The Liverpool Mercury reports a case, interesting to manufacturers, merchants, and the public, which was investigated at the Rochdale county court, before Mr. Crompton Hutton, on the 7th November. The plaintiffs were Matthew Stuttard and Brothers, warp-sizers, Whitworth, and the defendant Charles Grindrod, cotton manufacturer, the amount in dispute being £6 4s, 9d., the price charged for sizing twenty-seven warps. The defendant put in a setoff for £20 bs, for loss sustained from the way the warps were sized. In answer to the judge, the plaintiff said that if the court was cleared he would tell what, the sizing consisted of. The judge said he would have to tell them then all were present. The witness then said that the size consisted of flour, China clay, Epsom salts, chlorate of zinc, chlorate of magnesia, and glue. In answer to Mr. H. Brierley, who appeared for the defendant, the witness said that about 70 or 80 per cent. of the size was put into the cotton, He did not think there was as much as 120 per cent. in Grindrod's warps. A sample of the material was produced in court, and the stench was disagreeable. The judge asked what was the utmost amount of sizing he ever put in. "The witness replied about 130 per cent. The judge next asked, from his personal experience, what had he known put in. The witness replied 200 Bed been in the trade twenty years, and in er cent. of size, but not at his works. He
commencing only put 5 per cent. into the warps, and the size then consisted rolely of flour, but now they had to add chemicals to get the weight up, as manufacturers most excellent sport, and what with fast asked them for more weight. The judge work and the superior qualities of the de-remarked that this was a clue to the funer Racers and Steeplechasers, off which depression in the cotton trade, because in Iam told they daily make their meals, they time the purchaser would find out the are now in tip-top condition. quality ofthe marerial- Mr. Brierly replied On Wednesday, the Ist inst., Mr. John he believed that it was the real cause Peel gave notice of a meet at the Kennels at of the depression of trade in India, for he 3.45 sharp, and being honored with an in-had been so informed by some of his relavite, I duly put in an appearance, and there tives who were there. The judge said it found most of the old hands" assembled, was of importance that this fact should be no less than half a dozen of the hard-riding extensively known. The judge decided Stewards of the Shanghai Paper Hunt being that the defendants were entitled to recover present, a sure sign that the two hunts do the difference between the £20 and the not clash. £6 4s, 9d. and costs.
Having trotted up the Bubbling Well Road to the Two-mile Bridge, it is soon Mr. Mellor, M.P., in addressing his con-apparent by the music of the hounds that stituents at Ashton-under-Lyne on the ey are on his line. Forward! is the lath November, quoted statistics showing word!—and away they stream full ery over the growth of our imports of nearly all the new cut jumps where the paper chase classes of manufactured textile fabrics began and ended on the Monday previous 5 during the past twelve years, with a view then sweep round in a circle for the Bub-to show that the cause of the present bling Well Road, which is crossed at Major's commercial depression was the growth of Bungalow. Hounds all together, and on foreign competition. He denied that the for the Bubbling Well Line, up which they removal of the five per cent. duty would run a short-distance, till' little Dainty, materially affect our trade with India, whipping sharp to the left, leads the way and said that what prevented our cotton over a formidable cross creek, the same cloth going to India was the rascality which brought most of the Paper Hunt that was practised at Blackburn and else-to a temporary check the other day. where. He read the other day case which This is negotiated in safety, and apcame before the judge of the Rochdale parently we are off for the "Big Grave county court. Instead of the cloth being but no! they have overrun the scent, and, adulterated with 46 or 47 per cent. of casting back, Trueman quickly picks it China clay, which had always been con up, and the pack race along the high land sidered to be the maximum, it was adult sitting the Siceaewei Road, where one or terated to the extent of 200 per cent. That two "stidiuns" are encountered, and at one was one way of cheapening the article of which 'John Peel" is seen' to come to Mrs. Brassey, in her pleasant book descrip. earth. The hounds throw up at the road, tive of her voyage, stated that in crossing but casting forward to the left of it, they the Indian Ocean she observed the engineer quickly hit it off again and away we go of the vessel decorating his turban with over a nice line of country in the direction and she asked him whether it was of the French Road, the pack sticking well English muslin. No," he said; it together and hunting a somewhat cold from Switzerland; the English made his scent in rare style, Trinket, Tamar, Vaulter, fingers stick; it was gummy." Such was the Agnes, and Captions, Trueman, Dainty, state of the Blackburn trade. He wanted Singreell and a Shanghai bred puppy, all in to know how these people reconciled these turn leading, with the "field" close on practices with the sending out of missions them, taking everything in their best form, to enlighten the Indians. What would be 'The Hermitage and Blydenberg's Turn thought of a missionary going with an are reached, and here we avail of a few eight and a quarter shirting under one arm minutes' check to breath our moke:
a Bible under the other? It would be Forward, however, is again the word a proper question to ask, Did the missionary over the road and cross the bridge at the practise what he preached? The amount village, they hit it off at the beginning of of twist exported from India in 1873 was the Handicap Line' just. opposite Mx, 1,812,000 Ib., and in 1877 it amounted to Polite's, and the scent lying stronger on 7,926,000 Ib.; while during the first six the high land, the pace is improved, and months of the present year the quantity We get some pretty stiff jumping as apexported was nearly as much as was ex-parently" they' make for the Big, Dry ported during the previous twelve months.
Fump," but the reeds on either bank of thas What, he asked, was the reason that this formidable obstacle are still uncut. (Why don't the Paper Hunt Committee expend a other markets? Mr. Connor in his report twist was being taken in the Chinese and trifle in having some of the favorite jumps told them that Bombay twist was suited to and lines cleared of reeds the Chinese market, that it was much liked, Evidently disdaining the shelter of the and that the trade was increasing. Indian reeds, our fox turns short to the right, and piece goods, they were told, did not make the hounds come streaming round the ¥i much progress, but it was believed that in lage, but he quickly res wines his course and course of time the native cotton mills would we get some nice jumping over good clean find good customers for their shirtings in cut ones ere making down country for the the neighbouring countries, and Manchester back of Fah-wah, where the hounds throw piece goods were, it was said, clearly not up, but casting forward over a couple of liked. We were further told that some-bridges they again settle down to him and times the local makes of Bombay twist had presently fording an unjumpable creek sold at higher rates than the same quality give us the slip, whilst we wheel sharp to of English yarns. If this were the case the the left over a bridge and cross a biggish outlook was deplorable. jump, in the bottom of which a gentleman of the legal profession is reported to have found a cold bath the other day, and here Gorrespondence. we fancied we saw the water fly as the Commodore charged the obstacle. Now we race down a capital line, and then nick the hounds circle round on the low
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