The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-09-10 00:00:00

LOCAL, NEWS,

An Egyptian frigate is said to be preparing to convey a
cargo of wheat for the paella's account at Liverpool, where
the profits are to be expended in docking and fitting the ves-
sel out in proper English man-of-war style, that she may
serve as a model vessel on her return.

DISMISSAL OF THREE POLICE-OFFICERS.—PoIice-officers
Lansborough, Holliwell, and Barton, who were suspended
from their offices on Saturday last, on conviction of having
assaulted Oliver Shannon, were on Tuesday called up by
Mr. Rushton, and after a severe reprimand were dismissed
from the force.

A LAUNCH.—On Thursday, a fine ship of 400 tons bur-
then was launched from the yard of Messrs. Mulveys, of
Chester. She was named the John Christian, and is in-
tended to sail from this port in the China trade.
VISITORS AT FLEETWOOD.—Viscount Stratheden, Lord
Grimston, Marquis of Abercorn, Lady,lt. Strangeways, Earl
of Vernlam. Earl of Ilchester, Mr. Landseer, Lord Francis
Egerton, with his lady and family,. have been at Fleetwood
for the last three weeks.

FIRE AT WAVERTIME.—On Tuesday afternoon, about
three o'clock, a tire broke out in an unfinished dwelling,
called Eton-lodge. Intelligence was quickly conveyed to
Liverpool, and a body of the fire-police with several engines
repaired with all speed to the spot. The flames had mean-
while spread with such rapidity that the whole interior of
the building was consumed before the engines arrived, and
the firemen were consequently too late to render any effectual
assistance.

MRS. FERGUSON'S DEATII.—TLC adjourned inquest on
this lady's body was held on Tuesday last, when some fur-
ther evidence was adduced as to the viciousness of the pony,
and the knowledge of it by Mr. Morton, who hired out the
Pony to Mr. Ferguson ; but the jury ultimately returned a
verdict of " Accidental Death."

THE LATE MAJOR-GENERAL GASCOYN E.—The remains
of this lamented gentleman were removed, on Thursday
morning, at seven o'clock, from the gallant general's own
residence, No. 71, South Audley-street, Grosvenor-street,
for interment in a vault in one of the catacombs at the Great
Western Cemetery, in the Harrow-road, Paddington. The
funeral was a private one, consisting of a hearse drawn by
four horses, and two mourning-coaches, each drawn by four
horses, containing the sons and nephews of the deceased
general.

Sin JOSHUA WALMSLEY.—We extremely regret to learn,•
that a serious accident occurred to Sir Joshua Walinsley on
Sunday last. He had arrived in Liverpool by the railway,
after a journey of considerable length, and on alighting from
the carriage he found a difficulty in using his right leg, owing
to a stiffness apparently caused by holding it long in- the
same position. On attempting to walk, two of the muscles
close to the knee suddenly broke, and so completely disabled
him that he was obliged to be conveyed home. Medical as-
sistance was promptly applied, but the lameness, we believe,
still continues,,and Sir Joshua is in consequence confined to
his residence. We are informed that Sir Joshua shortly
takes his leave of this town to reside in another county,
though be will still continue his interest in his present busi-
hest, which he will occasionally superintend.
ASSAULT BY A POLICE-OFFICER.---HeDry Greaves, a
millwright, appeared before Mr. Rushton On Tuesday to
Prefer a complaint against Police-officer 111. It appeared
that the complainant was found concealed behind a pillar in
the Goree Piazzas by the officer, who immediately seized and
shook him, threatening to take him to Bridewell. The
Officer was unable to produce the slightest evidence that the
prosecntor had offered him the least provocation, and Mr.
Rushton, therefore, very properly suspended him, and added.
that it would depend upon circumstances whether he was
taken on again. We are glad to see Mr. Rushton making
an example of some of these brutal fellows, who we have
frequently observed exercising their brief authority with
unbecoming and uncalled-for severity.
LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF A. NEW CHURCH
IN BROUGHTON-ROAD, SALFORD.—The foundation of ano-
ther church, to be called St. Matthias's Church, being the
second of the ten to be built in Manchester and Salford by
the Ten Churches' Association, was laid at noon on Monday
last, by Mr. William Slater, solicitor, in the presence of a
pretty numerous concourse of people, a great proportion of
whom were ladies. The site of the church is an angular piece
of ground adjoining the Broughton-road, near Broughton-
bridge, Salford, and was purchased from Mr. William Lock-
ett. The church will contain 1,100 sittings, one half of
which are to be free. Like that in Regent-street, it is to be
built in the Norman style of architecture. The architect is
Mr. E. Walters, of Fountain-street, and the builders are the
Messrs. W. and H. Southern, Bank-parade, Salford. It is
expected that the church will be completed in about ten
months from the present time. The cost of the building it
is supposed, will be about £3,000.
FRAUDULENTLY OBTAINING GOODS FROM HE RAIL-
WAY STATION.---On Saturday, on apparentlyrTHE
poverty-
stricken individual, of downcast appearance, named Joseph
Smith, was brought before the magistrates at the police -office,
charged with having fraudulently obtained a lapr(geticc-rate
of
'valuable goods from the railway station, in this
appeared that on the 9th ult. Mr. Mary Brow wife of
Neville Browne, who lately kept the Swan witlni,Tvii•o•l\)'ecks, in witby_grove, Manchester, packed up in a large crate a
quantity of houshold goods—a bed, bedding, table linen,
wearing apparel, books, silver spoons, &e, and having ad-
addressed the package to Mr. T. Smith, North John-street,
Liverpool, sent it to the railway station. It arrived in this
town, and was on the following day sent to its destination ;
hut Mr. Smith being then out of town, his clerk said that
the crate was too large to be taken into the office, and di-
rected it to be taken back saying that Mr. Smith would send
for it. The order of the clerk was complied with. On the
11th ult, the prisoner appled at the railway office to know if
there were any goods for Mr. Smith. George Salter, a
clerk in the office, recollecting the crate which had been re-
turned, replied in the affirmative ; and the prisoner received
a freight note for the goods. He had stated that he had not
money to pay the.carriage, and requested permission to open
the package, and take away some portion of the goods where-
with to raise the required amount. This was complied with.
The prisoner took away some few articles. In about two
hours he returned and took away the crate. Mr. Smith, on
arriving in Liverpool, applied for the goods, but found lie
had been anticipated. The prisoner was traced to Sheffield,
and the goods were found in his possession. He had no-
thing to say in his defence, and was commited for trial.

CAUTION TO SHOPKEEPERS.—It would seem that an or-
ganized gang of shoplifters is about commencing its winter
operations in this town. About eight o'clock on Monday
evening last, a man, having the appearance ofa respectable
mechanic, entered the shop of the Misses Oglethorpe, hosiers
.and haberdashers, .61, Bold-street, and enquired for some'
shirt buttons. Whilst making his purchase, he asked many
'irrelevant questions, evidently, as it turned out afterwards,
for the purpose of affording a confederate, who was lurking
near the door, an opportunity of possessing himself of what-
'ever might happen to be within reach. This second fellow,
;having effected his object, made his appearance, telling his
companion, in a tone of impatience, to "be sharp." To
this injunction the " pure lasi.ng" scamp paid a ready obe-
dience, and the two walked ,oft in company. In an instant
after their departure Miss Oglethorpe missed a
silk pocket
handkerchia, and immediately went to the door to look after
the thieves, but no traces of them were to be seen. Doubt-
less the rascals would move off, with all possible expedition,
to some other locality, for a similar purpose. The probability
of these worthies being a part of a gang receives confirmation
from the fact of two other individuals of a similar appearance
having called at the same shop a few days previously, and
with seemingly similaV intentions, who were, however, foiled
by circumstances unfavourable to their object. Vigilance on
the part of shopkeepers is the more necessary, as the police
does not come on duty in this street before nine o'clock in
the evening.
CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC.—II is believed that frauds have
recently been committed, rather extensively, under a pre-
tended certificate, purporting to have been granted by the
Customs of this town. As a document appearing to have
emanated from such an authority is calculated to impose se-
riously on the unwary, the Comptroller of the Customs at
this port is anxious that the proceeding should be exposed.
The following is one of the cases :—On the 21st August last,
a letter, signed " Charles Maxwell" was received by a Mrs.
-Agnes Waddington, of Ely, accompanied by a document pur-
;Porting to be signed by, and under the official seal of the
Comptroller of Customs, Liverpool. This document certi-
:fled, that Charles Maxwell, the bearer, was recently captain
"of the Albion of Halifax, wrecked on the 4th August, and
'that he, his chief mate, and fourteen mariners, the sole sur-

•vivors, bad been picked up by the Greyhound cutter of Li-
Nerpool. It further stated, that the certificate was granted
'to Captain Maxwell to enable him to obtain his insurance.
'The letter to Mrs. Waddington .set forth, that the writer
*was then confined at Manchester with a compound fracture,
that his (the writer's) father, was a curate of a living in the
*county of Cambridge, and that he had been recommended to
Mrs. Waddington, by Mr. Townley, the late M.P. for that
'county. A list of donations to replace the loss which the ap-
iplicant had sustained, was also transmitted. Mr. Townley
happened to be passing ,through Ely. Inquiry was made
from him, when it turned out, that he knew nothing of the
'applicant. He had, however, himself received a letter in the
'same handwriting and collard in nearly the same words, but
signed" Charles Grant." This led to the conviction that
the whole was a fraud. The letter to Mrs. Waddington did
law give the writer's address ; but that to Mr. Townley,
gave 24, Blakeley-street, Manchester.

ANNUAL EXTMITION.—The opening of the Annual Exhi-
bition of the Works of Modern Artists is fixed, as will be
seen by the advertisement, for Monday next, the 13th instant.

A large ship arrived in the river on Wednesday, from
Miramichi, bearing the extraordinary name of "Peel's One,"
in memorial of that statesman's celebrated majority in the
last parliament.
NOVELTY AND UTILITY.—An establishment has just
been opened in this town for the purpose of waterproofing
every description of clothing apparel, which, when more
generally known, cannot tail to commend itself to the paton-
age of the public. We have personally seen many fabrics
submitted to the usual tests with water, which liquid they
have completely resisted.—See Addl.
An extensive seizure of tobacco was made on Wednesday,
on board the brig Ellen, of Waterford, from Quebec, by Mr.
Dunn, tide-survevor of customs of this port. It consisted
of three bales and four packages of tobacco, concealed in the
cabin, for which the said vessel has been seized. On the
following morning Mr. Dunn went on board to rummage,
and found the concealment had been nailed up and secured ;
but, on his again breaking it oput, found abOut 301bs. more
tobacco had been introduced. The total quantity of tobacco
found weighs 2401b5. .

We understand that, on Monday next, at 4 o'clock, p.m.,
Colonel Pasley's celebrated experiment of the blowing up of
the wreck of the Royal George (as practised with so much
success at Spithead), will be exhibited at the Zoological
Gardens ; and,. as this is the first time that. this wonderful
experiment of the conducting and heating effects of voltaic
electricity has been exhibited in Liverpool, we have no doubt
that hundreds of our scientific townsmen will flock to witness
it. The exhibition of the Biscenascope is on a very splendid
scale, which, together with the magnificent display of fire-
works, by Signor Simoni, and Siege of St. Jean d'Acre,
forni,a series of attraction altogether unrivalled for the lovers
of innocent recreation.

VISIT EXTRAORDINARY.—On Tuesday morning two
special railway trains arrived at the Lime-street Station, in
this town, with an immense crowd of persons, who, although
they may not be distinguished as the elite of the enlightened,
were, nevertheless, respectable citizens of the important and
influential town of Birmingham. We understand that not
less than 1200 of the inhabitants of that town had entered
into an arrangement with-the directors of the Grand Junc-
tion Railway Company, similar to that effected with the
London and Birmingham a short time, ago, by which they
should have an opportunity of visiting and viewing the great
seaport of LiverpOol, and its Lions, at a cheap rate. For
this purpose two special trains came down to Liverpool, con-
veying 1200 passengers, These_ persons, after satisfying
themselves with such views as the limited time they had on
hand could.afford them opportunity of witnessing, took their
departure on Wednesday • from this ancient borough, .no
doubt if not impressed with the idea that Liverpool equalled
London in her buildings and places of amusement, at least
surpassed her in her noble and gigantic river, of which, in
comparison with the Thames. it may be more justly said-7-
" Though gentle, yet not dull,
Strong without rage—without o'erflowing, full."

STAMMERING.---It is always a pleasure to us to promote
the knowledge of aught which we think can contribute to the
welfare and happiness of our fellow creatures, and to employ
the great privilege of the press (inasmuch as it lies in our
power) in aid of beneficial objects. Upon these grounds, we
have more than once spoken of the cure of impediments of
speech, of which we have witnessed the performance by Mr.
Hunt. Of late that gentleman has added many striking ex-
amples to his previous extraordinary list of persons of both
sexes, and of all ages, whom he has restored from difficulty,
pin, and distortion, to facility, ease and comfort, in the
enuniciation of their speech. And we recur to a mention of
the fact, because we are really delighted to see such blessings
conferred by plain good sense and comprehension of causes,
without quackery or mystery of any kind.—Literary Gazette.
DREADFUL AND FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday afternoon,
as one of the coaches from Chorley to Southport was cross-
ing the North Union Railway, at the Euxton Railway, it
suddenly came in contact with a luggage train, the approach
of which, it is supposed, had not been observed by the coach-
man. The coach was literally dashed to pieces by the vio-
lence of the concussion, which, we are sorry to relate, was
not unattended with fatal consequences. One of the pas-
sengers, an Independent minister from Duckinfield, was killed
on the spot, while his lady was most seriously injured. The
coachman and several of the passengers were also most dan-
gerously wounded, some of them lying in a hopeless condi-
tion. The man at the station, while doing something to one
of the horses, was so seriously injured that it was found ne-
cessary to amputate his leg upon the spot, there being several
surgeons promptly in attendance upon the wounded persons.
Of the horses, the leader escaped unhurt, but the two wheelers
were killed on the spot, their bodies being shockingly muti-
lated and mangled. When our informant left, several of the
passengers were lying in a most precarious condition.—
Blackburn Standard of Wednesday.

MR. JOHN MARTIN'S PAINTINGS.—For the credit of
our town, we are exceedingly glad to learn that sonic thousands
of persons of all classes have already visited this exhibition
at the Union Buildings, Slater-street. It is understood that
the pictures will not remain much longer here ; and we,
therefore, exhort all who have any appreciation of works like
those of r Martin's, not to put off their visit till the oppor-
tunity lost. In their admiration of the magnificent works
of our native artist, we trust, however, that they will not
'overlook the other three pictures, which are richly deserving
of notice. To artists, especially, they will afford a high treat.
The St. Cecelia, by Rnbens, formerly in the collection of Sir
Joshua Reynolds, is like most of the women introduced into
his pictures, a portrait of one of his wives. There is certainly
no great personal beauty in the lady, but the colouring is ex-
ceedingly fine throughout. The Holy Family, by Andrew
del Sarto, is a duplicate of one of the most admired works of
that master in the Pitti Palace. The colour is luminous, and
the whole picture has in it an exquisite repose, such as is
rarely found except in the works of-the elder masters. Con-
sidering that this picture is probably some 320 years old, the
freshness and purity of the colours are remarkable. It must
have been preserved with singular care. The Rembrandt,
however, is certainly the grandest and most important of the
three. Its force is astonishing, and the splendour of its light
such as has rarely been equalled. The proper place for this
noble painting would be the National Gallery. It would be
an honour to any collection.
HALE FLORAL AND HOLTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—A so-
ciety under the above title has been lately formed in the
village of Hale, and will hold its first public meeting and ex-
hibition on Tuesday next. Its object is to encourage and re-
ward the industrious cottagers of that district, to create
amongst them a taste for horticultural pursuits, and to give
them rational and profitable employment for those leisure
hours which are too often spent in dissipation, to the injury
of their health and the impoverishing of themselves and their
families. The competition is limited to cottage tenants
paying not more than £lO rent, and residing within three
miles of the village of Hale; and the useful practical bearing
of the institution may be judged from the sort of excellence
by which the prizes are to be earned. One is awarded " for
the cleanest and neatest cottage, with the best kept and cul-
tivated garden ;" another " for the best collection of useful
common vegetables, fruit, and flowers ;" and so on for the
rest. Premiums are also offered, we understand, for agri-
cultural produce, with a view of bringing into notice new or
improved varieties of grain, &c. The exhibition will he held
at Hale, in a spacious marquee surrounded by rural palaces
and straw-roofed cots, and from the great interest mani-
fested by all classes in the neighbourhood, a very animated
display may be expected. The public will be admitted
gratis, at three o'clock.
LATE HOURS OF BUSINESS.—The following extract from
one of Dr. Epps' lectures, delivered a few evenings ago at
the Mechanics' Institution, will be read with interest by all
who desire to improve the condition of that large class of
the community, the Tradesmen's Assistants, and should
operate favourably upon the minds of those who have hitherto
opposed the views now so generally adopted in their favour :

And here," said the lecturer, " let me notice one cir-
cumstance in connexion with ventilation. It is this—the
immense consumption of pure air by the combustion of gas.
The quantity consumed by a single burner is considerable ;
and when there are numerous burners, the consequent dete-
rioration of the atmosphere must be very great. It may,
therefore, be presumed, that those who are confined in esta-
blishments in which many gas-lamps are, hour after hour,
kept lighted, must—especially if free ventilation is not esta-
blished—breathe a poisoned atmosphere, and thus have their
bodily health injured. This is particularly the case in shops
or warehouses where goods abound : the impurities in the
air are absorbed by the goods. and thus a new source of poi-
son is created, operating upon the health, even when the
gas-burners are not lighted. There are evils connected with
gas which indirectly add to this deterioration : the cheapness
of the light, the little trouble connected with it, the ease with
which it is put on and put off, create a strong temptation to
the trader to adopt LATE HOURS, which, by exhausting the
constitution, render the persons exposed to the noxious air
still more liable to the injuriousness of its influence. In
fact, all artificial light is injurious, more or less. It is in-
jurious, because the process of combustion is itself a deteri-
orator of the atmosphere: and therefore DAY-LIGHT should
be the time in which business should be, if possible, com-
pleted. No one can expect health who has occupations
which require the use of much artificial light, and the use of
that light for a lengthened period ; and no one can avoid
disease, or premature decay, who, in addition to exposure to
artificial light thus long continued, has, combined, the dis-
heartening influence of unceasing toil."
CHARGE OF STEALING SUGAR FROM A SHIP.—At the.
police-court, yesterday, William Morris, mate of the Mersey,
West Indian-lan, and George M`Master, a master lumper,
(both respectable-looking men,) were placed at the bar, on
a charge of having attempted to take a quantity of sugar from
the vessel named the Mersey, the property of Messrs. Charles
Lawrence and Son, without leave or authority. It appeared
from the evidence that no suspicion of the felony charged
was entertained against the. prisoners by the owners or the
captain of the ship until Wednesday, when a clew to the
transaction was afforded by an anonymous letter. A cus-
tomhouse-Officer stated that, on the 4th of last month, while
he was on duty at one of the dock quays, he observed a one -
horse cart back up alongside of the ship Mersey, which on
the day before had been " jerked," or, in other words, had
been passed as having discharged the whole of her cargo.
Suspecting that something wrong was going on, he looked
on the deck of the vessel and saw some flies about the twe
annis (or beef) casks, leading him to suppose that there was
sugar in or about them. He kept watch, and afterwards
saw some of the men who had been working in the ship land
the two casks, but, on observing him, the cart was drawn off,
and some rubbish was afterwards thrown into it from the
quay. His inspector afterwards came up ; he (witness) gave
gave,him information of the facts, and the casks, which were
found to contain sngar and sugar scrapings, which were
liable to duty, were seized and sent to the Custom-house
depot. They bad since been kept under lock and key. The
prisoner M`Master came up to him when he detected the
casks, and wished him to destroy their contents with the
water with which the crew were washing the decks. The
prisoner Morris also said he hoped he (witness) would say
nothing about it; that he had been a long time in the em-
ploy ; that be expected soon to go out as master, and that if
'it were known he should be ruined. The casks were after-
wards found to contain 4 cwt. 3 qrs. 10 lbs. of sugar and
sugar scrapings. Mr. Dowling, who appeared to have taken
considerable trouble in the case, produced a sample of the
sugar, which, he said, showed that it contained not only
scrapings (or refuse from the sugar casks), but good, though
dark coloured sugar. The Custom-house officer explained
that even the waste sugar, or scrapings, was all required to
pass the Custom-house scales. Captain Clarke, (of the
Mersey,) said he was not aware of the facts until after the
anonymous letter had been received. He had given no leave
to the prisoners to take the sugar.- His mate (one of the
prisoners), had been ten years in the employ, in which he had
served his time—and such was his opinion of him that he
would have trusted him with the ship if she were loaded with
gold. He could not account for his having brought him-
self into such a situation. He produced a sample of the
sugar, which appeared very black and dirty. Mr. Rushton,
after reprimanding the Custom House officer for not giving
information at the time to the captain of the ship or to the
consignees, ordered both prisoners for trial. After the infor-
formations were read, and they were respectively cautioned as
to what they had to state, M`Master said, he had left the
vessel on the day previously, and on the day in question had
heard tile men on board of her say that the mate had given
them the scrapings to buy allowance. The mate said, that
when the men were clearing out the dunnage-wood, they asked
him what he was going to do with the dirt at the bottom of
the ship, and he said they might do what they liked with it,
as he did not want it. He never saw anything put into the
casks, and did not know that anything was in them till twelve
o'clock, when he was told it was the dirt out of the hold.
He told them to be sure and bring back the casks. When he
returned from dinner, he saw the men landing the casks, and
the officers seized them. He told the officers he cared no-
thing about the dirt, if he only got the casks back. The
witnesses were then bound over to prosecute the prisoners at
the Sessions.

It appears by the Hampshire Telegraph, that the tunnel
of the Gosport Branch of the South Western Railway has
again foundere& during the last week, which must retard the
opening of that branch.
ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH.—We perceive that scaffolding
is now erected Qv the spire of this church, to the spot where
the electric fluid struck during the late storm. It will be
seen, from our ceancilproceedingi, that the corporation sur-
veyor estimates t 4 cost of efficiently repairing this church
and that of St. Martin's at £2,500.

NEW QUADRILLES.—Les Cerises, by George Hargraves,
LiverpoOl. A most capital set of quadrilles has just made its
appearance, composed by Mr. George Hargraves, whose mu-
sic has been long known, and is justly esteemed wherever it
finds a place in our collections. These quadrilles are the
most lively and clever compositions we have seen for many a
day, an i if they do not become the quadrilles of the season,
it must be that our fair friends are ignorant of their existence.
We verily do believe that the sound Of these charming quad-
rilles would induce many an one whose "dancing days are
o'er ", to trip it again as nimbly as in days gone bye. Mr.
George Hargraves has a happy talent : there is an excellence
about all his compositions that shows him to be a master of
his art. We can safely recommend Les Cerises, and assure
our readers that it is seldom such pretty music is found so
admirably adapted for the purpose.
THE PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS.—These portraits,
which- report says "Fathers, mothers, and brothers may
swear to," will be taken in Liverpool next week. The ele-
gant buildinm, constructed by Mr. Cole, the architect on
laud, granted' by the corporation, (and which contains the
apparatus,) is now completed, but at present not open to the
public. It is a most extraordinary circumstance that faithful
likenesses can be taken of " the human face and form
divine" in a few seconds. We must, however, forbear say-
ing more until we see the apparatus in operation. We have
seen one of the portraits taken of the Polytechnic, London,
by Mr. Lynn, the worthy proprietor of the Waterloo Hotel,
and it is really extraordinary. It appears like a Mezzotint
engraving, exquisitely finished. " The operator" from the
Polytechnic, now in Liverpool, states that the light on the
mount being so much clearer than Cavendish-square, the
portraits will he even better than at thel'arent Institution.
CHARGE OF FELoNY.—Yesterday, at the police-court,
Mary Muck, a married woman, respectably dressed in black,
was placed at the bar on a charge of having stolen a shoulder
of • bacon from the shop of Mr. Leatherbarrow, in St.
' Martin's market. A female who keeps the opposite standing
observed her speaking to Miss Leatherbarrow, and when the
latter was engaged with other parties, she saw the prisoner
take up and carry off the bacon. The witness gave infor-
mation to a police-officer. The article was not found in her
possession ; but on her being afterwards followed it was found
under her cloak. The prisoner said that she had purchased
the bacon by the lump for seven shillings from another per-
son ; and an individual in court said that he knew her to be
a respectable person, and that she was in the habit of buying
pieces of meat in the manner described. It afterwards ap-
peared that the bacon weighed 27 lbs., and was worth Bd. per
lb. She was committed for trial at the sessions.
PHYS-HARMONICA-PIANO.—HERIL BREUNIG.—It will
be perceived in the portion of our paper allotted to announce-
ments of public entertainments, that Herr Breunig (the j
gentleman
.whose extraordinary performances on the melodi-
con, or phys-harmonica-piano, at the'Mechanics' Institution,
we noticed in our last) has been requested to give a matinee
musicale, or morning concert, to enable the public to hear
him perform. Herr Breunig has fixed Tuesday next, and
the Templars' Hall has been taken for the purpose. The
phys-harmonica-piano combines the effects of the organ,
piano, and seraphine ; and, when blended, the tones are
surpr i singly grand and powerful. Herr Breunig's style of play-
ing assimilates to that of Thalherg : he has great execution
and taste, is rapid-in his fingering, and has a delicate touch.
We recommend the' amateurs of music to hear Herr Breunig,
who is ..on his way to London, where he is engaged. They
will not perhaps have another opportunity of hearing this
singular instrument. Its introduction, we predict, will be
the commencement of a new era in music. To Herr Breunig
the honour is due: he is the first who has played on it,
and composed inusic for it.