The Sun. — London, England, 1869-12-29 00:00:00

SERIOUS COLLISION: THE CATASTROPHE AT BRISTOL. The details to band of the catastrophe at Bristol fully boar out the very saddening news already given of it. The news is fully confirmed that eighteen persona lost their lives at the new theatre, in Park-row, Bristol, on Boxing-night. Nothing so dreadful in the way of accidents has happened in Bristol for many years, and when the news was spread through the city it caused consternation among all classes. Boxing night is a great night at the theatre. Mr. Chute, the manager, having issued an attractive pro gramme, thousands flocked as usual to witness the performance. The day was a general holiday. The pan tomime was "Robinson Crusoe," and it was only the second night of its performance. On Christmas-eve, when the piece was produced, there was a moderate attendance. Boeing Night, however, has attractions of its own, teed a great multitude of persons found their way to the New Theatre, in Park-row, cagc-r and anxious t.) witness the entertainment prceided for them. It will easily be guessed that the greatest pressure was to what are called the " popular parts " cf the house, viz., the pit and gallery; and it was to the unfortunate persons whose destination was to one of those parts that the terrible calamity we have to record took place. The entrance to the pit and gallery is down a passage about twenty feet wide leading from Park P.ow. There is a steep gradient from the level of "the road, and at the bottom of the passage there is a sharp turning leading at right angles to the gallery on the left. The door to the pit is situated also on the left-hand side, but about two feet higher up, and consequently nearer the roadway. It is of course impos sible to compute the exact number of persons in the passage, but it is stated by several persons who were near the spot that nearly 2,000 persons were endeavouring to gain admission either to the pit cr gallery—the crowd ex tending some distance into the roadway. People, in fact, had begun to assemble a long time before the hour named on the bills for opening the doors, and as early as six o'clock the passage was filled with an eager mass of persons waiting to gain admission. As the minutes wore on the crowd grew denser, and the pressure from the outside packed the mass in the passage closer and closer together. There were six policemen stationed on the spot, whose duty was simply to keep . order, and nog to interfere with the ingress or egress of anybody At half-past six the deers were opened, and there wan immediately a rush. Directly the deers were opened these behind pushed forward, heedless of the cries of those in front of them. An eye-witness describes the scene as being very dreadful. Wcmen and children were screaming for help, and even strong men seemed powerless to act. The tide behind was too strong to be resisted. Those behind called " Forward!' but in vain these in front called "Sack!" The momen tarily gathering crowd outside—ignorant, of course, of the imminent danger of those packed in the passage — pressed on with all their energy. Things at this juncture looked ugly enough, when a new alarm arose. Some one, desirous of restraining the impetuous advance of those behind, called out "Fire!" A panic was the result. Men, women, and children immediately made a frantic effort to drive back those coming in. In consequence cf this movement, a woman of fifty years ago fell clown, and others fell upon her. The crowd began to sway backwards and forwards, and those who were down were trampled upon. The scone now was a most terrible one. Screams, cries for assistance, and moans rent the air. People were pushed down and trampled under foot, and when once down it was almost impossible to recover their footing. One stal wart man assured the reporter that he was on his back for nearly a quarter of an hour, and that when, by almost superhuman exer tier's, he managed to escape with his life it was to find the body of a boy beneath him, whom he believed to he dead. Another person in the crowd describes the scene as calculated to paralyse the nerves of the boldest. He was struggling for half an hour, and saw many persons go down, but was unable to render them the slightest help. The y olice did all they could to keep any more people from entering the passage directly they became aware cf the critical situation o: affairs ; and after the lapse of a little time they were enabled to rescue several who were in a fainting condition. .t as soon as the crowd had to some extent cleared away, Indies were found lying about the passage in various spots. A boy named Charles Talbot, living at South Green-street, Hotwell-road, was the first rescued, awl he was found to be very seriously injured. He was taken to the Infirmary, but died soon after his admission. About sixty or seventy policemen were soon in attendance, and they at once drew a cordon round the entrance to the passage, thus preventing any one from getting admission. Meanwhile a number of bodies had been removed, and it was found that fourteen were quite dead. Most of them were persona varying in age from 15 to The belies of all these were laid cut in the lower refreshment-mom cf the theatre. Eight persons whose eenditim aplea,led to he very precarious veers taken instantly to the Infirmary. Three, however, did not yield to the treatment, and died after they had been only a short time is the institution. Medical aid was also procured at the theatre. The awful intelligence flew with the proverbial rapidity of ill-news, and thousands of people—many of them incredulous — wended their way to Park-row to learn for themselves the true particulars of the tragic event. The news was carried to the ether places of entertainment, and created amongst those who heard it a pi-donna sensa tion. Women, wild with excitement and fear, came to the theatre door, and begged and entreated for permission to view the dead bodies, but with a stern sense of duty that permission was in every case denied—whether rightly or not we will not pretend to say. The scene outside the Infirmary was equally painful. People, breathless with running, rushed up to the doors, and gave incoherent descriptions of their friends. It should be added that the performance within the theatre—in spite of this calamitous occurrence—was pro ceeded with, the manager being of opinion that an announcement of its postponement would have resulted in a further panic, and perhaps still greater less of life. The fun inside, while fourteen dead bodies lay close by, had a hideous aspect. When the manager, Mr. J. H. Chute, became aware of the terrible occurrence, he was anxious to at once close the performance and dismiss the audience. He was advised, however, that by pursuing that course lie would create a new panic, which would in all probability lead to a catastrophe quite as great as that which had already occurred. It was felt that those within the building being almost wholly igno rant of what had happened, an announcement of it from the stage would have caused those—and their numbers must have been many—who had been separated from friends to take alarm and rush from the house ; and the panic thus created might have caused another disaster. Yielding to the advice tendered him, Mr. Chute allowed the performances (with some abridgment) to proceed, but he closed the house on Tuesday, and neither the day performances ansounced at two o'clock nor those in the evening took place. The twelve injured persons in the Infirmary are doing well, and none of them can be considered in a dangerous condition. The coroner, Mr. H. S. Wasborow ' th, co mmenced an inquest on the bodies of the deceaseelon Tuesday after noon, at the Griffin Inn, Lower St. Michael's-hill. The names of the dead are thus given :—Mary Ellen Therwood, 16, domestic servant, 10, Alfred-hill ; John Merchant, 18, at Mr. Locke's, baker, St. James's-back ; Eliza Lucas, 18 , 2, Marsh-lane, St. Philip's ; Patrick Donovan, 17 ' 2, Jacob-street, St. Philip's ; Alfred Kew, 18, Clark- street, Philip-street, Bedminsier ; Thomas Pearson, about 21 years old, shopman to Mr. Seth Thomas, china and glass dealer, 10 and 11, High street. Deceased, a native of Blackpool, Staffordshire, had only been a fortnight in Bristol; Samuel Hill, 13 years, Lamb-street, St. Jude's ; 'William Davis ' 11, 9, Lower Castle-street; Mr. Vining, of 21, Stanley-street, , Euston-road ; George Potter, aged 11, son of Samuel Potter, No. 7, Redcliff - mead - lane - Ellen Jones ' age d 15, daughter of James Jones, carrier between Weston-super-Mare and Bristol, Regent-street, W es t on - su per-Mare ; Sarah Ann Belbey, 18, West-street Bedminster; Elizabeth Hal l, 60, Croft's - end , St. G eorge's , Gloucestershire ; Catherine Brewer, worker at the cotton factory, 4, Ashley-place, Kingsland-road, Dings ; Joseph Smith, 15, 9, Phcenix-street, Barton-hill ; Charles King, 17, Mill-lane, Bedminster; W. Alden, 21, Cape Mounted Rifts; Alfred Talbot, 14, Green-street, Hotwells. The jury having been sworn, the Coroner said they had been called together to inquire into one of the most deplorable accidents that had happened in the city for a number of years. His memory failed to furnish any . calamity so distressing in its nature and extent, involving as it did the deaths of as many as eighteen persons. IN , hat made the sad occurrence still more sad was the fact that every one of the unfortunate persons killed left their homes . in good health and spirits, antic i p atin g an evening of enjoyment ; whereas it turned out that they were thrown down and trodden to death by their fellow pleasure seekers. He had been informed that there was an ii!aneese pressure in the avenue leading to the pit nad gallery entrances, and that a woma n, while going down the slope, fell. Others fell over her, and then the mass pressing from behind stumbled over the peer creatures that had fallen, sweeping over ti: e ni like a huge wave, and leaving them dead on the slope. The coroner then observed that such an occurrence naturally led to a great deal of excitemen t, and it was natural that great sympathy should be felt with the friends of the dead persons. The jury would have however, to be guided by the evidence irrespective of feeling, their duty being to inquire whether blame at taches to anyone or not. In a case of that kind it was the magnitude of the disaster which astonished. It might turn, out to be a very simple thing indeed, and entirely acci dental, but still the numbers that had fallen victi ms to the catastrophe made the inquiry a very grave one. After some further remarks from the coroner, the jury pro ceeded to view the bodies, some of which lay in an armee of the theatre, at the infirmary, and one at the Hotwells. The evidence of identity occupied a very considerable time. The medical examination of the bodies shews that while several had died from suffocation, many were vic tims to the shock to the nervous system. The Coronet eventually adjourned the inquiry, observing that before going into the evidence of fact it would be better to allow soma Qt thq egiterioßt to allbgide• On Sunday morning, between five end six o - crocx, a very serious collision, resulting in the death of one man and greet d;Amage to property, occurred on the North British Rail way, at Longtowa station, about nine miles north o' Carlisle. It appears that two goods trains were despatched from Glasgow for the south, by way of Edinburgh, and that one of them stopped at Longtown station for the purpose of shunting off and taking on a number .of trucks. In the meantime the second train came up, and, the signals hav ing somehow or other got disarranged, dashed with ter rific force into the train which was engaged shunting. The result war that waggons were knocked about in all direc tions and truck piled on truck ; indeed, the scene just after tl:e collision was indescribable, and the extent of damage was so great, b.)tb to rolling stock and goods in the company's charge, that it is only possible now to roughly estimate it. However, it was currently set down at not less than £1,500 or £2,000. Fortunately, the guards and drivers on both trains escaped comparatively unhurt Lut a titter named Sewell, belonging to Carlisle, who was on one of the trains, received injuries which have resulted in his death. LAW AND POLICE. C:INaGE C.MELTT AT A MENAGEME.—Mr. Edmunds proprietor of the Edmunds' Menagerie (formerly Womb well's), now stationed at Liverpool, was summoned before the magi:trates of that town for having tortured a rabbit. The case was brought forward to try the right of a mena gerie proprietor to feed serpents with live animals. The case was dismissed, as the evidence was not conclusive that the rabbit was a tame or a domesticated animal, which was necessary to bring it within the Act. DAMAGING MACIIINETIY.—A boy named Layden, aged 14, was charged at Sheffield with wilfully damaging some valuable machinery about which he was employed. He threw a hammer and some large pieces of iron among some cog wheels, doing damage to the amount of .£2OO and ren dering a quantity of machinery completely useless. A number of men were thrown out of employment in conse quence. The boy, whose excuse was that he wanted a few days extra holiday at Christmas, was sent to prison for two months. SHIPWRECKS AND LOSS OF LIFE. Many shipping casualties are reported to have occurred 1 in the severe weather cf the last few days. On Sunday the screw steamer Leeds, bound to Grimsby from Rotter dam, and the screw steamer Zephyr, bound to Rotterdam from London, came in collision off Helvoet, and a telegram stiles that the former was sinking. On the same day the River Ganges, bound from London to Adelaide, came in collision with the brig Wings of the Morning, and the former sustained such severe damage that she had to put back. Among the vessels foundered are the brig New Express, of Shields, whence she was bound for Alicante. and the Lady Augusta, of Eeaumaris, bound from Liverpool to Amlwch. The former went down just off Flamborough Head, and the latter off the North-West Lightship. The crews of both vesels were saved, that of the New Express being picked up, after undergoing great hardships, and landed at Yarmouth. Two vessels—the brig Bird, of Sunder land, and the Caroline, of Sunderland—were aban doned, the former in the North Sea and the latter in Carnarvon Bay. The schooner Viscount Macduff drove ashore on the Black Middens on Christmas Day, and went to pieces. One man and the master of the ship, were drowned. The brig Fancy, of Boston, bound from Middlesborough to Lisbon, is a total wreck on the Buxey, and the Haide e, of Montrose, drove ashore at Seaharn, and went to pieces. One boy was drowned, and the remainder of the crew saved. Among the other vessels stranded are the Luther, of Leith, Whitby sands ; the brig Warner, at the mouth of Blyth Harbour ; the schooner Mary, of Bangor, the Samuel Dixon, of Wexford; and the Catherine at Antwerp. Great fear; are entertained respecting the safety of the screw steamer Lady Darling, which put into Scarborough on the 21st inst in a damaged state. After repairing she left in tow of a tog, but in consequence of the heavy weather the latter was obliged to leave her. No tidings have since been heard of the steamer. PREHISTORIC RE3IAINS IN NORTEUM- 11 ERL A.) D. The Rev. Canon Grcenwell, of Durham, and Mr. C. H. Cadogan, of Brenkburn Priory, have completed some highly interesting Northumbrian examinations of prehis tilie burials on Harbottle Peels, on the estate of Mr. P. F. Cleunell, of Harbottle Castle. The site is on the slope of the hill rising from the river, in the valley of the Coquet—a district which abounds in prehistoric re mains, camps, cairns, &c. The place where the graves were found had once a cairn of stones over it. This La I been removed some years ago to make a neighbouriag hnce. The first discovery was cf a stone c 7 st, fermcd of four slats set on edge, a bottom stone, and a ecver. The cist was S. W. by ?ft. 9in. by ift. 3in., and 16in. deep. It contains an urn known as " the food vessel," of 11)wer-pot shape, Cin. high and thin. wide at the mouth, and covered over the whole of the outside with lines of oval impressions in the clay. At 4ft. bin. to the north was a second cist, made in like manner, N. and S., 3ft. Sin. by 2ft. 3in., and 19in. deep. In it was a food vessel in the north-e.st corner, in. ;in. wide, flower-pot shaped, with four unpierced ears. This urn externally, 3lin. from the top, was beautifully ornamented in " herringbone " pattern of lines made by a sharp pointed instrument. On the slab forming the east side of the cist was a very peculiar grooved figure, cut into the stone by some sharp tool, the marks of which were as fresh as if made yesterday. The figure was of a uniform shape, not unlike the outline of a human foot. It was 6iin. long and 4in. broad at the widest part. It was, no doubt, one of those enigmatical markings which in the form of pits and circles have been so frequently found in Northumberland. Immediately north of this cist was a cinerary urn, reversed, filled with burnt human bones, and placed 18in. below the natural surface. The urn is 16in. high, and is ornamented on the overhanging rim with fine lines arranged in chevron pattern. At 3ft. south east of the cist was a deposit of burnt bones of a child placed on the natural surface. At 6.!,ft. north-west of the cist was a most beautiful food vessel, sin. high, 511 in. wide at mouth, flower-pot shaped, and having four unpierced ears. The moulded portion towards the top was ornamented inter nally and externally with rows of lines and dots of most delicate touch and beautifully regular execution. The body of the vessel was divided into two sections by lines and dots. The sections were filled with chevronized pat terns of dots in line, the triangular spaces being alternately plain and filled with lines diagonally arranged. The bottom of the vessel was ornamented with a cross of lines and dots a very rare circumstance. The so called " incense cups " have the bottoms ornamented occa sionally. Upon the whole, this is the best executed and most ornate specimen of British pottery yet found. At 10ft. N.N.E. from the second cist was another similarly formed, being W.N.W. by E.S.E., 3ft. 2in. by lft. 6in., and 15in. deep. The cover stone had been removed in the course of ploughing. In the cist at the north corner was a food vessel sin. high, sin. wide at rim, flower-pot shape, and covered externally with a herringbone pattern, made more carelessly than in the other urns already described. At 18f t. north from the third cist was a fourth, quite empty. The cover-stone had been removed for ploughing. Cist. N. and S. 3ft. by 2ft., and 2ft. 3in. deep; all contents had gone to decay. At Gift. to N.W. from the first-do scribed cist was a food vessel, flower-pot shaped, Gin. high, and Giin. wide, two inches of the upper surface being ornamented in herringbone pattern of fine lines. At Oft. N.W. by W. of this vessel was a deposit of burnt bones upon the natural surface. In the original burial mound there had been three burnt and six unburnt bodies, of which five had food vessels placed with them. In no case were there remains of the uuburnt bones, which(as is usually the case where a cairn of stones has covered the graves and so allowed a free admission of air) had gone en tirely to decay. In the mound were found three chippings of flint (one showing signs of use at the side) and a curious thin disc of sandstone, 21,in. diameter, having a shallow de pression in the centre on each side. The edge is much worn by rubbing, and except that it has not been used for ham mering, it closely resembles the so-called " toolstones " of Denmark and Ireland. The depressions are well placed to enable the person using the stone to hold it firmly between the thumb and the finger. A little time ago a cinerary urn was discovered about two miles to the S.E., filled with burnt bones, over which it was upturned. It is 10in. high, 10in. wide at mouth, and covered for Min. with lines of oval impressions. —Times. The Government (says the Loadon correspondent of the jfanchester Guardian), acting on the advice a Mr, Goschen, declines to render any aid in furtherance of emigration. "It is impoFsible to exaggerate," it is remark4l, " the bitterness and disappointment which this resolution, if adhered to, is likely to cause." THE EXPIRING BANKRUPTCY LAW.—The Gazette contains a list of bankrupts sent up from the Manchester District Court, without the usual announcement of days of meeting. This results from the extraordinary pressure put upon the court, in common with all the other courts. caused by the rush of persons anxious td place themselve , ; nail•.:r the operation of the existing law before the end of year deprives them of all further opportunity of doing so. It has been stated that during the present month the usual number of bankrupts on their own petition has been marly trebled. THE SUN, LoNDON, 187a)1ASDAY EVENING, DECEIMER 29, ^ Ni 9. FOREIGN NOTES. A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER IN NEW 7RAT AND, Matters in New Zealand appear to be decidedly mend ing. The Taranaki Herald in its summary for tho November mail points out that the stereotyped heading of " War in New Zealand "his disappeared from the columns of the journals, to be replaced by " Our Gold Fields," or " Our Flax Mills." Confidence is being gradually restored, the settlers are putting in their crops, and are forgetting their past troubles in their future hopes. The Taranaki Herald considers the prospects of its own province especially encouraging. It has abundance of flax, and the land is suitable for the cultivation of the best varieties. "We have sand on our beach which shortly we shall be i sending away in ingots of superior steel; and we have petroleum coming out of the ground which will one day be a fortune to a company." The numerous streams flowing from the mountains supply, too, cheap power for d lying machinery. The detailed accounts po.nt to the termination of the rebellion. Some time ago Te Kooti met with s wend defeats, and was being edged into a position from which he would be unable to extricate himself. On the 25th of September he attacked Taken°, a position which was occupied by Colonel M‘Donnell's troops, when he was dc•frated with great loss and obliged to retreat. A few days afterwards a severe engagement took place at Partero, on the west side of the Wanganui River. The Allies drove the enemy from their redoubt, and sustained a loss of thirty-seven. Captain St. George, a valuable officer, was killed. Te Kooti was wounded in three places, and had his hand shattered. Ho fled towards the sources of the Wanganui River. Te Kapu, another rebel chief, and twenty-one of his followers surrendered. The latest news states that Te Kooti, with a hundred fol lowers, had gone back to the position he lately left, and seemed determined to carry on the fight. The remainder of the Maories have been tried for high treason, and sen tenced to death. It is understood that the Governor will commute this sentence to imprisonment for a few years. The new Ministry have adopted a conciliatory policy, which has produced good effects. FLAX IN NEW ZEALAND. The New Zealanders are beginning to devote a great deal of attention to the cultivation of flax, which is likelyto form a very important item in the commercial products of the colony. The samples hitherto sent to the English market hive not been good either in fibre or colour, and consequently its value has not been correctly ascertained. Great improve ments are now being made in the cultivation; new machines are being erected for dressing the flAx, and several companies ' established for the improvement of the manufacture. The construction of roads in the West Country will facilitate its progress, and in the Apumake dis trict, where flax grows in great abundance, it is looked upon as affording a valuable resource for em ploying the natives. This district seems likely to become the centre of the flax industry, and if the attention of the natives could be turned to pacific pursuits, the prospects of both Maories and settlers would be far more hopeful. Application has been made to the Government for the righ t of cutting flax upon the confiscated land in the Apumake district, and the request has been granted on easy terms. Companies or individuals may occupy land not exceeding 7,000 acres for the purpose of utilising the flax growing in it, the Government reserving the right to eject such occupiers at six months' notice. In Waitara new machinery has been introduced by which one man can use up nearly seven tons of green flax in the week. How ever, there is no fear of the supply being exhausted, as enough flax grows near the works to last for three or four years, should no more land be cultivated. The Waitara flax gives a very superior result, yielding one ton of fibre, besides tow, to four and a half tons of green flax. During the last session of the General Assembly a Commission was appointed to inquire into the whole subject of flax cultivation in the colony. The report of the Commissioners is looked for with great inte rest. to track, almost unerringly, the subtlest transition of feeling, and to illustrate her conceptions with an originality and a suggestiveness of look, tone, and gesture, which, in these days of photographic realism, is as delightful as it is rare. For au example of the power just mentioned — that seizing the motives of character—we might refer to her reading of Tennyson's "May Queen." Those to whom it is familiar will have perceived at once that she is not only mistress of the details of effect upon which ordinary actresses rely, but that she grasps in its fullness the poet's psychological idea. While nothing more bright and bea itching can be conceived than the coquetry of the village maiden in the first part, it is pervaded by a fresh rus ticity, which totally separates it from the practised and languid airs of a town beauty of the same social grade, and by an impulsiveness which straws that the girl's faults are the accidents rather than the habits of her mind—the indications of youthful thoughtlessnekos and exultation in the power of her beauty, of vanity not fixed and conscious, but that of an affectionate heart, in which the desire to be loved mingles with the desire to be admired. Thus the final elevation of the poor girl is prepared for in the earliest scene. In the second part, where the fatal disease is making way, Miss Neilson, with fine perception, avoids the error, so tempting, of an abrupt moral change to unrelieved goodness and resignation. The young sufferer is still, to some extent, the impulsive coquette of the first act. She shows a touch of the old vanity, as recalls the last May-day of which she was queen ; she is even a little irritated and restless under her sickness ; but still, chastened by the trial at which she rebels, she passes from a moment's petulance to sweetness and contrition. In the third cart, her purification is complete. The tried spirit has gained faith and peace, the dark portal of Death is become translu cent, and she has seen the realm beyond. All is thankfulness and love. Yet, even here, where she refers to her old coquetry, with her lover, a gleam of tender archness flits over the face of the actress, then leaves it earnest and rapt. 'thus one sees ner individuality—has even a glimpse of her past foibles, in the very sublimation of death. The noble pathos of the concluding lines could never have produced such effect if Miss Neilson had not thoroughly un veiled to us the nature of her heroine, male us the sharers of all her moods and infitmities, and shown us in her " A creature not too bright or good For human nature's dai'y food." This is indeed to paint, not mere theatrical conven tions, but human life; to portray it in its breathing individuality, with its joys, its vanities, its gene rosities, and its purification by sorrow. It is to affect us with that " one touch of nature " which 46 makes the whole world kin," and to bid us look from the straggles of good and evil, of character and circumstance, in this divided world -44 To where, beyond these voices, there is peace." In describing the reading of "'The May Qu.en," I have dwelt chiefly upon the actress's power to grasp the leading idea of the poem, and to follow that idea through its various developments. The faculty of doing this is one far rarer than the faculty of brilliant execution. But in Miss Neil son's case the latter is no less remarkable. Her effects, as mere " effects," are at times superb. Were au instance required of her power to embody her ideas in look and tone, I should refer to her re cital of a second lay by the same poet, " The Charge of the Light Brigade." Among many other points may be noticed the grand ardour with which she brings before us the prowess of the charging squadron in the following lines : " t anuon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them voiley'd and thundered." The slow booming enunciation of the word " can no❑ " was iu every instance like the discharge of artillery. The energy and fire of martial move ment were unflaggiugly kept up till the words, " then they rode back," had been pronounced, when, with a wonderful transition from power to tenderness, the voice of the actress (and, like Miss O'Neil, she has " tears in her voice ") sank into a wail that penetrated all hearts, as she continued— " rut not -- Not the six hundred!" Rachel, declaiming the " Marsella!se " before the enthusiastic French, might have been proud to be associated with the noble figure of this young Eng lishwoman, who could feel the pride and grief of a sister at the txploits and the fall of her brave coun trymen, and who could interpret the feelings of a sister with the eloquence of genius. I have dwelt upon these " readiogs" because they do not come down to us with the traditional joints and methods of great dramatic parts. The reader, as distinguished from the actor, has to rely more thoroughly upon his own resources, so that if he have originality, it becomes more directly ob vious. But whoever has watched Miss Neilson's personation of Shakespeare's Juliet will see that, however wisely she conforms in many respects to stage traditions that could hardly be improved, the actress has exerc'sed independent judgment over every detail, and has often shown her originality in new renderings. That her love scenes are steeped in an artletts tenderness, which throws the veil of imagination over youthful passion, that her lighter scenes with the Nurse are given with delicious changes from the petulant to the coaxing, that her defence of the slandered Romeo is as full of indig nation as her grief is of poignancy, may all be granted, and yet it is not to be denied that these excellences have been displayed by her best prede cessors. But the look with which, almost at their meeting, she receives Romeo as of one who " Lifted up her eyes And loved him with that love which was her doom ;" the long, fascinated gaze with which she follows him when he quits her in the first act, so illustra tive of the words—• " If he be married My grave is like to Le my wedding bed." The expression as of one dazed and stunned by grief, when she discovers the selfish character of her trusted nurse ; the way in which afterwards, before the potion is taken, abandoning herself to the old habit of affection, and, about to embrace the nurse, she suddenly recalls her mercenary counsels touching Romeo, and quietly turns from her, chilled into reserve—these were touches of true and poetic feeling which, so far as we recol lect, belong specially to Miss Neilson. Far more important, however, both for novelty and impres siveness, was her realisation of terror in the famous potion scene. We had no mere declamation, no strained and grandiose effect, but the very nature of a susceptible and imaginative girl environed by supernatural menaces. One action may be • especially remarked for its boldness and its truth. When her fears have reached their climax, the actress starts to her feet, and, with rapid whirls, recoils from the phantoms of her brain ; at the same time her hand, with a strange spasmodic motion, passes down her dress, as if she would thus assure herself that she is still free from their grasp. So straightforward and abrupt au expression of fear might have been thought hazardous beforehand, but genius is self-reliant, and the enthusiasm of the audi ence justly hailed this example of daring simplicity. The scene throughout was as nobly executed as con ceived; if Miss Neilson's struggle with her fears was terrible, her victory over them was sublime. Nothing could be'Lfiner than the look of exulting love with which she drained the phial to Romeo. It sprang from the same grand tragic feeling as her final effect in the play. Romeo is dead ; Juliet, dying, lies at a little distance. With a last rally of her energies, she drags herself to his side, draws the arm of the lifeless form round her neck, and, with a sniile, drops her heal upon the still bosom. Death and love have :trlven, and, under the very blow of death, love sinks—a victor You will see that I write warmly of th's woman of genius ; still I do not intend to represent her as " That faultless monster which the world ne'cr saw." With all her fine powers, physical and intellectual, Nliss Neilson has, doubtles4, something yet to acquire, and something more to discard. With the ardour and impulsiveness of youth she has seine of its over ebulleuce. She undoubtedly knows that feel ing can evince itself by suppression as well as by fiirect exhibition ; but of this truth she now and ' then loses sight. Iler passion, though always genuine, at times kindles too soon, and speaks with an over emphasis, that anticipates the climax, and thus detracts from variety of expression. Her comedy, again, though harmonious in itself, is scarcely on the same large scale as her tragedy, and the consequence is that she is greater in scenes of pure tragedy or c )medy than in those which require transition from the one to the other. In serious playa she needs large and excitieg positions to bring out her excellence. When the motives of action become minute or superficial her interest in her part visibly declines. In short, she is, as yet, too much influenced by her own personal sympa thit s or antipathies in relation to the characters or phases of char: c' er which she represents. Iltr own nature is impassioned and poetic, and hence she is seldom at her best in embodying the prose comedy of real life. In poetic comedy, on the other hand, all her spontaneousness recurs. In the high& st type of poetical comedy Shakespeare's Rosalind—she has not, to nay thinking, teen sur passed. Here, as in her tragedy, poAic feeling, and the power of realising not only her character, but the minutest circumstances ceenected with it, are stiikiugly apparent. Her Rosalind, from the beginning, is a lady, the daughter of a prince—SO perfect a I.tdy that, arrogating nothing on account of her state, she is "Dower'd with the bate of hate, the scorn of scorn, The love of love." Never failing in the delicate tact and feeling which flow both from birth and culture, she shows the gaiety, the archness, and the self• enjoyment of a nature so rich in its vitality, that in the conven tions of a court it must needs have found itself prisoued. Hence her escape to the forest is a libe ration of soul as well as body. In the glee of her look, in the elasticity of her step, in the joyful abandon of every movement, she conveys a sense of enfranchisement, which makes the spectator rejoice that the once-caged bird is now free in the wild wood. Yet, hand in hand with this impulsiveness, goes an equal refinement. On many occasions, with exquisite instinct, the nature of the woman so glances through the boy's disguise, that one thinks et is Muhoßt. deerve probable. and no treachery to Rosalind, that Or:ando should have rehearsed his love with such a boy. The tenderness and the sportiveness of Rosalind were not only harmonised in this representation ; they were identified. So full of love was the mirth, that its very archness had the effect of pathos. I may be using a hadkneyed image in saying that Miss Neilson's rendering of this part seemed like a personification of April ; but I know not how to convey better the impression which she gave me. There was in her Rosalind the life and purity of early spring, the trick of sunshine playing at hide and seek iu the clouds, and surprising you through the freshness of showers. During the few years which have elapsed since Miss Neilson's debut she has appeared not only in the stock characters of a leading actress, but in several original parts, her last being that of Lilian Macronald, in the play of "Life for Life," pro duced last winter at the Lyceum, and revived at the Adelphi ; its run at the latter house being abruptly cut short by her severe illness. On this imperso nation the present writer can hardly dwell as he would like. He will briefly say that when the young tragedienne invited him to turn once more from the far more popular field of modern comedy to that of the ideal drama, he felt that he would have been false to his art had he refused. At what ever disadvantage in other respects the battle of Poetic Legitimacy had to be fought, here, at least, was an actress who could make failure itself hon ourable. Miss Neilson did far more. In conjunc tion with that admirable actor, Mr. Hermann Vezin, she made a triumphant stand for a school of drama in which it was supposed that the public (at all events in the case of a living writer) had ceased to be interested. The author of the play may venture to use the words of her critics, one of whom observed that " her portrayal of the charac ter of Lilian gave her a c'ear and unquestioned right to take a foremost position on the English stage." Her acting, continues the reviewer, " where courage and determination are called for, rose to absolute perfection ; or, at least, as near perfection as it is possible to arrive." In the opinion of another influential journal, " her acting reachel positive inspiration, hold ing the au hence breathless and spell-bound ;" while an authority no lessguarded and judicial than the Athenzum deposes that " her impersonation had true tragic firo, her attitudes were full of grandeur, her utterance was musical and impres sive." These eulogies, however warm, are such as the author of " Life for Life" feels it a privilege to endorse ; and did the play in question proceed from any other pen, he would hardly confine the expres sion of his pleasure to this brief bat emphatic state ment. That Miss Neilson is not free from faults has already been asserte,l ; but she can afford to admit them. These faults are daily yielding to her natural taste, and to her enlarged experience, and they do not seriously affect the fact that we have in her an actress endowed with that noble imagina tion which can alone enter into the conception of poets, and with those executive gifts by which such conceptions are made living to the senses. Such concentrated power, such genuine pathos (and never was there a finer illustration of the si vis me flere, than Miss Neilson affords), such spontaneous archness and vivacity, refined by fancy, have sel dom, indeed, been united in the same actress ; and the combination is, indeed, valuable at a time like ours, when, according to many, dramatic art is on the decline. If any one has the gift to receive it in the theatre, that gift belongs to the subject of these remarks. Such, at least, is the opinion, of one who has had some experience of the stage, and who respects too much the art which he has pur sued through life to give vent to a rash and un considered impression. Such is the verdict, more over, in which many of our highest critics have concurred, as the notices sent herewith will abun dantly testify. I trust that ere very long you will see Miss Neilson in America, where I have much confidence that the estimate formed of her in her own country will be confirmed by the judg ment of the great trans-Atlantic republic. P.S.—Since the above remarks were penned, Miss Neilson has appeared at the Gaiety Theatre, Lon don, as the heroine of a piece adapted by Messrs. John Oxenford and Horace Wigan, from M. Belot's "Le Drame de la Rue de la Pala." The drama, which is a contemporary story of love and crime in Paris, however good and interesting in itself, hardly furnishes scope for the exhibition of Miss Neilson's best power. We have already said that the realistic exhibition of modern life is not her forte, as, indeed, it cannot be the forte of any actress poetical par excellence. The drama in question is of a purely realistic kind, and hence the judgments on Miss Neilson's acting in it have been more conflicting than those delivered upon her Shakesptrian impersonations. Journals, however, which, like the Athenatumn, . except to her per formance, on the ground of its being too tragic for modern life, warmly point out the "flashes of inspiration" with which it abounds, and the subtlety of conception which it evinces. It is undoubtedly true that the chief objection hitherto tenable re garding this lady's acting is that it is too full of imagination and fire to accommodate itself easily to the prosaic restraints of modern life. Her genius has delighted to use its wings rather than its feet ; but, if I might add my opinion of this, her latest performance, I should say that she has made a strik ing advance in the power of interpreting the drama of actual life, and that she will soon find it no less easy to usdle than to soar. W. M A lISTON. 111:1 111 c E TS.-7 his Day. LIVERPOOL COTTON. Dec. 19.—Sales probably 10,000 bales. The market steady. DREAKFAST.—EPPS'S COCOA.—GRATEFUL AND CoM FORTINO,—The very agreeable character of this preparation has rendered it a general favourite. The 'Civil tiervice Gazette' ra marks:—" The singular success which Mr Epps attained by his heft coopathic preparation of cocoa has never been surpassed by any experimentalist. By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition and by a careful applicat;on of the fine properties of well-selected cocca, Mr Epps has provaled our breakfast tables with a deli cately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doc tors' bills." Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in tin-lined packets, labelled "JiILES EPPS and Co., Homeo pathic Chemists, London." THE LAST HOURS OF MARY QUEEN OF SCO7 S. Mr. Froude has just published two more volumes of his " History of England." We extract his ac- count of the last hours of Mary Queen of Scots:-- She was allowed to take six of her own people with her, and select them herself. She chose her physician Burgoyne, Andrew Melville, the apothe cary Gorion, and her surgeon, with two ladies, Elizabeth Kennedy and Curie's young wife, Barbara Mowtray, whose child she had baptised. " Allows done," she then said—" Let us go ;" and pasEi:ig out, attended by the earlz, and leaning on the arm of au officer of the guard, she descended the great staircase to the hall. The news had spread far through the country. Thousands of people were collected outside the walls. About 300 knights and gcntletnen of the county hall been all/lit:ea to wit- nem the execution. The tables and forms had been removed, and a great wood fire was blazing in the _ . . ci,i►n..ey. At the upper 611 of the hall, above the fire-place, but near it, btoo.l the scaffold, twelve feet square, and two feet and a half high. It was covered with black cloth ; a low rai ran round it coverel with black cloth als9 and the sheriff's guard of halberdiers were ranged on the floor below on the four sides to keep off the crowd. On the scaffold was the block, black like the rest ; a square black cushion was placed behind it, and behind the cushion a black chair ; on the right were two other chairs for the earls. The axe leant against the rail, and two masked figures stood like mutes on either side at the back. The Queen of Scots, as she swept in, seemed as if coming to take a part in some solemn pageant. Not a muscle of her face could be seen to quiver ; she ascended the scaffold with absolute composure, looking round her smiling, and sate down. Sl]r,ws bury and Kent followed, and took their places ; the sheriff stood at her left hand, and Beale then mounted a platform and read the warrant alou I. In all the assembly Mary Stuart arpeared the per son leas.: interested in the words which were con signing her to tkath. " Madan)," said Lord Shrewsbury to her when the reading was ended, " you hear what we are commanded to do." " YGu will do your duty," she answered, and rose as if to kneel and pray. The Dean of Peter borough, Dr. Fletcher, approached the rail. " Madam," he beg mn, with a low obeisance, the Queen's most excellent Majesty ;" " Madam, the Queen's most excellent Majesty"—thrice he commenced his sentence, wanting words to pursue it. When he repeated the words a fourth time, she cut him short. " Mr. Dean," she said, "lam a Catholic, and must die a Catholic. It is useless to attempt to move me, and your prayers will avail me but little." " Change your opinion, Madam," he cried, his tongue being loosed at last ; repent of your sins, settle your faith in Christ, by Him to be saved." "Trouble not yourself further, Mr. Dean," she answered ; " I am settled in my own faith, for which I mean to shed my blood." " I am sorry, Madam," said Shrewsbury, "to see you so add;cted to Popery." "That image of Christ you bold there," said Kent, " will not profit you if He be not engraved in your heart." She did not reply, and turning her back 'on Fletcher knelt for her own devotions. He had been evidently instructed to impair the Catholic complexion of the scene, and the Queen of Scots was determined that he should not succeed. When she knelt he commenced an extempore prayer, in which the assembly joined. As his voice soulded out in the hall she raised her own, reciting with powerful deep chested tones the penitential Psalms in Latin, introducing English sentences at intervals, that the and:epee might know what she was saying, and praying with especial distinctness for her holy father the Pope. From time to time, with conspicuous vehemence, she struck the crucifix against her bosom, and then, as the Dean gave up the struggle, leaving her Latin, she prayed in English wholly, still clear and loud. She prayed for 'the Church which she had been ready to betray, for her son, whom she had disin herited for the Queen, whom she had endeavoured to murder. She prayed God to avert His wrath from England, that England which she had sent a last message to Philip to b seech him to invade. She forgave her enemies, whom she had invited Philip not to forget, and Can, praying to the saints to interc:de for her with Christ, and kissing the crucifix and crossing her own breast, " Even as thy arms, oh Jesus," she cried, " were spread upon the cross, so receive me into thy na , .rey and forgive my sins." With these wards she rose; the black mutes stepped forward, and in the usual form begged her forgiveness. " I forgive you,"she said, " fur now I hope you shall end all my troubles." They offered their help in arranging ber dress. " Truly, my lords," she said with a smile to the earls, " I never had such grooms waiting on me before." Her ladies were allowed to come up upon the scaffold to assist her ; for the work to be done was considerable, and had been prepared with no common thought. She laid her crucifix on her chair. The chief executioner took it as a perquisite, but was ordered instantly to lay it down. The lawn veil was lifted carefully off, not to disturb the hair, and was hung upon the rail. The black robe was next removed. Below it was a petticoat of crimson velvet. The black jacket followed, and under the jacket was a body of crimson satin. One of her ladies handed her a pair of crimson sleeves, with which she hastily covered her arms ; and thus she stood on the black scaffold with the black figures all around her, blood-red from head to foot. Her reasons for adopting so extraordinary a cos tume must be left to conjecture. It is only certain that it must have been carefully studied, and that the pictorial effect must have been appalling. The women, whose firmness had hitherto borne the trial, began now to give way, spasmodic sobs bursting from them which they could not check. "Ne criez vous," she said, " ray promis pour vous." Struggling bravely, they crossed their breasts again and again, she crossing them in turn, and bidding them pray for her. Then she knelt on the cushion. Barbara Mowbray bound her eyes with a handkerchief. " Adieu," she said, smiling for the last time, and waving her hand to them, " Adieu, au revoir." They stepped back from off the scaffold, and left her alone. •On her knees she repeated the Psalm, " In te, Domine, confido," " In thee, 0 Lord, have I put my trust." Her shoulders being exposed, two scars became visible, one on either side, and the earls being now a little behind her, Kent pointed to them with his white wand, and looked inquiringly at his com panion. Shrewsbury whispered that thoy were the remains of two abscesses from which she had suffered while living with him at Sheffield. When the Psalm was finished she felt for the block, and, laying down her head, muttered, "Iu menus, Domine tuas, commendo animam mean." The bard wood seemed to hurt her, for she placed her hands under her neck. The executioners gently removed them, lest they should deaden the blow, and then one of them holding her slightly, the other raised the axe and struck. The scene had been too trying even for the practised headsman of the Tower. His arm wandered. The blow fell on the knot of the handkerchief and scarcely broke the skin. She neither spoke nor moved. He struck again, this time effectively. The head hung by a shred of skin, which he divided without withdrawing the axe ; and at once a metamorphosis was witnessed, strange as was ever wrought by wand of fabled en chanter. The coif fell off and the false plaits. The laboured illusion vanished. The lady who had knelt before the block was in the maturity of grace and loveliness. The executioner, when he raised the head, as usual, to show it, in the cr Nv , l, expos .d the withers d ft atures of a gr:zz!ed, wrinkled old woman. "So perish all enemies of the Queen," said the Dean of Peterborough. A loud " Amen" rose over the hall. " Such cud," said time Earl of Kent., rising and standing over the body, " to the gm -teen's and the Gospel's en :miss." CIIMSTMAS PnEsENTs AT 1. ARKINS AND GOTTO . S.— Portrait albums,dispatch boxes, writing cases, dres s i ng cases, dressing bags, envelope cases, blotting books, inkstands, desks, stationery cabinets, bookslides, work boxes, tea caddies, hand bags and reticules, earl cases, purses, scent bottles, cigar cases, card trays, pocket books, ornament a l art i c l es i n china, bronze gilt, and elegantly mounted for mantel shelf, drawing and library tables ; bagatelle boards, indoor croquet and indoor games of all kinds; Bibles, Prayer-books, snd Church Services in every type Thousands of the above articles, all perfectly new and fres Small articles careiully selected and sent post paid upon pre payment Catalogues free. THE CASE OF CAPTAIN WYLIE. The case of Captain Wylie was heard before the High Court of Boml ay on the 26th of November. He was charged with insulting Cornet Graves, of the 20th Hussars, who was a passenger on board his ship Thomas Bell, and also with assaulting him and imprisoning him when no offence had been committed. The Captain could make no defence, and Sir Charles Sargent, in giving judgment, said that he could scarcely imagine a more out rageous stretching of a man's authority than the Captain had exhibited on the occasion-referred to. He ordered the defendant to pay the plaintiff two thousand rupees damages and the costs of the suit. Since the trial Captain Wylie has filed his petition in the Bombay Insolvency Court. He attributes his insolvency to having to pay the damages and costs and his own law expenses. AN INGENIOUS STORY. A curious story was set afloat in Hong-Kong during the Duke of Edinburgh's visit. The Prince, it was said, was held in custody at Japan, the sum of $60),0)0 being demanded as ransom. The English Government not being able to afford this, and not being that the awkward fact should be known, had according to this story resolved on sending out to China a false PiLice, so that the royal vidtor received with such honour anl empressement at Hong Kong, was, in reality, only a substitute for the imprisoned Alfred in Japan. Fortunately this absurd ta'e does not seem to have obtained general credence, and the Chincee did not relax their endeavours to do honour to their guest. They were amazed and delighted at the beauty of the illuminations in the foreign quarters, and the prevailing sentiment at Hong-Kong was " never can catchce a more better looksee anywhere." As the proces sion of fish lamps, and the fiery dragon, and the exhibition of fireworks, seldom occur together, they say that such as exhibition may never be seen again in Hong-Kong. During the Prince's visit to that city , Admiral Sir Henry Keppel took farewell of China. The Prince, as captain of the Galatea, took stroke oar of the boat in which he was pulled off to the steamer, Commodore Jones being cox swain, and the other rowers officers of the different ships. This act of courtesy gave general satisfaction. STRANGE CALAMITY AT FIJI. A terrible occurrence has taken place at Fiji. Two hur.dred and eighty natives were shipped on board the French barque Mores,. They were bound for Queensland, but the islanders attacked the white men and killed them all without exception. They then jumped overboard with the intention of swimming to shore, but only thirty reached the land, and it is supposed that 250 were drowned. THE DESTRUCTION OF IDOLS IN MADAGASCAR. The Rev. Mr. Ellis, who has long been a resident in Madagascar, writes to explain some circumstances connected with the recent triumph of Christianity in that great island. He says that the idols which were burned were only the royal gods, not those of the people, who have their separate objects of worship. Though the Queen wished all idols to be removed from her kingdom, she was averse from compelling her subjects, who were left to their own free will. The destruction of these monstrosities, Mr. Ellis points out, was rather the effect than the cause of conversion to Christianity. It is less than four months since the order for the destruction of the Government idols was given, and it is nearly forty years since the first converts to Christia nit y were baptized. After thirty years of severe persecu tion, during which at least 200 died, and thousands suffered, for their faith, the numbers of the Christians during that period had increased from less than 100 to 7,000. At the close of the last year, seven years later, the adherents to Christianity exceeded 40,000, while in some parts of the province their number has doubled during the present year. The additional teachers now sent out to continue the good work will be independent of the authority of the Govern ment, and will be supported by voluntary subscrip tions. Mr. Ellis, therefore, proves that the Queen had less, and the missionaries more, to do with these conversions than the first accounts revealed. MISS IVEILSON, NETV ENGLISH TRAGEDIENNE. BY DR. WESTLAND MARSTON. (From the New York Home Journal.) [We give space for the following elaborate critique, because it is a fine specimen of dramatic analytical criticism, by the talented English drama tist whose plays are frequently produced here, and because we believe American readers will be pleased to know something of the rising young English tra gedienne who is about to make a professional trip to this country. We preface the article with the writer's more private remarks, with which it was accompanied.] Eds. I lonze Journal. London, October 8, 18G9. Lilian Adelaide Neilson, who is now about to conomnrte an engagement at the Gaiety Theatre, London, has so tar idly attained eminence in the hil2h.st walk of Ler profes,ion, that some account of let- will be intereAing to yoursr4f, and, possibly, to your readers also. Should you agree with mein this latter ecnjecture, you are at full liberty to make public the following remarks ; for, next to the pleaure of coming in contact one's self with anew and high fo-m of intellectual life, is that of ac ,n,,itt:in;- (Alt% rs:pith one's cnj.,yment. I u the first place, then, Mi,s Neilsen possesses rare personal advantages; to these she adds the in tellectual capacity which tums them to the best account. She has, above all, that nub!est of quali ties for a tragic actress—poetic imagination. She is thus able to seize the leading motives of a part, Bank of France. PARIS, Dec. 23. 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The Court found the charges proved, and sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned for twelve months with hard labour in one of the naval gaols, and at the expiration of the term Of imprisonment to be dismissed from Her Majesty's naval service with disgrace. 1 ADVERTISEMENT. 1 - Consumption, and all nerVollgt bilious, stomach, awl tiro: complaints in every sta.ze are onlY,. aggravated and Iccolor,tted by drugs of eve. y description, 13,"' perfe tly curable by Do BARRY'S health-restoring Revale nt° Arahica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been considered hopeless; such as indigestion (dyspepsia), coug asthma, consumption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all go,str derangements, hemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, ner vousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throat, diphtheria, ca tarrh !: colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism , g od' impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sle e p less' ness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, craraP,t spasms, nausea and sickness even in pregnancy or at se a, sin !' „ ing fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of t h e chest , pain s at e. pit of the stomach, and between the shou ld e rs, &e. We quote 0: few: -The Pope's health restored by Du Barr y 's F ood. Cure 01?., 68,413 -"Rome, July 1866. The health of the Holy Father 17. excellent, especially since, aband onin g all other r emedie s, he confined himself entirely to Du Bar r y' s Re valenta Arabic a Foca, of which he consumes a plateful at every meal. It has producet a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, and his Holies!' cannot praise this excellent f ood too hi ghly." — From the Gazeti! du Midi, July 2‘. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, tinibe` merchant, of Frimley, Surrey , of thirty years' diseased lang,t spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deaft...g. N0.1,77'. L o rd Stuart do Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of lit a.terfol w, of many years' dy s p e p sia.-No . 49,83 "Fifty years' i ndes c on cr able agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma cough, spasms, sickness, and vomiting. . 11a aution.—Beware of the many unsa vou. j st o i l pa ly t , i,on, Important flatulency, spasms, -T and more than sloppy imitations to which, without authoritY Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. BIRTHS. Coox—Ou the 28th inst. at 8, Clifford-street, hirs. W. Co k, of a son. NORTH --On tho 27th inst., at 16, Arlington-stroo t, the lion. Mrs. No r th, o f a datigliter. .31A R.RIAG ES. PALMER —TTAYES—On the 24th inst. at Bromley, Jollt %Lou, third son of 01a) t.m Palmer, Esq., Twicken ham, to Helen, eldest daughter of Gorgeff44.' M. t_.., Bromley, Kent. PRESTON— GWYN:CB—On the 24th inst., at WeStria-SUr-F D: are, Chutes E. 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