The Sun. — London, England, 1865-01-23 00:00:00

Immo. LIFEBO AT SERVICES.—During the storms of the past y ear 1864 the boats of the National Lifeboat Institution have saved 432 persons from different wrecks on our coasts, The I n also expended £19,531 14s. sd. in the same per iud on lifeboat establishments , in.addition to granting £1,569 as rewards for saving 693 shipwrecked per flans by its lifeboats, and other means. The Committ;ee of ttie Institution earnestly A ?PEAL to the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on the Institution's 110 lifeboat establishments. Contribucions are received by Messrs Willis and Co.. 'Berries and Co., Coutts and Co., and by all the Lundon and ,conntry bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq. at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adeiphi. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Sole Manager and birector, Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVi:NING, FAUST. Mesdames Anna Hiles, iiurrington, Ct3tterell ; Messrs. Switt, Forbes, H. Corn, and Conductor, Signor ARDITI. Followed by the Grand Christmas Pan'omime, THE .LION AND THE UNICORN. MORNING PERFOI ANCE on TUESDAY, at Two. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. - • (Opera Company, Limited.) CONTINUED SUCCESS OF F UL DON CINDERELLA AND THE WON DER ATO. THIS EVENING, first time, a new Op , ra, the music by F. Clay the words by r. CO w. TA N Robon, entitled L't SerCEts. Mdlle. Martorelle, M iss Thirlwall, Messrs. H. Corri, A. Cook, C. Lyall, and henry Haigh. Conductor, Mr. A. MELLON. Alter which, at a quarter-past 8, the Grand and highly successful Pantomime, CINDERELLA ; with magnificent Scenery and gorgeous accessories. In the Harlequinack. Senor Donato will perform his celebrated and astonishing Dap se avec Manteau. Commence at Seven. THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY-LANE, Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. Tuns EVENING an d during the week, A YOUNG LAD FROM THE COUNTRY. After which, the Grand Christmas Pantomime, HOP O'MY THUMB AND HIS ELEVEN BROTHERS; or, Harlequin and the Ogre of the Seven -League Boots : Messrs. G. Hel m:ore, Tom Matthews, G. Weston, Master Percy Roselle, etc. limes Lydia Thompson. R. I.,elercq, ac. ; Messrs. Boleno, C. Lauri, W. A. Berne., T. Morris, Cormack, Saville ; Bolen°, the Misses Gunnies, and Signor Teacart°. T HEATRE -R YA L, HAYMARKET. Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, Jan. 21, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Chippendale, Sothern, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, Coe, Wea %hereby, ttc. ; Mesdames Moore, Snowdon, Fitzwilliam, 34c. After which, LORD DUNDREARY MARRIED AND DONE FOR Messrs. Sothern, Bnckstone, Braid, Gordon, Clark, White, Coe, Weath ers by , &c. ; Mesdames 6nowdoa, Fllll, Sus With PRINCESS SPRINGTIME. Mr. Compton, Miss L. Keeley. Ana MRS. WHITE. To commence at 7. RO YAL LYCEUM- THEATRE Linder the Solo Management of Mr. P echter. THIS EVENING, GRANDFATHER WHITEHEAD. Messrs. Emery, C Horsman, collett, Garden, Moreland, Cl.ll')rd : Mesdames Hamilton, Henrade, C. Hor man. After which, at halt-past 8, a New Drama, entitled THE ROADSIDE INN. R(.bert YEamite, Mr. r echter. Messrs. Widdicomb, C. Horsman. Fitzpatrick, Garden, Moreiand, Raymond, Collett; Mesdames EisN orthy and B. Percy. • -- To conclude with BEAKFACED ibIPOSTOES. Mr, Doors open at Half -past Six. The Box-office open daily from Elevoi till Five. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.— .431 e . .rrupri.tar and Md.,lagtif, uz. h. %,r ebbth,r. 'THIS EVENING, ICI ON FABLE FRANCAIS. Mr. J. L. Toole. Af er which, at 8, LEAH. Miss Bateman, supported by Ilessre. George Jordan, Swinbourne, R. Phillips, Stuart, Stephenson, Ebnrne; Miss H. Simms and Mrs. Billington. To conclude with DARK DOINGS IN THE CUE'- BOARD BY THE KNOTrING'EII BROffIERS. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, R. Phillips, Billington ; Mrs. A. Mellon. Miss A. Seaman. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. £lll5 EVENING, a new Extravaganza, entitled THE MAGIC HORSE AND THE ICE MAIDEN I RINCESS. Alter which, THE STREETS OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fisher, D. Murray, J. Nelson, H. Forrester. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma Barnett, and Miss Fanny Gwynne. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Alanagereas. Mrs. Swanborough._ THIS EVENING, at 7, LAWRENCE'S LOVE SUIT. Mr. Parselle; Mesdames Palmer, Carson, and Hughes. Attu' which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, THE " GRIN" BUsli ES ; or, the Mrs. Brown of the Missis-sippi. Messrs. Stoyle, Thorne, James, Fenton, &c.;' Mesdames li.da swanborough, Raynham, Simpson, Johnstone, dm. To c include with MRS. GttEEN'S SNUG LITTLE BUSINESS. Mr. Belford. COALS. —The LTLLIESHALL COMPANY'S COAL o. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 269. per ton. I Double 21e. per ton. Top 255. „ Deg) ....22,5. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De p)ts, Westbourne t'ark-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, .i'Addington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke ~. Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied, as soon as published every Evenint: by W. ALEXANDEIt (late ElltOOKS), Newspaper Agent, 21, Uld Cavenoisti-.treet, Oxford-street. iIIHE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," l;outaining the Latest bI'UItTIA Li IIV TELLIU.NA eau be had Every hvening of G. It GL [E, . NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. THE LAST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied as roon as Published containing all the LA LEST NEWS and SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, by H. W. HARRIS, Nenspaper Agent, 4, Blackfriars-road, London, S. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, :10h. 16m.—Afternoon, 10h. 55m. To-Moßnow.-Morning, 11h. 33m.—Afternoon, h. m. ali t , r sun/ • ifts LONDON, MONDAY, JAN. 23, 1865. It is evident from the intelligence brought by the Australasian that the Confederates at last are fully awake to the importance of arresting the progress of SHER3IAN, and are disposed to concentrate their forces with that object. Hitherto they appear to have fallen into the common mistake of underrating their enemy, and have suffered for it accordingly. It was undoubtedly an error in the disposition of their forces to allow HOOD, after virtually driving SHERMAN from Atlanta, to wander away into Ten nessee instead of closely pursuing him. THOMAS was evidently employed as a decoy to lead HOOD further and further away from SHERMAN, who was allowed to pursue an almost uninterrupted march through Georgia. This was the great mistake on the Southern side of the campaign, for even sup posing HOOD to have succeeded in capturing Nash ville, that triumph would have been counterbalanced by the loss of Savannah, and possibly of other cities. LEE should now recall HOOD from his un satisfactory expedition, and combine all his avail able forces to confront SHERMAN, whose next point is said to be Branchville, in North Carolina, a posi tion of the utmost importance. It is a central point, and commands the whole of the Carolina railways, and consequently, should SHERMAN get possession of it, he will gain a valuable acquisition, and have the means of further advance in his hands. No sooner did the Confederates gain an intimation of his probable route than they despatched able engi neers to fortify Branchville, but fortifications are of little use without men to defend them. Savannah Was well fortified, but powerless, because it was not mannedby a sufficient number of troops, and therefore it is • u °Peratively necessary that the South should be upon thei r a really guard time enough to throw competent force into the town. SHER3IAN'S route is, in fact, j ust now the central point of the war, and Branchville is really more in danger and more important than Richmond itself. The feeling of the South is strong in the matter, and it has even been rumoured that General LEE has assumed the chief command of all the Confederate armies, put ting BEAU REGARD i n command of the d e f ences of Richmond, and intending t o Proceed h imse l f with out delay to confront SHERMAN. SHERMAN's move ments are said to be held by LEE t o be more im portant than anything which GRANT is likely to effect within-the next four months. Whethe r or no the fact of the change in the direction of the Southern armies be true, there is no doubt that the main features of this programme' are the wisest under the circumstances. It would decidedly be the best course to pursue to concentrate the Southern forces in South Carolina, and stop SHER3IAN'S pro °Tess northward, if the Confederates wish to retrieve the disasters of this campaign. The silence which the Northern organs keep respecting SkiEfoutes movement is suspicious, and very unlike their usual braggadocio. The fact is, that the North is fully aware of the importance of the movement, and is anxious to divert Southern attention from the right quarter. Another attack on Wilmington is loudly announced, which is, no doubt, a feint to draw off regard from SHERMAN, for certainly it would be a strange mode of setting about an attack to give the enemy notice to get ready to re ceive it.. LEE is, however, we should hope, too keen-sighted a tactician to be easily misled on such points. Meanwhile the public mortification at New York and Washington has been pacified as usual, and one general has been disgraced, as the French man said, to encourage the others. Certainly, if ever a man went into the shade without regret or sympathy, that man is the fallen hero of New Orleans, and if hard measure has been dealt to him in the present case, the universal feeling is that he has only got his deserts. It is not quite " The arbiter of others' fate, A suppliant for his own," but it is a sufficient downfall to show a refreshing example of poetical justice in real life. General Butler has been removed and ordered to report at Lowell, Massachusetts. " General ORD has tempo rarily superseded him," so runs the news, and a further paragraph informs us that he was ordered to turn everything, including public moneys, over to his successor, so that the rapturous enthusiasm which he inspired at New York a few weeks back has not served him much, and the exile which he kindly advocated for the Southern people has begun upon himself. THOMAS is opening a base of supplies at Eastport, on the Tennessee River, with a view, it is said, to a march towards Mobile. No such rumours, however, should be suffered to call off the Southern armies from the great point of interest and importance. It must not be forgotten that SHER- I MAN has now the means of obtaining reinforcements by sea since the capture of Savannah, and therefore his forces must not be reckoned at so low a number as he is known to have-had with him on entering Savannah. The rumour that the Georgia officials have asked to return to the Union bears absurdity on the face of it. There were only 17 persons at the meeting held by the Mayor of Savannah—evi dently coerced by SHERMAN. If Georgia had not asked to join before SHgRMAN'S savage raid through the centre of the State, where he found comfort and prosperity, and left a wilderness of ruin and desola tion, it is not likely her people, would wish now to degrade themselves by rejoining the hated Union after such cruel experience. Whatever victories the North may gain only puts them further from their . end by widening the gulf between them and the South by the merciless use which they make of the power which falls into their hands. The inhabi tants of the Shenandoah, for instance, are now said to be suffering from famine—a natural result of SHERIDAN'S devastation. It is such barbarities as this which drive the South to desperation, and we only hope they will display the antagonism to the North which they talk so much about by impressing their negroes into the service. Such a step would have the most important consequences.. It would in the first place have a powerful effect on the war, since not only would it add a large body of men to the Confederate ranks, but the negroes in the Northern army would be most unwilling to fight against their fellows. It would secondly take away the only excuse from the great Powers for with holding their recognition of the South, and would afford England at least a plea for affording moral as sistance to the Confederates. The tone of Southern organs has undergone a perceptible change in this as in other respects within the last few months, and in that aspect of the case the late disasters to the Southern arms may have done good service. Whether the financial difficulties of the North will have a beneficial effect on them remains to be seen: Mr. FESSENDEN'S proposed retirement is significant. There is a Richmond within Washington itself, which is more unconquerable than the Southern capital, and it is no great wonder that the ablest financiers shrink from the hopeless undertaking. Mr. LINCOLN no doubt already feels that his Cabinet will not carry him through four years more. He is probably now awaiting anxiously the coming of March, which will offer so tempting an oppor tunity to those who may be prepared to question the extent of his sovereignty. It is the best proof of the tendency of those 'en gaged in any trade to impose upon the public, and to mar those opportunities from which all should derive advantage, that at different times the vari ous modes of traffic are compelled to be taken under the consideration of the Legislature. No rules can be too strict that are made for the benefit of the numerous travellers and passengers who are so con stantly passing to and fro in divers directions. The railways became a failure to the poorer classes until Parliament made the stipulations which compelled the adoption of cheap trains for ordinary , purposes, as well as for special occasions, and excursion trains. In many other respects also the laws passed in respect to the locomotives were of signal service to those concerned. The cabs, as all remember, were put under strict rules some years back, and it was high time that some interference took place, for they were fast degene rating into a nuisance with the unseemly squabbles so constantly taking place, the gross extortions practised upon the unwary, and the unsatisfactory manner in which their services were rendered. The great deficiency that we have now to complain of is the immunity that the omnibuses are allowed to enjoy, an immunity that costs the community very dear in time, money, and comfort. It must be quite evident to all those who frequent this mode of conveyance that great impositions are practised upon the public—in fact, that they are the victims_ to a monopoly. It is the more to be regretted that should be the case, because the classes that especially depend upon omnibuses as a means of transit are just those who cannot afford to take more expensive conveyances, and yet are often obliged to get at great distances by certain hours. The worst feature in the conduct of the omnibus proprietors is, that they will not allow others to enter the field or per form those tasks properly which they themselves seem unable or un w illi ng to do to the satisfaction and convenience of the public. In spite of all re monstrances, and even threats, and notwithstanding frequent appeals to courts of law, there is a very pernicious system persisted in whenever any of the new set start on their ventures. Lives are thus en dangered, property put in jeopardy, and all for the monopolisers to win the day and carry their point. The game has, however, been quite long enough in their hands, and the interests of the public demand that this session shall not pass without some definite rules and regulations being laid down which shall prevent from henceforth the recurrence of the incon sistent practices now in vogue, and the inconvenient methods now pursued by these one-sided charioteers who cater for their own particular views, under the plea of working for the' general good of the indus trial classes. It is quite out of character that special regulations shall be laid down for the charge of railways, and the amount that cab-fares should pay per mile, and yet that the omnibuses should be exempt from all kinds of restriction, and permitted to follow thei r Own vagaries, without let or hin drance, check or counter p oise, Alloraarieslike these are constantly occurring in our social system, and it requires the exercise of vigilant caution and the care of experienced observers to adjust the difficul ties that frequently arise, and perpetually point out the necessity of prompt and vigorous treatment. Doubtless some opposition will be raised to any plan proposed to remedy the grievance which the omnibus traffic has now become, not only on the part of those who are immediately concerned, but also among those quite unconnected with the subject in a personal way, but object to what is called arbi trary interference. All these demurrers should be silenced, however, by the fact that the present regime of omnibus conveyance does not meet the necessities or suit the requirements of the public. Far too much is charged for short distances, to make it often worth the while of many to ride at all ; while others, who are unwary, are trapped into paying perhaps double what they intended or can sometimes spare for their expedition. All this inconsistent practice should be placed on a proper footing, and stated charges for stated distances should be settled and adhered to. It is true that it is possible for persons to go a long way by an omnibus at a cheap rate, but then it also happens that by rigidly adhering to their arbitrary rules, the conductors take double the sum that is suitable for short distances between the prescribed places. It is not apparent to any one of common sense and right judgment, why such abuses of a system should be tolerated, and yet unless some decided steps are taken, no remedy can be applied, and no cure devised. As things are at present constituted, the poor travellers are subjected to all kinds of losses and annoyances, while the business folks who depend upon the omnibuses as a means of transit are put to all sorts of inconvenience, and waste of time, money, and comfort into the bargain. It has, therefore, become incumbent upon the Legislature to do something at once, and to the point, that the public should no more be subjected to the freaks and fancies of omnibus proprietors, who carry on a brisk trade, and one of much importance to the community whose welfare they despise, and whose comfort they seem to laugh at. It seems quite astonishing that something should not have been done before this, when we reflect upon the many dodges and devices which have been practised from time to time. What with the " nursing" trick, the putting on and the with drawal of extra• omnibuses to meet the whim of the moment, the sudden rise in the price of fares with out any public notice, the ingenious devices of charging sixpence for a ten minutes' ride on the plea of the distance being beyond the limits of the spots fixed upon as landmarks, it is almost impossible to conceive how or in what manner any certainty can be attained or convenience enjoyed by those who frequent the omnibuses. The grievance cannot be so great that by a due amount of attention it may not be remedied, and neither is it so small or so trifling that it should be passed over ; for it is the bounden duty of the authorities to look to those matters which affect the interest of the public. BUST OF THE LAUREATE.Messrs. Moxon, of Dover-street, are about to publish a new portrait in bronze, plain or silvered, of the-Poet-Laureate, by Mr. Woolner. This work differs from former likenesses of Mr. Tennyson by the sculptor—the bust, which is in the Library at Trinity College, Cambridge, and a medallion— in having the beard as now worn ; it is not only a fine example of art, but an admirable and recent likeness. It is a three-quarter face, a medallion in high relief, with a bold moulding, which forms a circular frame, so that the work is complete in itself. LITERATURE IN ENGLAND.—In the year 1864 there were published in London, according to the Literary Gazette, 3,553 new works and new editions, in cluding pamphlets. Of these there were of religious 715, biography and history 233, geography, topography, and books of travel 151, fiction, including juvenile works, 842, poetry and general literature 5G5, annuals and new serials 166, Lim and parliamentary 79, medical and surgical 124, European and classical philology, including translations, 132, English philology and education 177, naval, military, and engineering 52, politics and questions of the day 56, agriculture, horticulture, and field sports 46, art, architec ture, &c. 52, commercial 41, science and natural history 122. NOVEL RIFLE MATCH.—The first competition in the simultaneous rifle match for England, Scotland, and Ireland, took place on the 13th, 14th, and 16th of January, when 15 squads of five each fired at 800, 900, and 1,000 yards, ten shots at each range, and no sighting shots. Eight squads fired in different parts of England, five in Scotland, and two in Ireland, this being the first match in which Irish riflemen have entered as such with the small bore. The squads were allowed to fire on any of the three days, but the furious gale on the 14th interferred much with shooting. In one squad the rifle had to be aimed 38ft. off the bull's eye on account of the wind. It will be seen from the principal scores given below that many of the best shots competed on this occasion. The prizes are not, however, won until after four competitions in the spring and summer, and are then to be decided by the two highest scores of each competitor. Captain Jaques Caterham, 103 ; Mr. R. W. Dunlop, C. 8., London Scottish Rifle Volunteers, Inverness, 99 ; Captain Heaton, Manchester, 98 ; Captain Maxwell, Altcar, and Sergeant Gibbs, Bristol, 97 ; Mr. Edward Ross, London Scottish Rifle Volunteers, Harrow, 96 ; Mr. Edin, Inns of Court Rifle Volunteers, Wimbledon, 96 ; Mr. Cunliffe, Manchester, 94 ; Mr. Barlow, Dublin, 93 ; Captain Fergus son, Inverness, Mr. Rawson, Altcar, and Sergeant Kemp, Manchester, 92 ; Dr. Goodwin, Altcar, 91 ; Captain Fenton, Manchester, Captain Paton, Ayr, and Captain Field, Hon. Artillery Company, Wimbledon, 90 ; Captain King, Inns of Court Rifle Volunteers, Wimbledon, and Lord Bolton, Bolton Castle, 89 ; Lieutenant Cunningham, Harrow, 88 ; Mr. Colvert, Dublin, 87 ; Captain Hawker and Sergeant Martin Smith, Harrow, 86 ; Mr. Guthrie, Ayrshire, Mr. Clare, Dublin, Mr. Formby, Altcar, and Mr. Rigby, Dub lin, 85 ; Mr. Nugent, Dublin, and Mr. Lane, Bristol, 84 ; Mr. Fletcher, Altcar, 83 ; Mr. Miller, Bristol, and the Earl of Aberdeen, Bolton Castle, 79 ; Mr. P. Cunliffe, Manches ter, 78 ; " a Lady," who shot with a Rigby rifle at Cater ham, 77 ; Captain Bland, 76th Regiment, Belfast, 76. MR. BRIGHT AND THE AMERICAN WAR.—Mr. Bright approves the awful slaughter with which the Federals have dyed the field of Virginia and Tennessee; he approves of the desolation which has visited thousands and hundreds of thousands of heretofore happy hearths ; he does not shrink froin renewing these scenes of horror until no victims shall be left on whom they can be enacted; and therefore he exerts himself to secure the election of the man who has been, and will continue to be, the minister of this bloodthirsty policy so long as he has power to do so. Is this indeed the same statesman as the one who, in the crisis of the Crimean war, painted so movingly the near presence of the Angel of Death ? Is this the man who de nounced in language of almost frightful energy the short Italian campaign, undertaken—in profession, at least— with the aim of emancipating a people ? It was, indeed, wonderful acting ; and, but for this American war, we should have never guessed how completely histrionic it was. But now we have been taught that the occupation of mu tual destruction is not "fiendlike" if its conducted by Republicans, and that war is no longer, in their hands, to be looked upon as that " savagery" which will break down of itself. When Mr. Bright denounced war before, it was supposed that the American democracy was pacific ; but now that it has been discovered to be warlike, even Quakerism becomes warlike too. The leading member of the Peace Society, in the character of bottle-holder to the most cruel conflict of modern times, is a phenomenon to which it is hard to find a parallel in history. Many men have in every age used the influence they possessed over others to whet the appetite of the multitude for blood, and have upon their souls the guilt of human lives prodigally squandered and human hearts wrung with woe. But they furnish no analogy to the peace statesmen, for they did not profess to believe that all war was in itself wrong. The nearest parallel that can be supplied will be found in the fact that Robespierre's first appearance in public life was the composition of an essay against the punishment of death.—Quarterly Review. VICTORIA. LAB OUR - MARKET.—During the month of October last there arrived in the colony of Victoria 2,665 persons, of whom 916 were from the United Kingdom, and the remaining 1,749 from other places. The number of departures from the colony was 1,304, of whom 127 were for the United Kingdom. The current rates of wages ranged from £3O per annum for single farm labourers to £6O for married labourers without children, and from £l5 for nursemaids to £35 for cooks. PRE3III:3I FOR PEWS.—The; Rev. Henry Ward Beecher presided this year, as usual, at the annual letting of pews and aisle seats in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn. The proceedings took place in the church on the 3d inst. The premiums bid were much larger than ever before. The highest bid last year was $2OO ; this year, $4OO, which, added to the pew rent, makes the largest total payment for the year for one pew $520. Twelve pews were sold at prices (including premium and pew rent) exceeding $4OO each, and 1Q more brought above $3OO. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, Fechter as Robert Macaire. In spite of the densest fog that London has been smothered in for yeare—ft fog, by the way, that seemed to lead us groping blindly back by a chain of flaring links Into the Dark Ages of a hundred years ago, .to the old-world street-cry of " Buy a Link, Sir ! Buy a Link !" a once familiar street cry revived for one night only, by particular request —in spite, we say, of the funereal fog of Saturday, the Lyceum Theatre was crowded, early in the evening, from floor to ceiling, by nearly all the pick of our London playgoers. And no wonder. For upon that night M. Charles Fechter was an nounced to make his first appearance in the character of Robert Macaire, the famous part enacted years ago to enraptured audiences, both in Paris and in London, by M. Frederic Lemaitre. Adapted to the English stage, L'Auberge des Adrets becomes " The Roadside Inn." It should be said, at once, moreover, that the denouement of the play (first translated into English, we believe, by the late Charles Selby) has been considerably modified, now, in the process of this later and more refined adap tation of it to English tastes. The curtain falls at last leaving the hero of the piece not—as he was wont to be left at the conclusion of L'Auberge des Adrets—a red-handed murderer. His victim—still pillaged, if you will, of his pocket-book stuffed with bank-notes—is announced, immediately before the descent of the curtain, as in a fair way towards recovery ! The Theatrical Doctor, who effects this miraculous restoration, and who is the means, in consequence of eliciting its announcement—one of the regular Stage Physicians, three-cornered cocked hat and all —was, thereupon, delightfully dubbed in our hearing by one of the audience—in compliment at once to the cocked hat and the recovery—a Perfect Cure. Twenty years have now elapsed since the original piece was first produced—Frederic Lemaitre then making it the framework of his most brilliant and successful impersonation. Another Frederick, here, in England, Frederick Yates, to wit—a man of parts so very numerous that his role ranged from Richard 111. to Quilp, from Sir Peter Teazle in the Comedy to anything you might fancy in the wildest extravagance of a Farce first brought Robert Macaire, on this side . of the ;channel, within the compass of the London playgoer's acquaint ance. Other popular English actors after Yates, among them the gay, aerial, handsome Wallack, among them even light-footed, limber legged T. P. Cooke, the mere sight of whom, gene rally, before the footlights seemed to transform the stage into a deck—continued for some years among Londoners a knowledge of the tradi tional peculiarities of the most renowned of all French Rapscallions. Without disparagement to any of these clever impersonators of Robert Macaire, whether upon the French or Eng lish boards, the Macaire of nowadays—(who that was present in the Lyceum on Saturday evening will hesitating about coinciding fully in our asser tion ?)—the natural successor, the rival, the compeer of Frederic Lemaitre as Robert Macaire is the same accomplished actor who has already won so largely of our admiration here, in England, in characters as marvellously different as Ruy Bias and Ham let, as the Lacquey of Victor Hugo and the Prince of Shakspere. Having, now, witnessed his performance of Robert Macaire, we have acquired a new, and, • shall we confess it, an unexpected view of the range taken by Mr. Fechter as an actor—in more ways than we had looked for—of exceptionally remarkable genius. His Hamlet, and his Ruy Blas, together with other parts that he has made essentially his own, we remember through our tears. His Robert Macaire, however, we can recall to mind only through our laughter— a laughter free and unstinted in its spontaneous abandonment, and yet a laughter rendered poignant, here and there, as one might say by the sense as of a sudden shudder ! The airy grace and playful humour of the elegant vagabond being dropped for an instant now and then—upon rare occasions, that is, when the natural or assumed gaiety of the Convict-Gentleman is shot through, so to speak, by lightning-gleams of in-born ruth lessness and ferocity ! Immediately Mr. Fechter became visible in the ragged dandyism.of Robert Macaire, the absolute transformation of the actor seemed to be thoroughly appreciated by the audi ence. Lounging down from the precipitous path way, hard by the Roadside Inn, there came to view, in Fechter's Robert Macaire, surely, the most picturesque tatterdemitlion that ever trod the stage ! The battered white hat—(one wonders if it can possibly last through the run of the piece, or rather if it must not inevitably number up as many successors as would have furnished, let us say, a year's supply of hats to the cabman Matthews)—the battered white hat, cocked jauntily on one side with an ineffable air of devil-me-care nonchalance ! The rose blooming in the button-hole of the tattered coat —a coat tattered to the veriest rags, and yet fitting with perfection to the symmetrical figure ! The red pantaloons also fitting like wax to the limbs— pantaloons stained and threadbare, patched at the knees, dogs'-eared at the pockets ! The dirty em broidered residue of what was once a waistcoat ! The gaudy scarlet neckerchief innocent of the merest hint of body-linen underneath it ! Attired a ft er thi s fashion is, that Fechter pourtray s R o b er t Ma aiunblushing effrontery i n a ll th e che quered incidents making up the pl o t o f th e Road sidecrewith it such Inn ! The bye-play throughout is marvellously finished—finished with a nicety of minuteness that just perfects the illusion. The squeaking snuffbox, the lightly-puffed cigarette, assume to themselves im portance not merely, so to speak, asaccessories in the picture, but almost, one might say, as integral por tions of the impersonation. Wonderfully graceful and effective was the dance in the first act, where Robert Macaire, during the gathering of the thunder storm, assumes to himself the part of leader of the revels in the wedding i festivities, outside the Village Inn —the joyous dance, to which Robert Macaire plays an accompaniment on the violin—plays it, moreover, with such an admirable aplomb in every movement of the bow, as though the notes heard really emanated elsewhere than from the Orchestra! Robert Macaire, that genuine convict specimen of Robert le Diable, towards the close of this dance, throwing aside his fiddle and bow, in order that he may waltz hither and thither through all the mazes of the other dancers--his arm round the waist of one of the prettiest of the villagers, whom in the midst of his waltzing he contrives to rifle of her necklace and earrings, with infinite dexterity ! Inimitably good was the quietly suppressed " go to the devil !" with which Robert Macaire abstracts No. 13 from the 1 bunch of keys in the lock of the cellar-door, when the loquacious Pierre is heard chattering, about the wine, from within the cellar. The dinner with the gens d'armes, again, brings out to full view, as it were, the consummate effrontery of Macaire, as represented, in truth, with inimit able humour by Mr. Fechter throughout— that is, at least, until the close of the drama, when the heart of the dare-devil vagabond is touched at last in behalf of his wife and son ! Immediately prior, namely, to Robert Macaire being shot down at the moment of his attempted flight up the stair case—down which (when shot) the actor makes one of the most break-neck looking descents ever ad ventured upon, we should imagine, upon any stage! The representation was a brilliant triumph from first to last. And it was a triumph in which Mr. Fechter's Robert Macaire was very cleverly sup ported by the Bertrand of Mr. Widdicomb. • A dirtier-looking grotesque than Mr. Widdicomb's Bertrand we, for one at least, should never wish to see either on or off the stage. Bertrand, better known in the English version as Jacques Strop, appearing (according to Mr. Widdicomb's make-up for the part) in the filthiest-looking raiment—a raiment chiefly made up, as one might say, of holes—with pockets crammed like those of Sir 1-Judibra,s—with a hat seemingly selected from a dunghill—with a great bulgy umbrella out-gamping-gamp! Bertrand hugging a bundle, all the while, so shapeless and un inviting of its kind that one would hesitate about touching it even with a pitchfork. The one fault of Mr. Widdicomb's Bertrand, to our thinking, is the fact that it is laboured throughout to an ultra - excess of grotesque extravagance. As to the other actors to whom the minor parts in this new cast of "The Roadside Inn" have been allotted, really nothing whatever remains to be said beyond this—that Pierre, as represented by Mr. Moreland, is the veriest chirrupping chatter-box that ever drew flagon of wine—and that the two young lovers look, for all the world, as if they had just stepped on to the stage from a plum-box. - It should be mentioned as a circumstance really noteworthy in its way that Mr. Emery made his first appearance this season in a little drama preced ing the performance of " The Roadside Inn !" And that the little drama in which he did so was no other than that charming one of "Grandfather White head." Mr. Emery's mere make-up as Grandfather Whitehead was, of itself, a masterpiece—the im personation by him of old William Farren's great part being welcomed as a hit by an audience that summoned him before the footlights (at the close of the little piece) literally by acclamation. How often Mr. Fechter was recalled to bow his acknowledgments to the greeting that announced the triumph of his Robert Macaire, we stayed not to count. Again, and yet again, however, he had (before we left) been constrained to make his ap pearance there in answer to reiterated calls from all parts of the house—the success achieved by his Robert Maeaire being a fact, in its way, quite un mistakeable. MR. PAUL BEDFORD.—This veteran comedian will take a complimentary benefit on the morning of Thurs day, Feb. 2, at Drury-lane Theatre, which has kindly been granted for the occasion by Messrs. Falconer and Chatterton. The list of artists who have contributed their assistance comprises nearly every histrionic name in London. NEWSPAPER PRESS FUND.—At a meeting7of the committee of the Newspaper Press Fund held on Saturday a letter was read from Mr. Charles Dickens stating that he would have great pleasure in presiding at the annual din ner of the fund, to be held in May, and that the committee might rely on his loyalty to his old calling. The annual dinner was appointed to be held on Saturday, 20th of May. THE LATE MR. JOHN CROCKFORD.-011 Satur day the funeral of the late Mr. John Crockford, the pub lisher, of 346, Strand, took place at Highgate Cemetery, in the presence of a numerous concourse of friends. Mr. Crockford was well known in connection with the Field, Queen, Law Times, and other journals, and was highly re spected by those who knew him, both for his excellent business qualities and for the kindliness of his nature. A large number of the printers and other employes at his office attended upon the ground ; among the literary gen tlemen present were Messrs. E. W. Cox, C. Gruneisen, F. G. Tomlins, C. W. Quin, Andrew Halliday, G. Prows°, James Lowe, Francis Francis, C. L. Towshend, R. Black, W. Moy Thomas, Thomas Spencer, and others. EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERY AT WINDSOR CASTLE. —On Sunday afternoon, at 4 o'clock, William Wilson, foreman of the upholsterers, and George Hammond, head porter at the Lord Chamberlain's stores, Windsor Castle, were brought before Capt. Johnson, one of the magic_ trates for the county of Berks, at the borough gaol, Windsor, and charged with stealing an Indian silk bed furniture, two embroidered silk curtains, and three draperies to match, the property of her Majesty the Queen. The circumstances of the case were extremely peculiar. It seems that the goods in question, which were of a valuable description, were forwarded in the course of last week to the Messrs. Oxlade's auction rooms in London, for sale. The valuable nature of the articles aroused suspicion in the minds of the parties to whom they were consigned, and information of the circumstance was at once sent to Scotland-yard. Sergeant Clark, of the London detective force, who was employed to investigate the affair, at once put himself in Communication with Mr. Inspector Herbert Reece, of the Berks constabulary, and these two officers proceeded to Mr. Seabrook, her Majesty's inspector in tho Lord Chamberlain's department at Windsor Castle, who identified the articles as being part of the Queen's property, which had been deposited in the Castle stores. Inquiries were then made at the goods depot of the Windsor station of the Great Western Railway, for the purpose of tracing the sender of the stolen goods, when it was ascertained that Hammond, the head porter at the Castle stores, had brought the parcel (which was sent in the name of Wilson) to the station. Hammond, on being questioned about the affair, denied all knowledge of the things, but stated that he had carried the parcel to the station by Wilson's orders. Wilson, the foreman of the uphol sterers, was then called into the room at the Castle stores, where the stolen articles had been placed, and Ser geant Clark told him that he was a detective from London, upon which Wilson said, "He was very sorry, but Hammond had persuaded him to do it." Hammond, however, stoutly denied knowing anything about it. Mr. Inspector Reece applied for a remand in order that other evidence might be collected, which Captain Johnson accord ingly granted. Wilson was then removed in the custody of the Berks police to Reading, while Hammond was liberated on bail to await the next examination. THE SCAFFOLD ACCIDENT IN WINCHESTER BUILDINGS, ClTY.—This accident has up to the pre sent time proved fatal in one case—that of Thomas Pears, 10, Horsemonger-lane, Borough, who was suffering from fractured ribs and arm, and who died on Saturday night. This will necessitate an inquiry before a coroner's jury, when the whole case will be investi gated, and the facts will be made public. The re mainder of the injured men (seven in number) are reported as going on in the most satisfactory manner, and every attention is being paid them by the house surgeon (Mr. Pearless) and the executive of the hospital ; besides which their families are well attended to by the contractor and proprietor of the buildings in which the accident occurred. There are three of them in a very precarious state—one of them not being expected to survive through the day. , ATTACK UPON A BARONET.—The Kilkenny Journal gives the particulars of a savage attack made the other night on Sir John Blunden, near Cullen, on his way home to Castle Blunden. When walking along he heard some drunken fellows talking behind him, and directing their remarks to himself. They overtook him, and tried to trip him up, but Sir John remonstrated with them on their unseemly conduct, and for a time the remonstrance had the desired effect; but the miscreants soon renewed their attack, and that too in a ferocious style. We are told that " when Sir John had passed Poulgower Bridge, two of the cowardly ruffians fell upon him with great ferocity, the one kicking him in the abdomen, while the other struck him on the head with, it is thought, a stick. It is no wonder that Sir John was stunned, and nearly prostrated to the earth ; still, however, he contrived to make his way to ono of the adjacent houses, his assailants following him all the time and roaring savagely. The first door at which he knocked was not opened, the occu pants of the house no doubt thinking that the ill-treated gentleman was one of the drunken fellows who had been rolling about the road all that evening. As delay would be worse than useless, Sir John went to another house, into which he was admitted immediately that he had an nounced who he was, and just as he was stepping across the threshold the blackguards again came up and kicked at him, but the door was instantly shut in their faces. When the poor people living in the house saw the exhausted and weakly state of Sir John Blunden, who is esteemed and respected by all classes of the community, they were really frightened. Ho was then induced to lie on a bed for some time, and soon after he recovered his failing strength suffi ciently to be able to walk home, escorted by a man named Michael Ryan." Patrick Kenny and William Bolger were taken into custody next day as the alleged assailants of the baronet, and sent for trial to the petty sessions. Sir John Blunden is highly spoken of by the newspaper from whence this narrative is taken. LORD PALMERSTON IN THE HUNTING FIELD.—The Hursley hounds met last week at Eldon Farm, when a messenger arrived to announce that Lord Palmerston intended honouring the field with his presence, and accord ingly, punctual to the appointed time, the veteran Premier made his appearance under the pilotage of the Hon. R. Dutton, M.P., and with ease dismounted the horse he rode to cover and got on his hunter, looking as fresh as he did ten years ago. After he had looked over the pack, the hounds were taken to Michelmarsh, a covert belonging to Mr. Dut ton, when a leash of foxes were immediately afoot, and after 20 minutes in the woodland ran to ground about a mile from the " find," his lordship being one of the first up with hounds. Another fox was then hallooed away, and a capi tal run of one hour and twenty minutes ensued. Lord Palmerston remained the first 30 minutes in the open field, and rode well, his pilot being frequently heard to exclaim, " This way, my lord," making for a gate or a gap ; but on one occasion the hounds were running quite in another direction to that suggested, when his lordship was under stood to say, "But there go the hounds, and I must fol low them," and away he went and was soon up with the leading horsmen, leaving his honourable pilot to look out for the gates and gaps. INCREASED RAILWAY FACILITIES FOR THE BRENT FORD DISTRICT.—A public meeting of the inhabi tants of Chiswick, Kew, Brentford, Isloworth, Spring Grove, and Hounslow, was held on Saturday, at the Town Hall, Brentford, for the purpose of considering the neces sity of increased railway facilities in that district, and the best means of obtaining the same. Colonel Murray pre sided. The meeting was very fully attended. Mr. Tuff nell moved the following resolution:—" That this meeting is of opinion that the existing arrangements of the London and South-Western Railway Company, as regards the loop linetraffic, are quite inadequate to meet the present require ments of the important and increasing district represented at this meeting." After dwelling at some length on the inadequacy and inconvenience of the accommodation afforded by the loop-line, and pointing out the unfavour able position in which the district of Brentford stood in comparison with other districts within a somewhat similar distance of the metropolis, Mr. Tuffnell concluded by ex pressing his belief that, if the matter was fairly placed before the directors of the London and South-Western Railway Company, it would receive every attention. The resolution was carried unanimously, and a committee formed to confer with the directors of the South-Western Railway Company. LATEST INTELLIGENCE, (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) AUSTRIA AND FRANCE. VIENNA, MONDAY. Negotiations are being carried on between Austria and France for the conclusion of a treaty of commerce. FRANCE, BOURSE, Jan. 21.:—The market has been very inanimate to-day, but prices have undergone little change. Threes, for the Account, are now at 66f. 97c. Mobilier have been done at 956 f. 25c. and 957 f. 50c. The Share Market continues firm at yesterday's quotations. The market closed as fol lows : 41 per Cents 95 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 67 Do. end month 67 05 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Bank Shares 3510 Credit Fonder 1270 Roman Italian Loan 65 20 Do. end month 65 25 Ditto Threes — New Mexican Russian — Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred RAIL' - AYS. Cash. Acct. Orleans Northern 993 75 ... 997 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 932 50 ... 933 75 Southern 573 75 576 2,5 Western 531 25 ... 531 25 Eastern Sardinian 3OB 75 ... 306 25 Austrian Lombard 542 "50 ... 541 50 North of Spain 337 50 ... 335 Saragossa 415 ... 415 Ditto to Barcelona — ... 190 Fatal Railway Accident. On Satarday a collision took place on the London and North-Western Railway, about two miles from Bolton• There was a dense fog during the day, and the rails were covered with hoar frost, which made them extremely slip pery, and rendered most of the trains somewhat late. At Daubhill station, on the Bolton, Kenyon Junction, and Liverpool line, a long luggage train was drawn up at a sid ing waiting for the 1 30 train from Liverpool to pass, and also for the train from Tyldesley due about a quarter of an hour later. As soon, however, as the Liverpool train had passed the goods train, from some unexplained cause, was permitted to proceed on its journey towards Liverpool. When about halfway between Daubhill and Chequerbent, and having passed under Pownhall-bridge, it met the Tyl desley passenger train, and a frightful collision was the re sult. The engines were locked together, the tenders were thrown over them, all the carriages were thrown off the line, some of them being upset and piled against the side of the cutting. One of the passenger carriages and the guard's van and several of the goods waggons were broken to pieces, and three of the goods waggons were piled on the top of each other. The passenger train consisted of one first, one second, and one third class carriage. The latter contained eight passengers, and there were about four in the other two. Assistance soon arrived from the nearest stations, and also from the Hulton collieries, the proprietor of which (Mr. W. F. Hulton) was in the first-class carriage. He was much shaken, and was taken home in a cab ; his fellow passenger, Mr. Ralph Fletcher, escaped unhurt. A young man named John Ramsdale, of Chequerbent, a coal-filler, received seri ous internal injuries, from which he died in about an hour. He was at the time riding upon the engine, and was taken to a neighbouring farm-house. With the exception of Mrs. Markland, of Westhouton, Mrs. Williams of Bolton, and Mr. Nield, of Bolton, who were in the second class compartment, the other passengers were not much hurt. Mrs. Williams, by being thrown upon the opposite seat, was much shaken, and one of her legs was bruised; Mr. Nield's injuries were of a similar kind, but Mrs. Mark land was more seriously shaken. Thomas Gordon, of Bolton, the engine-driver ; George Shepherd, of Bolton, the stoker ; and John Gerrard, the guard of the passenger train, almost miraculously escaped death. Gordon, however, was severely cut about the head and lip, and his foot was crushed. The wounds were sewn up by the numerous medical men who had hurried from Bolton to render assistance, and he was taken to his home. Gerrard was cut across the forehead and bruised about the head and legs. He says that he knew nothing until he felt the shock, which shattered his van to pieces. Gordon states that he saw the goods train com ing, that he exclaimed to Shepherd, " Oh, George, let's jump ;" that ,he did jump, but that he was uncertain whe ther his companion took his advice. A curve in the line prevented him seeing the goods train before it was close upon him. It took three hours to extricate the locked en gines, and then only by the employment of three engines. It was then found that Richard Rigby, the driver, and Herbert Boyle, the Stoker of the goods train, both of Che querbent, were killed. Rigby's body was frightfully muti lated. His head was nearly severed from his body. Boyle was not so much disfigured, but no doubt in both cases death was instantaneous. The bodies were laid aside un der a sheet, and ultimately taken on a special engine to their homes. Rigby's hand was found upon the handle by which the engine is reversed. It is supposed the trains were running at the rates of about twenty-five miles an hour. During the whole of Saturday night the workmen, by the aid of huge fires kindled from the fragments of the broken carriages, were engaged in clearing the line. They had finished their work at midnight, and yesterday the trains ran as usual. It was almost impossible to learn on whom the blame rests of allowing the luggage train to proceed from Daubhill before the second passenger train had passed; but it is stated that the signalman and pointsman at Daubhill, without whose concurrence it could not have been done, has been suspended pending the coroner's inquiry. NEW YEAR'S DAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE.—The White House was thrown open at 12 o'clock onMon day, and the Cabinet Ministers, the Diplomatic Corps, the Judges of the Supreme Court and the Court of Claims, and the army and navy officers paid, in the order of prece dence, the compliments of the season to the President and his wife. At 1 o'clock the citizens at large were presented. The Marine band during the hours of reception discoursed excellent music, and the whole affair passed off with bril liancy, no less than 5,000 people haVing gained admittance to the reception. The President was in the best of spirits, and received the greetings of his friends in the most genial manner. Mrs. Lincoln was the centre of attraction, charm ing all by the richness of her toilet and the ease and grace with which she received the numerous congratulations of her admirers. A heavy purple brockade silk, richly trimmed with black velvet, an exquisitely fine black lace shawl, gloves, and headdress, with jewels to correspond, completed her superb toilet. Robert Lincoln, the eldest son of the President, was also present, having left the Haryard Law School to spend the holydays with his parents. Next Monday evening Mrs. Lincoln will hold a drawing room, the first of the season.—New York Times. THE HOMEWARD AMERICAN AND CANADIAN MAIL STEAMERS DUE THIS WEEK.--The following steamers are due at Liverpool this week with the American and Canadian mails—viz., the North American, Etna, and Asia. The North American, with dates from Portland, Maine, to January 14, may be expected to reach Greencastle to-mor row (Tuesday) night, or ear ly on Wednesday morning ; and the Etna, with corresponding advices from New York, will no doubt arrive off Crookhaven or Queens town in the course of Wednesday night. On Saturday next the Cunard steamer Asia, from ,Boston on the 18th, and Halifax early on the morning of the 20th, maybe looked for at Crookhaven or Queenstown. There is no mid-week steamer due this week at Southampton. A PATRIARCHAL PARTY.—On Tuesday, on the occasion of his entering the 70th year of his age, the Rev.ChancellorWilliams, incumbent of St. David's, in vited the elders of his flock who had attained the age of 80 and upwards to dine with him, and no less than 33 members of his congregation were found to be eligible, in point of age, to partake of his hospitality. It will convey some idea of the extraordinary longevity of the party to know that the oldest ten persons of the party averaged 90 years. The gradations of ages maybe thus stated :—Nono genarians, 4—united ages, 374 ; of the age of 88, s—united ages, 440 years ; from 84 to 87, 7—united ages, 592 years ; from 85 to 83, 17—united ages , 1,391 years; total number of years, 2,797. Average age of the party, 84 years and 10 months.— Welshnuzn. OUR CORRESPONDENCE.—Of 642,324,618 letters delivered in 1863 in the United Kingdom, 161,000,000, or very nearly one-fourth, wore delivered in the metropolitan district. The chief English provincial towns contributed to the general total of letters delivered as follows :—Bath, 4,031,014; Birkenhead, 2,059,473; Birmingham, 12,197,000; Blackburn, 1,253,408 ; Bolton, 1,509,482 ; Bradford, 3,555,000; Brighton, 4,590,349 ; Bristol, 7,608,000 ; Bur ton-on-Trent, 1,024,153 ; Cambridge, 1,648,309; Canterbury, 1,260,649; Cardiff, 1,722,552; Carlisle, 2,159,027; Chatham, (and Rochester), 2,159,027 ; Cheltenham, 2,443,779 ; Ches ter, 1,912,664 ; Colchester, 1,481,506; Coventry, 1,150,526 ; Darlington, 1,920,802 ; Derby, 3,035,682 ; Devonport, 1,463,189 ; Dover, 1,137,125 ; Exeter, 4,479,254 ; Gateshead, 1,141.075 ; Glocester, 1,519,089 ; Halifax, 1,654,731; Here ford, 1,097,005; Huddersfield, 2,138,344; Hull, 3,992,000; Ipswich, 1,783,743 ; Leamington, 1,245,712 ; Leeds, 7,300,000 ; Leicester, 2,894,593 ; Lincoln, 1,302,029 ; Liver pool, 16,566,500 ; Maidstone, 1,317,300 ; Manchester, 18,743,000; Newcastle-on-Tyne, 4,369,000; Northampton. 1,494,610 ; Norwich, 3 7 699,683 ; Nottingham, 3,395,340 Oxford 1,950,663 ; Plymouth, 2,484,664 ; Portsmouth. 2,492,022 ; Preston, 2,692,235 ; Reading, 2,164,227 ; Roch dale, 1,011,231; Salisbury, 1,614,223 ; Sheffield, 4,257,000 ; Southampton, 4,154,500 ; Stafford, 1,230,307 ; Stockport, 1,171,066 ; Sunderland, 1,803,594 ; Swansea, 1,371,359 ; Truro, 1,352,156; Wakefield, 1,385,852; Walsall, 1,040,767; Warrington, 1,280,240 ; Windsor, 1,002,898 ; Wolverhamp ton, 2,494,808; Worcester, 1,957,618; and York, 3,500,666. These figures refer, it should be added, not merely to each town, but to the postal district of each town. 4 4 4 , TOT ‘ MI44- '"" Ortrib l: maw HER MAJESTY. • OSBORNE, Jan. 2 1. 56 Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and of Wales and Prince Albert Victor arrive' o f Osborne yesterday, attended by the Count° Morton and Captain Grey. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur Greenwich Park, attended by Major Elphins toee• o f The Archbishop of Canterbury, the D eau e d, Windsor, and the Hon. Mrs. Wellesley, also a rriv The Archbishop of Canterbury had the honourthe dining with the Queen and the Royal Fami l Y evening. arr ived fr° lll J an . 22. 0 The confirmation of her Royal Highness Fr in h c o Louise, took place yesterday at Whippingter. Church, by his Grace the Archbishop of Cal' bury. Precisely at twelve o'clock her Majesty the Cr iee ; arrived at the church, accompanied by rr illc ;i r Louise, having been preceded by their Royal 70 nesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, rit., ll , 4g y Helena, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, and P". cess Beatrice. Her Majesty and the Royal family having t ake : their places on either side of the chancel, Pr in , ce • c h Louise stood at the Communion rail, w ithin ww thd were the Archbishop, the Dean of Windsor, alid Rev. George Prothero. Asch" The service commenced with a hymn. The bishop then performed the ceremony, and au c '' ree l hymn was sung, after which the Archbishop del ile a charge. The 1 rincess Helena. BERLIN, Jan. 21 ' d The semi-official Norddeutsche Allgemeine P it° of to-day says : " We learn from a reliable source that the run i ce o of the betrothal of her Royal Highness the Prtat Helena of England to the Hereditary Grand v" of Saxe-Weimar is unfounded." wri* [A letter from Coburg states that Queen Vi c- A the King of the Belgians, and all the royal f3l-0 of England will arrive there in May next, au ci ffre , the betrothal of the Princess Helena with the P a e ditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar will then place.] Aid ) Death of the Marchioness (Frances of Londonderry The demise of Frances . Anne, Marchione' i t Londonderry, took place on Friday night, shoat o'clock, at Seaham Hall, her seat near Sunderl3l/e, For months past her health had been on the dec l ; and, in consequence, all the members of the fa'. had surrounded her to tender th e i r c onsolat i° J during her fatal illness. Owing to her protra f 5 l indisposition her children and friends were _,O prepared for the event. The late marchione ss_ the only child and heiress of the late Sir 11 I, Vane Tempest, Bart. (who died August 1813), by Annie Catherine M‘Donnell ( I _4 own right), Countess of Antrim. She was A i? 17th January, 1800, consequently her lacl7 he completed her 65th year on Tuesday last. . v o , deceased was the second wife of Charles third and late Marquis of Londonderry, wh ° h eif made a G.C.B. in recognition of his &sting ° , military and diplomatic services, and was aftel 4 % created a knight of the Order of the Garter' the marriage, which took place on April 3, 1 819 ' r e ladyship had issue three sons and four daugli t o, namely, George Henry Robert Charles W i ' r ietf the Earl Vane, born 26th April, 1821, and 1 0 ,. of in August, 1846, Mary Cornelia, only dangl it i e. ),ll9 the late Sir John Edwards, Bart. ; Lord Ad ° , 43 o, F. C. W. Vane Tempest, born 2d July, La df (who died in June last year), married to Susan, only daughter of the late Duke of castle ; Lord Ernest, born 29th Febrtwfij, 1836 ; Lady Frances Anne Emily, born 15th 1822, married to the. Duke of Marlboro f il t si, Lady Alexandrina Octavia Maria, born 29th c3 ay 1823, married to the Earl of Portarlington Hyacinthe died an infant ; and Lady Adelaide P - i e d lina Caroline, born 31st January, 1830, and tro x to r p, to the Rev. Francis Henry Law, vicar of Lulling Derbyshire. th e The late Marchioness of Londonderry, duri%' lifetime of her husband, occupied a prominent tar tion in fashionable society. The princely I ° s 'oo lity of Holdernesse House during the 1 - 4°11 ,, 0 5cl season, and the autumnal festivities at AVYT a iiti Park, Durham, were unsurpassed in l be king' by any other family of distinction in th e ye aO dom. Her ladyship was also wag S of one of the influential lady patron eSSe s, oa the famed exclusive balls at Almack's. the death of her gallant husband in 1 0 4 . - e a 1854, the Marchioness of Londonderry de o ' ' the chief portion of her attentio n to the v o f provement of her extensive estates in the nort il e j, England and in Ireland, and in promoting the 1 00 fare of those resident on her property, as well s ft education of their families. The late Marchioness was descended in 3 line from Howell-ap-Vane. His descendan t ' t he Harry Vane, won his spurs by his bravo/ ill , of battle of Poictiers. From him the noble hens e ' t to Westmorland and Cleveland are also descend ed o .' ico latter house being ennobled in the reign of C h fro ol 11. The Vanes, who settled in Kent, and ad, whom the Earls of 'Westmorland have des F. changed the first letter of their name from VSit The last male descendant of the main line W e ' 9 ool Harry Vane Tempest, father of the Marelli ° assumed the latter surname by Act of Parlianl eii , inheriting the large lands of the Tempest fat? ,w 1 ;0 ,4 For the last few months the late mare o9 o ) had been suffering from a complication of liv er oll heart disease. She appeared to rally a shor t o d ago, but a few days since she suffered a relapse' 00 her death has been expected almost hourly fr cSil middle of last week. at, CARDINAL WISEIIAN'S HEALTH.—We are efi'iov announce that the improvement which had 0300Ei towards the close' of last week in the health of his nence, Cardinal Wiseman, still continues. ~ fr 0 0: The Earl of Winchilsea has been suffering „ il tr very severe attack of gout within the last fortnigh t / " now in a fair way of recovery. • ea The Earl and Countess of Essex recels r ; o f luncheon on Friday, on the occasion of the c onseer % o a new chancel in St. Andrew's Church, Watford, the fr;4 of Rochester, Lord and Lady Ebury, and many other sons present at the ceremony. The Countess (Dowager) of Tankerville 113.4 c1 been so well since Friday night, - and has not regai tlo o r , speech. Sir Henry Holland, Dr. Seymour, and Dr' merton have been in attendance on the countess stoic," attack the week before last. Up to Friday her hw t i", was thought to be goin g on satisfactorily ; but sinceoeP she has evidently b eco me weaker. As the dowager c °ll 4l is in her 82d year sanguine hopes of her complete re' tion to health can hardly be entertained. 1 The marriage of the Earl of Coventry and o te° Blanche Craven, third daughter of the Earl and C° a t Craven, is to be solemnised on Wednesday nest uai George's Church, Hanover-square. The Earl a nd Craven will receive a numerous and distinguished P .- 4 a breakfast to celebrate the event. Viscount and Viscountess Grey de Wilton iy f l eave Egerton Lodge, the Earl of Wilton's hand,, vtf; at Melton Mowbray, to-day for town, expressly t o w v in sent at the marriage of the Earl of Coventry an d di „ Blanche Craven. o r Lord Willoughby de Eresby has been in c l j t ea for some short time past. On inquiry yesterday orc ij-vg report was that the noble lord was rather b e tter. 0 0 e d o Sir Henry and L a dy S o phi a Des Vceux e „ nd a town from Drakelow, Derbyshire, in order to wedding of the Earl of Coventry and Lady Blanche c lo ° The Right lion. B. Disraeli has issued O r o te ° invitation for a dinner at his residence, Grosvenorirto,l4 party of members of the House of Commons, on • ti ``` the 6th February. The two remaining unsold lots of the ' l3 e cl " i estates, in the county Clare, have been pure h t private sale by Mr. William Lane Joynt, agent oa o t" Annaly, for £ll,OOO. Thus th e no bl e l or d has b ee° P' h : l o owner of all the Burren estate of Mr. John L. ICern 3 ,„ li o.l , l noble lord is also the owner of the Duke of Buc/rim',oll,; estate at Ballyvaughan, Mr. Burton Bindon's CI - o ft' (on which are the famous oyster-beds), Mr. JO llll e c st' j , i te t, at New Quay, Sir Hugh Dillbn Massy's B r oacife' - vr soe.l o and Mr. John Westropp's at Kilkeryne. These re ` in as a whole, one of the largest territorial possessieb ha4ds of any peer or commoner in Clare. FRE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 23, 1865. I'