The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-01-12 00:00:00

AMUSEMENTS.

THEATRE ROYAL.—The inclemency of the weather
Siturclay evening did not prevent a very comfortable audienoB
assembling at this house, to inaugurate the -debut on the
stage of Mr. Miranda, a tenor singer of good ability, who
lately met with most flattering receptions at the St. Ge ree'S
Ball Saturday Evening Concerts. The piece chosen for bio
appearance was the pretty musical burletta of "The Water
man," and the character that of TOM Tug. Of the
acting of Mr. Miranda we have nothing to say, as he himeel-
- pretensions to that line, although we think he F
not very. much deficient in that department, and evt
those short-comings may be considerably overcome by studl
and practice. His singing was excellent. We ha/e
before spoken of his abilities in connect;on with the concert/
above-named, and, in his new character, everything.wasili:
his favour. His first song, " Jolly Young Waterman;"
really and truly one of the best interpretations we' ha/'
heard for a long time, and richly deserved the simultaueottl
repetition which was demanded. Again, " Farewell, Itt
trim built Wherry," was given in that true sympathetic stfre
which proved it to be one of his happiest efforts. But iri
the celebrated " Bay of Biscay" he gave us a rendering ths;t
it has seldom been our good fortUne to listen to, and, index'brought back our memories to the days when Braham sod
Incleden held our enchanted senses. Mr. Miranda certaieL
made a " decided hit" upon this occasion, and was lonau
encored in the whole of his songs. Miss Oliver nude+
very good Whilhelminei, and Mr. Stoyle out-did himself:ll
the character of Robin, singing " Cherries and Plume IrIPI
great gusto. The sacceszfal phietomime concluded it
entertainments. We may mention that Mr. Miranda
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engaged to sing at Reynold's People's Concerts, at
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St.- George's Hall, on Saturday, evening pat. „if
'GERMAN Muslc , --We have seldom eeperienced griak`
pleasure than we did on Thursday evening last yeteeeq;
attended a very interesting lecture delivered by our yeel
townsman, Mr. Jahn B. Cooper, in the Mill lane tce •
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rooms, for the benefit of St. Chrysostom's Worevin-Merri.,
Association The attendance was large, and included 112_1
of the most influential inhabitants of the district, as I'',
as a considerable number of working men. Although'l
understand this was Mr. Cooper's first appearance al,
lecturer, and notwithstanding that he was suffering fietry,,
severe hoarseness, it was quite- evident at the outset tPort
he was a perfect matter of his subject from the beantl
his composition and the excellence of its delivery, -Aro
lecture was illustrated by several solos, sung la se,
style which did him great credit, and was listened 7,
with marked attention and warmly applauded throughaul
Mr. Cooper commenced by remarking on the improert
influences of music, and that he had chosen for his fir,'
essay the German school, as a musical taste was the 41;
tinguisbing characteristic of this nation, as compared 104 i
that of any other country, and drew a favourable pallid
bAween them as contrasted with the English, French, ea
Italians, remarking that scenery and atmospheric influelle;
no doubt combined to produce a lasting impression whili
neither time, nor circumstances, nor distance '
obliterate, or even efface. This, he remarleedi
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had been beautifully described by Goldsmith, in, allual
to this sentiment amongst the Swis

Dear is that shed to which his soul cOnforms",
And dear that which lifts him to the storms :
And as a child, when scaring sounds molest,
Clings close and closer to the mother's breast,.
So the loud torrent and the whirlwind's roar,
But bind him' to his native mountains more. 4,
This feeling was strikingly exhibited -amongst the Gerinsnris
who, wherever he might be found, was always enthusis8.
in the praises of the Fatherland and his beautiful 'ROM
The same characteristic was strongly. developed in wf-
nrisical compositions of the Ge-man masters—which elk
secured for their works the active sympathy "of the pe°P
The four part songs were then alluded to by the leetu
and several of them were sung. in a very creditable stylei",
the gentlemen. who assisted him on the occasion. o
Cooper then took a rapid review of several. of their fei,
composers, including Mozart, Von Weber, Har4
F. Schubert, Kreutzer, Marschner, Thethole7
Mendelsshon, and Kucken, 'commenting on their perso°oo
history and character,lnterspering his remarks with.vari°
anecdotes, and giving illustrations from their compositioesd
and, in conclusion, paid a merited compliment to Messro-‘,
L. Hatten, Bennett, Macfarren, and other English el#
posers of the day. He also took occasion to mentionnnto
very handsome donation of Miss Julia St, G.lorge, of
tickets of admission to het' clever entertainment, for the ato
the members of St. Chryostom's Working Man's'Associsur,
The Rev. J. Ifacnaught, ina highly. complimentary adde7,
p oposed a vote of thanks to-IKr. Cooper; for his very iil-0
resting lecture • and also alluded in very feeling teriPsvo
the handsome donation of Miss Julia St.. George, lie toi
begged to include in thevote of thanks; the gentlemen..,l4'
had so kindly assisted the lecturer ; which were, af-°°ul7;
he
carried by acclamation. The national anthejn was t
sung, and the meeting separated, -after passing a
pleasant evening.

Mr. Fenton surgeon, Great George street, was elected
Fellow of the Royal Celiege of Surgeons on Thursday lasti",i
FUNERAL OF MR. O BRTHERTON, M.P.—The fuse
of Mr. Brotherton has been fixed for Wednesday Int
At a meeting of the Salford Town Council on Thtersdak,,,
was agreed that the corporation-shonld'attendahe obsectlll;i
MORE STABBING.—..OII Saturday night -a woman, eta'9.o
Anne Hunt, was stabbed in the head by another womaciii
Paisley street; and was taken to the Northern irospit9o'f,
where every attention was paid to her.,. The perpetrat
has got away for the present.
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THE REv. J. 8.. OMEN.—This .well known lecture
gives the second of the Sunday School and Literary Instittof.
course of lectures, in the Liverpool Institute, Mount steel!
tomorrow- (Tuesday), on « The Gallery of Tempers."
Cheetham, Esq., M.P. for the county, will preside.
BURSTING OF ONE OF THE RIVINGION WATER Perreq'
On S•turday afternoon one of the new pips laid down to
convey the Rivington water to Liverpool, burst at Kensinfo
ton, in the main road, a short distance from the point wile
the pipes are connected with the Kensington reservoir. ,
ST. ANNE'S DISPENSARY AND EYE AND EAR INS/Ifir
mne-9, ROSE lIILL —New patients entered on the b. 00„,
last week, viz :-January 101 h, .1857,—Relieved at Ili,
institution, 150. Relieved at their own dwellings,
Caselof prevailing epidemic, 0. Total, 199. Visitors, ,f",
E. Watts, and Kirk. Honorary secretary and treasury-
Jrreph Kitchen, Esq.
FROSTBITTEN SAILORS. Yesterday the ship Alhe°,fie
Gallatin arrived here from New York, and • immediateiti
after two men, named James Howard and Charles DutPei;
who were sailors on board, were conveyed•to.the Northeret
Hospital, having their hands frostbitten in a terrible manilA,
from the severity of the weather experienced on the .vO5ll-,0
They were at once admitted, and everything that could e<
done was resorted to, and the men remain at present CP
treatment. •
ALARMING -EXPLOSION OF GAS.— Yesterday morSl
about six o'clock, a fearful explosion of gas .took plae,fle
the Melbourne Hotel, Green lane, Stanley, which aw,el
considerable amount , of damage to the house,
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inflicted strious injuries upon Mrs. Little, the landlad9.%
the establishment. It appears that a little before alio
o'clock yesterday morning, Mrs. Little went down stairlio
consequence of perceiving an unusually strong smell offrhe
coming., from one of the rooms below. On going into t,
bar, the smell became stronger, and she imagined it 086111
from, the snug adjoining. She entered this room, in «et-he
a sliding one light chandelier was lighted, the servant II 0
house being about to place a fire there. 'Mrs. Little °I.OO
in the act of throwing up the chandelier when an expleBol
took place. She was knocked down, and very severely bug,
about the arms, face, neck, and other parts of her blnce
The window of the snug was blown out, and the 'tee
shattered to pieces. A number of pictures hung upon •
walls were also blackened a id burnt, and the chail'Ae ale
almost everything else in the room destroyed. A ,iglipt
'eltolown in the bar was also blown out by the force PI, ,0
exploiion, -as also one in another room some distancel4llo
the scene of the explosion, besides which, one of the
n om windows upstairs was blown out.

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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

SETTLEMENT OF THE SWISS QUESTION.

PARIS, SATURDAY.
The misunderstanding between Prussia and
Switzerland has been amicably settled.
The following is the basis upon which Prussia
and Switzerland agree to live in peace
Pirst, that the prisoners awaiting their trial shall
he liberated.
Second, that the prisoners shall leave the terri-
tory of Switzerland.

And, third, that Neuchatel shall beziomo entirely
Independent of the Government, of Prussia.
In accordance with this arrangement, the hostile
demonstrations of both Powers will be at an end.
England approves of the conditions we have
specified, and these conditions have also received
the sanction of France. The result has caused
great joy at Berne.