The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-04-11 00:00:00

April 11, 1545.

THE LIVERPOOL HORTICULTURAL SOCIEII.

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The monthly meeting of this interesting soviet,'g
place last night at their room in the Clarendon Buildi!l.:
and was numerously attended: Mr. Henry. LeStneel,
barrow in the chair. There were many beautiful sP
mews of plants produced, all in full and beautiful bloom:
for competition. The finest of these was, in our 0011/1
Maxillaria Harrisonia, a beautiful orchideous plant, Iflo
igggi
received the society's prize, but the following is 3
the plants as they stood upon the table ;
Boronia serrulata and Pimelia rosea, fro mMessis.
of the Wavertree Nursery. Virs•
Pultntea subumbellata, from C. Bardswell, Esq.,
vertree; shown by Mr. North.
Maxillaria Harrisonia, from H. Sharpies, Esq., Os'Toll
Croft ; very fine; shown by Mr. Richardson k to
the 10s. prize was awarded.
Cytissus racemosus ; a very fine plant, from H. which,
Esq., Seacombe ; shown by Mr. Young. BOP
Azalia indica var. Apollo, from J. Gladstone,
Olive Mount ; by Mr. Brown.
Ijl
Burchelia capensis, from C. Wilson, Esq., Alle '
Mr. Thomas.
A handsome Auricula and Polyanthus. from • p
8
Ellames, Esq., Allerton ; shown by Mr. Wilson. Agni
The discussion on the most advisable or best sn,," es
and approved mode of beating horticultural strut, -ret
was resumed. Several gentlemen very ably deuT-0
their opinions, which (all the better for the aequirlesse
of truth) were somewhat conflicting; but, nevertbe
all worthy of the serious consideration of those interest
in the study of the best plans of heating forcing structure
3'
conversation this night was chiefly confined totbet g
consideration of the Polmaise system, as opposed to °lir,
systems of a less modern date. The speakers were ix.
Isaac Davies, of Wavertree; Mr. Richardson, of 03sca 0
Croft, and Mr. Sweeney, of Eastham, and the result w
that Polmaise, as it had been tried in the neighbourhood,
of Liverpool, had been a total failure. It was agrecid,
however, that a portion of the matter in discussion 511°`,Igai
for the sake of explanation, be resumed for a short t'
on the next evening of meeting.

DESTRUCTION OF ST. MATTHIAS'S CHURCH
BY FIRE.
Yesterday afternoon, about one o'clock, smoke, 3
th.
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soon afterwards, flames were seen to issue frog' ,
windows and roof of St. Matthias's Church, in 11)„
h.
lane, a little to the northward of the Borough Gaol.
alarm was instantly given, but so rapid was the ecli
bustion that, though the engines came up as speedily
„,
possible, the interior was in a short time entirely
sumed. The bare walls are all that are lett standing.
building is a neat modern structure, of Grecian desigi
chiefly of brick, with stone facings and cornices. It sr
been purchased by the Liverpool and Bury Railway C°eif
pany, who, as their line (upon arches) is ionnedist ilt
il contiguous, purposed to pull it down, and have bvr,
another church in lieu of it in the neighbourhood. Id
Johnston, inspector of police, was one of the first of le
force who reached the spot, and finding the wil°ll flat
tenor in flames, sent to the North Dock Station, 'ff.
which four engines were quickly brought up. ut
others arrived soon after from the Fire Station,„„,
Temple-court, and the whole were soon in active °Tog
tion, under Mr. Hewitt, of the fire-brigade, and
officers, including Superintendents Towerson and Hide.
There was, however, no chance of saving any Ofr`oli
of the woodwork. The wind was blowing rather,' the
from the south-east, and drove the flames throng,' ox
windows on the north side (six in number) so dose tir,s4
Emma Ann-street that the inhabitants had to escaPe'r;et
the whole row of houses and courts forming the st is%
would have been burnt down but for the firemen directri
the water pipes against them. The front windows se
the
nearly all broken by the heat, and the paint on the Lilly
was blistered off, and some of the woodwork muchtdt
maged. The supply of water was copious. It is n° it
known how the fire originated, but it is probable th,lot,
had smouldered for many hours before it burst, the
There were several boys in the school-room beneath
church at the time the fire began to be furious above thesr,
but they were rescued by some persons who went 80404
ried them out. The fire did not last above three qua sch
of an hour. The amount of loss in materials we We
learned.

In all the large towns in the West Riding of Yorkshire,cor°
the authorities are adopting energetic measunes for so,'
ring the public peace, and generally people come forg
e t•
with great readiness to be sworn in as special cons° wog
The magistrates of Leeds have issued an address inv' les.
well-disposed persons to enroll themselves as constab
and on Saturday a considerable number responded t 0
°iv
invitation, and took upon themselves the office. „at,
REPELLING RIOTERS.—At the Southwark police-r.,,ea.
on Saturday, Mr. Attenborough, a pawnbroker at
nington, asked the sitting magistrate whether in ca:io;
mob attacked his property, he would be justified in u the
fire-arms to protect it. The applicant said that ou,,elle
Monday previous, a pawnbroker's-shop, at Camber to
had been broken into and robbed of upwards of
,1,1 Noo
by a chartist mob. The magistrate said he would is
recommend the use of fire-arms, unless driven to th,e and
resource by the mob breaking: into his dwelling-bouse,4o,
plundering it. If they merely threw stones at the 9,,jr
dows, weapons of a dangerous nature should not be u
as the innocent might be the victims.
THE WEATHER.—During the last ten days the oat,
ther has been unusually changeable, and on SundaYf the
yesterday remarkably cold for the advanced period e_ttil
spring. On Sunday week the thermometer stood I.l'olo
sun, just before the thunder storm, at 91, and at 67 0,1 irsil
shade. On Sunday last, with a keen south-east •
the air was so cold as to approach to the freezingale:
Yesterday morning ice was observed on poole,,e- 01;
vated sites of the thickness of a sixpence. 1;etell
however, only in situations where the cold 001:
wind could impinge won the water. There is
derable quantity of snow on the upper parts of the _ oa
mountains. The early potatoes in this IleighbOUrnriy 100 P
in some little danger, but the growing crops geuer,,ar•
tree -a&
healthy. We had little or no " March dusting
On Saturday a numerous and influential ott"
nnoebctleedmwenit,hmlermelbate,rds,
wofaspahrellidaminencto,
mamndittgeeen.trioeonlinelli,,,o.:,
asot
scant
te
tou oaarseetiourisCitehmminboignntd
by
ybLe was
gusson, Mr. Oliver D. Grace, M.P., and Mr. A. °`).-re‘
Adair, M.P., who had been appointed at a previ9us4s,
lirninary meeting to prepare the necessary resolutioused
The object was, by a strong declaration, to give inece aria
confidence to the Executive Government in hello.'" that,
to discourage the recent seditious proceedings °I is of
country. Amongst those present were—the 11farqu
hr
e°r°" Downshire, the Marquis of Abercorn, Lord 13urtow0
the Earl of Charlemont, Lord Devon, Lord of
Lord Newry, Lorn Jocelyn, Lord Bernardo 'Lieu% Ver'
Erne, Lord Castlereagh, Sir E. M`Naghton Sir v'n, gr•
ner, Mr. George Alexander Hamilton, Mr.'lVWseqaturrei
Napier, Mr. Grogan, Mr Augustus Stafford, M,.-'s,
Martin, Mr. John O'Connell, Mr. John IteYnt.enchf
Dunne, the Hon. Mr. Maxwell, Mr. Fitzstephen , that
Sir Percy Nugent. Mr. John O'Connell declert.!ilegi°
the agitation for repeal did not involve any want 0! ", the
ante to the sovereign, and Mr. Reynolds objectect,'„ors,
proceedings as calculated to prejudice the case of le,,,,`„tiort
O'Brien, Meagher, and Mitchell, but with the e%
of these objections, the proceedings were unanimous /.00
GRAND VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT A..10g,
ROYAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS.—On Thursday erruaboill
recherchee entertainment was provided in tutotles,
rooms, at which the artistes engaged were Mre,.,."00501"
land, Mrs. H. Beale (piano-forte), Mr. J. Z. Ilerrarrfl
(violin), Mr. Haddock (violincella), and Mr. John as efe
the celebrated buffo. The evening unfortunately vf cooo
—that is to say it poured as if the heavens uvula er
down—a fact which doubtless prevented many frcunAve:
taking of a treat which they had promised then,l:ioxitu,
As it was, however, the rooms were moderately 6"ueoee
a fashionable audience. Mrs. Sunderland was rn
moan';
lent voice, and sang very sweetly Baffe's song, " °co Wit
Heart," a ballad, "Jeanette you're going away to be"
country." In the second part the songs allotteurg 1,6
were, " I'll remember thee," and ‘,Oh, green °se" fer 11
Groves," a delightful ballad by Stephenson• ifolv
encores were called for, and the whole were beaujjerff;
sung. The instrumentalists, Mrs. Beale, Mr' bat°,
mann, and Mr. Haddock, elicited unqualified allirg
in their various performances. As usual, howereriisre;
ever he is present, John Parry took off the lion's s, ;.; 111,4
notice; his new song. " Crotchet Crotchet," and tu
torical romance, "King Alfred, the Old WOrse.4
Cakes," being received with vociferations of aPe..,-,<!'?

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER
BY MR. C. H. CHADBURN, 71, LORD-STA r 3
ATMOSPHERIC ~,..4
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Pit.'" ;1
Temperature Daily
lion
_,, a
Fall Of d
in Humidity at
Pressure at shade by self- Noon. Win
registering of Pt
Nine Six thermometer Dry Wet Rain. S°°ll.
a.m. p.m. Max. Alin. bulb. bulb. ' ' "
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p:.
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.57
:2.—• In. 1 In. Deg. Deg. Deg. Dem. In.
,n, svc?'"o4o
4 30'13 30'09 58 50 56 52. 5,,,..":0" l'4 1
5, 29'98 ' 2917 52 44 52 50 o'2B s",/.01 -',:}, ,57
6, 29'72 29'73 50 43 50 47 ' o'o6 N'i,yS :4134
71 29'61 29'47 49 38 148 45 W'r;n• i 531
81 29'52 47 38 I 45 41 ' .n. ''
' ov. OW
10. 29'38 29'28 44 40 --IS. cot) Llit
sII :
THE WEATHER.—ApriI 4th: bright; breeze-5t ewer% gt
ous fall of rain-6th : bright; evening; heavY s". 0011-
bright ; occasionally clouded-Bth: ditto ; slight '
bright, and fair-10th: bright; slight shower.

IPPING INTELLIGENCE•

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dero ;ri •ed
MONDAY, APRIL 10.—Wind South, Eno .
jannesou, r(lt.
ARRlVED.—Trident, King ; Leonidas, Con.nerl /col
4,
M`Kay ; Branden, Drew; and Manaslam,
Orleans—Handelaars, Zeman, Rotterdam. re,__Col9ll,
SAlLED.—Alexandria, Ordernan, for Bulimic)
.5 St I.e s
F.ddes, Lisbon—Samuel, M`Lean, Narva—Cadanyoole;,
lcr
Rotterdam—Rapid, Cuthbertson, and St. Georg.elis, Ne'reteri,
foundland—lranhoe, Edwards, and Georgiaoll t:
—Lyra, Bell, Elsinore—Sir James Kempt, IVl7.donifi'retr
burg—Jacoba Maria, Kramer, Randezders—.B_bio,
Quebec—Resolution, Owens, Cronstadt—glum
Rio Grande—United States, Swanton, Boston.

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esterdltei r, lc°
The Duke of Cornwall (st) was spoken early 3' f rad to tt.-
ing, off Arklow, with a barque in tow, with loss c!_4641
had been on the Arklow Banks. The steamer inter
her to Waterford.

TELEGRAPH OFFICE, Arno. 10, 28trourite,
Off Holyhead, inward bound, at 2 p.m., tbe ra •
and Eliza KiHick, barque.

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