The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-02-15 00:00:00

THEATRE-ROYAL, WILLIAMSON-SQUARE,:

UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF
Messrs. J. H. ANDERSON and W. J. HAMMOND

Second Price, to all parts of the House, at Nine o'clock

PHIS present TUESDAY EVENING, the 15th instant,
THE FOUNDLING OF THE FOREST.
After which, the New. Comic Pantomime, called
THE WORLD OF COINS;
Or, Harlequin Silver Sixpence and the Giant, Penny Piece.
First Price—Lower Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 35..6d.;
Pit, 2s. 6d. ; Gallery, Is.
Second Price—Lower Boxes,
Pit, Is. 6d. ; Gallery, 6d

)s. 6d. ; Upper Boxes, 2s. ;

ROYAL LIVER. THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET,

LIVERPOOL

Mademoiselle CELESTE, for Five Nights only.
THIS present TUESDAY EVENING, the 15th inst.,
TO-MORROW, Wednesday, the 16th, and Thursday,
the 17th, the Entertainments will commence with the suc-
cessful Dawa, called

MARIE DUCANGE ; .
OR, IS IT A DREAM? •
Bulky
Charles Claude Prong, Esq.. Mr. C. F Marshall
Marie Ducange Mademoiselle Celeste.
Susan Mrs. R. M. Raymond.
To which will be added the laughable Interlude of '
FAITH AND FALSEHOOD.
Teagui-
Ruth .......... Mrs. R. M. Raymond.
To conclude with the Drama, called
ST. MARY'S EVE:
A STORY OF THE SOLWAY.
Mr. W. H. Widdicomb.

Tom Bag.

Madeline..
Tickets and Places for the Public Boxes to be had of Mr
J. FOGG, at the Box Office, from Eleven till Three ; also for
the Private Boxes for Full Dress Parties.

Gallery, 6d. (to which the number

Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2
will be linked).
Second Price.—Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. Doors to open at
Half-past Six. Performance to begin at Seven. Second
Price at Half-past Eight.

ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
GREAT CHARLOTTE-STREET, LIVERPOOL

HI preient TUESDAY' O:ENING, the 15th instant,
the Spectacle, entitled
THE MULETEER'S HORSE OF THE PYRENEES;
Or, The Spanish Bull-Fight !
Principal characters by Messrs._ Howard, 13roadfoot, Hillier,
Mrs. Hillier, and Mrs. Stickney.

To be succeeded by
DUCROIV'S SCENES OF THE CIRCLE !
After which,
THE RUSSIAN COTILLION;
Or, The Ambassadors of Muscovy.
In the course of the Pageant Signor Hillier will introduce
(for the first time) the Training of
THE LADY'S PALFREY, BEAUTY! •

The Pageant will conclude with a Waltz, Gavotte, and Co-

tillion, by Trained Palfries

La Belle Assem&ie !

The Performances will conclude with the grand Spectacle,

entitled

ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON OF EGYPT!
St. George of England, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot ; Tom of
Coventry, Nit...H.:Beverly ; Kalaba, Mrs. Nunn.
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. Gd. ; Pit, Is. 6d. ; Lower Gallery, Is. ; Upper
Gallery, Gd. Second Price at Nine o'clock :—Centre Dress
Boxes. 25.; Side Boxes, Is. 6d.; Pit, Is.; Lower Gallery,
Gd. No Second Price to the Upper Gallery. Second Price
will be taken for Children under Twelve years of age to the
Boxes only.

Dorss to be opened at Half-past Six, and the Performance
to commence at Seven o'clock precisely.

On THURSDAY next, the lith instant, an ENTIRE
CHANGE of Performance, for the BENEFIT of Mr. NV.
D. BItOADFOOT, Director, when, with a desire to afford
the Liverpool patrons a last opportunity of witnessin the
original London Spectacle of MAZEPPA ; OR, THE WILD
HORSE, it will be produced with its gorgeous accessories,
&c., for this occasion.

On FRIDAY next. a DRESS SPECTACLE, for the
BENEFIT of the INFANT ACTORS.

LIVERPOOL

BANKING COMPANN

XTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the ANNUAL
L GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS
will be held, at the Clarendon Rooms, in South John-street,
on TUESDAY, 221 February instant, at One o'clock, and
that at such Meeting a motion will be made to rescind so
much of the Rules or Laws of this Company as prevent any
Proprietor from holding more than Five Ilundred Shares in
the Capital Stock, and for a modification in the number of
Votes to be allowed at_ Public_ Meetings.

By order of the Directors,
WILLIAM WILSON, Manager,

TOXTETH-PARK SEWERAGE AND PAVING
BILL.

A PUBLIC MEETING of the INHABITANTS of the
EXTRA-PAROCHIAL PLACE of TOXTETH-
PARK will be held, at the PUBLIC-OFFICE, in St. James's-
place, on TUESDAY next, the 35th instant, at Eleven o'clock
in the Forenoon, to take into consideration the expediency
of applying to Parliament for an Act for the better Paving of
the said Place, and for the Sewerage of certain parts thereof,
when the Draft of a Bill, prepared by a Sub-committee of
the Board of Highways, appointed for the purpose, will be
laid before the Meeting. Dated this eighth day of February,
1842. A ALEX. SMITH, Jun.,

Chairman of the Board Of Highways.

EASTERN COUNTIES' RAILWAY COMPANY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a SPECIAL GE-
NERAL MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of
the COMPANY will be held on TUESDAY, the 22d day of
February instant, at One o'clock precisely, at the Company's
Station, High-street, Shoreditch, London, for the purpose-of
determining upon raising all or any part of the Moneys au-
thorised to be raised by an Act, passed in the fourth year of
the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, entitled, " An
Act to amend and enlarge some of the provisions of the Acts
relating to the Eastern Counties' Railway, and to authorise
the Company to raise a further Sum of Money, for the pur-
poses of the said undertaking ;" and also for the purpose of
determining upon the modes and terms of raising the same
by the issue of New Shares ; and the said Meeting is made
Special, for the above purposes, and also for the purpose of
declarieg forfeited certain Shares of the said Company, and
for confirming the forfeiture which has been made and de-
clared, by the Directors, of certain Shares in the said Com-
pany.
HENRY BOSANQUET, Chairman.
THEODORE W..RATHBONE, Deputy-Chairman.
Offices, High-street, Shoreditch, Feb. 10, 1842.

V IC T OR I A B
CASES-STREET,
THREE DOORS FROM CLAYTON-SQUARE,

A T H S,

LIVERPOOL.
Conducted by RICHARD BIRD and Co

T E II 11 S

A Warm Water Bath 2s. 0d.... 12 for 20s.
A Vapour Ditto ls. 0d.... 6 for 15s.
A Medicated Ditto 'is. 1id.... 6 for 18s.
A Hot Air and Sulphur Ditto 3s. Gd.... 6 for 18s.
Cloaks, Couches, Blankets, and Hot Towels included

UrPHILLIP and SONS, PROFESSORS OF MUSIC. No.
• 3, Myrtle View, Christian-street, Islington, Liverpool.
G. P. and his Two SONS (the unrivalled Brothers) return
their sincere thanks to the Ladies and Gentlemen of Liver-
pool and its vicinity, and also to their Friends in Carnarvon-
shire, Anglesea, and the Isle of Alan, for their distinguished

patronage.
G. P. and SONS have had the honour to perform several
times before the Earl of Sefton and Sir John Gerard.

BALLS and QUADRILLE PARTIES supplied with a BAND
of any number of Performers.

N.B.—MILITARY BANDS supplied on the shortest
notice. with Uniform or Plain Dresses.

The successive rains during the last month caused a great
deal of sickness among the troops encamped round Paris.
The symptoms have been principally those of scarletina, but
in their progress they assumed a more serious character, as
out of 15 men of the 15th regiment taken into the hospital at
Charonne. four died on the day they were received, and two
the following morning.

A YORKSHIRE FRIEND.—I may be allowed to particula-
rise the kindness of Mr. Mullins, the senior member of the
circuit, who grasped me warmly by the hand, and offered me,
as a mark of his esteem, to swap horses with me on the spur
of the moment. It was very old, and slightly lame in one
leg, but the friendliness of his feelings was made equally ma-
nifest by the offer as if I had accepted it, which, however, I
declined doing, as I was unwilling to deprive him of the ser-
vices of so long tried a favourite. Mr. Mullins is a native of
Yorkshire, and retains a considerable share of the accent of
that beautiful county.—The Northern Circuit, from Black-
wood's Magazine.

THE CHANCES OF WAR: THREE BRITISH MARAU-
DERS SAVE A FRFNCH ARMY FROM CAPTURE.--SOUlt,
after this disastrous defeat, continued his retreat on the day
following, with all possible expedition up the valleys of the
Lanz and Guy; but he was now in a most hazardous situa-
tion ; his troops were all worn out with excessive toil ; his
fighting men were reduced to thirty-five thousand ; Foy,
with eight thousand whom he had rallied, was retiring up
the Guy towards Zuhiri, entirely separated from the main
body, which was slanting down towards the Bidassoa ; and
the baggage, artillery, and caissons could scarcely be hoped
to be preserved, while recrossing the rugged summits of the
Pyrenees. Graham, with twenty thousand, was ready to
stop him on the side of St. Sebastian ; and it was only by
an extraordinary exertion of skill and coolness that his army'.
in these circumstances, was preserved from total ruin. He
directed his retreat, not by the valley of Bastan towards the
Puerta de Maya, as d'Erlon had entered, but by the FAI,
of Donna Maria towards the Elisondo and the valley efd. a
Upper Bidassoa. At the latter pass, his rearguard we: :ad
stand in a very strong defile to gain time for the carrylf, _ ,eft
artillery in their rear to get on ; but Hill turned gnu '
after a
of the gorge, and the Dalhousie the right from their
vigourous resistance, the enemy were q riven
th very severe
stronghold in utter confusion, and
'A
in the Elisondo
loss. Meanwhile, Byng pushed on,
and(, f provisions, and,
captured a large and valuable convoy
,a
_,ass. Welling-
t entire•l ed • possible for
ton's troops had now almos .
seemed im
rapidly advancing, re-occupied the Mp
main body in a net, from which it
unconscious of their
inclosed Soult's
him to escape ; for his soldier.slr in the deep and nar-
danger, were grouped close togt;"',iii divisions and one
row valley of Estevan ; three
els.
on his right flank, con-
Spanish,• Bill wa"" which he had just w •
w redose behind him ; Dalhou-
. on ,
sic
held the pass of Donntad of the valley; the light division
coaled Spa n is
byh theun der
mountainsW el Ii
n g,
Byng was at Maya, at the hk it
up at Estevan ; and Graham
would, in two hours,..hil;coaly other exit from the valley to
was marching to cl"Vtapirited and worn out as his men
ton,marie,
Vera and Echallar.
in o condition to force any of these formid-
hopeful was the English general of
were, Soult was dre'd by victorious troops, and his surrender
able defiles, defen So
screened by the rocks from behind which
d the 'hole valley, he prohibited his men from
he surveyed capture Soult himself, who was seen riding
to
issuing forth
along its bottom, lest
the catastrophe should
way
ssueecalhead result inevitable.
that,.
in a carelessawaken the French army from its perilous dream of security,
and issued the strictest orders that no man should show him-
self from behind the ridge which concealed them from the
enemy. At this moment, when every bosom heat high with
exultation at the expected glorious trophy of their valour
they were so soon to obtain, in the surrender of a whole
army with a marshal of France at its head, three British
marauders issued from their concealment to plunder the
valley. The sight of the red coats was not lost upon Soult.
who instantly perceived the imminence of his danger : his
whole army was immediately put in motion, and hurried to-
wards the passes leading to the Lower Bidassoa, which they
got through just before the Spaniards under Longa, or the
light division, could come up to close the terrible defiles!
Such is war : the disobedience to orders by three soldiers
saved France from the greatest calamity, and deprived Eng-
land of the greatest triumph, recorded in the annals of either
monarchy.—Alison's history of the French .Revolution.