The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-10-17 00:00:00

MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.

TEE GRAND OPERA. AT TUE THEATRE Roy.A.L.—
As stated in our last, Bellini's favourite opera, "La Son-
nambula," was performed on Monday evening, in which
Mad'lle Agnes Bury was introduced to a Liverpool
audience as'Amina, the part of Elvino falling to the lot of
Signor Beneditti, Mad'lle Sedlazek_ performing Lisa, and
Signor Fortini the Count. This cast was in most respects
a favourable one ; the Amina of Miss Bury was pleasing
and tasteful rather than great or impressive. Her voice,
particularly in its upper notes, is somewhat thin and
reedy, and in no part of the performance did she exhibit
any excess of animation or a very decided depth of feeling.
As Lisa, Mad'lle Sedlazek had not much to do, yet that
little was well done ; both ladies evincing musical culture
and natural gifts of a highly-pleasing order. Beneditti
acquitted himself in an able manner in the somewhat
triste and je jeune character of Elvino. His voice is of
good quality, and from its sweetness is capable of convey-
ing more marked expression than he at all times throws
into it. As the Count, Fortini played and sung capitally;
and on the whole the opera was deservedly well received,
although it was painful to observe how limited an au-
dience is presumed in Liverpool sufficient to honour a
grand opera performed by first-class artists. On Friday
evening Weber's romantic opera of "Der Freischutz" was
performed in German, and, as it generally does, it collected
a good, indeed, in these dull times, it must be considered a
great audience. As not unfrequently happens, where
much is expected, the style in which the opera was put on
was by no means calculated to gratify that expectation.
Herr Reichert, who was to have performed Max, and who
can sustain the character and sing the music well, was
prevented by indisposition from appearing, his character
being taken Yby Herr Zapf, whom even courtesy will not
induce us to acknowledge as a fitting substitute ; the
character of Killian, advertised to be performed by Zapf,
was transferred to Herr Le Brun, this substitution being
likewise an indifferent, if not a poor one. The other
characters stood as originally announced, the arduous part
of Agatha being sustained by Madame Caradori with her
usual brilliancy and power. Madame Rudersdorff, as An-
nette appeared to great advantage. Both ladies sang with
their accustomed force of expression and delicacy of feel-
ing, and in many points met with deserved applause. Of
Caspar, in the hands of Herr Formes, it is unnecessary
to say snore than that he infused into the character his
wonted amount of wild and demoniac energy, and sang
the music in all respects con amore. The opera of "Der
Freischutz" was repeated last night.—On Tuesday, Wed-
nesday, Thursday, and Saturday evenings, a series of vocal
and instrumental concerts were given in the same theatre
by the Hungarian Band, aided by the members of
the operatic corus. The music, which consisted chiefly
of favourite Hungarian pieces, was spiritedly performed.
The manager, availing himself of the powerful as-
sistance of the operatic chorus and orchestra, has
announced a aeries of semi-musical dramas, commencing
this evening with "'William Tell," the outlawed Swiss
patriot being represented by Mr. Barry Sullivan ; on this
occasion the dramatic effect will be aided by an adap-
tation of the choruses and musicfrom the celebrated opera
of "Guillaume Tell."

AT TIM ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE!, Mr. Buckstone, as-
sisted by the talent of tile resident company, has been at-
tracting good houses to witness his whimsicalities as Tom
Tittler in Planche's drama, "The Knights of the Round
Table." The good-hearted eccentricities and whimsical
fancies of poor Tittler are represented with an amount of
facinating drollery such as would be expected in vain from
any less-accomplished a comedian than Mr. Buckstone.
Of the performances of Mr. Baker, Mr. Lorraine, and Mr.
F. L. Villiers, it is pleasing to speak in terms of merited
approbation. The play has been remarkably well put
upon the stage ; the dresses are rich and tasteful ; and
the properties in all respects well arranged.

LIVERPOOL ACADEMY EXHIBITION,

FOUIT

iII NOTICE

No. fiS. " Biindman's Buff," by the late Sir David
Wilkie, R.A., like its companion picture, the " Penny
Wedding," is an admirable specimen of the artist's early
style, and, like it, has been kindly contributed by Her Ma-
jesty, of whose private collection at Buckingham Palace
the two form conspicuous ornaments. In the picture now
under consideration, the beauties and defects to which last
*week we made casual reference are obvious and marked
The composition is sparse and scattered, and the general
arrangement conveys the idea of a vast and nearly empty
hall, such as nowhere greets the eye in any Scottish farm-
house of the period indicated. On the other hand, the
rich warmth and juiciness of colour which pervade the
whole subject, and the minute truthfulness of character
and appropriateness of action and expression combined in
the several groups and individuals composing the picture,
are in the highest degree charming and artistic. It is
also happily imbued with that quaint and telling humour
for which Wilke's pictures of his early, and by many con-
sidered his best, style are so remarkable. Minute and
careful finish, generally accurate drawing, a fine mellow
tone, and massive, yet not obtrusive, breadth of light and
shadow, constitute the leading and most attractive fea-
tures of this beautiful specimen of the master.
No. 2. " Edward IV. and Elizabeth Woodville," by Mr.
Alexander Johnston, is a picture in very many respects the
opposite of that which has been just alluded to. It is
carefully studied, not ill drawn, and it is forcible in colour ;
here, however, most of its good points end. The figure of
Edward is stiff and formal, and his countenance is en-
tirely void of expression. Elirabeth Woodville, the princi-
pal figure, is theatrical, if not commonplace, her action is
strained, and unfortunately of her, as of a great poetic
character, it may be said she is " not good looking." The
action of the youngest child is natural, nestling under the
mother's arm, is beautifully suggestive of filial affection
and dependence. As a whole, the picture is heavy in
effect and unsuggestive. This should not be so. Mr.
Johnston has done good artistic service, and unquestion-
ably possesses talent vastly superior to anything he dis-
plays in this work, and if he means to retain the reputa-
tion he has justly earned, he had better " look to it," that
he presents the public with no more such specimens of
stuffed lay-figures as those which form the leading charac-
ters of this piece of unskilled labour.
No. 172. A quiet Pool, on the River Mawddach, North
Wales," by Mr. 11. J. Boddington, is a piece of beautifully
painted external nature. The water is limpid, liquid, and
refreshing in tone. The general landscape is rich in pic-
turesque form, and beautifully truthful in colour and at-
mospheric effect. The whole scene is rendered with
transparency and warmth of tone ; and the air of quietude
and repose which pervade the " quiet pool" are happily
suggestive of its title. In the handling the artist displays
readiness and decision, without making the secondary and
mechanical departments of his art usurp undue import-
ance. As a piece of genuine English landscape this must
be looked on as a favourable specimen, and one which is
highly creditable to Mr. Boddington as an artist, who goes
to nature for his effects, and studies them with care as
well as knowledge and affection.
No. 179. " Riva dei Schiavoni, Venice," by Mr. W. Cal-
low, exhibits truthful drawing and artistic combination of
objects. The general colour seems raw and crude, and
Mr. Callow has obviously erred in introducing the sultry
haziness of an English sky into a Venetian scene.

No. 441. " Venus and Adonis," by Mr. IV. D. Kennedy,
is a picture calling for remark more on account of its de-
fects than because of the very scanty merits it possesses. It
is intended to represent th e Queen of Love entreating her
beloved Adonis to quit the chase, as perilous ! and to
render the subject mythologically correct, Mr. Kennedy
has profusely introduced a set of nondescripts, intended to
figure as Cupids, Fauns, Pan, et id genus, the remarkable
peculiarities of all of whom seem chiefly to rest in the fact
that they have no bones on which to build their flesh. The
greater proportion of them are also as singular in the rose-
pinky tints of their persons and features as they are odd
in their contorted flexibility of limb. Such outrageous
drawing as is to be met with in most, if not all, of the
figures introduced, and they are numerous, it has hardly
ever been our lot to fall in with. In this picture the am-
bition of the painter has had little aid from the skill of the
draughtsman, and quite as little from the culture or feel-
ing of the artisi.

No. 244. " Uncle Toby and the Widow," by Mr. C. R.
Leslie, R.A. The sly humour conveyed by this picture is
almost as quaint and dry as the colouring in which it is set
forth ; nevertheless, it is a work of genuine excellence. In
drawing and painting it is bold, and as an artistic embodi-
ment of Sterne's sarcastic wit, it is beautiful. Thethorough
matter-of-fact simplicity of the veteran, contrasted with
the wily, yet pleasing, blandishments of the wooing widow,
is in a high degree interesting. The picture, however, has
for so long a time been familiar to the public, through the
medium of engravings, that either description of its merits
or criticism on its peculiarities are uncalled for.

No. 56. " A MoUntain Lake," by Mr. S. R. Percy, is a
picture in which nature has been carefully, though not
slavishly, followed. The mountain scenery is bathed in a
flood of lustrous light, betokening the approach of sunset.
A quiet harmony rests alike on hill and lake, while the
transparency of atmosphere represented is at once natural
and suggestive. The prevailing colour, though tending to
an excess of purple, is on the whole harmonious ; and the
mode in which the composition is arranged indicates the
judgment of the artist not less than the eye of the student.
In handling it exhibits freedom and decision, and in spite
of a certain multiplicity of lines, the picture is an interest-
ing and a truthful one. _ _ _

No. 131. " The Hon. H. T. Liddell, M.P. for Liverpool,"
by Mr. R. Buckner, is a cabinet half-length portrait, in
which the artist has laboured most assiduously to produce
delicacy and sweetness of effect rather than power. The
features are correctly drawn and well painted, suggesting
on the whole, however, the fastidiousness of refinement
rather than the vigorous energy of public life. In treat-
ment and handling the picture is pleasing and effective.
No. 215. " Touchstone Moralising on Life," by Mr. J.
Campbell, jun., is a subject which, if vigorously treated,
might have resulted in a good as well as an interesting
picture. In the hands of Mr. Campbell it has degenerated
into a matter simply ridiculous, if we are forbidden to use
also the epithet hideous. Sprawling, unrelieved limbs,
and a smug expression of features, are in this instance, it
would appear, intended to do duty for artistic simplicity
and natural expression. If so, the artist seems to us to
labour under a misapprehension of his subject and his
means of realising it. Let him go to Nature, and he will
there find little presented to his eye in the harsh, hard,
cut-about style he seems to affect. Tint blending with
tint, line losing itself in line, are the invariable characteris-
tics of nature in her workings; and although it is quite
possible to substitute slovenliness for generalisation, it is
scarcely a less fatal error to sacrifice everything to an in-
dividuality produced by contrasting colours and hard
outline.

No. 132. " Abraham Entertaining the Angels," by Mr.
J. Linnell, is a picture, or, rather as it would appear, a
sketch in most respects the opposite of that to which
attention has been last directed. It is rich and harmo-
nious in colour. Its details are unobtrusively worked out,
and the general effect is pleasing. The chief fault in the
treatment of this subject is its want of definition: yet it
is a picture on which the eye rests with satisfaction, un-
fatigued by conflict of parts, yet gratified by a general
flow of chromatic sweetness.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1854.

MR, DISRAELI AND THE PR
OTEST°I
QUESTION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL 51-4"-,A, of
Si u,—Whilst open warfare is raging abroad, the Pe°.lloo
England should not be blinded to the fact that a Vlagulvt
siege is at the same time being prosecuted at hotae !dee'
our Protestant institutions, by the agents of Pap a
Pntie power. A great'less
Knowing full well that England's strength an- eort
lies in her Christian Protestant principles (which ar ealf
and parcel of her constitution), and that she cannot be °Pod
assailed or ruined as long as they remain the rule_..l(l
agents or spies has been to raise up
guidance of her statesmen, the aim and object of theseerca .
to enable them to carry out by stealth, that which they a'''
not openly attempt. cralli*
The Coalition Ministers are apt instruments for a
_.,
plishing their ends. It is to their connivance 00174
indebted for this intriguing war. Havingno real discern. (t;r
or fixed principles, they become the more pliant tone no
hands of those who elevated them to office; and thA rege
they adopt (mildly designated a system of exlv"" to
minutely answers to the Jesuit maxim, "the end °s
tiff
means." 1, elferl
The question, questi however, that must now be asked a 00
a party svitnin th ..."
true Englishman is this :—Does England flourish as
under this foreign system as she did under her ancient;oo
stitution ? Are the private interests of this Cabinet, 01.volif
of England, to be considered ? If a verdict is given ia.,f,arges
of the latter, then this false system must at once bere"eot
And we may rest assured that a moral victorY nvert2legined
diency coalition in Downing-street, will be as eaa''' 'tot
by the brave people of England as was the physical Li„cd4'
Alma, over the army of " the friend of forty years' f"`"tiether
it Popery is a gigantic imposture. It matters not %ogle.
emanates from Downing-street, St. Petersburg, °I Nod
The thrones that are based upon hypocrisy and ts,eellied,
truth and civilisation, which is
must eventually crumble to pieces before the light 01 '"' . ere
abroad by this great and free nation.
In answ • .• erin,, the address of the Protestants of - ac.otela
oMfra.ffDaiisraeli says, "The continuance of the present *erops
must lead inevitably to civil discord, anti' enter'
to •
national disaster." The same opinion has been
gad
IsTtea ntthl
that
set
our forthatat
btaaitaiebdeeby Protestant subjects for the last twenty Yetifil oft
everywhere being scattered
thankful
are we now becolning-ot
sinmyenonarrefaithlutih7F:tiell'ilpi:
to the fact. If Mr. Disraeli will
championship, in sincerity andoenl earnest, the svu.Pe will Pciit:io
vouchsafeth to return him to office, but, will tnaintaeroal
ere, in spite of the threats and intrigues of the nnelood
and subtle agents of the despotic and politic& Ptieosi still
nowmaintain
domiciled in England. Mr. Disraeli also saYs',,•%e Ole,
the hope that Lord John Russell will '"d del
opportunity which he unfortunately I t in ISSI, °Lail°
with the relations, in all t • lost ur ,'" 14
heir bearings, of 0 t Lod
Catholic fellow-subjects, to our constitution," a tha oillit
John Russell was defeated by Jesuit intrigue from f°ll
be
up the Papal aggression." If to
If such was • indeed the case ; if he suffered hirnse,,, or
victimised by the Irish brigade, why did he afterWal" wIIY
u
port them so strenuously on the
N .1311'
°I.
Nunnery question'
a
bring forward his iniqui • • • tous Oaths Bill ?WY/
Can Mr. Disraeli, or any sincere depend • l
Protestant,lse '
• • a Ob. 'T
Lord John Russell, or any member of the Coalition oa,
ties°
to support him in
upholding the great Protestant (I eve
Was it not upon their advent to office, he so wiselYP.ri fabli
that d they would cling to it until each and all had We'. e
Englesa their political reputations ? i dip:
d's greatest dangers lie not in the are,,e ,is t is ,
Czar,
. not in her own Roman Catholic lotion, "" sa'
popu otos ii.
political priesthood, which tyrannises over the . tbe
ablo ve
bodies, not only of their own flocks, but of all W- 07 lia'
reach;: and in selfish statesmen, who for exPeclie- toil
bartered their loyalty for others'' der
t
support, is or
their support. 1 fadr
„,i ila 'f,, la
National sins will assuredly be visited by 11'°;;Lsl '.n
ments. War, the greatest of scourges,has resa"
besot 0-
this . false policy of legislators, •d be a
who have crouche .0g G(
idolatrous • priesthood, and have "forsaken the lici Ledo
g oDe
to follow after d - umb,idols." What, then, rerna.n- t ,
but to return to the old paths ?
Away, then, '
with the Coalition Ministry. That ati, ~osea-
lse
gracious Queen may (by the mercy of the Lord) feel - oectilt
to respond
to the loyal wishes of her most faithful au,' gat,'
and save the Throne, is the prayer bedient ael•c,
of youwr 0
H. Forf_ll4,.
"Lily of the Exe," Portsmouth Harbour, Oct. 13' IS°

ST. MARTIN'S CHURCH, LIVER?

LETTER No. IV.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL si."„' s 1„e';
Sr R,—ln my last letter I promised to address Y°- 00 r"
observations which had suggested themselves to goatee I
Martin's Church ; but, before doing so, I would :0
remark by a correspondent in your last paper, vr",er fr°;
himself " Wm. Pollock." Alluding to a previous leticee°'
"One of the Committee,,, he refers to his allitens
leagues, and, amongst others, "Viator." For InYseleolt;
claim distinctly the imputation. I am no Colleagtiorti%
correspondents referred to ; have no interest in St,',s Selt-ttl
Cintituhrecluukrncohwunnotitlhtihneg
day
yamn
any of
t letK;tralP
sole object in visiting the church was a suspicioroser4 object
of the representations made regarding it; sndille)„' rie°
triothneedpaiurtimesy;
fiend
in writing to you is to endeavour, if possible, ere ft%
erroneous impression, at least amongst those n'h°
more by reason than by prejudice. MY
more properly be styled Evangelical, than I,Y. s%o°f
assume such a title as a distinction; but I Cann° ~ot
eyes to advantages which I believe may be realised, "ii-ee tO,
willing to take up a cry against Tractarianisah 'CienCe
Own observation—and I have had some little eXPetiror deer
Church matters—shows me that neither practice -
n'o
trine is contrary to the Church of England. Matti .01
I have already remarked that the attendance at Pa". 0 lea ig
Church was considerably greater than I had
expect; but it cannot be denied that the COngr,;cosi.7:li
much smaller than the church could convenient!). 7-e vivo,
date. This may he partly owing to the Prejuci:ecs or tbf
appears so generally to prevail against the serli,,,C-Oved'd
church ; but it is one which cannot too soon be re ware
am sure of this, that were the public of Liverpool trot
little they have to dread from any alleged Itone: order,
dency, and how much they have to enjoy frOni
performance of the Liturgical Services of the C'l,-rs, t
building would be thronged by ardent worshiPre'eet
would feel in St. Martin's what they do not i°3:olll7er,,esl9
churches, that they, the congregation, form 013,e pa ",:to
part in public worship. Something, however, of t'oarC"oo,
of attendance may be owing to the situation of tbesd,
the centre of a population where Romanisr°'
sequently, vice and ignorance, seem largely tor.,eets
oe re
must certainly be no pleasant task to traverse s"" its wga
the senses are offended by sights, sounds, and !,-Triert °Siva
striking by contrast than agreeable by contact; '''red. ",
the end of the walk should be the Temple of the 1-,e 't be c'oo
these disadvantages are taken into account, it Tri:le atiltsidered rather a favourable sign than otherris- ,
to
many were found to attend this church. pot-
ed
Bearing in mind the strong prejudice whicbilis sli e regie•
have prevailed against the Rev. Cecil WraY, Ifc);„ tlie,-too
innovations in substituting an active vitalitY ig
bration of Divine Worship, for the cold fortlislitY,
often characterises the Services in other cloli'
enc-e;eooy
entitled to very great credit for the steady persevefcide'o3l
lie has displayed amidst such an analan the tv la itt
ca t
With some few excepttutia, which I have .11'7 a t
gasp,
former letters, he has practically demonstrate a 'mto t 0
obedience to the Rubrics of the Church gives believed to
energy to the Liturgy of which it was hardly
ttrecteo
he capable; and that, while many have been a c
Rome, from the gorgeousness of her Ritual serf etio
our °I,
senses, the same advantages may be attained frill ti-oo
Church, without sacrificing, but rather onbancitsPletlilt
spirituality upon which many professing ProtestsPPr,
',e
e n
much reliance. It is a melancholy fact that, whil
sincere Christians are content with listening to f;cotis
',O
toot
Preachers, and deeming the Sermon the most imilor„Drooge,s-
of Divine Service, those who can only be aPProachea„...Bo Ild
their material organs—the ignorant and the worldiYit isoerile
to be dupes to the invidious designs of lloWe', tie el
appear that the solemn words of our Saviour, tts' re fi beer
wb°
ltdete
to save those that were lost ; and, that those
need not a physician, but those who are sick, we-e-11.
forgotten. There is little realisation of the cornii;lo;
out into the highways and compel them to cc1na,,,7009/3..ect
when an attempt is made to elevate into its due l'osic",,,
the sacrifice of prayer and praise, by the aids of
tis "' save
attention to ceremonial observance, the atter°,„/),,, fro°l,tot
matised as Tractarianism, although the langue''l;ooid woe
pulpit is only the teaching of practical piety I shmg Of the
deeply regret the slightest neglect of the prey but Attica
Gospel by the able men who occupy our pulPits; greS'
best it is secondary to the united voices of the co,
ifio Ole
humbly joining in penitence and prayer, or late
elm yr°
accord, in the sweet strains of the Psalmist of the
and thanksgiving to the Giver of all good.
.r.. vilraY
While, however, I would give credit to il1" to bP'" iCtl
good he has done, I would respectfully "ggeStCe, fibtDe
he might take more advantage of the circurnstan. ithin.. 00
he is surrounded. It is not sufficient that ali loot 11003
church is done decently and in order, if alt; v;
revolting. It is no excuse that Rome claims t',,,bese
the ignorant of the population for her own. ''„,-Cl3"„ils
very materials which it should form the labour 01 u`loroeff
Amidst !ll_ core! 0
to convert, so that none may be lost.
narrow streets and courts by which St. Martin. lit fititi_ot
WI ye,
environed, Mr. Wray and his assistants of 10 _O4
visitation from house to house not only a
one which promised good fruits. The Poer soy. ideS
accessible to the voice of kindness anti sYraPtte woe orct
would be the opportunities of pouring halm 111/"_, re%„oo
fabOttr
are
olartoy.
spirit ; and who shall over-estimate the value
bareo'seer'
dot'.
,ter
the error of his way shall save a soul from
b•
when we remember that "He which converteth etid
multitude of sins." • those sc
In conclusion, I would strongly urge uPoo catirC.,oo
tain the idea that the services at St. 3fartin; CO3los-u
any resemblance to the mummeries of a ittotni „,(1 Slilf oiler
to visit the church and judge for themselves.;
_l'auties tlte
vinced that if,
they can really appreciate the
itirei,earts 4,40!
Liturgy, and feel that they join with thel.thutbelt v.. ever;
responses and prayers, as they ought to do Icl'olo tIISPd DO
they will experience far more anxiety to go a.. rendereerioei„
they felt dislike to go at all, I have, I felleici to A,'
imperfect justice to a subject which is OUP
notpinp
attention; and in the hope that my letters BOY vjfiv
written altogether in vain, I my, U.,

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1854

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

IZIIIAT CILOSET GOOSE FEAST, Whiel has been cele-
ilifuorel,so many years, will be held to-morrow, at the
Great Crosby.
tioss,hoZtrole and magistrates held a court in the Ses-
teaetral."e °n Thursday, to hear applications for the
Yet th and transfer of licenses. The proceedings were
seeseleilpst Part merely of a routine character, and pos.
Sa?.", Public interest.
ire . -.... OP WATER TO WlGAN.—There is much dis-
wit't; exPerienced in Wigan from the inadequate supply of
the Lk The Present reservoir drains surface water, like
tea it'e'erPoo, 1 one at Rivington ; but this last summer has
1',..° arY, that the town is now almost without water.
in laland-""°w• Escarn.—Three privates of the 71st High-
unders, here from Canada, en route for Canterbury, were,
beekr4PanY with a civilian, about to cross the George's
the e&es, en Thursday night, when they stumbled over
at the side of the dock gut and fell into the
111%4 The Police-officer on duty procured assistance, and
5, ien,.
lathjiAoaan's HALL.—Mr. Caine, the chairman of the
fit, -47 Evening Concerts, having applied for the use of
fleto tbiln's Hall for one concert, has received a reply
fished committee stating that "in the present un-
lesfastate of the organ they cannot accede to the
144,445 R AT ArANCITESTEE.—About a hundred of the
laliZalga winders in the employment of Messrs. Ken-
l'ette.,. --t. "I,Bens, cotton manufacturers. Great Ancoats, Man-
maetj 47,3 turned out, because the manager, with the
lilikl of the Messrs. Kennedy, determined to stop
.2s.
s 4 wages of a workman who had spoiled a portion
work
°tett.
tiar,De, ,:-..,...1fas OF TEM WORKING Caisszs.—Mr. JoTir
....:'' ili",;l:4r. H. Booth, Mr. Christopher Bushell, Mr. 1 .
lk.,_ 6,."'ltk, Mr. S. Rathbone, and Mr. John Cropper,
Kr liti",„%e
__.peen elected as the committee of the Association
wt." assoela`'°nntiog the Dwellings of the Working Classes.
•.."44 th n has raised £22,000, on the strength of
`lO,OOO. e Parent Society in London has lent them
q4ll,
Nain,„TlA ROBBERY.—As a person named Dobson was
iltall,,,,,solne 'waste ground near Wilbraham-street, Scot-
e 6,7, on Tuesday • ht, he received a severe blow on
NT' and. was immediatelynight,
seized by a manhrdoaf
41412.' Who, after seriously injuring him, robbed
iii lever lever watch. This kind of robbery is getting him of
404.:1,in the neighbourhood of Vauxhall-road and Scot.
1( --aQ, and an extra number of detectives are on the
81;0,tt for the perpetrators.
tett ialltsstox ov THE LIQUOR Tn.invic.—Me.etings
elayOKl oil Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, in the
latjlitall, f • n urating an Auxiliary Branch of the
1111, rh„,,.°lngdoomr A lliganee for suppressing all liquor traffic.
~.',,P, -"'aa.,, Y, the chair was occupied by Mr. L. Ileyworth
Nell ae object of the society, as stated in a circul
1„"l'i di,'as distributed at the meeting, is "to call
L'ta hect, an enlightened public opinion to prP
,' aills'Linalnediate legislative suppression of
,411t11-l'oxicating liquors. Resolutions, in acc,-
'lla 2 declared object, were adopted. Similar proce
4tte4Lere adopted at Wednesday's meetin-
lit)3o2,4-4l„ceoopn both occasions was numerous.
I A spirited and cleverly execu...
trk,Jes—aPylligiEe glorious action fought by the Alhea
'aerj.,.- the heifits of the Alma, on the 20th of Sep-
a, at 7, ' has been brought out by our talented tovns-
,Phel.`„%sr's. Maclure, Macdonald, and Macgregor, Litho-
;Al t' --,',,a the Queen. The view is artistically drawn
keae"cialtilet•h'a,Thaltdn exhibits those indications of free and
g for which the sketches of Mr. A
clt4katiarte,.bare long ben prized and celebrated.
orer ,41 0? TROOPS PEOSI_ CANADA.—The screw
Yas ''eopatra which arrived in the Mersey or
P ra. ,
IN „iing, brought the second battalion of
t.the 71st
ZnadO.' of Highlanders, which has been sta ioned i_
',der 14 about twelve years. The battalion, which is.
12. the .._
..4ra„,_ uommand of Lieut.-Colonel ,Stark, consists of
4.' rho "`' and fi 16 officers and 2o sergeants. The troops,
stll2ear to be a fine bogy of men, were landed on
Nlie 1 afternoon, and having been billeted in the town
'slat stalFht, proceeded to Canterburye on Friday. Their
fsilie re',°ll as at Quebec. , first battalion of the
t,1%. raent is at present stationed in Corfu. A grati-
-I\l/4.'4'4 address was resented to Captain Salt, of the Cleo-
TialL,°.ra Lieutp-Colonel Stark, the commander of ti'
k fi,;,, and the other officers of the battalion.
~°llti C„IIIIISLE ACCIDENT, which resulted it
aiLlbl'' an 31
~,,,14,,,,1it Years of age, occurred in '
Swinegate, Mancne.— _
Alkier,_,4l4Th'orn_°rrun9f_gi. A. bCoaurrt 'eight o'clock, Cran and a man
tht. Tb 'as
.Daffie were about to commence clipping
eLe belt e engine was at work, but they discovered that
,41-le, to ew,.ans_not.on the shaft. Duffle, who was standing
11 the bei;,ll,, said " Throw the. chip out, so as I can put
N,oald ‘.i. Deceased replied, with a fearful oath, that
Vin,,44, saying he could put the belt on. withoutwas
4,,,,1a,..-,Jalt the chip, but on the instant, while he
eal4 Te the attempt, he was pulled over the shaft
44t1;haalecl,' was driven again' • st the end of the c
ane,,tak a the deceased out at once, and found thatch
trb`he here of his' legs being cut off, both arms broken,
repo 44c e:everely injured.
e medical officer of health
to it;'s that tl, tun Tower.—The
tt nsnal ...,'e Mortality of the borough is rapidly falling
consequence of the steady decrease
t 4 Lie ehoin °Landard,
ktfll3es la jrn ePidemiicn. dea registered from all
14 beir, the week endin.gTo7eS Saturday the 7th inst., were
tOlis g 115 less than in
.h aprevious week. The deaths
L'apiia'falish were 250, and in the ont-townshis 86. The
'ere
40/11 cholera were 06, having been 171 inthe pre.
'et Week, and in the week previous to that 270..._ They
thie4istributed as follows, viz. :—ln the Pan 1"
:4, eli„there were in Scotland' ward, -
'tett-IQ, 6; Great George, 6; St. .
13 ,v,2; Castle-street, 2 . Rodney-street, 4 , .... -
241;N:llet°r ?' ,1 ; residences not.. stated, 7. Out-tow..
~,42 des
„ Tor•zEverton, 1; Kirk dale, 42. West Derby,
ty o'4B Were 1,/;1; South Toxteth, 6 i From diarrhma,
ta P Us caused egistered 71 in the previous week.
e4a,sles 3. 16 death's,agscaianrslattina 12, smallpox 3, and
~ Tit ,-,
tk /v,,,,,,1rAmpir,..
Capt. t Newlands, sailed
,iriestia ,OF Tin 3 SEAS, ...ap •
eltar.ds of r0,,,f0r Melbourne, with 746 passengers, and
iub.shi, ,""u, tons of cargo. Her owners intend
(~,t,ica3.,l3aia
lit ,use in Melbourne,. under the
..title of
thi,al the r,,,', and Co., the junior partner. in which went
4t; .61111) ra.,lnPion of the Seas. The mail taken out by
yti,,Lal of i‘xisted of 810
.letters and 866 newspapers,
2e4l„gey, 0.,,'"18 communications, addressed to Melbourne,
tai'lld p'-'4°,,,n,g Adelaide, Van Diemen 's Land,. New
fey, the.,kei 44 Champion of the
.Seas has realised the
oti, gat ever made by one sailing vessel despatchhaecdl
of °oat(' ~,Pl3rt. Besides the ordinary ship stores, she
at 'c'llitr". eighty pigs, thirty sheep, and forty dozen
0,,,,k1y a 4 so that her passengers will have an ample
rsist„,, fresh meat" during the voyage. Iferseacr,ew
ktilketeocooofi_7o seamen, 10 stewards, 2
stewardesses,
1
t„b,4,1 „K, and 5 assistants, 3 bakers, 2 butchers,_
Gas qra ° lookafter and other live stock), and 10
ettil ett,
or . cow
As there was a fresh
°l.tillerlvtaelt breeze at thl°4e timpeersoufnheer sailing, her owners„ in
tp:reeserevent any delay or disappointment in getting
keteol)Th well clear of the port, had two of the Old Steam-
w he'ranoYs boats,. in addition to the " Black Ball" tug,
tai), I,flztt, at, and give her a good offing down Channel.
Maths ...17°T Cotrirr.—/n re Thomas Ktmptan: This
lt,',-tio carried on business as a forwarding agenton
k 148 t 4:1 Pank-bnildings, Sweeting-street, came p
kd edee m Illation, before Mr. Commissioner Stevenson,u
kk,AL4, 84a7. Mr. Simpson, of the firm of North, Orred,
et,74,orts°ll, appeared for the officasignees ; Mr.
gear 7.°7adon was for the creditors ;ads Mr. Shattock
b ed.'''. th 'bankrupt. On the previous examination
Nt, kikru e
fir ta at cl)t, In his balance-sheet, had returned his
°it' 2
(Y,ils,heed 11,P2,_ 1, but in his amended balance-sheeeet, then
‘ll.-'434.' - had put them down at only £1,7 . Th
rue sat4llels thought the details of the balance-sheet
Nasll' tNet°l7 —After some conversation about the
kil.-1)ao;ei-1,4311s the bankrupt had had with the railway
'tkelli'lled." w that the examination should be
, ~J ttden bin
thust of November, in order that another
Nie4l, liigllice-sheet should be produced. .---In re Wm.
Illi. This ia 13 "ankrupt formerly in biness as a boat-
-1151,,Ner ever Pool and, Seacombe, came. before Mr. Com-
hp/108.4..Levenson on Thursday for his last examination.
Yeto Li°4 was offered, and the balance-sheet being
NAth l'Y, the bankrupt passed his final examination.
tal,l,,,atA°l November was fixed for the hearing on the
thb,74l`'---in re-Wrightson•
: This bankrupt carried on
PeCl4,7ra Metal bikr in Liverpool, and came up on
4e ''4 fn `°i• his last examination. Mr. Evans, who ap-
-o,,krotior.,the assignees, applied for an adjournment, on
kr tio.:-t that the balance-sheet was not filed in thean
Ilrattlee• The court granted the application, and
04 pvalizont took place accordingly.
Nol,ll,lay tTONVITSITIP —The adjourned audit was held
1 ~4.„" beg ore William' Rees, Esq., district auditor, the
ktt'f',.; WfthanYthing but satisfactory to the_rateaers
magistrates'at
'lle "r,,185,,m regard to the illegally excused _
1114,,,°' thp,' fliounting to £B4O 2s. ed., Mr. Chambers. :
liati,"ed thz. tate surveyora, attended, and satisfactorily
ki:;h-al) bl
,4eatez 'a' tehe list had been carefully revised,.and the
„ of paying duly summoned before the ma-
Ir:•q li "ae sum of £4O 6s. 2d. having been receiv out
,V,,C'habt.. 6d., leaving £2l ss. 3d. as recoverable I
Itih'tioi`nuera strongly complained of the want of co.
`ttL_lltll "n the part of Mr. Morley, the collector, in wing-
Vbeso.,rate in question. The surcharge of £359, it is
t. a-ftg, still stands against the collector, in whose
r.sParish)lireniner attended, to demand an inspection of
1
u°olcs. Mr. matterswere.p hono-
rkleBs
__Ctrs.,
.stated that
ZiTtildition as regards the collection of the current
'tit3,4l4 o„Totigh the year has nearly expired, £3700 still
to4lla.oh,,7atanding of which they consider £2OOO might,
taarta„ e7t„e,.xertions', have been collected. [Mr. Edwards's
Itlq,e(llit,'". Cox, also stated that the books had. re-
ell% Eilt.oPosted for many months, an omission which the
katt_eiehti `-rseer accounted for by saying that he was not
to
tt,"t) Y informed as to his pecuniary, liabilities in the
Da It •
the et. Win understood that a public meeting of the
iit 4,w, dl shortly be convened, to receive the report
allbiLtee „,e.DaYers' Committee, who are still in corres-
-4 lil. '' ith the Poor-law Board in London on the
• I t%, ,
l'r bo t
1,11eq4 ata
Nvnirr GUARDIANS.—The weekly meeting of
e rat day aa held at the Union-house, Everton,. on
tkher,l'etatil,• of Rev. W. Badnall, chairman, presided.
"iflo4(tsber°' the master of the Workhouse showed that
'. elace I:Paupers in the Workhouse were,—last week,
,"i atal Oa/flitted, 19 • born, 1 • discharged, 27 ; died,
this week 548'. 'di week last year,
It -il -Ines to ...7 , correspon ng
tr the• Mee the amount of £174 were voted to the
eln It ,rs for the maintenance of the out-door poor,
ti Orel, 'sDective districts ; and it appeared from the
11(1;74 4 tuna
that there was a balance in hand of
''h' 441 ' ld.
~ 3CI. was An account for articles supplied for the
Fkii kg t Presen
(11 titi,Q by y ted, but the motion that 1,
~,,- q, 4.1 ii..,_ .r. A l b .
'"4 "'orq," ulakt he pp e y, who moved tha.
igoet,Fl,, nee
....., en referred to the finance l.
11''N(.1 4tloll Will a previous resolution. Ai
4IN. taellt was division took place, and Mr. A
.44 4 ilYter the carried by the casting vote of
1,,,,t.i;, ~,,,t,,,,i, fre transaction of further bus'-
kite ti. orltho °rll which it appeared th
k,,,,2g gat 0b,11,8e COSt the union go ls coq c,
ba.attted from the brewers' ei
1 ttl klrf,,,, theFrel.
Mr. Appleby moved th.
i Ost oj °to estabhshment should in fut
1 tilevp ti, the "ewer. A long conversation et
a.' 11 g$ 'l'lrclians being in favour of
his
et ''le wn al
bo.to rataild. e, Mr. Appleby withdrew his motion, 0.
'RA tilll,ave hlen! :hat they were only to try it twice, and
n adjo4tance of an experienced brewer, The
i

the traffic

and the

Thin's-

Le death of

the grinding

2! Pitt-at

arrears,

aid was

the cha

be pur-
d, when,
lining to

Everton Mr. Robert Aked .. Mr. Daniel Crosthwaite.
Scotland
Mr.JonathanWieliamson
Vauxhall
St. Paul's
Mr. Thomas Savage.
Exchange
Castle-street Mr. Hugh Hornby.. No opposition.
St. Peter's Mr. H. Banner .... Mr. Harwood Banner.

Mr. R. Frodsham.
Pitt-street .. Mr.J.Gladstone,jun No opposition.

Great George.. { Mr. T. Wagstaff.. No opposition.
Mr. John M`Nicoll Mr. John Rogers.
Rodney-street Mr. Thos. Fleming.. No opposition.
Abercromby.. Mr. Hugh Neill .... Mr. J. A. Tinne.
Lime-street .. Mr. Jas. Johnson .. No opposition.
St. Anne's.... 11r. R. W. Houghton Mr. R. W. Houghton
Mr. Joseph Kitchen.
West Derby . Mr. R. M. Beckwith No opposition.

South ToxiethiFr. John Stuart

No opposition

North Toxtetbl Mr. Thos. Boyden.. iMr. Ogden.
IMr. G. W. Moss.

ACCIDENTS.—On Saturday, John Bulger, a passenger
just landed from the Dublin packet, was accidentally
thrown down on the Landing-stage, and sustained a frac-
tured arm. The same day, William Henson Duncan, a
steward belonging to the ship Cleopatra, lying in the
Sandon graving-dock, was going on board, when he fell
from the plank to the botton of the dock, from a height
of about thirty feet. He sustained a fracture of an arm
and a severe scalp wound producing concussion of the
brain. He was taken to the Northern Hospital, where he
lies in a dangerous condition. On Saturday afternoou,
Catherine Henry, aged eighteen, was nursing a child in
Denison-street, when a bale of cotton which was being
hoisted into a warehouse, fell upon her, and produced
severe contusions of her back and shoulder. She was
carried to the Northern Hospital.
FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDZNT, YESTERDAT.—YesterdF
morning, James Birch, aged 18, living with his parents in
No. 6, Court, Dryden-street, was at work on the Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire Railway, near the Sandon Depot,
when he was run over by the half-past eight o'clock train,
and literally cut to pieces. The deceased was usually
occupied in oiling the waggons, in which operation he was
generally assisted by his brother, but on this occasion he
had wandered on to the main line, where the labourers are
forbidden to go, and no one was near him when the
accident happened. He was not in the employment of the
Railway Company, but of Mr. Thompson, the contractor,
who is forming a new branch road from the main line to
the docks. An inquest will be held on the body to-day.
The deceased is son to an old soldier, who was discharged
from the service two months ago, and who mainly
depended upon him and his brother for support.
THE ROMANIST OTITRAGE IN InELAND.—The follow-
ing has been received from the Earl of Enniskillen, in
reply to an address from the Protestant Association of
Paul's, Liverpool :—" Florence Court, October, 1864.
Brother Protestants,—On the part of myself and
nions, I return my heartfelt thanks for your ad-
of sympathy and congratulation on our late mer-
from a terrible death. We have no doubt,

any more than you, that this crime proceeded from that
dark conspiracy which unfortunately has overspread our
land. We sincerely desire to forgive these our enemies ;

~,........ .
but this event should inspire artrue rrotestants with
the earnest determination of uniting to, hold those blessed
truths which God has, bestowed on us.—Yours, very faitlk
fully, Enriszuw., Revd.. George, IW."