The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-12-14 00:00:00

FIRST VISIT TO BROCKET.

• (From the John Bull.)
On the oaks of the Brockets the moonlight is dying,
And morning's first glimmer is faint on the mead
O'er the blue lake's cold bosom the day-breeze is sighing,
ry When down from the North comes a courser at speed.

So gaunt is her form, that the ribs are in danger
Of action for trespass, from saddle and girth ;
The visits, if any, of corn to her manger
Are much like the visits of angels to earth.

Yet on goes her rider, the farther, the faster ;
His years, though soon numbered, have made him aware,
That CHIFNEY'S great self would admit him his master
At " coming the pace," on a skeleton mare.

In basket before him lie. piled in their beauty,
Fair joints of fat mutton ; and, fairer than those,
The loin of an ox that, in summer did duty
As guard of the meads where the Whissendine flows

The curls on his brow, which no beaver is shielding.
His trade's cheap pomatum preserves in their form ;
But the blue of his jacket is silently yielding
To more than one soaping and many a storm.

Though lonely his road, yet a whistle may cheer it;
That rural elixir was known long ago ;
So he kindly breathes out, as the rooks are to hear it,
The Handel-like music of " Jemmy the Crow."
But the tune dies away, and he feels some few twinges
Of awe, when the door brings a close to his toil ;
Yet still must he wait, that the rust on its hinges
F2May yield to the magic of feather and oil.
It is done : from the lintel the spiders have started ;
For suns have gone down—and some Ministers too—
Since last, in their sight, bolt and stape were parted
To welcome the coming of tradesman in blue.
It is done : and the basket and bearer admitted :
The shade of Achilles might envy the boy
To whom, after years of dull leaguer, submitted
The bower of a Paris, the gate of a Troy.
It is done : and the breast of that young one is swelling ;
For him and his master bright days are in store ;
As the Peer whom they serve, must now victual from
Welwyn,
And quarter his teeth upon Windsor no more.

Why is the heir to the British throne the subject of one of
the most useful kings of which our globe can boast ?—He is
Prince of W(h)ales, the herring is king of whales!

THEATRE ROYAL, LIVERPOOL

THE CLOSING NIGHT OF THE SEASON,
And the last Night of the Theatre being open under
the present Management.
Mr. CLARKE,
TN finally retiring from the Lesseeship and Management of
-I. the Theatre, most respectfully announces, that his

FAREWELL BENEFIT'
will take place on MONDAY next, the 20th instant, when
will be performed Mrs. Inchbald's Comedy, called
EVERY ONE HAS HIS FAULT.
The principal characters by Messrs. Stuart, H. Hell,
Baker, W. J. Hammond, Chaplin, Gray, Mrs. Clarke, Miss
Cleaver, Madame Simon, and Mrs. Baker.

In the courst of the Evening,
AIR. CLARICE WILL HAVE THE HONOUR 01

ADDRESSING THE AUDIENCE.
After which, the new and popular Drama of
THE BOARDING SCHOOL.
The principal characterS by Messrs. W. J. Hammond,
Holi, Barton, Pelham, Chaplin, Mrs. Clarke, Miss Hormel-,
Mrs. Barton, Miss Webster, and Miss Cleaver.
With other Entertainments, as will be expressed in Le
Bills.

The Box-office for this night will be opened Tuts DAY,
(Tuesday,) and will continue open daily, from Ten until
Three.

Tickets may be had of Mr. CLARKE, 1, Houghton-street,
Williamson-square ; 'and of Mr. Minster, at the Box-office,
of whom places may be taken from ten until three.

THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL

FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. SLAITER.
TO-MORROW EVENING, the 15th instant, Morton's
Comedy of

THE SCHOOL OF REFORM.
Robert Tyke
After which, the laughable Barletta of
HERCULES, KING OF CLUBS! •
Tim, (alias Hercules) Mr. W. J. Hammond.
To conclude with the Melo-drama called
THE WANDERING BOYS.
Lubin Mr. Slaiter.
Tickets to be had of Mr. SLAITER, at Mrs. Goss's, Glou-
cester-street, opposite White Mill-street ; and of Mr. MIN_
STER, at the Box Office, from Ten until Two.