The Sun. — London, England, 1841-12-27 00:00:00

EVENING SUN. ONDON AND BLACKWALL RAlL vvlY.—lhose ti()Li.)Ens of NEW SHARES' who have not paid the Second Instalment of 2t. per share, which becam e due on the 16th Sovember last, are reminded that by • the conditions on which the Shares were issued, they have become subjoct to absolute forfeiture. To avoid such forfeiture .being carried into effect the payment of the Call must be made forthwith at the• Company's Otlice, 60, Fenchurch-street. By order of the Board, J. WARNIINGTON, Secretary. Offices, 60, Fenchurch-street, Dec. 23, 1841. N.B. The Sealed Certificates of the New Shares registered a re now ready for delivery. STEAM TO NEW YORK. THE ~GREAT WES TERN, Lieutenant HOSKEN, R.N., Commander, IS INTENDED TO SAIL FROM BRISTOL. FROM NEW YORK. Saturday, 2d of April, 1842 'I hursday, 28th of April, 1842 Saturday, 21st of May Thursday, 16th of June ttturday, 9th of July Thursday, 4th of August 'turday, 27th of August a. Thursday, 22d of September urday, 15th of October Thursday, 10th of November For Freight, or further information, apply at Bristol to CHRISTOPHER CLA XTON, Managing Director. LOlldon—T. M. Ward, Great Western Railway-Office, Bank. Liverpool—Gibbs, Bright, and Co., North John - street. Hirini ng barn—John Poncia and Son, Pershore-street. bull—W It. Goddard, Hull and East Riding Times Office. Leeds—Haigh and Womack, Accountants, Benson's-buildings. Glasg o w—H. B. Webb, Glassford• street. Paris—Andelle and Soulas. Rue de l'Echiquier, No. 20. Havre-de-Grace—William Davidson. Bristol, Dec. 15, 1841. TREMENDOUS SACRIFICE of JOKES The Proprietors of PUNCH, or The LONDON CHA RIVARI, have made arrangements with the Heirs-at-Law and Next-of-Kin of the late Mr. Joseph Miller far the pur chase of the whole of the unpublished Stock of Witticisms of that inveterate Wag, which they are determined to offer to the Public at a ludicrous abatement. The Sale will commence with No. 1 of the New Volume of PUNCH on January Ist, 1942 ; comprising an Almanack, embellished with an infinity of Cachinnatory cuts, and enriched with upwards of FIVE HUNDRED ORIGINAL JOKES, at the IRRESIS: TIRLY COMIC CHARGE of THREE PENCE!! ! 3 9, ALBEMA RL E- ST RE ET, PICCADILLY, (opposite the York Hotel), and 7 6, KING WILLIAM-STREET, BANK of ENGLAND. , SIGHT AND HEARING.- TESTI MONIALS on the Messrs. S. and B. SOLOMONS' newly-invented SPECTACLE LENSES and INVISIBLE OPERATIVE VOICE CONDUCTOR for Deaf Persons. " We, the undersigned, have been far some time making Use of Messrs. Solomons' newly-invented Spectacle Lenses ; the astonishing relief they afford to imperfect vision gives them the decided preference to every other kind of Lens --the clearness of the transpdiency brings every object very distinct, and enables individuals to view the most minute par title with perfect accuracy. They are particularly pleasant t '1 candle light, as they appeaooling to the sight, and soften bright and brilliant lights glaines Blundell, Esq., M.D., 1, Great George-street, West minster. Georg e G. Sigmond, Esq., M.D., 24, Dover-street; J. Pettigrew, Esq., Surgeon, F. R.S., Saville-row. John R amsbotham , Esq. , M. D. , Broad-street-buildings. Anthony White, Esq., Surgeon, 3, Parliament-street. John Hooper, Esq. , Surgeon, '29, Newington-place, Kennington h 'sederick Leighton, Esq., M.D., 7 , Upper Gower-street. ft. Noble Elwyn, Esq., Surgeon, 36 , Albemarle - street. ?lessrs. Griffiths and Duncan, Surgeons, 3, Leadenhall-street. Day, Esq., Surgeon, lsleworth. Daldy, Esq., Surgeon, 33, New Broad-street. 1 t• H. Lucas, Esq. ' M.D., Exeter. mitt. Taylor Gordon, Esq., M.D. 'Tu. Bowie, Esq., M.D., Bennett-street, Bath. C. Heywood, Esq., M.D., Blandford. tl i .,?nry L a wrence, Esq., M.D., Tenby. Lln v Jeafreson, Esq., urgeon-oculist, 21, South Audley-street. C Robinson, Esq., M.D., Cheltenham. Shillito, Esq., M.D., Brighton. William Conolly, Esq., M.D., Cheltenham. E. 11. Allnatt, Esq., M.D. Wallingford. Thomas Willis. Esq., M. D., Brighton. Griffiths, Esq., Surgeon, Hammersmith. J ahn Kenderick, Esq., Surgeon, Manchester-street, Manches: ter-square. Charles Tonally, Esq., Surgeon, Camden-town. 11 . Colebourn, Esq., Surgeon, 29, Harleyford-place, Ken nington.t. P 4„• M'Cann, Esq., Surgeon, 50, Parliament-street. Lallntel Banner, Esq., Surgeon, 26, Berkeley-square. A • English, Esq., Surgeon, Denmark-hill. A • Barklemore, Esq., Surgeon, 10, Charlotte-street, Blooms bury, tJ. Pollock, Esq„ Surgeon, Kensington. J. Stoddart, Esq., Surgeon, 32, Golden-square. Walker, Surgeon, 23, Charlotte-street, Bloomsbury. ,nighant, Esq., Surgeon, 46, Davies -street, Berkeley-square 'a Ward Nason, Esq., Surgeon,Nuneaton, Warwickshire." t , placing the above list of Testimonials before the public, Alessrs. Solomons, Opticians and Aurists, state that their I NVISIBLE OPERATIVE VOICE CONDUCTOR, by which thousands of Deaf Persons have been greatly benefited, 19 not larger than a seven-shilling-piece, and when fixed into e cavity of the ear is soft and easy, and not more uncomfort able nor perceptible than having a piece of wool in its place. its use the faintest whisper at a public assembly is heard W,tl \ dist lnctness. , these important new inventions are patronized by their Ma jesties the King and Queen of Hanover and their Royal High nesses the Princesses Augusta. and Sophia, her Serene High ness the Princess Esterhazy, the Princesses Mary and Rosa, her Grace the Duchess Dowager of Bedford, anti their Graces the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Dukes of Devonshire and Manchester, &c. &e. 39, Albemarle-street, and 76, King William-street, Bank. In consequence of the gross imposition in the Country, it is . I* ge!sary to state that no Travellers are employed in the above ' No oinucction with persons of the same name. " Non est vivere sed valere vita."—MA RTI AL. It H E finest is only life, whey. blest with Health." E finest System of Ethics is to confine with inl,.... ed i due bounds, and thus to reculate the Passions, which b;l:estrain a nd insubordinate, impetuously destroy those harriers 11 1th Religion and Morality have made sacred; to curb, but not 011ihilate them, appears the lesson of prudence best calculated to 14 ,k,it their effrvescence. i„Lvery disorganization of the humin frame requires great medical f :'°wledge to remedy, and the public welfare is promoted when rro qqioriai men (disregarding the suggestions of the envious and inte. tested) devote their studies to the treatment of those com p laints ge- Za' ed by imprudence and the ebullition of the passions a t an un arded moment. "The strength of a nation consists in the health tc l i the people ~" hut it is melancholy to reflect on the daily sacrifice .. the ignorant and unfeeli, , g empyricism, and to counteract, as far otsible, its further ravagei, we offer to suffering humanity the result,. el our own experience in the various disea•es of Debility. The i s'jw.ary victim of solitary vice (early acquired at school, before rea ,2..nas asserted her right over t' e mind), will, in contemplating his it;ress state, become susceptible of enlivening sensations, in know that the most complicated state of exhaustion may be roused d manly energy. Intense studyoderate anxiety—long resi. ra e Lnee in tropical Climes, and many other causes, will frequently de ,,ge the Nervous Sy , tem ; in such cases we can hold out an as trance of re-animation, by a treatment which has long answered the sanguine hopes of Patients of ho , h sexes. fearlessly, the improved state of Medical Science having divested its ~ . ote of those A istressing properties that so long rendered its ex usal° i uncer ain and harrassing Some peculiaritics incidental to "!_softer sex have not escaped ow attention ; in which mildness, Inapined with efficacy, has superseded the means usually adopted, su une, our system is unique, , eculiarly energetic, and eminently "esful bail • f r ,,. I. attendance is given tot personal consultation; and letters renil'La,me country are immediately answered; can be these rouforwarded st contaiptoa sr, nce for Advice and Medicines, which ' Part of the world, however distant. GOSS and CO., M.11.C. Surgeons, 7, Lancaster-place, near Waterloo-bridge, Strand. 4,, it r,,,.... Published (Tr enty.third Edition), 1. The JEGIS of LIFE, .1 as,triii,T,li ar lLlST com treating of mentary on Debility and Nervous HYOEI ANA, ad- Discases.-2 The ~ Vo 4 e ,4 eXclusively to the female Sex. May be b a d of Sherwood and Ot' ~ Pat , t wo:tor-row ; Onwhyn, 4, Catherine-street, Strand; so:icr, 53, Pall :all; and of all Booksellers. Price ss. each ; by pitAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH for 7 . 4 BOTH SEXES. is ~np ecedented sale of these Pills, arising from the earnest re thei'bendatlons oft! , e many thousands who havede rived benefit from ha t t us , ', render any Lngthened ccmment unnecei a sary . ; they are b ut 12ut rth as a cure for diseasrA t? which ni nkind is liable, a tt, 13ilious and Liver Comp!a n's, with their many well-known the , d ants, us and Sick Head-ache, Pain and Oppression after Giddineiv, rizziness, Singing Noise in Head and Ears, Drow iwkr, Heartburn Loss a ppttite, Wind, Spasras, ; they are d ged to be vastly suoerior to anything ever before offered to and for those of a full habit of body, where a determina. " 1 " 0 4 to the head may terminate in Apoplexy, they will prove q' v aluable ; while as a ge , eral P a mily Aperient for either '`x,ther eamn fail t., ensure un i versa l sat•staction. Two or three es !convince the afflicted of their salutary effects. The sto. w illsPeedily regain i• s strength; a healthy action of the Liver, a• d Kidneys ill rapidly take place ; and, instead oflistless -28, heat, pains, and jaundiced a - pearanee, strength, activity, and fnewed health, w ill be the i esult of taking this medicine, according 'w the directions accompanying each box. t e S . o , .1d T. 22.4, Strand,. Lo , tion ; Price Is. I el, and 2s Pd. box ; also by the venders of medicines generally throughout the I ngdorn. Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL HEALTH, and observe the Name and address of" 'Dimas I'ruut, 229, Strand, London," on the w overnment stamp. JUst published , the 12th Edition, price 45., and sent Free to any part of the Kingdom on receipt of a Pos-office Order, for 55., THESILENT FRIEND ; a Medical Work, on the INFIRMITIES of the GENERATIVE hYsTrm in broth sexes ; being an inquiry into the concealed cause that ,4 destroys energy, and the ability of manhood, ere vigor nett trr empire; with observations on the baneful effbets ' ', l l :l s itary Indulgence and Infection ; and on the Lass of the Repro ,s-lictive Powers; with Means of Restoration. The conseqwnces of ch.itlected gonorrhcea, gleet l s . tric ure, secondar symptoms, and the zwiterie f ercuty on ht .sk i n . are pointed out and W . ustrated by vngra • eo rn ed by observations on Marriage, with directions for th e r vi ngs; follow . • • B R and L PERRY anti CO., Con. suit' "nova' of disqualifications. y • L. PulSeigeons, Birmingham and Leeds. ro w . it",ett by the Authors, and sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster. Jae k'...." th° l l,lB, Bisho sgate-street ; Purkis, Compton-street, Soho; eelhouse-lane *Birna* St -:" a d Co. OW, New 1i0,,d-street, Lot? on , and by t , uest all Bookselle in ingham ; Buck on, 50, Briggate, Leeds; and by 11 1 .,_ powers of I,,i,.fearful)y abused the . human GeT7ative System re and disease Nj Pre most cautious proservatton , and the. debilityll, 'hog from early indiscretion or venereal infection, demand, for la, Nre of those dreadlul evils, that such medicines should be em ht Ata that are most certain to be successful. It is for these cases of : 411 . Perry and Co. particularly designed their CORDIAL BALM. a il i t RI ACII M, which is intended to relieve those perlions,wPot'y Biit 4 ',Ynoderate indulgence of their passions, have t uined their con pre,`, or in their w:y to the consummation of thattleplorable state `beted with any of those previous symptoms that betray its al , - i t en. as the va ious affections ofi hei , ervous sydein, obstinate gleets, tot:ife 9 , iAregulatity, obstructions of certain evacuations, weakness, g oia ! Itnpotency, barrennes . s, inward . wastings, loss of appetite, indi. li!° ,, , depression of spirits, trembling or shaking of the hands or tine d d + obstinate coughs. shortness of breath, or consumptive habits, ea. Jlebilities arising from irenereal excesses, in bottles, price I Is. 6 4 0 . or the quantity of four in one Family Bottle, for 3.?5., by which x, 11 8. Bottle is saved. ths r .. e ,Pared only by Messrs. PERRY and CO., Surgeons, 4, Great ril le s'strect, Birmingham, and . 44, Albion street, Leeds I,oscrve, none are genuine without the signature of 'R. and L ipa r 'rt Y and CO., impressed brastamp on the outsid e of each wrap 's in imitate which is felony of the deepest dye. Th e F ive Pound Venders in s o may be had as usual. 7,0 w id by all Booksellers, Druggists, and Pa tent Medicine , or and Country throughout the United Kingdom. the Eur ope. and America. 04A, P "Sts. Perry expect, when consulted by letter , the usual fee of e ound. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS. Ob s ,, Price 2s. 9,1 , 6th, and I Is. per Box, Of - rye the signature of R. and L. PERRY and CO., on the outside 1 7,Ch wrapper), are well known throughout Vurope and everyAmr ar a ,;,,the most certain and effectual cure ever discovered for thr al 'd symptom of the Venereal Disease, in byth sexes, including u t , s _ or rhtea, Gleets, Secondary Syinotont, stricture,l, Seminal Weak of 4!, deficiency and alldiseascs of the Urinary Passages, without loss th e me, confinement, or hindrance from business. They have effect ed wh!oost surprising cures, not only in recent and severe cases, but 1 , 0 4 1 ?alivation and all other means have failed ; awl are of the importance to to those afflicted with Scorbutic Affections, Erup- Tai n ",", any art of the body, Ulcerations, Scrofulous or Venereal 'Mpg justly calculaWl to cleanse the blood from all foulness, counteractes_s.. every morbid affection, and restore weak and emaciated .titutions to pristine health and vigour. u r f,srs. Perry and Co., Surgeons, mar be consulted as usual at 4 , encharles-street (four doors from t asy.row) , , Birmingham, and Ih4'Pu:in-street, Leeds, punctually from eleven in the morning until te,_; , M the evening, and on Sundays from eleven . to one. Only one go al visit is required trom a county patient, to enable Messrs. Co. to give such advice as will be the means of effecting a eciZ t and effectual cure, after all other means have proved i nef N. ii . Country Druggists, Booksellers, Patent Medicine Venders tides, de r ~,,,Z other Shopkeeper can he stit plied with any quantity of 11. , e rorifying Specific Pills, anzl Cordial of S,riacum, with .02,!ttll_allowance to the Trade, by mo.t of he m s pncipal Wholesale '''', Med ► cin Housis in London. Just published, the Seventh. Edition, price 3s. ; and sent free, on receipt of a Post-office Order, for 3s. 6d., MANHOOD: the CAUSES of its PRE MATURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for ITS PERFECT RESTORATION ; addressed to those suf fering from the destructive effects of Excessive Indulgence, Solitary Habits, or Infection ; followed by Observations on the Treatment of Syphilis, Gonorrhoea, Gleet, &c. Illustrated with Cases, &c. By J. L. CURTIS and COMPANY, Consulting Surgeons,.London. Published by the Authors, and sold by Bailiere, Medical Bookseller to the Royal College of Surgeons, 219, Regent street; Strange, 21, Paternoster-row, London; Guest, Bir mingham ; Sowler, 4, St. Ann's-square, Manchester ; Philip, South Castle-street, Liverpool ; Fannin and Co., 41, Grafton street, Dublin; Duncan,ll4, High-street, Edinburgh ; and to be had of all Booksellers. WATCHES by WEBSTER and SON, CHRONOMETER and WA TCFI MANUFAC TURERS (Established 130 years), 3, BIRCHIN-L A NE. The finest description of WATCHES at the lowest prices consistent with maintaining that character for superiority of workmanship which has distinguished their establishment dur ing so long a period. The Compensated Duplex Watch, upon the principle of their Chronometers, to which Government awarded the prizes three years in succession, combines the most perfect accuracy wit'a the utmost elegance, and is not surpassed by the Pocket Chronometer. Webster's newly-introduced Cen tre Seconds, for the medical profession, elegant and novel in appearance. The Patent Detached Lever Watch is manufac tured with extreme care, and equally reduced in price with the small Horizontal for Ladies. Old Watches taken in ex change. A selection of fine Second-hand Repeatin g , Duplex. Lever, and Horizontal Watches, by the most eminent makers, at little above half the original cost, and nearly equal to New. The finest workmen are engaged on the premises, in the examin ink and repairing departments, and the utmost attention is de voted, at the lowest charge, to English and foreign work. Post letters promptly attended to. Webster and Son, Chronometer Makers to the Lords of the Admiralty, 3, Birchin-lane, Cornhill, London. This Work, a Seventh Edition of which is now presented to the public, ten thousand copies have been exhausted since its first appearance, has been very much improved and enlarged by the addition of a more extended and clear detail of general principles, as also by the insertion of several new and highly in teresting cases. The book, as has been already stated, is the result of very ample and daily increasing experience in a class of diseases, which, for some unaccountable reason, have been either altogether overlooked, or treated almost with indiffer ence, by the ordinary medical practitioner. The proverbial and well known rapacity of unqualified practitioners, who traffic on the health and credulity of patients, has been en couraged and aroused by this supineness, on the part of the regular surgeon. In order to obviate the pernicious effects sure to result from the practices of such pretenders, the authors have fur a considerable time devoted themselves ex clusively to a certain class of diseases; of the necessity of as doing, they were further convinced by feeling that tact i n in vestigating the latent sources of many diseases, which arise from certain secret praeticea„, can only be acquired by an ex clusive and undivided attention, to this department of medical practice. The numberless instances daily occurring, whersin affections of the lungs, putting on all the outer appearances of consumption, which, however, when traced to their source, are found to result from certain baneful practicei, fully proves that the principle of the division of labour, is nowhere more applicable than in medical practice. We feel no hesitatioti in saying that there is no member of society by whom the boik" will not be found useful, whether such person hold the relation of a Parent, a Preceptor, or a Clergyman. The PARENT, who beholds his beloved child pining away, and fast approaching to a premature grave, in conse quence of some disease, which, for want of careful investiga tion of its real cause, has been set down to the score of con sumption, will, on perusing this work, be astonished to find, that in nine-tenths of the cases of young persons of both sexes, who perish of what is called pulmonary consumption, heart disease, tapes, &c., the sole and exclusive origin has been the indulgence in certain destructive habits practised by youth much more freq uentl y than it is at all suspected. The PRECEPTOR ,also, who holds (temporarily at least), the relation and res p onsibility of a parent, will, by perusing this work, be directed and very much assisted in investigating and detecting the too often health and ultimately the lives of his pupils P he ro re m fi is r e i d d con cealed p r a c tices so often introduced into sch a o r o u l s s u , r w e h te er b e e by uu te . com promised, mazes ll e will of unless o th g e aidee vil be him arrested through in properthe intricate . time. any of his young this moral labyrinth, and a standard whereby to judge, when delicacy of health should appear to attack charges, what the real causes of such attack may be, and thus he will he enabled to check the evil in its incipient state. The CLERGYMAN, in whose sacred character is at once concentrated the two-fold relation of parent and instructor, will here be directed as to the nature of those habits to which youth is addicted; he will also he enabled to point out the dis astrous consequences which are sure to follow from them if not ; COMMITMENTS TO ABINGDON G AOL.--Jane relinquished. James was committed by R. Currie, Esq., on Monday Messrs. CURTIS an d CO . are to b e co nsulted daily at their last, for trial at the ensuing County Sessions, on a ch arge residence, No. 7, Frith-street, Soho-square, London. of stealing a quantity of cut wood, the property of Mr. Country Patients ar e requeste d to b e as m inute as possible in W. H. Davis, a farmer at Dry Sandford. Jane Ring the detail of their cases—as to the duration of the complaint, was committed for trial, for participating in the theft, the symptoms, age, general habits of living, and occupation in hut bail being offered she was allowed to go at large until life of the party ; the communication must be accompanied by the usual Consultation Fee of 11, without which no notice the sessions. George Clack was committed on Thursday whatever can be taken of their application ; twain an oases. the , last, by William Mills, Esq., for stealing a gun at Far ram:, inviolaLlz secrecy way be relied on. ringdon, for the sessions. PARIt'S LIFE PILLS. Extract from the Third Series of Cures effected by this extraordinary Medicine. SECOND LETTER FROM MR. OSBORNE. " Gentlemen,—l write to inform you that I have returned on foot from Liverpool, and many of my old friends here are indeed astonished at any altered appearance and activity. I must also inform you that my brother-in-law, Mr. W. J. Barres, of this town, has, through my wonderful restoration to life and sound health, made use of Parr's Life Pills, and their effects on him have, if possible, been even more miraculous than on myself. He had suffered from a most distressing asthma, cough, &c., for above seven years, but, after using one box at 2s. 9d., is quite a new being. The most remarkable part of his case is this—his finger and toe nails, which had become so diseased that they were quite unsightly, have been replaced by new and perfect ones. This has been considered by many who have visited him as a curiosity and wonder ; for my part, I have ceased to wonder at any cure effected by Old Parr. I:continue to enjoy the best of health and spirits, and am yours very re spectfully, JOHN OSBORNE, " Late of her Majesty's 52d Regiment of Foot, dis charged incurable by the Regimental Doctors. " Hinckley, July 27, 1841." In no one instance has this in"aluable Medicine failed, when duly persevered in, to afford relief, even in the oldest and most inveterate cases; if any, from want of confidence or fickleness, discontinue their use to. early, and thus leave unaccomplished what they desired, arelhey to attribute the fault to the medi cine? Certainly not; but to their own love of change and deeply-rooted p off i y- v r e o r o y t e slowly; o evils want of patience. Celsus has justly remark e d, th a t " Di sea ses slow in , the ; and that time is ne cessary o m which time has occa• sioned. ' This should be borne in mind b y a ll suffering f rom tr i e r p o ro v g e r t e h s e s disease deeply-rooted in the system, to impart patience and per severance in the use of this medicine; and where the disorder seems obstinate, they may rest fully assured that time will effect a radical and perfect cure. *,* See directions given with every Box. Persons who are desirous of testing the Wonderful efficacy of this Medicine must observe, that none are genuine without the words " Parr's Life Pills" be engraved ou the Government Stamp in white letters on a red ground. Price ls. lid., 2s. 9d., and family boxes 1 Is. each. Soli by most respectable Medicine Vendors in the country • to be hart wholesale of Edwards, 67, St. Paul's, London. GRATIS.—The Life and Times of Old Parr, 32 pages, with Engravings, Anecdotes, Poetry, B;c., may be had gratis of all a gents. .:,_ fir.' ^. . _ • 44e4 .. - ---, - , .-.-,--''N. , ' ' '' . '" i ' ' ..., - ~,.s t k., • . ..-- -,-,-.*A .: • -„,-. A.t , ,,:i.r • ' au 1 • -).- ---,--, ~,, - - - w , . .... . 1 .64 i 1.44, AI.- 1 ;4 1;4 1 , ... ~, ___.....,\ , ~,#,, ..,, ,; t i .. ~, i'' • - 4' \ ' ""'" A'.;ss :, _:, - - - 1.. ~ -,. ( 1 .. - 3...' --____ iii ! . t —.....i.-:. ,;.'*•-.,..---,-- i ~,.., . P i ..04 / I ' N ., . . I `,.. • i , ~ .1 I 1, , ,gt . . 4 , ' 'N . , „,. '--- r 74. 9 , . • ~,, . 'IV ° .. 'l/ 191 , 6,.,' ,-, i. , - ... - ~,,,,,, . t e,.. :;Wh . i : 6:)'. l i ‘ - 4'... -,' 4. ......,/ ZIV -. kill 4.7, , „ . 5 ..5 . 0 14 ~A , A •.. ~. ...... , ,;-->;\ - , e i,,i,,e..-.. , ia ikJ lAt , ~ my,. , . "'i t O. ,?.,:,:. ... ,:.„ _ ..,„ ph14.7., ]. l g.; 4 ,,, , - - ~ - ..4 1- ' ; AP' .-- LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1841, PUBLICATIONS. Just published, price 245., the pOST-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for 1842. Contents :—Official Directory, with complete Lists of Go vernment, and all other Public Offices and Officers. Commercial Directory, furnishing the names, addresses, and residences of the 60,000 Merchants. Profossional Men, and Traders of the Metropolis and its environs ; the " Post•otfiee" is the only " Directory" which alnays gives full Christian names. Street Directory of London ; all oilier published lists omit either the Nobility and Gentry. or the Merchants, Traders, and Tradesmen ; this includes the entire in one grand arrange ment. Postage Directory, in which will be found the fullest infor mation ever published with reference to Money Orders. Trades' Directory ; Law Directory, giving a full account of each Court, with its jurisdiction, and all the Officers, from the Lord Chancellor to the Usher of the most inferior Court ; and a copious list of Stamps, in 16 imperial. octavo pages. City Directory ; Parliamentary and Peerage Directory, fur nishing the most complete Lists yet published of the New Par liament. Court Directory ; Conveyance Directory ; 'Banking Dire , tory, &c. On the Ist of January will be published, price Is. 6d., OND 0 N. PART X. embracing, in a Series of Five successive Num`.er: the entire subject of • SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MOREING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. HERALD.—The frightful accident which oc curred on the Great Western Railroad, between Twyfbrd and Readinss on Friday last, the, early details of which appeared in Saturday's, and every particular as far as they have transpired appears in to-day's Herald, has produced as great sensation of horror as any public calamity , we can remember. Thirty-eight human beings, chiefly, it is said, of the humbler classes, who were travelling by the early luggage-train to indulge in family communion on Christmas tide, were, in the midst of darkness, literally overwhelmed and crushed by the trucks b-- hind the conveyances in which they were, and by masses. of earth falling from a slip in the passing through Sonning-hill Cutting. Eight of these unfortunate persons were instanta neously jammed to death; their legs, arms, ribs, pelves, chests. collar-bones, and skulls being fractured in the most shocking manner ; twelve others, all seriously injured, some wound ed beyond the probability of recovery, were conveyed to the Reading hospital, where they now lie ; five with' slight' hurts were enabled to proceed to their respective places of destination ; and the remaining thirteen have to thank God for a providential escape unblemishecL This fatal event occurred about seven o'clock oa Friday morning; within ten hours afterwards the Coroner for Berkshire,--swith what certainly ap pears to be a somewhat hasty - .teal,—proceeded to hold an inquest on the mangled remains of the eight persons -who were thus prematurely thrown into the presemse of their Maker. The first day's proceedings of that 'inquest will be found elsewhere in to-day's paper; we await its close before we offer one word of comment on the evidence which has already been taken, or on the cause of the accident; but we would suggest that the presence of some gentle man from the Railway Department of the Board of Trade—if of combined legal and scientific attainments so -much the better — at the inquiry is most desirable. That inquiry must be of the most careful and searching de scription. Were the carriages containing the passengers placed in that division of the train most likely to secure their safety in case of any unforeseen accident? Did any officer or servant of the Railroad Company observe any indications, however minute, of a tendency in the earth to slip in Sonning-hill Cutting? What - was the prevailing opinion as to the condition, in re ference to such an occurrence, of the cutting ? Was it an object of due solicitude and obser vation on the part of the Company at all times, and more particularly during and after the late heavy rains? Were watchmen continually kept in the cutting to give notice and warning of any • possible accident? In short, has the Great Western Railroad Company per formed those most responsible duties—in re ference to this portion of its line—to the pub lie which necessarily evolve from the posses sion of the enormous powers and privileges con ferred on it by the Legislature? These are in quiries, the fulfilment of which to their utmost limit can alone render the Coroner's inquest sa tisfactory to the nation. If Railroad Companies will not learn experience, except when it is taught at the cost of human life, then are they, instead of public improvements, public nuisances as at present conducted. There is a very strong and general impression abroad that every ar rangement for the accommodation, safety, and conveyance of all persons who cannot afford, or do not choose to travel by first-class carriages, is inconvenient and incommodious, and in many particulars most unnecessarily increases the risk of human life when accidents occur. Second and third class carriages seem in too many cases I . to be . built on the principle that all who have sut: , ficient money in their purses are to be driven into the first class, and that those who have not are entitled to no consideration or corn fort. Passengers in the former are not in any manner protected from smoke, smell, hot and flying cinders, cold, or rain. These carriages appear to he rarely cleaned, and may be fitly denominated conveyances for the propagation of colds, sore throats, stiff necks, and head-aches. The liveried attendants on them treat any man or woman whose apparel is ,Ilot of the best or newest description, stepping into them, as if they were of the brute creation, and think that once they have got them inside these filthy dens, every obli ! vation to attend to their Comfort has ceased. Toe security of the attendants is the knowledge that the poor donut and will not corn- plain to their superiors. We ourselves once witnessed a railroad servant break open a small box carried by a passenger, on his own bare suspicion that it might contain a puppy dog; when he had forced the lock, he found inside the ill-used traveller's work in g t oo l s !Similar instances It is quite cl e a r th at of gross ill-t rea t ment are of hourly occurrence. something must be done for the greater accommodation, safety, and con venience of ALL classes of railroad travellers. I The question is, can the voluntary exertions of , the Companies be relied on ? or ought Govern- ment to undertake the duty—hitherto neglected by those who have the high merit of accomplish ing great public works—of public protection ? Inquiries into railr oa d acc i dents h ave hitherto ! terminated in the.general but most unsatisfactory I statement—"nobody is to blame." We utterly reject this conclusion, somebody is to blame in almost every accident th at d oes occur; an d unt i l ; public inquiries as to the cause of such fatal occurrences as that of Friday last are conducted I I with a view to inculpation and not to exculpation, they are what we denominated a late Coroner's i ! inquest on a railroad accident—solemn mockeries. DREADFUL ACCIDENT. FIVE PERSONS KILLED, AND TEN SERI- OUSLY HURT. On Friday evening the site of the late fire at Man ehester was rendered the scene of a most appalling acCi dent, by the fall of one of the walls of the building in which the late fire occurred upon some workmen em ployed to take it down. The building alluded to was a warehouse, in Piccadilly, Manchester, in the occupation of the Union Carrying Company, beingused by them as a depot for goods consigned to their care, for carriage by the Rochdale and Bridgewater canals, and had re cently become the property of Lord Francis Egerton, who is said to have purchased it for 11,0001. The fire occurred on Monday last, when two thousand bags of cot. ton were destroyed, worth about 16,0001., and a quantity of corn, flour, groceries, and tallow. The whole damage was estimated at upwards of 30,0001. The building was situated in Piccadilly ; and the ruins, which have re mained nearly undisturbed since the fire, were about to be removed on Friday evening, when the accident occurred. Though the warehouse had been completely gutted by the fire, two of the entire walls were left standing ; and that at the back of the building, to the south of Piccadilly, about ninety feet high, by one hun dred feet in length, was carried, by means of two stone arches, over the Rochdale canal. This wall was about to be removed, at four o'clock, on Friday afternoon, by some men in the employ of Mr. Paulding, a railway contractor, who were erecting some scaffolding against it, when the stone of one of the arches, which had be come rotten, and nearly pulverised by the heat of the fire, giving way, the arch collapsed, and the wall, divid ing into two portions, fell, a heap of ruins, upon the loon who were below. The whole accident was the work of but a moment. The men had no chance of escape ; they had barely time to perceive their awful situation, and raise one loud shriek of terror ere they were silenced and hid den from view beneath the falling mass. A more painful scene can scarcely be conceived, and the excitement created in the neighbourhood by the accident cannot be described. The great thoroughfares leading to the spot, and of which Piccadilly itself is one of the principal, were almost immediately choked with 'people, to the number of some thousands, and there was reason to fear, from the eagerness with which they pres sed forward upon the ruins, that a still more frightful accident might be the result, by the giving way of the western wall of the building. Their presence, too, had the effect of seriously retarding the necessary operations for affording the most prompt relief to 'the unfortunate men buried in the ruins. Fortunately, Sir Charles Shaw, the Chief Commissioner of Police, . having heard of the accident within a few minutes of its, occurrence, had anti cipated this evil, and having given orders for a body of police to he called to the spot, Saperintendent Lawlcy and Inspector Irwin arrived in front of the building with a body of about forty men, who were immediately order ed to clear the street. Sir Charles himself superintended the execution of this order, and barriers were then th r own across Piccadilly to prev en t the access of the public ; and the evening being now far a d vance d, watch , ti res were lighted in the streets an d upon t h e ruins to guide the operations of the men emp l oye d to search fur the sufferers. The number of men employed at the building when the accident oc curred was 103, and had the wall com e d own i n an (ilatorthfealliNnvhgole of them would ce i " rl d ssteta l l 'here was, of course, a difficulty Its described above, i ih n nev b e r oukeeenii probabilitysmaca r s i s n , i of ascertaining with any certainty for a length of time, out of so many hands, most of whom had escaped injury, the real number of the sufferers. lir. Pauling, the con tractor, had a list of the men employed, and, on a muster being called, the . IblleiVing did not an swer to the i r names, and were concluded to be in the ruins ;—Jas. Perkins, Thos. Finnigan. Patrick Conlan, George Prondman, Peter Radical, Michael Mahon, Thos. Garland, John Donally, Patrick Finnigan, Wm. Harrison, Michael Dolan, Patrick Tully, Wm. Hurly, J. Roche, and Thos. Silcox, in all fifteen persons. Besides these, however, a great number had received injuries from falling bricks and other materials, but were not seriously hurt. The poor men whose names are placed first in the list were rescued from the ruins almost directly the search began and though so much hurt , that it was deemed necessary to take them to the Infirmary, it is not supposed that their , lives are end angere d by th e i r woun d s . Th e search for the remainder of the suGrers was a work of greater time, and they have suffered much more severely. Peter Radical was discovered about six o'clock with his skull fractured, and suffering from internal injuries ; be was conveyed to the Infirmary, but there is slight hope of his recovery. Michael Mahon was also taken out of the rains about the same time, and although not much bruised ex ternally, he had evidently received such internal injuries as leave but faint hopes of his recovery. About half past six Thomas Garland, another of the sufferers, was found, and though still alive, his body was fright fully mangled and crushed, whilst his head was com pletely scalped. Patrick Finnigan and William Har rison were taken from the ruins about this time, and taken to the Infirmary. Both of them were much hurt, the former having one shoulder dislocated and being otherwise injured, and the other having two of his , ribs broken. Hurly was found with several of his ribs broken. The left leg of one of the sufferers, sup posed to be Silcox's, was found about this time. John Donally was next taken out, dead ; and two hours after wards Dolan, also dead. Near him, also dead, were found the remains of Tully. The latter was found stand ing upright amongst a heap of bricks, in which his body was so firmly itnbedded, that nearly an hour elapsed after his head and shoulders had been bared, before it could be extricated. A more painful and heart-rending scene than was presented at the Infirmary about nine &cloak last evening, was never witnessed. Upwards of 100 men were employed in the building_ at the time of the accident ; and th e mos t exaggerate d reports as to the extent of the fatality got abroad. The wives, chil dren, and friends of many of these men had been at work during the day in the different factories, and on returning home, and hearing the prevailing reports, they naturally rushed to the scene of the accident, to learn the fate of those near and dear to them. On reach, ing Piccadilly, however, the police turned them back at the barriers ; and, after a vain struggle to elude the vigi lance of the officers, or to obtain from them or the sur rounding crowd, inforthation which it was not in their power to give, the tide of inquiries gradually turned, as the fact became known where the sufferers had been sent towards the Infirmary. The poor creatures, ren dered more anxious and terrified by the difficulties they had met with, arrived in a state of excitement little short of distraction. Many arrived, alas ! to find their worst fears verified ; but these were by no means the most importunate to gain access to the sick and dead rooms. Some of the inquirers, from the doubt ex pressed by the porters, as to the real names of several of the sufferers, were unwilling to retire until they had satisfied themselves by personal inspection, that their fears were groundless: T o th e a d m i ss i on o f those per sons into the dead room there was, of course, no objec tion ; but the impropriety of admitting them to the pre sence of the wounded will be readily seen, and their im portunate entreaties were properly disregarded. Here another difficulty arose. Some who had been refused ad mittance to the sick rooms, having obtained from the por ter the supposed name of some one of those as to whose identity he was in doubt, after retiring a short time, re turned, representing themselves as relatives to a man of that name ; and more than one instance occurred in which two or three fathers and mothers claimed the same patient as their son. This scene, extraordinary as it may seem, is not exaggerated, and it lasted a consider able time. Though the bodies of two of the men above-named, Silcox and Roche, have not yet been found, there is now no doubt as to their being amongst the killed. The former was some years ago a master builder at Leeds ; but had been reduced in circumstances, but of late em ployed on the works of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway. Though the ruins of the warehouse had been played upon all the week by the fire-engines, they still smould ered, and during the time occupied in searching for the bodies last night they again broke out into flames, a great quantity of unconsumed cotton being amongst the ruins, and considerable exertions had to be used during 'the night by the firemen to subdue them. A strict watch has been kept upon the western wall of the building, which is yet standing, since the accident, to see if it gave any indications of danger, and as soon as the bodies of the two remaining sufferers have been exhumed, it will be immediately taken down. Its situation affords ground for believing that it may be accomplished without farther accident. ATROCIOUS MURDER NEAR 1V14.M,' SHROPSHIRE. (From the Secondlition of the Shrewsbury News.) Another murder has been perpetrated in this county, during the present week, under circumstances of greater atrocity even than the one at Bronygarth, near Oswcs try. A wife, with the assistance of her husband, has administered poison to both her parents, and the mother has faller► a victim to the diabolical deed, the father escaping by a miracle ; and an innocent person (accord ing to the last report) has since died in extreme agony, from the effect of the deadly food. The name of the old man is Arthur Williams, who resides at Whixall, within three miles of Wem, in this county, and the perpetrators of' the horrid crime, Thomas Harries and his wife Mary, lived in the same cottage with the father and his deceased wife Eliza Williams. The prisoner, Thomas Harries, had been previously married, his former wife having died four years ago, leaving two children, who resided in the same cottage with the pri soners. It appeared that the deceased victim had been in the habit of correcting these children, and Harries had said that he would remember her for it; and this is the only motive that can at present 5e assigned fur the deed. On Monday last the deceased partook of an apple dumpling at dinner, and was instantly taken ill, the symptoms increasing in virulence so rapidly, that by nine o'clock the same evening she was a corpse. Her husband did not eat any of the dumpling, being too ill, from having taken a small portion of the poisonous mi neral on the previous night : and the third party was the son of a neighbour, to whom the female prisoner had given the remainder of the poisoned food. An inquest was held on the body of the deceased Eliza Williams on Friday last, before Mr. Joseph Dickens, Coroner (who had only returned home on Wed nesday from holding an inquest on the murdered woman near Oswestry), when the following evidence was ad duced : Arthur Williams, husband of the deceased—Lives in a cottage at Whixall, and the prisoners Thomas and Mary Harries, with two children of the former, resided with ' him. On Saturday last witness had a pig's fry for his supper, which was cooked by the accused, who took some flour from a bag hanging in the kitchen, to thicken the gravy. Witness ate heartily, and felt very sick afterwards, going to bed ill, and remaining so all night. He got up the next morning very unwell, and sat in the house till eleven o'clock, when he went out, leaving the deceased, the prisoners, the children, and a neighbour, named John Edwards, there. Witness returned to dinner, but was too unwell to eat. The first dish was an apple dumpling, of which the deceased ate heartily, but witness was too poorly to taste it. Within five minutes after eating the dumpling the de ceased ran towards the door, and, throwing it open, said, "Oh dear, how ill lam ! " and retched violently. Tho deceased then went into the garden, supported by the female prisoner, and, being a long time away, witness went out, and finding her too ill to walk, carried her into the house, and placed her in a chair. She continued getting worse, till 5 o'clock, when witness carried her up to bad, and went to bed himself, feeling very unwell. He got up about 9 o ' c l oc k, as hi s wife became much worse, and she died shortly after. Witness had occasion to go into the garden afterwards, leaving the prisoners together in the kitchen, and on returning heard Harries say to his wife, "There's something in that flour." The two prisoners lived in the same house with the witness, but ate at a separate table, and found their own victuals. They had their dinner at the same time as the deceased, but not at the same table. The female prisoner made a dumpling at the same time as the deceased, but did not take the flour from the same bag. The de ceased did not eat all the dumpling, and on the follow ing morning witness said to the female prisoner, "There's some dumpling; give it to the children ; " and she an swered " No, I may not do that." He again requested her to give it them, and she replied, " No, no, I munna give it them." A neighbour, named Betty Minshall, had been washing at the house on Monday morning, and went on an errand the same day. On Wednesday wit ness asked the female prisoner where the remainder of the dumpling was, and she replied, " I have given it to the children, and they have eaten it. The male prisoner had frequently words aboat the children with the de ceased, but nothing of any consequence. When the female prisoner was taken into custody she said, " I am innocent, and I believe I can swear for him." Witness knew there was poison kept in the house, having some sugar of lead in a paper, which ho used for dressing cows, but it was not kept near the bag which contained the flour. The male prisoner had some powdered arsenic in a bottle, which he used for poisoning rats, and kept it in the pantry. The flour was bought from Mr. Povey, of Whixall, in a large bag, and a small quantity was put in another bag, and hurl ! , up in the kitchen ready to use for trifling purposes ; but the bread was always made from the large bag. After deceased was dead, witness saw the male prisoner go into the pantry, and while he was there his wife said, "What are you plundering there at : is there anything I can reach you ?" to which he answered, " No ; you know nothing about it." John Edwards was at the house of Arthur Williams on Sunday last, and saw the deceased take some flour out of a striped bag and make an apple-dumpling. The female prisoner likewise made a dumpling, but took the flour from another bag and made it at the same time and at the same table as the deceased. The female pri soner put the dumpling she made into the pot first, and they were both tied up in cloths. Thomas Norway Arthur, surgeon, residing at Whit church, was in the neighbourhood of Whixall on Wednesday last, and met with Arthur Williams. Wit ness asked him if it was true that his wife died suddenly The old man said " Yes, and I fear there has been foul play," and requested 'Witness to go into the house, which he did, and saw the female prisoner and another woman. lI'RICE 5(1 Witness asked the old man if he suspected any one of committing the foul play, and he said he was afraid that it was his son-in-law, for he had been frequently cross with the old Woman. Witness then went up stairs with Mary Jones to look at the deceased, and at the same time to ask Mary Jones some questions. The female prisoner endeavoured.to follow them up stairs, which witness pre vented. He examined the deceased, but found no out ward marks of Violence. lie had also made a post mortem examination of time body in company with Mr. Groom,. surgeon, of Whitchurch. The internal, or villotis coat of the stomach was entirely destroyed, and it was the positive opinion of witness that the deceased's death was occasioned by some corrosive poison. Wit ness thought arsenic would produce the exact effect in which he found deceased's stomach. Witness likewise took some flour from the bag, and examined it with Mr. Groom and a chemist, and was positive it contained arsenic. Mr. Thomas Groom, surgeon, of Whitchurch, corro borated the testimony of Mr. Arthur, and MIS positive that arsenic was the poison which occasioned deceased's death. Mary Jones, a neighbour, saw the deceased when she was ill, and was with her when she died. Witness had frequently heard the male prisoner say he would knock the deceased's brains out if she interfered with his chil dren ;•aud about three weeks ago, on a Friday, there was snow, and the deceased had walked to Whitehurch. Witness said to him, " The poor old woman will be lost in the snow," and he said " B—t her, I should like to hear of her being found in the road stiff." Elizabeth- ➢Zinsbell was washing at the house of Arthur Williams on Monday, and afterwards went to Whitchurch, to a sister of the deceased, to tell her of her death and invite her to the funeral. When she came back and delivered her message the female prisoner gave her a piece of dumpling, which she took home. Witness'S son, John Haycock (by a former husband), was in the house, and she gave it him for his supper. ire ate it, and wont. to his boat on the canal, and she saw no more of him. Thomas Minshall, captain of a canal boat, was in his boat on the canal, near Whixall, and saw John Hay cock in another boat, very ill, and vomiting. 'Witness accompanied the boat some distance, and Haycock told him to tell his mother that the dumpling had nearly killed him, and that she would never see him again. Richard Jones, constable, searched the house, and, when searching for the arsenic in the pantry, was told by the female prisoner that she had thrown it away three months before. She afterwards said that she had emptied the poison out, and washed the bottle clean. Witness, however, found a bottle which had contained arsenic in a basket among other bottles. He likewise found the sugar of lead on a beam in the kitchen. This concluded the evidence. The male prisoner asked the Coroner if the examina tion would conclude that evening, and, being answered in the affirmative, said he might as well tell all. He then made a statement to the effect that he had told his wife on Saturday night that something was the matter with the meat to make the old man so ill. He said be had purchased tha poison some mouths ago from Mr. Gough, chemist, of 'Wem, for the purpose of destroying rats, and hinted that his wife must have administered the arsenic if the deceased really was poisoned. The female prisoner said, if any one knew about it it was her husband. The Jury returned a verdict, " That the deceased's death was occasioned by poison administered by Thomas Harries, and that he was assisted by his wife ;" and they were both fully committed for the next assizes. The male prisoner is a brickmaker by trade, and has borne but an indifferent character. The female is very far advanced in pregnancy, and on Thursday feigned that she was in labour ; but upon examination by a surgeon, the attempt to postpone the investigation failed. John. Haycock was: taken into Cheshire by the boat, and a report has reached town that he has expired—making the second victim of this unparalleled atrocity. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 25.—The Snake, 16, Commander the Hon. W. B. Devereux, arrived on Sunday from Chat ham, and will sail on Wednesday next for the Mediterra nean (touching at Plymouth), to relieve, the Wasp, 16, Commander the Hon. 11. A. Murray. The Queen, 110, Captain Rich, will go out of harbour on Thursday, in tow of the Vixen steam-frigate, ordered round from Woolwich for that purpose. The Isis, 50, Captain Sir John M ars h a ll, at Pl ymouth, is under orders for the Brazils. The Thalia frigate is daily expected at Spithead from Leith. The Camelion, 10, which had sailed from the Cape of Good Hope for China, put back there on Sept. 2, having been damaged in a gale of wind. The Warspite, 50, Captain Lord J o h n H a y, i s t o es cort to England his Majesty the King of Prussia, on his approaching visit to this country, on the occasion of the christening of the Prince of Wales, to whom his Majesty will stand as sponsor. It is understood that the Thalia and Volage will also form part of the escort. The War spite is ready for sea. The Formidable, 84, Captain Sir C. Sullivan, is or dered to be expedited at Chatham, to proceed to the Mediterranean, calling at Spithead. The Seringapatam , 46, has been undergoing survey, to ascertain her fitness for re-commissioning, at Sheerness. The Conway, 26, Captain Bethune, with treasure on board, arrived from China and Calcutta, at the Cape of Good Hope, on the Ist of October ; she may, therefore, be daily expected. The Cornwallis, 72, Captain Richards, on her way to China, made a splendid passage to the Cape from Plymouth, having left that port on the sth of July, and reached the Cape on the 26th of September. The brig Ferret, 10, Commander Oake, will soon be ready at Plymouth, to proceed to the Coast of Africa, The Crocodile, 26, recently returned from the West Indies, is ordered to be again brought forward for com mission. The Numa, transport, from 'Woolwich, andjAdventum, naval transport, from Deptford, arrived on Sunday. The Java, transport, with detachments of the Ist Royal, sth and 7th Fusileers, 46th, 48th, and 79th regiments, sailed from Gravesend on Saturday last for Gibraltar, The Ist division of the 97th regiment, under command of Major Cannon, has left Corfu for Zante, to relieve the 38th regiment. The Cracker cutter arrived on Monday from Jersey. The Emerald sailed the same day to Plymouth. The Rhadamanthus, steam transport, is ready for sea, and will arrive at this port about the Ist of January. The Lieutenant's commission, given by the Admiralty half-yearly to one of the mates studying at the Royal Naval College, has been awarded this Christmas to Mr. James Francis Ballard Wainwright. On paying off the Tyne, about a month since, in this harbour, James Dix, chief boatswain's ma t e , w as awar d e d a medal for his good services, and a pension of 271. per annum. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. Pitomorrox.—Mate James . Francis Ballard Wain wright, by merit, fro m th e Royal Naval College, to the rank of Lieutenant. Ai . nonarmENTs.—Captain—Charles Eden, to the Win chester, as Flag Ship at the Cape. Commanders—J. S. W. Johnson, to the Wolverine ; George Baker, to the Lily (to take passage in the Ra pid) ; A. Darley, to the Electra ; Hon. J. R. Drummond, to the Scout ; Philip G. Hayines, to the Fantome ; Parry, to the Sappho, in the West Indies (to take pas sage in the Volage). Lieutenants—James Chas. Johnstone, to the Warspite, vice Hornby, promoted ; Henry 'l'. Smith, James B. Kinsman, and Chas. Knighton (additional) to the Cale donia ; Sydney Thomas, to the Royal George, for service in the Nautilus ; E. Sanders, to the Indus, vice Bamber, invalided ; A. Lewis and Augustus Lavie, to the Vindic tive ; Thomas Baillie, from Warspite, to Isis ; G. L. Norcock, to Warspite, vice Baillie. Master—D. Lye, to Royal George. Second Master—W. Barnard, to the Atholl. Surgeon—J. Greenish, to the Royal George. Purser—Thos. Goddard, to the Royal George. Mates—R. Willcox, from the Excellent, to the Alfred; Alfred Young, to the St. Vincent ; W. Grierson, to the Queen ; W. Carroll and J. Palmer, to the Royal George, Cleric—James Punchard, to the Snake. The Hon. Rear-Admiral J. Percy is appointed to the command at the Cape of Good Hope, vice Sir E. King, promoted; Captain Sir Francis Collier, C. 8., to the com mand of the William and Mary yacht, and the superin tendence of Woolwich Yard; Captain Peter Fisher, to command the Ocean, and the superintendence of Sheer ness Yard; Sir Watkin 0. Pell, C. 8., to command the Royal Sovereign yacht, and the superintendence of Pem broke Yard; Captain Sir John Hill, to finish his servi tude s ant Superintendent of the D eptford Victualling Esta blishme ;year-Admiral Sir S. flag in the San Josef,with the superint-ne Yard. ncl C.B. ence to hoist his of Plymouth Royal Marines—Mr. Georgeg Lieut., to the Plym out h Divi - Tath Pasco, Second3la mon. PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY, DEP 23.—The Harlequin, s - after 16, Conf. non. G. T . Hastings , several attempts to get down Ch annel, sailed the; 17th f or China , with a strong breeze,at o N.E.—The A u steamer, Lieut. C. Jenkiu, arrived from Portsmouth on Friday last, with supernumeraries. The Spy, Lieut . Potbury , came into harbour to refit. —Sailed re' Alban steamer, Mr. King, master, for Bristol.---The Powerful, 84, Capt. Seymour, with Vice -Admiral Sir John Ommanney's flag, from the Mediterranean, was obliged to put into this port on the 18th, owing t o th e prevalence of tie strong easterly winds ; she, however , got a wa y o n the 21 st , and has proceeded for Portsmouth.—On the 18th, the Belvidera, 38, Captain Honourable G. Grey, and Serpent, 16, arrived from Portsmouth ; Commander W. Neville, has superseded Captain Searle, on his promo tion.—The Belvidere, sailed for the Mediterranean on the 21st.— The Malabar, 72, Captain Sir G. R. Sarto rious,and North Star, 26, Captain S it J. E. Home, sa il e d the 18th, the former for Gibraltar, and the latter for China.—The Belleisle, troop-ship, Captain J. King combo ; Apollo, troop-ship, Com: nander C. Frederick ; and Sapphire, troop-ship, G. H. Cole, master, sailed for China, with troops, the 20th.—The Volage, 26, Captain Sir W. Dickson, and Heroine, 10, Lieut. T. D. Stewart, arrived from Portsmouth the 21 st.—Rear-Ailmiral Super intendent Pym, 1i.C.8., commenced duty in the Dock yard the 21st, vice Warren, promoted. In Harbour—Caledonia, Situ Josef, Minden, Fly, Es poir, Ferret, Spy. In the Sound—lsis, Volag,e, Serpent, and Heroine. WOOLWICH, Dec. 24.—k'tir George Cockburn visited THE TOWER OF LONDON. CONTENTS.—I. Progress of the Edifice. II. The Tower as a Palace. 111. The Tower as a Prison. IV. The Tower as an Arsecal and Fortress. V. The Tower as an Armoury. With numerous Wood-cut Illustrations. London : Charles Knight and Co., 22, Ludgate-street. The following Periodical Works, for JANUARY, 1842, will be published by CHARLES KNIGHT and CO. THE PICTORIAL EDITION of SHAKS PERE, Part XXXIX. (completing Shakspere's Poems and Tragedies, Vol. II.), in super-royal Svo., 2s. 6/1. The PICTORIAL HISTORY of ENGLAND, during the Reign of George 111., Part XIII., price 2s. A Re-issue of the Four Volumes ending with the Reign of George 11. in quarter volumes, Part VI., p r i ce s s . LONDOINT, Part X., price Is. 6d. ; containing, in Five Num bers, the entire subject of the Tower of London. Published also in Weekly Numbers, price 4d. The PENNY MAGAZINE, Part XII. (Now Series), price 6d. The PENNY CYCLOPIEDIA, Part CVII., price Is. 6d. The PENNY CYCLORZEDIA, Re-Issue in Half-Volumes, Vol. XXI., Part 11., in a stiff wrapper, price 3L ILLUSTRATED COMMENTARY upon the OLD and NEW TESTAMENTS, with numerous Wood-cuts; re-issue in Monthly Parts, Part VI., price 2s. 6d. THE CROFTON BOYS, being the Fourth Volume of "THE PLAYFELLOW," a Series of Tales, by Miss MAR TINEAU, price 3s. 6d. each. KNIGHT'S MISCELLANIES.—.BRAND'S POPU LA R ANTIQUITIES. Vol. price 55., completing the work. A New Edition, by Sir HENRY ELLIS, Principal Librarian of the British Museum. THE GUIDE to TRADE.—The Cooper. Price ls. KNIGHT'S STORE of KNOWLEDGE.—The MILI TARY LIFE of the DUKE of WELLINGTON, by A. VIEUSSEUX ; in small 18mo., price Is. 6d. (to be continued monthly). Also, The PENNY MAGAZINE for 1841, bound in cloth, rice 7a. 6d. The PICTORIAL EDITION of SHAKSPERE. Tra gedies, Vol. 11., bound in cloth, price 1/. 2s. 6d. The STORE OF KNOWLEDGE, in one volume, bound in cloth, price 7s. The PLAYFELLOW. By MISS MARTINEAU. Con taining The SETTLERS at HOME, The PEASANT and the PRINCE, FEATS on the FIORD, and The CROFTON BOYS. In Four Volumes, handsomely bound in cloth, with gilt edges, price 16s. GOLDSMITH'S CITIZEN of the WORLD. In One Volume, with 28 Engravings on wood, handsomely bound in cloth, gilt edges, price ss. BACON' , 3 ESSAYS and ADVANCEMENT of LEARN ING, including the LIFE of LORD BACON. In One Volume, with 34 Engravings on wood, handsomely bound in cloth, with gilt edges, price ss. LIBRARY FOR THE YOUNG. 1. pICTURES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF REMARKABLE EVENTS in the HIS TORY of ENGLAND, from the Invasion of the Romans to George IV. Illustrated with 126 Wood-cuts. In 2 v 015.,, price 103. 2. HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL, with 14 Wood -cuts, price ss. 3. UNCLE OLIVER'S TRAVELS IN PERSIA, with 24 Wood-cuts, 2 vnls. price 7s. 6d. 4. THE OLD SPORTS OF ENGLAND, with many Wood-cuts, price 2s. 6d. 5: THE ELDER BROTHER, by Mrs. BARWELL, with Wood-cuts, price 2s. 6. CHIVALRY AND CHARITY, exemplified in the Lives of Du Guesclin and John Howard, price 3s. 7. THE FIELD, THE GARDEN, AND THE WOO4s. LAND, by Miss PRATT, with numerous Wood-cuts, price b 8. FLOWERS AND THEIR ASSOCIATIONS, Miss_ PRATT, with Coloured Plates, price HANDSOME PRESENT FOR 'CHE NURSERY. This day is published, price 35., TILE NEW CHAPTER OF KINGS; or, THE HIS TORY OF ENGLAND IN MINIATURE, for the Use of. Children, with Forty Illustrations, including a complete Series of Portraits from William the Conqueror to Queen Victoria. BOOKS FOR EARLY INSTRUCTION. I. ARITHMETIC FOR YOUNG CHILDREN; being a Series of Exercises exemplifying.the Manner in which Arith metic should be taught to Young Children, price Is. 611. 2. ARITHMETIC FOR SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES, Second Stage, by H. GRANT, Esq., Author of the First Stage, price 3s. 3. EXERCISES FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE SENSES, fccr Young Children, price Is. 6d. 4. DRAWING FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, with Draw ing Copies printed on separate leaves, price 3s. 6d. The Draw ing Copies are also printed on Cards, and sold with the Exer cises, in a Case, price 7a. 61 5. FIRST EXERCISES FOR CHILDREN IN LIGHT, SHADE, AND COLOUR, with numerous Illustrations; being a Supplement to "Drawing for Young Children," price 4s. THE PLAYFELLOW; a Series of Tales by Miss MAR TINE AU, price 3s. 6d. each volume, or 4s. with gilt edges : Settlers at Home—The Peasant and the Prince—Feats on the Fiord—and The Crofton Boys. Charles Knight and Co., 22, Ludgate-street. SUPERIOR CANDLES. DAVIES'S CANDLES, 6d. per lb.; Wax Candles, Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. sd. ; Cocoa Nut, Od. ; Extra Fine Wax Wick Moulds, 70. ; Transparent Wax, 2s. 4d. ; Ge:luine Sperm, 2s. 4d. ; Genuine Wax, 2s. 4d. ; Yellow Soap, 465., 545., and 60s. per 112Ibs. ; Mottled, 625. and 665. ; Windsor and Palm, Is. 4d. per pac ket; Old Brown Windsor Soap, Is. 9d. ; Rose, 25. Od. : Cam phor, 2s. ; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d. per lb. ; Sperm Oil, 9s. Od. per Gallon ; Solar Oil, 3s. 6d. For Cash, at DAVIES'S Old-Established Warehouse, 63, St. Martin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter a Coflee-House. No 15,384 ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITU TION, REGENT-STREET.—MORNINGS and EVENINGS except SA', URDAY EVENINGS. A SERIES of entirely NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS, il lustrating CONSTANTIN' tPLE aad the SCENERY of the BOSPHORUS, by Wrench and Smith. ,the FIRE of the TOWER of LONDON, with the Military Signals continued. BARWISE AND BAIN'S ELECTRO MAGNETIC CLOCKS, on which principle one on a large scale will be set at work in front of the Institution shortly. WRIGHT and BAIN'S .New Patent ELECTRO-MAGNETIC RAILWAY TRAIN CONTROLLER. New and varied LECTURES, adapted to tie taste of the Juvenile Visitors. will be delivered during the CHRISTMAS HOLI-DAYS. The MICRO SCOPE, DIVING BELL and DIVER, ORRERY, 2,000 Works of eminent Art, Science, and Ingenuity, &c. &c. A VIEW of CANTON, by a CHINESE ARTIST. The MO DEL of the UNDERCLIFF, of the Isle of Wight, and va rious COSMORAMIC fPICTURES,:are added to the Even ing Exhibition. Admission to the whole, One Shilling. NATIONAL LOAN FUND SOCIETY FOR GRANTING LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c. No. 20, CORNHILL. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. DIRECTORS. T. LA NIIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. J. Elliotson, M.D., F. R. S. I John Rawson, Esq. John Gri ffi th Frith, Esq. John Riddle Stodart, Esq. Hunter Gordon, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq. George Lungley, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. AUDITORS. Professor Wheatstone, F. R. S. I Professor Graves, A.M. F. R. S. ACTUA RY—W. S. B. Weolhouse, Esq., F. R. A.S PHYSICIAN—J. Elliotson, M.D., F.R. S. SURGEON—E. S. Symes, Esq. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Sweet, Sutter*, Ewens, and Omman ney, 6, Basinghall-street. BANKERS—Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co. LIFE ASSURANCE. ADVANTAGES.—Perfect security from a large paid-up Capi ta?. and accumulations—Equitable Rates—Power to borrow Two-thirds Premium paid, without expense or forfeiture—and Profits annually divided. N.B. Policies for Short Periods at Lower Rates than at any other Office, with option of continuance for Life, at the usual rates. DEFERRED ANNUITIES. The best and most varied provision for after life hitherto of fered—£2 12s. per annum (Is. per week) at 20, will at 65 give the policy-holder the cho►ce of an annuity of £47 16s. 6d., or £349 11s. cash, or policy et death of £466. Similar ad vantages at 50, 55, and 60—Two-thirds payments lent at any time, aod Two-thirds returned in case of premature death. The detailed Plans, and Last Annual Report to be had at the Office, at any of its Branches, or oil application will be forwarded post free. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. COUNTY FIRE OFFICE AND PROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE, 50, REGENT-STREET. Established 1807. TRUSTEES AND DIRECTORS. HisGracetheDukeofßutland,K.G. Sir Frederick A. Roe, Bart. The Marquis of Northampton Alexander Henderson, The Right Hon. Lord Nerthwick Sir Henry Pynn • The Hon. Colonel Felker J. P. Deering, Esq. Sir Win. Earle Welby, Bart. John Gil!vett Booth, Esq. Sir John Osborn, Bart. Andrew Maclean, Esq. Sir R. Duckworth King, Bart . Glynne Earle W elby, Esq. M.P. JOHN A. BkAUMONT, Managing Director. The advantages offered to the publie by the above Offices are such as result from a course of uninterrupted prosperity, the fruits of a prudent and economical management for a pe riod of thirty-five years. At the 'present time so many establishments exist, vieing with each other in the profession of benefits to the public, which numerous failures, and consequent ruin to many in dustrious families have proved to be fallacious, that the Di rectors think they will best discharge their duty to the Proprie tors and to the Public by a simple statement of the advantages which have been realied by these Offices. The COUNTY FIRE OFFICE has not only settled al: claims with promptitude and liberality, but has, from its first establishment, made large Returns to the Insured.—These amount at the present time to 125.0001. The PROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE has at each septen nial period divided the whole of the profits, subject to a deduc tion of about a twentieth part only, among the insured. The benefits actually secured to lives insured in this Office, may be judged of by the following Table. No. of Bonuses in I Bonuses in B )nus in Total of Sum Policy. Age. 1813 & 1820. 1 1827 & 1!.31. 1841. Bonuses. Insured. X. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d £. s. d. -£: 109 37 221 11 2 3147 11 10 604 11 4 1213 3 4 2300 430 38 10 311 159 3 0 248 6 4 497 13 3 1003 435 31 217 2 1 Lll6 19 6 714 19 6 1519 1 1 3000 4"2 49 106 15 I/ 197 16 2 299 13 11 601 710 1000 513 31 7213 1 134 13 7 ,01 1 1 411 7 9 1000 962 39 167 8 6 326 8 6 4150 710 974 410 2000 Agents are appointed in all the principal Towns. VXCELLENT PALE DINNER SHERRY at 30s. per dozen, 171. 10s. per quarter cask, containing 27 gallons. HEN EKEY, KISLINOBURY, and CO. Gray's Inn Wine Establishment, 23, High Holborn. Price Currents, containing all the varieties of their Stock, forwarded upon application. pAPIER MACHE TEA TRAYS, 50s. the SET, of FULL-SIZED GOTHIC SHAPE. Supe rior London Table Knives, with ivory handles, 11s. per dozen ; Brass Poles for Window Curtains, Ix, inch diameter, Is. 3db per foot ; 2 inches, Is. Bd. per foot ; bronzed fenders, 4 feet long, 9s. SUPERIOR LONDON TABLE CUTLERY WAR RANTED.—TABLE KNIVES, with Ivory Handles, 14s. per dozen ; Dessert Knives, Ils. ; Carvers, 4e. 6d. per pair ; Table Knives, with white bone handles, Bs. Bd. per dozen , Dessert, 6s. Sd. ; Carvers, 3i. per pair ; Globe-shape Tea urns, 4 quarts, 275. ; new shapes, 395. ; Papier Mache Tea trays, gothic shape, 50s ; the set of full sizes. Catalogues, containing the pr►ces, with Engravings of every Ironmongery Article necessary to the furnishing of a house of any size, 25 per cent. under any other old•established house, to be had gratis (post free). RIPPON and BURTON, 12, Wells-stree Oxford-street. Estalilishi.d 1820: PUBLICATIONS This day, in 2 vols. Bve., embellished with characteristic Illus trations and Portraits, T HE VICTORIES OF THE BRITISH ARMIES. By W. H. MAXWELL, Esq. Author of " Stories of Waterh.o," " Wild Sports of the West," " The Bivouac," &c. " This narrative is rapid, striking, and picturesque, Mr. Maxwell's own experience has acquainted him with the details of the camp, the march, and the battle, as well as with the imagery of war, and with the feelings of the soldier in the various exciting situations into which he is constantly thrown." Spectator. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to her• Majesty. • . i V -t- i • :t:--_,::..t.t.--. ~'.~'x, EVENING SUN. . . the dockyard, on Saturday last, and was accompanied by Captain Ehipps Hornbv, C. 13., Superintendent of th , ard, dpring his examination, of several of the depart ments. The Charon, steam-vessel, Second Master E. C. Ratter (Acting), left Woolwich, on Saturday, for Do- Ver. Thd Acheron; steam-vessel, Lieut. Kennedy, was paid off, and taken into the basin, on Thursday. The Growler, steam-vessel, Conimander H. C. Buckle, will not leave Limehousc for Chatham heron, the middle of January. The Shearwater, steam-vessel, Commander John Washington, arrived at Woolwich this forenoon from the North Sea. The Vixen, steam-frigate, Com mander Henry Boyes, is in the river, opposite the dock yard, ready for sea, and will sail at eight o'clock on Mon day morning, for Portsmouth, previous to her departure for service at Brazils. Ships in the Harbour.—William and Mary yacht; Driver, Vixen, Lightning, Myrtle, African, and Shear water,steam-vessels.. In the Basin.—Rhadamanthu9, Acheron, Salamander, Comet, Confiance, and Fearless, steam-vessels. The Lords of the Admiralty have directed the muster shipwrights of Plymouth, Portsmouth, Chath a m, Sheer ness, and Woolwicit dockyards, to assemble at Woolwich on the 3d of January next, to take into consideration Mr. Blake's improvements for strengthening the bows of ships, and the system of ship-building generally, with the view to the adoption of some fixed principle in a matter of such vital importance as the construction of our ships of war. THE PANTOMIMES. DRURY-LANE. This national temple of the drama ripens on Mon day evening, as our readers are well aware, for the representation of Sbakspeare's plays. Thet heatre has undergone a thorough renovating, and will present an entirely new appearance, the alterations being under the direction of Mr. Beazley, aid executed by that well-known artist and decorator, Mr. Cruse. A. slight description of the improvements in the interior may not be quite unacceptable. The ceiling has been repainted in the inner circle after the Elizabethan style ; or, as it is sometimes called, the Vatican order. The alle gorical figures surrounding the circle remain as usuall, but the circle has a brilliant blue ground ; the second circle a blue ground also. In the dress circle, the Shaksperian subjects, by Lemboulett, have been re moved , and in their stead a scroll ornament, painted in relief upon a buff ground, surrounded by a handsome gold ornament. The line of the proscenium surround-- ing the stage is picked in with a deep blue, better known in the artistical world as the Victoria -blue: The private boxes, formerlyon a level with the pit,have, with the exception of the one belonging to Miss Ana gela Burdett Coutts, and one opposite, been entirols removed, and thespaceadded to the pit, making an addi tional number of seats for one hundred persons. The pit seats are covered with handsome red cloth, with backs stuffed and covered with crimson, each person sitting in a separate stall ; in the centre is an opening enabling the spectator to quit and return to his seat without inconvenience. The saloon has been entirely repainted and decorated, and a splendid Brussels car pet, laid down for the first time. The corridor and coffee-room, on the Vinegar-yard side, have been parted off by an elegant and substantial screen, painted a marble colour, to which there is access by a new en trance from Vinegar-yard, and a staircase, made ex• pressly for the occasion, laading to the upper boxes. This is exclusively appropriated for the reception of that class of visitors hitherto permitted to promenade in the principal saloon, but who, Pram the present arrange ments, are entirely excluded. The figures of Kean and Garrick, in the Rotunda, have been cleaned, and re moved beck into the niches originally appropriated fhr them ; the Rotunda has also been painted in imitation of porphyry and white marble. This part of the thea tre is known to all judges of arebitectural beauty, as being in design and execution the most perfect specimen of taste in any public building. The whale of the boxes have been numbered, and on the beck of each box the number of seats contained therein is given. The new curtain, containing one thousand yards of crimson velvet, with gold fringe, lace, &c., will ' open in the centre; on one side ate the Royal Arms, splen didly modelled and gilt, and on the other those of the Prince of Wales, carried out on each side with musical trophies, surrounded with gold wreathe. It will be seen by our report that no expense has been spared by the lessee and proprietors to render the theatre worthy the patronage of all the true lovers of the drama, which, with the high purpose of the pre sent management, we trust will not fail to be accorded. It may be as well to observe, that the whole of the scenery for The Merchant of Venice has been painted by Messrs. Marshall and Towkins, and that of the pan tomime by Mr. Denson. Mr. Stanfield is now actively engaged at the Theatre Royal English Opera in paint ing a new pictorial effect for one of the earlieit revivals at Druty-lane Thea►tre, the crowded state of the paint room there, in the preparation for the opening, not af fording room for him as usual. The new comic pantomime by Mr. H. Younge is unusually splendid. The first scene presents us with the hall of Good Cheer. The deity Good Cheer, seated on as enormous plum pudding, calls for the assistance of Music, when a number of animated violins enter with the conductor of the Musard con certs, who commence playing some popular airs. Mer riment and his crew then enter, and the former states that he wishes the aid of Good Cheer on a love affair. Duke Humphrey the Good has sent his ward, Lady Joan, to Lye at the castle of Sir Lazarus Skelton, in order to compel her to wed his son, Spider. legs, and by that means make her fortune. Mischief is then summoned to their councils, when the scene changes to the bowers of Mischief. Sir Lionel Breakspeare is intro duced to the Lady Joan by Mischief, and informed by him that the only way to obtain her band is to engage Jack Cade and his band to carry her off, to which he assents. The scene is then changed to a view of Lon. don, with the Tower in the background. Jack enters with his mob, who pull down an ale-house, and kill the King's guard. They are met by Sir Lionel Break speare, who engages Jack to carry the lady off. Thd castle of Sir Lazarus Skelton is then seen, with a view. of Starvation Hall ; a chorus of starved domestics are heard crying for food. Sir Lazarus enters in great alarm to inform them that Duke Humphrey has paid them a visit, and will take lunch, which, as he is such a glutton, will ruin them. The Duke then enters, pre ceded by his fat servants. They are set down to a meal of red herrings and water. The Duke, highly in dignant at this, quits the hall. Jack and his band then enter and attempt to carry off the lady, but are re pulsed. The hall of Duke Humphrey is then seen, and the whole of the cortege pass in to dinner. Jack and his band next enter with Sir Lionel Break speare, and, through a secret passage, make their way to the dining hall below ; the Duke and his suite are then discovered at dinner ; a shout is heard, Jack and his party make their appearance, and take the deke anti lady prisoners. Sir Lionel claims the lady, but is opposed by Jack, in whose favour the lady declares herself. The duke refuses his consent, when the scene changes to the Temple of Good Cheer, who forthwith changes the characters, and the bade quiaade commences. In the comic part of the panto mime are several hits at the passing events o f t h e d ay —the two Houses of Parliament, the railroads, Prince Albert's stock, the sale of " the royal property," intro ducing the shade of the immortal Simpson. The pan tomime concludes with a representation of the launch of the Trafalgar. The costumes are by Mr. Smythers, and are slid to exceed in splendour and correctness all that has hitherto been seen at this theatre. COV ENT GARDEN THEATRE. Madame V estr i s has taken the field with what we understa n d to be a most original pantomime, though the t i t l e i s not new , e ntitled " Guy, Earl of Warwick ; or, Harlequin and the Dun Cow." We present an outline of the story, the title of which is so familiar to our youthful r ecollections. The first scene presents a view of the hermit's cell. The hermit (Mr. Granby) is discosered at his book. It will be observed that the pictorial effects in this pantomime are of new principle, consisting of dioramic views, which are in continual motion, and carry on the story with the per formers whole of the opening. A view of Warwick during Castle, the with the town in the distance, is seen. ast i e Guy, Earl of Warw ick ( Mr. Pa y ne ) , and Sir Tri stram (T. R id gwa y), enter, fatigued with a pilgrimage ; they are not recognise d b y the domestics. Millis, Guy's betrothed, and Flounce-bells, Sir Tristram's mistress, are then introduced, and, after much explanation, an eclaircissement takes place, and the great Guy discovers himself, the tenantry enter in great numbers, and he is borne with his squire in triumph to the castle. The diorama then presents the great hall in the castle ; the warder is seen asleep ; a• huge bell is heard to ring, when the warder in anger tears out the tongue of the bell. A number of dwarfs then enter, and prepatations for the grand banquet in honour of Guy's return is about to commence. Guy himself enters, and, finding the servants absent, he is compelled to turn cook in his own castle. The villagers now enter in a fright, headed by the Earl of Jonas, whose daughter has been carried off by the Monster Cow, and taken to the castle of the Giant Colbrand. Guy heroically undertakes to vanquish him, the giant, and the Dun Cow. The viPagers take their leave of Guy and Tristram, and here a long diora mic effect is produced, which continues to the arrival of the knight and his esquire at the magic castle of the Giant Colbrand. An encounter takes place with the giant, who yields to the victorious sword of Guy. The Dun Oow then plunges from its brazen cage, and with nostrils streaming fire, and tearing up the earth in rage, fu riously attacks Guy. He, nothing daunted, lays about with his mighty sword, and the monster reels beneath his lusty blows. Sir Tristram now assumes courage, and flies to the rescue of his master, an d se izing the Dun Cow by the tail, it elongates by mag i c , an d carr i e s Sir Tristram round the castle. After a furious onslaught both enchanter and cow bite the dust. The diorama now arrives at a splendid fairy palace, where the bar liquinadc commences. Phoebe (afterwards Colum bine), Miss Fairbrother, with Harlequin, Mr. J. Ridg way, and Pantaloon (Ireland), now commence their mirth-exciting tricks. During the pantomime some smart hits on the local Events of the day take place. During the comic scenes we have the Cannon Brewery changed to Prince Albert's Gate, a chemist's and a ‘.