The Sun. — London, England, 1862-01-29 00:00:00

DRURY-LANE TEIEATRE ROYAL.' Lessee, Mr. E. T. SMITH. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. UR AND MORNING PERFORMANCE of the PAN TOMIME every WEDNESDAY, at Two o'Clock. THIS EVENING, a new Operetta, entitled ONCE TOO OFTEN. Herr Reichardt, Herr Formes, Mdlle. J enn y Bauer, and Miss E. Heywood. After which will be produced, with that attention to com pleteness in every department by which the Christmas Annuals of this Theatre have been so pre-eminently dis tinguished, the New Grand Comic Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN and the HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT; or, Old Mother Hubbard and her 'Wonderful Dog. "If a man do build a dwelling upon common land from sunset to sunrise, and enclose a piece of ground, wherein there shall be a tree, a beast feeding, a fire kindled, a chim ney smoking, and provisions in the pot, such dwelling shall be freely held by the builder, anything herein to the con trary nevertheless notwithstanding."—Old Forest Charter. The Novel Effects and Splendid Scenery by WILLIAM BEVERLEY. Assisted by Messrs. C. Pitt, Craven, Brow, &c., &c. Masks, Symbolic Devices, Personal Appointments, and Designs for the Costumes, by the celebrated Dykwynkyn. The Overture and Music composed and arranged by Mr. J. H. TULLY. The Machinery by Mr. Tucker and As sistants. The Tricks, Properties, Changes, and Transfor mations, by Mr. Needham, assisted by Messrs Glindon, H. Adams, H. Langham, &c. The Costumes by Miss Dickin son, Mr. Lauri, and Mr. Palmer. The Gas Appointments by Mr. Hinckley. The Choregraphic Arrangements by Mr. Cormack. The Harlequinade and Comic Scenes by Messrs. Cormack and B. Jones. The Perfume of the Flowers supplied by Rimmel's process. The Grotesque Burlesque Opening invented and written by E. L. BLANCHARD. And the whole arranged and produced wader the imme diate superintendence of Mr. ROBERT ROXBY. Synopsis of Scenery, Incidents, and Characters, OLD MOTHER HUBBARD'S COTTAGE, - With Rural Landscape, and Rookwood Manor Hall in the Distance (Daylight). "Old Mother Hubbard, she went to the cupboard, to get ner poor Dog a bone ; when she got there, the cupboard was bare, and so the poor Dog had none."—Ancient Nur sery Legend. Old Mother Hubbard, Mr. Atkins ;_ Her Dog, Signor Lorenzo ; Jack (the " Man all tattered and torn "), Miss F. Hunt ; the Squire, Mr. Tom Matthews ; Dame Wiggins of Lee, Mr. Dixon ; Dame Trot, Mr. Barsby ; Her Won derful Cat, Master Waggles ; the Great Goose, Master Sageaninguns ; Constables, Messrs. Grib and Grab; Parish Beadle, Mr. Bumble ; Villagers, Messrs. Yokel, Pumpkin, Whackstraw, Chawbacon, &c., &c.; Rosetta (the " Maiden all Forlorn"), Miss Stuart. How Mother Hubbard has a certain " party" to tea and turn out, and of the remarkable pranks played by her comical Dog—The Head, the Hat, and the Hose—The Dog's Tale and Mrs. H.'s Narrative— Arrival of the Squire—Proclamation of Witch Burning— Threatened incremation of Mother Hubbard on her own hearth, and her Mystic Flight upon a Broomstick. THE WITCHES' GLEN AND WATERFALL, in the Valley of Perfumed Flowers, by Moonlight. Miss Lanza, Ignes Fatui—Mdlles. Sidney, Travers, Barnes, A. Barnes, Livermore; Webb, Taylor, Braithwaite,Hammilton, Stap ley, Harris, Candy, Copeland, Archer , Hawkins, Delaney, Wilson, W illiams, Robinson, Wood, Watson, and Hamel ton. Grand Ballet, Chagns-a-Lantern, by the Misses GUN NISS and the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet. -.- The Invocation! The Incantation I I and the Evapora. tionlll THE VILLAGE GREEN AND ROADSIDE ALE. HOUSE. Old Grype (the Steward), Mr. Glindon; Old Scratche (his Clerk), Mr. Tanner ; Tenantry, Messrs. Cringe, Scrape, Shuffle, Cut, Packoff, Moonraker, and Runaway Tailor, Mr. Snipshears ; Bootmaker, Mr. Tight& • Mum mies, Messrs. Grinner, Joker, Magger, Cracksides, O'Reilly, M'Phun, &c. ; St. George, Mr. E. Roe ; the Dragon, Mr. Scalyfellow ; Valentine, Mr. Febbyerry ; Orson, Mr. Wildman; Still-Walker, Mr. Longlegs; Bear- Warden, Mr. Smuggins ; the Bear, Mr. Huggins ; Land lord, Mr. Trebles ; Morris-Dancers, Messrs. Trip, Tap, Flip, Flap, &c., &c. ; Jack Padding, Mr. Merryman. How the Squire celebrates his birthday , and the Village Revel that follows —Coming of Age in the Olden Time I How the Tenantry treated in one way and how Jack is reated in another—the Dog's instinct and Mother Hub - bard's reason. THE " CAGE" ON THE COMMON (Sunset). Grand Scena Comique and Pas de Broomstick, by Mother Hubbard. The Dreamer and the Worker—The Vision of Pleasure and the Division of Labour—Figures of Fnn (from the Fancy-store of Dykwynkyn)—Messrs. Mason, Drainpipes, Carpenter, Hodman, Old Brick, and Young Shaver, Lilli putian Labourers, Pigmy Plasterers, Tiny Tilers, Minia ture Masons, Baby Bricklayers, Short Sawyers, Dwarf Drain Makers, and Child Carpenters by a Host of Juvenile Auxiliaries. THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT, The Rat, Master Longwhisker ; The Cat, Miss Mouser ; The Dog, By Himself; The Cow, Madame Brindle ; The Priest (ll shaven and shorn"), Mr. Jollyman; The Coek (" That crowed in the Morn") Master Cocky-doodle doo. Realisation of the famous Picture in the National Gal lery of Little Britain. taken (by permission) for Boys, trom a rare work in the collectien of Master Smith, London. THE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 29, 1862. FROGPOOL IN THE MARSHES (Twilight). Song, " Will o' the Wisp," composed by J. H. Tully, Es.l. How the Squire goes Hunting and loses his way and his temper, and what follows in consequence—Another curious instance of Creak Cani &c ne sagacity—Bull-frogs, MasterB Hop, Skip, Jump, , . SQUASH-HOLLBULROW SWA MP AND BED OF ECCE 'TERM! SEWARD! but this time, if such a pun may be pardoned, Lord RUSSELL has fairly " despatched" him. He survived the very cour teous demand for the release of the prisoners, and a long writhing and wriggling reply showed that the SEWARD vitality was hardly touched. This time our Foreign Secretary has seized on each portion of what we may in courtesy term his argu ment, and fairly crushed all life out of it. To be sure the English part of the English press had em ployed several of Lord RUSSELL'S arguments, but they are unquestionably worth more as Foreign office-coin than bullion in private hands. The in trinsic value may be the same, but the value is now certified by the highest English authority. Our readers will, therefore, just glance at them again How the Squire comes to grief and afterwards to repent ance, and how Jack is recognised as the rightful heir—The reward and harmonious movements of the Fairies on a Grand Chromatic Scale towards WILL 0' WISP'S HOME BENEATH THE WATERFALL. E The Transformation. --- - H ar l equ ins., Messrs. CORMACK and ST. MAINE Columbines The Misses GUNNISS. Pantaloons...... Messrs. G. TANNER and MORLEY. Clowns ........ Messrs. FORREST and HULINE. Grotesque ...... Signor LOREN ZO. 1861-1862 . Mr. STILT. SPRITES by the RIDGWA Y YS and SUWELL FAMIL. I.—EXTERIOR OF TWO STR SHOPS IN " UP-OR- DO WN". Messrs. Huline, St. Maine, Tanner, and Miss S. Gunniss. Christmas Presents—every Man (and Boy) to his Post, even the Post-Man—Clown rides the high horse, which proves his rock a-head—Two Young Men from the Count and Clown gets over them—a Sewing Machine (not poor Neadlewoman)—a thorough Blow out—a Man in very re duced circumstance —Clown finds the Fruits of stealing Apples in an elephantine way—a Band of Brothers—the Police in Great and Small Force—Clown gets into a row and blows up a policeman—the end of this scene is all 'Bustle—N.B. Not Crinoline 2.—THE GREAT SENSATION KITCHEN. Messrs. Forrest, Corm ack, Morley, and Miss Gunniss. Harlequin seeks Protection, although a Free-trader— The Cook's Guide—Clown tries to take the chair—the head ish of the table —Harlequin goes through a Deal, and Clown becomes a Board-er—Silence those dreadful Bells— Clown and Pantaloon make an ap-Peal to the Audience on the Merry Musical Bells—Pantaloon rather hard pressed— arrival of a distinguished Foreigner—Clown falls into his own trap, and kills a Blue-bottle, which proves a bad Buzz-ness for him—a Lecture on the Gorilla, by a well known character —Clown meets with a few Friends (not Quakers)—this Scene ends at the finish of it. 3.—THE INTERIOR OF A RAILWAY STATION. Eight hours at the Sea-side for 2s 6d —Duty off Paper— ' The Times" reduced and the Times on the rise—a book that takes leafe of Clown—Harlequin gets his horse from a Stall and sets up a trap. No Smoking a-Loud, only on the Quiet—Clown makes a Tremendous Christmas Tree — late arrivals—Messrs. Neverintime, Toolate, Dearme, and Blessme--Clown burns his fingers (not the only person that has done so)—Clown gives Good Bail and finds a Bale goods. with pleasure. Lord RUSSELL observes that it is only in the Commissioners' capacity of belligerents, and on the grounds of international law, that he can argue the question with Mr. SEIVARD. On ,this ground, at some length, and quoting authorities which have already been cited in this country, he shows con clusively that a neutral country, as England is, has an undeniable right to maintain her communications with both belligerents, and that the interest of her numerous subjects residing in each requires her to do so. He shews the necessity of agents being free to pass between England as a neutral and the two Confederations; and, above all, proves the impossi bility of anything whatever, much less persons, being contraband of war 'when the destination was neutral. The contraband must always have an enemy's port for its destination. He shows the utter irrelevancy of the reference to Sir WILLIAM SCOTT'S dictum that "You may stop the ambassador of your enemy on his passage ;" it had nothing to do with an ambassador to a neutral country, and in a ship of that country. You may stop an enemy's ambassador in places or ships of which you are master, or against which you are in hostility, but to stop them in a neutral vessel while proceed ing to the neutral country to which the vessel be longs, is an act not sanctioned by any writer or by any precedent. Lord RUSSELL notices the shameless assumption of Mr. SEWARD that, according to British authori ties, the fact of the Trent's destination being from one neutral port to another makes no difference in regard to the right of capture. He admits that, if the destination were only colourable and fictitious, but the real destination hostile, the right of capture would not be modified; but he denies that any British authority, or, so far as he knows, any American one, can be found which would countenance Mr. SEWARD'S assump tion. His lordship gives illustrations which Mr. SEWARD will not certainly be able to dispose of : "For instance," he says, "in the present war, ac cording to Mr. SEWARD'S doctrine, any packet ship carrying a Confederate agent from Dover to Calais, or from Calais to Dover, might be captured and carried to New York. In case of a war between Austria and Italy, the conveyance of an Italian minister or agent might cause the capture of a neutral packet plying between Malta and Mar seilles, or between Malta and Gibraltar, the con demnation of the ship at Trieste, an d the confine ment of the minister or agent in an Austrian prison. So, in the late war between Great Britain and France on the one hand, and Russia on the other, a Russian 4Alinister going from Hamburg to Washington, in an American ship, might have been brought to Portsmouth, the ship might have u'M THEATRE. the Minister sent to the n 0 Y A 3 1. 1 an a , L er fill dmun d Falconer. been condemned, and THIS EVENING, Jan. 29, the new a nd original Drama, Tower of London. So also a t onfederate vessel of entitled PEEP O'DAY ; or, Sayour neen Deeh‘sh. Messrs. Walter Lacy, Hermann Vezin, Charles Selby, Edmund Fal- war might capture a Canard s t eamer on i ts way goner ; Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara Weston. from Halifax to Liverpool, on th , After which, a new and original Burlesqqe _Extravaganza, e wound of its en titled LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD; or, The Fairies of gharac : — z'WARD to Mr. the Roc.. ; the Thistle, and the Shamrock. PrinCiP carrying despatches from Mr. S ria s s bL y 3 c hr a . , W i a o s m . S p e a l o b n y, W'arlow, MIAS Cicely, aff , l , `i )Ams. ” Acting Manager—Mr. F. B. Chatterton. • - ..• With another remark of Mr. SEWARD'S, Lord Prices as usual. Doors open at hali-p ' t 6, to cOmryll 4 e , Bax.office open daily from II tins. - "BISSELL deals as it deserves. All our readers 4.—The SEA-SIDE. The Sands 1 The Sands I I The Sands II I Come unto these yellow sands. A Sailor telling a Yarn and a boat Lying too—the Pier Master's ap--Pierance—Clown makes a Man's hair turn sandy and proves himself in the wrong box—by a slight Miss-Take, which a certain Miss won't Take—Pantaloon gets some shell-fish in a very Selfish manner—Clown asto nishes the Natives—Sailors that use their Cut-Lasses but don't Cut Lasses when they can join with them in a National Hornpipe—Clown gets a Sensation Leader—The Great Donkey Stir St. Leger—Clown and Pantaloon's Concert—fine ears for Music —they fish in troubled waters ----a Divided Interest—a sudden Squall (Children and all) ..—The latest Novelty in Parrchutes. Scene—A DISMAL SWAMP—After a storm a calm appears, a HARLEQUIN'S HOME ON HIS THRONE OF SPLENDOUR. Doors open at half-past six to commence at Seven o'clock. Tickets for Boxes, Pit , and Galleries, may be had at the Box Office before the opening. B i O YAL ENGLISH OPERA, covxl;:u GARDEN. ~: , _ unler the management of Mias Louisa Pyne and Mr. W Harrison. T HIS EVENING, THE PURITAN'S DAUGHTER. Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne; Mr. Santley, Mr. H. Corr!, M r . George Honey, Mr. Patey, Mr. A. St. Albyn, Mr. T. Distin, Mr. Wallworth , Mr. Eugene Dussek, Mr. C. Lyall, and Mr. W. Harrison. Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. After which will be produced (written expressly by J. M. Norton), a Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled BARLEQU IN GULLIVER ; or, A Trip to Brobdinag, a Peep at Lilliput, and a Flying Visit to Laputa. Gulliver, Mr. W. IL Payne ; Mrs. Guldver, Mr. F, Payne. Principal danseuse, Mdlle. Lamoureux, supported by the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet. The Harlecoinifie sustained tizi the eminent Pantomimists, Messrs. IL Payne, F. Payne, H• Lauri, E. Lauri, S. Lauri, and Miss J enn y La ur i . Commence at Seven. R 1 2.:-.R OVA L, HAYMARKET, LAssce, Mr..l. B. kluoirstone. THIS EVENING, to commence with OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern ; Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buckstone. After which, ri Comic Christmas Pantomime, LITTLE MISS MITFFET AND LITTLE BOY BLUE ; or, Harle quin and Old Daddy Lona:legs. Louise Leclercq, Charles Le clercq, llerr Cole, G-. Becket, and Miss Rosine. Commence a 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr A. Harris. THIS EVENING, THE IRISH EMIGRANT. Mr. W. J. Florence. Followed by THE YANKEE HOUSEKEEPER. Mr and Mrs. W. J. Florence. After which a Comic Christmas Pantomime, WHITTING TON AND HIS CAT ; or, Harlequin King Kollywobbol and the Genius of Good Humour. The grotesque opening invented and written by Henry J. Byron, Esq., author of the Princess's Pantomime of "Jack the Giant Killer." The Scenery by Mr. James Gates, Mr. H. Cuthbert, and numerous . assistants. Good Humour, Miss Helen Howard ; Princess Popsiwopsi, Miss Rose Leclercq ; Alice, Miss Pauline Le clercq ; Messrs. Garden, Cathcart, Morland , Collett, Hast ings, Raymond; Dick Whittington, Miss Maria Harris; Robin Goodfellow and the Cat, Master John Haslem, (pupil of the celebrated Gabriel Ravel ; Clown, Mr. H ild y ard Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Colum bine, Miss Caroline Adams. Morning Performances will take place at Two o'clock every Monday till further notice. NEW THEATRE-RO SUL, ADELPHI. - Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, and during the week the great Drama, entitled THE OCTOROON ; or, LIFE IN LOUISIANA Messrs. Grace, Billington, Emery, Phillip Jamison, Smith, Stephenson, Romer, Lewis ; Mrs. Billington, Mrs. H. Mar ston, Miss C. Denvil, Miss Latimer, and Mrs. H. Lewis. After which, at 20 minutes pas t 9, the g reat Irish Dram! of THE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr.D. Boucicault, Missßanoe, Mr. Fisher, Miss Woolgar, mac. Box Office open from 10 till 5. mEw ROYALTY THEATRE, Dean-street, Oxford-street. ; L I Immense success of the new Operetta. THIS EVENING, A NICE QUIET DAY. After which Offenbach's Opera Buffo, entitled LE MARI AGE AUX LANTERNES. Mr. John Morgan, Mesdames Stanley, Payne, and Mason. To conclude with THE EARLIEST EDITION OF IL i TROVATORE. Commence at half-past 7. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.— Enthusiastic reception of Young GUNERIUS and Madame HALVERSON. The Great Norwegian Wonders will appear each Evening until further notice, together with a host of Equestrian Novelties. THE COLLEEN BAWN EVERY EVENING. To be followed with the most daring Riders in the World, Young Gunerius, Madile. Halvorsen, and Mons. Goldkette. Clown, Tom Fillia. Concludin GILPIN'S with the Grand Comic Pantomime of JO HNNY RIDE TO EDMONTON. A. MORNING PERFORMANCE, commencing with the Pantomime, eveu Saturday, at Two o'clock, during which the Norwegian Wonders will appear. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Searle. CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. "THE ENCHANTED HASH " (SECOND EDITION) by Mr. E. Marshall, with Eleven Wonderful Transformations (the most talented performance ever attempted by a single person), at a quarter-past ten. Also the following extraor dinary combination of Comic talent, viz.: Mr. Randall, Mr. Frederick French, Mr. J. G. Forde, Miss Harriet Coveney, and Miss Greene. ----- Grand Selections from LA TRAVIATA, by Mdlle. Negri, Mr. Herbert, Signor Tivoli, and a powerful Chorus, at Ten o'clock. _ Musical Director, Mr. Jonghmans. Admission—Hall, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, is. VICTOR JULIEN, " THE FLYING MAN , " at CANTERBURY HALL, Every Evening at half past Nine o'clock. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY.—Morning, lh. 10m.—Afternoon, lh. 38m. To-monnow.-Morning, 2h. 4m.—Afternoon, 2h. 25m. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, JANUARY 29, 1862, THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 47—highest since noon yesterday. 40—lowest this morning and during the night. 49—this day at noon. BARONIBTER-29.72. WrYD—Westerly ; light, with dull weather. rot? A k -4) • ME' `SUN LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JAN MARY 29, 1862. other ports, from being closed ,in a similar man ner. The engineer employed took pains to show that he had done his work in a manner which would render restoration of the channel hopeless ; and the people generally received the account of the exploit with as much applause as they did that of hero WILKES. We have not the shadow of a doubt that nothing would better have pleased the men of the North than to have ruined for ever the commercial advantages of the South. The Foreign Secretary, even after all remonstrances, is not pre pared to say that it is unjustifiable to destroy permanently the harbours of an enemy. That is, because two nations happen to quarrel, the weather tossed ships of friendly nations, for all time to come, must be exposed to shipwreck, where nature had provided them shelter ! To say nothing of the future destruction of the commerce of those who had been nil parties to the quarrel. As in the case of the surren der of the commissioners, we are not much concerned with Mr. SEWARD'S views. He has renounced stone-fleet operations, and we shall leave him to " justify" what he pleases, so long as he gives up doing what we deny to be capable of justification. CANTERBURY HALL: VICTOR JULIEN, THE “FLYING MAN." " We fly by night, 'midst ]Hosts of "—applauding spirits. Such might be a pardonable paraphrase of Locke's chorus, to enable us to characterise the wonderful performances of artists like Julien and Leotard, As the latter has been much longer before the public, curiosity is naturally more concentrated upon his rival. When Victor Julien first ap peared at the Canterbury Hall, we described him as a dan gerous competitor to the then undisputed hero of the trapize, and as really a more daring performer. In the hazardous nature of his feats Julien still excels , although we doubt not that Leotard, if he chose, could ac complish all that his less circumspect rival goes through nightly. In Julien's performances we observe a marked improvement in the style in which he performs his danger ous feats. There was a little stiffness at first in his method of " perching" upon the platform. Now, in aplomb he is equal to Leotard. As we have before said, his performance is much more " thrilling" than that of the Leicester-square Champion; for whereas the latter contents himself with a good deal of certainly very graceful but still rather mono tonous gyration, Victor Julien commences feats of a terrific nature as soon as he leaves the platform, and goes on rapidly culminating to his final grand summersault in mid air. His exploits at the Canterbury Hall are regarded with mingled horror and admiration. As a "sensation' artist—and public taste seems to be running still in that direction—Victor Julien is not excelled by any—not even by Leotard or Blondin. His Excellency the Ambassador of France and the Countess de Flahault and Miss Elphinstone de Flahault have left Coventry House on a visit to Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston at Broadlands. The Duchess of St. Albans and Lady Diana Beauclork and Viscount Falkland have left Scutterskelfe on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Zetland, at Aske Hall, Yorkshire. The duchess and his lordship come to town early next week. The Marquis of Tweeddale and Lady Jane Hay have arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from Yester, N.B. The Marchioness (Dowager) of Bath has returned to Murthant Court from a tour of visits. The Earl of Abingdon has arrived in town from Wytham Abbey, Oxfordshire. The Earl Grosvenor comes to town on Friday. Her ladyship remains at Calverley Park, Cheshire. The Countess of Sefton and Lady Cecilia Molynenx are expected in town in a few days from Crox teth Park. Viscount Palmerston arrived in London yester day from Broadlands. The noble viscount visited the King of the Belgians at Buckingham Palace, and later in the day returned to Broadlands. Lord and Lady Stanley of Alderley and family come to town early next week from Alderley Park, Cheshire. His Excellency Mons. and Madame Fontana have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Paris. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bancroft Davis have arrived at the Clarendon Hotel from New York. Yesterday was solemnised at St. George's, Hano ver-square. the marriage of Lieutenant -colonel the Hon Sornerset G. Calthorpe with Mrs. Frederick Crewe. Hard weather still prevails outside Dublin Bar. Many of the craft lying in Kingstown harbour through stress of weather sailed for their destination, but yesterday the wind, having increased from the southward, obliged some to bear up again for refuge. About the Tuskar it is said the waves are frightful to behold, literally rolling mountains high. The steamship Arbutus, from Glasgow for Bordeaux, put into harbour yesterday with loss of star board bulwarks, which were carried away in a hard gale beyond the Tuskar. The general chaiacter of the weather is most . unpropitious. The storm signal, a cone point downwards, was hoisted yesterday at Kingstown for strong southerly gales. The weather very slightly calmed towards nightfall. The steamship Rokeby, of Dublin, Captain Car negie, which artived at Waterford on Sunday morning from Cadiz, fell in with the barque Mermaid, of Liverpool, on Saturday, the 25th inst., about 70 miles west by south of Milford, in a sinking and disabled state, took her in tow, and brought her to Milford, where she left her in safety on Sunday evening. Previous to the Rokeby coming up with the Mermaid the captain and crew of the latter vessel had been taken en board an American ship, together with all the stores, but en seeing the Rokeby bearing down for the barque they went on board again. The American, how ever, refused to give up the stores which had been put on board. SALE OF SADLER'S WELLS TllEATRE.—Yester day this place of public amusement was put up to public competition at the Mart, by Mr. Beadel. The sale attracted a numerous attendance of speculators and theatrical cele brities. From the statement made by Mr. Beadel, it ap peared that the theatre is held for a period of 50 years from Midsummer next, at a ground-rent of £277 per annum, the use of the property being granted to Mr. Samuel Phelps, for a term of seven years from Lady-day, 1860, at a rental of £l,OOO per annum, the proprietor of the lease paying all outgoings, and reserving the right to two private boxes and other free-list privileges. The first offer was £2,000, the biddings gradually rising to £2,970, at which Nice the hammer fell. AN " INFANT" IN CRINOLINE.—A somewhat singular case came before the Southwark County Court on Friday last. The plaintiff, Mr. Hopkins, a tradesman in Kent-street, sued the defendant, Miss Wilson, a showily dressed young woman, to recover compensation for damages to his shop front in Kent-street. It appeared that plaintiff was having his shop front cleaned, and a ladder was placed I I outside for that purpose, the upper end resting against the window frame, when the defendant came past, wearing a capacious crinoline, one of the hoops of which caught the ladder, knocked it down, and smashed windows to the value of £1 9s. The defendant said she was only an infant, and that her pa should have been summoned, not her. In answer to questions put by his Honour, she admitted she was 19 years of age. His Honour decided that she was liable, and ordered her to pay the amount claimed. The complainant applied for costs. His Honour—No, not in this case; I think the crinoline will entail quite enough punishment on its wearer. On hearing this defendant flounced old of court, declaring she would never pay—her pa must. MEMORIAL TO THE LATE PRINCE CONSORT.—The total amount received in aid of the Meniorial Fund up too last night was between £20,000 and £21,000. Among the principal subscriptions received during the day was £lOO from the Marquis of Normanby. £lOO from Messrs. Pres cott, Grote, and Co., £lO5 from the Sun Life Assurance office, £lOO from Colonel Pennant, £lOO from the Dowager Duchess of Sutherland, and £lOO from the Marchioness of Londonderry. HARTLEY COLLIERY RELIEF FUND.—During yesterday a large number of donations were received at the Mansion-house for the alleviation of the distress caused by the accident at the Hartley Colliery. The total amount re ceived during the day was £1,124, making together with that which was received on the previous day a total of nearly £2,000 in two days. DEATH or THE PROVOST OF ETON.—We regret to announce the death of the Rev. Edward Craven Haw trey, Provost of Eton, which occurred on Wednesday night last, at the Provost's Lodge, Eton College, in the 72d year of his ago. This eminent man was appointed assistant master of Eton in 1814, to the head mastership on the sth of August, 1834, upon the resignation of lir. Keate, and elected provost on the demise of Provost Hodgson. Dr. Hawtrey was an Eton boy with Mr. Justice Patteson, Sir John Coleridge, N. Simon, Esq., the Bishop of Winches ter, and other eminent men. The cause of death was pa ralysis, from which Dr. Hawtrey had been suffering since the 6th of December last, having been attacked on the Founder's -day. COURT OF EXCHEQUER._HILARY TERM, 5111 ' MONDAY,the 4th, Wed nes d a y th e sth, M o nday the JAN. 27.—This court will hold sit tings) Wednesday the 12th, and Thurs day the 13th days of February ne x t, an d w ill at such sit tings proceed in disposing 10 7I th c , ° T° Tuesday t u i e A Tuesdaysday the of the business then pending in the paper of new trials and in the special paper ; and will also hold a sitting on Thursday, the 27th day of February next, and will on the said 27th day of February next pro ceed in giving judgment in matters then standing for judgment.—Fred. Felleelz, Samuel Martin i W. F. Chan nel; James Wilde, must remember the strange observation of Mr. SEWARD, that " If the safety of this Union required the detention of the captured persons it would be the right and duty of this Government to detain them," and his proceeding to remark " That the waning proportions of the insurrection, and the com parative unimportance of the captured persons them selves, forbid him from resorting to that defence ;" in other words, that the surrender was made, be cause, according to Mr. SEWARD'S belief, it would do him no harm to let them go. On this Lord RUS SELL observes with his usual point, " Mr. SEWARD does not here assert any right founded on interna tional law, however inconvenient or irritating to neutral nations ; he entirely loses sight of the vast difference which exists between the exercise of an extreme right and the commission of an unques- tionable wrong. His frankness compels me to be equally open, and to inform him that Great Britain could not have submitted to the perpetration of that wrong, however flourishing might have been the in surrection in the South, and however important the persons captured might have been." The style and manner throughout Lord RUSSELL'S dispatch is as courteous as his former one. It has, however, the the same defect as Mr. SWARD will doubtless think it—it will leave him but one answer—" I have been wrong." The awful accident at the New Hartley Coal Pit is not likely soon to fade out of public recollection. The harrowing incidents that have attended its more complete realisation from day to day down in the immediate neighbourhood, the actual scene of this appalling catastrophe, are of a kind so pro foundly touching, that it is impossible to read of them, to speak of them, to think of them, without a deep and tender emotion. The affecting record pencilled in the memorandum book found in the pocket of the overman Amoun, dated " Friday afternoon, half-past two," mention ing So-and-so "took extremely ill," and telling of " a prayer meeting" just holden, came out of that pit of death literally like a Voice from the Grave; it was for all the world like one of those tearful fragments of the jetsom and flotsom of the Great Deep—a scrap of paper enclosed in a bottle, washed ashore among shells and seaweed, telling the sad tidings of some dreadful shipwreck. And since then other records of a kindred nature have been found, other voices from that huge grave have become as audible. Here, scratched on a tin can, " Friday, my dear SARAH—I leave you"—on another—(in what dire anguish !)—" Mercy, 0, GOD." The mere mention, in the accounts last coming to us from the Pit-mouth, of the tear-blinding search made by the poor widows among the water bottles, candle boxes, leathern hats, and other lit tered chattels of the dead celliers, now drawn to the surface from that subterranean scene of destruc tion—the mere mention of the mournful search going on there, for some last sad memorials of the lost husbands, fathers, sons, and brothers now moul dering into dust together, in about two hundred graves hard by, serve very vividly and painfully to realise the poignancy of the affliction which has so abruptly desolated that little ill-fated village. It now appears that the remains of every one of the men and boys who were involved in this dread catastrophe have been recovered ; and that there i now not one of the victims but has had accorded to his dust the tribute of a solemn interment. Altogether 199 dead bodies have been raised from the middle or yard-seam--each of these 199 corpses being separately and slowly drawn to light np the ruined shaft, a cord or strap having been slung under the armpits : and thus awfully, one by one, the poor fellows have been brought within view of their weeping friends and relatives for recognition. The mere spectacle then, as the 199 dead bodies were slowly brought to bank, most of them with their dead faces calm and tranquil, as if in sleep, read, as the news come before us here at a distance like the record of some dreadful nightmare. But the fearfullest thought of all in one sense (though the most consolatory in another) was that of the scenes enacted in the coalpit, so many fathoms below the surface of the earth, from Thursday morn ling when the accident happened, up to Friday evening when (it is a solace to know this much, now almost for certain) the last survivors must in all human probability have breathed their last. The first horror of the realisation by them of their actual position down there, after the roaring fall of those twenty tons of iron down the pit-shaft with the shock as of some stupendous thunderbolt ! Yet through the very darkness of that horror it is an exquisite consolation to know that those brave, honest, gentle-hearted fellows had the holiest comfort of all to soothe their dreadful anguish—and to sweeten the last moments of their lives from what would have been only the blackest and direst despair without it. They had the in effable aid of true and practical Religion. "Ser mons in stones," says &TAMPERE, " and good in everything." No sublimer sermon has ever been preached by mortal lips than the Sermon that comes up, in accents, how affecting in their elo quence, from that Pit-mouth—from the memo- ran dum scrawled by the untrembling hand of the brave Overman, from the prayers of Hope and Love scratched on the tin cans of the dying col liers. What can be effected by "Faith" the world was told nearly two thousand years ago by Divine Lips in Palestine. And here among these poor unlettered delvers of the soil, buried in a living tomb some seventy or eighty fathoms below the surface of the earth—here, indeed, was a Faith Strong in Death—a Faith the simple remembrance of which, merely to read of it, is a consolation and an encouragement. Turning, however, from the remembrance of the men themselves—now that (to adopt and to apply to them a beautiful thought of Mr. THACKERAY'S) "they are there [pointing down], they are there [pointing up]"—turning from the remembrance of the men themselves to a momentary considera tion of their survivors, their widows and their orphan children, it is a melancholy happiness to know that already they could hardly have been better cared for. The subscriptions flowing in from all directions to swell the funds for their relief give promise of increasing rapidlyto an amount calculated to secure them all a humble competence for life. It is a noble and humanizing spectacle this evidence of an universal sympathy, from our beloved and sorrow-stricken QUEEN downwards—this evidence of the national and practical sympathy for the sufferings of these poor afflicted widows and orphans in the Northumberland village. Charleston is not to lose its harbour for ever. The United States recognises the duty of removing the obstacles at the close of the war. Even now it has only stopped some of the small inlets, and left the othera to the blockading squadrons. The removal of the sunken ships is a mere question of expense, and will certainly be effected. Such are the assurances Lord LYONS has received, and we believe them, recognizances having been entered into with two such countries as France and England. We do not believe, however, that anything but the immediate remonstrance of the two countries saved the other entrances to Charleston harbour, and also LATEST NEWS. THE WEST INDIA MAILS. ARRIVAL OF MESSRS. MASON AND SLIDELL. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The La Plata steamer arrived here this mornii - , g with the West India mails. Messrs. Mason a n d Slidell are on board. All well. The Rinaldo arrived at St. Thomas's with Mason and Slidell just in time to meet the La Plata. They are accompanied by their secretaries. The Rinaldo left Bermuda on the 10th January, having, in the first instance, attempted to enter the port of Halifax, but was unable to do so from stress of weather. The English squadron, under Commodore Dun lop's command, on its way to Vera Cruz, consisted of the Challenger, Mersey, St. George, Barracouta, Sanspareil, Desperate, and one or two others. Ad miral Milne was at Bermuda with the remainder of the fleet. The Conqueror was stranded on the Rum Key, Bahamas, and became a total wreck. It was hoped her guns, machinery, and other valuable stores would be saved. The Nile and Donegal, with some small vessels, have gone to the assistance of the Conqueror. The Spaniards took possession of Vera Cruz on the 17th of December, without opposition, the town being totally abandoned by its inhabitants. The Mexicans were about 15,000 strong at Saledad and Cordova. General Uraga, Commander-in-Chief, had an in terview with the English and French Ministers at Vera Cruz, and gave them notice that he would attack any force marching out of Vera Cruz. La Plata brings nearly 900,000 dols. in specie. THE TUSCARORA. The Tuscarora left her moorings again at eight o'clock this morning, and has sailed down the river, out of sight ; but whether gone to sea, or only out for another cruise, is not known. PARIS, JAN. 29. The Moniteur of to-day publishes the bill for the optional conversion of the Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Rente. The new bonds will bear interest from the Ist April next. The interest will be payable quar terly. Applications for conversion must be made within one month from the date of the promulgation of the present law. An Imperial decree will fix the difference (soulte) which the holders of the Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Rente will have to pay. _ _ the order of things inaugurated in Italy. Whether openly proclaimed or tacitly admitted, the principle of non-intervention has become the safeguard of peace in Europe. "The Court of Rome certainly does not expect foreign assistance for the and I ca nno t Incovery of its lost pro vinces,interests the sac / 1 - e - iieve that, for the sake of P ass of which is doubtful, it would consent to 7 L irovoke a m os t t err ibl e con fl agration. T. ... tie lessons of experience bid the Holy See re sign itself, without renouncing its rights, to practi cal transactions which would restore tranquillity in the bosom of the Catholic world, which would renew the traditions of the Papacy that has for so long a time been a shield to Italy, and would reunite to it the destinies of a nation so cruelly tried, and re• stored to itself after so many centuries. It is neces sary for us to know whether we must perish or abandon all hope of seeing the Holy See, while taking into consideration accomplished facts, apply itself to the study of a combination which would secure to the Sovereign Pontiff the permanent con ditions of dignity, security, and independence neces sary to the exercise of his authority. These ideas being accepted, we will employ sincere and energetic efforts to insure the adoption at Turin of a plan of conciliation, the bases of which we should settle with the Government of his Holiness. Italy and the Papacy would then cease to be in opposite camps, and would soon return to their natural intercourse. Thanks to the moral obligations which France has guaranteed, Rome would, in case of need, find the necessary support on the very side where danger seemed to threaten her. Such a result would excite a lively feeling of gratitude and satisfaction through out the Catholic world." M. Thouvenel requests M. de Lavalette to com municate the note to Cardinal Antonelli and to the Holy Father himself. In a note addressed to M. Thouvenel on the 18th inst., the Marquis de Lavalette states that he had had an interview with Cardinal Antonelli for the purpose of communicating M. Thouvenel's note of the 11 th inst. In previous interviews he had already expressed to the Pope the desire of the Emperor to reconcile Rome and Italy, but the Holy Father, although listening with kindness and condescen sion, always replied, " Let us await events." M. de Lavalette continues,— " I was more afflicted than surprised when Car dinel Antonelli replied to all the considerations I had submitted to him by an absolute refusal, de claring that any transaction between the Holy See and those who had despoiled it, was impossible ; and that it did not rest with the Sovereign Pontiff, any more than with the Sacred College, to cede the least particle of the territory of the Church. I then observed to Cardinal Antonelli that I completely put aside the question of right, and that my only object was to offer the Papal Government an oppor tunity of emerging from a state of things disastrous to its interests, and threatening to the peace of the Christian world." Cardinal Antonelli expressed his thanks for the affectionate interest shown by the French Govern ment. He denied that there was disunion between the Sovereign Pontiff and Italy, and said that if the Holy Father had ceased to hold intercourse with the Cabinet of Turin, his relations with Italy were excellent. Italian himself, and the first of all Italians, His Holiness suffered when they suffered. He witnessed with grief the cruel trials the Italian Church had to bear. "As regards entering into any compact with the spcilers of the Church," continued Cardinal Antonelli, "We will never do it. Any transaction on this the skin to them. The ribs are 18in deep and the same dis tance from centre to centre ; and to the inner angle-irons ordinary stringers are affixed, it being suppornd that the spaces between the ribs might very conveniently be used on ship board as shot-racks. The sides and ends of the Plates are planed so as to fit exactly 'with an ordinary jump joint; and the plate bolts are turned and counter sunk so as to fit with the utmost nicety, their length, with the screw Thread, being between 7in and Bin. It is be lieved that if a shot strikes on the head of one of these bolts (of which 46 aro used in the target) neither it nor the surrounding edge of the plate will be fractured ; but that the simple result will be to drive the bolt some what closer home, and so cause it the more nearly to be come an integral part of the plate. In building a ship, Mr. Fairbairn would give to the upper plates a peculiar al though simple claw joint, and would thus undoubtedly secure a large amount of additional constructive strength, to resist any upward or dolvnward strain while the vessel is rising to a sea, or supported mainly by two seas at the stem and stern. The plates used in the target, it should be added, have been supplied by Messrs. Brown, of Sheffield. The armour plates will have to be removed, prior to the sending of the target by rail to Woolwich, for Shoebury ness. At the latter place it will be, as the Warrior target was, subjected to a round or two from a 1001 b Arm strong gun, a 1201 b. " shunt" by the same maker, and a long 68-pounder smooth bore; these being followed by a volley from the three weapons. The results, which we are sure will be awaited with the greatest interest, will be care fully compared with those upon the other target ; and should Mr. Fairbairn's plan prove, as he anticipates, to be by far the better, there is little doubt that we shall speedily see it adopted for our future ironsides. The target will probably be sent from the foundry, Back Mather4treet, in. this city, on Monday. Dining the firing, it will, of course, have no " backing," beyond the timber supports necessary to keep it in proper position. The litonzteur publishes an explanation of the motives of the conversion, of which the following are the salient points : Holders of Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Rente who might wish to convert their bonds into Three per Cent. Rente, by buying the latter on the Bourse would have to pay a difference of Bf. They will, therefore, willingly agree to pay to the State a sum below this figure. The result of the operation will be to reduce the rate of discount and to afford industry and great enterprises facilities for providing them selves with all necessary capital. The operation is not an expedient to meet the temporary wants of the Treasury, but is conceived in the interest of public prosperity. The Obligations Trentenaires can be exchanged for the New Three per Cent. Rentes, at the rate of 20f. Rente for each Obli gation, without the payment of any difference. A delay of two months will be granted to holders of Four-and-a-Half per Cent. or Obligation Tren tenaires who may be resident in Europe and Algeria, but not in France ; and of one year to those who are not resident in Europe or Algeria. TURIN, JAN. 28. The Opinione of to-day says—Chiavono has de clared himself willing to surrender. His band, which was supposed to have been dissolved, is assembled at Terracina, where, it is asserted by some, it will embark for Calabria, while others be lieve its destination is Sicily. A report is current that General Bosco will join Chiavone. ROME, JAN. 27. The Pope has declared that be will not send a Nuncio to St. Petersburg until the Czar has released Canon Bialobrziski and the priests confined in the citadel of Warsaw, and has recalled those who were transported to Siberia. The Pope desires that Russia should give guarantees to the Catholic Church. The first acts of the new Archbishop of Warsaw are im patiently awaited. A denial has been given to the report that Car dinals Patrici, Mattei, and Reissach had made re presentations to his Holiness, with the object of showing the demagogic character of the Polish movement. BERLIN, JAN. 28. The intended j.urney of the Crown Princess to England, on a visit to her Royal mother, is ex pected to take place shortly. MADRID, JAN. 27, EVENING. In to-day's sitting of the Congress, Marshal O'Donnell expressed his approval of the conduct of General Serrano, and declared that Vera Cruz was occupied in the name of the three Powers. FRANCE. PARIS, JAN. 28, EVENING. In to day's sitting of the Corps Legislatif the Pre sident, Count Morny, in his opening speech, said:— " In the whole world there does not exist a single Government nor a single people which is not dis tressed by a grave crisis. Old societies are dissolv ing, new ones are becoming modified. Amid this work of transformation, and notwithstanding the difficulties in commercial and agricultural affairs, France alorie has remained calm, confident, and prosperous." Count Morny then alluded to the late reforms, and expressed his belief that the Corps Legislatif would readily vote the Bill for the conversion of the Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Rentes. Count Morny said that, 136 fore the discussion of the Address came on, he should wish to prohibit the delivery of written speeches. The report on the general state of the Empire — a collection of diplomatic documents—and the bill for the conversion of the Four-and-a• Half per Cent. Rentes were then laid on the table of the House. Count Morny said that, considering the urgency of the question, a committee should be appointed on Thursday next to examine the bill for the conver sion of the Rente. . Some deputies having, however, objected to this course, the Chamber deferred its decision until to. morrow. Among the diplomatic correspondence laid to-day on the table of the Corps Legisiatif is a note from M. Thouvenel to the Marquis de Lavalette, French Ambassador at Rome, dated January 11, of which the following is a summary : " In recognising the Kingdom of Italy the Em peror's Government acted under the conviction that the restoration of past dynasties was no longeipos sible. " Among the Catholic monarchies, three only-- namely, Austria, Spain, and Bavaria—have refrained from renewing official relations with Turin. No Cabinet, however, thinks of reacting by force against ground is impossible. The Sovereign Pontiff, as well as the Cardinals, before being nominated, bind themselves by oath never to cede any of the terri tory of the Church. The Holy Father will, there fore, make no concession of that nature. A con clave of Cardinals would have no right to do so, neither would a new Pope, nor any of his succes sors from century to century. " With reference to the question of your Excel lency, whether there is any hope of an arrangement, I believe it to be my duty to reply in the negative." A letter from Cardinal Antonelli to M. de Lava lette, dated the 18th inst., states that, having re ceived the orders of the Holy Father, he (Cardinal Antonelli) confirms the answer which he had already given verbally to M. de Lavalette. BOURSE, Jan. 28.—There has been rather less business doing, but the market has been firm, and previous prices maintained. Threes, for the Ac count, are now at 71f. 25c. The following are the last quotations :- 4i per per Cents ... 99 50 Credit Foncier 1270 Do. end month.... 99 601 Belgian 4t — 3 per Cents .. 71 15 j Piedmontese Fives. 64 50 Do. end month.... 71 25 Roman Bank Shares — Austrian .. Credit Mobilier 745 Spanish Threes.... Do. Account .. 747 50 I Home Debt B.AILWAYB. Cash. Account. Orleans 1345 .. 1346 25 Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1082 50 .. 1085 -- G eneva 350 .. 351 25 Southern 6BB 75 .. 690 Western .. 545 75 .. 546 25 Eastern Sardinian 330 .. 332 50 Austrian Lorebard 5 28 75 .. 530 THE FEDERAL FRIGATE TUSCA.RO.RA SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY EVENING. There is at last a probability of the Federal steam frigate Tuscarora leaving the Southampton Waters in the course of a few hours, but her destination is kept a profound secret by her officers. Many of them have been on shore to-day making purchases, and stores in some quantities have been sent off to the ship by the purveyors. One of the principal officers stated this afternoon that the vessel was merely going for a cruise of three or four days' duration, and that she would make Southampton River her head quarters for a long time to come. This assertion, however, must be taken for just as much as it is worth. There is a rumour afloat, but which we cannot trace to any reliable source, that our Government have intimated to the commanders of both the Nashville and the Tuscarora they had better make themselves " scarce." It is high time some decisive steps were taken regarding them—the Tuscarora at any rate ; for it was only last night that one of her petty officers was drunk in the streets, abusing and threatening everybody, and the police very properly made him safe by giving him a night's gratuitous lodging in one of the cells of the station-house. _ _ Early this morning her Majesty's screw frigate Shannon, 51 guns, came up from Spithead and an chored just off Calshot Castle, midway be tween Cowes and Southampton. The object of her visit is not exactly known, but it may be pre sumed that it has some reference to the belligerent vessels. At any rate it is a very unusual circum stance for one of her Majesty's ships of war to anchor in this spot. Her Majesty's frigate Daunt less has been fully equipped for sea some time, and is ready to heave anchor at a moment's notice. RUMOURED CONFEDERATE VICTORY AT PORT ROYAL.—The Asia has brought intelligence from New York of a battle having been fought on the 12th of January, on the main land, in the vicinity of Port Royal, between General Lee's forces and the Federal troops, resulting in the total defeat of the latter, with a loss of 1,700 killed and wounded. The Washington Government, we are informed, had taken steps to suppress the news of this reverse,which, nevertheless, has reached a highly respectable party in Liverpool, through a private channel. A Galway correspondent says that the present directors of the Atlantic Company are fast preparing to have everything ready for a good start when the proper time arrives. Mr. Mangles, chairman of the West India Royal'Mail Company, and deputy-chairman of the Atlantic Company, visited Galway some time ago, and sailed down the bay, making himself thoroughly conversant with every matter pertaining to, or likely to affect, the company. Th e Hibernia has been double -plated and raised six feet. A hurricane deck has also been added to her, and the spon sons, being now much higher and larger, give her a noble and commanding appearance over the water. She will be out of the builder's hands in a few weeks, and the Columbia and Anglia will soon follow, after having undergone the same alterations. When these boats are fairly out of the builder's hands the company need not fear a minute inspec tion from even the most inveterate opponents of the Gal way line. I believe the company will be perfectly pre pared to resume the sailings by the end of May, but I do not think they could safely say a day sooner. Captain Th o mpson, the resident sup er i n t en d en t a t G a l wa y, has re signed, and is succeeded by I\4. J on es, late passeng er clerk to the company. FAZIOAIRN'S PLAN FOR ARMOUR-CASED SHIPS. Mr. William Fairbairn, LL.D., F.R.S., has just com pleted for the Admiralty a target embodying the principles which he considers will prove superior to those adopted in any vessel yet constructed or commenced, for armour-cased ships ; and in a few days it will be bent to Woolwich, preparatory to being submitted to the same tests as were applied to the target representing an actual section of the Warrior's side. It is known to those who have paid at tention to the discussions on the subject, that Mr. Fair bairn holds that the more solid the backing given to the armour plates, the greater will be the resistance offered by the plates themselves, whether to the pene trating or crushing action of shot. The experiments with the Warrior target were not altogether satisfactory ; and others made about the same time, with single plates, strongly confirmed Mr. Fairbairn's views. Thus, a single plate was fixed against a slab of iron, another on a block of granite, a third to 3ft. of solid oak, and a fourth to oak and teak, with indiarubber between the plate and the timber. The first was indented by the shot, bnt very slightly ; the second suffered more, but still stood well ; the third was penetrated and considerably bulged ; and into and through the fourth, as well as a good deal of its backing, the shot penetrated with ease. The law seemed to be established, in fact, that in proportion to the in creased elasticity of the substance behind the plate, was the decrease of the resistance of the plate itself. Mr. Fairbairn proposes, therefore, to use nothing but iron in the construction of vessels of war; and his opinions, if verified, while not favourable to the plan adopted in ships of the Warrior and Defence classes, and to be adopted in the Achilles and others ordered, would amount to a condemnation of such vessels as the Royal Oak, Caledonia, &c., which are ordinary wood vessels protected by armour plates. All of them are great improvements, no doubt, over wooden vessels; but unless Mr. Fairbairn is proved to be mistaken, none of them will equal, in natural duration or in powers of resistance, vessels which ought to be supplied as speedily as possible. The Warrior, so far as she is armour-plated, has her sides thus composed :—The armour plates, 41in. thick attached to iron, forming a perfect skin, sin. thick, supported by ribs of fin. iron, llin. deep, and the whole backed by 9in. of oak and 9in. of teak. The bolts fastening the armour plates pass through the timber as well as the iron skin, and, are screwed inside; they are thus necessarily about 2ft. 3in. long—a long bolt being comparatively a weak one. Her plates are grooved into each other, and experiments have proved that the grooves are points of weakness. Of course, the weight of the plated portions of a ship is a matter of great importance; and the Admiralty stipulated, before ordering Mr. Fairbairn's new target, that it should not exceed, size for size, the weight of that representing the side of the War rior. Increased weight might become a serious drawback constructively; and it would not have allowed a fair coT.n parison of results arrived at experimentally. Mr. Fair bairn's target is 20ft by 10ft, and weighs 31 tons, of which the armour plates represent one half ; a target of the same size cut from the Warrior would weigh 32 tons. Four plates, 4in thick are used—the upper and the lower being each 20ft long and 3ft 4in deep; between them being two plates 9ft long, separated so as to leave an opening equal to a port hole of the Warrior. The plates are affixed by tin bolts to lin iron representing the skin of the ship ; behind it being ribs lin thick, with 4in angle-irons at each edge, lin rivets being used in.fastening the angle -irons and affixing TREATMENT OF NEURALGIA. The Lancet, of Saturday last, in its report of the London hospitals, states that "the following cases of neuralgia, ex tracted frem the case book of Dr. O'Connor, are representa tives of a large class of a similar character, which have come under his care at the Royal Free Hospital. They illus trate the success attending the use of the valerianate of am monia as a remedy in the severer forms of this malady. Dr. O'Connor informs us that this drug, if retained in a state of crystallisation, rapidly decomposes, arid is uncer tain in its action. It should be kept in solution ; and the smallest dose he is in the habit of giving of the latter is equal to 20 grains of the crystal. " Case I—J. R—, a man aged 46 years, a porter, un married, was admitted Nov. 9th, complaining of excruciat ing pain in the right side of the face, commencing near the malar bone, from thence extending to the nose, over the whole of the upper, and then to the lower jaw. He has been subject to the pain for ten years; it is gene rally most severe about eight o'clock at night ; but he is never totally free from it. For the last week it has been most excruciating, and he has had scarcely any sleep. Ha has been under the care of many medical men, and sought advice at various institutions, without benefit. Dr. O'Connor ordered him a dose of compound powder of jalap to be taken directly, and a draught of three drachms of Bastick's solution of the valerianate of ammonia in infusion of calumba every three hours. " On Nov. 16th he agaia presented himself at the hospi, tal, when he said that after taking two doses of the med i> tine the pain was considerably relieved, and that ha had no occasion to have recourse to the remedy after the sixth dose. He is now well and free from pain. " Case 2.—P. B.—, a married woman, aged 31, ad mitted on the same day as the foregoing; has two chil dren. For a number of years she has been subject to at tacks of neuralgia, which come on generally about five o'clock of an afternoon, and continue with great severity for five hours. The pain seizes her first behind the right ear, extends to the nape of the neck and back of the head, and frequently shoots with great rapidity along to the malar bone, then to the lower jaw; and she is suddenly seized with pain at the region of the heart. She is suffer ing from aortio valvular disease. At times the pains are so severe that she cannot bear the slightest blast of wind, and is obliged to roll herself on the floor. She was ordered three drachms of the solution of the valsrianate of ammonia in infusion of calumba every three hours. " On Nov, 13th she was very much better; has had only three attacks since the 9th. The medicine to be continued, " 23d.—Has had no pain since the 18th. g 4 C a se 3.—R. P—, a married woman, aged 42 ; has had eight children ; works as a laundress ; has suffered from neuralgia of the fifth pair on the left side for nearly 20 years, and has sought advice at many hospitals with only temporary relief. 'When the paroxysm is most severe, the pain extends to the side of the neck and shoulder—it also causes deafness. She is obliged to go to bed, and cannot take any food, the slightest motion causing intense agony. For ten years back the paroxysms have been more severe and of longer duration. She was admitted, under the earn of Dr. O'Connor, on the 13th of November, whilst in se vere agony ; had no sleep the previous night ; her health is otherwise good; and the teeth perfectly sound. Sho was ordered four drachms of the solution of valerianate of am monia, in infusion of calumba, to be taken every three hours; a dose of compound powder of jalap directly. On the 27th she states that after a few doses of the me dicine the pain diminished, and on the following day it entirely disappeared. Jan. 8, 1862—This woman became an out-patient from an attack of influenza. She states that since the 28th No vember she has not had any return of pain. "Case 4—L. C-----, aged 49, a married woman, admitted on the 20th November. She has had nine children; has been for nearly ten years subject to severe attacks of neu ralgia of the right side of the face, right eye, and the tongue. These paroxysms came on generally at 8 o'clock in the morning, and 4 in the afternoon, and as soon as she puts anything into her mouth she describes the pain as insufferable. Her health is otherwise good, and her teeth are all sound, She was ordered a draught composed of four drachms of the solution of valerianate of ammonia, in in fusion of valerian, to be taken every two hours, and to be repeated oftener if the pain continued in its severity. "Nov. 30—She states that since the 27th she has had seund s leep every night, and the paroxysms of pain only come on once a day, and then of much milder character. The medicine to be taken every six hours. "Dee. 14—Has had no return of pain since the Ist, and now feels quite well," A deputation from Pontefract, consisting of Mr. Dr. Lengstaff, J.P., Mr. Joseph Walker, and Mr, G. S. Robson, and accompanied by Mr. Milnes, M.P., and Mr. Childers, M.P., had an interview with the Right Hon. C. P. 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