The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-09-05 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

IMPORTANT DISCOVERY

-BREAD NOT

THE MERCURY ON THE MINISTRY

LIABLE TO DECAY

Our contemporary of Friday has had a fit of such un-
usual liveliness upon him this week, that we have been
able, not only to read his lucubrations,—a task of no
small magnitude—but to read them without yawning!
With one or two portions indeed of an article, in which
the measures of the past session of parliament are re-
viewed, we have been so amused that we cannot resist
giving to our readers a specimen or two.

On Wednesday last an experiment was brought to an
issue, which may be pregnant with consequences of vast
importance to the world. Some time ago, a Mr. Gtlhert
Claude Alzard, a Frenchman, discovered a peculiar mode
of manufacturing bread, biscuits, macaroni, &e. which
should possess the property of being impervious to decay,
and as well of being considerably cheaper than the ordinary
articles in use. In 1841 he succeeded, after giving ample
proof of the value of his discovery, in securing from the
Emperor of Brazil, Don Pedro 11, a patent right for his
invention ; but from the violence with which he was op-
posed in that country, the bakers and others carrying their
opposition so far as to threaten personal outrage, Mons.
Alzard was compelled to give up the attempt to effect any
thing in that country, and determined to proceed to Eng-
land with his invention, bringing with him very flattering
testimonials, the originals of which we have had the plea-
sure of inspecting. Previous to leaving the Brazils, how-
ever, a portion of the manufactured articles, consisting of
biscuits, fine and coarse, was enclosed in a small wooden
box, closely fastened, but not air tight. The box in ques-
tion was then tied with tape, the ends of which were sealed
with the seal of her Majesty's consul at Rio Janeiro, an d
a certificate attached certifying that on the 22d of January,
1842, the contents, biscuits, were so inclosed, and the box
sealed in the presence of Robert Hesketh, Esq., H.B.M.
consul at that port.

Speaking of the condition of Ireland. the Mercury
sagely, and with a gravity peculiar to him, remarks:—
" The course which Mr. O'Connell is pursuing will
very soon force the alternative upon every man in the
kingdom, of choosing between a whig government and
civil war." Sad choice between two evils! The choice
of a whig ministry, which the mass of the Irish people
would reject with contempt and aversion, as " base,
bloody, and brutal,—which the Demagogue himself would
either treat as his abject slaves, or spurn with his foot
from the path of his bad ambition ;—a whig ministry
which would foster rebellion, fatten and feed traitors, un-
loose the prison doors of murderers and felons of all
degrees of criminality, or—civlL WAR, most wise con-
temporary ? Not so—not so ! To hurry forward such a
catastrophe a whig ministry would be the best of all ap-
pliances! With so imbecile a thing to contend against,
rebellion would soon indeed throw off its mask, and rush
to the field and to bloodshed. The alternatives, which
we have to choose between, are vigorous measures and
civil war; a whig ministry might retard the latter, but
would render its advent inevitable, and its success
decisive !

But with respect to the Irish arms bill. our contempo-
rary is still more rich and rare in his absurdity. " The
Irish arms bill," he remarks, " was a disgraceful proof
of the unpopularity of Sir Robert Peel's government in
Ireland." Of what were the various arms bills passed in
the days of whig supremacy proof? " A whig govern-
ment," he continues, " could have afforded (I) to relin-
quish that bill if opposed." We don't know, by the bye,
what a whig government could not afford to relinquish if
opposed, or what they would not relinquish to secure
place and pay. But the reason assigned for such relin-
quishment is most rich of all. Under a whig ministry
" the arms used would have been used for legitimate or
insignificant purposes"—(are assassination and midnight
robbery of arms insignificant ?) ;—" but the tory govern-
ment could not do so, because they flared that an armed
nation might start up against them, like Me volunteers of
1782." Of course a whiz government has no such diffi-
culty—no such fears. The rising of "an armed nation"
would not be necessary against a government prepared to
concede all that faction or treason could demand. An
armed nation, rising to coerce a whig government, would
be about as utter an absurdity as a levy en masse of all
the men, women, boys, cats, and dogs of the empire, to
kill a poor score of blue-bottles, entangled amongst the
sweets of a treacle pot !

On Wednesday, in the presence of several influential
gentlemen assembled in Lie Mayor's private room, at the
Town-ball, the box was opened by the town-clerk, its se-
curity having been previously ascertained by all present,
and the genuineness of the seal verified by the Brazilian
Vice Consul, both of whom were present. Although
nearly two years had elapsed since they were packed, the
contents proved as sound, sweet, and in all respects as
good, as on the day when it was enclosed. This bread
is manufactured of a mixture, in certain proportions,
of rice and wheat flour. The coarsest quality of flour
may be used, and will produce bread not inferior to that
made of the finest description of flour by the ordinary
method. It is also, we are informed, extremely nutriti-
ous, very beneficial to the system, and a certain antiscor-
butic. Some of it was eaten by the Mayor, who pro-
nounced it excellent, in which opinion he was joined by
all present. It was asserted by M. Alzard, the discoverer
of the process, that the bread would keep two centuries
without the slightest alteration, and it can be offered to
the consumer at 6s. per cwt. less than the ordinary biscuit.
He has secured the right to manufacture it in this country
by patent.
Since this examination of the character of the invention
we have been favoured, by Mr. M`Divett, of Cable-street,
of whom samples of the bread may be procured, with a
few of the biscuits, baked in this town on Friday last, and
can speak without hesitation of the excellence of their
quality and taste.

Poor Mercury 1 with what zeal he endeavaurs to forget,
and to fancy that the world forgets, the history of whig
misrule in Ireland—its arms bills and coercion bills—and
the scorching contempt which has been levelled against
its wretched imbecility, and glaring and desperate cor-
ruptness, by the very man, and the very people, whom he
now assumes to be anxious to accept of that miserable
effigy of a government—that pitiful and paltry scarecrow—
that empty and hollow mockery—A WHIG GOVERNMENT !

THE HAPPY FAMILY.—This surprising triumph of
the art of training, which, at the Mechanics' Institution,
and the Collegiate, attracted so much curiosity, will after
this week, as will be seen from the advertizenaent,
be removed. On the last occasion that we visited them
we witnessed the novel sight of a Hawk feeding two
brace of Starlings—a sight which is certainly as curious
as could be imagined.

CORRESPONDENCE.

O'CONNELL AND THE QUEEN'S SPEECH

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

It is said that a special commission will be held at
Nenagh about the close of September, or early in Octo-
ber.

Sitt,—l see the Queen's speech has put Mr. O'Connell
in a rage, during which he has stumbled on a new griev-
ance-700,000 human beings lost by the grinding murders
of the landlords! within the space of ten years! all owing
to the cursed Union ! Pray calculate, on this principle,
what would have been the population of Ireland at this
day, if the Union had not taken place, and what it would
be 43 years hence ; and then conjecture how happy that
population would be, the demand for labour being such,
that high wages would be paid (and in advance !) in order
to secure labourers ! Can we be surprised, if O'Connell
labours under this conviction, that his rage against the
Union should be excessive ? In the paroxysm thus ex-
cited, no wonder he should abuse Wellington and Peel
for granting the Catholic emancipation, or rather that he
should laugh at the image of their being " dragged in
chains after the chariot of Ireland's" (i.e., Mr. O'Con-
nell's) " victory" ; nor that he should forget how far the
people of England contributed to forge those chains by a
gradual diminution of religious prejudices, and by a grow-
ing confidence in the professions of Mr. O'Connell, Mr.
Sheil, and the Catholic priesthood, as to the results of
Catholic emancipation. In the passion which the murder
of these 700,000 innocents has excited, he forgets that
these circumstancesftnay have contributed, in some slight
degree, to have placed those chains on the ministers of
the day, by which they were compelled to grant Catholic
emancipation. To this end the eloquence of Pitt, Fox,
Burke, Grey, Canning, and Brougham may have contri-
buted ; although now, alas! they are the objects of vitu-
peration to those who formerly applauded their labours to
the skies.

CRIME IN STAFFORDSHIRE.—During the six days
ending Augusta, no less than 129 prisoners were lodged
in the Stafford county prison.— WorcesterkAire Guardian.

OTONNOLL AT LOUGHREA.—The liberator has ap-
pointed Sunday, September 10, for the great repeal de-
monstration and banquet of Loughrea.

We understand that his Highness General Espartero
has taken the mansion Abbey Lodge, the property of
Mrs-. Norris.

On Saturday last, the King of Hanover left his resi-
dence at Kew for Blackwall, for Antwerp. On arriving
there his Majesty will proceed for Cologne by railway.

DEATH OF MR. CHARLES ASHLEY.—This gentleman,
so well known in the musical world as a violoncello player,
expired suddenly from a stroke of apoplexy on Tuesday,
in 'the 72d year of his age.

Old Sergeant Reid," who was in the ranks at tLe
battle of Bunker's-hill, still survives, in his 108th year.
A short time ago he was struck with paralysis, which de-
prived him of locomotion.—Dumfries Paper.

UNLAWFUL DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.—At the
Police-court, yesterday, a man named Robert Daulby was
charged with having attempted to destroy a quantity of
fringe, on the premises of Mr. Thomas Dutton, uphol-
sterer, from whose service he had been discharged. It
appeared that the fringe had been lying on the premises
for a long time, and that the prisoner put it into a furnace,
by which it was partly scorched and burned. The priso-
ner said that the fringe did not belong to the complainant,
but had been ordered a long time ago, and not being ac-
cording to order, was thrown aside, and had become mil-
dewed and useless. He had, therefore, put it in the fire,
so that no disturbance might afterwards be made about it.
Mr. Rushton said such destruction of property was not to
be justified, and fined him 40s. and costs, the alleged value
of the article. Wax..

POLICE BUSINESS.—The following is a return of the
number of prisoners brought before the magistrates from
the Ist September, 1841, to 31st August, 1842, with a
corresponding return for the same period in 1842-3 :-
1841-2. 1842-3.
September 1670
October
November 1446
December
January
February 1239
March
Apri1......
May
June..
July
August 1900

18,666 16,361
A deduction should be made in the total of the last twelve
months of 361, that being the number of beggars taken
up by constables, specially employed on that duty, in
March and April. The totals will then stand-
-1841-2....
1842-3..
Decrease in the last year....
The decrease has been gradual in each month (with the
exception of the two months stated) since the operation
of the new improvement act. _

On Mondays. Other Days.
In 1841-2 there were brought up.. 5929 .... 12,737
„ 1842-3 „ „ „ „ ..4915 .... 11,412

REPEAL INTIMIDATION IN IRELAND. EXTRAORDINARY AND AFFECTING CASE OF
-- THE SEDUCTION AND ROBBERY OF A
The public has never, perhaps, been furnished with a RESPECTABLE YOUNG FEMALE.
stronger evidence of the awful state of popular feeling in
Ireland, and of the gross dishonesty of the means adopted On Monday evening last, while a commercial gentle-
to further the cause and swell the funds of the repeal agi- man, Mr. S., was conversing with a person who was ac .
tation in that country than in the following brief narrative companied by a lady, of prepossessing appearance, in the
which has just been furnished to us by a witness of the travellers' room of the Menai-bridge Inn (Mrs. Dixon's),
whole proceedings.
The principal party in our history is a man named near St. George's Church, in this town,—he thought he
James Cockayne, the owner of a travelling exhi'iition con- perceived something in the manner of the gentleman not
taining a giant, a dwarf, and other similar objects of mini- quite accordant with his notions of the character he
osity. As our great dramatists occasionally visit America, assumed. On further observation, Mr. S. conceived,
when their native country is weary of them, or they of it, from the conduct of the man, that he and the lady were
Mr. Cockayne, with his caravan, recently determined to not married. This suspicion was communicated to a
visit the Emerald Isle ; and in the course of his travels person belonging to the house; but no further notice was
arrived at Carrickmacross. Before exhibiting at the fair taken of the matter that evening, as there appeared to be
here, however, he was authoritatively questioned by the a possibility of mistake, and the strangers slept in the
assembled mobocraly whether he was a repealer. His house.
reply was that he was not, and that he had no idea that a On the following morning the lady and the gentleman
simple showman, and a stranger, was required to meddle (who had called himself her husband) appeared at the
with politics at all. He was assured, however, that he breakfast table, and many endearing expressions were
must "join the repale," or not a visitor would he have in passed upon the former by her companion ; but it became
his booth ; and so it was. For two or three days he evident to those by whom they were surrounded, that, in
trumpeted and beat his drum, and shouted his ordinary the first place, he was not a " gentleman ;" and, in the
"walk up! walk up !" in vain. Not a paddy would look second, that he was not the husband of the lady. In the
at his giant, or his dwarf, or his learned pig, or any thing course of the day, this couple were visited by two men
else, for love or money; and he was at length compelled whose external appearance and manners induced the in-
to enrol himself, his helpers, the giant, dwarf, pig and all, mates of the house to infer that there was " something
as repealers, and to pay down six shillings to the repeal rotten in the state of Denmark."
fund for the cards, without which he would not be per- The wine passed freely round, and whether from the
mitted to exhibit in any fair in Ireland! novelty of the liquor or the goodness of Mrs. Dixon's
His next step was to Monaghan; and there he was all port, we know not, but from some cause the three men of
right, so far as repeal went. But an unfortunate piece of the party commenced quarrelling, and exhibited their true
showman's wit, uttered by one of his assistants, undid him colours—as arrant blackguards. At this crisis, Mr. Lyon,
there ! He had with him a little house, which he exhi- who is stopping at Mrs. Dixon's, interposed ; called in
bited in front, containing an automatan figure, or some- the police to restore quiet ; and taxed the lady with having
thing of the sort; and on being asked by some gaping left her home unknown to her friends. This she then
rustic the name of the little being, his assistant most in- denied, and stated that she and the " gentleman" were
judiciously informed the querist that he was Father Ma- married. This did not satisfy Mr. Lyon, and he corn-
thew. An ebulition was the immediate consequence. municated his suspicions to Mr. Brown and Mr. Gittins,
" What? d'ye mane to insult the great apostle of temper- who were in the house, and who had also entertained
ante?" assailed him on one side. " Smash his booth— opinions of the matter almost equally strong. The parties
break his windows" assailed him on the other. And with I were not, however, taken into custody, as no particular
much damage to his humble paraphernalia. and no small I charge could be substantiated against them.
danger to the lives and limbs of his whole company, he I On the following morning, Mr. Lyon kindly re-ques-
was compelled to evacuate Monaghan ! He went on to tioned the lady, and she exhibited symptoms of sorrow,
Cavan : but there his unhappy fame followed him. He had and gave indications of a desire to open her mind. Mr.
committed the unpardonable sin of treating with levity Brown (before-mentioned), who had also observed her
the saintly name of Father Mathew ; and from fair to fair sufferings, drew from her some expressions which con-
throughout Ireland, the wrath of the disciples of that firmed his previous suspicions. Her so-called husband
great man would follow him ! he was eventually compelled made his appearance after a short absence. He requested
to retrace his course, and to return to England, where he her to accompany him into the town, and she assented.
arrived last week, somewhat poorer, of course, for his On her appearing at the bar of Mrs. Dixon's house, her
speculation amongst a people so ferocious and besotted in companion asked her to deposit her money in his pocket,
their passionate hatred of every thing and every body observing, that she might otherwise lose it, or be robbed
English ! of it. She complied, and the fellow, addressing himself
to Mrs. Dixon, said, in a laughing manner, " Now, Mrs.
THE CUSTOM-HOUSE.—The following notice has been Dixon, she has put her money into my pooket, and I have
issued by order of the Commissioners of Stamps and
not taken it." This observation did not particularly at-
Taxes, and put up in the long-room :—" The Commis-
tract Mrs. Dixon's notice at the time, as she, no doubt,
sioners of Stamps and Taxes, having received informa-
thought it was some badinage between them.
tion that it is a frequent practice with agents and others, They left the house together, and the pretended hus-
in the shipment of goods, to include in one bond the band took the lady into Dale-street ; when they had
goods of distinct persons, deem it right to give this notice, walked some distance he paused and requested her to stop
that a penalty of £5O is imposed on so doing by the act of
there, and' that so soon as he had made some purchases in
6 Geo. IV., and that the commissioners are determined s shop, he would return to her. He did not
to enforcethea druggist
evasion." return ; and the poor girl was left without a shilling and
penalty in all cases of such an
without a friend in the streets of this town. After walk-
THEFTS.—A. porter of the name of Peter Hagan was, ing about in a frenzied state of mind for two or three
on Wednesday last, charged, at the police-court, with hours, she returned to Mrs. Dixon's, and told to her, her
stealing a ham. It appeared he had been employed for tale of misery, being then convinced that she had been
some days at the warehouse of Mr. Cummings, Charlotte- grossly and unmanfully deceived. Mrs. Dixon' Mr.
place, Salthouse Dock, and that on Tuesday he was found Lyon, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Gittins happened to be all
in the cellar where he had no business. On being accosted present, and, indeed, all in the house, seeing her extreme
he said he had come for his cap, which was in a room distress of mind, deeply sympathised with her, and of-
above. A ham, weighing 20 lbs., was at the same time fered her every consolation. Mrs. D., indeed, acted the
found concealed in a hamper, also a quantity of butter. part of a mother, and deeply lamenting her misfortune,
Both the articles had been removed from the room above, offered her an asylum in her house. At her request Mr.
and no one but the prisoner was seen in the cellar. He Lyon undertook to accompany her back to that home she
was committed for trial.—Same day, a woman, named had so rashly left. This offer the lady refused, declaring,
Mary Newmatch, was charged with robbing James Da- in the most impassioned manner, that rather than return
vison, a seaman, of seventeen sovereigns. The parties home she would commit some act which would terminate
had gone together in a coach, and on leaving it complain- her existence,
ant missed his money. Ten sovereigns of it were found A consultation was then held between the gentlemen
in the coach under the cushion, and four upon the pri- named, and it was agreed that Mr. Gittins should ad-
i soner : the rest had disappeared. She was committed for dress a letter (unknown to the lady) to her father, and
trial.
request his attendance at the house. In the meantime
NEW AND IMPROVED IRON RooF.—There is now in the young woman, who was quite disconsolate, expressed
I progress of completion, at the works of Messrs. Garstang, her extreme gratitude to her benefactors, and tendered
Turner, and North, cotton manufacturers, a shed for the with almost childish simplicity to serve Mrs. Dixon in the
stowage of cotton, the whole of the roof of which, with most menial capacity, or to work as an operative at Mr.
the exception of the slates, is of cast and wrought iron, S. s, who is a manufacturer at Manchester, expressing at
of a construction combining great strength and security the same time great contrition for her abandonment of
with extraordinary elegance of design and lightness of ap- her home, and a fearful apprehension of meeting her
pearance. The whole is from the foundry of Mr. John parents.
Clayton, Soho Foundry, Preston, and the work is super- The father of the unfortunate young woman arrived on
intended by his foreman, Mr. John Beveridge, who has Friday at Mrs. Dixon's, while she was conversing in the
ccmmercial room with the gentleman who had shown her
so much sympathy. The meeting of the father (a fine
gather. politely
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span of the principals is equal to the latter. These are hands as one of the most affecting that ever was witnessed.
each in four castings, handsomely perforated and moulded, The aged man unable to restrain his paternal feelings
forming a flattish eliptic arch below, and carrying out the rushed up to her sobbing and took her in his arms—and
usual straight pitch of roof above, so that goods may be she hung on his neck and poured forth the story at once
stowed almost to the slates without interruption, from one of her wrongs and her folly—acknowledging her offence
end of the building to the other. The castings are so without a plea of justification. The warm manifestation
made as to lock into each other with nuts and screws, and of forgiveness in the father was not delayed, and the fer-
each set (forming one principal) weighs about 31 tons. vent prayer that she might be restored, and the blessings
'No stay-bolts, posts, tension-rods, or the like, are re- he called down upon those who had protected her as
quired, these being supplied by the divisions or arms of speedily followed. There was not indeed a dry eye
the castings, which form a succession of arches, capable, amongst the whole assemblage.
from the bulk of the metal being on edge, of sustaining a Something further may now be stated of the young
great weight. The lower extremities of each principal, woman, who is of considerable personal attractions, and
which are nearly perpendicular, up to the spring of the not yet 21 years of age. She is the daughter of a respect-
arch, are placed on brick pillars, about 12 feet high, able tradesman in a small town not twenty miles from
topped with stone, and running down each side the walls Chester; and it appears from her own statement and that
of which they form part. It was apprelie: dd, that with of her father, that she became acquainted with the villain
a great pressure above, these would be thrown somewhat who seduced her from her home, at Tarporley Wakes.
outward from their position, in the absence of abutments ; The fellow introduced himself to the family as a master
of a company of licensed dealers in woollen cloth, and a but on an experiment being made upon one of them,
though it was but slightly stayed to keep it upright, it was person of property. In a few days he made proposals bf
found that it bore, per se, four tons, without giving way marriage, which were mentioned to her parents, but dis-
on either side in the smallest perceptible degree ; and when couraged. Determined, hoe-ever, to carry his point, he
the whole roof is secured together there can be no doubt prevailed upon her to leave her home, and meet him in
but one of them would bear half as much more. The same Chester, where, he said, he would marry her. She went
principle of roofing might, we should think, be applied to to that city, and was there met by the intended husband,
churches, or other public buildings, even with a span of who introduced her to the two other individuals who
100 feet, without any central pillars or support from be- afterwards (as stated) went to Mrs. Dixon's. One of
d oman o,
low. The appearance of the castings from the interior is i them
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and (the whole ofhimself the thrto be aee ruffiaß ingC ns be t atohg sic priestee end
also highly ornamental, and if painted or otherwise deco- i
rated they would be still more so. The spars, ribs, and ' favouring the delusion) arrayed himself in a black gown,
laths are comparatively light, and are so secured on edge and went through what he called the marriage ceremony,
as to bear the required weight of covering, whether of the pretended bridegroom stating that he was a Catholic,
iron, slate, or other material. We have seen, in fine, iron and that that was the Catholic ceremonial. This, it appears,
roofs of various kinds, but none so compact and hand. took place in a private house. Immediately afterwards,
some as this ; and those especially who are building fire- the " married" pair left Chester for Liverpool, arid ar-
proof warehouses, would do well to inspect it before they rived, as before stated, on Monday (yesterday week).
decide upon what kind of roof they will adopt. It is After the young woman began to discover the villany
also, we think, worthy of the consideration of those en- that had been practised upon her, she slept with Mrs.
gaged in the construction of our new Assize Courts. We Dixon (whose conduct was most praiseworthy through-
have ourselves no acquaintance whatever with Mr. Clay- out), and declared that she would not again meet him.
ton, and no interest in the matter beyond a desire to bring Immediately after she left her home, her parents came to
before the public an improvement that may be found ad- Liverpool in search of her, but could riot find her ; and it
vantageous in many of our larger buildings. The cost appears, that, before she left home, she had received £l2
(owing, probably, to the present low price of iron) is, we from a friend, which was drawn from her in the artful
learn, comparatively moderate. manner described, at Mrs. Dixon's bar—leaving her des-
GALLANT CONDUCT IN THE SAVING OF LIFE.—Se- titluttei; rumoured that the seducer is a married man, with
veral instances of the fearless conduct of an individual in five children, residing in Manchester ; and the whole,ahumble life in saving parties from being drowned have pears to have been a plot, laid by the three scoundrels to
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His name is Joseph Gurnell, and he is, and has for some considerable property ; that she herself has also a m ode years, been yard-keeper at the coal-wharf, (Coburg Dock) rate amount in her own right ; and that the money of
of Messrs. Clarke and Frankland, by whom he is much which she was dispossessed was her own.
esteemed as a faithful servant. On the 25th December, We could furnish some information respecting the per-
-1838, at seven o'clock at night, a man named Davies, then sonal appearance and dress of the threemen, but are in-
Decrease ..
Making a total decrease of 2335. works, fell from the Coburg Pier-head on to the bank justice.
LECTURES ON BALLAD POETRY.—OR Tuesday even- below—a height of about 25 feet. Gurnell and his wife, Much praise is due to Mrs. Dixon and to the gentlemen
ing last, the Rev. A. Hume, B.A. of Trinity College, who live underneath the coal office, a short distance from named who were in her house.
Dublin, delivered the first of a series of five lectures on the spot, heard his cries, and taking a rope which he kept
English ballad poetry, before a pretty numerous and ready for such occasions, he found the sufferer, and with
the assistance of another man whom he called in, suc- EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE.—On Wednesday morning,
highly respectable audience. He commenced by defining
ceeded in passing a noose over his head, and hoisting him a man, named Patrick Dotty, a milkman, 86 years old,
the nature of the ancient ballad; its relation to other
safely up. The man had been misled by the darkness of went down to George's Pier-head with his two milk cans,
Poetical compositions, and its metrical structure—gener-
the night, and the lights on the Cheshire shore. The tide and had just obtained his supply (for retail) from a ally, of four-line verses of six and eight syllables alter-was down at the time, but was fast rising, so that but for boat, when, probably from imperfect vision, in place of
commonly called metre. It was usually of the
narative kind, the measure was common to all countries, this timely aid he would soon have been swept away, as going on his way, to the astonishment and alarm of the
and the style simple and easily comprehended. These he was much hurt by the fall.'
On the 27th of July, 1841, bystanders, he deliberately walked over the sea-wall into
popular productions were wont to be chaunted, and in Gurnell, in a most praiseworthy manner, plunged into the the river ! Luckily, there was only about two to three
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of " Chevy Chase," " the Children in the 'Wood,'' and
illustration of the music to which they were set, the airs
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"the Friar of Orders Grey," were played on the organ, all probability have perished but for the timely exertions slightly bruised. Had the tide been at low ebb, he would,
ooaffnttthhnaetecianpdtiavinia:ueoanl.—goAinbgouont tbwooaryde,aaresciadgeon,twahlyiletrtohdeuqpuoan- in all probability, have been killed ; and had it been flood,
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immediately
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her moor- lie would as likely have been drowned.
and received with much applause. History was written
but the poetry of the " Chronicles" differed from the in_gs) was lying in the Coburg Dock, Mrs. Smith, the wife
happenedsank,
gaot
him, and getting hold of her before shePRESENTATION.
gßeelFebrated their
in poetry before records of events were penned in prose,
boundhr e r a gl oh wa
on
d,
a ropte On Wednesday evening last, the Loyal Adelphi Lodge
spEwNi -house,TthA TeAllOerNrsyl
poetry takingballad,
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n country.Greece,
her on shore, and had her conveyed (she being insensible)
bards—for whom high respect was entertained—extended to the receiving house, where he and others, by rubbing
being a very lusty person, and therefore more liable to delicacy of t e
I l al and ason.
After the cloth was removed,
to all classes, for the sentiment expressed, and the music and other means, endeavoured to restore her, but she I
This influence of the
abiliatriotic toasts were given from the
that accompanied it, was addressed to the, feelings of the
h whicyh w
general community. He illustrated this by several recita_ suffocation, entirely without effect. On this occasion hisarieht b Pas y filled by N.G. Hay, supported on
y .G. Richd. Holmes, on his left by P.G. T.
lions, including ~ Lili Burlero," verses of Sir Philip Gurnell lost his hat in the dock.—On another occasion, aH. -
b Higgins ; the vice-chair was occupied by V.G. T. Black-
Sidney, the " Songs of the Trades," &c., and he quoted fine youth, 18 or 19 years of age, an apprentice on board
Dibdin's testimony in behalf of national songs, and the the ship Pollock, belonging to Messrs. Pollock and Gil- •
urn. In the course of the evening the lodge took occa-
sion, through the medium of their chairman, to present to
stimulus they gave to physical exertion, and to deeds of niour, and lying in the Coburg Dock, fell overboard in the
heroism. The-ballad had also been useful in preserving dead of the night, and endeavoured to save himself by P.G. Richd. Holmes, of the Adelphi Lodge, and host of
cseirra o
the Prince of Wales Inn, Fleet-street, a most splendid
in a popular form the manners, customs, and events of swimming across the dock. Gurnell ran up, found him
past ages ; it was easily acquired and held in memory, as in an exhausted state, and, at much personal risk, res-
gold watch-guard, attached with a neat ancient gold shield,
was instanced in the case of a man of 101 years old, who
cued him from an untimely death. The sufferer was so , with the following inscription :—" Presented to P.G. Rd.
could repeat a whole ballad of 68 stanzas without omitting far gone that he conveyed him to
immediate attendance, placed him before the fire, and Holmes, by the officers and brethren of tl:e Loyal Adelphi
a word. He concluded by dwelling on the universality of his own house for more '
I Lodge, 2212, as a token of their estimation for services
the ballad, and its early use, even in the days of Homer. used every means to restore him, but he was unable to i rendered as Secretary, V.G., and N.G.—Aug. 30, 1843."
It was alluded to even in scripture, particularly
in Num. speak for some hours, and could not be safely removed ROBBERY OF CARGO FR
OM A VESSEI .—On Thurs-
bers.—On Friday the lecturer delivered his second dis. until the afternoon of the next day, when he was taken day last, Isaac Herriman, second mate of the packet-ship
course, embracing ..ballads purely English,"—their na- away in a car by his captain. He afterwards recovered.— Ho- ttinuer, was brought before Mr. Rushton at the Police-
tore and history. He quoted Percy's " Reliques of An_ On the 4th of last month a boat containing 12 men was court, on a charge of stealing a quantity of cotton, part
cient English Poetry"—submitted an analysis of portions run down by a river steamer off the Coburg Dock, and the of the cargo of that vessel. A seaman belonging to the
of " Chevy class ;,noticed 4. Ritson's Ancient Songs ;" whole party were immersed in the water. They endea- vessel, which is lying in the Waterloo Dock, said that
the Homeric ballads—compared with Robin Hood ; the voured to save themselves by swimming, and two boats one day last week, while he and others were scraping be-
alterations in the character of the more modern ballads,. went to their assistance, and brought 10 of them on shore. tween decks, he saw the prisoner amongst the cargo
and in those of the present time, and several of the recent Another of them, named Griffiths, was rescued by Gur- taking out cotton from the bales which lie put into two
compilation of that species of lyric composition—illustra- tient who (as we stated at the time) "resolutely jumped casks in the lower hold. The prisoner filled both casts,'
ting his subject by frequent recitations. The reverend off the pier-head, and seized him as he was sinking."— and let them remain till the cao was all out,n when he
k One
gentleman is an energetic and pleasing speaker, has evi- The only rewards Gurnell ever received for so much ser- got three men on board, whop tbethweeeenottsec into two
dently seaman
dently well matured himself in his subject, and was re- vice in the cause of humanity were £2 (on the represents- bags, which they took away frcncarryt.
that he saw the pri-
the .
ceived with much applause. The remaining three lectures tion of a few friends) from the Shipwreck and Humane bag was as much as a man
testimony,e oual.iding
will bring the subject down to the present day, showing Society for saving Mackrell, and 2s. 6d. from another corroboratedthe three men, and pointing to the
off. A third seaman said 1
the influence of ballad poet in this and other countries, quarter for rescuing Davies. Surely he is worth of some- soner talttagth
illustrated by specimen from the works of our most ap. thing much more substantial than this, independently
of bags, which
the men give the prisoner a piece of le
gold, and
proved and gifted modern poets. [We may here observe the respect due to him for his disinterested exertions;;,;;;;Ln es r o
said,
that the reverberation of the lecturer's voice in the lecture and we heartily recommend him to the societies within
sfails, then in the steerage. William Story, warehousemanlt was
to
theatre is at times so great that parties in the reserved whose province the consideration of such matters
disposed contribute Messrs. Fielding, consignees of the Hott. inguer, said the
gallery, in particular, can with difficulty hear all that is as well as to others who may
f The number of
beaccidence constantly oc- vessel commenced discharging o
n the 10th h a token of completed on the 19th There August, and
uttered, when the seats are not all, or nearly all, occupied. for his behoo .
and docks renders such • were 3 - curring in our river
iin justice to the man him- on board. Witness received • ls bales of cotton
The directors would do well to institute some • experiment not on y
some information, and went
for the removal of this great defect, by the application of approbationun desirable,
eipolicy
with reference to the community to the vessel
nt to a noble and had the '
emulation in I The prisoner declined sal '' prisoner taken into custody.
some deadening appliance, which we understand has been
atB° '
flarbget, as an encouragement
successfully resorted to elsewhere. The theatre in other
others for tbe Oreservation of life in the hour of danger. for trial,
, weyuicarried
in anything, and was committed
respects is all that can be desired.]--E. L. S.