The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-05-28 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

• Sta,--Having heard Mr. Cobden utter a multiplicity of
misstatements at the nomination at Newton, I feel corn-
pelled (if you will allow me,) through your valuable jour-
nal toscontradict one.
He stated that alz montha_azo h ked at a—meet-
ing held at Knutsford, that the land-tat quarter grew
more rushes than corn. Now, being a resident in the
vicinityrand a landowner, I never saw, nor did any other
person now living know the land in that neighbourhood
in such a condition as to warrant Mr. Cobden making
such a preposterous statement ; and I can only come to
the conclusion that he did not know. rushes from- growing
corn; and as Mr. C. is an authority quoted by the
emissaries of the League, it would be well if both he and
his party would attend to the ejaculations which he heard
during his speech at Newton, "Tell the truth, man, tell
the truth."

A CHESHIRE FARMER.

ADDRESS- TO THE, HON. AND REV. BAPTIST W.
NOEL.—This gentleman has taken a distinguished part
in the late metropolitan movement for an abridgement of
the shopkeepers' hours of business;. and the committee
of the Liverpool Association of Assistant Tradesmen
desiring to express their gratitude to so eminent a friend to
the cause have presented an address of thanks, which was
received by the Hon. and Rev. Gentleman on Thursday,
at the house of John Cropper, Esq., Dingle Bank, in the
moat affable and kindly manner. _ - _

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Sir H. Fleetwood, the Rev. Dr. Tattershall, Rev. Dr.
Raffles, Wm. Fletcher, Esq., Mr. Jones, Mr. Ainswotth,
Mr. Haigh, William JaCkson, E. Rushton, Esq.. C. W.
Clsy, A. Waln, Rev.. Mr. Hampton, .1. H. Stewart, Co-
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country. In his List we were favoured with a sketch of
Sir Robert Peel and. his style of oratory, so well drawn as
to command enthusiastic applause throughout. Lord
Brougham was likewise depicted, and specimens of his
style of composition given. This evening Lord John Rus-
sell and Mr. O'Connell will contribute their quota to the
instruction and entertainment of the audience. The
speeches to be recited are Llrd John Russell's speeches
on " church-rates," " on restrictive duties," " on colo-
nial trade," and " on Sir R. Peel's want of confidence
motion ;" and Mr. O'Connell's speeches " on Maynooth
College," " on the Union," and a hustings speech.
WARNING TO SElle Boys.—On Tuesday, and also on
Wednesday,. two youths of 16, or 17 years of age were
charged before Mr. Rushton by the owner of the ship
Elizabeth, in which they were. apprentices, with refusing
to go to sea with her. The lids said the hands were put
on short allowance on the voyage home, but it appeared
that this sometimes was unavoidable, and that they fared
no worse than the men. They next complained that their
berths were wet and uncomfortable from leakage. Mr.
Rushton sent parties to the ship to ascertain the truth of
the statement, and amongst them, finally, Mr. Askew,
the harbour-master, who said, that having examined the
vessel, he had no hesitation in saying that the berths were
in every respect all that could be desired in reason by ap-
prentices, and far better than any accommodation he ever
enjoyed when he was one. This did not shake the deter-
mination of the boys not to go with the vessel, and Mr.
Rushton admonished them and committed them to gaol
for a month, adding, that if they refused to go to sea, at
the expiration of that time on board of any vessel selected
by those to whom they were apprenticed, he should com-
mit them for an additional three months.
THE ORANGERY AT LEE HALL. LITTLEWOOLTON.—
This orangery contains an excellent collection of the best
sorts of the genus Citrus. Most of the plants grow in
pits, which are superior to pots or boxes. The golden
fruit reposing amongst the leaves has an interesting effect
at this season, when but few flowers enliven the conser-
vatory. One-half of the back wall is covered with the
plant Psidium cattleyanum, and the other with the com-
mon shaddock, both bearing excellent fruit. To the west
of the orangery, in a fine stove, there is a beautiful show
of oranges, citrons, &c., trained over the back path, on a
wire trellis. These bear abundantly every year. The
back path of a pine stove on the side ot toe orangery is
covered with oranges, &c., growing with great luxuriance.
Adjoining this is a house 70 feet long and 24 broad, in 7
tended chiefly for conservatory climbers, to be Or
ote_d.
out in the border outside. At present it is priocallY • c.as
cupied by orange trees. Mr. Oakhill, the proprietotar,
and
paid great attention to the culture of bulbous I
beautiful.
has been highly successful. The Amer
in flower are chiefly hybrids, they are
The greater part produce large gorgeous fl
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easily cultivated, take but little room, a
of Orch'
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namental in the conservatory. The collection
doeete here is yet but small. Nutlibera have lately been
plants,
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received from the orange mountains Brazil,
and the
few that have yet flowered include some new and beauti-
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ful varier es. The pines occupy six of the central pits, in
and all of
the like number of houses. They look owers
well, and some of
them are carrying fine fruit.

A MOTHER AND CHILD FOUND DROWNED
IN THE CANAL UNDER SUSPICIOUS
CIRCUMSTANCES.

On Sunday last, much interest and anxiety prevailed
in and near Bootle, in consequence of a rumour that a
child had been taken out of the canal in so lifeless a state
that animation coul I not be restored ; that the body of
the mother had afterwards been dragged for and found;
and that there were circumstances that indicated crimi-
nality of the gravest kind, either on the part of the unfor-
tunate female herself, or of some one else, of whom she
and her infant might have become the victims. Asa legal
inquiry has been made, we set aside all speculations, and
proceed at once to the evidence, as taken yesterday, at
the Rising Sun public-house, (to which the bodies were
conveyed,) before Mr. Helms, junior, Deputy Coroner
for the county, and a respectable jury :
Edward Smethers, Bootle, gardener, said that on Satur-
day night,, about half-past nine o'clock, when it was
almost dark, he was walking along the canal bank, about
200 yards from the Coffee House Bridge, in Bootle, (and
on the Liverpool side of the bridge,) when he heard a
bubbling noise in the water on the opposite side. He
listened again and heard a moaning noise, which induced
him to suppose that some one had been drowning a pup-
py, and soon afterwards saw what he thought to be a pup-
py. As no one else was on the bank, he called for assis-
tance, and a man came up from a neighbou-ing house
with a pole, with which they drew the object to the side,
and found it to be a child, not quite dead. Mr. Reid,
Surgeon, was sent for, but all efforts to restore animation
were ineffectual.

James Pve, police-constable No. 16, said that having
heard of the circumstances, he went to the place, and
thinking the child was not of an age to be there by itself,
got drags, and searched the canal near the spot where the
child was found. At half-past eleven o'clock the body of
a young woman was found, about six yards from where
the child was first seen. The drags were heavy, and
might have easily bruised the body as they were thrown
several times before they caught hold of deceased's
clothes.

James Gough identified the bodies. They were those
of Mary Mc Lagan and her son. The elder deceased was
his sister, and wife of John Mc Lagan, joiner, Portland-
place. She was suckling her child and was 29 years of
age. The infant was about five months old. They were
at his house about one o'clock on Saturday, and his sister
was then apparently in good health and spirits. He had
never heard of any disagreement between her and her
husband.

Margaret Jones, single woman, said she lived in Bur-
lington-street, and was with the husband all day on Sun-
day looking for her. Deceased female bad been in low
spirits for the last twelve months, but more particularly
during the last fortnight. She had informed witness on
several occasions that she was some little in debt, and that
her husband was not aware of it. Witness did not think
any of the debt or money was contracted by deceased for
drink, but was spent for household purposes. She saw
her on Saturday afternoon, and she was not at all intoxi-
cated. Sheleft witness's house at 20 minutes to 4 o'clock,
and said she was going to Burlington-bridge to meet her
husband. He had 24s a week, and never let her or her
children want. She said three different times before she
went that be had never done her any harm. She also
said, she had a good deal to pay that night; that the parties
would not give her time, and that her husband did not
know of it, but was well able to pay. She never evert
hinted at destroying herself. Her husband was remark-
ably kind to her, and fond of her. She had no mark
upon her when she left witness, but one under one of her
eyes, apparently not recent. The place where she was
found was at least two miles from Burlington-bridge.
Had deceased been brusied she would have told witness,
as they were very intimate. Her husband would have
forgiven her if she had told him of the debts she owed.
Sarah Booth, who had laid out the bodies, described,
three bruises on the thighs and side of the deceased wo-
man; but there was no skin broken, or any apparent
injury from a blew or wound that would be mortal. (The
jury seemed satigned that the bruises might have been
caused by the drags.)
Ann Baxter, a widower, with whom the deceased and
her husband and family lived, said deceased's husband
used sometimes to scold her, having missed articles out of
the house• that had been pledged ; but she never saw him
strike her. She was not a drunken woman, but took a
little drink occasionally. People came dunning her from
shops, and she had lately been in low spirits.
The coroner .summed up, stating that from the evidence,
he considered' they had a choice of two verdicts—either
that having practiced some deceit upon the husband, and
being arfaid ore disclosure, she had drowned herself under•'
temporary insanity; or as there was no actual proof of
this, that she was " found drowned."

The jury, without retiring, returned a 'verdict to the
effect that both the deceased were " found drowned, but
how they got into the water there was no evidence to
show."

The bodies of both were placed on one table at the
public-house. The female had apparently been good-
looking, and the child was plump and pretty even in
death.