The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-03-08 00:00:00

'' It is a land of beauty and of grandeur, lady,"

was given with enthusiasm and pathos. The scene in the
chamber of the palace where the confession of Ferrardo is
obtained is one of the most skilfully-managed and finely-
conceived in the whole range of the drama. Mr. Thorburne
here showed touches of nature " that snatched a grace be-
yond the reach of art," proving him to possess considerable
histrionic talent. We did not altogether like the mode in
which the confession was taken down, but after it was ob-
tained thq wild fierceness of St. Pierre was beautifully de-
veloped.
Give me, auto, the eyes that looked upon my father's face,"
and the subsequent lines, *c.-0 f....outily given. 'lno hist
scene was also good. Taken altogether, Mr. Thorburne
played St. Pierre with considerable ability ; and when we
remember that he has only had opportunities of appearing
during two short seasons of six weeks each at his own theatre
at Belfast, it will be admitted that a man must possess more
than ordinary aalent to go through what he did so creditably.
We conscientiously declare Mr. Thorburne's St. Pierre to
be all we have stated it, and the applause which rung through
the theatre showed we are not alone in our opinion. Mr.
Gray's Duke Ferrardo is altogether a mistake. Instead of
exhibiting the duke as a cold, cunning, calculating villain, lie
makes him a blustering bully. Some of Mr. Gray's readin s
are extraordinary perversions of the meaning of the text.
For instance, where St. Pierre has told him of certain docu-
ments he holds, and thereby proving his identity ; instead of
waving the attendants away and expressing his surprise in tones
suitable at thus finding St. Pierre before him, Mr. Gravin
the most indifferent tone, merely coldly pronounces hisa
Now, the whole of this scene ought to be given in a sotto voce,
and if a fault could be found, Mr. Thorburne was too loud :
the whole of the inmates of'the palace must have heard the
conversation ; and the attendants at the back must have been
deaf indeed not to have known what was going forward.
Miss Bennett was too light for Marianna. The soul of passion
—the burning description of the progress:of her love wanted
the weight of years. Her indignation at the upbraidings of
'Antonio wanted power. Miss Bennett is a very clever young
lady, has great promise, and will be in time a bright star in
the theatrical hemisphere ; but time must do its work. Mr.
Barton played Antonio with considerable ability. Mr.
Brooke's Leonardo was only middling. He attitudinized
and ranted most horribly in the last scene : in one speech he
" Out-Hollowayed Holloway. Mr. Thorburne's Jeremiah
Bumps was very laughable. He occasionally set the house
roaring. His appearance when aping the simpleton was
ludicrous in the extreme. Mr. Baker was comic as usual as
Jack Humphreys, We noticed in the house at least one-half
of the members of Mr. Thorburne's late profession connected
with this town. We could not help thinking, that had any
practical joker called out, " There's a lady in a fit ; is there
a medical man present ?" a laughable scene would have en-
sued. Mr. Thorburne, on being called for at the close of
the play, made a very neat speech, in which he very happily
alluded to circumstances connected with his original pro-
fession, which many in the house well knew how to apply.
We perceive that " A Midsummer Night's Dream" is under-
lined to be produced after Easter. We believe that the
scenic effects will set every attempt that has yet been mame
out of the metropolis in the shade. Some idea may be fo'rmed
of the care and time that will be devoted to it when we state,
that yesterday it was put in rehearsal. A juvenile night takes
place on Thursday, when the " Pantomime" will be played
as a second piece, to enable the Cheshire folks to leave early.
Jerrold's successful comedies of the " Prisoner of War" and

" Bubbles of the Day" are in Preparation, and will be pro-
duced with new scenery and dresses.' Verily the manage-
ment may say, that" 'tis not in mortals to command success
—at least we will deserve it."

The Thomas Bell, from Liverpool to New York, with
emigrants, mostly from the north of Ireland, has put into
Cork for repairs, and the poor people had to seek admission,
as paupers, to the workhouse, where they were received.
' "

The British and North American royal mail steamer
Columbia, Captain Judson, sailed on Friday, for Halifax
and Boston. She carried out a fair number of passengers,
the season of the year considered, and very heavy mails.
WELSH Music.—By an advertisement which appears
elsewhere it will be seen that Mr. Venables, the popular lec-
turer on Music, is about to give lectures at the Medical In-
stitution on Druidical music and the ancient national airs of
Wales. A short concert of miscellaneous music will follow.
CAUTION.—We are requested to put the public on their
guard against a person who has of late imposed upon several
families keeping lodgings, by taking their apartments for a
short period, and also boarding with thew, and then decamp-
ing without paying his bill.
We beg to refer consumers and exporters of writing ink
to the advertisement of Mr. Cochran, manufacturer, of this
town, which will be found in another column. From a con-
stant use of it in our own office, we can give it our hearty
recommendation.

. A CHINAMAN'S TAIL.—In the window of our publishing-
office is exhibited, what in common parlance is called " the
Tail of a Chinaman," It was cut from the head of its ori-
ginal possessor on the sth July, 1810, the day the English
took possession of the Island of Chusan. There has evi-
dently not been much ceremony observed in seveling it. and
it has probably been cut off by a sailor's knife or the edge of
a cutlass. The man was found sitting on_ the beach in the
midst of a seven gun battery, protected by bags of rice and
sand ; his right leg was shot away, and though quite dead
when discovered, was seated on a chair with a lighted match
in his band, He was a very ferocious and powerful-looking
man.

EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE AT ALL SAINTS'
CHURCII.—A singular scene was presented on Sunday even-
ing, during the service. at All Saints' Church. At the close
of the second lesson a violent shrieking was heard amongst
the congregation, but in what precise locality or from what
cause has not been ascertained. A sudden panic, however,
spread from pew to pew ; the noise increased until it was al-
most deafening ; several persons fainted ; a general rush took
place to the doors, the congregation falling over each other
on the staircases, and in a few minutes the church was de-
serted. After a delay of about ten minutes however, spent
in vain efforts to ascertain the cause of alarm, the congrega-
tion was gathered together again, and the service resumed
and terminated without further disturbance.
NEW Music.—A new ballad, written by the Rev. F.
Josephs, and published by Mori and Lavenue, of London
—" Yes, so sweetly to-day "—and adapted to an Irish
melody, by W. Guernsey, has created a sensation among
the concert-going folk quite unprecedented in London.
The melody is plaintive, sweet, and classical—perfectly in
keeping with the sentiment of the poetry: The harmonies
are appropriate, and rich, without redundancy or affecta-
tion of learning. We do not remember ever to, have seen
a production in the ballad way which has given so much
pleasure as the above, being free from the maukish sen-
timentality so prevalent among the generality of modern
ballads. We recommend it to our fair musical readers as
a perfect gem in its way.
SMUGGLING.—In our last appeared some particulars rela-
tive to the smuggling of some brandy and other articles from
the American packet-ship Sheridan. The case came on again
on Friday morning before Mr. Rushton. Mr. Brooke, so- ,
licitor, appeared on behalf of the customs. Thomas Bowyer,
the shipkeeper of the Sheridan, and John Billingsley, the
tidewaiter, were again placed at the bar. The officer who
detained the trunk containing the contraband articles gave
similar evidence to that which he had given on the previous
day.—John Jones, a carter, deposed that he had been engaged
by the steward of the Sheridan to carry the trunk to Mrs.
Richardson's, in Pownall-square, and that Billingsley and
another tidewaiter were present when he took it into his care.
Mr. Davenport, who appeared on behalf of the prisoner Bil-
lingsley, said he would call, on the part of the defence, the
superior officer, Maywort, who, with his client, had charge
of the Sheridan on behalf of the customs. Mr. Rushton in-
formed Mr. Brookes that if the other officer were brought
forward as a witness, he could not afterwards be prosecuted
as an accessary to the fraud. Mr. Brookes replied that he
was not his witness. Thomas Maywort was then placed in
the box, and examined by Mr. Davenport. He deposed
that, on the night previous to the seizure of the articles, he
had examined the box which belonged to the steward, and
found that it contained nothing but articles of wearing appa-
rel. He then put on the lid of the box his initials, and an
" exd." When the carter came on the following morning to
take away the box, he (witness) was in the cabin getting his
breakfast, and Billingsley went on shore to get his breakfast.
—At the conclusion of the examination of this witness, Mr.
Rushton ordered Bowyer to be discharged, as he might have
been an innocent party in the transaction.—Billingsley, who
appeared to be much affected at his situation, denied that he
knew anything whatever of the transaction. He had not, he
said, examined the box, and was entirely ignorant of the
contents. Mr. Rushton (with whom were two other magis-
trates) said that the impression on their minds was, that both
officers knew what the box contained, and that, for some pe-
cuniary consideration, they had violated their duty. If such
proceedings were tolerated, there would be no safety for
shipowners or captains of vessels. He had thought of inflict-
ing a heavy pecuniary penalty upon the prisoner ; but, instead
of that, he would allow the law to take its course, and he
must be imprisoned for six months.—The prisoner was then
removed, and his wife, who was in court, shed tears, and ap-
peared to be greatly distressed.
FUNERAL OF AN ORANGEMAN.—On Sunday last, a very
unusual, though at the same time very gratifying, ceremony
took place. It may not be generally known that there are
in this town several lodges, comprising together some hun-
dreds of members, attached to the religious, constitutional,
and brotherly order of Orangemen. Last week one of this
fraternity was called• to deliver up his spirit to the God who
gave it, and on his dying bed he expressed a wish that his
interment might take place with the honours which a few
years since were usually observed at the burial of any of the
brethren. In consequence of this, it was determined that
his request should, if possible, be complied with ; and notice
having been given, the brethren assembled at their respective
lodges about two o'clock, and proceeded to the place of ge-
neral rendezvous in Richmond-row, where, after some little
delay, the procession moved off in the following order, through
St. Anne-street, Islington, and Brunswick-road, to the Ne-
cropolis, Low-hill:—
Stubbs' military band, muffled drm,.
" Dead March in Saul."
The Grand Officers.
The District Officers.
The Lodges according to their numbers, amounting together
to about 350, each member with a hatband and scarf,
with orange ties.
The Hearse.
Mourning Coaches.
At the Cemetery the members fell into two lines, dividing
right and left. Through these lines the heark and coach
moved forward, the brethren closing again from each side in
regular order, and following the body to the grave. The
burial service having been performed, the brethren formed
the circle of unity, the masters of lodges and superior officers
being stationed in an inner circle round the grave. The fu-
neral word was then given to the different masters, and by
them to each member, the brethren coming from the circle
in regular order, and each receiving it from his superior. All
the members then uncovered, and the brethren, with arms
crossed and grasping their neighbours' hands right and left,
gave the three simple yet affecting " farewels " which belong
so peculiarly to this truly loyal and religious institution. The
brethren followed the coach in returning by the same route,
and filed off at Richmond-row to their different lodges, sa-
tisfied at having performed a sacred duty with that solemnity
and decorum so fitting the sacredness of the day and the oc-
casion of their meeting. The friends of the parties who
walked in procession,
who lined the Brunswick-road on each
side to witness the gratifying spectacle, are estimated at
3,ooo.—The deceased, whose name was Armstrong, has been
a vender of the STANDARD since its commencement, and was
always industrious to promote its circulation, as tending to
extend the principles which he through life advocated and
held dear. Several gentlemen from this office, out of respect
to his memory, joined the procession to the grave.
DEATH OF GROGAN.—The last Utica Observer says that.
Col. Grogan, the celebrated patriot, whose seizure in Ver-
mont, and imprisonment in Montreal, made so much noise
last September, died at Champlain, on the 7th ult.
SOVEREIGN REMEDIES.—For the gout, toast and water ;
hooping cough, ipecacuanha ; bile, exercise ; corns, easy
shoes ; blue devils, blue ruin ; rheumatism, new flannel and
patience ; tooth-ache, pluck it out ; debt, oxalic acid ; love,
matrimony.
MR. FERRAND.—There is no truth in the statement
that Mr. Ferrand, the member for Knaresborough, is
identical with Mr. Robert Ferrand, the corn factor, of Mark-
lane, or that he ever set for the borough of Heden. Mr. Fer-
rand is the son of Mr. C. F. Busfield, and nephew of the late
Mr. Walter Ferrand, of Harden Gratage, upon whose death
he assumed the name of Ferrand, in compliance with the
will of his ancestor, Mr. Benjamin Ferrand.—Globe.
AN UNWELCOME VISITOR.—A well-dressed man the day
before yesterday entered the house in the Rue Godot de
Mauroy, and having passed the porter's lodge without speak-
ing, the concierge followed him up the staircase. He men-
tioned the name of some one in the house, who, the concierge
said; was not at home, and, muttering-something unintelli-
gible, returned down stairs and made his way out of the
gate. The concierge followed him at a distance till he en-
tered another house in the Rue du Mont Thabor. Here the
concierge of the Rue Godot communicated to the person who
held the same office his suspicions as to the honesty of the
new comer. The doors were immediately shut, and the
guard called in. The visiter was found concealed in a closet
at the top of the house, and was conducted to the guard-
house at the hotel of the Minister of Finance and searched.
A poinard-knife and a number of skeleton keys being found
upon him, he was committed to the lock-up room, but when
they came to transfer him to the Prefecture of Police, he was
by his era,' dab eo obur of the vriaashy *v. ..1;_
cal men were called in, but their endeavours to restore him
to life were ineffectual.
A mysterious circumstance has arisen in Stamford. On
Tuesday last (Ist instant) Mr. George Whittome found, on a
piece of land occupied by Mrs. Cole, near Hudd's Mills, a
heavy ash stick steeped in blood, apparently very fresh. Con-
ceiving that some foul play had taken place, he took the stick
to Mr. Read, the chief constable, who discovered amongst the
blood several small quantities of human hair. The knots of the
stick had been cut off, with the exception of two, which were
left to assist the hand-hold. It seems that violent blows must
have been inflicted, as the end of the weapon is completely
split, and hair matted with blood has been driven more
than an inch into it. From examination of the stick by
medical and other gentlemen, great fears prevail that some
unfortunate person ,has been inhumanly murdered. The
cudgel itself presents a truly horrifying appearance. The
police have been actively engaged in searches and inquiries,
but hitherto without effect. It is suspected that murder has
been committed, the body may have been thrown into
the river Welland, which in its present swollen state pre-
cludes any attempt being made to drag it. Some very sus-
picious characters were met coming into Stamford from the
direction in which the stick was found (the Deeping and
Spalding road), at an early hour in the morning. The
necessary inquiries are still going on.—Stamford Mercury.
STATISTICS OF MATRIMONY.—If there is one thing which
more than another is alarming, it is the state of the busi-
ness of marriage among the middle classes. A Berwick-
shire farmer assured a fellow-traveller once, that about him
there was not one farmer in a dozen married—he seemed in-
clined to say not one in 20; and he added for himself, " I've
often thought if I were free I'd never marry." Men in the
clubs say in their wickedness, even if they get a small for-
tune with a wife, they gain nothing. Farmers of the new
school say a wife is too expensive, and a housekeeper does
quite as well. Two shrewd and observant ladies, themselves
single and 40, say that in their sphere—that of the highest of
the middle class, and including the lower aristocracy—the pro-
portion of ladies who get husbands is one in three. A married
lady took a pencil and jotted down the number of married
and unmarried ladies among her own immediate connexions
who occurred to her in a few minutes, and the numbers were
in all 83—of married 35. The connexions of this Scotch
gentlewoman are professional men, manufacturers, and lairds.
Of the 35 married ladies, six only had no money, and yet got
husbands. Of 83 gentlewomen, only six ! Of the unmar-
ried ladies, 17 were without fortunes; 31 had, and yet they
got no mates. Out of the six penniless ladies who married,
one had great personal attractions, and was married to a
worn-out rake—another married a mechanic—a third ac-
cepted a rich eccentric stranger on a week's notice—a fourth
was married by her mother to a lad much younger than her-
self—the remaining two were wooed and won by an advocate
and a laird. Four of the six married their inferiors in birth.
Of the five gentlemen out of the six husbands, four were very
ugly fellows. The mechanic and one of the gentlemen were
tolerably good-looking. But one of these penniless ladies
was plain—the rest were handsome.—Blackwood.

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