The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-11-07 00:00:00

AMPHITHEATRE

The truly grand and elegant equestrian performano

his unrival

;roop, under the directorship of Monsieur
e to attract respectable audiences ; but we
•iced flint there should not he more of the

beau monde of our town and neighbourhood among the
visitors of the Amphitheatre. We are the more surprised
at this when we consider that the troop are on their way
to London, to again open a season at Drury-lane Theatre,

ie considerable additions it
has received since, it was visited by all the royalty, nobility,
and fashionables of the metropolis, and terminated a most

ast season, without

across the Channel (little less than an entire ship load)
for our amusement and gratification, we should like to see
his exertions receive that substantial mark of esteem
which would ensure to us an annual visit to our town.
The elegance and respectability of the entire establish-
ment, which pervades every minute detail, and the beauty
of the costume, and the total absence of all that vulgarity
which is associated in our minds with our Circus perfor-
mances, has raised the Cirque de Paris to the same rank
which it holds in France. The performances, during the
last week, have been pregnant with much novelty. Mons.
Bons, a tight-rope dancer of the highest excellence, has
made his appearance, and does some most surprising feats.
That of extending his figure at full length upon the rope,
and remaining in that position, is the most remarkable.
Mons. Siegrist has succeeded Mons. Henri as a juggler
a cheval, and, in addition to his usual feats,- he has added
a few new and remarkable ones. Mdlle. Ducas is a very
clever and expert rider. She dashes at her work with
much spirit, and is fearless of danger. The truly elegant
Emmeline Lambert has appeared in the highly classical
" Mantle Pose's.," with its beautiful costume of a Grecian
maiden. Nothing can exceed the studied grace and classic
taste of this lady. Little Aug. Berg continues to astonish
by her expert, easy, and graceful feats on her petit cheval.
She is a remarkably clever child. Mdlle. Palmira Annato
has repeated her elegant pas. Her performance is remark-
able for natural grace, modesty of manner, and a high
finished style, peculiarly her own. As an expert eques-
trian, she succeeded, on Friday night, in accomplishing
no fewer than forty-five bounds over the scarfs and
through the hoops. She received most enthusiastic ap-
plause for this feat. Young Loisset is the most surprising
young rider we ever saw ; there is a fearlessness and bold-
ness of style not to be exceeded. The stately and duchess-
like Caroline, on her famous horse " Jupiter„' in the
high school of riding, is the most magnificent performance
we ever saw, and exceeds anything of the kind we ever
beheld. Mdlle. Mathilde is equally clever on her horse
" Norfolk." Little Marie Annato appeared in the " Pas
de Etrangers," with its four changes of costume. Her
steps are exquisite, and of a high finished style, and her
dark eyes sparkle with brilliancy as she receives the ap-
plause of the audience. The clowns, Auriol and L'Eciair,
afford endless amusement whilst these entertainments are
going on, by their jokes and tricks, which, together with
the excellent music, from the able conductorship of Mons.
Hamet. affords every gratification to be desired. Our
parting words are, Allez les voir.

voting his life and energy.
CHLOROFORM AND DELIRIUM.—I had occasion, ill
conjunction with a medical friend, to visit a man labour;
ing under furious delirium. He possessed great physical
strength, and was exhausting his energies in maniacal
struggles. We found him raving in his bed, with diffi.:
culty held down by four men as powerful as himself; h
mind distracted by the impression that he was suffering
from hydrophobia, having, as we were informed, Tee
bitten by a rabid cat some eleven years previously. The
herculean frame of this unhappy man was labouring under"
the powerful impetus of his distracted mind, and in the
hope of allaying his torments, we at once determined on
trying the effects of chloroform. It was accordingly ad-
ministered, and in five or six minutes he was sleeping as
peacefully as an infant. When he awoke from that sleet'
he was still undoubtedly a maniac, but he was tranquil,
and his violence greatly subdued. He also for a few
minutes recognised his wife, which proved how wonder-
fully the chloroform had restored the natural condition
of his " perturbed spirit." Subsequently he required
much less restraint, and the chloroform being repeat en
every night and morning, for a week or ten days, dailY
improvement was observable, and at the end of that time
he went into the country with his reason completely re-
gained, and he continues up to this moment in the en-
joyment of perfect health, both of body and mind.--
Bainbrigge's Remarks on Chloroform.
PERFECT INSECTS.—When the development of the
perfect insect is complete, and all its parts and organs
have attained the requisite firmness and solidity, it imme-
diately begins to exercise them in their intended functionS•
Previously to this launching into the' wide world, or at
least directly after, almost all insects discharge from their
intestines some drops of an excrementitious fluid, often
transparent, and sometimes red. In some instances,
where their numbers have been considerable, this has
produced the appearance of a shower of blood ; and bl
this natural fact, all those bloody showers recorded hi
historians as preternatural, and regarded where thel
happened, as fearful prognostics of impending evils, are
stripped of their terrors, and reduced to the class of events
that happen in the common course of nature. Sooe
perfect insects live only a few hours; some never see the
sun; others, as fleas, moths, and butterflies, and indeed
fifteenmoAsNt e
uo sm n
tomhnaot
thn
INCIDENThs .
he fed
f eI Some,water-beetle
tThHe E
rose-beetle
oi:FwEaevol eaFrr, , enjoygLewogi
iahns
the majority of insects, a fewl days or a week ; while e
captivity. Mr. Baker kept one of the darkling
very few, such as large beetles, six, nine, twelve, 95
beetles
alive under a glass upwards of three years. Roesel in-
formssfcr
vuAeists longTseaLlnEf
and
toi lives
moist
white
white bread for as long a period : and Esper kept oar
years and a half.—Sharpe's London Magazine.'
—Upon a certain occasion, as Lord Castlereagh was past
ing slowly and thoughtfully from an interview with 11"
Majesty (George IV.) at Carlton House, to his own resi-
dence in St. James's-square, he was accosted by an Irish
labourer, who, with his hod reversed, seemed as if pre'
pared to attend the funeral of his own hopes. " Long life
to your honour !" said Pat, in a peculiarly melancholy
tone. Lord C . raised his eve. Pat took off his apology
for a hat, made his bow, and repeated " Musha, then, lotlf
------ life to your honour's lordship !" There was somethini
The Bishop of Chester will hold an ordination at singular in the man's appearance and address, and his
Chester, on the 24th December. Castlereagh, half-hesitating, half-advancing, fixed
10,'
eyes upon him with a kindliness of look, which indu _
ceu
The Preston Pilot of Saturday notices the receipt of
o u" eLy cie
ru
some very beautiful ripe strawberries, gathered from Pat to go on—" God be with the days, your honour, whel;
you used to be fishing in the lough !" " What lough, Op
plants in the open air, near that town. gthbeFreoy?l,e, , to,, blefasyubree,ly
wasp o,
tn,
ply, r -.
At the Lancaster sessions, Daniel Elletson, Esq.,
Parrox Hall, Fleetwood, qualified as a magistrate for this
your honour, when I used to help to push your honour '
county. g,,owodhfye,llwowe'r?e"y
boat off, and when, may God for ever bless you for its
The two floors at Messrs. Rylands factory, at Wigan,
„0
fell on Wednesday, with the ponderous weight of ma- wonst (once) when I tumbled in, neck and crop, Yu_
chinery. Only one female was seriously hurt. pulled me out by the nape of the neck. Och ! faith, Ire
d i'
On Sunday week, Mr. Henry Bell, of Preston, returned member it," added the poor fellow, with a smile, "an
thanks in church for the restoration of his eye-sight. He it hadn't been for your honour's lordship, I'd have been afo
up
had been operated on for cataract by a surgeon in that dead as a herring, sure enough !" " Aye, well, what ,
town. your name ? " Bill Brady, to be sure." " Oh, I remell,
The foundation stone of St. Paul's Church,Daneßridge, ber something about you, but what brought you herbut
near Northwich, Cheshire, was laid on the 12th ultimo, " Och, like many others, I came to seek
Amy fortune,
by the Rev. Richard Greenall, M.A., incumbent of Stret- the devil a much luck I have had yet." Are you in ele:
ton and Rural Dean. , ployment ?" " No. faith, lam not ; but I'm promised "
The young people prepared by the Rev. C. F. Smith, job next Monday, plase God." " Well, Bill, here's softie;
Incumbent of Pendlebury, near Manchester, for the last thing to drink success to old times," handing poor Pat
confirmations on the 24th ult., held by the Bishop' of couple of sovereigns. Lord Castlereagh then hastene'i
Manchester, consisting principally of factory girls, and on ; while Pat kept his hand open, alternately looking et
sons and daughters of colliers, have presented that rev, the sovereigns and at the donor; the tear of gratitude er
g&,i
gentleman with a very handsome pair of silver candle- length trickled down his lime-coloured cheek, and, afte
sticks. a moment taken t o suppress the swelling of his surchar
e%'
A CAUTION TO RAILWAY TRAVELLERS.-011 Saturday heart, he shouldered his hod, and in a sort of ecstacy _. ,
week, J. Smith, a mechanic, was travelling by the Man- claimed, as he turned away, " Well, you're the ould telling!.
chester train, and on arriving at Pendleton, his arm, after all !" Such was the man who has been by 11,
ois2l„,
which was resting on the window of the carriage door, mies accused of a cold, calculating heart, and wan! `:::,,,
with the elbow projecting about three inches over the out- pithy for the sufferings of his fellow. creaturesae pi D'illtal4
side, was caught by the doors (which had been negligently
rmarcienceLidetvowfiarslilcae
nedharactw
Correspondence the
of theg late
left open) of an empty train, standing on the side rails, Viscounter
Castlereagh, by the Marquis of Londonderri/ t
and broken in two places ; his hand and fingers were aIsoINTELLECTUALITY OF THE LOWER ANIMALS. TO'
LS.,—
severely lacerated by the plate glass. Smith has a wife
inferiorin •
the animals, many instances, possess the orit
and six children. nary passions, even more extensively than ourselves, ic,_,,
A LANCASHIRE CANNIBAL.—Early on Sunday week. be readily admitted. How many, such as the whale, tn"
a police-officer observed a man, having the appearance of stork, and the domestic hen, will die in defence of then
an excavator, busily engaged searching in a field, off Shore- offspring—thus affording the strongest proofs in existene
street, Manchester, for something which he appeared to of domestic affection ! The case of thepelican is, an
have lost. The officer went up to, and questioned the aitt
know, a story. The attachment of the cat to its o -
man, who at first seemed remarkably taciturn, and indis- ..
any
posed corner, has been the theme of many a tale; a'
posed to answer questions.; but at last he gathered that kitten
the well-known instance, in which one carried her kit
the fellow he was addressing had that morning been en- . 1 sr'
gaged in an up-and-down fight,
Lancashire fashion, and singly, and therefore by repeated efforts, from G a
to Edinburgh, is an extreme case. The affecting t',l, '4
that he was looking for one of his ears—which his ant ago- related by Mr. Maxwell, in his Wild Sports of the 0 i',.'4
nist had bit off! Commiserating the poor wretch, the
of the blind seal, is another of the same. After all ~,'"
policeman assisted him to look for his ear, which after removals from the house where it had been domesticate'
awhile he found, when the officer strongly advised him to it beic
found its way back ; its eyes were torn from t 3
appear at the Borough Court next morning, to apply for sockets, and it was thrown into the Atlantic, yet still
a warrant against the brute who had so maimed him.— 00
returned ; and finally, having been carried out to sea 3
" Noa, noa,' rejoined the fellow, coolly depositing his far that it was thought impossible for it to return,,,(
stray ear in his waistcoat pocket, " aw'st do nowt at •
made its way back in a violent storm, and, exhausted .I'_,
soart ; it war a fair gradeley stand-up battle, un aw mount hunger and
fatigue, expired on the threshold of its !',t
nother law nor warrant." hospitable and savage master. Who does not know I`,),e
MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.—On Friday, a man and worn an, fidelity of the dog ? How often will he pine over {of
named Thomas Cooke and Eliza Jones, were brought be- grave of his master, sometimes refusing food even ' i
before the magistrates at Manchester, on suspicion of weeks, till death at length puts an end to his suffering;
murder. The prisoners reside in a court in Dole Field, It would be a mere waste of time to mention anecdote
in which, at the bottom of a fight of stone steps, a man but Spenser's ballad, entitled A Beth Gelert, and „t4r,e
was found during one night at the end of last week, with story of the Chevalier Bayard, are cases in point. 1,1
a fearful contused cut at the back of the head. He was camel, the monkey, the dog, the elephant, and indeco
carried in a state of insensibility to the infirmary, and almost all with which we are acquainted, are more or le*i
died almost immediately. The evidence against the pri- revengeful ; on the contrary, the bull, the lion, the 'lllO
soners was that a woman living in the court heard a cry 1 hog, and as fables say, even the mouse, are possessed,
of " Watch ! " on the night in question, which was sub- gratitude •; while love, fear, generosity, emulation, cn•
'A OP
-1- repeated, or repeated in plrt the word being
_ . ...„ _ f age, and perseverance are common qualities. n•g,i#l
• -- the I that hope, despair, melancholy, joy, and ecstacy, an P
not
- --- -r+l-ia commonest creatures, can
,_< <<.,, avid,'

next witnesses, r-
drag a man who lay at the bottom of the steps into his
house and bathe his head with water. and afterwards take
him back to the steps and leave him there. The..pri-

be doubted, unless we are prepared to doubt the evice-05,
of our senses. Several of these feelings are forcibly
trated in the fate of Mr. Charles Gough, of Manches'ip
who was killed in the hills of Cumberland in 1805•
passing from Patterdale to Keswick, in an exeurtio,
• -. . if

,oners denied all knowledge of the affair. A surgeon from
hp infirmary, who had examined the head of_ deceased,

said the wound ungou
down the st

backwards

ps, or by a blow from behind.
prisoners, or rather against the

which vas more for the purpose of studying naturlii -feu
tory than for pleasure, he was enveloped in a fog, aqtee
over a cliff 600 feet high. His only companion, a
•

nce against tt

male prisoner (for there

nothing against the woman).
;nd the case, after they had

terrier bitch, watched his remains most lb
they were both found about two months
Thlmp'g Paner. read at the Liveepool Literary

Tie"-

Lay
deuce might be obtained if possible. was dismissed

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