The Express. — London, England, 1852-12-28 00:00:00

winr ion woo were. and probably still are, r• obin-an. Now, flu le is uot • word to be f i : mil i n any known French law, in the ocsa wiaori of January, 1m.51, or in fete corn .j of the Troplong's and Baroche's this ro mulgatsil to justify the executive in sending & fitech citizen out of the country without trial. It s a act of widisguisid arbitrary power, and in a wry reduced to the led necessity of suffering ise k an act to puss unquestioned the lives and IL • u rties of the inbabltants arc as insecure ~ their m. Ensile de Girarilin, in the Presse, saxes his 11 4a:stow to the following sine.? line of comment t roy the above oesurrence:—" We register this fact • Lout n deetion ; who: reflections could we add.'' the Emperor. whose stay at Compiegne has been , r maid from time to time, is now nut expected in P s , till to-mertow morning. 1 pmume he will a er:alc arrive then, to keep his appointment with to Popes nuncio. jue Moroi/run contains a decree confirming the Twe nt votes of the municipal council for the corne p knon of the Rue Ricoh, and directing the various works necessary in conaailuenee to be carried into The l'rr sse, in its weekly commerci Al review, gives s fAvouriblu account of the Christman trade of It says: ,daing to compare the retail sales of Christmas, 18i2, •• ': those of IKol. we bees made inquiries art two bows*, , .4 which but the first clam, and tae other of secondary fume. la the fir.t holm they told us that mks had se doubled, and, to the second, .• and that thty hrd soil nearly nee-third more •oi last year. Another important fact to remark o that the price. of articles nt 4:eery description risen consideranly, and buyers cheerfully submit to , siugmentatioo. The stuck in hand of almost all raw e. tier's'. has dimini.hed, and those manakin:trim who se same.' unprovidid beer has to meet at the same time a both io pelt.e, ai.d wag... There are many journeymen %sellers, cabling maker., brans • worker., carpet makers, • , &c., who nen, l'r a long time i arising 41. and Zif. a 4 ., ! ,wh0 now gain 6f. and ;1.. mid ultra they !saes a master tqlimol twenty other rc u. t a take them. SPAIN. A letter from Madrid ot . the 21st sacs: —" The cimtlar of the Minister of the Interior, M. Llorcnte, Las already won emir some of the members of the apposition, and the dissolution of the electoral cola since of the moderate opposition is spoken of as rotable. The general elections are to take place, it 6 s aid, on the Ist of February. Many deputies iv/ already quitted the capital, and repaired to their constituencies. The decree for the canalisation dike Ebro was signed yesterday. The Academy of Witory has re-elected M. F. Martian de la Rosa its proidtat. GERMANY. 1... Emperor of Austria wee reesived at Dresden, en his Worn from Berlin. by the Kidg and the PTIZICVS of Saxony. Prince Albert had gone fir as Ibiderdan to meet the imperial traveller. l Emperor spent the el ening in thu private circle 0 1 the Utweu of Saxony. The next morning he reci iced the generals. and addressed to the corps of (Accra a sptech full of complimentslo the Saxon c: my. Afterwards he received M. Beast, the Saxon Minister of Foreign affairs, in a private audience. Having visited the • uriosities of the city, he left Dresden with his brother Max., at six in the evening, to continue his route to Vienna. ITALY. PIEDMONT. CAM favour's government will not be dissolved in consequence of the adverse rote which betel it in the debate on the Civil Marriage Bill. At the com mencement of the sitting of the Senate on the 21st inst.. M. Boncompagne. the Minister of Justice, read a ro y al decree authorising him to withdraw the bill tforesaid in the name of the government. The si.sistry regretted, lie said, that the &nate had seen ft to reject the wishes of the country as they were 'greened in that measure. Still it would continue to count on the concurrence of the Senate, and hoped that this event would not interfere with that good tnelereanding of the three estate* to which Piedmont owned that her liberties had been preserved, while those of so many countries had been enerificed during the list four years. The ministry fell back upon the pris.triptions of the law of April 19, 18:10, and would conform its conduct to that in all that regarded the hlation of the church to the state: its maxim were submissi in to religion, respect to its ministers sad their rights, but complete independence of the este in all matters within its province: respect for the liberty of the church. but assiduous watchfulness &pivot the abuse of this liberty, whether to the injury of public order, the respect dos to the laws, or the liberty guaranteed by the constitution. To this moderate but Sens declaration the Presi dent of the Senate responded that if in this matter there had arisen a dissension between the Senate and the ministry, it was to he ascribed to the tumorous nese of some consciences, and not toany intention of °Swine opposition to the ministry, or of departing inn:that harmony of the three powers of the state which was the best security for its institutions. The Senate then voted. almost without discussion, the bdl for the continuation of the budget. be Court. WINDSOR, Dsc. 27. The Queen, with the Princesses Helena and Ls... drove out in an op a carriage this Illeraisg. Prince Albert, secompani-4 by the Prince of Leiniarres, sat attended by C .loni I the Has. C. B. Phipps, Colonel Sweetie, and Lo ut -Colonel &dills!ph, weal oat shooting this forenoon. Ile Earl of Derby had an audience of the Queen pester- 1 1 day. to take leave on resigning the other of First Lord of 1 1 Tressury. ller Majesty will hold a C ,art sad Privy Ceaseil this (11aeaday) afternoon at Windsor Castle. Mr. Juane. Wiehtnian had an interview with Mr. Seers. tiry Walpole yesterday at the llooneelliee. Mr &want Merewether had an interview yesterday w.th Sit Jahn rakiares at the Caisaial-olika. THE "TIMES" AND THE MINISTRY. 70 TN! SUITOR OT THE DUET NEWS. St::.—The Times is fulsome in its adulation of the new ministry; but that adulation, however grateful tutium: on whom it is poured, has never yet been Powerful enough to upset a tolerably good mini stry or • keep in a bad one. The heaviest battery nt the T., in its best dais was opened upon Lord Melbourne, and kept up a tire almost unparalleled to power of every kind except that required to eject the object of their abuse, for Lord Melbourne had a longer innings in Downioratreet than has beta usual for ministers in our generation. On the other hand, the Times tried its very best to keep Mr. Diiiratli in the saddle. But in vain. Mr. l►s. rich did what was absurd and wrong, and what was therefore nationally distasteful, and Mr. Disraeli sou out. An illustration of the same result oc oiled in the case of the Crystal Palace. 'rho Times said the building should not be raised in Hyde-park. Rut the object being proper, and the popular sanc tion being given, the building, as all the world knows, rose up at Knightsbridge io spits of Printing ilooseiquare, Lord Campbell, and Mr. Dobie. When the Exhibition had become world-famous, the T". 0 .4 Slid it should not be removed; but the public mid just the reverie, and dowh it came, and was Pocked off to Sydenham. These facts are re aped to mind 'just to show that your able and eleelleat contemporary, though a terrible foe, is not always an equally important friend, and Lord Aber deen. and his colleagues must not suppose that in Railing the support of the times, they are thereby absolied from alt liability to wholesome criticism, or 41 4 to cajole the public into satisfaction with bad measure s ill ;lace of good ones. The people agree with the Times when the Times goes right,—bat only thtn. .When its gyrations lead it to bolster up archties or impostures, or to attack that which is wne, jest, and beneficial, the country contents itself by think ing what ought to be thought, and doing shit ought t o b e d one, and leaving Printing-House loge to come to its armors again —which it very oqm . does when it fi n d s i tse l f upon anything like a oal'Y unpopalaz tack. A READER OF ALL THE DAILY PAPERS. CHRISTMAS AMUSEMENTS. DRUHY-LANE. Tho public did their share last evening towards I giving to Drury-lane an auspicious re-emeairsg, as name- I diately upon the opening of the doors the house was crowded from floor to wiliest, with a tishimaahle and there . toes orderly audience, which, contrary to all knows usage on busing nighr, uatened with the most commend eble pstience to the play, acd didn't hiss when the new tricks refused to work in the pan'. mime The first piece was another new version of Uncle Tom's Cabin, in which the adapter has at last had the courage to grapple with the sable hero himself, and makes him the pronnutot character in his entertainments. In other respects he has acted very like his predecessors, that is to say, relied on the presumption that every one of his audience had read the hoe., and then took a slice here and there, as it suited his purpose, without much ngard to the unities, se Wag as he obtained • striking situation. The iatroalactioa of the black Hamlet has nut made the ;day run any better, than when the part was omitted by particular dnire. To Lon doners who have beta aecu' untied 'sly to table nielediets singing the most tonne of ehaunts, with the broadest of grins,. preaching negro is all iucong innovation. They don't believe in him, but listen to all his wetness with a patient expeetati in that they will con clude with the mull chow-, banjo and bones inclusive. flie audience of yesterday evening had evidently taken that view of the qeestion, and let poor Uncle Tom drip languidly through as &n on as a few nears had convinced them that he really meant to be serious, and wouldn't sing ** Who's dat knoekin at de door ?" The other novelties in adaptation were the rescue of Bea by Uncle Tom on the Ohio, which hung fire from bat management, and .change in the denouement fur the sake of uramatic justice. Pos sibly the piece will work better when all pasties concerned --prompt, re, actors, and scene shifters—are hotter up in chi it respective parts; but. as far es last night's observe- nun went, we can afford it but a very slender ne.dieuto of approbation. Nu trouble has been taken to provide new and handsome scenery— the action pagan from one squalid interior to another, and the charocters are sustained, with cue or two e acep• none, he provincial mediocrities, who, in the natural verse of things, should never have aspired to the boards ofj Drury-lane. A son of the once-celebrated " Master bevy " I made his ektad, but in so small a part as to give little ups to judge of his dramatic powers; and the female characters were saatained by ladies from the provinces, who have evidently been accustomed to houses of much smaller dimensions. Our old friend Charles Selby did all he could with the ' , nabob Leen*, and a Mr. H. Lee made a very tolerable Haley. The other characters hod no:hing of importance to do, and seemed quite conscious the fart, and the curtain at last felt without any demote, striation either of applause or approbation on the part of I the audience. The general verdict seemed to be that at ' least it was better than Jane Shore or George Barnwell,' the usual Christmas dishes, and that that was as much as could be eapected on boxiest night. rack Tom having been at last sent, with all solemnity, to the s• place whet • the good Biggers go," the eurtsin again rose 'en Ilarlepon Ilial6rna or Old Dame IJPurden the droll Days apke Merry .ilogoarrh. A wise foresight has already enabled the readers of the Daily 3 . eses to go to the pantomime well up to the ia•ricacies of the clot; so we will suppose them to know already all about the s' abode ot antiquity" and the " genius of improve. cot," and how they met together by special appointimat for the better regulation of mundane matters and the general ad vancement of the human race. All we shall say is that antiquity had a very fitting abode, a uvular curiosity shoo, and that the genius of improvement found a graceful representative in Has Bromley, formerly of the Lyecum.i Her first wave of the magic wand brought oat the " People's Palace at Sydenham," a beautifully painted scene. which was loudly and generally applauder,. The great Pant, a eeplanalle seas the &awe( a grand bailer fardosligue,ezeeed- 1 ingly well danced by the coryphees, and narrowly ' escaping an encore. The other scenes which were most noticed were " the village of Stemware," a Au satiny land- j wept., a view of Cheapside as it looked in 1660, and the grand fairy tableaux, both of which were as gorgeous as I anything ever produced at the Lyceum, and elicited the warmest and must universal approbation For the spoken ' fun of the pantomime we rennet say much, as it was often rather ',bemire, and the actors seemed sadly deficient in their tarts. It is to be hoped that in future represeuta boas they will be more careful, and not by any fault of theirs shipwreck a pies which evidently hu cost the manager a very large sum of money. The tumbling was unexceptionable, and the feats of the brothers Siearist and of Devani astonished the juveniles much. Mdlle. Lnui.e blanche was everything thot could he wished in a Columbine ; and another young lady, who figured as Harlequina, give her meet graceful and effective assistance. Sons* compression will be neces sary in the introduction, and a great deal more ears in the delivery of the dialogue; bat, these hints being attended to there is sufficient attraction in the splendid scenery, and in the ability of Use pantasnintisn proper, to ensure liarlertia Iliselsbral a long and erespereas run. THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1862. at betting near, and balloons and collapsed "budgets" were not forgotten. Mr. Edwin Edwards is an excellent clown, and by the introduction of his trained dogs (which hare learned a .tne additional trieks since last seas) enniTi . bated greatly to the success of the evening. Mr. George Tb , ,lnpain, as Sprite, exhibited great powsrs as what we believe is called a "contortionist." There 'err* no viaib!e I:M*1)1pr in the working of the pantomime, the first night nntwi•hstsnding, and it nosy fairly tw tailed an entire metes. HAYMARKET. " The little theatre in the Haymarket," as it was wont to he affectionately termed by its habitue's, is not es. empty d hem the great national law which seems to compel the managers of all the Ric temples of the metropolis to solemnise the advent of Coristmu by the production of • pantomime of the old legitimate pattern or a burlesque of the more recently invented but now almost equally well worn device. T . l.e success of both depends on the skill of their tethers in "shooting folly as it Mies:" bet the hits of the ar' usually dealt out in the straightforward practical manse of artillery practice on board the Bleellent, while the other distributers Mt& tle Wows with sharp arrows lip_pieB with /mama whtroi with satire. Mr. Webster bevies en appreciating and peculiar audience be air hr, does wisely to adhere to the more refined class of prielhathlea, and aecurdiagly he last night favoarod his with • mythical legend, which was distiognislsed e he tr fact of its hearing only one name , al th we were informed that no less than three persons were concerned in bringing it into ezisteues. This most unsuggestive title is Leo the Terrible, and the eseeeetors are responsible for its entire merits or demerits, ea they have gone to no other source for their saltiest than the eatravegaat suggestioes of their own imaginations. They have certainly grouped together a most anomalous 'nese Wage of personages, who commit a variety of the meal anaehrosiesis in en amusing although not strikingly novel way. We are tint introduced to Asap, who is to be taken es a net of type of common sense, and who takes Ms teMad and follower, Oay, to a mysterious country "es tilt an asset of Bohemia," ruled over by Mr. Bland with hi sesswllensed dignity sod unctuous grandiloquence as the Lemons poten tate, and inhabited by • race endowed with ON Mode of varicose animals, which aptly mark their respective trades. Those people bath eschewed the doctrine of Commies &Aso, sad Wooed themselves murder the Amine. tens of Unoommos Folly, and it is to bring them book to their allegiance that &sop protects Norval de In earosa (Mrs. L. 8. Bnekinghasojand his follower, Thatheemalebad Potts (Keeley), in their crowds against lim stone), an individual with a wolf's head bote el te match, who, being refused the hand of the Biag's ilossitter (Mae Rees Bennett), threatens to attack big threw, sad moreover does it. Having yeetCrclay gives an analysis of the plot, it is as seeresary to follow** characters through their various &muses. metal the impossible, though 4gbly comic, d.- Noume is attalsoll is which, by She We of their hirsute eppessisges, they an res Sored to the role it IMMO& NM and their satire isslilases. The pins is wan*wrigsa, sad abscising with bits at the social sad pillthal tyke et the day, mese ad whit* WM ✓eceived by the nalleaut with the want eselsene we gene s roily give so eM assaehilaase. Eneyhally will seder stead the fen Keeley wakes en eta sailor of the I tree T. I'. Cane type, who slags a delefal ditty to the tune at All resod sty hat," and theasse a tine' beespipe with the swat elaborate Surrepamellsei Although set banally sraineetl. Lases Thrrible will dealden OM Mend at assais. a Oleshlnas 'sumer. wed whoa the assess are seen preset la *dr parts, eon rig sernsittaly win he posendwie dude. The ealeanigwees was nseeded by the very dens piece Maths aid Arm sod ths hilarity noshed its classiest. 1":11the sawdadlag Awes et lbw and Co, Married 4 011111. whisk misrules sestemasy nen. The pantomime at this theatre is railed //arkpoin rAorry wet Fair Star; or, Me Gyros Bird, tee DOW 1149 Wane, sad else Seeping Silver Tres. the subject being = 4, 4 by the winery story of the Construe d'kecsis. pieces Irene( often remarkable for the elaborate- Mee sr eriesiefterry ef their plots ; but the loves of Cherry sad Pak ft Ns an aro slighter Waters the. is nasal eves for peatoodetie herder end their swains. The Int scene is the neutral ground of the Perin and Metres, whereon E yeti. ',arises and lljine Sliest, Me potentates of the antagonistic sprites, meet, and quarrel em I. the possession of Fair Star. At lesgth, they conclude a treaty, by virtue of which the youeg lady, if she prove more impregnable to temptation than Ler ancestress, Eve, is to betimes the bride of Print* Clieribil or Cherry; but in the event of his Wien. ohs is to be the prey of the monster Djinn—a fate frets which all geed fairies award the matrons not lea than the " maids of Merry Zealand." After this, the interior of Al-Serer the Amiable, King of Cyprus, is exposed to the gage of a British public. It 14 tenanted by some wore of Interestine little princes and primmer, whose monkey tricks would drive frantic as army of anon. Even the sudden entry of the great AI-Seren himself dose not frown quiet until be has takes summary vengeance with the most splendid of birches ever made for the tribulation of royal childhood epos the mast unlucky, if net the meet refractory of the troupe. Priem Cherry is the eldest Ma's hopeful brood, and far *seals them all le Belie and mischief. I His treatment of Ilis infant brother is, to my the least of it, meet reprehensible, and such, nee would have thought, ar must have made him forfeit the kindly pa • of Evcri. weriana. After the young Al-Serees have been sent to bed, aa immense seesatice ie greeted by the arrival ef Fair Star, their cies= jih from beeediareebeei ; whim the et whole the bow NOM to net , dry ere doeserod with a Atka Itaohoodoes oaniasaloalis do *on the Obi labia Opt ram lady must eadsogo. Nut .I Me la Militaidad to be shim be she be bona eisioyal by Djlaa to *a am if bee a parailimis rains% in the melon et Melo& Pi T s bo la ti Qella Met her the nature of the toot to whisk tee le sleet Who submitted ; and certainly it does set Ni. mouth, far ' it le only to avoid tosehing two vases. We are leery, how. ever, to say, that Me signally fails. A brief streak with her curiosity, sad she sueeuntb•—• sad example of the frailty of woman, but, cousidetiod the antecedents of the ' sea, perhaps sot mock to be wondered at. The results that follow remind mho of the fate of Earidior, except that the ter/repo, is emminn4d for by one bang upon a gong, and the young lady is pounced upon end carried tiff bodily t y the ACM*, indeed of Seeing back into the dr. ary biog. dons of disembimßeil sheets. However, for the Princess there i. &chasm of enamour not vouchsafed to the haphee Grecian wife. Abe is recoverable, provided that her cousin Cherry will peewee this green bird, the dancing waters, and the Moping silver tree. Cherry at once sets forth on en expedition to that end. mounted is knightly guise, and attended by h:s faithful squire Topaspal•Widela.'They soon arrive at the foot of M. Lunt kook-assns. Cheery encounters the green bird, and puts salt upon its tail; but it escapes up the mountain whither it is punned by the gallant champion. As for poor Al- Wideli, he is cruelly sot on by a swarm of Afrites. and when the scene closes upon him, he is lying on the ground in a most woeful plight. It seems, however, that every* thing turns up right in the end, for Clurry and hi. squire I return to Cyprus leading captive the Green Bird. Everiweriana re-appears, and is about to betroth the young couple, when Djion ' not unnaturally, interposes an obj, etion, namely, that Cherry had only fulfilled a ] third of his task. This the Peri overrules, perbars not over justly, by ordering the transformation to take place. Fair Star, into Columbine, Cherry into flatlequin, Minn into Clown, and Al-Widdin into , 1 Pantaloon. The piece, whatever may be thought of the story, has at least been made the pretest for the intro duetioa cf some really beautiful bits of spectacle. The P.ri'e retreat is a lovely seine; and the Peris themselves in their apparel of gauze and silver, with head dessert ei In l'erucierene of [esthete formed of brilliants, were an unusua:ly striking group. The snow-crown peaks of Kork-asaus also deserved the highest praise. As for the libretto, eacept a few Memo allusions to what looms in ' the future," and to Major Beresford's rabble," it call. foe little notice. The heroine of the tight, or at least of the induction, was a little girl (Mi.. Kite Terry) who performed the part of Everiweriana with great cleverness, and with well-owned applause. Mr. 'feline ' Mr. Paulo Mr. Coemack , and Min Carlotta Letle•eq, al so sustained the characters of Clown, Pantaloon, Harlequin, and Co- lumbine, to the satisfaction of a crowded house. LYCEUM. - Senson after aeuon we have had to commend Mr. Manche u conspicuous among the writers of the comic drams fur ease and eleeanee—pleaoantry and point. And we have now no falling off to record. In the Good IVoman in Me Wood, aa in his earlier works, he is still Mr. Planeha—a jester upon affairs of the day, with a feel• ing for the picturesque and poetical, and an undercurrent ; of scholarship and literature, which does not confound the I gallery, whits it propitiates the bones and stalls. Mr. Planthe has upon this occasion forsaken Madame D'Anois—a lady to whom he has hid the public under so I many obligations—and addicted himself to Mdlle. de la Force, whom, we are bowed to say, be has made to serve his purpose with equal success. The material which he has rifled may not be lamiliar to all of our readers.. Th,ro is an usurper to a certain throne, and a rightful heir—two brothers. The usurper, Ki g Bruin, having poisoned his brother, also devotes the children to destruction ; but they are saved through the agency of the "good woman,' and subsequently, assisted by discriminating fairies, obtain their rights. But this is anticipating. The I privies., fall in bee in the proper quarters— that is to say with their cousins, and 90, it would seem, tend to heal family dissensions. The usurper, however, is Inot allowed to Mani so wily: he is, with great dremsti c justice, carried off by a monster, by no means in human form, through a trap door, which the audience are informed is the bottomless pit, after having vainly attempted to come to an understanding with the very right-minded fiend pre siding over those region,. For the rest little need be said; every aody who has ever seen Mr. Frank Matthews must know that King Bruin hone of the peculiar parts in which he might be espeeted to shims. All admirers of Madame Veetna an undentand how very eseelletat a "good wet man" she would make: while the more modern, but equally enthusiastic devotees of Miss Julia St. Oeorge need not be told how irresistible the Prince Almond becomes in her impersonation. Nor should Mips Eglinton, Mies Ito bertro,, and Miss Wyndham, be forgotten, as forming the re mainder of the quartctt of princes and princesses whose conduct throughout the piece fully justifies the (theatrical) happiness which they arrive at in the end. We need scarcely add, then, that the Good Woman is a complete success—a success deserved not only by the author and actors, hut also by the scene-painter and minor wish. Mr. Beverley, indeed, in the scene on the borders of " Lake Lucid," achieved a triumph of a no ordinary description. The whole getting up, in short, mu worthy of the most careful and moat tasteful days of the accomplished menace. ment of the Lyceum; and the concluding Pccna in parti cular was a triumph of brilliant and bewildering illusion. The dialogue was quite up to the mark, and the songs rather hyond it. The remainder of the performances consisted of Mr. W. Brooch'. clever piece, A PArnomenon in a Setockfroch, and bale Toddlekins. The audience wera is great MM.. ben , and even greater good humour. ADELPHI. - --- --- ---. The performance here commenced with Uncle , Tom's Cabin, the interest of which did not appear to hats I at all diminished, and those who bad reeerved their enjoy -1 writ of it for Christmas, were, no doubt, especially do. lighted. The custom of prevention a pantomime was asain honoured in the production of Nell Goryouse ; or liar- Ileqvin Morrie Monarch," of the introductory part of which w,. gave so outline on Monday. The subject chosen as a basis has, it need scarcely be said, bean too much hacked to admit of &orbit', novel, sem is palomino ; but, so far las care could maks the pleas 'SNOW. there was no room for complaint. The thasiom of Mademoiselle hada was applauded most irsillsally, and would have hous protontod lasi beyond Oho allotted period had the sasses of the gods how aserholy rapeseed to. Tao &toeing deportmsat was all ran the t of Mr. Flezini:: ys rmaraiss no naps of elicited sense anee declaring that la bad not concreted hut merely Mr. 0. Roam mode a somical King Man sad was well amiss& by Mr. C. J. Smith, as Lard Issisisw. Nell Orryose appeased Is no form of Mr. lama Regero, an actor of embborabie power in Mead tares. There was uotbiog very et,lkM hi the tricks • sad bore and there a sort of flatness wee proopliblo, whic h a little &heresies or abridgment may pedalo mace.. Mr. Disraeli scribhing propensity wee made are of with some afoot ; the follies of ballooning were tetragonal ; and 1 " the :dialogs " made visible, with hap lamps of gold being roiled away by a motley assembly of diggers. Rather ton much time was taken up with the pantomime, as was evident from the feet that the house, crowded to the utmost at the commeacement, Weems eery this long before the close. SADLER'S WELLS. At this theatre the popular legend of the youth who begun Arne Lord Mayor of Leedom was made the theme) Mthe gonatomime which is entitled Whieissgant and Ais Coe; er, Old Deine Fortune end Horlerniss Lend Marne London. The mean opens in the mismanaged abode of ' Min Fortune by moonlight, the dame being attended by Min Chief sad Mies Hap, two little devils ; also by Min Adventure, Mies Take, Mir Anthrope, Miss Chaser, Miss Management, and Mks NOOK, who ' are bewailing the present prosperity. Old Dante Fortune appears and declares that the nwards the lilefito6ooS, sad eine es an immune the career of Dick Whittington, whose adventures she mamas& to be t before her in the form of a pantomime. The t r i e l L e glag wheel of fortune in the Palace of Riches thea ' appear'. The scene changes to the tanks of the Thames, and the exterior of Hugh Fitswarrnes general warehouse is Mown. Dick appear', and some fanny remontree take plats between him and latxuarrea's cook. As in the tale so la the pantomime—he imagism his cat to Barbary in his emeear'srPOSOl, sad himself runs away. On Highgate-hill he sleep en a bank—the only beak ba says he can invest M— ead he dreams of the pahisirlit Flibblekre Flobbidee in Akio (et wbleli there is • seine). Then emu the treas. fosemfilem The Wheel of Fortune is tamed into gold ; Wlittlegirs been* Harlequin • Alice, Fitswarrea's , berms Odeettlins ; haws/rem is eltanpd into the Peenalese; sod the Cat bees*" • rinse i and all three ehemeten, with the addltise et*, Cha r Arawith esonsesee "reeking all Made et 'radial Ass and playing all Renner of tricks. The hits were 11111111010, and they were so semen* and so good, and seeeseied each other so rapidly. Sbe a l isa ti l i te s t ud the hews he • eon swat rear. liMatri eal numegens, hubegiring inerallsia,... Pedi a 'heat hy wedswass, were all made bees. 1 . Materials *die Derby election," were tannsfenned the nuncio Meek et the wand into "A. Frail, Berber," s ad again tato " wigs at a disevant." Out of "an opera*" cane Millis Wagner, who was fought over, and who daring the fight became enveloped in • "case," Whisk waslabelled " another nit for the lawyers." " The Getting Uncle Tom" was brought out, • very little fellow, but he wee immediately followed by " the people's Uncle Ti.," the " old 1 Uncle Tom," and the ' author's own Uncle Tom," each larger than the other, andAhe laat a mincer giant, aid with them was " the Old &wink Torn." in the shape of • gin auk, labeVed the " real author of Eagliab slavery." A servants' register office wee also made use of, out of Iwhich to produce some sarcastic witticisms, and a heap of labels, London tea, sugar, pickles, See., were transformed into "adulteration." Emigratiou also was seised upon and Imade to do service. Diddlem, the registration agent, is made to appear is his real character of " a man of straw," and a ' pretty view is given of the English gold fields,— the harvest field,, and the gold corn heirs led 1 away. _ At length the " end of - the cat's tail' wee '' reached, and a beautiful scene of the Palace of Prosperity cloned the pantomime, amid loud sad general applause. Mr. C. Fenton made a good Harlequin, and Miss Caroline Parkes aoquittel herself well as Columbine. H. Nicolo Malin created lots of fun as clown ' i and his gymnastic per torment:is, and those of the sprite, Herr Deem, were gait* a feature. OLYMPIC. At this house, after the drama of AGelard and He laise had been hurried through in dumb she., as the vain nee is oa rosine•night, the new pantomime, entitled Rome, mod Juliet, or Harlequin Uwe& 1146, was produced. Of the introdu-tory part a very accurate account was gives la ONI Doily News of yesterday, and it will Ito sufficient to say that Maury. ecatume, and the general " getting up" was , =Zy gaol, mad all went merrily till the ersaforma ino, wins the lisrlequinede was carried our wttli great aphis aad elf.ct. Palpable hits" were made STRAND. This littlo house opened last night for a season of "one month only " (to quote the bills). The entertain ments commenced with Bellini's opera La Nennereshisfo, Mica Rebecca Isaacs being the Amino, Mr. 11. cry Manley the Elvin., Mr. Henry Corn the Cowie, and Mr. Frederick Alleesi There was little to praise in the perform ance, with the exception of Miss Isaaces Amine, which was worthy of better support than Wall affird.ni by the ineffi cient arrangements. Indeed, hut for the really clever *hu hu and acting of that lady, the opera, as given last night, would have been scarcely tolerable. Mr. Manley (the tcnor), althritmle possessing buta small voice, sang with some taste and feeling, especially in the scene "Al Is lost now." With throe exceptions, the performance b tined signs of taste and want of prepaentiou rarely met with in a London theatre. The specie's) of the evening, however, wee !War I'arky's Petite Grand Cowie thresinens Pantomime e.f Harlequin and Chilhar, or the Clown is Lilloped, sus t .ined by the living Marionettes. It wag painful to see theme really clever little children so cruelly misplaced in their attempts to emery on • sustained pantomimic action, which is DUI trying even to the physique , of en adult. The tiny Harlequin, Columbine, l'aiitaltmo, and Clown, esp. ci illy the letter, exert. d themselves to the ut most of their intantine powers • hut the patience of the audience, long exercised, became at length ea r beast el, and the pantomime was huddled up to an shrupt and inglorious conelmion—o heats , attempt be anticidate the last scene displayed the bare brick walls at the back of the stage, and ono of the stage carpenters ihinet a frantic elfin to tie a Catherine wheel, which, hue ever, was not destined to explode, a storm of disappro. be ice, bringing down the curtain prentature:y. Oae of the features announced in the hills was the e.irly ronellusion of the performances ; but at midnight Mediu was commenced in termination of the evening's entertainments. Without borne improvem , tit in the arrangenseists it seems doubtful seLather even the " short season" cont. widened at this house will not prove too long for - the public. 1 SURREY. irsie!c To7l7S — Cabiti, continuing its career of Wl.a -bated success, formed last night the piece de resistance with which it is usual at ti is and other theatre§ to preface the pleat Christmas attraction.. The audience was in boxiag night terce, end exhibited as much patience as audiences are wont to do on such occasions; hot a delay of some hour and a qnarter between the onnelstlion of the " clock " drama and the commencement of the pantomime was a sore trial to their powers of forbearance. Unmistekeable cigos of disea•isfaction in the boxes, a few unrehearsed com bat. in the pit and galleries, end a general call for the " manager," brought at length an apology from that important personage, who explained that the difficulties of getting the complicated machinery into action on the first night was the cause of the appestat want of punctuality. In a few minutes afterwards the curtain drew up and the opening scene of llar:equin and the World of Rowers. or the Fairy of the !fora apart the Sprite of the Ni'ver Star, effectually dispelled every niptom of discnntent. The pantomime is put upon the stage ins manner which reflects great credit oath.) eatehlishment. The scenery is in many respects meenifi,ent, especially the Lake of Waterlilies, the Valley of Bluebells, med Ileum of Fa'ry Flowers, where the transformations take place, and the tableaus in this last scene are uraneed with a degree of taste and elegance combined with a gorvousuese of colour which, except perhaps in one or two instances at Madame Veatris's theatre, we have never seen ;Equalled. The parts in the introduellea and in the harlequinade were efficiently filled by Muss Labatt as the " fast" star, Mr. Milano as Harlequin ' Mr. Beck am Clown, Mr. Bradbury as r o,ta:oon, Herr Wilkand 5101ino as Sprite, and Mies Annie Cusbnie as Columbine. There was also 10100 very graceful dancing executed by Mdlle. Therese Cushuie. The pi,ce was, eminently successful, snit will doubtless have a very considerable ^ ran." The pantomime oiifsKtMed house of entertain ment is another of Mr. Eels - in Lee's. It is entitled For tni,o und hie Horse Cowed., rout the , ere•-e;iftet The rising of the eur.ain discloses the " Realms of Night," with the Sprites of Night dancing a mystic mused. Pre- 1 sently the Fairy Pomona app.-an, and dispatches them to meet their Queen, Sunlight, in Fairyland. The stars dies' - p. sr; and the scene changes to the Fairy Court, who are assembled to join the Christmas sports. The Fairy Queen, Sunlight, ri .w arrives, alb:radii' by a brilliant cavalcade. She desc,uds from her sunlight car, and announces to the assembled court that the Emperor Altomite, of No Man's L3llll, haring lost his treasure, has determined to raise • militia, for tno purpose of reclaiming is from the Prince Fat de Ral. A certain nobleman sends Lis three d iughten disguised as three young men, to assist in the ristorst Oa ; the two eldest being exceedingly haughty, the Queen resolves to punish them, and to protect Parto ok., the youngest, for her amiable disposition. The three sisters are next seen travelling towards Fairyland. Thu Queen, disguising herself as an old shepherd' se, wan discovers on whom to bestow the prise ; the two eldir sisters are sent bark forthwith, and Fortunio is presented with the horse Comrade and the seven gifted servants. He sets forth to seik his fortune. Comrade carries him to the palace of the Emperor, to whom For tunio offers his setvicee, and captivates the heart of tile Emperor's sister, who has no suspicion that he is a female. 'the Emperor's dumisions are ravaged by • fiery dragon, and Fortunio undertakes to rid the island of this fiend. We are next introduced to the "Dragon's Haunt," where Fortunio's servant, Lightfoot, arrives, followed by Tippler, who drinks the river dry. Strongliack then makes his ap pearance, with • hogshead of wino ou his shoulaers, and pours it into the channel of the river; the dragon comes from his ease, and being thirsty, drinks heartily of the wine, which produces the usual effect. Fortunio takes ad vantage of his inebriety to tut off his head. The next 'tone is the "Crochet Chamber," hang with crochet work in the palace of Prices Fal de Ital. Fortunio demands a restoration of the treasurys ; the Prince laughs at the claim, but promises to rioter* them when a man can be found to eat a load of fluid suSeient for the whole army. Gobblers is introduced, who speedily causes the bread to disappear; the river drained by Tippler in like manner; and ultimately Stroogliack carries off the treasures. They roach the Emperor's palace i a safety ; and, the fairy appearing, the usual transformations take place. The Empress becomes Harloyein (Mr. Mel bourne Mier); Po/tinier. Columbine (Mdlle. Christi's) ; the Princess, Pantaloon (Mr. Prioroon); Lightfoot, Sprite (Me. A. Hemming); and Strongback, Clown (Mr. U. The usual fun and frolic moue, and clever hits are introduced at the popular talks of the day, political ores being carefully excluded. The entertainment went off remarkably well. We must not omit to notice that the performances commenced with what may be called an equestrian version of the ismottaustibio Uncle Tom's bisOWs. The extraordinary merit of this piece is established by the fact that it commanded the uniatorroptod attention, for up wards of two hoary, of a " boxing-night" audience as sembled to witness a pantomime. This may be putty owing to the largo preponderance of comic manses, some if which were quite equal in humour to any part of the pan tomime. The fidelity of the representation to Mrs. Stowe's tale may be judged from the feet that the last scene is a sword combat between Camay and Lame. THE MARIONETTES. The Lilliputian wooden company of the St. James'. Theatre have not been bodied their full-grows brethren of Bah and blood in the quality and attraction of their Christ mas fare. Tneir entertainments of last evening were ex ceedingly well got up, and well received by an 'salient house. There was no attempt at the carious' or said mental, for which a company of Marionettes, however cleverly managed, is entirely unlit. The absurd spasmodic movements et puppet., their strange jerks and enutortioes, which ell the ingenuity in the world cannot prevent, put everthing like grave acting out of the question ; while these very things give additional zest end piquancy to a burlesque or extravaganza. We hare no doubt that the management have been convinced of this, by their recent attempt at serious opera ; for which, moreover, their Inewisal means urn not adequate. But the pieces they gave last night were tautly the things that they can accom plish moat successfully. Nothing could be more quaint or eatertaining. The first was a burlesque of Doe Giovanni, in which the principal Incidents of this famous drama were travestied after a most ludicrous fashion. The figures were capital. The Don himself a ntagnifleent fellow', who stria' ted about like a grandee of the first class ; Leporello, Donna Anna, the Cummendatore, Dos Octavio, were all in excellent costume sod keeping. The scenic effects of the spectre on hors,- back and the diabolical banquet at the close, were admir able ; and the unearthly ineideats made a ridiculous con trast with the strange motions of the actors, and the lively dogrel in which they delivered the dialogue. No attempt ' was made to sing the music of Nowt; but there sal a great deal of pleasant musk—parodies of popular soups, burlesques o' favourite opera sirs, ducts, po pular given in as easy. off-band way, but always in good taste, and very agreeably sung. The principal performance of the evening was tile new Christmas piece, Ali Bobo, or, a A sght with the Forty Thieves; a piece of the same description with Doss I : 4 oellentr but got up with still Armor splendour, It is hardly me (weary to sty, that it is a burlesque of the flue old mc In. dream which rive such unbounded delight t, the boys and girls of half a mutiny ago. The stirring incidents of the Arabian tale are made laughable by the comic dialogue, full of the Cockney phraseology of the day, and enlivened by smart and pointed effusions ; cud the scenery and spectacle are really beautiful. The mu.'.c, too, like that introduced into Don Giovanni, though without pretension, is exceed ingly light and pretty. Between these two pieces the "Ebony Marionetus" gave their Ethiopian Eat er t atninen t o f Negro and Yanks. songs, which, as weld, was received with great applies*. THE COLOSSEUM MOHO likely now to become one of the most pepol.ir, as it has et rtainiy nlanyt bet n one of tho very brat of the sights of Lefties'. Its increasing popo laxity' promises to carte from a diminution of the peter of admission front the anti. at 24. bd. to a shilling. Certainly at the latter eat there is nothing more likel♦ to Entity' holiday makers in Ibis greet metrtyulis. The picture 01 London by Night is a marvel in its way—tbe ►tatuary is worts seeing —the mask attractive—the conservatorit a ere good for their size, and the Swiss Cottage quite unique in its way. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.—The optical i department of this Institution sem ve•tt rday a source at great attraction ; ro Ices than between 3,000 and 4,i500 pe wits were present. Nhakespezre's "Mt•isummer Night's Ilreatn" illustrated form. 4 the novelty, in addition to the tumid intellectual smuerment of science in ■ pspeinar form, thu " E. diem Amusements of Chemistry," by Mr. Pepper ; the "Philosophy of Scienittic Recreation,'• by Dr. Bach hoffaer; and the lecture by Mr. Crisps, on "Ballooning, and the present prospects of Aerial Navigation," girt/. ► pro. gramme suitable to all capacities, and doing great credit to the management of the instittoine. WoODINII CARPET 13A0 AND SICETeII Row:, ADE LAII/1-11TOLIT TRZATRI.—Mr. W. 8. Woodin is ens of the best artiste, after the manner of Mathews, we have yet seen, and the success which has attended his " musieol eccentric entertainment" proves that his ver•atile nl.tit► are not lost upon the public. lie was unknown when tie tint alytared in his present capacil ; hu! such is hi• power of provoking merriment and good humolr, thct ul rcai.y established as a general and acknowledged " tavou• rite." BURFORD'S PANORAMAS, LEICESTER-SQUARE.— The Alps, Waterloo, and Nineveh—Nature, History, and Antiquities —were much in demand at Mr. Burford's well. known institution in Leicester•square. In the first en or.be r of the series, parties of visitors were ell:slaw ly arriving in imagination on the summit of the Feulhorn, and Vence surve/iug one of the must glorious scenes in the Ober '.and. The rich hues and dream-like beauty of MID panorama were enthusiastically admired. Is the next compartmet, the animated and Lit-like painting of the latest decisive b eerie of the world wan sunned with many recAlections ef the great =enlist of that fetal field, and soma dieraaltiim to ask where and when will the next great encounter take place. The teeming old Mound of Nicau,ud with the indefatigable Lai ard and his wonder-stnckrn Arabs gazing upon the disclosed symbols of Assyrian civilisation was, perhaps, less visited than it dteerved to be The three panoramas here exhibited well Intritod the high praise which they obtained. BARTLETT'S DIORAMA OF JERUSALEM AND TILE HOLT LAND, HU:It-PARK CORNER.—The name cf Mr. W. Beverley, under whose direction this diorama has been painted, is amply sufficient to testify to the merits of the exhibition ; and as it is shortly to be closed, tie admirers of pictorial entertainments would do well to bestow their attention upon it at a period when every inducement and excuse are offered fur a temporary neglect of business for the sake of pleasure. The characteristics of this exhibition —like all others of a similar nature—have @beady been full/ described in the publiejournals, and therefore it need only be said en the reeebt occasion that Bartlett'. Diorama offers an opportunity for a "pilgrimage to the Holy Land," which may be aptly taken advantage of during the few days that sacred subjects are appropriately connected with our festivities. • GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION.—WELLINGTON CAM ' DAIoNN.—This exhibition, which has now been oetn to the public for several weeks, mad by received various additions during that time, may not unfitly be mentioned amongst the foremost 01 the entertainments which put forth their claims to patronage at this holiday sea on. It is it, all re spects one of the most sue:essful panoremu which Las been brought under our notice since exhib tions of this nature hive achieved an incre.sed popularity in London. In a recent notice in the IJ"ily News attention was drawn to the three additional views which have lezen introduce-I .`nee the funeral of the Duke—vie., the lying in sate et Chiba.* Hospital, the funeral pr.cessiou puesing Nelson's Moon merit, and the lowering of the coffin into the vault, It only remains for us, thee, fore, to any that the c , ,inple'i ness which is now given to this interesting record of the illus trious hero's life and death is already xufficieutly *ppm- I elated, and the visitors who thronged the exhihiti in yes terday afforded abundant evidence us to its superior worth. TREGOLD FIELDSOFAUSTRALIA—HEGENY•SYREET. —This interesting panorama, painted from sketches by Mr. J. 8. Prone, is deserving of especial patronage, at a time when the world of London is anxious to gain some information upon a subject which absorbs universal atten tion. To those who are at preseat undecided as to w hether the gold region* really present those attractive features which have been pictured I/ us, this series of tableaux will be found both instructive and entertaining, and it will hardly be doubted that the efforts of Mr. Prout's vivid 1 pencil may be relied on for truthfulness of d es i gn as well as admired fur their effect. Holiday-seekers caenot better employ their time then by witneesieg a representation which introduces them so agreeably to the gold-seekers. WYLD'S GREAT GLOBE was visited by very large crowd*, eager to take this ueportunity of seeing t''.e world. In the hands of the intelligent and iliscriminaUng expo sitor of the globe, the exhibition, which might easily dege lilt° a pedagogical display, becomes a source of living interest, and the spectator finds out in time that useful knowledge Mat been palmed open him while he was only roaming with Franklin in Arctic Seas, tracing the overland rout* to India, or pursuiag the course of some friend round the Cape to the Australian diggings. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS. Last evening the anniversary festival of this in stitution took place at the London'l'recrn,Bishopsgate street ; the Lord Mayor in the chair. Nearly 150 gentle men sat down to dinner, and amongst the company were the Sheriff. of London, Mr. Mouckton Mil ne' M.P., Mr. Waddington, M.P., Mr. W. Nicholson, Mr. Geor ge Moore, treasurer to the institution, Dr. Mortimer, Mr. George Croiksharik, Mr. Robert Clarke, Mr. C. P. Foster. Mr. C. Thompson, Mr. Cuffiey, and many other intisential persona intereste d in the charity, The usual complimentary toasts having b:en disp sea of, The LORD MAYOR said he had the pleasure cf propos ing a toast and sentiment which could not fail to be conge nial to their feelings, end he hoped wculd be conducive to those inspirations on which they depended for the success of the object which had called them together on this °cm sioe—" Trade and Philanthropy." lie begged to murk with the proposition the name of George Cruikshank, whose character embodied and illustrated the sentiment he was antic's' to propound. Mr. °MOROI CHUICIIIIANK, returned thanks. The CHAIUMAN then proposed the toast of the evening, "The Commercial Travellers' Schools," and, in doing so, said they had an object to accomplish to-night, and his friend, Mr. Moore, the treasurer, had told him that he meant to accomplish it; and those who knew him as he did would admit that he very seldom willed anything without carrying out his intention. It appeared that they wanted 13,0001. to complete their building fund, and they had already in band 10,0001. He liked both these facts, but he should be still better pleased to find that they were combined into one, and that the whole of the required sum were realised. They did net know how many of the boy before them Knight at a later period cceupy seats in the House of Commons, and it would be to the glory of trade that it had furnished youth with the means of tracing its way to future greatness. The school worms to bts a petty school—not a charity school wearing a livery which was called a degradation. It was an institution based upon • broad and noble fostadatioo, and was calculated to enlighten those who were educated within its wall*, and to enable them to occupy high places amongst their fellow men. The tart haTt s ra responded to with the utmost en thusiasm, the of the schools walked in procession round the room, sad their healthy comfortable appearance was the theme of general observation. Mr. WADDINOTOX, M.P., prop:mei the health of the Chairman. The wit toast was that of "The Howe of Commons and Mr. Monekton Mika," who monied thanks in • speech warmly sympathisieg with the objects of the charity, and expressing his animas desire to support the school' as a true step towards the promotion of national education. The Loan Matron next gave " The Corporation and the Sheriffs," sad Mr. Alderman and Sheriff C returned thanks. The toast wee followed by the health of the treasurer to the institution, Mr. George Moore, who addressed the com pany in acknowledgment, observing that he had lands in hand towards the erection of a new building to the amount of 106001., invested in government securities, and he should require that sum to be increased is 15,0001. or 16,0001. They had used every possible caution in order to wows the right sort of men to construct the building, sad they bad had no fewer than forty competitors. They were determined to show neither favour nor affection; and if ever there was anything done without jobbing or partiality it was the negotiation for the building of this in stitution. They wished to have the largest building for the entallset amount of means, compatible with the interests of the institution. They had purchased 24 acres of land in the classic neighbourhood of Harrow, near the station sf the London and North Western Railway, and they should lay the foundation stone in the early part of the spring, when they should be most delighted to meet the Lord Mayor and the Sheriffs of London. He was happy to say that 1,0001. had been collected at Manchester, sad that similar large amounts had bun subscribed at Liverpool, Bristol, and Glasgow. lint they required renewed exertions on the part of the commercial travellers themselves, and he begged that they would do something more than males promises after their wine, which they might not intend to carry into effect. As regarded the condition of their Seances, he had to inform them that they had 15,8001. funded fur general purposes, and their receipts including the interest upon their m mey amounted to 4,01.10'. a year, whilst their ex- peuditure was 3.304)1. But they mast bear in mind that 1 there was now only 123 children in the schools—viz., 73 boys and '0 girls; whereas they purposed in their new he to provide accommodation for 200 children at least. He had been led to believe that there were 30,0001 cernmtreisl travellers in this country, and if such were the fact, ell he could say wax thtt there were many who ought to he ashamed of themselves, for in hie opinion it would tie a disgrace to the commercial men of Englandif they allowed one Istherlefs child to go nnprovided for. lie believed that the greatest pleasu-e in life wns the pleasurci fdoinggood, and he was firmly convineed that when a man had arrived at • certain time of life and was able to render services to his fellow creatur,, the more he gave the more he was likely to gat. (Cheers.) a long list of subscriptions was then read, sin , unting in all I to about 7001., and including liberal minis fr int the Lord 1 Milne, dr. W. Nicholson, the Sheriff. 5 eninc.o R e Mr. Waddington 10 guineas, the Railway Pas-engem' As ter ace C .inpany 20 guineas, &e. • The vice-presidents end trusteee, the boatel of manage ment, and Other to late w ere Iltueollta in succession. and the l eolupaay etparated at a late hour. THE HURRICANE OF YESTERDAY. In addition to the accidents which we mentioned yesterday. sad mime others of miner impertance, we have to reeerd the following : At No. 12, Baker's, buildings, Liverpool.street, Bishops late -street, City, an aged female, named Sarah Holliday, ost her llfe, and her husband was very seriously injured, by the falling of a stack of chimneys into their bedroom. At half-past 3 a lofty stack of chimneys was blown down at a home near the Three Colts T , Canesridge •road, Mile-end. The rains fell through the roof upon two poor women who were asleep, and one of whom was bm.rolden. ' For a time they lay helpless beneath the mass of fallen bricks, but being ultimately sided by the polite, they were found to be so much injured, that instant removal la the hospital was necessary. About half-past twelve a man named Quinlan was pas ing along C.uey.strect, Lincoln 's-iun. fields, and when hear:) , op posite the gateway leadihrt into the square of the i.m, a large tile, which was uots,trtied and blown by the a i'dence of the wind off the roof or is house on the Ihrpin•Liy shirr of the way, fell on his cut through hie lint, one broke in pieces after wounding him severely in two pieces on too skull. The force of the blow felled him Wt.:tiling and in sensible to the earth, when he was lifted up, and imareili stely remand to King's College Hospital, wilt re the resi dent medical offloess ot the institution at once at?tne:ed on him, and found, spun eza:ainatitin, that he had sustained a severe fracture ..f the skull, of such a unlace as ea place Lis life in the utmost jeopardy. Ile was forthwith placed in the seeolent ward, where he remains. The neighbourhood of Sinithfield, which at 1141.1111 on Monday was active at an cult hour, was alarmed by the (allot& house an Rawl Liou•yard. Tue ltou,e whin.. lual two stories besides the pound door, Pe. occuine;el by Mr. Row ley and his wife ; the first floor was the viiitiren heornss, in which h.e were at the time alsepitg, and tte upper Maar was aced as a laundry sod elrya.g rum. Mr. Row ley left home soon aft r six o'clock, to go to L./ employ ment, when everytheuz appeared ask; Lot • sudden gust a.Aut, seven o'clock blew down the te!l rack of chit/laic% and tarried in the roof with a portiou of the upper walls, and the eumbined weight (treed is the upper II r, the war le of the /Werra falling into ths roam where the clieldres were sleeping. The neignleour., Juice, ...A a mie drivers who were on the spot, set to work to remove the rubbish, although they little expected to bled sty ot the children alive. Providentially the joints and refers lead I.al en is such a manta r u to form a kind of th:eal over the 1 ens, to that none of the heavy materials WI on them ; in ahaat -a hour the children were got out, lissmit sustained only a kw slight bruises when extricating them. flee light.looking iron roof of the Eastern Couaties Rail ' way station in Bishopogateatreet, which 'eery traveder by that line must have noticed, ha. been corn; lately elestr.led. Daring the violence of the evairm,the laud catered ono end of the rid, and lifted te,e tae +lade se me fast, when it gently settle.l down again to within a few mai a of its ori ginal position. The iron work leaving (nom t a long .:pa cure to the weather become to:to-what weekencei, it was found imp,scible to repair the mischief, and about. o'daelt in the morning the entire span sank some feet more, so that at length the whole bad to be pulsed do en, which was nccompliahed by 3 o'clock yeaterel iv afternoon. The roof which has thus been destroyed was 3 - ia fret in length, and 47 fret %side, and covered f .ur lints of At six o'clock, • stuck of chimneys was Loran down and fell through a skylight into the counting-house of Mr Hancock, merchant, of No. 6, Croshy.stpars. ltoh)p.gate street, 'battering the deeles and Omits; but, fortunately, at that early hour of the morning Ilona of toe CirliS had arrived, or several lives mu; has been saer.lc ed. A stack of chimneys tell down tliie :.:: r fon ° , about fire o'clock, in Arkwright greet, lt , ,semay•: r,, St. r,0!..1ph, Aldgate, but no pemou was injured, altheogh several houses were much damaged. lu the course of the night, one of the lariTe elm trees at Gwyder•house, Whitel.i.il, wits blown do• n, and in ste fall destroyed a gloat portion of the iron rel.ing in :runt albs building beveral workmen were eini..oyed 'luring the morning in cutting up the tree and renturieg it from cff the pavement. llad any on ,, been pe-tice at the time he must have Ines itably bees' killed. As We-tininster-rued, opposite Bethlehem llorpital, several large trees were also snapped close by the room by the violence of the hurricane, and fell, destroying the reams. sud oiher property the neighbourhoM. The venerate elm in front of .tr. Cele's Louse at the head of Upper Norton -street, Portland-place, was blown down by the high wired at 10 o'cl ymterstay m oning. The tree fell ou the violet' wall, comp:et ly eroshing it, and thence iicrose tile foot rite:inn.- r cunsieerrble breadth of the New•rord. Several pa rsoce were pen mil; at the time, but fortunately no one wan Lunt. Ildd the to e fallen in the direction of Mr. Cole's In u e, it would doubt ' lees have destroyed the whole at the 11011 perhaps occasioned loss of lite. The tree ie supi o,td to 1.4 v, been upwards of 2.a./ years old, and was Ow tin 1.1.13 palish of St. Mrrylebone. LANCASHIRE. Christmas thy was ushered in with a storm of wind such as we do; c.d feted:eat in 11.:s county sieve the tempest of 1839, which was erotlu:tive of great loss by the destruction of property. In iia:ece, near Manchester, betel. newly-but:t, .r.t.nacted e.ttages, such as arc rated at about 15/. a year, in • piece called Wellesley-street, the property of Mr. Shelmordise, were blown down cad ttdaLy destroyed, The entire upper story of a mill ..lane oat hundred tett long and twenty-three in breadth, was bloc n down "Moue tour o'clock in the morning at Patricri,f., near Mancte-eter. The building is the property of Mr. With ogmn, of Pen dleton, of the firm of NS ithington and Woitthead, and was only in clone of erection as a eurm mill. It was three storeys in height, but had not been ro-fed ic. The walla of the two lower storey., which were left standing, 1111 in • very dangerous CAW. The violence ei the wind yesterday morning gave rise to serious apprehensions for their stability, as portions of them t been oh .1 to oscillate to and fro for several in:la.s. The damage already sustained by the building will not fill MU': short of 2,0901. in amount. About 4 o'cloek the Ma crieiney of • brewery beloni,ing to the Oreenh.ys 11..te?, Einbden street, Manchester, was blown down, and the riot of the building, not quite completed, was earn d away. Almost the whole of the end of a house in Vine street was blown in, and the roofs of six or seven others were much shattered. The roots of a great number of houses in Mill:heater were much injured. It was rumoured at Manchester yesterday, and there cannot be much doubt of the fact, thet the now mill 01 Mr. Geo. Smith, of Preston, was destroyed by the storm, causing a loss of some thousand, ster:ing. At Pineof-bridge, on the North Unitm itsilway, near Prestos, the wooden parapets of the bridge were blown across the rails, and the Linden and North Western mad train coming up afterwards at great speed was thrown off the line. We do not hear, however, that a-.y per-on was seriously iujared. At Kemal-mu:, near Menthe irer, the line new church of St. Paul, beak for :hs Rol'. H. W. M`Grath, sustained a good deal of injury. '1 wo of the pinnacles surrounding the spire were blown cff tXe tower, and one Cl them went thriugh the roof, doing much damage to the pews and furniture ins.de. The injury was ss great that service eoa!d not be prforreed there that day nor on the tiairdAy Kalowing, and the cushions and books bad to be removed trent the pews. A stone three-quarters of • ton weight fel throuzli the roof, and the entire damage is estimated at The roof will have to be almost entirely rebuilt. 'there were ru mours of much injury sustained at other ti:ace. n ar Man chester yesterday, but our correspon lent cm a not a...erten' the particulars. Amongst the •SCO ants was err of a factory destroyed in Yorkshire, another neat St. Helens, Lonna shire, and of seectal factory chimneys Laving been blown over. The night which followed Christmas slay was calm, and heavy rain fell. ftnnilay wu a fine clear day, however, up to a .ate then rant and wind set in again and blew throughout the night in heavy squalls, adding very seriously to the damage before indicted. Two more piu..eLles are said to have been blown off St. Paul's Ch urc h, fiersel Mo r, and the chimneys of many houses were reported to have been blown off. Many genial had aura", escines, 1).1t we did not hear of any lives being lost. A new rI. qui it. coo; se of erection for the independent. at Cheetaam-hil, Manchester, was partially destroyed during tfun.l night. A c msiderable portion of it of the eto • walls was blown down, carrying with it partiens of the beams and rafters, and much of the internal work. We did not bear the am sent cf d !duo, but it will no doubt be consid e r a b i e. T he tele graOler communication was much interrupted in c..r.,equnee ad the wind having blown down the roma acd wires a: several places on Christmas-eve ; and, after the tot,: •ati)%...naatir had laboured hard on Chnstinartley and b.ii.:ey to restore them, the second storm on Sunday night nearly undid the whole of their work. The columnar...non wes cenievently again 'upended yesterday. LIVERPOOL.—During the past three days this town, and neighbourhood hav, oven visited by u.a: of the moat violent storms which it has been our duty far 110012 time past to record. The storm commenced at aaa early ti..ur as Friday morning, the wind being Lenin S L., which shortly afterwards changed to S.W. and W.S.W., and continued blowing from thst quarter during the day. About mid night on Friday the wind changed to W.N.W., and conti nued blowing in a violent manner throughout the day. Us Sunday evening we had a heavy All of rain, vi hicli sLemed for a time to have stayed the storm. Bat, alter the rain had ceased, the wind changed to W., and hat since eon. tinned to blow with gres•cr violence than eve r. Tue pectin on the pier heads ant landing stages bailie, all .:eserip• Lion. The water, at the time we write, is Itiu:nig over the Prince's and George'. Fatheads iu toir,uto. Tnc tide, which is Ott down at oixtern feet ono inch in the tables, rose from seven to eight feet above the pls....Jibed In ight. 1 The ferry-boatr, with the exception r 1 tho,o to Wooit.ide and Uirkenhearl, hate totted tanning. P.....ccfcrs abuse business compels theta to cross the liver cuutilsr them. selves very fortenate if they land at either side in asf e ty. At en early hoar this m.•rning the brig Margaret, (NA Belfast, drifted from her moorings and gat ;amid t!.. American ship Constantin:. The Margaret carried away both inaintop•marts, besides receiving 0t1...r ,i.rua:r, nii.l the Constantine lost her foretop -mast. The Margar . t was towed into the George's Dock basin, where cur n iw lies. The ship Denison, Captain King, which sail ql f this port on Friday, got ashore yesterday, os t aitadliets, Dank, near Lytham. At the time slie, ,,, - ,,m,:.onef \ I , she had lost all her spars and sails. AK tilt t kik i r im oiri. i• ; she commenced to thump heavily, when- litcatil e '., . tot away, in the taut effort to r4drlVeri,,' '....'; j .ee , the *mikes of the captain and are* ' ' . ef . •..1 avail, sad alss shortly filled. The sit - jtainitdat "1 3 ( (with the exception of two bop, wlmiare _)1 .71 were laved. A large ship war earn et LyihaWa arri,43, A! ."'.,„ tines Ulf Denison was wracked, with les. rat tprialaia; tick' \/I anal in dlatrem. Tho sttainer Nile was isase,lia.'hay.eskl±tri •11 , ...i iL..L...,2.../