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In consequence of the continued and unprece dented success of the comedy of Married for Money, and the enthusiastic applause with which Mr. Charles Mathews and the Lyceum Company are nightly received, the comedy will be repeated every evening this week.--The extraordinary suc cess and unparalleled hit of the new Egyptian drama, Nito nris, pronounced the most complete and magnificent specta ' tie ever produced, the new scenery, splendid dresses, and gorgeous appointments being the theme of universal admire *on, induce the lessee to announce it for repetition every evening (Saturday excepted) till further notice. THIS EVENING and during the Week (Saturday excepted) the successful comedy ...MARRIED FOR MONEY. Characters by Messrs. Chas. tielthews R. Roxby, A. Younge ; Mrs. F. Matthews , Miss Oliver, and Miss Mason. To be followedby (Seventh time) a new interlude, entitled TWENTY MINUTES WITH A TIGER. Characters by .. ) lessrs. C. Mathews, A. Younge, Swan ; Miss De Yore and n liks Wadham. TO conclude with (each evening) the Grand Egyptian Spectacle, NITOCRIS. , Principal characters by Miss Glynn, Miss Cleveland, Miss 4 nderton, Mrs. Selby ; Messrs. Barry. Sullivan, Stuart, F. , 'cigar, G. Wild, &c., introducing an Egyptian Dance, in Which Misses Rosina Wright, Charles, Brown, and the ladies of the Corps de Ballet will appear. , On Saturday, after the Comedy, Married for M one y , Sheri clan's dramatic piece, The Critic, or a Tragedy Rehearsal, in W hich Mr. Charles Mathews will sustain the characters of Sir Fretful Plagiary and Puff; supported by Messrs. Stuart, V incent, R. Roxby, A. Young; G. Wild, Swan, Templeton, Worrell ; Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Wadham, &c. To conclude with a now Ballet Divertissement, in which dies Rosina Wright and the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet Will appear. NICOTRIS.—Mr. E. Smith, anxious to make the spectacle Instructive as well as amusing to the patrons of this Theatre, Grand obtained at considerable trouble, the De s c ri p tion of th e to‘lrand Egyptian Coronation Procession, arranged and adapted this stage by " Dykwynkyn," from the works of Clemens, klerodotus St r obe, Plutarch, Diodorus Siculus, Jablonski, Leesins, Delon, Champolion, Rosellini, Savary, Wilkinson, and other authorities in the British Museum, the publishing of which may prove interesting to the numerous patrons wit neesing the spectacle, and can be had in the Theatre for one Penny. Military Entree—Egyptian Soldiery in fell costume, / /lambing three deep, with Band of Trumpets and Tympanum, or Hand Drum. The Agathodnmon, or " Good Genius" (Winged Globe), under whose protection the persons tKings and Temples of Gods were placed , is rne first, and :a succession the other Symbolic, Royal , and War Standards. The Lybian Forces, Allies of the Egyptians, With Band and Symbolic Standards respectively. The Ethio pian Guard, with Characteristic Symbols, Standards , &c. Idolatrou s ... e Procession. Note — Every C i ty , Month, Da y , and 'lour bad its presiding Genius, Singer, with the Book of :,liermes." Horns Copus with Palm Branch and Hour 'ass• " The Hi erog rammat," or Sacred Scribe (in his hand the B ook, Ruler, Papyrus, and Palette). Two Functionaries With Emblems of " Power" and " Stability." No. 1. The Ark, or " Shrine of Knout - a - is," called also "Knoum," "Neph, or " r " Num," i.e. " Water."--The primary form of " A mnon," and styled "The Leader of Gods"—a, The Creating Intelli tenee"--" The Spirit of God"—" The Spirit of the (V ernal ) he nlue.t3—Th"e sp T a he Soul of the Sun," and by the Greeks "Jupi ter 'mis." Worshipped by the inhabitants of Thebais (Plu tarch),was sacred to this god. The Ark, bearing his !erogivph, with that of the beetle, or " Creative Power , " i s alee decorated with this emblem. Symbolic standard of "Athor" ( Venus), the oracle of Night or Darkness (? chaos), whence :ose all created things (Egyptian belief ). . S y mbolic standard of ditto. The Sybil, bearing the emblema tic rush Wand, with " Heka," " The Frog," the son of " Num," and type of the first state of man. No. 2 "Ma," " Meii," or " Thmei or " Truth," " the Blind Goddess, represented With her eyes closed or blinded. The priests bearing this god dess have libation buckets and simpula. " Thmei," or Truth, or Justice. This deity has also a twofold character as the God dess of Truth and Justice. The small image of this god was Worn by the Chief Judge while engaged in listening to cases prou ght before him. A. similar emblem was worn by the High riests of the Jews, and it is remarkable that the word " Thummin " is not only translated " Truth," but, being a Plural or dual word, corresponds to the Egyptian word of Two Truths"—i. e. " Light and Truth "—breastplates hay- Ing the figures of the two gods, " Re" (Light) and " Thmei " (Truth) represented upon them have been discovered. Priests With Searabeei. The Scarabnus may be considered as an ern -4,M of " The Sun"—of " The Creative Power , " and of the God " Phthah" (Vulcan). Incense Bearer, waving his incense Patera before the god. The incense was in the shape of a stun globe or pill ; and, upon modern analysis, is found to onsist of aromatic substances with gum, and gave out co loured light or flame when thrown into the burning cup. No. Apia ;". His titles were " The Sacred Bull of Memphis." : The Bull of Abundance," " Adored by the People," " The i Sacred Bull of Pthah," " Guardian of the Solar Year," Arils renowned over the world," " The Symbol of Inunda tion." Richly draped and on a car led by Priests bearing the emblems of "Serapis" or " Sari Api," " The Pillar of Mensu ration, " Column of Measurement," or " Nilometer" of wood divided into. cubits. Attendant priests also fin the idol and offer homage, as it passes forward. The fest i v als in honour Of Apis lasted 7 days, on which occasion a large concourse of , people assembled at Memphis—the priests led the Sacred (living) Bull in solemn procession , every one comin g forward from their houses to welcome him. Pliny and Soliuus affirm that children who smelt his breath were thought thereby Sifted with the power of predicting future. events. The tokens Which distinguished this Sacred Bull at its birth were a white aPot resembling a crescent on its right side, and a lump under its tongue in the form of a beetle, as pretended by the priests. 11 : 1- 10 people believed him to be the cause of the swelling and inundation of the Nile, which produced fertility and abund ance, and celebrated his festival at about the period of this annual occurrence with every demonstration of rej oicin g and literal abandonment to the intoxication of joy all over the kingdom. Many temples were erected and dedicated to " Apia," and also to "Serapis," the divinity of the Column of Measurement—the Nilometer I N.B. The decorations of the drapery upon the bull and carriage are principally com- Posed of the first flowers that spring from the earth after the recession of the flood—i.e., the Lotus and Meliolotus. Priests With the pretended God " Canopus," or Water Offering to the God of the Nile. "It is said that the Chaldeans, trans- P o rting the fire, which was their God, into all the provinces, offered to let him combat with those of other nations, on condition that if he remained the conqueror they should adore him. The priests of Canopus accepted the challenge and devised this stratagem. They fabricate in Egyp t p itchers of au e xtremely porous earth, through which the water filtrates and 18 Purified, The Arch-priest took one of them, stopped the Pores with wax, and painting it of various colours filled it with Wa ter, and made it his god. He covered it with the head of Lin ancient statue, said to be that of the pilot of Menelaus. The Chaldeans presented themselve s ; the contest began ; they lighted their fires around the vase ; the wax melts, the Water runs through the vase 'and extinguishes the fire. The fr aud of the priest gave the victory to Canopus over the Chaldean deity. From that moment his imige has been re presented with very short feet, a narrow back, and the belly 1 1 , 1 back rounded like a pitcher It is under this form t hat he is worshipped as the vanquisher of all the god s."—Ruffin liistoire de l'Eglise, livre second. No. 4. The Goddess " " The Memphian Lioness," " The Beloved of I'thah," " The Goddess of Fire," " Bubastes" (the Diana of the Greeks) preceded by sacred dancers. The Idol carried by Priests in their leopard-skin dresses, with red incense flaming before her, and surrounded by " Symbolic Divinities , " "Winged Geniuses," &c. One or the principal festivities held in Egypt was at Bubastis in honour of the Pash-t— -e0 e,OOO victims of bo sexes biug present. A great num r of were th sacrificed, e in we was profusely drunk, dancing of the wildest character went forward, men played /lutes, women sang and shrieked as loud as possible, stru c k ale " Crotola" (cymbals) or clappers of wood and metal &e. Lotus Dancers (Females). Incense Bearers. No. 5. `, ll O god"" Osiris," as " Osiris Pethempamentes" (the Pluto of 'no Greeks). "He who is resident in the Hades," " Presi dent of the Amenti," Receiver and Giver," " Tee Sun," " The Eye of the World," " The So urce of the Nilo," " He Who has many Eyes," a form of Ammon, wearing the " Ati," a nd having the Crook and Flagellum ; regarded as the author , Of Time, from the word " Oseh-Iri," " the maker of Time." The principle office of this deity was to judge the dead, and . to rule ov er that kingdom where the souls of g ood men l ere admitted to eternal felicity. This deity was v er y War e lateens— his temples and priests were to be found in al- In i . n .V ou e n v a cry part of Egypt ; the sacred rites o f Osiris were a mystery, never revealed. His name was even avoided, as of too august a nature to be mentioned The "Ivy , " With which the Priests decorated themselves, was sacred to him, and also the " Meliolotus." No. 6 . The Sacred Boat of ""c Amenti, or Lower Regions, with the four genii, or demi gods (bearing emblems of life and power) and their vases o f ~ Amenti," or that subtermueous region where they (the Egyptians) imagined the souls of the dead to go after their decease. The first enine is " Amset," " Judge of the Amenti" (human-headed). The second is " Hepi," " Con cealed Number" (baboon-headed). The third is " Tuautmutf," " Adorer of his Mother" (jackall-headed), The fourth is " Kabh-senuf," " Refresher of his Brethren" (hawk-headed). The Sepulchral Vases have beads in shape of the four genii of the dead, and each was employed for holding a portion of the viscera of the deceased, embalmed separately and deposited in them. On the " Amset" Vase is inscribed the speech of " Isis" to the dead ; on that of " Hepi" isa similar speech from "Nepthys ;" on that of "Tuautmutf, one from "Neith;" and on that of " Kabh-senuf," one from " Selk ;" the purport of each being an assuranc e of protection, and of being "near thee," " beside thee," or " I come to. be beside t hee . " The Sacred Boat is followed by the symbolic " Eyes of Osiris," or of "The Sun," emblems of the all-seeing presence of the Di vinity. Note.—Besides the Four Amenti, here were 42 As sessors or Judges of the 42 Crimes, from which a good man should be free ; and these also differ from the 36 Demons mentioned by Origen that presided over the human body, and were invoked to cure the infirmities of the peculiar member immediately under their protection. No. 7. The Goddess " Isis," or " The Seat." The hieroglyphic throne on her bead, and followed by the priestesses and virgins dedicates her dt e o r her worship. Isis was sty , l ,r ed he a E ls n o d ; Beginnin g" and s Isis, (a Queen of sister, " Nepthys," w as Egypt," "The Godde ss of they Moon," " Defender of her Brother," &e. (The " Ceres of the Greeks.) " The festiVal," says lierodotus, " which they celebrate at Buse ris in honour of Isis is magnificent. After prayers a bull is sacrificed, which the priests cut up and afterwards burn, pouring oil on the fire while the victim is con suming. Kneeling and striking themselves in honour of Osiris,' they afterwards eat what remains of the sacrifice." Tamarisk and Dancers. No. S. The God " Horns" (or linens- Borns, the Apollo of the Greeks, In-hieroglyph " The Warmth of the Sun," " The Path" (of the Sun), " The Sup- P or t , " a " Defender of his Father," &c., the Son of Osiris and Isis. Ho is represented with the sing le m y stic lock of Hair of Childhood slaying his evil geniuses , under the forms oh lion, the gazelle, scorpions, vipers, dec., wh ile Typho, Typ o e Seth, or Baal, " The Evil Spirit," is escaping from beneath his feet in the shape of a crocodile. He is attend ed by his sacred emblems and standards. The Hawk was dedicated to h im, the Tamarisk Tree, the Testudo (Lyre), &c. One of the Principal duties of " Horns," was that of introducing the souls of the dead into the presence of " Osiris," after they bad passed the ordeal of final judgment. He also assisted "Amset" in weighing and ascertaining their good conduct during life, previous to their- admission into the august presence of his Father in the blessed regions of the Amenti. Incense Bearers. No. 9. Tho Goddess " Nep aubys" (" Proserpina" of the Greeks), called also "The End," " The Sister Goddess," " The Saviour Sister Goddess," " The Barren," " Rectrix of the Lower Regions." On her head the hieroglyphic emblem of her name, a bowl and basket, called " Neb," placed upon a house, answering to " Ei" or " Tel," " Neb-tei" or "Nob-thy," " The Lady of the Abode." " The Siseeum, having the face of Isis on one side, and Nepthys on the other, hieroglyphically represents 'the beginning and the end, or generation and corruption.' "—Plutarch. No. 10. The Goddess " Neith " ( the "Minerva " of the Greeks,) en thlloned with sceptre, and wearing the "Teshr," preceded by Mu s i c i ans , Male and Female Bearers of Incense with green acme, and pnrrounded by symbolic divinities, "Neitil" was -..--,., ~. styled " The Mother Goddess" or " Mother of Gods," " The Deified personification of Air."—(Dioslorus.) She presided over the Upper Hemisphere, and was particularlyworshipped at Sais. Musical instruments stringed (the Buoni or harp of 17 strings, especially) were dedicated to her. " Neith," or " Neth," is the supposed origin of the Greek name, " Thena," or " Athena." The belief of the Egyptians in " the Existence of a Supreme Being " is proved by the inscription over . the Temple of Minerva (Neith), in hieroglyphic characters, viz. : —" lom that which is, which was, and shall be. No Mortal has lifted up my veil—the offspring of my power is the Sun." And the " Immortality of the Soul," by the prayer recited at the time of death, by an Egyptian, expressing his desire to be received into the presence of the deities. Symbols of Mau and Tefnu, and tEg,is or Athor. No. 11. " Mersekar," the Snake Goddess, called also " Melsigor," or " Mersokar"— " Ruler of the Lower Regions." No. 12. The Great God " Ammon," or " Hammon," " Amen," " Amen-ra," " Amonn," " The King of Gods," "The Concealed," " The Hid den," " The Intellectual Sun," wearing on his right head the " Testa.," surmounted by the Disc and Plumes. In his right hand the "Tan," or emblem of life, and in his left the " Gom," or sceptre of power. A large Altar of Burning Incense is car ried before him; on either s'de are his symbols of "creative power," the Sacred Ureus, or Sei,mnt of Ammon, Priests with crooks and fans, in their habits and insignia of the high est order, with the ./Egis of the God— " The Intellectual Sun" - - containing the symbolic " An-seeing Eyes," " The Divine Scarabmus," and the Ram-headed God, " Chroumis," the vernal creative intelligence or d'vinity. The King and Queen Crowned. The King bears in his hand the sceptre of " Truth, Justice, and Mercy." The Queen that of the Sovereignty of the Nile. They are preceded by Dancers and Musicians, La dies and Officers o'_' the Court and Household ; the God " Eilethyia," or Sacred Vulture, " The Protectress of Kings" —" The Pure," borne immediately in front of the Royal per sonages. The State Flabella, behind and over their heads, together with the banners of Nitocris and Egypt, flanked by the Royal esks of " Re " (the Sun) ; sacred symbols, with various insignia, royal and military standards, &c. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. —THIS EVENING, and every evening during the week, the GRAND ELEUSINIAN SPECTACLE of MAGIC and MYSTERY, by Professor ANDERSON, the Great Wizard of th 4 North, in 12 acts, with ever-changing variety of incidents, :continuous surprises, novel and extraordinary effects. Magic and . Mystei7 is an entirely new entertainment, pos sessing distinctive characteristics awl pecaiiar phases of amusement. . It is not a monologue, for the audience them selves perform their parts with the principal actor, some of them on the stage and others in front ; it is not an exhibition, or though everything becomes metamorphosed before the eyes of the visitors no one can be positive that he sees any me thing ; but it is a comedy really performed by the com pany ; a melt:Kiruna replete with startling positions and unex pected denouements ; a magnificent spectacle, with 2,000 of the public eery night to app •ar as auxiliaries ; and an ex travaganza, in which all that seems to ba is entirely beyond the bounds of probability. Professor Anderson returns his thanks to thronged and ashionable audiences which have nightly filled the Lyceum Theatre to overflow, and by means of whose generous aid he has been enabled to announce Magic and Mystery for con tinuous rep4tition. He believes that no professor of his art has at any time or in any place been hon'eured with an amount of success so extensive, so decided, and so unusual. He would attribute that success to three causes ; first, that in his present entertainment he has placed before his visitors the results cif a life sedulously devoted to the attainment of perfected skill in one peculiar art, and to perfect which he has travelled the globe in every clime ; secondly, that he has spared no trouble nor expense to put this entertainment on the stage inj the most elaborate manner, by the employment of the first mechanicians and artists of the day ; and thirdly ; hat, while endeavouring to provide amusement for those who honour him with their presence, he has not forgotten that it is possible to afford information also, and that the oppor tunity should not be neglected of exposing conjuring where ever it has been used for nefarious purposes, or whenever by esortieg to the conjuror's arts, in an illegitimate manner, the designing have succeeded in making dupes of the credulous. ' The 937 letters on the subject of spirit-rapping, which Pro 'essor Anderson has received, from the time of opening the theatre up ; to the present date, bear witness to the great in crest taken on the subject of this singular delusion ; whilst many of them bear melancholy evidence to the dangers which tttend a I)elief in the superstitious nonsense of the " Spiri ualists," Judging simply by the correspondence which has resulted, Professor Anderson's expose of spirit-rapping and his illustr4ion of the so-called table phenomena, have pro duced a sensation unequalled by any previous attempt to ex pose a mischievous and impudent juggle. It is impossible cor Professor Anderson to reply at length to a tithe of the communications which reach him on the subject. He regrets `hat many:of these should come from ladies and gentlemen who, front their position in society and their well-known in tellectual attainments, he would least have expected to have been converts to a belief so preposterous in itself, and so easily susceptible of being controverted and disproved. Every evening, him. the Lyceum stage, Mr. Anderson's opinions on spirit-rapping are expressed, and every evening, within the Lyceum, how tables can be made to rap is exhibited and elucidated. It is respectfully requested that this public exposition will be accepted generally as Professor Anderson's only mode of replying at full length to his multitudinous correspondents. He regrets that the names of the great and learned of the land should have been made to figure in the documents emanating from the spirit-rappers, as for instance the following, ex tracted from the Morning Advertiser of Thursday, Septem ber 20, and taken by that journal from the New York Spiri tual Telegraph. It purports to emanate from an American spirit-rapper, Mr. D. D. Hume :—" Sir David Brewster frankly confesses that he is sorely puzzled' at what he has witnessed, and Lord Brougham acknowledges himself to be Ithoroughly nonplussed. Both of these noted men brought the whole force of their keen discernment to bear upon the olution of the phenomena ; but the presence of substantial, actual hands, and the demonstrative strength of the spirits who thus clothed themselves for the time, and moved mate rial objects about the room, proved to be too much of a ques tion for them to master." Mr. D. D. Hume, the author of the above, has recently left England, and the following account of who, and what he is, occurs in the Fancily Herald, No. 648: —" This young man, who is a Scotchman by birth, and now n Italy, is a remarkable medium for all the manifestations without apparatus. Barnum, who is wed-known throughout he Anglo-Saxon world as a splendid humbug, offered him 2,000 dollars per annum if he would perform at his museum in New York. Barnum then took it for granted that mediums could be bought. He was somewhat astonished when his offer was refused. Home, on telling the fact in London lately, simply and honestly remarked, that the money would have been very acceptable to him, for he was poor, young (under 2e), an or phan, and in very bad health : but he would have been afraid of losing his power as a medium, and he would sooner lose his life. The refusal, however, made Barnum thoughtful. He inquired into the subject ; and now Barnum, one of the greatest/ humbugs in the world, and withal a conjuror, is one of the firmest believers in spiritualism." It is cer tainly surprising to find such a paragraph as this in the editorial article of an established journal, the editor of whom I might be . supposed to be sane. Even if Barnum does believe in spirit-rapping does spirit-rapping gain or lose by this accession to its adherents ? and. with Barnum's endorse ment to it, is this bill, drawn on public credulity, more likely to be negotiated ? Professor Anderson would believe not ; but, when lie finds that educated clergymen of the Church of England have the temerity to subscribe their names to so gross t swindle, when he finds that the incumbent of Wortley (the Rev. /1. J. Godfrey) positively asserts his belief in it, and writes book on the subject, he considers it t be time for him to /state that which he knows of the mechanism by which tis effected, and the mischief to which it tends. In the Morniicg Advertiser of October 3 appears a letter from Sir David Brewster, relative to that which he saw at Cox's Hotel, in company with Lord Brougham. He distinctly states that which the Wizard of the North proclaims every night—that spirit-Mpping is nothing more than conjuring applied to bad purpos. In the Morning Advertiser of the following day, however, there is an answer to Sir David's letter from ono who was present when lie and Lord Brougham had their .iancOvith the spirits. in which the writer says, that " the table large dinner-table, I believe) moved about in the most extraor di nar y manner, anti; among, other things, a large ac cordion was conveyed by an invisible agency to my hand and then to Lord Brougham's, in which, held by his lordship's right band, apart from any person, it played an air through out." i With such a statement, printed for tho edification of the people of the 19th century, with the facts before us that the most talented men of the day ate permitting themselves to bo deluded by these juggling spirit-mongers--that the greatest novelist of the age is now engaged in making it the subject of a new work, and that a " spiritual convention" has actually been advertised to be held in St. Martin's-hall, Professor Anderson trusts that his exposures of the spietual ists of America, as given by him nightly at the Lyceum, will be received by the people of England as genuine honest at tempts to provide an antidote for the bane of the spiritual jugglers. In the course of the last five weeks 100,017 persons have visited the Lyceum Theatre,—a larger number, it is believed, than has ever before been assembled within its walls in so short a period. Magic and Mystery is repeated every even ing, the programme being continually changed. Grand fashionable Day Performance, or Saturday, November 10, at 2 o'clock ; the programme being thus arranged ; Part I.—Act 1. The Mesmeric Couch : or, the Clinical Capabilities of the Atmosphere : iu which the Wizard will do by magic that which some suppose to be effected by mesmer ism,.and illustrate the possibility of sleeping unsupported in the air. Act 2. The Aqua-Avial Paradox ; exemplifying the power of producing animated nature from fire and water only, and the possibility of eliciting from the simplest elements the most complex forms of ornithological existence. Act 3. Le Livre des Recueils Choisies : or, Puck's Own Pocket Book, with Peck himself within it. Typifying the evening's entertainment in the production of the very volu minous from a small volume, in the extraction of magnitude out of minuteness, in developing bulk where no space appears for its existence, in discovering odd things in odd places, and In bringing forth unexpected wonders from the most unlikely place for to be found. Act 4. Magical Locomotion ; or, Transition without Trou ble, In which will be comprised—the Adventures of a Wed ding Ring, the Peregrinations of a Bank Note, the Transfor imnaAtthicoetnps-o.bstltalenEkncii.fihltoide e zti vw i white and seem er t e Discovery of every Article t i e n f ap c p r i ce to s p u r s ia . inappropriate, which, though made entirely of g t l ht a he s e s Cma p so e k i s • et fectly transparent, nd t a h n e d I s v u i s z p a e rlw ed ill so es a u s se to th b e e m y e is n ib ey le e t f o h tl i i s e e v y is c i s te o rs f t a n ll tt p .a ine s s p en er t t , itself, and rain into the casket, though its lid be closed, possession of the audience. Extraordina r y raordinary; or, the Transparency locked, Aet 6. a ndthe Clairvoyance ke in the of Opacity. Act. 7. A New Bottle of Bacchus ; or, the Novel Wine and Spirit Store. An improvement upon the " inexhaustible bottle," inasmuch as the Wizard's bottle will not only be in exhaustible, but will change its contents, ad infinitum, at the word of command, producing soda-water,rumbu,ttewriTsiklky: packed. Act dry, Port, Sherry,. ns or bra sp ild rt y t , geih g .ct i hluylie or, an Expose of noyeau, or any other win© required; and finally Epsom salts, and occupying proving to be fitlhiede wwhiethiepsopeakeeetwhhasnudtki Spirit-rapping. Introducing the spirit-rapping table and Act 8. Half an Hour with the Spirits ; tocsin of the invisibles. Act. 9. Grand M ys tic Amalgam, in which the property of the Wizard's patrons will undergo some strange motamor phoses, and, amongst others, their handkerchiefs become tranefortned into the flags of victory—the banners of Ezg land, France, Turkey, and Sardinia.. Act, 10. The 412chmited Chair of 'Cam in which Who ORTH-WESTERN for STORES for the Year 1855. eeive Tenders for the Supply of LONDON and N RAIL ' AY.—CON TRACT The Directors are prepared to re( the undermentioned Stores, viz. :- Na. of Contract— !. Brit.s Sheet and Tubes for Locomotives „ Iron tubes 3. Copper 4. Canvas 5. Carpets and Rugs 9. Crucibles 10. Curled Hair I I. C pper and Brass Work 12. Co'ours I2a. Drysaltery Is. Coach Trimmings -14. Cotton Waste 16. Glass, Plato I ea. Glass, various 17. Hardware 17a. Brushes and Pencils 7b. Nails and Tacks 17c. Screws 17d. Gas Fittings 17e. Locks 171. Lamp Cottons Co. of Contract -18. Leather. lita. Leather IS. Lead, White and Red 19a. Lead. Ingot, Sheet and Pipe 20. Iron, Yorkshire 22. Iron Wo.dt 24, 011, Burning, &c. 25. Oils, various, and Turpentine H. Oil Cloth 2Sa. Augurs, Hammers, &c. 29. Tin Block 30 , Tin Sifeelitia — Spefter al. Varnishes 32. 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MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE. Price is. REMARKS upon the LAW of MARRIAGE and DIVORCE ; suggested by the Hon. Mrs. Norton's Letter to the Queen. James Ridgway, Piccadilly, and all Booksellers. Mr. Newby will shortly publish, in 3 vols., 31s. 6d., THE OLD DOMINION. By G. P. R. JAMES, Esq., Author of" The Gipsy," " The Robber," "Darnley," &c. " Mr. James, we hear," says the Tribune, " has devoted upwards of two years in the completion of a new historical romance of Ameri can life of the present day, and the on dit is that it aurpasses'the best of his early works." THE SURVIVING RELATIVES OF DR. SAMUEL JOHNSOIV. In the month of May last there was presented to'Lord Palmerston, as head of her Majesty's Government, a memorial on behalf of Deoertai g lot Lowe Riad her sister, which rtteiraWrierhlni r sti_ i ltrapittarseriniT indicate who the Misses Lowe are to those who read it here : "The undersigned beg respectfully to submit to Lord Palmerston a statement of reasons which appear to them to constitue, on behalf of the two aged surviving daugh ters of Mauritius Lowe, therein described, a claim to such small yearly pension as in his lordship's judgment may consist with other claims and demands for the en suing year, upon the fund appropriated to literature. "in Dr. Samuel Johnson's last will is this passage,— " also give and bequeath to my godchildren, the son and daughter of Mauritius Lowe, painter, each of them 1001. of my stock in the Three per Cent. Consoli dated Annuities, to be disposed of by and at the discre tion of my executors in the education or settlement in the world of them my said legatees.' "The Mauritius Lowe mentioned here, who was once a man of great promise in his art, favourably known in the Royal Academy and in the world as a man of refined manners and real talent and worth (though probably with something of morbid or over-sensitive in his charac ter), died 10 years after Johnson without fulfilling the high hopes entertained of him. The godson, or younger Lowe, mentioned in the will, who at one time (1810-13) appears to have held some small appointment in Bar badoes, creditably to himself, but with loss of health— the crown and consummation of various other losses he had met with—is also long since dead. Of these Lowes and their hopes and struggles there is now nothing to be said. They are sunk under the horizon. Nor can they pretend to have any hold of the world's memory except what is derived from the father's intimacy with Johnson, of which and of Johnson's helpfulness and real esteem and affection for the man there are still abundant proofs, printed and not printed, besides this of the will. "But the goddaughter mentioned in the will has not yet sunk under the horizon. She still survives among us, a highly respectable old person, now in her 78th year, with all her faculties about her, living with her younger sister, aged 72, the only other remnant of the family, in a house they have long occupied—No. 5, Minerva-place, New-cross, Deptford— with numerous memorials of Johnson in their possession; which vividly bring home to us, and present as a still living fact, their connection with that great man. They have lived there for many years in rigorous though not undignified poverty, which now, by some unforeseen occurrences, threatens to be come absolute indigence in these their final years. "They are gentlewomen in manners ; by all evidence persons of uniformly unexceptionable conduct ; veracity, sense, ingenious propriety, noticeable in them both, to a superior degree. The elder, especially, must have been a graceful lively little woman, something of a beauty in her younger days, and by no means wanting for talent. She still recollects in a dim but ineffaceable manner the big, awful figure of Samuel Johnson ; to whom she was carried shortly before his death, that he might lay his hand on her head and give her his blessing ; her awe and terror were very great on the occasion. Both sisters are in perfect possession of their faculties—the younger only is slightly hard of hearing ; the elder (on whose head lay Johnson's band) has still a light step, perfectly erect carriage, and vivacious memory and in tellect. The younger, who is of very honest and some what sterner features, appears to be the practical intellect of the house, and probably the practical hand. They are very poor, but have taken their poverty in a quiet, unaffectedly handsome manner, an I have still hope that, in some way or other, intolerable want will not be per mitted to overtake them. They have an altogether respectable, or, we might say (bringing the past and the oresent into contact), a touching and venerable air. There, in their little parlour at Deptford, is the fir desk (capable of being rigorously authenticated as such) upon which Samuel Johnson wrote the English Dictionary ; the best dictionary ever written. say some. "It is in behalf of these two women, of Johnson's god daughter, fallen, old and indigent, that we venture to solicit from the Government some small public subven tion, to screen their last years from the worst misery. It may be urged that there is ro public fund appropriated for such precise objects, and that their case cannot, ex cept iu a reflex way, be brought un d er th e h ea d of `lite rary pensions :' but, in a relex wa y, it sure ly c an ; and we humbly submit withal, teat this case of theirs is, in some measure, a peculiar and unique one. " Samuel Johnson is suet' a literary man as probably will not appear again in England for a very great length of time. His works and his life looked at well have s , mething in them heroic, which is of value beyond most literature, and much keyoad all money and moneys worth to, the nation which produced him. That same English Dictionary, written on the poor fir desk above spoken of, under sternly memorable circumstances, is itself a proud possession to the English nation, and not in the philological point of view alone. Such a dictionary has an architectonic quabty in it ; and for massi ve solidity of plan, manful correctness and fidelity of execu tion, luminous intelligence, rugged honesty and great ness of mind pervading every part of it, is like no other. This, too, is a Cathedral of St. Paul's, after its sort ; and stands there for long periods, silently reminding every English soul of much that is very necessary to remember. " Samuel Johnson himself is far beyond the reach of our gratitude. Ho left no child or representative of any kind to claim pensions or distinctions from us ; and here, by accident, thrown upon the waste sea.beaeh, is something venerably human with Johnson's mark st:11 legible upon it • Johnson, as it were, mutely bequeath ing it to us, and what humanity and loyalty we have, for the few years that may still be left. Our humble re quest, in the name of literature withal is, that the Eng lish nation will, in some small adequate way, respond to this demand of Johnson's. " Henry Hallam, Wilton-crescent. " James Stephen, Trinity-hall, Cambridge. " S. Oxon, Cuddesdon Palace. "Thomas Carlyle, 5, Cheyne-row, Chelsea. "Alexander Dyce, 9, Gray's-inn-square. "B. W. Proctor, 32, Weymouth-street, Portland place. T C CI v .. h .Laß "AlfredieA. Eastlake, siTTaDechnia acnuckylkeasenyors: : : , AyTE, F I ab3r i vae t 6i z sn r hyt o owo. y ena - ksst 1 -square. . eu ao rf e " John Forster, 58, Lincoln's-inn-fields. "A. W. "RichardßWß u. . Gw F ieco o ari n cvgL b ,e l y a nwt n : q o un, 1, P Boardark Park-lane. a f Trade. ne. " Rod. E. Murch ßa is r o o l aelh ß C-8 1 1 1 " B. Diseaeli, Grosvenor-gate. " H. H. Milman, Deanery, St. Paul's." To this memorial his Lordship made answer, with great courtesy and without undue delay, that the fund set apart for encouragement of literature could not be meddled with for a pension to the goddaughter of John son ; but that, in consideration of the circumstances, his Lordship, from some other fund, bad made her a dona tion of 1001. Which sum of 1001. was accordingly paid to Miss Lowe in June last—a very welcome gift and help—all that the Prime Minister could do in this mat ter, and, unfortunately, only about the fifth part of what it was, and is, indispensable to get done. It was still hoped that the last resource of an appeal to the public might be avoided ; that there might be other Government helps, minute c haritable funds, ade quate to this small emergency. And new endeavours were accordingly made in that direction, and new expec tations entertained ; but these likewise have all proved ineffectual ; and the resulting fact now is, that there is still needed something like an annuity of 30/. for the joint lives of these two aged persons; that, strictly com puting what pittances certain and precarious they already have, and what they still want, their case cannot be sa tisfactorily left on lower terms—that is to say, about 4001. to purchase such an annuity, is still needed for them. If the thing is half as English as we suppose it to be, a small pecuniary result of that kind is not doubtful, now when the application is once made. At all events, as the English Government is not able to do this thing, we are now bound to apprise the English natio❑ of it, and to ask the English nation in its miscellaneous capa city—Are you willing to do it ? Messrs. Coutts, bankers, will receive subscriptions from such as feel that this is a valid call upon English beneficence ; and we havetoo much reverence for Samuel Johnson, and for the present generation of his country men, to use any soliciting or ignoble pressure on the oc casion. So soon as the requisite amount has come in, the subscriptions will cease, of which due notice will be given. gluireaagrYeee. sfqu Surgeons.a Wight. THOMAS CARLYLE. CHARLES DICKENS A.theumura Club, Oct, 81. JOIX F9lifiTZß. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LEEDS MERCURY. My dear Sir,—l beg to invite your attention and that of the public to some considerations of grave moment relative to the state of our army, as connected with the policy of the present war. The people of England can never have been aware of the state in which oar army has been left, from the first moment of its landing in the Crimea, owing to the insuf ficient number and defective quality of its reinforce ments. Had the people been, as they ought to have been, frankly and honestly dealt by in this respect, they would in their own persons—if the war has been as popular as has been alleged—have long ago supplied the deficiency. lam bound also to assume that that large portion of the newspaper press of this country which has advocated the landing of our forces in Russia must have been equally uninformed of this vital defalcation ; otherwise, whilst vaunting of the unani mous support which the people were tendering to the Government, it would not have concealed from them the greatest and most urgent of all wants—men—and thus have prepared for us the ignominious dilemma to which boastful professions and abortive perforMances have, I fear, consigned us. For the Government alone no plea of ignorance can be put forth : they have known all, and the fact of their holding office invests them with entire and exclusive responsibility. What are the facts, so far as we have been allowed to glean them, up to the close of the inquiry before Mr. Roebuck's Committee The following statistics I have derived from the valuable appendix to their report : It appears that the number of British troops, officers, and men of all arms who landed in the Crimea before the battle of the Alma was 26,800. At that engage ment the English outnumbered their French allies. On the death of Marshal St. Arnaud, and after the flank move - merit'upon 019 4 senior commander, and, in apportioning the ground for siege operations, took upon himself the same extent of work as was assigned to General Canrobert's army. From this moment, accordinr , to the evidence of the highest military authorities before the committee, our army began to sink under the effects of overwork. Then came the battle of Inkerman (brought upon us by our exposed situation, owing to the smallness of the force in proportion to our extended lines), which was followed by the still more desdly trench work, exposure, and I ri rations of the winter ; and the following is the horrible result of the monthly report of the sick and wounded of all arms in Lord Raglan's army :- 1854, October, 11,988 sick and wounded. „ November, 16,846 )1 „ December, 19,479 I) 1855, January, 23,076 fl (January is the last month for which we have a complete return.) Notwithstanding the reinforcements which bad arrived from home, and from our garrisons and colonies abroad, our army was reduced at one time to less than twelve thousand effective bayonets. That much of the sickness, and its attendant morta lity, arose from the insufficient number of men sent to reinforce our army, is conclusively proved in the evi dence before the Sebastopol Committee. General Evans and the Duke of Cambridge speak most emphatically to this effect. According to the evidence of the latter "it does not admit of a doubt" that if 8,000 or 10,000 men had been sent in the course of a few weeks, instead of the " driblets" which arrived, a great portion of the sickness arising from overwork might have been pre vented. And the Duke of Newcastle, whilst confessing his inabilty to find men, stated that " the overwork arose from the extent ofgthe lines which had been origi nally undertaken by the English army being too great for the reduced numbers." Now it was only from the ranks of the people at home that the vast chasms created by death and disease in our army could be filled up ; and I wish to call your particular attention at the rate at which, at this very time, enlistment was going on. The I following is the number of recruits finally approved for cavalry, infantry, and artillery. Total in each month. 1354, October 2,091 „ November 5,374 December 6,000 1855, January „ February 4,073 „ March (These are our latest official returns.) It will be seen by a comparison, that whilst our sick and wounded, exclusive of killed, averaged for the four months, October, November, December, and January, nearly 18,000 a month, the recruiting wag going on at the rate of only 5,100 a month. It wai admitted by Lord John Russell in the house, last December, that the recruits fell short by 20,000 of the number voted by Parliament. And in the session of the present year an independent member of Parliament asserted, in the presence of Ministers, without. contradiction, that ths deficiency amounted to 40,000. And during all this time, -when our army was wasting aNay from want of ,hat succour which . the Government could not send, 'owing"—to quote the evidence of the Duke of New- castle—" to the unwillingness of men to enlist to the ex tent to which the House of Commons had increased the English army"—during all this time (I say it only as a warning for the future)—our war journals and orators were assuring us that the people were fir more eager for the war than the Government or Parliament. I have said that the reinforcements sent to the Crimea were defective in quality, as well as insufficient in num ber—and upon this subject the testimony of the Com mander-in-Chief before the Sebastopol Committee, which I shall give without any comments of my own, is quite conclusive. Lord Hardinge says : " We made our men pretty perfect in drill in the course of sixty days, and when we had to send them out instead of being composed of bone and muscle, they were almost gristle ;in fact, they were too young." . • " But when we came to send in October, November, and December, to pass the winter in the Crimea, our' raw recruits—and we had no others—it was impossible to expect that they could stand the inclemency of the climate, and the hard work in the trenches, in the same manner as a similar number of soldiers would have done in 1808." • • • • • " Give us a good stout man, and let us have himf or 60 days to train him, and he will be as good a soldier as you can have." . " They are thoughtless boys who come in, and not men of 25 ; they are generally boys of 18 to 20 ; the num bers of that ago are very large, in proportion to those who are past 21 and 22," . . . • • • " The thoughtl ess b oy en li sts ; the grown-up man of 25 will not, or seldom." I could give extracts from the evidence of Sir De Lacy Evans, the Duke of Cambridge, and other officers from the Crimea, confirmatory of Lord Hardinge's statement. And once for all let it be observed that their testimony disposes of the plea for a larger standing army during forty years of peace. " Give us," says the Commander in -Chief, "a good stout man, and let us have him for 60 days to train him, an d h e will be as good a soldier as you can have." But it is the bone and muscle of men, and not the " gristle" of boys, that he wanted for this pur pose. In the same spirit was the reply of General Evans, who, when asked by a member of the commit tee to explain the word " inefficient," which be applied to the reinforcem en t s sent to him in the Crimea, and whether he meant that they were " untrained," answered —" nearly untrained, but that did not signify ; they were too young." These boy-recruits, on their arrival in the winter season in the Crimea, served scarcely any other purpose than to encumber the hospitals. They added so little to the strength of our army that at length, after enduring unparalleled hardships and sufferings, in the vain attempt to maintain an equality with our allies, we surrendered to them a part of our ground (that part which has been the site of the final triumph), and from that time to the present our force has been gradually as suming the character of a contingent to the French army. The evidence before the Sebastopol committee brings us down to May only ; but unfortunately we are not without ocular proofs that the quality of our recruits has not since changed for the better. Any one who walks the streets of the metropolis, and casts an eye at the sentries standing guard at our publicbuildings, or glances at a batch of recruits at drill, or who observes the group of youths with which the recruiting sergeant is busy in our villages, will need no further evidence that it is still the "gristle," and not the bone and muscle of the coun try, which is passing into the ranks of our army. And unhappily recent events in the Crimea have startled us into a conviction of the dangers of (to borrow from the brilliant pen of the Times' correspondent) "trust ing the honour, reputation, and glory of Great Britain to undisciplined lads from the plough or the lanes of our towns and villages." For it is well known, and ought, in justice to the offi cers, to be publicly acknowledged, that in the late un successful attack on the Redan the men became massed in inextricable confusion, not from any lack of individual courage, but owing to an absence of the coolness, nerve, and self-possession which age, and age alone, can give. And how is it, I would respectfully inquire, that the purport of what I have narrated should be better known and appreciated everywhere than in England ; and that whilst, to quote the words of the Times—the truth of which I can con em from recent personal experience, on a restricted field of observation—" in every cafe and promenade in Barope the conversation has been of the sorry figure which England has made in the present war," not one word of warning has been addressed to the country, or a single appeal made to the people, for a supply of efficient men to fill the vacant ranks of the army, which the people, and the people alone, could fill ? How is it, on the contrary, that whilst the most unmea sured censures have been heaped on the Parliament, Go vernment, aristocracy, and military commanders, our press, platform, and even pulpits, have, during all this time, teemed with more fulsome laudation of the people of England than was ever before lavished on a commu nity in the same space of time ? I will not be tempted at present to pursue this inquiry ; it would lead me aside r from the practical question to which I beg to invite y e t % attention, and that of other leading advocates of the continuance of tne war. Howisitlparompotsseldd is to thrsais,,btt raise men l e ( that which whichaims kindred at nothing less than universal empire ?" If this, and phrases which have rung in our ears for the last two years mean anything but bound and f ur y , EDgithlullela "battle Europeantboys) civili sation fight and liberty against a despotism have undertaken not merely the work of one nation, but of half Europe. We cannot, if we would, depute this great self-imposed task to a legion of foreign mercena ries ; for our recruiting agents abroad (I blush to say it) haVe everywhere been threatened or imprisoned—not only the United States, but Prussia, Switzerland, and even diminutive Hamburg having refused to allow their citizens to engage, even at our expense, in what we in sist on calling a struggle for their independence. We cannot for very shame again confidethis duty to "thought less boys ;" besides, even those raw recruits fall short at the hour of our utmost need to the extent -of from twenty to forty thousand of the number voted by Par liament. How, then, do you propose to bring the bone, muscle, .and manhood of England into the field ? There are two methods, equally successful, by which regular armies are raised in foreign countries. The one is by a conscription, as in France, where a certain num ber of men of a prescribed age are taken every year by lot from amongst all classes, and where the unlucky in dividual who draws the fatal number from the balloting urn, be he peer or peasant, mast either serve himself, or find an approved substitute, at an expense varying from 801. to 2001., according to circumstances. The other is the plan of the United States, where the legislature votes the pumber of the army, and voluntary enlistment sup plies the men. This mode has never been found to fail. On the breaking out of the war with Mexico, five times as many men offered their services in many parts of the Union as were required. All ranks and professions pressed forward—the newspaper editor exchanged the pen far the sword ; the lawyer threw up his brief ; the doctor abandoned his patients ; and the farmer his land —all to enlist into the ranks. The present President of the United States, then of mature age, and with a lead ing practice as a barri-ter, gave up family and profes sion, and volunteered into the ranks. The plan is, in tact, our own, with this material difference in its work ing, that in America the popularity of a war is proved by „Ole ... ople_tg_jakc! a pal jn it. 744 still ch,b e eirreictomme dad' for adoption in tiiis country—that of Increasing the bounty until you tempt men from other pursuits into the army. But it is liable to the objection that in these days of cheap locomotion you would not be sure of keep ing your recruit after he had pocketed the bribe. "We find," says Lord Hardinge, "that the more you raise the bounty the greater the number of desertions ; they make a trade of it." _ You will not expect me to say which of these plans should be adopted for carrying on a war which in my conscience I believe to be more unnecessary, rash, and aimless, than any in our history, and which, for the visionary objects avowed by its advocates, has no paral lel since the Crusades. But, unfortunately, opposition to a war by no means separates us from its consequences. The safety of the country ; the prosperity of its people ; the burdens we may be called upon to bear ; the pro bable duration of hostilities ; and, above all, because in volving all the effect which the policy and conduct of the war may have upon our character and honour as a nation ;—all these are matters of as vital importance to the opponents as the advocates of a war ; and hence the right they may fairly claim to call in question not only its policy, but the mode in which it is carried on. We are told of the necessity of maintaining our prestige among the nations of the world ; and there is no advo cate of the war more sincerely desirous than myself of elevating the true fame and influence of-England. But my complaint is, that the war party, by that display of inflated pretensions and abortive performances with which they have contrived to occupy the attention of the world, have attained the very opposite end to that at which they and I have, no doubt with equal sincerity, aimed. Nations, like individuals, are judged less by what they omit to do than by the extent to which their deeds fall short of their wordy professions. America, fur instance, does not suffer in prestige by maintaining a standing army of tea or twelve thousand men only ; and but one, if one, line-of battle-ship in commission. Ou the contrary, there is dignity in her att tude, when coupled with the avowed principle of nonintervention ; and the strength which she thereby husbands makes her one of the most for midable Powers in the world. But if America under took to "defend the liberties of Europe," or protect the civilwould isationdraw of h p n her t e u n world," universal r present rm di cule.An a dl ai m ne u n st t be permitted to tell our war-at-any-price party, who talk so glibly of humbling and reducing to abject terms of peace an empire of sixty millions of people, by invading their territory at a distance of 3,000 miles, and thus contending with the passive obitinacy of the most stub born race in existence, under the greatest possible disad vantage to ourselves—who treat with scorn the neutrality of Germany, Au,tria, Prussia, Sweden, Denmark, Hol land, and Switz'rland, and assume to themselves and France the exclusive honour of—to quote the words of an e-teemed friend of mine on a late occasion to his ap plauding c instituents—" thrusting back a barbarous Power which is seeking to trample out civilisation and overwhelm Europe"—l tell this party that they will bring ridicule on this great country, that they will lower our prestige, and perhaps draw upon us slights and in sults, thus hazarding the recurrence of future wars, un -1 less they either moderate their language to the level of their deeds, or raise their performances to an equality with their pretensions. I shall say nothing upon a point which must have en gaged the anxious consideration of thoughtful minds, namely, the effect which will be produced on our alliance with the French people it the blood of their peasantry, with whom the war has never been very popular, should again and again have to be expended to purchase fresh triumphs for our war party. If the avowed objects of this party are to be persevered in, ye are new only at the commencement of the war. If the whole of the Crimea were in our hands to-morrow, we should still be at the beginning of the struggle. The government of Austria must in its heart (if it have one) be rejoiced to see three powers, not one of whom it trusts, but all of whom it fears, exhausting themselves in a destructive war at a remote distance from her fron tiers. Prussia and Germany are almost to a man for neutrality—an armed one if necessary ; and they who still say these is a difference between the governments and peoples on this subject know nothing of what has been passing lately in those countries. We shall, there fore, be left to complete the task which, in conjunction with our French ally, we have imposed on ourselves. Every step we take on Russian territory must be over earthworks, and at the point of the bayonet ; for the Russians have never fought great battles with an enemy on their own soil without the defensive aid of redoubts and entrenchments. This is the work of men, and not of the "thoughtless boys" who are at present kidnapped by the recruiting serjeant. There is nothing for it but an appeal to the manhood of England. To this end, the press, and the orators and leaders of the party opposed to peace, who tell us they have all England at their back, must now address themselves. If, as we have been told, this war, in defence of the " liberty and civilisa tion" of a continent which does not think it necessary to defend itself, is the people's war, there will be a response to the appeal ; if, on the contrary, it be a war of diplo matists and newspapers, it will fail. But, in the meantime, all parties, whether for peace or war, will, I am sure, agree with me that a less arrogant and bombastic tone, not only towards Russia, but Prussia and other countries,* on the part of our exponents of public opinion, would be an acceptable change ; or, if our able-bodied orators and writers will continue to de claim in favour of carrying on the war " with vigour, let them at least be prepared to respond, in their own persons, to the invitation to take part in it. And to our festive warriors of the tavern and dinner-table school, however exalted in rank, let me add, that the hour for "Rule Britannia" and other songs of triumph has not yet arrived. We have taken Brittania from her ocean throne, to land her on an element over which her sceptre does not "rule," where we have abandoned her to the somewhat unsafe keeping of "thoughtless boys ;" and if a tithe of the exploits promised in her name are to be achieved, every man of the war-at-any-price party, be tween 21 and 50, must he prepared to rush to the rescue. Before I conclude, I would express a hope that the time is not distant when the thoughtful portion of the British public, who in the end determine our national policy, will be awakened to a sense of their responsi bility. Let it be remembered that we have invaded the territory of Russia ; that we are now the aggressive party ; that we have not to this day defined, even to our own comprehension, the terms which would satisfy us, and induce us to withdraw ; and that it is hardly pro bable under such circumstances that acceptable propo sals for peace should come from Russia. Let it always he borne in mind that no terms of peace are possible which do not involve the withdrawal of our armies from her territory, and that no injuries which we might in the meantime inflict on her (some of those already committed on her coasts will not, I fear, .are dound to our credit as a civilised and commercial s t s o shield t r y people)v eanrs.ourselvesa teA could fnodr t by yef r have nwl mo whom so the te any i indefinite miseries,pdt h e e permanent m a t lie prolongationtte n np t dr ofotrhba effects ovcsitoei ou protraction enlfn t i S eehogavobfonoeffiecsgvdntotceei ehmeirtr govern ing t. ties advocated ? With the exception o ko t ning, to whom peace will bring mandin his gp irna heart in ne n o;fwanveoon3ru war aisoonrr;tli dh t . statesman of trust and aut a ho d r a i • responsibility/ 1 of an anonymous ir know woe served vtt that ee n rda u et s a bt n ty c h. e teh d ei French r i enni continuationsc diminishes e s the Government e h o chances n h c o e s. aimless o eac e . a t of h notb nionw to a perseverance in thecontinued Not for that of Turkey, are hostilities to be con n l i e n ss ci u ti n n d g e t r h t e h e e y t y o f retheis country who is of her resuscitation ; no " whose eminent a interest,n blood which they tha o h w s a a e v d r e as f n o o r a i n n p t , not even for the benefit favourable to a pacification after the Vienna Con and report says, and I believe truly, that it is ing classes of Europe, for they all desire peace ; not for those of the "democracy, chiefs have um hu an m ifwne denounced raesncost f t s noo s i of , r ei v jotnei our r s g e e a ? raayi n i al yd p d o ify s ao s pro i fw b possibly be theirbk en We have been told indeed that war, which the world eheaeA(ciriuneen. nn,t deobrnfeeost rtef interests muwonsfhdbot the is e there a * As a recent specimen, let me give the following extract from the leading article of a journal which occasionally does its best to earn for us the character of the Bombastcs Furioso of nations :—" We desire above all things the con tinuance of peace, but it it be the determination of any large portion of the people of the United States to force war upon us, we shall know how to meet it and repel i t without relaxing for an instant our gripe on the throat of the reeling sad tottering giant of the . north I", ' ,'• bad regardeft'as but at best an inevitable evil, is iii . i f• 1, , self a beneficent antidote to the selfishness of a meicane • tile age—and that the manly virtues would become•eic-c -tinct, unless invigorated by the siege and battle-field:. There are minds so wanting in moral continence that they abandon themselves to every, popular emotion or ` frenzy of the hour—who, when all hearts exulted at the signs of international peace, declaimed of the horrors of war—who now that the demon of carnage has away for a season, sing of the " canker of peace," and who would be ready to mop and mow with madmen to-morrow if Bedlam could be but one day in the ascendant. Such are they who now ask us to believe that the spectacle of human passion and suffering which has been enacted dm , ing the last year in the Crimea, and which has converted that fair scene into an earthly pandemonium, is neces sary for the social regeneration of mankind ; that the purer feelings and a ff ec ti ons o f our na t ure fi n d a healthy cleveloprnent in an atmosphere so foul and unnatural that domestic life cannot breathe it ;—that an employment where men bring every faculty to the task of destroying others and preserving themselves from destruotion—that there is the school to unlearn selfishness, and to train us to the disinterested love of our species S We are asked to believe these things. Yes, when we are prepared to pronounce the New Testament a fable, and Christ's teachings an untruth, we will believe them ; and not till then. Pray receive my apology for trespassing at such length upon your space.—l remain faithfully yours, Midhurst, 31st Oct., 1855. RICD. COBDEN. TEE CASE OF TEE ROYAL MAIL SHIP MERMAID, AT PERNAMBUCO. LIVERPOOL, Saturday.—Mr. Mansfield, stipendiary magistrate, was occupied in the magistrates' room of the Police-court during the greater part of to-day, on an in quiry from the Board of Trade, demanded by Captain E. Devey, of the Royal mail-ship Mermaid (belonging to Messrs. Pilkington and Wilson's White Star line of Australian packets), into certain charges made against him by Mr. Cooper, her Majesty's consul at Pernambuco. The case being one of considerable importance to ship owners and underwriters generally, the Board of Trade sent down Captain Robertson to conduct it, while Captain Devey and the owners were represented by Mr. Hull, solicitor, of Liverpool. The investigation was private, being only accessible by the parties interested and the reporters of the•press.. ,;:;s4,amtathre eagesw4B #PAer" 4 ' t 4% eitilVlSEAt — "" Iliac tdtifi lierTPare — or ciptaic a ra% .1 d 'MI . • Captain Robertson, but, by the advice of counsel, re fused ; and the magistrate did not think it necessary to enforce its production. The facts of the case, as appeared in evidence, were as follows :—The Mermaid sailed from Melbourne on the 13th of July for Liverpool, with about 200 passengers and a valuable cargo of merchandise, which comprised about 400,0001. in gold. Between Melbourne and Cape Horn, owing to adverse winds and stormy weather, the vessel began to leak slightly. Some of the cabin passengers becoming alarmed, entered into corres pondence with the captain, who assured them that, did he think it necessary, he would put into some Brazilian port, intimating his opinion that such a step would be unnecessary. Having arrived off Pernam buco, and being in want of fresh provisions, he called there. While engaged in making the purchases required, some of the passengers reported to the British con sul at that port that the vessel was leaky, and not fit to proceed on her voyage. He (the consul) immediately ' ordered a survey of the vessel, which being assented to by Captain Devey, was held, and the surveyor reported the Mermaid as not seaworthy, and recenemending re pairs. The conclusion at which the surveyors arrived was dissented from by Captain Devey, and another survey was made by American captains, wise also ad vised repairs. It should be stated, that during the period of the surveys, the vessel was outside the harbour of Pernambuco, and could not enter it without discharg ing her cargo and running the risk of great damage to a vessel of the magnitude of the Mermaid, even for repairs. The consul, it appears, on the strength of the reports of the surveyors, required the ship to come into port and repair the leak, and in answer to the question of Capt. Devey said that neither the Goverament nor any of the banks would take charge of his gold, but he (the consul) would ; and that for so doing his claim would be 2i per cent. (which on the gold alone would amount to 10,0001.), besides his per centage for cargo, repairs, &c., which it is believed would reach 20,0001., a ruinous demand certainly for owners arid underwriters. Accordingly, finding it impossible even to repair at Pernambuco, where there are no conveniences fur a vessel of such large dimensions, and having every confidence in his ship (and having provided extra pumps in case of the leak gaining ground), and in defiance of the consul, who threatened to report him to the Board of Trade, and endeavour to stop his certificate. Capt. Devey set sail for Liverpool, and ar rived, after a fine passage of 34 days, his cargo in capi, tal condition, his passengers happy and contented, and his vessel in first-rate order. Knowing the charges brought against him by the consul at Pernambuco, Capt. Devey and the owners of the Mermaid (Messrs. Pilking ton and Wilson, of Liverpool) demanded this investiga tion. Since her arrival in port the vessel has been sur veyed in the graving dock, and the repairs required are known to be of the most trifling character. In the course of the examination, in answer to a ques tion from Mr. Hull, Captain Devey stated he had been connected with the sea since 1826, and had been a com tnander of a ship since 1833. He had perfect confidence in the Mermaid during the entire voyage. He had com manded her ever since she was built. .. Captain Robertson said it was evident that it would have been impossible fur the Mermaid to have gone into the harbour of Pernambuco, and very injudicious to have attempted it. The examination of Captain Devey lasted about four hours, when Mr. John Napier and Mr. Faugg, both cabin passengers on board the Mermaid, on the voyage from Melbourne to Liverpool, and who were present at the interview between Captain Devey did the consul at Pernambuco, were examined, and confirmed Captain Devey's evidence in every particular. In addition, they stated that in common with the majority of the passen gers, they had throughout the entire voyage perfect con fidence in the prudence and seamanship of Capt. Devey, who never (both witnesses stated) seemed to entertain the slightest doubt of the sea-worthiness of his vessel. The British consul's letter to the Board of Trade (on which the present inquiry is founded), the surveyor's (at Pernambuco) report, and the memorial from the passen gers to Captain Devey, before calling off Pernambuco, asking him to proceed on his voyage (having every con fidence in the ship) were put in as evidence, after which, it being six o'clock, the c , ise was adjourned until to-day, vi hen the eviuence of the local surveyors will be taken. TEE 11YDE-PA RIC DEMONSTRATION. Yesterday Hyde-park was the scene of the most ex- • objectw h traorelinary and disgraceful proceedings. At an earl y hour in the afternoon an innnense m ob, com p osed of all the disorderly characters of the lower p arts of the me tropolis, emerged from their haunts and con g re g ated in the open part of the park. Their p ur p ose evidentl y was one of pure and unmitigate d mischief, without the least witht length aware of t he atpre t e nce or allegation of a grievance or any excuse for a popularon demonstration, ever. We are happy to perceive that the orators of the previou eoustra t o n r , a any political 3 Sunday and other popular leaders, who cer tainly had some very slight pretensions to call together a demonstration, ic r a m mis chief which resulted from the mob of idle lads and dis orderly persons who composed the major part of their audience, have desisted from a course which was likely to lead to consequences of the most disastrous character. In fact, these Sunday demonstrations have become, as was certain to be the case, a most complete nuisance, and a more perfect perversion of the rights and enjoy ments of the public in the parks , of the metropolis can hardly be imagined. The greater portion of Hyde-park yesterday afternoon from three o'clock till some time after dusk was in the possession of a mob of idle youths and lade, with whom the authorities, with a praiseworthy discretion, were evidently anxious if possible to avoid a collisi e from the The evil may perhaps wear itself out, but to judg s hom a temper of the rabble yesterday, the au thoritie eve . The mass, very delicate and difficult t ask before the bemselves over the composed of those materials, spread t d in pelting park, and their amusements consiste d one another with clods of turf. Their procee ings were occa sionally varied by an impromptu fight, but if a hidden individual, decently or respectably dressed, happened to fall in their way, he immediately drew upon himself the whole attention of the gang in his immediate neighbour hood, their courtesies were not of the most hood, and amiable nature. Hats appeared to be especially obn • omens, and the unfortunate wearer of one speedily h regre t his temerity in appearing upon such A reason to a , a scene. Shortly before 4 o'clock the appearance of an unfortunate Oriental wea ring a fez, and p r oceeding with characteristic sedate ness from the north-west entrance of th e Park, in the di re ction of Albert-gate, w as th a rdly and un-English attack. _ e signal for a most cow- This unfortunate person at once attracted the notice of the mob, whose mischievous propensities happened at scope for employment. the moment to have no other yrnent. He was hooted and hissed at in a most outrageous manner. A few sods were then thrown at him, and shortly he was overwhelmed with a storm of clods and ston es, make to escape which he endeavoured to for the Marble Arch , and, after . running the gauntlet f or nearly a quarter of a mile, he was rescued by a body of the police, o were in reserve in that other Orientals direction. After this h several w were stop ped by the police. A number of arrests of the ringleaders from time to time were made by the police, and on one occasion & general entente appeared imminent. An Irish rough, who had made himself particularly conspicuous, was seized by the police. A determined attempt at r escue was made. After a short but severe c onflict the police were victorious, and the man was removed. It is impossible to give more than a faint outline of these scenes, which appeared to extend over a great space of ground, or to enume rate the outrages and at tacks which were made upon almost every respectable individual who happened by accident to be passing or was present from a very questionable curiosity. The arrangements of the police were excellent, a n d the manner in which they conducted themselves, in a most trying and irksome duty, highly commendable. Precautions were taken to prevent a renewal of the window breaking frolics in the streets leading from the which were scattered park, along a number of the force i n a ddition to the mounted patrol. DEFENCE OF THE SOUTHERN COAST.—The port Shoreham, at the mouth of the Adur, is about to be de• fended by a fort mounting six heavy guile, with bars• racks, for the men. >: s :~, . ii seats himself will be under the magic spell, and appear to the audience, under circumstances least expected; in a posi tion as peculiar as perplexing. Act. 11. The Mystery of the Charmed Chest ; or, the Nu3leus of the Night's Wonders. To comprehend which the audience will have the goodness to observe, in an earlier part of the evening, the chest suspended (like Mahommed's coffin) in mid-air, into which all things will travel, and out of which all will produced. Act. i 2. The Homological Evaporation ; or, the Shortest Route to the Antipodes. Illustrating the easiest modo of ridding ourselves of a troublesome friend, and the advantages of the newly-discovered dia-terrestrial passage from the west ern to the eastern hemisphere. Doors open each evening at half-past 7 ; commence at 8. Private boxes, 1/. lls. 6d. and 11. ls., to be obtained at the Box-office, or at the principal libraries ; stalls, 4s. ; dress circle, 3s. ; upper boxes, 2s. ; pit, ls. ; gallery, 6d. The Box-office is open daily, from 11 till 5, under the direction of Mr. Chatierton, jun. Grand fashionable Morning Per formance on Paturday Noyember 10, at 2 o'clock. Doors open at half past 1. ANK OF - LONDON, Threadneedle-street, and 450, West Strand. NO fICE.—The rate allowed on deposits has been raised from this day to 51. per cent. MATTHEW MARSHALL, Jun., Manager. October 18, 1855. • 0, or of 10 ~. el [ ~~ •