The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-02-22 00:00:00

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.

BURON V. DENMAN
In this case, which was a trial at. bar, M. Burooii,
Spanish merchant and slave trader, established at G....3'0,
nas, on the coast of Africa, was the plaintiff; the 11°d
Captain Joseph Denman, son of the Lord Chief Justice
the Court of Queen's Bench,-a captain of the royal 133,
,was the defendant; and the action was brought to r,'
".,:
cover damages, estimated at £lBO,OOO, against the clef°
dant for having, in November, 1840, with a party of se3i
men and marines, taken possession of certain slaves, sei/d
and burned certain warehouses, destroyed sundry casks 8,3,,
barrels of spirits and gunpowder, and, in a word, OW),
ally destroyed a large slave-trading establishment schlt
bad flourished for many years. Mr. M. D. Hill led ree
the plaintiff, the Attorney-General for the. defends 34
The first day, Monday, was occupied by a detail statem!,
of facts in support of the plaintiff's case. On Tuesclal,
thewhi
which
w as, substantially, Attorney-General
o opened that
the
defendantfor t the e
was defend:lb
his squadron to the Gallinas, by Sir R. Doherty, then
Governor of Sierra Leone, to claim the liberation of tic-o
English subjects ; that the plaintiff and others had seize,
possession of two islands at the mouth of the Gallinas t`
carry on their nefarious traffic, contrary to the wishes iof
f
p
Liacca, kink of the country ; that, inpursuance of a treaty
with Siacca, the defendant seized the barracoons, ,
contents of which were handed over to King Siacca,
the buildings themselves set on fire; that 000 slaves vc,e,
found in the possession of the plaintiff; that the Wilel/
were destroyed in consequence of a suspicion that the
were poisoned, and the gunpowder thrown into the tic if
from an apprehension of treachery ; that the plaintiff sli,
his brother slave-traders had blockaded the river, tr
vented the access of British vessels, and carried on tu'peir
proceedings in spite of the native kind ; that the caPtile
of the barracoons was the most effective blow ever sler
at the slave-trade in that quarter ; and that Commooberl
Denman, for his conduct on this occasion, was prorne,'ho
to the rank of Captain, and received £4OOO out of .01. v
voted by parliament as a further reward. Numerous e
nesses were examined in support of these facts, and tb
R , case as again adjourned. The case was resumed
on W 5„
nesday, and terminated at three o'clock in the aftern°"
in a verdict for the defendant, on the ground that ibr
v
treaty with the African king had been ratified by
Crown, with a full knowledge of all that Captain Denr°"ll had done. To this a bill of exceptions was tendered, °
the point whether a subsequent ratification of the defell,
dant's conduct was equivalent to a prior command to r
sue it.

IN RE BARTON, IRLAM, AND IIIOGINSON.--A special
examination of witnesses. in relation to this bankral,%;'
took place on Wednesday, Mr. Brandt
barrister, (.4`':
structed by Mr. Lowndes,) appeared on behalf of the
signees, and Mr. Bardswell for the witnesses. Mr. 14031,"
Davies, of the firm of Messrs. Davies and Co., was e";
asnokmreupletns,gathndasmtor. theirjohnsmhaoress,abnadnkterarn,
was alto
waillitihnethdeabt
examined as to the grounds on which the bank claimer 41
hold certain share certificates. After these gentlementuno
been shortly examined, Mr. Brandt said he thought_gdr;s the information afforded by Mr. Davies and Mr. 1111):
the object of the present examination might be amio ot
arranged between the parties. To ascertain the dates,,
the transactions which had been alluded to was the Plp
d
cipal object, and he had no doubt that might be effect
by a further investigation. He did not for a moment ~„.
pose that there was any attempt on the part of any er'be
e
the transaction to conceal any thing. Mr. Parsons, ihe
managing clerk for the bankrupts, was examined as 0,4,
bills of lading of the ship Vigilant. That vessel he
lis',`,er
did not arrive in Liverpool from Rio Janeiro until 2tb
the bankruptcy. The bills of lading arrived about
to 15th November and were sent to A. W. Lyon and
They crime as a ship letter to Barton, Irlam, and Higaor,
son. Mr. Haynes Higginson handed them to A' dr
Lyon, by virtue of a letter to that effect. They were_ej,
livered to A. W. Lyon the same day they were reeev'tile
On being pressed to say whether lie was certain that,bef
bill's of lading were handed over to Mr. Lyon the c1a914,
were received, the witness said he really did not reui'vr
ber. The Commissioner said he had read over the esef
deuce given at the last examination, and in many eat
the witness did not seem willing t 9 recollect what 1G ought to recollect. In reply to other
questions, the
ness stated that he did not remember the circumstance'

16,...a.....6N
POLITICAL VARIETIES.

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Sir Thomas B. Birch and Mr. Rushton had an inter
view with Sir G. Grey, on Friday, at the Hoine Office:iori
Mr. Ludlow Bruges intends to resign the represents'
of Devizes, on the ground of his continued ill healtl2%,,
"
Mr. Daniel. O'Connell, son of " old Dan," has 12.7
appointed English consul at Boulogne. This ~ patre
B Meagher,e I etyh
gets £BOO a year for this !
de u
Youngly el elected. tierde
i. 'IV
WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE.—On Wednesday last;,
select committee terminated its inquiry, and declared
:the
electors of the city of Waterford. His father, the
Irelander.was returned jointly with Mr. Daniel °Tow'
at the last election.
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NORTH SnaocsuinF..—The election took int' 9
ander, has addressed oki
Wednesday. Mr. J. Whitehall Dod was proposed 14 a,
A. V. Corbett, seconded by Mr. Robert Burton, en“ -
turned without opposition.
Gramnrt.ley
A RADICAL COUNCIL. The radical council o,'f di'
tbe
city of Durham has agreed to petition parliament—thou
not without a protest from the more respectable mere
-h
e
—in favour of the Jewish disabilities bill.
'
Several distinguished members of the House of
se Cs°l'
Irons have signed an Address to Lord George Bes`.lo
expressing their approval of the high sense of honour w rtp
induced him to resign the leadership of the Country Pe
rfi'
and their gratification that on general grounds that P
will continue to receive his most strenuous support. gi,
The Hon. W. F. Campbell has addressed his c°'„teti
tuents at Cambridge, in consequence of having c,-e,
against the Jewish Disabilities Bill, contrary to his rtlie
raise. He intends giving his reasons at length 00 the
third reading, but in his address relies principally o°_, be
dictum of the late Dr. Arnold on this question, whew
eulogises as the "never-to-be-forgotten liberal!'
•tote
THE MINT.—The Queen has been pleased to conste tbe
and appoint the Right Hon, Richard Lalor Shed, rl'
Master of the Mint, William Cotton, Esq., Comm'is.7oo
General Sir Edward Pine Coffin, and Colonel lirlpdp'
Nairne Forbes, H.E.I.C. Bengal Engineers, to be e""d
missioners to conduct an inquiry into the Royal 111 int, P.-0d
has empowered them to report upon the constitutioerolo
expense of the Royal Mint, and to suggest such alterau
, do,
as may appear to them to be required.
The Liberal party in Abingdon, who believed tteei
selves on the eve of a "glorious triumph," have just 'oe'
thrown into, consternation by the unexpected and 060
what mysterious announcement of their champions
,bee'
Caulfeild, that the petition against
.the sitting tile'o'
Sir F. Thesiger, Queen's Counsel, has been withdrsoi
owing to certain " unlooked for
events," of whiebd
constituency at present remain in total ignorance, alth°
numerous conjectures are afloat upon the subject.
tbee!
THE BANK CHARTER ACT. Among the men 0,5
who voted on Thursday, for going into committee 000
act, on the motion of Mr. Herries, were :—W. Brnee
J. Tollemache, J. Bailey, J. Bailey, jun., Lord G. Yogl
tinck, B. Disraeli, G. Hudson, and G. Sandars. Ani°„lo
those who voted against the motion we find the nalli_ioo'
B. Cardwell, Sir T. B. Birch, A. Henry, J. Brotherdo,
R. Cobden, Sir. J. Graham, J. Heywood, C. Hio„. J.
W. Jackson, Sir J. Jervis, T. Thorneley, and
Walmsley.
SIR ROBERT PEEL AND HIS FOLLOWERS.—The
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"
News asserts that a meeting of the friends and folk"'
of Sir Robert Peel was held on. Saturday, for the Pilr,
of considering the policy which they should hen
to
adopt towards the present ministry, and that it wag
est'
nimously resolved that their present indeterminate Poe!
tion between the liberals and protectionists was no l° ,1i
tenable. According to that journal, Sir Robert pee 011
cere
dined to head them in any course, which •might plaq‘oll,
in such a position as to render it possible that lie ssitt` Se
be called again to take, office; and recommended the, Pt
choose the Earl of Lincoln as their leader, who'd'
would willingly serve with his advice and vote. This':
posal is said to have been adopted without OppOSiliooree
SIR ROBT. PEEL AND THE JEWS.—Sir Robertll
seems to be undergoing a singular process, of 1:13o 0.,
transformation. Should he live a few years more, ewe 5P
have become a complete double man—nothing of t14,,,e;
Robert Peel 'of 1828 will be left ; and we shall find 100,1
cessary, when quoting any opinion of his, to state ittil2'
year it was held, in order to avoid confusion. His''
is a thorough sliding scale. It may, to be sure, lle„ti,
e"
that he is daily becoming wiser, which is the metaPel;
interpretation of daily thrusting out old opinions to f-e
room for new ones. The right lion. baronet comen, i:
his speech in the House of Commons on Friday wee,
favour of the Jew Bill in the following words :—" '-' tr
was with great reluctance that I gave a silent vote °,O 01
first occasion when this matter was brought unds.'iiie,
consideration; but the peculiar circumstances under.",
the debate closed, so immediately before the ChrlOsves,!; recess, and my unwillinguess to incur the risk of pre Pi, ing the house coming to some practical conchision "iieo,
question, induced me on that occasion to remain °coil'
I now wish to state the grounds upon which I have,/ 10;
to a conclusion at vaeiance, certainly, with my fir' „9 0:d
pressions_(loud cries of " Ilear")—and which pise'itios;
in pailful collision with those with whom I have 4„001:,
.invariably acted." Possibly the right hon. bar"' I',
memory is failing him, for he said, in the course 'el
speech; "it is so long since I represented the 'Gni/ lb
of Oxford, that I have almost forgotten the .fact I.r,:i PI
not very surprising, therefore, that he should for po
bo
principles, which he lost at the same time he lost
for the University.