The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-05-21 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS.

I ACCIDENT.—On Monday evening, a seaman, whilst
going on board the Crescent, in Saithouse Dick, fell off
`lke ladder into the water. A policeman on the spot
- him fall, immediately threw him a rope, which he
1a- of' and held fast till he was rescued.
.4. handsome ,;.'vv brig, of 360 tons burthen, copperad
on the Stocks, and to classed A 1 for twelve years, has
been launched from the building yard of Mr. Wm. Jones,
"Nvilheli. She is called the Mary Winch, after the lady
a' k ra Winch, Esq., of Seacombe, Cheshire, partner
of Her'. "
in the ola. established firm of Peek, Brothers, and Winch.
SubnrYt L -.lEArn of A LADY.—The Lady of Mr.
to the Lord Mayor of London, arrived
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Magnay', broth!, Monday morning, from Dublin. and,
in this town early on the passage, she was conveyed
having been indispOSFs+ Tr. Cripps, surgeon, Dale-street,
in a car to the hotige 6if 'eans that were employed for
where, notwithstanding t 1 A. •:t of a short time. The
her relief, she died in tie 65',11+, '-e lungs.
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cause of death was congest:olV 61" itish and North
THE BOSTON STEAMERS."-Tlier: ll's. Captain Lott,
American royal mail steam-ship Calecroli4., , with a large
Sailed for Halifax and Boston on Sifridtiy'e.,- ";berma,
number of passengers and a heavy mail: TAB" Is_ 'me,
Captain Judkins, arrived at Halifax on the 211s1
after a boisterous passage, and would leave thime
the 16th ^d 18th instant respectively. She maY,' shout& 1
the weather be favourable, be looked for about to,tiidrrO*
week.

ST. HELENTS.—OII. 'Wednesday morning last the toodY
of Mr. Edward Makin was found in the canal opposite
his own door, Smithy-brow, St. Helen's. It is supposed'
that deceased was returning home the night previous, and
in the dark had missed the wooden bridge. The unfortu-
nate gentleman has left a highly respectable family to de-
plore his untimely end. He had held a responsible situa-
tion under the firm of Messrs. Greenall and Pilkington,
glass manufacturers, for a great number of years.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—On Saturday afternoon last,
David Lant, a fine lad, about fourteen years of age, en-
gaged in driving one of the teams, fell down with his arms
across the rail. Before he could extricate himself a
heavily-laden wagon passed over his left arm and nearly
severed it from his body,. injuring at the same time his
right hand. He was. immediately conveyed to the
Northern Hospital, Leeds-street, when it was found
necessary to remove the arm at the shoulder joint, also a
considerable portion of the'opposite hand. Though in a
very precarious state, some hopes are entertained of his
recovery.
ROBBING AN EMIGBANT.—At the police-court, on
Friday, three well-known thieves, named Jones, Alder-
son. and Pritchard, were charged with robbing an emigrant
of £37. The complainant, who appeared to be a respect-
able agriculturalist from the south, stated that as he was
leaving an American vessel on Wednesday, he was joined
by the prisoner Jones, who, after asking whether he (com-
plainant) was going to New York, and being answered in
the affirmative, stated that he was also going, and should
be glad to be his companion. They then proceeded to a
public-house, where the other two prisoners and a third
man, joined them, and, under pretence of securing their
money, contrived to rob the complainant of £37. Mr.
Rushton committed the prisoners for trial.

EASTERN DISPENSARY..--011 Wednesday the annual
meeting of the subscribers to the Eastern Dispensary was
held in the board-room of the Parish-office, Fenwick-
street. From the report it appeared that five years had
elapsed since the institution was established, and that
during the past year 3561 patients had received medicine
and advice at the Dispensary, and 1642 were visited at
their own houses, making a total of 5203 cases in the
year. The subscriptions were on the decline ; in various
ways the institution had sustained a loss to the extent of
200 guineas per annum, and the result was that a debt of
more than £3OO had unavoidably been incurred, chiefly
for drugs and medicines. With the view of reducing this
expenditure, the Dispensary had been removed from Is-
lington to Rose-hill, where premises had been obtained at
one-third of the former rental. The committee concluded
by calling on the clergy of all denominations to take an in-
terest in a charity whose portals were thrown open for the
admission of all. The report was adopted ; and the meet-
ing separated soon after.
THE NORTHERN HOSPITAL.—Tuesday having been
appointed for laying the foundation-stone of the New
Northern Hospital on the vacant piece of land, given by
the Corporation for that purpose, at the eastern end of
the Borough Gaol, in Great Howard-street, the Mayor,
in his robes of office, proceeded to the spot shortly after
one o'clock. His worship, who was preceded by the
sword, mace-bearers, and other officials of the Corpora-
tion, was accompanied by the Rev. Rector Brooks and the
Town-clerk, and was followed by about fifty of the sub-
scribers and warmest supporters of the valuable institu-
tion. A silver trowel baying been banded to the Mayor
by William Brown, Esq., one of the patrons of the insti-
tution, and one or two brief speeches, laudatory of the ob-
jects of the institution, having been delivered, his worship
laid the stone in the usual manner. An hermetically.
sealed bottle was inserted in the foundation, containing
the published report of the hospital for the past year, and
the names of the committee and officers. The ceremony
was concluded by the Rector offering up an appropriate
prayer.

PUBLICANS' CASES.—On Friday there were seven
publicans and eight beersellers, summoned before Mr.
Rushton, for infractions of the improvement act. The
following are the results in the several cases :—Robert
Rogers, publican, of Temple-street, was fined £2 14s. 6d. ;
the summons against Wm. Knight, ditto, of Church-

alley, was wrongly laid; John Coward, ditto, of Bent.
street, was fined £4 4s. 6d. ; James Meadows, ditto, o
Maddox-street, was fined £5 4s. 6d.; Margaret Edwards
ditto, of 14 azzikerley-street, was hned .t 2 4s. 6d. ; Wm,

Naylor, ditto, of Blackstock-street, was fined £4 4s. 6d. ;
Wm. Syms, ditto, of Berry-street, was acquitted on the
ground that he was not aware that the parties drinking in
his house were bad characters ; George Ashley, beer-
seller, of Sawney Pope-street, was fined £3 4s. 6d. ; the
case against James Murphy, ditto, of Banastre-street, was
postponed until Monday ; James Carr, ditto, of Beving-
ton-bush, was fined £1 4s. 6d. ; Thomas Langley, ditto,
of Bent-street, was fined £2.145. 6d. ; James Seed, ditto,
of Jenkinson-street, was fined £2 4s. 6d. ; Sarah Bell,
ditto, of Charlotte-place was fined 14s. 6d. ; James

Nowiand, ditto, of Bevington-bush, was fined £2 4s. 6d. ;

and Catherine Walsh, ditto, of Saunderson's-court, Palk-
road, was acquitted.
VESTRY MEETING.—The fortnightly meeting of the
select vestry was held on Tuesday ; the Rev. Rector
Brooks in the chair. It appeared from the statements
read that there were 1705 paupers in the house in the
week ending the 4th instant, at an average of 2s. ld. per
head, being 110 fewer than in the same week last year,
but at a cost of 7d. per head more. This apparent in-
crease in cost arises from the circumstance of coal, soap,
soda, candles, &c., being now charged in the account of
maintenance, whereas in former statements these items
were omitted. The outdoor cases relieved during the
past fortnight were 4,994, at an expense of £777 9s. 4d. ;
a small increase of cases and expenditure as compared
with the corresponding period last year. The visiters'
book reports favourably of the state of the workhouse.
By the sick list there were 329 cases, including 34 of
fever. Letters were read from the poor-law commission-
ers, confirming the appointment of Mr. Radcliffe as
house surgeon, Mr. Graham as assistant house surgeon,
and Mr. Gilmour as apothecary. A letter was read from
Mr. Bright, stating that he withdrew his motion relative
to the chaplain. The vestry thereupon resolved—" That
this board have every confidence in the Rev. Mr. Cragg,
the chaplain of the workhouse, and they consider that the
withdrawal by Mr. Bright of his notice of motion is a
full and perfect avowal that the chaplain had performed
his duties, pursuant to the resolution of the Workhouse
Committee, on the 25th January last." In consequence
of a communication from the poor-law commissioners, it
was agreed that Mr. Houghton and the Vestry-clerk

should proceed to London on Thursday (last), to confer
with the former relative to the borrowing of money to

complete the schools at Kirkdale, and fOr the contem-
plated alterations of the workhouse. A note from Mr.
Deakin was read, resigning his office as a member of the

board, and notice was given that the vacancy would be
filled up at the next meeting. The board then adjourned
to the 28th instant.

LIVERPOOL PILOT COMMITTEE.—On Wednesday last
the Pilot Committee accompanied by about forty influen-
tial gentlemen of the town—among whom were Sir John
Tobin, Edward Rushton, Esq., the Rev. John Tobin,
Robert Edwards, Esq., James Bateson, Esq., Lieut.
Lord, R. N., Rev. J. Evans, John North, Esq., Thos.
Tobin, Esq., J. A. Tobin, Junr., Esq., J. Lockett, Esq.,
Joseph Ewart, Esq., Wm. Irlam, Esq., R. Atherton, Esq.,
C. Logan, Esq., Wm. Lindsay, Esq., William Dowson,
Esq., Samuel Rowland, Esq., David Rowland, Esq., J.
D. Rodgers, Esq., Geo, H. Oliphant, Esq., T. J. Wil-
kinson, Esq., Henry Jenkins, Esq.. Capt. Ralph, R.
.Edwards, Junior, &e., &c.,—went upon their annual sur-
vey in one of the Tug-Company's Steamers, with all the
pilot boats (not on duty) in company. The boats left the
Prince's South Pier Head, at ten a. m., and proceeded
down the river with a light wind from the east, gaily
dressed with flags, and firing guns continually. The boats
proceeded to the Crosby and Victoria Channels to the
North-east Buoy where they came to an anchor, and sat
down on board the Steam-boat to a substantial dinner,
provided for the occasion by Mr. Horne of the Mersey
hotel, to which they did ample justice; the pilot-boats,
in the meantime having got under weigh, and cruized
round and round the steamer, and saluted her as commo-
dore with their gulls as they passed her. The tables were
presided over by J. N. Wood, Esq., and Richard Hough-
ton, Esq., ably assisted
sas.vicAe-ftperresitdhee cloths werentsbyG. Atkinson,
Esq., and S. Nickel, Eq
with-
drawn, the chairman gave the usual toasts, which were
cheerfully and heartily responded to. The nest toast was
" Robert Benn, Esq., the Chairman of the Pilot Commit-
tee." " The Mayor of Liverpool, and the Magistrates
of the Borough was acknowledged by Edward Rushton,
Esq. The health of one of the guests, Sir John Tobin,
was proposed and responded to in a manner that obviously
affected Sir John,—who amongst other things gave it as
his opinion that there was not a more deserving and meri-
torious body of men than the Liverpool pilots. The next
toast was given in terms highly complimentary to the
esteemed Secretary of theCornmittee, (Mr. David Row-
land) who, in acknowledging it, combatted the statement
of Captains Denham and Chappell, before the Shipwreck
Committee of the House of Commons. Mr. R. stated it
as his firm impression, that of the immense shipping that
trade into this port (the navigation of which is admitted
to be very difficult
lost through the proved incompetency of the pilot.
Several other toasts were given and acknowledged, after
which the steamer tripped her anchor, and a fresh breeze
springing up. from the N. N. E., they all stood on for
Liverpool, in the most beautiful and gallant style, and
entered the mersey about 8 p. m., continually firing their
guns. Great credit is due to Messrs. Nickels, Atkinson,
and Rowland, for the excellent arrangements made and
accomodation provided for the occasion.

ASSAULT ON BOARD SHIP.—Mr. Moss Pbillips, a tailor,
was summoned before Mr. Rushton, on Saturday, to an-
swer the complaint of a Mrs. Trigg, a lodging-house-
keeper, who charged him with having committed a grievous
assault upon her person. She stated that her husband
was a sailor, and that, on Tuesday last, she went on board
the Leipsig, a vessel which had just returned from a long
voyage, and was lying out in the river, for the purpose of
soliciting some of the hands to board and lodge at her es-
tablishment. The defendant, who was also soliciting work
on board, was in the act of quarrelling with her niece,
whom she bad taken with her, and while she (the com-
plainant) was passing from one side of the vessel towards
where they were quarrelling, he struck her a blow on the
upper lip with his clenched band, and with such force that
the ring he was wearing on his finger cut open the part,
and she had since been obliged to get it stitched. It bled
upwards of a pint. An attempt was made on the part of
the defence to prove that she had followed him with a
stick and used abusive language; but Mr. Rushton said
the defendant had behaved in a most unjustifiable manner,
He should pay a fine of 40s. and costs, or be imprisoned
fourteen days. The fine was forthwith paid.
MR. LOVER'S IRISH EVENINGS.—There appears to be
a mania, and not an unproductive one, on the part of our
vocalists and actors, for solo entertainments, if such we
may term them. Wilson has earned, we know not how
much of honor and pelf, by his Scottish entertainments.
"hilips has given to the public some splendid selections of
English song, and has been only too little supported.
-on again has given us Scottish song, and Horn-
teai". with success only inferior, but: with merit not
'cistle Friss, to Wilson; whilst our comedians, Ham-
di all infe6Yr - and others have been, with more or less
Mond, Rayafizift, lizing upon the favour of the public.
suecess, ex'perialeiltss, Lover to try what the poet, the
Ilot it has remained' fox -id the singer, all in one, could
romancist,.the CompOSeirt, ts, .9 happy to record that such
do in the seine line; and tfetk, before an English pub.
an experiment has* sheivif th4ti =, a concentration of
lie, or a Liverpool public at all ed:MA, •ss—nay, that the
talent is not esteemed as a bar to'sltiees._ •se he presides
poet or musician is not less esteemed bedew_ 'iday even-
over, and even sings-his Own sweet lays.-0101... Room,
ing Mr. Lover presented us, in the Asteingl, na-
Great George-street, with his " Illustrations 0;`
tional characteristics' and melody of his country,"------14;%!A:
country being, as is' known to most of our readers, Prelt
land. We have seervin the same rooms many audiences;
and we never saw anymore respectable or more overflow-
ing. In fact, from the netrnber of respectable people that
we saw going away, from sheer want of accommodation,
we are satisfied that a rocreadouble the size would have been
crowded on this occasion. In addition to the lecture, or
introductory remarks of Air.-Lover, it was announced that
he would be assisted by the-vocal talent of Mr. Ryalls
and Miss Whitnall, an announcement which fully justified
the great expectations entertained. We must say that in
the interest of the entertainment given, Lover far exceeded
any of his predecessors in the same line. As a man of
undoubted genius and, a poet and romancist besides, no-
thing mediocre can flow from his lips; and his introduc-
tory matter, in these lectures, was. distinguished by a
novelty and raciness which we have•not as yet heard in.
any of our modern " entertainments..." We were cer-
tainly prepared for this. We expected more from Lover
than from the mere vocalists who have preceded him • but
we did not expect from him singing so chaste and perfect
as that wick which he favoured us. His "Molly Bawn"
was, of its kind, a unique performance. Indeed, we query
much whether any other man can sing this-pleasing song
so pleasingly as its writer and composer;; and " The
Widow Macree" we never beard so well sung before. Lover
is himself " The Widow Macree."—We havesaid that on
Friday night he was ably assisted by Mr. Ryalls and Miss
Whitnall. The former is a chaste and most finished ringer;
the latter we never heard to greater advantage. Her
performance of that strange eccentric song, " Coo Coo,"
which was encored, was a most beautiful effort, and con-
vinces us that this lady is fitted to take a much higher
stand as a singer—a genuine English singer too—than she
has hitherto been accounted fit to occupy.
THEATRE ROY AL.—During the past week we have had
a grateful change in the performances at this theatre, the
legitimate drama having taken the place of the somewhat
flimsy pieces which have formed the stock durin,, the pre-
sent season ; and, notwithstanding the increased prices of
admission to which the managers have thought it
necessary to resort, the attendance and consequent re-
ceipts must have shown tolerably conclusively what kind
of theatricals the public of Liverpool are inclined to sup-
port. We are not in this town a very play-loving people,
as various past experiments of managership have proved.
We are not so completely dependent upon the theatre for

the bestowal of our leisure hOurs as the inhabitants of the

brick and mortar world which surrounds St. Paul's ;and
it requires, on that account something of more than ordi..
nary attraction and excellence to seduce us from the out
of door amusements which so abound in our favoured
locality. To this circumstance we would direct the at—
tention of the present management, and impress upon
them the fact that, if they look for success in Liverpool,
during a summer season especially, they must persevere
in the course which they entered upon last week, and
provide the public with novelty and talent, and a little
more of the higher order of the drama than has as yet
been afforded us. We give this hint in all kindness and
sincerity. We are confident that the wish of the lessees
is to give satisfaction, and that they will receive our ad-
vice in the same spirit in which it is offered. The pieces
selected for the appearance of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Kean, have been Bulwer's play of " Money," the
" Gamester," and Shakspere's comedy of " As you like
it." In the first, it struck us that Mr. Kean appeared
to the greatest advantage, the part of Evelyn being one
more fitted for his powers than some of the more arduous
characters in which we have seen him. There is little in
the character or in the play itself to attract the enthu-
siasm of an audience; but if we must bay. Mi. Dulwci's
conceited philosophy on the stage, we cannot have it
more correctly given than by Mr. Kean. The part of
Clara was beautifully sustained by Mrs. Kean ; and in
what we may call the explanation scene, in which she
gives Evelyn her reasons for her first rejection of his
hand, she drew down such a burst of applause as has not
recently been elicited in this theatre. The other cha-
racters in the piece were well sustained by the local com-
pany, some of whom we may remark, display, when put
into parts above those of bandits, smugglers, &c., to
which they have been too much confined, powers for
which the public bad not previously given them credit.
Mr. Grafton as Sir Frederick, and Mr. Braid as Dudley
Smooth, are in this category. The former was excruci-

atingly and exquisitely puppyish, and the latter precisely
the man whom the author meant to present to the stage.
Mr. Compton dressed and acted the character of the

liberal vestryman to admiration. _ He was in himself a

picture.—ln the " Gamester" Mr. Kean's Beverley was
well nigh faultless, as indeed are all his impersonations,
although none of them come up to our ideas of what might
be made of them in the hands of genius. The play pre-
sents many fine situations and tableaux, which none
knows better than an artistic actor like Kean how to

bring out. We are still, therefore, warranted in terming
his efforts as faultless ; for when an actor does all that is
set down for him by the text, it is not properly a fault
that he does not do more. As the trusting, loving wife,
Mrs. Kean was almost perfect and completely natural, if

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it were possible to be so in such a character as Mrs.
Beverley. A woman who can bear to see her husband

squander fortune, time, and happiness, and yet meet him
with an everlasting good humour, and submissiveness to

heartless exactions,-in lieu of reproach or contempt, is
indeed

" Rara avis in terris, nigroque similima cygno."
There are few such women of the stage ; and we know
not that the picture on the stage is an instructive one. It

affords however some fine points for the display of acting ;
and of these Mrs. Kean makes the most, and is natural
as a woman can be in an unnatural situation. The scene
in which the jewels are given up is well given, although
the readiness displayed by the wife is scarcely warranted
by any strong necessity discernible from the flimsy rea-
soning of the husband, and indeed gives us a poor opinion
of her power of perception. The last, or prison scene,
is, however, on the part of both, a beautiful piece of act-
ing, and deservedly drew down the enthusiastic applause
of the audience.—ln the part of Benedick Mr. Kean was

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scarcely at home, although it was given with great pro-
priety throughout. Kean is not " the Benedick" which
Shakspere drew—not the mercurial and witty, and withal
somewhat sardonic Benedick—a little in fact too much of

the latter and too little of the former intermingled. In
better health Mrs. Kean might be Beatrice; but, al-

though in some portions of the she was excellent as
is usual with her, as a whole the impersonation was too
cold. Compton, in our idea, failed a little in Dogberry.
A severe cold, however, under which he has violently la-
boured throughout the week, must in part be his excuse.

A WAGON OVER THE PIER.—On Thursday, whilst
some men were putting a Wagon laden with corn on board
one of the ferry boats, at the slip end of George's Baths,
the rope to which it was attached gave way, and the
wagon, with its contents, fell over into the basin. In its
progress down the slip, two women were knocked down,
one escaped without injury ; the other bad we are sorry to
say, her leg broken.