The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-03-19 00:00:00

MUSICAL', ijRAMAVC, AND
AMISTIO ATEWS P 419 GOSSIP:

Mr; Frederick Gye has granted the, free' use of the
Theatre Royal, Covent Garden; fora benefit in aid of
'the fuuds'of the •Royal 'Dramatic College on Thursday,
the lgth inst: Most, if not all, the principal inembeis
pfedessieb are ter lie brought together,
on the occasion. *
in consequence of the increasing approbation
stowed on the performances of the' London Glee and
Madrigal Union, at St. James's .Hall, Mr.-Mitchell,-of
Bond-street, has been induced to continue these concerts
at the above locate' for a fortnight longer.
The next of the MOildayl'optilar Concerts will be
devoted tb thc works of.Beethovet, and one of the chief
fOttireS Of the entefrtrdient. will Se the 'Cel4Tarateti
lireutzer piail.Ototie part Will be
played by Miss Arabella Goddard.. . ,
Mr. James B.'Stephetis; a well-known and respected
professor of music in Cork, has died within the last week.
Mr. Stephens was over fifty years organist of the cathe-
dral of St: ritibtirs, in that City. He was much regarded
and esteemed 4 a mitheroils body of friends and pupils.
..It is annoocf3sl that the Royal Italian Opera season
will commence on dig lfith'et Afjtil—Lthe saute day on
which hir, Majesty's Theatie is to be, opened by Mr.- E.
T. Smith. - Mr. 'Gye's prospectus of' the season has not
Yr_t appeitied, • •
The following is recorded iii the Adtth'h, Uhl:wade :
On Saturday evening a tea party was held in the upper.,
room _of the Primitive . Methodist, _School, _ .Darw.en-
About 200 persons were present. After the disposal of
the g% 01 things, a number of young persons connected
with the Sunday,sehool performed the piece entitled
"The faiiiiiiroter's Shop:" 00 this tliett observess—
Mrhprestirtie Otis tOcal &raj. bitt.Nlie hope When
the ptipils tit the elasg, advance
far enough, they 'may not use.-
Shop' for any other purpose but to show them how to
spout Shakspere."', , •
'Mr; Frere, bursar of Downing College; Cbmbridge, is
appointed to the editorship of the Journal of the Royal
Society of Euglaud:
Poblishent hatlj been rather taken whack by Mr.
Gladstotie'S ttriexPeeted attack on theni in the debate on
the second reading Of the Paper linty Bill. Mr. Glad-
stone averred, -that -they.had monopoly. ;that Eii~►Jis}i
.
books of the flrit-Cl4Ss Were tilt-petit:64as dear as in any
other Cotintry,Of. the World, gild Liidt the
of England was infinitely inferior to the railway library
of Fran Ce. Here are pretty charges!' On what ground
conceivable or actual the business of publishisr, can
be called a monopoly, Mr. Gladstone did not state, and
nobody else can 'find out. It is simply not true that
English books of the first class are three times as dear
as those",piiblished sirs dcpettciiittto; The best test_
is that of tt, copyright transhitloii, tind. If 14tr. Gladstone
will compare the price of Mr. Bentley's English version
oflr.—OniZof's MeineirS; for instance ; or of treyfag's
"Debit and Credit," with the prices of the originals, he
he- will find that his statement is - very wide- of the
, .•
mark,
More than Mee; since the. tircimulgatiou-of the Midget;
,• says the Critic, we haVc tidipied,rittaifNii to thg injury
With which the English pUblisher is threatened by the
abolition of ,the dilly pn beOlcp imported Irani abroad:
It IS, no dotd.h, art indirect 1101; ljAit is none the less
to be' deprecated on that account. W46'46 Cities: on
books imported cease, the custom-house officer will of
course give up inspecting packages containing books,
and there will not be the slightest cheek on the impor-
tation of cheap. continental .and Amerieair reprints of
coffight *ofisi This is a vat seitntin clitt-
,tingency, w ich already, we have good reason to believe,.
• is exciting considerable alarm and apprehension among
publishers, who; as Usual, however, are prevented, by
their isolation and seeming incapacity tor combination,
from making their voice heard with the emphasis which.
the mischief by which they are iiieildecci
Mr: C: vety.pfeusant' rind l*64cielifbfik
lgetnres On 1‘ The Authors of,the Age," says the Town'
. of, the, fitsitiCio ifei4 continue to attract
attention: Mr. fall is airing
England, and people listen with delight, as they ever
will, to anecdote about famous men, known well to
them by their works, but whom they never saw. Mr.
Hall has had.niany opportunities, possesses a good
memory; and has a power of reproducing traits, nee-
'dotes, and portraiture not common with many lecturers.
The selection of Mr. Hook without the walls of the
Academy (says the Illustrated News) has given general
satisractlon. Within "the walls, it is said, Mr: Danhy4
hktrAydrineY
.Cooper; Mt. Frost, Mr. Thorburn ,
and Mr. Egg are not over-Well pleased, or in the tea
possible temper with their esquired superiors. . Mr.
Hook was a junior associate to the five over whose
heads,he'has been taken' by an'almost unexpected leap.
The Right Hon. Lord Stanley,' M.P., will preside at
the Artists' 'Benevolent Fluid. Dinner, 12th May.
The private view of the seventh annual exhibition of
pictures of the French and Flemish Schools, held at the
Gallery, 'No: 120, Pall-mall, took place on Sattirday:
Gattinelli, a distinguished dramatic Artist of. Italy has
just received the Cross of the order of Seint•Maitrice
and S:Aint, Lazarus from the Bing of Sardinia. After
reading recently a critique on Gattinelli in a French
journal, his Majesty sent for him, and graciously said
.that he could not allow talents se highly esteemedabroad
-to remain tinhonoiirea at home: " Besides," added the
" In your, person I reward not 'only a distinguished
?artist, but also a patriot soldier of 1831." On learning
this news, the Society of French Dramatic Artists in
Paris 'held a meeting.; Baron Taylor in the chair, and
voted an address to King Victor Emmanuel, and a letter
of congratulation' to Gattinelli.

THE MURDER OF CAPT. LAMBERT.

The following are the particulars of 'Capt. Lambert's
murder, from the Lima correspondent of the Panama
Star,—. • , .
LIMA, Feb. 12.—1 hare to record that another victim
to the atrocious neglect of this government has been
added to the list of assassinated foreignerS;' Yealefed as it is
by H.B.M.'s late Charge d'Affiveres here, Ur. Sullivan.
Captain Lionel Lambert, ' commander of 11.11.11 L's war
steamer Vixen, left, in perfect health, his hotel at three
1 o'clock in the afternoon, to take a bath in the river.
His friends were expecting him to dinner, but he
rever retuned; he must have been murdered between 1
lalf-past three and five o'clock. The body had
been washed' down from the spet where the deed was
done at least half a mile or more. lie was not in
uniform, but on his person a closed despatch, addressed.
to Captain Miller, was found. ilis rings and watch"
were' stolen, of course—the miserable booty of the
murderers. The deceased had not died without a'
struggle. In the post mortem examination it was found
' that. besides the fracture on the hack 'of the p',.7
(caused, it is thought, toy a stone), nis forehead was
fearfully cut, and both his wrists were black from the
struggle in which he lost his life. The deceased was 'a
brave -officer, having distinguished himself during the-
Crimean war ; he was young (twenty-six' years) for the
• responsible office which he held, but not too young to-
inspire the confidence and esteem of all who knew him ;
and his loss is not only deeply lamented, but will be
severely felt by all friends of the circle he had formed
in Lima. The remains were interred yesterday in the 1
British burial' ground of BellavistaV'the' funeral 'was'
attended by the members of the foreign diplomatic body,'
the officers of the various men-of-war, and of the other.
vessels lying in the harbour, by all the English mer-
chants in Lima and Callao, and an immense concourse
of sailors and English artisans formed, a long procession
from the beach to the cemetery. The usual honours
were observed when the body was lowered to its final'
resting place. -

The masonic lodges of Paris are about to present an
I.address to the Emperor. thanking him for his services
in Italy. There are 100,000 masons in Paris and the
Department.
Tatt.riix FROM TIM FurNcm."—A Frenchman was
boldly laying down the
,law that the English had no
literature of their own—that they borrewed, or stole,
everything from the French. Upon being challenged
for hit proof, ho said quite braggadociously, as French-
men sometimes will say things : "Parceque, roue royez,
your two most populaite works are the CORNEILLE
Magazine and the RACINE Calendar."--Punch.
1 DEl,2lllOl' LADY DOvER.--Lady Dover, the widow
of the first Lord Dover. expired yesterday at her resi:
derice, Dover. House, Whitehall. Her ladyship was the
:sister of the Earl of Carlisle, the Duchess of Sutherland,
Lady Caroline Lascelles (widow of the Right Hon. W.
S. Lascelles), Lady Taunton, the. Hon. and Rev,
Howard, the Hon. Charles Howard, the Hon. Edward
Howard, and Lady Elizabeth Grey.
• Dirramukno Gossrr mom Paurs.—l have some
reason to think that the French government is so deeply
impressed with the overwhelming demonstrations of
Central Italy in favour of annexation to Piedmont, that
a change for the better has taken place in its councils
within the last few hours. Yesterday the disposition
was to challenge the annexation of the Romagnas, and
to press the King of Sardinia to negotiate further' with
the Pope. It is said in government circles. to-day that
this idea is abandoned, and that events in Italy will be
•suffered, for the, moment at least, to follow their natural
Course:-L-DaiN News.
14 ItTLETEN.—II is with regret that we record the
death of M. Jullien, on Wednesday evening,.. in the,
neighbourhood of Paris. For some weeks past the
exertion and anxiety conse9uent on the getting up anew
series of concerti, upon which he calculated establishing
in the French capital the high reputation he had gained
in the course of twenty years in England, was too much
for a temperament at all times keenly sensitive and
excitable. and loss of reason was the result. On Sunday
last M. Jullien's first concert was to be given, and the
.greatest curiosity and interest prevailed throughout
Paris. The first concert was never destined to take
plabe. Two days previously DI. Jullien was conveyed
to a private lunatic asylum, having exhibited the worst
phases of madness, and his medical attendants enter-
tained no hope whatever of a speedy, cure. We 'have
not ascertained particulars of his demise further than
that in conseqnence of some severe course of antiphlo-
fistic treatment, the patient caught a severe cold, which
astened on his lungs, and terminated in inflammation.
M. Jullien's reason returned some hours previous to his
decease, and he passed away in perfect consciousness of
what was passing around. The subscription which was
advertised, and which in a few days amounted to a
considerable sum, will, no doubt, be appropriated to
his widow and family, and to the expenses attending
his illness and death.—Etvising Herald.