The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-09-06 00:00:00

BANKING DEPARTMENT,

Debit.
Proprietors' ca-
pital
Rest
Public deposits
Other „
Seven day, and
other bills

Credit.
Government se-
curities ..... £12,114,078
Other securities 15,645,152
Notes 6,063,720
Gold and silver
coin

£14,553,000
3,688,406
5,590,339

9,734,553

930,444

£34,496,742

673,792

Total ..., £34,496,742

Compared with the last week's returns, the fol-
lowing results are shown :—lncrease of notes
issued, 38,4801.; decrease of bullion in both
departments, 48,6491. In the rest, there is an
increase of 272,0831. In public deposits, the
increase is 768,4931.; and in seven day and other
bills, 751,3881.
The following are the latest state of the
Foreign Exchanges :—Amsterdam, short, 11
161 to 11 17. Do. three months, 11 19
to 11 191. Rotterdam, do., 11 19-1, to 11 19k.
Antwerp, do., 25 45 to 25 50. Brussels, do., 25 45
to 25 50. Hamburg, do., 13 7 to 13 81. Paris
short, 25 271 to 25 35. Do., three months, 25
62.1 to 25 671. Marseilles, do., 25 65 to 25 70
Frankfort, do , 11911 to 120. Vienna, do., 10 21 to
10 23. Trieste, do., 10 22 to 10 25. Petersburg,
do., 371 37-a. Madrid, do., 491 to 40-4.

OPENING OF THE ST. GEORGE'S CONCERT

HALL, LAST NIGHT

This beautiful room was thrown open to the public for
the first time, last night, although the intended inaugura.
tion was announced for an earlier date, but was post .
poned from causes on which we need not now dwell. The
house was three-parts:,filled with well dressed persons,
who appeared to admire the chaste and elegant design of
this exquisite apartment. They were, in short, satisfied
with everything, but the arrangements for " inagurating,"
which, it is natural to suppose, would have been of a
distinctive charactet, either by giving an entire great
work of some composer, or by introducing something
novel and excellent, to mark the occasion ; but no, the
"novelties" were these (for this was the programme),
which has been in our advertising columns for weeks ;
but we here re-produce it, to put on record what London
speculators may foist on a corporate body. Great it may
be in senatorial qualities, but small in the capacity
required in the art of concert-giving.
_ _

PIIOGItAIIIME

FART I

Trio—" Huai se ti sfugge"—(Lucrezia Borgia).. Donizetti.
Madame Novello, Herr Formes, and Mr. Sims Reeves.
Song—" Revenge"—(Der Freischutz) .. Weber,
herr Formes.

Duet—Piano-forte

Mr. Best and Mr. Hatton.
Cavatina—" Di Piacer"—(ra Gazza Ladra)

Madame Alboni.

Duet—" Sarar it morir"—(Af asaniello)

Mr. Sims Reeves and Herr Formes.

Aria—" The Captive of Agincourt"—(new song) composed
expressly for her t y .
Madame Novello.

Song—" Adelaide"

Mr. Sims Reeves,

Brindisi—"ll Segreto"

'—(Lucrezia Borgia)
Madame Alboni.

...Beethoven

Donizetti.

Solo—" Souvenirs de Donizetti, fantasie pour Violoncello".... Paque
M. Paque.

Song—" The Linden Tree"
Mr. J. L. Hatton.

FART 11

Sonata—Piano-forte and Violoncello (Sonata in A)..
Mr. Best and M. Paque.

Hatton.

"Come e bello"—(Lucretia Borgia)
Madame Novella

,B ee thoven.

Donizetti

Song—" Good bye, Sweetheart"
Mr. Sims Reeves
VariaziAi—“Carina sent! un poco"
Madame Alboni.
." Oh! ruddier than the Cherry"—Acts and Galatea... Handel
Herr Formes.
Lasciami non t' ascolto"
Madame Alboni and Madame Novello
Prayer and
1" Dal too Stellato Soglio" (Hose)....
Grand Finale
Madame Alboni, Madame Novello, Mr. Sims Reeves,
Herr Formes, and Mr. J. L. Hatton

Hatton.

Song—

Hummel

Duet—'

Tancredi,

Rossini.

There is hardly a piece here that has not been before
the public "ad nauseam" for many years, and this was
what we were treated to, with one exception, where Herr
Formes substituted the celebrated air from " Zauberflote''
instead of " Revenge;" and the only novelty in the books
of the words were, the refreshing advertisements of
Messrs. Cramer, Beale and Co., who furnish harmoniums
at from £lO to £55. Such was the scheme of entertain-
ment offered to the amateurs of Liverpool at ten shillings
per seat. The singers, it will be seen, were some of the
first of our day, but it seemed as if they all partook of
the coldness which characterised the audience, and sang,
in accordance therewith—for they all failed to make any
great impression. Alboni was not herself at all, but, of
course, her delicious voice must somewhere strike, and
the only approach to excellence during the evening was
in her treatment of Hummel's air with variations—yet
it was a listless performance. "II Segreto," so new, so
admirable for the mouth of a lady in a concert room,
received the intelligent approbation of a distinguished
audience, who did " applaud again" when what is called
a Trillo!was kept in existence for an incredible period.
Mr. Sims Reeves made one effort, and distinguished him.
self by excellent expression in Mr. Hatton's " Good bye,
Sweetheart." Could not the composer give us a companion
to this song, where the lover might return? for this con•
tinual repetition of adieu is painful ; and Mr. Hatton is
worthy of better things than saying " Still for ever, fare
thee well." Herr Formes and Madame Novello were
equally unimpressive in their " novelties ;" and, alto-
gether, we better close the ungrateful task, which makes
us put on record the opening of the prettiest music hall
in England with a concert, regarding which the prover-
bial " faint praise" would be the greatest partiality. In
justice to Mr. Hatton, it should be said that the accom-
paniments, arduous and continuous as they were, were
most carefully and admirably played, although the piano
was a poor substitute for what might have existed at the
" inauguration."