Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-14 00:00:00

THE AMPHITHEATRE.

Daring the past week, this theatre has relied upon its
own resources, the performances beic wholly conducted,
by the stock company, and many of the pieces were brought
out in so creditable a manner, that the absence of any
leading actor from the metropolis was very little felt. Tee
performances will be carried on in the same manner, in
the Amphitheatre, for the first three days of this week ;
after which, the company will perform for a short time et
the Theatre Royal. The Amphitheatre will then—as the
advertisement announces—undergo some internal altera-
tions, to make it suitable for the reception of an equestrian
company, who are to display their attractions during the
Christmas holidays.

THE MAYOR AT TILE SATURDAY NIGHTS' CONCERTS.

On Saturday, His Worship the Mayor patronised the
People's Concerts, at St. George's Hall, by attending to
hear Kalodzy's Hungarian band, and Miss Armstrong.
The concert was devoted by Mr. Hine° to the benefit
of the District Provident Society, and the Hall was
crowded. The band was, as usual, spirited and
noisy. Kalodzy's solo on the violin, was nothing very
striking, The solo on the flugel horn was very good, and
encored. It was a fantasia ou Fra poco in " Lucia di
Lammermoor." Miss Armstrong fully sustained the
impression she has male at these concerts. Her beautiful
voice rung through the hall, and the style in which she
gave Balfe's ballad, " The Green Trees Whispered,"
reminded every one around us of Miss Dolby, as we
heard freely expressed on all sides. Miss Armstrong was
encored, and in response gave " Over the Sea'' very sweetly.
Her second song was Hobb's " Captive Greek Girl ;" but
here, as we have before observed of her singing, more
spirit and energy evas required. She was, nevertheless,
encored, and gave " Home, Sweet Home," with pathos
and character enough to remind us of Maria Free, the
original impersonator of Clari. Mr. Best played two solos
on the organ—the first, a spirited triumphant march, by
Mayerbeer, which was encored and repeated, after some
hesitation. The second was Handel's "Hallelujah
Chorus." During the interval between the parts, the
Mayor came into the middle of the Hall, to lo.)k at Frank
Howard's design for one of the windows. It is unfortunate
for the artist that the material on which the design
is painted is not flat ; for, under the influence of
the gaselier immediately opposite to it, the
irregularities of surface, caused by the pucker-
ring of the seams, such glaring lights destroy tie
effect from many parts of the Hall, especially from the
centre of the body, where most persons would go to look
at it. The bust position for seeing the colouring is a few
yards nearer the organ than the centre of the floor, so as
to get the light from the gaselier on the left of the design.
We understand that this by night shows most nearly the
effect of colour which Frank Howard proposed to produce
by stained glass in the day time.

BOS CO.-QUEEN'S HALL.

Oar readers have only to be rernindec.l that this evening
Bosco will appear at the above hall, and if ever a treat was
e joyed we promise them one. We speak of what we
know of this genius, and from what we have heard he
will add to his former performance.

Madame Ristori is now in PariF, nal was at tha Italian
Operas on Thursday night.
Miss Kemble, a daughter of the late lamented John
Mitchel Kernble, is about to snake her first appearance in
"The Messiah," which is to be the next of Mr. HuHall's
sacred cosicerts.

Madame Viardot has accepted a short engagement to
sing in the opera at Warsaw, and is by this time there.

Rumour says (we quote the At/tent:cum) that Md'lle.
Piecolonaini is studying the heroine's part in L'Etoile du
Nsrd, with a view to that opera being presented during
the coming season at her Majesty's Theatre.
11.1 en.% ME GASSIER.-Tais accomplished and popular
prima donna has departed for Rome, where she has con-
cluded an advantageous engagement for the period of the
C arnival.

The barque Abraham, of Sunderland, has been wrecked,
sixty miles from Lisbon, and four hands lost. The captain
and remainder of the crow were brought home by the
Brazilian steamer Tyne.
APPREHENSION, AT PRESTON, OF A SUPPOSED MANCHESTER
Buttaata —On Wednesday, at the Preston Town Hall, a
young man, named John Higginson, was placed in the dock,
on suspicion of having been concerned in a burglary, at
Moston, near Manchester, on the night of the 3rd and 4th
instant. A considerable quantity of plate and plated
articles was stolen from the dwelling-house of a gentleman
there, on that night, and the prisoner had been offering
articles for sale at the watchmakers' shops, in Preston.
From information received, Joseph Dearden, the town
bailiff, apprehended Higginson, in Fishergate, Preston, on
Tuesday evening, and at the police station, two silver
spoons, supposed to be part of the produce of the burglary
above mentioned, were found in his possession. The
magistrates remanded hint to Monday next, in order that
further evidence might be obtained. It was stated that
Higginson has but just been discharged at the present
Liverpool assizes, where he was tried for bullary.