The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-10-08 00:00:00

7711? D 11.111.4.

Daring the lass week. Sheridan Elno,Nles has been perform,
ing in Ins own. plays, The Wife, • William Tell, the. Hunch-
back, and Virginius;ani so far vangaishod the. fascinations cf
music, as to collect tolerably good* anHiences; and particularly
on Wednesday night. The Hunchback was repeated lait
night to a full
.pit, and good show of company in the dress
boxes. It is qatte unueccessary to make any observations On
a play that is so faniiiiar to ail 'play-on:1g people, and has been
so often quoted that scarce a line %law tit rememtiering. remains -
unquoted. But for his reputation as an author, Knowles would
ne'er have occupied any very high ground as an actor; incleio,
all his fame iii the latter character is wholly depentlent upon it.
As a painter may lie supposed to know the lineaments of the
face he meant-to delineate, so the actor, where he chances to be
the author, may he supposed to kaow " what manner of man"
the creature of his fancy should appar-athecefore *so long as
Knowles confines himself as an actor to those characlers hid •
own, he will most likely continue to he a star in the theatrital
hemisphere. Ail the actors that we have .scen in the " Hunch-
back" appear to consider it as an ezact copy. of the cram-,sensitive Black Dwarf of Si: Walter Scott. • Knowles, on the
contrary,. gives a very different outline, which, however, he
is not sufficiently. skilled in theatrical tactics to fiat up according
to his own conceptions. lie gives to him a great degree of
morbid sensibility on the subject of his personal deforn.ity, an
infirmity that all taose unfortunate beings labour. under ; he
makes him also. irascible, but when his anger is not reused,
.gay
almost to levity • Farren, on the contrary, represents him as a
gloomy misanthrope, that, like Richard- the Third, seeks to
avenge the wrong done him by nature in denying hint the
vantages of "fair proportions:" on the whole imman race.
Mss Ellen Tree looked-and acted- the part of Judie beauti-
fully ; many of her attitudes would have formed a fine study
for a painter. Her passionate exclamations when smarting
under, what fete women can bear, the wounds inflicted upon the
pride of the sex, when their faith is doubted or their love re-
jected, were admirable; as was the struggle between that truly
feminine pride and her love for the. first object of her affections,
which no woman can throw away at will, were equally admirable.
The scene between Julia and Sir'l'homas Chord, when he appears
before her as the page of her newly betrothed lord, was equal to
any thing that we have ever seen. Her grief was of that ex-
quisitely tender character, that might almost be said to have
been sufficiently patent to soften even urarb.e. We allude to
the following passage :
" Julia—Clifford!
Sir Thomas CiViiftl—Na ;tam!
Julia—l called thee, Clifford; thou . cell'it me—Madam !"
Lacy sustained his part exceedingly well; indeed we du not
think.it could have been done much better. _

111 x. Clark, the stage manager, takes his benefit .011 'Monday.
next; and we most sincerely hope that it will be a good oue,
which we may add his industry and judgment justly etiditla,
him to. •

N, FACTS, AND ,FICTIONS.

• On Monday week their Majesties .went to Kew, to pay a
farewell visit to their .Itoyalsllignessses the 'Duke cud Ductless
of Cumberland anklieince George, ;Their' --,l,l4aatless*raretresari, .
to Windsor in the evening.
OnWednesday the King went' to London, and give audiences
to, some of his popular and higly gifted ininieeers at St. James's,
and returned to the eerie in toe evening. - •
The Marquis of Aaglesey had an audience of the King on •
his.lordship's return from Ireland.
Their Majesties-spent 1, riday efternoon at the Virginia,Wa-
ter,- enjoying the favourite amusement of his late Mejeety-,,
sailing on the lake. The baud of the Ist Life Guards attended
in another barge.
•. • '
Their Royal. Ifighnesses•the Duke and Duchess of Cumber-
land and Prince George, attended by Sir John'Slade, left town
on Tuesday for the continent; on which day the Duke of Wel-
lington entertained his royal highnessattlinner atWalmer Cas-
tle. There were present to meet the illustrious duke, the Earl
of Roselyn, Earl and Countess of 'Guildford (from Waldershare,)
Lord Carrington (from Deal Castle), Lord.and Lady Gran-
' vale Somerset, the, Marquis of Douro, and the Right lion. -the ,
Speaker of the House of C,lninsuous (from Lattriston Cottage).
, The Duke of Cumberland slept at the castle, and proceeded to
Dover at ten o'clock on Wednesday morning, accompanied by
the Duke of Wellington and the Marquis of Douro.
Early in the morning; a large gUard of honour cable down
from the castle, and was posted at the front of Wright's Ho- '
tel. The guns from the heights soon announced the approach
of royalty, and shortly after the cortege came in sight; in the
first carriage were their Royai Highnesses the Duke and
Duchess of Cumberland and the Duke of Wellington, With
Prince George. They did not alight, but proceeded to the
stairs at the Cross Wall, where the•eteedner Lightrkind' a boat
was in attendance, and-Where the stairs had been carefully car-
peted, and took water. So soon as the sailors let fall their ours
for departure, the great guns fired a royal salute. The Duke
of Wellington having seen his illustrious guests safe in the boat,
went to the south pier, and with a large number of respectable •
persons saluted them as they left.the harbour's mouth: When
they arrived on board the Lightni»g, which waited at anchor in
the roads for them, the royal standard was hoisted at the meet
head, and they started for Calais. It was calculated that they'
would be landed there about half-past two p. in. The Duke of
Wellington was attired in the Lord Warden's uniform, and
wore onty the star
,of the Order of the Garter.
In the afternoon, a special but open court of the corporation
was held in the Town-hall, for the purpose of swearingenhis
freeman of Dover, the Speaker of the House of Commons, the
Itt. Hon. Sir Charles Manners Sutton. He wore the star and
ribband of a Grand Cross of the Bath, and, after taking the
oath of a freebie's, (the members of the corporation in their
gowns, all standing,) in.a short but admirable address, assured
them of his high gratification at receiving, _unsought and unex-
pectedly,•the honour which had been thus conferred upon him.
He adverted in a touching manner to the memory of his revered
father, in whose late diocese the coporation of which he had now
become a rnembc;r is situated ; and to the affection which he -
knew that • his father had borne. towards Dover; and laid em-
phasis especially on the encouragement which such an honour,
so bestowed, gave to a man honestly to exert his best talents,
and not to spare any labour when, with integrity, eugaged for
the good of his country. In that view he received the honour,
with a still greeter degree of interest. The corporation showed,
by the manner in which this speech 'was received, that they en-
tertained fur the Right Hen. the Speaker of the house of Come
eacrue the. seepeet which- is srlue• ekia.antgabie •psswe-efehleahil.lties • '
and to the and ieseaitialit;v with which he has so lung
fulfilled the arduous duties.Tof his high and important office.
Lord and Lads Lincont are gone on a visit to the Duke of
Newcastse, at hi:, newly purchased estate, Haifa& in Wales.
The yeeerabie Earl- of .Elsiou has returned to his mansion at '
Eficombe, in Dorsetshire, from visiting some estates purchased
by his lordship the north. Although Lord Eaton is a dative
of Newcastic-upon-Tyne, and whist he was at the bar regulat lg
went the northern circuit, he has, lately, either for recreatiou •
. or on business, gone to the north since his elevation to the
peerage.
DIPLOMATIC INTELLIGENCE.—:q. (le Bacourt, First Secre-
tary of Legation to the French Embassy, remains at Prince
Tallyeranct's mansion in Haeover-square, with the rank of .
Charge d'Affinies. Of the large
.estalhishinent kept up by the
Prince, four servants only have been retained to attend oft the
Charge d'Affaiies. The Princes carriages and horses, all of
which were hired, have been returned to the livery-stable ,
keeper. .
FORTHCOMING MARIZIAGI7.3 OF •Marriage is under-
stood to be on the tam:, between the Honorable George Au-
gustus Craven, brother of Earl Craven, and Miss Georgiana .
Smythe, daughter of Mn.i f'l'at Smythe. and niece to -Mrs.
Fitzherbert. A sister of Miss Smythe was united last year to
Sir Frederick Hervey Bathurst. It has been stated, by Seis=
take, that the young lady yragto be the-future Countess Craven,
although Lord Craven is not, we hear, on the eve of matrimony. .
Mr. Craven, it will be recollected, was mentioned as a suitor
for the hand of the accomplished Miss Fanny Kemble, before ,
her departure,:for the. United States. It is reported (hat the ce-
reniony will not take place until the return of Mrs. Fitzherbert
from the German Spa, in December. A matrimonial alliance,
it is said, will shertly take place betweeo Captain Trotter,; of the
2d Life Guards, and one of the Hon. Misses •Liddell, daughter
of Lord Ravensworth, and sister to. Viscountess Barrjugtcn.
SCOTCH PREDICTIONS.—A Scotch paper, speaking of the
Duke of BCCCLEUGH, states that, although a Tory, there is not ,
a more popular man in Scotland. "The Whip (it says) ad-
mire his condescension and afrahility—the Radicals toast his
health at their public (linnets." We can easily guess at the
cause of this phenonaenen. His Grace is an in-imensely rich
man, which, in the minds of ail the Sawney Whigs and rods,
covers a multitude of sius.--estge. .
• "THE STATISTICAL SOCIETY."—A 'puff paragraph in the
ministerial 'papers speaks of a meeting of " the Satitistcal So-
ciety." 'What sort of statistics are. the objects of its care :nay
eionty conceived, when in one batch Of names, announced as
honorary members, are to befound those- of. Prince TALLEY-
• RAND, Earl' GREY, Mr. PouLa'rT THONISt*4 and Mr. Cot.- , • •
nutlet ! The contributions expected from these worthies are—
from the first, a protocol en-the statistic% of diplomatic bribery ;
from the second, a familiar table, illustrating titehero.se preduco
of' a premier's patronage; from the third, a treatise on the
" fructifying" powers of beans, hog's bristles, and castor oil,
under a well-managed " censotidation't of duties ; and frem the
last, a curious account, ellowing-elue.uet produce of the Put.iiig •
islands to E,tyland.- s• •
THE CO-MMON LAW.—flow can I ,
we are to - helicuellegelexplain ty o ou the exist-
ence of this law, which „originated, if
writers, -in the customs of the ancient•Britorirt; watlisogifiesti,y
glo-Sexous; uuderthe Noieeet,s .
the laws and usages of the Au
became mixed with the feudal doctrine ; followed, step by step,
the progress of enlightenment ; arid alwareexactly expteesed
the wants of the nation. Where shall I fine it, that I rime show
it to You •It changes every day. iii evety state. Sir Willie:it
Blaekstone, its his learneticolumentaries, has taken, it as it
were, on the wing, ard made a portrait °fit, which was, no
very like itsat the time; . and iu England people recognise it. ,
there still, although, since
hhisLetkuilliel,4eitcloianstibneueens
anenucaluitailloteritic;.l.
.centradietory maxims,
aTthidisimlili.rocvnendsitstisnienangeedineehi!„di
;11,1
often
overloaded with divisions, distinctions, decision e, which are still
explained, for fear they shoual be understood. On 'one side, for • •
instance, my Lord Coke tells you very gravely that common. -
sense is part and parcel of the law of Englettah-swhv have
tot his hook to .quete to you?--brit a little farther en 1-. e adds,
that the Christian religion,-as understood by the English chorchs. • • .•
of his time, is also a portion of the saute common law. • After-
wards he tells you that the common law existed 'hum time he-
He explaiuS, finally, that the common sense
‘s !rich he speaks is not that ofall the world, but a legal commuli
senee,—moulded,, probably,• in the interior of the jualkes' wigs of
his time.-11fur s State/. 2:
A CHEAP .101'11NLN.—011 harselay eeettings, a man having . •
the appearance of a farmer's servant, end attec.a two-horse.
coach ou the stand in St. Ann's-squai e, to take him to the vil-
lege of Moston, vi here he said he had some urgent business to -,
transact. On. arriving at Ilarvithey tar, the coachman
learned for the first time that •liis customer had no nititiey, but`
he did. 'sot hesitate to pay the toll, on. the assurance that the
'landlord of the public-house at .MoSton Was indebted 'a consi-
derable sum to the man, and the object cf his journey was, in
fact, to receive the money. So free from suspicion was coaehee
thing. wrong was intended, that he not only paid the
htoll,a :bra
sire:erect himself to be treated with brandy and peter. ,
to the amount of four shillings, paring for it hircsiX, 4w-ever,
on the prounse of repayment v. hen they arrived at Moston. On ,
reaching true end of the journey, the customer alighted, and
called for more brandy and water, but the coachman thinking '. •
it was high time to look after his fare, niadC some inquit'les '
from the landlord which convinced him to his utter nisniay
that he had been dumped, and that the story about the money
was nothing but an idle tale invented by his customer in cider
that he might ride to Moston gratis. He accordingly contrived
to get the nian once more into the coach, and tesreailig the
doors upon him drove back to Manchester, and handed him
over to the police. On F riday, the man, who called himself ,
John Regan, and said he was the. 5Th of a farmer at Davy
Itultne, was brought before the magistretes to answer for his
,conduct; but the only defence he could make was, that Le
wanted to go to Moston, anal that he thought i iding was easier
than walkiug. The coaclunien.demanded eight as his
fare:. and feta shillings expended in treating, himself With
, brandy; and waiter, but the whole of tie assets found upon the. " • •
priSoper were. only teh-phuce iu cueeer. Tlie.inagi§!r4es re- ••
gretted that they could: not help the' Orhichman out.' of -tEe'eti- • , '
deniina into which he had in'enght himself •ny hhohredulity, but e
they Obtaiued,a promise from •the erisoner thet•he would pay . •
the denten:l'in the coarse of the day • Le wee oasigtquently
(,;:auisr. •• • '
• •

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Inc 4)ott'o Comm

LAMENT OF LIBERTY.

From the white cliffs of Dover the sun was declining.
The bode of the sea-bird was heard on the strand.
And a red gorey hue over England was shining
As the genius of liberty wept o'er the land:
" Merry Englitnd, farewell! chosen home of my glory—
The blood of thy martyrs hath hallowed my fane—
My holiest deeds are engraved in thy story—
Alas ! that thy weakness such record should stain !

" And, oh where are the spirits that pressed at my warning,
And braved to the death the proud Babel of Rome,
And awaked sleeping millions to truth's second morning.
And reared thee, loved island, her temple, het home I
Oh, Albion ! thy power and thy glory is waning—
The scourge of the despot, the hope of the free—
Thou art forging the thrall—thou art ripe for the chaining—
Thy place 'mid the nations is taken from thee !

" Oh, Albion ! no rival such ruin doth bring thee—
No foeman assails thy strong bulwarks of yore—
Thou hast cherished political vipers to sting thee—
The coil of the basilisk lies at thy core :
Fallen star ! 'mid the nations once satellites round thee.
Neptune's trident was thine to rule over the flood—
The vile web of thy mountebank statesmen hath bound thee;
The state is diseased and the land lacketh blood. !

" Oh I foul fiend of reform I thy dictates fulfilling—
The horrors of France fitting prototypes be—
Rejoice ! for thy well-chosen actors are willing—
The play is revived, and the theatre free.
Merry England, farewell ! the proud sceptre I won thee.
Thus broke at our parting, I fling to the wave—
Wo, wo for the fate that thy weakness bequeath thee—
The curse of thy children—the blood of thy brave."
ERAS KUL

LONDON POLICE REPORT.

MANSION HOUSE.-FRIDAY.

tHARGE AGAINST A MAN FOR SELLING HIS OWN BOOKS.—
Alexander Whellier, a gentleman who writes under the signa-
ture of "John Gifford, Esq.," was brought before the Lord
Mayor, having been given into the custody of an officer, for
selling his own works, by a hawker.
Mr. Hobbler, jun., appeared. for the defendent, and stated
that the case was uncommon in its circumstances. Mi. Gifford
was a man well knoWn for many years by the profession and
the public, as the compiler and publisher of a work called
" 4very Man his own Lawyer;" and since the recent Act of
Parliament,had, passed. dissolving the monopoly of the King's
Printer, he had publiihed the various Acts himself in parts,
during the Session of Parliament, and in volumes in the recess.
SOme parts of the compilation he had sold to a bookseller, snd
while in. that bookseller's shop disposing of the remaining'por-
tion of the work, in walked an officer and apprehended him, 4t
tha instance of a rival in trade, who had been once his agent.
James Yates, of Durham-street, Hackney--road, who stated
that he was a regularbawker of books, said that he had taken
up the defendant, whoM he knew as Alexander Whellier, for
hawking without a license. Witness had seen the defendant
regularly offer some of his publications for sale.
fhe Lord Mayor—lf a man sells his own works, do you call
that hawking ?
Witness—Yes, my Lord. Igo upon the 50th Geo. 111., cap.
41; and 1 contend that he has no right to hawk any books,
whether his own or any other person's, without a regular li-
cense, such as I possess.
The Defendant —I have done so for a considerable period,
my Lord, and certainly am of opinion, that an author is justi-
fied in disposing of his own works without being fettered by the
regulations which affect other men.
The Lord Mayor—Why do you take the name of John Gif-
ford, Esq. ? Is it because we have had a legal authority of that
name?
The Defendant—lt is usual to adopt a name in writing or
compiling nooks, and, of course, those are sometimes chosen
which are likely to benefit a work.
Mr. Hobbler.—This is an arbitrary course, adopted by the
rival of Mr. Gifford, from a jealousy of the reputation of the
work compiled by that gentleman. It is a most extraordinary
thing that a
.gentleman should be pursued and apprehended
under such circumstances.
'The Lord Mayor desired the complainant, who declared that
he suffered injury in his business from the exertions of the de-
fendant, who worked without a license, to obtain the testimony
of the people of the Stamp-office in proof of the violation of the
law, and postponed the case for some days.
Yesterday, (Saturday,) when Mr. Whellier appeared a se-
cond time, the complainant stood forward to repeat his charge.
The Lord Mayor—Have you got your witnessess from the
Stamp-office?
Complainant—No, my Lord, I have not had time.
Mr. Hobbler, jun.—He has had four days to do the business
and has done nothing, so that it is evident the prosecution is a
malicious one. The solicitors for the Stamp-office don't wish
to attend, of course, in such a case.
The Lord Mayor—l believe it is a malicious prosecution, and
1 shall dismiss the case altogether.
Three Jews, named Levi, but not related to each other, were
put to the bar a few days ago under the following circum-
stances:—

An Irish shoemaker, named Davis, stated that as he was on
the preceding night walking along Petticoat-lane, rather fresh
as to liquor, he was surrounded by some persons, and his watch
was snatched from his pocket.
"The watch, it was afterwards ascertained, was bought of one
of the prisoners by another of them, and pawned for that other
by the third; and the pawnbroker having identified the pawner,
the three were taken into custody.
The :Lord Mayor asked the complainant whether he had
an adequate recollection of what had taken place ?
He replied that he was about half-tipsev at the time the rob-
bery was committed; but he knew what he was about. He was
by no means drunk. He cuuld not identify any one of the
prisoners.
.I.!pon the second examination the Lord Mayor asked the com-
plainant whether he had learned anything further about the
rubbery_
Complainant —No, my Lord, I don't wish to carry it any
further. I might have dropped the watch.—(A laugh.)
The Lord Mayor.—Oh, you might have dropped_ it, might
you? Come, come, that won't answer me. You swore the
lasttime you were here that you were robbed of it.
`Complainant.—l was drunk, my Lord, and I don't know how
I lost it, and I find, upon inquiry, that these are hard-working,
ittdustrious men.
The Lord Mayor.—To be sure you do. How much are you
to get for turning round to their sides? What sum?
Complainant.—Not a farthing. I find they are honest men,
and I can't say I was robbed at all.
The Lord Mayor.—You think this will put an end to the pro-
secution, but you are mistaken. The case shall go before a jury.
Complainant.—l'll sacrifice the whole sooner than prosecute
innocent men. _ .

The Lord Mayor.—Your watch was found in the possession
of one of them. You are as bad as they are. I shall certainly
commit them.
Mr. Isaacs, who-appeared for one of the prisoners, stated that
his client had got the watch honestly into his possession; and
Mr. Hobler, jun., who attended for a second, submitted that
there was not a tittle against his.
The Lord Mayor.—This man has sworn that he was robbed
of his watch, and the watch is regularly traced to these three
men, through the hands of each of whom it has gone, and now
the complainant denies that he was robbed, and says the men
are all honest. What has worked this change ?
Complainant.—l do it out of compassion, for lam told they
are honest.
The Lord Mayor.--What! you'll swear that you were not
robbed because you have been told they are honest! Ay, you'll
get more by that than by a prosecution. You know that well.
Complainant.-1 don't want any thing, and 1 cannot think of
prosecuting.
The Lord Mayor.—Now here will be demonstrated the mis-
chief of grand juries. This fellow will be called before the grand
jury, and he will give such evidence as, not being compared
with his former testimony, will have the effect of throwing out
the bill.
Mr. Isaacs and Mr. Hobler, jun., declared that there appeared
to b' nothing against their clients.
The Lord Mayor.—l shall not let this drop. This is a new
mode of defence, making a prosecutor plumply deny one day
what he bad said upon another.
The prisoners were then remanded.

FRENCH S E DUCTIO N.
M. X—, a mechanist and engineer, of Paris, in an extensive
and thriving business, was left a widower with two sons and two
daughters, as a protection for whom he took into his family his
mother-in-law, a highly respectable woman, of an advanced age.
During the last winter he met with aman named Lacroizette, in
great distress for want of work, and out of charity employed him
in turning a wheel, giving him two francs a-day; and finding
bun isstanige.at-and ficlustriousrliLafterwa.yds raised him to a
better situation in his manufactory, and gave hibabight.evrafes.
M. X— haying parted with his cook, Lacroizette recommended
his own wife to the vacant situation, and thus contrived to be
admitted himself into the family. He had not long gained this
footing, when he took the base advantage of it to seduce the
eldest daughter of his benefactor, M'lle Julie, a young ladyaged
sixteen, and who was engaged to a young man with a fortune of
%UMW francs. The villain induced the credulous girl to be-
lieve that her intended husband was living in incest, and that if
she married him she must lead a life of continued misery, and at
the same time that her father had secret connections which could
not fail ultimately to effect his total ruin, and involve his family
in distress. In fine, Lacroizette prevailed upon the infatuated
girl to run off with him, taking with her a quantity of diamonds
and other valuables, and a sum of 2000 f. They passed the first
night of their elopement at Versailles, sleeping together, and on
the next day proceeded to Bourdeaux, where they were soon
traced and taken into custedv. Mlle Julie was placed in a con-
vent. and Lacroizette brought to Paris and delivered into the
hands of justice. On Saturday week he was arraigned before
the Court of Assizes, in company with a man named Fauquet,
whom the two delinquents had admitted into their confidence.
Lacroizette,_ who is about thirty-five years old, upon being in-
terrogated by the court, insisted that the young lady had made
the first advances, and urged him to go away with her, and that
it was she alone who took the money and jewels'. Fauquet de-
clared, that being acquainted with I acroizette, he went occa-
sionally to visit him, and soon perceived that Mlle X— was
enamoured of his friend, and being let into their confidence, he
aided their escape, but knew nothing of the robbery. He re-
ceived only 33 francs for his trouble. M. X— and his family
were present at the trial. Mille Julie and her sister were ele-
hantly dressed. The elder wore a black veil, and sat with her
eaedown, appearing to take no notice of what passed, till
called on to give evidence, when she arose, but was so much
affected that it was thought she would faint. She recovered,
however, and on throwing back her veil displayed beautiful re-
gular features, with a profusion of chestnut-coloured hair. She
related the story or her seduction nearly in the terms we have
given above, but refrained from looking at Lacroizette, who kept
his eyes constantly fixed upnn her, though he made no observa-
tion whatever upon her testimony. M. X— delivered his evi-
dence with great feeling; and, on sonic question being raised
as to the amount of the property carried off, he said, " Good
God ! what can that signify ! The wretch may take the whole
of my fortune—only let him restore to me my daughter, my
poor daughter!" In the end Fauquet was acquitted, and La-
croizette found guilty, with extern sting circumstances. He was
sentenced to five years' imprisonment, and to remain ten years
afterwards under the surveillance of the police. He heard his
sentence without any other signs of emotion than casting a re-
proachful look at Wile X.—French paper.

LORD STowELL.—This venerabl.e nobleman, who is fast ap-
proaching his 90th year, being some years older than his
brother, Lord Eldon, is in a very feeble state, and his sight is
much impaired from his former constant study so necessary to
the acquirement of his great professional knowledge.