The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-01-24 00:00:00

gave performed by

Bing expert
of Mr. Puff

at last_partially realized

goers la

humour of

the degradation of our
mn gloom_ of our farces, and the involuntary
muse of the genteel comedy
s in favour of Mr. Van Amburgh's

gedies, th

and takes refuge

n our police and bankruptcy courts

3 longer gibbetted in five acts, nor
n two, it cannot be denied that a

commissio

contains as excellent morality—
same degree of palatable fun —at
,st approved " sterling comedies." If the
t become a court of ease to the Old Bailey,
s a good substitute for the Haymarket.
ary which we for-

any of our
e has

Basinghall-s
Our readers

11 recollect the sum

)orrowed

,el Copland in these
,500 of Lard Hunting-
commission out of pawn, and how he only
nun about £7OO ; how he introduced him to Messrs.
Emanuel, on condition that he bought a dressing-case and
'awned it, the proceeds to be shared between them both—
'-;end, however, getting nothing ; and how he obtained
`20,000 worth of bills before he came of age, to
which his lordship, on attaining his majority, ex-
.ed a mortgage deed to the holder of the bills. We also
alained—as far as Colonel Copeland's short memory would
;ar us out in the assertion—that out of this £20,000 repai
o the gallant colonel, his lordship had only
This statement must have impressed our r-

transactions

from him

_eaders with a most
idea of his lordship's simplicity, and the colonel's
.ity. But in this eventful drama, as in every other,
.n act generally disappoints the hopes of plotting dex-
y, and rewards the sufferings of unsuspecting ingenu-
ess. A Mr. Vane, who had "known Col. Copeland for
ve years, and been his solicitor for five," acted as v..

by the lat

mortgage-deed, wind
11.•

seems to have taken fright
—.dent of his name in the public prints. Con-
e resolves to " cut" the colonel on the first con-
portunity. This soon presents itself. The colonel,
at an examination in Basinghall-street was warmer

and drinking several glass

utside of a coach all day
randy-and-water." Mr. Va

.0A
a he had expected, writes -this characteristic note
Friend and solicitor" (which, by the by, we strongly
ad for insertion in the next edition of the " Com-

My dear Vane,—These d—d examinations which are
ht forward from Huntingtower'S bankruptcy have
iriven me mad, as you may suppose. They want to
age, and if you can conveniently keep out of
sent it would be better. lam coming down to

upset the mortg

London at pt
Alnw

and will meet yot

.ote Mr. V.

s reply to his friend and client's

letter :
" Brancepath Castle. Jan. 10.
" Colonel Copeland,—l have just received your letter, at
which I am as much surprised as at the report of your exami-
nation in the newspapers of the sth instant, and which I had
not seen until to-day. You must be aware that that report
is incorrect. I never either met or had any connection w
ever with Lord Huntingtower until I was introduced to him
and Mrs. Edmonds by you at Mr. Fisher's, when the mort-
gage was executed. You must know that I appeared there
by your appointment, at your particular request, and on your
behalf, and that I neither went nor returned with them.
These facts I consider so essantial to my character, that I
shall take the earliest opportunity of stating them before the
commissioner. I remain, sir, you most obedient servant,
" H. M. VANE."

" Sir"—" most obedient servant"—Call you this " back-
ing of your friends," Mr. Vane ? But you are right. The
drama would not be in correq keepmg otherwise. The man
of business always turns against his client in the last act.
We have a " sterling" play in our mind's eye just now. The
moral is—that colonels should not cultivate the friendship of
minors before they have accurately ascertained what their
expectations are; and that minors should not go shares in
the credit of middle-aged colonels who have nothing but their
credit to live on. There are also some subsidiary moralities
which this story developer—firer; a fruiterer should not let
a young gentleman " eat a dozen of Charmontel pears at a
time in his shop ;" secondly, captains on half-pay should fol-
low Mr. Fonblanque's advice, " keep a special peerage-
book," and be more cautious than Captain Cauty.—Times.

SPRING CIRCUITS.—Home Circuit—Lord Denman, Mr.
Patteson. Norfolk Circuit—Chief Jnstice Tindal,
ustice Coleridge. Northern Circuit—For York and
rpool, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Justice Coltman. For the
~,ern counties, Mr. Baron Rolfe. Midland Cir-
ca., __ n Alderson, Mr. Baron Gurney. Oxford
Circuit—Mr. Justice Erskine, Mr. Justice Wightman.
Western Circuit—Mr. Justice Cresswell and a sergeant-at-
North Wales—Mr. Justice Markle. South Wales—
Lord Abinger will attend chambers

Justic

—Mr. Bari

Justice With

person named Lagnaud, 26 years of age, of
family in easy circumstances, residing
. in the commune of
N committed suicide, a few days ago, in a
After having shut himself up in his
ne broke to pieces his watch and guard chain, the
timepiece, and the jugs and basin, and tore up his linen and
clothes. He nest cut off his toes with a hatchet, and wounded
in various places his legs with a knife. He then discharged
his head, hut as the ball only took away a part
• ' sans froid to take up his

ArdeChes

range manner

rip up his stoinacn.—vwcytew...
LY SUDDEN DEATEI.--On Sunday last, Mr. Clarke,
an local minister, was preaching in the chapel be-
D that denomination at Catcott, a village a few miles
dgwater, and near the close of his sermon was
ng of the uncertainty of life, and that the preacher
never be permitted to leave the pulpit alive, conclud-
e discourse by recitinz some exquisite lines on death.
which, in attempting to give out a notice of a meeting,
his voice faltered, and be suddenly fell back in the pulpit.
Be was immediately conveyed to a neighbouring house, and
ever attention paid to him, but he never spoke afterwards,
and y about eleven o'clock the same evening he expired with-

Awi
a Weslo

CHARGE OF FELONY AGAINST AN IRISH GENTLEMAN.—
:he Dublin Court of Commis imamas been occupied for
was
five
lays with the trial of a gentle named Ega
charged with having abstracted from the Dublin and Ballin-
asloe coach, on the 19th of December last, a parcel, con-
taining a large sum in bank notes and money, the property
of the National Bank, transmitted by the branch bank at
Moate to the central bank at Dublin. The evidence was
purely circumstantial, so far as it affected the accused,
ser
and
showed great carelessness and neglect on the part of the
vants of the bank. No person could speak positively as to
the actual amount contained in the parcel, and the parcel
itself was thrown into the boot of a common stage coach.
The verdict was one of acquittal, which was received with
enthusiastic cheering in a crowded court—the cheering being
re-echoed by thousands assembled without.
TRAGICAL EVENT.—On Friday, considerable sensation
was created in Warrington, by the report that one brother
had met his death by the bands of another, and that the other
had been badly wounded also. The following are the facts,
as far as our correspondent, in the hurry of the moment, to
save the evening train, has been enabled to collect them :
—Bewsey Farm, near Warrington, is tenanted by a respect-
able farmer, named Crosby, who is assisted in his agricultural
occupation by several sons. On Friday afternoon, one of
these sons, Thomas Crosby, and one of his younger brothers
(we have not ascertained his christian name), went out rabbit
shooting over the farm • and on their return, prior to the
fowling-pieces
being discharged,' or laid aside, a quarrel took
place between them thee cot to blows, and, in

oat a sigh

. rums wurus tiluy bs.- --
the heat of passion, Thomas Crosby was struck on the head
by his brother with the butt end of his gun, which going off
at the moment, the contents barely escaped entering the
thigh of the party striking. The stock of the gun was
shattered to pieces, and such was the force of the blow, that
a portion of the lock of the gun fractured the skull and
lacerated Thomas Crosby's brain. Medical assistance was
immediately obtained, but the poor man lies in a dangerous
state.

FOUR CHILDREN POISONED. —The following serious
occurrence, which had nigh been attended with fatal cons!-

quences, took place on Wednesday last in the family of a
sergeant of police at Kensington. A friend having sent a
present of a twelfth cake with several painted figures there-
on, it was distributed amongst the four children, of the re-
spective ages of two, four,usetyen, and nine years, about two
o'clock in the afternoon,
o4clsocpkrevious to the two eldest going
to school. About four
one of them returned home
vomiting dreadfully, and shortly aftewards the other came
home similarly affected. Both complained of violent pain and
heat in the stomach, of which also the other two complained,
and were shortly afterwards seized
d with vomiting. A surgeon
was promptly calleti in. who,eatetni.:" declared they had beening the children, and
ascertaining what they had
poisoned by the paint with which the figures were coloured.
Proper remedies were immediately applied, but all efforts to
stop the vomiting were unsucceast util eleven o'clock at
night, by which time two of the e_ n
rather better, and it was
ren- were nearly
er
ex-
hausted- On Thursday they w
considered they were likely to
recover,
ascer-
tained that one of the children of the . It was also
rs'n bY whom the
cake was sent bad been similarly seized.
Pe
A very curious case came before the civil tribunal on Fri-
dayeiadame Guil-
t!
last. The circumstances are as follow :
mord, a corset-maker in the Passage Saum , suffered so
severely from grief for the death of three children, and lastly
of her husband, that she completely lost her reason, was
guilty of a thousand acts of extravagance. whenever a
ami r e d
neighbour, or even a customer, came to her,
them to kiss the portrait of her deceased husband,she r
ca-
ressed or abused them as they either complied or refused to
comply with her request. At times she made aempts to
commit suicide, either by wounding herself with att
razor, or
endeavouring to throw herself out of
tthe window. Her friends,
finding that her mind incessantly urne
another marriage
her. Several men were brought to
the her
real as a
s catch, b
he
ut
all, on becoming acquainted withof t
'-runk from the proposed union. At length a person
--inloyed in the prefecture, from motives
Madame Guilmard was known to
-es, agreed to form the alliance.
29th April last, and
as it was stated, under the dein-
to recover her lost
...husband,
'Mcon-
an IA

d Fau

evident, as

prosperous eircumstane

The ceremony was performed on the
Madame Guilmard b
.inn that she was ab

moms

the civil

Hugh the several c
~ropriety that neither
the church, had any suspicion of tt re
Very shortly after the mar,_ we'
ations returned with their former force, and strangt
-nes were acted between the new couple. In
l‘e poor womon was placed in a lir,- •
Hence, after ktirne she w'

ge, !lower

schaged

.eturn to her, reas

.._ _
whether temporarily
• •

he commenced a su

anently time alone can show, s-
-ee from ber last husband, on the ground that,
was married to him, her faculties were not in
qive a valid consent to the contract.
the suit by

3unsel for Faure e

Jr time since the ceremony was performed without any
'rapt by Madame Guilmard or ber relations to
i annul tilt
could not be gone nto.
^'-..re could not be any

imstances. and after tae

at, under the c