Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-07-28 00:00:00

OM DOMESTIC SERVANTS

Mr. Samuel. Warren, recorder: of Hull, in a charge
to_the grand jury. delivered a day or two ago, after
'it few words- of 'comment. upon the'vice of intem-
perance, said:—

Gentlemen, let me turn from this topfe for a moment to
another of great importance; forced on my attention byn
case coming before you and. me at these sessions, and pain-
fully reviving in my mini the recollection of several cases at
the last and immediately Preceding sessions. I mean
cases of younc, female servants robbing their masters and
mistresses, and that almost invariably of articles of dress.
Gentlemen, I , carixot bear to make a harsh or uncha-
ritable observation concerning either an individual or A
class ; but I must in_ sober , sadness ask .you, as men of
the Iverld, of social standing and experiende—as heads
of families—whether you can possibly regard as satisfactory
the condition of the female domestic servants of the present

clay r ror my own part,. I
,knqw what is said on the sub-
ject, by masters and mistresses, in London and elsevhere,
and all ranks of society, that it -is almost

mg in a general way,' to get' or to retain a- respectable
modest, and trustworthy female.. servant. Why
nay, very many, will tell you bittpri— -

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'at young women in that of life are monstrously
, •

- treat is to,
say, that passing away froM, or neglecting honiely and
useful, acquirements, their minds are distempered and in-
flated by a smattering of knowledge and accomplishments
totally unfitted for them, disturbing. all their notions of
dutiful, respectful, and happy subordination, and giving
them a disgust for the plain paths of
,duty. Instances of
this'have from time to time been brought under in y, notice

'm, arm even
alarming, as indicative of general and Facr easing mtendencies.
Dean Swift, gentlemen, wrote a tract, "On the niiS-educa-
tion of our gentry ; " but a Dean Swift of our day might at
least as fittingly write a tract. " On the 'inis-education of
our fethale servants." I Shall not more particularly allude
to cases which have recently come before us here,, of young
women who have. stood' Weeping before me bitterly at that
bar, and afterwards in the gaol ; but I know what they
have said, what they have owned as to their having felt
nhntrn Pf _ .•

auu weir, places,- and " been too fond
"of dress,
which," they said, " had brought them where they were."
Gentlemen, I ask you whether any observant person can
walk the streets of our cities and towns on Sundays, when
shoals of servant girls are abroad, without feelings of pity
and disgust ? Slipping, out of front doors and sneaking out
of areas may be seen kitchen and scullery maids, aping the
absurdities of their superiors in station, with lace or make-
believe lace petticoats, crinoline' kid gloves, parasols and
preposteroui head-dresses. What must be passing through
their minds as they strut along- thus dismally bedizened,
inviting imputations on their character ? Whence come
the funds to supply this paltry finery ? They easily fall a
prey to the profligate, and disable themselves from resisting
the opportunity of robbing their mistresses and masters.
Gentlemen, you know, and if you do not, I do, that I am
here touching an evil of a serious and rapidly-increasing
magnitude one sapping the foundation of virtue and cha-
racter in a great and indispensable class of, society. But
you will say, what is the remedy for it. Why, I will
tell you. First of all, let their-betters cease to set them an
example of a preposterous and paltry love, of finery, which
they themselves are often as little able to afford as their in-
feriors,. at all events, without shamefully and 'cruelly wasting
the means of husbands and fathers. Let mistresses steadily
and resolutely set their faces against finely-dressed servants.
A general combination, with this view, in even a month or
two, would be of incalculable importance. Do not let
quickly-cast-off fashionable clothing be given to servants,
but be otherwise, and charitably disposed,,of. Let lords and
ladies-4et gentle and simple—in their respective spheres of
influence, inaugurate a more rational and wholesome state of
things, with reference to education, and then we may have a
chance of again seeing that charming feature of an English
domestic establishment—a worthy, trustworthy female ser-
vant. Gentlemen, 'it is from the class of silly, light-headed,
misled, naiseducated ,young women, of whom, I have 'been
speaking, that the ranks of vice are incessantly and- largely
recruited, of which, from my judicial experience, I could
give you heart-rending instances and illustrations ; but I
forbear to do so. But this topic brings me to one contained
in the report of the chaplain' to my bothermagistrates and
myself •at the present sessions, and to which I must really
call the grave attention of the authorities of the town. I
fully appreciate the great difficulty and delic-acy of the sub-
ject; but some attempt ought to be made to deal with it.
Our excellent chaplain respectfully invites our serious
attention, as well he may, to the large increase of houses of
infaMy in this town during the last few years, In 1851,
their number was 234 ; in 1858, 326 ; while the number of
unhappy women brought before the magistrates 'in the
former year was 85, and in the latter 169 ! Apiain, in 1851,
315 out of 625 were under 25 years of age ; m 1858, 332
out of 563, showing an increase, in seven years, of more
than five per cent. of young female profligates ! And lie
adds, " I have also reason to believe that some of the very
parties who, at former sessions, were presented for keeping
houses of ill-fame, and sentenced to long periods of impri-
sonment, have since their liberation been. again engaged in
that infamous course of living."

FfousExEpElis.—The Coffee sold by Thompson Brothers,
5, Elliott-street, at ls. 4d., is better than you pay Bd. for
at any other establishment.
LEWIS AND COMPANY'S NEW ESTABLISHMENT FOR
BOY'S CLOTHING.—Number of boys clothed for the week
ending Saturday, July 9th, 1,025 ; corresponding week last
year, 989.—Increase, 36 boys.
THE " INDEPENDENT LAND COMPANY" SWINDLE.—
At the Manchester Police Court, on Tuesday, the case
against Walter Dyson, on the churn of obtaining money
upon false nretnnros

very many, Scotchmen lcwir
.....e uepositions of more or less to emulate Mr. McKerrell's noble
_.......—, .z wnom there are fifteen, were read over, and ample.--I am, Sir, your faithful servant,
Al`9
the prisoner, having declined to say anything in defence, A FRIEND TO THE SHIPWRECKED SAILOR
was committed for-trial. '
FISHERMAN. Th.OOl
HOLLOWAY'S PILLS cure headache, bile, loss of appetite P.S.—I believe that every banking firm' and cvetO
can be taken without danger from wet or cold, and require in Scotland would readily receive contributions in 81di 0'
no restraint from business or pleasure. They act mildly on fund to provide 'life-boats for the coast of Scotland ;or!
the bowels, without pains or griping, strengthen the any sums may safely be sent to Mr. Richard Lewis, See,ireajpll
stomach, promote a healthy action of the liver,
.purify the Royal National Life-boat Institution, John-street, Au"'
blood, cleanse the skin, brace the nerves., and invigorate the Londent
whole system. They prove an admirable, restorative of a I
debilitated constitution, creating appetite, correcting indi,
• tar°
The Toronto Globe states that the new. Canadian ,o,
gestion, removing bile, giddiness, and nervous or sick head- bearing with dreadful severity on the trade of the aelv-p
aches. It is impossible to speak too highly of the,se pills.
the
. The Vauxhall Gardens, London, were opened for Aq
We (South Eastern Gazette) regret to have to announee time on Monday night. It is intended to, clear awa," '
the death of (Jul. Thomas Austen, of Kippington, which
took place at his residence on Saturday afternoon last. vestige of this old resort of' pleasure-seekers.
,
The veteran colonel, who was in his eighty-fifth year had
. Tr-ql., gave her niece
.._ ,i,„ 'L.+ few months, seriously indisposed, b Just before death a 19-1
but he Premissory notes. -

, . ter,
• his , ....,..0, representino. £2lO, as present, the „
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trix omitting to endorse such'notes at the time she deed,
nau so iar recovered as to be able to get out in i carriage,
and on Pic day preceding his death was a spectator of the gift. It Nv'M eonanded by some relatiies of the deed,
cricket match oil the Yiße. In 18'0, when Lord Marsham that the notes,- being unendorsed, were mere waste I°tii,
one of the sitting members for West Kent, was elevated by but on Monday'the Master of the Rolls decided in fav°
, !
the death of his father, the late Earl of Romney, to the the niece.
peerage, Colonel Arsten was returned without opposition to THE BARON DE CAMIN AT NE vvcAsTr-
the vacant seat in the House of Commons ; but on yresenting Camin lectured, or. 5,.--3-- • -
11;manlf ..Arrwin an w,nn-r.d;rl.4-e. :.” .1,. ..- . !I .. .•

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~,, apout eioo or 400 persons, "although,' ,ed bi
the languagv of the 'Newcastle Chronicle, "he is wan_,` i?
tile general election in 1847, he was in a minority'of ic;ty":
the bailiffs of the Ashton County Court, and by the tawceir
four below the late Mr. Thomas Law Hodges.
IMPROVEMENT IN GENTLEMEN'S HATS.—Many letters of the House of Correction at Salford." 'On Monday °pill
from time to time have; on this subject, appeared in the ing, the• Baron lectured to an unruly audience of about seT" ft
"Post" and "Journal," the originals of which are to be persons. The Chronicle announces its intention to ree
the names of the audience who attend the next haraale;e3
seen at our shops, 9, DALE-STREET, and 6, CRESCENT.
MR. JOHN A. SIMPSON, the active partner of the THE IRISH CHANCELLORSHIP.--It is stated—a; or
firm of KINNEAR and SIMPSON, begs to state that mention the matter as a rumour—that the I.+. 1-,.;„1, (O J
this improvement in Gentlemen's Hats is his Own ;..-.,...- MOT+ vrte..l:4. _ . - -

ion, am

registeret

lint in

lis own nam

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AA.A, A, Au, ,iiaaueuor ; and that a paper, eontaminc, a draft P 010
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own private property. In bringing this invention so intentions, has been in
in a pigeon-hole
prominently before the public, he has avoided say- Viceregal Castle where, in the h of the remov .1, it'd
mg one word about it himself. All that has been done left behind. It' is also said that, should it. see the 110
has just been to print, in the " Daily Post " and strange revelations will ha
the 'Liverpool Journal," some three or .

maue.--lireeman's Tournal•
~oft
letters at THE XINCIIESTEII CUSTOMS DUTIES.--The third rebk:,lo
a time. - principle upon which the 'advertisement of the Commissioners of Custems, in 'an appendix, ;9111
inserted is the one so well expressed in Proverbs--"Let that the tress amount of customs duties collected at iteia
another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth ; a chester, in 1857, was £111,590 ; in 1858, £125,772, uotiot
stranger, and not thine own lips." The whole of those an increase•of £14,182. The articles on which the allruit;
letters are written by persons altogether uninfluenced by of .dutpaid had increased were tobacco, cocoa., and Its,
any other motive than this--ghat they really felt the bene- while there wag., ------ -
fit of Mr. SIMPSON'S -invention. and in _

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.uaue their opinion's, not
in words merely, but also in writing.
AMUSEMtNTSd
morning until ten at nirihtlayEßPooL.—Open .from ten in the

uorice, and sugar.`' The increase on tc'b:s',
amoued- to £28,958, and the'decrease on tea to £ll9°"ot
"Mamount to P: iintseELL to £28,958,
s EsTINATES.—These estimates this J,..,et
nno

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,23 6 , being.an' increase of X 39,34/
iiiisop's Wax-Work exhibition, those of 1858. The estimates include -7,949 for the,1,..;;,-4
All the and queens, from and including William the besi expedition, £12,000. for the African rivers exPlutoit
Conqueror down to Queen Victoria ; also princes and expedition, £2,000 for the British Historical P°l'
Tr 4,1-'4
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princesses, dukes, duchesses, lords, eminent statesmen, Gallery, £2,000 for c"-- •
warriors, poets' divines ; also all the most noted-personages.
of the. past andpresent ages, &e.. Allsop's sculpture galleries,
containing upwards of 3,000 statues, selected from all parts
of the world, varying from five to twenty feet in height,
viewg
Allsop's dioramie, panoramic, cosmoramic, and stereosconir

purenase ot George irJ') tO
picture of the EIOUSO of Commons, £5,000 as ano
g donatto
Mr. W. IL Barber in consideration of the sufferings he
undergone, £1,650 fora pedestal to be erected in Old Pal .0111
and for Baron Marochetti's statue of Riehara ftmiir de
and PI / non

---,,,,...eu inquest on the body_ of John Turner, a The above:attractions are now combined, forming one largc,
...0 ~......,, .V4l ti j ner hus- miner,
,
living at Bank-lane, Brierly Hill, who on Whit- establishment, in the immense and magnificent building,
........,,,.., . patent only band, who was a very good fellow, 'was alarmed at her Tuesday met with injuries to his head which caused his known as the Teutonic-hall, next door but one to the
--• ••... ‘..cmULIZIAUIL or tne nUil‘' 71 ill.
to the. Londoners is now to .be had in equal
_perfection in hysterical sobbing, and begged her to explain herself. At death, was resumed on Tuesday. The nature of the evidence County Court, Lime-street, Liverpool, and nearly opposite •iitienian's return, Tit% meeting was numerously all:tbe
she gave given at the previous inquiry ad been sufficiently suspicious the Ad Court,
Hotel, and is open to the Public at 6d. each ; lluentially attended. With respect to the day on whic-sce,
their own beautiful estuary. A party of scientific gentlemen last, after sedatives had been administefed to her,
dined on Thursday last at Mrs. Clark's Hotel, Burntisland, vent to her agitated feelings, and, PunllnM.ll) her words at against the wife of the deceased to warrant an adjournment ; ohildren under ten years of ap; 3d. each. Mr-.AllsoP's Boirefe or banquet Ns-ill he held_ the committee have not a but
when she presented a large dish of this delicious fish, caught, intervals, said, " I didn't think, when -1.,.'?"a nmilfortable but it was stated yesterday that, although there were rumours exhibition has been Prenouncal bY the Press of DverPool, tained what day will be con' venient to Mr. Cobden,
near Kin bun. The beauty of the view and the differbnce home and took, you for my husband, that i hado.. parried into still rife concerninf the ill-treatment received by Turner, it London, and elsewhere, to he. the most perfect, superbly- expect to do so in a few days, which will be duly advert
of expense, as compared with that of Blackwall or Greenwich, mutton fats.' The fact was that the pun, laqy, yho pro- had hten impossib cto procure an fresh tangible evidence. magnificent, and largest establishment in the world--a fact The number of applications up to yesterday at noon 00
was specially remarked. Much credit is due to our excellent hably was the daughter of a convict, was chagrTed at find- The, 3-
citizen, Professor Dick, by whose energy and zeal this new ing mould candles, instead of wax or sperm, on h
delicacy h,..
--- been brought within our reach,—&o67lian, Rev: J. D. Hereweather'B Diary. .9, returned an open verdict, the Coroner remarking that cannot possibly be contradicted. Be sure to observe upwards of 1,200. Already,
y, applications from the r .
0 table.— that if any fresh evidence should be forthcoming the iilquirT the name, "—p, entrance.
.p pt ; Mr, c been made from . London, Leeds,
. 1 Wm. Allsop,
Allso "at the Sole ro rie or have
d pool, &e. Manchester, Di'er
might be re-opened,

tne serpentine.
SOIREE TO "allying
COBDEN, M.P.—On Monday eviiedslet
Mr. Cobden's committee met at the Public-hall, It°c,' reot
in order to make arrangements for the contemplatea
and interesting. eathprino. ;-