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been sent for more thSn one

ders and a bottle, which had caused violent purging ; ;
Mr. Taylor and Mr. Bellott, surgeons of Stockport, v
had examined the body, attribut

to exhaustion brought- On by excessiv

, and stated

'
that with proper attention and the ordinary remedies

might have been restored. After a prolonged inquiry, the
jury found a verdict of "manslaughter against Mr. Goul-
den," and the warrant for his commitment was made out in
the usual form, but it is understood that he will be -
to bail

A. I'ILUTIAN MUMMY IN LIVERPOOL.—This very singu-
lar specimen of the art of embalming the dead, practised be-
fore and immediately after the flood, will be exhibited to the
public on Wednesday evening, when .1. S. Thorburne, Esq.,
M.D., will explain the process of embalming, in the course
of a popular lecture advertised to be given on mummies, and
the conduct of men and nations to the dead and the dying.
We do not know a more interesting subject for a soiree than
this. In Paris and London, lectures on mummies attracted
crowded audiences ; and among the throng were the beauty
and fashion of the day, as well as the learned and the curious
sight-seers, of all classes of society. From the I

which the Peruvian mummy has obtained in connexion with
a recent clever but most improper hoax played off upon the

coroner and his amazed bed

curiosity of tt

will be doubly gratified by the forthcoming scientific inquest
to be held, literally super visum corporis.
THEATRE-ROYAL.—Mr. Anderson has been performing
many of the leading characters in the drama during the past
week. his most successful impersonation was Hamlet;—
there was in it much of novelty, few mannerisms, and abun-
dance of talent displayed. Mr. Anderson, from his inordi-
nate admiration of Mr. Macready, cannot forget him. Mac-
ready is ever before his eyes as his model. We can clearly
see that if Mr. Anderson would throw off the trammels of
imitation, and rely upon himself and his own abilities, he
would spring up a splendid actor. A little salt is a good
thing in savoury morsels, but a handful is nauseous.
Mr. G. Vandenhoff appeared last night as Mereutio to Miss
Julia Bennett's Juliet and Mr. Anderson's Romeo. On
Wednesday Mr. Anderson takes his benefit ; and let us re-
peat what we said on Tuesday last—his remuneration for his
ten nights' services depends upon his benefit receipts. The
public, if they approve of the actor, will pull otit their mo-
ney—" prepare to shed it now." The cast of " Julius
CEesar" on that occasion is, we think, a very great attraction.
On Thursday Mr. Selby (who appeared here last night for
the first time in one of his own clever farces) will perform in
his new drama of " Maximums and Speciments of William
Muggins," which has been very successful in London this
season. It is an adaptation by Mr. Selby of his papers pub-
lished under that title in the Sunday Times. The ground-
work is the story of a poor boy elbowing his way through a
youth of poverty, and temptation, and manifold hardship,
to the quiet and comfort of a respectable station in life, where
the audience loses sight of him, the title being founded upon
his habit of entering in a well-worn pocket-book such max-
ims (with examples to match) as his social experiences from
time to time suggest. This drama has occupied some time
in getting up. Great attention is paid to the scenery, which
is all of a novel character.

BIRKENHEAD AND CHESTER RAILWAY.—A highly r..
spectable meeting of tradesmen, resident in the city of
Chester, took place at the Royal Hotel, in that city, on Tues-
day last, for the purpose of taking into consideration the best
means of promoting the carriage of goods on the Chester and
Birkenhead Railway. Mr. M. Harrison presided on the oc-
casion, and he called upon Mr. Roberts, agent to the com-
pany, to state his opinion of the contemplated measure. Mr.
Roberts said, after some remarks as to the advantages of
railway over canal conveyance, that, according to the best
calculation he could make, the aggregate maximum of goods,
exclusive of grain, would be about 35 tons per day for
Chester which traffic was worked by three modes of con-
veyance, viz. :—per canal, per Dairymaid steamer, up the
river Dee, and via Rock Ferry per turnpike road. By
the railway. if suitable arrangements were completed,
thirty or forty tons per day might be readily conveyed,
and even a much greater quantity, provided the mecha-
nical arrangements were upon an extensive scale. The
leading grounds of objection at first to a goods' traffic, when
the subject was first mooted, were that they could not un-
dertake to carry hogsheads of sugar, also puncheons of mo-
lasses. Now, the company have already conveyed, from
time to time, without the slightest injury being sustained,
puncheons of spirits, pipes of wine, and pieces of brandy,
with the present limited resources ; that being the case, he
thought he was warranted in stating that sugars and molasses
would prove but small obstacles when aided by additional
mechanical apparatus. The company have already realized
by the carriage of goods of various descriptions, upwards of
£1,500, which carriage was a spontaneous result, unaided by
solicitation. Mr. Roberts also remarked that the river was
held by many to be a fatal obstacle in the way of a goods'
traffic per railway to Chester, but contended that mechanical
means and appliances could be found capable of overcoming
the difficulty. Mr. R. here explained his mode in detail,
which satisfied the mind of Mr. Palin and the meeting gene-
rally. He was not prepared to say at present at what rates
the company would carry per ton. It was said, at a subse-
quent period of the meeting. that the canal company carried
at 10s. per ton, and that the railway could carry for less.
The following resolution was eventually carried :—" That
this meeting view with satisfaction the movement made by
the directors of the Chester and Birkenhead Railway towards
establishing a goods' conveyance between Liverpool and
Chester, and pledges its most
of a rate of freight being fix,
sidered reasonable and just.'
DR. WESLEY, THE CELEBRATED
tleman, who opened the new organ in the parish church of
Walton on Sunday last, gratified a select auditory yesterday

strenuous support, in the event
,d which shall hereafter be con-

I ST.—This gen-

afternoon by a private performance

cholas's chtirch. Dr. W

ley has for some

the first rank amongst provincial

)rganists, and it is

tice to his character to say, that his remarkable
that noble instrument, the organ, fully justifies his eminent
position. The instrument on which he performed is of
very inferior power compared with that in the Town-hall of
Birmingham, and many others that might be named • but,
on the average, it is one with a considerable variety oistops
considering the period at which it was erected. The swell
is inadequate to the size of the place to produce any very
lively effect, and the diapasons have not that solemn fulness
which falls with peculiar impressiveness upon the ears of
those who are fond of sacred music. The trumpets and flute
are not deficient in anything except volume ; the pedal pipes,
on the other hand, are rich, and fill the place without
producing the sensation of noise. The reed stops cannot
be praised. Altogether, therefore, the organ is one from
which none but a most superior player can produce effects
that may be termed striking. Dr. Wesley commenced with
a slow movement on the full organ, and before he had pro-
ceeded through many bars, the peculiar characteristics of his
mode of performance began to develope themselves. A fugue,
one, we think, of Sebastian Bach's, followed, in which Dr.
Wesley displayed an amazing command over the instrument,
and in which the only regret we felt was that he had not a
more extensive range of stops wherewith to effect the unu-
sual combinations in which he evidently delights. Several
other pieces were perfoamed, one in the minor, an andante
from Haydn, and one of Handel's choruses, at the end of which
the whole auditory retired, at once delighted and struck with
an entertainment, if we may so call it, in which a good deal
of the true philosophy of The
prevailing features in Dr. Wesley's style are novel combi-
nation of stops, the almost imperceptible rapidity__ with which
. share in bringing
music was imparted to them.
he effects them, and the bold relief in which he works out
harmonious whole. There
the prominent passages in the music before. him. There is,
gheanrtletnen as well as
too, a pleasing distinctness in hiscethelr4rfuerlling, Whereby every
note and chord are made to
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seemed greatly pleased with 1,
teurs, all of whom seem
Liverpool, Ur. Wesley has not
beard ; and we caeanffnyencottscilnotsoe thisprofessionaltoan e
bnef uotie.ci without stain.-
previously acquired othoalyt,
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his
repu-
tation.