Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-11 00:00:00

THE COURT, &e.

OSBORITE, Dec. 9.—The Queen, the Prince Consort, the
Princess Royal, and the royal children, walked in the
grounds yesterday. The Princess Royal, attended by the
Duchess of Atholl and Captain Du Plat, crossed over to
Southampton this morning, and visited Winchester
Cathedral.

The Bury Post says :—" A matrimonial alliance between
the two families sharing the representation of the borough
of Thetford, is about to take place, by the union of the Earl
of Easton to Miss Baring, only daughter of the la'e member,
and sister of his lordship's new colleague. This event will
give general satisfaction, both parties bring held in high
estimation, and the political shades between the liberal-
conservative and the 'conservative-liberal, both giving a
pretty general support to Lord Palmerston's Government,
are not very deep. The lady is a Protestant, although her
mother is a daughter of the Dake of Bassano (Maret),
Minister to the first Napoleon, from his 'accession to the
imperial purple, we believe, to his abdication."

PUBLIC AMTJSEMENTS.

THEATRE ROYAL.-" LA. TRAVIATA."

The exertions of Mr. Copeland to produce talent and
novelty, for the amusement and edification of the "play
goers" of Liverpool, has been proverbial for years pact.
And the success attending his efforts may be judged of in
his ability to retain one of the best " stock companies out
of the "little Babylon," and his heavy engagements to bring
before u the highest talent to be had in the kingdom.
We sometimes fear that a want of appreciation of his
services is evinced by the people of Liverpool, we trust
it will not be so on the present occasion. However,
we should think that the arrangements prepared for
This Evening can scarcely fail to draw one of the most
fashionable and crowded audiences of the season. The
lyric stage can boast of no opera equal in attractions and
effects to that cf " Traviata," and certainly no exponent
can be found in any way aparoaching the young, fasci-
nating, and beautiful eantatrice, Piccolomini, who will
personate Violetta, the heroin*, of the piece, and
whose " warblings" have turned the heads of
half the musical critics in England and on the
Continent ; Signor Ginglini as Alfred di Gerntont, Signor
Aldighieri as the Conte di Gerntont, and Signor Rossi
as Dettore Grentille, together with all the et ceteris, fully
equal to their parts, and an Orchestra composed of many
of the first Instrumentalists connected with her Majesty's
Theatre, under the direction of Signor Aiditi, will all combine
to render this one of the most attractive operatic evenings of
the season.*

PEOPLE'S SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS,

ST. GEORGE'S HALL.

"High and low, rich ani poor,"of this "highly-favoured
country," wile have their amusements, and while the "upper
thousand" enjoy "La Traviata," at the Theatre Royal,
with a Piccolomini to entrance their spell-bound senses,
the " lower ten thousand" congregate at St. George's Hall,
to listen to the strains of a Gelled Organ, as tendered by
their Best, and spend an evening in a manner at once
elevating and refining. With all the " love of music and
song" inherent in the, German, or the never-ceasing desire
for pleasure and amusement of the light and frivolous
Parisian, there is no country where the admiration of the,
"People" has been so unmistakably expressed as in Eng-
land in favour of cheap and popular first-class Concerts, and
the practical effect given to these gatherings, and of the
English nation in general, can not possibly be better exem-
plified than in that which is to take place on thp evening
of Saturday next. Perhaps ahem can be no more beautiful
instance of the humanising influence of music on " the
milliion" than when we see it wedded to charity, and in
times like the present, when the labouring classes are in
want of all the assistance that wealth can give them, it
stands out in b )1d relief as a monument of the self-support-
ing character of Englishmen, that the proceeds of the
Concert, on that evening, are to be devoted to the purposes
of one of the first charities in the town, via., the District
Provident Society. Who among us has not seen the bene-
ficial effects wrought upon a family, when the quiet and
unostentatious bounty of this society has been afforded in
time of need, and the heart of the anxious mother made
glad, with the food supplied fur her little ones, through
the instrumentality of so admirable an institution. In
furtherance of this praiseworthy object of Mr. dime, the
Mayor, J. Holme, Esq., has kindly consented to be present
on the occasion, and from the very high esteem in which
he is field by his fellow townsmen, and his popularity with
the working classes in general, we doubt not of its being
one of the best attended Concerts of the present series.*

LARGE SALE OF SHlPPlNG.—Yesterday, Messrs. Curry,
Kellock, and Co., Brokers for the sale of ships,
offered by auction at their offices, `Palmer Buildings,
peremptori'y and without reserve, an iron steamer,
a wooden steam-tug, and three ships. There was
a very large attendance, the sale-room being almost
disagreeably overcrowded ; and in spite of the dulness of
the times and the dearness of money, the bidditgs were
spirited, and very fair prices obtained. Thes3 fasts prove
that when ships are offered for bona fide sale, fair rates are
almost sure to be obtained, while there can bs no d:-.,tibt
that fictitious sales to " try the market,"
injurious tendency.
GRATIFYING PRESENTATION TO A -I'4 a very
—Some complaints having been rf.a..:ll7lltroot, CAPTAIN.
de during the last year
with respect to the treatment of emigrantsin vessels sailing
from Liverpool and ether porta, is is gratifying to find,
from the Melbnurrtb papers, that the Miles Barton (belong-
ing to Messrs. Wilson and Cl'd.aMbers' White Star Line),
reached 31411uP.rne on tte 30th September lest; and so
satisfied wen the Pw.engers with the treatment they es-
experienced fro the captain and officers, and with the
general arr-_-,ogeinents made for their accommodation. that
they presented an address to the captain, speaking of him
of the ship in the most complimentary terms, and also
presenting him with an embossed silver cup, bearing a
suitable and highly flattering inscription,