The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-02-11 00:00:00

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Andrew Cooper, ajoiner, and Thomas Blel,cl;;;;;,;.brass-
founder, proved the value of the property taken. The house-
hold goods were worth £2O; the fixtures £B, and a beer ma-
chine £lO.

Mr. John Patterson, a commercial traveller, was the neat
witness called. He said, that a week after the distraint he
Called upon the defendant James, to ask him why he had sent
the bailiffs into the house. " His reply was, that he had done
so because he could not get his rent; that he was very sorry
for Hannan, but that he had told Messrs. Sharp, whom he
had often called upon for it, that if the rent was not paid, he
should send for it in another way, and that the plaintiff knew
all about it. . .

Mr. JAMES then put in a receipt for £3O, signed " Edward
James," which said—" 3d August, 1841, received the sun,
of £3O from Messrs. A. and J. Sharp, being one quarter's
rent, due in advance, of the public-house No. 1 Graving Dock,
due 3d November, 1841."
The ASSESSOR remarked that if the rent was due in ad-
vance, there would be another quarter due on the 3d Novem-
ber; and this distraint was not made till the 19th.

Mr. JAMES put in u previous receipt, in which no mention
was made. of " due in advance," and also the original agree-
ment to let and take the house between the defendant .Tatries
and Mests. Sharp, dated April, 1841. This closed the -cats!.
The ASSESSOR, in summing up, read the agreement to the
jury. He stated that the house was taken on the 3d April at
the yearly rent of £l2O, thefirst quarter's rent not to be paid
CH Am wit. This would seem to contradict the notion that
the rent was due in advance ; and the agreement having been
only made in April, it was not likely that any subsequent
one bad been entered into. .The simple question for the
determination of the jury was—whether the rent was or was
not payable in advance. There was no case against the de-
tendant Ballantyne.

The Jury, after a few minutes' consideration, returned a
verdict for the plaintiff—for the furniture taken, no rent being
due, £4O (being double the value), for the fixtures £lB, and
for the trespass £3O, total damages £BB.

DOCK COMMITTEE PROCEEDINGS

A special meeting was held on Monday last, fnr the pur-
pose of considering the plans and the reports of the engineers,
when it was moved by Mr. Horsfall and seconded by Mr.
Henry Holmes, "That the west gates, as suggested by Mr.
Hartley, be adopted." It was moved by Mr. 'robin and
seconded by Mr. Ripley, "That the plan of ,Mr. Hartley, as
to the entrance into. Canning Dock, be adopted." It was
moved by Mr. Bold and seconded by Mr. Molyneuv, " That
the plan of the Salthouse and new dock, as laid down by Mr.
Hartley, be approved." And as to the north entrance into
the proposed new dock, it was moved by Mr. 'robin and
seconded by Mr. Holmes, " That 'Mr. Hartley's plan is
preferable to Mr. 'Walker's." All of which resolutions were
carried unanimously.

MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE YESTERDAY

The Dock 'Committee held their nsnal weekly meeting
yesterday. The following members were present :—Messrs.
Sands, Horsfall. Barclay, Holors, Middleton, Smith, Chil-

id Evans
•esided.

Mr. SANns, -chairman of the coin

had been sent in for exe

roposed elonzati

Clarence Graving-dock, and they recommended that that of
Mr. John Williams be accepted.—Agreed to.
The same sub-committee also recommended that the offer
of Messrs. Joseph Jones and Son. to purchase a nuantitv of

old building materials, and also one of Messrs; 14eston and
Co., for a quantity of old iron, be accepted.—Agreed to.
On the application of the Surveyor, he was authorised to
run the Coburg Dock dry for two or three tides, in order to
clear the gates of sand and mud
The

oh-Committee for the Department of the Marine
Surveyor recommended that a bell beacon he procured, of the
same construction as the last, but with such improvements
as can be made in the mode of hanging the bell.
Two additional men (Wm. Brookes and Thos. Brookes)
were appointed to the life-boat establishment at Formby.

The Sub-Committee for the Department of the Harbour
Masters recommended that the dock masters be instructed
to account to the treasurer weekly for the amounts received

by them for the use of stages,—Agreed to.
The Sub-Committee also recommended that one half of
the deposit of one guinea, made by each shipowner when the
stages were taken out, be retained. A long and unimportant
debate followed, alter which the committee dviided, when
there appeared— -

FoYthe recommendation of the sub-committe,

Against it