Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-04-28 00:00:00

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ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS,
LIVERPOOL,
Licensed pursuant to Act of Parliament, 6th and 7th Victoria.
Lessee, JOHN ATKINS, 90, West Derby-road.
NOW OPEN F-611. THE SEASON.
GALA DAYS—Every MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY,
THURSDAY, and FRIDAY. '

The Lessee has great pleasure in announcing to the Subscribers
and Patrons of this beautiful summer resort the opening of the
season 1859. During the winter every care has been taken to
prepare novelties, among which will be found the stupendous
Volcano,
MOUNT E T N A,
With entirely new and splendid Dioramic and magnificent Pyro-

technic effects.
The Lessee has been induced to produce the above subject from
the ever pleasing and splendid Firework effects that can be intro-
duced, and which will, this season, take place with entirely new
and beautiful features.
PROFESSOR BUCK

has been engaged to give (in the great Concert-hall) his new
Entertainment of Physical and Natural Magic, a la Frikell, as
Ap e r
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ta Majesty
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OF Queen.
e e n.
OUR
.NATIVE
LAND
will also take place, introducing upwards of Sixty Scenes of
Popular Places.
The BAND will again be under the able management of Mr.
Squire Greenwood. All the most favourite Music has been pro-
cured, and every effort will be made to give all possible effect to
the Music .1 Entertainments.

Admission, is ; Children, 6d; Sunday admission (by Refresh-
ment Ticket); 6d.' Terms of Subscription, lOs 6d : Lady and
Gentleman, 16s. Every additional member of the family, ss.
Subscription Tickets may be had at the Gardens. All improper
characters will be strictly prohibited admission into the Gardens.

LIVERPOOL FESTIVAL CHORAL SOCIETY.—
The MEMBERS of the Society are hereby informed that the
next REHEARSAL will take place in the COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION,
on _Friday Evening next, the 29th inst., at Eight o'clock.
3a29 HOWARD HORSLEY, Hon. Sec.

ST. GE 0 RG E'S HALL.
PERFORMANCE ON THE GREAT ORGAN, BY
MR. W. T. BEST,
THIS (THURSDAY) EVENING, 28th APRIL, 1859.
PROGRAMME.
Triumphal March
Motet -•‘‘ Tantum Ergo" ROSSINI
Reminiscences of the Opera "Marital's," including
the Angelus; the Romance, "It was a Knight ;"
the Trio, "Turn on, Old Time;" and the Air,
"Scenes that are brightest"
The Dead March in Saul .
Overture—" Der Freyschutz"
To Commence at Eight o'clock.—The Concert Lag
ADMISSION, SIXPENCE

WALLACE.

HANDEL.
WEBER.

is One Hour.

CLAYTON-HALL, CLAYTON-SQUARE

HENRY DUCKWORtH, Esq., will deliver,
in the above Hall, a Lecture entitledL

EASTERN SKETCHES,
Being a narrative of a journey from Ceylon to Alexandria, with
descriptions of Point-de-Gale, Aden, Suez, the Desert, Cairo, the

Pyramids, &c , This Day,
THURSDAY ..2Bth April To commence at Eight o'clock.
FRIDAY . ..... 29th April Doors open at Half-past Seven.
The lecture will be illustrated with Dioramic Paintings executed
by the Author.
Mr. H. V. LEWIS will preside at the Piano-forte.
PRICES OF ADMISSION :-
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Boxes ••••••••••
Stalls ....
Gallery • .. . ........ ........ .... Is. Od.
The whole of the proceeds will be devoted to the Funds of the
Liverpool Royal Infirmary. •
Tickets may be had from Messrs. Hime and Son, Church-street ;
Mr. Mayer, Lord-street ; Messrs. Smyth and Co., Bold-street ; at
Parry's Library, Renshaw-street; from Mr. Grundy and Mr. A.
Holden, Church-street; and Messrs. Webb and Hunt, Castle-street,

CLAYTON HALL, CLAYTON-SQUARE.
FOR A SHORT TIME ONLY.

MONDAY EVENING, MAY 2, 1859,
And every. Evening during the Week, and
SATURDAY MORNING, 'MAY 7,
AT LIALF-PAST TWO O'CLOCK,
J. M. II A R T

From Her Majesty's Concert Rooms, Hanover-rquare, and Crystal
Palace, Sydenham, pronounced by the London Press to be
not only Unsurpassed ! but Unrivalled ! !
will appear in his

WONDERFUL AND SCIENTIFIC ENTERTAINMENT,
OF
TRANSPARENT MAGIC!

Consisting of Feats never before attempted by any other Professor
of the Art, the principal of the apparatus used being of TILANS-
PARENT GLASS; and what adds greatly to the'novelty of
the Entertainment, most of his tricks are performed
IN TUE MIDST OF TIIE AUDIENCR

And in such a manner as to defy, the most penetrating to discover
how the various feats are accomplished.
Professor H. is the only person who has ever been known to
perform the most astonishing descriptions of Illusions entirely
WITHOUT THE AID OF CONFEDERATES.
Extracts from the London- Press.
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Era, March 27, 1859.—A new candidate, and one who is likely to
distance all competitors, has lately appeared in the arena of Magic
and Mystery. It would require a catalogue or necessitate the
printing of his prospectus, to convey an idea of the great number,
or give an inkling of the character of the tricks exhibited.
Morning Chronicle, March 24, 1859.—0 n Tuesday, the youthful
Wizard won our hearty applause by the dexterity of his manipu-
lation, and the really astounding manner in which he executed
many of those feats which we have seen before carried out by the
aid t,f a confederate or covered tables but which he now performed
in the most neat manner, without the apparent assistance of a
co-juggler or veiled machinery.
Morning Star, March 24, 1859.—We are at a loss to divine the
meaning which the Cabalistic Professor attaches to the word
" transparent." If he means to assert that his tricks are easily seen
through, we must at once beg to differ with him.
Horning Advertiser, March 22, 1859. He is unrivalled in his
dexterity, and in the extreme simplicity of his operations. •
Standard and Morning Herald, March 24.-1 hat Mr. Hart is a
perfect master of Magic and Mystery no one can doubt, and the
clever manner in which he performed several astonishing feats,
more especially that of the " column and glove," brought down
shouts of applause.
Atlas, March 26, 1859.—The Professor is a young Wizard, yet he
says he has devoted many years of hard study to master his art ;
and certainly, when one witnesses the ease with which he performs
his wonderful experiments, he must now be ranked as an adept.
Ins apparatus is very simple and transparent.
Metropolitan News, Feb. 12, 1859. A great peculiarity in his
entertainment consists in the fact of the greater portion of the
apparatus used being of transparent glass, and although we
examined the crystal vases, &c., we were left completely in the
dark as to how the various illusions were accomplished, so dex-
terously.were they executed.
Examiner, March 26, 1859.—Mr. Hart is a beginner, with the
skill of an adept ;he is master of the tricks he shows. There is no
shortcoming about any one of them ; he deceives all eyes with his
sleight of hand, and now and then ingeniously puzzles all heads
with the neatness of his machinery.
Weekly Times, March 26, 1859.—Mr. Hart is remarkable for the
dexterity of his execution, his sleight of hand being equal, if not
superior, to any we have seen. Ile performs his tricks in the
simplest manner, and so as to completely baffle the eye of the
spectator.

Sunday Times, March 26, 1859.—Every body was astounded on
Tuesday evening, the more so, inasmuch as the operator did not
possess those facile conversational powers which rendered Erniell
so great an attraction. The tricks, however, were as well per-
formed as FrßEell himself could have done them, but they were done
without auy apparent manipulation or confederacy, and we have no
doubt that Professor's Hart's Magic performances will prove a great
attraction to the sight-seeing world.
Doors open at Half-past 7, to commence at 8 o'clock ; carriages
may be ordered for 10 o'clock.
Prices of Admission : - Boxes, 2s 6d; Stalls, Is ; Gallery, 6d.
Children half-price to boxes and stalls.
Tickets to be had at the Hall from ten to two, where seats can
be secured, and at the following Music Warehouses ;—Mdssrs.
Rime and Son, Church-street ; Dreaper and bon, and Vancruisen's,
Bold-street; and at J. Smith's, Lord-street.

THE NORTHERIN TIMES, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1859