The Express. — London, England, 1863-12-28 00:00:00

? HS POLICK COURT& (THIS DAY.) WORSHIP-STREET. A BRUTAL FELLOW. thickset mu, of middle age, by calling ,esegod before Mr. Cooks with violently ma. W wde. splsiosnt's features were thoroughly disfigured, b r ig blickeeed tai swolleo, and mead ante sad a rece nt date being visible on her fem. She e vening, at 10 o'clock. I went to my home in te e. Bechnal-green. I found two strange women eteamv hnetsod if I was to come in. He replied, got your miss= bare," end instantly stook t y fift in the face. I fell down, and he kicked ,be thighs. A neighbour picked me up and air- doors. Croke —I bad been in the streets all night be mrpe.l me out of doors. On Wednesday he streak be ems with the toep. (Witness bared her right ti 'bowed frightful marks of vides.* above the sin literally covered with bruises. ,g e —Wben did be give you those bleak eyes ? imet -On Sunday last, and then be would not sight. He has been twice convicted at this iimulting me. I did not know who the women is how lost night. He knocked me down like a I have 50 children. ,_Did you not strike me on the head Ltd Wed- inset-1 did eck certainly ; but it w beams prated me by repeatedly boasting of your in& &gram a neighbour of complaineat, mid that wed the assault. which was a fearful cos ; that a d was drunk and the wife sober. she bad charge of the cane, expressed his belief l om at was herself worse for liquor. r—She is a drunkard ; she has robbed me—slab oar s hed her away. ; sod wbeo she caw home this aa ly pus She fall, and that is the the marks upon her face. I could live es emu s possible with her if she behaved well. eke—The evidence before me now is that a most ad cruel assault has been committed by yon oa a. sod you do not deny that it has mama' twice eh time with a punishment following. Probably 'a to iatemperanou and equally likely is it that a d a asd habits may have driven her to it. Yon from her home. and receive there two other WIXOM. biog ma be more calculated to enrage a wife than - Molt to her feelings as that. I now order that two bail in 404 each, and enter into your own tees is double that sum to keep the peace towards s term of six months. weer was unable to do this, and subsequently was the police via. SOUTHWARK. MD SUICIDE AT LONDON-3WD= -A POOL= !mg. a respeetabie.loObing female, who r esrrowfal °sedition, was placed at the al L em le Barbaro, charge attempting to eomenit the Thamesat Yills a young men b Vueg' ore of the is Tooley-street, said that on Saturday' night, )'slork, he was taming the corner of Dalmatia's% Loodon- bridge, whee he saw the prissier melt sups towards the river. He followed her and id of her jart as obi got to the bottom and asked ,he was gocog to do with herself. She replied "Oh, 'is only ping to area the water." Willie= told her vas peg the yang way, she had better go menu with him. She retweed rip the steps with him, sad got to the comer of the bridge she sad she bad r hied, and would not go over. Ha this Lit bee g sere empires &boat her. be tamed nand sa d st down the step spin. He permed her a mooed &I she was about to climb the steam-boat rulings her sad palled bar back. She lbw fell and rut the edge of one of the steps. mbar salted if she was sober. replied that ;hewse;;‘,aod as she appeared no d sot able to take cue of herself be handed her cortody of a wadable. sham salad the prMoDer what she had to my la the charge. plied that she had bees out with some Meade by sad very foolishly had some words with her o the oedema. How she came to Loodoo-bvidge 'KAMA, but she maimed hie worship she had as to commit suicide. . . . Ls ollitepTieo tier here stepped forward, and wad leggin& had acted vary foolishly in having wet* instated. and she was certain she newer inteeded be witted suicide. --- rckem uked if eke would take we of her fee the to diachargod her. Hod that lbw wonld. ;ism tiasasaltabiy admonished her, sad Delos / rives up to bar apd mother, when they Lit taa other. 111.1M1 AIM IMAM DiXAMII LY %MI Mlle ---.-- et Rang& man 'beat 18 years a/ yrs, was rith westing a Ames in the Bose' Under mutreet, and wilfully meshing a hits squalls of s, dome damage to the santneat et 21. is dirt Geer, the proprietor d the Bore Nude I fist on Saturday eight last the prisoner sad 'tat other yam' Neu were in the hall areal* a N. He told them to be quiet or Isere the plasm md, sad be wee oil' to e}set them. In doing 'IOW tweed rear ear the door and wilfolly apd e glees calms 2/. Bs. lie lbw willed tied pre him lab custody. it to the charms the prisoner add he had how to that cutest that be did sat know wink be wan Aare ordered Mao to pay the 2i. de. damage and aad le default of payinost oannialtnart h r testy-ome days. THAMES. 417011711 D 11171D111. lord, a d ssipatdsod drunken ruffian, about 50 p, who hes lost see eye, and can only us taper. h the other, wu brought before Mr. Wooirvek, ith 'Minutia( to murder a girl named Catherine !ry flute* her throat with a razor. ream, wise is well known to the perms, had r quarrelled with his wife. He had often beaten tee emesion he threw her on the fire is his id she wee severely burnt. Oa Saturday Mehesey was invited to sleep is the of the Fads, at No. 5, Barton-entry, White est, Rateliff, a short &stones from Stoptay Old The primate, hie wife, and daughter slept is the key powered ; the girl Mahoney was lying ou the he foot of the bed. Yesterday morning the OA" hie wife be quarrelliog in bed, and he In • lava,* runner. The woman and her left their bed and rushed out of the home. The as, remained in the mom. The prisoner, who wee y infuriated state, armed himself with a rum, eked the girl in the dark, believing it was and drew the moor amuse her throat, a deep wound. A fearful scream from the led to him that she wee not the person on whom iteriniaed to wreak hie veemence. He left her, police were sumutesed. Robert Thimbleby, stable, No. 119 K. caused the wounded girl to be o the Ludo@ Hospital. and took the prisoner tody. He trembled excessively, and while himself put the boot Deluging to the on the right cos. He was reminded of a by the constable nod maid he did not know ma about. Re wee asked for the razor with which t the girl's throat. He denied all knowledge of it. made an immediate search for the instrument, it in • box soder tome clothes end papers. There eof blood on the razor. Thou stains were quite Bete in= Mr. George Bias hoer Bargee of De Hoepitel. ree peatuorat It weed that Oahe wry had receed a severe imbed welted on the could .ot be removed at preeet. atria reseeded the premier for a week. aperture of the South Western Company's from Southampton for H►vre will is future be fits with the departure of the bet train from red the departure of those from Havre for South ) fit in with the 6 p.m. train from Paris, so that caving Leedom or Paris after the day's bones= le reach Paris or London respectively within a aging has eighteen to twenty-four boors after- ANTS AND Misrassogs.—The faults of ser , in the main, also the faults of their employers. love of dress is eciodsetly brought forward, and menets do waste mosey sod thought npos it to a degree. But how shout the mistress.. . Do they to their 11111 , 1S11111 with genius interest oe say oject ? Does it DOI at Wit appear so be of the Arabes in their eyes? Dahtiner in food or of the cross el servant& But while waiting at the table what is the theme master's discourse? Is not the appointor gh joint or an illserosed dish, considered a justification for a perfect storm of indignation! t of notion must cooks have of what In essential happiness of men ! &rants are too food of IS the cooversatioe of "ties parlors" on very her io quality than that of the kitchen? Idles= ,r of the stook accuaations. Do many of as work .der than we he obliged! Telling stories is. we almost univenal among servants. Perhaps is sot, also, we do not set the 'wry art ems* The petty deceptions, the incense* Worts is cher thee we are, which servants know all about, h, indeed, it is part of their business to cam Get , lomeholds with an atmosphere of deceit. la the so destructive of the habit of truthfrarm Wo that the habits at both masters and mishears airings are seldom calculated to prepare tam fer 'cry easy taak of directing a household. ales are Isd to Os electing and ineoosiclerate el the ondere "mote of others ; women, ensetbedkal, mond city, and often wholly destitute of theme/ay tsr mien which a essential to the ewes el reeasnallestehlislimeat —Victerialrogsfar;se TEE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1883. SHARE L187 1 &-(271D9 DAL) Two o'Clsooos. The operations in the railway market to-day are upon a very %limited scale, owing partly to the in tervention of the fortnightly settlement. The tone on the whole is rather flat, and prices have declined in some &instances. The reduction, however, is not important, ranging from to per cent. London and North Western stook is now gaoled 1074 to 1 ; Great Western, 641 to 66 ; • nal to 1 ; Lancashire and YOrkshire, 1114 to ; Great Northern, 1264 to 1274 ; Caledonian, 121) to 121 • South Eastern, 951 to 964 ; Great Eastern, 44 to 50 ; London and South Western, 1014 to 1024 ; and Metropolitan, 1114 to 1124. Dutch Rhenish shares have improved, while Turin and Savona are dull. Atlantic and St. Lawrence Bonds and Great Southern of India Stock exhibit a downward tendency. East Indian, on the other band, is inquired for. Y SHAM MID BD IWe & 511 . 114.1 sAn•wgs• r i le g essC u I se 1 v-ge - _ arm nu ...m., IT OLE True moat VOL at. IIN NAliaad 10 all Dadoo,elastrdAtMd.C. N. IN :Maki sad isaire N. 'NO ,Calidoolaa 00 al Caen aad Nadas N an Oarawall 10 &Wax A _1 A godly. NW • 10 an Do. II Ip. Oa paid to a GO aD DaNlaaaOaajE s J tlao N all DuadekParth,&AlxLJa It 100 idlaborgb sad Glasgow N. 100 Glaagow and S. Western: It. 1100 Great Loam Ord. 81. 0!.. .100 1 Ds. _ _ A Nock I I* se a s SA US 121 Great North of Scotland Greet Nathan 'Do.A I A rec. so dlr. ea ' Galt 111111 p. a le paid B Gt. South aken et Wert. M5Ol :Great W Da ltov VaLI r u i r o . allvaise.... lert Do. Do. it Do. Do. Liaoraikroaltorlodin Larks aM larinwa a& &Doc LorisaiSalkWoda. Waters la& Lassimat liaapal oat Maio Mem tiwnpoui.s. ~_ NN Do. Emir As. Mtn. dt Dora au! Wi an, is• Md. 01. -- W — a. - Do. Maris I NN Kest , North Kilat pay Lim) Ds Wia.,ParlhAmil I f. - I,o7 — serc-leT;lar . Do. L:a: Do. Yc no aNir Do. Brock&Dorllg. Do. do. 185544 Do. do. mast_ forth Loudon Dm New INtwysegatonkikp IN. & Waters Jae i tlearlas Central a c 0 i Aba r. ;Scottish Midland 81irewsbary et Welcbpl tilirvilre Union IX* [ile — nii — Devon 1100 'South Hast.ern 1106,11. Yortsh. & Blu er Dun, 4(.0 ,Taff Vale Do. a 15 ! ;: ''''' 1 2° I Da tol Do. 101 'Vflo Neoth_ 100 Victoria & Pt leo 1100 lWaierteed a Kilkenny 1100 IWeei Oarawall 1100 IW.Eintelil. limb. i AL IT el 16,1 17 9? 90 107 109 IN 90 Os 45 - if Tit - 13119119:4 1171 1 184 NS 9? N "I 0 66 a al ai &S 117 In 1% 11li MI Th _74. t a il t 107. 108 1011 1:4 $0 111 k Me 00 14 1 1.71 lit 101 12 1 &Si 26 26 1674 104 2 90;-61 as ask for 7 1 4 Üb 4 1/1 $ 1 $ pa Al II U ut us us NI 11111 n a 951 961 97 99 10 101 168 180 pm, Y} 111 pmi 44 1 lel i 8 nit 13% I :- DP gel 51 13 9 i 1 PE 4 4 11 pea zd i 171 at 93 11114 ▪ ati 11 }w S 9 a 1; s 49 124 17 17 111 14 IS a if 1 111.3 10 I p tt 0f..... Ini27i —I 4 Me lk 111 il 1 76.0001 1000, 12,000; NAOS 64,60114 A 4,!00 1.000 14906 6000 LOU 6, 6,000; 000 o,o oo i 60,000 0001 6,000 _ 7c"?i ijail mut ei6 l 2.9001 1:0001 6,0301 IiiTION POMMINIO2I, L I Pd. I 1611,11A21. Cleragunre 1 I Oda p.m. taday . lo 1 100 i ail 1 Afilsoase ilt. Lawman is es 0 ft. IN leatiecteln.i.ip.e. 1461 107 4 0 sll Do. New 1 •-• n Do. C Shane 1 .-. 16} aN WM. r 2 Lake Huns 6 -- 16 ail Do. Preference 94 9 } 100 2011 bd., Bank& Goan& Don HU Aug. 1,1872 -• ... 100 100 do. July 1, 1873 —•- 100 ill* Do. do. June 1. lOW !k ;la ,Cal. li&laalernfo.e.i.! 106 107 N. 'KO Rape T. II Doc:kap. e 2 ., 101 103 all 'Domoirs,7p.opez.prefl at 100 lam. Bawl ga. sdo loo} 106} -- lit. KO Host Lakin oe. 11 do lo7} 1 103 1 SI 15 1 Do. il tatenges Stl6 Do. H do 1 161 la* Grad Trask of Canada Sl} 21 1 100 all I Do. lid pref. Bonds 73 76 I 116 all Do. do. deferred 50 61 106 all' Do. 2nd preL Bonds 0 67 100 all I Do. do. deferred 60 U 1M sll Do. 3rd pref. Mak 100 a, Do. do. deferred 40 42 100 611 I Do. 4th pref. Stook 'l7 29 100 all Do. do. deferred 311 18 SR 100 'Oast Indian Peninsula 101 106 1081 SO 12 Da g. per cent * 12 Do. January, 1451 S 4 100 Gt. &of India eg. 6 p et. 106 107 105} St 100 Do Do 41 per ant. — N. 2 111} sH Ht. Weasels of Canada 10 10} .- 70} 111 Do. New lOl 101416 7} 105 all Do.c r Lda.pay.l3l3; 92 96 •-• 100 all Do. do. do. 1877-8' 86 88 •-• 10 11 Wien h, Limited' 7 Ilia 7 1 15 1 Do. New — St HO Madam guar. 6p. eat lo6} 107} St 100 Do. do. L i : c . „ ..1 140} 101} St. 100 1 De. do. do.-1 96 100 IS 1 2 De. TM St 1100 Kalb. Corp. 6 pee o. Bd 60 all I lfslb. and Holoon's Bai l 67 50 * ' all N.Bena.lkCancia.•46 3 8 St ,100 .11.1totCan.6p.c.letp.& 82 84 N. inn wade. pa 5 per ant 106} 107} •-• St IWO 1 Do. Died do loe 107 106 3 4 10 1 2 , Do. do. do. — St. .100 i Do. Punjab do lO 6l la }Pm S 4 ,100 ' Do. Indus 37,1+101.40., 102 104 DOCK& 2.006.01.01. Mast and West Ii 8448.310 et. London 1,939,800 81. St. Katharine 1100,866 St. Southampton 000,800 St. Victotia . . 6,000 SS Do. New .. jlO 0 71 70 110 w 70 110~'0 - 100 106 - - 460,000 2.11451. WIN .. 100,000 ' 100.000 1 .. 750,0001.. 100.000 700,000 .. 165. K• 160.000,.. 74,000 No. I 811. 11,000, 41741 50,000' 10,000. 110,000 44000. No. I iii ii.ii‘ , l 1:000' 6114,71104: 12.500, i.aae iemabelia col a Gold, Wlercoi _ ~~zraa se:i_ Dm G. Com kTiorletk ) Drikewells imit Boma allopa) Mut Oman Goad (1.1 m) Caradon Mut Cara Jigs "1 - 7Proiae7l(7ravistk.) thumbkr & at. Aubys Or. Booth Totem G Graaf ll l e *. W. (Hebei Herod's Foot Blaseion Dowse lady Bertha Day relest) Valley lftrwidy Iron New Baba North Down@ North Reekear ,N. Wb. Based IllIONati) Werth Wheel Croft halftime (U. Waal. Bakes. Noah+ & Castes Mt. Clear) & W. hawse (Mesas) Stray TamerB Park ll.ltLeadX&C Tin Cron Wert Basest (= di W. Camden ( West Cheerios West Baton Basset (Moos). Wh. Buller (Itedrath) - • - I Wheel Beton WIL Tyelawney Mak ) Wheal Unke litiTiMl Li... et Ug. abed 1.12.0 4L.L. MILT 1;11 1111.17.1 POPZION MITI& .AlsaiMoe (Limbed) 1 Aseinika lam Amend ftw(IML)I 113nalLIAlL0e.(Lim )1 I Cspe Copper (Limited) iDepoleSilver (Limited) ll)obre Copper Omispo ,Limited) Dos Pedro. N. Del km 'Duo bouziLCop. (Um` , beat Del Rey pioltedi :IPeetems ;Limited)._ :Gemara 'Kayoed* (Limited) . Linares . Lusitanlan (Lansitad) • Markinlts.. M.Aureoe 8raa.43.1L N. Rhine C. of M.AualLl Pontehludlitherlang Port Phillip Unto Barb.Oold3l.(l jecottish AuarnltLalsa. ISt. John . :::::tila !United Mexican .Vallan Vancouver Coal Worthing (linsilai) 1 • Yuilanatautana (& 1• 11- 1 t en all ri 1 1 2 0 gla per 27 hS 14 16 g *IL 100 12 24 10 1 _ If 44 425 ' Th 18 121 2 '2 84 - lii 100 LOS 00 3 nit 12 121 140 140 II 22 2 1 ti 9 4 - 110 0 106} 6 1.21 Per i 1 02 i 1 ii 4 ik o de Pm m pa P r 1 28 30 1 r j r , -9 s,au! !6.°61)1 40,000 . - 112 I &V / 7 1 416 SI 6.9 6 I I MI 44 111 rt 8 2 Pr I vs PA se ▪ 411 f Ipe 8 id, - u I li ailm id Par es 311 114 IN 11 IN IN 110 9f 13.000 100119251 1110,810. 177,0001. 10.000 60.000. fillf ls par pal 106 IN 2 21pri 9 24 879:6451. I 70.0091 115,000: 10,000 130.000' 100,000 150,0u0 60,000 S+ r Si 4ls SI li 2 poi 4 lfpn .. bi .... 1471 xd 51.7,5001 15 90,0001 25 11.000: 5 20,000' 5 0 175,000' 4 40,000' 10 11,9 2 ) 10 1 1 I 2 26 9 6 61 %pm' ale I 641 ,10 1 1 pio 4 6 pm! i lirm. par fpm; iiimii 50 v. 600 10 80,0001 26 41,000 20 6.000 10 10,000, 16 18%0741 1 10,000 10 100 000' 1 60 ,000! 1 1 11 3pm xd, 11 'Pa 78 ' I 47 41 op 78 80 a 18 Itopro td Ism. via wi I LI - 14 - ul MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) Two o'Cloos. The stock markets to-day are dull, and in some departments a little flatness is observable, owing chiefly to the inactivity of business, which for the moment neutralises the favourable influence that might otherwise be exercised by the im proving tendency of the money market. Omuta ate quoted, however, quite as good as ou Thursday, and the price for money is a trifle better. Greek Bonds have declined. English railway stocks are rather flat. Preparations for Wednesday's settlement in thane and foreign stocks have commenced. At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were quoted 66fr. 40c., being sc. lower than on Saturday. Consols are now quoted 911 to }, ex div., for money, and 91} to 1, ex div., for the account (Jan. 7). The official business report is as follows : Three per Cent. Console, for money, 911, ; ditto, for account, 914, 1; Three per Cents. Reduced, 911, 1 ; New Three per Cents., 914, } ; New Two-and.a-Half per Cents., 75 ; India Stock, shut ; ditto Five per Cent. stock, 1061 ; ditto Four per Cent., 1004 ; Five per Cent. " Gamed" rupee paper, 1044, } ; and Exchequer Bills, 95., 3s. die. Foreign stocks are dull. Greek Bonds have fallen }per cent., being quoted 251 to 26, but Turkish Consolidds are better, at 471 to 484. Mexican are tolerably steady, at 374 to ; and Spanish Passive dull, at 33} to 34. Anglo-Turkish Bonds and most other securities in this department are steady. The Confederate Loan is quoted 37 to 39. Transactions are recorded as follows :—Braziliar Old Five per Cents., 094 ; ditto 1863, 86} ; ditto scrip, 1 die. ; Equador New Consolidated, 13 ; Italian, 70} ; Egyptian, second issue, 100; Greek, 261, }, 26 ; ditto for account, 261, 1, ; ditto Coupons, 12}, 111 ; Mexican, for account, 37, 361, 371 ; Portuguese, 1853, 48/ ; ditto, 1856, etc., 494 ; Russian, 1822, 921 ; ditto, 1860, 871 ; ditto, 1862, 894, 90 ; Spanish Passive, 331, 1 ; ditto Certificates, 131, }, 4 ; Turkish, 1858, 70, 691 ; ditto 1862, 714, 701, 71} ; ditto 1863, 711. The &lonia has brought 18,00 J/. in specie from New York for England. The steamer Eldora takes 386,6801. in specie, of which 56,7101. is gold and 317,3501. silver, for Bombay ; 12,0001. gold for Alexandria, 1201. gold for Suez, and 5001. gold for Aden. The rumour continues to be circulated that the Spanish government is seriously discussing the question of the advisability of arranging the Pas sive Debt. From the desire of the government for justice in the abstract little seems to be expected, the chief support of the bondholders' cause eou gating in the facts that Spain is pressingly in want of money to meet the expenses of the forces in San Domingo, Morocco, am, and that the negotiation of a foreign loan is im possible until the claims of the Passive holders are properly provided for. As the settlement of these claims, however, would at once re-open the Paris Bourse, now closed against new Spanish securities, an apprehension is entertained that the holders of the Certificates may have to undergo a further delay. It is believed that the position of both the Passive and the Certificate holders would be strengthened were common action to be taken, and were it agreed to petition the principal Exchanges of Europe to exclude all new Span' th stocks until justice shall have been done to both classes of debt ; but, hitherto, the largest holders of the Passive Debt, confiding in what they consider the supe riority of their position, have declined to identify their cause with that of the Certificate holders. The prospectus of the British and Foreign Library Company (Limited) has been issued The capital is to be 100,0001., in 10,000 shares of 101. each, of which it is proposed to call up only one-half. The object of this undertaking is to form a public circulating library on a solid foundation. It is promised not only that every book of value or interest shall be added to the library as soon as it appears, but that new works shall be circulated immediately after their publication, and these con ditions the company guarantees. Special attention is to be given to the supply of foreign literature, including that connected with the East and the colonies. A. point will also be made of providing for the subscribers the best and latest publicstioua relating to science and the liberal professions—. medicine, surgery, civil engineering, philology, and the mathematical and physical sciences. Provisional arrangements have been made for the purchase of the stock and goodwill of the oldest library in the metro- polis—viz., Hookham's, in Old Bond-street. The Messrs. Hookham will take a considerable portion of the purchase money in shares, and will give their services in the management for a certain period. The direction is chiefly composed of gentlemen well-known in the literary world. A vacancy has occurred, however, in the board, as originally constituted, through the lamented death of Mr. W. M. Thackeray. The half-yearly meeting of the London and Greenwich Railway Company is celled for the 12th January, when a halt-yearly dividend of 11. 7s. Id. per cent., or sa. sd. per share, clear of income-tax, will be recommended. A special meeting of proprietors of the Union Bank of Australia will be held on the 11th January, when a dividend will be declared on the 40,000 ori ginal shares. A general meeting of the Westminster Brewery Company (Limited) is convened for the 7th of January, when a dividend is to be declared. An extraordinary meeting of the Seend Iron Company (Limited) is called for the Bth January, "to consider a modification of the terms of the con tract for sale, to Mr. John Satcliell, of Edgbastou, of the company's works and plant, which terms were authorised and approved by a special resolu tion of the company passed on the 28th of July and the 13th of August, 1863." Notice is given that a petition for the winding-up of the Metropolitan Cab and Carriage Company (Limited) is to be heard before Vice-Chancellor Wood on the 16th Jan. Creditors of the Unity General Life Assurance Association are required to send the particulars of their claims by the 25th of January to the official liquidator, the Bth February having been appointed to adjudicate upon them. The Master of the Rolls proposes, on the 13th January, to make a call on the contributories of the Commercial Discount Company (Limited). The amount of the call is to be 51. per share, less the amount paid, if any, by the respective contribu tories of the said company in respect of the shares held by them respectively. The receipts of the tlreat Western Railway of Canada for the week ending the 11th December were 12,3961., being 3421. less than in the corre sponding week of last year. The Great Western Railway Company of Canada have intimated that "the loss on exchange by the conversion of American money received for the carriage of through traffic from the commencement of the current half-year to December 12, 1863, amounted to the sum of 13,1975.63, and at that date there was a further sum of American funds still remaining to be converted of 23,019.67." The London Joint Stork Bank will pay the divi dend due the Ist January on Michigan Central Railway Six per Cent. sterling Bonds. The Crown agents for the colonies have an nounced the dividends due the Ist proximo on various colonial securities. The arrangements are notified in connexion with the payment of the guaranteed interest on the shares of the Bahia and Ban Prancisco Railway Company from the 6th October lad to the 31st inst. The Bank of Victoria will pay the interest about to fall due on the debentures of the Melbourne Gu and Coke Company. The subjoined financial memoranda are from the Levant Herald of the 16th inst. : We still regret to be under the necessity of repeetieg that the overdue intimate no the on multi. remain unpaid. The promises of the government is this respect continue usful- Ailed ; the same remark applies also to the four moot& arrests of the civil employes which are sot yet {mid. &moue are current of two small goverment loam bang shoat to be negotiated hire, MI of 100,000 Ursa sad the other for 50,000 liras, at then dales. A wall-knows local Asansiel institution is useatiesed is connesice with the first loss, sod the second, and mailer sow, is aseceiated with the bosses of C. and 0., but we canoot pceitively say that these rumours ens quite reliable. The &swiss for the Tahvilaty dfsmstazi counmesced 111tast. Bong. MAIL OmM. Siam Pam /float. gra. gra. gra qrs. g! Ws. mks. English . . rl6 3670 ' ltlll 6 3370 .. 17161 .. .. .. 2087 Foreign .. 21976 19907 .... 963 1202 .. 2680 T0ta1.... 23810 13919 19116, 1117 1208 1972 .. 19971 LIVERPOOL 001'TON MARKET. ,Tam DAY.) (111 ZLECTRIO AND niTIZWATIONAL TRLIORAPIL) (FROM OUR OWNCORUSPONDENT.) There ia a much better feeling in the genera tone of the cotton market, with more doing at better rates. Wee will probably amount to 5,000 or 6.000 baler. TALLOW MARKET.—(THIS DAY.) The market is steady, at the annexed prices :—Town tallow, 404. 6d. ; Petersburg Y.O. oa the spot, 41s. 6d. ; Jaattary, 41s. 6d. to 41s. 9d. ; March, 43e. ; April to June, 435. ; Oct to Dee., 445. 6d. raialcuuss OP TALLOW. Nook on baud this day ....cesksl 2011 "r 7 . 1 " w,13 Dittotrots lit Joao Arrival lost week Ditto from Id Air irks Y.C.oa thospittlioilsymt Ditto Town last Mk, 54,719 66,555 1,009 84723 49,143 95qt 1,0115 70,60 65,769 51s. 6d. 459 Ed. Md. 1881. 70,458 1,350 41,738 480 74,349 414. pd. •ti "aii 9a I ea Arrival for the week eodlog sth Jemmy last 4:8 casks, and delivery 1,'58 maim The umbel last week comprised :- 105 casks from Australia 345 make from other places—total. UM teaks. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. (TIM DAY.) The number of beside la about the same u on Monday but ; there is a fair demand for them, and the choicest qualities are readily disposed of at fully late rates. The supply of sheep is small, but quite equal to the demand ; it is very difficult to effect a clearance at our 4uotations Choice calves are rather dearer. From Germany and Holland there are 480 beasts, 2,160 sheep, and 113 calves; Spain. 1110 beats; Scotland, 200; Ireland , 100; Norfolk sod Suffolk, 520; and 700 from the north and midland counties. Per stone 01 lOba. 5. d. a. d. Per stone of Ma. od. 11. Dort Boots. Horatdo 4 10 6 2 Boot Wm.% 111-1448.8 0 0 • list Bbort-horn 4 4 5 0 BIM Long-w 0015.... 6 2 6 Boeond qua. buds 210 4 0 Do. do. Rhona .. 0 0 0 Coke' Mgr ' S 0 6 8 I Do. do. Mori.— 0 0 0 0 8601Thas&1111-tarmis 6 8 6 0 I f.amsb• Boats at mattet, 0,640: Shoop sad Labs. 11,1120. Onlyea, 117 ; Pip. 1101 BOROUGH HOP MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) Messra.lPatteadea ousd Smith report a very coesiderable deemed for all hope of 1863, both Beglish sad (amigo. The former are rarely to be met with. sod for these pries are asked at as adv.'s°. of 15e. to 20a from the lowest poiat. COAL MARKET.—(THIS DAY.) Walls End MAUL 20a LWalls Fwd Lambton,l9a. 6d. ; Walls End Haswell, 20s. ; Walls Ead South Hatton, 20s. ; Walls End Tees, 19s. 6d. • Walls End Hartlepool, 19e. 9d. ; Walls Ead Braid* Hotta), 19s. MCI End Russell Hatton, 19s. 3d. ; Walls Dad South Ease 18s. 9d. ; Walls End Hough Hall, la. 9d. ; Walls Fad &mop. 18s. 9d. ; Walls End Gmlortb, 18s. ; Walls End Riddell*. 18a. ; Walls End Harlot,. 18s. ; Walls Fad Hatton Lyons, 18.. ; Wylara, 17s. 6d. • West Wylam, 16.. 6d. ; l'aufmid Moor Bates, 15s. ; B.:beide Rattly, 16a; Hastings Hartley, Ha —ll6 ships at market. PROVINCIAL SHARK MARKETS. Musk Due. U.—Three per Cent. Console, 911—New Three par Cent. Stock, 901 I—Ditto ,for Account 12th Januarr,9ol '— India sper cent. Stock, 107—National Bank of Ilverpool(Ilislted). flOt pel4l, 19/ 4—National Bank of Livespool. New, 101 5-IJulon Bank flAnsIW) 12/J paid', 110.—Athenry and Team ant veld'. 3—Dublin and Belfast Junction (SOL paid), Wl—Dublin and Kingstown 11001. pal), 201—Dublin. Wicklow, and Wexford ISO. paid), 99 i—Great Southern and Western (1901, pad), 90 Great Western and Royal Canal, '5Ol. paid), 48—Irish North Western, 5 per cent perpetual, Clua A, 14— Portadowu, Dungannon, Ac., it per cent. 1251. paid), V. 83 86 170 176 701.1L10N lAILWATS. MATS. P e- Rotterdam X . /p.a. Mi t aj t outitere ' jamealeime (Watted) : M l LLostee Deee=tepald(Li I_ Do _ I linionu ot nonce .... dK Isodan gun. 5 p. d Oriel Daterobourg.... . NarsAkldoso • uPrf. Sanborn of Do kg. N! Ds. Now eh. aslsL) "11.1ta0 Layne g. 7 p.o. r IDo. do. d 0.... Norwondin Trunk Pref. Ottoman (eanyrnanklin) L4one,andYodit. !Parts and Odom . _ Radio t & lroada.(L) Imo doodblas Royal Swodds& Do. 7 per oust. Sambre and Memo Do. per cent lint Boa Paulo ) &nor el I Do do AU tlomoV osaisisol at ftraisal. iouthers ot Turas sal lavaaa De. de ,Idaslllsaassa - Do. recast. hit Wei N.W dFNMA Ii 1$ JOINT STOCK BANKS. No. I sh. I BULL 11'1 I CL prime. I Wm 91,000 100 ,Agra and U. Par. Bank .1 IA 114 116 - 10,000 WO Al ßanoeloadUverpool' 26 18 19 pm 431 10.000160 I Do. New le 11 19 pm 20 100,000 20 ;Anglo Asada& 23691 40 Anstralmala all 19 17 - romiuss 7,500. 49 Do. New IP 15 11 p. - 100001 26 Ilimk el EDO 6. , 000 105 &molted London 5ll 162 164 - 25,000 It Bulk ef Otago (13961114) 2 par e l pm - 10.001 IN limit of gnM9116113 . ;kJ DI 14 011 - 20,0 N! SI Diskarilstaila,AlNSlll 16 Se 4 - 6,0011 in ark oi Wales (Us.) MOOS 111 adt ad New Zealeml - 10,1101 111 lindlles& 6 Sipm, 8 0 !kW & American a IA 4 6pm - a 111 BetikliN. Murk* - 11l Omit. Brit. Columbia 10 I 10pm' - 811260; 10 S. 1/.lsllla,Aas China, all 1/ NI 1171 7 111,106 15 Oielod. IL of ladla, to. all 67 so - ;Ull INS = 60 26 108 42 110 - WAIN* 40 - "000 1114 Alan. Bk. of Quads. - - - IKON 111 Cessalldated Bsak ( L) 4 60 dipm , 100 6500 106 :OmilMantal (14 110 2 1 dial - 12,505 50 IllentLendon 1 111•114 6 1) I 1 Se 3 Pm: 7i 3 10,500 100 ')viand Irish (Elsa ) 111 I t l r d* - U. 1150, It limgilostk Mutated si & US I U 40, , 00; 14 ;11801011 and lilwerba 3 2- t pmt - "MO 60 ,Neropean BankNadaml 6 1 06.115, - 10500100 ifindum.China&fap.S4 SI et ;1 9 11:, 212 10,000 WO Imperial Bonk, UMW le S pen • - 136.000 10 Imperial Ottoman M 74 111 1184 170 1011,100 20 Land bfort.Bk. India I - - I 4 10,000 100 London Bank of Poet. 5 Idls per , - 10,000 100 London :met Brazilian - 6,000 100 Leo.B Arra &R.P1•10 1. 411, 911 pet! in 6,0)0 160 ;Lon., Bin, &S. 84•11.(L) 17 S 2 dlii - WACO 20 Lon. MBank of A 664188 all 27 210 sal -zd 10,000 100 London and Colonial (L. 19 3 tdu 70 30,000 50 London and Constr.,. 10 IPA Me I - 6,000 100 'lon. Huribg.Oca.lx..(L) 8 par Pm t - 00,000 60 London Joia4 Mai., l5 VI 28 I - 10.N 0 100 Lou. and Midas= W). 19 - - &Al - 10,000 100 Lon. and Northers (1.41 16 Ws Ipm - 20,000 20 ,Loodon & South African' all 26 MI - 5,0u0 20 Do, Do. New 1 ail - - - 10,000 100 London& 9 American , ,L I Ida fpm - 5,600 100 Lon. & 8 Western (Um. 16 10 , 0 4 41.1 - 50,000 10 , Lou, & Westminster ..., 91 86 0.,. 20,000 100 Merchant BankiLia.) 1 SI :1 16 20,000 60 ,Marauttile & Kiehaail 115 I -,.... 7,000 100 , Metro. & Prov, Bank (L ' 90 1 2pm - ;000 100 I Do. Reserved !50 1 2pm - 6,000 100 Midland Book (Lim.) ,lO 10 4:: - 10,000160 National of Liverpool (LI II - 10,000 165•N.Pr0.0l Enstand 142 - - - 30,000 10 Do. - 20,000, 10 , I Baliomal Baak Now - - - set 15,000, 10 New loath Wales all U 64 - a,OOO Kol New Bialsad (Un(ted) 1 2 IWs -. 60,400; 26 (Mental Beak .ses. all 60 67 I - 90,000 100 Proviso of Iroli -, 15 ft 54 - tame, !a belle, Pont,&111091. (2. 6 If Upon 14 12,600 20 Do. New - 16,0N' 26 South Australia all 39 41 - 10.000 100 Nand. of IL B. arida - 4,450,100 Do. do. 40,000 ts Union of Australia_ - 10,000,100 Union of !rebid (Mal II 24 14 &a - 110, 0001 0 Intim of Landes ll 40 41 602 DTBINTIII2I 1111)CJUI. No. 1 11. I 11204210. I Pa II Cl plus i Mu. L ii. il ilt. St Bobs 4pc Mar.4Bll4p. NIS IS ill -. 1 11 2:1 1 41 IL 5.11111m.,4p.e.Jaa./Jaly IN 10 101 5111,05 111 1.12613. - WAIL -os.,e,i .-.. p. et. Ina. & July „.. IN 101 IN - 412,660 et Laae.tYk.4p.alsailly 105 60 100 - 4M.060 U. loo,Bripll.4p.a/mOLII, Ille 11111 100 - ISOM, IL Laill.W.O.a.Jaa.itsl7 tie le 110 - amilaM 81. Da. Sip...Jan./JO/ 111/ 111 IT - 1115,7/ 0 1 116. Lad.W.,ap.a.laa.*Jaly IN IS 10 - .... ilia Illaamaa.ap.a.Jaa. 4l * 10 118 106 - .. In. N. British. I. P. ID. 8., p et., lob. 1 Aug- NM 100 111 - Audi 11, 11. 5 116..4p.e.Jaa1Ua1y 100 60 IND - .... ISR N.1,404.11pA05t. 115 - - - COLONIAL GOVERNMENT BritlatiColoolp.ct.,l97l 100 ___ Do. do. 18/35110 019. Gov. 8p.0.,1837-66.1100 153 107 Doer/wet Fab.dAug. ,100 101 Do.. weft 1iar.3,100 1011 105 D 0.5 per etion.f.J 100 98 96 Do. per les. 100 91 93 ai oHopsdp 108 r! .0t.1873 100 191 do. 1930-4 1 100 10/1 111 105 107 Da do. 187dii liM 111 Do. do. usuloo tn 114 Degan‘Nov.lB6ll, 6 pet 100 104 106 1876, d0...100 110 112 Mauritius 6 per at.. 1873 100 106 106 Do. 1878 160 10 111 De. UM 1001 106 110 Natal GovAlper amt... !lOW 106 110 New Beata Ow. 6 p. 4.1001 104 106 I.6.lVales Qv. 6p.e.1866 100 100 101 Do. 11 p. c. 101 to 1876.107 101 102 D 0.6 p. c. 1810 to 1802100 104 1024. New Zealand 6 per cent. 100 110 112 Neva Scotia' p. a., 16 7 6.100 106 107 Owadand Gov. 6p. 01110 111 111 p. a. Boada:140 Ul 113 Vle.oo , .llp.a.Jan.dJulyloo 107 100 Do. 0. 6p.c...1011030. 100 Wei 1106 MUT= 111N111. OILDINARY ISHABAB AND STOCK& 0011P11111. 1141 CI. :Ansio-Meeleaa Mint Atlantic ALM all St. (L) 'Australian Milieu) I BerboWaterworks (L) Bombay Gaa (Limited BMUS AMPHORA Lad B. & )Ly ag. Tel. (L )) !British Indian Tea (L ( i Braise Iron loii;;;lVigeney As. (L) Canada Land ',L) :Cyon Company Com. of afrkaaltar.(L) Mop. frig,Pret.Terai ;Crystal Palace Do. Preforenoe _ Do. 6 p. et Peep. Dotal DiecounteorporeGan(L 'E. India !nig. M Camel `.l3emptten Comet red.(L Electric Telegraph and Asa G credit& Gen. Steam Navigation; Greet Shlp,L)l7*p.e.p andel:tee Bsy Internet. Ylnas.Soo. (L . Italian Inig. 'Can. Cat), I D... p. e. BJe. r 18701 'Jointrltoct Dieceant(l)l 1 - Do. New ----- 'Loud. &Moen Trading Lond.Dleirici T010g.2 Loud. Mau. AIOO. Innd. G. Oaudbes C. L ; Madras brigs. & 11edlt. Sean. Tel 1 1 1 Id : 1 erciutere.:ltAsso. L. Natal Laud &CoL C. National DLL &lom. (4 IT► ISt iieT — thaTia — o7.lA - 1 I Do New IN. Zealand T.l loan L) N. knish Anaemia. L) If:Oriental Ceeaeserend(L Orientel Oas (Witted) Do. New Orient. Inland ntent.A Ottoman One (Lim Nei ltivlonilit 104 , Peabselar a 0. atom Io;oa~ ~o 6 600,9001! ft. 10,000 60 WON; 10 17,000 , 10 10,000' 60 10,001 U 4.260 U 19.750 16 16,000100 160.000L'00. 10,6001 JO 16,011 16 1600001.1 01. . I 1 11,600, 10 60,000 10 &moo' 6 10,000; 00 I Da Wow OnonrodaL. E.,211.(L Iron DnyroNowoey I Do . _ ;11.1eJ. City Improv. (L) I Ditto ditto litrial Maintains I 'Scottish An at. lov. (L), 'S. African & In. 1.1.1 ;South Aastraliaa Lod i ,Satunariao Tologroah Do. scrip Trust&AgssoyofAaaL T. & L Co. of U. Canada Maeda. 'Palm Oa. (L) Via Dissaan's 12 22 Si 4 27 . 21.7 - I li& 74 74 143 148 11 11948 , U 84 40_ 60_ j I 1 „„,1 14u el PREFERENCE SHARES. Nod Easters, Fad', H. and S. Papaw" un. MINER: -(THIS DAY.) x;iisyt Two o'Chooz. There is very little business in the mining market to-day, and prices generally have expe rienced no variation compared with those last current on Thursday. West Chiverton shares are quoted 53 to 54; East Caradon, 27 to e ; and Clifford Amalgamated, 34 to e, being flat. The fortnightly settlement has commenced, and will be concluded on Wednesday. In the Stock Exchange East Russell shares have been dealt in at showing a fresh advance. Foreign and colonial mining shares are inactive. Cobra Copper have changed hands at 29, and United Mexican at 61. COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS. MA RIE-LANK—(THIS DAY. ) Notwithstanding that the arrivals of English wheat fresh up tooter market tads were limited, and that the show of samples wise:pall, the for both red and white quan ta@ was in &matt inactive state, and to have forced sales lower rates must have been submitted to. However, the market for wheat may be considered a nominal one, owing to the holidays. We were seeaoesbly well, but not to say heavily, supplied with foreign wheat. All descriptions moved off slowly. In prices no chugs took place. All kinds of barley—the supply of which was excessive— moved off heavily, sod late rates were with difficulty imp ported. We were somewhat heavily supplied with malt. All de scriptions met a dull inquiry at the late decline in value. The show of both English and foreign oats was only mode rate; nevertheless, most kinds moved off slowly, at list week's prices. Beans, the supply of which was moderate, were a dull in=at late rate'. were very inactive, bat not cheaper. The show of samples was moderate. There was a fair, but by no means active, inquiry for flour, at previous quotation'. The supply of American flour is trifling. The arrival of floating cargoes off comet have amounted to 25, viz., 7 wheat, 1 maize, 9 barley, 1 rye, 1 beans, 5 lin seed, and 1 rapeseed. Wheat has commanded very little attention, and the 'notations have given way 6d. to le. per gainer. Egyptian has sold at 355. ; cad American, 425. 6d. per quarter. In maize least to nothing has beets doing. Galas may be quoted at 29a. 6d. per 49211:e. Barley has beau in moderate request, at full prices. Buyers, however, have operated cautiously. Rye may be considered heavy, at nominal currencies. Daanbian, 275. 6d. to 23a, Odessa end Taganrog, 28s. to 2114. 6d. per 480 ilia. Bees, have ruled heavy. Egyptian aside may be quoted at 295. to 29a. 3d. ; Believe, 26e. 6d. to 29e. ; and Hessian, 30s. to 30e. 6d. par 48011 n. Danubian Xilletseed is heavy, at 21s. fel. to 22e. 6d. ; and Syrian Dari 265. to 26e. per 480ibe. In liaised very little has been doing ; but we have no further change to notice in prime. Rapseesd is heavy en faster terms. The sale for Wow is mach restricted at bandy late notations. q Asszvti. or Sign& : Linseed, 76 ; 76 ; and sundry, 125 qrs. Foreign : Linseed, 78 .4 38 ; " 2,016 ; and sundry, 345 qrs. MLI and —Tares, 250; linseed, 2,390 ; rapeseed, 5,660 qn. ; and flour, 225 ewte. Ct.TiLItYNT Excnisit. Por Qr. !rim?. c S. 600x,K4ut, rod bet 42 to 44 Ditto, m: .. 40 to 43 Dittembl64'62 40 to 43 Ditto, new _ 42 to 60 Norfolk and Lincoln Pvr Qr. --- b to as „ Ditto. new, * 40 to 44 BAlur: Montag Distilling Grinding 24 to 27 14.41 2. I Norfolk, and ' M& O3 to 08 . OA. I. Sootch, food 23 ton Iztaw& e tr . „ block BEAM _ _ Ilizoigan — 29 to II Tick 29 to 111 Marrow Plea Grey 1Ispl• 2O by While Layton and Wan 64 to 64 Brown Itil. nova._ N ew .. as to SS OAR Log Dab, food lB to tit „ potato l' to 18. P w - Qr: Duststo toes tO to MS Rostock & Ala 42 to 47 IN to 44 Sadao, bard eon Amaricas, rod .. „ whit 43 to 44 _ _ ,_ BIALIT. Town ands, per 230 lbs. Household 32 to 34 Wintry 23 to 82 Norfolk and Suffolk, es ably 2B to 31 Per Qr. _ .._. OATS. a. __ L Amish AN SLUM 18 to U llama= -- 18 to t 1 Gentling —-. tS 10 16 D 19111114 11altlng - . OA2L Danish _.... 33 to 37 iiiiiistion BO to U nal. Maple DUsrs SS to id o St to ST tONAI COL. Data. brew lB to 1$ feed &wvAia OF OWN, 10 E WATER. OAIIatAGE, 1%01 CLOISIVL White -- Yellow ... A to 30 nous. Trench, par sack .... 24 to 27 Spanish, „ to 27 AlSarialli, par teL .. 20 to 26 Canadian, 20 to 26 Wit) LONDON. IT LAND AND d DEC. IS TO DEC. 26. IN- THE CHRISTMAS AMUSEMEWIL Ones more we are called upon to record the arm ing of the annual Christman festival. The mistime of dramatic, musical, pictorial, and general mese tainmenta which this season always brings balk increases rather than diminishes. As Looks grows larger year by year, as the crake gradually changes into a vast hotel and railway station, filled with country visitors, and the Las ' doner, properly so called, is pushed into dictaa suburbs to encourage the growth of local amass mente, the task of reporting the chief features of a Boxing-day and night becomes somewhat labo rious. London now possesses ten central and four teen outlying theatres, two-and-twenty music-bans of various degrees of importance, five immesas places of amusement that are neither music-balk nor theatres, but a mixture of both ; about ban a-dozen balls or galleries that are constantly °cm pied by "entertainers"—to say nothing of "gaffs,'' public gardens, casinos, "harmonic meetinr," and the national exhibitions. _ _ The theatres claim our first attention in the name of the drama, and the central theatres of course take precedence. Still amongst the numerous and important outlying minor theatres—important, be cause of the number of persons nightly gathered within their walls—there is quite as much capital and energy employed in the production of Christmas pieces, as in the more central temples of the drama. The term minor theatre is now a little out of date as applied to houses, like the Britannia, or Paviliom which holds as many people as her Majesty's ; ad local theatre would be a much more appropriate title. Though they nourish no local drama, and often potter over the universal as much as the local papers, they are patronised by local audiences, and, unlike the chief theatres, are not half filled every night with provincial visitors. For this M oon their dramas have to be changed almost every fortnight, and they know nothing of those low " runs" which are now the role in the Strand avid its neighbourhood. Their pantomimes are good, because they have good judges of these pieces e. please, and they generally play them for at least two months after Christmas has been forgotten. The subjects of the Christmas pieces are alma* all drawn from the inexhaustible fountains of Oriental fable, and most modern attempts to add to these sources of fiction have generally bees failures. The audiences at all the theatres, from the aristocratic Lyceum to the not very refined Bower, were crowded, happy, and enthusiastic. Many amongst them had doubtless impaired their energies by wandering through the British Museum beetles, gazing at the old masters in the National Gallery, feeding the beasts in the Zoological Oar dens,examining railway London from the topes the Monument and St. Paul's, or feasting u ppooaa waxy kings and murderers at " Madame T a," but for all this they did full justice to actors. clowns, and scene-painters. The various miscelle peons entertainments were equally well attended, and Boxing-day, 1863, may be recorded as a suc cessful holiday. DRURY-LANE. The resources of Old Drury for scenic display have been applied this Christmas witkunbounded liberality, and with a succor rarely paralleled on the tint night of a pantomime entertainment. Before the performance proper on Saturday evening commenced, the farce of A Roland for en Oliver, was got through with somewhat less than the meal amount of uproarious exhilaration. Beyond a fewoccesional little showers of orange peel, there was in fact nothing to dis turb the composure of the most fastidious spectator, albeit the density of the gallery-sacking could never have been ea needed, mad a thousand protruding faces in the upper regime seemed to claim • good•humoored control over the entire scene below. The famous story of Sindbad the SaVor, from the " Arabian Nights," has been selected by Mr. lI L. Blasslssed as the theme of his present contribution to the Cbrieteme festivities, and, with the valuable aid of Mr. William Beverley, he has striven to realise the magical changes and wondrous enchantments emaciated with the mighty marvels recorded in the ever popular Thousand and One Nights. By the time the introductory story and spectacle bad ter minated, the herlequieede seemed almost se ensnares' as rielltaae. It was, however, fun of that peculiar kind of fume which seems inseparable from the idea of Boxing-eight, eel everything in it was dons in the most telling and 'stelae tory manner. In • School for Cookery, Clown end Pe/ler loon potted policemen in the boiling coppers and baked Me head cook in his own red-hot oven. Throughout the he , - lequioade there was a constant succession of surprising situations and diverting mechanical effects. These were agreeably intermixed with a performance by Master Shapcott, the intact drummer—a wonderful, pretty little fellow of about four or five, who mom peeled the bend in • most charming manner. and beet his tiny drum with the true military roll. The little artist was moat heartily applauded. Another pitman feature was some pretty dances by • living pack of cards, consisting of fifty-two deoseusea, the honours being repre sented in the dress with its ornaments, and the other cards by chintz placards worn in frost. In the concluding scene Shakespeare is presented as the centre piece. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. Au enormous crowd filled the pit and gallery of the theatre the instant the doom were opened, and the more select portions of the boom were soon afterwards °templed in every available nook. The vast audiesee, however, pre sented but few of the natal features incidental to borne night. Order and decorum prevailed to a remarkable ex tent, the aristocratic atmosphere of the house quisling. apparently, the ebullition of those noisily and turbulently in clined. There were, of comae, occasional outbursts of hilarity from the" gods," and one or two stand-up tights took place in the lofty regions set apart for them. The bellignenta, however, were in all eases moms pacified, and the semad sat of the Bohemian Girl wee listened to with atteetion sad applauded to the echo. The great attraction of the eyeing —the pantomime—is from the prolific pen of Air. R. J. Byroo, who would seem to mama the faculty one. attri buted to H. Alexandre Damn—the being able to ',Member league with each hand and dictate a pantomime to his private secretary all at once. It is entitled, St. George aid the Dragon; or, the Senn Champions and the Besnetifed Primate," the original fairly tale being closely ad hered to. The pantomime is beautifully put none the stage, and the expesse insured by the manage meet is its production must have been large. la the grand ballet in the third ecene, the drams are most gorgeous, and the groupings, dances, :v.., vasy picturesque and pretty. The great feature of the enter tainment will undoubtedly be the transformation scan representing the "gorgeous and resplendent Balls of Cid . - vain." In this wonderful production, the extreme bisaty of which it is quite impossible to describe, Br. Grieve hes fairly excelled himself. The whole extent of the tine stage is displayed ; and the artistic commingling of dszzlieg lights sad colours, the groups of " carrion of all nations," the magoifioent trophy in the metre, all combine to form • most dazzling and beautiful coup trail. II tYMARKer. After 39G representations it might be supposed that the public bad had enough of Lord Dundreary, hal Mr. Bockstone is no doubt right is thiukiog that the cha racter still retains an unexpended fund of popularity as which he might reasonably draw for an opening piece as Christmas. The truth is that laird Drundeary, or the Swell without brain., ie a very old favourite. In one fors or another be has held the stage ever since it has bad as existence apart from the mediesval miracles and moralities; and be very likely was not unknown when histrionics VON reprded ea a form of religions instruction. In literal/re ha bag also borne a distierinhed epee-- " Sir Plume, of amber sauff-box jaatly vain, And the nice conduct of a clouded am, With earnest eyes and round unthinking face," might have been the ancestor of all the tribe ; end Ira not Pu itch for the lavt dozen years lived chiefly upon delinea tions of Lord Duodreary's very self, his kitb, kin, and allies? It would therefore be as reasonable to expect oar neighbours acmes the Channel to amid the perhaps net more mythical Zraglishinan of the Port* St. Martin as the frequenters of the Haymarket to tire of Mr. &there. ti isright to say, however, that Our A meriona am,' 4 halms very different pie*, from the one originally produced. Ex cept a few of the most taking bite, the whole character d Lord Dundresry has been re-written ; and we Yew now exhibited to us lluodreary dancing and Dtindoenry drunk. The episode of Mr. Rickard Coyle and Abel Nur oott has been so unmercifully mini that it would be• pat improvement to omit it altogether. We canoot say that we I 1 I 1