The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-01-26 00:00:00

MISS WHITNALUS CONCERT LAST NIGHT

This spirited and popular caterer for the lovers of song
provided yesterday an excellent treat in the Theatre-
Royal, Williamson-square, on which occasion we were
introduced, for the first time, to the celebrated vocalist
Madame Anna Bishop, of the grand theatres Rome and
Palermo, and prima donna of the Theatre San Carlo, at
Naples. The other singers were Miss Whitnall herself,
(who, we regretted to observe, was indisposed, and, in-
deed, appeared contrary to the advice of her medical
attendants,) Miss Kathleen Fitzwilliam, Mr. D. W. King,
of the Theatre-Royal, Drury-lane, and Mr. Corri, of the
Nobility's Concerts, Dublin.
The first part comprised Wallace's trio "Turn on Old
Time," which was effectively sung by Miss Whitnall and
Messrs. King and Corn, although it was evident that, in
addition to Miss Whitnall's indisposition, Mr. King was
labouring under a severe cold. Madame Anna Bishop
appeared next, and gave a Recitative and Cavatina from
Ugo, arranged by Donizetti, with thrilling effect. Her
next piece, in this part, a Recitative and Cavatina from
Meyerbeer, was however a more pleasing,—indeed a splen-
did effort, wonderful in execution and faultless in taste..
The tones were throughout clear and bell-like ; and in.
her subdued notes more sweet than those of any vocalist
we remember to have heard. But for the compassion. of
the audience this piece would have been encored.
Mr. D. W. King gave " Forth I, wander," from
Beethoven, with great judgment, We have already men-
tioned that he seemed to be suffering from cold, which
evinced itself strongly in this piece. His voice—a tenor—
is evidently a fine organ, well trained ; and, when in
better health, we expect to find in him a fine singer.
Mr. Corn sang "As I view those scenes." very finely,
and afterwards volunteered an Irish ballad, in the room
of a duett in which Miss Whitnall was to have taken a
part. In this he received an encore.
Miss Kathleen Fitzwilliam was 'encored most heartily
in " Barge of the Bonny Sea." This talented young,
lady is rapidly becoming a favourite.
The gems of the evening consisted of " John Anderson.
my Jo," (sung by Madame Anna Bishop, and encored,)
and "On the Banks of Guadalquiver," by the same lady.
-Both were delightfully and wonderfully sung, and encored
of course. The latter songs of this part we could not
stay to hear.

The house was thinly attended. Amongst the visitors,
however, we noticed his worship the Mayor, John Shaw
Leigh, Esq., and other influential parties.

MEETING OF IRISHMEN IN BEHALF OF THEIR FA-
MISHING COUNTRYMEN.—Yesterday evening, a nume-
rous meeting, gaisisting chiefly of natives of Ireland, was
held in the PorECo, Newington, for the purpose of col-
lecting subscriptions for the relief of the famishing Irish,
by means of collections to be made by natives of Ireland,
working men, voluntary workers in the charitable cause.
There were present on the platform—the Rev. Dr. Raf-
fleton, the Rev. Dr. Moriarty, Dr. Murphy, M.D., Dr.
Rogerson, M.D., M. Harnett, Esq., C. Lynch, Esq.,
Richard Shiel, Esq., John Yates, junior, Esq., and
others. Daniel Powell, Esquire, was called to the
chair, and ably opened the business of the meeting.
The principal speaker was the Rev. Dr. Moriarty, who
spoke at great length on the present distress of Ireland,
and her wrongs, which he attributed, not to the British
Government, the British people, or the Scotch, but the
Irish aristocracy alone. His address was truly eloquent
and enthusiastic, and was received with loud plaudits.
Several other speakers, including a Protestant, were also
happy in their remarks, and all of them appealed to the
benevolent feelings of Christians to forward the subscrip-
tion without regard to creed or sect. Resolutions were
passed in accordance with the objects of the meeting,—
a committee was appointed, and voluntary collectors were
appointed, to whom books were delivered, and who were
to hand over their receipts to the secretaries, to be
transmitted to the general committee in Dublin. The
object was to enlist the sympathies and services of the
working classes, to collect and give their own and others
mites towards the relief of the famishing Irish, and se-
veral donations, including sovereigns, were collected in
the room, which has been taken for four successive Sun-
days for the purpose of promoting the same benevolent
object. The meeting was perfectly harmonious through-
- out, and concluded with thanks to the chairman and others.
SUSPICION OF AN ATTEMPT AT HOUSE-BREAKING.—
A man named John Craig, was yesterday brought before
Mr. Rushton, charged with this offence. The testimony
of a servant girl belonging to a public-house in Baker-
street, near the Zoological Gardens, vas to the effect that
at four o'clock on Sunday morning, she beard the voices
of two men outside, trying the door and windows, and
that on giving the alarm, a police-officer came up, and
the house, apparently drunk. This witness, and another
apprehended the prisoner, who was then standing against
officer said that the prisoner was, when he got to the
station, shortly afterwards, quite sober. The prisoner
said he 'was very drunk, had lost his way, and did not
know how to get home ; that he believed he knocked at
the house to get information, but had no. intention to rob,
and had never been in custody for any such offence as
that stated. His master Mr. Ellis, of Renshaw-street,
with whom he had been employed for 9 years, was called
at his request, and said that the prisoner had been long
with him (as stated); that he had never known him to be
dishonest—the only fault being that he sometimes lost
time by the effects of drink. The magistrate who, on the
somewhat unsatisfactory evidence had seemed inclined to
commit him for trial, said he should give him the advan-
tage of the doubt that arose in his mind from the charac-
terliven, and discharged him.
THEFT OF PALM OIL FROM THE QUAY. —At the
Police-court yesterday, Owen Kelly and Charles Beattie
were charged on suspicion with stealing two casks of palm
oil, part of the landed cargo of the ship Thomas Hunter,
lying in the Victoria dock, and consigned to Mr. Thomas
Benn. The property was missed on Tuesday week. On
Wednesday last two casks of oil were seen lying on the
Clarence dock quay, and suspicion arose that they were
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office for the receipt for the packages. A police-officer
accosted him, and he stated that he was merely shipping
them •, that he had bought them from Beattie, who is a
soap-boiler, in Vauxhall-road, and did not know they
were wrongly come by. The officer, having given him
into custody, went to Beattie, and the latter denied all
knowledge of the casks, but subsequently at the station
admitted that he had given some money to two men on
account of palm oil, but that he did not know who they
were. Mr. Davenport, solicitor, called two witnesses on
behalf of Mr. Beattie, and their evidence was to the
effect, that on Saturday week two casks were brought to
him ; that he refused to have anything to do with them,
and that the casks were taken away in a float. The
prisoners were remanded till to-day.