The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-10-04 00:00:00

FEMALES QUARRELS.

Anne Jones, a very decent looking woman, attended by a.
posse of her neighbours as witnesses, appeared to prefer a
complaint against a very pretty and mild-looking young girl,
named Mary Hardman.
Mrs. Jones stated, that she and the defendant had always
been good friends till lately, when the defendant had " intirely
halter d," and she did not know whatever had " come over
her." I was only talking with Mrs. Johnson about the water,
said the complainant, when out she comes with the long
brush, and sis she—whose mouth are you 'going to crack ?
I- told her I had summut else to do than to crack peoples
mouths, an' as I was not a
with
for to crack nobodies' mouth.
With that sir, she ups with the long brush and struck me
with all her force, and if she'd hit the opening of my head,
she'd a laid my skull open. However she only catch'd me
on the hie, an' here it is. The complainant pointed to her
'" hie," as she called it, but no mark was preceptible. It
appeared, according to the complainant, that the defendant
had also put her fissess in Mrs. Jones face and threatened
her.

Miss Hardman was no sooner asked what she had to say
for herself than she burst into tears. She first complained
of the hard hearted neighbours, every one of whom took
part with Mrs Jones. and consented to be witness for her.
She was alone. Mrs. Jones, she said, was blowing up as she
(defendant) was sweeping the floor of her father's house.
She went out to her, and, said she, I axed her if it was me
she was talking to, for I heard her say she would crack my
mouth, an' I axed her if it was my mouth that she was
gooin to crack. She said yes it was, an' she made her words
good, for she did crack it, and after she'd struck me two or
three times, and called me a many very ugly names unproper
to mention before gentlemen, I lifted up the long-brush in
my own defence, and gave her a little bit of a tap with it.
The neighbours who accompained Mrs. Jones here all
raised their voices in full chorus, in order to demonstrate to
the magistrates that this version was not entirely correct;
and it was evident that the inhabitants of the court or alley
in which these amiable people reside, bore no very kindly
feeling towards Miss Hardman. Their great efforts at ex-
planation were useless,—they defeated their own objeet,—
for not one word could be distinguished ; and it was not till
" silence" had been thundered from every frowning police-
man about the court, that these delicate females could be
prevailed upon to bridle their tongues.
What are you? asked Mr. Rushton.
Defendant—l lives with my father and mother.
Mr. Rushton—Well, I cannot allow these disturbances.
One of the neighbours, a little, pale, smiling woman, put-
ting on a most winning expression of countenance, said—lf
you please, sir, she said she would murder Mrs. Jones as soon
as ever the trial was over. _ _ _

An old and chatter, snub-nosed woman, rushing forward
—Yes, that she did ; I heerd her.
Another neighbour—Yes, and she'll do it too.
Another neighbour—(shaking her head)—Aye, aye, she's
a very dangerous young woman.
Mrs. Jones—l'm afraid of my life, your worship.
Mr. Rushton—Nonsense, you silly woman; it's a pitylou
can't live in a more neighbourly manner.
The defendant was fined one shilling and costs.
A DISOBEDIENT APPRENTICE.

One of the apprentices of a Mr. Close, appeared in an-
swer to a summons procured on information of his master for
disobedience and absence from business.
Mr. Davenport, solicitor, appeared for the defendant.
Mr. Close stated, that the young man was an in• door ap-
prentice, and was continually in the habit of staying out all
night. This it appeared he had been in the continual habit
of doing, but he had not absented himself during working
hours.
Mr. Davenport attempted to prove, the defendant had
only remained out till half-past eleven or twelve o'clock. Mr.
Rushton expressed it as his opinion, that an apprentice ought
to regulate his hours of recreation according to the will of his
master, and not, because the hours of business were over, to
remain out of his master's house till improper hours.
After some slight discussion it was arranged, that the ap-
prentice was to go back to his master on promising to behave
better. The promises were made in court.
T.
THE MUSICAL BRICK-SELLER.

Win. Palmer, the noted dealer in bricks, who has ev
dently

" pris pour passagere,
La muse des chansons;"

But who cannot justify a continuation of our quotation from
Beranger—
" Et ma course legere
S'egaie a ses doux sons;
As his many attempts at .rhyme and melody, the burden of
which is—
" Pretty ladies—a penny a lump,
Very fine bricks, a penny a lump,"
And which he sings somewhat to the tune of " Barbara
Allen," frighten all the old women and little children of the
districts which he honours with his visits,—charged one
Edward Taylor with having broken into his house and as-
saulted him. Complainant, in giving evidence, burst into
tears, which was described by the gentleman who conducted
the defence as " all gammon." The complainant, on being
cross-examined, admitted that he had aggravated the de-
fendant by applying certain gross epithets to him and his
mother, on hearing which Mr. RUSHTON dismissed the
case, and said it would be better if in future complainant
kept a civil tongue in his head.

EXTRAORDINARY TAKE OF WHITE FISH.—One day last
week, the crew of the Lafra, off the Isle of May, caught
with a trawl net no less than three tons of white fish, con-
sisting of turbot, soles, skate, haddocks, cod, &c. in the short
period of five hours.