The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-08-22 00:00:00

TUESDAY,

lUGUST 22, 1854.

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Mr. Knowlei: rid of it. at 10
Mr. Watson : He He
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would get grid of the agreer the
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pay £250 by a process in the House of Lords. Al"'„-tie•
setting the evidence of the witnesses, the learned fCeP of
man said that if the jury could rely upon the evideaceoeto
these people, no man in the country was safe. He oil
give no answer to their assertions ; and that they 310,
knew. He could not call Mr. Robinson nor Did
Evans, nor her maid ; his hands were tiell,•„,
"'
could not only judge by the nature of irdted
deuce. First, there was that fat cook, who
a purity which did not belong to her ev'"vo-f0
who was hired to go with that family as a spy, sO 016
the despicable creatures who ever existed, spies were4j,
most despicable—nothing could be so bad. This ivretepto
miserable spy had the affectation, when in the h°sic'eet
turn to his lordship, and try to be relieved from he,r, 601
blushes : She who had stood fire so long,—this deljtv?''
person turned to my lord and asked, " What shall
She went to this house for a purpose, and she 1001' yr,
must do her work—she must make a case—or goo 00th,
Field would never employ her again at £l2 a
Having referred, also, to the manner in which the onth
witnesses had given their evidence, he charged theme „ v'tbe
having sworn what was utterly false. If and till
ladies of easy virtue had been called up, Oa
the fat cooks in the metropolis had been prechleon.
he would ask the jury to pause before they „cod
victed the defendant of this offence. He hoP'"01
them, as they respected themselves and their fainilies' od
the sacredness of their homes, to reject the evidence to
rescue this respectable and injured woman from
wicked toils which had been attempted to be '‘11)

around her.
His LORDSHIP, in summing up with great eare of
minuteness, drew attention to the terms of the clee
separation, which stated that she was at liberty to res:d,
where she pleased, and "in such manner as she plea 0
so that, however she conducted herself, and whatever bi 4
verdict of the jury might be; her settlement could notyllirlel
opinion he imperilled. The object which the 1e_,31.4,
counsel for the defence had attributed to the Pla`P,rid
could not therefore exist, and the £250 would not be ge"tor
of if the action succeeded. It had been alleged b 1
same gentleman, that the action was based ou a ,b 1
spiracy of the most abominable description, carried
the grossest perjury. Now, that was either true, or the erTie
nal conversation was fully proved. This was a matter for tot
consideration of the jury. If they were of opinion _ro
there had been a conspiracy of this nature, they N'7'tbe
find a verdict for the defendant ' • but if they thought
to
Witnesses were the witnesses of truth, their verdict ono
be for the plaintiff ; and the only question ge
them (the jury) would be the amount: of daU"cof
If the case had rested only on the unsupported evideabo
Mrs. Grocott, the difficulty of the jury would have ilia
greatly modified ; but she was borne out by two eito
witnesses. It was, however, entirely a matter fectitt
consideration of the jury. If they found for the 101
they should be influenced as to the amount of damage,;o4
the mode in which the plaintiff and his wife had L' fof
together. If a man and his wife had lived togetliefevii
many years on terms of affection, and he become 51040
deprived, by the wiles of a seducer, of the consolaor
and comfort of his wife, he would be entitled to C
derable damages ; but in a case of this nature, whereots
only lived together a few months, and had lived se') bell
so long, the plaintiff could not be said to have
deprived of the consoling care of his wife.
At twenty minutes to six o'clock the iu

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HOSKINS V. ERITCIIAIID AND ANO'

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A a quarter past eight o'clock—business
adjourned until nine o'clock this morning;

The
iverpool!

if the ship Pembeitoat -44
cover damages for the 30,e'd
a charter-party. On the 13t'loto,
-+-er-party was entered T,AI

by which' it was agreed that the ship should
with convenient despatch to New Orleans for 10,
cotton, which she was to bring to Liverpool. 1"u4p001
breaCh alleged was that the ship did not leave Lic_) 1)1
" with all convenient despatch," but was detaill67,o
which her homeward freight was diminished ; and seco
that instead of being taken into the Bramley-31°°1.004
_AO
was taken into the Albert Dock.—Mr. Hill, Q.C., of
the case, which was being proceeded with when the r 0
rose