The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-10-19 00:00:00

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being lha mur4ap?, and kid boo exraroltted for trial, ,110
Adama had gone to the office of Air, Colt, who, he had beard,
was about to abscond, to demand payment of a debt of 200
dollars. Whilst there, Colt murjered him, it is supposed
with a hatchet, stripped his boy naked except his shirt,
and packed it in a chest, which he directed to a fictitious
name in St. Louis, via New Orleans, in the Far West, and
got it shipped on board a vessel for that port the next morn-
ing. The circumstance of Adams being missing, and some
suspicious circumstances that had been noticed to occur at
Colt's office on the night in question, led to his arrest ; and
the case shipped on board the vessel being obtained frtm the
hold was found to contain his body, horribly mutilated ; but
a ring on the little finger was identified as his property.

CURIOUS CHARGE OF IMPOSTURE.

(Froze the Cheltenham Chronicle.

At the public office, Cheltenham, on -Saturday, the 9th
instant, Mr. Williams said he had a case of great importance
to bring before the notice of the magistrates. There was a
man in this town, under the name of Rembrand, who called
himself a chiropodist, and professed to kill corns. He ex-
tracted from those corns what he called roots, and charged
ss. for each of those roots. It appeared, in point of fact,
that instead of extracting anything like a " root," he put a
pair of pincers to the corn, and apparently took out some-
thing. but instead of taking out something he took out
nothing, and showed to the person upon whom the operation
was performed something like a fibre, which, he pretended,
was the root of the corn, but which was in reality nothing
but a piece of bristle. A gentleman who was present had
actually paid him £8 155., at the rate of ss. per bristle. A
lady, who had a similar operation performed upon her, had
a number of these bristles in her possession, and a gentleman
in court had another. Mr. Williams then proceeded to call
the attention of the magistrates to the following clause in
the Vagrant Act, which he thought would reach a vagabond
of this description :—" Every person pretending to or pro-
fessing to tell fortunes, or using any subtle craft, means, or
device, by palmistry or otherwise, to deceive and impose
upon any of her Majesty's subjects." He (Mr. Williams)
would suggest that one of the gentlemen who had been im-
posed upon should go with a policeman, and bring Mr. Rem-
brand before the bench.

Mr. Henney said he was decidedly of opinion that he ought
to be brought up.
A policeman was sent, and returned in a few minutes with
a foreigner, dressed in the pink of fashion, who gave his name
as Lee Rembrand. He was followed shorily after by another
gaily dressed young man, whose face was adorned with a
pair of bushy whiskers and fine black mustachios. He said
his name was Nieman.
Mr. Rembrand.—l vant to know vy I came here?
Mr. Williams.—You are brought here for imposing on
these gentlemen.
Mr. Rembrand.—Who is the gentleman who vill stan' the
conseconce for taking avay my charactere, by sending police-
man to my residence ?
The Rev. Cherles Parker, of Sarsden, Oxfordshire, stated
—I came to Cheltenham on Monday last. Being very much
pained with corns i called at Mr. Beavan's, chemist, High-
street, to ask him if he could recommend me to any chi-
ropodist. He showed me an advertisment in one of the
papers, which directed me to 138, High-street. The terms
of the advertisement were—fee, ss. per corn. I went accord-
ingly, and called upon Mr. Rembrand, who was engaged at
the time. I saw the taller one (Nieman), and went into his
room and took off my boots. He called a young man (Rem-
brand), who came in to operate on my foot. He began to
touch my toe, and after he had got my foot in his hand, he
said, " You will find that there is more than one corn in this
toe, and my charge is ss. for every corn ; but I shall perform
a perfect cure, so that you will not know that you ever had a
corn, and your feet will be as complete as though you had
never been tormented 'with one." Rembrand then began to
operate, and with a pair of pincers he pinched my corn, and
seemed to draw a point from it, with which he pricked my
hand, arid said, " There, sir, that is one corn." He put it
on my hand, and it appeared like a piece of bristle. 1 took
very little notice of it, taking for granted what he said, and
blew it off. It is the same sort of thing as that produced by
Mr. Clarke. I spoke once or twice while he was operating,
and ,he other person (Nieman) observed that he (meaning
Rembrand) did not speak English ; for though he had been
in England some time he had made no use of his time, and
had not learned the language. He went on, appearing to
take out several of these things, and showed each of them to
me. He called each a corn. I forget the number he pulled
out of the first corn. He then took a great many from a
soft corn) between the toes. I think he appeared to take 12
from that. When be had finished the operation Nieman said
he thought he must look at them to see how it was done. He
said, "That is thoroughly done ; now, sir, you will never be
troubled again." When it was finished he said " The charge
is £8 155., being after the rate of as. for each of these roots."
There were 35 of these extracted from the three corns. I
said, " I have not so much as £8 with me, but I will give
you £5 now, and if I find myself perfectly cured I will give
you £5 more." He took the note, and desired me to write
my name upon it. There was some conversation between
them, and an apparent reluctance to receive the £5, but they
subsequently took the money. After this they presented me
with a book, in which there were a number of statements of
cures performed by them, and in which they wanted me to
write my name. I said I could not do so, as I did not know
that I was yet cured. They put a little plaster upon each
of them, which they said would smooth the skin, but on
going out I found exactly the same pain as I felt before. I
then went to the Montpelier Baths, and mentioned the cir-
cumstance to the man who attends the baths, and who is a
corn cutter. He looked at my corns, and said they had not
been cut at all, and, to convince me, pinched up a piece of
the corn. He said they were impostors, and had taken in a
lady the day before in a similar manner.
Several other witnesses gave testimony of a similar nature,
and the surgeons who were examined, stated that they never
observed anything in a corn similar to the small pieces of
bristle produced. The magistrates committed the prisoners
to gaol for fourteen days.

A FIRE ROUND A MAGAZINE.—WhiIe the Phaeton was
off Genoa a most alarming fire took place in the after cock-
pit, just before the magazine bulk-head. It was in the eve-
ning, while the ship's company were at quarters, and the
captain and all the officers at their stations. The intelligence
was quietly conveyed to Captain Morris first, and in an in-
stant calmness and self-possession were displayed in the
clearest manner. " Mr. Beaufort," he said, " form the
marines round the hatchways, and let them load with ball-
cartridge, and allow no one to come on deck. Firemen, with
their buckets, attend me on the lower deck." Arrived on
the lower deck, he commanded silence, and himself superin-
tending and directing them. the men drew the water, and,
guided by the column of thick smoke, kept up a continual
stream of water. For a time the smoke increased in dense-
ness and quantity, and each one near the spot could have had
no other expectation than that of a speedy flight into the
air. Captain Morris, however, remained unaltered, and not
a feature gave evidence of the anxiety which must have
existed within his breast. At length, the man who had
occasioned the fire was in a great measure the cause of
the preservation of the ship. The place where the fire
commenced was a locker, in which were the match-tubs
and matches for present use, and also the quarter lanterns,
and it appeared that the purser's steward had also been in the
habit of putting the purser's lanterns in the same place. The
cooper (who was, as usual, the steward's assistant) had been
drawing off spirits, and, having imbibed rather plentifully of
the fumes, or probably, liquor, carelessly deposited his lan-
tern, with the candle unextinguished, in this locker, whence
arose the dangerous fire. Sobered by the awful circumstances
of his recklessness, the man endeavoured to make the best
atonement in his power, and, aware of the exact position of.
the fire, actually jumped into the smouldering heap, at the
imminent risk of suffocation, and threw the burning matches
into the cockpit, where they were quickly extinguished by
the quantity of water thrown down by the firemen, and the
danger was happily overcome, but not till the bulk-head of
the magazine was half burnt through. Captain Morris, re-
lieved from this passing anxiety, spoke with the utmost
satisfaction of the ship's company, not one of whom was
heard to utter a word during the whole time. But while
justly lauding the officers and men for their attention to his
orders, they in return were aware that it was his presence of
mind and example which materially contributed to so desira-
ble an end.—United Service Journal.

TAE LATE THEODORE Hoox.—ln 1813 Mr. Hook was
appointed to the offices of accountant-general and treasurer
of the Mauritius,'whither he proceeded with every prospect
of fortune before him. He held these offices from 9th Octo-
ber, 1812, to 28th February, 1818. In 1814 he was made su-
perintendent of the government press, which duty he per-
formed to April 15, when a regular editor was appointed. In
April, 1818, he was sent home a prisoner ; and in October,
the same year, he was released, the law officers declaring
there were no legal grounds to detain him. The public were
taught to believe that his dismissal from office arose from
peculation ; but in this affair gross. injustice has been done to
Mr. Hook. It is true that a defalcation did exist in the
cash balance, but it is equally true that the subject of our
memoir was innocent of all participation in the abstraction
of the cash ; morally, he was perfectly innocent ; but legally,
and insomuch that a principal should be accountable for the
acts of his subordinate, he was to blame. The truth is. that
General Hall, the Commander-in-Chief, had reason to be..
lieve a deficiency existed in the military chest, and he issued
an order that on a certain day he would investigate the ac-
counts, and see that the balance corresponded with the books.
The day arrived, the balance was found correct, and the
books were verified by the General. Subsequently, howe-
ver, he had cause to suspect that monies were got together
from various parts of the island, with which to make up the
balance, and this gave rise to an order that on the morrow
morning, at nine o'clock, he would again investigate the
accounts. On that morning Mr. Hook's deputy destroyed
himself. Hook was of course answerable for his acts,
and was thus called upon to make good the deficiency,
which was upwards of 50,000 dollars, or about £12,000, of
which about one-third has been'paid. All Hook's property
was seized, and he was sent home a prisoner. Party spirit
was strongly directed against him in this affair, and while he
was, as a tory, on all hands abused, the public were little
aware that another individual, of pre-eminent talent also, and
one of whom his country is justly proud, was also the victim
of a deputy's dishonesty ! However, Mr. Hook's trifling
property was seized and sold at three different times, and he
was for six mouths a close prisoner at Hemp's lock-up house
in Shire-lar e, and for twelve months afterwards a prisoner in
the King's Bench. This was in the years 1223-4, and 5,
when in the month of May of the latter year he was dis-
charged, with the intimation conveyed to him that if he ever
after acquired property that property would be still liable for
the deficiency. Even within the last year some of Hook's
effects were sold in the Mauritius, and carried to government
account.

MARLowE AND SHAKSPEARE.—A single play was sold
on Tuesday week by Mr. Evans, for the enormous sum of
£131! No other copy was known to exist. It was thus
described in the catalogue :—" Marlowe. The true Tragedie
of Richarde Duke of Yorke, and the Death of Good King
Henrie the Sixt, with the whole Contention between the
two Houses of Yorke and Lancaster, as it was sundrie times
acted by the Right Hon. Earle of Pembroke his servants."
Printed at London by P. S. 1595. " There are," said Mr.
Chalmers, to whom it belonged, " passages in the true
tragedie ' of sufficient splendour to justify what has been
said of Marlowe's mighty line.' " Capel has given two
lines from Shakspeare's Henry Vl.
What ! will the aspiring blood of Lancaster
Sink in the ground ? I thought it would have mounted.
And in his boundless admiration of Shakspeare, Capel ex-
claims, " that he who cannot discern the pen that wrote
them ought never to pretend to discernment hereafter."
An unfortunate remark, for the verses are Marlowe's slightly
altered and improved by Shakspeare. "We will now pro-
ceed (continues the catalogue) to submit a part of the speech
of Richard, as written by Marlowe, and adopted with alter-
ations by Shakspeare.
MARLOWE.
Glo'st. What ! will the aspiring blood of Lancaster
Sinke into the ground I had thought it would have mounted.
purplereins in thee, (Stabshire
againe.)
See, how my sword weepes for the poore King's death !
Now I
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esektfoeli htfelie dmaell, and safe I sent thee thither, &c.
SUAKSPERE.
Glo'st. What ! will the aspiring blood of Lancaster
Sink in the ground? I thought it would have mounted.
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be
foratlayhwepsooorteKding's death !
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(Stabs Aim again.)
The *et of the speech is adopted with equal closeness.

TErNATRE.ROYAL, LIVERrom.,
Tinder the itraacigeoient of Mr. CLARICE, Sole Leoarx,

The Performances, until farther Notice, will commence at
Half-past Seven. Doors to be Opened at Seven.
The Last Night but Three of the Engagement of
Mrs. WOOD, Mr. WOOD, Mr. GIUBILEI, Miss
POOLE, Mr. BROUGH, and Madame GIUBILEI.
HIS present TUESDAY, Oct. 19, will be performed,
for the fifth time here, with new and appropriate Sce-
nery, &c., Bellini's Opera of
N 0 RM A.

Norma Mrs. Wood. I M
Clandian
Elberta Miss Poole. I Orveso Mr. Wood.
Mr. Giubilei.
At the end of the Opera,
PAS DE TROIS, " LA TYROLIENNE,"
By Madame Giubilei, Miss C. Webster, a Master Webster.
To conclude with the Musical 'arce of
THE REVIEW.
Looney M`Twolter, Mr.T.Lee. John.. Mr.,Slaiter.
Caleb Quotem .... Mr. Baker.. I L c Miss E. Honner.
TO-MORROW (Wednesday), r the BENEFIT of
MISS POOLE, the favourite Op of FRA DIAVOLO.
Zerlina, Mrs. Wood ; Lady Allcas . Miss Poole ; Fra Dia-
volo, Mr. Wood; Beppo, Mr. Giubilei; Giacomo, Mr.
Brough.—After which; a variety of. Singing and Dancing.—
To conclude with the Farce of THE OMNIBUS. Pat
Rooney, Mr. T. Lee; Tom Dobbs, Mr. Baker.
On THURSDAY, a favourite OPERA, and other En-
tertainments.

......
On FRIDAY, Mrs. WOOD'S BENEFIT, and positively
the Last Night of the Engagement of Mr. and Mrs. Wood,
Miss Poole, Mr. Giubilei, Mr. Brough, and Mad. Giubilei.

TRIUMPHANT SUCCESS!!

THE MOST GORGEOUS FAIRY SPECTACLE
EVER PRODUCED!
ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
GREAT CHARLOTTE-STREET, LIVERPOOL.
Doors open it Half-past Six, and commence at Seven.
Performances to terminate as near„Eleven as possible.
Second Night of the GRAND EQUESTRIAN FAIRY
TALE ; and Second Week of the celebrated PONY
RACES.
THIS present TUESDAY EV NING, the 19th instant,
-11. and during the Week, wi 'be produced a splendid
Equestrian Spectacle, entitled
SIR HUON 0 GUYENNE ;
Or, The Christian Knight in Fairy Land.
Sir Huon of Guyenne Mr. Howard,
(his second appearance here.)
Sadak Mr. H. Beverly,
(his second appearance this season.)
SCENES IN THE ARENA,
by Master Miller, the Hibernian Youth, Messrs. Guest and
Nicholo, and Mr. Wells and his Pupil, Master Arnold.
THE PONY RACES ;
Or, Doncaster in Miniature.

The whole to conclude with the laughable Extravaganza,

entitled -
THE TAILOR OF TAMWORTH. •
Gregory (the Tailor) Mr. H. Beverly.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

" Anti-Bolus " is not sufficiently careful in his composition.