The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-05-15 00:00:00

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THE STANFIELD HALL MURDERS .". the
üblie
and effects in Stanfield-hall will be sold 11 ]not
during the ensuing month, as the familt,... Poo
there in future. The hall is to be let. '1"'" jertelj
Eliza Chestney have left Stanfield-hall; Dins' 7.6
Her gen of r
n
removed to Norwich on Tuesday. hange ,
continues to improve, and we trust the ca
d
may tend to her recovery. Eliza Chestney,
pressed a desire to be left in the neighbourinfe,
her friends and relations are residing, verYn,istA
lodgings have been taken for her by here 00
dt
family, at Wymond ham, where she will alsO T,ll
hav
and attendance of her usual medical adviser
CD' f 00.,1
scription on her behalf amounts to upwards °OO,O
has been generally supposed that Eliza 96
native of Norfolk; but this is not the case. 0.110,,r,
born in the parish of Bradwell, in Suffolk, ch4f
father is clerk of the parish, and her reutbeL,soo24
tress. " Her daughter Eliza,".says a corresv;ed,
only one proof—a shining one, it must be alto in I.
many, on whom she has bestowed equal Pahispvilf7
religious principles." The subscription for She
ford closed on Saturday last. We understav
abroad. under the protection of her brother'''.
ChChronicle. 100
MIST ERIOUS PO/HONING OF CH ILD R=•-•
ford, in the isle of Ely, several persons, mn-nelY°
children have recently cried very suddenly after,oo7,
hours' lAness, under circumstances giving rise 3fr,,k
suspicion of poisoning. At the present ticleircc):
Marshall, the coroner, is engaged in an rug d;
commenced' on the 17th alt. and which extel,3ed ft;
cases only, namely. John and Susan Buieffehtre;),
spectfully about 2 and 4 years. They are the i
ff.n 1' 11
John Bailey, tai agricultural labourer, resiuf Lclore
ford. It appears that the children were lenrmi '
their mother ort Saturday, the 14th ultr w"-;ciogk:A
the same day they were seized with violent volmr.,
',urgings, shortly after partaking of their di'iner: fro
consisted of meat, pudding, and friend and bet 00..,
symptoms increased in severity, arid in the 5P5701110,
gained of great thirst and excessive
eight hours both diedt Previous to death they
the. usual characteristics of poisoning.Mr* o°
4,1
surgeon, had since made a post-modem' era ,
both bodies, and Mr. Pearson had =dean On' 06,4 F
contents of both stomaclis, the result a wb'ethe
torilY proved that both cAdren had died from i 0 ids
of arsenic. The coroner-, after several au" d 1);:0
remarked that although the cause of dcath. co'
ry
satisfactorily established, the labours of tb,ef toe;
not terminate at the present point, as they
if pn9-riihle. in whet manner and by va°ll
was administered. The inquii7 was therefore a
1:0(1
elt°'
FI HMG' AV" A RAILWAY TRAM— GeOrg. I'ti
'George 1610 e, two well dressed youths, about
erii",4
age, clerks-in a mercantile office in London, wftrhl,
at the' Ilford' petty sessions, on SaturdaY! ty
pistol at a passenger train on the Ilistern
way, near tie Forest Gate station, Mr. Chn.renr!
;superintendent' of the signals on the line, sra'„` 000
:watch the proceedings on behalf of the cnniPann'.o.,/1
Pelham. the solicitor, appeared for-the Prin°r-eotrPritc
delinquents were charged, under the Rail
Al t, " with ohstrurting the passage of the rau'r-iotsi)"
erd
the bench decidedthat the charge could not be riool
under' that statute, and the chairman,.said tike,Pct
sts/
mustbe charged either under Lord Seyutout.'n o,o'
Police kct, as it clearly appeared that' the °-ebsirv'
committed on the public highway, He'Pe„ver PP'
must hear the charge under the Police A.
said'the prisoners voturld plead guilty to therchsrgernostroj
off -a pistol. They were schoolfellows, and trer,el,o
pectahly-connected. On the day in questleu "-OP')
Pain in tbUPTe.ior
theireld- Schoolinaster, and took with then, an4deloo
and seme-gunpowder-r-to amuse themselves
They did not intend to fire at the train. Th,einhiirlot
passed le.otie of them was extending the pisteirthe)'.e
hand. The youths were very sorry for ve-I°' fain
done,and had assured him they had no inteoou°
ing t?' passengers. ' They regretted having been gopOW,d
such a foolish act, and- were willing to offeral beco
to the- passengers. The chairman said, that 5111,5 01 I`,.
proved that the act warwilfully done, or allro
intenderL .the prisoners 'would have been Sea' 'Bete
sions foc trial. The bench were inclined to 'd
the act was not done wantonly or maliciously, 3-firlo;
fine vvo-aldrswer the ends of justice. He tbenj,,,ettr.,

prisoners Ws: each, andq-,a^atiZncd them, in el'
pi:- iv
manner, as to their future conduct. It the °
repeated, they would meet with severe punishine
penalties were immediately paid.
IMPCItfrANT DECISION- UNDER THE Poo' .nt
few days-ago an officer of the Leeds board of tool
Guardians, appeared at the Court-house of aPto
and applied to-the mayor-(Mr. John Hope Sf'T)
otJ
two of the other magistrates of the borough for Iv',
to reclovea pauper and hie. family to Ireland.,-;y0

lived in Leeds 27 years. The act of Chargeo.ll7so
proved ;:;and that the pauper had lately been 110,
for a month in the Borough,. Gaol for neglect Led,'

t was insisted that this breach of residence rejia„;of
And his• family liable to removal. The col,c-ateloi
board of giardians said that-the pauper had
him tha-be was born in Cork. The pauper,
with an Irish accent, denied having made that d%`" et
and objected to being removed. After the .111t;;o0,0
magistrates had consulted together for some t°''' 06)
case, and examined the acts of Parliament, t,b: of
said, " Whatever we might think of the hards'sitoil' roso
moving a family to Irelazel under such circuit', at'
those of4the present case, if we found that teeaml
rected the removal, we should not hesitate t°l,,.v. 150
thoe dutyma
into effebt,. It is our daty-to administer tileAC;et;°l6
gisotfrattbese
stands. Diet we think the law has intrusted e,..,;;;,t,
by °veneers under the 3dand4th of William L'c'',osic;
and this: -branch of the functions of overseers itos P1;1
appointed, The present application
411sesearuyartdoiainnsquinire) as that statute is re' •Minagissutrachtecsatrapon
under the statute which transferred these funct°',,ll);
theoverseersto them, viz., the &hand 9th Victmtis
parishes
tehe:r.cefroOtil
s. 2. Thb words of that section, as far as rarer,. berii
questioaaow before us, are, that the 'Justices la !id
and examine into the matter of such complaints ,s 3
be made-to appear to their-satisfaction that suc',,bei
is iiab4 to be so removed as aforesaid, and if ';.beile
fit, they may make and issue a warrant under theVij
and seals!to remove such person forthwith, at theo•
of such union or parish.' ' We have heard end e„sooiff
the matter of the complaint now before us; we
for tha purpose of our present decision, that tbeini, t
to removal is satisfactorily proved ; but we thtitted,
under the words 'and if- they see fit,' we are en,t i 5
exercise our discretion (and, if so entitled, that'll to ,'0
duty to exercise that discretion with due re;' of
of!„)
pauper as well as the ratepayers) as to the htne' Pio
order of removal in every-case brought before us r•
present case we do notftsee fit' to grant an ort,„`,olf;o
thinklit would be a hardship on the pauper Toßie
after he had lived 27 years in Leeds, we were to roe
(f:01
ieet
to the punishment the law has awarded his offee,sooi
fihaetrariYryseepudobnwteentecoern.:t
which he has already suffered) the far heavier 1:4'216000
of what would he virtually a sentence of transeeloP„,
life; and we think it would he a still greater hernd
his family, who have committed no crime, to se'ibeleoo
to a country entirely new to them, and leale odor
straggle for a livelihood amongst strangers eedePive
their charity. We shall, therefore, decline tb by big
order of removal in this case, unless we are tol"ctieeter
2:pl:aatrtetitivdseesmof e thent i
n the country,towto-ntremovehe all Irish
magistrates tpteof,
authoritycboausnt htbttbiieftrtoitshoebyuer
ehdnau:teya
nst
oowtdeao
bfisoevl.ei'e'yyeeaTi
thseh:P.:9:lo,2s °t
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had
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n o discretionaryi‘iA jEs Tys THEATRE.—'•
power iunE the.
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in
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TAl,d_,blrau'lsrltsedO.
aJf:;t:4lll.erilibusfre.itifli
Swedish vocalist appeared as Alice, in Nejt Je't,
" Roberto 11 riavolo. Whether this means th?.tif tstt
is really about to leave the stage, and-lapse geloo-Je' eotr
private life, vie cannot tell. The house was er
excess, and rows for accommodation:were not orla9tijir
evincing the keen interest of the town in the "1101‘,00
and its determination to do proper honour to to elletll
tion—if such it was. The character of Alice is fie 0V
most remarkable in Jenny's repertoire. She etr grifr,
it, and at once established those impressions ef,:toslie
which have gradually deepened until she has
idol such "as the world ne'er sax"—crowned nneool
heads, gartered dukes, down to aßayors and tow" I. 0170 e,
lors innwerable, yielding to the influence of lieog eof
throat, and having-faith and enjoyment in n 01114,,
Her personation of Alice is one of the most Pleb etry
inos rig r" her representations, as it is. one of the
The sentimeet of the part telis with redoubled WOO, $lO
she is the exponent; for he,-,admirers find little t 0
in believing her to be no. artificial embodio°,:bond
virtue and goodness which.. Meyerbeer herein- • 0,,01
typify. That lovely voice of hers, which has fer;revLol
months held England enthralled, was never in ho tb!
tiful condition than last night, and the listener "er st
upon it for the first time would marvel no long i
excesses of the publie‘ adoration. The " rce3 tbl
and the " Quando Ineeiai la Normandin" disli.t%er
splendid organ in alh its matchless purity,, toge st beir,
that exquisite sostenuto which entraps the sebereo," eft'
and incontinently-converts him—stoutly as Ile t Oa
defied Jenny anthill' her works. The encore t118000:e
ceived in the second of these songs was. trereals it `(0,9i61
" vanishing" shake, so gradually retreating, 3_05 5
into the distance, it was not in mortal power te"o'tioVA
and there was no restraint put upon the erlinve
pleasure to which this delicate trick of art g`:ri,
The great trio, in the last scene, when the poor gill the 00:
with a preternatural strength, contends sc,i.m.be,";
carnation• of evil for the safety of her 1.05'V P174'4
has had many a burning paragraph written its ll'
let them be remembered now, for Jenny e%ertjeot ej 011
to the utmost, and produced all the transeeno4e-1,
which has been given to this great and finelY tg.il
situation by her alone. We never witnessed slit cletirof,
of acting that bore watching to the minutesoe'r6
completely as this. The intensity with whieili Peri,l
Op; with the demon is strikingly manifest, 11°". titerplits
with which she invokes aid from Heaven
approaches seems absolutely to inspire ker•colit.rx,
efforts in this superb instance of dranist°,,eo
betrayed the grandest degree of skill, and eft' t the 00,
is passed, and the perilled Robert is kneelinVA
her gestures of innocent and holy delight Whif the,* lort,
him from a remote and unobserved corner °mita() •oe,,f,
dral, awakened a sentiment that is almost suy-febiejot,.l,l
applause that Jenny met with was loud no, vt 0 cal:0
That it was sincere there could not be a shad .bites oP2
for such enthusiasm as that which was exili the peor
not easily be feigned. The conclusion
brought forth a demonstration that is seldet,4 food inot
within the walls of a theatre. Jenny wase.fs, .06,0
times, and the waving of hats and handkereml elSr
oP Ar
copious shower of bouquets, were marks of P era pr
not often vouchsafed in a similar degree.-7,llher IA I
Jenny is stated in the Times to have closeuhoeigpe,)
ance on the stage by this performance, we, I,„,ee
at greater length than we otherwise 02014 ""