The Express. — London, England, 1850-12-27 00:00:00

.11-LERBURY ELECTION. ',Donation of a member to represent A 0... vim Lira Nugent, deceased, took place f ." 3.r, t ie Cormity•hell, at Aylesbury, which at ae ages rerrerded to the doors ty a remarkably noisy or! e d n esa sad Mr. Greene, the returning e &ism L ir. ,.1,9 Mei, seat; and the VIUSI prtilMintritO Yet r e • 12 HAIRISON, eau of Dietoa, proposed Its ss• • ' k raly-rt es • It sod proper person to repeeeewt tho ' "ti beware& of Aylesbury le the Commose Hone et , ems.) Mr. Calvert was • Balkingliam• men, end • brother a their friend sad neigh ,:r 11 V. rosy. (Cheers.) He was elm • man of en ' h. and unilliPtacbtbit private chancier, and held 0 ;" rile,' which awarded with his (Mr.Handsoa. Bat .:'; tan political grounds that he now proposed his hon. Vt6/.11 far doing so was that he knew him tam of firm, staunch, and undinehleg protestant ...al that hr entertained opinions decidedly hostile sons ache lope of Rome to territorial dignity ryes:; and it was most important at the present time ,t a wooer who held .uch opinions. C' Hear. ' god Ats , aieiag. then, from say reference to general • hr ego. 4to propose Mr Calvert. l'A VNE, drsper, of Aylesbury, wounded Mr. T ', suo t.asuott, amidst great hubbub. • 4 , ( 1,,t Klatt, of Cuddinetos (a large tenant-fernier sad theta proposed ?dr. John Homghtoo, who, he • ~,,,„ • a mp il the people-oes of theraselvee; and, as he' tut protection was gone for ever, he treated they g.ve their support to that gentleman, he having to vote for a redurion of taxatioe, and r e.dt tett: nehment sod reform of the national expendt there, and uproar.) ~ , ; IBM seconded the motion , and made a long sp e ech , colons coul.l be heard except the fragmente 01 a ..., ne ea, when there happened to be a partial lull in •ta which raged around him. He charged Lord ,orli midi a weal of proper courage in the walnut. net peinciples, with too devoted ea attachment ad with great duplicity. (More shearing, and ~,,,,,,ptinees). When, Is the last maim of paths t:. t member for Zwieback (Mr. Trelawney), brought .od a remarries in the Moro of COMIIIOO9, pledging the t the abolition of church rata, Lord John Revell the motion; and, in answer te Mr. Thievery, said :':t torchrates were • great " boon" to religion. (Oh, .d sent). * ne of the returning *Moen) then ha !dr t-TEDMAN (o e at •whet elector had • candidate to prop se ? ' used t, Mr HAMILTON (of the Ayksbury Netts) replied that tt to se 1 weri,ded the table for the purpose of addressing , but Lis damn so was the signal for • rem k,rr.,ane of i ore. Tee friends of the gentleman cheered a t tooaragedhim a • variety of ways, whilst bar oppo. h.es with vociferous shoots, whistliog, stamp -0., f ee ., groans and yells. This ainneentent was cos t: fur about hall an hour, until sheer exhaustion seemed ,soar.- the m to moderate their clamour and allow Mr. Ilum;toti patted. In the course of his observations be d to tee circumstanoe of one of Mr. Calvert's bounty, t,rtra the w , rd " Liberty " inscribed upon it. He ems ....re . it was hypocrisy in a obi, to assume such a ,r •' ilst giving liberty to the church and aristocracy .1 rot Else libetty to the people—aod the man who ,0.111t1911 Loadon and placed that word upon bream:, a man Is. a day for carrying it, only added profane t. r. t.epocriey. (Cheers, and cries of" oh "). The word .tarty was • sued word ; but whips and tories alike ••• d it. (Uproar.) The caarlidates before them had lls their addressee what they would do for the church, pe, sad the tanners ; and be now asked them to whs. they were prepared to do ;or the pimple. r- I 14 • (Mr. Mullion) regarded the whole ot the rdinge o: that day as • force. (Lsughter and coma.) A V,,ti a—And your speech amongst the rat. (Load .a4dEttr., Mr MAMILTON.—Yes ; and my speech among the rent. hoist le goo by tellies you that I hid a candidate to pro : o. 1 snail now conclude by nominating the Rieht Hoe. .l, react, of Fleet-street. Loudon, as a fit sad proper Lr n to represent the people of Aylesbury is parliament. Ile rutiority f the meeting had been greatly excited by it; ..timo annettocement of a third candidate, and the mierce prevailed whilst fir. Hamilton was delivering ; .atom of his speech. Bat when be bad concluded the sae irri..idib:e ; the gravity of the &nieces was at mpl.tely upset; repeated ezplosime of laughter fol. • and several minutes elapsed before the universal rave place to the party trice and uproar which had, . •.• the period, beau characteristic of the whole pm tee,:nfe V. St ADMAN actin inquired if there were any other ,t-..t•ete to be propnord A Vies —Mr. Nandi is not seconded yet. (Laughter.) t teethed Voices —I accost' him—l second bin (Load sughter). Mr. CALVERT then stepped forward to address the mein 'lie hos. gemleman said that as this wasChnstmas time, they were ali na:urally raekitig after merriment, he felt :La he had a moat formidable antagonist in the merriest stair ..f the day, the right hon. Mr. Putsch, who bad just proposed to them. (Corms and laughter.) He could not • say that, in tits matter of amusameat, that right hon. ges• - man would beat him to the death. (Loud laughter.) If . could sot amuse them by hie wit. however, at any rate what he would say to them should be strictly true. He judged f ir a r t ti t e b s e b l y est e l= of d 11.'1 g by c ci o rd. igi sa el Get • t y en h e ! a d m e ri e ri t o g weld the petty sew in power had exercised intense in the „ a t. • and timed that the greatest public impromemots bait -,n abetted through their instrumentality, he must ray is. it.clisation was to give that par y his support as for • t. , e ui 1 possibly do so. The question which most •4, i the public mind at this niontent was the position is when we stood with regard tone late R inn sethelis attack -It Sr 1011'1' %U. 05. ,t V •I. V.—We don't sale about that. Mr LALVEKT.—AIIew en to observe, Cut hi who my, As out ordained the queens of engine liberty, and d we rattail to this attack our refines!' liberty is in .r.y. (Corara ) He was always indiereed to speak Ltt haresitt et cat the religious opiates. of say seas • but they • fee tlf et that in this instance in wan not th e Note :teat e h, ' a r a , e biag the Peps, but the Pope who was attack*, 't • ; r terms, i Cheers) His owe notion ab rat it wet, that steeliest popery erase thoroughly d• stamen of authority, it etud.iy anti Christian ; sad, entertaining that ' • .•u . said MAIM, that the bishop at the bead of popery ▪ „ etrisin,t to rtlect a to/Thuile' dirt im of this country ; Itt.tt le It t•tt authority ever pro:est-an MI Weil se allnell ht - did contend that it was of the hut in • • t *spin% is dedaring his opted las spa oion. Licking at the history of this country, be ..• d that the vigour of ch. tract, r, the Liter I, the • iand- ate, and the various other great qualities of ...pettier with our glorious suction and pen .• • • .m scat she satins during the net 300 years, had, • • If ft's'il ming, emanated from our oasis'. heartfelt ,hts•ai. iChesr' ) And holding that opiates, he Ili to set that the aggression of the popery spat ; g•i the principles upon which that aggression tic net, did coustitaie one of the wet important t , • •••, whirrs euestituf nsim and representatives eboubl • :med. len are ) For himself, therefore, he said explh at be would meet it with a decided resists: ee. (Loud , But lot him he uaderetood—he was not fur the r., • of penal laws, to the re- ispositioa of tied &sahib ! • I ru., Kos* vim endeavouring to abut* the freedom we ...k t i for the puelonss el destroying no; but in that very 5, .a the atonal bud the means by whisk she wield l• fr essoilly opposed, and all the efforts elle waa sew tt... to be deleiVAO (Court.) They would allow Mang to to ~.other subject which was also one of the highest ; he referred to the state of the agricaltsral r. hr. 110 himself was a farmer, and, whet was more, a 1.• a.t ...rm.r. He granted that he did not &peed entirely tarieso for his mesas of existence. But by being • MA. It be was the hitter able to appreciate the siormauss which might be given to hie by practical who .11n altoo•ther dependent upon the pr:diecte of ferual•nre, Mess, heat.) To their tales he had listened • Iht ,t - neat attention, and the iaformatioa thus sr-Aired he had annul y tre sated up for his own persmal o lie bel.,,sed the farmers were labiurieg su.tt eery nous difikelties at this time. (Heir her ) 11. Lai seta dot.tot that the present prices were of such a character as to render it extremely difficult foe them to tarry toh thrir farming plumate. Bet were he then .ateadiria Wainst a protectionist candidate he about I at reedy to aunty least as well as he .•'. I tiro each an amain that if he supposed srot.d is point of feet better the ommi•ton of •., ha was di °dyed in many important partiralare. •.,•• place, it was perfectly clear that every maa •• the character of a statesman—with the exception • Stauley—bait practically abandoned the stain • monition was to be obtained. (t. Oh, ob," " Hier, and cheers) Mr. Healey, the member for Oxford irhap one ol the ablest el the , -gricultural repre- clearly and plainly hatimated, at the dinner at I ••; 'Lary, about three months ago, that he did not entertain • 1 sown of a restoretion of pantiles. Kr. Disraeli. I the genet talented of those who had supported . P.ItC . IOII. had mat distinctly adopted recipe•city as • sio•i• o ; but reciprocity, instead of being • mean. 1 a.ei.tirg the farmer, was, in hot, a means by lif-tt they would bring is • much larger amount of foreign and se occasion a ointinution of the prim, at is. Alt these statesmen having abandoned protection, , t r I. It ja tiled in soiling in his nitride that the r.t charge in the corn law had been accepted eV. a by :*•'• pp mew l as an adjustment of the question. (Oh, oh ) nosing., however, to point out fI. the fammem that toy veers o.is- alien upon many parts of this question. dad L seat, is+ recite to the price of bears sent to Basialifield 'tow, it was said that that price hardly paid me prodease. Litt sou a mistake to suppose that forage iniportaillen 10 'fought down the price of meek That put of thle "wit ii•e! I. roierly to sojoy a monopoly of the Lonna fever , hot mince the extensive establishment of railways I W So poly had bees destroyed, sad only a few tit .4., is was told tnat the finest beasts for the rooket were now brought front Aberdeen. la 1.17, 60,000 head of cattle were imported from • +het ess in 1819 there woven', 40.000 .4 'imported ; the reduction In price still went on. This snowed, that there was seolher principle in operation Visa " I L. rem* imporia•ions to mums the diminutin is !no. wid that that was the fselity elan railways gave to • ": farts of the country to bring their produce into .: .. .t;e*:,:•;n in the London muket. he his. Feud*, mn ;":* teen ed to the gnat loss elan had lain inaffni upon am! to the agitation of 16411, m an:inns' einlieffif 4 4, , , :kiti aid as tending to leases the deasad tor .t.....;1".1 produce. All these things were to be taken v•uht ten t ing their attention to the tenditioa of lunar. But when he was asked bow that condition 4 Lt ameliorated under present circumstances, the Ye GUM I. TRW FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 27, 1850. CRRISTMAS AMUSEMENTS. DRURY-LAN& The Winter's Tots was 'Gamely a judicious roles ties tor Mr. Aedesson'e last night. Awlienens that ' can setreely be pens dad w listen to Jaw Shore and George Barnieell may be .mod to 'visa but little aPProllialion of a story so far bossed then in beauties, and be them in whet are salad " elects." Amoselingly, though the piece was, to say the least, respectably east, it fell flat, and had not sufleinet hold, at any rate apes the lrn n ie gn , to an s int... somewhat more than the usual asinine ption impacted upon " bootee might." The favourite points of the gallery appeared to be the nurs ing of the infant Perdita by Mr. Cooper (whisk that gentle mas aceemplishad with a certain dthiestic breadth), and the appearance of Hermione as the statue. She letter was evidently hailed es a step in the right direction, taken by the legitimate drama towards the Poses Plastigises. In Pieties, however, to Mr. Audanon it mast be std that the performance damned a hotter reception. That gentleman's personation of Lwow. was free from exaggeration, and showed maks of care and study ; end one would warmly desire a more tender and grant' Hermiona than that of Mee Vendeshoff. As for Mr. Emery, he is always at home is a rogue (we meek of him, be it uddentood, only in hie artistic chanter), and in the character of Autolyens he reminded us of Leanne himself.. But enough of the play alter so partial a hearing. We can speak with lees hesitation of the pantomime , which is stated to be the production of " the popular author of " Zsse at so as "—B. Fitshall, Seq. It bean the interest ing title of Bathyal* aid Hompty iftwipty ; or, Bobbin de Bobbin and fib fret Lord Mayor of Lins'on. The hero is no lees thus the mysterious individual, oelebrated in song as llamas, in some time and place unknown, at upon a wall only io toll therefrom, and who, fur some on explained reason, it was found impossible to set up again, ma with the aid of all the King' horses and all the King's men. Robbie de Bobbin is the " Big-bellied Ben," whose gastronomist garnets (settee priests, and chatchea, and steeples, and eo forth) are recorded in the same ballad. These annum make their appearance when the big men is dely eeagseed and cut up, and, with the hatching of Hanipty p(y, who issues from his egg a very promising sprite, torso some of the prominent effects of the entertain ment. How the big man is in loth with the " fair mayde of Clam.," an how • certain Hal Fitnairti of 04.ie more favoured; what the Old Woman of Finehley has lei do with the business, sad the use that is made et the wish lag *tote, it Is seedless to detail. Bales It that after the anal number of ponces with absurdly large beads have performed the usual antics with hobby horns, impossible wicker-work machines, and got-lets overfithiner with convivial wool, the Pony of the Well Ads the usual theme for the inevitable changes, and sends the dramatis persona on their travels. The mooed part of the pantomime is like the mooed part of any pantomime that has been seen within the memory of ' the eelabrated " oldest inhabitant "—except perhaps that more vegetables and poultry wen thrown about the stage, and more property policemen knocked on the head than ' and. For the rest, the transformations were not often very happy—notwithstanding that moat of the subjects of the day were touched upon, No Popery being particularly ' prominent. M. Devlin and Mdlle. Theodore were a very satisfactory Harlequin and Columbine; the Clown and Pantaloon were played by Mr. Seymour and Mr. J. Dina lin; and the Sprite by Mr. Peskin. The watery, rape eisliy the two views of Old London, was extremely elective. But, almgether, the audience did not seem in the beat poe ' sible humour. ' The National Anthem was snag by the whole oompeny at the coaelusion of the Winter's Tale. LYCEUM. There are a crowd of people strong in the belief thatehristmas woulu be a dell meson of the year without the aid of Mr. Planate. What he " would de this Curia mas" has been a favourite enquiry round the fireeide of theatre-goers daring the put week;—and last night, a crowd that nearly took the ttheek-taken by storm, thronged to the Lyceum to have their expectations satisfied. It may be observed by the way that this crowd was, for the Lyceum, an extremely noisy crowd. There is usually so much decorum before the curtain in this has that one was really quite surprised fact night to find a pit that stamped, and stormed, sad grossed, and whistled, jut as if Gerry member of it had paid toll over the adjacent bridges. However, noisy though it was, it was a good.bussoured crowd. Duro, was only one cry of " turn him out" during the whole evening; sad the whole boos endured a very vapid first piece with au equanimity that certainly was praisswerthy. Mr. Phoebe's burlesque was the second piece performed. It commenced at halt-past 8, and concluded at II ; from which it is quite dear tha. it most be certailed by half an boar. This, however, will be managed without difilcalty, for there ts fairy quadrille in which all the steps of all the notions of the world as represented by all the members of the corps de ballet. This quadrille certainly occupied last night • good three quarters of an hour. There were so many pas and fandsngoes that, despite excellent dancing, the audience grew quite weary. When a great part of this is eliminated, there will be more opportunity of eejoying the - - - remalader.. The story Mr. Plaudit has selected for this year's Matra. lion is a little French fairy tele known as LOisierni Bien, which is onetund andel the title of King Charmer", or She Bliss Bird of Paradise. King Charming is 'sovereign of the Islands of Percy, and is travelling through a quarter of the globs unknown in search of that meet desirable article —a woman tit to be his wife. Punta report of the charms and green of the Princess Florian induce him to send an ambassador to the court of her lather, the King of Cockeye". The father, who is no less • sovereign than Heap ekt the Hundredth, receives the embassy knottily, and at once promises his daughter's hand. Bet his wife, the Queen Tyranna, has other views. She, a beim widow, has married Henpeekt in his widowhood, each having an only daughter for whom a good match is desirable. Tyrants' detenaines that King Charming shall be made to marry, sot Florins, to whom his heart is pledged, hut her own daughter, the Prie m. Troths', whose charms are fading and whose popularity is snail. With this view she arranges an elope ment, in which Kiss Charming is made to run away with the damsel whom he would have desired to run away from, whilst his own true love remains immured in a solitmy tower, pining over the Idea that her swain is faithless. King Charming no 'user ands out his error than be desires to cut oF Tannins and egad her bask to her marners. But a powerful fairy intermits', rod changes him Into • Blue Bird of Paradise. As • blue bird he flies away and seeks the tower where Florins is confined. Here he pecks at the window, and having obtained admission codes. routs to solace the captive dampers grief. Bat unhappily Tyrone* ie apprised by her daughter of Kirg Chorusing's fate, and discovers also that • blue bird, answering to the description given of him, it dart' singing at Florioa's win doer. She discovers his nest in a cypress tree—puts in it • hundred bladed penknife with oil the blades wide unu— sed the poor bird retuning one dark evening after loiteriog too long in his lady's chamber, is pierced in the gizzard by the instrument, and to all appearance wounded mortally. In other rut in aa well u in this realm of ours there are those who practice in the heeling arts. Hocus Poeus, a wiebrated magician, is at the bead of the Physicians College in C.ukayne. With the aid of Sal Volatile to restores King Charming to life, and to his nature' Aware, cad transports him to the Fancy Islands. Here, however, the monarch is visited with a frightful melancholy. Unconscious that the tyrant queen had diseovered his secret, he believes that it was Florin's hand that ociessinsed his mutilation, and be lives but to complain of the infidelity of womankind. Florins :eisanwhile le searching the world over for the Blue Bird, which has reseed to visit her, and which she supposes to have flown away. Assisted by a good fairy she at length comes to the Fancy Islands, where, by aid of that royal and justly-celebrated pie in which tour. ard. twenty blackbirds were once baked, she is able to set herself before the King. the picture of innocence, of truth, and bemity. King Charming, whose realms whilst a hypechoadrise have been subjected to a vice regency, is at once restored both to his health and his dominions, and ooli tic ass to live with his consort in red fire and haggisess until the caftan fells upon the entertainment. Mr. Planchg, as • dramatic writer, Is en artist, and this entravagaess is worked oat with all his accustomed skill But it has precisely the eine weakness as his Christmas Moe of last emu, namely, a want of point and piquancy he dialogue. The applause was all awarded to the aeon, to the mete, the siesta', the dusting, the costumes, and, above all, she 'celery ; there were scarcely • &gen " hits" through out the Moe that told, though the actors strove to point whatever appeared juicier, and the 'adieus certainly did let seem obtuse. Of the cons;ruetiost of the piece, however, and of all that hes been done to aid it, it is impossible to speak too highly. The tale is delightfully illustrated : each scum is a page le sideture book, engraving tee story the more deeply spout the minds of children of the larger growth. Mr. Frank Matthews as Heapeekt the Hundredth, and his wife as the Clasen Tyrauna, played up to each other with great skill, and with waited success. Miss St. Charge, as the Princess Elutes, obtained encores for snarly every Wig ; two of these; parodies on ditties of • former day, exhibited her seasigal &raiment' to very high advantage. Madam Tatra dressed King Charade, after So essesse N lb. Nepalis, Alsbasseder, sad seemed 1ia111i.1111.1111.1111111111 'wrap. Her part. however, is not • very pool oak eel her neap are inferior to those. assigned her is foray sir teraissesats. We observed, seesvorer, that lest sight she did sot appear is seed opirise, sod et esesis periods sesta •lmostYMsefefawdseWisposltine. The eseotry of Te Charming le admiral& theiasteaL The easeladlee sense is slier the style of the lase saasoilb the Masi °floras. bat it le aleohnely moo. osegeseassi skims, lo .is onotrastisa. The eembisetleas saldbet • •••7 blgls &RN of shad ea the pert of oho ashiesst, wbe mseeet~eerteial soaerstahas hhaself ea the segereasatio alieh se Weeded his la Mg. Plaache's dramatic blast's filmed the limy tales of one boyhood. HAY MARKET. At tido theatre the comedy of Beery One Has Hie Pee*, ins followed by a burlesque called The Second Wish, seel the Queen et Beauty mile had the Piglet with tee Oeleal, b llesos. Broogh, the well•knows suttees of any passel this deseriptioa. Theyele•lpel lasideats, it is esereely asesairy to my, ere ram lion the Isla sod moat iesegkethe tales Is tb. Alibis Motu ; every thin being twisted by the 0304 igesirn i eseeuese, sad • diskgre 111 of /deli, peas, jokes, lad Thera so Isheolluelise is whiele lioc i Mbeay lellewk" e•lesseled by his mart, sad by his desegbese. Os Pelson Gel sae, b eareedieg, al Aisle, en *jemmy lathe dart. He Wows dot• saw st me et his ; sees lb board, sad Se psis issjorbess, "the es of datibliseolrglikito" itsaf, raging for the loss of his *ye, put out by the stone. ttendants fir. end the kiss is about to be slain by the gale, wheal the Prisms* rushee between Ma ; and the goats, struck by the beauty Odle princes., spares bar father's life on condition of receiving her hand. The king eagerly commits, and the genii, carries off the princess in I his " Hansom," driven by • little cabman " from , the lowest ranks." In the first act, Prince Agib, personated by Miss Annie Romer, is discovered tied to • tree, from which he is Mimed by a woodman ; • character in which Mr.Buckszone has some smart hits at the sentimen• tannest° plays std novels about virtuous labourers and high minded peasants. The destitute Prince takes service with the woodman MI kia Loy, and sets to work with his axe to eat down a tree, which opens end discovers a stair, through which the Prince and woodman disappear. It con ducts them to the subtarratinteaus palm of the genie, who has the Princess Guinan in his power, and L attended by Mrs. Female's as hie " maid of all work," and a met amusing oats she L. Agib and the woodman fall into the pnie'selutehes; A. Priem is changed halo an ape—a trauslormation mat ingeniously managed— but the Prima', the woodman, and the vivant of all work make their eacape, being taken on booed a jolly boat fall of British tars. The second set is chiefly ogoupted with the Great Exhibition. The scene is in Curripowdab, the capital of the Rajah of Mnlligatawney, where an Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations is in preparation ander the direction of the rajah's daughter, Ike Prism Zaide, surnamed the Queen of Beauty, a lady of talent and • magician. Amos, the arrivals is that of an old orgen•grinder, with an ape and a female =oration, who tarn oat to be the virtuous woodman Prises Agib, and the genie's meld of all work. The Pfiaolllll Guinan, too arrives is an aerial ambles and claims the Rajah's protection from the genii who pursues. The sonfliet between the genie end the magician-princess, so 'dudishly described in the Arabian Nights, is very dimly fomented. They transform them selves to various shapes, and at last the genie is destroyed by fire thrown upon him by the Prince; who, knowing by her magical power that the ape is Prince Agib under es atonement, restores him to his own form and to Golnaze. The whole concludes with a pirepective view of the " Crystal Palm" brilliantly illuminated and filled with company— one of the most splendid and beautiful seance we have ever seen on the stage. The incidents were burlesqued in the usual fashion. Many , of the jokes were very pointed and happy, but may more IMO strained end poor osetrik. The feels of the piece le, , that the lass is too elaborate—the speeches, fall of puns and jingles upon words, are too much spun out, and their Ter i bon(' gets tedious. Toe piers is a good deed too long, and , might be advantageously shortened by leaving out a great , deal of this bald jocularity, withoat the loss of anything worth preserving. The performance was excellent. Miss P. Horton, as the magical princess Zaide, not only exhibited much riche's" , of humour but delighted the audience by her truly admi rable singing. Her "Musical Contributions of all Redone ; to the Exhibition," • series of easy of every couatry in ; Europe, were at once beautiful, abaracteriedc,and grotesque, and were applauded with the utmost enthusiasm. Miss Ansi. Romer, as Prima Agib, acted with much grass and , liveliness, and sang several gongs charmingly ; the Mt of r them was loudly encored. Suasion" rioted in broad fun, , end produced an immense effect by • perodyon the well known piece of sentimental namby-pamby, "la my Cottage near a Wood," which he sang with inimitable gravity; and Mrs. . Fi swilliam was very estoosesful in a eons about the hardships . of her place as servant of all work to a genie. Mr. S•lby and Mr. James Bland were capital ; the one as the Genie, . end the other as the Mu sh of Mulligatawsey. The spec. tech was slowly managed and chin very splendid ; and there was • great deal of pretty music, well selected and well performed. first *ism which atm* Ids r imperteat was the question el public restry ; sad his seism woo this —hard writ rid pod psy ; me v. rk sod so pity st all. He did set wish it to he suppred th►t ha was ring to vets her s Curries et the pay of these pares who were et molt from morals* to bight, and who brought to the series of the state the application of greet and ex tended abilities ; bat, on the ether band, taws he weld find that se work, or little west, we to be dos*, and re trateinest amid properly be 'Meted, se sr would be IWO reedy tissa himself te any eat that retreschment And whim by retresehment end as ingress of the rearms we had the mesas of apply's, a remedy to the agricultural irons; that remedy sherd he applied to it. Agriculturists most, bngo., reminder soststlait min thin this. Thtsi wen sow brought into annestitios with ransom of distriets when the boildi.iss, the draining, and the farmi..g, were good; and they might depend upon it that If they did not adopt a better system of farming any mast be defined. Mr. Cairn' then alluded to the window duty. He viewed that is the light of • groat limitary questios, and 011 this ground he was anxious to haste the duty re dean ; bat first he would gee that the public debt was paid and the difreent otiose of state properly supported. ("Oh," groans, sad yells.) Before resonsiat his Digt,:there was o.'• other stablest to whisk he requested their suntan. He had been anion that the nomination of Ms. Boatilas eh. old take precedes.* of his own, and for this vans : ho came down to canvass the borough on the 3rd of Danaher; he continued the canyon in tin 4th, and on the 6th he wee informed that Mr. lionlatos had retired. Mr. Boothias the• cane to his (Hr. Calvert's) ootnuittmeroon, aid °Bend to propose or neon his nominatiou, or to go oat of the way altogether If he wished,—is short, to do tee thing in his power to support his (Mr. Calrert'•)elsoties. (Uproar, • Voice—" That was before &risen% Hyde retired.") Now his full conviction was that this statement, made without any resonation SI to whether Mr. Satinet Blies was in the field or not, would not be last sight of, sad he did expect. that Mr. Houghton would have informed them that, sa • mater of good faith, baying inn promised to give him his support, he would not new allow himself to be put in nomination as an opponent. (Greet none ) As ELECTOR—What do you soy about • Rational poor rate Mr. CALVERT apprehended evil from any such measure, Humph he saw no reason why a certain portion of the rate for the relief of the poor should not be paid by the state. (A Voice : The income tam.) With regard to the mods is whieb the tenant farmer should be rated to the thecae tax, he held it to b the duty of the legislature to find oat some means by which. if the farmer was to pay income tax, he should do so in proportion to his rent, sad act his supposed orate- Mr.IIOUORTON was reeeived with loud cheers by his friends and supporters. If (*aid be) Weds:slime had been the motto of his opposenta, would they is as beginning of their canvass have putout an address which stated that they bed nine-tenths of the property of the borough with them. and that It was impossible for an bumble individual like himself to re sist the aristocratic Moues that was to be brought to bear spinet him ? (Cheers.) That inflames was very great, sad whoa it was put bite the scale ageless tlerjeant Ryles. • protectionat, be (Kr. Houghton) felt that he should have been a traitor in the camp if, by dividing the lot , he had allowed • candidate who professed protest& ',mist prieeiples to carry the borough. (Ohetirel—lt ether than do tba..— rather than suffer his brother farmers to be again bass bocsiml by that word "protection,' he retired immedi ately from the field, sad went to Mr. Calvert, and seid, "Rather than I will be in your way, I as not only ready to retire, but to support you in carrying out the principles of free trade." When he saw the two candidates, the two lawyers, and the host of syeophante by whom they were surrounded, he felt that it was impossible for him to se care the unbought and untrammelled suffrages of the electors. (Creme) There was not • man who knew how he had been treated with regard to the borough of Aylesbury. It was the steward in, and the steward out. Mr. Calvert wad the stewud in ; he (Mr. Houghton) was the steward Nth and he had been told that the power and isthmus of a Owed& estate wee to he brought to bear upon the electors, bulled up by Lord Carringtoo, by the Rotteachilds, and by lip, Smith, of Wonderer, and that there wee no chases whatever of anybody else lauding. It bad been again mad moth stated that the borough of Aylesbury was ender deed Intl:since, and it was h cause it had been so stated that en a late occasion he (Mr. Hosglitoo) came forward, altogether untwisted by any aristoevadc power, and brought to the poll 34-5 good and true men is his support. (Cheers.) What was Mr. Calvert's position is that hall to-day 1 Why M was • poldisal bankrupt, aad the very rues be wee media{ with belonged to hint (Mr. Hereglitea). He asked the ben. gentleman, bed he any tree friends amongst them ? Not one. (Cheers.) lie looked and saw aothiag but a set of fawning sycophants round the bon. gentlemen—men who sapported him for the sake of pelf—tad who at the last suction told him (Mr. Houghton) they would never forsake him, that be was a man of the people, and that upon the people's "holdout he should be carried into the House of Cammons. (Loud chews, and uproar.) With referees* to what he termed opening the 'borough, it wee said over and over again that it was under ducal intluenoe. Well he dig fend from the noble duke upon the question of protection; bat he respected the man, nevertheless; and now that he wee down, now that hie sun was setting, he appealed to every man then tamest whether the noble duke had ever fun away from his professed mOisciples. (Cheery.) Had be not through good sad through evil report, week true to his test! And if they really owed, him any alleviates, they murt be bees indeed to forseake him, simply b: sus, he no loose r p.esested the "dirty nerve." (Clews and laughter.) Yet what did he see now 1 Why the very Rea who had sucked all they scud out of that noble individual, perceiving that his sun was setting in the west, bad gone to wenktp the sun of Memnon that was rising in the east. (Loud cheers.) lie (Mr. Houghtor.) cared not whom be offew!ed It was to emancipate the borough from all party domination that he appeared b tore them and if Mr. Calvert's election was list, it would be the :I suit of the ethane' in which the el. c. tors had been canvassed. It be had it in his power, the first act which should be pawed was an act for the sale of every living in the patronage of the government; so that no poli tical parsons should ever be appointed to another. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Houghton then eaplessed his disapprobation of the recent proceedings of the "spear, *ad meat en to observe that he k low he appeared there sager great diead ventage' in harm( bad brought against him all the talent that was obtainable is Queen's Counsel:or Calvert. When two lawyers were in the field it wee odd, "Let devil I eat devil, I don't care who +Mei" but now the electors said there were too many lawyers by belt in the House of Consumes already, that they were eating op the people, and that the people wanted to be represented by men of their own class. (Cheers.) As one of themselves, he (Mr. Iltughtor) presented himself before them. Many • time had he cud the green grass for his table•eloth when he work. d as • labourer, mad it was by pores aaaaa co end industry alone, without education, that be was than ecabled to stead before. them, not as the ecconsoliehmil clues 's souneel, but as plain Former Haseletoo. (Cbeem) Having espreseed his opinion that the Church of land should be purged a order to make it what it ought to be, Ind that the Impost of ehureh rates should ebAisked, Mr. Houghton lest sluice of the "two of the agricultural interest. Mr. Calvert had alluded to the dio tree' of the farnsete, sad [admitted that when all the high °facers of the state were well paid, he should then think et a redaction of =silos. Hie (Mr. Houghton's) brother Wove' and himself were new suffering severe distress—aye, more than it was possible they eJuld meth bogs, endure. At this moment they had • tree trade in sore, and the poets were opened to all the aa'ioss of the world ; yet they had aot been eased ewe iota of citation. (Cheers.) Was the% fair 1 Wes that right ? Wee It hone.; and just to theta as farmers? (Cries of " No," and cheers.) The ben. gentleman then enumerated the various articles of pditisal creed, including in the list the pro. pedalos of • general rate tor the relief of the peer and the 'maintenance of reeds, the repeal ed the malt tam, Mr. Pussy's Tenant Hata Hill, and thin vote by ballot. He also advocated an equalisation of radio Modem, and seaclisted by selling upon the eon. seeenarry to give him their firm, their independent, sad un Imagist supp.rr, at the poll. Me, CALVERT attempted to give or obtain an sapiens tWie In refs/ease to some statement contain d in Mr. Houghton's south ; bet after withstanding toe Want of a lomat eyed& kisses, and other 1110411 for several minable, end finding all his attempts to be heard unavailing, he wee compelled to retire. A show of hands was then taken for the respective candidates, the regal: of which was in favour of Mr. Hough ton by ,bout six to oste. Mr. HANSON demanded • poll on behalf Mr. Calvert, which having bees appointed to commend thi. morning at eight o'clock and to aermiaate at four, the meeting sopa- °alai SALE OF STULL—The sob by unction of 100,000 metres of silk, doubted in 1848 to be mob kilo eau* sad odour, under the provisional severest's; beejuet takes place a. Ly,ne. Only one part of the geode teas been sold ; that intended for the seer* betas bonkt ia. The price ob tainsd for the other was 21. 40... the metre, the original pita bolos s'. 60.. to 6f. DItATil or Two Katona LADIES )T PHlL—Yeas to/day Mr. Bedford, the essoner, rsesived Infonnaii , in of the dorb by fire of two maiden ladies, of the mates respectively Broeka, aged 85, mad of her n ice, Miss U b Sway, who is shoat 30 pate of age. They were residios at No. 3, Arllnsuistran, Pimlico, where they had been living in independrat CifCIIIIIMSDO•11 for 20 years pest. Lin Monday mcri log, about tea o'clock. the ',tighteners oa the opposite side of the Street were alarmed by wiles flames in the front parlour. Mr. Moulds*, who occupies as adjoinini bouts, jumped over hie garden well and entered the room, wb eh who fall of smoke, and the carpet woe In flames. Another neighbour followed, when, upon the fire being satin. guished, the ?onager female was found crouched Ina corner of the room, hating all her clothes burnt oft her bully. She was enabled to intimate that her aunt wee In the adjoin ing room. Upon gulag there, the suit was found apse the door, in greet agony, sad her clothes were also partially bunt. Mr. WOGlO"surgoon, Victoria-squire, wee mat for, sad discovered that Min Brooks had neared a di location of her left hip and her right wrist. She wad put to bed, but, is consecsanes of ber grist see, the medical gentleman tkoseht she would not Hee many hours. Mimi Storey was 'weedily weeded to, after whisk she was oraveyed in a sib toi fit. Giorgio liomitei where elm died about eix o'clock the foliewsid menial. Um anal elled oboes, Ni beers prelims*. The sine mated that she was aides bed:re the tire in the parlour, when she put somegiarr ea ths male, which was almost lastentafteouely lisbeed,"and blows by the mod Into her lap. Mir clothes caught* Are, sad she wee SOAR eavelopied in Siam in that state she rushed limo the room where ler seat waste bed, who got oat to midst lar, but is her hers fell dews. At Meet seaseeat esat's clothes delight Are. Upon tellies she evalainied bas'i's had hurt her hip. The gamed led* wee iamb reepeatedi in the neighbourhood. MEETING OF ENOINE-DRIVERS AND FIREMEN LAST NIGHT. .Last night a meeting of engine-drivers and firemen in the employ of the London and North Western Railway, on the southern division of that line, took place at the Rail way Tavern, Hampetead.road, for the purpose of receiving a deputation ron% the drivers of the northern division, to en• plain the grievances of which they complain, and to adopt such resolutions as might be deemed advisable therein. The proceedings of the men on the North Western Rail wry appear to have attracted the deep interest of those em ployed on other railways, as last evening, in addition to the deputation from the northern division of the North Western, deputations also attended from the Great Western, Eastern Countiee, Great Northern, South Western, South Eastern, Brighton, awl other Important lines. NATHANIEL HUNT, engine-driver on the northern division of the line, stationed at Rugby, was at 9 o'clock called to the chair. He observed, that he hoped and trusted they had an impartial press before them. Let them have fair play In having their statement hid before the public, as well as the directors of the companies. They were only desirous to have every portion of tbwr grievances laid before the public, through the medium of ihe press ; and, in order that the public might fairly judge of the question, he would read the first memorial which was prewotad to Mr. Tray. thick, the locomotive superintendent at Crewe. He then read the following memorial: • • - - "To Francis frovethick, Req., loeornotive superintend's.. London and North Western Railway, northern division, at Crewe. The bumble memorial from your engine men and firemen, employed in your locomotive department: "Showeth,—That your memorialists have lately viewed with extreme regret that they have again to approach yeu on a subject in which they feel the most intense interest, because they plainly can foresee their Intlim welfare will be compromised if you do not retract the order you hare glv. n our. What your memorialists would specially call your attention to is this, that it is your wish to introduce a elites that every engineman aid fireman under your charge, shall on some future day be called upon to sign an agreement that they must give these months' notice before they can leave the service et the com pany. This alarm proceeds from your having got some un registered men to do to. Therefore what else can be expected but that on a tenure day you would request your memonalista to do so likewise. Besides, you hare 'objected your memorialists to be fined from the breaking down of um machinery of the engine., under the impression that these breakages occur from the want of oil, while it is a well-known face, by all who hare anything to do with a locomotive engine, that the majority of breakdowns arise from comas over which the enginsom can have no pmsible control; consequently, can it be reasonable and just in sorb Man to attribute them to want of oil ? Again, there is an order given by you that as little oil as possible must be used. By this there are two orders quite in opposition to one another, namely: —lst. "Use plenty of oil to save the machinery from breaking down." II this is not complied with, and a breaksge takes place, the engineman in ti .ed. 2nd. "Oa the other hand, it what you consider an over-quality to have been used the engineman is docked a portion of his premium, which is • fine by another name. It is impossible at all times to prescribe the same quantity. If that is done the first order cannot be complied with, because an engine may run many days without heating, at other times it is impos sible to prevent it." "Again, thee. is another description of fines which we consider over severe; for 'temple, suppose an engineman commits, or may have been caused to commit, a small fault, this engineman is immediately suspended for slit, eight, or tea days, until a oommittee meeting. If he is exonerated, still he loses his time, which of COOT'S fines him for that of which he is not guilty. Should he be guilty, besides the Toes of his time, he is in general lined one pound. This makes a double fine, which becomes very severe. "Your memorialists are led to understand that you an under an impression that they have not acted towards you in such • manner as to render them deserving of your sym pathy and pateonage. Surely a fateitude of 10, 11, 12, or 1$ years is suill lent to costive* you to the contrary. The experience of such loop and faithful service is guarantee enough for steadiness, without binding them to a three months' notice. " Referring again to the three months' notice system, your atemorielists, after much consideration and grave atten. don to the watching over their future interests, most respeete fully beg leave to LOOM you of the unanimous resolution they have come to. It is this:—' That your memorialises imam think of ageseieg to glee a three menthe natio, at soy future time. Then is soother point which your so. morialista view with gam. It is reported ourreaUv oval the whole length of the London and North Western Rail way that on a future occasion, when It mita you, you will do all the injury you can to your memorialists. If this report be true, they consider it is ant treating them just', for they do sot deserve it. " Your memorialists always were of opinion, and believed, that you entertained • good keeling towards them, and they were always led to understand that you would promote their interests by every lamas in your power, ea well as the safety of the pablic, and the interests of this least company. You are aware that we have always been &studied with the present rata of wages. "Under tree einuntstanees, surely, your memorielists cannot be blamed for reopectfully reqsesting you to rem"- eider your present determination, and ones more restore that harmony and good feeling which is so essential to the efficieat working of the railway, the haunts of the shareholder', and the comfort of the workmen. " Your memorialists feel easurid that hitherto, so a body, they have maintained a high reenter for working the line with perfect safety, n far as they are eoneerned, and it ie drat desire to inerera their tieritatioo,ml prove themeless emery dyer ensideration. " p • proem of pre memerialiets emaidar their ore a grievous or, bemuse they are set treated brier re terms laid dews by re Wesson-4Ln wises they nu regularly on the line they were to be paid 75. pee day, sad turnovers be. per day. This stroller" is sot earned te." The memertallets express a hope that no advantage will be taken of the MittfdilY ea amount of the fesegg state. meals, sad humbly beg, with a view to allay further Win. tier anemias the ear, that attention to the memorial might be r needy se The ORATElrri bli g egatinued—That maillerial had been presinted to Mr. Trevaililek; but not meeting with of in- Mediate answer, another letter was fomented to him In a few days whitetail to know why they had received no reply. That letter elm met with no answer, and a deputation wag the. appointed to wait upon the chairman of the loecznotive steam -iroomittee at Crews, at hie own residence. That gentleman rewind them to a very abrupt manner, and asked them what they wanted there. Re stated, at the same 'time, that be would give then a menting on Tuesday next, aced that it worst hie latentioa to reduce the young hands. la theristed answer a Mart statement had been made. Why did the directors wish to ietreduse a three mouths' Wine rasa, a as of seen that had been upon she Ilse pace PRINCESS'S. The novelty at this tre)sat eight, after the re pregantetion of the Stranyee, with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean supporting the principal characters, consisted of what was described in the words of the afield, as a new grand emit Christens Pantomime, entitled, A lonso the Brave and the Fair Insoles. • or, Harlequin and the Baron all covered with Jewels and (Lid. It would, of course, be offensive to our initial& friends to infer, by entering upon details of plot for incident, their literary deficiency in being either ignorant or oblivious of the renowned legend upon which this harle quins& has been built by Mr. Fitsball, who claims the authotship of the dramatic portion, with the aid of many able assistants in the musical, scenic, mechanical, Teepee ehoreau, and pantomimic departments. It will be quite suf- Inset to state that being subjeeted alternately to the hesitate's% mid the noxious influences of two converse or opposing fairies Fidelio or Fidelity, Miss Daly ; and I mitten., (tilimViveak), the Fair Imogene, impersonated by Mr. Wynn, is transformed Into the Columbine of Miss Carlotta Leolercq ; that Alor BO the Brave, represented by Mr. F. Cooke, is rendered into the H irle wain of Mr. Cormack ; and the " Baron, all covered with jewels and gold," who seduced the affection of the Fair 'lmogene from her Ant love, Aloes°, while absent in the Holy Lend at the Crusaded, appean in the pantomimic por tion in the nimble and humorous Clown of Mr. Flesmore. Doe Gozzlenne, the papa of Miss Imogene, completes the principal group as Pantaloon, and he was represented in both capacities by that clime pantomimist Mr. Paulo. Thee followed the weal routine of tumbling', !espies., kicking', and ludicrous disasters which have been allotted to Clown and Pantaloon by the immutable laws of pantomime for count less yeses past, to the intense gratification of whole neamtione of our sires and grandelree, and great.granciaires; and apparently by the thrill cacttinnations which ever and alum reached oar ran, to the equal delectation of the sous ' and grandsons, and great grandsons of the 'signet era. A few of dune misadventures and hitches which are generally incidental to a first night's performance--especially of a ' pantomime., dependent as it is coon the facile and ready ' working of new moan and maehinery—did certainly occur, I het the asellenes were goodnatureel, and, *pm the whole, appeared satisfied ; receiving the tricks and jokes with mer riment and applause. Mum Leclercq favoured as with some 'Rile and prat •fal dancing. Mr. Commack is an effective Harl*qtain, and Mr. Fiezmore fairly &mounded all the young I gentlemen present with the 'igen• and flexibility of his gymnastic powers. To do the maingement justice, we must god that no expense appears to hays been spared in scenery, ' entente, sad decoration. ADELPHL Pantomime has been eschewed this season at the Adelphi, and its place supplied by one of them spectacles or burleslues with which the stage his been inundsted of late years. The piece is called Lo Tarantula, or the Spider KM?, sad is described u "an entirely new extravaganza male up Into an English dress from the best French math nes." The authorship is ascribed to Mr. Albert Smith and • gentlest's who has already played an ambitious part in tile realms of theatrical burluque. To form a correct esti mate of this production, it is only necessary to bear in mind the peculiarities which distinguish all and similar dramatic entertainments, and at the same time imagine a series of parodies on some of the more popular songs of the day. Where brilliancy of dialogue or cleverness r t dramatic con ✓ruction are not expected, criticism would be supeetinous ; and as such pieces are desigeed rather please the eye than to gratify the taste, the object is gained if the audience are satisfied. In the present ease everybody seemed resolved to be rimed, and all the jokes (end the majority of item were of "high antiquity ") produced their due effect. The great merit however of the plea coached in the scenic display and in the artistic groupings, the costumes being for the most pert of Spanish growth. The principal characters are Mephistopheles (Mr. 0. Smith); Luidgi. • young chauffeur (Miss Woolgu); Boekigetti, a bandit (Mr. P. Bed lord) ; Saeguineo, another bandit (Mr. 0. Honey) ; Loretto, a village dancing girl (Madame Celeste); Omeopatico, a quack doctor (Mr. Wright); Colo. minis, • " mourning consort' . (Miss Kathleen Fitswilliam); and though last not the least important, the Tarantula, described "as the destroyer g I of the peace of families." To describe the various scenes lo which these members of the dramatis persona perform their eccentricities would occupy mete spassethan could possibly be devoted to one theatre ee ea occas ion like the present. Sumas It to say that the Tumults well preserves the reputation which that lively in meet has always enjoyed—that the Mediu perform their ex ploits in the true Diavolo fashion—that Madams Celeste dance' much more agreeably than she speaks—that the young ladies who " dance attendance" upon her are suffi ciently facieating to make emends for certain defects in the dialogue, sad that every scents was mounted la the mast ettraetthe style, and " quite repardlsse of expense." The moat telling thing in the performing, was a parody of King Lamed. the Thild's wooing scene with Lady Ann, in which Mr. Horsy, as an amiable bandit, gives a very clever imita *mot Mr. Charles Kean. Many of the songs were poistedly written, and coalateed some sharp hits at the prevailing topics of the day. Vas yeasie artvgemeute were is may respect ersmnast, sad the pietteremmaese et the Splash costumes geve • peculiar " ehareeter"to the piece, which distinguished it in some measure from ether produtiens of the same description. The "last masse of all, which is called the " Miele Lake," is use of the most Mindful epeeists@ of pietorlal effect that have ever beet exhibited at this or any other theatre. The pietas was esimpletely stieenefel, sad the result was not marred by any uproarious °endue& on the pert of the " gods," who behaved with exemplary patience throughout. The shrill whistle, or those well known wads," throw him ever," sever mu being heard during the evening. OLYMPIC. The Magid e was the stook piece Y ana - Otitis theatre last night to test the pl▪ isses el se minibus who, lilts all Christina* playgoers, want to be tickled by the ludicrous rather than to riontou plate the sublime. Mr. G. V. Brook', wbp appears to be • peat favourito hire, playing the Bhylock; and Mu. Stirliog the Portia • sad, though MN as of he play was not of the hipeet qvist is all its parts, the stores of the plod* actin ausculed is obtataing es mesh abandon' as I. usually accorded to the Are lug sea with which the Christmas fare, par . cationernor, la, aceording to unvarying thou WI custom, probers& The phice of the evening dos toibrd in the bits so " a new end original aerial, floreal, tad sonchologkal fairy Lb. Tim litho is Prime Dom ; or, Ma Romano of Me Nose, sad it is founded ea the story, familiar to our infancy, of the celebeatol prises whom nasal organ grew to something more than the lug* of en elephant's proboscis. The grout diarnathed version Is of cum • tairlans, sad, Ilk' ihs . iindority of mama comp althea of that dees, reste Wald= fez more sus the string ing together of • number date moot absurdly baniormas is &bats than to any coutiasity 01 plot or probable &plop. mad of the Lambe d& story chosen. Priam Dorm. to whom we aro' iatrindmiert in the firm scene, at his birth is ape of three naforminatai who hare WU* gar Moods, sad orpatroo ems of the semi bead of note "II Won' dor in enemy, for some red or Ina epee alight, or (ea hi = 4ra hal t irth hisii talm it *geld eirm, simnel OT Aerials ma Era jamile. Nis Meals mak: wpm the prime all manner of personal savants/tee, but hi. enemy mars them ell by the addition of an eser.grovine, ever-blooming noes— and with him, u with more lowly pen me, this his great defect Is in his own eyes his greatest beauty. By a rtserva tion made by the friendly fps, however, the charm is ro be broken when the young gentleman shall become convinced of his deformity. Tins, of course, is • difficult matter to effect, and it is only accomplished after many ludicrously dangerous adventures by the inadvertent sid of • certain plainspoken princes., who, as her reward, obtains the prince for • husband, his nose having been first named to within reasonable limits. The piece is, of clause, made the memos of !evades the shaft of satire against many of the follies, and soma of the leading topics, of the day—the late Papa bull in *special, end of oouveying an appropriate compliment upon the design for the Crystal Palace. The scenery is extremely good, and the Cremator motions, which see almost an numerous as in a regular pantomime, are novel and ontrt. Mr. Huey Patron, u Prizes Dorms, Miss I.onisa Howard as Mignionette, the fortunate princess, Mr.W.Parren, jun., as • mesmerist clair voyant courtier and the magician of the piece, and Mr. W Shalders, • court painter, who paints portraits " to plums," entered fully into the humour of the author ; and Mr. Compton, • Grand Chamberlain and Gold Stick in Waiting, proved himself almost the king of burlesque actors. The piece wee deservedly sutemsful, and will doubtless have • considerable ran. Tux Naw ARCADE.—If it is true that one half London does not know how the other hall liver, it may be averred with equ►l truth that one half London dose not know what is next door to them until it is brought ander their notice. Ina Christmas ramble through the streets lut evening we elate upon " a new Arcade." It is situated on the north aide of Oaf ordstre et, not far from the corner of Tottenbam•eourt-road, and, although it is no thoroughfare, it lies so little rat of the direct line that it may almost be made a pleasant variation of a morning's walk from the Wewend towards the City. The arcade is as long se that in the West Strand, quite as broad, and nearly twice es high. It is roofed with glue, and, consequently, presents a peculiarly light appearance. At night it is illuminated with coloured lamps, and might almost be taken for a Chinese bazaar. The shops in this arcade are meetly of the same sort al those in the Low ther Arcade, and we dere say they will be quite as good when the shopkeepers are settled. At presest the arrange ments seem to be somewhat temporary. The place we understand was Intended for an hotel, but not having been let for that purpose it has been turned to its present use. Covered walks and places of shelter an rare is London, and the opening of a new one may be hailed as en advantage to the town, and, like the waterpreof coats, " a real comfort to pedestrians " THE THREATENED STRIKE ON THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY. Yesterday, the following document was issued by ilia authorities of the London and North Wesiern Railway : "Notice, to be read to each man on the Northern Divi- sion (Driver, Turner, or Firemen) by the Foreman.—The directors, owing to the attitude assumed by some of the men who have threatened to quit their service without due notice, have arranged to reduce the number of trains, and have re. ceived into their employ new hands in the place of those thus proposing to desert their engines. This has been a matter of regret to the directors ; but, compelled as they are to provide for the public service and safey, they cannot permit the present state of uncertainty to exist any looser. They thereto@ request that any man whe, from any cause, desires to leave the company's service, will at once say so to his foremen, end a fourteen days' notice from the company will immediately be handed to him. The directors are glad to find that so many men have agreed to stand by them, and they fully appreciate such EMdRet.—HAILDMAN EARLE, Chairmen of the Lotonsotive Committee, North, en Division. —By order, MARK Hung, General Msasger.—General Idealiser's Ofilee, Kasen Station, Dec. 26, 1860." its very commencement? What the motive could be, Clod knew, villein it was to reduce wages. THOMAS STOCKTON, of Birmingham, said, many mui had been • great number of years upon the Northern divi aloe. They Led u asked for an strum of wog... and if there had been any little =tithe of dispute, they had a:weys arranged it coosfurtaliy, and he asked whether eleven or twelve years of faithful servitude was not • sufficient guarantee fur the directors, without wanting to insist upon the three months' notice. They considered that the system proposed was calculated to do a serious amount of evil to the ! general body, and they had, therehre, made a serious sp. ' peal agah.st it. At last, wheu they did get a decided *Lower —he fancied it was in the pre-, before the run revived it. He naked was that justice to the men ? They had not the sltghteet inclination to enter into • paper war with their superiors. That was far from their intention. They, on their part, wanted to settle the thing amicably and quietly, whilst, on the other band, the enginemen bad been represented most unjustly. He had noticed a paragraph in the Morning Herald, which, for the honour of Birmingham, he was bound to contradict. The managing committee of the locomotive eaginemea and firemen met in Birmingham, and in the paragreph he referred to it was stated that there were a few dictating epirite in Birmingham who bed the sole control of the matter. It was added that they bad sustained • heavy blow in the recant struggles un the North British and the Eastern Comities, and It went on to say that in order to retrieve their loot laurels they had determined to carry out • general strike upon the first line that would not sub mit to their dictation. Now, he denied that the managing committee of Birmingham had anything to do with the strike upon those two liner In fact, they ned a Dun com municated with or consulted upon the matter. Mr. HARRIS, one of thy late teapot/is of the Eastern Counties, observed that when they spoke of eciebinationa, they existed as much amongst the masters ea amongst the men; for wherever he had gone to seek employment, he had been diet with the charge that De had struck against Mr. Gooch. He mslotained that all the men that were out on the Eistiorn Counties were " still staunch." Mr. MELBOURNE (of Wolverton station) —I want to know, Mr. Chairman, before I say anything, whetter it wan your intention to make a strike ? Th•CIILIRMAN—Do you mean a sudden one, or send ing in a lentil notice ? Mr. MELBOURNE—Is it a threatened strike ? .______________ The CHAIRMAN said he did not know what authority either the directors or the pram had to say they wanted to make a sud.ten strike. Mr. MELBOURNE—I want to know from you, as representative of the men on the northern diernon, what it your determination to do. Then we shall be able to knew how to proceed The CHAIRMAN—If in cue the thing is not settled amicably between the masters sad the mer, I believe toel will be ready to resign their eituations ; but it this meeting con lama a better plan for working the line, or meeting the CireCton in any way, I am no advocate for strikes or anything of the sort ; bat it is very bard to be tampered with. Mr. MELBOURNE—That's not a final answer. CHAIRMAN—WaII, in cue it is not arranged, they are waiting for the decision of this meeting. They are fully bent on not smodion to the three mouths' notice. Mr. MELBOURNE—Do you, fellow-workmen in tho northern dirwon, expect that the men in tne southern atilloll wilt turn out along with you in clue of a torn out The CHAIRMAN-1 rosily believe they are labouring under that idea. . . Mr. MELBOURNE—Then now we know how to work. I can say, as one individual sent up this evening so a delegate from Woiverton, that I em instructed to tell you that they would not turn out et the present time along with the men of the northern division; but whenever a three m inthe notice is issued out on the southern division they will naske an objection to it. That is the opinion of the men at Wolver.on; so it is at Banbury. It behove you, men of Camden, to come to some understandir.g whether you will stand out or go on. I should like to know whether theta are delegates from Birmingham, Rugby, Peterborough, and Northampton? I have looked round the room, but cut see none. Mr. SIMPSON, engine driver on the Great Western— Fellow workmen, I can see the inconvenience azia.ng from the three months' notice ; but particularly so it it should be signed by the parties, and the "neater. willingly agree, if the men get bona /ids employment, to quit them at a week or • fortnight if they wish. As lam informed—it the nice will propose for a month's notice on each cede, it would be s,ilita tiug the difference—meeting them Loll way ; and I t:duk actually they would agree to it. To come to the conclusion to adv.icate strikes is only to advocate a rod for our own back., and must prove • great disadvontage to the whole body of enginensea. We have had evidence of this throughout, and I believe the Eastern Counties strike might have been pro yeuted if they had adhered to wise and good counsel. The more strikes there are the wore for ou iiiii es, ' for we always find • certain set of men who have no charac ter whilst things are straight, but who are taken on to sup ply the places ul honest men it • strike occurs. A strike, therefore, throws respectable men out of situations, and I. know many men who, though insuf f icient, are depending on whet they think our overtutficiency. Had it out been for a few men on the Eastern Counties, whom I know to be as god men as acy in England, I would not have given • teething to their support, and I know that they were dic tated to and led away by bad counsel, and by the advice of men who ought not to be relied upon. It you take bad counsel here, I fear you will fall into the same dilemma— you will throw men on our benevolence again, and we can't afford to support them out of our pockets. I believe strikes can always be avoided if proper precautions ore used. When ever we have had • grievance on the Great West, rn we have made our appeal to Mr. Stephen Goods, and we have either bed it redressed, or partiy so. Then, again, look at this—Last May twelvemonths we had certain men out of (=Vela:lent, and we had to ktep them upwards of 12 months out of our own pockets. I, for one, will never advocate a stroke, because I thick things an be amicably settled without it. I am sure, if a mouth's notice were proposed to the directors, that they would sympathise with you, and agree to it. I don't believe there is • man on the Great Western who would advocate a irr.ke if he could possibly getout of it. Mr. HARRIS, atter vindicating the course token by the men of the Eastern Countirs, awed that, as regarded meet ing the directors half way, es proposed by Mr. &mpion, he should be happy to se* the thing effected Bit could be car ried out. Mr. SIMPSON said he had been 11 or 12 yeses on the Great Western. A months' notice had always been the rule there. It had worked uncommonly well, and there was never any fault found with it as far es he knew. Mr. HALL, of Camden Town Station and others, having stated that they also should be happy to meet the directors ball way, so as to mend the differences betweeu the directors and the men, Mr. SIMPSON asked if there was not a letter tar: Alive of the opinion of the men on the North Wes.eru hoe at Bedford. The CHAIRMAN said there was such a letter in the room. It was as lotion : .. Dee. 26. "Fellow -workmen,—We received your letter this morn ing, requiring the attendance of one of the men from Bed lord at your meeti. g this evening, but it will be impossible for any one of us to attend, as we are all at work together. With your permission, we will give you our opinion upon this very urious and important matter. In the brat place, it will revues all the wisdom and forethought which it is possible to bring to bear upon the matter before you take any der:este* steps. Look well at your position ; know whether you are weakest or strongest; do not run hastily into trouble, without first knowing the power you have to meet; look at the consequent* of losing, and the ruinous result of a defeae to so many families, and we think you will us how desirable it is that the matter should be amicably arranged, without such a desperate struggle as see had be fore. We know well how determined men in the psi lion of directives are not to be beaten by those ut.der them, and they can better afford to lose than we cm. Mr. Carr Olyn has always been favourably disposed towards us, and we think that with mild measures we shall best support and assist oar fellow-men on the northern division. Let the men on the southern division act as mediators on behalf of the northern men. Ton must take into consideration the great number of new firemen that have been put on lately and upon whom you cannot depend. itemember the power the directors have to stop a great number of the trains, the assistance they can get from the guards, and the twat important fact that the press and public opinion are on their side. Take all these things into your consideration before coming to a decision. The men must not be deserted, bat let us endeavour to support them in such a way as to secure the inter re of all. We remain, yours faithfully, Tax ENOINTMEN AND FIDINLN AT BIDPOND STATION. Mr. HALL (moved and Mr. STOCILTON, of Birmingham, seceaded the following etiolation : "That this meeting knowing the desire the enginemes and firemen engaged on the London and North Western Itsilway hen to keep on friendly terms with their employers, and to avoid the inconvenience to the company and the public freak sodden strikes, do recommend to their fellow workmen throughout the line to consent to the establishment of a month's notice instead of a fortnight es hitherto, if the direeton, in acoordemes with their expressed intention of not interfering with the present rates of wages, will he pleased to pose a minute of the board guaranteeing the men now employed, or to he employed during three yens from this time, from say reduction of wages, or turns, in their daily labour. And that this meeting be adjourned to obtain the opinion of the men of the reruns districts on this pro positioes." Toe renelestiost was carried unanimously, and the proceed- Inge ferdtlMed at a late hour. A YAMS !PIOT DT KW SON HEAR BRISTOL.—.A palatal matialidn was treated yesterday at Bristol is con sequence of listatoosaing known that Mr. Wooles, thb land. lord of the Bias Bowl lan, near that city, had been shot by his son. 'The. rumour turned out to be too Mae, slthougk the cireumataams under which the melancholy ostastrophe occurred have not sufficiently transpired to warrant us is stating the nature of the fatal occurrence. The police seem to think that the homicide was unintentional, the young man by whom It was committed net having been aware that the fowling-pies wi h which it was perpetrated was loaded. o:her statements, however, represent that the parties bed been havit g words about some parties who had bees loathed to the house by the son, and of whom She rather disapproved. The old khan received the charge in 'hie bowels, but lived from Aid O'clock • in ties evening till tin at tbe night, Marla, which interval he mid. his Idll...usultliteciid din:twat 01 his affairs. Information ltas bent flint SO R. Uphill, Esq., coroner firethe cisW3f of 'Bossolissr: wed of blif”lt Mt mowed, at width the real feels of the ere will. dasibtlai transpire It is right to add that the penes hors sot thought it 'medium to hold the son in custody. U A i ,