The Sun. — London, England, 1856-01-11 00:00:00

///. ' ~ , lj - t (fit :,_ 5 z/IC ~~~ , I~~~'- i/ . ..:WS PAP E R ? fi• I 11.% gkw - Spirit of the Public Journals. 1 "Lij, 04 l/4r. (From the Times of this day.) - ' We have at last received the exact text of the` S • conditions of peace tendered by the Allied Powers to Russia. The definite answer cannot, we are in formed, be received before the 15th of this present month. Are these terms destined to form a me. morable epoch in the history of European civilisa tion, or are they destined to be consigned to this limbo of abortive projects with the treaty of Ux bridge or the armistice of Chatillon Is the present war destined here to come to an end, while it yet retains somewhat of the dispassionate and almost judicial calmness and reluctance with which it was commenced ; or is it to take henceforth a new beginning, with the avowed object no longer of merely protecting the Ottoman dominions from the immediate attacks of Russia, but of depriving her of the power of repeating a similar outrage I That will depend on the result of the conflict between the war and peace parties in the Cabinet of the Czar —on the natural struggle between the wish to relieve an exhaust e d peop l e, a ruined trade, and a bankrupt exchequer, and the stubborn determination to carry out the plan of universal monarchy, and rather to risk the subversion of the whole framework of society than to recede from a single pretension or forego a si ng l e dream of conquest, glory, or annexation that Peter, Catherine, Alexander, or Nicholas m ay have entertained. -'/ e • • 1 1 iI • / . - • e op_ lettl.7 l •lo f' 41 / 4 4 0 ( • \ARtbir,, .1 11*--„ 41 0 _ • • " -°ll - 4 c p 4 40 • • z , '`z•- ,,.. :• ± 1 6 1111 1 P. V aut:4/ ••-T , /4\ . 0. 0 04 603 ) .110 r AStyr A' 4 R I I iZRATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. . Lessee for the Christmas Pantomime, Mr. J. H. ANDERSON. biunsase sueeees of the groat autornime of the Field of the Cloth of Gold. Triumh of the real Clown FLEXMORE. TO-NIGHT an p improved and more extensive and more N 'calve arrangement of MAGIC and MYSTERY by Professor tiDERSON, the Great Wizard of the North, as recently St' ran by him at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, 112 consecutive re preseatations, and before an aggregate audience of 300,309 Pa rsons. To c,ouelude with the Grand, National, Historical, and Chivalric PANTOMIME, which has been so long in Prepara- Vol t , and on the Production of which an largo an expense has beast incurred, of each LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11, 1856. No. f", 743.1 [PRICIE 4D. STAMPED SD• itonos to 78. London—The Russians set the Thames on fire—Foreign Fruits and British Stuffs —Odd Importation of Bear's Grease—Sar dinians and Zouaves—The Illustrated London News—The Humours of Good Humour. THE APOTHEOSIS OF YE BELLE ALLIANCE, Designed by M. Guerin. ENGLAND AND FRANCE. Mourners at One Altar—Victors on One Throne. The Coro nation with the Coronals of Valour by the Genius of Victory. .„ 11 YE BELLE ALLIANCE ; or , 411"1 "WIN 0 00 D HUMOUR AND YE FIELDE OF YE CLOTHE OF GOLDE ; i hin Rs LEGEND of the MEETING of the MONARCHS. " It /02.8 a marvellous sweete and goodly© sight to sea those tWO I Princes, in the flowers of their age, in the height of their 'tree tthe and in the dignitie of their manly© beauty., corn rialt ling two great Nations, that bade been so long rivals and enen ai es, instead 9f leading hostile armies to desolate and destr,Jye, meet in that peaceful valley°, and embrace like in the sighte of the choice nobilitie of either land." e Chroxiclers. 'Pt e Pantomime invented, arranged, and produced by Mr. A. /farr s , with th e same attent i on t o S cenery, C ostumes, and Effects, which h as c h arac t er i se d the produ c ti ons o f " Li tole tto," ' e l- I Trovatore," " L'Etoile du Nord," and the vary ous Operas lately produced at this, the recognised chief The atre in Europe for Spectacular Display. The entirely New and most e l aborate Scenery Painted by and under the Super intendence. of Mr. WILLIAM BEVERLEY, assisted by lito.sro. Cuthbert, C. Adams, W. Shalders, W. Glover, and ni Ai uncrorts Assistants. The Opening written by Mr. George tgustus Sala. no Music composed by Mr. Loder (who has obligingly lent his aid on account of the Pantomime being pDar ro laced at this Theatre). The Ballet and Incidental icosarrangel by Mr. Benjamin Barnett. The Comic Tricks inv,trated by the Brothers Brough, Mr. A. Harris, and Mr, Dorrington. The New Spectacular Designs by H. Guerin, of Paris. The Extensive and Complicated Machi tnery- by Mr. 11. Sloman and numerous Assistants- The Ori ral and Ultra - Grotesque Mask s by M r . G. E w i ng . Th e %Tel and Costly Properties by Mr. Prescott, assisted by Mr. Moreland. Th • Ladies' Costumes by Mrs. James, assisted by Mr. Beauchamp. The Gentlemen's Costumes by Mr. Smithers, assisted by sfr. Lawrence. The Armoury Department by fir • Hogg. The Chappellerie by Mrs. Walker. Copyist, - " l r. Horton. Prompter, Mr. Banco. Perruquier, Mr. Rick -74°. of Bi7dges-street, Covent-garden. The Novel Gas r a . ',Dramas by Mr, Palmer and Assistants. The Whole auction being under the Immediate Superintendence of -i tre A. MA ARM hill—Measures and men—Hits and Skits at Everything and Everything —Inns and Outs— Shoe-black Brigade—A Polished Gentleman—Comic Duet between the Clown and a Blacking. Bottle —Howlett's Hair Dye—A Dyer's Material—A Dire Art for Falsehood framed— Coloured Imitations—The Sydenham Trousers—Height of Fashion—Genuine Malt and Hops—All sopp's Pale Ale—The East and the West—Scott's Lot, and a Race for Public Favour. UNSEAWORTHY AND•ILL-MANNED BIIIPS. • defiant in the Baltic and the Black Seas, aro not proof against the elements of fire and water, either in engage ments or storms, and it is on the body of merchant seamen your Majesty has to lean for protection of the over-sea car rying trade of the 'United Kingdom, and as a reserve, in the event of disaster. " While, therefore, owners of vessels (as in a case at the last Northern Sessions) are sentenced to penal servitude for endeavouring to destroy their vessels to gain the money for which they are insured, and Parliament is nearly every session striving to give greater security to passenger ships, wo humbly pray that your Majesty will recommend to your faithful Commons the propriety of allowing the masters, mates, carpenters, shipwrights, seamen, and others, who form the crew of a ship, the right, by law, of demanding a survey on an unworthy sea vessel or her equipments, and, by so doing, protect the helpless emigrant. Your memorialists do not ask that owners shall keep their vessels iu port. They only ask to be relieved from their engagement if a vessel is proved to be unseaworthy, and that other seamen may take their berths, and venture their lives, if they so please. " And your memorialists will ever pray. "God save the Queen." ducted the gardens for the last 25 years, adding, that: if he should feel inclined to take any shares, his strongest inducement would be the knowledge that the concern was to continue under Mr. Tyler's management. This resolution, and another bearing testimony to the advantages which the gardens had conferred on the whole neighbourhood, having been put and carried unanimously, Mr. J. COPPOCK the well-known Parliamentary agent, and who is one of the committee of management, entered into some explanations on the important point of the dividend which the shareholders might expect from the undertaking. He showed that the calculations had been made on an average of 2,500 ♦isitors a night, whereas the nights of M. Jullien had, during last sea son, brought 20,000 ; indeed that excellent judge had pronounced the calculation to be ridiculously low. In all the other departments, refreshments, hire for great public occasions, promenade concerts in the winter, &c., the same moderation had been observed, and still an annual dividend of 10 per cent. could be clearly shown, with a surpluii sufficient in five years to return to the shareholders the whole of the capital originally invested. Some questions on points of detail were then asked and satisfactorily answered, and the meeting terminated without a sing:. dissentient voice having been raised Against the proposed transformation of the Surrey Gardens. Od 0 ed 9 Od s OJ There has been much discontent, and many complaints have been made lately by seamen of having been compelled by the local magistrates in the sea-parts to go to sea in ships which were unseaworthy and ill-manned, after signing ar ticles, or be treated as deserters and committed to prison. The subject has been brought under the notice of the Board of Trade by a petition to the Queen, signed by the seamen belonging to 27 ports, and h as further been illustrated by an extract from a report made by the Inspector of Prisons in the southern and western districts. • The Board of Trade has submitted a case to the Queen's- Advocate and the Attorney and Solicitor General. The petition of the seamen and the report of the Inspector of Prisons were enclosed ; though, with regard to the petition, the Board of Trade observed, the case mentioned did not bear out the complaint to the full extent; and that upon further inquiry the facts in that case seem to he less fa vourable to the ease of the complainants than appears upon the face of the petition. The enactments bearing upon the subject are 17th and 18th Vic. cap. 104, secs. 243, 246, 247, and 21S, which provide for the apprehension and punishment of deserters ; and sec. 149, which provides for the proper signature of articles in a form sanctioned by the ! Board of Trade, and which req u i tes t h at one of the terms 1 in the articles shall be the number and description of the crew, specifying how many are engaged as sailors. A copy of the form of articles sanctioned by the Board of Trade also accompanied the case. The opinion of the Queen's Advocate, the Attorney and Solicitor General, was requested upon the following points : HORNING PERFORMANCE, on SATURDAY, Jan. 12, at NUMBER ONE, LONDON. A Visit to Dakin's Tea Establishment, St. Paul's—" In to apes est"—Bohemians and Teetotallers—Great Drawing Mate rials—The Magic Chest and the Enchanted Teapot—Clown gets Tea in it, and Pantaloon gets into Hot Water in conse quence—Omnibus Companies on the Old System and the New System, and the System that don't assist 'em—Strong Opposi tion, and final discovery of the " Right Men in their Right Places"—Whack, bang, flip-flap, hey, presto, and Change to " LA.ST SCENE OF ALL that ends this strange eventful Two o'clock. Treasurer, Mr. llingston, to whom the Superintendence of the Auditorium bas been entrusted. The Box-office is now open, under the direction of Hr. O'Reilly. Private Boxes (which may also be taken at the prin cipal Libraries), 3/. 35., 2/. 25., 1/. is., and 12s. Grand Bal cony, 4s. Upper Boxes, 2s. 6d. Amphitheatre Stalls, 2s. Pit, 2s. Gallery, le. p-day ) the t the was r last • 0 ; :seed 041 . " Half-price at Nine o'clock. Balcony, 3e.; Upper Boxes, ls. 6d. Pit, ls.; Gallery, 6d. History." Doors open at Half-past Six, and commence at Seyen. T HEATRE ROYAL DRITRY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. SMITH. PUBLICATIONS. THE NEW NOVEL, L AURA G A Y, Is now ready at all the libraries, in 2 ♦ols. The subjoined is an extract from the " Report on Prisons n the Southern and Western Districts—Cornwall, 1855." " FALMOUTH BOROUGH GAOL AND HOUSE OF CORRECTION. " ' The following prisoners were in confinement on the last day of inspection : Males. Females. Total. Summarily convicted Remanded For trial at Sessions 4. !,0 0 !O 9 :1 0 !I 6 !O 9 !I 6 , 3 0 " We have read novels of scenes and incidents more exciting than this, but rarely one written with finer taste, or affording deeper interest by the power of unaffected and attractive expression, used in narration, colloquy, and description. The author is a man of elegant and manifold accomplishments, versed deeply and eaten• sively in art anti literature, and by no means unacquainted with the worlds ofpolitics and fashion. Laura Gay and Charles Thornton are admirable characters, admirably portrayed."—Observer. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. TRIAL TRIP OF THE PERSIA, TFIE LARGEST STEAMER IN THE WORLD. 1. Whether, when a seaman is engaged, there is or is not an implied condition on the part of the shipowner that the ship shall be seaworthy ? 2. Whether, if the ship is not seaworthy, and the sea man reftised to go to sea in her on that ground, he can be treated as a deserter, or punished under the enactments above referred to, or otherwise ? In all book-clubs and circulating libraries, one vol. 6v0., with Maps, price 12s. Gd , 15 2 17 Nine of the convicted prisoners were under sentence of 12 weeks' imprisonment for haying deserted their ships or re fused to sail in them after having signed articles of agree ment, the ground of their refusal having been the unsea worthiness of their ships, or the fact of their having on board an insufficient number of able seamen to work them with a due regard to the safety of the ships and crews. From the want of adequate accommodation, six of these men wore ‘odged, at the time of my inspection, in two cells, each of which had only a single bed large enough for one person, and the other three were obliged to be continually locked up in the damp and smoky room before alluded to. INSIDE SEBASTOPOL This work wasdeliYered to the trade on the 4th instant. Chapman and Hall, Piccadilly; 3. Whether, if a seaman is apprehended on the ground of desertion, and alleges in his defence that the ship is un seaworthy, it is the duty of the corrt which hears the case to examine into the q aesti , , and t; such evidence as it may be possible to procure of the truth ,of the allega tion ? 4. Whether, if the ship is not seaworthy, and the sea man refuses to go to sea in her ou that ground, and the master and owner refuse to deliver any clothes or effects which the seaman has on board, the seaman can bring an action to recover them, or to recover damages for the de tention ? office Just published, Fourth Edition, price Cs., BERTINCB.AMP'S NATIONAL FRENCH GRAMMAR, with a Manual of ComrnercialTorms. London : Wlittakcr and. Co. 14 MR. RUSKIN'S NEW VOLUME. On the Ifith instant will be published. T HE THIRD VOLUME of MODERN PAINTERS. E Jour+ Hamm, M.A., Author:of" Stone+ of Veni y e,"" Seven Lamps of Architecture,"&c.,&c. With 18 Illustrations on Steel, from drawings by the Author. 4 .* Vol IV. will appear in February, and Vol. V., concluding the work, in the course of next year. London : Smith, Elder and Co., GS, Cornhill. 5. Whether, if a seaman serves in a ship which is sent to sea in an unworthy state, and the ship is lost in conse quence, and the seaman thereby suffers damage by loss of his clothes, or by injury to his person or otherwise, he has any remedy against the owner ? "6. Whether, when a seaman is engaged, there is or is not an implied condition on the part of the owner that the ship shall be adequately manned (i. e., manned in such a manner as wouldunder ordinarycircumstances be sufficient for the safety and proper navigation of the ship on the voyage on which she is to be employed); and, if su, whe ther or not the non-performance of this condition is at tended by consequences similar to those which would at • tend the non-performance of the implied condition that the ship shall be seaworthy, assuming such last-mentioned condition to exist ? THE BEST BOOK TO GIVE A BOY. T HE BOY'S OWN MAGAZINE, First Vo lume, complete in itself, is just published, price half-a-crown. Sent free by post for this sum in cash or in postage stamps. London : S. 0. Becton, 18, Bouyerle-street. Just published, price Is., THE RECONSTRUCTION of the CIVIL SERVICE under a Council of Official Control. By Pi'. BOULNOIS. Thomas Hatchard, 187, Piccadilly. REDLEAD-SQUARE. %UM of Ale and a Stomaeh-ache for 4d. —Genaine double- Z" - lip - Stout—Up t• Snuff and down to Pepper -How the "read Rises - Sweet upon Sugar. All pickles to believe ha P 6 c k-les—Chalk•farra Dairy COWS T. Pumps — Gunpowder ", 4 ' warranted to go off"—Pale Ale peculiarities. I mps. —Quassia, Mr. Wyatt ; Strychnine, Mr. Scott ; Blue Rain, Mr. Carter; Oxyplumbi, Mr. Strangeways. The terror of The " Times"—The Lancinations of the La nect"—Rlack Crosses in Red Lead-square. IRE ITILARD'A LABORATORY IN THE CHATEAU DE ME eIIISTOPHILES, HELIGOLAND. Magic Somersaults—Tho Bewitched Ottoman The Dragon 4 la diable —The Inextinguishable, Inexhaustable, Unstopper able, Go-a-head Bottle—" 1001. Reward, who'll Shoot a Clown T"—The Blunderbuss of Botheration—Bursting of the Wizard's Bust —Small Wizards made to order, Pattern Pre sented—Quickest way to Nowhere—How to make Harlequins --The way to Crush the Crushers. THE NEW CASTLE OF BALMORAL. Rusticity in the Highlands—Pipers and Pa.storalities— Mighland Reel, introducing a grand Flexraorean Medley —The Portfolio of Inexhaustibility and Universality—The Incaptur able Harlequin—Very " fowl" proceedings—The Seductive Belau-chair—Strange Birds in a Cage. 'WATCHMAKERS' ESTABLISHMENT, CHRONOMETI CAL-VILLE-MILLINERS' ESTABLISHMENT, BON NETVILLE BELLHA.NGERS' ESTABLISHMENT, BELLEVILLE. Rome from Scotland—Cab Fares and Mayne Force —The Movements of the Age—What's o'clock—" The Clock strikes two" —How to Ring a Belle — Umbrella Courtship—Who's Your Hatter ?—Early Closing Association—" Love Langhs at Locksmiths"—La Varsoviaua—The Strike of Belles against Grand Equestrian Fiats, by Signor Flexmorini. HIGH-STREET, SPIRIT-SQUARE. Apartments to Let. A Cold Roll for Breakfast—The Orgaiised Nuisance Ta bleaux —Punch's Pocket Book—Patent Perambulators- Ast- L e rs Equestrian Feats— Policemen and Cooks—Monsieur ' e rce—All-round Collars and Punch's Coats — The quick„b .. ^ , Y to the Coal-cellar—Spirit Rapping Extraordinary. HAIR-DRESSER'S, FILTER MANUFACTORY, 4ICHIFORD'S PARCEL WAREHOUSE, AND NEWS. VENDER. The Purifying of Old Father Thamee—The InTavien of 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- Tate boxes, to hold two persons, 10e. 6d. (IL for each person extra); on the grand tier, one guinea ; proscenium and stage boxes, 2/. 2s. ; galleries, 6d, and is. ; pit, 21. ; upper boxes, ls. 6d. ; first circle, 2s. 6d.; dress circle, 3s. MORNING PERFORMANCE EVERY WEDNESDAY, at Two o'clock. Mr. Charles Mathews in Two Pieces. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE GREAT GUN TRICK. After which will be produced an entirely Novel and Original Inductive, Instructive, Anti-Hypochondriacal, Periodical, Episodical, Magical, Tragical, Logical, Chronological, Gra phical, Chorographical, Philosophical, Cryptographical, Parabolical, Symbolical, Rhythmical, Mimics', Academical, Mechanical, Technical, Pyrotechnical, Historical, Harmo nica', Heroical, Typical, Allegorical, Metaphorical, Chime rical. Satirical, Riaterical, 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 Mess rs . James, Wilson, Gonipertz, and numerous assistants. The Machinery by Mr. Tucker and assistants. The Pro perties, Decorations, &c., by Messrs. Needham, Glindon, and others. The Tricks by Messrs. Roe and assistants. The Chorographic Arrangements under the direction of Madame Louise. The Masks and Personal Appointments designed and executed by the celebrated Dykwynkyn, Artist in Panto mimic Physiolognomy, and Photographic Delineator of Elves, Sprites, and Gpblins to the Court of Fairy Land. 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," &c. ; and the whole arranged and produced under the super intendence of Mr. Robert Roxby. First of the Seven Ages —" The Infant." HALL OF NURSERY RHYMES, In the dominions of King Nonsense. Heroes of Nursery Literature. Jack Sprat, Mr. Eatnofat ; Simple Simon, Mr Tem Noddy ; Little Jack Horner, Master Plummy ; Little Bo Peep, !Aim Fortywinks ; Littl e T omm y Tucker, Master Singsong ; Humpty Dumpty, Mr. Eggshell ; Little Boy Blue, Master Blewhorn ; 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 Yerroni ; Hobbedyhoy (his schoolfellow —afterwards Clown) harry Bo leno ; Dr. Birch (the Village Schoolmaster—afterwards Pan taloon), Mr. G. Tanner; His Pupils, Masters Fagg, Bragg, `Fagg, Nagg, Lags, Magg, Stagg, and Tagg ; Rosa (Ward to " The Justice," and afterwards Columbine), Madame Boleno ; Miss Starch, Governess at " Mrs. Howdydo's Establishment for Young Ladies," in the Village of Prettywell-cum-Thankye). Miss Buckram; Her Pupils—Misses Prattle, Rattle, Giggle, Sniirg,le, 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 tho rod, and how well somebody catches it—How Young Hopeful blows his own trumpet, and the Young Ladies' Establishment comes nut all two, to, two too —a Game at Cricket and Dr. Birch bowled out. Third Age— " The Lover." " Then the Lover, Sighing like furnace with woful ballad Made to his Mistress's eyebrow." BLACKSMITH'S FORGE AND ROAD-SIDE INN (Sunset). llobb and Nobb (the Village Blacksmiths), Messrs. Batter and Clatter ; afterwards Sprites, The Brothers Elliot ; Donblestont (Mine Host of the " Leather Bottle), Mr. Arra narf ; Cumiusir (Head Waiter), Mr. Readytongue ; Tenser and Nosor (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" (one 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 Cha w ba c on (A gr i cu ltur a l Labourers), Messrs. Bumpkin and Jeskyn. The sparks from the anvil amorous and hammer-us—The Iron struck whilst it is hot—The Lever's Sonnet- The Jus tice's tongue and course of True Love—neither running smooth—" List, list, oh, list I"—which be does—The cense quenees thereof, and how Scrjeant Kite, being the Author of a great Military Work, gets a good Review. Fourth Age—" The Seidler." " 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 Wadliam—Cupid (her Messenger), Master Mischief. Hope, 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 LOTE. ithinained by the Electric Light of One Hundred Bright Eyes. Grand Ballet d'Amour—Principal Dancer, Miss R u i n , Wright, assisted by Mdlles. Therese, Marian Lees, ace, Fifth Age—" The Justice." " And then the Justice, In fair round belly, with good capon lined, With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances ; And so he plays his part." JUSTICE HALL IN THE OLD MANOR HOUSE, TWILIGHT. Farmer Whackstraw, Mr. Grumblawell ; Constable, Mr. Hardstaff; Villagers, Messrs, Gape, Grin, Stare, Shiver, Tremble, Delve, fac. 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 (sans teeth, sans eyes, sans teeth, sans taste, sans everything), Mr. Centenarian. Seventh Age—sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sane every tking." Sudden Talismanic Dissolving of the Snow to the BRIGHT REALMS OF PERPETUAL SUMMER. Double Pantomimic Transmogrification. The Two Harlequins Signor Verroni and Herr Frirth. The Twe Columbines Mme. Boleno and Marie Charles. The Two Pantaloons Messrs. Tanner and Denlin Johnsen. The Two Sprites .. The Brothers Elliott. The Two Clowns Harry Boleno and Torn Matthews. IA SCENE OF INTEREST—TWO TO ONE—Boleno. Buttered Peas—Cheese it—Taking the Pledge—Pop't up— pop't in, and pop't out—Equal Division—Principal and In terest—How to evade the Act—Betting versus Cigars— " What's the odds so long as you're happy ?"—The Right Tip —How to raise the 'Wind—The Odds to the Hod—List, oh, list !—Wrong to - back-her, and no Returns—Setting Day, a regular Settler—Gone for the Leger—ln for the Oaks A Bankrupt's Stock, and a Case of Bale, concluding with a regular Smash. A SCENE OF INDUSTRY.—BoIeno. A sweet Place—Honesty the best Policy—Honey and Whacks (Wax) —Rising Steps and Steps Rising—Catching Bees alla and Warming—E n l arged Heads upon a New Hum—lt Beohoves you to Beehave w h en you a tt ac k a Bee hive —Swarming Principle—Domestic Bees—Long Needles—Royal Summons —Arrival of Queen Bee and Suite—Grand Charge—Tableau. SCENE OF EXCITEMENT—PARIS EXHIBITION—A ( R ussian excepted)—F r at e rni sa - CAFE BESIEGED.—BoIeno. All the W er ld' s a S tage !" t T i h on e —Mceeotridnigaloitfylolfl tNhaetiAonnsies—c, —Arrival of the World and his Wife, and the whole of his Family, commencing with their Eldest Daughter the " Fa shionable World ;" followed by the " Sporting World ;" the " Dramatic World ;" the "World upside down ;" the "Wide World ;" the " Wicked World ;" and the " World in Arms." Lodgings at a Premium—Not a bed to be had— " My L o d g i ng is on the cold (coal) Ground"—Clown and Pantaloon go Down to Bed—" A Sweet Good Night to all." A SCENE OF CONFUSION (LAID IN BEDS). "To bed, to bed"—" 'Tis when to Sleep the World retires" —The Night Mare, which makes Clown a little hoarse —As Thick as Three in a bed—A Night Concert, which die -concerts the Lodgers—" We won't go home till morning"—Putting them on the Shelf—Natives and a Settler—The War Whoop, the War Dance, and a Warming•pan Accompaniment—Fire ! Fire! Fire The House in an Uproar—Speedy Exit of som e of the Lodgers, which finishes with " Confusion worse con founded." THE WEST END AND THE CITY. Foott'eyevern, Rl►ymaitket, and Samuel Brothers, Vulgate. THE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. CXCV., will be Published on Wednesday next. CONTENTS:— ... .. .- .. I. Table Talk. If. Reformatory Schools. 111. MenarAer. IV. Henry Fielding, V. Landscape Gardening. VI. The Neolo2y of the Cloisters. VII. The Zoological Gardens. VIII. Results and Prospects of the War. John Murray, Albemarle -street, Ai - ADA - ME JENNY GOLDSCHMIDT-LINO. EXET ETZ-lIALL—MENDELSSOIIN' ELIJAH. Mr. Mitchell respectfully announces that Mendelssohn's Oratorio of Elijah will be repeated at Exeter-Hall, on MONDAY EVENING, Jan. 21, 1856, in which Madame Goldsclunidt will sing the principal oprano part. The Chorus and Orchestra will consist of more than 600 pertbrrners. Conductor, M. Benedict. Prices of admission. Stalls (Numbered and Reserved), One Guinea ; linnreserved Scats (Body of the Hall), 10s. 6d. ; West Gal lery, 10s. 6d.; Area 'under IVest Gallery), 7s. *** The tickets will be approprioted according to the order of application ; no more will be issued than the room can conveniently accommodate. Doors open at Seven, to commence at Etght o'clock precisely. Correct Rooks of the Orotorios are given with the Tickets. Application for Tickets to be made at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. lir R. ALBERT SMI.Tik'S MONT BLANC, tv & TO-NIGHT, and every evening (except Slturday), at a o'clock, and Tuesday, Thursday, and , nturday Mornings at 3. Stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; gallery, Is. —Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. ARGYLL ROOMS.-LAURENT'S CASINO NOW OPEN for the winter sesson. Principal Cornet a Piston, M. Boulcourt.—Doors open at 8. Admission One Shilling. Laurent's new Varsovlana every night. MR. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO o f ODDITIES , Fifty Instantaneous Metamorphoses of Toles, Character, and Costume, concluding with an Impersonation of Mlle. Rachel, as Camille in Les Iloraces." Every evening, at S. In consequence of the great success that attended his two Morning Performances and the disappointment experienced by many families unable to obtain admission on those occasions, Mr. W. S. Woodin Is Induced to give Two Extra Morning Representations, to take place on Satur day next, Jan. 12, and Saturday, Jan. 19, at Two o'clock. Private boxes and stalls may be secured in advance. without extra charge. rulygraphic-hail, King William -street, Strand. D R. KAHN'S CELEBRATED ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 4, Coventry-street, Leicester square, open for gentlemen only (the rarity and completeness of whose contents have already acquired for it an European reputation. and obtained the warm commendations of the press, in this and other countries) is now open daily. A New Series of erigisal Speci mens and Models, embracing some most important and curious features, illustrative of the wonders and secrets of the human stric ture, has just been added to the •ollection, which now stands wholly unrivalled in the werld. Medical practitioners and students, and the public at large are invited to visit the Museum, where Lectures are delivered during the day; and a new and peculiarly interesting one is delivered by Dr. Kahn, at half-past eight o'clock every even ing, on the Reproductive Functions in Man. Admission, One Shilling. Just Published, price One Shilling, Free by Post (Gratis to Visitors to the Museum). a New Edition of Dr. Kahn's Treatise," THE SHOALS and QUICKSANDS of YOU CH," an Essay, specially intended to avert dangers to which the young and susceptible are peculiarly liable, and to arrest the progress of evil. OTTOMAN CLUB, 14, Regent-street, 31st December, 1855. At the General Meeting of the Members held this day, an explanation was given by the Proprietor of the position and future pro , pects of the Club, which was considered satisfactory. Certain alterations in the Rules of the Club were then proposed, and the Meeting was adjourned till the xlst of January next, at 3 o'clock. p.m., for the purpose of confirming them, it approved. By order of the Committee. C. A. Ctlll WOOD, Ron. see. LOAN. —The NEW RIVER COMPANY are prepared to receive TENDERS for SUMS of MONEY (raised under the provisions and requirements of their Acts of 1852 and 1554) on Bonds or not less than 5001., for three, flve, or seven years, at 44 per cent. interert, payable halt-yesrly. Further information may be obtained, if required, of the ander ■igned, at the New River Office, New River Head, Clerkenwell, be tween the hours of Ten and Four, to whom Tenders are to be addressed for the Directors. By orler. FRED. INGLIS, Clark. 7Few River Office, Nov. 39, 1855. IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. ritiEsEmAit.—On the 29th of May, 1855, an injunction was granted by the High Court of Chancery, and on the Ilth of June following was made perpetual, against Joseph ranklin and others, to restrain them, under a penalty of on• thou +and pounds, from indtatin; this Medicine, which Is protected by Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the iScole de Fh trmacie do Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TIESEAR, No. 1 's q remeoy for Relaxatio R n, Sner M matorrhces, , and all the distressing consequences arising from early abuse, &c., and its effects are effi cacious in youth, manhood, and old age ; and t^ those persons who arc prevented entering the married ,state from t e results of early errors it is Invaluable. aftectually, in the short spac IESEMAI of thre t e days, completely and entirely aradicates all traces of thoso Disorders which Capa.yi and Cubebs , uve so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health a vast portion of the population. . -- , No. , is the great Continenta l Remedy RIESEMAR for that class of Disorders, which unfortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the In evitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove. TRIESEMAR, Nc s 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell and of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet tail , without their ti.e being suspected. TRIM MAR, Nos. 1,2, and 3, are sold in tin cases, price Ils., er four cases in one for 31s , which saves I Is.; and In 51. cases, whereby there is a saving of U. 125.; divided into s Jparate doses, as adminis tered by Valpeau, Lailernand, Roux, Ste., Asc. To be had Wholesale and Retail in Londcn of Johnston, 68, CoMhlll ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger, 150, Ox ford-street ; R. 11. Ingham, druggist, 46, Market-street, Manchester ; H. Bradbury, bookseller, Deansgate, Bolton; J. Priestly, chemist, 52, Lord-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street, Dublin ; Wirtnali, bookseller, High-street, Rkmingkam. TJE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. i u st published, price is., illustrated with eases; free by post for 14 stamps, NERVOITS DEBILITY; Its Causes, Symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Sper natorrhcea, with Practical Observations on a safer and more successful mode of treatment of the diseases of the Generative System, obtained by the use of the Microscope in deteoting and listinguishing, by urinary examination, the real cause and effect of every variety of complaint, whether arising Prom solitary habits, excesses, accident, or climate, followed by practical remarks, founded on twenty years' esperience in the treatment of ImpnissanOei gervons Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrheaa. &c. To which ere added, Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre sautionary hints on the evils emanating from empirical practice, snd on the dang,erous remedies advocated by various writers OD these important disorder?. By SAMUEL LA'MERT 87, BEDFORD-SQUA IE, LONDON, D ctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin• burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society . Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &C., The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con eoluences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, 'hide have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man ,ood, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any ther class of disease known to modern pathologists. Its pernsal is iarticularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of raeir physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded the health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is entitled. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know, that there are trinciples of personal management which cannot be violated without ticurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom arid regret succeed he heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties nay be mitigated, hew the sting of their bitterness may be removed, tnd how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and above all, shat there is scarcely any degree of physical Infirmity or functional lerangement to which tho timely aid of science cannot apply a curs. £he Author ha, for a series of years been engaged in an extensive ;ractlce in the treatment of these delicate complaints, which have ortunately been too generally confided tt the osre of ignorant emoirics, who indict great i tinny on thoeo wLo are induced to place faith in theirpretensiorp. NERVOUS' DEBILIiTir way be had pries is, of Messrs. Sher wood and Co., 23, P2Lernce,or-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Leicester-squ.re; Alarm, 39, Corntdll; or free by post for 14 et Amps to any address from the Author's residenes, 17, Bed 'ord-square. At home for consultation daily from cleTen till two, aid from six tilleight. i M li S 11 le Pairy Queen Xarlequin . P411 4100T1 . nix Scene I. ''AV " ERNS OF THE GNOME BRITANNICUS IN SUBTERRANEANU SSIA. Ono adulterate 1113:426, bearinglnle:llB ( a a fi c n iv e se oldEnglish Gnome), one of resemblance to the " Old , fully answering to his co-Gnome-en ; a pure un h„,„ t' e a British Spirit, stronglyopposod to anything in the 1 6 ;; 1- :' foreign Wines, French Brandy, and great in his be ;il3‘cl:lll'l`iTr, 'llacey, Bee, and Boxing—Mr. John Neville. des Diablotines, by Mesdemoiselles E. Honey, ste t a s : ef f . k.r il li o n s g o t , o li n, en C • d l a e i v i e , land, Granville, Losh, Brown, Page, Martinez, Gosselin, Turtle, Ford, . Ranoe, and Clare ja ' E 4ta .nt G nomes—Plus Fire, Mr. Williams ; Phosphorus „reel; Irtr• Samuels • Candtscentington, Mr. A. Smith ; Match ublaxie's,ll4 Saunders ; Ignisfatty, Mr. P. .A. James ; Red- Jut!. . ; Cratervomit, Mr. Spindle , Torchlight, rlan,„,•• ; 13 Iazeton, Mr. Parkes ; Sulphurite, Mr. Topham ; — "g"rn, Mr. Paxman ; Gassington, Mr. B. Brown ; z Crater • ni:ttlomotrey,s;linkins • Hotspark, Mr. J. Jones; Illuminoso ; Nitreoank, Mr. Pratt. TPA Scone 11. 141cD'S END, CORN WALL, WITH THE CAR lo ; ore to OF THE DRAGONS.G ood H, OF familiar spirit, whose familiarity is con ,, the ve ry reverse of contempt. The prettiest page in vrhole volume of the Pantomime)—Miss Harriet Gordon Diorama—No. 1, THE. EMPEROR NAPOLEON '8 ARRIVAL IN LONDON, And his Hothusiastic Recoption. Diorama—No. 2. - QUEEN VICTORIA'S VISIT TO NAPOLEON'S TOMB, In the Hotel des Inv&lidos; at Paris. " And o'er that shrine the last Remembrance quench Of risdiee 'twixt the English and the French !" Scene 111. TE($ DECK OF " THE GRE AT HARRY," FOUR DECKER, 12 8 guns (the first English Man-of-War). The vessel lying alengaide the Quay at Dover, with TItE EMBARKATION OF HENRY THE EIGHTH. Herary the Eighth (a stout monarch, of middle age, residing soma time ago at No. 1, Westminster, whose idea was that It is impossible to have too much of a good thing, or a good king'. A good wife being a good thing, he thought that the More wives he had the better. Himself being a good king, Its decided that he could not mike too much of himself, and ke is accordingly made as extensive as possible in the person of his faithful representative)—Mr. Horry Pearson. „,,Pretty P o pp e t (P age t o Ki ng H enry Vlll . )—M as t er Sl oman. I hs Qneen of Eng,land—Mr. Jones. 1 4 aids of th e B e d c h am b er t o th e E ng li s h Q ueen —M es dll es. 7 c ' a e r Y cli ' nI w Pinky, Daisy, Pansy, and Lily. . olsey (a nautical gentleman much accustomed to ...Swim on bladders in seas of glory,") vide Shakesperc —Mr. Q. Villiers. Air Jasper Spritsail (commander of the Great Harry), a _e w ther-beaten seaman who—paradoxical as it may appear 'Will not all ow himself to be beaten by the weather, and hHrmaxim is " Needs must when the Old H arr y D r i ves " b. Stewart. kaere'w—Tra Bowline, Mr. Silver; Jack Halyards, Mr. Up ,r7 7. Ji m Foremast, Mr. P ar tin g t on; B o b H o l ys t one, M r. 34 ; Joe Sheetanchor, lir. T. B. Smith ; Davy Docks, "'eodfield; Ted Truuchion, Mr. Freby ; Tim Towrope, ! le erY"; Dick Longboat, lir. B arry; Pater Stanchion, i ms ; Bill Figurehead, Mr. Solomon ; Eal Hammock, • -tr arvey ; Charles Caboose, Mr. White ; Sam S a il c l o th, r. Mazzoni • N a t N or thp o l e ,, M r . F re d er i c ks ; Bill Bunt '46, Mx, Pa y n e. l'O Diorama—No. S. 'r A FROM ENGLAND TO FRANCE, with A STORM at SEA. Scee IT. Ta)P R ITERIOR OF THE n CHATEAU OF FRANCIS I. Between Guisnes and Ardennes. F, • )rjr ew i '` e ,,,1 3 I.- (Next door neighbour of the aforesaid Henry No. 1., Westminster, but who himself " didn't quite side in W estminster" for an obvious reason—" he lived t'other of the water.") A monarch of the same age as Henry, and'aearly of the same size ; joint author (with Henry VIII.) ONCE, plot of the gorgeous Drama, TE BELLE state ''E, now rep resen t e d f o r the first time in a compl e t e on the Theatre of European Politics. A monarch with Ituookecl nese (who, in consequence, always looks sharp)-- z' Shalders. We ', 4 ;e 9 .—Mesd emo i se ll es Fit z j era ld, B enne tt, St . Cl a i r, boor, Gaveston, E. Gaveston, Prince, &c., &c. lar te Sir e d e Firmboisy.—(Lord Grassi' Chamberlain to the en e h King) —;air. H. Caries. Queen of France. —Mr. Gough. Maids of the Bed-Chamber of the French Queen.—Mesdlem. Contrepoiut, Rideaufin, Oreillerine. Scene V. TRH FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD. Int roducing a Grand t as de Rosier°, by Miss Emma Horne. u Me wienaoiselles Hicks, E. Hon e y, G osse li n , Ratios, Kendall, Vrtieez, Rose, Arlington, Loch, Gregory, Turtle, Ford, "Wart, Page, Rouse, Brown, St. Clair, Granville, Wood- I tard, and Tressider. Bnalish Courtiers.—Norfolk, Mr. Robe. Suffolk, Mr. Ab. non, Buckingham, Mr. Jay. Rutland, Mr. Andrew's. Cam %land, Mr. Sphiix. Northumberland, Mr. Cox. Essex, Mr. d ates. Sussex, Mr. Thomas. ...French Courtiers.—Chateau Margealx, Mr. Thompson. ~"lateaux hafitto, Mr. Rivers. Bordeaux, Mr. Abby. St. Jul ti, Mr. Charles. St. Estafet, Mr. Reynolds, Bourgoyne, Mr. water's. De Chablis, Mr. Tower. De Champagne, Mr. Scott. CiftA.ND TOURNAMENT of the FIELD of the CLOTH of GOLD. (A tter Hilhion's oelebrated Picture in Hampton Court Palace.) Scene VI. GRAND CORRIDOR IN THE CHATEAU, p 'Leading te the Bed-chamber of the Monarchs. 511 r Fine N orman d y Imisies, Six Feet Two Inches in their Clogs. Seine VII. THE OUTSIDE OF BLONDETTE'S FARM. iliondette (a village Rosiere so purely innocent, that she 1 20 harm in having three lovers at a time, two of them being kings) —Miss Emma Horne. C oquelicot— a rustic youth, whose name being translated "d• " Spier's Dictionary") signifies " Poppy." He is, never the' °es, the reverse of Soporific, being particularly wide - " 1 ". (He Is one of the three lovers alluded to, who does bet happ en t o b e a k i ng, ai d ta k es hi s measures accordingly) `" - Mr. C. Brown. Scene VIII. The Abode of the Fairy Queen in THE GOLDEN GROVES OF GOOD HUMOUR. (Ily Mr. Wm. Beverley.) ___ . Miss E. Thorne. General Transformation, Mr. C. BROWN. W I. BARNES. (The Transatlantie Pantonshnist.) es o u n bi n . Miss EMMA HORNE, Clw n - The GREAT FLEXMORE A DULTERATION BUILDINGS, TURMERIC-ROW, "OPINION. "1. We aro of opinion that them is au implied condition on the part of the shipowner that the ship shall be sea worthy. "2. Ind that if the ship is not seaworthy, and the sea man refuses to go to sea in her on that ground, ho cannot be treated as a deserter, or punished under the enactment referred to. But the burden of proof will lie on the sea man; he must establish the unseaworthiness of the vessel. "3. If the seaman apprehended for desertion alleges the unseaworthiness of the ship in his defence, it will be the duty of the court which hears the case to examine into the question, as it would so on any other disputed question of fact that might arise before it; and it must dispose of the question ou such evidence as may be laid b e f ore it, b ear i ng i n mind, as we have before said, that the burden of proof is on the seaman. "I. We think that the seaman is justified in refusing to go to sea in tke ship on the ground of her unseaworthiness, Isuid may maintain an action to recover his effects if de tained. "5. On the authority of the case ' Priestly v. Fowles' (3 AL and \V., p. 1), we are of opinion that a seaman pro ceeding to sea in an unseaworthy ship, and sustaining in jury in consequence, could not maintain an action, and would be without a remedy against the owner. " 6. We are of opinion that there is an implied condi tion on the part of the owner that the ship shall be manned by a crew sufficient to navigate hor with reasonable safety, and that if she be not so manned the consequences will be the same as though the ship was unseaworthy. " J. D. HARDING. " A. E. COCKBURN. "RICHARD BETHELL." " THE MEMORIAL OF THE SEAMEN OF GREAT Bt.ITAIN TO HER MAJESTY. _ " To HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY QUERN. "May it please your Majesty to receive the humble com plaints of as loyal a body of subjects as there is to be found within your realms, and to listen to the prayer of the sea men of Great Britain. " Your memorialists have to complain, that of late years the course of legislation has been the indirect means of les sening security of life at sea. 1. By the excessive compe tition of British with foreign shipping. 2. By compelling owners of ships to employ masters or mates, in whom— although they may have certificates of competency—they have no faith as good seamen. 3. By destroying the nationality of a ship's crew, and thus permitting an unli. mited employment of enfeebled Lascars and foreigners euti.r the British flag, speaking various languages, and rendering discipline not easy of accomplishment, and the word of command more difficult to be understood. Your memo rialists, in part confirmation of what is here advanced, would direct your Majesty's attention to the Register of Wrecks' published by the Lords Commissioners of the Ad miralty, by which it will be seen that the wrecks and casualties on the shores of the United Kingdom were, in Wrecks. Loss of Life. 1853 1851 , showing an increase in the loss of ships, 153; and in the sacrifice of life, of 832 persons. " Youronemorialists, from the dangers always attending the navigation of the seas, from tempests and those unfore seen calamities over which man has no control, do not ex pect from the hands of legislators any impossibilities ; they pursue a dangerous calling, and bow with submission to the acts of God, but they humbly ask the intercession of your Majesty against their being compelled to sail in an nnse morally vessel. The law h o ld s th em to the i r agree ment after having signed articles to serve in a ship, and in several recent instances crews of ships have been taken before a magistrate for refusing to go to sea in vessels in an unfit state to encounter the perils of the ocean, and sent to prison for periods from a month to three months, with hard labour, under the plea of disobedience of orders or desertion. The attempt to lay their grievances before ono of your Majesty's justice 3 of peace has been construed into desertion; and several of the class to which your memo rialists belong have, as we conceive, been most unjustly punished. " Your memorialists, therefore, humbly pray that your most gracious Majesty will use your high prerogative, and shield them from the maladministration of the law. That prove by many rep or t s of trials ; but they will the law is unjust or corruptly admi n i s t ere d your memori one. In the latter end of A pr il t h e b r i g R ac h e l o a i l s y t s t a e n was loaded for sea in the River Tyne. The vessel was leaky, and, according to ther judgment of the crew, unfit to I proceed on her voyage. nc crew protested against going to sea in the vessel ; but, under threat of 12 weeks' impri sonment, they consented to leave port. Four days after the said brig foundered at sea from leak age, an d t h e crew were saved with difficulty, having lost all their clothes and bedding. They applied to the Lords Committee of PI ivy Council for Trade, to ascertain whether the Merchant Sea men's Act gave them any remedy for the loss of their pro perty. My lords referred them to a court of common law. They carried their case to the Newcastle Assizes, and were non_ 'tett on the 3d of August, thus establishing the foot that British seamen are compelled to sa il i n a n unsea worthy vessel ; and they have no re d ress at common law for they may in cons equence sustain. any ty- injury " Your memorialists would further direct your Ma jesty's attention to a comparison of the law in England and the United States. William Robertson, a seaman, summoned the master of the brig Active before the ma gistrates at Hartlepool on the 18th of July. The master knocked the said seaman down several times, shook him then kicked him down the hatch, an d i t was only from t h e e v r i y ole o n f dashedtly, nrder, h ' and hdtehad interferenceerepeatedlyagainst the windlass, of the mate that in all probability his life was saved. After this brutal treat ment, Robertson was landed at Christi a nsa n d f or me di ca l advice. Under bodily fear of the master he was frightened ( to make a complaint, lest he should be sent on board the vessel again r ' s J o the ci Conversati on u estions lvere put to him by the Bri tish Consul, r:between the m as t er an d the consul was carried on in the Norwegian langnage, not understood by the seaman. The wages due up to the period of discharge were paid, and the seaman left to find his way to England at his own expense. This case was dismissed by the justice of the peace, J. P. Denton, E sq . ( a s hi p . owner), after consultation with the clerk of the court, also a shipowner. Had this case happened on board a vessel of the United States, the following consular laws would have been enforced : " Section 15. And be it further enacted, that no consul or commercial agent of the United St a t es s h a ll d ischarge any the Pay men t o f th e two months ' is entitled under th e prov i s i ons of mariner, being a citizen of the U n i te d St a t es, in a foreign requiring marin er l g Bo3 unless upon due in ves ti ga ti on into ma riner have jointly applied for such discharge, an d on a pwoartgthe the h witho uttaeoc circumstances whichof Feb.r e e ag under whi c h th e master and i private examination of such mariner by the consul or com mercial agent, separate and apart from all officers of the vessel, the consul or commercial agent shall be satisfied that it is for the interest and welfare of such mariner to be so discharged ; nor shall any consul or commercial agent discharge any mariner as aforesaid without requiring the fall amount of three months' wages, as previded by the above/named act, unless under such circumstan ces as w ill , in his judgment, secure the United States from all liability to expense ou account of such mariner. " ' Section 18. And in any action brought by a mariner to recover the extra wages to which he is entitled under the act of February 28, 1803,the defence that th e p aymen t of such a ages was duly remitted shall not be su s t a i ne d without the production of the certificate in such case re quired by this act, or, when its non-production is accounted for, by the production of a certified copy thereof, and the truth of the facts certified to, and the propriety of the re mission shall be still open to investigation.' " Considering that the vessels of the United States are gradually appropriating to their flag the trade between England and America, and have monopolised the South Sea whale fishery, and that there is a large exodus of sea men from this country to the United States, your memo rialists cannot believe that it is to the interest of the na tion that British seamen should be so oppressed by class legislation, and treated better under the United States flag than on board British vessels. " Your memorialists have seen the want of prescience exhibited by, your advisers in the, conduct of the war, and pray that more fatal experience may not be demonstrated from other quarters, Those proud armaments, now so "The frequent occurrence of commitments under the Mer chant Seamen's Act in this and other seaport towns has led me to bring the subject under the notice of the Secretary of State in a special report, from a feeling that the adminis• tration of the law affecting merchant seamen is attended with an amount of hardship to that class of persons not contemplated by the Legislature. " A very large number of merchant seamen are com mitted summarily to the prisons of seaport towns for re fusing to proceed to sea after having signed articles of agreement., the ground. of their refusal being, as stated above, the alleged unseaworthiness of their ships, or the insufficient complement of ' able seamen' among their crew. The first of these objections is in many cases noto riously well founded, more especially at the present time, when the great and sudden increase of trade to the Aus tralian colonies and elsewhere has led to many ships being taken up for services, to the requirements of which they are quite unequal. With reference to the last ground of complaint on the part of the seamen, I am credibly in formed that such is now the facility of finding persons anxious to work their passage to the several colonies that a much greater proportion of these inexperienced persons than formerly are infused into the crews of most of the merchant ships, and that much danger is thereby incurred to the ships, and much increase of labour to the able sea men results, especially in the first weeks of the voyage, from the total inexperience of their shipmates. Whether the circumstances here alluded to may throw any light upon any of the numerous mischances that have occurred of late to merchant ships I am not qualified to judge ; but I have the hest reason to know that the prisons of several seaport towns in my district are continually supplied with seamen committed under the circumstances referred to ; the good character of many of whom, obtained both in the navy and merchant service, leads to the strongest pre sumptions in their favour. Persons well acquainted with the character and habits of sailors find it difficult to be lieve that men who have served many years with credit in the navy and elsewhere would be likely to sacrifice all the good opinion they have gained by inventing stories of inse curity of ships which, being in harbour at the time, might easily be inspected by a surveyor on the part of the owner or agents, to the immediate confusion of such tales. Another circumstance which strongly contradicts the presumption of an evil design on the part of the sailorsis, that they generally leave behind them property fa.r.exceedino• . in value the ad vance of wages which have been m a d e t o them ; and one case has lately come to my knowledge where a carpenter has preferred the loss of it chest of tools, of the value of 301., to the risk of losing his life by sailing a second time in a ship which had put into port on account of its un seaworthiness. " The above remarks apply to all prisons with which I am acquainted in seaport towns; but in the c%so of that which forms the subject of this report a peculiar hardship is inflicted on the prisoners by the closeness of confine ment and the very defective accommodations." TEE SURREY GARDENS. The Surrey Zoological Gardens are about to lose their zoological speciality, and to appeal to public patronage on grounds more accordant with the present taste of th• pleasure-seeking public. The enterprising proprietor, Mr. Tyler, has lung been a successful caterer for popular amusement in his individual capacity, but now having de termined to eepeud and alter his annual programme to an extent entirely beyond individual means, bast vitiated a joint-stock company, with a capital of 40,0001., under whose auspices the attractions of the gardens are to be carried on on a scale of magnitude such as has never (ex. cept in the case of the Crystal Palace) been attempted in this country. The project is, according to the prospec tus, which has appeared in our advertising columns, to erect on the site of the well known rotundo, within which lions and tigers have so long been discoursing most elo quent, if not sweet, music, a gigantic music hall, to be constructed principally of the now popular materials, glass and iron, and to be capable of accommodating an average audience of 10,000 persons. The elevation of the proposed building is exceedingly handsome, and toe ground plan comprehends a monster orchestra, over which M. Jullien will reign supreme, and have an oppor tunity of carrying out to its fullest extent his excellent notion of making the beet music familiar to the great body of the people. In addition to this, every exertion will be made to diversify the out-door amusements of the gardens, to which visitors will be attracted by the cer tainty that, in case of any sudden shower, ample shelter will be found for their whole number within the capa cious area of the music ball. In order to bring all these facts prominently before the inhabitants of Newington and IValwortle, and the public generally, Mr. Tyler convened a meeting of his friends and neighbours, at the Lecture-hall of the Walwortla Institution, yester day evening, being also anxious to obtain their testimony as to the mode in which the gardens had been conducted for the last quarter of a ceutury under his managerneat. Tile hall was exceedingly well filled with some of the oldest and most respectable inhabitants of the two pa rishes, and the most lively interest was exhibited by all present as to the probabilities of Mr. Tyler's success in his new undertaking. In the course of a brief address, Mr. TYLER reminded his auditory, that the gardens, in their first commence ment, were the residuary legatees of the Tower and Exeter 'Change, with respect to the " Lions of L,ndon." A. very short experience, however, proved that the won ders of zoology wore not sufficient as a permanent attrac tion, as even the second live giraffe ever seen in this country, although brought over at an enormous expense, failed to draw before the end of the first season. Besides, the gardens in the Regent's-park sprang up, and they being more the hobby of a learned society than a com mercial speculation, and, moreover, being the constant recipients of presents of animals from crowned heads, ambassadors, and other notabilities, had advantages against which it was in vain for any individual speculation to contend. It should also be recollected that animals when losing their attraction did not lose their appetites, but ate with the same gusto whether they had full houses, or growled to empty benches. The first experiment in the way of variety was the introduction of the immense picture and the fireworks, both of which bad been emi nently successful, and both of which attractions it was intended to retain. But, in addition, and as a substitute for the zoological collection, it was intended to consult the prevailing taste for first-class music, by the erection of a vast music hall, capable of accommodating 10,000 persons, and in which, under the popular baton of M. Jullien, the very highest and most classical works would be performed by the best vocalists that money could secure, and a baud worthy of the task, at a price, too, throwing open this elevating and civilising pleasure to all classes of the commu nity. To do full justice to such a project capital would be necessary to an extent beyond individual means, and in order to provide it a company had been formed under the Limited Liabilities Act, he (Mr. Tyler) con tinuing his services as managing director. With respect to the financial part of the question, it was proposed to raise a capital of 40,0001. in shares of 101. each, with limited liability, but of this 24,0001. had been already allotted, amongst the present proprietors and the ma naging committee, so that all that would be required from the general public would be the absorption of shares to the amount of the remaining 16,0001. In conclusion, Mr. Tyler observed that his name did not appear in the prospectus as managing director, because the managing committee thought it only fair that the selection of officers should be left to the shareholders when the company was fully formed. At the conclusion of Mr. Tyler's observations, which appeared to give general satisfaction, Mr. AMBROSE BOYSON, a magistrate of the county, rose to move a resolution approving of the establish ment of all public gardens and places of innocent re creation for the people, but in the first place wished to be satisfied on three points. First, whether the proposed company were to be on the limited liability. principle ; second, whether dancing was to be included in the pro. gramme ; and thirdly, whether masked balls and amuse ments of that character were even occasionally to be tolerated. His support, he added, would be contingent on his receiving an answer in the negative to the two latter questions. With respect to the first, he was referred to the pro spectus, in which " limited liability" was distinctly set out, and on the other two points was assured that neither dancing nor occasional masked balls formed any portion of the proposed entertainments. Mr. BOYSON being thus satisfied, proposed his resolu ,' tics's, at the same time bearing the strongest testimony • to the admirable wanner in which Mr, T•yler had con- GLASGOW, WEDNESDAT EVENING. Yesterday the magnificent iron paddle steam-ship Persia, which has just been completed by Messrs. Rob. Napier and Sons, for the Cunard Company, made her first trip in sea water, subsequent to the adjustment of her compasses, by running some 20 miles down the Frith of Clyde, and returning in the afternoon to the "Tail of the Bank," opposite Greenock. With from 201 b. to glib. of pressure upon the square inch she sadly made 18i statute miles an hour, while the paddles gave 17i 1 to 18 revolutions in the minute. This day, however, was reserved for the formal trial or pleasure trip, and at the same time for the final departure of the ship from the Clyde for the Mersey, whence she departs for New York on the 26th current. The Messrs. Burns of this city, the resident and principal shareholders in the Cu nard Company, had invited a distinguished party to en joy the occ talon, and at half-past 8 they left by special train for Greenock, whence they were carried to the Persia in a tender, where they met with a cordial re ception from Captair. Judkins, the future commander of the ship. The party on board mustered 220 ladies and gentlemen, including peers, Glasgow merchants, country gentlemen, Crimean heroes, &c. The day was surpass ingly lovely. The sun speedily brushed away the morn ing frost, and shone out with unclouded splendour, while there was scarcely a ripple on the sea. The ship speedily proceeded on her way, and stretched down under easy steam a few miles past the Cumbrae Lighthouse. With only 15 pounds of pressure and 164 revolutions she made the distance between Cloch and Cumbrae, the usual testing ground on the Clyde, in 58 minutes, a distance of 15 But this day's trip Will not by any means intended for a trial of speed, being in every sense of the word a pleasure sail ; and an opportunity for test ing the real powers o' the ship being reserved for the passage to Liverpool, for which she was to sail on re turning with the party. It is enough to say that the performances of the Persia on the Clyde excited the ad miration of all. The Persia, as we have said, is built of iron, and her engines are constructed by Messrs. Robert Napier and Sons. She was launched in the Clyde on the 3d of July last, and the intervening period has been fully occupied in laying her machinery, and fitting her out as the most magnificent floating hotel and goods transport that has ever breasted the waters. This, as we have said, is the largest steamship afloat in the world—far exceeding in length, strength, tonnage, and steam power the Great Britain or the Himalaya, and exceeding also by no less than 1,200 tons the in ternal capacity of the largest of the present splendid Cunard liners. Her chief proportions may be summed up as follows : Length from figurehead to taffrail 3 9 .1 feet. Length in th 9 water .. Breadth of the hull Breadth over all . Depth Burden Diameter of paddlewheels 32 „ ... 3,600 tone. 40 foot. According to the strict Government rule of admeasuro ment, her power is equal to that of 900 horses ; accord ing to the plan laid down in the Earl of Hardwicke's hill, her power ij equal to that of 200 horses ; and according to James Watt's old established rule of 33,0001 b. to the harFe, she is expected to work up to the pitch of between 4,0011 and 5,000 horses. Stupen lees as the Persia is, the lines of beauty have been so well worked out in the preparation of her model that her appearance is singularly graceful and lightsome. Yet this mighty fabric, so beautiful as a whole, is made up of innumerable pieces of ponderous metal, welded, jointed, ai,d rivetted into each other with exceeding deftness. The framing of the ship is very heavy. The space between each frame is only 10 inches, and the powerful frames or ribs aro themselves 10 inches deep, with double angle irons at the outer and inner edges. The bow is constructed in a manner at once peculiar and af fording the greatest possible strength to this important part of the ship. The framing is so placed to the stern, that the effect, is that, in the case of collision with other ships, or with rocks or icebergs, the strain would fall on the very strongest material within the structure, and the Persia would have a good chance of safety and successful resistance while ordinary vessels would indeed be in great peril. She is not clinker-built, as some ships have been c instructed of late. The plates or outer planking of the ship, so to speak, are laid alternately, so that one adds strength to the other, and they form a whole of won derful compactness and solidity. The keel plates are 11-16 the of an inch in thickness; at the bottom of the ship the plates ere 15 10ths of an inch in thickness ; from this section to the load water-line they area of an inch ; and above this they are 11-16ths of an inch in thickness. The plates round the gunwale are iths of an inch in thickness. The nrsi I has seven water-tight compartments, Ti,e goods are to be stowed in two of these divisions,"eac't :bout 90 feet long, by 16 in breadth, and 20 ft. in ;ht. These goods' stores, or rather tanks, are placed in the centre line of the ship, with the coal cellars or barkers on each side of them. At the same time, the vessel is so constructed as to have in reality a double bottom under these goods' chambers, se that if the outer woe beat in or injured, the inner would, in all likelihoml, protect the cargo dry and intact. The chambers are per tectly water-tight ; and in the event of accident to the hull these tanks would of themselves float the ship. The liner has two engines, and eight large tubular boilers and two funnels ; and we need only speak of her machinery in general, which is all ready, as being first-class. The firing space for the boilers is placed in the fore and aft line, instead of across the ship, as is usually the case with smaller vessels. She has separate sleeping accommodation for 260 pas sengers, disposed along what may be called the main deck, lying immediately above the goods and coal stores. These cabins have each 3 feet 6 inches of head-room, and, coupled with the excellent system of ventilation in troduced into all the Cunard liners, we need scarcely say that they will be alike pleasant, airy, and healthful. Exclusive of the wholesome accommodation for the offi cers and engineers, there are in the forward part of the ship about 120 berths for the sailing crew, firemen, and stokers. The total number of persons employed in work ing the ship, from the captain downwards, is 150. Above the main deck there is a deck-house covered the roof of which affords a promenade from stem to stern. It contains the main dining saloon, about 60 ft. in length, by 20 ft. in width, and 8 ft. in height. It is copiously lighted from the sides by plates of glass placed .in the alternate panels. In front is that important adjunct, the pantry, which has about 300 square feet of area ; and before the funnels is the kitchen, of equal size, with its cooking raises, exceeding most and equal ling any of the culinary establishments of the most ex tensive and noted hotels in the kingdom. But we have not space to enter further into detail than to say that on this deck and below it are also to be found the bakery, the butcher's shambles, the scullery, the cowhonse, the carpenter's workshop, the lamphouse, the doctor's shop, the icehouses, the bathrooms, and no fewer than 20 waterelosets. The weight of the iron in the Persia, when launched, was 2,200 tons. When the engines are on board, and fully lo.ided, the weight of the immense mass will be 5,400 tons, at which time she will draw 23 feet of water. Her coal cellars are constructed to receive 1,400 tone of coal—an ample supply to carry her on her voyage across the Atlantic as fast as she can burn them. She h as a l so acco mmodation for about 1,200 tons' measurement of goods. This may be considered small when the extra ordinary capacity of the Persia is considered ; but it must be remembered that her main design is that of a floating hotel, and that the goods of the liners of Messrs. Burns are principally those by which the manufacturing inge• nuity and refinement of the East minister to the comfort and luxury of the West. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 10. The large new iron paddle-wheel steamer Persia, re cently built at the yard of Messrs. Napier, Glasgow, for the Royal British and North American Mail Company, and which left th e Cl y d e yes t er d ay , arr i ve d a t thi s p or t this morning, and was immediately taken into the Hus kisson-dock, where her graceful lines and noble propor tions were ranch admired. The Persia left the Cloch lighthouse yesterday (Wed nesday) afternoon at 4.56 ; reached Cumbraes, a distance of 14 miles, in one hour and one minute; the Pladda, south of Arran, 6.54 ; Ailsa Craig, 7.36 ; Corsewall Point, 8.40 ; Mull of Galloway, 10.12 ; Point of Ayre, Isle of Man, 11.45 ; Bell Buoy, this morning, 3.40. The total passage, a distance of 175 knots, or 203 miles, was thus run in 10 hours and 43 minutes, making an 1 average of speed 16 knots, or 19 miles, an hoar. BANKERS' CLERKS.—Among the several backing firma who have presented to their clerks 1,000/, for dis tribution since the commencement of the new year are— Messrs. Heywood and Co., London ; Messrs. Heywood and Co., Manchester ; Messrs. Prescott and Co., Messrs. Elankey and Co., and the London and Westminster Bank. In addition to these gifts, it is understood ad vanced salaries have in some cases been granted. Regarded from our point of view, the 'terms ap pear sufficiently reasonable and moderate, and couched in language studiously measured, so as to give the least possible offence to the suspectibility of our antagonists. When we consider the objects for which we most unwillingly took up arms, we can hardly imagine that Russia herself can expect that we should be content with a less extensive basis of negotiation, unless, indeed, the fortune of war had declared decidedly against us. It is diffi cult to put ourselves in the position of our enemies, and clearly to represent to our minds with what feelings a patriotic Russian must regard such an offer, though even he, we should suppose, must el that in the demand of such terms there is nothing either arrogant or presutap tuous. No one can suppose, we should think, that after what has occurred the Allied Sovereigns could leave the Danubian Principali ties iu their present disjointed and disorganised condition. They must be governed, and governed by a Power in no respect subject to Russian in fluence, if they are not to become again in a few years once more the Belgium of the East of Europe, the battle-field on which the advance of Russia is to be checked, as that of Louis XIT. was on the plains of Flanders. Neither can it be expected that the Allies should leave it in the power of Ras aia again to place a ligature on the main artery of Germany by blocking up the Sulina mouth of the Danube, and thus cutting off the principal line of communication between the East and the West. Nor is it conceivable how this is to happen without requiring the surrender of those fortresses and that territory which gave Russia the command of th© river from the embouchere of the Pruth to the sea. The complete neutralisation of the Black Sea would also seem the easiest and least offensive mode of putting an end to Russian domination in those waters. Limitation carries with it the notion of the continual pressure of a superior force, and counterpoise is but a thin veil thrown over a con tinued state of hostility ; but the mutual agree ment to emancipate the Black Sea for ever from the presence of hostile fleets, to forbear from the erection of fortifications, and to admit the Consuls of the Allied Powers into Russian ports is, we should imagine, less offensive and less galling to the pride of our enemy than any other manner in which the inevitable curtailment of her aggressive powers can be effected. While the matter is yet uncertain we challenge the advocates of Russia or of peace to show that we ask anything to which we are not well entitled, or abuse the powers which a series of brilliant suc cesses has placed in our hands. The very mode ration of these terms makes them the fairest test of the real dispositions of Russia. If she be content to live, as other Powers live, in peace and good. will with all mankind, improving her vast territory, and seeking in the pursuits of peace and commerce an indemnification for a century and a half of end less war and conflict, she will accept the opportu nity to escape from a struggle from which the calm judgment of her statesmen and warriors must assure her she has nothing to expect of glory or success, while, if she still cherishes the wild dreams of her traditionary ambition, she will yet tempt once more the fortune of arms. We could not desire matters to be brought to a fairer issue. Peace must not be made while Russia pos sesses both the will and the power to injure us. We are content to make peace if she possess the power without the will, or else forced to continue the war until she no longer possesses the power. We are unwilling at such a moment to assume a vaunt ing or a threatening tone in speaking of what wo have achieved and what may be looked for in the next campaign. We hardly venture to expect that Russia will give her unqualified acquiescence to the terms proposed, but anticipate a counter proposition, dexterously framed, so as, if possible, to disunite the Allies, fling Austria back into her former inaction, and introduce discord into the counsels of France and England. We have said that these terms are moderate, and in no respect to go beyond that which, in the most modest view of our own position, we have a right to demand. Should, then, the answer of Russia amount to a direct repudiation of any substantial part of the terms offered by the Allies, the course of honour and interest is clear. They are bound to pro.eid vigorously with the war, and try what effect an other year's operations may have in changing the counsels of the enemy. Should, on the other hand, the answer amount substantially to " Ye =," we are convinced that no idle punctilio, no adhe sion to a formal and verbal consistency, will stand in the way of mutual agreement. The set tlement; if settlement there is t ) le, moat be prompt and definite. We cannot afford t) repeat in this year the diplomatic, any more chin the military and naval miAtakes, of th , i last, • and do not intend to be tricked in council out of terms which we believe ourselves able to win in the field. For the event, notwithstanding Mr. Cobden, we have no fear. We may not indeed b able to pene trate to Moscow, or even b St. Petersburg. We may not feel ourselves in a position to plunge armies into the vast wilderness, like Charles XII. or Napoleon, but the process of exhaustion is surely and steadily going on. Men, money, com merce, means of transport, arms, ammunition, manufactures, and agriculture being gradually ex hausted—an exhaustion which can hardly be pressed beyond a certain point without bursting the bonds of military subjection which hold the mighty mass of Russian domination together. If the fear of the sword be once removed the manumission of the serfs must follow, and, with it, the destruction of the territorial aristocracy, and a disintegration and disruption of the mighty mass which the sword alone has held together. If Russia has yet a des tiny, if she is to be a principal agent in the annals of the times that are yet to come, she will seize the present moment of making peace ; if she be des tined to expiate her ambition and aggression by adherepremature t revolution a n decay, to d which she she w is l a l t doggedly present committed. CORONERS AND JURIES. On Wednesday a coroner's inquest was held at the Wellington Quay, near Newcastle-on-Tyne, on the body of T. Phillips, a blacksmith. It appeared that for the pur pose of carrying clay, &c., to the Hay Hole Docks, now being formed, the contractor had laid down a temporary incline railway, which took up a portion of an old footpatb. For some distance it was protected by a paling, but not where deceased met his death. From the clay, &c., fall ing from the waggons, the remaining part of the foot path was in a very dirty state, so that the numerous workmen from lthe ship yards in the neighbourhood fro. quently walked on the line in preference to tke foot path, when they were going home of an evening. On the 18th of December deceased, while thus walking on the line, was killed by some ballast waggons, which that evening were running later than usual. The coroner (Stephen Reed, Esq.) recommended the jury to return an open verdict, which would leave it free to the widow to proceed under Lord Campell's Act against the contractor, and also enable an indictment for nuisance to be preferred, en account of the encroachment on the foot path. A very strong feeling, however, was expressed on these points by the jury, who contended that the de ceased had as much right on the path as the c ontractor, and ultimately they returned a verdict of " Homicide, ing caused the by publicth e ofwilfulther ancient neglect t c o n path.tra t o T r hien coroner refused to record the verdict, as being contrary to the evidence. The jury, however, said they were unanimous, and they positively refused to give any other verdict. Afterwards r o s o m m t e h , e stating t . tie T hy h ec a o d r d o n i s e c r h a s r a g i d e , d a t s hei r d they duty, not given a verdict which he could accept, be could not allow their fees ; and added, that he Should justify the course he had taken before the county magistrate, by whom he was appointed. EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCT IN COVENT GARDEN THEATRE,—On Wednesday evening, during the perform ances of the Wizard of the North at Covent•garden Theatre, a w ell-dressed luau suddenly stood up in the balcony of the boxes, having a pistol in his hand, which he appeared to be about to raise, when his sem was seized by a gentleman who tat next to his. in alter cation and scuffle ensued between several occupants of the balcony and the individual who had behaved so strangely, and great alarm and excitement were created in the theatre. The lunatic, for such he seemed, was compelled to resign the pistol, and Mr. Anderson, the lessee, caused him to be placed in the hand of the polio., who removed him from the theatre.