The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-09-09 00:00:00

POLICE COURT, YESTERD.dY.

STEALING BUTTER IN ST. JAMES' MARKET.—A
woman (who had been often previously committed) was
sent to prison for seven days for stealing l4lbs of butter
from one of the stalls in St. James' Market, on Saturday
night.
POCKET PICKING.—SamueI Hall was committed for
trial for picking the pocket of Mary Clarke of a purse con-
taining 9s. 6d., on Monday afternoon last, whilst she was
watching the Foresters' procession. The prisoner made
his escape at the time, but was afterwards apprehended,
and recognised by a girl who witnessed the occurrence.
Another lad had previously been committed for participa-
tion in the same offence.

STEALING GRAPES.—A boy, named Thomas Anderson,
was charged by officer 582 with stealing grapes, on Sunday
morning last, from the gaaden of Mr. Edwards, in Lodge-
lane. The policeman saw the grapes thrown over the gar-
den-wall. and the prisoner afterwards followed. Two
other boys, who were with him, ran away. Committed
for fourteen days.

A sailor, named Featherstone, was fined 20s. and costs,
for assaulting another sailor at the Waterloo-dock yester-
day. Mr. Davenport (who appeared for the prisoner),
stated that his client had been frequently annoyed by
parties calling him from his ship on the most frivolous
pretences. The complainant had come on one of these
errands, and Featherstone had merely driven him away.
The magistrates told him he must not make use of such
strong means, and fined him for the offence.
ROBBERY OF A WATCll.—Elizabeth Powers and Mary
Johnson were brought up for stealing a watch, value £2.
from the person of Benjamin Taylor, a coloured man, ir.
their house in Great Howard-street. The prosecutor
usually bad his washing done by the prisoners, and went
into the house and fell asleep, and whilst in that condition
they robbed him of his watch, which they had afterwards
pledged for 7s. Powers was committed for fourteen days
and Johnson was discharged.
A little boy was sent to prison for three days and ordered
to be whipped for having stolen property in his possession.
Officer 317 charged a boy with having a quantity of old
ropes in his possession, stolen from some flats in the canal.
Several parties in the neighbourhood had eompl ined of
robberies, and the officer being on the look-out, appre-
hended the prisoner. He was sent to prison for seven
days.

PASSING BASE COIN.—A man was charged with several
attempts to commit this offence. He first went into the
shop of Grace Roberts, 150, Great Howard-street, on Sa-
turday, and offered a bad shilling in payment for some
provisions. he came again on Sunday, and again offered
bad money. He had also purchased three penny-worth
of apples of a girl, and after giving her a bad shilling, re-
ceived ninepence iu change. He was remanded.
A STOLEN WATCII "TURNED UP."-Mr, Blundell, a
watchmaker, charged a countryman, named Nicholas
O'Keefe, with having stolen a watch left in Mr. Blundell's
care fifteen months ago, for the purpose of being repaired.
Mr. Blundell, it appeared, has a small farm in the
neighbourhood, and the prisoner was his servant.
He was in the habit of taking his watches home from
his shop in the town, and after doing so with the one in
question it had mysteriously disappeared. Since that time
he has frequently seen a watch in the hands of the prisoner,
who eventually gave it into his master's charge, as it
wanted mending. Upon examination it turned out to be
the identical watch so long missi❑g, in consequence of
which he had been apprehended. The prisoner said the
watch had been given to him by his wife, who was also in
Mr. Blundell's service. The prisoner was remanded, in
order that the house might be searched. Mr. Blundell hav-
ing lost a considerable amount of other property.
A great number of parties were brought no and fined
103. and costs, for assaults on the police, in different parts
of the town. The police are evidently a very obnoxious
class in the eyes of the lower orders.

A man, named Robert Jones, stated to be in employ-
ment under the Corporation. was remanded on a charge
of stealing a silk handkerchief belonging to a Mr. Warren.
The parties had been drinking in Duckworth's public-
house, when Warren missed his pocket handkerchief. The
prisoner left the house, and shortly afterwards the hand-
kerchief was found lying in the gutter outside.

LIVERPOOL HORTICULTURAL EdVIIIBITION
SOCIETY.
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The third and last exhibition of the season was held on
Thursday, at the Botanic Gardens, i❑ the tents provided
for the purpose at the rear of the buildings. The weather
was all that could be wished, and the attendance excellent,
proving most completely that Liverpool is not dull in
these matters, and that if the gentlemen of the vicinity
would but take the matter in hand, and infuse some spirit
into these pleasing exhibitions, this town, instead of hav-
ing shows of mere local interest, might take the lead in
this part of the kingdom, and produce displays which would
attract parties from all the surrounding provinces. It is a
fashion with the press generally upon these occasions to
give unlimited praise to everything, instead of exercising
that well conducted censorship which would make the
good and the bad stand out most prominently ; the con-
sequence is that our progress is slow, from the self satis-
faction of all parties that they have been perfectly success-
ful. As we do not intend to act upon this principle, we
cannot help remarking that no greater violation of taste
could possibly be evinced than the decoration of a tent,
intended for the display of delicately coloured flowers,
with tawdry calico of various colours. In fact, no device
could be selected more adapted to kill the colours of the
flowers themselves. It is an established rule at the me-
tropolitan shows, which are the first in the world, to ex-
clude decoration of all kinds, and to have as subdued a
light as possible, consistent with the plants being clearly
seen. Every individual conversant with the laws of colour
will understand our remarks, and we hope the committee,
in credit to theirown taste, will in future avoid this mistake.

Amongst the rniscellaneous objects exhibited were the
tasteful ornamental works of iron and iron wire, by
Messrs. C. D. Young and Co., and the exquisite wax flowers
of Mrs. Green, a talented Liverpool artiste, whose works
in this delightful art deserve to be better known. The
specimens she exhibited were Catthya labiate, Oncidium
papilio, Passiflora ballottii, Nerium oleander var. alba,
and Stanhopea occulata. Some specimens of dried flowers
were arranged as bouquets on paper, by Mr. Williams,
of the Walton Nursery. A curious sun-dial (by Mr.
Melvin) called the Equatorial dial, shewed the time at
every important place on the globe. There was also a
fine device representing the Royal Arms and motto, by
the Rev. R. Leigh : it was after the style of those made
by the Misses Blundell, of Aughton, and exhibited at
Ormskirk several times ; but those of the ladies at Orms-
kirk are still the most superior yet exhibited.
The stove planes were superior to any ever shewn at
this season in Liverpool, and we should have furnished
the usual complete list, but it has been withheld by the
Secretary. The dahlias, though fine, were not quite first-
rate, even for this locality. Some good scarlet geraniums
were exhibited by Mr. Harrison, of Ince Blundell, and Mr.
Chas. Rylance, of Lydiate. The fruit and vegetables were
also especially fine, especially the latter. The grapes
shewn by J. Bibby, Esq., of Stanfield House, were the
finest Black Hambro's ever seen in this neighbourhood,
and the White Muscats of T. Morris, Esq., were quite
worthy of the same commendation. These two gentlemen
also carried off the first prizes at the Grand National Ex-
hibition at Tarvin. From Messrs. Whalley's nursery
there was a remarkable lot of liliums and fuchsias, all
seedlings ; the latter, six in number, took a first prize.
The following is the list of prizes :

GROUPS OF PLANTS.—SIX Heaths-1, A. Fairrie; 2, Thomas
Davies and Co. Four Heaths-1, 11. Winch ; 2, A. Fairrie.
Six Fuchsias-1, T. Whalley; 2, J. B. Leatherharrow ; 3, C.
Rylance. Four Fuchsias-1 and 2, J. B. Leatherbarrow ;3, H.
T. Wilson. Eight Pelargoniums—l, C. Rylance; 2 and 3, W.
E. Harrison. Four Pelargoniums-1, R. Gladstone; 3, W. E.
Harrison. Six Fancy Pelargoniums-1 and 3, R. Gladstone; 2,
C. Rylance. Four Scarlet Pelargoniums—l, 2. and 3, W. E.
Harrison. Eight Pot Roses-1, R. Griffiths; 2, W. P.. Harrison.
Four Roses—l, 3. B. Leatherharrow ; 2, R. Griffiths. Four
Achimenes-1. H. Sharpies; 2, A. Fairrie; 3, J. B. Leather-
harrow. Six Verbenas-1 and 2, T. Whalley. Six Petunias-1,
C._lylance; 2, G. Holt. Six Calceolarias-3, Thomas Whalley.

MISCELLANEOUS.-Four Exotic Orchidac:m-1, I. Hadwen;
2, A. Fairrie; 3, 11. Winch. Eight Stove or Greenhouse Plants
-1, C. Wilson; 2, H. Sharpies; 3, H. Littledale. Four Ditto-
], C. Wilson ; 2, H. Winch.
CLASS 2.-SINGLE SPECIMENS.-Heaths-I, A. Fairrie; 2,
H. V‘ inch ; 3, T. Davies and Co. Fuchsia-1, J. B. Yates;
2, T. Whaley; 3. C. Rylance. Pelargonium-1, 2, and 3, R.
Gladstone. Fancy Ditto-1, 2. and 3, R. Gladstone. Orchid-
aceous Plant-1, I. Hadwen. Stove Plant-1, J. Focke ; 2 and
3, C. Wilson. Extra-R. Gladstone. Greenhouse Plant-I,T.
Davies and Co. ; 2, G. Davies ; 3, C. Wilson. Herbaceous
Plant-1, A. Fairrie; 2, 11. Griffiths; 3, H. Winch.
MISCELLANEOUS GROUPS.-Baskets of Plants-1, A. Fairrie;
2, J. B. Leatherbarrow • 3, C. Rylance. Device of Flowers-1,
Rev. R. Leigh ; 2, H. T. Wilson. Cut Flowers- 1, H. Winch;
2, H. Littledale; 3, A. Fairrie. Bouquets-I and 2, H. Winch;
3, C. Rylance. Twenty-four Cut Roses-1, J. Kellock. Twelve
Cut Roses-1, W. E. Harrison ; 2 and 3, J. Kellock. Eight
Cut Roses-1, W. E. Harrison ; 2 and 3, R. B. Hill.
FLORISTS' FLowEas.-Twenty-four Pansies-1, J. Cromp-
ton ; 2, M. Simm; 3, W. E. Harrison. Twelve Pansies-I, J.
Crompton ; 2, M. Simm ; 3, W. E. Harrison. Eighteen
Dahlias-1. Thomas Hayes ; 2, M. Simm ; 3, James Moss.
Twelve Dahlias-1, James Moss; 2, J. Crompton; 3, John
Barrow. Six Dahlias-I, J. Crompton; 2, J. Barrow; 3, M.
Simm. Sweepstakes of twenty-four Dahlias-I, Thomas
Hayes; 2, G. Davies. Twelve Dahlias-1 and 2, C. Rylance.
Scarlet Bizarre Carnation-1, 2,3, 4,5, and It. Colonel Lee.
Pink Bizarre-I, 2,3, 4. and 5, Col. Lee. Scarlet Flake-
1, 2,3, 4,5, and 6, Col. Lee. Pink Flake-I, 2,3, 4,5, and 6,
Col. Lee. Purple Flake-I, 2,3, 4,5, and 6, Col. Lee. Purple
Picotees-i, 2,3, 4, and 5, Col. Lee. Red Ditto-1, 2,3, 4,
and 5, Col. Lee.
FRUITS.-Collection-1, H. LittledalGer;a2p,esi_Vi
andE.az
J.loni
Black Pine Apple-1, H. Littledale.
Bibby; 3, R. Gladstone. White Grapes-i and 2, T. Morris,
3, R. Z. Hill. Peaches-1, T. B. Blackburn ;2, Sir T. B.
Birch; 3, R. Gladstone. Nectarines-1, R. Gladstone; 2, It.
B. Hill ;3,J. B. Leatherbarrow. Apricots-t, W. E. Harrison.
Melons-1, R. C. Gardener; 2 and 3, H. Littledale. Table
Apples-I. W. Harrison ;2, P. Wright ;3, A. Ward. Culinary
Apples-1, R. B. Hill; 2, H. Harrison; 3, J. Williams. Pears
-1, G. Holt ; 2,T. Morris ;3,T. B. Blackburn. Raspberries-
1, 2, and 3, W. Harrison. Gooseberries-1 and 2, W. Mann ;
33,,
RRe.vn..ltH.iLllei.
Currants-1,
s 12,.Ja.nJd.
3Bibby;, P.
Wright. 21'.
BWright;nek
Currants-1, J. B. I.eatherbarrow. Cherries-I, R. Leigh ;2,
3, T. Morris. Figs-I, E. Harrison.
R. C. Gardener; 3, R. BV. Hill. Plums-1 and 2, R. B. Hill;
VEGETABLES.-Collection : 1 and 3, \V. E. Harrison ; 2, R.
Leigh.
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Gladstone. Cucumbers: l and 3, C. Rylance; 2, T. Hayes.
Cauliflowers : 1, Rev. R. Leigh. Curled Parsley : I, R. Glad-
stone ; 2, J. B. Leatherbarrow ; 3, C. Rylance. Onions : 1 and
3, W. E. Harrison; 2, J. B. Leatherbarrow. Carrots: 1. W.
E. Harrison ; 2 and 3, C. Rylance. Turnips: 1, C. Rylance ;
2, R. Gladstone; 3, W. E. Harrison. Celery: 1 and 3, D.
Murray; 2, Rev. R. Leigh.-FXTRA PRIZES: Dr. Dickinson's
prize for twenty indigenous plants; 1, J. Harrison; 2, J.
•Shillitoe. Best and most correctly-written names of plants:
Isaac Hadwen. Extra prize for six fuchsias: T. Whalley.
Four pelargoniums : C. Rylance. Extra prize for flowers on
card in imitation of drawing : 1, J. Harrison ; 3, Jas. Shillitoe.
Scarlet geranium :W. E. Harrison. Two cockscombs :C,
Rylance. Black grapes Sir T, Jl, Birch, Stove plant.: G.
Davies.

ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCB.

THE POST-OFFICE.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL SreIND
SIR,-Allow me, as a working man, to thank
zealous endeavours for the good of this country, in "Wriii-te
through the medium of your valuable paper, the desP!.,o.
cause of the free-traders. Their false and treacherous ilgo,",be
tions and reports have not only betrayed the interests
working classes, but some of their own friends, to
I am informed, Sir, that every vacancy in each departme,tbel
the Liverpool Post-office is immediately filled up by some 00
Postmaster-General's ruined tenants and their relatives..wd
are all Roman Catholics, and all newly-imported from hello(
whilst the claims for such vacancies by our own townsmen,"
when numbers are actually starving for want of '
treated with contempt. or
It is not my design to exasperate the feelings of any Mn-ijut
deprive him even of a situation, though he differ with Me. j
hicu
I cannot refrain from exposing such a monopoly, and IT
am sure redounds but little to the honour and credit a
Lord Clanricarde.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, ,v.
THOMAS (iLEA
Bankruptcy Court, South John-street,
Liverpool, August 27th, 1851. destrurunts
[lt appears that previously to Lord Clanricarde hecnitit
Postmaster-General the vacancies in the Liverp recrs
00l Post-o 0 :.
were filled up in rotation, from a list of names specially
mended by the members for the borough and the chief mar. e.
trate. Now, however, the case is altered, and the Postmla,„,
General reserves the whole of the patronage to himself•
deed, we understand that about two months ago one o:tb
letter carriers (William Molyneux) died, and before it coulde
...„,f
official), reported to the office in London—in fact, before I?u`'d
Molyneux was buried—a youth of about sixteen had arra_,
f rum Lord Clanricarde's estates to fill the vacancy.ll