The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-10 00:00:00

THE COURT.

WINDSOR, Friday, Feb. 6.—The Queen and Prince
walked in the Home Park this morning, and visited the
Duchess of Kent at Frogmore. His Royal Highness after-
wards rode out on horseback. The Princess Royal and
Princess Alice rode in the Riding-house. The Duke of
Cambridge took leave of her Majesty, and left Windsor
for London, attended by Colonel the Hon. J. Macdonald.
The Princess Victoria Gauromrna of Coorg and Mrs.
Drummond returned to Kew. The Duke of Newcastle,
the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, Lord and
Lady Stanley of Alderly, and the Right Hon. T. Pem-
berton Leigh also have taken their departure.

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WINDSOR, Saturday, Feb. 7.—The Prince of Leiningen,
the Princess Feodore of Hohenlohe Langenburgh, and
Princess Amelio of Hohenlohe Schillingfurst :dined with
her Majesty yesterday. The Duchess of Sutherland, Sir
Benjamin Hall, and Captain and Mrs. F. Sayer had the
honour to be invited. The Coldstream band played
during dinner. The Queen walked and drove in the Home
Park this morning. Prince Albert and the Princess
Royal accompanied her Majesty. The Duchess of Suther-
land and the Right Hon. Sir B. Hall left the Castle in the
forenoon. Her Majesty held a Privy Council at half-past
twelve o'clock.

SUDDEN DEATH.-Yesterday, a man named John Ed.
wards, living in Milo street, Toxteth Park, died suddenly.
Until an investigation takes place, the cause of death cannot
be ascertained.

PITT STREET WARD.—Mr. S. R. Graves was elected,
yesterday, a representative in the town council for this
ward, in the room of Mr. John Gladstone, jun., without
opposition. Mr. Graves attended in the town hall shortly
after, and made the usual declaration before the Mayor.
CHILDREN OVERLAIN.—Two children were overlain in
bed on Sunday night ; one named Mary Price, aged five
months, was found dead by its mother in bed at the West
Derby Workhouse, of which she is an inmate, and the
second; a child named James Barrow, the son of a man liv-
ing in Ann Street, Everton, was also overlain, and found
dead in the morning by its mother.
POLICE STATISTICS 1,3 R YRSTERDAY.—TiIeTO were no less
than 172 persons brought up before Mr. Mansfield, yester-
day morning, at the Police Court. The prisoners consisted
or an clashes-711111os. anu ensiraernes, assau►ts and felonies;
the details of which, occupied the learned magistrate to a
late hour in the afternoon. The dock informations and
summons cases were .disposed of by the othe other magi-
strates, in the second court, and were numerous.
AULD LANG SYNE —Last evening the pleasure seekers of
Liverpool were unexpectedly gratified by observing an old
friend, Richard Dewhurst, the only living representative of
the late celebrated Joe Grimaldi, appear in the circle of the
Amphitheatre, when he was received with a hearty welcome.
The audience seemed one and all delighted at witnessing
his gro esque and truly comic tout en senale, and acknow-
ledged with their oft-repeated plaudits the well known
phiz of :an old favourite and a good clown—a rarity in
Liverpool.

WRITE STAR, AUSTRALIAN CLIPPER.—The Morning
Light. which arrived' here yesterday, reports the arrival of
the White ['Aar, Captain Rob•rt Brown, at Melbourne, in
75 days, after one of the most remarkable passages on
record. The White Star was left outside Bell Buoy ;
wind fair, but light. The topsails were immediately set,
and from that hour until she cast anchor in ilobson's
Bay, they were never off the vessel or reefed The
circumstance indicates an extraordinary prevalence of
light winds. Still the White Star progressed rapidly,
making 16 knots an hour with goad breezes, and some-
times her speed reaehcd as high as 18 knots an hoer. To
the Cape of Good Hope she had fair average weather,
accompanied with light head winds and calms. From
that point to Melbourne the character of the winds was
adverse, and retarded her prssage considerably. Her
passengers were all landed in good health, and pleased with
the arrangements on board, and their rapid passage of 75
days. The White Star would return about the 20th
December, and may be expected to be here in a few
weeks, and take her place as the packet of the 20th April.
SCOTCH MUSICAL FESTIVAL —On Saturday evening and
during the past week, at the Concert.hall, the admirers of
genuine Scotch music (and few persons of taste who do not
admire it) were presented with a real treat, by Mr. Julian
Adams' unrivalled band of musicians, dancers, and singers.
The national music, vocal and instrumental, of Scotland,
under ordinary circumstances, is attractive, but when presented
by persons who, by superior training, have made it a study,
and brought tha science to perfection, it becomes truly
delightful. The band consists of nearly twenty persons, of
whom Mr. Bryson, of Edinburgh, is the able leader, and
amongst the performers are to found in a conspicuous
position—Mr. J. Allen, musician to the Earl of Airlie ;
Mr. D, M'Kercher (Duke of Athol's reel, &c , player), tho
Neil Gow of Scotland, Mr. P. Milne, and A. Skinner, who
are her Majesty's performers at Balmoral ; Mr. Notman, of
Edinburgh, and several others. The latter is one of the
finest " sword dancers" perhaps in the world. Mr.
M‘Dougall, the celebrated Perth piper, affords excellent
amusement, and Craufird as a singer, for sweetness and
expression, is deservedly admired. He will appear here
shortly again. Altogether the entertainment was inimitable,
and although we have mentioned the above names, the
remainder of the performers are well worthy of notice, for
the excellence displayed in their several departments.

THE SECRET TREATY.—The Presse of Saturday says :
On Tuesday evening Lord Palmerston had the last word,
The right hoaourable member for Bucks owes it to the
confidence reposed in him by a great political party, to show
that he was justified in making the statement which has
excited so much interest. That he had authority
for his assertion no one can doubt. We do not believe that
he will allow the denial of the Prime Minister to pass in
silence. Should it prove that the Premier, in his anxiety
to conceal diplomatic secrets, has relied on the technical
meaning of a word, and has denied the existence of stipu-
lations under one name which subsist under another, it will
I be impossible to regard without pity the:indiscretion which
compels him to seek shelter in a subterfuge. We await
the issue with anxiety. The end is not yet,
A UNITED SERVICE AMENITY.—The Duke of Cambridge
is a very popular Commander-in-Chief. He deserves his
popularity. He has already done good work, and promises
to all appearance sincerely to do more. But he was very
unpopular at the United Service Institution last Wednesday.
He had convened a meeting of officers to consider the most
appropriate means of erecting a public memorial to Lord
Hardinge. There was a crowded meeting, but no Duke of
Cambridge. The gallant gentlemen assembled, were kept
two hours in expectation, with nothing to do but to look
at Sir William Fenwick Williams. Ultimately the crowd
in the club room dispersed in a very orderly manner, as
United Service crowds generally do ; but the heroic bosoms
beat with a little irritation caused by " the contemptuous
forgetfulness" with which his Royal Highness had treated
them. Surely it was worth while to send a messenger with
the information that his Royal Highness would be unable to
at trnd. But, no; for two hours the originator of the meet- C
ing was expected, and he never came.—Leader.