The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-01-18 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS.

NEGLECT Or FAMILY.—John °shill, a baker, was yes-
terday charged, at the police-court, with leaving his wife—
for whose support he had promised to pay six shillings a week
—destitute an. chargeable to the parish. He attempted a
defence, but not to the satisfaction of the magistrates, and
was ordered to be imprisoned for one month.
UNRULY CONDUCT OF A SON TO HIS MOTHER AND
FAMILY.—A very stout young man, named Joseph Roberts,
was yesterday charged, at the police-court, with committing
a violent assault on his mother and brother, the former of
whom he had cut in the hand with a knife, and the latter in
the finger. The mother wished that he should take his things,
and leave her house, so that she and her family, of whom lie
assumed to be sole master, might no longer be annoyed by
his abusive language, and subjected to personal injury by his
violence. She admitted, however, that he bad not struck
her on former occasions. The assault being proved, he was
fined twenty shillings and costs, or to be imprisoned fourteen
days.

FIRE IN PUMPFIELD-STREET.—OR Saturday morning,
about eight o'clock, an alarm of fire was given as having
broken out in Pumpfield-street, Vauxhall-road, on the pre-
mises of Messrs. Braidley Brothers, manufacturing che-
mists. An explosion took place in one part of the works,
which is, we understand, appropriated to the refining of
brimstone, and by which two men were dangerously burnt.
The engines and water-carts from the Police Fire Station
were on the ground soon after the alarm was given, accom-
panied by Mr. Whitty, head constable, and Mr. Hewitt, of
the fire establishment, and the flames were arrested after a
struggle of about two hours. The damage sustained is stated
to be about £lOO.
THE ROYAL LIVER THEATRE.—This elegant little theatre
has been crammed to the ceiling every night with delighted
spectators since the " opening day." Mrs. Waylett sings
as sweetly as ever, and plays with equal spirit and graceful-
ness. Last evening Mr. Raymond's benefit took place
(which we were prevented drawing attention to in our last).
The house was a bumper. The playgoers seemed glad to
testify their approval of Mr. Raymond's wish to provide
abundantly for their amusement. It is really worth the
price of admission only to look at the interior of the " Royal
Liver." It is a sight worth seeing. By a new arrangement
the private boxes have been thrown open to the public. Any
parties in full dress can now occupy them in common with
the other parts of the house.

THE AMPHITHEATRE..—The " Spanish Bull Fight" got
up at this theatre is a very gorgeous and well arranged melo-
drama. We do not altogether understand the plot of it, but
we admit the situations, scenes, processions, and pictures, to
be very beautiful. The escape of the Muleteer is equal in in-
terest to anything we have witnessed for some time. The bill
fight is capitally managed. The horse " does the bull to
perfection. The Matadores exhibit great activity. No little
skill is required to escape out of harm's way. Mr. Hillier
acts the Muleteer excellently. The scenes in the circle are
admirable : they cause great laughter. "The Toad in the
Hole" is especially mirth-stirring. Le Petit Ducrow is a
wonderful little fellow ; he appears unconscious of danger ;
he shows the utmost intrepidity. His attitudes and agility
frequently remind us of his father. Madame Allard, al-
though rather Dutch built especially about the " wires." dis-
plays originality and courage in her performances. She is
occasionally graceful and picturesque in her attitudes. The
house has been well filled during the past week. As Mr.
Ducrow's stud will very shortly leave Liverpool, those who
wish to see the performances must lose no time.
FIRE IN TEMPLE-STREET.—On Saturday night, a little
before twelve o'clock, a fire broke out in the premises oc-
cupied by Messrs. M`Fie and Co., sugar boilers, Temple-
street. It appears that the fire had originated in the in-
cautious placing of some empty sugar bags alongside the
damper of a flue, not with a view to dry them. but merely
from carelessness in stowing them away. The bags took
fire, and ignited the office, where the flue was. The police
engines were speedily brought up, and the fire was pre-
vented from reaching beyond its first locality. The sugar
house adjoining was for some time in great danger, as was
the warehouse adjoining on the north ; and, it may be added,
the fine range of building facing Dale-street, occupied by
Messrs. Pym and Co., and Messrs. Gardner, wholesale wine
and spirit merchants, and others, in which there were ex-
tensive stocks of highly combustible materials. The engines
played from two to three hours. Wr. Whitty was present,
with the superintendent of the fire department. The da-
mage which, but for timely aid might have been immense,
is stated to us to be about £4O.
A SHUFFLE OF THE ALBION.—The Albion of yesterday,
in his zeal to throw dirt upon the member for North Toxteth
Ward—Mr. Harbord—is not content with merely torturing
into an insult to Mrs. Rathbone an expression used by that
gentleman at a late council meeting, but, by a suppressio
Peri, which is very jesuitical to say the least of it, endeavours
to shield their Reverences of Rome from the imputation of
fraudulent interference with the system of education in the
corporation schools, which Mr. Harbord so indelibly fastened
upon them. Our contemporary asserts that the books sup-
plied to the children by Mrs. Rathbone (amongst which was
a certain History of the Jewish Nation) had previously re-
ceived the sanction and approbation of the Rev. James As-
pinall—an assertion which it is quite possible may be true.
But may we ask our friend the Albion,—was this book, the
History of the Jewish Nation, as used in the schools, in the
same state as when it received the sanction and approval of
the rev. gentleman above mentioned ? Or was it not, sub-
sequently to receiving such approbation, expurgated by a
Romish priest to the precise pattern of which Popery ap-
proves? Was it not, in fact, by the admission of the master
of the school himself, a totally different book to that whie

was presented by Mrs. Rathbone, or was approved by the
rev. gentleman We dare the Albion, jesuit as he is, to
quibble out of this fact ; and, bearing it in mind, every can-
did man will acquit us of any disrespect towards the lady

who presented the true record, when we say with Mr. Har-
bord of its false Popish substitute—" Away with this filth !"
CHARGE AGAINST A SERVANT GIRI..—A girl, named
Jane Lowe, was yesterday charged at the Police-court, with
having stolen a silver spoon from the house of her master.
It appeared that the prisoner had offered the spoon in
pledge at Messrs. Powell and Tunstall's shop, corner of
Addison-street. The person at the counter observing that
the lettering had been erased, questioned her, when she said
she had found it. Mrs. Jane Kirkham, wife of a publican
in Scotland-road, said that the prisoner was their servant,

and had been intrusted to clean some spoons, one of which-
that produced—was missing. The prisoner was ordered for
trial, but after the depositions were read, and she received
the usual caution, as to what she might choose to say in
her defence, she said that her mistress had made her pay
for a window which she never broke, and that her boy had
also taken some money out of her pocket, which was under
the bed. She had taken the spoon to repay herself. Mrs.
Kirkham admitted that the boy, who was seven years of
age, had taken 4d. out of the prisoner's pocket, on one
occasion, but she had paid her back the money. In reply
to. Mr. Rushton, she said she was not aware that he had

taken any money at another time. Mr. Rushton said he

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should not then send the prisoner for trial, as he was rather
inclined to believe that she had taken the article with a

view to repay herself, without a proper knowledge that she
was doing wrong. The prisoner was then remanded until
further inquiries were made, and the witness was told that
she would be sent for if she were again wanted.

EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT.—SaILILIeI Heywood was
charged, at the Salford sessions, on Wednesday, with em-
bezzling, on the 23d of July last, the sum of £5O, the property
of the Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Railway Company.
The prisoner pleaded guilty. It appeared that the prisoner
had been employed as a clerk at the Manchester station of
the Manchester and Bolton Railway. On Saturday, the 4th
of December, he obtained leave of abE,nce till Monday, say-
ing that he was going on private business to Nantwich. lie
did not return on the appointed day, and being still absent on
the following Wednesday, Captain Hawkshaw, the principal
manager, began to suspect that all was not right, and
mentioned the circumstance to Mr. Diggles, deputy-constable
of Salford. Mr. Diggles sent an officer over to Nantwich,
but Heywood was not to be found. Afterwards, Captain
Hawkshaw directed the prisoner's private drawer at the
office to be broken open, and in it was found a letter in his
handwriting, addressed to his wife, stating that he had de-
frauded the company to a great amount, and finding that
detection was becoming unavoidable, he had absconded, with
the intention of going to America. On the following Mon-
day, an officer was dispatched to Liverpool in search of him,
and on Tuesday morning, he was apprehended on board a
vessel which had just cleared the port for Philadelphia. Sub-
sequent to his apprehension, it was ascertained that be was a
a defaulter to the extent of more than .-Rl2oo.—He was
sentenced to be transported for ten years.

FIRE ON SHIPBOARD.—On Sunday evening, about five
o'clock, a fire was discovered in the hold of the schooner
Sarah and Ann, from Waterford, laden with grain, rags,
furniture, and tallow, lying in the King's Dock. The officers
on duty sent instant intelligence to the Fire-police Station,
and the word was, at the same time, passed to the North and
South Dock Engine Stations. In a short time, no lea's than
nine engines were ranged on the dock quay opposite the spot
where the vessel was lying. Hose were conveyed on board;
and, under the direction of Mr. Whitty and Mr. Hewitt,
both of whom were on board, water was poured freely into
the hold, where the heat and density of the vapour indicated,
that, if any time were lost, serious consequences might en-
sue. As the wind was blowing with some violence from the
northwest, and the schooner was surrounded with large ships,
some of which were laden with spirits, cotton, &c., the con-
sequence of the fire obtaining anything like head would, pro-
bably, have been most disastrous. Some thoughts were en-
tertained, at tile time, of scuttling the schooner ; but even
this would have been a work of difficulty, as she was closely
jammed in amongst the other ships. By throwing on the
water with judgment, the fire, after a time, showed symptoms
of abatement, and, at length, after three or four hours active
exertion, it was entirely subdued.
THE MEDINA STEAM-SHlP.—This magnificent steam-
ship, be'onging to the Royal West India Mail Company,
performed, on Friday, her first experimental trip. She left
the Coburg Dock at noon, and proceeded to the North West
Light-ship, and then 'eturned to the Sloyne, from whence
she departed on Saturlay for Southampton. It reflects great
credit on her builders, the Messrs. White and Son, of Cowes,
and her engineers, Messrs. Bury and Co., of Liverpool, that
this vessel, whose machinery had never been tried on the
river, and only for a short space in the dock, should, in an
untrimmed state, have accomplished the immense speed of
at least twelve miles per hour. Her motion throu:tth the
water was scarcely perceptible by her passengers in the
cabin, and the vibration, in any part, was less than we ever
experienced in any steamer. It is not our wish to describe,
for we have not the power to sufficiently extol, the beauty, the
salubrity, or the elegance of this noble vessel. She has
berths for about one hundred passengers, and every berth-
room is a single one, a state-room by itself, which we are
sure the public, and all voyagers, will consider a vast im-
provement. In short, this trial trip was eminently success-
ful, and must have been highly gratifying to the builders
and engineers, as it was to the numerous company on board,
who were entertained in the kindest and most hospitable
manner. -Captain Burney has been entrusted with the com-
mand of the Medina, an honour which he has earned by his
talents as an able seaman and experienced officer in the
royal navy, and whose urbanity and gentlemanly conduct
towards his guests were appreciated and acknowledged by
all. Au excellent collation was served at two o'clock, the
attractions of which need not be enumerated, for it was sup-
plied by Mr. Horne, of the Mersey Hotel.
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MISS WHITNALL'S CONCERT.—This very accomplished
lady has announced her concert to take place on Monday
next, when a strong array of talent will be brought forward.
We are glad to perceive that the provincial press generally
speak well of Miss Whitnall, as it proves that the press of
her " sin toun are not singular in their appreciation of
her talent. She has lately been singing at Shrewsbury,
and was greatly admired. 'The Salopian Journal' says,—
" Miss Whitnall possesses a mezzo-soprano voice of brilliant
power, and at the same time of surpassing sweetness. She
has every quality to make one of our leading vocalists. Let
her but pursue the right course, and we will answer for her
ultimate triumphant success. The soil, though nearly primi-
tive, is rich in all the germs that constitute a future great
artiste ; and under the tillage of a Crivelli, Hawes, or John
Barnett, Miss Whitnall's voice, though naturally good,
would increase in power, compass, and quality : as it is now,
it feeds only on its own superior qualities,—whereas, had she
the advantage of intermixing with, and daily hearing, the
first artistes of Europe, her improvement would be as rapid
as her taste and refined mind arc judicious and accomplished.
It is by comparison alone advancement is made : by hearing
others, we naturally recoil back on ourselves, and the more
readily perceive faults we never dreamt of possessing. Thus
is it, we immediately observe the refinement of the musician
who is constantly inixing with men of attainments superior
to himself. It is this kind of improvement our fair debutante
so much requires, to make her command that station her
great abilities and lady-like manners fully warrant. Her's
is a voice more calculated to please, and give a general
audience pleasure, than the high soprano, which, in ten cases
out of a dozen, is harsh and reedy from the fact of over
practice, and a desire to execute passages which, when at-
tained, end in what? more wonderment than pleasure, or
even agreeable effect. The mezzo-soprano is the intermediate
voice between the contralto and soprano, as the barritone is
between the tenor and bass, consequently the most useful in
the scale; and we congratulate Miss Whitnall in having an
organ equalled by few, and to be envied by all. We look
forward to hear of her in the metropolitan concerts during
the season, where she will not only be an acquisition but an
ornament in every sense of the word." ,

UTTERING Basn Coir..r.- -Thomas Ford, a stranger in
this town, but having all the appearance of being one of the
light-fingered gentry of the metropolis, was yesterday placed
at the bar of the police-court, on a charge of uttering base
coin. Mrs. Irving, of the Old Salt Box public-house, ix
Wapping, said that on Saturday, about two o'clock, the pri-
soner came there, and tendered her a shilling, which she con
sidered bad, and which she marked by biting it before she re-
turned it to him. Mr. Wild, of the American Hotel, Lower
Sparling-street, said that on the same afternoon, about three
o'clock, the prisoner handed him a bad shilling in payment
for drink. On being challenged with it, he said he had re-
ceived it from Mrs. Irving. Mr. Wild proposed they should
go there, which he agreed to,—when it appeared that the
shilling given to Mr. W. was not that marked by her, but
another bad one, and she had not given him any other. The
prisoner cross-questioned the witness with much severity and
no little tact—showing himself to be no young practitioner.
He expressed himself strongly dissatisfied with the attempt
to identify the first shilling, and said the other (both being
produced) had, in the interim, passed through several hands.
He expressed a wish to have an attorney to conduct his case,
and to base it reheard. He thought the impudence of the
witnesses in charging him was so great that they were surely
mad ! Mr. Rushton said he might have as many attorneys
as he pleased when he came before a jury, and perhaps he
would find Mr. Powell, the solicitor for the mint, was mad
too ! He (Mr. R.) had no doubt that the prisoner was well-
known elsewhere as what was called " a regular smasher."
The prisoner, who said he came from Dublin, was then com-
mitted, to await the order of the Mint for the mode of his
prosecution.

CONSUMPTION or SMOKE.—On Wednesday last an im-
portant meeting was held ill the Music-hall, Leeds, William
Beckett, Esq., M.P. for that town, in the chair, to consider
the practicability of effectually preventing or burning smoke.
Mr. Dresser, of Leeds, on behalf of Mr. Thomas Hall, de-
scribed that gentleman's patent, which consists in a division
formed longitudinally along the boiler in the fire-place, thus
forming two furnaces, which are fired alternately, and, by
means of a damper behind a transverse bridge, the smoke
and gases arising from the fresh fuel in one furnace are de-
stroyed by passing over the bright fire of the other. Mr.
C. W. Williams, of this town, next submitted his plans to
the meeting, which are in operation at various places. He
idiculed the idea of smoke being consumed, and said it was
impossible to consume it ;
his plan was to prevent its for-
mation, and for this purpose he injected into the furnace a
quantity of air sufficient for the purpose, through a series of
holes in an iron plate, by which the gaseous nature of the
coal was entirely subdued before it formed into smoke. His
patent had been tried two years, with all kinds of coal, but
with what saving of fuel he could not tell. The expense of
adopting it to boilers already fixed would only be the expense
of the iron plate and the fixing, exclusive of the patent right.
He was not sure it could be adopted where Stanley or Bran-
ton's fire fenders were in use. Mr. Rodda, of Cornwall,
Mr. Bell, of Edinburgh, Mr. Chanter, of London, and Mr.
Drew, of Manchester, severally explained their respective
plans, which were attentively examined by the meeting. A
resalution was then passed (with six or eight dissentients)
that " that the smoke arising from steam-engine chimnies
can be consumed in most cases without any injury to the
boilers, and with a saving of fuel." A committee was
formed, and a subscription entered into for carrying out the
objects of the meeting.

We shall not have a royal mail steamer from Boston and
Halifax until the middle of February, the packets sailing
from thence only once a month from January to April.

SHERIFF OF LANCASHIRE.-
France, Esq., of Rawelde Hall, nen, _
sheriff for this county for the ensuing year.
CHRISTENING OF THE PRINCE OF WALts.—The good
folks of Walton-on-the-Hill, ever on the alert to show a
kind disposition towards the poor, have seized this opportu-
nity of giving the poor a good dinner of beef and plum pud-
ding. A ball also will be held in the evening at the Black
Horse lon, which we hope will pass off with the eclat that
usually attends the " Walton doings."

Ire hear that T. R. Wiloon
Preston, will be high

PORTRAIT OF Tar. HEN% HUGH APNEILE.—We have
been much gratified by the inspection of an admirable por-
trait of this eminent divine, which will remain on view for a
few days, in the Lyceum Committee-room, Bold-street. It
has been painted by George Patten, Esq., It.A., at the desire
of a number of the friends of the reverend gentleman, and is
justly considered to be the most successful effort of that dis-
tinguished artist. Indeed, although in an unfinished state,
it is easy to perceive that the portrait is destined to become a
valuable picture, as well as a faithful likeness. It is the in-
tention of a committee of gentlemen, comprising a number
of the most influential of our townsmen, to have the portrait
engraved in the first style of art, under the immediate super-
intendance of Mr. Patten. And when we state that the
execution of their wishes will be confided to Mr. Cousins,
the most satisfactory result may be anticipated. The names
of subscribers to the engraving are received at the room;
and should the subscriptions exceed the cost of production,
the balance will be applied by the committee to charitable
purposes.

SUGGESTED 'WITHDRAWAL OF WHIG AND POPISH
CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR LOCAL. CHARITIES.—A Popish
contemporary of Friday—(for the Liverpool Mercury, al-
though only a latitudinarian and anti-church journal for-
merly, is now the thick and thin organ of popery)—contains
a long tirade of mingled slipslop and anathema upon the
subject of " the corporation schools," from which we take
the liberty of extracting, for the edification of our readers,
the following specimen of exceeding amiability. After ex-
pressing a hope that the poor children who have been ex-
pelled from the corporation schools by the tyrannical inter-
ference of their Bible-denouncing priesthood, and to sub-
serve the party ends of the Boltons and Earles of the Town-
council, will not be left by-these liberal gentlemen unprovided
with the means of education—a hope in which we fervently
join—the Mercury proceeds to recommend St. Patrick's
school, as one which may in part be made to supply their
wants ; and suggests, in order to provide the required funds
—what does the reader imagine ? That the pockets of the
Rathbones, Earles, and Boltons should be taxed to build one
or two additional schools ? That the funds collected for re-
rents, O'Connell tributes, precursor purposes, painted
~,dows, shrines, and other decorations and trappings of the
scarlet lady, should he devoted to the education of the " poor
children," whose wretched cellars are so incessantly visited
by the indefatigable collectors of " the church,' for the pur-
pose of screwing from the wretched inmates their pennies
and twopennies ? No—good reader. None of these plans
have entered into the imagination of the popish scribe of the
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Mercury. The pockets of the radical fraternity n the
Town-council are fast buttoned. " The church"—the " ould
church" at least—has a grasp which never relaxes, and a
maw which cries like the horse-leech's daughter, " Give !
give 1" but which never disgorges. The plan of the Mercury
is far more original than any that we have mentioned. It is
simply that the Rathbones, Earles, Boltons, et id genus
onme, should cease to contribute to the funds of Ladies'
charities, Blue-coat schools, Infirmaries, &c., and transfer
those funds into the hands of their reverences, to be ex-
pended—we presume, under the direction of Dominic But-
ler or Father Youens—in teaching the rising generation of
the papistrie the most approved version of an ave or an
anathema—the most orthodox form of crossing, sprinkling,
and genuflexion. " Since matters have been driven to such
extremity"—w rites the Mercury—" it may also be a ques-
tion whether those who disapprove of the change effected in
the corporation schools ought not to withdraw their contri-
butions from all other public institutions of a strictly sec-
tarian character." Aye, do so good Mercury !do so good
liberal ladies and gentlemen ! Withdraw your countenances
and your monies from Lying-in Hospitals, Infirmaries, Blue
schools, and other " sectarian" charities ; and, although the
bulk of the recipients of those sectarian charities may be
poor Irish Romanists—the fathers, mothers, brothers, or
sisters of the " poor children" whose best interests you have
chosen to make shipwreck of in your bible-hating and factious
zeal, we beg to assure you that those recipients m ill never
suffer, and the hand of charity never be less bountiful for the
loss of your most sweet countenances and contributions.
Oh popery!—truly this is a specimen of your excessive libe-
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