The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-11-17 00:00:00

ABERCROMBY WARD

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
SIE.,—A most infamous " leader" appeared in the
Meroury of Friday last, stating that Mr. Joseph Horn
had been led up to the poll for the above ward by Mr
Hand on the 2nd instant in favour of Mr. Tbomas Kaye
I beg respectfully to contfadict that statement. Havir
seen the individual in question, I can, fror

his own state:
ment, candidly say, that it is an entire falsehood, the be-
fore mentioned party not having spoken to Mr. Hand
that day.—l am, Sir, respectfully yours,

A BURGESS

WEST DERBY NEW CHURCH.—On Thursday last
ie cap stone of the spire of this elegant edifice was fixet

in its place ; and the church, which displays excellent
taste, and has been carried into execution in the best style
of workmanship, will, no doubt, afford great convenience

to the extensive population of West Derby, for which
they are indebted to the munificent liberality of Mrs.
Thornton, of the Elms, who, we believe, has built and en-
dowed it entirely at her own private expense. It is ex-
pected that the church will be opened for Divine service
in the course of three or four weeks.
BLUE COAT HOSPITAL.—On Sunday morning, the
newly-elected mayor, G. H. Lawrence, Esq., walked in
procession to St. Peter's Church, to attend the usual ser-
vice on the Sunday after the mayor's election, when n
sermon is preached for the Blue Coat Hospital. The

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procession was unusually numerous and respectable. The
DESPATCH.—The royal mail stearnshi p Caledonia, Rev. Rector Brooks preached an excellent sermon from
which arrived here on Sunday from Halitax and Boston, the 10th verse of the 6th chapter of St. Paul's Epistle to
will sail again for those porta on Thursday next, having the Galatians. The reverend gentleman, we may remark,
thus discharged and been again filled with her complement has advocated on similar occasions the interests of this val-
or goods in ti...wa day, luable charity for forty-eight years in succession. The
A meeting of some of the largest shareholders in the collection amounted to £54 6s. 8,1.
Birmingham and Oxford line has been held in Liverpool, LANDSEER'S PICTURE OF HORSES DRINKING,
and they have determined not to accept the offer of £lO ss. We were yesterday much gratified by a view, at Mr.
premium, made to them from the Great Western, unless Grundy's Repository, in Church-street, of Edwin Land-
that premium be allowed to carry interest. seer's beautiful picture of " Horses Drinking in the
EXTRAORDINARY DELUSIONS.—On Thursday, a COM- Court-yard of an Ancient Mansion," and also of the en-
mission of lunacy was opened at the Manor House, Stoke graving of the same. The scene appears to be laid in the
Newington, to inquire into the state of mind of Mr. Tho- reign of Charles I ; if we may judge from the fashion of
mas Teague, aged 37, a wealthy tradesman of Birmingham. the costume, and the style of architecture. The princi-
The commission, which was unopposed, was taken out by pal figures are, a grey horse, and beside it at the fountain
a friend, the unfortunate gentleman having no relations a black horse mounted by a trom er, or huntsman, if we
who can at present be found. From the evidence it ap-
may guess from the fact that there area number of hounds
pear:A that Mr. Teague was a native of 'Vales, and that in the foreground, to whom a young female peasant is
he had been apprenticed to a painter, when be became giving food and water, and while caressing one of them,
very penurious. He afterwards established himself in (she at the time on her knees,) is looking towards the
business, and continuing penurious as well as industrious, cavalier, as if receiving his approval. The two horses,
fiebeeamesueeessfel, and amassed property, the Possession especially the grey one, are admirably depicted, both as
of which seemed first to have impaired his mind, which regards outline, colouring, and shadow. The conntenance
seemed to have more decidedly given way on his inhe- of the grey is especially beautiful, the whole head and ex-
riting freehold property in Wales. It was in the month pression of the eye being so natural and so beautifully
of Joly.last that his state of mind became apparent, and thrown out that it conveys all but real life. Several ether
r
his strange and incoherent conduct rendered it ne- points in the picture exhibit equal mastery, particularly,
cessary that he should be paced under restraint, and . in our opinion, the head of one of the group of dogs,
be was subsequently removed to Northumberland House, turned back in an inquiring attitude to his master, as if
where he laboured under the delusion that he was to ascertain the moment of his departure ; also the head
Christ, and also that the Saviour was in the room of another dog drinking beside the trooper's horse at the
with him,
p possessed several
os
awd ce„ acsainmn2eselY fountain. The building in the back ground representing
thou- the court-yard is a fine specimen of the old English style,
sands to many persons; that Northumberland House and through the entrance, which consists of a huge arched
ssed of hours lo
millions,
llaiotn a
g, time
offe;ritnligatthoe
belonged to him, for which he was (as be said) paying gateway, is seen a distant smiling landscape. The pic-
five hundred pounds a-year ; that he (himself) was cure is certainly one of the most agreeable and perfect
God Almighty ; that he had killed somebody ; that compositions, in the department of the artist, that we
he was Bonaparte, and Bonaparte's son ; that their at- have yet seen ; and this is saying much when it is re-
tendants were all Wellingtons, and that he turned into membered that, as an animal painter, he is the first now
devils of all shapes, being satirised, as he termed it, by a living. Besides the painting there is the engraving from
large quantity of mercury, which had been given to him the original, of rather smaller size, but so beautifully and
by a country doctor, &c. As r! further proof of the state faithfully delineated_
that the two. but for the colours in

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of his mind, he was accustomed to anoint his person with the former, appear to be, fac-sinailcs. This engraving,
filth, and even to mix it with his food. The unfortunate which is in the finest line style, is one of the most suc-
gentlemen seemed totally unconscious of the ehject of the cessful productions of the burin that has yet been accom-
proceedin gs. Alter answering incoherently two cr three plished in this or any ober country; and its execution
questions put to him, he abluptly left the room, saying, occupied the artist. J. H. Watt, Esq.. (the engraver of
1 want my dinner." The jury immediately expressed " Horses Shoeing," by the same painter,) for a period of
themselves satisfied,and returned a verdict dating the five years. The print itself would form a voluable aqui-
unsoundtles; pf ate 1"41 from
the
29th
of
July,
1
14th
pitioq in the best cabinets of Lumpe,