The Sun. — London, England, 1856-02-11 00:00:00

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[, 221-- Mining,' ord and 3 years, )•park mr,adep rife of N. 8., I Cas sis A. obert, Sarah, 11)0°1- eorgo road; ;ent'r• s-inn, con(1 • Col- haw, 31aes .?r, of 112, f - 1 of frO C*4-- WESTERN • BANK Or LONDON.- The Directors lareby give notice that the Allotment of the Shares was this clay completed. If. LYTTO,N BULWER, Chairman. Temporary Offices, 4,•Whitehall, Feb. 9th, 1556. ALLIANCE (FRANCE and ENGLAND) BANK. (Caisse de rAlliance Anglo-Fran t`o Z , Societe en Commandite, in Paris, with liability limited ~ ,e, a monnt of Shares, and to be formed hereafcer into a ciete Anonyine) : established for the transaction of busi ne,B at and between Paris, London, and Constantinop!c. Capital, 800,000/. in shares of 20/. each. COUNCIL. 4 . Allen, Esq. (Messrs. Allen, .Duffel, and Co., Calcutta), Lond on 481 3to • • eur Francois Blanc, Paris. .... C aptain A. S. Bolton (late 31st Regiment), London. Xessieur Justinieu Clary (member of the Corps Legislatif), Pari s . „ e . • • ieur Casimar Crespin, merchant, Constantinople. I,"si Atr Evrard de St. Jean, Intendant Militaire, Paris. ii i ( msieur E. Jauffret, Pass' , near Paris. Ai eh ard Hartley Kennedy, Esq., Sheriff of London. ii!ezetader Miller, Esq., Ashford-house, Middlesex. Nieol, Esq. (Messrs. Nicol, Duckworth, and Co., Liver -1114°0), Eceleston-square, London. t r , l ,,,, l lßougemont, Esq , merchant, London. trim A. Ros e , Esq., Sheriff of London. t ci r°4 E. Seilliere, Paris. gar Smith, Esq., solicitor, Paris. Bankers—The - Union Bank of Loudon, London. I°"rs -- -Messrs. Hope and DodgsOn, ,r 2G, Royal Exchange, 'lnd " ; A. A. Hoghton, E q,, Angel-court,Throgmorton- Ber •ett street. l ers—Messrs. Swift and Wagstaff, Great George-street, F34 % ,„ 1 , Westminster. — ung counsel—J. 11. Lloyd, Esq., King's Bench-walk, Temple. Secretary—Edward Geach, Esq. Offices (pro tern.), 31, Threadneedle-street. oh 4h e general soundness of commercial credit subsisting f . r d e . ligh the adverse circumstances of the war and high rates r at; is eennt renders the investment of money in banking ope le.& peculi ar ly rem unerative and safe at the present mo at?' increase of commercial intercourse between England ties France, the continual remittances of money and secnri i between Paris and London, the variations in therates of "terest and the rates of exchange. must tend materially to t a'll4 "t the profits of a Bank which would undertake the ran saction of such business between the two countries. "lents increase of exports to Turkey, and the deve 'o'l,„ given to trade in that country by recent events, e it, i - Yedirith the high rates of local interest, and the great ett e ‘nation s in the value of English money there, render the 4, ll 4b lishrnent of a Branch Bank atConstantinople, under pru ,,_ eroli_, and secure management, a most important element of thOThe table success. Principles of English joint-stock ' banking have been tip..l"gbly tested for more than twenty years, and from re , - pr.Srecently published it appears that the shares of thnfour of I n fi el ,,Pal banks of this class have risen in value to premiums t w „" to 225 per cent., and have paid dividends varying from ` l3 " nnwards of 20 per cent. v e u 'ler the control and special protection of the French Go ada the Alliance (France and. England) Bank „, ,Fembine, with thegreat advantages thus offered, a !strict I, l)ne ation of the sound principles of the above mentioned and will supply a want which had been long b e fe a l ? f i l il b o is an g k en s erally admitted. At the same time it will not L with any of the existing banking esta et tents in London, where its business will be strictly that "'gene 3% co,,D e nsible managers and agents of high respectability , well „ er sant with international business and banking, have patlecured for Paris, Loudon, and Constantinople. e Shares will be of 201. each, payable to bearer, and with ,nnY further liability. ar :uder the French law of limited liability, the shareholders rr il h . ot required to sign any deed of settlement. kith: -pital of 800.0001. will not be increased without the iti s attY of a general meeting of the shareholders. It will be tett e -4i n separate series of shares, and the holders of the first ig ke s s lvill have a preferential pro rata right to the succeeding adtlqications for shares may be made in the annexed form, It o . eased to the brokers, Messrs. Hope and Dodgson, 26, 44.1 Exchange, London ; and A. A. Hoghton, Esq., 12, tact sL „ e "rt, Throgmorton-street ; or to Edward Geach, Ifia` e retaiT, 31, Threadneedle-street ; but no application Pli e d e ntertained unless a deposit of 1/. for each share ap don, t h e be previously made with the Union Bank of Lon etn.- bankers of the Company. This deposit will be am fled in the event of the application not being acceded to; de h „ l '. an allotment be made it will be applied towards the •-vait in per share, which will be then payable. T Q th FORM OF APPLICATION FOR EIIARES. Ge COuricil of the Alliance (France and England) Bank. eachet!tiesien—l request you to allot me shares of 20/. hTly b in 'hiS Bank, and I hereby agree to accept the same or deposit number which may be allotted to me, and to pay the . Itre h;„ f 5 /. per share allotted ; and in the event of my fail- Itith r hereby agree to forfeit the deposit . now made noel bankers of the Company, and I authorise you to the allotment. Name Profession of business Address Date TREATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. Lessee for the Christmas Pantomime, Mr. J. H. ANDERSON. EXTENSION OF THE SEASON. I Postponement of Mr. Anderson's Benefit. talue nse Success of Rob Roy and Black-eyed Susan.—Novel ties in Preparation. as snrning the management at Christmas last of the enlfest theatre in London, Professor Anderson pledged him sibset!stile public to produce the most gorgeous, and, if pos. oQt . b est s pantomime of the season. Efficiently to carry avail at pledge he determined to • spare no cost, nor fail to k fr thhnself of whatever talent he could discover and corn -"t. His arrangements were made fora period of six weeks, e. 0 „ . 1 which term he did not expect the pantomime to run. En- Lzuterin g many difficulties in producing a pantomime at a sOle where none had been for years—where nearly all the hi bw,4_ arY had to be constructed and every " property" to be 7 — The Belle Alliance, or The Field of the Cloth of Gold, 1, 414 Placed on the stage at an outlay of nearly 7,000/., and at once r ecogn ised 'by the press and by the public as Ss;,,g worthy of the house at whic it was presented and the pinedented expenditure incurre h din its production. Its sent laxity has increased at every representation. At the pre , clement, after a run of 49 nights, between 2,000 and iseZnersons pay nightly at the doors to witness its grotesque 64 4 su e, its go rgeous a pp o i n tments, and its magnificent The operatic drama of Rob Roy, and the ever- Lar melodrama of Black-eyed Susan, produced, as they Isi ra . ue t ell, at a cost ai lavish as that bestowed on the panto- Wait s ' H ave achieved an equal amount of success. Within the es .0 C ovent-garden larger audiences are assembled every , suit, ail* • than in - any other theatre of Europe ; while the %to:liable character of the attendance, and the applause be la's:4 On the performances, ratify the fulfilment of the pro ;fllade by the lessee at the commencement of the season, ers ai ; t rant his indulging in self-congratulation at havinv a. triumph in the way of successful mana g ement. Unanr las zi these circumstances he has bad no hesitation in ar hafting With the directors of the theatre for its occupancy 0 14 , 1 ' Is requi re d f or the purposes of the Royal Italian tits 4 , at th e commencement of the next London season. The ilik 4 : l ° ll of his lease has been most courteously accorded to ' 1 04 14 increased facilities granted for producing various will 4 ". The pantomime, on account of its great success, Will : 3 3° repeated ni g htly ; Rob Roy and Black-eyed Susan the ° Performed on alternate nights until further notice ; as 1 ., 44 ' 48 attention which has been paid to their production Wilft a Ns scenery, costumes, and other accessories to effect, za ao . e Paid to everything else produced under the present th e "g e rnent. The unqualified approbation of the auditors, stat, l nulativ e success of each new prduction, the thronged tar °f the h ouse at every representati o on, and the sa dens re su l t of the last six weeks, induce Professor An )osp.4 to perse vere in a path which has led him to a tare a an Whence he can regard the past with pica ecnt future with, confidence, and the pre- That ""n proud, unmingled, unalloyed gratification. te e the same sequel to his Christmas season will be characterised m: A ' same amount of good fortune which has hitherto at ea ra "' his career at Covent•marden he is perfectly asswed, the tisZ e anaes which have already elicited success will, without Continue to produce it, amplifying at the same time lisql,ount and its certitude. The public are respectfully ap pins. that h owever popu l ar any p i ece pro d uce d un d er the wil l ' b a t management may be, the number of its representations e l!mited ; thus, for instance, Rob Roy and Black-eyed is', 4 b e played on alternate nights . during . the . present that" but promise can be made of their repetition beyond menterra, 1„ . unless it be found to comport with other arrange eliO4,74,new in progress. Hence it is expedient that seats tl s ,' be booked by those who are desirous of seeing th e grandest Scottish spectacle ever placid on .the stage, or is,, t evival of Douglas Jerrold's celebrated melodrama with e attention to the raise en scene than has been bestowed ee.lia it at any time or in any theatre. The dramas which 811.eceed Wilke will shortly be announced ; and the renewed 1 11 . 9 4 of the present management will terminate with th e pd i 'Pction of English opera on a grand ,sale, introducing the Groa t of the available English musical talent to be found in at Britain. 111, T , 11 „Ig EVENING, Douglas Jerrold's celebrated Drama of f „ - ."7.Y 1 C--EtED SUSAN will be produced. William, by Pro e-'ur Anderson and Susan by Miss Harriet Gordon. T °-morr . (Tuesday), the Grand Operatic Drama of ROB OPT I 1 (1., with all the original Songs, • ChOruses, and Dances, n 4l,!agMusic. the whole of Sir H. .Bishop's celebrated WallacTi•Professor Anderson; Helen Macgregor, Mi s. J. W. Bla s il t b Roy will be repeated on Thursday and Saturday , and ---eyed Susan on Wednesday and Friday. Ts be f ollowed.each evening by the Grand, National, Histo rical P s Chivalric PANTOMIME, which has bee n so lon g in -raw °n, and on the Production of which so large a n ex- Po°--s has been incurred, of E BELLE ALLIANCE; or, -- "L 4I2, QUIN" GOOD HUMOUR AND YE FIELDE be' OF YE CLOTHE OF GOLDE ; lug a L EGEND of the MEETING of the MONARCHS. It tw o D . 7" a marvellous sweets and goodlye sight to see those litr e „ . ,,,'X ic eS, in the fiowere of their ago, in the height of their rea s - r ue and in the dignitie of their ma.ulye beautye, com sae-ag two great Nations, that bade been so long rivals and a,„l ai es. instead of leading hostile armies to desolate and 1 31 .4 1. °Ye, meet in that pea.ceful valleys, and embrace like T he in the sighte of the choice nobilitie of either land." (Ihroniclers. 4T.,...he Pa n t om i me i nvented, arranged, and produced by Mr. s tiarris with the sa me attention to Scenery, Costumes, t-uolletEtoff7ts:iwllhnich•oyhaatsoereli,tracterised the productions of " Ri st L'Etoile du Nord," and the ,`",,ttrion s Operas lately produced at this, the recognised chief 'nd neatre in Europe for Spectacular Display. The entirely New ost elaborate Scenery Painted by and under the Super .atendence o f M r. WILLI AM , BEVERLEY, assisted by i mas Assistants. The Opening written by M essrs. C u thb er t, C. Ada ms , W . Shalders, W. Glover, and ki itss Mr. George AromaA anstus Sala. The Music composed by Mr. Loder (who has li • . Smgly lent his aid on account of the Pantomime being ugly at this Theatre). The Ballet and Incidental i n d ' a cesari-an ge d by Mr. Benjamin Barnett, The Comic Tricks „.vented by the Brothers Brough, Mr. A. Harris, and ' Rtllianr Dorrington. The New Spectacular Designs by u Querin, 0 p of Paris. The Extensive and Compli ca t e d Machi ;by Mr. H. Sloman andnumeroue Assistants The Ori -21-' and Ultra-Grotesque Masks by Mr. G. Ewing, The i t ,"ti and Costly Properties by Mr. Prescott, assisted by Mr. ii°rre.land. The Ladies' Costumes by Mrs. James, assisted . by zaitit.r.:adnbc,hamp. The Gentlemen's Costumes by Mr. Smithers, Y Mr. Lawrence. The Armoury Department by Ogg The Chappellerio by Mrs. Walker. Copyist, ari e ntein. Prompter, Mr. Rance. Perruquier, Mr. Rick- Ar r ' ° L Brydges-stieet, Covent-garden. The Novel Gas 41gehlents by Mr. Palmer and Assistants. The Whole , i.,i,., ~,:,'. - ri' t.l ~, .•-- - -,...,... _ ///' '--d--.-/ • , I . / . ~, . lit'ee 3 4 -,- e€.44. • ' , • lor—altandoned the charge of Meg ' ality ' ; :7 7;;:i:% . , 7 4 ~, . ,. , A , I • expatiating in that style of oratory of . ~ ,/(..---- Zz, ----) wil l-1 . .. .. a r . _ , , 1 , , c e< i i ....... . k -ek •A 'n I t . 47 41.7" )..5 ' . . 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';;ley 4 ilk \' ‘ , But amidst all this parade of antagonism, it was impossible to - discover the precise ground on which the opponents of the step intended to give battle. Or as lawyers would say, they never defined the points whereon they could venture . to "join issue." In fact, they seem to have had nothing like a clear notion of such a point themselves,'or at all events no sincere wish to arrive at it. They argued like suitors, who feel that if once their " case" shall be accurately defined, judgment must at once go against them. Accordingly they threw up a cloud of indistinct and incoherent objections, merely with the view of making out something that should look like au excuse, for referring the ques tion to the Committee of Privileges. Beyond this they did not venture to look. What points the Committee of Privileges could have to examine— what process it could initiate—what evidence it could command—or what power it possessed of giving its decision any practical efficacy, they never dreamt of inquiring. Lord Brou g h am, i n winding up the debate, confessed this " lame and impotent conclusion," when he pleaded that by adopting the motion for reference, their lordships affirmed nothing more than an opinion that the subject required further investigation. Under that impression the vote was carried, and from what passed in the house on Friday evening, it appears that the victors are a l rea d y b ecom i ng f r ightened at the possible consequences of their own success. . The legal issue which the Opposition had in volved in such elaborate obscurity was defined by the Lord Chancellor with inexorable distinctness. It was, he said, nothing more nor less than this— " Whether the House of Peers had a right to de cide that a patent granted by the Crown was or was not valid 1" From this position there is no `retreating. What is the attitude thus assumed by the House ?. Here . is a single estate of the realm —every one of whose members owe their place in the Legislature to the will and summons of the Crown, and many of whom derive their titles from patents under the Great Seal, in which the lines of descent were extended, limited, or varied in almost every possible way from the customary mode of inheritance—absolutely taking upon itself, and by its single suffrage, to question, or perhaps to cancel, the royal grants, to whose authority its own existence is due. Some Peers, no doubt, there are who.date their nobility from times an terior to the issue of letters patent, and• who may, therefore, lay claim to a more independent place and title. But, at all events, it is absurd that Peers by patent—who constitute the far larger ma jority of the Upper House—should arrogate to themselves the right of criticising and deter mining the validity of patents. In this case, it is not a question of natural right, but of arti ficial privilege. An assembly of freemen may be fully entitled to discuss and arrange the condi tions under which freedom shall be enjoyed, be cause it is the inherent right of men to be free. The Peers, on the other hand, exercise functions and enjoy privileges which do not come to them of natural right, but by gift from some authority e confesso superior to their own. The granter of privileges must, in the very nature of things, be higher than the grantee—at any rate, in so far as the power of granting such privileges is concerned. How, then, can the inferior body pretend to ad judicate upon the acts of the superior—or the created to criticise the terms and tenour of their creation This, however, as the Lord Chancellor pro ceeded to show,. is not all. Peers enjoy privileges, and hold a Amos elsewhere, than in their own peculiar House. Even supposing that their Lord ships, by a vote of the Committee of Privileges or in any other mode, should decide that Lord Wensley dale could not take his seat, how is that decision to operate upon his standing and relationships else where? As a Baron he will have a certain place allotted to him on all occasions, when the inaguatf s of the land come into the sovereign's presence— he will take a certain precedence in all public cere monials—he will enjoy immunity from legal pro cess against his person—he will be entitled to claim trial from his peers if indicted before a criminal tribunal. In these, and many other cases which may arise, or which would inevitably be contrived if only for the purpose of deciding the question, the House of Lords must set itself in antagonism to the Crown, the judges, and the public generally. The peers are thus committed to a conflict of autho rity, which will, in great measure, be carried on in regions wholly inaccessible to themselves. Barons Lyndhurst, St. Lecu.ards, and Campbell may per suade.the Committee of Privileges' to decide that Sir J. Parke has no right under his patent to sit in the House of Lords. But what will they do, when they find him placed beside them selves.as a Baron, in some Royal procession ; or when, by ; some decision of the Law Courts, Vuey find then:6eives called upon to . sit in judgment on' a case in which he, as a Peer, has demanded to be tried by his Peers ? ' Col isions like these are in evitable from the vote of Thursday night, unless, indeed, some means of escape can be discovered by a species of compromise. Yet it is not too much to say, that the Upper Branch of the Legislature would lose more prestige, would incur more danger, and sacrifice more dignity from one such conflict, than if a hundred life-peers were seated in a batch upon its benches. The apprehensien of a calamity like this we have just mentioned constitutes, indeed, the chief ground for terror and opposition on part of their lord ships. They dread lest the indepeedence of the He reditary House s'iould be " swamped" by an irrup tion of Peers nominated by the Minister of the day, and holding their titles by a life tenure. In former ages a similar fear prevailed from other sources. At the Union with Scotland, the English House of Lords were terrified at the prospect of a large infusion of Scotch peers, who, for the - most part, were equally distinguished for their antiquity and their poverty, and to whom it was believed the Court could always resort as a sine expedient of manufacturing a majority. To this apprehen sion must be attributed the resistance exhibited against the English peerage conferred by Queen Anne upon the Duke of Hamilton, so trium phantly, but, as the Lord Chancellor proved, so erroneously, cited by Lord St. Leonards. When the . - Union with Ireland was accomplished, a si milar dread revived—rendered more acute by the circumstance that for the purpose of carrying the act the Irish House of Peers had been swelled by a flood of new creations. In this case, by a formal statute, the Crown consented to limit its prerogative, and undertook that three peerages should lapse for every new titlo conferred in re land. But the power to create British Peers is wholly unlimited by 1 tw. Lord Lyndhurst recognised tl, e full right cf the Crown t o send a whole regiment of the Guards into the House of Lords if it thought proper. Legal and constitutional competence is already enjoyed by the Sovereign to "swamp" the House to any extent, even without resorting to the device oflife peerages. Its preservation from such a ca taclysm rests, says the Lord Chancellor, not in legal technicalities, notin the Committee of Privileges, but in more powerful influences. " The checkwhieh would now prevent the Government from creating an improper number of peels was to be found, not in the absence of the power of granting peerages for whih teasth only to life, but in the wholesome ever-acting control of public opinion, which would render it as impossible to adopt any step of that kind, as it would be to ennoble all the regiments of the Guards." Justly, therefore, was the Lord Chancellor entitled to con clude, that no reasonable okjections could b e urged against o t f he v i ew preroga tive a of augmenting dignity and usefulness of the Hous e o f L ords.— Morn i ng Chronicle. be the used,exe wreisiteh . Sin JAMES BEOOKE.-49.. letter received in Norfolk et 'tea that Capt. Brooke, a relaCve of Sir James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, in now engaged in London in pur. chasing steam-boats for Sir James. The amount paid into the treasury of the East Ind'a house for bills on India from the 23d of January to the Bth of February was 134,8811. FALL OF A RAILWAY BRIDGE.—Two MEN KILLED.— On Wednesday two arches of a bridge in course of erec• tion over the river Doon, on the Maybole lineof railway, suddenly fell to the ground with aloud crash. The arches were built with brick, and were about 30 feet high. Among the rubbish attention was immediately called to out from amoincfly mass of bricks and stones. He was relieved ag II possible, but died in about ten minutes. Jo h n a as P de a r t il i w ek er ß e raalnonniegapue2rcbepriteikbli e ay s e t r ick w in li g ose head and 'thous!. is a native we believe, have b e e n n suggest 11 of Belfast, and Tanzie of Longford.ltaafollowing upon that the heavy rains of Monday night, search, fearfully msin i r r g e l m w ed a h s a i n s f dtheirethcacy in cur ing an effect in soften ingTan- zie, the lime. Some praterlding arches of such a size doubts as to the policy of . undergoing investigation with bricks. The wetter il vertiser. by the authorities. : 1 4Y H r ollowav's Pills are, without [ADVERTISEMENT,' doubt, the very best has medicineolbucon body. u d fyos a r. h f eS t e d rr indigestionandtnwn o , g a o onert h oa r ;II his i h a o fil ue.agrt legs . bile, flatulency, s ick headache, nervous • • ted constitutions. Th e ness, and debilita ted Well-known indigestion, i o p n r °, e rich and the body, strengthen properties of these excellent pills are too highly appro. any encomium here, poor in every nation, t aa h nisa e dtbilit f eeh a ye c i ni u ra l tr'e t Ph i ree°rs resorted ite t e se h nd e tatdro m ea ytb il yt d ionr , ivreei and restore the invalid to a perfect state of good health.— Sold by all Medicine Van dors throughout the World, at Professor Holloway' . Establishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden lane, New-York ; A. Stampa, Constantinople ; Guidi O 3' leney. The test of y i e n a d rs i Smyrna ; and E, Muir, Malta. Production being under the Immediate Superintendence of Mr. A. HARRIS. Scene I. • THE CAVERNS OF THE GNOME BRITANNIGUS IN SUBTERRANEANUSSIA. Gnomes—Britannicus (a fine old English Gnome), one of the olden time, bearing a close resemblance to the " Old Gentleman," fully answering to his co-Gnome-en ; a pure un ,dulterated British Spirit, strongly opposed to anything in the hape of Foreign Wines, French Brandy, and great in his be ief in Beer, 'Ba cc y, B ee f, an d BOxing , :--Mr. John Neville. Ballabilo des Diablotines, by Mesdemoiselles E. Honey, Hicks, Arlington, Cleveland, Granville, Losh, Brown, Page, Gregory, Rose, Kendall, Martinez, Gosselin, Turtle, Ford, Stewart, Ranee, and Clare. Assistant Gnomes—Blue Fire, Mr. Williams ; Phosphorus ton, Mr. Samuels ; Candescentington, Mr. A. Smith ; Match well, Mr. Saunders ; Ignisfatty, Mr. P. A. James • lied blazes, Mr. Voller ; Cratervomit b Mr. Spindle ; TorChlight, Mr. Jaffer,; Blazoton, Mr. Parkes ; Sulphurite, Mr. Topham ; Flamington, Mr. Paxman ; G-assington, Mr. B. Brown ; Crater vomit, Mr. Simkins ; Hotspark, Mr. J. Jones; Illumines°, Mr. Blockey; Nitrobank, Mr. Pratt. Scene 11. THE LAND'S END, CORN iVALL, WITH THE CAR OF THE DRAGONS. Good Humour,—(a familiar spirit, whose familiarity is con ducive to the very reverse of contempt. , The prettiest page in the whole volume of the Pantomime)—Miss Harriet Gordon. Diorama—No. 1. THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON'S ARRIVAL IN LONDON, And his Enthusiastic Reception. • • Diorama —No. 2. QUEEN VICTORIA'S VISIT TO NAPOLEON'S TOMB, In the Hotel des 'eve.lidos at Paris. " And o'er that shrine the last Rememl ranee (much Of Malice 'twat the English and the French !" Scene 111. THE DECK OF "THE GREAT HARRY," FOUR DECKER, 128 Gnus (the first English Man•of-War). The vessel lying alcngside the Quay at Dover, with THE EMBARKATION OF HENRY THE EIGHTPI. Henry the Eighth (a stout monarch, of middle age, residing some 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 kink, he decided that he could not mike too much of himself, and he is accordingly made as 'extensive as possible in the person of his faithful representatiVe)—Mr. Harry Pearson. Pretty Poppet (Page to King Henry Vlll.)—Master Sloman. The Queen of England—Mr. Jones. Maids of the Bedchamber to the English Queen— Mesdlles. Rosey, Pinky, Daisy, Pansy, and Lily. Ordinal Wolsey (a nautical gentleman much accustomed to "swim on bladders in seas of glory,") vide Shakespere—Mr. P. Q. Villiers. Sir Jasper Spritsail (commander of the, Great Harry), a weather-beaten seaman; who—paradoxical as it may appear —will not allow himself to be beaten - by the weather, and whose maxim is " Needs must when the Old Harry Drives " —Mr. D. Stewart. Crew—Tom Bowline, Mr. Silver • Jack Halyards, Mr. Up. ham ; Jim Foremast, Mr. PartingtOn ; Bob Holystene, Mr Ledyard ; Joe Sheetanchor, Mr. T. B. Smith ; Davy Docks, Mr. Woodfield; Ted Trunchion, Mr. Freby ; Tim Towrope, Mr. Henry; Dick Longboat, Mr. Barry; Peter Stanchion, Kr. Sims ; Bill Figurehead, Mr. Solomon ; Hal Hammock, Mr. Harvey; Charles Caboose, Mr. White ; Sam Sailcloth, Mr. Mazzoni; Nat Northpole, Mr. Fredericks ; Bill Bunt line, Mr. Payne. • Diorama—No. 3. VOYAGE FROM ENGLAND TO FRINCE, with A STORM at SEA. Scene IV. THE INTER/OR OF THE CHATEAU OF FRANCIS I Between Guisnes and Ardennes. AFrancis I.—(Next door neighbour of the aforesaid Henry VIII., No. 1., Westminster, but who himself " didn't quite live in Westminster" for an obvious reason—" he lived t'other side of the water.") A monarch of the same ago as Henry, and nearly of the same size ; joint author (with Henry VIII.) of the original plot of the gorgeous Drama, YE BELLE ALLIANCE, now represented for the first tins in a complete state on the Theatre of European Politics. A monarch with a hooked nose (who, in consequence, always looks sharp)— Mr. W. Shalders. Pages.—Mesdemoiselles Fitzjerald, Bennett, St. Clair, Webber, Gaveston, E. Gaveston, Prince, &c., &c. Le Sire do Firmboisy.—(Lord Grand Chamberlain to the French King)—Mr. H. Caries. Queen of France.—Mr. Gough. Maids of the Bed-Chamber of the French Queen.—Mesdles. Drapblanc, Coutrepoint, Rideaufin, Oreillerine. Scene V. THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD. Introducing a Grand Pas do Rosiere, by Miss Emma Horne. Mesdemoiselles Hicks, E. Honey, Gesselin, Ranoe, Kendall, Martinez, Rose, Arlington, Losh, Gregory, Turtle, Ford, Stewart, Page, Rouse, Brown, St. Clair, Granville, Wood ward, and Tressider. English Courtiers.—Norfolk, Mr. Roba. Suffolk, Mr. Ab solon, Bnckingham, Mr. Jay. Rutland, Mr. Andrews. Cum berland, Mr. Sphinx. Northumberland, Mr. Cox. Essex, Mr. James. Sussex, Mr. Thomas. French Courtiers.—Chateau Margeaux, Mr. Thompson. Chateaux Lafitte, Mr. Rivers. Bordeaux, Mr. Abby. Rt. Jul lien, Mr. Charles. St. Estafet, Mr. Reynolds. Bourgoyne, Mr. Waters. De Chablis, Mr. Tower. Do Champagne, Mr. Scott. GRAND TOURNAMENT of the FIELD of the CLOTH of GOLD. (After Holbien's celebrated Picture in Hampton Court Palace.) • Scene VI, GRAND CORRIDOR IN THE CHA.TEAU, Leading to the Bed-chamber of the Monarchs. Fair Fine Normandy Lassies, Six Feet Two Inches in their Clogs. Scene VII. THE OUTSIDE OF BLONDETTE'S FARM, Blondette - (a village Rosibre so purely innocent, that she sees no harm in having three lovers at a time, two of them being kings)—Miss Emma Home. Coquelicot—a rustic youth, whose name being translated vide " Spier's Dictionary") signifies " Poppy." He is, never theless, the reverse of Soporific, being particularly wide awake. (He is one of the three lovers alluded to, who does not happen to be a king, and takes his measures accordingly) —Mr. C. Brown. Scene VIII. The Abode of the Fairy Queen in THE GOLDEN GROVES OF GOOD HUMOUR. (By Mr. Win. Beverley.) The Fairy Queen Miss E. Thorn._ _ _ General Transformation. . Mr. C. BROWN. ~ W. 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ONDON and NORTH-WESTERN LI RAILWAY —REDUCTION of FARES between LONDON and PETERROROUGH.—UntiI further notice, the Fares between London and Peterborough will be— First Class .. Down Drains leave the Euston Station, London. 6.3(1 a.m. 9.15, „ 10.30 „ 2. 0 p.m. 5.45 ,„ Second Class ...... 2s, Up Trains leave Peterborough. 6.31 a.m. 10.15 „ 2.20 p.m. 4. 0 „ 5.15 ,-, By of General litanner's Office, Eusto February, 185 ;. !same direetion. The Russia,ns were quiet tillabent 2 ! o'clock or somewhat later ; about that time there was a flag of truce in the harbour (these are" frequent now, chiefly for the exch . ange -of prisoners' letters), and as soon as that was over and the flag down a shell came, singing across to the English pa. t of the town, pitching and expledingz :little beyond the south-eastern corner of the dockyard. , Subsequently to this. the enemy, tempted, doubtless, by the number of visitors they must have discovered, threw in *several shells. Coming in from Sebastopol, over Picket-house-hill, the camp had quite a homely and snug appearance, as it lay bask ing lazily in the Sabbath sunshine, its numerous, smok ing chimneys telling of Sunday dinners in preparation e. and one could hardly fancy that, if all we hear be true, in a few weeks or months' time this extensive military city will have disappeared from the earthlei sur face, leaving a blackened and ashes-strewn desert. Although the views of Russia's acceptance of the ultima tum appears positive, and is confirmed by recent letters receive) in camp from Constantinople, a reaction has taken place in the military mind, and doubt is cast upon that which, a very few days ago, obtained almost uni versal credence. In many cases the wish, perhaps, is father to the doubt, for there are many here to whom pe lee is unwelcome. That there is a strong probability of its being made is evident from the fact of , a commis sariat officer hay . ng been sent off to suspend contracts and st)p supplies iii Constantinople, Malta, and Italy, and to make such arrangements as plainly indicate an expectation that hostilities are drawing to a close. If peace be male, how long shall we be gettieg away from this is a question one *hears continually asked and replied to by various , conjectures. A great deal will of course depend on the amount of shipping that can be supplied. I understand that the Quartermaster- General's paople say it would take a year to get men, materiel,, and stores of all kinds away, and to clear the English army and its appurtenances entirely out of the Crimea and Turkey, Probably this is rather an ex aggerated estimate of the time re tlly neCesary, and yet, bearing in mind the immense quantity of things - that will have to be removed, one can hardly pronounce it so. The horses alone will require a vast deal of shipping. Officers whose rank and position in the service entitle them to horses can hardly be refused, permission to take theist home, or be fairly compelled (unless compensation be given) to sell the animals here, where the glut would render them unsaleable, It is to be expected that huts, furniture, and all sorts of household property will be condemned to the flames. I should not suppose that many persons will be very solicitous to take home Cri mean beds, unless it be as - a pleasing memento of vora cious fleas and blankets of questionable cleanliness. But,• however much baggage may be cut down, and superfluities not worth the carriage consigned to the flames; the departure of the British army front the East will be sucha flitting as has rarely if ever been witnessed. JAN. 29. The weather continues fine. The Russians fired rather briskly last night. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 10.—The United States' mail steam-ship Hermann, Capt. Higgins, with dates to the 26th ult., arrived at this port this morning en route from New York for Bremen. There were on board about 50 passengers, l5 of whom have lauded at Southampton, and the usual cargo of English merchandise. The Hermance, after coaling, will proceed to Bremen to-morrow. The mail steam-ship Baltic, from Liverpool for New York, arrived out on tho morning of tie 24th ult. The Washington, from Southampton, reached New York on the 21st ult. Congress was still without a Speaker.' The last ballot was; Banks, 91 ; Richardson; GZ ; Fuller, 29; Campbell, 5 ; Pennington, Shorter, and Porter one each. The numloer necessary to a choice was 98. In the House of Representatives Mr. Boyce. offered a resolution to the effect that as the relations with Great Britain were of the most threatening character, indicating the eve of most startling events, it was the imperative duty of the House, at such a juncture of peril, to organise itself by the election of a Speaker. Mr. Stephens, in reply, said, that if the country was on the eve of war he knew nothing about it. The motto i was tabled. The President had communicated to the Senate the following letter fixim Lord J. Russell to Mr. Crampton respecting the Central American . ques tion. The subject was to be discussed in the Senate on the 27th of January _ _ "London, Jan. 19, 1853. "Sir, —ln treating of the affairs of Mosquito, I must in the first place refer you to the despatch of Lnrd Malmesbury of the 6th of July, 1852, upon this subject. It is evident that since Great Britain first assumed the Pr• )tection and defence of the Mosquito Indians, the position of all parties has changed. " 1. Spain, instead of exercising absolute sovereignty over Central America, and prohibiting all commerce on the coasts under her sway, has entirely lost her domi nion over the continent from Cape Horn to Florida. " 2. The Mosquito Indians, instead of governing their own tribe according to their own customs, furnish a name and title to Europeans and Americans, who carry on trade at Greytown and along the coast of Mos quito. according to the usages of civilised nations. " 3. Great Britain, instead of having an interest in the defence of the Mosquito Indians, tor the sake if rescuing part of the territory of Central America from Spanish control, and obtaining an authority fer hfr commerce, has no other interest in Mosquito than that which is derived from an honourable regard for her old connection with the Indian nation of Mosquito. " Her Majesty's Government has for several years en deny )ured to suit her engagements to She altered circum stances of the case; but every proposal that has bt Oil made with this view has encountered -some insuperable obstacle. The contentions in CCirtral America between Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Honduras ; the absence of any authority with hich any permanent agreement could be made ; unfounded jealousies of Great Blitain, and various other circumstances, have prevented the settlement of this vexatious question. "In conformity with' the opinions stated in Lord Malmesbury's despatch of July 16, to which I have al ready referred, I have to state that the Committee of Government at Greytown are, in fact, the real power that exercises authority in that part of Central America. To her Majesty's Government it would he a matter of indifference whether that authority was exercised in the name of the King of Mosquito or in the name ot Giey town itself. But it is desirable that what is apparent should ho made to conform as far as possible with what is real. What is apparent is that the King of Mosquito exercises sovereignty over Greytown. What is real is, that he had no authority there whatever, but that the committee of Europeans and Americans carry en the Government at that port. "What her Majesty's Government, therefore, should consider a good and final arrangement would be—first, that Greytown should be a free and independent port, connected with Mosquito by such relations of friendship and alliance as may be agreed upon. Second, that indem nification, or advantages equivalent to those laid down in the project of convention of the 13th of April, 1852, shall be assured to Mosquito in return for its wither iwal front its present position with regard to Gieytown. Third, that Great Britain and the United States, with out guaranteeingGres town, should be ready to act in con cert to defend the independence of the free city or port of Greytown from whatever quarter it might be attacked. What is es,ential and of immediate importance is, that the authorities of Greytown should be ready to assume either unqualified independence, with an engagement to defend Mosquito, or qualified independence, owing alle giance and support to Mosquito. For this purpose some person qualified to treat should proceed at once to Grey town. Whether a naval officer of her Majesty's service or a civil one would be a fitter person to be intrusted with this mission, I must leave you to decide. It would be desirable if the Government of the United States should concur in those views, that a new convention, in place of the unaccepted project of agreement of April, 1852, should be proposed and concluded, and that a person similarly qualified should be sent by this Government at the same time and for the same object. " I have only further to say that indemnity to Mos quito might possibly not be made in money, but in greater security, for certain fixed territory within which the free port of Greytown, assisted by her Majesty's strips of war, might manage to defend the Mosquito nation. The Governor-General of Canada and autho rities in other of her Majesty's North American posses sions have made from time to time agreements somewhat similar. The President of the United States has frequently made conventions with the Indians to the like effect. The peculiarity of this base is that certain neighbouring States deny altogether the independence of Mosquito, and the Mosquito nation are liable every day to new incur ' sions upon their territory. We can make no complete provision against this danger. Our policy is to do all that I . ' honour and humanity require in behalf of the Mosquito nation. But we intend to adhere strictly to the treaty at Washington of the 19th of April, 1850, and not to assume any sovereignty, either direct or indirect, in Central America. _ "J. RUSSELL." (Memorandum in Mr. Everett's handwriting.) " Mr. Crampton authorised m s to communicate this to Congress in any way 1 thought proper." The New York papers publish, in extenso, the special message of the President to Congress on the Kansas controversy Th e President recapitulates the history and pro gress of that territory hitherto, from which it appears tl tat a large share of the troubles which have existed there are the natural and necessary overnor Reeder's course first, cons equence of in giving certifi c. ttes of election to persons (perhaps) not entitled to tl iem, and then, subsequently, in refusing to acknow ledge the Legislature collectively, which he had ac knowledged in detail, !and for no better reason than because they had transferred their sittings from his famous village of Pawnee to the Shawnee Mission. i n ioth respects he evinced a lack of sound judgment or else if firmness, and the consequences began to be seen. The I?resident distinctly acknowledges the validity of the acts o f the Kansas Legislature, and of course he - ignores • vo lr inteer conventions and volunteer elections in opposition o the , government inchoated by Copgrefit3, Accordingly Harlequin Pantaloon Columbine Clown ADULTERATION BUILDINGS, TURMERIC-ROW, REDLEAD-SQUARE. A Glass of Ale and a Stomach-ache for thl. Genuine double you-up-Stout—Up to Snuff and down to Pepper—How the Bread Rises—Sweet upon Sugar. All pickles to believe in Pickles—Chalk-farm Dairy Cows v. Pumps—Gunpowder Tea, " warranted to go off"—Pale Ale peculiarities. Imps.—Quassia, Mr. Wyatt; Strychnine'„Xr. Scott; Blue Ruin, Mr. Carter ; Oxyplumbi, Mr. Strangeways. The terror of The " Times"—The Lancinations of the " Lancet"—Black Crosses iu Red Lead-square. THE WIZARD'S LABORATORY IN THE CHATEAU DE MEPHISTOPHILES, HELIGOLAND. Magic Somersaults—The Bewitched Ottoman—The Dragon la diable —The Inextinguishable, Inoxhaustable, Unstoppor able, Go-a-head Bottle—" 1001. Reward, wno'll Shoot a Clown ?"—The Blunderbuss of Botheration—Bursting of the Wizard's Bust—Small Wizards made to order, Pattern Pre sented—t2uickest way to Nowhere—How to make Harlequins —The way to Crush the Crushers. THE NEW CASTLE OF BALMORAL. Rusticity in the Highlands—Pipers and Pastoralities-: Highland Reel, introducing a grand Flexmoreau Medley —Th e Portfolio of Inexhansability and Universality—The Incaptur able Harlequin—Very " fowl" proceedings The Seductive Sedan-chair—Strange Birds in a Cage. WATCHMAKERS' ESTABLISHMENT, CIIRONOMETI CAL-VILLE—MILLINERS' ESTABLISHMENT, BON NETVILLE BELLHANGEBS ESTABLISHMENT, BEL LEVI LLE. 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Sold by IhONI at 20, Hatton - garden, Landon, and by Chemists and rariltnaers. . oler. )n Station, SOUTH WALES RAILWAY.-NOTICE IS IT E PRY GIVEN, That the next. HALF-YEARLY ORD [- NARY ➢iEETING of the Proprietors of this Comp Any will be held, puri.nant to the Act of Parliament, at the Great Western Royal Hotel. Paddington, on FRIDAY, the 29th day of February instant, at One o'clock precisely, for the election of Four Directors and one Auditor, in the place of the same number, who will retire by rota tion, and for the general purposes of bu4lness. C. B. M. TALBOT, Chairman, The Transfer Books will be closed on end after the 14th instant, and svill not be reopened until after the said 11 - ilf-yearly Ordinary Sleeting, on the 29th instant. By order. \ FR CD G.—SAUNDERS, Secretary. South Wales Railway Offices, IS; Eastt,ourno•terrace, Loudon, 6th February, 1856. GREAT -WESTERN RAILWAY.- .NO [ICE IS HERKBY" GIVEN, That the next HALF YEARLY GENEILIL MEETING of the Proprietors of this Corn oany will be held in Loader' : pursuant to act of Parliament, at the Paddlnuton Station, on FRIDAY, the 15th day of February next, at at 12 o'clock, for the Election of. Four Direct^rs in the place of Thom ;s Jeffreys Badger, Esq., The Hon. Robert Windsor Clive, M.P., Edward Wheler Mills, Esq., and Thomas Williams, Esq., retiring by rotatlon ; and for other purposes of busine ,, s. The chair will be taken at 1 o'clock precisely. SPENCER H. WALPOLE, Chairman. BA.RRING TON, Deputy-Chairman. The Directors retiring; are re-eligible under the provisions of the act, and, in empliance with a bye-law, notice must be given to the secretary, on or before the Ist day of February, of the names of any proprietors who are to be nominatpd for election as directors at the said half-yearly general meeting. The Transfer Books of all stock and shares will be closed on and from the 31st day of January, and will not be re-opened until after the said half•yearly general meeting on the 15th day of February. By order of the Board. CHAS. A. SAUNDEIIS, Secretary. Paddington Station, Jam 24, 1856. TO THE MEMBERS OF THE SENATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE. GENTLENEII,—AIthough a very large proportion of those sflio in tend to vote for me have not yet recorded their votes, I do not think that I should be justified in prolonging the contest, merely , for the sake of diminishing the present large majority against me. Could I feel certain that my opponent had nearly exhausted his strength, my course would be mere difficult to decide upon. But there are to my mind, and in the opinion of my friends. clear proofs that a reserve remains, sufficient, together with the present majority, to overpower the numbers upon which we could still reckon. The polling cannot be extended into another week without serious inconvenience to the University and to individuals; and since it could not he so extended with a reasonable prospect of Success. I feel it my clear duty to rdtire. In taking this step I cannot refrain from tendering to Mr. Walpole, and great numbers of his supporters, any sincere thanks for the very kind and flattering manner in which they have expressed themselves towards me, and for the great courtesy they have shown:. I believe that no contested election Baas ever been conducted with more mu tual personal respect between the rival candidates, or with less acri mony on the part of their supporters. It only remains for me to express my hert , tfelt thanks to that large number of your body who, having thought me worthy of represent ing you in Parliament, have exerted themselves in my behalf with the most generous zeal and devotion. It will be to me a subject of pride and gratitude to the last hour of my life that I have been honoured by the support of so many of your body, including not a few of the most distinguished names that have e g d en int m he er7t that h annals s t o t f e a chic b o rid e which gew has been made will hereafter . been nrurestcirgi gentlemen, justify the confidence of those o f you who made it, and, with every wish for the prosperity of the University and all belonging to it, jam, yours faithfully, GEORGE DENMAN. Cambridge, Saturday Evening, Feb. 9,185 G. IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCF.RY. TRIESEIVIAIL—On the 29th of May, 1855, an injunction was granted by the High Court of Chancery, and on the 11th of June following was made perpetual, agai nst Joseph Franklin and others, to restrain them, under a penalty of one thou sand pounds, from imitating this Medicine, which is protected by Ro3-al Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole de rhumacio de Paris, and.the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESEMAR, No. 1, is a remedy for Relaxation, Spermatorrhces, and all the distressing consequences arising from early abuse, &c., and its effects are ern e icious in youth, manhood, and old age; and to those persons who are prevented entering the married state from the results of early errors it is invaluable. 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They may lie on the toilet tabli TkllJrE:ti Nos. 1,2, and 3, are sold in tin cases, price I Is., or tour cases in one for 335., which saves 1 Is. ; and in 5/. cases, whereby there is a saving of IL 125.; itiviaeo int,: a so/trate doses, as adminis tered by Valpesu, Lallemand, Roux, &1., &c, To be had Wholesale and Retail in London of Johnston, 68, Cornhin; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-Mr. et; and Sanger, 150, Ox ford -street ; tt. 11. Ingham, druggist, 46, Market-street, Manchester; 11. tradbuay, bookseller, Deansgate, Bolton; J.Priestly,ehemist, 52, Lnrd-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street, bookeller High-street Birmingham. TII BRITISH ARMY IN THE CRIMEA. (From the Times Correspondent.) CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, JAN. 28. The destruction of the docks will, it is fully expected, be completed this week. Only one of them, the western most, still partly retains its original aspect ; the others are mere chasms, partia,:ly filled with roins. Altliongh to most persons the general aspect of these docks has probably become well known from descriptions and drawings, I will briefly explain their position and ar rangement. They extend nearly due north and south (a little to the east of north and west pf south), and consist of three inner docks, a basin,, and two outer docks, with a lock between them. The French undertook the de struction of the, outer docks, the lock, and the northern half of the basin ; the English that of th e i nner d oc k s and the southern half of the basin. The lock, although, capacious, was easier to destroy than a dock, Its circurn terence being a plain stone wall, instead of heavy stone Steps fit fee- a giant's staircase. The French have done their share of the work very effectually, and I see nothing that remains for them to destroy. For various reasons the English works were more gradual in their pro gress, but have not bean less thoroughly carried out, and, if a non-professional, but highly-interested observer may express an opinion, they do great credit to the scientific skill of the engineers to whom they were ihtrusted. I believe the first idea was to blow up the whole at once, which would probably hal e givei a more picturesque arid, to appearance' more thorough ruin. But this plan was abandoned by reason of the - daintiness of the ground. Water flowed in from the ravine ie rear of the docks, and rose in the shafts of the mines. It is probable that, hal the engineers waited to explode the numerous mines until all of them were corn= plete, the powder would have 'become damp in many of them and would nut have ignited ; tio it was resolved to blow up a little at a time. It is difficult for any one who has not seen these docks both before and since their destruction fully to appreciate the magnitude of the ope rationsemd the force the% must have been applied to , root up and utterly overthrow such massive construc tions, such huge blocks of granite so firmly cemented, such mighty timbers, which lie snapped asunder like reeds or rent into huge splinters. A stroll about the environs of Sebastopol, and the sight of the enormous cannon-balls and fragments of monster shells that strew the ground in all directions, impress one with a respect ful idea of the power of powder ; but the respect is vastly increased by a view of the havoc it has played in such stupendous works as the docks—structures formed to last for ages, and to the duration of which no limit could be assigned. The difficu'ty of destruction was enhanced in the case of the docks allotted to the English by the fact that these were in part hewn out of solid rock. The basin thus formed was lined with huge masses of stone, and between rock and stone earth was filled hi. The engineers availed themselves of the soft interval for their mines, and blew the walls and counter forts inwards, but the rock remains, marking in places the outline of the docks. The coueterforts were of-pro digious strength and thickness. Then there was a deep covered drain outside the docks, for the purpose of emptying them when desired, of which the engineers, of course, made use. Greatly incommoded at first by the water that flowed down the ravine in their rear, they overcame this difficulty at no small expense of labour. Their mode of operating against the docks varied accOrd ing to circumstances, but seems to have consisted in great measure of regular mines, with shaft and gallery. Two of these shafts, down which I yesterday looked, are about 30 feet deep. They are situated one on each side of the western dock, and in one of them, which is at about 50 feet from its entrance (between it and the centre dock), an unfortunate accident occurred on Saturday last. The eog:neers bad blown up the eastern pier, or extremity of that side of the dock, to which a gate is attached —one of the jaws of the dock, as I may say, which are closed by the gates ; and this explosion seems to have been as complete in its effect as any that have taken place. The huge mass was lifted up and dislocated, and the enormous transverse beams, masses of black timber of incalculable strength, were torn from their fastenings, snapped in twain, and remained w ith th e i r sp li n t ere d ends resting against each other, hi the shape of a house roof. Below the pointed arch thus formed is a black chasm, and heaped around are piles of displaced stone and dusty ruins. Everything is removed and riven without being scattered.; and this is the object at which our engineers have constantly aimed. They have sought all along, and generaly with much success, so to pro portion the charges of their mines that, while every thing should be overturned, rooted out, and thrown into the utmost confusion (literally topsyturvy), as little as possible should be thrown out of the crater. And ac cordingly most of their explosions have not had the ap pearance which would popularly be anticipated from the letting off of two, three, or more thousand pounds of powder. There was no diverging gush of stones, but a sort of rumbling convulsion of the ground ; a few blocks and fragments were cast up to a mo derate height, bat the effect upon the spectator was that of some gigantic subterranean hand just pushing the masses a short distance out of their places, turning them ,upside down, and roiling them over each other in a cloud of smoke and dust. There were probably two reasons for the care with which the engineers measured their charges. One may be that by leaving the docks encumbered and filled up with their own ruins they bequeath a harder task to any future rebuilder than if they scattered the stone linings far and wide, and left the chasms comparatively clear. The second reason may be that by more violent explosions they would probably have shaken down buildings, over thrown the dockyard wail (which already totters and loses stones from its sumroit.when a mine is let off), and perhaps have caused accidents. As it is, these operations have been the occasion of extremely little loss of life or injury to limb. The Russians have fired a great deal at times, but their shots have not told, and, although their fire has been eceasionally accurate enough, ellen after shell falling into the docks, at others they have made very ba I practice, shells intended for the inner docks, falling near the shears, or in other directions wide of the mark. A couple of men of the 18th Regiment were killed, a Sapper was wounded a few days ago; not, very severely, and I think there have been one or two other men hurt. Of accidents occurring from the explosions I have heard of none, except the one on Saturday last, re ferred to above, and which was of a particular nature. The explosion by the dock-gate had taken place, and some Sappers were busy at the bottom of a shaft 40 or 50 feet off, when a noxious gas generated by the explosion entered the gallery, filtering through the in tervening earth. The effect was gradual —one after an other the men became giddy, and some of them insen sible. With infinite alacrityand courage non-cons missioned officers and soldiers descended the shaft, braving a dan ger which seemed the greater because its extent and nature were unknown, to succour their comrades, and as they got down they in turn were overpowered by the offensive gas. Major Nicholson and Lieut. Graham also went down, and suffered in consequeuce. The former was insensible, when, supported by his men, he reached the top of the shaft, and it Was some time before he re covered. To sum up the accident ; one man perished, and 7 or S were seriously affected, but have since re covered. A man went down into the mine, after the ac cident ' • one man perished, and 7 o r 8 were ser i ous ly affected, but have since recovered. A man went down into mine, after the accident, holding in his mouth the extremity l of a tube down which air was primped to him, and he walked about with perfect impunity and collected the men's caps and things they had left behind. The man who died waaa soldier of the 48th Regt. Two surgeons were on the spot, and tried, every means to re cover him, but in vain. The destruction of the far-famed docks of Sebastopol, which has been for some weeks in progress, and is now on the point of termination, is an event in the annals of military engineering. A regulary diary of the opera tions has been kept by the officers engaged, and this, should it ever be published, cannot fail to be most inter 'esting. War has stern necessities, but there is some thing lamentable in seeing , such great and magnificent works as these docks were thus pitilessly destroyed. All that yesterday afternoon remained (worthy of mention) was the walls of the western dock, and their fragments ; before the week is out these will be added to the mass of reibbish. It may give some idea of the labour neces sary to reconstruct those docks to say that, after clear ing away the ponderous ruins, it would be necessary to dig down some 20 feet below the original bottom—so much has the earth been disturbed by the successive ex plosions—to drive piles and use concrete, and form an entirely new foundation. The French explosion I men tioned in a recent letter as having been effected by sink ing in the water a huge iron vessel full of powder was intended to destroy the bottom at one of the entrances, and appears to have succeeded better than w as sup posed, a chasm eight feet deep having been ascertained by sounding. • The works of our engineers have been very successful and creditable -to the ir skill and fore sight. Few mines, out' of the large number that have been fired, failed to. explode. ,The strong report of im mediate peace that prevailed 'the other day canted the every possible means, an d I ou w pn o ed r re k s artsito t a o nns b d e mt accelerated h uasttt here.av e b b y was e then a f n replete expe rience to the officers engaged in them. le In yesterday's General Orders it was announced that a w il it u h re v o a r lu t a two. The money-orders, payable at all post towns in the United Kingdom for sums not exceeding Si., will hencef orwar d be issued at head-quarters post-office on Mondays and Fridays, and at Bataklava on Wednesdays and Satur days, between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. This is an excellent measure, and can hardly fail to tend to the diminution of drunkenness which, although not so rife as in autumn, is still too prevalent, especially on Sundays. Mr. E. .1. Smith, chief postmaster at Constantinople, has arrived here to, superintend the arrangement, and be present at the opening of the m oney-order offices. The weather has been fine since my last, mad the camp is rapidly drying under the influence of sun and of rather a high wind. Yesterday was a cloudless and lovely day, worthy of the month of May, and as there was little duty to do (it being Sunday), and as the ground was iu an improved state for riding and walking, the country was covered with ramblers of all ranks. Innumerable groups of officers rode into Sebastopol after church service, and a stream of soldiers, sailors from Baleklava, Army Works Corps men; and all manner of nondescripts, on foot and on horseback, flowed in the he declares that it will be hi& imperative dUty to exert the whole power of the Federal Executive to support public order in the territory ; to vindicate its law, whe ther federal or local, against all attempt&of organised re sistance ; and 8o to protect the people in the establish- Ment of their own institutions, undisturbed by encroach menti from without.' With a view to a final termination of axisting evils•iwKansas the President recommends the enactment of a law by Congress, providing that, when the inhabitants of the territory shall desire it and shall be of GUfficient numbers to constitute a State, a convection of delegates, duly elected by the qualiGed voters, shall as semble to - frame a constitution, and thus to prepare, throughreg,ular and lawful ineans,for its ad In ission into the ,Union as a State." The message presents the case.ia clear and strong light, and can hardly fail to have a bene ficial effect both in Kansas and out of it." The New roil.; Tribune. publishes the followin , from their Washington con espondent, dated Jan. 21.: "The Government has received no official information as to the recent bloody outrage in Kansas, announced by telegraph. Senators to-day informally, confessed as to the policy of advNing the President tuc send military to Kansas to preserve peace and protect the territory agaißst Missouri invasions. "Southern senators predict that civil war is inevitable in a short time." On the 23d ult. the same corresp on d en t says _ _ _ " Mr. Buchanan writes that he wil relinquish his mis sion on the 12th of February, whether a succassor be no minated or not. He will appoint Mr. Campbell, the,con sul at London, to the post of Charge ll'Affeires. There being no Secretary of Legiation at the present juncture, this preceedieg may temporarily embarrass our relations, as the intelligence of Mr. Crampton's recall will occupy. Lord Palmerston at the same time.. "No official answer has been received from Denmark on Mr. Marcy's proposition of the 3d of November to pay the cost of lighthou=es and buoys instead of the capi talisatio* suggested• from the other side, and now soon expected. The European Congress on this subject sips abandoned, owing to political complications. " Mr. Orr's nomination by the Democratic caucus will not facilitate the organisation of the house. The platform was reaffirmed to vindicate Mr. Richardson's withdrawal. The Southern members will not take 'Orr, and therefore the triangular war will be unchanged until some new development." The steam-ship Daniel Webster, from San Juan .de• Nicaragua, arrived at New Orleans on the 25th ult., with two weeks' later news from California— viz., to the sth ofJanuary. The United States mail steamer Golden Gate left San Francisco on the sth ult. with 500 passengers and 1,300,000 dols in trea sure. The steam-ship Star of the West had sailed from San Juan for New York with 350 passengers and $600,000 in specie. The California news is generally unimportant. A severe shock of earth quake was experienced at San Francisco on the 2d inst. The trial of Corey for the murder of General Richardson was in progress. Attachments had been issued against Lucien Hermann, an extensive money agent at San Francisco, for nearly 150,000 dols. The Sacramento Valley Railroad had been opened a distance of 22 miles. The news from the mines is of an encouraging nature, and new rich diggings have been discovered on the American river. The San Francisco markets were dull, the demand from the interior being light. In flour and grain tho transactions were to a limited ex tent. The arrivals at San Francisco from Atlantic ports comprised the ships Matchless, Wild Rover; Winged Arrow, and. 'Flying Fish, from Boston ; the Golden West, Midnight, „and Morning. Star, from New York ; and the William SturgeF, from Philadelphia. - In Northern California Indian depredations still continued. Froth Nicaragua we learn that everything was prosperous and orderly. General Walker was re ceiving accessions, by every steamer, and it is said. that his effective force of Americans nunibered be twnen. 800 and 900: Oregon dates are to the 20th of December. No thlng had been heard of Colonel Kinney's party, which had left to attaalt . Fort Walla Walla, which was in possession of the Indians. Intelligence from Honduras to the 22d of De cember reports ,an unusual dulness in trade. The prices of mahogany were low, wages depreciated, and a large amount of mortality had existed among the whites. The Belize correspondent of the New York _Herald says : "'England was riveting her rule mere firmly on the colony. It has now been `ordered that all ves:,ele shall be registered, and that no foreigner shall own a ship hoist ing the British flag, unless he take the oath of allegiance to that 'Government and become naturalised. Many persons had already done so. A vessel of the West In dia squadron was in port, and her commander had caused some alarm by beating to arms in the night and firing some broadsides for practice. Shipping business was more active." In the New York Money-market money was in good demand, and the turn of the market was in favour of the lender. Foreign exchange was irre gular, but the tendency of the market was toward firmer rates. The quotations for bills on London for good signatures was 108 to 108, but most of the business had been done at 108 to g. The stock market was very heavy and lower ; the decline was not great, but there WaS,little disposition to specu late. In breadstuffs State and' Western flour was heavy, and was quoted at 61 to 121 lower. South ern flour was dull for the extreme grades, but me dium was in fair demand. Canadian and rye flour was steady. Wheat waz inactive and oats dull. The cotton-market continued depressed, and quotations for some descriptions were reduced le. Hops con tinued dull and heavy at 6to 10. The provision market was heavy. A circular, dated Jan. 25, thus gives the state of the grain market at New ork :- "Common superfine State flour is in demand at $3 to $B4, extra $81: Extre Ohio and southern brands 84 dots, to 9 dole. At Philadelphia holders are asking 81 dots., and at Baltimore there are no more sellers at 8.1 dots, for City Mills and Howard-street ; 3,000 barrels sold yesterday for February delivery at 81 dole. " Wheat is generally held above the views of buyers. Prime red southern, 1 elol. 95e. to 2 dole. White, 2 dole. to 2 dots. sc. for Canadian, and 2 dots. 10c. to 2 doll. 15c. for southern. Frozen rivers prevent, southern markets being Supplied. At Philadelphia red is nomi nally 1 del. 25c. to 1 dol. 9Se. ; white, 2 dole. sc. to 2 dots. 15c. At Baltimore there are no supplies, and rates Unite nomina'. ",Itye has kept very steady during the depression of other breadstuffs, and was not at any time obtainable below 1 dol. 30e. for prime samples; at this price there are now no sellers, as there is nothing arriving, and in store more money is asked. At Philadelphia rye sells readily at 1 dol. 20e. in store, and more buyers than sellers ; small vessels for Europe much wanted. " Indian corn is'quiet, there being little demand for shipment. , Arrivals from the south are scanty, and there is nothing pressing ou the market. Prime yellow c nnloands 88c. to 90e. ; white, 90c. to 92c. ; and mixed old crop. 90e. in store. At Philadelphia prime yellow sells at 80e. in stare ; and at Baltimore, 76e. to 780. per bushel measure, aecording to quality. " Freights are dull aid lower. To Liverpool, flour, 2s. 6d. to 2s. 9d. ; grain, 81d. in balk, and 811 in ships' baga ; to London, 4s. and 12d. ; to Antwerp, 4e. 3d. and 13d. ; to Havre, nominally 75c. and 20c. ; to Rot terdam, 4s. 6d. and 131.; to Hamburg, ls. in shippers' bags ; to Bremen, 23e." TrIE WENSLEYDALE PEERAGE. The Lord Chancellor nobly vindicated his title to be ranked amongst the highest practical States men, as well as among the soundest lawyers of the age, during the recent elaborate discussions in the House of Lords respecting the Wensleydale Peer age. Throughout the debate there was no speech more remarkable, alike for closeness of reasoning and comprehensiveness of view than that of Lord Cranworth. Much talent and research were no doubt displayed by many speakers on both sides. himneetuhte argu ments 1 The subject was, indeed, one well calculated to elicit the utmost power and highest eloquence of the noble assembly. For while appealing to the fullest scope for the manner, it also allowed the subtle ingenuity of the legist, and the far-reaching previsions of the constitutional Statesman. In. the personal interests of the peers in the strongest address of the Noble Lord who now occupies the and nt qualities:nftos for f sound the were en dG Government, ee politicalr o n m n j b e i n na e tr d , g tu highest development. For legal acumen, histori cal g randest order, his lordship's speech on this occasion will long stand unrivalled. woolsack, eaßlyr estehaer co b hp o , p t against life peerages Were presented in a very loose and incoherent . condition. Not one among, them seemed to possess any definite idea of the rights or the duties of their • ' Lordships House, with regard to the question ; and no two of them agreed between themselves, as to the precise man ner in which th e i r "case" should enunciated. Lord St. L eonards challenged the legality of the Wensleydale patent, but could ad duce only negative argumeitts—that is to say, argu ments founded on the alleged absence of direct proof to the contrary, in order to establish so start ling a conclusion. Lord Lyndhurst, who inaugu rated the debate, c arefully refrained fro m pronounc ing the patent illegal, but culled a number of pre cedents from the records of Plantagenet, Tudor, , and Stuart Sovereigns to show, that peerages- con iferred upon a life tenure had formerly been ques ,, 1 tioned and reversed. Lord Derby—who spo ke, be 1 it remembered, subsequently to the herd Chancel- No. 19,7671 LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY, 1856. • [PRICE 411. STAIVEPED SD.