The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-01-05 00:00:00

act of parliament, the 6th and 7th of William the Fourth,
" for vestir- • ,nd seamarks on the coast

lighthouses, lights,

of England, in the corporation of the Trinity House, Lon-
don," thgt body is enabled to purchase them in all cases
where they are•private property, so as gradually to place un-
der their control the whole of those important safeguards to
the navigation of the coast. As a' large expenditure is re-
quired to cover these operations, bonds of £lOOO each, and
bearing interest at the rate of four per cent., have just been
issued, and current upon the Stock Exchange; the security
Will he the rents or tolls arising from the lighthouses, in ad-
dition, of course, to the property of the corporation itself
STEALING LEAD.—Thomas Ambrc

Mr. Rushton, on Sat

as plac
with having stolen two
id valued 4s. 6d., the pro-
Ashton and Co. Police-officer

ingots of lead, weighing 291
perty of Messrs. Richard
Mathew Maguire was passin

o'clock on Friday evening, when he met the prisoner
observing that he had something very heavy in his

pocket, he stopped him and questioned him. The prisoner
took from his pocket an ingot of lead, which, be said, he had
purchased from Mr. Mather's warehouse, at the , Goree.
Believing this statement to be false, the officer took the
prisoner to Bridewell. He subsequently searched the cellar
where the prisoner resided, and found another ingot of lead.
On inquiry it turned out, that the prisoner had stolen the
lead from Messrs. Ashton, where he had been seen on Friday
afternoon, pretending to warm himself at a fire which had
been made for the workmen. He was committed for trial.
CHARGE OF FELONY BY AN ALLEGED PARTNER.
William Leggitt, a cabinet-maker, of Sir Thomas's-build-
ings, appeared, with his solicitor, before Mr. Rushton, on
Saturday last, as the accuser of Robert Dixon, an elderly
man, who was placed at the bar on a charge of felony. Mr.
Davenport appeared for the prisoner. It appeared, that,
about three o'clock on Friday morning, Dixon went to the
wort-shop, in Sir Thomas's buildings, .and carried away two
winged wardrobes, two secretaries, a beadetead, a quantity
of veneers, &e., telling the police-officers who interfered
with him, that he had been directed to do so by Mr.
Rushton. The plea set up by the prisoner was, that he was
a partner with Mr. Leggitt in the business, and that he was
entitled to the goods. On behalf of Mr. Leggitt several wit-
nesses were called, for the purpose of showing that the pri-
soner only I,,ted in the business as a foreman. Mr. Daven-

port called two witnesses whose testimony went to prove
that the prisoner had been considered a partner with Mr.
Leggitt by sveral individuals in the trade. Mr. Rushton
thought the :..00ds had not been taken away with such an

tify him in sending the pr

ner to take

his trial for felony. Dixon was. therefore, discharged

DE
before the borough coroner, on Vic
unknown, which was found in the Manel

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of th

was held

a man

evidence was to the following effect :—John Foulkes deposed
that he was a watchmaker, living in Gascoyne-street. About

one o'clock that (Friday) afternoon, he was at the Manchester
Basin, when he observed something floating on the water
like a human body. He went round to the other side of the
basin to ascertain what it was, and found it to be the body of
a man. It was in an upright position in the water. He
went directly and informed a man of the circumstance, who
had the body taken out, and witness assisted in conveying it
to the dead-house. It did not appear to be long in the water.
A watch was taken out of the fob of the deceaked's trousers,

and given to a police-officer.—John Winslow, police-officer,
deposed that he received the watch front the last witness.
On searching the clothes of the deceased he found a gold
ring in his left ear, another gold ring on one of his fingers,
and a penknife in his waiscoat pocket. The watch was a
silver one, without a name; it was numbered 2279, and had
a silver guard chain, black ribbon and gold ring and key
attached thereto. The deceased was about five feet six

inches in height, had on a brown cloth jacket lined wi
baize, a brown cloth double-breasted waistcoat, bl.

trousers, and a pair of strong

h green
ie cloth

drowned, but how,,orby what means, the
lid man unknown became droWned no evidence thereof doth
appear."

sea boots.—The verdict of the

jury wa:

DEATH FROM EXCESSIVE DRINEING.—On Friday all
inquest was held before the borough coroner on view of the
body of a female named Allen. The evidence was as fol-
lows :—William Allen deposed that he was a ship-carpenter,
and lived in Park-buildings, Lad-lane. The deceased was
his wife. She was 56 years old. On Sunday afternoon last
he went and bought a pint of rum to treat some of his neigh-
bours. He took it home and placed it on a table, and then
went to ask some of his neighbours to come and take a glass
with him. His wife was in the house at the time, and quite
well. He was not out above a minute or two before he re-
turned, and found the jug in which he had brought the rum
empty, and observed the deceased to stagger. As he thought
she had been drinking the rum, he went out and called one of
the neighbours, and on his return the. deceased was lying on
the floor frothing at the mouth. She was then insensible.
He immediately sent for a surgeon, and shortly after his
arrival the deceased revived, but she continued very ill up to.
the time of her decease, and never properly recovered. She
died on Tuesday last, but was regularly attended by the sur-
geon up to her death.—Patrick Kelly, Esq., surgeon, deposed
that he was called to the deceased on Sunday evening last, and
found her in a state of stupor, and frothing at the mouth a
little. Having been informed that he swallowed a pint of
rum, be applied the stomach-pump in consequence, but could
not bring anything up. He then injected a quart of warm
water, and applied the pump again, and succeeded in bringing
the water up unmixed. He used such other means to re-

store her as he considered proper, andshe partially recovered.
lie visited her again the following day, and applied stimulants
which recovered her a good 'deal, but she •nefer properly
recovered, and on Tuesday afternoon he was called to her
again, and found her dead. He had since made apost mortem
examination of the body, and found' the stomach in a state
of intensive inflammation, with a quantity of purulent mat-
ter. Inflammation of the stomach was the cause of death,
and, as the liver clearly indicated, he had no doubt but that
inflammation arose from intemperate habits. The jury re-
turned a verdict that the deceased departed this life from
inflammation of the stomach, brought on by excessive drink-
ing. •

THE AMPHITHEATRE.—On Saturday last, and do
the week, the entertainments here have consisted of "

Life and Death of Napoleon," the " Scenes in the Aren
and the farce of " Kill or Cure." The first is remarkabl
well gbt up. The drama opens with Buonaparte's
campaign, the first act closing with the burning of Moses
In this act several historical incidents are introduced, which
tell extremely well. The burning of the city is very effec-
tive. The second act commences with incidents preceding
the fight of Waterloo. The review of the British troops by
the Duke of Wellington is very cleverly managed. The
troops perform several evolutions, and go through the mus-
ket exercise. This scene is remarkably interesting, and
never fails to draw forth loud applause. In the next scene

have Buonaparte addressing his soldiers, and the inter-
view between him and Costa, the guide. Mr. Weston plays
Costa capitally : his affected simplicity and cunning stupidity
is very good. In this act we are introduced to the redoubt-
able, never-to-be-forgotten Molly Malony. Mr. Sloan plays
the valorous suttler with much humour and drollery. The
act closes with a view of a portion of the field of Waterloo,
and an attack upon the farm of Huguemont. Here we see
the Life-Guardsman Shaw attacked by six Frenchmen, all
of whom he either kills or beats off. This fight is capitally
done. Shaw is well represented by Mr.—(see bill !) This
act also ends with a grand tableau. The third act gives us
the death of Napoleon at St. Helena, and concludes with a
diorama, and a view of the catafalque in the Hospital des
Inz'alides, Mr, Gomersal's Napoleon, although a little too
florid, is a decidedly clever performance; and we doubt
whether any man upon the stage, from Macready down-
wards, could play it so well, or make up so admirably in
appearance. Mr. Gomersal's resemblance to Napoleon is
wonderful. The piece has been got up with great expense,
and appears likely to run well. The incidents are amusing,
and go off with spirit. We next have to notice the horse-
manship in the circus. To see this is alone worth the price
of admission. Mr. Cooke's family are very clever in their
art. The riding of Mr. George Cooke as Zephyr, in which
he introduces three children as his companions, is most as-
tonishing. When full speed he places one little creature
on his head, while the other two hold on to him in pictu-
resque attitudes. We can safely say, that if it does not
equal Ducrow—which many affirm it to do—it approaches
the nearest to his beautiful riding than anything we ever yet
saw. The evolutions in the flag fke are well performed,
with a rapidity inconceivable. Mr. Cooke's illustrations
from the Pickwick Papers" are very good. Mr. Pick-
wick is capital: it is the best figure decidedly of the lot,
although Sam Weller is very fair. The springboard jump-
ing of Mr. Alfred Cooke shows great agility. His leaps are
tremendous. The clown is one of the smartest we have seen
since poor Ducrow's : he seems to possess much humour
and originality. The farce of " Kill or Cure" gives Mr.
Hammond and Mrs. Daly the characters of Mr. and Mrs.
Brown, a loving couple, who cannot agree in any particular.
A worthy philanthropist sets about to cure them. Mr. and
Mrs. Brown create the most awful shocks of laughter—per-
fect " theatrequakes." The Amphitheatre has been very
full during the week. Great numbers of the rising genera-
tion have been present, who appeared highly delighted with
the evening's entertainment.

„,
A PLAIN BUT VARNISHED TALE.—A respectable look-
ing, elegantly attired personage, who gave his name Charles
M'lntosh, was placed before Mr. Rushton, on Friday, charged
by Mr. Thos. Dutton, cabinet-maker, with having defrauded
him of a sovereign by a false representation. Mr. 'Dutton
stated his case as follows :—About three weeks ago the per-
son at the bar called upon me, and said he was from the house
of Macintosh and Co., of Cheapside, London, and Manches-
ter, and that he was travelling for the purpose of appointing
agents for the sale of a fluid which he produced, and which he
called waterproof fluid, or India rubber varnish. He stated
that he had already appointed one agent, Stretch and Rain-
ford, of Lord-street, and they had advised him to call upon
me. He assured me that no French polish could equal the
varnish which would be produced by an application of the
fluid. If I became an agent he would have 500 circulars im-
mediately printed, and insert an advertisement in the Mer-
cury. He put down a dozen bottles, for which I gave him a
sovereign. They were to be two shillings a bottle, but he
said he would throw me two in. He then left the shop, and
I did not see anything further of him until my friend Mr.
Bridson called upon me and informed me—Mr. Davenport,
(who appeared for the prisoner)—Now, Mr. Dutton, your
tale has been ” plain " throughout, though not " unvarnish-
ed " never mind stating what your friend Mr. Bridson
informed you ; he is present, and if it be necessary, he can
tell his own tale.—Mr. Dutton went on to say, that he had
made trial of the " fluid," and found that it did not possess
the shining qualities represented by the prisoner ; in fact it
was complete rubbish, and not worth a penny—the only
thing which was worth anything at all, was—the bottle.—Mr.
Davenport (to the magistrate)—l have no doubt, sir, it's a
most excellent fluid if properly applied ; Mr. Dutton, per-
haps, has not used it as it; ought to be—(laughter).—Mr.
Dutton—lt 's not of any value whatever. I—Mr. Rushton
—Never mind. It all amounts to this; you have been taken
in by buying a spurious article. I Should have thought that
men like you—(there were several parties in court who had
been duped by the prisoner)—would have been too sharp to
have been cheated, He has been selling you 'a most won-
derful polish, which turns out to be no polish at all. If you
were to take into custody all the vendors of quack medicines
in England, there would not be men sufficient found to make
up a police force. Discharge him. The fluid was very neatly
sealed up in half-pint bottles, upon which was pasted a neat
label, bearing the following inscription, under the royal
arms :—" Patronised by her majesty and the royal family.
Mackintosh's India Rubber Patent Liquid, for waterproofing
and polishing furniture, cloth, leather, tin ware, &c, war-
ranted transparent. Directions for use :—To be put on with
a rubber or brush, and stand till dry two hours. Retail price,
3s per bottle. Mackintosh and Co., Cheapside, London, and
Manchester." The vendor of the "patent liquid " left the
court amidst much laughter. It is to be hoped that this no-
tice will have the effect of deterring parites, not more wary
than Mr. Putton, from being duped in like manner.

PROFTLTST.--Mt. Neville, the profilist, has commenced
business in Lord-street; we believe he possess much talent
in this branch of art.