Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-11 00:00:00

THE RIFLE CORPS MOVEMENT.

A public meeting in furtherance of the above cause
was held at Seaforth, last night. There were about 150
persons present, including several respectable tradesmen
of the surrounding district. Wm. Hall, Esq., occupied
the chair, and opened the proceedings in a very humor-
ous and encouraging speech. Mr. James Smith moved
the first resolution, " That, in the opinion.of this meet-
ing, the time is rightly chosen for forming a local sub-
committee of rifles in Seaforth and the neighbourhood
in conjunction with the brigade in Liverpool, and that
this meeting pledges itself to support it." He said
that persons joining this corps would not be called
upon to make any sacrifice of time with respect
to their business. (Hear, hear.) The arrangements
were such that the necessary amount of business could
be attended to without the slightest interference. The
hours were regulated so that the drill would take place
either before the hour of business or after ; and
those young men who did not rise until, ten or
eleven o'clock, could rise at six o'clock, and
devote their time to the good of their own
health, and that of their country. Dr. Fitzpatrick
seconded the resolution, after which it was put to the
meeting, and carried unanimously. Mr. John D. Slack
then moved a resolution, appointing a local sub-
committee to support the movement, and appointing
places for receiving contributions in the town. Mr.
D. B. M'Culloch, a member of the Rifle Corps, seconded
the resolution, which was also carried unanimously.
A vote of thanks was then accorded to the chairman,
alter which the meeting broke up—several young men
enrolling themselves.

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THE SCHILLER FESTIVAL

The Liverpool festival in commemoration of the cen-
tenary of the birth of the great lyric and dramatic
poet of Germany, Schiller, took place last night in the
small concert-room at St. George's Hall, and was very
well attended. The principal part of the ceremony con-
sisted of a concert, under the direction of ller Wein-
gaertner, who conducted the vocal music and played
several solos on the piano-forte. After an introduc-
tory chorus by Mozart, a prologue was recited in Ger-
man/ by Herr E. Clauss, but our knowledge of the lan-
guage being unfortunately limited, we are unable to say

was

xact purport of i

ence were in the same predicament, we have soya
doubt as to the eui bOOO of the proceeding. This pro-
logue was broken by Beethoven's chorus "Freude
schbner Gutter-fThiken," from the choral symphony,
I introduced in the course of it, and concludo by

Ia song of Romberg's, the words of both bd

by Schiller. Becker's very beautiful quartett "Das
Birchlein" followed, after which Herr Weing,aert-
tner played Beethoven's sonata in Q sharp minor,
commonly known as

"Moonl

t Sonat

playing of it might have been called very good, hai
he not spoiled it by continually retarding and acceleratim
the time, a mode by which many pianists, in seeking t

give too much of 1-vll

to a piece

succeed in robbing it of- half its meaning
canzonet by Reichardt foliovied,: sung bp d bass 7vOice
with a soft choral accompaninientan effect with which
the Cologne singers have fam
nart-sonft "Der frohe Wani

A. Spanish

con
ccond p

part of ,th(
The

a biographical

Lersmaun

Mehdelssoln's
closed the first

began with what we gathered to

sketch of Schiller ; but, beiiii;in Germar

we cannot, for reasons previously stated, be very certain
of its tendency. The rest of the programme was' of 'the
same character as the first part; consisting of four-part
songs, varied by two piano-forte solos, aid concluding
with the German national song, "Des Dentschen Vater-
land," during the singing of whic'i the audience re-
mained standing. This was followed by an epilogue
from Herr Clauss, at the end of which the curtain at
the back of the orchestra was suddenly withdrawn, dis-
closing a fine bust of the great poet, surrounded by
a tableau of the principal characters in his dramas, illu-

minatcd by a nil liglit. The effect was very fine ; the
only drawback being that the composition, whatever it
' was, which was used for the production of the red light,
sent forth a dense vapour which occasioned a decided fit
of coughing in the house. There were two pieces encored
during the concert, the first being the Spanish Canzonet
above mentioned, the solo part of which was very well
sung by a gentleman whose name we could not ascertain ;
the second the quartett " Nettes Diarndel," v
odd burden of "Juppeidi, Juppeida." After the tableat
the seats were removed from the centre of the hall, and

the evening terminated with a ball

FINE

kRTS

-erday, we were favoured with an inspection of
four high-class pictures, in the exhibition gallery of
Messrs. Agnew and Sons, Liverpool and London Cham-
bers, Exchange. The pictures, as already stated,-are
four in number, and, we are glad to add, of rare beauty
and excellence as works of art. The chief of these is
the admirable and telling picture by E. M. Ward, R.A.,
entitled, "The Royal Family of France in the
Prison of the Temple." In this picture, which
was. first publicly shown at the Royal _
demy Exhibition , in 1851, and at that time

attracted a large amount• of attention and commanded
very general admiration, including the wisely-cultured
judgment and good taste of her Majesty.
popularity and general favour are scarcely to be won-
dered at when the great excellence of the picture is taken
into consideration. In general composition, as a work of
art, it is telling and artistic. The conflict of emotions in
the bosom of the insulted King has been soothed into a
sort of disturbed slumber, which is being protected from
interruption with intense anxiety by the Queen, the
unhappy partner of his captivity and humiliation. Their
unhappy daughter is placidly occupied in pouring water
into a flower vase to su.tain their drooping vitality, an
incident finely suggestive of the dependent and helpless
condition of the royal prisoners ; while the Dauphin, a
fine boy, is busied in the pursuit of some quiet amuse-
Ment, unlikely to disturb the rest of his unhappy
father. The drawing of the group is . admirable
in all its details. It is minute and beautiful in
its fidelity ; and the expression of attitude and
countenance of all the characters is in all respects appro-
priate. In colouring, as in light and shadow, it is also
masterly; and when engraved, which it is intended to
be, by Mr. Samuel Cousins, in his best style, the entire,
success of it, as a masterly specimen of that art, cannot
be doubted. Besides the picture referred to, in the
same gallery we also saw the admirable picture of
"The Huguenot Maidens," by Madame Henrietta
Browne, a work of great .excellence and quiet artistic
merit. Two others, entitled "Life at Seville ;" "The
Prayer and the Promenade," from the pencil of Johit
Philip, A.R.A., taken along with the two already
noticed, constitute an art exhibition highly deserving of
inspection and study. They will, we understand, be on
view only for a few days.

Its gre

CORRESPONDENCE.

[We do not lold ourselves responlible for the opinions of

our correspondents.]

SHOP FRONTS

TO THE EDITOR , OF THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES

?or the information of such of your readers as
may not have access to the Act of Parliament, I tran-
scribe that portion which refers to shop fronts. Your
readers will see that the act is so absurd as to legalise
an encroachment and a nuisance

"No projection of any kind shall be made in front of
any building, over or upon the pavement of any street,

except for shop fronts o; doorway s. No part of such shop
front or doorway, in streets under ten yards wide, shall
project more than six inches, except the cornice, which

inak project fifteen 'inches, in streets more than ter
yards wide. No sho_p front, or doorway, shall proi(
more th

twelve inche

;, except the cornice, which ii

project eighteen inches."

gow, as Church-street is more than ten yards
wide, the owners of Compton House were entitled
11/ this law to take a strip of land twelve inches
wide from the public ; and no doubt their
studying their interest, considered it his dirty to take all
his clients were entitled to. They, however, have
waived their right, and set back. the part at their

architect

own Mgt.

The absurdity of the law is rendered yet more
apparent by the proceedings lately instituted against
Mr. Picton for putting up balconies in Dale-street.
The owners of property may take a number of square
yards from the footwalk of a crowded street, already too
narrow for the traffic, but they may not take a few
inches out of the atmosphere, fifty or one hundred feet
from the ground, where nobody will miss them ! Surely
the force of folly can no further go!
The public are much indebted to you for your timely
observations.—Yours, &c., AN ARCHITECT.

THE BIRKENHEAD FERRIES.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHEIMDAILY TIMES.

Six,—Having recently observed in one of your con-
temporary newspapers a letter, signed "W. J. .N.,"
relating to the bell appropriated for the dismission of
the boats from the Landing-stage, I most emphatically
endorse the correspondent's suggestion, knowing how
thoroughly inconvenient (if not absurd) it is in its
present position (I refer to the inaudibility of the bell
to parties approaching the Landing-stage from the north
end, especially when the wind prevails in the north and
north-west). I beg most respectfully to name another
important (I may almost say indispensable) requirement,
viz., some additional lamps affixed on the Landing-
stage, over the gangways of the principal boats that ply
to and from the same, similar to the one erected for the
Woodside boats ; thereby many serious accidents would
be obviated, and the general traffic vastly facilitated. I
do sincerely trust the authorities will accept the sugges-
tions made by my colleague-corre,spondent together
compared with other
with the accompanying one, feeling assured that they
will be fully appreciated by the inhabitants generally. In
conclusion, I would venture to state that the outlay
less importance as
local
cai the abovewould be
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suggestion, which, I feel convinced, is paramount to all
other requirements in that locality; and, if conceded to,
will give unbounded satisfaction to the public at large.
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TIDAL CURRENTS. No. II

TO THE EDITOR. OF THE NOW

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