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All this is very humiliating; bUt it., is pre- ~fir -....; cisely the depth of the humiliation, and the certainty . ;. :11 ..,..,. that the lapse of a few years will enable - Russia ''''- ',.. to repair its losses, which induce us to doubt the linssi- ‘„,t, bility of the permanence of a peace concluded under such circumstances. The Wounded pride of Russia will rankle at her heart, and stimulate her to seize the first opportu nity to efface the memory of her shame by some dazzling exploit. The cherished ambition of centuries will not be lightly relinquished. Meanwhile the course of the Allies, if they are bent upon concluding a peace, is clear. Russia has been brought to terms by the losses she has already suffered during the war; by the preparations of the Allies to resume hostile operations on an increased scale, and with more of system• atic plan, as soon as the season permits ; and by the defen sive alliance with Sweden. Fear alone has induced Rus sia to entertain pacific sentiments—fear alone can keep her in that mood. The war must not be allowed to slacken for a moment while negotiations are in progress. Victories won by the Allies will be more effective negotiators than the meet skilful diplomatists. ERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 112, STKAND, LONDON. 7114 10Tn JANUARY , 1856 . // CArITAL STOCK of 114 -YEARLY INTEREST on the to ; , —LT' ' 3 ,..ETY, to 31st December last, is no w in coarse of payment Wu th' ' r;olvietors, on application at this Office, between the hours I . ll q 3 o'clock. ... o rmo ...."..'' ;~,~;~. , L. 15. t tmeal, el", E. S. SYMES,Chatrman. OTTOMAN CLUB, 14, Regent-street, 31st tu rn ., becember, 1855.—At the General Mee tin g of the Members Posita g day, an explanation was given by the Proprietor of the ki s fi; and future pro•pects of the Club, which Club considered Illop o .i r7 . Certain alterations in the Rules ot the • were then it ext :: , ,Jusil the Mediu; was a4journed till the Aist of January fklock p.m., for the purpose of confirming them, if LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JAN LEKET.--• N o . 19,7491 such success, we may hope for a speedy and satisfactory termination. Austria has honourably accomplished the special mission with which she charged herself, and having stood firm is her determination, has the satisfaction of seeing her ulti matum accepted, pm' ct simptc, by Russia, as a basis for negotiation. This result has been brought about by the pressure of the Cabinet of Vienna, and of the Courts of Germany; and we think it is also plain, by the conviction which must have forced itself upon the mind of Russia, that it is almost impossible for her successfully to with stand another campaign. Entirely dependent upon her own resources, with no sincere friend, she would have to face the increasing power of England and France, rein forced, as they may be too, by new allies. We have now, then, gained a great point. The Aus trian proposals, all five, are accepted, and Russia is impli citly bound by them. The public learn this with satis faction. The funds rise with the hopes of peace, and the next atop is eagerly inquired after and looked forward to. When and where are negotiations to be commenced upon the bases now agreed to, is a question universally asked. It is of much importance that it should be rightly under stood that the proceeding which has had sohappy an issue in determining Russia to make large and important con cessions is an Austrian proceeding, and that the five pro posals, as accepted by Russia, do not contain on the face of them all that the Western Powers consider necessary for their safe entrance upon negotiation. When the Cabi net of Vienna applied to Euglandand France to know the terms upon which they would consent to make peace with Russia, a direct and distinct reply was given. Upon that reply Austria founded the proposals which Russia has accepted ; but she has not represented to the Czar the whole and. exact tenor of our demands, and it would not be fair in us, nor indeed just, either to ourselves or to Rus sia, to enter upon discussion before the preliminaries have been arranged so clearly and unmistakeably that Rus sia, on the one nd, may not have it in her power to pre tend that we have entrapped her into negotiation without making her fully aware of their import —nor we, on the other, be open to the manoeuvres of the adroit diplomacy which has already, in former instances, so cleverly amused our Ministers. To take an example. In the Austrian proposals the name of the Aland Islands is never mentioned, but never theless, we believe it will be found that Lord Clarendon had emphatically at. , ' e the Cabinet of Vienna that we must insist upon Russia's binding I.crself nut to rebt,ild Bomareund. This resolve, justifiable on the grounds of military success, and requisite as a matter of high import to the well-being of Europe, becomes imperative, when it is remembered that we have only recently concluded an alliance with Sweden, and that it is our bounden duty not to leave our Ally at the mercy of Russia, nor to permit the re-erection of a huge and menacing fortress within one hundred miles of Stockholm. Under these circumstances, then, it will be the duty of the Belligerents, before the negotiations can be entered upon, to signify their intentions to Russia, and to require her acceptance of proposals totally free from the possibility of misinterpretation. These proposals, we trust, will have the support of Austria and the German Powers, and will, we are confident, meet with the acceptance at St. Peters burg, if Russia be now really alive to her own interests, and anxious for the welfare of Europe. If they are ac cepted, then negotiation will follow, but not at Vienna, nor Paris, nor London. All preliminaries being once satis factorily adjusted, some more fit place will be appointed for the conduct of Conferences. In the meanwhile we must keep our energies braced up, and relax not one iota of the prodigious exertions that are being made for the spring campaign. This, we are con vinced, is the soul of successful negotiation. The voice of Europe is in our favour—our resources are immense—our armaments of greater magnitude than ever. Let 116 then hope that Russia will follow up the good course upon which she has entered, and that, recognising the isolation of her position, and the hopelessness of her c ause, she ma y accept all that is necessary, and no more than is just ; and that, by frankly yielding to our domande, she may spare the nation the horrors of further bloodshed, and inaugurate a safe and lastivg peace, which will be nowhere more sin cerely welcomed than in England. in large. of 16 storm 7s Otl to 14 able Harlequin—Very " fowl" procce etngs—The Seductiv Sedan-chair--Strange Birds in a Cage. WATCHMAKERS' ESTABLISHMENT, CHRONOMETI CAL-VILLE—MILLINERS' ESTABLISHMENT, BON NETVILLE BELLHANGERS' ESTABLISHMENT, BELLEVILLE. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. Lessee for the Christmas Pantomime, Mr. J. H. ANDERSON. Immense success of the great Pantomime of the Field of the Cloth of Gold. Triumph of the real Clown FLEXMORE. Fifth Night of Grand Operatic Drama.—Fifth Appear ance in London of Professor ANDERSON as ROB ROY, as performed by him in Scotland, and in all the Theatres of Ame rica. Fifth Night of Lee Cordages Aeriens, by M. E. Boutellier, the Italian Brothers G. Laristi and Messrs. Candler, fils),who will introduce their most novel and startling performance in the course of the Pantomime. THIS EVENING will be presented the Grand Operatic Drama of ROB ROY, with all the original Songs, Choruses, and Dances, including the whole of Sir H. Bishop's celebrated Music. The Drama will be represented as it is played in Glasgow. Rob Roy, Professor Anderson ; Rashleigh Osbal diston, Mr. Stuart; Francis Osbaldiston, Mr. George Perron; Major Galbraith, Mr. S. Cowell; Bailie Nicol Jerrie, Mr. Gourley ; The Dougal, Mr. Harry Pearson ; Helen Macgregor, Mrs. J. W. Wallack ; Diana Vernon, Miss Harriet Gordon. To conclude with the Grand, National, Historical, and Chivalric PANTOMIME, which has bees so long in Prepara tion, and on the Production of which so large an expense has been incurred, of YE BELLE ALLIANCE; or, PLARLEQUIN GOOD HUMOUR AND YE FIELDE OF YE CLOTHE OF GOLDE ; NAng a LEGEND of the MEETING of the MONARCHS. I‘ 4 It was a marvellous sweete and goodlye sight to see those two Princes, in the flower* of their age, in the height of their sttengthe and in the dignitie of then manlye beautye, com manding two great Nations, that bade been so long rivals and enemies, instead of leading hostile armies to desolate and destroy°, meet in that peaceful valleys, and embrade like brothers, in the sighte of the choice nobilitie of either land." -- , the Chroniclers. 'The Pantomime invented, arranged, and produced by Mr. A.! Harris, with the same attention to Scenery, Costumes, and Effects, which has characterised the productions of " Ri geletto," "Il Trovatore," " L'Etoile du Nord," and the various Operas lately produced at this, the recognised chief Theatre in Europe for Spectacular Display. The entirely Neer and most elaborate Scenery Painted by and under the Super intendence of Mr. WILLIAM BEVERLEY, assisted by Messrs. Cuthbert, C. Adams, W. Shalders, W. Glover, and numerous Assistants. The Openinz written by Mr. George Augustus Sala. The Music composed by Mr. Loder (who has obligingly lent his aid en account of the Pantomime being produced at this Theatre). The Ballet and Incidental Dances arranged by Mr. Benjamin Barnett, The Comic Tricks invented by the Brothers Brough, Mr. A. Harris, and Mr. William Dorrington. The New Spectacular Designs by M. Guerin, of Paris. The Extensive and Complicated Machi nery by Mr. H. Sloman and numerous Assistants. The Ori ginal and Ultra-Grotesque Masks by Mr. G. 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Burst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henri Gallium, 13 Great Marlborough-street. 14. nd. 'r i l l 6d 1 41 ' oo Od 1 -4 td Od (d Od —4l id Od TREA.TRE ROYAL DR-CRY-LANE. Manager,Les eet ir. E. T. SMITH. Acting. Mr. CHARLES MATHEWS. Stage Manager, . Mr. ROBERT ROXB Y. " 71 z office open daily, from Ten till Six o'clock, un d e r the b superintendence of Mr. EdWard Chatterton. pr. t a WLREDUCED PRICES at this Theatre as follow. — . n ezt ra r.xes, to hold two persons, 108. 6d. (as. for . each pei ti so ,e 1) (4 2 , on the grand tier, one guinea ; proscenium and 25. ; galleries, Rd. and ls. ; pit, 2s. ; upper boxes, It "Q• ; first circle, 2e. 6d.; dress circle , 38. "SING PERFORMANCE EVERY WEDNESDAY, lAD Ex A E A T I O E it j n E AL N C. 1 NY mE G N O DE L L D sB S O O H r s E I L DJ A - H LIND. I. Mitchell respectfully announces that Mendeissohn's Oratorio ;f 'Elijah will be repeated At Exeter-Hall, on MONDAY EVENING lest, Jan. 21, 1856, in which Madame Goldsehmidt will sing the n*, ifei pal oprsno part. The Chorus and Orchestra will consist of more than 600 performers. Home from Scotland—Cab Fares and Mayne Force —The Movements of the Age—What's o'clock—" The Clock strikes two"—How to Ring a Belle—Umbrella Courtship—Who's your Hatter I—Early Closing Association—" Love Laughk at Locksmiths"—La Varsoviana—The Strike of Belles against Time. Grand Equestrian Feats, by Signor Flexmorini. HIGH-STREET, SPIRIT-SQUARE. : Apartments to Let. A Cold Roll for Breakfast—The Organised Nuisance Ta, blea.ux-Punch's Pocket Book—Patent Perambulators—Ast ley's Equestrian Feats—Policemen and Cooks—Monsieur Tierce—All-round Collars and Punch's Coats—The quickest way to the Coal-cellar—Spirit Rapping Extraordinary. HAIR-DRESSER'S, FILTER MANUFACTORY, PICKFORD'S PARCEL WAREHOUSE, AND NEWS= (From, the Morning Advertiser.) Quite a sensation was created yesterday by the unex pected intelligence, received by telegraph from Vienna, that Russia had unconditionally accepted the Austrian proposals. That the intelligence, so far, is correct, we see no reason to doubt. Peace may be the result of the Czar's comsat-ranee in the terms which the Western Powers have trans a m e i c t e t p ed ta t n o ce S e t. f Petersburg through the medi um of the Court of V ienna , but as yet we look upon such a r esult as far, ver y far , from a matter of certainty. What does Russia's the propositions bind her to'? Literally nothing beyond the fact that she is willing to negotiate anew with th e view of putting an end to the war. The very idea of ne. gotiation implies that differences of opinion exist between the belligerent Powers; and all that the Czar commits himself to by his present proceedings is, to intimate his willingness to discuss the points with France and England on which ho and they are at variance, with a view to their adjustment. With regard to the issue of the negotiations to be based on the Austrian proposals, that is a matter on which no one can have any certain knowledge. Opinions on the subject can be no better than conjecture. We have no data on which to go, no means of arriving at any certain conclusion. What Russia has done before she may do again ; and what is more, she will net hesitate to do, should it appear likely to answer her purpose. No one, we presume, can have already forgotten the Vienna Four Points. These were accepted as a basis of negotiation by Russia in precisely the same way as she has accepted the Austrian propositions now. Then, as now, the universal conviction was that peace was certain, and that all that re mained to do was to arrange the minor details by a Con ference of the Powers especially interested in the issues of the war. We all know the result. The Conference net only ended without bringing about ;...n adjustment of d;f fi. bn+ actually made matters worse. It left them in a reor ,Litti) than it found therm Nor • ;11 it surprise us much, knowing what we do on . 1 1.. one 1 4Ne., of the cunning of Russia, and of the insincerity of ALII,- tria on the other, should it eventually be found that the Czar has, in this instance, as in the case of the Four Points, professed to accept the terms offered to him, merely in the expectation that he will, by his superior diplomatic crafti ness, and the treachery of Austria, contrive to obtain by negotiation ranch better terms than those embraced in the Austrian propositions. Should he fail in this, mad still imagine that he has any chance left of triumphing at the cannon's mouth, he will find no difficulty in bringing the negotiations to an abrupt close, without, in reality, agree ing to anything which would afford a sure guarantee for the integrity of Turkey and the future tranquillity of Europe. We cannot for a moment imagine, much as we have often had to condemn their conduct in the past manage ment of the war, that they will listen to any proposals which may come from St. Petersburg through Austria, or any other channel, for an armistice. That would be the greatest error of all—so huge and so glaring, that we could never bring ourselves to ascribe it to a defect of judgment. The country would attribute it to a criminal motive. But we cannot apprehend any such contingency. The people • would not endure so grave an experiment on their patience. With 179 IllastratiO6B, 75., ' FIRST LINES in CHEMISTRY. ' By Dr. A LBERT J. 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G nomes —B r it a nuicus (a fine old English Gnome), one of the olden time, bearing a close resemblance to the " Old Gentleman," fully answering to his co-Gnome-en ; a pure un adulterated British Spirit, strongly opposed to anything in the hape of Foreign Wines, F ren ch Brandy, and great i n his be lief in Beer, 'Baccy, Beef, and Boxing—Mr. John Neville. Ballabile des Diablotines, by Mesdemoiselles E. Honey, Hicks, Arlington, Cleveland, Granville, Losh, Brown, Page, Gregory, Rose, Kendall, Martinez, Gos selin, Turtle, Ford, Stewart, Ranoe, and Clare. Assistant Gnomes—Blue Fire, Mr. Williams ; Phosphorus ton, Mr. Samuels ; Candescentington, Mr. A. Smith ; Match wAl, Mr. Saunders ; Ignisfatty, Mr. P. A. James ; Red blazes, Mr. Voller ; Cratervomit, Mr. Spindle ; Torchlight, Mr. Jaffer ; Blazeton, Mr. Parkes ; Sulphurite, Mr. Topham Flamington, Mr. Paxman ; Gassington, Mr. B. Brown ; Crater vomit, Mr. Simkins ; Hotspark, Mr. J. Jones; Illumines°, Mr. Blockey ; Nitrebank, Mr. Pratt. Scene 11. THE LAND'S END, CORN WALL, WITH THE CAR Bankers,—Mess s. COCKS, BIDDULPHS, and Co , 43, Charing-cross. Architect.- lIORACE JONES, Esq., 16, Furnival's-inn. Secretary, pro tem.—WILLIAM ELLIS, Esq., 25, Golden- square. LOAN. —The NEW RIVER COMPANY are prepared to receive TENDERS for SUMS of MONEY (raised under the provisions and requirements of their Acts of 1852 and 1854) on Bonds of not less than 5001., for three, five, or seven years, at 4% per cent. interest, payable half-yearly. urther information may be obtained, if required,. of th• under siKned, at the New River Office, New River Read, Clerkcnwell, be tween the hours of Ten and Four, towhoM Tendert! are to be addressed for the Directors. (Front the Meriting Chronicle.) As far as we at present knew, all that Russia has done has been to accept unconditionally the Austrian Scheme as " a basis for negotiation." That is to say, she admits the general principles embodied in that " ultimatum," and will make the best terms for herself about the details. We should be sorry to discredit a cause of which we have not on general grounds been the advocates ; but the public should be slow to assume, that because Russia has done this, therefore the possibility of future war is precluded. The reader will not have forgotten, that at the commencement of the last Vienna negotiations Russia took precisely the same attitude, and that she obtained credit for a desire to snake peace, on the strength of her adhesion to the " Foe" Points." Yet what came of these negotiations? Nothing but disappointment to Europe, and humiliation to the The discussions were only a series of dissolving views; and so ashamed were the British people of the part which their Representatives wer6 made to play, that we are astonished at the readiness with which they have re ceived accounts of the proceedings of Russia, which may at last prove as delusive as those which led them away a year since. It is, however, satisfactory to know that this second con• cession of principle by Russia has been made under cir cumstances inspiring more confidence. The counsellors of the Czar know perfectly well that their former proceedings had rendered the diplomatic honour of Russia suspected throughout Europe ; so that even Austria at last sum• moned resolution enough to demand a plain categorica answer. - Under these circumstances, although there will doubtless be more than the average amount of diplomatic finesse and evasion, we do not anticipate a repetition of the grave and insulting mockery that characterised Prince Gortschakoff's proceedings at the last Vienna Conference. Whatever is disputed will be formularisod in plain and in telligible language, and when the result is ascertained— , whatever that may be—it will not be a snare for the honest ESTABLISHED 1841. MEDICAL INVALID, AND GENERAL LIFE OFFICE, 25, Pall-mall, Londoc Empowered by special Act of Parliament. By the Annual Report for 1853, It appeared that the muhber of Policies then in force was 3,434, Insuring 1,337,5001., and yielding an income of 55,2071. At the Fourteenth Annual Meeting, held on 29th November, 1855, it was shown that on the 30th June last — The number of Policies iu force was The amount insured was ..•• 2,556,9d21. ss. 2d. The annual Income was . 103,7111. 18s. Ild. Two Bonuses have been declared (in 180 and 1863), adding nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the average to sums assured, and by which Pulley of 1,0001. issued in 1842 on ti healthy life Is now increased to •• .. ptell lOU Ode I‘.ol I 6tb 6 • Jan' ----- By order. New River Office, Nov. 30, 1855. FRED. INGLIS, Clerk (Prom the Morning Herald of this day.) pion h .. r t tO 1"1614„ PROSPECTS OF PEACE. ptor ,ptor 1,201 Profits divided every five years. Assurances are effected at home or abroad on healthy lives, at as moderate rates as the most recent data will allow. Indian Assurances at very moderate rates, and great facilities given to assurers. LTs' ... OF THE DRAGONS. Good Humour—(a familiar spirit, whose familiarity is con dUcive to the very reverse of contempt. The prettiest page in the whole volume of the Pantomime)—Miss Harriet Gordon. Invalid lives assured on scientifically constructed tables. Policies issued free 01 Stamp duty, and every charge but the Pre miums. Diorama—No. - 1. ip te 13 •• •• iptoi Port THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON'S ARRI•VAL IN LONDON, And his Enthusiastic Reception. Diorama—No. 2. QUEEN VICTORIA'S VISIT TO NAPOLEON'S TOMB, In the Hotel des Invalides at Paris. " And o'er that shrine the last Remembrance quench Of Malice 'twixt the English and the French !" Scene 111. Agents wanted for vacant places. Prospectuses, Forms of Proposal, and every other information, may be obtained of the Secretary at the Chief °ince, or on applica tion t• any of gm Society's Agents in the country.. C. DOUGLAS SINGER, Secretary. , 1001.1 L ONDON and WESTMINSTER BANK.— Paid-up Capital, 1,000,000/. lif!11 616 d r site will (0 1 )t the 1 0 10 deepetene nutzeroas. The Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR. THE DECK OF " THE GREAT HARRY," FOUR DECKER, 28 Guns (the first English Man-of-War). The vessel lying alcnvide the Quay at Dover, with at Two o'clock. T HIS EVENING, will be performed Aft THE GREAT GUN TR ICK. After which will b e p ro d uc ed an entirely No vel and Ori g in al ,Oductive, Instructive Anti-Hypochondriacal, Periodical, E rlisodical, Magical, iragical, Logical, Chronological, Gra- Chorographical, Philosophical, Cryptographical, ... P arabolical, Sy m b o li c al, Rhythmical , Mimical Academical, neellanical, Technical, Pyrotechnical, Historical, Harmo 'eel, Heroical, Typical, Allegorica l, M etaphorical , Chime -4,4, Satirical Historical, Metrical, Symmetrical, Lyrical, t „usical, Practical, Poetical, Whimsical, Fantastic, and Side "nakespearean new _GRAND COMIC crousTmAs PANTOMIME, Which for many for many weeks past has engaged the ex misty, and unrivalled resources of this establishment, and l ir hiels will now appear, under the additional, traditional, mut peculiarly suggestive title of Btas s DIDDLE DIDDLE ; or, Harlequin King Nonsense and the Seven Ages of Man. t,„ Bence _The Scenery entirely New, p a i n t e d a nd under the super rence of -Mr. William B ever l e y, assisted by Messrs. 'les, Wilson, Gompertz, and numerous assistants. 24 Machinery by M r . ineker and assistants. The Pro- Decorations, die., by Messrs. Needham, Glindon, and tii f ; Tricks by Messrs; Roe and assistant s. The fie . graphic Arrangements under the direction of Madame sss `t ni e• The Masks and Personal Appointments designed and i' l l in clt e ted by the celebrated Dykwynkya Artist in Panto )sbPbysiolognomy, and Photographic Delineator of ,s_ Sprites, and Goblins to the Court of Fairy Land. The ure and Music composed and arranged by Mr. J. H. The Comic Scenes by Harry Boleno, Glindon, and , ss ' , _• Blanchard.' The Grotesque Burlesque Opening in 1-:-"tet.aat written ra by E. L. Blanchard, Author of " Marie " King Humining-top," " Jack and Jill," ; and the whole arranged and produced under the super suxeadence of Mr. Robert Roxby. First of the Seven Ages--" The Infant." HALL OF NURSERY RHYMES, In the dominions of King Nonsense. „, k. Heroes of Nursery Literatur e . t B Prat, Mr. Eatnofat ; Simple Simon , M r. Tom Nodd y ; ritrttle Jack Horner, Master Plummy • Little Be Peep, Miss ° l o , 7wi , n ke ; Little Tommy Tucker, Master Singsong y Diunpty, Mr. E ggs hell ; Little Boy Blue, Master e sd - " er n ; Old Mother • Hubbard, • Mrs. Leaveabone ; The 4. 11 „ "n and the Fiddl e ( f rom an or i g inal Kit-cat Portrait), by a buziguished Player ; King Nonsense (the Ruler of a great tee s l is la s in , e o, .Mr. Glindon; Spirit of Common Sense (on an Te 4 sC al visit), Miss Fanny Reeves ; Baby in Cradle. Little f es , rs in a ; Routine and Re Step° (banished to Noodledom), "Ts Musty and, Rusty ; Old Friends and New Faces eY have their Exits and their Entrances." Second Age—" The School Boy." Then the whining school -boy with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snail unwillingly to school." V.itis VILLAGE OF PREITYWELL , distant view of the Village Church and surrounding country. —Early Morning. Y.. )/ 03b o u '1 Hopeful (afterwards Harlequin), Signor Verro ni ; , 4 110 . ed YheY (his schoolfellow—afterwards Clown) Harry Bo ut Dr. Birch (the Village Schoolmaste r—afterwards Pan sy."4l), Mr. G. Tanner; His Pupils, Masters Fagg, Bragg, 11 T h g ' N agg, Lagg, Magg, Stagg, and Tagg ; R osa ( Ward to B _Justice," and afterwards Columbine), Madame Boleno ; B tarch, Governess at " Mrs. Howdydo's Establishment 14: Young Ladies," lathe Village of Prettywell - cum - Thankye). sjin Buckram ; Her Pupils—Misses Prattle, Rattle, Giggle, I ,l7 i ggle, G ogg l e, J ogg l e, F ang le, D a ngle, Sidle, Ogle, Romp, as s t, *puss, and Simperwell ; Hobson (the Village Carrier), Packer ; Bun-woman, Mrs. Goody. s _Stras summed up somehow—School Forms and Ceremonies, rseons not Lessened, and Cartoons for Young England—The 'Mtn Cake.and the Seedy Schoolmaster- Working the Oracle Ord Playing the Truant—How Young Hopefulwants to catch I s t , Fish, and how Hobbedyhoy contrives to hook it — How the noolmaster tries the rod, and how well somebody catches y Bow Young Hopeful blows his own trumpet , a nd the °l ing Ladies' Establishment comes out all two, to, two too a Game at Cricket and Dr. Birch bowled out. Third Age— " The Lover." " Then the Lover, Sighing like furnace with woful ballad 33 • Made to his Mistress's eyebrow." L A.Ch.SMITIFS FORGE AND ROAD-SIDE INN (Sunset). Robb and Nobb (the Village Blacksmiths), Messrs. Batter Clatter;yd afterwards Sprites, The Brothers Elliot; f ar u blestout (Mine Host of the " Leather Bott l e), Mr. Arfa f ; Cuminsi r (H ea d W a it er ), M r . Reaclytongue ; Yesser ttd N omer (his Assistants), Messrs. Cut and Run ; Cook, Mr. ate well ; Boots, Mr. Tizzy • Chambermaid, Miss Bobaday ; i • r • h s er j ea nt Kite (a Recruiting 'Offi cer — a fterwards Pantaloon), telliin& Johnson ; " The Justice" (one of the " Great Un afterwards Clown), Tom Matthews ; Flipper and R 2 key (his Footman) Messrs. Cringe and Crawley ; Re eite, Messrs. Gawky, Gaby, Grimm, Glumm, Gabble, and Cl odhopp er ; Fifer, Mr. Tootle ; Drummer, Mr. Rowdydow ; '''"nePper and Chawbacon (Agricultural Labourers), Messrs. ll MPkin and Joskyn. T he sparks from the anvil amoro us and hammer-us—The Ir on struck whilst it is hot—The Lover's Sonnet- The Jus tice's tongue and course of True Love—neither running sta " t h — " List, list, oh, list !" — whic h he does—The es conse thereof, and how Scrjeant Kite, being the Author of a great Military Work, gets a good Review. Fourth Age—" The Soldier." Full " Then a Soldier, of strange oaths, and bearded like the paid, J ealous in honou r , sudden and quick in quarrel, peeking the bubble reputation, even in the cannon's mouth,' OLD ABBEY RUINS (Evening). IP- --•ysting Place and the Lover's Reverie—" Oh, there's . nothing half so sweet in life as Love's young dream," " Dream on, good yo - ath, and show the world awake, y r ,. The wondrous change that only love can make." *lit of Love, Miss Wadham—Cupid (her Messenger), Master Mischief. i to l ielpe, Joy, Desire, Happiness, Truth, Delight , R a p ture, ss M ance die by Misses Richardson, E. Richardson , L. ston ey, die, tepid, Mechanical, and Marvellous Scenie Metamorphosis, revealing THE ABODE OF' LOVE. i hranned by the Electric Light of One Hundred Bright Eyes. Fright, B a ll e t d'A m our —Principal Dancer, Miss Rosina "right, assisted by Mdlles. Therese, Marian Lees, Sze. Fifth Age—" The Justice." " And then the Justice, -In fair round belly, with good capon lined , With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances ; And so he plays his part." JUSTICE. HALL IN THE OLD MANOR HOUSE, TWILIGHT. ...Fanner Whackstraw, Mr. Grum blewell ; Constable, Mr. VXdstaff; Villagers, Messrs. Gape, Grin, Sta re, Shiver, tremble, Delve, &c. A memorab le Sentence and a recent period put to it —The Country Squire and the Effects of a treat Cause—How the Justice loses his Heir, and how the Fugitives became bawled af.,er. , Sixth Age —" The Lean and Slippere d Pantaloon." The 'Ruined Cottage of Old Age—Winter —Fireli g ht. Old g es uk A g e (sans teeth, sans eyes, sans teeth, sans taste, sans everything), Centenarian. Seventh Age—sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans every- Sudden Talismanic Dissolving of the Snow to the BRIGHT REALMS OF PERPETUAL SUMMER. Double Pantomimic Transmogrification. ~rhe Twe Harlequins ... Signor Verroni and Herr Furth. The Two Columbines ... Mme. Boleno and Marie Charles. I N Two Pantaloons ... Messrs. Tanner and Deulin Johnson '_ye Two Sprites ... Th e Brothers Elliott. The Two Clowns ... K rry Boleno and Tom Matthews. A SCENE OF INTEREST—TWO TO ONE—Boleno. Buttered Peas—Cheese it Taking the Pledge—Pop't up— Pep% in, and pop't out—Equal Division—Principal and In terest—How to evade the Act —Betting. versus Cigars— , " What's the odds Bo long as you're happy l"—The Right Tip •--How to raise the Wind—The Odds to the Hod—List, oh, li st I—Wrong to-back-her, and no Returns—Setting Day, a tegnlar Settler—Gone for the Leger—ln for the Oaks—A Bankrupt's Stock, and a Case of Bale, concluding with a ftgular Smash. A SCENE OF INDUSTRY.—BoIeno. A Sweet Place —Honesty the best Policy—Honey and Whacks (Wax)—Rising Steps and Steps Rising—Catching Bees all a Beohoves you to Beehave when you attack a Bee , a ss . 113 —Swarming and Warming--Enlarged Heads upon a New rnneiple—Domestic Bees —Long Needles—Royal Summons -- Arrival of queen Bee and'Suite —Grand Charge—Tableau. GENE OF EXCITEMENT —PARIS EXHIBITION—A CAFE BESIEGED.—BoIeno. The Meeting of All Nations (Russian excepted)—Fraternisa "l—Cordiality of the Allies—" All the World's a Stage !" Arrival of the World and his Wife, and the whole of his Family, commencing with their Eldest Daughter, the . " Fa shionable World;" followed by t he " Yporting.World ," the " Dramatic World ;" the "World upsid e down ," the " Wide World ;" the " Wicked World ;" and the " World in Arms." lodgings at a Premium—Not a bed to be had—" My Lodging is on the cold (coal) Ground"—Clown and Pantaloon go Down is Bed—" A Sweet Good Night to all." A SCENE OF CONFUSION (LAID IN BEDS). "To bed, to bed"—" 'Tis when to Sleep the World re tires" —The Night Mare, which makes Clown a little hoarse—As Thick as Three in a bed—A Night Concert, which dis-concerts the Lodgers—" We won't go home till morning" —Putting them on the Shelf—Natives and a Settler—The War Whoop; the War Dance, and a Warming-pan Accompaniment—Fire Fire ! Fire The House in an Uproar—Speedy Exit of some of the Lodgers, which finishes with " Confusion worse coa founded." THE WEST END AND THE CITY Scott's Tavern, Haymarket, and Samuel Brothers, Ludgate hill—Measures and men—Hits and Skits at Everything and Everything — lnns and Outs— Shoe-black Brigade—A Polished Gentleman—Comic Duet between the Clown and a Blacking. Bottle —Howlett's Hair Dye—A Dyer's Material—A Dire Art for Falsehood framed— Coloured Imitations —The Sydenham Tromers—lleight of Fashion —Genuine Malt and Hops—AU- Sopp's Pale Ale —The East and the West—Scott's Lot, and a Race for. Public Favour. NUMBER ONE, LONDON. A Visit to Dakin's Tea Establishment, St. Paul's—" In to lopes est"—Bohemians and Teetotallers—G rea t D raw i n g Mate rials—The Migic Chest and the Enchanted Teapot—Clown gets Vain it, and Pantaloon gets into Hot Water in conse quence—Omnibus Companies on the Old System and the New System, and the System that don't assist 'em—Strong Opposi tion, and final discovery of the " Right Men in their Right Places"—Whack, bang, flip-flap, hey, presto, and Change to ` LA.ST SCENE OF ALL that end., .thia strange eventful History." Doors open at Half-past Six, and commence at Seven, RNB. 'turn 01'3 j !20,0174 11 16,4511 18 .--Traftif 20,111 I° 6 $ 18,620 , 0 f Mu rata% 10 £4,256 9 3281 . 2 £374 Tria d fl ; £5,086 14 4 4 n t £552 IV ,urn for It: e l ~£197 it 143 tb. AIM LO. .2290 I bed ° ket has pi d, , 76& 74t nada, nds 6;51' to, 'a Aare % 01 beer T I Leeds, rrers, 11 r nidon of COI" :tremell /Ist e has be° ll steed Stood Gas $h Is, 8611 A ll n le r •., B pa 6i 8 f at June; n (451. Pl,"' as Co., a -D u blin en -1.3 121 ex, r iO/, pd.) , le inopio c ° f : inst., or 2 :ation of al be canal °, expects°, Hyde-Par erick nor•eq"roj the wif• of lliford, Picea&llt! on, fourth Ham Bo i eatbonrilv ate Edivd. 'fair, the 01. Taylor ed 42. r-Admiral !hampion - rieldwick , rn, Hall ille, WO. E qu itabi, mioner 0 ' .que COO' the Kent, -.................• _______, rouPP • N - 112, Dounty of THE EMBARKATION OF HENRY THE EIGITTFI. Henry the Eighth (a stout monarch, of middle age, residing some time ago at No. 1, Westminster, whose idea was that it is impossible to have too much of a good thing, or a good king. A good wife being a good thing, he thought that the more wives ho had the better. Himself being a good king, he decided that he could not make too much of himself, and he is accordingly made as extensive as possible in the person of his faithful representative)—Mr. Harry Pearson. Pretty Poppet (Page to King - Henry Vlll.)—Master Sloman. The Queen of England—Mr. Jones. Maids of the Bedchamber to the English Queen—Mesdlles. Rosey, Pinky, Daisy, Pansy, and Lily. Cardinal Wolsey (a nautical gentleman much accustomed to " swim on bladders in seas of glory,") vide Shakespere—Mr. P. Q. Villiers. Sir ,Jasper Spritsail (commander of the GreA Harry), a weather-beaten seaman, who—paradoxical as it may appear —will not allow himself to be beaten by the weather, and whose maxim is " Needs must when the Old Harry Drives " —Mr. D. Stewart. Crew—Tom Bowline, Mr. Silver ; Jack Halyards, Mr. Up ham ; Jim Foremast, Mr. Partington ;" Bob Holystone, Mr. Ledyard ; Joe Sheetanchor, Mr. T. B. Smith ; Davy Docks, Mr. Woodfield; Ted Trunchion, Mr. Freby ; Tim Towrope, Mr. Henry; Dick LongOoat, Mr. Barry; Peter Stanchion, Mr. Sims ; Bill Figurehead, Mr. Solomon ; Hal Hammock, Mr. Harvey ; Charles Caboose, Mr. White ; Sam Sailcloth, Mr. Mazzoni ; Nat Northpole, Mr. Fredericks ; Bill Bunt line, Mr. Payne Diorama—No. 3. VOYAGE FROM ENGLAND TO FRANCE, with A STORY. _ _ at SEA. Scone IV. THE INTERIOR OF THE CHATEAU OF FRANCIS Between Guisnes and Ardennes. Francis I. (Next door neighbour of the aforesaid Henry VIII., No. 1., Westminster, but who himself " didn't quite live in Westminster" for an obvious reason--" he lived t'other side of the water.") A monarch of the same age as Henry, and nearly of the same size ; joint author (with Henry VIII.) of the original plot of the gorgeous Drama, YE BELLE ALLIANCE, now represented for the first time in a complete state on the Theatre of European Politics. A monarch with a hooked nose (who, in consequence, always looks sharp)— Mr. W. Shalders. Pages.—Mesdemoiselles Fitzjerald, Bennett, St. Clair, Webber, Gaveston, E. Gaveston, Prince, &c., Le Sire de Firmboisy,—(Lord Grand Chamberlain to the French King)—Mr. H. Caries. Queen of France.—Mr. Gough. Maids of the Bed-Chamber of the French Queen.—Mesdles. Drapblaue, Contrepoint, Rideaufin, Oreillerine. Scene V. THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD. Introducing a Grand Pas de Rosiera, by Miss Emma Home. Mesdemoiselles Hicks, E. Honey, Gosselin, Ranoe, Kendall, Martinez, Rose, Arlington, Losh, Gregory, Turtle, Ford, Stewart, Page, Rouse, Brown, St. Clair, Granville, Wood ward, and Tressider. English Courtiers.—Norfolk, Mr. Roba. Suffolk, Mr. Ab solon, Buckingham, Mr. Jay. Rutland, Mr. Andrews. Cum berland, Mr. Sphinx. Northumberland, Mr. Cox. Essex, Mr. James. Sussex, Mr. Thomas. French Courtiers.—Chateau Margeaux, Mr. Thompson. Chateaux Lafitte, Mr. Rivers. Bordeaux, Mr. Abby. St. Jul lien, Mr. Charles. St. Estafet, Mr. Reynolds. Bourgoyne, Mr. Waters. De Chablis, Mr. Tower. De Champagne, Mr. Scott. GRAND TOURNAMENT of the FIELD of the CLOTH of GOLD. :After Holbien's celebrated Picture in Hampton Court Palace.) Scene VI. GRAND CORRIDOR IN THE CHATEAU, Leading t. the Bed-ohamber of the Monarchs. Four Fine Normandy Lassies, Six Feet Two Inches in their Clogs. Scene VII. THE OUTSIDE OF BLONDETTE'S FARM. Blondette (a village Rosiere so purely innocent, that she sees no harm in having three lovers at a time, two of them being kings)—Miss Emma Home. Coquelicot—a rustic youth, whose name being translated vide " Spier's Dictionary") signifies " Poppy." He is, never theless, the reverse of Soporific, being particularly wide awake. (He is one of the three lovers alluded to, who does not happen to be a king, and takes his measures accordingly) —Mr. C. Brown. Scene VIII. The Abode of the Fairy Queen in THE GOLDEN GROVES OF GOOD HUMOUR. (By Mr. Wm. Beverley.) Miss E. Thorne. The Fairy Queen.. General Transformation Mr. C. BROWN. W. A. BARNES. (The Transatlantic Pantomimist.) Columbine •• Clown ....................................The GREAT FL EXMORE. ADULTERATION BUILDINGS, TURMERIC-ROW, REDLEAD-SQUARE. Harlequin Pantaloon A Glass of Ale and a Stomach-ache for 4d. -Genuine double you-up-Stout —Up to Snuff and down to Pepper—How the Bread Rises Sweet upon Sugar. All pickles to believe in Pickles—Chalk -farm Dairy Cows v. Pumps—Gunpowder Tea, " warranted to go off"—Pale Ale peculiarities. Imps.- Quassia, Mr. Wyatt ; Strychnine, Mr. Scott ; Blue —The Lancinations Lancinations of the " L Ruin, Mr. Carter O x yplumbi, Mr. St rangeways. TahneceteerLorwfi: cThreGss`e` R es e; THE WIZARD'S LABORATORY IN THE CHATEAU DE mEeHISTOPETILES, HELIGOLAND. Magic Somersaults—The Bewitched Ottoman - The Dragon 6.1 a diable—The Inextinguishable, Inexhaustable, Unstopper able, Go-a-head Bottle—" 1001. Reward, who'll Shoot a Clown ?"—The Blunderbuss of Botheration—Bursting of the Wizard's Bust—Small Wizards made to order, Pattern Pre sented—Quickest way to Nowhere—How te make Harlequins —The way to Crush the Crushers. THE NEW CASTLE OF BALMORAL. Rusticity in the Highlands—Pipers and Pastoralities- Higiiland Reel; introducing a grand Flexmorean Medley -The Portfolio of Inexhaustibility and iniversality—The Incaptur. The Act of Parliament of the last Session affords an oppor tunity of applying the principle of Limited Liability to a purpose most proper for joint action—the entertainment and amusement of the people of this great Metropolis, and of the strangers and visitors constantly resorting thereto. London is singularly deficient in places of amusement, to which the public can resort at all times, and in all weathers, with a certainty of finding entertainment worthy of the search. This deficiency, it is sought, by this Company, to supply. The Royal Surrey Zoological Gardens afford the only ground, within a reasonable and easily accessible distance Of the heart of London, that can be obtained for the purposes of such a Company. They are situate within one mile and a quarter fro ea any of the Bridges—they are easy of access, both from the East and West End of London—their extent, of more than ten acres, is sufficient : a lake of considerable size, and well-grown ornamental trees, acid variety, and afford opportunity for ornamental gardening ; and, even in their present condition, they are unrivalled for their open air entertainments. But the public require accommodation beyond that which any single proprietor would venture to give. The application of capital, with a liberal but judicious outlay, is imperatively called for—and now, by the Limited Liability Act, no danger can accrue to the parties supply ing it. It is proposed to erect buildings of ch racter and magni tude to command the attention of the public—comprising a Music Hall for the performance of Vocal and Instrumental Music, capable of accemmodatin; 10,000 people, and avail able for Public Meetings, Fancy Fairs, Floricultural and floricultural Exhibitions, Winter and Summer Fetes of every kind. To this Music Hall will be added Saloons for Refreshment, and all needful appurtenances ; Galleries to view the Exhi bition of Fireworks ; Conservatories for choice Plants, Aviaries for the display of beautiful and r +re birds, and Aquaria for the exhibition of marine plants and fishes, ar ranged so as to be at all times accessible, in buildings shel tered from the weather ; whilst Exhibi ions of various kinds will be introduced in the Gardens, affording amusement and variety. The eminent' services of Mons. JULLIEN have_ been sc oured, on advantageous terms, for a period of five years. His acknowledged skill and popularity as a Conductor assure the success of this department. The . Orchestra will be on a grand scale, and will include all the most eminent performers of the day. Vocal talent, of the very highest order, will be engaged. The Artistic departments of Painting and Fireworks will be confided to the most celebrated men, and the Refresh ments will be of a quality hitherto unequalled, at moderate prices. Calculations, made with every attention, have led the pro moters to believe that the sum of 40,000/. will be ample to complete all that is requisite. The Plans awl Estimates have been carefully prepared, and the intentions of the Promoters will be carried out by eminent Contractors. No commercial enterprise of the present day affords such certainty of success, with so large a prospect of profit. The estimated revenue to be derived has been calculated upon practical experience of what the Gardens have produced, and upon the increased receipts which increased amount of at traction must bring. Application for Shares may be made to the Secretary, at the Offices of the Company, 25, Golden-square ; to the Com mittee of Management, at their residences ; or at the Royal Surrey Gardens ; and a largo portion of the capital being already subscribed for, early application is desirable. Immediately upon the allotment of Shares, and payment of Deposit, a General Meeting of the Shareholders will be called, to appoint the Directors, Solicitor, and Officers of the Com pany ; thus avoiding favouritism, and insuring a Direction possessing the confidence of the Shareholders. STAR PACKETS from the TERRAC E PIER, GRAVESEND, 9, 2. tilt I 14SN'ICK WitARP', RLACKWALL, on the arrival of the faowing. Trains from Fenchurch-street, 10M , 3 1 ,4, weather permit rin i. The Packets will call at the Roshervills, Greenhithe, Purileet and North Woolwich Piers. To or from oreveA.no. ana London.. •• • • ...• 10d. .. ls. 2d. , t .lrevesend and Blackwell or Woolwich ed. .. Os. 10d. „ Frith and L0nd0n.......... •• •.. ed. .. Os. 10d Frith and Blackwell or Woolwich.. Gd. Oa. Bd. et .^en Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. 05. Bd. October 23,1855. IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. TRIESEM.A.R.—On the 29th of May, 1855, an Injunction was granted by the High Court of Chancery, and on the 11th ofJune following was made perpetual, against Joseph Franklin :trot others, to restrain thorn, undo' a penalty of one thou sand pounds, from imitatinz this Medicine, which is protected by itoyal Letters Patent of England, and oLciiired by the Seals of the Ecole de Ph trmacie do Paris, and the Imperial Colle3e of Medicine, Vieunr„. TRIESEMAR, No. 1, is a rerneey for Relaxation, Snermatorrhrea, and all the distressing consequences arising from early abuse, &c., and its effects are effi cacious in youth, manhood, and old age ; and t • those persons who are prevented entering the married :state from t to results of early errors it is invaluable. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, eftectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely eradicates all traces of those Disorders which Capaivi and Cubehs hare so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health 5f a vast portion of the population. TRIESEMAR, No. X, is the groat Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which unfortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in evitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove. TRIESEMAR, Nos. 1, 2. and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell, and of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table without their use being suspected. TRIESEMAR, Nos. I, 2, and 3, are sold in tin cases, price Ils., or four cases in one for 335., whichsaves I Is. ; and in 51. cases, whereby there is a saving of Si. 125.; divided lute s iierate doses, as adminis tered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, c;e., Ste. To be had Wholesale and Retail in Londcn of Johnston, 68, Cornhill; Hammy and Co., 63, Oxford-str• et; and hanger, 150, Ox ford-stroet ; R. H. Ingham, druggist, 46, Market-street, Manchester ; IL Bradbury, bookseller, Deansgate, Bolton; J. Priestly, chemist, 52, Lord-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street, Dubliu ; Winnall, bookseller, High-street, fir niogham. T iIE SECRET:INFIRIGTIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. 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(From the Times of this day. ) Over the sounds of warlike preparation but yesterday resounding from one end of this laborious island to the other has fallen a sudden lull, and the hammer of the annonrer is uplifted and the hand of the ship carpenter is stayed, while they listen with wonder and surprise to the unexpected tidings of peace- We have become indurated to a state of war, and it seems now almost as impossible for England to fall back into the old pacifi.7. routine of the last forty years as it appeared two years ago for her to shake off the peacefoi habits and associations which those forty years had created. Nor would it, wo suspect, be perfectly true to say that the country hails tho prospect so suddenly offered of a return to peace with unmixed and unalloyed satisfaction. No one is so inhuman as to argue for war in the abstract, but there are a great many, we suspect, who think that its continuance for another year would have more of good than of evil. Our preparations are so vast, our army and navy are assuming so much more promising an aspect than before, and the power of Russia is so visibly reduced and shaken, that we might reasonably hope at the end of another campaign not only to dictate terms much more favourable, but to have for them thebest of all possible guarantees—the utter exhaus tion and prostration of our adversary. In such cases, how ever, it is wise to propitiate that Nemesis which is so apt to wait on those whose overweening expectations of future good fortune render them blind to the opportunities of the present, and to close our hand upon that certain success which is within its grasp, rather than open it to snatch at some fortune more alluring, but also more doubtful and dangerous. To be delivered from the continually recur ring catalogues of slaughter, from the rapid increase of our n ational debt, from the prospect of a ten per cent. income tax, and a constant derangement cf our monetary system ; to curb effectually the insolence and aggression of a Power which two years ago would only condescend to answer our earnest remonstrances by a haughty and expressive silence, treating them, to use the metaphor of the Empress Cathe rine" as the moon does the wolves that bay at her," — these aro advantages so solid and substantial that we would not change them for the most brilliant future that ever allured and deluded the visionary or the enthusiast. Let us only he sure that we have got what we ask for, and wo shall bear with much philosophy the loss of all the fine things that another year of war might bring us. We would, however, caution the public against the per suasion that the telegraphic messages of our correspondents at Vienna and Berlin, and that poste 1 by the French Go vernment on the Paris Bourse, nece ssarily imply what their words certainly, taken in their literal sense, would fairly comprehend—that all the propositions upon which the Allies insist have been unconditionally accepted by Russia. The terms of the fifth proposition are general, and do not necessarily include the undertaking not to for tify the Aland Isles, any more than any other the Allies might think fit to make. We do not believe that this re quisition has yet been specifically submitted to Russia, amt, whatever may be the probabilities of the case, we are certainly not justified in saying that she has uncondition ally accepted it. Two other terms on which we must pe remptorily insist—the disarming of the eastern coast of the Black Sea, and the allowing Consuls of the Western Powers to reside in the Russian ports on its waters—have been only slightly and ambiguously mentioned. Why this is so we do not know. That is the concern of Austria. We are not principals in the negotiation, but have employed the mediation of a third Power, whose duty it is to see that Russia be brought to an unconditional acceptance of our terms, with all their stipulations, before we enter into ne gotiation. We do not believe for a moment that these things are likely to off r permanent obstacles to the con clusion of peace, but our readers must remember that the announcement is that of an Austrian, not of an English diplomatist, and that he speaks from a point of view not always identical with our own. again, what does Russia mean by an unconditional ac ceptance ? Wo have held au acceptance of hers before, and have some experience how coolly she can dishononr it. Other despatches from Vienna speak of the terms being accepted as the bases of negotiation. Logically, there is no distinction between the two, for the foundation on which a negotiation rests must be accepted unconditionally, or they are no foundations at all. We must begin somewhere, and that with which we begin must be unconditional ; but wo have some experience how Russia understands these things when we remember that last year she undertook to do away with her preponderance in the Black Sea, and. could he brought to assent to no means of carrying out this condition which did not tend directly to defeat it. We do not believe, as we have said, that any of these difficulties will really be allowed to interfere with that peace which the Court of St. Petersburg seems to have determined to be necessary to its interest, but merely wish to cool the ardour of those oversanguine spirits who may infer that everything is already done, and that nothing remains for England and France but to ring their bell, light their bonfires, and pay the bill. Nothing should induce us to relax for a single moment in our preparations until all the stipulations we have men tioned have been clearly and unequivocally put by Aus tria, and as clearly and unequivocally conceded. W e must remember that by the pressure we have put upon Russia, and not by the mediation of Austria, has the present happy alteration in our circumstances been brought about, and that, if we would preserve the advantages of our posi tion, it can only be done by a constant adhesion to the very means by which that change has been produced. Let Russia once see reason to believe that we have allowed the hopes of ease and tranquillity to unnerve our vigilance and disarm our courage, and the whole work must be done over again, for she will assuredly find means to wriggle out of the concessions she has made, and to resume her old atti tude of haughtiness and defiance. The way to obtain peace is to make our adversary feel thoroughly—what is, indeed, no more than the truth—how much more necessary that peace is to her than it is to us. We have tried reason and remonstrance with no effect, have tried vigour and action with the most encouraging results. By energetic action we have compelled the enemy to negot i a te ; by a continu ance of that energy and that action we shall bring those negotiations to a happy result. It is the common error of historians to attribute in these matters too much to the talents of plenipotentiaries, and too little to the relative force of the contracting States. No negotiator was more successful than Charles XII., before the battle of Pultaws, or Napoleon before the expedition to Moscow, for their arguments were backed by their bayonets, and faults in their logic passed unnoticed amid the thunder of their cannon. After these signal reverses they negotiated with equal talent but entirely different success, to the power that gave force to their propositions was gone. if ever in the course of the war, it is necessary to push on Now, then, those preparations which are required for the efficiency of Never be our 803 and land forces in the next campeign fore was that necessity so urgent, never would the effects of any relaxation or remissness e so inime&a ind tely felts We have the goal in sight, and b t h a t ought touce us rather to double than remit our exertions. By observing this line of conduct we shall either have gained the noblest victory—a solid and lasting peace, or be in a position to inspire those who shall have withheld it from us with a still more durable repentance. THIRTY-SEVENTH REPORT of the LONDON JOINT-STOCK BANK. At a GENERAL MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS, held at the Banking-house of the Company, in Prince's-street, Mansion house, on Thursday, the 17th of January, 1856, GEORGE lIOLGATE FOSTER, Esq., Chairman, WILLIAM JAMES LANCASTER, Esq., Deputy-Chairman, Dinncroas. • William Bird, Esq. Archibald nestle, Esq., M.P. William Blount, Esq. William J. Lancaster, Esq. All. Sir George Carron. Sir John M'Taggart, Bart., M.P. William Miller Christy, Esq G eorge meek, Esq. Ald. Sir Jaynes Duke, Bart., M.P. Ambrose Moore, Esq. Phiap William Flower, Esq. John Timothy Oxley, Esq. George Elolgate Foster. Esq. John Joseph Silva, Esq. Francis Bennett Goldney, Esq.. George Tayier, Esq. Will. Ormsby Go re, Esq., M.P. Thomas Maori, Esq. Hoary Grace, Esq. Tin MANAGER—George Pollard, Esq. SOLICITGRE — Messrs. Clarke and Morice. The following Report was presented : " The Directors have again the pleasure of presenting to the share holders the accounts of the Bank. which show that the net profits realised during the past six months, and the balance of 35,1241.9 x. 2d., brought forward on the 30th June last, amount to 80,3551. Os. 6d. "By this result the Directors are enabled to declare a dividend at the rate of 121. 10s. percent .per annum, and a bonus of 14s. 3d. per share, and to carry the sum of 1051. vs. 6d. to the credit of the Guarantee Fund, which now amounts to 160,8531. 13s. Id. " The seats in the Direction which become vacant on this occasion are those of William James Lancaster, Esq., Wm. Blount, Esq., Sir John 314Taggart, Bart , M.P., John Joseph Silva, Esq., and Alder- Iman Sir George Carroll, all of whom offer themselves for re-election. " The dividend and bonus, free from inoome tax, will be payable on and a ft e r Friday, the 25th instant," The preca ding report having been read to the meeting by the Secre- tary, per mown, and a further division of n th tu e m net profit of the year ending as above. A dividend for the half-year ending the 31st December laat, after Resolved unantmously — That the report now read be received. and that it be printed for the use of the shareholders. ed The following Directors having retired by rotation, were unani mously reelected, viz. : Vrilliant J. Lancaffter, Esq. William Blount, Esq. Sir John M`Taggart, Bart., M.P. John Joseph Silva, Esq., and Alderman Sir George Carrell. Resolved unanimously-1 hat the thanks of the meeting be given to the Directors for their assiduity anti success in conducting the affairs of the Bank. Resolved unanimensly—That the heartfelt thanks of the meeting be also given to George Pollard, Esq., for his able management. (signe d) GEORGE ROLGATE FOSTER, Chairman. Extracted from the Alinutei. A. GIBBON, Secretary. LIABILITIES and ASSETS, MONDAY, 31sT DECEMBER, 185 e. THE LONDON JOINT-STOCK BANK. Da. To capital paid up, viz.,60,000 shares at 101. each.. .1600,000 0 0 To amount due Thethe Bank ... .. 6,241,58. 9 . 4 15 To amount of " Guarantee Fund," 30th Ju ne, 1855 ...... £158,373 0 8 To six months' interest on ditto, at 31. per cent. per annum 2,375 11 11 To undivided profit for the last heif_y ea r...... To amount carried to profit and loss account.. 160,748 12 7 35,124 9 2 92,106 9 4 £7,129,674 6 10 Ca. By Exchequer-bibs and India-bonds By cash, loans, bills discounted, and other securities 6,280,073 15 2 By building, furniture. &c.. in Prince s-street By ditto, ditto, in Pall•mali 8,375 0 0 38,05 0 0 £7,129,574 6 10 PEOFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT OF THE LONDON JOINT-STOCK DANK, FOE THE HALF - TEAE ENDING DEC. 31, 1855. ewes, proportion of building Da. To current ext ) ex penses, directors' remuneration, bad debts, in come tax, SO .£23,679 7. 8 To amount carried to profit and loss, new account, being rebate of interest on bins discoUnted not yet due ............................. ; To amount transferred to the credit of "the Guaran capital upen tee Fund," in addition to the above amount of 160,748/. 12 8 .7 d To dividend account for the payment of half-a-year's duipvoindend,at 600,0001.,th ratuateouofral2j paid -up per annum 60,000 shares To ditto for the payment of a bonus of 14s. 3d. per share .. ...... . • • • •• • • 23,196 10 4 105 0 6 37,500 0 0 £127,230 (From, the Morning Post of this day.) We have now reached a most important stage in the highway to peace ; and, if we persevere in the same steady and resolute eouree that we are hitherto followed with I t would appear that the Cabinet of St. Petersburg has re-considered its reported rejection of the Austrian pro posals, and has gone the length oven of surrendering the terms contended for in its recent counter propositions. The despatch in the ?bites, although dated from Vienna, concludes with " This is authentic." We are, however, too well acquainted with authentic canards proceeding from the same source, and too much accustomed to the confident tone of our contemporary when he has least ground for confidence, to place implicit reliance, in the absence of corroboration, upon the statement before us. At the same time, we are by no means prepared to assert that the report of Russia's concession is devoid of founda tion, but it wo incline to the belief that she has at length closed with the proposals of the allies, it is from a conside ration of the nature of those proposals themselves, and not from any belief in the source from whence the information of that event has been derived. Russia well knows that the terms recently offered are the very best she could possibly have hoped for, and the states men who surround the Czar are sufficiently acute to see that they present no real bar to the future pursuit and de velopment of that policy which Russia has so long and so steamily worked out with the resolution of destiny. The chances of another campaign might—nay they certainly would—leave her far less confident than she finds herself at the close of the recent campaign, and far less able to resist the pressure which would infallibly be brought to bear against her. The adhesion of the secondary states of Europe to the cause of the allies would be, if the war lasted, but a question of time. We do not believe—we never did believe—that Austria would in any case take up arms to redeem her plighted honour, much less that she would do so simply in the interest of Europe and civilisation ; but it was manifest that considerable time must elapse before the German powers could be driven out of the neutral and un dignified attitude they have assumed, if, indeed, they contemplated in any event its relinquishment. Russia sees, and must for some time have seen, that the league against her would increase formidably—that the free states of Europe had discovered more than a tendency to gravi tate towards the Western powers. Without question the war has begun to tell most seriously on her internal eco nomy, and although her resources are vast they are by no means inexhaustible. Tier nobles are discontented—her soil is untilled—her population swept to supply new and extensive levies—her trade has suffered, not to the ex tent it might have suffered, for one of her enemies, at least, did not care to cripple her in that respect ; and her obsequious vassal at Berlin has taken care that he would turn his neutrality to a friendly as well as a profitable ac count. On a calmer view, therefore, of her case—her con dition and her prospects —Russia must have seen that she could only continuo the war at the cost of eventual pros tration, and that to support her prestige for a short period she was paying the penalty of national ruin. opinion of Europe. It will be difficult yet to ascertain the probable effect of this new phase of the question on our own domestic poli tics. The suspicious ambiguity of Mr. Disraeli's attitude shuts us out from the ordinary means of calculation. If we were to argue from the general tone of his supposed organ, we should anticipate that the session of Parliament would open calmly, and that no efforts would be made to embarrass the Government while the negotiations were still pending. Under any circumstances, it seems highly improbable, if not impossible, that peace could actually be concluded before the commencement of the session, or oven that the terms could be generally understood. If we were speculating on the expected conduct of any other party in the State, or any other statesman, it would be easy to pre dict the future ; but, with such a party and such a chief, what would it be safe to assume? Undoubtedly the pa triotic course, under such circumstances, would be to afford to the Minister of the day every possible aid, in order that he might be enabled to extricate the country with honour from the war. But aro the Tories in a position to afford such patriot ism ? Does not this intelligence put them almost hors-de combat ? Have they not—at least their chiefs—staked their till upon a favourite polioy, and do they not now find the chances are against them ? The intelligence that peace had. virtually been agreed upon has long ere this diffused joy throughout the country. Is that satisfaction shared ill by Mr. Disraeli, and the ambitious few around him who have of late been scheming to eject Lord Palmerston from . office ? We speak not of the great bulk of the country gen , Kamen who constitute so largo a portion of the Tory party. They, we feel assured, are true to their duty. Even the honourable gentleman who is last enrolled among them— . the son of the late Colonel Sibthorp—speaks the language of chivalrous England, not that of mere political tricksters . and gamblers. But there is every reason to believe, that . whatever pleasure may have been communicated to the English heart by the news of yesterday, it has not pene trated to the region of Grosvenor-gate. (Front the Daily News of this day.) How near is Peace ? The exact tenor of the answer re. turned by the Cabinet of St. Petersburg to the overture from Vienna must be known before this question can be answered. According to the telegraphic despatches from Vienna and Dresden, " Russia has accepted uncondi tionally the Austrian proposals ;" according to the Parisian version, Russia has merely conceded that " the proposi tions forwarded by Austria ought to serve as the prelimi• navies of peace." We have reason to believe that the des• patch from Paris, though not very clearly worded, ap proaches more nearly than those from Vienna and Dres den, to the terms of the message received by the English JOINT STOCK COMPANIES.—It is rumoured that the Government. Russia, we are given to understand, has only accepted the Austrian proposals as the basis of nego- new act now in preparation by Government for the in tiations. In like manner Russia accepted, last year, " the corporation and regulation of 'joint-stock companies four points" as the basis of negotiations. We do not mean contains a clause which will increase by defining the re to imply that the cases are exactly Parallel. If we are to sponsibilities of directors. It is said that every director have Conferences in 1856 as we had in 1855, it is to be shall be held to be acquainted with all acts of the board hoped that the Allies will insist upon their being held in is and rauyt a t h l s ao o tf that tthhee rt, at e ai v lt e we r l y anye d uh i t r as e s c w t m o h r ai cd s he h a at l li l le3 b ry e o fiv r tu e , s t o p fr o o n rt s th i h b a. 1 e aflofrbtaht bank ky e Paris or London instead of • Vienn a ; or in Brussels if it is h deemed necessary that they be held i n a neutral state. But oven if the Allies are weak enoug h to allow them to be has assets to meet its engagements, they are to be held held once more in Vienna , E n g land will be much more r esponsible to all parties interested for the truth of what they thus publish—Shipping Gazette. efficiently represented there than she was last year. THE ATTEMPTED CLOTH ROBBERY AT CIIIIRWELL.— It must also.be admitted that the " proposals" of the Court of Vienna aro more precise than " the four points." The proposals do not admi t of the same amount of cavil On Wednesday an inquest was held at the Leeds Court and mystification on the part of Russia as did the four H ouse, before r. Blackburn, borough coroner, on the points. It must be bor ne in mind, however, that there is body of David M Steel, who had died from a gun-shot a Postscript to the Austrian proposals, which may enable wound received during a struggle which ises took of place ss on Russia to open up a serie s of interminable discussions. Sunday morning last, on the prem Mers. " The belligerent Powers reserve their right to produce, in Crowther and Co., woollen cloth manufacturers, of the interest of Europe, some special conditions beside the Cherwell, between a gang of thieves and a number of four guarantees." Since the Austrian proposals were framed the relative position of tho belligerents have under- watchers. The principal facts have already appeared. in gone some change, through the publication of the defensive our columns, and the evidence tendered on this occasion alliance between Sweden and the Western Powers, the showed that after the thieves came out of the mill two announcement of the fall of Kars, and the failure of Omer of tho watchers, named Holroyd and Hirst, rushed for- Pacha's expedition in Mingrelia. If Russia has only ward, the latter calling out to the thieves, "If you agreed to negotiate on the basis of the Austrian proposals, don't stand, I'll fire !" Immediately afterwards Hol with a view to induce the Allies to relax in their prepare. royd was knocked down, and then a shot was fired by tions for a vigorous prosecution of the war—a supposition quite in harmonywith the antecedents of Russian diplo- the thieves, apparently from a pistol. Hirst heard the whiz of the shot as it passed closed to him on the right macy—she will find in the Postscript ample pretexts for side, and he immediately fired in the direction of the evading any obligations she may have contracted with thieves. The deceased fell wounded. He was removed Austria. to the Leeds Infi rmar y , where he died on Tue sda y morn- Nor must it be forgotten that the Aust rian p ro p osals are . T hejury returned a verdict of justifiable homicide. more in favour of Austria than.of Tu rke y . All that the lng• d son, one of the watchmen, who was seriously latter Power gains by them is the g uarantee, such as it is, Richer . n . -e newly and lay! that Russia shall not maintain a formidable fleet in the injured, is recovering. Black Sea, or re-establish the military arsenal of Sobasto- LADVNItTISESMENT.I—S IG HT AND REARING.—DSAMSS AN la poi. In what regards the Immediate causes of the war — DeFECIIVII VISION EL.— Messrs. S. and B. Solomon% Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe—oppo foreign interfenee with the Christian subjects of the Porte, opticians, 39, aud :foreign Protectorate over the Danubian Principalities, s o it r e gan t i l c ie v Y ib o i i .a ir tor l , i a o n te e l. xtra D or e d a i f u n a e r s y s Turkey is left pretty nearlywhere she was. England, —Now and Austria—and perhaps Russia—are to interfere /el in - invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all a Protectorate over probably ever can be, produced. Being of the same colour tively between the Sultan and the Christian subjects in- others, to surpass anything of the kind that has been o / stead of Russia alone. By Russia insertsl the thin end of the as the skin, is not perceptible ; it enables deaf persons to the Principalities, wedge to separate them from the Turkish empire ; the ar • hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies ; the un raugement proposed by Austria: will on y drive the wedge ant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely re• a little further in. These conditions may find favour in moved; and it affords all the assistance that possibly could the eyes of many, but nobody can say that that they tend be desired.—Newly-constructed Spectacle Lenses of the great to ensure the " independence and integrity" of the Otto- est transparent power. The valuable advantage derived the end of the pre- from this inventio n is, that vision becoming impaired is re a a i t ' eNsru'apriwrei'll,llifkothtehy areatof agre ed most to, oth e wars , f orge t its be- preserved and strengthen e d , and very aged poros are giuning. But, leaving the Ott oman G overnmen t out of enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occn the question, is the acceptance o f th ese proposa l s likely to patione cans ee with these lenses of a much loss niaguifYe benefit the Ravalis or the i n h a bit an t s of the Danubian ing power—and they do not require the frequent changes Principalities? We h ave our d ou b ts. A j o i n t protect°. to the dangerous effects of further powerful aluassistance.an ra te of the Rayahe appears to sits to m ean nothing more than By leer M a j est y 's Ro y al Letters Patent for vable extraordinary the permanent establishment of representatives of the extraordinary improvements in the most powerful and Great Powers at pe rm , constantly interfering with and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Racecourse, Opena, and Per. paralysing the ac ti on o f th e Ottoman Government, and spective Glasses, to know the distances of objects viewed thereby perpetu a ti ng ana rchy throughout its dominions. through them—of great importance to the army, navy, Jupiter's moons, Saturn's rile, Until we know what kind of constitution the Priacipali- and others. These telescopes P 0585" such with the same telescope can be ties aro to receive, and until we see the Austrian army of powers that some three and a-half inches, with an extra eye. occupation withdrawn from these provinces, it will be piece, will show distinctly premature to congratulate the Moldo-Virallachians on the and the double stars, stipulations made ostensibly in their behalf. seen a person's countenance three miles and a h a lf distant All that can with certainty be said at present is that if and an object from 10 to 20 miles. They are of larger and all Russia is prepared in good faith to acce p t unconditionally Sizes, with increasins powers accordingly ; while their vary the Austrian proposals, this is a proof that she already ing from 4 to 6 inches enable us to discover more than tale feels so severely the pressu re of the war as to be hopeless above a nd the GeOrgian,Witil his 6 satellites, &c.—The Royal of the future. The accepta nce of such terms cannot but Exhibition, Ism—Valuable, newly-invented , very small, be most mortifying to the pride of the Russian Govern - powerful wa i s tcoat-pocketglass,the size of a walnut, by which ment. At the outset of the war it asserted a right to arbi- a person can be seen and known 1 i miles distant ; they answer trate between the Sultan and his Christian subjects, a nd every purpos e on the race-course, and at the opera louses, seized upon the Principal i t ies as a " material guarantee" country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at Bto 10 miles. for submission to its arrogant claims. At the end of the They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to war, if the Proposals are accepted, it will submit to have sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, the protectorate. of the Rayahs wrested from it by other race-coursc, camp, and perspective glasses, with wonderftl Alberaarle-etreet, Piccadilly. Observe —opposite Powers, and will cede permanently a part of its territory. P " ' Thill will be all it 100 & m i l by the lose of ite Black lea tko York hotel. , _r:rs • ;‘,.. • 42,750 0 0 Ca. By balance brought down • • •••••• • • • .. £92,106 9 4 By undvided profit brought forwaid from last half- Y 0 04 .• - 35,124 9 2 8137,230 VI 6 MR. RUSKIN ' S NEW VOLUME. • Just Fublished, in imperial tivei7, with IR plates, price 385., cloth, pHE THIRD VOLUME of MODERN PAINTERS. By Jant; RUSKIN, M.A., • 'A),Q , or of" Stones of Venice," "Seven Lamps of Arehltecture," &c., &c. *.a Vol. IV. will appear in February, and Vol. V., concluding the work, in the course of this year. London : Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Corthill.