The Sun. — London, England, 1856-02-13 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARD EN Lessee for the Christmas Pantomime, Mr. J. IL ANDERSON. EXTENSION OF THE SEASON. Postponement of Mr. Anderson's Benefit. Immense Success of Rob Roy and Black-eyed Susan.—Novel ties in Preparation. In assuming the management at Christmas last of the largest theatre in London, Professor Anderson pledged him self to the public to produce the most gorgeous, and, if pos • sible, the best pantomime of the season. Efficiently to carry eat that pledge ho determined to spare no cost, nor fail to avail himself of whatever talent he could discover and corn• *and. His arrangements were made fora period of six weeks, over which term he did not expect the pantomime to run. En countering many difficulties in producing a pantomime at a house whore none had been for years—where nearly all the Machinery had to be constructed and every " property" to be made—The Belle Alliance, or Tho Field of the Cloth of Gold, . was placed on the stage at as cutlay of nearly 7,0)01., and was at once recognised by the press and by the public as being worthy of the house at which it isT.s presented and the unprecedented expenditure incurred in its production. Its popularity has increased at every representation. At the pre sent moment, after a run of 40 nights, between 2,000 and 3 ,000 persons pay nightlyat the doors to witness its gTotesque incidents, its gorgeous appointments, and its magnificent scenery. The operatic drama of Rob Roy, and the over popular melodrama of Black-eyed Susan, produced, as they have been, at a cost as lavish as that bestowed on the panto mime, have achieved an equal amount of success. Within the walls of Covent-garden larger audiences are assembled every evening than in any other theatre of Europe ; while the fashionable character of the attendance, and the applause be- stowed on the performances, ratify the fulfilment of the pro , lniset Made by the lessee at the commencement of the season, and waiTant his indulging in self-congratulation at havin,ac complithed a triumph in the way of successful management. Under these circumstances he has had no hesitation in ar ranging with the directors of the theatre for its ocenpancy instil ails required for the purposes of the Royal Italian Opera, at the commencement of the next London season. The extension of his lease has been most courteously accorded to . him, and increased facilities granted for producing various novelties. The pantomime, on account of its great success, will be repeated nightly ; Rob Roy aid Illaek-eyed Susan will he perfoimed on alternate nights until further notice ; the same attention which has been paid to their production as regards Scenery, costumes, and other accessories to effect, will be paid to everything else produced under the present management. The unqualified approbation of the auditors, the cumulative success of each new production, the thronged state of the house at every representation, and the satisfac tory result of the last six weeks, induce Professor An . Berson to persevere in a path which has led him to a Position whence he can regard the past with plea . sure, the future with confidence, and the pre sent with proud, unmingled, unalloyed gratification. That the - sequel to his Christmas season will be characterised by the same amount of good fortune which has hitherto at . tended his career at Covent-garden he is perfectly assured, the - Woo causes which have already elicited success will, without 4 dottl?t, zoiatin4B to produce it, amplifying at the "sine- time its mould and its certitude. The public are respectfully ap prised, that however popular , any.pieee produced under the present managentent maybe, the number of its representations will be limited ; thus, for instance, Rob Roy and Black-eyed 60 -ma will be played on alternate nights during the present Indek, but na promise can be made bf their repetition beyond that term, unless it be found to comport with other arrange 'Moats now in progress. Hence it is expedient that seats ithettld be booked early by those who are desirous of seeing the grandest Scottish spectacle ever placed on the stage, or the revival of Douglas Jerrold's. celebrated melodrama with i n*ref attention to the raise en scene than has been bestowed nPon it at any time or in any theatre. The dramas which Will succeed these will shortly be announced ; and the renewed season of the present management will terminate with the Production of English opera on a grand scale, introducing the Whole of the available English musical talent to be found in Great Britain. TRIS EVENING, Douglas 'Jerrold's celebrated Drama of B LACK-EYED SUSAN will he produced. William, by Pro fessor. Anderson; and Susan by Miss Harriet Gordon. .„„,Itob Rey will bo repeated on Thursday and Saturday, and zlack-ey e d Susan on Friday. To lee follo*ed sack evening by the Grand, National, Histo7 d Chivalric PANTOMIME, which has been so long in I'l ' o M - ration, and on the Production of which so large an em- PeUSe, has been incurred, of YE BELLE ALLIANCE; or, HARLEQUIN GOOD HTJMOUR AND YE FIELDE OF YE CLOTHE OF GOLDE ; 11511 % a LEGEND of the MEETING of the MONARCHS. " It was a marvellous sweet° and goodly° sight to see those two princes, in the flowere of their ago, in the height of their • il iretigthe and in the dignitie of theit mattlye beauty°, cora- Oiling two great Nations, that hada been so long rivals and "nensies, instead of leading hostile armi e s t o d eso l a t e an d liestroye, meet in that peaceful valley°, and embrace like 'brothers, in the sighte of the choico nobtlitie of either land." `The Chroniclers. ItThe Pantomime invented, arranged, and produced by Mr. . Harris, with the s a m e a tt en ti on t o S cenery, C os t umes, WI Effects, which has characterised the productions of " Pa- Zrietto," "II Trovatore," " L'Etoile d u No r d," an d th e ous Operas lately produced at this, the recognised chief eatre in Europe for Spectacular Display. The entirely New VA most elaborate Scenery Painted by and under the Super- Itttndence of Mr. WILLIAM BEVERLEY, assisted by ears. Cuthbert, C. Adams, W. Shalders, W. Glover, and 11 , itnumerous Assistants. The Opening written by Mr. George „T, tus Sala. The Music composed lay Mr, Loder (who h a s ""Ilitingly lent his aid on account of the Pantomime being tr educed at this Theatre). The Ballet and Incidental a ueesarranged by Mr. Benjamin Barnett, The Comic Tricks , B v ented by the Brothers Brough, Mr. A. Harris, and. .11r. William D orr i ng t on . Th e N ew S pectacular Designs by la• Guerin, of Paris. The Extensive and Complicated Machi -31017 by Mr. H. Sloman and numerous Assistants. The Ori- E 4 al and Ultra-Grotesque Masks by Mr. G. Ewing. The Novel and Costly Properties by Mr. Prescott, assisted by Mr. ~_oreland. Th e L a di es ' C os t umes b y Mrs. James, assisted by r alea' nehaMp. 11:10 Gentlemen's Costumes by Mr. Smithers, ,17. 3 isteti by Mr. Lawrence. The A rmour y D epar t men t b y Cr.' . .Hegg. The Chappellerie by Mrs. Walker. Copyist, ' 4 . 1 '.. - Stirton. Prompter, Mr. Rhnee. Perruquier, Mr. Rick 'Me,. of Brydges-street, Covent-garden. The Novel Gas Arratigements by *Mr. Palmer and Assistants. The Whole ' 1rr0,... duction being under the Immediate Superintendence of Aar. A. HARRIS. Scene I. I RE CAVERNS OF THE GNOME ERITANNICUS IN SUBTERRANEANUSSIA. gnomes —Brita,nnictis (a fine old English Gnome), one of the olden time, bearing a close resemblance to the " Old ntleman," fully answering to his co-Gnotne-en ; a pure on ulterated British Spirit, strongly opposed to anything in the ''ape of Foreign Wines French Brandy, and great in hi s be lief in B eer, 'Baccy, Beef, and Boxing—Mr. John Neville. Rullabile des Diablotines, by Mesdemoiselles E. Honey, ricks Arlington, Cleveland, Granville, Losh, Brown, Page, gory, Rose, Kendall, Martinez, Gosselin, Turtle, Ford, wart, Ranee, and Clare. Assistant Gnomes—Blue Fire, Mr. Williams ; Phosphorus t`lik, Mr. Samuels ; Candescentington, Mr. A. Smith ; Match ,'sll, Mr. Saunders ; Ignisfatty, Mr. P. A. James "azes, Mr. Voller ; Cratervomit, Mr. Spindle ; Torchlight, kr. Jaffer ; Blazotou, Mr. Parkes ; Sulphurite, Mr. Tophain ; Il araington, Mr. Paxma,n ; Gassington, Mr. B. Brown ; Crater- Z.enait, M r . Si m ki ns ; H o t spar k , M r. J. Jones; Illuminoso, 44 . 1 ". Blockey ; Nitrobank, Mr. Pratt. Scene 11. • 7 8E LAND'S END, CORN WALL, WITH THE CAR OF THE DRAGONS. good llnmour—(a familiar spirit, whose familiarity is con rleive to the very reverse of contempt. The prettiest page in t he 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 Invalides at Paris. " And o'er that shrine the last Resacint range cnkench Of Malice 'twist the English and the Froth t' Scene 111. , t RE DECK OF " THE GREAT HAFIttY," FOUR DECKER, 12 a Guns (the first English Man-of-War). pi' vessel lying alongside the Quay at Dover, *: • I' llri EMBARKATION OF HENRY TII . EIGHTII. i r Remy the Eighth (a stout monarch, of middle age, residing l'oino time ago at No. 1, Westminster, whose idea was that tie impossible to have too m uc h o f a goo d thi ng ; or a goo d mg. A good wife being a good thing, he thought that the baure wives ho had the better. Himself being a good king, h i 0 decided that h e cou ld no t nu k e t oo muc h o f hi mse lf , and he is accordingly made as extensive as possible in the person °t ills faithful representative)—Mr. Harry Poarson. Pretty Poppet (Page to King Henry Vlll.)—Master Slonsan. The Queen of England—Mr. Jones. ~ Maids of the Bed c h am b er t o th e E ng li s h Queen— Mesdllos. " I "eY, Pinky, Daisy, Pansy, and Lily. i Cardinal Wolsey (a nautical gen tl eman muc h accus t ome d t o '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 ; Jim Foremast, Mr. Partington ; Bob Holy stone; Mr kiedyard ,• Joe Sheetauchor, Mr. T. B. Smith ; Davy Docks, Mr. Woodfield; Ted Trunchion, Mr. Fishy ; Tim Towrope, fir. Henry; Di c k L ong b oa t, M r . B arry; P eter Stanchion, • etr. Sims ; Bill Figurehead, Mr. Solomon ; Hal Hammock, Mr. Harvey; Charles Caboose, Mr. White; Sam Sailcloth, Mr. Mazzoni ; Nat N o rthpolo, Mr. Fredericks ; Bill lino, Mr. Payne. Diorama—No. 3. /7° Y4fliE FROM ENGLAND TO FRANCS, With A STORM at SEA. ' Scene I';, TtE INTERIOR OF THE CHATEAU OF FRANCIS I. Between Quienes and Ardennes. Francis I. (Neat door neighbour of the aforesaid Henry No. 1., Westminster, but who himself " didn't quite live in Westminster" for an obvious reason—" he lived t'other side of the wate r .") A monarch of the same age as Henry, and of nearly tif the same s i ze ; j o i n t au th or (with Henry VIII.) the original plot of the gorgeous Drama, YE BELLE ALLIANUE, now represented for the first time in a complete "ate or, the Theatre of European Politics. A monarch with a hoe ;red nose (who, in consequence, always looks sharp)— lit.' W. Shalders. • Pa g es . — Mcsdemoiselles Fitzjerald, Bennett, St, Clair, Webber, Gaveston, E. Gaveston, Prince, dre., Ste. Le Sire do F irrnboisy.—(Lord Grand Chamberlain to the Prench King)—Mr. H. Caries. Queen of France. —Mr. Gough. Maids of the Bed-Chambcr of the French Queen.-3fesdles, u rnrblanc., Coutrepoint, Rideaufiu, Oreillcrine. Scene V. THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD. introducing a Grand Pas do Rosier°, by Miss Emma Horne. Mesdemoiselles Hicks, E. Honey, Gosselin, Ranoe, Kendall, :Martinez, Rose, Arlington, Losl i , G regory, Turtle, Ford, Stewart, Page, Rouse, Brown, St. Cl air, Granville, Wood lta.,,rd, and Tressider nglish . A n - d ' r ' e ir w ; s f Courtiers.—Norfolk, Mr. Roba. " I 'm, Buckingham, Mr. Jay. Rutland, ItML borland Mr Sphinx. N rtliumberlar r cum- James. Sussex,. Mr ThOmas, r. Cox, Essex, Mr. „..Farenela Courtiers.—Chnteau Margeaux, Mr. Thomp son teaux Lafitte, Mr. Rivers, Bordeaux, Mr. Abby. St.. J - ni: I ~ o e, Mr, Charles. St. Estafet, Mr. Reynolds. Bourg° 4ter° • Chablis, Mr. Towr. At diampagne, Mr S . GRAS TOURNAMENT of the FIELD of the CLOTH of (Aft GOLD. IlolbieteS Celebrated Pi tore in Hampton Comq Palace, . At .ed an ecked orican 1 flour I slow lee of Ilene* ctive. rr Fri ormer d the with a wan a last ruples quali peas kitTNE. to VA to 5013 to 46s to --, to —• on ge neney dull. nd its bones - to S,t,o IV 1 to fe ) to 63 r mall• 1 to al ro, a OD if )' 221 i yS r 2.41 I OZ. 17 9 0 •0 0 0 0 5 1% it 00°4 ors., u p. 14 - No. 19,7691 Scene VI. GRAND CORRIDOR IN THE CHATEAU, Leading to the Bed-charnbor of the Monarchs. Fcur Fine Normandy Lassies, Six Feet Two Inches in their Clogs. Scene VII. THE OUTSIDE OF BLONDETTE'S FARM. Blondette (a village hosiers so purely innocent, that she sees no harm in having three lovers at a time, two of them being kings)—Miss Emma Horne. Coquelicot—a rustic youth, whose same 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. Wm. Beverley.) The Fairy Queen Miss E. Thorne, General Transformation. Harlequin Mr. C. BROWN, Pantaloon W. A. BARNES. (The Transatlantic Pantomimist.) Columbine . Miss EMMA HORNE. Clown The GREAT FL EXMORE ADULTERATION BUILDINGS, TURMERIC-ROW, REDLEAD-NUARE. A Glass of Ale and a Stomach-ache for 4d. Genuine double you-np-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, Mr. Scott; Blue Ruin, Mr. Carter ; Oxyplumbi, Mr. Strangeways. The terror of The " Times"—Tho Lancinations of the " Lancet"—Black Crosses in Rod Lead-square. THE WIZARD'S LABORATORY IN THE CHATEAU DR MEPHISTO P HILES, HE LIGO L AND. Magic Somersaults—The Bewitched Ottoman—The Dragon A, la diable —The Inextinguishable, Inexhaustable, Unstoppor able, Go-a-head Bottle—" 100 i. Reward, who'll Shoot a Clown ?"—The Blunderbuss of Botheration—Bursting of the Wizard's Bust—Small Wizards made to order, Pattern Pre sented—Quickest way to Nonkere—How to mako Harlequins —The way to Crush the Crushers. THE NEW CASTLE OP• BALVIOftAL: RustiCity in tbo Highlands—Pipers and Pastoralities— Highhrst - Reel, introducing a gran d-Plexmorean 3!ed ley - The Pcirtfolio of Inexhausiibifity and Universality—The Incaptur 'able Harlequin—Very' "fowl" proceedings—The Seductive Sedan-chair—Strange Birds in a Cage. WATCI f MAKERS' ESTABLISHMENT, CHRONOMETI CAL-VILLE—MILLINERS' ESTABLISHMENT, BON NETVILLE BELLHANGERS' ESTABLISHMENT, BELLEVILLE. Home from Scotland—Cab Fares and Mayne Force —The Movements of the Age—What's o'clock—" Tho Clock strikes two"—lfolv to Ring a Belle—Umbrolla Courtship—Who's your Hatter ?--Early Closing Association—" Lovo Laughs at Locksmiths"—La Varsoviana—The Strike of Belles against Time. Grand. Equestrian Feats, by Signor Flexmorini. HIGH-STREET, SPIRIT-SQUARE. • Apartments to Let. A Cold Roll for Breakfast--The Organised Naisance Ta bleaux—Punch's Pocket Book—Patent Perambulators— Ast ley's Equestrian Feats— Policemen and Cooks—Monsieur Tierce—All-round Collars and Punch's Coats—The quickest way to the Coal-cellar—Spirit Rapping Extraordinary. HAIR-DRESSER'S, FILTER MANUFACTORY, PICKFORD'S PARCEL WAREHOUSE, AND NEWS VENDER. The Purifyln .1* of Old Father Thames—The Invasion of London —The Russians set the Thames on fire—Foreign Fruits and British Stuffs—Odd Importation of Bear's Grease—Sar dinians and Zouaves—The Illustrated Loudon News—The Humours of Good Humour. THE APOTHEOSIS OF YE BELLE ALLIANCE, Designed by M. Guerin. ENGLAND A ND FRANCE. Mourners at One Altar—Victors on One Throne. The Coro nation with the Coronals of Valour by the Genius of Victory. Treasurer, Mr. Hingston, to whom the Superintendence of ;he Auditorium has been entrusted. The Box-office is now open, under the direction of Mr. O'Reilly. Private Boxes (which may also be taken at the prin cipal Libraries), 31. 3s:, 2/. 25.,11. Is., and 12s. Grand Bal cony, 4s. Upper Boxes, 2s. 6d. Amphitheatre Stalls, 2s. Pit, 2s. Gallery, ls. Doors open at Half-past Six ; commence at Seven. S:2coud Price at Nine o'clock. Balcony, 3s. ; Upper Boxes, ls. 6d. Pit, ls. ; Gallery, 61 THE NAIIONAL DISCOUNT COMPANY, LIMITED. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital £1,030i000 (with power to increase to £2,000,000), in 40,000 Shares at £25 each. Deposit, £5 per Share. DIRECTORS. • William Patrick Andrew, Esq , Chairman of the Scinde Rail way Company, 2(3, Montague-square. Archibald Boyd, Esq., Diredtor of the Union Bank of Lon don, 115, Westbourne-terrace. Matthew Hutton Chaytor, Esq o Deputy Chairman of the General Iron Screw Collier Company, 3, Adelaide-place, London-bridge. John Utlay Ellis, , Esq Craven-hill-gardens, Hyde-park. Edward Hales, Esq. (late of ,H. and I. Jobnston and Co.), Norlb Frith, Haillow, Kent. Alexander Mackenzit; Esq., Director of the Oriental Bank Corporation, 43, .Sussex-square, Brighton. Francis William Russell, Esq., M.P., 18, Cannon-street. John Robert Thomson, Esq.' (J. R. Thomson and Co.), St. Peter's Chambers, Cornhill. Henry Heyman Toulmin, Esq., Great St. Helen'S. Edward Warner, Esq., M.P., 49, Grosvenor-place. Frederick Charles Wilkins, Esq., 31, Great Winchester-street. (With power to add to their number.) BANKERS.—The Union Bank of London, 2, Princes:AT7 Sotturons.—Messrs. Marten, Thomas, and Hol!ams. Messrs. Sewell, Fox, and Sewell. BROKERII. Messrs. Geo. Burnaud and . Co., 69, Lombard-street. Messrs. Huggins and Rowse 14A, Austin-friars. TEMPORARY OFFICES.-14a, Austin-friars. A Joint-stock Company has been formed, and provisionally registered, under the above title, for carrying on a general dis count business. The circumstances of the times are peculiarly favourable to the establishment of such a company, and the commercial exigencies of the country require it. The foreign trade alone of the United Kingdom has trebled itself within the last 25 years, the exports which, in the year 1832, amounted to 32,000,0001., having, in the year 1854, risen to over 97,'00,0001. The home trade has received a proportionate impetus and development, and the aggregate transactions of the country, in exchangeable products, have multiplied to an extent which it is difficult to estimate, whilst the monetary facilities for carrying on those transac tions have not kept pace with this rapid and gigantic in. crease. A company, which, from its am pl e resources, offers addi tional facilities for commercial operations, will, it is believed, be faVourably received by the trading community, and prove a useful auxiliary to the banking establishments throughout the kingdom, at the same time affording to all classes a safe anil remunerative investment, either permanent or tempo rary, for their surplus funds. Tho pvinciples on which the company is based are simple and familiar. The foundation is a large Kubscribed capital, of which a con siderable proportion will be at once paid up, and money will bo received on deposit upon terms of repayment to be spe cially agreed with the depositors ; these means will be em ployed in discounting, and in loans on approved securities. The Company will not open drawing accounts with their customers, nor act, in any .respect, as a bank. The capital is to he'l,ooo,ooo/., divided into 40,000 shares of 251. each, upon which a deposit of 5/. per share shall be paid, on the acceptance of the letters of allotment. Power will be taken by the deed to increase the capital to 2,000,0001, , with the assent of three - fourths of the propriet ors , specially convened. It will be the duty of the Directors to select a General Ma nager, whose ability and experience will assure to the share holders and the public a vigilant and prudent administration. The Comppy is constituted within the provisions •f the Limited Liability Act. Each application for shares must be accompanied by a p a y. meat to the bankers of the Company of 1/. per share on th e number of shares applied for, and for which a voucher will be given. Should no allotment be made to the applicant, the money thus lodged with the bankers will be returned free of charge ; if an allotment be made, it will be applied toward" , the deposit of 51. per share then payable. Prospectuses, with forms of application for shares, may ' O , obtained of the Brokers to the Company. N.B. In Scotland deposits will be received the National Bank of Scotland, in Edinbur g h an d G' - London, Bth February, 1856. -• ag g" / ' FORM OF Ar , - - ~ettArioN FOR SrIARES. applicant will r~' N.B. This must be - Twhen o mark .sin "''t by the Banke rs , t o th e Secretary. presented t o th e B an k ers e n tire. The the Receipt at foot, an d f orw ard Letter, . rrorisional Directors of the National Discount Com pany, Limited. Contlemen,—Having paid into the hands of , the Bankers of the Company, £ to your credit, I request you will allot me ' shares, of 251. each, in the above-named Company, and I hereby agree to accept such shares, or any less number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the calls thereon at the appointed times, and to execute the necessary deeds when required to do so. I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name (in Profession or Occupation Date Residence (in full) Place of Business (if any) Received from 6n account of the National Discount Company, Limited, the sum of £ , being the deposit made in accordance with the terms of the Company's Advertisement on an application f o r a n allotment of sh ares i n the undertaking. Bankers to the Company. NTION A AL DISCOUNT COMPANY (Limited). —No Applications for SHA.II,ES s ATURDAYncat i 16th instaut. will be received after in this Company the By order. E. F, Interim Secretary. Temporary 00 3cc8. - 1 1 ,A, Anstin-friars, Feb. 12, 1856. - LABEL,—In cofl3egaene© of the great variety of counterfeit labels of A. LOWLAND & SONS' NIACASSAIt OIL, now i n circulation, and whlek so nearly resembl e the original as fr equently t ) deceive the unwary —they have eni p'oyed those eminent artists Messrs. Yerlilns, Bacon, & Co„ who, at great cost, and by a peculiar process of their own, have succeeded in producing from steel " A NEWLABEL," Which cannct be forged, It Is composed of a section of an engine-turned circle, repeated one hundred and thirty times —and forms an original lace-work ground, upon which is engraved in white letters. " ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL, FOR THE GROWTII, RESTORATION, AND FOR BEACTIMKG SHE HOMAN HAIR." Unde'r which is the Slgrature of the Proprietors in Red Ink " A. ROWLAND & SONS." Sold by them at 2p, Hatton-garden, London, apd I , Y Chem is t , Perfumer,. - - ' / // / 2 • / / 7 7 7' l';- - . , .• • / r, • r _ • . , I II i • ' ' i . " " r'' .., , ' •„;.;5",:407 , -` . . • , • 'e s ~, , - , k ' , k341," -,...„,,, , 0 k 0 k 444 : P ?‘_ -- P. *.. •,,e- I *"it. ..; - , 11' 7° .. 1......._ ~ .v.-.....4 , ...... . -- 4 I. * ' - 4ik‘ . . ~.„,,,- e A j, \ . , t.' 4 7::., I . 4f= ge r , -•-•.. -." ' 1 . 7r.. 1 g ..., 4 -1 ..,. l - I,_ ~ - .." f,„. , , • - , ea 40 o„, „ 44-,,. 4;p - ~, ,4 11 sz, •" iP , 4110„ .,, . s . . - /.: . ,„, ,„.._ ~,,,,,,,,, - ~,, '3' •Att't r —Q :ditskitit - mv - L , ,,,..-- 4 1' - ~„,. ~- ' l ' ~ ,- -4-7 -x. , .-,, , k01• °'\ 44 .p. , ' • ~LS,, eits • • • —' 4 ,,,:. ,':,-- 6, ..1 7 ;,V ' ,6,"1,,,, , RoLT.Q. ,7 ' c \' - ..., + , 4 , i ,---..----- [PRICE 4D. STit:AiI"ED. Spirit al the . Public Journals. . (From thc Tiincs of tAis day.) 'The discussion on the right of the Crown to create a peerage for life his iroir'reached a point at which we may do wiser t - resume the whole question, to see whence .ittaro'se and Whither 'it tends, and to exaaitie.itlfrOnt the . point of view of each of the disputants who have been so fully heard before the public. • . _ _ What, then,. has been the cause of this contro versy ? Clearly.and undeniably this—the the ap . pellate juri s di c ti on of the House of Lords has be come a scandal and a reproach to'that noble body and an intolerable oppression and grievance to the public. Of our two . appellate courts the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has been con tinually rising while-the House of Lords has been as constantly falling in the opinion of lawyers and litigants, till its high appellate functions have be come a source of weakness to the very body of which they were once considered the strength and honour. The neglect of all judicial propriety, the smallness of the numbers, the diversity of the opi nions, have struck with astonishment and dismay lawyers trained up in the 'snore seemly and labo rious arena of courts, the decisions of which it is the high privilege of the House of Lords to over rule.' The grievance has become intolerable, and, irrespective of any •question of prerogative, irre spective of the prejudices .of the Peers for heredi tary nobility, of the anxiety of lawyers to maintain the dignity of their craft, of the wish of the Go vernment to remedy without legislative, action this - canker, which eats into the very heart "of justice, this poison, which adulterates its sweet waters at their very fotmtain head, will, be and must, be re medied. From this point the discussion sets out; to this it must return, and by this test must we assay everything that is offered, if we would really comprehend the difficulty and really appreciate the possibility of a solution. On the question of law we cannot doubt that the Government has been well advised. The authorities establish the legality of peerages for life ; and, on the other hand, there is nothing whatever to be urged, except a note of doubtful authorship and not very powerful reasoning, attri buted, perhaps unjustly, to Mr. Hargrave, who, if one of the most learned, was also one of the most pedantic of men. The argument " from desuetude" is of the - greatest force in any case. where the prerogatives of the Crown are brought into contact with popular . rights ; but in the matter of the peerage, the creature and child of the prerogative, moulded and fashioned by the, will of the Sove reign, which gives pre-eminence tosome,withoot taking away from the equal rights of the rest, these doctrines seem to have neither place nor applica tion. It is beyond dispute that originally a peer age w 4 a,s considered susceptible of all the limitations incidental to . a freehold estate, and, if the policy of one ago had suggested one•form, that is no rea son why another should•be illegal, any more than those forms of settlement which conveyancers have thrown aside as ill-adapted to the wants of the pre sent day. If, however, we turn to the majority of the House of Lords we find in them a surprising neglect of the real interests of the public, and a strange misun derstanding of the real bearings of the 'question. They cling to hereditary peerage and argue against the law which is their safeguard, the prerogative of which they are the creatures, and the constitu tion which -is their palladium, because they be lieve the power of transmitting their dignities to their sons confers luitre and importance on their Order. They do not seem to observe that hereditary • dignity is, neither honourable to the peerage nor the individual, unless it be attended by hereditary wealth, and that nothing so infallibly rains a priilleged class as that any large portion of its members 'should fall. into poverty. or social disrepute. They are offered the support of a class of men who would adorn the debates and maintain the intellectual position of the hou4e, without transmitting their position to descendants less useful and less influential than themselves,- without aiming in any degree into competition with' the territorial and hereditary nobility. From their -talents the, hereditary nobles would derive lustre, and their merits would sustain the repute of a Chamber the energies of whose hereditary occu pants wealth and ease are so continually under mining ; and, worse than all, while intent on this peculiarly selfish view of the subject, the peers tell the public, who care much less for dignity than for justice, thatthey must be content with the in tolerable abuses of the appellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords as they stand, and that they will not lighten them with one of their fingers. Still more rs.arvelloug is the infatuation of the lawyers. Nothing is more melancholy in general than the history of the succession to law peerages —a topic susceptible of ample illustration, were we to accept Lord Lyndhurst's challenge, and enume rate the melancholy instances of the degenerate, impoverished, and disreputable descendants of great lawyers whose names encumber the hereditary peerage. The family of a great lawyer is most fre quently ill brought up ; the father is immersed in business, the mother seldom equal to the position to which she is raised. When a great lawyer is offered a peerage, he has to consider whether his eldest son is worthy to succeed him, and whether, if he be, lie will starve his younger chil dren to provide him with an estate suitable to the dignity. To such a man one would have supposed a peerage for life a most welconao refuge, but vanity carries it against prudence and modesty, and lawyers must transmit their titlesl to their posterity even while th r ey are well assured that that posterity will disgrace them. We ear nestly hope, then, that Government will not re cede from the position it has taken tap, will not allow the prerogative of the Crown to be cut down and destroyed by the Chamber that is its creature and its offspring, nor permit the Peers to apply for the elevation and isolation of their Order those doctrines of prescription which have hitherto oaly been used as the defence of the rights and liber ties of the Commons. Any ono who considers how larg,e'a portion of the business of the House of Lords is transacted by the first founders of peerages will see the necessity of infusing more of this ele ment into that assembly. Life peerages may or may not render the House of Lords an efficient court of appeal, but they will, at Any rate, give to its debates weight and consideration which the house can only otherwise purchase at the risk of impover ished descendants. As for the judicial powers of the House of Lords, since that house itself has so reso lutely declared against any attempt to palliate their inefficiency, and since, nevertheless, some speedy and efficient cure must be applied, we would hum bly suggest that, - while their lordships are wrang ling ever their dignity and privileges, a bill should at once be introduced, transferring the appellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, thus relieving the peerage from a duty which it cannot discharge and which it will not resign, the lawyers from the dread of emancipation from pauper peerages, and the suitors of our courts from a jurisdiction the scandal and disgrace of the judicial system of the country over which it presides. TURNPIKE TRUSTS.—The general report made by order of the Secretary of State was published on Satur day. It shows that the financial condition of the turn pikethe trusts generally continues to improve undterdur. regulations and arrangements made by Parliament ele ing the last few years, notwithstanding the c i nrea.lsBes3of werethe r revenue t,) 11., alg.l against 1,142, 5 91 . total g g l r i r u ec receipts a l 7 l d 6l l ;7 l B 3 7 B l „ . 7s in a m in s3 lB ag sl a , in 738 7 1 p 5 e i n 9 n - di expenditure was alid 1853 was 5,663,2711., and the unpaid interest 942,5251. 1,115,1241. in 1850. The amount of bonded debt in swthille,l266 Comparing the several items of 1853 with those of 1852 it is observable that the toll income in 1853 was further reduced by 6,0441., but, looking at the total amount of the t o ll revenue (1, 068,782 1 .), this reduction is only equal to l l h s e O and cannot be deem e d unsatisfactor y. reover, is partly accounted for. The a u r3 n edd t oupfcect per cent borrowed in 1853 was 16 , 010/ b • T . a mount eing nearly equ al to that borrowed in 1852. The total sume expended in repairing the roads in 1853 was 611,1201., being an pin crease of 36,4641. as comp are d w ith the receding year- Of the t )11 income alone 586,6331 . was expended on re pairs, 108,3811. on sal ar i es an d l aw c h arges , an d 357,0361. on payment of the debt and interest. Between 1837 and 1853 thi toll income has fallen from 1,509,985/. to 1,068,7821:, or to the amount of 441,2031., but within the same period the annual expenditure fora repairs has been redu ce d b y 327,3551. the , expenditure on law charges, & c ., 17,4361., and the 'expense of the debt and interest by 55,951/. ; 41,;053/.. was expended for "im provements " in 1853. The debt has been gradually re duced upwards of 1,000,0004 and the average rate of interest payable on the existing glehis has.also been re duced,. as well as the'boudtod , mr`nortgage debt. The total expenditure in 1853 . exchded thei income by 26,5061.—an unusual oircuinstance, arising from the payment of larger sums for repaifs and improvements. The result was a reduction of the balance in hand from 336,404/. to 309,8981. Steps have been taken, an tr d with muc h success, to bring the affairs of tarapiketrusts generally into a more healthy and prosperous state. The report is signed by Ur, W. Niamey. T _ -_~"~ ~~~ 7 1 - ; BE TWO/RUSSIAN PLENIFOTEINy;%fI TIAMES. !-' T T A e.,! n l . 7 5,44 v Le Nord publishes the following biographical a , aato notices of the two Plenipotentiaries of Russia • the-forthcoming Conferenoe " Count Orloff, Aide-de-Camp Genera], General of Cavalry, Commander of the Military Household of the King, and Member of the Council of the Empire, belongs to one of the most illustrious families of his country. He is about 70 years of age, but still brisk, active, and healthy. He took part in almost all the wars which signalized the commencement of our century. • " Wounded first at A uaterlitz, be was also seven different times wounded upon the field of Bona , ditto, and was ..,aft:er wards ,made Aide-do-Camp of the Emperor Alexander:: I. In 1825 he was a General, and conarnanded'in that capacity the re.; giment of Horse. Guards. wliiieh; in Deceiubor, 1826, first hurried to suppress the'entetete''. -Count Orloff gavotokens that day of boundless` courage and de votion, and from that moment dates his intimacy with the Emperor Nicholas, of whom he was one of the first advisers, and whose personal friend he was. In 1828 he commanded iu Turkey the divi sion of HorSe Chasseurs. In 1829 lie was named Plenipotentiary, and signed at Adrianopl e , w i t h • Marshal Diebitcii and Count Frederick Pahlen, the treaty of Adrianople. . Atter the peace lie re mained some time at Constantinople as Arnbam sidor. Recalled to the companionship of the Emperor, be accompanied his Imperial Majesty i a his various travels. " We next find him on a mission in Holland and at London, where the affairs of Belgium were ar ranged. The year 1533 found him also at the head of the expedition which saved Constantinople from the-victorious army of Ibrahim Pasha, and he signed the treaty of Unkiar-Skelessi. Since 1845 lie has replaced Count de Benckendorff, deceased, as chief of the third section of the Private Chan cellery of the Emperor, and of the gendarmerie of the empire, the colonels of which, distributed over all the governments, have less a mission of police, properly so called, than a general inspection of all the _.administration of the country, and also of control over the governs rs as well as the governed. .This post, full of trust,. gave to Count Orloff free access at all - hours of the ,day to the Emperor, and the r!glit to speak to him of all and everything. " It has been remarked,-anti justly, that the two persons who have filled theset important functions near the Emperor Nicholas-=Count Benckendorff and Count Orloff—were precisely the men re nowned for their loyalty, their spirit of justice, and moderation. These functions Count Orloff still fulfils With the Emperor Alexander 11. We cannot give a better idea of the sentiments which this Sovereign entertains towards him than by re producing the conclusion of the rescript addressed to him on. the 22d of August last, on the occasion of the anniversary of his 50 years of service : At his last hour, in a final and sacred interview with-me my father enjoined. me to thank you as a friend who had always been faithful and devoted.' "'This is the personage chosen by the Emperor. Alexander to represent Russia at the' Peace Con ferences at Paris. " Baron Brunow (Privy Councillor) comes from a noble family of Courland. He has passed nearly . 40 years in a diplomatic career, in which he has acquired an European reputation: He was with Count Orloff at the negothations of Adrianople. He then ' accompanied hint to Constantinople as Counsellor of the Ambassador, then to Holland and England, and to Constantinople in 1853. " These two statesmen have linen accustomed to work together for nearly 30 years, and, if we may'• judge of the success of the negotiations about to be, held by the success of those in which they have' already taken part, we cannot but entertain most favourable hopes of an early re-establishment of peace. Cu returning from Turkey in 1830 Baron 13m-flow remained attached to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as chief redoteteur. He then ac companied Count Nesselrode to several congresses and diplomatic conferences. After remaining one year as Minister at Stuttgart, he was sent on an extraordinary mission to London, where he signed the treaties of 1840 and 1841. He remained there as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten tiary until the rupture of diplomatic relations be tween England and Russia. Since the autumn of the past year he has been - Minister to the Germanic Confederation." -/ ' 7% / LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBR VARY 13, 1856, From the London aezette of Last Night. WITITErfA.LL, FEB. 9. The Queen has been pleased to direct lettersipatent.to be 'passed under the Great Seal for granting tho'cllgniCYnf a Baronet of the United Kingdo m of Great Briltaipa and Ire land unto Lieutenant-General Sir, John Fax Burgoyne, G.C. 8., and to the hoir4 male of his body, Jearfaiirbe gotten. WHITEHALL, FEB. 9. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Thomas Prtteson Sproule to the Rectory of St. Olaves, in. the borough of Southwark, in the county of Surrey, and dio cese of Winchester, the satne baing void by tho resignation of the Hon. and Rev. Arthur Gascoyne Douglas. FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 9. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Henry Kendall as Consul in London for the Republic. of Peru. FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 11. Etratum in the Gazette of, Nov. - 30, 1355.-In . the de spatch. dated Nov. 7, from Major Simmons, for "Captain Caddell," read " Lieutenant-Colonel Wed." ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 7. The Queen has been pleased, on the redominendati)n of the Field-Marshal Commanding- in Chief, to appoint Cap tain Augustus Samuel Bolton, late 31st Regiment, one of heiMajesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at. Arms, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Jackson, deceaset e PA u L s A b C o E en , F pl E e ß as . e B a . to appoint The Dike B T o . f jr C A a M m E b r B i ' d 3 g Thomas Richardson, E3rj., Surgeon• Major, Scots Fusilier Guards, to be Surgeon to his Royal Highness. CUOWN OFFICE, FEB. 12. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. City of Rochester—Philip Wykehaiu Martin, Esq., in the room of the Honourable Franeis.John.RObert Villie rs , who has ac ce pt e d th e office of Steward of. her Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds. City of E linhurgh—Adam Black, bookseller and pub lisher, in Edinburgh, in the room of .09 Right Hon. Thomas Babington Macanlay.,istho hag - aeoisptlyl the office ;Of steward of her Majesty'4 allot- of Hemfholrne. - County of Wigton—Sir Andrew Agnew, of Lochnaw, Bart., in the room of John Dalrymple (commonly called Viscount Dalrymple), who has accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Manor of Northstead. University of Cambridge—The Right Honourable Spen cer Horatio Walpole, Master of Arts, in the room of the Right Honourable litnry Goulburn, deceased. BOARD OF TRADE. FEB. 8. NOTICE TO SHIPOWNERS AND SHIPMASTERS. Notice is hereby given, that the following alterations have been made in the "Scale of Medicines" for British merchant-ships, issued by the Board of Trade, in pur suance of the Merchant Shipping Act, 18;4, 17 and 18 Viet., cap. 104, sec. 224, and published in the London Gacztte of the 9th October last, that is to say ; "The Solution of the Chloride of Zinc" has been sub stituted for " Burnett's Solution" in the brackets after the item " Disinfecting Fluid; and the " Spirit of Nitric Ether has been substituted for Nit,ric Ether." COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN. Brecknock Royal Rifle Regiment of Militia—William Brereton, Esq., late Captain 70th Foot, to be Adju tant. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. Regiment of Royal London Militia—Lieutenant John Britten to be Captain, vice Edward Charles Grant, retired ; Lieutenant Thomas William Andrews, late 26th Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Thomas Dennis 'Row, resigned ; Lieutenant James Stuart Tull:, late Ceylon Rifles, to be Lieutenant, vice Frederick Robinson, resigned ; Ernest William Roberts, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Edward Kelly Dbbard, promoted ; Augustus Newton, Gent., to bo En sign, vice Frederick Peto, resigned. 2d Regiment (Light Infantry) of West York Militia— William Watts, Gent , to be Ensign ; Charles Masterman Smyth, Gent., to be Ensign ; Ensign Richard Wil son t o be Lieutenant, vice English, resigned. 3d Regiment (Light Infantry) of West York Militia William Pickard, Gent„ to he Ensign. 4th Regiment of West York Militia—Ensign Bryan Eyre Coote Comber to be Lieutenant, vice Harrison, appointed to the 21st Foot ; Wm. Mather, Gent., to be Ensign. The Galloway Rifles—Ensign Septimus P a r ro t to be Lieutenant, vice Thomas Hugh Vans Dalrymple Hay, Esq., resigned. Cambridgeshire Militia—Reginald Whiting, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Rees, promoted. Ross. Caithness, Sntherland, and Cromarty Regiment of Rifle Militia—Major George William Holmes Ro's to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice the Honourable James Sinclair, deceased. Haddington, Berwick, Linlithgow, and Peoblessbires Regiment of Militia Artillery—George Gordon Blair to be Second Lieutenant, vice Hamilton, promoted. Northamptonshire Militia—William Alexander Barr, M.D., to be surgeon, vice Molloy, deceased. Worcestershire Regiment of Militia—Arthur Fleming Slack Payne, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Spooner, appointed to the 42d Highlanders. John Tarpin, Gant., to be En sign. Francis Robert Paulet, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Bridge, appointed to the Land Transport Corps. Herman Ernest Galton, Esq., late Captain in the 50th Foot, to be Captain, vice Noel, who retires. Prince Regent's Royal Regiment of Ayrshire Militia Rifles—Charles Birdwood, Gent., to be Ensign. 2d or North Durham Regiment of Militia—Augustus Rich, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Green, resigned. (The following appointment is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of Tuesday, the sth inst.) Royal Montgomery Rifles—John William Lloyd, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Shirkey, promoted. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Feb. 12.- , -The renewed activity in the Liverpool cotton•market, consequent,to some extent on the ativices brought yesterday front the -United' States by the. packet-ship America, • ha; had a: slight reaction upon this market, and there has been more 6usinesc in both yarn and cloth than could have been foreseen a few days back, when everything was labouring ,under de -1 pression clused by the unfavourable news from India. Buyers here were bolding back, under ah impression that has prevailed lucre or less for some. time past, that the price'of cotton must come down more than it has yet done., in cmsequenee of am TO plentiful supply, and manufacturers fresh from their animal stociAaking, with its disclosures of heavy losses on the transactions of the past year, were anxiously cautious to keep their hands as free as possible for a favourable change in the raw material. The advices from the United States, fixing lower estimates than bad been hitherto given of the crop of cotton, cauplefl with the results of recent observation that the speculative tone of the Liverpool market was encouraged by larger quantities of cotton being taken one way or other by consumers than bad been expected, bare fur the present changed the course which both merchants and manufacturers were disposed to pursue here, and hence a renewal of businesathis morning in manufac'ured goods on a larger scale, though not unaccompanied with much uneasiness and doubt as to the policy they are driven to pursue. The advance on cotton is about 1 led. per lb., and spinners here have been in a position to ask Ad. per lb. over the rates of last week, ,so that manufac tercra have been driven to seek a Corresprlading advance. In long cloths and T cloths for .the Levant there has been a good demand, and business has been done in some cases at a small advance, and in most instances at the extreme rates of last Tuesday'. Shifting's, madapollante, and jaccon e is, which ware depressed and scarcely sale able last week, have to-3v fuund ready purchasers at rates which were doclined.ilatit• TuestlityVand iri ' dm e aces at an advance. But for a more coneiderable ad-' ranee asked by manufaCturers in anticipation of a yet dearer raw material we should probably havelhad a still larger business. In yarns, as alreairstated i an advance of Ad. per lb. is asked, and with a feeling ,that prices may yet be higher there has been a rather active demand from home manufacturers and also from the Germans. The demand for other markets has been pretty general, but on a much less scale. Messrs. John Slagg and Co. report this evening : "There is a better feeling in the market, and a more general demand to-day than we have bad for the last few weeks. Jacconets, madapolams, and shirtings, which were so much depressed last week aro now readily sale able at the extreme rates then asked, and in some in stances at a slight a lvance. Long cloths, T clothe, and low printers continue in good request, at fall prices. Many producers, however, owing to the growing im preesion that prices of cotton will at least bo maintained, are asking a considerable advance, and the business of the day is in consequence much curtailed." Messrs:George Fraser, Son, and Co. say :—" The demand for goods to day has been steady, with the ex ception of that perhaps for India fabrics, which are in less inquiry, and in consequence of the state of the cotton-market many sellers ask a little advance in prices. Yarns are very firm in prices, with a tendency to some advance." LEEDS, Feb. 12.—The attendance in the cloth-halls this morning was of about an average character, and a fair amount of cloth changed hands. Where any dispo sition was shown to abate from the highest range of prices for good woollens, both white and dyed, there was not much difficulty in effecting sales. Clothiers did nit appear anxious to make reductions, the general opinion being that wools will soon advance above their present rates. A good attendance at the forthcoming sales in the metropolis, which commence on Thursday next, is anticipated. The following is the report of the Huddersfield mar ket of this day : "There has been a good attendance of buyers, who have been principally on the lookout for job lots cheap. The demand for regular market goods is slightly im proved, and sales, on the whole, have been pretty brisk. The spring patterns are in fair request. No change in the wool-market." Sporting Intelligence. LINCOLN SPRING MEETING-TUESDAY. The Trial Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 25 added ; for 3-yr•olds and upwards ; certain penalties and allow- ances. One mile. 9 subs. Mr. J. Parker's Tame Deer, 3 yrs, 6st 111 b (Fordham) 1 Mr. T. Parr's Fisherman, 3 yrs, 7st (E. Foster) 2 Mr. Williams'sGathercole, 3 yrs, 7st • (Bates) 3 The follovvi^g also ran :—Plausible, Dresser, Card sharper, and Pollux. Betting-7 to 4 agst Fisherman, 4to 1 agst Gather cole, sto 1 agst Tame Deer. Won cleverly ty a length, same distance between the second and third. The All-Aged Selling Stakes of 5 sous each, with 25 added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards ; optional selling weights, &e. One mile. 6 subs. Mr. Morris's Clara, 3 yrs, Sit 71b (301.) (W.Grimmers) 1 Mr. Tennison's Ida, 4 yrs, B.t (401) (Wells) 2 Mr. Williams's Ernest Atberley, 3 yrs, 6st (301.) (Snowden) 3 The following also ran :—fiHy by lago, Vice, and loalus. Betting-5 to 2 agst Ernest Atherley, 3to 1 agst Clara. Won by half a length ; bad third. The winner was sold to Mr. H. Lane for 31 guineas. The Two-yr• Old Stakes of 7 so's each, with 40 added ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies and geldingv, 83t 41b. About ball a mile. 9 subs. Mr. C. Snewing's Amorous Boy, Bst 71b Mr. W. Norton's Annot Lyle, Bst 41b Mr. Fenwick's Sulpitia, Bst 4lb (W. Abdale) 3 Tho following also ran :—Cutty Queen, Apathy, Sebastopol, Seducer, Singleton, Willie Crauford, and Delilah. Betting-2 to 1 agst Cutty Queen, 4to 1 agst Delilah, 5 to 1 ac„rat Willie Cranford, 6 to 1 agst Amorous Boy. Won cleverly by half a length , the same distance sepa rating the second from the third ; a neck between the third and fourth ; Apathy, who was last off, wai a good fifth. The Grand Steeplechase (Handicap) of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, &c., with 80 added ; the second to PAY . O his stake ; certain winners extra. Four miles. 14 subs, 3of whom declared. Mr. Buchanan's Escape, aged, lOst 4lb (Thrift) 1 Mr. Tyer's Hopeless Star, aped, lOst 10Ib (S. Darling) 2 Mr. Robson's Little Jessie, aged, lOst 121 b (Smith) 3 Mr. G. Swan's Helen the Fair, aged, lOst 21b (W. White) 4 Mr. 31`Donough's Louisa, 5 yrs, 9st 121b...(Martin) fell - Betting-5 to 2 agst Hopeless Star, 3 to 1 agst Escape ) 4 to-4 agst Louisa, sto 1 agst Helen the Fair, 6to 1 agst Little Jessie. A good race—won by three lengths, the same distance between the second awl third ; Helen the Fair was beaten a long way. Escape and Louisa fell at the first hurdles ; the latter unseated ber rider, and was not further persevered with. BANKRUPTS. William Schenk, merchant, Royal Exchange-buildings, Cornhill, city, to surrender Feb. 20, at half-past twelve, and March 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Surr and G r ibbl o , Abchurch lane, 44._ Thomas Evans, tailor, St. James's-street, 'Westminster, Fob. 20, at twelve, and March 19, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Pik; Old Bur lington•street. Richard Minifie, baker, Honiton, Devon, Feb. 21 and March 27, at the Exeter Distict , Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Mules, Honiton ; Daw, Exeter. Charles Phillips Edney and Alfred Rains, wholesale druggists, Liverpool, Feb. 22 and March 20, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ; Evans and Sm, Liverpool. Morton Andrew Edwards, sculptor, Dean-street, Soho, Fob. 28, at eleven, and March 27, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-build ings ; Lowe, Wimpole:street. • David Davis, general-shop keeper, Merthyr Tydfil, Feb. 25 and March 31, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol. William Bowman. tailor, Sloane-street, Chelsea, Feb. 22, at twelve, and March 28, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Carman, official assignee, Alder manbury ; Housman, College-hill, Cannon-street West. Henry Barnes, wino and spirit merchant, Wiachester, Fob. 22, at eleven, and March 27, at twelve, of the Court, of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Ilasitighall street ; Gedye, George-street, Mansion-house ; Pain and Rawlins, Winchester. George Tilley, dust contractor, St. George's-wharf, Cam bridge-street, Old Pancras-road, Feb. 20, at half-past eleven, and April 5, at eleven, at the Court of Dankr'sptcy. Nicholson, official msignee, Basin ;hall-street; Chidley, Gresham-street, William Ames, builder, Naylaud, Findolk, Feb, n, and starch 17, at one, at the Court of B an k rup t c y. Ed war d s , official assignee, Sambrook -court ; St evens and Satchell, Queen-street anioll, Navl an d, S uffo lk . BANgatilluf ANNULLED. Feb. 0. Georg e IYellft l licensed victualler. Lt - t.fiJE'gt) Ir. Bull and J. J. Harper, Greenwich, upholsterer -- first div. of 10s. Gd., Feb. 14, and th roe subsequent Thurs. Ptilititte,crilotripn•street. T. narrietv, tfitford, timber merchant-2d div., on new proofs, of &Id., Feb. 14, andthree subsequent Thursdays, at,Grahatifs, Celemall:etreet, Aldordgatc-street, tea dealer—first div. of Feb. 14 and throe subsequent Thursdays, at Gra. harp's, Coleman-street. r. Dirdsdale, Mein Arms-yard, Coleman-street, dealer IPS free —first dir. of ltf. 10., Fob. 14, and three subse sittent ThuradayB, at Graham's, Coleman -street. W. J. Normarivillo, Seymour-chambers, Adelphi, and Queen's road. tegent-park, commission agent—first di v. tif 4d, Feb. 14, and three subsequent Thursdays, at Grit ham Coleman-street. T. 'Xingdon, Netherexo, Devonshire, eider merchant — first dir. of 4s, 61, any Tuesiay or Friday, at Hirtze's, tutu, PARTNERSHIPS DIMOLVED. - _ F. W. Cranch and H. W. Praill, Wells-mews, Oxford street, cabinet maker-W. Jefferson and M. Wilson, Whitley. Yorkshire., wholesale saddlers -T. Haw and C. Simpson and Ml a, s. G to r r a , West bar Graham, Carlisle, LThainlicearsBb_iree,.gs.roiocohio'slisßan. and J. S L,w, Abingdon. Berkshire, ironmongers-F. Michels and F. C. Michels, Sloane-street, Chelsea, cooks-W. Symons and G. Rnssell, St e ward-street, Spitalfields, silk manufacturers T , BlaartelowwoaillkderiTsffT.Olst,mNithe7MAaergerairnet Smith and W. C. ton, Lancashire, iron S p late mith, Greenwich, bakers - J. Pen tland and A. M. Boss, Bread-street, Cheapside, wino merchants-C. a u iPt. terl r-onaJ.er Parrattsi oy and and S.Barnes and H. Barnes Kidderminster, W orces t er, p builders _ Yorksbire, stone delvers - T. Mu irhoa si, John M u i r . s t W. o F ng ar b r o a t t t t o , a2, Exeter,i lipholree, per head, and James Muirhead, Chatha m, d rapers, so far as regards John 3fuirhead-T. Hamlyn and W. Hamlyn, Totnes, Devonshire, grocers-G. S. Greening, 3. Gunson, and W. Higginbottom, North Tapton Colliery, near Ches. - B W usli, builders- E. Marvin and E. 0. Marvin, Por tsea, Ha mpshire, cabinet . Sissons and R terfield, Derbyshire, coal miners-J• Parkins, and W. H. Elliott, Cheapside, City, tailors - j. Gree n and H. Cocks, Eccleston-street South, Pimlico, oilm en- 11. Bury and H. Heaton, Manchester, wholesale stati oners - N. Pi Delamere an . d ß j o . h il ins r o e n i , fa N ll. o L ri i a v n e , r i. p r oLl i, sli h p o b p r h o e k r e a cs makers-J. Holland and H. R. Child, Cullum -street, City, tea merchants-J. Bliley, J. P. Bailey, and J. Brewin, Leieester, fancy hosiery manufacturers , so far as regards J. Brewin-T. C. Croome and H. Harris, Cainscross, Gloucestershire, attorneys-T. Simpson and J. S. Young, Manchester, calico printers-J. Kermatti and J. Sturrock, Tooley-street, Southwark, corn factors-C. P. Smyth, Professor of Astronomy at Edinburgh University, ano Jessie Piezzi Smyth, so fares regards thair connection with the Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company ; the National Provincial Bank of England; an d the Newcastle and Dar lington Junction Railway, now incoiPorated with the North-Eastern Railway-A. Kilgour, Aberdeen, physician, and Mary Elizabeth Kilgour, so far as regards their con nection with the National Provincial Bank of England. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS, Charles Duff Campbell and James Henderson, glaziers, Edinburgh. William Wylie and Robert Wylie, block builders and spirt:t dealers, Glasgow. SUPWICIOIIS CASE.—The body of Mr. spiller, late librarian at the B a th A t h entevi n, was disc overe d on Friday, near the weirs of Swinford, near Bitton. His birt front, in which were valuable studs, was torn away, and his watch or money was not found upon him, His head liras NeTerely contused, SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 12. STOCK EXOTIANQL—The tone of the market has been very steady to-day, and prices are without change. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 244 ox div.- —South Eastern, 184—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 81i—Midland, G9l London and North Westerns, 1001 11—Dutch Rhenish, new, 2 p.—Great Western of Canada, new, 3f p. —North Eastern, Berwick, 19—Ditto, Leeds capital Stock, 14i. THE emu , NEWSPAPER PRESS.—The Gloucestershire Times, a three-halfpenny newspaper, published at Glou cester, stopped publication on Saturday. It appears that every copy of the paper cost more than. the sale price, and yet some of the subscribers grumbled because it did not contain more than " the old fivepenny paper." Ober parties coolly proposed to the proprietors to in sert their advertisements gratuitously, for.six months, "by way of a trial." A PEMALE RECIIIIIT.—On Friday, a young woman, about 17 years of age, enlisted into the.97th Regiment, a recruiting party of which corps is stationed at Wind sor. Although she slept that evening in a room where there were several beds occupied by men, her sex was not discovered until next morning, when being taken before the medical officer for examination, and ordered to strip, as is usual on suck occasions, she was obliged to confess that she was a woman. She was then taken before the magistrates, charged with obtaining the Queen's money under false pretences, and remanded. It is said that she enlisted in order to be enabled to join her sweetheart, who is in a cavalry regiment in the Crimea. A subscription has been commenced for her in Windsor. [ADVERTISEMENTd — The difficulties and dangers of bringing up Infants by hand or wet nurses have been entirely over come by Du Barry's delicious Revalenta Arabica Food, which feeds, strengthens, and removes all those little pains and irre gularities infants are so subject to. The following letters speak volumes :—" Grammar School, Stevenage, 16th Dec., 1850. Gentlemen,—l think it but common justice to you to state that I have used Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica for the last four months, during which time our infant has never had disordered bowels, from which it had suffered much during the previous six months, whilst being nursed, though every care was-taken to prevent it. Had I known of your valuable Food sooner it would have saved my infant much pain, and me also the heavy expense of a wet nurse.—l am, drc., ROBERT AMBLER." Cure 2,704.—"1 consider you a blessing to society at large. It is not to be told all the benefit Du Barry's R e valenta Arabica Food has been to me, and my little boy cries for a saucer of it every morning.— WALTER KEATING, 2, Manning-place, Five Oaks, Jersey." " 21, Queen's-terrace, Bayswater, London, Nov. 22, 1842. Mr. Dampier will thank Messrs. Du Barry and Co. to send him another canister of their Revalenta Arabica, it agreed so well with his infant." (This infant was 10 days old when• it commenced living on the Reva l ienta.)— In canisters, 51bs. 11s. ; 121b5,, 225. The 121bs. carriage free, on receipt of post-office order. Barry do Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., Purveyors to her Majesty, Piccadilly ; also at 60, Grace church-street ; 33,) and .451, Strand ;4, Cheapside ; 68, Cornhal _• er-ared 3 49, Bishopsg a ,t e -street ; 55, Charin g - qross ; 54, j Upper B a 63 and 150 1 Oxford-street. PUBLICATIONS. Just published, In 2 vols., 21s. bound, COTTISH HEROES in the DAYS o WALLACE and nßucr. By the Rev. ALEXANDER LOW, A.M. " A valuable addition to Scottish history."—Measenger. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough street. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC, TO-NIGHT, and every evening (except Saturday), at 8 o'clock, and Tuesday, Thursday, and satiarday Mornings at 3. Stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; gallery, Is.—Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. 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Parties desirous of INVESTING MONEY are requested , o examine the Plan of the ]lank of Deposit. Prospectuses and Forms for Opening Accounts cen t. free on Appl'cation. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. 1 1) A N IC OF LONDON, Threadneedle -street; an - 450, West Strand. Crratttarikx—S!r JOHN VILLIERS SHELLEY. Bart., M.P. Vtgx.CSArsatarf—JOHN GRIFFITH FRITH, Eso. Current Accennts are received. and Interest allowed an Balances. Si. per cent. Interest is allowed on deposits, with 10 days' notice of withdrawal on: sums of 10'. and upwards. By order. --- MATTHEW MARSHALL, Jun., Manager. BC,NTJAMINT SCOTT, Secretary. Threadneedle-street, January 19, 1856 G REAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. Front and after MONDAY, the lith instant, the Passenger Fares on this R tilway will be greatly Reduced. Part'calats will be given by hand-bills. SETNIOUR CLARK E, General Manager. King's Cross Station, Feb. 8, 1858. y ONDON and NORTH WESTERN, MAN CHESTKR, • SHEFFIELD, and :LINCOLNSHIRE, and MIDLAND RAILWAYS. The nubile are informed that the above Companies have RESIIMED WORKING TRAIN 3 between London and the uridermentloned places, at the following Fares and Times from London : London ............•• Nottinstam ...... ....•• •• • . arr . Newark • Lincoln .... • •• -• •••• • • .. Bull, via Lincoln • • .......... „ Shegki I, Victoria Station .... Doncaster .. • • ......•• • • Normanton Wakefield, via Normanton.... „ Brad ford •••• • • • • • York.. •• • 5 0 8 25 9 12 9 35 'St CLIPS S. (1. 0 6 0 10 0 15 0 11 3 6 0 14 0 15 15 0 15 15 2d Chtss. P. d. 3 0 3 0 6 n le A 8 3 0 9 0 10 10 0 10 0 to o 9 45 10 10 10 10 10 50 10 35 II 5 11 0 By order. MARK HUISH. JAS. A Ltroitr. ED. WATION. Feb. 7, 1855. CH ANCELLORSVILLE FREEHOLD GOLD MINING COMPANY. The Directors of this Company deem it right to put their share holder" an I the public in possession of information as to their pro ceedings since their last announcements. The Directors were then in a position to state that they had re ceived a large consignment of. Gold Ore from their Mines. They have Since received another. Their attention beg been diligently directed, under the best advice they could , procure, to the task of extracting the Gold from the Ore, having previously ascertained its exist-nee. Various experiments On the recogn'sed, as well as more recently introduced systems. have been tried by eminent analytical chemists, the results of which, although they eocasionslly differ, establish that the Ore of this mine is capable of yielding Gold and Silver to an extent of fully Justifying all expectations. The obstacles the Directors have ha,4 to enceuster have arisen from a difficulty inherent in the nature of these undertakings, that of realising the same results on a large scale by a process which would be an cheap as to render the enterprise in the highest degree commercially valuable. They are proceeding with the experiments necessary to arrive at this result, and with the most encouraging hopes of speedy success. In the mean time, the Directors do not feel themselves justified in publishint partial information, however satisfactory, but as soon as they are in a poitition to do so. which will not be long hence, they will lay before the shareholders a statemsnt of the past and present position and future prospects of the Company. By order. W. S. TROTTER, Secretary. 1, Great Winchester-street, 11th February. 1856. APPETITE AND DIGESTION , T-MPROVED. LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Moat Gravies, Fish, Ga me , S ou p, C urr i es, and Saial, and by its tonic and invigorati ng p ropert i es ena b les the stomach to perfectly digest the food. The daily 'use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe tuardto health. Sold by the proprietors. Lea and Perrins, 19, renchurch-street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and o th er o il men and mt , e chants), London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.8.--To guard against imitations, see that the names of "LEA and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. JOZEAU'S COPAHINE, or SACCHARATED CAPSULES, approved of by the french College of Physiclahs, mccessfully administered In the Paris and London Hospitals, and acknowledgod by them to be the best remedy for a certain disorder. ;See " Lancet" of Nov. 6, 1852.) A copy will bo forwarded on ap pit eation.—Price per 100, 4s. 6d. ; 50, 2s. 9d. To be had of the inventor, GABRIEL JOZIZATI, French chemist, :49, Haymarket, London, and all the principal chemists. IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. TRIESEMAR.—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, against Joseph Franklin and others, to restrain them, under a penalty of one thou .iand pounds, from imitatinz this Medicine, which is protected by Royal Letters , Patent of England, and secured by the tkeals of the Ecole de Ph :ruled() de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIEREMAII, No. 1, is a remedy for Relaxation, Rnermatorrhres, awl all the distroasing consequences arising from early abase, Stc., and its effects are effi cacious in youth, manhood, and old age ; and t those persons who are prevented entering tlin married state frim the results of early errors it is invaluable, TAMFCEMAR. No. 2, f/Toctually, in the short spats of threo days, completely and entirely aradicates all traces of those Disorders which Capalvi and Cnbobs nave so long been thought an antidote for, to the Min of the health of a vest portion of the population. TRIKSEMAR, No, 8, Is the groat Cmtinental Remedy Ibt that class of Disorders, which unfortunately the Eng;ish rhystclan treats with Mercury, to the in evitable destruction Of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla In the world cannot remove. TRIM:MAR, Ncs 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or stool;, and or all nauseating qualities. They May 119 c the toilet table without their use hems suspoctol, TR IE sEMAR, Nos. I, 2, and 3, are sold in tin case!, price Hs., or Mar cases in one fer 33s , which saves 1 ls.; and in 5/. eases, whereby there is a s'l , l , lg* Of 11. i 2s. ; dividea infs. s prtrate done, tla 114411103‘ tered by Valpeau Lane nano, Roux, & ..,& c . To ho had Wholesale and Retail in tsndce of Johnston, Cornhill; Hannay and Co., 63, Orford-str tit; and Rantor, 15th et- ford-street ;R. if. Ingham, drugzist, 411, Marketselfeat, Mandloster ; If. Bradbury, bookseller, Dcausgate, Bolton; J. Priestly, chemist, 52, Lord-street, Liverpool; Powell. bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street., Dublin ; Winnall, book , e'ler, Birth-street, Birmingham. T TR SECRET INFIRMITIES OF TOUTII Al'4ll VtAt/RITT. J tat published, price Is., illustrated with Oases; free by post for 14 stamps, ERVOUS DEBILIY; N Its Causes, Symptoms, anti Cure,—A2 v::y on ?qtr. borrhoe a, wi n th nf Pr s a , cti f' al F brv*" :tna on a - safer and more sneceastul iystem, obtained by " listingulTki nc , • —'n use of the Microscope in detecting and eery y urinary examination. the real eatiSe Met of mod-" ' men . of the diseases of the Generative .ariety of complain; whether eriffing gat Solitary habits. -ceases, accident, or chalet% followed by pratrical remarks, fotitided ';'h twenty years' experience in the treetilltilt Of impnlSSifiOe, Nervous Debility, 'level Weakness, Spermatorrhosa, &c. To which Ire added, Commentaries on the rhyliclogy of Marriage, with pre santionnry hints on the eVils emanating from empirloll pretties, and on the dangerons remedies Ad•rocattd by various writers on these important disorders. By stimurd, LA'MEIIT M.D. fa, REDFORD-SQUA IE, LONDON. D Actor , of Medicine, Matricnlated Member of the Uriltersity of Edits. burgh. Honorary Member of the London hospital Mellen! goetetY. Licentiate of Amthecwrice* Ilan, London, &O. The essential object of this treatise is to point ottt the fearful con es glances resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, watch have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man. head, and premature decay at an stages of Life, Max, perhaps, any 0 her class of disease known to modern pathologists. Its pernsal is p rticularly recommended to persons en'ertaining secret doubts of their physical condition, and w h o are conscious of having hazarded the O,ealth, happiness, and pritilesse to which every hOttan being is en 'tied ntni:lary that all men /timid knov, that there an ';rl It tit i llil — a f! r r oP l p t6 er lY lional management *which cannot be v iol a t e d w ith ou t Incnrring grievous penalties, e nd when wisd olvuee. he* these penalties cm and regret succeed nay be mitigated, hew the Skibg of their bitterness may b eret/loved, end how the OVil And tie etlnsecitietices may ho avoided, the heyday of inconsiderate self-Ind and above all, that there is searceiy 110' d':greo of physical infirmity or functional terangernent to which the Wifely aid of science cannot apply a cure. :The Author hal rot n PSfits df yeah; been engaged In an estensive ractiet It the trtataquit of these delicate complaints, which have .intreq.±! 4 .ltZly been too generally confided to the care of ignorant eimirics„ who in:lict great Injtiri on those who are induced to place faith In their pretensions. NERVOUS DEBILITY may be had price is, of hf curs. Sher wood and Co., 23, PaternCtler'r°°7 Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Ii mac, 19, Leicester-square; Mann, 39, Conlhlll ; or fray by post for 14 stamps to any addreas from the Author's residence. 37 , Bed ford-square. At koala Ilsr coupultation daily troul eleven 1111 two, and from six cal elm. PiWit of 00f.b.--The quotation of gold at Paris is about 4 per mills premium (according to the last tariff), which, at the English Mint price of 31, 17 s. 10/ 2 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.27 ; and, the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.35, it follows that g old is about 0.32 per cent. dea rer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4261 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17e. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 51 ; and, the exchange at Ham burg on London at short being 13.7, it follows that gold is 0.64 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The courss of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 108 . 4 per cent , and, the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nomi nally 1.08 per cent. against Engli.nd ; but, after making allowance for charges of transport and difference of in terest, the present rate leaves no profit on the transmis• Pion of gold either way between the two countrier. SAVE ME FROM MY FRIENDS! ( Front the Boston Daily Times.) Mr: Bright, the English " peace-at-any-price " man, recently made a very long speech before an English mechanics' institute, in which he spoke very highly of the United States, though we think Americans would le none the less pleased if he had not spoken so depreciatingly of his own country. It seems as if his object had been not so much to praise us, as to make England appear little in the comparison. He talks as if he thought we were the most peaceably-disposed people on earth, whereas there is as strong a fighting element among u s as ever there was in France. Ho alludes to our navy, and says that we have but two or three frigates. From this it should seem that ho never had heard that the last Congress voted several millions of dol lars to build six of the most powerful steam-frigates in the world, which are now on the eve of comple tion. It is proposed that the present Congress shall add as many more steam-ships to the navy, and make other additions to it. Mr. Bright may rest assured that few Americans look upon the com parative smallness of their .country's navy as some thing to be proud of and to rejoice over. It is seen with regret, and Government can do n o snore po pular act than to add to the navy's strength and efficiency. Not a few of our countrymen are a opinion that the navy ought to be so constituted as to be able to command all the American seas, and their is reason in their view of what should be our policy. Grant that we should be able to defeat any army that might be landed here, would it not be a wiser thing to prevent as army from lauding ? This could best be done by our being so strong at sea as to make it a matter of very grave doubt whether any force could assail us with success. The best ne gotiators, after all, are heavy fleets, for a maritime nation. The very fact that you are powerful on the ocean may he the reason why the extent of your power shall never be tested. Mr. Bright's ideas on naval matters would meet with no response in this country out of the class of the Burrittites, or some other equally harmless class of madmen. The Government here has never kept pace with public opinion oil the subject of the navy. Had it done five times as much for it, the demands of that opinion would hardly have been complied with—certainly not exceeded. Mr. Briglat alludes to our small army, and does sb in terms compli mentary to us. It is true our army is small, but then our population iamarlike in its character, and four-tiftlis of the men of military age are more or less familiar with the use of arms. In some of the States thousands of young men have a very re spectable knowledge of the details of military life. From these men would the better portion of our armies, in the event of war be recruited. They would afford splendid material fir soldiers. Yet even those who think highest of the Talour and military spirit of the mass of the people are of opinion that the smallness of our army is a grave evil, and that we could not do a better or a cheaper thin , than to treble its numbers. Had we 5,000 or 6,000 additional regular troops in 1846 th e Mexican war would have been brought to a close that year, or have been far advanced. All the valour in the world can't make young and inexpe rienced treops as effective as old ones. They suffer so much in health that that alone is a serious im pediment to military operations. The Indian wars in which we have been engaged have been promoted by the smallness of our regular force. I'Ve have never been able to keep the aborigines down, or to fight them from the first with effect when once they have risen. Our trained forces have been frittered away in the early part of such contests, and then have come militia, who have done half the work at twice the cost of regular sol diers. The millions upon millions that were sunk in the Florida war would mostly have been saved, and the war itself have been ended in half as many months as it lasted years, if we had had experienced troops in numbers sufficient to have crushed the Indians when they first showed symptoms of a determination to rise. The Indian wars that we are now carrying on, and in which we are losing not a few men, would never have occurred, or would have been quickly concluded if our standing army bore any proportion either to our means, to the work required of it, or to the position of the nation. The victories won in the he is t .Mexican war were, in several instances, di excellence of our artillery, and that an arm of the service that is not to be improvised. It can be brought to the point of great warlike Buena arlike efficiency only .by long and diligent training. Vista would have been a lost day, and Taylor ne ver svouldlaee been President but for the admirable practice of the American artillery. darinc , then and It is all well and ; but they alone exe7o , gd h f , stp o ia t. y al e ! d o b f y th t e he va v l o o l u u r n would have done nothing. The greatly superior numbers of the Mexicans could have settled the matter with them if there had been no regular artillery in the field. Such an arm ought to be increased and strengthened, yet Government bas done nothing of the kind since the conclusion of the war—nothing, we mean, worth speaking of. This may win for it the praise of men like Mr. Bright, but it will not win the approval of the 4 American people, PAI =:~ r .-d:r ;.~ ~.~~ X n 441 iaa% 53 1 / 4 ba% :sorts! r. 6 1 16 rtuilr Tb.`• Ards'' , aiectii; ) rotal" 20 m° a 1 , 16 20 fn , r i In 16 m 0 F Ilion ,c de• i 9 CC i° tre are leen airy- rig e 9 ,aco.