The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-10-31 00:00:00

MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.

THE GILLED OPEBA at the THEATRE ROYAL can hardly
be said to carry forward a very lively vitality. The houses
are dishearteningly thin, and, in spite of our best endea-
vours to believe the contrary, the conviction seems forcing
itself upon us, that the artistes are in reality disheartened.
In. the style of the performances there is an apparent
sluggishness, as if adequate attention had not been be-
stowed in the getting-up. Lax performances on the part
of the choristers and orchestra occasionally suggest the
idea of careless or imperfect rehearsal. Bellini's opera
"Lucia di Lammermoor" was performed on Monday
evening under circumstances in many ways suggestive of
the preceding observations. On Friday, Beethoven's
splendid opera " Fidelio" was given with a generally good
cast, Madame Rudersdorff doing great justice to the
music, and also to the general acting of the part of
Leonora. The character of Roca is one in all respects
happily suited to the style and capabilities of Herr Carl
Formes, and he did it great justice. Of his performance
in this character we have previously had occasion to re-
cord opinion, and see no reason for changing it. In his
hands the role is rendered with freedom and ease, and the
style of the music is happily adapted to the magnitude
and power of his vast organ, but requiring few of those
sympathetic graces of manner and expression which lend
a charm to the singing of some of the higher class
artistes. Of the other parts it is not necessary to say
much, and as the little we could say would not go far in
compliment, it is probably as well to leave it as it is.
On what are called the off-nights of the opera, last week
the performances were varied. Tuesday evening was occu-
pied by the play of " Masks and Faces," and " The Pretty
Girls, of Stilberg." The character of Triplet in the
former piece being sustained by Mr. B. Webster, with his
well-known tact and finish, many portions of the dia-
logue being delivered with a degree of delicacy and feel-
ing in a high degree beautiful as well as expressively
pathetic. The giddy, volatile, yet generous and impulsive
Peg Woffington found an able representative in Madame
Celeste, whose embodiment of the character was clever as
well as picquant. In this play Miss Swanborough ap-
peared to advantage as Mrs. Vane. This character she
sustained with dignified yet simple earnestness, display-
ing the confiding fondness of the inexperienced though
loving wife, combined with the elevating beauty of con-
scious virtue. The play throughout was well acted. On
Thursday evening the English version of Moliere's
comedy of " Tartuffe" was presented, Mr. B. Webster
playing Tartuffe, with his customary unction and decided
impressement. Mr. Baker took one of his benefits on
Thursday night, and was honoured by a full house. The
play of " William Tell," aided by the operatic chorus,
was performed on Saturday ; the part of the Swiss hero,
as on the previous occasions, being sustained by Mr.
Barry Sullivan.
AT THE ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE the houses have
generally been fair at the commencement, and well filled
at half price ; the audiences being chiefly attracted by the
self-possessed and admirable acting of Mr. Buckstone, who
continues his engagement during the present week. Of
this popular performer it is now unnecessary to speak in
terms of commendation to a Liverpool audience, by whom
his style is as well known as his features and figure, all
those being exceedingly popular.' The pieces performed
have been generally of a light and playful character, more
immediately addressed to the eye and ear than intended
to appeal to the heart or understanding. They are amu-
sing, if not edifying ; and. from the numbers who flock to
see them, they are evidently attractive.

SHILLING ORATORIOS.—On Tuesday evening, Horsley's
Oratorio "David" was given as a cheap concert, in the
Philharmonic Hall, by members of the Philharmonic
Society. The chief vocalists were Miss Stott and Mrs.
Otty ; Mr. Millar and Mr. Scarisbrick, Mr. Armstrong
through family affliction being unable to appear. The fine
hall was well filled, although not crowded, by a highly-
respectable audience. The Oratorio as a whole is rather
a flat affair, and the performance on this occasion did not
greatly improve it. Several of the solos were fairly sung,
but most of them were very indifferently executed. The
chorus seemed to lack drilling, and on the whole appeared
a little careless. This should be amended k these Oratorios
given in the same style which marked their first produc-
tion here would do much to diffuse a taste for high-class
music, and, from the extent of patronage they have met
with, they are evidently worth attending to.I

Tnß SOCIETA ARMONICA gave one of their pleasant
concerts at the Mechanics' Institution, on Thursday last,
assisted in the vocal department by the Glee and Madrigal
Union. The Hall was comfortably filled by a highly re-
spectable audience, and every thing went off well. There
is one remark we should wish to make on these concerts,
and that is, that we should like to see a more numerous
body of amateurs in the band, as we are sure any one
with a taste for instrumental music must have it im-
proved under such a leader as Mr. Herrmann, and we
trust at the next concert we have the pleasure of attending
we shall find important additions. Few studies are more
delightful than that of instrumental music, irrespective of
,the instrument studied, and therefore we heartily recom-
mend the Societa Armonica to the attention of the public,
and trust their labours and objects will continue to be
highly esteemed. With the exception of the first piece by
Dr. Chard, which was extremely well sung, but rather
long, all those performed by the Glee and Madrigal
Union were encored.

MESSRS. PILKINGTOS and WxLsox have presented
handsome chronometers to the mate and second mate of
the Red Jacket.

LIVERPOOL MAGDALEN ASYLIIM.—The promoters have
taken a large house at No. 24, Mason-street, Edge-hill,
which they are fitting up for the residence and industrial
occupation of its future inmates. It is expected the house
will be ready for occupation next month.
BANQUET.—On Wednesday, the Recorder (G. Hender-
son, Esq.), the Assessor (E. James. Esq., Q.C.), and the
members of the bar attending the Quarter Sessions and
Court of Passage, were entertained by the Mayor (Mr. J.
B. Lloyd), to a banquet at the Town Hall.
ROBBERIES.--On Saturday, the London police received
information of the following robberies :—The robbery of
the London and Brighton Railway Company of nearly
£lOO, by Joseph Drew, a station-clerk, who has absconded;
of the sum of £250 by a clerk to a Manchester firm, IN
is supposed to have come to London with a view of e
grating; of the robbery of a quantity of jewellery
cash, from the residence of the Rev. H. Allen, of 19, RA
York-crescent, Clifton, while the family v
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GREAT FIRE IN LANCELOT'S,HEY

AT a few minutes before twelve o'clock on Thursday
forenoon, an alarm was given that a fire had broken out
in one of the warehouses in Lancelot's-hey, which unfor-
tunately proved only to be too correct. It had taken place
in the cellar of one of the large piles of warehouses known
as Molyneux's warehouses, the property of James Moly-
neux, Esq., situate on the west side and near the northern
extremity of Lancelot's-hey, nearly opposite to the west
end of Union-street. The pile of warehouses in Lance-
lot's-hey extends westward towards the river until they
abut upon the rear of the magnificent warehouses front-
ing the New-quay, opposite the Prince's Dock. Mr.
Preston's spirit warehouses adjoin towards. Chapel-street,
and on the other side a series of warehouses extend to
Queen-street, forming a solid mass of building, inclosed
by Lancelot's-hey, part of Chapel-street, the New-quay,
and Queen-street. The warehouses in which the fire ori-
ginated are six storeys high, with vaults and cellars
from three to four stories in depth below the street.
They are the property of the Messrs. Molyneux, and were
let to Mr. Alderman Dover and Mr. Robert Hutchison.
Mr. Dover rents the cellars and vaults, and Mr. Hutchison
the upper floors. In the cellars were warehoused 600
barrels of spirits of turpentine, 100 barrels of rosin, a
large quantity of potash, pork, and some brimstone, whilst
the upper floors were loaded with cotton, coffee, and corn,
the various articles belonging to different owners. It
would appear that some men were in the cellars sampling
the spirits of turpentine, and it is believed they used a
naked candle whilst performing this work, and that a
snuff of the candle accidentally fell into the bung-hole of
one of the casks, the turpentine instantly igniting, and
the flame spreading with fearful rapidity. The supply of
water being abundant, most vigorous efforts were at once
made to stay the ravages of the fire, although from the
highly combustible nature of the goods in the cellar, it
was considered impossible to check the spread of the fire
until it had not only reduced to ashes the pile in which it
originated, but the entire block of warehouses adjoining.
So strongly prevalent was this feeling, that the removal
of all the goods in the warehouses in the neighbourhood
commenced, the result being a scene of the most extraor-
dinary confusion and bustle, in which merchants, ware-
house owners, insurance agents, brokers of all descriptions,
carters and firemen, took part. In consequence of the
hose being carried down Union-street, and across Lance-
lot's-hey, where 16 mains poured immense volumes of
water into the cellars, the through traffic was obstructed,
and loaded lorries had to turn round in a very narrow
space and leave by the way they entered, to the infinite
annoyance of those coming in to load, with which they
every instant got locked, blocking up the thoroughfare,
andimpeding the transfer of valuable goods to a more
secure depository.
The supply of water was very ample, no less than 16 two-
inch mains being at once turned ikto the cellars, which
they deluged with water ; but still, though no flame was
visible, the masses of smoke, charged with sulphureous
and other gases, which issued from the cellars, showed
the great progress of the flames. The smoke was so
dense, and so thoroughly permeated every part of the
building, that it was considered the fire had ascended from
the cellars, and hose was conveyed on to the roofs, and the
engines commenced working to check its upward progress.
Shortly after eleven o'clock, a series of loud explosions,
like the booming of distant cannon, showed that the
fire had seized upon the spirits of turpentine. One of
those explosions blew away a door which secured the
entrance to one of the vaults, and a portion of it struck
Major Greig, the Head-Constable, and knocked him down,
but without inflicting any serious injury; and from the
effects of this explosion Mr. J. A. Tobin, the chairman of
the watch committee, had a narrow escape. The windows
of several houses in Union-street were broken by the
concussion. As explosion followed explosion, the libe-
rated turpentine caught fire, and occasionally lurid masses
of flame shot with the rapidity of lightning from the
cellars and ascended the building. Up to three o'clock,
notwithstanding the efforts of the fire brigade, and the
immense supply of water, no mastery had been got over
the fire, which even then seemed to be extending. Still,
no effort was spared, and in another hour the explosions
became fewer, the smoke less dense, and there were strong
indications that in some parts of the cellars the fire had
been vanquished by the water, which in some places stood
to the depth of several feet. Hopes began to be expressed
that the fire might be altogether got under; but the dan-
gerous nature of the contents of the building made many
doubtful. On entrance being effected to the second floor
of the warehouse, it was discovered that the fire had
ascended, and that the cotton on that floor was one burning
heap, and at 10 o'clock the fire had not only driven the
firemen out, but had got up to the next floor, which was
also filled with cotton. By 11 o'clock the flames had burst
through the windows of the whole of the warehouse on the
northern extremity of the pile, to which in the earlier
part of the day the firemen had succeeded in confining
them. Shortly before midnight the roof fell in with a
tremendous crash, and then the flames burst forth with
brilliant but destructive effect.

The course of the fire was exceedingly singular. It
commenced in the cellar of the southern extremity of the
pile, and then either was driven or followed a northerly
course until, it was imagined, nearly extinguished in the
northern extremity of the cellars. Here it seems to have
concentrated itself, and then ascended perpendicularly,
and having forced its way through the roof, commenced
its ravages at the summit in the very opposite direction to
that pursued at the base, travelling from north to south.
Immediately after the roof had fallen in, the upper floor
of the adjoining warehouse of the pile became ignited, and
the heat became so intense in the street that the firemen
had to remove, it being found impossible to remain any
longer in the position from which they had been pre-
viously playing. They were next ordered on to the roof
of a cooperage opposite the burning warehouses, where
they had not been more than 20 minutes when a portion
of the shed gave way, and four police-officers were preci-
pitated to the ground, a distance of about 16 feet, and
received some severe injuries.

At one o'clock the fin had attained such a head that
all efforts to check its progress seemed unavailing ; the
third 'warehouse of the pile had caught fire, and an explo-
sion of turpentine in the cellar showed that the fire still
raged there, and drove the salvage officers from their posts.
About half-past one o'clock, the front of the warehouse in
which the fire had originated fell with a tremendous
crash, but fortunately the fall did not cause loss of life or
serious personal injury; and between five and six o'clock
the front wall of the warehouse adjoining on the south
also fell, without causing personal injury. At an early
hour in the morning of Friday the northernmost ware-
house of the range caught fire, and in spite of every exer-
tion it was entirely destroyed. The stalk on the south of
that whose front fell second also took fire, and was burned
down through the roof and the three upper storeys. The
wind, during the whole course of the extensive and pro-
tracted conflagration, was fortunately still, and the exer-
tions of those who bravely struggled to subdue the flames
were so far successful as to prevent their spreading beyond
the points mentioned.
The Mayor, Major Greig, Mr. Duncan, water engineer ;
Mr. Newlands, borough engineer ; Mr. J. B. Moore, M.P. ;
Mr. J. A. Tobin, and a number of gentlemen connected
with the various insurance offices, were present, and ren-
dered material assistance ; and all those parties bear will-
ing testimony to the extraordinary efforts made by Mr.
Hewitt, Mr. Barrett, and the men under their command,
to extinguish the fire. All the goods in the warehouses
are covered by insurance.
During Friday afternoon the fire continued to rage
with unabated violence, throughout the entire mass of
buildings, fronting Union-street, notwithstanding the im-
mense volumes of water poured upon them by the fire
brigade ; the fire still held the supremacy—and the fire
brigade concentrated their energies to save the line of
warehouses fronting the Prince's Dock. The removal of
the goods and merchandise from the premises contiguous
to the burning warehouse still continued.

Notwithstanding the immense numbers of persons as-
sembled in the immediate locality of the fire, since it first
broke out, the daring acts of some of the fire brigade and
the police, in their exertions to suppress the flames, and
the great confusion which must of necessity prevail, in
the removal of the contents of the buildings, but few
accidents occurred. Joseph Adamson, (45,) a member of
the fire brigade, was ascending a ladder with the hose
in his hand, when he fell into the cellar of the building, a
distance of 15 or 16 feet. He was immediately got out
by some of his comrades and removed to the Northern
Hospital, where he received every attention. It was
found that he had received some very severe contusions
on various parts of the body, but no bones were broken.
The confusion in removing the goods both in Lancelot's-
hey and New-quay, was not so great as on Thursday, but
that did not lessen the activity. The order kept by the
police was admirable, and the courage and daring of the
men and all concerned are deserving of every praise.
From the commencement of the fire, fears were enter-
tained as to the safety of the extensive block of premises
known as the New-quay Warehouses, and consequently
vigorous measures were commenced to clear those ware-
houses of their contents. The pile in most imminent
danger was that occupied by Messrs. Garnock, Bibby, and
Co., sailmakers, and also by Messrs. Ackerley, Whitworth,
and Crocker, sailmakers and chandlers ; for just at the
back of it, was the great mass of ruins, as well as the
burning warehouse of Messrs. Holnae. Sails, canvas,
cordage, &c., were consequently lowered by the teagles,
or more generally pitched from the different storeys into the
street. Separated from this warehouse (except by a one-
storey building), stand four double warehouses belonging
to Messrs. Harbord and Co., all eight storeys high, inde-
pendent of the cellars ; there being three or four single
warehouses between those of Messrs. Harbord and Chapel-
street. Messrs. Harbord's premises were filled with goods,
chiefly East Indian produce ; among them being large
quantities of (Swat) cotton, sugar, rice, and matting.
During the forenoon, all the goods got out were lowered
by teagles ; but soon after twelve o'clock there seemed
reason to believe that fire had got into the basement
storey of the warehouse nearest Queen-street, which was
almost wholly occupied with cotton ; and from that time
the use of the teagle was dispensed with, as far as this
warehouse was concerned, and the bales were rolled out
of the doorways of the different storeys, and allowed to
take their chance. Many of them burst on alighting;
but a pile was soon formed in the roadway, and the suc-
ceeding bales falling upon it, most of them remained
whole, but the force of the fall sent them occasionally
in different directions. to the great danger of

the men employed below. From the others of theNew-
quayWarehouses, the packages of sugar, &c., were lowered
by teagles. A great proportion of the sugar, we believe,

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house at the northwest corner, had so heated the adjoining
walls of the front premises, as to ignite the wood-work
and some of the cotton contained in the pile situated at
the northwest corner of the whole block. Immediately
on this alarming fact being discovered, the most energetic
measures were adopted to avert the threatened danger,
and fortunately with success. The whole of the remain-
ing contents were promptly removed, and, by a plentiful
application of water, the fire in this quarter was speedily
overcome.

About five o'clock on Friday evening, the last remain-
ing portion of the front wall of Mr. Molyneux's pre-
mises fell with a tremendous crash ; it had been foreseen
that :it must fall, and although firemen and policemen
remained on the adjoining heap of ruins to the last
moment, the man who had been placed to watch, gave
repeated wtwnings of the gradually-approaching danger,
so as to enable his comrades to rush across into Union-
street, and escape unhurt.
Various persons have been mentioned as the owners of
the warehouses ; but it must be understood that those
gentlemen are in but few, if any, instances (as far as we
could learn) the owners of property stored in the ware-
houses' or that may have been destroyed. Indeed, the
great difficulty in ascertaining the amount of damage—
and even in many instances the nature of the goods stored
in different parts of a warehouse—arises from the fact
that there were numerous sub-tenants. We subjoin what
we believe is, however, a correct and tolerably perfect list
of those who had goods stored in Mr. Molyneux's pre-
mises; but we could obtain no reliable information either
as to the nature or value of those goods, or as to what
portions may have been saved before the fire had made
much progress : Messrs. Molyneux, Taylor, and Co. ;
Findlay, Campbell, and Co. ; Frangihadi and Sons ; Newall
and Clayton ; Eason, Barry, and Co. ; Zwilchenbart, Bles-
sig, and Co. ; Musgrove, Vance, and Co. ; Thomas Postle-
thwaite ; Pinto-Leite and Co. ; A. Perugo ; A. and S. H.
Sleugh ; Raron and Grey ; R. Christie, jun.; G. Holt and
Co.; J. E. Greenwood ; Finlay, Armour, and Co. ; J. H.
Schroeder and Co. ; J. Merser ; T. Chilton ; T. H. Little-
dale ; Franceys and Comer ; Harrop and Co. ; Stead
Brothers; T. Dover and Co.; Washington, Jackson' and
Co.; Kearsley and Hadwen ; Miles Barton, Son, and Co. ;
Blessig, Brown, and Co. ; Gregory and Timbas ; Thomas
Mills and Co. _ _

The apprehensions at one time entertained that it would
be impossible to confine the fire in such a way as to save
the adjoining warehouses; and in particular those known
as the New-quay Warehouses, have happily been averted,
and no grounds for further alarm appears now to exist.
The cotton ejected from the burning tenements by the
falling of floors and walls has been in course of removal, a
careful watch being maintained lest any smouldering fire
might be suddenly fanned into a flame.
The total amount of damage done to property and
premises has been variously estimated as ranging between
£120,000 and £150,000.
In the three warehouses which we have distinguished
as "A," "B," and " C," there have been at least 9,000
bales of cotton destroyed; and as American cotton rates
at £8 or £9, and Surat at £6 or £7 per bale, the loss in
the material contained in those buildings, without taking
the warehouses into the calculation, will be about £70,000.
We understand that the losses are covered by in-
surance, distributed, as far as can be at present ascer-
tained, as follows :—Liverpool and London, £18,000; Royal
Liverpool, £15,000; Lancashire, £11,000; the balance
being about equally divided between the Alliance, Guar-
dian, Norwich Union, Imperial, West of England, Atlas,
County, Phoenix, Sun, Globe, North British, and West-
minster offices.

The great bulk of the loss will, of course, be upon the
9,000 bales of cotton stored in the three warehouses, A,
B, and C. Of this large quantity, it is stated, in round
numbers, that Messrs. Finlay, Campbell, and Co., owned
2.500 bales ; T. and H. Littledale, 1,000 ; Newell and
Clayton, 500 ; Musgrove and Vance, 500 ; Francis and
Comer, 300 ; Eason and Barry, 400 ; Stead Brothers,
100 ; Mills and Co., 300 ; Pinto, Leet, and Co., 200 ; J.
Eccles and Co., 200 ; G. Holt and Co., 150 ; Mr. George
Marten, 200 ; Miles Barton, 900 ; Robert Hutchinson,
400: total, 7,650 bales, the remaining 1,400 bales being
distributed in a large number of small quantities.

Meetings of the agents for the differenf insurance com-
panies have been held on Friday, Sturday, and yesterday,
and from what transpired in reference to those meetings,
it is considered that the above statement is a fair approxi-
mation to the actual losses and their apportionment.

THE PATRIOTIC FUND.

PUBLIC MEETING IN ST. GEORGE'S HALL

THE first public meeting held in this hall edifice took
place on Friday, when his worship the Mayor convened
an assembly of the inhabitants, in accordance with the
order contained in a Royal Commission, to consider the
propriety of contributing towards the Patriotic Fund, for
the relief of the widows and orphans of the soldiers
who have fallen in the East. The meeting was nu-
merously attended, the large hall being nearly filled.
The Mayor took the chair, supported, amongst others, by
the Ven. Archdeacon Brooks, Thomas Berry Horsfall, Esq.,
M.P., Thomas Thornely, Esq., M.P., John Bramley-Moore,
Esq., M.P., Colonel Derinzy, commandant of the district,
Major Bourne, J. A. Tobin, Esq., Alderman Parker,
Alderman Bennett, G. W. Moss, Esq., J. C. Ewart, Esq.,
A. Hodgson, Esq., and a very large number of the clergy
and the members of the Town Council, &c.
The MAYOR, in opening the proceedings, referred to
the proclamation in the Gazette, by which he, as mayor,
was appointed a commissioner-in-aid. Having explained
the objects of the commission, he read a number of letters.
The first was from the Earl of Sefton, regretting that indis-
position prevented him from attending, but giving the com-
mission his most hearty support, and enclosing in his
note a cheque for £lOO, which he wished to be inserted
in the list that might be returned for the borough of
Liverpool. (Loud cheers.) The next letter he read was
from Mr. William Brown, M.P., who was prevented from
attending in consequence of an affliction, the extent of
which was yet in doubt. He referred to the loss of the
Arctic, in which he had seven relatives. Mr. Brown re-
gretted. that his feelings and spirits would not allow
him at the present moment to take part in any public
meeting. He expressed himself warmly in favour of the
object of the meeting. The next letter was from a number
of tradesmen in St. James's-street, who had in two hours
subscribed the sum of £29 16s. 6d., which they enclosed.
(Great cheering.) Another letter was from the Mersey
Steel and Iron Company, communicated by Mr. W. J.
Horsfall. Enclosed in the letter was £123 6s. VI.,
which the clerks and workmen in the establishment had
subscribed, being a day's wages of each. (Tremendous
cheers.) This sum was accompanied by. £lOO, being the
contribution of the firm. (Renewed cheers.) After a few
more observations, his worship concluded by calling upon
the Yen. Archdeacon Brooks to move the first resolution.
The Yen. Archdeacon Baooss, on coming forward,
was received with very loud cheers. The resolution
acknowledged the great successes which had attended Her
Majesty's arms during the present war, and considered
that the widows and orphans of those who had fallen or
might fall, were entitled to their sympathy and to every
assistance which it was in the power of the country to
afford. The ven. gentleman delivered a very affecting
speech, in the course of which he said the present war
was a just war, because it had been engaged in to check
the ambition of a power which would, if uncontrolled,
overstep everything which stood in its way. He remarked
that it was inseparable from a state of warfare that wives
should be made widows, and children made orphans, but
by our kindness we might alleviate their sufferings, and
to some extent be a husband to the widow and a father to
the fatherless. (Hear and cheers).
Colonel DERINZY seconded the resolution, which was
carried amidst acclamation.
THOS. BERRY HORSFALL, Esq., moved the next
resolution, to the effect that,. Her Majesty having instituted
a patriotic fund, it was desirable to establish a local com-
mittee for the borough of Liverpool. The hon. gentleman
spoke warmly in favour of the object of the meeting.
Jossvw EWART, Esq., briefly seconded the motion,
which was carried unanimously.
GILBERT HENDERSON, Esq., (the Recorder of Liver-
pool,) moved the next resolution, which was that the
magistrates and the Town Council, the clergy of all
denominations, the local military and naval staff officers,
and the members of the select vestry, with power to add'
to their number, be a committee for the purpose of carrying
out the objects of the meeting, and that they be em-
powered to appoint sub-committees.
ADAM HODGCSON, Esq., seconded the motion, which
was carried unanimously.
On the motion of Thos. THORNELY, Esq., M.P.,
seconded by J. BRAMLEY-MOORS, Esq., M.P., a vote of
thanks was passed to the Mayor, and ' the meeting
separated.

SINCE the breaking out of the cholera at St. Petersburg
there have been 20,620 cases down to September 1 (13), of
which 8,652 proved fatal. At Antall, down to the 14th
(26th) of September, there were 384 cases ; of these, 189
persons had died. =Russian Medical Gazette.

A MoNorainwr is about to be erected to Sir William
Wallace. Funds have been realised, and the Hill of Barn-
well, near Cragie, between Kilmarnock and Ayr, is pro-
posed as the site.
BREAD DISTURBANCE AT NOTTINaIIiM.--011 Tnes.
day night, a number of persons, principally youths
assembled before the shop of Mr. North, baker, in thL
lower part of Nottingham, and broke a number of panes
of glass in his windows. After this the shop of Mr.
Greenfield, in the same district, was attacked, but no great
damage done. The report quickly spread that another
bread-riot had commenced, and the bakers of the town
immediately closed their shops. Several other shopswere
also visited by the rabble, and a number of panes broken.
A POLITICAL FOUNDLING. —Not long ago, a young
Pole, of good family, disappeared at Warsaw in a most
mysterious, but, in Russia, not unusual manner. A few
days ago his brother, a clerk in an English first-class
mercantile house received unexpectedly a letter from him
from France, containing the information that he had been
sent for some unguarded expressions that escaped him, to

forced labour at f3omarsund, when he was sent to France
with the rest of the garrison, as a prisoner of war. On the
facts of the case being made known to the French au-
thorities, he was immediately set at liberty.
TILE AUSTRALIAN FUGITIVE BANKRUPT.--Joseph
Bernestein, the fugitive bankrupt from Australia, who
was taken into custody on his arrival in Liverpool, and
brour Mr. Commissioner Perry, on Saturday

it up befor
and whose examination was reported in
Stwidard of last Tuesday, was again brought befor
learned commissioner on Wednesday last. He uncle
a brief examination touching his dealings with

and others at Melbourne. From his statem
pears that he had between £l,lOO and £1,2(
Melbourne, namely, £6OO which he drew f

his wife

from his

He was

I THE RECORDER OF HULL ON THE FUNenoNS
OF GRAND JURIES, AND JUVENILE CAME.

Ix his ehar9, to '1 e grind jury on opening the Rua
Quarter sea ons, the learned recorder, Samuel Warren,.
Esq., after a brilliant allusion to the late visit of Her.
Majesty and the royal family to Hull, proceeded to remark
on several recent legislative enactments for the adminis-
tration of criminal jurisprudence. Having alluded alser
to the appointment of a stipendiary magistrate for then
borough, he proceeded :-" Gentlemen, what effect this last.
appointment Islay ultimately have upon yourselves as granEL
jurymen, it is not for me to say : but I fear that attempts-
will again speedily be made in parliament to dispense, t,
a great extent, if not altogether, with your invaluable
services. The hands of those wishing to inaugurate this
serious innovation have been certainly strengthened by a
very recent and carefully-expressed presentment of s
Middlesex grand jury. In former times,' they say, 'nor
doubt our forefathers wisely instituted this tribunal, ba.
stand between the accused and a court of justice ; to pro..
tect innocent persons from the ordeal of a trial, who might
have been committed from either the ignorance of the
magistrate, or political causes, when party spirit ran high..
But by the intelligence of the magistrates of this day, and
the powerful influence of the press, these causes are we
longer in existence. The present utility of yourselves as a-
grand jury is in respect of indictments, which, being pre-
ferred entirely on ex parte statements we consider would
be much better dealt with by the magistrates, on bringing
face to face before them the accused. We, therefore, trust
that the legislature will relieve us from being sreinmoned
to attend to business which may be considered a matter of
mere form-ours being an institution which has outlive&
its utility.' These topics deserve grave considerations.
undoubtedly ; but speaking for myself personally, and
reminding you of the solemn oath which the grand jury-
man takes, and which you have all just taken, I say, leave.
me the grand jury : let me have the concurrent voices. Qt
twelve (at least) intelligent sworn fellow-countrymen, that
the ease alleged against me really requires me to' under
the agony and peril of a public trial :-and I am not satis-
fied to leave interests so momentous in the hands of a.
single magistrate, however able, honest, and experienced-
Again, you must combine with the consideration of this
topic that of the contemplated institution of a public'pro-
secutor, and the projected great augmentation of the-
summary powers of a single magistrate. All these' arer
topics of infinite moment, but I must pass on, with the-
expression of an anxious hope, that the legislaturewill.not
suffer itself to be precipitated into rash and pernicious.
action. The treatment of the criminal section of our popu-
lation continues to excite the utmost anxiety among dr.
thinking men. There really must be a re-consideration or
what I shortly designate as the ticket-of-leave system, the
serious evils of which are multiplying around' us in ail
directions. The subject, however, is one of great diffi-
culty, and requires profound consideration by the legfit—
lature. As to youthful criminals, a hearty but cautious
effort has been made by the legislature during the last
session to meet the wishes and requirements of the
country and the age. This, also, is a subject remaining
environed with practical difficulties ; and, I ibr one, Ems
watching the operation of the great experiment with the
utmost solicitude ; curious also to see how far the coun-
try's voluntary efforts will second those which the legisla-
ture has been so urgently pressed by that country ta.
to make. I wish, from my heart, God speed to this noble
effort ! I am alluding now to the statute 'for the better
care and reformation of youthful offenders in Great
Britain.' Under its provisions, the managers of any volim-
tarily-established institution for the better training ofjuve-
nile offenders may apply to the Home Secretary to order-
the institution to be inspected by one of. the inspectors of
prisons ; and, on a favourable report, it may be detylaredby
the Secretary of State' to be a ' Reformatory School' under
the act. It is then enacted that any youth under sixteens
years of age, convicted on either indictment or stunmarje-
conviction, may be ordered by the court or justices, its
addition to the sentence, which must not be less than.
fourteen days' imprisonment, to be sent, at the expiration
of it, to any ' Reformatory School,' which may be willing.:
to receive him ; to be detained there for not more thaar
five, nor less than two years. The parents of such offenders
shall be compelled, if able„ to contribute to the main-
tenance of such offender a weekly sum not exceeding 55.:
payment to be enforced by the compulsory powers of the
Poor-law Acts. The Treasury is made liable to pay the
whole or such part of the maintenance as cannot be reco-
vered from the parents ; and the act contains provisions
rendering absconding or refractory offenders liable to three
months' imprisonment, with or without hard labour; its.
any gaol or house of correction for the county or borough"

SPORTING INTFILLIGENCE.

•
LATEST BETTING

THREE hasbeen nothing done on events which will be-
decided this season, but the running at Newmarket-haks
caused some changes in the Derby. Gra3culus Esuriens
was not strong in the market in the early part of ther
week, 15 to 1 being laid against him in hundreds, but 1%
to 1 would have been taken at the close. De Clare, also,
one of Scott's lot, has been so much inquired after, that
he closed with takers of 10 to. 1, thus displacing the needy
Greek in the premiership. Oulston, since his race for the-
Clearwell, has had a declining look, but from the easg-
manner in which he cut down his horses in his race our.
Thursday, has revived the confidence of his-friends, an&
has been backed for an even thousand . against WILL
Dayrell. There have also been inquiries after Frederick,..
The Nailer, Prince of Wales, Claret, and . Cruiser, and:
they have each had supporters at the prices quoted. Rifle—
man and Saraband, although defeated in the Clearweli,„.
still maintain their position, as they each carried a penalty
of 61b. for former winnings. Latest prices :

TEE DEBBY

10 to 1 agst Lord Derby's De Clare (taken.)
12 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Grxeulns Esnriens (taken.)
13 to 1 agst Mr.. Merry's Lord of the Isles (taken.)

20 to 1 list Mr. Popham 's Wild Dayrell (taken.)
20 to 1 agst Mr. Howard's Oulston (taken.)
25 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Dirk Hatterick (taken.)
40 to 1 agst Mr. Gulliver's Frederick (taken.)
60 to 1 agst Lord Orford's Affghau (taken.)
1000 to 30 agst Mr. T. .Arnold's The Nailer (taken.)
1000 to 30 agst Mr. Sully's Prince of Wales (taken.)
2000 to 90 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Claret (taken.) 4
1000 to 15 agst Mr. Payne's Polydora colt (taken.)
Mr. Morris has sold Kingston . to Mr. Blenkiron, who.
has also purchased Exact, for £l7O for a brood mare.
Mr. Jaques has purchased Daisy, Alboni, Cacique, ands
Whimsical, as brood mares for the Easby Abbey Stud.
Mr. Thomas O'Reilly has sold his horse Master Torn, for
G. Boyan, Jenkinstown, for £2OO.
Mr. Howard has purchased all Lord Exeter's yearlings.
The stallion John• OVaunt, by. Taurus, out of Mona,
has been purchased by Mr. Stebbing, for 300 guineas.
The two-year old colt, by Annandale, out of Enchan—
tress, has been named Raglan; and the filly by Epirus.
out of Ma Mic, Ida.

Mr. Joseph Rogers, one of the oldest and most respected
of the Newmarket trainers, died on Friday night last.
aged 65, from an attack of quinsey hi the throat after
three or four days' illness. ,

Mr. Popham has named his ch fby Pyrrhus the First,.
Aria ; b f by The Flying Dutchman, The Fleet; and‘b f
by Balsamo, out of Lady Flora, Mrs. Haydon.

At the sale of Mr. J. Arnold's stud, Saiieebcx was pur—
chased by Mr.. T. Parr, for 155 guineas. The other lota
brought .very low prices. The Nailer was not sold,. an&
remains at Danebury.

Miss Mowbray and British Yeoman, both reportedAorsr
de combat, have been struck out of the Worcester steeple—

Lord Chesterfield has purchased from Lord Exeter at,
yearling colt by Flatcatcher, out of Glenara (Cobnurst
dam), for 290 guineas.
Mr. Bateman, the trainer of the winner of tlie.Cam-
bridgeshire, after a long residence on the Continent, is--
about to remove his establishment to this country.
The Cambridgeshire Stakes this year experiinced
great falling _ off, in the number of comDetitors.,la onlY
reaching the starting-post, whilst last year thelmmber
of competitors amounted to 39. Sheri, the winner, is the
property of Baron Wilhamoritz, of Mollendorf, in.Prussis,
who bred him, and is by The Provost, an English-bred
horse, out of Freude, a German mare. He is a three-
year old, and carried a stone more weight than. any of his
English opponents of the same age; and.at -the conclu-
sion of the race was so full of running, that he ran some
distance into the town before he could be stopped. His:.
owner wins about £2,000 in bets beside the stakes.
The following horses changed owners during the
Houghton Meeting, at Newmarket, last week,
Priest, by Jericho, out of Priestess, claimed by Mr. Mare,
for 300 guineas ; Vaultress, by Birdcatcher, 4 yrs., claimed
by Mr. Elwes, for 80 guineas ; The Dandy,. by The Ugly.
Buck, claimed by Mr. Armstrong, for 40 guineas ; Shunt-
ing, 3 yrs., claimed by Mr. G. B. Price, for 40 guineas ;
Usurer, by Flatcatcher, 2 yrs., claimed by Mr. Walker.
for 50 guineas ; Michaelmas Maid,, by Bay Middleton.
4 yrs., claimed by Mr. Elves, for 400 guineas ; Dame
Bartlett, by Chanticleer, 2 yrs., claimed by Count Bat-
thyany, for 200 guineas ; and Humgu.ffin, by Epirar,
3 yrs., claimed by Mr. Bayley, for 100 guineas.
Lord Zetland has sold Ivan, by Van Tromp, 3 yrs., to
Lord Londesborough, for 1,000 guineas, awl he has been
transferred to the care of John Scott.
Mons. Aumont's Hervine did not start for the Cam-
bridgeshire, having been seizvd with cramp in the loins
on the morning of the race. She had, lately defeated
Orestes, in France, and her owner was very sanguine of
success.

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