The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-02-14 00:00:00

THE THEATRI

. Mr. Copeland, of the Liver Theatre, Ils
lowing address, in reply to Mr. Hammond,
STANDARD of Tuesday last:—
" Mr. W. J. Hammond having delivered at
Theatre Royal, Williamson-square, wherein ,
frequently mentioned, and since not only publ,
newspapers, but also caused copies of it to be pr
neral circulation, I have thought it necessary tc
remarks in reply—snot in defence—for it must la
every impartial reader that none is required; yet
nal invective and abuse which Mr. Hammond ii
under the disguise of a public address, and a sense
to that public who have so liberally supported me
duous struggle I am engaged in, imperatively re
should contradict those assertions,
might prejudice me in your good opinion.
" Mr. Hammond stated, that when I was the
Theatre-Royal, Manchester, in 1833, notices
the actors at the minor theatre (the Queen's):
my most strenuous efforts to close it. This i
deliberate falsehood, made use of to cover me
of that obloquy which has justly sunk him in
tion. Notices were served on the actors, at t'
the proprietors of the Theatre-Royal ; •
proceedings were stopped, at my earnest reauest. I than,
them for the protection they offered, but told them, if I us
the strong arm of the law to close the doors of the Queen
Theatre, the reaction of public opinion would speedily si
the doors of mine, and that I would rather meet them or
fair ground of honourable competition. This vas
both theatres continued open—mutual courtesy was
and even assistance rendered to each other; and at
of the season, I had the gratification of receivin,
vote of thanks for my managemen., from the props,
the Theatre-Royal, and an offer for a renewal of the ten.
on my own security. For the truth of this statement, I refer
the public to Stevenson, Esq., solicitor, Manchester -
was then, and is now, secretary to the proprietors of t.
Theatre-Royal; and to Mr. Henry Beverley, who was the
manager of the Queen's, and is now acting manager at the
Theatre-Royal Adelphi, London.
" Mr. Hammond states I have been under obligations to
him. I freely admit it : but should THAT close the doors of
the Royal Liver Theatre ?
" The exposure of private family matters to •
tiny must be as uninteresting as contemptible,
possibly show that the weight of obligation was p,
balanced.
" I took no hostile position in opening the Live
on the contrary, even after Mr. Hammond had p
paragraph, which, by intimidating my company, t
to ruin my season, Mrs. Copeland called upon M
mond. to renew those feelings of goodwill and -
should have been reciprocated ; but was rude'
driven from the house. ,
" Mr. Hammond calls himself
am sure he deserves the title. Had 1
tion of the value of those attributes,
ornament the human character, delicacy of It
keen sense of honourable conduct,' he could •
seended so low as to betray the confider

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a plain blun
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expose the obligations of a retaiwc.
" If Mr. Hammond, in the course of our long
can prove me guilty of a single dishonest or t
action, I will lay down my management, ____
the Liver Theatre, and never again insult the public of Li-
verpool with my presence.
" Will Mr. Hammond undergo a similar ordeal-
the like results.'

close tt

doors of

" I do not exactly understand the epithet (
but if it applies to me in the managernen
Theatre, it must apply to Mr. Hammond in the IT
of the Theatre Royal.

of the Liver

,gement

" Mr. Hammond asks you to support him as a manager,
foa the sake of his wife and seven children. I have a wife
and five children, but I ask you to support me as a manager,
only so long as you think I have sufficient tact and skill to
conduct your theatrical amusements. . .

" 1 feel an honest pride in the position in which circum-
stances and your favour have placed me, and appeal only to
your impartiality and justice."

Since the new tariff has come into operation, nearly 1,000
bullocks have been landed at the port of Southampton from
France and Spain.

3 occur

POPERY AND THE VOLUNTARY PRINCIPL..
Missionary Herald gives the following account of
retire which took place on that island some days sine,
" The priest, apprehending that his flock were not much dis-
posed to pay their fees, secured the windows and stood at the
door, aided by four able assistants, to demand money from
the people as they left the chapel. Some of the congrega•
tion. :however, managed to elude the priest's vigilance, by
effecting an escape from the chapel through one of the wit
.Bows which they found open. Some accomplished `'ject, but one unfortunate person, a woman, after jump,
from the window, stuck in the mud outside, where she w
caught by the priest, who flogged her soundly with his horse
whip."

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, LONDON.—RE WRIGHT AND
CO., BANKERS.—In the Court of Bankruptcy, London, on
Saturday, John Wright, the principal partner in the lat
banking-house of Wright and Co., of Henrietf
Covent-garden, London, applied to Mr. Commissio
royd for his certificate, on which judgment had been (
from day to day. The circumstances of the bankruptcy
well known. The bankrupt was a shareholder in above sixty
different companies, most of them bubbles, and his losses,
being enormous, he appropriated the funds of the house to
meet them. Large sums of trust money were thus applied
without the knowledge of the other partners, and great in-
convenience and misery were thereby produced. The learned
Commissioner, after going through all the circumstances,
stated that the certificate must be refused. The bankrupt is
a man in advanced years

DEATH BY SOLITARY CONFINEMENT.—The insp._
Monmouth gaol, in their report of 1812, state the follow.
instance of death produced by solitary confinement in that
prison. It is as follows :—On the 12th of February, 1812, a
man died apparently from fright. He was put into a soli-
tary cell, and was found dead the next morning. There
were no indications of the cause. excepting congestion of the
brain. There was a rumour that the cell was haunted. lie
was a fine and powerful man. The verdict was, " Died of
apoplexy, produced by the effect of a superstitious dread of
solitary confinement." Some of the prisoners heard him c'
out. The turnkey thought him rather low.
Placed him in the cell. On the previous u..,
had told the cook that he was going
inhabits.yt,winsoteonpstigoislnitkzaiirlylreecdtoutarnntii
neighbours gave information,
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and that he feared he never should live the weekn
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measures and the head of the octroi, a man remarkable for
dhoetweermveira,edhetaordgoertandheseianrtcelnittiohne,parehmd
ac-
cordingly. He placed one of the carcases in
a child's cradle,
and covered it over very neatly with a
sheet
himself by its side and awaited the intended visit. quilt, placed
visit' The mo-
ment he heard steps approaching he commenced gently rock-
ing the cradle, and when interrogated as to the alleged fraud,
cleric he desired the head of the octroi and his
to search the
house. Nothing being found to criminate h
announced their intention of going IV to the the visitors
re-
quired the owner of the house to accompany garret, and
re-
fused, alleging that the child could not them. He
without crying out dreadfully. " Oh, if that be left a moment
the other), you must leave the child in is the case (said
c
you must show me up stairs. Theare of my clerk, for
willingly, complied, laying strict inju man, though very un-
to cease moving the cradle for a sing inctions on the clerk not
e was made, but without effect, and moment. The s—
'en they des/
clerk was still gravely performing vhis
effectually, as he observed, that the child
child never u
single cry.—Galignani's Messenger.
Box's DESCRIPTION OF THE
tween five and six in the morning, FALLS OF NIAGAR
where we breakfasted ; and being we arrived at
wait patiently anywhere else, we too near the Great
morning at nine. * * set off by the train
I listened for the roar ; and Whenever the trap
eyes in the direction where I
knew was constantly str:
seeing the river rolling on the falls must
expecting to behold the s towards them ; ever
stopping, I saw two e pray. 'Within a few mit'
majestically from thegd at white clouds rising
At length length we alighted , epths of the earth. '.
the mighty rush of viva; and then, for the first time, I h
neath my feet. The b water, and felt the ground tremble r
with rain and half -melted
was very steep, and was
down, but I was soon
ice. I hardly know h.
English officers oa at the bottom, and climbing %%
some broken who
were crossing, and had joined ine
the spray, andwetrocks, deafened by the noise, half bliudet
to. the skin. N.Ve were at the foot of t
American fall. I could see an immense torrent of watt
tearing headlong down from some great height, but had no
idea of shape, or situation, or anything but vague immensity.
When we were seated in the little ferry-boat, and were cross.
ing the swollen river immediately before both cataracts,
began to feel w
it
what• •
as' but I was in a manner stunner
and unable to comprehend the vastness of the scene. It w
not until I came on Table Rock, and looked—great heave
on what a fall
in its full might and majesty. Then, when I felt how r
to my Creator I was standing—the first effect, and th-
during one—instant and lasting—of the tremendou,

'-spirits

s nur&

That v

de
was peace—peace of mind—tranquillity—calm reconee.
tion of the dead—great thoughts of eternal rest and happi-
ness : nothing of gloom or terror. Niagar was at
to remain onCi
stamped upon my heart an image of beauty ; then
changeless and indelible until its pulses cease to beat for
ever. Oh, how strife and trouble of our daily life receded
from my view, and lessened in the distance, during the ten
memorable days we passed on that enchanted ground ! What
voices spoke from out the thundering water; what faces
faded from the earth looked out upon me from its gleaming
gorgeous arches which the
depths: what heavenly promise glistened in those angel's
tears, the drops of many hues that showered around and
thlenever stirred in all that time
ethwainneg,dingthreaminsbelovwess
mabaodueil
from the Canadian side, whither I had gone at first. I never
crossed the river again • for I knew there were people on the
other shore, and in such a place it is natural to shun strange
company. To wander to and fro all day, and see the cata-
racts from all points of view ; to stand upon the edge of the
rnogugclioi down
thei ;
great Horse Shoe Fall, marking the hurried water gathering
strength as it approached the verge, yet seeming, too, to
pause before it shot into the gulf below ; to gaze upon the
troi vcelri'nsa.l etvheel
neighbouring
otuhrei
ng torrent,heights, as iatncda m
watche streaming at
mthi
trees, and see the wreathing water to the rapids hurrying on
to take its fearful plunge; to linger in the shadow of the
river, as,
d, and awoke
beneath the surface
me lighted b
solemn rocks three miles below, watching the
stirred by no visible cause, it heaved and eddied,
the echoes, being troubled yet far down
by its giant leap; to have Niagara before Y they
sun and by the moon red in the (lay's decline, and -
evening slowly fell upon it; to look upongre anas
ceaseless
awake up in the night and hear its it every day,
s voice d
: this was
enough !

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