The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-08-03 00:00:00

COURT OF PASSAGE,

The Court of Passage for the 'trial of causes for the borough
commenced on Wednesday, in the Sessions House, Chapel-
street, before CHARLES CROMPTON, Esq., assessor. The cause
list contains 74 demurrers, issues, inquiries, and writs of trial,
but they, as usual, are of trifliug importance. '

111‘CORMICK V.-111`CO- RMICK.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the de-
fendant, who stand in the relation to each other of sister and
brother, to recover the sum of £2l for the plaintiff's services
as domestic servant to her brother, who is a grocer or huck-
ster in this town. The case was supported by Patrick M'Cor-
mick, brother of the parties, who are all Irish ; and from his
statement it appeared, that the plaintiff was sent for from Ire-
land by. her brother the defendant, to serve in his house, he
promising to remunerate her at the rate of 2s. per week—and
hence her claim arose—during a period commencing four
years ago.
In his cross-examination by Mr. VENABLES, he said, when
in Ireland the plaintiff was the governess ofa house—she cooked
the praties and cleaned the house; but she had not sold pota-
toes in Liverpool, nor lived in other service than her brother's.
Other witnesses showed that the defendant afforded the
plaintiff a home when not in a situation, and that she was not
his servant; that she had lived in service, and at other times
had travelled the country with a basket for the sale of small
wares, and that she had also sold potatoes in the market,—the
defendant at all tithes affording her a home when she required
it.

Mr. VENABLES, in his address to the jury, characterised
the action as scandalous and abominable, brought merely to
put costs in somebody's pocket, who had fomented Wilily
quarrels for his own interests.
The learned ASSESSOR briefly recapitulated the evidence.
and, after a short consultation, . . .

The Jury-found for the defendant, and the assessor intima-
ted his concurrence in the verdict.

OWEN V. COBHAM

This was an action to recover the sum of £l6 16s. Bd., al-
leged to be due from the defendant to the plaintiff for wages,
as a domestic servant, during the period of four years and
seven months, viz., from October, 1833, to May, 1838, at the
rate of £3 per year for the first and second years, and £4 per
year for the third and fourth years and the last seven months.

Mr. MANSELL, for the plaintiff, stated the case and called
Helen Ross, who proved that she badmade an engagement
to the above effect on the 16th of October, 1833, on behalf of
her daughter, Catherine Owen, who was then thirteen years
of age, with Mrs. Cobham, whose husband—Mr. John-Cob-
, ham—keeps a respectable eating-house in Liverpool, with
liberty for her daughter to leave at any time she thought
proper.
Mr. WiticiNsoN, for the defendant, told the jury that if
the last action was discreditable, this one would be found to
be equally so, and that it reflected dishonour on the party
who had concocted it. He should be able to prove that Mr.
Cobham had a number of waiters employed in his business;
that at the time the plaintiff came to him she was in so abject
a state of poverty, that she was actually receiving parish re-
lief, and was taken into his service without any stipulation as
to wages, and merely for her meat and clothes ; that another
girl came there a week afterwards, and then a question arose
as to the wages to be given to each of them; that a book in
which the wages paid to all the servants were entered was
free of access to them, and its contents often discussed in the
kitchen ; that the defendant, being unable to read or write,
had often inquired what wages she was to receive, and ex-
tressed herself satisfied with them; that she hadoften had
money on account, and had asked repeatedly how soon she
should be before b) her work she could make up the money
advanced by her master for clothes. He called several wit-
nesses, and produced the book in question; some of the en-
tries being in pencil. In one case, where .E2.'2s. had been
charged to her, the £2. was inserted in pencil and the 2s, in
ink. This was accounted for by one of the witnesses, from.
the ink being occasionally dried up in the bottle when 'left in
the kitchen.
Mr. MANSELL, in reply, commented on the impropriety of
dealing with the child without the knowledge of the mother,
after the agreement made with the latter. He also hinted at
the suspicious nature of the entries in the books, and the ab-
sence of several persons who were stated by the defendant's
witnesses to have a knowledge of the transaction.
The Asshssott, in summing up, said the three questions
for the jury to-decide were-Ist, whether there had been any
money due-2d, whether it had been fully paid—and, 3d,
whether so much as 40s. were still owing. The payments in
the book were stated to amount to £l6. 12s. 10d. and Ils.
and 2s. paid were said not to have been entered. There were
also £l. difference in the statement of the wages to be paid
for the third year, the plaintiff's witness asserting—it to have
been LI and the defendant's £3.

The Jury, after a few minutes' consultation, found a ver-
dict for the defendant. • _ _ _ _

The Assassoa told them it must be for the plaintiff on the
first count, which would entitle her to some amount of costs,
as the defendant need not have pleaded that there had been
no contract. lie thought it a very improbable story that the
wages should not have been paid.
The great majority of the cases brought on for trial at this
court arise out of petty squabbles fomented by what are called
"low practice" attorneys; who, whether their clients win or
lose, make sure of their costs. It is lamentable that people
will not exercise their common sense and learn to make mu-
tual concessions. But above all, to avoid seeking out attor-
neys to settle their disputes, as they would avoid the gentle-
man in black with the cloven foot.

The King of the Belgians is understood to have postponed
ais visit to his illustrious relatives in this country until after
re prorogation. _ _

THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN GLASGOW.—We understand
that, on Sunday evening next, the Rev. Robert Montgomery
will preach a sermon in St. Luke's Church, in aid of the
Episcopal Church in Glasgow. This eloquent minister
preached a sermon on Thursday week at St. Chad's, in
Shrewsbury, when a collection, amounting to upwards of
£7O, was made. In our next we shall give a notice of this
sermon.

PUBLIC DINNER TO Mn. SPINKS.—Last evening, the
friends of Mr. Spinks, of the Black Bull Hotel, Haymarket,
gave that gentleman a public dinner as a testimony of respect
and in commemoration of his recent triumph in being acquit.
ted, at the Quarter Sessions, of a gross charge of assault in
upsetting a tea-kettle, full of boiling water, on an individual
named Brindle, who was persuaded by certain " low practice"
attorneys, whom it is needless more pointedly to specify, to
cook up the charge, which was instantly dismissed by the
learned Recorder and the jury. The dinner was one of the
most excellent we ever sat down to, and did much credit to
Mr. Latham, the professional cook engaged, and the wines
were superb. A select party of friends were assembled, se-
veral excellent speeches were made, and the convivialities of
the evening were kept up till a late hour. The company were
particularly enlivened by the wit, the lively sallies, and the
songs of Mr. Evans. We can only, at this late hour, say,
that if anything could add to Mr. Spinks's former triumph,
in being acquitted of the charge (-rot up against him, it was in
the greetings of his assembled friends last evening, and in
their warm wishes for his success.

RAISING THE WIND.—A man named John Mlienna was
placed at the bar of the Police-office on Tuesday charged
with having obtained goods from several individuals under
false pretences. The prisoner, who looked like a serving
man, was dressed in a green livery, on which were buttons
bearing a regal crown, surmounted by the rose, shamrock,
and thistle. Charles Newnes, son of Ali.. Newnes, tea and
coffee dealer, Castle-street, stated that on Friday last he vtas
sitting in his father's shop reading the Liverpool Mercury,
when the prisoner walked abruptly in and asked him if he
were asleep. " I replied," said the young man, " No, lam
not asleep, lam only reading the Mercury. He put a note
into my hand and said, There, I want these things for Mrs.
Miller, of Bootle Castle.' The note specified that Mrs.
Miller wanted two pounds of tea and one for the servants, a
quarter of a stone of sugar, and eleven pounds of lump sugar.
I asked him what sort of tea and sugar he wanted. He said,
the same as usual. I referred to the books and found that Mrs.
Miller usually got eight shilling tea for herself and five shil-
ling tea for the servants. He said the soft sugar was to be
sevenpenny. I gave him two pounds of souchong,.
flowery pekoe, hyson, and gunpowder, and one pound of
congou for the servants. I gave him three pounds and a half
of moist sugar and eleven pounds of lump, and he told me to
be quick as he had to get some hot rolls for breakfast."
(Laughter.) The note was handed in to Mr. Hall, and
afterwards submitted to Mr. Miller. The latter stated, that
it was not his handwriting, nor that of his wife. The prisoner
hall lived with him five years ago as servant.—Mrs. Freer,
who keeps a circulating library in Byrom-street, stated, that
the prisoner came to her shop on Friday last, and asked for
a set of books for Mrs. Miller. She asked him what Mrs.
Miller, and he replied "little Mrs. Miller." She asked him
what sort of books he was to take. He replied, that Mrs.
Miller said she was to choose whatever books she thought
proper, something new and interesting, for she knew Mrs.
Miller's style of reading. She took down a set of books,
three volumes, and he departed with them.—Mr. Hall: And
pray, ma'am, what did vou make choice of ?—Mrs. Freer: I
gave him " The Robber," a romance, in three vciumes!—A
pawnbroker stood up in the witness box, andsaid the prisoner
had called at his shop on Saturday, in a state of intoxication,
and Offered the books for pledge: In reply to questions that
were asked, he said they were his own property. The pawn-
broker detained the books, and refused to Jena anything on
them. He sent them to Mrs. Freer, and she claimed them.
Constable 'Thomas Ainsworth said the prisoner had also ob-
tained confectionery to the amount of seven shillings and
sixpence from Mrs. Holt, in Castle-street, in Mrs. Miller's
name. It appeared that the prisoner had gone to the office
of Messrs. Bevan and Smith, wine merchants, in Castle-
street, and bad endeavoured to get some wine. Here, how-
ever, some suspicions were excited and he was detained.
Thomas Ainsworth was sent for, and he was given into
custody. The prisoner said he was sent over from Ireland
on Thursday last with three horses belonging to a gentleman
of Dublin. He had lodged the horses at the Repository of
Mr. Lucas for sale. He happened to run short of cash, and,
as he had nothing to feed upon, he obtained the goods in
question for his support. He confessed that be had written
the note in question to Mr. Newnes. His intention was to
pay for all the goods as soon as Mr. , the gentleman
who owned the horses, arrived to give him some money. He
begged bard to be released, as this was the very first time he
had ever been before a magistrate, and he promised, if Mr.
Hall would overlook this one offence, he would never be
guilty of the like again.—He was committed for trial at the
next borough sessions.

The Forester, Lieutenant Nott (late of the "Etna), has
recently captured a Spanish schooner, with 300 slaves on
board.

- Stone mangers for stables, instead of oak, are now gene-
rally used and strongly recommended. They have been
long used in the Netherlands.
FRIKNDLY KISSING IN l'Auis.—Ladies kiss, and don't
shake bands, in Paris. Gentlemen kiss too, but only on great
occasions. I was kissed the other day by a man, for the first
time. It was one of the most trying situations of my life. I
felt like that personage who was strangled by Hercules.
See the picture in the mythology.—The American in Paris.

•
t• • TottEß.
,- •
STANZAS.
Cling not to earth—there's nothing there,
However bright, however fair,
• But on its features it must wear
The impress of mortality !—ANON.

'Tis true we must not cling to earth,
For ours is sure a nobler birth:
Inheritors of heaven above,
Where reign for ever truth and love,

'Tis true we should not fix our hearts
On the vain good this life imparts,—
Ms true our thoughts should ever be,
Not of time, but eternity I

'Tis true the Scriptures tell of joy,
Prepared where none can e'er annoy ;
Far brighter too than man conceives,
Or his vain, finite heart believes.

All this is true; but still there's left
On this wide waste—not yet bereft
Of every pleasure which can cheer
The pilgrim on his way of fear—

One precious gem, presented by
The Author of all purity—
Frail man to bless, and point his way
To realms of everlasting day !
WOMAN! thou art this glorious gem ;
See that thy lustre ne'er he dim !
Ever instil that blessed worth
Once taught on earth by Christ thy Lord
M. P. II

TO

And still to love, though pressed with ill,
With me is to be lovely still.—CowpEß.

Ours is a love that ever hath been
Blest alone by its own sincerity ;
Nurs'd in the broast of each unseen,
It has lived through much severity.
We have not lov'd in the sunny light
Of the proud world's high approve;
Nor have we dared our troth to plight
Before aught, save the Eye above.
And, now we are severed by many a mile,
Oh, may that Eye watch over thee—
Guard thee horn every dangerous wile,
And again to thine own restore thee !
. They who would part us know not how deep
The affection in young hearts glowing ;
Think they that distance will lull to sleep,
Or vary the current of passions glowing?
Thou among strangers art walking afar,
Amidst new scenes of life and beauty—
New friends shall solace thy wanderings there,
• And cheer on ihy course of duty.
But oft shalt thou think of thy home,
And remember the scenes where we've met;
And, belov'd one, where'er thou mayest roam,
`The delight of those moments'—do not forget
Liverpool, 28th July, 1838.

CONTEMPORARY PRESS.

THE BUSI&ESS OF PARLIAMENT. •
(From the Morning Herald.)
One of the many evils arising from the practice
adopted of late years of postponing the most ;mpor-
tant business of parliament till the middle and close of
the dog-days, is, that the majority of both houses,
some from indolence and indifference, and still more
from being tired and worn out, leave London; some
" pairing off" for the remainder of the session—others
without neutralising their vote by any such precau-
tion. We do not lay the whole blame of this pract;oe
to the whip ministers ; for though it has continued and
increased under their auspices, it had commenced be-
fore their accession to otiice. No one who has ob-
served the course of legislation since the passing of
the reform bill can be in any doubt that the House of
Commons has fallen in the scale of value as a delibe-
rative assembly, while the House of Lords has risen
in proportion. Seeing, then, the increased value and
importance of the upper . house, the practice in ques-
tion is the more to be deplored, as it deprives the
House of Lords of the time for deliberation which it
would otherwise bestow ❑pon many of the important
subjects which come before it. Many members of that
house, unable to continue any longer in London,
.de-
part just at the moment when their presence is most
important. Of this unfortunate state of things we are
at this momt-lt the more strongly reminded, when we
perceive it announced thrit the Duke of Wellington is
about to depart for the continent, and that the country
will consequently be deprived of his grace's parlia-
mentary services during the remainder of the session,
and that when the real labours of the house may be
truly said to have only just commenced. The loss of
his presence during the coming discussion is greatly
to be deplored. Year after year have we condemned
the inconvenient, not to say mischievous, practice we
allude to. What the government can gain by it we
do not understand, beyond the chance of now and then
passing, sub silentio, a measure which, in the earlier
part of the session, would not escape scrutiny. On
the other hand, they have all the trouble of preparing
and debating measures, some of which are ultimately
dropped for want of time, and which would not be the
case if such bills were prepared and brought in in
time, if more of the public business originated in the
upper house—in short, if a determination were formed
and acted upon, of getting rid of a practice so detri-
mental to the best interests of the country, and discre-
ditable to the legislature.

THE CURSE OF IRELAND.
(From the Dublin Record and Statesman.)
We hold it to be among the most tremendous sins
of ignorance in some men, that they attempt to re-
medy evils which God himself has appointed for the
punishment of wickedness, and more especially for the
punishment of the dreadful wickedness of apostacy
and idolatry. Of this nature are most of the attempts
which have been made, and which are constantly mak-

ing, to remedy the evils of Ireland. They are nothing
more nor less than a fighting. against God; and, ac-
cordingly, we find that they are almost invariably at-
tended by those results which we might expect vk here
man impiously strives with his Creator : they aggra-
vate the malady they were intended to cure.
What have God-less, un-Christian men ever done
for Ireland, or what can they do for it ? They can
whiter. the sepulchre; they can paint and varnish the
living, or perfume ad embalm the dead ; they can get
up the mockery—a little of the mere outward appear-
ance of a people blessed of God, and therefore happy
and prosperous; but they cannot remove one atom of
the rottenness which lies within ; they cannot change
a single particle of the essential vice which defiles the
source of being ; and they cannot therefore diminish
in any degree the appointed misery which flows from

it.
'rte land is cursed of God for its idolatry, apostacy,
and vice in every form ; and will He endure that his
purposes shall be counteracted by a few impious per.
sons who cast his word aside, and think that they re-
quire not his help ; nay, dare to hope that they can do
well enough wigrout him, or in defiance of him ? The
amazing mercies and wonderful forbearance of the
Lord are shown most signally in not visiting for such
revolting pride and rebellion. But we are spared;
again and again, and from year to year we are spared,
and the Lord is still waiting to be gracious to us.
It has pleased God to give us a mode of communi-
s eating with his people, both in this country and else-
where ; and we value it as one peculiarly important
and precious, inasmuch as it enables us to give a tes-
timony against tlrit impious system of idolatry, Po-
pery, a testimony which we do trust will, under God,
do much to enlighten the mind of the nation, and
rouse up a spirit which has too long slumbered—a
spirit of jealousy for the honour of Jehovah, and of
zeal for the truth as it is in Jesus Christ.
We are acquainted with many worthy people who
entertain a just abhorrence of Romish impiety, and
see it ethically and religiously in all its active defor-
mity ; but are very far indeed from a just conception
of THE CURSE, in all its fearful extent, which it en-
tails upon the land. They do not perceive that it poi-
sons the air, and infects the earth, and intercepts or
destroys every good—mars the gifts of nature, and per-
verts every faculty of man. They look for other causes
of the wretchedness of Ireland, just as if this one were
not the sure and inexhaustible foundation of all ! The
people reject the truth of God, and it pleases Him to
send them strong delusions that they shOuld believe a
lie. The land therefore is CURSED. Where Popery
prevails, every moral and every physical evil abounds
also.
I t will be a part, and an important part of the States-
man's labour and business to trace this connection in
principle and in fact—to exhibit the denunciations of
the Lord against idolatry and apostacy-7and to trace
the connection in fact, between the miseries of Ireland
and the profound darkness and irreligion of the peo-
ple. While a shade of doubt obscures this fixed and
most important truth, there will be some defect of that
intense energy with which every enlightened Christian
ought to lift up his voice against that master evil of
Ireland, Popery.

ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, JULY 28.—
There have not been so many pieces sold to-day, chiefly on
account of the increased prices demanded by the holders.
Wool has been for some time on the advance, and the manu-
facturers hold out for a correspondent improvement in the
price of their goods. Fine flannels have not even been in-
quired after, while those of the coarser kind are in brisk de-
mand; and considerably more would have been sold, had the
prices offered been accepted. The wool market has been
rather more active to-day; and for broken wool and nails
more money has been asked, though perhaps not generally
obtained.—Manchester Guardian, Wednesday.
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THE PLAGUE IN TURKEY.—The frightful accounts given
by M. Thule of the manner in which the Turks treat the
~ti “1.1 v.. .c.o.dif.d. we.
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indolence and system of fatalism whichform fFe'''g7Fa-rgar-
riers to the progress of these people. The plague of 1837 was
more fearful in its ravages than at any preceding period for
the last twenty years, and yet not a trace of improvement
could be found Cu their manner of treating it, or in the pre-
cautions which they took to avoid its extension. Clothes of
the deceased teeming with infection were sold by auction—
travellers passing front the scene of disease and death to a
spot still free from malady, and conveying the disorder with
them—merchandise shut up for a few months, and then
opened and exposed without purification—imperfect and care-
less interment-=in short, everything which could propagate
rather than arrest the disease was practised in the same man-
ner as in former times; and M. Bone says, that with the pre-
sent generation there is no hope of improvement; it is on the
rising youth alone that au impression can be made; and he
suggests that the moat elementary books on physical, natural,
and medical science, should he given to them with the Koran;
and he calls upon the philanthropists of France and England
to have such books printed and introduced.—Athenaeum.