The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-04-30 00:00:00

CASE OF CAPTAIN PETRIE.

We regret to find. from the following communications,
that Sir James Graham has felt it his duty to refuse to
mitigate the sente“ce passed on Captain Petrie at the
Central Criminal Court in February last:—

"TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

" called upon to submit to the numerous
friends and public oodles whose memorials in favour of
my brother, Lieutenant Petrie, I had recently the honour
of placing in the hands of the memhers for the borough
and county, the communication which has been trans-
mitted to me from Sir James Graham, as the answer to
these memorials, may I beg that you will be kind enough
to insert the same in your paper of to-morrow.
"It may be allowed me at the same time, while express-
ing the disappointment which my brother, in common
with his friends, cannot otherwise than feel at the un-
looked-lor result of so strong an expression of public
opinion brought forward on his behalf, to say, that the
testimony which has thus been borne to the justice of his
claims for the remission of a sentence considered by the
memorialists to be unmerited and severe, must afford him
much consolation in the unfortunate situation in which he
is still placed.
" In his name I have to offer the grateful thanks which
are so justly due to those members of part ament and
ocher friends who have to warmly interested themselves
in his favour throughout.

" I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
"J. PETAIE, M.D.

Liverpool, 29th April, 1814."

" TO VISCOUNT SANDON, M.P., 6.c., 6-c.,
" MY LORD,—Secretary Sir James Graham having
caused enquiries to be made into the case of Peter Petrie,
convicted at the Central Criminal Cou..t in February last,
of maliciously cutting, and sentenced to eighteen months'
imprisonment, on whose behalf your Lordship presented
an application; I am directed ►o express to your Lord-
ship Sir Janes Graham's regret that he cannot, at pre-
sent, feel himself justified in advising Her Majesty to
mitigate the prisoner's sentence.
" I have the honor to be

"Your Lordship', most obedient humble servant,
" S. M. PHILLIPPS.
" Whitehall, 24th April, 1844."

MPORTANT TO FARMERS.-A VILLAINOUS
COMPOUND IN THE MARKET, AND SELLING
AS " GUANO."

By the following communication, which we have re-
ceived from a highly respectable mercantile gentleman of
this town, it will be seen that an article is being sold as
guano, which not only contains none of the virtues of that
extraordinary fertilizer, but the use of which would be
positively deleterious to the soil, and probably destructive
to the crops to which it is applied. The adulteration of
tobacco with saccharine matter—which is said to improve
it, though the revenue is certainly so far defrauded by its
use—is innocence itself compared with the preparation of
this deceptive and abominable rubbish; and if tobacco-
'lists are severely mulcted for their comparatively trifling
delinquencies, what punishment short of transportation is
due ,o those who make, and vend, for probably XS to XIO
a ton, a compound, the purchaser of which is doomed not
only to lose his money, time, andlabour, in procuring and
applying it, but to have his hopes of an abundant return
from his fields entirely blighted ? A sample before and
after analysis may be seen at the office of this paper:—
,rrk mires 7‘,7l,res. of crx.r.rw .TANDARD.
_LiVelpOW, April, 1044.
_ . .

" SlR,—Hcrewith you have the sample of an article
manufactured and sold in this town as guano. You would
be conferring a kindness on purchasers by exposing this
shameful inritition. It is much to be regretted that we
have men amongst us who, fir their own selfish interests,
would not only bring the article into disrepute, but deceive
and prunher those who may be unfortunate enough to buy
of them.

" It b: haves farmers and others to be careful of whom
they make purchases ; and in all cases where practicable,
to get it direct from the ship. 1 hive another sample
tested by a demist, but with the same results as Dr.
Harbord's, so that if you ;Aid be kind enough to publish
his letter, and show the samples in your window, I shall
consider I have dune all in my power to put a stop to the
fraud.

" I remain, Sir, yours respectfully.
" OBSERVER."

Our correspondent (who deserves the thanks of the fair
dealer in the artie;e, as well as of those engaged in agri
culi oral pursuits) has handed us the followin,gletter trona
Dr. I-I,,rbord, detailing the result of his analysis of the
rubbish alluded to, and of which, we are informed, several
tons have already been sent to some parts of time country.

" Dear Sir,—ln accordance with your wishes, I have
examined the sample you left with me of what you (no,
doubt facetiously) called guano. The following is the
result :—I first separated toe larger particles, and found
them to consist of pieces varying iron, the sze of a hemp-
seed to that of a horse-bean. Of these souse were cin-
ders, slightly coated with lime, and still further coated
with a chocolate-coloured powder (somewhat resembling
guano)! others consisted of portions of lime (stone) sintis
laxly
red
tlycoard
coated, rock
d n o
clansanad, bits of what
haintislocaomnay smoai,nldy
known
a
: some
of the larger pieces were a mixture of all these ingredi-
ents, with a greater portion of lime; these were about
one-fourth of the nulk of the sample, and, when washed,
presented the appearance which will be found on referring
to the paper marked A.
" 1 then suhjected 56 grains of the residue, or finer
portion, to a Wither examinat:on, and found it to consist
of, first, the contents of the paper marked B, and weigh-
o
finer
r
jog 24 grains, which is nothing more than a miniature
editionibu ish.p
of
p,,A,rptc
triincwsclai(o)inrcttii,i
contains
sime
rosy
ifixnegrrapi
possiblyan have been guano;
particles t i u ife s
thoef same
still iin
particles of the same lot mixed with the fine powder, one-
twentiethor, in other words, about 1-156th part of the whole sam-
ple may have been guano.
" Toe reason why I sneak thus cautiously is, that al-.
though 1 could not detect, by the ordinary chemical tests,
the presence of ammonia, yet had there been originally
ammonia present, the lime would have driven it off. In
conclusion 1 would add, that any party who wishes to
form some notion of the nature of spurious guano, need
only wash an ounce of it in a pint of water, to enable him
to detect the impurites of such a badly-got-up sample as
the one you have forwarded to me.
" I remain, dear sir, yours tru!y,
" H. G. HARBORD.
" 4, Upper Parliament-street."

ICED SALMON.—We refer our readers to an advertize-
ment in our first page, from Messrs. W. and B. D. Wish-
art, who having opened a most commodious shop in Gt.
George-street, which is most excellently supplied with
every article in their line. Messrs. W. have had several
new boats built for the fisheries on this coast, which,
with the extensive connexions they possess :n the south
of Scotland will always ensure them a supply of every-
thing in season.
DOLIER'S NEW AND APPROVED SYSTEM OF WRITING.
—Mr. Dolier, whose merits have long been known and
appreciated in this town. as a highly successful instructor
in the fine art of early instruction, has lately increased
his claims to public approbation, by the discovery of
a new and truly raii-road system to writing, which,
though simple in itself, has been acknowledged in all the
towns be has visited, to be at once most efficient and
practicable. The peculiarity in this system is, that while
oifm tenderestin
a child is acquiring, without tedious
labour, the art of
writing a graceful hand mechanically, it is also acquiring
the means of spelLng and reading, constructing sentences,
mencing
and improving the mental faculties generally. The corn-
ytheearsolvdvitohrdwerritionfg
tuition;, aepp oef a esd at ca
fiticsm t l
what we can learn
but from personsto be view
from Mr. Dolier's numerous testimonials, both from dis-
tinguished individuals and from the press, we cannot
of a course
doubt of its efficiency. He has with him his infant
daughter—only five years of age—who exhibits a bur-
prising facility iuwriting,and in transcribing from print.
And we learn from himself that lest it might be thought
that more than usual pains have been taken with this
little prodegy—though she has been but a very short time
under training—he his anxious, on his approaching visit,
to induct some dozen of the }onager pupils in our corpo-
ration or other schools into the ,ystern of his art; mind
feels confident that his rapid succt ss would place the
matter b yond doubt. lie li.s. we may aid, had the
i.onour of an audience with her s y at Brighton, and
with many of then aanat's of the hint ; and has received
many gratifying letters of approval,

April !70, 18447_

TRIAL OF TIIE ST. HELENS COLLIERY
RIOTERS.
A-ester-Orly, the Wel of John Knowles' John Penketh,
John M. Dorough, Thomas Burroughs, James Leyland,
James Welding, acd Wm. Wynn, for having been con-
la in the rate colliery riots at St. Helens, took place
at Kirkdale Sessions, before the Rev. Rector Brooks,
the Rev. Myles Formby, Thomas Rawson, Esq., and
respectable jury. It comtnenced at eleven, and ended at
half-past eight o'clock at night.
There were five counts in the indictment. The firel
stated that the defendants, together with others, Were
guilty of a riot, and with having assaulted several persona;
the second charged a conspiracy to raise the rate of wages
of colliers, and, in pursuance of that conspiracy, witi!
having assaulted various persons ; the third stated that
they were guilts, of an assault on the police-constables?'
St. Helens, while the tatter were in the execution of their
duty; the fourth was similar to the third; and the lest
count charged them with a common assault.
Mr. Hulton stated the case; after which an unusaalir
large number of witnesses, consisting of police consta-
bles, coal-proprietors, and Shropshire colliers, were el'
amined. When the evidence on the part of the prosecu-
tion had closed, Mr. Pollock addressed the jury, in a long
and eloquent speech, on that of the defendants. No wit-
nesses were called for the defence. The Chairman then
summed up, and the jury, after about five minutes' deli-
beration, returned a verdict against all the defendants of
guilty on the first count—of a riot.
Mr. Monck, having ascertained from the Clerk of ty
Peace that the verdict had been formally entered or noteet
contented that it was complete, and that no further quer,
tions could be asked of the jury.—Mr. Hutton tholignb
they should be asked whether they acquitted the defend-
ants, or any of them, on the subsequent counts. We
gave rise to a long argument, at the close of which the
question was asked, and the Foreman replied, that the/.
had found them all guilty of the riot, and that they had
acquitted them on the other counts.—Mr. Monk then
moved an arrest of judgment : first, upon the ground that
there was an imperfect verdict; secondly, because it had
been taken in egularly and improperly ; and, thirdly, be-
cause, as neither the Grand Jury nor the court were em-
powered to by conspiracies, the indictment was invalid.
Mr. Hutton replied, that there was no charge in the
count of a conspiracy per se.—The Chairman admitted his
ignorance of the legal points in dispute ; and Mr. Monk,
feeling that he ought not, under the circumstances, to WO
the motion, prayed that the judgment be respited, in order
that a writ of error to arrest the judgment might be ob-
tained in the Court of Queen's Bench.—The Chairman
granted the application, upon the understanding that the
defendants should enter into recognizances, themsefrenln
£5O, and two sureties in £25 each, to come up for sen-
tence next s•-ssions, provided the promised proceedings
were not taken in the intermediate time in the Court of
Queen's Bench.