The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-06-07 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS.

THE DRAMA.—The performances on Wednesday night, at
the Theatre Royal, were "The Wife" and " Second Thoughts,"
to borrow the language of the play-bills, " under the patronage
of Colonel Egerton and the Officers of the Cheshire Yeomanry
Cavalry." The presence of those gentlemen infused, what
this place is unfortunately in want of, a little life before the
curtain, for there was a much greater number of ladies present
than we have had the good fortune of meeting before at the
theatre this season, and, unillumined by the radiance of their
smiles—unenlivened by their presence, all entertainments,
whether public or social, are joyless, " dull, stale, flat, and un-
profitable." As civilians doomed to wear sombre black, olive,
or brown coats, we have half a mind to quarrel with that horrid
propensity of the sex an inclination to admire the brave; but
no; We cannot find it in our heart to grumble at any cause,
that induces them to honour by their presence the performance
of a good play. The place of Miss Jarman, in the Character of
Mariana, was supplied by Miss Huddart, a good actress,
certainly ; but she reminded us that "comparisons are odious."
" Second Thoughts" was the second piece, and a lively one it
is. Mr. Browne, as Jabber, played the part of the trifling
butterfly character, whose whole life is a series of flutterings.
from one lady's boudoir to another, collecting and distributing
the miscellaneous trash that is sometimes found in ladies' al-
bums, with excellent humour and spirit. His acting reminds
us of Jones, and we are old enough to trace a faint resemblance
to the idol, of our juvenile days, Lewis. The opening scene
between Mrs. Trapper and her three daughters was ex-
cellently got up ; and the next between Mr. Sudden (Mr.
,Baker) and Mrs. Trapper (Mrs. Clarke) was executed in a
manner that would have done honour to any stage. We per-
ceive by the bills that Mr. Hacket, the American Thespian,
is one of the forthcoming novelties; we expect much pleasure,
and shall not fail to record our opinion of this new star in the
theatrical hemisphere.
Skaro us ACClDENT.—Wednesday evening, about five o'clock,
the workmen employed in digging; the foundation fora new house
in Dale-street; at the corner of Hockenhall-alley, were sud-
denly alarmed at the appearance of the contiguous premises,
Whose gable had been left unsupported, and had been under-
mined to a trilling extent by their operations. They had just
time to alarm the family who resided in the house, and, with
'them, to secure a retreat, when the 'gable end and the whole in
terior of the building,. furniture and all, we're precipitated into
the foundation. No person was hurt.
THE CHESHIRE YEOMANRY.—A review of this corps will
take place to-day at Bootle, by. Major Parton, of the 12th
Lancers. Last night the officers were entertained at the Town-
hall, by Mr. Alderman Bourne, in the absence of the Mayor.
We are glad to state that the London mail may be expected
next week at an early hour in the afternoon. We believe the
arrangements for this desirable object are nearly completed,
and that next Monday the operation will commence in London,
and on the following day our spirited and worthy townman, Mr.
Bretherton, will be able to deliver the bags at our Postoffice by
half-past four in the afternoon.—Liverpool Courier.

Mr. WILLIAM GIBSON, LATE AGENT OF THE MANCHES-
TER SAVINGS' BANK.—This person was arrested on Thursday
last, in London. It appears that on the afternoon of that day
he was met in Oxford-street by Mr. George Mowbray, machine,
ruler, No. 4. St. Mary's-street, who watched him into a •house
in Southampton-street, Bloomsbury, and having procured the
assistance of a police-officer, took him into custody: Mr.
Gibson was taken before the magistrates at Hatton-e'arden on
Friday, by whom the was remanded until the banCdirectors
were informed of the circumstance. As soon as the authorities
of this town were apprised of the fact that Mr. Gibson was
in custody, 'Williamson, the beadle, was despatched to London
for the purpose of executing the warrant granted against the
fugitive at the instance of the Directors of the Savings' Bank.
He is expected to return to Manchester on Thursday morning.
We understand that when Mr. Gibson was taken into custody,
one hundred and seventy sovereigns were found upon him.—
Manchester Paper.
TEMPERANCE SHIP. Yesterday the Royal Adelaide, of
Greenock, Alexander Tait, master, sailed from this port for
Boston. During the precedii?g voyage front the Clyde to
Charleston, and thence to Liverpool,- which occupied three
months and ten days, she was a temperance ship, the officers
and sailors not having used any spirits, wine, or malt liquor;
there was only one slight deviation; on a very hot day at Char-
leston, three of the sailors got into a grog-shop quite close to
the vessel and came on board rather elevated. Next morning
being threatened with dismissal for breach of the regulation
under which they were shipped, they expressed regret for their
fault and were forgiven. No other irregularity took place
during the entire voyage, and the seventeen persons embarked
at Greenock were all landed in Liverpool in excellent health,
and there never was on board of a ship a more happy and con
tented crew. Captain Tait furnished all hands with coffee
morning and evening, and while in America a supply was
always ready for them when they made their first appearance
on deck soon after day-light. There were brandy and wine in
the ship for medicine in case of need, but not a bottle of either
was uncorked during the voyage. The Royal Adelaide has
again' on board a crew of seventeen persons, several of whom
were in her last voyage, and she is still a temperance ship, no
difficulty having been experienced in engaging picked han d
on this express condition.
The Pacific sailed from New York the 18th May, made Cape
Clear June 2d, and brings dates up to Friday evening, the 17th
ult., in lat. 42, long. 49; saw several icebergs. The ship Great
Britain, for this port, sailed in company, May 27, lat. 44. N.,
long. 41, saw British brig Naiad, for New York, and exchanged
numbers with a British barque No. 617, May 28, lat. 45.50, N.,
long. 561 ; passed ship Helen,
_from Liverpool, for New York,
May 30,-lat. 47.40, N., long. 28.36, W. ; saw a Havre packet,
Henry Fourth, June 3d, oft the Tuskar ; saw ship Grace Brown.,
for this Port. Cabin passengers :—Mr. Frederick Smith and
lady, of Charleston; Mr. James Ferrier and lady, Of Montreal;
Mr. Stanley Black and lady, of Mexico; Mrs. Foxall and ser-
vant, of New York ; Miss Wright, of Georgetown, S. C. ; Miss
C. Waite, of New York; Miss Harriet Stanley; Miss Eldridge,
Mexico; Dr. T. C. Jones, B.M N. ; Dr. Alexander W. Ten-
nent, and Mr. 11. M. Tennent, of Virginia; Mr. H. C. Derby
and servant, and Mr. E. J. Coates, of -Boston ; Mr. H. C. Bouh
ton, Canada, (Attorney-General;) Mr. J. Olivant Black, and
Mr. G. Edward Black, 'Mexico; Mr. J. Ferrier, jun., Montreal;
Don Jeronimo Cassis, of Havanna,
Our excellent contemporary of the Liverpod Standard calls
the senior editor of the Mercury, in derision, "the honest his-
torian;" in compliment, we presume, to his having been con-
victed of the greatest literary theft on record ;—no less than
the publication, verbatim et literatim. of two thick quarto •OIS.
entitled "A History of the Wars of the French Revolution,"
which had been written several Years before by a Mr. Alex-
ander Stephens, but which Mr. Baines reprinted, and .pom-
pously ushered into the world as his own laborious authorship,
over which he declared he had consumed gallons of midnight
oil; and accompanied with a congratulatory expression, in the
preface, of the proud satisfaction he felt that his name would go
down to future ages. Most "honest historian!"—Newcastle
Journal.

In consequence of the division in the house of Lords on the
Duke of 'Wellington's motion, the utmost activity prevailed
on Tuesday amongst the diplomatic body. Prince Talleyraud
sent off a courier at an early hour to Calais, whence the
despatch would be conveyed to the French capital by telegraph.
Prince Lieven came to town from his villa at Richmond, and
had interviews with the Austrian Envoy Extraordinary and
Prusian -Minister. Several couriers left town in the course
of the day.

Tue Laws ov PEWS.-Sir J. Nichol], iu a late elaborate
judgment, says :—" By the general law, and of common right,
all the pews in a parish church are the common property of the
parish; they are for the use in common of the parishioners, who
are all entitled to be seated, orderly and conveniently, so as best
to provide for the accommodation of all. The distribution of
seats rests with the churchwardens, as the officers, and subject
to the control of the ordinary. Neither the minister nor the
vestry have any right whatever to interfere. with the churchwar-
dens in seating and arranging the parishioners, as often erro-
neously supposed; at the same time, the advice of the minister,
and even sometimes the opinions and wishes of the vestry, may
be fitly invoked by the churchwardens, and, to a certain extent,
may be reasonably referred to in this matter. The duty of
.the
churchwardens is to look to the general accommodation of the
parish, cunsultiug,•as far as may be, that of all its inhabitants.
The parishioners, indeed, have a claim to be seated, according
to their rank and station; but the churchwardens are not, in
providing for this, to overlook the claims of all the parishioners
go Le seated, if sittings can he afforded them." „

FOREIGN' INTIILT..7..GENCE.