The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-04-23 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL FLORAL AND HORTICULTURAL
SOCIETY.

CHARLES HORSFALL, ESQ., Mayor, Patron.
r-riHE SHOW of AURICULAS, PLANTS, FRUITS,
.1. VEGETABLES, &c. will take place
011 WEDNESDAY
next, the 24th instant, at the Corn Exchange, Brunswick-
Street,el when Ladies and Gentlemen (N -Subscribers) will be
admitted between the hours of Two Four o'clock on pay-
ment of 2s. 6d. each; and the Public enerally will be admitted
between the hours of Four and Six o'clock, on payment of Is.
each. Subscriptions will be received, and Tickets obtained, at
J. J._MAWDSLEY'S, Castle-street._ _ _

The Harmonic Baild will attend during the time of Show.
Non-Subscribers, desirous of showing Flowers, Fruits, &c.,
will be admitted to do so on paving 3s. entrance.
JOHN ASHTON CASE, Chairman.
Annual Subscription 10s.—Ladies' extra Tickets Is. each.

TO THE PARISHIONERS OF LIVERPOOL.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
A s it appears that you have determined to appoint a
A DEPUTY GOVERNOR of the WORKHOUSE, as
assistant to Mr. Hardman, I beg le ve most respectfully to
offer myself to your notice as a CAN IDATE for the SITUA-
TION, and to assure von that, appointed, it shall be my
strenuous and unremitting endea our to discharge to the best
of my ability the serious and re nsible duties which will then
devolve upon me.
Of my qualifications for the office it would ill become ME to
speak, out perhaps I may be permitted to observe, without in-
curring the charge of presumption, that having myself been
bred in the school of adversity,—having, indeed., passed some
of my early years as a pauper in a Parish Workhouse,—hav-
ing been left an orphan at the age of six years,—my condi-
tion there and during the arduous struggles of my subse-
quent life, has, I trust, taught me to compassionate the suffer-
ings of my fellow-creatures,--whilst my experience in the army
will enable me to maintain that order and discipline which are
indispensably necessary to the well-being of such an establish-
ment as the Liverpool Workhouse.
Should you honour me with your choice, I shall always en-
deavour, on the one hand, to promote the comfort and welfare
of the persons committed to my charge, in every way compa-
tible with the nature of their situation ; whilst, on the other,
it shall be my study to do so at the least possible expense to the
Parish.
Most respectfully soliciting the honour of your suffrages,
I remain,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your most obedient Servant,
JOHN SHIPP.
(Superintendent of the Nightly Watch.)
Licerpool, April 11, 1833.

The following letter has been handed to us by a friend of
Lieut. Shipp's, and, as it reflects credit on that gentleman, and
on the commissioners of the watch, we
_gjve it insertion. It
was addressed to the Commissioners of Watch, Lamps, and
Scavengers, at th'eir meeting on Friday last.
GENTLEmEN,—A great number of my friends having ad-
vised me to offer myself as a candidate for the situation of
Deputy• Governor of the Liverpool Workhouse, and having
yielded to their wishes, I feel it a duty due to the Commis-
sioners of this Board, from whom I have received every mark
of kindness and liberality, to explain my reasons for having,
done so.

Gentlemen, I am now in my fiftieth year, having on my
person six ball wounds, two of them in the head, with the con-
stant exposure of heats and colds, and the incessant and ardu-
ous duties of my present situation. The constitution thus
exposed, at my time of life, cannot be expected to last many
years, and, therefore, I most earnestly hope and trust that my
endeavour to obtain a situation more suitable for a person of
my habits, and time of life, will not be considered either pre-
sumptuous or ungrateful. Should there be, however, a single
Commissioner belonging to this Board, who does think that
there is even a shadow of either, I will this moment relinquish
my application fur the new situation.
I have the honour to remain,
Gentlemen,
Your obedient and humble Servant,
JOHN SHIPP,
April 12, 1833. Superintendent of the Nightly Watch:
The Commissioners informed Mr. Shipp that they would
not throw any obstacle in the way in endeavourin,, to better
his situation. Many of the Commissioners afterwards promised
him their support and votes.