The Sun. — London, England, 1862-01-30 00:00:00

I V CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. D RURY-LANE THEATR E ROYAL. Lessee, Mr. E. T. SMITH. GRAND 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. Jenny 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 pie-eminently dis tinguished, the New Grand Comic Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN and the HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT; or, Old Mother Hubbard and her NN onderful 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 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 Miss Lanza, Ignes Fatui—Mdlles. Sidney, Travers, Barnes, A. Barnes, Livermore ; Webb, Taylor, Braithwaite,Hammilton, Stap ley, Harris, Candy, Copeland, Archer. Hawkins, Delaney, Wilson, Williams, Robinson, Wood, Watson, and Hamel ton. Grand Ballet, Chagne-a-Lanterne, by the Misses GUN NISS and the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet. The Invocation! The Incantation I I and the Evapora tion I I I 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. Tightfit ; Mum mies, Messrs. Grinner, Joker, Meg-ger, 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 Fun (from the Fancystore 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 Deg, 13-y Himself; The Cow, Madame Brindle; The Priest (" All shaven and shorn"), Mr. Jollyman; The Cock (" 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, from a rare work in the collection of Master Smith, London. FROGPOOL IN THE MARSHES (Twilight). Song, " Will o' the Wisp," composed by J. H. Tully, Esq. How the Squire goes Hunting and loses his way and his temper, and what follows in consequence—Another curious instance of Canine sagacity—Bull-frogs, Masters Hop, Skip, Jump, Creak, &c. 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, WHaTINE,- TON AND HIS CAT; or, Harlequin King Kollywobbo ) and the Genius of Good Humour. The grotesque opens', invented and written by Henry J. Byron, Esq., author - Princess's Pantomime of "Jack the Giant Killer." 1 t Scenery by Mr. James Gates, Mr. H. Cuthbert, and numero F assistants. Good Humour, Miss Helen Howard ; Prince ei Popsiwopsi, Miss Rose Leclercq ; Alice, Miss Pauline Le clere,q ; Messrs. Garden, Cathcart, Morland, Collett, Haat ings, Raymond; Dick Whittington, Miss Maria Harris Robin Goodfellow and the Cat, Master John Haslem, (pupil of the celebrated Gabriel Ravel ; Clown, Mr. Hildyard ; 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-ROYAL, ADELPHL- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. First appearance of Mrs. Dion Boucicault since her severe indispcsition. THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, the great American Drama, entitled THE OCTOROON ; or, LIFE IN LOUISIANA. After which, at 20 minutes part 9, the great Irish Drama of THE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr. and Mrs. D. Bouc;cault ; Messrs. Emery, Fisher, Billingtot, Eburne, Jamison, Grace, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, Lewis ; Mrs. Billington, Mrs. H. Marston, Miss C. Denvil, Miss Leimer, and Miss Woolgar. - - • --- - 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 WATERFALL. The Transformation. Harlequins Messrs. CORMACK and ST. MAINE , Columbines Pantaloons Messrs. G. TANNER and MORLEY. Clowns Grotesque 1861-1862 SPRITES by the RIDGWAYS and SUWELL FAMILY. 1.-EXTERIOR OF TWO SHOPS IN " UP-OR. DOWN" STREET. 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 Country, and Clown gets over them—a Sewing Machine (not a poor Needlewoman)—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, Cormack, Morley, and Miss Gunniss. Harlequin seeks Protection, although a Free-trader— The Cook's Guide—Clown t r i es t o t a k e 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— ''l he 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. Neverintinie, Toolate, Dearme, and Blessme—Clown burns his fingers (not the only person that has done so)—Clown gives Good Bail and finds a Bale D goods. 4.—The SEA-SIDE. The Sands! The Sands! 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 HARL U EQUIN'S HOME ON HIS THRONE OF SPLENDOR. 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. R OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. Under the management of Miss Louisa Fyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, THE PURITAN'S DAUGHTER. Miss T,onisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne; Mr. Santley, Mr. 11. Corn, il‘fr. George Honey, Mr. Patey, Mr. A. St. Albyn, Mr. T. Distill, Mr. Wallworth, Mr. Eugene Dussek, Mr. C. Lyall, ,and Mr. W. llarrison. Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. After which will be produced (written expressly by J. M. Morton), a Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN GULLIVER ; or, A Trip to Brobdignag, a peep at Lilliput, and a Flying Visit to Laputa. Gulliver, Mr. W. H. Payne ; Mrs. Gulliver, Mr. F. Payne. Principal danseuse, Mdlle. Lamoureux, supported by the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet. The Harlequinade sustained by the eminent Pantomimists, Messrs. H. Payne, F. Payne, H. Lauri, E. Lauri, S. Lauri, and Miss Jenny Lauri. Commence at Seven. TRE-RO Y AL, HAYMARKET, Dir. J. B. Buokstme. to commence with OUR AMERICAN , •eary, Mr. Sothern; Asa Trenchard, COUSIN. Mr. Buckstone. After which, a Comic Christmas Pantomime, LITTLR ?MISS MUFPET AND LITTLE BOY BLUE ; or, Harle quin and Old Daddy Loin:legs. Louise Leclercq, Charles Le clercq, Herr Cole, G. Becket, and Miss Resine. Commence a 7. OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. 14, Manazer -lir. Edmond Falconer. , THIS EVENINO, Tan 30, the new and original Drama, entitled PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish. _Messrs. Walter Lacy, Hermann Vezin, Charles Selby, Edmund _teal &met' ; Mrs. D. I'. Bowers, Miss Clara Weston. After which, a new and original Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD; or, The F a i rle4 the Rose, the Thistle, and the Shamrock. Principal charae_ ters by Mr. Chas. Selby, Mr. warlow, Miss Cicely Nott, and Miss Lydia Thompson. Acting Manager—air. F. B. chatterton. Aces as usual. Doors open at half-past 6, to commenoo t )30x-Oboe open daily from 1L tills. THE SUN. LONDON, THURSDAY, JAN. 30, 1862. Protestants may doubt the infallibility of the POPE, but he leaves them no reason to doubt his unchangeableness. He lives in a city of ruins, he sits on the temporal throne of a kingdom, nearly all of which has fallen to ruin, the ruins themselves having become the property of another ; but there he sits PIO NoNo still, not only in name, but the same being as quitted his own city in the outer man of a footman, that the inner man of the PorE might preserve his identity. Through all he has looked on, we can hardly say with calmness, for he has raged fearfully in Vatican Latin, but he has looked on with the determination to ignore facts. Legation after Legation, this province and that, dropped off, but he still proclaimed them his own ; the people who took their country into their own hands, and called on VICTOR EMMANUEL to take the place of his legates, were thieves for stealing what belonged to them, and the King of ITALY, as the receiver, was as bad as the thief, if not worse —he was the despoiler. Still, like Mr. LINCOLN on the other side of the water, he proclaims himself temporal prince of all the domains which nothing but overwhelming foreign intervention could place again under his feet. All proof is lost upon him. He believes in the integrity of the States of the Church, just as he believes that the sun moves round the earth, despite all the mathematicians who have ever lived, or ever shall live. M. THOUVENEL'S last effort has laid bare to the eyes of all Europe the incurable perversity of popes and cardinals. They know nothing they do not like to know, see nothing they do not like to see, believe nothing they do not like to believe, and as to conforming themselves to facts, they laugh at them. No, the facts:must conform to them. M. THOUVENEL goes to work with them in the gentlest and politest way possible. He expresses his " regrets" for the events of 1860, but not being an ecclesiastic he proposes to deal with them as a man of business. If twenty shillings in the pound is now out of the question, let us, he says, obtain for the Holy See the best dividend we can. Will the Pontifical Government, he asks, stand upon its in flexibility as its first right, or whatever may be its judgment on the transformation effected in Italy, will it resolve to accept the necessities which follow from this great fact ? Only three Governments— Austria, Bavaria, and Spain—refuse to recognise the new kingdom. Openly proclaimed or tacitly admitted, the principle of non-intervention has become the safeguard of European peace, and the Court of Rome does not expect certainly from foreign aid the means of reconquering the provinces she has lost. I go further, says M. THOUYENEL, I refuse to believe that the Court of Rome will consent to pro voke, in an interest where success would be at least doubtful, conflagrations the most formidable yet recorded in history. Do not the lessons of expe rience, combined with considerations most fitting to touch the Holy See, command it to resign itself, without renouncing its rights to a practical arrangement which would restore calm to the bosom of the Catholic world, renew those traditions of the Papacy which has so long covered Italy un der its ngis, and bind itself afresh to the new destinies of a nation cruelly tried, and restored, after so many centuries, to herself ? All this, very general in its terms, seems very reasonable, as well as blandly put, and the more precise conclusion is also worded in the most cautious manner—the EMPEROR'S Government only writes to discover whether it ought to cherish or abandon the hope of seeing the Holy See lend itself, keeping account of accomplished facts, to the study of a combination which would assure to the Sovereign Pontiff those permanent conditions of dignity, security, and independence necessary to the exercise of his power. Finally, France pro peace that the POPE and the King of 'TALI' should be reconciled, and dwells on the advantages of such a reconciliation. Provided with such representations M. LAVA rT TA seeks interviews with both Pope and Cardinal tster, but it was all the same, his Eminence and al Holiness were one. " Let us wait events," says r.is Holiness. " All negotiation," said the Cardinal, is impossible between the Holy See and those who have despoiled it. It does not depend on the Sovereign Pontiff, it is not in the power of the Sacred College, to cede the smallest portion of ecclesiastical territory. As for making a pact," he added, " with the despoilers, we will never do it. I can only repeat that all negotiation on this footing is impossible. Whatever might be the re servations with which it was accompanied, with whatever graces of language it might be surroun ded, from the moment of accepting it we should appear to consecrate it. The Sovereign Pontiff, before his elevation, as well as the cardinals since their nomination, have engaged them selves by oath to cede no part of the ter ritories of the Church. The Holy Father, therefore, will make no concession of this nature, a conclave would not have the right to make it, a new Pontiff would be unable to make it, his successors from age to age would be more free to make it than himself." M. LAVALETTE had reminded his Eminence that he was not touching on the question of right, but all was of no avail—no intercourse could be held with the King of ITALY by the Holy See. Yet strangely enough, the POPE and ANTONELLI could proclaim themselves to be on perfectly good terms with the Italians, though not with the Court of Turin. " The Holy Father," says the Cardinal, " has none but excellent relations with Italy. An Italian himself, t►nd the first of Italians, he suffers with her suffering, and witnesses with grief the cruel trials which have troubled the Italian Church!" One feels a little curious to know who the Italians are with whom he has such excellent relations. Do they live in Naples ? or do they live in Rome itself ? If so, why the French garrison there ? M. LAVALETTE is obliged, therefore, to conclude the whole transaction in despair of reconciling Popes and Cardinals with common sense—repeat ing the main question in his instructions, he says, " Ought we to nourish the hope that the Holy See will, taking accomplished facts into con sideration, devote itself to the study of a combination which would assure to the Sove reign PONTIFF the permanent conditions of dignity, security, and independence neces sary to the exercise of his power," and finds him self compelled to add :—" It is with profound re gret that I find myself obliged to reply in the negative; but I should think myself wanting in my duty if I left you in possession of a hope which I do not entertain myself." Thus endeth, then, the last negotiation between the Courts of Paris and Rome—ends, like all others, on the non possums basis. We can do nothing— we must wait what turns, says the MICAWBER of Rome. What will turn up ? Will the EMPEROR take an early opportunity to inform them that as they are so patiently waiting, he will no longer try their patience, but give them something worth wait ing for—that he will withdraw his troops and leave his Holiness in the hands of the Italians, with whom he is in such excellent relations. Or that he will, as was talked of a week or two ago, intro duce him first to a few of the Italian troops, united with his own, who will thus take a lesson from the devout French in the art and duty of guarding is PGPE. Of one thing we may be pretty sure. Louis NAPOLEON will not act hastily. He has done enough, just for the moment, by merely showing up the impracticability of the Court of Rome. He will probably allow the whole negotia tion to be well considered by Europe, and then whether action, or some fresh exhibition of ecclesi astical stupidity are to follow, time alone can tell. The single-shaft system we may now confidently regard as doomed even before the Parliamentary session has commenced. The course taken by the Home-office is in itself significant. By sending down an official representative of that department to watch the proceedings at the inquest at New Hartley, the Secretary of State may, in a measure, be said to have assumed to himself the responsibility of seeing one way or another to the interposition of the Legislature with a view to the effectual prevention of similar catastrophes. Besides this—there is the mere fact of the extraordinary publicity given to the recognition of the evil complained of. It requires now no argument whatever to demonstrate the bare fact. It is visible to each and all—the scientific and the unscientific alike. The fact itself is obvious to the least educated understanding. The working of every coal mine, no matter what may be its dimen sions, no matter what may be the number of seams excavated, the working, we say, of any coal mine whatever with a single shaft, jeopardizes the lives of those employed within it at any moment, and in a mannsr the most frightful. An accident leading to the stoppage of a single shaft, as in the late appalling instance down at New Hartley, may again abruptly trap the poor fellows, so many fathoms below the surface of the earth, and shut them out of reach of all human aid until life has been destroyed. Supposing there had been but a single additional bye-shaft in the New Hartley Pit, a bye-shaft 180 feet deep, connecting the upper seam with the middle or yard seam, in which those doomed 199 of our fellow-creatures were caged as in the dreadful dungeon of Ugolino, every life might have been saved with the greatest facility. As the fact stood down in the mine now rapidly filling with water, and possibly doomed to temporary, if not to permanent abandonment—besides the single shaft leading down to the bottom of that mine by a sheer descent of 100 fathoms, there was a narrow bye shaft, traversed by means of a staple from the third or lowermost seam up to the scene of the dread destruction, namely, the middle or yard seam. Nay, even this was not all. There was actually a similar perforation of the soil from the upper seam to the surface. The one fatal deficiency was the absence of a third little bye-shaft, furnished in like manner with a con venient staple—completing the chain of commu nication throughout this subterranean labyrinth. All that was requisite to have saved the lives of just 200 of our fellow-creatures was yet a third staple through a little bye-shaft 180 feet deep, connecting the upper seam with the mid dle or yard seam in which the poor fel lows were trapped. It is frightful to think of, now that the appalling horrors of the late accident are yet fresh within our remem brance, that all might so easily been guarded against —and at so trivial a cost ! It has actually been calculated that £2OO would have been the ex treme sum required to bore out the little bye-shaft alone required, for the release of just 200 of our fellow- creat ures— that little bye-shaft, 180 feet deep, between the upper seam and the middle or yard seam. Posi tively, therefore, for £1 sterling per head, the 199 men and boys destroyed so very recently and so very frightfully down at Hartley, might have been saved—might have been still the stay, and prop, :clad happiness of many a now desolated howe ix!, the neighbouring village. Rapidly, from the lowest Box Office open from 10 till 5. NEW ROYALTY THEATRE, Dean-street, Oxford-street. Immense success of the new Operetta. For the BENEFIT of the Familiesof the Hartley Colliery Sufferers. THIS EVENING, A NICE QUIET DAY. After which Offenbach's Opera Bulb, entitled LE MARI AGE AUX LANTERNES. Mr. John Morgan, Mesdames Stanley, Payne, and Mason. To conclude with THE EARLIEST EDITION OF IL TROVATORE. Commence at half-past 7. AS TLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- Enthusiastic reception of Young GUNERIUS and Madame HALVERSON. The Great Norwegian Wonders win 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 it the World, Young Gunerius, Madlle. Halvorsen, and Mons. Goldkette. Clown, Tom Fillis. - - Concludinv with the Grand Comic Pantomime of JOHNNY GILPIN'S RIDE TO EDMONTON. A MORNING PERFORMANCE, commencing with the Pantomime, every 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 Transfcrmations (the most talented performance ever attempted b 7 a single person), at a quarter-past ten. Also the following extraor dinary combination of Comic talent, viz.: Mr. Raldall, Mr. Frederick French, Mr. J. G. Forde, Miss Harriet Coveney, and Miss Greene. Grand Selections from LA TRAVIATA, by Mclle. Negri, Mr. Herbert, Signor Tivoli, and a powerful Chong, at Ten o'clock. Musical Director, Mr. Jonghmans. Admission—Hall, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony. ls. VICTOR JULIEN, " THE FLYING MAN," at CANTERBURY HALL, Every Evening at half past Nine o'clock. T HE OXFORD, 6, OXFORD-STREET, Two Selections Every Evening alternately from" Ernani," " Lucrezia Borgia," "La Traviata," " Simon Boccanegra," "La Circassienne," &c., by the entire Company, Full Band and Chorus.—Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Solos by Mr. Viotti Collins (the great English violinist). And other at tractive Entertainments, the Comic portion by Miss Harriet Coveney, Messrs. Sam Collins, Wood and Son, E. Marshall, M. P. Foster, and W. Randall. Hall, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, is. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 2h. 4m.—Afternoon, 2h. 25m. To-monnow.-Morning, 2h. 47m.—Afternoon, 3h. 10m. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JANUARY 30, 1862. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 52—highest since noon yesterday. 45—lowest tnis morning and during the night. 47—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.72. WlND—Westerly ; light, with rainy weather. 41: 4 PI , ektO ) •!-:,,,,, ~' ,:',.-::,-- 9e 4 ' --,? -,-, 1 -, 4 4-7 - .-_„ .7-' - ' - ' 4 ''''•••• q t. -" A; . i -..,':' , ..--,j!:D.....i.' tl4 ~ , j: - .'", ...ti:7o _....... , ---; L_ •t 1.3 , 1 ,, , , , ,,-_-, ,•, t , `,.,.. fr...,,‘,1, -, ~,7c ,,k...„r t . a. r.T..... 4 ,,,,, bi /: r • ......-, - u , ;....,-, it t , . '' i• - ^ '........,-,-1-.1.,Lt'...-''''..ti.:70.,., THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 30, 1862. seam of all, from the bottom of that now fast flooding coal-mine, from a depth of 100 fathoms from the surface, all the miners, men and boys, one by one, could have remounted by means of the rungs in the ladders in the three narrow bye-shafts connecting seam with seam—out of danger—to the light of day—to the embraces of their affrighted but relieved relatives. The whole mortality conse quent upon the snapping of the iron beam, and the falling of twenty tons of metal, and the crashing of the brattice into ruins, and the stopping up of the single main shaft—the whole mortality consequent upon this fearful complica tion of accidents might (in the very reasonable contingency supposed) have been comprised in the record of the five deaths resulting from the destruction of the cage suspended at the summit of the fracture in the up-cast shaft. Instead of the whole of the remaining 199 miners below being slowly, a whole week afterwards, drawn up the deadly shaft one by one as 199 corpses, they might within a comparatively few minutes after the time of the accident's occur rence have clambered up the ladders in the three little bye-shafts and leaped to bank unscathed. No fear then of the mephitic stythe ! No call then for that weary and desperate jowling through all Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, even in one or two instances, by the furnace drift where the har diest colliers had pushed their way in a last despairing effort, through the Sunday following, when the last faint clang of the jowling ceased. As it is, just 200 men and boys were doomed to a dreadful death because a rational pre caution against the chance of a notorious peril had not been taken betimes, at a trumpery cost of (at the utmost) £2oo—or, as we have said, no more than £1 for every fellow-creature thus cruelly abandoned to destruction ! A notorious peril we have called it. And we have done so advisedly. For the folly (to say the least of it) of the single shaft system has long been seriously discussed in the mining districts. From this time forth, however, we may be certain that all discussion upon the matter will cease. The Legislature will terminate it. Of that we cannot entertain a moment's further doubt. The session following, as rapidly as it does, immediately upon the occasion of this frightful catas trophe at Hartley, will thence draw good out of evil, and that too by necessity. Public opinion will not tolerate the evasion of the difficulty. The Press will not remain silent in the matter. The Home Office even, as we have intimated, gives evidence of the Secretary of State's readiness to take the initiative, without his requiring any goad to do so, in calling upon Parliament to secure to the mining popula tion—what they ought to have had long since— the certainty of the safety accruing to them from the double-shaft system--a safety •nly to be secured through the double-shaft system. " Not a cheer"—just so. Even the New York Herald will now see that it was not Southern Commissioners England wanted, but Northern repentance of insult to our flag. There was a crowd of curious persons, no doubt had we been there personally we too might have been curi ous to see the physiognomy of the men who will cost us at least twopence in the pound income tax next year, or rather the men whom the Yankees have made the occasion of our having to incur that expense. Had the Yankees taken two pairs of live gorillas from the Trent, and the La Plata brought them back, there would have been a far greater crowd to see the honoured animals. But had the men been four poor fugitive slaves, who had knocked down Mr. LINCOLN'S United States Marshal, then escaped and contrived to get into the Trent, to be taken out again by hero WiLiEs—had these been brought back in the La Plata—let Messrs. SLIDELL and MASON know that Southampton would have cheered the fugitives till the sound would have gone almost across the Channel. Such difference would South ampton make between Commissioners for slavery and hunted fugitives from slavery. The greater our contempt for the advo cates of such a cause as that of a Republic founded, by its own documents, on the Divine Right of Slavery—the stronger the proof we have given that we will not submit to in sult. Mr. SEWARD declared the grapes were sour when he found he could 'not have them. The men were ",unimportant," forsooth, although he sent the James Adger across the Atlantic with instructions to seize them when and where he could. We too pronounce the men worse than unimportant—they are missionaries of a slavery gospel. Yet we insist on having them, important or unimportant. We wonder what our Northern friends will say to our conduct. They will hardly know what to make of it. Had the case been reversed, we may fancy what an upstir there would have been in New York or Boston on the recovering of two brace of Yan kees from the Britishers. Had they been male factors —no matter— they would have had an ovation instead of a gibbet, and the living evi dence of England's humiliation, would have been crowned with garlands, if they deserved rather to be honoured with fetters. Some of the sensation papers will, we fancy, be rather mortified—they may have got ready sensation headings on the "Exultation of England over America's humilia tion," and a roaring leader perhaps already in type. One fact was certainly singular. The com missioners were to have come originally in the La Plata on the 27th of November; they were in the same vessel on the 29th of January, and that not by design. The storm drove the Rinaldo, which took them from port Warren, out of her course, and she took them to St. Thomas's, there to meet the very ship in which they should have sailed to Eng land before. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited his Majesty the King of the Belgians yesterday at Buckingham Palace, The Duke and Duchess de Coighe have arrived at the St. George's Hotel. _ _ _ The Earl and Countess of Darnley left England for the Continent yesterday, via Folkestone and BoulDgne. The Dowager Countess of Essex and Miss John stone and the Marquis of Fontenelle arrived at the Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone, on Tuesday last. _ _ Lord and Lady Muncaster have arrived in Paris en route for Italy, where they intend passing the winter. Lord Methuen has arrived at the St. George's Hotel. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, accompanied by Mrs. Gladstone and family, ;has arrived at his official residence in Downing -street. The Right Hon. William Hutt, M.P., and Mrs. Hutt have arrived at 17, Eaton-place, from Gibside Hall, Durham. Mr. R. Peel has arrived at Farrance's Hotel from the Deanery, Worcester. Messrs. Rothschild have sent a donation of £2O, in addition to their usual kind annual subscription, to the National Lifeboat Institution, to help it to keep up in a per manent state of efficiency its 121 lifeboat establishments. MONUMENT IN LIVERPOOL TO THE LATE PRINCE ALBERT. — This subject came up at the meeting of the Liverpool Town Council yesterday, a communication being read from the Lord Mayor of London, calling upon the Mayor of Liverpool to co-operate in the proposed national monument to the late Prince Consort. The feeling of the council, though in favour of a local monument, was opposed to the subscriptions being sent to London. After som© discussion a committee was appointed to take charge of the matter, and the probability is that a resolution passed by the council in 1851, to erect statues of her Majesty and ,the Prince at St, George's-hall, will be carried into effect, LATEST NEWS. LISBON, JAN. 29. The Warrior, which left Plymouth on the 21st January, arrived here to-day, and transhipped her supernumeraries. She encountered gales of wind throughout the passage, and has sprung her mainyard. The Edgar will sail tomorrow for the West Indies. ST. PETERSBURG, JAN. 29. The assembly of the nobles was opened yesterday by General Suvorrev, the Governor-General, who in his speech on the occasion said :—" The welfare of the nobility is not possible unless a:close alliance exists between them and the Emperor. It is the wish of the Emperor that the nobility should main tain their privileged position. But it is only by the throne remaining established on a firm basis, that the nobility can preserve their influence, and be able to solve the important questions which have yet to be settled." In conclusion, the Governor promised to give his support to those wishes of the nobility which might be advantageous to the common welfare. The Journal de St. Petersburg of to-day publishes a note dated the 21st inst., and addressed by Prince Gortchakoff to Baron Stoeckel, Russian ambassador at Washington, which stated that the Emperor has with deep satisfaction seen his anticipations con firmed by the determination of the Federal Govern ment to deliver up Messrs. Mason and Slidell. The Emperor hopes that the same wisdom and moderation will guide the steps of the Federal Go vernment in its interior policy, and expresses his conviction that the Federal Government will, in carrying out that policy, place itself above popular passions. The Emperor also states that he should with great satisfaction see the Union reconstituted by concilia tory measures, as the maintenance of American power influences in a considerable degree the general political equilibrium. PARIS, JAN. 20. Advices received here from Toulon, Brest, and Cherbourg states that the troops who were embark ing at those ports would leave for Vera Cruz on the 29th, 30th, and 31st respectively. The Patrie of this evening publishes an article on the candidature of the Archduke Maximilian for the throne of Mexico, which says :—"lt is ex pected that when the Mexican question shall be settled it will be possible to offer Austria satisfac tory territorial compensation in exchange for Venetia." The Paris papers publish a despatch from Con stantinople, asserting that the Porte, fearing that Garibaldi might effect a landing on the coasts of the Adriatic, had sent a superior officer to Omer Pacha, with instructions for the latter to act in concert with the Austrian commander, should such a landing take place. The same despatch asserts that there was a ques tion of sending Fuad Pasha to London for the pur pose of negotiating a loan. TREBIGNE, JAN. 28, Yesterday the insurgents re-entered the places from which they had been driven away by Dervisch Pacha, without meeting with any resistance. The Turkish army is concentrated at Poglizza. MILAN, JAN. 29. The Perseveranza of to-day announces that Mon signor Ciuffa, President of the Civil Tribunal at Rome, has been assassinated. The assassin, whose name is Farroni, has bees arrested. The same journal also announces that the Pope is ill. BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS. The Masilia and Ellora, with the above mails, were to leave Alexandria yesterday (29th), at sun set, for Marseilles and Southampton respectively. FRANCE. BOURSE, Jan. 29.—The market has been ani mated as far as regards the amount of business transacted, but without any further improvement in prices. Threes, for the Account, are now at 71f. 25c. Railways also pretty firm. The following are the last quotations:— ft per per Cents ... 99 80 Credit Fancier 1270 Do. end month.... 99 90; Belgian 4t 3 per Cents Do. end month 7l 25 Roman Bank Shares 3000 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 750 Spanish Threes .— Do. Account .. 752 50 , Rome Debt .. 47 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. 0 rlean4 1347 50 .. 1350 Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1087 50 .. 1090 Geneva Southern Western Eastern .... Sardinian Austrian Lowbard 536 25 .. 537 50 AUSTRIA. The Ost-Deutsche Post, under the heading " The Throne of Mexico," publishes a long article refuting the rumour that the Archduke Maximilian of Austria had accepted the offer of the Crown of Mexico. After stating that when the Crown of Belgium was offered to the Archduke Charles of Austria it was declined, the article concludes as follows :—" What Napoleon 111. is aiming at is quite clear to us. lie wishes to found a Throne, as his uncle did, to place his brothers or generals on it. Napoleon is at liberty to make with the blood of his soldiers a kingdom out of the old empire of Montezuma; but to wish to employ an Austrian Archduke for such a purpose is, in our opinion, an insult to Austria. From what has ap peared in the papers we believe there is some foun dation for the report, and that some such step has been attempted by France with the Court of Vienna. The whole affair, in our opinion, is a Napoleonist manoeuvre, the aim of which is plain enough. On the banks of the Oregon, in a country washed by the Pacific Ocean, an indemnity is to be offered for the territory of the Mincio and for the Queen of the Adriatic. Instead of the slopes of the Alps, the Cordilleras are to be the Austrian frontier. Instead of the Quadrilateral, she is to have the plain of Anahuac and Mexico, its capital ! A sea for a sea, ports for ports, about 40,000 square miles for 400, eight millions of sub jects for scarcely three ! What a magnificent ex change ! . . . There is only one point which to us is incomprehensible. Was it ever seriously believed at the Tuileries that Austria would accept the offer ? Or anticipating a refusal, was it made with a perfidious object ? It is the very case for exclaiming—' Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.' " Mr. Francis Holl, the well-known engraver, has received permission from the Queen to publish a limited number of copies from the plate of the portrait of the late lamented Prince Consort which Mr. Roll had the honour to execute for her Majesty. This engraving is a private plate, bearing the Royal arms. AWFUL CASE OF SUDDEN DEATIL-011 Monday night, about 20 minutes to 10, considerable excitement was caused in Cavendish-street, New North-road, Hoxton, by an alarm that a man had dropped down dead. It appears that the deceased, a fine and'apparently hearty youn. man, about 26 years of age, was proceeding along the New North-road, when he was accosted by an "unfortunate," and was proceeding with her to a house in the above street, when, arriving at the place in question, his companion was alarmed by a heavy fall, and on turning round she saw him lying on the ground. Medical aid was sent for, and every means used to restore the 3 oung man to consciousness. On the arrival of two medical gentlemen they at onco pro nounced life to be extinct, and the body was removed to Robert-street police , station. On searching his pockets a bag containing some silver was found, with an address, by which he has eillCe Ineh identified, TILE BRAZIL MAIL. LISBON, JAN. 29. The Royal Mail steamship Tyne, from the Brazils, has arrived here. She was to leave Lisbon for Southampton at 12 30 to-day, with 45 passengers, £14,000 in specie, 450 rolls of tobacco, and 146 packages of Sundries. RIO JANEIRO, Jan. B.—Exchange on London, 258 to 251. Coffee, good first, 6.650 reis. Ship ments since the departure of the last steamer, 42,158 bags, including 28,658 for the Channel. Stock, 320,000 bags. Freights for the Channel, 50s. to 655. At Bahia, exchange on London was quoted 25'4 to 26. Sugar 2.400 to 2.500 reis. Exchange on London at Pernambuco, 251 to 26. Sugar, whites, 3.500 to 3.700 ; brown, 1.600 reis. Cotton, 9.300 to 9,500 reis. ARRIVAL OF MESSRS. MASON AND SLID.ELL. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY. The liberated Confederate Commissioners to Eng land and France, Messrs. Mason and Slidell, accom panied by their secretaries, Messrs. M'Farland and Eustis, arrived here this morning on board the Royal Mail Company's steamship La Plata, Capt. C. G. Weller. A more literal restoration of the status quo could scarcely have been effected, so far as the four passengers themselves are concerned, as by a singular coincidence they have came to Eng land in the very steamship in which they would have made the Atlantic voyage a couple of months ago but for their forcible abduction from the Trent (in which vessel they were proceeding from Ha vannah to St. Thomas to meet the homeward steamer La Plata) by Captain Wilkes, of the San Jacinto. Nine weeks ago this morning—on Wed nesday, the 27th of November—the Plata, arrived in our docks about 11 o'clock,, bringing the tidings of Captain Wilkes' outrage upon the British flag, and within an hour or so of the same hour to-day the Plata again arrives bringing the captured Confede rates to our shores. It appears from the statement of a gentleman who has accompanied them home that Messrs. Mason and Slidell left Fort Warren, at Boston, where they had been confined,On the Ist of January, the first intimation of their release being conveyed to them by the arrival of a tipstaff to tell them to go out of their prison. Mr. Slidell asked him for his papers, to show his authority for the course he was taking. The tipstaff replied that he had none, on which Mr. Slidell declined to leave, but he at length yielded to the solicitations of Colonel Dymock, the commandant of the fortress, who begged him to go, as he knew the man, and that no papers could be produced. The four pri soners were taken from Fort Warren in charge of the tipstaff and six marines, without any officer, and conveyed 40 miles in a small steamtug to Cape Sable, where they were transferred to her Majesty's gun boat Rinaldo, Captain Hewitt, which was lying off to receive them. The Rinaldo bore up for Halifax for four days, and was then driven by the violence of the storm that was raging to Bermuda. They all landed at Bermuda, and remained there one day. Admiral Milne ordered the Rinaldo to take them on to St. Thomas to catch the mail steamer for Eng land, offering the Commissioners, however, if they preferred it, to send them on in her Majesty's ship Racer, but they expressed themselves well satisfied with the Rinaldo, and accordingly proceeded in her. She left Bermuda on the 10th inst., and arrived at St. Thomas on the 14th, about two hours before the Plata sailed for this port. The health of the prisoners has not suffered in any way by their confinement in Fort Warren, although they describe both the prison and the treatment they received as being very bad. Cap tain Hewitt, of the Rinaldo, did everything in his power to testify the kindly feelings of the British Government towards the prisoners, and to promote their comfort on board his ship; and they speak in the same manner of the behaviour and conduct of all the British officers, both of the naval and mer chant service, with whom they have come in contact. Mr. Slidell left here by the 11 30 a.m. train for London ; whence he proceeds to Paris, where Mrs. Slidell and family are awaiting his arrival. Mr. Mason followed by the 3 o'clock train, a telegram having been received from Captain Pegrim, who is in London, that he would wait there to meet him. There was a considerable crowd of persons col lected on the dock quay when the Plata came along side, as, indeed, there always is on the arrival of a West India mail steamer, and the number was undoubtedly increased as the news spread that Mason and Slidell were on board, curiosity to see the four men whose case has figured so prominently before the world during the last two months, and who are said to have cost this country a million sterling a-piece, having drawn some people to the spot. There was, however, not the least attempt to get up any sort of demongVation on the part of the spectators ; not a cheer was raised, and when the released prisoners left the Plata they passed on shore, and to their hotel, just as ordinary pas sengers. _ Some of the officers of the Nashville waited upon Messrs. Mason and Slidell, to pay their respects, immediately on the arrival of the Plata. THE TUSCARORA AND THE .NASII- VILLE. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY. The Tuscarora left her moorings again about 8 o'clock this morning, and steamed down the river, but with what intentions as to the future remains as close a secret as all her previous movements have been. She has brought up in Yarmouth Roads, where she lay up to a late hour this afternoon, and some provisions have, it is stated, been sent down to her. An official despatch from Portsmouth was put on board her this morning by her Majesty's ship Sprightly on her way to this port. Her Majesty's screw frigate Shannon arrived from Portsmouth yesterday morning, and has taken up a position just within Ca.!shot Castle at the entrance of the Southampton Water. The object of her being stationed at this spot has not been allowed publicly to transpire. There are sundry rumours in circulation, but they cannot be traced to any solid foundation, that both the Tuscarora and the Nashville have been ordered away, and that the latter vessel will leave, probably, on Thursday.l SALMON POACHING IN CIIMBERLAN D.—CARLISLE, Tuesday.—The inquest on the body of Edward Atkinson, water-watcher, who was killed at Brocklewath, Cumber land, in a fatal encounter with poachers on the 15th inst., was resumed to-day before Mr. Carrick, the coroner, and a highly respectable jury. Some additional medical evidence was taken as to the state of the health of Bowman, the other watcher. It was stated that he was now rapidly recovering, although it was at one time apprehended that his wounds, like Atkinson's, would prove fatal. A heavy knotted club was produced, which was found near the scene of the fray; and the medical man who had attended Bowman said that file serious injuries on his head and shoulders might have been caused by that. The evidence having been concluded, the coroner addressed the jury, pointing out to them in the course of his observations the distinction between wilful murder and manslaughter. It appeared to be admitted on the part of the prosecution that the deceased in apprehend ing the man, who was fishing in the river, was performing en unlawful act; and the illegal imprisbnment of a man's person had been held to reduce killing with the sword to manslaughter. But if that fact would reduce the crime to manslaughter, would the same extenuating circumstances extend to the other men, who were identified as William Robinson and Earl, who went to the rescue of the old man and were not being arrested themselves ? The coroner, after referring to the deadly character of the weapons used, and other points, left the case to the jury. The jury con sulted for half an hour, after which they delivered a verdict of " Manslaughter" against Wm. Robinson and Hugh Earl. The coroner thereupon liberated the old man Robinson, so far as he was concerned, but ho was detained by the police to be brought before the magistrates along with his son and Earl and the farmer Milburn. NOVEL POCKET PISTOL.—A pistol with four barrels, and weighing but 91 ounces, and of American con ception, is now being multiplied- by the celebrated gun makere, Messrs. Tipping and Lawden, of Birmingham, for Great Britain and the colonies. "It is fired by a revolving disc in the hammer, and so unerring is its action lhat only two cartridges— powder, cap, and ball in one—missed fire." Its range is something beyond b e li e f , and as muc h as 400 yards has been said to have been attained. half of this distance would, however, be remarkable ; but as the whole of the official reports concur in placing it in the very fore' most rank of its class, and comparing it in its power to rifles of not a very ite capabilities} Ar 9 not mrrate d, early date, there can be little,doubt that NEW ADELPHI THEATRE. Mrs. D. Boucicault having sufficiently recovered from her long and severe illness to be able to resume her professional duties, returned to the Adelphi last night, and appeared as Eily O'Connor in the famous play of "The Colleen Bawn." She was received with great applause by a crowded audience, and played with her usual grace, fervour and anima tion. Mr. Boucicault sustained his old character of Myles-na-Coppaleen, and acted with great spirit and energy. "The Octoroon" and " The Colleen Bawn" form, in conjunction, an abundant and attractive bill of fare, and fill the house nightly to overflowing. They will continue to be per formed until the middle of next month, when both pieces will be withdrawn until July, to make way for a new drama by the same author, in which Mr. and Mrs. Boucicault will appear. This latter play, which will be produced on or about the 15th Feb., will hold possession of the stage until the 21st April, on which night will be brought out a new romantic drama and a new fairy domestic tale, both by Mr.Boucicault. The manager announces that the above group of plays will constitute the entertain ments at the Adelphi during the summer season. ASTLEY'S _ROYAL AIt.IPIII7.IIEALRE. Mr. Batty's present season at this world-renowned place of amusement bids fair to be one of unparalleled success. The enterprising lessee, at the commencement of his campaign, promised that everything in the shape of novelty that money and untiring exertions could procure, should be secured for this theatre, and the entertainments nightly give prove that his promise has been amply re deemed. At the outset the great sensation drama "The Colleen Bawn" was produced, and when it is recollected that M. Dion Boucicault superintends the rehearsals, it is needless to say it was placed upon the stage in a manner that left nothing to be desired. The drama, with the addition of the per formance of the best equestrians and grotesques in the arena, drew immense audiences, and Mr. Batty might well have been content to rely on his labours for crowded houses for months to come, but Christ mas shortly followed, and this compelled him again to be up and doing for his pantomime. The talent of one of the most celebrated comic writers was secured, and the important Christmas piece was produced under the title of " Johnny Gil pin's Ride to Edmonton," and success again crowned the efforts of Mr. Batty. Since Boxing-night the theatre has been crowded to over flowing, and judging from the appearance of the house last evening, this gratifying state of things seems likely to last for a considerable time. The latest additions to the talented artists engaged are two Norwegian artists, Mademoiselle Halvorsen and Monsieur Gunerius, who have established for them selves a Continental reputation for graceful and daring feats of horsemanship. Mdlle. Halvorsen exhibits singular command over her highly-trained steed Atlas, which, after giving many proofs of doci lity, rests on his fore legs while he performs a circle with his hind legs. The great act of M. Gunerius is entitled " Le Passage du Pont ; or, the leap over the Bridges," over and from which he throws somer saults while his horse is at full gallop—a proceeding which must require enormous nerve and constant practice, and which rouses the enthusiasm of an audience blase with wonders of muscular agility. Like most of the London managers Mr. Batty has arranged for day performances, and the attrac tions for Saturday next, when the entertaiments will commence at two o'clock in the afternoon, are of the most extraordinary nature. On that occasion, in addition to the representation of the magnificent pantomime of " Johnny Gilpin," a series of special wonders are to be produced, such as to defy all com petition. The theatre cal the occasion will, no doubt, be crowded, and we know not which will be the most entertaining for children of older growth, the laughing happy faces or an immense juvenile audi ence, or the special performance which Mr. Batty has announced for the occasion. ASSASSINA7ION IA THE PAPAL STATES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Some time since you commented on the fact that one of our agents who was engaged in the erection of a bridge at Velletri, in the Roman States, had been stabbed by an Italian, and also that he was unable to obtain redress or even attention from the Papal authorities. We regret to say that our principal foreman, a most re spectable and valuable man, has been shot in a public street, and from the reports sent to us, which we enclose for your perusal, it appears very probable that the assassin will be allowed to escape with impunity. We are, Sir, your obedient servants, KENNARD BROTHERS. 36, Great George-street, Jan. 27. " Velletri Viaduct, Jan. 18. " Gentlemen,—Before you receive this you will have heard, no doubt, of the dreadful murder of poor Jeremiah Smith. The circumstances of the case are as follows : He and I, on returning after work to the town, did not go straight home, but went to tell the 14 Englishmen who left here this morning to bo ready to start by seven o'clock. Smith was a very long time talking to one of the men, so I said to him, Well, I am not going to stop any longer. Are you coming ?" Yes, directly,' ho said. I then walked home alone, and had scarcely got my coat and hat off be fore up came Miles Riley, saying that I was wanted directly. He did not then tell me what was the matter (on account of Smith's wife being present), but on getting out of the house he told me Smith had been shot in the stomach. On my arriving at the inn where Smith was I found him lying, or leaning, on a form, Mr. York, with his son, Mr. Bonchardt, and several others trying to persuade him to go upstairs and be undressed. After a great deal of persuasion he went, and on his being undressed we found a bullet had passed under his ribs and was still in the intestines. The doctor said it was all up with him. Mr. York telegraphed to Rome for an English doctor, but unfortunately he could not come. We broke the news to his wife as well as we could, and in half an hour after the accident she was with him. We remained up with the poor fellow until twenty minutes past four this afternoon (Satur day, January 18), when he died, after having suffered the most awful agony for about twenty-two hours. The account I have of the manner in which it was done is that, shortly after I left, Smith, with his man (guard), who always went with him, had just got outside the door of the inn, when a man passed quickly by him, and shot as he went past. Benjamin Gilvear (who was saying Good night' to Smith) as well as Smith's man were so stunned by the suddenness of the thing that they were quite powerless, and of course the man ran as hard as ho could as soon as he had shot Smith. The only description that we can give the police is that the man had on a big cloak and a cap. Of course this description will be of no use. Smith, however, before he died, said that it was a man who had been discharged that very day, and whose name is Giuseppe de Rossi. The police have put the fellow in prison, and they have also two or three others there on suspicion. "Mr. York's kindness was beyond everything, both he and his son being in the room with us the greater part of the night. Mr. York had the surgeon belonging to a French regiment stationed here to look at Smith at about 12 o'clock in the night, but ho gave us no, or at least scarcely any, hope of the poor fellow's life being saved. " You may imagine such a dreadful and sudden murder as this, committed in the most public street, and at a time (6 or a quarter-past in the evening) when so many people were about, has caused the Englishmen that are here to be in a very desponding state, especially when we are openly told that there are more to go off yet. Poor Smith had been often warned that his life was in great danger, but he said he was well armed. At the time he was shot he had ➢Zr. Wilson's revolver on, and carried a swordstick in his hand,—l beg to remain, gentlemen, yours truly, "Messrs. Kennard Brothers." "It. S. JONES. " Rome, Jan. 18. • "My dear Sirs,--I have the deep regret to confirm a despatch which I send you at the moment I write this letter. Some Italian shot poor Smith last night in the streets of Velletri, and he died this afternoon at four o'clock. I have this moment returned from that place. We shall put the man he left in charge when at the Sacco last week to con duct the works till we hear from you. "'There are four men in prison, but no one saw the man, except Smith, although twenty people were close to the spot ; so, no doubt, they will all soon be set at liberty. Death has thinned our ranks fearfully within three months. Ex cuse this scrawl, and believe me, yours faithfully, "Messrs. Kennard_Brothers." "JOHN O, YORK. ATTEMPTED MURDER ON SIIIPBOARD.—Yester day morning, about 9 o'clock, a murderous assault was committed on board the ship British Queen, now undergo ing some repairs in the Brunswick Dock at Liverpool. At the time stated a quarrel arose between T. Green, the ship's cook, and Enos Seth, the steward, in the course of which Green attacked Seth with a razor, inflicting a severe wound on Um abdomen of the latter, cutting down and laying loose the intestines. The wounded man was immediately removed to the Southern Hospital, but from the nature of the wound almost no hope of his recovery was entertained. Green was at once secured and lodged in the hands of the police. r