The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-10-18 00:00:00

CORPORATION DOCK WAREHOUSES.

AT a PUBLIC MEETING of the WAREHOUSE
KEEPERS, held at the Clarendon-rooms, ou WED-
NESDAY last, the 16th instant,
lst.—lt was moved by Mr. Taylor, seconded by Mr.
M`Knight,
That this meeting finds from the proceedings of the Town
Council, at their last monthly meeting, that is their inten-
tion to place themselves in the positioit of Warehouse-
Keepers, in the general management of the contemplated
Dock Warehouses, and thus to oppose the Warehouse-
Keepers and occupiers, in their legitimate business.
2nd.—Moved by Mr. Grundy, seconded by Mr. Green.

That this meeting deprecate; the principle of a public
body, constituted for other purposes, with the public money
at their command, setting themselves against private inte-
rests as unjust; and further, they are opposed to the Corpor-
ation establishing so dangerous a monopoly, alike destructive
to the acknowledged sound principles of the freedom of trade,
and to the public professions of many of that body repeatedly
made. _ _ _ _ _

3rd.—Moved by Mr. Harbord, seconded by Mr. D
Ledson.

That this meeting now repeats publicly what they have
often said in private ' • that they are ready and willing, if it
should be required, by the merchants to enter into arrange-
ments to do the whole of the work performed at the Dock
Warehouses in London, with their present Warehouses,
whereby the complaint (whether real or imaginary) of pil-
ferage will be done away : that the charges would in all
cases, be lower than those of London, (including Cartage
and Fire Insurance) and further, that if the Liverpool Dock
Rates were as low as those in London, the Liverpool charges
would be, in most instances, thirty per cent. under those of
London, at the same time they wish it to be understood they
have no desire to interfere with the business of others.
4th.—Moved by Mr. Dover, seconded by Mr. Guyton.
That this meeting takes this opportunity of protesting
against the calumnies uttered against the Warehouse-
Keepers in general, by the advocates of public Warehouses,
both in and out of the Council Chambers, by whom they
have been denominated " Jobbers," " Adventurers," and
" persons who care for nothing but their own benefit ," as im-
proper and unfounded in truth ; and that this meeting owes
it to themselves, thus publicly to deny these allegations,
considering them as bold assumptions uttered for sinister
purposes.
I That these proceedings be advertised in all the Liverpoo
Newspapers.

JOHN C. HALLOWES, Chairman.

SEAMAN'S WAGES.—At the Police Court yesterday, Capt.
Wayy, of the schooner Richard and Anne, was summoned
by one of his crew, named Robert Harrison, for the non-
payment of his wages. It appeared that the complainant had
entered into an engagement, and signed the ship's articles,
as an " able seaman, at Newcastle, on the 7th of July last,
at the rate of £2. 10s. per month wages : that he had been
several voyages, and arrived in Liverpool, on the 4th of the
present month, when the Captain refused to pay him. The
Captain, in defence, stated that " the boy" (for such he con-
sidered him, as he had not attained his eighteenth year) was
unfit to perform the duties of "an able seaman' ; and re-
lated several instances of his incapacity, but failed to produce
satisfactory evidence thereof to the court, and the magistrates
granted an order fer payment of the amount claimed, with
Costs,

lication will create an almost national interest. It is one of
the most complete exposures of the mendacity of Mr: Daniel
O'Connell, and of the persecuting spirit of his ' Holy Mo-
ther Church,' that has, perhaps, ever emanated from the
Irish press. Of this, we are so well convinced, that.we have
resolved upon taking another opportunity, when we have
more space at command, of pressing its claims upon the pub-
lic in a more formal and useful way, by means of analysis and
extracts. Our present notice is merely to arrest the attention
of all who have an interest in the extraordinary controversy
now pending between Mr. O'Connell and the Methodist
body.—We can assure all such—(and how many are they !)
that in this unpretending pamphlet there is a treasury of
biblical, historical, and polemical knowledge, which, if exten-
sively circulated,—(as it must be)—will proVe a heavier blow
and a greater discouragement to Popery and priestcraft than
Mr. O'Connell could ever Lave dreamed of provoking." We
sincerely hope that this publication may be extensively useful.
It is well adapted to open the eyes of those who believe that
Popery is "not quite so bad " as it is represented.

THEATRE-ROYAL.

Miss Ellen Tree's engagement terminates this evening, on
which occasion the house will be crowded with the.fashion

and taste of Liverpool. In addition to her admirable per-
sonation of Lady Teazle, in Sheridan's ever populai comedy
the " School for Scandal," Miss Tree is to repeat ,the part
of Pauline, in the "Ransom." No living actress of the
day can surpass Miss Tree in the delineation of such charac-

ters as those of lon and Pau/he—characters in which there
is a cross current of conflicting elements struggling for pre-
dominance. In the " Ransom" the result as well as the
delineation of such opposing tides of feeling are exquisitely
embodied, as every one will admit, con amore, who enjoys
the treat that is at their "election" to-night. • •
Last night, a delighted and " wrapt" audience; marked
with a discrimination as rare as the genius of the performer
who called it forth, its intellectual approval of Miss Tree's
conception and embodiment of lon the devoted. She was
loudly cheered from all parts of a full house, and at the fall
of the curtain, to gratify the deserved call for her appearance
there, she was gfacefully handed across the proscenium by
Mr. Chaplin, amid a renewal of applause.
Till Tuesday next, we must reserve some comments on ge.
neral matters, relating to the existing condition of the drama—
more especially with respect to its prospects. Precarious and
anomalous as nearly every thing has been for the last ten years
with regard to the legitimate llrama, its legitimate professors
and their mutual prospects, we question if ever the actual
condition of the two former was more precarious, or the
future of the latter so cheerless as now. As to the many
causes which have induced this state of things, various
speculations are indulged. But nine-tenths of them are
speculative and speculative only, and do not call for further
remark. It is otherwise, however, with regard to certain
new measures which (coupled with abuses emanating from
them) are undermining theatrical property in all the chief
towns in the United Kingdom.

If opportunity and space admit of it, something shall be
said on the point last adverted to, together with a passing
comment on the highly successful appearance of Mr. G. Van-
denhoff, in the part of Leon, at Covent Garden. If the
Macready portion of the London press, and the ancient
grudge of a recently established Sunday " Organ," visit not
the sins of the father (in their eyes) upon the son, we are
willing to forswear prophecying in all times to come ! The
impartiality of even the Spectator is somewhat doubtful ; but
it is not to that journal that our anticipation applies, of pro-
bable fault-finding being spitefully vented on the son; because
of the cutting deportment which the father chose to assume
on one memorable occasion, but of which no more 'atpresent.

THE EPISCOPAL AUTHORITY. .

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
SIR,—I was equally astonished and grieved to observe, in
the Liverpool Mail of Saturday last, a direct attack upon the
bishop of this diocese. I had previously supposed that the
editor of that paper was better instructed in " the true church
doctrines" than to be liable to fall into such an error. •
I am not about to defend the bishop, or to animadvert on
the substance of the attack ; I only wish to bring your con-
temporary back to a consistentradherence to his own princi-
ples. If the editor will just take down the first volume of
the " Tracts for the Times" from his shelf, and will turn to
the 10th and 1 ith Tracts, he will see how greatly he has
erred. He will there be reminded, that "we maybe as sure
that the bishop is Christ's representative, as if we' actually
saw upon his head a ' cloven tongue like as of fire.' " He
will also learn, that " the bishop rules the whole church here
below, as Christ rules it above ; and here again is a figure
and a witness of Christ."
If he is not sufficiently enlightened as to hiS faillt, in this
quarter, let him further turn to Mr. Palmer's "-Treatise on
the Church," part vi. chap. 1, where he will find the voice of
antiquity as to the episcopal office. IGNATIUS says, "It
will therefore befit you, with all sincerity, to obey your bishop,
in honour of Him whose pleasure it is that ye-shOuld do so."
ORIGEN says, " If Jesus was subject to Joseph and Mary,
shall I not be subject to the bishop, who is of God ordained
to be my father." And HILARY adds, " The bishop is the
vicegerent of Christ, and represents his person:" • .A heap of
other passages are given by Mr. Palmer.- - - •
I am sorry to be informed, by the paper I have alluded to,
that the clergy of Manchester, on the occasion referred to,
wholly disregarded all these injunctions. In such conduct
they were clearly both schismatic and disobedient. But
what shall we say when a mere layman, the editor of anews-
paper., presumes to sit in judgment on his bishop, and, calling
himselflall the while, a churchman, sets up his.prieate judg-
ment against him who is " Christ's vicegerent"--f` a figure
and witness of Christ ?"
I am, sir, yours respectfully,
••- •
AN ORTHODOX CHTJIICHMAN.•

LIVERPOOL TOWN MISSION' - •
• • -0-

The quarterly meeting of the Lid e3' Association in aid
of this important institution was held on Tuesday evening,
the Bth instant, in the Committee-room, Slater.street. John
Cropper, Esq., was called to the chair. Thteeof the Agents
gave short accounts of their respective districts,
.Which ex-
hibited an awful picture of the moral condition of the poor
among whom they labour, and which were listeilded to with
the deepest attention. They also related several pleasing in-
stances of success. The meeting was addressed 'by the Rev.
James Lister, Patton, Esq., one of the directors of the
Glasgow City Mission, and John Jones, Esq.,' the treasurer.
The Superintendent gave a concise view of the general state
of the Mission, from which we select the following particu-
lars :—The present number of stipendiary agents, whose time
is wholly devoted to the work, is sixteen. They visit on un
average twelve hundred families, and hold seventy-five mee -
ings in private houses every week, the attendance at tLe
meetings varying from twenty to a hundred and sixty.
During the last quarter, likewise, the Agents of the Mission
have held forty-seven meetings in the open air, most of which
have been attended by several hundreds of hearers. They
also conduct three schools for teaching adults to read, and
one school for the little sweep boys, a class of the community
who have peculiar claims on Christian pity and. benevolence.
The statistical account of a large street in the eastern part
of the town, in which one of the agents has repeatedly visited
not only every house but every family, shows that out of an
adult population of 863 there are 572 who liye.in the entire
neglect of public worship, and 216 are unable toread. Out
of 325 families, 123 are destitute of the sacred Scriptures,
and of 378 children who are old enough to go to school, 109
are uneducated and idle. When it is considered (hat there
are many streets in the town in a state of spiritual destitution
still more appal:lig than this account exhibit!, there will not
want another argument to demonstrate the impOrtance of the
Town Mission, or its claims on the support of every Chris-
tian philanthropist. Under these circumstances-the corn.
mittee would make a most earnest appeal to the liberality of
all who are concerned to promote the spiritual and temporal
welfare of their fellow-men ; and who, without some far more
vigorous and extended efforts than any which bsVe yet been
made, must still be left in vast multitudes to
,pefish in the
midst of this nominally Christian town.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING.

TUESDAY.

£50.; for two-year-old colts, Bst 7.1 b, and fillies, Bst 51b.

, -
T.Y.C. . . . •
Wreford's b c Wardan, by Glencoe (J. Day) 1
Mr. Bowes's Richmond, by Memnon. - 2
Lord Lynedoeh's Jeffy

A SWEEPSTAKES of five sovs*. each, with 25 added from the
Town Racing Fund; for two-year-olds, ist, and three,9st.
T.Y.C. The winner to be sold for £200; &c.- Nine subs.
Mr. W. Edwards ch fby Cain, out of Barden, 2 yrs .. 0 1
Mr. Sadler's Caracole, 3 yrs • .. 0 0
A dead heat between the above, when the Cain filly walked
over and divided the stakes with Caracole.
The CLEARWELL STAKES of 30 sovs. each, 20 ft ; for two-
year-old-colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 51b. 'Tbk winner of
the July Stakes, 71b extra.' T.Y.C. Twenty:nine mbs.
Ld. G. Bentinck's b f Crucifix (71b extra).. (J. Day, jun ') 1
General Yates's b c Gibralter, brother to Tar;ck" 2
Ld. G. Bentinck's ch c Capote - 3
Lord Exeter's c by Sultan ... 4
Mr. Greville's ch c Perseus .
Lord Albemarle's 5pang1e...........
WEDNESDAY.
A SWEEPSTAKES Of 100 SOUS. each, li ft. A. F. 16 subs.
Duke of Grafton's Montreal, 7st 71b (Pavis) 1
Lord Exeter's Bosphorus, 6st 1oib .
Duke of Rutland's Fltanbeau, 7st . 3
A SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs. each; for two-year-olds, 7st 31b,
and three, 9st ; fillies allowed 31b. T.Y.C. The winner
to be sold for 80 sovs, &c.
Mr. Fyson's ch fby Augustus, 2 yrs.
Lord Lichfield's sister to Hector, 3 yrs..
Mr. Etwall's Hill Coolie, 2 yrs
Mr. Shelley's Adah, 2 yrs ' 4
The CESAREWITCH STAKES, a free Handicap Sweepstakes
of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, 300 added, the gift of his Imperial
Highness the Grand Duke Cesarewitch ; the second to re-
ceive £5O. out of the stakes ; the winner of the Doncaster
St. Leger or Cup, 51b, of both 101. b. extra ; and the winner
of a Handicap Stakes, value 200 sovs, including his own
stake, between the 4th of September inclusive, and the
time of starting, 31b extra for each time of winning.
Lord Miltown's Cruiskeen, 5 yrs. Est 61b
Mr. Bowes's Mickleton Maid, 3 yrs, sst 101 b 2
M.I. Wilson's Quicksilver, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b 3
Won by half a length.

THE LATE FIRE IN FONTENOY-STREET.--We are glad
to find that his worship the mayor has handsomely headed a
subscription for the relief of the sufferers by the late fire in
Fontenoy-street. We shall be happy to receive any eontri.
butions towards this praiseworthy and benevolent object.—
See Advt.

It will be seen by an advertiseiment in another column, that
the Liverpool Church Building Society is not inattentive to
the great objects for which it was organised. One church is
resolved upon in Naylor-street, another in Greenland-street,
and a third it is in contemplation to erect and endow at
Windsor, on Condition that the sum of £1,500, and sufficient
to cover the cost of the site is provided from other sources.
The claims of the district are pressing, and there is every
reason to believe, that numbers, more than equal to the ac-
commodation proposed to be provided, would gladly avail
themselves of the boon. We are pleased to see that nearly
half the sum required has already been raised.

IMPROVEMENT IN WRITING.—I have seen (says a cor-
respondent) the 13fogress of several of Mr. Thompson's pu-
pils in penmanship, and the elegance, freedom, and rapidity,
with which they are enabled to write is surprising, even to
the partiei themselves, who, in some instances, had been in
the habit of writing so badly that it wgs seareely possible to
read their productions.—See Advt.

ALLEGED MURDER AT FLIXTON.

(From the Manchester Guardian, of Wednesday.)

Yesterday the village of Flixton, near this town, was
thrown into a state of great excitement by the report, which
proved to be true, that a young man, a resident of the place,
had been found dead in a midden-hole, with some deep
wounds on his head. The discovery of the body was acci-
dental, and arose, we understand, from a man getting over
a wall at the back of the premises of the Church Inn, for
the purpose of going into an adjoining garden. This was
about eleven o'clock yesterday forenoon ; and, when upon
the wall, the man thought he saw some one lying in the soil-
hole ; and procuring assistance, it was found to be the body
of a young man, twenty-two or twenty-three years of age, a
master wheelwright, residing in Flixton, named Lawrence
Whatinough. The body was stripped, and a surgeon was
sent for to examine it. He had not arrived when our infor-
mant left ; but the injuries are described to us to have been
a deep incised wound on the left side of the bead, behind the
ear, about three inches in length, and another about two
inches and a half in length more, at the back of the head.
When the body was found, blood was flowing from both
these wounds ; and, to all appearance, there can be little
doubt but that they were the cause of death. The only other
external injury was a slight bruise on one knee, which might
be caused by corning in contact with some hard substance,
the soil-hole being surrounded with a wall of between four
and five feet in height. The face, however was very black, as
of from blows.

The body was no sooner recognised, than it was found
that the unfortunate deceased had not been at home all the
preceding night ; and it was also ascertained, that, at a late
hour that night, he had become involved in a quarrel and fight
with a stranger, an Irishman, in the Church Inn ; and that
he had fled from:the house into:the back yard, in the direction
of the place where he was found. Inquiry was made for the
Irishman, and it was ascertained that he had been left in the
kitchen when the family retired to bed, and had gone away
about seven o'clock yesterday morning, taking with him
some articles of dress, most of which were recovered by two
men, one of whose hats he had taken ; but that he had been
allowed then to pursue his way, in the direction of Man-
chester, as he was subsequently discovered, with a pair of
troweers in his possession, belonging to Mr. Jones, the land-
lord of the Church Inn. Accordingly, information having
been given to Mr. Samuel Wood, the constable of Flixton,
he and some others immediately went in pursuit of the Irish-
naan, with what result we shall have to state hereafter.
The circumstances under which the injuries have been in-
flicted on the deceased are at present enveloped in consider-
able doubt and difficulty ; but so far as we can ascertain what
took place in the house, the particulars are as'follows;—The
annual wakes being in progress of celebration, the large room
(a chamber) of the Church Inn had many guests drinking
and smoking. The Irishman, who wore a sailors blue jacket,
striped trousers, and a blue cap, and who, from having an
anchor and a star tattooed on the back of one hand near the
wrist, had all the appearance of having been a sailor, was
hawking cigars, when a quarrel arose between him and one
of the company. The deceased, Mr. Watmough, in some
manner, interposed, with a view to restore quietness ; but the
Irishman, apparently incensed at his interference, struck him
a severe blow, and knocked him backwards over a bench, A
struggle ensued between them : the Irishman is said, by se-
veral of those present, to have struck Watmough very heavily
about the head and face, as they were down on the floor. At
length Watmough who seemed blinded by the blows of his
antagonist, succeeded in drawing the Irishman's face to his
own, and, getting the lower lip between his teeth, bit about
half of it off, the severed piece being subsequently found
upon the floor ! Almost immediately afterwards, we believe,
Watmough succeeded in getting free from the Irishman, and
he immediately ran down stairs, and, as the waiters then in
the kitchen conjecture, rushed out of the back door along an
open passage, and jumped or fell into a rain-water tub ; and
that he next ran further up the yard. Shortly afterwards,
as he did not return, a young man, an acquaintance of his,
named Wood, went into the yard, and called him by name
several times ; but no answer was returned, and Wood went
into the house again, supposing that Watmough had made
his way home. Here we must just state, that we understand
there is considerable discrepancy in the account of various
persons as to the time when the fight took place between the
Irishman and the deceased. The landlord, Mr. Jones,
states, that it was a little after eleven o'clock ; while some of
the parties who were present declare, that it was between one
and two o'clock in the morning. Be this as it may, the
Irishman, notwithstanding the sovereign injury to his lip,
was seen in the kitchen, to all appearance fast asleep, after
all the other guests had retired ; and when Mr. Jones went
to bed, he left him there undisturbed. In the course of the
night, however, Mr. Jones, who had had but little rest for
two or three nights previously, and was therefore not likely
to be disturbed by a trifling cause, was awakened by a noise
is the house, and he heard sonic one moving about below ;
bat supposing it to be the Irishman, he seems to have taken
no notice of it. In the morning, we believe about seven
o'clock, the Irishman was leaving the house, when a man
net him in the lobby, and recognised his own hat upon the
Irishman's head. The man exclaimed, " Thou hast got my
hat on;" but the Irishman pushed him on one side, and ran
out of the lobby and the house. The man and another pur-
sued him, and overtook him at some little distance; and
when they seized him, he threw down the hat, and also a coat
and waistcoat which he had taken from the house, and was
then allowed to pursue his way, as it had not then been dis-
covered that he had also stolen a pair of dark trousers be-
longing to Mr. Jones.
It was between eleven and twelve o'clock, nearly five hours
after this, that Mr. Samuel Wood, the constable, and one or
two other persons, started in pursuit of him. They do not
seem to have thought of commencing the pursuit on horse-
back, or it is probable that they might have overtaken him
somewhere in or near this town. As it was, they ran hard,
tasking inquiries on the road. They traced him to Stretford,
and learned that he had told some one that he was going to
the Oldfield-lane Doctor, to have his lip dressed. On reach-
ing the Northumberland Arms inn, Stretford-road, they
found that the Irishman had been there some time, and had
only quitted that house about an hour before. It appeared
that, while there, he became very violent in his conduct,
challenging a number of carters, who were drinking there, to
fight. Oue of them being either somewhat pugnacious him-
self, or provoked by the. Irishman, stood up to fight him,
when the Irishman drew a large knife, with a blade about
three inches in length, terminating in a short point, like the
spring-knives made to be used dagger-fashion. Brandishing
this formidable weapon, he threatened to run it through any
man that came near him. The landlord came into the place,
and succeeded in restoring quietness, and the carters having
left the house, the Irishman fell asleep, and slept about an
hoer and a half, until the landlord disturbed him, and told
him he could not remain there any longer. The man then
left the house, and his pursuers, having gained this intelli-
pace, proceeded to track him further. They found, on en-
tering the borough, that several of the borough police had
wen him at different parts of Deansgate, and entering the
first druggist's shop, they found that he had been there. The
druarist stated, that, at that time, he had a plaster of some
kind- on` his lip, and that he applied to the druggist to dress
it. The druggist told him that he must first have it stitched,
and that he had better go to the Infirmary or the Dispensary,
and have that done. The Irishman then left the shop, and
his pursuers traced him to the corner of Peter-street, but
were unable to find any further indications of his route.
With the assistance of the borough police, they sought him
in a great number of public-houses all round the neighbour-
hood, and also went to the Manchester Royal Infirmary, and
to the Chorlton-on-Medlock Dispensary ; but the Irishman
had not appeared at either of these institutions, and up to
last evening they had not been able to find him. At six
o'clock, however, they had not made any inquiry as to whe-
ther, in pursuance of his expressed intention, the Irishman
had gone to Dr. Taylor's, the " Oldfield-lane Doctor."
- The Irishman, in addition to his dress, already noticed,
sad the peculiar marks on the back of one hand, is des-
cribed to us as being about five feet nine or ten inches in
height, and rather stout. Of course in the disfigurement of
his features, caused by the injury to the under lip, will be
the most striking peculiarity by which he can be dis-
tinguished.
The deceased is stated to have been a young, unmar-
ried man, whose parents reside in Flixton. He had just
commenced business as a wheelwright. He is stated to have
been a stout, strong, athletic young man, with very power-
ful arms ; and, according to the opinion of those who saw
them both, was a match in strength for the Irishman, if the
latter had not at first taken him at a disadvantage.
From what we can hear, the opinion .at Flixton seems to
be that the wounds were not inflicted at the time of the
quarrel ; but that the murderous assault must have taken
place after the family had retired to rest. It is said that this
would account for the great noise heard by Mr. Jones ; and
another circumstance is also mentioned which is certainly
straage for the deceased to have got to the place where
lila body was found, he must have got over two walls, each
between four and five feet in height ; first into an outer pig-
sty.e, in a corner of which a young pig was found dead, as if
it had been crushed by some weight falling upon it ; and next
"ter the wall between the pig-stye and the soil-hole where
As was found. It is not improbable that the surgeon may be
ablet from the state in which he found the body soon after-
wards it was discovered, to throw some light upon the time
at which the injuries were received, or at all events, upon the
pr?bable lapse of some time since death had supervened.
• have not heard any thing as to any knife having been
won during the affray ; but we should he 'disposed to believe
that the wounds had in reality been inflicted at that time, and
that the knife having penetrated the skull the young man
raked out, not knowing whither he went, and so got over
the two walls and then fell, in a state of insensibility, to rise
a more. hlowever, the case, as we have stated, remains in
meek doubt,—doubt which the evidence to be given at the
inquest may probably remove. We have not heard when the
influent will be held.