The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-05-09 00:00:00

TOXTETH PARK PROTESTANT OPERATIVE
SOCIETY.

The half-yearly general meeting of the members and friend s
of this society was held last evening in the Toxteth-hall,
Mill-street, for the purpose of promoting the general objects
of the institution, and also for supporting the measure in-
troduced by government into the House of Commons for the
scriptural education of the children of the poor in the manu-
facturing districts of the country. The place was extremely
crowded, and upon the platform we observed the Rev. H.
Carpenter, the Rev. D. James, Mr. John Sheppard, and a
great number of other gentlemen of Protestant and Con-
servative principles.
Mr. JOHN SnErrArtn, one of the representatives in the
Town Council for North Toxteth Wr.rd, was unanimously
called to the chair. After some general observations, he said
the meeting were principally assembled for the purpose of
considering the expediency of petitioning the House of Com-
mons in favour of Sir James Graham's bill, for the education
of children in the factory districts; an object which, he con-
tended, it was their duty and their privilege to support. He
described the destitute condition of the population in the
mining and manufacturing districts with respect to religious
knowledge, and contended that it was the duty of all loyal
subjects to support the government in their efforts to extend
to them the blessings of knowledge. He remarked that
some of the dissenting sects were even yet dissatisfied with
the bill of Sir James Graham, although it had undergone
large modifications; and, under ail these circumstances, it
was necessary for the friends of the church to come forward
and shew themselves. (Loud cheers.)
_ .

At the close of his address the Chairman read the follow-
ing note from Mr. Councillor Harbord :
" Mr Dawn, SlA.—Beine on the sick list I am prevented
attended the meeting this evening, I have therefore to re-
quest the favour of your intimating the same to our friends
of the good cause, assuring them that had my health per-
mitted, I should not only have considered it a duty, but a
privilege, to stand forward in support of the greatest blessing
which our kind ptid merciful God has freely offered to us
sinful and polluttkl creatures.
" Remaining, Dear Sir, yours sincerely,
" RICHARD lIARBORD.

" Upper Parliament-street, 8111310, 1842."
The Rev. HENRY CARPENTER moved the first resolution,
which set forth that the condition of a large portion of the
children of the bumbler classes of this country, in reference
to education, imperatively demanded the prompt interference
of Christian rulers, with the view of securing for them such
opportunities and means as might, with the Divine blessing,
conduce not only to them temporal amelioration but to them
spiritual and eternal welfare. The Rev. Gentleman, in the
course of an able speech, showed by a variety of statistics
that the church had exceeded the efforts of all other religious
bodies in the promotion of education, both with reference to
the number of schools supported and the number of scholars
in them. And, as the Chirman had proved from official
documents after all the efforts which had been made, it was
a positive fact that more than a million children were
still destitute of education. In order to supply educa-
tion to that number, there must be added to the sum
already expended by churchmen £300,000 a year. It ap-
peared to him impracticable to expect that this sum, in addi-
tion to that already contributed by churchmen, a fair case
was made out for the interference of parliament. The prin•
ciple, indeed, had already been affirmed by parliament, and
it was the duty of parliament to affirm it; and if they voted
to-morrow £300,000 a year to educate the people, he was
satisfied it would be found ultimately a vast saving in a finan-
cial point of view, inasmuch as the spread of religious know-
ledge was the best instrument for preventing crime. It was
a fact ❑ot perhaps generally known that it cost inure money
to convict and transport one felon than it would to educate
800 children a whole year! (Cheers.) Was not crime, then,
more costly than education ? (Cheers.) Having expanded
this view of the subject, the rev. gentleman adverted to the
opposition made by the three denominations of dissenters to
the principle involved in the factory bill, and contended that
it was founded neither in justice nor reason ; and he con-
cluded by an urgent call upon the meeting to support the
great principle of scriptural education.
Mr. R. Nl' CL AY seconded the resolution in an appropriate
address, after which it was unanimously carried.

The Rev. DAVID JAMES proposed the second resolution,
as follows :—" That no system of education ought to receive
the sanction of protestants but that which is based upon the
principle of the free use of the Scriptures to every child
coming to be instructed, and that while we as Protestants
are willing to allow full liberty to the Dissenter in non-essen-
tial matters of merely human arrangement, we cannot, as
consistent churchmen, consent to see our venerable esta-
blishment assigned a lower place in any plan of national edu-
cation than that to which, as the national church, she is so
fairly entitled." The reverend gentleman delivered a very
eloquent address, in the course of which he explained the
educational clauses of Factory Act in support of the resolu-
tion.

Mr. CHARLES lIINTos seconded.the motion, and it was
unanimously adopted.

The usual thanks were then voted to the chairman for his
efficient conduct in the chair, and shortly after ten o'clock
the meeting separated.

The Ant;-Corn-law League have applied to engage Covent-
Garden Theatre to hold their meetings in, and the proprie-
tors have declined, stating that their theatre ought not to be
has large light ht blue
Journal. eyes, and hair
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appropriated to political meetings.
THE INFANT PaiNcEss.—Her Royal Highness is a re-
markably fine infant, not so delicately formed as her sister,
the Princess Royal, and in features more resembling the
Princehie h promises m Wales.se so i beShe flax hesrl.
At a meeting of the United Service Institution held in
London a few days ago, Major Shadwell Clarke in the chair,
a model of a new oar, made so as that the rower could sit
with his face towards the head of the boat, and still pull in
the usual manlier, was exhibited.

There is to be seen, in the house of Mr. Brook, surgeon,
at Stansted, Essex, a robin's nest built between the candle-
sticks on the rnantlepiece over the kitchen fireplace. It has
four eggs, which are in a state of incubation.
THE ABSCONDED TREASURER.—Mr. Cox, of the head
police-office, left Kingstown on Wednesday afternoon, for
Liverpool, to take his passage in the Caledonian mail steamer,
which was to have sailed from that port yesterday morning
for Boston. Mr. Cox is armed with all the necessary powers
for the arrest of James Finn, the absconded treasurer of the
corporation, and the seizure of all money and other property
in his possession.—Dublin Paper,
OROBBERY AND MURDER.—_O 0 Thursday morning last
etween six and seven o'clock, as police-constable Sleigh
was
walking round the New Market-place, Bury, he was called
upon by two men, and informed that an old man was lying,
dead above the sand-pits. On proceeding to the spot he
found the deceased, James Heywood, a farmer, from the
neighbourhood of Middleton, an old man of sixty-four years
of age, lying upon
his left side, and quite dead. There was
a quantity of blood upon the ground—one eye was blackened,
and near the other was a severe cut. The right pocket of his
breeches was turned inside out, and the left pocket was com-
pletely torn away from his clothes; and close to him was his
purse, which, however, was empty, lie must have been
robbed, as he had come to Bury fair with an intention of
buying a cow, and, therefore, must have had money upon
him. His hat lay on the hedge, and in the hedge was an
done in a
opening, apparently „ , severe struggle, as the thorns
were broken and some blood lay upon them ; but the imme-
mediate cause of death had evidently been that of strangula-
tion. Mr. Foster, surgeon, was sent for, and deceased was
conveyed to the house of Wright Greenhalgh, where he now
lies. In addition to the money stolen from him (probably
about £10) his watch was also taken. He was last seen be-
tween nine and ten o'clock on the evening of Wednesday, and
was then intoxicated. The
place where he was found is not
on his way home, and he must have been inveigled to the
spot.—Manchester Courier.

OIiSGRACHFUk PROCEEDII,Id3 OF A fiiiiPtti
CREW, AN lERITORIOUS CONDUCT OF
THE CAPTAIN AND OFFICERS.

At the police-court yesterday Messrs. Gladstone and Co.
were summoned before Mr. Rushton and Mr. S. Percival,
to !hew cause why they refused to pay William or Stephen
Rose, an able seaman, the sum of £8 9s. 7d., which he
alleged to be due to him for wages, from the 13th of Dec.
last to the 27th of April, at the rate of £2 10s. per month.
Mr. Davenport appeared tor the claimant, with whom
there were fourteen other seamen, and Mr. Carson repre-
sented Messrs. Gladstone and Co.

The complainant stated that, on the 13th of December, he
was shipped on board Messrs. Gladstone's vessel, the Duke
of Lancaster, Captain Mackenzie, at Calcutta, at £2 10s. per
month ; he arrived in Liverpool on the 27th of April, but his
wages were refused to be paid. The vessel called at St.
Helena, and some of the crew being sickly at that time, they
desired that they might have medical assistance, but the
captain refused it.

Mr. Carson then said be would shortly state the grounds
upon which the defence rested. The complainant left Cal-
cutta in the Duke of Lancaster on the 17th of December.
On the 23d, the captain found that several of them were in-
fected with a filthy disease, but Rose wag not one of the
number. On the 7th of January, Rose and other men de-
manded an additional glass of grog; and they further de-
manded that they should have watch and watch about, as
usual, which the captain, owing to the sickness which pre-
vailed in consequence of the disease of several of the men,
had been obliged to break into. Rose and the other men,
thereupon, refused to work. The ship at that time, owing
to tempestuous weather, was making more water than usual.
The captain called the men who refused to work upon the
deck, and told them that as they were in a case of necessity
he must give in to their demands; but they still refused to
work unless a note was given to them stating that the tran-
saction should not be " logged." The mate, thereupon,
gave them a note to the effect that he would not " log " it.
Off the Cape, a man of the name of Stewart, for abusing the
captain, and using disorderly language, was in the act of
being put into irors when Rose endeavoured to liberate him,
taking him round the waist for that purpose ; but upon being
told by the captain be was acting in a mutinous manner, he
desisted. At St. Helena, Rose and the other men refused to
work, alleging that the ship was not seaworthy. The capt.
had a survey made of her by the commander of the Bittern,
one of her Majesty's vessels, and other proper parties; but
the men refused to work until the end of two days and a half,
when they complied, and the vessel cleared for sea. On the
9th of April, upon the voyage from St. Helena to Liverpool,
the first watch, not including Rose, refused to get out the
flying jib-boom; they went off work ; and on the following
day, the 10th, the larboard watch, which included Rose, re-
fused to work, and all of them, namely, Rose, and fourteen
other men, continued off work until the 26th of April, when
the vessel arrived in Liverpool. The consequence was, that
the captain, the mate, the steward, the carpenter, three
ordinary seamen, and two boys, were compelled to navigate
the vessel themselves the whole distance, running in effect
the greatest risk imaginable, both to the vessel and the crew.
Captain Colin Mackenzie was then called, and he detailed
the circumstances of the voyage, as stated by Mr. Carson.
He said he was confined to the cabin, by illness, the first
ten days of the voyage ; and when he was able to go on deck,
he acceded to the men's demand for additional grog. He
described the mutinous conduct of Stewart and the interfe-
rence of Rose. In consequence of the complaint of the
men that the ship was unseaworthy, he had her surveyed at
St. Helena; some repairs were found necessary, and they
were executed by the carpenter of H.M.S. Bittern, and his
own carpenter; and a certificate given that she was in a
proper state to go to sea. [This certificate was put in and
read.] Some of the crew being unwell, they were examined
by the doctor of the Bittern, who said they would be well
enough to go to sea in two days. On the 7th of April the
jib-boom was carried away ; on the 9th another was got
ready, but the crew refused to assist the officers in getting
it out. On the 10th the larboard watch gave up work, as
the other watch had done the day before, and they continued
off work till the 26th, when the vessel arrived home. He
(the captain) navigated the ship with the aid of the officers,
the boys, and three ordinary seamen, although during the
whole of that period the pumps had to be worked every
hour.

In cross-examination, the captain said that on the after-
noon of the 9th, the crew being then in a state of open mu-
tiny, he directed the carpenter to draw a line across the
deck; and the mate told them, by his orders, that if any
man crossed that line, he would certainly be shot. The
guns and all the small arms in the ship were prepared on the
quarterdeck, for the purpose of defence. Rose was steering
at twelve o'clock ;, at half-past he was relieved to go to din-
ner, but he did not return as he ought to hare done. It
could not be that he was afraid of being shot, for the line
was not then drawn ; and if it had, he had plenty of oppor-
tunities of communicating his wish to return to his duty.
John 011iver, first mate in the Duke of Lancaster, corro-
borated this statement. He was cross-examined as to some
entries in the log-book, but without affecting the validity of
his testimony. The men, he said, from the 10th to the 26th,
passed their time in the forecastle, talking and smoking.
Mr. CARSON said this was the case on the part of the
owners.

Mr. DAVZNPORT said the answer he had to make was,
that Rose went off duty at St. Helena, in consequence of the
refusal of the captain to procure assistance for those who
were unwell. Up to that time Rose had done his duty as an
able seaman. The vessel was repaired at St. Helena, and
Rose did his duty till they arrived off the Western Isles,
when the captain caused the line to be drawn across the deck,
whilst he (Rose) was at dinner, when he was unable to return
to the wheel, fearing that he would be shot.—Mr. Daven-
port then re-called Rose, who confirmed this statement, and
said that with respect to his interference when the captain
was putting Stewart in irons, he interfered because he thought
Stewart was abusing the captain.
James Roberts, the boatswain, was then called, and he
proved that both he and the boys were frequently in the fore-
castle during the time the line was drawn ; consequently that
Rose had many opportunities of communicating to the offi-
cers any wish he might have to return to his duty.
Mr. Rushton said a summons had been taken out by ano-
ther seaman, named Levett ; and he asked Mr. Davenport
whether that would now be proceeded with ?
Mr. Davenport replied that he had no instructions.
Mr. Ellis mentioned that the summons, although granted,
had not been taken out.

Mr. Davenport.—l believe the man had no money. This
is my case, sir.

Mr. Rushton said this appeared to him as cruel a case, on
the part of the seamen, as he had ever been called upon to
decide. Here was the captain of a vessel, sailing from Cal-
cutta, himself ill at the time, yet during the time he was
confined to the cabin a demand was made upon him for an
extra allowance of grog, the quantity having, by the agree-
ment, been left to his discretion. Going upon deck as soon
as the state of his health enabled him to do so, he yielded to
their demand and gave the grog, at the same time giving them
good counsel by urging them to return to their duty. They
did so; but shortly afterwards they struck work again in
heavy weather. The captain then turned to, with the mate,
boys, steward, and petty ()Meer' ; they conducted the ship in
boisterous weather the whole night, and for twenty hours
they worked the pumps. He was then obliged to give in to
the demands of the men, in consideration for the safety of the
lives and property entrusted to his charge. The men then
made further demands. Not content with forcing the cap-
tain to give them an extra allowance of grog, they demanded
that he should not log the transaction--in other words, that
he should betray his duty to his owners and to the country,
which was deeply interested in the preservation of maritime
discipline, and in the character of the navy ; not only did
they demand this, but they threatened that if it were logged
they would not return to work, in order that they might,
under duress, obtain such a pledge from him. Now these
seamen ought to know, that whatever was forced from the
master of a ship under such circumstances, went for nothing
but this—that it furnished perfect evidence, not only of
their insubordinate and mutinous conduct, but that they
must be aware of the precise nature of that conduct,
and of the punishment which the law designed to follow—
that they were not only in actual insubordination, but
that they hoped by threats and intimidation to conceal
that from the authorities of this country who were to judge
between them and the Captain. At St. Helena, it seemed,
the conduct of the crew became absolute mutiny. But be-
fore this the commander of the vessel, being abused by a
seaman, and deeming it necessary for the protection of
himself and his owner, to punish the seaman by securing
him in irons, the complainant laid hold of the Captain, thus
interfering in the exercise of his authority ; but being told
his conduct was meritorious he desisted. When the vessel
arrived at St. Helena the men compiained of the Ship not
being sea-worthy, and what did the Captain do ? He sent
for the Master of Her Majesty's ship there, and a survey
was made, some defects were found, and they were immedi-
ately ordered to be repaired. The repairs were effectually
performed. An attempt was made to justify the conduct of
the crew in refusing, after all this, to proceed on the voyage
on the ground that some of them were sick.
What did the Captain do ? A physician came on board
and two days, he said, would pat them all right : the cap-
tain, however, staid five days. Every thing then went on
well till the affair about the jib-boons. Upon the 9th of
April a part of the crew, being desired to do certain work,
refused, and on the 10th of April, another portion, of whom
Rose was one, joined the others in refusing to work. And
from that day till the 26th was this brave and excellent cap-
tain, with most inadequate assistance, actually obliged to
navigate his ship, through storms and difficulties which re-
quired all the aid of all the able and ordinary seamen on
board, and, highly to his honour and credit, with a handful
of men, he succeeded in his arduous undertaking. He (Mr.
Rushton) must repeat, that this was one of the most cruel
cases, on the part of the seamen, he had ever met with : their
conduct had been base and cowardly in the highest degree.
After reading the language of a learned judge in reference to
a similar case, Mr. Rushton concluded by stating that it
being the law of England that the conduct of men who could
so betray their duty, and be guilty of such cruelty and cow-
ardice, he should adjudge that their salaries, at least so far as
Rose was concerned, which was the only case actually before
the Court, must be forfeited.

The sittings of the Anti-Slavery Convention commence in
Freemason's Hall, Leeds, on Tuesday the 12th of June
next. The venerable Thomas Clarkson is to preside.
SALISBURY ELECTION.—The polling took place on Thurs-
day, when the majority of votes was so greatly in favour of
Mr. Hussey, the conservative candidate, that the Hon. E.
P. Bouverie resigned at noon ; the numbers polled up to that
period having been, for Hussey, 262 ; Bouverie, 176 ; ma-
jority, SG.

THE FIRE AT STOCKPORT.—We regret to say, that at
this destructive fire one individual was crushed to death, and
another was so dreadfully injured that he had to be taken to
the infirmary. But his suffering did not end here ; for
during the night, while a surgeon was rubbing the unfortu-
nate young man with turpentine it took fire, and before it
could be extinguished he was burnt in a still more dreadful
manner, and the infirmary was also in imminent danger, as
four beds and other articles were destroyed. The young man
died in the most excruciating agony in a few hours after this
second accident. The surgeon who was applying the turpen-
tine was seriously burnt in his endeavours to extinguish the
flames.

DREADFUL Dotscs.—On Thursday a quarrel took place
at Coatbridge betwixt several Irishmen, on that all-engrossing
topic—religion. From words the parties came to blows, and
finally crowbars and other weapons were wielded with effect
on the head and body of a man named Mick Tonnor, who
now lies in a deplorable state from the effects of the injuries
he sustained. Tonnor had several of his teeth knocked out,
his cheek laid open, the bone of his nose broken, and his
head severely cut; but hopes are yet entertained of his re-
covery.—Another case of outrage occurred in the house of
a publican, at Coatbridge, of the name of Clark. This man
and his family had gone to bed, and were aroused by a loud
knocking at the door; the man of the house (Clark) rose in
his shirt, and requested the parties outside to desist, as he
would not let them in; to this they paid no attention, but
pressing their shoulders to the door, away it went, and fire
ruffian-looking fellows entered, ordered, and took what they
pleased, until their conduct attracted the attention of some
of the neighbours while in bed, and a few of them having
risen and collected together, succeeded, at the risk of their
lives, in ridding Coatbridge of the gang.—A third case is ne
of uncommon brutality. On Saturday, while Mary WMilloan
or Brock, a young widow woman, was returning to Langloan
from Airdrie, she was met by six or eight ruffians. and car.
ried to a sequestered spot by the side of Co_atdyke quarry or
plantation. Here she was stripped of her clothes and robbed
of her all, besides receiving violation so dreadful that a
description is impossible. Suffice it to say, that death soon
after terminated her sufferings, and the murdered woman
now reposes in the churchyard of Old Monkland.—Glasgow
paper.

iii .TICULTURnj. AND bOTANIC,kL

EXHIBITION

The first exhibition for the present year of plants, fruits,
flowers, and vegetables, took place on Friday last, at the
Botanic Garden,—being the commencing one of the three ex-
hibitions, for competition, appointed by the Liverpool Bo-
tanical Institution, the two others being fixed for the 23d of
June, and the Bth of September. The result was highly gra-
tifying, not only as demonstrating the growing taste for the
cultivation of the beautiful as well as the useful in the vegeta-
ble world in our own neighbourhood and a large circuit be-
yond it, but as affording a pleasing indication, amounting to
almost certainly, that the increasing patronage and support
of the garden will redeem that admirable and unexceptiona-
ble place of resort from the decay with which it had been for
some time so lamentably and severely threatened. The day
was fine, though somewhat cold for the advanced season of
the year, and the company was quite as numerous and select
as we remember to have seen on any former similar occasion
—comprising, indeed, a large portion of the elite and fashion-
able of the town and neighbourhood. as well as many strangers.
The show of plants, flowers, &c., was the best for many years,
many excellent, and some very rare specimens of their kinds
being exhibited in the spacious tents provided for their recep-
tion. A spirit of emulation was manifested, not only amongst
growers in this immediate vicinity, but amongst parties resi-
dent in Yorkshire, Cheshire, and even Anglesea. In plants,
the exotic orchidacese particularly excelled ; and there were
also some splendid azaleas. E. D. Falkner, Esq., furnished
some beautiful rose trees, and Mr. Skirving, of Walton
Nursery, a variety of choice specimens, but neither for com-
petition. The panzies were remarkably fine : those sent by
Mr. O'Grady could not, indeed, be excelled in perfection of
bloom and colouring. We noticed several Oncidii Altissimi,
particularly one sent by Thomas Brocklehurst, Esq., as very
tine. The plant is an epiphite (not, as some suppose, a pa-
rasite), deriving its nourishment chiefly from the atmosphere,
and in its native country (South America, we believe) the
flowers, of a yellowish colour and spotted, bang down in long
slender stems from the trees, forming rich and graceful fes-
toons. In this instance the flowers were supported on
standards, and, in the finest specimen, reached a height of
about six feet. The greatest curiosity shown of the same
family was a Ladle Cinnabarine, bearing a bright orange-
coloured flower of five petals. The Cattleya Skinnerii also
attracted much attention : it presents above ground what are
called suds bulbs. The epidendrum bi-cornututu, of this
class, obtained the third prize. A white azalea, from Messrs.
Cunningham's nursery, was much admired. The fruits and
vegetables were extraordinary, considering the period of the
year, particularly the pines and apples.
The garden, which is in prime order, afforded the most
agreeable promenades, the shrubberies and hedges, planted
about four years ago, having now attained a vigorous growth,
imparting a degree of shade and warmth to the grounds, of
which they were before rather deficient. The intersecting
hedges are now about six feet in height, though after being
panted they were cut close to the ground, and furnish a gra-
tifying instance of what may be accomplished by the modern
and improved system of thorn fencing. If the gentlemen in
some parts of the country would fill up their ugly ditches,—
some of them, by way of fence, five or six feet wide,--and
plant and train hedges of this kind which only occupy about
two feet, they would not only better protect, and shelter
their fields, but impart a pleasing feature to the general
landscape, and also economise the land. Hedges may now,
if care be taken, be planted of several feet in height a priori,
a most successful instance of which may be seen in the new
grounds lately added to the west side of Mr. Skirving's
nursery—an improved French thorn having been introduced
with great success by that gentleman.
Besides the tents for the show tables, in front of the con-
servatory din which the plants, by the way, are choice and
beautiful,) two marquees were pitched on the green sward
adjoining, one of them fitted up as a refectory with ices and
confectionary. The fountains were also put into requisition
on the occasion, and had a roost pleasing and cool effect.
Nor must we forget Mr. Parker's military band, which was
stationed at the top of the centre walk, and played a variety
of choice airs during the day.
A new system of labelling the plants which has been adop-
ted, and is approaching towards completion in the garden, is
worthy of the notice of visitors. Poisonous plants are la-
belled with white letters on a black ground ; medicinal plants,
and those used in the arts, red ground with black letters;
culinary plants, yellow ground with black letters; and orna-
mental plants, white ground with black letters.
The company enjoyed themselves in perambulating the se-
veral walks and pleasure-grounds. which present considerable
variety,—and many of them lingered, loth to depart, until
the evening had set in, albeit the weather inclined to cold.
All appeared to be highly gratified by the show and the ex-
cellent arrangements made by the committee.
The following is the

LIST OP PRIZES

Greenhouse Azalear.—Six specimens—not more than two
of a sort. First prize, George Cunningham and Son, Oak
Vale Nursery, Wavertree.

Ericas—Cope Heaiht.—First prize for the best of six spe-
cies, Richard Alison, Esq., of Woolton; second prize,
Messrs. Davies, of Wavertree Nursery ; extra prize, A. Sin-
clair, Esq., of Hill-side House, Wavertree.
Erotic Orchidaeem three specimens).—First prize,
Thomas Brocklehurst, Esq.. of Macclesfield; second, ditto,
the Right Hon. the Earl of Derby ; extra prize, 0. F. Mey-
rick, Esq., of Bedorgan Hall, Anglesea.

Pelargoniums ( Geraniums), (ten varieties).—First prize,
Mrs. Foster, of Woolton.

Pelargoniums (six ♦arieties).—First prize, George Cun-
ningham and Son.

Stove, or Greenhouse Plants (six varieties).—First prize,
George Cunningham and Son ; second prize, Messrs. Davies ;
third prize, Mrs. Preston, Fir Grove ; first extra prize,
Charles Horsfall, Esq., Everton ; second, ditto, the Earl of
Derby; third, ditto, Richard Alison, Esq.
Stove, or Greenhouse Plants (four varieties).—First prize,
Charles Horsfall, Esq. ; second prize, Charles Tayleure,
Esq., Parkfield.
Store, or Greenhouse Plants (single specimen).—First
prize, Thomas Brocklehuret, Esq. ; second, Richard Alison,
Esq. ; third, Joseph Hagan, Esq., Bankfield ; extra prize,
A. Sinclair, Esq.
Tulips (pan of twelve varieties).—First prize, Mr. John
Soorne, of Chester ; second, W. P. Freme, Esq., of West
Derby.
Pansies (pan of twenty-four varieties).—First prize, Thos.
O'Grady, Esq.; second, the same gentlemast ; extra prize,
Messrs. Davies.

Miscellaneous Flowers (in pots).--First prize, the Earl of
Derby ; second, Robert Jones, Esq., West Derby.
Grapes.—Best dish, the Earl of Derby.

Pines.—The beat pine, the Earl of Derby

Fruits and Vegetables (miscellaneous collection of six •a-
rieties).—First prize, the Earl of Derby ; second, Mrs. Pres-
ton; third, R. Jones, Esq.
Cherries.—Extra Prize, 0. F. Meyrick, Esq.
Pears.—Extra prize, William Maury, Esq.
Apples.—Extra prize, A. Sinclair, Esq.
Seedling Calceolaria.—Extra prize, Messrs. Davies.

CORRESPONDENCE.

DOCK WAREHOUSES

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
SIR,—A question of great importance to the mercantile
interest of this town has been lately mooted, viz., whether
the London offices will insure the proposed warehouses at
the Albert Dock, and the produce therein, if they should be
built on the verge of the dock. The public ought to be sa-
tisfied on this head—it is a great question. One principal
argument in favour of building these warehouses—in fact the
leading temptation held out to the merchants to countenance
the scherne was, the diminution it would effect-in the rate of
fire insurances, and that the premium would thereby be pro-
bably reduced to Is. 6d. per cent. Now, what does the fact
prove to be, when the scheme is on the p]int of being carried
into effect? It is well known that a deputation of warehouse
owners went to London lately, on the subject of the high rates
of insurance now charged on floating policies ; and that
whilst there, at an audience with the representatives of the
principal fire offices, the question was asked by one of the
deputies whether they would insure, and if so, at what pre-
mium, the proposed Albert Dock warehouses, if they were
built on the verge of the dock ? Rumour says, that the
chairman answered that they would not insure them at all if
built on the verge of the dock ; and that he appealed to the
representatives of the other offices, then present, whether he
spoke their opinions also on the subject, to which they as-
sented—there was not one dissentient.

Now, Mr. Editor, this being the rumour, you can easily
ascertain from those gentlemen who were present, whether
the rumour is true, and after having satisfied yourself as to
the facts, confirm or deny the statement in your next paper.
Should the account prove true, and the warehouses and their
contents be uninsurable, it will require some nerve to proceed
with the scheme; and as for their being insured at is. 6d.
per cent., according to the original assertion, the idea is too
puerile to be any longer seriously entertained. It may be
said that other offices will insure them, although the London
ones may not; but the temptation held out originally to the
mercantile body was, that the London offices would insure
these warehouses at is. 6d. per cent. Their being insured in
Liverpool is a new idea, and no part of the original intention.
But would the Liverpool offices, or any other office out of
London, insure millions of produce in these warehonses at
Is. 6d., or at treble that rate? We presume not. The pri-
vate warehouses, under all their disadvantages, can still be
insured by the London offices, under letter C, and under the
most favourable classification, at Bs. per cent. per annum—
a rate at which the London offices will not insure the Albert
Dock warehouses, according to the present view of this ques-
tion, so that, in their opinion, the private warehouses are a
preferable risk to the Albert Dock warehouses. Should
these buildings be erected according to the present proposed
plan, and the London offices persevere in their present inten-
tions, the very object for which these warehouses were to be
built, would be foiled. A. D. W

MURDER AND SUICIDE Or A BROTHER AND SISTER.—
A. most horrid affair took place last week at Northworld,
Norfolk. The name of the wretched man was Alfred King,
and that of his victim Ellen King, his sister, the one about
forty-six, and the other was about forty years of age, and
thee had lived together for years on the best of terms, and
led industrious and inoffensive lives. For the last two years
King had not worked at his calling, that of a shoemaker, but
had subsisted upon some little property of he was possessed,
consisting of several small houses. The spot which was the
scene of this tragic occurence is very secluded, in a by-lane,
more than half a mile from the main road, and from 100 to
200 yards from any other dwelling. The cottage stands by
itself, in the midst of about an acre and a half of garden
ground, which the deceased had been in the habit of cultiva-
ting. The body of the woman was first seen in the garden
by a person, named Harris, who served the house with milk,
mangled, and with marks of blood on her dress. She was
dead. Afterwards he saw Alfred King lying on the floor.
with his throat cut, and a good deal of blood about the room.
He was gurgling in the throat, but at length he spoke plain
and said, "I did it : I cut her throat and then my own."
Mr. Cooper, the surgeon, was sent for, but King died in
about half an hour. Deceased had been poorly for some days
before, with a bit of a cold. lie was reserved in his manner.
A number of wittnesses were examined on the coroner's in-
quests, but the substance of their evidence only proved that
Alfred King had been in a low and nervous state for some
time. Verdict, " That the deceased, Alfred King, destroy-
ed Ellen King, his sister, and afterwards himself: but at
the time he did so he was labouring under temporary insanity.
ABOMINABLE ACT.—WC hardly know, apart from serious
crimes against the person, of a more atrocious offence than
the following, communicated in a private letter to a gentle-
man of Bristol and from which we subjoin an extract. The
work of art, so infamously maltreated,
was for some short
time on view in Liverpool, and attracted great admiration .
" Butts (Rochdale), April 30th, 1843.
._
'
Picture of the opening of the Sixth Seal was exhibiting er _
by
" I think I named to you in a former note that Danhes
since which I have learnt that it belongs to Mr. Brett, oft
London, whom I believe, you have some knowledge of. But
I am to tell you, that some miscreant last evening, between
4 and 5 o'clock, cut a piece about 12 inches by 8. out of the
centre of it in the temporary absence from the room of the
exhibitor. The Slave with uplifted hands, with the prostrate
King and Warrior in Armour, is the part cut ant and taken
away, and no trace is left whatever of the parties who com-
mitted this execrable deed. The poor fellow and his wife
who have the charge of it, are almost deranged ; he was
week, and his wife let in two strangers,
gone out to give orders for printing bills to announce his last
it is supposed not
belonging to the town ; and immediately after they had left
the room, the man, on going in, observed that the light was
excluded, and on opening the window the discovery was made.
No blame can be attached to the man and his wife
who had
the charge of the picture, as they are universally spoken well
of he.e." The picture was valued at 1,000 guineas, and was
being disposed of in shares, et £1 Is. each, the list of which
wa nearly completed.

EXE-CUTION KIRKD

On Saturday last
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