The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-05-21 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

to be proud of their sagacious representative Let
it never be forgotten that there is another question
besides the sugar and plum question,—that there is
the canary seed question, " a minute question," cer-
tainly, and therefore eminently fitted for John
Bright to champion ! Remember, moreover, that
" canary seeds are confectionary !!"
Seriously, after such a display as the above, which
extended infinitely longer than we have given it, we
shall begin to think that our reformed house is not
greatly more to be admired, for its tastes and mode
of conducting its proceedings, than the House of
Representatives of our republican brother over the
water. The amusements of that assembly vary a
little in their character certainly ; but as to the point
of respectability we have only to determine between
the bowie knife and harlequin's wand,—tragedy and
broad farce.

THE FUNDS, SATURDAY NIGHT.—The English se-
curities maintain much firmness, although little business
was transacted to. day, in consequence of the early closing
of the market. Consols for money and the account lett
off 991 to s ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 98-1 ; To ree-and-
a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 1011 to a ; New Three-and-
a• Half per Cents., 104- to 1- ; Long Annuities, 12 7.16;
Exchequer Bills, 68s. to 70s. premium; Bank Stock,
1911 to 1922; and India Stock, 285 to 287. In the
foreign market the prices of speculative stocks were rather
lower, and there was but a small amount of business done
in any description. Spanish Three per Cents. closed at
34i to 35 ; the Five per Cents. 231 to 24 ; Portuguese,
46 to 47; Peruvian, 281 to 292; Mexican, 351 to a ; the
Deferred, 15a to ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.,
60a to i; the Five per Cents., 1002 to t ; Danish, 88 to
89 ; Columbian, 14.4 to 1 ; Chilian, 102 to 10-1; Buenos
Ayres, 34 to 36 ; Brazilian, 801 to 811; and Belgian, 103
to 104.

A WORD OR Two IN SEASON.—The polling days for
the election in the Southern Division will be Monday and
Tuesday in Whitsun week. Many conservatives in Li-
verpool and the neighbourhood, we know, are in the
habit of making excursions during this particular seek.
Let their duty prove superior to their pleasures. Every
man may, if he will, record his vote before noon on Mon-
day. If he value the cause, let him not neglect to do this.
THE TEN HOURS' CLAUSE.—Amongst the members
who voted with Lord Ashley on the 13th instant, in the
House of Commons, in favour of the ten hours' clause, we
find the following :—Lord Sandon, Sir H. Douglas, J.
Brotherton, W. Ewart, W. B. Ferrand, and J. Tolle-
mache, Lord F. Egerton paired off in favour of the clause.
The following were amongst the members who voted
against it :—E. Cardwell, J. E. Denison, W. T. Egerton,
T. M. Gibson, T. Greene, J. W. Patten, Lord Stanley,
T. Thornely, and F. Tollemache.

PROTESTANT INTEGRITY.—The Dublin Protestant
Operative Association recently called the attention of the
Bishop of Exeter to the draft of a bill, making it penal
for the publishers of newspapers, or such other publica-
tions, to ascribe to Roman Catholic dignitaries the title
which properly belong to the Church of Ireland, or to de-
signate Roman Catholic places of worship by the names
belonging to the church. The Secretary of the Associa-
tion has received the following reply, dated the 15th inst.,
from his lordship. " I have received your letter, and the
paper enclosed in it. I highly honour the principles
therein setforth, and heartily wish that the legislature
would sanction them by a correspondent law."
THE LIVERPOOL ORANGEMEN.—At a meeting of the
Dublin Protestant Operative Association, on Thursday
last, the following resolution was passed amidst loud
cheers. " That we hold it as a most fearful sign
of the times that in Protestant England, heretofore
the land of freedom, men should be visited with exclusion
from the police force because connected with the loyal
Orange body—that we trust the Protestants of Liverpool
may unite as one man against this fearful aggression on
their liberties, and that the best thanks of this meeting
are due to Richard Harbord, Esq., for the firm stand that
he has made in this business, and that an address on the
subject be adopted."
AN IMPORTANT RADICAL MISTAKE.—The Liverpool
Journal of the 11th instant, in giving a list of free traders,
enumerated Mr. Weld Blundell, of Ince Blundell Hall, as
a gentleman likely to support Mr. Brown in the approach-
ing contest for South Lancashire. Mr. Blundell, how-
ever, refuses to place himself in the ranks of the free tra-
ders, and has addressed a letter to the Journal of Satur-
day last, from which we make the following extract :—" I
approve of the moderate protection proposed by the late
ministry, and a fixed duty on foreign corn ; but lam op-
posed to an immediate and total repeal of existing pro-
tective laws, and still more to the manner in which the
Anti-Corn Law League have sought to establish their
doctrines."

ACCIDENT AT SEACOMBE SLIP. —PRAISEWORTHY
ACT OF A PASSENGER.—AS art elderly gentleman was
running hastily down the Seacombe slip to catch the last
boat yesterday evening, he unfortunately tripped over the
chain of the tram-road and was precipitated into the river.
The tide was running strongly up the river at the time,
and the death of the unfortunate man appeared to be ine-
vitable, when a young gentleman, without hesitation,
plunged in, and with considerable difficulty saved
him, at the imminent risk of his own life, he himself
being so exhausted by the effort, that on landing he was
completely prostrated. At the late hour at which we
write, we are unable to mention the name of the brave
adventurer to save the life of a fellow-creature ; but we
shall make further inquiries. As the occurrence is re-
ported to us, a better claim to the notice of the Humane
Society has v.ldom presented itself.

FUNERAL OF THE LATE HON, RICHARD BOOTLE
WILBRAHAM, M.P.—The interment of the mortal re-
mains of this respected and lamented gentleman took
place, on Thursday last, at Skelmersdale, near Ormskirk,
Lancashire. As we have previously noticed, the body
had been removed to Latham Hall, the seat of Lord
Skelmersdale, prior to the funeral. About ten o'clock
on Thursday morning the mournful procession left the
hall for Skelmersdale parish church, about three miles
distant, in the following order :—First mourning coach,
containing the Rev. Mr. Battersby, Dr. Lax, Mr. Robert
Boyer, and Mr. E. Boyer ; the hearse came next ' • and
then the second mourning coach, in which were Lord
Skelmersdale, Mrs. R. Bootle Wilbraham, Mrs. A. Las-
celles, and Sir Richard Brooke, Bart.; third mourning
coach, containing Lord Stanley, Sir Brook Taylor, Mr.
Farington, and Mr. Warburton ; and in the fourth
mourning coach were Mr. Arthur Brooke, Mr. Brooke,
Mr. Hutton, and the Hen. Arthur Lascelles. In the
rear were the private carriages of Lord Skelm.-Tsdale and
many of the local gentry and clergy. It was after eleven
when the funeral cortege reached the church, and the
coffin was then borne into the sacred building, preceded
by the Rev. Mr. Battersby, domestic chaplain to Lord
Skelmersdale, who officiated as minister. The solemn
service for the burial of the dead was impressively read
by the rev. gentleman, and the customary sad offices
being discharged, the circle of relatives returned to
Latham. It was the urgent wish of Mrs. Wilbraham to
attend the obsequies.
THE WRATHER.—With the exception of a very slight
shower or two, we have not in these districts been fa-
voured with any rain for several weeks ; and we regret to
add that since Wednesday last the air has been uncom-
monly chilly (in the shade) during the day, and frosty
durina the night, to the injury of some portions of the
growing vegetation, and the retarding of the growth of
others. On Friday night and Saturday morning in parti-
cular, the cold was unusually severe for the season, so
much so that thin ice was formed in exposed and high
stations. The wind has for some days blown rather freshly,
and varying from north to about north-east. The early
potatoes in exposed land, in some neighbouring localities,
have to a great extent been cut off—the young plant
being exceeding susceptible of the killing effect of frost.
Some farmers who sowed deep, have been more fortunate,
as theirs have scarcely yet appeared above ground ; and
we have seen several sheltered fields that do not appear to
have suffered at all, so that the damage is as yet by no
means general. The wheats still look remarkably healthy,
thick on the ground, and well coloured. The fruit trees
are apparently little injured, if at all, and still give pro-
mise of an abundant crop. The grass also looks well, but
without a seasonable supply of rain and warmth, the crop
of hay will scarcely be an average one. Up to the time
we write, (Monday evening) there is no appearance of a
speedy change, but the wind has veered a little to the
westward of north. A few points more westing and all
would probably be right. Our markets were well sup-
plied with vegetables on Saturday. New potatoes (yet
very small) were at sd. to 6d. a pound • Irish cabbages
at Id. a head. We are glad to state that at midnight a
very favourable change took place, and as we were going
to press the rain descended in copious showers.
INTERESTING EXHIBITION AT THE PORTICO, NEW-
INGTON.—We were much gratified by an inspection, on
Saturday, of the ecclesiastical tablets, by Mr. Daggets, of
Bolton, embodying the Decalogue, the Apostles Creed,
and the Lord's Prayer, beautifully and elaborately exe-
cuted, in pure Anglo-Saxon text, with richly foliated and
illuminated capitals. They were taken from extremely
scarce and valuable manuscripts of the early and middle
ages, and were so much admired at Bolton, where they
were shown privately, that, at the request of a great num-
ber of clergy, antiquarians and others, who felt assured
that the public had but to see them to be highly gratified
by the purity and antiquity of their style, and the exqui-
site character of their execution, the artist was induced to
exhibit them for the first time publicly in this town. They
are painted on a smooth ground representing vellum ; the
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engraving; the colours of the ornamental portions are
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The whole, though ancient, is sufficiently legible, and the
keeping throughout so admirably sustained as to form an
ensemble at once impressive and unique. The well-
informed antiquarian will readily admit the fidelity of the
work, and be enabled to pronounce the dates. The tail-
pieces (filling up the broken lines) are very fine, resem-
bling, indeed, the finest enamel. At the top of one of the
tablets there is a curious device, within a figure like a
shield, taken from the Athanasian Creed, and which may,
in fact, be said to be the creed itself reduced to a mathe-
matical problem. These tablets, which are within oak
frames, were painted for Hallywell Church, near Bolton ;
and now that we have several new churches in the town,
and others that are being improved or enlarged, we think
similar tablets (which may be varied in the date of the cha-
racters) would form a decided and striking improvement
on the usual lettering, &c. of the Decalogue, Creed, &c.
over the communion table.

BRITISH AND FOR SIGN ANTI-SLAVERY SO-
CIETY.-EXTRAORDINARY PROCEEDINGS.

The fifth anniversary meeting of this society was held
on Friday last, in the great room, Exeter Hall, which
was crowded in every part by a highly-respectable audience,
the majority of whom (as usual) were ladies. On the
platform were the Lord Bishop of Norwich, Sir George
Stephen, John Bright, Esq., M.P., Joseph Sturge, Esq.,
Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M.P., Samuel Gurney, Esq.,
George Thompson, Rev. Dr. Bunting, &c., &c. It
had been announced that the chair would be taken on
the occasion by Lord Brougham. At the last hour, how-
ever, having probably had some intimations that a row
was in the wind, his lordship pleaded other engagements,
and the chair was ultimately taken, and very ably filled,
by Samuel Gurney, Esq. We may mention, by the bye,
as a proof of the high character of the meeting, which,
as we have said, was in great part composed of ladies,
that Lord Brougham's letter, pleading the duties of his
office, as one of the Judicial Committee of the Privy
Council, as his ground of absence, was received by hisses !
The report, &c., having been gone through, and the
first resolution moved by the Bishop of Norwich, and
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Society ; and rose, of course, " with considerable pain,"
and, perhaps, shame, to propose an amendment! George
Thompson, nursed, fostered, fed, and inflated into his
present dimensions by the praise and the money of Quaker
sentimentalism, at last striking at his benefactors ! Eheu!
And what was the amendment in question ? It was,
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speaking in the jargon of the philosophers, to the effect
that it was not desirable, even if the. cause of slavery could
be put down thereby, to continue our present, or any,
discriminating duties upon foreign sugars. It was not
right to discriminate between sugar which was the pro-
duce of free labour, and sugar which was the produce of
the lash and the goad. Modern philanthropy and liberal-
ism had discovered that slave sugar was cheaper and as
sweet as free labour sugar ; that it could lap treacle, for
every dozen pounds of which a human being had been
degraded by the thong, and for every hogshead of which
an African had died, with as great a relish as if it was
" warranted" from the shop of a free labour quaker ; and
honest George was presented as the apostle of the dis-
covery ! It was very costly to put down slavery, by pay-
ing dearer for your sugar. Humanity should cost nothing.
George's own, indeed, had been profitable rather than
costly. And, besides, " discriminating duties could only
be maintained by an appeal to government, and a resqrt
to force (!)" ; and the freedom of the negro ought only to
be brought about by moral means—by the circulation of I
tracts, the publication of anti-slavery reporters, and the
rearing and feeding of more George Thompson's. The
league advocate, therefore, proposed that to reconcile
" the honest differences of opinion which prevail among
the friends of that (the anti-slavery) cause on the subject
of discriminating duties on the slave and free produce,"
the sweet-toothed public should be allowed to go without
restriction to the cheapest markets for sugar, treacle,
&c., be it a slave market or a free market!
his amendment was of course seconded. In fact it
had been a preconcerted movement. The scruples of the
society stood in the way of our trade with Brazil, and
better dissolve the society itself, withdraw its mission-
aries, and burn its tracts, than refuse to the millocracy of
Manchester the privilege of exchanging calico for slave
labour sugar. By a suggestion, however, of the commit-
tee, the amendment was withdrawn, and business pro-
ceeded, until at length Daniel O'Connell rose, and in the I
course of a long address, expressed very forcibly and I
clearly the grounds of his decided protest against the
Free Trade philosophy of Thompson. He " hoped that
the society would never be a pro-slavery society, either in
England or anywhere else; and that though other mar-
kets should be open to slave trade sugar, England never
will." He then proceeded to apply the knout most
heartily to the shoulders of brother Jonathan, not only on
account of his encouragement to slavery in general, but
also on account of his present movement with regard to
the annexation of Texas, and concluded with au eloquent
appeal to Englishmen and to the British Government, to
stand forward to prevent such an enormity.
The remarks of Daniel called up Mr. John Bright,
who considered that he had spoken too harshly of
America : " Here we saw the horrors of slavery at a dis
tance," whilst Americans, who were charged with tolerat-
ing them, only saw them perpetrating them under their
own noses! He approved of the amendment of his
friend Thompson because he found that many parties in
the country refused to take part with the exertions of the
Committee, on the ground of their objection to discrimi-
nating duties as a part of the machinery used to put down
slavery. Friend Bright, in the course of a very silly
speech, received with considerable disapprobation, was
at length called to order by Mr. Scoble, after which,
The CHAIRMAN said, before he put the resolution he
hoped, as Mr. Bright had dilated upon matters not con-
tained in it, he might be allowed to say a few words. It
was his (the chairman's) firm conviction that, if the differ-
rential duties proposed were not adopted, and if the sugars
of Brazil, Cuba, and other slave-labour countries were
admitted on equal terms to the market of this country, it
would be produced by the lash, and the lash alone.
(Cheers.) He was certain it would be the means of con-
suming the sinews and lives of the unhappy slaves of
those colonies, and those lives would only be replaced by
a traffic in slaves from the coast of Africa. (Hear, hear.)
That admits of no dispute ' • and he was astonished at the
assertions and inconsistent declamation of his two friends,
Messrs. Thompson and Bright.
Mr. THOMPSON rose to order. He had withdrawn his
amendment on the understanding that his proposition
was not to be canvassed. (Cries of " Order, chair.")
He had not been dealt fairly with ; for it had been dis-
He called upon the chairman to adhere to the strict line of
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should now move the amendment that he had previously
withdrawn. (Great confusion.)
Mr. O'CONNELL denied that he had violated any
pledge; for he was not aware that any had been given.
Mr. TnostrsoN.—You have misrepresented me; and I
shall reply to you, even if there are only twenty persons
left in the room. (Renewed uproar.)
Mr. O'CONNELL repeated that he had only spoken his
own individual sentiments, and they had been ably replied
to by Mr. Bright. Where was the necessity for further
discussion?
Mr. THOMPSON again rose amidst great co )fusion and
uproar, and insisted that his amendment should be put to
the meeting, He complained of the chairman designating
his speech as " inconsistent declamation."
A long and angry conversation, carried on amidst the
most indescribable uproar, and confusion, followed, and
at length it was put an end to by
The CHAIRMAN declaring his intention to put Mr.
Thompson's amendment to the meeting. A show of
hands was then taken, and upon it the chairman declared
the amendment to be carried. The announcement was
received with loud cheers.
A. resolution condemnatory of the present system of
African emigration having been put and carried,
Mr. ELIJAH WRIGHT, Of Boston, took occasion to
defend his countrymen from the attack of Mr. O'Connell.
Mr. O'Coiereeta. said be had been evidently misunder-
stood by Mr. Wright. His censure was upon the Ame-
rican slaveholders and those who countenanced slave
holding in America, and he thought he bad made a
distinction between them and the abolitionist party in
America. The abolitionist in America was to be highly
esteemed, because he took part against the prejudices of
his countrymen, and against their supposed interest
(cheers).
On the motion of Mr. G. CARLISLE, a Dissenting
minister, seconded by Mr, SCOBLE, a vote of thanks was
passed to the Chairman for his kindness in presiding,
, which was briefly acknowledged, and the meeting separated.

FIRST GRAND FETE AT THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
—Last evening the first Gala night of the season at these
beautiful gardens drew together a very numerous and
respectable assemblage to witness the novelties which Mr.
Atkins and his talented assistants have provided for
the season. Notwithstanding the long prevalence of dry
weather, the gardens were in fine order and splendidly
lighted throughout, with ground glass chandaliers. The
excellent band of Mr. Parker was stationed upon the
green and played a variety of airs during the evening.
Close by, a Tower had been erected as the starting point
of the Centrifugal Railway, surmounted by a large Bude
light which threw a grateful radiance over the gay scene
below. Adjoining the lake a very tastefully designed
building has been erected as a saloon for refreshments, in
which confectionary of all descriptions, and excellent
coffee and sandwiches, &c., were provided for the visit-
ors. The stands in front of the Lake arc very commodi-
ously fitted up; and the whole arrangements, in fact,
display a disposition on the part of the proprietors to pro-
vide for the comfort of the visitors which is highly
commendable and entitle them to the hearty support of
the pleasure-loving community. In the centre of the
space surrounding the Lake, which is usually devoted to
the spectacle, fireworks, &c., was erected a Hindoo Tem-
ple, with neighbouring buildings of the Hindoo character,
forming with the background a stupendous panoramic
model, all fresco, of the caverns, subterraneous palaces
and far famed excavatedtemples of Ellora, and caves of Ky-
las. At each side was placed a gigantic elephant. from which
a.succession of fireworks was discharged, andwhich served
as screens for the parties engaged in the management of
the gorgeous scene presented. At about half-past nine
the company congregated to this part of the gardens, and
the display was commenced by a discharge of rockets and
simultaneous fires, in red, blue, green, &c., from within,
which exhibited in a splendid coup d'ceuil the whole scene
for a few minutes, after which it was enveloped in dark-
ness, for the better display of the works which, gliding
from the temples upon the surface of the lake, discharged
themselves in some most beautiful devices. At the con-
clusion the central temple opened slowly, and a colossal
figure of a Hindoo God floated out, surrounded by fire-
works, which exploded in a succession of most beautiful
fires, and concluded the evening's amusements. From
the late hour at which we write, and the pressure upon
our time and space, we feel that we have very insufficiently
described this unique display. No description, however,
could do it adequate justice ; and we must urge upon all
our readers to pay the gardens a visit, and judge and ad-
mire for themselves. If the specimen of a Hindoo festi-
val be anything like this mimic scene, the world has
hitherto much underrated it.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCII.—We are requested to call
attention to an advertisement calling a meeting on this
subject.