The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-03-07 00:00:00

PART I

Scene, " The Last Words of Marmion," Mr.
Braharn
Recitative, " The War that for a space did fail," Dr Clarke
Air, " A light on Marmion's visage spread,"
Song, " My Boyhood's Home," from the Opera
of " Amelie,' Mr, Charles Braham Rooke.
Scene, " William Tell," Mr. Braham.. Braham.
Song, " The Miniature," poetry by G. Morris, of
America, Mr. Braham
ong, " There's charm in Spring," from the Opera
The Village Coquette," by Boz, Mr. Chas.

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Brabara , Hullah
Scotch Song, " Macgregor's Gathering," poetry
by Sir Walter Scott, Mr. Braham , . ... •• • •
Duet, " Gallop on gaily," Mr. Braham and Mr
Charles Braham

A. Lee.

Brahant
PART Ir.
Celebrated Scene, from the Oratorio of "
thali," Mr. Braham
Recitative, " Deeper and deeper still,"
Air, " Waft her angels,"
Song, " When the trump of Fame," Mr. Charles
Braham
Song, " The Death of Nelson," Mr. Braham
Recitative, " O'er Nelson's tomb," ........ Braham
Air, " 'Twas in Trafalgar Bay,"
Song, " The Anchor's weighed," Mr. C.Braham.Brabanz
Irish Love Song, " Molly Bawn' " Mr. Braham.Lover
Duet, " All's Well," Mr. Braham and Mr. C.
Braham
Bruce's Address to his Army, " Scots wha hae,"
Mr. Braham.
It would be a difficult task to say which of these performances
gave the greatest satisfaction. We must say we have heard
the " Death of Nelson " sung by Mr. Braham many times
years ago, and listened to it with delight; but—whether it
was from its coming new to us in such a style, after having
heard attempts to sing it occasionally, all of which :vere more
or less failures—we fancied we had never heard Mr. Braham
sing it so well : it was indeed a splendid performance, and
must have warmed many a heart with a national pride, when
the magic words, " England eypects every man, to do his
duty, pealed forth in sonorous tones. The scena from
" William Tell " was another masterpiece of singing. As a
contrast to the other pieces, Lover's " Molly Bawn " was
sung with a grace, pathos, and humour, that richly deserved
the encore it met with. " Scots wha hae " was encored vo-
ciferously. " Deeper and deeper still" appeared greatly
admired. Of Mr. Charles Braham we can speak favourably.
His voice is powerful and full of tone, and is one that will
improve amazingly. Experience and study will place him
in the highest rank of English singers. His voice" approaches
a baritone. He sang " The Anchor's weighed extremely
well. His style, and mode of treatment of his subject, con-
stantly remind us of his father. The duet of " All 's Well"
was charmingly given. We cannot particularise the encores,
they were so numerous. From the satisfaction experienced
by those present, Mr. Braham may anticipate a still more
fashionable and crowded room on his neat appearance.

Branam

,OPENING OF AN ORANGE LODGE.-011 Friday last
new lodge of the Loyal Orange Institution was opened at
the Shropshire House, Sir Thomas's-buildings, which was
most numerously attended by deputations from all the lodges
in the town. All the proceedings were conducted with the
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greatest propriety, and which, we trust and doubt not, will
ale•ays be the distinguishing features of the Orange body.
ACier the first toast, given by the W.M., " The Queen," the
band struck up the National Anthem. The second toast
was, " The G.M. of England," after which the band played
" See, the conquering hero comes." The third toast was,
" The D. G. M. of England :" was followed by musical
honours. And the last toast in order—" The glorious, pious,
and immortal memory of King William 111.. Prince of
Orange"—was followed by the band playing the Dead March
in Saul. The health of the District Master was drunk, and
the respective parties responded; after which the health of
the W.M., and success to 29 lodge. The evening was spent
in social order.

GREAT WESTERN STEAM SHIP COMPANY.—A meeting
of proprietors of this company took place on Thursday last,
at Bristol. The press was excluded, but the Bristol Journal
of Saturday gives sonic information collected from private
sources. The report announced a failing off in the receipts;
those for 1841 having been £33,763, and those for 1842
£30,830. The expenditure last year was about £2OOO less
than in 1841, though the vessel was re-coppered and tho-
' roughly refitted. The document, after noticing the continued
depression in commercial affairs, goes on as follows :—" The
experience of the last season has fully satisfied your directors
that your interests are improved by sailing to and fro from
Liverpool. Your ship has brought home passengers on seve-
ral occasions who would not have joined her at New York
for Bristol. The agency business, however, which in Bris-
tol has always been done at your office, is at Liverpool in the
hands of the carriers, and, consequently, lost to the compa-
ny ; this, in the preceding year, realized £452." The fol-
lowing also are extracts from the report :—" The balance of
the year's working, after carrying £430 13s. in reduction of
the expenses incur red in the formation of the Company, and
of the loss sustained on the first voyage, and inclusive of in-
terest on the Reserved Fund, is £1,748 Bs. Id., which is car-
ried to the Reserved Fund Account, thereby increasing it to
£11,074 Os. 3d. The amount of unpaid calls, including
£1,495 due on the two last cals, is £3,365; your Directors
having recovered in cash £6,433 13s. 4d, and in collateral se-
curities £3091 6s. Bd., together £9,435, of the arrears which
were due at the last annual meeting, and they are continuing
their endeavours to collect the remainder with the assistance
of the solicitors of the Company. Seventy shares have been
forfeited." In conclusion, the report alludes in terms of re-
gret to the resignation of Robert Bright, Esq., as one of the
directors. At the audited account appended to the report,
it appears that the proceeds of 27 voyages of the Great West-
ern (1838-42) have been £204,756, leaving a profit of £25,756.
The cost of the Great Western is stated at £61,671 ; that of
the Great Britain, £73,908 ; and the Company's building
establishment, £50,839. After an address from Mr. Aikin,
on the despondency in the minds of many with respect to the
Company, which he declared to be needless, Mr. Brunel
moved that the Directors be empowered to borrow a sum not
exceeding £20,000, to proceed with building the Great Bri-
tain, iron steam ship. The proceedings were more amicable
than was expected.

ALLEGED FRAUD.—On Saturday, Mr. Leonard Simpson,
of the firm of Smith, Simpson, and Co., was charged at the
Police-court with having obtained money under false pre-
tences. Mr. Shuttleworth, the Deputy Town-clerk, stated
that the prisoner, who was a freeman of Liverpool, had com-
mitted a fraud on the town dues. On the 14th of February,
a vessel called the Glenfaba arrived at this port from the Isle
of Man, with a cargo of potatoes. The firm to which the
prisoner belonged had charge of the vessel, and the potatoes
were entered as the property of Leonard Simpson, a freeman
of the boi ou,gli, and were passed free of the town dues. The
potatoes were the property of the captain, who sold them on
the quay. A bill of charges was afterwards presented to the
captain, in which 17s. 6d. was charged as town dues. The
passage of the entry was proved by the clerk of the Town
Dues Office, and the master of the Glenfaba proved that the
potatoes were his property, and that he had been charged
the town dues. Mr. Dowling said that, in consequence of a
communication from Mr. Shuttleworth, he went that morn-
ing to the office of Messrs. Smith, Simpson, and Co., for
the purpose of making inquiry. He asked the prisoner if
he had received a cargo of potatoes recently, and he replied
that he had, by the Glenfaba. He said the potatoes were
his own, and that he was a freeman. On being questioned
touching the entry, he said his clerk, Jones, passed it. Mr.
Dowling subsequently asked him if he had any objection to
show the record of the transaction in his books, but this he
declined, upon which Mr. Dowling took him into custody.
Mr. Rushton said the case was not made out against the
prisoner, as it was not shown that he was cognisant of the
passing of the entry. The prisoner declared that he knew
nothing of the matter. Mr. Shuttleworth said they had not
been able at once to secure the attendance of the prisoner's
clerk, but, if Mr. Rushton would remand the prisoner, fur-
ther evidence would be forthcoming on Monday. Mr. Rush-
ton said the case might be adjourned till one o'clock on
Monday, and that the prisoner should be liberated till then
on giving bail for his due appearance, himself in £2OO and
two sureties in £lOO each. If he failed to give such bail,
he would be held in custody. Shortly afterwards the re-
quired bail was given, and Mr. Simpson was liberated.—
Albion. Yesterday, Mr. Simpson again appeared at the
Police-court,,when Mr. Dowling stated to the court that he
was not able to go any further with the case. Mr. Rushton
then ordered Mr. Simpson to be discharged.

EMBEZZLEMENT—WHAT IS IT ?-A young man, respect-
ably attired, named William Smith James, was placed at the
bar of the Police-court, yesterday, on a charge of embezzle-
ment preferred against him by his master, Mr. Thos. Neale,
druggist, of No. 5, Scotland-place. It appeared, that, about
church time on Sunday morning, Alice Green, servant in
a family residing on Islington-terrace, went to Mr. Neale's
shop and purchased six leeches, for which she paid two shil-
lings to the prisoner. In the evening she went again to the
same shop for some lamp-oil. Mr. Neale, to whom she ad-
dressed herself, told her that that was a description of article
which he could not sell on Sunday. " Oh," she replied,
" but it is for the same person for whom I got the leeches
here this morning." This led to some explanations, which
convinced Mr. Neale that the money had never come into his
hands. On being asked for it a later period, the prisoner re-
plied, " I put it into my pocket to borrow it." He was then
given into'custody. Ihlr. Davenport appeared for the prisoner,
and, in reply to his questions, Mr. Neale stated, that he had
left only sixpence in the drawer in the morning, and, in the
evening, there was just the same money. The prisoner had
had the sole charge of the shop in the intermediate time.
He had previously had reason to doubt the prisoner's ho-
nesty, and had expressed a wish to have his indentures can-
celled. The prisoner, on being called upon, said, he was in
a hurry to go to church at the time when he received the
two shillings, and he put it into his pocket,with the intention
of placing it in the till. He had told this to his master. Mr.
Rushton said a new class must be found in which to put of-
fences of this kind. A learned judge had decided that em-
bezzlement involved secrecy ; that if the prisoner, instead of
denying the charge, said he had a right to the money, it was
not embezzlement. Mr. Davenport said this was precisely
the case in the present instance. Mr. Rushton continued,
that if it was not an embezzlement it was a larceny. Mr.
Davenport rejoined, that the question then would be whether
the prisoner had taken the money with a felonious intent.
Mr. Rushton.—No doubt. Mr. Davenport, in continuation,
submitted, that the circumstances did not at all assume the
character of a larceny : the prisoner had been in the habit of
receiving money which he handed over to his master as soon
afterwards as he saw him ; but, in the present instance, the
opportunity had not been afforded to him, for he had not seen
Mr. Neale till the evening. Mr. Neale said the prisoner saw
him in the kitchen in the afternoon ; besides he never allowed
any of his young men to put his money which they received
in the course of business into their pockets. Mr. Rushton
said, with the greatest possible deference to the decision of
the learned judge referred to, he was of opinion that the pre-
sent case was one of embezzlement. The prisoner held a
place of trust, and a large class of tradesmen were interested
in the repression of such offences as this ; he must be com-
mitted for trial at the sessions; but, of course, he was en-
titled to bail,--two sureties in £25 each. The prisoner was
then committed. The decision to which Mr. Rushton re-
ferred to was by Mr. Justice Cresswell on the case of " The
Queen v. Nornam," tried at the Devonshire assizes [Exeter]
on the 26th July, 1842, and reported in Carrington and Mar-
sham, 501. The marginal note there says, " Embezzlement
necessarily involves secrecy and concealment. If, therefore,
instead of denying the appropriation of property the prisoner,
in rendering his account, admits the appropriation, alleging a
right in himself, no matter how unfounded, or setting up an
excuse, no matter how frivolous, his offence in taking and
keeping is no embezzlement." Mr. Justice Cresswell, after
pronouncing this decision, added, " I do not say to what spe-
cies of offence this may amount, but, in my opinion, not to
embezzlement."