The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-05-01 00:00:00

THE BALL.

The rooms towards ten o'clock presented it very gay and
animated appearance, but the attendance, whether from the
season inviting parties to the country, or other causes, was
not so numerous as on the last occasion of a fancy ball : the
assemblage was nevertheless great, and in appearance most
splendid.

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Mr. Edwin Althorpe appeared as "Young Lochinvar," in
a handsome dress : a black velvet jacket richly embroidered,
with bonnet and plumes, and highland plaid to correspond.
Mr. William Aspinall shone as an Albanian chief; and
held delightful converse with Miss Harriet Jones, who ap-
peared as a veritable semblance of Titania, in white gauzy
array, spangled with silver.
Mr. C. 0. Baylie personated a Page of Ferdinand and
Isabella of Spain, in a rich velvet costume embroidered with
gold and silver.
Mr. R. H. Dawson personated a German Forester in a
beautiful dress, and sustained the character admirably
throughout.
Mr. Charles M`Call appeared as an Italian Bandit, in a
beautiful green velvet tunic, richly embroidered with gold.
Mr. Theophilus Smith, of Mount Vernon, a gentleman of
commanding stature, personated a Greenwich Pensioner of
1720. He was dressed in the true old-fashioned costume
of the superannuated tar, with a huge pig-tail, and a sprig
of flowers in his breast. This was one of the best dressed
and best sustained characters in the room.
Mr. J. Platt looked well as an Italian Prince. Mr. Chas.
Platt was equally characteristic in the simple but becoming
guise of a Spanish Boatman.
.Mr. Pitt, of Manchester, appeared as Billy Waters, in
Tom and Jerry, with a wooden leg, a checked shirt, a round
jacket, and a cocked hat. This was a good personation.
„,IVY- S. T. Winstanley appeared as a genuine Knight of
Diana. He wore a black cloak, with a white cross on the
left. shoulder. His under dress was white, with Maltese
crosses in gold studs. The cap
was of velvet, with jewels
' on the band, and .a plume of feathers.
Mr. J. M. \Valthew, as " R unjeet Sing," the Afghaun,
sustained his character with admirable effect. He was array-
ed in a splendid purple velvet tunic, edged with ermine.

lilr. Parry, jun., appeared as a highland Chieftain of eisin,
Mary, and personated the indomitable Soot to perfection,
Miss Emma Chapman shone as a lovely Alpine Maid,
Miss Chapman, in a beautiful dress of blue and silver, as
Morglana, in the, Arabian Nights Entertainments.
Mr. Lewin Y. Coleman, as a Grecian Nobleman, splen-
didly attired.

Mr. Frederick Pooley, as Murat, King of Naples, in the
precise slate-coloured and silver-embroidered dress, with a
cap surmounted by a plume of orange feathers,
Mr. Braithwaite Toole, as a Greenwich Pensioner, with a
face exhibiting honourable scars. Like the old soldier al-
luded to by Goldsmith, he " shouldered his crutch, and
showed how fields were won."
There was in the room an excellent personation of Ras-
selas, Prince of Abyssinia, in search of happiness, but we
did not ascertain his name,
Mr. Samuel, of Manchester, ably sustained the character
of a Spanish Smuggler, in a beautiful dress, embroidered in
silver. He wore in his belt a brace of pistols inlaid with
silver.

Alexander James, from St John's, New Brunswick, as a
Tyrolese hunter
Aiken J R, as a Moorish Nobleman
Althaus T, as Alessandro Massaroni
Ansdeil Josias Thomas, solicitor, as Hamlet
Aldersey John, Everton, as an English Cavalier ; one of the
most splendid dresses in the rooms
Atkins Edwin, as Jack Sheppard
Ashley William, as the Great Mogul
Ashley George, as a Bohemian Peasant
Althorp Edwin, as Young Lochinvar
Arnaud E Esq, Colonel of Grenadier Guards
Arnaud Miss, an Ischian Peasant
Arnaud Miss M, in a Spanish donna
Alderson Miss, as a Swiss Peasant
Aspinall Miss, as a lady in the Reign of Henry the Eighth
Anneslev Miss H, as an Odalisque
Ashead M, of Ranelagh-street, as a Naval Officer
Aspinall William, as an Albanian Chief
Aspinall Joseph, of Birkenhead, as a French officer ; looked
the character uncommonly well
Aspinall John, of Hamilton-square, Woodside, as a Hindoo
Atherton W, as De Wilton, in Sir Walter Scott's " Mar-
inion' " in a complete suit of armour.
Ackers James, as the Marquis of Grand Chateau
Aspinall Miss Ellen, -as a Portuguese maid of the vale of
Almeida
Annesley Matilda, as Odalisque
Ashley Williain, Everton, in a Turkish dress
Ashley George, Everton, as a Bohemian Peasant
Atkins Master Edwin, as a young " English gentleman all
of the olden time
Attkinson Jonathan, as t Naval Captain
Armin George Henry, as.a Friesland Peasant
Ashton E R, Prescot, as an officer of the Hungarian Diet
Aspinall Miss, Abercromby-square, in a Fancy DresS
Aspinall A, Abercromby-square, as a Captain of the West of
England firemen
Aspinall Miss, in a Spanish costume
Aspinall R, jun, Hamilton-square, Woodside, as a Tyrolese
Peasant
Anderson John, Upper Parliament-street, as a Highland
Chieftain
Anderson Mrs, in a splendid fancy dress
Ansdel Richard, as a Cavalier
Atkins Miss, line Jenne Grecque
Aldersey illr, Everton, as a Cavalier of the time of Charles
the Second
Aspinall Miss S, as a Genoese peasant
Aspinall James A, as a Lord in waiting in the time of Queen
Anne
Aspinall Miss E, as Sarah Duchess of Marlborough
Amey John Biddle, as a Polish Nobleman
Amaze Mr J M P, as a Verderer

Bradshaw Lawrence, as a Spanish Courtier of the reign o
King William
Bowbell Benjamin, as a Nebrichadnezzar
Bardsley Miss, in a Scotch Fancy dress
Balmer Mrs, in a Fancy dress
Bertle Miss, as a Portuguese Lady
Bateson R W, in a court dress
Brownlow H George, in a military uniform
Brown W, as a Spanish Grandee
Baines James, in a Turkish costume
Battersby James Esq, as King Richard the Third
Benckc John A, as a Page to King Henry the Eighth
Bernard Richard, as Shylock
Bradshaw Henry, Clarence-street, Court dress
Boardman Mr and Mrs, as Sterne and Maria. The rev tra
yeller seemed to keep an eye to the grisettes, although he
had his pretty Maria with him
Bridson Robert, Berry-street, as a " Bold Buccanier
splendidly dressed
Bridson W, as a Swiss peasant.
to the life.
Barker Mrs, in the costume of a Lady in the time of Mary
Stuart
Bromilow Dr, as a Spanish Nobleman
Brown G A, as a Spanish Matador, in a dress worn by the
celebrated Goddard
Brown Mrs G A, in a Roman dress
Burland Miss, as Hecate
Burland Miss Esther, as a French Peasant Girl
Borland Miss Ellen, as a Swiss Peasant Girl
Burland Robert, as Don Giovanni
Burland William, as
Borland CT, as Prince Charlie. The costume of this cha-
racter was splendid and unique, and attracted universal
attention. Mr. Burland sustained the character with a
grace and dignity wltich procured for him a host of admirers.
Barber Thomas, as an Andalusian peasant
Bridge Miss Mary, Bootle, as a ci..-cassian
Burke T A, as a Polish officer
Barton Miss Mary, as a Highland lassie
Buchanan James, Bedford-street, in a Military costume
Burrell J Stamp, as a Courtier of the present day
Burrell Jane, as a Swiss Peasant of the canton of Berne
Buchanan Miss, Rodney-street, in a Greek dress
Bourne J, in his uniform as an officer of the 2d Lancashire
llilitiv
Brown A Campbell, in a Moorish costume
Benson Miss M A, as Amy Rohsart
Brownbill Mrs W, in a superb fancy dress
Beeson Miss Dorothy, 'Whitby, Yorkshire, very neatly
attired in a fancy costume
Bradbury Mr, as a Swiss peasant
BOhtlingk Mr, as a Highlander - •
Broughton C D, as a Polish Nobleman
Bostock Miss, as the Bride of Abydos •
Bridson W, as a Swiss
Burrell Miss E, in a fancy dress
.Brownbill W, as " Nobody"
Buggeln Henry, as Earl of Rochester
Bretton Von, the Baroness Georgians, in the dress of a lady
of Asiatic Turkey,..
Broughton Miss Jane, of Mourniabal, in a Fancy Dress
Biadish W, as a Tirolese Peasant
Barton fienry,,as a Mandarin •
Bernard John,-infhe character of a Turk
Barwise Mrs, in a Fancy Dress
13arwise Mr, in, Grecian costume
Brown Wm, appeared in a College Dress, as a Master of
Arts
Brown, Mrs. Wm, was, attired in a very rich Chinese Dress,
as a Lady of Rank in China.
Burdy 'W J, as a Knight of Malta. This character was
most beautifully and correctly dressed.
Baylis C 0, surveyor, as a Spanish Page
Bairstow 0, of H M C, as Bardolph
'Bridge Miss, of Bootle, as Anna Boleyn
Boyle James Holmes, Liverpool, as a Madras cadet
Benson Miss M, as a Swiss peasant
Benson Robert, as Don Vincent de Almanza
Balmer William, Seymour-street, as an Alpine hunter
Bateson R W, a gentleman so much resembling his Sulphu-
reous Majesty, the King of Naples, that it is a matter of
surprise how he escaped being taken prisoner in the present
posture of affairs
Boyes Miss Jane, Whitby, Yorkshire, in Eastern costume
Bateman G, as a Greek Nobleman
Bridge Mr, Bootle, as an Admiral
Bury Frederick, as a Polish Officer .
Broughton Miss Caroline, as Zuleika
Bradshaw H, Clarence-street, in a Court Dress
Burgess Mr, of the Infirmary, in a Turkish costume
Bond J C, in a Greek dress
Buchanan W A, Everton, as an Austrian peasant
Bateson Miss, Shaw-street, fancy dress
Buchanan, W R, as an Austrian peasant
Buchanan George, as a French confectioner
Buchanan W, in the Windsor uniform
'Buchanan Miss E, in a fancy dress
Brigham J, of 34, Stafford-street, as Jack Sheppard
Chafy J Esq, inspector general of customs, in a splendid
court suit in the reign of James I
Casson William, as a forrester
Claypole Henry K, as Mejeen Kordisthanee, Khan of Persia
Clarke Mr, as a Hussar of the 15th Regiment
Colquhoun George, as an Old English Gentleman
Colquhoun Mrs John, as a West Indian Planter
Chapman, Miss, Castle-street, as Morgiana, in the Forty
Thieves. This was a most magnificent dress, composed of
azure velvet and silver, the whole profusely covered with
jewels. The beautiful wearer attracted general attention
Chapman, Miss Emma, as an Alpine Maid, in a dress at
once neat and correct, which displayed her sylph-likefigure
to great advantage
Chapman Miss Helen, in a Court dress of rich white satin,
richly trimmed
Claypole Mrs., as a German Lady
Cannell Fleetwood, as a Gentleman of the Olden Time.
Cartmel J H, of Lord-street, in a full court dress
Clarke Thomas, of Cable-street, as a Highlander
Carr Mr, of St Anne-street, in the dress of a Hindoo
Carr H W, as Sir Philip Sydney
Carr R, as a Swiss Bridegroom
Carlyon William
Couran E J, as a West Indian Planter
Cummins Gilbert, as Roger Wildrake, in " Woodstock"
Chapman T G, as a Young Sailor
Chaulk Mr, as a Persian Prince
Chapman Miss, of Chipstow, in a Court dress of black satin,
superbly trimmed with gold
Cox Mr, as a Carabineer
Collinson Mr, as a Gentleman Commoner of Cambridge
Campbell Miss J, as a Swiss Peasant
Cardwell Miss, as Alethe, in the Epicureans
Cooke R, as a Brigand
Chaliner V, in Spanish costume
Coleman Lewin Y, Upper Parliament-street, as a Greek
Claypole Miss, as Elizabeth, daughter of 0 Cromwell
Claypole Mr, full dress
Cannell Miss E, in a fancy dress
Coglan J, as Hamlet
Clements Charles, as a Highlander
Cartmel Mrs, Lord street in a Fancy Dress
Claypole Miss Ann, as " Morning"
" The morning shines serene,
In all her dewy beauty bright, unfolding fair."
Chauncey Mr, as a Spanish Peasant
Clements W J, as Lord Douglas
Chambers Henry, as a Marine Officer
Challinor T 'Wright, Falkner-street, as the Pacha of Tangiers
Crawford R, Chelsford Court Lodge. Kent, as Jamea Fitz-
james. This gentleman looked well, and became the cha-
racter amazingly
Corfield Miss, Pitchford, Shropshire, in a fancy dress
Crooke G W, in a Court dress
Crooke Miss Georgiana, as a Castilian Countess
Chubb C jun, as a Turkish prince
Crossley Miss, Lord-street, in a Court dress
Caldwell C, as Aladdin
Court Mr, in Spanish costume
Corbet E G, as Alessandro Massaroni, the brigand
Cunliffe, Mr, as a Spanish muleteer
Cardwell Charles, in a Naval uniform
Cardwell Miss, as an Egyptian Priestess •

Looked the character to

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Dudgeon John, as a Mandarin
Dawson G 11, as a German Forester
Davies Charles, as King Charles the Second
Doming J, aa a Scotch Chieftain, clan Forbes of Culloden
Doming Miss, elegant Fancy Dress, a la Suisse
Dean Miss M, in a Fancy Dress
Dickinson Mr, as a German Student
Dixon T G, as a Midshipman of the year 1808
Dugald Steward Millar, Mr
Dawson Joseph M, as Figaro
Davis Mr, as Major Dogherty
Duncan W R, as an Italian chief of Banditti
Dallas Mrs, as Flora Macdonald
Dawson Mr, as a French Forester
Davies W F, 80ld-street, as Rodolph
Derrington Mr, in a fancy dress
Dalgleish Miss, Highland Lassie
Duarte Mr, as a friend to the curative charities
Duarte Miss, as a Portuguese Peasant

DriOwater Me, St Anue.strut, as a Greek
Ditchette James, as a Page to the President of the U. States
Davis Miss M E, 80ld-street, in a Persian costume
Depledge Mr, Daulby-street, as a Polish Count
Dewy James A, as John of Paris
Dean Miss, Field street, Everton, as a Swiss Girl
Dyson G W, as a page of Louis XIII
Dyson Miss, as Zenobia
Douglas C C, Edge-hill, as Duke of Norfolk
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Edwards Captain, in a Military Uniform.
Edwards William, as a Market Gardener—sage and parsley
in abundance
Eglinton James, as Will Honeycomb
Edwards Thomas, as a Spanish Don, afterwards Jack of
Clubs
Ellison Miss, as a Spanish Peasant
Ellerton John, as a Tyrolean
Earle William, as a Cossack Officer
Eugene Harmen, as a Highland Chief
Eglinton Miss, in a Fancy Dress
Eaton Miss, as a Spanish Lady
English Mr, as an Hungarian
Earle Hardman, in a Giraffe dress
Evans E, as a Captain in her Majesty's Royal Navy
Earle William, jun; as a Hungarian Nobleman
Edward Mr, 68, Cable-street, looked remarkably well as a
Spanish Nobleman
Everard Thomas, as Massaroni
Empson Christopher, in a fancy dress
Ellison King, as a Physician, in the costume of the 17th
century
Ellis J, as a Greek Pilot

Foster George A
Fletcher Miss, as a Lady of Genoa
Fayrer Miss, as Julia, in " The Hunchback"
Fayrer Captain,•in a naval uniform
Fletcher Walter, in a Polish costume, looked admirably
Frazer Mr, as Lord Lovet
Funell Miss, as Lady Arabella Stuart
Fazakerly J, as Charles II in disguise
Fazakerly Miss, in a Fancy Dress
Farrell Mr, Captain in the Royal Navy
Fairclough M H, as Deputy Chief Ranger
Ferniough John, as Richard Coeur de Lion
Ferniough Miss, in an elegant Polish costume
Fosbery G L, as a miner of Friedberg, in Saxony
Forster S, in a fancy dress
Fogg Miss H, as a Venetian Maid, and a very fascinating one
Fogg Sam, looked admirable as a Midshipman
Foxall James, of Dublin, as Prince Albert
Fielden L
Fernebough Mrs, in a neat Fancy dress
Findlay Mr, in a Naval Uniform
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Fraser •G G, as the Archbishop of. York.
Farrel Mrs, in a Fancy dress
Graham Alfred, as Sir Piercie Shafton
Gray William H, as a Page
Grenfell Q,harles, as Sir Walter Raleigh
Grenfell Henry, as Sir Walter Raleigh's page
Green G, Moss E, Gladstone M, headed by Mr -Poole, as
fifer, aw-treenwich pensioners, the last of the crew of the
Agamemnon
Gibson James, as a Brigand
Greenstreet Henry John, as a Highlander
Genries W S, Low-hill, as a Spanish cavalier
Green G, in a fancy dress
Gordon Mr, in a Russian dress
Graham James, as a captain in the army
Grace Robert, as the Chief Ranger
Griffith Edward jun, correctly attired as a Don Cossack
Garland, Alfred, as Tom Heartwell, from the Spectator
Greenstreet E, as Quentin Durward
Grayson Charles, as Don Felix
Green T, Poulton hall, Cheshire, as a Cavalier
Griffin Edward jun, as a Don Cossack
Graham Henry, as a midshipman
Gore Captain, of the 86th Regiment, in uniform
Gilpin H L, as a cornet in the Queen's Own Royal Yeo-
manry Cavalry
Gore Lieut, 86th regiment, in uniform
Green Robert, as a British Officer
Graham James, as a Portuguese Contrabandista
Garner J, in a Court dress of the Reign of Charles the Firs'
Gardner Mr, of Rock Ferry, as a Turkish Nobleman
Godshall Mr, No 3, Queen's-square, as Cupid
Griffith Miss, as a Tyrolean
Grimes Mr, as Don Juan
Goodier J, in Highland costume
Graves John, in a Court dress of the reign of Charles the
Second
Grey William, in a Russian uniform
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Hobbs C B, of Bedford-street, as a Turk
Heathcote Mr Charles, in an Indian dress
Heathcote Miss, in Swiss costume
Holmes Mr William, in Swiss costume
Harter Mr T C jun, of Manchester, as the Duke of Buck-
ingham
Hargreaves Mr Henry, of Springfield Hall, as a Deputy
Lieutenant of Lancashire
Hemery C, as an Andalusian Major
Hart L C, Crescent, as Charles the Second, looked remark-
ably well.
Harrison Richard, of Bootle View, Cheshire, in a Spanish
costume.
Hindley Mrs, as a Lady of the 16th century
Hornby George G, Everton, as Count Potoufski
Humble Miss Jessie, Rodney-street, as a Turkish Lady
Heise Mr, as the Greek•lpsilanti
Hancock Miss, as a Tuscan Peasant
Hutchinson Miss, as a Persian Lady
Ilull Mrs
Hull Miss, as a Swiss Peasant
Hastings George, as a Spanish Nobleman—a dress quite ori-
ginal, and universally admired
Hadfield Joseph, in the character of a Highland Chieftain
Ilindley Miss Ann, in an Eastern Costume
Haufiche Mrs. Joseph, in the character of a Highland Lassie
Holden T P, as a Greek
Hindley Miss Henrietta, as a French Novice
Holden Richard, as a Turk
Howell George H, Dale-street, in a Fancy Dress
Hutchinson P,-jun in a Court dress
Haynes Samuel, North Birkenhead, as a Cavalier of the
reign of Charles I
Heath E, in a court dress
Hindley Wm jun, as the Red Rover
Hutchinson Dr, in a court dress of the olden time
Heath Mrs E. as a Chilian Lady
Ilindley Miss Eliz, as a Young Lady of 1745
Hutchinson R, in a Court dress
Hall Miss, Brook Villa, Bootle, as a Flower Girl : looked
rosebud tipped with morning dew
Hancock Miss,,Bedford-street North, looked exceedingly
well in an Eastern dress •-
Hay Miss, BroOk Villa, Bootle, in a fancy dress
Henderson F B, as Don Giovanni, looked.remarkably well,
• and sustained the character admirably
Hindley.Edmund, as a Spanish nobleman
Ilinde Mrs,. Low-hill, as a. Gipsy Queen, looked most
charming
Hill Broadhurst, Breckfield house, as a member of the
Berkeley Hunt
Hannay James, Great George-square, in a Bohemian
hunter's Dress
Hess Henry, Great George-street, as a Peasant of the Rhine
Holderness Thomas H, as a Neapolitan Noble—costume of
the present day
Hindley Miss Rosanna. as a young lady of 1754
Harnett Michael, as a Florentine peasant
Harrison Richard, Springfield, in a splendid military costume
Healey E, in a rich Albanian Court dress : scarlet mantle,
trimmed with ermine, sock boots, sword, purple velvet vest
Heywood It D, 59, Bedford-street North, as a Spanish No-
bleman. He wore a superb purple velvet dress, white satin
slashes, tunic trimmed with ermine and very richly em-
broidered with gold; sword, hat, and handsome ostrich
feathers,—a very attractive character
Hudson Henry, as Romeo
Horrocks Ann, as Juliet
Hannay John M, Great George-square, as a Greek
Hannay James, in a Bohemian hunting dress
Hess Mr, of Lord-street, appeared as a Persian Nobleman,
in a splendid gown of gold and silver tissue in stripes,
richly ornamented with pearls and bead-work. The fabric
of this dress was one of the richest in the room, and the
jewels worn by the wearer were of the first quality
Hyde William jun, of Scarsbrick House, as a Cavalier of the
time of Charles the Second; afterwards as Harry Halyard,
the Pride of Battersea
Hess Jos., as Sir Roger de Coverley
Hess Henry, Great George-street, Peasant of the Rhine
Hess Samuel Yates, as a Hungarian Nobleman
Haynes Samuel, North Birkenhead, as a cavalier of the reign
of Charles I
Haynes Miss Margaret, North Birkenhead, as a lady of the
reign of Charles I -
Holford Mr, as Jack Sheppard
Hull William, of H M C, as Mawworm
Herbert J B, in a military undress
Hamer Miss, Walton, as a Flower Girl
Hutton Miss, in the costume of the Scottish border
Hyde Mr, in a Court dress
Hyde Miss, in Grecian costume
Hutchinson Miss, as Desdemona
Hill Mrs Broadhurst, Breckfield House, as a Lady of North
Holland
Hartley John B, as Anastasius
Harrison R, Springfield, in a military dress
Haworth John, as Harlequin
Hughes H B, as a Greek
Hill Brodhurst, as a Member of the Berkeley Hunt
Hill Brodhurst Mrs, as a Lady of North Holland
Haram John, Birkenhead, as Harlequin, ably supported in a
splendid dress