The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-09-30 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

IRELAND.

VICEREGAL COURTESY.

Te copy from the Freeman's Journal, of this morning„ the
refusal of the Lord Lieutenant to dine with the Lord Ilayor and
corporation of Dublin upon the day of his Lordship's inaugu-
ration, and the very unsatisfactory and discourteous terms in
which his excellency's answer is couched. The, following is
given by our cotemporary as his answer :
" I refused an invitation last year to dine.with a Lord Mayor
whose politics I believed then to be liberal. It would not be
quite consistent in me now to accept yours. I hope, however, it
will be the last time that I shall be under the necessity of refusitty
to dine with the Dublin corporation."
We cannot let this very impolitic, as well as uncivil transac-
tion, pass over without the reprehension it deserves. His excel-
lency must be aware that, when the Lord Mayor of the city of '
Dublin honours him with an invitation to dinner on such an
occasion, the entertainer acts in the capacity of the first magis-
trate of this metropolitan city, and the expected guest as the
official representative of the Monarch. Neither stands in relation
to the other in his private capacity—and neither has the slightest
husiness with the politics—whether liberal or conservative, of
the party whom he addresses.
In this instance, the Lord Mayor has exhibited far greater
dignity and true liberality, than the Lord Lieutenant. His
lordship, notwithstanding the well known politics of his excel-
lency, invites him to dinner where he would be sure of meeting
right good fare, and the very best company which the capital
affoids :—his excellency, with extreme narrow-mindedness, re-
jects the invitation solely on the grounds of his lordship's
" politicß." We beg leave to assure his excellency, that his
Royal Master (who knows as well as any man what it becomes
him to do,) would not have returned such an answer to the
chief magistrate of the second city in his empire.
Had his excellency been menaced with any proceeding at the
entertainment not agreeable to his feelings—had he declined, in
consequence of authentic information, that toasts would be
given, and sentiments proposed, which, consistently with his
principles, he ought to discountenance—there hail been in his
uncourteous refusal some show of reason and propriety. But
his excellency pleads no such excuse. He has an objection to
the Lord Mayor's politics !—aud will not dine with hint ? Now
the Lord Lieutenant entertains Mr. O'Connell at dinner. Mr.
O'Connell is a repealer. Does his excellency sn approve of
Mr. O'Connell's politics in this respect, that he should go out
of his way to pay him a compliments The Lord Mayor is an
anti-repealer. Does his excellency so disapprove of Isis lordship's
politics in this respect, as to go out of his way to put an official
affront (if possible) on him and the loyal Corporation of which
he is the head?
We doubt not that his Excellency's absence will be consi-
dered very good company on the occasion—though had he ac-
cepted the invitation, the Laird Mayor and his other guests
would have patiently endured him—for the sake of his Royal
Master.—Dublin Evening Mail.

dompLAINT AGAINST A SERVANT.—Mr. Birch, farmer of
Hatfield Woodhouse, appeared to prefer a complaint against
Sarah Hobson, a young girl, whom he had hired as an agricul-
tural-servant. The grounds of complaint were, that she refused
to riddle the cinders, she had an objection to serve the pigs—
she declined striking a light when her master ordered her—she
would never get out of bed before five o'clock, and persisted in
retiring to roost at nine—she refused to commence tier work be-
fore six, and would not work after eight—she blew him up ever-
lastingly, but would not be "bloomed up" in return—she came
into his bed-room and challenged him out to tight, and it was
all he could do to escape a thrashing from his little maiden,
(who was little more than " nine gabs high,") and as a sammum
bonem of her offences, the other Saturday the little liiissey, after
he had "started for Lunnun," brought a big fellow into the
house and took him into his best bed-room, for what purpose it
was not for him to say. Mr Dennison thought, that it was not
the first or second time he had been before the magistrates to
make complaints against his servants; and when this was the
case, it was natural to suppose that there were faults on both
sides. Birch said, " only once with this, and once with 'tother,
and she wouldn't riddle cinders or sarve the pigs." The girl
being asked what she had to say in answer to the charge, said,
that her master had engaged her as a house-keeper, but had
since rejected her services, and hired another woman in her
place; she therefore did not think she had a right to perform
the menial duties of his household. The magistrates thought.
there were faults on both sides, and therefore directed the girl
to return to her service, and obey the lawful commands of her
master. Birch.—Then is she to feed the pigs, Mr. Denison ?
Me. Denison.—Yes. Birch.—ls she to riddle the cinders? Mr.
Denison.—Yes. Birch.—ls she to get up at four o'clock in the
morning and keep at it till after eight.—No. She must do her
duty, and obey your commands when you want her services ;
but you have tlO right to impose those commands unreasonably.
Birch, (turning to his servant,) " Dost thou hear that, Sal—
tbou's to riddle cinder and sarve the pigs, and I'll take care
thou does thee duty." The parties left the room amidst the
laughter of the court.--Doncas.;er Chronicle.
THE SOLACE OF MUSIC.—The folowing striking case is told
by Sir Henry Halford :—" A gentleman in Yorkshire many
years ago, was first stu.pified, and afterwards became insane,
upon the sudden loss of all his property. This gentleman
could hardly be said to live, he merely vegetated, for he was
motionless until pushed, and did not speak to, nor notice any
body in the house, for nearly four months. The first indication
of as return of any sense appeared in his attention to music
played in the street. 'Phis was observed, the second time he
heard it, to have a more decided force in arousing him from his
lethargy; and, induced by this good omen, the sagacious hu-
manity of his superintendent offered him a violin. He seized
it eagerly, and amused himself with it constantly. After six
weeks, hearing the rest of the patients of the house pass by his
door to their cominon room, he accosted them, Good morning
to you all, gentlemen; I am quite well and desire I may
accompany you.' In two months more he was dismissed
cured."

A correspondent has sent us a calculation, from which it
would appear that the whole human race, if collected together
in one spot, would not occupy a space much greater than the
extent of that on which the metropolis stands. He supposes
the population of the globe to be equal to 1,000,000,000 souls,
and the average space occupied by each individual to be
square feet, the whole of the human family collected together
in one column would cover a space of 47,063 feet, or of about
8 miles.—Carlisle Patriot.
Mr. W. Wordsworth, jun. son of the poet, is one of the can-
didates for the secretaryship of the Birmingham and Derby
Railway Company.