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D RURY-LANE THEATRE ROYAL. LeEs, Mr. B. T. SMITTI. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE of the PAN TOMIME every WEDNESDAY, at Two o'Clock. THIS EVENING, LOUIS THE ELEVENTH. Messrs. Charles Kean, J. F. Cathcart, Everett, H. Mars ton, Atkins, Misses Chapman and Mrs. Charles Kean. 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 pie-eminently dis tinguished, the New Grand Comic Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN and the HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT; or, Old Mother Hubbard and hei IS onderful Dog. " If a man do build a dwelling upon common land fr. - im 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 eon tt aty 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 under 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 her 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. Will-o'-the-Wisp Ignes Fatui—Mdlles. Sidney, Travers, Barnes, A. Barnes, Livermore; Webb, Taylor, Braithwaite,Hammilton, Stap lev, Harris, Candy, Copeland, Archer. Hawkins, Delaney, Wilson, Williams, Robinson, Wood, Watson, and Hamel on. Grand Ballet, Chagne-a-Lanterne, by the Misses GUN. NISS and the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet. The Invocation I The Incantation I I and the Evapora tion I I THE VILLAGE GREEN AND ROADSIDE ALE HOUSE. QOld Grype (the Steward), Mr. Glindon ; Old Seratche ua Clerk), Mr. Tanner • Tenantry, Messrs. Cringe, e raPe, Shuffle, Cut, Packo'ff, 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 ragon, Mr. Scalyfellow ; V a l en ti ne , M r . F e bby err y O rson, Mr. Wildman ; Still-Walk er , M r . Longle g s; B ear - Warden, Mr. Smnggins ; the Bear, Mr. Huggins ; Land lord, Mr. Trebles ; Morris-Dancers, Messrs. Trip, Tap, Flap, &c., &c. ; Jack Padding, Mr. Merryman. uowthat the Squire celebrates his birthday, and the Village Re velfollows—Coming of Age in th e Olden Time I How the Tenantry treated in one way and how Jack is rented 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 .nd the Di v i s i on of Labour—Figures of Fun (from the f.,,socy-store of Dyk wyn k yn) Messrs. Mason, Dra i np i pes, Carpenter, Rodman, Old Brick, and Young Shaver, Lilli putian Labourers, Pigmy Plasterers, Tiny Tilers, Minia ture Masons, Baby Bricklayers, Sh or t S aw y ers , D war f 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 Deg, By Himself; The Cow Madame Brindle; The Priest (" Al l sh aven and shorn" Mr. Mr. Jollyman; The Cock (" That crowed in th e Morn" ) Master Cocky-doodle doo. Realisation of the famous Picture in the National Gal lery of Little Britain, taken (by permission) for Boys, from a rare work in the collection of Master Smith, London. FROGPOOL IN THE MARSHES (Twilight). Song, " Will o' the Wisp," composed by J. 11. Tully, Esq. Row the Squire goes Hunting and loses his way and lus temper, and what follows in consequence—Another curious instance of Canine sagacity—Bull-frogs, Masters Hop, S kip, Jump, Creak, &c. SQUASH-HOLLOW SWAMP AND BED OF BULRUSHES. 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 The Transformation. Harlequins Messy. CORMACK and ST. MAINE. Columbines Pantaloons Clown s Grotesque 1861-1862 . Mr. STILT. SPRITES by the RIDGWAYS and SUWELL FAMILY. 1 .--EXTEKIOR OF TWO SHOPS IN " UP-OR DO WN" STREET. Messrs. Yuline, St. Maine, Tanner, and Miss S. Gunnies. Christnas Presents—every Man (and Boy) to his Post, even the Post-Man—Clown rides the high horse, which Erovesais rock a-head—Two Young Men from the Country, and Gown gets over them—a Sewing Machine (not a poor Neeclewoman)—a thorough Blow out—a Man in very re ducd circumstance—Clown finds the Fruits of stealing Aples in an elephantine way—a Band of Brothers—the Pike in Great and Small Force—Clown gets into a row aid blows up a policeman—the end of this scene is all rustle—N.B. Not Crinoline 2.—THE GREAT SENSATION KITCHEN. Messrs. Forrest, Cormack, Morley, and Miss Gunnies. Harlequin seeks Protection, although a Free-trader — The Cook's Guide—Clown tries to take the chair—the head ieh 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 ( , ) ,Nvn trap, an d kill s a Blue-bottle, which proves a bad puzz-ness for him—a Lecture on the Gorilla, by a well 'mown 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•Loul, only on the Quiet—Clown makes a Tremendous Christmas Tree— late arrivals—Messrs. Neverintime, Toolate, Dearme, and Blessrae—Clown burns his fingers (not the only person that has done so)—Clown gives Good Bail and finds a Bale 0 goods. 4.—The SEA-SIDE. The Sands! The Sands I I The Sands! I 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 i n 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 Divided Interest—a sudden Squall (Children and all) • --The latest Novelty in Parrchutes. Scene--A DISMAL SWAMP—After a storm a calm nopears, a HARLEQUIN'S HOME ON HIS THRONE OP 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. A MOST DESIRABLE BREAKFAST BEVERAGE. PPS'S COCOA. J (Commonly called Epps's Iromeeopathic Cocoa). The delicious aroma, grateful smoothness, and invigo rating power of this preparation have procured its general adoption as a most desirable breakfast beverae. and lib packets, at Is. 6d. per lb., by Grocers. DR. CULVERWELL'S LAST NEW WORK, OURSELVES. Price Is., by post Is. lei. ; of Mario, 2 t, Cornhill. On Spermatorrhcea, Syphilis, Stricture, haemorrhoids, (fleets, ,i 3. Marriage ; Impediments r emo v e d , and healthy Offspring secured. Dr. C. may be consulted daily till 12. at The Post-office Turkish Baths, 19. St. Martin's-le-G rand; and from 1 till 9 p.m. at 3, G reat Marlborou g h- street, w, DR. 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QELF-PRESERVATION.--A popular Essay on kJ Nervous and Physical Debility, resulting from injurious habits contracted in youth, or excesses in maturity, which, by prematurely exhausting the functions of Manhood, de stroy the happiness of Married Life or prevent the fulfil ment of engagements which constitute the most cherished objects of existence. By Dr. LAWERT, 37, Bedford-square, London. Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh; Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, &c. The above work contains most useful and interesting information on the physiological changes which occur hi the Reproduotive System during the periods of youth, puberty, and manhood ; and on the due attainment of that degree of functional vigour upon which the hopes of posterity depend. It also points out how all the attributes of Man hood can be preserved to an advanced period of life, how they are lost, and how they can be recovered. 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The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in busi ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive. intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grosemith's "Government upon First Prin ciples." Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. The Fourth Edition, Just Published, Bvo, in cloth, price ss. by post free, ss. 6d. ON TRUE and FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA ; with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors In relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from De bility of the Generative system, or Sexual Hypochrondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. " Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practical contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medical reader. 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This life-restoring remedy should be taken by all about to marry, as its effects are permanent. It is acknowledged by the medical press to be the greatest discovery ever made. Success in every case is as certain as that water quenches thirst Dr. Ricord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in structions for use, at 118., or four quantities in one for 335., and will be sent to any part of the world, carefully packed, on receipt of remittance or post-office order payable to Prout and Co., Patent Medicine Warehouse, 229, Strand, London. (Entered at Stationers' Hall.) MR. BRIGIIT ON _AMERICAN AFFAIRS. The anniversary dinner of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce was held last night at the Plough and Harrow Inn, Edgcbaston, Mr. Bright in the chair. In reply to the toast or" The Borough 'Members," Mr. BRIGHT addressed the meeting at some length. After some prefatory observations he said it was matter for deep regret that there were so few Chambers of Commerce in the kingdom, and that their influence had hitherto been so feeble and in effectual. Those institutions had taken too timid and hesitating a course, fearing to entertain many questions of vital interest to the trade and com merce of the country, because they might be mixed up with party polities, or because their discussion might be inconvenient toa Minister. If a commer cial question w as w to in be set t oe aside merely h etreelir c y because it had a of Commerce dismissed ticii*Wetaries and turned the key in their doors the better.' Nearly 25 years ego the Manchester Chamber of Cominerce was not deterred by such a bug)ear from taking up the subject ; and the result of their en deavours of familiar history. There of matter was not a family in England, from the palace to fiscal changes thus achieved. One cottage, en whi c h h a d no t rece i ved t exciting grea t pu bli c i nterest question,h the eu e fi h t u s m f r b aot l m e humblest rhees was the subject of maritime law and the rights of neutrals. When a proposal was made on the ques tion States' Govern ment, several yea of s r b y the United Chambers of Comm erce ex pressed an opinion in its favour. The proposal was that peaceful commerce on the oceans should no longer be molested by those who carried on war. That was a principle which might have been ex pected to receive the approval of every man con nected with commercial pursuits. But the matter had not been pressed, and no result was come to with regard to it. It was said, indeed, that the rule of exempting private property from capture could not be adopted, because when nations were at war it was desirable that they should do all th e h arm i n their power to the enemy in order to drive him the sooner to sue for peace. But if there was any force in that argument, why was it not equally applied to warfare on land as well as at sea ? The extension of that rule which civilisation sanctioned would strip war of some of its worst evils. Some persons said we ought not to give up the present system because England was supreme at sea and was able to do the greatest amount of mischief to her rivals in war; but if she was supreme at sea, she was also supreme in the amount of her property afloat. For we had almost always on the ocean probabl— y not less than 100 millions sterling. If therefore, unhappily, we were at war with s maritime nation, such as the United States, there was no manner of doubt that our commerce would suffer infinitely more damage than we could inflict on any othe r c o un t r y. Well, that was a question with which he thought Chambers of Commerce ought to deal, and not allow imaginary and speculative politi cs to b ear down their own honest convict ions and intelligence. Another point, which some thought wholly politi cal, but which was strongly commercial, was the growing and extravagant public expenditure. When Sir R. Peel, 20 years ago, brought forward his tariff, he estimated the expenditure at £50,000,000, and the revenue at £48,000,000. The deficit was made up by the income tax. Last year our estimates amounted to nearly £70,000,000, so that within that period no less a sum than probably £300,000,000 sterling had been taken from the people in increased taxes—an amount equal to all the dividends of all the railways in the kingdom. (Hear.) Now, it might be quite necessary that the expenditure should have been increased, but the question was certainly one which the guardians of the commerce of England would be justified in thoroughly exa mining, inasmuch as the absorption of so much money unproductively must necessarily cripple the commerce of the country. Another question which was at this moment exciting considerable interest in the whole country, and an intense anxiety in the district from which he came, related to the supply of cotton. At this moment the peril which had been so often foreshadowed had fallen. He alluded to the various steps which he had taken in Parlia ment so far since as 1848, with the view to institute inquiries relative to the obstacles in the way of cultivation of cotton in India. Valuable informa tion had been obtained, and for the purpose of turning it to practical account he had suggested in 1850 that a royal commission should be issued. But nothing was done. Nothing was ever done here so long as no great catastrophe happened. He was told that his fears respecting an interruption of the supply from a country where slave labour was so largely used were groundless, and the President of the Board of Trade opposed his motion. It had required no great prescience to foresee what would come to pass, because every man must know that in a country whose constitution declared in its car dinal point all men were free and equal the insti tution of slavery must by some means or other one day come to an end and the industrial organisation of the South be paralysed, if not wholly destroyed. He had not the smallest doubt that if after that committee had sat there had been in every district a real effective Government, giving a fair chance to the industry of the most docile people in the world, and to a climate and soil most favourable to the production of every thing we required, any amount of cotton necessary for the manufactures of this country might have been obtained, even though the cessation of supply from the United States had been more total and more continuous than he hoped it might be. (Hear, hear.) He did not wish to underrate the gravity of the present crisis in Lancashire. Whatever might be done in India, or in any other country, could only be done by slow degrees; in no one year was it possible for any Government to repair the neglect of the last 16, 20, or it might be 60 years. There fore, looking at the slowness with which new sup plies would come in, and at the great uncertainty of everything now passing in North America, no question was worthy of more serious consideration from the Government and the country than the pre sent position of Lancashire. They had, as was gene rally the case in all great questions that came before the world, much nonsense talked upon American affairs, They were told the blockade was a paper one and totally ineffective, and yet at the same time they were told that it was a grievous calamity be cause it was so effective—(a laugh) —and that it was necessary to break it. Now, they knew that while cotton was lying at New Orleans and could be bought at eight cents, or 4d, per lb, if it could be landed at Liverpool it would fetch readily from is to is 2d per lb. They knew, likewise, by the ac counts from the South, that almost everything they imported, if, indeed, there were any imports at all in the country, was selling at five and even ten times the ordinary price, and whatever they might say of a ship escaping the blockade now and then, he believed it could be demonstrated that never was in the history of the world a blockade so effective as that now existing, and over so long a line of coast. That, however, was no particular advantage to us who wish to have some of the produce of the Southern States. He mentioned it only to show that the pre tences for interference on that ground were vain and foolish. People did not appear to understand that in terference meant war. There was a general impres sion that, somehow or other, America had gone to the dogs, and that this country with its vast fleet might do anything it pleased with it. Supposing anybody had asked in 1850 whether the United States was a Power which it was easy to trample upon, every body would have replied " No." But at this very moment the population of the States, still under the, Government of Washington, was greater than the population of all the States of the American Union in 1850, and the white population of the strictly Slave States was greater now than the white popu lation of all the Stales in that year; while, mom over, 99 per cent., indeed he might say the whole of whatever there was of maritime wealth and power in the Union belong now, as it belonged before, to the North, and not to the South. Therefore, unless we went upon the principle that when we found a man to whom you were very civil when he had not met with an accident, and his limbs were all sound, when we found him with a broken arm we might meddle with him without danger to ourselves, nothing could be more ignorant or foolish than the idea that the United States, as at present existing and governed from Washington, was a Power that could be trampled upo❑ as though it were a few disconnected provinces, a prey to anarchy, which any one might insult and injure at his plea sure. He believed he spoke the sentiments of the merchants, manufacturers, and workpcople of Lancashire when he said that any of those extremes of interference and war which certain politicians anti newspapers advanced, would not only be peril ous, but absolutely fatal to the interests of that county. If cotton be now ls. per lb., it could not be obtained from America, through war, at less than ss. a lb.; and if there were men and families—as he owned there were hundreds, and perhaps thousands —who scarcely knew where to-morrow's food was to come from, still it would be the cheapest thing that England ever did to subsidise those families till better days came round, rather than we should engage in an unjust and violent attempt to break a legal blockade, to declare war against a people anxious to be friendly with us, and who were only engaged in an endeavour which would be here re garded as patriotic—viz., maintaining the integrity of their Government and sustaining the permanence of their nationality. (Hear.) He believed that the interests of Lancashire absolutely at that moment depended on a perfect and, he should say, friendly neutrality on the part of our Government. So far back as August last he said that the speediest and surest mode of our obtaining cotton was through the success of the Government of the United States. He said so still. As affairs were advancing in that country every one must see that the monster crime of slavery had received a blow from which it could never recover ; that, if it continued to exist, it would no longer be an aggressive and political power, and when it ceased to be that, we might rely upon it, the moral sense and Christian feeling of that nation would take care that it should not permanently en dure. (Cheers.) He referred to the fact that at the meetings of the Liverpool and Manchester Chambers of Commerce those bodies were in favour of absolute neutrality on the question ; but he had been told that the other day a newspaper which professed to guide, to influence, and some times, he trusted, for the sake of human nature, was found to insult public opinion, was even taunting the people of Lancashire with the idea that they were coming to Government for subsidies in order that their people might live. No such notion had ever entered the minds of the men of property or of any other class in Lancashire. Among the working classes there were numbers who had not spent everything they had earned in better years, while, op the other hand, there was also great wealth and great liberality, and jan almost incalculable amount of property which might be called upon in case of extremity to assist the suffering. At present there was a disposition among the working people which everybody must admire ; they knew the cause of this disaster, that it was not the fault of their employers, nor of their Govern ment ; they trusted that this sore trouble would not rest on them too heavily or too long ; and they be- lieved that there would be an honest and honour able desire among all, from the highest to the lowest, to help each other through the difficulty, and an earnest endeavour, if possible, to prevent the recur rence of such a calamity. (Cheers.) The hon. gen tleman next, at some length, alluded to the duties of Chambers of Commerce, and to their usefulness if carried on in a liberal and pacific spirit; He wished that those chambers were united in an asso ciation, which would give them a hundredfold more weight and influence with the Government ; and when that time came they might rely on it that if there were yet battles to be fought and victories to be won in that field those struggles would cause much less labour, much less expense, and much less anxiety than some of those conquests in which dur ing the last 20 years it had been, he acknowledged —ho would not say his misfortune, but his pride, to have borne a part. (Cheers.) The meeting was afterwards addressed by Mr. Adderley, M.P., M. Latour (French Consul), Mr. Dawson (Chairman of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce), and other gentlemen. PRESENTATION OF A TESTIMONIAL TO TEE BIGIIT 110 N. T. 111. GIBSON, 111. P. Yesterday an address and testimonial were pre sented to the Right Hon. T. M. Gibson, M.P., at a public breakfast, in Freemason's Hall, iu comme moration of his services in procuring the repeal of the taxes on knowledge. A large and influential company assembled on the occasion, and the gal , lery was nearly filled with ladies, who took a deep interest in the proceedings. W: Ewart, Esq., M P., occupied the chair, supported by Mr. Sheriff Cockerell and Mr. Sheriff Twentyman ; and among the gentlemen present were Alderman Salomons, M.P., Sir S. M, Peto, M.P., Sir C. Douglas, M.P., Sir F. Goldsmid, M.P., W. Crawford, Esq., M.P., J. White, Esq., M.P., E. Baynes, Esq., M.P., A. S. Ayrton, Esq., M.P., Samuel Morley, Esq., C. Knight, Esq., S. C. Hall, Esq., Robert Chambers, Esq., Dr. Gray (of the Dublin Freeman),Thornton Hunt, Esq., Lucas, Esq., Vizetelly, Esq., &o. Mr. FRANCIS read notes from Mr. Cobden, Mr. Thackeray, and Mr. Bright, regretting their in ability to be present. The CHArRMAN having given the usual loyal toasts in appropriate and felicitous terms, called upon Mr. Francis to read the following address : " Sir,—We meet to-day to commemorate the total extinc tion of the taxes upon literature and the Press, and to avail ourselves of the opportunity to ask you to accept a testimo nial as a mark of our appreciation of your services during the time you were president of the associations formed for the purpose of obtaining - the repeal of those taxes. It may not be inappropriate here to advert to the history of this movement. Twelv6 years have now elapsed since systematic efforts were commenced for this purpose. "Two associations were then formed—one by gentlemen connected with the Press, regarding the taxes from their literary and commercial aspects ; the other known as the "Association for Promoting the Repeal of the Taxes on Knowledge," assailing these imposts more particularly by popular and political arguments. This latter association took from the first comprehensive action in respect to the three taxes—the Press Association, on the other hand, de termined to direct its efforts to each tax in succession ; both I associations, however, looking forward to the total extinc tion of Press taxation, as the final object of their labours. "The advertisement duty was the first object of attack. It was regarded as one of the fiscal errors committed when the true principle of taxation was comparatively unknown —as a barrier tbetween buyer and seller, and consequently not only a burden upon literary enterprise, but an impedi ment to trade and labour seeking a market through the ad vertising columns of the newspaper. The representations made to the Government and the House of Commons, as to the injurious character of this tax, were at length effective, and on the 4th of August, 1853, the duty upon advertise ments was repealed. " The compulsory stamp became the next object of our movement. The penny stamp was viewed as a prohibition upon cheap newspapers, so important as agents of com munication, especially amongst the humbler classes of society. The repeal was therefore urged as a matter of justice and sound policy. It was felt that the abolition of this tax would lead to the establishment of good penny newspapers, and thus prove a measure of safety against the issue of journals of a demoralising tendency. The result has shown that the opinions held by yourself and thosewb.o acted with you were correct. Notwithstanding the strong opposition that was encountered both in and out of Parlia ment, the views of the friends of repeal happily prevailed, and on the 15th of June, 1855, the second of the taxes Upon knowledge was abolished, leaving to the friends of compl ete freedom one final struggle. " For years, literature of all kinds has bee n tending to cheapness—to a large demand at low prices, instead of a `small demand at high prices. But the tax u p on paper pressed most injuriously upon the fund for tin romuneratiou London : 11. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. ARGYLL ROOMS.—GREAT SUCCESS ! ! The Band and Musical arrangements under the direc tion of M. BOULCORT, Conductor and principal Cornet. In addition to the Laurent Valse, Strauss .2 uadrille, and novel ties of last week, A NEW POLKA, by M. Boulcourt, the Solos performed by him and M. Greebe. Admission Is. Manager, M. P. Grenet. THE WESTMINSTER MURDER. A notification was received yesterday at the gaol of Newgate, directing that the sentence of death passed upon William Maloney at the October ses sion of the Central Criminal Court, for the murder of his wife, should be commuted to that of penal ser vitude for life. As so long a time has elapsed since the trial, the public may probably have forgotten the circumstances under which the conviction of the pri soner took place, and which were of a somewhat extraordinary character. The prisoner was an Irish labourer, and he lived with his wife in Legge-court, Westminster, and they were in the habit of getting drunk and quarrelling, and on the day before the murder, they had been to a funeral, and both of them drank very freely, as is usual upon such occa sions among the lower order of Irish people. The prisoner went home to his dinner, and very soon afterwards, without any alarm or quarrel appearing to have taken place, the deceased woman was found mortally wounded in the throat, and she died with out giving any explanation of the circumstances under which the injury was received. The state ment made by the prisoner was, that he had quar relled with his wife on account of her having got drunk on the previous day, and that she, in a fit of passion, exclaimed that she would have no more quarrelling, and inflicted the injury upon herself with a knife that was upon the table at which they had been dining. The moat singular part of the case was that after the first examination had taken place before the magistrate, a witness, a man named Saunders, came forward, who stated that, being on the look out for lodgings, he happened quite accidentally to down Legge -court at the time the affair occurred, and that he looked into the prisoner's room and actually saw him stab the deceased in the neck. He was severely cross-examined by the prisoner's counsel, and also questioned at considerable length by Mr. Justice Pyles, who tried the prisoner, but his an swers appeared to be very satisfactory, and the jury evidently believed the evidence he had given, as they convicted the prisoner. They, however, recom mended him to mercy, upon the ground that they believed the deceased had excited and provoked him before he committed the act. The prisoner, ever since his conviction, has continued to assert in the most positive manner that he is innocent of the crime, and when the announcement was made to him of the commutation of the capital punishment, he again declared that his wife destroyed herself, and that he had been unjustly convicted. A telegram was received at Lloyd's yesterday, via Alexandria, announcing the destruction by fire off Port Philip Heads, of the Empress of the Seas, a fine ship of 1,360 tons register, bound for England. The gold and pas sengers are stated to have been saved. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills, for the Cure of Biliousness, Liver and Stomach Complaints, and General Debility.—This medicine is so well known in every part of the world, and the cures affected by it are so wonderful, that it now stands in no need of public eulogy. Its pre eminence as a remedy for bilious and liver complaints and disorders of the stomach and chest is no longer a matter of dispute or doubt. In these diseases, the beneficial effects of these invaluable Pills are so permanent and extensive that the whole system is renovated, the organs of digestion s t re ngthened, a free and easy respiration promoted, and both physical and moral energy are increased. Plain directions for the use of this admirable medicine, at once so mild and efficacious, are affixed to each box. Holloway's Fills are always safe, and act as gentle aperients, Kee_i e.,e L7zJ .. F .. ( • :,' , $6. 4 ', ' •A V - A i „ e f ', v ‘° ~ ., \ A" ,*, •:(---,,, . k ~ 0rr.,\.:N.„5..,._ .1.11 ',, ' t cSl . : - 4 - r:, (,/, 4 i - ~ ' 4 ), :. 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The repeated discussion of this question in the press, in Parliament, and at public meetings, at length paved the way for the unanimous adoption by the House of Commons of the important resolution submitted by you—' That the maintenance of the Excise on paper as a permanent source of revenue would be impolitic.' The passing of this reso lution—though as yet merely abstract —greatly strengthened the hands of the friends of repeal, and upwards of 120 mem bers of Parliament enrolled themselves as vice-presidents of the press associations. Subsequently you were invited to become a member of Lord Pahnerston's Administration, and you then resigned the presidentship of both associations. Your friends, however, are desirous that you should possess some memento of the connexion which had so long existed ; it is therefore with much pleasure, and in the firm belief that the important legislative measures we to-day celebrate, will prove of lasting advantage to the nation, that we offer for your acceptance this testimonial. "The struggle in respect to the repeal of the paper duty is too recent to require further remark, except to recognise the signal ability, courage, and perseverance of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Gladstone—(great cheering) —whose sound fiscal policy, though attacked through the paper duty, at length triumphed, and the press of this coun try became wholly emancipated from taxation. (Cheers.) " Signed on behalf of the Testimonial Fund Committee, "WILLIAM EWART, M.P., Chairman. "ROBERT CIIA3IBERS, Treasurer. " Joitx FRANCIS, Hon. Sec." The testimonial consists of a centre-piece, or epergne, after a design by Flaxman, and two six light candelabra, all silver gilt, the whole valued at 500 guineas ; the epergne was made by Garrard, and the candelabra by Messrs. Barry, of the Egyp tian Hall, Piccadilly. The epergne bears the fol lowing inscriptions : " Presented to the Right Hon. T. M. Gibson, M.P., by the members and friends of the Associations for Obtaining the Repeal of the Taxes on Knowledge, as a commemo rating testimonial of his important services during twelve years as their president." " Advertisement duty repealed, August 4th, 1853." " Compulsory stamp on newspapers repealed, June 15th, 1855." " Paper duty repealed, October 4th, 1861." The CHAIRMAN then, in a speech which reviewed the whole progress of the movement, proposed "The health of Mr. Gibson," upon whose character and exertions he pronounced a glowing eulogium. The toast was drunk with great enthusiasm. Mr. GIBSON, who, on rising, was received with repeated cheers, said it was difficult to find words properly and adequately to express his acknowledg ments of the kindness which had been manifested towards him, or his gratitude for the handsome tes timonial which was offered for his acceptance. If his language lacked warmth, his feelings were not the less strong. He should have felt more at home if they had met to discuss the obnoxious effects of the taxes on knowledge ; but he did from the bot tom of his heart thank those who had done him the honour of presenting him with that testimonial, and he also thanked his hon. friend in the chair for the complimentary manner in which he had been pleased to express himself as to his exertions to procure the abolition of the taxes, the repeal of which was commemorated by that testimonial. Whatever he had done for that purpose had been a source of pleasure to him ; for, during the whole course of the movement, he had watched each step with the greatest interest, and no one rejoiced more heartily than he did at the ultimate triumph of the cause. It might appear rather a curious circum stance that a Minister of the Crown should be re ceiving a testimonial of this kind for public services. He could assure them that had it been offered for services rendered since he had been in office, he should have undoubtedly declined to receive. His hon. friend in the chair had done honour where honour was due, The repeal of the paper duty was the act of the whole Government, of which he (Mr. Gibson) was a member, and his right hon. friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who was the offi cial organ of the Government in carrying the mea sure, did his duty in a manner to which his hon. friend had done no more than justice. (Cheers.) But though he should have declined to accept any testimonial on account of the repeal of the paper duty, he did not think that the fact of his having become a member of the Government of Lord Pal merston precluded him from having some memorial of the long and cordial connexion between himself and the gentlemen of these two associations. It was in that sense that he was pleased with this memo rial of the past, and of those old associations con nected with the recollection of those who had worked with him for the repeal of the taxes on knowledge. (Cheers.) His own efforts would have been fruitless but for the zeal and ability of those who were associated with him—Mr. Novello, the treasurer, Mr. Moore, the president, the faithful and able secretary, Mr. Collett—(cheers) to which he would add the name of his hon. friend Mr. Francis, the secretary of the Press Association. (Cheers.) When ho first became acquainted with those gentlemen the question of the repeal of the taxes upon knowledge was slumbering. The late Mr. Francis Place—(hear, hear)—was the first person who communicated with him upon the sub ject, and suggested that some member of Parlia ment should keep the,qucstions which had been left unsolved by the Government before the Legis lature. The advertisement duty had been reduced but not repealed, the stamp duty upon papers had been reduced from 4d. to 1 d., which Lord Brougham had called the last and worst penny—(hear, hear, and laughter)—and the paper duty was left un touched. At the instigation o f Mr. Place he it hi mse lf in communication w ith others, an d they n ever u t c o c e e c d e e a d s o . w ( C o h r e k e i r n s g ) inDitffihe. caagurseeedunwtiilththehyimfin culties had been urged as standing in the way of that consummation, but the greatest difficulty of all was that it was believed a free and cheap Press cir culating among all classes would not conduce to the safety of our institutions. Many persons might not be aware that the origin of these taxes in the reign of Queen Anne was for no other purpose than the putting a stop to the issue of cheap news ' papers which disturbed the institutions of the country, and repressing what was then called " the vivacity of the Press." (Hear, hear.) An eminent judge said, "We did not want politicians at the loom, or statesmen at the spinning-jenny ;" but these two associations felt that it was more in ac cordance with the spirit of the age that knowledge should be disseminated among the people, and that our institutions could rest upon no more solid basis n than the attachment of an educated and en lightened community. (Cheers.) Th e arg the publ by which that proposition was supported had been e so well and so frequently p ut before ic, , and rec that it was not necessary to re p eat them.. t Tl t ey all appreciate that that their force ha d been The results were not until at last the Government found themselves to day, contrasted the years position unworthy t o of repeal remark,the s i e f t t a h x e e y s . 1851 'and 186 1 as re g arded the number of news papers existing a t these two periods. In the year 1851 there were in the United kingdom 18 daily Hear, 1 t i e s r t ew e ere (ll l,o27 n l 8 51p were ph papers—in r r s e n E i were e 6 l 2 in s i 6 n e t e United ene Kingdom papers—therehear.) 4w9eBeklNyvepeakplYers. (Cheers.) As the chairman had said all p a pers were doing good. They were all teaching n ot politics only, but they were giving these social information also to the industrious classes, and these classes must be benefitted by the diffusion of that social information. by should there be any alarm manifested about the circulation of facts among all classes of the community ? Why should not all be presented with narratives of daily occur rences, and thus be enabled to take allying interest in what was passing around them ? in the move ment they had the support of all religious persua sions; they had been aided by the advocates of State education and voluntary education —for all ~ cA R 4 ,474 / seemed to agree that nothing was more dee rAlit s that the repeal of those taxes which stood in the way of the people educating themselves, end they might depend upon it that the repeal of these taxes would be a great aid to the spread of elementary education. There was a limit to that education when it fell into disuse after leaving school, but nothing tempted a poor man to read so much us the reading of a newspaper, so a cheap press would be the most important aid to the cause of popular education, that could possibly exist. (Hear, hear.) There was no need to dwell upon the evils of these taxes, be cause he could not suppose that any Government would ever reimpose. (Hear, hear.) As to the testi monial before him, he had given the question very full consideration, and it was not without reluct ance that he had agreed to receive it. He had felt that there was something invidious in selecting one for such an honour when others had cone so much more than he had. His work either in Cr out of Par liament would have been as nothing, if he had not been aided by some ofthe most efficient men whoever carried a great public cause to a triumphant issue, and conferred a great national benefit on the whole community. As a commemoration of these labours, and of hi s assoc i at i on with them in these labours, he gratef u ll y accepted the testimonial ; and in doing so he hoped he had made clear the grounds upon which lie had decided to do so. In the first place, the step to the repeal of the paper duties was the act of the whole Government, and if that Govern ment had not been supported by a great party in the determination to carry it, depend upon it the efforts of a single individual would have been but as the idle wind in the face of the powerful opposi tion which had to be encountered. (Cheers.) The measure had been carried by unity, fidelity, and talent. The unity was in the Government that re solved upon it, the fidelity iu the gr ea t Lib eral party which supported the policy of the Govern ment, and the talent was found in the most able and powerful organ of the Government in placing that measure before Parliament. (Cheers.) The right hon. gentleman, after some observations, con cluded by thanking the meeting and the subscribers to the testimonial most cordially and gratefully for the kindness and generosity with which he had been treated ; and sat down amid loud and con tinued cheering. The other toasts which followed were the " Chan cellor of the Exchequer," proposed by Robert Chambers, Esq, ; " The House of Commons," pro posed by the Chairman, and responded to by Mr. E. Baines, M.P. ; " The Corporation of the City of London," propoed by Ms. Lucas, and acknowledged by Mr. Sheriff Cockerell ; " The Press," proposed by Dr. Watts, of Manchester, responded to by Mr. Thornton Hunt ; " The health of Mr. Francis ;" of " The Chairman," and " The Ladies." The whole of the proceedings gave the greatest satisfaction to the company, and the breakfast and general arrangements amply sustained the high character of the Freemasons"ravern, under its pre sent liberal management. a& a t //- PRICE .4&1. STAMPED ....sd. _ _ N EIN2PAPER 11IURDER IN MARYLEBONE. On Monday evening Mr. Wincott, a master butcher of South-street, Manchester-square, was stabbed by one of a drunken and riotous gang of costermongers, the whole of whom were secured and locked up. Later in the evening the medical gentle man called in to dress the wound thought that the sufferer was in a very dangerous state, and sent Sergeant White, 16 D, to fetch the magistrate to take his deposition. Shortly after 11, Mr. Yardley arrived, when Mr. Wincott deposed as follows I was in my own shop, at N o . 30, S outh-street, Afanchester-square, at 4 o'clock this afternoon, when I heard a disturbance outside. I went to look and saw four or five men try to pull a man out from a cart who was engaged in taking bones away from my shop. I went out to protect him, and they rushed at me and tried to get into the shop. I got back into the shop when one of them took up a knife from a board outside the shop, and made a rush at me and stabbed me in the side. I cannot say it was the prisoner Quail that did it, but I am almost certain it was him." Mr. Wincott having affixed his mark, the magis trate retired, and Quail was taken to the station. Yesterday morning, long before the opening of the court, a mob of upwards of a thousand persons assembled to see the prisoners brought to the court, but so excellently had arrangements been carried out that they were removed from the cabs without any difficulty. When the Court met Thomas Walsh, 18, of 11, Noqingham-mews, Marylebone, was charged with being drunk and riotous in South street, and assaulting John Hammond; William Poulton, 25, of 26, Henrietta-street, Man c h es t er - square, w i th assaulting police-constables Whelpdale, 171 D, Hendry, 177 D, and Bennet, 277 D; Thomas Cox, of 2, Grafton-court, Marylebone, with assaulting George Flower, and tearing his coat ; Henry Quail, aged 19, of 2, Palace-row, High-street, was further charged with stabbing and maliciously wounding Mr. John Wincott with intent to murder him, and also with assaulting Thomas Atkinson, 75 D. William Viall, said—l live at No. 1, Bower-road, Hackney-wick, and carry on business as a bone boiler. I take the bones away from butchers' shops. Yesterday afternoon I was engaged in taking bones from Mr. Wincott's shop. It was about 4 o'clock. I had just got into the cart. I saw four men coming up the street together, larking and throwing down whatever came in their way, no matter to whom it belonged. They came up to my cart, when they began throwing the bones out, and on my speaking they threw bones at my head, and I had to take up a large bone to defend myself. Aft er thi s they wantd to fight Mr. Wincott's man, and then went about 15 yards away, when they came back, and I went into the shop. Mr. Wincott was called, when Quail took up a knife and stabbed him in the groin, saying, " Take that." The men then went away, the man who dealt the blow taking the knife with him. Mr. Wincott said, " I am stabbed," and rested against the door. The prisoners were under the influence of liquor. They threw the bones at me. and I had to defend myself from violence. Walsh threw bones at me, Cox did the same, and Poulton hit me on the head. Walsh said that at five minutes past four he was in a public-house having share of a pot of beer. Poulton said he was not there. Cox said he cer tainlymejnots did throw one bone. Joseph hmFr.alrvr isnac i o d t ..... t . I l a sl i lv a ftbohuuetremhbeoernnieensuthinhaiedu just u employ. gotp the two of t s h tr e e l e a t s m t l a o k t i n o g ut a . gr A ea s t th n e ois m e e . n O ca p ra pos e u it i : w my o o f master'sthem s hop, the man taking away got on the steps on one side of the cart, and one on the other. The fourth sprung on the end of the cart, and, taking the basket, threw it at the last witness's head, which it missed. They then took up the bones in the cart and threw at my head. The last witness, in his defence, took a bone and struck one of the prisoners on the head with it, and after he had done that he jumped from the cart and ran into the shop, the prisoners following him. Mr. " Take that." Wincott was there, and he stood and kept them from coming into the shop. He kept the prisonera 'eand flourished out. They were about two or three minutes at the all the men. I shop door making a noise, and, all at once, the tall one (Quail) seized a knife and stabbed Mr.,Wincett cart. They street. si i ot n a nwrtenhutoehnfgroin,edmin the bye othersfmo a r t a es tte thethey took a s oy a kh m ecu a e apdra t .ai came e lhn u s ek a pan y trphe i e n wert saying, added, George •tgheatwhen Flower, themselves, en 6t 111 coming o A m n as i he n nb g u rr u atonn .a away ao y, he ran after confirmed Q t h u e ail statementknocke Holloway, d against down, and Cox kicked ofhe last gl ei. C o witness. He and knocked his head blows and kicks hethe wall. From these to Quail, " If I had still felt unwell. Cox called out a - knife I would rip him open:' Witness recovered East-street after Cox, who struck him on the chest and the back of the head. He knew all the pri. soners before. In reply to Mr. Yardley's question as to whether the prisoners were known, Sergeant White, 16 D, said he had known Quail for a number of years, and always considered him a very quiet, inoffensive man. In the execution of 1 his duty ho had o ft en h a d ass i s t ance f rom hi m. H e never knew Cox to be in trouble before ; he was always quiet and inoffensive. Poulton got his living in an honest manner. Walsh had been in trouble before ; he has been convicted for assaults on the police, but latterly he has been better behaved. Mr. Yardley, after animadverting at some length upon the conduct of the prisoners Walsh, Poulton, I and Cox, sentenced Walsh and Poulton to one [ month's hard labour, and Cox to six weeks. His worship said, as regarded Quail, he would be re.. manded to answer a far more serious charge. ' Mr. Wincott died at twenty minutes past seven 1 last evening. He was only thirty years of ag e , ' and has left a young wife and family. The late remittances of gold to France have been partly to pay for silver bought here on Indian account, and partly for large purchases of the Italian Loan and other stocks on the Paris Bourse, The amount of the Italian Loan thus taken during the past fortnight is estimated at least a t £500,000. The temptation of the higher rates cur rent on the Paris iut Bou a r c s o enf4oicibiretreanape ‘lc temporary advances on peel],' , r -1 1- r.. et L. 5. 11. 5. ••