The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-09-10 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Resolved,—That a copy of 'the report and opinion be
transmitted to the •Mayor as Chief Magistrate, by the
Chairman of this committee, with a request that he will
be pleased to lay the same before the magistrates.
Upon the motion of Mr. JAMES LAWRENCE. the pro-
ceedings were confirmed ; so also were the proceedings of
the Dock, Improvement, Markets, and Fire Committees.

EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
From the proceedings of the Education Committee, it
appeared that the following was the average attendance at
the schools during the past month :
Boys. 232........ ...... 165
Girls .
Infants .

The numbers on the books are—North. 731 ; South, 586.
A letter had been received from Mrs. Jane Postlethwaite,
one of the head mistresses, resigning her situation on ac-
count of ill health. The committee expressed their regret
at the circumstance, and recommended that she be paid a
quarter's salary as a gratuity. The committee had agreed
to consider the propriety of appointing a third master to
the North School, at a salary not exceeding .cao per an-
num.

The proceedings were confirmed.
CHURCH EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE.

I he committee recommended, without reference to any
legal doubt, that the hells of St. Luke's Church be rung,
and the expense paid by the corporation, that expense, in
their opinion, being justifiable out of sut plus income.
The recommendation was adopted.
HEALTH COMMITTEE. .

The proceedings of the Health Committee, comprising
a recommendation of the appointment of Inspector Fresch
to the Town-hall duty, under the Mayor, the Health and
Finance Committee, and the Town-clerk and Prr•secuting
Solicitor, (not comprising constable's duty,) at a salary
increased from about £9O to £lOO, besides clothing, were
adopted.

followed, which was responded to on the part of the singer
by the substitution for the piece called forof her favourite
" Non piu mesta," which she gave in a style such as to
stamp her as the unchallenged occupant of the, very first
rank amongst the professors of her divine art. 1113 Duett
" Venti Scude," was splendidly sung by Signors Mario
and F. Lablache, after which, the house was again en-
raptured by the Cavatina " Qui la voce sua Soave,"
which was given by Madame Grisi with a power and
sustained beauty which none save that unrivalled song-
stress could have imparted to it, and which called down
a unanimous encore.
The excitement scarcely had time to subside when
Miss Christiana Weller came on to give her beautiful
performance of the " Grand Concert Stuck," in which
she has created such a sensation in musical circles. We
have already spoken in favourable terms of the- abilities
of this young lady; and certainly, whatever may have
been the amount of praise bestowed, it will be unequal to
her merits as displayed on Friday. We may explain to
those of our readers who were not present that Miss
Weller plays this most difficult composition from memory,
and with partial accompaniment from the orchestra. On
the present occasion, she displayed a little natural timidity
at first, and was, perhaps, on that account, not sufficiently
audible in some of the opening passages, allowing the
effect of her beautiful taste and execution to be injured by
the too boisterous orchestral accompaniment. As this
feeling wore off, however, she shone forth the almost un-
rivalled pianiste which she is now recognised to be, and,
towards the close of the composition, displayed a vigour
of tone and a brilliancy and facility of execution which
gained for her the hearty applause and admiration of an
enthusiastic audience.
We must direct our further remarks, beyond a few brief
ones, to a notice of the new ballad by Lover, "The Chain
of Gold," which was assigned to Miss Whitnall, and sung
by her with a chasteness and correctness of style which,
with the addition of a fine voice, are the characteristics of
this lady's singing. Of the substance of the song itself
we cannot say much, its principal merit being its adapta-
tion to the fine old music to which it is set. By those
who can appreciate the peculiar beauty of the ancient
melodies of the sister country, it will no doubt be admired
and sung; but it fell coldly, on this occasion, upon an
English audience, although rewarded with the honour of
an encore. The favourite ballad " Bonnie Prince Charlie"
however, given most beautifully by the same lady, was re-
ceived with an enthusiasm which fully made up for the
comparative coldness which greeted her first effort. We
never heard this noble song more finely and tastefully
delivered. _ _

The leading features of 'he second part of the concert
were a Duett between Madame Grisi and Mario, which
was unexceptionably heautitul. The Aria "Se amarlo
solo beve," was sung by Favanti, with an exuberance of spirit
which was at once delightful and surprising. The singer
absolutely revelled amidst the difficulties which she
created and solved at will, her fine voice display-
ing its whole and wonderful compass to a delighted
audience. The song alone would have sufficed to estab-
HA the fame of the singer. The fine Cavatina "In terra
ci divisiro " was sung by Mario very beautifully ; but the
Polacca " La Fidelta." by Grisi, was the performance of
the evening. It was splendidly sung, in the very best
style, and with all the power and brilliancy of this un-
rivalled artiste.

As a whole we cannot but regard this concert as credit-
able to all parties engaged iii it, amongst whom we must
not overlook the claims of the management of the Theatre-
Royal for their efforts to provide for the accommodation
of the public, and of Mr. Cook, the attentive box-keeper,
for the excellent arrangements made by him, and the un-
deviating politeness displayed in providing for the con-
venience and comfort of all in his portion of the house.
In an audience so great we never saw regularity so com-
plete, and every arrangement so faultless.
The following impromptus upon the leading stars at
this concert have been sent to us, and we have much
pleasure in giving them insertion. The originals are from
the pen of Signor Zandotti, professor of Italian in the
Collegiate Institution ; the translations were made, cur-
rente calarno, by Miss Christiana Weller—

Per la Vi.tuosa Damigella

M. WHITNALL.

Fra ryuegli Astri, to luci pia bella,
Come lute, tra gli astri una stella,
E la lace the ottieni da lor,
La rimandi con doppio splendor!
'Midst proudest stars we catch thy rays,
And iove thy light the more;
Through thee, those orbs enchant our gaze,
Reflected o'er and o'er!

GRISI.

Se la Grisi dagli Elisi,
Sia discesa io non lo so ;

• So the un astro in lei ravoisi,
Che la terra illuminb!
Was Grisi from Elysium sent?
A h ! none may tell from whence her flight;
But through the boundless firmament,
No radiant star
That beams afar
O'er earth can shed diviner light !

AL DIVO MARIO.
Mario col canto
Diletta tanto,
Che un Nume sembrami
Sceso dal del.
0 Spirto angelic°,
Che voglia alquanta
Da not celarsi
Con mortal vel!
Oh, Mario t thy soul-inspiring song
Must surely to a brighter world belong;
Thyself a god descended from the sky,
Or wandering spirit of celestial birth,
Disguised in mortal shape to charm the earth,
With deathless strains of heaven-born melody !

LIVERPOOL SUMMER ASSIZES.

NISI PRIUS COURT.-TUESDAY.

ECCLES AND ANOTHER V. HARPER.

This was an action brought by Thomas and Richard
Eccles, of Lower Darwen, near Blackburn, against the
defendant, Samuel Harper, to recover the amount of a
policy of insurance for £l2OO, effected on 220 bales of
cotton on hoard the ship Caledonia, on her voyage from
Savannah to Liverpool. The declaration stated the total
loss of that vessel ; and the defendant pleaded that the
policy bad been obtained under circumstances of fraud
and misrepresentation. It appeared that the plaintiffs
had long been in the habit of ordering cotton from the
house of Andrew Lowe and Co. of Savannah—a respec-
table firm connected with the house of Isaac Lowe, and
Co., of Liverpool ; and they had been ordering cotton
from that house a considerable time. Savannah was a
port in South Carolina, whence cotton was sent in large
quantities to Liverpool ; and the well-known rates of in-
surance for that vOyage varied from 12s. 6d. to 15s. The
average length of the voyage was twenty-five, thirty, and
thirty-five days ; and at the time the policy was effected
in the present instance, the ships were performing the
voyage in the ordinary time. The order for the insurance
by the Caledonia was given on the let of May, to Cuuliffe
an 1 Co., and through them to Cunard and Co. ; it arrived
in London on the 2d, about three o'clock p.m., and the
order was a simple one to insure £l2OO on 200 bales of
cotton on board the Caledonia for the plaintiffs, stating
nothing more than that the ship was coming in the ordi-
nary way with the cotton. Under these circumstances
the policy was effected at Lloyd's, at the customary pre-
mium of 12s. Gd. ; and upon the 2d of May this insurance
was effected as if it had been on a ship likely to leave Sa-
vannah a fortnight or a week before, when the underwriter
discovered in the early part of the month of June, that
the vessel he had insured on the 2d of May had sailed
from Savannah on the 17th of March, being a period of
44 days after the time she had sailed, and ten days beyond
the ordinary risk of the voyage; he instantly made appli-
cation to the brokers as to why they should have sought
to effect an insurance under the circumstances mentioned.
Several witnesses having been examined for the defen-
dant,
Mr. KNOWLES contended that the average period of
the voyages from Savannah to Liverpool was understated,
and that a shin, under the circumstances of the Caledonia,
would probably occupy somewhere about forty day's cn
the voyage. He observed that if seven guineas had been
asked for effecting the policy, it would have been willingly
paid, and that the plaintiffs were wholly ignorant of the
time the vessel sailed.

The jury retired, and, after an absence from court of
several hours, returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages
£3OO.
HARGREAVES V. PARSONS.
This was a special jury case, in :which': the Plaintiff,
s-
George Hargreaves, was a commisort Merchant in Li-
verpool, and the defendant Was-George Par Sons-, a share-
broker, also of this town ; and the object of the action
was to recover a suni of betweedX4Co and`£soo for an
alleged breach of a contract whichthe-defendant entered
into with the plaintiff in November ;last: ••'lt' appeared
that in the course of last‘yeir a gentleman; named Parker,
who:speculates in foreign railway sharea4cl.6 considerable
extent, entered into some contract with The defendant.
and. out of that contract had arisen a contriant,-vtith'the
plaintiff' and the defendant, which bad been of
tins,action coming into court.
• After the case had been gone into at some length, a,
verdict was returned for the plaintiff for £437 10s., sub-
ject to a motion for a nonsuit.

GOSLING V. BIDDER.

This was a special jary case, brought by James Gosling
to recover a considerable amount of money lent to the
defendant, Samuel Parker Bidder ; and after the case had
been opened, a verdict was returned for the plaintiff, by
consent, subject to a reference.