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

THE VUNDS..--SATURDAY EVENlNG.—Activity in busi-
ness has not been manifested in the stock-markets to-day,
but nevertheless there was much firmness displayed, and quo-
tations generally are considered a shade better. Consols for
money and the account closed9s4 to 96 ; New 31 per Cents.,
1024 ; Long Annuities, 12 13-16 ; South Sea New Annuities,
934; Exchequer-bills, 68s. to 70s. premium; and ditto ad-
vertised, 655. to 675. premium. In the foreign securities,
Spanish Actives closed at the higher price of 204 to -1 ; and
ditto, Three per Cents., 27Z to 1. In other respects there
were few dealings. Brazilian Five per Cents. left off 78:`i ;
ditto, New, 724 ; Chilian, 85, ex. deferred ; Columbian 2,14
to 4 ; Mexican, 30 ; Portuguese, converted, 32; Dutch 21
per Cents., 554 to '4' ; and ditto, Five per Cents., 102.

WATER FOR FIRES.—We are glad to find, that the autho-
rities have, at length, seriously resolved to remove from Li-
verpool the opprobrium of a " bad eminence" in being dis-
tinguished for disastrous fires, by providing an abundant and
prompt supply of water. The committee on the subject,
after a most patient and assiduous inquiry into numberless
schemes, plans, &c., have come to the determination of
adopting the plan first suggested by Mr. Capes Ashlin, Se-
cretary to the Watch Committee, as being at once the most
economical, the most efficient, and, of course, the best. Seek-
ing only the public good, the Town-council and the High-
way Board have cordially agreed to carry Mr. Ashlin's plan
as speedily as possible into effect, and for this purpose it is
hoped to obtain the necessary acts this session.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE NEW DOCK WORKS.-All
inquisition was yesterday taken before Mr. Curry, touching
the death of James Bentley, a labourer employed at the New
Dock works, on the west side of the Salthouse Dock. It
appeared, that on Saturday afternoon the deceased was walk-
ing along a plank (placed over the excavation) towards a
railway or tram stage, to speak to another workman, when
he was tripped by a nail in the wood, and fell down into the
dock, a depth of about 40 feet. He was taken up insensible,
and conveyed to the Southern Hospital, where he remained
in the same state until Sunday, when he died. On the post
mortem examination it was found, that he had received a
severe contusion of the right ,side of the head, which had
caused effusion of blood on the brain, and which effusion
was the cause of death. The jury returned a verdict of
" Accidental death."

BEGGARS.-At the police-court on Saturday, about twenty-
three individuals, of all sorts, sizes, and ages, the lame, the
halt, and the blind, youthful, aged, and juvenile, were placed
at the bar. The majority of them appeared to be really in a
state of destitution, and these were evidently professional
beggars, and they were ordered to be imprisoned a month.
Two young fellows, one a mere youth, were introduced to the
Court in attire which they had evidently adopted for the pur-
pose of imposing o❑ the benevolent. They were dressed in
nice white shirts, carefully got up, clean light-coloured vests,
and black silk cravats, carelessly tied, with the shirt collars
turned over ala Byron. The officer, on searching the apart-
ment of the elder, found that he had both a jacket and a wife ;
and it was sufficiently clear that they had both adopted men-
dicancy as an easy profession. They were sent to gaol for a
month.

ROBBERIES BY AN OFFICE BOY.—On Saturday last, a
sharp looking lad, apparently about fourteen years of age,
was charged at the police-court on Saturday, with having
stolen a travelling shawl, the property of Mr. William Myers,
junr., of the firm of Messrs. Laces, Myers, and Rigge. It
appeared that the prisoner has been some time in the service
of Messrs. Laces, as an office boy. A short time ago he bad
two sums of £1 15s. 2d. given to him to purchase stamps.
Instead of paying for these stamps, he forged orders for them,
imitating the signature of the clerk so well that the parch-
ments were delivered to him, and he pocketed the money.
This delinquency was discovered in due course, and he was
forgiven, but he was discharged on Thursday last. He re-
tuned on Friday morning, while the charwoman was cleaning
the office, and walked off with Mr. Myers' travelling shawl,
which he carried home to his aunt, whom he informed that
he had purchased it for 3s. 6d. The prisoner was committed
to trial.

APPEALS AGAINST THE INCOME TAX.—On Friday and
Saturday, a great number of persons appeared at the Ses-
sions'-house, Kirkdale, to appeal against the assessment
made upon them as residents in Toxteth-park, &c., in the
West Der )3, District. Owing to the want of due arrange-
ments in hearing the parties, either in the alphabetical order
of their names or otherwise, great confusion, if not actual
tumult, were manifested throughout great part of both days,
and some of the constables of the gaol had to be sent for to
endeavour to preserve order. Four rooms were opened to
receive the appellants, viz., the Court Room, the Petty
Court, the Grand Jury Room, and an Ante-room, but the
disorder and discontent were irrepressible, Some who were
lucky enough to obtain admittance early were heard, but
many others were excluded—and the further proceedings
were adjourned until the 18th instant. The spirit evinced by
some of the malcontents may be estimated from the fact that
many of the seats and fittings in the courts were mutilated
and cut. The damage, on the whole, is said to be considera-
ble, and cannot be traced to the offenders, who thus wan-
tonly evinced their enmity to the tax, or the mode of its col-
lection.

INNKEEPERS CHARGES AT SPORTING SEASONS.—The
writer of the sporting articles in the Morning Herald pays
the following compliment to the honourable conduct of the
Liverpool publicans with reference to the liberal treatment
he met with from them in the course of last week. " Speak-
ing of sharp practice forces on me a subject to which I did
not intend allusion for the present. Still the conduct of the
burghers of Liverpool on a recent occasion really demands
that justice should be rendered to it by one whose withers
have been sufficiently wrung by the arithmetic of other race
towns, to appreciate the velvet of their accounts. No sooner
does the anniversary of a pleasure-tryst come round at such
places as Newmarket, Goodwood, Epsom, Windsor, Don-
caster, and similar localities, than it is discovered that a man
wanting the accommodation of a bed for a single night
should purchase it at the intrinsic value of the materials he
puts into requisition for half a dozen hours. A friend of
mine for many years has paid the annual rent of the cottage
which he occupies at Ascot during four days of its race week.
In January they give you a dinner and a bow at Chichester
for half-a-crown; in July they don't condescend to give you
a civil refusal for half-a-guinea. Presently we shall come to
particulars touching these places; but the good cheer and
charges of the Liverpool publicans are too fresh in my
memory to warrant passing by the first opportunity of com-
paring them with their brother sinners elsewhere. . .

The Derby betting has been ' good for nothing' since Mon-
day. The stimulus, however, has been applied, and the
market will soon evince the effects of the recipe; 'ram in the
spors,' quoth the German—our moral brother is rarely
astray in the action—whatever he may be in the theory—of
his philosophy."

RUNNING FOUL OF THE LIGHTSHIP.—A very long in-
quiry took place at the Police-court, on Saturday, touching
a collision which recently occurred in the Crosby Channel.
The complainants in the case were the Committee of the Li-
verpool Dock Trust. The defendant was Isaac Williams, a
pilot, belonging to Pilot-boat No. 5, and the informaticn
stated that he, being a pilot, and having charge and command
of the ship Powhattan, wilfully and carelessly permitted her
to run foul of the Crosby Lightship, which belonged to the
Trustees of the Liverpool Docks. Mr. Worthington, the
Solicitor for the Dock Estate, appeared for the Trustees, at-
tended by Lieutenant Lord, the Marine Surveyor, and Lieu-
tenant Jones. assistant to the latter. Mr. Wright, solicitor,
appeared for the defendant, attended by Mr. Cooke, Super-
intendent of Pilots. It was explained by Mr. Worthington,
that Mr. Chamley, the master of the Lightship, had been
confined to his house in consequence of a severe injury which
he had received, which was the reason why the case had not
been brought forward earlier. It appeared by the evidence
of the master and crew of the Lightship, that, on the 18th of
January last, about twenty minutes past nine o'clock. the
weather being rather hazy, with a smooth sea and a 'light
breeze and a rapid tide, w illiani Benin (who was the.owy
man on the deck of the Lightship at that moment) saw a
steamer with a vessel in tow. The pilot on board the vessel
called out " Lightship ahoy I" He had just been ringing the
bell, which he did every two minutes in thick weather. He
answered the pilot, when the latter said, " Put your helm a-
port." He ran aft and did so, and immediately the collision
took place. The accounts of the damage which have passed
the Dock Committee were put in, amongst which was one of
£45 for 40 fathoms of chain and an anchor which are still be-
low water. It was contended for the defendant. that the
collision was the result of unavoidable accident, which no
additional prudence or foresight could have averted. Seve-
ral pilots and masters of tug boats were called, who stated,
that, at the time when the accident occurred, the night sud-
denly became so thick that they could hardly see a ship's
length a-head. At length, Mr. Wright having twice or thrice
complained that he was, through the delay of the Trustees in
bringing the matter forward, thrown upon general evidence,
instead of the material testimony which he could have had
from those on board the Powhattan, Mr. Rushton said he
would, if Mr. Wright desired it, adjourn the case, as the
Powhattan was a regular trader, till the return of that ves-
sel. Mr. Worthington, on behalf of the Trustees, acceded
to this course, and thus the matter rests for the present.
ROYAL ASSEMBLY-ROOMS—MR. BRAHAM.—This extra-
ordinary man—for extraordinary he is who can maintain his
position as the first of English singers for more than half a
century—gave a concert, assisted by his son, Chas. Braham,
on Friday last, at the above rooms ; and a great musical treat
the very fashionable and numerous company enjoyed who
were present, if we may be permitted to judge by the rap-
turous applause that rewarded every effort of the " tenor
superbe." Mr. Braham looks as well as he did ten or
twelve, or even more, years ago; and sings—to compare any
English singer to him, even now, is quite absurd, and be he
who he may, he must suffer by the comparison. The purity
of style, the chasteness of expression, the roundness and ful-
ness of tone—while the execution, not the roulading, or, as
poor Incledon used to term it, the " colly wobbling," but
the mode of conveying to the hearer the intention of the
composer, is still to be found in Mr. Braham's singing un-
approachable. The programme consisted of two parts : the
following was the scheme :
PART I.

Scene, " The Last Words of Marmion," Mr.
Braham
Dr• Clarke
Recitative," The War that for a space did fail,,,
Air, " A light on Marmion's visage spread,"
Song, " My Boyhood's Home," from the Opera
of " Amelie,' Mr. Charles Braham Roolce.
Scene, " William Tell," Mr. Braham Braham.
Song, " The Miniature," poetry by G. Morris, of
America, Mr. Braham .. Knight.
Song, " There's charm in Spring," from the Opera
of " The Village Coquette," by Boz, Mr. Chas.
Brahain ..
Scotch Song, " Macgregor's Gathering," poetry
by Sir Walter Scott, Mr. Braham ..... A. Lee.
Duet, " Gallop on gaily," Mr. Braham and Mr.
Charles Braham Brahatn.
PART 11.
Celebrated Scene, from the Oratorio of " Jep-
thah," 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.Braham
Irish Love Song, " Molly Bawn," Mr. Braham.Lover.
Duet, " All's Well," Mr. Braham and Mr. C.
Bra'ham
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 were 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 expects 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 Elish singers. His voice approaches
a baritone. He san "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.

Braharn