The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-08-07 00:00:00

MMIC AND THE D.R..411A.

JULLIEN'S CONCEET.-011 Friday evening M. Jullien and
the principal members of his band, together with the fine
band of _the 2nd Life Guards, gave an open air concert in the
Zoological Gardens: The attractions of the music; added to
the other features of interest connected with these•gardens,
drew a large attendance, and before the commencement of the
performances the gardens were enlivened by a numerous body
of highly respectable promenaders, which increased in number
as the- evening wore on.- Altogether the fete was a moat suc-
cessful one, the number of visitors, when the gardens were
most crowded, amounting.to not fewer than between nine and
ten thousand. The bands, occupied the pagoda-shaped orches-
tra in the centre of the grounds, the dense multitude, who
composed the audience, stretching out on all sides. Herr
Reicat, MM. Collinet, Duhem, Hughes, Nabieh, Wuille, Son-
nenberg, Simar, Charles, Do Prins, Hardy,. and Morlighem,
were the principal solo performers; the programme also in-
cluded a grand selection from Verdi's opera, 11 Trovatore,"
Meyerbeer's " Etoile du Nord," Mendolssohn's " Wedding
March," "Midsummer Night's Dream," Beethoven's " Ninth
Symphony," " The British Army Quadrille," and M. Jullien's
latest compositions performed in London during, the present
season, namely,." The Belle of the Village Valse," "The Rose
and Violet-Valse," dedicated to the Queen of England and the
Empress of France. Also, his celebrated assault galop, from
"The Zouaves pas de Course." The concert concluded with
"Partant pour la Syrie," and " God,save:the Queen;" from the
" Allied Armies' Quadrille." At the conclusion of the concert
the bombardment of Sebastopol, accompanied by the usually
splendid display of fireworks, concluded the amusements of an
evening which will be long remembered with satisfaction by
the dense multitude who witnessed the performances.

AT TIIE ROYAL A-MPIIITIIEATRE Mr. George Vandenhoff,
accompanied by Miss Anderton, has been giving a round of
his favourite characters during the,. past week, prior to his
departure for Amerin. Of the round, perhaps his Charles
Surface, in Sheridan's brilliant comedy of " the School for
Scandal," was the best and most striking. The easy gaiety
and buoyant good nature of the careless,-though not depraved;
spendthrift were depicted with animation and gentleman-like
vivacity. The Lady Teazle of Miss Anderton, also, was
good where she did not attempt too muchof the higher strain
of feeling.. In the celebrated " discovery scene" her action
and declamation were somewhat over done, bordering on, if
not actually touching, the spasmodic.
AT rim THEA.TRE-ROYAL the admirers-of opera will have
a high treat prepared for their entertainment in the course of
next week. The splendid operatic company which has been
delighting the London musical amateurs, by its performances
SRLOicaa,leAnleirr'eliA nn Ai GrOi
" II Trovatore," Donizetti'-s "Lucia de Lammermoor," Mozart's
"DonY Giovanni," BellineS -" I Puritani," and Rossini's "Ii
Barbiere de Siviglia," besides one act each of " Otello" and
" Masaniello." The leading.artistes are all high class, and the
orchestra and chorus will: be in all respects complete. The
eat •rprise and risk involved in this speculation are great, and
it is to be hoped they will:be met with a degree of liberality
by the public, sufficient to reward the labour and reimburse
the outlay of the undertaking. Few managers attend with
more-jUdicious zeal to affording enjoyment to their patrons
than our indefatigable townsman, Mr. Copeland, whose energy
knows -no tiring in this respect. He has, we understand, been
recently in treaty with Madlle. Rachel for one-performance by.
that tragedienne as she passes through Liverpool on her way
to America. In the attempt to secure this he has been un-
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curtsey before a transatlantic: audience. makes after
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CAUTION : REGGING IMPOSITION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Sts,—l, have ascertained this morning that two men are
going about with a begging petition, purporting to be on
behalf of a deaf and dumb child—a candidate for admission
into this school. I beg4to,caution the public against these
persons. Their statement is untrue, and their, use of my name
totally unauthorised. No eligible candidate has ever failed,
of admission into this. school ; and I trust that those who
wish to benefit the deal and dumb will do, so through the
medium of this institution, which now numbers eighty pupils,
and not give the least countenance to unauthorised and frau-
dulent applications,_ such, as that which it is now my duty, to
expose.—l am, Sir,your obedient servant,.
DAVID BUXTON,
' Pr:ueipal, of the School for the Deaf and Dumb.
Oxford-street East, August 6th, 1855.

BREACH O - PROMISE OF X4RLIAGE.

CURIOUS CA.S,Z.

AT the Wells Assize on Wednesday, an action. was tried in
which Mary Clarke sued Jonas Clarke for a breach of promise
of marriage. The parties were in humble life. The plaintiff
had had.an illegitimate child by another person, but that was
known_ to the.defendant, and she afterwaras had a child by
the defendant. Several letters had been written by the defen-
dant to the-plaintiff. We give one written. by the plaintiff to
the-defendant, and some extmcts.from 'letters written by the
defendant to the plaintiff.

"Bath, Oct., 1853.
"-My dearest Jonas,—l, now with, pleasure take my pen in•
hand to tell you a little bow. I have enjoyed myself to-day.
Mrs. Jacques has taken me out one place and the other all, the
day, which I can ashure you my enjoyment was very great,
but do ashure you you was uppermost in my thoughts, espe-
cially while I was shopping. I will leave you to Judge was for
the shopman did tell mews you used to do he did make me look
£5 better'; he told me I wanted more practise, but I thought
the contrary. I saw Ellen this morning—little did I think I
was living with such, but it is true. There is no, knowing
nobody till you find them out. lam looking forward for the
pleasure of seeing you for the next enjoyment, but I hope you
will please to bring me a apple in the corner of your hollow
tooth, as I cannot fancy one I get in Bath.—Your loving and
affectionate, " Manic CLARKE."
From the defendant to the plaintiff :
" You no need to think I forget you, for your name is
sounded in my years most every day from some part of the
counterey or the other, so it apers that som pepel trobel their
beds a grate deal about we, but I will put that of till I see you
witch prapes will not be long I can ashure you.
" Good by God bias you rite soon."
" I can asuare my whord is my bond, you can well sadesfie
ar person about that."
I ofen think of my n par dear Mary now I have the cows
tide up in littell hous."
" Always most happey to have a letther."
" It is like a somers month since I spoke to you last, but
still whe must whait with pasints prapes the time will soon
room for you and me to talk at our lacier."
" I shall never know how to make you sofesiently rewarded."
I will come and see you if posebill I can lave home."
" I think of coming to Bath next wick if possabal I can
live, but I can ashour you I ham very bisey, but of corse if
taere is time to spar it must be spent with the won I love so
dtarley."
In one of the letters the defendant said, " I wish you a
happy new year, and a nice little baby, and a good husband."
A good deal of amusement was created by the examination
(1 some of the witnesses, who stated that the letters were put
in the fowlhouse; that the plaintiff said she had been mar-
ried to the defendant. They asked the defendant what he
expected, a girl or a boy, and he replied, "A boy." They had
Fem. endearments between them, such as generally passed
letween man and wife. Although she said she was married,
;et they a little doubted the fact. She occasionally wore a
ring, but she said she wished to keep it private on account of
their friends. Her letters were directed to " Mrs. Clarke."
She went out one morning dressed a little smarter than usual,
Ike a person who was going to be married—a white bonnet
slid white ribands, and she returned with two rings on her
finger, a wedding ring and a keeper. She passed as a respect-
able farmer's wife. One witness said that she found that they
were not married, and she endeavoured in every way to get
I him to the point of promising to marry her, but he evaded it.
On behalf of the defendant several witnesses were called,
who swore to many acts of immorality committed by the
The jury eventually found a verdict for the defendant.