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TOPLIS and ROBERTS have numerous furnished and unfurnished TOWN, tit: i t - titan, and Country RESIDENCES to Lb.T or SELL. Particulars forwarded for three stamps, upon stating exact reuirments and rental. Offices, 2, t.,onduit-street strqeet,e and South Kensington, facing the Museum.,Regent - • Q OUTS KENSO GT ON, HYDE-PARK, Queen's, and Rutland Gates, Queen's -gate and Peters ham Terraces, Queen's -gate, Cornwall, and Princes Gardens, Rlvaston-place, Cromwell-road, Onslow and Thurloe Squares, Boltons. &c. Messrs TOPLI - I and RO BE KTS have R DEN CES to SELL and LET in these and surrounding localities. Offices, 2, Conduit-street, Regent-street, and South Kensington, facing the Museum. TO ALL in DEBT or DIFFICULTIES. — Consultation Gratis. -JAMES GOLDRICK, Attorney at-Law, and :olicitor of all the Courts, obtains immediate protection tor the person and property of debtors, in twin or country. tog - eth;ir with entire relief from all debts and lia bilities, under a recent Act of Parliament, in all cases with out imprisonment. .Charges rnalerat e, payable by instal ments. Kve ry descAvtion of legal businets conducted, in cluding ninkruptcy, Chancery, and vivorce cases. Wills searched for and office copies obtained. Claims mute out and rev iney an 1 property recovered. - Offices, 1, Brunswica-s tr., et, Liver,ool. and 342, :trend, London, W.C. Strictly rivate and confidential. N.B —County Courts attended. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. (Opera Company, Limited.) Last night but Three before the Christmas Holidays. THIS EVENING, Vi ednesday (first time), Mr. C. Deffell's New Opera, in One Act entitled CHRISTMAS EVE. L ady Rate, Mdme. F. Lancia; Lady Ethel , M me. E. Hey wo King Christmas, Mr. A. Cook; Sir Hubert, Mr. 1). Miranda, his first appearance. era, LE DOMI NO Al ter which, at 9, Auber's celebr ated O p NOI tt. Miss Louisa Pyne, esdames Leffler, and and A. Cook ; Messrs. J. G. Fat e y , C. Lyall, E. Dussck, Henry Haigh. Conductor, Ur. Allre' Mellon. Commence at a quarter to 8. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. hignor ARD ITI'S CONCERTS, Every Evening. POSITIN ELY THE LAST NIGHT BUT FOUR. Immense Success of the New Grand" w SeithlectionFull from Wagner's Romantic Opera, •"Tannhauser. Or chestra and Chorus. ISCELLANEJUS NIGHT. TO-NIGHT (Wednesday), December 13. VOCALISTS. 31‘111e. Laura Harris, Mdde. Edi ; Sigs Sta2no and Foll. Viowt. 31dlle. Emilia Arditi. Conductor, Signor ARDIII. Commence at Eight. Promenade, One Shilling. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANK managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with Shaks, ere's Tragedy of K I G JOHN : Messrs. Phelps, James Anderson, T. Swinbourne, Raynor G. Belmore, E. Phelps, C. Harcourt; Miss Atkinson, Mrs. 11. V:uadeuhoff, Mrs. Hodson, &c. After which, GALWAY-GO-BRAGH ; or, Love, Fun, and Fighting : Messrs. Edmund Falconer, F. Barsby, C. Harcourt ; Misses Hazlewood, E. Falconer, u ose Leclercq. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Mansger, Mr. Buckatone. THIS EVENING, THE OVERLAND ROUTE : Messrs Chas. Mathews, Buelistone, Chilpendale, Compton. Rog. rs, Clark. Gordon, Braid, Coe, etc ; Messdames Maihews, Snow den, Hill. Wright, Coleman, Lovell, &c. To be followed by WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN? Mr. Chippendale, Mr. C. Mathews ; Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Fitz &c To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM T EIEATRE.- Under the sole Management et Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, at Seven o'clock, THE DAY AFTER. THE WEDDING. Mr. and Mrs. Horsman. After which, RUY BLAt 4 . Mr Fechter ; Messrs. Emery, FitzpatricK, Evans, Westland, Clifford, H. Butler, Raymond ; Mesdames Lavenu and Horsman. To conclude with THE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER. Messrs. H. Widdicomb. RAymond, Westland, Evans, More land; Mesdames Boyce and Lavenu. Box Office open daily from Eleven till Five. Acting Manager, H. Barnett. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, at 7, MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL. Messrs. Felix Rogers, P. Bedford, &o. After which, at 8, RIP VAN WINKLE. Rip (his &7th appearance), Mr. Jefferson, supported by Messrs. Billington, P. Bedford, R Phillips, Felix Rogas, Ashley, hburne, C. J. Smith; Mrs. Billingtor, &c. To conclude, at half-past 10, with THE WIDOW'S VICTIM. Messrs. Bibington, Felix Rogers, Ashley ; Miss Godsell, Miss Seaman, and Miss Jenny Willmore. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, QUIET LODGINGS. Atter which, at a quarter to Eight, IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND. characters by Messrs. Vining, T. Mel ville, T. Mead, D. Murray, S. Calhaem. F. ViWere, J. G. Shore, G. Murray, H. Mellon, C. Seyton, R. Cathcart; Miss L. Moore and Miss Katherine Rodgers. ROYAL S 1 RAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. twanborough. THIS EVENING, at Seven, NOTHING VENTURE NOTHING WIN. - Alter whiel will be produced a new opera ilurletque, L'AFRICAINE ; or, The Queen of 'he Cannibal Islan e : Messrs. Stoyle, James, Thorne ; Mtsdames Swanborough, Raynham, Johnstone, &c To conclude with MRS. GREEN'S SNUG 11USINESS THE LAST EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing' the Latest YultTliNti Dan be had Every Evening' of G. It GLKNIE, News AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terra( e, Hyde-park. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied, as soon as published every Evening, by W. ALEXANDEtt (late Li WOKS), Newspaper Agent, 24, Old Cavendish-street, Oxford-street. THE LAST EDITION of " THE SUN" supplied as soon as Published, containing all the LA FEST ZIEWS awl SPORTING IN'rELLIGi.:NCIC, by 11. W. HAIM'S, Ne,,spaper Agent, 4, Blackirtaxs-road, London, S. • THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN." J. HOLMES begs to inform his friends, and the pubic i generally. that as he soo su n pp L ies put h ir.h L ect r roTl6 E , Hampstead road, N.W. N.W. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAM—Morning, 10h. 34m.—Afternoon, 11h. Bin Ta-Monnow.-Morning, 11h. 35m.—Afternoon, 11h. 59m. , . t „ • erp")llk Utt. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 13, 1865. The Gazette of last night announces the appoint ment of Sir HENRY STORKS as the temporary Governor of Jamaica during the inquiry which has been resolved upon. This determination on the part of the Government will be heard with surprise and regret by all who value fair play and impar tiality, and who have been led to entertain a more favourable opinion of the firmness of Ministers in consequence of Mr. CARDWELL'S speech to the deputation last Saturday. The right hon. gentleman took a Tery proper view of the case, and it is very much to be lamented that his decision should have been overruled by others not so prescient as himself. It is all very fine to talk of its being merely a tem porary arrangement, but that is not the question— it is the principle that is involved which is the thing to consider. Here is a man who has deserved well of his country, and ably performed important duties. In a terrible crisis he has shown s kill, determination, and promptitude in no ordinary degree, and yet, because it pleases a bigoted sect in this country to run down his character and assail his reputation, the Government, of which he is a faithful servant, run counter to their own evident intentions at the outset. Whereas they were first firm, then wavered, and have now so far given in to the clamorous demands of prejudice and in tolerance as to " suspend" Governor EYRE during the inquiry. Rad this been published in the Gazette a few days after the occurrences at Jamaica had become known in England we might have said that the authorities were in fault ; but, doubtless, they had some rea son. As it is, we must see that it is entirely owing to the opposition which they have met with from the Anti-Slavery Society, and others of a similar character. We cannot forget that the " suspension , ' of the Governor was the very thing which the mem bers of the large deputation that waited upon Mr. CARDWELL on Saturday desired and demanded. It was not complied with, nor was the faintest hope held out that it would be ; but a ,e comes over the spirit of the dream, and what on Saturday was not deemed advisable becomes so on Tuesday. Putting aside all party and political considerations, and utterly waiving the prejudices of sectarians, an d the various views of class men, we must declare that such a course is unworthy of the Government of a great country, and deserves to meet with reproach alike from Parliament and people. Earl RUSSELL is now upon his trial for the third time as Minister of England, and is doubtless very ambitious to achieve A great success, and the ranks of the Liberal party and the Radicals appear to have a better chance of combin ing than they have had for some time, but we warn the one and the other that neither will he stand as the first Minister of this country, nor will they succeed in gaining the respect or confidence of the people if the noble Earl, as the head of the Govern ment, yields to the senseless clamour of a preju diced sect, and if they as a party support such notions. They will throw away their chances, and prove that they are not deserving of trust and unfit to be leaders of the people. If there is one thing more another that the English people love and reve rence it is fair play, equal laws and equal rights for all, and it is the principle, the vital breath, the native air of our Constitution which has been vio -1 lated in the suspension of Governor EYRE during the inquiry. Talk of an impartial investigation ! The affair is prejudged and the verdict virtually given already. The very classes whom it is most neces sary to impress will consider that he is condemned ; they will not stay to chop logic, or to weigh words ; they will see that the man who feared not to take a decisive stand against the leaders of the outbreak, isdeserted by his own superiors in the hour of difficulty. This is not what we should have expected, and it is not what we have a right to ex pect from the Ministerswho form the Council of this mighty empire. Already we feel the loss of the statesman so recently interred in Westminster Ab bey. Lord PALMERSTON would never have allowed such an act of injustice to be perpetrated as the suspension of Governor EYRE. Ile never for- sook a friend or gave up a subordinate, no matter how many offences he might be charged with. If Earl RUSSELL had been wise he would have joined in the same track, but - he seems to think it better to yield to clamour, and to stultify himself and his col- leagues. If this is to be the fashion of the day with them, it is high time for the nation to be on the alert, and not to allow the world to believe that the spirit of the English people is degenerating. If anything could make the conduct of Ministers more absurd and unreasonable it would be the language which is employed by the projectors of the scheme for ousting Governor EYRE. No rational or temperate man can really be impressed by extravagant assertions such as " three thousand killed," and " eight miles of dead bodies;" and it is mean and contemptible for those in high places to yield to such manifest intolerance and prejudice. By this unpardonable concession to the demands of the anti-slavery people, the Ministers are holding out a premium to the negroes to revolt again. Why should they care for the anger of local autho rities if the Government at home are to take their part, and supersede and suspend those whopresume to put them down? Mistakes of this important nature are not often made by the Cabinet of Eng land ; but when they are, those who make them rue the day when they fall short of the requirements of the rulers of a great country and the representatives of a free people. There is no possible reason why the inquiry should not be conducted while Mr. EYRE is in authority as Governor, and it is quite ridiculous to state that any suspension is necessary. What we want, what all lovers of justice want, what the community require is that Governor EYRE should be treated exactly the same as if no society had been held in this country to call him a mur derer, and as if no violent partisan had denounced him. Such is not the case. Some of those who have joined the ranks of the negro-apologists are important in their way and their wishes ; their prejudices and their intolerance have been considered by the Ministers to ,be of more consequence than the claims of justice, the spirit of fair play, and the principles of good government, order, and peace. It might have been inconvenient to offend the mem bers of the powerful deputation who waited in Downing-street, but it will be found that there is a power stronger than they are and mightier than any opinions they represent. A full and impartial inquiry was desired to take place, and when that was satisfactorily concluded, there would have been every opportunity afforded to the authorities to supersede the Governor if he had been proved to be in fault ; but then, and not tillgthen, should they have acted. By appointing another to fill his place the Ministers have sacrificed the claims of Governor EYRE to the clamour of an unscrupulous set, and to the unfair demands of a prejudiced party. When Parliament meets they too will be called to account, and it will then remain for the representatives of the people to tell them of their misdoings. A greater error of judgment could not have been committed than this suspension of Governor EYRE. It will go through the length and breadth of the land, and be received with delight by the votaries of the violent party, while it will be received with consternation by all independent men who desire to find the Ministers of England act worthy of their high calling, and not regard convenience or political interest as objects of greater regard than the maintenance of those principles which have made the Constitution of England everywhere re spected. Impartiality is the one thing needful in the conduct of all Governments, and without it they are unworthy of confidence. Notwithstanding the more exciting topics which arc occupying public attention, the quieter but not less important question of Parliamentary reform is not suffered to be altogether overlooked. Its ad vocates probably feel that it has been left in abey ance long enough, and that the conjuncture of a new Ministry and a new Parliament affords so favourable an opportunity that it must not be neglected at any cost. The Ministers of late years have found a very convenient excuse for their own \ supineness in the matter, and in the apparent inac tion and supposed indifference of the people, but so far as meetings, and addresses, and memorials l ca ig n ht u en n e d d e . ceive The tllefarac itsh that must now a tthosewho be or we m rei e en ndif- ferent were precisely those who already possess the franchise, and have little or no incli • nation to divide their power or influence with others • ' , while the working men, or those who are really most influ ential and reflective among them, wisely believe that in showing their respect for law and order, and proving that they can wait with patience for any desired change, they are giving the beat proof that they are really fit for the possession of p o liti c al power. The speeches delivered by various artisans and small tradesmen at the working-men's meeting a t St. Martin's-hall gave certainly no mean specimen of the intelligence and education of our working men, even while they manifested indications of that hasty judgment and intemperance of opinion which are the natural dangers of inexperienced or partially cultivated minds. Reformers of this stamp are too apt to believe that everything can be put right by mea sure and rule, that all the evils and grievances of a country can be removed by Act of Parliament, and that the troubles •of Ireland and Jamaica, the difficulties of commercial legislation, and the oppressions of trade can be at once mitigated by the adoption of certain popular theories. Those who have mixed for many years in the actual politics of the day, and who are familiar with the course of history in other times, and under other LA TEST INTELLIGENCE• difficulties, are well aware that the great problems (REITTER'S TELEGRAMS.) of life and guyernment refused to be so easily solved. No doubt good laws and a fair system of national representation are all important to assist the political development and progress of a coun try, and it is the knowledge of this that makes all true friends of freedom so anxious for Par liamentary Reform. But the difficulty is that the people may be mistaken, and that even in questions which immediately concern themselves they find it impossible to reconcile conflicting interests, the selfish desire of individual gain, with the general public good. It is very well for a speaker at last night's meeting to say that if his class had votes they would prevent the poor man's child from going into the workshops before it was educated, but the experience of our manufacturing towns proves the direct contrary. The greed of the parents is one of the great difficulties with which social reformers have to contend, and in many cases where Acts of Parliament have been framed to prevent children from working very young, the fathers evade it by declar ing their children to be older than they really are. The same speaker declared that the Legislature of the country had prevented machinery from being a blessing to man as it should be, but the influ ence of the Legislature has, of late years espe cially, been directed against allowing machinery to become a source of oppression by regulating the hours of labour. It is a common saying that a poor man who has grown rich makes the hardest master, and every one who has interested himself in the education of the poor knows that the indif ference or unwillingness of the parents is generally the principal obstacle. The endless disputes about wages, the tyranny of the trades' unions, and other problems, prove very clearly that all political per plexities will not be settled by a mere repre sentation of numbers. The working men of this country might learn from an illustrious example. The American Government was cut and squared according to the most approved Democratic rule and measure. Their electoral system, and the mode of exercising it, are all according to perfectly correct theories of Radicalism. Their Execu tive, indeed, is chosen by the people, and its term of office strictly limited. What is the result of this theoretical perfection ? Do we find unbroken harmony and perfect social justice ? We find, on the contrary, that the inevit able differences of human opinion manifest them selves so strongly that they range themselves into distinct parties, even though, by a singular neces sity, they are forced to distinguish them by the title of Republicans and Democrats. We find so strong an antagonism between certain portions of a country which, according to theory, should leave no man dissatisfied, that it has produced four years of terrible bloodshed, while the ques tion is now pending whether the largest part of the country shall be represented at all ? This example should not deter us from judicious and well considered reforms, but it should teach us to be cautious how we act, and to remember that while the full development of our constitution would give every class of honest and intelligent men a share in the Government, that the tyranny of the many is even worse than the tyranny of the few, because it is more difficult to restrain or to subdue. A resolute resistance, under competent leadership, generally succeeds in breaking down a despot's power, but when the passions or prejudices of a multitude are the only guides—those most qualified to direct or to judge retire from the contest; the moderate speakers are talked down, the thoughtful and tolerant sneered at, and we reach an extreme of in tolerance and unfairness not unaptly represented by some classes in America, and by the clamour now raised by a certain faction among ourselves. These are the evils which conscientious and enlightened statesmen will seek to avoid ; but they will not be avoided by shirking the question of Reform, or by restraining the na tural ambition of the industrial classes. The meet ings of last evening was preceded by one held in Halifax on Thursday night, at which Mr. STANS FELD, M.P., spoke at some length. Mr. AKROYD M.P., who also addressed the meeting, spoke fairly and sensibly, declaring that what he aimed at was a full and fair representation of all classes, without giving any one class undue predominance. This cannot be said to be the case now, when some classes are not represented at all, and others most unfairly and imperfectly. As Mr. AKROYD ob served, no effort has been made to force any par ticular measure upon the Government ; and we can only hope they will reward this confidenceby weigh ing the claims and the requirements of all parties and classes. I Orleans Northern _ MUSIC AND PICTURES• An Exquisite Gift-Book. -~- THE DEATH OF THE KING OF THE BELGIANS. BRUSSELS, DEC. 13. The Moniteur Beige of this morning says : " A journal of this city has published what pur ported to be the text of a telegram of the Emperor Napoleon to the Duke of Brabant. This publica tion, although reproducing the friendly meaning of the Emperor's telegram, was not the real text. The Duke de Brabant received a telegraphic despatch, expressing the greatest sympathy, but of which etiquette forbids the publication." The Senate has been convoked for Friday next. Yesterday evening the mortal remains of the late King were transported to Brussels. The crowd on the route of the procession was enormous. The Court will go into mourning for six months from the day of the King's decease. SPAIN. MADRID, DEC. 12. The Correspondencia of to-day states that all the different parties of the Opposition repudiate any complicity with any projects for making demon strations against the Queen on the occasion of her Majesty's solemn entry into Madrid, which has been officially announced for Thursday next at midday. It is stated that Queen Christina will be present at her Majesty's accouchement. The budget will be presented to the Chambers between the 10th and 16th of January, and will contain reductions to the amount of 60 millions of reals A royal decree has been issued ordering that the civil course of legal procedure now obtaining in the mother country shall also be law in the islands of Cuba and Porto Rico. BOHEMIA. PRAGUE, DEC. 13. In yesterday's sittings of the Bohemian Diet, the debate took place upon the address to the Emperor in favor of the September patent. The address was opposed by the German, but strongly defended by the Czech members. A mo tion of Herr von Pleuer, formerly Minister of Fi nance, to pass to the order of the day, was rejected. Upon the Diet proceeding to consider the sepa rate paragraphs of the address, a portion of the members of the German opposition left the Cham ber, and the address was then adopted without further discussion. THE BOMBAY MAIL. SUEZ, DEC. 13. The Carnatic, from Bombay, arrived here at midnight yesterday. NEW EGYPTIAN LOAN. ALEXANDRIA, DEC. 12. The private loan of £3,000,000 required by the Viceroy has been finally contracted with the Anglo- Egyptian Bank, Messrs. Oppenheim having with drawn their offer. KIEL, DEC. 13. The Kieler Zeitung of to-day was seized by the police authorities before any copies had been dis tributed. FRANCE. PARIS, DEC. 13. The itfoniteur of this morning publishes a tele gram, dated the 10th December, from the Duke of Brabant to the Emperor Napoleon, and the reply of the Emperor. The telegram of the Emperor Napoleon is textually the same as published yesterday. In consequence of the death of the King of the Belgians the Imperial Court will go into mourning for 21 days from Saturday the 16th instant. The election of a deputy to the Corps Legislatif for the Department of Orne will take place on the Gth January. BOURSE, Dec. 12.—The telegraphic dezpatch from England of a further decline in Consols does not appear to have affected operations here. The mar ket has closed on the following quotations : 41 per Cents 97 10 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 69 Do. end month 69 05 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Bank Shares 3790 Credit Fonder 1330 Italian Loan 65 15 Do. end month 65 37 RAILT Roman Ottoman Fives 43 70 Mexican Loan 4B 50 Do. Bonds 333 75 Russian - Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred Cash. Acct. 835 ••• 1140 - - 575 Fair Play for Governor Eyre. Lyons and Mediterranean. Southern Western Eastern Sardinian . Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman TO TIIE EDITOR OF TIIE SUN. - - ... 518 75 - - ... 212 50 - - ... 430 - - - ... 427 50 SIB-If there has been no insurrection in Jamaica, which those who would condemn Governor Eyre unheard maintain, may it not be because by his promptitude, energy, and vigour he nipped in the bud what would, if suffered to develope itself, have grown up into a revolution terminating in the ex termination of all the whites in the island? How can those who denounce Governor Eyre, and cry out for vengeance against him, expect that if their principles are to be practically applied, the lives of their countrymen will be safe in any colony where there are natives hostile to the presence of Europeans among them.—l am, Sir, yours obediently, - - ... 165 - - - ... 195 - IMMIGRATION TO VIRGINIA.—The depopulation caused by the war and the loss of labour by the emancipa tion of the slaves have caused the Virginians to look about for fresh supplies of workpeople. They have accordingly instituted a " Virginian Central Immigration Society," of which the headquarters are at Lynchburg, Virginia, the main object of the society boing to invite and encourage the immigration into that State of Scotch and English labourers. An agent of the society is to visit this country to promote the movement, which is thus described in a letter from a Scotch gentleman settled in Virginia, dated Amherst, November 9 :—" The question of most vital interest to us now is how to supply the labour we have lost by the emancipation of 4,000,000 slaves, who will not henceforth do the work of half a million, so that there is a vacuum suddenly created which it will require a labouring population of over three millions old and young —to fill. The enclosed circular will show you the first move that has been made in this behalf. The Virginia COMMONSENSE READERSHIP OF THE TEMPLE CHURCII.—We have reason to believe that extraordinary in fluence is being brought to bear upon the Benchers of the Inner Temple with reference to the election of Reader. This coveted appointment is naturally very attractive, and, if we be correctly informed, some firmness will be required and expected on the part of the hon. and learned gentlemen in resisting such influence. We hope that the interests of the Temple Church are in safe keeping, and that nothing like Nepotism or Favouritism in the exer cise of a solemn trust need be apprehended, as we are certain it would not be tolerated by the public. DRURY LANE THEATRE.—The benefit of Mr. James Stride, the principal of the box department of Drury-lane Theatre, is fixed for to-morrow evening, when we trust he will receive that substantial recognition of his services which his urbanity and attention entitles him to. To tho habitues of the boxes Mr. Stride is so well known that the bare announcement of his benefit night will be quite sufficient to secure their attendance in large numbers. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.--Yesterday evening a meeting of a somewhat miscellaneous character was hold at St. Martin's Hall, to consider the question of a re form of the House of Commons. The large hall was densely crowded. Mr. Edmund Beales was called to the chair, and on the platform were Mr. G. C. Nicolay, Mr. J. Baxter Langley, Mr. J. R. Taylor, (tc. The chairman, in opening the proceedings, remarked upon the objections which la d been urged in the last Parliament against any extension of the franchise, and expressed his opinion that those objec tiOns might now be di sm i ssed for ever. Resolutions in favour of universal suffrage and vote by ballot were adopted, and it was agreed that a deputation should wait upon Earl Russell and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to present to them a memorial on the subject. Yesterday, at the Bow-street Police-office, a case was heard which has already attracted some atten tion in the theatrical world. Mr. Charles Hoskins, for merly a comedian at Drury-lane Theatre, and now a licensed victualler in Cheltenham, was summoned by Mr. Meagreson, comedian, and now engaged at Drury-lane Theatre, for having written certain threatening letters to him. Both parties are also concerned in an action for libel which is now pending. Yesterday defendant pleaded guilty to having written abusive letters, and was bound over to keep the peace for six months. The libel case is said also to have arisen from the writing . o f anonymous letters. Immigration Society, controlled by some of the most dis tinguished gentlemen of the State, proposes, as far as pos sible, to supply the wants of Virginia in mechanics, tenants, and labourers of every sort—first from the Scotch, then from the English, and lastly from emigrants from other countries. To this end they will offer the greatest inducements to the Scotch and English emigrants. The resources of Virginia, both mineral and agricultural, sur pass those of any other part of the United States, while the climate is the most agreeable and healthy. This will be a great mining, manufacturing, and farming region, and will, therefore, offer greater inducements to the emi grant from England and Scotland than any other. The climate of the more Southern States is too hot for the British emigrant, and the census of 1860 shows that the average price of lands in the frontier States of the North- West is double that in the Southern States, with all the inconveniences of distance from market. The low price of lands in the South was due to the enormous certain profit of investments in slaves, about 15 per cent. per annum compounded. We now have in this State a vast area of open land of superior quality, which your Scotch and English emigrant can buy or rent at the lowest rates ; while the labour of the poorest classes will command a price that will afford them and their families an abundant support. The plan which scorns to meet with most favour with the Virginian farmers is to rent or lease their lands to ScOtch and English farmers, and when tenants cannot be procured, then to adopt with the labouring class the Scotch cottar system, giving to the families of this class a cottage and several acres of land rent free, with other privileges, and then hiring the able-bodied labourers as they are wanted on the farms.—Scotsman. In the British West ,Indies there are about 980,000 souls. Of these fully 800,000 are negroes ; of the remaining 180,000, more than 120,000 are mulattoes. Of nearly one million, there are only about 50,000 white people. It requires but scant gift of prophecy to foresee that one or two more outbreaks like that of Jamaica will considerably reduce even this small proportion ; and that, in one or two generations, the entire population of those colonies will consist of black and coloured people. What is to be their future—what their government? TILE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 13, 18b5. Composed by Henry Leslie, and illustrated by J. E. Millais, R.A. Published by Messrs. Cassell, Petter, and Galpin. Under the title of Little Songs for me to Sing, there has but just now been published by the Messrs. Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, one of the very loveliest books ever issued from the press as the joint product of the typographer, the artist, and the musician. The loveliest little book ! Heavily and solidly bound in a gold-emblazoned and bevilled cloth binding, radiant all over with gilten scrolls, and song-birds, and butterflies—this charm ing volumette contains within in it a store of as dainty delights for eye and ear, as childhood itself could ever wish for even in its most halcyon daydreams. Appropriately enough it is dedicated to the Young Mother par excellence among all the young mothers of England, namely, to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales—and, as the dedicatory page informs us, "By Special Permis sion." And a dainty feast it is in good sooth—a feast fit to set before a Princess! " The little songs which are published in this volume," says, almost apologetically, the advertisement prefixed to the contents, " were composed by Mr. Henry Leslie for his children without a thought of their ever being made public." Another illustration, therefore, of the truth of the old adage about second thoughts being best ! For never was there a happier after thought than that which suggested the no tion of their publication ! An exceptional illustration, too, it turns out to have been, of the good sometimes coming from that fruitful source of tediousness in the way of publication, pro verbially familiar to us all as'—" at the request of friends !" For—once in a way, most happily in this instance—we learn that, " From the very numer ous requests for copies of them by friends who heard them sung, it became a necessity to print them." And—as a final touch to this most superfluous of apologies (for what certainly needs none) we are told—" Thus it has occurred that a book of such musical trifles is offered to the public." Musical Trifles ! Yes, well just previously in the same way as that haunting little ditty, sung (don't we all remember it ?) so deliciously, first of all, by Scrooge's little school-girl sister, and afterwards by Scrooge's "dimpled surprised-looking" niece by marriage (in the immortal " Carol")—" a mere nothing," as Mr. Dickens tell us, " you might hare learnt to whistle it in two minutes," and yet, for all that, going clean, through the ears, into the heart, and so on, from the heart, into the tear-brimming eyes ! Just such are these delicate little morceaux of melody— " unconsidered trifles" the composer of them himself modestly deems them to be—unpremeditated effusions of his love for, and interest in, his own dear children ! And so—thanks to the beneficent agency of that multiplying and echoing medium of the Press—these " Little Songs " come forth from the home that gave them birth, to flit hither and thither into other homes, all over the land, where they are certain of being dearly, dearly welcomed Before yielding, as he happily did in the end, to the first suggestion that they should be pub lished—Mr. Leslie, we are told in another (an intermediate) sentence of the advertisement page prefixed to the table of Contents, " Mr. Leslie mentioned the idea of an illustrated edition to Mr. Millais, who cordially entered into it." A word, well chosen, that word " cordially"—for the artist has indeed entered upon his labour of love most cordially—from his heart ! For, we do not hesitate to say that we never saw the genius, the radiant and ever-youthful genius of Mr. Millais to greater advantage than in the embellishment of this charming volume. Always at his best and at his happiest when he touches upon children—in this resembling Victor Hugo in his poetry and Charles Dickens in his poetic prose—Mr. Millais has in the delineation of the little children he has here intro duced to us through these sketches fairly dipped his pencil in the sunshine. Look at them ! Look at that frontispiece iu which the cluster of little ones —curly pates, boys and girls, Charley and Willy, and Polly, and Nelly, and all—are clus tered round Mamma, as she sits at the piano strik ing a few simple chords by way of accompani ment ! Or look at that sweet-eyed little maiden of seven, sitting up in bed, upon the bolster, gazing out of window, to the tune of— Twinkle, twinkle, little star; How I wonder what your are ! Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky ! Or look at "Mary's little Lamb !" Or at " The sweet story of Old "---About whom? About Jesus the Saviour ! Or at that wonderful duplex illustra tion of The Morning and Evening Hymns —The one overshadowed by the Owl—the other brightening up with the fluttering trill, heaven wards, of the Skylark ! It is a little jewel of a book—worthy in the " tone " of it of Henry Leslie—worthy in the artless beauty of it (using that phrase upon the ars celare artem princi ple) worthy thus, in the very lock of it, of J. E. Millais, R.A.—a book in fine that, small though it is, reflects high honour in every way upon the enterprising publishing house from which it ema nates. THE CONDITION OF JAMAICA.—In order to obtain any clear idea of the nature of the insurrection, it is necessary to take a survey of the condition of the island. Jamaica has been under British rule since 1670. It is about 160 miles long and 50 miles wide, highly mountainous, and therefore favorable to the development of the spirit of li berty among its population. The population is about 400,000, of whom onlylo,ooo are whites, about 90,000 are mulattoes, and 300,000 are negroes. Of the latter many are Maroons or fugitives, who during the exist ence of slavery, rebelled, took to the mountains, and have always maintained a somewhat distinct existence. For the forty years previous to 1738 these Maroons maintained a constant war with the British Government, which was closed by a treaty of peace instead of their extermination. To this source, and to their immense preponderance of numbers, perhaps is to be attributed the frequency of negro revolts in Jamaica. One in 1760 for a time was exceed ingly formidable, and was punished with great severity. Another in 1795 ended in the transportation of 600 Maroons to Nova Scotia. Another in 1832 was subdued with great difficulty, and probably led to the abolition of slavery, which began in 1833 and was completed in 1838. Whether these insurrections had reasonable provocation or not may best be inferred from the fact that between 1700 and 1786 upwards of 600,000 slaves were imported from Africa, yet twenty years later, when the importation was prohibited, the total namber in the island was but 323,827. At pre sent, as we have seen, there are forty blacks to one white. The government of the island is so arranged that it is absolutely impossible that it could be just consistently with the common frailties of human nature. The Governor is appointed by the Crown, and is paid a salary of £5,000, of which £1,500 is paid by the island and the remainder by the British Government. The Privy Council, or Cabinet, is appointed by the Governor. The Legislative Council of 17 members forms the upper house of the Colonial Legislature, and is also appointed by the Governor. The parishes are also presided over by a magistrate called a custos rotulorum who is appointed by the Governor for life. The only branch of the Government in which the people have any voice whatever is the lower house of the Legislature, which consists of two members elected from each parish, with an additional one for Spanish Town, Kingston, and Port Royal, making 47 in all. These are elected by free holders of the annual value of six pounds sterling rental, which reduces the entire number of voters on the island to 3,000, or one in 130 of the population, and excludes the blacks almost entirely. The parish custos presides over the vestry, a body consisting of the rector and churchwardens, justices of the peace, and ten vestrymen, who must be eleetors, and able to read and write. Practically, there fore, the people of Jamaica have no share in the Govern ment. It is an outside machine, run for the benefit of a few English landowners, and maintained by troops. The island reached its greatest prosperity in the years from 1797 to 1829. Its largest ginger crop was raised in 1797 and amounted to 3,621,260 pounds. In 1857 it had declined to 381,157 pounds. Its largest sugar crop was in 1805, and amounted to 150,352 hhds. This had declined in 1888, after the Emancipation Act, to 69,613 hhds., and in 1857 to 30,459 hhds. Its largest coffee crop was in 1814, and reached 34,045,385 pounds. This bad declined in 1833, the date of the first Emancipation Act, to 9,866,060 pounds, and bad further declined in 1857 to 7,095,623 pounds. The largest pimento crop was in 1833, to wit : 8,423,100 pounds, which was nearly equalled by the crop of 1857, to-wit : 8,719,748 pounds. This general exhibit shows a heavy falling off in the products of the island, beginning about twenty years prior to eman cipation. This great falling off in resources, while the population of the island has remained nearly the same indicates that general impoverishment of the people which, combined with ignorance in the masses and misgovern ment in the rulers, equally tend to produce such fearful scenes as have just been enacted in that island. WAYS. The Insurrection in Jamaica. DEPUTATION TO EARL RUSSELL. Yesterday a deputation, appointed at the meeting of the men of South Lambeth, held on the Ist inst. at Lambeth Baths, awaited, by appointment, on Earl Russell, at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street, to present the memorial agreed to on that occasion. The de putation consisted of the Rev. Newman Hall, Rev. V. J. Charlesworth, Rev. Isaac Doxey, Rev. J. Harcourt, Messrs. G. Granville, G. Joy, G. Hill, G. Pritchard, G. Thomeloe, T. Harvey, G. M. Murphy, and W. West. Deputations in reference to the same subject were received at the same time from Brighton and the London Missionary Society, the former consisting of Professor Fawcett, M.P., Mr. White, M.P., Rev. Paxton Hood, Rev. Vaughan Price, Mr. Unwin, Mr. Marriage Wallis, Mr. Jenner, and Mr. Edmund Fry ; and the latter of G. F. "White (chairman), Dr. Tidman (secretary), Dr. Lockhart, Rev. J. G. Rogers, Rev. A. M'Millan, Rev. R. Redpath, Rev. T. Pearsall, Rev. C. Dukes, Rev. T. Kennedy, Messrs. G. Morley, H. Wright, C. E. Mudia, H. Rutt, and Mannering Eusebius Smith, Dr. Fergu- son, &c. The deputation having been introduced to his lordship, The Rev. PAXTON HOOD, of Brighton, read the memorial from that borough. Mr. FAWCETT, M.P., supported the prayer of the memorial. G. F. WHITE, Esq., chairman of the London Missionary Society, pointed out the great blessings that resulted from the labours of their missionaries in Jamaica. After the reading of the memorials, Earl. RUSSELL said—l receive these memorials which refer to a subject which has caused the Govern ment the deepest pain on very many accounts. It is painful to think of the state of society in Jamaica. Considering how long it is since the abolition of slavery took place, it was to be hoped that the con dition of society there would have by this time become of harmony and good feeling between the different races, and it is deeply to be regretted that it should still be one of so much ill-will, complaint, and difficulty on the one side, and of complaint, discontent, and dissipation on the other. But what has occurred lately, I repeat, has affected the Government with very great pain, and I cannot wonder at the impression that has been made gene rally in the minds of the people of England, and upon the meetings and bodies from whence these memorials have emanated. It has been said, and fairly said, that there is no wish to prejudge Gover nor Eyre. That is a proper and just feeling, and if it be the general feeling of the public it is still more the duty of Government not to prejudge Governor Eyre. With that view it is necessary that we should have an impartial inquiry, and that proper persons should be selected to conduct it, which is a matter of no small difficulty. It has been stated by several gentlemen that in their opinion it is quite consistent with not prejudging Governor Eyre that he should not hold authority in Jamaica while the inquiry is Pending. (Hear, hear.) I believe on his own part that there is no wish to continue to hold that autho rity pending the inquiry, and it is perfectly con sistent with his not holding such authority that at the end, if the circumstances appear to justify it, he should go forth justified from that inquiry ; but it is certainly not the intention of the Government that during the continuance of the commission in Jamaica, which may have much to inquire into, many facts to elucidate, and much evidence to bring forward, Governor Eyre should hold his authority. Let me repeat again what has been said by several gentlemen, that while I say this we do consider that it is quite consistent with withholding our judgment until we have the whole of the f acts before us. (Hear.) Now, with regard to the rest, I should be very unwil ling to give an opinion at present on many of the cir cumstances—circumstances which have struck the Government of the country, as you may be sure they would do, very much as they have struck the sub jects of her Majesty in general—at the same time, with regard to certain parts of the case to which I will allude, there has been a misappre hension in the public mind as to, for instance, whe ther there was that great and general conspiracy which Governor Eyre speaks of ; whether there were facts to prove such conspiracy. Upon that question I am not going to give any opinion ; but as to the first outbreak, I must say that it is hardly of that character which is described in one of these memo rials, in which it is inferred that a crowd, a peace able crowd, assembled in a yard near a court-house, were fired upon by certain persons without any provocation whatever. The official documents which we have received, though wanting in many of the facts and details, are sufficiently voluminous, and were written, not by Governor Eyre, but by those who furnished the account of what took place to Governor Eyre, , as you will see the matter is made sufficiently grave. The noble earl then read extracts from the already published letters addressed to the Governor by Captain Down and the officials in Ja maica, describing the outbreak and the state of the island, the rescue of Bogle, the seizure of the police sent to apprehend him, and the alternative given them of joining the blacks against the whites or death, the attack on the Court-house and the mur der of the custos and the other persons who at tempted to escape, and proceeded—All these tend to show that it was not a peaceful crowd which the volunteers fired into without provocation, as some of the memorialists seem to infer. It might have been like a mob here, where stones were thrown and riot took place. It might have been unwise or not to order the volunteers to fire, but that does not appear. The whole matter, however, is one exceed ingly painful, and no wonder that the letters writ ten by some subalterns in a tone of unbecoming levity in regard to these events have shocked the good feeling of every one who has read them. (Rear, hear.) But however much we may lament what has taken place, we may at the same time hope that—the state of society in Jamaica having been so unsatisfactory for so many years, and so many complaints having been constantly made, just complaints, perhaps, and in other respects great misunderstandings having existed—out of these dreadful occurrences we shall find means to see our way to new measures that shall make that island less the scene of discontent and conflict, and sub stitute harmony and goodwill. In that case we may yet anticipate good results even out of those dread ful occurrences. The Government have every dis position, both to act justly with regard to all whose conduct might be inquired into, and also to look into the whole state of the island ; and we hope that, aided by the labourers of the various Christian missions, the London Missionary Society, and others who have for many years exerted themselves—l am sure with a view to establishing Christianity and humanity in the island—our efforts will be so far crowned with success that we shall not witness such lamentable results again. The deputation then thanked his lordship for the courtesy with which he had received them, and retired. ENGLAND AND AMERICA.—Our latest exchanges and advices from the United States show that not only is there uo danger of the disturbance of peace between that country and Great Britain, but also that there is much cordial feeling between the two Governments, which even the Shenandoah question will not be allowed to destroy. This influence, which has long been felt in business circles, is extending even to newspapers. We trust that ere long an entente cordiale, more powerful and lasting than "an offensive and defensive alliance," will be fully established between these two natural allies. -- Anglo American Times. REDUCED TAXATION MOVEMENT IN AMERICA. Senator Sherman, of Ohio, and a party of prominent offi cials, have recently visited the coal regioas of Pennsyl vania. During their stay they were serenaded, when Senator Sherman spoke with reference to litigation in re lation to the industry of that district as follows : "During the war Government was compelled to resort to the utmost limit of taxation; but I am happy to say that the business of Congress will be, after securing peace upon the basis of universal liberty, to relieve ourselves from taxation no longer necessary. In making this re duction we naturally look to those articles, the chief cost of which is low labor. The foundation of wealth is and should be as free from burdens as the air. The cheerful ness with which all classes and occupations bore taxes during the war, makes it doubly the duty of Congress to lessen and equalise the taxes now. I confidently antici pate that in a short time the duties on imported goods, a moderate income tax, and taxes on luxuries, will enable 1 us honorably to perform all our obligations." '7% .•""" 11 614 IGH DIER Orin ,11 HER MAJESTY. -- ~- WINDSOR CASTLE, Tuesday. The Queen and royal family are remaining at the Castle. Adelaide Anne Procter. The following exquisite tribute to the memory of Barry Cornwall's gifted daughter, the late Adelaide Anne Procter, is prefixed to the newly-published illustrated edition of her Lyrics, and is from the pen of Mr. Charles Dickens. It will be read not without emotion by all true-hearted lovers of our living literature : "In the spring of the year 1853, I observed, as conductor of the weekly journal Household Words, a short poem among the proffered contributions, very different, as I thought, from the shoal of verses perpetually setting through the office of such a periodical, and possessing much more merit. Its authoress was quite unknown to me. She was one Miss Mary Berwick, whom I had never heard of ; and she was to be addressed by letter, if addressed at all, at a circulating library in the western district of London. Through this channel Miss Berwick was informed that her poem was accepted, and was invited to send another. She complied, and became a regular and frequent contributor. Many letters passed between the journal and Miss Ber wick, but Miss Berwick herself was never seen. How we came gradually to establish, at the office of Household Words, that we knew all about Miss Berwick, I have never discovered. But, we settled somehow, to our complete satisfaction, that she was governess in a family ; that she went to Italy in that capacity, and returned ; and that she had long been in the same family. We really knew nothing whatever of her, except that she was re markably business-like, punctual, self-reliant, and reliable • so I suppose we insensibly invented the rest. For myself, my mother was not a more real personage to me than Miss Berwick the governess became. This went on until December, 1854, when the Christmas Number, entitled, The Seven Poor Travellers,' was sent to press. Happening to be going to dine that day with an old and dear friend, distinguished in literature as Barry Cornwall, took with me an early proof of that number, and remarked, as I laid it on the drawing-room table, that it contained a very pretty poem, written by a certain Miss Berwick. Next day brought me the disclosure that I had so spoken of the poem to the mother of its writer, in its writer's presence ; that I had no such correspondent in existence as Miss Berwick ; and that the name had been assumed by Barry Cornwall's eldest daughter, Miss Adelaide Anne Procter. The anecdote I have here noted down, besides serving to explain why the parents of the late Miss Procter have looked to me for these rbor words of remembrance of their lamented child, strikingly illustrates the honesty, independence , and quiet dignity of the lady's character. I had known her when she was very young; I had been honoured with her father's friendship when I was myself a young aspirant ; and she had said at home, If I send him, in my own name, verses that he does not honestly like, either it will be very painful to him to return them, or he will print them for papa's sake, and not for their own. So I have made up my mind to take my chance fairly with the unknown volunteers.' Perhaps it requires an editor's experience of the profoundly unreasonable grounds on which he is often urged to accept un suitable articles—such as having been to school with the writer's husband's brother-in-law, or having lent an alpenstock in Switzerland to the writer's wife's nephew, when that interesting stranger had broken his own—fully to appreciate the delicacy and the self-respect of this resolution. . . . She was exceedingly humorous, and had a great delight in humour. Cheerfulness was habitual with her, she was very ready at a sally or a reply, and in her laugh (as I remember well) there was an unusual vivacity, enjoyment, and sense of drollery. She was perfectly unconstrained and unaffected : as modestly silent about her productions as she was generous with their pecuniary results. * * * No claim can be set up for her, thank God, to the possession of any of the conventional poetical qualities. She never by any means held the opinion that she was among the greatest of human beings ; she never suspected the existence of a conspiracy on the part of mankind against her ; she never recognised in her best friends her worst enemies ; she never cultivated the luxury of being misunderstood and unappreciated ; she would far rather have died without seeing a line of her composition in print than that I should have maundered about her, here, as the Poet,' or ' the Poetess.' * * Always impelled by an intense conviction that her life must not be dreamed away, and that her indulgence in her favourite pursuits must be balanced by action in the real world around her, she was indefatigable in her endeavours to do some good. Naturally en thusiastic, and conscientiously impressed with a deep sense of her Christian duty to her neigh bour, she devoted herself to a variety of beneve lent objects. Now, it was the visitation of the sick that had possession of her ; now, it was the sheltering of the houseless ; now, it was the elemen tary teaching of the densely ignorant ; now, it waS the raising up of those who had wandered and got trodden under foot ; now, it was the wider ein-, ployment of her own sex in the gene ral business of life ; now, it was all these things a once. Perfectly unselfish, swift to sympathise an eager to relieve, she wrought at such designs with a flushed earnestness that disregarded season , weather, time of day or night, food, rest. Under such a hurry of the spirits, and such incessant oeen" pation, the strongest constitution will commonly g° down. Hers, neither of the strongest nor the weak" est, yielded to the burden, and began to sink. T° have saved her life, then, by taking action on the warning that shone in her eyes and sounded in her voice, would have been impossible, without changing her nature. As long as the power of moving about in the old way was left to her, she must exercise it, or be killed by the restraint. And so the time came when she could move about no longer, and took to her bed. All the restlessness gone then, and all til e sweet patience of her natural disposition purified hi, the resignation of her soul, she lay upon her bed through the whole round of changes of the seasona• She lay upon her bed through fifteen months. In all that time, her old cheerfulness never quitted her: In all that time, not an impatient or a q uerulovo t minute can be remembered. At length, at m idni g n on the 2d of February, 1864, she turned down 0 ' leaf of a little book she was reading, and shut ituF: The ministering hand that had copied the verses lot ° ~ the tiny album was soon around her ne ck, and she quietly asked, as the clock was on the stroke of One, Do you think I am dying, mamma ?'•••-.‘ I thing you are very, very ill to-night, my dear.'—' S en ' h„ for my sister. My feet are so cold. Lift me IA Her sister entering as they raised her, she said, has come at last I' And with a bright and happy smile, looked forward, and departed." In quoting the above, the Athenwunz remarks Yell justly that it is impossible to add to the beauty of this monograph, ie THE WIDOW OF THE LATE HON. G. W. GO DON.--A GOOD EXAMPLE.— On Tuesday evening, t ',; sth inst., the ladies connected with the Caledonian -row Chapel, Islington (Rev. Ebenezer Davies's), at the° monthly meeting for prayer and Christian fellowship,' unanimously and most heartily resolved that by the n(4- West India mail a letter of sympathy and con dolenc° should be sent '. their name to the widow of the late JP 11 Gordon in her terrible affliction—the greatest that r: possibly befall a wife. The pastor's wife, Mrs. Da T f c i who presided, and who for several years has herse lf resi"' in the West Indies, was requested to draw up the letter/ and to express it in their high estimate of Mr . Gordon A 'tl c haracter, and of the courage and self-denial on his Pt".-11 for more than twenty years, to lift up his voice so unflitte-; ingly as he did on behalf of the oppressed. Tho by a lady, to an assemblage of ladies, mostly w ives, of r; Gordon's beautiful, meek, humble, loving, heroic, 811,c1;,10 all respects Christian letter to his wife, penned wit''" few minutes of his cruel and illegal death, produced L'r., indescribable effect. It was felt that the case of ldrs• a°, don, though in many respects resembling, is at the S t Ill of time in many of its features far more painful than tha Lady William Russell, in 1683. The New York correspondent of the Cincion t h Commercial says that at Mrs. John Woo d ' s the ti el ? have actually gotten up, and are perform in g , a burlesqt melange of over an hour in length, devot ed to Ben is the Herald, the great black mailer. O ne scene is 1310.0. purgatory— the other in James Gordon's ed itorial sanc` the In one appears the devil and his imps—in the other,oo editor of the Herald, with goggles on, and his imps. il t he pith and point of the whole thing seems to be, tha.t prince of darkness and his cohorts are taxing genuity to devise some plan by which they ean cof Bennett within their fold. They feel that he is ten 5 .. 0 for them, and, indeed, he does baffle their efforts for,:siii time, and goes on in his career of wickedness, but 14 .00, is circumvented, and falls into the hands of Satan,ho amidst a glare of red lights, hastens him down to I It et re I fernal regions, and thus he expires in a blaze of sa , P acroo o Here the curtain drops, and a streamer is displaYe dpes Doti c t the stage with the words:—" This establishraent , advertise in the New York Herald." n th©r T Eng Yery mini rese] COM for J by t ding vary and £2O, dispi terd that £I,C Pilh Can Frer A 5.20 11lin In gene deal 20i solid Con Toni: Mot all ; Savi the ] Cha 8 per Da 8 )er NeV Nev Ann Exel Ban] Ind IN Aust Br az Dc Dc Buei Dc Chili Dc Colo] Cuba bard Da Dc Dam Dc D c Dc Dc liree Dc Dc Dc Dc Dc alexi Dc "Paz D; D c 61.,:ti D ( 13 Wei ' l l4 Pc I); 0 4„4 8 1 4 =e1..; D ti t' c F ret 11'411