The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-12-24 00:00:00

THE QUEEN'S THEATRE,

This place of amusement was opened last night by Beverly,
with an efficient melo•dramatic corps. The first piece- was
entitled "The Sea! the Se-a!" ,a name most probably sug-
gested by Neukomm's popular so called song, and, of ail others,
the most likely to attract an audience in a great maritime town
like this. The house was crowded. On the rising of the cur-
tain, the national anthem of "God save the King" was per-
formed by the band, and the gods so willed it,-that the whole
audience should do homage to this inspiring strain by hearing
it uncovered. This would seem to argue that the leprosy of
Jacobinisin has not ascended from the radicals to that class
usually denominated "the lower orders." There was some
very respectable company in the pit and boxes.

THE LIVER THEATRE.
This theatre will be opened on Thursday night by Mr. W. J.
Hammond and Mr. Raymond. We are informed that the
company is a very good one, and that Mademoiselle Celeste,
the celebrated dancer, now performing at Covent-garden
theatre, and M. Le Clercq, the celebrated ballet master, are
engaged.

LOSS OF NO. 1 PILOT-BOAT.

TO THE EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL ST.4ND-4RD.

Sts,—ln the report, inserted in the Journal of the 7th inst.,
of the loss of. No. 1 Pilot-boat, it is stated that during a lurch
of the boat, the punt was washed off the deck, and thrown into
the belly of the mainsail, which was rent and blown to rags.
I beg to state that the mainsail and foresail are now in Liver-
pool, at Mr. Dickenson's sail-room, Nova. Scotia, where they
may be inspected, the mainsail perfectly whole, with the excep-
tion of a small hole in the lining cloth, after being exposed to
the united elements of wind and sea until the Ist instant; the
foresail split on the after leach, by the main-boom running
through it after it was unshipped (or carried away) when the
sea struck the boat. I think it would have been fortunate, in
this case, if the mainsail had split, as the boat would have
righted after the sea broke on board of her, and not laid her on
her broadside, with the water in the sail, until the main-sheet
was cut away, and per rapidly filling with water down the sky-
light and companion, as was the case.
In justice to the manufacturer of the canvas, the mainsail
Neilson's No., 1, navy canvas and foresail, Neilson's No. 0,
twine canvas which 1 purchased from Messrs. I. H. hind and
C 0.,) and the maker of the sails, Mr. Win. Dickenson, I beg
you will have the goodness to insert this satement of facts in
your next, or such part as you may deem sufficient, and oblige,
sir, your obedient servant,
ROBERT EDWARDS,
Liverpool Dec. 18, 1833. Master of No. 1 Pilot-boat.

In our advertising columns our readers will find a list of
books published by Mr. Blackwood, which, as they unite solid
information vith delightful amusement, we especially recom-•
mend as Christmas presents to the young.. Tom Cringle's Log;
Passages from the Diary of a late Physician; Professor Wil-
son's and Mrs. Hemaiis' Poems; the Course of 'Time; the
works of the Author of Cyril. Thornton, &c. &c. require, indeed,
no recommendation from us.

We have great pleasure in referring our readers to the Crosby
Quadrilles which are noticed in another part of our paper. We
understand they have already met with a most gratifying re-
ception at the balls of some of our nobility, and we venture to
anticipate for them. a share of public patronage, equal to that by
which 11'Ir. Banks's Floral Quadrilles were distinguished.

Passengers in the John Jay, Captain Glover, from New
York :—Mr. Monson and lady, Mr. Simmons, Mr. Gillespie,
Mr. Anderson, Mr. LaXton, and Mr. Howe.

PIGEON SIIOOTING.-011 Thursday next the "shots" of Li-
verpool anticipate a high treat at Aintree, when a cup is to be
shot for. At the same time the Aintree Club will be open to
receive a challenge from a similar number of any other club in
England.

CAUSES OF RAlN.—There is an old proverb in Germany,
that when monks go -abroad it sure to rain. Frischlin says
that he heard a philosopher in Prague gravely attempt to ac-
count for, the phenomenon, attributing it to the fumes of liquor
easily escaping through the bald crowns, and becoming con-
densed by the cold of the atmosphere.-
Conormit's INQUEST.—Yesterday an inquest was held on the
body of a child named Margaret Green, who was found drowned
in the canal basin. It appeared that the deceased was the
daughter of the captain of a flat, and whilst playing on the deck
of the vessel, she fell into the basin.—Verdict, Found drowned.
BURGLARIES.—On Friday morning last the house of Mrs.
Place, No. 74, Bostock-street, was burglariously entered by
thieves, and property to a considerable amount stolen there-
from, consisting of silver spoons and wearing apparel, with
which they got clear off.—On the same morning the premises
of Mrs. Alice Smith, situate in Flint-street, were broken open,
and a large quantity of wearing apparel was stolen.
FIRES.—Soon after twelve o'clock, on Friday night, a fire
broke out in Braneker's cooperage yard, Matthew-street. The
engines were on the spot in a short tinte;(the Norwich Union
first, the Sun next,) but from the .tardy and very insufficient
supply of water, the flames were not gut under until one o'clock
on Saturday morning. The damage was inconsiderable, little
snore than a shed, some casks, &c., having been consumed.—
On Saturday night another fire broke out upon the premises of
Mr. Storey, Canning-street, which raged violently until some
outbuildings were entirely destroyed. There is a vitriol-manu-
factory adjoining the premises, but owing to the greatexertions
of the police the flames did not communicate to that building.

THE WHIG CORPORATION OF DERBY.—Messrs. Cockburn
and Rushton, the corporation commissioners. commenced their
inquiry into the state of the corporation of Derby on Monday.
The mayor (Douglas Fox, Esq.) addressed the court at con-
siderable length, in the course of which he stated that the corpol
ration were prepared to give every information to the commis-
sioners; but, lest these proceedings should be brought forward as
a precedent in future, he, on the part of the corporation, expressed
his conviction that there was no legal authority to compel them to
acoede to the present inquiry ! The investigation was then gone
through. The salary of the master of- the grammar-school is
£GO. He has only one scholar!—Staffordshire Advertiser.—[We
believe that this is the corporation wet keeps no books.—Edit.
LIVERPOOL STANDARD.]

LIVERPOOL ROYAL INSTITUTION.

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A meeting of the governors and patrons of the i'hools of this
Institution was held on Thursday last in the Lec ure-room, on
which occasion the pupils delighted a crowded audi ty of ladies
and gentlemen, by declamations and recitations; a,ul.ltrizes
were delivered to the fortunate candidates. The subject of the
declamations was, " Whether the Greeks or Romans are the
more entitled to the admiration and gratitude of posterity," and
Sheppard and Forsyth ably and eloquently advocated the views
they respectively took of the question. The recitations were
delivered in a most creditable manner,—each young gentleman
using his utmost efforts to please.
The Rev. JONATHAN BROOKS then distributed the prizes to
the victors; in the higher school, Sheppard, Haucox, Banner,
Elliot, Brancker, Harris, Forsyth, and M'Neill ; in the lower
school, Brooks, Forshaw, 'iikin, Venables, Snowball, Harris,
junior, Thompson, and Cannon; with a suitable remark to each.
The reverend gentleman then described the great pleasure he
had felt in listening to the original description of a bull fight, by
M 'Neill; as well as the able defence of their side of the argument,
involving the comparative merits of the Greeks and Romans, by
Sheppard and Forsyth, who had vividly brought before their
eyes the pristine glory of the ancient empires; and he could not
but congratulate them in having a school in Liverpool which
could now, as well as Eton, Westminster, and Shrewsbury, send
its pupils to contend for pre-eminence iu the universities. He
trusted that the reputation which the successful candidates had
gained would be sustained by them, whilst the unsuccessful
ones, remembering that, although defeated, they were not dis-
graced, would use their utmost exertions to ensure success upon
a future occasion. He was sure they would all regret, as he did,
the loss which the committee and pupils were about to experience
in the removal of their head master, Mr. Peile. (Applause.)—
They all knew his merits as .a master, both in the anxiety he had
always shown for the improvement of his pupils and his strict
maintenance of that discipline so essentially necessary to the
success of the school. There were two circumstances, however,
which caused him to regret it the less, first, the prospects which
were opened to Mr. Peile by his removal, which he could not
hope for by remaining here ; and secondly, their singular good
fortune in obtaining the services of Mr. Ififf, as Mr. Peile's
successor, a gentleman who came from the same nursery which
bad produced Mr. Peile, Shrewsbury School. They all knew
what that school had done, in sending boys to the colleges who
had carried all before them, and although the pupils were ready
to acknowledge how much they owed to the attention of Dr.
Butler, they ascribed to Mr. Bill* the credit of being mainly in-
debted to his exertions for their success. He had nothing more
to do than to wish them, in the old English style, a merry
Christmas, and to hope that the pupils would employ their time,
during the vacation, in preparing, most indefatigably, for a fresh
campaign. -

FORSYTH, in :the .riame of himself and': his fellow-pupils,
begged Mr. Peiles acceptance of a piece of a plate (a rich and
massive silver waiter) as a trifling testituotifertheir respect for
a master who was always so anxiously attentive to them, with
a hope that it might serve at a future period, when far distant,
to remind him of those pupils who would never fail to remem-
ber his kindness with gratitude, or to take -a lively interest in
his future welfare.

Mr. PELLE returned his most sincere acknowledgments for
the flattering compliment paid him. He could not take leave
of them on this occasion without publicly expressing, as he had
privately, his warmest thanks to the committee for the support
they had afforded him on this as well as upon every other occa-
sion, since he had been connected with them. Words of com-
pliment, and of kindness, had already passed between them, on
the occasion of his resigning that important trust which they
had since placed in older, abler, and on the whole, he augured,
more successful hands. ("No, no.") The committee and he
had formally taken leave of each other, but he should hold
himself wanting in his duty towards them, and to the proprie-
tors, whom they represent, if he did not embrace this opportu-
nity of drawing the attention of parents and the public gene-
rally, to the extent of their obliatons to that public-spirited
body. He regretted that he had not oftener afforded them the
rational entertainment they had that day enjoyed, but he hoped
that his successor would carry the plan' he had commenced to
greater perfection. Whilst he returned his thanks to the pro-
prietors for the use of the stage and theatre, and to the audi-
ence for the favourable manner in which they had listened to
the performances, his thanks as manager, were also due to his
performers for the excellence of their exertions. He had not
needed the liberal testimonial of their regard and esteem,
which they had presented him with, to convince him that most
of them had had the discrimination to consider him as their sin-
cere well-wisher and friend at heart, under all the unprepos
sessing exterior of a rigid disciplinarian. He hoped to be
permitted to say that, although unpalatable at present, they
would derive their greatest pleasure in after life from the
salutary effects of strict discipline, as the habits which it would
lead them into would accompany them into the world, and go
with them through life. He would carry their present with him
wherever he might go as an ornament to his sideboard, fer-
vently wishing, at the same time, that those ornaments might
be founclin them, which, though nut so tangible, might in some
slight degree serve to remind them of /rim. With his best
wishes to Mr. Miff, lie would take leave of them, wishing them
the compliments of the season, a merry Christmas and a happy
New Year. (Applause.)
We understand, also, that before 31r. Miff quitted Shrews-
bury, his pupils presented him with a massive silver cup, with
the'following classical and complimentary inscripdon:—
Viro Reverend°
Frederico Miff,
Prmeepturi Option) et Doctissimo,
In Maoris et Benevolentin Testimonium
Hoc Munuscaluin,
D.D.
Regise Scholme Salopiensis Alumni.
A.S.
MDCCCXXXIII.