The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-11-27 00:00:00

ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.

Mr. James Anderson gave a most successful and
remarkably accurate representation of Sir John Falstaff
last night, at this theatre. It was enthusiastically
approved and applauded by the audience, and will be
repeated to-morrow and Friday. To-night, Schiller's
celebrated play of "The Robbers" will be performed,
Mr. Anderson playing Charles de Mr or, a character
which will afford admirable scope for his abilities. •

MR. AND MRS. GERMAN. REED, WITH

MR. JOHN PARRY.

Last evening these favourites of .the public of Liver-
pool gave the first of their entertainments during their
present visit, in the elegant concert-room of St. George's-
hail. The audience was, as usual, of a highly fashion-
able type, and the room was well filled. Mrs. German
Reed was in excellent voice; Mr. John Parry was, as
usual, super-excellent in all that he undertook, and Mr.
German Reed most ably and efficiently filled up his part
of the programme. The representation will be given
on each evening this week, and also on Wednesday
afternoon. Tickets may be, had at Messrs. Smith's
gaud musical emporium, Lord-street, and also at the

"CROMWELL REFUSING THE CROWN
OF ENGLAND."

We had the gratification of having' a private view
yesterday of this grand historical picture, painted by T.
11. Maguire, Esq., at • Griffiths' (late Winstanleys')
Gallery, Church-street. We have no hesitation in
according to this magnificent and elaborately-finished
work of art the very highest rank. It is a splendid
accession to the comparatively few really historical
paintings which we now possess, and it represents one
of the most interesting periods in English history. All
the first artists and greatest critics of the day who have
had an opportunity of seeing the painting have been
unanimous in according to its conception and execution
the palm of being much the ftuest work of its
kind produced of late, not only as regards the
pow-Trill/ and bold treatment of the subject and
its artistic excellence, but for its really wonderful
finish. Though overlying a really enormous breadth
of canvas, the picture is elaborated in all its de-
tails With the most careful and minute touches. All
its accessories are quite illusively painted, and the longer
the gratified visitor gazes upon the glorious artistic feast
before him, the more his admiration • and delight are
excited. The Protector is taken in the attitude in which
he stood in- the House of Parliarnent, oil the Bth May,
1657, when he intimated to the committee his final deter-
mination to refuse 'the title and office of Bing which he
had been repeatedly invited to accept, in an address
which concluded with the following words :—" I say I
"am persuaded to return this answer to you, THAT I
CANNOT.. UNDERTAKE THIS GOVERNMENT WITH THE
TITLE OF KING; AND THAT IS MINE ANSWER TO THIS
GREAT AND WEIGHTY BUSINESS."
AFOUSd,CCUIII*CII, who stands on a dais,'holding the
petition of the committee of delegates in one hand, while
the other is placed on his breast, deprecatingly but
firmly, are ranged in distinctiYe but harmonious group-
ing, the members who are recorded, or may be supposed
to have taken part, in the deputation. Cromwell's
figure and face are carefully studied from the Cooper
miniature and the cast taken after his death, which Car-
lyle declares to be the most faithful portraitures of the
great Protector. Among the surrounding group, each
one, of whose lineaments any record remains, is a care-
fully executed portrait, and in all, the expression is
varied, :earnest, and life-like, the attitude graceful and
natural, while the general action of the scene presents a
resultant at once forcible, correct, and picturesque. The
drawing is free, flowing, and true. Nor, while repudiat-
ing the "pronounced" tints and nielodramic effects of
some contemporary artists, has Mr. Maguire proved less
successful as a colourist. The picture is to be engraved
in the finest style, and we are informed that special
arrangements have been made for the security of
subscribers.

CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.—A man may stand for
several Minutes in a particular spot; he may be proved:
to have been guilty of other strange acts ; he may bear
generally a bad character; an intrigue may be suspected;
it may he worth his while, at any cost, to prevent his
immoral conduct being exposed. All this may he true,
all this may give a shade and a colour td" his every
action ; but motive is not abSolutely proved, oral testi-
mony is wanting; and it is fooligh, and perhaps criminal,
without these to point the finger of suspicion against
him. Any thinking man will be brought, even re-
luctantly,' to this conclusion by a study of reports of
criminal cases. Take ,such recent. causes celares as
Palrier's,. Madeleine Smith's, and Smethurst's—one
acquitted, one absolved by virtue of the Scottish verdict
of " not proven," and one conviction, Palmer declaring
with his dying breath that he fell the victim of a medical
theory.—Front " Temple Bar," _NO. 1.
THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. DENTS.—The works which
have been senile time in hand at the Cathedral of St.
Denis are approaching completion. The most curious
portion of the building is the crypt of the Carlovingian
kings, which formed a portion of the third church
raised on the "mine spot, the first having been erected'
over the tomb of St. Denis before the invasion of the
Franks; the second by Dagohert 1., about the year
630 ; the third by'Cliarlemagne, in 775 ; and the pre.-
sent structure in the 12th century. This ancient crypt
was found tolerably preserved, and has been repaired with
great care. It'contains at-present the remains of Louis
XVI., Marie Antoinette. and the aunts of the former,
with those of the Due de Berri and one of his children,
the Prince de Conde, and Louis XVIII. The new
crypt, which has been constructed to receive the.ashes of
the members of the Bonaparte family, is placed beneath
the transept and a small portion of the chancel; and
Immediately. west of the Carlovingian tomb, -thus
bringing the two extremes into contact. It is very
large, and consists of a central space and two side aisles;
at the cast end of the former is a small altar, lighted by
means of a window or skylight behind the high altar of
the chnrch.
THE GALWAY ATLANTIC MAIL STEAM PACKET
COMPANY AND THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT.—The Irish
Royal Atlantic Mail Steam Packet Company have made
a proposal to • the Imperial Government of France for
the conveyance of the French mails to and from America
vid Galway, as well as for the transmission of tele-
graphic communications each way, the company's vessel
touching at St. John's, Newfoundland, whence the cable
is laid to the United States. The Emperor appears to
be favourable to the project, seeing that it would tend-
considerably to the commercial advantage of France, by
a more expeditious and more frequent intercourse with
America; as, in the event of obtaining a subsidy, a
weekly service would be substituted for the present fort-
nightly one. The Chambers of Commerce of Paris, Bor-
deaux, Havre, and Nantes, have passed resolutions
strongly in favour of ,the project, and the expectation
is that Marseilles will follow their example. From
these manifestations in such important commercial
centres, as well as from the favourable disposition.
evinced by the French Government, the success of the
undertaking may be anticipated ; and amongst other
advantages likely to follow from it will he the opening
of direct communication between Ireland and France ;
as the chairman of the Company, Mr.'lVtalcomson pro-
poses putting on steamboats between Havre and Water-
ford and Galway, The French and Irish markets will
thus be placed within easy reach of each other. Mr.
Blake, M.P. for -Waterford, Dr, Gray, of the .Freeman's
Journal, and J. Leister . O'Beirne, Esq.; have been.
actively engaged for some time past in taking the neces-
sary steps for carrying the matter into effect.
A " RELIGIOUS IMPOSTOR," AND A WHOLESALE
'THIEF."—At the Bradford Borough Court, on Saturday,
before the Mayor, Mr. Alderman Brown, and Mr. Alder-
man Light, a well-dressed woman, ;who gave her' name
as. Mary Morley, aged about forty, was charged with
plundering several temperance 'rind other houses, where
she.had been lodging for several weeks. The prisoner
was apprehended by police-Officer Bewer, in the Market
Place, on Friday. Reports had reached the police sta-
tion 'of 'a person of the prisoner's description having,
after lodging at various places in the town, plundered
them of property on decamping, At the time he
apprehended her she had concealed under her cloak
a Bible, an American clock, and a set of fire-irons,
property whiCh she had stolen from Mr. Tweed's
Temperance Hotel, situated in Well-street. Bradford.
She lodged there several weeks. She .at first refused
to give any name or address, but afterwards gave her
name, and said she had come, from Birmingham in
search of her husband, who was an engineer. It also
transpired that she had committed similar depredations
in other towns, and was "wanted" .at - Halifax-and
Rochdale. There were no fewer than six charges of
felony against her at Bradford, but three only were
selected, namely, the robbery of Mr. Tweed's Temper-
ance Hotel, a robbery of wearing apparel at Mrs.
Curtis's house, in Sedgwick-street, and the robbery of
Manningliam`Wesleyan Chapel. The prisoner appeared
to be very pious, and attended frequently at public wor-
ship. • At Manningliam, she stole the carpet of the
vestry floor. Its value was £2, and she sold it to a
broker for lie. Most of her plunder had been turned
into money in like manner. She stated that she was a
lady reduced in circumstances, and obliged to part with
her property. t She was committed for trial.

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