The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-04-16 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS.

The British and North American royal mail steam-ship
Hibernia, Captain Judk ins, will leave this port for Hali-
fax and Boston on Friday next.
NEW MAGISTRATE.—At the Court-house in Preston,
on Friday, Hugh Hornby, Esq., of Ribby Hall, took the
oaths and his seat as a magistrate for this county.
We hear that W. Waring Perry, Esq., of Linden
House, Rock Ferry, has taken the manors of Broxton and
Bickerton, of Sir P. de- M. Grey Egerton, Bart., for 11
years.

NEW MAGISTRATE.—OH Monday last, at the Lancas-
ter Sessions, James Clarke, Jun., Esq., of Swarthdale
House, son of the late Recorder of Liverpool, took the
oaths, and qualified as a magistrate of this county.
"THE SAUCY ARETHUSA."—The Arethusa, now em-
ployed in the quarantine service at Liverpool, is to yield
her gallant name to some embryo frigate, and henceforth
is to be known as the Bacchus.
NARROW ESCAPE.—On Tuesday last, a boy, 11 years
of age, the son of Mr. Wainwright, while playing in the
fields near the tanneries, on going near one of the pits
fell in. Fortunately he was seen by a roper, who instantly
jumped in, and saved him from drowning.
FARMERS' ARMS BOWLING GREEN, PARK-ROAD.—
This green has been entirely relaid and throughly drained,
and the Farmer flatters himself that it will now bear an
advantageous comparison with any in the neighbourhood.
It will be opened on Wednesday next.—See advt.
A cast-iron Pulpit has been erected in the Jewish sy-
nagogue, Seel-street. The first lecture was delivered
from it by the Rev. D. M. Isaac, on Good Friday. We
believe this is the first regular pulpit erected in a Jewish
place of worship in this kingdom.
On DlT.—That a Branch Railway from Crewe to Li-
verpool, by means of a tunnel under the river at Runcorn,
to terminate somewhere in the neighbourhood of St.
Luke's Church, is in contemplation. If true, the journey
from London to Liverpool will be reduced upwards of an
hour.

THE FAIR.—Our Easter Fair commenced on Monday
last, when there was an unusually good supply of cattle,
and improving prices were obtained. The attendance of
strangers at the fair has also been very numerous, and
more money appears to have been spent than for many
years past.—Blackburn Standard.
PUBLICANS FINED.—The police-court was principally
occupied on Friday in bearing informations against publi-
cans and beer-sellers for opening, and selling liquors, at
illegal hours on Sundays. Fourteen publicans were fined
in sums varying from 20s. to £s—the majority of them
above 40s, and sixteen beer retailers were mulcted in like
amounts.

COMMITMENT.—On Thursday James Moony, who was
tried for forgery during the present assizes and acquitted,
was brought up before Mr. Rushton, charged with steal-
ing a hat from Robert Owen. The case being proved
against him, he was committed for trial. He was formerly
an attorney carrying on a respectable business at Wrgar.
NEW SCHOOLS AT BLACKBURN.—The foundation
stone of the intended new schools in connexion with St.
John's Church, Blackburn, was laid on Easter Monday,
amidst a large concourse of the clergy, gentry, and inha-
bitants. The ceremony was performed by Jos. Fielden,
Esq., who presented the land. In the evening a tea party
took place, at which about £750 children sat down. Se-
veral speeches were made by gentlemen present, and the
meeting spent a delightful evening.
We are informed that Mr. Stephenson is now preparing
surveys for a line from Chester, which will communicate
with the Chester and Birkenhead, and the proposed Ches-
ter and Hollyhead Railways, and extend by Wrexham and
Shrewsbury to the great iron districts of the kingdom ;
thus forming a most important commercial line, connect-
ing popular manufacturing and agricultural districts with
the river Mersey and its docks. We understand that a
prospectus will shortly be issued, and that Mr. Mallaby
is engaged to apply for the Act of Parliament.
DAY SCHOOL IN CONNEXION WITH GREAT GEORGE-
STREET CHAPEL—A new day school has been erected in
Bedford-street, Toxteth-park, the funds for which have
been subscribed by the congregation of Great George-
street Chapel. It will be opened on Monday next, and
there is accommodation for about 300 pupils. A great
number of applications have already been made for admis-
sion ; thus affording a proof that such an institution was
much wanted. On Tuesday night last a tea party was
held, at which the Rev. Dr. Raffles presided, and some
excellent addresses were delivered on the occasion.
FASHIONABLE WEDDING.—On Tuesday morning last
Miss Ellen Esther Tobin, daughter of Thomas Tobin,
Esq., was married, by the Rev. Jonathan Brooks, in St.
Peter's Church, to Jaques Myers, Esq. The wedding
party proceeded in eight carriages from the residence of
the bride's fa her, Rodney-street, and so splendid a
cortege attracted an irodiense and gratified crowd. The
church was ctowded with ladies in elegant and appro-
priate costumes, all eager to see so fair and charming a
bride, and to do honour to families whom every body
respects.

SLEEP.—The poet Young says, " Sleep is great Nature's
second course—the balm of hurt minds." Johnson says,
It is the parenthesis of human woe." Sleep being thus
appreciated by mankind, how desirous ought we to be that
all should tranquilly enjoy " sweet repose," the general
obstruction to which is through an unhealthy action of the
liver or other viscera ! A little attention to the " young
disease," by having recourse to a mild aperient, often
produces the most salutary effect, and for such purpose
FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH stands prominent i❑
public opinion.—See advt.

OUR NEW CHIEF CONSTABLE.—We understand that
the officers and watchmen of the Glasgow Police Esta-
blishment latelr.agreed to present Captain Miller with a
testimony a their respect, previous to his entering upon
the discharge of his duties in Liverpool. With this view
a subscription was set on foot, a small sum being contri-
buted by each; and it was resolved to devote the proceeds
to the purchase of an ormolu clock or time-piece. A very
handsome article has accordingly been purchased. A small
sum being left on hand, the subscribers laid it out upon
a neat riding whip for the Captain's use.—Scotlish Guar.
INTERESTING TO LADIES.—Persons of delicate com-
plexion are susceptible of the influence of the atmosphere
at this peculiar season ; and ladies, whether frequenting the
crowded saloon, the close assembly, enjoying the rural ride
or drive, the summer promenade, or the aquatic excursion,
should invariably have recourse to that invaluable disco-
very, ROWLAND'S KALYLOR, which is found to be the
most gentle yet •efficacious preparation that science has
discovered for the preservation of female beauty and
grace. Throughout season, time, and climate, this faith-
ful auxiliary arrays the neck and arms in radiant brilliancy,
and perpetuates the vivid bloom of juvenile attraction.—
See advt.

GILL-STREET MARKET,—On passing through Gill_
street, a few days ago we perceived, on looking into the
spacious yard attached to the new market, that the little
shops now in course of erection are nearly completed
These are intended for pedlar's. The establishment of a
good pedlar's mart would be an acquisition to the neigh-
bourhood. We understand that they are already nearly
all let. Gill-street market has been found a great conve-
nience in this district, and as we believe that meat and all
descriptions of provisions can be obtained considerably
under the current rates charged elsewhere, while the qua-
lity of everything is by no means inferior, it cgght to be
impressed upon the minds of all families in ifs vicinity
that they should do all they can to give it cordial support
and encouragement, as they cannot fail to find a great ac-
commodation in its establishment. The shops, stalls, and
standings continue, we understand to be all let to respec-
table and enterprising tenants, who will no doubt offer an
increase of choice articles as public support is given. In
an advertisement elsewhere it will be noticed that some
of the+cellars are to be let connected with this market.
For the purposes of curing meats, av, indeed, for the stow
ing of anything in which good ventillation and dryness are
necessary, these vaults are not to be excelled in the town,
while the rents, as it appears to us, are fixed at a very low
rate.

-PUBLIC DINNER AT THE EGREMONT HOTEL.—Mrs.
Sharpies having renewed her lease for the hotel and ferry
at Egremont, a public dinner took place, on Friday last,
under the patronage of the Hon. Lloyd Kenyon, as a re-
opening of the hotel. The dinner was attended by up-
wards of fifty gentlemen, principally residents at Egremont
and New Brighton, and those of our readers who recollect
the good fare which the hostess used to give when at the
Golden Lion, in this town, may form some idea of the
entertainment on Friday. There was an abundance of
everything that is in season, and we never saw the good
things of this life appear to give greater satisfaction to the
partakers than on this occasion. The wines, also, were
excellent. The chair was occupied by_Henry. Winch,
Esq., who was most ably supported by M. Fischer, Esq.
Amongst fhe company present we noticed the Rev. J.
Tobin, John North, Esq., James Bateson, Esq., W. H.
Gilliat, Esq., William Armstrong, Esq., TBouch, Esq.,
J. B. Huches. Esq., Benjamin Buchanan, Esq., Richard
Bateson, jun., Esq., John Driver, Esq., W. Mann, Esq.,
and S. Brabner, Esq. After the usual loyal toasts, Mr.
North, in proposing the health of Sir John Tobin, made
a very eloquent speech in reference to that gentleman's
high character, styling him the " prince of merchants."
The address elicited the warm applause of the whole com-
pany. The party did not separate until a late hour, the
greatest unanimity having prevailed, and every one ap-
pearing highly delighted with the entertainment.
WALTON VESTRY MEETING.—On Tuesday last the
annual vestry meeting was held in the parish church, for
purpose of auditing the accounts and transacting the ge-
neral business of the township. The Rev. J. G. Legh,
the newly-appointed vicar, occupied the chair. The ac-
counts for the past year were read by Mr. T.-F. Roskell,
one of the churchwardens, from which it appeared that the
whole receipts during the year, added to a balance in
hand of £l2B, were £BO9 2s. 10d., and there had been ex-
pended the sum of .RBO9 7s. 5d., leaving a balance due to
Mr. Roskell of 4s. 7d. ; there was also about £7O owing
to the parish, which had yet to be got in, and which might
be appropriated to the liquidation of Mr. T. Birkett's
account, £3O of which had been paid during the past year,
leaving about £l3O yet to be cleared off. The accounts
were passed without opposition: On the nomination of
the vicar, Mr. Thomas Harrison was appointed to the
office of churchwarden for the ensuing year; Mr. Robert
Pendlington was also elected to serve as sideman, and a
motion was carried, giving them power to pay off all the
old debts at present remaining against the township. Mr.
Roskell, seconded by Mr. Mackerell, moved a rate of ld.
in the pound for the next year, which was put to the
meetinc, and carried. The sum of £2O per annum, voted
to Mr. Clarke, the late organist, was ordered to be con-
tinued. Thanks were then given to the late churchwar-
dens for their valuable services, and also to the vicar, who
had so ably presided on that occasion, which the latter
acknowledged, and expressed the gratification he had ex-
perienced in witnessing the peaceful and orderly manner
in which the meeting had been conducted. The state-
ment of accounts was then signed by the various officers,
after which the meeting adjourned.

April 16, 1841

om the
ALTERATION IN THE MAILS.—It will be seen fry
official announcement in our advertisinw page, thatLar"
mails took place on Friday. Her Maje,ty's mails he ti
forth will leave Kingston every morning at seven _ for
alterations in the despatch of the Dublin and
.9_l3dce_eil
lef
bringing the Dublin and Inland Irish mails in tin'ibe
the London mail, which will be despatched fro.r:_tcoi
station at Lime-street every evening
of 7 o'clock as heretofore. We Were a general a c_nt
ration will take place throughout the kingdom, not 711,
increase of speed, but by a greater expedition at th
ferent stations. The Manchester Guardian of Wea,..ra
day says, that this is to be the case along the norm!.
.coos
lines, but from the announcement of the Grand Ju"
Company only one train, that at forty-five minutes, Pot,,
one p.m. is to leave Birmingham at ten minutes Past ()of
or thirty-five minutes before the ordinary time. ..st
at 8 o'clock
cack.
course the change hers will cause a corresponding on"
Manchester and the adjoining towns.
PP
• COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—The termination of i;
Wesley's course is a matter of regret to all by wh,:ey
was attended. We have previously said, that Dr. d
has attracted larger audiences than have ever attend! any lecture-room in Liverpool, and his last lecture; toit,
Friday, was better attended than any which preeedlae,
The service, by the lecturer, which was introduecaihse
ceived. as it merited, loud applause. The gem 07ce
evening, however, was the extemporaneous perfortng.s,
of Dr. Wesley on the organ, which was listened to 1,1
breathless attention throughout, and, at its conclusive'ose
was greeted with enthusiastic and long-continued aPPlid
from all parts of the house. We hope that Dr. W`,
may be induced to revisit us again upon a future oces!'",,
He will always be welcome. Professor Jones, of ,
College, London, it will be seen, succeeds him, to-ro°,,
row, in a course which may be expected to prove interest,
ing. After him comes our old friend Professor Greenbas.l
whose exemplifications of the styles of oratory
practisrli:
by Sir R. Peel, Lord J. Russell, Lord Stanley, "P'Cotor
Lord Lyndhurst, Shiel, &c. will, no doubt, be highilr
tifying and prove extremely attractive.
DOCK COMMITTEE.—Present, Messrs. Moore,
Barclay, Holt, Holmes, Middleton, Chilton, Trons4b°6
Aikin, Royden, Tobin, Bold, Kendall, and Ripley. Tm
Surveyor obtained leave to let the Brunswick Dock u't
either the next or following springs. Leave was given t,
t,
the Marine Surveyor to bring into port the iron ligPig
ship Prince, to have her keel' deepened, and bike ifee,,
placed on her sides. The plan of a railway, proposed
he placed on the east side of the King's Dock by tu(
Railway Company, at their own
expense, for the toe',"
the public, was submitted and approved of. The C1,511'
man said, that, for reasons stated to thea
p hamental
sub-committee, Mr. Aikin had resigned
his seat. motion of Mr. Bold, seconded by Mr. Tobin, Mr. CP'
ton was appointed in his place. In reply to a
quesli° from Mr. Ripley, it was stated that it was intended t°
introduce into the new dock bill a clause authorising the
committee to remove ships from one dock to anotherarte'
three days' notice. The clause would be a modificati°,
of the old one, to meet the difficulty that arose out oft
alteration by the Council. The committee then proceed'
to matters of finance.
WEST DERBY UNION.—The following persons b3/e
been elected guardians for the different townships in the
union :—West Derby, Richard Sanders, Thomas Robert"
Thomas Jeffefies ; Bootle-cum- Linacre, Edward Astairl
Parker; Everton, Richard Shaw, Richard Bradshaw'
Fazakerley, John Pinningtcn ; Kirby, Hugh Bullen!
Kirkdale, John Robert Metcalf, T. Fleetwood Roskos Walton-on-the-hill, T. Sleddon ; Aintree, R. mercer'
Great Crosby, Joseph Bispham Leatherbarrow ; Little
Crosby, James Williams; Ince Blundell, Thomas Baines'
Litherland, James Parr ; Lunt, Peter Almond ; Nether'
ton, Edward Darwin Whitehead ; Orrell and Ford, J°rib°
Birch ; Thornton, John Tyrer ; Tuxteth Park. JO""
Sheppard, James Robertson, John Hughes, Thomas
Huntington, John Payne ; Childwall, John Walker'
Allerton, Peter Pilkington ; Garston, William Hilt°ll;.
' Wavertree Rev. William Badnall, M.A. At the 611";
meeting of the new board, held on Tuesday. the 26th nit' John Sheppard, Esq., was unanimously elected Chairril
for the present year; Thomas Roberts, Esq, was elect!,
vice. chairman ; and Edward Asbury Parker, Esq., deputy
vice-chairman.

the body INQUE
of Betsy DeSTS.—On W
nt,ednesd a child, four an
year was was held 11
ye old who 0'
burnt to death in Hadley-street. The deceased, had been
left with her brother in a room, and by some accident bet
clothes came in contact with the candle. On the sail
day, also, an inquiry took place touching the death °
Agnes Ann Mute!), who was run over by a cart, in Eccles:
street, from which she received such injury as to colt her death shortly afterwards. Verdicts in accords
with the evidence were returned in both cases.-On Ss'
turday four inquests were held before the Borough Coro-
ner. The first was on the body of an unmarried females
„ named Ellen Quayle, a servant, nineteen years of age, ,a
the employ of Sarah Wiggins, of Queen Anne-street.
appeared, from the evidence, that she had died from t'"
effect of an irritative poison, believed to be oxalic
0,,,
,°ld,
and that she was five months enciente at the time.
'";
jury returned a verdict to the effect, that she had tabe
the poison while insane, and that her insanity had been
produced by the base and heartless conduct of her Para;
mour. The second was on the body of John Fortur
who was killed in Maryhone, by the wheel of a cart hail"
passed over his loins. The third was on the body of Wrt:
Cain, a man, thirty-eight years of age, who, died in a
in Stockdale-street ; and the fourth was on the body of
Jesse Merritt, who was sculling a boat in the Fyne
Dock, let slip the oar, and, in trying to catch it, over'
balanced himself and was drowned.

g\DVrE.SNLlE'LleAyTdeTtinvEereCdOtheEGlATE.—°n
eveDnain.
seventh. and last even
ing ing the eighth and concluding lecture of tsiff::lrs The
" Church Music," at the Collegiate 1"3"
lecture on the firs at
I th and
his review of the ecclesiastical -r of the eighteenth
nineteenth centuries, with iliestraslions from Boyce, Att-
wood, Sphor, and Mozart, and, by particular desire, the
Te Deum from the Doctor's forthcoming Service ill E.
The lecture last evening was chiefly confined to an ac-
count of the resuscitation of the choral service in the
church, and its subsequent history down to the present
period. This lecture was illustrated by syecimens of mu'
sic in the present century, including a chorus and anther!?
by the lecturer's late highly-gifted father. The continued
attendance of a crowded and respectable audience (wrongs;
whom we noticed most of the musical savans in this town)
affords the strongest evidence of the value of the lectures
themselves, which were all that could be TuesdnaY,
desired on the
t
evening. was a continuation of
subject of which they treated. Indeed, they could 11°
fail to prove highly intellectual, instructive, and intere/
ing compositions, when it is considered that they emanat,.e,
from one to whom genius has descended as a birthright'
and in whose family, for generations, musical skill ha'
been held in possession as an heirloom. Dr. Wesley's
performance on the organ, at the close of last night's lee'
ture, realised the most extravagant expectations of the
connoisseurs in music. It was a splendid exhibition
artistic skill. The instrument felt and acknowledged thea
touch of the great master who presided at it, and cch°
drew forth tones which, from simple grandeur, became el
elab iration of intricate and finely-woven harmonies, tll,
excited a burst of applause from a hitherto silent and al-
most most breathless audience. On the whole, this course "t,
lectures closed with an Alai worthy the artist, the sublet
and the noble institution in which it was delivered,
admiration of the past, we must not neglect to direct tr
attention of the members of the institution, and the pub-
lic generally, to the next course of lectures, commencing
on Tuesday next, namely, that by Professor T. Rymet
Jones, on the " Development and Metamorphoses of
Animals," which will be illustrated by numerous dill'
grams.—Journal.
THE NEW GAOL IN WAvenvaen-eArze•7-The work
of demolition now in progress in wavertree-lane, has 00
doubt apprised
the inhabitants of Edge-hill, that their
vicinity is speedily to be ornamented by a building of
character somewhat different from the tasteful villas and
aristocratic mansions which give elegance to this
ban district. The tall elms have nearly all disappeared;
and with them, of course, the large and noisy family.e;
rooks which have made them for many a
year an aid
home. The old mansion itself (Plumb's Hall) has distill,
peared, and a heap of unsightly rubbish only indicates tl3
site will soon arise a new prison—the largest -
scene
of former elegance, wealth and comfort. On t,
and
sabot'
best t
ranged in the kingdom, to be used in place of the presee
gaol in Great Howard-street, long known as the " Frenek
Prison." The new gaol will occupy an area 'of eleve
acres, with a frontage to Wavertree-lane of about three
hundred yards, and is to contain accommodation for lif;
wards of 1,100 prisoners, in the following divisions, viz..
500 adult male criminals, 150 male juveniles, 300 fees,',
prisoners of all ages, and all classes, and 63 male debtof.o6
The building will be three stories in height, besides le
basement, which is to be used for stores, worksholt
kitchens, ventilating apparatus, and other appurtenance
requisite to an establishment of such magnitude. 'IL
whole will be enclosed by a massive boundary wall of O.:,
quate height. The main entrance will be from Wavertr,
court-yard,
tfhreombatwhh.ircohnmwsil.l dAivtertgbee
court a flig.3t of
road, through a lofty gateway. On either side of the gad
way, and outside the boundary wall, will be the residen,
of the governor and. the chaplain. The gateway will °Pp
fflooro
trh,
et the
p officesuty.go
ve forr
ntohre. magistrates,Th e
upper
pp e r
tiednrni effttomre entrance net Yncstepoabaf idtiutsisensg sof the prison, comprising, on the group
steps will conduct to
clerks, with rooms for the surgeon and a reside
sgtoo
up as a chapel, adapted to contain one-half the prison"-,
at a time, and so arranged that each prisoner shall Ile(
full view of the pulpit, and yet not be able to see any
prisoner. At the further end of the entrance hall,,lftl
story
rerwniolrl
be Std
passage will open by folding doors into the central, or g'lo
ball, from which a corridor, on either side, will tete
the male and female criminal prisoners. Along the icl
tral corridor will be situated the debtors' apartments,wol/
are to consist of six day-rooms on the ground floor, 'per
exercising yards attached, and sixty cells on the .vr,-
stories. The prison for the adult male criminals grill
cupy the space to the right of the central hall. The hie,
will be warmed and ventilated upon Dr. Heed's Po he
The female prison, and the prison for the boys, Pot,
erected at the western extremity of the central co the
and will radiate for a central, or inspection
same manner as the adult male wards. The boys, on
will be effectually separated from the female war°s,:rtolle
will be adapted for the purposes of instruction in "c"
„d 0
trades. A selection of the boys will also be emplfYhiell
cultivating upwards of an acre and a half of ground!..ginS
will be left vacant for the purpose. Five sets of e.x,c,titrai:
yards, each containing2oseparetteyards, will be law '4l
diating front a central tower, from which the offieerrigelp,:
able to see all the prisoners as they exercise. The 1.).,i1ar
on which this prison will be built is precisely s.ll.ffbitila,
the model prison at Pentonville, London. All tir_olitserY,
ings will be adapted to carry out the separate o.r,.:st
system of prison discipline ; but still so arratienaili"giple`',
could be easily made to suit a system on the ptrs p the
association. As far as structural arrangemen gip
believe this prison will be one of- the most perfecta,.
kingdom.—Slightly condensedfrorn the Tourn

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LIVERPOOL SPRING ASSIZES.

NISI PRIUS COURT.—TIIESDAY, APRIL 9.
tub.
• .ItSON AND ANOTHER V. BRIGHTMAN AND OTHERS.
The
• (Continued from our last Paper.)
further hearing of this case was resumed this morn-
ing-
R 241.• Byrn, of the house of M`Vicar and Co. at Macao,
as called, and stated in effect, that owing to the state oful,istios between this country and China, it was irnpossi-
Warehouses there and it was, moreover, not a place of
trade. The only port where they could have been d's-
P,,?sed of was Canton ; hut a large portion of the damaged
Igo was sold at Hong Kong. At the time the
.goods
twere transhipped to the James Laing there was no inten-
mn of a,ain putting them on board the Penang.
Captacs
that o Joseph Lyas, master of H.M.S. Herald, stated
the there was not at the time any declaration of war on
fion'
~Part of England against the Chinese ; that Hong
May a Preferable to Macao for lying up, and that in
the vessels of war were withdrawn from Macao.
hishlr closed the plaintiff's case.
fat Xstty then addressed his lordship, contending
no real question arose or was in dispute that
np left to a jury. They had had direct answers
everY question from Mr. Byrn ; and although he was
all a hostile witness he (Mr. K.) was content to take, liter-
,e
and substantially, as true, all that witness had stated,
a'lY
po ta reupon to raise the question of law. The law was
Zsettled in favour of the defendants, by the case ii)t
si„ " v. Vean, in 12 East, page 293, which was a deer-
t'a of Lord Ellenborough in the Court of Queen's
each. There an insurance had been effected on the
leAna to certain ports in the river Plate. The vessel pro-
dad to Monte Video, and, having stopped there, it was
ended to proceed and finish the voyage at Buenos
4. Yres• The fact and intention of the parties were stated.
the time the vessel arrived, hostilities were going on at
36tienos Ayres ; and this was exactly analogous to the pre-
rt ease. Hong Kong was here named as one of several
places mentioned in the policy ; but the intended place of
discharge was, in the one case. Buenos Ayres—in the
other Canton. There was a state of hostilities between
state of AyThough res and the English ; and here there was a
i!,lostilities between Canton and Great Britain.
goods , was uite free to admit that in putting the.
curostannee°soafrd the James Laing,it was intended, if cir-
cease, to
senadtterwa
hem
rds permitted, and if hostilities should
on to Canton, and there dispose of
them, still he contended that when a vessel arrived at one
of the places mentioned in the policy, intending to proceed
to another, and that, if from existing circumstances which
er cargo, or preventedi the parties from proceeding further, they landed
their
put it into any other place in order that it
might remain in safety, on the chance of that state of
things
ceasing, so that it might afterwards be sent else-
where, the parties made that place the ultimate port of
discharge, and the risk was at an end. If he were wrong
On this point, the plaintiff would be entitled to recover ;
and if he were right, he apprehended then that the voy-
alre
age
adyWas at an end, and the risk determined. In the case
ady
cited, the verdict
was for the defendant.
rid ome dismission followed between the counsel on both
es ; and at length it was agreed to make it a special
!lase. and it to th C of Qrnch to
decide theto
questleaveion upone hisourtlordshipsueen'snotes, with the
bnderstandin entitled tog that if the plaintiffs should be_
recover, interest should be calculated from the Ist of
March, 1842.
A verdict was accordingly taken for the plaintiffs, by
consent, for £2,870, subject to a special case.
tiortsutirric. AND OTHERS V. WELLS AND ANOTHER.
This was an action precisely similar to the last, and a
verdict was taken for the plaintiffs, by consent ; damages,
78. 9d., with interest, subject to to the special case
M Oliverson and another v. Brightman and others.
`Thi 'unto AND ANOTHER V. ROTHERHAM.
and S Was a 4 action of the same nature as the preceding,
was disposed of in a
similar manner,
as
Special . DORAN V. RITCHIE.
M,. v.Jury was sworn to try this important case.
• "-nowles d Mr. James appeared for the plaintiff,
and m_. an
defendarni7drtin, Mr. Watson, and Mr. Crompton for the
Mr
. • JAMES opened the pleadings. The plaintiff was
the .Secretary rat
rick Doran, and the defendant was Thomas Ritcher,
yof the Phoenix Insurance Company. The
io was brought for the recovery of a mina of about
00, being the amount of a policy of insurance effected
4-,ll,the plaintiff's dwelling-house, store, and stock-in-
ai7e, in Crompton-street, in this town, which were de-
-I;:eYdetdo b y fire at the time of the great conflagration in
by-street, in September, 1842. The defendant re-
Pay, and pleaded that the plaintiff had committed
fraud, in that in the account and declaration of the loss.
itein, ()vyingly, designedly, and fraudulently, represented
d ° oe much greater than it really was. This the plaintiff
enied, and upon this issue was joined.
ri.,14,r• MARTIN was then allowed first to state tha case
b-„,rht,ne defendant. In proceeding, he said he appeared on
or the Phoenix Insurance Company, to admit that
„by enter d into the policy in question ; but that the
4r,;ntiff
e
. from conduct, was not entitled to receive any
ti tent respects
of that policy. Mr. Doran, the plain-
.", had beena marine store dealer, and the action was to
recover, £483 on a policy entered into on the 16th 0 t -
ber, 1841. rp
hepolicy provided, that persons who sus-
tained losses, should send in a true account of the same
Without delay, and that if there were any fraud in the
Statement, the claimant should forfeit his claim to resti-
tution or payment by virtue of the policy ; and the ques-
tion was, was the claim made false or fraudulent. The
policy was for £240 on stock in trade and utensils. £lOO
on a wooden shed, occupied as a dwelling-house, and £6O
on household goods and apparel,—altogether amounting
to £5OO, at a premium of 10s. per cent. The learned
counsel described the premises. The policy was to cover
the premises from September, 1841, to September, 1842,
and the great fire in Crompton-street, &c. took place on
the 23d September, 1843. It was the largest fire since the
great fire of London, and the insurance offices had to pay
*.:t. 370,000 for the property consumed. The fire began on
11„„Ytri,daY, and these premises being near at hand, the
t gooours in Crompton-street took away their property
voerniore secure places. On Saturday and Monday they
atde t°l`ll3s- the police that there was no further danger,
tflovead-ci,°'-dingly brought back their goods. Doran
doubt th
11° "i 8
things on Friday and Saturday, but there was
night, ~at he never brought them back. On Monday
threp 46th, his premises took fire, and in less than
grouOtiarters of an hour the whole were flat with the
irot;—", and all that remsined was a small portion of old
self f,.,ri Some rags. A suspicion arose that Doran him-
sent au set fire to the premises, and he was arrested, and
for trial on a charge of arson. He was tried at the
quitqw,inZ
rte had
and
douractted. With that ac-
tur„ at the jury had nothing to the question entirely
raft:ied on the claim put in. On the 10th October Doran
Rave an affirmation of his loss before the Mayor, and
attentionsin inventory to which the jury would direct their
be • First, as
too the wooden shed ;o it was stated to
Th:ccupied as a warehouse, and £lOO was insured on it.
£BO next Was about four tons of oakum, at £2O per ton,
ter", The next was about eight tons of rope. £7O. The
.wft.‘,Nvas thirty new flock beds, at 4s. each, £6. The next
Anoeuam aged cotton, about 30 cwt., £42. The next was
471 d wt. of rags, £3o.' The next was 25 cwt. of old iron
Premise heins, £7, and this iron, it was admitted, was on the
i(js at the time. The next was four beams and scales,
dwelli- "le
The' ~,fifty cotton packs, 50s; and a pack of feathers, £B.
amounted to £267 13s. The next was the
and thng-house, valued at £lOO, itnprovements in it £5O ;
the ti,e various articles of furniture alleged to be there at
Said t:e of the fire would amount to £62 17s. There was
and be a chest of drawers there, four clothes chests,
tido various other articles. It was then stated that cer-
eaft_ProPerty had been removed from Crompton-street; it
ron'uerated the articles, and amongst them was 53 cwt. of
and cotton packing to the amount of £B. This
in was furnished to the Phoenix Company ; the
ght it right to investigate before they paid, and
41)epaerl°3'rut :gut 3r directions were given to investigate it in Li-
Vl,;er?°ol. The first inquiry was made of the fire-police-
„es:s ,and a statement was made to them of the various ar-
!.. lePe which were alleged to have been burned—oakum,
~urags, damaged cotton, feathers, and flock beds; and
icy said they had bad experience of fires ; that such ar-
ie would occupy several hours in burning; that there
;were many circumstances to satisfy them of the absolute
l°3l)osslbility of such things being there; that the burning
was most rapid ; that there were no remains whatever
after ituhat if there were such goods in the place, there
that the la:a.
would
bank of property at the bottom of the fire ;
not in, as the ..s Must have fallen out, in such a case, and
rags; and they ; that there must be a smell from the
Solutely inipos7Zret, they one and all said that it was ab-
the store on th
ni that the property could have been in
would occupy a ecufsaeorf the fire. Four. tons
Thenofoaellurit
tons of rope would necaeble time
oincclattupryninag.
considerable
space. They were closely nrstild, and would of necessity
occupy a considerable titriNve in burning. Again, 30 new
flock-beds, which are made closely together of cotton,
would occupy a long time in burning; and 60 cwt. of rags,
Which, in a marine store, were generally damp, filthy, and
full of dirt, would smoulder and not burn. The insurance
office the
all •4 n inquire
said d from the neighbours. The neighbours
there was nothing there but some old rags, and
_4orne iron on the floor. The insurance office directed an
x
:mination to be made of what would be the measure-
annt of articles on the claim. A young man in London,
,1 afterwards Mr. Grantham, of Liverpool, was appoint-
dg do his ; and the latter would tell them, that in his
paungraeitt, they would occupy 3,960 cubit feet. The corn-
pa„Y thus finding the claim not an honest one, refused to
resist alai reivisVdd the action was brought to compel them. They
was their claim as a fraudulent one, and also because it
duty to the public, as well as to themselves, to
Severi.-"s of the kind.
several rl'eeri witnesses were then examined to prove the
the case4cets detailed in the opening speech ; after which
jttrued 'or the defendant closed, and the court then ad-

WEDNESDAY.
hi:311.1 the court resuming, Mr. KNOWLES asked whether
heenea-rned frie.nd opposite would admit that Doran had
that jr "ring with the Phoenix for five or six years, and
.t6OO e Year before the fire he reduced his premiums from
Mr tV3OO.
tuer-; ARTEN replied in the affirmative, and asked whe-
Prectii, 'earned friend would admit that Doran held the
...kr its at the rate of £25 a-year.
He ti; "oNvtas was understood to make the admission.
Dlainj",efrn proceeded to address the jury on the part of the
itig The claim was not at all extraordinary ; look-
x'e'Tlee(l, at all the circumstances, it-was, he thought,
iBtaeulaglY small, and he could not help thinking the re-
nteriealto it had its origin in the fact that Doran.had
Tbeehe tried on a charge of setting fire to his own premises.
thecould not but leave an influence, but he begged
ali tliurY to suspend their judgment until they had heard
e evidence. His client had been tried, and without
0/1 shng a single witness, acquitted. The case had rise.n
.43Pieion and doubt arising from the many fires in Li-

verpool, and mu but slight. The plaintiff had been five
or six years in the town, and had been insured in the
Phoenix the whole of that time. The year before, too, he
had reduced his insurance from £6OO to £5OO. He was
moreover a respectable man, and had a good stock for
such a business. The items claimed were not large for
such a business as he was engaged in. In commenting on
the evidence for the defendant, he stated that the wit-
nesses were, in some instances, labouring under mistakes
as to the actual construction of the premises, and con-
cluded by saying that his clier.t fearlessly appealed to a
Liverpool jury, undismayed by any prejudices that might
exist against him, and satisfied of the justice of his claim.
Ten or twelve witnesses were then called. The evidence
was to the effect that goods to the extent alleged had been
on the premises prior to the fire; and one of them stated
that, during the continuance of the fire, he saw-oakum,
rags, and ropes consumed.
At the close of the case for the plaintiff, Mr. MARTIN
replied.
His LORDSHIP then summed up, recapitulating nearly
the whole of the evidence, and commenting upon it as he
proceeded.
The Jury retired, and, after an absence from court for
two minutes, returned a verdict for the defendant.

THURSDAY.
POW V. TAUNTON.
This case, which commenced on the preceding evening,
was proceeded with on Wednesday. The plaintiff was
Mr. Robert Pow, of North Shields ; and the defendant,
George Henry Taunton, of the same place. The action
was for an alleged infringement of the plaintiff's patent
right in a certain invention cared a nipping wheel, to be
applied to the windlasses of shins. It was not of general
public interest. The jury found a verdict for the plain-
tiff.

CLAIM ON A POLICY OF INSURANCE.
PLATT AND OTHERS V. REPTON.
The plaintiffs in this case were Messrs. John, William,
and Benjamin Platt, tar and turpentine distillers, of this
town, and the defendants Charles Repton, and other offi-
cers belonging to the Phoenix Insurance Company. The
action was to recover the amount of a policy of insurance
for the sum of X 1,358 6a.
Mr. Knowles, with whom was Mr. Crompton, appeared
for the plaintiffs, and Messrs. Watson and Martin for the
defendants. _ .

Mr. KNOWLES stated the case, from which it appeared
that in 1842, the premises of the plaintiffs, situate in
Greenland-street, were burnt down, and property to a
considerable amount destroyed. The property, the value
of which was in dispute, was in the east and west yards,
and also in Guyton's warehouse ; it consisted of tar, tur-
pentine, oil, &c., worth £1358, but which, deducting
£603, which the defendants had paid into court, being con-
sidered by them the full extent of their liability, would,
consequently, be reduced to £755. The policy was what
is termed a floating policy, and intended to cover mer-
chandise belonging to the plaintiffs in any cellars, sheds,
or warehouses in any part of Liverpool, but not to extend
to the assuted's distillery. The defendants contended
they were not liable for the goods in the yards, they being
connected with the distillery, and ought to be covered by
the policy of insurance effected on that building.
The learned JUDGE, in summing up, said the distillery
included all which the plaintiffs used for that purpose,
whether in or out of the building, and tie yard was, un-
doubtedly, part of it.
Verdict for the defendant.

FRIDAY.
RIGBY V. BABY.
This case, which was brought on for trial on Thursday
afternoon, did not terminate until near three o'clock this
day. The jury, after a considerable absence, returned a
verdict for the plaintiff, damages £3B.

THEWLIS V. M'CAWLEY.
Plaintiff and defendant were formerly in partnership as
twist. dealers, at Huddersfield, and during that time em-
ployed Messrs. Brooke and f that town, as their
attorneys. Messrs. Brooke and C0.,d0. afterwards brought
an action for the amount of their bill against the plaintiff
and defendant jointly. The plaintiff, having paid this
bill, brought the present action fur his proportion by way
of contribution.

Verdict for the plaintiff, damages £32 Os. Id.

SNAPE V. BROMILOW

This was an action to recover compensation in damages
for a breach of promise of marriage. The defendant
pleaded, first, that he never made the promise, and, se-
condly, that it bad not been made within six years, and
was, consequently, barred by statutes of limitation.—
Verdict for plaintiff, damages, £25.