The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-04-24 00:00:00

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It appeared that on Friday morning

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but complained of being unwell, in consequence of h,
been drinking for three or four weeks previously.
John Henry Goldsmith saw him, and advised him to tab.
he Said would cure him, on which he

a druggist's shop near, at
)rne morphia, which he administered to the d,
half an hour after• taking the powder, tl
ig in his yard in a state of insens

o Mr. Albright'

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ri died the same afternoon. Mr. John
Dr. Dunlevie, and Mr. Wm. Nesbitt,

re examined. The jury, after a long consultati
nd a verdict of manslaughter against Goldsmith, t

imously of opinion that the death of the de
accelerated by the administration of morphit

Ir. Goldsmith

issued his warrant for the committal c

NS. lIERRMANN.—The tricks of this magiciar
extraordinary. His sympathetic doves, docile
ra clock work. and mysterious clock, are admit

however, were or

ustible bOttle and the suspension of ether_ _
ese is by far the most popular piece of conjure-
er witnessed, inasmuch as M. Herrmann, by

.fit of the whole theat;e,

[asses of all kinds of wines, spirits, liqueurs, according
the demands of his audience. The consequent scene
most amusing, and M. Herrmann goes on pouring out,
infinitum, sherry, port, claret, champagne, brandy,
in, rum, whiskey, and fifty other drinks, all from the
sme bottle, to the astonishment of his spectators. A
inch less popular trick than this, but one not less excel-
.

it, is the suspension by ether. A little girl is left sus-
nded in the centre of the stage, almost in a horizontal
3ition, with only the slight support of one elbow rested
•elessly on the top of a slender prop. The machinery
which this effect is obtained must be cleverly devised.

3. The
" with

t this theatre continue to amuse large audiences
Ivelty of the week was " Lucia de Lammermoor,
Liss Ann Romer as Lucia, and Mr. Howard Glover as
7dgardo. Miss Romer's Lucia is a most successful per-
>nation ; we had hardly thought her canable of sufficient
iergy to execute the music, which is in some parts ex-
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unticult. ant. founds in _ passages. she went
.ough the whole part, however, with an ease and grace
ich were highly gratifying to the audience, and:cast a
7 favourable reflection upon the young lady's exertions.
r acting in the mad scene was one of the most perfect
iibitions we have seen for a long time. To our extreme
;ret she was not supported by Mr. H. Glover in the
nner her efforts deserved. This gentleman has %von for
nself a fair reputation as a composer and conductor,

a new career for which he seems scarcely suited.
voice lacks that strength which is so imperatively ne-
- for the stage, and he would have done beta had

,er
..fined in his place in the orchestra, whose doing:.
auently gave evidence of the absence of its wonted
ler. Next to Miss Romer, Mr. Gregg (Enrico) de-
'es to be mentioned as contributing to the success of
His magnificent bass voice told with great
scene, and in the duet with Lucia at
,„mning of the second act, and we have no doubt
ne will, by continued study and exertion, rise in his
- • Mr. Delavanti, as Bide the Bent, acquitted
s usual- Of the chorus we cannot speak
'v, which is partly to be ascribed to the
_ ~ant of the conductor in the orchestra.
rpiece during the week was the " Beggar's Opera,"
...iara Flower sustaining the part of Captain Mac-
eath, in which, by her powerful contralto, she fully sup-
lied the place of a tenor. Her conception of the character
--curate, and some of her songs were deservedly
Miss Anne Romer, as Polly, and Miss Mary
Lucy, did ample justice to their parts, and the

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vas very aco
encored. 7,
Glover,

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whole went off in- good kyle. To-morrow evening Mr.
Hime will take his benefit, as Toni°, in " The Daughter
of the Regiment," and we hope that the house will be a
bumper, as an encouragement for the young artist.
WILSON, THE ALLEGED MURDERER.—AIthough an
, stupid fellow, this wretched man is fully awake
nstance which may present itself in his favour.
membered that, at the examination before
, when a witness stated that he saw the pri-
- r-ttal day with one of the legs of his trousers
he top of a Wellington boot, he (on being
3w his boots) jumped upon a seat within

its toot upon the bridewell-keeper's
he did riot tear Wellingtons, but
re was then no evidence that any
id been in 1

witness said that the boots shown were what he called
Wellingtons, though they were short. Since then the
truth has transpired. A woman, to whom Wilson (or
Gleeson) gave a pair of Wellington boots, offered them
in pawn at the very shop where he exchanged his trousers,
and they am now in possession of the police. Mr.
Dowling, our head constable, has addressed a letter to.
the Journal, dated 20th instant, in which he states that
Mr. Featherstone, a magistrate, who resides near
Limerick, had called upon him that day, stating that he
knew the whole family of the Gleesons, and could identify
the prisoner if desired ; that that gentleman was sent to
Kirkdale ; and the moment he entered the yard, where
the prisoner was, the latter approaching him, cap in
hand, said, " I'm glad to see your honour," and burst
into tears ; and that he then stated he had sent a tette'
to his honour, to be delivered to his father, which.
ever, Mr. Featherstone had not received, as he had been
absent in London—hut he told prisoner that he was about
to proceed to Ireland, and would attend to it. At the
end of this interview, which clearly establishes the pri-
soner's identity, " Gleeson (says Mr. Dowling) made a
bow, and seemed bursting with anguish." It is added
that. during this conversation with the prisoner. mithina

was said relative to the crime with which he is charged.
Mr. Featherstone, before leaving the gaol, told the
governor that there could be no mistake as to the pri-
soner's identity, for that five years ago he was brought
before him, on a charge of having robbed a man of £7,
but was discharged, the evidence not being sufficient.
Shortly after, Gleeson left Ireland, and Mr. Featherstone
only learned where he was by the recent accounts in the
newspapers. Mr. Dowling had previously discovered
that the real name of the prisoner is Maurice Gleeson,
son of David Gleeson, a blacksmith, of Bruree, nine
miles from Limerick ; that the whole family was noted
for idleness and vice; that the prisoner, who worked a
little for his father, left home two or three years ago, and
that one of his sisters (Honorah) had since ben.,
ported. The following further particulars were also
ascertained :—The prisoner went from Ireland to
Plymouth, where he worked for a few months in a founds y
as striker. From Plymouth he went to London, and
lived for some time in Limehouse. About ten months
ago he came to Liverpool, and took lodgings at the house
in Sparling-street, kept by his present wife, whom, as
we before stated, he married at the end of last year.
Since be came to Liverpool he has never been known to
do a day's work.—lt will be seen by our shipping news
that the Duncan, Captain Henrichson, did not arrive at
Calcutta until the 25th February. She is now probably
on her passage home.