The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-10-02 00:00:00

MADAME SONTAG.

The following notice of this very fascinating and accom-
.plished songstress occurs in one of a series of pleasant
letters from the Baltic, penned by a lady, and published
by Murray in 184 E :—" I arrived at Fall at a fortunate
time. The last Pyroskaff from Reval had just landed a
little select colony of high life from St. Petersburgh.
There were princes with historical names, ministers with
political names. There was Count , the Richard
of Russia, the far-famed beauty, Madame K , and
Countess Rossi, charming and attractive as in the first
burst of her popularity, accompanied by her stately hus-
band. She is one of the fairest objects both in mind and
person which our party possesses, whose never clouded
name is such favourite property with the public as to jus-
tify me in naming her particularly. The advantages
which her peculiar experience and knowledge of society
have afforded her, added to the happiest naturel that ever
fell to human portion, render her exquisite voice and
talent, both still in undiminished perfection, by no means
her chief attraction in society. Madame Rossi could
afford to lose her voice to-morrow, and would be equally
sought. True to her nature she has combined all the
Liebenswiirdigkeit of a German with the witchery of every
other land. Madame Rossi's biography is one of great
interest and instruction, and it is to be hoped will one day
appear before the public. It is not generally known that
she was ennobled by the King of Prussia, under the title
of Mademoiselle de;Launstein, and (since absolute will, it
seems, can bestow the past as well as the present and fu-
ture) with seven Ahnherrn, or forefathers ; or eight,'
said the countess, laughing, ' but I can't quite remember,'
and though never disowning the popular name of Sontag,
yet in respect for the donor, her visiting cards when she
appears in Prussia are always printed Me de Launstein.
We were greatly privileged in the enjoyment of her rich
and flexible notes in our private circle, and under her
auspices an amateur concert was now proposed, for the
benefit of the poor in Reval. * * * * Madame Rossi
was the conscience as well as the organ of all the careless
trebles. No half finished slurred over rehearsals were
permitted. She stepped with courtesy and good temper
from one tuneless group to another, bearing the right note
aloft till all clung securely to it, and was never weary of
helping and hearing. * * * * We were all united in
the great ball room at the governor's castle, in Reval,
which was partially illuminated for the occasion, and hav-
ing wound up our last noisy' Firmament,' we all retreated
to distant parts of the Salle, leaving the Countess to re-
hearse the celebrated scena from the Freischutz, with the
instrumental parts. She was seated in the midst, and
completely hidden by the figures and desks around her.
And, now arose a strain of melody and expression which
thrill every nerve to recall. The interest and pathos gra-
' dually creeping on through every division of this most
noble and passionate of songs, the gloomy light, the invi-

sible songstress, all combining to increase 6.„"- ,4
the feeling became almost too intense to be":dsili'l
I have heard Schroder and Malibran, both 00'1
in this composition, but neither searched tbe d°s4o,
passionate tones, and with it the hearts of tberiy;
completely as the matchless Madame Rossi. btreito
publication of the above particulars will, we doulo
acceptable at this time to the public who 1011eal gorib
had the privilege of listening to those delight'

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
ten'y
On Friday, several shopkeepers were fine 1.004
and costs for exposing their goods outside di/0000
An old woman, sixty years of age, and
tio°eo
before the court above 100 times for drunkene_il;
Saturday again fined for indulgence in her bewina
During the past week a great many carters the"'
were fined five shillings and costs for driving 0°
side of the way. With sO~
On Wednesday an Irishwoman, charged
her ni;
upon one of her countrywomen, palliated
saying that she " never interfered until she fis
with a poker." 0101,
On Saturday, Jane Cumming, an elderly $
fined in the penalty of £l3 for smuggling aga'fOrlP
key. The prisoner said she got the whiskeY, rs
pose of curing cholera ! She was sent to ganit°
in default of paying the fine. airrAtr
On Saturday, the owners of the screw stet` e u-Aid
were ordered to pay £2O, the amcunt of dal. n
one of the steam tug boats by a collision. PiAoo'
said the steamer Dublin, in leaving the port, P" Aso
to be near the Cheshire shore. Odd N~
The officers of the General Moore Lodge °lra p 51,04
were ordered, on Saturday, by Mr. Rushton, 0011$11
saidsick mtheamtbtehre:9wfaonrtseidcktomoenveayd.e
payment Vs
sq:OiilblnibnlT:uaensdd Tuesday,
paenycoeu,nfgorwob
Ato it
racks in Canterbury-street. mreTaankhienwgcahsaar°:reidoel:o;srcettfortjbeilljril
a corporal of the regiment. The '4
defendaa.6o
one of the regiment had got a silk hamikerchtlie,
the night before, and she had gone withthem
friend to get it back, when the men Pe"'" 0
lumps of salt through the windows, tr
they returned, and broke the window-
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—On Wednesual, Ls 1;4
man named Sarah Melvin, was charged with 60.611
to drown herself and child, who is about fouretaiegtiol
old. On Tuesday night she went to the 10,09
with her little girl, but was prevented frorn„lce tt
the act by two women, who informed the Plano'
intention. In answer to a question from the bersild
spernipstoE
tnnoejrtuislßeayi said
nilidtyuwc
,tartsiAa hiK eI.N School.
A intention to drown MO
child. She was committed for trial, and the C— A
or A PA WNTICKET.—A
Loss
Nolan, had, on Thursday, summoned Mr. i'!".b
Kp eibroker,loe nf
November
t not h
a(sglia,vneannpdluepds
og aemd jeattchiki
newe
ebti
ai rcabki;elfte°.(olpti
the ticket with Mr. Jones, a grocer, as sureu notittO
davitln e
ment of goods purchased. Subse uentlY she theritli
ibeforent
interim
ttnh
Mr. magistratesjon es, wthhoa t sandge r
ehdaede
fri pre,
ga
re-pledged it with Mr. Sears, and Mr. Kt°eLasa bersol
of course, when applied to, stated that it,1110,0
deemed. Mr. Rushton ordered Nolan to load'
custody, and to be remanded, to ascertain Wu'.
was any clause in the act to meet the case.
FALSEyn Af
female
tso
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R,C050111
ROBBERY OF RAILWAY I'.'t- e
An extensive robbery of valuable parcel
le: old"
partsotbne TG Thursday
Great arttshdl,eaVywe smetseotrrnunfiCnEogumtgpliaaeun
England, took
atitulruo trainkm iSuobeetyi ttahhfeweiorendneloo:s
ern Railway, leaving Plymouth at 6.25 P.m' pee 0"
vious evening, and calling at the iiitermediate 0,15;/0
the route, arrived at the Paddington termini's: eittooll
laden, in addition to the post.offiee be
tween 200 and 300 packages of a miscellanea% er
note9;o4o,
consisting of bankers' parcels, containing
&r., from local to London banks ; solicitors' Pd ethef,,ol
closing wills, deeds, marriage settlements, 10,101
cuments, with other papers of considerable v,aArteg. 0'
between various metropolitan and provinciay',
parcels were deposited en masse in the Pareet.9 of1"00°
shortly before seven o'clock the delivery agenlo freli
Chaplin and Horne, accompanied by a lad, Pad,
in the cart to watch them, started on hie oeleP
Paddington, taking with him the parcels, B°l4t7e be' It#
strapped together in classified lots, those forcierus
in one batch, those called by the railwaY, ceteelyt:
lawyers' parcels" in another, the genera' t ftcf
ones in another, and so on. On arriving. ht oor
stone-buildings, Holborn, shortly before el,:g.htd.
the driver of the van, as is usual with him, areitilot
ing the cart in the custody of the lad. Talna'tbe t„rd
the lawyers' parcels, he first of all proceeded in
Bed el
of Messrs. Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, 11,1,,leelcere
row, and there, at a few minutes after eight o i'reoiogg
utwhch.eenhiooturihs.eekn,meet,,updnetr, who received the parcels ffe et/s
thus
so
pwrouudledutalpypeaurskhedgl,p;:throsissecet
the housekeeper to be allowed to leave e11.,,-beelleo!
of their
Bedford-row rea t
to weight,
deliver
strapped together, in the office, on account, ttberAlfr
whiletwo others, ewres
solicitors, and the other for Messrs. Steve°'
00
did in the usual manner. In the meant oeto
and within five minutes of his absence from ',;:traeli,
Messrs. Gregory, a most adroit and daring a..;04.."01,,,i1:
the remaining twenty parcels left there, eon"' 10n,
wills, and valuable assignments, was effected. eve 01
tely on' his return the housekeeper told hinl,, oellhoet
fellow servants bad been there, when he reobelifott
mate has left the wrong packet of parcels, leitoleri
at the same time, the parcels that had been 0
similar set, strapped together and slung over n't;,e, fore
and leaving word that the man, on his Int 0_,°0l;
t:tonaelittle 10550,...by
meet him at the George and Blue Boar' —grey et;
The man, on his return, of course was 'O4 the
sternation, and could not be convinced ;tee eoP'
for ge.
terous manoeuvre until an inspection 0' v 7011106
deposited in exchange, showed that they,i seaste,dr
ing but " dummies," filled with shavings and Pv-,,opr
So close, indeed, was the imitation, that hau,„rig fi,t. A
for the statement of the housekeeper ex,e"'e-001,',A
picions he would have thrown them over Its is-010911
proceeded as usual. These dummy parcels, e'vtitb
were about a dozen, were bound together., tbPtibve
strap, precisely in the same fashion as th°706t,,,"
abstracted, but without any addresses, the PI",.„" iterin
the direction is placed being so contrived as tflutr,
be turned inside. Between the dummies -esetra
was a white leather pocketbook, such as ar-re stewvleio
Great-Western Railway, marked, " Great-4t be 4,
way, August, 1849." Thinking there ring g.`"
mistake the man in his trepidation rushed 0.014
and Blue Boar, but found no one to the aelle.lteet• A,
then went to the police-station in Huntee''beet/A
wick-square, and gave information of the, 10411+-1010
authorities, who immediately communicate" the oil
Collard and Lyndon, the police-officers of were.
company, and issued a reward for the ree°,:lols
papers, but not for the apprehen-ion of l'flifisProfer,o
spector Smith, a detective officer of the P,...notha.ero
ceeded to Messrs. Gregory's, and received Ir",„ fly
keeper a minute description of the thief, wrielde,,,e
the better to aid the deception, was dresse'o,ls9
leged ticket-porter of the Great Western Op te
plush jacket and cap having R,ura,ref of/
in red cloth letters. This leads to the bebop„
clothes must have been lent him by set the
company's company's servants privy to and implicate' -the 1)4
tion, and this suspicion is strengthened htosflloey
the delinquent has been recently seen drill:,eoeajfl.ll
and in their company. The housekeeper. ca'bel
tion coincides with that of the man now I° Otleelopo
scribed him as tall, thin, and about twentl .00 job 01#
the description, Inspector Smith at once, tetriodi
man to be one of the most expert thieves lin.,-90,ovtle,
in custody, but never yet convicted, and tr„;
who goes by the sobriquet of " Long TaY,'"e.eq
familiar with the haunts of the man and PI oety.Jeed,
the inspector obtained no clue to his captnrenren'
5 and 6 on Friday evening last, when he aPrseto°44P
at his lodgings, No. 52, Barclay-street, 00,
He gave his name as George Barton, IS Yeatiete 07
stoutly denied all knowledge of the tree of tnie
was made throughout the house, but tione_-_„"r f
property was forthcoming. The housekeer- ,
_or I'i
/
Gregory's has since identified him.
The value of the lost parcels is not yet s7iefted
tl)°,)
it is conjectured to be very large, from t„.411 di tylori
of the solicitors' firms to whom a pareela'--t. it,
of whom inquiries were made, stated, teat fd
directed to them was one that was abs
was £30,000. t beicK)
The names of the consignees, who cannet;etthiet,
jecture, give any account of their On 001 'yob
r CO
Commissioners of the Insolvent Debtors eesiree; r
street ; Messrs. Beevor, of Gray's Inn
of Castle-street ; Messrs. Taylor, Chann'',",
Davidson, Lincoln's-inn ; Frere, Linc°l"Pt-e-iall'ol7
Lincoln's-inn-fields; Whitacre, Lincoln , releM
more, Lincoln's-inn ; Holme, New-iulion We'
New-inn ; Leppard, Bannatyne, and Cog! Joey/
city • Goodwin, Walbrook ; Peachey, et1I00:1
son, 'Angel-court, city ; Dawes. Angel"`"-001
and Sons, Birchin-lane; and WetherbY
chin-lane. vierego
On Saturday afternoon communicationSthe j
from Messrs. Leppard and Bannatyne, rttristat"
they had heard from Mr. C. Hassell, of Was 6013
parcel directed for their firm, and whi,e"deetl% ileAtt?
the others, contained two unexecuten„ ;Op ter
were stamps to the amount of £l3 100th o'ooo
an assignment of leasehold property, f Stt°,o
ad valorem. There was also a letter ° seitA fo)/
Mr. C. Attwood, stamps, 305., on paPeir.'eteody;elio
of Chencery-lane, state that the pace"' 01' ter opf/
would contain deeds, and a check foot 0441 d
which has been stopped at Tiverton• epl/0400:0
re
the authorities at the Stamp-office we other, of jorri
robbery, in the event of any deeds oarrtoteli:fo2,
being offered in the allowance dePi for tees
stamps. A large reward will be offeree
of the parcels, should none of there 1/. I'l/
up to Sunda y none had been recoveren 4C, /
to
„,,msnlr 0.41'4
HOLLOWAY'S PILLS A SURE 0)410
COLDS, AND OPPRESSIONS OF T'Hes9
complaints being accompanied more or ted VA;
most prompt measures should be edlhe etly
febrile action of the system, and allaY.".,,car.te .0)
affected parts, for which purposes noterowilielleoloto
loway's Pills. Let the sufferer have adieieeseell,
to a few doses of this inestimable ire the hoill
speedily remove all weight or Pain 10 cola r.,1
when the most troublesome cough or Aetreo
et
For asthma and all affections of the lu"
efficacious.
ately yield to the influence of this fe..0413"

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