The Sun. — London, England, 1852-12-25 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. 'arewell season of Mr. Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Manager, ON BOXING NIGHT Will be performed the popular and highly attractive Comedy of MASKS AND FACES; or, Before and Behind the Curtain—by Messrs. Benjamin Webster, Leigh Murray, Stuart, and Parselle; Mrs. Stirling, Mrs. Leigh Murray, Miss Rosa Bennett, and Miss Fanny Maskell. After which (first time), a new Grand Extravaganza, entitlel LEO, THE TERRIBLE, by the entire strength of the Company. After which, the Farce of BOX and COX MARRIED and SETTLED. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestria. On MONDAY, Dec. 27, will be performed the Comic Drama called A PHENOMENON IN A SMOCK . .FBOCK, Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Horncastle ; Miss F. Baker and Miss C. Mitchell. After which (first time), a new and original Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE GOOD WOMAN IN THE WOOD, in which Messrs. F. Matthews, Suter, Homcastle, and Templeton ; Madame Vestris, Mum Julia St. George, Miss Robertson (her first appearance at this Theatre), Miss Martindale, Miss Ellis, Miss Wyndham. Mies Egliu ton (her first appearance at this Theatre), and Miss Rosina Wright will appear. To Conclude with LITTLE TODDLEKINS. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Baker, Butler, Miss F. Matthews, Miss Oliver, and Miss Ellis. Sole Agent for the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Allcroft, 15, New Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Open for the Season. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. On BOXING NIGHT, the already popular Drama of SLAVE LIFE; or, Uncle Tom's Cabin—by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, Cullen ford, 0. Smith, and Emery ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Miss Harding, and Mrs. Keeley. After which (first time), a new Grand Christmas Pantomime, called NELL GWYNNE ; or, Harlequin Merrie Monarch, by Messrs. Fleamore, S. Honey, T. W. Barnes, and James Regeis ; Miss Laura Honey, and Mdlle. Anriol. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. On MONDAY, Dec. 27, will be presented THE IRON CHE3T. 151 r Edward Mortimer, Mr. Charles Kean. After which will be produced a new and original Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN CHERRY AND FAIR STAR; or, The Green Bird, the Dancing Waters, and the Singing Tree. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clovn, Mr. Hu•ine (first appearance here) ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Columbine, Miss Car lotta Leclercq. ROYAL OLYMPIC: THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. On MONDAY, December 27, will be presented ABELARD AND HELOISE. Supported by Messrs. Compton, W. Farren, jun., Cook, Clifton, and Edgar ; Mesdames H. Gordon, and A. Phillips. After which, an entirely new Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled ROMEO AND JULIET ; or, Harlequin Queen Mab and tilt, World of Dreams. Hanle .uin, Mr. Forest; Columbine, Miss Marie Charles ; Sprite, Mr. G. Thompson ; Pantaloon, Mr. G. Tanner ; Clown, Mr. Edward Edwardes. Box-office open from Eleven till Five, under the superintendence of Mr. Edward Chatterton. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Immense attraction of the Christmas Holidays. First Night of the new Grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime. 30th Night of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Entire change of Scenes in the Arena. On MONDAY, December 27, and during the week, the Enter tainments will commence with the highly successful Equestrian Drama of UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, with all its original effects. To be followed by unuenally brilliant and novel Scenes in the Circle, by the most eminent Artistes of the day. To conclude with, for the First Time, the New Grand Equestrian Christmas Comic Pantomime, entitled FORTHNIO AND HIS HORSE COMRADE; or, Harlequin and his Seven Gifted Men. Produced on an unequalled scale of splendour, and in which the following talented Pantomimists will appear for the first time here. Harlequin, Mr. Melbourne Ellar ; Columb ne, Mdlle. Christine ; Clow a, Mr. Gardner Bolino ; Pantaloon, Mr. Priorson ; Sprite, Mr. R. Hemming. Doors open at Half-past Six o'clock. To commence at Seven. Pox-oince open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Ina DAY —Morning 4 min. after 1 I Evening 24 min.aft. 1 Tc-Moaaow—Morning 42 min. after 1 Evening 2 min.aft. 2 THE WEATHER.—Suer OFFICE, Dec. 25. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 51—highest since noon yesterday. 46—lowest this morning and during the night. 47—this day, at noon. BAROMETER went down to 29'77, now up to 29.83. WIND, W. by S.—Light airs and fine sunshiny weather,, with a clear sky, and promise of better weather. A 4414 1 A'. .P • lij I 1 At ~,zzi _,....... z , t 4.,..7).77,,,, ii b LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1852. Christmas-day surely never before came upon us with more utter confusion in the whole frame work of our Constitutional Government. Eng land, indeed, may be said with truth at this yule tide to be without rulers—white, black, or GREY —Whig, Tory, or Radical—Derbyite, Peelite, or Conservative. Yet we are bold to aver, without fear of contradiction, that the country was never more prosperous. We have at this moment more reason, if possible, than ever to be grateful for the benignity of DIVINE PROVIDENCE. Industry finds in almost every direction the most encouraging employment. The marts are filled with the pro moters of maritime and mercantile enterprise. The revenues of the country are in a condition so flourishing and satisfactory as to be almost wholly unexampled. Pauperism has decreased within the last twelve months. Crime has in the same interval diminished. Agriculture has recovered considerably from its rather prolonged and la mentable depression. Manufactures are every where multiplied. Our exports as well as our imports have been appreciably extended in variety and importance. Beyond all which there is some degree of security for the future in the increasing thrift—as shown in the savings-bank system—of the industrial part of the population. Deposits, there, have been gradually more numerous, en couraged by the additional percentage in the way of interest granted by the State upon their in vestments in the public funds; and this, moreover, in spite of numerous allurements in the shape of most tempting and attractive speculations. Pros perity like this has naturally enough very greatly heightened the amount of national happiness. Queen VICTORIA reigns at this hour not only over a loyal but also over a contented people. Even poor Ireland is partaking in the spread of good fortune. England is no longer dismayed by the repeated record of agrarian outrages. Agitation has died out with a gradual and perceptible re turn to good government. Testimony of this kind is reaching us continually from all quarters —even from the apparently reluctant evidence of Irish Representatives. The beneficial changes commenced under CLARENDON have, from their own innate vigour and vitality, developed them selves under EGLINTON. It is with this dawn of better days brightening on the horizon, that Dub lin is preparing for the next year a copy from our great Industrial Exhibition. Destitution is no longer heard of, thanks be to GOD ! as devastat ing the primitive and simple-minded population of the Highlands. Scotland appears to be par taking yet more largely than Ireland, if that be possible under the circumstances, in the generous influences arising from the growth of commerce and the diffusion of comfort, more or less through out the various shires of England. Meanwhile, with this internal activity, we have the joy of witnessing the uninterrupted maintenance of ex ternal tranquillity. Revolutions no longer convulse the Continent. Peace has spread not merely along the northern coasts of the Baltic, but also along the southern shores of the Mediterranean. There is no longer a suppressed panic about the outbreak of such a Conspiracy in behalf of Terrorism, and Socialism, and Communism, as the earth even in its most evil days h as never w it nesse d . The deadly con sPracies at one period rife—conspiracies against all th at is held sacred by the cultivated intellects of civii;_4'lx. 4 °on, against order, and family, and pro- PertY, and religion conspiracies to root u p society from its very foundations, and d as h it tion—have down in a eh aosofof calamity, bl oo d, an d desola a resistless will ji Europe respir es again now that there has been re moved f rom h er b osom the weight of a l l the tions. Amit y has . horror of the se long superincumbent r a hi therto at op en var i ance. been restored to nations Treaties of alliance have be en S between them, and mercantile igned a n d sea l e d e llLerprizes have begun o nce mo re to assume th e upect of a international development. What has not grand known for a considerable time past—th been e unds have been simultaneously sustained f or F - pro tracted interval at an unusual height at the Bou rse in Paris, an d a t th e R oya l Exchange in L on d on. Credit is good on the average. The rate of wages is satisfactory. Food is cheap and abundant. And as additional and very significant " signs of the times" —while the mortality has diminished the births have astonishingly increased, and mar riages have been much more numerously contracted. Externally, as we have shown, there is quietude —internally there are prosperity and happiness. Surely, with all these exhilarating prospects of a " Happy New Year," we have, as a nation, very good reason indeed for spending, upon this day, a " Merry Christmas !" Numerous, of course, we admit at once, have ' li. .2; THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 25, 1852 been the sources of this widely-diffused improve ment. It is an improvement, we allow, not at tributable solely to " recent legislation." The enormous emigration that has taken place dur ing the past two or three years, especially from the Sister Island, has tended obviously enough to secure advantage as well as room to those left be hind in the mother country, by thinning(in a whole some manner) the surplus population. Again, the enormous increase of the precious metal, conse quent upon the importations of gold from Aus tralia as well as California, has aided won drously in forcing o n th e goo d wor k beyond the limits of even the most sanguine expectations. Yet, combined with this extraordinary acquisition of gold, and this equally extraordinary flood of immigration, there has been at work from first to last the operation of the Free-trade system—the operation of that "wise, just, and beneficial" system which was proposed by ADAM SMITH, and advocated by WILLIAM HUSKISSON, and supported by CHARLES VILLIERS, and explained by RICHARD COBDEN, and established by ROBERT PEEL, and, at last, after it had revealed its own excellence by its fruits, recognised and accepted by BENJAMIN DISRAELI, when he had attained the position and had become invested with the responsibilities of CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. It is to this Free-trade sys tem, aided by the importation of gold from the " Diggins," and by the weeding out of the more burdensome portions of the community, that must in a great measure be attributed the prosperity conferred of late upon England by the abounding and overflowing benignity of DrvrNE PROVIDENCE. Coupled with this internal prosperity there is, as already indicated, external tranquillity. Never theless, with proper regard for future contingen cies, we have recently cared for the efficiency of our insular defences by organising a new Militia and by augmenting our maritime forces. We have become wisely prudent in our prosperity, cautious in the midst of our happiness. Yet with all these encouraging considerations upon us—we may be said at this moment to be virtually with out any Government. Official plum-puddings need not for once in a way be boiled in the kitch ens of Downing-street. Howbeit, while the late Cabinet is made mince-meat of by its antagonists, its motley successors would seem to be making friends, and kissing under the mistletoe. Perhaps the very circumstance of this unwonted Ministerial confusion in the very thick of the winter festivities ought to increase the po pular satisfaction, by reminding them very vividly of the fact, that the security of the State is not so intimately involved, as may at one period have been imagined, in the changes of Administrations. And so—with happiness around us, and before - - jus, and in retrospect —we waive, for once at least, the dissonant sound of political recriminations. For has not glorious CHARLES DICKENS written of a cluster of holiday folks, mentioned in his im mortal " Carol," that " they said it was a shame to quarrel upon Christmas-day —and so it was, GOD love it, so it was !" And so end we our com ments for the nonce in the daily round of jour nalism—saying with a little creature summoned some years back into existence by the magic of a genius beloved in all this land of England, saying with TINY TIM, " GOD bless us every one !"—and none the less cordially because of the national prosperity and of the international peace which are visible upon all hands on this present Christ mas-day. On this sacred day when the great majority of our readers are enjoying every domestic comfort, and looking forward we trust to a long life of happiness and utility, we would invite their attention to a deplorable tragedy which has just been enacted at " Stony Stratford," appropriately designated, and which has sprung directly from the glaring defects of our Poor-law Administra tion. It is, indeed, sufficient to make the blood run cold, to induce every right-minded person to strain every nerve to prevent the possibility of the recurrence of so frightful a catastrophe ; and, for the time being, to devote some portion of his superfluities to the relief of the houseless poor, the destitute wanderers, who have not " whlerein to lay their heads." HENRY MORGAN, a needlemaker by trade, and described as appearing to be between 30 and 40 years of age, and "in person a good-framed man," was the miserable victim who perished from starvation in the midst of abundance, who lay in his unspeakable agony for nine days an4l, nights in a wretched barn without a morsel of food to appease his hunger, or a drop even of cold water to alleviate his burning thirst. He had, it appears, been travelling in search of employment at his trade, without means to obtain a single meal ; the poor victim found but little favour in the sight of the well-fed and warmly-clad officials with whom he was brought in contact. He was ordered "to move on," until he crept into his hiding-place to die in his wretchedness. Like poor JOE of TOM-ALL-ALONES, he was "moved on and moved on ;" it signified little where to, provided he departed from the sight of those whom he offended by his presence. On the 2d of December the miserable outcast obtained " a vagrant's order" for a night's lodging at the Yardley Gobion Union-house. It was granted by the relieving officer at Stony Strat ford, and he was compelled to proceed three miles (according to the invariable course) before that order could be acted on. He arrived, exhausted and worn out. A little care and attention might then have restored him. His condition was such that the usual rule of sending the intruding pauper supperless to bed was violated. He got a meal that evening, and was even permitted to remain the whole of the ensuing day—a favour not often accorded to the " shuttlecock paupers." The following morning he was turned adrift. He might, poor fellow, have repeated the verses in which our facetious contemporary Punch, set forth the sorrows of one in a similar position : " But right, boys, or wrong, Young or old, sick or strong, I'm only a casual—pass me along." He was passed along to some purpose, poor fellow. We may judge of his condition when discharged from the workhouse, from the fact that he did not endeavour to pass into another parish, where he might have obtained another night's lodging, and, possibly, a scanty meal. No. He had not strength sufficient to totter along, but sought the nearest shelter, an open shed, in some farm outbuildings, a quarter of a mile from the turnpike road ; here he lay, without food or covering, until Monday, when he was desired to leave, "it not being wished that a stranger should remain on the premises." He implored permission to remain a few hours longer; and at four o'clock, on the 6th, he moved away, destitute and heart-broken, to the spot where he was finally discovc_ed. Even at that time he had been about 56 hours without food, but not a morsel was given to supply his exigencies. Must mot his miserable state have been perceptible even at that time. And what can be said for those who regarded with apathy and indifference a human being, one of their fellow-men, in such a deplorable condition, without affording the most trifling assistance ? He moved on, however, and arrived at a lone barn, with its thatch partly off, and its door open, and there, for seven days more, lay the unfortunate man, suffering the unspeak able agonies of hunger and thirst, dying in his despair. He was discovered on the morning of the 13th, and even then, notwithstanding his nine days' privations, and the grievous extremity to which he was reduced, he might have been saved had timely nourishment been supplied ; but, unfortunately, some doubt was entertained as to the parish in which the barn, the scene of his agony, was situated. Messengers were three dispatch e d t o t h e Union Workhouse, and to the Oversee rs of an adjoining parish, and more than cove hours before hours w ere suffered to elapse after his dis any nutriment was gi ven t o th e him. I n a expiring victim. It was then too late to save quarter of an hour after his admission to the Workhouseshis. miserable caree r was ter minated. Re , died and his fate must ever re main a reproach to the district. We trust th a t a searching i nvest i gat i on may be made into all th e circ ums t ances of this lament able case, and that, as poor MORG AII cannot b e he adopted to re restored to life, measures may peal the law of settlement, to the baleful opera- I THE IN tion and demoralising influence whereof his miserable fate may be attributed. Happy MILLARD FILLMORE! Who can proclaim in a most important State document, read in every Court in the civilised world, in every commercial counting- house, and by almost every fireside which *ally paper reaches,—can yet proclaim his old Protection dogmas, no one gainsaying. Pro tection having been repudiated, and Free Trade adopted by the largest Presidential majority ever known, MILLARD FILLMORE, the last of the Whigs, can still fold himself in his cloak—made of cloth which had paid its protective duty—and de liver his "Message" on the glorious advantages of its enhanced price. He could lament that the gold of California, which no man could eat, think, or wear, left America to purchase, in France or in England, things which would feed or clothe his bro ther Yankees. He deplored that manufacturers, at tempting to make in America, things which we can better make in England, lost their capital; and that the farmer even lost his market, because his corn went to England to get him a cheaper great coat, than his native ma nufacturers could furnish him, though protected by a heavy duty ! Specially is he aggrieved that we, having silenced the American iron manufac tories, are now raising the price of our iron, seem ingly in blissful unconsciousness of the fact that we at home have to pay more for it as well as he. Oh, how happy would Mr. BALL be to be able, without retort or• derisive cheers, to be free to point out to a nicety the exact modus of Protec tion required ;—" so much as not to exclude the foreign article, but to enable the domestic manu facturer to compete with the foreigner, and by this competition to reduce the price to the con sumer to the lowest rate at which it could be pro duced ! This policy would place the mechanic by the side of the farmer, create a mutual inter change of their respective commodities, and thus stimulate the industry of the whole country, and render us independent of foreign nations, for the supplies required by the habits or necessities of the people." So, then, Mr. MILLARD FILLMORE wishes to bless his country with the double boon of an extinguished commerce, and high prices at home. How foreign commerce is to be maintained and extended if he wants not the things which foreigners make, and how prices are to be reduced to the lowest cost at which an article can be produced, wheri he taxes the foreigner for producing it at a low cost, must, we should think, be inconceivable to the humblest capacity. His own statement shows a very respectable com merce for the go-a-head Republic. Imports to the amount of 207 millions of dollars, in round num bers ; exports, including 45 million dollars in specie (of course domestic i. e. Californian produce), of about the same amount. Would he destroy this splendid trade ? But he cannot, happily for his country, though unhappily for his theory, make America independent of foreigners. The protection duties themselves have overfilled his treasury by three or four millions of pounds, proving plainly two things, that the duties now levied cannot keep out the foreigner or save the American manufacturer; and again, that they must be lowered, since the people will not go on paying needless taxes, when of course the dreaded foreigner will be yet more powerful. Another part of his Message points out, however, what mu6t be the chief source of American wealth for generations to come ; upwards of 13 millions of acres of land have, in one form or another, been disposed of by the Land-office during the year ! An excess of five hundred thousand acres upon last year's sales ! Breadstuffs must be America's grand mer cantile produce, and her acute farmers and millers will never tolerate being forbidden to exchange their corn and flour for the manufactures of Bir• minghain, Sheffield, and the West Riding of York shire. For the rest of the Message, there is little to complain of. Peru's claims to the Lobos Islands, and her fair conduct towards the buccaneering ships which went thither, are handsomely acknow ledged. Aggressions upon Cuba are repudiated, and annexation is shown to be disadvantageous to the Union ; this last argument, combined with un willingness to join England and France in guaran teeing its possession to Spain, seems like being in fluenced rather by selfish considerations than by regard to the rights of nations and any sense of in ternational honour. The Japan expedition is pro nounced to be only peaceful in its objects. We, how ever, have no right to carp at the doings of any other nation in the world. In the war department he appears desirous to improve and strengthen the army ; manning the navy seems to be, quite as difficult there as here. One hindrance is specially noticed, that since confinement for insubordination has been substituted for flogging, the increased work thrown on the remaining ships' hands has made the service unpopular. The Message con cludes with warning the Republicans against pro pagandism. lie denies the fitness of most Euro pean nations for freedom, and attributes their own capacity for Republican Government to long train ing under municipal institutions. If this were in tended for a fling at the zeal on behalf of Kos sum, he should have remembered that Hungary had enjoyed the training of such institutions ages before the United States became a republic ; and that they have been trodden under foot for cen turies, by far worse tyrants than the STUARTS, and very much more obstinate and implacable monarchs than GEORGE 111. Mr. FILLMO - tE is, however, the retiring man, and we are happy to. wish him and the Protectionist policy in America a long and a good-tempered farewell. DIPLOMATIC INTELLIGENCE.—RiS Excellency Lord and Lady Cowley were to return yesterday to the Legation from a visit to the Emperor at the Chateau of Compiegne. We hear, that under the new Imperial Regime, strict State ia o r f eev t et h ,o e E bbeee n np g r li e s s h en a t t e d intimatedt the new t n ot e h w oeu F rn r ne e wo n b c El h e m C Ep o ne u vr r t oo yr . etiquette will be obser ve d w ith regard to the presentations mt h l ua t stt h a ti i, ovs w ee ebwebheeno previously received at the Court of their own SON CHRISTMAS DAY.—This being Christmas day, it was observed as a strict holiday at all the Government and other public offices, and business was entirely suspended, ac cording to the annual custom on the celebration of this great festival. The only exception made to this general rale is in the case of the Post-office, where the ordinary routine of business for the delivery of letters by the morn ing mails, and the dispatch of lett ers f rom L ondon in the evening ill take place, but no letters will be delivered in the London district after the hour of noon. With the ex ception of Good Friday and the Queen's birthday, this is the only holiday observed at the Customs, in consequence of the necessary entire stoppage to the import and mercan tile trade of the country which is thereby occasioned. Ar rangements are, however, made, with the sanction of the authorities, for a requisite number of officers of the re venue to be in attendance at ;the steam-packet wharfs, in the case of the arrival of steamer s with passengers from the continent, in order to dispatch them t o th e i r respective destinations. CHRISTMAS-DAY IN THE WORKHOUSES. —Th e poor in all the metropolitan workhouses were regaled with right good hearty Christmas cheer to-day, and in those unions where there are children and very old peopl e , a d ditional indulgences were provided in the shape of tea, sugar, snuff, tobacco, oranges, sweetmeats, &c. In the majority of in stances, however, the national dish of roast beef and plum pudding, was the prevailing fare. For the last two years there has been a vast decrease in the recipients of paro chial relief, and the returns to-day show the gratifyin g re sult that, whilst in 11 parishes and unions there is an in crease of pauperism to the extent of 1,465 persons, in 26 parishes there is a decrease to the number of 3,844 persons; thus showing a further decrease to the extent of. 2 ,379 per sons receiving parochial relief in the metropolis. It Is a remarkable circumstance that whilst the largest amount of increase in pauperism has taken place in the wealthy West end parishes of St. Marylebone, where the increase is 593, and in St. Luke, Chelsea, where it is 384, the decrease has taken place in the poorer districts of Bermondsey, to the extent of 303; Whitechapel, 403; East London Union 829; Holborn - Union, 454; and St. Giles's, 377. , ROBBERY OF GOLD DIIST.—On Wednesday afternoon the Lady Flora, Capt. Penecath, arrived in the London Docks from Sydney and Port Philip, having as a part of her cargo 139 packages of gold dust, weighing above three tons and a half, and valued at about 420,0001., which were yesterday safely lodged in the Bank of England. On the passage of the vessel homewards, during a gale of wind, the fore-yard was carried away, and other injuries were sustained, in consequence of which she was about to put into Rio Janeiro to repair the damage. While there, in formation was communicated to the captain, that a package of the gold dust had been stolen. The packages were in the lazaretto, under the care of the officers of the vessel, who were the only persons allowed to have access there. The captain, on going to the lazaretto, found a quantity of gold dust about the floor of the room, and there were fragments of one of the wooden packages strewed about the floor. An inquiry was instantly insti tuted, when, from circumstances which were communicated to the captain, he was induced to place Mr. Gore,'the second mate, in custody. COBDEN'S FREE TRADE LOAF. —Such is the title given to an immense wheaten loaf, measuring eleven feet long by these fret wide, snd weighing upwards of 2001b5., which is now bein , r-exhibited, as a Christmas attraction, in a baker's shop at Kennington-cross. How characteristic of the "wise, just, and beneficial" results of free trade, and how emblematic of the abundance of the people's food, sweeter because it is no longer leavened with a sense of in justice. NISTR,Y. 1 The following appeared in our Third Edition of last night : Premier Foreign Secretary Lord J. RUSSELL. Home Secretary Lord PALMERSTON. Secretary for the Colonies Duke of NEWCASTLE. Chancellor of the Exchequer Mr. GLADSTONE. First Lord of the Admiralty Sir J. GRAHAM. Secretary -at-War Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT. President of the Board of Control Sir CHAS. WOOD. Lord Privy Seal Duke of ARGYLE. President of Council Lord CLARENDON. Postmaster-General Lord CANNING. Board of Works Sir W. MOLESWORTH. Duchy of Lancaster Lord GRANVILLE. Board of Trade W. CARDWELL. Attorney-General Sir A. COCKBURN. Solicitor-General Sir W. P. WooD. --- Secretaries to the Tr easur y ITAYTER. -- WILSON. IRELAND. Lord-Lieutenant. Attorney-General Solicitor-General.. Lord ST. GERMAN, -- BREWSTER. Will. KEOGH. ANOTHER LIST. First Lord of the Treasu:•j The Earl of Aberdeen. Lord Chancellor Lord Cranworth. Chancellor of the Exchequer Mr. Gladstone. Home Secretary Lord Palmerston. Foreign Secretary Lord John Russell. Colonial Secretary The Duke of Newcastle. First Lord of the Admiralty Sir James Graham. President of the Council Earl Granville. Lord Pri7 Seal The Duke of Argyle. Secretary-ht-War Mr. Sidney Herbert. President cf the Board of Control Sir C. Wood. Commmissimer of Public Works Sir W. Molesworth. The 11 , 11,rquis of Lansdowne will have a seat in the Cabinet without office. The above form the Cabinet. President of the Board of Trade Mr. Cardwell. Attorney-General Sir A. Cockburn. Solicitor-General Sir W. P. Wood. For the cotvenience of comparison, we subjoin lists of the three last preceding Cabinets --- SIR R. PEEL'S. First Lord of the Treasury Sir R. Peel, Bart. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rt. Hon. H. Goulburn Lord High Chancellor Lord Lyndhurst. Lord President of the Council Home Secietary Sir J. R. G. Graham. Foreign Secretary The Earl of Aberdee n . Colonial Se cre t ar y Baron Stanley. First Lord of the Admiralty Earl of Haddington. President of the Board of Control Earl of Ripon. President of the Board of Trade Rt. Hon. T. Gladstone, Lord Privy Seal Duke of Buccleuch. Secretary -at-War Sir T. Fremantle, Bt. Paymaster-General, Treasurer of Sir E. Knatchball, Bt the Navy and Ordnance. Commander of the Forces Duke of Wellington. LORD J. RUSSELL'S. First Lord of the Treasury Lord John Russell. Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Charles Wood. Lord Chancellor Lord Truro. President of the Council Marquis of Lansdowne Lord Privy Seal Earl of Minto. Home Secretary Sir G. Grey. Foreign Secretary Lord Granville. Colonial Secretary Earl Grey. First Lord of th e Ad m i ra lt y Si r F. T. Baring. President of the Board of Control Lord Broughton. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lan caster President of the Board of Trade, Postmaster-General Secretary-at-War Paymaster-General and Vice- President of the Board of Trade Earl Granville. Commissioner of Public Works... Lord Seymour. LORD DERBY'S. Lord President of the Council ... Earl of Lonsdale. Lord High Chancellor Lord St. Leonard& First Lord of the Treasury Earl of Derby. Lord Privy Seal Chancellor of the Exchequer Right Hon. B. Disraeli Home Secretary Right Hon. S. Walpole, Foreign Secretary Earl of Malmesbury. Colonial Secretary. Sir J. Pakington, Bart, First Lord of the Admiralty D. of Northumberland. President of the Board of Control J. C. Herries. President of the Board of Trade J. W. Henley. Commissioner of Woods, &c Lord J. R. Manners. .. Earl of Carlisle. Hon. H. Labouchere. .. Marquis of Clanricarde .. Rt. Hon. Fox Maule. THE COLLISION ON THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. INQUEST ON THE BODY OF THE GUARD, HARROW, FRIDAY.—This afternoon an inquiry was held before Mr. Thomas Wakley, at the Queen's Arms Inn, Harrow, to investigate the death of John Bartholo mew, aged 36, the unfortunate guard killed by the acci dent which took place on the night of Wednesday last. Captain Wynne, one of the inspectors attached to the Railway Department of the Board of Trade ; Mr. H. Bruyeres, general superintendent ; Mr. M`Connell, chief of the locomotive department ; and other officials of the North-Western Railway Company, were present. The Coroner inquired if there was any one present who represented Messrs. Sharp, Stuart, and Co., the makers of the engine ? Mr. M'Connell replied that a message had been dis patched to Messrs. Sharp, Stuart, and C., but as yet no one was in attendance on the part of the firm. The Coroner remarked that in the absence of the makers of the engine he did not see the necessity of going further into the evidence until some one could speak positively as to the description and quality of the tire of the ergine. Looking at all the circumstances of the case, and taking into consideration the frightful loss of life that might have ensued from this accident, it was desirable to make such a thorough investigation into all the circumstances connected with it, as would enable the jury and the public to decide where the fault was, whe ther the accident arose from neglect or carelessness, and if such carelessness amounted to a case of manslaughter or not. It order to afford time for the attendarce of an entirely independent witness—a practical engineer, who could speak as to the quality of the tire of the engine and its manufacture, he should feel it his duty to adjourn the inquiry. Mr. Riciard Chr:mes, brassfounder, of Masbro', near Sheffield, s passenger by the express train, said they ar rived 20 minutes aft er ti me a t Rugby. He spoke to the deceasedgtard Bartholomew, and inquired the cause of the delay. ,Ths deceased replied that it was not his train they were about being attached to. That they ought to have gone on by the Birmingham express, which had waited 20 minuteE for him, but had gone on without him, as he had not arrived in time. He was told to want and come on with tle next train. The train passed the Harrow station a little after eleven o'clock. He was in the second-class carriage immed::eely next to the break van, where the deceased guard was. He suddenly felt a great shock, and heard a crash, and made his escape out of the cariage by the door. He then saw the luggage van off the line, some hundred yards before, smashed to pieces. Be heard another train approaching from Lon don, and for personal safety he ran towards it. He saw a train caning, and he shouted, and some one else whistled, and this caused the speed of the approaching train to be slackened. It came in contact with the lug gat-re van and part of the other train, but not forcibly. An unreasonable time elapsed before assistance was ob tained, and it was four hours before a medical man was on the spot, and had any of the passengers been seriously injured they might have died for want of assistance. The Coroner—We have met here to inquire into the circumstances that led to the melancholy accident. You are now alluding to circumstances which occurred after. The first inquiry should be as to the description and quality of the tire, - Mr: M'Connell stated that the tires were invariably tested previously to being used, by heavy force, as well as by the sound. There was an officer at the Rugby sta tion, whose- duty it was to examine the tires of every engine before they left that station. The Coroner : The peat point is to obtain the opinion of a practical engineer totally unconnected with the rail way in question. If the jury could agree as to who should be consulted upcn this point, it would be well to decide at once. There being some difficulty on the part of the jury in fixing upon a competent and practical engineer, Mr. H. Bruyeres stgested that as Captain Wynne, one of the inspectors of the railway department of the Board of Trade was in attendance, he might be enabled to afford necessary infirrnation. Captain Wynne, 0 being consulted, undertook to submit to the coroner Dy Monday the name of a compe tent and practical engineer, totally unconnected with railways. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. THE CHRISTMAS PANTOMIMES. If a foreigner, who had been initiated into the hundred and one mysteries of Mr. John Bull's domestic circle, in modern Babylon, were asked to particularise the chief amusement of Londoners at this festive season of the year, omitting, of course, all allusion to that grosser de scription of enjoyment which consists in the immolation of turkeys, geese, and plum-pudding, he would assuredly say pantomime--that strange and incongruous mixture of wit and nonsense, frolic and display, which has always been paramount orrour metropolitan stages at Christmas. In fact, pantomime has become so much a necessary of London life, that it may be reasonably doubted whether, without its laughter-moving- and exciting tendencies, dy spepsia, the epidemic of Christmas, and alias concomitant evils would not become more virulent, and tinge our temper with moroseness and ill nature during a good portion of the coming New Year. To those who take this view of the matter, it will be gratifying to know that at all the London theatres—east, west, north, and south—the greatest activity has been displayed for many days, nay, even weeks, past in getting up their several productions for boxing night. Some of them are by first-rate hands, who are experienced in this particular branch of busi ness, and all of them, judging from what we have seen and heard, promise no lack offun and no end of novelty. There will be no less than thirteen theatres opened to the holiday people on Monday, and, in addition to these, there are exhibitions, panoramas, and musical and dra matic saloons out of number. Old Drury, after all its unfortunate mutations, and in spite of the predictions that it would henceforth be con verted to a purpose hitherto foreign to its walls, has again become the temple of dramatic and pantomimic entertainment. Mr. E. T. Smith, formerly of the Mary lebone Theatre, is the lessee ; it may perhaps be said that he enters upon his undertaking with more courage than disCretion, but certainly his laudable endeavours to re store the building to its original uses deserve, if they do not receive, the encouragement of the public. In setting about his hazardous, but we trust successful, experiment, he has' evinced a degree of spirit and an amount of judg ment which, to say the least, is highly commendable. He has engaged several artistes of note and undoubted abi lity, among whom we may mention Henry Wallack, Henry Betty, Geo. Wild, and Charles Selby.. The per formances are"to commence with a new dramatised ver sion of Uncle Tom's Cabin, in three acts, by Mr. E. Fitz ball, who earned a well-deserved reputation by his adap tation of the beautiful production of Azad to the English stage. This is to be followed by a grand comic panto mime by Mr. E. L. Blanchard, entitled Harlequin Hu dibras, or Old Dame Durdan and the droll days of the Merry Monarch, which is founded on the well-known adventures of Hudibras and his squire, and brings before the audience the " Merry Monarch,'' Charles 11., while escaping from the Roundheads after the battle of Worcester. The subject affords excellent scope for the pencil of an artist, and we are in formed that the scenery will be extremely varied and of surpassing brilliancy. An excellent clown is secured in the person of Tom Matthews ; Louise Blanche will be a most bewitching Columbine ; and Devain, the celebrated contortionist, will no doubt prove himself a sprite of wonderful elasticity as well as activity. The brothers Siegrist, from Paris, who last season created quite a sensation at Cremorne, are to introduce their perform ances on la perche, which alone are worth a visit. Mr. E. Stirling is to be stage manager, and the orchestra will be under the management of the veteran Blewett The prices of admission are to be considerably reduced— the dress circle will be 35., the first and second tier 2s 6d., the pit 25., and the galleries is. and 6d. Passing on to the Haymarket, we find that Mr. Webster has determined to leave nothing undone to render his farewell season as memorable in novelties as any which has preceded it. After the successful new comedy of Masks and Faces, the audience will be treated with a grand Christmas extravangza, of course " never acted" before, called Leo the Terrible, which is said to pro ; ceed from the joint pens of Mr. Stirling Coyne and Mr. Francis Talfourd. The spirits of the two great fabulists YEsop and Gay are wafted by the authors to the banks of the Styx, where the former complains among other grievances of the depreciation in which fable is held ; Gay, thereupon, introduces him into the kingdom of Leo, where there is said to be a living fable, uncommon nonsense having usurped the place of common sense among the fickle subjects of that renowned individual. There is, as a matter of course, a denouement, but we will leave the reader to ascertain what it is by apersonal visit. The dialogue is smartly written, and pregnant here and there with telling jokes and hits. The principal cha racters will be sustained by Buckstone, Keeley, Bland, Caulfield, and Rogers. At the Princess's Theatre, thepantomime is, we under stant a combination of gorgeous splendour, mixed up with surpassing fun. The subject is taken from the ce lebrated fairy tale, by the Countess Daras, called "Cher r y and Fair Star." M any w ill recollect the splendid spec tacle at Covent Garden Theatre, some 30 years ago, bearing the same name ; but'the incidents are now ma terially altered. The hero is dispatche iin search of the "Green Bird," the "Dancing Waters," and the "Sing ing Tree," all of which he must acquire possession of to liberate his cousin and betrothed wife, the lovely Fair Star, from the power of a potent evil geni, rejoicing in the name of Djim Sling. The lovers are assisted by Eve7werana, the Peri Queen, and her f a ithf u l a tt en d ants, Innocence and Truth. After many miraculous adven tures and hair-breadth escapes, surpassing any that have ever yet been described, either by Marco Polo, Sir John Mandeville, or Ferdinand Mendez Pinto, all ends, of course, happily—the lovers being united, after under going the inseparable probation of the usual temporary change into Harlequin and Columbine, with their per secutors as the Clown and Pantaloon. The story, as it is handled, affords an almost unlimited scope for mecha nical effects, actice evolutions, fairy metamorphoses, graceful Terpsichorean tableaux, and scenic display. The pantomime is by Mr. Ceorge Ellis, the stage ma nager, assisted by Mr. Cormack in the harlequinade. The resources of the establishment have been actively employed, from the very commencement of the season, to place this grand Christmas entertainment before the public in a style unprecedented at this theatre. Our old friend Planche is again the genius of burlesque at this horse. The title of the new piece upon which he has employed his practised hand this year is the Old Woman in the Wood. It is an an adaptation to the stage of the old fairy tale, La Bonne Femme, by Made moiselle De la Force, and judges have pronounced it one of Planche's best efforts. Madame Vestris is to be the Good Woman ; the other principal parts will be sus tained by the Misses St. George, Robertson, and Wyndham, and by Mr. Frank Matthews. The scenery, it is said, will even surpass in gorgeousness all the former productions of Mr. Beverley and his as sistants. CITY, ONE O'CLOCK. The cotton market at Liverpool this week has been steady. The weekly return, to the 18th instant, of the Bank of England, shows, a falling off in the bullion to some extent, as we stated on Thursday would be the case. The changes, compared with the previous week, are as under : Active circulation Decrease.. .. £22,236,465 319,105 • . Bullion Decrease.. 21,165,224 344,931 Notes reserved.. Decrease 12,258,660 156,440 Rest . Increase.. 3,080,773 3,556 Public Deposits Increase. 8,648,726 693,649 Other deposits., Decrease 12,496,270 10,974 Seven day and other Bills Increase 1,468,714 23,776 Other securities Increase 735,833 In the Foreign Bills of Exchange yesterday afternoon, business was done at about the same rates as on Tuesday. This, being Christmas-day, is a strict holiday in the City. The Banks, the Stock Exchange, and the Subscriptions Rooms are - closed. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, DEC. 24. The dinner party yesterday consisted of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, her Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, her Serene Highne ss th e P r i ncess Ad e l a i de of Hohenlohe, the lady in waiting to her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, and Colonel the Hon. C.B. Phipps. Her Majesty's private band attended in the Castle in the evening and performed the following selection : Overture, " Joseph" Mehul Dirge, composed for the fune ra l o f hi s G race th e late Duke of Wellington Finale, 3d act, " Le Pre aux Clercs" Musenhlang J. Goss. Herold. Lanner. Sir Robert H. Inglis, M.P., had an interview with Sir John Pakington yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Dispatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial office the Governors of the North American Provinces, the Governors of Ceylon and Hong-Kong, the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, and the Go vernor of Malta. Dispatches were received yesterday from the Governor of Gibraltar. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING MANCHESTER—YESTERDAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 100 to 6 agst Miss Mowbray (taken freely). 20 to 1 —. Rattrap (take 30 to 1). Miss Modrbray has been in great demand since Wednesday-1,000 to 60 was taken yesterday, the taker offering to go on, the same price being freely taken to-day. 30 to 1 agst Muscovite (taken). 100 to 3 Contentment (taken) 100 to 3 The Hatchet (takeen). 40 to 1 Pug Orrock (taken) 40 to 1 Tickton (taken) 40 to 1 Hobby Horse (taken). 40 to 1 Ireland's Eye (taken) 40 to 1 Galvanism (offered) 50 to 1 Ethelbert (taken) 50 to 1 Termagant (taken) As low as 100 to 3 has been faken about Galvanism since Tuesday, but to-day we could not say what his taking price was, but 40 to 1 was currently offered. Termagant also receded from 100 to 3to 50 to 1. The business was extremely dull. Nothing at all was done upon the Chester Cup or Derby. SESSIONS COURT-DUBLIN. THE QUEEN V. THE ANGLO CELT NEWSPAPER. This trial was resumed on Thursday morning, when Mr. Fitzgibbon, Q.C., addressed the jury for the de fendant in a lengthened and clever speech. After the examination of a short-hand writer who reported the proceedings of the inquest at Six-mile-bridge, the Solici tor-General replied for the Crown, and The Chief-Justice proceeded to charge the jury. His Lordship having laid down the law to the jury, they re tired to their room to consider their verdict, and in about half an hour returned to their box, when The foreman intimated to the court that the jury felt a difficulty asregarded the word " malicious," which ap peared in the counts in the indictment, and wished to know if it could be expunged. The Chief-Justice replied that the word should be re tained, but whether the act of the accused was or was not malicious was an inference of law to be drawn from the circumstances of the case. If a man published a libel it must be malicious, and signified the inflicting of a legal injury. A - juror—Can we find upon any one count ? Chief-Justice—You can find upon one or all. The jury again withdrew, and Mr. Fitzgibbon, Q.C., and Mr. M9Donough respect fully objected to the manner in which his lordship had left the case to the jury, submitting that malice did not mean a legal injury, but an intent on the part of the person charged to do a wrong, which intent was to be deduced from his acts. The Chief-Justice said that malice was a legal injury, and legal injury was malice, and he had told the jury that if they believed that the several things charged in the indictment had been done by the defendant with the intent ascribed to him, they should find him guilty. Mr. Fitzgibbon—Then your lordship refuses to call back the jury? The Chief-Justice--I do ; but before the jury give their verdict I will ask them if they conceive that in what I last said to them I withdrew a word of my charge ; and if what I have said be wrong, the defendant will have the benefit of it on a motion for a new trial. The jury shortly afterwards returned to their box, when The Chief-Justice asked! them if he had conveyed anything to them which had altered the view of the case which he had presented to them in his charge. A juror replied in the negative. The only difficulty they found was in consequence of the use of the word " malicious." The foreman then handed down the verdict, which was to the effect that they found the defendant guilty upon the second, third, and fourth counts. They also found that the allegations in the special plea of justifica tion were not true, and that it was not for the public good that the several matters mentioned in the indict ment should be published at the time. The jury could not agree to all the first count ; it contained averments about which they disagreed. Mr. Hayes, Q.C., said that, on the part of the Crown, he would consent to a nolle prosequi being entered upon the first count, and thus they would get over the diffi culty. A: juror —Eleven of the jury were for finding , the de fendant guilty upon all the counts, but one of them would not agree to this, so to get quietly away we con sented to wave it. (A laugh.) A juror said, that it was not right of a juror to state that one differed from the rest. The Chief-Justice said that no name had been men tioned, and he was sure that all the jury had done their best to arrive at a correct conclusion. The jury were then discharged. SUDDEN DEATH OF A PENINSULAR OFFICER.—We regret to learn the unexpected decease of a distinguished army surgeon, Samuel Barwick Bruce, M.D., of Ripon, Yorkshire, for many years surgeon to the forces, who died in Victoria-square, Grosvenor-place, yesterday (Friday), in his 67th year. Dr. Bruce was born on the Bth of January, 1786, the second son of Mr. Barwick Bruce, and the grand son of the Hon. J. 0. Bruce. of Gartlet, county of Clack oa n n nye Pleas a ( s w i h n o B w a a r s b a d s o m o o e s ) time J J a u n d g o t o h f e t d a h he g C h o t u:: o o f f C Gene ral Co mmon Samuel Barwick, who was governor of that island. Dr. Bruce entered the medical department of the army in 1804, but saw some of his earliest service afloat under Lord Nel son, in 1805 ; he was present at the capture of the Danish islands of St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix, in 1807, and he subse quen tl y serve d at the siege of Fort Desaix, Martinique (for which he had a medal and clasp) ; at the capture of Les Saintes, near Guadeloupe, at the bombard ment and driving from their anchorage of the French fleet, in 1809 ; at the capture of Guadeloupe (for which also he received a medal and clasp), as well as at the capture of the adjacent islands in 1810. Dr. Bruce served in the Peninsula in 1813, in America in 1814 and 1815, and was present at the severe actions before New Orleans in Jan., 1815 ; at the capture of Fort Boyer, &c. He joined the army in the Netherlands, under the Duke of Wellington, in May, 1815 ; was present at Waterloo, and at the subse extent capture of Paris. He died suddenly, after an apo plectic seizure. A CHANGE POR THE BETTER.—Two young men went out to Australia in the Penisular Company's steamer Chusan last May —one a Clerk in the South-Western Steam Packet Company, and the other a letter-stamper, named Whetcher, in the Southampton Post-office. The latter was a carpenter THE MEDITERRANEAN. —The Peninsular and Ori en t a l by t ra d e. Hi s Post-office salary was 15s. a week, for which Steam Navi ga ti on C ompan y's ship Haddington he worked n ear ly th e w h o l e o f th e n i g h t. Both these young Kellock, ar r i ve d i n S ou th am pton, at six o'clock' Captain A. yesterday men settled in Melbourne. A letter was received in South evening, bringing the heavy portion of the East India, ampton yesterday from the steam packet clerk, stating that China, and Mediterranean mails, in charge of Lieutenant Whetcher had constant work in Melbourne as a carpenter Latouche, R.N., Admiralty agent. Her dates are, Al ex - at four gu i neas a wee k, an d th a t h e pa i d 30s a week for his andria, De c . 9 ; Malta, 13 ; Gibralter, 19. The freight- board and l o d g i ng . Th e pac k e t c l erk wrote word that he light comprises 10 packages of specie, one of whi c h is was just going to the gold diggings. gold-dust di rec t f rom Australia 12 bundles of ele- THE CZAR AND N APoLEON lll.—The correspondent phants' tusks, 126 cases of silk, 20 cases of tortoiseshell, of the Hamburger Nachrichten writes from St. Petersburg, 10 boxes of s ponge, 13 boxes of vermillion ' 574 bales of on the 13th :—" Th e no t e w hi c h M . Kisseleff carries with silks, 13 bales of wool, 36 cases shawls, and 222 packages him to Louis Napoleon from the Czar is in substance as of general mer chandise. On her outward voyage the Had. follows. The Czar thanks Louis Napoleon for the service dington experienced a succession of boisterous weather, which he has rendered to all Europe by the act of Decem with strong head-winds in the Mediterranean, but home- ber 2, 1851, praises the policy which he followed during ward has met with generally fair weather, and ' , cross the his presidr.ncy, and declares himself ready to accept the bay strong N.W. winds with a heavy swell. The Had- new form of government under the condition that existing dington passed a large quantity of shipping in the Chan- treaties arc to be recognised. The Czar concludes by ad nel, beating out, and 10 miles west of the Needles passed vising the new Emperor not to raise unnecessary contro a large ship, say 500 tons, with nothing standing but h er versies about titles and questions o f success i on. The cabi mizenneast, in tow of a 'schooner, steering for the Needles nets of Vienna ! Berlin, and London, have been informed passage, , of thip prooloctint The - jury, accompanied by Mr. McConnell and Mr. Bedford, superintendent of the police of the line, then proceeded to view the spot where the fatal occurrence took place, which is t mile south of the station. For about 350 yards the lallast on the inner side of the near side is completely turn e d up caused, no doubt, by the working of the off tiz, when' it became shifted from the line by the snapping of the near tire. The locomotive has not been remove! f rom th e p os ition it was found i n at the time of the acident, and remains embedded in the earth to a depth o f teveral feet. Th e v an in whi c h th e unfortunat e guar d, artholomew, was at the time of the occurrence, i s com p etely shattere d t o s plinters, with t h e exception of the bottom portion, from under which the remains of the poorfellow were with difficulty extricated. Other carriages, Incre or less damaged, are piled up on the embankment, and for a considerable distance along the line portions of the debris are scattered about. The description given by Mr. Charles O'Callaghan, surgeon, of deceased wh en it arr i ve d on t h e s pot is appalling; th e Harrow, of the appearance of the body of head and upper part of the body were frightfully muti lated, whil e th e i n t est i nes an d lower extremities were scattered about at many yards distance. The inquiry was then adjourned. ~ 112,150 „ 16,500, uo 15,7 40 _ Scotch 393 0 Australian 12,3 20 Total dividends paid in 1852 For the sake of comp ar i son , we give the £ di 4 vi l ie l n 3 c lo2 P l 4 0 since 1845 : Year ending 1845 .on 18 mill £215,45! 0 , es „ 1846 2B „ ~ 1847 3O „ „ 1848. 22 - v /) 1849 3B „ „ 2, 1850 42 „ - ' „ 1851 45 „ If 1852 4B „ (0 It will be observed from the above list that the ? or deride paid this year on o ur h ome m i nes h ave e%ee%r e , any former year since 1845 by 38 , 5431 ., b u t there 48 mines in the list, whil s t i n 1845 , 18 m i nes onlYl ," 0$ 215,4501. ; this however, may be accounted for b laeb 4 fact that in that yea r E as t Wh ea l R ose, t h en th e gr e- , t o o lead mine in the kingdom, paid 52,8640., and the if o Great Consols, 55,2961., th ese t wo a l one paying 113V,1'd5! of the whole am oun t o f th e 18 m i nes. Thi s y e ar r ill: Wheal Rose has, owi ng t o th e erec ti on o f more po ve x ,o machinery, and other causes, paid only 2,240/4 o g Devon Great Consols, although paying more thisio;d , by 5,120/. than it did i n 1851, y e t f a ll s s h or t by 9' il t ' ll of the amount paid in 1845. T a ki ng these thing s i pls ' consideration, the dividend list of th e present year, sh° ,pt a great degree of pr os p er it y among t h e sma ller fry ' mines in general, than in any former year. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE• GLOUCESTER, THunstO, xr i An action was tried in the Sheriffs' Court here Y. r # day, " Nichols v. Wilkins," to recover damages f° ° fe ci breach of promise of marriage. The defendant had a", ° o judgment to go by default, and the case canie ", for assessment of damages by a jury. The Under-Siu( tbe of Gloucestershire was the presiding judge, an u f ivh witnesses examined were the plaintiff her 1 ,3 °, 1 "'/ from whose evidence the following facts were gleaT l 7,;)l l, The plaintiff is a young woman residing at Short l :o 0 in this county, with her parents, who keep an inn a' 0 , 4r4 place. The defendant is a butcher, residing at Takf a ., in the same neighbourhood. In the sp r i n g of last el; an intimacy sprung up between the parties, to ripened into courtship, and the defendant's vis l . s h eo a the plaintiff were received by her parents as of an honourable lover, and he was looked 11 1:'1„.„0 the future husband o f th e young l a d y. Th e plate went to London in the summer last year c 'rrb e visit to her brother, and to see the Exhibition• ent defendant followed her to London, and was 1 1 in his solicitations f or h er t o re t urn h ome w ith him, I v , -l ieo t however, she did not do, b u t f o ll owe d i n th e co urse of a 08 days. The intimacy between the parties then bee: too closer, and unfortunately for the plaintiff she Wa s 1,10 confiding in the honour of the defendant, who, undert promise of marriage, seduc e d h er from the path of vir,itisl and she became pregnant. He then promised no to marry her and avoid ex p osure , but still delay ea o o fulfilment of the promise. Th e plaintiff, at length' ," obliged to confess her shame to her parents, who st rt ? f rs called upon the defendant to make the plainti ff , " honest woman." He pledged himself to do this, 0 undertook specifically to marry the plaintiff withl o t month after her confinement. He continued to vis i t, up to the day before her accouchement, since which t o he has entirely deserted her. The child was born or l 6th llast. A J t the close of a short summing up by the TT 41er Sheriff, PsO a ' The jury returned re turned a verdictf or the plainti ges, 160/. Pantomime, after an absence of several years, returns 6o the Adelphi, under the most promising auspices. Flexmore, who is to be clown, has left nothing undone to render his department entirely perfect ; indeed his name is a guarantee of success. We understand that he will introduce several novelties in the dif ferent branches of his peculiar art. That father of pantomime, Mr. Nelson Lee, has been judiciously chosen to write the piece which he has happily desig nated Nell Gwynne; or, _Harlequin and the Merrie Mo narch, and the Orange Girl. Such a subject affords unlimited range for the skill of the pantomimist, and it is needless to say that Mr: Lee has availed himself in a very graphic manner of all the important incidents .in the chequered life of the frail but generous Nell. Among the personages of history who figure in the pantomime are King Charles 11., Lord Rochester, Mr. and Mrs. Pepys, and Captain Copp, who are respectively under taken by the vhiefs of this dramatic establishment. Mdlle. Auriol, is the principal danseuse, and Mr. Bologna, har lequin, and Mr. Barnes, pantaloon. At the Olympic, Mr. Nelson Lee again furnishes food for the delectation of Christmas theatre-goers, under the somewhat incongruous denomination of Romeo and Juliet ; or, Harlequin and Queen Mab and the World of Dreams. It is rife of all kinds of whimsicalities, and abounds in sprites, demons of the most astonishing fero city and daring. The scenery is extremely good, and the cast of the pantomime most promising. Mr. Edwards, who, last year, made a decided hit here, is the clown, and it is said he will exhibit his highly -trained dogs, and make them go through some very extraordinary perform ances. On the whole the card of the veteran manager of the Olympic for boxing night will bear comparison with that of any other theatre in London. The title of the Pantomime at Sadler's Wells is old, but Mr. Greenwood's treatment of the subject is particu larlyclog' o f novel. Whittington and his Cat; or, Dame Fortune LORD FRANKFORT IN THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION, _ and Harlequin Lord Mayor of London, are words which Since the committal of Lord Frankfort to the JuT te ve,e, indicate plainly enough the familiar sources from which Correction, Coldbath-fields, in pursuance of the, s i de isfP', the plot has been drawn. Dick Whitting being found Court jnl of tc ? . y e en rn 's los Bench, c.e he has con n f c inrre app et: oo g ol so c on the threshold of the door exhausted, is taken into the reconciledvevl willingly r his punishment. He i wears the prls' n tl i° establishment as errand boy, which leads to the Kitchen of the and in every respect is placed on the same footing ` ( 1 0 , 0 scene. The following are the principal parts :—Harle- other prisoners. His diet consists of meat three at quin, Mr. Charles Fenton ; the Columbine, Miss Caro- week, and soup the other days, with cocoa for hr,. at line Parkes ; the Clown, Nicolo Deulin ; and Sprite, and gruel for supper. He goes to bed every night/ 01 0P Herr Deani. The comic business i s mo re than usually o'clock, and is unlocked at half-past six in the in, a boer; comic, and although the success of this theatre in the By the payment of ss. per week he is excused from pantomimic line has been great, yet there are rumours and he spends his time principally in readin . g%r a from the Green-room that this year's offering bids fair persons have made application for admission refused I%'„, but these applications have been invariably reius ied to eclipse all that has been done before. The scenery, supposed that a petition will be shortly prose° seo'" by F. Fenton, is in his usual style of characteristic mag- Home Secretary of for on a mitigation of his sentence, s° nificence, and no pains have been spared in rendering persons are thathesof unsound mind' e of the Pantomime worthy of the reputation of the present ARTFUL DODGE A PICKPOCKET. At the c los ir, the management. evening ex temperance lecture delivered on Monday .„ r o f P The Pantomime at the Su rr ey is Harlequin and the Corn Exchange, Hanging-ditch, a large numf t ` hes e World of Flowers; or, the Fairy of the Rose and the sons waited to sign the " pledge." Amongst t, ft° c o Sprite of the Silver Star. The gorgeous scenery of the a Mrs. Elizabeth Doyle, of 27, Wheatley-stre et s d , opening, which has for s ome mon th s past engrossed the dale-road, who, whilst standing among the coo he he V l / 4 3 ,,t attention of the artist, i s by M r . W. J. Callcott ; the accosted by a young man, who asked her whe_ t r tb". grand pictorial last scene by Mr. Dalby ; the comic to sign. She pointed out the table, and just scenes painted by Messrs. Dalby, Herbert, er e . ; the I.:ument felt some one withdraw their ban no w oe choregrapideal armngemcnts by 1%1. Milano : the over- p(•eket. In an instant she s‘‘ized y° l - 131c r 1 .,d. a s tare and music composed and arranged by Mr. Isaacson ; hat accosted her, and found her purse in his han d cc,,f the opening written by E. L. Blanchard, Esq., author was at once given into custody, and on Til e '_,oo of The• King of the Golden Waters, and founded on I brought up at the Borough Court, under the ter '. oar an hitherto untranslated German legend f Rerr Brack- John Riley, and committed for tria l.—Manch es ter ' jar gawhawhousen. The cast of characters is 1111117$111 a' Kflb. • ally strong, including Miss Lebatt, Miss Clarissa De r ' 3 i ' e Miss Fanny R eeves (first appearance),Mdlle.r• Cushnie, as Columbine ; M. Milano, Harleclulaod Buck, Clown ; Bradbury, Pantaloon ; Her r Molina the Sprite. At Astley's Amphitheatre, the pantomime i n preP cie; tion bears th e titl e of Fartunio and his Horse Co r4 by or, Harleq u i n an d S even Gifted Men, p oet and is Writt en the celeb ra t e d pan t om i m i c author Mr. Nelson L ee. effects, we have reason to believe, will be of 3, h er. brilliant character ; dazzling groups, gorgeous 1 33r "rii a ht nalia, and scenes of supernatural splendour , will de l o be and astonish the spectators. The comic pOrtion: ii d r very ably sustained. Messrs. Melbourne Elia) urar Boleno, Priorson, and R. Hemming, aie respectivel);ll Harlequin, Clown, Pantaloon, an d Sprite, and ga u , l ,, Christine the Columbine. A grand treat visitors of Astley's on Boxing Night. '4064 The Marylebone forthcoming pantomime . ell ,r - , e to- Undine, the Spirit of the Teapot; or, Harlequin `" him, and the Magic Cup and Sorcerer. . ors At the Queen's Therate, The King of Carbuncle, of Harlequin Prince Peerless, and the Enchanted Bea of the Diamond Castle is the title of the new panto which is from the pen of Mr. F. Frost. r' awaits The City of London comes out with another of Nelson Lee's, called, King Emerald ; or, Harlequil) the Crystal Palace on Fairy Land. „ d o , We cannot c onc l u d e th e a b ove notice of the C. 4^-0 pantomimes and burlesques, without mentioning cto Woodin's own pantomime," the whole of the cha rs g ible of which ar e represented by himself. It is ilnr it tg to spend two h ours more pleasantly than in peep into his " Carpet Bag and Sketch Book." MINING INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Journal of this day.) them has • the season of the year, t-e: has been full as active a business doing as could r, e ., sonably have been expected ; and we doubt not tha n l it l it, two or three weeks hence an extended amount of c3 '1 23 .4 Ns:ill be devoted to our home mines. Lately th e , re ,. o .elf been, certainly, a n ev id en t di spos i t i on to em b ar k 13. ro l et in foreign mines, situate in various die:;ant regions. ofi more prudent sp ecu l a t or , h owever, will see b y the P r ilo t derived during the year 1852 in those nearer horn! , W ith. there is every inducement to embark therein, an n a i much less risk. Trehanes have advanced from, 151. per share. United Mines are 385/. • Wll e `,i 0 5 ' set, 5301. Gonomena has paid her first ' divide n w h likely to continue doing so bi-monthly. Balnotierir risen to 11/. and 121. ; East Frongoch, Si.; Ninnol.; 61. ; West Ding Dong, 11/. 10s. ; Wheal F r anco, Wheal Sophia, 11/. ss. ; Swanpool, 221. In the Metal Market—Basiness remains in the es M active state. Copper and Tin are in extensive recil i d : to Tin-plates are, ver y scarce, and the prices are likeviti advance. Pi g -l ea d goes off freely at 221. 10s., an d ° .s small quantiti es t o b e met with. In Spelter there movement, and larg e b us i ness expecte d in the 5P1 1 65. In Scotch Pig-iron the market has been variable, per ton, cash, is the price, with the prospect of a f A ce Rails are being ex p or t e d t o an immense extent, au_ d P ia - ?.,s 4 likely to go hi g h er . A n advance is also expect'A - quarter-day at the Staffordshire meeting. Am e r y In the Bullion Market—Mexican and South can dollars, 4s. Hid. per oz. Bar silver without b' ss. IRd. per oz. standard. Bar gold, 775. 9d. P er oa li. standard. Spa n i s h d ou bl oons, 77 5. per oz . stand 1911 Columbian doubl oons , 76 5. per oz. standard. 1:1g silver, ss. sd. per oz. 1 1 0 There has been a re ac ti on i n th e go ld m ining 5 ,0 market this week—the well-timed remarks of the P te , upon the unsound character of the mania of these se ive rities having b roug ht i n a rus h o f sellers, eager to r° 3 o.• profits. The consequence was an immediate and c ° o o, derable fall in a ll d escr i p ti ons o f s h ares—t h e reac t, 'ifl however, bein g mos t mar k e d i n t h ose a d ve ntures tvo which the run had been greatest. Within the last ¢r 9 days, howev er , th e f ee li ng h as b een s t ron ger--- - b 11 •4 : 01 1 baying come in again ; and this afternoon the De n a left off with a d ec id e dl y i mprove d appearance. svenii rally, the prospects of the market are good. e ' excitement has b een man if es t e d i n t h e s h ar es 0 ' O s , old Australian Copper Compa n y, w hi c h, at 51 ' 4 . ; P be' have been dealt i n t o a large extent, tween 9/. and 141. this rise is accounted for by t 'ai , ported discovery of gold on the property of the co rn l j i i tol . The Australian Cordillera Company intend dis P ate A their agent by the Tory, which will sail in JanuaTcen large amount of busi ness h as b een d one i n Yuba - 1 "; rc ii' Ave Maria, Australi an F ree h o ld, an d A us t ra lian ' - ', 0 1( 1 lera. Advices have been received by the Colonia l Company, stati ng th a t their superintendent was ape hopes of being able to purchase gold in time tb r im ,./0 Australian mail st eamer , w hi c h was expec t e d to Melbourne by the 22d September : his letters confirt n i o' lawless state of the colony. The new Granada and the i 0 riquita have rec e i ve d di spa t c h es f rom t h e i r agents, report favourably of the several mines. A report the miners of the Port Philip Company had desetbej acted unfavourably on the shares, but they subsequ,'„ e i rallied. The No r th A mer i can m i nes h ave rera a L l steady, as well as those in California. The non" ° 7.l quotations are—Aust r ali an A ur if erous , t o 1 P r- ito' Australian Consols, 1 „ die. to par. ; Anglo-Aust ra to ; Nugget Vein Comp an y ( w ith 250. P 3 ,1 3+ to 3i prem. ; Burn's C r e e k, to x Pr e ; L'Aigle d'Or, to I prem. ; Wall er G o ld, oto Pr-paoo Australian Mutual, to prem. ; Monarch, par. ' the Royal Hibernian, prem. 3 11 DIVIDENDS AND CALLS OF THE VEAL—The di , . -en paid this year were as follows : a British mines £255, 029 Foreign Irish .... Welsh. CAI r , th orastool ‘J York to 1 'fora Nei fenced age. ti freight. The I '°rk, at Oongri ( eYoncl { 'Pr CUM 'orraer 1 done. Proi New C TII Whic 4 v,