The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-01-31 00:00:00

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IN Consequence of Resolutions` passed at,Zitl
1 Meeting of Proprietors, 0- -"RAND ttr
TURAL EXHIBITIONS -
ALL ENGLAND, and -
Two HUNDRED GUINEA,
the following days, viz.:—FRIDAY Bth M
June, and FRIDAY, Bth September.
A MILITARY BAND Will be in a."
during the Summer Months.
due nolice will be giren

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TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION

sect at ti

Proprietor's Shales way be purl.
.£lO each, with an Annual Subser4
which the following privileges are att.
mission, at all times, (including exhib,
and their families resident with them, (,
or nephews, of age, and in business
power to introduce personally, or by su
residents (not exceeding three at one time
but any number resident more than fiv
Garden.

ANNUAL SUBSCRIis
FAMILY TICKETS—TWO Guineas,
leges for the year as Proprietors, excel
the property, and the rights eon--
voting at Meetings, &c., and
giving written orders of admissi
miles of the Gardens.
Single Ticket (non-transfera
Two Tickets in same Family
Three Ditto Ditto..
For every additional Ditto
Entrance Fees for Strangers, resident more ti
from the Gardens, and not introduced. is. cad
Exhibition Tickets for the three Exhibition
double, 9s._ treble, 125.: and 9, fnr pvprv.,L-1

• • ---, ttliu 4s. 'or every snoiti
For one Exhibition only, purchased before th,
on the day, till Pour o'clock. 2s. 6d. ; after Pour
The rules of January, 1841, whereby the Ga
been closed altogether on a Sunday, are rescinde
are open on that day to Proprietors and Annual S
after two o'clock, p.tn, until dark in the what;
eight o'clock in the summer months.
No Order on Exhibition days or Sundays.
For further particulars apply to the Secretary
Curator, at the Garden.
WM. REYNOLDS, M.D.,
Botanic Garden, 30th January, 1843.

LAW INTELLIGENCI

COURT OF EXCHEQUER-FRID

(Sittings at Nisi Prius before Baron G

LINDUS V. TIPI

This was an action to recover t
change for 1:30, when the folic
occurred.
Mr. Humphrey was for the nl
peared for the defendant
The plaintiff sued as is
defendant pleaded payer
put on the defendant, th,
exact amount as -paid, a
by the declaration of the plaintiff
Mr. Humphrey—My lord, would yr__ .
to compare the bill in question with that
declaration. _ •

Mr. Baron Gurney, having done so, said-0
there is a variance in the name of the drawer an
the bill produced and that described in the dec
therefore the jury must find for the plaintiff.
Mr. Pearson (defendant's counsel)—My for
think there is sufficient evidence of ,identity the
the same bill that has been paid?
Mr. Baron Gurney—ln point of law, certain
cannot substitute the payment of John's bil
Tom's. .

Mr. Pearson—Will your lordship have the k
take a note of the point ?
Mr. Baron Gurney—Of what point?
Mr. Pearson—That there is sufficient identity
produced with that described in the declaration.
Mr. Baron Gurney—Certainly not. You had
of amending your plea, and as you have not done s(
abide the consequences. The learned baron
" Gentlemen of the jury, under the present circi
you are bound in point of law to find your yen
plaintiff."
A Juror—Surely, my lord, the plaintiff ought
the bill if it was not paid.
Mr. Baron Gurney—No. The defendant has pi
record that he has paid the bill described in the d
and the onus is on him, and not upon the plaintiff
Another Juror—How can a man sue upon a bil
has not in his possession ?
Mr. Bain Gurney—Gentlemen, you are only
the fact, but I am a judge of the law; and I hays
right to be a judge of the law as you have of the
therefore, I tell you, you are bound inipoint of 1
for the plaintiff.

you the

The Foreman—There are seven of us agreed.
The Juror—l will find for the defendant.
AnotherJuror—So will I. Why not produc
which you say is not paid ?
Mr. Baron Gurney—Gentlemen, I tell you agai
not bound to do so.
The Juror—l don't understand it, but I will f
defendant.
Another Juror—We had better retire.
A third Juror—Oh, retire, then ; I have no d
will be a hungry verdict.
The jury retired for about half an hour, and
his lordship if they found a verdict for the plaintiff
bill be given up; and no assurance of that kind bi
they came into court; and, bOng asked for whom
their verdict,
The Foreman said, " We find for the defendant.
Mr. Baron Gurney—Gentlemen, your verdic
stand one minute to-morrow.

for the

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COURT 01? COMMON PLEAS.—Fait

(Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Baron Gu

GRIFFITHS V. TAYLOR.
Mr. Kelly and Mr. Witchurch were counsel for
tifil,• Mr. James and Mr. Buddleston for the (Mel
This was an action brought to recover the sum 0
the defendant, as having been deposited by the ph
the Westminster Loan Investment Company, in A
A Mr. Lucas, a share-broker at Liverpool, had 1
with him, as appeared by the deposit-boot: produc
Mr. James objected to this book being received i
without a stamp, because it contained the terms o
between the parties.
Mr. Baron Gurney admitted it, bat
James to apply to enter a nonsuit.
After evidence had been adduced to m
shareholder.
Mr. James addressed the jury for the defenda
tended that great suspicion attached to the evidc
the defendant as a shareholder.
Mr. Baron Gurney summed. up, and the jury fo
plaintiff—Damages, £7O.
Mr. James applied for and obtained leave to e
suit, upon the ground that the defendant not ha
the deed was not a partner, and that the plaint
tributing to the funds was not at liberty to su
tributor,

ce to fix

CAUTION.—We have been requested to caution
against executing any orders sent by letters, unless t
are well known to them. An extensive system of
in operation throughout London and the environs,
already occasioned considerable annoyance and incoi
A clue has, however, been obtained to the principal
and there is reason to believe that they will be e
the contempt and disgrace they deserve.— Times.

hoaxing is
which has

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—.l M PORI .
RC.aptain Thorliat
THE Loss OF THE CONQUER
MENT OF CAPT. TH OMPSON . —The following ex
nt
Ar
el cr o' ver e Sully,
ft7rhtoenl'il
narrative of the circumstances of the above calam,
gained from Captain Thompson, who returned
logne on Saturday evening week :—lt appears tl
ing that place on Tuesday evening,
on Mr. Hamilton, the British Consul, who
thati o
whosegentleman
ethe h e residence
bodies
already
rethrons
had been placed. Captain Thompson •
immediat
nized his sister-in-law, Airs. Thompson
He also suspected that two of the bodies 'and
'3l
i
of the chi
his nephew and niece. Abchurch, from
had not at this time been able to identify the bodi(
a subsequent occasion he confirmed Captain
pression. On inquiring whether any Thom
articles
on Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Solly, the undertaker's
had I
duced two rings which had been taken from
unfortunate lady ; one of them was the the ii
ring, and bore her initials, "E. W• guard to h.
E. T." and t
her marriage, " 15th Sept., 1832."
was not forthcoming, and the finger The wedding
been taken was broken. Two. from which th
belonging to Miss Turton, Abchurch bangles were
her wear them during the voyage_ rch having frequ
also produced a pair of stockig The undert;
Miss Turton. Capt. Thompson which she said I
articles of dress that lady had on then inquired
discovered. Mrs. Solly replied thatlat the time her
she understood, all that Miss T the pair of stoe
came ashore. This account Turton had on whe
Monsieur Dupont, a highly was subsequently cc
Logue, who having received' respectable merchan
day night, reached Lornel
intelligence of the vcri
morning, and discovered Hissbefore five o'clock o
A statement so extraordinary Turton's body on
prise in the mind naturally excited so
of
church to know how Captain Thompson, that he
left the ship. the body was dressed when A.
into the boat, she The answer was that, when she v
and everything. e,lvas completely dressed with st
that the body ha ' he assumption, therefore, soul
stripped of everything, ilt been found by some inhuman
Miss Turton erything, and then thrown into the
eyes, sighed, when discovered ,by AL Dupont, oi.
Mrs. Thomand expired. This gentleman also s
upon the pson's daughter, Ellen, was still alive slit
shore,handkerchief,
that he immediately rubbed her
and used e , took off a hair cloak which she then
Out of the very means for her recovery, but witho
only one number of bodies which have come on shore,
~,,_ ..which had any article of dress upon it was that of
i'lis• Johnson. Finding the initials "E. J." marked upon
some portion of her linen, the fishermen's wivessupPosed•ber
to be Mrs. Jenkins, and laid her out accordingly uncle.
name. The body of Captain Duggan has not yet been ree
v
ered, and there is reason to fear that he, like Miss Turton
met with some foul treatment, and that his, body was after
wards buried in the sand. This surmise appears. to I-
strengthened by the fact that some articles which ,'•*--
to have belonged to that unfortunate gentleman have
recovered from different parties. A bill has been recovcrec
for £145, endorsed by Captain Duggan only the day before
the wreck, and also a letter to the owners, both of which
captairg
came on shore quite dry, although the body of
the
himself has not been found. There can be no doubt that
when the unfortunate Captain Duggan was thrown upon the
shore by the waves, these things were taken out oflus pocket
by some individuals, who afterwards stowed away his body in
,
existence of these docu-
the way surmised. The fact of the
of the • a
ments accidentally came to the knowledge _
__ consul, who
immediately demanded that the articles should bs given up to
him, which was accordingly done. Some of
AnUayin Dug-
gan's private letters have also been seen._
t_ inquiry has
.
since been instituted into the con du
of
he head douannit
with reference to this transaction. A family. Bible belonging
the birts and deaths
to Mrs. Jenkins, containing entries
of
a
of her children, it has also been scertained, has been offered
for sale. Mr. Whitworth was in treaty
or
its purchase, but
was advised to use extreme caution, otherwise it would be
dto avoid discovery of the theft. Several ostrich
destroy e have also been offered
feathers, a fur cloak, and other articles,
ed that a stable full of
for sale, and it bas since been discover b a d
articles belonging to the passengers on o r the Conqueroi
. of a
man at F,taples ; but it is feared that
were in possession
there are no marks upon them which would enable them to
be identified. This individual was seen on Friday woman,
riding over in a gig with the utmost nonchalance to look after''
these articles, which be appears to consider as much hi;
as tbougb he bad purchased thew. The consul has own
mined to investigate the matter. Abchurch states • deter-
that all the ladies left the wreck fully dressed, distinctly
Johnson and Mrs. Jenkins had flannel wra and that. Mrs,
other dress. It is generally stated that very ppers Over their
was rendered to any of the unfortunate ind• little assistanu
the shore with the exception of the boylvidnls who reacl e
taken to the lighthouse and pro Abchurcl hew.l
properly attended to.
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