The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-10-22 00:00:00

MISS KEALE'S CONCERT.

This distinguished pianiste gave a concert last night,
which was remarkably well
:attended, and by the elite of
the town. The performers selected to assist her. were
Miss Whitnall, Miss Joseph, Mr. John Parry, and Mr.
J. S. Reeves. In consequence, however, of an arrange-
mentge-
ut of the proprietocs of the Theatre Royal, by which
the parties engaged at that theatre are prevented froml
ajc
arrange-
ment
elsewheie during,their engagement, Mr. Rcves's
plea was compelled to be filled by another singer, and
certainly a better one could not have been selected than
Mr. Ryalls, who was chosen to occupy his place, and who
filled it, we need not say, to the infinite satisfaction of
the audience.
The first piece, a duett, " Sulla Tornba," from the
onera of " Lucia de Lammermoor," was given by Miss
Whitnall and Mr. Ryalls with beautiful t ffect:
Miss Joseph next gave "The blind Flower Girl,"
' which was enccred, and most deservedly. Miss Joseph
is a chaste and finished singer, and deserved fully these
compliments. We need not say that she was encored.
The beautiful ballad "By the sad sea wave" was sang
beautifully by Miss Whitnall, and encored, after which
Miss Keale played a grand fantasia, on the pianoforte.
from" La Sonnambula." Thiswas a splendid performance.
We have heard Thalberg and most other celebrated pro-
fessors on the same instrument ; and we can with con-
sistency say, that Miss Keale is certainly. in execution
and taste, inferior to few, if to any. Miss Joseph's song,
by Hargreaves, was a sweet composition ; but John Par-
ry, in bis " Fayre Rosamond," bothered us : certainly
this gentleman is unique amongst us singers and pianists.
In the second portion of the concert, Miss Whitnall's
aria, `• Dove Sono," was most splendidly sung, as was
" The Genius of the Spring," by iklits Joseph, and
'' You'll remember me,' by Miss Whitnall. But, to
amateurs of music, the gem of the evening was Miss
Keale's " Study in " This was certainly a treat
although involving less of difficult•ex-
to listen to • and,
ecution. than' either her first piece, or her " Andante
finale," from Lucia di Lanza:, moor, both of which were
was decidedly the best specimen of
certainly finely given,
her powers upon the instrument which she has chosen,
a9tl upon which she must henceforth rank as a first-rate
performer. The ballad, `You'll remember me," by
Miss Whitnall, from Wales Bohemian Girl, Was most
'beautifully sung; hut what shall we say of John Parry's
songs We cart say nothing more than that they were
as they always are—excellent.

SPLENDID PASSAGE OUT OF TUE
The Boston newspapers are full of enconiurns of the
management and swiftness of the Britannia. She mode
the passage out from land to land across the Atlantic—

that is from Cape Clear to Race Point, Newfoundland...
in 6 days and 18 hours, —the quickest, we believe. on ro-
cord, with but a slight exCepti,n in point of speed, otiose
occasion, of her sister ship, the Hibernia, oa one voyage.
This speed is remarkable in the annals of steam navigation,
and beats all that was ever accomplished by sailing ships;
Sijor lice Police court )esterday, as
athletic young no,:i n.tued Thos. Isherwood, was charged
with having, on Bniurday n'O)t, stolen from a shop a pilot
loth coat, a b-iy 's suit i• (hes, and a piece of clots.
The articles were, it apps n ed. hung at the door; the pri.
suer had two or three ,onn anions; they had gone in on
a pretence of making a purchase, bat tad depi.rted without
being suited—savAig they had carried
otf,—a fragment of the cloth of which they bad, in their
hurry, left upon the rail. The alarm was given to the pa-
lice, and tho wa, afterwards seen with his com-
panions, and afterwards apprehended in- Pow nall-square,
with several of the arti,•les in his i.oisessioth Another di
the gang was with Lim, and lsterwood said that the
clothes had been given to hint liv his companion (whose
property they were) it, pawn. Tae other endeavoured to
corroberate this by a diqinct bifirtnaticn, but took care
to make t-tf iminFitiatelv after the assertion. The prisater
w-as committed for trial.

POETRY.

A GLEAiI OF SUNSHINE.
By H. W. LONGFELLOW.

(From " the Gift" for 1845.)
This is the place. Stand still, my steed,
Let me review the scene,
And summon up the shadowy past
The foams that once have been.

The past and present reunite,
Beneath times flowing tide,
Like footprints hidden by a brook,
But seen on either side.

Here runs the highway to the town,
There tie green lane descends,
Through which I walked to church with thee,
Oh ! gentlest of my friends!

The shadoW of the linden trees,
Lay moving on the grass;
Between them and the moving boughs,
A shadow, thou didst pass.

Thy dress was like the lilies,
And thy heart as pure as they;
One of God's holy angels
Did walk with me that day.

I saw the branches of the trees
Bend down thy touch to meet,
The clover blossoms iu the grass
Rise up to kiss thy feet.

" Sleep, sleep, to-day, tormenting care;
I If earth and folly horn!"
Solemnly sang the village choir,
On that sweet Sabbath morn.
Through the closed blinds, the golden sun
Poured in a dusty beam,
Like the celestial ladder
Of the ancient patriarch's dream. •
And ever and anon, the wind,
Sweet scented with the hay,
Turned o'er the hymn-book's fluttering leaves,
That on the window lay.
Long was the good man's sermon,
But it seeme I not so to me,
For he spake of Huth, the beautiful,
And still I thought of thee.
Long was the prayer he uttered,
But it seemed not so to me,
For in my heart I prayed with him,
But still I thought of thee.
But now, alas, the place seems changed:
Thou art no longer here ;
Part of fhe sunshine of the scene
With thee did disappear.
Though thoughts, deep-rooted in my heart,
Like pine trees dark and high,
Subdue the light of noon, and breathe
A low and ceaseless sigh:
This memory tniehten*s o'er the past,
As when the sun, concealed
Behind some cloud that near us hangs,
Shines on a distant field.

VARIETIES.

POISONING BY PRUSSIC ACID —We are co;nisant of:
an instance, where a dispensary physician prescribed
prussic acid for a patient, a certain number of drops to be
taken during the day. The apothecary, to save himself
troub•e, we presume, gave the patient, an Irishman a bot-
tle, containing a quantly of medicinal prussic acid, un-
mixed with any thing else. The man, calculating that if
five drops would d him good. twenty or thirty would be
much more effectual, took the larger dose, and nearly
paid with his life for his rashuess. In both these exam-
ples, had the medicine teen di'pensed for the patients in
the doses proper to be taleen. the-consequences which we
have descrihe 14 would ha•e been avoided, and in this can•.
sists one of the many advantages possessed by the gene-
ral practitioner over the pure, whether physician or sur-
geon, as he can exhibit the medicine he or ders in properly
divided doses, can watch and control its effects, and in-
crease or diminish the dose as he deems it advisable,.
while it is notoriously the practice with the pores, unless
when attending in conjunction %it h a genural practitioner,
to order medicines to be taken by drops, and of which a
quantity is generally directed rutficient to last for several
days or weeks.—Medical Times.

Be MARRIED OR BE FINED.—On Saturday a girl ap-
plied to the magistrate. at the grand jury-room, Carlisle,'
for an order of maintenance for an illegitimate
Magistrate.—Did its father ever promise to marry you?
Applicant.—Yes, Sir ; many and many a time, Ido assure.
you. Magistrse (1.0 the f4her.)—Weil, Sir, what hays
you to say to thi., eh ? The father.—Why, Sir, I nobbttt
made her a half promise, like. Alagistrate.—Oh ! half e.
promise only, eh ? -Then will you tcarry her now a The
I will—there now. Magistrate (to the
mother of the girl.)—Well, old woman, will you consent
to the wedding ? Mother.—Why, yes, Sir, if he'll pro-
mise to make her a good hu-hand. Magistrate.—But we
can't promise that, you know, she must take her chance,
" for better for worse," like all of us. Mother.—Very
well, Sir, I'se agreeable. Magistrate (to the father.)
Now, Sir, you must pay lB.s. 6J. costs, or marry the girl.
Father.—But, your worship, I hav'nt a stiver to pay it-
M4girrate.—Tben marry the girl and you shall be quits.
Father.—lt's v.trra hard, Sir, but I reckon I mull
choose t' lesser evil—es t' man says in t' play " my po-
verty but not my will consents." With that he consented
to buckle up, and the parties left the court.Tfrhitehavess
Herald.

CURABILITY OF INSANITY.—There cannot be a more
mistaken notion, or one more calculated to lead to more
mischievous results, than that in the majority a the cases
of insanity the patient is placed beyond the reach of re-
medial measures. At one time few had the courage to
avow that insanity was at all a curable disease. The
treatment to which this unfortunate class was subjected
justified the belief in the incurability of the malady.
Directly a person exhibited indications of a disordered
mind he was hurried off to a madhouse, and compelled to
herd with lunatics labouring under all the stages of men-
tal derangement. No scientific course of treatment was
pursued ; and if the medical practitioner did attempt to
administer to the " mind diseased " through the media of
the physical organization, it was under circumstances
which precluded the possibility of recovery. Our viewsol
the pathology of the disease have undergone a great
change. Insanity is now considered to be only a derange-
ment
of the manifestations of the mind resulting from
corporeal disease, and to he as much amenable to medical
treatment as the disorders of other organic functions.
There are certainly cases of insaniy associated with seri-
ous structural alterations in which the physician is baffled
in his attempt to restore the patient to mental bealt_h;_
but even under these apparently hopeless circumstances,
the adopt ion of judicious measures, perseveringly and ;al-
interuinedly applied according 10 the pathological condi-
tion of the nervous systegi, will be often followed by the
happiest results.—De. F. Tnnslow.
BATHING IN THE DEAD SEA.—The water of the sea is
clear and shallow, and all the party, except the Arabs, un-
dressed to ascertain the existence of the buoyant property
attributed to it. The result of: our observation asto-
nished every individual amongst us. When swimming, it
was scarcely possible to li,sep the feet blow the water;
when standing upright (treadin4 water as it is called) the
shoulders were raised above the surface, and it was not
easy to keep this position, as the shoulders became top-
heavy. One of the party who could not swim, lay like a
cork on the surface ; and indeed it required great exertion,
to dive below. It was ludicrotis to see one of the horses.
As soon as his body touched the water, he was afloat-, and
turned over on his side; he struggled with all his force
to *aerie his equilibrium ; but the moment he stopped
moving, he turned over on his side again, and almost on
his back, kicking his feet tmt of the water, and snarling
with terror. The taste of the water was detestable beyond
description—salt, b tter, and sulphureaus: but the worst
of my bath was, that, atter it was over, my skin was co-
vered with. a thick glutinous substance, which it required
another ablution to get rid of; and after I had wiped toy-
self dry, my body burned and smarted as if I had bee;
turned round before a roasting fire. My face awl ears
were encrusted With salt; my hairs stood out, "each pars-
titular h lir on end," and my eyes were irritated and in-
flamed, so that I felt the effects of it for several days. I. •
spite of all this, however, revived and refreshed by my
bath, I mounted my horse a new man. It seemed to me
indeed, that without it 1 could not have endured the fear-
ful heat of these low shores.—Library of Travel. '
Toe PooLs of SOLOMON.—The celebrated Pools .of
Solomon are really worthy of that treat king: I had
formed no conception of their magnificence. These large,
strong, noble structures, in a land a here every work of
set has been hurried to destruction, remain now almostals
perfect as when they were built : there are three of them,
of the respective lengths of 380, 1.23, and 582 feet, their
least breadth 148, their greatest 250 feet ; depth 25, 39,
and 50 feet. Tney lie ore above the other on the side of •
bill, and are so constructed that when the water in the
upper one has reache.l a certain height it flows into the
second, and thence into the third. Small aqueducts, lead
from each of these cisterns to a main one that condUite
the water to Jerusalem by a very tortuous course, acid'
with considerable rapidity, as we could perceive by the
open places left in it here and there. From the pools to
Jerusalem
cannot be much less than eighty miles by Bight;
and when it is considered that the aqueduct traverses a cis-,
ries of rocky hills, valleys, and ravines, its line may be ea-
timated at more than twice that length. A little to di*
east of the pools, towards the region of the Desd Sea, is,
very large grotto, supp ir,ecl by great pillars of the uatur4
rock, perfectly dry, without petrifaction or stalactites: it
is. a complete labyrinth within, and, as in many of the eta.
meut catacombs, a man might easily Icse himself for ev9r
in its windings. It lies in the mountainous wilderness citf
Engaddi, and is supposed to be the Cave of Adullau?„
where David received the mutinous and diec9ntentedspt..
Sits of his days, and where, when Saul was in pursuit of
him, be cut off the skirts of his garment. and suffered him
to go away unharmed.—Library of Travel.