The Express. — London, England, 1849-12-27 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 27, 1849. THE csignJAS ENTERTAINMENTS DRURY-LLNE. behieraiht" scdiesoe is always a actiey one; I _, bass mai mbar ever to have witneseed. even ban am has minor th istle, each a mese of uproar lee 1 7 - A t ihmeel in this great temple et the It giti -0.111; which, OA 041' readers are aware was 0 0 j o t maim/ fix the first time, ender th e new Ms. James Aadesitm. He Mad suinoeaced 0 do her e e emesses ma this onset= would cola onot b af.past , Willa a the usual ses. L arg e were so ll ected at all ▪ " e mmaistly those of the pit and galleries, i gliP• iiihs t he semi time, and were kept entitle at Wimesill agar seven o'clock, whew& ire I s i s i b b h . seise the be guise e t seemed So be filled in pper eagle.. wee , The bared began to play, and we comb some soles of Weber's overture to " The log hog Spirit,;" bat it idled to tale the par ots above. Who* the curtain roes the spiri temsbiestesecd ; etch was the dia of roaring, Sell hatolieg, the claptjece mat* and stamping a ser, that sot asy of th e play (The Nes. 'anee) wan heard beyond the foot -0 V r Las. The players " bed their exits and their Mose sad the r ecweamees had quite the ap "-- pantomime. NothMg had any effect in V i go sterm—rent even the appearance of him moms at sue the hero of the rem and the hero of oemeraMard. his iiideoerm ac tedrades son the core, steadily e ehi egly, till the first act was about to close ma Mr. Asiersoc, finding it ascessary to do Nene , mopped short and showed by his gestures that masa t o address the audience. After some h e was able to atter audibly the words, • team tied gentlemen," but the rest wes weed u the uproar. He they addressed him si le t he " gentlemen in the galleries," and found one to tell them that, from thew having come there both &embers, he sincerely believed they wished mell, but that he must say they took an odd way sbetrieg g ood-humoored remonstrance which mly male matters worse. The second act, like the Ire. Mug is dumb show, Mr. Anderson making no he w attempt to obtain quiet. The third act was m .sekag is the same way, when he again addressed t c ge h m ies, and, making himself heard with diet mot, m id that prams who felt themselves imsnedri by the crowd, if they chose to e ms should remise back their m oney; at no Nam time remarking, that the persons t he hid the best places were makin g the greatest pea This offer had no effect; nobody seemed to go the coefusian was as great as ever. Spar Hutches (real or pretended) were got up, each MI watre of a clamorous circle; and it became a grotothrnerants.teoretleteoirstrip shoulde rs scarves ant labia sad fling them into the pit. Some twenty agingices of dress were seen fluttering and in the space of a couple of minutes. By Retire the fourth sot began they had become a go weary of their fun, end we were able to hear, as I d es us, the judgment scene, which was acted eith each spirit, considering the circumstances, and meek applauded by the pit and boxes. The fifth act rod off in comparative quiet. It was impossible to form any opinion as to the eseformanoe, but we are inclinen to think that, had it Ism sadists:bed, it would have been very agree able. Mr. Anders on looked the part of Shylock, thseglthe gave it too much of the feebleness and de ammo& of old age. In the great scene of the fourth set he acted with energy and passion ; but all the are delicate traits of the character were, of course, let Miss Laura Addison's Portia is well known to tea graceful and intellectual performance. Of the sew performers we must speak on another occasion, whoa we tare nen them under more favourable aspires. The play was exceedingly well put upon the stage. Some of the scenery was beautiful, and ell the costumes and sonic accessories were elegant ad is excellent taste. After the play Mr. Anderson addressed the sensate. He expessed his sorrow for the intolerable searryance they had suffered; an annoyance which he would take measures to prevent in Rican : he was grateful he said for the great kindness which be had experienced from so great an audience, and hoped. to be 'sallied to restore - Drury Lane to its old position se the first of the Enghsh theatres. This address was well heard, the apper regions being now quiet, and received with great applause. The play was followed by a" New grand historical, mataph"rical, allegorical, and diabolical pantomime," ealled Harlequin and Good Qua* Bees, or Merritt England in the Olden time. Wrist relates to Queen Ens and the olden tines forms a very inconsiderable portion of the piece, which is a very farrago—a' jumble, without beginning, middle, or end. After some allegorical scenes too deep for our comprehen am, we have some ranges in the life of the virgin Qin, introducing some of the notabilities of her time—Borleigh, Essex, Bacon, Leicester, and Amy Robert—all made g ro tesque by pastebo ard wizards, and talking the most extravagant nonsense. Then the sisal transformations take place : Leicester becomes limktioin, Essex the Clown, Burleigh Pan'aloon, and Amy Hobart Columbine. The personarego to work in the old way—Harlequin and Columbine pursued by Patellae and Clown through &variety of emus, and with the usual quantum of dancing, skipping, tumbling, posture-making, and head-beething. Some of the rimes ere exceedingly well painted, especially Chariaterom and the Strand, and a " Flo-t-fair on the Thames," a spectacle of great bustle and anima tion. But the incidents and tricks are of a thread bare kind, and show a barren invention; and the jokes an of the precticel kind, consisting mostly of kicke, Our, and cuffs. M. Dentin is an agile Ha Aerial* Male. Theodore, as Columbine, dances very prettily ; sad Mr. Stilt, the Clown, executes feats in posture makiag that are quite wonderful. The piece is of a preposterous length. We left it, not finished, at one o'clock in the morning. BAYKARKST. The Christmas offering at this theatre was called The Ninth Statue : or, the Jewel. and the Gem, a rue of Injouterie. as it is called in the bills, by the brothers Brough, the authors of "The Sphinx," "The Eri.thatt-d 1.1 e," and other burlesques, another of which these prolific authors produced at the Adelpti theatre last night. The scenery of the Ninth Statue ; or, the Jewell and the Gem, is effective, the dresses are brilliant, and the acting is entitled to the highest praise, but the "words" which are put tato the mouths of the principal characters are not quite so sparkling as the subject of the piece. To attempt a description of the story upon whi c h the piece is founded would be a difficult task. The plot is manifesoly borrowed from one of those bees of the genii with which oar etageres abound, and the heroes consist of certain myeteriony gentlemen whose adventures have often been conjured up by the fertile imaginations of school boys. The characters comprise Rumfogi Di ° all the Genii) ; Zeyn Alumni, surnamed the Rapid (King of Balsam) ; Loosfisch (his private secretary and evil councillor) ; Mobanes (a fine old Eastern gentleman of the olden time); Foodinah (a genuine queen-mother); Zuleika (a faultless maiden) ; and an extraordinary variety of genii, nobles, ignoble., de mon pages, guyed., courtiers, and other distinguished Peelmnages usually brought together on similar owe doss. The principal feature of the entertainment was the debiit at this house of Miss Kathleen Fitzwilliam, who was received with the heartiest de nionstratbas of applause. This young lady a pp ears to have studied the art of burlesque acting, and the &adieus fully appreciated her exertions on this occasion. Her costume was in the best possible taste, her singing extremely pleasing, and her enunciation suct as to render every word audible. Notwithstanding the disadvantage under which Miss F . itewilliam appeared, in being placed in juxtsposi tam with so favourite an actresses Miss P. Horton, her success was complete, and she may be considered a valuable acquisition to this establishment. Oa the whole the burlesque put general eittisfac haae and it was announced f or repetition amid con siderable applause. The house was well atten more ded, Lod—strange to tell—the gods were much silent than they are generally known to be on boxing PRINCESS'S. List night a new Chtistzaas p a ntomime, entitled King how, or Harkqin and the Marc Bai , ' wit? peedneed at this theatre. Alerbelf = i - d " 11 10414 a PrePagasaist 111 P° 1111 ". I deo polio rule over his Wiens, who are rico jure potentates themselves, deteneiees to spread cla med's through the kiegdoms of the earth, and foe this laudable purpose esliste the servisee of a red republican Guido Fawkes, whir nukes his first trial, is the levellisg line in the etas of pedantic Kier Jamie, his princ ipal; is the ementime, twang every endeavour to bewitch the Lady Arabella dteart Miss Fawcett and bre 1 W at. Vont ( Miss )1 Love; Mr. loges), with the villanelle I dew. Lady Arabella Iwo boomer it aa: flios. thin it is better to adhere to the priaeiplei d fliefinar, sad adopt the sold-water sere, and so indig ene* esteems the prollend beverage, and slakes her thiestis the limpid etream,the Naiad of which rewards bra slmilhiess with a aegis fiddle, of which Seymour 111 Me alga. _lbis fiddle dispossess moat eloqueat so& Mid en I. the nasal meaner it pats hie sad mettle in the heels of all within reach of its mead ; plaved ea the beck it Alien them with the Said The combination of thin two milers it not only a disturber of rural felicity in. up a ple-nic ia which King Jamie and hie friend the Inked Buthisgbam were enjoying, after a fine day's sport be Epping Forest; making a batter of pigs, gee., sad turkeys, but it also rescues the King from the comedy of Guy and the other conspirators. The fifth seise, by a slight but agreeable ausehrocisni, repressed. Ting Jamie in prosenisa on his way to open &naiad by piiisenteu, beefeaters, GM 'Ashton el aisle. T m T ile artian@ are Ler the saserstat lissuissrlallisal lard Bro ug ham is the simassilor. Lord John Reseal and the Wie of Wellinglen are prominent figures in the scene. At the transformation, which takes places after the Gnat of Guy in the vaults of the House of Lords, the king becomes Peatalemi (Mr. Paulo), Guy is changed tato Clown (Mr. Reiman), Seymour takes the appearance of Hulequin (Mr. Bologna), Lad Arabs Steen that of Columbine (Miss Fawcett), and as it has been found that neither pare water or pare aleohol were attended with succem:in their separate missions it is resolved that for the future they should form the league of Grog, Water undertaking to coanterset the more fiery temper of Alcohol ; who, on his part, promise to destroy the mistakable of the water, and as Bow is not at hand, the whole is to be sweetened with the subsequent tricks of the transformed characters. The pantomime is well con ceived, the tricks am amusing, and several random shots are fired at the follies of the day. The Clown and Pantaloon p!ay a new game . at cards, the former is tried for a breach of promise before a jury of matrons, and is about to be led to durance vile, when the Naiad re-appears sad restores the charac:ers. LYCEUM. Mr. Plancbt continues to extract morale from the Countess D'Anois's stories. And a very pleasant meats they are of telling people wholesome truths. This year be endeavours to impress the folly of listening to slanderous sugitestions and the fatal effects of female curiosity. Toe moral is admirably pointed by Madams D'Anois, in her stay " Serpentine Vert; from which we have the grand Christmas extravaganza of the Lyceum, under the more pleasing title of Ties Island of Jewels. The cast was nothing particular. The management have had some losses recently, andof those whammies, two of the best, namely, Charles Mathews and Harley, are not in the piece. The weight of it rested entirely on Madame Vestris and Miss St . George, who played the Princess. The only other character which told at all, was that of Giltgingerbread the Great,' well burlesqued by Praia Matthews, and susceptible, perhaps, of the introduction of still more hunioer. l This performer had a little travestie of Lear throws into his part, which we thought might as well have been omitted. Troth to tell, however (end we say it with every affection of our old trend Plancht), it was the die., loges that was mainly deficient. We remember fier pieces by the same author with so few " points " er " hits." Except one hit at the Railway King (rather a familiar topic) there were no slimness to the sub lime@ of the day. Some of the new songs to old tunes win amusing : the best among them afforded Kearns Vestris an opportunity of burlesquing Jetty Tee& in her " Trab, Trab, Trab." The " Row Polka " was also most amusingly cooverted into a joke. But we remember very little else that occa mimed a laugh, and we know that we came away eareelves with the *Miro conviction that every one bad behaved all the evening with such extreme pro priety, that one might fancy there was no such time as Christmas, no each night as boxing-night, and no me whatever for the Druidical plant called mistletoe. However, the Island of Jacele must be seen. Mr. Planche's pieces have a sort of historical interest be longing to them. They constitute a sort of era in dramatic art, and not to see one of them is to put cue's self out of the pale. Madame Vestrip, too, expects a visit. She says boldly that she intends the public gold to pay for there jewels, and there cer tainly is no more agreeable jewel-box than her little bijou theatre. ADELPRI. The Christmas novelty produced at this theatre last night was a burlesque extravaganza by the Messrs. Brough, whose previous efforts in this style have s t a mped them as imam the most successful imitators of s form which has certainly been brought to its highest perfection by Mr.Planche. The piece which we are now to notice is, according to the bills. "a gram piece of ' Presumption' on the port of the authors of 77w Enchanted Isle, The Sphiss; &e., in the shape of an eutirely new Composite Poly-1 technic Extravaganza, entitled Fs ankenstein, or the Model Mall. " That the incidents of Mrs. Shelley* semantic fiction have here been turned to the pet. 1 pests of the broadest fun, may be readily imagined 1 1 wimm we state that Mr. Wright represented Franke,. I join and Mr. Paul Bedford the Monster, who is I brought into existence by that student's occult paw dee& The chief portion of the comic busies's, et course, occurs in the scenes in which these char eaters are brought into contact, oommenciag with Frankenstein's studio, where the monster drat bewares animated, and indulges in e = poem plastiques more basements than d After running through his headlong career, sad Ma in out a very bed young man, the Monster is is farmed and brought to a sense of his errors, ea, at the sometime, to a police court, where be become the &Oct et palls =laity, being gazed at through tales rropes and epees glasses, and having his portrait tikes after the manner of the most celebrated of ma lelheters. In this seem are some good strokes of se dn. Of course plot scarcely forms an element in the eeselluedue of a *we of this description. There is some sernatwal agency which devolves on Mr. 0. Smith in the shape of a broken-down Untied (the Demon of the Harts and &Maces), who is in'roduced as the old original iepresentative ct the part, and proves his title by sundry specimens of his well-known interest "Hal ha I hat " This character is rendered very amusing by the ludicrous pathos with which be laments his diminished importance in t h e se days of hard reality. As a foil to this evil in fluetce we have Caine, the water-sprite, rising most unromantically from a water-butt. This &meter found a charming represeotative in Miss Enema Harding. Special mention must be made of Miss Woel gar's clever acting and singing as Otto of Bow berg, the successful rival of Frankenstein in the saw , tious of the heroics of the piece, Agatha, represented)* This Harriet Co. easy, who appeared for tin first time. is lady's personale is prepoeseming ; she sings well. and will undoubtedly become a favourite with the Ad e lphi audience. Frankenstein is perhaps scarcely equal to some of the authors' previous productions — the dialogue ocoasionally flags and wants point ; th ere are, however, some good hits at the prevailing topics of the day, some amusing parodies of popular songs; and, with a little condensing, so as to act more closely, it will no doubt prove attractive. The whole of the slam en seine is excellent ; and, at the close at the piece, the applause was unanimous. BTILAND. The ruling powers of this little theatre, fol'owing the example set by their comparatively gigantic neighbours, of a provident deference to the customary require me nts of the p res ent merry season, have cat.red, amply . and judiciously, for the votaries of Moms. who, in spi te of the many drag rernens to which this sulky year has given birth, seems to be as numerous acd happy as ever. The Christmas novelty . presented to the patrons of this establishment last night consists of a mythologi cal extravaganza, entitled Diogenes and las Lantern, or the Hap and Cry after Honesty, and is from the pen of Mr. T. Taylor, a gentleman long favourably known to the play-going public es the author et many similar production , . la the introductory portion of the busisiiiis the gods are introduced, sitting "doff in awed Otte," with Jupiter as chairman, wbo dep i ons the =settled and unsatisfactory state of the various tams kingdom%) and requests advice from the attended deities 1. 1 1 *petting the means by which they may be restored lel tranquillity. War, wine. music, ime. sad other equally Inefficient nostrums are resemeseeded. red Jove, disgusted at the stupidity of his immiebas, de prime them of their various attributes, aalmedsmes them to ammo charade(' the reverse et lbw in which they bad previa* figured—Mars besse s member of a pie society. Venue a Mercury a roguish haberdasher, abodes to eel his goods at an "enormous merinos: and at the same tae filching a large Memo from the wages of the starring sempetresess whom he employs. Apollo, the post of Home, Beeches, a tes.toteller, Wean, the railway king, &a. Miasma is also appealed to by Jupiter on the subject of debate, but instead of vouchsafing an answer she ridicules th e pretensions of the celestials to wisdom, and declares bee intention of paying a visit to emit for the purpose of assisting Diogenes, the cynic philosopher, in a search which be is shoat to institute for an basest man. She forthwith proceeds to Athens, where she meets Diagonal, sad having got is:semi= of old Time's lantern. because it affords the best light by which to investigate the characters of men, she Introdsoss her self as a young pupil from the country, sad they set out on their expedition together. In the meantime, however, the god., nettled at the arrogance of tone adopted by Minerva, resolve to thwart her in her search for Honesty, and also proceed to Barth, retaining the characters assigned to them by Jove, who accompanies them in the guise of a greedy and unscrupulous communist orator. They manage to encounter Blossom and his Mentor at every torn, and exhibit roguery, rascality, and hum bug under so many and such discouraging aspects, that the search for an honest man is abandoned in despair ; the Goddess of Wisdom returns to Olympus, where she discovers that she has been "sold" by her fellow-celestials ; and the pieos concludes with a di dactic tag, which informs as that the persons most likely to be honest are those who act well the parts allotted to them, however humble they may be. The dialogue of the piece, which, according to custom is written in rhyming couplets, is spirited and playful, and the "bits" of fun, and hits at the sogueries, absurd fashions, bubbles, and follies of the day, with which it is plentifully sprinkled, are not 1 1 ouly fresh, pungent, and telling, but possess the merit, somewhat rare in burlesques, of being free from the spark,. alloy of coarse equivoque and vulgar slang. The author wields the satiric lash with an adroit but gentle hand, striking with out wounding the objects selected for castigation, and he succeeds completely in avoiding the censure con veyed by the epigrammatic qui doll& proesettate,* " Non ea sewer Yin red Uelles." Mrs. Stirling played Minerva ; Miss R.lsaace,Venus ; Mrs. Bartlett, Jano; Mr. L. Murray, Jupiter P. Emery, ; and Mr. H. Yemen, Apollo. The house was well attended, and the extravaganza was loudly laughed at, and applauded throughost. OLYMPIC. This new theatre, the interior and decorations of which we have already described, was opened last night to the public, to whom an attractive bill of fare was offered. The effective company of artists en gaged, the novelty of the house, and the fact of its being boxing night, produced a very large audience. The play selected for the opening night was Shak speare's Two Gentlemen of Verona, previous to which the royal sirloin we. sung, and an opening address spoken by Mrs. Mowatt. The address was received with considerable ap plause, which Mrs. Mowatt fully deserved for the very excellent manner in which she delivered it. At its conclusion the curtain rose upon the Two Gentle men of Verona, the principal characters in which were performed by Messrs. Davenport, Conway, Compton, Scharf, Ryder, and Belton, and Mesdames Fanny Vining, Seymour and MarshalL To all these ladies and gentlemen praise is due for the skill aM judgment with which they performed their respective parts, and not wishing to appear invidious by praising any one of the number at the expense of the rest, we content ourselves with commending them in a body, satisfied that they fully deserve it. To the audience likewise some little acknowledgment is due, for the unusual patience and silence with which they listened to the performance of the comedy ; in other anniversaries of this kind, the opening piece has too often been mere dumb show. Laugh and Grow Fat is the title of the pantomime, of which Mr. Nelsen Lee is the author. It contains, of course, the usual number of practical jokes end allusions to the topics of the day, one of the best of which hits off Oen. Sir Charles Napier in the happiest manner. Making due allowances for the stiffnees of the machinery and the novelty of the whole, the per formance was creditable, and though some tricks failed altogether the audience were in a mood to be pleased, and greeted even the failures with hearty laughter. BADLERS WELLS. Brandy is said to be latin for goon, and on the same principle, we presume, tragedy is considered to be latin for pantomime, as the authorities always se lect one, and that, too, the most l u gubrious in their repertoire, with which to usher in the glories of hex ing night. It is a custom which, in our opinion, would be "more honoured in the breach than in the observance," exciting, as it does, in the gal leries a temper something like what one might I expect a day's forgethlasso on the put 1 , of the feeder would produce in a menagerie. The manes administered at Sadler's Wells yesterday evening was Venice Preserved: and it is due to the aborigines of New River Head, and its vicinity, and to , say that they bore it with exemplary patience resignation. Few cat-calls were heard, and little whistling, nor did any premature demand for " Hot Codlings" outrage tho dignity of the tragic muss. The play was absolutely listened to, 1 , and often applauded, more especially that por tion of it which was sustained by Mr. George Bennett,whose Pierre is a performance of well-known and appreciated excellence. The other characters were sustained with that evenness which disThetin gaisbes all the performances at Sadler' s Wells. e is a new setting of an old subject, The /eraF" of Wantley, whom we recollect to have seen Isame then once In play and pantomime Sent to the devil eamewhat are his time. b the present instance an allegorical introduction pre mats to us Old Age, who was to have been surrounded by gout, asthma, cramp, and rheumatism, bat des sprites, detained, we suppose, at home by their lavourite complaints, did not make their appearance. !oath, fi tly and prettily represented hy Miss Bolles, awns with him the propriety of having a Christmas ime, and of course carries the day. Folly , 1 also Austin) then steps in, and names the Dragon Wantley sa a fitting subject, and the legend proceeds. We will not insult the literary at- tainments of the most juvenile of oar readers ysitsisupposing that he or she is n ot as in y acquainted with the story of Moore of Moore-Hall as we are ourselves, and shall therefore merely say that the dramatis persona wear the usual grotesque masks, go through the conventional comic and at last cast off visor and wickerwork to =Harlequin, Columbine, Pantaloon, and Clown. The wit from thenceforward, depending as it did principally on the carpenter, sometimes hung fire, but there were fewer mishaps than we have ever seen on boxing night. One or two hits told im mensely. Compensation to the Palau C o urt lawyers was typified by a member of the long robe in ond the stocks, and the audience cheered as if every sec man had defended a suit before the moribund tri bunal. The Smithfield nuisance was the subject of a mese complicated series of wooden jokes, some of which told, while others were inoompreheneible ; but the strong point was palpable enough, and it was, that the cattle market should be forthwith transferred from Smithfield to Islington-green. Of course the pantomimist was not thinking of local i n t er ests when he exploded this joke at New River Head. After a series of limner pleasantries, the while concluded, at put one o'clock, with a grand finals, fairy palace, lots of red and blue fire, and the *Waters receiving the reward of virtue and constant love from a benignant spirit in silk tights and a glittering tunic. A Mr. Thorne, whofilled the p a rt of a supernumerary clown, won general applause by feats of agility, which would have done hoooar to the Bedouins. The house was crammed in every put, and the audience applauded everything to the echo. )u aYLBBUNE. This theatre was opened ye.terday evening under die management of Mr. E. Stuling, hi. predecessor, Mr. Watts, having migrated to the New Olympic. Long before the mkt, of the curtain, the house pre sented that sort of appearance which indicated that I the denizens of the north-west of the metropolis were not disposed to allow the occasion to pass by without due honour. The pit and gallery were both densely crowded, and the letter exhibited mach noisy impa tience for the commenctsvot. Them was only one piece before that which belonged peculiarly to the evenin. This g was a new thrsoast drama, written by Mr. W. Collier, and entitled (Ars Cleareite, or a Danyk ter's Sacrifice. Even had the gods been silent, in stead of uproarious, throoghoat the performanos, it would have been dialer& to understand the plot, or at least the moral of this drama, which is remarkable for nothing unless it be an =usual defi ciency of invention. After 4 came the pantomime, under the designation Harks/Ws Fairy Land, or the Princes' Zeta and the Wis Ass Three ; the Prioress being represented by Mime A. Brown. Mr. Moreland was Harle quin, Mr. Lynch Psntaloos, Mies S. Hea ley Columbine, and Mr. Paul Pietro Clown; and an addition was merle to this ordinary complement in the person of a golden sprite, an emanation from California, well represented by Mr. Bowen. The scenery, machinery, property, and dresses, were ex cellent. One of the best parts of the ppiece was scarcely legitimate, but not the lees deservedly applauded,— an adult performer going through a wonderful sense of balanciogs with a little fellow about two feet high, termed I , Lilliputian Tom," which terminated by the poising of a ladder on the elder performer's chin, at the top of which the little urchin stood on his head. This last feat , though manifestly dangerous, and on that account hissed by a few of the more apprehensive, elicited rapturous expressions of delight from all parts of the house. As a panto mime, nothing could be better than this plea; and such improbably the opinion of the entire audience. FINE ARTS. Engraving. Portrait of the late Quern Dosoagor. Mr. Hogarth, of the Haymarket, has on his inter- estiog lists cf portraits one of the late Queen Dowager, which now appurs with her last touching behest, engraver' in golden letters. It may be questioned whether the golden letters are compatible with the strain of humility which per vades the text. This belongs to the clue of portraits in which the beholder rowdy fancies that the character of the per sonage may be traced from the perfect mould in which the features are east, from the skill of painter and engraver is seizing the expression of core who lived in peace, and inutile simple costume which de notes the absence of pomp . or vanity. This admirable portrait is from the pencil of Mr. Richmond. BOSTON GRAMMAR SC/MU—There appears at the present time to be a hope that this richly-endowed school will once more be opened to the public. Arrangemeste have bees entered into by the relators and trustees, sad the kng contended " friendly suit" now appears likely to have • friendly termination, thank. to the judicious interposition of the town council. But the present arrangement has many faults, end is open to anfmadunion. This school, which was flelelieany intended for the education of the poor, will Dow, by ths high capitation fee, be only used by the children of Illbe =Mat classes. 63 ample is the revenue, that, judiciously waged. it *tight to be sufficient to build schools and pay =Win for every boy in BAltoo. at a nominal charge. When • liberal member of the town council proposed that the apitsties fee should be greatly reduced, he was answered by seeffisse, who said, "Oh, if we do that we shill have an in animate, of scholars, the schoolroom will never hold them." Owe answer woald be, all the better, build soother, and an setest, if the two would not suffice. Is an inundation of knowledg, of light, of educatioa, of increased happiness and prosperity e an oraerrenos to be dreaded? We are surprised that at the cimicenoemest of the let half of the nineteenth century we shota have heard such • remark. By the pee seat arrangement, 100 boys , who would, were this school not °pelted, be taught elsewhere, will be taught at this sae& Judiciously . managed, 600 boys who will not be edu sated elsewhere, might receive this hie= at this school. We will explain this—the salary of the master is 2001. per year, with a house rent-free worth 301. per year, 11. per year from each day scholar, calculating them at 120, this produees 1201., he is allowed to take borders, who, it is cal 'skied, will yield him • profit of 1001. a year, thus his in. some may be fairly set down at 4601. per year. The salary of the second master is 1271., he receives 11. from each day scholar, and 41. per year from each boarder, this will bring him in rather more then 3001. per year. The English mas ter's salary is 1001 . per annum, without any extras. Thus the united income of these three gestlemen will be 8601 and about 140 boys will be educated at an expense of W. per boy. lied the capitation fee bees, instead of 31. r of w per yearle?' , 3d. per week. or 2s. dd. per quarter, the numbeho would have been 600, and would chi, Ay have consisted of children of smell tandem's and mechanics, who are, from the heavy expense, prevented enjoying the blessings li ef a firse-rate canceler. Even by this aunt gesesni the salaries of the masters would have been sakiently asuge. The 600 boys at 10s. per year would have paid 2601., 1001. of which might have ban given to the heed master, 601. to the second master, and the remaining 1001. would have well supported • school for the children of those who could not afford to pay ewes the 31. pot week. The public school, where 300 boys are regularly edecated, does not cost so much as this. The public will see by this of what they have been deprived, but it is not yet too late, the schemes have not yet been laid before the Master in Chancery. If the small trod emses and th e e to of Bodo* eland quietly by and see their birthright thee taken from them, they have only themselves to blame. • public meeting ought instantly to be convened, to outsider what steps ought to be taken with lafrranu to this matter. If the relaton end trustees saw that the pubis mind w as as aroused to this subject, they would not dare is mind pass their present partial and inefficient scheme.—Linoobt - Ours Timor. THE MIDDLETON FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.—The exposi by the Rev. Robert Whiaton, M.A., master of the Rochester Fees Grammar School, of the misapplication of the funds of the ancient foundation, has natually di rected public attention to other f r ee grammar schools, and indulged inquiries which will have at least this beneficial effect, if no other, that any abuses which may be found to exist is them will be d rag ged forward to the light, and ar raigned at the bar of public opinion. When these revela tions are sufficiently fl agrant and numerous to excite puinblic iadlgnation, and to cell forth the expression of a strg opinion from the legislature, we may perhaps hope to see some mature of reform introduced whkh shell restore their mum usefulness, with all the additional aid of the enlarged fends which the vastly increased value of 'real property will supply. It is not a little remarkable that within some 6 miles of llancheeter, there ezu grammar school,whieh to some utast, smothered by the neglect of its trustees ; though these trustees are themeless a learned incorporation for the purposes of eduation—we mean the pincipel and fel lows of Briaellaell College, Oxfor d - So far hem this school being a grammar *chord, in the ordinary seeeptation of the term, it has beets suffered to degenerate into • mere pri mary school, for the teaching of the moat elementary sad mainmast's', pane of education, upon the plan so well known by the name of its fnder, Dr. Bell. Such • primary school le doubtless an is Middleton ; but it should be a eepa rata, though ancillary institution to the grarnstrr school. The oommiadocers for baptizing into charities state, in their 19th report, that the principal and fellows of Brasenue Col lege, ll)sford, being the trustees of Middleton Grammar School, that institution doge not fall within the scope of their Inquiries. The state of the school only shows that it would have been much better for the institution if it lied been inquired into and reported upon by the charity cost missionen.—Maischseer Guardian. A EW ELL -FISH WAR.—LANCASHIRI V. CUMBER IANII.—The mussel gatherers of Duddon Sends have bad a Pseud battle during the past week, after the fashion of the k roses " of olden time, for disputed territory, and which, though not attended with loin of life to any of the belligerents, has left several in the position of pensioners u pon the rate -p a ying inhabitants of the dietrie. It ap puss that the eockkn of Deacon. hauls, ot the disturb ' anise in France, were determined to have a revolution of their own, or. • small scale, somewhere shout eighteen mouths ago, and accordingly • lIIIMOTOUS body of Poulton I and Bsycliffe fishermen assembled to wsge war spinet the inhabitants of the Cumberland side of Duddon. The occasion of this dissgreemest was the encroachment, Or unposed encroachments of the Lancashire side fisher tun within the limits Waimea from time immemorial by the residents in ausbeeland. After a lengthened and dreadful fight, during which very severe injuries were WHOA on each other, such as b ro ken limbs, broken heads, and maimed bodies, nearly resulting fatally to three or four of the belligerents, the Cumberland party retained victorious possession of the San parties on Tue. ds. Not satisfied with this decisive onslaught, the defeated day last returned to the sane of warfare, where they discovered the enemy's foram had been increased by upwards of 80 persons, accimpanied by horses and mats, r the purpose of contesting and defending. the exclusive right claimed by the Cumbrians ; considering, however, that the better part of valour is discretion, the oppoping party retired in the most perfect order. Oar advi s t i e dis matter would be that the disputed point • hould be as speedily and amicably as partible, for two reasons—first, that the mussel being of • very sensitive nature, might week • resting-place somewhat farther north ; andsonaly, that should the matter reach the ears of two js comman der of the forcee, he might withdraw or three regiments of the line from Ireland to protect the disputed territory, and by levying a tax upon the inhabitants of the district for the support of this "shell fish expedition," • feet a remedy which might be worse than the disesse.—Csonber lased POOpiet. THE Till: SD DRAGOON GUARD..—We have mason to believe that all differences have been made up In this reniAen and that Colonel Arthur is to continue in the ezi MR GODLEY'S LETTER COLON ON TYE GOVERN- MENT OF THE lES. TO THE EIGHT HON. W. E. GLADSTONE, M.P. Plymouth, Dee. 12, 1849. MI DIMS Mk. CILX/MXOdl-0a the eve of laving Bog land for one of out most distant colonies, I cannot resist the desire of saying a few words before I go, to the British public, on Pao 'abject of colonial politico, under the new semi which they have lately assumed ; • subject in which I ban keg been neadatively interested, and in which I am now neat to snake a deep sad immediate personal someses. And I have ventured, with your kind permission to prefix your same to my observations ; not from any m samed assordsnee between your views and my own, lnat simply been's, m you seem to me to he the one among our lesUag statesmen who has most folly coma? ered the qua. tin of colonial reform, so you an the one mat likely to nreekte sad amperage the humblest effect to advance WM. Jalgieg, indeed, teemthe 'peones whin yen have made during the lea two esseises, and from the lin of conduct which you thiak it right to adopt with reference to this quesdem, I lake th at you do not agree with me ; that is, that you are far from astatin ue d se highly as I do the danger which threatens our gessad the mesamity ofinestiag it promptly by moseures cifeemert reform. If pea did, I feel lure (from my faith in your pentodes& and public spirit) that, waiving all con 'Westing of a permed sad piety asters, you would and forth es the setive ehampion of those bearskin remedies by whisk elan the disarm which is coundeg our greatness can now be eared. I coofidently, perhaps presumpts oul but my sonv ia have at least not ben formed without meth thought and observation. My occupations have for some time past thrown me into habitual intercourse with emicalan perenelly, and soptaintaece with the various organist animist *aka. No one has had better oppor aides of off reskilag the inmates cheap which has lately Qes .kaki mind, and the tarn hopelessness of sand*, it mew with " padual instalments" of freedom. A year or two ego I thought, as perhaps you think now, that though a system so absurd in tUuy, end so unsuccessful in prunes as that by which our -W.o are ruled, must break down comet or lent still it might last indefiaitely —for ten emus to ems, Ponape for twenty ; and that our stores might 'ably be directed to a gradual &mellow tin of it. lam now maenad that I was wrong ; the nal dagger h, not tha t the despotism of the Colonkl - fee wfli lea tem or twenty years—not that the colonists will be ep premed by ft be ea indefinite time to come—but that it may last jest long enough to break up the British empire i a consummation whit*, at the pant rate of progreas, will not perhaps take • great deal MOM than ten or twenty mouths. I should be very . glad now to be as sure that the flag of my country w ill not be hauled down during my lifetime in any part of the Queen's dominions, as I em tint the hours of " Idr. Mothereountry's " reiga are numbered. The point, therefore, which I am most anxious to urge upon you, as upon all colonial reformers is, that whereas they have hitherto pleaded in the it as they thought, of entering colonies alone, they must sow plead in the interests of British honour and British supremacy ; that mimeses the alternative has hitherto cep to be between keel selt gov ernment and the cestra =Olt Dowsing-Mese, mow it is between local ealf-govera meat and nationl independence. Many causes have costa. bated to this change in the aspect of the question ; bat the chid of them are these—first, the increased smog* of the soled's, or rather (perhaps) their increased facedown"' of strength • sad secondly, the growth in England of • school holding the doctrine t h at the colonies ougeotled abandoned. As lam anxious to avoid even the semblance of writing in a party spirit, I forbear to enlarge on the Wasik' imparted to the °porno& of both them causes by the pear vering mismanagement to which the colonies have bees of late subjected ; but it would be mere affectation to ignore altogether an influence so undeniable and so important. Oa the no head, I my, the colonists have acquired an increased confidence in their ewe strength ; a confidence derived not only from the knowledge that their material ensures' :are syearly increasing, but also from the moral power which is imputed by the experience of successful conflicts. Net only loss the Colontal-office received many damaging defeats of late, but it has so titan its matinee and its coacessions as to give precisely the utmost possible encouragement to colonial revolt. Canada, for example, gained by rebellion nearly all for the sake of which she rebelled, and which during yeas of peaceful agitation she had bare refused • and she is now given to understand very plainly, by official people, that tst of her demands will be b e granted, if she apply in a similar way. New South Wales, too, has more than once within the last two years repulsed the aggressions of the alma' minister. But the turning-poiat of the conflict I consider to be the incemsful resistance of the Cape of Good Hops. It is morally impossible the that authority of Downing-street over the colonies can long sur vive the shock which it hand received in South Africa - . That small and feeble, but high -spaded dependency, has taught • lesson which others, more powerful at once and more ag grieved, will not be slow to learn. The machinery which she has em ployed for her special purpose may be employ by any other colony for any other purpose with respect to which the colonists shall be at issue with the impeand go vernment ; and, if equal energy and unanimity be displayed, with equal sums. It will be used to obtain immunity from convict emigration in every shape ; to acquire load self.gineennant, or even to old, independeuce. Fortified places we may continue to h and naval stations ; but I think it is henceforth established that we cannot govern, or eves occupy. • distant colony permanently without the con sent of its population. It would be useless to deny that these facts, and the knowledge of them prevailing among culosists, are very dangerous under present ciedamstances to thestability of the empire. Oa the other hand, a political school has grown up in this country which is supposed to advocate the abandonment of colonies, on the ground that they do not " ray." I say sup posed to advocate, because I do not knew that the doctrine has yet been distinctly stated and fatly avowed. Still there is no moral doubt of its being in fact held, go o f its being in manna with the general tone views pro cleaned by • powerful and Wanting class of English paiticians. With those who entertain this anti imperial doctrine, I need hardly tell you that I feel no sympathy ; but I cannot help perceiving how formidable it is, bemuse it falls in with the positive and material character of the age, and especially with the habits of thought pre vailing among the now very powerful middle classes of this country. Moreover, I se* manifold grounds for believing that statesmen of far higher position and greater nark (some from spite, and more from indolence) regard the pmeibitho utility of • separation between England and her colonies w any kind of dissatisfaction. "Mr. Mother -country" is of opinion, no doubt, that if our colonial empire is not toe b kept as a toy for him to play with, it is not worth keeping at all. On the whole, them, it appears to me that we are on the eve of what may truly be called • revolution is our co lonial relations; bad that during the next year or two, in all probability, it will be decided sh y ether " the British empire" sa to endure and to grow, hitherto grown, for an indefinite time to come, or whether it is to shrink by a rapid progress of disintegration into the dimension of two small islands. Now, aithough to me, an intending colonist, this consideration is one of deep and momentous import, it will appear, I fear, to a large portion of my countrymen, a matter of comparative indifference. There are powerful and popular menus woo will aeon inquire openly, as they now do by implication , " What shall we lose by separation ? If, as you say, colonies are no longer to be used sa fields of official petratage—ao longer to be debarred, for our profit, from the commerce of the world—no longer to be made re ceptacles for the surplus population of our gaols—if, in nut, their proper functious are to be henceforth undischarg T " ed, what, we beg leave to ask, is the good of colonies ?his will soon become the question of the day; and it is one for which it behoves us to prepare betimes an answer. The best argument, perhaps, against separation is to be found in the strength and prevalence of • moral instinct which 'epeeists do sot recognise, and which they hardlytruth un derstand, though they beer a sang testimony to its in the remarkable releases. which they manifest to avow their doctrines. A true patriot personifies and idealises his country. and rejoices in her greatness, her glory, and her pre.eininenos, as a loving son would exult us the triumphs of • parent. Dandle's, such greatness and glory may be too dearly bought; but that Is not the question. I eay that, independently of reasoning, they are felt to posies' a great and seal, although an immaterial value, and that they are the more keenly se felt in the most no bles t periods of a Nay, I and by the best and noblest of its sons. understood—th'tNa, I maintain that the love of empire, properly is, the instinct of self developarat and expansion—is an un failing sympton of lusty end vigorous lite in a people ; and that, subject to the candidata of pasties and humanity, it is not sal y Imitimate, but most laudable. Cate& I am, that the decline of such a talkie is always the molt, not of ma enad wisdom or enlarged philanthropy, bat of luxurious im becility and selfish sloth. When the Roman sagas retreated across the Daudet, not the loss of Dads but the satisfactiem ofon the Regan people at the lore was omen of pire's fell. Or, to take an illustration nearer home, it is usquetionable that, notwithstanding the disgreeeful circm stance ander which America was torn from the grasp of Eng land, we watered less in prestige and in strength by that ob stinate and disastrous struggle, than it, lite the soft triumvir we had " lost a world, and been content to lase it." De pend upon it, the instinct of national pride is sound and true; and it is no foolish vanity which makes Englishmen shrink from the idea of peeing their country diminished and humbled in the eyes of the world. But the cue of those who defend the preservati of our esieedes does not rest oa any such instinct alone ; on it rests dm at porketly tangible and material grounds. I will ad mit, for the sak- of argument, that oar trade with the coke eke might not outer by separation, though I have lit•le doubt in fact that it would. A certain kind of emigration, too, such as that which now prooeeds to the United States, would of course go on. But there would be no good colo. ideation : no English gentianen—indeed few Englishmen of any clam who were not bad specimens of it—would delibe rately renames their allegiance, and place themselves du in to a position where they might be called upon, by their ty their adopted country, to fight against the country which gave them birth. They would not consent to stand towards their Mem& and kindred in the relation of " foreigners;" they wield never give up the name, the rights, and the privileges of Englishmen. This may be a very foolish and uophilao- Wad feeling; but experience as Awl as theory shows that kis entertained : and consequently, by making " ementries" of our colonies, we should cut off on for e i gn Mud the bat part of the British nation from colonisation, end on the other we should abar.don the Pain duty of build. fig up society in its best form throughout those wide re gions which are destined , to be peopled by our descendents We should deliberately rovide for the construction of hos tile democracies out of the worst of the materials which soarer the Beulah people. Again, the union of the provinces which make up the Bri tish empire mastitates a positive element of matetial strength. it is perhaps true, that now the value of our calming may be counterbalanced by their coat ; but such has been thecsee only since the invention of the Coloniatoffitse— thai is, since we have made colonies effeminate by our pro- tection and disaffected by our tyranny. The early British colonies cuitributed largely, both in men and money, to the military expenses of the imperitl treasury ; they fitted tut privateers to destroy the Commerce of the common enemy ; nor did they confine themselves to the defence of their own territory against aggression, bat single-headed they cos entered and kept new realms for Ragland. Why should we doubt that modem British 040aird, if allowed similar liberty, would show meal loyalty ? Their imperial patriotism is a thing of which we at home have • bat • faint Ides. Until they are spoiled by bad government, they delight in their connexion with Eng land, they worship the British flag, their eyes fill with tests at the thought of " home," and their highest bout is the share they claim in the triumphs of English literature, arts, and arms. But, notwithstanding their good natural dispositions towards us, there is one thing which colonists will not en dure at our hands—and that is, being governed Mal Downing-street. They would not be Englishmen if they did. By a steady and persevering course of distant govern ment we do sunned in destroying, to a easy great extent, the love et mother °pantry, and implanting in its place • holies which is peculiar to colonies governed from home, • (relies made up of jealous dislike and cowardly dependence. But this is factitiously engendered, and would disappear with the causes that produced it. The normal sentiment of colonists towards England greatly resembles that felt by ourselves towards oar lOTUOlial. We should not like them to govern us ; but so long as they abstain from that, our affection for them is not only enthusiastic, but deep and real. We rejoice in their joys, and sympathise with their sorrows, as matters in which we have a personal interest; nay, I hilly believe that there are net many individuals in this aslant who would hesitate to sacrifice property and life in order to save the Queen from indignity or danger. Of a like allure is the feting which oolenista cherish for an ideal England; and I moult oak those who hold that its existence and mainte nance are of no importance, whether loyalty such as I have described (and such as is perfectly consistent with a determi nation to be calf-governed) does not exercise • powerfal and ennobling influence on the national character and national history of Ragland ? It may poem that I have unnecessarily insisted on the de sirableness of the colonial connexion sad that I should have better employed my time in explaining and defending the practical means which I would propose for preserviag it. I ilo not think so, however ; and I am sure time will show that lam right. I am nut going to waste arguments in support of the municipal system as applied to colonial ge -1 yerstencut, because, in fact, everything has been slid that I can be said on that aide of the emotion, whilst literally no- I thing worth notice has been said on the ether. Beside', we really have pasied the argumentative stage in *impart of the business. That the central system, whether right or wrong, will be speedily abolished, no man with a grain of political be much mere seriously deband—namely, that seek • which a w y i e l 1 . f r e es e therefore es ul i t gh or t a ces , codiroi d a o n n ued b tio t. may l oalf r ot e ur pe tooo a ur t l i in b ni a t t a t e h pm e rop o irp nl; sioa q r u onn es o ti t o h n icl I remains to be settled is whether its abolition shall be the laden is neither unavoidable nor deeirable, but pre-eminently the reverse. Bat it is necessary for me to state what I mean by local self-government, as the phrase, though hacknied, has been much abused. Ido not mesa, then, mere Dowers of paving and lighting and road making; nor the privilege of initiatory legislation ; nor the liberty of making subordinate official sp pointments ; I do net mean a regimen involving the TWITS. don of civil lists or the interposition of vetoes, or any other ot thou provisions in virtus of which ministers in Dawning [ street are the habit of interfering with the internal concerns of colonies, I mean by local sallgovernment, the right and power to d6,withia the limits of each colony reap actively, w ith out cheek, control, or intervention of any kind , e ye ry tine g that the supreme government of this country can do within the limits of the British Islands—with one exception. I allude to the prerogative of regulating relations with foreign powers. This one prerogative, the concentration of which is essential to imperial unity, the colonists themselves would gladly tee reserved, in exchange for the privilege and the security of being identified with the empire; but more than this it is nether beneficial nor possible for us to retain. I need t ardly say that my idea of self government includes the power of making and altering local cthstitutious. We ought not, I am sure, to impose upon the colonists any form of govern ment whatever, even to start with. When we shell have duly authorised them to act for themselves, our function with regent to their internal affairs should end. Paper constitu tions, drawn up by amateurs without personal interest in the subject, never answer. All the best of the old colonial con stitutions were framed by the colonists; and while many of them have endured with hardly an alteration, for more than 200 years, all of them, whether altered from the originals or not, give (being home made) perfect satisfaction to those who live under them. I have yet to hear of a colonial-office constitution which has lasted 10 years. or given a moment's satisfaction to any one but the doctrinaires who drew it. I define, then, the proper conditions (as they appear to me) of a colonial relation to the mother country in three terms.-1, an acksowledged allegiance ; 2, a commen citizenship ; 3, an offensive and defensive alliance. Less than these it is idle to offer, because to these, atter whatever struggles, we shall acme at last; only that if granted after struggles, and not freely, they will perhaps lose all their efficacy. As a matter of course, colonies enjoying, es those of New England did, the perfect administration et their own affairs, ought not to cost the mother-country a shilling for their government ; and I am confident that, l:ke Massachusetts and l'eansylvania of old, they would regard total pecuniary independence of the mother country as an important means of preserving their municipal privileges. There is. I suppose, little doubt that even the colonial office will think it necessary to " do something " in the way of colonial reform next year; nay, that what they do will be in advance on the absurd eures proposed last region ; 'but I cannot bring myself m o b lieve that they will do any- I thing "thorough,' and I moat earnestly hope that the I friends of the colonies will not be satisfied with anything 1 1 less. We must hear no more of " gradual ameliorations ;" 1 things have gone much too far for experiments and instal- I menu ; and the session after next it may be too I late to reform. I conclude by Doric is g, that if to you at home the issue of this impending struggle be a matter of comparative indifference I can answer, for it that to British colonists it will appear one ot absolutely vital moment. For my own pert, I can only say, that though I might consent, in spite of reason and experience, to live in I a colony permanently governed by a minister in London, I would neither do so myself, nor ask others to do so, if the co lony we founded were destined during our lifetime to be se parated from the mother country. It is in the hope of seeing the only means adopted by which you can avert such a con summation that I now leave England. Believe me, my dear Mr. Gladstone, JOHN yours very faithfully, ROliEar GODLZT. THE NEW ACT TO AMEND Tlll LAWS FOR THE ENCOCHAOEMINT OF Battiest SHIPPING AND NAVIGATION. —On Tuesday next the new act to repeal the existing navi gation laws will come into force. From and after Monday next various goods from foreign countries will be admitted into our ports under the new custom regulations. There are 22 sections in the act thrallng a number of laws and making new regulations with regard to commerce imported into or exported from the United Kingdom. both in respect to the coasting trade sad to our colonies. The subject of recipro city forms an important feature in the new law. It is provided by several sections that in case it shall be made to appear to her Majesty that British vessels are subject in any foreign country to any prohibitions or restrictions as to the voyages in which they may engage, or as to the uncles which they may im port into or export from such country, it shall be lawful for her Majesty, if she shall think fit, by order in canned. to im pose such prohibitions or restrictions upon the ships of each benign country, either as to the voyages In which they may engage, or as to the articles they may import into or export from any part of the United Kingdom, or of any British pos -1 sessions in any part of the world, as her Majesty may thick fit, so as to pace the ships of such country on as nearly as possible the same footing as that on which British ships are placed in the pore of such country. Her Moirety may im pose additional duties on foreign ships, and piece other re striction' on vessels, so as to countervail for the disadvantages arising from the noneadmisaioa of articles of this country into foreign places. The orders in council are to be advertised in the London Gazelle, and laid before parliament. They are to specify the ships to which they apply, and may be revoked at any time her Majesty shall think fit. A I goads is ported contrary to the provisions of this act are to be foe felted, and the master of the vessel liable to a penalty of 1001. There are several provisions respecting the coasting trade of the country, and Bri , ish ships. It also contains a form of registry for British ships, and provisions as to the employment of British seamen in certain cases. The set is entitled, "An act to ameud the laws in force for the encouragement of British Shipping and Navigation." ACCIDENT ('N THE MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNBII IRA RAILWAY. —On Wednesday two men, aimed W. O'Brien, sged 31, and James Kennedy, aged 20, were killel by the op-train which is due at Gainsboroogh at p.m. It appears from the evidence given before the coro ner, that these men were bricklayers' labourer, and that they had been serving the bricklayers who were building some cattle pets at filiation le.Steeple station, where the fatal catastrophe occurred. Mr. Spilling., tho staion mu ter, on perceiving the approach of the train, hoisted a red flag, with the intention of stopping • luggage traia whisk was coming from Osinsborough, so that • horse•box might be attached to it; but the engineer whistled, which i,.dicated that he caned not bring up the train as it was so beevily loaded. Mr. Spilling. no sooner was aware of this than MI motioned his wife to hold up the green flag, warnieg the driver to proceed cautiously. When this took he was et the points, ready to turn the train on to a siding where the horse box was. The luggage train was prueeeding at the rate of five miles an tour. The two unfortunate men (one of whom resides at Retford), en per:,eitiiig the train proceed so slowly, threw down their tools, ad von towards it, purposing , it is believed, to get on os.e ot n the tide to Retford. Mr. Spillings called to them to g.t cut of the way, or ttey would be killed; they either did not hear, or they paid no attention, for he bad no sooner sail ti.is words than a train was up et them, coming in col i-iun with both. 0.. e of the poor fellows was outied a die-Roe, ot 17 or IS yards f;om where he came in contact with the 'rein. He was finally depoaited in a culvert. Tory were IRA terribly cu ii sted ; one bad the back part of hi, head driven in, end the other had his foreh ead knocktd in by t! e eepine and one of his legs was shockingly lacerated. O'Brien has left a wife and two children to lensing his keg. No blame was attached either to the station master or the engiae drivers. Kennedy was terribly nsiktilated by being run . over. . , Apr •1 •P ••• •• • kiwis" de. death el I Imo the that while deceased's sows" sad set strike threw the iiiieta ma liar's's'''. std) weal las scan* the raw Beclassior, a the am Ems Cheri II man wee havisi Joe , tie find. cclll6oi do Item appear. y made by a 1..1u the mi nd rib on the he windpipe. of lb. larger unfit, through II of the clot► i the fliehi bed the ballet It the ballets with which it hat the death fie death mast Aarios pail oast miscast/ s, sad aaplair sad is a few hisder spigot 4 As primer Me. The O- W*7 ,41 Inst *May sag cited by the • tie Bard elf oil fee Trade, I Committee st receipt of year it the Liverpool lordehipe co the et of the Erstiet Melt nowlisdul Use laws: soli t a for.igo-boilt with a Bt* sates' tom agar 'tad to a Desalt- tt eit isms a #lll itish• Owls. ski" sash ships, ulll Lilo 'peel Skit re that it 4 Wl eiretsdis however. tall the of the Amities ro d% were' et tilted States bon Is of the troitial ad wholly Won 7 of which the ianufseturt.' 10/ British resalerana tat January ant. 10 ,01 may that the/ te of that twaatt/i e is say Awirietit oreign vow* b/ by the Liv Orel t that they are ad re the isiorwetbS It assist. ,a Malmseys. 'SIVE Dlls ll3ll l * bold before .bouts, Githffri ar ▪ Coot*, toed aftf' of inclaredest 1110' tor of the esteesfili , who died frost es c. eta dos* od ,Totersto °rioter o! a drank *P wl e a c ill le quantity et mesa'. 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