The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-12-28 00:00:00

THE PRINCE OF WALES

TO HIS ROYAL lIIGIINE

-HIS NAME AND ARMS

S PRINCE ALBERT

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_ . .
that petition. As it contains a special reference to your royal
highness, as well as to the infant prince your son, it is our
wish to place it in your royal highness's hands previously
to its being presented to her Most Gracious Majesty the
Queen.

It would be in vain to attempt adequately to convey to
your royal highness the enthusiastic affection and chivalrous
attachment which her Majesty's Welsh subjects cherish for
their own prince—an attachment which, whilst it increases
their loyalty to the Sovereign, renders your royal highness
also an object of peculiar solicitude and regard.
The Welsh inhabitants of Liverpool, therefore, pray for a
new order of knighthood, of Cambrian designation, to com-
memorate the birth of their beloved prince, and for two
Welsh and. Celtic professorships at the English universities,
as appropriate memorials of his august and virtuous parents.
And if, in addition to these privileges, it should graciously
please her Majesty to give to the Prince of Wales, at his
baptism, one British name, such as Arthur, Cadwalader, or
Llewelyn—names illustrious in British history, and cause the
royal arms of Wales as worn by the seventh Henry, and sub-
sequently by Queen Elizabeth—namely, "A dragon passant,
wings elevated, pules upon amount vent," to be placed in the
fourth quarter of the royal escutcheon, which is now vacant
bj the withdrawal from the British Crown of the armorial
bearing of Hanover, it would be hailed by the brave and
patriotic Welsh as a proof that her Majesty duly appreciates
their loyalty, and desires to secure its continuance in support
of her illustrious offspring.
Such concessions and arrangements would also contribute
to render the present Prince of Wales the most popular and
the most renowned of all that have borne the name since the
fall of Llewelyn. The Welsh bards, who sing as no other
bards do, and who never sing so well as when they have
kings and queens, or princes of the royal blood, for their
subject, would immortalise his memory.

His British name, his armorial bearing of the "red dragon,"
with its associations of valorous deeds and imperishable
glory ; his descent from Cadwalader, the last King of the
Britons, through the illustrious line of Tudor; the unbroken
chain of his brave and royal ancestry, tracing its course
through the Welsh pedigrees to a higher point of antiquity
than belongs to any imperial or regnant family in Europe ;
and, above all, his birth, identified in the annals of our
country with the origin of a new order of merit, sparkling
with brilliant stars and fresh honours, for such of Cambria's
sons as shall be brave in arms, or distinguished in the arts;
and venerated as the event which unsealed the fountain of
royal bounty that streams of literary blessings might conti-
nually issue forth to enrich the mental soil of his hereditary
princedom ;—these in conjunction with the personal virtues
of the prince himself, would supply rich materials for song.
The bards, inspired by these considerations would take a
loftier flight on the wings of the heaven-born Awen, and the
minstrels of the mountain land would teach the thrilling notes
of the harp to echo to their strains, that the fame of their
prince may live, whilst lives the noble race of Shenkin.— I
remain, with the greatest respect, sir. your royal highness's
most dutiful and most obedient humble servant,

Kirkdale, Liverpool. Dec. 18

DAVID JAMES

MEETING IN MONMOUTHSHIRE

On the 20th instant, a meeting of the inhabitants of Mon-
mouth was held to address the Queen on the birth of the
Prince of Wales, and probably the following speech of Sir
Benjamin Hall on that occasion will be interesting to our
Welsh readers :

Sir BENJAMIN HALL, M.P., was well aware that there
had been a difficulty on some occasions in obtaining large
county meetings—but if any person had for one moment
doubted the sincerity of the attachment of this county to her
Majesty's person, and their loyal desire of making known
their feelings of dutiful affection, they had only to inspect
the numerous signatures to the requisition, and to behold the
attendance at this meeting, when all doubts must immedi-
ately vanish from their minds. (Hear, hear.) But if there
was one spot in Great Britain which more especially might
be expected to rise simultaneously for the purpose of carry-
ing into effect the objects for which they were assembled it
was the county of Monmouth. (Hear, hear, and cheers.)
They then stood upon ground associated with some of the
most ancient and interesting records of England and Wales.
He would not occupy their time by mentioning many well-
known facts, though he might remind them that in the town
of Usk, in which they were assembled, was born Roger Mor-
timer, Earl of March, great nephew of the celebrated Black
Prince (to whom his hon. friend had already alluded), and
with whose memory so many chivalrous associations were
connected. In the town of Monmouth was born the valiant
King Henry the Fifth, whose life was preserved on the field
of Agincourt by two individuals (who were natives of this
district), at the sacrifice of their own—(cheers)—and it may
not be generally remembered that the Princess Morfydd, the
Royal Heiress of the last King of Gwent, was the immediate
ancestress of Rhys ap Tudor, Prince of South Wales, the de-
scendant of Cadwalader, and from whom Henry the Seventh,
and consequently her Majesty and the Infant Prince, de-
rive their Cambro-British origin. (Hear. hear, hear.)
It is a curious fact, well known to those who had searched
into the ancient records of the Principality, and had given
their attention to the literature of Wales, that twelve hun-
dred years ago there was a Welsh prediction—that the de-
scendants of Cadwalader, the last King of Britain, should
cease to sway the sceptre of that kingdom, but that, after
the lapse of centuries, it should again return to them. This
prophecy was fulfilled about 450 years afterwards in the per-
son of King Henry the Seventh, and thus it appears that our
present Prince of Wales has an undisputed right to that title,
not merely by patent but by lineage—(cheers)—they might
say as Fluellyn did to Henry V.—" Not all the waters of
Wye could wash the Welsh blood out of your Majesty's
body"—neither can all the waters of Usk obliterate the
proud remembrance that in the veins of the present Queen
of Great Britain flows the blood of the Royal Heiress of
Gwent. (Applause.) As regarded the immediate object of
their meeting—if the birth of an heir apparent, and the
' happy recovery of the mother, was in private life a subject
for contratulation and rejoicing—of how much more interest
must be an event like the present, in which not only a few
individuals but the whole community were so deeply con-
cerned. He hailed the birth of the Prince of Wales as a
good omen for the country, and as a guarantee that the
constitution under which they lived might be continued to
them ; and he prayed that her Majesty might long be spared
to rule over them, and to guide and direct her Royal Son with
that wisdom and virtue for which she herself was so emi-
nently distinguished. He trusted that as his Royal Highness
advanced in years so might his attachment strengthen for
his Principality. and that he might ever be disposed to lend
his powerful aid in promoting the, best interests of its inha-
bitants. If they might credit the words of Shakspeare, they
must believe that his illustrious predecessor, King Henry V.,
was proud of his Welsh birth. May his Royal Highness be
equally proud of his Welsh descent ; and if, hereafter, any
honest Welshman should venture to address him in the man-
ner Fluellyn is reported to have spoken to his sovereign, and
say—" I do believe your majesty do not scorn to wear your
leek upon St. Dayid's Day," that he will be disposed to an-
swer (if not in the words, at least in the spirit, of King
Henry)—" I wear it for a memorable honour—for I am
Welsh, you know, good countryman" (Great cheering.)
Sir B. Hall concluded by seconding the address, which was
carried unanimously.

SHIRE

(From the Shrewsbury News.)

STATISTICS OF THE POPISH CHURCH IN

GREAT BRITAIN.

(From the Catholic Directory for 1842.)
ENGLAND AND WALES.
Churches and Chapels,—in
1 '.Northumberland...
5 Oxfordshire.
~ 1 Shropshire
1 -Somersetshire
10 Staffordshire
1 Suffolk
Surrey

Bedfordshire
Berkshire
Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire
Cheshire
Cornwall
Cumberland
Derbyshire
Deionshire
Dorsetshire .
Durham
Essex'

Gloucestershire
Hampshire
Herefordshire
Hertfordshire
Kent

7
12
4
9

Lancashire
Leicestershire l5
Lincolnshire.
Middlesex 2O
Monmouthshire
Norfolk
Northamptonshire 5
Nottinghamshire 3
Total of Chapels in Eli
SCOTI
Churches and
. _ _

Sussei
Warwickshire
Westmoreland
Wiltshire
Worcestershire
Yorkshire
Isle of Man
Guernsey
Jersey

SOUTLI WALES

Brecknockshire.
Glamorganshire

THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM AND THE
CORN LAWS.

(From the New Farmer's Journal.)

It is really amusing, and somewhat curious, to notice the
many ridiculous and absurd statements which have gone the
rounds of the London and provincial press, regarding his
Grace the Duke of Buckingham's views on that all-absorbing
topic, the corn laws. It has been most gravely asserted
that his grace's opinions are not in accordance with those of
Sir Robert Peel, or, indeed, with those of any other member
of the Cabinet ; that his grace has declared himself wholly
opposed to any change whatever in those laws ; and that a
dissolution of the ministry—par consequence—is inevita-
ble !! Premising that the Duke of 13uckinghatn is not of
that class of politicians who would resist all those measures
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of a wholsome nature, which may be devised on this ques-
tion, we should like to know where our sapient contempo-
raries have obtained their authority for the silly nonsense
they have ventured to palm upon their readers. Like every
other real friend to the British farmer, the Duke of Buck-
ingham is, we feel assured, in favour of the sliding scale of
duties ; consequently, opposed to those of a fixed nature;
and if any improvements can be suggested by which the
averages car► be more fairly and honestly taken than they are
at the present moment ; and by which the whole system of
vamping up those averages can be put a stop to, sure we are
there is not a statesman living who would more readily give
his acquiescence to those views than his grace. Although
we do not put ourselves forth as being in the possession of
such great cabinet secrets as many of the Anti-Corn-Law

League would have us believe they hold, yet, from the
knowledge we have of those in whose hands the destinies of
this mighty empire are now placed, we would gladly leave
our cause in their hands, under the well-grounded hope and
conviction, that rather than receive deterioration, it will gain
strength and stability under their auspices.

STATE OF TRADE

MANCIIESTER.—The near approach of Christmas and the
end of the year, to which we regret to add the failure of an
East India house in which Alanchester houses are deeply
interested, and which has caused the stoppage of Messrs.
James Hobday and Co., of this town, have operated to make
things worse than they were last week, and, consequently,
very little business can be noted. We are not aware that
prices have receded, and the working of short time is becom-
ing more general ; we therefore expect that, at the opening
of the new year, prices will rather advance than otherwise.
We know several manufacturers that have written to their
agents to say they must not sell a piece at the current rates,
but wait until next month, as they feel certain that better
prices must be obtained. The manufacturers are in a dread-
ful state, as all the staple articles made in this district (if we
except fustiana) cannot be sold in any quantity, unless at a
loss, and for some sorts the loss must be serious indeed. The
Gazette every week proclaims, in language the most vivid,
the way in which spinners and manufacturers are, for scarcely
a week passes but we are pained by seeing the names of seve-
ral in the Gazette. The lane is a long one, but surely we
shall find a turn, and we trust we are near the end. Power-
loots printers may be quoted, 26-inch 66's, 4s 10id to 5s 4d,
and 72's, 5s 3d to 5s lOid ; 40-inch shirtings G6's, 81b 12oz
to 91b, 9s 6d to lOs 3d.—Advertiser, of Friday.
LEEDS.—The reports of the woollen markets at this season
of the year are generally considered nominal. With the two-
y payments to the
fold object of avoiding the necessity of a large " stock-taking"
at the end of the year, and consequent heav
booksclothiers
a are
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balanced,
a lthea nce firstd, Tuesday
iuse scduagy
customary
atrhye
for n i year, before their
they merchants to ab-
stain from purchasing anything but indispensable articles ;
so that the transactions in the markets at this period afford
no positive criterion of the actual state of the woollen trade.
Though from these causes there is .
less doing than there was
some time ago, the general opinion that the purchases
are more extensive than they have been in the month of De-
cember for two or three years past.—lntelligences.
BRADFORD, THURSDAY.—The business done this week
in pieces has been limited, and the remark applies to all kinds
of goods. There is no change whatever in prices. As short
time is still the order of the day, the demand for yarns is not
brisk ; stocks are kept low, and steady prices are the conse-
quence. In wool there is less doing, but for most kinds
prices remain unchanged.
NOTTINGHAM.—The torrent of bankruptcy and distress in
this locality rolls on with accumulated force. Another of the
largest lace houses in the town has been uprooted by the
storm, and will necessarily bring down a number of smaller
establishments along with it, throwing the workpeople out of
employ, and fearfully increasing the general distrust and
anxiety which pervades every branch of trade and commerce.
Bankruptcies, insolvencies, and compositions with creditors
are constantly occurring, and confidence and credit have re-
ceived a blow which has made them stagger and reel, so as
to add to the general stagnation of business on every band.
—Nottingham paper.

RUMOUR OF THE DAY.—We understand that the editor
of a fashionable Sunday paper has engaged the boy Jones to
give full particulars of the royal christening.

ATROCIOUS MURDER NEAR WEFT, SHROP-

-The Welsh inhabitants of Liverpool, amounting to
upwards of 50,000 souls, have looked forward with deep in- Another murder has been perpetrated in this country (In-
terest and anxiety to the birth of a prince who should derive ring the present week under circumstances of greater atro-
his most distinguished title from their native country, intend- city even than the one at Bronygarth, near Oswestry. A
ing to avail themselves of that auspicious event to lay their wife, with the assistance of her husband, has administered
national petition at the foot of the throne.
poison to both her parents, and the mother has fallen a vic-
Tt is now my pleasing duty to enclose a printed cony of tim to the diabolical deed, the fat'

ler escaping by a miracle.;
and an innocent person (according to the last report) has
since died in extreme agony from the effect of the deadly
food of which he had been a partaker.
The name of the old man is Arthur Williams, who resides
at Whixall, within three miles of Wem, in this county, and
the perpetrators of the horrid crime, Thomas Harries and his
wife Mary, lived in the same cottage with the father and his
deceased wife Eliza Williams. The prisoner, Thomas Har-
ries, had been previously married, his former wife having
died four years ago, leaving two children, who resided in the
same cottage with the prisoners. It appeared that the de-
ceased victim had been in the habit of correcting these chil-
dren, and Harries had said that he would remember her for
it; and this is the only motive that can at present be as-
signed for the deed, which has caused such general horror in
th neighbourhood.
On Monday last the deceased partook of an apple-dump-
ling at dinner, and was instantly taken ill, the symptoms in-
creasing in virulence so rapidly, that by nine o'clock the
same evening she was a corpse. Her husband did not eat
any of the dumpling, being too ill, from having taken a small
portion of the poisonous mineral on the previous night ; and
the third party was the son of a neighbour, to whom the fe-
male prisoner had given the remainder of the poisoned food.
An inquest was held on the body of the deceased Eliza
Williams on Friday last, before Mr. Joseph Dickens, coro-
ner, when the following evidence was adduced :
Arthur Williams, husband of the deceased.—Lives in a
cottage at Whixall, and the prisoners Thomas and Mary
Harries, with two children of the former, resided with him.
On Saturday last, witness had a pig's fry for his supper,
which was cooked by the accused, who took some flour from
a bag hanging in the kitchen, to thicken the gravy. Witness
ate heartily, and felt very sick afterwards, going to bed ill,
and remaining so all night. He got up the next morning very
unwell, and sat in the house till 11 o'clock, when he went
out, leaving the deceased, the prisoners, the children, and a
neighbour named John Edwards there. Witness returned to
dinner, but was too unwell to eat. The first dish was an ap-
ple dumpling, of which the deceased ate heartily, but witness
was too poorly to taste it. Within five minutes after eating
the dumpling the deceased ran towards the door, and throw-
ing it open, said, " Oh, dear, how ill I am !" and retched
violently. The deceased then went into the garden, sup-
portedby the female prisoner, and, being a low,' time away,
witness went out, and finding her too ill to walk, carried her
into the house, and placed her in a chair. She continued

getting worse, till 5 o'clock, when witness carried her up to
bed, and went to bed himself, feeling very unwell. He got up
about 9 o'clock, as his wife became much worse, and she died
shortly after. Witness had occasion to go into the garden
afterwards, leavingthe prisoners in the kitchen, and on return-
ing, heard Harries say to his wife, " There's something in that
flour." The two prisioners lived in the same house with the wit-
ness, but eat at a saparate table, and found their own victuals.
They had their dinner at the. same time as the deceased, but
not at the same table. The female prisoner assisted deceased
to bed, but neither of the prisoners made any remark upon
her sudden death to witness. Mary Jones, a neighbour, was
in the room at the time deceased expired. The female
prisoner made a dumpling at the same time as the deceased,
but did not take the flour from the same bag. The deceased
did not eat all the dumpling, and on the following morning
witness said to the female prisoner, " There's some dumpling ;
give it to the children ;" and she answered " No, I may not
do that." He again requested her to give it them, and she
replied, " No, no, I munna give it them." A neighbour
named Betty Minshall, had been washing at the house on
Monday morning, and went on an errand the same day. On
Wednesday, witness asked the female prisoner where the re-
mainder of the dumpling was, and she replied, " I have given
it the children, and they have eaten it." The male prisoner
had frequently words about the children with the deceased,
but nothing of any consequence. When the female prisoner
was taken into custody she said, " I am innocent, and I be-
lieve I can swear for him." Witness knew there was poison
kept in the house, having some sugar of lead in a paper, which
he used for dressing cows, but it was not kept near the bag
which contained the flour. The male prisoner had some
powdered arsenic in a bottle, which he used for poisoning
rats, and kept it in the pantry. The flour was bought from
Mr. Povey, of Whixall, in a large bag, and a small quantity
was put in another bag, and hung up in the kitchen ready to
use for trifling purposes ; but the bread was always made
from the large bag. After deceased was dead, witness saw
the male prisoner go into the pantry, and while be was there
his wife said, " What are you plundering there at : is there
anything I can reach you ? ' to which he answered, " No ;
you know nothing about it."

Two surgeons -deposed that arsenic was the poison which
caused the deceased's death.

The male prisoner asked the coroner if the examination
would conclude that evening, and being answered in the
affirmative, said he might as well tell all. He then made a
statement to the effect that he had told his wife on Saturday
night that something was the matter with the meat to make
the old man so ill. He said he had purchased the poison
some months ago from Mr. Gough, chemist, of Wem, for
the purpose of destroying rats, and hinted that his wife must
have administered the arsenic if the deceased really was
poisoned. The female prisoner said, if any one knew about
it it was her husband.

The jury returned a verdict, " That the deceased's death
was occasioned by poison administered by Thomas Harries,
and that he was assisted by his wife ;" and they were both
fully committed for the next assizes.

The male prisoner is a brick maker by trade, and has
borne but an indifferent character. The female is very far
advanced in pregnancy, and on Thursday feigned that she
was in labour; but upon examination by a surgeon, the
attempt to postpone the investigation failed. John Haycock
was taken into Cheshire by the boat, and a report has
reached town that he has expired—making the second victim
of this unparalleled atrocity.