Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-24 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

ST. ANNE'S STANLEY WORKING MEN'S ASSOCIATION.
—On Wednesday last, the usual weekly lecture, in the
National School-room, was delivered by the Rev. Dr.
Hume, who selected " Self-Improvement" for his sub-
ject. The effects of self-improvement were considered
in their intellectual, moral, and spiritual aspects, and
fully dwelt upon in a very interesting manner. A nu-
merous audience testified their applause, at the close of
the meeting cordially passing a vote of thanks to the rev.
lecturer. It is gratifying, on these occasions, to see so
many of the working men present, the attendance of the
members of the association being numerous. The Rev.
T. Gardner occupied the chair. Next week Mr. J.
Bailey Browne lectures on personal experience in " Aus-
tralia and the Gold Diggings."

MANDER'S ROYAL MiNAGtERIE, SHAW'S BROW —This
great exhibition of wild beast's, &c., was opened on
Saturday, and fully realised public expectation. It is the
choicest collection of animals to be met with. The lions,
tigers, leopards, &c., young and old, are the best speci-
mens of these beasts we have seen. Their training is of
a high order, and must have cost a world, of labour,
patience, skill, and courage, on the part of the
teaoher,but Ile must be wore thou repaid by the

success that has attended his exertions. The daring
fetes performed by the' Lion Hunter, SABO
MACOMO, a native of Africa, in the cage with the animals/
are truly frightful, yet, anomalous enough, the beholder
is pleased beyond description at witnessing the triumph
of man over all other creatures, no matter how savage
and fierce by nature.. The lion and tiger hunt is illus.
trative of that so called "sport" in Africa, India, and
other places, and is well worth seeing by every one. The
largest and best selected cage of monkeys we have ever wit'
nessed is here, and we defy the gravest minded person Rho
visits the exhibition, to refrain from hearty fits of laughter
at their gambols, and the excellence with which "they
take off" many leading features in the human species---
these creatures, in fact, lack only our speech, tomake theta,
four-footed little men. Their training is inimitable, and
if nothing else was to be seen, this extensive cage would(
afford ample amusement and instruction for the price 0
admission. Wolves, bears, jackalls, and other aninris
are numerous ; and there is a fine and extensive collecuo?
of rare and beautiful birds, the plumage of which Is
most attractive. There are elks, moor deer, el&
phants, camels, and a variety of all known
wild animals—some being very rarely seen _la

this country. There is an instructive short' lee'
ture with explanations, of the nature and habits of the
animals; given about every hour ; and then the "tame?'
exhibits his surprising abilities to the wonder and delight
of all. The most delicate person need not be afraid t°
visit this rare collection of zoology, as it is the cleanest
and best regulated exhibition to be met with, and per-
fectly free from any unpleasant odour, -which we have
found in other places of the kind.

THE WEATHER has changed again. Saturday was
quite fine, like a spring day, but a gale set in during the
night, and towards morning rain came down in torrents,
and continued all day, with a heavy cold atmosphere.

THE LATE DAVID LLOYD, ESQUlRE.—NOtWithgalla'
ing the lamented death of David Lloyd, Esq., of Rood;
lane, London, and Carshalton, in Surrey, the usiness 01
the firm will be continued as heretofore, and the executors
have requested the representative in this district to COo'
tinue his services as usual. This notice is for the purpose,
of contradicting reports already made by interested
parties, that the firm would not be continued as hereto'
fore. —Old Swan, January 20, 1859
EVANS'S, UPPER DAWSON-STREET.—The exceedillit
crowded state of these rooms, nightly, clearly proves t
the pleasure-seeking public are seldom backward in tbe
appreciation of stirling talent. The artistes are unques„"
tionably highly talented, and many of them of we'!"
earned reputation, as will be seen by an advertisement 111,
another column. Mr. Blamphin, an harpist of loco'
celebrity, it appears, has been engaged for a few evenings'

CHARGE AGAINST A VOCALIST.—For the last few der3
there has been all sorts of rumours going about in reference
to one or more charges, said to have been prefer,:a
against A _Wan, who has lately been before the pub'c
as a singer, and who has gained some local celebritY•
Our rule is not to notice such rumours, particularly wit!!
cases are still sub judice. However, OA Saturday, tu"
matter assumed a very notorious aspect, consequent on
the appearance of an injudicious paragraph in sa
cotemporary, which enraged every. vocalist—male a%
female—in Liverpool. We were in possession of w
facts on Thursday last, but until the case assumed soul,
tangible legal form we forbore to mention anything aboof
it. On Friday a warrant was granted for the arrest 4)f
the person alluded to, and placed in the hands of one
the detective officers, but we were informed that the
arrest of the accused was not made.

ST. SILAS' WOAKING MEN'S ASSOCIATION.—SATIOVi
DAY EVENING. CONCEUTS.—On Saturday evening, one °8
these concerts was given, .in the rooms of tbet
association, Oake-street. Amongst the gentlemen present
were —J. Bramley-Moore, Esq., who presided ; the
Mr. Moore, Messrs. Abrahams, Jackson, Grimley, Dlo`'
inson, Bramley-Moore, jun., R. Hutchison, R. Jones'
and others. 'the vocalists were Mrs. George Holden,
Miss Williams, Messrs. Sadler, Armstrong and
.;
Holden. The Chairman briefly addressed the meetifif
at the commencement and termination of the conqf;
There was a very large attendance, the room boot
densely crowded, who repeatedly manifested their apPl9/
bation by applauding the singers. At the conclusion
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the concert, a cordial vote of thanks was accorded to t",
chairman. On Saturday next, Mr. J. Broadhurst, t,l'
bandmaster of the association, will perform several 81.':
on the cornet-a-piston and flagiolet, and Miss Morr":
Mr. E. Hilton, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Sadler, and Mr. Ke 11
ruish will appear as vocalists, and Mr. J. Macrae
nreside on that occasion.

MYSTERIOUS ASSAULT UPON A POLICEMAN, YRSTSIV
DAY.—As a police-sergeant was making his round bj
the Bramrey-Moore Dock yesterday afternoon, he fall%
police-constable No. 547 (William Hunt), lying UP°,
the ground insensible,' and bleeding from a serious seal
wound, and a cut across the thumb of his right ban a
The officer's hat had fallen off, and was near him, °I
from the nature of the wounds it seemed cert3n
;
that they had been inflicted by the knife, but 11°V,
or by whom, is not known. The officer nitt.„s"o
no doubt, have been suddenly set upon by sow
ruffian or ruffians, or he must have been attempting
take some person into custody when he received t"
severe wounds from which he is suffering. The serjesti,"
on finding the unfortunate man in such a dangerous c011h;
dition, took means to have him at once conveyed to
1p
Northern Hospital, where his wounds were immediate,;
attended to and dressed; but the man continued
.to
remain so far insensible as to be unable to glc„t

any. account of the way in which he _
had wee
with his wounds. Towards evening he was sent to,
e,
home, at Eldon-place, it being supposed that he was °l.t
' coming' better • but he had only been at home a 51°01
time, when he became so much worse that a surgeon iit
to be sent for ; and at a late hour last evening the P 1
fellow was in a very precarious state, serious doubts be
1Y.4
entertained as to his recovery. Every, advisable inclin
was made by the police to discover some information,'
to the assault, but had not up to last evening succeedea•
THE FLYING DUTCHMAN. Our readers may
cell
member that some months ago the captain of the ee'lo.
brated American clipper Flying Scud, then lying in °O.
harbour, offered a wager to " all and sundry" the c",'or
tains then in port, that his ship would make a
passage to England than either of theirs, and that t
hey
wager, offered in a very " Will-any-one-tread-on-n
coat" sort of style, was taken up by a public-spirted
correspondent of ours, signing himself " A Son of
tnne," who declared he was ready and willing to back
old Dutch ship, called the Semiramis, built in 1818,. thee,'
loading, against the Flying Scud, " from pilot to pilot,
for any reasonable amount. The American's bile
"r 4 a few" by this unexpected reply to his challen9
which at first he treated with disdain, as he considered t 2
derogatory to the dignity of a "clipper " to coniPeo
witli" an old Dutch tub." Subsequently, however,. hbelieve, a sum of money was staked, though some hito
afterwards occurred ; but, be this as it may, it 113 41
undoubted fact that, the old Dutchman has proved 'og
winner, baying performed the passage to England in lof
days, while the Flying Scud occupied 114. The Soutor
Neptune " bas proved himself a knowing hand, ,1,0
certainly if ever a ship was entitled to the appellation 0
rum 'un to look at," it was the Semiramis, which 11„d
also, however, proved "a, good 'un to go.—Bove
Gazette. [The Semiramis beat the Flying I§'cud thirteL
days to Falmouth, where she was bound for orders.
our advertising columns, it will be seen that this ittl
tical ship is now loading in this port for Bombay.'.
N. T.]
MR. FRANK HOWARD'S LECTURES. —Mr. vi
Howard has just returned from the opposite side of '0
island, Deptford and Streatham, whither he had heiled
summoned to deliver lectures on " The present state 30
prospects of the Fine Arts," and on Stained Glass?
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which subjects there is no one more capable of gitir
information. He treated the Fine Arts from the of
origin,. picture-writing, through the various additioss.,s
charming composition or arrangement, harmonit)"
colouring and effective chiar-oscure—to the most cotoci:
plete combination of these qualities in Lionardo da Vinre
Titian, and Rubens. He showed that the fins arts Obi
introduced to this country, in their highest state- o)
Rubens and Vandyke, under the unfortunate Charles I. ~,
which time they declined, through Sir Peter Lely and bit
Godfrey Kneller, to the most washy insipidity. Up to ti.o
time foreigners chiefly had been employed. Some et 9.
at revival had been made by Hogarth and Sir R. Til°ro,
hill, and others of names comparatively unknooool
and under Sir Joshua Reynolds the true English scn- c
was established on the truest basis, from which t'1111.,;
until the death of Sir Thomas Lawrence, the arts P.
gressed. From some cause, which need not be inve,ej
gated in the lecture, the arts have subsequently deelll3,o
to Pre-Raffaellitism and Ruskin. He showed that '.,td
arts had only attained maturity through the succlo,
experiences of various artists during the last 3,000 Yetbe
or more, and the decline was to be attributed to of
characteristic feature of the present day - rejection et
experience, as an old wife's tale, of necessity, bluntbe
and absurdity. The lecturer was listened to with
.0.
greatest attention, and loudly applauded at the conclus,lot
In the lecture on Stained glass, Mr. Howard pinto or,
the peculiar beauty of glass—its jewel-like transparter
however rich the colour—and insisted on the 11_,,,-
city of windows admitting light, which en'P-aile.
painted glass would not do being 0133,1`,'
He described the mode of construction, and ma
design of a subject before the audience, showing 11011' le
composition was inevitably dependent upon the friaothe
material of which the window was composed, 911(1001
method of connecting the various parts, every CO.'esi
being of a separate piece. This NOVO was also suet
ful in the highest degree,