The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-06-08 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

HERBERT'S PAINTING OF THE ACQUITTAL OF

THE SEVEN BISHOPS

The opportunities which have been afforded us of vie'

us in our already expressed opinion of its great merit as a
work of art. Viewed generally as a mere painting, irre-
spective of its historical character, it is almost faultless in

first o

every respect. Its grouping is most skilfully managed
and perfectly balanced, none of the figures introduced
being obtruded upon us to the exchision of others. The
coloring is splendid. yet suitable to the character of the
scene; and the details and accessions are worked out
most carefully. Every portion of the picture, indeed,

will bear the closest examination with a powerful lens ;
and the figures, in particular, are finished with the care

if miniature painting

As a historical picture, however, it is that its merits
most striking and wonderful. The time of action

le foreman of

artist is the moment when
Dger Langley, Bart., is just pronouncing
)t guilty" ; and the varied emotions pro-
ditory are most effectively given. A strik-

figure is a lady in the foreground,---One of tl
s of the Bish(

.sented in the attitude
ture is the youth who

t through the

'indoors to the crowd

readily

raced by their count
I Chief Justice, and

Sir Rot

!st of the Court, betraying unequivocal syrni

appear the calmest parties in the hall. One great merit
)f the picture, in which so many persons figure, who
e time, or subsequently celebrated, is the fact
hole are drawn from authentic portraits ; and
ime and the general appearance of the hall
s can be arrived at, those of the period.

that the co

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PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY-FULL-DRESS CON-
- _ CERT, LAST NIGHT.

A. full-dress concert of this society was given last night,

" which

was respectably played ; after which Signor Tagliafico
gave an aria from Donizetti's " Lucretia Borgia," with

excellent effect. This gentleman pessesses a tine bass
and barytone voice, and has evidently studied in a good
school. Signora Corbari next sang a rondo, " I Lom-
bardi," by Cr. Verdi, in a very chaste manner ; and was
followed by Madlle. Alboni, who gave a romanza.
from " Lucretia Borgia," with that astonishing contralto

voice for which she i; so eminent. Herr Joachim was the
next on the programme, and gave a violin solo (Spohr's
eighth concerto) with exquisite effect. A much finsr
player than this young man it is
_impossible to
...hear.

Although he has not the power of De Beriot, Vieux-
temps, and some others, the quality of his tone is most
beautiful. His left hand is surprising ; and his manage-
ment of the bow is both graceful and commanding. The
introductory movement, which is full of cadenzas and
embellishments, was beautifully played, as was the move-
ment in two four time. His octaves, tenths, double

shakes, and aspeggios were perfect and masterly. The
duet from La Gazza Ladra, by Signora Corbari and
Mdlle. Alboni was finely sung, Mdlle. Alboni's extraor-
dinary contralto voice being again put in requisition. A

compass of voice was certainly never heard by us,
)elieve, by any other party in Liverpool or else-

I FRIGHTFUL COLLISION ON THE LONDON

AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY

past nig

Won, Sunday

lit one of the most alarming and fatal

accidents

that ever occurred on the line of the London and North-
western Railway took place within a short distance of the

The down mail train for Liverpool, consisting of 19 car-
riages of various descriptions, started at its appointed time,
a quarter before nine o'clock last evening (Saturday) from
the Euston-square terminus, and was due at Wolverton at
15 minutes before 11. The train was heard approaching
the station at its proper time, and was properly
constable Fossey who was stationed at

w oiv
-tailed by polic

the bridge -between 600 and 700 yards on the i;;;;(1,;;;id;
of the station. The signal indicating that all was right
for the train to enter the station was hoisted at the latter
place, but to the astonishment of the officers of the sta-
tion the train turned off into a siding instead of coming
onward down the main line, and in an instant after a fear-
ful crash was heard.. On the superintendent reaching the
, •

r!ie presented itself

had entered the siding commencing near the bridge,
usually appropriated to coal and merchandize waggons,
and bad come into collision with live or six waggons
"'en with coal. The fifth and sixth carriages of
train were literally -- ....led to pieces, and.
•d about the 1. )gether with the passen-

1; whils

singular to relate, the

ges, were, with the

them, which consisted of tl
parcels' vans of the second-class cars
exception that the engine had its buff
what broken, comparatively uninjured
The consternation amongst the passengers at this mo-
ment was frightful in the extreme, and some were observed

and ploot some-

from their faces ; and the groans uttered by those unfor:
tunate persons who were unable, from the severe injuries
they had sustained, to extricate themselves from the frag-

ments by whi

they were surrounded, were truly appal-

As soon as the conster

June $, 1847.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
(BY EXPRESS.

LONDON CORN MARKET.—YESTERDAY.
At this day's market the wheat trade opened with consider

ante excitement, ana, Having only a short supply of English,
met a free sale at about Bs. per qr. over the currency of this
life Tvatair

We had a good attendance of country buyers, and a consider-
able quantity of foreign changed hands at an improvement of
ss. to 6s. per qr., sack flour 55., and barrel flour. 3s. dearer,
owing to the rumours of the re-appearance of the potatoe disease
in Ireland. Floating cargoes of Indian corn are held 2s. to 38.
per qr. higher.

Although rain is wanted in many parts for the spring corn,
no advance could be realised on barley, malt, beans, or peas';
bat each meta more steady sale at our previous currency. A
further large arrival of foreign oats has tended still more to
depress this article 6d. to Is. per qr., but at this reduction •
fair quantity was disposed of to country buyers.

SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET
From our own grazing districts, the arri
to-day was small and of middling quality.
the bullock supply, together with the large attendance of
buyers, produced considerable excitement in the beef trade,
a very considerable advance took place in the quotations. lii
some instances the primest Scots produced as tnnch as six shil-
lings per Sib. ; but the more general highest figure was ss. Bd.
per 81b., at which figures, which are quite 6d. per Sib. above
those obtained on this day se'nnight, previously to the Close of
the mtuket, a total clearance of the beasts had been effected.
This was decidedly one of the dearest market on reeord.
Compared with those at the corresponding period of 18.16, the
quotation of beef ranged from ls. Bd. to 25.; of mutton Is. 4d_

oeasts fresh up

;e high rates were

of lamb, Bd. to 10d. ; of veal, 6d. to Bd. ,
per 81bs. higher than at that period. And t
in most instances obtained with very little difficult
• ..
imber of Sheen on

2d. to 4d:

There was a full average
however, the mutton trade was steady, thwil vft
it brisk, at last Monday's currencies, the best old Downs of
of the wool realising ss. ed. per 8 lb.
The supply of Lambs was tolerably extensive. Prime breed

r. 101. to 7:
last Frida

were in request at extreme figures, viz., t
but other qualities were a slow inquiry at prices.
With Calves we were scantily supplied, yet the veal trad'e was
dull, at the late decline in value.
We had a slow inquiry for pigs.
rates were supported.

'et in most instances late

MONEY MARKET

YESTERDA

The business in public securities has not been large, and the
tone of the market is very heavy, the account. from-Mark-lane
currencyothef great v
iandgv ahnacde
sionmthe i
npflrui
ec
coj
ing
CornCauos
inn last Monday's
a decline on
the rates of Saturday. Consols for the Asccnont4 Reduced
avebeenat
88.4, and for money the rate has been s
Three per Cents. marked 86./ to 7, Three and a Quarter per
Cents. 88} A, and New Five per Cents. at 113. India Bonds
have been operated in at 5 1 pn
the im^-^ ' •

Exchequer-bi

maintain

uttyy, witn a sagnE tenaency w
weakness, the latest rate being 6 4 pm., small 812 pm. There
has been no transaction in the scrip of the Lean or Bank
Stock.

es Debats publishes a long article to'
_2sity that exists for permitting the
of provisions into France.
INCOME-TAX OF GREAT BRITAIN.—Mr. W. Ray Smee
nual income of Great Britain at .Z 488,000,000
'4MI O. or rather more than

rourna,

demonstrate the—n-euce

barged with income-tax

The Pope left Rome in the morning of the 27th ult. for
Subiaco. The streets. were• filled with, people, and a hun-
, • •

area young men on horseback joined spontaneously the
detachment of the guard of nobles, and escorted his Ho-

Young astronomers may have an excellent opportunity

enus and Jupiter,

which are splendid objects during the evenings ; the for-
mer planet is crossing the Milky Way, and moving;
towards a point south of the stars Castor and Pollux
Mars and Saturn are near together, and may be seen near
the eastern horizon before sunset.

The principal lodge of the Freemasons of Breslau has
struck out of its laws the causes which prescribed that no
person could be received a mason without belonging to
the Christian religion, and which particularly interdicted
the admission of Jews. The Prince of Prussia, grand
master of all the masonic lodges of the kingdom, has
consented to this modification of the laws.
"In Saturday, the British Association for the Relief of
in Ireland and the Highlands of Scotland,
made their nineteenth report of receipt and expenditure.
Amongst other subscriptions, £717 17s. 7d. has been
received from Malta and Gozo, and £570 from Constanti-
nople, the total amount paid to the credit of the associa-
tion being £495,164 13s. 11d.
The Pr— ~T__ •

the Distr

rope's Nuncio, Monsignor Brunelli, made his
entry into Madrid at five o'clock in the afternoon of the
29th ult., without any ceremony or parade. The nuncia-

tura had been splendidly fitted out for his reception ; the
bells of all the churches were set in motion, and the
churches of the Italians were illuminated at night, in honor
of an event which was considered of the highest import-
ance for Spain.

NEWCAiTLE-UNDER-LINE.—Mr. Buckley, the present
Conservative member, in consequence of private engage-
ments and an intention to travel, has announced that he
shall not offer himself at the approaching general election.,
Mr. Samuel Christy, of Poynton-park, Cheshire, has coma
forward as a new candidate. The present candidates are,
therefore, Lord Howard, Mr. Jackson, of Birkenhead, and.
Mr.. Christy. _

THE POTATOE DISEASE.—At a meeting of the Irish
Royal Agricultural Improvement Society last week, the
council recommended, on this subject that, in any
instance where a crop appears decidedly affected with this
disease, the immediate substitution of Swedish or Aber-
deen turnips, or of mangel or cabbage plants, where they
can be obtained ; all of which may be dibbled into the
drills between the potatoe-stalks, without any additional
manure.

INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS.—THE GREAT
BRITAIN.—June 1. The paper read was an account of

the iron barque Josephine, of Liverpool. Thecidelfea-
ture of the paper was that which treated of the local
attraction of the compasses. It appeared that as long as
the ship was on an even keel, and perfectly upright, the
compasses acted correctly, but in proportion to the listing
over, so was the derangement of the magnet ; for, the
local attraction being changed by the side frames and
deck beams falling into new positions, this caused great
el
slia:nCßomi
Sundayi
o:
variation in the ship's course, and it led to a conjecture
whether this may not have been the cause of the loss of
the Great Britain, as, if her compasses were acted upon as
much as those of the Josephine, a deviation of six miles
and a, half out of her emirs • might easily have occurred.
THE RAILWAY BILL.—A letter on the subject of this
bill, introduced by the chancellor of the exchequer, has
been extensively circulated. It is signed by the respective
chairmen of the following railway companies : the Mid-
land, Eastern Counties, Great Northern, Caledonian,
South Eastern, Great Western, London and South
Western,
North. Western.. The letter states that these gentlemen,
" in'connection with a large body of railway directors and
proprietors, have well considered the provisions of this
second bill. In our view they tend so seriously to endan-
ger the security and to depreciate the value of railway'
property, while, at the same time, they so interfere with
that freedom of action which is indispensible to the effici-
ent management of railways, that we feel it to be our
duty to invite you to assist us hi opposing it effectually."
members
Commons 0 f
last
(Monday)
night, o f
Theya
ttseonvd:i attending
SOUTH
urge
the
Com-
mander atoonn
idpienrrogt,eHcftr
from
n at
mhiel
ttoghnree, aptaaicrnirfiti
arrived
interests
la
having
stakegF ah
Falmouth
sailedor
iinugt tfhFhr
oremoobinii
December 15, Valparaiso February 11, Port Famine (di:
the straits of Magellan) March 22, and from Ilin°-00
Janeiro April 18. She has on freight about 2,o°`-""
dollars ; in addition to which, also 18,000 dollars taken.
inning, which vessel tohoeki.

lire ana sank in December last, in Port Famine, on
voyage from Islay to London, laden with wool, saltpetre•
and 30,000 dollars on freight. The fire is supposed to
have arisen from spontaneous combustion, and three of
the crew were unfortunately drowned at the time. The
Frolic left at Rio her Majesty's ships Curacoa, the Ewe-
brand steamer, the Griffon (from the River Plate), and
the Crai

e packet, arrived fi2on3 Falmouth on the Lit
tipril. The Swift packet sailed two or three days before
the Frolic, for the Northern ports and Fahnouth ;, she
spoke on the 2nd inst., in lat. 48 55 N., and long., 1.11 12
W.,,the ship Tudor, with the 50th Regiment of Foot on
board, from Calcutta for London.

PRIESTLY ESTIMATE OF MR. O'CONNELL.—A most
remarkable, if not extraordinary, letter appears in the
Nation of Saturday. It is from the pen of the celebrated
Father Kenyon, and is addressed to the editor as. one of
the accredited leaders of the Young Ireltud party-
The reverend gentleman opens his battery with a fierce

denunciation of, and protest against, a resolution pro-
posed by Mr. Smith O'Brien, at a recent meeting of
the council of the " Confederation," pledging the body
to join in a national demonstration of honour to the
remains of Mr. O'Connell—a course altogether repugnant
to the feelings of the writer, for the reasons stated, with,;
out reserve or qualification, or " mincing of the matter.
His reverence concludes his letter as follows:—" I deal
not the good points of O'Connell's character; and, if I do
not enumerate them, it is only because all his points--
good had

_ , and indifferent—have been, extolled over-fre
quently and overmuch. He was, all in all, en grand°
homme n:wee; possessinc, great elements of greatness,,
but alloyed below the standard. He failed in his missioor
and he deserved to fail in it. The real liberators of nations
have steered a straight course. Instead of stultifYil
ourselves by another national demonstration, we shot',
rather study the ways of Providence for our instruction,
ost and learn from the signal failure of O'Connell a greatidt
_

connuel
devices

MARRIED.
On the 3d instant, at St. Mary Abbotts, Kensingtonlnnes,l by,."t161:
Rev. John Innes, Vicar of Down Kent, Captain G. N.N";
Royal Artillery, only son of the late Colonel Innes, of Birkete
head, Cheshire, to FRANCES CAROLINE, widow of the la.vo
HAMILTON GYLL, Esq, and daughter. of. Sir John igno."'
gstanho„.t.

TUESDAY, E11P(.?.?s1: 8, 1847.

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