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

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IRE Commissioners for Executing the Office Of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom oe Great Britain id Ireland. do Hereby Give Notice , that on THUMDAY , th, 14th February next, at 12 o'clock at noon, the Captain Superintendent ' ri ll pat up to sale in the Royal Clarence Victualling Yard at Goiport leVaral Lots of OLD STORE.'S ; -- - -•- [PRICE 4D. STUMPED 5D- LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING; FEBRUARY 2, 1856. No. 19,7611 -- - . I nsisting of serviceable Tongues, old rrOVIMOrS, Biscuit Bars me, Candles, Paymasters' Necessaries, Cooperage Articles, Casks, Sre , &c., all lying In the salt Yard. Persons wishing to view the Lots most apply to the Su p erintendent for notes of admission for that purpose. Catalogues and Conditions of Sale may be had here and at the ram. CHICKENS.—A.CoupIe of the best Devonshire Chickens and a gcod flavcnred Tongue, together Bs. tid.. sad >t tthe same price till May. Clotted Cream daily, per mail. Dart- Toor Forest and Welsh Mutton.— A liit of articles. with prices, en rication te WILLIAM TUCKE R, Devonshire Clouse, 237, Strand Btablished 34 year.% THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. SMITH. Acting Manager, Mr. CHARLES MATHEWS, Stage Manager, Mr. ROBERT ROXBY. 114 BOX office open daily, from Ten till Six o'clock, under the superintendence of, Mr. Edward Chatterton. The REDUCED PRICES at this Theatre as follow ;—Pri ate boxes, to hold two persons, 10s. 6d. (Zs. for each person ex tra); on the grand tier, one guinea ; prosc enium and stage I Iles, 21. 2s. ; galleries, Pal. and Is. ; pit, 2 s. ; u pp er boxes, e. ed. ; first circle, 2s. 6d.; dress circle, 35. CORNING PERFORMANCE EVERY WEDNESDAY, at Two o'cloek. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE GREAT GUN TRICK. Aft or which will be produced an entirely Novel and Original Ltidnetive, Instructive, Anti-Hypochondriacal, Periodical, Episodical, Magical, Tragical, Logical, Chrono'ogical, Gra phical, Chorographical, Philosophical, Cryptographieal, Parabolical, Symbolical, Rhythmical, Mimics!. Academical, Mechanical, Technical, Pyrotechnical, Historical, Harmo hieal, Heroical; Typical, Allegorical, Metaphorical, Chime- Satirical, Historical, Metrical, Symmetrical, Lyrical, nusical, Practical, Poetical, Whimsical, Fantastic, and Side Shakespearean new GRAND COMIC CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME, Which for many for many weeks past has engaged the ex tensive and unrivalled resources of this establishment, and Which will now appear under the additional, traditional, and peculiarly suggestive title of Y DIDDLE DIDDLE ; or, Harlequin King Nonsense and the Seven Ages of Man. The Scenery entirely New, paintOd byitntunder the super, llteticlenee of Mr. William Beverley, Assisted by „Messrs: James, Wilson, GomPartz, and numerous assistants. The Machinery by Mr. Tucker and assistants. The' Pro- Ptrties, Decorations, &e., by Messrs. Needham, Glindon, and et hers. The Tricks by Messrs. Roo and assistants. The c o rograpilie Arrangements under the direction of M adame wise. The Masks and Personal Appointments designed and Zecutorl by the celebrated Dykwynkyr, Artist in Pante 41ic Physiolognomy, and Photographic Delineator of Sprites, and Goblins to the Court of Fairy Land. The , 7 erture and Music composed and arranged by Mr. J. H. UY. The Comic Scenes by Harry Boleno, Gliudon, curl L. Blanchard. The Grotesque Burlesque Opening in 'eatsd and written by E. L. Blanchard, Author of " Harle nudibras," " King Humming-top," " Jaok. and Jill," ; and the whole arranged and produced under the super , '4,eudeuee of Mr. Robert Roaby. First of the Seven Ages--" The Infant." HALL OF NURSERY RHYMES, In the dominions of King Nonsense. Heroes of Nursery Literature. Jack Sprat, Mr. Eatnofat ; Simple Simon, Mr. Tom Noddy ; i„,ittle Jack Horner, Master Plummy ; Little Bo Peep, Miss I , l2ll tywinks; Little Tommy Tucker, Master Singsong ; Dutnpty, Mr. Eggshell ; Little Boy Blue, Master n l ,°'whorn ; Old Mother Hubbard, Mrs. Leaveabone ; The ci7t and the Fiddle (from an original Kit-cat Portrait) , by a tinguished Player; King Nonsense (the Ruler of a gr eat t 8 4 ' 1 37 Lines), Mr. Gliudou ; Spirit of Common Souse (on an hsional visit), Miss Fanny Reeves; Baby in Cradle, Little ikldlekins ; Routine and Roltape (banished to Noodledom), '„, 411 's. Musty and Rusty ; Old Friends and New Feces They have their Exits and their Entrances." Second Age—" The School Boy." " Then the whining school-boy with his satchel And shilling morning face, creeping like snail unwillingly to school." VILLAGE OF PRETTYWELL, Iti th distant view of the Village Church and surroundin; country. —Early Morning. ti Youn g Hopeful (afterwards Harlequin), Signor Verroni ; le Abtdyhoy (his sehbolfellow afterwards Clown) Harry Ba -1/4110 ; Dr. Birch (the Village Schoolmaster—afterwards Pan - , ° o h), Mr. G. Tanner; His Pupils, Masters Fagg, Bragg, 4 !6g, Nagg, Legg, Magg, Stagg, and Tagg, ; Rosa (Ward to The Justice," and afterwards Columbine), Madame Boleno ; f NI Starch, Governess at " Mrs. Howdydo's Establishme nt 11; Young Ladies," in the Village PrettYwoll-cum-Thankye) L !' , Buckram ; Aer Pupils—Misses Prattle, R tale, Giggle, gggle, Goggle, Joggle, Fangle, Dangle, Sidle, Ogle, Romp, Slypuss, and Simperwcll ; Hobson (the Village Carrier), t ,,; Packer ; Bun-woman, Mrs. Goody. I . : . 'urns summed up somehow—School Forms and Ceremonies, t,T411 eons not Lessened, and Cartoons for Yo un g En g land—The 1 1 „ . , Cake and the Seedy Schoolmaster - Workin g the Oracle Playing the Truant—How Young Hopeful wants to catch Fish, and how Robbedyhoy contrives to hook it—How the hoelmaster tries the rod, and how well somebody catches Y°Row Young Hopeful blowa his own trumpet , and the hug Ladies Establishment comes out all two, to, two too Game at Cricket and Dr. Bitch bowled out. , Third Age-:. " The Lover." " Then the Lover, Sighing like furnace with woful ballad tr . , A Made to his Mistress's eyebrow." ~..aaCKSMITEFS' FORGE AND ROAD - SIDE INN ( Sunset ). ilobb and .Nobb (the Village Blacksmiths), Messrs. Batter a nd Clatter ; afterwards Sprites, The Brothers Elliot ; ablestout (Mine Host of the " Leather Bottle), Mr. Aria -1.'41 tu ; Cninsir (Head Waiter), Mr. Readytongue ; Yessor " Noser (his Assistants), Messrs. Cut and Run ; Cook , Mr_ Cstewell: Boots, Mr. Tizzy ; Chambermaid, Miss Bobaday ; elioant Kite (a Recruiting Officer—afterwards Pantaloon), D eulin Johnson ; • The Justice" (one of the " Great Un- Z ifl" afterwards Clown), Tom Matthews ; F li pp er and F lunkey (his Footman) Messrs. Cringe and Crawley ; Re erOts Messrs. Gawky, Gaby, Grimm, Glumm, Gabble , an d ; Fifer, Mr. Tootle; Drummer, Mr. Rowdydow ; edhopper and Chawbacon (Agricultural Laboure rs ) , Messrs. b umpkin and Joskyn. I The sparks front the anvil amorous and hammer -ns—The jl°ll struck whilst it is hot—The Lover's So nnet- The Jus ."'s tongue and •course of True Love —neither runnin g °llleoth—" List, list, oh, list !"—which he does—The cense tlllences thereof, and how Serjeant Kite, being the Author of - 11 great Military Work, gets a good Review. Fourth Age—" The Soldier." " Then a Soldier, Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard, J ealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel, eeking the bubble reputation, even in the cannon's month.' OLD ABBEY RUINS (Evening). The Trysting Place and the Lover's Reverie—" Oh, there's nothing half so sweet in life as Love's young dream." " Dream on, good youth, and show the world awake, „„ The wondrous change that only love can ma ke ." The Spirit of Love, Miss Wadham—Cupid (her Messenger), Master Mischief. Hop e , Joy, Desire, Happiness, Truth, Delight, Rapture, 4 ,.prnatice, &c., by Misses Richardson, E. Richa rdson, L. b •".oney, apid, Mechanical, and Marvellous Scenic Metamorphosis, revealing THE ABODE OF LOVE. I llumined by the Electric Light of One Hundred Bright Eyes. Grand Ballet d'Amour—Principal Dancer, Miss Rosins 'right, assisted by Manes. Therese, Mariau Lees, &c. 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 be, plays his part." JUSTICE HALL IN Tall OLD MANOR HOUSE, TWILIGHT. Farmer Whacksiraw, Mr. Grumblewell ; Constable, Mr. Hardstafl; Villagers, Messrs. Gape, Grin, Stare, Shiver, Tremble, Delve, ix. A memorable Sentence and a recent Period put to it - The Country Squire and the Effects of a Peat Cause—How the Justice loses his Heir, and how the Fugitives become bawled after.. Sixth Ag 0..." The Lean and Slippered Pantaloon." The Ruined Cottage of Old Ago —Whiter—Firelight. Old Age (sans teeth, sans eyes, sans teeth, sans taste, sans everything), Mr. Centenarian. Seventh Age—sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans every thing." Sudden Talismanic Dissolving of the Snow to the BRIGHT REALMS OF PERPETUAL SUMMER. Double Pantomimic Transmogrification. The Two liatlequins Signor Veroni and Herr Furth. The Two Columbines ... Mmo. Bolono and Mario Charles. The Two Pantaloons Messrs. Tanner and Deulin Johnson, Th e Two Sprites The Brothers Elliott. Th e T w o Clowns Harry Boleno and Tom Matthews. A SCENE OF INTER&ST—TWO TO ONE—Bolono. Buttered Peas—Cheese it Taking the Pledge—Pop't up -1:10p't in, and pop't out—Equal Division —Principal and In terest—How to evade the Act—Betting versus Cigars— " What's the odds so long as you're happy 7"—The Right Tip —How to raise the Wind—The Odds to the Hod—List, oh, list ! Wrong te-back-her, and no Returns —Settling, Day, a regular Settler—Gone for the Lager—ln for the Oaks—A ,Bankrupt's Stock, and a Case of Bale, concluding with a regular 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 Hum—lt Beehoves you to Beehave when you attack a Bee hive—Swarming and Warmin7—cEnlarged Heads upon a New Principle—Domestic Bees—Long Needles—Royal Summons —Arrival of Queen Bee and Suite—Grand Charge—Tableau. SCENE OF EXCITEMENT—PARIS EXHIBITION—A CAFE BESIEGED.—BoIeno. The Meeting of All Nations (Russian excepted)—Fraternisa tion Cordiality of the Allies—" All the World's a Stage t" —Arrival of the World and his Wife, and the whole of his Family, commencing with their Eldest Daughter, the " Fa shionable World ;" followed by the " Sporting World ;" the " Dramatic 'World ;" the "World upside down ;" the "Wide World ;" the " Wicked World ;" and the " World in Arms." Lodgings at a Premium—Not a bed to bo had—" My Lodging is on the cold (coal) Ground"—Clown and Pantaloon go Down to Bed—" A Sweet Good Night to all." A SCENE OF CONFUSION (LAID IN BEDS), "To bed, to bed"—"'Tis when to Sleep the World retires" -The Night Mare, which fnakes Clown a little hoarse—As Thick as Three in a bed—A Night Concert, which die-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-pall Accompaniment—Fire Fire! Fire 1- -The House in an Uproar—Speedy Exit of some of the Lodgers, which finishes with " Confusion worse con. ounded. 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 Guts— Sho'e-black Brigade—A Polished Gentleman—Comic Duct 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 Trousers--Height of Fashion—Genuine Malt and Hops—All 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 Tca Establishment, St. Paul's—" In to apes est"—Bohemians and Teetotallers—Great Drawing Mate rials—The Magic Chest and the Enchanted Teapot—Clown gets Tea in 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 LAST SCENE OF ALL that ends this strange eventful History." Poor oPou it lialtpot biz, and coramento at Same THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. Lessee for the Christmas Pantomime, Mr. J. H. ANDERSON. Positively the LAST NIGHTS of the most successful Pan tomime in London, and termination of the season, in conse quAlce of the opening of the Royal Italian Opera. THIS EVENING, the Grand Operatic Drama of ROB ROY, with all the original Songs, Choruses, and Dances, includin4 the whole of Sir H. Bishop's celebrated Music. The Drama will be represented as it is played in Glasgow. Rob Roy, Professor Anderson ; Helen Macgregor, Mrs. J. W. Wallack. To be followed by the Grand, National, Historical, and Chivalric PANTOMIME, which has been so long in Prepara tion, and on the Production of which so large au expense has been incurred, of _ _ YE BELLE ALLIANCE; or, HARLEQUIN GOOD AND YE FIELDE OF YE CLOTHE OF GOLDE ; Being a LEGEND of the MEETING of the MONA.B,CHS. " It was a marvellous sweets and goodly° sight to see those two Princes, in the flowere of their age, in the height of their Etrengthe and in the dignitie of their manlye beautyc, com manding two great Nations, that bade been so long rivals and enemies; instead of leading hostile armies to desolate and destroys, meet iu that peaceful valley e, and embrace like brothers, in the sights of the choice nobilitic of either land." —The Chroniclers. The Pantomime invented, arranged, and produted by Mr. A. Harris, with the same attention to Scenery, Costumes, and Effects, which has characterised the productions of " Ri goletto," "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 New 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 Openin written by Mr. George Augustus Sala. The Music composed by Mr. Loder (who has obligingly lent his aid ou account of the Pantomime being prbditcod at Theatre).., Th 9, Ballet, and Dances arranged by Mr. Benjamin Barnett The Comic Tricks invented by the Brothers Brongh, Mr. A. Harris, and Mr. William Dorrington. The New Spectacular Designs by H. 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. Ewing. The Novel and Costly Properties by Mr. Prescott, assisted by Mr. Moreland. The Ladies' Costumes by Mrs. James. assisted by Mr. Beauchainp. The Gentlemen's Costumes by Mr. Smithers, assisted by Mr. Lawrence The Armoury Department by Mr. Hogg. The Chappellerie by Mrs. Walker. Copyist, Mr. Horton.' Prompter, Mr. Rance. Perruquicr, Mr. Rick nrds, of Brydges-sti eet. Covent-garden. The Novel Gas Arrangements by Mr. Palmer and Assistants. The Whole Production being under the Immediate Superintendence of Ur. A. HARRIS. Scene I. THE CAVERNS OF THE GNOME BRITANNICUS IN SUBTERRANEASU SSIA. Gnomes —Britannicus (a fine old English Gnome), one of the olden time, bearing a close resemblance to the " Old Gentleman," fully answering to his co-Gnome-eu ; a pure un dulterated British Spirit, stronglyopposed to anything in the nape of Foreign Wince, French Brandy, and great in his be ief in Beer, 'Bacey, Beef, and Boxing—Mr. John, Neville. Ballabile des Diablotines, by Mesdemoiselles E. Honey, Hicks, Arlington, Cleveland, Granville, Losh, Brown, Page, Gregory, Rose, :Kendall, Martinez, Gosselin, Turtle, Ford, Stewart, Rano°, and Clare Assistant Gnomes—Blue Fire, Mr. Williams ; Phosphorus ton, Mr. Samuels ; Candeseeetington, Mr. A. Smith ; Match well, Mr. Saunders ; Ignisfatty, Mr. P. A. James ; Red blazes, Mr. Volier ; Cratervomit, Mr. Spindle ; Torchlight, Mr. JaTer ; Blanton, Mr. Parkes ; Sulphurite, Mr. Topham ; Elamington, Mr. Paxman ; Gassiugton, Mr. B. Brown ; Crater vomit, Mr. Simkins ; Hotspark, Mr. J. Jones; Illuminoso, Mr. Bleekey ; Nitrebauk,. Mr. Pratt. Scene 11. THE LAND'S END, CORNTALL, WITH THE CAR OF THE DRAGONS. Good Huniour—(a faniii:r spirit, whoso familiarity is eon ineive to the very reverse of contempt. The prettiest page i❑ he whole volume of the Pantomime)—Miss Harriet Gordon Diorama—No. 1. THE EMPEROR, NAPOLEON'S ARRIVAL IN • LONDON, And his Enthusiastic Reception. Diorama—No. 2. QUEEN VICTORIA'S VISIT TO NAPOLEON'S TOMB, In the Hotel des Invalkles at Paris. " And o'er that shrine the last Rernemlrance quench Of sralice 'twist the English and the French !" Scene 111. THE DECK OF "THE CIREA.T HARRY," FOUR- DECKER, 28 thins (the first English Man•of-War). The vessel lying alcngside the Quay at Dover, with ; THE EIIBIRKATION OF HENRY THE EIGHTH. Henry the Eighth (a stout mon.i.reh, 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, ho thought that the more wives he bad the better. Himself being a good king, he decilled.that be could not mike too much of himself, and ho is accordingly made as extensive as possible in the person of his faithful representative)—Mr. Hirry Pears , m. Pretty Poppet f Page to King Henry Sloman. The Queen of England—Mr. Jones. Maids of the Bedchamber to the English Queen— Mesdlies. Rosey, Pinky, Daisy, Pansy, and Lily. Cardinal Wolsey (a nautical gentleman much accustomed to " swim on bladders in seas of glory,") vide Shakcspere—Mr. P. Q. Villiers. Sir Jasper Spritsail (commander of the Great Harry), a weather-beaten seaman, who—paradoxical as it may appear —will not allow himself to be beaten by the weather, and whose maxim is " Needs must when the Old Harry Drives —Mr. D. Stewart. • Crow—Toni Bowline, Mr. Silver; Jack lialyarcls, Mr. Up , ham ; Jim Foremast, Mr. Partington ; Bob Holyslono, Mr. Ledyard ; Joe Shectanchor, Mr. T. B. Smith ; Davy Docks, Mr. Woothicld; Tel Trunchion, Mr. Freby ; Tim Towrope. Mr. Henry ; Dick Longboat, Mr. Barry ; Pet er S tanchi o n Mr. Sims ; Bill Figurehead, Mr. Solomon ; Hal Hammock Mr. Harvey ; Charles Cailo9SC, Mr. White ; Sam Sailcloth Mr. Mazzoni ; Nat Northpole, Mr. Fredericks ; Bill Bunt lino, Mr. Payne. Diorama—No. 3. VOYAGE FROM ENGLAND TO FRINCE, with A STORM at SEA. Scene IV. THE INTERIOR OF THE CHATEAU OF FRANCIS I, 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 VIM) of tb' 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)— "Ar. W. Shalders. Pages.—Mbsdemoiselles Fitzjerald, Bennett, St. Clair, Webber, Gavestou, E. Gaveston, Prince, (I;e., &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. Drapblane, Contrepuint, Rideaufin, . , Scene V. THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD. Introlucing a Grand Pas de Rosiere, by Miss Emma Horne. Mesdemoiselles Hicks, E. Honey, Cressona Ra,noe, Kendall, Martinez, Rose, Arlington, Losh, Gregory, Turtle, Ford, Stewart, Page, Rouse, Brown, St. Clair, Granville, Wood ward, and Tressider. English C o urtiers.—Norfolk' Mr. Boba. 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 nen, Mr. Charles. St. Estafet. Mr. Remolds, Bour go y ne , Mr. Waters. Do 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 to the Bed-chamber of the Monarchs. Foal* Fine !Normandy Lassies, Six Feet Two Inches in their Clogs. Scene VII. THE OUTSIDE OF BLONDETTE'S FARM. The Fairy Queen.. MEPHISTOPHILES , HELIGOLAND. Blondetto (a village Rosier° so purely innocent, that sho sees no harm in having three lovers at a time, two of them being kings)—Miss Emma Horne. 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 liapncn 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. - - General Transformation Ilarl equin Mr. C. BROWN. Pantaloon W. A. BARNES. (The Transatlantic Pantomimist.) Columbine ........................ Miss EMIvIA TTORNE. Clown The GREAT FLEXMORE. ADULTERATION BUILDINGS, TURMERIC-ROW, REDLEAD-SQUARE. 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. Pamps—Gunpowder Tea, " warranted to go off"—Pale Ale peculiarities. Imps.—Quassia, Mr. Wyatt ; Strychnine, Mr. Scott; Blue Ruin, Mr. Carter ; Oxyplumbi, Mr. Strangoways. The terror of The " Times"—Th e Lancinations of the " Lancet"—Black Crosses in Red Lead-square. THE WIZARD'S LitBORA.TORY IN THE CHATEAU DE Magic Somersaults—Tho Bewitched Ottoman - The Dragon a, la (liable —The Inextinguishable, Inexhaustable U , nstopr able, Go-a-head Bottle — Clown " 100/. Reward, who'll Shoot a ?"—The Blunderbuss of Botheration—Bursting- of the Wizard's Bust—Small Wizards made to order, Pattern Pre sented—Quickest way to Nowhere —How to make'Harloquins —The way to Crush the Crushers. THE NEW CASTLE OF BALMORAL. Rusticity in the Highlands —Pipers and Pastoralities— Highland Reel, introducing a grand Flexmoyean Medley -The Portfolio of Inexhaustibility and Universality—The Incaptur able] Harlequin—Very " fowl" proceedings —The Seductive Sedan-chair—Strange Birds in a Cage. WATCHMAKERS' ESTAB LISHMENT, CHRONOMETI CAL-VILLE—MILLINERS' ESTABLISHMENT, BON NETVILLE BELLHANGERS' ESTABLISHMENT, BELLEVILLE. Home from Scotland—Cab Fares and Mayne Force —The Movements of the Age—What's o'clock—" The Clock strikes two"—How to Ring a Belle—Umbrella Courtship—Who's Tour Hatter N-Earit Closing Aseociation-_-_:‘! LOTS ;141,1103 a t Locksmiths"—La Varsoviaua —The Strike of Belles against Tiute. Grand Equestrian Feats, by Signor Flexmorini. MGM-STREET, SPIRIT-SQUARE. Apartments to Let. A Cold Roll for Breakfast—The Organised Nuisance Ta bleaux —Punch's Pocket Book—Patent Perambulators Ast ley's Equestrian Feats—Policemen and Cooks—Monsieur Tierce—All-round Collars and Punch's Coats—The quickest way to the Coal-cellar—Spirit Rappinc; Extraordinary. HAIR•DRESSER'S, FILTER MANUFACTORY, PICKFORD'S PARCEL WAREHOUSE, AND NEWS VENDER. Tho Purifying of Old Father Thames—The Invasion of London—The Russians set the Thames on fire—Foreign ruits and British Stuffs—Odd Importation of Bear's Grease—Sar dinians and Zouaves—The Illustrated London News—The Humours of Good Humour. THE• APOTHEOSIS OF YE BELLE ALLIANCE, Designed by M. Guerin. ENGLAND AND FRANCE. Mourners at One Altar—Victors on One Throne. The Coro nation with the Coronals of Valour by the Genius of Victory. On Monday, ROB ROY. On Tuesday, Feb. 5, the Drama of BLACK-EYED SUSAN will be revived. Treasurer, Mr. Hingston, to whom the Superintendence of the Auditorium has been-entrusted. The Box-oXtee is now opan, under the direction of Mr. O'Reilly. Private Boxes (which may also be taken at the prin cipal Libraries), 31. 35., 2/, 25., 1/. ls., and 12s. Grand Bal cony, 4s. Upper Boxes, 2s. 6d. Amphitheatre Stalls, 2s. Pit, 2s. Gallery, Is. Doors open at Half-past Six ; commence at Seven. Second Price at Nine o'clock. Balcony, 3s. ; Upper Boxei, is. 6d. Pit, ls. ; Gallery, 6d. PUBLICATIONS. , . VIE NEW NOVEL, qu iilV: ,T,A3).Y CAF FASHIUN, By the Author of" The History of a Flirt," Ste. t is now ready at ail the Librariesi, in 3 volt. " This,novel, by the authoress of " The History of a Flirt," exhi bits in a still more eminent degree the same talent which marked the earlier productions of the writer. It is characterise iby the same healthiness cf tone, the same delicate sense of humour, the same nice discrimination of character, anti the same skilfulness in the treatment of the subject. The incidents of the story are not in themselves very remarkable. but they are told with so much spirit, and worked out with such life-like truth, that the interest never flags."—Morning Chronicle. Hurst and Blackctt, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. ATADAME JENNY GOLDSCHATIDT-LIND. LI R. HANOVER-SQUARE ROONIS. Mr. MITCHELL respectfully announces that M. and Madame .GOL D A('H N lAD T'S TILLED MISC E AN CONCERT is fixed to take place at the Hanover-square Rooms on MONDAY Evening, Feb. 11, 1851. Full particulars will be duly announced. Conductor—M. Benedict. Prices of Admission: Stala inumbered and reserved), one guinea ; unreserved seats, 10s. fid. " I, * The Tickets will be appropriated according to the order of applcation; no more will be issued than the Room can con veniently accommodate. Doors open at Sewn: to commence at Eight o'clocic precisely. Applications for tickets to be made at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. RGYLL ROOMS.-LAWRENT'S CASINO NOW OPEN for the winter season. PrinJpal Cornet a Piston, M. ilonleourt.---Doors open at 8. Admission One Shilling. Laarent's new Varsovlana every night. R W S WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES, Fifty instantaneous Metamorphoses of Voice, Character, and Costume, concluding with an impersonation of Mlle. Rachel, as Camille la Les Every evening*, at 8. Private boxes and stalls may he F.ecurcd In advance, without extra charge. Poly graphic-hall, King Wiliiam-street, Charing-cross. TO GENTLEMEN. —Park-lane, 9, Chapel strect.—Mr. COOPER begs to acqqaiat his former patients are others •hat he has re:nor - A to the ab:)ve residence, where he may 1)2 consulted daily, as formerly, br gentlemen out of health. He takes this opportunity of informing' those unacquainted, that his fen is the usual professional one, nor can he enter into any other arrangement, however aelvantveour, whim woald appear to couu• tenancy a system he is endeavouring to supi)ress. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, anti Dining-room, consisting* of a New and Elegant Assort ment of Groups, Figures., Vases, Obelisks. Candlesticks, Inkstands, beatulful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, in Italian Alabaster, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, bc. Im ported and manufactured by James Tennant (late .viawc), 149, Strand, London. Mr. Tennant arranges Elementary Collections of Shells, Minerals, and Fosills,which will greatly facilitate the interesting study of Conchology, Mineralogy, and Geology 2, 100 guineas each. Mr. Tennant als ) gives Private Instruction iu Geology and Mineralogy. E AILWAY REFORM. The object of the Railway Proprietors' Association is to bring the united and or.:anised action of the whole body of shareholders to bear upon the various mistakes in policy, managemmt, or legislative enactment, which have hitherto resisted isolated efforts. Subscriptions will be received at the London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury ; St. sarnes's-Fignare ; 214, High Holborn ; 3, Wellington-street, Borough; 87, Whitechapel High-street ; 4, Si rat ford-plice ; and 217, Strand; and at the Olilces of the Association, 410, West Strand, where every information may be obtained. WM. MALI YS, Chairman. 431, Wtst Strand ; entrance in King Wiliam-street. GREAT -WESTERN RAILWAY.- NO I'ICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the next HALF YEARLY OF.NERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of this Com pany will be held In London, pursuant to act of Parliament, at the Paddington Station, on FRIDAY, the 15th day of February next, at at 12 o'clock, for the Election of Four Directors in the place of Them is Jeffreys Badger, Esq., The Hon. 11.0e.rt Windsor Clive, MP., Edward Wheler Mills, Esq., and Thomas Wil liams, Esq., retiring by rotation ; and for other purposes of bustne.s. The chair will be taken at .1 o'clock precisely. SPENCER. H. WALPOLE, Chairman. B ARRINGTON, Deputy-Chairman. The Directors retiring are -eligible under the provisions of the act, and, in cmipliance with a bye-law, notice must be given to the Secretary, on or before the Ist day of February, of the names of any Ilnlnrietors who are be nominated fur election as directors at the said half-yearly general meeting. The Trans ,. er Books of all stock and shares will ho closed on and from the 31st clay of January, and will not be re-opened until i after the said half•yearly general meeting on the 15th day of February. By order of the Board. CHAS. A. SAISDER3, Secretary. Paddington Station, Jan. 24,1856. IDDLESEX. HOUSE of CORRECTION r.t Westminster. The SITUATION of GOVERNOR of tee said HOUSE of CORRECTION" for the county of Middlesex having been declared VACANT by the Court of Quarter SaPion of the Peace, in consequence of the rosignation of he Me Governor, Notice is Hereby Given, that the ELECTIO'd of another GOVER NOR will take place on THURSDAY, the 6th day of March next (being the county day of the next general session), at the Session=-horse, Clerkenwell-green, by votimr, to commence at One and end at Three o'clock. Tne salary will be 450/. per annum, with no other allowance or perquisite of any kind, except gag, the use of the residence within the walls of the prison, rent and taxes free and of such furniture as shall have been already provided by the county Candidates must be married, and not be less than 30 nor more than 45 years of age, of which proof will be required; aid they are to forward to the at this place letters (id their own handwriting) stating their names and residences, ages and occupation. accompanied by testimonials of character and eligibility, addr. seed to " The Chair man of the Committee for Accounts and for General Purposes," on or berore Saturday, the 16th day of Pebrusry next, and must personally attend the said Committee at the Sessions-house aforesaid, on Mon ' day, the lath February, at Two o'cl , ck ; and out of the whole number of candidates the committee will select the names of not triorn titan five nor less than three, to be submitted to the court.— URA. this 2tCi January, 1856. CHARLES WRIGHT, Clerk to the said Committee, IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCBRY. - 611ZIESEM.A.11 , .—On tho 29th of May, 1855, an injunction was granted by the High Court of Chancery, and on the I Ith of June following was made perpetual, against Joseph r'ranklin and others, to restrain them, under a penalty of ono thou sand pounds, front imitating this Medicine, which is protected by loyal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the heals of the Ecol, de Phsrmr.cio do ParlP, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESCMAP, No. 1, is a remedy for - Relaxation, Sner..natorrlicea, and all the distreBsinz consequences strising from early abuse, &c., end its effects are effi cacious in youth, manhood, and 01,1 age ; and t • those persons who are prevented enterin: the married state from the results of early errors it is Invaluable. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, aifectually, In the short space of three ilay , f, completely and entirely radlcates all traces of those Disorders which Capaivi and Cubebs nave so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health of a vast potion of the population. TRIRSETsf AR, No. 8, is the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which unfortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in es-itsble destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove. TRIESEMAR, Ras. 2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell, and of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on tbe toilet ta - ale without their use being suspected. • TIZIE-E MAR, Nos. 1,2, and 3, are s ild In tin cases, price Ils., or four cases in ono for 335., which saves I Is. ; and in 5/. cases, whereby there is a saving of 11. 128.; divided s i:.arate doses, as adminis tered by Valpes,, Laileinand, Rouz, & To be had Wholesale - and in London of Johnston, 68 , Cornhili ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-str , et; and Same, 150, Ox- Ford-street ; R. U. Ingham, druggist, 46. Market-street, Manchester; li. Bradbury, bookseller, Deansgate, Bolton; J. Priestly, chemist, 52, nr.l-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street, Dublin ; Winnall, bookseller, High-street. iiirmingham CAMBRIDGE BACHELORS' BALL.—The annual reunion of the outgoing Bachelors of Cambridge took place on Tuesday evening last, at the Town-hall, when, as usual, every exertion was made on the part of the stewards to afford unalloyed pleasure to their fair friends. The Bachelor's ball is the treat of the year in Cambridge, and this year it went off with more than usual eclat. The room was beautifully decorated with evergreens and flowers, and the flags of the various boat clubs, taste fully arranged, those of the allies forming the centre, at one end. Weippert's band was in attendance. WEATHER INDICATIONS.—Sidney Smith used to say that an hospital friend of his in the Highlands could always tell the state of the weather by the quantity of whisky drunk during the day in his house, averring that the glass went up in the hand as the mercury in the thermometer went down in the hall. A. fierce, facetious, and prophetic customs agent at Folkestone goes farther than this, and pronounces, a la Murphy, that the weather is about to be severe from the returns of the quantities of cloaks and other cold-defying garments which have, during the last few days, passed through that port from Paris to the Maison de Nouvcantes, in Regent•street. It remains to be seen whether the pro phet is weatherwise or otherwise. THE PATENT PARATEMPO CARRIAGE.—Mr. C. Lenny, of Croydon, the well-known and enterprising carriage builder, has lately perfected and patented a form of laundelet, which possesses, in a remarkable degree, those features which have been so long sought after as require ments tending to perfection. When closed it is round fronted, somewhat Parisian in appearance, and when open there exists nothing whatever to obstruct the view around. These advantages have been attained by an in genious and secure detachable binge, which permits the almost instant removal of the front pillars, which are then deposited within the coachman's box, so that no thing whatever need be left at home, and as even a boy can effect the required arrangement, of course the as sistance of the qualified coachinaker or more matured aid is unnecessary. There is, likewise, a step (the Crop habema, or concealed) adapted to these carriages, which acts direct and with rigidity by the opening and shutting of the door, and is the most complete and simple affair of the kind we have been.—United scrvice Ovdtes Sporting Intelligence. CIIIESTER SPRING Acceptances for the Chest and a quarter. 196 sul Age st lb 6 8 7 . 4 8 7 MEETING.-MAT 6.. T Cup. About two miles s, 89 of whom declared. Age it lb Yorkshire Grey 4 5 10 Earl, the 4 5 10 Diana 5 5 8 Rattle.. Rifleman Mr. Sykes 6 8 2 Saucebox Sultan ....... 4 8 2 Yellow 'Tack 3 5 8 Artillery Favue 4 5 6 _______ .... ....... .._ Typee 6 8 0 Oulston _ _ Scythian , 5 7 12 Flungerford Early Bird, .the 5 7 10 Hercules Nloorcock Stork - 3 5 6 Kalipyge Aleppo - 5 B,ld Btsooleuch -3. 5. 5 Flyaway . 3 5 4 Tilly 3 5 2 Sugar Plum • 3' 5 0 Diego _ _ ~, Homily Wild Huntsman 5 7 4 Flatterer Indian Warrior a 7 2 Epaminondas 5 7 2 Alembic Cock•a•too Pnmicestone Rotherham 4 7 0 Clotilde _.O Pyrrha Peter Wilkins Termagant 3 5 0 Thames Ditton 3 5 0 Spindle Hospitality 3 412 Baalbec Lady Tatton 4 6 12 Saraband 4 6 12 Poodle Haco 6 6 10 Tug o' Wiir 3 4 10 Puck, by Pompey 3 4 10 Maid of the Morn 3 4 10 La Victims 3 4 10 Absolution - 3 4 10 Vandyke Herald Cardsharper Quince 1 Rajah, the 4 6 8 ILittle Davie. a, 6 4 ,6 If/roetikal2 • - , , 6 6 - 0 Warlock 3 4 8 Merlin Preston. 3 4 7 St. Domingo Minis "3 4 7 Sedan.. • 517,41119 yr. Heber 3 4 7 Nomura Vine Roscommon Courtonay Strood Simony Blooming Heather 4 6 6 New Brighton Raglan Imogene 4 6 4 Capncine Aldford Lady Florence 3 4 7 Courtier, the 3 4 7 Van Dunck 3 4 6 Bubble Alice Wentworth 3 4 6 Folkestone (b. b) 3 4 5 Melissa Gaudy • Frenzy Prince of Orange 3 4 3 One Act 3 4 3 Mishap Barrel 5 6 0 5 6 0 Rhino b) Mary 4 6 0 Beaika, Teddy Knighton 3 4 3 Pretty Boy Ghika 3 4 3 Post• Horse 3 4 3 Adam 3 4 0 Dame Judith 4 6 0 Fatalist 4 6 0 Coroner . 3 6 0 Sally Siding 4 5 12 John Dory a 5 10 YORK SPRING MEETING.-APRIL 22. Acceptances for the Great Northern Handicap of 200 cove in specie, added to a Sweepstakes of 25 says each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared on or before lst Feb. ; the second to receive 50 sovs out of the , stakes , and the winner to pay 25 sovs towards expenses ; the winner of either the Northampton, Doncaster, or Metropoli tan Stakes at Epsom, or any other handicap value 500 says, to carry 101 b extra ; the second in either or a winner of any other handicap value 200 says, includ ing the winner's own stake, 51b extra, but not to be accumulative for being second in any of the above spe cified handicaps as well as being the winner of 200 save. Two miles, over the 0;d Course. 85 subs, 40 of whom declared. Age et lb Rataplan Rifleman Age st lb Elastic ....... 4 5 13 Pyrrha Heir of Linne Johnny Taft 4 5 11 Moorcook Hospitality Panroure One Act 3 5 4 Sly Fellow ... 3 5 2 The Courtier Prince of Orange 3 5 2 Greencastle Ghika 3 5 0 Gaudy • 3 5 0 Tom Loker Minis 3 5 0 Adam 3 5 0 Pretty Boy 3 4 12 Post Horse 3 4 12 Laverna 3 4 10 Midhope 3 4 10 Dresser King of Trumps a 8 7 Defiance 6 8 0 Lady Tattoo 4 7 6 Tearaway Honeysuckle 5 7 2 Goorkah 6 7 0 Lady Palmerston 4 7 0 Alston Paletot Bolton Coroner Cock of the North 4 6 9 \Vantage Kaffir Saraband Aldford 4 6 7 Sir George 4 6 2 Freddy The Earl 4 6 0 LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING.—Fms. 26. Acceptances for the Grand National Steeplechase. About four miles. 51 subs, 11 of whom declared. Age at lb Age at lb Sir Peter Laurie a 10 12 Boundaway a 9 6 Frank Picard alo 12 Freetrader .. a 9 6 Jean du Quesne... a 30 6 Spring Star of the West The Widow (h b) The Pasba alo 4 Escape Emigrant The Seaman ... The Forest Queen a 10 2 Jemmy the Black a 9 4 Tom Gurney (h b) a 10 0 Minos Molly Bawn (h b) alO 0 Dan O'Connell Flying Buck a7 12 llanstead o,Jiham (h b) a 9 12 Victor Emmanuel 6 9 4 Hopeless Star Jumpaway (It b) a 9 10 Stamford 1 Master David ... a 9 10 Wilmont _ _ Minerva (h b) 6 9 10 Potter Cavendish Freedom The Black Swan Liverpool Boy 6 9 0 Taffy a 8 10 Dangerous a 8 10 Harry Lorrequer 5 8 10 DERBY STEEPLECHASE.—FEB. 19. Acceptances for the Midland Steeplechase. Abort three miles and a half. st lb Seaman Odihani lO 4 Hopeless Star Teddesley lO 0 Freetrader 9 12 Helen the Fair 9 12 The Widow Acceptances for the Hurdle st lb Minerva lO 12 Frecdoin lO 0 Star of the West Beech Nut Cl a verhonse' 9 5 St a mfor,i Doctor...• • ••••••—• 9 6 Sally st lb Peter Simple The Doctor 9 4 Penelope. 9 2 Jemmy the Black 9 0 Louisa 9 0 Wilmont ,ace Handicap. Two mile, st lb Bullfinch Louisa Parchment 8 12 Toniyris Kate Sandboy Piliaton HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. (Weather permitting.) STAGIIOUNDS. Tues. Stoke Green ... Fri. New Lodge ... Her Majesty's ... 11 30 ... 11 34 Cheltenham (Capt. D. „. Fri. Chedwo r th Down ... 12 0 West?) Sat. Andovers F or d ... 12 • ... Kent (Mr. Roberta's) Mon. Dien Bridge ... ... 12 0 Fri. Four Elms 12 0 Thos. Axe and Compasses, High Boding ... 11 SO Fri. Bovinger /t 1 ill, N. Weald 11 30 Potro's, Hon. F. FOXHOUNDS. Atherstono Mon. Red Cato 11 • Wed. Twycross 12 0 Fri. Churchever 11 0 Sa . t. Middleton Hall 11 0 Tnos. Red Honed 10 30 Thurs. Owstsu Park 10 30 Sat. Hieudley Common ... 10 30 Balsworth Berkshire, Old (Mr. Morrell's) ... Mon. Stanford Placo Tues. Ra.dley Park .•• Thurs. Cumuer . Fri. Bishopstone 10 30 . 10 30 • 10 30 • 10 30 ~ 11 0 ~ 11 0 Berkshire, South (Mr. Tues. Mortimer • Wheble's) Fri. Yattendel Beaufort's, Duke of ... No account received Blackmoor Vale ... Tues. Batoombe Wood 11 0 Thurs, Little Elm 11 0 Sat. Cogley Wood 11 0 Mon. ••• 10 30 Tues. Cress-roads, liramluun Moor Inn 10 30 Fri. The Wild Man 10 10 3 30 Sat. Harewood Bramham Moor Burton Hunt (Lord H• Bentinek's)... ... Mon. F a idingworth Grange 11 0 Tues. Barnston Woed 12 0 Wed. Stainfield Hall 11 0 Thur. Wellingore 11 0 Fri. Gate Burton 11 0 Sat. Brattleby 11 0 Mon. Mr. Smith's, Astwick 10 30 Fri. Kingston Village 10 30 . Mon. Bradfield Green. 10 30 Toes. Crewe Hall 10 30 Thurs. Mere Old H 3,1.1 .. 10 30 Sat. Aston Hall ... 10 110 Cambridgeshire Cheshire ... Cottesmoro (Sir J.Trol lope's) ... Mon. Grimsthorpe 11 0 Tues. Leundo Abbey 11 0 ,Thurs. Witham Commos ... 11 0 Sat. Longhorn 11 0 Tues. Sound Bottom ... 10 45 Sat. Little Fawley ... ..; 10 45 Crawley and Horsham Mon. Holmbush Lodge ... 10 45 Thurs. Dane Hill 10 45 Sat. Handeross 10 45 Mon. Holdforth Gate ... 10 30 Wed. Woodham 10 30 Fri. Newbeggin 10 30 Craven(Mr. 11.P.Best's) Durham County Essex, the (Mr. H. - Greare's) Mon. Takeley Gate .„ 11 0 Thurs,Margaretting-etreet 11 0 Sat. Fyfield 11 0 E isex, East (Mr. Marriott's) „, , „ Tues. Crouch Fair Green ,„ 11 0 Thurs. Bra x ted Park 11 0 06t, gazleigh Bt/111 1 MN, 11 0 • ' Tues. liorndon on Hill ... 11 .0 Sat. White Horse, North Ockendon . Wed. Woodhain Hall . Sat: Stock Ship Tues. W. Bergholt, White Hart' • 11 0 Fri. Hadlcigh Town 11 0 Farquharson's, Mr. Mon. Harveys, nr. Chase Farm Tues. King's Settle Thurs. Marten Wood t+at, South 11 0 10 30 10 30 Essex Union Essex and Suffolk • Sat. Uddens Fitswilliam's, Earl v . Mon. Washingley -. —lO 30 Wed. Old Weston Windmill 10 30 Fri. Avevley Wood ... 10 30 Mon. Hare Hatch ... 10 30 Wed. Hartford Bridge Flat... 10 30 Fri. Sherfield Green ... 10 30 Mon. Yarnscombe Village 10'30 Fri. Glen Cottage ... 10 30 Hambledon (Mr. Wall's) Mon. Broadhalfpenny Hut ... 10 45 Wed. Fair Oak Village 10 45 Fri. Corhampton Down 10 45 • Wed. The Kennels 10 0 Sat. Glendon 10 0 • Mon. Rotherfield Park 10 45 Tues. Tichborne Park 10 45 Thurs. Preston House 10 45 Sat. Weston Common 10 95 Garth's, Mr. ... Halßdon Haydon H. H.... Herefordshiro (Mr. Stubb's) Mon. Stoke Edith Turnpike 10 30 Fri. Chanston Wood 10 30 • Mon. Boniter's Barn 10 30 Tues. Ledwell Village ... 10 30 Fri. Bradwell Grove ... 10 30 Sat. Tangley ... 10 30 • Mon. Sproatley 10 45 Tues. Howden Station ... 10 45 Thurs. Withernwick 10 45 Fri. Kilnwick Percy ... 10 45 . Hurworth —• ... Fri. The Kennels ... 10 30 Ingram's, Mr. Meynell Tues. Kedleston Inn 10 45 ThUre.ltadbourn ... 10 45 Bat. Mouton Osatle 10 45 Mon. Elham Park ... 10 30 Thurs. Lydden ... 10 30 Sat. Paddlesworth Gorse ... 10 30 Tues. Brand Lodge ... ... 10 30 Fri. Highleadon Green 10 30 Ludlow (Mr. Sitwell's) Tues. Hopton Park ... ... 10 30 Fri. Cookridge Coppice 10 30 Mon. Gringley 10 30 Tues. Throapham Common 10 30 Thurs. Park-lane ... 10 30 Fri. Darlton Bar ... 10 30 Mon. Grain Finger Post ... 10 30 Thurs. Fenian Wood ... ... 10 30 Taos. Chevington Moor 10 45 Thurs. Netherton ... 10 45 Sat. Longwitton ... 10 45 Mon. Thempston Wood ... 10 45 Thurs. Knotting Fox ... 10 45 Sat. The,ysoe Park ... ... 10 45 Hay throp Holderness Kent, East ... Ledbnry Lumley's, Mr. Monmouthshire Morpeth ... 10 45 ... 10 45 ... 10 45 Oakley Pembrokeshire (Mr. L. Phillips's) ... Mon. Minwear Farm House 10 30 Thurs. loch Bridge ... 10 30 Portsmouthla, Earl of Mon. Overton 11 0 Wed. Highelere (Lou. Lodge) 11 0 Thurs. Eggbury ... 11 0 Fri. Wolverton Park ... 11 0 Puckeridge (Mr. Parry's)Mon. Brent Pelham 10 30 Wed. Sawbridgeworth 10 30 Sit. Yardley Vidage ... 10 30 Mon. Finedon 10 45 Tues. Misterton 10 45 Fri. Fox Hall ... ... 10 45 Sat. Arthingworth 10 45 Pytchley Raby, Duke of Glove- Islas Tues. Langton . 10 30 Thurs. Grove ... 10 30 Sat. Middleton Tyas ... 10 30 Mon. Laxton ... 10 45 Tues. Hardwick Hall ... 10 45 Thurs. Norwood Park 10 45 Sat. Whito Posts ... ... 10 45 Rutland's, Duke of First day the weather permits, Belvoir ... 12 0 Mon. Atcham Bridge ... 10 30 Thurs. Four Crosses, Oswestry road ... 10 30 Sat. Pitchford Village ... 10 30 Tues. Lund Court ... 10 30 Fri. Seawtou ... 10 30 &Dahl!, Mr.• Mon. Clatford Oakents 11 0 Tues. New Mill 1 1 1 0 .3 0 0 Wed. DOles Turnpike 11 0 Thurs. Wcybill • 11 0 Fri. Crow Down Clump 11 0 Sat. Speery Well ... 11 0 Somerset Subscription Tues. Holford Fri. Dunster Park 10 30 Southdown Mon. Green Man, Riugmer 10 45 Southwold (Mr. G. Cook's) Rufford Shropshire ... Sinnington ... Mon. Tothill W00d... ... 11 0 Tues. Tumby Swan 11 0 Thurs. Girsby 11 0 Sit. Spilsby 11 0 Staffordshire, North Mon. Seighford ... 10 30 Wed. Stableford Bridge ... 10 30 Fri. Ilinstock 10 30 Stamford's, Earl of Tues. The Hem ... ... 10 30 • Thurs. Chetwynd Park ... 10 30 Sat. Ivetscy Bank ... 111 30 Tues. Honingtou Fox 10 43 Thurs. Lidgatc 10 45 Sat. Livermore Park 10 45 Mon. Blk.llorse, Reigate Hill 10 30 Thurs. Down-place,near Guild ford ... 10 30 Sat. Fetcham Downs ... 10 30 Tues. I eklesham Windmill 10 30 Suffolk Surrey Union Sussex, East ... Fri. Ideu Village 10 30 Sutton's, Mr. Francis Tues. Roccliffe Hall ... 11. 0 Fri. Lodgo-on-the-Wolds ... 11 0 Sutton's, Mr. Richard Mon. Rolleston ... 11 0 Thurs. Shearsby 11 0 Sat. Gaddcsby ... 11 0 Thomson's, Mr. A. Mon. Stratton Audley 11 0 Tues. Barton Common 11 0 Thurs. Edgcot Village 11 0 Sat. Chipping-wardeu ... 11 0 Tues. Hollingbourne House 10 30 Fri. Halfway House,Cholleok 10 30 Mon. Oakford Bridge ... 10 30 Thurs. Morebath 10 30 ... Tues. Sbaugh Bridge 10 30 Sat. Bridge-end,NewtonFer -10 30 Tickham TiTorton TreL%wney's, Mr. Tynociale ... rers Mon. The Keunels Wed. Dalton Villago Chollerford Taos. Korry Pole Sat. Plowden Wood _ 10 4 3 -. 10 45 .- 10 45 _. 10 0 _ 10 0 United Pack V. W. H. (Lord Gil- ford's) ... Warwickshire... No account Mon. Ilmington Tues. Mitford. Bridge Thurs. Marston Doles Fri. Church Tysoe ... 10 45 Warwickshire, North Tues. Kenilworth Castle 10 45 Thurs. Hillmonton 10 45 Sat. Hocklcy House ... 10 45 Willoughby's, Mr. Mon. Cottham Warren House 10 33 Thurs. Galley Gap ... 10 30 Sat. Oulston ... 10 30 Mon. Copcut Elm 10 30 Thurs. Croome House 10 30 Fri. Radford Gate 10 30 Wyndham's, Colonel... Mon. Lisgate Common ... 11 30 Wed. Whitewall Lodges ... 11 30 Worcestershire Fria Waltham Park Wynn's, Sir W. W. Mon. Boreaton Tues. Emral Thurs. Kennels ... 11 30 ... 10 30 ... 10 30 ... 10 30 Bat. Clover ... 10 30 Yarborough's, Earl of Mon. Ifousham 11 0 Thurs. Riby Cross Roads 11 0 Sat. Elsham Hall 11 U Mon. Skelton ... ... 10 30 Tues. Goldsboro' ... ... 10 30 Thurs. Ferensby ... 10 30 Sat. Naburn ... 10 30 York and Ainety HARRIERS. Tues. The Giant's Head on Cerro Hill 12 0 Sat. Milborne East Hill ... 12 0 Mon. Patcham ... 10 45 Wed. Thunder's Barrow ... 10 45 Sat. Dyke 10 45 Mon. Stoke Heath ~. 10 30 Fri. Round Hill ... 10 30 Mon. Newmarket Hill 10 30 Thurs.Telscombe Tye 10 30 Mon. Clinch-street 11 0 B. V.... Brightos ... Broomsgrove ... Brookside ... H. H. Rochester Thurs. Lower Delco 11 0 High Peak ... Tues. Newhaven 11 0 Thurs. Sheldon ... 11 0 Sat. Winster Turnpike-gate 11 0 Newcastle & Gateshead Mon. Boldou ... 10 30 Fri. Berwick Hill 10 30 Tues. Ripple Mill ... ~. 10 0 Thurs. Pineham ... 10 0 Williams's, Mr. E. Wed. Moavy Village 10 30 Sat. Viverdon 10 30 SCOTCH. Foxaotrsos. Womyss's, Earl of Mon. Paxton Wed. Lilburn Fri. Pawstou IRISH. FOXHOUNDS. West Street ... 10 30 10 30 _. 10 30 Carlow and Island Tues. Limerick 11 0 Thurs. Bullingate 11 0 Sat. Burton Hall 11 0 Mon. Mounthazel 11 0 Thurs. Lavally ll 0 vat. Monivea Castle 11 0 Spratstown Bridge ... 11 0 Thucs. Bishops-court... ... 11 0 Sat. Eighteenth Milestone 11 0 ... Tues. Ir. unauY ••• 11 0 Fri. Tho Nanl 11 0 ... Mon. Allenstown 11 0 Tues. Elm -grove ... - 11 0 Thurs. Bengeratown 11 0 Sat. The Flat house 1.1 0 Queon'S County Tues. Lisduff 11 30 rrf. Corhally 11 30 Galway Blazers Kildare Louth ... ... Meath ... ... ROYAL BRITISH BANK.—At a meeting of the Royal British Bank, held yesterday, the report for the half year ending the 31st of December ;as; recommended a dividend at the rate of 6 per test. p er annum ; and, priated bala after carrying 1,0001 , to the reservod fund, which now amounts to 16,3321. , showed an unapPro of 2,341/ . It also announced t he coapletion of the nce se cond addition of 100,0001. to the subscribed capital, which has thus been increased to 300,C00/., of which one-half has been paid up. Sir James' Matheson was ointed a trustee, and it was s tated that the new pro mises of the Bank are txps,,cted to be completed [by the end of that quazter• ~~`R spirit of the Public Journals. (Front the Times of this day.) The omission of the United * States from the Queen's Speech provokes the criticism of Ldrd. Derby, and may possibly be a source of some additional bitterness on the other side of the Atlantic ; but probably the United States were well left out, for there is nothing that we could eay about them just now that is likely to please them. For oar own eake, as well as hers, we could most sincerely wish that the machine of government in the great Republic . worked a little more smoothly, and was not so apt to get slogged in some places and stimulated' to violent and de structive. action in others. *Differences have arisen, as they will arise occasionally between the best friends,' be tween us and the American Republic. War, always odious and destrUctive, would be against such an enemy a thousand times more bevelling than against any other. To sweep her commerce from the seas, to: lestrey her navy,. to ravage her seaboard, wsnld be feats: neither difficult nor dangerous to a Power with such forces as Great gritein now possesses, but little would be the honour and heavy the loss of this suicidal triumph. We are unwilling to fight, not because we fear our enemies, for never were con ditiOns of combat more unequal than those would be between Greats Britain and the United States at this moment, . but . because we cannot bring our selves to regard them as enemies at all. When Liman spoke of a more than civil war, he must surely have alluded to such a war as would be waged between Great Britain and North America. The parent devastat ing the fair inheritance of the child, kindred hands em ployed in rooting out that prosperity the increase of which has overflowed in a tide of riches into this island, are sub jects too painful for contemplation, and from which the mind of every Englishman turns aside with unconquerable disgust. Let us have war, if need be, with any other na tion, but not witk those colonies—the proudest historic monument we possess, the most enduring memorial of Anglo-Saxon greatness. Yet what can we do, and how avert that which this ex traordinary nation, or those who hove at least the 'teal right to Rua in its name; seem 'to be determined to bring upon tier - Wore tliq wlabla *Weep. of tO-irleolo. t p eh nblie mind of America - bent ttp6ei the 4nestioii,'vre 15¢b'+ for a setisfaation and reconciliation ; but what is to be done with a nation which is drifting heedlessly into war with a people possessing a splendid army and the finest navy in the world, while it possesses, in truth, neither the one nor the other? A few thousand soldiers scattered over an immense continent, and vessels carrying in all about 500 guns, are literally all the resources with which the United States confront the enormous fleet and well-trained armies of England, about to be sot at liberty by the impend ing peace with Russia. If *e were the aggressors—if, taking advantage of the enormous disparity of our forces, we had been mean and base enough to force a quarrel on an unoffending neighbour, no words would have been suf ficiently vigorous to reprobate our conduct; but what is to be said when a Power utterly helpless in military and naval resources insists on fixing us with a quarrel which we have as little power to avoid as it has adequately to carry out ? We find, indeed, in America an Executive Government, which is ready enough to exchange defiance with us, but that Government is on the very eve of dissolution, and is well known to be using a quarrel with Great Britain as a means of courting popularity for the coming elections. We have a difference with it with regard to certain places in Central America and the interprotatiou of treaties re lating to them. Whether we are right or wrong in one view of the case we will slot stop to inquire ; at any rate, we have adopted the most conciliatory step in our power, for we have offered to leave the quarrel to the arbitration of any impartial State, and to abide by whatever award may be given. America rejects this offer, and continues the argument, which a succession of letters and memorials has worn completely threadbare. Meanwhile, a baud of pirates, issuing from her own shores, seize upon a por tion of the disputed territory, and, so far from repres sing their outrages, we find the naval forces of the United States engaged in assisting them against the authorities of the State which they have invaded. Our offers of amicable reference aro refused, and armed violence, seconded by the forces of the State, is let loose to seize by force that which we in vain beg them to refer to friendly arbitration. If we turn to another cause of quarrel--the eulistmmt in Canada of American citizens for the English service i the Crimea, we find a quarrel intemperately urged and vehemently pressed by the American Government, not withstanding our disclaimer of any intention to violate their municipal laws, and our offer of the amplest satisfac tion to the offended dignity of the States. Amends more than enough to satisfy the offended pride and wounded sensibility of any private gentleman have been offered to the American Cabinet, but offered in vain. They cannot be content with satisfaction unless it be attended with humiliation, and require that wo should withdraw our de servedly popular Minister from Washington as an expia tion to the injured dignity of the Union. We trust that this rash intention is not finally determined oa, or, after so flagrant and unprovoked rin insult, it may be long in deed before Washington will beheld another representa tive of the Cabinet of St. James's. But let us appeal from the Executive Government to the people, and see whether the representatives of the commu nity a ill support the Government in forcing upon us, in spite of offers of satisfaction and appeals to arbitration, a quarrel to us most unwelcome and unnatural, and to them assuredly most disastrous and calamitous. Alas ! the re presentatives of the people can give us no answer. They have eyes and sea not, earshave they and hear not. They have met together now for seven weeks, but they have con cerned themselves with nothing relating to the public ex cept fruitless attempts to elect a Speaker. The American press, to its honour, raises its voice against this state of things, but raises its voice in vain. in the anarchy and suspension of all the functions of government into which the country has fallen the Executive seems emancipated from all control, and disposed to use•its power to drive things to a point at which, though the reason of tho coun try may condemn, its patriotism will be bound to support them. The situation is becoming every day more critical, and we must await the result with a firmness inspired by a confidence in our own strength, and the knowledge that we have done and will yet do all that a pacific and hon ourable nation can do to avert the catastrophe which seems impending, not over us, but the nation that has surrendered the care of its honour and peace into such hands at so anxious a moment. THE LAW OF PARTNERSHIP AND JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES. (From the Times of this day.) One must dive rather low into human motives to get at the foundation of the commercial prejudices described last night by the Vice-President of the Board of Trade. The law of partnership in this country has hitherto been, in the words of the old proverb, " In for an inch, in for an ell." It was assumed as a matter of course that most people, on going into any business or commercia undertaking, would be glad enough to go just so fur and ra further. Of course, if a man could put himself in the way of indefinite gain by a moderate stake, Si) inuch the better ; but the very wish to do so was thought only the dictate of a corrupt nature. Generosity, fairness, and honour required that a man should risk in proportion to his chance of profit. But, what was more important, the man who did risk his ali thought it very hard if others did not do as much. There is no principle that admits ut such gross perversion as that of fairness. At school it 's not fair in a boy to do twenty verses when the rest of the' class have agreed to the average of a dozen ; nor is at all fair to exhibit a more than average propriety of language and demeanour. In trade it has hitherto not been fair that people should assist one another to carry on a business unless they run the same risks as everybody else, or even greater risks, in consideration of their greater advantage. When a man conducts his business alone lie has only his own follies to answer for ; but when there is ii dozen part ners he may be at the mercy of any one of them. That might have suggested that a large partnership was so far a ' condition of greater risk, and that each partner might therefore reasonably be excused from risking his all on the integrity and wisdom of a dozen partners, But no; the jealousy of prirate partnerships and single traders has al ways insisted that everybody who can be made out a tradei shall be liable to the sarne pound of flesh as the rest "Drink deep, or taste not," has beau the cry, inspired, as it was thought, by eternal ,justice. Could ,n ; • shift lar ima gined by which a man might alleviate hii risk, he way, thought to steal a march on his follows, like the pilgrim who boiled the peas his penance required Mar to put in his beets, or the man who occasionally prefers a ;_:ap in tbe fence to a five-barre 1 gate. Everybody may have heard partners, sleeping partners, unknown partners, poor old ladies, young gentlemen, and others of a condition to de serve pity, described as shifty teeause they wished to risk only their 10,0001. or so expressly advanced. Of course, whenever the opportunity occurs, they are eagerly seized and despoiled by creditors to the last farthing, not only as lawful prey, but as the victims at the shrine of iu:mutable justice. The old lady who one morning finds herself not only minus the 20,C00/. left under her father's will in his business, but a penniless outcast, and the young gentleman who was a Cambridge wrangler one week, and a bankrupt and a beggar the next, without in the least knowing why or wherefore, only adorned the shrine at which they were immolated. Trade is a craft of that sort that a man must be made free of it, and the process of adoption, it would seem, must be painful and tlegradieg. It must take as much of a man's liberty and substance as can be extracted from him. All this was thought fair. Evil was called good, and good evil. It was ivrong to wish, as most people privately did, to trade with a limited risk , and ri g ht to make ev e r ybody put his foot into a commercia l enterprise as deeply as possible. So far, indeed, has this feeling al eon carried, that not only angry creditors, but high - thorities, have disputed the propriety of allowing marriage settlements, under any circumstances, to stand against bankruptcy. That they should be allowed to do s o i s an extraordinory witness of nature against the general rigour of the law. It appears that in this case we do allow a sleeping partner with limit ed liability—limited, t h at is, to the amount reserved ; a nd, whatever may be the opinion of a few crotchety lawyers, no person of common humanity would object to the practice. Tho object of the proposed measures is simply to reassert the law of liberty with no more than the usual securities against fraud. In the nature of things there is no reason why half-a-dozeu persons should not subscribe their thou sand pounds each to carry on a trade, or a hundred per -1 pound a - piece ; or any number of persona each E :;:r h ch eir as they can ; and the law, which last session was timidly amended, will now leave people at liberty to do this. Certainly it was time for it when it is considered that within the present generation three hundred mil. lions have been invested, and a large proportion of it thrown away, in one particular farm of commer cial enterprise with limited liability the censtrac tion of railways. Indeed, the management of these companies and the utter incompetency of the shareholders generally to protect their own inte rests betray the very . weakness in our commercial habits which it is now proposed to amend. We boast in England of our self-government, our powers of combination, and our representative system. It is true that as politicians we may lay claim to these things. But iu trade our boast has hitherto been individual enterprise rather than asso ciation and self-government. Our commercial authorities seem to take for granted that it is quite impossible for any number of men to conduct a business together, to watch over the proceedings of their officers, and secure their honesty. Thus it was lately urged by a correspondent, in , the fiery face of what takes place erery day in the Urated ~...., ), , s i./ • 75., _ ,t l k , c,. States, ihat it is impossible a hotel could be carried nn .1% , I. ,, , S:Sy\ 4. k bya-company, inasmuch as no body of men could concW•e°4; .. .. ~ t i --; ~--, iiltrate sufficientartkentien•to counteract the neglizopce ir , :, '21;;.--t:" . ... ':' ,l * - ' detect the fraud of a walager re.solved to defeat them. t:' , ...::.;..___ -.;',',:)'-'. ,Cq is rather remarkable That just 'at this rnonAt the shay ”, „..;7,f,,Fc- 4, 1145 , d: holders of this country sheuld be entering into an organi-\,''' - ''' ,, :d- ':'. : - sation to do that which all Englishmen were supposed si . a s - capable of doing .before, and which it nin.rfairly be sup posed they would have been able to do, had they been ac customed to Ceuhnereial association. In France thi prin ciple is intter understood, the power of seltgovernineet is moredeveloped,:and as a natural consequence, - railways are ' conducted at two or three times the profit that they are in .thit - country: ---- NO doubt; where' respe risi bill ty • i s - tramh di vided and spread his apt to be weakened. The lam,too, must have its means of enforcing the fultilment i of obligations, whether the contractors be one or many. A law that seizes not only the property, but the person of the debtor, thLt lodges him in ilrison . en the slightest 4vasion ' and punishes him as severely as if he were a pickpocket or • footpad' • 'will not ' shrink from confounding ' rind' Ti chastising the more reckless dishonesty of a corn menial association, if need be. The crimes it will hate . to deal with in these instanses are rather the malversation of the officers than the extravagance or dishonesty. of the shareholders. 'The latter having deposited their shares and chosen their managers generally confine their ambition to a good percentage. It is the treasurer; the directors, the lawyer& and other officers who are apt to speculate on, the funds left in their grasp. This is the sort of offence I the law will have to deal with in the case of partnerships and large companies with limited liability ; and we have little_ doubt _everything Will .be done to protect sound _ principle and a salutary reform from the scandelpfgiyi ng a new occasion for commercial immorality. (Front the Daily News.) Last night the House of Commons did .it k ielf infinite credit. The Vice-President of the Board of Trade, in bringing forward his motion with respect to the Law of Partnership and Joint-Steck Companies, displayed a grasp' rc of philosophic statesmanship and a felicity of expression which are rarely seen within the wallsuf Parliament. And the effort was appreciated.- It was indeed fitting that i n discussing, perhaps, the greatest question of commercial reform which has ever been mooted, the representatives of this great country should forget their party prejudices, and apply themselves dispassionately to the consideration of the proposal. The. House -of Commons proved itself equal to the occasion ; and we must confess that to witness men of all parties. abandoning , political differences and uniting to carry a great measure of legal and commercial reform was singularly gratifying. Nevertheless this very unanimity may well teach legislators caution. For more than a century succeeding Ministers and succeeding judges ' have vehemently supported what a e maylnow. perhaps, call the exploded doctrines in regard to partnership. For more than a century joint-stock companies, with limited or with unlimited liability, have been regarded by most men as hotbeds of fraud and societies for the advancement .cif- ruin. Only some few years ag o the present Joint- Stock Registration Act was passed,' the elaborate provi sions of which, although intended to check fraud and to curb, speculation, have, iu fact, protected the one and in creased the other. The propositions of the Vice-President of the Board of Trade ,are twofold—they deal with two different subjects, and are embodied in two distinct bills. The first relates to private partnerships, the second relates to joint-stock companies. Both, however, are founded upon the same principle—namely, freedom of contract. At present, if A contracts with B, A is not only entitled to call upon B for payment, but if Bis unable to pay, and it turns out that a third party. 0, has supplied li with money, and shares the profits, A is entitled to sue C to the uttermost farth ing. But if C, instead of taking the profits as profits, only takes a sum proportioned' to the profits, then C escapes all liability. So that by a technical dodge one man may ren ter himself liable to the extent of his whole fortune whilst another man may enjoy the benefits of limited liability. In more popular phrase this is the rule of law under which dormant partners are made liable to the whole extent of their fortune for the debts contracted by the active part ner. A creditor who lends his money or supplies goods to s man who afterwards turns out io be insolvent may come upon a dormant partner, of whose existence ho was in utter ignorance M the time he made the contraet o and he nay thus obtain repayment out of resources which never entered into his calculations when he made .the contract. This absurdity it is proposed by the first bill to abolish—in other word by a bill of two clauses it is proposed to re peal the case of Waugh v. Carver, which originally esta.b• limbed the liability of dormant partners; and the effect will be to keep there safe, and to throw the whole liabili-. ties of a. concern on the active partners. The ruin of bene volent old gentlemen who have remained as sleeping part-, iers in firms; and have been ruined by their benevolence, will no longer be heard of, and this is a benefit of no slight importance in a commercial country. But the second bill is wider in its scope, and will be more extensive in its consequences.. As Mr. Cardwell ad witted, it is impossible to dispute the principle that every men is entitled to make what contract he pleases, provided he gives ample notice of the contract which he intends to make. The right of associating together for the purposes of bade is not a privilege—it is a matter of mere agree ment of contract; and when men talk of the privileges granted to corporat'ons, it would be more correct to speak of the rights restored to them which they have been wrong fully denied. .The freedom of contracting as you will, and with whom you will, being admitted, the only.thing which it is absolutely necessary to provide •for is, that .ample notice shall be given tohlie public, in crier that they may. know with whom they are contracting. Men moat not be deceived into contracting with shadows which will elude their grasp when they are to be made responsible. 'The contracting parties must ha certain and definite, and every facility must be given for the creation of those societies, snd for the enforcing of their mutual rights. It is surely a singular instance of misguided legislation that, although the greatest public works which adorn this country are the product of segregate capital, that power of aggregation is hampered by a thousand difficultiee At present the , law depends ui on the 7 and 8 Viet, c. 1 I smith e Limited Li ability[Act of last session. The elaborate machinery of the former act ban proved an utter failuie. The provisional registration which was required under that act, and which was intended to give a Parliamentary status to inch ate coq p. Wes, instead of protecting the public. powerfully tended 'to deceive them. Shareholders ima gined that there was something respectable in being under the aegis of an Act of Parliament. Their suspicions were lulled, enormous frauds were perpetrated, and the unde fined rights of the parties duritig this state of embryo exist ence proved the ruin of thousands. The Act of Parliament indeed prohibited the sale of scrip, but the Stock Ex ehange—which holds the law of honour above the law of Parliament—dealt with the scrip as if no such prohibition existed. Men of straw subscribed the deeds, and com• panies nominally for ono purpose were turned to other pur poses. A thousand vexatious and expensive conditions were imposed, which, even according to the admission of Mr. Cardwell, have proved utterly nugatory. And even if the restrictions hail been less annoying then they appear. to have been, no provision at present exists by which the poor man can combine his labour and his growl capital for the purposes of commerce., Even under the Limited Lia bility Act of last session aU. share is impossible. And yet upon no principle whatever is it possible to justify any such restriction. Bet all these anomalies Mr. Lowe pur poses entirely to abolish. lie proposes to repeal the 7 and 3 Vie., cap., 110, and the Limited Liability Act. When the number of partners is under seven, the cow Act does not apply, fur it is thought to be better that any number .of persons below seven should he considered as mere com mon partners. But if the number of persons essoriating together for the purpose of gain is greater than six, and less than twenty, the Act may he adopted. And if the num ber exceeds twenty, the Act must be adopted. The only associations to which the act does not apply are banks and insurance companies. In order to form a company under this act, the only thing necessary is that seven persons shall sign what is called a memorandum of associatien, containing the name of the company, the ohjoct for which it is instituted, the liability of the shareholders, and the number .of shares held by each. Upon this being Sled with the proper officer the company is formed. It is a corporation, and the several shareholders 'e ill incur no greater liability than is involved in the amount of their shares. To this memorandum is added a set of bye-laws which are contained in a schedule to the act.. These bye laws provide for the internal management of the associa tion, and they may either be adopted simply from the scedule of the act, or with such changes as the directors may think convenient. Thus a cemnany may be consti tuted at an expense of some N., and the option of forming uch an association is open to all. The creditors of the company will be perfectly informed of those to whom they must look as responsible, for the company will have a cor porate name, and provision is made that a list of share holders shall he kept at the office of the company itself. In short, the true principles of economical science, the freedom of commerce, logical completeness, method, and succinctness, are the Characteristics of this bold and com prehensive measure, which has already extorted the ad miration of the House of Commons, and which we hope will, ere long, by the wisdom of Parliament, be permitted to stunt as a noble monument to the enlightened spirit of hose who framed it. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE, LLANELLY. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Thursday at the London Tavern ; Mr. J. Biddulph in the chair. The SECRETARY read the report, which stated that the earnings in the six months ending the 31st of December last amounted to 8,9121. and the expenses to 5,920/., leaving a surplus of 2,992/. After the payment of the in terest on debentures, 7361., there remained a not profit appli cable to dividends amounted to 3,6401., of which the whole preference yea r shares c e upon tnhte. of 2,255/. p T a h y e ab p l r e ofl o t n m th a e de s per 2,9671. for the ordinary shares. The directors recommend a dividend of 1/. per share upon the original shares. The works on the Llandilo extension have been proceeded with in a satisfactory manner, though not so rapidly as bad been expected. d,ievriedeon74sBl., leaving The report of Mr. Samuel, the engineer, stated that if the present rate of progress in relaying the main line be maintained the whole will be completed by midsummer. Some unforeseen difficulties in obtaining possession of a portion of the land will delay the opening of the Llandilo extension till mi ]summer. He had every rea son to believe that the Vale of Towy Railway would be ready for opening simultaneously with the Llandilo ex tension. The capital account showed that 260,988/. had been received, and 257,2571. expended, leaving a balance of 3,7311. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN the report was adopted, and a dividend of 1/. per share declared on the old shares. The retiring directors, Messrs. Biddulph, Butts, and Christie, were re-elected. It was stated tnat the owners of the anthracite coal on the line preferred a small trade and very high prices to a large trade and moderate prices. Overtures had been made from the Vale of Towy Railway Company to lease it to the Llanelly Company. Several shareholders ob jected to leasing the line in the present condition of the company, although it might eve ntuall y be advanta geous to do so, on the ground that improvident lea ses had seriously injured many railway companies. Mr. SAMUEL, C.E., said that might be true in respect of lines that lied cost 30,000/. per mile and upwards, but when it was considered that the Vale of Towy line ..vould not cost 5,00/. per mile the advantages were apparent, as it would extend their line to Llandovery. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the pro ceedings. GENERAL REMOVES.—ANOTHER CONCESSION—The Board of inland Revenue, by general order of the 2let ult., beve extended the period of the general remove% of excise efli:r.3 fox feu' to !ix yeare,—Civil Rervice Gcotte. di .t.