Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-26 00:00:00

Till IMPIIITH EATEN.

Every one who goes to look for amusement this holiday
n;g cannot fiad roam in the Theatre Royal, and some must
absolutely put off seeing the pantornim, atuth-,:r evening.
Fortunately, then, in addition to many other open doors
for amusement, we have the Amphitheatre off,,,ring, close
at h And, the attraetior.a of a very excellent equestrian
company. where graceful riding can be admird, bold feats
applauded, and merry humours repail with laughter. We
do not know h)w a few hours could be spent with m re
stratification than in enjoying the spectacle afforded by the
the resources of Mr. Cooke's company at the Amphi-
theatre.

THE BROUSIL FAMILY AT THE PEOPLE'S CONCERTS IN
ST. GEORGE'S HALL.

Those who have not been able to hear the delightful
Brousil children in the little concert.room, will have as
opportunity of hearing them to-nigi.t in the great Halt.
Mr. Time has engaged them to take the principal part of
11,s People's Concert. They will be relieved by Miss
Harriet Bengal and Mr. Augustus Mann, who made so
successful a debut at the opeling performance of the New
Pnilharmanic Seciety. Of the Brousil Family we cannot
say more than we have said already, except that every time
we hear them we are more delighted. Mr. Mann will sing
"In Native Worth," and be accompanied by Mr. W. T.
Best on the organ.
SUICIDE OF FREER, THE ACTOR. Wednesday, Ma
Charles Freer, the actor, committed suicide by cuqing his
throat with a razor. He had been residing until very
lately in Lambeth, and removed a few days ago to a small
coffee room in Bridge-court, Bridge-street, Parliament-
street. He was in very indigent circumstances, having no
means of obtaiting a livelihood, and, being nearly seventy
yews of age, was past all theatrical employment. It
appears that between six and seven o'clock in the morning
some of the p?.ople in the house ha;Tened to go to his rocm,
and to their astonishment found him in bed in a pool of
blood, whioh, upon further examination, was found to have
proceeded from an extensive wound in his throat. A:,
alarm was given, and a surgeon was sent for immediately;
a police constable was als t called in at the tv,me time. Toe
poor eau w. s then sensible, and told those about him that
he had it acted the wound himself with a razor, indicating
where the weapon was to be found. He. was at once
removed to the Westminster Hospital but, from the
exhaustion caused by loss of blood, he only sure ived half an
hour. Mr. Freer was rather an important theatrical
personage at the East Earl of L mdon some five and twenty
years ago, his line of business being the melo-dra natic and
the tragic. He was particularly known by his impersona-
tion of Jaffier, in " Venice Preserved," and, in conjunct' I"
with another rotor of the time, he used to ornament his
bills by the following distitch :—" Cobham and Freer as
Jaffier and Pierre " Mr. Cooke, the proprietor of Aetley's,
has been loug a friend to him, and has uudertaken to pre-
vide decent funeral for his remain=.

ROBBERY BY A CLBRk AT NORTLIWICEL—Lhn Light-
foot, a confidential clerk in the employ of Messrs. Hos'age
and B!ake, solicitors, Northwich, has absconded with a
sum of £4,000 in his possession, beloneing to the trustees
of the river Wearer. A description of his person has been
given, and a reward of £lOO offered for his apprehension,
but he has at present succeeded is alluding the vigilance of
the police.-3facclesfield Courier.

TILE REDDITCH RAILWAY.—The proposed short line,
whica is to connect the prosperous centre of the needle
trade with the railway system, may nor he regarded as
an accomplished fact. Only £4,000 requires to be sub-
scribed, in order to enable its promoters to give the usual
parliamentary notices. Up to this point the shares hwe
been chiefly taken by gentlemen in the neighbJurhood of
Re cicli! cb. —Birrningh,am Journal.
Last Sunday evening, between 6 and 7 o'clock, another
daring highway robbery was commit'el in the neigh.
bourhood of Halifax. A labouring man, named Peter
Woodhead, was proceeding on the Halifax and Bradford
turnpika road, at Shelf, when he vir.:s set upon by three
ruffians, with their faces blacked. One of the robbers held
him by the neck, whilst the others took from his po..ket
134. 6d. in silver. When set at liberty, Woodhead pursued
the villains for a short distance; bat they turned again and
beat him severely, tearing his coat almost to ribbons.
Several burglaries have also been perpetrated in the neigh-
bourhood within the last few days.
.WOMAN BURNT TJ DEATH AT PRESTON.-01 Tuesday
.evening, Mr. M. Myres coroner, held an inqu-st at
Preston, on the body of :Wary Gaffer. On Friday night
the deceased, a girl of bad character, about 18 years of
age, rushed out of the place in which she lived, in the
Sandhole," with her clothes on fife. Though much
intoxicate!, she instinctively threw herself on the ground
in an endeavour to extinguish the flames. Some persons
saw her and ran to her assistance, and when the dimes
were put out she was carried t 4 bed and medical assist-
ance procured. She lingered in dreadful ag.-41F—her face,
b etst, and back being almost charred—until Sunday
night at ten o'clock, when she died. The jary returned a
verdict in accordance with these facts.

Tun TABLES TURNED, OR MB POACHER. CATCHING THE
GAMEK SEMI, —Oa Saturday, at the HudJersaeld Guild-
hall, Gilbert Wilson, gamekeeoer to the Earl of Mir;
mouth, was convicted on the evidence of George Fitton, a
confessed, poacher, with having been on the 7th of Dec., on
the ground of Henry Frederick Beaumont, Esq., in Lupton
Wood, in pursuit of game. The defence was, that he was
discharging a signal gun to attract the attention of Mr.
B.:aumont's keeper, with whom he desired a conterenca. The
faith of the beach not being great enough to believe in
this ingenious sta•ement, Wilson was fined 40s. and
costs, the chairman (J. Haigh, Esq.), severely animadvert-
ing on the poaching propensities of this guardian of the
garae.—Leeds Mercury.
THE A.BOCIATION FOR THE PR EVENTIO g OF STEili-
numou EXPLOSIONS.—The usual monttly meeting of the
c mmittee of management of this association was held on
Turley, at the (..ffios of ihe secretary. Mr. Henry Whit-
worth, 13, CorperAtion•street, Mauchester when the chief
inspector, Mr. R. B. Long idge, presented his monthly
report, from which we have been furnished with the fol-
lowing extracts, viz :—During the present month 298
visits have been wade to noemhz.rs of the association, 804
Boilers inspee'el (33 of these internally), and 61 engines
indicated. The principal detects nhich have been observed
are the following, Niz : One heeler dangerous from over
pressure; two boilers dangerous from fracture of plates,
resulting from imperfect circulation of the water ; tome
boilers injured by ovotheating, in conaNnence of incrusta-
tion ; four boilers defective from corrosion of the plates
(me of these dangtrous) ; six boilers injured from de-
ficiency of water ; 11 safety valves out of order ;.and fire
water gauges out of order.