The Sun. — London, England, 1856-12-25 00:00:00

THEA.TRE ROYAL, DRURI LANE.— Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. Acting til tnager, M GREAT ATT First Ni,g. TION for the C!ETtIS of th age Manager, Mr. R. LIDAY the most 'lle will take magnificent ever The First Morning Performance of the Pa place on WEDNESDAY, Dec. ;.1, at 2 o'clock.. The great Comedian of the age, Mr. Charles Mathews, and. a powerful Dramatic Company. On BOXING-NIGHT, Dee. 26, and following Evenings, her Majesty's Servants will perform AGGRATATING SA7A, In which Mr. Charles Mathews and the talented Dramatic Company will appear. After which will be produced an entirely new and original symbolical, hyperbolical, parabolical, and extra-physiog nomical grotesque, statuesque, and picturesque Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, which for some time past has employed the unrivalled resources of this extensive establishment, and which will be called or entitled, as it is entitled to be called, SEE, SAW, MARGERY DAW ; Or Harlequin. Holiday, and the Island of Ups and Downs. The scenery entirely new, painted by and under the direc tion of Mr. William Beverley and numerous assistants. The machinery by J. Tucker and assistants. The properties, de corations, tricks, changes, and transformations by Messrs. Needham, Glindon, &c. The masks, models, and physiog nomical devices designed and executed by the celebrated Dyk wynk yn . The overture and music composed and arranged by Herr Anschuez. The choregraphic arrangements under the personal supervision of M. Petit. The comic scenes con structed by and under the direction of Harry Boleno. The peculiar grotesque opening invented and written by E. L. Blanchard, author of ," Harlequin and the Seven Ages of Man," " Jack and Jill," "Humming Top," "Hudibras," &c., and the whole arranged and produced under the direction of Mr. Robert Roxby. Ye anciente and truthful legend on ye which ye pantomime its story is founded : "See, saw, Margaret Daw, " Sold her bed, and laid upon straw." MSS. of Nursery Rhymes in British Museum. Region of Reverses, in the Island of Ups and Downs. "Yea, the Great Globe itself." " Here we go up, up, up, " Here we go down, down, down ; " Here we go backwards and forwards, " And here we go round and, round." Juvenile Chords of the earliest period, supposed to belong to the One. Up, Mr. TophaM ; Down, Mr. Low; Opera box, Kid Glove, Tiger and Brougham, and Porte nh -te 7 on t ne t i t e (attendants upon Up), Signo r Lorgnette. Henl, Master Saucebox, and Mons ieur Chinque ; arc p, Dupli cate, Distraint, and Rags (attendants upon Down), Mr. Friz bard, Mr. Popill, Mr. Quodharn, and Mr. Patchwell. An nual appearance of Holyday in her Emblematic Car. Holyday (the Genius of the Season), Miss Marian Stanley ; Sport and Pastime (her attendants), Misses Lovelaugh and Lightheart ; Dame Necessity (who is on this occasion made a virtue of by particular desire), Mrs. Selby— How Invention, the Daughter of Necessity, is called upon to assist the development of the story, while Holyday invites both Up and Down to enjoy themselves. Holyday's Home in the Green Bower of Mistletoe and Winter Garden of the Fairies.—Mistletoe (the Fairy Queen), Miss E. Wadham ; Fairy Spirits of the Kisses that have been given under the Mistletoe, by upwards of" 100 Ladies of the Corps de Ballet. Grand Ballet —Miss Rosina Wright, Mdlles. J. and E. Osmont, and the Co ryphees. The Golden Gates leading to the Palace of Huggamugga.—Herald (with a Proclamation), Mr. Hornogold. ; Guards, Messrs. Stiffneck, Headsup, Eyesright, Shonlderarms, Stand-at-ease, and March well; Tailor, Mr. Broadcloth ; Cobbler, Mr. Waxcnd; Black smith, Mr. Anvil ; the Princess Margery Daw (afterwards Columbine), Madame Boleno ; Shilly and Shelly (her Maids of Honour), Misses Dithery and Dothcry. How Margery Daw has no notion of work herself, arid the contempt she shows towards those who do work. Interior otthe Palace of King Huggamugga. King Huggamugga (Sovereign of the Land of Sixes and Sevens), Mr. Dawking ; Huey-Burly (Lord Chancellor). Mr. Bigwig ; Niminy-Piminy (the Lord Cham berlain), Mr. Noodleclom ; Higgledy-Piggledy (Goldstick in Waiting), Mr. Muddle ; other Members of the Court, Messrs. Bow, Scrape, Cringe, Crouch, Tageag, Merrywag, Perriwig, and Hatband; Court Milliner Madame Crinoline ; Drawing Master, Professor Crayon ; Governess, Miss Frump ; Music Master, Signor Hurdignrdi ; Maid in Waiting, Miss Sweet temper ; Chef de Cuisine, Mr. Cook ; Prince Popinjay (of the Land of Prettistory), Mr. Finefeather ; his Retinue, Messrs. Glare, Dazzle, Gleam, Glitter, and Cntashine. How the Princess is taught a wholesome lesson by Necessity, and of the change that takes place in consequence. Cottage of Necessity, with a Prospect of Hard Work in the Distance. The Enchanted Workbox—The Sampler and the Exemplar, and the pretty piece of work that Margery Daw makes of it. Inhabitants of the Workbox :—Row of Pins, Messrs. Sharp, Bent, Crooked, Pinaday, Gr6atayear, &c. ; Regiment of Needles (ready drilled), Messrs. Largeeye, Smalleye, Longsix, Splltup, Snapoff, &c. ; Thimble, Master Tom Thumb ; Worsted, Mr. Bawlaway ; Bodkin, Mr. Pierce ; Tape Mea sure, Mr. Inchbald; Hook and Eye, Messrs. How and Some bodyelse ; Shirt Buttons, Mr. Earlypurly ; Scissors, Mr. Shearsteel. How Margery Daw makes an important discovery and the audience also, and how, led by Necessity, she is com pelled to alter her opinions and change her position. The Mine of Labour, leading to the Mine of Wealth.—Labour (the Parent of Health, Wealth, and Happiness), Mr. Strong'i'th'arm. What Margery Daw goes to see, what she saw', and the re ward that Holyday bestows. Grand Scenic and Mechanical Effects, exhibiting (in process of construction) the Fairy Fac tory of Fancy, completed with the assistance of Labour and Imagination. Brilliant Tableau. The Transformation :—Two Harlequins, Herr Deulin and Signor Veroni; two Sprites, the Brothers Elliott ; two Pantaloons, Mr. Barnes and Mr. G. Tanner; two Clowns, Messrs. Harry Boleno and Flexmore ; the Gent, Mr. Halford ; two Columbines, Madame Boleno and Miss Honey. The Ups and Downs of the Haeequinade, showing the Ins and Outs and Turns About of the Pantomime Rally ; Toy Warehouse, Butcher's and Baker's Shop (Bolenos. DenlM, Tanner, and Halford).—A pink of polite ness—Clown very toyish—Getting a nutcracker, which turns out a nobby toy—First and last toys for gambling—Marbles versus dice--Despatches, loaded, and off they go —Harlequin takes a private box —Clown takes Chatterton'a situation as boxkeeper—Kite-fiying—:A. game of Cricket, by which some of the players get bowled out, and afterwards stumped, which turns out, a lona stop—The uses and abuses of the Crin oline. —A Jack in the box—A box of regular British toys and a basket of French bread (bricks)—Aldershott a size smaller —Grand review of infantry —A military ball—Going in for a buster Coming out with a roll—Clown make a peel to baker's feelings—List, oh, List—Squaring a round of beef— Clown takes a steak and gets a chop in return—Pantaloon tries his hand at a game and loses by it —Cat and come again —Clown takes a butcher's shop. which Harlequin makes too hot to hold him. Tailor's Shop and Perfamery Warehouse (Ve roni, Barnes, and Honey). A gentleman in search of a tailor— A suit that is quite the ticket—T.lß Oude wrapper—Railway wrappers—Transfer depot—Washing machine—extraordinary— Something that won't wash—Cleaned out—Scent in and sent out- Foreign versus English toothpowder—Hungary water—A Frangipani bouquet—Wonderful effects of the Pistachio nut- powder —A case of real distress—Pantaloon in a fix—Fur nished Apartments for Single Men (Bolenoa, Detain, and Tanner).—Clown and Pantaloon in l;igh life—A domestic re-' volution—'furring the tables—To bed, to bed—A drop too much Clown now begins to reflect —The looking-glass follows his example—Two heada better than one—Clown takes a turn on the sofa, which also takes a turn on its own account— ' Multiplication altercation, which ends with a regular row in the house. Jndkia's Gas-regulating Machine and General Patent Office and Stationer's Shop (Veroni, Barnes, and Honey.)—Cloivu, being in Fleet-street, goes the pace rather fast—The language of the eyes (I-talian of course) which everybody understands—Bath post versus London post—Re gulators Wanted : railway regulators, army regulators, gas regulators, smoke regulators—Sewing, cutting, washing, pressing, and ironing done by a turn—Clown makes a shift which makes Pantaloon a little shirty—A box of common scents —A fresh supply of blacks ,from America—A Dred-ful scene ensues. Mechi's Model Farm (Eolenos, Deuln, and Tanner )—Harvest-home —A rakish dance by rustic lads and lasses—The milky way—Harlequin makes a pump of himself —A strong smell of game—A farm-yard visitor—Clown finds the pig a very great bore—Pantaloon finds the dog gets greatly attached to him —Prize Poultry—Cochin China and couch in England —Novel hatching—The old mail—Full in side—Clown off by the Express and Pantaloon by the Rocket—Mappin's Cutlery and Shilling Razor Warehouse, King William-street, City (the whole of the double company will appear in this scene )—Pantaloon proposes to take a bus—Present and future—Weight of public opinion —A change for the better—The people's own bus—When fool meets fool then comes the tug of fun—Collision, crash, smash, and dash—Garotte preventive—Moustache move ment—A pair of sharp blades—Clowns 'prove themselves a case for cutlery—Holloway stopped by Holloway's oint ment—The duel —A cut direct—Forewarned, forearmed— Public nuisances of 1856—0 h, my Crinoline—A high wind, a regular blow up, and: glorious termination to Ups and Downs in Holiday's Fairy Home. The reduced prices as follows, varying - throughout the house to suit every one :—Galleries, 0.1. and is. ; Second Circle of Boxes, is. 6d. ; Pit, 2s. ; First Circle of Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Dress Boxes, 3s. ; Stalls, ss. ; Private Boxes, 105. 6d., P. ls., 1/. lls. 6c1., and 21. 2s. LOYAL LYCEUM TaEATRE. Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. On BOXING NIGHT, December 26, will be produced an entirely new and original combination of burlesque and pan tomime, entitled CONRAD AND MEDORA; or, Harlequin Corsair and the Little Fairy at the Bottom of the Sea. The burlesque opening by W. Brough, Esq., founded upon the ballet of Le Corsair, as produced at Her Majesty's Theatre. The harlequinade upon things in gene ral. The new and magnificent scenery painted by Mr. F. Fenton. Characters in the opening : Conrad (the Corsair) Miss Woolgar Birbarto (his lieutenant) Mr. J. L. Toole Seyde Pasha ...........................Mr. Barrett Sing Smaui Yussiff Med ora Mrs. Charles Dillon Gulnar Mrs. B. White Zuliem Submarina...(her first appearnce) Miss Jessie Ryder Serena Miss Marie Wilton Clowns Mr. Tom Matthews and Mr. H. Marshall Pantaloon Harlequin Columbine Mr. Stilt Mr. J. Marshall _Miss Clara Morgan On Boxing Night, and on Saturday, Dec. 27, the historical play of WILLIAM TELL will commence the - performances. William Tell, Mr. C. Dillon. A Morning Performance of the Pantomime every Saturday, at 2 o'clock, commencing on Sa turday, Dec. 27. The box-office open daily, from 11 to 5, under the superintendence of Mr. Chatterton, jun. Carriages conveying parties to the Private Boxes to set down at the State . entrance in Burleigh-street. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. jilt) On FRIDAY, Dec. 26, will be produced a new grand Christmas Pantomime, called ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP; or, Harlequin and the Genii of the Bing. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pantaloon, Mr.,Paulo ; Co lumbine, Miss C. Adams. Preceded by THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Saturday, the Corsican Brothers and e Pantomime. On Monday, Dec. 2 0 , will be presented A Midsummer Night's Dream and the Pantomime. ..agjo OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. On FRIDAY, Dec. 26, DELICATE GROUND. Messrs. G. Vining and Leslie ; Mrs. Stirling. A new Fairy Extravaganza. by J. B. Plancbe, Esq., called YOUNG AND HANDSOME. Messrs. F. Robson, Rogers, Leslie, G. Cooke, Danvers. Misses Swanborongb, Thiriwall, St. Curie (her first appearance), Castleton, Bromley, Maskell, and Mrs. Melfort. After which, CRINOLINE. Comatce at half-past Seven; SEE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DE - CEMBER, 25, 1856. FIHEATRE ROYAL, HAY:MARKET. On FRIDAY, Dec. 26, and S A.TURDAY, to commence at Seven with the comedy of THE HONEYMOON_ In consequence of Mr. Murdoeh's success hi 3 is reingaged for a few nights and will appear as the Duke Ac anz2. After which, a new comic Christmas Phu tominic, entitled THE BABES IN THE WOOD, or Harlequi.n and the Cruel Uncle. The scenery of the opening story p ainied by Mr W. Callcott. The music compoSed and arranged:by- Edward Fitz. william. The pantomime produced under th e direction of g. Milano. Harlequin, M. Milano ; Co du mbine, Fanny Wright (her first appearance in that chara , AGr) ; Pantaloon, 3.1 r. Mackay ; and Clown, Mr. Driver (12',9 first appearance in that character at this theatre). The firs t Morning perform ance of the Pantomime will be given on, Thursday, Jan. 1, and continue every Thursday throughout the holidays : com mencing at 2, concluding at 4. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Great Attraction for tho Holidays. BOXING NIGHT (Friday, Dec. 26), and Saturday, Dec. 27, for two nights only, PAUL PRY: By Mr. Wri g ht. After which will be produced anew and original union of m odern burlesque and old English pantomime (as originated at this theatre), by Professor Wordspinner, Member of Every thing, with entirely new scenery, dresses, transformations, &c., called MOTHER SHIPTON ; or, Harlequin Knight of Love, and the Enchanted Whistle. ITarlequin and Columbine (a la Watteau Madame Celeste and Miss Wyndham ; Clown, Mr. Garden; Pantaloon, Mr. Moreland esue , Mr. Le Barr. Characters in the bur a g Paul Bedford, Mr. J. Bland, Mr. R. Romer, Iby ; Mr.S ael;m Madame Celeste, Miss Wyndham, Miss Mary Keeley, Miss Kate Kelly, Miss Arden, &c. T RAND THEATRE.—Manager, Mr. T. Payne.—On Friday Evening will be performed ROBERT MACAIRE. To conclude with the Burlesque Pantomime of THE MAGIC MISTLETOE; or, Harlequin Humbug and the Shams of Lon don. Clown, Miss Cuthbert ; Harlequin, Miss Craven ; Columbines, Miss E. Jacobs and Mdle. Collison. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ; Gallery, Ed. OYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. TO-MORROW EVENING, DOUGLAS. After which, HARLEQUIN AND THE SUMMER QUEEN. Harlequin, Mr. F. Glover ; Clown, Mr. L uck ; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury ; the Four Sprites, the Fillis Fa mily ; Columbines, Mesda mes Marie and Agnes. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. TO-MORROW EVENING, Shakspeare's Tragedy of 'MACBETH, with Mr. W. Cooke's Equestrian Illustrations. Macbeth, Mr. James Holloway. After which, the skilful SCENES in the CIRC To conclude with a new grand equestrian comic pantomime, called PAUL PRY ON HORSEBACK ; or, Harlequin and the Magic Horseshoe. Doors open at half-past six ; commence at seven o'clock. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mrs N. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road. — OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Giecs, Ducts, &c., : —Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunel', and Miss Summers ; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Raino. T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, NV. Melling, and P. Collie ; Masters Austin, Ben nett, and Corri ; Mr. Sam Cowell and E. Mackney. Piano forte, J. Harroway, R. A. ; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun. ; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre cisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. In addition t. the usual Vocal Entertainment, the celebrated SPANISH MINSTRELS will appear in costume at Nine and Eleven o'clock Every Evening, and sing some of their favourit selec tions. ;UGH. VITATL'II. AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DA:—Morn. 18 min. aft. I"—Evening 41 min. aft. 12 TorflOßßOW—Morn. 2 min. aft. I—Evening 24 min. aft. 1 THE WEATHER—Sus OrFICE, DECEMBER 25. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 47—highest sinso noon yesterday. 35—lowest this morning snd during the night. 33 —this thy 130011. BAROMETER, 23 92 falling. WIND, N.—Light, with dull, hazy, or foggy, frosty weather. „e l .c r §tt-11 LI':DON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 18t6. We earnestly commend to public attention the letter of our esteemed correspondent, C. W. S., which will be found in another part of this day's impression. As an English merchant, he pos sesses ample opportunities of perceiving, and he has evinced a clear capacity for appreciating the injurious results of a scarcity of the circulating medium—the very blood, in the stagnation whereof industry may starve. Like the Israelites of old the people cannot provide their quo?a bricks, while the necessary foundation, the supply of straw, is wanting4To say that the extravagant charge for money lately represented by a minimum rate of 7 per cent. discount in Threadneedle street, implying a charge of 8, 10, or even 12 per cent. to merchants and manufacturers, who have not accounts with " the Old Lady," and still maintained at 6 per cent., because of a continental demand for gold, is perfectly absurd. Wby Should the exportation of a few millions of specie occasion a monetary panic, so greatly depreciate every other description of accumulated and real ised property, bring poverty, and too often ruin, to thousands of meritorious and solvent indivi duals, and general distress and embarrassment to the nation ? We have abundance of real and productive capital. We have countless flocks and, herds—stock of every description, instruments, and ornaments of art ; agricultural implements of the best description, broad and fertile acres with all their varied produce, raw materials from every clime and country, and the skill and indus try to convert them into valuable manufactures, for which there is extensive demand, both at home and abroad ; but all this bona fide wealth is to be depreciated in value ; all these springs are to be neutralised—mills closed, steam power wasted, and horses standing idle, for want of a suitable measure and representative of value. It might as well be said that we should go back to the old System of barter as that we should remain con tented with the imperfect metallic currency to which the theories of PEEL•OVERSTONE and Co. have reduced us, and ignore all the lights of mo dern experience, all the improvements by the experience of past generations. As C. W. S. truly declares, " our merchants and manufacturers require a currency of some sort at a price their profits will enable them to pay, not that they may enter into foreign speculations, but to carry on their legitimate trade." The great organ of the bullionists, the Times itself, has confessed that, " supposing the circulation to be required solely for internal commerce, no ne cessity could exist for gold being held against any portion of it. A deposit of Government Stock, or the fact of its being receivable for duties, would at all times keep it from fluctuation in value !" Now, this is the great desideratum to be achieved—the object at which the putative parents of the unwise and impolitic Act of 1844 professed to aim, but which they totally failed to accomplish ! They undertook to provide the na tion with a stable currency—to give uniformity of value to the circulating medium—by means whereof the business of the country could at all times be carried on with security and profit to fair and solvent traders. What has been the re sult ? We shall quote the words of Mr. SAMUEL GODDARD, a zealous and enthusiastic Freetrader —a consistent and prudent Monetary Reformer : " Have not fluctuations in prices, in the value of property, and derangements in trade, been much greater than at any former period, even under unlimited, irresponsible issues of paper money ? Have we not witnessed the wildest speculatic ns and the severest depressions ?" Look to the rail way mania of 1845, the commercial crisis, and panic of 1847, showing the different sides of the picture in the clearest points of view. The inju rious action of the new-fangled code can thus be discovered in all its varied aspects. At one time money was a " mere drug in the market ;" it could be obtained at almost nominal rates for the wildest schemes. Legitimate trade was abandoned for gambling speculations. Alen sought to be.come uddenly rich, and despised the cautious maxims of their prudent fathers. The inevitable reaction occurred, and that at a time when the most weighty speculations were on foot. The Bank, when its own objects were achieved, contracted its issues, and myriads of families were brought to ruin, to deplore the misery and privation that followed the feverish excitement produced by the iniquitous legislation of the moneyocracy. In 1847, as an able writer declared, " there wer e days, some awful days, during which '.he measure of value had altogether disappe'Ared. Mines, mills, and their produce had no value. With a famine impending over the land American flour would not bring money ! All because a few millions of sovereigns had gone from us, leaving twice as many uncalled for, and therefore not wanted, in the cellars of the Bank." This is a graphic but faithful delineation of the calamity, which was immediately alleviated, And speedily cured by the temporary suspension of the enactment which had been the cause of all the mischief. When, then, will the people shake off the un accountable apathy by which they have so long been oppressed ? When will the voice of public opinion proclaim, trumpet-tongued, the necessity for fiscal and monetary reforms, and show that the nation will no longer endure the evils of class legislation ? We want an equitable property and free trade in money, or rather in currency. The latter can only be attained by the abolition of the monopoly so long enjoyed by the Old Lady of Thrcadneedle•street, and the establishment of a really National Bank, issuing really national notes of small and convenient denominations, varying from 1/. to 5/. We have repeated this advice msque ad nauseam, but it cannot be too frequently impressed on the popular mind until it has produced its fruit, and the natural re sults, the welfare and happiness of the industrial population, and the time when every man, able and willing to labour, will be sure of obtaining " a fair day's wages for a fair day's work !" One of the most remarkable pamphleteers of the day—Sir ARTHUR HALLAM ELTON, Bart.— has very zecently issued from the press a masterly argument in favour of the Ballot. He signifl• cantly entitles his brochure " The Ballot—a Con servative Measure."* His deduction being literally to the effect that the long-dreaded radical reform of --The Ballot—would necessarily, after all, prove in very truth rather Conservative than Revolu tionary. Conservative in the best sense of the word—Conservative of all that is good, of all that is indeed worthy of Conservation in our political Constitution. And would it not, on the very face of it ? Would it not necessarily be so Con servative ? Conservative of the independence of the Electors ! Conservative of the position, character, and dignity of the House of Commons —by making it at last, in truth as well as in name, The House of Commons ! Conservative of the principles not only of the represented, but also of the representatives themselves ! Guarding both alike from the possibility of falling under the temptation of becoming implicated one way or another in the crime of Bribery. Precluding one from the chance of bribing, the other from the chance of being bribed. Securing at the same time, in the same way, the independence not simply of the different constituencies, but of the several candidates for the suffrages of those constituen cies. Elevating each to the same dignified level of independence. Enabling every elector to vote for whomsoever he pleases, according to the dic tates of his own judgment and conscience, and irrespective of the bias of any extraneous consi deration—and while thus effectually manumitting the mass of the electors, doing quite as much good for the elected in another way. Guarding them from the degradation of being the nominees of any influential landlord ; securing them from the hardly less degrading influence of the cringing Canvass ; , and enhancing their prestige when elected as really and veritably one of the chosen representatives of the population. A panacea is a thing we dont't believe in, either in medicine or in politics. But most assuredly if there be any one reform that might really assume to itself the glory of being the next best thing to a political panacea, that great re form is expresed, to our thinking, in the oue word -- the "Ballot," that most potent dissylable. The Patriot Statesman of the Age, to our mind, will be the man who shall give to England the Ballot. Had Sir R. PEEL, the great Sir R. PEEL, the Sir ROBERT PEEL, survived a little longer, we should have looked to him for it. He it was who gave to the country whatever security it has in its Police System. He it was who was principally instrumental in confirming the alle giance of the nation to the great cause of Religious Liberty, by the crowning triumph over intoler ance—the passing of the Act of Catholic Emanci pation. His was the strong, bold, resolute hand that threw down at once and for ever the barriers of Monopoly by the passing of the grand series of Free-Trade Enactments. He had only to repair the one great evil committed in his political youth, when he may be said to have been sowing the wild oats of statesmanship—he had only to make reparation for the heinous wrong inflicted by the Bank Charter Act, repairing that wrong by the liberation and reorganisation of the national currency. That was all that was required from him—but beyond that, and regarding it as his crowning benefaction to his country, we should have looked to him for that magnificent boon of the Ballot, which would be to the representative sys tem what Free Trade has proved to commerce — its glory, its security, its Palladium. TO Sir ROBERT PEEL'S political successor, who ever he may be, we must now look for the like evidences of courage, genius, and magnanimity in his supreme capacity as the great Patriot Statesman of his generation. The opportunity for his ap pearance is already open to him. He might come into power to-morrow, figuratively speaking, if he so pleased it. He might, so to speak, be carried above the heads of the people into office by simply daring to avail himself of this very obvious op portunity. Undertaking merely to forego the obnoxious Income Tax and to substitute in its place a just and rational impost upon. Property — he would have the whole people with him— at once—em masse—heart and soul : eager to hail the auspicious advent of his Administration. And then—THE BALLOT, as the initial boon con ferred upon the nation by his Government, would confirm and consolidate his popularity. The Ballot—that talisman of independence at once to Electors and Representatives ! The Ballot — reforming much that is evil, conserving all that is good in our mixed Constitution. Yes—but all the while we must not forget that the Ballot is a " bore !" What says our caustic pamphleteer upon this head ? He writes : " I would admit very candidly that the question of the ballot, especially to members of Parliament, comes under the head of what is called a bore: It is difficult to see how this can be helped. The tad young gentleman finds his tailor a bore, when he pays him a diurnal visit in quest of a settlement of * The Ballot, a Conservative Measure. By Sir Arthur Hallam Elton, Bart. Bvo, pp, 43. Ridgway : London. Kerslake : Bristol. 1856. his 'small account.' The paterfamilias of restricted . means denounces as a bore that respectable individual with an umbrella under his arm, and a receipt book sticking out of his pocket, who has already called two , lays running without success for half a-year's poor rate. The belle of the season groans under the affliction of that periodical visit to the family dentist, which she is solemnly assured is essential to the preservation of three of her front teeth. These inevitable annoyances must ever be included in the genus bore,' simply because they ara inevitable; and because, moreover, they are re -current. It was the same with most good measures which have been pertinaciously pressed upon Parliament notwithstanding repeated rejections. Parliament en dured a wonderful amount of boring' at the hands of Wilberforce, Romilly, Branham, Grey, Russell, Ver non Smith, amongst many others, who year by year fought with patient resolution on behalf of wise, just, and salutary reforms. Parliament was bored.' Par liament uncommonly enjoyed a joke or a sarcasm at the expense of these troublesome gentlemen, who would take no denial, but were no sooner beaten than they corn menced preparations for a fresh attack. The wits made very good fun of them. There was plenty of brilliant talent, there was no lack of ponderous prejudice opposed to their exertions ; nevertheless they made way, and finally conquered, not by dint of mere dogged mulish obstinacy, but simply because the bulk of the nation was at their backs, and because their cause was intrinsi cally just. So it is with the ballot. The House, not withstanding Mr Berkeley's caustic pleasantry, is rather bored by the ballot. The majority of the refined and wealthy classes of society are bored by it ; they wonder it should still thrust itself forward into notice, like a vulgar weed reappearing after it was supposed to be extirpated. It is impertinent, obtrusive, aggravating ; in short, it is a bore.' Well, no doubt it is, but see why it is so, examine !he question fairly and honestly. Are you justified in rejecting it? Are your grounds of objection solid? Are they satisfying to the conscience? May be after all the best way of disposing of the ballot will be to make it law. May be there is no other method of extinguishing the nuisance. Like a refractory crumb, or an obstinate pill, the best way to get rid of it will probably be to swallow it." The question is very far indeed from being exhausted in this little pamphlet of 43 pages octavo, penned by Sir ARTHUR ELTON. It is popularised in it. It is simplified through the medium of its clear aad homely logic. But ex hausted ?—well, one might as well have expected to find the Free-Trade argument exhausted, in one of the catechetical inquiries of PERRONET THOMPSON, or in one of the Corn-Law Rhymes of EBENEZER ELLIOT, or in one of the many masterly speeches of RICHARD COBDEN, as look for exhaus tion of the subject of the Ballot in a single pamph let by Sir ARTHUR ELTON, or in a single speech by Mr. HENRY BERKELEY. One might, perhaps, carve the designs of the Shield of Achilles upon the surface of a cherrystone, or pack the twenty four books of the Iliad inside of it. But—exhaust the Ballot in one speech or in one Pamphlet? We!l, hardly—even though Mr. HENRY BERKELEY him self were the orator, or Sir ARTHUR ELTON, with all his common sense, his logic, his wit, and his rhetoric, were the pamphleteer. When will this country awake to a proper sense of the stupendous responsibilities her im mense Colonial possessions entail upon her ? A good deal of progress in this direction, it must be admitted, has been made of late years, but still we are far behind hand. What a destiny has been adumbrated for us ! What a history may ours be if we put forth our strength in the discharge of our bounden duty ! Suppose we had to record the plougshare of desolation having passed over the face of Europe, uprooting and destroying the various nations by whom it is inhabited, with the exception of ourselves—how the national mind on recovering from the terrible shock would expand and glow with ardour at the thought of peopling the vast region with our own race, who should carry with them the immortal and fructifying seed of our free in. stitutions with all we inherit from them ! Brain, and tongue, and pen would weary to comprehend the grandeur of our position and give it adequate utterance. Statesmen, philosophers, men of com merce, and you the industrial million, believe us —a grander destiny than this wild speculation suggests to you is shadowed forth to us in no idle wandering dream, but as a more than possible— a contingent reality ! We have areas equal to many Europes in our possession waiting but ade quate justice at our hands, to owe to us the foun dations of a future which the airy imagination of the poet might well fail to describe, and the phil anthropist weep with joy while unable fully to realise. Is it not time we proved ourselves worthy of our destiny by accepting it, and taking strides towards its development in proportion to its grandeur ! It is not our intention to enter into the evi dence by which the assertion can be substantiated. The realer will find abundant testimony at hand if ho allows himself a few minutes for reflection. Our object in speaking as we hive is to stimulate him sufficiently to be interested in what follows, corroborative as it is ('f our remarks. Should he be disposed to accuse us of bathos, we turn on him and say—if what we are about to advance be bathos, how surprisingly grand must that be to the imperfect outlines, of which we challenge denial, and it stands in such relation. Take up the map of America. Look at Canada. It is a British colony. Years ago it was strong enough to rise in rebellion against our misrule. It has grown wonderfully in importance since then. What with industry, railways, and posi tion the young giant has grown so great that 350,000 square miles do not afford him elbow room. This Canada of ours, if filled up, would be a great empire even when placed along side of a great European monarchy. It is instinct with the future that awaits it. It pants to lay the foundations of its hereafter wide as the area it must ultimately embrace. Turn your eyes to a contiguous territory —not to the United States. Do you know anything of it ? Look how it stretches onward to the Pacific—how many Ca nadas are embraced in its vast area. Take up your compasses and rule—measure and calculate ! The area of this territory of which you know so little—why, it actually comprises four millions of square miles. Do you know whom it belongs to and how it is peopled and governed ? It belongs to Great Britain, is almost a desert so far as population is . concerned, and is governed in the most un-English way conceivable. Industry is represented by the trapper ; agriculture is pro hibited ; desolation and plunder alone are culti vated. The very missionary has the door shut against him. The devil himself may grin from one end of it to the other without a moment's intermission. It is in the hands of the Hudson's Bay Company, whose title is as good as that of I the owner of an estate stolen within living memory. Their only charter is a surreptitiously obtained licence, which expires in 1859. Oh, it is suggested, "it is a bleak, uninhabit able, worthless country." A thousand times No ; it is not. The greater portion of it is as good as Canada. It teems with coal, with cop per, plumbago, and other metals. Gold ore, it is more than whispered, despite the efforts of the Company to keep the fact secret, has been found imbedded in it. It may turn out a second California. Flax, tallow, hides, are to be had from it. It is capable, when culti vated, of feeding kingdoms with its produce. Its climate is at least as good as that of Canada ; and with all these advantages it produces only a number of furs. It is shut up against mankind, and its inhabitants bowed to the earth, mentally and morally, to fill the pockets of a petty, but most unscrupulous trading company. These vast territories, in immediate contiguity to Canada—it is of them we are speaking—these vast territories, belonging of right to Canada—for such is the fact —that very Canada there needing and crying out for elbow-room, and unable of itself to get it. Does the history of the world record anything more preposterous than this? Here are some of us glorying in the progress of C tnada, and all of us " perplexed in the extreme" to find a colony, or room in one or other of our colonies, for the discipline of our convicted burglars, garotters, and other dangerous felons, and all the while this area of four millions of square miles is populated chiefly by a few trappers, and is shut against us resum tencatis—by the Hudson's Bay Company ! by a few audacious London traders ! Well may the Canadian Board of Trade meet to protest against so monstrous and unrighteous an occupa tion, and demand liberty to break down a barrier which keeps them from their own, or, at the very least, stands in the way of Canada's legisla tive development. Well may we he excused for having spoken as we havo done, if excuse be at all needel. It is hard to speak on the subject with patience. Viscount Palmerston arrived in London yesterday morning, and returned to Broadlands in the afternoon. Lord Stanley of Alderley left town yesterday for Alderley Park. BRIGHTON.—The Duko of Devonshire purposes pass. ing his Christmas in Kemp Town, and probably s'lme time longer. On Monday his grace had a select dinner party, including the Marquis of Ahercorn And Lady Louisa Hamilton, Countess of Durham, Hon. Mrs. Hodgson and Miss Hodgion, Lord Cavendish, Cap'ain and Mrs. Davidson, Colonel Clifford, Mrs. Giles, and Mr. Erskine. The Dowager Countess Granville is among the latest arrivals at the Bedford Hotel. The Marquis and Marchioness of Head fort have arrived at the Bedford Hotel. Sir Fitzroy Kelly, after a stay of some days at the Royal Albion Hotel, has taken his departure for London.--Brighton Gazette. DEATH OF REAR ADMIRAL WETHERALL.—We re gret to announce the death of Rear Admiral Frederick Augustus Wetherall (1854), of Ealing, Middlesex, which mournful event took place on the 21st inst., in Upper Mount-street, Dublin. This officer was born Feb. 20, 1788, and entered the navy in 1800. He accepted the retirement Oct. 1, 1846. ROYAL ACADEMY or MUSIC.—The nomination for the two King's Scholarships, vacant at this time of the year, took place on Saturday, the 20th inst. The Board of Examiners, consisted of Mr. Potter, Chairman, Mr. Goss, Mr. Lucas, Mr. H. Blagrove, Dr. S. Bennett, Mr. Dorrell, and Mr. P. R. Cox. The number of candidates examined was 88-17 young gentlemen and 21 young ladies. The following were elected scholars :—Miss S. L. Kilpac and Master C. W. Isaac. The following can didates were " specially" commended—Misses Tacker, Aylward, Gnivier ; Messrs. Thomas, Betjeman, Amor, and Waddell. The following were commended—Misses Parton, Wallace, Clint, and Walsh ; Messrs. Mason, Meeking, Bainbridge, Hammond, and Farrar. OXFORD AMATEUR THEATRICAL SOCIETY.—The mem bers of this society commenced a series of entertain ments ore Tuesday evening, when they performed two farces, "Time Tries All," and " The Fish out of Water." The whole of the proceeds were given to the City Public Library, towards assisting the funds for a lending library, and amounted to 51. 19R. 61. The pieces, with the assistance of two clever artistes from London, were very creditably sustained. We understand that a Treasury commission has been issued, appointing Lord Portman, H. Ker Seymer, Esq., M.P., I. K. Brunel, Esq., C.E., Robert Rawlinson, Esq., C E , Professor J. T. Way, J. B. Lawes, Esq., and Southwood Smith, Esq., M.D., to inquire into the most effectual means of distributing the sewage of towns and of applying it to beneficial and profitable uses. The Right Hon. H. Labouchere, Colonial Secretary, is about to erect a new family mansion on hie property at Stowey, Somerset. The contract has been already taken by a London firm, and amounts to about 18,0001. The works ere to he proceeded with immediately. EPISCOPAL LIBERALITY.—Tbe Lord Bishop of Gloces ter and Bristol provided lodging., at his own expense, for every candidate for the recent ordination, and di rected that all their needs should be promptly and fibs rally supplied. The want of a palace at Bristol has thus not been held by the right rev, prelate to be an excuse for neglecting the rites of hospitality. The Rectory of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, which has be come vacant by the elevation of the Rev. Dr. R. Bicker steth to the Bishopric of Rip in, has been conferred by the Lord Chancellor on the Rev. E. H. Carr, M.A, incumbent of Christ Chapel, Maida-hill. Mr. Carr was fir some years rector of Ivlillbrook, Bedfordshire, and obtained his appointment to Christ Chapel a few months ago, on the nomination of the Rev. George Fi.k, who was minister of Christ Chapel, to the vicarage of Great Malvern. SOUTHAMPTON ELECTION —SOUTHAMPTON, Wed ues - day.—A general meeting of the friends and supporters of Mr. Weguelin was held at the Victoria Rooms yesterday evening ; Mr. Wm. Lankester in the chair. There was a very influential gathering of the leading Liberals of the town on the platform, and the room was well filled. Mr. Weguelin and several members of his committee addres4ed the assembly, and resolutions in his favour were carried by consldera.ble majorities, although large numbers of hands were held up against them. Many of Mr. An drews' partisans were present, and the proceedings were occasionally of a very stormy and boisterous character. District meetings were held almost nightly in the differ ent parts of 'the town in the respective interests of both candidates, and the excitement slims no sips of abate ment. EAST SUFFOLK ELECTION.—Mr. Andrew Arcedeckne, the high sheriff, has appokted to-morrow, the 26th inst., for the election of a member for the eastern division of the county of Suffolk, rendered vacant by the death of S.r E iward S'nerlack Gooch, Bart. Tne election will take place in the Town-hall, Ipswich. Lord Henniker (Conservative) is the only candidate in the field. WARD OF CRIPPLEGATE WlTHOUT.—Yesteydav tho adjourned wardmote for this ward was held in the school-room Redcross-street, for the purpose of Alder man Challis stating the course he should pursue in consequence of two of the candidates at the close of the poll on Tuesday having polled equal numbers. Alderman Challis said he should declare the first seven gentlemen on the list duly elected—viz., Messrs. Still well, Pickering, Cuthbert, Kent, Rua d, Johnson, and Morrisse, and with respect to the eighth member he should make a double return of the name; of Mr. Sewell and Mr. Spencr, who had polled equal numbers, and he had no doubt a fresh precept would be issued for the election of one member to fill up the vacancy. LIVERPOOL, Dec. 24.—The Eric3son sailed hence to day for New York, with a small complement of passen gers and a fair cargo. The Asia will take out the mails for the same port on Saturday. The Montreal Ocean Mail Company's screm steamer North American sailed this morning for Portland, U.S., with 50 passengers, a fair cargo, and the Canadian mails. , . THE CITY OF LONDON UNION FRAUDS.--Tae board of fruar:lians, in consequence of the suspension by order of the Poor-law Board of Mr. Rowsell, the clerk to the union, have appointed Mr. R. J. Baylis, of Red Cross street, clerk to the ward of Cripplegate-wiliont, and clerk to the East London Union, to be their clerk pro tern. The guardians are still carrying on the investiga tion, but up to yesterday no further frauds had been die c3vered beyond those that have already appeared. Up to last night the officers who hold the warrant for the apprehension of Pael and Marini bad not succeeded in c iptnring either of them. It is, however, stated that a sufficient clue has been obtaine I as to their wbereabout, and that ere long one or both will be in custody. It is believed they are atill in the metropoli , . morning 1A rar, an A a c c c , nNtT terminatedirr TaE S f a T t n a tti y m t 0 — Y mr e . s te rday David Cornet, aged 67 years, will resided near Stamford-street, Blackfriars. He was crossing Pickett-street, Strand, when the driver of the omnibus No. 6,21 called out to him ; and before the driver had time to pull up the wheels of the vehicle passed over him, mutilating him in a frightful manner. He was conveyed to the hos pital, but life was pronounced to be extinct. THE EXPLOSION AT THE MONK BRIDGE IRON WORKS —Yesterday morning an inquest was held upon the body of Edward Dickenson, who expired on Monday afternoon in the Leeds Icifirmary, after enduring ex cruciating agony from the effects of an explosion at the Monk-bridge Iron Woiks, Leeds, the particulars of which we have already reported. The evidence con curred in proving that the accident arose from too much water having been turned on by the deceased himself. Verdict, " Accidental death." THE LEATHER MARKET. —The leather market at Leadenhall on Tuesday was in a state of much ex. citement, and a further alvance of from id. to 13i. per lb. was readily obtained for crops, light butts, offal, and shoulders. COLLISION IN TUE CLYDE.—On Saturday night last a serious collision took place in the Clyde between the barque Felicity, grain-laden, from the Mediterranean, and the steamer Vanguard. The Vanguard was on her outward passage with goods and passengers for Liver pool, when, from some cause which is not at present clearly understood, a violent collision ensued between them. The Vanguard struck the barque on the port bow, and cut her up to the foremast, which was broken in two places. carrying away the eeindlass deck planking, & c . Tile Felicity immediat e ly filled by the gap in her bow, and settled down in a slanting direction across the channel, which is here very narrow, where she now lies, appearing as a sort of bridge across the stream. The crew escaped Without difficulty. ThE CAPITAL CONVICTS OF M AIDSTONE.—the execu tion of the two prisoners, Dedea Redanies and Thomas Mansell, who were convicted of murder at the late assivs for the county of Bent, has beta fixed to take place on Thursday, Jan. 1. In ordinary course the execution of Mansell, who, it will be remembered, was convicted of the murder of a corporal of the 49th R-gi ment, in which he was a private sol ier, would have taken place on the second market day after his convic tion, but, as that happened to be Christmas-day, of course it was felt to be impracticable for the sentence to be carried into effect on that day. The prisoner Reda nies, who was convicted of the murder of a young wo man to whom he was engaged to be married and her sister, under the usual course, as his conviction did not take place until the day following that of the trial of the other prisoner, would lof h eve had the sentence upon him carried into effect tnttt the day above named, and Mr. Palmer, the under sheriff of the county, upon whom, as the deputy for the high-sheriff, the arrange ment of all these matters devolves, therefore considered it expedient- that the execution of both the convicts should be fixed for the later day. Both the prisoners appear quite resigned to their fate. LATEST NEWS. THE PARIS CONFERENCES. The substance of the instructions received by ,be Turkish Ambassador, whose arrival in Paris has already been announced, as regards the Con ferences, is that Boigrad and the Isle of Serpents shall be, given up by Russia. Full and complete fulfilment of the Treaty of Paris for the organisation of the Danubian Prin- ci palities. To settle as soon as possible the Turco-Russian frontier line in Asia, when the season of the year will permit it. The great Powers are begged to take into seri ous consideration the state of Turkey, wLich desires to develope its resources, to become a strong Power, and to be no longer a source of anxiety to the West. Its rivalries of influence and the lamentable misunderstanding on the Treaty of Paris have prevented it from occupying itself with the great commercial and financial measures which its wants require. The Sardinian Plenipotentiary has received in- structions. The day for the opening of the Conferences has not yet been fixed. The French and English Governments are per fectly agreed on the points under discussion. The Conferences will only be occupied with the questions of Bolgrad and of the Isle of Serpents. It is hoped that the Neuchatel question will be amicably settled. BERLIN, DEC. 24. The Xreuz Zeitung asserts that the English Ambassador at the Prussian Court (Lord Bloom field) now supports the demands of Prussia against Switzerland. FRANKFORT, DEC. 24. The Journal de Franefort says that the Council of Berne proposed an arrangement between the Confederation and Prussia by diplomacy, but has failed ; the situation is becoming very serious. Switzerland is quiet, but resolved. The Govern ment at Berne has published a proclamation. The preparations for resistance to the invader are universal. A letter from Berlin of the 21st, in the German Journal of Frankfort, says :—" We can affirm that it is the intention of the French government to establish a corps of observation on ' the Swiss frontier, at the time that Prussia shall march her expeditionary corps. It is not correct, as has been stated, that Prussia has fixed the Ist of January as a fatal term beyond which she will not admit the intervention of a third power ; she will admit that intervention so long as the royal ists of Neuchatel shall not be tried. Whop, however, the affair shall once have been brought before the tribunals, conciliation will have become impossible. With the royalists, in fact, Switzer land would put on its trial the right of Prussia, and to a certain extent the King of Prussia him self. That would be an offence which would im peratively call for recourse to arms.'' A commission composed of several officers has been sent from the Russian head-quarters to visit the Mazanderan, a province of Persia adjoining the Caspian Sea, in order to reconnoitre the various passages for troops and draw topographic-► 1 plans. It appear that in the event of serious hostilities taking place between England and Per sia the Mazancleram will be a very important stra tegic point. Troops will be concentrated in this province, and the defiles of the Caspian gates and that of Komis will be strongly occupied. It is by these two points that the centre of the Persian empire, which in this case is destined to become the theatre of the struggle, may be approached. Letters from Athens of the 17th state that extraordinary commissioners had been about to be sent from London to examine into the financial situation of Greece, but Russia had opposed the measure as insulting to the dignity of the Greek Government. It was in consequence decided that the ambassadors of the protecting powers at the Court of Athens should themselves make the inquiry and report thereon. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Bank of France now discounts bills at 75 days. Austria has at length decided on nominating Baron de Hubner to be its representative at the Conferences. He received his powers yesterday. The Moniteur publishes the official return of the Customs revenue for last mouth, which am oun t e d to 13,043,621 f., b e i ng au increase of 487,116 f. on the corresponding period of 1855. The receipts for the eleven expired mouths of the present year amount to 1 59,086,304 f. ; being a decrease ( , f 17,796,749 f., as compared with the corresponding period of last year. The items of revenue which show the principal falling off during the last eleven months are foreign sugar, 16,686,663 f. ; raw wool, 6,052,945 f. ; bar iton, 406,4711. ; coffee, 2,185,275 f. ; brandy, 1,893 f. ; copper Ist fusion, 127,903 f.; olive oil, 494,684 f. ; oxen and bulls, 13,3071. The articles which show the greatest improvement are raw cotton, 2,185,8501. ; coal, 604,045 f. ; oleaginous seeds, 131,646 f. ; flax 1,110,430 f. ; spirits of wine, 1,142,1781. ; French colonial sugar, 4,431,983 f., &c. BOURSE, Dec. 24.—The following were the last quotations Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 4} per Cents 3 per Cents 66 85 66 80 Now Loan Bank Shares 4,075 Roman (x d) Bsi Credit Mobilier 1,455 Austrian Belgian Fives Piodmontese (5) 92 Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CAUL _____ fr. c. fr. c. Orleans 1,320 Western Northern 945 Strasburg Lyons 1,375 New Ditto Mediterranean 1,730 Grand Central Lyons Geneva Cotta - Austrian' Com.. 7ss NEUCHATEL. The Frankfort journals publish the following extract of the proces verbal of the proceedings of the Diet relative to the Neuchatel affair " In its sitting of the 18th, the representatives of Austria, Bavaria, and Baden announced that the steps taken in the name of the Germanic Con federation had not met with the desired success. The Swiss Federal Council had, in fact, acquainted the Prussian envoy at Berne that it could not con sent to the preliminary and unconditional release of the prisoners of Neuchatel, but that it was always prepared to enter into negotiations for a pacific solution of the question ; the President of the Swiss Federal Council commun i ca t e d this reply to the other diplomatic agents at Berne, and de clared, moreover, that from the same motives he could not pay attention to the support given to the demands of Prussia by the Germanic Con federation, but that be perfectly appreciated the sentiments of good nethbourhood which had dic tated this resolution of the Diet ; and that, on his side, he endeavoured, as far as it was possible, to introduce similar nutiments into the difficulty in question. After this Communication the repre sentative of Prussia addressed the Diet. He com mencod fy expro sing the gratitude of his govern--4 ment for the unanimous good feeling which its:. exal:ed co federates had manifested for its wishes as well in the wording a; in the ex'cution of the resolution of the 9th Nov. He afterwards an nounced, while expressing regret at seeing the dis appearance of all hope of the re establishment c I violated rights by negotiations, that nothing rt tnained for the King but to enforce his just demark" by calling out the military force necessary to attai the object desired, and opening the negotiatie; is necessary for securing the free movements of the re troops. The Prussian epresentative submitted ;it the same time to the assembly a despatch, in whic the Prussian Cabinet made known its resolutime to the Courts of London, Paris, St. Petersburg, and Vienna. These communications will be made known to the different Governments by their in" scrtion in the minutes." CYPRUS. A letter from Larnaca, in the island of Cyprus,. of the sth, gives the following account of the ex plosion of a powder mapzine, briefly mentioned in telegraphic despatch In the night of the 27th Nov. the town was thrown into consternation by a , remendous explosion which shook all the houses AS though a violent earthquake had taken place, and was instantly followed by a s h ower o f stones find brands of fire. The powder magazine of the naval arsenal, which contained 20 barrels of powder. and 150 b rxE , ,s of cartridges, had blown up. Ralf the building is now nothing but a heap of ruins, and a large khan, the public baths, and several shopsand caf6son the public square were con3plett shattered. 18 persons killed. The greatest alai ra was felt fog tlae safety of another larger maga:sn containing 140 barrels of powder, round which the burning fragments had fallen, but fortunately It was preserved through tho courageous conduct .0f a French riedical man, named Foblant. At tb e imminent risk of his own life, and in spite of in- . numerable obstacles which surrounded him, he had the larger magazines opened, and the powder re moved. By his exertions he also saved the lives of severalpersons who bad been buried beneath the ruins. lte doctor was ably assisted by M. Saila tine, the lead of the French Consulate here. The local autiorities, however, were very remiss in their du;y, and lent no effective co-operas on whatever Osman Pacha, the governor o f the island adtres3- d a letter of the following JAY to the docto!, thanking him in the warmest teriAs for his courateous conduct." SPAIN. Our acounts from Madrid ar? of the 19th inet,t.: In cousquence of the late amnesty several Car chiefs had ?resented themselves at Junquera, anu among then the Brigadier Domingo Forcadell. Lord _Hoyden had given a grand dinner at wh i _i c " the membe's of the Corps Diplomatique and °th e ' , high persoiages attended. The three eldest daughters of the DukeP Duchess obluntpensier had hen decorated Wit the cordon - A the ladies of the Royal Portugl 1t35(/ order of Sant Isabella. ItIE PAPAL STATES• A private '.etter from Bologna, of the 16th instl states that Oardinal Viale Prela had announce that the Hol: Father would soon grant an vanes t. t i worthy of hits. The Archbishop had even fixed t l period of the arnnest) for the Bth inst.--the Fe,ass of the Immaculate C:mception. That da:F A uat ,,, passed, but in amnesty has been declared, L'nc "„-°(;" there appear b be any intention of grantioo: The writer Oinks that during the festivitit' Christmas sow) pardons may be granted, but 13 , i j u to persons contned for robberies or assaults. T` L keys which are open the prison doors of politicae tb ., prisoners are stid not to ha in the bands' of Pope, but in flose of Cardinal Antonelli and bi* friends, who maintain the state of siege. DEATH OF D;,. PAGIB, 7HE PugSl9l3lsl OF THE CAL E& ( , P 1 PHYSICIANS ii ce It is with very Sincere regret that we ane e-13 , 3 the death of this e:cellent and distinguishes rcit."4 which occurred yesterday morning, at half') o'clock, at his resdence, in Dover-street. ''se men have run so bug and at the same ti ° l,ii honourable a career. For half a century Pr e i e j" b " a d. Dr. Paris had practsed as a physician, An" g i ii . t H h e e w p a o s w h er er o n f a h t is c i a m a -o l risen to the very hilliest honours which it wa t - ovr . professional brethren to s be i l t ge on the 7 ,11 °f `l —ns a ' s in the year 1785, and v. elected physician to thf, Westminster 22 years of ace ' le i v; 0 , most distinguished honour for a ..., yol !1 ° ; P a itu133 , 11 0 „ ; and he continued in the active exercise of h is c Pi i i 4 fessional duties until VVitbin a fortnigh t '3' Period even in the history of a nation death. For 50 years, tlnn—a consideraol° Perl_, • to whose memory we would f a i n offer a 8E0 , 4 t o l _ hut° of respect actually engaged To Dr. Paris, as is well knovn in iu t t h h e e of suffering and in the retie: of afflicted bulimia op and to all per Sons more intimately ace 1 —was the gertlemar_. rairioetv.eigasito.it..: ua inted lin t ,: his careor, the office of physician was DO hireling o , work, to be hurried through for the purpo se of si.t cumulating a fortune or earning distinction. 'l-, I was the business and glory of his life. When P i _tiv e 14 years of age he commen ced bit studies for I° arduous pro f ess i o n on which he was about to e nte . fr and followed them up with a zeal incredible 111 s o young a person ; when he had attained tile ripe age of three-score years and to the old Wart t t ewoi r hpn • i n e( ?) th nimi to heohei cholera himself ivele r nl e rfca s bo o toau l i ill : n i e t dlc i 8 : il wrote olr o f. ftteht arduous hetehaßeuiyiailer: s 3 dismissed in a few ilis stdrvoeoodffl introductory Presidenticnittoeaarriyl tllyrjeftp 0 out', g C r a a m au br a i t d e g d e i , v a h s en w v e have said, r i i n er l s ,, o s n r al h h e is b to c r o y: o l4 '; brief sentences. Bora member of Cait College -thatl j ' . . • ay-. extenthis contempor:arsieesr3ll' in university, ~, and elence e y b o w u;n ts g i t n hs i t n i e n d g i u ci i ne je . d A4 . 1 . ° ,: 3 0 . c 3 The Classic alTrips e of his classical attainments;.__o was not then in exisru' 0 . and d so, independently of the exigencies of his el ,. ical degree, he had cot at the university all oats portunity for displaying that fine and inticad_. knowledge of the writers of antiquity for w hich 14 " Ate was afterwards so distinguished both i n prt-v--_. life and as President of the Cotlege of Physioikal,"._ From Cambridge he went to Edinburg h, theu % markable as a s chool of med eine, and was 7 0 , friend and intimate companion of the many ce' brated men who, in the first years of the centuryi,r had congregated' in the Scottish capital. On return to Loudon, at the age of 22, he was elecse.ae. as we before said, phy. ician to the West ruin 1 _,.: Hospital, hut soon after vacated the app as as it was his wish to establish himself iu the to_i"ru• of Penzance, in Ciruwall. During his residence at Penzance Dr. tPhearitisedyiasi tinguished himself as the founder of Geological Society of Cornwall ; I this we be N l v ie h i e , e r , , was the first geological society in England.iers the great at Penzance, too, he gave to the boon of the " tarnpmg bar," thelnintshteriurmheunsitnebsys" which they are enabled to . pursue their the fear of amid inflammable gases without riy striking fire from the p ro r c admirable invention y heroes have destroyed. mgr© lives than Paris ntohisdo gimpub s e av b e u d t here for 45 or 46 years eln the year 1810nablen-rheturwneads atcotivLeolyndoocno,upainedd asap 'tag physician. He was elected Pre held fl the hour of his sident of the College of Physicians in the year 184 4 / and this office he un i a.ctisi h aician death. Dr. Paris was not only known ass p Y. a , ,_ of the highest eminence—he was as remarkable for his literary ability. The " Life of Sir li sscal play Day " will ever remain one of the cla i te th e biographies of the English language. In conjun.o - with Mr. Fonblanque he also wro "Medical Jurisprudence, ' which has remainedrit text book with lawyers until our own day. -E?_-, 1 : works of a more professional character wereno! treatise "On Diet," which first brought him i. „`' notice, and which was published h a h t a ver t y rou r Y, age ; his " Pharruacologia," whic as run and his work on more editions than m ost books ; acknowledged publications, . null, medical chemistry. Besides thheisse,,a,npdh " 1.1 as i ni lo a s n op yf Sport" has attained an enormous ainnoiluicsepgonpituelawrihtiyo, A with his life, the m otive f never really maintained, has altogether terminate_°_:, In so brief a notice as the one to which we e, t e , necessarily limited by considerations of 5pac,....,w... can add but little more. The last ten days of "__;, Paris's life were spent in the midst of most excijr, t ciating sufferings, w!,.ich were borne with the ulf e ' d remarkable fortitude. His chief concern app e„ 2l ,_,_ to be to console and comfort those around 1 1 4 . 1 ;; who could ill disguise their grief at the irepen a and irreparable loss. His intellect remained Wei: last as clear as at any time of his life, and w..° . ` te , power of speech remained nobody who him could believe that the end was so near at h_a _ a _ ct The public and the medical profession have sufferoene a great loss in the death of John AyrtOß p ar . i9, a blo of the most disinterested, honourable, an a o f listeneani. men who have ever practised the professiot. _e medicine. The grief of his own family and of ri hr, whom he honoured with his friendship is n ot B. l '_ vi t ' ter of public concern, save in so tar as it may lif e , hover this wise and good man was honoured and u loved by those who knew him best.—Times. • .