The Sun. — London, England, 1855-12-27 00:00:00

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THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. — Professor ANDERSON, the Great Wizard of the North, respectfully announces that this THEATRE was opened LAST EVENING, December 26, under his manage ment. He has fortunately succeeded in arranging with the Directors of the Royal Italian Opera for a short season, dur '-',... Int which he will prod.tice notify noveltiestat this the most ibagiailleent Theatre in the -Wtropolis7 its 'EVENING, • Dec. 27, 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 tho 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 and the Public will appreciate his efforts to Open Covent Garden Theatre during the Christmas season. Associated as the history of the house is with so many glo rious recollections of Christmases that have long since passed away, when " The Pantomime at Covent-garden" was the town talk at Christmas-tide, and when to go and see it was as much a matter of course as to place the holly over the Mantel, or hang- ; the mistletoe in the hall. Mr. Anderson trusts that a Pantomime reproduced oaths same boards—the boards whereon the fame of " Mother Goose" was acquired, and the popularity of the " Greatßed of Ware" was won, and Produced on these beards with more attention to details and to scenic effect than has ever been given to any Pantomime, will certainly enlist the patronage, and those whose pleasant tnemeries of Covent-garden rendered to them the recognised field of Pantomimic triumph, as it will attract the visits of those who have heard only with curiosity of that which the stage of Covent-garden can produce. As the Royal Italian Opera, the house for years has been the most distin guished, as it is the noblest Theatre which London pos sesses. Since it has been rebuilt and remodelled it has been comparatively shut up to the public generally. The Theatre of Royalty, the house of fashion, the heavy expenses of its directors, have rendered it impossible to open its doors at the usual theatrical prices. Professor Anderson now sub mits his intention (in fall confidence that it will be understood and duly valued by the public), to make the admission to the Theatre Royal Covent-garden the same as that charged to theatres of less pretensions and with less capabilities to ac commodate an audience. The whole of the magnificent bal cony recently erected after the Continental model, and a pa rallel to which is not to be found in any theatre in Great Bri tain, will bo retained, and present its unrivalled coup-cl'eeil of beauty every evening;-.the admission to it will be 4s. The Pri vate Boxes on the thiid tier will be removed to form a range of Upper Boxes uneqtalled by any other theatre in London; the prise of admission to which will be 2s. 6d. There will be so 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 bo completely removed, and added to the Amphi theatre, so as to constitute one immense, commodious, and Host 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 Ito attention will be spared by Mr. Anderson to render Co vent-Garden Theatre, par excellence, the house for Christmas Intertainment ; nor will he forget, while consulting the con vinience of the public, to supply them with the best talent thil ir paoney can command for their amusement. Tlit inducements which have led him to undertake so large a venture have been numerous, and were he quite sure that the public would feel interested in learning them and his ar rangements for their entertainment, ho would cease to speak V 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 hvours, have recently thought fit to visit me nightly at the Lyceum Theatre, leaving me such substantial proofs of their friendship and munificence as I scarcely know what to do with, it seemed obviously my duty, in the commonest grati tude, to attempt something for the benefit and amusement of that public, on a scale previously unattempted either by my self or others. The question was—how to do it ? Wizards, after all, are but mortal men with restricted powers. The public liked to see me ; they could see no more of me than existed. Even I 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 price 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, dre. ? 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 I No 1 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 staid 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, oven my = ii... a cause ; but then came the terrible afterthought siMPEIIVWFuId be the condition of London the next day, on finding itself without a Wizard? As a last expedient I thought —Could I give my patrons their money back ? I deliberated ever this momentous question for some hours, and at last came to the understanding that it was impossible ! I bad almost given the matter up as a bad job, and come to the dis heartening conclusion that nothing could be done but to go on in the old course, introducing, if possible, more spleudour, more novelty, more bewilderment into my tricks than for merly ; makincsay theatre more like a palace — or like a home—than *vex - Ts 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 not alter. I had arrived, I repeat, at this desponding conclusion, when a practical friend called upon me and threw out the following suggestion ; " If you have got so much money that yen don't know what to do with it, and wish to ged rid of it in ono lump for the amusement of the public, why don't you take Covent-garden ? There was certainly something in that. Still I hesitated a moment, when he added—" And open with a Pantomime." Eureka ! I had found 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, seen: - ry, and decorations was indispensable. I was some time in find ing one cf sufficient costliness, but at length decided on an Australia-California-Rothschild Koh-i-noor-Bank-of-England parlour species of pantomime —to be entitled Ye Belle Alliance; or, Harlequin Good Humour and the Field of the Cloth of Gold. This subject was extravagant enough, in all conscience, for the most golden ago of pantomime. 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 bound to say, the skill and workmanship they have displayed in ham mering out and fashioning the precious ore into the daintisA 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 ho has been engaged it has not been for nothing ; and few will dispute the right of any pic ture he ever painted to be set iu the most sumptuous gold frame. Mr. Beverley was accordingly secured. But even now the inroads on the doomed exchequer were barely per ceptible. I looked about for the disengaged musical corn ;, l poser and directo r , wh os e notes were worth most gold in the i• market, and was so fortunate as to come to terms wit h Mr. Leder, whom I instructed in playful north country phrase to spare no amount of brass in his orchestral arrangements. The balance on hand was still tremendous. At this time Monsieur Guerin, from Paris, a distinguished operative in the spectacle lino, relieved me of a considerable amount, by arranging the ocular department of the entertainment, so as to astonish the weakest optic nerves, and enable me to defy • any other establishment to produce a pair of such gold spec tacles ! I was compelled to mask my intentions for a while by the employment of Mr. George Ewing, a model of model lers, whose sterling talent rendered him most fitting to model nay sovereigns, Henry VIII. and Francis L The tailors' and dressmakers' bills also, of Mr. SmiGhers and Mrs. James, who were ordered to spare no lavishnessof goldcloth, gold thread, gold lace, gold beater's skin, and what not, added to a docu ment of immeasurable length (which I speak of in my hu naourous 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 syrup, are something fearful ; these did begin to dip somewhat deeply iu what my clown facetiously terms, " the tureen of mint sauce." And when I came to (Calculate the enormous sums I had been tricked out of by two gentleman named Brough, another called Harris, and a third by the name of Dorringtou (especially the latter) for the tricks and changes, I felt that a trick must be good indeed that called for such an intolerable quantity of change, and began to feel that my accumulated sovereigns had indeed un dergone a large amount of the process vulgarly known as sweating. I was not yet daunted—in spite of the consider. able amount I allowed Mr. B. Barnett, as ballet master, with an innumerable corps of golden-haired nymphs, to dance away with. I solicited Mr. Floxmore (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 to Darned ago ?d sue.) W. A. Barnes, the great transatlantic u 1 4-11.4.1.44 , 'OO N o . 19,780.] pantomimist, Mr. C. Brown, and Miss Emma Horne I engaged as pantaloon, harlequin, and columbine. It will readily be seen that each of these eminent " legs " stepped into a tole rable sum. Another " little treasure," in the shape of Miss Harriet Gordon (who plays Good Humour in the opening), had to be provided for, as well as Mr. Harry Pearson, with an efficient company of comedians —each entitled to a crown in his various department. Some hundreds of supernume raries, scene shifters, carpenters, and " extras" in every de partment, who may be regarded as so many piles of " small change" in the financial sceme, were found to mount ap pro digiously. Having shown the public that the money with which they have been kind enough to entrust me has been faithfully laid out for their amusement, I will proceed to describe the items of the investment. _ . The subject of the Pantomime is one of national importance, illustrating, by an historic parallel, the greatest event of this or any other age within the history of the two nations, THE ANGLO-FRENCH ALLIANCE I The piece, as will be seen by an explanatory line in the bill, entitled " A LEGEND OF THE MEBTING OF THE MONARCHS." _ _ _ And the various circumstances which attended the meeting of Henry VIII. and Francis I. on the Field of the Cloth of Gold are so introduced as to bear on recent occurrences. The reader shall hear in what manner. _ Scene I.—" The Subterrancous abode of the Gnome Brita nions." Scene 2.—" The Land's End, Cornwall, with the departure of the Gnome Britanicus to France." Diorama No. 1. " The entry of the Emperor Napoleon to London." Diorama No. 2. " The visit of Victoria and Napoleon to the Tomb of Napoleon I. in the Invalides at Paris." Scene 3.—" The Deck of tho 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 Gnisnos." 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 Gaol Humour in the Realms of Eternal SU : Flight." The concluding Scene, designed by M. Guerin, painted by Mr. W. Beverly, and on which an expenditure of many hun dred pounds has been incurred, will form a Grand Military Spectacle, representing the " Apoiftleosis of England and France, with the descent of the Goniue of Victory with the Coronals of Valour." _ . The Band will be conducted by Mr. Chas. Hall, and will b. the largest in London, the performers being first-class. The extensive and complicated Machinery by Mr. H. 141- 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 tho prin cipal Libraries), 3/. 35., 21. 25., 1/. is., and 12s. Grand Bal cony, 4s. Upper Boxes, 2s. 6d. ♦mphitheatre Stalls, 2s. Pit, 2s. Gallery, l e. Doers open at half-past six ; commence at seven. Half price at Nino o'clock. The care of the front of the house will be committed to Mr. Hingston, who will, doubtless, endeavour to care most cour teously for everybody. T HEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. SMITH. Acting Manager, Mr. CHARLES MATHEWS. Stage Manager, Mr. ROBERT ROXBY. The Box office open daily, from Ten till Six o'clock, under the superintendence of Mr. Edward Chatterton. The REDUCED PRICES at this Theatre as follow :—Pri vate boxes, to hold two persoas, 10s. 6d. (es. for each person extra); on the grand tier, one guinea ; proscenium and stage boxes, 2/. 2s. ; galleries, 6d. and in. ; pit, 2s. ; upper boxes, Is. 6d. ; first circle, 2s. 6d.; dross circle, 3s. MORNING PERFORMANCE EVERY WEDNESDAY, at Two o'clock. Mr. Charles Mathews in Two Pieces. On THURSDAY, Dec. 27th; Friday, 28th; and Saturday, 29th, LITTLE TODDLEKINS. Principal character by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank liatthovs, and Miss M. Oliver. To lie followed by (second 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 en:;irely Novel and Original Inductive, Instructive Anti-Hypochondriacal, Periodical, Episodical, Magical, Instructive, Logical, Chronological, Gra pli'cal, Chorographical, Philosophical, Cryptographical, Parabolical, Symbolical, Rhythmical, Mimical, Academical, Mechanical, Technical, Pyrotechnical, Historical, Harmo nical, Heroical, Typical, Allegorical, Metaphorical, Chime rical, Satirical, Historical, Metrical, Symmetrical, Lyrical, Musical, Practical, Poetical, Whimsical, Fantastic, and Side Shakespearean new GRAND COMIC CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME, Which for many for many weeks past has engaged the ex tensive and unrivalled resources of this establishment, and which will now appear under the additional, traditional, and peculiarly suggestive title of HEY DIDDLE DIDDLE ; or, Harlequin King Nonsense and the Seven Ages of Man. The Scenery entirely New, painted by and under the super intendence of Mr. William Beverley, assisted by Messrs. James, Wilson, Gomportz, and numerous assistants. The Machinery by Mr. Tucker and assistants. The Pro perties, Decorations, dte., by Messrs. Needham, Glindou, and others. The Tricks by Messrs. Roe and assistants. The Choregraphic 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 Goblins to the Court o 7 Fairy Laud. The Overture and Music composed and arranged by Mr. J. H. Tully. The Comic Scenes by Harry Boleno, 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 Jill," dc. ; 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. Eatnofat ; Simple Simon, Mr. Tom Noddy ; Little Jack Horner, Master Plummy ; Little Bo Peep, Miss Fortywinks ; Little Tommy Tuckor, Master Singsong ; Humpty Dumpty, Mr. Eggshell ; Little Boy Blue, Master Blowhorn ; Old Mother Hubbard, Mrs. Leaveabone ; 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 Toddlekins ; 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 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 Verroni ; Hobbedyhoy (his schoolfellow—afterwards Clown) Harry Bo leno ; Dr. Birch (the Village Schoolmaster —afterwards Pan taloon), Mr. G. Tanner; llis Pupils, Masters Fagg, Bragg, Wagg, Nagg, Lagg, Magg, Stagg, and Tagg ; Rosa (War d to " The Justice," and afte rwar d s C o lumbine), Madame Bolen° ; Miss Starch, Governess at " Mrs. Ilowdydo's Establishment for Young Ladies," in the Village of Prettywell-cum-Thaukyo). Miss Buckram ; Her Pupils --Misses Prattle, Rattle, Giggle, Sniggle, Goggle, Joggle, Fangle, Dangle, Sidle, Ogle, Romp, Flirt, Slypuss, and Simperwell ; Hobson (the Village Carrier), Mr. Packer ; Bun-woman, Mrs. Goody. Sums summed up somehow—School Forms and Ceremonies, Lessons not Lessened, and Cartoons for Young England—The Plum Cake and the Seedy Schoolmaster - Working the Oracle and Playing the Truant—How Young Hopeful wants to catch a Fish, and how Hobbedyhoy contrives to hook it—How the Schoolmaster tries the rod, and how well somebody catches it—How Young Hopeful blows his own tistrupet, and the Young Ladies' Establishment comes out all two, to, two too —a Game at Cricket and Dr. Birch bowled out. Third Age— " Tho Lover." "Then the Lover, Sighing like furnace with woful ballad Made to his Mistress's eyebrow." BLACKSMITH'S FORGE AND ROAD-SIDE INN (Sunset). Hebb and Nobb (the Village Blacksmiths), Messrs. Batter and Clatter ; afterwards Sprites, The Brothers Elliot ; Doublestont (Mine Host of the " Leather Bottle), Mr. Arfa narf ; Cuminsir (Head Waiter), Mr. Roadytongue ; Ycsser and Noser (his Assistants), Messrs. Cut and Run ; Cook, Mr. Bastewell ; Boots, Mr. Tizzy ; Chambermaid, Miss Bobaday ; Serjeant Kite (a Recruiting Officer—afterwards Pantaloon), Deulin Johnson ; " The Justice" (ono of the " Great Un paid"—afterwards Clown), Tom Matthews ; Flipper and ' Flunkey (his Footman) Messrs. Cringe and Crawley ; Re cruits, Messrs. Gawky, Gaby, Grimm, Glumm, 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-ns—The Iron struck whilst it is hot—The Lover's Sonnet—The Jus tice's tongue and course of True Love—neither running smoth—" List, list, oh, list !"—which he does—The conse quences thereof, and how Serjeant Kite, being the Author of a great Military Work, gets a good Review. Fourth Age—" The Soldier." " Then a Soldier, Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel, Seeking the bubble reputation, even in the cannon's mouth." OLD ABBEY RUINS (Evening). The Trysting Place and the Lover's Reverie--" Oh, there's nothing half so sweet in life as Love's young dream." " Dream on, good youth, and show the world awake, The wondrous change that only love can make." The Spirit of Love, Miss Wadham—Cupid (her Messenger), Master Mischief. H o pe, Joy, Desire, Happiness, Truth, Delight, Rapture, Romance, &c,, by Misses Richardson, E, Richardson, L. Honey, &c. Rapid, Mechanical, and Marvellous Scenic Metamorphosis, revealing THE ABODE OF LOVE. Illumined by the Electric Light of One Hundred Bright Eyes. Grand Ballet d'Amour—Principal Dancer, Miss Rosina Wright, assisted by Mdlles. Therese, Marian Lees, ke, Fifth Age—" The Justice." " And then the Justice, In fair round belly, with good capon lined, With oyes 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, TWI. Farmer Whackstraw, Mr. Grumblewell ; Constable, Mr. Hanistaff; Villagers, Messrs, Gape, Grin, Stare, Shiver, Tremble, Delve, &c. A memorable Sentence and a recent Period put to it—The Country Squire and the Effects of a great Cause—How the Justice loses his Heir, and how the Fugitives become bawled after. , Sixth Age —" The Lean and Slippered Pantaloon." The Ruined Cottage of Old Age—Winter—Firelight. Old Age - fl = j i ,:. ....... ___ _ 01 I _ 1L741441/11 [PRICE 4D. STAMPED 5E1,1 a change—the fruits of policy have become sicli ing. Both Palmerston and Marcy have lost mcusely in the recent flurry. It is 'easier, e now, to bo a statesman than a politician. • I . SCRAPS FROM RUSSIA. -t:'"s(' • 'l'l An American journal contains the followit under the heading " Scraps from the Journal an American Ex-Consul in Russia" : " PEEP AT CRONSTADT.—Ho first visited Cronsta and found this place as strong as it had been represent but more so from its natural position than from anythl extraordinary in the defences. He found there an mouse foundry, 600 feet long, which had remained' active from want of men capable of putting the wol into operation. They had been waiting for form from America, whe were expected to arrive daily. I Russians are not themselves capable of conducting p perly the casting of large ordnance, having always he tofore dependedlupon foreigners, mostly Englishmen., " Moscow.--After frequent and annoying infierrC tions on the part of the police he at length arrived Moscow. If St. Petersburg is the most splendid, t grandest city in the world, he thinks Moscow the,mc, interesting. It is here that the Russian is seen in native purity. The city is full of churches, and perhaps, the most devotional city in the world. "GENERAL LUDERS.—Our traveller was at Ode when the news arrived of the evacuation of the soi side of Sebastopol. The first day three or four arrel of individuals were made by the police for the circu tion of what they then deemed false news. It was n fully credited for three days, although reportsto th effect continued to arrive. At this city he had an inti duction to General Luders, dined with him, and hat long conversation on the state of affairs. General I der; is a violent personal enemy of Prince Gortschak and condemned the evacuation of Sebastopol as infant, on the part of that officer. He said that the Attu, people would not sustain Gortachakoff in the act, al that with 180,000 men, the number which Luders stati to be uto'er Gcrtschakoff's command, ho ought to hal held the place. Our consul, however, found by int 4, course with Other Russian officers that the opinion Luders was peculiar to himself in all except as regard/ the number of men under Gortschakoff's command, an that his criticisms arose from jealousy. TODTLEBEN AT NICOLAIEFF. —At Nicolaieff saw a rev►ew of 130,000 men by the Grand Dukes Coi stantine and }fichela9. He does not believe 4 this pia< can be taken by the allies, although a land fOrce ma besiege it, and, after a long contest, carry it.= 'lt will impossible for the allied fleets ever to reach the tow Todtleben had arrived and commenced operations in it _ . proving and strengthening the defences of the plat which were very insignificant at the moment our travel left. The 130,000 men at Nicolaieff were neatly infantry, and would be retained there for the defence . , the place. " CHERSON.—He visited Cherson, and found it a bemi tiful modern-built city, full of summer residences of the nobility, handsomely located on the hills, which overlo4 a romantic sea coast. It is an exposed position, and will undoubtedly be destroyed by the allied fleets. " VILLAGE AND ISTHMUS OF PEREKOP.—Perekop is t miserable, filthy, desolate place on the narrowest p oint of the peninsula, and contains only three houses. It ha no fortifications worthy the name, its entire defensiv works consisting of two earthworks in a miserable con dition, mounting 20 guns each. He was astonished a the position in which he found this place. There are ho ,vever, at Perekop 48,000 men, of which' 15,000 ar cavalry, Grenadiers, and Cuirassiers of the imperia Guard. The tents of this division of the army line th coast for a distance of 15 miles towards Simpheropo from the point called Perekop. From the latter poin to Simpheropol the country is a barren, sandy steppe .; hut, arrived in the neighbourhood of Sirnpheropol, it al at once becomes beautiful and fertile in the highest degree, and before the war was inhabited by man. wealthy families. These facts, however, in regard to the interior of the Crimea, he learnt from the Itessilus officers with whom he associated at Perekop, for be was not allowed to go any further than this point. Both here, at Nicolaisff, and at Odessa, ho was the only stranger in the town at the moment, and was in consequence the object of a good deal of cariosity. " LINE OF CAVALRY.—Passing back through Podolia, he saw on the west banks of the Dniester, moving slowly) towards the Crimea, 13,000 cavalry of the Imperial Guard, 6,000 Grenadiers, and 4,000 Cuirassiers—all, finely dressed and finely mounted men. " RUSSIAN OPINION OF THE FALL OF SEBASTOPOL.— All Russian officers (with the exception of Luders) con curred in saying that Sebastopol, as Gort:chakoff says, had been given up from the day of the taking of the fort. Kamtchatka, or, as the French call it, the Mamelon Vert. They say that from that day, the 7th of June, l , Gortschakoll commenced building the Fort Paul-bridge, l , and moving all his ambulances and valuables to the north aide, in anticipation of an evacuation. They confess that Sebastopol was from that moment at the mercy of the allies, and that they could have taken it at any time they made a vigorous assault, but that the allies did not know the real state of affairs, and 1, were unable to procure reliable spies. They say that at two or three periods during the progress of the bombardment (after the capture of the Kamtchatka works), the allies had taken the city, but they did not know it : that is, the Russians were driven back from their works, and dispirited to such an extent that the allies might have marched in with trifling opposition. Finding, however, that Polissier was afraid to give the assault, and that they were enabled to kill vast numbers of his army daily in the trenches, they held on as long , as possible. They contend that the Malakhoff was not ! taken—it was evacuated ; that they held portions of it till evening (and this assertion is sustained by the allied reports), when it was evacuated voluntarily ; they were ri , t driven out. But this is only a quibble to save na tional pride. " EVACUATION OF THE CRIMEA. —Our Consul believes that the Crimea must soon be evacuated, or Go' theha koff will be forced into a pitched battle, defeated, and driven out. There is Le possibility of holding it long. He could not find a Russian officer who had seen their own works on the line of the Tchernaya, so particular are they not to allow the condition of those defences to become known. He could not, therefore, form an esti mate of what was the present weak point of the Russian army in the Crimea. The Russians, however, con tended that their defences on the Tchernaya, now menaced by Pelissier'e own command, were so strong that they had no fears on that side. It was rather to wards Perekop or Eupatoria that they anticipated defeat. " RUSSIAN SUPPLIES AND WANTS.—Russia has plenty of men and plenty of provisions to carry on' the war indefinitely, but she lacks money, powder, salt petre, and cannon, and she will continue to suffer more or less from these deficiencies, since she has no ready means of supplying them in the required quantities. " BELIEVES RUSSIA A GIGANTIC IMPOSTURE.—Our Consul considers Russia—as a military Power—a colos sal humbug. The miserable attempts at fortification he saw elsewhere than at Cronstadt, the general inefficiency of the army arrangements everywhere, and the ignorance of officers on military matters proves it. She has plenty of men, and that is all ; but such men ! Of the 110,000 men under the command of Gortschakoff 60,000 are cavalry. " OPINION Or GORTSCHAKOPF.—Gurtschakoff is repre sented as a general who changes his plans frequently, and who is so vacillating that his officers are always at fault, and cannot co-operate efficiently. The discretion. ary power just given to him by the Emperor is consi dered equivalent to a command to retire, since it removes the responsibility of the measure from the shoulders of his Majesty and places it on a man who is well lcnewl to be fond of new movements, and who is already tired with the campaign. 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We are a republic, and the only real republic in the world. We are something more :we are a demo• cracy—we call it a representative democracy—but no matter what it is called, as a Government we are weak, as a people we are strong. Our real pro perty constitutes the primary source of our wealth, and it employs a vast majority of our people. In fact, ours is more an endless individual proprietor ship than a Government. We doubt not at all but that our ideas and our polity are an advanced step in the pr ogress of civilisation—that our mis sion is one of humanity—that our system rests upon higher degrees of popular intelligence than any other ; yet we are liable to suspicion, to combi nations against us, and, above all, to misrepresenta tion and abuse. Now, then, how important a thing it is that the public administration of the - United States should be conducted by the highest order of talents and statesmanship and the purest patriotism. Our strength lies as much in the integrity of our poli tical leaders as in the justice of our political system —in the honesty of its executive department as in the equality of its laws. Constitutions and statutes are lifeless records without persons to execute and enforce them. These suggestions are enough to show the importance of having not only able but faithful men to discharge our domestic and foreign obligations and duties. Undeniably American statesmanship has degenerated into intrigues and demagogical contrivances to secure personal ad vancement. The patriotism and wisdom of the early- days of the Republic are known only in his torical records. We have been passing through an ago of political chicanery, of selfish combina tions to procure the spoils of office. Already it has become a bad time for demagogues. The great interests of society, commerce, manufactures, capital, and enterprise, and the growing and advancing judgment of all cool-headed men, are condemning them. They are the cankers of those classes, and the great enemies of free in stitutions. The origin of our Government com mends its policy to all men ; it would draw to us the sympathy of all men but for the selfish demagogues who use the offices they possess for personal objects, who pander to insane prejudices, who build up local and national antipathies ; who, in short, live by subverting the true purposes of our Govern mentto their own petty schemes of ambition and plunder. How well is all this illustrated by the course pursued with the Pierce Cabinet in its intercourse with Groat Britain. The present Administration came into power on the Conservative element of our system. It was those who had become dis gusted with agitations, with abstractions, with in trigues with fraud of every kind, that placed General Pierce in power. They had sickened with the endless policy of Van Buren, with the cease less fermentations of Seward, with all the radical extremes of our country, and', plaittin , themselves upon the constitution as the irrepealable, the sacred compact of Union—the only true compromise be tween the North and the South, the East and the West—they united to place General Pierce, who was believed to be the truest representative of their idea, in the Presidential office. His first act was to organise his Cabinet, by securing in its members an organ of every extreme opi nion entertained by factions. , Policy was thus endorsed in the outset as the governing rule of his administration ; and it must be confessed, if he has been true in nothing else, ho has at least been faithful to that instinct of his nature—that of administering our domestic and foreign affairs on the maxims of policy alone. We had five adjourned questions with Great Britain—Canadian reciprocity, the fishery dispute, the Central American intervention and protecto rate, Dominica or Hayti, and indirectly that of Cuba. All these matters were, in fact, mere ab stractions, save the latter. They were, however, permitted periodically to alarm the great interests of commerce, manufactures, and money, and were very good means at each recurring election of making political capital for needy adventurers in our politics. They had served as the staple com modity for a vast number of small aspirants for public notoriety. It was therefore not very strange that General Pierce, whose natural instincts led him to sympathise with them, and whose abilities had not raised him into the ranks of statesmen, should conceive the idea of glorifying his Adminis tration through their instrumentality. There was no great friendship for Great Britain in the States. It was easy to stir up popular indignation against that country. Lord Clarendon was ignorant and foolish enough to avow a purpose to set limits to the action of our Government and people. The time was auspicious, at all events, for General Pierce and Marcy to sot up a congenial retail trade on the strength of the unsettled matters in dispute. It was manifest, too, that the controlling interest of England and the United States demanded peace. In fact war was impossible. It was, therefore, safe for the demagogues of the London and Washington Cabinets to make a little personal capital by foment ing disputes upon the five points of nominal con troversy between them. It is obvious enough that any two enlightened and fair men in the world might have settled these questions in 24 hours. That they should be grouped and closed together was also sufficiently obvious. Governor Marcy and Lord Palmerston saw this, but such a course neither comported with the personal policy of the one, nor with the retail business of the other. Palmerston was a warlike Secretary ;he wanted the benefit of a long, sharp, spunky diplo matic exhibit to aid him with the aristocracy and the East India Company in England ; Marcy wanted it for the purpose of showing to the American people that they had a valiant and faithful representative in Pierce's Cabinet of all the silly prejudices which the small-beer politicians for years have been manufacturing in the United States. That the matters in dispute could have been better arranged together than separately nobody doubted for a moment. In fact there was nothing to settle, save that growing out of the pretensions of England to control the destiny of Cuba. That question was therefore made most prominent. Soul 6 was sent to Spain ; the Ostend Conference was got up ; a defiant programme looking to the conquest of Cuba, with or without war, was arranged ; commerce and capital got frightened ; Pierce and Marcy got frightened. The question of Cuba was something more than between England and the United States ; it was a point to be settled with the continental States, which de termined to save it from absorption by us by a little bluster ; and they succeeded. Marcy backed out, and in doing so he lost all the credit he gained by the Koszta inflammation ; he proved the latter movement to have been a trick. He rallied again in June or July upon the enlistment business, an other silly abstraction, which nobody cares anything about. It was wrong in England to remind us that we had laws against that kind of operation, for we had forgotten all about them ; but, with or without such laws, the British Cabinet had no bu siness to establish recruiting stations in a neutral State. We thought so, and said so, just as soon as the work commenced, and just as it was discontinued. It was nothing to fight about, but a capital thing to write about, because our Government was on the Lazarus side of the gulf. It is not true that both England and the United States have permitted their Governments to play the demagogue to tickle the popular ear and to promote the fortunes of their officials. In this country the question of war rests with Congress. The Executive is directed to carry on the corres pondence between us and other States ; but the final adjustment of every controversy must be de termined by the Legislative authority. Though this is not technically the same in England, it is practically so. For instance, should war be pre cipitated upon us by the Palmerston Cabinet, there is no doubt at all but it would bo promptly over thrown ; and it is not certain that the recent war like bluster of that Cabinet may not drive it to re signation. It need not be answered that Parlia ment sustains the present war with Russia —that war did not excite the commercial and manufac turing classes against it—great central trading, commercial and moneyed England was not alarmed by it --these very interests that thrive on inter course with us. Political parties in this country and in England have so managed as to depress statesmanship and promote demagoguism —so as to make politicians. How obviously has this been the case may be seen in the history of our democracy, in their local and nati ona l con ventions, in the policy of their nomi nations, and the games they have played as local and general magistrates. General Pierce was nominated because of his obscurity, and to enable the political traders to shape his administration by the charts of mere polioy. But the signs indicate THE WEST END AND THE CITY. 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BENS.—Resolved, this 19th Sept., 1855, That daring the present war every person assured or to be assured as a member, or otherwise, not a mariner by profession, may proceed to any part of Europe where there are no hostilities, without a licence from the Court of Directors, and without paying any additional. premium. MUTUAL ASSURANCE. SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND AND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. The INVESTED FUND or CAPITAL arising from the accumu lation of Premiums, and which belongs exclusively to the Assured, now amounts to upwards of TWO MILLIONS EIGHT lIUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING. Intending PFoposers are reminded tkat, in all future Divisions of Profits, Assurances effected before the close of the present year will rank as of a FULL YEAR'S STANDING OVER THOSE DELA/ED TILL 1856. HEAD OFFICE —Edinburgh, No. 5, St. Andrew-square. LONDON HONORARY BOARD. George Young, Esq., Mark-lane Charles Edward Pollock, Esq., Barrister, Temple David Hill, Esq., East India House John Murray, Esq., publisher, Albemarle-street Samuel Laing, Esq., M.P. Sir John Thomas lirlggS, Admiralty Leonard Horner, Esq., Home-office John Taylor, jun., Esq., C.E., Queen-street-place LONDON AND THE SUBURBS. CENTRAL AGENT. Hugh H'Kean, 4, Royal Exchange-buildings, Cornlllll. DISTRICT AGENTS. Captain R. S. Ridge, 49,Pa11-mall, Agcnt for the West End District Penton Seeley, 2, Hanover-street, Regent-street James Harris, Estate Agent, 29, Lower Belgrave-street, Eaton square, Agent for Knightsbridge and Pimlico District. T HE LIVERPOOL and LONDON FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital, Two Millions. Established In 1836. ' Empowered by Special Acts of Parliament. Offices : 37, Castle-street, Liverpool ; 20 and 21, Poultry, London; and 61, King-street, Manchester. TRUSTEES. Sir Thomas Bernard Birch, Mart. Adam Hodgson. Esq. I Samuel Henry Thompson, Esq DIRECTORS IN LIVERPOOL, CM-AIRMAN—THOMAS BROCKLEBANK, Esq. Disrurv-CuantmEts —Joseph C. Evart, Esq., and Francis Haywood, Esq. Secretary—Swinton Moult, Esq. DIRECTORS IN LONDON. Chairman—MATTHEW FORSTER, Esq. Deputy-Chairman—George Frederick Young, Esq. Resident Secretary—Benjamin Henderson, Esq. DIRECTORS IN MANCHESTER. Chairman—SAMUEL ASHTON, Esq. E. R. Lanworthy, Esq. I James Aspinall Turner, Esq. Edward Tootal, Esq. I Thomas Wrigley, Esq. Resident Secretary—R. A. Kennedy, Esq. FIRE DEPARTMENT. Premiums received in 1853 were 113,6,121.; and in 1854, 146,0961. Insurances may be effected in this department on terms Rs 111 W as those of most other Companies. Farming Stock Insured at 3s. percent., tree from the conditions of average, and allowing a Steam Thrashing Machina. LIFE DEPARTMENT. Premiums received on New Business were, In 1853, G,9131 ; and in 185 f, 10,967/. Annuities Immediate and Deferred. Bonuses guaranteed when the Policy is issued. No Stamp Duty charged. Prospectuses and further information may be obtained at the Offices of the Company, or from any of the agents. Persons whose Fire Policies with this Company expire on the 25th instant arc respectfully reminded that receipts for the renewal of the , ame will be found at the Head Offices in Liverpool, London, and Manchester, and in the hands of the Agents. SWINTON MOULT, Secretary to the Company. Gi c ITARDIAN FI ASSURANCE RE AND LIFE COMPANY, •greet, London. No. 11, Lombard. DIREC' FRANCIS HART DYKE, HENRY HULSE BERENI John Dixon, Esq. Sir W. M. T. Farquhar, Bart. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Brt. T.Hankey, Esq., M.l'. John Harvey, Esq. John G. Hubbard, Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. John Labouchere, Esq. John Loch, Esq. , Esq., Chairman. Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq. John Niartin, Esq., M.P. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. James Morris, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. Theory R. Reynolds, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. •Tames Tahoe'', Esq. Theory Vigne, Esq. AUDITORS. A. W. Robarts, Esq, H en ry Sykes Thornton, Esq. I Lewis Lloyd, Jon., Esq. J o h n Henry Smith, Dui. George Keys, Esq., Secretary. Samuel Brown, Esq., Actuary. • LITE DEPARTMENT.—Under the provisions of an Act of Par liament, this Company now offers to future insurers Four-fifths of he Profits, with Quinquennial Division, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits. The next division of Profits will be declared in June, 1860, when 411 participating Policies which shall have subsisted at least one year et Christmas, 1859, will be allowed to share in the Profits. At the five divisions of Profits made by this Company, the total reversionary Bonuses added to the Policies have °seceded 913,0001. At Christmas last the Assurances in force amounted to upwards et 4,240,0001. ; the Income from the Life Branch in 1854 was more than 200,000/. ; and the Life Assurance Fund (independent of the Guarantee Capital) exceeded 1,700,0001. FOREIGN RISKS.—The Extra Premiums required for the East and West Indies, the British Colonies and the northern parts of the United States of America, have b een materially reduced. INVALID LlVES.—Persons who are not in such sound health as would enable them to insure their Lives at the Tabular Premiums, may have their Lives insured at Extra Premiums. LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have attained in each case a value not under 501. ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, received and registered. Medical fees paid by the Company, and no charge will be made for Policy Stamps. Notice is hereby given, That Fire Policies which expire at Christ mas must be renewed within fifteen days at this °nice, or with Mr. Sams, No. 1, St. James's-street, corner of Pall-mall ; or with the Company's Agents throughout the kingdom, otherwise they become void. Losses caused by Explosion of Gas are admitted by this Company, DIRECTON.S. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Charles John Manning, Esq. Edmond S. P. Calvert, Esq. Hon. John T. Leslie Melville. fohn Garrett Cattley, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. Alexander Colvin, Esq. Edward Howley Palmer, Esq. Edward Maxwell Daniel, Esq. Sir John Henry Pelly, part. William Davidson, Esq. Alexander P. Prevost, Esq. Alexander Druce. Esq. Abraham George Robarta, Esq. Itiversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. William Tetlow llibbert, Esq. Thomas Tooke, Esq. James Stewart Hodgson, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Lancelot Holland, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. MEDICAL REPEREE-- - SaMllei Solly, Esq., F.R.S. Notice. —The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of Fire Pre miums falling due at Christmas will expire on the 9th January. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Cor poration oa advantageous terms. The Assured are exempt from the liabilities of partnership, and payment of their claims is guaranteed by a large invested capital stock. In the Life Department, assurances are granted with participation in profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such participation. The Reversionary BONUS on Life Policies has averaged 2 per Cent. per annum on the sum assured, or 46 per cent. en the Premiums paid. Any sum not exeee ling 10,0001. may be assured en one Life. The Corporation bears the cost of Policy Stamps and Medical Fees, and requires no entrance-money. The Assured are subject to no expense but the Premium. No extra charge is made for service in the militia within the United Kingdom. LOANS are granted on Life Policies to their full values. This Corporation affords all the advantages of modern practice, with the stability of an office safely constituted under Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament, and tested by the experience of nearly a century and a half. There is but ono older life office in existence. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. JOAN A. IZIGIIALIi. Actuary and Secretary. THAMES ESPLANADE AND RAILWAY. A company has just been registered under the title of the " River Thames Esplanade Railway, and Sewage Company." Th e prom oter, Mr.i Wieland, of Glasgow. proposes to construct river walls on both banks of the Thames, extending from London to Westminster-bridge, with the view of improving the channel and navigation, whilst increased wharfage accommodation would be given by means of quays extending landwards a depth of 120 feet. This quay is to have 40 feet open on the north side, and 80 feet covered by deuble-groined arches of 35 feet span, and about 35 feet high. On the top of these arches it is proposed to raise a road or esplanade, 80 feet wide, running parallel to the river on the level of the various bridges from London -bridge to Hungerford-rnarket. This esplanade would be bounded by an open bulastrade on the river side, and by a row of handsome shops, sur mounted by warehouses or offices on the land side— these shops and warehouses being built over a series of lower warehouses communicating with the pier. On the south wide of the river it is proposed to pursue the same plan, with the exception that the esplanade would only be 40 feet wide, and on the greater portion of it the warehouses above the shops would give way to private dwellings, built in flats, on the Scotch and Parisian prin ciple—the esplanade on either side of the river forming junctions with each of the bridges and leading streets. It is likewise proposed to form a tunnelled railway under the the arches of the railway on the Middlesex side river from London-bridge to Hungerford-maret of the n An other feature of the scheme is the purifying th e ,river Thames by entrapping the sewage of Lo n d on at the mouths of the present sewers, and conv e yi ng itfrore the heart of the metropolis to convenient spots, where it may be deodorised and converted into manure for agricultural purposes. The promoter of the scheme is of opinion that the economy of the employment of the ground by raising upon it three distinct classes of build ings would yield a ground rent more than sufficient to cover the interest upon expenditure, whilst the sewage and railways would be both sources of considerable pro• fit. It would appear, however, irrespective of commercial coueiderationo, to be an undertaking, tilt utility of which, ?• t ~ :t t //, '-'- ` f ;•.-- ' \ . ' , i 'v " 1. 7 1 It 1 07 pfic . fr 44„,..,„.. •fa _±.7.1 1 ~,z , ~,,,..., di *. , 4 , ' la ' ;° ' ' ' ' ~r, .- , 4"., p - f \ I_, ' ~...,,,ap ~ - f found to bo practicable, would recommend itself to ` 4.... . g .:" . " general consideration—as nothing can be more important. IL S than the purifying of the Thames—adding to the wharf age and warehouse accommodation on the river ' and pro riding a wide and rapid means of transit from the West end to London-bridge, by which the present crowded thoroughfares will be relieved, to say nothing of the architect` - I beauty which it wouid give to the metropo• lis. Indeed, qomoter thinks these desiderata to be so important ti; • min.on 4 that Parliament and the Government might not be adverse to granting a gua ranteed interest upon the capital expended. --..... Lr. POSTAL C0.101&TION WITH FRANCE. The following Conventio'n, dated General Post-office, Dec., 1855, has been published "In accordance with the provisions of a new postal convention with France, the entire postage, British and French, chargeable upon newspapers and other printed papers posted in the United Kingdom addressed to France or Algeria, or, when they are conveyed by the French Mediterranean packets, to any of the places in -Turkey, Syria,--and Egypt at which France maintains post-offices, must, on the let of January next and thence forward be paid in advance, and no farther charge of any kind will be levied upon their delivery. " Under the now arrangement many kinds of books and other printed matter, which have hitherto been liable to the letter rate of postage, will be forwarded at a greatly reduced charge : and as the charges on news papers and other periodical literature levied on delivery in France have, in most instances, been much greater than — ratnow to be paid in advance, a considerable re duct on of postage will be made in their case als6. "The following list shows the charge which mast be paid hereafter on the printed papers above referred to:— "For a packet of British newspapers duly registered at: the General Post-office for transmission abroad, not exceeding 40z., Id. ; above 40z., and not ex ceeding ilb., 2d. ; asove lb., and not exceeding 11b., 4d. • above 11b., and not exceeding 6d. ; above and not exceeding 21b., Bd. For a packet of printed papers other than British newspapers duly regis tered at the Cvaneran. oat-office for transmission abroad not exceeding 40z., Bd. ; above 40z., and not exceeding ilb., 6d. ; above Ob., and not exceeding 11b., ls. ; above llb. , and not exceeding is. 6d.; above 141 b., and not exceeding 21b., 25.; and so on, adding 2d. or ed., as the-case-a:nay-be, for each additional half-pound. `• The same rates of postage must be paid in advance upon newspapers and other printed papers addressed to any of the following countries and places, the corres pondence for which is forwarded as , a rule through France—viz„ Baden , Bavaria, Greece, Lucca, Majorca, Minorca, Modena, the Papal States, Parma, Placentia, Sardinia, the two Sicilies, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Tripoli, Tunis, Tuscany, Venetian Lombardy, and Wur- N temburg, or addressed to any foreign country, and spe cially directed to be forwarded " via France." —" - 6rr - thi4 cta. - ss of printed papers the rate paid in this country will cover the whole charge, either to the ex treme frontier of France, or to the port of disembarka tion, if they are conveyed by one of the French Medi terranean packets. " Upcn newspapers addressed to the lonian Islands, specially directed to be sent via France, and upon news papers for Malta, specialty directed to be sent "by French packet via Marseilles," the same rates of postage must also be paid in advance ; but printed papers, other than newspapers, addressed to the lonian Islands and Malta, will not be sent at a reduced rate of postage by way of France. They may, however, be forwarded via Southampton, under the Colonial Book Post Regulations. " The following is a list of the places in Turkey, Sy ria, and Egypt, at which France maintains post-offices, viz., Alexandria, Jaffa, Beyrout, Tripoli in Syria, Lata kia, Alexandretta, Messina, Rhodes, Smyrna, Myteleue, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, and Constantinople. "All newspapers to be forwarded at the lower of the two rates mentioned above must be postal within 15 days from the date of publication ; but newspapers of an older date may be forwarded at the rate set down for ordinary printed papers. If any printed paper, not a newspaper, be enclosed in the sarne packet with one or mere newspapers, the whole will be chargeable at the higher of the two rates of postage. " Under the term ' printed papers' are included pe riodical works, other than registered newspapers, stitched or bound books, pamphlets, sheets of music, catalogues, p ros p e ctuses, announcements, and notices f every kind, whether printed, engraved, or lithographed. "The following regulations must be strictly observed : " 1. Every packet must be sent without a cover, or in a cover open at the ends or sides. "2. There must be no enclosure, except newspapers or other printed papers. " 3. There must he no other writing or marks upon the newspapers or printed papers than the name and ad dress of the person to whom they are sent, nor anything upcn the cover but such name and address, the printed title of the papers, and the printed name and address of the publisher or vendor who sends them. " If any of the above regulations be disregarded, or if the whole postage be not paid in advance,•the packets will either be detained or forwarded, charged as unpaid letters. "Newspapers addressed to the Mediterranean cr the East Indies, and intended to be sent i❑ the closed mails by way of Marseilles, will continue liable to the existing regulations, including the present ra•;es of postage. "ROWLAND HILL, Secretary." . - - ....„_,.:-.7; . , , .4 , ..e• f ~,V 1 14-. , .-'. , ' f . s 0,,,, ,,, ;,1 ,- ,- 0;: ,- Ipi ,•'•0 4 1 ?, ,,, ,5ct . . ,4 lll. ~- ~..• . 11 M's h * • ,4, ~,,, .4 4 . ;tot, ~,4 4, •. _ ` 1 .5‘40 11 ,44 1 14 ,„,. ,..t>... ,„ , , ~,, . ,•, ‘,,,,,, ~ ~..„ . i ,.. it -7 . ortkiiiiii‘list .„&iiiii:z - z 1- ti1t,,,,. PA •-- ~ 1- fIV A =Air k , 4 ~,I --, - . kt: iib -, ..4--";;;; ,- ..' ~ k i , *, . ,i, - i . , r . , 4 .v. 'W, '' AM l, .4 , ..., ( ur.,, L' ' ~,, se " ~,,,_ a 5 ,4—,..,. Ai,: ~ ,, , ' f4, : :, * ~ i ~ , 0 r , ' . firzlo. ,' - ~',*, ' ' D On. :•V ‘ ciF ' --`' MURDER IN THE MINORIES. The neighbourhood of the Minories was alarmed about five o'clock last evening by the circulation of a raport that a man had murdered his wife at Mr. Barton's, opti- cian, 47, Church-street. From what can be gathered frornthefamily and neigh- - hours, it appears that a Mr. and Mrs. Ccr,-igan were on a visit for the Christmas week at Mr. Burton's. They had been out tlgether during the early part of the day, and returned home about four o'clock in a cab. Soon after arriving Mrs. Corrigan retired to a bed-room for the purpose of changing her dress, and was immediately fol lowed by her husband. No suspicion of the frightful event about to take place occurred to the minds of Mr. and Mrs. Barton, as they had not remarked any appearance of estrangement between the parties, but they were suddenly alarmd by cries of mur ler proceeding from Mrs. Corrigan's room, and on hastening upstairs they were horrified at seeing Corrigan in the act of stabbing his wife, v, ho was bleed ' ,ng profusely from wounds in the throat and breasts. On Mr. and Mrs. Burton entering the room Corrigan lime !lately attacked them with a knife, and they were both seriously wounded before assistance could be pre- cured and the assassin eisarrned and secured. In the meantime Mrs. Corrigan rushed downstairs into the street, and fell on the door step exhausted from loss of blood. She was taken to the shop of Mr. Cook, sur• goon iu the Minories, where she soon after expired. Mr. Burton and his sister in their attempt to disarm the murderer were severely wounded in the hands awl arms, and it was deemed necessary to convey them to the hospital. Mrs. Burton was also slightly wounded in the hand. At present no reason is assigned for the commission of ;his frightful crime. Corrigan is about thirty-five years of age, and is the father of four children by his victim. He is in re spectable circumstances, and holds a clerkship in the docks. FURTHER PARTICULARS. Thii morning Cheprisoner;as much altered in his manner, and at ten o'clock he was pale and haggard. He also trembled violently, and wept several times when spoken to by the officer! in charge of him. Several applications were made to Superintendent Steed to visit the prisoner in bis cell, but only his father and mother were allowed to see him. The scene was painful in the extreme, but no reference to the dreadful tragedy was allowed by Inspector Gernon. He shook bands w ith his aged father and mother, who retired sadly affected by the interview with the prisoner, who wept bitterly. Shortly before eleven o'clock this morning the pri soner requested Inspector Gernon to take charge of some letters and other papers which he (the prisoner) had deposited is his desk, at the office of the East India House, which he wished to be taken great care of, ae they would have some connection with the case. The prisoner was removed in a cab, in charge of In specter Gernon and another officer about eleven o'clock. The vehicle was taken round to the back entrance i n Goodman's-fields, where a large crowd of persons had been waiting for a considerable time to catch a glimpse of the murderer. The deceased when carried into the surgery of Mr. Cook breathed only a few times, when she expired Mr. Cook probed the principal wound, which w as si tuated between the two breasts. There were two stab wounds:on the right shoulder. The former injury was of a most extensive character, being about six inches in depth. The other wounds were more of a superficial nature. The body of the unfortunate deceased was re• moved in a shell to the dead-house in Aldgate church yard, to await a coroner's inquest, which will he held in the board-room, Fountain -court, Minories, before Mr. William Payne, the coroner for the city of London, who has not yet appointed the investigation. The prisoner was t aken to the Thames police-court, Arbour-square, Stepney, an d , after a preliminary exa mination before the magistrate, was remanded for a week. Ton NIGHTINGALE FuNt).—Extensive arrangements b • re in progress for the purpose of organising an auxi li ary .eornraittee in the City in aid of the Nighti nga l e fund. A meeting was held at the Airmsion-house yesterday, at which the Lord Mayor presided, and at which the names of many of the most influential merchants, bankers, traders, and manufacturers were announced as baring consented to become members of the committee, and doubtless a powerful movement in aid of this most laudable object will be the result. A circular inviting contributions, which is to be addressed to the working classes, is in the course o f preparation, and application will be made to the princip a l s o f l a rge establishments to recreiT4l ClUAtiol2o, dt, ed, ing THE SCARBRO' HOTEL, LEEDS, CLOSE TO EfEE--MIDL - IND RAILWAY STATION. JB. FLEISCHMANN, h av i ng renewe d th e • Lease, and considerably enlarged his lintel, in soliciting future favours and gratefully acknowledging the distinguished patronage he has the honour to possess, b eg s to announce that, in addition to his Family and Coffee-ream business, he has opened a SECOND-CLASS_ COFFEE-ROOM, .the charges in ',Thick depart ment will be strictly conunerciat: 1 ~i~