The Sun. — London, England, 1856-12-27 00:00:00

MONEY MA KET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Letters from Liverpool state that in the cotton and share markets there was no public business tr ansacted yesterday, it having been observed as a close holiday. Business in the other manufactur ing districts has also been interfered with by the festivities of the season, but the private advices speak in confident terms of extended operations early in the new year. The Return from the Bank of England for the week ending on the 20th inst. is not so satisfactory as those recently published, owing to the effects of the run upon the Irish banks, which necessitated a hasty withdrawal of gold in order to strengthen their position. There is consequently .a reduction in the bullion, and likewise a material a ddition to the other securities. The increase visual at this time of the year is observable in the private deposits, and the revenue collections have arther augmented the public deposits. Probably t. be next statement will show a further unfavour a;b4e movement in the position of the establishment but, since it will have been caused by exceptional ei rcumstances, and such as are of a harmless cha rs eter, there is no apprehension lest the progressive in tprovement which was anticipated shall be more th an temporarily checked. The following table at ,ows the principal items, and the alterations 11 lhich they present : Active Circulation Decrease Bullion Decrease 3,240,390 13,717 6,891,949 591,394 9,493,093 450,271 822,242 11.051 10,870.431 229,564 17.654 460 825,732 5,863,890 40,705 Best Increase Public Deposits Increase Other Deposits Increase Seven-Day and other Bills Increase Government Securities Increase Other Securities Increase Notes unemployed Increase In the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon no alterations of any importance took place, but bills were scarce and in good demand. The bar silver brought by the last West India steamer has been sold at Rid per ounce, and the price is now rather firmer. The official return of the exports of the precious metals from the port of London for the week end ing Thursday last is as follows : Gold Coin Silver Coin ft Tile official returns relating to trade and naviga. 'Con for the month ending the 30th Nov., 1856, have been published. From these it appears that the total declared value of exports from the United ingdom for the month was 10,272,0751., being an Increase of 1,512,2261. compared with those of the like month in 1855. The increase is perceptible in beer and ale, butter, coals and culm, cotton Manufactures, earthenware, glass manufactures, haberdashery and millinery, hard wares and cut lery, linen manufactures, linen yarn, machinery, thrown silk, stationery, refined sugar, sheep and lambs' wool, woollen and worsted manufactures and woollen and worsted yarn ; but there was a falling off in leather, silk manufactures, soap, and Cordage. The importations of the principal articles were larger as respects pearl ashes, animal charcoal, brimstone, cocoa, wheat, barley, beans, Indian co , n, flour, oatmeal, raw cotton, cotton yarn, dyeing atuffs, flax, currants, hemp, hides, leather manu factures, linen manufactures, palm oil, potatoes, provisions, raw silk, spices, brandy, rice, saltpetre, 'Unrefined sugar, tallow, tea, timber, wine, and sheep and lambs' wool. There was a diminution in live animals, bark, coffee, needlework, oranges and lemons, raisins, mahogany, palm and cocoa mut oils, opium, and quicksilver. The Shipping accounts exhibit an increase in the 4tmount of tonnage employed in the foreign trade Of the United Kingdom of 106,720 for the entries inwards, and 69,005 for the clearances outwards. In the coasting trade 164,519 ton s more were employed for the entries inwards, but there was ' a decrease of 19,467 tons in the clearances out- Wards, as compared with the corresponding month of 1855. There has been a buoyant market for Public Securities, owing to some purchases of stock by the -Pears. The tendency of the market is evidently upwards, and these speculators are therefore in duced to close their accourzts. Consols have been 94 / 4 and 94k -a. The Nr.lw 3 per Cents. are 94i Li. and the Reduced 94k Exchequer Bills and still heavy at ls. diScount t , o 2s. prem. The Foreign Market is also firmer. Turkish 6 Per Cents. have berm dull at 95i to 95k, and the 4 per Cents. have advanced to 1031. Spanish 'are well maintained, the 3 per Cents, being 42t, and the New Deferred 241 K. Peruvian q per Cents. have been dealt in at 77i 78. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ; Mexi can, 2q Peruvian 41, per Cents., 76 8 ; ditto a per Cents., 54 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 44 6 ; R us sian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto .4. 1 per - c ents., 96 8 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 42 3 ; ditto Deferred, 24k 24/- ; ditto Certificates, 6 ; ditto Passive, 6 i• Railway Shares have generally advanced to Per cent., but in one instance, viz., Great Northern, t he improvement has been to 1 per cent, The 4 4 unctions have been very limited. The Foreign Li nes ruled dull, and the Canadian undertakings are rather firmer. Mining and Miscellaneous Shares have been leglected, but in Banks there have been a f ew bargains, at firmer prices. lII RTTISH FUNDS THIS DAY :LT ON ' ' ''CLO :K. (From the Offima List.) tPer Clint. Reduced Annuities :Inv 8 ner Cent. Annuities ... ..... 941 4 i insole kir Account ............. 94i ; 1 Exchequer rifils, 24d. £lOOO. ••.. ...... i . 5ma11...... • • 4- LUC/ER OF FOREIGn FUNDS AT f/N E ivrl.o' .4 • li taaßian Fonds, 5 per `‘lent. — Ditto Account bitto Small Wrenads New Aitive, 21 per Cent. ~,,Ditto Deferr e d 6l "lexicon 3 - per cent ) Ditto Acc0unt.......21. ;ravioli Bonds 44 per Cent ° .,. s rtuay.ess Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 tilt.* 01853, 3 per Cent ut:tto Account 4M 9p''+ .1 h rio, ds, 3 per cent bitto Account 424 Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. caritieh Ponds, 6 per cent — bitto Account 951 i Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. — ~ Ditto Account V-9 nezuela Bonds, 41 per Cent Ditto Deferred, 11 per Cent. F.,. pi,i f i enri , on . • abore arable in Loneoa. rench Itentes, 41 per Cent. — Ditto 3 per Cent. TWO O'CLOC ii. 941 1 'Consols .„ The Briti s h Government has presented a sw or d t o ha captain of the An trian steamer Lucia, in acknew tedlltnent of the servioe which he not long since rendered hs . ° a British merchantman which had got on a sand bank 1 1 , 3 ° Adriatic. PABLI&MENT STREET MIIRDER.—Sir G. Grey vo ri:eg made inquiries respecting Longo, the yenng man , -. 1 ) seized Marley, th e murderer, and finding him to be :plan of good character and intelligence, has appointed him to be the messen ger a t the Bow-street Police -court. , e ....tIaiOTION OF THE NEW MASTER TO MAR7,ERONE "c icHOTISE.— Yesterday, at the meeting of the directors Neon uardians of St. Marylebone, held in the wnrkhou-e, road, Mr. and Mrs. Barnett, formerly mas ter and k atron of the Wbitechap e l U nion , were una nimously ) blasted, on a ballot, to the office of master and matron Of St, Marylebone Workhouse. MlNlNG.—Christmas week is not much of a business we ek, and as this does not form an exception to the Faunal rule u r remarks will b limited . Some vhares have been brisk, especially AlfrAl Consols, which have 1141 :1 to 18, 181 ; Great Alfred sh ares have not been " firm, and have varied from 13 to 12, 12i ; Trelawny sh ares have advanced to 19, 20, and no sellers ; N o rth tofty si, 6d ; Herodsfoot inquired aft er , b ut no sellers , 5 ; East Basset, 70 to 75 ; South C arn B rea, 17 to 1 ?# ; Great Southern Tolgus, 14 to 144, b u y ers ; ev.)7l GreA 425 to 4f.39 ; East Rio!, :325 ; 4. 4 % I. 4 rmi,ecs, '4;h; to 27U ; liuited Ines have been sought after, at 135 to 140, but no Q OM—irking Journal of Ms clay. 25 20 100 10 T E SUN, LONOi;N, SATURDA v EVENING, DECEMBER 27 1856 SHARE MARKETS—(This Day.) R.lll W • She. "raid 41.A11, WA Ye, Ctn.,:tng toric, this day. Barinese done this day 20i LOO 100 Tr last. - ...T . tur Fttour l 7:-.7;:(1.. nirßr.shq. 14 , ,t. all d 0... 50 .4 so all 2711 al 10(, Of 84 38 26 14 ~ 17,4 COLONI L 108 272 . • • '.... , . 1 113 -115 ' 2 20 21} - 22 - 1 13 134 80 g 5 24 22h 24 - - 2fii 99 - 100 ' 115 120 115 - 120 .08 110 20 20 22e 224 2 1 1 41' 2} 2ip 94 3 631 19 4 i 54 i 9O ij 1 6911 9T i LO6 5/ sn j i i 19 f 60 NI 964 121 # 73/ 82 li 13i I. 5i 241 i LIVES LENSED k'r FIXED RENTALS. RkILWA YR, Bneirgnani- st al `4. GJlydesls •• Col. Stony "c'y, E.. g. po. E. Un. 11. SI:, Was. Barr. Nails. Do. Now 11 Glstr.dtDn J: Dk Railway .„ 1() , !'; Hull & So; 1 Do. Shan,. Do. Sharc , s. hl! Lon.&Greea% 611 Do. Preference Lon., 3f Do. Bark. Sh, Loweatoit „, 4 per cent PO - n!' , 4: /6 al _:~ i ~~ Lort:lic7: N. 'Wo•I,. LtzN. E U. &E. c' E. Count. Closing Prices this day. 96 98 - 104 11 - 13 133 135 4 4i St 11 10 it, 11 it. a Do. 6 per ct 611 Manch. Bxtu and Matlo 11 Middlesl.rn` 5) I a] Rcdc.g 6 p.c. Miclld. sraa! Newmarket Bury E. G.spe J 1 N.& Est.s p.e. 11 Do. 8 per et. 11 Do. Fizeds p c al Prest. & yr 11 Do. 4 Shr,. A Roystn.& Hit 8/1 Shef.Roth an Gooleg.sp.e Lll Shrews.&Her S. Stalordsh, dl Wear Vail,yg por cent_ 11 Do it. In 6i 5. Gt. vrefi H Yk. New. Berw. D 0..... S Esstt-r. PAtA & Do Do L.& N. W & Midi& Stckton k Darlingt. 1(09 124 3 224 - 233 112 - 114 I 11 21 21 a 50 a a t. 26 a: St lEn. Coun. 'IL Count,. D 0... Do L. & N.W Do a - 93 r 1 56 - 58 • •• ...... , • . IGt North') Lancash Yorksh. T. Brassey M. MCiean Stockt. & Darlingt Do 132 - 135 ... - ... Easiness this day I.(' a a : 41 st ID Wiltss::o' rst litWestn. tl Blyth and.Tyns• 10p: C. pref. (issd....ts;:. Kris. & Ex. 4 p. e. Do. 4 p. c. ,£lO 4 p.c. )0 ,Obes.& 10 Do. do. Pref. 6 per c. ai Cork &H'indous•;!,.. , Al Duo. Prtt: .4 Aber.. . 2, g. Anglian Cls. A Sl - Do. do. Cls. B6p. • 1Y Do. do Cis. C 7 p. • Ides. Co. EB,spc -.11 Do. No. 2 , al' Do. New 6 p. o. Kest lin., G. 6 p. %11 Do. 51., 10 ner cr Al; Do. IN. Del;:,ntr.S . O. Do. do. 4 per cen• East Lance: t. 6p. ct 01 R. W. York. J. 50 , 4 Edin. & GI. 5 p.c. al: )0 Furness, sp. c. !Ilan. &S. W. i Great Northn. sv. ii Do. sp. c. Reds-s , at 10 p. a. firer , l() D 0.5 p. c., Red. at p. c• pm.•• ••• •• .11 Gt.N.ofScot.let l'i 10 (it. F. 4W. (Irelanc .4 Do. 4per o. Prc.f 4 Gt. I ;0 Do. con. red. top.. )0 DO. eon. red. 4 p. ✓ Do. irrel i , 4p. C. )0 Do. sp. c. red. pre .1; Do. Birm. Prof St, 611 Do. Chester p. e. .1i Do. do. 5 p. c. dc Do. Birm. Gum. St , al Do. Ches. Gus. R}, ill Do. On. do 01 Do. do. do 6 '.an. &York, F 2O Do. 6 p. 0. St,,e) 11 , fion. &B. G.51,c. No.l oc,„ Y., 5p , :. St.No.2 )0 De. New Guar.f , )0 Do. do. sp. c.,N0.4 )s , {won. &N. W., Coy. it; luneaton 5 p. et )0 Lon.& S. W. 7 per et late 3d Shares ill L n a y . & Color, b Sll. ill 1..0ndy.& Ennis.; '1 6 p. Cent 44 Do. do. do. )0 Do. do. 34 per cent. ill ‘farypt.&Oarl.4 p ill Da. 4 per cont.__ LO. D.). do. 'fid.Consol.6 (on. Aix ,0 Do. 4i p. c. Pref. t )0 Ditto L.& H. Pref. st New., Aber., &c., pr. I sp. e. red. 5 p.c. pm. 6 Do. Perpet. 6 p at. with optn. till '66 Norfk. Den, 4 p.c. sh Do. Pref. 5 p.c. )0 )o. 5 pc. Ext.,1846 )0 Do. 5: . 4, per c. pf ,1847 WlO Do. v. V.1Cne.,1847 10 North ;h Do 71. Preference jos N. E. Peres, p.e ;3 Do. do. do. .3 Do fßeds 6 p.o N , 9 Do. do. Qn ~1848... .0 Do.YerkTr.& ,11 North Staffordshir , )0 Do. 6 p.c. Redeem. sl ,Scot. New 10 Sc.N. E. Aber. g 6 pc al Do. do., 7p. c pf. st. l 0 D0.d0., 36 p.c. pf. st. ioutb Devon al Do. fixed, 4i per cen .11 S. Eastern (Readio.- knn.) of £1 Os. gd • k. Do. 411, per cent 11 Do. Fixed 44 p a el * 3 Wales Gus. 4p. a. )0 D do. 4i p. c..„ ill S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Stock.& Dar., 5 p. c. Lb Do. do. do ill Stock. & tlartl. g. 5, ~o. till July I,'h'. l 11 Waterfd. & Bilk.6pc - 34 89 91 PREFERENCE 25 I al St. I lt, 41.,, 1 e St. 10 St. 10 St. St. 1101 I it. Lk. , . 3% LC 11, 1C St. LC ft 41 St I 2 I. It, St. I 1 3t. 10 3t. ;10 St. 10 St. 10 St. 10 .2i a t2ilSt. 11 St. 111 .1 *1 ,2 el 2. 11 it. 1O it. 101 St. 10i ,101 100 4i o 6 1 , )9 113 - 108 OP * 2 - 124 17 119 09 ill LO2 1( 4 62 64 9t 10 6 95 97 86 88 99 101 10 104 16t 1? 10 10: 73 15 19i 20 1 9 4 154 10.1 s 7 '39 139 142 117 - 119 - 159 . - ... 111 St. St. Ili at. 11l Bt. jli 17 8 20 1: 25 11 20 al St. 101 St. ilOl St: 1101 5I a] St. 101 45 a] LO al 1.0.6; al st. Jla ‘1 St. la st. 1 - 1 6o 70 - 139 100 1 1 7 98 - 1 - 1} • •• ... , -- .. !102 -104 92 -94 lf (11 id - p 107 -- 108 114 - 116 105 - 110 - +8 23 24 102 - 105 10} 10i 11•• '"'' iii 7 2 rtirb SUN QFFIcE, Six o'Clock. SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 22d inst. On the Saturday previous the Duke of Valencia gave a grand dinner on the occasion of the anniver ,:ary of the birth of the Princess of the Asturias. All the Ministers were present, with the Corps Diplomatique, M. Martinez de la Rosa, Mon, Gon zales Bravo, Urtistondo, the Duke of Rivas, and other distinguished persons. The Marquis de Turgot proposed a tLast in Spanish to the Queer, the King, and the Princess of the Asturias. Gen. Narvaez then proposed a toast to the Sovereigns of all the nations tales of Spain.' The question relating to the liberty of the press was to be discussed at a Cabinet Council. The Esperanza recommends the Absolutist party to take part in the municipal elections. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —(This Day.) MANSION-HOUSE. WHOLESALE FORGERY.—THE SAWARD GANG.—jag. Anderson, a middle-aged man, was placed at the bar on remand, before the Lord Mayor and Mr. Alderman Wire, charged with forging and uttering a bill of ex change for 1,0001., with intent to defraud Messrs. Heywood and Co., bankers, 4, Lombard-street, on the 14th June last. The prisoner is believed to have been a friend and associate of two men, named Hoodwink and Atwell, who were tried at the October ,sessions of the Central Criminal Court for forgery, found guilty, and sentenced to transportation for life. The prisoner was privately examined on the 20th, and is the person referred to in the examination of Saward, which took place yesterday. Mr. Mulling, solicitor to the committee of bankers, appeared to prosecute. The evidence taken at the private examination was then read over. It stAted'that on the 11'.h Denerobt r the prisoner went to the house of William Roberts, of Oak-road, St. John's-wood, a bath-chair proprietor, and asked him to go with a message into the city. Ho con sented, and the prisoner appointed to meet him at the tavern near Lord's cricket-ground in a quarter of an hour, where he was going to have a glass of ale. He accordingly went there at the appointed time, and found the prisoner in the parlour, who gave him a cheque for 77/. 134. 2d., dated 11th December, 1856, drawn upon Messrs. Hankey and Co., by Messrs. Thomas Down• end and Co. He was to present it at the bank, and have four ten-pound notes and the rest in gold, and met him again at the same tavern about two hours from that time : that being the time the witness calcu lated it would take him to go to the city and return with the money. Witness presented the check, and shortly afterwards returned to St. John's-wood, taking a police man with him in consequence of what was said to him at the banking house. The prisoner did not keep his appointment, and witness did not see turn again until he identified him amongst a number of others in Newgate. Mr. Grierson's evidence was to the effect that the check in question was a forgery. Mr. Mudins said that be aid not propose to-clay to go further with that case, but to open two others, and then ask for a further remand. He called Thomas Mitchinton, who deposed that on Saturday, the 16. h of August last, he was boots at the White Hart Hotel, in Bishopsgate street. In the coffee room he stw the prisoner, who gave him a cheque to get changed for 501. It was dated 16th August, 1856, and was drawn on Messrs. Hankey and Co., and signed "per pro Smith and Knight, Daniel Baldwin." Witness was to bring three 101. notes, and 201. in gold. He went to the bank, obtained the money, and took it into the coffee roow, but the prisoner was not there. He returned in about five minutes, when witness gave him the money, and he gave witness 3s. for his trouble. George English, boots at the Four Swans, Bishops. gate-street, deposed that on Saturday, August the 16th, he saw the prisoner in the coffee-room of that hotel, and he asked him to get a check changed for 1001. at Messrs. Hankey's. He gave witness a check for 1001. drawn on Messrs. Hankey and Co., and signed in the name of Baldwin. He was to bring six 10/. notes and the re mainder in gold. Witness went to the bank and ob tained the money, and returned with it to the coffee-room of the hotel, when he found the prisoner had left. About five minutes after the prisoner returned, when witness gave him the naoney, and he gave witness 2s. for his trouble. Mr. Grierson, cashier to Messrs. Hankey . and Co., deposed that Messrs. Smith and Knight kept an ac count at their bank, and that Mr. Baldwin had authority to draw checks for them ; he paid the check produced, and from what he had since beard he believed them to be forgeries. He abated the number of the notes given in exchange. On Monday, the 18th August, another check was presented for 1001., which, however, was not paid. Mr. Mullins said that was all the evidence be shruld offer to-day, and asked for a further remand till next Saturday. The Lord Mayor—Shall you then have any other charges to prefer against the prisoner ? Mr. Mullins—Oh, yes ! There will be endless charges brought against him. Tue prisoner, who was undefended and declined say ng anything, was remanded till Saturday next. MARLBOROUGH-STREE r. AN EXPENSIVE LETTER.-Mr. John Fortescue, a merchant in the city, was brought before Mr. Bingham, on the following charge. Charles Wyatt, a waiter at Quinn's oyster rooms, No. 40, Haymarket, stated that about ten o'clock on the previous night the defendant and another gentleman entered the rooms and ordered two mutton chops. While they were being cooked he saw the defendant go up to the looking-glass, which was over the fire-place, and with a ring, which he held in his hand, scratch in the middle of the glass a large letter " H." Witness re. naonstrated with the defendant, and told him he had spoilt the glass, and must pay for the damage, which would be 51. This the defendant refused to do, and in consequence was given into custody. The defendant, in answer to the charge, said the glass was scrawled all over with names, and he, in the fun of the moment, thought there would be no harm in his writing a large "H " after the name of " Bill Sykes." In reply to Mr. Bingham, the waiter said there might be nine other names scratched on the glass be sides the defendant's " H." Mr. Bingham said that altered the case, for if the letter scrawled on the glass had been the first and only one, he should have ordered the defendant to pay the full of it ; but as there were nine other names and letters on the glass, he (Mr. Bingham) could not, for the sake of justice, order him to pay more than his share, viz., 10s. The money was at once paid. CHRISTMAS AMUSEMENTS. DRURY-LINE THEATRE. A glorious pantomime at Old Drury is quite a matter of course on Boxing•night—as much a matter of course thero and then as a bunch of mistletoe at Christmas, as pancakes on Shrove Tuesday, or a fat goose at Michaelmas ! Parti cularly with Mr. E. L. Blanchard as the author of the Fairy Introduction—E. L. Blanchard, already the beloved and idolised among the boys and girls of England as tho writer of " Harlequin Hudibras," " Humming-top,' " Jack and Gill," the "Seven Ages of Man," and all sorts of delightful glorifications of Nursery Rhyme and Reason ! There is fair cause to anticipate that " See Saw Mar gery Daw, or Harlequin Holiday and the Island of Ups and Downs," is destined to enjoy as long a lease of exist ence and as wide-spread a popularity as any of its imme diate predecessors. To record that the house "was crammed to the ceiling" is almost superfluous, since when, within the memory of the oldest pantomime-goer, was Old Drury not "crammed to the ceiling" on such an auspicious occa sion ? The plum-pudding of the entertainment was pre ceded last night by a light fricassee, represented by the comedietta of Simpson and C 0.," which sharpened rather than allayed the appetite, and served as a stimulus for the enjoyment of what was to follow. The plot of the introduction proceeds, as we have hinted, from the fertile imagination of Mr. E. L. Blanchard, to whom the regions of metapho rical burlesque are a natural clement and mon strous pasteboard heads as much " a feeling" as " high mountains" to the poet. The time-honoured nursery rhymes upon which it is founded ara put to symbolical uses, and a moral lesson is endeavoured to ha imparted. The curtain rises upon a " decoration" intended to suggest the globe, across the surface of which is cast an enormous "see-paw," at either end of which is a group, tho one sig. nificative of wealth and abun , iance, the other of squalid poverty and rags. A clever device of mechanism meta morphoses Wealth into Poverty, aad vice vcrsd, according to whichever end of the see-saw happens to be uppermost ; and thus are shadowed forth the " Ups and Downs of life," to reconcile which constitutes the quasi philosophic purport of the masque. The appearance of Holiday, the Genius of the Season (Hiss M. Stanley), in his emble matical car" cuts short a dialogue between " Up" and " Down." Snubbed, of course, by "Up," who is a snob, and approached by " Dawn" with befitting humility, Halidiq proffers some excellent counsel to the opposing parties, and just as everything is settled to the universal satisfaction arrives Dame Necessity (gra Selby), who claims from Holiday her annual tribute iu the shape of a Christmas pantomime. Holiday invites all the pers )nage, to his abode in the Green Bower of Mistletoe, and here, after a grand ballet, the subject of the pantomime is arranged. Margery Daw (Madame Boleno), daughter of g Huggamugga, of the region of " Sixes and Sevens," is a very idle young princess, who will do nothing but tyrannise over her household and oppress her father's sub jects. Butt Dame Necessity is resolved to admonish her, and sUclidenly transforms the palace, the scene of her es capades, into a humble cottage, where Margery is com pelled to do all the menial offices herself, and either to cook her own dinner or to go without. She selects the latter alternative. Not content with this, however, Ne cessity insists upon some other proof of reformation, and, summoning an enchanted work box, from which issue in rapid succession all the implements of woman's industry, leaves Margery with a task to accomplish, which she pre- sently achieves, in the shape of an elaborate piece of needlework. Satisfied with the result, Necessity conducts her newly-made proselyte in a " silkworm car" to the habitation of Labour, who welcomes her as a convert to hiF principles, and presents her with Holiday as a recom pence. The scene of Holiday's " Winter Garden" and that of the " Fairy Factory of Fancy" are, though totally different in style, equally to be admired. The latter is one of those magnificent and gradually unfolding tableaux in which Mr. W. Beverley has no rival. The audience were en- chanted with both, and not only recalled the gifted pain ter, but Mr. Smith, the manager. The sudden metamor phosis of the gorgeous palace interior of King Huggamugga into the "cottage of Neceisity," too, was admirably con hived, and effected with great rapidity. The ballet was first-rate. • In the harlequinade there is a real em,barras de richesses. The transformation takes place at the " Fairy Factory of Fancy," where, in the twinkling of an eye, Monsieur Holi- day and MadameNecessityfurnish no less than two harle. quins, MM. Deulin and Veroni ; two clowns, Messrs. Flex more and Boleno ; two pantaloons, Messrs. Barnes and Tanner ; two columbines, Madame Boleno and Miss Honey; two sprites, grown up, the Messrs. Elliott; and two sprit( 8, diminutive—a "gent," or lover, Mr. Halforcl ; and a." gro tesque," M. Auriol. With the many accomplishments of Mr. Flexmore, who is capable of almolt anything, from dancing polkas on ladders and spades to the mere common place somersault, wo could not but regard the extraordi nary evolutions of the sprites, and even the neat and finished tours de force of M. Auriol, as superfluous. The concluding tableau, " Holiday's Fsiry Home," formed a glittering and splendid. climax.. The audience was one of the noisiest as well as one of the largest ever assembled in a theatre; but the "gods" were happily not loss benign than obstro erous, so that everything passed off with un- disturbed hilarity from the moment the curtain rose upon the first scene of the pantomime. LYCEUM THEATRE. The entertaintneutscommeuced with " Willi un Tell," in which Mr. Dillon supported the character of the here with his accustomed ability. The silerice of the audience during its performance was only broken by frequent ap plause. . - " William Tell" being' succeeded by a new Christmas piece, a combination cf burlesque and pantomime, ei - titled " Conrad and Medora; or, Harlequin Corsair, and the Little Fairy at the Bottom of the See." The introduction, which is a travestie of Byron's " Cor sair," is founded perhaps more immediately upon the ballet which was produced last summer in Paris, and subse quently at her Majesty's Theatre in London. It is very pleasantly and smartly written, and is from the pan of Mr. W. Brough. The doggrel is particularly smooth, and the puns are both good and plentiful. Miss Woolgar played Conrad with considerable spirit, and in her make up and general conception had evidently studied Byron's description of the Corsair : " There was a laughing devil in his sneer That raised emotions both of rage and fear." Mrs. Dillon was a very charming Medora, Mr. Toole mad, a desperate Birbanto, and Mrs. B. White a sufficiently stately and attractive Gulnare. _ _ The harlequinade which followed upon the transforma• tion was lively and merry in the extreme. Mr. T. Matthews, one of the clowns, gave us an admirable seren• ade for example, and assisted to form a most amusing trio with two cocks of the Cochin China breed ; while s double hornpipe, of a novel and peculiar character,was per formed by Messrs. J. and H. Marshall, who accompanied themselves upon two violins, each one playing upon the violin of the other in a truly extraordinary manner—a feat which elicited eery general applause. Mr. H. Marshall also (the clown) gave in the same scene the Picco solo of the Carnival de Venice, on Picco's pipe, in the true style of the celebrated Sardinian minstrel. The imitation is re markably clear, and drew down the warm approbation of the audience. There were two most graceful columbines in the persons of Miss Clara Morgan and Miss Ladd, a good pantaloon in Mr. Stilt, and three wonderful whalebone sprites n o Brothers Nelson. The tricks all worked to admiration ; no "hitch" of any description ccurred, and although perhaps a trifle too long the pantomime ' - `ay be pronounced to have been perfectly successful. Er lently neither trouble nor expense has been spared in its production, and that it will be an im mense favourite with the public there can be no question. artistic feeling; not produced from violent contrasts and common-place effects, but is picturesque and delicate. The grand fairy scene near the opening ; a beautiful moonlight, cold and truthful; and the transformation scene, which is fanciful and graceful, with the two babes supported on fragile boughs, and surrounded with graceful groups, with the swans in front, and a landscape, most delicately painted. The Harlequinade was lively, as were some of the scenes, particularly that of a fair. Altogether, " The Babes in th e Wood" will maintain the credit this house has obtained for truly elegant pantomime, and doubtless it will give delight for many weeks, both to the largo and small children who delight in the pretty, the picturesque, and the droll. The house was crowded to excess, and the audience manifested their approbation by calling for the author and artist, and bestowing generally their unmingled approbation. - 1 - , 41 9? Blackburn 19;1 , 4 •• £25 fissd. ax .., riatot and , ITheoter Hot,7llc (!t)rk and BADcig. Cork, Bir.-k, R. Do. A Do. B I)ubiiu&Bolfaistjto East Auglisn . Eastern donntiea: & Be., B. Stock_ •to New East Kent . (East Suffolk Do. ‘''' , llllbur?.l3 ds 4 0.3.13, Poebie. Edirt.Prt.h &Dan, Porte 4t, Clyde -Tan 1 all 100 1100 100 100 1.)0 100 100 ) Filrness. Glasgow & S. Westrn (Groat N. of Sootin. IGroat Northern Do., A. Stock -1)„.., B. Stock Cit. th. , .tWest.ilr. 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Two other bottles of gin, labelled in a similar manner, were found concealed under the fore castle. A few days since two of the crew were drunk on board, and it was ascertained that two cases of gin, part of the cargo, had been opened, and four bottles taken from each. Mr. George Bartlett, the chief mate of the ship, found three bottles of gin, which had been stolen out of a case, in the hold, and locked them up in his cabin until the next day, when he gave them to the captain, who directed that they should be repacked in the case from which they had been abstracted, but those directions bad not been complied with. Mr. Yardley said it was possible the steward did not broach the cargo. If he (the magistrate) thought the prisoner had done so, he would have punished him with the greatest possible severity. Taking the most favour• able view of the case the prisoner had been guilty of an act of great dishones•y. He sentenced the prisoner to eight days' imprisrnment, and hard labour. William Beckett, a man of colour, and cook of the same vessel, was charged with having a pint of gin in his possession. He was stopped as he was leaving the West India Dock by the constable, who found a black bottle containing a pint of gin in his possession. Mr. Yardley said there was no doubt the prisoner had been receiving part of the plundered cargo, And fined him 205., which was paid. Marcellus Wainwright, a man of colour, and cook of the American ship Lion, also lying in the West India Dock, was charged with stealing a bottle of gin from the ship. It was found in his possession by and bo :I.(3.l:!;itcd having brought it from the Liun. Mr. Yardley fined the prisoner 20s. for the unlaw ful possession of the bottle of gin, which wal l paid. PRINCESS'S - THE AT RE. The subject chosen this year at the Princess's is the Arabian Nights' legend of " Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp," which has been rather freely treated by Mr. J. M. Morton as a burlesque introduction to the harlequinade. The story is familiar to all as " household words," and it is unnecessary to trace Aladdin through his subterranean adventures in the cavern of the wonderful lamp, by the possession of which he works such magic wonders, ulti mately triumphing over all obstacles, and winning the hand of the lovely Princess Badroulbadour, at which juncture the harlequinade begins. The pantomimists are Mr. Cor mack (harlequin), Mr. Huline (clown), Mr. Paulo (panta loon), and Miss Caroline Adams (columbine), an excellent quartett, by whom this portion of the entertainment is kept up with unflagging spirit and vivacity through some half-dozen scenes. Both the harlequin and the columbine are especially graceful and agile, and their (lancing h far above the average. Mr. Huline, who is an exceedingly active clown and an admirable gymnast, was well seconde4 by Mr. Paulo as Pantaloon, who received the conventional kicks and cuffs with the true traditional meekness. The pantomime was successful, notwithstanding one or two little contretemps, which must always be allowed on a first night. HA.YMA.RKET THEATRE. This year Mr. Buckstoae's Pantomime is taken from "The Babes in the Wood," and is entitled " Harlequi❑ and the Cruel Uncle." To bring the plot within the fairy realm, the chief of the wild men seizes a wood nymph, and shuts her up in the trunk of a tree. A young man, her lover, encounters the Wild Mau, and his part is espoused by the Cruel Uncle. A certain Fairy, however, presides over the nymph, and, on releasing her, transforms hei lover into Harlequin (M. Milano), and the nymph herself into Columbine (Miss Fanny Wright), the Cruel Uncle into Pantaloon (Mr. Mackay, from Liverpool), and the Wild Man into Clown (Mr. W. Driver). The harlequinade, which is invented and arranged by Mr. W. Dorrington, illustrates the London holidays, which are made to be twelve in number ; but then Oyster day and Lord Mayor's day, &c., aro made such Mr. E. F. Yitzwilliam has composed lively and suitable music ; and c i f t h e 1,;;(11.,x ouLuo,tly apw.tre iiu the bur lesque part, the hues were spoken with great poiut and effect; and the really spirited opening was thus done full justice to. Mr. Calcott'e scenery is marked by the highest ADELPHI THEATRE. In accordance with usual custom, the management at this theatre produced a Christmas entertainment for the gratification of the public. It consists of a burlesque pa n tomime, founded on the German tale of " Wittikind and his Brothers, and is entitled " Mother Shipton, her Wager; or, Harlequin Knight of Love and the Magic Whistlo. The burlesque portion of the piece brings into effective re quisition those members of the corps who are identified with this peculiar branch of the drama, and accordingly we have Madame Celeste transformed, by the aid of Merlin s magic, into a "dashing, heart-breaking" Sir Beau, who wins the heart of Constance (Miss Wyndham), the daughter of a Normandy fisherman; but scarcely has he done so, be• fore Mother Shipton (Miss Arden), causes him, by her power, to become inconstant, to the great grief and annoyance of Constance. She, however, acting under the guidance of Merlin, clings to him with " desperate fide lity," and although he aspires to the hand, or rather hands, of the daughters of the Duke of Normandy, and subse quently makes a deep impression upon the heart of Leda (Miss Mary Keeley) the suppositious daughter of a re nowned Greek, named Bupherides, conduct which brings him into constant scrapes, she abides by him, and through the instrumentality of a charmed whistle, which she re ceived from Merlin, defends him against the hostile attack of Leda's lover, one Kuthrotes (Mr. Paul Bedford), and sustains him in other trying difficulties, until she brings him back in triurnpn to Normandy. Mother Shiptou i■ still determined further to test the fidelity of the hero of the piece ; bhe accordingly transforms him into Harlequin, and Constance into Columbine, and gives them as attend luts a Clown, Pantaloon, and Sc iramouch, in the persons of Mr. Garden, Mr. Moreland, and Mr. Le Barr. The transformation takes place in a scene of the most gorgeous character, and then follows the usual harlequinade. A crowded house testified to the complete success of the burlesque pantomime. OLYMPIC THEATRE. The entertainments at this theatre in honour of " Boxing-day" commenced with the comedy of " Deli cate Ground," atter which came the attraction of the night, in the shape of an entirely new and original fairy extravaganza, called " Young and Handsome." Without exaggeration it is most attractive and beautiful, and does honour not only to Mr. Planche, the author, but to all who have been engaged in its production. The entertain ments concluded with an amusing new farce, called " Crinoline," in which Mr. Robson, as usual, kept his :audience in roars of laughter; and he was most ably as .isted by Miss Maskell and Miss Bromley, Mr. H. Vining, lir. H. Cooper, and Mr. Danvers. The house was, of course, crowded. SURREY THEATRE. The Christmas pantomime here is entitled " Harlequin and the Summer Queen; or, King Winter and the Fairies f the Silver Willows." The ever-memorable oratiou— "My name is Norval," which Mr. Calvert gave with due emphasis and gesture, was welcomed as an old acquaintance, and applauded accordingly—and the rest of that very heavy drama was—thanks to some unreheareed perform ances before the curtain, not unusual on Boxing-night, and which diverted the audience sufficiently to make them forget their impatience—received in a spirit of patient resignation which did them great credit. The panto mime failly justifies the introductory adjectives which the eloquent compiler of the playbill ascribes to it. The plot is simple and poetical. It tells of the struggles of the early snow-drop to break through its prison of ice and snow, and escaping from the fangs of winter, to shoot up Lied bloom under the influences of the early sun. The story runs thus : —King Winter (Mr. Voltaire) is enamoured of the Summer Queen (Miss Ellis), but cannot wed her during the existence of Prince Snowdrop, the Genius of Spring (Miss Adelaide Biddies) ; he therefore resolves on Spring s destruction, and aided by his cabinet, Frost, Fog, Ste., secures the Prince in a block of ice. Queen Mab appears, soothes the Prince to slumber, and leads him in a dream to the abode of his love, "the Grove of Silver Wil lows." Zephyrus the Summer Wind (Mr. F. Charles), the mutual ally of the lovers, speeds to the court of Kicg col (Mr. G. Yarnold), and relates the subject to that monarch and his Queen Blazer (Mr. Tapping). King Sol instantly despatches his attendant fairy Gloriosa, to the rescue, who arrives at the "Dungeon in the Hall of Icicles" in time to save the Prince, defeat King Winter, and effect. the grand transformation of the Icy Dell into the Regions )f Eternal Sunshine. The burlesque introduction, in which all this is worked out, though somewhat, long, is emartly written, and is relieved from anything like mo notony by a constant succession of absurdly grotesque nci ,rtats, interspersed with some capital dancing, parodies on popular songs, and by some of the most beautifully ,rrangerl and gorgeous scenery that has ever been ex hibited on the pantomimic stage. A. stalactite retro n• grove under the palace of King Winter—the grove ,f the silver willows, the !airy temple of beauty, the gall of icicles, the reception chamber iu the palace if Sun, and more particularly the regions of tenni sunshine, where the transformations take place, are really wonderful triumphs of the scenic art, and entitle Uessrs.Dolby and Gates by whom they have been painted, sod Mr. Shepherd, who designed them, to high praise. The iresees and all the appointments are in keeping with the scenery ; and in the groupings of feiries, sprites and ,ther attendants, reminded us of some of the most success rut of the Lyceum when under the management of irestris to which-in artistic arrangement they are no way inferior. So delighted were the audience with the result, that they called Mr. Shepherd, the lessee, under whose immediate superintendence the whole has been produced, at least half a dozen times upon the stage to bow his ac knowledgments in return for their hearty congratulations. As is invariably the case at this theatre at holiday times house was crowded from the orchestra to the galli;ry ceiling. .A.STLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE. Astley's received last night its usual large share of the patronage of the Boxing-night play-goers, being well filled by a body of spectators apparently well able to appreciate the merits of an equestrian entertainment, and affording the presumption that this description of spectacle continues to hold its ground in the favour of the public. The scenes in the circle displayed the variety and attraction characteristic of this portion of the evening's programme, and embraced the more elegant and impressive of the resources of the art of equitation. The pantomime is entitled " Paul Pry on Horseback, or Harlequin and the Magic Horse-Shoe ;" and, as is the practice here, is designed for the introduction of horses in remarkable and striking situations. On this occasion the adaptation has been managed with consider able skill, and the occasional union or association of fable with the realities of the present day, which is apparent as the incidents of the piece are developed, is irresistibly ludicrous. The whole story is the same presentation of the conflict of Vice and Virtue, with the final discomfi ture of the one and reward of the other, usually adopted as the vehicle of the fairy abstractions which precede the great business of the evening. The pantomimic artistes engaged, consist of two Harlequins, two Columbines, two Pantaloons, and two Clowns, all of whom executed their parts to perfection. The general business of the panto mime was varied and humorous in the extreme, and the performance was highly applauded. MARYLEBONE THEATRE. Mr. Emery commenced his career last evening with every prospect of success. The Pantomime is entitled, "Tit, tat, toe, or Harlequin N. E. W. S. and the Fairy Elves of the Fourth Estate." The promise of the bill was duly carried out, and the pantomime was as gorgeous as qpaugles, gold leaf, and coloured fire could make it The house was crowded. SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE. The pantomime here was entitled " The Fisherman mil the Genie ; or, Harl e q uin Padmanaba and the E nchanted Fishes of the Silver La ke. " The scener y of the openin g , which was by Mr. Fenton, was of a very superior and striking description , and excited great admiration The .oenery of the harlequinade was by Mr. J. Wright and asoistants, who certainly deserve great praise for the very excellent manner in whioh they have performed the part allotted to them. STRAND TEIEA.TRE. Hariequin Humbug; or, the Shams of London," wa s the title of the pantomime produced at this petiee and will no doubt attract large audiences fora I ° D g,, ti . a l ,fiss Cuthbert appeared as Clown, and by her Judicious performance the innovation to an extent•succeeded• st : g u e : pantomime has been very tastefully Pa t "" last evening through and the manner in which it was g ene The house was theatre, reflects credit upon all parties concern-- fully attended. CITY OF LONDON T ITEATRE. ---- The perfor mances at this th e atre comm enced with the successful drama, en titl e d, "A G 31310 of Life and Death;" but which, as usual upon B oxing-night, was not listened to with any very great attention, the interest of the even ing be• l ng wholly centred in the forthcoming pantomime. This thaatre, under the auspices of Mr. Nelson Lee, has lung obtained great celebrity for its pantomimic produc .L u:, ~,a thc p rAomionio of laßt night formed no (mop- The pa:item:ale is 6 La.tcd in the bills to ;dolt t,) the ru;e. be Mr. Nateiclasoin, pLaees nton3 2oo inl t i h, oal a , nd an i is ci t do e g n m ti a t t led an icalpa h n i t s o to m nca imel: r3alising all that can be conceived connected with wit, mirth, and jollity, introducing every hit of the day. being a direct challenge to the world of pantomimes, and. called " Harlequin Anne Boleyn ; or, King Henry and the Miller of the River Lea." We shall not attempt any description of the story of the pantomime, as by so doing we should be unnecessarily anticipating the enjoyment of onT readers. It may be sufficient to say that the opening and concluding scenes were exceedingly beautiful, and would have done credit to theatres of larger pretensions. For a first`• night the tricks went off very cleverly, and the surest test •of suc cess was obtained—that of the unceasing and unanimous approbation of the audience. The house was completely (lied. 6 n 14 1,1 1 2p lfp 5i 5 3'i - 9 -10 k I P 4t 5 51 - .$6 - - 18 194 37 371 8 54 i 1 54i 51 - 53 i a pl 18 1 - 13 9 - gi 9 - g j 44 41 NI 10 33 - 34 - lip, k, . Os 100 par 61 63 1 J / J ` 4 67 69 174 ( 8 19} 20 19/ -19 i . 48 38 lid 39 6.• -- *a. 35 - 37 66 - 68 7 - 10 --- 6 1 7; d THE ROYAL COLOSSEUM, REGENT'S-PARK. The Royal Colosseum was yesterday opened to the mblis under entirely new auspices, as an institution of Soience and Art, and the experiment of the reduction of the former price, or 4s. 61., to is., for viewing every portion o f that splendid establishment, with additional entertainiventa, if the numbers who visited it yesterday are to be taken as a criterion, prove eminently successful. .The morning exhibition consisted of the Greek saloon and bazaar, Swiss cottages, conservatories, aviary, stalactite caverns, the colossal panorama of London by day, dis so!ving views, the stupendous cascade, mountain torrent and. Swiss scenery, glees and madrigals by the Orpheus Glee Union, with the gigantic panorama of Lisbon bonne and after the great earthquake. The feature of the even ing exhibition consisted of the addition of the splendid. picture by the Messrs. Danson "of London by Night." The illuminated cascade and mountain torrent and pyro technic display, and the promenade concert, with the Crystal Palace band conducted by Herr Mans. There was but one opinion expressed by the hundreds of individuals who visited the Colosseum, Regent's-park, yesterday, and. that was that it is, next to the Crystal Palace, the best shilling's worth of intellectual recreation and rational amusement in London. THE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION-. The wonders of science as practically set forth in this admirable institution, and ably elucidated by Mr. Pepper, informed as well as delighted a crowd of admirers —the youthful portion of whom were, however, drawn away i n crowds to the amusing lecture, or rather the humorous re cital by Mr. L. Buckingham, of "Ye Pitiful and Divert yng Historic of Blue Beard," accompanying sketches of the vfirions bloody actions of the hero, and the distressing situations of the heroines of that exciting drama. WOODIN'S OLIO OF ODDITIES. New dresses, new decorations, and one or two new sketches of character, are among the additional attractions to Mr. Woodin's very popular entertainment. The host of the evening--for Mr. Woodin is surely and in very truth " a host" in himself, if any man is I—made his first appear ance for the season last night at the Polygraphic-hall, King William-street, Strand, before an audience as crowded , and yet as comfortable, as it was attentive and evidently delighted throughout. The entertainer really appears to be a man who never dreams of taking a rest—having always his cue in hand, we presume, to "keep the ball a-rolling," as ths man says in the race-coarse booth at the game of rouge-et-noir ! So refreshingly animated and. lively is he from first to last that nobody would at all have ausp:cted yesterday, from his manner, that during the late holiday season, instead of enjoying an interval of leisure, he has been toiling at it here, there, and everywhere in the provinces—at Brighton, at Newport, at Portsmouth, at Chichester, at Bath—introducing the astonished natives of Somerset, Sussex, the Isle of Wight, and Hampshire to alt kinds of pleasant personages ! Characters long since familiar to us Londoners : but none the less delightful to encounter once more last evening " Orators " and " Critics," Miss Chattaway and Mr. Gabbleton, Henry Russell and Albert Smith, Herr Formes and Mrs. W. J. Florence—winding all up with a grotesque pas seal, fan tastically danced by a most preposterous Gentleman in Black, all swallow-tails, whiskers, cricket-like agility, and lank-limbed extravagance ! Until the curtain closes before an audience fit to die of laughing—and therefore (mai4 cea va sans dire) thoroughly delighted. GENERAL Tom TERTHB held his first public levee yester day, and had he been chosen President of the United States, and come t , ) London to exhibit himself, he could not have created a greater sensation in Regent-street. The Quadrant was throngod with carriagesdnring the reception hours of the illustrious General, who enjoys, as it would seem, the double advantage that those who have not seen him wish to do so, and those who have before seen him are desirous to do so again. GORDON CUMNING'S EXRIBITION.—The hunting ad ventures of the " Lion King" seem to have grown into even greater interest since the arrival of Dr. Livingston has excited so touch curiosity in the British mind in re gard to the yet unknown regions of Africa. Mr. Gz.rdon Cumming throughout the day addressed throngs of visitors, who listened to him in gaping astonishment as to a second Hercules, who had conquered Ncmean lions and carne to this country direct to tell the tale. DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSE= attracted the aUten tion of a largo number of visitors from the country, who availed themselves of the opportuuity for becoming ac du doted nith the wonders and mysteries of the human frame. Tu'e leelure was listened to with the greatest in terest., and " the thousaud models and preparations" were regarded e:.ch by some thousands with first horror and then interest. MONT BLANC was ssz.enqloci by hundreds yesterday, in company wi:h AL)ert Smith, who on this occasion WaS compelled t. work double tides, giving performances both in the morning and evening. Madame TUSSAUD'S EXLIIBITION —This popular place of resort has been visitoi by a large concourse during the week, and w.ore particularly yesterday The numerous attractions here produced are sure to draw the multitude. The excellent -music, brilliant lighting, and the splendid decorations, together with the iutersting groups and figures displayed in all parts of the museum, render this one of the best exhibitions in tho metropolis. The holi day folk cannot be considered to have completed their tour of sight-seeing unless they pay this establishment a visit. wits most s , tu en titled nexee ptitohn rapturously e- YLD'S GCEAT GLOBE is a standing wonder to the Christmas holiday folk, and a great attraction to new corners ; but Mr. Wyld, who has left off attending to the affairs of the country to the great advantage of his own, does not rely on more prestige!, but continually adds to his great exhibition some illustration of immediate interest. In the present instance, forty c , lossal tableaux of Russian scenery set before us, the sites and scenes of the late me morable campaign , as will as St. Petersburg mwean sts b a pr n irl d ol Moscow,ivaindteldy at tended fort . Nijni Novogorod during the fair, the Ural Mountains, and a grand panorama of the crowning of the Czar in the great Cathedral. The exhibition was densely crowded both morning and evening. AnGvu-Rooms.--This place of amusement, despite t h e attraction held out by T t li b e e e t n h t e e a r te i s n , tended last night. The whole of the arrangements admirable, and :d1 persons present seemed thoroughly to t t e h r the r . s i nging, . e nj e o A y N t T h E e ß m ß s u el li v y es 4 . lALL._ tahbole.holTidhaeym, faekateursreb,y, ofli rt.h3eloervieonni,ngthseveans prietor of this splendid establishment, were enterprising pro ,M, "Rumours C ou o r w s e ( l ,f l, 30 Pantomime," , t in ho to n m e i w m p e, r , i , z N e vh c i o c in h applauded throughout and an encore demanded. It has proved a decided hit, and bids fair to favourites. The Spanish Minstrelsliekae the celebrated ditty of th e ~ Rate rival in popularity t i c v h i s e e r ' c s a m D e a u i g n h f t o e r r, i : and henceforth will no doubt bee() one of Mr. Cowell's fair share of applause. VALENTINE VOUSDEN . Th e hall was densely crowded , and there could not have b 1 een ess than two thousand per sons present. "house hold word" for able imitation and polyphonic as well as characteristic illustration. musician, Oxford-street, w as ion ' night T tl h i will assuredly become a d by 311 admiring au dionce, who lastcordiallyappreciation of this gentleman's talent as y that united of a i n dramatictheir artiste whose per :0,37611e Vousdey, .at 315, per sonations unite the humorous a nd the truthful, and who pleases not mer , writing his own songs , a , own w . music. His " Irish Imitation,' Good bye t'ye eiy as an imitatora,ndbustinagis n' y n t a h c e to in r t a o nd hi a s Kitty," " Dennis leave the Child behind," and " The Irish di Jaunting Car," are masterpieces oweitation and indivi -liality. The Salle Vouslen will, prognosticate, in a short time be one of the most popular evening lounges in. the metropoli s. The rooms o f the British M useu m were crowded with thousands of well-dressed persons with their families to i n s d n m ob i l n e e b ra u l il k d i in n g gd . kingdoms, see the vast collection of articles of vertu and numerous this the ol lec animal ted in At the National and Vernon Galleries very considerable many of whom had come long distances to see annoyance arid disappointment was occasioned to thousands andand orathree:Pecucliimoseitnise:of ges collection tohfePo6hreBri"ce avres of the ancient and modern masters col lected in those galleries, iu consequence of their being closed, Friday bsing one of the days set apart for students of the public, who have no other period of the year to wit ness the " national collection." At Marlborough House the celebrated Souls with the Wellington funeral car attracted alarge body of Abbey, , also st. p t ,, h u e l, sU, theni t United Tower, Sery Museum, d jaWest mviinit:tres;Aabsn House Museum, the Museum of Ornamental Art, and other similar exhibitions. _ . The Houses of Parliament and " Big Ben" minster will be open to•day for inspection by ticket, to b e obtained at the Chamberlain's-office. o f West- THE Lug INDIA CIVIL SERVICE— of Appeal are to be shortly abolished , .The Bud der Courts plan of t h e English County and will be ma naged something on the Courts, presided ov er b y an E ng lish barrister of experi ence, assisted by C ompany ' s Judges, The Calcutta %Ir. "du lls , an papers announce th e d eat h o f Ur. Dunbar, one of the Su.l(ler Judges. M r . R. J. Tayler a nd Mr. T. Church thivd been perm i tted to re sign the Co m p an y 's service. 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