The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-12-11 00:00:00

BANKRUPTCY COURT.—At the Liverpool District
Court of Bankruptcy, on Friday, an application was made
to Mr. Commissioner Perry on behalf of the assignees of
Messrs. Morley and Co., who were made bankrupts nearly
thirty years ago, to prove upon the estate of Messrs.
Abrahams and Co., for an alleged debt of £1,300. The
latter had also been bankrupts. For this shipment
Messrs. Morley drew upon Langden and Co., who, by
some chance in the chapter of accidents, also became
bankrupts. No proof had previously been tendered for
the acceptance, nor did it appear that any consideration
had been given for the ship's cargo. Mr. Avison, for
the assignees of Abrahams, objected to the proof being
received, on the ground that, in April 1821, the then
vice-chancellor came to a decision which amounted to a
refusal of the proof being received, and he handed in the
order of the vice-chancellor. Upon seeing this the
learned commissioner at once refused to accept the proof.
A SURGEON SHOT.--Between eight and nine o'clock
on Tuesday, Mr. Scuddamore, a surgeon of great respecta-
bility, who resided in Church-street, Prescot, and was
doing a considerable business, left an inn in this town, in
company with a friend, Mr. William Roscoe, a farmer,
from Tarbock. They had been spending the day together,
and were about to return home; and, as they were pro-
ceeding up Pembroke.place, with a horse and gig, Mr.
Roscoe asked Mr. Scuddamore if his pistol was all right.
He pulled it from under the gig cushion, and held it up,
observing that it was, and in attempting to return it to its
place, the lock caught the apron of the gig, and the con.
tents were discharged into Mr. Scuddamore's thigh. The
ball passed through the femoral artery in the lower part of
the thigh, from which the blood gushed out in copious
streams. He was immediately taken to the surgery of
Mr. Kay, where he died in about fifteen minutes after the
accident, having literally bled to death. He never spoke
after being taken into the surgery, but gasped for breath
while lying upon the floor, and soon died. He was a mar-
ried man, thirty-three years of age, and has left a wife,
but no children. He formerly resided at St. Helen's.
and was an assistant to Mr. Garton, whom be succeeded
in business. The pistol was a large horse-pistol.
CALIFORNIA SOVEREIGNS.--A spurious class of coins
has latterly been brought into circulation under the gene-
ral designation of Californian sovereigns. They are well-
executed counterfeits of our sovereign, in size, design, and
colour; and were it not for the lightness of the metal
employed in their manufacture, there might be some diffi-
culty in detecting the spurious article. A short time ago,
a man named Gleeson, a native of Tipperary, who lived in
a house in Sherwood-street, frequented by emigrants,
took it into his head to revisit the place of his birth.
Before proceeding thither he provided himself with a fair
stock of " Californias," and, as lie had resided so long in
Liverpool, his advice was naturally sought by his country-
men who were about to emigrate. The advice was freely
given ; and amongst other things Gleeson did not forget
to urge on those who consulted him the necessity of ob-
taining gold for notes before proceeding to Liverpool,
where he stated they would be obliged to pay a large per
tentage to get Irish notes changed. The bait took ; the
poor people determined next day to go to the first town to
procure gold ; but Gleeson expressed his readiness to save
them the trouble; he had a quantity of gold which he
would give them for the notes. The offer was accepted.
Some £l4 or £l5 were handed to Gleeson, in notes, for
which he returned California sovereigns. The poor dupes
arrived here in due course, tendered the Californias in

payment for their passage at one of the emigration offices
in this town, and got instantly handed over to the safe-
keeping of one or two police-officers. On the matter be.
ing explained, the poor emigrants were set at liberty.
Subsequently, Gleeson was discovered at his former lodg-
ings in Sherwood street, but as the parties whose evidence
would be necessary to prefer any charge against -him had
left the town, nothing could be done in the matter.
Gleeson has since left for America.

THE (BAD) SPIRIT OF THE LONDON TIMES.—OUT
contemporary is infected with a rabid hatred of everything
which emanates from Exeter-hall. We can imagine him
grinding his teeth every time that, in peregrinating the
Strand, he passes its portals, and sighing for the good old
days when its inmates were the unfortunate chuny and
other noble specimens of the brute creation. Our con-
temporary's horror of parsons, however, sometimes gets
the better of his discretion and his manners, and causes
him to say, or rather write, pieces of foulness which are
anything but indicative of either a Christian temper or a
love of truth. Some "country curate," it seems, has
recently gained room for a letter in the columns of the
Times, by commenting upon an alleged fact, put forth by
our contemporary's reporters, that at a meeting of the
Society for Irish Church Missions, held at Exeter-hall,
an allusion to the diminution of the population of Ireland
was received with " boisterous shouts of joy." This
scandalous libel was contradicted a few days ago in a letter
to the same organ, bearing the signatures of the Rev. E.
Bickersteth and the Rev. A. R. C. Dallas, who state that
the tone of the' cheers was that of astonishment and
grief, and could by no possibility have been mistaken for
" shouts of joy." To the letter of these gentlemen our
copttlpporayyappends_tM following note _

"What did the cries of " hear, hear" mean, if they did not
express satisfaction at " the diminution of the population of
Ireland," a civil phrase for the ravages of the cholera ? Pro-
bably no other two men in the whole meeting would agree as
to the epithet by which they would characterise such cheers,
but we believe that "boisterous shouts of joy" is at least as
near the truth as the mild description ‘‘ some cries of hear,
hear.' "

It is scarcely possible to conceive a more infamous para-
graph than this, levelled at a body of Christian men and
women, not savages, assembled in a Christian metropolis,
not in the bush or the jungle of a heathen country. In
future, we trust that the public will be very chary in their
cries of " hear, hear," at any meeting where such re-
porters as those of the Times are present, who cannot
distinguish between " hear, hear," and " hip, hip,
hurrah." Perhaps, however, the subject of the meeting—
" Irish Church Missions"—was not an acceptable one to
the organ of a whig administration, which is probably
hatching at this moment a measure for the prostration of
the Irish Church itself.

ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—It is vain to attempt to enu-
merate the varied and wonderful performances of the new
and extraordinary company of Pablo Fanque. We can
merely allude to the fearlessness of Camille Leroux, and
Palmyre Annette ; that of Henry Williams, the Ducrow
of the age, and of numberless other adult and infantile
riders ; the astonishing summersault throwing of one of
the artists, who makes two tourbillions in the air with one
spring; the curious ball playing of the brothers Russelli,
the elegant tumbling feats of Mr. Millner and his young
assistants, and the comicalities of Mr. Rochez and his
son, the new clowns, and the trained horses, dogs, &c.
The pit and galleries have been crowded nightly, and the
boxes fairly occupied. The morning performances have
also been well-attended, and no less a number than 1,500
children have been gratuitously admitted. Last night
Young Hernandez reappeared, with Mr. Brown, the
clown, Pablo Fanque, and other eminent performers.
The juveniles of the town, at present at boarding-s3hools,
are very anxious that the company should remain over
the Christmas holidays.
LIVER THEATRE.—During the past fortnight, an
English opera company have occupied the Liver Theatre
with great success. They opened on Monday, the 26th
November, with the opera of "La Sonnambula," the
chief character being sustained by Miss Anne Romer,
whose efforts were received with perfect enthusiasm. Miss
Romer's .Ausina is essentially original : from the moment
she enters the stage she completely embodies the character
of the innocent country maiden, whose heart is o'erflowing
with joy at the prospects of happiness and bliss which
seem to be dawning upon her; and she never for one mo-
ment, throughout the whole opera, loses sight of the sim-
plicity which is the natural accompaniment of it. She
delivers the opening aria, " Come per me," with a charm-
ing expression of calm and placid delight ; and in the fol-
lowing movement, " Sovra it Sen," displays an equalled
finish and facility of execution. To the beautiful quin-
tette, " D'un pensiero," she imparts a sadness quite
heartrending : and by the expression of the utmost agony
of grief, feelingly sustains her character, while the fer-
vency and energy of her declamation tells with thrilling
effect upon the audience. In the sleep-walking scene in
the last act she gives quite a different expression to her
sorrow, it being there the involuntary outpourings of a
heart all but broken, and completely weighed down by
deep despair, whilst her finale, "Ah non guirge," which
demands powers of execution of the highest order, she
delivers with a brilliancy not to be surpassed, and an ex-
quisite feeling of delight which communicates itself to the
audience, who, by their rapturous applause, bear willing
testimony to the truthfulness of the assumption and the
talent of the performer. Miss Romer was repeatedly called
before the curtain. On Tuesday, the 27th, Donizetti's
insipid opera, " The Daughter of the Regiment was pro-
duced, in which Miss Romer fully sustained her excel-
lence, both as actress and singer, in spite of the limited
opportunity which it affords for the display of her powers.
Yesterday week, she charmed the ears and hearts of a
crowded audience by her performance of Arline, in Balfe's
favorite opera, " The Bohemian Girl." She was encored
in every song, and her acting (particularly in the scene
where the Gypsy Queen reveals to the Count the secret of
her love) was superb. On Wednesday, Barnett's " Moun-
tain Sylph" was produced, in which Miss Romer's Eolia
was as brilliant as her formaetrtnriisuemdphbys.tbOenniForsitdaoryo,wMdiesds
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as the heroine surprised us by a display of tragic powers
such as no other English vocalist is possessed of. The
broken-hearted father, by Mr. R. Edgar, was a masterly
performance. The part has never been so well played by
any actor since the late Mr. Prescott Warde. Mr. R.
Edgar's talents as a tragedian are of the highest order,
and he must tower in the profession.

CONGREGATIONAL TEA PARTY AT AINTREE.

The annual congregational tea party of the promoters
and friends of St. Peter's Church, Aintree, was held in
the large room of the Grand Stand, at the Race-course,
on Thursday evening last.
It will be recollected, that a few years ago, through
the instrumentality of the present incumbent, and several
influential gentlemen resident in Aintree and the neigh-
bourhood, a fund was raised, which was applied to the
formation of a church, called St. Peter's. The benevolent
individuals who so successfully exerted themselves in this
excellent project, have held an annual festival, in order to
keep alive that cordiality of feeling which is so essential
to the progress of every good work. The room was taste-
fully and appropriately decorated with a variety of flags,
bearing appropriate mottoes and devices, particularly one
at each end of the room. i One of these was a motto given
at the last year's meeting, by the noble Chairman, and so
beautifully enlarged upon by his lordship, (the Earl of
Sefton,)—" Honesty, Industry, and Sobriety." The
other was that just over the chair, the Sunday school
banner, representing the Crown supported by the Bible,
&c., &c., which has been painted and presented to the
schools by Mr. John Sweetman—it reflects great credit
upon the artist. Through the kindness of Colonel Gar-
rett, the fine band of the 46th Regiment were in atten-
dance, and we need net remark, that their effort* cca-