The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-10-02 00:00:00

POETRY.

CHAPTER ON MISSES.

The esr little M;sses we meet with in life,
Anena,_t hopes and what fears they awaken,
woen a man's taking a Miss for a wife,
He is 21148-led as well 'as Miss-taken.
;len courted s Kidd and obtained the kiss,
Thiath"zht in the warmth of my passion,
i.Butrd make a gnat hit in thus gaining a Miss,
It Was
a Miss-calculation.
tor
10^ many Misses surrounded Miss Kidd,
A. Rh me and my love interfering.
ralous Mies-trust put it into her head,
ThQat she ought not to give me a hearing.
e's a certain Miss-chance that I met with one day,
k,s, ost sent my hopes to destruction,
"Autishefelt a suspicion of all I might say—
be "mg to one Miss-construction.
4:;;ived by a Miss-information, I wrote,
e 91me of her mister demanding,
1-direction prevented her getting the note,
IvAi." introduced Miss-understanding.
p to make her my wife I exultingly swore,
4,V,15-betief goad her doubt my intention,
' nearly t wed to Miss-fortune, before
I could win her from Miss-apprehension.
W-•
ong been so Miss-wed, I now kept a strict watch,
A 'nth I still lived in fear of Miss-carriage.
nd I found, whet-. too late an unlucky Miss-match
I.l.lnerfered with the joys of my marriage,
'llB-rule in my dwelling put everything wrong,
1.1;144-management here took her station,
cash, like the time I take singing my song,
n'as all wasted by Miss-application.
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siLIND BOY'S BEEN AT PLAY, MOTHER.

BY ELIZA COOK.
The Blind Boy's been at play, mother,
And merry games we bad;
We led him on our way, mother,
And every step was glad.
But when we found a starry flower.
And praised its varied hue,
A tear came trembling down his cheek,
Just like a drop of dew.
We took him to the mill, mother,
Where falling waters made.
A rainbow o'er the rill, mother,
As golden sun-rays played ;
But when we shouted at the scene,
And hailed the clear blue sky,
He stood quite still upon the bank,
And breathed a long, long, sigh.
We asked him why he wept, mother,
Wheneer we found the spots
Where periwinkle crept, mother,
O'er wild Forget-me-nots:
" Ah, roe I" he said, while tears ran down
As fast as summer showers,
"It is because I cannot see
The sunshine and the flowers."
'Oh, that poor sightless boy, mother,
Has taught me I am blest,
For I can look with joy, mother,

On all I love the best,
-And when I see the dancing stream,
And daisies red and white.
I kneel upon the meadow sod.
And thank my God for sight.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

6prt
Alt- -RTANT CASE UNDER THE COUNTY COURTS'
!lot; CiOD Friday, a case Shurly v King, tried in the Lon-
Sheriff's' (Small Debts) Court, a question was
(tell
as to the right of the plaintiff to split a debt. The
()ell Was brought on a promissory note for £3. The
4roculal
, debt was £9, for which defendant had given three
ki:Bsory notes of £3 each. His Honour, Mr. Com-
kt Loner Bullock, held that the giving different notes did
44,1'1e the ease out of the rule as to splitting the debt,
id Plaintiff must either give up the £6 or be nonsuited,
!teak till all the notes became due, and sue for the
amount. The plaintiff elected to be nonsuited.

fan ChTEER CUSTOMER.—A woman named Flicb, whose
the .I.Tr, dress, and general appearance, reminded
.one of
othe"eg Merrilies of the northern bard, was tried the
thar„r day by the Tribunal of Correctional Police on a
lleat,`e of having stolen a quantity of lucerne in a field
raris. The President of the tribunal having men.
Nued the charge to the prisoner, she exclaimed in a loud
God sent the grass of the fields for the use of all
het ereatures.,, The President observed that the lucerne
te iepaed to the man who had sown it. The prisoner
td, " He would not have been much the poorer for
ofew handfuls that I should have taken ; but God is
.e„Witaess that my heart and hand are innocent of the
flie of which the wickedness of man accuses roe."
,„l
ter;abstitut du Procureur -de la Republique here ob.
" The wickedness of man has nothing to 'do with
eet ,itfrair. You were surprised by the Garde Champetre
te,tleg down the lucerne and filling a sack with it." In
tf".Y she said. " The Garde Champetre walks in the ah
tNastice." The Garde Champetre being called pasta
woness said, •‘ I do not know what path this old mad-
isCeee had been walking in that day, but know that
h„" I laid bold of her she bit me like a lioness,
t4tele,,teeth she has ; my arm was completely lace-
t)Do,. The prisoner exclaimed, " The feeble when
therrsed use the weapons which the Lord has liven
Gsrd for their defence against the strong." The
rho Chanipetre said he bad, as witnesses, two soldiers,
toiji,i'led come to his aid to overcome the she rebel ;they
ttaid`ell the court something about her teeth. "Yes,"
the Prisoner, •` like the just and the innocent, I was
k,nden by the scares of uty eneulien." One of the
eleilere being called said, At the request of the Garde
the tll)Ztre, and, by order of my corporal, I assisted in
%tee arrest -of this tall and rude old woman; and I
ek re You the affair was no joke. She bit, she scmt-
ciatid; hut, above all, she bit dreadfully. My left
tt could tell you something about it. It still aches
"Itls_verY change of weather." The other soldier said,
ltiellaye been in Africa, but never did I see a Bedouin
too and -Struggle like this old woman; she slipped through
to rids like an eel, and then she was as treacherous as a
teZ, At.the moment when I thought she was about to sur-
lollnshe made a sign as if she wished to speak to me, and
hit'u I approached, without suspicion, she flew at me and
th.l'l through the nose." The President saide" It appears
bZi You have a monomania for biting everybody." The
-CTner replied, " When I am attacked I defend myself.
tk,e has given this privilege to the meanest of his cres-
ts 8. I see that I am condemned beforehand ; but do
%ea like with me, I have right and innocence on my
Leo
and shall suffer in a good cause." The tribunal,
AliAli,eg a different view of the case from that of Madame
101,`,.;_u, found her guilty and sentenced her to four months'