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

MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.

THE -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 sterlingcharacter,wereexecuted man 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.
TITHATHII Rani, 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 Pyni, Miss
Pyne, Mr. W, Harrison, Signor liCormni, 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 "Ilaritana" 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 favouritesemi-operas
of "The Waterman," "No Song, no Supper; :v and the
second act of "Guy kfannering;" the- names; of these
latter conjuring a sigh of regret that of late we' have not
had opportunities of witnessing such entertainments as
"Levein a Village," the " Poor Soldier," et' id genus, a
regret which we are glad to learnt is about to,be removed.
Having on previous occ,asions offered detailed remarks on the
performances of the leading artimteS in most of theroperas
named, it is somewhat unnecessary to go over the list of
characters again, and we shall therefore. confine • ourselves
to a few general observations. Of the fine, full,. and
flexibleorgars of Miss Louisa Pyne, it can never be other-
wise thaw 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-auclitory, without stint in the bounty or seem-
ing effort in itsregulation. 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 lint 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 andfavonred sister,
she is a pleasing and winning vocalist, whose. merits and:
abilities become more and more appreciated asthey.become.
better known. Mr; Harrison's attainments• as a singer
and actor are well known and highly rated: To .natural.
ease of mannerand pleasing deportment, he ad& 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, thii might' be tolerated as a necessary subter-
fuge to cover a want of'compass in his voice.; .bat such
allowance cannot be made in his case. He has a, natural*,
voice of extensive range, and when in even the middle of
his compass we find him running away into a scinalling.
falsetto, we are constrained to qharge it to the score or
a defective taste; Signor Ilerrani sings with muchsteadi--
ness and judgment; his voice is a good though not axery;
powerful one, and he manages it with such skill as to
render it equarlo 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. Hbrn-
castle is eminently useful and efficient. His style of
.vocalization is certain, and in delivering the • musior he
._vocalization
to it expressionand significance. Of Mr. Bowler's
claims to public. notice, we cannot say so much. His voice
is thin and weak,.partivularly in the lower notes ; in. its
middle and upper range it improves, and in general. he
sings with much cormetness. As a whole, the • company
is an excellent one, audits performances such as to justify
high encomium. We are glad to understand these diS-

thiguished voealists are to continue with us througliout
the present week, anai'we venture to hope they will meet
with that encouragement their talents and exertions so
fully entitle them to..mpect.
AT THE ROYAL' AMPHITHEATRE the entertainments
have generally been; during the early part of eacir night,
such as to give scope-for the histrionic talents of Miss
Anderton, who has ileen supported by Mr. Villiers, and
Mr. Loraine.. On: Friday night the first piece- was
" Evadne ;" it, was succeeded by the performances.: o€ the
Chinese jugglers, whose engagement terminated ouSatur-
day evening. The-play of " Evadne" was so well !received
as to lead to its,repetition on three successive nightsof the
present week. The pantomime of " The Butterfly's
Bail," or the Grasshopper's Feast, which met lxith such
sustained success at the Theatre Royal, has been trans-
ferred to this house, at which it was produced lastmight.

FUN.E.BAX.OF THE LATE ALDERMAN
MOLYNEUX.

ON WednesdNy last, the mortal remains of tiaig-respeeted
gentleman: were interred in the family Imriali vault at
Childwall. Church. The mournful procession, was on foot
from Chiklwall Hall, the late residence• of -the• deceased.
In addition• to a large number of personal. friends, his
Worship, the- Mayor, and about twentyv members of the
Town2Councit, were also present to testify respect to the
memory of Mr. Molyneux. As an additional tribute to
hiszaemow, the North and South Schools. belonging to
tlia.,Corporation were closed on WedlAtedair,

Wx have to record a sickness sadmortality in the local
newspaper press, which, it is to beloped„ 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 sufferec4 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 wilh vanish altogether, affording a 4
melancholy instance of* the discrepancy too often fowl
between promises arid performances. We would, in all,
friendliness, suggest that self-interest might bebetter served
by the exercise of a little- more community of feeling titian,
seems lately to have•prevailed. A rivalry in extent of
surface and cheapaess,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.

Quusms —Yesterday , inquestswerehelaiwtheßerough
Coroner's. Court in the following cases r—On the body of
Van Oster4 theeook 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 instepping on board, and was drowned.—On James
Boa/, a. child aged ten months, whose parents key a spirit
vaults in Rose-place. The child was.in good health when
pat to bed on Saturday night, bat 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 berarms, 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 was foundtwith
hp
dead
Peter
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Bren-
nan, by i t
s
;vh And nd
lodged
mother's side on Saturday morning last.—On Andrew
Farrel
s,
27, a labourer, to its's Alley. It appeared that on Sunday night
n ha
the deceased, who had been drinking, went to a back
street, out of Sparling-street, and whilst standing on the
door of a cellar, the door gave way, and he fell into the
cellar, which injured his head and caused his death.
ST. MICHAEL'S BIIHYING-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 Rome 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 there-
; fore thought there was good reason to hope for a satis-
factory answer to their application. Mr. Pemberton read
a copy of a letter which had been forwardo to Lord Pal-
merston, and the weetiwas adjourn} till next 240 g
cycapg,

NOTES, NOTICES, AND OPINIONS.

BY JOHAIMIS BIISTICI79.

lOCIII.—CnURCII ACCOMMODATION YOB vim POOR.
—ln this as in most other large towns, we can hardly with
propriety speak of the Church of England as " the poor
man's church ;" for, though it is true that he is at perfect
liberty to enter any church without let or hindrance, and
even invited so to do, yet so little accommodation does he
usually find within, that we can scarcely wonder at his
staying away altogether. The whole system of Church
accommodation for room wants revision, and a better
adaptation to the wants of large populations. There is
wanted-1, more edifices ; 2, a different system of seating;
3, more frequent services on Sundays ; and, (as a necessary
consequence) 4, more clergymen. I know no reason why
a town church must necessarily be:a large and stately edi-
fice, costing thousands of pounds, and claiming a wide
space to show off its architecture, though all this is very
desirable when circumstances warrant it. Look at the
old city churches in London—see how they were adapted
to a dense population—small, plainly, but enduringly
built, within a stone's throw of each other and for the
most part occupying that prominent position in the streets
which in this and in all our modern towns is appropriated
to dram palaces—the conspicuous corners Then look at
Liverpool, see especially the thickly populated tract bound-
ed by Scotland-road and Kirkdale on the one side, and the
Waterloo and Regent roads on the other, probably cover-
ing more ground than the City of London, and having
but four or five churches instead of a hundred. Can we
wonder that Popery and Infidelity should flourish in such
a wilderness ? Build more churches ! not costing thou-
sands but hundreds, not decorated but durable, not occu-
pying a square but a corner, not bearing a tall spire but a
turret, not repelling poverty bat inviting its entrance.
And when poverty has entered let it find a bench—a neat
and comfortable bench—in the best part of the building,
where it may sit or kneel unquestioning and unquestioned,
as a right as well as a privilege. How can we expect a
poor man to look for accommodation in a church where
every square foot is pewed and parcelled and let for an
annual rental, and if there be any free seats they must be
hunted up in some out-of-the-way corner. Bench the
churches, or if people must have exclusive pews, let them
be placed in the remotest parts of the' building—their
occupants can afford-ear trumpets betterthan the butchers.
But besides these, we want more frequent Sunday services,
taking in this matter the example of thltomanists., and
we want, too, shorter services—a morning prayer at one
hour, a litany at another, and a communion service at
another, as was intended by the compilers of our liturgy,
and after each, if you will,. a fifteen minutes' sermon. In
the afternoon let us have the catechising revived; which,
if properly conducted, would: be most instructive to'old as
welt as young. Then we wont more clergymen; active,
zealous young men, who, for ar small salary—a barclivelii.
hood—are willing to devote themselves to the most honour:.
able as' well as the most laboriOns duties of their profes.
sion, that of seeking and saving the souls of the perishing
poor. What would it cost to provide fifty such churches
and fifty sixth clergymen—say aopoo to begin with, and
£5,000 a-year to sustain them afterwards—perhaps about
one-third of the cost of St. George's-Hall. Liverpool can
do it ! Let our leading Churchmen stir themselves and,
try! Ten new churches this year, tennext, and so om
Offers of sites' are wanted immediately !

ST. SATIOURN CHURCH, FA.LICNER-SQ4JARE, is to be
immediately closed, for the purpose of undergoing exten-
sive alterations and repairs previous to its consecration.
Strenuous efforts have been made during the past year to
purchase and endow the church ; and £4OOO has been
contributed for this purpose. The collection of such a
large sum in a period so short reflects the highest credit
on all who have been concerned in it. 'Upwards of three
hundred free seats are about to be erected ; and the church
is to be thoroughly ventilated, lighted, and painted. As
the committee yet require to raise above £2OO, iniorder to
bring their work, to a satisfactory close, it is hoped that
many will be found ready to give a substantial proof of
their high appreciation of the zeal and liberality which has
so signally marked thisimportant undertaking.
LITERARY AND PHrLOSOPHICAL ordi-
nary meeting of this society was held last night, Teseph
B. Yates, Esq., in the-chair. Mr. Thomas Rigge, was
elected an ordinary member of the society ; after which
the following donations were received, viz., Proceedinv of
the Royal Astronomic Society, XIV. 3, from the society;
two Ballads on the Battle of the Boyne, edited by Dr.
Hume, from the editor • Educational Uses of Museums,,by
Professor Forbes. The Chairman then read a letter
written in 1709, from Loudon, giving an account of the
trial of Dr. Sachaverel, and or the indications of popular
feeling in connexion with that trial. The Chairman
explained that he had accidentally discovered the letter,.,
among some broadsheets in his possession, but he could'
give no information as to the writer. The Ref. A. "
Fischal next read a paper on the life and writings,'
of the Dutch poet Joost Van Vondel, known as the-
Dutch Shakspere. In the paper the reverend gen--
tleman, after remarking that the Dutch minstrel,,
lived at the period when:: the Low Countries were-
passing from despotic to constitutional government,.
proceeded to show, from some extracts, that one of the
Dutchman's poems indicate& him to have furnished Mil-
ton with the plan and many of the materials for his
" Paradise Lost," the Dutch poem having been written
fourteen years prior to Milton's great work. Dr. Heine
expressed his surprise and regret that the Dutch poets
had not met with more attention than they had done,
and been more extensively translated. Some conversation
followed relative to the prevailing dialects of the German
language. Dr. Heine made a few observations as to the
probability of Milton havin-s-being indebted to the Dutch
poet for not only the plans, but also many of the details
of his great epics. The meeting then broke up.

SECOND EDITION.

Standard (Pe, Lou, o'clock, a.m.

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL 43F THE EUROPA.

By the British and Nrtl). American Royal Mail steam:,
ship Europa, Captain Shannon, which reached the Mersey.
this morning, we have ittelligence from New York to the
9th instant.

The Europa sailed 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 lest
her rudder in a heavy gale from the N.W. ; but she had a
temporary rudder,. and, required no assistance. Or., the
19th, at 2 p.m., passed Cape Clear, and at 3.15 p.m. rassod
the steam-ship Caßada, outward bound. On the 21st, at
1.19 a.m., mada the, Rock Light, having been detained 4
hours.

The Europa. braughh thirty-seven passengers and
$127,614 in spe9i4l.,

The steam-ship, Armies, hence, and the steam-ship
Glasgow, frnA,Glasgow, arrived at New York oazthe 4th
instant.

The steamship Nathville, from Havre,via Southampton,
arrived at New York on the sth instant. _

The ship Middlesex, and the John RutlOrgatjaence, ar-
rived at New York on the 6th instant.

The Qneen.,of the West and the Saratoga, hence, arrived
out on the 7th jubilant.
There is.no,political news of any importance.
Another.. very destructive fire broke euit about two
o'clock.on •the •morning of the 7th inst., inn, the basement
of No. Si Spruce-street, and notwithstanding that the
engines-were soon on the spot, and the firemen worked
withluntiring industry, property to the value of upwards
of $300,000 was laid in ruins before daylight. Less than
one-half olthe property was insured.
A,venerable. citizen of Baltimore, Jacob Albert, died on,
thessth•insbmt. His estate is estimated:to be worth two.
millions-of dollars.

Thomas Devin Reilly, one of the exiled Irish rebel*,
died in, Washington, of apoplexy, on,the sth instant.
Some rogues, on Sunday night, sot fire to the house-of
Mr. Coneoran, the banker, in Washington, and als.t, 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 cholera, had
reappeared at Kingston, in the. Lunatic Asylum. and in
the public hospital, and seventoen.deaths had occurred in,
both institutions up to the last date..
Dates from Belize (Honduras) come to the 18th at.
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 ferraation of a
body of eight hundred civilgnards, there was,nothing new.
The ship Middlesex, arrived from Liverpaok experienced
heavy weather, and was for five days in the ice, from lat.
51, long. 47, to lat. 48,14.ng. 51, during which she passed
through 300 miles of he, and 30 icebergs were counted at
one time from the vessel. The Middlesex had her false
stem and a portion of the main stem, oarried 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.

CommEßeis.L.—There was a slight re-action in the
money market, awing 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 improwerhent in value. Wheat was held higher,
but ruled inactive. Corn adyanced a shade. Pork tended
downwards. Beef was held firmly.

Freights to Liverpool; Corn 15d., Wheat 151 d. ser
bushel ; Cotton id. to 11-16 d. ; Flour 45.; Lard), per
steamer, 60s. ; sailing vessel 455.

lux of DUN.—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."

LITERA.BY THIEVES.—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 stato of this colony is very satisfactory. The
balance of the debt against the colony, which, in 1850,
was 1;28,579, is now only £3,028 ; and the revenue, which,
in 1849, was £18,615, had risen in 1853 to £35,345 in:
eluding £2,800 the produce of an oducation-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 Acre the 1491)0fied withdrawAl
of the aulttarT.

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

Sin 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.
OAKINGTON.—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 preparing 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.
TUE 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, !Dome 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 neig,hhourhood 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-
meitt with that gentleman,
Sr. DAVID'S Cnußcß.—We understand that the morn-
ing as well as the afternoon service will be in English at
this chusch on Sunday next, and that two very eminent
clergymen- are to preach on behalf of the " Satiety for
Promoting the Employment of Additional Curates in• Popu-
lous Places," This excellent sockty works at horse; It
is under thepatronage 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: On Stalday last, two ser-
mons were preached at St. Mary's, Birkenhead, in the
morning by the• Rev. Francis Bryane, 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, wlileh amounted to the- very handsome
sum of upwards of £45.

GRATITUDE FOS: FIDELITY. - Mr. William Drury
Chidson, on retiring: from business, has presented Mr.
William Harris, who, has lived in the Golden Eagle
Establishment for moron than a quarter of a century, with
a silver tea and coffee service, bearing the following in-
scription :—" Presented'. by William Drury €hidson to
William Harris, in grateful remembrance of his long,
faithful, and much valuedt services. Liverpoo4 Feb. 15,
1864."

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

B`Y ELECTRIC' TELEGRAPH.

MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 20.

Lemon.—The Commercial _Melly List says that on
'Chauge<the opinion that war is • inevitable is becoming
generab- Russian and other produce likely to be affected
are advmaing. Tallow, 645. 6d. on the spot, and 655. 6ii.
forward.cielivery. Few sellers of Hemp at £6O for Peters'-•
burg clam Saltpetre, 365. 6d. to 37f,. Linseed Oil, 355..
3d. Scot& Pig Iron, 78s. to 78s. 6d.. Spelter, £24 per
ton. A' cargo of Sugar reported—sold for Sweden, at
21s. 6d:-