The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-25 00:00:00

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FRA.I7D ON TICE CORPORATION.—At the Police-court,
on Saturday, Mr. Walter, of the Town-hall, appeared with
volriminorm hript -

manded till next Saturday" were the only ones distinctly
uttered, he left the court. We believe the following is the
true statement of the affair :—A Mr. Rowson has been the

contractor for supplying bricks to the new gao l at Walton,
where a Mr. Clark acted as clerk of the works, and his
duty was to examine the bricks furnished by My Tlnw.ny,

and to sign receipts as to the correctness of the deliveries.
During the progress of the building, it has been discovered,
Mr. Clarke signed receipts for 900,000 bricks which were
either spoiled or never delivered, and for which Mr. Row-
sou has received the sum of £1,726 14s. 9d. The latter
has been taken into custody, but Mr. Clark has evaded the
officers of justice, who expect to have him in custody by
Saturday next, when the whole case will be made public.
INFRINGEMENT OF TUE BUILDING ACT.—On Wed-
nesday James Ford was summoned before the magistrates,
for an infringement of the local act. Mr. Wm. Johnson,
building surveyor, stated that the defendant had erected a
house in Bamber-street, and the joists which he had laid
in the attic of the same were not of the strength required
by schedule B of the Building Act, according to the length
of the bearings. There were two bearings, one 11 feet
6 inches, the joists of which were only 3 inches by 11
inch, instead of 6 inches by 21 inches ; and the other 14
feet 9 inches, the joists of which were only 3 inches by 11
inch, instead of 8 inches by 21 inches. They ranged from
12 to 141 inches apart, whilst they should not exceed 11
inches apart ; and what still increased their danger, not
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tieing long enough, they were spi. doout 2 feet from
the wall. The defendant had had notice to alter them on
the 10th instant, but he had disregarded it. After being
repeatedly called by the officer of the court, the defendant
came forward. He was proceeding with some irrelevant
remarks, when he was interrupted by the magistrates ask-
ing him if he would enter into his recognizance to alter
the work. He refused to do so, and the magistrates then
issued a warrant, ordering the attic to be pulled down, or
the defendant to be committed to gaol for a period not
exceeding three months.
SPLENDID COLLECTION OP AIOaCLES OF VEETU.—

Those who have a taste for beautiful furniture, elegant
services of china, bronzes, and other articles of taste and
elegance, will have an opportunity this week, of inspecting
a magnificent collection, on view at the rooms of Mr.
Branch, and which will be sold on Wednesday, Thursday,
and Friday. The collection has been consigned to the care
of Mr. Branch, by a metropolitan collector of rare and
beautiful specimens from Paris, and other continental
cities. The cabinets, of which there is a large number,
are composed of ebony, tulip, and king woods. They in-

elude some which were manufactured for the late Louis
Philippe of France and the Duchess of Orleans. These,
like the others, are most elaborately wrought, mounted
with ormolu, and a few adorned with panels of Sevres
china, painted with marvellous minuteness and beauty.
There are two particularly splendid cabinets of ebony,
massively mounted with chaste ormolu. The doors of one
of these is formed of a vase of flowers in raised Florentine
mosaic, the flowers themselves being composed of genuine
precious stones—Cassio Caruli, agate, cornelian, jasper,
bloodstone, &c. ; while the door of the other cabinet is
formed of a basket of fruit, composed of the same rare
and valuable materials. There are buhl and marqueterie
tables in sufficient number and beautiful variety to furnish
a palace, while the collection is no less rich in vases and
stands of Dresden and Sevres china, beautifully painted,
as well as dessert and other services. Some of the latter
also were manufactured for Louis Philippe, and bear his
initials. The suite of carved oak furniture is admirably
adapted for a library, the bookcase being particularly mas-
sive and finely worked. Several trophies of antique ar-
mour are also on view. The bronzes and marble busts
include some rare and valuable specimens, while there are
also several cabinet pictures, both by ancient and modern
masters, well deserving attention. The curious in clocks
will find ample scope for selection. The pieces of Gobelin
tapestry, representing scenes from the career of Antony
and Cleopatra, are interesting and valuable specimens of
the period.
ENIPLOYMENT OF NAVAL DESERTEES.-At the Police-
court, on Saturday, there were four informations against
Clayton Guthrie, for penalties amounting to £l2O, for
employing four seamen who had shipped themselves on
board the Medina, at Savanilla. Mr. Parr opened the
case

as one in which these seamen had signed articles,
avowing themselves at the time to be deserters from Her

ivajesty s snip Lspiegie. tie proposed to take the intor-
mations separately, and to support each by the evidence
of the seaman to whom it applied. Sir George Stephen
objected, on the part of the defendant, to such a novel
proposition, as convicting a party on the evidence of an
approver alone, that approver not being produced, and it
being avowed that no further:evidence would be tendered.
A long argument ensued, which terminated in the magis-
trate determining to take the evidence. Mr. Parr then
called one of the seamen, named Thompson, who sup-
ported the case as opened, and swore that he and the rest
of the party, while standing in the street, by the custom-
house at Savanilla, were first addressed by the defendant,
to whom they acknowledged they were deserters, notwith-
standing which he shipped them on board of his vessel,
the Medina, they at the time being in their naval uniform.
The witness, on cross-examination, admitted there was
no clandestine conduct throughout, but, on the contrary,
that they always manned the ship's boat to take the captain
ashore during the ten days they remained off Savanilla.
Roper, the chief mate of the Medina, was called for the
defence, and contradicted Thompson on almost every
point. He stated that, though he had his suspicions,
which led him, at the captain's instance, to examine the
men closely, they reported themselves as shipwrecked
sailors out of the American barque Eliza. They were
dressed as ordinary sailors, and not in uniform. Through
a conversation which was overheard after they had been
some days at sea, the witness again examined them closely,
and they then confessed that they were deserters, and after
that time wore their naval uniform openly. The contra-
dictions in the evidence were so many, that the magistrates
said they must dismiss the charge. Mr. Parr then, on
behalf of the Admiralty, said he should withdraw the
other informations.

NELSON AND WELLINGTON.—Portraits of these two
heroes, from the pencil of Mr. T. J. Barker, are now on
view at the gallery of Mr. Grundy, in Church-street. The
incident recorded in each of the pictures possesses an in-
terest peculiarly its own. The naval chief is represented
in an act of solemn supplication to the Disposer of all
events, for a favourable issue of the great struggle, which,
in accordance with the decrees of Providence, was to ter-
minate his own existence, and crown with the issue he so
earnestly prayed for the momentous contest in which his
days had been chiefly spent. The great military conqueror
is represented near the placid sunset of his brilliant career.
Calm and dispassionate, yet deeply interested, he is en-
gaged poring over the despatches by which he was in-
formed of gallant deeds achieved by that army he so greatly
loved, and which he had contributed so much to render
invincible ; but which also conveyed to him intelli-
gence of one equivocal, if not derogatory circumstance.
Both incidents are characteristic and interesting. The
solemn bravery of the maritime commander, exalted
and assured by an appeal to that Throne of Grace,
which his severe sense of duty taught him to ap-
proach and reverence on all occasions, whether mo-
mentous or of less import, invests the scene with ele-
vating beauty. The sedately scrutinising gaze of Wel-
lington, as he seems to drag piecemeal to light the points
explanatory of the charge he is unwilling to believe, imparts
to the canvass the eloquent fidelity of a printed volume.
In each instance, the value of the pictures is enhanced by
their showing the men " in form and habit as they lived."
As likenesses, they are both admirable, a fact sufficiently
attested on unquestionable authority, apart from the
striking intrinsic evidence they furnish at a glance. As
works of art they deserve high praise. In their drawing,
colouring, and expression, the artist has been eminently
successful—the accessories are introduced with skill and
painted with fidelity—the light and shade so powerful, yet
so balanced, as to suit them admirably for engraving, the
purpose they hare been painted for. The executiont ofe
this portion of the work has been ent•usted to two ofishte
most skilful line engravers of the day.;
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25, 1853'

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