Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-20 00:00:00

Pli EMI C HALL.

To-night, being the last night but one of Mr. E. Thomas's
Shilling Concerts, this spirited caterer for public amuse -
ment, will take his benefit—let it b 3 an overflowing one.
If good music, wed played, -in a`magnificeut hall, at the
cheapest prices, are desired, Me. E. Thomas deserves to be
encouraged, As we have said before, we only fear that
the music he has given has been too good for the
public, who, with all their pretension to progress
in art and science, and intellectual refinement, still
bestow their eucouragetn:;nt most freely on coaree
grotesqueries, farcical exaggerations of national
peculiarities, and any other performance that will raise _a
"horse-laugh." Mr. E. W. Thomas's band is considered to
be the best he has ever collected ; and though some
popular favourites, such:as Lazarus on the clarionet, may
be missed, very adequate substitutes have been provided.
His vocalist, Miss Louisa `'inning, is very popular, and has
achieved distinctions in her second appearance before the
public which fully sustain the reputation she achieved in
early years as a musical prot3igy, when she charmed every
one as the "Infant Sappho." The music given by Mr.
Thomas, both ins'rumental and vocal, has been
varied every evening, so as to suit all tastes,
and the price of admission so low that, even in times of
panic, and money at 10 par cent., there can be nn difficulty
in finding a sufficient number to crowd the Philharmonic
Hall, and give Mr. Thomas that testimony in his favour
which his former benefit concerts have done in previous
seasons. Such an attendance he deserves for his con-
tinued efforts to place good music before the public, and
we trust that the public will not be wanting in their p Ire
on this occasion.

ACCIDENTAL DEATII.—At hall-past seven o'clock 011
Wecillt)Scliy evening, a woman named Mary Leary fell into
a cellar at Lionel-street, and was killed.
SUDDEN DEATll.—Yeverday morning, a man named
Martin Walsh, whilst getting out of bed, in a court in
&ockdale-street, fell down and died suddenly.
FATAL ACC/DENT. —On Welnesdty Evening, . John
Gleister, in engineer, on- board the steamer Sampson, was
accidentally killed by a blow of one of the etanks of the
vessel.

LEWI3 AND COMPANY'S Nzw ESTABLI3III,I:,:NY FOR BOYS'
CLOTIIINS.-Nulubdr of boys elotnecl for the week ending
Saturday, November 14th, 653; correspotvling week last
year, 381 ; increase, 269.

STANLEY LITEE.4.EY AND DEB WING SDEIETY.—This
society held its usual weekly meeting on ,Wednesday
evening, 18th instant, at eight o'clock, Mr. T. Daniel in
the chair, when a most interesting and instructive lecture
on the " Mutinies in India" was delivered by Mr. W. H.
Morris, at the conclusion of which a vote of thanks was
unanimously accorded to the lecturer, and the meeting
separated.
SUtCtDE —Yesterday morning, a man named John
O'Hare, a tailor, aged forty years, who resided atel9,. Great
0:1mb11-street, hung himself in the pantry of the house:
It appearel that for some time past the unfortunate man
bad been drinking very heavy, and about a month since he
was sent to the hospital in a state of delirium tremens, and
when he came out he went to Ireland, and returned about
a week back, and since then he threateded, several times,
to pat as end to his life. An invest will be held on the
body this day.

Amsasr oN. A CHARGE or Munnurt.—Yesterday, a man
named Michael Tc.vey, a tinplate worker, was brought
before Mr. Mansfield, at the Police-curt, on a' charge of
hiving muriered a girl named Mail Maya, in Tipperary,
iu 1855. The only thing that transpired was, that "the
woman was murdered, and that there was suspicion attached
to the prisoner, who was said to be her sweetheart. He
absconded at the time, and was not heard of afterwards
until arrested on Wednesday night, in Bevingt,ort-hill.
He was sent to Ireland last-night.

HISTORIC SOCIETY OF LANDASHIRD AND CHESHIRE,—
The weekly meeting of this Society was held in the Grand
Jury Room, St. George's Hall, at seven o'clock last night.
The chair was taken by Mr. P. R. MacQ tire. The fal-
lowing donations were received h—Proceedings of the
Royal Geographical Society, No. 5 ; Journal of the
Geological Society of Dublin for 1857 ; " Lord Palmerston
and the Isthmus of Suez Canal ;" Quarterly Journal of
the Geological Society. Among the subjects of intenst
exhibited ware an Ethiopian spooa, elegantly carved with
a pocket knife; a primitive article in brotiz>, of which the
use is unknown, but which is supposed to have been one
of several sands for a shield, or a portion of a bridle bit.
Dr. Hume's ethnological map was also exhibited, shewinr
the arranunicnt of sirnames in the county, of Antrim,
accompanied by a descriptive article from a recent number
of the Ulster Journal of Ethnology. Applications were
received for admission to mpmbership by several
gentlemen, among whom were Mr. 'T. D Andersoo,
Liverpool,, Mr. Ivie Mackie, the present Mayor,
and Sir James Wa'.ts, the late Mayor of Manchester.
Among the donations to the society, should also be men-
tioned n curious volume, printed in 1745, entitled " The
Names of the Roman Catholics, Nonjurors, and others,
who refused to take the oaths to his late Majesty King
George, together with thzir titles, additions, and places
of abode,"&e., &n., "and," the title page added, "now
published with a generous view to promote and serve the
true Protes'ant interest of these kingdoms." Tne volume.
contained 151 pages of names and titres, arraeg nd accor-
ding to the several counties of Englan I. The paper for
the evening was a iecture by Air. J. T. Towson, on the
subject of Icebergs in the Southern Seas. The lecture,
which was illustrated by drawings and diagrams, entered
into the coestion of the obstructions recently opposed to
Australian voyages by the prevalence of ice, and in especial
referred to some singular phenomena presented by is -
bergs, which have very lately been met with on the' home-
ward voyage. • _

Tan ou- nn REBELLION.—The Kingdom of Onde con-
tains, as we are informed, on authority, font and a-half
millions of people. It was annexed to our rule, and its
sovereign dethroned, bat very lately ; and the people that
we were told so coveted being under the British sway, are
now all up in arms against us. This is no mutiny, it is
simply a rebellion against truly one of the most unpar-
donable confiscations we are aware of—none surpassing it
in unrighteousness except the conquest of Scinde. But
the people are up ; and so far as has reached us, are
waging a fair and honourable war against the stranger,
the usurper of their rig'an, the destroyer of their nation•
ality. Were they Algerians, Central Americans, Gimes-
slang or Poles, how would their case be considered i 2
this country? But they are only Indians. We claim to
be the successors to the Moguls, sovereigns of all India ;
and that nothing shall be lei% incomplete in the analogy,
we abrogate treaties, and ou rage every principle of poli-
tical morality. The case of the people of Oade would
seem to have escaped notice in the general turmoil. We
think only of the garrison at Lacknow, its capital besieged
by a rebel soldiery ; but if we may not sympathise with
the cause of the Indians, we should at least draw some
distinction between a people fighting for liberty, and muti-
neers guilty of every atrocity.—lnifan Amy,