The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-25 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.

MURDER IN LIVERPOOL

AnouT half-past twelve o'clock on Saturday night, a
murder of an atrocious and cold-blooded character was
perpetrated in Charles-street. Two seamen, named re-
spectively Richard Crispin and John Crimp, part of the
crew of the schooner Compeer, Captain Weeks, now in
Canning Dock, were passing along Charles-street at the
time named ; while two other seamen, one named Thomas
Williams, an American, the other, Emanuel Montero, a
Spaniard, belonging to the Spanish vessel the Triomfante,
were passing on the opposite side. Crispin, it is alleged,
shouted over the street, " There's two whitewashed Ame-
rican sons of b-." Williams, resenting the epithet,
kicked Crispin twice in the abdomen, on which a fight
ensued, all four participating less or more in it. While
the fight was going on, Montero, drawing a large knife
from its sheath, stabbed both Crispin and Crimp in the
groin, and immediately ran away. Crispin, who almost
immediately fell to the ground, was conveyed in a car to
the Northern Hospital, where he expired within a few
minutes after his admission. Crimp, unconscious of the
severity of his own wound, accompanied his shipmate to
the hospital, where his case was attended to, and where
he still lies in a very dangerous condition. Both prisoners
were taken into custody in course of Sunday.
Yesterday, they were both brought up at the Police
Court, before J. H. Turner, Esq., and arraigned on the
capital charge of murder. Montero, being unable to
speak or to understand English, Mr. Charles Hunt,
translator, &c., attended on his behalf, at the instance of
the Spanish Consul. The case having occasioned con-
siderable excitement, the court was crowded during the
investigation.
Police Constable Francis O'Neil, No. 220, was the first
witness examined. He said that about half-past twelve
o'clock on the morning of Sunday last, he was on duty in
the neighbourhood of Charles-street, and he heard a row
at the bottom of the street. He went to disperse the
crowd, and the people went away. On turning round into
Whitechapel, he saw a man lying on the pavement, bleed-
ing very much. Witness was informed the man had been
stabbed by a foreigner, who had run away. On looking
round, witness saw a man running up Charles-street, and
turn into- Marble-street. Witness ran after, but did not
overtake him. On reaching Marble-street, he saw a man
standing up at the corner, bleeding ; but was unable then
to learn anything as to the man who had committed the
crime. He returned toWhitechapel, and conveyed the in-
jured man totheNorthern Hospital in a car: the other,Who
said he was his comrade, went with them. The man who
was lying in the street died in a few minutes after he was
taken to the hospital. The case of the other man was
examined into, and it was found he also was seriously
wounded, and he now lies in the hospital in a dangerous
condition. On Sunday,in consequence of information he had
received, witness went, in the afternoon, to George's Dock,
and succeeded in apprehending Montero, and brought him
to the Police-office, where he was searched, and the knife
now produced was found on him. [The knife, a large
wooden-handled, coarse-looking table one, with a leather
sheath, and marked on the handle with a rudely cut W.,
was produced. Its blade was stained with blood.]

Nlice-constable Thomas Cottam, No. 509, from infor-
mation he received, went on Sunday to 19, Peter-street,
where, after some little difficulty, he found the prisoner
Williams. On asking if he knew anything about the
man being stabbed on Saturday night, he denied all
knowledge of the affair. Witness took Williams into
custody, and as they were on their way to the police-
office, Williams said he had been in company with the
man " who had done the deed," or " who had stabbed the
other," and added they had slept together, but that the
other man had gone away that morning. Williams, after
being locked up, expressed a desire to see witness, and he
went to him ; Williams then admitted that he had twice
kicked one of the men who had been hurt, and said he did so
because he had called him, Williams, " a bloody son of a
b- :" that a row had then taken place in Charles-street,
and that he (Williams) went away, and got into 19, Peter-
street.

Harriet Gladsome, who lives in Charles-street, was out for
some candles about twelve o'clock on Saturdaynight. There
was a row in the street. It was occasioned by Williams,
who was passing, and two English sailors, who were also
passing. They called Williams "a son of a b--." One
of the English sailors was a tall, the other a short, man.
The tall one said, on being spoken to by Williams, he
never called him such a name, and never insulted him.
With that, Williams up with his foot and kicked him in
the belly. The English sailor said, " Will you give me
another half-dozen like that ?" Williams replied, " Yes,"
and kicked him again in the same place. They then both
turned out to fight, and the English sailor knocked Wil-
liams down. The foreigner (Montero) stood smoking his
cigar, and when he saw Williams down, he went and
attacked the English sailor. Witness left them fighting.
Betsy Salmon, lives in Crosshall-street, and was in
Charles-street at the time spoken of. There was a crowd,
and she heard the tall man call out for his shipmate. She
went up to him, and seeing him about to strike the
foreigner, she pushed him away, and said, " Don't you be
foolish to go near him, those foreigners always carry
knives." Almost immediately after this, she saw the
foreigner take out a knife and stick it into the bottom of
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hold of witness by the clothes, and she supported him
from falling. She did not see the foreigner's face. He
was dressed differently from what Montero now is, but
she thought she would know his back, and was almost
sure the prisoner Montero was the man. She followed
the wounded man to the hospital, and saw him die; she,
by leave of the surgeon, closed his eyes and his mouth.
It was the tall man. [This last statement being contrary
to the fact, she was re-examined, but maintained stoutly
that it was the tall man who died, and whose eyes and
mouth she had closed after death.]
James Thompson, grocer and provision dealer, 74, White-
chapel, corner of Charles-street, was startled a little after
twelve o'clock on Saturday night by a noise, while he was
balancing his books. He opened his door to see what it
was, and perceived a fight going on opposite his door. He
went to separate the combatants, one of whom was the
prisoner Montero ; he and a tall man were fighting. As
he (witness) was about to go forward, a woman called out,
"They've got knives—don't you go forward." He stopped,
and observed the tall man strike Montero with the back
of his hand in the face, and then step back a pace or
two. The little man who is killed was urging the tall
one to go and strike Montero again. Montero then walked
forward and struck the little man in the belly, in doing so
witness saw the flash of a knife. Montero then stepped
back and struck the tall man also in the belly. Witness
'aw the flash of the knife in both cases. Witness at first
thought Montero had used the handle of the knife to
strike with. He afterwards saw the little man, who had
been struck by Montero, lying in the street. The little
man was taken away in a cab.

No further evidence was offered on the present occasion,
and the case was remanded for a week.

DISGRACEFUL SCENE IN ST.
.MICHAEL'S CHURCH.

ON Sunday a circumstance, thoroughly disgraceful to
the parties concerned, took place at St. Michael's Church,
Pitt-street, in this town. As in all such cases, the truth
is overlaid by an immense amount of misrepresentation,
to use the mildest phrase. We give the accounts pub-
lished by our contemporaries, and subjoin a statement
from a correspondent, who appears to be well informed on
the subject, and on whom we believe reliance may be placed.
The Albion says :—"Yesterday two scenes, happily as
rare as they are painful, took place in St. MichaefsChurch,
in this town, an establishment which all diligent perusers
of the recently-published Borough Fund well know is the
property of the Corporation. From what we gather, it
seems that, for some time past, a disagreement on doctrinal
points has existed in this church between the two minis-
ters, the Rev. Mr. Carpenter and the Rev. Cyrus Morraltr
the congregation in general siding with the former. The
disputes have mainly arisen from the recent sermons anti
proceedings of the Rev. C. Morrell, who is accused of having
a leaning towards Puseyism. His sermons have been sent
to the Bishop of Chester, accompanied by the indignant
comments of some of the members of the congregation,.
while, on his part, the Rev. Mr. Morrell complained also
to his diocesan of the doctrines urged in some sermons
by his fellow-minister. Respecting Mr. Carpenter's, we
are informed that his lordship said, "he could see no
fault in them, and he wished every clergyman of the
establishment would preach as good ones." Though
frequently urged to take some decisive steps to put a stop
to these scandalous proceedings, his lordship is said to
have replied that he could not legally interfere, the baffled
congregation, finding that ecclesiastical, law, like other
and more common descriptions of law; is susceptible of
being stretched to a wonderful extent without being
broken. Matters have remained in this state for several
months past, when a fresh cause of dissension was intro-
duced by the Rev. Mr, Morrell, in the person of the Rev.
Mr. Pughe, of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields: During the last
week, at the request of his congregation; the Rev. Mr.
Carpenter introduced an afternoon service' for the special
benefit for those who objected to the Rev. Mr. Morrall's
proceedings, but, from some cause or other unmplained to
us, the Rev. Mr. Morrell has lately introduced the Rev.
Mr. Pughe to preach in the afternoon. The.views of this
gentleman, urged, we believe, with great talent, are what
is termed " extreme High Church," and they have finally
brought to a head these• lamentable disputes. For
the last three Sundays the Rev. Mr. Pughe has
preached from the same. text, " Baptism cloth. alsoesow save
us," Ist Peter, iii. chap. 21st verse, his views. on the
vexata questio of baptism being thOset approve& by the
Bishop of Exeter, and• SO notoriously introduced` in the
Gorham dispute. Finding that they could obtain no legal
redress, the congregation determined to take matters
into their own- hands, by leaving the church enmasse
when either of the offending ministers preached and
yesterday they carried their intentions into• effect
for the first time; In the morning the church,
which latterly has presented a beggarly account of
empty pews,. once well filled; was attended by the usual
number of worshippers, who listened with attentionto the
prayers read by the Rev. H.. Carpenter. At the. coneinsion
of that portion of the service, the Rev. Cyrus Morrell as-
cended into the pulpit and gave out his text,the beharibur
of the congregation being all: the time most exemplary ;
but no sooner did the preacher speak the first words of his
sermon, than at least two-thirds of the congregation sud-
denly rose, and as quietly as, possible left the church.
Such a strange paoceedinF created, the greatest excitement
amongst those who were ignorant of its cause. The- rev.
gentleman in the pulpit appeared to be taken somewhat by
surprise also; for he changed' colour, mid for a brief time
appeared exceedingly nervous. He took his text from the
23d chapter of Ezekiel and thcellth verse; but in his sermon
he made no allusion to the singular events which had taken
place. A considerable crowd ef people surrounded thoohurch
at the termination of the servicesrthe eventsof the morning
forming the principal topic of conversation. In the after-
noon the prayers were again read by the Rev. Mr. Carpen-
ter,—the Rev. Mr. Morrell sitting in a pew, and' the-Rev.
Mr. Pughe in the communion: The sermon was preached by
the latter gentleman, and the scenes of the morning- were
re-enacted; for no sooner dine give out the text,.on which
he had been preaching for the three preceding Sundays,
than the greater portion ofthecongregation left the• church,
in the same manner as in, the morning. The rev. gentle-
man appeared nothing daunted, for, after calmly waiting
till the noise caused by the departing congregation had
subsided, he quietly resumed his discourse, which; from
the little we heard of it, appeared to be of a highly contro-
versial character. The sermon in the evening was
preached by the Reu. Mr. Carpenter, to a lange and re-
spectable congregation. He made no allusion to,the events
of the day. The prayers were read by the Rev.. Mr. Mor-
rall, who, at their conclusion, abruptly left the church.
We understand that the congregation aredetermitted to act
in a similar manner every Sunday, till the doctrines
preached in the church are more in accords ace with
their ideas ; but it is to be hoped that the enemies of the
Established Church will not again be afforded opportuni-
ties of witnessing any rejoicing at such scenes, which are
painful to all who value that ' peace and good-will amongst
men,' which is one of the primary doctrines of Christianity
itself, and the practice of which is more especially binding
on those who profess to be its exponents."
The Northern Times says :—" Yesterday afternoon a
scene of a most unusual and painful nature took place at
St. Michael's Church, Pitt-stteet. The incumbents of St.
Michael's are the Rev. Cyrus Morrell, and the Rev. H.
Carpenter, the former belonging to what is known as the
High Church or Puseyite party, the latter to the Evan-
gelical party. , For some considerable time a misunder-
standing has existed between Mr. Morrell and a section of
his congregation, who did not concur in his views, and
placards have been posted in the neighbourhood of Pitt-
street, announcing the loss of a promising young preacher ;
any person returning him will be rewarded with an empty
pew. In consequence of the dispute to which we have
adverted, it would appear that an arrangement was come
to, that the Rev. Mr. Bardsley was to assist at the
services in St. Michael's on Sunday. Some views of Mr.
Bardsley, expressed from the pulpit, not agreeing with
those of Mr. Morrell, the latter gentleman, as we learn,.
refused to allow Mr. Bardsley again to officiate, and
engaged in his place the curate of St. Mark's, who is also,
supposed to be favourable to Puseyism. This appoint,
ment, however, did not meet with the sanction of the.
Churchwardens Mr. Alderman Lawrence and Mr. Council,.
for Wagstaff, and several of their friends immediately rose
and left the church in an abrupt manner. A portion of
the congregation, not aware of the cause of this movement,
became alarmed, and something like a cry of ire was
raised. The result was, that the entire congregation
rushed from the church, and the scene which eusued was
more exciting than edifying. A foreign gentleman, who
was passing at the time, expressed, in very strong lan-
guage, his surprise at the scene he had witnessed. Some,
thing like a repetition of the scene occurred hi the after-
noon."

The following is the statement of our correspondent
"As the versions which have been pubilshed respecting the
disgraceful affair in St. Michael's Church contain many
important errors, I will trouble you with the following
particulars :

" It appears that a meeting was summoned by Mr.
Carpenter in the Cornwallis-street Schoobroom,soine months
back, to which Mr. Morrall was, not invited. In conse-
quence, sundry propositions, many of a most preposterous
and humiliating nature, were made to Mr. Morrall, to
which, however, he promised to give due deliberation ; and
certainly at the last meeting, when the churchwardens
were present, Mr. Morrall heard all they had to say, and
was requested to return an answer at his earliest conveni-
ence. In fact, the very object of the meeting was to try
to come to an arrangement. One proposition was, that
Mr. Morrall should leave the church entirely, and receive
his stipend at a distance, still. retaining his preferment ;
another was, that he should give up the morning and
evening services to Mr. Carpenter and Mr. Bardsley,
contenting himself with the afternoon duty only, which
was virtually excluding him from the church. To none
of these propositions did Mr. Morrall feel himself justified
in acceding. Notwithstanding this, one Sunday morn-
ing, on Mr. Morrall coming to church, he found a large
placard posted, on which it was intimated that Mr.
Morrall's next turn in the evening would be taken by
Mr. Bardsley, and the morning and afternoon ser-
vices (an afternoon service not having been hitherto
in use) would be taken by Mr. Carpenter and Mr.
Morrall. To this Mr. Morrall very naturally ob-
i Mr. Morrall's view of the case, and ordered the services to
re:tt:,
1u and
to theirthe
former Bishop was app led to, who confirmed
state, which was done. Mr. ea
Car-
penter then suggested an extra afternoon service, which
Mr. Morrall assented to, on condition of his not being ex-
cluded from it. A long interval of several weeks elapsed
without any further communication from Mr. Carpenter,
until on a Saturday morning he was suddenly apprized
that notice was to be given on the next day for the Sun-
day following, and was for the purpose of introducing
Mr. Bardsley into the church. This additional service
having thus been forced upon Mr. Morrall, he was de-
sirous of additional help, and secured the services of his
friend Mr. Pughe, and hence arose the present state of
things. Mr. Bardsley has preached two or three times,
going
Mr. Pughe has been merely
gaithrayous gehonthreovartersiciresyin. thePrayerßook, proving that
Baptismal Regeneration is the plain doctrine of the
Church, and those who hold it are true, sincere Church-
men, and ought not to be stigmatized as Romanizers,
Tractarians, &c., epithets which have been most offensively
and unmistakeably applied to Mr. Morrall from the pulpit.
It may be as well to add, that a great part of the congre-
gation on Sunday morning were strangers, brought to
the church for the express purpose of insulting Mr. Mor-
rall, and those of the permanent congregation had never