Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-10 00:00:00

FATAL
held on Thar day at t

)ody of Alice Slarrow
ow, of the same Tau

the Wilb'sleptin
ll:the-room above; .anDort Mon-
)rning, about two ordook, he was awoke hv-the de-

stated that in t

the room below, and 1
daN

inhabit

ceased callin;

George, lam on fire."' I•arose as
quick as he ecatid, and when he descended he' found her
night head-dress on fir-3,,, and with: difficulty tore it off.
Her niobt body-clothes-and the bedclothes were also on
fire, and the house Wa& full of smoke, and it-was with
the greatest difficulty that he succeeded in extinguishing
the flames. She died the same' day in great agony.
The fire, she stated,. originated:: by her haNcing struck
a match to light her pipe. The, verdict returned was,
" Died from having been accidentally burnt.'" —A. young
lady, residing with her friends,near Cork, was so hor-
ribly burnt, on Friday week, that-she expired in a few- ,
hours. She had
.gone into the- kitchen tc.superintend
some preserve-making,. when herisght dress,,attraetedhy
the flames, caught fire. - Her- piercing scrams brought

the footman to her assistance, who endkavoured- to.
extinguish the fame, but ineffectually, as„ the poor girl
in her agonies rushed from, him, and ran out of the
kitchen, enveloped in fire.. Her sister, a: young girl of,
fourteen years of age, beium in one of the bedro7ons.ar*
hearing the screams, snatehed a blanket from the bedi,
ran down stairs with AI thing it over the flames, and
succeeded in extinguishing them, but not before the
young lady had been; so, severely burnt as to render all
chance o'recovery hopeless ; and after agonising mai'
ing, she expired, the, same evening.
AN ENORMOUS, GOLD-FIND.---A, gold-digger in .4?cus-
tralia, who appears to be more than tisusually lucky,,gives
the following account of a large mass of gold he and his
fellow-workers have succeeded in, obtaining. The intelli-
gence is communicated to his friends in England in a
eater :,_,cc It is the largest calmer amalgamated gold that
has ever been produced in the world ; it was tha result of
eighty tons of quartz, exactly four days' work,ist it took
ten men three weeksto get, it. li(hen the monster cake
was taken into Sandhurst it was too heavy to carry, so
we placed it in one of the carts, and brother Will, Mr.
Sibley, and myself took charge of it. We proceeded
to Sandhurst without exciting much interest ; but on our
arrival at the bank it began to be known that there
was a monster cake of gold to be seen, and before we
could carry it into the bank it was crowded to excess,
and hundreds were collected round, which entirely put a
stop to business, so the manager thought it would be
advisable to place it in some window, so that the people
could feast their eyes upon it without putting a stop to
their business ; so it was transferred to Mr. Jackson's
store, and exhibited for two days ; thousands came to
see it. The police were called in to keep the footpath
clear, but all to no purpose. I.am sure it would have
done your eyes good to see it, for it was a glorious
sight."
THE CRYSTAL PALACE AND THE TONIC SOL-FA
ASSOCIATION.—The existence of the Tonic Sol-Fa
Society is a curious fact in the musical history of the
present day. Teaching music by means of a notation
mainly composed of the letters of the alphabet, totally
distinct from that in ordinary use, its advocates state
that it enables them to instruct and bring forward
juvenile and adult pupils in much less time than under
the old system. Whether this be so or not, it is
certain that the promoters of the new method of nota-
tion labour most energetically in support of their theory.
One result of this industry is manifested in an extra-
ordinary, degree at the great choral meetings held by
the Tonic Sol-Fa Association at the Crystal Palace,
where from 5,000 to 6,000 children and others' are as-
sembled, who perform a variety of choral and part-song
music in a manner which elicits the warmest admiration
of practised musicians. The annual festival for the
present year will be held at the Crystal Palace on
Wednesday next, the 14th of September. It has been
fixed, at this somewhat later date than usual, that
additional preparation may be made for giving
full effect to the music selected. From the long:con-
tinued practice to which the, various schools and insti-
tutions have been subjected, it promises to be the most
pleasing and perfect exhibition of the kind which has
yet taken place. The programme comprises several
chorales, Mendelssohn's "Lift thine eyes, from Elijah,
Handel's " Hail, Judea," from Judas Maccabeus,
" Rule, Britannia," and " Sound the loud timbrel," with
many other popular pieces and part-songs. Miss Stirling,
the celebrated lady organist, will also perform several
solos. It is an object with the managers of these
displays so to keep alive tho interest of the children,
that there should be no flaming of attention on their
part. The strictest attention to the directions of
the conductor is enjoined. Simultaneous rising and
sitting down is rigidly attended to. On the last occa-
sion a very pleasing effect was produced by the entire
mass of children (who will at this time far exceed the
number at St. Paul's at the celebration of the Charity
Children's Anniversary) rising and fluttering their music,
books of various colours. As they are arranged in pic-
turesque groups the effect is very novel and pleasing.
As the especial desire of the promoters of the
association is to interest the great body of the people in
the system taught, the popularity of their meetings is
o alit to be upheld by the lowest
.possible rate of
consequently, no advance is allowed upon
theo:dnunitihussi
this
oneiuoadnla;y la s
t shilling
year 2
97571 ofp e admissionrsons attended to t the
e
ing palace.
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cl;draenndatastenthde
preparations which hmaavye
hbeeeaantiemipaad;elfior the ent
occasioii, a great day