The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-09-14 00:00:00

ANOTHER CHILD OVERLAlN.—Yesterday an inquest wa
held on view of the body of an infant child, named Thoma-
son, which it appeared had been suffocated by being overlain.
Verdict accordingly.

Mr. DUCROW.—We are happy to state that this popular
artiste, though still under restraint, is gradually recoverini,
the use of his faculties ; but it is considered that it will be
long ere he will be enabled to resume his professional duties,
HALIFAX ROYAL MAIL STEAM SHIPS.—We understand
that Messrs..S. Cunard and Co., of Halifax, George Burns,
of Glasgow, and David Mac Iver, of Liverpool, the con-
tractors with the government for carrying the North American
mails, have had the allowance raised from £56,000 to £BO,OOO
per annum, the mails now running twice a month each way ;
but, as soon as they shall run every week, they are to have
£160,000 per annum. This addition has, we believe, been
made on condition of the contractors doing, at the require-
ment of the government, certain extra services in the convey-
ance of the mails. Last year only one mail was despatched
in the month of November : this year, there will be two.
But in the month of March next, instead of two mails being
despatched, there will be only one mail forwarded. In March
few passengers offer, and the voyage is rendered rather dan-
gerous from the ice which usually, at that period, floats in
the track of the steamers.
CHESTER RACES.—An excellent painting of the race for
the Tradesmen's Cup, run for at the last Chester races by 21
horses, is now at Mr. Parry's, Bridge-street Row ; it is
painted for Lord Milltown, (whose horse Cruiskeen, rode by
Stag, won at that celebrated race) by our talented townsman
Mr. Bowden, who has bestowed a combination of taste and
knowl-dge in his beautiful art, and given to the life the
horses and riders in this animated scene. These figures are
of course in the foreground ; but Mr. Bowden has not been
unmindful of the splendid Welsh scenery in the distance,
which forms a grand outline in the picture, of the mountain
chains in Flintshire. The spectators are numerous, the
whole forming a characteristic view of the race course, and
reflects infinite credit on Mr. Bowden ; it is a painting of
decided merit, and we hope the citizens of Chester will avail
themselves of the opportunity of examining it in detail. It
may be seen at Mr. Parry's during the next week, previous
to its being sent to. Lord Milltown's.—Chester Courant.
CLITHERO ELECTION.—We have already stated that a pe-
tition has been presented to the House of Commons against
the return of Matthew Wilson, Jun., Esq., of Eshton Hall,
who, at the last election for the Borough of Clithero, had a
majority of four votes only over Edward Cardwell, Esq.,
barrister at law, the Conservative candidate, and we have
also recorded that true bills of indictments have been found
against several electors who voted for Mr. Wilson, for
having given false answers to the questions put to them as to
the continuance of their qualifications, and also against a re-
' lative of the new member for alleged bribery. As an addi-
tional instance of the Whig mode of winning elections, a
correspondent informs us that an elector of Clithero, of the
name of John Whittaker, of Wilkin Heys, in that Borough,
was conveyed away from Clitheroe some (lays before the
election, when in a state of intoxication, and was kept from
home until after the election, in such a beastly state of
inebriety, that he was unable t(j. give his family any account
of where he had been during any part of the time. A trifling
incident has, however, served to supply the deficiency of
Whitaker's recollection. It was observed that when he re-
turned lie wore a hat with a broader brim than was his wont,
and on examining it, the name of Matthew Wilson, Sen. was
found written within it ! With such evidence as this, no-
body can have much doubt as to the " whereabout" of Mr.
Whitaker during the Clitheroe election.
THE PADGATE BURGLARIES.—WiIIiam Wollaston, alias
Cockney Will, who was committed for trial at Liverpool,
with Parkinson and four others, of the Padgate gang, for bur-
glary, but acquitted, and ordered to be detained, has been
charged before the magistrates at Warrington, with commit-
ting a burglary in the house of Ralph Arden, Esq., at Ul-
kinton, in Cheshire, on the Ist March last. Elisabeth Wal-
ton, the prosecutor's servant, deposed that about twelve
o'clock on the night in question, her master's house was bro-
ken into. She looked through the window of her room, and
saw a man standing in a lane by the side of the house ; she
screamed, and the man threw a stone at her. She then en-
deavoured to go to her master's room, and on passing the top
of the stairs, saw a man there, standing over her mother in
a threatening attitude • she begged of him not to take her
mother's life, and he desired her to hush and nobody would
be hurt. She then perceived that there were two men in
the house, and they proceeded first to her master's room,
from which they took a purse with thirty severeigns, they
afterwards went to the room of her master's sister, and pre-
senting something at her head, demanded her keys and mo-
ney •, they took her gold watch from the drawers ; they also
took five shillings from her mother's pocket. Soon after
she heard a whistle, and the men went away ; one of them
very much resembled the prisoner.—Mr. Edward Jones,
constable of Tarporley, deposed that on the morning after the
robbery he went to Mr. Arden's house, and found the bacl9'
door burst open ; there were some footmarks about the doini;
he took a sketch of one of them, which was nailed in the
shape of a diamond. A few days afterwards he saw the
prisoner in custody at Warrington, and on comparing the
shoes he then had on with the sketch, he found they corre-
sponded exactly.—Several other witnesses confirmed the
foregoing evidence, and identified the prisoner as being seen
in the neighbourhood of Mr. Arden's house early on the
morning of the 2d March.—The prisoner was fully con-
' victed, and committed for trial at the next Cheshire Assizes,
and the witnesses bound over to appear and give their evi-
dence.

DEATH BY FALLING OVERBOARD FROM A STEAMER.—
An inquest was yesterday held before P. F. Curry, Esq.,
touching the death of a young man named William Bradford.
Charles Maybrick, a bookkeeper, said he knew the deceased,
who lived in Hunter-square. On Tuesday, the 31st August,
witness was going with the deceased in one of the river
steam-packets to Seacombe. Deceased was sober. They
had got half way across the river, and witness was sitting
behind the paddle-box, and the deceased on the top of the
bulwark forward. He (deceased) had been sitting there some
time, and witness looked at him several times to see that he
was safe. He happened to take his eyes off him, when he
heard a cry of " a man overboard." and a rush was made to
the side of the vessel. He found it was the deceased. Ele
looked for him in the water, but could not see him. The
vessel was stopped, and a boat was lowered with two men,
but they could see nothing of the deceased except his hat
floating, which was picked up, and recognized by witness as
that of the deceased. The witness identified the body. John
Dutton, mate of the Tower steamer, trading to Runcorn,
said that yesterday morning, (Sunday,) as the vessel was
proceeding up to Runcorn, they found the body of the de-
ceased floating opposite to Rock Frrry. It was taken on
board, and brought back with the vessel to Liverpool yester-
day morning. The body was identified by a brother, though
his features were disfigured. The deceased was at first sup-
posed to have been a pilot, named Bainbridge, but this was a
mistake. The brother of the deceased identified the body as
that of his brother, also the clothes which he wore. The
jury, as no one saw the deceased fall into the water so as to
be certain that he had not wilfully thrown himself in, or been

pushed by another person, returned a verdict of " found
drowned."
PROTESTANT OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION.—The St. Mi-
chael's branch of the above useful, active, and important
society, was held in the Parr-street School-room, on Friday
evening last. The president of the brunch, the Rev. H.
Carpenter, having to attend a missionary meeting at Birken-
head, opened the meeting with prayer, and then left the oc-
cupancy of the chair to Mr. Joseph Crisp. The chairman
briefly alluded to the present important crisis in the history of
Protestant Associations, as the conservatives, he was thank-
ful to say, were now in power, and, he doubted not, the
working of the Operative Protestant Associations throughout
the country had greatly helped to place them there, by
spreading sound Protestant information amongst the people.
But they must not forget that the same watchful duty of pro-
tecting the Protestant Institutions of our country still con-
tinued. The duty of Protestant Associations was not altered
by a change of party, but it became still more imperative
upon them to be on the watch. He also reminded them of
the duty devolving upon them on the Ist of November, in
electing conservative town councillors. The Rev. Mr.
Nolan, of St. Barnabas', addressed the meeting in a long,
eloquent, and truly Christian-like speech. Mr. Lord,
Secretary of the London Association, also addressed the
meeting at length, and laid before them much highly useful
and important information relative to the general workings
of popery. This gentleman, during his visit to Liverpool,
has delivered some of the soundest and most important
lectures we ever remember to have heard on the subject of
Protestantism and Popery. Thanks were voted to the Rev.
Mr. Nolan and Mr. Lord for kindly attending, and to the
chairman for presiding over the meeting, which separated at
10 o'clock. We are informed that there were quite as many
outside the room as within, who could not gain admittance
from its being so crowded, and much useful discussion went
on amongst them.
THEATRB ROY AL.-Sheridan Knowles's play of " Love" was
repeated on Friday night, and again honoured with enthusiastic
applause ;—Miss Ellen Tree was called for at the close to re-
ceive the compliments of the audience. The play of "Love"
has been excellently got up : several new scenes have been
introduced and new dresses provided on the occasion. Miss
Tree's Countess is replete with beauty, pathos, and feeling.
Now exhibiting " pride and haughtiness of soul," and now
displaying that tenderness and warmth which require con-
summate art in the actress properly and naturally to express.
The scene with Henn in the chamber was extremely fine :
the interview with him when desiring him to sign the con-
tract of marriage was also beautifully acted, as was the inter-
view after he had entered the service of the Empress. The
Countess is another laurel in Miss Tree's most verdant
coronet of fame. Mr. Anderson's Huon is an excellent
conception,—one scene detracts, however, from the merit of
it—we allude to that stormy soliloquy delivered while the
Duke of Carinthia is dictating the marriage contract. We
fancy it would be difficult to write while a man is shouting
in a room at the top of his voice,—with this exception the
character is well done. It would be an improvement if the
Duke were to write the contract in an adjoining chamber. Mr.
Chaplin played Count Ulric very carefully and judiciously.
Miss Honnor as Catherine acted with much archness and
vivacity. Mr. Lynne made the most of the Prince. Mr.
Gray tried to make a few telling points in the Duke of
Carinthia but failed therein. This play abounds with noble
passages full of vigourous thought and poetic beauty. The
Countess of Ephenstein is a bright creation. She is a rare and
magnificent creature. Many passages in the play were warmly
applauded, showing that the audience fully appreciated the
fine poet's brilliant thoughts. The farce of " Weak Points"
is a very capital piece of fun,—Baker's Jeimny Weedle is
rich and original. Mr. George Horncastle as Jolly created
immense laughter. Mrs. Clarke's Miss Pump is most
naturally done, it is drawn from the life with those happy
touches which heighten the picture. To-night, the " Bridals
of Messina" will be performed, and a very full house is an-
ticipated. The fine acting of the Vandenhoff's will be
remembered and put Mr. Anderson and Mr. Stuart on the
qui vice. Miss Ellen Tree's Isoline, we believe, is a beauti-
ful impersonation. On Wednesday, " Romeo and Juliet;" on
Thursday, " Love " will again be played. In reply to a
letter signed " Justus," touching the " original interpo-
lations " in Leigh Hunt's play by the Liverpool company—
we will not retract one word, or the shadow of a word : we
had a book also. Those who were with us can bear ample
testimony to the truth of our remarks ;—some of these "inter.
polations" were really most laughable,—shall we mention
a few of them ? We doubt the assertion of " Justus " that
he is " unconnected with the theatre."
DISMISSAL OF AN INSPECTOR AND AN OFFICER OF
POLICE.—At the Police Court yesterday, Inspector Wharton,
and police-officer Watt (No. 201), were brought before Mr.
Rushton, on a charge of having sanctioned, if not partaken
in, a gross assault on an individual named Hilton, a flour-
dealer. It appeared from the evidence that Watt had fallen
in with Henry Burns, a baker, at a late hour on Saturday
night, in Netherfield-road ; and considering his character to
be suspicious, had taken him to the Bee Hive, a public-
house in King-street, Kirkdale, with the ostensible view of
having him identified. They got there shortly before mid-
night, and found within the inspector and the complainant.
Three of them had three pints of ale each at the house, and
left it, would appear, after one o'clock. They in a few mi-
nutes returned, and had each a glass at the bar. Police-
officer Park (No. 298), happened soon after to come within
a short distance of the house, and hearing a cry of murder,
went up and found that the baker had grossly assaulted the
complainant, and it appeared that both the officers had stood
byandwitnceosmsepdlatinin
the violence,
A
iolence, without interfering to protect
the party
principal witness against the
officers was a Mr. Wood, schoolmaster of Walton, who had
been attending to the house in the absence of the landlord.
Mr. Rushton strongly commented on the direlection of duty
of the two officers complained of, remarking that he could
not place reliance on the testimony of men who, called upon
to give evidence against publicans for breaches of the law,
themselves infringed the law by drinking in public houses,
and being accessory to bleaches of the peace long after the
legal hours. He accordingly dismissed them both from .Ibe
service—stating that they should not- be replaced, while he
had power to prevent it. The other sitting magistrate in
this case was, we learn, Mr. Hodgson.