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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-08-15 00:00:00

sistinc, of a tasteful assortment of miniature apparel, lion
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which an army of minikins

lens of needlework, and tasteful though dimi-
nutive attire, they are pleasing to look upon, and will,
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found useful

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aong the public scandals of the day, th

id court-martial upon Lieutenant PERRY continues

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eleven tedious

days' proceedings, the case for the prosecution was brought

on Wednesday las

On Thursday

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31011ETARY NEWS

NIGHT.

THERE has been a gradual improvement in the
Money Market durinc, the week, the Funds havin'
advanced in value almost daily. This rise may oe
attributed to the more favourable accounts from
the seat of the war, comprising the evacuation of
the Principalities by the Russian troops, and the
avowed determination of the Austrian Government
to co-operate with the Western Powers in refusing
to negotiate terms of peace without the concession
of guarantees for the future peace of Europe. The
favourable weather for the harvest has, however,.
had a more important effect, and there is also the
declaration of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in
the House of Commons, that the financial resources
provided will be sufficient for the present emer-
gency. All these circumstances have contributed
to strengthen confidence, and the effect has been

evident in the improved value of almost every des-
cription of investment. For commercial purposes
money has been comparatively easy ; but the im-
provement in trade generally will, no doubt, lead
to an increased demand for discounts ; yet should
the market not be disturbed by any fresh demands
for bullion for exportation, there is no reason to
anticipate any enhancement of the present rate of
interest, particularly as further receipts of gold
may be expected from Australia.

The Corn Markets during the week have shown
a slight advance on Wheat, accompanied by a re-
duction on Flour ; but this may be attributed to
the reaction after the recent sudden fall, in which
Wheat suffered the most considerabl

Nothing,
al ex-

however, has occurred to weaken the gen

STRENGTH OF SEBASTOPOL

its of an attae

Lore 1852, SebastOpol was scarcely fortified o

pectation of an abundant crop. The reports from
most agricultural districts concur in stating that
Wheat is very superior both in quantity and qua-
lity, and we have also similar accounts from Ca-
nada, the United States, and other corn-growing
countries. Und&r these cirsumstances, there is
every reason to anticipate ample supplies, and this
feeling is evident in the increasing activity in
other branches of trade.

Arrangements are being made, it is said, for a
Turkish loan, in order to assist the Sultan in car-
rying on the war, and no doubt the project will be
favourably received in this country. It will be
remembered, however, that a short time since a
similar contract was entered into, when, owing
to peculiar circumstances, arising from the preju-
dices of the Mahomedans against monetary trans-
actions with those of another faith, the Sultan
refused to ratify the bargain made by his ambas-
sador, after the first instalment had been paid, and
the money was returned. This, under ordinary
circumstances, would have militated against any
attempt to raise a loan ; but, owing to the
strong sympathy felt for Turkey by almost all
classes, the objection will, no doubt, be passed
over, and the proposal be favourably received.
The return from the Bank of England for the
week ending the sth orAugust, gives the following
results, when compared with the previous week :
Public deposits ... £2,347,590; Increase £46,229
Other deposits ... 10,609,668; Decrease 614,592
Rest ... 3,429,784; Increase 94,Gt 9

On the other side of the account—
Government securities £11,360,383; Decrease £415,000
Other securities ... 13,638,937; Increase 28,844
Notes unemployed ... 6,291,235; Increase 34,175
The amount of notes in circulation is £20,302,485,
being a decrease of £212,255 ; and the stock of
bullion in both departments is £13,299,510, show-
ing a decrease of £lB4,Bl4,when compared with the
preceding return.

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER

regard to the feasibL
stronghold of Russian naval supremacy in the Black Sea,
there is an article in the Journal des De'bats, which, at
0 , the present moment, is highly interesting. It --
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COUNTY \ COURT.-:ESTERDAY.

(Before Jose,

IMPORTANT JUDGME

A REPORTER'S CLAIM AGA
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plaintiff, Mr. Nash, a shorthand-writer from London,
sought to recover £l9 19s. from the London and North-
Western Railway Company for the loss of certain notes
which he had taken at Birkenhead, at a meeting of the
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Railway Company.
After the meeting was over, he left Birkenhead for Lon-
don in a first-class carriage. He got out of the carriage
at Rugby, and during his absence the notes were taken
out of the carriage by one of the company's porters, under
the impression that they had been unintentionally left
there by a passenger who had finally left the train. Plain-
tiff never received them again until they were of no use.
The defendants urged several objections to the claim, their
main defence being that the articles had never been so deli-
vered to them as to render them responsible for their safe

custody. His Honour now gave judgment at great length.
He referred to a decision of Baron Parke, in a case against
the Great Northern Company, as to what constituted
railway passengers' "luggage," in which that learned
judge had decided that luggage comprised " such articles

as a traveller usually carries- with him for personal con-
venience. Perhaps even a small present, or a book for a
journey, might be included in the term." His Honour,
in continuation, observed that it was difficult to decide
whether the articles in this case could be called luggage,
but he was inclined to think that, under the peculiar cir-
cumstances of the case, they were so to be considered.
That, however, was not material, because, on the second
point raised by the company, he was of opinion that the
articles in question were never so entrusted to the com-
pany's custody as to render them responsible for their
safe carriage. Although it was true that in the case
Causey v. Richardson, 23 L. J., Q. B. 217, Lord Camp-
bell had said, "The luggage of a passenger by railway,
though never delivered to any servant of the company,
and remaining in the personal keeping of the passenger
during the journey, is, nevertheless, in point of law, in
the custody of the company, so as to render them liable
for its loss by the negligence of their servants." But
Lord Campbell was speaking of a case in which the pas-
senger's luggage, though not delivered to the company's
servants, was openly deposited in a place in which, by the
company's regulations, such luggage might properly be put.
After citing several other cases, in which it had been de-
cided that railway companies were, under certain circum-
stances, responsible for the loss of a passenger's articles,
which he might have with him in the carriage in which
he was travelling, his Honour said that applying the prin-
ciple laid down to the facts now before him, considering
that the articles in question were not delivered to the
company's servants, and were not openly or notoriously
taken by the plaintiff into the carriage in which he tra-
velled, but were retained entirely under his personal control
and custody, and carried, without the cognizance of the
defendants, about his (plaintiff's) person. Until they were
deposited in the seat of the carriage, he did not think they
were ever so conveyed to the custody of the defendants,
as to render them responsible for their safe carriage. The
question was undoubtedly one of great importance both to
railway companies and to the public, and he could have
wished that his decision might be subjected to the review
of a higher tribunal.
COLLISION CASE.—WOODIIALL AND ANO. v. Noscow.
—The damages were here laid at £l2, which were claimed
against the defendant by the plaintiff, for injuries sustained
to his vessel, lying in the river, off the Canning-dock, by
the neglect of the defendant in runing another vessel into
her. Verdict for the plaintiff.
WOODWARD V. 2IIARTIN.—ANOTIIER COLLISION CASE.
—This was also a collision case, in which the plaintiff, the
owner of the cutter yacht Mirage, sought to recover the
sum of £34 ss. 9d., the amount of damage alleged to have
been incurred by him, in consequence of a collision on the
Bth of June last, with the steamer Nimrod, of which the
defendant, a licensed,pilot, was then in charge. Verdict
for the plaintiff.—The other cases tried during the day
were devoid of all public interest.

TEE BALTIC, United States mail steamer, Comstock,
commander, sailed on Wednesday, about noon, for New
York, with 191 passengers (including Grisi and Mario),
the usual cargo, and mails.