The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-26 00:00:00

PHILHARMONIC CONCERT.

The Philharmonic Clociety commenced their present
season on Tuesday evening with a miscellaneous concert, I
for which the principal artistes engaged were Miss
Catherine Hayes, Mad'me Coreili, Mr. Charles Brahara,
Mr. Allan Irving, and Mr. G. A. Osborne. The great
attraction of the evening was, of course, the " Swan of
trill," as Miss Hayes is poetically styled by her admirers.
She sang " Softly sighs," from " Der Frieschutz ;" Alary's
vocal polka, from " Le Tre Nozie 1 " Casta Diva," from
4' ma ;" and Moore's ballad, " The Last Rose of
Summer." In each of these pieces she created a most
decided and satis6ctory sensation, the Italian pieces
displaying her executive talents to great advantage. In
fact, so far as mere musical skill is concerned, Miss Hayes
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is faultless ; but we confess that our taste requires. a little
more expression of feeling than was displayed by her on
this occasion. The audience, however, were, to all
appearances, perfectly satisfied, and anxious to encore
everything, but the fair artiste only granted this favour
when the " polka'' was re-demanded. Mr. Allan Irving,
a singer neW to the Philharmonic audiences, made his
debut' on the present occasion. His voice and style, though
displaying the novice, are good and promising, and if the
singer had had something better allotted to him than a dull
air w-Donizetti's Maria de Rade.zz, he would doubtless
ek
ha: •s z •d greater effect. Mr. Charles Braham, who is
imp a rapidly as a concert singer, displayed great
taste in the air "Ah si tremendo," from Donizetti's
Belisario, and in a pretty• duet with Mr. Irving, " La
Giovenezza," by Lillo. The choir sang the charming and
quaint chorus " La brezza," from Le Prophete, with admi-
rable steadiness, and in this, as well as in Mendelssohn's
four-part song "Now morning advancing," and "From the
hills to the valley," from Guillaume Tell, they came in most
deservedly for a large share of the applause of the evening.
The band, too, were in capital play throughout the concert
—the overtures to " Oberon" and "Leonora" being
played with unexceptionable delicacy and verve. Mr.
Osborne, one of our best native pianists, gave a careful
and sensible performance of \Veber's " Concert Stuck ; "
and the concert, which was evidently an agreeable one to
the audience, and creditable to the society, terminated
most appopriately and pleasantly with the " National
Anthem." .

INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.—March 3 R. Clements, Liver
pool, earthenware dealer; March 3, E. Jones, Liverpool.
bricklayer and plasterer ; March 3, W. Smith, Everton
porter ; March 3, R. R, id, Liverpool, beerhouse keeper ;
March 3, T. R. Smith, West Derby, journeyman joiner;
March 16, A. M. Harvey, Manchester, book.keeper and
commission agent; March 16, H. Cuss, Ojenshaw, Lanca-
shire, clerk.—Partnerships Dissolved : W. S. Birch and T.
K. Orme, Manchester, wharfiugers ; F. Parker and E.
Finnesey, Liverpool, general dealers ; J. Booth and P.
Smith, Hulme, Lancashire, engineers : J. A. Newnham and
W. Gevea, Liverpool, ship store dealers; J. Yeoward and
J. F. Tafe, Liverpool, ship brokers.—Declarations of
Dividends : J. Ledward, jun., Gurton, Lancaster, cotton
manufacturer—first div. of 3s 6d, on any Tuesday, at Mr.
Frazer's, Manchester.—Dividends : March 10 and 17. T.
Thomas, Manchester, milliner; March 9, J. C. Gaskell and
T. Gantang, Blackburn, machine makers ; March 31, R.
Derham, Leeds, and W. A. Hinde and J. Derham,
worsted spinners.
PHILOMA.THIC S]CIETY.—This solciety met in the Royal
Institution, last night. Mr. James Birch presided; and
among the members present were—Messrs. Picton, J. R.
Jeffery, McLaughlin, Payne, Frodsham, Sleigh, Woodburn,
Buxton, Tinling, Gill, Rimmer, Foard, Wylie, Marshall,
Lambert, Radish, &c. Before the public proceedings com-
menced, the committee agreed upon an address, to be pre-
sented to Mr. William Brown, M.P. The paper for the
evening was by Mr. Picton, on " German Lyrical Poetry."
After some remarks on the adaptability of German to
rhythmic purposes by its power of expansion and compres-
sion, the lecturer gave a brief history of the rise of the
lyrical poetry of Germany. The chief part of the paper
consisted of extracts exemplifying the different styles into
which that poetry branched—the religious, the didactic, the
descriptive, the amatory, the patriotic, the warlike, the
convivial, the humourous, &c. The lecturer read extracts
from Luther, Von Kleist, Tiedge, Matthison, Goethe,
Schiller, Korner, Arndt, Burner, &c. &c. He also read one
or two specimens of the Burchen-lieder, such as the well
known " Fox" song, and the almost equally well known
" Gaudeamus." He concluded by a lengthy analysis of
Burger's "Leonora." A short conversation and a vote of
thanks to Mr. Picton followed the reading of the paper.
STANLEY VILLAGE LECTURES. —The subject of the lecture
de'ivered in St. Ann's National School Room, on Tuesday
evening, was " A Visit to Pompeii," by Thomas Inman,
Esq., M.D., The lecturer described the city as having been
originally surrounded by walls, much after the style of old
Chester, and to have eonsisted almost entirely of superior
habitations ; few traces of the poorer class of houses being
found. The costumes of the ladies of Pompeii wore com-
mented upon, and several diagrams displayed, showing a
strong resemblance between some of their dresses, and a
farmer's "smock frock," or child's round pinafore of the
present day. Their jewellery appears to have been of a
varied class, and in some cases very valuable, An illustra-
tion representing ore of the earrings worn, caused
much amusement from its size and peculiar form,
to appreciate the beauty or utility of this jewel,
however, required a more minute examination
than a casual observer could bestow. Several emblematic
designs, c pied from the walls of Pompeii. were submitted
for inspection to the audience, and being of a beautiful
description, attracted much attention, particularly a figure
of " Miriani." At this point the lecturer proceeded to
describe the relative positions of Vesuvius and the city of
Pompeii, in illustration of which the town of Mold and
Moel Farnruau were selected as analogous. A glossier
account of the phenomena attendant upin the eruption of
Vesuvius was introduced,commencing withthe circumstances
preceding the event, and followed by a description of the
terrible showers of ashes, stones, and streams of lava, which
resulted in the destruction of the doomed city. After the
foregoing remarks, the lecturer proceeded to describe the
present state of the ruins, and gave a most interesting
account of his visis to the place. In doing so, several
allusions were made to Sir Edward Balwer Lytton's novel,
" The last days of Pompeii," which Dc. Inman assured his
audience was in many respects well calculated to give the
reader a correct idea of the city, and incidents which had
occurred therein. The inhabitants of Pompeii would
appear to have been fond of sports, the amphitheatre being
capable of containing about 20,000 spectators. From the
circumstances under which skeletons were found, it
has been conjectured that many of the male
population were attending some public amusement
when overwhelmed in the common destruction.
Towards the close of his observations the lecturer gave
many details, showing the various positions in which
remains of the inhabitants had been discovered ; some vainly
endeavouring to carry off treasure, and overtaken by death
in the very act; others running away in terror, and one
group .of skeletons firmly clinging to each other as though
for mutual protection in their last extremity. Dr. Inman
concluded amidst great applause, and received the unanimous
thanks of the audience. The Rev. Thomas Gardner kindly
presided, as usual. Next Tuesday Mr. Cooke lectures on
" Pastoral Poetry," with selections.
DUTCH R,HENISH RAILWAY.—A special meeting of this
company was held at Amsterdam, on the 21st instant,
Count Schimmelpenninck in the chair. The English
proprietors were represented by R. S. Norris. Esq., of
the London and North Western Railway, and H. C.
Beloe, Esq., of Liverpool. Mr. &toe proposed the first
resolution, recommending the appointment of Mr, H.
Ameshoff as a director of the company. This gentleman,
as would be seen by the report of the directors, had for
years filled with ability and satisfaction to all parties the
office of secretary to the Rhine Navigation Committee,
and thus, from the very nature of his occupation, was
thoroughly acquainted with every detail of the goods
traffic up the Rhine and into central Germany, In
making this proposition. the shareholders were only
carrying out the pledge given by Mr. Charles Holland, at
their last meeting, that they would endeavour to find a
suitable gentleman to act as a director who, on the one
hand, from being a native of the country, should command
the confidence and good will of the commercial classes,
and on the other, from his knowledge of the traffic into
Germany, would be enabled to promote the interests of
the shareholders. Since his (Mr. Beloe's) arrival in Hol-
land he had endeavoured to ascertain the opinion of all
parties as to the proposed appointment, and he was glad
to acknowledge that he had received the strongest expres-
sions of approval from all those whom he had consulted,
more especially alluding to a letter he had received from
Mr. Faber Van Reimsdyk, expressing his high opinion of
Mr. Ameshoff, Count Schimmelpenninck was happy,
from inquiries personally made amongst the commercial
community of Amsterdam, to confirm the favourable im-
pression expressed by Mr. Beloe. The resolution was
carried by acclamation. Mr. Beloe then proposed that Mr.
Amcshoff's salary should be fixed at £5OO per annum. In
fixing upon this amount the shareholders had taken into
consideration that this gentleman was resigning a situation
held for • life, whereas -his present appointment would
depend upon the goodwill of the shareholders and of the
realisation of the hopes entertained by them of the
success of the company. Moreover, it was distinctly
understood that he should devote the the whole of his
time to the duties of the direction. This proposition
was also carried unanimously, and Mr. Norris having
proposed a voto of thanks to the chairman, the meeting was
dissolved,

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS•

[By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph,'

THE CHINESE WAR.

A despatch from Trieste, of yesterday
date, states that a numerous Chinese fleet had
attacked the English naval forces, and
had afterwards retired in good order, under
protection of the forts at Canton. Admiral
Seymour had landed some troops, and set fire to
the greater part of the Faubourg of Canton, and,
of the fleet of the Chinese rebels which had joined
the Imperialists at Whampoa