The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-03 00:00:00

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all that belongs to th

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the man of experience, practical knowledge, and the gentle.

man. In this brazen age a man is thought scarcely worth
his salt, if be has not studiously cultivated an acquaintance
with a majestic brass knocker, and does not carry about
him the peculiar swagger, and self-esteem, which long
association and liberal admixture with that metal impart
to the would-be sons of 'profundity ! Men can carry but
little lead, and less gold, but they may measure strength
with the horse, the ox, or the camel, when it comes to brass
They never bow or bend under the burden, or wince under
the lash ; and therefore ail we can do in the present case is,
earnestly to request, that on all future occasions, when our
cotemporary may and on his desk letters addressed to the
Editor of this paper, he will advertise them as com-
munications which have gone astray, that we may send for
them, and save him the trouble of forwarding them to
us. We have waited two.days for some explanation with
regard to this very singular affair ; and our cotemporary
cannot, consequently, think us premature in making the
remarks we have, and leaving the public to-forth their own
opinion of a transaction which, we are proud to say,
is as uncommon in the newspaper world, as it is held to be
unwarrantable in the more private walks of life.

TI-LE COUR,I

WINDSOR, Jan. l.7—The Duke of Cambridge and the
Duke of Newcastle arrived yesterday afternoon on a visit
to her Majesty. The dinner party included the Duchess
of Kent, the Princess Royal, the Duke of Cambridge,
Prince Ernest of Leiningen, Prince Edward of Saxe
Weimar, the Duke of Newcastle, Lady Fanny Howard,
Baroness de Speth, the Hon. Mary Seymour, Sir George

Cowper, Mr. and Lady Frances Baillie, and Colonel Tyr-
whitt. After dinner her Majesty had an evening party. The
Queen's private band attended. This being New Year's-

', the band of th,

tad Life Guards a

ssembled on the

-e at seven o'clock this morning, and performed
a selection of favourite airs. Her Majesty's annual dis-
tribution of food and clothing to upwards of 600 poor
persons of the Windsor and Clewer parishes took place
this morning in the Riding-house of the Castle. The
Queen and Prince, accompanied by the whole of the
royal family, the Duke of. Cambridge, Prince Ernest of
Leiningen, and the Duke of Newcastle, attended by the
ladies and geneemen of the household,
_proceeded to the
house at a quarter before ten o'clock, to witness
ribution, which was arranged under the direction of
1. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor, the clergy of
I Clewer, and the district vilitors for the
The . members of the Clothing Club,
• - :.qty's patronage, received at

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relief of the

established under her

the same time articles of clothing, according to the amount
of th*, contributions, with the addition provided by her.
Majesky,..., In the evening Mehul's sacred drama of
"Joseph"
was performed in St. George's-hall, by an
orchestra or nearly ode

indred and forty executants

The persons repieienied • musically

ere as follows

youngest son of Jacob:* Madan

.o; Joseph (Paaneah), 3/1--

3.eeye,gs Arscot), bi:

s ; Simeon,

euben,

I Jac(

srs. Benson, Monte,,

au p7ptian, Mr. ThOira

sons of Jacob (semi-chorus), Messrs. G.;

n, of All Saints

le choir

!'ea havir

vxsu.ith, saug several hymns and pieces
and a most delightful evening was spent

Tat NEW MII3IC-HALL AT CllESTElL—Yesterday morn-
ing the magnificent organ which has just been completed
by Mr. Jackson, of this town, for the row Music-hall,
at Chester, was opened with the performance of the sub-
lime Oratorio of the Messiah. A brilliant assemblage of
the aristocracy of the county, and of the principal inhabi-
tants of the city, filled the hell on the occasion, and
amongst tbese present were the Marquis and Marchioness
of Westminster, the Earl and Oqntitess Grosvenor, and a
large party from Eaton Hall: Sir Stephen and Lady
Glynne, and the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone and lady.
The performance of the Oratorio commenced at twelve
o'clock, and some time before that hour the company had
taken tbpir seats, and the spacious blinding was filled.
Madame Rudersdorf sang the principal soprano parts,
and was frequently enthusiastically applauded, more
especially in ." I know that my Redeemer liveth."
Lockey, who is in splendid voice, algo sang the different
parts allotted to him with great effect. In all the choruses,
but more particularly in;the " Hallelujah," the'immense
power and tine volume of tone of the instrument were
admirably displayed by'A4.. Gunton, the organist at the
Cathedral, who presided on the occasion. Mr. Gunton
pronounced it to be one of the noblest instruments:of the
kind that he ever played upon. Mr. C. Halle, of London,
acted as conductor. The instrumentalists were chiefly
from London. - The choruses throughout were well per-
formed, and altogether the Oratorio was most e ffective.
Last evening a grand miscellaneous concert was to take
place, in which the same artistes that appeared at the
morning performance.would take part, and there would
also be an organ performance: •

The Queen has appointed the Hon. Peter Campbell
Scarlett, C. 8., now Secretary to her Majesty's Legation
at Florence, to be her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of Brazil.
The Commissioners in Lunacy have (with the approba-
tion of the Lord Chancellor) appointed John Forster, of
the Inner Temple, E,cl., barrister at law, to be their
Secretary, on the resignation of R. W. S. Lutwidge, Esq.,
appointed a Commissioner.

THE BELGIAN AND AMBIIIDAN MAIL STEAMERS.--•
The Belgian steamer Belgique, which arrived at South-
ampton an Monday night, on her first voyage to America,
wilt be delayed several days in consequence of two of her
boilers having started.

SARDINIA.—From a statement published in the Pied-
montese Gazet,e, it appears that dtiring the first eleven
month, of 1855 the customs of the kingdom of Sardinia
have produced 40,1C9,362fr., being 2,477,1771 r. more
than they yielded during the corresponding period of 1854•

Sr. Pour, AND ST. BARNADAS.—Strenuous efforts are
being made by the tractarians to raise funds for defending
the case of the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Liddell, in the Court of
Arches, to which it is to be carried at the request of the rev.
gentleman. It will be tried, in all probability, in Easter
term by Sir John Dodson.

A SuccEssFri, EMIGRANT.—We have been informed by
the friends of Mr. Francis, who was formerly a printer in:
this town,, that, after labouring for some time with little
.success at .he " diggins,!' he took at last some gold, out of
one hole, worth to him alone 118,000. He: is still residing
iniine of the canvas towns the country, where' he has
started
.a newspaper.—Brigh6n Examiner.

THE PEACE BUBBLE.—L7Iie Post contains another of its
double-leaded leaders, which assume to speak is semi-
official language. Brt“he article of this morning does not
communicate a single new Giet. The writer takes
kik tex.Lithe Russian counter propOsitioii transmitted:

comes to the cc

usion that

se it can scarcely be cxpeted
pt the condit

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