Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-06 00:00:00

AMUSEMENTS, &c.

Ma. BASI L BAKER'S BENEFIT.—It may not b 3 out of
place to remind our readers that Mr. Baker's benefit takes
place at the Amphitheatre this evening. Three pieces will
be performed—" Mind Your Own Business," " The
Spitfire," and " The Man aad the Tiger," in each of which
Mr. Baker will appear. The programme thus announced
is in itself attractive enough to invite a❑ audience ; but
we hope an additional inducement, will be found in the fact
that the gathering of a large audience together is one of the
only mo les by which the public of Liverpool can evince
the estimation in which they hold the talents of one of
the most genuine gad gifte 1 comedians any stage now
possesses.

DEATH OP THE ORIGINAL " BAILIE NICOL JARVIE."
—" The public," says an Edinburgh journal, " will
learn with regret the death of Mr. Mackay, our only
great Scottish actor, which took place about noon on Mon-
d ty, at his residence here. Mr. Mackay was in his
seventy-first year, having been born in the High-street of
Edinburgh, in October, 1787. He left that city for
Glasgow when only nine years of age, and finally returned
about the end of 1815, when he took the leading Scotch
parts in the series of plays from the Waverley Novels, on
which his fame chiefly rests. Some years ago, while
fulfilling an engagement at the Adelphi Theatre, he had a
shock of paralysis, and from that time to his lamented
decease, though still able to go about, he could not trust
himself upon the stage." The fame which \lr. Mackay
achieved by his embodiment of the principal characters
delineated by the pen of Sir Walter Scott, gave its first
signal in his representation or Dominic Sampson. This
was followed shortly after by his representation of Bailie
Nicol Jarvie, at the Edinburgh theatre, then under the
management of Mr. Murray, and which called forth—
not only in the Scottish metropolis, but throughout the
whole country—au enthusiasm rarely evinced by our
northern neighbours. Lockhart, in his " Life of Scott,''
remarks that " the great and unrivalled attraction was
t'ie personification of B tale Jar ie by Charles Mackay,
who entered into the minutest peculiarities of the cha-
racter with high gusto, and gave the a est country dialect
in its most racy perfection. It was extremely diverting to
watch the play of Scott's features during this admirable
realisation of his conception." The delight with which
the great novelist saw his unrivalled creations clothed
with life and vigour by the admirable skill of the
actor, was expressed at various times with grateful
ardour. On this subject Mr. Mackay relates :—" Oa
the first night that Rob Roy' was performed on this stage,
the Great unknown (for though great, he was then un-
known) was one of the audience. At this moment, as
Ha inlet says, I see him in my mind's eye, as he sat leaning
on his staff on the back seat of one of the boxes. Never
shall I forget the sparkle of his eye, and the good-
humoured smile on his face, on that, to me, momentous
night. It is to the pen of the mighty dead I owe my
theatrical reputation. Had he never written, I never
should have been noticed as an actor. The kindness of
Sir Walter Scott was only equalled by his genius—and
on the night when he declared himself to be the author of
the novels, you may ju lge of my surprise, when he was
Pleased to say before the then assembled hundreds, 'that
the skeleton he had drawn had been so faithfully clothed
that he was grateful.'
by his friend Paitie

'My conscience I' grateful to me. There was a °tell'
ment, and from such a man. No. wonder, then, I "...,,,
always been proud of the cognoman of Bailie Nicolar" ;
Sir Walter himself, on the memorable night en.so
avowed the authorship of the Waverley N°vels' b'pr
alludes to the actor :—" I would fain dedicates bu°3l%.
to the health of one who has represented several orethole e
characters of which I had endeavoured to e tell
skeleton, with a truth and liveliness for which I
of
be. grateful; I beg leave to propose the
friend Bailie Nicol I
-arvie ; and I am sure, that whellf or
authori. of ' Waverley' and 'Rob Roy' drinks t° `l4.cil
to a'bhio
arNe, it will be received with the just applause
that gentleman has always been accustomed—nal' th-sil
you will take care that on the present occasiou it
.5,,
replied
be PRO-DI-Gt-OUS ;" to which Mr. Mackay
My conscience I My worthy father the deacoa c 11,
health 0,
the
never have believed that his son would hae sic a 31)
ment made to him by the Great Unknown !"

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THE NEW LIVERPOOL PHILTIB3I°SI°
SOCIETY.
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A. new Choral Society, under the name °f eh'
Liverpool
lie
Philharmonic Society," will be ushered iLiTjele
notice on: Monday night, by the performance °f Pol-fieta
oratorio " Judus:Nlaccalyeus," at the Concert-hst;t De
Nelson-street. We are' given to understand n• tf of
pretence is made by the designation of this s-irrne ertiet
being a rival to the original Liverpool rhithea',,-borsi'
but that preoccupation in the of the games4)l Loo
and harmonics, it was thought best to Mori. the sef
don
example, and call the society by the namebearphilha Philharmonic." It is not, we believe, intended the
direction
any other than sacred music, and is ttp—r.oecl
of Mr. D. C. Browne, who has tlisrtibiriPe'
himself bsri
at the Rev. Mr. t
Burton's Church, St' lusli,
the manner in which he has conducted he Pew
services there. We hear he has engaged a g°°dPetelis
and he has secured the able services of fr. 110
as leader. Miss Hiles and Miss Clara Fllll,llOl 14°r;
the principal female parts, and Mr. hlaoo,""°t 01°-
awtich Cathedral,' who attracted Jenny 11-te
Atbe.
Bone of the festivals there by singing da °f
very finely, will be the tenor, andp .u.`"
Tb
Cuzlnijah," _
er, of Chester Cathedral, will take the °4 Oter
chorus number one hundred performers (1,1: lelejo;
, an
stand, are very well balanced, and veil oor
Thoy will no doubt do their best as the''' ar

the many rivals they have in the field already

FUNERAL OF THE LATE MR. JOlO.-5
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Yesterday the mortal remains of the late —,,sot.'os
Finch, whose death we referred to in our fifer d fll7,
the preceding day, were deposited in their last :f I t
resting place at the ancient chapel, in the 10011:1 oofir
Dingle, at the south end of the town. The bol of fie
deceased was brought from the Rockferry en. of IV
boats, being accompanied by the nearot relo,tiv6so tto
deceased gentleman, and his immediate friends. io cote,
Landing-stage stage the funeral cortege ive
glance of the issuing of a circular, met by
late nliciete;
gentlemen, who were sincere admirers of the late 0 o;
gentleman, and regretted that he had baall;:o of 1;11.
snatched from them, while in the full essellt-c,{
usefulness for the good of the public at large, °log °.
those of the poorer classes. The following le /1
the circular : Pi"

THE LATE JOHN FINCH E'Cl• ate:if?
A few of the private and
friends of t",„
~',,ltoolsce
Finch, E-A are desirous of paying respect hig 'the P'elf
following his remains from the Landing Stage t°,.g, org
of interment, at the Ancient Chapel, Toxtetll-11;-he PAY
the Dingle. For this purpose they will root
Ferry steamer, at the Landinr, Stage, oa 41
'-
morning, the sth inst., at 10 a.m.' -0
Amongst the gentlemen present, and who eforci...cti
deeply deplored being deprived of the v 8,10114 OW;
of Mr. John Finch, we observed—The Rev. 157%/;:gootw'
fling, J. C. Ewart, Esq , M P., ; Messrs. ThomasGeorY4
J. Corls.lly, R. Shell, C. E Rawlins, sen. and itztP'r 0,;.
Melly, T. Jevons, C. H. Hall, J. R. Jeffery,
Heath, Thomas Urquhart J. Hobbs, Josef ,""yO:4
Harvey, J. B. Jackson, Francis Boult Jamesßil4l:l g,
Rathbone, R. W. Ronald, J. Whitey, C. T. 13391,,,-°o,
F. J B. Aspiaall, C. Howson, J. Proctor, if's. 44#
hill, A Long, J. Jonas, W. Brumfit, D,ll, 101 f
There were many other gentlemen who were un6l-vrifote
absent, but testified their respect by sending tileir
jr;adillg.
carriages to attend the funeral cortege frog the
-rotOte
stage to the place of interment. The funeral
_Acvof
oa
having been most solemnly disposed of, the b7:bere
of
deceased was deposited in its final resting Pl*or;b0,11
earth, amidst the sorrow and grief of a 111°'o
f 'ends, many of whom will deeply deplore ilig

of god
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THE WEATHER has completely broken up, t"„ ot;
days hare been miserable, dell, foggy, and reel /3014
there is no sign of a chatipTe for the pres,ents „pa did
LEWIS AND C,AMPANY'S NEW ESTABL:SITIOI4-A C.' Or'
CLOTHING.—Number of boys clothed fur eill•16t1
Saturday, October 31st, 533; corresponding vile (10
326, increase, 212 boys. 'Oa lit, io
HISTORIC SOCI,CTY.—The logical gi,e'ct f for
S y held its first meeting for the sessioaei; totie-otl
the Grand Jury Room, Sr. George's Hail.
the evening was read by Mr. D ivid tinx•no• 000
" Our Mother Tongue, in our Fetherlan.is''
011, (1'059'
SUIPICIOU3 DEATIL—On Wednesday attAliu v
named William Evans, 67 years old, who reside Bees. 1
bit
h ill-street, died under the followin, eireutn9t3aed
b 1 e
Saturday, it appears that he was out dtinking,,' area 141
return home he complained that he hal been 5",-00/
woman, named Gallagher. Ile remained in be' big
an i Monday, and on Tuesday his scn 3)1/'
whisky and laudanem, and he died on We'n-s 9./i
inqu?st will be held onSO
the hilly this day. 10,e 0,
GREAT HOMER-STREET WESLEYAN SUND`' 02.P!A
The annual tea-meeting of the teache.s a3A 118 re; 110
e sehoel, was held in •he school-roonit4°eel tit; rile
day evening last. The chair was very ably "foil watt/
Rev. Geerge Sc ,tt. Tie r,-port having heti 'idteif,ote
secretary, Mr. J. H. Evans, the meeting wagrare.yetler,
te It yds. Ilarwo-o I, T ank:haw, and ktesi;,,it o'o of
Pennell, Kennedy, and J. A. Turner. Tqc
the direction of Mr. T. S. Fisher, performed? ',.01/11•014.
anthems and choruses at intervals, during au' „lel op
LIVERPOOL CHEMISTS' AssactemoN.--Thei ;10'4
nightly meeting of this association was held
at the Royal Ilistitution. M,. H. S. Evans, ii,jetro
occupied the chair. The folloeing now ,n 1 olor
tbb
propos.d and elected .—Mees.re. T. Britten,
W. Rayner, W. Dintee, and J. fir' f booli:cirr
secretary, announced several donations,
drugs. He als exhibited an ingeniously
magnetic machine,
They, C lurch-street. Dr. I. B. E livar'ds ther1„133143
f medic.! purposes belay. „rece,',
to give the first of a c el-se of three lee'ures s
ava
its relation to pharmacy." A vote of then heft
-
to him before the separation of the meeting' piing
ANNIVERSARY DINNE t —Oll VirELIDeSdaY
the loyal Ea.' of Chester Loge, oof °d`ifeit
held their anniversary dinner at His', Corawah ':ttra 019
Office H itel, Chtreti S rent, B rkenhea4. Thheit
was numerous and hiehly respec`able. C't-be SI) the
occupied by brother G.•itley, P.G , treasurenotoetsett,
rfiecie4etfol
and brother Davies, N.G., of the Angel
• C 3. The dinner which was of the vii°,„
description, geva the utmost satis'action t"" OP
guests, as did the wines and other berel43lB" 0, the
yal to were given and duly responded Vito aathoeo
Press, The aingieg of Mos. Drone,' ote'tril 01
inimitable performance, of M. Esvart, the
nenseDie lib B
added largely to the harmony the' be t° till
conil rt 9. crirgee:ll;
company, wh-, after drinking a bunter to erivi
the wo.tby host and hostess, and wishing P 031)„ delig
Old Post Office Hatel, parted after spending
At,
evening. Vst te 40e ee
ATTEMPTED LAUNCH OP THE GREAT g it
corresetondent writes that the account Fi_erf eta rile
accident at the launch of the Great E istern j 5 red 1:000
in some of its features, to that which "'at the! 00'
neighlemeho id some four or cave years si.likee'r'be Lev!Aticer:
of the Tilbury Reilway Pontoon whicb,ll tnu
was an iron hug, and launched broadside ales
the w", 140
There were steam tugs to tow her dotal oars-, e
windlass oa b)ard at either end to chock her ea ect
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soon as she began to move, the motion a
cooec p
more rapid than the motion at the other. TI? „,seeril'oete
toothr, too.oilr
were that the windlass at one end becatna
the men stationed at it to manage it, arid gying ippi;
thro.vn from it, but fortunately witliont vec_, most ill
and the ways at the end where the motion Was
Ater tll.
pdaorW.inallYAtgtaevmeptws awYeraendthenthimsagi'laielril .11;„ruestc1:15,ebeue°111.111'°'
Leviathan, to pull the o'her end to a P:,ationa'J
attempts failed, !Ind the launch becatni al
about a fortnight.

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