Lancaster Standard and County Advertiser. — 1909-07-09 (Lancaster, Lancashire, England)

LOCAL NOTES.  The long talked of Royal review and presentation of colours -took place at Knowsley on Monday, and. was of local interest because many Lancastrians took part therein. The sth Battalion of ,the King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment), received their colours at the hands of the King, and they together with the local artillery Battery, who are a part of the 2nd West Lancashire Brigade of the Royal Field Artillery, took part in the grand march past. In Comparison with Other districts tancaster's contribution was not discreditable. The fifth Battalion of the King's Own had close upon 800 officers and men, and the Artillery Battery about 140. These figures aye not quite what they should be, but still were much better than was expected a few months ago. There cannot be the slightest doubt that the prospect of .the King's visit greatly stimulated interest in the Territorial Force, and helped to recruit the ranks. After Monday's spectacular display there probably will be a further influx of volunteers. The review was a fine sight, and will long be. remern, bered by those privileged to see it and take part)n it.  -:o:o: Very reat interest was taken in the case which His Honour Judge Hans Hamilton had before him for the second day at the County Court on Friday. It was an action by the Lancaster and District Tramways Co.. Ltd., for .damage due, as alleged, through the supply of corn that caused their horses to be ill and some of them to die. It, was a case in which expert evidence alone ' counted. The if ramways Company asserted that the corn was damaged—that is that its nutritive properties had been lost, and further that it was affected by moulds, which in the intestines of a horse multiplied and set up irritation of the bowels as a primary ,trouble,. and ,la..vArjetY 7. of „,diSeases :as' a .secondary result:. This' VieW Vas substantiated by several eminent witnesses. .Messrs. T. Jackson and Son, of Dal-Aside-street, were the defendants and challenged the case in every particular. They said that the corn was perfectly sound, and perfectly fit food for horses or other animals. They showed that it was part and parcel of 10,000 sacks which were distributed between Liverpool and Carlisle, and part of 4,000 sacks disbursed in the neighbourhood of Lancaster without the slightest complaint excepting the plaintiffs. They asserted that the corn and. provender that the Tramway- Company returned was redispatched to other customers, and consumed by the horses of those customers, and by defendants' own horses without ill effect.  ----:o:o:--- But aparb altogether from the 'soundness or otherwise of the corn the defence denied that the contention of • moulds causing illness in horses w,ould hold good. It was a thing never heard of, contrary to everyday experience, and a view not sup- , ported by any recognised authority. These views were equally well backed up by eminent veterinary and bacteriological vx-perts, and naturally the Court .was entertained to some very learned discussions; and asked to 'discriminate on the finest of fine points. His Honour 'gave the c.i.3e an exceedingly patient hearing, and, considering the great expense that the litigants were on, put himself and everybody else to coi:iderable inconvenience in. sitting until twined half past seven. He had a tickle- task iii adjudicating. It .was the plaintiffs' duty to make out their case beyond reasonable c:cubt, and as they had failed to do so he cq-cce verdict for the defendants„ and allowed special speCial costs. The Case presented many aspeas of interest to. those 'dealing with feeding stuffs and horses, and has been widely referred to in the specialist papers.  -: o: o: --- Another County Court case of more than usual interest was that of the rival phrenologists ,from Morecambe. At a previous Court the parties had been before His Honour, and as the result of an agreement, Professor J. W. Taylor and his wife, Madame Taylor, undertook to drop all epithets such as 'real," "the original,' "the only," etc., and for the purpose of identification Madame Bertha Taylor, a business rival undertook to describe herself by that title. This agreement His Honour embodied in an order ef the Court, and it was this order that engaged attention on Friday. 'Prof. Taylor complained that Madame Bertha Taylor had persisted in describing herself as Madame Taylor, and so had not carried out the 'terms of the Court's order. Therefore he applied that she should be committed for contempt of Court. Defendant told the Court that she had never agreed to the order. Though she gave her consent she did not understand that she was consenting to give up her title of Madame Taylor; and all through the case she maintained her position. that she was just as much entitled to be styled ,Madame Taylor as the Professor's wife. If the Professor's wife would describe herself by her christian name she would, but not otherwise: Under the Circumstances there was no alternative for the Judge but to commit defendant. He expressed his disinclination so to do, and held out, every facility for defendant to pbmply- with the order but she declined, and the order was Made. Eventually, however, Mr. C. J. Clark, who.chanced to be in Court iii connection with another case used his influence with defendant, and persuaded her to comply with the order rather than go to prison,.  ----:0:0:--- The Quarter Sessions on Monday were in keeping with the recent tendency for light calendars. There were only six prisoners for trial, and all were comparatively simple cases that but" for the law prescribing trial at Quarter Sessions under certain conditions might very well have been tried by the respective Petty Sessions. The Chairman intimated that a more serious view would have to be taken of attempts at suicide for that class of offence was largely on the increase. Four of the six prisoners pleaded guilty, three being for offences in the Lancaster and Morecambe district, and the other from 171verston. Of the two cases tried both were ,from Barrow.