The Express. — London, England, 1864-12-26 00:00:00

erman, through he subetauce of t ary Stanton by writ! Sherman 's miles of Sayan_ announce that I than live miles battle, but had 1 he was oon :a, and had yet oast. Sherman from Savannah latter city have aorements from .ofs to be in anuab or move south-east of it. patches respect. to above : testes, Dec. 13. Che Richmond pa. I at Bloomingdale', , He is reported rill be seen by the to be in line of MONEY MARKET. -(THIS DAY.) The fortnightly settlement in shares and foreign -:ocki will commence to-morrow, "continuation and end on Thursday. Ile amount of Government bills on India for I, tenders will be received at the Bank of Eng ,i on the 4th of January will be 30,00,000 rupees The directors of the National Provincial Bank of E'..,:land hare presented to all their officers and ..,r6s a bonus of 10 per cent., and, in addition, " • : fatuity" of 5 per cent. upon their salaries. It is ; . be hoped that the directors of other companies follow this laudable example. The merits of • ,corking bees are too often overlooked. lith report of the directors of the Oriental Steam Company (Limited) to be submitted ...Jr annual meeting on the 29th inst., expresses ; ....ttivfaction of the board at finding that the net - ~103 on the working of only two s t eamers on ludus hare defrayed - all charges at Kurrachee, 11 oltan, and the sub-agencies, as well as those of . London office, and, after charging depreciation • insurance at 10 per cent on the value of the • employed in earning revenue, leave a balance 0 133/. to be carried to next half-year's.account. A belief is expressed that at this time next year 11,e board will be able to recommend the payment a dividend. A new undertaking has been formed under the • •'.. of the Street Rolling Stock Company (Limited). I . object is to build, buy, sell, repair, and let on .r carts, waggons, vans, drays, and o th er ve hi c l es -e.I for ading purposes. The chief branch of ope rltlolls contemplated is the letting of such vehicles , hire, the rents bein g p a id i n a d vance. It is tuteSout that contractors and builders often re .,re for a limited time a heavy plant, which is .1-11.dly bought and resold at a considerable loss when the works undertaken are completed. An arrangement has been made with Mr. Frederick Krui.rwell, of Upper St. Martin's-lane, who be comes the general manager. The capital proposed 1- L'At. l ,ooo/., in 20,000 shares of 101. each, one half ,r which are to be issued at present. The half-yearly meeting of the London and t;rrenwich Railway Company is convened for the January, when a dividend will be reoom mewled for the half-year on the original stock of . Id. per cent., or ss. sd. per share, clear of income tax. The directors of the South Australian (Land) company have notified that the half-year's dividend dt the rate of 7 percent. per annum will be payable :1 the 14th of January. 3le=srs. Glyn, Mills, Currie, and Co. have an houu,sod the half-yearly interest due the 2nd January on the Canadian Consolidated Five per Cent. Stock. The half-yearly interest is announced on the )le bourne and liobeon's Bay Railway Company's dcbenturee. The bullion department of the Bank of England was closed to-day, as well a 4 the diaoount-office. The China, from New York, has brought 120. W. in specie. Mr. James Low's Indian Circular gives the fol lowing statement of the amount of specie shipped to the East from Great Britain during the last 14 jars : Gold. &Ivor. 1. 5 51 1952 1953 1854 1855 19:5* 1957 1858 1844 1860 1 , 61 1.;, 1 , 43 1:•64 1:15,014.415 0106,371,764 In addition, during the last 12 years, the following shipments of specie and bullion have been made to the East for the Mediterranean ports : Gold. Silver. 18.13 1. 4 14 243,239 74.039 1 , . - .7 1 Nizi 18.9 1860 1961 • 1.62 • 1863 • 1,64 £13,428,233 L 35,212,370 • Includes shipments per steamers of the Ilessaneries I mp,"riales. It will be seen from the above statements that the shipments from Great Britain in 1864, not withstanding the state of the cotton trade, have been less than they were in 1863, 1862,1860, 1837, and 1856, but the se aud table shows an enormous increasein the movement of bullion to the East riu Marseilles. Taking this into account, the total exports of specie and bullion from Franoe and Eng land have been far larger this year than they ever were before. It must be borne in mind, however, that the term "to the East" includes Egypt, to which quarter about three-quarters of a million sterling is stated to have been despatched during the present year by the Peninsular and Oriental steamers, but no less than 3,368,357/. in gold, and 113,4401. in silver from Marseilles by the steamers of the Mestageries Imperiales. Mr. Los s circular further gives the amount of bills drawn by the home government on the Indian treasuries during the present year at 7,805,276/., against 9,805,1141. in 1863. Had it not been for these bills, a like amount of bullion, in addition to the sums already enumerated, would doubtless have been despatched from this country to India. The LermaHerald of the 14th inst. contains the following remarks The suireerip'tion to the loon of the Ottoman Saciet ne'rale will close on Thursday. The appli..mtos during the week hare, we learn, fully realised the expectations of the contractors, though a coosidenble balance of the amouot offered to the public yet remains to be covered. The annual Finking fund drawing of the TAhvilatimemtsre began yes terday at the Stamboul branch of the Ottoman Bank, in the presence of two eroployin of the Ministry of Finance, the members of the European sod native Commiseion, and about thirty local mmHg, merchant', and other spectators. The whole of the 100 lira hoods now redeemable-1.131 in number—CT. 113,100—were drawn : and on Thursday, when the tinge will be completed, 506 of 10 lira' each and MET of 10 liras—makiog respectively LT. 24,. 1 00 and CT. 5.970—wi1l be sinularly ballotted for redemption. This total of tr. lAno will, with the year's interest of 63,061 t, be payable oo the lit (13th) proximo. . . - With reference to the position and prospects of the money market, the circular of Messrs. Joseph Travers and Sons contains the follow i ng: It is remarkable that, after all the anxiety and pres sure of the year, and the apprehend= that was at one time expressed in several quarters that the worst would not be witnessed until November sail Dessenier, we DOW hod ourselves actually restored to what may almost he con- sidered a normal oositioo. The bullion in the Bank is about 100,000/. in excess of its amount at the same date of 11153, and the reserve instructor by half a million ; while. at the same time, there is the important consideration that the toidency, unlike that which prevailed last Christmas, is still towards improvement. Bat it is nos the posi tion of the money market on this side, favourable though it be, that is the chief cause of coograttilatioe. Twelve months ago the bullion to the Bank of France was reduced to a point lower thou had ever beeo known, and with such a fact in view there could be DO hope of mosey remaining even in moderate supply is Loodoe. Now the bullion in the Bank of France is double the amount at which it then stood, and the rate of discount at that establishment was accordingly reduced on Thursday to 44 per cent., a state of ease not experienced at any time within the past year and a ~ usrter. In London the rate still remains at ii per cent., rod oo expectation is entertained that any fresh reduction will be adopted notil the beginning of the year, hut mikes sours wholly unlooked-for change of toes should occur is the iiterval, there seems every probability that a return to 5 per cent. may then be temporarily witnessed. Whether u,,rion the veer lsWi any contionanes of moderate ratesean he looked for is a point that will be regarded with much &OA. THE CONDENINEU MCRDER CR •T WORCILTTER. l'uhlie feeling on the snhjeet of the approsehing essestios , f Jobs Butler, leoteneed to death et the late Worcester winter assizes for the murder of the housekeeper. r.o.line Gulliver. at Bolt, roes rsthor high in raisin .artery, and a memorial to the Home Secretary for a rerriela is in course of sigmiture. A mibbe meeting in calked of here to address the Queen, but in the mean time :L e allotted days of the prisoner are narrowing to a close, .14 i•teparatioe• are being mails for the execution, which, as i.Ztti.dy staled, is fixed for Tberday week. a. Va., Dec.l3. War.—Richmood :—The Richmond nab, probably not en attack. It is mike for the COW be has not yet , tlith he may do NO itch from below line of battle (we rong Confederate AS been no .lireen days, but we ap. a that place and ted Kay important :othimg of import, f the Potomac or Secretary of War. from the Army )een concluded. of de,troyini. ;. damage upon 'lot as far south trated as far as 48 miles south ug the railroad and ties, bend. troops safely ltb. ortance has yet brill', the cold on both aides" 'here was some dip without re of Hood's rebel crossed to the 20 miles above id to be moving force is esti laud, and it is pkinsville the ,rupelled to fall igade of Union Cooper, which .neral Schofield .0 nessee, arrived having per , moving com pturing a rebel ly ten men who e murdered by eported to be at endeavouring to [i it is thought he icipates.” some time past eid, were on the , on the ground thus comments filar trial in Mont. d the licensed as which he presides the promisee. It e court yesterday Doers raised the after deliberating 'warily assented id decided that, Extradition Ad, atonal policy, sad dect to the Ash reoeived the royal to give way befese Critish act. 'nood le warrant under be signed by the od it impossible to her tribunal, Mar sea involved ; sad rs, in spite of the the United Stales. Jaime of a crowded if this business te Mr. Johnson), and suites (Mr. Roes), without even the itlemen apparently cot to the correct. absence of a lull of course, On. nicipal or inter. dyed: The tel. meagre to pre. :on. But, on the ,ursol's assurance al one." We bees be judge, with six ,e one:mere, toned echarge them sbeo. braced in the trials xriogs, is one atto- It will be herd to to theft border minivans* Wines plaud their Woos uarge of the St. ie 14th says 'turnout when we hat one portion government at ure of inured's on the lakes, to a resolution the reciprocity eneinated ; and Jr the constnuo. , iat the Holum • re-olutioo re• uu iuteution to Sir John • l'haooellor of awe survey depart ▪ docurees ,:ess. This f charters, U select out of tore of tla• was IVilliara the .lone. all of w ith traustatiows. illwitratioe of t Le mode of writio cet are attached terest ; that whic 'leery the Eight is io gold, I. ottsitely carved i .ittacheil to th vco Edward b 7 th . se: there re forriog the title it L. Amongst t w Chem.—Soot pay their alan t is maid that lwradtted to woi THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26, 1864 AHT.WOB.KAIANSHIP EXHIBITION. The Society of Arta having offered to distribute prises for art-workmanship on Saturday, there wan s private view of articles which had been sent in for oompetition. The council of the society, seeing that there was a growing desire on the part of art-workmen to come forward and Compete for honours in their several handicrafts, appointed • committee in March, 1863, to consider and report what prises the society should offer for the encouragement of art-workmanship applicable to manufactures, and on the recommendation of that committee it mu decided to offer prizes for the successful rendering or modelling in terra cotta, piaster and wax, repousse work in any metal ; ham. meted work in iron, brass, or copper; carving on ivory; ehasing in metal, enamel painting on metal, gold or copper ; printing on porcelain ; inlays in wood, marqueterie or bah], ivory, or metal ; engraving on glare, and embroidery. The denim' were furnished by artists of great reputation, to be translated into the various modes of workmanship, The attempt was so snoosseful last year that the society was encouraged to repeat it this year, and hence the present exhibition. The specimens of workmanship amount to nearly a hundred, and are arranged into two divisions, the first comprising works executed in earring on marble, stone, or wood and ivory, chasing in bronze, etching and engraving on metal, decorative painting, cameo cutting, wall mosaics, gem engraving, Az., and thee" are executed from prescribed designs. Thescoooddivisionoonsistsof works in woodcarving without prescribed designs. Aa • whole, the articles exhibited are remarkable for completeness of detail and finish, and present excellent specimens of special handicraft. Amongst them may be noticed a carving in stone of a Boy and Dolphin, by Lennor. Raphael's Three Graces, in reponsU work, ands workof the same kind, in metal, after a Flemish salver, by Septirars Bamford. These good specimens of hammered work in braes, and painting on porcelain, and the wall masks after Bettini, of Milan, are noticeable, as is some bookbinding after an Italian specimen. The wood carving is finely manipulated, and comprises human figures in alto or bas-relief, animal., and natural foliage, fruit and flowers, which latter are disposed in designs for chimney pieces,. freizee, and panels. The exhibition will no doubt tend to advance the object which the society have in view. CHRISTMAS WEEK AT THE RAILWAYS. --*-- The whole of the past week has been one of hard labour and of almost herculean exertion at several metropolitan termini. Game, geese, turkeys, sausages. pork pies, and other rural delicacies have been all that time Sowing into Loudon in a manner perfectly astonish ing, patting such a strain upon the staff and appliances of each company as to almost nentraliae any profit which they may derive from it. It would be tedious tosuunierate the particular arrangements at each station. It will be sufficient to say that the progress of sorting and delivery is identical with that pursued at the Post-office in regard to the letters which arrive by each mail, and that the loss or the misplacing of a parcel is the exception. The immense supply of turkeys and geese treat Norfolk and Suffolk to the London markets, to goose clubs, and in the shape of presenta to private friends, has forced upon the Great Eastern Company the employ ment of 300 horses, 170 vehicles, and 200 men, in addition to the number ordinarily employed. The men Sr. divided into two gangs, one of which works by day, the other by night. At the South Eastern they have ooly to employ 4 ad ditional hands and 2 horses. It is not, however, that the men of Kent or the Kentish men are not as generous totheir London friends as are the inhabitants of the Eastern counties, for one of them last week soot u many as 24 pheasants to a friend. The line, in fact, taps the good -nature of only one county, whereas the Great Eastern goes through the heart of at least half a dozen. At the Brighton the extra staff and plant are 12 men, 9 horses, and 5 vans. At the S o uth Waiters& they have bad to a:11 into their service the aid of 15 extra men and 30 extra horses, and to make their col lecting carts delivery vans. At the London, Chatham, and Dover there has also been an extra strain upon their ordi nary staff ; but the remarks we have made in regard to the South Eastern are applicable to its rival. At the Great Western the extra strain is measured by 70 horses, 40 mu, and 15 vans. This is coofioed to the parcels department solely, for ell the consignments to the markets ars dealt with in the goods department. At the North Western they have had, too, a large additional staff of men and boys. In the sorting shed alone they have had a corps of 16 at work night and day, and 48 men to conduct and superintend the process of delivery, in which they have had to employ 15 extra carts, stwo-horse vans, sod 4 omnibuses. At the Great Northern the extra force consisted of 3 clerks, 4 porters, 3 carts, and 6 horses.-06serrer. ACCIDENT ON THE SOTTH DEVON RAILWAY.— PLTDOUTE, SCNDAT.—The mail train from London due at Plymouth at 5.25 this morning, while running through the Kingebridge-road station at 6 o'clock, camein collision with • goods train from Plymouth, which was being shunted se to a siding. The tail of the goods train projected on to the down hoe, and was struck by the first second class carriage of the mail train. The ends of two compartments of the carriage were torn , off, and two of the goods trucks were damaged. The passengers escaped with a few contusions, excepting one gentleman, but it is hoped that be is not severely injured, The mail train was two hours late in consequence of Christmas business. The accident blocked up the line for four hours more, and the mails were not de livered till the afternoon, FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAT.—OD Saturday afterooon • melancholy accident occurred at the Richmond statics, of the London and South Western Railway. While the up goods train was being shunted • young man, William Venus, • goods porter, jumped off the break van to slip the carriages just at the moment when the 4.45 p.m. express down train from Waterloo, which does not stop till it arrives at Feltham, rushed through the station. The poor fellow was caught by the train and tbrowo down, the wheels of the carnage* passing over his legs and frightfully mutilating them. He was removed to the porters' room, when medical assistance was at once called in. and it was found necessary to amputate one of his legs. In spite, however, of every attention, Venue continued gradually to sink till about half. past 8 o'clock in the evening, when he died. The deceased, who was married, and about Li rears of age, bad recently been moved from the Twickenham to the Richmond station. CHRISTMAS-DAY IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCRES.—In most of the Roman catholic churches of London there was midnight mass at 12 o'clock on Saturday night. In some church*s one of Mozart's masses was song, with the addition of Christmas hymns. At the Italian church, in Hattoo•gardee, the music was very fine. The Imperial Mass of HaOn was sung at Moarfields church, which was crowded. In the same church at eleven o'clock yesterday, Mozart's Twelfth Mau was sung with the Date sonitunt of Costa, the Vidertmt omit.. of Haydn, and Mendelsohn, "March of the Levites." A letter was read from Cardinal Wiseman regretting that he could not be, as usual, present, and seeding the Pontifical blessing to the congregation, with whom be hoped to be on an early occasion. - - - CHRISTMAS AMONG THE DEAF AND DEMB.—Yes terday being Christmu-day, the anniversary dinner to the poorer members of the congregation of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel among the Deaf and Dumb in London came off at the Sussex Hotel, Bouverie-street, Fleet.street, where an excellent and substantial dinner was provided for some 150 of the deaf and dumb of all ages, both male and female. Mr. Matthew Barns, the deaf and dumb pastor of the congregation sitting at Shaftesibury.bsll, Alders gate-street, occupied the chair, occupied the chair, sup ported by Mr. Jennings and other members of the com mittee. Mr. Burns acted as interpreter. The funds necessary for the dinner have been raised by • committee of broom. lent ladies and gentlemen. Aooordieg to the last census returns for is 1. the number of deaf and dumb in the metropolitan district wu 1,519, aed blind 2,635. Of the deaf end dumb in Logsdon, Southwark contains the highest and the lowest numbers, there being 334 is the perish of Si. George's. Southwark, and 9 in St. °lsms's, Southwark. The City of London contains 43, East London 34, and West London parish 23. The return chows that of the 12, t 53 deaf and dumb in England, Scotland, and Wales, only 7b3 reached the age of 1.10. DISORACIFEL CONDUCT IN A CHURCH. At the St. Augustine Petty Sessions, Canterbury, on Saturday, a young rose, about 1$ years of age, named John Nicholls, was charged with misbehaviour in the pariah church of Seasalter, near Whitstable. surf with disturbing the oft gregation on Sunday, the 11th inst. The defendant is respect. ably connected, his node bring one of the churchwardens. The information was laid by Mr. C. H. Nicholls. church warden (the uncle of the defendant), who said there had been a great deal of misconduct is the church, which it was determined to put a stop to. Police-constable Bates stated that, in coesequence of the service being frequently inter. rupted and the congregation disturbed, at Seemlier Church, the Rev. Mr. Morris desired him to attend the service oe Sunday afternoons and evenings. On Sunday week he saw the defendant misconduct himself. The defendant stooped down and annoyed a little girl in am adjoining pew by taking hold of her legs under the seat. He also got a lot of peas and keptsbootiog them across the church at people. His conduct was so bad that the °Soar was obliged to turn him out. He had been turned out for similar con. duct once or twice before. Bete, further stated that the defendant was one of a large number of boys, shoat 200 altogether, who attended the service on Sunday evening I and behaved in a most disgraceful manner. They amused themselves by throwing nutshells, tobacco pipes, pieces of piper. &c., at emir other and at other members of the congregation as well. He (Betas) and the sexton turned 42 althorn out oes Sunday evening. Mr. Mackay said he never heard of anything snore diegraosful than the conduct described by the policeman, and the magistrates bad been considering whether they ought not to mod the &leeriest to prima without giving him the option of p aying a flee. They had, however, decided oely to flee him 24 sad costs ; but it was the fall determination of the bench that, in the emote, either he or any of his companions being brought before the court for a similar offence, tamed them to prisms. THE CHRISTMAS AMUSEMENTS. OHRD3TMAS ZVI. -- - Again we are called upon to put aside our poli tics for a brief space, and to do little more than record the features of our annual merry-making. Once upon a time, as the old story-books say, the dish of pantomime and burlesque was always asso ciated with Christmas pudding, snowballing, and worsted comforters ; but now these things have changed, like many others. Burlesque holds its ground from year's end to year's end, and panto mime has often shown a disposition to imitate its twin brother. Entertainments which were origi nally make-shifts have now become the permanent attractions at certain theatres, and have furnished many "remarkable cases of longevity " to dramatic annals. The compilers of the Biographic Dramatica, in the introduction to that useful work, speak in no very respectful terms of pantomime. "No sooner," they say, alluding to the years 1714-15, "were dramatic performances permitted at two theatres (Lincoln's-inn-fields and Drury-lane) than the manager of the weaker company was obliged to have recourse to foreign aid, and to oppose his antagonists with other weapons than the merits of his actors, or the excellence of the pieces repre sented by them. The performers who were under Mr. Rich's direction were so much in ferior to those at Drury-lane, that the latter carried away all the applause and favour of the town. In this distress the genius of the new manager suggested to him a species of entertainment which has always been considered as contemptible, but which at the same time has been ever followed and encouraged. Pan tomimes were now brought forward ; and, as sound and show bad in the last century obtained a victory over sense and reason, the same event would have followed again if the company at Drury-lane had not, from the experience of past times, thought it advisable to adopt the same measures. The fer tility of Mr. Rich's invention in these exotic enter tainmeuts, and the excellence of his own' per formance is them, must be ever acknowledged." This year our theatrical managers have not altogether followed Mr. John Rich's example, as burlesque, and not pantomime— if we except the local theatres—is unquestionably in the ascendant. Her Majesty's Theatre is a new convert to pantomimic revelry, and Drury-lane and Covent-garden still strive to main tain their ancient reputation as pantomimic houses, but the Haymarket, the Olympic, the St. James's, the Strand, and the New Royalty, have all produced burlesques. Even the Lyceum, which, since it has been under Mr. Fechter's management, has persistently turned its back upon everything bearing the aspect of a so-called Christ mas piece, Las this year become English and neigh bourly with a slight extravaganza. The Princess's has produced a combination of these entertainments in the shape of a piece written by two new authors, and called a " Pantomimic Extravaganza." One wholesome function of Christmas panto mimes and burlesques is to satirize the follies of the past year, and amongst these latter the recent rope-tying mania has come in for its fair share of castigation. At the same time, to show us that satirists are as mortal as the persons they satirize, these pieces generally bring th e ir own s p ec i a l manias with them. This year the prevailing rage seems to be for one-legged clowns, and "go it you cripples," must be rather a favourite managerial motto. Donato, "the original one-legged pheno -1 menon," is eng aged for Covent-gardeu, a "graceful and e one-legged clown " appears at Her Majesty's beatre, and Drury-lane has got a " talented one-legged dancer." As to the music halls, many of them are already provided with a similar eccentric attraction, and one-legged men may be said to be much in demand at fancy prices. We believe we are betray ing no trade secret when we say that Donato —the original " phenomenon"—gets a Lord Chan cellor's wages, and if his success should be as great as his managers pay fir, we may expect soon to bee a ballet company of Greenwich and Chelsea pen sioners. Donato's first appearance in this country will be in a law court, as two managers—Mr. Morton and Mr. Gye—are contending forthe phenomenon. Both parties are confident of victory, and while Mr. Gye says that Mr. Morton has engaged the wrong Donato, Mr. Morton says the right Donato has nut a " leg to stand upon." One of the Vice-Chancel lor's will have to settle the dispute this morning by granting or refusing an injunction. The practice of producing pantomimes on Christ mas Ere is on the increase, and, as we presume that managers know their own business best, we have nothing to say against the system. We merely re port the entertainments of Saturday night with Christmas amiability. Forest shows us the first stags of the journey undertaken by the adventurous youths. Popinjay 1 the first to arrive, bat being intercepted by Mother Shipton, he is mint to the right about, when his way should have been over the left. Hugh Myddelton thee arrives, weary and disheartened, seeks rest on a favoured bank, and in a dream it is made known to him how the enchantment of Hooded can be dissolved, and he resumes his journey determined to "win or die." The following assns discloses the Sylvan Retreat of Aqua and the Wood Nymphs. After the ballet, Popinjay appears, but is speedily put to flight by the wood nymphs, whose examination is too ekes to be agreeable. Hugh Myddelton is more fortunate. He calls aloud for Haaelsef, when the crystal stream is at once dis closed, and the bailiff's daughter is seen in close attendance thereon. Hugh and Haseleaf fall in love with each other, bet their joys interrupted by Aqua, who informs them that much remains to be done before the machinations of Mother Shipton can be effectively overcome. Hugh is com• mended to proceed to court sod make known to the king the important secret he has discovered. Afterwards, he is to demand from the bailiff the band of his daughter. St, John's Gate, Clerkenwell, is next disclosed, with the bailiff and Grumbolino awaiting the return of Popinjay. Hugh Myddelton appears and an nouncee the discovery of the stream, but the bailiff treats him as an impostor, and orders him to be oonveysd to the deepest dungeon in Islington. The next 110111111 is The Hall of Mirrors in the bailiff's palace. Howlea6 having followed her lover, finds herself for the fiat time in her life in the haunts of man. Perplexed and delighted with what she beholds, she approaches a large mirror, and is startled by the reflection of her own form in the glass. This redectiou dissolves the last link in the spells of Mother Shipton, as the magic stream followed itheeleaf from the enchanted forest, and became the property of mortals so soon as the girl beheld her face in a glass. The bailiff re cognises his long•lost daughter, and grateful for the services rendered by Hugh Myddeltos, orders that youth to be set at liberty. It is found, however, th►t &triton has sac• ceeded in conveying him to her cavern, and be is on the eve of being sacrificed, when, by the aid of Aqua and her active satellite, Telegram, the bailiff and his followers are guided to the spot, and a happy change is effected to the glittering scene of the transformation. The pantomimic menes are very good, and the clown—Mr. Buck— is it favourite at Ishugton. The ballet is tastefully arranged, and real water—au old feature at this house—is introduced with great judgment by Mr. Broadfoot. MINES. -(THIS DAY.) The first annual meeting of the El Chico Silver Mining Company (Limited) is called for the 31. et inst. An extraordinary meeting of the Victoria (Lon don) Mining Company (Limited) i s ca ll e d for pro the 30th inst., "to consider and determine on the priety of raising an additional capital of 25,0001. in the manner then to be proposed. " The Cape Copper Mining Company have received ad vice' from their superintendent, dated Bovinfixtit. N0v.... bar 12, giving a favourable amount of the company's mining operations. The smelting experiment' had been carried 0111 vigorously during the pest mouth with successful reunite. A bill of lading is forwarded for 239 tons of ore per Herold", and the ship Hastings was at Hondeklip Bay taking is a cargo of ore. About 30 tons of ore has been for• warded by the man steamer Saxon, just arrived. COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS. MARE-LANE, —(THIS DAY.) Our market today ia &sad, by cedes of the committee. Animus or firms,—is Linseed, 130 ; freed. 105 ; and s un d ry , 139 qrs. Foreign: Tans, 545 ; nsend. 6,712 ; rapeseed, 764; sod sundry 60 gm Eiroirs.—Linseed, 2,090 ; rapeseed, 1,681 an. AFAIVALB OF GRAIN tc., INTO LONDON, BY LAND AND WATER CAIMIAGZ, /EOM DEC. 17 TO DEC. 24, 1264, INCLUSIVE W 0044. 1149199. Ma*. Oafs. .110994 Tem llosr. Saglialt 2029 . Wm. Igie / Wt. TOB 1 1 4 Ms .. "IL foreign .. 641130 47 111 4794 iw 7 , 0491.... 10001 13911 lUM 09435, 753 900 I 4794115611 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET, (THIS DAY.) We have a fair supply of beasts for the day. Trade is active, and the best qua li ties are rather dearer than on Thursday last. The number of sheep is very small. There is not much trade for inferior description. Chcios qualities are readily disposed of at fell rates. Then are very few calves cio offer, and they realm high prices. Pr none et Slbe. s. d. s. di Pee Acne of Ma s. e. s. d. Doe Scots, Harelds. 66 6 Best Duet Hf-bdsllll 00 0 0 Best Short-barns 54 5 Best Loarwoob.... 54 5 8 Second quit imams is 4 4 Do. do. Sheen .. 0 0 0 0 Calves Pt Dell Dm a 1111-breds 58 6 Lambs Boasts at market. 910: sheep and lambs, 6.0e0: calves, 10. PROP7NOIAL SHARZ AMBZETB. Bt101110013•11, DEO. 94.—nde eachange was doted to-day, and will be alto on the Seth instant. Dusan, DOC. 13.-7bree per Cant. Comb 89 801—New Three per Cant. stock, 871 1— Ditto for account, lick January, 571 to I—Ditto for new account, 581 88—llib ern i an Bank MU. d), 401— National Bank Pot paid`. 90— Ditto New, ed at 25 prem. paid,, 51— National of Liverpool 110/. paid), for account, 14 119—Ditto New limited', Wned AS 6 prem.', ;IL pildl,ll2l—ProAnelal Dank MX t ick 805— Royal Bank 110Lpald07 311—Union Bent'Larnited paid ,2: 1 1 —Connolly, Mining Compsny (Lhnited, ,If paid., 27a. 6.L 25a Great Southern sod Western (1001. paid„ sail 80—Midland Great Western Oa PAW/. 116 - Ditio balm 251. paid . . 17( 171 1 — Dublin. Wicklow, sad Wer/ord, 6 per cent. redeemable (paid in 101. BOXINO-DAY.—The appearance to-day of the London streets and those in the suburbs afford evidence that Boxing-day is being honoured with its wonted fes tivities. At every turn a stoppage of Misname is indicated by closed shutters, to which are affixed the notifications of " Will not open on Monday." The early omnibuses from the outskirts wits shorn of the City clerks proceeding to business, and who make up the allotted 12 on the " knife board." and the more select "13 inside." The various amusements in the metropolis have been freely patronised— at the Crystal Palace in particular, to which the public were conveyed from London •Isidge and other stations in rapid succession throughout the morning. Where amuse. ment is to be found** holiday maker appear to be wending their way—one and all betraying a resolution thoroughly to enjoy themselves. " DONATO," TEL ONE-LEGGED DANCER, AND THE RIVAL MANAGELL—OE WimibevEly LA Mr. Rolt. Q.C., instructed by 7 Mr. F. Stanley, made • special application to Vice-Chaoalke Wood for as injunction to restrain Donato from appearing at the Royal Eaglish Opera, Covent-garden, where he has beet annouoced as the leading attraction In the Christmas pantomime for to-night. The application was made at behalf of Messrs. Camille Lad Menet, thea trical agents, who twelvemoothe ago engaged Donato, and re-engaged him to Mr. Charles Morton, of the Oxford and Otnterbury Halls, for Donato's appearance at the former ball. His Honour grated an interim in unction, and the matter will be agaia area this moruing (Mooday). TER MVILDEL AT VERIY.-111 our Saturday's im premien we gave the details of • mast atrocious murder, committed by • county court bailiff, named Potter, upon his wife, Sarah Potter, between the hours of 12 and 1 on Thursday night, by stabbing her to the heart with a spear. The inquest on the body of the murdered woman was held at noon on Saturday, in the town-hall, Derby, before Mr. Coroner Val lack. Potter, who is coasigned to the county goal pending the magisterial inquiry, was not present during thus proceedings. Inspector Gress dripped that the unfortunate woman came to him at his house, in Tot/Be etroot, between 9 and 10 o'clock on Thursday night in • very excited state. Her Sager was bleeding, and the said that her husband bad threatened to murder her. She wee sure he was crazy, and said that Le ought to be taken to the lunatic asylum. Between lu and 11 o'clock on the same evening be met her again in the street. She said she dare not go home, as Potter had again threatened to kill her, as be was jealous of • lodger she had, who is • tailor. He had been calling her a prostitute, and was very violent. Witness advised her to go home. Jobs Thorp, sergeant of police, repeated the statement pivot by him on the previous inquiry, as already reported. Elisabeth Clements. • daughter of the deceased, deposed to the repeated ill-usage experienced by her mother at the hands of the prisoner, and to a violent quarrel which bad taken place just previous to the murder being committed. W. Glover said that he lived next door to Potter ; that he went to bed at • quarter past twelve on thnnelay night, and, whilst undressing, heard a ery at murder. It was the deceased, whose voice be 1 know and recognised. The cry was • little stifled, and he beard it a second time. He shouted to his mother, who was down stairs, and she went into the yard and shouted, "What are you &boot." but there was no reply. He beard the cry of "murder" for the third time, and thee his mother came in doors again. Mr. Feet, 'Devoe, made • post-mortem examination of the body. There was • punctured wound through the sternum, which penetrated through the peri cardeum into the right ventricle of the heart. On applying the weapon produced by Sergeant Walker to the wound, be found it to comspood, and be bad so doubt that it was the weapon which indicted the wound, and caused the death of the deceased. This was the principal evidence, and after • brief charge from the corone. the jury re turned &verdict of " Wilful murder" spiast.henes Potter, and he was committed on the coroner's warrant to take his trial at the Derbyshire March assizes. Gaaorrtso AND ITS CoNszuumccta.—Oat the 15th October last • man named Edwin Thomas, employed as • collector by the Royal Liver Friendly Society at Liverpool, was garotted arid robbed in the neighbour hood of Marylebooe, in that town. Being drunk at the time when he reported the mss, the police did not believe him. He was taken ill on the following day, and grew worse until Friday last, when be died. An inquest was held on Saturday. and the deceased's medical attendant stated that the primary cause of death had t oen eoesurop. thin, but the deceased had been injured by violence such as gArotting would cause, and death had been accelerated as • coneequen w. The jury found that as the story rested on the deceased's statement to his friends, there was no evi dence to show how the injuries had been caused. Dv.. J. a Mused. —Dr. J. D. Nforell, for merly of Bowdon, having been one of her Majesty's isspee. ton of British schools in the north of England for seventies years, and having this year taken a district south of Lando', when he his resided the last few months, teachers cue. meted with the schools that were under his inspection have subscribed to a handsome testimonial, which was presented at a conversations of the subscribers held on Friday evening is the schoolroom of the Swedenborgian Chapel, Chapel street, Manchester. The total number of subscribers was =O, and the total amount of subscriptions was nearly 90/. The subscriptions have come from all parts of the country between Cumberlaed and Yorkshire, is the north, and Nottingham and North Walits.—Manditster Kormister, THE CIDER CROP IN THE MIDLAND Curt:TlM. The English vintage—if such a term sae be applied to the produce of the orchards of this country—is DOW drawing to a ekes, awl has been the most remarkable within living neinorg. Both apples and pears in the trait growing dis trict. of Worcestershire, Herefordshire, and Gloucestershire, have this year lean almodant beyond precedent. and culi nary fruit is now selling by retail at a cheaper rate thin pa. tatois. A more magnificent bloom was observed thin that of the spring of 1b64, and although this is not always a precursor of an abundant crop it proved so in the present instance. Apple and pear trees were laden so thickly that the branches frequently broke down odder the weight of fruit, and although picking generally finishae in Oc tober there is here and there fruit still hanging from the leafless trees. Geoerally, however, the fruit is small, in cossequence, no doubt, of its great abundance, although some parts of Herefordshire have produced this year the finest fruit ever grown. The general price of cider fruit has been Is. per pot of five pecks, and apples have been gold at It. per too. An immense quantity of cider and perry has been merle it the three counties named above, especially Herefordshire, sod 62 ordinary price Is 1/. per boyhood of 100 gallons, or 3d. a gallon. The fruit is admirable is quality, end consequently the drink {seduced is of the first class, and is expected to keep unusually wall. A larger quantity has been made this year than has ever bees recollected in oily use year, the quantity being only restricted in some instances to the barrel capacity of the grower.—X,fti”plians Daily Guani.un. ST. JAMES'S. Mr. Benjamin Webster took his benefit at this theatre on Saturday night, and with it closed his period of management. His short lesseeship of this house has been marked by great spirit, and, if we except the production of the " Fox Chase," by gnat judgment. He has produced many excellent pieces, and amongst them the two beet really original plays—Mr. Palen.* l 4 iimpaoo's "Sybil*" and Mr. Arthur Sketchley's " How Will they Get out of lir—which the stage has seen for massy • day. Such management is worthy of the warmest praise. SADLER'S WELLS. The pantomime at thin house—produced on Saturday night—world up a local subject very plesa.ntly, and ought to delight not only playgoers old and young, but the whole Society cf Antiquaries. It deals with every roman tic pular) in the life of Sir Hugh Myddelton not recorded by Mr. Smiles, or asy other biographer of England's earliest water-company projector, sod it ought to gain that prize which has been offered for so many years by the Institute of Civil Engineers for a complete biography of the man who made the new-old-river. The author of this clever pantomime is Mr. Charles Milward, whose previous efforts have been chiefly confined to the Theatre Royal Liverpool, and his title is, "Sir Hugh Myddelton and the Fairy of the Crystal Stream, or Harlequin and the Bailiff's Daughter of In finite's." The curtain rises and discloses a view of Black Mary's Hollow, Itsgnigge Wells, mid Pestilential Abode of the Water Poisoners. Mother Shipton (Mr. W. S. Foote), who has taken refuge here under the assumed name of Black Mary, relates to her companions bow she has succeeded is diverting the waters of the Isliegtoe springs from their lateral channels, and the assembled witches revel in the anticipation of the evils arising from a general scarcity of pure water. In the vicinity of the Witches' Cavern, but hidden by rocks and closed by enchantment, is the Mezhaustible Crystal Stream, and guarding this stream is the fair Roseleaf (Mies Ethel. Sommers). • daughter of the tyrannical Bailiff of Isliogtoo (Mr. William Elliirtoo), who has been imprironed here from her infaocy, and until her release is effected by mortal power Mother Shipton and her associate■ eau ply their nefarious trade with impu nity. Telegram (Miss Lizzie Harrison), a fairy attendant upon Aqua (Miss Maggie ('ampbell), the spirit of the stream, disturbs the witches' revel., and informs them that Row leers imprisonment will soon be at an end. Seem. the essond introduces us to the tyrannical Bailiff of laliegtoe, who is roughly dispenaior (in) justice in the Old Hall of Isliogtoo, His other daughter, the ugly Grumbolino (Mr. John Mordaunt), is presented to the assembled courtier., but the gift is unanimously refused, and the unlucky damsel reesives the "cut" direct from her father's dependent•. • deputation of citizens arrives, with • lamentable account of the sufferings of the inhabitants through want of water, and Telegram appears with a message from ; the king, in which the bailiff is commanded, on peril of his head, to obtain • supply of fresh water for the suffering people of Islington and ClerkenwelL In his desperation the bailiff offers the band of his daughter to him who shall discover the crystal stream, but the as. sembledeourtiers do not manifest an eager desire to compete for the prize. The neat men* displays • view of Sedler's wells two Isuodred years ago. Here Mother Shiptou is die- passing the w►ters to Grumbolino and other.. Popinjay (Miss Emma Anetey), a gay young City spark, befog emit tea with the charms (!) of Crumbolina, announces his inteutiou to set forth in quest of the magic stream, and the bailiff gives his ready sanction to the un dertaking. In the meantime Hugh Myddeltoe (Miss Liazie Wilmors), • goldsmith's apprentice, has quitted his situation in search of adventure, and after read. Mg the proclamation, announces a determination to explore the hidden stream, "as be has long had that water in his eye." A romantic glade in the Enchanted GRECIAN. The title of the pantomime at thie theatre is "Punch and Judy ; or. Harlequin Prince Valiant, Shallabalah, and the Good Little Fairy of the Wood." It is mince by Messrs. G. Conquest and H. Spry. The plot turns upon the life of Punch and Judy. The first scene opens in the Land of Toys, where King Holiday pays a visit to Jack-in-the-Box, and consults him about a present for his friends of earth. After recommending all the various toys in turn, choice is at length wads of Punch, in the form of a pantomime. The Good Little Fairy of the Wood (Mims L. Conquest) rises, and asserts that • pantomime without a loving prince and princess would be sad. She therefore pro mises to find the requisite personages to complete the work. Scene second brings us to The Caves of Des pair, where Spleen, Spite, and Mature are coospiriog for the overthrow of Peach. They send • demon on earth to track him, and lead and tempt him to all sin and wicked. nese. Scene third shows Prancers Rosebud (Miss L. Con quest) hart amidst the Cobalt Caves. A panoramic effect takes place, which leads to the seen of the Groves of Golden Banyan, io which the ballet occurs. Scene fourth displays the Enchanted Forest, in which King Nervous (Mr. Jackson) has lost his way. He is threatened on all sides by wild ani mals, when Sliallabelah (Mr. Grant), • Gnome King, rises, and promises to rescue him if he will sign a document. He doss so. Scene fifth briogs us to the House of Pun hand Judy. Judy (Mr. Massing) busies here& with the baby, &c. Punch (Mr. G. Conquest) reels home very tipsy, followed by Toby. Here all the known business of the street show takes place, ending, as usual, with the murder of Judy. Punch, over- I come with remorse, falls o• the Boor, while the scene changes ' to • monster halloo°, which carries Punch off to an no ' known country io the map of Europe. The next scene is Lake Lonely, by moonlight, and shows the King's two nephews conspiring to p Prince Valiant's return to court. The balloon is seen in the dietetic* to take fire, and falls into the lake below. Punch is witnessed struggling in the waters, and at lest - reaches land exhsusted. Prince Va liant (Mies Victor) discovers the body of Punch, calls • doctor, and the show business again takes place. The mime gads by vows of eternal friendship, and they start on their journey to court. The Court of King Nervous is the next ICBM Valiant returns and claims the timid of Rosebud. The marriage ceremony takes place, when Sliallabalah enters end claims the fulfilment of the King's contract, entered into when his life was saved in the Enchanted Forest, and demands the hand of Rosebud. Valiant opposes him, but in spite of all Shallabelah carries off the prize by force, and places her for safety in his cottage orair. Punch and Valiant come to the rescue. Punch comes with the well known sheep bell. Black servant sends him away, but Punch perseveres, and attempts to get in at the windows ; falls through roofs, hangs on the gutters, Ice., and at last rescues Rosebud ; but Shellabalab at the last moment spoils the reslisatioo of his projects, and he is compelled to make • hasty retreat, leaving Price Valiant and Rosebud in the power of Shallabalab. The next scene for an immense Punch ac,l Judy show. Here I the well known business once more takes place, ending by Punch hanging Sluillabalah. Things come to a crisis. The fairy leads us to the transformation scene,designed sod pointed by Mr. Messenger. Clown, Harry Wright; Harlequin, W. Ormond ; Pantaloon, H. Power ; Columbia.% Misses Dew berty and Ryas' ; Sprites, the Brothers Leopold. The opening of this pantomime owes much of its effect to the excellent singing and acting of Hiss Victor, and the remarkable pantomimic talent of the school of Wieland. possessed by Mr. George emigrant. The ballet, arranged by Mrs. Conquest, is excellent, and Mies Laura Conquest, as usual, dances with great grace and skill. The scenery ie bril liant without bolos gaudy. STANDARD. This house, thoroughly re-decorated and par tially rebuilt, is now ono of the most elegant theatres in Loudon. In style it very much resembles Drury-lane. The pantomime her. is founded on • familiar nursery rhyme, and in called " Dame Dundee and her Serving Maids ; or, H►rlequin Robert and Richard were Two Pretty Men, who lay in Bed till the Clock struck Ten." The scene opens in the Hall of Columns, or abode of Holly Bush, • pantomimic sprite, who is wee); perplexed at what subject to bit upon for the Standard pantomime. King Christmas, coming to his aid, surnames the Wizard of the North and the Davenport Brothers, in addition to a host of bygone pantomimic spirit'. Holly Buell rejects them all. and leave. the matter in the hands of Christmas. That worthy soon discovers a first-rate subject for mirth, in the eventful history of Robert and Richard, but his claims to it are disputed by the witch, Never-was-such.a.bed ' un•io•thrworld.belore, who sowers on the scene, and threatens veogeence for encroachiog on her privilege. Christmas angrily retorts, and sends her home again, no t without gaining news from her th►t the king's daughter ha s been stolen, and that the witch is the thief. Pleased at this discovery, Christmas breaks op his court and departs to con vey the news to the fairy Farnflower. This brings us to the Mialetce Glade and Sunlit Retreat of the Fairies (a greed mechanical change taking place), the pantomime abode gradually becoming lost to view as the fairies' haunt is dis covered. Feroficorer, upon hearing the news of the princess's abduction, immediately consents to aid her, the only chance of non.succeee being the witch's interference. This settled, the fairy retreads from the ease, leaving her Pays to their revels. Here • greed ballet takes place by sixty ladies and children. In scene the third we find the fairy soliciting aid f rom Britannia, America, and others, and finally settling to aid Willy (a son of Dame Dud. as a hero for the pan- teenime. This brings us to the commencement of the story (eases four), A Distant Village ■nd Rustic Farm. with Dame Dllolol ' ll Farmyard. It opens with the old nursery Sas -- Dame Dunlen kept nee serving maids To carry the milking pail : She also kept tire senine men To use the spade and nail. And then we are introduced to the dame's three sons, Robert sad Richard, the two pretty mew who laid is bed till the clock struck ten, and Willy, the good little boy. The whole farm is suddenly surprised by the village crier, who arrives to give out the melancholy intolligeeee that Blossom, thokiog's daughter, has been stolen away by the witch, and at the same time to offer the prisons's band to whoever shall restore her to the king. He arrives just in time, mid states that failure would cause him to loss his bead, and also that to mare the carrying out of the expedition correctly be requires the wooer of the princess to find one hundred yard, of limo, so fine as to be able to pass through • wedding ries. R-'bert sad Richard (Mr. B. Wright and Miss Liszy Watson), afraid of b e ing called cowards, consent to go with him, and they then set out on their journey. The first place they arrive at is the Regions of Perpetual Winter. Hare they are introduced to the witch and Proserne, king of the Toe Regions. They provide Bobby with Hasa, sad the fairy queen does the same for Willy, whom she also gets up the glass moiustais by means of a dyiag seine. The saddle being gone, there is no way left for the witch to aid Bobby and Dick except by using throe. St., therefore, provides an army of icicles, who attack Willy. but are driven off by a band of warrior, of Fendlower's. During the ini:Ue the princess is carried off by Bobby sod taken to the king. palace, where, after several attempts to get the roll of linen from Willy, Bobby eventually locks tap the prince., and goes to bad with Dick. They ere, how ever, disturbed by Willy, who having received aid from the fairy, introduces icicles into their beds. Thereupon they rash out of the palace and apply to the witch for aid, who transport, them to her Abode in the Mountain, from which the fairy rescues them and restores the princess to Willy, then adjourns to her home, thus leading to the growl transformation scene. The pantomimic company is good (it must be good to succeed in Shoreditcii), anil the leader of the band is Mr. Lams, one of the meet experienced conductors of tho der. PAVILION. The pantomime prepared for the Pavilion bears the title of "St. George and the Dragon ; or, Harlequin and the Seven Champion. of Cbrigendom," and is written by Mr. Francis G. Cheatham. The story is pretty well knows. but in the present instance will be found to embody several novel feature.. Escaping from the machinations of the en chantress Calyba, the seveu champions depart in quell of adventures. St. George arrives in Egypt. and coeval.* the Sphinx as to his future destiny, the result of which is, that he is induced to pay a via to the fairy queen, from whom be learns that the land is over run by • dragon, and that the king has promised the hand of his daughter to whomsoever shall destroy the monster. Presented with • magic sword and shield, sad mounted on the wooirous horse Bocephalua, St. George encounters and slays the dragon ; his happiness is, however. frustrated by the designs of the Prince of Morocco, a re jected suitor of the princess, who informs the king t►at St. George intends converting the Egyptian nation. Hie life is, however, spared at the intercession of the princess, on condition that the seven champions shall remove from the enchanted garden of Ormandine a magic sword which is there chained to a rock, and which has the power of trans fixing ell who touch it with sleep. This task they accom plish, which brings about • wrangle, resulting in the trans formation. The harlequinade is boisterous, but amusing, sad the Clown, Mr. Emmery, is assisted by some clever per forming doge. VICTORIA. This theatre, under its new managers, Messrs. Fenton and Frampton, is no longer the dirty den it need to be, and its pieces are now as well mounted as the pieces at the West-end theatres. The pantomime, entitled "The Baron Munchausen ; or, Harlequin and the Mountains of the Moon," commences in the Regions of Despair. Hai we are introduced to Venom, Despair, and Malice, who. with their atteurlsat imps,areoompoundiog deadly draughts. Baron Munchauwe and his faithful follower enter, hung been expelled from Cock.a.Wax Castle on account of the baron's proposal for the band of the Princess Ducks-Dia mond. In despair the heron is about to rid himself of his existence by poison, when the fairy Hope appears, and present/ him with • box of mope pills. At this moment Despair returns, and forbids the departure of the baron. He and Mayall test the value of the pills by taking one each, their magic influence is instantesous, the demean are transfixed, the baron and Mayall agape, and the sp► tailors are then introduced to the Palace of King Cocker Wax. Hero Factotum, the Lord Chamberlain, is buy Disking preparations for the arrival of the various prisms who are expected to lay claim to the band of the Primes= DucirodOsmood. The king enters, and after reading the announcement in the morning papers, be sends for his • daughter, who, it is needless to say, is • spoiled child. The princes are introduced, and severally refused; Fu ton= recommends his son, the Count Hoptwig, and be is accordingly presented to the princess, who very 11110111“. moniously dismisses him. At that moment the bane is announced. He rel.tes his advertise in a song, and states his lunation of ascending in the Nader balloon. The princess is love-stricken, when Despair appears sad whispers to Hoptwig, who retiree unperceived, sod while the king and thebaron are settling the marriage contract, the balloon appears, carrying off Count Hoptwig and the prin cess. The baron takes one of the me/ is pills, and his dying horse appears. He and they'll mount, and the king sad courtiers are left in amazement. As the some closes, the clouds descend, and Hope enters, and espressos her satisfac tion at having foiled Despair. She retiree at the approach of the baron and Mayall, who have lost their *ay in the fog. The baron bewails his fate, when Dogstar appears. end dens off the fog. The scene changes to the Frozen Regions. Here the baron's famous horse is discovered tied to a stump, as is supposed by him ; and Mayan, who is overcome by dumber, extends himself on the ground, while the Baron goes out to reensoiers. Durfog his absence the Count Hoptwig enters with the princess, who has fainted from the flight of her aerial trip ; he places her in a harbour, and at that iustant the baron returns, and he and Hoptwig have • duet, sad, in a subsequent and desperate combat, the baron is vanquished, and Hoptwig calls in the aid of Despair, by where power the snow gradually melts, and discoven the village illuminated by the bright beams of the moon. The baron's horse is seen suspended from the church steeple ; the baron enters awl releases his charger from its perilous position ; at that moment the balloon is seen to eater the moon with lloptwig sod the 'minors ; the baron is in despair, when Hope appears and produces some magic beans, the gnomes rise and dig the earth, while the baron and Mayall plant the beans made • pre sent to them by the good fairy ; they grow immedi. ately, and the baron and Mayall ascend the stalk as the clouds descend and cover them in. Hope again appears, and Onset by Dopier ; they agree to baffle the Demon Despair. and his imp, Venom, whom they see in the air ; they are as cordingly sent on a wild goose chase ; the clouds ascends Darter mid Hope part, and we are transported to the Mountains of the Moon. The baron enters and is rather disappointed at the sterility of the lunar regions. Hope is sgaia at hand, and changes the scene to the Glittering Garden of the Spangled Firmament. Here the grand ballet takes place, and is interrupted by the operas& of the Man in the Moon ; the fairies disappear, and Hoptwig is disco vered with the primes. They quarrel mnaically, when the Man in the Moon appears, to whose ore Hoptwig com mits the primer ; she is placed in a cap, while lloptwig retires to scorch for gems and silver to take home as • dowry to tempt her father. Dogstar once more returns and comforts the captive ; the baron now comes in and releases the primes, and the balloon is spin brought into requisition-I lloptwig returns in time to see them depart, be is seined with a fit of despair, and the geese einem, bringing us back to Cock-a. Wax Castle. Here the king and all Lis court are in the greatest tribulation at the loss of the princess. The baron desires an audience and is admitted—be makes matters right with his father-in. law that is to be, and restores the prisms@ to his arms; they are about to come to an amicable arrangement when Hop twig suddenly appears, with the announcement that • dragon has made Lis appearance and is devastating the village. A loud knockleg is heard, and Mayall appears with • flat of truce; he makes • audition that the dragon than he destroyed if the princess is gives to the bares is marriage. The king consents, and the scene concludes with a lament to the tune of "Uncle Sam." We now have an introduction to the Cam of the Dragon ; here the baron acts as showman, and the villagers are sacrificed to the monster's voracity. The king arrives in grand prone. 'ion with the princess le the magic cabinet. King Cock a-wax claims as the price of her hand the death of the mobster, the heron consents, and the dragon is annihilated. At this moment, Hoptwig and Despair appear, and the prin cess is disposed of A Is Davenport Brothers. The baron and Mayall are again secured, and another scone is brought to a close. The Lot scene of the opening commences in the Dungeon of Despair, where the princess is incarcerated by the demon. The C.,unt Hoptwig eaten, and urges his suit ; he is repulsed ; footsteps are beard, and he retires with the lady of his choice. The bares now comas again nom the scene with Mayan; they are searching for the lady, when Hope, true to her word. foils the tyrant, sad restores the lovers to each ether's arena. The count is claimed by the demos, and is owned off to a place unmentionable to ears polite. Preparation ere now about to be made for the approaching nuptials of the Baron Minichansen and the Princess Docka•Disenead, when Hope appears, and we ere troupe/Sod to the Silver Temple of Luna, where the trandonestios lakes place. The pantomimic company is ^Keenest, and the ballet, produced under the direction of Mr. Frangible. who used to be one of our best harlequins, is equally goal. MARYLEBONK. The pantomime of " The Bronze Rome hu i