The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-05-17 00:00:00

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THEATatcALs.-The Theatre Royal or li ,
night for the season, with Sheridan Kilo 5 volt wasell
Hunchback. On Tuesday the tragedy of Han' gio
in which Mr. Vandenhoff and Miss Jarman sas"erbal4
of Hamlet and Ophelia. Mr. Vandenhoff is Pd S
known to our readers as an actor, as the Pig I'l,oo
is to the lovers of the drama, hence any leng
tions on his personation of Hamlet is almost a I°,,rots.
gation. In one scene we thought him equal the 214
any actor that we have ever beheld, we mean of
where he unconsciously crawls to the centre on P.,
watch the effect that the mimic scene produces auP
and "Uncle Father"—in this he inoculates thj
the intensity of his own anxiety, and shewed there
his art. Admiring this performance as a who ehotfi
that we must take exceptions to. Mr. Vanden tout
is sometimes void of energy, and from its 111°,,V"
almost tedious. This is a serious blemish in %Ord'
entirely upon one character, upon whose every
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the plot hinges and rests for support. Miss .I'soo
interesting Ophelia, but her singing in the mis „Lig,
the pathos that touches the heart. On Wel
cipal performance was " The Honey Moen.
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Mr. Browne's Rolando was performed in a re''oli!
ner. In the character of Juliana Miss JarnisqlsP
successful, perhaps it would be difficult to iinaglp7,4ol
cation of the scenes in which raillery and suy
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tion are exhibited than in those that take Pico tot
Duke and his bride on her introduction to the
Cage instead of the palace that she thought ,I`;s
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of. The Play of last night was " The Belieso
in which Mr. Browne, Mr. Vandenhoff s(11
sustained the principal parts. As the season
suppose that tine managers have provided !toe VI
strength to the minor portion of their corps- lj bfl
they have already introduced are such as reca
when the British.drama had neither been cle!,!,firipetl

nationalized by the introduction of foteign tru)10:,
Siddons, Jordan, Bannister, Munden, Ellisto9d frr
were wont to enable us to pass an hour snatch'
cares in almost perfect happiness. r
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THE SAVINGS' BANK.—A considerable sensa„-,°,.
in this town this morning, by a rumour that "h';;;1 on/
countant and actuary to the Savings' Bank, r
taking with him a large sum of money which Per,. too
Irons ' the depositors on Sunday last. We are 57,r01e
the rumour is not without foundation, but the '',ll/ ye'
taken does not exceed £750, and the trustees haviiece`,l
securities to the amount of £lOOO. In order to re 0,350.0
mind, and to convince the depositors that there valas
for apprehension, the trustees promptly issued a b13,01e. t
this fact, and pledging themselves that the w ..cOOl/01
would be paid up. Mr. G. was also a general 3"„e;t
had received a large sum belonging to. a bankrturd
which he was employed, and it is believed that aebseof
whole of this with him. The fact of his hay/nig:o)U.!
not ascertained until late on Monday night, 10'4
the magistrate, was called out of bed to issue 3 1?.1
apprehension. Four warrants were entrusted to pr
officers, and they were despatched in differellpt ott°o
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search of the fugitive. It is impossible at pres;to bed
the amount of his defalcation, but it is supposo"
able.—Manchester Herald. !AO-

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GOVERNOR- OF THE WORKHOUSE.—The T„, 0111"-
Workhouse, now vacant by the death of the 3w,c13)
vernor, Mr. Hardman, will take place on 'that ,:e at
is the intention of the select vestry, after matt.
to recommend to the choice of the general vest jolt
the master of the Workhouse of St. Andrew's, ife •
don. Mr. Hewett is 43 years of age, and his 'reriel
family incumbrance, and they have had an eloibc
vears as governor and matron of St. Andrew, Irhe
George the Martyr, which they now conduct. t
of considerable local interest and importance, 51114
ment of a successor to Mr. Hardman will, no d'2°
attention and consideration of the parishione rs•

MECHANICS' INSTITUTE•
TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL 51'd

Ste,—Your correspondent J. K. has not an° ~L2.1P1
tion, I asked whether a gentleman now advertise°';'oo
ils. not the same " who has been goini7 about glli•t
JectKures, to prove that the old testament is not the 'cOOA
K. answers generally that the directors escltledoloi;
controversial theology. Probably they intend t°- rj.
who know that the infidelity of materialism har
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anatomical lectures to students in surgery,
the same poison may be administered threug. s
1:a iCe;;
of ,
of a chemical lecture to Liverpool mechanics • ,e
shewn us how seditious politics may be taught to '
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mars and
Corporation I hope know too well whet'
to spend their money on the Mechanics' Instite' the rjl
serving a wholesome controul over the subjects
and I don't see why any men with an honest
object to it. As for " railinc,," J. K. cannot lc 4:0,1c
means. To rail, according to Johnson is "TO tise,i'lt'er;
reproachful language, to mention, in o p ()Vic°. `"
used no insolent language, I only asked what
pine yl
chanics are to derive from lectures on the alqtbr
guage, and the history of the middle ages? tire!;ol
correspondent for his polite invitation to these ie-tr .
most submissively hope he won't think me rude' -Ostl
of railing, if I venture most respectfully to rePlY' ti
my time may be more profitably employed.--I 3111.A1‘

TO THE' EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL S

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S[ll2—lt is stated in the STANDARD of yestel:h-e ere' 411
to the exertions of Captain John Davies and eggg'
Grace, the crew and passengers of the Betsey aft""-,etl, (11
off Rhyl, on the 4th of November, 1831, were sa'g be) or
I have to inform you that the crew of the Gra'''.5 04,
in the business. The men that ventared their lilreoce)
boat with Captain John Davies were all of this Pe ooV
whom belonged to the Yale of Clwyd steamer, °l'
and Elizabeth trader, and two pilots of this rivers-,49
Post-office, Rhyl, 15th May, 1833. E, r/u'

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MARRIED •
0, of odet
On Monday, the 6th instant, Mr. Ashcroft, sure„,jlolio
Anne, only daughter of Mr. Thomas-Stopford,
On Saturday last, at London, Alexander Grand.
second daughter of Joseph If eynor Brooksbanl‘4-ites•dh.
On Monday last, at St. Philip's. Church, by ycito to
stead, Mr. Joseph Phillips, merchant, to Elizabe
daughter of Mr. P. Witna, of this town. es We 0
On Tuesday last, at Wllaltoil Church, IFIr Jain e
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Ann Williamson. 3if
Yesterday, at St. Michael's Church, Toxtetlitatitre'
son, son of Air. Edward Wilson, joiner, of G:lidesf
of Westmoreland, to Miss Margaret ParrY'
William Parry, tinman and brazier of this tow n.

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DIED •
On the 23rd January last, at Bonny, on the coSast,,°,,,fsl; '')'' i
22nd year of his age, Thomas Junior', surgeon, 3.° ° ...,0
late Joseph Junion, Esq. Higher Runcorn, Cheshire-00y.
On the 3rd instant, deeply lamented, Mary shrorLd
On the Bth instant, at Denbigh,
daughter of William Sparling, Esq. of Petton Hal!, .
_.., 13P .11
Same day, of a decilne, Mr. John Jones, printy' di,
Carnarvon, aged 19.auglitefd l'
John Roberts, Esq. Copy. • er'' i,
a 6, fr
On the 11th instant, Robert Dennistoun, E°4l*
near Glas.,w. of 3it'
On Monday last, Mary Anne, the infant dairtter isj
,2 of
son, Bold-street. . __,ife o•
Same day, at Douglas, Isle of Man, Catherine, l'
,At
Harrison, aged 52. Pain
On Tuesday last, aged 66, Mr. Richard Cumming, Ali
of Kendal. Miss Roberts,ts
illness, :
On Wednesdaay last after a long and severee ~ ibill,
daughter of Ralph Thicknesse, jun. Esq. of 13e ci

TO CORRESPONDI .
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We beg to assure our esteemed cotrespon-eu , p . e -
olio ot 0
that our only reason for suppressing a
: g to ill4t'
communication was, that we did not wAt ~, a r-
troversy with a contemporary and
twadanoo
is beneath notice.
V. E. P. P. in our next. 0:1,1:

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