The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-02-14 00:00:00

MUSIC AND TEE DRAMA.

An ran THEATRE ROYAL we have had' a new aspirant
to histrionic fame, in the person. of Miss Anderton, who
has enacted the characters of Julia in the " Hunchback,"
and, Pauline in the " Lady of Lyons," both of which
characters she has repeated. Her impersonations of both
were more than merely respectable. She possesses in
good. degree that qualification indispensable to theatrical
success, respect for her author, and. a wholesome belief in
the propriety of understanding: what he means, and
clothing his ideas in his own words. In other phrase,
she reads her parts with care, and• renders the dialogue
with readiness and fidelity. In: person she is pleasing,
and her deportment is ladylike• as well as easy. Good
natural rendering of her part appears to be her study ;
and in devoting her attention to that she takes the surest
way to•'win renown and merit favour. Her personation
has been so good upon the whole, that we are gratified to
learn she returns, after a brief sojourn in London, to fulfil
a more protracted engagement in Liverpool. The " But-
terfly's Ball" continues a leading attraction at this house,
and still commands a host of enthusiastic admirers. Miss
Glyn, we are glad to perceive, commenced a short engage-
ment at the Theatre Royal last night; her appearances
are to continue during the present and next week.

THE MARIONETTES AND MASKS AND FACES at the
Clayton Hall continue their allurements. Of Mr. Cole-
man's own performances it would be difficult to speak too
highly. His versatility and representative powers are
great, and he does not scruple to employ them. In imita-
tion of well-known characters his. personation are capital,
while the combinations of mosaic framework, in which
his characters are set, are of a highly intellectual order.
The Marionettes are very good in their studied drolle-
ries. As a whole, the exhibition is a clever one, and
merits public favour. The hall is neatly as well as com-
fortably fitted up, and the amusements, though varied,
are not too protracted in their duration.

LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY'S CONCERT.—
The first subscription concert for the season, took place
on Tuesday evening. The audience was numerous
and fashionable, and testified the pleasure they re-
ceived from the performances of the different artistes
by loud plaudits. The concert was opened by Weber's
jubilee overture, which was given in admirable style.
Madame Amadei, a vocalist new to the Liverpool concerts,
made her first appearance, and created a very favourable
impression. Her style is of the legitimate Italian school;
her voice is powerful and sweet, her execution being
markedly artistic. The piano-forte performance of Miss
Arabella Goddard formed a leading attraction in the even-
ing's entertainment. This lady, along with M. Sainton,
a violin player of great excellence, played a brilliant duet,
on the pianoforte and violin, which was deservedly
applauded. M. Sainton in a violin solo afterwards elicited
a well-deserved burst of approbation. The succeeding
concert is fixed for Tuesday, the 7th of March, on which
occasion the " Elijah" will be performed, and in which
Miss Birch, Miss Huddart, and Herr Carl Formes will
take part.

•
POST-OFFICE ROBBERIES.—Among the scandalous
abuses of the Post-office is the systematic purloining of
newspapers by the officials. Whenever intelligence of
particular interest is expected,—as for instance, last week,
the opening of parliament, and the speech from the
throne,—numerous complaints are made of the non-arrival
of papers regularly posted in the usual course. The
increasing irregularity of this department, and its utter
indifference to private and individual remonstrance, loudly
call for a public inquiry into the entire system of Post-
office management.—John Bull.
NEWRY, WARRENPOINT, AND ROSTREVOR RAIL WAY
The sixteenth general meeting was held at the Clarendon
Rooms, on Friday, Francis Shand, Esq., Chairman of the
Directors, presided. The Secretary, Mr. Robert Cochran,
read the following report :—Beyond submitting the an-
nexed balance sheet, for the past half year, your directors
have little to report. No further steps have been taken
towards a junction between the Newry and Enniskillen
and your lines, but your Directors are (as they have ever
been) desirous of seeing such a junction made upon a fair
and equitable basis,—being convinced tkat the traffic on
neither line can be fully developed without it. The pas-
sengers' traffic on the line continues to increase, and your
Directors look for a further improvement, now that the
line from Newry to Goragh Wood is opened. Should the
present movement for a harbour of refuge, on the west
coast of Ireland, result in Government fixing on Carling-
ford Lough as the most suitable for that purpose, another
very considerable impetus would be given to the traffic on
your line. Three directors, Messrs. Reilly, Vandeleur,
and Bushell, retired by rotation, and being eligible, offered
themselves for re-election. Another vacancy at the Board,
caused by the death of Mr. W. Cochran, also requires to
be filled up. The Chairman stated that the passenger
traffic, notwithstanding the severe season, had exhibited a
considerable increase, and that a further increase might
be looked for now that the line to Goragh Wood was
opened. The Government had sent a commissioner to ex-
amine and report upon the Carling-ford bar, and the prac-
ticability of converting the lough into a harbour of refuge,
which, if carried out, would act as a feeder to their line.
He concluded by moving that the report be adopted. Mr.
Holland seconded the motion, which was unanimously
carried. The retiring directors, Messrs. Reilly, Vandeleur,
and Bushell, were re-elected without opposition, and the
vacancy in the direction was filled up by the appointment
of Mr. Edward Heath.

ATROCIOUS GAROTTE ROBBERY IN TOXTETII-PARIC.--
At the Police-court, on Friday, two young men, Thomas
Brown and John Brady, and three women, Elizabeth Raf-
ferty, Mary Stanley, and Jane M`Kee, were charged with
committing a garotte robbery, with extreme violence, on
the person of Mr. Thomas Bibby, of 11, Warwick-street,
Toxteth-park.. Mr. Bibby, who was lately a clerk in the
Wapping railway station, but was about commencing
business for himself as a master carter, said he was going
home about ten o'clock on Thursday night, when, within
a few yards of his own door, one of the female prisoners
came up to him and took hold of him. He pushed her off,
when he was almost immediately afterwards assaulted
from behind, something thrown round his neck, and him-
self knocked down, beaten, and robbed, by a number of
other parties, of whom there were three or four men and
two women. His pockets were turned inside out. There
was stolen from him a £lO note, £8 10s. in gold, Os. in
silver, and a large clasp knife, and a stamped receipt for
£lO. He could recognise one of the men and Rafferty, as
among those who attacked him. The prisoners had been
apprehended by Inspector Horn and Police-officer Cousins,
of the detective force, who produced the following con-
clusive evidence against them :—Margaret Bennett, Eliza-
beth Williams, and Maria Fowler, three young women
who live in the neighbourhood and know the prisoners,
were in Warwick-street at the time of the robbery, and
saw the whole transaction. They stated that Mr. Bibby
appeared to be slightly influenced by liquor ; and the girl
Rafferty followed him to his own door, and then laid hold
of him, when the two men, with Mary Stanley, attacked
him. Rafferty, they stated, rifled his pockets, while the
others held him down, and then they all ran off. Margaret
Connor, keeper of a house of ill-fame, stated that all the
prisoners came to her house on Wednesday, and Brown
gave a £lO note to get changed for them. They had also
a stamped receipt in their possession, which was burned.
The £lO note she took to Mr. Woods, a neighbouring
publican, who, however, refused to have anything to do
with it.. Mr. Woods stated that Connor offered him 10s.

FREEMASONS' HALL, LIME-STREET.--This very com-
modious and elegant hall, which is attached to the Queen's
Hotel, Lime-street, is to be opened this evening, with
the annual dinner of the Liverpool Guardian Society, on
which occasion a large attendance of the members and
their friends is expected to be present. Externally, this
edifice presents many features of attractive interest,, and
harmonizes well with the general architectural effect of
the Queen's Hotel, with which it is immediately con-
nected, although furnished with a separate hall of en-
trance. The great hall is an admirably-proportioned
saloon, of large dimensions, its extreme length being
eighty-four feet. The walls are lofty, and are tastefully-
decorated by fielded panels, separated from each other by
pillasters of an appropriate architectural style, resting on
a dado of grey coloured imitation granite. A sufficiently
bold cornice projects over the pillasters and surrounds the
hall, and on its upper edge are placed tastefully-modelled
ornaments, in the centre of each of which is placed a gas-
light, projecting a flood of regulated light throughout the
whole apartment, on a principle similar to that adopted
with such eminent and charming success in the Philhar-
monic-hall. The ceiling is raised above a coved metallic
grating, which effectually secures abundant ventilation,
and adds, in no small degree, to the general decoration.
A-handsome lantern-light occupies and adorns the central
compartment of the ceiling. It is furnished with a sun-
light, and is decorated with well-executed representations
of the zodiacal signs. The western end of the hall is oc- THE TEETH.—A, new and vesry curious. invention con-
cupiednected with Dental Surgery, huaanobreern introduced by Mr.
by three tall and well-proportioned windows, in
front of the central one of which is the space allotted to Howard, of 17, George-street
the production of an entirely new :le-ssciPpatrieon olf3dAo.ilVtlictiail
the president of meetings ; and the opposite end is fitted Te eetill, fixel by his new patent system of self-adhesion and
with a commodious gallery, or orchestra, as circumstances
paertferaTliyonAswemittrut springs, wires, or ligatures.
may require. In addition to such appliances as are cus- They .so natural teeth, as not to be dis-
'gteeeteheleevuerr before
tomary in a public hall, and which, from the above des- tinguished from the originoairsbdatya
and wilt
They
cription; it will. be seen are amply provided here, everyfound very
attention has been paid to the furnishing of subsidiary wilt
su pused. This meethod
enritevretrocahnayn
require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation what-
apartments, such as cloak and robing-rooms, and com-
mittee and assembling-rooms; the whole being fitted withobtained,enaatnurde of .the materials used, the most
ever,
perfect al et
itveromh
are guaranteed to restore er-
a warming apparatus on the most improve principle. iculation and mastication. The
areinveption is of. importance
The edifice, as will be remembered, was intended in the to many persons, and those. whooeinterested raelteendt it,dentist.
should
first instance to be in reality a Free-Masons' Hall, but avail themselves of Mr. Howard's slil;
The sales of Holloway's Pills and Ointment have wonder-
from some alteration in arrangements; or from some other fullyk increased lately ;we presume, therefore, that the well-
cause, the management and tenautcy have devolved upon known virtues the medicines possess are becoming universally
Mr. Henry Curchod, of the Queen's Hotel, and under his
auspices no pains or outlay have been spared in rendering 5f tri'r
%Leg i
tetc,atthoosands of persons of both sexes testify
y h their effect is miraculous; they act conjointly
the system, the one internally and the other
the hall complete and comfortable in all respects. It is so directl • upon
' admirably adapted for sound, and from its central • •
positionexternally. that the most serious cases will readily yield to
their wonderful pinver.,
...
and capabilities, is well suited for holding of public meet- BLAIR'S GOUT AND KHRUMATIC PlLLlL—Extract of a
ings, or for musical or other entertainments. The con- letter, written by John Mollard Wheeler, Esq., collector of
struction and decoration of the edifice externally and in- customs,.loaTiari.cprohuatviifig been handed by his brother, at
ternally are highly creditable to the professional repute- Swindon, publicationr,s is,--1:. It know you have
tion of Mr. Duckworth, by whom they were planned, and never hail occasidn to Prout,
er
tically tell you, in mercy to any friend whou maye smueffeermfProhma-
under whose superintendence they have been carried out. gout, rheumatic gout, lumbago, sciatica, rheumatism, or any
ROYAL INSTITUTION.— Mr. J. A. Tinne presided at
branch of that widely-allied family, to recommend their
using them. In this country they are of wonderful efficacy ;
the annual meeting on Friday. An address, which had been notrie only am I peisonally aware of their powers, but I see my
drawn up by Mr. Sandbach, the president, who was absent friends and acquaintances
ulduet receiving unfailing benefit from
in the West Indies, was read by the chairman. It their istelaosuette cm( ons any account. If
stated that the attention of the committee had been prin- taken in the early stage ofe ''(.i
anti
effect
emtucahtogetliey ;
cipally occupied with an improvement of the arrangements if in a later, they alleviate pain,
cure than by any other means within my knowledge. speedier
Sod
of the collections under their charge (in the museum) with
the view of rendering them as useful as possible. The by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; and by all respecta-
Ifs e medicine dic i n: vendors throughout the united kingdom. Price
Rev. H. H. Higgins had undertaken a classification of the
shells, and had devoted much time to it; whilst Mr. SPECrki.L. CLAirriost N
ir,ineruous imitations of the original
Theodore Rathbone had been engaged, with assistance, in and genuine preparai;nsul
" Brande's Bronchial Sedative,'7annr"‘B‘ IrlarnanddelruFo.ntrirl,"
the arrangement of the minerals. The work was pro- der," are now being manufactured and sold. The public are
ceeding rapidly. The department of conchology had respectfully informed that, to guard against imposition,
been enriched by several eontribuitons from Mr. M`Andrew, preparationsceLerer,o
vlglr the signature of the original mann-
-'and in the geological department Professor Griffiths, of fa' on the outside of every packet,
look to this, it having conehouuthse knowledge of the proprietor
nrecon College, had offered a collection of Silurian fossils ; without which none are genuine. - lt is the more necessary to
and Mr _George Thompson had deposited an interesting
tthioantsswomteenotfhtehgeewmthionleev
eparaosnsar:resurdlia these imita-
¢ollection of specimens illustrative of the formation of the
lake district of Westmoreland and Cumberland. A geo-
oranNtamrpeundiec—tiolnt
thathas beenfiesh wisellberirematorV
whicht httTßtEhattr i sEs
logical map was in course of preparation, and would be
hang up near to the minerals. There had been 15,807 visi-not at band, to discover rebid) we have
tors to the museum in the course of the year. The com- only to remedy
searcn thei
scarcely
taborstory of nature. A more apt
mittee resolved to co-operate with other bodies in inviting illustration cqn sca be offered, than in the application of
a natural production, oyfwAhmereenre growth, namely, the Balm
of Columbia, in cases the British Association—had joined in sending the depu-
head has been de-
tationprived of its becoming and natural oruninamanent. As a promoter
to Hull; and it was believed that, at the period of
their visit, every department of the institution would be gideTrth, strengthener and restorer of the hair, C. and A.
in an efficient and satisfactory state. The schools con- Balm of Columbia is unrivalled, and in cases of
tinned to afford great satisfaction. The number of scholars baldness its virtuesute are inestimable. The further advantages
was maintained ; and more honours had been gained by of the Balm' summed up in its freeing the hair from
the scholars last year than in any previous year. The scurf, producingy a tettui ,asarep:aToint, gt iot fj,oemoort.
advantage of the introduction of so many modern lan- prema-
ture greyness, and its excellecnur
efficacy,
should never be without it, no climate destroys nursery,
guages in the course of study must have been evident to
the respecFabar,bruftitilnee.rsu
speceaucl.and it has proved a most valuable article of trading
all who were present at the distribution' of prizes in old wholesale and retail by the proprietors, 1
December. The address then made touching reference to
Tlah,ewpeunbreli7oaSreart
erre:
ut
esNorth,ted
the death of Mr. Barber, the drawing-master. The
finances of the institution were in a prosperous state. The 65.. and lls.
tefe uatnoudtl:, medicine
reodxi cineeeisr vendors,
aurearfi e
againstn u priceine Ss.
cilotißn.
balance in the treasurer's hands at the end of last year ,
; si,k for Oldridge's 8a1m,13, Wellfingtonsstreet North,
Strand,i Y...aindon.
exceeded by £7O what it was at the same -period 'of 1852.
There would be some repairs required this year, for which LIC TESTIMONIALS.—he following Medical Men,
:eeilrleecneadnid others, have given voluntary testimonials to
the committee had ample funds. Mr. J. H. Thom, the
cGuyente
secretary, in the absence of the treasurer, then read a cases of Bronchitis, Asthma, Coughs, Colds,
statement of the accounts. This shoveled that there was 'tkc., h n
-y ....itANDnE Alilieni:tuhe
eminent French PhysicOiNar• I.POLlinSKlliitrmivp:'-sEls.
a balance in hands of £122 15s. 441. He thought the
fish--street Armagh ; Major Sheppard, Victeonria CO4tVage; ItOifi--
result most gratifying, as this was the first year they ha7si Thomas Richard, Hill Top, West Bromwich; David
Goodridyg.ewlArtfield, near Haverfordwest ; William Davies,
to do without the former gratuity of £lOO from the reor.
Northampton-street, Clerkenwell;
poration. The remaining business was merely for ilia. Dolgell
Eliza. Wiiodley,anditihr,
A short conversation took place as to an application . from
Wilcox,
; Mary Rogers,
Dark-street. Havertown:es:eel'
Stepney; Mrs. Sherwood, I.lranap. . ton Brian,.Ludlow, and a
Mr. Hardman Earle, to get the consent of the Pro' prietore , vv on-street,
hest of others.. This Medcine ut sold by nearly all Chemists,
of the institution towards the winding-up of the Colquitt-
stre,et Tontine, in which they have an interest,
, which
was or calk be obtained through all the Agents for Braude's
eventually
referred. to the CemiAittee• Bumel..
. .

to change the note, when he immediately suspected it had
not been honestly come by. The magistrate, Mr. Booth,
said he should certainly send the case to the assizes, but

would remand the prisoners till Saturday, in order to.give
the police an opportunity of apprehending, their accom-
plices, as the witnesses had spoken to seeing four men at-
tack the- complainant. ITKee was discharged; as the ouly
evidence against her was that of being in the other pri-
soners' company next morning.