The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-12-24 00:00:00

SPLENDID WORK ON FRRSCO DECORATIONS AND
STUCCOES.—We bad the. gratitie-tion of inspecting a few
days ago, at Mr tionetar's repesittiry, in Katiehigh-
street, a splendid and tlaborate volume in royal folio, en-
titled " Fresco D. cerateons of itirelres and Palates in
Italy, during tie 15,h and 1611 C. rituries. ( Parts I. and
II ; ) Fcrty six Pktes and Dese: i itns bs L. Grumer:
with an Essay on Arrib,..sques, y M Hittorff.'"Phe
plates in this worn exhibit all that is brautiful, curious,
or grotesque, in these species of mural, roof, or columnar
adornment, and thaugh a difference of opinion may exist
as to their general applicability in this somewhat humid
climate, we feel cotivirc d that they may be introduced
in good substantial buildings, public or private,
Kith admirable effect, and would be found sufficiently
durable if the crimposaietts introduced by modern ac'ence
were employeef—especially in the fine parts, viz, rapier
niache. They would not only (it selected fron, the serious
rather than the g,otesque) be soi, able for churches; but
appropriate de sig es lei& ht he found for our handsome new
shops, which, inderepdent of their intrinsic beauty and
richness, would, hire at. leas!, have the merit. and attrac-
tion of novelty. We reenrrimend our architects to an in-
spection of the book, to which is appended a key-plate,
showing the formation and rich coloring of the pieces of
each compartment, as w •rking designs.
VOCAL CONCERT —The lovers of music in Liverpool
had a rich treat at Mr. Radcliffe's concert of Friday
evening last. An uninterrupted course of enthusiestie
applause and numertua repetitiatis (though far fewer than
were clamorously allied far) are tolerable criteria of the
feeling of the audiiory ; but of the intense gratification
elicited by the pure tette, refined taste, and pet fect know-
ledge of Mrs. Surideland, those who heard her are alone
competent to speak of. Some idea may be formed
when it is stated. that Mrs. Sunderland sung in a dozen
moreemr, and repeated three of them. and narrowly es-
caped additional instances. The concerted piacas were
as near perfection as can be accomplished, and the admi-
rable effect of tour fine voices,—the lady above,
Messrs. Milnes (one of the finest counter tenors
we ever heard), Peace and Wilkinson (a splendid
bass, who, we find, are much in the habit of meeting
in orchestras), was exquisitely demonstrated in some
of the finest El es. medrigals. Ikc., in the catalogue.
The enthusiaskie delight with which thevr were listened to
evirbed' a great advaece it; judgement uo 1-sa than test; •
and the repeti.i in of Ba't. e's prize glee " Hail Memory,"
scarcely seemed to allay the. thirsty admiration of the
hearers. Mr. Ryall's in= rite, are too well Lnown to need
enforcing, but we do not ever teeolect him more impres-
sive or successful, (encores b-ing admit tal as proof,) and
we were particularly site with the force and expression
developed in the two r eautiful ituetts tietween tiis gentle-
man and Mrs. Sunderland. Mr. wilbeff r-e accompa-
nied with great juilgement and taste; and a tens elegant
and delighted audit-nee crowded Mr. Radcliffe's very spi-
rited undertaking.
BURN'S COMM FRCIAL GLANCE FOR 1815.—N0 Stft-
ti,tical d curt ent. ever gre- up by rrivste enterprise and
industry in this or at.y other ( out,t, y, has eta r been in-
vested with such universal credit and acknowledeed use-
felness by men of all shades of or inion as the " Ccutmer-
cial Glance," fat many years past published by the hte
John Burn, of Marrehes er. by leadine statesmen in both
houses of parliair etit, and by the entire mercantile com-
munity, it has beer' regarded as riff-reline a correct index
efthe transactions in e,:er y department of our Cotten menu-
ficture ; and it will with no sn all (leg -ee of sat istact 'on
that our readers will learn that rile parlication of the
Glance will be continued, with the same accuracy and im-
partiality, which distiegttished it riving the li'e-time of
its Original compiler, by Mr. Robert Burn, his son, who
rvill be aided by the poss. ss;on of the whole of his late
father's compilattotra and sources of informatien. An ad-
ditional claim to public support in this undertaking Mr.
Burn possesses in the praisewot thy motives which have
actuated him in its execution, which we may bete take the
opportunity of explaining. The late John Burn left the
copyright of the •• Glance" to his second son, who has
since died, leaving such copyrieht, by will, to his widow,
with instructions that Mr. Robert Burn, l.i. brother, who
had for some years actively aided his late father in its
preparation,should heassociated nithberin the labour!, and
profits of its pubic:it:on. It has been found advisable to
jolt' wit :• then, a third party, by whom several new and
valuable features will be added to it; and, in pursuance
of the agreement between the parties, which we have
perused, Mrs. Burn, the widow, is :limited a third portion
of the profits, without risk, in rase of its failure—a con-
tingeney which we cannot regard as within the bounds of
probability.
BURGLARY.—Yesterday, at the Police-court, a young
man, named Thomas John Southern, was brought before
Mr. Rushton, on a charge • f having broken into the
Shop of Messrs. Pierce and Crossfield, and str,len there-
from a considerable sum of motley, and other articles.
Thomas G. Capper, assistant in the shop, said that be
had left the shop on Monday, the 16th instant, about
eight o'clock, when everything was secure. On return.
ing neat morning he found the trop-door in the floor of
the shop open, and everything in mansion. lie then
missed a bag which had contained a £lO note and other
nionevs, and which he had for security concealed in a
pl.ce in ti,e shop which no one trot acquainted w th the
premises would have thought of searching He also
missed two boxes frotn the counter which were used to
hold cigars for retail, and some other money that had
been left in the till ; he also missed some snuff-boxes.
On examining around, he found that the party or parties
had eff. eted an et:trance into the cellar under the shop of
Mr. Dean, druggist (next door), by a window that looked
into it, and that he or they kid thence got into Messrs.
Pierce and Crossfield's cellar Ify removing some bricks in
the wall. Mr. Love, aesis!an to Mr. Dean, said that a
pane of glass had been removed from the window of Mr.
Jean's cellar. On Saturday la-t, in consequence of in-
formation given that the prisoner was suspected, a police-
officer who saw him in Tilh,43arn str et arrested him.
Inspector Anders found upon him some keys end a silver
watch, with which lie and the officer proceeded to the
prisoner's lodging in No. 5, William-street. The keys
opened the prisoner's boxes, and they found wiihtn a £lO
note, £4 10s. in sovereigns, £2 ss. in sayer, and 6s. O'd.
in copper. The note wni in a snuff-box produced. Mr.
Pierce said he had lost in all front £2O to £25 ; he identi-
fied the £lO note and the cigar.bost s ; the prisoner had
been in his service . eighteen months ego as shoe-boy.
The officers ascaraieeil that the prisoner had on Thurs-
day purchased the watch from Mr. Harrison, of Castle-
street, for £3 10a., which he paid fir in silver. The
snuff-box was identified by the assistant iu the shop.
Ile was committed for trial.

CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT.—At the Police•court
i yesterday, a respectable lookien man, named Walter
Blount, was placed before Mr. Rushton ors a charge of
having embezzled several sums of money from his em-
ployer, Mr. John Lane, brewer. Vauxhall-road. The
prosecutor said that the prisoner had been employed by
trim as book-keeper, and also to receive moneys at the
office, which he had to hand over every Saturday . ight,
the account bring kept in a small book, arid the parties
afterwards credited for the same in the general hooka.
Prisoner had left his service about two months, he having
discharged him on suspicion of dishon sty. On the 11th
of June Mr. Hartley, secretary to the Reform Associaion,
paid him £2O for grains, and he had only accounted to
him for £l5 of -that amount. The witness was severely
cross-examined by Mr. Owen .old Wardle on behalf of
the prisoner, with a view to show that no regular settle-
ment of accounts had ever been made between him and
the prisoner, and the reeult proved that, if this were not
so, the books had not, either previously or site' wards,
been kept in a very buenees•Lkee manner--the witness
acknowledging that he did not know how many thousand
pounds might have. pass-d through the prisoner's hands
while in the services. Evidence was gone in oas to the
charge, and it appeared that £l5 on:y out of ti,e £2O paid
had been accoucted for. Tao oth. r cases of receiving
money were next gone into—one of £4 5a., and another
of £1 18s. Mr. ()wen then elicited from the prosecutor
that the prisoner had Landed in a list to Lim, asking him
to see if he Lad received any of the Jrnout,ts, or whether
any of them could be footway charged to prisoner, who
expressed his willingness to pay them, as welt as for any
ale he might have got, but this, it appeared, was t vo days
atter the prisoner was discharged. The complairannt's re-
collection as to the list was not very clear, and Mr. li ush-
ton decided (on its being produced) that it should be ex.
amined by the books, which would take some time. 'Mc £5 short accounted for tr.-in Hartley Was in it, but not
the two others. Of the latter, however, there was hot
sufficient legal evidence to go to a jury, the receipts pro-
duced being defective. He was of opinion, however, that
the first case was tlearly one of emirt zzlement, es tie pri-
sorter had made a false entry. Finally lie remanded the
prisoner until Thursday, so that the list might be ex-
amined.
APPEAL CASE.---At the sessions, on Saturday, a case
was heard before the Recorder, in which Mr. George
Walker, a very reseectable retired brewer and publican,
who recently filled the (Mee of Pres;dent of the Liverpool
Guardian Society, was the appellant, and Mr. Edward
Rushton, Stipeneiary Mag sorte, was the respondent.
It was an appeal from one of Mr. Ru-b'on'a dec•sions,
in which he ordered Mr. Walker to he commited to pri-
son for three mcnths, on a charge of having indecently
exposed Ids person, in Devon street, to tour females.
Three witnesses were examined to establish the respond-
ent's case, and their evidence is alluded to in the Re..
corder's summing up. Mier a long address from Mr.
James in favour of the appellant, thirty witnesses, includ-
ing the Rev. F. Ould, Messrs Joseph Cooper, Councillor
Kilshaw, J. Ashcroft (ironmonger), T Turner (boot-
maker), Whitty (China dealer), and Evans (solicitor), were
celled to character, and in all our experience of courts of
justice we never heard a higher character for morality and
respectability that] Mr. Walker received front every one
of those witnesses. The Mayor was ready to be called
to give a similar character, but, owing to the lateness of
the hour, he vita obligol to leave for the Town-bail-
Witnesses were also "ailed who said they would not be-
lieve Steed and Bell (two of the witnesses for the respon-
dent) on their oaths. The Recorder then deliveredjudg-
ment at very considerable length. .tie remarked that it
was a nest serious, pitiful case, and that the duty of de-
ciding •r. conscicriti,usly had been rendered suill more . .
its p. n nt, in consequence of the highest possible charac-
ter MP,. Walker had received front respectable sources.
It was iet possible to say the defenditot was innocent with... out coming to the conclusion that three witnesses for the
prosecution were wilfully perjured. lie admitted' that
Bell had been considerably io ecnitheds;
but, still, omit-
ting altogether the evidence of Bell end Steed, he was
disposed to believe that the story of the little girl Walsh
was the truth. The witnesses were all unacqm.int ed with
each other; and if there was a conspiracy ritnoug them to
lay the charge, wl.ert was it concoct .0 ? and what motives
had they for bricgtrig- it ? when, without even demon dog
money from Mr. Walker, they called a policeman and
had him sent to Elndeivell. lie conclud, d by swing, that
with very great regret, he 31x ?in atouods for reversing
Mr. Rustitott's eecision. Mr. Welker, who sat in front
of his counsel during the preceedings, was then removed
to the Borough Prison, there to spend the remainder of
the three months' imprisonment, for which period he bad !-„,
been committed by Mr. Rushton. .., ..7 ,).
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