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The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1842-05-20 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

NEWSPAPERS AND THEIR READERS.--An Americas journal thus classifies the grumbling subscribers to newspapers, who would each like to have a print to himself, and filled with the information he particularly affects. The silliest and most unjust of all cries is, " Stop my paper," whiehoinr 'tts acroemPrpilnains generally resorted to by way of punishing the Printer something over which he had no controul, or which timid not be otherwise. In the variety of readers of all ages, elses' atn'eds tastes, we shall adhere to our transatlantic contemporary plan, as the best and most practicable. "How endless aiscpy variety of newspaper readers, and how hard it is toil 'par. their wants ! Mr. A. believes he shall diseoatile. is deeiper because it contains no political news. dedly of opinion that the same sheet in the political movements of the day. 'bo„ opinloll it because it is all on one side; and D., wit is not severe generally expresses, does not like it becauseoesd not pay due enough upon the opposition. E. think it_. F cannot bear the r d too freely audit attention to fashionable literature; flimsy notions of idle writers. G. `vices an opinion against 1 declares he dues not lie on his table which ventures to e 5: that lacks moral eonslavery; and H. never patronises nn -. rage to expose the evils of thall,"odge doings and usdoings Want a paper filled with the boaga7d J. considers that paper of the congress and legislature ;test quantity of such pro. and L. wonders Unit the . the grea the best which gives ~_ papers for the light and newspaper that does not livelyceed i nrgesa. 1 tPhe'Dewey's sermons, and other 4 solid evils of the press, should 11 press does not 13919-1 matter.' M. •will _ f sectarianism ; and N• is decidedly of expose dingKWlnch. t the pulpit, likes to read me dlf opinion theo. , police reports; and 'an morbid, dreadful tewdoiunaldebei not h doolnlasins• the and It• won't take a Paper have a which publishesusetl his ought likes paperw it h rai ennl ie which ic ii,o; sass' that murders and that this misershighway robbery last week. P., whose be put in ' them. R• ne;ipatepers ; and S. not to miserable Psi'''. his aper because 't ze no account of that i contains V. stops and all that W nothing but adver• ti9erneno, ,n will • wants of it is towhat there . x not take his see is for sale. • paper unless it is left at his is door before sunrise, and Y. declares it if left so early, as it is stolen is up. And last of all co from his domicile before he who declare the Paper rne the comptaints of the uninteresting,ladies— because it does not contain a long list of marriages—just as if it were possible for the poor printer to marry people without a commission, and whether the parties will or not. But the variety of newspaper readers is too great for the present review—and we ' give 'era up,' with adetermination to pursue the ' even tenor of our way,' in offering to the public such readings as, in our humble opinion, will prove most inteirsting to them." ,ar.rthese s i l l °yst re el rdpeloaomdrt  WHITE SLAVERY IN ENGLAND  CHILDR  g'S
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1846-01-06 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

MURDER AT ST. HELEN'S  CHURCH EXTENSION MEETING IN TOXTETH PARK, LAST NIGHT.  A meeting of the Operatives of Toxteth-park, was held last night, in St. Bride's School-room, Grey-street, con. vened for the purpose of promoting the movement for Church Extension in the districts of St. James's, and St. Thomas's. Although the circulars were addressed to the operatives particularly, we were glad to observe a fair sprinkling of the leading tradesmen and gentry of the neighbourhood present. On the motion of Mr. Chilton, the Chair was take► by Mr. Glazebrook, one of the Councillors of Toxteth; who called upon the llev. D. D. Stewart to ask a blessing, after which he opened the business of the evening in an appropriate speech, and then called upon the Rev. H. Hampton, incumbent of St. James's, to address the meeting.  The Rev. Gentleman, in a most eloquent speech, to which, in the crowded state of our columns, we regret that we cannot do justice, laid before his hearers the impossibility of the clergy of the district performing their duty to their own satisfaction, or to the advantage of religion, from the impossibility of their visiting flocks so disproportionately 1 arge compared with the number of pastors. He referred to the zeal which members of the League and other parties displayed for the accomplishment of political objects ; and called upon the merchants of Liverpool to make similar efforts for the advancement of religion and morality amongst the people. After an energetic appeal to the operatives to put their shoulder to the wheel and to help themselves—for the cause he told them was their own. He concluded by advising them to make an effort in the first instance to erect a church in Harrington, the worst and most destitute neighbourhood in the district.  The Rev. WALTER BuTLEß,lncumbentof St. Thomas's, after an able and feeling appeal, gave some most startling evidences, derived from his own experience and observation, as to the gross ignorance and irreligion which prevailed in his district. _ _  The meeting was subsequently addressed by Mr. Keates (Newton, Lyon, and Co.), and by Mr: J. Torr, the treasurer, who laid down, for the guidance of the operations present, the best mode in which they might advance the good work. The Rev. D. D. STEWART followed in a most eloquent speech, in which he showed that the Gospel is not preached until every man is provided with a seat in the house of God, which he can call his own, and with a paster to advise with him and to be his friend in all the difficulties of life. Mr. Stewart gave a most interesting account of his own exertions in the neighbourhood, and concluded by paying a deserved compliment to the operations who bad met at the Toxteth Hall. and had since volunteered so excellent a canvas of part of the district as to take half the labour off their hands.  Thanks were then voted to the chairman, and the meeting separated.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1846-05-19 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

SMITH O'BRIEN!' ' " P.S. I shall be balmy to give you the earliest day for  carving-knife—cast perfectly straight in the but greatly rounded at the end on the edge er edge at the end, for the length of about is ground into the small segment of a circle red sharp ; thus leaving an apparent curve of the 'though in reality the upturned point is not hi than the line of the back. The back itself graduall; creases in weight of metal as it approaches the hilt, on which a small guard is placed. The bowie•-knife, therefore, has a curved, keen point ; is double-edged for the since of about a couple of inches of its le►  when in use, falls with the weight of a bill-hook heard it stated, that a blow from one well wield  proves that old I  Bowie went to Texas during the . ,ceded the independence of that country, " Baker-street, Portman-square, May 11. yicg sick in bed at the fortress of the Alamo, " Sir,—Permit me to thank you for your very polite when, on the 6th of March, 1846, it was stormed by Santa offer; but as I contemplate the immediate addition of Anna and taken. Bowie was murdered there upon his Tom Thumb to my collection, 1 fear I shall be too much pillcw. The hand that formed the dreadful knife could crowded to give you even a corner. Besides, Martyrs no longer wield it. Although the act of carrying arms in are, at the best, heavy subjects. I don't think people secret is held to be illegal, yet it is quite general, I he- would lay out sixpence upon 'ern. O'Connell has done lie.ve; unless, perhaps. with the immediate inhabitants of pretty well for me, but I should hardly like to risk an a tolerably well populated town. They are generally at O'Brien ; in the like way that people are very fond of i! ,_._ ~,,_ mushrooms, are most particular to avoid toadstools.  to fight ano  ,er day  lore complete, propdse t of clotbes,worn by  me when taken to the cellar  ouT3les which pre  nanu HI Luu unijui ity ua owl co, au aitjuvi.ouvpa, 1.. 411,4 " I remain, your obedient servant, placed under the counter, or, more usually, behind the ASSAUD bar upon the wall, within reach of the individual attend- " • - ---1 '-nmediately before the eyes of the customer. P.S. I know a man who travels with a"M. T van of ." waxnly carried, the knife is in a sheath attached to work. Perhaps he" may accept your offer. Shall I send t; when secretly, either in a narrow pocket, him to the Cellar ? 4  ing, and When o  The gardener at Kew Palace complained to George 11., weapon discovered ;orin a similar casing down mat the people admitted to the gardens during Sundays ...,. " use back, between the shoulders. It is hence considered constantly plucked the flowers. They are fond of by some individuals ag sufficiently indicative of evil inter- flowers, then ?" replied the king. " Don't let them want them. Plant them !" tions on the part of an opponent, if, in the•event of a warm
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1846-05-19 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

APPREDENSION OF THE CELEBRATED HENRY NORMAN.—On Wednesday, much curiosity was excited I in the Police-court, owing to the examination of a man who gave his name George Blake, but whose real name it was al'eged, was Henry Norman, whose "extraordinary confession" in a letter sent to his late employer in London, lately went the round of the papers. Be was apprehended here on Tuesday, at the instance of a man named Daniel Beard, who accidentally met him in the streets, and instantly recognised him as a person who had acted as a clerk in the customs of Jamaica, and absconded with the sum of £750, The prisoner, who is a man of dark complexion and well-dressed, appeared to be about 2G years of age. He was defended by Mr. Davenport. Beard, upon being sworn, stated that in the year 1840 he was acting as landing-waiter in the customs department, Kingston, Jamaica,, and at that time the prisoner was a clerk in the Customs, Two or three days after the prisoner left the employment the sum of £750 was missed. Witness believed that the prisoner was the man who committed the robbery, he knew him well, and he recollected that at the time be was in the service of the CUraarris, be went. by the name of Henry Norman. The prisoner was remanded that the necessary inquiries might be made in London. On Friday.; a letter was read in town to the effect that the Customs would not prosecute, as they should have to send the prisoner to Jamaica for trial, and as it might be difficult to procure a conviction, as the circumstances occurred eight years ago, and some of the necessary witnesses might not be forthcoming. He will, however, be tried .in London for robbing his late employer, Mr. Hoof, the railway contractor, of the sum of £57. On Saturday, the prisoner was brought up again, when, by. Mr. Rushton's orders, he was given up to a London Inspector of Police, who had come down. At the prisoner's lodgings in Upper Pitt-street, the sum of £2O, and a large bundle of manuscripts were found, which were taken possession of. One of the manuscripts, which, if put in type, would form a tolernbly•sized pamphlet, was entitled " The Tragedy of the Knave and the Dupe," and was in the prisoner's handwriting. The scene is laid in one of the lowest quarters of the metropolis, and the piece is made to end in the murder of the Dupe. The prisoner described himself as an author, hut, upon being closely questioned, said that he had never published any work. He stated that he was a native of Birmingham, and that he had come to Liderpool 'after having attended the Chester races. He was a " smart man," apparently about twenty. eight years of age. He can read and write in a superior manner, and held his situation in Mr. Hoof's employment about two months. It is said that, in the United States of America, several bills of indictment have from time to time been found against him.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1846-04-14 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

THE TURN OUT OF THE WORKMEN.  We have little that is new or precise to report relative to the turn out this week. We can only state that the men, renerally, remain firm to their purpose, be it for good or evil to themselves. A considerable number, however, of principally joiners and bricklayers, have signed the "declaration" required by the masters, and returned to work. Bat the stone-masons yet stand out strongly. It is a remarkable fact, which we learn from good authority, that few or none of the latter body of operatives (and in theythe are vicinityver o t.hr u their numerous)saural places eto be s o e enf inth streets,e or employment. They appear in fact, in this respect, to have made up their minds to undergo a silent and occult struggle, so long as their resources will avail them. We repeat that we never yet knew, in our experience of years, any good to result to the workmen from these emeures, but, on the ( ontrary, an injury to themselves and families. At: the same time, as public and private works of magnitude are going on. (or should be,) tending to the general good. we sincerely hope that some amicable arrangement will shortly be come to, satisfactory to both parties. At Bradford there is not the least appearance of any arrangement being come to between the masters and the journeymen. The trade of the town of Bradford at the present time is such that the masters are benefitted by the absence of the men, and under the circumstances we are reminded of the woolcombers' strike in 1825,—it, as the present, was unfortunate for the working men. At Manchester the strike still continues; the employers are gradually filling up their shops with applicants who are willing to work, and who sign the declaration. The turn.outs keep up the system of piquetting, and of intercepting the bands whenever it is practicable, and enticing them away.  On Sunday la•t tour gentlemen were drowned in the Thames off the new pier at liungerford Bridge, by the displacing of a plank on which they were walking from one lighter to another.  The subject of Taw:ell's confession was again before ithe the magistrates, at the Bucks Fes,ions, fast vseek ; a reasto chaplain,plwaians, tphaesseßde,vb. ymar. rn(txr,i tyshoofuladixptroodt,h,rereete docu, h ment. The rev. gentleman, however, said that he bad made a soletin promise to Tawell not to part with the statement, and that no power on earth should ever induce him to do so. It remains to be seen what further proceedings will be taken. On Saturday, Samuel Yarham was executed at Norwich for the murder of Mrs. Candler, at Yarmouth. He did not make any confession but maintained a sullen silence. 20,000 people were present. This execution stands in one respect almost unparalleled in English history—that of a man being hanged for a murder after he bad been allowed to give evidence against three supposed accomplices in the same ofreoc... He is also executed upon statements which be himself made whilst under the impression that, in consequente of giving such evidence, he was free from any ulierior proceedings.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1846-03-17 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

BRIAN SEERY.—A letter from a cor- on the part of the Orange Institution, would meet with respondent, which appeared in the London Times of Sa- my unqualified condemnation, and, if persevered in, my turday, gives what we greatly suspect to be the correct separation from it. But her Majesty's government need version of the case of this marl,, concerntegwhose execu- fear no such movement by the Orangemen of Ireland. tion so much hypoceoical and'priegly sympathy has been However they may differ from, and protest against much , paraded before the public. The writer remarks that,— of their legislative proceedings, they know and reverence "The statement respecting Seery's tenancyand subsequent the authority of that blessed book, which declares, that in settlement with Sir Francis Hopkins is true, and the their executive character, the government of a country treatment of the latter produced in Seery's mind respect I are the ministers of God,' and bear r co, the sword in and gratitude, hut Seery was a ribandtpan. The members vain ; revengers to execute wrath upon him who doeth of that society take an oath of implicit obedience to the evil.'—Rom. xiii. 4. I have no hesitation, therefore, in committee or superiors ; and by reason of its being volun- tendering to the government, its the name of the Orangetary, and invested, as they suppose, with a religious hue, men of Cavan, our institution, (with all the esprit de ; they esteem it more sacred than any other obligation. corps imparted by the talismanic name of ' ORANGE,) as I Sir Francis Hopkins was tried, found guilty, and sentenced ancillary to the present or any future efforts of the legisto death for some subsequent eviction of cottiers i • and lature to remove the stain of human brood from, and relots were drawn among the parties supposed to be eg- store a sense of security to, our wretched land. grieved at a meeting of the society—the lot fell on Seery. " But we tell our legislators and the government, that I His companion, the second man at the offence, was ap- the utmost which they can do, will still leave a work pointed to see that he did not flinch from his duty; his for Orangeism to effect. The ex'remities, the hands and own death and violation of his oath, which he more ab• the feet, as it were, of MOLLY M ',Gom la, may be within horred, would be the consequence of refusal ; Seery, there- their reach ; but I know of nothing so calculated to strike j fore, resolved to undertake the supposed duty, but, true to at the heart of this mother of murder, as the known existhe lax morality and jesuitical teaching of his pastors, re- fence of Orange organization in and around the different solved likewise to fire wide of the mark, which he accord- localities where she has established her bloody code. My ingly did. This fact will account for the declaration, oft own experience (and it has not been small) enables me to • • repeated, of his innocence of the crime of which he was testify my firm conviction that, under God, to your instiALLEGED
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1846-03-17 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

THE IRISH FAMINTE.—The following pithy letter was addressed to the editor of the Times nn Saturday last : Sir,—ln your Parliamentary report of to-day. I read. under the head of •' Famine in Ireland." some observations of Mr. O'C9 .nell's. He conchs 'es by saying—" For the Irishman was always ready to share his last potato with his poor destitute neighbour.''  Is Mr. O'Connell an Irishman ? if so, has he no potatoes. F. J Another correspondent in a subsequent paper says that it is the la:t potato that an Irishman is ready to hare, and that the agitator has not reached the last in It's stock. A Rock notice, written and signed by " Captain Moonlight," was sent to Miss Maria Peacocke, of Dooneen, commanding the young lady never to be seen with her sister Eliza, as his company intend "to shoot her as they would a mad dog," and that they will watch her both day and night with that design. These miscreants conceive that the benevolent Mr. Peacocke would remit the entire rent of his potato ground, after considerable reductions heretofore, but for one of his daughters, and the notice concludes—" Peel is now at our side—Hurry for Repeal and Old Ireland."—Limerick Chronicle.  Neith,r O'Connell nor his cliqu3—no. nor his press— can check the desire on the part of the more honest repeaters to know what has been done with their m ney subecrihed to the " rent." The Pilot (Mr. O'Connell's organ) openly avows that " the people of Ireland have never paid one chilling to the repeal fund for any other purpose but that the Liberator may have it to apply to any purpose, or to (very purpose. which to him may appear most conducive to the ends of the association." Such brazen assurance as this is anything but slticfactory to a large body of subscribers, and hence the continued bickerings amongst them, which are daily increasing.  MURDER AND TUE MURDERER RECONCILED —We are no alarmists; but if ever the gentry of all religious denominations (especially of our own communion) had reason to be alarmed for their lives and properties, they have good cause to be so now, by the awful and horrifying disclosures in the letter of the Rev. Roderick Ryder, in our columns this day. Mr. Ryder was lately a priest of the church of Rome, and he has brought home the crime of murder to the priests of that church. It appears that that horrible crime may be committed with impunity by the members of tbat church, when the perpetration of it (according to the theology and morality of Maynooth) is likely to advance the interests of popery. Mr. Ryder's testimony and proofs are unanswerable. Every doubt respecting Seery's criminality is removed by this letter ; it shows how the murderer and murder are reconciled at the gallows, and how the former is duped to believe that he is about to die a martyr for his holy (?) religion, and to atone for the sins of his whole life ! Oh ! popery, in the very gibbet even, you make merchandise of men's souls !—Dublin Slat: swan.