Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-07 00:00:00

THE ►SCOTTISH MUSICAL FI
HALL.—A lame audience

TAL AT ST.
welcomed t 13.0

" Scotia's sons?" nightly performing at the &AO'
of'
ficent hall, which has almost taken the positi€

arty wifl on

that the
.performances of this ,
in Liverpool for two more evenings, . on Saturdg.
for the benefit of Mrs. and Mr. Reynolds, the el
of the " Saturday Evening Concerts "

PLEASANT ADVENTURE OF Ai. STREET- 3flY
poor boy, who has lost the use of his legs, but n
accomplished musician and plays with admirable
skill upon the accordion, has been for several yea°
a livelihood by street playing, in:Liverpool. 1-nLo
summer evenings, crowds of delighted listeners"

accustomed to gather in a cirelearenna
almost entranced by his beautifttlAnd expressise
improvisations. We learn. with pleasure,. tip
Burdett Coutts has taken the youth under her
intends to promotahis fortunes.
THE BEGGAR'S OPERA.-70h11 Gay, the autllcg.
opera, now nightly, being performed, by the,,
Opera Company, at the Amphitheatre, was
Exeter in the year-1488.. He was bred a.ntDrli
Strand, which occupation he quitted as a degr o/
his talents. But the pursuit of poetry, for 103,1Liii
seems to have brought him neither. much
much profit; fog- his. first celebrated paduct*
Fables, did not appear until 1726. This. was 01
in 1727-8, by "The. Beggar's Opera," whie? di
gave him wealth and reputation. His natural 10,4
and an unfortunate speculation in the Sough Seal
diminished his little fortune ; yet it is said- be al
possession of several thousands. His death took
1732 ; and he was interred in Westminster Al)
that particular spot called Poets' Corner, ain°'
relics and the monuments of genius..
CHRISTMA‘S• TREES, ST. GEORGE'S 11A.Li

eluding meeting

4th instant, Rev

the general comnittc
Mr. Maynard in the
St. Georp.m!'s I

thanks were passed to th

for general considerateness ; for

to Major Greig ; to Mr. P. W. 'Promoli to '7o
T. Best, to Mr. J. Armstrong, and the menibe.T
choir; to the committee of ladies, whose tasten
rations attracted so much admiration ; to Messl.;;l
Brancker and Co. ; to the noble and honourable
especially to the Earl of Derby, for the two trefi
to the Earl of Sefton for a donation of £5 and a
Mr. Alderman J. H. Turner, Mr. George Pop
John Williams, T. R Arnott, Esq., and "gr"
Esq., for contributions; to Mr. Owen Lewis,
two small trees, and ten others ; to the members I
working committee; viz :----Revs. J. M. Lister“
Thomas Wilfred Leveson, T. Holland Pain, an,
Barton, R. Tucker, Esq., W. M. Mackenzie, J
especially to John Branoker, Esq., chairman ; Pc
Stolterfoht, Esq., treasurer ; also Rev. A. .
secretary ; to the board of the Blue Coat SehooLei,
band; and to Mr. T. Wood. The clergy wp
requested to express to the teachers and pupa
the satisfaction with which the committeeoj
their careful management of the children,
pleasure which the admirable conduct of tlae ;of
has occasioned to all who witnessed the precd
The committee could not separate without elro
'Jo
gratitude for the great encouragement which
bestowed, and the humble hope that this moveriled
promote the great cause of Christian civilitvot
binding together more closely the various eco
society, by increasing the desire for domestic
and by suggesting useful and agreeable pursult6o!
young, whereby latent talent and ingenuity ol
developed, and so the dignity and power of a gres
may be further augmented to the glory of God.

THE COMET AT THE CAPE.—A comet, no &Ile':
one seen in Europe about three months sifted
attracted great interest at the Cape. When first;
01
presented the appearance of a luminous head With
like tail, of about twenty degrees, slightly cm-'j
The Banf Journal, speaking of the grain trau'il
North, says :—" There is an advance this wee
price of grain in some districts. Dealers wills 4
acknowledge a rise, yet there are a good few i,11:0
in which they have given more money for grain tL4
week, where they could not get quantities sum-
former prices."

A new movement has been originated in Russi°li,
great loss of the farmers of the spirit duties, b,upte
delight of all philanthropists. In Kowno,
peasantry have been greatly addicted to intempe7p
endeavour was made to introduce the system of
Mathew, and they were urged to appear at the
churches and "take the pledge." This requie°o
almost without a dissentient complied with,-
ence has become so general that the sale of sPI'A
been entirely stopped, and the working of all the
leries in that neighbourhood has been far some
altogether abandoned.
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON THE LANCASOIIIO
YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.---011 Wednesday morn.
frightful accident occurred on the Lancashlto
Yorkshire Railway, near Failsworth, in the ;
Cutting. It appears that the platelayers 'oleo
commencing work shortly after seven o'clock, It to'
of them, named John Peers went on the up line,
for his spade. The morning was dark andfArg,gle'V
was warned of the approach of the train from .11' it
to Oldham, but failed to get out of the way beforp
Upon him, He was literally cut to pieces. lie
wife and children tq mourn his untimely end.