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Stalls (which can be aller taken from a plan at the box - office eve r y day between ii and 4 , without any extra charge), 3s. ; area , 2 s. ; gy, Is. The Mot ning Representations take place every Tuesday„ Thursday, and Saturday, at 3 o'clock. Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. 1 ) fI L:ii:. br. r THE R3CRIBITION of the Three Hundred and Fifty PHOTOGRAPHS taken by ROGER FENTON, Esquire, in the CRIMEA is open daily from 10 to 5, and in the evening from 7 to 10, at the Gallery, 5, Pall-mall East.—Admission, One Shilling. ARGYLL ROOMS.-LAIIRENT'S CASINO NOW OPEN for the winter season. Primipal Cornet a Piston. M. Bouleourt.—Doors open at 9. Admission Ono Shilling. Laurent's new Varsoviana every night. MR. W. S. WOODIN as RACHEL, in Les lloraces.—Mr. W. B. WOODIN w:11 have the honour of giving a representation of the celebrated tragedienne, with other new featares, eve, y evening until further notice, in his NEW ENTER TAINMENT. the OLIO of ODDITIES, illustrated by 50 instan taneous Metamorphoses of Voice, Character, and Costume, and a Prnorama of the beautiful Lakes of Westmoreland and Cumberland, every evening, at B.—Polygraphic-hall, King William•street, Char ing -cross. LAST FEW DAYS. 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 the North. in 12 acts, with ever-changing variety of incidents, continuous surprises, novel and extraordinary effects, Magic and Mystery is an entirely-new entertainment, pos. vessing distinctive characteristics and peculiar 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 one thing; but it is a comedy really performed by the com pany ; a melodrama replete with startling positions and unex pected denouements ; a magnificent spectacle, with 2,000 of the public every night to appear as auxiliaries ; and an ex travaganza, in which all that seems to be is entirely beyond the bounds of probability. Professor Anderson returns his thanks to thronged an I fashionable 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 repetition. Ho believes that no professor of his art has-at -any. time or-in- any place - been - honoured 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 of a life sedulously devoted to the attainment of perfected skill in one peculiar art; and to perfect which lie, has travelled the globe in every clime ; secondly , that he has pared no trouble nor expense to put this entertainment on the stage in the most elaborate manner, by the employment of the first mechanicians and artists of the day ; and thirdly, that, while endeavouring to provide amusement for those who honour bim'with their presence, he has not forgotten the, it is possible to afford information also, and that the oppor tunity should not be neglected of exposing conjuring wher ever it hat; been used for nefarious purposes, or whenever by resorting 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 Pre fessor Anderson has received, from the time of opening the theatre up to the present date, bear witness to the great in terest taken on the subject of this singular delusion ; whilst many of them bear melancholy evidence to the daugers which uttencl a belief in the superstitions nonsense of the " Spiri tualists." Judging simply by the correspondence which has resulted, Professor Anderson's exposé of spirit-rapping and his illustration 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 for Professor Anderson to reply at length to a tithe of the communications which reach him on the subject. He regrets that many of these should come from ladies and gentlemen who, from 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, from the Lyceum stage, Mr. Anderson's opinions o'i 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 fork. 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 thoroughly nonplussed. Both of these noted men brought the whole force of their keen discernment to bear upon the solution 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 Family herald, No. 648: —" This young man, who is a Scotehman by birth, and now in Italy, is a remarkable medium for all the manifestations without apparatus. Barnum. who is well-known throughout the Anglo-Saxon world as a splendid humbug, offered him MOO dollars per annum if he would perform at his museum in Ne w York. Barnum then took it for granted that medium' could be bought. Ho was somewhat astonished when his offer was refused. Hume, on telling the fact in Loudon lately, simply and honestly remarked, that the money would have been very acceptable to him, for ho was poor, young (under 20), 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. Me 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 whore might be supposed to be sane. Even if Barnum does believe in spirit-rapping--does spirit-rapping gain or lose 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 4 Professor Anderson would believe not ; hut, when he finds that educated clergymen of the Church of England have the temerity to subscribe their names to so gross a swindle, when he finds that the incumbent of Wortley (the Rev. N. J. Godfrey) positively asserts kis belief in it, and writes a book on the subject, he considers it t be time for him to state that which he knows of the mechanism by which it is effected, and the mischief to which it tends. In the Morning 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-rapping is nothing more than conjuring applied to bad purposes. In the Morning Advertiser of the following day however, there is an answer to Sir David's letter from ono who was present when be and Lord Brougham had their genet) with the spirits, in which the writer says, that " the table (a large dinner-table, I believe) moved about in the most extraordinary manner, and, 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." With such a statement, printed for the edification of the people of the 19th century, with the facts before us that the most talented men of the day are permitting themselves to •be 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" bas actually been advertised to be hold in St. Martin's-hall, Professor Anderson trusts that his exposures of the spiritual 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, on Saturday, December 15, at 2 o'clock ; the programme being thus arranged ; Part 1. —Act 1. The Mesmeric Couch : or, the Clinical Capabilities of the Atmosphere : in which the Wizard will do lw magio 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 Reeueils Choisies: or, Puck's Own Pocket Book, with Puck 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 mation—black into white, and the Discovery of every Article in the position which •would seem the most inappropriate. Act 5. L'Ecrin de Verve; or, the Casket of Crcesus. Into which, though made entirely of glass perfectly transparent, and suspended so as to be visible to the eyes of all present, the Wizard will cause the money of his visitors to transport itself, and rain into the casket, though its lid be closed, locked, and the key in the possession of the audience. Act 6. Clairvoyance Extraordinary ; or; the Transparency 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, butter-milk, Epsom salts, Port, Sherry, brandy, gin, rum, w hi s k y, aoyean, or any other wine or spirit required ; and finally proving to be filled with pocket handkerchiefs perfectly d ry, and occupying the whole space when tightly packed. Act 8. Half an Hour with the Spirits ; or, an Expose of Spirit-rapping. Introducing the spirit-rapping table and tocsin of the invisibles. Act. 9. Grand Mystic Amalgam, in which the property of the Wizard's patrons will undergo some strange metamor phoses, and, amongst others, their handkerchiefs become transformed into the flags of victory—the banners of Eng land, France, Turkey, and Sardinia. Act. 10. The Enchanted Chair of Comue,in which be who Rats himself will be under the magic spell, and appear to , the audience, under circumstances least expected, tion as peculiar as perplexing. in a posi - Act. 11. The Mystery of the Charmed Chest ; or, the Nucleus 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 bo produced. Act. 12. The Homological Evaporation ; or, the Shc.test Route to the Antipodes. Illustrating the easiest mode of ridding ourselves of a troublesome Mend, 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. 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As respects the last, in particu lar, these:anxieties were groundless : the show has been established eight years, and according to the estimate formed of it by competent judges there has never been a finer display of cattle entered for competition. In all the classes the animals, with out exception, are wall fed without being over fed, their general symmetry and utility of form being especially remarkable, the opinions of the judges being that there was not what may be considered a bad animal in the yard. In point of merit the Herefords had the undoubted pre-eminence. The two gold medals were awarded to an Hereford ox and an Hereford heifer, the former being obtained by Mr. Heath, of Ludham Hall, Norfolk, who also carried off the medal last year. Agriculturists generally pronounced the prize animal to be a very remarkable specimen ; but the other entries were also remarkably good, as were those also in the classes for heifers, steers, and cows. In all the classes there was much competition, more, perhaps, than on any former occasion here ; for although the number of entries was in the aggregate not so great as in former years, the diminution of animals in the Hall was not so great in proportion. Last year disease caused a considerable number of absentees ; but fortunately. there was no such drawback on this occasion, anl,.with very few exceptions, all the neat stock entered was to be found in the Hall. The classes for short-horns, Welsh, Scots, and Devons, made a very _considerable appearance ' especially the two latter breeds, in respect of which some of the animals were accounted very first rate specimens, any deficiency of number being fully compensated for by the first-rate character of the stock shown. In the classes for Devons his Royal Highness Prince Albert obtained no less than four prizes and, without entering into a more minute analysis of the cattle prize list, we may state the general opinion that in that respect this show is a decided advance on any of its pre decessors, and that it is much calculated to heighten the character of this exhibition. The show of sheep ;,;di.)igswas very good. With respect to the former the classes of Southdowns and Shropshires possessed extraordinary excel lence ; of this there was but one opinion amongst practical men ; the classes, too, were better filled than in some preceding years. There was the usual immense display of poultry, which is a great characteristic, and certainly one of the most attractive features of this exhibition. The 1,800 pens entered included every variety of breed. There were poultry fanciers present from all parts of the kingdom, and a great quantity of , birds were sold. - - A novel feature in this year's show, which pro mises to be more attractive - hereafter, was the ex hibition of a magnificent display of roots, which, for the first time here, formed a classification in the prize list. Some of the mangold wurtzels and Swedes were very finely grown. Various other alterations' in the arrangements this year will, we believe, be found hereafter to advance the exhibi tion in usefulness, and to place it on a more per manent basis. This show has always been noted for the excellence of its management, and certainly Mr. Wright, Mr. Lowe, and the other gentlemen who are most actively engaged in it, never de served more warm cog nendations than this year, for so far the show is a complete success. To-day the hall has been crowded from the open ing of the doors. We are uninformed of the num ber of persons who have been present, but it amounted to a great many thousands, and in cluded a large number of the nobility and gentry, not only of the district, but from all parts of the country. The Tolloiving is the list of prizes : HEREFORDS. HEREFORD OXEN OR STEERS. Class I—First prize, 101., with gold medal, and silver medal to breeder ; exhibitor, Mr. William Heath, Lud ham-hall, Norwich ; bre e d er , Mr. Thomas Roberts, lying ton Bury, Leominster, Herefordshire. Second ditto, 51. ; exhibitor and breeder, the Right Hon. Lord Ha therton, Tedesley, Staffordshire. ESTABLISHED 1803. GLOBE INSURANCE, CORNIIILL AND PALL-MALL—LONDON. JAMES W. FRE ATIFIELD, Esq , M.P., F.R.S., Chairman. Fowlor Newsam, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. George Carr Glyn, Esq., M.P., Treasurer. Full security to parties As , ured by means of a Capital of ONE MILLION STERLING, for the last fifty years all paid-up and In vested. 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Its perusal is ?articularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of their physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded the health. happiness, and privileges to which every human being is entitled. Li IS absolollY necessary that all men should know, that there are irineiples of personal management which cannot be violated without i n= ring gricvous o penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed th e heyday of inconsiderate self - indulgence, how these penalties nay be mitigated, hew the stinngeonfcthes may be avoided,eirabltternessmand above beremo ll v a ed: tinhaiththowerethies scarcely any a it n s y e°nsog degree of physical infirmity or functional lorangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. The Author has for a series of years been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate compl aints, which have too generally confided to th e antor t u nately been care of ignorant emoirics who Inflict great injury on those wLo are induced to place faith in their pretensions. 2s, 6 0 0 r 3f' f r e°743 Messrs. )s b s i r o S s post eh e f t o r be had price wood and Co., NERVOUI3. DEBILITY May Horae, 19, Leicester-square , the Author ' s • residence, 37, Bed r 26 stamps to any address from 23, Paten.vamtcarrin-r739;,'elloarnun.hilly; ford -.square . At home for consultation daily from eleven till two, and from six till eight. LONDON, WEDN HEREFORD STEERS. Class 2.—First prize, 10/., and silver medal to breeder; exhibitor, Mr. John Naylor, Leighton•halt, Welshpool, Montgomeryshire ; breeder, Mr. Walter Maybery, Brecknockshire. Second ditto, 51. ; exhibitor, Mr. Ed ward Longmore, Adforton, near Ludlow ; breeder, Mr. Thomas Longmore, Buckton. HEREFORD COWS. Class 3.—First prize, 101., and silver medal as breeder; exhibitor and breeder, Mr. Samuel Walker Urwiok, Leinthall Starkg, near Ludlow. Second ditto, 51., exhi bitor and breeder, Mr. Joseph Smith, Shelsley Walsh, Worcestershire. HEREFORD HEIFERS. Class 4.—First prize, 10/., with gold medal, and silver medal as breeder ; exhibitor and breeder, Mr. Ed ward Price, Court-house, Pembridge, Herefordshire. Second ditto, 51., exhibitor and breeder, Mr. George Pitt, Chadnor-court, Dilwyn, near Leominster. SHORT-HORNS. SHORTHORN OXEN OR STEERS. Class S.—First prize, 10/., and silver medal as breeder ; exhibitor and breeder, Col. the Hon. E. G. D. Pennant, Penrhyn-castle, Carnarvonshire. Second ditto, 51., exhibitor and breeder, his It iyal Highness Prince Albert, Windsor Castle. SHORTHORN STEERS. •-• • Class 6.—First prize, HQ, and silver medal to breeder ; exhibitor, Mr. John Thomas Robinson, Leek by Palace, Thirsk ; breeder, Mr. Quinton Clark, Bilton, Wetherby. Second ditto, al., exhibitor, the Right Hon. Lord L e i g h , S tonele i gh-a bb ey, Warwickshire ; breeder, Mr. Francis Burton, Berkswell, Warwickshire. SMORT-HORN COWS. Class 7,—First prize, 101., and silver medal to breeder ; exhibitor, the Right Hon. Viscount Hill, Hawkstone, Shropshire ; breeder, the late Hon. Capt. Pelham' Appuldurcombe, Isle of Wight. Second ditto, 51. ; exhibitor and breeder, Mr. Edmund Herbert, Powick, Worcestershire. SHORT-HORN HEIFERS. Class B.—First prize, 101., and silver medal to breeder; exhibitor, the Right Hon. Earl Howe, Gopsal-hall, Atherstone ; breeder, Mr. Richard Roberts Jee, Harts hill, Atherstone. Second do., 51. ; exhibitor and breeder, the Right Hon. Viscount Hill, Hawkstone, Shropshire. DEVONS. DETON OXEN OR STEERS. Class 2.—First prize, 101., and silver medal to breeder ; exhibitor, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Windsor Castl e ; breeder, Mr. Richard Corner, Tor weston, Williton, Taunton, Somersetshire. Second do., ; exhibitor, Mr. William ileatcb, Ludham-ball, Nor wich ; breeder, Mr. Nicholas Snow, Oare, Somerset shire. DEVON STEERS. Class 10.--,First prize, 10/,, and silver medal as breeder ; exhibitor and breeder, Mr. John C. liaise, Molland, South Molton, Devonshire. Second do., 51. ; exhibitor, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Windsor Castle ; breeder, Mr. William Lyddon, Withiel Florey, King's Brompton, Soniersetshire. DEVON Cows. Class 11.—First prize, 101., and silver medal as breeder ; exhibitor and breeder, Mr. Abraham Umbers, Weston-hall, Warwickshire. (Has had one calf born alive.) Second do., 51. ; exhibitor, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Windsor Castle ; breeder, Mr. Walter Farthing, Stowey-court, Bridgewater, Somersetehire. DEVON UEIFERS. Class 12.—First prize, 101., and silver medal to breeder ; exhibitor, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Windsor Castle ; breeder, Mr. Thomas Miller, Castle• farm, Sherborne, LONG-HORNS. LONG-HORN COWS OR HEIFERS. Class 13.—First prize, 10/., and silver medal as breeder ; exhibitor and breeder, Mr. Samuel Burbery, Wroxhall, Warwickshire. (Has had three calves born alive.) Second ditto, 51. ; exhibitor and breeder, Mr. Phineas Fowke Hussey, Wyrley-grove, Walsall, Staf fordshire. FOR OTHER PURE BREEDS AND CROSS-BRED ANIMALS. FAT OXEN OR STEERS. Class 14.—First prize, 101., and silver medal as breeder (cross between Devon and shorthorn) ; exhibitor and breeder, Mr. William Wilson, Whitacre•house, Coleshill, Warwickshire. Second ditto, 5/. ; exhibitor and breeder, Mr. Richard Hawkes, Hunscote, Charlecote, Warwick shire. (Cross.) FAT COWS. Class 15.--Fir4 prize, 101., and silver medal to breeder ; exhibitor, Mr. William Thomas Cox, Spondon, Derbyshire ; breeder, Mr. John Johnson Meakin, Spon don, Derbyshire. (Cross.) Second ditto, 51. ; exhi bitor, Mr. Richard Timms, Branston, Northamptonshire; breeder, 111.1 Ed ward Stevenson, Measbam, Derbyshire. (Lincoln.) FAT HEIFERS. Class 10.—First prize, 101., and silver medal as breedere ; exhibitors an d breeers, the Moira Colliery Company, Moira, Ashby-de•la-Zouch. (Cross.) Second ditto, 51. ; exhibitor a n d b ree d er , hi s G race th e D u k e of Beaufort, Badminton, Glocestershire. .(Cross between West Highland Scotch and Glocester.) Commended ; exhibitor and breeder, the Right Hon. the Earl of Derby, Knowsley. (Brahmin and shorthorn.) SCOTCH OR WELSH BREEDS. SCOTCH OR WELSH OXEN OR STEERS. Class 17.—First prize, IQ.; exhibitor, Mr. William 41S DAY EVENING, DECEMBEIi 12, 1855. Heath, Ludham-ta, Norwich. (Galloway.) Sea and ditto, 51. ; exhibitor and breeder, Mr. Alexander Camp. bell, Monzie-castle, Perthshire, N. 8., West Highlands. The whole class tornmeuded. EXTRA CLASSES. (For Animals not 9ualifiej to compete in any of the pre - ceding -Classeo.) OXEN OR STEERS. Class I:!'.—Prize, silver medal ; exhibitor, Mr. John Chater, Great Boaen, and Market Harborough. (Short horn.) COWS OR HEIFERS. Class 20.—Prize, 'silver medal ; exhibitor and breeder, Mr. William Fletcher, Radmanthwaite, near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire,. (Sht.rt•horn.) ' SHEEP. LEICESTEBB. (Pen of three F 4 Wethers, not exceeding 22 months old.) Class 21.—First prize, 101., and silver medal as breeder ; exhibitor and breeder, Mr. G. S. Foljambe, Osberton-hall, Worksop, Nottinghamshire. Second ditto, 451. ; exhibitor and breeder, Mr. Robert Lee Bradshaw, Oakham, Ratlandshire. (Pen of three Fat Wethers, exceeding 22 but not ex ceeding 34 months old.) Class 22.—First - prize, 101., with silver medal as breeder, and silver 'medal for the best pen of long-woolled sheep ; exhibitor and breeder, Mr. George Turner, Bar ton, Exetyr. Second. ditto, 51. ; exhibitor and breeder, the Most Noble.the Marquis of Exeter, K.G., Burghley' house, Stamford. -- LONq•WOOLLBD &RIP, NOT BEING LEICICSTERS. Pen of three Fat Wethers, not exceeding 22 months old.) Class 23.—First prize, 101., and silver medal as breeder ; exhibitor and breeder, Mr. William &atter, Stratt )c, 'hear Ciresmter, Glocestershire. (Cotswold.) Second ditto, Si, ; exhibitor and breeder, Mrs, S ara h West, Geeeir-: h ill- farklllkflieb ingt on ,4-0 rfariat (Pen of three Fat Wethers, exceeding 22 bat not ex . ceeding 34 months old.) Class 24.—First prize, 10/., and silver medal •as breeder ; exhibitor and breeder, Mr. Robert Beman, Moreton•in-Marsb. (Cotswold.) SOUTH AND OTIIER DOWN SHEEP. Pen of three Fat Wethers, not eieeeding '22 months old.) Class 25.—First prize, 101., with silver medal as breeder, and silver medal for best pen of short-woolled sheep ; exhibitor and breeder, the Ri ;ht Hon. Lord \Val siugham, Merton-hall, Thetford, Norfolk. (South-down.) Second ditto, 51.; exhibiLor and breeder, the Right Hon. Lord Walsingham, Merton-hall, Thetford, Norfolk. (South-down.) (Pen of three Fat Wethers, exceeding 22 but not exceed ' ing 34 months old.) Class 26.—First prize, 101., and silver medal as breeder ' • exhibitor and breeder, the Right H on . L or d Walsingham, Merton-hall, Thetford, Norfolk. Second ditto, 51.; exhibitor and breeder, the Right Hon. Lord Walsingharn, Merton-hall, Thetford, Norfolk. (South down.) SHROPSHIRE AND OTHER BLACK OR GREY -PACED SHORT WOOLLED SHEEP. • Pen of three Fat Wethers, not exceeding 22 months old.) Class 27.—First prize, 101., and silver medal as breeder ; exhibitor and breeder, Mr. J. B. Green, Mar low, Herefordshire. Second ditto, 51. ; exhibitor and breeder Mr. Henry Smith, jun., Sutton M a dd oc k, Shiffnal. (Shropshire.) (Pen of three Fat Wethers, exceeding 22 but not exceed - ing 34 months old.) Class 28.—First prize, 101., and silver medal as breeder ; Exhibitor and breeder, the Right Hon. the Earl of Aylesford, Packington, Warwickshire. (Shrop shire.) Second ditto, 51. ; exhibitor and breeder, Mr. Wm. Masfen, N or t on (Nines, Walsall. (Imp rove d grey faced.) CROSS-BRED SHEEP. Pen of three Fat Wetherg, not exceeding 22 months old.) Class 29.—First prize, 10/., with silver medal as breeder, and silver medal for the best pen of cross-bred sheep ; exhibitor and breeder, Mr. Adam Corrie Keep, Wollaston, Northamptonshire. (South-down and Cots wold.) Second ditto, 51. ; exhibitor and breeder, Mr. Adam Corrie Keep, Wollaston, Northamptonshire. (South-down and Cotswold.) PIGS. FAT PIGS. Pen of tbree Fat Pigs of one litter, not exceeding 10 months old.) Class 31.—First prize, 101., and silver medal as breeder ; exhibitor and breeder, Mr. Clement Cottrell Dormer, Rousham, Oxfordshire. Second ditto, 51. ; exhibitor and breeder, Mr. James Wyley, jan. ; Long don, Rugelcy. (Pen of three Fat Pigs of one litter, not exceeding 15 months old.) Class 32.—First prize, 101., and silver medal as breeder; exhibitor and breeder, Mr. George Turner, Barton, Exeter. Second ditto, 51. ; exhibitor and breeder, his Grace the Duke of Sutherland, Trentham, Staffordshire. (Fat Pig exceeding 15 months old.) Class 33.—First prize, 61., and silver medal to breeder ; exhibitor, Mr. Richard Benyon, Englefield house, Reading , Berkshire ; breeder, Sir Gilbert E as t, Wooley-farm, Maidenhead, Berkshire. Second ditto, 3/. ; exhibitor, Mr. Charles Holland, the Lymes-farm, Seabridge, Newcastle, Staffordshire ; breeder, Mr. G. Holland, Whittington, near Os westry, Shropshire. PRIZES FOR BREEDING PIGS. PIGS OF A LAR GE B RE ED. _ (Pen of five Pigs of one litter, - exceeding three and not exceeding six months old.) Class 34.—First prize, 101., and silver medal as breeder ; exhibitor and breeder, Mr. Juseph Smith, Henley-in-Arden, (Berkshire.) Second ditto, Si. ; ex hibitor, Mr. Edward Harrison, Old Crown, Great Gharles-street, Birmingham ; breeder, Mr. W. Beach, Monument-lane ' Birmingham. PIGS OF SMALL BREED. (Pen of five Pigs of one litter, exceeding three and not exceeding six months old.) Class 35.—First prize, 10/.; and silver medal as breeder ; exhibitor and breeder, the Rev. Morton Shaw, Rougham-rectory, Bury St. Edmunds. Second ditto, 51. ; exhibitor and breeder, Mr. R. H. Watson, Bolton park, Wigton, Cumberland. PRIZES FOR ROOTS. FOR THE BEST COLLECTION OF FOUR DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF ROOTS MOST SUITABLE FOR FEEDING PURPOSES ; SIX RO OTS OF EACH KIND TO BB SHOWN. —A SILVER CUP, V ALUE F IVE G UINEAS . Class I.—The sil ver cup ; Mr. A. H. Johnson, Manor house, Gunnersbu r y, A cton, Midd lesex . (L o ng Red,go-wur z Red Globe, and Yello w Man ld el, and Swedes.) Lox% MANGOED-WURTZEL. Class 2.—First prize, 2/. 2s. ; Mr. Richard Benyon, Englefield-house, Reading, Berkshire. (Sutton's Elve tham Red.) Second ditto, 1/. ls. ; Mr. Win. Banton, Melbourne-common. Derbyshire. (Red.) Third ditto, 10s. 63. ; Messrs. Proctor and Ryland, Great Lister street, Birmingham. (Red.) GLOSE MANGOLD-WUETZEL. Class 3.—First prize, 2/. 2s. ; Mr. Richard Benyon, Englefield-house, Reading, Berkshire. (Yellow.) Se cond ditto, 1/. ls. ; the Rev. Thos. Stevens, Bradfield rectory, Reading. Third ditto, 10s. 6d. ; his Royal. Highness Prince Albert, Windsor Castle. SWEDES OF ANY VARIETY. Class 4.—First prize, 2/. 29. • Messrs. Proctor and Ryland, Great Lister-street, Birmingham. (Scarlet rind.) Second ditt o , 1/ . l e. ; M r. Wm. Lay, Place farm, Chilton, Abingdon, B e rk s hi re . (Skirving's Liver pool.) Third ditto, 108. 6d. ; his Grace the Du i te of Sutherland, Trentham, Staffordshire. (Bronze -top.) COMMON TURNIPS. Class s. —First prize, 21. 2s. ; his Grace the Duke of Sutherland, Trentham, Staffordshire. (Red Norfolk.) Second ditto, 1/. ls. ; -Mr. Win. Foster, Kinver-hill farm, Stourbridge. Third ditto, 103. 6d. ; Mr. William Lay, Place-farm, Chilton, A.bingslon. (Green round.) CARROTS Oz' ANY VARIETY. Class 6.—First prize, 21. 21. ; S. Foljambe, Osberton-hall, near Worksop, Nottinghamshire. (Red Altrincham.) Second ditto, it. ls. ; Mr. Joshua Har ding, Rosliston, Burton-npon•Trent. Third ditto, 10s. 6d. ; Mr. Geo. Mackenzie Kettie, Dallicott-house, Bridgnorth. (White Belgian.) OX. CABBACIN. Class 7.—First prize, 21. 25., Mr. William Banton, Melbourne-common, Derbyshire. Second ditto, 1/. 1144 Mr. Edward Wollet Wilmot, Hulme Walfield, Congle ton. Third ditto, 10s. 6d., the Moira Colliery Cum pany, near Ashby-de-lajtahE.S. OMER PASHA'S ARMY. (From the Times Correspondent.) TURKISH CAMP, SUGDIDI, Nov. 11. The day after a battle is generally one of repose, and the. Turkish troops were scarcely in a condition to follow the retreating Russian army the day after the passage of the Ingour. I saw, however, in the course of my explorations in the woods to the rear of the battery so many carcases of horses and so many human bodiei stripped of their clothes that there can be nb doubt that, had it been possible, a pursuit would have been attended with the most disastrous consequences to the Muscovite troops. From the aspect of the men lying upon the field it was clear that the greater portion of the soldiers who had defended the battery were Russians, and not Mingrelians, and this opinion was confirmed when I afterwards saw the prisoners brought up for the inspection of the Pasha ; there was not a single Mingrelian among them. It is therefore possible I may have overstated the number of Militia en. gaged in the affair.' Omer Pasha has caused the 'utmost attention to be paid to the prisoners, and the wounded share the attentions of his surgeons with those of his own troops. The difficulties which the Turkish soldier had to contend against in storming the fort are only now beginning to be thoroughly appreciated. The ford at which they crossed the river, a little above the fort, is so deep, and the current is so swift, that a major and some of the men were drowned in it, and seve ral bodieS have since been picked oat of the river. Upon the opposite bank • these troops found them selves first opposed to the enemy in a thick wood, and out of the tmall_baudgf..oQ.9 men 15 1 ateititilted — tfie plane 60 fell in a few minutes. A characteristic aneedote is told of one- of the soldiers who was the first to set foot inside the battery : Perceiving a Russian Colonel lying dead upon the ground, he plucked off his glove • and appropriated a valuable diamond ring whioh was upon his finger. Knowing, however, that it would be impossible very long to keep secret the possession of so valu able a prize, he showed his Usbashi, or Captain, his treasure, and requested permission to keep it. The Ushbashi told the man that he was quite right to bring the prize to him, and that hence forward it should be transferred to the finger of the said Ushhashi.• The soldier, not satisfied with this arrangement, referred the matter to the Bim bashi, or Major, who said that both he and the Usbashi were highly culpable in daring to retain the ring from their superior officer, and that he would therefore relieve them of the subject of dispute. From the Bimbashi the soldier went to the Kalma Kama, or Lieutenant-Colonel, who at once fol lowed the example of his inferiors, and took pos session of the ring. The soldier still persevered, however, and went to the Meer Ali (Colonel), who determined that he was the rightful possessor of the ring by virtue of his rank, and dismissed the rival claimants from his presence in the most sum mary manner. Next day a French officer attached to the btaff of Omer Pacha observed a private sol dier prowling near_ the tent of the Commander-in- Chief. The story of the ring was at once retailed by its original possessor to this gentleman, who laid the matter before his highness, and the man' had not only the satisfaction of regaining posses sion of his property, but of knowing that those who had attempted successively to deprive him of it had been severely reprimanded for their conduct. On the Bth I accompanied a reconnaissance in force, which was pushed as far as this place, a dis tance of 12 miles. We left our camp upon the Ingour with two battalions of Chasseurs and two regiments of cavalry. The country in the imme diate neighbourhood of the river is thickly wooded, but the winding paths by which it is threaded soon join the main road from the coast to Sugdidi, which is as broad and smooth as a bowling-green, and which traverses' extensive plains of clover, wild carrots, thyme, and fern. We left the Chasseurs in a wood at the edge of one of these, and pro ceeded along this road with the cavalry only. A shot soon after warned us that we were in an enemy's country, and we found, upon galloping up to the advanced guard, that they had come upon four Mingrelian Militia, of whom one was lying dead at our feet. As we approached the town, we were repeatedly fired upon from the woods, but without effect, and as we rode into it we saw a small party •f 15 or 20 mounted Cossacks, who immediately took to their heels. We found the town completely deserted, but five or six Mingre lian soldiers were made prisoners in the neighbour hood. They informed us that the nearest Russian force was at a village about three hours' distance, where there was also a large depot of provisions. Upon the following morning the whole army moved to Sugdidi. The greatest terror seems to prevail among the inhabitants of the Turks, and the coun try is entirely depopulated. The consequence is, that in spite of Omer Pacha's earnest endeavours to reassure the people and to prevent pillage, a desul tory plundering goes on. It is only fair, however, to the Turkish soldiers to say that the irregular Abasian cavalry, of whom about 200 are attached to the army, are the principal aggressors. They seem, as far as my observation of them hitherto goes, to have all the vices without any of the vir tues of Bashi-Bazouks. Sugdidi is, after Kutais, • the principal town of Mingrelia. It is situated upon a gentle eminence, which overlooks a rich country, and to the right of which extends a vast level plain, where the army is now encamped. The town itself is composed of two streets of wooden houses, shaded by avenues of beech-trees. A week ago it probably contained about 2,000 inhabitants ; at present there is not a living creature to be seen in it, except a few stray curs, who must before our arrival have been excessively astonished at finding themselves the only inhabitants of a once bustling town. The streets run into a square, upon one side of which is situated the magnificent residence of the Princess Dadian, only one wing of which is completed, while the other two are composed of the Greek church and its adjacent buildings and the picturesque wooden residence of Prince Gre goire. We entered the palace of the Princess, and found the most magnificent collection of furni ture in the drawing-room. It was evident from the number of articles of value which had been left behind that her Highness had calculated upon a more protracted resistance on the part of the Russians than had been made. A very handsome picture of the Emperor Nicholas was still in its case, and had evidently been packed, but considered not worth carry ing away under the cir cumstances. Chairs and couches covered with crimson velvet, beautiful inlaid tables, magnificent chandeliers, and articles of vertu, which looked like late importations from Paris, were all so' care fully arranged that he would have been a ruthless conqueror who could have destroyed them. After satisfying his curiosity, Omer Pasha accordingly placed guards at all the entrances to the palace, and to the gardens, which are extremely beautiful, and laid out with great taste. There are the choicest flowers in great profusion, and extensive fruit gardens and orangeries, while the deer and peafowl wander about completely their own masters. Having once penetrated into the mysteries of this fairyland it is somewhat annoying to find that, though my tent is pitched at the gate, I am debarred like my neighbours from re-entering it by an in flexible sentry, otherwise I should assuredly indite this from the summer-house in the flower-gar den, which I am looking at with longing eyes: The Princess Dadian, who is said to have been very beautiful, was married to Prince Dadian, who had by her one , son. Since the death of her husband she has been acting as Regent for this boy, who is about eight years old. Her husband had two brothers, Constantine and Gre goire, both of whom have fled with their sister-in law to her residence in the mountains, about :a day's journey distant from here. The sister of the Princess is married to Prince Michael, of Abasia. Since the arrival of Omer Pasha a few peasants who had been taken prisoners have been sent home, and told that their property and countrymen would be respected everywhere by the Turkish army. Sentries are posted at the church and in the streets, to prevent any one even from entering them, and so strict are the orders against plunder of any sort that no shooting is allowed near the camp, which, considering the quantities of wood-cocks and pheasants in the woods and the great scarcity of animal diet, is rather a privation. It is beyond the powers of human resistance to refrain from pocketing a chicken now and then, and the Chas , sours' or Rifles, who are Omer Pasha's favourite corps, and the flower of the army, are expert hands at this sort o f thin g . On the day of a reconnaissance at least 100 fowls, besides a quantity of honey, were taken from the de serted cottages by the skirmishers in the wo ods, and an occasional cackle might be heard issuing from sundry coat-pockets as the men marched past. • The country people are gradually regaining confidence, and four priests have re turned to the town and are pr e p ared to recom mence their ecclesiastical functions as soon as they can collect a congregation. I have j ust been over the church with them to see whether they were properly grateful for the respect which has been shown to the sacred property. There is also a yO7 good wooden bowie here ) be- [PRICE 4D. STAMPED 5D- longing to a Frenchman, who has established a silk manufactory, and who seems to be a friend of the Princess Dadian, as he has taken flight with her. It is to be hoped that Prince Michael, who has , just arrived and established himself in Gregoire's i house, may influence the political sentiments of • his sister-in-law, and that she may see fit to espouse definitely the cause of the Allies, and to assist the operations of the Turkish army. It would have been in the highest degree advantageous, if the British agent here had been empowered to treat with the authorities of these petty States, and to guarantee them that independence without which they cannot be expected to take up arms against a Power which may ono day retaliate upon tl:em severely. The sooner we get rid of our absurd theories respecting the integrity and independence of the Russian empire the bet ter. It will be difficult to carry on a success ful war in these provinces unless we enlist, the sympathies of their populations. It will be impossible to enlist those sympathies unless we depart from that principle which we laid down at starting, of leaving the territory of Russia intact. Not only does success in a great measure depend upon this change in our policy, but it would give a more rational aspect to the war in the eyes of the world, if havin g gone to war with a nation because it was growing too large, we should, after having been successful in the war, end by curtailing its proportions. There is no other objection beyond this to such a guarantee. The question of what are we to do with the Trans-Caucasian provinces is easily settled. 'When they are independent, let them be left to themselves, protected from Russia bythe ca,l i ticasus_ani by t - reaty: Meantime Omer Pasha is not troubling himself with speculations re garding the future destiny of the provinces he is conquering. He is content with having landed his army, marched 70 miles, and won a battle in five weeks. The Turkish army was so much dis paraged at Sebastopol that it would be scarcely invidious to draw a comparison between its pro ceedings and that of the allies ; perhaps, however, some of your readers may remember how long it took to land our army at Varna, and march them 18 miles to Devna—not to beat an enemy, but merely to camp in a swamp. We shall in all probability march to-morrow. Prince Michael has just ridden past, on his way to communicate with Prince Gregoire. JUDGES OF CATTLE. Mr. William Ba rtholomew, Goltho, near Wragby, Lincolnshire. Mr. Henry Chamb erlain, Desford Benjamin JUDGES , near Leicester. Mr. G Svraffiei s d li , E P E i p 6 b ur Y, n ear A a hb ourne. ss OF AND PIGS. Mr. Valentine Ba rford, Foscote, n ear Towcester. Mr. J. Moon, H urstbourne- p riors, near Whitchurcb, j Hampshire. Mr. Edward Gough, Gravel-hill, near Shrewsbury. JUDGE OF ROOTS. Mr. J. Mathews, Edgbaston-house, Birmingham. REFEREES FOR THE AGES OF PIGS. Professor Simonds, Royal Veterinary College, London. Mr. William Hollingsworth, Bilston. VETERINARY INSPECTOR AND GENERAL REFEREE. IL L. Hunt, New-street, Birmingham. Mr. Preparations are in progress at Turin to celebrate the return of the King of Sardinia to his dominions. Trophies of flowers, to be illuminated by gas, and other ornaments, are being erected on the Piazza Carlo Felice. SHARPERB.—Last week two sharpers, under the guise of commercialists seeking for agents to whom they might entrust goods for sale on commission, called on , various merchant s in A y r, Ma y bo le, and Girvan. Those who agreed to t heir condition s signed blank papers, which itaPPear'were stamped. O n these bills were dwa , and discoun ted to the amou n t o f 14 01. The raac ceptors of the bills being made aware of the transac tion, and seeing how they bad been duped, immediately applied to the police. A message by telegraph was sent t o . the Procurator-Fiscal at Kilmarnock, where the sharpers bad gone, and on the arrival of the train the two worthies were immediately secured. This ought to be a caution to merchants to be exceedingly wary how they put their names to paper, 7 4lavow Doz y Mag. DINNER TO SIR C. NAPIER. Last night a numerous body of the supporters of Sir C. Napier met at the Bridge-house Hotel, to celebrate his return for the borough of Southwark ; Mr. Vickers in the chair. After the usual loyal toasts, The CHAIRMAN next said that he then came to the toast of the evening, and he could assure them that he felt totally incompetent to do it sufficient justice. They were now engaged in a war when England wanted men to direct her councils and to conduct the war. The constituencies of the country ought to be aware of this —and no doubt they were—and send men into Parlia ment who understood war, and were prepared to carry into effect all those great actions necessary to develope the object they had in view. He believed that the first steps towards it bad been already gained, and they ought to continue in their exertions, until the despot of Russia was brought to his senses. (Cheers.) To are. complish that object they must come forward with the sinews of war. They all knew that they were indebted to their sailors for their supremacy on the sea, and to their soldiers for victories on land ; but too often Governments did not confer those rewards which were due to those who won those victories. The people, however, were always right, for they al ways insisted that those honours should be gran.ed. He had now the pleasure to propose the health of their heroic guest, Sir C. Napier, who did honour to his country at all times, and therefore deserved theirs in return. (Cheers.) The gallant Admiral went out to the Baltic :almost on a voyage of discovery, but he brought his fleet home in safety without losing a ship. (Cheers.) He (Mr. Vickers) had been informed a few days since, by a gallant officer in the navy, high in her Majesty's service, and who had served under Sir Charles Napier, that no man could have done more than he did. (Cheers.) He (Mr. Vickers) believed that; nay, more, he was convinced that if Lord Nelson were now alive, and bad been placed in command of the Baltic fleet, he could not have done more than Sir Charles Napier did, and hundreds of the electors of Southwark believed the same thing. (Loud cheers.) He, for one, woult: never rest satisfied, and he believed the peop!ei of England agreed with him, until his hon. friend near him was re warded as became his great merits, and honours con ferred upon him which would send his came down with glory to posterity. (Cheers.) In conclusion he pro posed the health of their newly elected representative, Sir Charles Napier. (Loud and prolonged cheers.) Sir C. NAPIER said, in reply to his health, which was drunk with the greatest enthusiasm, that the manner in which he had been received that evening was only of a piece with the reception he had met with when he first appeared before the electors in that same room. He had been returned as their representative to the paella• ment which was summoned for the 31st of next month. The government which was now in office, he had to remind them, was not the same which called the last parliament together ; and it was therefore entitled to a considerable degree of indulgence. After a great deal of casting about, the Queen was at last obliged to come to Lord Palmerston for her Prime Minister, and he believed that he was also the choice of the country at large. (Hear, hear.) But Lord Palmerston was obliged to use a great deal of tact and discretion in getting the present ministry together. It was not for him to say how the Government would meet the present Parliament, or how Parliament would be disposed to meet the Government ; but his intention was to support Lord Palmerston, whilst he expressed his dissatisfaction at what took place before he became prime minister, and showed up, as plainly as he could, what previous administrations had done. (Hear.) If Lord Palmerston had been Prime Minister since the begin ning of last January he should have held him perfectly accountable for what was done up to the next meeting of Parliament in January next, but there must be some in dulgence exercised towards him, especially when they knew he did not take up the reins of office until some time after the Baltic fleet went to sea. (Hear.) They had seen what occurred in the Crimea ; they were all aware that the destruction of the port of Sebastopol bad taken place, an achievement which be believed might have been done with a much less loss of men and trea sure ; be; the question had been already before the Se bastopol Committee, the members of which expressed their opinions pretty freely, and he would, therefore, not proceed with that subject any further. (Hear, hear.) After the dreadful misfortunes which had at tended their army on that occasion, the sacrifice of life, and the hardships their troops had endured in con junction with their gallant Allies, they ought to be satis fled with driving the Russians out of the port of Sebasto pol, and certainly it was not very likely the Russians would disturb them there again. (Hear.) The chair. man had told them that he did not believe Lord Nelson himself could have done more than be (Sir Charles Na pier) had done in the Baltic. He hoped they would not receive all the chairman had said on that point as gos pel, but all he could say was that he had not one single act to accuse himself of. (Cheers.) He truly went into the Baltic on a voyage of discovery, for he assured them all that when he went to the Gulf of Finland he did not know where to turn--whether to the right baud or to the left. He was without charts and pilots, and had men who were picked up about the streets and hardly knew their right hand from their left. (Hea r.) He was an agent of the Government ; but instead of having to deal with wise men of business, who would inquire and learn from him the difficulties of the posi tion, he was ignominiously dismissed, and not a single question of th e ki n d was put to hi m. (Hear.) On the insolent s contrary, his chi e f rece i ve d hi m i n the most manner. But even if h e h a d d on e wrong. that participatethat wa no The person reason why his inf er io rs i n command 8h in his dis grace . (H ear .) w ° h u o l treated him so ill would f or hi s own sa ke be obligedto bring this subject befor e P ar liament, and then o h r e(Sir 0. Napier) would put the saddle on the right h se had a saddle for the right horse, and got it on He it would give him a sore back. (Cheers and laughter.) Questions of great i m portanc e, rtanc e , the concealment of lot tees, and things of that sort, must be brought out. Hear.) All:he could a dd is addition was, that if he did not prove the accuracy of everything he all e ged, the electors of S o uthwark would h ave an o pp or tunity, at period of depriving him of that seat not a very distant d h ) nobly conferre . ( ear, ear. Ile felt, they had so indeed, Highly honoured for the triumphant manner in which he had been returned. He had now the high honour of being elected by two great metropolitan con stituencies ; and as he believed he gave satisfaction to theone, so did he hope he should do so to the other ; but there was one thing of which he could assure them, and that was, that he would always take a straightfor ward and independent course ; and if they loved inde pendence, they should certainly have it from him. H e was now too old to change ; he would always maintain his principles, irrespective of party or political interests, and, when he could not do so in Parliament, he would wil lingly resign the trust they had reposed in him into their hands. With regard to the war, be was persuaded the people of England would carry it on till they obtained an honourable peace. (Hear.) What was an honour. able peace it was not for him to say, but he thought that they must drive the Russians out of the Crimea before they talked of an honourable peace. (Hear.) He also thought that R uss i a, which dragged them into the war, should be made to pay the expense which it occasioned. Russia made the Turks pay the expenses I • e urred by the war with that country ; and when it was recollected that the people o f thi s country wer e now paying per cent. income t ax , an d would shortly be called on to pay more, i n "Inequelloo Of what had boa done by the emperor - Vg.„ fe ,,,,f_e ,•' ... .12' e: .:-" ~..$7 • yle 4. IF , - --- ;, . V . • :- 7 i kilkt , W , ' • r 17, surely it was not too much to ' e.i4FIA- " - I 'r' t 1 4 pet that he should he called on to pay the expenses.' ' 3 ' (Hear.) Russia had thirty sail of the line fully manned ' k ; ' fir4ty in the Baltic. Was there no danger to their shoreirie , 4 ~. "----. the proximity of such a fleet t He was of opinion that a S the reduction of the fleet, and also of the Russian army, should be made one of the conditions of peace, so as to give security to other countries, and especially to Swe den and Denmark. (Hear.) But whilst looking to the security of the nation abroad, he should not neglect to press for those administrative and Parliamentary reforms which were so much required at home. (Hear.) g e thought the time was come when the best man should bare place, whether he was the' sen of a tailor, a shoe maker, or a duke. (Cheers.) The other toasts of the evening were, "The House of Commons," to which Mr. A. Pellatt, M.P., responded; "The Corporation," which was acknowledged by Mr. Pritchard, the High Bailiff of Southwark ; " The Elec tore of Southwark," "Sir C. Napier's Committee," " The Stewards and Vice-presidents," which were duly honoured. Spirit of the Public Journals. ( From the Times of this day.) It is recorded in the veracious annals of Greece that Melampus, one of her ancient soothsayers, understood the language of worms, and by tbat means saved him self from a beam which he learnt from the discourse of its inhabitants was ab , ont t 3 tumble on his head. We heartily wish that this knowledge had been transmitted, with the culture of the olive and the vine, from those remote ages to the present era, for then we might have 13-en able to understand that which it is at once very d'fficult and important to comprehend,—the meaning which should be attached to Austrian and Prussian di plomacy. In the absence of the key which has thus, we fear, been irretrieveably lost, we can only submit to our fellow-subjects that the readiest rule for understanding the diplomatic language of Austria is to apply to it the doctrine of contraries. When she speaks of peace, un derstand her to mean war ; and, when she speaks of war, understand her to mean peace. That, at least, is the construction which the recent proceedings of Austria, in her reassumed mediatorial capacity between Russia and the Western Powers, seem best to support. This will be evident from the narrative of the facts, no far, at least, as they have reached us. It appears, then, that Austria proposed for the con sideration of the Western Powers certain terms, which, if meeting with their approlmtion, she was ready to lay before Russia, amain Fran ied - with' an I s titinTertioTi that, 'if these terms were not acceded to by Russia, Austria would break off diplomatic relations and withdraw her Ambassador from the Court of St. Petersburg, as a pre liminary stage to we know not what desperate resolution which she was to adopt thereafter. The terms so pro• posed by Austria were,—that Russia should abandon her claim to the special protectorate of the Greek Cherch in Turkey---that the Black Sea should be made into a mere sea of commerce, from which the ships of war of all nations should be by common consent excluded—that Russia should cede so much of the territory of Bess arabia as is necessary to secure to all nations the free navigation of the Danube—that all fortresses on the shores of the Black Sea should be dismantled, and that the idea of fortifying the Aland Islands should be for ever abandoned. Such a proposition must at first sight seem to carry with it many advantages. It had not, in deed, the merit of originality, for, though the terms were better, Austria's proposed share in the negotiation was, after all, a mere repetition of her device this Spring. Austria then felt, with great justice, that, after having entered into the treaty of the 2d of December, something more was expected of her than a mere placid acquiescence in the state of war, and so she summoned the Allied Powers to conference, and thus fulfilled to the letter her promise of deliberating ; nay, as far as words went, she supported the cause of the Allied Powers, and it was only when words were found to be of no avail that this great arbiter of the destinies of Europe was found to be prepared with nothing more. Even so we much fear it is now. The first idea which was naturally formed of this offer on the part of Austria was, that, though nominally speaking for herself, she was really the mouth piece of Russia putting forward as her own suggestion terms which had previously been agreed on between her and her great protector. This idea invested the proposal with an importance and a significance which nothing else could give it, and happy would it have been for Europe, and thrice happy for Russiaherself,had such a supposition been founded on anything more than natural conjecture. It seems now, however, to be clearly understood on all sides, that when Austria states that she proposes these terms without the slightest communication with Russia she is to be implicitly believed. It is enough for her that she be allowed to play the part of mediator in ne gotiations which will not and are not intended to come to any conclusion, and which only serve to keep Austria before the eyes of Germany and of Europe as retaining HOMO faint semblance of the attributes of a first-rate Power, and still bearing on that which seems to be her head the likeness of an imperial crown. While Pruss a is utterly excluded from the Councils of Europe, it is something for Austria to appear to have still a mission and a function, and better to enact the part of Mercury, the fetcher and carrier of messages than to be cast out of the halls of Olympus altogether. Count Buol, we are told, most emphatically asserts, and we roost en tirely believe him, that Austria is acting or, no under standing with Russia, that she does not know whether the terms she is proposing will be acceptable to that power or will even be for a moment entertained by her. Her mission is thus reduced from that of a supposed emissary of the Czar to that of a self-constituted ambassador of the Wystern Powers, and the only real value which could have attached to her intervention is thus lost. It remains, then, to consider, as there is such very slight chance of a successful termination to these offi cious overtures, what advantage we are to derive in case the negotiation fail. The question is easily answered. We shall derive only just the same advantage as we did from the treaty of the 2d of December, just the same ad vantage as we did from the conferences and the negotia tions of the Suring. Austria has twice shown that she will negotiate, and, should negotiations fail, she will ne gotiate again. Will she do more than this now at the third time of asking I Should her good effices fail, she undertakes to withdraw her Ambassador. Of the terrible nature of this threat we may form some idea from the fast that her Ambassador is just now on his return to the Court of St. Petersburg, and that before his departure he has been ostentatiously fated by P.ince Gortschakoff. But perhaps she will assume a threatening attitude, and oblige Russia to keep a large army concentrated on her western frontier, thus effecting at least a pacific diversion in favour of the allies ? Vain hope ! Austria is at this moment intent on reducing her army, and more especially the army of Galicia, on which frontier she has most to fear from Russia, and Russia most to fear from her. She dare not invade, she dare not menace, she dare not displease Rus,ia, and, should her present overtures be rejected, she will bear the repudiation of her good offices with a Christian meekness which becomes a true daughter of the Church, and comfort herself with her concord with Rome for discord with all the world besides. She will have kept up a little longer that in which she really is concerned, that which is truly the object of her ambi tion—the appearance, in the eyes of Germany, of occu pying herself ai.oh great affairs, while her rival, Prussia, rests in compulsory inaction, neither more ignominious nor more useless than her own perpetual and profitless meddling. For our:elves, wo are clearly of opinion that there is nothing either so new or so captivatig in this constant mediation of Austria as in any degree to counterbalance the manifest disadvantages of being tha first to make to a Power like Russia overtures towards the conclusion of a peace. The real causes of war, of its origin, and of its continuance, are to be found in her grasping ambition and unbending insolence. Till these are humbled, reason may argue and humanity may preach, but the human race will not be delivered t, from the scourge of war . It i s w ith h er , no t with us, that the real diffi cu lt y li es ; s h e i s a k een , peculator i on the h 0 catch weakness and selfi s h nes s o f men , a at any support to her long-established si wdill c onviction that he she is destined, at no distant day, to reign over the :Tea l i i ll sabandoned there divided d ope o subjugated peace, Europe. and T i l t l thinevers will be abandoned till Russia i s convince that she is an is n.h c nfronted at last not only by a greater Power but a stronger will than her own. In the most active prepa rations in a stern rese rve whichati o n s a go ii , utterly repudiat es th e r for makest he n next advance,o of u paltry intermediaries Nv e can ron as ner i t , A b u n s t t r w i ee, cannotlie our a u i se o tn l o bc)° ;t P . eJ° % - V fe e pe h a a c v e e everything to hope from strength mid un i on . We have everything to dread from prema tura advances made to gratify the hopeless and objectless policy of se c ond - rate Powe rs , ap i ng a position which t h e y have neither courage to assert, policy to support, nor modesty to forego. EXTRAORDINARY PHENOMENON. HARTLEPOOL, Dec. B.—A most unusual and singu larly beautiful phenomenon was witnessed here yesterday afternoon. The wind during the day had blown strongly from the N.N.W., accompanied with frequent showers of rain, hail, and sleet, dark patches of clouds flying at intervals across the sky at a very low altitude. About 4 o'clock a large patch of mote than the usual density crossed over the town, enveloping it in darkness for two or three minutes. Shortly after it had cleared away the inhabitants were suddenly startled by the appearance of a huge flash of lightning, resembling a magnificent b% of firs of a bright purple colour, which shot Or er town at a very low level, appearing almost to tou c h . the tops of the houses in the higher part of the town. eakbsou oft 15 seconds afterwards one of the most terribli? 1 thunder ever heard burst upon the frightened like the simul taneous The report was so loud that it see me d f a rtillery. Many taneous discharge of a large p rnhabit weatherbeaten tars, who have - , B7k ug o hed" it in all parts of the globe, declare that they The appearance of the flash to equal these phenomena. who were in the m os t of lightning never saw or heard anything was—b y fo th r os o e bserving it —compared te favourable situations arg e of a number of large rockets, terrifically b grand was the sight. Pro videntiallyst the e immenses tan a e n o d u i o ss : so i nomdanytrous effects of any consequen ce were naturally expected. Many persons passing through the streets were sensibly affected produced, a 3 flash, which seemed to pass close by their feet. by the Several were for the moment stupified, their sense of b e i ng assailed with a strong sulphurous odour. smellAwhyinng man in the telegraph -office at West Hartlepool, and who was standing near the telegraph dial, was ren dered dizzy, and for the space of two or three minutes was unable to see. In the Victoria Dock at Hartlepool was lying the large Norwegian barque Fremad, the vane of which doubtless attracted the lightning, which played for an instant round the masthead, and broke off i lu teiv three or four feet of the maintopgallantmast,/aToecl, and below the truck. It also split a large double " then disappeared without committing Key any further dam-