become a candidate. They all three met at the
Reform Club, and the plaintiff got his instructions, and
drew up an-address to the electors, with which the defen-
dant expressed himself exceedingly well pleased, observing
that should it not be of service now, it might come in
another time—as it expressed his great regard for the
Irish people. Upon speaking to Dr. Williams for pay.
ment, that gentleman said Hilleary is very much pressed
for :noney, and you must wait. Sir Augustus Hilleary
said Mr. Dwyer was about publishing a work, the Court
of Rome, and wished him to advance £l5O to carry out
his object. He told Mr. Dwyer if he could get a mort-
gage upon some property he had at Marseilles he would
lend him that sum. Subsequently he met the plaintiff,
upon his desire to start for the county of Limerick, and
certainly spoke to him upon the subject. The only pro-
mise he had held out to the plaintiff was to take him with
him to Ireland as his electioneering agent, thinking that
the tender to advance him £l5O sufficient payment for a
few lines he-wrote for him. He positively denied entering
into any contract written, verbally, or implied. Sir
Augustus put in a number of letters, which had passed
between the three parties concerned. Several held out
hopes to Sir Augustus, that if he advanced the £l5O for
the Court of Rome, and distributed 150 copies of the
work amongst the Catholic clergy of Limerick, it would
ensure his election, as Mr.. Dwyer would write such an
eulogy upon the partriotistn of Sir Augustus, in the
preface to the work, that woold convince the electors
they could do nothing better thin? support the " English
Baronet." (Loud laughter). On Thursday, the Learned
Judge went through the evidence great length, and
concluded by saying, that the only trastion he had to de-
cide was, whether the (defendant had Authorised the plain-
tiff to write the address or not ; he th.let he had not
done so, and the verdict must, therefore, io# for 919 de-
fendant.