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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-12-24 00:00:00

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CORINTHIAN ESTABLISHMENT,
Old No., 6J and 66, New No., 62 and 64, LORD-STREET,

LIVERPOOL.

EXECUTION IN LONDON

The awful punishment of death was on Monday morning
inflicted on Job John Ward, who was convicted at the last
November Sessions of the Central Criminal Court, of the
wilful murder of Timothy Ested, an infant, aged only one
ear and nine months. The wretched culprit, who was in the
of life, his age being only 28 years, has ever since his
nnation suffered the most accute mental anguish, and
lay, during the condemned sermon, he fainted away in
pel of Newgate, and the service was suspended for

a quarter of an hour in consequence.
same thing had occurred at his condemnation, and we
:and that during the brief interval which has since
, tits of a similar nature have been of frequent re-

currence. From all these circumstances it had been feared
that his strength of nerve would have failed him in his last
cents. Such, however, was not the case.
before eight o'clock the rev. ordinary, the sheriffs,
ers were in attendance upon the prisoner in his
ioner was seated on a form, and Mr. Sheriff
his side. Mr. Carver asked him whether he
aatice of his sentence, and he replied, " Oh
;Ir. Sheriff Magnay then asked him whether he
• wish to state anything as to the manner in
Ll was killed; he replied, that the child was
bed, and he struck it with his fist twice ; he
len he did so, he had not the least idea or in-
it, and he concluded by declaring positively,
nade use of the hammer.
then asked him whether it was true that he
I at the time ; to which he replied that be was,
Lune time said, that he hoped all working men
from drink, for that had been the means of
his present dreadful situation. Upon another
3. he. told the ordinary, that it was drink which put
the into his head, and that he
a guinea a quart on that day, as it

I then

the unfortunate occurrence taking

,ked the prisoner whether it was not

.1 of the child might have come in con-

the reed-post, bit he replied that that
loin repeated, that the only injury in-
i were the blows with his fist, adding
ad not the slightest intention of killing
; were the cause of death, he acknow-
justly charged with the murder—and
Le to the punishment he was about to

)risoner was pinioned, he expressed a wish to
with the sheriffs and ordinary ; and having done
ied, " God bless you! I thank you for all your

,e usual hour, eight o'clock, having arrived, the culprit
Led to the scaffold, with the usual procession. He ap-
!d very faint, and was supported by one of the turn-
and Mr. Holding, one of the surgeons. The appear-
of the wretched man on the scaffold was the signal for a
of cheers, mingled with groans, from the assembled
11. He appeared to struggle for about a minute before

)ek the t

A y was

cut down, and will be in-

firmed that the o Duke f Buckl •
t candidates Buckingham, the Duke
for the blue
and Earl de Grey,
t by the death of the la are
een definitively arranged upon Earl of Westmorland.
whom the selection
t it is understood that thr cilaims of the Duke of
1-ty be preferred.
3 DOINGS.—We learn from the beat aut.ho-
-very prospect of the excellentcr7twn prince
'og his sight.. The operation,oolv appears,
through
mood was anticipated, failed
.st which there was no guarding'
on as well as could he wished. guarding. Every
bad been formed in the pupil, and hinder
• from penetrating to the bacl of eye
when a convulsive motion of the Wil
....went all at once into such a position that
extraordinary coolness of Dr. Grade it must have
vision
ball itself, and destroyed all capacity of
;
,_afe had just time to touch the spriug by
,crument was kept in its place, and the result
a portion of the horny substance fell back again
)ed from which it had been removed. We learn,
that Dr. Graafe is in great hopes that by the mere
if absorption this will be got rid of, or, if not, tt
t a year from this date the amiable and interesting
will be in a state to undergo a second operation.
shile it is most satisfactory to know that the retina is
estroyed, that the real powers of vision are quite per-
, and that nothing keeps the Prince from enjoying the
Al blessing of sight except this foreign and, as it would
seem, removable obstruction to the passage of the rays of
light to the back of the eye. The Prince, we are assured, is
in excellent health and spirits, and is himself very sanguine
as to the result.—Joka hull.

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MOST 4XTR4ORDINARY ATTRAI7TIe
THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS

R. J. H. ANDERSON, (Great WIZARD OF THE
NORTH,) begs to inform the Nobility, Gentry, and
Public, that he will open the Theatre-iloyal for Ten Nights
during this season of festivity, for the purpose of giving a
Series of CONCERTS D'HIVER, on the same scale of
magnificence and low prices as those given at the London
Theatres, Drury-lane and the English Opera-House.
In addition to the Concert, he (the GREAT WIZARD or
THE NORTH) will, for the last time, give an extraordinary
display of his neenliar powers in the AMBIDEXTEROLO-
GICAL SCIENCE.

On MONDAY NEXT, the 21(h instant,
The Entertainments of the Evening (iv 'licit will. be without
parallel in Liverpool) will commence with the First Part of the
CONCERT D'H IVER,
on which occasion the Band will consist of FIFTY PERFORMERS

VIOLINS.
Messrs. Aldridge, jun

D. Stubbs
Mons. Simon

Messrs. H. Tivendell
Hammond
Johnson
Mackenzie.

VIOLAS.
Messrs. Wilberforce
Hilton.

VIOLONCELLOS
'Messrs. J. Tivendell
Cooke
Batty

DOUBLZ BASSES
Messrs. Tayleure
Hornby
Green.
FLUTE.
Mr. Fisher.

Mr. Scruton

CLARIONETS

Messrs. Leonard
Jolitle.

FAGOTTI

Messrs. Jones
Smith

CORN!

Messrs. Edwards
Thompson.
CORNET A PISTON
J. Fisher
Harrison.

Messrs

TRUMPET

'Air. Hanson

TROMBON'ES

Messrs. Druce
Brindley, jun.
DOUBLE DRUMS

Mr. Fileen.
GRAND CASA, TRIANGLES

CYMBALS, ETC,
Mr. Fileeu, jun.

PROGRAMME
Overture—" Locadie"
Waltzes—" Rosenden"
Quadrille—" Krakoviak"
Solo, Clarionet—Mr. Leonard
Gallon—" On subjects from
Huguenots"
AN INTERVAL or FIFTEEN MINUTES

PART FIRST

Lanner

Musard,

Williams.
Meyerbeer's Opera of Les
Strauss.

After which, he (THE GREAT WIZARD OF THE
NORTH) will open his MODERN LABORATORY of
CABALISTIC PHENOMENA, aad perform with his
GORGEOUS and SCIENTIFIC APPARATUS more
Wonders, a la Monique, than were ever accomplished by
man; proving himself to he the GREAT WIZARD and
MYSTERIACHIST OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
During this part of the Entertainment, Miss LAIDLATV
will preside at the Piano-Forte.

The whole will conclude with the Second Part of the Concert,
PROGRAMME.-PAR" SECOND.
Overture—" Der Frieschutz" Weber,
Waltzes—" Cacilien"
His latest compositionjor the first time in Liverpool.
Solo, Horn—Mr. Edwards Backofen,
Quadrille—" Le Rendezvous de Chasse "
" La Gitana Galoppe"
Finale—" God save the Queen."
Leader and Conductor.. Mr. H. F. ALDRIDGE, Jux.

Boxes (Dress Circle), 2s. 6d. ; Juveniles with Parties,
Is. 6d. Upper Boxes, ls. 6d.; Juveniles with Parties, Is.
Pit, Is. Gallery, 6d.
Doors ope❑ at Half-past Six ; the Performance to com-
mence at Seven, and terminate at Eleven precisely.
The Box-office will be open from Ten till Four, where
places may be secured for the Dress Circle.

ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
GREAT CHARLOTTE-STREET, LIVERPOOL

UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. EGERTON

AT R. EGERTON begs leave most respectfully to intimate
YA to the Nobility and Gentry of Liverpool, that he has
entered into an arran.ement with

MR. DUCROW,

for a limited number of Representations, with the whole of
his splendid and talented London Establishment (being on
its last provincial tour), including his peerless and pre•emi-
nent Stud of Beautiful Horses, Fairy Ponies, British and
Foreign Riders, Acrobat Professors, B.(c. q c., forming an
extensive treble company—Dramatic and Gymnastic.
OPENING NIGHT, MONDAY, DECEMBPR 27.

On MONDAY next, and during the week, for the First
time in Liverpool, Mr. Ducrow's Londop Grand Equestrian
Romance, founded upon the Crimean War of Independence,
entitled the

CONQUEROR'S STEED KARABAGH ;

OR, THR PROPHET OF THE CAUCASUS.
The Circle will present an extraordinary routine of novel-
ties and Grand Union of Equestrian Talent, with unequalled
feats of Horsemanship by Ducrow's extensive Foreign and
British Establishment, commencing with, first time in Li-
verpool, one of the most varied, splendid, and effective
Equestrian Pageants of the olden time, executed by Twenty-
seven Horses, Dames, and Cavaliers, called the