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Interval Ori.. Amount Age Date Date between ginal of Total at of of Assuronce Sum Additions Sim Entry. Assurance. Decease. and As- by way of paid. Decease. cured. Bonus. Yrs. piths. £ X. s. d. 4. sd. 47 1615, Jan. 1827, Feb. 12 1 1000 316 14 0 1316 14 0 34 1815, Jan. 1833, July 18 6 100) 434 1 4 1434 1 4 48 1816, Dec. 1833, June 16 6 300 123 19 1 423 19 I 51 1817, Nov. 1831, April 13 5 500 186 14 0 686 14 0 66 1818, June 1832, April 13 10 800 313 16 9 1113 16 0 33 1821, Dec. 18zi0, Nov. 8 11 2000 270 0 0 2270 0 36 1822, April 1832, Oct. 10 6 1500 250 17 6 1750 17 25 1823, Dec. lEt32, Dec. 9 )500 31 , 0 1 3 2880 1 6 54 1424, Dec. 1832, Sept. 7 9 3000 360 0 0 8360 0 3 34 1826, March 1833, June 7 2 SOO 61 7 0 561 7 0 40 1e.40, May 1830, Dec. 7f 500 33 1882, March 1832, April If 1000 Those assurances marked thus t were not entitled to any addi tions; but the extremely short period of their endurance shows the benefit of Life Assurance in a very striking manner. Many other instances might be adduced to the same effect; but the above are quite sufficient for the purpose. It may, however, tend to convey a clearer view of the advan tages arising from the principle on which this Institution is founded, to show in detail the additions progressively made in the Equitable Society to a Policy opened in 1796—that is, after the additions (which had previously been irregular) began to be declared at re gular periodical intervals. Taking the original amount of the Po licy at £1,000., the additions stand as follows, viz.:— Rate of Addition per Date of Declaration Cent. per Annum on Amount of of Addition. Sum Assured. Addition. Ist Jan. 1800 lBlO lB2O 1830 3 0 0 Sum of Additions at Ist of January, 1830 2,070 And original Sum Asssured l,OOO Total £3,070 Had the sum originally assured been 5,0001. instead of 1,0001., then the total sum recoverable under the policy would have been 15,3501., and so on in proportion. This statement, while it shows the important advantages of the principle of mutual assurance, shows at the same time the utter fallacy of the opinion occasion ally stated, that it is only in the infancy of such institutions that the full advantage of the principle can be obtained ; for the rate of addition declared by the Equitable goes on, it will be observesk, in an increasing ratio. The immense benefit thus derived from assurances opened in the Equitable Office at length drew the public attention so strongly towards it, and so greatly increased the number of proposals of as surance, that, in order to prevent the business of the Society at taining an unmanageable magnitude, a resolution or bye-law was passed in 1816, excluding those assured subsequent to that date from any right to participate in the surplus funds or profits, until the policies entitled to this benefit were reduced to a given definite number ; so that a party now taking out a policy at the E qu it a bl e has not the slightest chance of entering on its peculiar advantages for a long period of years. This Institution was in existence two years prior to this import ant change in the constitution of the Equitable, and it has in con sequence received a great many proposals which, but for this mea sure, would have probably gone to the Equitable. The benefit which the parties have obtained by doing so will at once be evident from the fact that a policy opened in the Equitable in the course of the year 1817, if now emerging and becoming a claim, would be only entitled to an addition of about 91. per cent., while a policy opened in this Office in the same year, and now becoming a claim, would be entitled to an addition of 451 per cent., which is yearly increasing. There can indeed be no doubt that this Office is now rapidly ap proaching the same position (making due allowance for the compa ratively limited field of business which Scotland affords) that the Equitable held in England previously to the enactment of the law already explained. In proof of this no stronger fact can be stated than the large and rapid increase of the accumulated fund and an nual revenue already noticed. The Accounts produced at the Twentieth Annual General Court held in January last, showed that in the last year alone an addition was made to the previously large accumulated fund or capital of no less than Sixty Thousand Pounds sterling. Independently, therefore, of the great benefit arising to the parties interested, from assurances which may become claims from sudden and premature death, and of which the expe rience of this Society affords many very striking instances, it is also evident, from the principle of its constitution, and from the expe. rience of the Equitable, that, even considered as an investment of money, without any particular reference to the benefit of assurance, a policy now opened in this office, and steadily kept up during the whole period of a pi olonged life, may become a very valuable inhe ritance indeed. And this benefit is not operative only at death, but may, even during the lifetime of the assured, be made available to the most valuable purposes. It is also proper to state that in only one instance has this Society felt itself compelled to enter a court of law in opposition to a claim made under its emerged policies; and in that instance the propriety of their procedure was fully evinced by the immediate abandonment of the claim. This occurred very soon after the Soc:city commenced business ; and during the many years that have since elapsed, every claim brought against the funds, under emerged policies, has been at once discharged, and a great extent of good both to the public and individuals thus accomplished. 7ABULAII VIEW of the SUMS, including ADDITIONS, , payable under POLICIES of 1,0001., and so in proportion for any higher or lower amount, if becoming claims during the re maining years of the current Septennial Period of the Society's Progress : Year of 1 AMOUNT OP NET SUSS PAYABLE, IP CLAIM EMER GE IN Entry. 111 1,93/ 1837. 182 R 1535. — Z. d. X. s. d. • s. d. X. s. d. 1915 1475 16 0 1196 14 5 i 1517 I'2 2 1538 9 0 1820 1250 16 0 12 1 8 10 0 1286 4 0 1203 18 0 182! 1234 18 0 152 7 6 126017 0 1287 6 6 12.2 1219 0 0 1v317 5 0 1253 10 0 1270 15 0 1823 12 13 2 0 12.20 ;.; 1237 3 0 1254 3 4 4824 1187 4 0 1204 00 i 1220 16 0 1237 12 0 I 1 ,, '2 5 1171 6 0 1187 17 6 12 , 4 9 0 1221 1 1 6 18.:6 1155 8 0 1171 15 0 1189 2 1204 9 0 1827 1139 10 0 1155 12 6 1171 15 0 :2 87 17 6 191.8 1123 12 0 1139 10 0 I 1155 8 0 1171 5, 0 1620 1107 14 0 1123 7 6 1139 1 0 1154 14 (1 1830 , 1 , 91 16 0 ; 1107 5 0 1122 14 0 1138 3 0 This Table proceeds on the supposition that the Claim emerges after the Annual Contribution or Premium has been paid for the year in which it so emerges. If the Claim emerge before such payment, the sums payable will be those set down in the Table as applicable to the immediately preceding year. The ordinary Court of Directors meet weekly for the purpose of receiving and deciding on applications for Assurance, which are int nowves granted to th e e xt en t o f 5,00 0 / ., on approved single or jo li. Assurances effected through the Head Office or Agencies before the books are shut for the current year will have the advantage, in the declaration of additions at next investigation, of a Full Year's standing over those assurances which may be delayed beyond that period. In consequence of this important advantage, there has been regularly for some years back a great pressure of business imme diately preceding the closing of the books. Last year no fewer than sixty-four proposals of assurance were under the consideration of the Court of Directors at their latest meeting in December ; and after all, various proposals were lodged too late to secure the expected advantage. It is therefore respectfully requested that parties intending assurances would lodge their proposals as early as possible in the month of December, which would be attended with much convenience to the Officers of the Society, and at the same time prevent the risk of disappointment to themselves. Every facility to the carrying through of P ro p osa l s o f A ssurance, ea .as to be completed within di current year, will be given, both at the Head Office in Edinburgh, and at the following AGENCIES. Liverpool.—Messrs. A. Oughterson and Co., I, Dale-street. Manchester.—Wm. A. Cunningham, 28, George-street. Huddersfield.—Hugh Watt, Banker. HUGH M'KEAN, Agent, 15, Bridge-street, Blackfriars, December 1. The Lord Chancellor will give his first dejeuner since his accession to office to the new Lord Chief Baron and the Judges on Monday, the 12th of January, at his residence in Hyde Park-terrace. -------- A singular library exists at Warsenstein, near Cas sel ; the books composing it, or rather the substitutes for them, being made of wood, and every one of them is a specimen of some different tree. The back is formed of its bark, and the sides are constructed of polished pieces of the same stock. When put together, the Whole forms a box, and inside of it are Atored the fruit, seed, and leaves, together with the moss which grows on the trunk, and the insects which feed upon the tree ; every volume corresponds in size, and the collection altogether has an Acellent effect.—Mirror. LIFE ASSURANCE ON EQUITABLE PRINCIPLES, London Office., No. 15, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, imme diately adjoining Rock Life Office. [Those intending to effect Assurances at this office are reminded of the advantage of doing so within the current year, as explained below.] QCOTTISII WIDOWS' FUND AND LIFE ASSURANCE. Founded, A.D. 1815, on the model of THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE, LONDON . HEAD OFFICE, EDINBURGH, No. 5, ST. ANDREW-SQUARE. PRESIDENT. Right Hon. Earl of Roseberry. VICE-PRESIDENTS. Sir F. W. Drummond, of Hawthornden, Bart. The Hon. Lord Moncreiff. Right Hon. Charles Hope, Lord President. His Grace, the Duke of Buccleuch, K. T. TRUSTEES. Sir James Gibson Craig, of Riccarton, Bart. William Scott Moncrieff, Esq., of Kirkton. Patrick Cockburn, Esq., Accountant, Edinburgh. William iMitchell, Esq., of Parsonsgreen. James Balfour, Esq., of Pilrig. • The President, Vice-Presidents, Trustees, and whole body of ordinary and extraordinary Directors, are, and must, •in terms of the laws, have been Members of, and personally connected with the Society, by assurances of a determinate number of years' standing. This office is the oldest, and, in point of business, the most ex tensive in Scotland. It is founded on the original principles of the Equitable Life Office of London, securing the whole profits to the assured. The great value of the principle of mutual contributionship, or, as it is generally termed, mutual assurance, on which this Society is founded, is now well known. By the operation of this principle, taken in connection with the careful selection of lives, and an economical management of the Society's business, it is evident that the advantages of Life Assurance are secured to their utmost possi ble extent. Indeed, they only require to be known and under stood in order to be fully appreciated ; and so rapid accordingly has been the growth of this Society, that, during the last sixteen years, the annual revenue has increased from 2,300/. to upwards of 80,0001. sterling per annum, and the accumulated Fund from 3,0001. to upwards of 400,0001. sterling; and both are in a state of steady and rapid, increase. The ordinary benefits of Life Assurance, indeed, without any special references to the peculiar advantages afforded by this Insti tution, are of themselves amply sufficient to induce those who have relatives or families dependent on them, and who are duly im pressed by the uncertainty of life to have recourse to it, no less as a matter of duty than of interest. In illustration of this, a few actual cases are here quoted from the Society's books, which will be found to place in a very strong view the benefits of Life Assurance, particularly as they may be secured through the medium of a con nexion with this Society, viz. : PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ;lank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons ..... ..... ..... .... shut Ditto Bonds 17 pm. 3L4 per Cent — South Sea Stock — Ditto fled %X 9 Old Annuities — New 3% per Cent. Assented — 3 per Cent. Annuiti es , M 1... 4 per Cent. f Dissented ---.- Exch. Bills, -£1,000......... 37 as; pm. Bank Long Annuities to expire Ditto 500 37:1 pm Jan. 2, 1 860 l6 15-16 17 I) ittn Small 17 38 p m . Oct 10, 1859 — Ditto Commercial Jan. 5, 1860 — Ditto Advertised Jan. 5, 1880 — Bank Stock for Account.... April 5, 1880 — India Stock for Account. Jan. 5, 1870 — Consols for Opening ..... .. ...91 2 I PRICES OF FtIREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bends Belgian Bonds Ditto Account' Brazilian Bonds 79 Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chillian Bonds Ditto Account Columbian Bonds. Ditto Account Columbian Bands, 1821 Ditto Account Danish Bonds Ditto Account Greek Bonds Ditto Bands, I*X) Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent — Ditto Account Ditlo. 6 per cent Dittl Account ... Neapolitan THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Eonds Dit o Account Portuguese Bonds Ditto Account Ditto New Bonds q5 5 4;04 Ditto Account ...8-”4 6 :.% 6 5X Prussian Bonds Dittu Fornis,lB2.2 Russian Bends, 1822 Ditto Account Ditto Metallic Spanish Bonds 5::% S Ditto Account ......... 3314% 3 14 Ditto Bonds, N 33 Ditto Account French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. 4 per cent. —E —c. 3 per cent. —f. —c. Exchange —f. —c Dutch, 24,', per cent. Ditto Account Ditto, 5 per cent (o.AV, Ditto Account' 9 OO. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Shlre J 31/. 108. 529 4 LNGE, YESTERDAY. Leghorn Genoa Milan..., Venice vaples Palermo per oz. Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro Bahia Buenos Ayres Dublin, 2I days' sight Cork .. 25 H) PRICE OF BULLION, PER OZ. Portugal Gold, coin _CO 0 0 foreign Gold, in bars 'I 17 9 New Doubloons New Dollars Silvers bars, standard_ 0 0 0 PRICES OF SHARES THI. English Mining Company Real del Monte Mining Co., Register( Ditto Unregistered COURSE OF EXCH Amsterdam C.F. 12 6 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam 2U. 12 6 Antwerp l2 5 Hamburg M.B. 13 11 Altona 1:1 11 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 50 Ditto 2 Us. 25 80 Bordeaux Berlin Frankfort on Maine, Ex. A 1 1514 Petersburgh, ruble 3 Us. 104 3 Vienna, effective II "M. 959 Trieste ditto lO 0 Madrid ... 7% Cadiz Bilboa Barcelona Seville 36% Gibraltar 4B HAMBURG FUNDS. Discount, 2 1 .; per cent. End of December Anglo-Danish Loan, three per cent 73% Anglo-Russian itus:dan Inscription, 5 per cent., 1620 Ditto, ditto, 1811 95 Ditto, ditto, Mk' Certificates Polish Bonds :37 Prussian Bonds, 183'2 .. 120% Austrian Bank Shares, 1832 128 i Ditto Metalliques ,::)34 Ditto 4 per cent 9li Ditto 4 per Cent. (1834) Spanish B per Cents 24 Spanish Cortes (A. F. Haldimand and sons) ...... Ditto 4 per Cent. 40% Dutch * 9 per Cents. Ditto 5 per Cents 97 Portuguese Regency, 5 per cent MN Ditto, 6 per cent. 91% —Hamburg Reporter, Dec. 23. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, DEC. 23-13 ; two months, 13 N. SerocEnot.u, Dec. 12.—Three months, 12 22 CHRISTIANIA, DEC. 13.—Three months, 5 33. BREMEN, DEc. 19.—T5.0 months, 616 5. BERLIN, DEC. 20.—Three months, 6 24%. VIENNA, DEC. 10.—Two months, 9 48. LEIPSIC, DEC, 15.—Two months, 6 16. —Hamburg Papers, Dec 23. MAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due G Americus 0 1 France 0 0 Lisbon 1 0 Brazi; • 0 Guern. &Jersey 0 0 Malta II Buenos Ayres... • I Hamburg 0 0 Mexico 2 ' 0 Carthagena...... • 0 Holland • I Ostend 0 I Dublin OI I Jamaica 1 0 Sweden I 0 Flanders HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TOMORROW. Morning 3 minutes after 0. Evening 35 minutes after 0. HAMBURG, Nov. 26, 1834. HEINE, BROTHERS, Contractors, for the Great Lottery, published and drawn by authority and under guarantee of the Hamburg Government, beg to inform the public, that the 65th Lottery of 10,000 Tickets will be drawn on the 18th of March next ; and Tickets are now selling at 108 marks banco, or Si. The prizes are lof 100,000, lof 50,000, lof 30,000, 1 of 20,000, 1 of 10,000, 2 of 5,000, 4 of 3,000, 7 of 2,000, 20 of 1,000, 40 of 500, and 1,500 of 108 marks, which 1,578 money prizes are altogether stated in marks banco, and payable without any deduction whatever; 4,000 tickets being delivered gratis to the holders of the 2,000 first-drawn tickets, as per scheme; those purchasing one ticket, at the trifling cost of 81., may obtain three prizes: and thus, if fortune prove favourable, gain 180,000 marks banco, at the present exchange, equal to 13,0001. sterling. Owing to the gratis tickets, the number of tickets en sale is a very limited one, so that, of course, they will be cleared off very ra pidly, and a rise in price occur very soon. Those desirous to pur chase at the present first price of Si., are requested to direct, by one of the first mails, but only for whole tickets, to the above named contractors, Heine, Brothers, in Hamburg. Those remitting a 101. note will receive an order for the balance of 21., together with the ticket, by return of mail ; on the other hand, those preferring to pay Heine Brothers' draft for the cost, are recommended to pay such draft immediately when presented. A full scheme, and every desirable information, being always sent with the tickets, those giving orders will only have to write a line, ordering the ticket or tickets, adding the money, or an order for the same, or stating the mode of payment that may be more convenient to the orderer, and giving their full and plain directions, to secure the safe receipt of the communications. Those honouring Heine, Brothers, by purchasing, may depend on the strictest secresy, as to their taking a chance or getting a prize ; such being the undeviating rule of the old-established and most lucky Office. TO ADVERTISERS.--EDINBURGH RE VIEW.—ADVERTISEMENTS fur insertion in the ADVERTISING SHEET of No. CXXII., are requested to be sent to Longman and Co., 39, Paternoster-row, by .111oNnay, Ja nuary 5, 1835 ; and Prospectuses, Bills, &c., to be stit c h e d i n th e Number, by SATURD AY , J an . 10, 1835. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING will be presented THE CASTLE SPECTRE. Earl Osmond, Mr Vandenhoff; Father Philip, Mr, Bartley. Angela, Mrs. Sloman. After which the New Grand Chivalric Entertainment, called KING ARTHUR and the KNIGHTS of the ROUND TABLE. En which Mr. Ducrow's magnificent Stud of Horses will be introduced, THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDRN. THIS EVENING will be presented GUY MANNERING. Henry Bertram, Mr. Templeton ; Dominie Sampson, Mr. Meadows. Lucy Bertram, Miss Shirreff; Julia Mannering, Miss Betts. After which the New Grand Comic Pantomime, called HARLEQUIN AND QUEEN MAB ; OR, THE THREE GLASS DISTAFFS. Harlequin, Mr. Ellar ; Pantaloon, Mr. F. Sutton ; Clown, Mr. T. Matthews; Whirligig, Mr. W. H. Payne. Columbine, Miss C. Reekie. , - 7,f); ) LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 27, 1 34. We stated in The Sun yesterday, that the Procla. mation for the Dissolution of Parliament would be signed by the KING at Brighton this morning, and on Monday or Tuesday next we expect the publication or an Extraordinary Gazette, announcing the dissolu tion in the usual form. Now is the time for the Re formers of England, Scotland, and Ireland to prove their sincerity in the great and good cause in which the country is embarked. Now is the hour and the moment for verifying their own predictions, and redeem ing those vows made on the altar of liberty, of which an Empire has been the witness. The Tories are still sufficiently powerful to cause apprehension ; but their great strength is the divisions which they are sowing amono. the Reformers themselves. It is not numbers but discretion that is now required. To conquer tri umphantly, we must be " as wise as serpents, and as harmless as doves." There must be no elbowing and jostling, and intriguing, among the Reform leaders— no recollection of old grudges—no petty rivalry —no quadrupling of Liberal candidates—and above all, no tampering with the Tories in any way what ever. Let it be th e first care of every Constituency to provide sound, liberal, and deliberative, temperate Re formers to represent them, and having found such men, listen to the claims of none other, whatever may be his pretensions. Enthusiast s and boasters are in ge neral little worth ; and we would advise the electors not to put confidence in men who are ready to swallow every pledge that may be propounded to them. We are not for Universal Suffrage, the extinction of a Church Establishment, or any other of the wild specu lations afloat in the world. We want reformed not abolished institutions. We are advocates for Trien nial Parliaments, because we are persuaded they would have a most salutary influence on the House of Co me mons ; and by the House of Commons in conjunction with the other Estates, constitutionally established, do we only desire to see reformed the institutions of the British Empire. In several parts of the country the Reformers are certainly exerting themselves in the most praiseworthy manner. We have received several letters from Bridg water and its vicinity, together with an excellent ad dress of Mr. J. TEMPLE LEADER to the electors of that borough, which we trust will be followed by his return for a seat in the ensuing Parliament. Mr. LEADER says— " I wish for strict economy in the expenditure of the public money ; for the removal of the burthens of taxation, to the ut most possible extent from the middle and labouring classes; and for the encouragement of moral and religious education. " I am an advocate for the relief of Dissenters from all dis abilities and grievances on aecount of religious opinion ; for a thorough and uncompromising Reform of an municipal Cor porations ; and for the abolitiods of all sinecures and unde served pensions." This is quite enough; and from what we have heard of Mr. LEADER, he is a gentleman who will Itleem his pledges. The other papers which we received with the address, go more into detail, and if we can spare space we may refer to them, when the subject is again before us. At present such is the crowded state ofour columns, and the number of claims upon our attention, that we can no more than glance at subjects which are not of vital consequence. In conjunction with the above address to the elec tors of Bridgewater, we have received the addresses of Mr. E. L. BULIVER, and Mr. C. BEAUMONT PHIPps to the electors of Lincoln. Of the merits of Mr. , BuLwER as a most able and indefatigable Member of Parliament it were needless to offer a single observa tion. In his address to constituents, he says : " I have registered my name, as your Representative, against the Irish Coercion Bill,--against the Impressment of Seamen, —against the splendid pauperism of the Pension List,-,..-against Sinecures, whether of Navy or Army, Church or State : And for the Protection of the Ballot,—for the shortening the duration of Parliament,—for the Rights of the Dissenters,— for the Abolition of Slavery,—for the Removal of the Taxes on. Knowledge, —for a revision of our Taxation generally, with a view to put the burthen on the strongest shoulders ;—in a word, for whatever seemed to be most calculated to procure for all men the best Government on the fairest terms. Always indeed, recollecting that we must be temperate as well as ac tive, that we must b e p ract i ca l even i n our t h eor i es, that in our desire for changes however valuable, we must not rashly create disorder, risk property, ruin the farmer, plunder the fundholder, or compromise that National Faith, the sanc tity of which has so much contributed to Establish our Na tional renown." This is language worthy of a member of the first deliberative assembly in the world ; and the address of Mr. PHIPPS is equally explicit. Let the Reform ers examine their men, and then support them to the last ; and let such tried men as Mr. BULWER leave nothing undone to unite the Reform interest. Re member, that as union is strength, so likewise dis union is weakness. Sir ROBERT PEEL might have spared himself con siderable pains-taking, if, instead of concocting his Book of Sophistries, he had merely pointed to the names that now adorn his 'Ministerial staff; that would have misled none, for such a list defies misinterpreta tion. Such a simple act had also saved many branches of a proud Aristocracy from the deep degradation of civic feast—the shoulder-rubbing with " Common Hall fools and factors' wives," so tainting to noble blood. Perhaps in the hour of spinning his tough-yarn manifesto, Sir ROBERT scarcely dreamed of the MAHONS and STORMONTS, to whom desperation sub sequently pointed. It is quite clear that when he threw the handkerchief to the " Heir of the House of Mans field," he either forgot his own expressions therein, or the notable declaration of that excellent young man. " Gentlemen," said he to the Norwichites, some fort night since, " I avow that I always had a violent dis like to the word Reform—there is much in a name, and I have strong feelings against that name !" Excel lent young man, replies Sir ROBERT, come to my bosom ; I need but place my hand upon your shoulder, and who shall complain of ambiguity in my Tamworth declaration ? Will no kind friend of Sir ROBERT'S print of? a lis of the Ministerial appointments at so much per thou sand for general circulation ? The people then woul( only have to " look upon this picture and on that,' and all would be plain. One of the shallowest attempts ever made to frighten the Whigs from their propriety, appears in a morning print. The fable of the Fox that once upon a time lost his tail is thus ludicrously moralised. Alarmed at the union of all classes of the Liberals, and shrewdly foreseeing thereby the utter prostration to which the Tory party must be inevitably brought, it is seriously urged upon the Whigs--- ,, that party of politicians of whom Lord GREY for more than 20 years preceding 1830, was in Parliament the acknow ledged chief, with Lords Holland and Lansdowne, the Russells, Cavendishes, and their large circle of friends and adherents, for supporters in both houses"—to avoid the peril of an association with that desperado faction the destructive mob. Is there not, he asks, a much closer and real assimilation between the moderate conservatives, (we suppose of course the Knatchbulls, Mahons, Stormonts, Goulbourns, and that " sort of people") and rational reformers, than between the latter and revolutionists, who present only a portion of its physical strength, and the whole of its dregs and deleterious off-scourings and deposits ? From our hearts we sincerely congratulate the country that the unhappy Tories have at length be come sensible of the ruin which impends upon them. Wretched, indeed, must be their plight, if, in their death-throes, they are compelled to call upon their fiercest foes for help I With whom have the Tories been fighting, for the last quarter of a century, but with the Whigs ? Throat to throat have they been warring, and no sooner are they felled to the ground, and the others' heels upon their necks, than away flies ] their deadly enmity, and the vanquished crave a fra- i ternal embrace, and a helping hand ! Such is Tory bravery—such the nobleness of its soul in adversity ! Perverse conquerors ! (cry the Tories)—lll-fated Whigs ! Why are ye not alive to the perils which the Destructive mob is weaving about and about ye ? See ye not that nothing short of a confedera tion between Whigs and Tories can save either from the threatened desolation ? Hasten, then, and take us to your bosoms, else—so great is the numerical force of the " extreme Radicals "—we are both lost The ruling passion, strong in death, is here, indeed, displayed. Their cunning leaves them not even in their dying agony : neither does their stupid obstinacy. Wilful have they been in all their ways, and now they arc most righteously receiving the fruit of the seed they planted. Base is the Tory heart that can descend to such deep degradation—cowardl3 the men, who, even in their last extremity, can cry aloud for mercy from such a quarter ;—but ten times more base and cowardly would the Whigs be, if they spurned not such recreants from them. UNION is the war-cry of the Liberals ; and, at that word the Tories shallquake to their very centre. Their days are numbered, and the sooner they make their peace with the country, the more creditable will be their exit. Mr. CLAY has published an admirable address to his constituents. If ever a constituency had cause to be satisfied with a representative, the electors of the Tower Hamlets have reason to be satisfied with Mr. CLAY. He has during the course of his parliamen tary career, proved himself the enlightened and fear less advocate of popular rights, and the irreconcileable enemy of abuse, wherever it is to be found, or by whom soever practised. He is a Reformer of the true stamp, and the electors of the most populous and opulent borough of the kingdom, may think themselves eminently fortunate in having such a man to look to at a crisis like the present—a man who has proved his title to their confidence by his undeviating adherence to principle and rectitude, in the execution of the most important trust that can be committed to man by his fellow men. The whole of Mr. CLAY'S address is excellent ; but we are particularly struck with the force and justice of the observations contained in the following passage— " To the present Government I shall, in the deep convic tion that its existence is incompatible with the well-being of the empire, give a decided and uncompromising opposition: The composition of the new Administration is now before the public: in its anti-reform character it goes beyond my very worst anticipations. The last appointments proclaim the de termination of the Ministers of the Crown to identify them selves with the Orange party in Ireland. I want words to express my sense of the insane folly of such a determination. The very names of the Members of the Government give us a warning not to be misunderstood as to the policy which that Government will pursue—a warning which should arouse, as with a trumpet's voice, the Electors of England to do their With such Ministers, to place a moment's reliance on ge neral professions of a disposition to reform, would argue the most imbecile folly. General professions--vague under any circumstances —must always derive their value and meaning from the known characters and opinions of those by whom they are used. What can be the value of professions of at tachment to reform interpreted by the most bigoted of Anti- Reformers ? Give but to Ministers a Parliament in which they should be sure of a majority, and I will defy the wit or ingenuity of man to hold them, under the terms of their lead er's dextrous declaration, to one single measure of efficient or practical reform." Never was there a discomfiture more complete than hat which the Tories experienced at their " grand meeting" on Tuesday last. How severely they feel it, how bitterly it has disappointed their hopes, may easily be imagined from the known workings of poor frail human nature, placed in such unhappy eircum stances. But we could hardly have anticipated that it would have thrown them into such ungovernable pa roxysms of rage, as, we lament to say, they have ever since exhibited. They are in convulsions—absolutely black in the face, and foaming at the mouth, each fit being accompanied with copious evacuations of the filthiest abuse imaginable. " Ruffians," " vindictive savages," " subverters of the Monarchy," roars the Morning preacher at Blackfriars. " Vagabonds ! thieves ! desperadoes I pickpockets I housebreakers I" responds the Evening lecturer at the same place. Such ebullitions of temper do no good. If the case is bad, bad language only makes it worse, and surely a little reflection, (were they in a state to reflect), would convince them that such terms as those above mentioned, when applied to bankers and Bank Directors, as Messrs. NORMAN, GROTE, and PRES COTT are, or to men who stand so high in the mercan tile world as Mr. CLAY, Mr. CRAWFURD, Mr. TRA VERS, Mr. SOLLY, &c., cannot but disgust every per son who has the least respect for decency. That the failure of the plot—so excellent a plot— and at the very moment, too, when it seemed just ripe for execution—that this is provoking, we do not mean to deny. That it is very disastrous to Tory prospects, not over bright before, we are quite ready to admit. Nay, if it will avail any thing in the way of condolence, we will even go so far as to state our persuasion, that, in its effects, it may justly be compared to a smiting under the fifth rib. But still, awful as the visitation is, we think, that good policy, to say nothing of Christian resignation, should dictate a different course of action ; for they may rely upon it that no conclu sion is more natural than that he who hollows out has been hit hard. Besides, they ought to consider that if they have met with a grievous calamity, they have brought it entirely on themselves ; though perhaps we ought not to enforce that argument upon them, as a ground of consolation, which generally adds so much poignancy to suffering. In the hope that they are about to return, we do not say to reason, (for that is scarcely to be expected,) but to that less distempered state of mind which may not altogether prevent them from listening to reason, we would, without the most remote intention of giving offence, calmly put it to them, whether any other re sult could have been expected by any persons capable of reflecting on what passes around them ? They called, by public advertisement, a meeting of bankers, merchants, traders, and others, for the purpose of ex pressing their loyalty and attachment to the Sovereign on the late exercise of the Royal prerogative. Now they ought to have known (if they know any thing) that the vast majority of the mercantile classes, as of all other classes, are reformers ; and as such, sincerely attached to the KING. and to the national institutions. How then could it be supposed that the Reformers would refuse to obey the call thus made upon their patriotism, at a moment of such peril to the constitu tion, when they saw the person of the Sovereign in a state of constraint, in the hands of a faction desperately bent on a course, by which all wise men clearly per ceived that the very existence of the Monarchy was en dangered ? The Reformers could not absent themselves from the meeting without incurring the charge of disloyalty, and giving a colour—and something more than a co lour—to the calumnies so ingeniously invented, and industriously circulated against them. They, therefore, assembled, as they felt themselves in duty bound, out numbering their opponents ten to one. They were then informed that the meeting was not for discussion, but merely for signing an address already agreed upon. When they had received this information, which they could not credit, till they h ear d i t f rom t h e mouth of the Chairman, manner, and h e ld a meet i ng of their own, which, for th e regu l ar i ty, propriety, and they withd rew i n the most orderly and peaceable dignity of its proceedings, has never been surpassed. This is a brief statement of the affair, and what is there in it to excite surprise ? Nothing in the world. shall n o t d we ll upon t h e ab surdityofthe pretence, that a publi c meet i ng was called to sign an a dd ress, b e c ause it is evident one that a s i mp l e not i f i cation that the t to addressvey r lay for si gnature at a certain place, would have e answered the purpose of signing much better. Nor shall we enlarge upon the want of principle with which the Tories meant to represent the mercantile community as favourable to the WEL LINGTON Administration. Our readers may easily conjecture the use that would have been made of the plot, had it succeed e d. Th ey may fancy with what a hurrah the di4§olUtioo would Wvc teen Wiled after so THE SUN, LONDON, .SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1834 promising a prelude. If . .the Tories were teachable, this would be a lesson to them to stick to their holes and corners. As long as they work under ground with the moles, or flit about in the twilight among the bats, they may escape exposure. But when they venture into daylight, detection and mortification is their inevitable fate. We hope they will take in good part what we have now said. We are not of the number of those who would in dulge a barbarous triumph over blighted hopes .and ruined prospects. We would not insult distress by affected commiseration, nor aggravate remorse by awakening unavailing regrets. On the contrary, were it in our power, we would administer comfort even to the Tories ; arid, in this spirit, we beg to assure them, (may the assurance prove consolatory,) that bad as their condition is, it is . not yet at the worst. The French Papers of Thursday have been all re ceived. On Monday night, his Excellency Prince TALL EYRAND fell suddenly ill, and great doubts are entertained of his recovery. The Prince has been in a declining state for several months past ; and though a short interval of repose from the fatigues attendant on official life was prescribed by his Physicians, as a means of recovering his health, it is now generally be lieved that " his glass is run." The Prince will be succeeded as Ambassador at this Court, by the Duke de BROGLIE, unless something happen to overturn the Thiers Administration. These Journals contain no other domestic intelligence of any importance. On Thursday, being Christmas Day, there was no busi ness transacted on the Bourse, and the Legislative Chambers had adjourned their sittings over that day. We shall not have any full account of the Christmas festivities in Paris before Monday. There are no accounts worth notice from the North of Spain. We have just received a copy of a small pamphlet published by RIDGWAY, and entitled " The Peers or the People ?" which, in the most manly and energetic terms, calls upon the Electors throughout:the kingdom to do their duty in the great struggle that is approach ing. The writer well observes, that in the event of the Tories triumphing at the elections, " they will soon exert it to rob you of the very essence of that measure for which you so gloriously fought and conquered two years ago. There will be no direct attempt to repeal the great charter of your rights. Your enemies are too crafty to aim at their object by so blundering a stroke as that. But mark me. Before two Sessions pass, the 101. freeholders will be disfranchised." NATIONAL BANK OF IRELAND. We observe with satisfaction the progress the Na tional Bank of Ireland is making in that country, convinced as we have always been that a proper sys tem of banking is intimately connected with the real progress of industry and civilization. It is acknow ledged that the Provincial Bank has done much for Ireland, as well as having proved profitable to its pro prietors ; but as Mr. Roe (the intelligent member for Cashel) well observes, the resources of banking in Ireland are on so limited a system of policy, as not to be sufficient for the smallest barony in it. 'We refer our readers to the proceedings at Tipperary in another column. IRELAND. -LOUTH ELECTION. FIRST TRIAL OF STRENGTH BETWEEN THE CONSERVATIVES AND REFORMERS IN IRELAND.—TRIUMPHA NT RETURN OF SIR. PA TRICK BELLEW, THE REFORM CANDIDATE FOR THE COUNTY. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) unalk, c. . The Foster party h ave re ti re d from D d the contes D t e for this county, and have left the field in the hands of the Reformers. At an early hour this morning the town exhibited a scene of extraordinary bustle and animation, this being the day ap pointed for the election. The intelligence of Mr. Foster's re signation was announced through the medium of large placards, which were posted in every part of the town; and it infused a feeling of general satisfaction among the people, not so much on account of any apprehension which they entertained as to the result, but because it saved them the trouble and annoyance which a contested election never fails to produce. At twelve o'clock Sir Patrick Bellew, accompanied by Mr. Sheil, M. P., and all the leading reforming gentlemen of the county, entered the Court, and were greeted by the loud and reiterated plaudits of the numerous assemblage which thronged the Court and every avenue leading to the spacious edifice. Francis Donough, Esq., the High-Sheriff, shortly after en tered the Court, when the business of the day commenced. The writ having been read, and the usual formalities gone through— HENRY CHESTER, Esq., a magistrate for the county, and a gentleman of independent fortune, came forward to propose Sir Patrick Bellew. The nomination was seconded by HUGH O'CALLAGHAN . another magistrate, and a very influential landholder. The SHERIFF inquired if any elector bad any other candi date to propose, and having paused for some time, and there being no reply, declared Sir Patrick Bellew duly elected, who returned thanks, after which, Mr. Sheil having addressed the meeting, it dispersed. DOVER, DEC. 26. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Romberg landed here from Cala:s this morning, under the usual salute, and proceed ed on her journey to London. Mr. Halcomb has declined the contest, and we shall have a very close run between Sir John Reid. They are all sanguine as to the result. THE FUNDS.-(THIS_DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Our arrivals this morning are one French mail, and one tramburgh, with the express from Paris. The Bourse or. Wednesday was languid, notwithstanding there was a trifling advance in the funds; and Thursday being Christmas-day, the Bourse was closed ; but at Tortoni's the Three per Cents. were quoted at 76, 70. THE FUNDS. There being no arrivals this morning of importance, we are very dull in the city for intelligence, and the general topic of conversation entirely relates to the approaching dissolution of Parliament, with the preparations going forward for the new elections. At the date of the last American accounts, there was an im provement in the demand for British goods, and a considerable importation of Brandy from England was in the course of being made, in consequence of the expectation that, until the American claims were adjusted with France a heavy duty would be laid upon all articles imported into the United States from France. Consols left off yesterday heavy, at 91 7 1 92 for the Account, owing to the great scarcity of money which is now in demand for the elections, as well as for the payment of the bills be coming due after Christmas. The Spanish and Portuguese Stocks are in the same languid state as they left off yesterday ; Spanish 53fi ; Portuguese rather improved —may be quoted at 854, 86. S T OE. Consols may b e quote d 91i to 92 for the Account, N with little or nothing doing. Spanish, which had receded to 53, has since improved to 53a, owing to a letter from Saint Sebastian being handed about 'Change confirming the recent victories of General Mina. Portuguese, which had also receded to 85i, may at present be quoted 86 ; Exchequer Bills and other Foreign Securities are much , the same as in the the morning. Consols for Account, 91Z 92. THREE 0' CL 0 C.C. THREE YEARS IN THE PACIFIC. A mong ---- the amusing contents of this work we particularly notiche gra phic Description of Rio de Janeiro, and of the eingular manners, customs, &c. of its inhabitants ; the Court of the Emperor Don Pedro ; Account of the Diaziond Mines of Brazil ; Scenes at Valparaiso ; Society in' that City ; Tertulias on a Sunday Evening ; Description of Santiago ; Copper Mines of Bolivia ; Sketch of Lima and its Inhabitants ; Dress and Manners of the Ladies ; Convents of San Augustin and S an Francisco ; South A mer ic o n A musements ; Account of a Bull bait ; Festival of Santa Rosa ; Marriages in Peru ; Influence of Priests; Arequipanian Ladies; Indian Pic- Nic Party; the Lagoons ; Derivation of " The Pacific," &c. LIVERPOOL C OTTON -MARKET, DEC. 24, --. Our Cotton Market continues languid, and although yester day's Manchester market was very fully attended by manufac turers and dealers, very little business was done, owing to then usettled position o f our market here, and the prevailing opinion is, that Cotton will yet decline much further. The latest estimates of the crop place it at 1,200,000 bales, but at present, as far as we have seen, the quality of Boweds is far inferior too that of l as t season. Sales to-day, 2,500 bales ; 9fdi rping. Nevi Boweds are very plentiful at Hd . . !, wrot? offececi freely id, bel ow F r i day, , THEATRES. COVENT. GARDEN. ga b The pantomin e h ere i s ent i tled Hai &gain an d Queen ' rosel or the Three Glass Distaffs. The long-. esta hli s h e d supte t of the artists of this theatre in this s':,rt of spectacle is k. e d P, the on the present occasion. Soav e very beautiful scenery 31 ‘ . 0 ter.- grotesque merriment whiel forms the main body of the ; arg er tainment, and is cale:llated to delight the children of 3 ' e ito growth, no less I.nan the anti cs o f Cl own and Panta l o on t u po , the mirtla of th e j uven il es, for whose especial enjoYmenosate te:nimes are su p pose d to be got up. The story, for a • t ' t dmime must h ave a p l ot, although it is sometimes ay. ti ne pieces of more lofty pretensions, is taken from that fan:A ltes , which records the history of a king who had three da:a.,hola whom he shut up for safety in a lonely tower,and to each o sor a fairy gave a glass distaff,which would break if the posse' s gig glected her duty. Queen Mab is the fairy, the father ;,‘ n ot' Crusado, and of the three daughters, the youngest, tal'i r ,e , tiest and the best, is Finetta, who becomes Coh,'"' fir e She has two lovers. The one, Herman, is under al e s rfor tection of Queen. Mab ; the other, Prince Richcroftyb! 'otter his patron and ally Furibore, an evil genius. Of ' bet ter Finetta prefers Herman, partly because slyz ; likes Mel ot ar than his rival —more, perhaps, because 'the King does %cc° prove of him for a son to the lonely tower, and wooeS in so boisterous a ra e the r Richcraft gaze oaer that the lady runs away fro ':a him for ver fear with her of lover. Furibore pursu:"..,s them, and they arc at length reol by the Fairy Qucn, who, by way of reconciling thes inte to the match, c h anges him into Pantaloon, " the lev e ' e d the Harlequin an d C olumbine, and the other personag,ese; pamtomime are p rov id e d i n the usual manner. . 0 . 0 0 ' gins th e accustomed round of incidents and ehaPpentil' scene. Columbine and Harlequin dance, and Ciott,ll and, and loon are ki c k e d and beaten till one's head is c o. one's bones ac h e to l ook at them. In one of the scenesper nival is represented, a propos to which Mr. Bi•ackra ere forms some astonishing feats on the slack rope, 31 ‘ ,0 ° W. Lawrence some still more estop:o-1 1g di. is th° limb. The latter, with the exceptirn t o f M aL .uricr-, : T eo most remarkable artist in L this But the great merit, and wear is likely to prove the w hich attraction, of the pantorni4 e , i s t h e „ r i es o f dioramas that has been Ioe: ;r ) ;,test e nt have been furnished by the Messrs. Grieve. T l l„, F have i ': views of Heligoland, the Mouth of the Elbe, ` - ' l dala c 4 - 1 Altona, Hamburg's, the Brandenburgh Gate, Berlia,„"r;ae,B4.' of Sans Souci, Dresden, Leipsic, Frankfort-on-the"u B- nao' Rotterdam. The subjects are judiciously selected, a nd e gictiV e 6(1 in a pure, delicate, and at the same time v er y -t 6 style. T o t rave ll ers they recal objects of great interest CO' f orce , and to home-keeping folks they give t 1 hto terfeit pr esen t ment of scenes which every one ni es ' 4 entit' e t have beh e ld. Th e other parts of the performance a r° t l firs t to considerabl e pra i se. A Miss Reekie appeared f°l : 'te e time as C o l um bi ne, and appeared to have all the recitr%sl liEcations f or th e part —a pretty face, good figure, g r ` w a hich a vity, and a very creditable skill in that sort of ds.ncing, lover, Columbine oug h t to display. Clown, Pantaloon, and „wren*, were all effi c i ently represented, and a troop of little eq er seir the attendant s o f t h e Fairy Queen, and the Qveep Prof (Miss Marshall), were as well e n ti t l e d to a shar.• of e l f lat e the biggest actor in the troop. We have 'Jot s ee r n ' t urah l l years, a better pantomime: nor one which 'was more l a; et i r e• received, or which gave fairer promise o f proving attra This little arena of favourite uripantomimete pieces, viz,. , lastmoats' -a-Lik:LPHI a C hrist l Ghost. It i rili'r fi a and festiv . ity produced blilhet at the l ' nof two esta n o 4. cone um . ,r„ v if r /eq lllll Lae Last Days of Pompeii and O_lY S P; ,titled Oranges and Lemons ; or, -."- dlv and the Bello ' ni - ii, c . St. Clements ; from which expressive al l dO O the r titr e it may be easily concluded that it is foun u r e a d smaller growth," commencing ~ nursery rhymes, so well known to children of "la r g e. with— " Oranges and lemons, Say the bells of St. Clements ;" and in ve r ity, we b ad all these bells, so familiar to our ear personified withi n our sight--from St. Cl em ents to the `: g O ,O, bell at B ow ”...._ding dong went so me e i g ht or ten gent ] B e lls well known to the inhabitants of this great metropolis. t oe, in out war d appearance undoubtedly, but who, in a sh ort to proved th emse l ves b eaux from th e ir amorous propees't"Frole• wards a certain fair belle named Bellina (Miss Lane.) , hcs o the uproar created in the capital by the discordance of a t __„, men of metal, the intercession of a fairy is sought t 1 s q v store harmony to the " ring." The Queen of the G t a in Lake (Miss Lebatt) proffers her kind aid, it, '' time frOln Glasshouse-yard to save " St. 3131 ,.. t i s m-- from being crushed by " St. Giles," who calls in tu ll e s,' pressive force of (its own material) " brick-bats and t e a to and in the very nick of time the two rivals arc transform of two Clowns ; the fair object of their amours, Bellina, to ones the two Columbines (for the present enlargement of this ~ F.c, has produced an enlargement of pantomimic characters,2a Te., two other parochial authorities are transmogrified tr, II e r rs, quin and Pantaloon. Hence ensues all those tricks, eq, i .d s leaps, and falls usually considered the component parts all its species of extravaganza . and il l which we could notice allre'st usual inconsistenThe 0 _ rg , M S .- witliout any great novelty. redemption of fae piece was the activity and skill of the act:iiers Ri ng and Sa n t he Gib",*a as Harlequin, Broivn as Pantaloon, as the two Clowns, and the Misses Lane and Griffiths . 5 . ,. 4t Columbines, severally ex er t e d th ems el v es to the utmost of z"v DRURY-LANE. bo s# Rowe's Tra ge dy o f J ane Sh ore was followed at this tfe last night by a " Grand chivalri c en t er t a i nmen t," i",,,0 1 t acts, entitled Ki ng A rthur, and the Knights of his 11 :0 Table. A more sp l en did , b r i lliant, and imposing sr.c7it was, we believe, never represent e d on th e B rit i s h sta‘re• to t scenery was ineel‘d "prepar e d on a sca l e o f unusual e% , and grandeu r ;" an d the dresses were rich eren to gorg!I0 ness. The effect of thi s spectac l e, or entertainment, B ' 7 ' i t t i e s termed in the bill s , was greatly enhanced by the introdu c .`" r a of Mr. Ducrow's st u d o f h orses, whose docility called frequent manifestations of wonder and delight from a co l ' audience. A The name of the pie ce i s a misnomer, for King Arco. not the principal hero, but a Sir Roland, surnamed the :g 'i stant, a Knight o f hi s C ourt , and the beloved of the Al, sister, Mor gana L a F aye , a sorceress. The first seelp, presents the interio r o f th e cast l e o f Si r Roland (Mr• I,rr, Cooke), wh o i s as l eep , surroun d e d b y his minstrels, arm o of and other attendants. His page Merlin() (Miss Poole) s e n d the Wizard M er li n , represents to h i nt in a dream GY;S-is (Miss Clifton) Ki ng A rt h ur ' s d aughter, with whom, be ', • love, but who is h erse lf su bj ect to the power of the sor eer s who keeps her confined in an en c h an t e d cast l e . Morgaa e ,i Faye (Mrs. Vining), the sorceress then enters, flying e Pi c a Dragon, and d ec l ares h er l ove for the Knight, by `i."• she is rather uncourteous l y re j ected. in her rage she ha td, course to encha n t men t, an d str ik es him dumb, changing ~.id, colour of hi s d ress an d armour to a deep scarlet, and toru eo ding him to raise his visor till the spoil is broken. The l '. scene represents Ki ng A rt h ur ( M r. D i ddear) in counc il eg ~ circled by a b an d o f trusty K n i ghts, assembled to discus s I; taro overtures made by th e R omans, then i n p osse ssion i e d great part of E ng l an d. Th e ambassadors are admitted aj dismissed ; after which Sir Roland enters, and by sig ns forms the King of what has happened, and obtains his perm is sion to seek the enchanted castle and deliver the Princes-;, 4 lady love. Meantime the sorceress, who is attended by u n l' ds ( Mr. Wieland), a goblin dwarf, and a band of demons, cona a ., c 4 the castle to be guarded with all diligence, which is discove ris after Cormoran, the Giant Warder has been slain by J rol ° , Galadin, (Mr. Harley) Sir Roland's armourer. The s t e e , D s ing of the enchanted castle is one of the most rnata, c t ' o f scenes in the whole piece. A precipitous and broad ' ilie', steps lead up to the castle, the whole of which seems a,'. l blaze, and in the midst of it the Knights, with Sir Rehr their head, are seen attacking their hellish foes with sir and battle-axe, trampling them by dozens under the hoe s f , their furious steeds. The contest rages terriffiCally fora c , siderable time up and down the flight of steps, and it is '""/ possible to witness without admiration the finished training ?,, Ducrow's hors es an d t h e b eauty of the animals. They' truth, are the grea t actors i n t hi s piece. From the g r l .e be - elevation, and a pp arent diffi cu l ty of ascent, there woli something rather fearful in this scene, were it not for the coed , viction that th ese an i ma l s were i n a state of perfect cora itiao an d Sir Roland bei ng so f ar successful against the Castle' his having thus given a sufficient proof of bodily prowess, a) , Christian virtue s an d constancy are next put to the tri al' He and the other K n i g h ts are introduced to the enchaa',r, hall of the castle, and through the management of the se ceress and her go bli n d war f are tempted with all the all' re, 0 ments of beauty, mus i c , dance, song, and wine. Tile temptations, how ever , t h roug h the timely a dmonit!t ia of his page, hav e no effect upon Sir Roland, but the ?t e ' er s , Knights are mad e capt i ve by the syrens o f th e castle. ",,(1 there is another te rr ifi c contest, Si r Roland single-handed his on foot attacking the whole household of devils to resale o , brethren in arms. In the third act there is a Royal V t ar t be ment. Nothing can b e more r i ch; and the tilting °' ;tie Knights, or rath er o f h er bl ac k mutes, who had been subs`jiicl ted for them by Morgana, is carried on in a way that hardly fail to have beer, applauded, even by the ancient coed, love, when a t ournament was something more than slog The King's encampment, th e tr i ump h al entry into Car isn d and the ceremo n i a l o f t h e nupt i als between Sir Rolo' Ggneth, are also exquisite proofs of the skill of the artis t er , whom thes e scenes were prepared. To the prineiPal jag' formers, the greatest praise is due for the very e xcellent 0 . ner in which th e y went t h rough their parts. Mr. Coos ei admirable th roug h out , and it requires no little prese"% v 4 mind to preserve a uniformity of action during so long a P iece nil amidst such sc enes o f power f u l excitement. There were s'd Re rich touche s o f com i c h umour i n Harley's performance; well were pleased to see th at even knighthood, which he g , 4 earned, did not ma k e hi m f orget Dorothy Stump er a Humby) to whom he was betrothed. The partingZ el bf was remarkably we ll manage d on both sides. Mrs. '4 sung a very pleasant little ballad, ending with— asn what they all fight sfor nobody knows," her a chorus, which was encored. We have seldom 'aeett, to greater advantage than we did last night. Wieland the best specimen of a goblin we ever saw---in fact 11 `; in o inimitable. W e h ave ne i ther time nor space for enteringoeicl the merits of th e ot h er actors respectively. Besides, it s ee be impossible f rom t h e i r numbers, for never before did w e ar e such a congregation of theatrical ability. Still the aet er illef but a second ary cons id erat i on in the entertainment of ft sneG' Arthur. Th e s p ectac l e i s the great thing ; and, i t lOW tacle, it is without a rival, or even an approach to "' o des; gination would carr y us muc h f arther, but we candOY , c ' ad n ot it never carri e d us so f ar w i th an impression that we u io passed the b o u n d s o f poss ibi l i ty. The gorgeous seen be King Arthur cannot be described, and must be seen ° l ot appreciated. Th e expense of getther up this piece the have bee n enormous ; but we confideatly ex pect that e a lessee will l ose not hi ng by his public spirit. If sr c f - event were to tak e pl ace, which is impossibl e , i t wou ld 'e is grace to the British metropolis.