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injustice to Gen. Knollys, who represented the Brigade of Guards in the Royal Commission, if they did not state their belief that he did his utmost in watching the inte rests of his old corps ; his brother officers reposed the highest confidence in his discretion, and are convinced that he did all that lay in his power in the position he was placed in. The question was complicated, and one of much detail, which of course increased the difficulties at tending it—but the Commissioners had determined to call no evidence, doubtless conceiving it unnecessary; whereas, without a close examination, for the special purpose of ascertaining the relative position of the two services, few of them could have understood, or even suspected, the bearings of the subject, as now explained. VI. Suggestion of a remedy—and conclusion. " In drawing up the preceding statement YOUR MEMO RIALISTS trust that they have represented matters with fairness towards the other branch of the service. They would not for a moment impugn the principle which the Commissioners have adopted in their Report, and on which YOUR MAJOSTY'S Warrant proceeds, viz., that responsible service should be the base on which high position should be obtained. It is a sound principle, and, so far from the Officers of the Guards being anxious to retard the progress of their comrades of the Line, they have been long desirous that arrangements should be made by which the Officers of the Line should obtain promotion as rapid as their own has hitherto been. All that they contend for now is, that, in carrying out such alterations as may be calculated for the general benefit, their position and interest, as compared with that of the other branch of the service, may be inves tigated, and fair play and justice accorded. And in ask ing this—and that some arrangement may be come to which may not have the effect of reversing altogether their prospects in YOUR MAJESTY'S service—they ask—YOUR MEMORIALISTS presume to think, no more than their due, onsidering the position they have held since the formation of an army. "The two systems of promotion in the Guards and in the Line vary so essentially that it is impossible, with any justice, to draw an abstract rule for both ; and the recent attempt to do so, in reconcilement of these different sys tems, has resulted in the injustice to the - Brigade of Guards, which it has been the object of this Memorial to indicate and expose. "It appears to YOUR MEMORIALISTS scarcely their province to suggest a remedy, but they would hardly be considered to have fully carried out the object of this Me morial if they were to abstain from sketching an outline of an arrangement by which it appears to them that a re medy might be applied, and the injustice complained of be avoided. " With regard to those Officers who became Captain. and Lieutenant-Colonels previously to the 20th of June, 1851, and who have been described by the Commissioners as having ' vested interests,' there cannot, YoIR MBMO RIALISTS conceive, be a doubt that they, having been pro moted under faith of existing arrangements, ought to re ceive their rank of Colonel as they successively complete their three years' service as Captains and Lieutenant-Co lonels. In this case no Lieutenant-Colonels junior to them would be promoted over their heads. The in crease of numbers in the rank of Colonel would be no in convenience, and any consequent increase of Guardsmen in the rank of General would be gradual and temporary, and would diminish hereafter by the operation of the sys tem which will regulate those who are promoted after the 20th of June, 1854. " In the case of those promoted after the above date the injury which will be inflicted upon them may be avoided by reconsidering and settling upon a broader and juster principle the number of years' service after which it would be equitable to grant the Captains and Lieutenant- Colonels of the Guards the rank of Colonel. " The effect of this would be, no doubt, somewhat to in- crease the number of Colonels in the Guards competing for the rank of General, but, from the number of Lieu tenant-Colonels of Regiments of the Line, the effect upo❑ the whole would bu almost imperceptible. Tho benefit which the Guards would derive from this would be that the period of service necessary to obtain the rank of Colonel, after becoming Captain and Lieutenant Colonel, would be shortened, and consequently fewer Lieutenant- Colonels of the Line would pass over their heads. " YOUR MEMORIALISTS therefore beg to submit for YOUR MAJESTY'S consideration the following proposals : " 1. THAT THE CAPTAINS AND LIEUTENANT-COLONELS OF THE GUARDS, EXISTING AS SUCH ON THE 20TH JUNE, Mt, SHOULD RECEIVE THEIR RANK OF COLO NEL ON COMPLETION OF THREE YEARS' SERVICE AC CAPTAINS AND LIEUTENANT-COLONELS; AND "2. THAT THE PERIOD OF SERVICE AFTER WHICH IT WOULD BE EQUITABLE TO GRANT THE RANK OF COLO NEL TO THE CAPTAINS AND LIEUTENANT-COLONEL& WHO HAVE ATTAINED THAT RANK SUBSEQUENTLY TO THE 20TH OF JUNE, 1854, SHOULD BE RECONSIDERED, WITII THE VIEW OF GIVING THEM AN EQUAL CHANCE IN THE RACE OF PROMOTION WITH THE LINE. " In Conclusion, YOUR MEMORIALISTS venture to ex press a hope that YOUR MAJESTY will lend a favourable ear to this respectful remonstrance and appeal, and will be graciously pleased to direct an inquiry to be made into the statements which they have submitted fur Youk MAJESTY'S consideration. " YOUR MEMORIALISTS do not doubt that souse incon venience may have arisen from the effect of the system in force previously to YOUR MAJESTY'S Warrant of the 6th of October, 1854, giving a considerable advantage to the Guards, and that it was necessary to make arrangements which might render the services more equal ; but by the mode in which this object has been attempted the rank of Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, which is Substantive Rank, is virtually made of even less effect and use tha❑ if it had been Brevet Rank,—and YOUR MEMORIALISTS can. not but believe that, whets the origin and peculiar charac ter of the Brigade of Guards are recollected, and when the circumstances in which they are now, for the first time, placed by YOUR MAJESTY'S Warrant are fully understood, YORE MAJESTY will consider that it is not equitable that a corps which has ever proved itself second to none in military merit and in devotion to the service of YOUR MAJESTY'S Royal predecessors and of Yourself, should not only be deprived of the ancient advantages and privileges conferred by the Sovereign in former times upon the Offi cers of his Guards, but should find these very privileges and advantages converted into a positive disqualification and injury, to the effect of reducing them, indirectly, to a position of absolute inferiority and depression :—And YOUR MEMORIALISTS most humbly beseech YOUR MA JESTY that if the returns and details submitted to YOUR MAJESTY in this Memorial are found accurate in them selves, and justify the conclusions they have pointed out as resulting from them, the officers of the Guards may be placed in a position which will rectify the disparity now established to their prejudice, and give them a fair chailee of arriving at the greet object of the soldier's ambition, the post of command, AS RAPIDLY AS THEIR COMRADES OF THE LlNE—in a position, in short, which will put them upon A FOOTING OF EQRALITY with the remainder of YOUR MA JESTY'S service. "And YOUR MEMORIALISTS Will, as in duty hound, ever faithfully Pray. "ALBERT, F.M., Colonel of the Grenadier Guards. " STRAFFORD, General, Colonel of the Cold- I stream Guards. " GEORGE, Lieutenant-General, Colonel of the Scots Fusilier Guavas. •' THOMAS WOOD, Colonel and Lieutenant- Colonel, Commanding Grenadier Guards. "G. F. UPTON, Colonel and Lieutenant- Colonel, Commanding Coldstream Guards. "G. MONCRIEFFE, Colonel and Lieutenant. Colonel, Commanding Scots Fusilier Guards. " August 17th, 1855." REPORTED DEATH OF MDLE. RACHEL For several days past there have been reports in Paris W /nth of the death of M a dll e . R ac h e l. We read in the , cateur of Bordeaux of December 14 : " A letter from New York, received yesterday morn ing in Bordeaux, contains a piece of sad news, which we earnestly hope we may be enabled to contradict. Rachel, the great actress, is said to be dead. The writer who transmits this melancholy intelligence describes the manner of the event with so much circumstantiality that there is too much reason to fear it must be true. Madlle. Rachel died, it is said, at Philadelphia on the 7th of November last, of inflammation of the chest, brought on by fatigue and extreme cold. She had played several times at Boston, and had gone to Philadelphia to fulfil her engagement there. On her arrival she found herself seriously ill, and was unable to attempt the journey to Havannah, which her physician recommended. The disease rapidly came to a fatal termination." In the Independence of Saturday there are accaunts of much later date, from which, if they may be relied ' u pon, it would appear that although Madlle. Rachel was too ill to appear on November 6 there was no news of her death so late as the 24th. The Independence, how- ever, says, in terms indicating a want of confidence in the precision of its own information, that the next mail from America, which must set .the question at rest, is looked for with the utmost anxiety by Madlle. Rachel's friends. these ce i e , COLT'S REVOLVERS. — A larg e q uantit y of hrated weapons will be forwarded to the Madras Presi dency almost immediately. ientioned that the new R, From Amsterdam it is riL. elan Five per Cent. Loan has been dealt in at 801, with the usual calculation of two guilders tothe rouble. This liee.T orhis would mak e th e p r i ce equ i va l en t to about about 7 per cent. lower than the legitimate stock in our market, although it has the advantage of its coupons being paid at a fixed exchange of 2,3 f. 60c. per 12 1 roubles, which a t t h e present ra'e for bills on Holland would make 38d. per rouble, instead of 37d., at which the coupons on our Russian stock are paid. St. Petersburg accounts of the 7th inst. state that the exchange had recovered from 35d. to 36d. in consequence of the loan, as well as of reports received by telegraph from London of pacific rumours and an advance in Consols. The current of general opinion at St. Peters burg is represented in these letters as against any likeli hood of an immediate settlement. In relation t, the export of linseed overland — a point on which there has been so me difference of opinion —it is r emar k e d that it was not believed it would bear the expense, although the price of that article was very low. THE NIGHTINGALE FUND.—It is intended to issue a Second Subscription List on Monday, the 24th of December. Subscriptions will be received at any of the bankers of London, the provinces, Ireland, and Scotland; and the Honorary Secretaries will be obliged by being furnished with the names of subscribers previous to the 22d December. SIDNEY HERBERT, I non. Secs. S. C. HALL, Office of the Nightingale Fund, 5, Parllament-street, December 17. CHRISTMAS NUMBER of the ILLUSTRATED 'rms.—Grand Double Number, with 30 large Engravings, Illustrative of Christmas under all its varied phases. and 24 Columns of Christmas Tales, Poems, Essays, Sketches, Charades, Rebuses, and Puzzles. , IThe public are cautioned against imitations of the splendid double number of the Illustrated Times, filled with worn out engravings from a well-knowu illustrated publication. MADAME JENNY GOLDSCHMIDT-LIND. EXETER-HALL, THURSDAY EVENING, December 2T. Mr. MITCHELL respectfully announces that Ilaydri's Oratorio of THE CREATION will be repeated oh Thursday, Dec. 97, in which Madame Goldsehmidt will sing the principal Soprano part. The Chorus and Orchestra will consist of more than 600 performers. Conductor, M. Benedict. Doors open at Seven, to commence at Eight o'clock. Prices of admission.—Seats In the Area, Seven Shillings; West Gallery and Body of the Hall, Ten Shillings and Sixpence ; Reserved and Igumisered Seats, li. Is. Correct Books of the Oratorio will be given with the Tickets. Tickets and full particulars may be obtained at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. Due no ice will be given of the first Miscellaneous Concert. MR. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES, illustrated by 50 instantaneous Metamorphoses of Yoice, Character, and Costume, and a moving Panorama of the beautiful Lakes of Westmoreland and Cumberland, every evening, at S. A representation of the celebrated tragedienne, Mlle. Rachel, as Camille in Les Horaces, with other new featares, have been added to the above entertainment. During the Christmas Holidays Mr. W. S. Woodin will give two morning performances only—Saturday, Dec. 29, and Saturday, Jan. s.—Polygraphic-hall, King William-saeet, Charing-cross. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, For the BENEFIC of Mrs. MACNAMARA. Will be performed A NOVEL EXPEDIENT. After which the Fourth Act of HENRY VIII. Followed by A MORNING CALL. After which, a BALLET, by the Spanish Dancers. To conclude with A HALFPENNY. ROYAL PRINCESS'S ritEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C2AILZ KaAL TIIIS EVENING Will be performed DON'T JWDGE BY APPEARANCES. officers of the regiments placed under their re spective commands. And the same argument may be urged in every case, where a single in dividual or body of men have received any privi lege, however trivial, which is not bestowed on every one of equal pretensions. It practically assert& the doctrine of " finality," and would ren der a change in any existing regulation impossible, where any party might set up the pretence of having his chances or expectations in any degree damaged by the alteration. Anything in the shape of " reform " would, therefore, be effectu ally prohibited by the novel doctrine, that nothing can be given t• one that must not be extended to all others who fancy that they have similar After which, the comedy of EVERY 011 E HAS HIS F lIILT. Characters by Mrs C. Kean, Messrs F. Matthews, Harley, Cooper, Lacy, Ryder, and Fisher; and Mrs Daly, Misses Heath, Murray, and R. Terry. To conclude with THE MULETEER OF TOLEDO. Principal characters by Messrs. W. Lacy, Harley, Everett, Raymond, and Cooke ; Miss C. Loclercq, Mrs. NV. Daly, and Miss Murray. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHT. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed JANET PRIDE Characters by Messrs. B Webster, P. Bedford, Selby, Bland, Moreland, Garden, C. J. Smith, and Keeley; Madame Celeste, Miss Mary Keeley. To conclude with BETSY BAKER. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. THIS EVRNING, Will be performed STILL WATERS DEEP. Followed by £•i REWARD. To conclude wilt CATCHING A MERMAID. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. J. IL Anderson, IS, Norfolk-street, Strand. LAST FEW DAYS. Increased Attractions, and success In equal ratio ' THIS, AND EVERY EVENING, at Eight o'Clock, Will be presented, with entirely New and Magnificent Appoint ments, MAGIC and MYSTERY, in twelve acts, arranged In two parts, by Professor Anderson. of all ill-feeling to Mr. BRIGHT, did we entertain any. The English pet )ple are sound at heart ; we have it in effect from tthe lips of a friend of Russia —at all events of one who has done his best, wittingly or unwitting ly, to aid her in the present struggle. Under such circumstances we can well afford a little patience) to notice a few of the Ma , 'les with which the Honourable Gentleman regaled his hearers. But there is something so exceedingly singular in the Guards complaining of " favouritism," and requesting to be placed on " a footing of equality with the remainder of her MAJESTY'S service," that the unexpected demand requires attentive and respectful consideration. It is not, however, com plete equality that is require& They do not askthat the Guards shall be placed on the " roster" for duty in India er the colonies, exposed to every variety of heat and cold, and all the vicissitudes of the most insalubrious and unhealthy climates I They do not demand that they shall receive their promotion by single stages—that every youth shall enter the service as an Ensign, or that every Captain must remain some time a Major before he can rank as a Lieutenant-Colonel, or receive the benefit of the brevet promotions from that rank—so many stages on the smooth and easy road to the coveted rank of General, the univer sally-desired " COMMAND," "the object of mili. tary ambition." No ; they catch at one point, on which a plausible, and only a plausible, argu ment can be raised, and on that they expa tiate at considerable length. But they for get to state that the only ground on which they can rest a complaint is purely imagi nary ; or, at least, that it is merely theoretical. The "Acting-Majors" are already Colonels in the Army, and have not had to wait for the operation of the Warrant so loudly complained of, and several of the Captains and Lieutenant-Colonels of all but the Scots Fusilier Guards (which has been somewhat eliminated in consequence of hard and, we rejoice to add, very meritorious service in the Crimea) have already attained the rank of Colonel. The question is therefore founded on a mere quibble—a piece of special pleading unworthy of the Royal, Noble, and other names attached to a document which could not for a moment bear the test of discussion before an impartial Court. It is unfortunate for the Guards that the matter has been agitated. It is still more so that the Prince Consort, by becoming a party thereto, should be placed in an invidious light before the country. Because the people of England fell into a foolish panic on two occasions— one with re gard to the supposed designs of the POPE, and the other of Louis NAPOLEON -- Mr. BRIGHT gravely argues they must be in error with respect to the designs of Russia now. One would have thought the argument had sufficiently served its turn and been blown to atoms by this time. On his own showing the panic on both those occasions arose from the peoples' ignorance of the real facts. Can that be said with respect to the designs of Russia ? Had there been any ground for doubt as to what these designs were before the capture of Sebastopol must have removed it. For what other object than aggression, and that on the grandest scale, were the immense amount of stores found in Sebastopol designed ? Cau Mr. BRIGHT inform us We can conceive of none. But, whatever be her designs, there are, we are told, 3,000 miles of country and 50 or 60 millions of people between Russia and this country ; and we suppose Mr. BRIGHT would have it inferred we at least were safe from injury, and need not have interfered. That is a question of opinion so far as this island is concerned, but an audacious fallacy with regard to our colonial empire and our status in Europe. Russia in possession of Constantinople would have been more dangerous to us than with an invading fleet. The later we could blow into the air, but Constantinople once hers the sove reignty of the Mediterranean would before long be hers also, and then ws should have a hard tug to maintain our hold of India, oar commercial superiority, and our rank and influence as a xia don. Russia in possession of Constantinople would assume such an aspect as to deter either France or England from meddling with her in the Baltic; and Sweden and Denmark hers also, she would be formidable indeed. But we are re quested to look at the United States, and witness there the fruits of a non-interference policy. America has at this moment, we are told, " n o t more than one, if any, line-of-battle ship, afloat-- only two or three frigates, and some 10,000 or 12,000 soldiers for offence and defence. Yet nobody ever thought of insulting the United States. There were no people to whom greater attention was paid anywhere in Europe than was paid t o Americans." We don't at all dispute it, we know it to be the fact, but to ascribe it to a pacific temper is absurd. Americans are respected because the United States makes itself feared, and if it re frain from engaging in the affairs of Europe it is because it is not a European Power and can afford to steer clear of the broils of Europe. If Fra nce or England were in the like position they could afford to do fie same, but being European Powers it is of vifalinterest to them to have the balance of power maintained, and to permit no European Power to aggrandise itself at the ex pease of another. It is not to deter us from the prosecution of a just war to point out the prosperity of America, but rather the contrary. She is reaping the fruit of a sound policy for her, and we shall shortly do the same from an equally sound ono for us. It may be, and doubtless is to be regretted, that we should have to expend money in war ; but that is our misfortune, not our fault—is is the price we have to pay to maintain our position and save Europe from being overrun with barbarism. But Mr. BRIGHT can see' nothing of all this. America don't go to war with European nations, nor keep a great fleet or army (her militia he ap pears to have forgotten), and America is pros perous. Why should we not follow her example ? To talk of staying the tide of bar barism, is to him the most arrant nonsense, for he finds i n st. Petersburg a library containing 10,000 more volumes than are to be found in the British Museum ! We can't wonder, after this, that he thinks us all gone clean mad, for it seems pretty certain that in his opinion we are staying the progress of civilisation rather th an the aggression of b ar b ar i sm. So is over - indulgence in a mere L. S. D. w de i m th o s r t a a l n i d si i n n g g view of national affairs. After which, the startling illustrations of Spirit-Rapping. HALF AN-HOUlt WITH THE SPIRITS, being the most surprising and Interesting series oi experiments ever given within the walls of any theatre. Revival, in an improved form, of the astounding novelty which tartled London 10 years ago, the GREAT GUN TRICK Prices of admission:—Private Boxes, 11. 1 Is. 6,1. and 11. is. ; Orchestra Stalls, 45.; Dress Boxes, 35.; Upper Boxes, 25.; Pit, 13. ; Gallery, 6d. No Half-price. Box-office open from 11 to 5 ally. Grand Morning Performance on Saturday Next at Two o'Clock. Doors open at Half-past One. We fear that there can be ao longer any doubt on the subject of Austrian interference for the purpose of patching up a precarious and temporary peace. It appears that Count ESTERHAZY left Vienna on Sunday evening for St. Petersburg with propositions which it had previously been ascertained would be accepted by the French and English Governments. It is also asserted that his instructions are to return immediately in the event of their not being accepted by the Cwt. There is nothing, however, to show what would be the result of his withdrawal, or whether Austria would, even at the eleventh hour, and under any possible circumstances, be prepared to take an active part in the prosecution of the War in which the Western Powers were involved in con sequence of her inglorious and paltry conduct at) initin. The fact that Austria has thought proper to disband a considerable portion of her troops at such a crisis would seem to indicate that she is fully aware she has nothing to fear from Russia, and does not intend to press any application with undue violence. We still, however, adhere to the opinion ex pressed by Lord CLARENDON in April, that there s too much reason to fear that "Austria would propose nothing that Russia would be unwilling to accept ; while, on the other hand, it seemed probable that Russia would agree to nothing that would interfere with the determination that the Emperor ALEXANDER expressed of carrying out the policy of PETER and CATHERINE." Matters are not yet ripe for an honourable and durable peace —a peace that may be referred to with honourable pride by our children and children's children, and which will give ample compensation for the very serious sacrifices of men and money which have already been offered at the shrine of the griping cupidity and insatiable ambition of a single despot. The appearance of negotiation, the power of misinterpreting, or rather of misre presenting, the Austrian interference as emanating from the Allies, and its coming, too, at the very time when the fall of Kars has been announced to the world, will render the matter peculiarly bene ficial to the CZAR—a point on which Austria is, doubtless, fully informed. We do not then, and cannot, participate in the sanguine anticipations that have been in dulged in. We feel that Austria is at best " a broken reed," in which no trust or confidence can be reposed, and that the cause in which we have so zealously and energetically engaged can only be damaged by her interference ; while there can be no possibility of its producing such a peace as would be acceptable to the country. Under these circumstances we can only lament the short sightedness that has led to our again falling into the trap, the culpable easiness that has laid us open to the chance of being a second time deceived. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Immense success of Rockwood ! This spirited and exciting Hippodrome (with Turpin's Ride to York) embraces the principal events of Ainsworth's Rookwool. THIS EVENING, The successthl Equidrame called TURPIN'S RIDE to YORK ; or, the Heir of Rookwood. After which the Varied Equestrian ACTS in the CIRCLE. To conclude with UNE FOLIE POUR RIRE ; or, Mirth-Moving Entertainment. Immense preparations are making for the Christmas Comic Pan tomime, written by Mr. Nelson Lee, called Harlequin and St George and the Dragon, or the Seven Champions of Christendom. 11. x-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke. lun. Mr. BRIGHT rampant, or Mr. BRIGHT despon dent, in either case will be Mr. BRIGHT magisterial and vindictive. No one knows what ought and ought not to be done, and what ought and ought not to have been done—no one is so well quali fied to direct, counsel, and reprove as he. He is always right, and everybody that disagrees with him is of necessity wrong. He reads biography, and he reads history, and he helped to repeal the Corn Laws, and he is, consequently, far ahead of his neighbours on all questions of national policy ; yet, for all this, the people are so besotted in re lation to the War that he cannot get them to fol low him. He has tried persuasion ;he has made their ears ti ngle with the rhetoric of pounds, shil lings, a n d pence, and the shrill notes of his reed of peace ; he has essayed rebuke, ho has tortured statistics, he has abused newspaper editors, he has lauded the CZAR, he has branded his own country with spoliation to vindicate her foe from r obbery ; he has don e a ll t hi s, and done it vigo rously, The newspaper edit ors — the scurvy fel lows who live by writing and not by d ev il' s d ust a t first. and yet he is f ur th er from his end than —are too many for him—the people will follow them and not him. Mr. BRIGHT is in despair, but still Mr. BRIGHT. THE TIIBATR.ES. HAYMARKET. The performances here, this evening, are, thanks to the generosity of Mr. Buckstone, for the benefit of Mrs. Macnamara. In addition to the talented corps drama. time of the theatre, the following celebrated artists have i n t h e mos t generous manner volunteered their services : —Mr. James Anderson, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Buck stone, and Mr. Leigh Murray ; Mies Cushman, Miss Rosina Wright, Mrs. Leigh Murray, Miss Mary Keeley, Miss Elsworthy, Senora Perea Nena, and Senora Manuel Perez. The fact of these spontaneous offers speaks sufficiently of itself for the philanthropy and libe rality of the managers and actors. The p rogramme i s unusually extensive, and will at once, we are perfectly sure, secure a liberal patronage on the part of the public who, in seconding the praiseworthy efforts of the profeel lion, will receive a tenfold reward and return. Really his speech to the Marsden Mechanics' Institute on Friday last has done us good. It is next to impossible not to gather from it that in his opinion the heart of the country is set towards war—that it throbs with expectation of the issue of another campaign —that, in a word, it is equal to the occasion, to its own need, and the Necessi ties of Europe, That were enough to disarm us THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY. EVENING, DECEMBER 18, 1855; JENNY GOLDSCHitUDT-LIND. In the " Elijah " of Felix Mendelssohn. The second appearance of Madame Otto Gold schmidt (nee Jenny Lind) since the close of the long interval of her six years' absence from Eng land, introduced that glorious songstress once more to a London audience, last evening, as the princi pal soprano in the wonderful oratorio of Elijah, the masterpiece of Felix Mendelssohn. It was in Elijah, we believe, that Jenny Lind first revealed her extraordinary powers as an oratorio-singer to the musical public of the United Kingdom. It was in Elijah that she originally displayed in this country those matchless capacities for the render ing of sacred melody which, years ago, in the earlier epoch of her triumphs, won for her such profound and universal admiration. Her per formance last evening, in the same incomparable production, was, in all essential respects, worthy of herself, of her theme, and of its creator—of Jenny Lind, of Elijah, and of Mendelssohn. She demonstrated throughout the now indisputable fact that her genius, her voice, her artistic skill, and her poetical sensibility, aro all of them, even at this later period of her career, still in their full meridian. While, indeed, under the lapse of years, the organ itself has in no appreciable degree become in any way deterio rated, the marvellous dexterity with which it is everywhere employed as a vehicle of expression is obviously enhanced under the united influence of assiduous study, of unremitting practice, and of a considerably extended experience. Nothing, of course, need be here said as to the now familiar music of the great oratorio of Bar tholdy. The Elijah has become by this time not only widely popular, but very generally appre ciated. It is accepted as the grandest effusion of the genius of its immortal author, as the Messiah is regarded as that of Handel, and the Creation as that of Haydn, and the Mount of Olives as that of Beethoven. It is something indeed when one can listen to a soprano like the voice of Lind, "discoursing most eloquent music" in an oratorio like the Elijah of Mendelssohn. That privilege was enjoyed to the full last evening by the enormous audience collected together under the roof of Exeter hall—an audience which evidenced remarkable judgment throughout, by the discriminative ap plause awarded to the performers, manifesting its no less noticeable enthusiasm by the ardent greet ing awarded, both on her entrance and her de parture, to the incomparable Swedish Nightingale. The double quartet of the angelic voices " For he shall give his angels charge" was the earliest piece in which the tones of Madame Goldschmidt became audible—followed immediately afterwards by the recitative " Help me, thou man of God !" and the duet between the widow and Elijah— " Thou shalt love the Lord thy God !"—a pro duction very wonderful indeed as interpreted by Jenny Lind's soprano, whether in the anguish of her cry as the widowed mother-- " I go mourning all the day long ; I lie down and weep at night," Or in the rapture of her final exultation— " The Lord bath heard thy prayer, The soul of my son reviveth 1" It may perhaps have appeared to some among the more exactingly fastidious that the great artiste was scarcely as satisfactory in her enunciation of the harmonious syllables articulated by the Youth sent down to the sea-shore by the Prophet of God to await the coming of the rain looked for and prayed for by the people—as expressed, firstly, through the hard and monotonous declamation-- "The heavens are as brass above me ! The earth is as iron under me!" or as indicated, lastly, by the faint and tremulous response— " Behold a little cloud ariseth !" expanding and deepening into the ultimate an nouncement— " The storm rusheth louder and louder !" No one, however, could by possibility recognise the smallest deficiency in Madame Goldschmidt's matchless rendering of the wonderful soprano song with which the second part of the Oratorio com mences, " Hear, ye Israel !" Shortly afterwards, in the trio " Lift thine eyes to the mountains," the heroine of the night won for herself and her two associates, the second soprano (Miss Messent) and the contralto (Miss Dolby), the tribute of an encore, a tribute now becoming happily very unusual in oratorios. Miss Dolby in her turn winning for herself another encore in the air " 0 rest in the Lord "—a similar triumph marking the delight of the audience at the close of the wondrous quartet and chorus—" Holy, holy, holy is God the Lord "—wherein the broad, sustained, and massive style of singing for which Jenny Lind has so long been remarkable, shone forth in a manner altogether unrivalled and even unap proachable. It is deserving of notice, moreover, in regard to the Elijah of Mendelssohn, as performed last evening in Exeter-hall, that Mr. Hamilton Biaham sung very creditably the music of the Prophet, Mr. Lockey, as Obadiah, being the prin cipal tenor of the oratorio, as he will be remem bered by many to have been as long ago as the year 1846, when the Elijah was performed at the Birmingham Festival, under the personal superin tendence of the great composer himself—since then, alas / departed. Subordinate parts were yesterday allotted to Miss E. Williams, and to Messrs. Lawler, Walker, and Smythson—Mr. Benedict being the skilled and gifted conductor of the entire entertainment. Under the guidance of the baton of the last mentioned but little was left to be desired from either chorus or orchestra. The Hall, as we have already intimated, was densely crowded, in some parts even to inconve nience ; and the audience showed themselves throughout to be at once uninterruptedly atten tive and discriminatively enthusiastic. lIIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tars DAY—Morn. 5 min. aft. 9—Evening 37 min. aft. 9 TO-MORROW—Morn. 12 min.aft. 10—Evening 45 min. aft, 10 THE WEATHER—SEN OFFICE, Dec. 18. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 43 - highest since noon yesterday. 42—'lowest this morning and during the night. 43 -this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.19—rising again. WTNr., S.E.—Blowing fresh, with cloudy, but fine cold weather and sunshine. §llll, LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1855. In another part of this day's impression will bo found the copy of a document which has recently excited the public curiosity in no ordinary degree. It is the very remarkable Memorial to which Prince ALBERT has affixed his name as a petitioner to his Royal Consort, for a modification of the regulations contained in the Royal Warrant of the ith October, 1854. It is therein asserted that the system of promotion thereby adopted " must press at once, and has already pressed, in individual in stances, with peculiar, unjust, and cruel severity on those officers," (i.e., Captains and Lieutenant- Colonels of the Guards, existing as such at the period when the report was issued) ; " and that it amounts to a BREACH OF FAITH on the part of the authorities, and is directly opposed to, and at variance with, the principle of respect for vested interests which the Report recognises and affirms, and on which it professes fundamentally to pro ceed !" This is a strong, a startling assertion ; and when it is supported by the testimony of one who must be regarded by her MAJESTY as a per fectly unexceptionable witness, requires the closest examination, the most attentive conside ration. It is needless to say that in every transaction of life, public or private, unbroken " faith," not only in accordance with th e l e tt er b ut the spirit of every actual or implied contract, should be ob served. If therefore there couldluecstobio, thetaanyis founda tionno for this statement, c longer a point for argument. At any amount of inconvenience that which justice and equity de mand mu st be full y thatand w completely can b y nconceded.But we regret to sa y concur in the ver y sweeping conclusion th us ar rived at, or in the validity of the arguments by which it has been sustained. No existing pri vilege has been taken from the Captains and Lieutenant-Colonels of the Guards, the parties whose wrongs are so feelingly and elaborately set forth. They still rank as Lieutenant -Colonels in the army, and are entitled, as in former years, to exchange with officers of similar rank in the Lino, and may thus easily acquire the actual command of Regiments. They still receive the stipulated amount of pay, and will be included in any future brevet or brevets, and thus be materially expedited in their progress towards the rank of General, the position of " COMMAND" which the Memorial declares to be the great " object of military am- Theyliave therefore sustained no wrong, onlyand the peg complaint is, thatwhereon it is possible to hang a they are placed in respect to future promotion s in a comparatively worse posi tion than the Lieutenant -Colonels of the Line in " actual command of Regiments." There is certainly nothing in this whereon to found a charge of injustice or " breach of faith !" And, on investigating the matter, we find that it reduces itself to a charge of " favouritism," in which the Memorialists consider greater advantages have been bestowed on others than on certain ADELPHI. Last night, Mr. Oxenford's version of Moliere's comedy of Tartuffe, originally produced at the Haymarket under the manageo3ent of Mr. Webster, was brought forward at this theatre. Mr. 'Webster' s well-known impersona. tiou of the character of Tartuffe has lost none of its for mer healthfulness and vigour. Madame Celeste as Elmire, and Mrs. Keeley as Dorina, the confidante, were admirable representations. The other characters were effectively sustained, and the piece, both as regards scenery and dresses, was most carefully put upon the stage. STRAND. Last night Miss Julia Lytton made a very successful debut, the character selected for the occasion was Mrs. Snooks, in the laughable farce of Domestic Squabbles, and it is seldom that we have witnessed a debutant so completely at her ease as was the case with Miss J. Lytton last night. This young lady possesses all the requisites for the profession she has chosen —a handsome and expressive oounteaance, a fine g ure, and plenty o good humour. She has but to study hard and she will soon become a public favourite. The Opinione of Turin states that the number of mules lately bought in Piedmont for the British Govern. ment amounts to 4,500, of which 3,000 have been already shipped to the Crimea. A letter from Corfu, of the Ist, says The choler a has nearly disappeared from the island, and the health of the soldiers is excellent." VIENNA, DEO. 14. —The subscriptions to the New Bank of Commerce and Industry has this morning reached the amount of 600 millions of florins THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET.—Sir Edmund Lyons, Qt.C.B., Commander-in-Chief, is expected to leave the Black Sea fur Malta the first week in January, and will be succeeded by Rear-Admiral Sir Houston Stewart, K.C.8., who will remain in command of the squadron until the re-opening of the campaign of the spring.— United Service Gazette. THE CHRISTMAS EIOLIDATS.—The drapers and hatters of Northampton have given notice that their shops will be closed on Monday, the 24th inst., so as to give three clear days of relaxation to those in their employ The principal woollen cloth merchants of Leeds have agreed to close their warehouses on the 24th. BOARD OP HEALTH.—The honorary secretary of the Associated Registrars' Society had an interview with Mr. Simon, on Saturday, relative to the present state of the law as to compulsory vaccination. Tim FRENCH WAR HORSE.—The Mon,iteur publishes a long article on the steps taken by the French Govern ment, at the suggestion of the Emperor, for improving the greed of horses for the army, by means of introducing more freely Arab blood amongst the horses of the French regiments, DEATH OF MR. ROGERS, THE POET. We regret to state that Mr. Rogers, the poet, died this morning, at half an hour after midnight, at his house in St. James's-place, in the presence of Dr. Beattie and Mr. Paine, his attendant. Madame Jenny Lind Goldschmidt sings at the Town Hall, Brighton, on Wednesday next, when, among other pieces, she is to sing "John Anderson ray Jo." A deputation of hay sellers and consumers of Smith field-market had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in Downing street. The Algiers journals announce the death of Ahmed Bache Zoruadji, aged 107, formerly musician to the last bey. THE TEL TRADE, Dec. 17.—The deliveries in London made up for the week were 723,6251 b., being an in crease of 43,8961 b., as compared with the previous statement. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY OT CANADA.—Advices from Canada state that the Hamilton and Toronto line of the Great Western Railway of Canada had been suc cessfully opened for traffic on the 3d inst. The departures from the port of London for the Aus tralian colonies during the week have comprised six ves sels—two to Sydney, two to Port Philip, one to Ade laide, and one to Swan River—with a total capacity of 4,406 tons. The rates of freight exhibit a tendency to firmness. SIR COLIN CAMPBELL—The baggage and camp re quirements of this distinguished man leave this day for the Crimea. Sir Colin follows almost immediately, and proceeds to his destination via Paris. In the latter be will make a very brief stay. A special steamer will be at his disposal at Marseilles. JURIDICAL SOMETY.—Last night a meeting of the members of this society was held at their rooms, St. Martin's-place, Mr. Sidney Smith in the chair, when Mr. W. H. Bennett read a highly-interesting paper " On the career of the late Sir Samuel Romilly as an advocate, jurist, and legislator." The final settlement of the affairs of Mr. Oliver, the extensive shipowner of Liverpool, will prove very dis advantageous to the creditors. The liabilities are now found to be7about 1,900,000/. sterling, while the avail able assets will not realise, it is to be feared, more than sufficient to pay 2e. 6d. in the pound.—Glasgow Daily Mail. The letters from Paris yesterday state that the rate of exchange had become rather firmer, the renewed pressure for money on the Bourse having been met with less diffi culty than had been apprehended. The applications for discount at the Bank of France were, however, very nu merous. The Hamburg accounts describe no mitigation in the demand. A. WELL-MERITED GRATIJITY.—The Board of Trade have awarded a gratuit: , of 501. to the widow of Thomas Cable, jun., an extra boatman in the service of the Coast Guard at Aldborougb, for the conspicuous gal lantry displayed by her husband on various occasions, and especially on the occasion of the wreck of the Swedish brig Vesta, near Orfordness, when, after great exertions, he saved the life of a Swedish lad, but lost his own life in so doing. LATEST NEWS. VIENNA, DEC. 17. Count Esterhazy left this city last evening (Sunday) for St. Petersburg. His instructions are to return immediately cat ascertaining that the propositions of Austria, of which the Count is the bearer, will not be ac cepted by the Russian Government. The Cologne Gazette publishes a letter dated Odessa, Nov. 30, mentioning a large fire at the military settlements, from which the cavalry have just been drawn. Vast stores collected by the troopers for men and horses have been destroyed. Accounts from the Crimea assert that next spring the English army will be divided into two corps d'armee, cne of which is to be commanded by General Campbell, and the other by General Eyre. A letter from Kalish contradicts the rumours about the intended fortifications a►t St. Peters burg and Moscow. THE WAR IN ASIA. The latest intelligence down to the beginning of the present month states that Omer Pacha had neither attacked, invested, nor advanced on Kutais, or was even likely to march thither. The Sirdar is endeavouring to establish himself in possession of the lower courses of the rivers of the country bordering on the coast from Redout Kaleh to Fort Nicholas, and so secure a good basis for future operations. His plans may, perhaps, be consider ably modified by the fall of Kars. Now that Kars has surrendered, the Ottoman army in Asia, independent of that acting under Omer Pacha, consists of a corps of 13,000 men under Vely Pacha ; another of 8,000, under Selina Pacha ; and a small force under Mustapha which when last heard of was near Ouzourgete. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. Baron de Waechter, who occupied the position of minister of the King of Wurtemberr, had the honour of delivering yesterday to the Emperor, in public audience, the new letters which accredit him to his Imperial Majesty as envoy extraordi nary and minister plenipotentiary from the Court of Wurtemborg. After this audience, General Count de Laevenheim, envoy extraordinary of Sweden and Norway, remitted to the Emperor in a private audience a letter which his Swedish Ma jesty had written, thanking his Imperial Majesty for the grand cordon of the Legion of Honour con• ferred on him. M. J. R. Paftheco, envoy extraordi nary of Mexico, handed to his Majesty his letters of recall, as also a letter from the new President of Mexico, General Don Juan Alvarez. The Empe ror also received M. Alberdi, charge d'affaires of the Argentine Confederation ; Baron de Heim bruck, charge d'affaires of the King of Hanover ; and M. J. C. Claden, member of the lonian Par liament. The Constitutionnel of yesterday has a letter from its Vienna correspondent, professing to explain the present state of the relations between the Allies of the 2d of December with regard to the new terms of peace " agreed upon between Austria, France, and England." After pointing out that Lord Clarendon, in his despatch of the 3d of April, 1855, had stated that the neutralisation of the Black Sea was the solution of the third guarantee which England and France preferred, he intimates that Austria has now intimated to the Allied Govern ments her complete adoption of that solution. The correspondent intimates that England and France have accepted this adhesion of Austria, but as to the question whether Austria, in case now Russia now rejects these terms, will join her arms to those of the Allies, his statements are not positive. The Debats of yesterday says :—" Viewed politi cally, the bearing of the reduction in the Austrian army is not easily discovered. Naturally explained it seems to announce pacific dispositions ; but is it not at the same time a formal contradiction given by Austria to those who talk of an ultimatum having been addressed by that power to Russia ? Is it the moment for summoning the Russian Go vernment to make peace, which the Austrian Government selects for placing its army on a peace footing ?" BOURSE, Dec. r 7 .—The following are the last quotations : Cash. fr. a. End of Month. 4i per Cents 9l 50 —f. -c. 3 per Cents 64 55 61 85 New Loan 65 55 Bank Shares 3210 Roman Credit Mobilier 1305 Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Throes — Piedmontese B7 Home Debt ... 341 RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. fr. c. c Orllans Northern Lyons - ... 1140 New Ditto 747 50 Mediterranean 1250 Grand Central 5BO Lvons Geneva 670 Testo Cette 692 50 Austrian Cora. 726 25 RUSSIA. A letter from Odessa of the sth, in the Cologne Gazette, says :—" The Grand Duke Nicholas ar , rived here to-day, and alighted at the palace of Prince Woronzoff. There are many officers and generals here who have made the campaign in the Crimea, either to recover from their wounds or to take repose. The medals for the defence of Sebas topol are of gold for the officers, and of s il ver f or the privates. On one side is this inscription, " Dedicated to the brave army in eternal memory of the immortal defence of Sebastopol ;" and on the other, From the ever-to-be-regretted Empe -1 ror Nicholas, and from Alexander.' " The last number of the Invalide Russe contains the report of the Hetman of the Cossacks of the Black Sea, Majo r -G enera l Phili ppson , on th e expedition sent on the 22d October last against the Tchertcheneiffets, an independent tribe of the Caucasus, inhabiting the country to the south of the Kuban, and which made con tinual incursions into the Russian territory. Aoul-Yedentsoukai, the principal village of these mountaineers, was attacked unexpectedly by a de tachment of Cossacks, who had four pieces of can non and eight mortars, and was given up to the flames. But when the conquerors were retiring, with some prisoners and 300 head of cattle, they were constantly harassed by the mountaineers ; several times, in fact, the Tcherkes assembled in considerable numbers, attacked the Russians, and obliged them to cut their way through. In one of these attacks the chief of the natives, Hadschi- Hakoi Hadsh, is said to have been mortally wounded. The conflict was prolonged on these conditions for an entire day, and in the even ing of the 23d of October the Russians re crossed the Kuban. Their chief admits a loss of four men killed and one officer and 43 men wounded. As for the Tcherkes, they are said to have had 200 killed and wounded. The re port praises a young ensign, who, befor e th e commen cement of the affair, went with four Cos sacks to reconnoitre the situation of the village, and who afterwards served as a guide to the Russians. AUSTRIA. I The Wanderer, of the 13th, gives the following intelligence :—" The Empress of Austria has just escaped from a serious accident. In leaving this day at noon for Schonbrun in a carriage drawn by four horses the latter suddenly took fright ; the first pair became ungovernable, and the coachman was thrown to th e ground. Happily a peasant's cart obstructed the way, and stopped the horses of the Imperial carriage. The Empress returned in a hired vehicle to the palace." A letter from Vienna, of the 13th, in the Dres den Journal, says :—" It is positively asserted in well-informed circles that the mission of General Canrobert was not to demand from the Swedish land Danish Governments an active co-operation in the war. France only asked provisionally for a moral support in favour of the cause of the Allies. It is said, in fact, that Sweden and Denmark have placed themselves nearly on the same line as Austria ; that they have accepted the demands of France and England, in the form which they re ceived at the conferences of Vienna, and have pro mised their positive assistance for certain eventu alities. The question of co-operation, properly so called, has been reserved ; and if a campaign be made in the Baltic next year, the Scandinavian States will most probably not take part in it." The _Hamburg _N e ws, in a letter from Vi enna , sa y s :—,‘ A new artillery commission has been charged with the examination of the up' prevements of which that, arm of the service is susceptible. The reports are addressed to the Emperor in per son." THE WEST INDIA MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, DEc. 17. The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Parana, Captain Ellison, arrived this day, at one o'clock, with the usual West India mails, 40 passengers, and a full cargo. Her latest dates are— Greytewn ..... ...... Nov. 20 I Jacmel Nov. 27 Chagres — 23IAntigua — 29 Demerara Carthagena — 25 Nevis — 29 Trinidad Grenada — 26IBermuda Jamaica 27 ' St. Thomas Barhadees 27 The Parana brings on account of the dividends, and oa merchants' account, the sum of $361,035 ; and on freight gold dust and gold in bars, $256,483; platina, $6,240 ; British coin, $10,214 ; also 309 serous of cochineal, 62 do. balk, 18 bales of sarsa parilla, 60 bags of cocoa, 42 packages of auccades, 53 do. sundries. From Jamaica we have received advices to the 26th ult. The following is a summary of the news given by the Colonial Standard :—The proceedings of our local Legislature during the last fortnight have not been characterised by any unusual degree of expedition. On the contrary, it may fairly be said that the present session has been one of the most dilatory oa record. The Legislature was con vened on the 16th October, and up to the present moment only two very trivial measures have be come law. The following abstract of the passenger traffic on our short lino of railway during the first ten years of its existence will be considered interesting : Nov. 24, 1846 „ 1817 „ 1848 ~ 1849 „ 1850 During the above period of ten years 109,785 tons of merchandise, including 10,000 tons of dye woods, have been conveyed by the railway, besides a great number of large and small stock. Our mining intelligence continues favourable. The weather has been unsettled of late, and heavy rains have fallen in this neighbourhood. We regret we cannot report favourably of the ge neral health of the country; fevers and diarrhcea prevail, and we are sorry to learn that some fatal cholera cases have been present in the penitentiary for some time past. Trade is extremely dull. Exchange on London, at 90 days, was quoted at 1 per cent. prem. ; 60 days, at 1i ; and 30 days, at 2 per cent. prem. THE PACIFIC MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY. By the Royal Mail steam-ship Parana we have our usual files of Pacific journals. The Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steam ship Lima arrived at Panama on the 20th ult., with $280,000 in specie, passengers, and the fol lowing dates :—Valparaiso, Oct. 31 ; Arica, Nov. ; Callao, 11 ; Payta, 15 ; Caldera, 3 ; Islay, 7 ; and Huanchaco, 13. The Lima reported that the iron ship Phantom, of Glasgow, while leaving the harbour of Caldera on the 19th of October, got on shore, and became a total wreck. The news by the Lima is uninteresting. The Valparaiso cor respondent of the Panama Star and Herald says : The bank buildings are progressing rapidly. They are situated on the rock on which the old ship Arethwa was lost many years since. " Business during the last 15 days has slightly im• proved, and the country merchants are now aroused. "Manufacturing is now gaining ground. We bars three large foundries, where iron and brass castings are turned out with neatness and despatch, all owned by English. Steam sawmills, planing machines, sash and blind making are all preparing or in full blast. "The American line of Santiago stages is doing admit rably. We have also a Yankee line of omnibuses on the way, to run into this city. "There appears now to be no fear of a deficiency of flour. The stock is said to be sufficient to last until the new crops come in in March ; price 11 dole. 50c. to 13 dols., and sales only for home consumption. "The three Paruvian war steamers built in England, the Apurimac, the Loa, and the Tumbes, arrived at Valparaiso a few hours before the Lima sai:ed." The newspapers report the death of Mr. Comp• ton, for may years her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Islay. The following is the official statement of the guano exported from Peru in the month of October last :-21,984 tons to England; 550 tons to the. United States ; 1,342 tons to France; 2,732 tons to the Mauritius ; 1,272 tons to Spain ; and 389 tons to Central America. Total-28,272 tons register in 42 vessels. The revolutionary movement in the Republic of Bolivia under Avila has been put down, and order once more restored. SUPPOSED MURDER OF A SPORTING GENTLEMAN BY A SURGEON. Mr. John Parsons Cook, a sporting gentleman, aged 28 years, resi4ing at Lutterworth (Leicestershire), was The owner of a horse named Polestar, which won two of the stakes at the Shrewsbury races on the 13th and 14th ult. Whilst at Shrewsbury, after the race, Mr. Cook was taken suddenly ill. He was subsequently removed to Rugeley, where he had been staying before the races, and where he died in five days after his return. Suspi• chins as to the cause of his death arose, and a post mor• tem examination was made. Portions of the intestines were sent to Dr. Taylor, and on Wednesday last a corn• ner's jury beard the evidence of the surgeons who were present at the post mortens examination. Dr. Taylor, however, was unable to attend, and the inquiry was ad• journed. On Friday the jury re-assembled, and from the art dance then heard, it appeared that the deceased, imme diately before the fatal illness, had been in the company of Mr. NV. Palmer, surgeon, of Rugeley, and that the latter had given pills, broth, &c., to the deceased, which caused him to vomit excessively. Dr. Taylor said—" My belief is that he died from tetanus, and that tetanus was caused by medicine given to him shortly before his death." He proceeded to sal, that all the symptoms tended to show that a dose et strychnine had been administered. Taking into account the whole of the symptoms, be bad not the slightest hesitation in saying that the deceased had died from the effects of strychnine contained in the pills which ap• neared to have been given the deceased by Mr. Palmer. [About this stage of the inquiry Mr. Palmer was sent for, but the reply was that ho was confined to his bed.] It was then proved that Mr. Palmer had purchased grains of strychnine from a chemist; that on the even ing after the race Mr. Palmer bad pressed the deceased to drink something out of a glass, purporting to begrop which caused the deceased to exclaim, "There's souse' thing in it—it berms my throat awfully !"—or words to that effect; that he soon afterwards became sick, and expressed the belief that he had been "dosed." On Saturday fresh witnesses were examined, showing that various betting and bill transactions had passed be' tween Mr. Palmer amid the deceased ; and that after the death the deceased's betting book was missed. The coroner on summing up mentioned .that Mr• Bamford, who was present at the death, was not opinion that the deceased died of apoplexy, but that Mr. S 0• land, another surgeon, thought otherwise. The jury then retired, and, after an absence of six or seven minutes, they returned, when The Coroner said—Gentlemen, are you all agreed ? The Foreman—We are. The Coroner—What is your verdict The Foreman—We find that the deceased died of poison, wilfully administered to him by William Palmer. The Coroner immediately made out his warrant fee the committal of Mr. Palmer to the county gaol at Staf ford, for trial at the March Assizes, for the Wilful Mur der of Mr. Cook. Mr. J. H. Hatton, the Chief Con stable, forthwith proceeded to Mr. Palmer's house and arrested him. Mr. Palmer, who had been in custody 0 the sheriff's officers for several days, under a civil pro cess, was in bed, and, being apparently in ill-health, the Chief Constable obtained the advice of Mr. Monktono surgeon, who, after examining Mr. Palmer, gave a aer• tificate that it would not be safe to remove him that night. The police-officers were then stationed in hie bedroom to guard the accused, and a strict examination of every article in the room was made. The house of the accused was surrounded with a large crowd of per• sons till nearly midnight, in the expectation of seeing him brought out and conveyed to gaol. MONDAY MORNING, Two o'CLooK. The accused, Mr. W. Palmer, was too ill to be re moved from his house yesterday ; his health had, how ever, somewhat improved, and it is probable that he will be conveyed to Stafford Gaol to-day. Owing to some circumstances which transpired raster• day morning —(the particulars of which, for obvious rev sons—says a Stafford paper—we are not at liberty AS present to give) —it was deemed advisable to obtain s search warrant, which was placed in the hands of Mr. Superintendent Bergen and a police-constable, a nd e thorough search of the accused's house was made. Th e proceedings connected with the above inquill have naturally led the minds of many persons to r evea' to the cases of several individuals, some of them relatives of Mr. Palmer, who had died somewhat sudden'y ° A ct under circumstan ces o f grave suspic i on , t h e ac cuse t" having effected large assurances on their lives, and i n one or two instances not very long previously to t h eir decease. A n i nvest i gat i on i s now t a ki ng pl ac e w, respect to some o f t h ese oases , an d it i s ver y probabl e that the bodi es o f one or more p erson s, relatives of Ume deceased, w ill b e ex h ume d, i n ord e r that a cherni ol " analysation may be made of the intestines. A SHABONABLE REQUEST.—The treasurer of SeraJO lane Ragge , l Schools, Islington (Mr. Worth), has set on poor foot a penny subscription ' in order to provide the children with their usual Christmas treat. It is ca l " . lated that up/fords of 5,000 subscribers will be required, as the high prioe of provisions will necessarily affe ° ‘ the amount so collected. 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