The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-02-25 00:00:00

"YANG,"
THE CENTRAL FIRE

WVWHEN Ke-shin, or " The Dreaded Hour," was appoint.
ed Commissioner at Canton, and every Journal headed
the intelligence then received with " Settlement of the Chi-
nese Dispute—Three Millions to be paid the English—Trade
resumed at Canton," &c., CAPTAIN PIDDING'S 18
years' experience of the Chinese told him that his country.
men had been duped ; and he predicted that, " though Ke-
shin might promise millions, he would never pay a dollar ;
that, instead of resuming trade, he would enforce its stop-
page. to keep the English without tea ; land that " Elliot
would rue the hour" when he first relied-en Ke-shin's pro-
mises. The public now know whose judgment of the Chi-
nese has proved correct, CAPTAIN ELLIOT'S Or CAPTAIN
PIDDING'S and they see that CAPTAIN PIDDING'S predic-
tion has been verified to the letter. " YANG," the Chinese
definition of whose name is " The Central Fire," has suc-
ceeded Ke-shin. " YANG" has officially- recommended
" tit* witlilvoldiag all tea AVM the'Englisb,•euttl.tbeirsep-'
ply is quite exhitusted," when he foretell that " they will
become reverently submissive, and give gold for the precious
leaf." Commodore Bremer's despatch mentions that " the
Chinese had removed all the tea from Canton," and the
statement that " 200,000 Chinese were ready to sack and
burn the city," is singularly prophetic of Yang's name.
CAPTAIN PIDDING still thinks that the force sent out will
be found insufficient to coerce China, that no tea will come
out whilst bullets pour in, and ;that " teas will be dearer
than ever." CAPTAIN PIDDING'S Teas were formerly sold
under the title of " Howqua's Mixture," and ":Howqua's
Small Leaf Gunpowder" ; but hundreds of Grocers and Tea-
dealers, anxious to profit by the celebrity of tea which he
aloneimports, and which they found it impossible to procure,
have given the same title to rubbish of their own mixing, so
that there is now scarce one but has his " Howqua's,'
" Mowqua's," " Saoqua's," or some other mixture. Agains
such imposition, the only security is
" CAPTAIN PIDDING'S NAME."

This they have not yet forged, and his signature is on every
really genuine package. For country agencies, address Cap-
tain Pidding, 22, College-hill, London.
GEORGE CARLYLE, Repository, 38 Bold-street, Sole
Agent for Liverpool.
J. H. PYER, Confectioner, 32, Great Homer-street, for
Everton and Kirkdale.
Bolton—G. J. French. Draper.

Burnley—T. Sutcliffe, Book-seller, 20, St. James's-street.
Blackburn—J. Parkinson, Chemist, 1, Church-street.

Bradford—John Pratt, Chemist, 33, Ivegate.
Halifax—J. W. Foster, 36, Crown-street.
Leeds—C. Lawson., Confectioner, 39, Commercial-street
Manchester—John Ford and Co., St. Ann's-square.

Preston—Thos. Green, Music-seller, Church-street,

Wakefield—J. Stanfiald and Co., BOokaelleas

Wurcn WAS THE GREATER Foon.—ln a sermon,
preached by Bishop Hall upon his eightieth birthday, he
relates the following story :—There was a certain lord who
kept a fool in his house, as many a great man did in those
days for their pleasure, to whom this lord gave a staff, and
charged him to keep it till he should meet with one who was
a greater fool than himself; and if he met with such a one,
to deliver it over to him. Not many years after his lord fell
sick, and indeed was sick unto death. His fool came to see
him, and was told by his sick lord that he must now shortly
leave him. " And whither wilt thou go ?" said the fool.
" Into another world," said the lord. " And when wilt thou
come again—within a month ?" " No." " Within a year?"
" No.' " When then ?" " Never." " Never! and what
provision bast thou made for thy entertainment there whither
thou goest ?" " None at all." " No," said the fool, " none
at all ? Here, take my staff then. Art thou going away for
ever, and hest taken no order, whence thou shalt never
return ? take my staff, for I am not guilty of any such folly
as this."

LONGEVITY OF THE PEERAGE.—The following are the
names and ages of some of the oldest peers. Perhaps there
is no public body in the world, with the same limited num-
bers, which can produce an equal list of men who have attained
to such venerable ages :—Abercromby, Lord, 72 ; Aberga-
venny, Earl, 87 ; Ailsa. Marquis, 72 ; Anglesey, Marquis,
74 ; Berners, Lord, 80 ; Besborough, Earl, 84 ; Bexley,
Lord, 76; Bristol, Marquis, 73; Carberry, Lord, 77; Cath-
cart, Lord, 87 ; Colville, Lord, 74 ; Cork, Lord, 75 ; Dela-
mere, Lord, 75 ; Dinorben, Lord, 75 ; Donegal, Marquis, 73 ;
Dorset, Duke, 75 ; Dynevor, Lord, 77 ; Ferrers. Earl, 82 ;
Grafton, Duke, 82 ; Grey, Earl, 77 ; Gray, Lord, 78 ; Ha-
milton, Duke, 75 ; Harrowby, Earl. 80 ; Huntley, Marquis,
81 ; Leitrim, Earl, 74 ; Limerick, Earl, 84 ; Lonsdale, Earl,
llnoktrklar n.L.M4S9.lesiLehil
73; Mostyn, Lord, 74 ; Norfolk, Duke, 77 ; Northwick,
Lord, 72; Plunket, Lord, 78; Plymouth, Earl, 74 ; Ponson-
by, Lord, 72; Portland, Duke, 74; Rolle, Lord, 86; Ross-
more, Earl, 77 ; Saye and Sele, Lord, 73 ; Shaftesbury, Earl,
74 ; Sidmouth, Lord, 85 ; Sinclair, Lord, 74 ; Stamford,
Earl, 77 ; Stanley, Lord, 76 ; St. Germain's, Earl, 75 ;
Strathallan, Lord, 75 ; St. Vincent, Lord, 76 ; Teynham,
Lord, 74; Wellesley, Marquis, 82; Wellington, Duke, 72 ;
Western, Lord, 75 ; Westminster, Marquis, 75 ; Wynford,
Lord, 75.

RIDICULOUS STORY.—An eminent member of our bar
(who was himself present) tells a capital story of a scene
which occurred many years since, at an assizes in Lancaster,
where Brougham conducted the case for the plaintiff, and
Lord (then Mr.) Campbell, that of the defendant. It was
eleven o'clock at night when Brougham had to rise to speak
to evidence. He begged that the case might be adjourned,
on account of the lateness of the hour ; but defendant's coun•
-
sel would not consent, dreading the display which Brougham
would have made when fresh in the morning. Disappointed
in procuring the adjournment of the case, he succeeded in
obtaining leave to refresh himself for fifteen minutes; and,
when the presiding judge had left the court, Brougham leaped
on the bar-box, squatted on the witness table, threw off his
wig and cravat, and spun a sovereign over his head to the
crier, telling him to bring two bottles of Burgundy, a table
spoon, and a wash-hand basin. The bystanders watched his
movements with great curiosity : they expected to see him
perform his lavations, but, to their surprise, when the wine
was brought, he discharged the two bottles of Burgundy into
the wash-hand basin and began to drink it with the table
spoon, as if he had a bowl of soup before him. In a short
time he had got through nearly half the contents of the basin,
placed the basin near him, and, when the judge and jury
came back to court, commenced his speech, stopping at times
for a couple of spoonfuls of Burgundy. After having spoken
for two hours, the court expected him to stop ; but no 1 he
would have his revenge, and be went on till long after three
o'clock next morning, to which he kept Campbell in court !
But this is only one of the innumerable freaks which we
might record of him.—Life of Lord Brougham, in Dublin
Monthly Magazine.

ANECDOTE OF MR. WESLEY.—In the course of the voyage
to America, Mr. Wesley hearing an unusual noise in the cabin
of General Oglethorpe (the Governor of Georgia, with
whom he sailed; stepped in to inquire the cause of it ; on which
the Genera/ immediately addressed him—" Mr. Wesley,
you must excuse me, I have met with a provocation too
great for man to bear. You know the only wine I drink is
Cyprus wine, as it agrees with me best of any. Therefore I
provided myself with several dozens of it, and this villain,
Grimaldi (his foreign servant, who was present and almost
dead. With fear), has drank up the whole of it. But I will be
revenged of him. I have ordered him to be tied hand and
foot and to be carried to the man-of-war which sails with us.
The rascal should have taken care how he used me so, for I
never forgive." " Then I hope, Sir (said Mr. Wesley, look-
ing calmly at him), you never sin." The general was quite
confounded at the reproof ; and, putting his hand into his
pocket, took out a bunch of keys, which he threw at Grimal-
di, saying, " there, villain, take my keys, and behave better
for the future."

WATCH-MAKING is SWITZERLAND.—There is no branch
of Swiss industry so prosperous as its watch manufacture.
Four years ago 70,000 watches were annually made. At
least 100,000 are now produced. Ido nct know a more in-
teresting sight than to visit the watchmaking districts. A
great deal of the work is done in the mountains, and nearly
all the rough work is done there by women, the finer work
by men. The wages earned are very low, considering the
nature of the work ; but the tact is, that there is no scarcity
of that skill and sobriety, and steadiness of hand and eve,
essential to this class of work. There is no monopoly of
capacity for it, as there is in London. It is highly paid work
there, and the English watch-workmen possess the means of
indulging in drink, not unfrequently without enough moral
principle and intelligence to resist the temptation. It is
sometimes the case that they get into difficulties before their
work is done, pawn their lathe and tools, and finish and spoil
it with inferior instruments. Drink soon impairs the nerves,
and they lose their steadiness of hand. There is, therefore,
a constant scarcity of first-rate hands in London. This is
nut the case in Switzerland; the moral and primitive habits
of the people extend the sobriety essential to the perfection
of the art over the whole community. It is indoor work,
and suits them during the long continuance of weather too
inclement in the mountains to permit of open air occupation.
It is surprising how few. are the tools, and how delicate the
peasantry, who carry on this
by the artisan
use of them -
manufacture in Switzerland. Carouges and Geneva are the
great marts of the trade, and thence work is given out to the
surrounding villagers, and they must work hard to earn two
I the majority do not average more than 30
francs a day ; anti
vols. (15d.) Ido nut
think, upon the whole, that the watch-
so far advanced in civilisation, or so
as in the northern cantons. There
making community are
remarkable for cleanliness,
of religious
feeling among them. It is customary
is less realityread the Bible, or some religious
there for one of the family to
book, aloud, on a Sunday evening. It is not customary in
the French Cantons, but o
r.d.ts of religion in the south than yocc,asionai
.There is more of
the form, and less of the spun
in the north ; nevertheless, save in the towns and Anglicised
places round the Lake of Geneva,te south provinces. The the eminence of Swiss
morality is largely maintained in the
superiority of the watch manufactureis a signal evidence of
the skill and merit of the people. The perfection to which
the art is brought is universally acknow.ledged,ss
iniati on. It is an watches year by
and both for
elegance, accuracy, and finish, the Swi
year, take a higher rank in European est
achievement of mind and morals. Neither anand ignorant
delicate nor
an immoral people could excel in this difficult n
handicraft. The French custom-houses form
but a very
' .
slight impediment to the progress of the manufacture. Al-
most every traveller is a smuggler of watches. A fellow
traveller of mine smuggled three watches through the French
custom-house ; one was carefully stuffed in his neck handker-
chief, another is his pocket book, and a third in a box of
cigars, which he produced, and virtuously presented to the
official in attendance as the only article he had to declare,
and which being half empty Was graciously permitted to pass.
The best smugglers are dogs regularly trained for the pur-
pose; they are especially useful for crossing the Rhine into
Austria, and I am happy to say constantly escape the
murderous aim of the coast guard musketry on the dark
nights and foggy mornings which favour their transit.—
AntAentrum.

MitiCELL,VNLOt

There is now in the Fleet prison a debtor who iuu been
confined there 27 years, having been committed by the Court
of Chancery for contempt in 1815.

The Hon. Octavius Duncombe, brother of Lord Feversham,
will shortly lead to the hymeneal altar the Lady Caroline
Campbell, eldest daughter of the Earl and Countess of
Cawdor.—Morning Post.

The Bishop of Lincoln, hi his episcopal robes, performed
the rite of confirmation, and administered the sacrament, a
few days ago, to the young man now awaiting his trial for
the barbarous murder of a young woman at Mansfield, Not-
tinghamshire. The rite was performed in the chapel of the
gaol, in presence of the prisoners. The Bishop remained an
hour conversing and prayed with the, to all appearance, peni-
tent neophyte. .

- -
ODD DIRECTION.-A letter with the following direction
passed through the Manchester Post Office on the 3d of
February : _

To Manchester town a friend sends this letter,
For Joseph Barlow, sen. the famous bricksetter ;
He lives in Travis-street, next door to the station,

Hope this will find him without hesitation

EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.—The first train
from this end of the line started yesterday morning, at seven
o'clock, with upwards of sixty passengers in it; and the
number at eleven o'clock amounted to nearly one hundred.
The two corresponding trains from Edinburgh took about
two hours and ten minutes each on the way, and both of
them contained a larger number of passengers than those
which left Glasgow.

A few days ago, a woman who was picking up cinders on
the Saint-Etienne Railway, as she had for some time been in
the habit of doing, although frequently warned of the 'danger,
became the victim of her imprudence. A train coming up,
she placed herself, with her sack on her head; by the side of
the road, but the sack being heavy fell forn•ard, and dragged
her with it. The train passed over, and she was in an instant
deprived of life.

•
MADAME LAFFARGE.—We have received a letter from
Montpellier, bearing date the 14th instant, which states that
the convict Marie Capelle (Madame Laffarge) is dangerously
ill, and that her physician has given her over. In fact, she
has received the last sacraments of the church.—Gazette des
Tribunaux.

The wife of the Carlist General Elio died a short time
since at Chiavery, in Piedmont. The fate of the general's
family is peculiarly sad. His father, who was also a genaral,
died on the scaffold in 1822 ; and his mother soon followed
her husband to the grave, dying of a broken heart. His
brother-in-law,'the Marquis de Lealtad, died an exile from
Spain, and be is now himself left with five 4ildren of tender
age, four sons and a daughter.
- - -

We have before stated, that the occasion of the sudden re-
moval of the court to Brighton was for the improvement of
the health Of the Princ4ss Rroyal.- We are now happy to
state that Mr. Henry Blaker, the surgeon of that place, hav-
ing been called in, has lanced the gums of her royal highness,
which has allayed the irritation, and she has since cut three
teeth. The princess's health is now much improved. Ob-
server.

COUNTY COURTS—BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENT
DEBTORS' LAWS.—The three bills laid upon the table of the
House of Peers on Monday, by Lord Cottenham, are thus
designated :—" A Bill for the Amendment of the Laws re-
lating to Bankrupts, and for the better advancement of Jus-
tice in certain Matters relating to Creditors and Debtors."
" A Bill to enable the Lord Chancellor to direct that certain
Proceedings from the Court of Chancery. and Matters in
Bankruptcy, insolvency, and Lunacy, may be carried to the
County Courts." " A Bill to Improve the Practice and Ex-
tend the Jurisdiction of County Courts." They were all or-
dered to be printed.
PETITIONING MULTIPLICATION.—The town of Manches-
ter, from which on Wednesday night 94, and on Friday 140,
petitions to the House of Commons were presented for a re-
peal of the corn laws, last night sent one hundred and fifty-
seven on the same subject. Thus from one town alone there
have been presented in three nights three hundred and
ninety-one petitions. How many of these petitions are signed
by the same individuals the present form of publication affords
no means of ascertaining. Among the petitions presented
last night we perceive the following :—" From the working
men and others employed on the London and Brighton Rail-
way, and also of their wives and daughters ;" and a similar
petition from the working men, their wives and daughters,
on the Dover Railway. The sons, we presume, have either
arrived at years of discretion or send separate petitions.

THE VETERAN MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF COM-
moNs.—The following is a list of the members of the pre-
sent House of Commons who claim to be wholly excused
from serving on election committees, on account of being
more than 60 years old, viz. :—Col. Baillie (Honiton), Sir
R. Bateson, Mr. Benett, Mr. Bunbury, Sir F. Burdett, Sir
C. M. Burrell, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Chapman (Whitby),
Sir J. Chetwode, Mr. Clements, Mr. Clive, Mr. Crawford,
Mr. Denison, Sir H. Douglas, Mr. Feilden, the Right Hon.
Sir A. Grant, Mr. Gore, Mr. Hoskins, Mr. Irving, Colonel
Langton, Mr. Loch, Lord Manners, Mr. Majoribanks, Mr.
Ord, Mr. Oswald, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Pendarves, the Right
Hon. Sir W. Rae, Bart., the Right Hon. Sir G. Rose, Col.
Rushbrooke, Mr. Sheppard, Mr. Wallace, the Right Hon.
C. W. W. Wynn, and Sir M. Wood, Bart.-34 in all.
THE CORN TRADE.—The decided manner in which Lord
John Russell's amendment on Sir Robert Peel's motion on
the corn-laws was defeated on Wednesday night, leaves little
doubt that the ministerial measure as originally proposed, or
with but slight alterations, will be carried ; and there seems
every prospect of its being passed through its several stages
with the least possible delay : this important matter may,
therefore, be considered as settled, at least for a time. The
probability of the new law coming into operation earlier than
was at first expected, has somewhat alarmed the holders of
free wheat, and the desire to realise has increased consider-
ably : a great degree of depression has, consequently, charac-
terised the trade at nearly all the principal provincial mar-
kets held during the week ; and prices have gradually, though
not materially, given way.—Mark Lane Express.

AFFGHANISTAN.—We have received from a correspon-
dent, on the accuracy of whose information we have every
reason to rely, the following extract of a letter from Affgha-
nistan, which seems to afford ground for sanguine hope that
the next mail from India will bring intelligence calculated in
great measure to dispel the gloom caused by the late disas-
ters beyond the Indus :—•"fwo divisions of our troops, un-
iSTS6k4eO.IPNV-lei thlinJE, CAulall.llA/
Burnes, were not to be restrained, and the consequence was,
that all the Kuzzilbashes and part of another tribe were put
to the sword." Our correspondent adds the following, in
which, after all we have written on the subject, it is unneces-
sary to add how cordially we agree :—" And after all, for
what ? To keep that scoundrel Shah Soojah on the throne
upon which he was unjustly placed."—Times.

LOSS OF A BRISTOL SCHOONER, WITH SEVEN OF THE
CREW.—On Thursday, the 7th October, the schooner Pitt,
belonging to Messrs. King of this city, in beating down the
coast of Africa, from Gaboon to Angola, the wind being very
light and the current strong, got ashore upon Cape Lopez.
The crew carried out the kedge, and then the small bower
anchor, and also threw the barwood overboard, but could not
succeed in getting her off. Sent the krowmen ashore to the
King of Cape Lopez for assistance, but he refused and stowed
the men. On Saturday evening observed the natives along-
shore in the canoes, in great numbers, preparing to come off
and take possession. The captain and crew, fearing that
they should be murdered, unanimously resolved to abandon
her, and they embarked in the long boat, taking only part of
their clothes with them. Before leaving the vessel the cap-
tain insisted on setting tire to her, as he said the natives
should reap no benefit by the loss. About an hour after
leaving the vessel she blew up, and shortly afterwards a sea
struck the long-boat and swamped her. Captain Antrobus,
the mate, and two of the crew were immediately drowned ;
the second mate and four of the crew were saved, after being
in the water 21 hours, but only three have survived to reach
this country, viz., Edwin Knight, second mate ; Benjamin
Shuckburgh and James Kirkwood, seamen.—Bristol Mirror.
ROBBERY OF A CONCH PARCEL, CONTAINING £2,000.—
One of the most successful coach robberies, committed for
some time, was effected the other day in the neighbourhood
of Bury. It appears that Messrs. Cunliffes, Brooks, and Co.,
bankers, of Manchester, who have for many years been in the
habit of sending money parcels to their Blackburn house, by
the driver of the coach leaving the Boar's Head at half-past
four o'clock, sent as usual, on Friday last, a box containing
1,500 sovereigns, and £5OO. in £5 bank notes. The box
containing the money was placed in the front boot, but was
not discovered to be missing till applied for at Blackburn.
It is supposed to have been taken at Bury, by a person who
occupied the box-seat from Manchester to Bury, and who
was seen after the coach left Bury with a large carpet bag of
considerable weight. He is about five feet seven inches high,
of rather fair complexion, with a long thin sharp nose, and
wore a broad-brimmed hat, a dark handkerchief, with white
spots upon it, round his neck, and had on a long broad-
sleeved blue faded Macintosh. Another man, who is sup-
posed to have been a companion of the former, left the coach
at Hardy's Gate, about a mile and a half from Bury ; he is
also about five feet seven inches high, of dark complexion,
dark short whiskers, and about 30 years old, wearing at the
time a dark Macintosh over a black dress. No tidings have
yet been heard of the men or parcel.
DISTRESSING STORY.-" A young actress," says the
Droit, " who will be remembered by the frequenters of the
theatres on the Bouvelards, has just died in a state of the
most cruel suffering and neglect in the hospital St. Louis, at
the early age of 25 years. Beautiful, graceful, and intelli-
gent, Mademoiselle Estival had made herself remarked at
her de'but in several characters of the modern drama, and her
place was already marked on a stage of more importance
than that of the Ambigu-Comique, when a singular circum-
stance, which had the most fatal influence on her future fate,
induced her to leave Paris, and to contract an engagement
with the director of the French theatre in London. A young
man, calling himself Count Gustave de Boncourt, wearing
the decoration of the Legion of Honour, and living in great
style at No. 11 in the Rue du Faubourg Poissonniere, where
he gave himself out as Garde-Gen6ral des Forks, procured
an Introduction to the young actress, and made her consider-
able presents. This young man, whose luxurious style of
living, whose horses, carriages, and prodigality had pwsmptly
seduced the young actress, this pretended Count Gustave de
Boncourt, was no other than a man named Henri Journet,
who had been previously condemned to 5 years' confinement
in irons for forgery ; had been alternately a sub-officer in a
regiment of cavalry, then a domestic servant, and who, while
in this position, had robbed his master and mistress, M. and
Madame Champy de Boizeraud, who lived in the Rue de
Baume, of 50,000 f. in notes, I,Boof. in cash, and a consider-
able quantity of jewels, shawls, plate, &c. In 1836 Journet
was condemned by the Court of Assizes of Paris to twenty
years' hard labour at the hulks. Mademoiselle Estival was
summoned to appear as a witness in this case ; but it appeared,
according to the indictment, that she had received the greater
portion of the stolen jewels, together with a considerable sum
of money, without, however, bing able to suspect from what
source they had been derived ; and that, in order to avoid
appearing in court, she had set off for England. Since that
time she had not returned to France; but a few months ago,
her health being exhausted by late hours, by excesses, and
perhaps moved by regret, she found herself in so deplorable
a condition, that the medical men recommended her, as a
last resource, to return, and breathe her native air. She
came back to Paris, but here she found every thing changed
as much as herself. A prey to incessant suffering from a
disease of the chest, she exhausted her last resources, and
soon found herself reduced to the necessity of soliciting ad-
mission into the hospital St. Louis. where, however, she
entered in a false name. For four months Mademoiselle
Estival waited for death—calm, resigned, uttering not a
single complaint, indulging in no regret, and obstinately re-
fusing to solicit favoursf m any one, or to call to her bed-
side any of those who had known her in the height of her
andsh
yieldede found
perceivedto herselft h e
beauty and her fortune.
she
ee hl aasodtf Thursday last, however, when
onlypoo of her incurable malady,
solicitationsthat
t sta. short time to live, she
watch by the bedside of the ndeyiongt..iesrieileigpioruensosuisnteeerds whothe
name of a person from whom she had in former days received
not merely favours, but proofs of sincere affection.
minutes afterwards an express, sent off to theViconAitefedwe
—, announced to him the approach of the last hour of the
young woman, in whose future fate he had once takers so
warm an interest, but who had disappointed his intentions.
He immediately went to the hospital St. Louis. On his
arrival a smile played on the pale lips of the dying girl—a
ray of gladness sparkled in her eyes. With a grateful voice
she thanked him, asked his pardon for the past, and said that
she should die satisfied and resigned, since he had not re-
pelled her memory from his mind. In another hour the
young
girl, once so brilliant—the actress once so applauded—
died in the asylum opened for indigence by the hand of pity
—a terrible lesson !"

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Under the 3fanage24?ent of Mr. Egerton, Sole Lessee

DUCROW'S ESTkIILISHMENTDEPARTON THE

th-1:S/STANT FOR BIRMINGHAM

CLOSING NIGHTS OF DUCRO TV'S NATIONAL

ESTABLISHMENT IN LIVERPOOL

THIS EVENING, (FRIDAY,) the performances will
commence with the new magnificent Romantic Spectacle,
from the work of Sir Edward. Lytton Bulwer, entitled /
THE SIEGE OF GRANADA;
OR, LEILA THE MAID OF THE ALHAMBRA/
Almamen. Mr. Howard.
Leila Mrs. Nunn. ,/

DUCROIS"S SPLENDID SCENES OF TIIWCIRCLE

The whole to conclude with
THE DUEL ; . J
OR, THE CHAMBER OF MYSTEWY

Principal characters by Messrs. H. Bevenri, Nunn, Egan,
Barham, and Cullen; and Mesdames Nu and F. Carman.

On MONDAY Evening next, th4ith instant, for the
BENEFIT OF MR. EGERTON, LESSEE,
Will be produced the gorgeous Spectacle of
THE QUEEN OF CYPRUS,
Which has been in preparation the whole of the last month.
In the Last Scene will be accomplished the extraordinary feat
of the SWIMMING HORSE, for which purpose the whole Stage
will be converted into
AN IMMENSE MOAT OF REAL WATER.
Dancing by Miss E. GATES and Mr. HARVEY, from the
Theatres-Royal, London.—After which.
THE COURT JESTER,
In which Mr. E. R. Harper, the American Comedian, will
appear.—To conclude with
THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO.
Emperor Napoleon
Molly Malony Mr. Sloan,
(The popular Irish Comedian, who has volunteered his ser-
vices), as performed by him at Astley's Amphitheatre.
On account of the extraordinary preparations necessary for
the new Spectacle of the QUEEN OF CYPRUS, the Amphithe-
atre will, of necessity, be CLOSED TO-MORROW (Sa-
turday) Evening.
Private Boxes may be obtained nightly for Families on ap-
plication to Mr. F. CARMAN, at the Box-office, from Eleven
until Three o'clock.
Prices of Admission :—Centre Dress Boxes, 3s. ' • Side
Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, ls. 6d. ; Lower Gallery, ls. ; Upper
Gallery, 6d. Second Price at Nine o'clock,—Centre Dress
Boxes, 2s. ; Side Boxes, Is. 6d. ; Pit. ls.; Lower Gallery,
6d. No Second Price to the Upper Gallery. Second Price
will be .taken for Children under Twelve years of age to the
Boxes only.
Doors to be opened at Half-past Six, and the Performance
to commence at Sewell o'clock precisely.

THE PANORAMA AND DIORAMA,
WILL RE-OPEN ON THURSDAY, MARCH 3,

AT THE
PORTICO, NEWINGTON,

NOTICE

HE Public are respectfully informed, Wit the Proprietors
T have engaged the above elegant and j&mmodious Room,
their former one being too small for tlollccommodation of
visitors, and, in order to gratify all clasies of society, they
have been induced to LOWER the PRICE of ADMISSION
to their UNRIVALLED EXHIBITION, the superior qua-
lities of which, over all others ever exhibited out of the Me-
tropolis, Messrs. GOMPERTZ and HASWELL would beg refer-
ence to the flattering opinions of those who have already seen it.
Admission, 6d. ; Reserved Seats, ls. ; Children under 12
years, Half Price to the Reserved Seats.
Hours of Exhibiting—Morning Twelve, Afternoon Three,
and Evening Eight o'clock.