The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-03-21 00:00:00

MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.

Tits NEW MUSIC-HALL in Bold-street was again open
on Saturday evening, when a second concert of vocal and
instrumental music was given by the same artistes con-
cerning whose performances we last week spoke in
favourable terms. The selection was on the last even
more attractive than on the former occasion, commencing
with the favourite glee " Blow gentle gales," which was
given in fine style. The various pieces, which were
generally of sterling character, were executed in an excellent
manner, and elicited hearty as well as merited plaudits from
an intelligent and numerous auditory. The vocalization
of Madame D'Anterny and Miss Jessie Hammond was a
theme of general remark and approbation ; while the
instrumental execution of the Male performers added to
the favourable impression they had created on the previous
occasion. The entertainment as a whole was highly grati-
fying, and such as fully to justify the partiality of an
enlightened community.
THE THEATRE ROYAL has, during the past week, been
greatly attractive, through the interesting performances
of an English operatic corps of high standing and ability.
The chief vocalists are generally established favourites,
and include the names of Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss
Pyne, Mr. W. Harrison, Signor Borrani, and Mr. Horn-
castle; together with Mr. Bowler, who is new to us. The
chorus, from the Italian Opera, Covent-garden, is emi-
nently respectable and efficient; the operas have been
produced under the direction of Herr Nauman, whose
skill and ability as a conductor have been fully attested
by the admirable style in which the several operas have
been got up; and, in aiding and sustaining the general
effect, Mr. Allwood has displayed both tact and talent as a
leader, and the efforts of all have been ably seconded and
supported by a well-trained orchestra. The performances
during the week have included the " Maritana" of Wal-
lace; Auber's "Crown Jewels ;" "The Enchantress," by
Balfe ; " The Bohemian Girl," by the same composer ; and
Auber's " Fra Diavolo ;" besides the favourite semi-operas
of " The Waterman," "No Song, no Supper," and the
second act of "Guy Mannering;" the names or these
latter conjuring a sigh of regret that of late we• have not
had opportunities of witnessing such entertainments as
"Love in a Village," the "Poor. Soldier," et id genus, a
regret which we are glad to learn is about to be removed.
Having on previous occasionsoffered detailed remarks onthe
performances of the leading artistes in most of theoperaa
named, it is somewhat unnecessary to go over the list of
characters again, aad we shall therefore confine ourselves.
to a few general observations. Of the fine, full, and
flexible organ of Miss Louisa Pyne, it can never be other-
wise than charming to speak, suggestive as any remarks-
must necessarily be; of that gushing and brilliant flow of
mellifluous harmony which she pours into the ravished
ears of her auditory, without stint in the bounty or seem-
ing effort in its regulation. In her presence the very air
seems musical, and all around appears filled with thrilling
melody ; if we could wish anything added to her charming
gift ofwarbling, it would be a little, and but a little, more
distinctness of articulation. Miss Pyne sustains her repu-
tation as a cultivated singer of a high class. Less gifted
by nature than her eminently talented and favoured sister,
she is a pleasing and winning vocalist, whose merits and
abilities become more and more appreciated as they become
better known. Mr. Harrison's attainments as a singer
and actor are well known and highly rated. To natural
ease of manner and pleasing deportment, he adds no small
amount of graceful action. His voice is a tenor of good,
if not of very superior, quality, and his execution is at
once forcible and expressive. In such song as "When the
fair land of Poland," and "Let me like a soldier fall," he
makes a decided and deservedly a great impression; while
his execution in concerted pieces is telling, sweet, and
effective. The besetting sin of his style is his prodigal,
lavish use of the falsetto. In one less naturally gifted
than he is, this might be tolerated as a necessary subter-
fuge to cover a want of compass in his voice ; but such
allowance cannot be made in his case. He has a natural'
voice of extensive range, and when in even the middle or
his compass we find him running away into a squalling
falsetto, we are constrained to charge it to the score of
a defective taste. Signor Borrani sings with much steadi-
ness and judgment; his voice is a good though not a very
powerful one, and he manages it with such skill as to
render it equal to the performance of not a little which
we have heard others with superior organ incapable of
executing. Both as a singer and as an actor, Mr. Horn.
castle is eminently useful and efficient. His style of
vocalization is certain, and in delivering the music• he
mparts to it expression and significance. Of Mr. Bowler's
claims to public notice, we cannot say so much. His voice
is thin and weak, particularly in the lower notes ; in its
middle and upper range it improves, and in general he
sings with much correctness. As a whole, the company
is an excellent one, and its performances such as tojustify
high encomium. We are glad to understand these dis-
tinguished vocalists are to continue with us throlighout
the present week, and we venture to hope they will meet
with that encouragement their talents and exertions so
fully entitle them to expect.
AT Tna ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE the entertainments
have generally been, during the early part of each night,
such as to give scope for the histrionic talents of Miss
Anderton, who has been supported by Mr.. Villiers and
Mr. Loraine. On Friday night the first piece was
"Evadne ;" it was succeeded by the performances of the
Chinese jugglers, whose engagement terminated on Satur-
day evening. The play of Evadne" was so well received
as to lead to its repetition on three successivenights of the
present week. The pantomime of " The Butterfly's
Ball," or the Grasshopper's Feast, which met with such
sustained success at the Theatre Royal, has been trans-
ferred to this house, at which it was produced last night.

FUNERAL OF TILE LATE ALDERMAN
MOLYNEUX.

ON Wednesday last, the mortal remains of this respected
gentleman were interred in the family burial vault at
Childwall Church. The mournful procession was on foot
from Childwall Hall, the late residence of the deceased..
In addition to a large number of personal friends,
Worship the Mayor, and about twenty members of the
Town Council, were also present to testify respect to the
memory of Mr. Molyneux. As an additional tribute to
his memory, the North and South Schools belonging to,
the Corporation were closed on Wednesday.

WE have to record a sickness and mortality in the local
newspaper press, which, it is to be hoped, may not prove
infectious. Last week our juvenile contemporary, the
Birkenhead Advertiser, met with a premature death
arising, it is supposed, from atrophy, or perhaps a disease
of the heart, owing to defective circulation and a shrink-
ing of the sinews. Our more mature contemporaries of
Liverpool have also suffered, though the disease has not
yet proved fatal. The supplements, which only a short
time since they promised should be permanent, have gra-
dually diminished in size and frequency, and in a little
while it is expected will vanish altogether, affording a
melancholy instance of the discrepancy too often found
between promises and performances. We would, in all
friendliness, suggest that self-interest might be better served
by the exercise of a little more community of feeling than
seems lately to have prevailed. A rivalry in extent of
surface and cheapness of advertisements is not appreciated
by the public to an extent which renders it remunerative,
while it is suicidal to those who adopt such means. The
only rivalry should be in quality, not quantity, or the
rivals will prove themselves to be destitute of that political
wisdom which they profess to teach to others.

INQUEST s.—Yesterday, inquests wereheld in the Borough
Coroner's Court in the following cases :—On the body of
Van Osten, the cook of the Dutch ship Cornelius Hoffman.
Deceased had been ashore, and was returning to the
vessel, rather the worse for liquor, when he slipped off a
plank in stepping on board, and was drowned.—On James
Boal, a child aged ten months, whose parents key a spirit
vaults in Rose-place. The child was in good health when
put to bed on Saturday night, but found dead by the side
of its mother on Sunday morning.—On the body of
Samuel Horrocks, a child five weeks old. On Saturday
morning the child's mother went with her husband to the
docks, carrying the child in her arms, wrapped in a shawl ;
and when she returned to her lodgings in Great Crosshall-
street, the child was dead.—On Elizabeth Slater, a girl
six months old, whose parents reside in Gibraltar-place.
The child was subject to fits, and was found dead by its
mother's side on Saturday morning last.—On Andrew
Farrels, aged 27, a labourer, who lodged with Peter Bren-
nan,who had been drinking, went to a back
Shaw's Alley. It appeared that on Sunday night
Sparling-street, and whilst standing on the
the door gave way, and he fell into the
dstcellar,threeredtoefcwrahuit cellar,nj ured his head and caused his death.
ST. MICIFAELS BUBYING-GROUND.—Last night, an
adjourned meeting of the owners of graves in St.
Michael's Burying-ground, was held in the School-room.
The Rev. H. Carpenter, who presided, stated that since
the last meeting the prospects of the owners of
graves in St. Michael's had considerably improved.
On consulting with the Town-clerk, it had been
found that power had been taken in an Act of Parliament
for providing burying-ground in the parish. This pre-
vented, it was thought by Mr. Hughes, the operation of
the act to St. Michael's parish. An application to Lord
Palmerston, as Home Secretary, stating this circumstance,
was recommended by Mr. Hughes, who farther advised
that, if unsuccessful with Lord Palmerston, a memorial to
the Lords of the Privy Council, setting forth the same
facts, should be presented. The Rev. Gentleman also
intimated that, in the case of St. John's, which was some-
what similarly circumstanced to St. Michael's, though not
so favourably, Lord Palmerston had agreed to exempt that
parish from the operation of the recent act ; and he then-
fore thought there was good reason to hope for 14 satis-
factory answer to their application. Mr. Pemberton read
a copy of e, letter which had been forwuded to Lord Pal-
merston, and 04 meting was adjou;ne4 tillpext 4ouda7
rfez.illft

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA.

By the British and North American Royal'Mail steam-
ship Europa, Captain Shannon, which reached' the Mersey
this morning, wo• have intelligence from New York to the
9th instant..

The• Europa saaed from New York at 4.10 a.m. on the
9th, having been detained by a dense fog. On the 12th
she. encountered a field of ice, in which she was detained
45 minutes.. On the 17th, at 5 p.m., boarded the barque
Rose of Aberdeen, from Callao for Liverpool, having lost
her rudder in a heavy gale from the N.W. ; but she had a
temporary rudder, and required no assistance. On the
19thj at 2 pm., passed Cape Clear, and at 3.15 p.m. passed
the steam-ship Canada, outward bound. On the 21st, at
1.19 a.m., made the Rock Light, having been detained 4
hours.

The Europa brought thirty-seven passengers and
$127,614 in specie.

The steam-ship Andes, hence, and the steam-ship
Glasgow, from Glasgow, arrived at New York on the 4th
instant.

The steam-ship Nathville, from Ilavre,via Southampton,
arrived at New York on the sth instant.

The ship Middlesex, and the Jan Rutledge, hence, ar-
rived at New York on the Bth instant.

The Queen of the West and the Saratoga, hence, arrived'
out on the 7th instant.

There is no political news of any importance.
Another very destructive. fire broke out about two,
o'elock on the morning of the 7th inst., in the basement
of No. 8, Spruce-street, and notwithstanding that the
engines were soon on the spot, and the firemen worked
with untiring industry, property to the value of upwards
of $300,000 was laid in rums before daylight. Less than
one-half of the property was insured.
A venerable citizen of. Baltimore, Jacob Albert, died on
the sth instant. His estate is estimated to be worth two
millions of dollars.

Thomas Devin Reidy, one of the exiled Irish rebels,
died in Washington, of apoplexy, on the sth instant.
Some rogues, on Sunday night, set fire to the house of
Mr. Concoran, the banker, in Washington, and also de-
stroyed the beautiful block of marble sent by the Pope of
Rome for the Washington monument.
Jamaica papers to the 26th ult. state that eliolera had
reappeared at Kingston, in the Lunatic Asylum and in
the public hospital, and seventeen deaths had occurred in
both institutions up to the last date.
Dates from Belize (Honduras) come to the 18th ult.
Cholera had almost disappeared. Isabel and San Thomas
had been visited by the epidemic.
Advices from Havana are to the Ist inst.; but, with
the exception of the announcement of the formation of a
body of eight hundred civil guards, there was nothing new.
The ship Middlesex, arrived from Liverpool, experienced
heavy weather, and was for five days in the ice, from lat.
51, long. 47, to lat. 46, long. 51, during which she passed
through 300 miles of ice, and 30 icebergs were counted at
one time from the vessel. The Middlesex had her false
stem and a portion of the main stem carried away while
passing through it, and the vessel would have been cut
through but for the precaution of fixing some boiler iron
on her bow.

COMMEIICIAL.—There was a slight re-action in the
money market, owing to the desire of some speculators to
realise. Cotton closed with a very firm market. Flour
opened rather quiet, but closed somewhat buoyantly, at a
slight improvement in value. Wheat was held higher,
but ruled inactive. Corn advanced a shade. Pork tended
downwards. Beef was held firmly.
Freights to Liverpool: Corn 15d., Wheat 151 d, per
bushel ; Cotton id. to 11-16 d. ; Flour 45.; Lard; per
steamer, 60s. ; sailing vessel 455.

LLB ov MAN.—The Manx Sun says, "Upwards of
eighty young men belonging to the neighbourhood of
Peel have engaged passages to Australia, incited by the
glowing accounts brought by some returned emigrants.
The Douglas Steam-packet Company intend commencing
the increased communication between this port and Liver-
pool next month. The sailings will be more frequent than
has formerly been the case in April, the vessels leaving
each port three times one week, and four times every
alternate week."

LITERARY THIEVE,9.-At the Police-court, on Satur-
day, three lads, Wm. Davies, Wm. Lawrence, and John
Jenkins, were charged with stealing a book from the shop
of Mr. Blevin, in Leece-street, on Friday evening. Jen-
kins and Davies stole the book, and were showing it to
the other prisoner, when they were taken into custody by
a Mr. John Hewitt, whom Mr. Wybergh designated "an
amateur detective," and who said he had been watching
their movements. Jenkins, an old offender, was sent tr
prison for a month, and the other two prisoners for fouo-
teen days.
A PROSPEROUS COLONY. The Lieut.-Governor of
Prince Edward Island, in opening the session of the Le-
gislature on the 9th ult., was able to announce that the
financial state of this colony is very satisfactory. The
balance of the debt against the colony, which, in 1850,
was £28,679, is now only £3,028 ; and the revenue, which,
in 1849, was £18,615, had risen in 1853 to £35,315, in-
eluding £2,800 the produce of an education-rate. The
Governor announced that he should have to bring under
the notice of the Legislature, by message, some matters of
a local nature, and among others the proposed withdrawal
of the

PRINCE ALBERT attended a meeting of the " Welling-
ton College" committee on Saturday, at the new Houses
of Parliament.

SIR CHARLES HOBART, the new governor of Victoria,
is to take his departure from England in the Queen of the
South, which will convey out the Australian mail of the
4th of April.

oAxiNoToN.—On Monday five families, forty-three in
number, left this village to go by the Joseph Rowan from
Liverpool to Adelaide, South Australia. About 40 more
are prepariug to go in a few weeks. Parents are going
after their children, and children after their parents. 20
out of this number are young men from 18 to 25. This
makes nearly 200 since April, 1852, out of a population of
600 persons.— Cambridge Chronicle.
THE PRESTON STRIKE.—On Sunday last week, there
was an immense demonstration of operatives from Chor-
ley, Bolton, Wigan, Witherell, Walton, Bamber-bridge,
Blackburn, and Preston. Upwards of 40,000 were present.
After the singing of a hymn, speeches, enjoining strict
obedience to the law, and warning the people against
anything which might lead to a breach of the peace,
were delivered, and the meeting dispersed, some to
return home, and others to saunter about the coun-
try. On Monday the masters imported into Preston
about thirty-five Irish people from Manchester. On
Wednesday, at noon, nineteen of Messrs. Swainson
and Birley's hands returned to work at the " big factory,"
saying that they preferred that course, whatever the con-
sequences might be, to breaking up their houses, and the
dispersion of their families. In the evening, about eighty
factory operatives arrived from the neighbourhood of Ken-
dal, and will at once be able to perform the labour for
which they are wanted, without the training which most
of the other importations will require. The power-loom
weavers had a meeting on Ribbleton Moor, about two
miles and a half from the town, on the afternoon of Wed-
nesday. Mr. Walton, the chairman, announced that the
hands in the' employ of Mr. Edge had made an arrange-
ment with that gentleman.

ST. DAvrp's ennucar.—We understand that the morn-
ing as well as the afternoon service will be in English at
this church on Stniday next, and that two very eminent
clergymen are• to preach on behalf of the " Society for
Promoting the Employment of Additional Curates h► Popu-
lous Places." This excellent society works at home. It
is under the patronage of her Majesty the Queen. The
two Archbishops are'the presidents, and the Bishops are
the vice-presidents. It helps to support from three to
four hundred curates.

BIRKENHEAD HOSPITAL.-4:1 Sunday last, two Ser-
mons were preached at St. Mary's, Birkenhead, in die
morning by the Rev: Francis Bryans, M.A., vicar• of
Backford, Cheshire; and in the evening by the Rev. A.
Knox, 8.A., incumbent of Birkenhead, when collections.
were made in aid of the funds of the Birkenhead Hospital'
and Dispensary, which amounted to the very handsome'
sum of upwards of £45.

GRATITUDE FOR FIDELITY..— Mr. William Drury
Chidson, on retiring from business, has presented Mr.
William Harris, who has lived in the Golden Eagle
Establishment for more than a.quarter of a century, with
a silver tea and coffee service,. bearing the following in-
scription :—" Presented by William Drary Chidson to
William Harris, in grateful remembrance of his long,
faithful, and much valued services: Liverpool, Feb. 15,
1854.4.!'