The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-06 00:00:00

THE AMPHITHEATRE.-MR. T. C. KING.

This artiste has achieved a reputation in Liverpool,
equalled by few of his rivals at present on the stage. The
house has not been so well filled during the week as we could
have wished, but it must be remembered that, to secure
large popular audiences, an actor must be an established
favourite, and that Mr. King was comparatively unknown
to the Liverpool public previous to his first appearance
here. Although, we understand, an Englishman by birth
and family, Mr. King has made his reputation so far in
Ireland, and has yet to secure for himself a position
equally distinguished in his own country. We have no
hesitation in saying that we believe him fully qualified to
attain high success in the path he has chosen. He has
deep feeling and cultivated judgment—a thorough appre-
ciation of his art, and a singular power of spontaneous
and varying expression. During the past week he has
appeared in a variety of characters, and has been deserv-
edly applauded iu each. As Claude Melnotte and Virginius
he has been especially successful. With the recollection
of some of our greatest performers of the present genera.
tion in the latter character still freshly before us,
we can say that we have rarely seen a more
natural and unexaggerated representation of passion,
grief, and despair than Mr. King realised. Of his Hamlet
we cannot speak, not having had the good fortune to be
present at the performance; and of his Othello we have
already spoken. Where there is so much to praise and
to augur success from, we do not think it necessary to
dwell on any slight deficiency which time and practice
will be sure to remedy. The result of our observation is
a general and decided feeling of approbation, and we can
only hope that Mr. King's future, career in this country
may render that success certain to which its opening.here
entitles him most reasonably to aspire. _

The German dancers performed at this theatre during
the week, and the deservedly favourite " Willow Pattern
Plate " burletta was resumed.

VOUSDEN-QUEEN'S HALL.

To the thousand—or rather ten ;thousand and one—
inquirks made about this wonderful favourite for the
last fOrtnight, we :Are now enabled to say that he re-
appears at the Queen's Hall on Monday night, having (as
the public will hear with satisfaction), quite recovered
from his serious cold and sore throat. He will be enabled
to appear with recruited health, and bring with him the
intellectual vigour that has almost enchanted hundreds of
thousands. Not only for his own sake, but for that of
the public also, will this announcement be read with
pleasure, for fully half the people of Liverpool were dis_
appointed at his illness. He will now make up for that.

It may be gratifying to the friends of Viscount Stuart
to whose accident we referred yesterday, to know that after
three days he was sufficiently recovered to undergo the
fatigue of removal from the Messrs.. Glasgow's residence,
whose mills he was visiting, to Stuart Hall, and has now
dispensed with the further attendance of the medical gen-
tlemen.—Communicated.

THE WEATHER, for the past week, has been chiefly hot
and sunny, with some welcome cooling rai❑ at ❑ight.
Yesterday, up to three o'clock, was extremely bright and
warm ; at that hour a tremendous shower came down, but
it did not last long. The remainder of the evening was
rather dull and gloomy, with an oppressive, warm at-
mosphere.

THE HOUSE SURGEONS OF THE SOUTHERN HOSPITAL.-

surgeons of this establishment, on retiring from the house,
were presented with a valedictory address, signed by sixty
patients, who expressed the deepest gratitude to these
gentlemen for their attention, skill, and humanity to them
whilst labouring under various accidents and disease, and
heartly wishing them success in their future career. The
compliment was well deserved, as both gentlemen are
remarkable for the qualities mentioned.
MORE POCKET PLCKING. —Last evening, a respectable
female was standing in Lime-street, near the London and
North Western Railway station, waiting for the arrival
of the evening train, when she was in a moment sur-
rounded by a number of the "cadgers," who are
permited to loiter about that locality, and after being
" hustled" about for some time, the rogues departed.
She immediately afterwards discovered that she had lost
from her pocket a watch and purse, containing about seven
shillings. Surely, on such occasions as " cheap trips,"
when there is such an immense influx of visitors to the
town from all pars,] the Chief Constable might give his
instructions for an extra officer or two to be on duty in that
locality, to prevent the natives of the Lawn being plundered,
as well as the strangers who visit it.
THE ATLANTIC CAB/AL—lt seems now settled that the
Niagara is to come round to the Mersey to ship the
Telegraph Cable which is to connect the Old and New
worlds. Many persons are under delusion as to the size
of this cable, and, therefore, when they first sea an ordinary
looking wire rope of five-eight inch in diameter, which is
to be the cable,—the exclaimation is time all, escapes the

lips almost involuntarily. May the diminaative size of
this, suggest the idea, that where already so great a tie of
brotherhood exists, a small additional tie is all-sufficient
for the interchange of those sentiments which mutual
affection generates, and which mutual interests encourage.
We find that experiments are on foot to try the efficacy of
Saxby's Patent Stopper in holding this cable—the singular
properties of this stopper bearing comparitively so large a
surface of a substance without difficulty in releasing, and
and at the same time, without disturbing the form of the
substance held, seem to promise that this simple invention
may render good service, as it already has to so many
of our shipping in holding their chain cables. Nous
verrons,

It is stated that Lord H. Bentiock is about to remove
hip extensive stud from Welibeck to Greetwell, near Lin-
coln, and that at Greetwell accommodation for fifty
horses is to be erected.

KEEPING OUT THE LIGIIT.—The Daily News, Morning
Advertiser, Morning Herald, and all the evening papers,
without exception, were seized at the P ,ris post-office. on
Sunday. The Times was " under arrest" for some time,
but wa3 ultimately released.

The regatta under the auspices of the Royal Harwich
Yacht Club, usually one of the most interesting round the
coast, is appointed to take place on the 30th instant. A
great many very handsome prizes will be given, and
amongst them a handsome piece of plate by Mr. Aree
deckne, the spirited commodore,
The usual notices relative to mad dogs have been issued
iu many provinci towns. In Lincolnshire several house-
holders and occupiers of land have represented to the
magistrates that many beasts and sheep have lately either
died in a rabid state, or have been destroyed by the owners
in consequence of having been bitten by mad dogs.
MAGNETISM IN ROME.—A letter from Rome, dated the
2.5!h ult., and published in a continental pati-r, says that
a Roman citizen, named Giovanni Fabiani, was committed
to prison during the preceding week, on a charge of being
a magnetiseriod a promoter of the diabolical art. Signor
Fabiani had occupied himself with magnetism for his
amusement, hut he did not practice it as a profession. He
invited his friends to witness his experiments, but he did
not receive money.
We read in the Stamford Mercury :—A. requisition to
tha Major to eali a public meeting of the citizens to
congratulate the Lord-Lieutenant of the county upon his
provideetial escape from shipwreck has been presented.
We feel assured that there is not an individual to whom
his lordship's name is known who will not sympathise with
this movement ; for now that he has outlived the calamity
of political faction, and his sterling moral worth as a
senator and a landlord is appreciated, it is felt that the loss
of the Earl of Yarborough would not be merely a local
deprivation, but in the strictest sense a county calamity.
The Mayor (N. Clayton, Eeq.) has appointed the meeting
I to take place this (Friday) evening, at the Guildhall,"