The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-10-28 00:00:00

time by P. J. Maelcenna, Esq. London :J. Madden,

Leadenhall-street

It is a remarkable fact, that, although-Vie. colonial pos-

sessions of Great Britain have long been tbe.rnost mime-

rims, extensive, rich, and in

t that ever were sub-

jest to the rule of any OE

tion, the British people have

until very lately remained almost ignorant of their mag-
nitude, resources, and capabilities, and have exhibited an
extraord;nary apathy upon the vital subject of•their go-
vernment and development. Latterly, through a.
of causes,—the depression of industry at home;
of outlets for our overflowing, adventurous, and 1-
remunerated population ; the der--•'-

variety

the :want

Is of the various

.
colonists for a better admir
a more in

lion of their affairs, an

us culture

we are

happy to perceive that a more inquiring spirit is abroad,
and that the British public are beginning to take a deep

contentment with its labour, self-sustainment through it.
Labour, and labour to purpose, is an instinct with the Eng-
lish: the disposition towards it is not impaired by impulses
in another direction, by leanings to parade or shallow glory-
ines, by spasmodic ambitions or restle esness towards new
forms of pleasure. Britons can enjoy themselves in their own
-way ; but it may most truly be said of them,- with some allow-
ance for the antithesis, that they are never so happy as when
they are miserable ! An Englishman at his pleasure is more
serious than an Englishman at his business. He suffers in
being happy. And the reason that be-is -so gloomy-looking
over his pleasure is, that his joy, if he-be capable of feeling
joy, is inward, perhaps ruffling the muscles of his heart, but
never escaping out of his eyes. He cannot make a fair of his
labour and heap up the products of his skill.on counters, to be
stared at in a promenade where, on account of the very num-
bers, there cannot be attention, and therefore there can be no
improvement. The truth is, that we learn very little with our
eyes—that is, in company. We see our company, but not that
which we and the company have come to see.
" We can quite understand how appropriate a grand public
exposition of the works of all nations would be in a foreign
country: how utile in Belgium, how gay in France, how sug-
gestive in Germany, how spiritual in Italy,- how ponderous in
Spain. These are all paternal or quasi paternal Governments;
and France is no exception with its hundreds of thousands of
warriors to keen order for the 'Father,' whoever he is, and
wherever he may happen to be. But we aremore like disin-
herited sons, grumbling and yet getting on ; looking very
uneasy, and yet when we shut ourselves in from the world (or
in other words, when we go home), retiring to soft carpets and
undeniable dinners. An Englishman rather visits the world
than dwells in it ; (flute different to the majority of continen-
tals, who, dwelling in a world and having no abiding place or
perch elsewhere, find it pleasant to have shows and to make a
fair in that certain limbo out of which they never go."

Having denounced these shows in general as unsuited to
England, he thus fires at the particular one in Hyde
Park :

" I fearlessly arraign that great glass bubble as a humbug;
unmitigated, total. I charge it with all the loose ends which
we have all been endeavouring to catch and to-weave into a
rope upon which, as the seamen term it, we might muze and
haul the ship into deeper water. Englishmen ought to be eter-
nally ashamed of the folly which has been talked Of it and for
it : it met in its outset the English natural disinclination to
projects, to =those designs which boasted more wind than
weight, more glitter than geld, than gold-dust more sand—
aye, sand for the eyes. It has been a regular desert storm
upon the legitimate industry of the great capital, its nervous
self-sustained .strength. its reasonable hopes, its -well-consi-
dered speculations—its natural commercial arithmetic, in
fact."

The first stone having gone clean through thebuildine,
terminates its mission by cracking the crown of the archi-
tect :

Winter Garden ?—aye, truly, ours may very probably prove
a Winter Garden—full of dead flowers I Oh, Paxton, Paxton !
weat have you done! You have made of England a trumpery
toy-shop : you have offered the people gingerbread for a good
loaf. You have sent round the basket for every one to throw
something into that:great well of yours. You have put blue-
burnished spectacles over the mighty eyes of the British Lion,
anti have gilt his claws. And now that we are no longer a
nation of shopkeepera,,but a nation of shopkeepers' boys, fond
of their Sunday fine►y, ,and come out all over of Genlism,—

think of that fine 00 'English taste which of his sturdy inde-
pendence made the Briton a Man, and of his sound sense and
grand :.nd rightly-directed spirit, perhaps the nearest approach
to a Hero that the world has yet seen."

Statistics of British Commerce, being a compendium of
the Production, Manufacture, Imports, and Exports of
the United Kingdom in Agriculture, Minerals, Mer-
.chandizes, arc. By Braithwaite Poole, Esq. W. H.
Smith and Son and Simpkin and Marshall, London. G.
M'Corquodale and Co.,and Webb and Huilt;Liverpool.
The fourth and concluding part of this admirable and

laborious compilation has issued from the press,

and the

commercial world has now a condensed book of reference,
in which will be found a compendium of the entire com-

coerce of the country—of what it consists, how constitu-
ted, the extent, localities, what proportion the various
trades, products, imports and exports bear to each other,
&c. The difficulties of obtaining correct statistical data
have been great and numerous, but the compiler, who is
chairman to the Railway Managers of Merchandize, has
boldly faced them, and with the willing aid of the Board
of Trade, Customs, Excise, the Statistical Society, public
and private companies, merchants, manufacturers, and
others, has produced a work which for solid commercial
information is indeed invaluable. The articles are ar-
ranged alphabetically, and can be referred to in an instant.
It appears that our home trade in produce and manufac-
tures of every description comprises about 290,000,000
tons in weight, and nearly £600,000 000 in value per
annum, including the agricultural produce of the country,
which amounts to 180,000,000 tons, and £240,000,000 in
value,—the ordinary amount of farming stock on hand
being £200,000,000. The foreign imports average
6,000,000 tons and £100,000,000 in value, of which 250,000
tons are re-exported,equivalent to £9,000,000. Theexports
of British and Irish produce and manufactures for the
United Kingdom amount to 5,000,000 tons, £65,000,000
in value. No commercial man should be without this
hand-book.

Why are we Protestants ? A Lecture by the Rev. C. J
Hume, M.A., Rector of Meonstoke, Hants. London

Wertheim. Liverpool: Newling.
In common with many of our neighbours, we have been
accustomed to look to cities and larger towns for able
controversialists. Little, therefore, did we expect that an
obscure village called Meonstoke, in Hampshire, should
possess a rector capable of producing so masterly a pro-
duction on the Romish question. It seems that the good
Protestants of 'Winchester prevailed upon its author to
appear before them in February lest ; but the publication
of the lecture then delivered was delayed until a very few
weeks ago. The argument that pervades these few pages is
clear and well sustained: its points are irresistibly forcible:
its references are strikingly appropriate ; and if there be a
pungency which makes opponents wince under the influ-
ence of hard hits, there is at the same time a spirit of
holy indignation against the errors, viith a tender regard
for the souls ( f those who are led away by such errors.
Our space will not admit of extracts; but this is the less
important as we understand that the little work has
already been widely circulated and diligently perused.

DIFFERENT VIEWS of theBLO OMER COSTUME,

Don't a lady's dress of the present day take so many
lengths to make up—according to the taste of the wearer?
—but, with the Bloomer costume, I should be sorry to
say to what lengths the lady who wears it might feel in-
clined to go ! —An Indignant Milliner.
Should the Bloomer costume be adopted, petticoats will
go out ; and petticoats going out, there may be an end,
at last, to all petticoat government !—of which no one will
be mote heartily rejoiced than—The Henpecked Husband.
'Ere's the jolly good health of the Bloomer costume !
For I tell you what, Bill, our 'bus, with all the shaking
in the world, won't carry more than sixteen ladies, pack
'em as tight as you will; but I find that it will take
twenty Bloomers comfurrably, and allow each on 'em a
Bloomer baby on the lap ! It's the dress, my boy, vot
makes the difference.—The 'Bus Conductor.

Oh, dear ! how delightful it will be for jumping over
the stiles.—The Fast Young Lady.

I'm in favour of the new costume; because if my wife
bothers me for a new dress, T shall refer her to the tailor,
and I can make out a tailor's bill, and I know all his
prices; whereas J defy any man to understand a milli-
ner's.—The Mean Husband.

This new dress will take all opposition off the road—
for really the long dresses of the ladies swept everything
so clean that there is nothing left for us to clear away
after them. In short, I look upon the Bloomers as the
very best friend to the Broomer.—The Street Orderly.
I don't care how my girls dress, as long as they dress
decently ; but I am sure as quarter-day that they will hang
on to the skirts of this new Bloomer costume—that is to
say, if it has any skirts—if it is only for the sake of getting
a new dress; for I never knew any girl of mine let a new
dress slip through her fingers when she had a chance of
getting one.—The Good-natured Papa.—Punch

PROTESTANT ORGANIZATION OP ENGLAND.

(From the Bulwark, or Reformation Journal.)
The organization of British Protestantism is absolutely
necessary, both because we are dealing with *an enemy
most thoroughly united and disciplined over the three
kingdoms, because we have all one object, and because
without union and co-operation we can neither discharge
our duty to ourselves nor to the Papists around us. The
organization of England is especially necessary, because
towards that noble section of the empire the main strength
of the enemy is directed, and because in whatever way
England decides, the battle will, humanly speaking, be

CHURCH OF ENGLAND INSTITUTION.

THE SIEGE OF

DERRY.

The second lecture of the series connected with the

Church of England Institution was delivered last night, at
the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street, by the Rev. David
James, of Kirkdale, the subject being "The Siege-of
Derry." The attendance was numerous.
Mr. Alderman Parker was called to the chair, and the
proceedings having been opened by prayer, Mr. PARKER
said that on reading over the subject on which the learned
divine was going to deliver a lecture, the bosom of every Pro-
testant and of every 'Orangeman must throb with anxiety
(Hear, and cheers). The time had come when they. were
called upon not only to read of and admire, but to follow
the noble example of the apprentice lads of Derry at the
siege. He should like to says few words to their Catholic
brethren—and he hoped that •there were Catholics pre-
sent. The times were come when every loyal inhabitant was
called upon to support the Church of our Protestantreligion,
and having lately, when the head of this Church honoured
us with a visit, shown our loyalty as a community, let them
now show their warm attachment to the Church, as con-
sistent and loyal subjects. The Chairman then introduced
the Rev. Mr. James, who was received with loud applause.
The Rev. LECTURER, in opening, said that the siege
of Londonderry, in the north of Ireland, commenced
in the year of the revolution, 1688, and was an event inti-
mately connected with the progress and final establish-
ment of the reformation in the United Kingdom ; and it
seemed at the time to involve the future destinies, not
only of England, Scotland, and Ireland, but also of the
continent of Europe; but, inasmuch as the scene of
action lay in Ireland, the subject demanded that he (the
rev. lecturer) should take at this time a retrospective view
of the religious history of that country, for he looked
upon the siege of Derry, at least in his lecture, as the last
link in a long chain of events, and be must crave their
indulgence in glancing at these events as briefly as he
could consistently with clearness. The lecturer then
took a review of the religions history of Ireland from the
days of Druidism, which was superseded by the intro-
duction of Protestant Christianity, by St. Patrick, down
to the time of the arrival of the Prince of Orange. In
the reign of Edward the Sixth and of Elizabeth, Ireland
remained Popish, when the gl ,rious reformation was pro-
gressing successfully throughout our own country. This
being the case, it was evident in what a disadvantageous
position Ireland was placed, in consequence of the
interests and the influence of Rome resisting the
introduction of the reformation into that country. He
then traced the course of events to the time of James

the Second, one of whose daughters had been married by

the Prince of Orange, who was a Protestant, another
daughter having been married to the King of Denmark,
a Catholic. The Prince landed at Torbay, on the sth of
November, 1688, and as soon as the news arrived that he
had landed in England, there was a grand movement in
Ireland in favour of James, who had previously to this
event abdicated the throne of England. Ireland was still
at this period under the influence of Rome, and James
was a Papist, body and soul, from head to foot. (Laughter.)
The movement in Ireland created a great sensation amongst
the Protestant population. At this time that country was
under the government of Tyrconnel, and the direction
taken was towards the north, where the Protestants were
principally located. The Protestants began to inquire
what was to be done, and they looked to Londonderry as
their principal sanctuary—the place of refuge in time of
imminent trial and peril. Tyrconnel withdrew from the
garrison of Derry a regiment under the command of Lord
Mountjoy, a Protestant, intending to replace it by two
regiments of Lord Antrim, who was a Roman Catholic.
The Protestants at Derry and surrounding neighbourhood
took great alarm at this, and in a small place in the district
a letter addressed to Lord Mount Alexander was found.
This evidently had been written by a poor man,
and it requested his lordship not to go out at night, as
there was a deep conspiracy taking place. That on the
9th day of the month a massacre of the Protestants was
to take place, regardless of any distinction being made
between young men or old, or between women or chil-
dren. The contents of this letter became known, as they
were industriously circulated • and the Protestants began
to flock to the city of Londonderry for refuge. The Earl
of Antrim was advancing with his troops, and on the 7th
of August he came in sight of the city. On the walls the
inhabitants had assembled, and amongst them were a few
youths, called 'prentice lads, nine in number. One of these
said to the other, " Tom, or James," or what not, " let us
go and shut the gates ;" and the nine apprentice lads
rushed to one of the four gates and closed it in the face
of these two regiments. (Applause.) Many of the powerful
inhabitants of the city, with the bishops at their head,
remonstrated with these youths, and begged of them to
allow the troops to enter the city. They were resolute,
and replied, " No : the gates shall not be opened ;" and
that firmness of spirit was an impulse from Above. This
spirit spread amongst the inhabitants at large, and imme-
diately there was a rush to all the gates, to close them, on
the part of the other inhabitants. They ( the persons
within the city) began to marshal themselves, and train
in military tactics. No attempt was made upon the gatesn
but the news spread.that Derry was determined to stand a
siege, upon which the inhabitants of the surrounding
country flocked to render assistance. So matters went on
throughout the winter, until April, before any serious
attempt was made to take the city. Thirty thousand in-
habitants were shut up within the walls, and the garrison
consisted of 7020 in number. The walls were twenty.
four yards high, and the city was surrounded by the Foyle.
At the top of the walls there was a walk, and this was
crowded by the inhabitants ; bastions were erected to
enable the inhabitants to make a defence. • Lundy, the go-
vernor, while pretending to be in favour of Protestantism,
was in reality in favour of James, and wanted to
influence the Irish to surrender the city. The inhabitants
said " No!"—(cheers)—and Lundy clank away on the 9th
of April, 1689, over the a ails, carrying a bundle of matches
on his back. (Laughter and applause.) The Rev. Geo.
Walker, (tremendous applause,) and Major H. Baker, were
elected governors in Lundy's room ; and no two men ever
discharged more faithfully their duty to their God, to their
religion, and to Protestantism. (Applause.) The Major
died in a few weeks afterwards ; but life was extended to
George Walker throughout the siege, and he went about
the city with a Bible in one hand, encouraging the be-
sieged, and reading assurances that the Lord would deliver
them, whilst in the other hand he carried a sword with
which to keep the enemy at bay. But the siege itself was
fearful in its effects upon the inhabitants within. The
garrison made sorties at different times, in order, if pos-
sible, to harrass the troops and James •, and they harras-
sed them by day, and they harrassed them by night ;
they harrassed them asleep, and they harrassed them
awake ;—(Cheers and laughter)—they harrassed them
tin fair weather, and they harrassed therm in foul.—
(Renewed laughter.)—Many from the army were taken
prisoners and led within the walls. When King James
left the army and went to Dublin, there came forward a
French marshal named Rawson, to take command of
James's forces, and this man swore an awful oath of the
visitation he would bring upon the besieged if they did
surrender; but in face of famine they bravely held out
day after day. They said they were determined that
nothing should induce them to deliver up the city
into the hands of men who were thirsting for their
blood. This French marshal sent about the whole
country to collect ail the Protestants they could
find, who bad not been able to take refuge
within the citadel, and these were all driven,
at the point of the sword, beneath the walls, and inti-
mation was given to those on the walls that unless they
gave way their friends and relations should be slaughtered
before their eves. The men on the outside shouted,
" Stand to the last; never mind us !" (Cheers.) In re-
taliation for this, on the royal bastion was erected a gallows,
in the sight of the army of James ; and from the wall
tops the besiegers were told if those persons below were
not permitted to depart unmolested and uninjured, they
would bring forth the prisoners they had within the city
and hang them up one after another. Whilst the famine
was effecting fearful devastation, they saw the approach of
ships, with provisions, under the command of Major.
General Kirk. (Loud cheers.) The first of July was
the fearful day on which Rowen had sworn to carry into
execution his diabolical threat. On the 30th of July
there arrived in the Lock Foyle the frigate Dartmouth,
with three ships, asconvoyr with provisions. In approach-
ing, however, the frigate came in contact with a boom
which had been thrown across the river, with such force
as to drive her ashore ; by means of firing a broad side,
however, she righted, and got afloat, and made her
passage to the quay of the city. When the inhabitants
found provisions and succour brought, they remembered
the promises read to them by the Rev. George Walker,
and called in thankfulness to Almighty God for hi's
saving intervention ; for as the Rev. George Walker
said two more days and the place must inevitably hare
proved their graves. The following morning saw the army
of James depart 1 (Loud cheers.) Derry was safe ! The
Protestants of the north of Ireland were thus delivered
from an intended bloody and remorseless massacre. They
possessed the truth of God for the benefit of the country ;
christianity was spread ; the Protestant religion was pre-
served for the benefit of the land ; the charter of those
privileges, religious and civil, brought in by the revolu-
tion in England, was thus secured and established by the
glorious conduct of the inhabitants of Derry. He (Mr.
James) had given a consecutive review of the principal
events which formed so many links in that chain which
which led to the last and most important one,—the Siege
of Derry. Why, from all appearance, this siege turned
the scale in favour of the revolution ; for when James
heard that the siege was raised by his own troops, he fled
to the continent, never to return (loud cheers.) He (Mr.
James) wished that the Protestant spirit in Ireland might
spread, and become as leaven to the whole country,
and in a splendid peroration called upon all those in the
bondage of Romanism to return to the religion introduced
by St. Patrick. Mr. James resumed his seat amidst applause.
Votes of thanks were then given to Mr. James and to
the Chairman, and after the Doxology had been sung the
meeting separated.

gained. .
Deeply impressed with such considerations, we lately
visited some of the principal towns in England, to ascer-
tain to what extent the Protestants were preparing for the
approaching struggle. And we must confess that the
result of our investigation was very far from satisfactory,
although we saw the elements of irresistible power, and,
by the blessing of God, of triumphant success, if properly
combined and directed.

From Newcastle we proceeded to Leeds, and met with
a number of friends of Protestantism. The atmosphere
of the place generally seems, however, very cold on the
subject. A rampant Puseyism has largely done its work,
and Popery is working with all its might to take advantage
of the opportunity, and in the worst sense becoming " all
things to all men."
A far better state of things in every way we found at
Manchester, where much has been done, by the eloquence
of Mr. Stowell and others, to awaken the people to a just
perception of what Popery really is, and what it meditates.
There is a powerful committee—powerful both in talent
and numbers—organised there, which we trust may yet
exert an influence not only in Manchester but over the
empire. ' . . .

Liverpool has long been associated with the name of
Protestantism. Assailed on the one hand by an increasing
inundation of the lowest and fiercest Popery of Ireland,
and blessed on the other by a multitude of most zealous
and able ministers of Christ, at the head of whom stands
the celebrated Dr. M'Aieile, it would be remarkable if it
were otherwise. And yet there is a great want of com-
prehensive organisation. We had some interesting con.
versation with the Rev. Samuel Minton, who has lately
distinguished himself in the Romish controversy, and were
glad to find that the open-air services and the weekly ser-
mons on the subject of Popery were telling, and that mea-
sures were in progress for the establishment of an effective
Irish Mission. Such measures are peculiarly appropriate
in such a locality ; but Liverpool ought to be the centre
of a great organisation for resisting Popery in every way.
There is, we are told, the means of at once collecting an
extemporaneous committee or meeting on a large scale,
but our friends when we were there had laid down their
arms, and for a time disbanded their committee, because
the bill was passed." A great delusion in our opinion,
as this is not the end but only the beginning of the war.

DEATH FROM DRUNKENNESS.—SINGULAR INSTANCE
OF A MAN MISTAKING THE IDENTITY OF HIS WIFE.—
On Friday night last Wm. Smith, a police-officer, whilst
on duty in Rae-street, found a drunken woman lying on
her back on the parapet. He .got assistance, a bearing.
barrow was procured, and they were in the act of taking
the woman to bridewell, when Mr. Williams, who keeps
a public bake-house in Rae-street, came and said the
woman was his wife, and she was accordingly taken to Mr.
Williams's house, Mr. Williams himself assisting. The
notice-officers left, and when they hail proceeded as far as
Highfield-street, they were sent for back to Mr. Wil-
liams's, and Mr. 'Williams then said he had made a mis-
take, as the woman was not his wife. The woman was
then taken to Vauxhall bridewell, and booked for being
drunk, and for safety. Subsequently, the woman was taken
to the Northern Hospital, where she died from the effects of
drunkenness.

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, 'TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1851.

Yours, &c.,
Liverpool, Oct. 27,1851.

MUSIC

atone to the public for whatever dissatisfaction exists ;
and a degree of ardent enthusiasm would be elicited on
the occasion of the inauguration of the Holl of St. George,
which, will venture to assert, the annals of this country
could not equal. We must make some amends for the
9th October 111—I am, Sir, &c.,

COMMUNE BONUM
ROMISH INTENTION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
SlR,—Allow me, through the medium of your valuable
paper, to offer some observations on this subject :—a sub-
ject that has for some time engaged much of public atten-
tion. Now, intention, or internal intention, or external
intention, are all, Mr. Editor, of the same family : a truly
noble Catholic trio. Well might the Council of Trent
render intention necessary to the validity of a sacrament,
&c., seeing that intention is indispensable to the perform-
ance of any work. Why. intention is a component part
of action : it is intention that calls action forth : intention
precedes action' whilst action presupposes intention.
I tell my opponents, that they cannot, without the aid
of intention, voluntarily perform any office—no matter
what. Intention, then, being indispensable to the per-
formance of a work, necessarily is not less so in the crea-
tion of a sacrament than food is to the hungry, or clothing
to the naked.

If the Council of Trent, in the plenitude of its wisdom,
had not decreed it so, it is high time that some Council
should decree it.

External intention ! How is that to be get at ? Why,
forsooth, it is to be estimated and ascertained by the so-
lemnity accompanying the action. Surely, there is a dif-
ference between a jester and one seriously devout.

So much for the doctrine of intention, which is traceable
to the passage, " Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth," &c.,
whence, probably, it bad its origin. The maranatha for
disobedience is in good keeping.—l am, Sir, yours, &c.,
HENRY FINDON,
Catholic lay convert, 120, Suffolk-st., Birmingham.
27th October, 1851. _

THE JUDGE OF THE COUNTY COURT.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

SIR,—I am glad to find that a move in the right
direction is being made as to who should conduct the
approaching inquiry at Preston, and feel persuaded that
one and all will say that the lot falls on the Town Council.
The inquiry is of a public nature, and for the good of the
town, and, therefore, should be undertaken by those who
have in their possession the public money in trust, to
expend the same for the good of the town. The surplus
in the hands of the Corporation has been dipped into for
many public purposes by a vote of the Council ; and I
trust that our worthy Town-Clerk will be able to see his
way clear to say that he finds no objection to another dip
being made for this purpose. But, be that as it may, I
hope the question will be pressed to the vote, and that the
majority in favour of such an application of the funds will
be very large ; but, if the thing be impracticable, let it be
publicly made known why. It is quite evident a large
sum must be expended in the inquiry, even though con-
ducted so near home as Preston, (which, by-the-bye, I
think a more appropriate place for the court of inquiry to
be held at than Liverpool,) and it is very bald that such
expense should fall on the parties more immediately con-
cerned, or upon the few philanthropic and zealous indivi.
duals who have already very creditably subscribed their
money. •

You will observe that I in no way touch the question to
be dealt with at Preston, nor is it necessary that. I should
express my opinion thereon. Indeed, all wise men reserve
their judgment until both sides have been heard.
JUSTICE.

AND THE DRAMA

PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.

On Wednesday and Friday evenings, the English Glee
and Madrigal Union gave the two musical entertainments
announced in our last. The executants were Mrs. Ender-
sohn, Miss M. Williams, and Messrs. Lockey, Francis,
Land, Whitehouse, and Henry Phillips. The attendance,
though tolerably numerous, was not what might have been
expected, though we were much gratified to find the gal-
leries far better filled than usual—a fact which shews that
glees and madrigals are not generally appreciated by the
higher classes in Liverpool, and that the middle oraers
possess a far more healthy and less vitiated musical taste
than they have credit for. The discrimination with which
the really good was distinguished from the common-place
by the audiences of these performances did one's heart
good—and the more so because of the gross breaches of
sound musical taste which the audience at the Miscella-
neous Concerts so frequently commit. In truth, real Eng-
lish music is far less cultivated here than it ought to be.
It is fashionable to patronise foreign artistes, and consi-
dered vulgar to encourage those of home growth ; while
many listen with appar at rapture to a piece of music sung
to foreign words, the meaning of which they do not under-
stand, and hear with ill-concealed disdain a truly English
song sung to truly English words. For these, glees and
madrigals offer no attraction.
The performances on Wednesday and Friday evenings
were of an essentially more healthy character than we have
been accustomed to. Mrs. Endersohn has a nice voice,
though somewhat reedy. Plain singing suits her best, as
she is very unhappy in her attempts to introduce orna-
ment ; besides these defects, she is slovenly in her tune
and defective in her pronunciation,—faults observable only
when she sings alone, which might, we imagine, be ob-
viated by a little training and care ; as a glee singer, how-
ever, we must give her unqualified praise. Of Miss Wil-
liams, it is unnecessary to speak, as she is well known
here, and her rich voice is always welcome. Mr. Lockey
and Mr. Phillips also are too well known and appreciated
to require particular mention. Mr. Francis and Mr.
Whitehouse, in the glees and madrigals, did their parts
most tastefully ; end we are glad to be able to commend
the great tact and taste with which Mr. Land accompanied
on the piano-forte.
The characteristic features of these performances are,
that no singer intrudes his peculiar part unnecessarily—
that all keep themselves subordinate to the piece—that
there is no undue preponderance; and the result is, that
a glee or madrigal has its beauties most effectively brought
out, its lights and shades carefully studied, and the
melody, by whomsover sung for the time, brought out in
admirable relief, sinking back to its previous subordinate
position when another part has to take up the melody
where it left off. It is so very seldom that each singer
will keep himself in subjection to the requirements of the
piece, that the very carefully studied music of this union
deserves the highest commendation.
To enumerate the pieces performed on Friday evening :
"Let me, careless," was a tastefully composed madrigal
by Lindley, rather confused in parts, it is is true, but still
to be admired. Horsley's glee, 'By Celia's arbour," was
much admired. It is a beautiful and thoughtful composi-
tion ; and the concluding line, " But tears of sorrow shed
by me," was lovely and plaintive in the extreme. It was
very properly encored. Another by the same com-
poser, " Now the storm begins to lower," was also admi-
rable, though in a lesser degree. The line, " Haste ! the
loom of hell prepare," was, however, fine and expressive.
"Ye spotted snakes," by Stevens, was well sung and
encored. Webbe's beautiful glee, " When winds breath
soft," was finely rendered and much enjoyed. " Come
let us join the roundelay," by Beale, was very sweet and
pretty, more especially in the intricate harmony of the
fa, la, la. It was admirably sung, with great nerve and
expression. " Hence, all ye vain delights," by Webbe,
was also well sung. The glee, by Cooke, " The clouds
of night," was good, but the subject was not attractive.
These pieces formed the first and third parts.
The second part consisted of songs, duets, &c., and was
inferior in every respect to the other parts.
At the miscellaneous concert to-night Mr. C. E.
Horsley and Mr. Sims Reeves appear. The former sings
a fine song of Purcell's, " Come, if you dare," The next
subscription concert will be devoted to Mendelssohn's
" St. Paul," a work with which the members of the
orchestra are taking great pains.

ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—Mr. Buckstone and Mrs.
Fitzwilliam have appeared every evening during the past
week, in some of their most popular characters, and have
attracted unusually good houses. On Friday night Mr.
Buckstone took his benefit, when the theatre was literally.
" crammed" in every part, a " great fact" seldom wit-
nessed from the Liverpool boards. The entertainment
consisted of a new comedy, by Mr. Sterling Coyne, which
was produced last season at the Haymarket Theatre,
London, with great success, and now brought out for the
first time in Liverpool. It is entitled " Presented at
Court, or the Mercer's Widow ;" and the plot is laid in
the reign of Charles 11. It is said to be founded on a fact
related of certain ladies of quality, who endeavoured to
prevent the presentation at court of Mistress Anne
Franklyn (Mrs. Fitzwilliam), a rich, beautiful, and ac-
complished city widow, who had engrossed the attention
of some of the court gallants. A friend of hers, Lady
Trumpington, has undertaken to introduce her to the
presence of the " Merry Monarch ;" but an intrigue is
entered into to frustrate the friendly design, at the head
of which are the Earl of Rochester and the Ladies Castle-
maine and Shrewsbury. The former manages to intro-
duce himself into Lady Trumpington's house, and carries
her off to a place of concealment, under the pretence that
sne is going to be consulted by the cabinet ministers, " on
affairs of state." To effect this, he represents himself to
Geoffrey Wedderburne, her nephew (Mr. Buckstone), as
" Tom a distant relation of one of his Devon-
shire friends ; and Geoffrey—an unpolished young gentle-
man, rather addicted to " imbibing"—is of course very
glad to see him, and opens " another bottle" for the sake
of good fellowship. During their carousal, Lady Trump-
ington makes her appearance, and in this scene an ad-
mirable display of Mr. Buckstone'sinimitable humourtakes place, when denying the accusation made of his
being inebriated. A sleeping draught, slyly administered
to him by "Tom," soon takes effect, and whilst in a state
of somnolency he is disposed of and his "venerable aunt"
run away with. The next scene shows us the arrival of
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prive her of all the accessories necessary to her appear-
ance at court, but she is determined to persevere, and by
a series of happy coincidences, known only to dramatic
authors, all these wants are supplied, and, accompanied by
Geoffrey Wedderburne, disguised in the habiliments of
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