The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-01-23 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

ANOTHER ANTI-MONOPOLY ATTACK UP-
O N THE CONSERVATIVE OPERATIVES
OF TOXTETH-PARK.

On Friday evening last, the clique of busybodies, who
style themselves the Anti-monopoly Association of Liver-
pool, for no other reason that we can imagine except
that they dare not in this town appear in their true
colours, as bond slaves of " the League," called another
meeting of " the electors of South Toxteth Ward," at
which Mr. Murray, of Manc;i,ster, was again their lead-
ing spouter. Mr. James Harvey, jun., was in the chair,
and amongst the influential (!) gentlemen present we
noticed Mr. Charles Holland, Mr. S. Boult, and a few
others. If gentlemen were scarce, however, there was
a plentiful gathering of policemen—as, indeed, there has
been at all these meetings ; for what purpose, however,
or by whose authority we know not. If the people of
Liverpool, however, are to pay policemen for the purpose
of running here and there to preserve from possible in-
jury the weak heads of all the noodles who fancy that
they can spout supreme wisdom, they had better be told
so at once, as it would be infinitely more conducive to the
public safety that a portion of the force—say thirty or
forty men—should be set apart for this special purpose
(who might, for distinction's sake, be called " The
Leaguer's Body Guard ") rather than that whole dis-
tricts of the town should be left for hours together unpro-
tected whenever these gentlemen choose to indulge in
their vagaries. We recommend this subject to the con-
sideration of the Watch Committee. It is one quite
worthy of their notice.
The proceedings were opened by Mr. MURRAY, whose
discourse was merely a repetition of those already de-
livered by him—his leading arguments being, that before
the corn laws were in operation pauperism was rare,
convictions few; and that under the corn laws pauper-
ism and convictions materially increased ; ergo, the corn
laws must be the cause. In addition, he argued that
Adam was a repealer; and we dare say that he could
hive proved with equal ease that the old serpent was a
monopolist l
He was followed by CHAS. HOLLAND, who advocated
cheap food and removal of all protective duties, with his
usual elegance of diction and manners, but without stat-
ing how the necessary revenue was to be raised, or bring-
ing forward one single argument to prove his voluble
assertions. He concluded with moving a resolution con-
demnatory of all protective duties.
Mr. J. LONGWORTH, an operative shipwright, then
got up, and said he had an amendment to propose, hut
before he did so he wished to make a few remarks. He
was glad to see Mr. Boult and Mr. Holland on the plat-
form, as he wished to bring to their recollection a meet-
ing which took place at the Shipwrights'-rooms, some
time since, when he put a question to the Leaguers which
they refused to answer. It was with reference to the
glove trade of this country. The two gentlemen now
present wished French gloves to be imported free of duty,
stating the hardship of those wearing gloves having to
pay 3s. 6d. for what they could get from France for
6d.; and the question he put was, what they would do
with the English glove makers under those circumstances,
and in what way they would employ them when their
trade was ruined. This question they did not answer ;
and further, when it was known that he was opposed to
their fallacies he was immediately put down, and not
allowed to speak. He then put the question to them
through the Standard newspaper; and what was their
answer ? did they behave like gentlemen to a poor man ?
No ; but they stated, through a Radical print, that he
should have no answer—that he was a paid servant of
the church. He had no doubt they were ashamed of
such conduct ; at all events, they looked as though they
were. This, then, is the way with the League. Their
profession and practice are totally opposite. That meet-
ing was stated to be a meeting of the shipwrights ; but
he would prove that not more than five shipwrights were
present. The speaker then entered into the question, and
proved to the satisfaction of the meeting that the Leaguers
were not to be trusted ; that their views were selfish and
political ; and that their desire was to reduce the wages
of the operatives, and to put the saving in their own
pockets. He then called upon those gentlemen to answer
his question, what they would do with the glove
makers when their trade was gone ; and concluded with
proposing an amendment condemning the principles and
views of the League.
Mr. BOULT then rose, and after floundering about
evidently at a non plus, stated, that the English glove
makers were clumsy workmen, and must learn to work
better, or turn to something else. (!) They had no right
to look for protection from the residue of the country.
(Dissatisfaction.) He said he had been at Barnstable
lately, where the shipwrights only got 2s. 2d. a-day.
(Great uproar.)
Mr. HOLLAND then said that it was clear to him that
they would be defeated at that meeting ; indeed he knew
that public opinion in these wards was strongly against
them ; but he trusted that some seed had been sown that
evening which would bring forth fruit on some future
occasion.
The amendment to the original motion was then put,
when the amendment was carried by a large majority,
and the meeting quietly separated.
[We are quite of the opinion expressed above by Mr.
Charles Holland, that "some seed has been sown, by
himself and his friend Mr. Boult, which will bring forth
fruit." They have, on Lilt -x-nvv..otssm, _pretty plainly the extent of their professed regard for the
working population of Great Britain. The English
glovers, said Mr. Boult, are "clumsy workmen ;" ergo,
they must be overwhelmed by the admission of French
goods. They must direct their industry into new chan-
nels! Exceedingly liberal, and vastly humane ! Yes,
Mr. Holland, seed like this will bear fruit. It will show
the poor men, whom you and your fellows strive to dupe,
with what little compassion you would wreck their in-
dustry and plunge their families into a workhouse (for
that is the practical interpretation of your theory, that
their industry can be directed at pleasure into new chan-
nels)—you would ruin these poor workers whenever you
discovered that you could buy a pair of gloves, a pair of
shoes, a hat, or any other commodity a sous cheaper
from the French, or the German, than from your own
countrymen—the " clumsy workmen" of Great Britain !
We will water your seed, Mr. Charles Holland, until the
plant is high enough for your fellow-townsmen to see it !
—ED. L. S.]

WRECKED Goons.--The loss of the Zeno, and other
similar catastrophes that have of late occurred, have sup-
plied several of our large drapery establishments with
abundant stocks of damaged goods. The most extensive
we have seen displayed is that of Mr. Jones (whose ad-
vertisement appears in another column) : it includes al-
most every article of Manchester manufacture, as well as
a quantity of fine linens, most of which are but slightly
damaged, and are offered at prices truly astonishing.
CORONER'S INQUESTS.—During the past year, as we
find from the official return, the coroner for this borough
has held no less than four hundred and thirty-four in-
quests. The following are the results :-26 found drowned,
30 burnt, 112 accidentally killed, 1 wrong treatment at
birth, 116 visitation of God, 10 injured, no evidence how,
16 suicide, 13 still born, 19 found dead, 17 accidentally
scalded, 18 drowned, 10 overlaid, 11 burnt accidentally, 4
manslaughter, 10 apoplexy, 2 wilful murder, 1 died from
want of food, 1 felo de se.

FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM.—On Sunday, the church
of St John the Evangalist, Hope-street, was re-opened,
after having undergone various improvements rod embel-
lishments internally. Ihe pulpit, reading-desk, and com-
munion-table have been removed from the eastern to the
western end ; and the pews have been covered with blue
merino, which has a pleasing effect. The sermon in the
morning was preached by the Rev. Jonathan Brooks,
senior rector, and that in the evening by the Rev. T.
Macgill, curate of Liverpool; and appeals were made
after both in aid of the Female Orphan Asylum. We
noticed the Mayor, Councillor Ai kin, and several members
of the Council among the congregation in the forenoon.
The collection in the morning amounted to £26 Gs 6d., and
in the evening to £27 3s 6d.

THEATRE ROYAL, WILLIAMSON-SQUARE.—During
the last week we have been favoured with the appearance
of Madame Celeste in the " World of Dreams," which
has continued to attract excellent houses. The second
piece has been " Black-eyed Susan," in which Mr. T. P.
Cooke has sustained his part of William. The song of
"Black-eyed Susan" was very prettily sung by the
younger Miss Coveney. On Friday the performances
were the " World of Dreams," and "My Poll and
Partnerioe," fur:Abe bell& of P
Blackstone and Mrs:Fitzwdbam re-appear this week, in
the niece entitled " The Little Devil," played for so long
a period at the Haymarket. They are to be succeeded
next- week by Mr. Vandenhofr, who will appear in the
" Love Chase."

COMMITMENTS.—Yesterday, a well-dressed and good-
looking girl named Sarah M`Kenzie, was charged befor e
Mr. Rushton with stealing a shawl from a shop in Bane -
lagh-street. Mrs. Hinton, who keeps the shop (a butcher's)
said that on Saturday the prisoner came in and inquired
for a person who lived next door. Witness had occasion
to go out for a few moments at the time and _eft her bon-
net and shawl on a block. On her return she missed the
sh awl and gave information to a police-officer, who suc-
co eded in overtaking the prisoner. On his coming up to
her she dropped the article from under her own dress, and
he secured her. She was sent for trial.—A boy named
Wm. Hughes was also committed for, in conjunction with
two others who ran off, stealing 121 b. of cheese from the
shop of Mr. Joseph Macnamara, provision dealer, Scot-
land-road, on Saturday afternoon.
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THEATRE-ROYAL, CHURCH-STREET.--The, perform-
ances this week have commenced with a new e
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to up, fine
page in the suite of the young Prince of China, who is on
a visit to the Court of Great Britain. Mr. Raymond, as
O'Gallaylier, an Irish interpreter, was very livpt,- ,nd
droll, imparting to the character his peculiar 7v717:i of
humour, mingled with a quietness and sobriety of colour-
ing which belong to the personations of few delineators
of Irish character. "Borrowing a Husband," introduced
to the audience Mrs. Raymond, as Pamela, which she
sustained most effectively, drawing down repeated bursts
of applause. Mr. Bedford's acting in this piece was also
excellent. This young actor continues to draw upon the
favour of the audience, and to develope new powers.
With care and attention he has still higher ground before
him. Mr. Phelps, we observe, returns this week, and
will again go through his round of tragic characters.