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

LOCAL NEWS.

CORPORATION AOCOUNTS.—It is stated that the ac-
counts for the past year are now being made up, and that
they will exhibit a most gratifying result. The town
dues of last year exceeded the preceding by upwards o
£7,000! They were last year upwards of £63,1)00; they
are this year above £70,000. The interest on the sales to
the Dock Trustees and Birkenhead Commissioners, to-
gether with a reduction of one-half per cent. on a large
portion of the bonded debt, will augment the ordinary
sources of income to not less than £20,000.
WltoeEsomE AND REFRESHING BEVERAGES.—Mr.
Sainsbury, from Bath, has, it will be observed, opened a
very neat shop in Exchange-street East, for the sale of a
superior quality of soda water, &c. He has brought
with him testimonials of their excellence and sanatory
qualities from the most celebrated medical men of the
fashionable locality named, as well as from distinguished
private individuals; and, from what we have already
heard of their fine flavour and efficacy, we would recom-
mend an early trial, whether to those who sacrifice occa-
sionally to Bacchus, or to those who abstain altogether
from potent potations.
COFFEE.—The acknowledged superiority in flavour of
coffee newly roasted and ground over that submitted to
the action of air, has called for thmany ingenious modes of
preserving that excellence so much desired—but by far
the most simple and successful, in our opinion, is that ad-
vertised in our paper of to-day by Mr. Walters, of Great
George-street, The coffee is roasted on the premises,
and immediately on being ground, (in which process
steam is used) it is canistered in air tight tin cases, by
which the .fine aroma flavour is retained for almost any
length of time. To persons who reside out of town, to
captains, and, in fine, to all, the advantage must at once
be apparent. The great difficulty of preserving roasted
coffee at sea, which with the action of the damp, becomes
tough and bad to grind, as well as void of flavour—is by
this means at once obviated.
COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—The first lecture of Mr.
Hicklin upon the " History of Printing" was- given, on
Friday evening, to a respectable auditory. After a few
introductory remarks upon the importance of the art of
printing, which were loudly cheered, the able lecturer
proceeded to trace its origin and progress, from the Ba-
bylonian brick and the Roman stamp to the invention of
wooden blocks for the dissemination of religions pictures
among the people, a variety of which he exhibited. From
this to the invention of types, at first wooden, afterwards
metallic, the transition was easy. The opposition which
the first printers met with from the monks, the only
scribes of that age, was graphically given; and, indeed,
when the immense labour and time consumed in writing
works is taken into consideration, it is no wonder that the
monks were alarmed at the new and easy mode of multi-
plying works, an improvement which threatened an extinc-
tion of their craft. Mr. Hicklin quoted several passages
of Sliakspere, to show the lamentable ignorance which
generally existed in England at the period when printing
was first introduced and the popular prejudice against
the art. He concluded an exceedingly agreeable lecture
by the recitation of an apposite extract from the works of
Mr. James Montgomery. A printing-press, &c., will be
introduced at the lecture this evening, for the purpose of
showing, practically, the improvements gradually intro-
duced into the art.
EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT.—Yesterday, at the po-
lice-court, a young man, named William Rankin, was
charged with having embezzled several considerable slims
of money, the property of his employers. Messrs. M'Fee,
sugar-refiners, Batchelor-street. Mr. William M'Fee, a
trerrb3r of the concern, stated that the'prisoner had been
Custom-house clerk to the firm, and as such received
sums of money from time to time to pay the duty on
suchsp
customary
fullyat n
cover pa
y tihne
posed amount of duty, as deposits ; and when the article
instances quantities a ofsu
ms u goarr s.
made out, the surplus amount was paid back to the party.
was weighed and delivered and the. account accurately
It was stated that on the 15th, 21st, and. 22d of August,
sumslt was
st
the prisoner had, for this purpose, received the respective
sums of £385, £375, and £3-10,--making in all £l,lOO.
This, it appeared, was paid to Mr. Flewker of the Cus-
tom-house, who sent a check for the amount to the credit
of the house to Mr. Norris, the collector of duties. Mr. N.
finding the three entries relating to the transaction to
amount to a total of £1,035 lls. Gd., returned to the
prisoner the sum of £64 Bs. Gd., which precisely " squared
the yards." The prisoner, it further appeared, did not
account for, but retained, this balance ; and shortly after-
wards, his engagement having terminated, he left the em-
ploy of Messrs. M'Fee. On the 30th of August the re-
turns were applied for, when it came out that the prisoner
had received them, and (it was also stated) some others,
which were not, however, inquired into. Mr. M'Fee
(the clerk before noticed) was despatched in search of him
to the Isle of Man, and with the assistance of Mr. John
Jones, constable there, succeeded in finding and appre-
hending him in the town of Ramsay, on Friday last.
When told of the charge against him, he admitted the
fact, and asked Mr. M'Fee " whether he thought, pro-
vided the money were made up, his employer (Mr.
M'Fee, sen.,) would let him off ; " to which the reply of
the clerk was that he did not know, and that he must be
taken back to Liverpool. A£s Scotch bank note was
found upan his person, and 40 sovereigns were afterwards
discovered in his carpet-bag, which last he acknowledged
were his master's property. He declined to say anything
in his defence at this stage of the proceedings against him,
and was committed for trial at the sessions.
APPREHENSION OF A MAN CHARGED WITH A MUR-

DER COMMITTED ELEVEN YEARS AGO.-011 Saturday
a police-officer named Harrington, of the lnchageela
(County of Cork,) constabulary, brought before the
magistrates, a man named Cornelius Reardon, whom
he had apprehended by a warrant granted by the justices
of the peace of Inchageela, on a charge of having mur-
dered a man named Cornelius Sullivan, so far back as the
year 1833. The prisoner, who is a low, thick-set young
man, of prepossessing appearance, bad for a considerable
length of time been living at 51, Atherton-street, under
the name of John Macarthay. He is a married man, and
has two children, but his marriage took place in Liverpool,
after the alleged murder; and when apprehended, his wife,
a woman of respectability, knew not but that his name
was Macatthy. On first coming to Liverpool the prisoner
was employed by Mr. Morgan O'Connell, of North John-
street, or subsequentle,and when taken into custody he was
in the service of Mr. Thompson, ship chandler. The cir-
cumstances relative to the alleged murder are these : The
murdered man, Sullivan, . was a small hut respectable
farmer living at Illaninaghi near to Macroom, in the
county of Cork, and the accused party, Cornelius Rear-
don, was also a farmer living in the same neighbourhood.
In the month of February, 1833, the deceased was driving
Figs to a pound, when the prisoner, who had a grievance
against him, it is said, " dogged" him, and knocked
out his brains with a spade. Not the slightest doubt at
the time existed as to who was the murderer, but the
prisoner managed to abscond, and has since the time of
the murder been living in the heart of the town of Liver-
pool, notwithstanding that the police in Ireland have for
eleven years been in daily search of him. The circum-
stances which led to the prisoner's apprehension are
these :—lt appeared that the prisoner had :ad a
quarrel with a fellow-countryman, who lived in the
same house with him, and to whom his cuilt was
known ; after the quarrel this man left Liverpool,
and went to live in his native place. in Ireland, near
' to the scene of the murder ; and, out of revenge for the
difference which had existed between him and the priso-
ner, betrayed his former friend, end gave information
which threw him into the hands of the police.—The
constable who executed the warrant, applied to I\ r.
Rushton to have the prisoner detained until Tuesday, asno
vessel before that day went(' sal! for Co: k, and it he took
him to Dublin, the land conveyance was such that it
would be Tuesday before he arrived at his destination.—
Mr. Rushton said it was to the interest of the prisoner
that he should be conveyed with all possible despatch to
the tribunal where the charge would be made, as lie
mi;ht lerbaps have that to urge which would prevent a
committal; moreover, he bad an objection to order the
eeteetion of any prisoner under such circumstances, in
t're main br.dawel ; he must be taken off forthwith.—
Tae prisoner was then given into the charge of the officer.

TOWN EDITION.

HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO SCOTLAND.

(From our own Correspondent.)
LONDON. MONDAY. NOON.

This morning, her Majesty and his Royal Highne:B
Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princess Royal, let;
Windsor Castle for the braes of Athol.
Precisely at seven o'clock, the Royal party quitted
Windsor Castle, and arrived at the rail way • stet on (which '
was fitted up as usual on such occasions) at twenty-six
minutes past seve i. Her Majesty and his Royal fligh-
ness, as well as the Princess Royal, were neatly attired
in deep mourning, and were received by the gentlemen
in attendance, an conducted to the special train in waiting
for them amidst the cc npatulatory cheers of a number of
ladies and gentlemen who had obtained permission to
view her departure from the railway pl .tform. The train
consisted of five carriages, and was propelled at twenty-
tour minutes past seven by the Phiegethon steam-engine,
under the direction of Mr. Gooch, the chief engineer.
In the meantime, the arrangements at the Paddington
terminus were satisfactorily carried out. A troop of the
11th Lancers mustered at six o'clock at the Kensington
barracks, and arrived at the railway at a quarter before
seven, commanded by Lieutenant Hayworth, where they
took up their position as a guard of honour to the Queen.
A few minutes before seven o'clock five of the Royal car-
riages and a luggage van, drawn by four horses, and two
outriders, arrived at the railway, and remained there until
eleven minutes to eight o'clock, when the bell announced
the approach of the illustrious travellers. Upon the ar-
rival of the ttain, her Majesty first alighted, followed by
his Royal Highness Prince Albert, who led the Princess
Royal by the hand. The ladies and gentlemen at the
station heartily cheered the lioyal party as they crossed
the platform to the Royal carriages destined to carry them
to Woolwich, and the enthusiastic display seemed to con-
tribute to the delight of the Princess who, as she skipped
along by her parent's side, laughed heartily.
Her Majesty, the Prince and Princess did not enter the
retiring room, but at once entered their travelling car-
riage; and one of the directors effered some of the morn-
ing papers to the Queen, but they were declined.
The Royal party were attended by Col. Boaverie and
General Wemyss, equerries in waiting, and Viscountess
Canning and Lady Caroline Cocks, ladies in waiting, and
the French and English preceptresses of her Royal High-
ness the Princess Royal.
The transfer of the whole of the distinguished travellers
from the train to the Royal carriages did not occupy more
than five minutes, and the Royal cortege set off at a brisk
pace for Woolwich, by
route of Vauxhall-badge, Ken-
nington New Cross, and along the Tiafalgar-road, Green-
wich, by the lower road, to the principal entrance of the
Dockyard. The Royal patty were repeatedly cheered
along the line of road, and on passing the Royal Naval
Eaool at Greenwich, the boys, under tle superintendence

of Lieut. Rouse, were drawn out, and gave a vociferous
demonstration of their growing loyalty, while their band
struck up the national anthem. On the opposite side of
the road, many of the old weather-beaten tars in the Ho-
spital tried to outvie the boys in their display of regard for
the illustrious personages. Her Majesty and Prfece Al—
bert, throughout the journey, noticed, in a condescending
and affable manner, the warm greetings of their devoted
subjects.
At Woolwich, the marines, under the command of
Colonel Mercer, in the absence of Colonel Parkes upon
leave, mustered at their barrracks at half-past seven, and
100 of them rank and file lined the Dockyard as a guard
of honour, and the remainder were stationed along the
Woolwich road as far as the White Horse Inn, Charlton.
The assemblage of persons of all cbisses was very great,
despite the unfavourable state of the weather, the rain.
still descending. The splendid bands of the Royal Ma-
rines and Royal Artillery were stationed in the Dockyard
and played at intervals.

At nine o'clock the Royal party arrived at the principal
dock-yard-gate, and were sat down at the Water-gate,.
fronting Sir F. Collier's, the superintendent's house.
They were received with due military honours, and wel-
comed thus far on their journey by the Earl of Aberdeen,
Earl of Liverpool, Sir James Clark, the Earl of Had-
dington, Vice-Admiral Sir W. Gage, Admiral Bags, Sir.
G. F. Seymour and the Hun. H. T. L. Coles. The Hon..
Sydney Herbert, Secretory to the Admiralty, and Cap-
tain Brandreth, of the Engineering Department, were
likewise present. Amongst the officers from the garrison
were Lord Blomfield, Brigade Major Curpage, Colonel
Jones, &c., &c. Sir R. Peel was to have attended, but
the sudden indispo.ition of his daughter prevented him
from coming. Iler Majesty, the Prince Consort, and
H.R.H. Princess were assisted to alight from their car-
riage by the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Blorntield and Sit
P. Collier. The illustrious party at once descended the
steps leading to the river, whirls were covered with green
cloth, and embarked in the William and Mary, steered
by Sir F. Collier, and towed by twelve watermen, and was
safely conveyed on board the Royal yacht Victoria and
Albert, commanded by Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence.
During the time of the emberkation the numerous spec-
tators loudly cheered the Royal voyagers ; and the artil-
lery, under the command of Col. Jones, fired a salute of
21 guns. The military bands struck up the national an-.
' tional anthem, and the numerous vessels lying off the
dockyard manned yards, and a fleet of steamers, tastefully
decorated with flags, were lying to at the time, and imme-
diately after the Royal yacht got under weigh (at twenty
minutes past nine,) accompanied the Royal squadron
down the river as far as the Nore. The Black Ragle,
commanded by the Earl of Hardwicke, was the only go-
vernment steamer that kept company with the Royal.
yacht. The Eclair having set sail soon after six o'clook
with some members of the Royal household, and the Earl
of Aberdeen, carriage, luggage,-&c. The Lords of the
Admiralty in attendance wore their state uniforms ; and
Earls Aberdeen, Liverpool, and Sir James Clarke pro-
ceeded with her Majesty to Scotland, in addition to
Viscountess Canning cnd Lady Caroline Cocks. The
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Royal voyagers, in passing down the river, were saluted
by the Royal Arsenal, Tilbury Fort ; and on leaving the
mouth of the river the whole of the royal party appeared
in excellent health and spirits throughout their route from
Windsor to Woolwich, which only occupied two hours
and twenty minutes.

MR. BRAHAM'S CONCERT, LAST NlGHT.—Yesterday
evening, whilst the admirers of the ballet were worship-
ping their goddess in the person of " the divine Fanny,"
at our Theatre-Royal, this veteran vocalist, with his two
sons, Messrs. Charles and Hamilton Braham, were de-
lighting a numerous and fashionable reunion of the lovers
of song at the Royal Assembly-rooms, in Great George-
street. The programme, much altered from that of his
last concert here, was an excellent one, comprising many
of those standard songs which Mr. Braham has made his
own, and in which his two sons seem destined almost to
rival their distinguished sire. On the present occasion he
was in excellent voice, little altered from the Braham of
years gone by, and executed the songs assigned for him in
his usual admirable style. In consequence of the non-
arrival of the gentleman who was to have accompanied
him in the celebrated " Picture Song", he substituted Lo-
ver's charming song of " Molly Bawn," which was given
with an effect which left nothing to regret in the change.
Mr. Charles Braham and Mr. Hamilton Braham greatly
exerted themselves, and were warmly applauded in the-
various pieces assigned to them. The latter gentleman in
particular gives great promise of future eminence.
THEATRE ROYAL.—The spirited management of this
theatre have, this week, manifested their anxiety to con-
duce to the gratification of the public by adding to the at-
traction of the eminent Haymarket performers, who have
lately been added to our regular company, the superior
attraction of the unrivalled Fanny Ellsler, assisted by
Madame Proche Giubelei, Mademoiselle Ferdinand,
Mdlle. Barville, and Monsieur Silcain, principal dancers
of her Majesty's theatre, with a full and efficient corps de
ballet. Last evening the performances were commenced
with the amusing little piece entitled, "Tom Noddy's
Secret," which was received throughout with shouts of
laughter. The Inkpen of Mr. Clark was full of outrageous
drollery ; and Mr. Strickland's Tom Noddy, like all that
gentleman's efforts, was unique. The ballet selected for
the display of the wonderful powers of Ellsler was" Giselle;
or the Wilis" and was excellently put upon the stage.
To describe its plot would be, at the late hour at which
we write, quite impossible. Suffice it to say that, like
most other pieces of the Ballet kind, it is partly of
fairy and partly mortal scenery and character, the princi-
pal and most attractive personage, Giselle, (Fanny
Ellsler) belonging to the former. As a matter of course
it is more a vehicle for affording occasion for the display of
the wonderful powers of this beautiful artiste than any other
kind of performance, and as such it is most effectual. The
first dance given, at the first meeting of the Giselle and
her mortal lover (Sylvain) was most beautiful, as
were every effort of the fair one. But the gem of the
first act was a pas, by this inimitable danseuoe,
partaking more of a hornpipe movement than of anything
else that we can liken it to, in which the rapidity and cor-
rectness of execution excelled everything we ever saw in
ballet action. This dance met with an enthusiastic en-
core, which it well deserved. In this act several beautiful"
dances were executed by Mademoiselles Ferdinand and.
Barville, both most graceful and talented artistes, and by
Mons. Sylvain, which were loudly applauded. The con-
clusion of the act, in which Ellsler has to sustain the part
of one dying or maddened, displayed a power of acting in,
this talented artiste quite equal to her feats upon the light
fantastic toe. Like our own Celeste, she is more than a
mere danseuse, and only wants the voice to be an actress
of the first order. The second act displayed, in Fanny
Ellsler a lighter, and a more sober order of dancing, in
which she shone equally. as in the more joyous efforts of
the first. It left upon our minds the impression' that,
even in an art, generally esteemed flimsy and often imroo-
de§t, genius can rise to the height almost of poetic embo-
diment. In this act Ellsler was more than a mere artiste.
She was the creator of many beautiful and graceful
images, mental as well as of form. We must not omit to
record our meed of praise to Madame Proche Guibelie.
We have admired this chaste danscuse in her younger
it day's ; and she is not degenerated from her pristime grace
and elegance. As a whole, including the corps de ballet,-
! although placed awfully in contrast with the first-rate
performers engaged, we have seldom had so much to
praise and so little to find fault with.
On Saturday the Prince of Prussia, after visiting the
National Gallery. called upon the Earl of Aberdeen and
the Duke of Wellington, and afterwards proceeded to
Greenwich where his royal highness embarked on board
the Lightening steamer, and proceeded down the river to
Ostend, at which port the Prince is expected to land
en route for Berlin.

EXTREMES OF WEALTH AND POVERTY IN LIVER-
rooL.—It is hardly credible to what an extent may be
found in Liverpool, the most wretched poverty co-exis—
tent with the most ahundant wealth. Here may be seen
some of those merchants who are like the princes of the
earth in the multitude of their riches; but, alas ! here also
may be seen many of the workers of our race reduced to
beg, and to beg in vain,
- -

" a brother of the earth
To give them leave to toil."
It is true that this is the case with every large city, but
that makes it only the more mournful and the more ne-
cessary to b.; recalled to our minds. • We are too apt to
forget, that, in such a town as this, there are always num.
hers of working people who do not know in the morning
where or how they are to get a single meal for the day;
most Of their clothing sold or. pawned to procure...a little
bread, necessarily a very temporary resource ; living in
crowded houses or cellars, destitute of furniture and every
comfort, and gradually worn to despair and death by so
wretched a destitution of all the necessaries of life. Nei-
ther are these the offscourings of the people, but men in-
clined to be honest and industrious, although the bad ar-
rangements of society may have reduced them to beggary,
or even to crime, for the support of a most miserable and
precarious existence.— Tail's Magazine.
THE BRIDGEWATER GALLEILY.—Some account of the
formation and dispersion of the Orleans Gallery has al-
ready been given. The Italian part of the collection had
been mortgaged for £40,000 to Harman's banking house,
when Mr. Brien, a celebrated collector and picture-
dealer, and author of the " Dictionary of Painters," in-
duced the Duke of Bridgewater to purchase the whole as
it stood for £13,000. The pictures, amounting to 305,,
were then valued separately by Mr. Bryan, making a to-
tal of £72,000 ; and from among them the duke selected
ninety-four of the finest, at the prices at which they were
the Earl Gower,
and amounting
admitted
dhebris to 39,000
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duke subsequently am
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ing to the
of the whole number thus acquired. The exhibition and
sale of the rest produced £41,000 ; consequently the spe-
culation turned out most profitably ; for the ninety-four
pictures, which had been valued at £39,000, were ac_
quired, in fact, for £2.000. The forty-seven tetained for
the Duke of Bridgewater were valued at £23,130. *
The Duke of Bridgewater already possessed some fine pic-
tures and, after the acquisition of his share of the Or-
leans Gallery, he continued to add largely to his collee-.
tion, till his death in 18'03, when he left his pictures, va-•
lued at £150,000, to his nephew George, first Marquis of
Stafford, (afterwards first Duke of Sutherland). During
tfohremleidfeboyfhitmhisself whennobleerian Earl
, the collection, added to one
Gower, was placed in the
house in Cleveland-row ; and the whcle known then, and
for thirty years afterwards, as the Stafford Gallery, be.
came celebrated all ever Europe. On the death of the
Marquis of Stafford, in 1833, his second son, Lord Francis.
Leveson Gower, taking the surname of Egerton, inhe-
rited, under the will of his grand-uncle, the Bridgewater
property, including the collection of pictures formed by
the duke. The Stafford Gallery was thus divided: that
part of the collection which had been acquired by the
Marquis of Stafford fell to his eldest son, the present
Duke of Sutherland ; while the 13ridgewatyr Collection,
properly so called, devolved to Lord Francis Egerton, and
has resumed its original appellation, being now known as
the Bridgewater Gallery.—Mrs. Jameson.

7L.tterature.

POETRY.

THE DYING GIRL.

And thou art dying, beautiful and young
When smiles cf joy should on thy lips be playing,
And thou shouldst bound with sportive glee along,
Where merry maids are in the meadows mating.
The spring sun shineth through thy window ?ape,
The pleasant breeze with balmy breath is sighing,
And thou eanst hear the feathered minstrel's strain,
In that still room where thou art pale and dying.

Why is thy spirit summoned to the skies.
Untried by years, unvisited by sorrow ?
Why art thou called, ere yet thy gentle eyes
Have feared to look upon the coming morrow?
Thy cheek bath never paled with anxious care,
Thy heart hath never throbbed with guilty sadness
Even as thyself thy course was pure and fair,
hallowed by love, and cheered with looks of gladness

Why didst thou leave thine own immortal heaven,
For earthly guests to cherish and caress thee ?
Why unto us wert thou, sweet girl, given,
And called away when we had learned to bless thee ?
Why wert thou fashioned lovely to the sight?
Why were thine eyes with tender radiance streaming ?
Why didSt thou come, young being of delight,
To fade like mirage on the pilgrim gleaming?

Selfish and weak l—why should we wish thee here?
Pass to thy home, unspotted, happy spirit;
Hasten en blissful wing to that glad sphere,
Where thou wilt glory evermore inherit.
Mingle and dwell among the angelband ;
But, oh: while stars beneath thy path are burning,
Think thou at times upon our sinful land,
And plead for those whose gaze is upwards turning.
—Frema The Wandering Angel, and other Poems,' by John Bol-
twa Rogerson, 1844.