The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-06-23 00:00:00

RAILWAY. INTELLIGENCE.

It is now understood that the subject of discussion at the
Blackwall Railway meeting on Tuesday, was the appoint-
ment of additional members to the committee for the purpose
of co-operating with the directors in carrying out the junction
of a steam-beat company. The sum desired to be raised,
and which is to be called " the Guarantee Fund," amounts
to £lO,OOO, and the directors appear to think a subscription
of 10s. per share, payable by calls of 2s. 6d. each at intervals,
could be made for this object among those shareholders who
feel disposed to see the result of the last expedient for the
salvation of the original outlay. This is following out the
suggestion of the Bowring Committee, who proposed a simi-
lar plan in their report, but whether it will succeed or not
is at least doubtful.

LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY.—On Monday the
adjourned special meeting of the shareholders of this com-
pany took place at. the London Tavern, for the purpose of
electing ten directors, and receiving the final result of the
poll for that purpose. The chair was taken by John Har-
man, Esq., who stated the result of the appeal in respect to
the legality of admitting proxies at this election made to the
Attorney and Solicitor General, and to Mr. Waddington.
which was, that proxies ought to have been previously stam-
ped, and that, in strict justice, the election could only be de-
cided by the majority of proprietors actually present at the
time. He said it being then too late to adjourn, for the pur-
pose of having the proxies stamped, lie would at once declare
the result of the scrutineers' labours, by breaking the seal
of the letter, for the information of the meeting. Out of
the seventeen candidates, the following ten gentlemen polled
the greatest numbers :—Mr. Parsons, 2,561 votes ;' Mr.
Henderson, 2,513 ; Captain Kelly, 1,995; Mr. Hill, 1,939 ;
Mr. Nash, 1,934 ; Mr. Crawley, 1,844 ; Mr. Wiggin. 1,552 ;
Mr. Entwisle, 1,339; Mr. Watson, 1,243; Sir John Simp-
son, 1,210 votes. The announcement was received with ap-
plause. Some observations were made by Captain Beau,
clerk, Mr. Flood, Mr. Henderson, Sir John Simpson, Mr.
N. Smith, Mr. Bennett, and other proprietors, when a vote
of 'thanks was passed to the scrutineers, and also to the chair
man, who returned thanks, and wished the concern every
prosperity.. He urged the new board to choose their chair-
man before they seperated, in order that they might transfer
the onus of his office to that gentleman. The meeting then
adjourned. It appears that the Liverpool list had the ma-
jority of nine out of ten in the new direction.

It is stated that one hundred and eighty-seven prisoners
have been conveyed to Stafford gaol by the constabulary force
in the mining district during the months of April and May,
a distance of 3,971:g miles, at an expense of £l3. 6s. Bd. In-
cluding all charges. The expense of conveying the same
number of prisoners under the former regulation would have
been £124. ls. 3d., showing a saving to the country in two
months from the mining districts alone of £llO. 14s. 7d.

EXTENSIVE IMPORTATION OF OXEN, SALMON, &C.--
On Monday afternoon, at five o'clock, the Aberdeen Steam
Navigation Company's steam-ship City of Aberdeen, Captain
Morrison, arrived at her moorings off the Irongate-stairs,
Tower, from Aberdeen, after an expeditious passage. On
this occasion she brought no fewer than 215 live cattle, up-
wards of 100 sheep, 50 pigs, and 100 boxes of salmon, besides
a large quantity of miscellaneous goods. The importation of
stock from the agricultural districts in the north of Scotland
is rapidly increasing.
SWARM OF GRASSHOPPERS. - The Augsburg Gazet I
quotes a letter from Rome, stating that swarms of grasshop-
pers had suddenly made their appearance in the country
adjoining Palo, and on the western coast, and laid the fields
completely waste. Thence they extended their ravages to
the plains of Campania. The means adopted for their de-
struction having proved unavailing, the pope ordered pro-
cessions and prayers in all the churches to implore divine
protection against the scourge.
WILLIAMS' PATENT FURNACE FOR TIIE CONSUMPTION
OF SMOKE.—We understand that, in consequence of an ar-
rangement with the commissioners of police, Williams' pa-
tent for the consumption of smoke has been applied to a
steam boiler belonging to Mr. Charles Dick, brewer, Ro-
bertson's Close, adjoining South Bridge-street, and also to
another in Yoik-place, connected with the extensive works
of Mr. Croon, coach-builder, York-lane. In both instances
the application of the patent to the furnaces has given the
greatest satisfaction. The Stockbridge Mill Company, much
tbt
Goo
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preventre ir c
of twenty
we deintt,
their
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roesreakls o
spobweaiepnrpg, I ii
aendn
order,
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dwe
way
y,p aadtsei
disagreeable
rgt:oese theirapbralect
to
csotaebtalhme4
neighbourhood.—Edinburgh Courant, June 15.

CORRESPOATENCE.

THE WAREHOUSE QUESTION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Sift,—As the question of Dock Warehouses is now re-
newed with increased vigour, you will perhaps permit some
space of your paper to be devoted to that subject, especially
as the Albion has employed a column and a half upon that
topic in his last Monday's number.
That the increase of the rates of premiums of insurance
from fire is a great injury to the port, is universally allowed;
but, to prevent the continuance of this tax upon the com-
merce of the port, the Council have taken prompt and vigo-
rous measures. They have introduced into parliament a bill
for the abundant and instantaneous supply of water in the
front of every warehouse in Liverpool ; and they have also
brought forward the Fire Prevention Bill, which requires
every warehouse-owner to make such alterations in his ware-
houses as the act shall direct. In addition to this, they have
appointed a committee to suggest such regulations as to the
registering of porters. penalties for smoking, and manage-
ment of warehouses, that, with the restrictions now imposed
by the fire insurance-offices as to nitrate of soda and salt-
petre, the danger of fire must be greatly diminished. When
all these regulations come into full operation, we may rea-
sonably expect that the rates of insurance will gradually re-
turn to their former level. But some influential parties, net
content to await the result of these new precautionary mea-
sures, attribute the whole mischief to the want of dock ware-
houses, and use the plea of the late fires as an argument for
an application to the Lords of the Treasury to be permitted
to build dock warehouses instanter on the west side of
Prince's Dock, and also to erect additional warehouses round
the Albert Dock. The great object in view is to reduce the
rates of insurance ; and yet, Mr. Editor, it has been stated,
and it is notorious, that at a deputation from this town of
warehouse-owners who some weeks ago met the different
London fire-agents, the chairman, on being asked if Le
would insure the dock warehouses at Liverpool if they weie
built on the verge of the docks, replied that he would not
insure them at all, and said he believed he spoke the senti-
ments of all agents present, to which they all assented.
Now, Mr. Editor, as this is a very important fact, you shall
have enclosed the names of two or three gentlemen who were
present at that meeting ; and if this statement be not true,
von wilt have an opportunity of stating its erroneousness.
This is the more necessary, as, at one of the meetings of the
association, this statement was not credited. Why? Be-
cause Sir John Hall had said that the offices would still
insure goods in the St. Katharine's Dock, although the
warehouses were built on the verge of that dock. No one
doubts Sir John Hall's account; but the statement did not
relate to the London St. Katherine's Dock, but to the Li-
verpool Albert Dock. It is certainly curious reasoning to
doubt a statement relative to a Liverpool dock. because a
remark is made by Sir John Hall respecting a London dock,
which remark no one denies. The reason why the London
offices object to insuring Liverpool warehouses, if brought
to the verge of the docks, is evident enough. They think
that, in case of the warehouses taking fire, the flames would
extend to the ships, and a general conflagration would ensue.
This is the reason why tilt:), object to insuring the Albert
Dock warehouses, and a %cry sufficient reason it is. The
Albion, however, dismisses this subject very cavalierly, as
being a matter of very little importance ; because, as they
say, if the London offices won t insure the Albert Dock
warehouses, the Liverpool offices will. The proprietors will
perhaps consider awhile before they verify the editor's prog-
nostication. To insure produce and warehouses to the
amount of some millions (to say nothing of the ships and
cargoes in the dock) is not a matter to be treated with such
perfect nonchalance; and notwithstanding the wish of the
shareholders to serve the good old town of Liverpool and
the trade thereof, they will perhaps hesitate to involve their
own personal responsibilities to such an amount. In the
face, then, of such an opinion on the part of the London
offices, is it not an act of the highest imprudence to apply to
the Lords of the Treasury for permission to erect additional
warehouses on the verge of the Albert Dock—thus running
the risk of the warehouses and produce being uninsurable,
or, at all events, being insurable only at an exorbitant pre-
mium, when the professed object of the application is to re-
duce the premiums? But there is another party deeply
concerned in this project—the shipowners. What will they
say to this scheme? If the London offices will not insure
the warehouses, they may refuse to insure the ships in the
dock; of, if they do insure them, they will probably require
a very high prerniunl. Ott this point no information has
been obtained; but it would be a prudent precaution on the
part of the shipowners to acquire this knowledge, before it
is too late to be of service to them.
I have dwelt so far upon the impolicy of this scheme,
by its tendency to increase the danger of fire instead of di-
minishing it; but I must now state our reasons for deeming
it an act of injustice. You are aware, of course, of the con-
test between the warehouse-owners and the dock-trustees,
when the latter applied for a bill to build warehouses on the
margin of the Albert Dock. Which party might have ulti-
mately conquered in parliament, is questionable; but a com-
promise was agreed upon between the two parties—the
warehouse-owners agreeing to withdraw their opposition, on
condition that the dock-trustees abandoned their intention
of building warehouses on the west side of the Prince's
Dock, and in lieu thereof agreeing to erect transit-sheds,
and also to restrict themselves from building more than a
ehthntiofnwkpnutibc
certain number oh warehouses within a given time at the
Albert Dock. On these
. conditions the warehouse-owners
withdrew their opposition, and. the. bill passed—these condi-
tions, however, being embodied in the bill. You would
think, Mr. Editor, that the faith reposed in an act of paths-
inentwould be held sacred—that no attempt would be made
to violate a solemn compact; but not so; an attempt is to
be made to violate this compact : the Lords of the. Treasury
are, we understand, to be appe.aled. to, with. the view of in-
ducing them to permit the violation of this compact; but
that the
hgoavvee.rntronnaenhd
honour
enoduocr dock-
trustees eu s tp er
sanctionee ss uaemnhedr
ettaolic
th.
It is right to state that the warehouse-owners gave their
house-owners in district B met the
dsueipmuotarttioton tfhroemWtahteerwaßriell and Fire Prevention Bill; that a
committee of the council, and settled the clauses of the Fire.
wheneßoinlls;enttha(tmr.
liatrhhaotrdbihllawviansgws tnkhdernawhs ownni, thuogphinnio,tnbsyonlytheT,
the warehouse-owners petitioned the council to reintroduce
the bill, with which they complied, and the bill is now con-
sequently before parliament. It was necessary to give this
explanation, because the
warehouse-owners have been rcac-
cused of obstructing this bill, whereas the bill would have
been
n lost the session had it not been for their application
toh the council.for

It is right also again to disclaim tbo imputation continu-
ally madewarehouses. t the ownletrsia,
rightthat theyto
disabuseare
the opposed
public
to
building
mind on this point. They do not oppose the building of
dock against
dock warehouses ; but they do oppose the building of ware-
houses on the verge of the docks by the dock masters or the
corporation. They say it is unfair and unjust to erect build-
ings at the public expense, in opposition to buildings erected
at private expense ; that private capital cannot compete with
public capital; that the competition must terminate in the
ruin of the private capitalist;—therefore they oppose dock
warehouses erected at the public expense. Would the pro-
prietors of the Liverpool and- Manchester Railway tamely
submit to a bill empowering the corporation to cut a new
railroad from hence to Manchester. at the corporation ex-
pense? The principle in both cases is the same : the rail-
way-shareholder and the warehouse-owner are both in the
same position. Let the same motion which formerly was
brought forward by Mr. Sands be now renewed, and I
think it would riot be opposed by the warehouse-owners.
These were the terms That the Dock Committee be
authorised to sell, or let on long leases by public auction,
such portion of the dock-quays as they may think suitable
for the erection of warehouses, upon such terms and condi-
tions for insuring the due management thereof as may be
hereafter determined upon." To this proposition the ware-
house-owners will not object. The resolutions of some of
the associations recommend that the Liverpool dock ware-
houses should be put under the same management as the
London warehouses. Well, the London warehouses are
owned and managed by companies of individual sharehol-
ders: let the Liverpoouladlockwa and the opposition
shareholders, warehouses be owned and ma-
nagedwill probably
oby
yvanish d
. D. W.

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last
METEOROLOGICAL
.CHARACTER OP THE QUARTER
tstabOlfethoef
ENDED MARCH 31, 1843.—We copy the following " mete-
aqtaarrttmerelny
orological table of the winter quarters ending March 31st,
as
mortality, issued by the registrar-general :
Ten win. •
dßeodyuacle d
Society,f om
t o observationsadoa,
n. Wint. Wint. Wint.
1831-40. 1841. 1842. 1843.
Mean height of barom. in inches 29.849 29...iUd,_
29.913 29.715
.... Highest.... •- • - Begs. 64 464 258 561 0
if ' Lowest.. .•..• • • • ll 414 927 323 8
P..' E Mean of daily maxima 44 545 545 345 8
0 {
Mean of daily minima 36 136 .5 36 337 4
13 Mean temperature.— 43 341 041 341 6
Dew point (mean) 36 237 337 736 7
Difference between wet and dry
bulb of the thermom. (mean) 2 2 2 0 2 4 2 0
Rain in inches
Number of days in which rain fell 26 36 33 22
From the same source we also derive the following table,
exhibiting the prevalence and direction of the winds in the
average of ten winter quarters, and in the three last winter
quarters :
Winds in the winter quarters 1841-3.
* .3 fti • .
›: i •r 4
e. 41 cii • VJ
Z rl'i r 4 cA
sc6 ct 3
Day.
Winters.
IE4I. 9 614 1 7 .. 23 7 3 5 6 6 3
1842. lO 2 6 - 3 2 29 4 5 5 222
1843. l4 8 7 311 4 21 1 3 3 114 ..

Mean ....
Mean........
1,. 11. 3 9 1 7 2 24 4 4 4 314 1
*The observations are made at nine, a.m.
THE HAMPDEN MEMORIAL—The monument erected to
of this great patriot was publicly dedicated on
1 ‘i thela m
o
no dY larsyt. The 18th of June, 16-13, being the day that
oicedimen received his death-wound upon Chalgrove fields
the 18th of this month, being the two hundreth anniversary,
would have been fixed upon but for its occurring upon a Sun-
day. The spot was covered with an assemblage anxious to
testify their reverence for the memory of the martyr, and
their adherence to those grand principles of freedom in de-
fence of which he fell. The ceremony appeared to be very
generally known, and to excite great interest over the
counties of Berks, Oxford, and Buckingham, numbers of
persons from the very confines of each of these districts
being present. The memorial itself is a simple and massive
square pillar, of the most plain and chaste design and con-
-1 struction. Upon the side facing Warpsgrove is placed the
medallion portrait of the patriot, carved in marble by
Scoular; on the opposite side are engraved his arms. The
third side exhibits a list of the subscribers to the monument,
unsucemintut
defenceresiata resistance
thein
and the fourth side bears the following
by Lord Nugent :
" Here, in this field of Cludlirolm.
Oxford,ineuu r.
el:
inscription, written
" JOHN HAMPD/Pro . .
land,Buckingham
as assembling
m atl
noi the
nd
onfgland, June 18th.
the levies
o"fAanftearrbaintraabrylecaonuclas,tfirersntuotouosk,
arms,bat . g
of the associated counties of K
the lane leading
Parliament, and before the judges of
1612. And here, within a few paces of this spot, he re-
ceivedfree monarchy
the two hundreth year from that day,this - 1643. In stone
' din reverence to his memory."
was raise
the
imwconut
andnsdt
a onfadnwschi
aei which ht
tlibertiesh hee
junction died,
o f E fighting
The monument
from C
huigrove village. Tents and booths were erected in
mbers near the monument and
great nu ,the crowds of
country people who surrounded it, dressed in h l'd
0 1 ay
mingling with vehicles of all kinds, rendered the whole
a very lively one. The out-door part of the attire,
scene
very simple. It consisted merely of the ceremony was
removal of the cloth
which concealed thie medallion portrait of
shortly after two o'clock this slight cer the martyr; and
Lord Nugent then from his carriage emPny was performed.
exclaimed,
monument last to all posterity, and " May this
unhurt by our children's children." remain undisturbed and
given in honour of the occasion, folio Three
loud cheers were
more for Lord Nugent, the originator wed by three cheers
memorial. A tolerable band then struck believe, of the
and the company moved off the ground tow uP a military air,
ing barn for the important purpose of
dinner, at
a neighbour-
Nugent presided, and was supported o at which Lord
Sir John Easthope, NI.P., Mr. Tapered his right and left by
Hampden, Sir Samuel Hancock, Lownd M. 13., the Rev. Dr.
Lloyd, Esq., with a number of naenaber es Stone. Esq., John
Oxford, and gentlemen from the various8 of tile University of
considerable number of ladies were also adjacent towns. A
toasts were given, and the Party broke present. Numerdkla
highly delighted with the day's proceedings.
up about seven o'cloekcl

ortev,

CHINA VVANGELISED.
AN ODE RESPECTFULLY ADDRESSED TO TER CHRISTIAN
MISSIONARY SOCIETIES OF BRITA.IN•

' The Lord of hosts mustereth the host of the battle."—
Isaiah xiii• 4.

Lift up your heads, ye gates of brass !
Ye bars of iron! yield ;
And let the king of Glory pass,—
The Cross is in the field.
That banner, brighter than the star,
That leads the train of night,
Shines on their march, and guides from far
His servants to the fight.
A holy war those servants wage ;
Mysteriously at strife,
The powers of heaven and hell engage
For more than death or life.
Earth's rankest soil they see outspread ;
So throng'd, it seems within,
One city of the living dead,
Dead while alive to sin.
The forms of life are everywhere,
The spirit nowhere found ;
Like vapours kindling in the air,
Then sinking in the ground.
No hope have those above the dust,
No being but a breath ;
In vanity and lies they trust ;
Their very life is death.
Ye armies of the living God,
His sacramental host !
Where hallow'd footstep never trod,
tst
Take your appointed post.
Follow the Cross. the ark of peace,
Accompany your path ;
To slaves and rebels bring release
From bondage and from wrath.
A barley-cake o'erthrew the camp
Of Midian, tent by tent.
Ere morn the trumpet and the lamp
Through all in triumph went.
Through China's sons, like Midian's fill
As grasshoppers the vale ;
The sword of God and Gi
To conquer cannot fail.deon still
As Jericho before the blast
Of sounding rams horns fell,
Sins strongholds here shall be down-cast,
Down cast these gates of hell.
Truth error's legions must o'erwhelm,
And China's thickest wall,
The o darkness round her realm,
At your loud summons fall.
Though few, and small, and weak your bands,
Strong in your Captain's strength,
Go to the conquest of all lands,
All must be his at length.
The closest seal'd between the poles
Is open'd to your toils ;
When thrice a hundred
Are offered you for spoilsmillion souls.
Those spoils, at his victorious feet,
You shall rejoice to lay,
And lay yourselves, as trophies meet,
In his great judgment day.
No carnal weapons those ye bear,
To lay the aliens low ;
Then strike amain, and do not spare,
There's life in every blow.
Life ! more than life on earth can
he
All in this conflict slain
Die but to sin,—eternally
The crown of life to gain.
0 fear not, faint not bait not nos./ ;
m bow,
Quit you like me•be strong.;
To Christ shall Buddha's votaries
And sing with you this song
" Uplifted are the gates of brass,
The bars of iron yield ;
Behold the King of Glory Pass „
The Cross bath won the field.
The Mount, Sheffield,
_}:e±,.....2.:11:4:Lcs M°`TOODI E rl.l-

THE WATERLOO BANQU

The Duke of wellington, in consequence of the miniver.
sary. of the battle of Waterloo occurring this year on a Sun-
day, the actual day of the week on which that glorious but
sanguinary conflict was fought, gave his annual banquet at
psley-house on Monday,
to those officers who shared the
dangers and honours of the field on the Ith, 17th, and 18th
of June, 1815.
A vast number of persons congregated at the entrance-
of
of Apsley-house, and on the opposite side of Piccadilly
acrowd assembled, so that, what with the arrival of the cal
riages and the vast concourse of people collectedtit was with
the utmost difficulty that a passage could be obtained for the
different vehicles in that generally thronged thoroughfare.
There were many noblemen and
who took up their position on the western side of the eastern
gentlemen on horsebacic,
entrance-gate—a position which commanded the recogmtion
of those distinguished officers entitled to join the festive
board of the noble and gallant duke.
His loyal Highness Prince Albert arrived precisely at ten
minutes before eight o'clock, a his presence, it. is itnneceesr:
sary to say, was the occasion andfthe most enthusiastic cheer-
minutes .
ing. Colonel Buckley (a Waterloo officer) and the Marquis
of Exeter (Groom of the Stole to his Royal Highness) were
in the same carriage in attendance on the Prince.
The Duke of wellington received his Roy
mediate) on alightingfrorn the royal carriage; '
Royal Highnessruiroti
rilt3e crowd a
consequently had an opportunity of seeing
burnt of enthusiastic adrniration from witbountlwagsrtg'result.
The band of the Grenadier Guards was stationed in thee
grand staircas •
ante-room leading from the /estibule t°
the
His Royal
lin officers had
Highness was conducted by the Duke of We
gton to the saloon where the whole of tb •
in which the
assembled preparatory to entering the gallery
banquet was served.
The Duke of Wellinvion. of course.
on the right by his Royal" supported
left by General Washington, who, by the way, had noeyneeuri;
ifighness PrincPerAeslibtieeil, anti o r the
be
fore attended this annual festival, from his residence f
22 years in Prussia. The Marquis of AngleeY
Albert's right.
The magnificent silver plateau presented to the Duke by
set on Prince
the King of Portugal, 27 feet long, h asnd ter-
at this dinner, occupied the centre of the table, each
to the
and 4 feet wide. usual
mu inating with the splendid marble candelabra, a gift The
oble host from the EniperOr Alexander Anditusala•and the
service of plate used was alternately gold ande
unique Dresden porcelain dessert service
noble and gallant duke from the King cf pruss-sed, and the
sideboard
end of the gallery the beaujel was airs
was silver,ntto
thethe
presented a most costly and gorgeous.ncigdollaeocatiocn:f.
gold and silver ornamental plate, the superLslue _ .
andon, forming
del bra, testimonials from the citizens of -- .
prominent objects in the valuable to
ixture of elaborately de-
signed plate.A n the guests
The military band, as the company passed !to the gallery,
played "The Roast Beef of Old England ; and" (?
3ri adjoin-
beingseated at the banqueting table, was place in
ing apartment, and played during the dinner.
Covers were laid for 85 and SI sat down. Colonel of
The Duke of Wellington wore his uniform as although a
the Grenadier Guards; and his RoYei Higheeesl'of the Scots
Field-Marshall in the army, appeared as Colone
Fusilier Guards.
Prince
Albert, attended by the Martinis
r ten o'clock,
Colonelawi E.
Bu.ckley, retired at a quarter Pas-
party immediately brel._._... of Exeter and
_
boas been
DoNcArresu Cur.—This piece of plate will be the most
se-
interesting sporting prize ever given. It la to
been
of the Dukc of Wellington, and the artist who. —I,- has
lected to execute it is our' great scublptor 13lleY' '"u 1-
already received three sittings from I Grace inr
the
pu
pose.
2d
dlt is rumoured in military circles that the colcoenseslecyof
regiment of life guards, vacant by theude d derry
ofE.tar'
Cathcart, will be given to the Marquis ( l'°" °n '
whosea- - successor in the command of tbe 10tb bus,s.a.trifinigurcisPbuercit
dds, will either be a prince of the bloo.. er a '3l' d inis-
Peninsular officer, who holds a high position ill the s. 131
tration of military' affairs. --We are
INCIDENT IN THE LAST IRISH ILED.stl'l°WS'aterford a
crebly informed that there is now living in 5
r man who,
. at the time of the Irish rebelliou, w.:
p ertice in a printing-office, and in that capam Y
0 a letter, inci-
lanccording to his instructions) William" proof" 0. :iron minister
9esnpioartctalepd-
olf ring the people to rebellion, to Pitt, Pr.!_s Inade in
his ongland, and received it back with correctw•derive in-
handwriting.
structwnio Let the Irish IteP
n from this incident.—Chellenharrs Free
bathing
ing some
m°ll3Quaker's
children were
fieusounierierthing in the river adjuining the 111 dif-
ealeraPress.
Terence arose b , and on getting out toaddress
Sunday
some 1 8
deavo redt standing by
,
v. to
appeaseetween them, when a m yawed O'Neil en-
ordered him
totbdeesifsotr,mienrsiswtionAdthpatayt.he
it out, or that f his life.
O'Neil, regardlesof d his endeavours to
make peace. whens the threat, continue
childre!t should find
not ascertained the man alluded to, whose o'
the forfeitinoe
ticket and
plunged it into , snatched a clasp knife from his P Q
we have
are entertained the
hopesnd what
little Frained of O'NeilO'Neil's recovery.
satisfaction—the delinquent is Insustodyb.ut
bowels of his unfortunate vier. —mall
nal.
THE M 'a ro
Clare Jour-
hopes
were
thronged ACREADY TF.sTimoNIAL--Willis
on :Monday ce ' •
by a istinguis e .
friends and admirers of Mr. i‘lacready, convened for the
as a
h d as
of the
purpose of presenting to him a -u erb iece of plate,
tribute of their admiration, and aPtestiPmonial.of thdeir.
maps-
provalof his unwearied efforts to revive the legitimate ra •
The Duke of Cambridge was ushered into the room shortly
before one, and w quickly followed by Mr. Macready, who
was received wiaths every demonstration Of respect and
esteem. In short, the cordiality of his r ception could only
have been equalled by that w
night at Drury-lane on Wednesday hieb he met we ith on his fa_rewe.ll
ay last. His Royal 1-110-
ness, as soon as the cheering had subsided, presented the
testimonial to Mr. Macready i
which he termed it " a wen
respect to the best actor Or
ritted tribute of adtniration
appropriate addreSS,. in
e
vate character cameell worthy 0
rpei;ebilvice-dfagteh.
present day, whose
Macready then forward, and wals
of applause, which lasted for severtasl 'a' —b
U vi-
andrs ti
minutes.
He mani-
fested much feeling during the delivery of his short and very
appropriate address, and was frequently interrupted by the
vast assen3bly with the most enthusiastic acclamations. he
testimonial is a magnificent group. resting upon a kind of
concave triaugular 'base, beautifully chased, and wrought
with the finest artistical taste. It stands about two feet high,
and is estimated at about 500 guineas. The group repre-
sents the figure of Fiakspere elevated on a pedestal, at the
base of which is seated a figure of Macready, in the costume
of the ancient drama, attended by Thalia and Melpomene,
engaged in the restoration of the original text of Shakspere's
plays. and in preparing for the representation of them in a
pure and classic form, The muse Clio is also introduced,
recording the restoration. Apollo, wits attendants, cele-
brating the praises of Shakspere from the back part of the
group. Upon the three Othelloid e base are represented re-
spectively, the senate in ; the prologue scene in
theeney the Fifth ; and the senate scene in Coriolanus. On
lets angleso of the base are introduced three boys, with tab-
,roen
meeting
are represented the storm scene in King Lear ;
the
The Ain of the witches, from Macbeth ; and a scene Iron'
7nPrst. The inscription, which is beautifully ex-
ecuted •
ls
asfollows
:—" To William Charles Macready, in
Covent
commemoration of his management of the Theatre Royal,
Garden. in the seasons 1837-8 and 1838-9 when his •
personation, .6 of the characters, his restoration of the text, and
micasu' illustrations—by
facts the best intellectual aids —of the histo-
formed an and
poetical creations of the plays of t
he
own
geniusepochad in theatrical annals, alike honourable to his
this testimonnial
elevating in its influroce upon public taste,
clrama."—This is presented by the lovers of the national
management of C
inscription bag reference only Go Mr. M.'s
has now been for Covent Garden theatre. The testimonial
as far as the some years in progress,and was shed,
d • inscription,previously
ertaktng the
managementun-
of Drury-lane.