The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-09-25 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

REVISING BARRISTERS

TO TIM EDl:lll,}k oF THE TIMES,

Sta,.---InstaneesTo4 Whig jobbery are so freqktent that the dis.
covery of freih .ones .creates, I confess, in my mind but little
surprise. When, however, we find, that the besetting sin of
the Whigs influences even judiCial appointments, it becomes a
duty of- paramount import:cage to expose a system so fraught
with evil, and sa destructive of that purity for which. the judicial
bench in this country his hitherto been distinguished. •
The propriety of selecting gentlemen for,the office of revising
barrister who have afforded proofs of possessing a competent
knowledge of the principles and details ok the reform act, and of.
the general law of elections—of such a standing in the profes-
sion as will secure for their decisions the public confidence, and
above all, of moderate political principles, is too obvious to
need further remark. It was, therefore, with great concern
that I lately read in your journal of the appointment to one of
these offices, by the Lord Chief Justice. of Eitglaad, of a gentle,
man who, by the expression. of extremely violent political doe-.
trines; had Erocured for himself an unenviable. notoriety in the
borough of Finsbury. The appointment of Mr. Richard Davis
Craig, by my Lord Denman, as one of the revisers for the city
or Loadwii Snot so open to objection as the one alludeitto
upon public grounds highly censurable. On referriug to
Whig/laity's. Synopris of the Envii4 Bar, it appears that Mr.
Craig was called in November last. Thus, sir, is a gentleman
of only ten months' standing in his profession, without having
given the slightest proof of fitness fur the arduous and responsi-
ble duties with which he is invested, called upon to revise the
lists for a city containing, a constituency of upwards of 18,000,
and where he will.have to adjudicate upon. several hundreds of
claims and objections, many of which involve some of the
nicest principles and distinctions its the English law.. How is
it, and why is it, then, I ask, that this ju.vettile barrister, of at
least doubtful competency, is appointed to the office in question
in preference to.othets of infinitely greater seniority and pre-
tensions-2,- My difficulty has just: been solved by the itiirraa-
tion that Mr. Craig was private, secretary to Lord 14 athertom
during the brief per t• of hislordship!soiticial career iu Ireland.
It seems thus, sir, that party teeliug and piivute considerations
are• to form the most effectual stepping-stone to judicial ap-
pointments; appointments, too, the importance of which. in
these days of political excitement cannot be too highly esti-
mated.--:1 am, sir, your very obedient servant,
Chancery-lane, September 19. A LOOKEILON.
P.S.—How does it happen- that the names of the revising
barristers appointed for the different counties and boroughs are
not madeimblic2 Their publicity for a certain. time before the
revision would be of essential service in enabling parties to de-
tect and expose improper appoitittnents,

FORTUNE TELLXits.— A writes in. a. eeriodical work, who, la,
hours very, succeesfully to prove, that he ia.no tyro in, t he. know-
leitge of crime, minces the following. startling. ands intredibi,e. AS-
seroou :—" Nineteen-twentieths of the:servant girls is London
entirely, commit, themselves to the direction, of fortune-tellers.
When married they are coustant and, regularsc.uatomers, going
from week to week to learn. how to,tuanage.tlieir haabauds, bow
inaity chilttren they are to, have, how many
.will, live,whether
they will survive their husbands; and. if so,, how. inany.tioies
they are to be married, and. what period of:their, livesis destined.
toarouble.an&what to happiness, Then again, everr removal
frem one house to another is looked upon. as an event;, so.alsce
are ali. quarrels with neighbours; or relations, considered, sub-
jects worthy to lay before the cunning men; but niece especially
all suspicious or questions ofjealously, which. latter, subjects are
always accompanied:, with anxious. inquiries. whether there. is
likely to be any counteraction by othei men falling in love with
them: then they must. have his stature, c.ompleitioni colour of
his eyes, hair, &c,; so that when thev reeet,wit/Ltitich a man,
they consider themselves called upon 'by destiny to immediately.
fall in love, and surrender the peace of their family into the
hands of any scoundrel to make spoil.of. The most. profitable
caistoid.ers of,thesafortone tellers are girlspf humble birth,. who,
through fortunate Marriages, or the success of their husbande,
subsequently in,trade, have rises ug to wealth.
Tlie.sleve-tuarket at Constantinople is situated in a, square,
yard, three sides of which are occupied by lbw stone buildings,
pith wooden sheds' projecting in trout. New-a“lays a white
slave is seldom found in the market, the Russians protecting
the Circassian and the Georgian, and the French and. the Eng-
lish the Greek. A Georgian beauty, with a fair complexion,
brilliant dark eyes, and raven. locks• eta& offered for sale, but
found:no purchasers, on account of ihe exorbitant price demand-
ed by her wealthy owner. He valued her at 2500 piastres('lQs
dollars): So much for the gallantry of, the Turks, and their high
estimation of female beauty. Except the Georgian, rill the other
slave-were Nithiarti—hlack, dirty, and-ciofhed-iii ?egged blan-
kets. While looking on,. the keeper brought Out .a.Nubian. girl.
to meet the speculative caprices of an old ftirkiehmtoman. lie
proceeded to point her good qualities, and, to descant on the.
firmness of her muscles, the robustness of her limbs, and her
mature age, at the same tithe pinching her tender flesh, by way
of proving the truth of his assertions; till the peer creature
shrieked out with agony. He then tore down her eye-lids, to ex-
hibit the healthiness other eve-balls; and wrenched open her
mouth, to prove, by ocular demonstration, that ha practised no
deception in speaking of her•age. She was purchased for 1000
piastres, or fifty dollars. The men sieves and boys were chained
together . A visit-to Constantinople. • •

THE POSTOFFICE ESTA 8 L ISH HENT.—The Postoffice,, so es-
sential to the purposes of commercial intercourse; and which now
forms so. important a branch of the public. revenue, was first
established in the reign of Richard III: The plan was origi-
nally fprmed in the reign of his brother Edward, when stages
were iflaced at the distance of twenty miles Mtn each other, In
order to procure Edward the earliest intelligence of the events
that passed in the course of the war with the Scots;. but Richard
commanded in tbe.expedition, and it was principally owing to
his sagacity and talents that the merit of the post ought to be
attributed, particularly as, during his reign, it was established-
over the principal part of the kingdom. About the year 1730 to,
1740 the post was only transmitted three times a week: from
Edinburgh to. London • and one day it.brought but a single let-
ter, which was for Sir `William Pulteney, the banker. The two-
penny poste tee was established in 1683. It was originally
planned by a Mr. Povey, author of, various obsolete pamplets..

Cnocontucs.—Crocodiles are rarely found in. the Nile below
Manfalout, in latitude 26 deg., and even there, are very diniinu-
tive it, size. About traras, in IN-uw.d, where they are aro,e that,
twenty feet long, I never heard any well-established charge of
anthropophagism brought alfainst ?Leto, They appear to be, in
the main, harmless, inoffensive creatures, not to say diffident;
and I suspect that the wilful murders with which they stand
charged, originate most commonly with those who give evidence
against them. I have occasionally seen a dead body fished out
of the Nile with arms and legs entire, and nothing missing except
the clothes, which I conclude, would be of no use to the croco-
diles, among whom the.body had been floating, probably, for
many leagues. Nothing could be so natural, as for those who
best knew the cause of a man's disappearance to -say, " Have
you heard what a shocking thing has happened ?—poor Musts-
Oa went to fetch a pail of water this morning, and a crocodile
took hitn;" and thus this caluininated 'fish has of late days lost
its character. Herodotus relates that the priest at ,the Lake
Mceris kept a tame crocodile, which used to come ashore• fin
cakes and wine, and was very gentle. Mr. Sharon 'turner does
not deal honestly by this creature, for at the same time that he
endues him with a mild and amiable disposition, he attempts to
convict. him of most diabolical acts: for he insinuates that ha
"leap oi• scramble into busts, overturn. skiff with his tail, end
eat, the crew!" and yet, forsooth, he is neither a fierce net, a
cruel animal.—Mouro's Rarable in Syria.'