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or--; COMPAGNIE GENERALE dos OMNIBUS de LONDRES (GENERAL LONDON OMNIBUS COMPANY.) Zatablimbed in Paris, under Acts of the 4th and 17th Decem ber 1855, al a " Societo en comman dite, " b y which the liability of each Shareholder is limited to the amount silt- scribed. Capital—Twenty-five Millions of Francs—One Million Sterling, In 250,009 Shares of 100 francs, o- 4/. each. In Two Series.—The First, 200,000 Shares (800,0001.) The Second, 50,000 Shares (200,0001.) The First Series only will be issued at present. GRUM Or THE COMPANY—Macnamara, Carteret, Willing, and CO. MANAGERS IN LONDON. Meier% John Wilson, I Messrs. Richard Hartley, „ John Barber, „ John Trevett. lIIMIBBILS OF THE COUNCIL OF SURVEILLANCE. Robert Keating, Esq., M.P., Director of the London and County Bank, London. Le Comte De Lantivy, Paris. Vacossin, Administrateur de la Compagnio d'Assurance l'lJr baine, Paris. Frederic Toche, Banquier, Paris. Ildwin Chadwick, Esq. C. 8., London. Augustin Dubois, Adn;inistratcur des Forges de Montata.ire, Paris. Direetour-Gerant de I'Union Maritime, Paris. Harrison, Esq., London. BANKERS. In Paris Messrs. Greene and Co. The London and County Bank. In London ... Messrs. Robarts, Curtis, and Co. SOLICITORS. In Paris Mr. Petit Bergen; Avoue an Tribunal de Pre miere Instance. In Lendou Messrs. Wilkinson, Gurney, and Co. The applications for shares must be accompanied with a deposit of 1/. per share with the bankers of the Company on the number of shares applied for. The remaining 31. per share roust be paid upon allotment, on the number of shares allotted Forms of application for shares may be had at the Cosa. pany's Temporary Offices, 47, Old Broad-street, London. COMPAGNIE GENER ALE des OMNIBUS do LONDRES. No Application for Shares can be received later than Satur day next, the 29th inst. Company's Offices, 47, Old Broad-street, Dec. 24, 1855. TIIEATRE ROYAL, COVERT GARDEN. — Professor ANDERSON, the Great Wizard of he North, respectfully announces that this THEATRE will open THIS EVENING, December 26, under his manage ment. He has fortunately succeeded in arranging with the Directory of the Royal Italian Opera for a short season, dur ing which he will produce many novelties at this the most magnificent Theatre in the Metropolis. Tins EVENING, Dec. 26, he will have the honour of presenting his Entertain ment of MAGIC and MYSTERY, on a new and more ex tended scale, as performed by him 129 times at the Lyceum Theatre, before an aggregate audience of 339,000 ; to be fol lowed by the Great. National, Historic, and Chivalric PAN TOMIME, which has been so many months in preparation of the BELLE ALLIANCE; or, Harlequin Good Humour, and the Field of the Cloth of Gold. Professor Anderson hopes that the Nobility andthe Public will appreciate his efforts to open Covent Garden Theatre during the Christmas season. Associated as the history of the house is with so many glo rious recollections of Christmases that have long since passed away, when " The Pantomime at Covent-garden" was the town talk at Christmas-tide, and when to go and see it was Se much a matter of course as to place the holly over the mantel, or hang the mistletoe iu the hall. Mr. Anderson trusts that a Pantomime reproduced on the same boards—the boards whereon the fame of " Mother Goose" was acquired, and the popularity of the " Great Bed of Ware" was wo•, and produced on these beards with more attention to details and to scenic effect than has ever been given to any Pantomime, will certainly enlist the patronage, and those whose pleasant Memories of Covent-garden rendered to them the recognised field of Pantomimic triumph, as it will attract the visits of those who have heard only with curiosity of that which the stage of Covent-garden can predict). As the Royal Italian -Opera, the house for years has been the most distin guished, as it is the noblest Theatre which London pos sesses. Since it has been rebuilt and remodelled it has been Comparatively shut up to the public generally. The Theatre of Royalty, the house of fashion, the heavy expenses of Ha directors, have rendered it impossible to open its doors at the usual theatrical prices. Professor Anderson now sub mits his intention (in fall confidence that it will be understood and duly valued by the public), to make the admission to the Theatre Royal Covent-garden the same as that charged to theatres of less pretensions and with less capabilities to ac commodate an audience. The whole of the magnificent bal cony recently erected after the Continental model, and a pa rallel to which is not to be found in any theatre in Great Bri tain, will be retained, and present its unrivalied coup-d'ceil of beauty every evening; the admission to it will be 4s. The Pri vate Boxes on the third tier will be removed to form a range of Upper Boxes unequalled by any other theatre in London ; the price of admission to which will be 2s. 6d. There will be no pit stalls ; but the entire of the extensive and majestic Pit, capable of holding more than 1,500 persons, will be given to the public at an entrance fee of 2s. The fourth tier of boxes will be completely removed, and added to the Amphi theatre, so as to constitute one immense, commodious, and most eligible gallery, the admission to which will be One Shilling only, while it will command a view of every part of the stage, and of the stupendous and elegant house. In fact no attention will be spared by Mr. Anderson to render Co , vent-Garden Theatre, par excellence, the house for Christmas Entertainment ; nor will he forget, while consulting the con venience of the public, to supply them with the best talent that money can command for their amusement. The inducements which have led him to undertake so largo a venture have been numerous, and were he quite sure that the public would fool interested in learning them and his ar rangements for their entertainment, he would cease to speak •f himself in the third person, and address them most re spectfully somewhat in this style:—Ladies and Gentlemen — Considering myself deeply indebted to my generous patrons, the British public, who, after several years of uninterrupted favours, have recently thought fit to visit me nightly at the Lyeeumaheatre, leaving me such substantial proofs of their friendship and munificence as I scarcely know what to do with, it seemed obviously ray duty, in the commonest grati tude, to attempt something for the benefit and amusement of that public, on a scale previously unattempted either by my self or others. The question was—how to do it/ Wizards, after all, are but mortal mon with restricted powers. The public liked to see me ; they could see no more of me than existed. Even 1 could not make myself into two Wizards, and as for finding another Wizard, or anybody else at all like me (though I have frequently been ridiculed for my modesty) I was bound to reject the idea as preposterous and out of the question. Could I improve my magic ? I could vary it, as I do every night; but to quote my respected friends, the linen drapers' assistants (half prico at 9 o'clock gentleman), " the quality of the article would remain the same." Could I do anything towards improving the personal comfort of my pa trons in the matter of seats, warmth, ventilation, (Sze. ? Can didly, I did not see much room for improvement in that di rection, though I made a memorandum of the idea as a small item to be attended to in my debt of gratitude. Would it be any use multiplying the Bottle Trick by two hundred dozen and sending away my guests in a state of unusual exhilara tion 1 No ! that would be a coarse and vulgar admission that my friends only came to see me for what they could get. Would it be any gratification to the public if I were to stand to be shot at by the best marksman in London, (say my friend, Gordon Cumming) with a real non-enchanted bullet I I was perfectly willing to risk any sacrifice, even my 143, in such a cause ; but then came the terrible afterthought —what would be the condition of London the next day, on ending itself without a Wizard? As a hist expedient I thought —Could I give my patrons their money back ? I deliberated over this momentous question for some hours, and at last came to the understanding that it was impossible ! I had almost given the matter up as a bad job, and come to the dis heartening conclusion that nothing could be done but to go on in the old course, introducing, if possible, more splendour, more novelty, more bewilderment into ray tricks than for merly ; making my theatre more like a palace—or like a home—than ever. But no !—in painstaking devotion to the amusement of my patrons—in untiring exertions, in the humblest and most energetic desire to please, I could rot alter. I had arrived, I repeat, at this desponding conclusion, when a practical friend called upon me and threw out the following suggestion ; " If you have got so much money that you don't know what to do with it, and wish to god rid of it in ono lump for the amusement of the public, why don't you take Covent-gardimi There was certainly something in that. Still I hesitated a moment, when he added—" And open with a Pantomime." Eureka ! I had found it. I wrung that practical friend's hand with fervour—took his advice—a cab—and Covent-garden Theatre within the hour. lam bound to state that the preliminary expenses of the Covent garden Pantomime have triumphantly answered their ex pected purpose. Nevertheless, great deliberation and inge nuity were necessary, in order to bring the outlay up to the desired mark. In the first place, a subject necessitating un paralleled splendour and gorgeousness of spectacle, scenery, and decorations was indispensable. I was some time in find ing ono cf sufficient costliness, but at length decided on an Australia-California-Rothschild Koh-i-noor-Bank-of-England parlour species of paatomime—to be entitled Ye Belle Alliance • or, Harlequin Good, Humour and the Field of the ' Cloth of Gold. This subject was extravagant enough, in all conscience, for the most golden age o f viantomime. The next question was to secure an author on 'appropriately ruinous terms. The name of Sterling Coin naturally suggested itself ; but that gentleman having other engagements. I cast my eyes about among the gold mines of the age's intellect, and decided upon Mr. Harris and Mr. George Augustus Sale, two jewelled ornaments to the, Augustan Era of burlesque literature—the riches of whose imagination would naturally call for an adequate rate of ex change in the current coin of the realm. These gentlemen I employed" to write the opening for me ; and 'I am hound to say, the skill and workmanship they have (I , splayed in ham meriniout and fashioning the precious ore into the daintiest shapes and devices, is worthy of a Goldsmith. My next step was to engage a scene painter, Mr. William Beverley, a gen tleman who has been rolling in gold and jewels all his life. It is needless to say that when he has been engaged it has not been for nothing ; and few will dispute the right of any pic ture he ever painted to be sot in the most sumptuous gold frame. Mr. rßoverley was accordingly secured. But even now the int&ds on'the deemed exchequer were barely per ceptible. I looked about for the disengaged musical com poser and director, whose notes were worth most gold in the market, and was a• fortunate as to come to terms with Mr. Leder, *hem I instructed in playful north country phrase to spare no amount of brass in his orchestral arrangements. The balance on baud was still tremendous. At this time Monsieur Guerin, from Paris, a distinguished operative in the spectacle line, relieved me of a considerable amount, by arranging the ocular department of the entertainment, so as to astonish the weakest optic nerves, and enable Ins to defy any other establishment to produce a pair of such geld spec tacles ! I was compelled to mask my intentions for a while by the employment of Dlr. George Ewing, a model of model lers, whose sterling talent rendered him most fitting to model my sovereigns, Henry VIII. an d Francis I. The tailors' and dressmakers' bills also, of Mr. Smichers and Mrs. James, who were ordered to spare no lavishness of gold cloth, gold thread, gold lace, gold beater's skin, and what not, added to a docu ment of immeasurable length (which I speak of iu my hu mourous way as the golden legend) from Mr. Priscott, the property man, or fashioner of appointments, whose charges for gold leaf, gold watches, gold rings, golden numbers, golden ointment, and golden sys- a p, are something fearf ul ; these did begin to dip somewhat deeply in what my clown fa cetiously terms, " tho tureen of mint sauce." And when I came to calculate the enormous sums I had been tricked out of by two gentleman named Brough, another called Harris, and a third by the name of Dorrington (especially the latter) for the tricks and changes, I felt that a trick must be good indeed that called for such an intolerable quantity of change, and began to feel that my accumulated sovereigns had indeed un dergone a largo amount of the process vulgarly known as sweating. I was not yet daunted—in spite of the consider able amount I allowed Mr. B. Barnett, as ballet master, with an innumerable corps of golden-haired nymphs, to dance away with. I solicited Mr. Flexmore (stamped current as the shining sovereign clown) in popular phrase to " tumble into" whatever salary he liked to name. (It is needless to say that b e named a g oa d one,) W. A i parnes, the great transatlantic N o . 19,719,] pantomimist, Mr. C. Brown, and Miss Emma Horne I engaged as pantaloon, harlequin, and columbine. It will readily be seen that each of these eminent " legs " stepped into a tole rable sum. Another " little treasure," in the shape of Miss Harriet Gordon (who plays Good Humour in the opening), had to be provided for, as well as Mr. Harry Pearson, with an efficient company f comedians each entitled to a crown in his various department. Some hundreds of supernume raries, scene shifters, carpenters, and " extras" in every de partment, who may be regarded as so many piles of " small change" in the financial scheme, were found to mount up pro digiously. Having shown the public that the money with which they have been kind enough to entrust me has been faithfully laid out for their amusement, I will proceed to describe the items of the investment. The subject of the Pantomime is mai of national importance, illustrating, by an historic parallel, the greatest event of this or any other age within the history of the two nations, THE ANGLO-FRENCH ALLIANCE I The piece, ns will be seen by an explanatory line in tho bill, is entitled " A LEGEND OF TIIE MEETING OF TITS MONARCHS." And the various circumstances which attended the meeting of Henry VIII. and Francis I. on the Field of the Cloth of Gold are so introduced as to bear on recent occurrences. The reader shall hear in what manner. Scene I.—' nicus." •" Tho Subterrancons abode of the Gnome Brita- Sceno 2.—" The Land's End, Cornwall, with the departure of tho Grime Britanicus to France." _ . Diorama No. 1. " The entry of the Emperor Napoleon to Loudon." Diorama No. 2. " The visit of Victoria and Napoleon to the Tomb of Napoleon I. in the Invalides at Paris." Scene 3.—" The Deck of the Royal Harry, 128 guns—the Departure of Henry VIII. for France." Diorama No. 3. " The Voyage from England to France." Scene 4.—" Tho Chateau of Francis I. at Gnisnes." Scene 5.—" The Field of the Cloth of Gold, including a grand Ballet and the Great Tournament, after Holbein's cele brated picture." Scene 6.—" The Bedchamber of the Monarchs." Scene 7.—" The Farm-house of Blondettee." Scene B.—" The immense Transformation Scene (painted by W. Beverly) of the Abode of the Fairy Good Humour in the Realms of Eternal Starlight." The concluding Scene, designed by M. Guerin, painted by Mr. W. Beverly, anti on which an expenditure of many hun. dred pounds has been incurred, will form a Grand Military Spectacle, representing the " Apotheosis of England and France, with the descent of the Genius of Victory with the Coronals of Valour." The Band will be conducted by Mr. Chas. Hall, and will be the largest in London, the performers being first-class. The extensive and complicated Machinery by Mr. H. Sle man. On Wednesday, Dec. 26, the Doors will open at Half-past Six, commence at Seven. The Box-office is now open, under the direction of Mr. O'Reilly. Private Boxes (which may also be taken at the prin cipal Libraries), 31. 35., 21. 24., 1/. ls., and 12s. Grand Bal cony, 4s. Upper Boxes, 2s. 6d. Amphitheatre Stalls, 2s. Pit, 2s. Gallery, is. Doors open at half-past six ; commence at seven. Half. price at Nine •'clock. The care of the front of the house will be committed to Mr. Hittston, who will, doubtless, endeavour to care most cour teously for everybody. T HEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. SMITH. Actin Manager, Mr. CHARLES MATHEWS. Stage Manager, Mr. ROBERT ROXBY. The Box office open daily, front Ten till Six o'clock, under the superintendence of Mr. Edward Chatterton. The REDUCED PRICES at this Theatre as follow :—Pri vate boxes, to hold two persons, 10s. 6d. (Is. for each person extra); on the grand tier, one guinea ; proscenium and stage boxes, 21. 2s. ; galleries, 6d. and ls. ; pit, 2s. ; upper boxes, Is. 6d. ; first circle, 2s. 6d.; dress circle, 3s. MORNING PERFORMANCE EVERY WEDNESDAY, at Two o'clock. Mr. Charles Mathews in Two Piece On WEDNESDAY, Dec. 26th ; Thursday , ith Friday, 26th; and Saturday, 29th, LITTLE TODDLEKINS. Principal character by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss M. Oliver. • To bo followed by (first time at this theatre) TRYING IT ON, in which Mr. Charles Mathews and Miss M. Oliver will ap pear. After which will be produced an entirely Novel and Original Inductive, Instructive, Anti-Hypochondriacal, Periodical, Episodical, Magical, Tragical, Logical, Chronological, Gra phical, Chorographical, Philosophical, Cryptographical, Parabolical, Symbolical, Rhythmical, Mimical, Academical, Mechanical, Technical, Pyrotechnical, Historical, Harm nical, Heroical, Typical, Allegorical, Metaphorical, Chime rical, Satirical, Historical, Metrical, Symmetrical, Lyrical, Musical, Practical, Poetical, Whimsical, Fantastic, and Side Shakespearean new GRAND COMIC CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME, Which for many for many weeks past has engaged the ex tensive and unrivalled resources of this establishment, and which will now appear under the additional, traditional, and peculiarly suggestive title of HEY DIDDLE DIDDLE ; or, Harlequin King Nonsense and the Seven Ages of Man. The Sconeryjentirely New, painted by and under the super intendence of Mr. William Beverley, assisted by Messrs. James, Wilson, Gompertz, and numerous assistants. The Machinery by Mr. Tucker and assistants. The Pro perties, Decorations, &c., by Messrs. Needham, Glindon, and others. The Tricks by Messrs. Roe and assistants. The Chorographic Arrangements under the direction of Madame Louise. The Masks and, Personal Appointments designed and executed by the celebrated Dykwynkyn, Artist in Panto mimic Physiolognomy, and Photographic Delineator of Elves, Sprites, and Globlina to the Court of Fairy Land. The Overture and Music composed and arranged by Mr. J. H. Tully. The Comic Scenes by Harry Bolono, Glindon, and E. L. Blanchard. The Grotesque Burlesque Opening in vented and written by E. L. Blanchard, Author of " Harle quin Hudibras," " King Humming-top," " Jack and .Till," &c. ; and the whole arranged and produced under the super intendence of Mr. Robert Roxby. First of the Seven Ages—" The Infant." HALL OF NURSERY RHYMES, In the dominions of King Nonsense. Heroes of Nursery Literature. Jack Sprat, Mr. Eatnotat ; Simple Simon, Mr. Tom Noddy ; Little Jack Horner, Master Plummy ; Little Bo Peep, Miss unlpt ;Lit y, Little Tommy Tucker, Master Singsong ; Mr. Eggshell ; Littlo Boy Blue, Master H E o u r n t i y p w t y i nk u s Blowhorn ; Old Mother Hubbard, Mrs. Lcavcabono ; The Cat and the Fiddle (from an original Kit-cat Portrait), by a distinguished Player ; King Nonsense (the Ruler of a great many Lines), Mr. Glindon ; Spirit of Common Sense (on an occasional visit), Miss Fanny Reeves; Baby in Cradle, Little Todcllekins ; Routine and Redtape (banished to Noodledom), Messrs. Musty and Rusty ; Old Friends and New Faces— " They have their Exits and their Entrances.." Second Age—" The School Boy." " Then the whining school-boy with his satchel i And shining morning face, creeping like snail unwillingly ; to school." VILLAGE OF PRETTYWELL, with distant view of the Village Church and surrounding country. —Early Morning. Young Hopeful (afterwards Harlequin), Signor Vernal ; Hebbedyhoy (his schoolfellow—afterwards Clown) Harry Bo leno ; Dr. Birch (the Village Schoolmaster —afterwards Pan taloon), Mr. G. Tanner; His Pupils, Masters Fagg , Bra gg , W agg , Nagg, Lam Magg, Stagg, and Tagg ; Rosa (Ward to " The Justice," and afterwards Columbine), Madame Behnke ; Miss Starch, Governess at " Mrs. Howdydo's Establishment for Young Ladies," in the Village of Prottywell-cum-Thankye). Miss Buckram ; Her Pupils—Misses Prattle, Rattle, Giggle, Sniggle, Goggle, Joggle, Fangle, Dangle, Sidle, Ogle, Romp, Flirt, Slypuss, and Shnperwell ; Hobson (the Village Carrier), Mr. Packer ; Bun-woman, Mrs. Goody. Sums summed up somehow—School Forms and Ceremonies, Lessons not Lessened, and Cartoons for Young England—The Plum Cake and the Seedy Schoolmaster - Working the Oracle and Playing the Truant—How Young Hopefulwants to catch a Fish, and how Hobbedyhoy contrives to hook it—How the Schoolmaster tries the rod, and how well somebody catches it—flow Young Hopeful blows his awn trumpet, and the Young Ladies' Establishment comes out all two, to, two too —a Game at Cricket and Dr. Birch bowled out. Third Ago— " The Lover." " Then the Lover, • • Sighing like furnace with woful ballad Made to his Mistress's eyebrow." BLACKSMITH'S FORGE AND ROAD-SIDE INN (Sunset). - Robb and Nobb (the Village Blacksmiths), Messrs. Batter and Clatter; afterwards Sprites, The Brothers Elliot; Doublestout (Mine Host of the " Leather Bottle), Mr. Arfo.- narf ; Cuminsir (Head Waiter), Mr. Readytongue ; Yesser and Noser (his Assistants), Messrs. Cut and Run ; Cook, Mr. Bastewell ; Boots, Mr. Tizzy ; Chambermaid, Miss BobadaY ; Serjeent Kite (a Recruiting Officer—afterwards Pantaloon), Doulin Johnson; " The Justice" (ono of the " Great Un paid"—afterwards Clown), Tom Matthews ; Flipper and Flunkey (his Footman) Messrs. Cringe and Crawley ; Ye cruits, Messrs. Gawky, Gaby, Grimm, Glninm, Gabble, and Grinaway ; Fifer, Mr. Tootle ; Drummer, Mr. Rowdydow ; Clodhopper and Chawbacon (Agricultural Labourers), Messrs. Bumpkin and Joskyn. The sparks from the anvil amorous and hammer-us—The Iron struck whilst it is hot—Tho Lover's Sonnet—The Jus tice's tongue and course of True Love—neither running smoth—" List, list, oh, list !"—which he does—The conse quences thereof, and how Sorjeant Kite, being the Author of a great Military Work, gets a good Review. Fourth Ago—" The Soldier." " Then a Soldier, Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel, Seeking the bubble reputation, even in the cannon's mouth." OLD ABBEY RUINS (Evening). The Trysting Place and the Lover's Reverie—" Oh, there's nothing half so sweet in life as Love's young dream." " Dream o n o d n r , o g u o s o d c h y a o n u g t e h t , h a a n t d s on h l y o w l t i tl e e w c orld a k a w e e , The The spirit of Love, Miss Wadham—Cupid (her Messenger), M n a: p t Master Happiness, Truth, th Hope, Joy, Desire, Delight, Rapture, Romance, &c., by Misses Richardson, E. Richardson, L. Honey, &e. Rapid, Mechanical, and Marvellous Scenic Metamorphosis, revealing THE ABODE OF LOVE. Illumined by the Electric Light of Otte Hundred Brig ht Eyes. Grand Ballet d'Amour—Principal Dance r , Mi ss Rosiu*a Wright, assisted by Manes. Therese, Marian Lees, ate. Fifth Age—" The Justice." " And then the Justice, In fair round belly, with good capon lined, With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances ; And so he plays his part." JUSTICE HALL IN THE OLD MANOR HOUSE, TWILIGHT. Farmer Whackstraw, Mr. Grumblewell ; Constable, Mr. Hardstaff; Villagers, Messrs, Gape, Grin, Stare, Shiver, Tremble, Delve, &c. A memorable Sentence and a recant Period put to it —The Country Squire and the Effects of a great Cause—How the Justice loses his Heir, and how the Fugitives become bawled after. Sixth Age The Lean and Slippered Pantaloon." The Ruined Cottage of Old Ago - 7 1Viator--rOlight. Old Ago _ 7 : _ ,_ /. .. e„..„„t,t„t_.__„.e_„ ... _ ~.1..., ,c..... 4.•,,c..e___6‘e 4, . .. .. __ • _ •-: ,-.:' -- - -!' Ait - , A . 4 • . . . fart • *.. i r t..,, -- , . . ... _ . ...„ , ~. -- ...v. ..:•• ' -,. i : 1 .,. - '-J , . • '',, ^" ! ':' s , . . _,_ *40 4.,, ~ ....Aisit\'''‘, o ''' -.,-- I ‘ll, • I.ii ~„ - i k. , ~,, •,, ' .. r•, i ch' d ~ ...4•- • • . 4,4\ - =i:. P'. \ , - • , :r! . 1., • • • , llf --,--*4- - -- -- - ` ,w, gitrc- pi A l7f .-- , l'a, .th'Y t. 4 ? • '•• ''.:••• :„, - Th . • _ + -..,:-:'.:,, . ; )..... •.. :,. - •;•..!12 - -2< .. /' (.9- j 4::,49 / tif. '''''''',. - • ,i',+F ZX " ..:ETTP- . :' kUL..;- % , ~, I s l . le . c/b -c ''' . 'l_ ' ' 3r 2r ia4 ., *, 77 Zh1. v.* i ' .' - --t: ‘'' ' Orpfi - ''‘ ( i ) ''' 2 - . .. A. .k ...-- 04. ' 'ti LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBEit 26, 1855. (sans teeth, sans eyes, sans teeth, sans taste, sans every thing), Mr. Centenarian. Seventh Ago —sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans every thing." Sudden Talismanic Dissolving of the Snew to tho BRIGHT REALMS OF PERPETUAL SUMMER. Double Pantomimic Transmogrification. The Two Harlequins ... Signor Verroui and Herr Furth. The Two Columbines ... Mme. Bolen." and Marie Charles. The Two Pantaloons Messrs. Tanner and Donlin Johnson. The Two Sprites The Brothers Elliott. The Two Clowns .. Harry Bolcno and Torn Matthews. A SCENE OF INTEREST—TWO TO ONE—Bolono. _ _ Battered Peas—Cheese it—Taking the Pledge—Pop't up— pop't in, and pop't out—Equal Divisieu—Principal and In terest—How to evade the Act—Betting versus Cigars— " What's the odds so long as you're happy ?"—The Right Tip —How to raiso the Wind—The Odde to the Hod—List, oh, list !—Wrong to-back-her, cud no Returns—Settling Day, a regular Settler—Gone for the Leger—ln for the Oaks— A Bankrupt's Stock, and n Caso of Bale, concluding with a regular Smash. A SCENE OF INDUSTRY.—BoIeno. A sweet Phicelflio;estythebesiPolicy—dloney and Whacks (Wax)—Rising Steps and Steps Rising—Catching Bees all a Hum—lt Beehoves you to Bechar° when you attack a Pee hive—Swarming and Warming—Enlarged Heads upon a New Principle—Domestic Bees—Long Needles—Royal Summons —Arrival of Queen Bee and Suite—Grand Charge—Tableau. SCENE OF EXCITEMENT—PARIS EXHIBITION—A CAFE BESIEGED.—DoIeno._. The Meeting of All Nations (Russian except2d)—Fraternisa= tion—Cordiality of the Allies—" All the Wedd's a Stage !" —Arrival of the World and his Wife, and the whole of his Family, commencing with their Eldest Daughter, the " Fa shionable World ;" followed by the " Sporting World ;" the " Dramatic World ;" the "World upside down ;" the "Wide World ;" the " Wicked World ;" and the " World in Arms." Lodgings at a Premium—Not a bed to be bad—" My Lodging is on the cold (coal) Ground"—Clown and Pantaloon go Down to Bed—" A Sweet Good Night to all." A SCENE OF CONFUSION (LAID IN BEDS), "To bed, to bed"—" 'Tis when to Sleep the World retires" —The Night Mare, which makes Clown a little hoarse—As Thick as Three in a bed—A Night Concert, wh'_ch dis-concerts the Lodgers— "We won't go borne till monting"—Putting them on the Shelf—Natives and a Settler—The War Whoop, the War Dance, and a Warming-pan Accompaniment—Fire ! Fire! Fire 1---The House in an Uproar - Speedy Exit of some of the Lodgers, which finishes with " Confusion worse con founded," THE WEST END AND THE CITY. Scott', Tavern, Haymarket, and Samuel Brothers, Ludgate hill—Measures and men—Hits and Skits at Everything and Everything—lnns and Oats— Shoe-black Brigade —A Foliated Gentleman—Comic Duet between the Clown and a Blacking- Bottle —Howlett's Hair Dye—A Dyer's Material—A Dire Art for Falsehood framed— Coloured Imitations—The Sydenham Trousers—Height of Fashion—Genuine Malt and Hops—All sopp's Pals Ale—The East and the West—Scott's Lot, and a Race for Pablic Favour. NUMBER ONE, LONDON. A Visit to Dakin's Tea Establishment, St. Panl's—" In to apes est"—Bohemians and Teetotallers—Great Drawing Mate rials—The Magic Chest and the Enchanted Teapot—Clown gets Tea in it, and Pantaloon gets into Hot Water in conse quence—Omnibus Companies on the Old System and the New System, and th e Sy s t em th a t d on 't ass i s t ' em —St rong Opposi tion, and final discovery of the " Right Men in their Right Places"—Whack, bang, flip-flap, hey, presto, and Change to " LAST SCENE OF ALL that ends this strange eventful _ History." Doors open at Half-past Six, and commence at Seven. MONT BLANC TO-NIGHT, at 8 o'clock, and THURSDAY and FRIDAY, at 3 and 8. Egyptian Hall, Piccad!lly. LOAN. —The NEW RIVER COMPANY are prepared to receive TENDERS for SUMS of MONEY (raised under the provisions and requirements of their Acts of 1852 and 1851) on Bonds of not less than 5001., for three, five, or seven years at 4% per cent. interest, payable half-yearly. 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PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, male in a cause of MAIIKR against MARKS, the creditors of SEDLEY BASTARD MARKE, late of Plymouth, In the county of Devon, Esquire, who died in or about the month of February, 1855, are, by their solicitors, on or before the first day of February, 1856, to come in and prove their Debts or Claims at the Chambers of the Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Kindersley, No. 3, Stone-buildings, Lincoin's•itin, Middlesex, or, in default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Decree. Thursday, the 7th day of February 1856, at Three o'clock In the afternoon, at the said Chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudi catinz upon the claims. • Dated this 41st day of December, 1855. CIIAS. PUGH, Chief Clerk. 11. COWLAILD, 14, agent for OVItNET 1.1 , , and Tilit if WOE COW LARD, of L aunceston, Cornwall, Plaintiff's Solicitors. PURSUANT to an Order of the High Court of Chancery, made in a Cause of Henry Wilson against Richard Raker Leslie, the Creditors of GEORGE HARRISON, late of No. 51, Paradise-row, and of No. lb, Robert-street, in the parish of St. Luke, Chelsea, in the Comity of Middlesex, tallow chandler, who died In or about the month of August, 1843, are by their solicitors, on or before the 22d day of January, 1556, to come in and proYe their debts or claims at the chambers of Vice-Chancellor Kindereley, No. 3, Stone buildings, Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex, or in default thereof they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said order. Monday, the 28th day of January, 1856, at Noon, at the said Cham bers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the claims. Dated this 22d day of December, 1855. (Signed) CHARLEi Plltill, Chief Clerk. T. F. CREW, 33, Essex-street, Strand, naintitre Solicitor. The Third Edition.—Just published, price 511., by post, free, ss. 6d. NI TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRLREA, with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the Real Sufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. From the German of Dr. rICKFORD. With an Introduction by the Editor, containing a complete exposure of the system of terrorism and extortion pursued tw the advertising quacks of the metropolis towards those who are credulous enough to seek their aid. ", Dr. Plektord is known to English readers by his frequent practi- Al contributions to Gorman medical literature. This is the first me, he informs as, that ho has addressed himself to the non-medi sal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if ho shall detect any ,then_ equally flagrant evil which it may be in his plwor to cor rect."—London Medical Gazette. 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IN THE HIGH COITRT OF CHANCERY. i T IRIESEMAIt.—on the 29th of May, 1855, all Injunction was granted by the High Court of Chancery, and on the 11th Juno following was made perpetual, against Joseph Franklin and others, to restrain them, tinder a penalty of ono thou ,utud pounds, from imitatin; this Medicine, which is protected by Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole de Paarmaclo de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESEMNR, No. 1, Is a remedy for Relaxation, Spermatorrhma, and Exhaustion of Or , 4ystem, whether arising from excesses, accident, or climate. To those persons who are prevented entering the married state by the consequences of early errors it is invaluable. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, effectually, in the short spac✓ of three days, completely and entirely sradicates all traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cubebs inve so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health If a vast portion of the population. 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THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY . feet published, price 2e., illustrated with asses; free by poet for 26 stamps, NERVOUS DEBILITY; Its Causes, Symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Sper natorrhosa, with Practical Observations on a safer and more successful mode of treatment of the diseases of the Generative system, obtained by the use of the Microscope in detecting and tistinguishing, by urinary exaiaination, the real cause and effect of way variety of complaint, whether arising from solitary habits, excesses, accident, or climate, followed by practical remarks, founded an twenty years' experience In the treatment of Impuissanoe, gervous Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrhosa, &c. To which ire added, Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pro sautionary hints on the evils emanating from empirical practice, and on the d vigorous remedies advocated by various writers on :hese important disorders. By SAMUEL LA'MERT M.D. 87, RF.DFORD-SQU A LE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member ot the University of Edin• burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c.. The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con iequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, which have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man aood, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any )then class of disease known to modern pathologists. 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T HE LION-SLAYER AT HOME, 232, Mr. GORDON CUMMING describes every night, except Saturday, at Eight, what he saw and did in South Africa. Morning Entertainments every Saturday at Three o'clock. The Pictures are painted by Messrs. Richard Leitch, Harrison Weir, George Thomas, Wolf, Charles Ilsghe, and Phillips. The Music conducted by Mr. J. Colson. Admittance, Is., 23., and 3s. The Col lection on YieW during the day from 11 to 6, 15. Children half price in this reserved seats and stalls. INDIAN RAILWAYS. (From ate Daily News Correspondent.) Having considered the future commercial pros pects of the railway which is to run from Calcutta to Delhi, let us glance briefly at the military ad vantages this line will confer upon India. To carry out the Government scheme of railways throughout Hindostan, and more particularly to extend the grand trunk lines now projected, will undoubtedly have the effect of diminishing the number of troops now required for the army of that country. At present, to march a regiment from Calcutta to the north-west provinces, is an affair of at least three months. When the railway is finished the corps that on Monday left the metro polis of Bengal will the succeeding Wednesday be able to take its tour of duty at the former capital of the Great Mogul. And so on in proportion, when the line is farther extended. The endless preparations now required when any body of sol diers has to be moved—the laying in of supplies at every mile stage, the writing to collectors, the pressing of bullocks and bullock carts into the tem porary service of the commissariat—all this will bo done away with, and brigades, or even whole divisions, will, when wanted, bo sent from ono and of the country to another, with far less trouble and annoyance than is now the case when a serjeaut's party has to be despatched. With the facilities of moving troops will naturally come the requirements for fewer soldiers. What may be the numbers in which a reduction can be made it is now impossible to say, but of a certainty, when - What at pfe - sent takes 90 days to accomplish can be done in 48 hours, India will not want so many men perpetu ally under arms as she now does, or at any rate will bo able to spare more troops to keep in order turbulent distant provinces. In whatever way we regard it there can hardly be any doubt of the fact that the increase of railways will lead to the diminution of the Indian army, and con sequently to the increase of her revenue. The map of Yindostan will at once point out the immense importance of connecting nearly every town along this line with the presidency and the seat of Go vernment. In a small way even the troops now employed in putting down the Sonthal insurrection are receiving most material help from the section of railway already completed ; but this is as no thing when compared to the advantage of being able at any moment to cowl reinforcements from either the north-west provinces or Bengal to Ben arcs, the hot-bed of Hindoo fanaticism ;to points close upon Lucknow, whore the followers of Ma hornet are apt at times to break out in a religious crusade against other creeds ; to Patna, where the executive Government has occasionally no little trouble; or to Agra, which is within reach of all the Gwalior districts. In short, too much import ance can. hardly be given to this line in a military point of view, joining, as it will do, the distant points of so extensive an empire, and setting free from the monotony of garrison work troops which will be so much better employed elsewhere. The next line in importance is the " Great In dian Peninsula Railway," upon which the first lo comotive and train ever seen in India began to run about two years and a half ago. The starting point of this line is Bombay, and of it 50 miles have al ready been working some time. Having been the first undertaking of the kind which solved the question whether railways would answer in India, this lino is deserving of peculiar notice. The company has, properly speaking, undertaken two lines ; but, although both will no doubt be ultimately sanctioned, only one has as yet received the formal ratification of the East India Govern- ment. Both these are to diverge somewhere close to the site of the present terminus, 50 miles from Bom bay; the one branch will proceed in a north-easterly direction (ascending from the Koncan to the Ghats, or table .land, which runs parallel with the sea from the north to the south of India), arid, going through a portion of the Deccan, will thus reach Candeish, and the vast cotton districts of Berar, whence, it is destined to join the Calcutta line, either at Mirzapore or Allaha bad. It is hardly possible to compress within the limits of a newspaper article what good this lino ' will effect to the internal commerce of India, awl more particularly as regards the cotton exported thence to England. Bombay sends to this country about 25,000 tons of cotton every year, and might, with the improved means of carriage from the in terior, increase this to almost any amount. At present, what with far worse trunk roads than could be seen in England since the days of Oliver Cromwell, and with bye-ways which are but tracks made by tho wheels of carts, in the provinces of Kandeish and Berar, there is only cultivated for cotton about ten per cent. of the land where the plant might be grown. Throughout these districts the civil officers of government have given it as their opinion that, were a speedy communication with the coast established, for ono acre on which cotton is now grown, at least ten will be devoted to that cultivation. At present the delay is, owing to the bad roads, too great, and the risk of not reaching Bombay before the rains have sot in is too serious for the natives in the far interior to hazard their year's subsistence upon a crop which might, after all, turn out a dead loss. With the Great Indian Peninsula lino complete, even as far as Malligaum, a distance of 150 miles from Bom bay, the time saved in bringing cotton from Kan deish to that port would not be under three weeks —enough to make or mar the fortune of the native dealers, to whom every hour before the heavy rains sot in is of the utmost importance. But setting aside the extended cultivation of cotton which the line would no doubt cause, the carriage of this single article in the actual quantities it now reaches the coast has been calculated will yield the rail way a net income of 21 per cent. ; this is without allowing anything for the 100,000 tons of salt which are every year sent from Bombay to the interior, and now carried by Bringarie bullocks, nor yet putting down the vast quantities of cloth and other goods which annually go lay this road towards Central India, nor yet tho opium brought down from the Malwa districts for exportation to Ckina. When to these certain sources of revenue are added that arising from passenger traffic, it will not be overrating the advantages of this line to say that it will be second to no railway yet pro posed for India, whether we consider the benefits it is likely to confer on the country or the profits to be derived by its shareholders from the under taking. The other branch of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway is from Bombay to Poonah, in a south easterly direction, and thence to Sattara, Kola pore, Belgaum, and Dharwar to the confines of the Madras presidency, where it will join the line in progress from the latter place. This series of rail ways, connecting the two minor presidencies, will be about 800 miles in length, and will be of great importance to India in a military point of view. Already are the works being completed as far as Poonah, whilst the whole distance is expected to be finished in about two years from this time. Tho vast benefit to be derived by bringing within the limits of a couple of days' transit what now takes that number of months to accomplish is too evi dent to need dwelling upon here. Unfortunately for India, we have not yet seen the last of those occasional risings of the people which can only be accounted for by the ignorance in which but too many of them are yet steeped. It is true that, year by year, these are becoming more rare, but still it will be a long time before tie necessity for having disposable troops at different points in the country can be done away with. The lines now forming from Poonah on the one side, and from Madras on the other, will hem in between two armies a large portion of Southern India, the most unruly of our older provinces ; and as on the Bengal side, so here, the work of watching cer tain districts, now performed by largo bodies of troops, may be taken in hand by a comparatively smaller number. Nor are the commercial advantages of the coun try forgotten in this South Eastern line through the Indian Peninsula. From Belgaum, Sattara, and Poonab, there is a great and in creas i ng i n l an d traffic towards Bombay, whilst th roug h ou t th e Southern Maharatta country v er y large tracts of that black soil so favourabl e t o th e growt h o f co tton abound, but for want of th e means o f ca rriage these have as yet been but little cultivated. pße tween Poonah and Bombay th e traffic, even at pre sent, seems literally never to sto th e whole year round. one can ha ve t raverse d th a t road with out being surprised at the hundreds of bullock carts and thousands of p ac k bullocks which app ear everlastingly pl o ddi ng on, either towards the coast or going inland to the Deccan, but heavily laden whatever be their destination, without wondering whence these are bound in such numbers. It is only when we remember the immense tracts of country—towards Ahmadnugger , the Nizam s do minions, Taulna, and the Godavery—to which Poonah is, from its position, a kind of natural out let, that we cease to be surprised at the vast llurst and Blackctt, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. THE REV. SYDNEY SMITH'S LIFE AND WORKS. Fourth Edition, in 2 vols. Bvo., price 28s. cloth, A MEMOIR of the REV. SYDNEY SMITH. By his Daughter, LADY HOLLAND. With a Selection from Ills Letters, edited by Mrs. AUSTIN. Tho Rev. SYDNEY SMITH'S ELEMENTARY SKETCHES of MAUL PHILOSOPHY. Third Edition, fcp. Bvo. price 7s. The Rev. SYDNEY SMITH'S MISCELLANEOUS WORKS. 1. In Pocket Volume . ..... • • ..3 vols. fcp. Bvo., 21s. 2. Complete in One Volume.. Square crown Bvo., 2 le.; calf, 30s. 3. Library Edition. • 3 yols. Bvo., Portrait, 38s. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longinans. Second Edition, Now Ready, price la. T ECTURE on the PRODUCTS and RESOURCES of BRITISH INDIA. By 31ONTACWE GORE, Esq. 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GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—The Directors hereby Give Notice that they will receive Money en Loam, to pay off Debentures falling due, and are prepared to accept Tenders ior the same for a period of 3,5,0 r 7 years, at 5 per cent. per annum. Application may be made to the undersigned. By order of the Directors. CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. raddingto* Station, 2d November, 1855. G RAND TRUNK RAILWAY COMPANY of C %NADA. NOTICE IA HEREBY GIVEN, That the Transfer Books of the above Company will be Closed from Tuesday, the Ist day of January, 185(3, to Tuesday, the 15th, both days inclusive, for the purpose of making up the Half Year's Interest accrued on the " A" Series, Queb2c and Richmond, St. Lawrence and Atlantic, and Toronto and Guelph Issues of Grand Trunk Shares. Each of the Proprietors regis erect on the 31st December, will have a Warrant forwarded to him for the amount of Interest to that date. 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N.B.—To guard against imitations, see that the names of " LEA and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. ENLISTMENT IN THE UNITED SLATES. The Boston International Journal has an article exculpating Mr. Crampton from having violated or intended to violate the neutrality laws of the United States. The Journal says : We have said that Mr. Crampton took the opinion of a high legal authority of the United States, and sent that opinion to the different Consuls. The following is the circular accompanying that opinion. It will most forcibly strike the mind of every reader how anxiously he sought to make all persons respect the law in this business : Washington, March 11, 1855. Mr. Crampton to her Majesty's Consuls at New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore, Norfolk, and New Orleans. Sir,—l enclose for your information and guidance the copy of an opinion which I have caused to be drawn up by an eminent American lawyer, in regard to the bearing of the neutrality laws of the United States upon the subject of my de , patch on the Ist of December last. You will bear in mind that, however desirous her Ma jesty's Government may be to obtain recruits, they are still more anxious that the laws of the United States should be scrupulously observed. I am consequently instructed to recommend to you the utmost caution in order that no cause of complaint on this ground be given the United States Government. I would particularly draw your attention to that clause of the act of 1818, which renders it penal to " hire or retain" any person to go beyond the limits or jurisdic tion of the United States with intent to be enlisted. But notwithstanding all efforts to prevent infractions of the law, persons who had volunteered their services to persuade men to proceed to Halifax, had, without autho rity from any one, gone to improper lengths, partly from their zeal and partly from their not understanding the nature of the business, which was not to " enlist, hire, or retain," but to give advice to what point volunteers could go to enlist with legality and propriety. Mr. Crampton, to put an end to such irregularities, at length undertook the long journey to Canada and to Nova Scotia, to put matters right, and at the last place he issued the following instructions : Memoranda for the guidance of those who are to make known to persons in the United States the terms and conditions upon which recruits will be received into the British army : 1. Those parties who may go to Buffalo, Detroit, or Cleveland for this purpose, must clearly understand that they must carefully refrain from anything which would constitute a violation of the laws of the United States. 2. They must, therefore, avoid any act which might bear the appearance of recruiting within the jurisdiction of the United States for a foreign service, or of hiring or re taining anybody to leave that jurisdiction with the in tent to enlist in the service of a foreign power. [Both these acts are illegal by the act of Congress of 1818, sec. 2.] 4. There must be no collection, embodiment of men, or organisation whatever attempted within that jurisdic- tion. 5. No promises of contracts, written or verbal, on the subject of enlistment, must be entered into with any per son within that jurisdiction. 6. The information to be given will be simply that, to those desiring to enlist in the British army, facilities will be afforded for so doing on their crossing the line into British territory, and the terms offered by the British Government may be stated as matter of information only, and not as implying .any promise or engagement on the part of those supplying such information, so long at least as they remain within American jurisdiction. 7. It is essential to success that no assemblage of the persons should take place at beer-houses or other similar places of entertainment, for the purpose of devising mea sures for enlisting : an d the parties should scrupulously avoid resorting to this or similar means of disseminating the desired information, inasmuoh as the attention of the American authorities would mot fail to be called to such proceedings, which would, undoubtedly, be regarded by them as ais attempt to carry on recruiting for a foreign power within the limits of the 'United States ; and ti must certainly be borne in mind that the institution or legal proceedings against any of the parties is question, even if they were to elude the penalty, would be fatal to the success of the enlistment itself. 8. Should the strict observance of these points be neglected, and the parties thereby involve themselves in difficulty, they are hereby distinetly apprised that they must expect no sort of aid or assistance from the British Government --this government would be compelled by the clearest dictates of international duty to disavow their proceedings, and would, moreover, be absolved from all engagements contingent upon the success of the parties in obtaining by legal means soldiers for her Bri tannic Majesty's army. ,Jiati)a tio - to ti /6e_ [PRICE 4D. STAMPED SD• amount of traffic even now to be found on the one only good road of Western India. All this of course argues well for the future prospects of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway. We have one . more great trunk line to notice, which is in some respects of greater importance than any of the others already described—namely, the Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway. If Lord Dalhousie is to be taken as an authority on railway matters, the Bombay and Barada line. is one which will confer the greatest benefits upon the country ; and, after a careftil perusal of the various minutes and papers connected with the projected undertaking, we are . bound to acknow ledge that his lordship has arrived at a just conclu sion respecting it. If concurrent testimony of its value and importance to the trade of India were wanting, we might record the fact of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce having memorialised the Court of Directors, to the effectithat this railway may be extended and sanctioned throughout without de lay. The intended course of this lino is from Bombay along the coast to Surat, thence into the province of Guzerat—called from its fertility " the garden of India"—to Baroda, Ahmedabad, and the im mense cotton districts, whence the name of " Surats," so well known in the English cotton market, is derived. From Baroda, the line is to extend either by Neemuch, and so through Raipoo tana to Delhi, or along the Nerbudda and by Jub-. bulporo to Agra. At ono or other of these points it will join the Calcutta and North West line. The whole distance is Upwards of 1,500 miles, but as yet the formal sanction of Leadenhall-street has only been received for the section from Surat to Baroda and Ahmedabad, which will be about 200 miles in length ; although from the expressed opinion of the• Governor-General, of the Governor of- Bombay,- of "Mr. Lumsclen; member of council at that presi .dency, the members of the Supreme Council of India, and of the Manchester Chamber of Com merce, we cannot help arriving at the conclusion that the section along the road from Bombay to Surat, in length about 200 miles, will - also be sanctioned and commenced upon forthwith. In the whole history of Indian railways up to , the present time, this stopping short at Surat, and' not at once sanctioning the lino from Bombay all the way to Bared a, is almost the only blame that can be laid upon the Court of East India Direc tors. In his minute upon the subject, Lord Dal housie distinctly states—" A railway commencing at Surat, and connecting the line in Hindostau with the western coast, would no doubt b 3 a great advantage in itself ; but it would form no part of , the system of railways which the Government has in contemplation, and would not give to it the military and political advantages which it aims at seeming." Further on, in the same paper, when alluding to the line along the coast being sanctioned and carried out, he writes :—" If the design of the Government shall be executed in its integrity, troops may be brought from England by the shortest possible route to Bombay, for whichever of three presidencies they may be intended, and may be fowarded upon a continuous system of railways to whatever station they may be destined to occupy ; so also recruits and invalids may, by the operation of such a continuous system, be sent on their way easily, quickly, healthily, and cheaply." And, to quote again from the same authority, " A line stopping short at Surat would not connect the Bengal lines with those of Bombay, nor with those dAladras. The break of 200 miles thus in tervening would effectually destroy that continuity , of communication by which the troops of one presi dency would be readily made available for use in the remotest parts of another presidency, so that the several armies in India should become practi cally interchangeable, and the military power of the Government should be increased tenfold." In the above paragraph is comprised the pith of that policy which has hitherto so wisely governed the councils of India in railway matters. It should be borne in mind by those interested in the subject of India being improved by railway intercommunication, that although a seaport, Surat is as such entirely shat up during the monsoon or rainy season, which extends over four months of the year ; and that, therefore, for the line to stop short at that town would be to lose fully two-thirds of the benefits which the railway is likely to confer upon the interior. But, as we said before, the Governor-General and all the Indian authorities being in its favour, we have no doubt whatever of its immediate sanction by the Court of Directors, more particularly when we remember that the Manchester Chamber of CoMmerce has memorialised for its-being carried out forthwith - . --- To - stn nr the advantages of the scheme when fully carried out, we cannot do better than quote once more from the minutes of Lord Dalhousie, as laid before the house of Commons last session : respect path ha than th The ( lowing in Elia Asa] for exai neas per years, al most dis and, furl names next bee such stu terms, n by such bar. P to confe they sh 7 dents tE At e passel •Clentsbil over all day . No st who feat year till torily p, RuLus FOR TO 13: An e .7041e,11.4 811'011K honoui called to Each nation .~ BLIVCef3 or befoi will furl object i for a sti whothei pi elituil The day of .1 1 nesday It w Lincoln after th The ducted) Tue on Con noon, Wed 9, on ( the La; "I, for my part, am unable to see anything in the present known condition of Surat, or in the plans which have been conceived for it, which would enable it to com pete with Bombay as a shipping port if a railway existed to the latter harbour ; we knew that at present Surat is a port of very inferior quality. During one season of the year it is wholly inaccessible to shipping. Its situation must make it at all tim , s more perilous, and by no ex ertions of science or art can it ever be rendered com parable with the harbour at Bombay. How inferior it now is, and how little hope there can be of ever making it a successful harbour, except at an enormous expendi ture of time and money, appears to me to be manifest from Col. Kennoly's own report, which, in support of his railway scheme, contains two large collateral schemes for the improvement of Surat, the one of which has for its object to remove from the town the inundation s which annually accumulate where there ought to be dry ground, while the other is designed to remove from the harbour the ground which annually accumulates where there ought to he deep water. Looking, then, to these facts and admissions upon record, I am unable to believe that Surat will ever be made a good shipping port. I can as little persuade myself that if a railway should be formed from Surat to Bombay, goods will leave the line of railway at Surat in order to be carried thence at a cheaper rate by sea in country craft to Bombay. Taking the figures as they are given in these papers, I am unable to admit the probability that exporters of cotton or opium or other produce of Guzerat or Central India, which shall be conveyed on the railway from the place of pro duce to Surat, will .sacrifice the greater security, the greater regularity, the greater rapidity of conveyance afforded by the railway, and will there transfer their goods to coasting craft to be carried on them to Bombay, even though the quoted difference of cost of carriage now existing should not be lessened by the tariff of the railway company, which in such case would most pro bably be done. Wherefore, seeing no probability of extraordinary cost in the construction of a line from Bombay to Surat ; unable to receive the conviction that Surat will ever be made an eligible shipping port, and equally unable to believe that goods brought from the interior, and intended for shipment at Bombay, would be diverted from the railway to the coasting craft at Surat by such economy of conveyance as is illegal ; further, bearing in mind that the certainty of a large passenger traffic is admitted, I am not prepared to as sent to the opinion that a line from Bombay to Surat is an impolitic or imprudent scheme, even in a commercial point of view. And now we have given a short, although doubt less an incomplete, history of the different grand trunk lines of India. Two short railways —or at least short in comparison to the immense under takings we have made mention of—remain to be noticed. The first of these is the Madras - Railway, which is destined, in the first place, to connect that presidency with the south-west—the oppo site—coast of India, and also to join the Bom bay frontier with Madras. The first of those branches will proceed via Arcot, seringapatam, and Trichinopoly, to Coimbatoor, on the Mala bar, thus placing in communication all the most important t owns i n S ou th India. The l en g th s of this line will b e a b ou t 300 miles, of which 0 have been fi n i s h e d , an d f o r some time past in work ing order. We may confidently expect that , three years hence, th e whole of that tract of country where Wellington and Baird gained so _ many o a f their Indi an laurels, will b e intersected with railway from east to west. The other branch of this line, which is to joie the Madras frontier with Bombay, via B elgaum, Sattara, and Poona h has already boon noticed. One more of th e Indian railways remains to bo noticed ere we conclude. The last, but certainly not the least in importance, we have upon our list is that of Scinde. This line has been formally li iioned ; its lengt h will be about 120 miles, and sitasdc es tination from Kurrachee—a port destined to rival Bombay, and oven Calcutta itself—to the In dus. Our space will not allow us to enter into details connected with the undertaking ; suffice it to say that, in importance to the province in which it is to work, in a judicious selection of the line, and in sound conclusions respecting the large and increasing traffic which will find its way to and from Kurrachee by this means, the Scinde railway is second to none in India. The hasty sketch which this and the two previous papers have given of railway enterprise in India— its present status and future prospects--is no doubt faulty. To the best of his ability the writer has sought to interest others in what, to him, seems a question of vital importance to Hindostan. Um connected in any way with either Indian railways or the East India Company —not even a share holder in any of t ..e rst and to . .-./Z,'" a ' 4 7 , .(-I_ - _-(._--f--g- 4' -›- li, not a holder of st 94 in the .ether— , l)o46.oe_ply in.;-1K54,1-..; 4.• --..„ 1 1 4te forested in the •Alfare of a country where the bcst . , - 4::;) . l'.'„' ,filyy3 of his life have been spent. The great want 4- :4 -, , flZ;'i*:::.:‘, --. ..tn - dia has been declared by the highest authority:', '''''''' -1 7 . ' ' j E 1 to be tlkat of internal communication ; and this—,,e4 " ":I` ,- :''''w withou using any figures of speech, be it said—Tt.:l4'' can in o way be so perfectly secured to the count try as y_4 well-devised, an imperial sch eme of .:l " 1 railway —a very network of iron roads--through. out the length and breadth of the land. Unless we are rea,tly mistaken, this improved means of transit 'ill serve more than any other agency to prepare ur Eastern empire for political institutions for wli - she is certainly not yet fit. And in this 'e maintain that her advance in the right been far greater during the last four years 'oughout the previous half c.entury. 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CiIISTMAS Girrs TO THE Pooa. — Yesterday morning upwards lt of 200 poor families were supplied with a good Christmas dinner of beef and bread, besides coal s , at the R e v. J. B. Brown 's chapel, in the Clayland's-road, Ken nington. It was the result of a voluntary su b scr i ption amon g the congregation, which amounted to between 701. and 801 . The recipients were not all connected with the chapel, but selected from the industrious poor in the district. Similar distributions of meat, bread, and coals took place at Clapham, Brixton, and Newingtcn. r ~i~a-~. Y [ •~Y t is not th• 1 le our 160; ;toil eM, nall oats 15 773 z. 9 0 0 1% az . IS IS ital. li-Sa t t dap tinog 4 ►dalll IS e de -1 (vi• I MO nil 7_7_l old; 4'oB, )n. the th,