The Sun. — London, England, 1855-12-24 00:00:00

A,,, i ...,,,,...t..... PROSPECTUS OF THE ( X-- - - - ..,. - % .' 7 ._.• .0 ,1 ) ~ . • • 4111 // 116 4. COMPAGNIE GENERALE dem OMNIBUS 1 2. . 4 ~ ...1:4 , 110„ .i'-• ', V , :t' t. 4 . ...,1 • QM • lt At . •••._. i' de LONDRES (GENERAL LONDON r(4 , . 7,,i 7 ' e 4 Killer* .. - ' .,t.:, ,5 , 4 ..,, Ab oL , ......„,, . , :,i740 , / , .03 ,- F--"1.....:3 k 4, .._ . OMNIBUS COMPANY.) .:',•••,,,,N , " t 1 ( :•3 4 ,0PP1 1!. ' ar ,; - iL"-" 4 .. %lig" 'lour '..l' ' • '':%' r - ~, .-..0:4......Hir. ak i ,,, ~ ~,r, , , t),,,t, wt, ...4, willow r— 1 11 1 ~,,, te * iii , t. ft..itis-, 1 . .F ril '7 . d pa ,-.:;.., ~,,, / , .5 . 1 . ~ _ , ....9) , ,f7i44fi ags ,: ~. .....• •--• •• - ..40 1 ,4„ ~,,, , -0 put f, - ..,-,e ,-, ,,,. 1. t:',„...,. ttr . (111if\-:', 'ei , A L- . . 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Untertit . lizle'" 4 Ikt"' " hm b 4 te terdol i . 7 36. 1: 2-Dutc" ,„„ beo I stoel' .. , 31- --131 -Lona ° 90 NM „Oily I — " Ditta 6 22 3'l the I.JI C•r'l' d-plac e ' h. ili g yrcb 0 i i Jobs r. ' . I. ° llll 3 iSt'! i6 Guerll4 hn J'l l. 1, elde r ustol33°' Charle g maces' CAPt . 1, *ea gear ' Bart . 1:, M, r . " L c. 12 I pubitt► 10 8011, 0. 13' r „,, 1 irbol r ' from tr►i°' ry, tb° .0. of the • • 1114 W, lit 01°1 ;~ Fdtablished in Paris, under Acts of the 4th and 17th Decem ber 1855, as a " Societe en commandite," by which the liability of each Shareholder is limited to the amount sub eeribed. Oepttal- —Twenty-five Millions of Francs—One Million Sterling, In 250,000 Shares of 100 francs, or 4/. each. La Two Series.—The First, 200,000 Shares (800,0001.) The Second, 50,000 Shares (200,0001.) The First Series only will be issued at present. lIVAITTe Or THE COMPANT—liKentannrn, Carteret, Willing, sad Co. • • • AMON! hONDON. Awl. John Wilson, Messrs. Richard Hartley, „ John Barber, I „ John Trevett. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF SURVEILLANCE. Pebert Keating, Esq., M.P., Director of the London and County Bank, London. Le Comte De Lantivy, Paris. Yecossin, Administrateur de la Compagnie d'Assurance l'Ur be.ine, Paris, Frederic Tech', Banquier, Paris. ildwin Chadwick, Esq., C. 8., London. Augustin Dubois, Administrateur des Forges de Moatataire, ansion, Directeur-Gerant de l'Union Maritime, Paris. 'fl. Harriseon, Esq., Loudon. BANKIIRS. In Paris Messrs. Greene and Co. In Londola..• 1 Tho London and County Bank. Messrs. Roberts, Curtis, and Co. FOLICITORB. la Paris Mr. Petit Bergonz, ATOIIO au Tribunal de Pre miere Instance. In London Messrs. Wilkinson, Gurney, and Co. The andoubted advantages produced by the amalgamation et the omnibuses of Paris have originated the plan of concen trating in one great enterprise the several associations now Working the omnibuses of London. If in Paris thin amalgamation has made the capital con booted with it the most productive of any employed in loco luotioul it is destined to produce iu London effects of still treater importance. , Not only will large savings be effected in the present cost of working the omnibuses of London, by a system which, being Well organised in all its 'details, and at the same time amply supplying the wants of the public, will enable the Com pany to withdraw duplicate and :n some cases triplicate ve hicles running over the same ground at the same time, but important improvements, alike advantageous to the public and profitable to the Company, will be introduced. As rwards the•publie .A complete regularity in the ser vice, wVeh will confer all the advantages that iu this respect Paris piiiiesses over London, combined with speed ; the adoption' of Alois , -scale of charges, and the certainty that there will be no frequent and sudden changes in their amount : the departures and arrivals taken place at precise times, and in aecordance with a time bill, which will be pub !Med monthly, on the plan of the railway time tables. As regards the Shareholders: The receipts of the London omnibuses average 2/. 7s. a day each, and the expenses, in cluding wear and tear, about 2/. ls. 6d. ; this gives in the present state a net profit of about 100 1 . a year per omnibus. Under the improved system of working, this profit would be yond doubt be considerably increased. The average receipts *teach of the Paris omnibuses before the amalgamation were about V. Bs. a day ; ;since the amalgamation their daily aver age is 21. 17s. 6d. _ . In England, horse keep—the most expensive item con neeted'with omnibuses —cost■ less than in Paris. The raris Omnibus Company is liable, whenever the profits reach a .cortain percentage on the capital, to have the annual tax, to,which it is subjected, increased by order of the Go vernmint. No such power exists either with the English Goveriment or with the municipality of London. The purchase of a Loudon omnibuscomprises, as in Paris, the omnibus, its appurtenances, as well as the good-will or " times" or the omnibus. In Paris the Government compel the running of the omni busermitabe nearly the same at all seasons. In London, on the clitrary, the omnibus proprietors can proportion the ntimbit of vehicles to the season of the year and the hour of the *j, according to the wants of the public only. Hence 411 admotage in London denied to the Omnibus Company n ia . doznpelleel ko run as many vehicles late at kiglitAid:orrly.in•the`horning as in the most -ti t tsy pegiods Of throe; in theAiinteilli well , fts in summer. 40105 the 'outside fare is only half the inside — fare. In Lowit4ihey arethesami, and the outside of the omnibus is os mita' Used as the inside. . indicator, as used in the Paris omnibuses, is unknown ..n 7 itt adoption cannot fail to add largely to the rood sof this Company. As soon as the present•omnibuses are unfit for use, they will? -.replaced by opera, affording more comfet and bet ter inhciatiOn trilassenigt. Win the foregoing advantages both for the public and the shareholders of this Company, the services of the most experienced and intelligent omnibus proprietors have been secured, under whose management the business of the Corn- Pally will be conducted. Contracts have been - entered into for the purchase of the greateknumber of the 810 omnibuses now working in Lou don, end it is expected that arrangements for the remaining Parties will be completed at a very early date. Thejlrst Series of 200,000 shares only (800,0001.) will he hieueitlil the first instance. The capital so raised will pay for the 820 omnibuses, the leases of stables, yards, and other ProperWrequired for the working the omnibuses, as well as for a irorkinehnd. reserve fund. Tho latter, amounting to about 100,0,frOL, will give strength and security to the Corn- Pany. t • TheSeasond Series of 50,000 shares can only be issued with the sanction of a General Meeting of the Shareholders of the Com i lLny, and will be used to increase the business of the Company whenever circumstances shall render it necessary. Baal shareholder will have the right to this Second Series of simitos, at the rate of one for each four of the First Series of w Inkeli he is the possessor. The - duration of the Company is for 60 years. With' the present imperfect system of working, each of the Londcfn omnibuses gives an average profit estimated at 1001. Per annum, representing upon 810 omnibuses an annual pro fit of 81,0001., which alone would be sufficient to secure a di ridend of 10 per cent. upon the 800,0001. first subscribed. Assuming, in London, with the new system, an increase of ss. peg. day (instead of Sc., as has been the result of the atual gamation in Paris) to each omnibus, the result would be, on the tilaffic of 810 omnibuses, an annual profit of more than 150,0001., and upon the capital of 500,0001. would insure a dividi'nd of nearly 20 per cent. The Paris Omnibus Company is now paying at the rate of 15 per cent, per annum. It the intention of the Company to publish every week the traffic returns. 984:yer cent. of the dividend of the Company will belong to the Shareholders-11 only being appropriated to the ma nagement. Out of the capital subscribed a limited number of shares Lave been reserved for distribution in England, and may now be applied for. The applications for shares should be made in the sub joined form, and must be accompanied with a deposit of it. Per share with they bankers of the Company, on the number of shires applied for. The remaining 31. per share must be paid ',upon allotment, on the number of shares allotted. ,401 7ORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHIRRS. To tlia,Gerants of La Compagnio Generale des Omnibus do 4,qudres (the General London Omnibus Company). Geitlemen,—l request you will allot me shares id 41 4 each in tho above Company, and I engage to take t'ae sameir any lOss number that may be alloted to me. I have paid the deposit of It. per share, required by the prospectus, to the bankers of the Company, and I engage to pay the re tnainittg 31. upon allotment, on the number of shares allotted to me: !Kerne Profession Residence Date Thei, above application must be forwarded to the London and'County Bank, with the deposit of 11. per share on the smatter of shares applied for, against which the bankers will turniiiii a receipt. N.B.—Forme of applications for shares may be had at the Company's Temporary Offices, 47, Old Broad-street, London. TL RE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. SMITH. JIL Acting Manager, Mr. CHARLES MATHEWS. Stage Manager, Mr. ROBERT ROBBY. The Box office open daily, from Ten till Six o'clock, under the superintendence of Mr. Edward Chatterton. The REDUCED PRICES at this Theatre as follow :—Pri- Tate boxes, to hold two persons, 10s. 6d. ('s. for each person extra); on the grand tier, one guinea ; proscenium and stage boxest,•2/. 2s. ; galleries, 6d. and Is. ; pit, 2s. ; upper boxes, la fide; first circle, 2e. fid.; dress circle, 3s. MOONING PERFORMANCE EVERY WEDNESDAY, et Two o'clock. Mr. Charles _Mathews in Two Pieces. On - WEDNEWAY, Dec. 26th; Thursday, 27th; Friday, 118th: and Saturday. 29th, LrriTE TODDLEKINS. Prideipal character by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss M. Oliver. • To be followed by (first time at this theatre) TRYING IT ON, in which Mr. Charles Mathews and Miss M. Oliver will ap- The The The The The pear. eq. After-which will be produced an entirely Novel and Original Ind,uaive„,lnstrustive,..Anti - Hypochondriacal, Periodical, Episodical, Magical, Tragical, Logical, Chronological, Gra phical, Chorographical, Philosophical, Cryptographical, Paiabolical, Symbolical, Rhythmical, Mimical, Academical, Mechanical, Technical, Pyrotechnical, Historical, Harmo nical, Heroical, Typical, Allegorical, Metaphorical, Chime rical, Satirical, Historical, Metrical, Symmetrical, Lyrical, Musical, Practical, Poetical, Whimsical, Fantastic, and Side Shakespearean new GRAND COMIC CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME, Which for many for many weeks past has engaged the ex tensive and unrivalled resources of this establishment, and which will now appear under the additional, traditional, and peculiarly suggestive title of BEY DIDDLE DIDDLE ; or, Harlequin King Nonsense and the Seven Ages of Man. The Sceneryleutirely New, painted by and under the super- intendeuce of Mr. William Beverley, assisted by Messrs. James, Wilson, Gompertz, and numerous assistants. The Machinery by Mr. Tucker and assistants. The Pro perties, Decorations, &c., by Messrs. Needham, Glindou, and others. The Tricks by Messrs. Roo and assistants. Tho Choregraphic Arrangements under the direction of Madame Louise; The Masks and Personal Appointments designed and executed by the celebrated Dykwyukyn, Artist in Panto mimic Physiolognomy, and Photographic Delineator of Elves, Sprites, and Goblins to the Court of Fairy Land. The Overture and Music composed and arranged by Mr. J. H. Tnllys. ,The Comic Scenes by Harry Boleno, Glindon, and Z. L. Blanchard. The Grotesque Burlesque Opening in vented and written by E. L. Blanchard, Author of " Harle quin Hudibrai,", " King Humming•top," " Jack and Jill," the. ;..and the whole arranged and produced under the super intendence of Mr. Robert Roxby. Firßt of the Seven Ages—' The Infant." .• HALL OF NURSERY RHYMES, In , the dominions of King Nonsense. Heroes of Nursery Literature. Jack Sprat, Mr. Eatnofat ; Simple Simon, Mr. Tom Noddy ; Little / Jack Homer, Master Plummy • Little Bo Peep, Miss Fortywinks ; Little Tommy Tucker, Master Singsong ; Humpty Durepty, Mr. Eggshell ; Little Boy Blue, Master Bl ow i ?ora a co . -Mother -Hubbard, Mrs. Leayeabone ; The Cat and'the flare (tiom an original Kit-cat Portrait), by a distinguished Player ; King Nonsense (the Ruler of a great many Lines), Mr. Gliwice ; Spirit of Common Sense (on an occasional visit), Miss Fanny Reeves; Baby in Cradle, Little Teddlekins ; Routine and Redtape (banished to Nosodledom), Messrs. Musty and Rusty ; Old Friends and Now F 3.008 - " They have their Exits and their Entrances.." Second Age—" The School Boy." " Then the whining school-bey with his satchel . Ind shining /morning face, creeping like snail unwillingly to school." VILLAGE OF PRETTYWELL, with distant view of the Village Church and surrounding 4••• • country. —Early Morning. Young Hopeful (afterwards Harlegnin), - Signor Vernal.' ; Hobbedyhoy (his schoolfellow—afterwards Clown) Harry Bo leno ; Dr. Birch (the Village Schoolmaster—afterwards Pan taloon), Mr. G. Tanner; His Pupils, Masters Fagg, Bragg, Wagg, Nagg, Legg, Magg, Stagg, and Tagg ; Rosa (Ward. to " The Justice," and afterwards Columbine), Madame Boleno ; Miss Starch, Governess at " Mrs. Howdydo's Establishment for Young Ladies," in the Village of Prettywell-cum-Thankye). Miss Buckram ; Her Pupils--Misses Prattle, R tittle, Giggle, . Sniggle, Goggle, Joggle, Fangle, Dangle, Sidle, Ogle, Romp, Flirt, Slypuss, and Simpervroll ; Hobson (the Village Carrier), Mr. Packer ; Bun-woman, Mrs. Goody. Sums summed up somehow—School Forms and Ceremonies, Lessons not Lessened, and Cartoons for Young England—The Plum Cake and the Seedy Schoolmaster Working the Oracle and Playing the Truant How Young Hopeful wants to catch a Fish, and how Hobbedyhoy contrives to book it—How the Schoolmaster tries the rod, and how well somebody catches it—How Young Hopeful blows his own trumpet, and the Young Ladies Establishment comes cut all two, to, two too —a Game at Cricket and Dr. Birch bowled out. Third Age— " The Lover." " Then the Lever, Sighing like furnace with woful ballad Made to his Mistress's eyebrow." BLACKSMITH'S FORGE AND ROAD-SIDE INN (Sunset). Hobb and Nobb (the Village Blacksmiths), Messrs. Batter and Clatter; afterwards Sprites, Th o Brothers Elliot; Doublestout (Mine Host of the " Leather Bottle), Mr. Arra narf ; Cuminsir (Head Waiter), Mr. Readytongue ; Yesser and Noser (his Assistants), Messrs. Cut and Run ; Cook, Mr, Basteivell ; Boots, Mr. Tizzy ; Chambermaid, Miss Bobaday ; Serjeant Kite (a Recruiting Officer—afterwards Pantaloon), Deulin Johnson ; " The Justice" (ono of the " Great Un paid"—afterwards Clown), Tem Matthews ; Flipper and Flunkey (his Footman) Messrs. Cringe and Crawley ; Re cruits, Messrs. Gawky, Gaby, Grimm, Gluinm, Gabble, and Grinaway ; Fifer, Mr. Tootle ; Drummer, Mr. Rowdydow ; Clodhopper and Chawbacon (Agricultural Labourers), Messrot. Bumpkin and Joskyu. The sparks from the anvil amorous and hammer-us—The Iron struck whilst it is hot—The Lover's Sonnet—The Jus tice's tongue and course of True Love—neither running smoth—" List, list, oh, list l"—which he does—The cense quendes thereof, and how Serjeant Kite, being the Author of a great Military Work, gets a good Review. Fourth Age—" The Soldier." " Then a Soldier, Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel, Seeking the bubble reputation, even in the cannon's mouth," OLD ABBEY RUINS (Evening). The Try-sting Place and tho Lover's Reverie—" Oh, there's ilothing half so sweet in life as Love's young dream," " Dream on, good youth, and show the world awake, The wondrous charge that only love can make." The Spirit of Love, Miss Wadham—Cupid (her Messenger), Master Mischief. Hape, Joy, Desire, Happiness, Truth, Delight, Rapture, Romauce, dec., by Misses Richardson, E. Richardson, L. Honey, &c. Rapid, Mechanical, and Marvellous Scenic Metamorphosis, revealing THE ABODE OF LOVE. Illumined by the Electric Light of One Hundred Bright Eyes. Grand Ballet d'Amonr—Principal Dancer, Miss Rosina Wright, assisted by Mdlles. Therese, Marian Lees, Scc. Fifth Age—" The Justice." " And then the Justice, In fair round belly, with good capon lined, With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances ; And so he plays his part." JUSTICE HALL IN THE OLD MANOR HOUSE, TWILIGHT. Farmer Whackstraw, Mr. Grumblewell ; Constable, Mr. Hardstaff; Villagers, Messrs, Gape, Grin, Stare, Shiver, Tremble, Delve, die. A memorable Sentence and a recent Period put to it - The Country Squire and the Effects of a great Cause—How the Justice loses his Heir, and how the Fugitives become bawled after. sixth Age " The Lean and Slippered Pantaloon." The Ruined Cottage of Old Age—Winter—Firelight. Old Ago (sans teeth, sans eyes, sans teeth, sans taste, sans everything), Mr. rentonarian. Seventh Age—sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans every thing." Sudden Talismanic Dissolving of the Snow to the IRIGHI REALMS OF PERPETUAL SUMMER. Double Pantomimic Transmogrification. 'wo Harlequins ... Signor Verroni and Herr Furth. 'wo Columbines Mine. Boleno and Marie Charles, ' l vo Pantaloons Messrs. Tanner and Deulin Johnson. .'wo Sprites The Brothers Elliott. 'wo Clowns ... Harry Bolen° and Tom Matthews. SCENE OF INTEREST—TWO TO ONE—Boleno. Buttered Peas—Cheese it—Taking the Plodge—Pop't up— pop't in, and pop't out—Equal Division—Principal and In terest—flow to evade the Act—Betting versus Cigars— " What's the odds so long as you're happy ?"—The Right Tip to raise the Wind—The Odds to the Hod—List, oh, list !—Wrong to-back-her, and no Returns—Settling Day, a regular Settler—Gone for the Leger—ln for the Oaks—A Bankrupt's Stock, and a Case of Bale, concluding with a regular Smash. A SCENE OF INDUSTRY.—BoIeno. A sweet Place—flonesty the best Policy-Honey and Whacks (Wax)—Rising Steps and Steps Rising—Catching Bees all a Hum—lt Beehoves you to Bechave. when you attack a Bee hive—Swarming and Warming—Enlarged Heads upon a New Principle—Domestic Bees—Long Needles—Royal Summons —Arrival of Queen Bee and Suite—Grand Charge—Tableau. SCENE OF EXCITEMENT—PARIS EXHIBITION—A CAFE BESIEGED.—BoIeno. Th•:Meeting of All Nations (Russian oxcepted)—Fraternisa tion—Cordiality of the Allies—" All the World's a Stage !" —Arrival of the World and his Wife, and the whole of his Family, commencing with their Eldest Daughter, the " Fa shionable World ;" followed by th• " Sporting World ;" the " Dramatic World ;" the " World upside down ;" the "Wide World ;" the " Wicked World ;" and the " World in Arms." Lodgings at a Premium—Not a bed to be had—" My Lodging is on the cold (coal) Ground"—Clown and Pantaloon go Down to Bed—" A Sweet Good Night to all." A SCENE OF CONFUSION (LAID IN BEDS). "To bed, to bed"--"'Tie when to Sleep the World retires" —The Night Mare, which makes Clown a little hoarse—As Thick as Three in a bed—A Night Concert., which dis-concerts the Lodgers—" We won't go borne till morning"—Putting them on the Shelf—Natives and a Settler—The War Whoop, the War Dance, and a Warming-pan Accompaniment—Fire Fire! Fire!—The House in an Uproar - Speedy Exit of some of the Lodgers, which finishes with " Confusion worse con founded." THE WEST END AND THE CITY. Scott's Tavern, Haymarket, and Samuel Brothers, Ludgate hill—Measures and men—Hits and Skits at Everything and Everything—lnns and Outs— Shoo-black Brigade —A Polished Gentleman—Comic Duet between the Clown and a Blacking. Bottle Howlett's Hair Dye—A Dyer's Material—A Dire Art for Falsehood framed— Coloured Imitations—The Sydenham Trousers —Height of Fashion—Genuine Malt and Hops—All. sopp's Pale Ale—The East and the West—Scott's Lot, and a Race for Public Favour. NUMBER ONE, LONDON. A Visit to Dakin's Tea Establishment, St. Paul's—" In to apes eat"—Bohemians and Teetotallers—Great Drawing Mate rials—The Magic Chest and the Enchanted Teapot—Clown gets Tea in it, and Pantaloon gets into Hot Water in conse quence—Omnibus Companies on the Old System and the New System, and the System that don't assist 'sm—Strong Opposi tion, and final discovery of the " Right Mon in their Right Places"—Whack, bang, flip-flap, hey, presto, and Change to " LAST SCENE OF ALL that ends this strange eventful History." Doors open at Half-past Six, and commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GA.RD EN.— Professor ANDERSON, the Great Wizard of the North, respectf u ll y announces that this THEATRE will open on WEDNESDAY NEXT, Dec. 26, under his manage ment. He has fortunately succeeded in arranging with the Directors of the Royal Italian Opera for a short season, dur ing which ho will produce 111.11 y novelties at this the most magnificent Theatre in the Metropolis. On WEDNESDAY, Dec. 26, he will have the honour of presenting his Entertain menr of MAGIC and MYSTERY, on a new and more ex tended scale, as performed by him 129 times at the Lyceum Theatre, before an aggregate audience of 339,000 ; to be fol lowed by the Great National, Historic, and Chivalric PAN TOMIME, which has been so many months in reparation of the BELLE ALLIANCE; or Harlequin ;Good Humour, and the Field of the Cloth of Gold. Professor Anderson hopes that the Nobility and the Public will appreciate his efforts to open Covent Garden Theatre during the Christmas season. Associated as the history of the house is with so many glo rious recollections of Christmases that have long since passed away, when " The Pantomime at Covent-garden" was the town talk at Christmas-tide, and when to go and see it was as much a matter of course as to place the holly over the mantel, or hang the mistletoe in the hall. Mr. A n d erson trusts that a Pantomime reproduced on the same boards—the boards whereon the fame of " Mother Goose" was acquired, and the popularity of the " Great Bed of Ware" was won, and produced on these beards with more attention to details and to scenic effect than has ever been given to any Pantomime, will certainly enlist the patronage, and those whose pleasant memories of Covent-garden rendered to them the recognised field of Pantomimic triumph, as it will attract the visits of those who have heard only with curiosity of that which the stage of Covent-garden can produce. As the Royal Italian Opera, the house for years has been the most distin guished, as it is the noblest Theatre which London pos sesses. Since it has been rebuilt and remodelled it has been comparatively shut up to the public generally. The Theatre of Royalty, the house of fashion, the heavy expenses of its directors, have rendered it impossible to open its doors at the usual theatrical prices. Professor Anderson now sub mits his intention (in fall confidence that it will be understood and duly valued by the public), to make the admission to the Theatre Royal Covent-garden the same as that charged to theatres of less pretensions and with less capabilities to ac commodate an audience. The whole of the magnificent bal cony recently erected after the Continental model, and a pa rallel to which is not to be found in any theatre in Great Bri tain, will be retained, and present its unrivalled coup-d'oeil of beauty every evening; the admission to it will be 4s. The Pri vate Boxes on the third tier will be removed to form a range of Upper Boxes unequalled by any other theatre in London; the price of admission to which will be 2s. 6d. There will be no pit stalls ; but the entire of the extensive and majestic Pit, capable of holding more than 1,500 persons, will be given to the public at an entrance fee of 2g. The fourth tier of boxes will be completely removed, and added to the Amphi theatre, so as to constitute one immense, commodious, and most eligible gallery, the admission to which will be One Shilling only, while it will command a view of every part of the stage, and of the stupendous and elegant house. In fact no attention will be spared by Mr. Anderson to render Co vent-Garden Theatre, par excellence, the house for Christmas Entertainment ; nor will he forget, while consulting the con venience of the public, to supply them with the best talent that money can command for their amusement. Tho inducements which have led him to undertake so large a venture have been numerous, and were he quite sure that the public would feel interested in learning them and his ar rangements for their entertainment, he would cease to speak of himself in the third person, and address them most re spectfully somewhat in this style:—Ladies and Gentlemen— Considering myself deeply indebted to my generous patrons, the British public, who, after several years of uninterrupted favours, have recently thought fit to visit me nightly at the Lyceum Theatre, l ea ving me such substantial proofs of thei r friendship and munificence as I scarcely know what to do with, it seemed obviously my duty, in the commonest grati tude, to attempt something for the benefit and amusement of that public, on a scale previously unattempted either by my self or others. The question was—how to do it 1 Wizards, tafter all, are but mor t a l me n with restricted powers. The . pnblio liked to see me ; they could toe uo more of mo than existed. Even 1 could not make myself into two Wizards, and as for finding another Wizard, or anybody else at all like me (though I have frequently been ridiculed for my modesty) I was bound to reject the idea as preposterous and out of the question. Could I improve my magic ? I could vary it, /XS I do every night; but to quote my respected friends, the linen drapers' assistants (half price at 9 o'clock gentleman), " the quality of the article would remain the same." Could I do anythiug towards improving the personal comfort of my pa trons in the matter of seats, warmth, ventilation, ate. 1 Can didly, I did not see much room for improvement in that di rection, though I made a memorandum of the idea as a small item to be attended to in my debt of gratitude. Would it be any use multiplying the Bottle Trick by two hundred dozen and sending away my guests in a state of unusual exhilara tion 1 No ! that would be a coarse and vulgar admission that my friends only came to see me for what they could get. Would it be any gratification to the public if I were to stand to be shot at by the best marksman in London, (say my friend, Gordon Cumming) with a real non-enchanted bullet I was perfectly willing to risk any sacrifice, oven my life, in such a cause ; but then came the terrible afterthought —what would be the condition of London the next day, on finding itself without a Wizard? As a last expedient I thought —Could I give my patroue their money back 1 I deliberated over this momentous question for some hours, and at last came to the understanding that it was impossible I I bad almost given the matter up as a bad job, and come to the dis heartening conclusion that nothing could be done but to go on in the old course, introducing, if possible, more splendour, more novelty, more bewilderment into my tricks time for merly; making my theatre more like a palace—or like a home— than ever. But no I—in painstaking devotion to the amusement of my patrons—in untiring exertions, in the humblest and most energetic desire to please, I could not alter, I had arrived, I repeat, at this desponding conclusion, when a practical friend called upon me and threw out the following suggestion ; " If you have got so much money that you don't know what to do with it, and wish to ged rid of it in one lump for the amusement of the public, why don't you take Covent-garden There was certainly something in that. Still I hesitated a moment, when he added—" And open with a Pantomime." Eureka ! I had found IL I wrung that practical friend's hand with fervour —took his advice—a cab—and Covent-garden Theatre within the hour. lam bound to state that the preliminary expenses of the Covent garden Pantomime have triumphantly answered their ex pected purpose. Nevertheless, great deliberation and inge nuity were necessary, in order to bring the outlay up to the desired mark. In the first place, a subject necessitating un paralleled splendour and gorgeousness of spectacle, scen - ry, and decorations was indispensable. I was some time in find ing one cf sufficient costliness, but at length decided on an Australia - California-Rothschild Koh-i-noor-Bank-of-England parlour species of pantomime—to be entitled Ye Belle Alliance; or, Harlequin Good Humour and the -Field of the Cloth of Gold. This subject was extravagant enough, in all conscience, for the most golden age of Pantomime. The 'text question was to secure an author on appropriately ruinous terms. The name of Sterling Coin naturally suggested itself ; but that gentleman having other engagements. I cast my eyes about among the gold mines of the age's intellect, and decided upon Mr. Harris and Mr. George Augustus Sale, two jewelled ornaments to the Augustan Era of burlesque literature—the riches of whose imagination would naturally call for an adequate rate of ex change in the current coin of the realm. These gentlemen I employed to write the opening for me ; and I am bound to say, the skill and workmanship they have displayed in ham mering out and fashioning the precious ore into the daintiest shapes and devices, is worthy of a Goldsmith. My next step was to engage a scene painter, Mr. William Beverley, a gen tleman who has been rolling in gold and jewels all his life. It is needless to say that when he has been engaged it has not been for nothing ; and few will dispute the right of any pic ture he ever painted to be set in the most sumptuous gold frame. Mr. Beverley was accordingly secured. But even now the inroads on the doomed exchequer were barely per ceptible. I looked about for the disengaged musical com poser and director, whose notes were worth most gold is the market, and was so fortunate as to come to terms with Mr. Loder, whom I instructed in playful north country phrase to spire no amount of brass in his orchestral arrangements. The balance on hand was still tremendous. At this time Monsieur Guerin, from Paris, a elistinguished operative in the spectacle lino, relieved me of a considerable amount, by arranging the ocular department of the entertainment, so as to astonish the weakest optic nerves, and enable me to defy any other establishment to produce a pair of such geld spec. tacles I I was compelled to mask my intentions for a while by the employment of Mr. George Ewing, a model of model lers, whose sterling talent rendered him most fitting to model my sovereigns, Henry VIII. and Francis I. The tailors' and dressmakers' bills also, of Mr. SmiGhers and Mrs. James, who were ordered to spare no lavishness of gold cloth, gold thread, gold lace, gold beater's akin, and what not, added to a docu, went of immeasurable length (which I speak of in my hu mourous way as the golden legend) front Mr. Priscott, the property man, or fashioner of appointments, whose charges for gold leaf, gold watches, gold rings, golden numbers, golden ointment, and golden syrup, are something fearful ; these did begin to dip somewhat deeply in what my clown facetiously terms, " the tureen of mint sauce." And when I came to calculate the enormous sums I had been tricked out of by two gentleman named Brough, another called Harris, and a third by the name of Dorrington (especially the latter) for the tricks and changes, I felt that a trick must be good indeed that called for such an intolerable quantity of change, and began to feel that my accumulated sovereigns had indeed un dergone a large amount of the process vulgarly known as sweating. I was not yet daunted—in spite of the consider able amount I allowed Mr. B. Barnett, as ballet master, with au innumerable corps of golden-haired nymphs, to dance away with. I solicited Mr. Flexmore (stamped current as the shining sovereign clown) in popular phrase to "tumble into" whatever salary he liked to name. (It is needless to say that ho named a goad one.) W. A. Barnes, the great transatlantic pantomimist, Mr. C. Brown, and Miss Emma Horne I engaged as pantaloon, harlequin, and columbine. It will readily be seen that each of these eminent " legs " stepped into a tole rable sum. Another " little treasure," in the shape of Miss Harriet Gordon (who plays Good Humour in the opening), had to be provided for, as well as Mr. Harry Pearson, with an efficient company of comedians —each entitled to a crown in his various department. Some hundreds of supernume raries, scene shifters, carpenters, and " extras" in every de partment, who may be regarded as so many piles of " small change" in the financial scheme, were foend to mount up pro digiously. Having shown the public that the money with which they have been kind enough to entrust me has been faithfully laid out for their amusement, I will proceed to describe the items of the investment. The subject of the Pantomime is one of national importance, illustrating, by an historic parallel, the greatest event of this or any other age within the history of the two nations, THE ANGLO-FRENCH ALLIANCE ! _ _ _ --- --- - The piece, as will be seen by an explanatory lino in the bill, is entitled " A LEGEND OF THE MEETING OF THE MONARCHS." And the various circumstances which attended the meeting of Henry VIII. and Francis I. on the Field of the Cloth of Gold are so introduced as to bear on recent occurrences. The reader shall hear in what manner. Scene I.—" The Subtorraneous abode of the Gnome Brita nicus." Scene 2.—" The Land's End, Cornwall, with the departure of the Gnsine Britanicus to France." Diorama No. 1. " The entry of the Emperor Napoleon to London." Diorama No. 2. " The visit of Victoria and Napoleon to the Tomb of Napoleon I. in the Invalidee at Pal iB." Scene 3._.. The Deck of the Royal Harry, 128 guns—the Departure of Henry VIII. for France." Diorama No. 3. " The Voyage from England to France." Scene 4.—" The Chateau of Francis I. at Guisnes." Scene 5.—" The Field of the Cloth of Gold, including a grand Ballet and the Great Tournament after Holbein's cele brated picture." , Scene 6.—" The Bedchamber of the Monarchs." Scene 7.—" The Farm-house of Blondettee." Scene 5.—" The immense Transformation Scene (painted by W. Beverly) of the Abode of the Fairy Good Humour in the Realms of Eternal Starlight." The concluding Scene, designed by M. Guerin, painted by Mr. W. Beverly, and on which an expenditure of many hun dred pounds has been incurred, will form a Grand Military Spectacle, representing the " Apotheosis of England and France, with the descent of the Genius of Victory with the Coronals of Valour." The Band will be conducted by Mr. Chas. Hall, and will be the largest in Louden, the performers being first-class. The extensive and complicated Machinery by Mr. H. Sly man. 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Price One Shilling, Now publishing, in 2,600 pages Imperial Octavo, price 365., THE POST OFFICE LONDON DIREC TORY FOR 1856.—Most gratifying Reviews of the huge volume have appeared in all the leading Metropo litan Journals, of which only very short extracts can he here quoted. " In short, this work contains all that can reasonably be required in a Directory, and much more, probably, than was ever found in one before. It may be safely referred to for information upon everything connected with the metropolis and the elements which constitute its wealth and importance." t —Times, Dec. 8, 1855. The Post Office London Directory is indeed a triumph of energy, enterprise, and combined talents of many orders, to which,udp e o s ur y e e fl s. eeLio 3rn n r , oeveingAtite every one will Nov.be readyo assign the merit it er 12, 1855. 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U' in noticing in all its details, in the most favotrable man ner, this valuable and highly successful volume, we may casually remark that the year 185 , i will witness its publica tion unopposed by attempted competition—a work of similar character, though by no means equal iu c orrectness of ar rangement and detail, having, after an ephemeral existence, entailing enormous loss to its projectors, been at length aban doned. This was a result which, we think, might have been easily foreseen ; for it appe ars t o as beyond question that the sale of so exclusive and peculiar a work as the London Di rectory will never repay the expense of preparing two such publications, which, if accurate, must bo counterparts of each other."—Mining Journal, November 17, 1855. " Extent , variety, and accuracy of i n formation ' so far as we have had occasion to test it, i s no t the only feature of the book. Its production is a typographical curiosity."— Spectator, November 17, 1855. 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But what of the future of this wonderful book f As it lies on its side it stands already some two hands high, and t o spread implies the covering of an ordinary ble."— out the map E xam iner, November 24, 1855. "Since last year, a fruitless attempt to establisba second London Directory' has been wisely abandoned. There is no room for a rival wo rk of this magnitude being published with profit ; and this publication has the prestige of having been established a bove half a centui7."—Literary. Gazette, No vember 24, 1855. It is a wonderful achievement, however we regard it, and its daily and hourly utility alone is sufficient to recommend office, shop, and place of business."— it to every hote l, Weekly Dispatch, November 25, 1855. 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ROME IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the Transfer Books of the above Company will be Closed from Tuesday, the Ist day of January, 155' 1 , to Tuesday, the 15th, both days inclusive, for the purpose of making np the Half Year's Interest accrued on the " A" Series, Quetre and Itich - nond, St. Lawrence and Atlantic, and Toronto and Guelph Issues of Grand Trunk Shares. Each of the Proprietors registered on the 31st December, will have a Warrant forwarded to him for the amount of Interest to that date. Notice is also given, that tho Interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum accruing on Debenture Certificates, No. 1 (or Company's), and Debenture Certificates, No. 2 (or Government), up to the 31st December, will be payable on and after the IGth Januery, 1853, the Certificates to be deposited at this °Mee three clear days prior to the receipt of the interest. By order of the Board. C. P. RONEY, Secretary. Offices of the Company, 21, Old Broad•street, London, 19th December, 1855. A 5 0 0 £5OO ( £3 0 0 OUR WWl:it/MS[IED PENINSULAR GENERALS. Now ready, in Two Vols., with P or t ra it s, 21 8. , LIVES OF BRITISH GENERALS Distinguished during the °rest Peninsular War. By J. W. COLE, U.P., 21st Fusiliers. London: Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. THE BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. X LT., price 65., will be published January I . CONTBMTS : 1. Prescott's Philip 2. Thunderstorms—AragO. 3. Mormonism—Whence came 1t? tj 34 3 4. 89ngsof the Dramatists. h. Influence of Romanistn and Protestantism. 6. Men and Women. by Robert Browning. 7. Theology—The New Oxford Movement. tr .„,: 8. The War—its Ethics and Object. 9. Oar Epilogue on Affairs and Books London: Jackson and Watford, 18, St. raes Churchyard; ant Slmpkln, Marshall, and Co., Stationere_hall-court. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.-IJnrivalleci Attractions at the ROYAL PANOPTICON, including a New Diorama. Lectures on Natural Magic and Chemistry for the Young, a Christmas Musical Melange, Luminous Fountain, &c., &c. hours of Exhibition, 11.30 to 2, 3 to 5.30, and 7to 10. Admission, One ShiPing. Schools and Children, half•ptice. Stalls, 2s. CRONSTADT.—GREAT GLOBE, Leicester equare.—A large MODEL of CRONST A DT, with the Forts and Batteries : Sweaborg, and the Baltic.—Great Globe. Leicee:t square. Admission to the wh.,le building One Shilling ; Children and Schools half-price. Russian Infernal Machine, taken from off Cron stadt, expla'ned every half-hour. MONT BLANC TO-NIGHT, at 8 o'clock, and WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, and FRIDAY, at 3 and B. Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. LOAN.—Th© NEW RIVER COMPANY aro prepared to receive TENDERS for SUMS of MONEY (raised under the provisions and requirements of their Acts of 1852 and 1551) on Bonds of not less than 5001., for three, flee, or seven years, at 4% per cent. interest, payable halt•vesrly. . . Further information may be obtained, if required, of the ander signed, at the New River Office, New River Heed, Clerken well, be tween the hours of Ten dud Four, to whom Tenders are to be addressed for the Directors. By orlon FRED. INGLIS, Clerk. New River Office, Nov. 30, 1855, 1 1 0 COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS and Others.—Th• TRAVELLERS' and MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY grant Policies of Insurance against EVERY DESCRIP TION of ACCIDENT, whether occurring whilst travelling or other wise. CAPITAL, 250,0001. TRUPTEES. The Right Honourable Earl Film!lllam, K.G. Matthew Marshall, Esq. (Bank of England)" William Smee, Esq. (Bank of England). Sir Charles Fox. EXAMPLE OF RATES. £2 0 0 .41 5 0 I Forms of Propos tl, Prospectuses, &a., may be obtained at the Chief Offices, 42 and 43, Poultry, London, between 10 and 4 o'clock. RANCI3 COBHAM, Registrar. BANK of L O N D O N. (Incorporated by Boyal Chatter.) Capital, GOO,OOO/. HEAD tawarNo-IlorsE—Threadneodle-street (late the Hall of Commerce). CHARINO-SROSS MUNCH-450, West Strand. BOARD OF DIRECTORS._ JOHN VILLIERS SHELLEY, Bart., M.F., 2b, Park-lane, and Marestield-park, Sussex. Tica-Cnstuusts.—JOHN GRIFFITH FRITH, Esq. (Frith, Sands, and Co.), Austin-friars. John Edmund Anderdon, Esq., Devonshire•terrace, Hyde-park. Major William Elsey, H.E.1.C.5., Bank House, Acton. Thomas Gooch, Esq. (Gooch and Cousens, London-wall), Brixton- rise. - Jeremiah Greatorex, Esq. (Bradbury, Greatorex, and Co., Alder naanbury), Spring-hill House, Upper Clapton. Alexander Constantine lonides, Esq. (firm of louides, figuuta, mud Co.. Gracccburck-street), Tulse-hill. Charles Joyce, Esq. (firm of Charles Joyce and Co., Moorgato-street), Gloucester-gardens, Hyde-park. Thomas Luce, Esq., M.P., Albemarle-street, and Malmesbary. Wilts. Henry Morris, Esq., late of the Madras Civil Service, 25, Mark-lane, City. Bir Henry Muggeridge, Aldermai and Sheriff of London, Bt. Andrew's. kill, City, and Streatham-common, Surrey. Alfred Wilson, Esq. (Tenable., Wilson, and Tyler, Queenhithe), Firgrove, Weybridge, Surrey. TERMS OF BUSINESS. Current or drawing accounts are received, and interest allowed on balances. DEPOSIT Acoorars.--The rate of interest now allowed on depo sits at ten days' notice of withdrawal is 5 per cent. on sums of 101. •nd upwards. English and Foreign Agency and every description of Banking Business undertaken. ADVANTAGES OFFERED TO CUSTOMERS BY THE BANK F a ilx aortr.—Receiving -- O e F d let ° t i e l o p f ° h7t . erest on their balances, the customers participate in the profits without incurring the risk of partnership. 9sc rßlTlr•—ik capital of 600,0001., of which 300,0601. is paid np sad Btvosted. This capital, or any portion thereof, cannot be withdrawn. Further security is afforded by four hundred partners, whose lia bility is not limited to the amount of the capital or of thel p r u re us sp h e: B YO shares. PeaucerY.—The assets aad liabilities of the hank are b monthly in the " Gazette." Auditors to examine the acooants are appointed by the share holders. A full account of the position of the Bank, attested by the Audi tors, must be publLsbed at least once in every year. BEcutcy.—Whlle complete publicity al regards the position of tile Bank is provided for, the pecuniary affairs of the customers art pro tected by declarations of secrecy executed by the Directors, Mana ger, and the officers of every grade. (By order). MATTHEW MARSIIALL, jun., Manager. BENJAMIN SCOTT, Secretary, ThreadstElle-etnet, Decimbor 6, abb. btt Ls' PAPE 71 - • A - Af t AA . • ' • "1 rl • • 7 • • f - - - salary was then to commence at 6001. a-year ;an it wait 1 /.71.7.ep further arranged that ifhe' could save th e company:wires* -304r h ,4" by his management exceeding 10,0001. a-year he should VP ceive 5 per cent. on the amount of that excess. When hit a first became chairman he objected to the heavy percentag e l T aLe r a .S Mr. Godch presented for payment, and for several months they were not paid; ultimately the matter was referred t L . Mr. R. Stenhonson, a ho recommended the payment • : Mr. Gooch's claim. use facts wero known to the corn *ittee, but the , had entirely suppressed them. He (Me' Waddington) had never approved that egreement ; th moment the opportunity offered (in May last) le gave nel tics for its termination. The question for the shareholders to decide was whether they had gained by the experimet.t. The working expenses had been 46 153. pert] ain mile when he came into office, and they had been reduced to 28.87 d. per train mile ; the locomotiv e expenses were 17.81 d., and they had been reduced to 9.664:• and for the lest half-year were 11.15 d. per train mile. Holed received 5 per cent. fit about 50,0001. a-year. With regard to the committee's re port on the stores and the frauds and losses in that depart . - ment Mr. Waddington states that they had been found out not by the committee, but by himself. The Committee of Investigation made no discovery with regard to this de partment. Everything to which their report refers was in vestigated and discovered long before they were appointed. The plunderers here detected, tried at the Old Bailey, and transported. It appears that the Stores Committee had relied too confidingly on Mr. Williams, who had ne glected his duties, and was accordingly dismissed. Groat blame was attached to the Stores Committee for neglect of their duties. The Committee of Investigation had stated that they did not know whether the loss by those frauds had been 10,0001. or 40,0001. The auditors' report showed the deficiency to be 4,338/., but Mr. S. Britten, the accoun tant to the stores, disputes the accuracy of that account, and estimates the deficiency at only 1,2631. With regard to the articles sold for old materials it appeared long before the committee was appointed that some horsehair worth 130/. was improperly sold for 100'., and the storekeeper was severely reprimanded. As to the increase of capital sines the 30th of June, 1851, being 1,213,9321., the chairman fully admits it; but states that when he became chairman they were working 322 miles of railways ; they were now working 518 miles, showing an increase of 226 miles. Those new lines have cost in purchase and construction 51Q,000/., and fer rolling stock taken 200,003., total 750,000/. Since he became chairman the earnings had in creased by 450,0001. a year, being 373 per cent. on the out lay of 1,214,0001. He states that when he became their chairman they were dividing nothing,: but during the sub sequent four years they had divided 6,c2,752/. During the three half-years before he filled the chair they divided 2s. per share, or 34,2091. ; but during the three half-years afterwards they divided 15s. per share, or 218,7381. He contended that every addition to ca atal had had a corres ponding effect upon their revenue, sa'ne' + l, vq, if the capital were increased in Me next five year the same propora tion and with the same results the Eastern Counties would pay 5 per cent. Mr. Waddington disputes the whole of 'the items, amounting to 36,00 W., which the committee say should be charged in reduction of the net revenue. He explains the reason why they removed the banking acoonnt to the Union Bank, the nature of their advances to the Norfolk and Eastern Union Companies and to Mr. Wythes, the contractor; also 8,0001. to the Corporation of Harwich, on account of a purchase. He concludes with an energetic appeal to the shareholders, asking them whether they will consent to hand over the management of their property to the East Anglian interest, or any of the members of the Committee of Investigation. In conclusion he states : "Errors and mistakes I may have committed in direct ing your vast, varied, and complicated affairs ; but this I can honestly say, that for 5 years past I have placed at your disposal all my time, the best of my faculties, and whatever experience of railway affairs long and intimate acquaint ance with them has afforded me. To entire devotion to your interests and unremitting labour in your affairs I have added integrity of purpose and of conduct, which I will allow no man to impeach. I now leave my answer to the judgment of unprejudiced minds. That it will satisfy rancour and malice I cannot expect; but that it will exonerate me where truth and justice prevail from foul imputation and false charges I am certain; and in the conviction that I have throughout acted as an honest and an honourable man." Naval and Military Intelligence. The Pylades, 21, screw corvette, Capt. D'Eyncourt, arrived at Spithead on Saturday from the Baltic. Ou Saturday afternoon the Transit naval steam-transport, Commander C. R. Johnson, embarked the 2d Light In fantry Regiment of the British German Legion, consisting of two battalions of 500 each, at the dockyard, for Scutari. These levies present the appearance of remarkably fine men, intelligent looking, and of mature soldierly bearing. They were supplied with every probable necessary, and the Transit went out of harbour with them fur their desti nation yesterday morning under very favourable aspects of wind and moderated weather, after a most tempes tuous night. The steam-transport Imperador went alongside Portsmouth dockyard on Saturday to prepare for the embarkation this day of the 3d Light Infantry Regiment of this Legion for the same destination. By the spring four regiments of the British German Le gion, 1,000 strong each, will be assembled at Scutari, in fine sirviceable condition and efficiency. The steam sloop Pt ly phemus, 5, Commander Warren, left Spithead on Saturday for foreign service, calling at Plymouth. The screw-sloop Ariel, 9, Commander Maxse, left Spithead on Saturday. The Vixen and Rhadainanthus steam-transports left Portsmouth on Saturday (after un• loading machinery f,r steam-ships fitting out at that dockyar,i) for Woolwich. All officers selected to com mand gun-boats for the ensuing campaign are to be sub jected to a preliminary examination and training in prac tical gunnery on board her Majesty's ship Excellent, at Portsmouth, commencing on the Ist Jan. next. Vice- Admiral Sir T. Cochrane', commaud•in-chief of Psrts mouth expires on the 27th inst. ; be will be succeeded on the 31st by Vice-Admiral Sir G. Seymour, K.C.8., who has selected fur his staff, Captain (flag) A. S. Ila= mond ; Flag-Lieutenant, M. R. Pechell ; and Secretary, Mr. J. W. M. Ashby (Paymaster R.N., 1852). Captain Gordon, of the Victory, will remain flag captain for a few weeks longer until relieved by Capt. Hammond, The steam-transports Sir J. Eastbope, No. 152, and Northumberland, No. 51, arrived at Spithead yesterday from the East, to he paid out of the transport service. Her Majesty's ship Albion, 90, Captain Drummond, has arrived at Plymouth. The King of STArdinia, has sent, through the Marquis d'Azeglio, the Sardinian Minister, the following presents to officers of the Royal navy at Portsmouth, in com memoration of his isit to that port :—To Capt. the Hon. J. Denman, commanding her Majesty's yachts, a gold watch of novel manufacture ; to Lieut. Newcomen, first lieutenant of her Majesty's ship Victory, who had charge of the Royal yacht Osborne, fitted out for the accommo ition of the King, a set of diamond shirt studs ; and to Mr. Paul, commanding the steam-tender Fire Queen, one of the squadron of honour to the King, aset of gold *est buttons and sleevelings. The following appointments were made. on Saturday at the Admiralty :—Commander lll'Leod B. Cockraft to the Agamemnon ; Lieutenant H. D. Grant to the Pearl • Lieut. E. F. Weld to the Seaho rse; Li eu t. R. R ei d to the Brunswick ; Lieut. A. Hamilton to the Conway; Lieut. S. E. Lomax: to the Devastation ; Lieut. C. Fair hohne to the Pearl ; Lieut. R. M. Gillson to the Vul ture ; Lieut. T. B. Hollin worth to the Brunswick ; Lieut. J. P. Cheyne to the Seahorse; Lord Mon tg,omerie, naval cadet., to the Conqueror ; H. R. Gawler, master, to the Devastation ; W. J. Olive, master, to the Brunswick ; J. W. 11. Howey, master, to the Seahorse ; Duncan J. Louttid, matter, to the Pearl ; C. W. Eeles, paymaster, to the Brunswick ; J. C. Payne, paymaster, to the Arro gant ; J. Singleton, master, to the Royal William ; A. A. Speed, paymaster to the Pearl ; C. W. Soirgese, pay master, to the Devastation ; R. G. Browne, paymas ter, to the Seahorse ; J. Hill, paymaster, to the Forth ; W. S. Crealoch, paymaster, to the Fisgard ; G. Shield, assistant-clerk, to the Brunswick ; Owen Joynson, tem porary &elk, to the Brunswick. The paddle-wheel steamer Dee, Master-Commander Pullen, sailed on Saturday morning from Woolwich, with machinery an 1 boilers for Port-eneuth. Her Majesty's steam-sloop Inflexible, Maeter-CominanderW. B. Madge, left Woolwich at the same time, with a similar cargo, for Devonport. The surveying-ship Merlin, Captain Sul livan, was on Saturday morning admitted from the outer to the inner basin, to undergo some further repairs which are considered, necessary in her hull. for some The experiments which have been carried n . ents were special! on Saturday. weeks past in the Arsenal marshes at Woolwich termi nated2etrhiemdurability of a co y designed with a mixture of metals Various trials o f cum mixture for gun purposes. an d novel nature were made with guns cast interesting an view These ese testing ?x of materials, these mixed proportions which, with outfr exception, stood the repeated test well. However, at the concl us i o n of the experiments three 24-pou n d ers o f the same species of mixed metal, 9,i feet in len g th, were fired with the ordinary proof charge, when each burst in succession at the first round. The remnant of the 21st company of Royal Sappers and Miners from Bermuda, by the brig James, having been wind-bound for some days at Portsmouth, arrived on Saturday morning at Woolwich, and, having been medically inspected, were admitted into head-quarters. The 21st embarked from Spithead on the 11th of Novem ber, 1851, and arrived on the 17th of the followine month, a full company, composed of 3 officers and 10‘...: non-commissioned officers and privates. During the period of their station there 25 men died from yellow fever, so that the company has been reduced by that and other casualties to half its allotted strength. Col. Phill , potts and Lieut. Greatorex fell victims to the disease shortly after the company's arrival at Woolwich, and within the same week. The entire strength of the com pany now arrived in England is 2 officers and 51 men. The whole of the Royal Sappers' and Miners, front Woolwich, are to occupy the huts at Chatham by the let of January, when Captain Fitzroy S o merset, it is reported, will be th e M a j or of Brigade, Adjutant Geo. Lempriere, from Woolwich, continuing the same duty at Brompton. The Queen has forwarded to Private Thos. Walker, 95 . . 95th Regim en t , a present of 10 / On her Majesty's last visit to Fo r t Pi tt she was struc k with a carpet brough t to her notice a s th e wor k o f Walker, and desired that i t might be forwarded to her Majesty, which has reoently been done through Colonel C. B. Phipps. At a board of examination at Chatham, Surgeon Ro.. bert Battersby president, assisted by Captain Bunbury and Mr. George Pratt, 73 young . men of the Medi ca l Staff Corps were pas sed as proficient in their duty as hospital orderlies. 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EASTERN COUNTIES. `• The reply of Mr. Waddington, the ohairman of the com pany, to the report of the Committee of Investigation, in continuation of that which appeared in The Sun of Sa turday, states with regard to the permanent way that when he became chairman in March, 1851, he found Mr. Ash croft, in whom was placed unlimited confidence, occupy ing the position of superintendent of ways and works. Upon that responsible officer the board of directors relied for everything that appertained to the important depart ment which had been placed under his administration. " In the report presented to you on the 14th of August., 1851, the first time on which I had the honour to meet you after appointment to your chair, Mr. Ashcroft reported to yes blast— " ' With the exception of the part of the line between Stratford and Bishop's Stortford, which is undergoing a thorough repair, by the introduction of the principles of fishing the rail-ends together by wrought-iron plates and bolts, thereby making the rails one continuous line, the whole is in a very satisfactory working condition.' " At the next half-yearly meeting on the 10sh February, 1852, Mr. Ashcroft wrote:— " 'I now beg to report to you that your line of railway is in an excellent state of repair.' I will quote seriatim from his further reports : " August 14, 1852.—' As to the permanent way, the re turns and ()sperms of which are before you, I have to ob serve that the line is in an excellent state of repair." "February 9, 1853. —' The read works and stations are in an efficient state of repair. Many of them have had ex tensive renewals and improvements during the past half year: " August ln, 1853.—' It is my pleasing duty to report to you that your permanent way and works are in a very satisfactory state of repair.' "January —, 1854.—' The permanent way is in good working order.' " Angnst 21, 1854.—' The wbiole of tbo-ways arty; vt - tAce^ are in a satisfactory and efficient state of repair.' " Mr. Ashcroft relinquished our service for an engage ment on another line in the month of December, 1854. Mr. Peter Bruff was then appointed our resident engineer. Mr. Bruff, on the sth of February, 1855, made an unfa ' rouralide report upon the condition of the line. This re port, in a letter addressed to me on the 28th of February, Mr. Ashcroft disputed. He appealed to us to vindicate his reputation, protesting in the strongest terms that no part of tho permanent way of the Eastern Counties Rai'. way had been left by him in a defective state. Mr. Ash croft, it is to be observed, had had great confidence placed in him. He had bad the solo management, and was solely responsible to us and to you for the condition of the per manent way. In justice to him and to Mr. Brnff, as well as for their own guidance, the directors took a course which I think a very wise one. They called on Mr. Hawk ishaw, an independent engineer of undoubted character and capacity, to report to them on the condition of the lino. In the meantime they reported Mr. Bruff's opinions to the shareholders at the half-yearly meeting held in February, 1855. " Mr. Hawkshaw's report was presented to us in July of the present year; it was unfavourable to the general condi tion of the line. On the 7th of August Mr. Bruff further reported to us as to renewals of works, kc. He told us that there would bo a necessity for an outlay of 150,0001., to make a thorough reparation and renewal of such of the works as by time and use had lapsed into a deteriorated and unsound condition. This amount, however, he said,. would be properly reduced under two heads :—First, from the necessity of works being undertaken not contemplated as necessary when the lines were constructed ; and, second, from the desirability of reconstructing perishable timber structures by masonry and iron-work. The amount at which ho estimated the outlay ender the first head was 50,0001., leaving the sum required for renewals and re pairs at leo,ooo/. This brief statement will show you in bow far I am concerned with the state of the permanent way. I found when I took your chair a highly respon sible and able officer in the enporintendence of your ways and works. I relied, and I could not do other wise, on his reports. No complaints were ever made to me of inaccuracy or misrepresentation. There was no reason or ground for suspicion, and no one questioned or doubted Mr. Ashcroft's competency. There can be no doubt, lam afraid, after Mr. Hawkshaw's report, that Mr. Ashcroft was mistaken in the view he took of the condition of the permanent way. I very much regret the fact, both for his sake and for yours. " But it is said that I am responsible, because in 1852 a proposal was adopted by the shareholders to make an an imal payment of 901. per mile for the repairs of the per manent way in lien of the sum of 22,000/. previously set apart for the purpose. " In 1848 the total cost of wages and material for per manent way repairs was 1071. per mile. From that period to 1852 those repairs cost less and less ev, ry half-year until, in 1852, they became reduced to 771. a mile. The sum ell sinally voted for renewals was 32,0001. annually, but this had been reduced, prior to my taking office, to 22,000/. A still further reduction appeared in this charge every half year down to ls's2. Mr. permanentsAhcroft's report impressed on us strongly that the hay was in excellentcondition, and that it was not needful that the shareholders should continue to set aside so large an item as they were then setting aside for the purposes of repairs and renewals. " In August, 1853, Mr. Ashcroft writes : " On a reference to the accounts you will observe that the labour in maintenance for the past half-year is under :30/. v.-tnite. The accounts are made up, as previously de termined on, at tho rate of ON. per mile per 1.111.11111, the dif f erence between that sum and the actual cost being ore tilted to the renewal fund.' ";The balance in your favour in the renewal fund had increased from 16,6631. in August, 1852, to 20,0851. in August, 1853, and at the meeting in August, 1854, that balance had further increased 6) 22,559/. In reference to the statement of the committee that only *bout 3,2001. was paid out of revenue for renewals on 513 miles of railway, ho states that 22,0001. was expended upon tho ,repairs of the two lines, and not 3,2001. The chairman then explains, on the authority of Mr. Brnff, that the 50,000/. for new and permanent works is a charge against capital, and that the 100,0001. required to put the perma nent way in first-rate order will have to be met out of the revenue. Mr. Brnff is of opinion that it might bo spread over 10 years, and that 12,7501. per annum set aside out of revenue would replace the 100,0051. capital now required, together with 5 per cont. interest on that amount. While the chairman regrets that the necessity for such a charge should have arisen, he congratulates himself that it has been no fault of his. With respect to observations by the committee on the passenger traffic, Mr. Waddington states that the traffic business of the company is managed by a traffic committee of eight directors, who meet once a fort night, and that the management, creation, and development of that traffic had been the chief part cf his duty. Every morning for four years past it had been his habit, at ten o'clock, to receive the officers of the company, to hear their reports, to give them instructions, and to plan with them the best modes of extending the business of the lines. He had greatly extended the system of " market tickets " 10 the first half-year of 1851, before such facilities wore offered, the receipts for market-tickets were 1,172'. During the same period of 1855 they were2,l4ol. In other cases market tickets to Cambridge, Ely, St. Ives, and Chelmsford, showed an increase from 1,5191., the receipts from the first half year in 1831, to 2,6171. in the first half of 1855. The short traffic between London and Brentwood and London and Hertford amounted for thefirst half of 1850 t 018,918/., and for the first half of the present year to 28,2341. The season tickets over the same ground had increased from 3,431/. in 1850 to 6,8881. in 1855. His exertions with the excursion traffic bad been also successful. With regard to remarks of the committee on the condition of some of the carriages on the line, their various amalgamations rendered it neces sary for them to take the stock of other and poorer railway companies, so that the foul, worn, and ill-conditioned ve hicles of the East Anglian and other lines were brought into a train with their better class of coaches. The carriages referred to wore being gradually replaced and restored. The committee complain that traffic arrangements never came under the consideration of the directors. He states— " This is inaccurate, and I will giro you details of a very recent occasion on which traffic arrangements did come un der their consideration. "On the 14th of June last Mr. Lightly Simpson, who has a place at your board, and who is deputy-chairman of • the East Anglian Railway, moved a resolution as follows " ' That an equal mileage rate for goods and coals be charged from Lowestoft, Yarmouth, and Lynn to all parts on the lines of the three companies.' I opposed this resolution, and, supported by Mr. Cecil Fano, 1 divided the board against it. Opposed to the two Eastern Counties directors were Mr. Bruce, the chairman of the East Anglian; Mr. Simpson, the deputy-chairman of the East Anglian ; and Mr. Broadbent, a large East Anglian shareholder. The resolution was therefore carried by the East Anglian interest at the board by a majority of one. I now ask your attention to the object of this reso lution. Lynn, Yarmouth, and Lowestoft are three seaports, Lynn being very muck the farthest from London by sea. Our rates for coals and heavy goods to all these ports are necessarily regulated by the prices at which c oasting ves sels can afford t o compete with us. Lynn b e i n g the most a Bt remote, and a diffi cu lt p l ace to make b y sea besid es, rlar th. l Our considerably hi g h er coasting rate t h an Yarmouth. Our a rate of carri age f or h eavy goo d s t o Lynn is therefore higher rate than our rate for the carrlnge of heavy goods to Yarmouth. But Lynn is on the East An i gtlri a a n ffie passing ; and ai w ng e pay the E as t A ng li an di rec t or s a toll forn all over their li ne . Wh a t these East Anglian shareholders desired was t o i ncrease their own receiptsg resolution onlyecostof yours. . . . I refused to put i n force a ~ intended to abstract money fr om your pockets." Mr. Waddington states that from the moment be refused to put i n f o rce that reso lution d h ir e ec e to xp rs e , ri w o h ne ic e h d active r th esu e ltedin the appointment of hostility of these East the A nglian Committee • f Investigation. Mr. Wedding t conon the line, and states that the arrange ments with Messrs. Prior had tho effect of increasing the coal traffic 400 per cent. In 1849 it amounted to 17,5641., in 1853 to 43,718/.. and in 1854 to 85,5821. The average rece ipts for the coal traffic in 1819 was 350 1 . per week, and in 18541,5451. per week, the great balk of traffic being carried on in the contractor's waggons. The sum actually paid by Messrs. Prior is not 7-16ths of a penny per ton, as stated in the report of the committee, but on the Colches ter line o ne halfpenny per ton per mile, in addition to the 3s . rate to Stratford, and with 3d. per ton terminals. There was no agreement to charge the Messrs. Prior lower rates than any one else, the only stipulation being that they should be placed on as favourable terms as any other party. Messrs. Prior's waggons were repaired at the company's workshops, and paid for by them. They also paid 2d. or 3d. per ton for the use of all coal depots and sidings pro vided by the company. Mr. Waddington states that he was acquainted with Mr. Gooeh's partnership with Messrs. Prior after the contract with them was made, and the mo ment he became acquainted with the eireamstance he ex pressed a very strong opinion on the subject to the board, and always thought that Mr. Gooch's partnership with Messrs. Prior was wrong. lie was not surprised that the coa }trade of the district complained of the agreement with Messrs. Prior and the rates of carriage, as the effect of the agreement had been to reduce the price of coal throughout the district at least 20 per cent. Mr. Waddington states that the agreement w ith M r. Gooc h was enteredsMr. into n before he became c h a i rman of t h e E as t ern Con tre Gooch was app o i n t e d l ocomot i ve supe rintendent for five years certain f rom th e 31 s t M ay , 1850. I terminable upon 12 mon th s ' n otice. waslttthen to be was agreed that effected no salary was t o b e p a id him until he had a reduc tion of 10.0004 6 yea: in the loinantir? &Plena" Hie