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Lessee for the Christmas Pantomime, Mr. J. IL ANDERSON. Irnateirse tineeess of the great Pantomime of tho Field of the to-dap, And )or of Irish Dn day, and ,uality, bu Dold not _ Cloth of Gold. Triumph of the real Clown FLEXMORE. TO-NIGHT an improved and more extensive and more effective arrangement of MAGIC and MYSTERY by Professor ANDERSON, the Great Wizard of the North, as recently given. by him at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, 112 consecutive representations, and before an aggregate audience of 300,309 'persons. ~',7' t LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JAN UARY 5, 1856. iiti o . ut ant Irish, wars N o . 19,738.] [PRICE 4D. STAMPED SD• _ To conclude with the Grand, National, Historical, and Chivalric PANTOMIME, which has been so long in Prepara tion and on the P ro d uc ti on o f w hi c h se l arge an expense has been irwurrod, of YE BELLE ALLIANCE; or, HARLEQUIN GOOD HUMOUR, AND YE FIELDE OF YE CLOTHE OF GOLDE London—The Russians set the Thames on fire —Foreign Fruits and British Stuffs—Odd Importation of Bear's Grease—Sar dinians and Zouaves—The Illustrated London News—The Humours of Good Humour. 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 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. PUBLICATIONS. Spirit of the Public Journals. 6d to 66d; tc 70 Per , 9d to Cl , Old to N. Now ready at all the libraries, in 3 Vols., THE APOTHEOSIS OF YE BELLE ALLIANCE, Designed . ,by M. Guerin. ENGLAND AND FRANCE. THE HOUSE OF ELMORE. A FAMILY lIISTORT. 1, and a lid down , Oats on O. the top to 42ths. 1-12ths. 1-12ths. -12ths. '42ths. the farme o would not ma must W k. BarloYti :Ai this de/1 spring ocall 76 Odd Od. .• to 470 day, mil 0 von Other ey, maltiaS 0 38s, 22st , ; peas, 49 'al Post 000 When due 1 1. Eli. ow* Jan. 14 (Jan. 26 Uncortair l Jan. 6 Daily Jan. 15 Jan. lb, Uucallaw Jaa. lb Tu.T11.85: !Jan. 4 ITlrtoaiat ! lan. 16. 115thotrao Jan. 4 Twtaedid l i Jan. 15 IJan. 4 IJan. 1 ry 1 . nearts lUosertss i 1 da li WO kanit &16 DO Its will oft tT, tho fright C" eopatchftd et has WO yosterasf . (tern, 93V cities, 8i eat Wester° Einasmbourg ) 70 —Di tW th Easterth been with' bade low ' li—Sontb and York' neolu, 23i. today, atsd vere done at our Valleys, loss to•daY' ►luce, 21. 9d' risole (shut) •ee per Cent' ►n., 874 ii calves), 44; 4 per cent' 324--Roys; terford l oa Irish Soistil I.rab nama 3 Algeria, bao ;'onstantio* The pri• th lazy and er Ahmed, Bmall tartar Crated with Ahmed" authoritf Ition in ra' dingly, en* plunge * led turned -ed a slight id that be flitted that lent asked cut to roar• is written uilty, with ced to 16 e•p&rk, the er. Samuel •lee Smell, Mrs. Wm• "Japt. jobs 1 , Esq., of olict of IL tew Noble, aughter of ddaughter Regent's- John Bo• Portman. , the wife %rd Leigh Lincoln's- •y Smith, r. Arthur m Lewig, , George ged 86. Fischer, a's, city, fOUNG, No. 112, minty of Being a. LEGEND of the MEETING of the MONARCHS. " It was a marvellous sweets and goodlye sight to see those two Princes, in the flower() of their age, in the height of their etrengthe and in the dignitie of their maulye beautye, com pleading two great Nations, that bade been so long rivals and e nemies, instead of leading hostile armies to desolate and destroys, meet in that peaceful valleye, and embrace like brothers, in the sighte of the choice nobilitie of either land." —The Chroniclers. The Pantomime invented, arranged, and produced by Mr. A. Ramie, with the same attention to Scenery, Costumes, and Effects, which has characterised the prosluctione of " Ri golette," "II 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 Openinz written by Mr. George Augustus Sala. The .Musie composed by Mr. Loder (who has ebligingly lent his aid on account of the Pantomime being Dreduced a t thi s Theatre). Th e B a ll e t an d I nc idental ancesarran ge d 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. 11. Sleman and numerous Assistants. The Ori ginal and Ultra-Grotesque Masks by Mr. G. Ewing. The Novel and Costly Properties by Mr. Prescott, ass i s ted by Mr. Moreland. The Ladie s ' C os t umes by Mrs. James, assisted by Mr. Beauchamp, 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. Perruquier, Mr. Rick ards, of Brydges-s treet, Covent-garden. Tho Novel Gas Arrangements by Mr. Palmer and Assistants. The Whole Production being under the Immediate Superintendence of Mr. A. HARRIS. Mourners at On:ATtaTiNictois on One Throne. The Coro nation with the Coronals of Valour by the Genius of Victory. MORNING PERFORMANCE, on SATURDAY, Jan. 5, at Two o'clock. Treasurer, Mr. Hingston, to whom the Superintendence of the Auditorium has been entrusted. The Box-office is now open, under the direction of Mr, O'Reilly. Private Boxes (which may also be taken at the prin cipal Libraries), 31. 35., 21, 25., 11. ls., and 12s. Grand Bal cony, 4s. Upper Boxes, 2s. 6d. Amphitheatre Stalls, 2s. Pit, 2s. Gallery, is. Half-price at Nine o'clock, Balcony, 35.; Upper Boxes, Is. 6d. Pit, 15.; Gallery, 6d. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. SMITH. Acting Manager, Mr. CHARLES 'MATHEWS. Stage Manager, Mr. ROBERT ROXIIY. The 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 vate boxes, to hold two persons, 10s. 6cl. (Is. for each person extra) ; on the grand tier, one guinea ; proscenium and stage boxes, 2/. 2s. ; galleries, 6d. and ls. ; pit, 2s. ; upper boxes, Is. 6d. ; first circle, 2s. 6d.; dress circle, 3s. MORNING PERFORMANCE EVERY WEDNESDAY, at Two o'clock. Mr. Charles Mathews in Two Pieces. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE GREAT GUN TRICK. After which will be produced an entirely Novel and Original Inductive, Instructive, Anti-Hypochondriacal, Periodical, Episodical, Magical, Tragical, Logical, Chronological, Gra phical, Chorographical, Philosophical, Cryptographieal, Parabolical, Symbolical, Rhythmical, Mimical, Academical, Meelmelaft; 'Technical, Pyrotechnieg Historical, Harmo nical, Heroical, Typical, Allegorical, Metaphorical, Chime rical, Satirical, Historical, Metrical, Symmetrical, Lyrical, Musical, 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 HEY DIDDLE DIDDLE ; or, Harlequin King Nonsense and the Seven Ages of Man. The Scenery entirely New, painted by and under the super intendence of Mr. William Beverley, assisted by Messrs. James, Wilson, Gompertz, and numerous assistants. The Machinery by Mr. Tucker and assistants. The Pro perties, Decorations, &c., by Messrs. Needham, Glindon, and others. The Tricks by Messrs. Roe and assistants. Tho Chorographic Arrangements under the direction of Madame Louise. Tho Masks and Personal Appointments designed and executed by the celebrated Dykwynkyn, Artist in Panto mimic Physiolognomy, and Photographic Delineator of Elves, Sprites, and Goblins to the Court of Fairy Land. The Overture and Music composed and arranged by Mr. J. 11. Tully. The Comic Scenes by Harry Bolen°, Glindon, and E. L. Blanchard. The Grotesque Burlesque Opening in vented and written by E. L. Blanchard, Author of " Harle quin Hudibras," " King Humming•top," " Jack and Jill," &c. ; and the whole arranged and produced under the super intendence of Mr. Robert Roxby. 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 ; Little Jack Horner, Master Plummy ; Little Ilb Peep, Miss Fortywinks ; Little Tommy Tucker, Master Singsong ; Humpty Dumpty, Mr. Eggshell ; Little Boy Blue, Master Blowhorn ; Old Mother Hubbard, Mrs. Leaveabono ; The Cat and the Fiddle (from an original Kit-cat Portrait), by a distinguished Player; King Nonsense (the Ruler of a great many Lines), Mr. Glindon ; Spirit of Common Sense (on an occasional visit), Miss Fanny Reeves ; Baby in Cradle, Little Toddlekins ; Routine and Redtape (banished to Noodledom), Messrs. Musty and Rusty ; Old Friends and New Faces " They 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." Sc ene I. TliE CAVERNS- Or THE GNOME BRITANNICUS IN SUBTERRANEANU SSIA. G nomes—Britannicus (a fine old English Gnome), one of the oldea 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 shape of Foreign Wines, French Brandy, and great i n his be lief i n B eer, 'Baecy, Beef, and Boxing—Mr. John Neville. Ballabile des Diablotines, by Mesdemoiselles E. Honey, Ricks, Arlington, Cleveland, Granville, Losh, Brown, Page, Gregory, Rose, Kendall, Martinez, Gessolin, Turtle, Ford, Stewart, Ranoe, and Clare. Assistant Gnomes—Blue Fire, Mr. Williams ; Phosphorus ton, Mr. Samuels ; Candescentington, Mr. A. Smith ; Match well, Mr. Saunders ; Ignisfatty, Mr. P. A. James ; Red- Ilazen, Mr. Voller ; Crates-vomit, Mr. Spindle ; Torchlight, Mr. Jafrer ; Blazeton, Mr. Parkes ; Sulphurite, Mr. Topham ; ramington, Mr. Paxman ; Gassington, Mr. B. Brown ; Crater vomit, Mr. Si m ki ns ; H o t spar k, M r . J. Jones; Illuminoso ; Mr. Blockey ; Nitrebank, Mr. Pratt. Scene 11. THE LAND'S END, CORN WALL, WITH THE CAR OF THE DRAGONS. _ Good Tlumour—( a f am iliar 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. 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 tile, Hotel des Invalides at Paris. " And o'er that shrine the last Remembrance quench Of Malice 'twixt the English and the French !" S6ene 111. THE DECK OF " THE GREAT HARRY," FOUR DECKER, 128 (I nns (the first English Man-of-War). The vessel lying alcnvide the Quay at Dover, with T---RE EMBARKATION OF HENRY THE EIGHTH. H enry the Eighth (a stout monarch, of middle age, residing fet es time ago at No. 1, Westminster, whose idea was that tie impossible t o h av e too much of a good thing, or a good o g. A good wife being a good thing, he thought that the ?lore wives he had the better. Himself being a good king, 1 ."5 decid e d th at he coul d no t ma k e tdb much of himself, and 4" is accordingly made as extensive as possible in the person of p h r iaf t a y ithful represeatative)—Mr. Harry Pe arson . Pretty Poppet (Page to King Henry Vlll.)—Master Sloman. The Queen of England—Mr. Jones. Maids of the Bedchamber to the English Queen—Mesdlles. fey, Pinky, Daisy, Pansy, and Lily. Cardinal Wolsey (a nautical gentleman much accustomed to swim on bladders in seas of glory,") vide Shakespere—Mr. 4- • Q. Villiers. Sir Jasper Spritsail (commander of the Great Harry), a w eather-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. Partingeon ; Bob Ilolystone, Mr. Ledyard ; Joe Sheetanchor, Mr. T. B. Smith ; Davy Dock', Mr, Woodfield; Ted Trunchion, Mr. Freby ; Tim Towrope, Mr. Henry ; Dick Longboat, Mr. Barry ; Peter Stanchion, Mr. Sims ; Bill Figurehead, Mr. Soloman ; Hal Hammock, Mr. Harvey ; Charles Caboose, Mr. White ; Sam Sailcloth, Mr. Mazzoni ; Nat Northpole, Mr. Fredericks ; Bill Bunt line Mr. Payne. Diorama—No. 3. VILLAGE OF PRETTYWELL, with distant view of the Village Church and surrounding country. —Early Morning. Young Hopeful (afterwards Harlequin), Signor Verroni ; Hobbedyhoy (his schoolfellow—afterwards Clown) Harry Bo leno ; Dr. Birch (the Village Schoolmaster—afterwards Pan taloon), Mr. G. Tanner; His Pupils, Masters Fagg, Bragg, Wagg, Nagg, Lagg, Magg, Stagg, and Tagg ; Rosa (Ward to " The Justice," and afterwards Columbine), Madame Boleno ; Miss Starch, Governess at " Mrs. Howdydo's Establishment for Young Ladies," in the Village of Prettywell-cum-Thankye). Miss Buckram ; Her Pupils—Misses Prattle, Rattle, Giggle, Suiggle, no gg le, Joggle, Fangle, Dangle, Sidle, Ogle, Romp, Flirt, Slypuss, and Simperwell ; Hobson (the Village Carrier), Mr. Packer ; Bun-woman, Mrs. Goody. Sums summed up somehow—School Forms and Ceremonies, Lessons not Lessened, and Cartoons for Young England—The Plum Cake and the Seedy Schoolmaster- Working the Oracle and Playing the Truant—How Young Hopefulwants to catch a Fish, and how Hobbedyhoy contrives to hook it—How the Schoolmaster tries the rod, and how well somebody catches it—How Young Hopeful blows his own trumpet, and the Young 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 Made to his Mistress's eyebrow." BLACKSMITH'S FORGE AND ROAD-SIDE INN (Sunset). Ilobb and Nobb (the Village Blacksmiths), Messrs. Batter and Clatter ; afterwards Sprites, The Brothers Elliot ; Doublcstout (Mine Host of the " Leather Bottle), Mr. Arfa narf ; Cuminsir (Head Waiter), Mr. Readytongue ; Yesser and Noser (his Assistants), Messrs. Cut and Run ; Cook, Mr. Bastewell ; Boots, Mr. Tizzy ; Chambermaid, Miss Bobaday ; Scrjeant Kite (a Recruiting Officer—afterwards Pantaloon), Deulin Johnson ; " The Justice" (one of the " Great Un paid"—afterwards Clown), Tom Matthews ; Flipper and Flunkey (his Footman) Messrs. Cringe and Crawley ; Re cruits, Messrs. Gawky, Gahy, Grimm, Glumm, Gabble, and Grinaway ; Fifer, Mr. Tootle ; Drummer, Mr. Rowdydow ; Clodhopper and Chawbacon (Agricultural Labourers), Messrs. Bumpkin and Joskyn. The sparks from the anvil amorous and hammer-us—The Iron struck whilst it is hot—The Lover's Sonnet—The Jus tice's tongue and course of True Love—neither running smooth—" List, list, oh, list !"—which he does--The conse quences thereof, and how Scrjeant Kite, being the Author of a great Military Work, gets a good Review. Fourth Age—" The Soldier." " Then a Soldier, Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard, Jealous ill honour, sudden and quick in quarrel, Seeking the bubble reputation, even in the cannon's mouth," 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 chaage that only love can make." The Spirit of Love, Miss Wadham—Cupid. (her Messenger), Master Mischief. Hope, Joy, Desire, Happiness, Truth, Delight, Rapture, Romance, &e., by Misses Richardson, E. Richardson, L. Honey, &e. Rapid, Mechanical, and Marvellous Scenic Metamorphosis, revealing THE ABODE OF bOVE. Illumined by the Electric Light of One Hundred Bright Eyes, Grand Ballet d'Amour—Principal Dancer, Miss Rosina Wright, assisted by Mdlles. Therese, Marian 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 he plays his part." JUSTICE HALL tic THEIGHT OLD MANOR HOUSE, TWIL. Farmer Whackstraw, Mr. Grumblewell ; Constable, M r , Hardstaff; Villagers, Messrs, Gape, Grin, Stare, Shive r , Tremble, Delve, 4re. A memorable Sentence and a recent Period put to it —The Country Squire and the Effects of a great Cause—How the Justice loses his Heir, and how the Fugitives become bawled after. Sixth Ago —" Tho Lean and Slippered Pantaloon." The Ruined Cottage of Old Age—Winter—Firelight. Old Age (sans teeth, sans eyes, sans teeth, sans taste, sans everything), Mr. Centenarian. Seventh Ago—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 Harlequins Signor Verroni and Herr Furth. The Two Columbines ... Mme. Boleno and Marie Charles. The Two Pantaloons Messrs. Tanner and Deulin Johnson Tho Two Sprites The Brothers Elliott. The Two Clowns Harry Boleno and Tom Matthews. A SCENE OF INTEREST—TWO TO ONE—Boleno. Buttered Peas—Cheese it—Taking the Pledge—Pop't up— pop'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 ?"—The Right Tip —How to raise the Wind—The Odds to the Hod—List, oh, list !—Wrong to-back-her, and no Returns—Settling Day, a regular Settler—Gone for the Leger—ln for the Oaks- A Bankrupt's Stock, and a Case of Bale, concluding with regular Smash. / O YA.CIS FROM ENGLAND TO FRANCE, with A STORM at SEA. Scene IV. INTERIOR. OF THE CHATEAU OF FRANCIS I. Between Guisnes and Ardennes. Francis I.—(Next door neighbour of the aforesaid Henry No. 1., Westminster, but who himself " didn't quite live in Westminster" for an obvious reason—" he lived t'other side of the 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 ALLIA.NCE, 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 Fitzjcrald, Bennett, St. Clair, Webber, Gaveston, E. Gaveston, Prince, &c., &c. Lo Sire do Firmboisy.—(Lord Grand Chamberlain to the French King)—Mr. H. Caries. Queen of France.—Mr. Gougk. Maids of the Bed-Chamber of the French Queen.—Mesdles. brapblanc, Contrepoint, Rideaufln, Oreillerine. Scene V. Tllll FIELD OF TIIE CLOTH OF GOLD. Introducing a Grand Pas de Rosicre, by Miss Emma Horne. 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. linglish Courtiers.—Norfolk, Mr. Roba. Suffolk, Mr. Ab- Nolen, 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. Do Champagne, Mr. Scott. GRAND TOURNAMENT of the FIELD of the CLOTH of GOLD. (After Molbien's celebrated Picture in Hampton Court Palace.) Scene VI. GRAND CORRIDOR IN THE CHATEAU, Loading to the Bed-chamber of the Monarchs. Pour Fine Normandy Lassies, Six Feet Two Inches in their Clogs. Scene 'II. T/1E OUTSIDE OF BLONDETTE'S FARM. Blendetto (a village Rosiere so purely innocent, that she NT; 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 yule " 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.) Th Fairy Queen Miss E. Thorne General Transformation. Harlequin Mr, C. BROWN, Pantaloon W. A. BARNES. (The Transatlantic Pantomimist.) Columbine Miss EMMA HORNE. Clown The GREAT FLEXMORE. ADULTERATIONREDLEAD - BUILDINGS, TU . RMERIC-ROW, 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. Pumps—Gunpowder Tea, " warranted to go off"—Pale Ale peculiarities. Imps.—Quassia, Mr. Wyatt ; Strychnine, Mr. Scott; Blue Ruin, Mr. Carter ; Oxyplumbi, Mr. Strangeways. The terror of The " Times"—The Lancinations of the Lancet"—Rlack Crosses in Red Lead-square. THE WIZARD'S LABORATORY IN THE CHATEAU DE ME VHISTOPHILES, HELIGOLAND. Magic Somersaults—The Bewitched Ottoman - The Dragon A la diable —The Inextinguishable, Inex h aus t a ble, Unstopper able, Go-a-head Bottle- 4 . 1001. Reward, who'll Shoot a Clown 1"--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 Harlequins —The way to Crush the Crushers. THE NEW CASTLE OF BALMORAL. Rusticity in the Highlands—Pipers and Pastoralities Highland Reel, introducing a grand Flexmorean Medley -The Portfolio of Inexhaustibility and Universality—The Incaptur able Harlequin—Very " fowl" proceedings—The Seductive Sedan - chair — Strange Birds in a Cage. WATCHMAKERS' ESTABLISHMENT, CHRONOMETI CAL-VILLE—MILLINERS' ESTABLISHMENT, BON NETVILLE BELLHANGERS' ESTABLISHMENT, BELLEVILLE. Home from Scotland —Cab Fares and Mayne Force —The Movements of the Age— What's o'clock—" The Clock strikes two"—How to Rin g a Belle—Umbrella Courtship—Who's your Hatter ?—Early Closing Association—" Love Laughs a t Locksmiths" — La Varsoviana—The Strike of Belles against Time. G ran d Equestrian Feats, by Signor Flexmorini. HIGH-STREET, SPIRIT-SQUARE. Apartments to Let. A Cold Roll for Breakfast —The Organised Nuisance Ta bleaux—Punch's Poeket Book—Patent Perambulators Ast ley's Equestrian Feats—Policemen and Cooks—Monsieur li er ee—All-round Collars and Punch's Co a t s —Th e qu i c k es t way to the Coal-cellar—Spirit Rapping Extraordinary. HAIR-DRESSER'S, FILTER MANUFACTORY, PICKFORD'S PARCEL WAREHOUSE, AND NEWS VENDER. THE WEST END AND THE CITY. The Purifying of. Old Zither Thames7-Tko.lansioA of ( 'Scott's Tavern, Haymarket,-and Samuel others Ludgate- - A SCENE OF INDUSTRY.—BoIeno. A sweet Place--Tlonesty the best Policy—Honey and Whacks (Wax) —Rising Steps and Steps Rising—Catching Bees all a H u m—lt Beehovos y ou to Beehave when you attack a Bee hive —Swarming and Warming—Enlarged 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 (Russian excepted)—Fraternisa tion —Cordiality" All the World's a Stage !" —Arrival of the , orld and his Wife, and the whole of his McetingofAolfl tNhaetiAonll7es_. Family, commencing with their Eldest Daughter, the " Fa " Sporting World ;" the t h e " Wide s 11i o "Dramaticnab le V,Tlo‘iriodri;,"l the nwdwboy,,l,tah upside down ;" World ;" the "'Picked World ; and th e "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 to Bed—" A Sweet Good Night to all." A SCENE OF CONFUSION (LAID IN BEDS). " To bed, to bed"—"'Tie when to Sleep the World retires" —The Night Mare, which makes Clown a little hoarse—As Thick as Three in a bed—A Night Concert, which (lie-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 - p an Accompaniment--Fire ! Fire! Fire ! The House in an Uproar - Speedy Exit of some of the Lodgers, which finishes with "Confusion worse con founded." rau. a NUMBER ONE, LONDON. A Visit to Dakin's Tea 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." Doors open at Half-past Six, and commence at Seven. EAST INDIA 'HOUSE, 31sT OCTOBER, 355. TTIE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give Notice, that the Transfer Books of the said Company's Stock will be shut on THURSDAY, the 6th of December next, at Three o'clock, and opened again on THURSDAY, the 17th of January, 1856. That the Warrants for the Dividends on the said Stock, due on the sth January, 1856, under the 11th section of the Act 3d and 4th William IV., cap. 85, will be ready to be delivered on Monday, the 7th Jan., 1856. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—The Directors hereby Give Notice that they will receive Money on Loan, to pay off Debentures falling due.and are prepared to accept Tenders for the same for a period of 3,5, or 7 years. at 6 per cent. per annum. Application rosy be made to the undersigned. By order of the Directors. CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. Paddington Station, 2d November, 1855. MEXICAN AND SOUTH AMERICAN COMPANY. _ . The TWENTY-FIRAT DIVIDENI) of seven shillinro and six pence per share on the shares of this Company, free of income tax, will be paid on or after the 19th January, between the hours of eleven and three. Forms for claiming the Dividend may be obtained by the share holders on application at the office. 111 - DV, CLARKE, secretary. 17, Gracechurch-street, 12th December, 1855. COMPAGNIE GENERALE des OMNIBUS de LONDRES (the LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COM- PA NY). £lOO Premium, The Management being desirous of introducing an improved system of Omnibuses through London, hereby offer a Premium of 1001. fer the be,t design and Specification for an Omnibus that, with the same weight as at present. will afford increased space, accommo dation and comfort to the public. each resign and Specification to be deivered at the Company's Offices, not later than Saturday, the 2d of Fcbrrtary next. MACNAMARA F. CARTVRET, WILLING and CO. 47,01 d Broad-street, January let, 1856. CIOMPAGNIE GENERALE des OMNIBUS de LONDRES (the LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY). The Oerants are prepared to receive Tenders for the supply of 2,000 Four-bu•hel CORN SACKS. Samples, with sealed Tenders, to be delivered on or before Saturday, the sth instant, at the office, 47, Old Broad-street, addressed to the undermentioned, and marked " Tender for Sacks." The Company do not bind themselves to accept the lowest or any Tender. INACNAMARA, CARTERET, WILLING and CO. 47, Old Broad-street, Jauuary 2, 1856. (IOMPAGNIE GENERALE des OMNIBUS de LONDRES the LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY). The Gerants are prepared to receive Tenders for the supply and repair of HARNESS. Forms of Tender may be had at the office, 47, Old Broad-street, on and after the 7th instant. The Company do not bind themselves to accept the lowest or any Tender. MACNAMARA, CARTERET, WILLING and CO. 47, Old Broad-street, 2d January, 1856. OMPAGNIE GENERALE des OMNIBI7S ) Sc LONDRES (the LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY). To Coachbuilders and others.—The Gerants are prepared to re- Cot'lC Tenders for keenine in Repair OMNIBUSES and other Vehic'e.. Forms of Tender and other particulars may be had at the office, 47, Old Broad-street, on and after 7th inst. MACNAMARA, CARTERET, WILLING and CO. January 2, MSG. LAW LECTURES at the INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY.—The several Courses of Lectures will be remmed by Mr. Humpunr. on Equity and Bankruptcy, Monday, Jan. 7; Mr. BAGGALLAY, on Conveyancing, Friday, Jan. 11 ; Mr. Kum, on Common Law and Criminal Law, Monday, Jan. 14. ROBERT MAUGHI,M, Secretary. Law Society's Hall, Chancery-lane, London, Ist Jan., 185,;. THE SCARBRO' HOTEL, LEEDS, CLOSE TO THE MIDLAND RAILWAY STATION. B. FLEISCHMA.NN, having renewed the . Lease, and considerably enlarged his lintel, in soliciting future favours and gratefully acknowledging the distinguished patronage he has the honour to possess, begs to announce that, in addition to his Family and Coffee-room business, he has opened a SECOND-CL tSS COFFEE-ROOM, the charges in which depart ment will be strictly commercial. ARGYLL ROOMS.-LAIIRENT'S CASINO NOW OPEN for the winter season. Principal Cornet • a Piston, M. Bouleourt.—Doors open at 8. Admission Ono Shilling. Laurent's new Varsoviana every n!ght. Mlt. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES, illustrated hy 50 instantaneous - Metamorphoses of "Tolee, Character. and Costume, and a moving Panorama of the beautiful fakes of vrastmoreland and Cumberland, every evening, at R. A representation of the celebrated tragedienne, Mlle. Rachel, as Camille In Les Iloraces, with other now features, have been added to the Move entertainment. Dully; the `,llristinas Holidays Mr. W. S Woodin will eive a morninz performance on Saturday, Jan. 5. Polygraphic-11111, iiing William- street, Charinz-cross. FENTON'S CRIMEIN PHOTOGRAPHS.- NOW OPEN, at the GALLERY, 53, Pall-mall (next to the tritish Institution), the 350 Photographs of the heroes of the War, the Encampments, Valley of the Shadow of Death, the Mortar Bat teries, Harbour, Qnays,:uot Plains of Rataklava. Inkerma.n, Sehasto pal, the Redan and Malakhoff, Groups of General Officers and their Staffs, taken in the Crimea he ROGER FENTON. Esq. hinder the especial patronave of her Majesty, and with the sanction of the Commanders-in-Chief. Admission One Shilling; Children half price. Daily, from 10 till 5. THE BURDON SLOW POISONING CASE. Do doctors know wh , n they do or do not poison their patients? Real the Letter of Mr. Ford (Mr. Wooler's solicitor) in "Daily News" of 27th Decemb r—The Rugeley Murder, bye doctor, with the infernal Strychnine ! Safety of society jeopardised, as predicted years ago by the British College of Health and Society of Hygeists. Read the Hl DEIST and MEDICAL REFORMER for January, 1856. To he had at the British College. of Health, New-road, Lon don ; and of all the agents for the sale of Morison's Medicines through out the country. Price Id.; by post, 2d. NOTICE OF DIVIDEND. BANK of DEPOSIT, No. 3, Pall-mall East, London. Established A.D. 18 44. The WARRANTS for the HALF-YEARLY INTEREST, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, on Deposit Accounts, to 31st December, will be ready for delivery on and after January 10th, and Payable PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. Parties desirous of Investing Money are requested to examine the plan of the Bank of Deposit. Prospectuses and forms for opening accounts sent free on applica tion. January Ist, 1R56. CONTRACT FOR BRITISH OAK TIMBER, THICKSTITFF, PLANK, AND TREENAILS. Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy, Somerset-place, 3d Jan., 1856. THE Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain ni Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, th.. sth February next, at Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat with finch persons as may he willing to contract for supplying 18,230 Loads of BRITISH OAK TIMBER (rough contents, Mt' to be delivered in a rough or sided state, as the said Commissioners shall direct), 6,420 Loads of B iIITISII OAK, THICKSTUFF, and PLANK, and 1,170.000 BRITISH OAK TREENAILS. To he delivered at her Majesty's several Dockyards by the 31st December, 1858, at prices including all carriage and other expenses. A Tender may be made for the whole Contract, or for the quantities required for any one or more of the yards, but not for less than the full quantities of Timber, Thickstuff, Plank, and Treenails required for any one yard. A form of the tender, showing the distribution. sidings, and dimen sions of the Timber, Thickstuff, Plank, and Treenails, and all other necessary particulars, may be had on application to this office by letter or otherwise. No tender will be received after two o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words, " Tender for British Oak," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering, in the sum of 20,0001. for the due performance of the whole contract, or In a due proportion for a part only. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. THE most appropriate Offerings for this Season of Festivity are those which tend to the promotion of Health and Personal Attraction. None can be more acceptable than ROW LANDS' MACASgAR OIL, for imparting a transcendent lustre to the Hair, and sustaining it in decorative charm. ROWLANDS' KALYDOR Imparts a radiant bloom to the check, ;;;;I a deltiacy and softness t the hands, arms, and neck ; and ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or Pearl Dentifrice, bestows on the Teeth a pearl-like whiteness, and renders the Breath sweet and pure. The patronage of Royalty throughout Europe, their general use by rank aad fashion, and the universally-known efficacy of these articles, give them a celebrity unparalleled. Beware of spurious imitations !! ! Sold by A. ROWLAND and SONS, 20, Hattol-garden, London, and by Chernistsland:Perlbmers. IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. TitIESEIVLA R.—On the 29 th of May, 1855, AD injunction was granted by th e Hi g h Court of Chancery , and on the lath Juno following was made perpetual, against Joseph Franklin and others, to restrain them, tinder a penalty of one thou -5 Ind pounds, from imitatinz this Medicine, which is protected by Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole de Pharrnacie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESEMAR, No. 1 , is a remedy for Relaxation, spermatorrbrea, and Exhaustion of the ST , teln, whether arising from excesses, accident, or climate. Te those persons who are prevented entering the married state by the consequences of early errors it is invaluable. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, arectually, In the short space of three days, com pletely and entirely ca,ticates all traces of those Disorders wbich s Cap ivi and Cubebs hsve so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health of a vast portion of the population. TRIESEMAR, No. 3, is the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which anfortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in evitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla n the world cannot remove TRIES EMAR, No. 1,2, and 3, are Atka devoid of taste or smell, and of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet ta'ale without their use being suspected. Sold in tin cases at lls. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided into separate doses, as administered Valpeae, Lallemand, Roux, kc.,Sce.—To be had Wholesale and Retail in London of Johnston. 68, Cernhill; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger, 150, Ox ford-street ; R. H. Ingham, druggist, 46. Market-street, Manchester ; 11. Bradbury, bookseller, I)eansgate, Bolton ; J. Priestly, chemist, 52, Lord-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Weatmoreland-Street, Dablin ; Winnall, bookseller, High-sire° , Birmingham " ' The House of Elmore' is no common novel, destined to be read for a season and forgotten. It is one of those tales which sink into the heart and haunt the fancy for many a day. It is impossible to deny the author the merit of a fresh and original conception. power ful and concentrated thought, eloquent and earnest diction, and a wonderful power of arresting the interest of his readers."—Morning Post. . Hurst and Rlackett, publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. THE ZOIST COMPLETED. THE ZOIST, No. 25, contains important details of the Discipline of the Great Prison at Munich—Nu merous cases of long-standing and condemned diseases—Extraordi nary Observations of the evolution of light daring certain functions, by Itelchenbach—Accounts of Socrates, Swedenborg, George Foz, Joseph Smith, Shamyl, and Hung-Low-U'seuen, as extatics of Genius, &e., &c. The complete work may be had in 13 volumes, boards, for 51. Ps. ; the separate numbers, 25.6 d each. Arthur Hall, Virtue, and Co., 25, Paternoster-row. Naval and Military Intelligence. Her Majesty's ship Neptune, 120, Captain Hutton, will be put out of commission this day at Portsmouth, and the Sampson, steam-frigate, will take such of the crew as belong to Plymouth to that port, together with those of the Arrogant, to spend their leave, at the expi ration of which they will be employed in other ships and gun-boats. Her - Mjesty's ship Marlborough, 131, screw three decker, will be masted on Monday at Portsmouth, and rigged Ili readiness for commission if needed. The steam-transport Rhadamanthus, Master-Com mander Belam, arrived at Portsmouthyesterday from the eastward with machinery for the ships fitting out. The Polyphemus, 5, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, Com mander Warren, returned to Portsmouth yesterday from the westward with 58 supernumeraries for the fleet. The Perseverance, naval steam-transport, Commander Crang, hauled alongside Portsmouth dockyard yesterday afternoon in readiness to embark troops. The Sprightly, steam vessel, Acting-Master G. Allen commanding, returned to Portsmouth yesterday after noon with Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymour's house hold equipment. Lieutenant Charles Bullock, of her Majesty's survey ing ship Merlin, has been transferred to the temporary command of the gun-boat Banterer, in the absence of Lieutenant Harding, appointed to that vessel, but who has not yet hoisted his pennant on board. The Ban terer left Woolwich basin yesterday morning, and steamed down to the Royal Arsenal quay to receive her ammunition, and to be provisioned. She will proceed to Greenhithe on Monday to be swung. The post of Lieutenant Viscount Gilford, gazetted to the command of the gun-boat Bustard, is likewise supplied pro tern. by Lieutenant W. Hewett, also from the Merlin. The Bustard will commence taking in her sea stock, ammu nition, &c., at the arsenal-wharf on Monday. Commander M‘Donald, naval superintendent of the shipping establishment at Woolwich, has removed his offices from the dockyard to the arsenal-yard, facing the piers and wharf, where the business of that depart. ment principally lie*. Major-General Freeth, K,H., who has just vacated the post of Quartermaster-General, in favour of Sir Richd. Airey, was presented, on leaving the office, with a superb silver inkstand, as a tribute of the respect and esteem of the gentlemen employed in the civil branch of the de partment. The inkstand bears the following inscription: —" Presented to Major-General James Freeth, K.H., late Quartermaster -General of her Majesty's Forces, by the gentlemen composing the civil branch of that depart ment, as a testimonial of their great respect and sincere regard for him personally, and their sense of the kind ness he has invariably evinced towards them." The Messrs, Pattison, who are building several gun boats at Bristol for the Government, are pushing on the with all possible rapidity i n accor d ance w ith Government. La rge b o di es o f wor k men ( c i r n e s c t t r i u o c n t s i of fro m are now employed upon them day and night, in order to secure their completion during the ensuing month. _ _ The 15th Hussars, now stationed a t M a n c h es t er , h ave met with success in recruiting. Since their arrival in that town in August last they have obtained nearly 200 re cruits for their own regiment, besides almost 300 for the 11th Hussars, for which regiment they are also recruit ing. The regiment now numbers nearly 700 men. 62 invalids of Various corps arrived yesterday at Brompton Hospital from the Crimea, 37 of whom, after inspection, were detained for hospital treatment. The remainder proceeded to St. Mary's Barracks, under the care of Dr. Coates. At a medical board held yesterday at Brompton, among the number passed as unfit for further service was Robt. Evans, 13th Light Dragoons, a youth who has been in hospital nearly 12 months, and received his injury in an extraordinary manner. In the charge of Balaklava a shell entered the chest of his horse, which rolled com pletely over, falling upon Evan., when the shell burst inside the animal, tearing it epee from the shoulder to the hind-quarters, the weight of the horse nearly caus ing suffocation, while its death struggles inflicted severe contusions on the legs of Evans, who would soon have expired had not a man of his own troop and two Lancers released him. Her Majesty evinced great sym pathy for this youth, and hi 4 photograph likeness was taken by her special command. At the recent exatninati , tn of candidates for admis sion to the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, the un dermentioned gentlemen were found qualified, and or dered to join on the reopening of the institution on the 30th inst., viz. :—Buddle Atkinson, Henry VT. Isacke, Julian F. Sandeman. Robert S. Mackenzie, George V. Siev wrig,lit, Robert H. Vetch, Osmond F. Le Matte, Henry G. Hasler, Edward N. Peters, Clement W. Bel lairs, Charles A. Lyon Campbell, Charles E. Dixon, George Le B. Simmons, Wm. Tones, Flemying G. Gyll, Basil De B. Tupper, Hugh F. A. Brodie, Francis L. G. Little, Henry F. Turner, Hamilton Tovey, Robert Athorpe, Rowland Hill, James Fellowes, Richard H. Williams, Samuel H. Desborough, Richard N. Buckle, Walter M. Jobston, James L. N. Willes, Thos. Burnett, Archibald W. F. Campbell, John R. J. Bramly, Geo. Carpenter, Lionel Gye. The undermentioned gentlemen being also qualified are ordered to join the institution as vacancies arise, viz.:—Chas. W. H. Richardson, Vincent - Wing, Jaspar Hornsby, Seymour De L. has . been appointed Assistant-In wPerTetßic.a,Al•A' rtillery to the gentleman cadets C. c S Y, D an a d vi ß s ObT o J r . g P e . A S r a . Saunders. Major in i r On senal, Woolwich, in the place of Capt. Haig) wbo has resigned the appointment. Th et e 'j:Ar o r ld boilers of the paddle-wheel steam-frigate Vul ture, 6, Capt. Frederick H. H. Gla ss e, at Plymouth, having been found defective, are ordered to be replaced with new forthwith. Engineers and boilermakers at the Keyham steam yard are ordered to work from six o'clock in the morn ing until half-past 10 in the evening. The riggers of the dockya r d a t D evon port have got the frigate Satellite all ataunt, ready for being put in commission. The following appeared in our late edition la night : PROMOTION& Commander James E. Caton to be Captain. Lieutenant Hon : A. Drummond, late Flag-Lieutenant to Vice-Admiral Sir T. Cochrane, to be Commander. Lieutenant P. C. C. M`Dougall, of the Duke of Wel lirgton, to be Commander. Lieutenant A. G. Edge to be Commander for Survey ing Service. Lieutenant William Batt to be Commander. Lieutenant John C. Sicklernore to be Commander. APPOINTMENTS. Captain E. B. Rice to th e L ean d er, as Fl ag C ap t a i n to Vice-Admiral , reernantle, at Balaklava. PAYMASTER. Alex. C. Yule, to the Conqueror. ASSISTANT PAYMASTERS. Richard C. Beale, to the Arro gan t. Th om as R. Dennis (in charge) to the Locust. SECOND MAMMA Daniel Pender to the Merlin. Benjamin D. Connor to the Victory. CLERKS. Edward C. Taylor (acting) to the Thunder. Alf r ed J. Myers (assistant) to the Fisgard. and Agent Surgeo a Surgeon James jtames Cowa n h as b ean a p po i n t e d S urgeon Sick•quarter s , Leith. On the 11th of December a court-martial assembled on board the Valorous, in Kazatch Bay, to try Mr. Philip James Dennehy, second master in charge of the Lynx, despatch vessel, Lieutenant Commander C. M. Aynsley. Captain Buckle was president, and the members com prised some of the ablest captains in the squadron. Mr. Dennehy was charged with disobedience of orders, and with having been absent from his station while the Lynx was under fire of the enemy. The circumstances are altogether singular. Mr. Den nehy was second master of the Hannibal, but, under the impression that the Lynx would furnish him with better opportunities for distinguishing himself, and of thus gaining his promotion, he solicited and obtained the ap pointment. He proved himself a most indefatigable officer, always up at four o'clock in the morning, and never leaving the deck until all the duties of the day had been fully performed. Under his care the Lynx became a pattern of good order, and the discipline was unex ceptionable. Some years ago he served on the coast of Africa in the Dolphin brigantine, and evinced much commendable gallantry in the rather trying actions with the natives at Lagos. His whole character seems to belie the implication that the conduct for which he was arraigned arose from the want of what is commonly called "pluck," yet were the charges declared proven, and he was sentenced to death. The accusation arose out of circumstances at the red no tion of Kinburn. Mr. Dennehy unquestionably was un well—he was temporarily incapacitated for doing his duty, and was not on deck when his services were in re quest. Some coolness bad arisen in the mess, and it is possible that the evidence of the medical officer had the effect of giving a bad colour to the affair. Mr. Dennehy had been, it is said, unwell the night previously, and was, in consequence, nervous and unfitted for the trying business of the day. In his defence he adduced numerous first-rate certificates and from some excellent officers. He could not refute the allegation, and could only plead in disposition as the reasons. It may be argued that had he wished to evade the consequences which he might have expected to result from neglect of duty under such circumstances, he would have placed himself on the sick list, but he did not do that, and, therefore, had no right to be off the deck when he was. The court had no alternative. The Articles of War decree the punishment of death, and no other sentence can be passed upon any one found guilty of neglect of duty under such circumstances. Those laws, which might almost be termed Draconic, are the same that were in force nearly two centuries ago, when witches were burnt or drowned, and all sorts of enormities com mitted under the protection of the law. The Articles of War have thousands of times acted as a bar to justice, yet we live in the latter half of the 19th century with our naval laws unreformed I Every class and denomination in the kingdom, except the navy, is governed by laws which have undergone careful revision. In obedience to the Articles of War a man who is naturally as brave as a lion may, from some aocidental cause, be bange d, (prom the M orn i ng H era ld o f thi s d a y. ,d of Russia is while a clever coward will be able to escape the punis h- The reported surrender of Herat to the forces o , meet which is his due. The court has no discretionary the Shah of P ers i a i s , if con fi r m e d one of the most power, and, in consequence, the innocent may s uffer significant e ven t s w h er e the han while the guilty altogether escapee. - „ ir traceable, outside the great circuit of the war. The We think it improbable that the sentence upon D Dennehy has been, or will be, carried into effect. No importance of such a position in the bands of a disaffec tion," although it is unhappily true that he was guilty manifest to any one who consults a map, with the one will believe him guilty of "cowardice or Russian satrap—for such in reality is the Shah—is of neglect of duty under suspicions circumstances. He knowledge that the Caspian is to all intents and would not have been the first by hundreds bad he hesi- purpose a Russian lake. That grasping power tated when making his first essay under fire ; but let holds every available point on its coasts. At the him have another chance.. . Should he be found to flinch embouchure of the Volga, Astrakan has long ex a second time, let him die the death . There are several isted as a Russian settlement, and the entrepot instances of officers who subsequent l y gained honour- th rou gh which the produce of Central Asia has able distinction in the service, who, had their first essay found and still finds, its way to the marts of Mos been taken as a fair test, would have been ignominiously DEATH OF ONE OF THE FOUR CAPTAINS dismissed it. Leniency was never more loudly called OF GREENWICH HOSPITAL. for. Mr. Dennehy is the son of a gallant veteran naval ern shore, stands Astrabad, also a Russian position oow and St. Petersburg. On the opposite, or south- It is with regret we have to record the death of Capt. officer, and if we know the father ari ght, we are certain Cuppage, seniority 1830, one of the captains of he would not hesitate to act as his son's executioner if On the direct line from Astrabad to the Indus, of especial importance at the present juncture. Greenwich Hospital, which event happened on Thum - he had the conviction on his mind that his son really and midway between the former and Cabool, stands day evening last, after a brief illness. merited the fearful sentence which has been pronounced Herat. Its population is said to number 100,000; Captain Cuppage having lost a leg when midshipman upon him.—Unieed Service Gazette. • ►it possesses considerable trade, and is the residence • NAVAL OBITUARY. The following deaths of officers have been .officially reported for the quarter ending the 20th ult. : Flag Officers—Admiral Sir Samuel Pym, K.C.B. (1852.) On Reserved Half-pay, in receipt of Service Pension. Admirals—John Gifford (1841), Jas. Carthew (1850). Reserved Half p a y Vice-Admiral—E. H. A'Court Repington (1854), Retired Rear-Admirals— James Prevott (1846), Hon, Wm. H. Percy (1846.) Henderson, C. 8., (1838). Commanders —Robert Otway (1837), John Nugent (1841), George E. Powell (1841). Retired Command erse—aPCt.lop7whnioilri.tphily:lGeimlhlmno(rlBs(l3B),4sG),eorMgeatltvheewlsh Y o o B u 44 n ) g , (1853), Richard Rawle (1847), Wm, 3l'Leod (1852), Thomas Curtis (1846), Alexander Lumsdale (1846.) Li eu tenants —Fred. Augustus B. Stewart (1815), Charles 13Iyth (1825), Thomas F. Best (1827), George Richard Halliday (1841), nenry Townley Vernon (1847), James Willcox (1854), Richard Homer (1854), J. R. Ouseley (1 855 ), H. J. Urquhart (1855). Lieutenants on Reserved Half-pay—Richard Foreman (1846), Edward Le Mesurier (1815), John L. Clayton (1818), John T. Kelsall (1819). Surgeons—Thomas Bell (1827), John G. Harrison (1832), Edward H. Derreinan (1846), Frederick Stupart (1848). Retired Paymaster—Francis Taylor (1810). Assistant Paymasters—Edward S. Cooke (1849), John S. Stevens (1864). of the San Josef. in 1813, was appointed to Greenwich Hospital in 1849. He entered the naval service in July, 1807, as a first-class volunteer, on board the Stork sloop, Captain George Le Guyt, stationed in the Channel, where, until April, 1813, he continued to serve, a great part of the time as midshipman, in the Royal George, 100, flat , ship of Sir John Thomas Duckworth, and San Josef, 110, Hibernia, 110, Ar mide, 38, and. Dublin, 74, all commanded by Captain Richard Dalling Dunn. He then rejoined the San Josef, as signal midshipman to Sir Richard King; and, l i on Nov. 5 following, had a leg shot off in a skirmish with the fleet off Toulon. After a further attachment to the Thisbe, 28, and Impregnable, 104 flag-ships in the River Thames and at Plymouth of the Hon. Arthur Kay Legge and Sir J. T. Duckworth, Mr. Cuppage was awarded a commission, dated April 6, 1815. He subse quently joined, Aug. 18 following, the Roohfort, 74, Captain Sir Arch. Collingwood Dickson, lying at Ports mouth ; served, from Oct. 3, in the same year, until Nov. 21, 1820, on board the Magicienne, 36, Orlando, 36, and Minden, 74, flag-ships in the East Indies of Sir Richard King; and was next appointed, Aug. 20, 1822, to the Arab, sloop, Captain William Holmes, off the coast of Ireland ; July 1, 1823, to the Isis, 50, hearing the flag in the West Indies of Sir Laurence William Halsted ; Aug. 10, 1825, to the Warspite, 76, Captain Sir James Brisbane, on the South American station ; and Aug. 4, 1826, and Jan. 18, 1827, to the Boadicea, 46, Captain William Fairbrother Car roll, and Java, 52, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral William Hall Gage, both in the East Indies. Of the Java he assumed command, as second captain, Dec. 24, 1527 ; and, on the ultimate return of that ship to England, was advanced to post rank July 22, 1830. He was not afterwards afloat. Captain Cuppage obtained, April 4, 1816, a pension of 911. ss. The late Captain Cuppage, from all we have heard, will be painfully missed in the society in which he moved, as his gentlemanly bearing and amiable manners en deared him to a large circle of friends and acquaintances. By the demise of this gallant officer a valuable civil ser vice appointment falls to the gift of the First Lord of the Admiralty, who, judging from the past, will doubt less select a deserving officer to fill up the vacancy. By the Parliamentary return before us we find the appoint ment is worth about 4501. a year, with apartments, &c., but without the half-pay of the rank. Why, we know not, as we perceive by Mr. Hume's return that the half pay is allowed to some ranks in the hospital. Captain Cuppage's commissions bear date as follows : Lieutenant, 1815 ; commander, 1827 ; captain, 1830. WA have no doubt that Sir Charles Wood will be be sieged by applications, and we are equally sure that the • services rendered by officers during the present war will not be permitted to interfere with the glories of our veterans now, alas 1 dropping rapidly into the grave. THE MILITIA. A - young man, about 27 years of age, descended from a noble family, after six months' service in the Inverness-shire Militia, has been made colonel of that regiment ! He never smelt powder except in sport on the hills, with pointers under his command. There is nothing in his past history to show that he possesses a martial spirit, thirsting for glory at the cannon's mouth ; nor, so far as we are aware, has he ever given evidence of any remarkable accomplishments, or any thing to make him conspicuous among the young no bility of Scotland. How, then, it may be asked, has he been promoted over the heads of his brother officers in the regiment I Sir A. P. Gordon Cumming is major, and if a vacancy in the colonelcy occurred he was the right man for the right place. He has had 13 years' service in the 71st Regiment of Foot and 4th Dragoons as a recommendation. He was five years in Canada at the time of the rebellion, and was officially re ported as an "efficient officer." Suppo&ng Major Cum ming to have been passed over there was next, Captain James Duff, late of the 74th Regiment, with twelve years' service in Canada, and who, besides this, saw a very great deal of hard fighting among the Kafirs in Southern Africa. No officer in a militia regiment could have taken more trouble to put it in a proper state of dis cipline than Captain Duff has taken with the Ineerness shire Militia. Besides these two officers, whose services gave them the first claim, there was the Hon. James Grant, late of the 42d Regiment, who also should have come in far promotion before a mere strippling with no experience whatever of a military life, and, in other re spects, possessing no claim to promotion over the heads of senior and experienced officers. How has this young man been so greatly out of his turn ? lie has the good fortune to he the son of a Highland laird, his father, is Lerd Lieutenant of Inverness-shire, and has the power to appoint a colonel to the regiment. Lord Panmuro, as Secretary at War, has nothing to do in the matter. All he can do is to look on and frown. Lord Lovat reprss Rents the Horse Guards in this district, in virtue of being Lord-Lieutenant of Inverness-shire, an office to which he, too, was appointed out of his turn. Lord Glenelg, a Whig, should have obtained that office. He was a man of ahifity, and rendered good service to the Mel bourne Administration. But Lord Lovat had interest in high quarters, and the power with which he was invested now appears in one of the most barefaced acts of injus tie° towards deserving officers that could have occurred in any regiment. He has not, honoured his son ;he has dressed him in tawdry lace, which is a mockery to the military profession— a kind of caricature, which only raises deii,don instead of respect. Paternal love is com mendable, but folly cannot be respected, even among British peers. The lad cannot, in the nature of things, with six months' service at Fort George, be capable of discharging, with anything like efficiency, the duties of his new position, and his indulgent father has made hitn the laughing-stock of a whole regiment. What can Major Cumming, Captain Duff, or Captain Grant think of their colonel ? What can the non-commissioned offi core and privates think of him ? and what will the coun try think of a job of which any Highland laird might he ashamed '1 We blush to record it. It is an insult on the militia throughout the country, and we hope a me , mot ial will be presented to the Secretary of State, pray ing the Queen to vindicate the honour of the Militia by cancelling the appointment. --Daily News. SENTENCE OF DEATH UPON A NAVAL OFFICER. ( From the Times of this day.) A discussion of the events which have led to the fall of Kars may seem like the consultation of Moliere's doctors as to what ought to have been done to save the dead man. The frontier fortress of Turkish Asia has surrendered, and if the enemy make no further progress it is owing more to the nature of the country, the distance of the Russian resources, and the bitter cold of those desolate highlands, than to the presence of defenders. Mouravieff may well declare that the Ottoman opposed to him has ceased to exist. The troops under Selim Pasha, despatched by the Porte to the relief of the invested place, are safe in Erze roum only because the Soghanli range of hills is at present almost impassable. Everywhere a spell has seemed to bind the efforts of the Allies in the Asiatic war. That grievous faults have been com mitted is now evident. It is easy to say what might have been done to save Kars and the coun try it commands, and, though some may urge that any observations made now are a criticism after the event, yet we shall not hesitate to discuss the subject, in the hope that by examining the causes of former failure we may find the secret of future suc c e ss. The maxim that what cannot be reme died ought to be forgotten does not certainly apply to the art of war. In no spirit of censoriousness, then, we call attention to the fact that Omer Pasha has fallen back on the coast, and now has his head-quarters at Soukum Kaleh. Thus ends the diversion which was to threaten the Russian pos sessions in Asia, and call Mouravieff from Kara to defend Tiflis. It is iow some weeks since we ex primed an opinion that the valley of the Phasis and the ridges of Armenia were too distant from each other and too much disconnected as seats of war for an advance into Imeritia with a moderate force to affect the fate of Kars. That judgment has been unfortunately verified. The small and ill-provided army of Omer Pasha, after being two months on the coast, could do little more than march to the Ingour. The combat on the banks of that stream was a brilliant affair, but the contest was already decided ; a fortnight after the starving garrison of Kars laid down its arms, and nothing remained for the Turkish General but to provide for his own safety. We know so little of the movements in this region that it is difficult to form any judg ment of the causes which led immediately to his retreat. It is probable, however, that the Russians with a larger and better army, were defending po sitions between Khoni and Kutais. Omer Pasha also knew that the fall of Kars had freed the army of Mouravieff, and that, although the march of the Russian General must be a work of great labour, and perhaps impossible for his whole army, yet in six weeks from General Williams' surrender a Russian force might be in the country sufficient to destroy his own, if he lingered so far in the inte rior. A successful assault and the capture of Ku tais would hardly improve his position, for the place might be surrounded, no stock of provisions could be laid in, the country was hostile, and in a short time Kutais must have fallen like Kars. It was therefore but common prudence to hasten back to the coast, where a fortified position will protect his army until the ensuing spring. It will then be seen how far it is capable of further operations. We now learn that the Porto is intent on de vising means to check any Russian advance. The enemy's light troops may with returning spring ravage the country up to the gates of Erzeroum. Of course the trade, which, though not large ac cording to English notions, is yet of great impor tance to the East, is now at an end. Further con quest may be improbable, but yet the occupation of two provinces gives a high position to the Czar. Re is hardly likely to yield Kilia and Ismail without a struggle, when he has the frontiers of Persia and Turkey in his hands. It is said that 10,000 men will be detached from the army of Omer Pasha and will concentrate at Trebizond. Other troops will join them, and then it is promised that something shall be done. Now, ono thing is per fectly clear—that we are just where we were a year since, except that we have lost Kars. All the obstacles to the last Asiatic campaign will exist this year, the same difficulties must be overcome, the same country and the same military plans must be studied. It is therefore with a view to practical results that the failure of last year may be examined with advantage. The question was fully debated in our Constantinople correspondence on Thursday. It is plain that there was neglect and error, but opinions differ as to who were the most guilty. The chief responsibility at first sight falls on the Turkish Government ; but who can speak seriously of the Turkish Government on a military question ? It is well known that for nearly two years the allies have directed the Otto man armies as contingents to their own. They brought Omar Pasha from the Danube to . the Crimea ; they conveyed at a vast expense nearly 60,000 soldiers to Eupatoria ; they hurried the commander to and fro between that place and K't miesh, as their own plans demanded. It was their counsels which the Porte followed when it com manded Omer Pasha, in August, to advance for the defence of Kars. The allies, therefore, mus consider the failure at Kars as their own, just as much as they claim the victory at Sebastopol. There were, indeed, great excuses for their gene rals. A twelvemonth since the war in the Crimea was a contest of which many despaired. We were in the midst of the calamities of the winter, and tales of the hospitals and of the troop-ships were agi tating every heart. At that time the great fault was committed. Eupatoria had been taken, and it was thought necessary to retain it at any cost. The Turks wore accordingly sent there. Gen. Williams had gone to Asia to reorganise what had been once an a,riny, and he anticipated important succours and brilliant operations. It was popularly said that no one would regret having attached himself to the Asiatic army of 1855. So far as personal fame is concerned, this prophesy has proved true ; but far different were the hopes with which it was uttered. The army of Anatolia was forgotten, both by statesmen and the public, until Kars was in vested. Even then the news fell on unheeding ears. We had just suffered the bloody repulse of the Re dan ; three months of sapping necessary to final snccess had just begun. The greatness of the dan ger was unknown or disregarde, and, when it was resolved to act, all action was vain. We are now in a different position. True, the Russians have gained a great advantage, one which it would be folly to under-estimate. They hold a place forti fied by a British engineer on the newest principles of science. By its capture their left flank rests on a lofty mountain ridge 8,000 feet above the sea, and where, even in spite of recent events, we may say a winter campaign is impracticable. They can traverse and waste before an approaching enemy the whole neighbouring country. Their position in this region is probably the strongest that they hold at any spot likely to be the scene of war. On tho other hand, we have no longer Sebastopol before us. Troops amounting to a large army may be de tached from the vast assemblage now encamped in the Crimea. Then, indeed, though with care and forethought, the campaign may be attempted in which Omer Pacha has failed. A force of 60,000 men, well supplied with transport, able, from their own supplies, to traverse a devastated country, and with commanders skilful enough to ford defended rivers and break through fortified chains of hills, may, after no very long campaign, threaten Tiflis, and cause the Russian power in Asia to fear utter destruction. It may, perhaps, be difficult to carry on the war with effect at once in the Crimea and Transcaucasia, but we have at least this advantage—that we can choose our field, and strike the blow where it will bo most keenly felt. Of all things, however, an undecided course is the most dangerous. Unless the allies are reso lute to send large and well-equipped armies to Asia it is better that Omar Pasha should remain where he is. If we have other work to do in 1856, let Georgia wait till 1857. Let not the achievements of the present year be marred towards its close by another disaster like Kars, or another empty enter prise like the diversion in relief of it. of a native princes —a tributary of our ally Da* Mahomet. The capture of Herat, therefore, is a violation of his territory which it is impossible the ruler of Cabool can submit to quietly, nor is it for one moment credible that the Shah would have provoked the anger of his most formidable:. bour but that he is backed by a power whose strument he is, and on whose resources he ventures to rely in the event of the necessarily consequent reprisal. The time for the treacherous occupation of the "gate of India" has not been badly chosen. The disorganisation within the presidency of Bengal-.. the unsubdued revolt of the Santhals, and the in ternecine struggle going on in the kingdom of Oude, have been, no doubt, regarded by our enemy as likely to furnish sufficient occupation for a large section of our available Indian army. Nor can it be said this was a miscalculation ; the latest ac counts from India furnish but too good assurance that the tranquillisation of the kingdom referred to, and the reduction of the Santhals, will not be effected without the employment of an imposing force, and a display of energy in the administration of oar Indian affairs of which there is net the mos distant prospect. The present disturbances ori ginated in the neglect or incapacity of the Indian Government ; aid by way of mending matters our excellent admiaistrators at home hay. placed them in the hands of a nobleman remarkable for nothing so much as his decided unfitness for a poet de manding large experience, sound discretion, an d decided powers of command. Seeing the present embarrassment, then, of the internal affairs of India, and the probability of its extension, it is not to be wondered at that our wily and vigilant enemy recognised the opportu nity for preparing his long-meditated advance to the Indus. Persia had long been the creature of the Czar, and had learned to look to St. Peters burg with a mixed feeling of fear and veneration. It was not to be supposed that the tribes inhabit ing Khorassan or Khiva, or Bokhara or Samar cand, could offer any decided opposition to a power like ;Russia, bent upon the appropriation of terri tory, and sparing neither force nor fraud to effect its object. With a firm foot-hold in the south eastern angle of the Caspian, Russia has long looked eastward, and but for the determined bar rier opposed by Dost Mahomet and his indomit able Affghans we should long since have heard of true, a Russian army a t D e lhi. If th e re port of th e fall of Russia ha e s n at lo l h e g ngt a h nti d c e ip te a r t m ed in h e y d on Herat mo b y e e whichhas been those who have watched her progress in the East. By the occupation of Herat, if the enterprise has succeeded, she not only places her vassal (always the creature of success) in command of the highway to India, and so far facilitates a future plan of in vasion, but she creates a diversion of our Indian army from the theatre of war in Asia (for which it was believed a part of it was destined) to the more necessary defence of our frontiers. It is not easy to realise the effect upon the wild tribes of Asia of the news of the fall of Kars. Tho caravans returning from Trebizond to the interior brought constant accounts of the progress of the siege, which were greedily circulated amongst the population of the surrounding regions. The de fence had been conducted by an Englishman— English officers were his assistants. To the Asiatic idea the struggle for Kars was not between Russia and Turkey, but between Russia and England. The triumph of Russia, therefore, is a triumph over England, and more than reinstates Russia in that position of invincible supremacy which her losses on the Danube and in the Crimea had some what compromised, and which she has laboured so hard to uphold to the semi-barbarous populations round the Caspian. They see Russia indisputably mistress of the situation, and carrying, as of old, everything before her in the field. By this one success Russia can bring to her standard the wild soldiery of Asia by the legion, should she require their services. It is quite true that the territory of the perfidious Shah is not so far removed from India but that he may be made to feel the consequences of his trea chery by the prompt landing of an English force in the neighbourhood of the Persian Gulf. Bushire, in the province of Fars, has been suggested as an available point for the commencement of operations by our Indian army. Why hot occupy Bussora at once, and march thence at leisure either upon Ispahan or Teheran 7 Long since we recommended in these columns the establishment at Bagdad of an army of observation. Had our suggestion been adopted we venture to assert that neither Kars nor Herat would have fallen. It is easy to be wise after the event, and critics may amuse themaelves now with pointing out how the disaster in Turkish Armenia might have been avoided. Our suggestion had, at all events, this merit, that it was pressed upon the Government long before the necessity for it was recognised, and in abundant time to have been carried out. Some such step must be taken now, after the mischief, which it was our earnest desire to anticipate, has been done. The further we advance in progress of this war the more con clusive do the proofs become that those who are charged with its conduct aro not, and never have been, earnest in the prosecution of it ; and that they deliberately reject every proposal likely to place the enemy at a decided disadvantage. THE IV - OOLIFICH EXAMINATION. The following memorandum has been issued re specting the examination for appointments to the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers on the 21st of January : " Provisional commissions are to be given to the num ber of about 20, supposing a sufficient number of com petent persons to present themselves. Candidates ap pointed will be gazetted to lieutenantcies in the Royal Artillery in the first instance, with temporary rank. They will he placed for about six months under the Director of Artillery Studies at Woolwich, and, on com pleting their course of instruction to the satisfaction of the Secretary of State for War, will receive permanent commissions with the date of their temporary appoint ment. They will receive the pay of their rank, vit.:, ss. 7d. a-day from the date of their names appearing in the Gazette, and will have quarters in barracks. They will, however. be required to provide themselves with the usual outfit of an artillery officer (the expense of which is about 1001.). and to pay a deposit of 201. for books, instruments, &c. "Admissions to the practical class of the Royal Mili tary Academy will be made to the number of about 40, provided that a sufficient number prove themselves competent. " Candidates admitted will be required to pay a con tribution of 621. 103. for the period during which they are under instruction. " It is expected that they will remain in the practical class about six months, and at the end of that time will, on passingasatisfactory examination, receive commissions as lieutenants in the Royal Artillery and Royal En gineers according to their proficiency. " CHARLES HAWKER. '' War Department, Pall-mall, Jan. 4." VACANCIES, APPOINTA(ENTS, AID PRI MOTIONS IN THE CIVIL SIfRVICE. General Post-office—There is a vacancy in the office of Postmaster of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in the room of Mr. Chas. Headlam, absconded. The Board of Trade — Mr. Frank Thorpe Porter, one of the magisteates of the Head Police-court, Dublin, has been appointed a Mem. her of the Dublin Marine Board Audit-office—Mr. Edward Hal!fox has been appointed an Assistant Ex aminer. Legal Department—Mr. W. Layton has been appointed a Clerk in the Accountant-General of the Court of Chancery's Office. A vacancy has been caused in the office of the Leicestershire County Court by the death of Mr. J. D. Burnaby. Bank of England._ VS ()alley has been caused in the office of Clerk in the Cheque-office by the death of Mr. H. I.uhff. There is a vacancy for a clerkship in the Accountant's Bank note-office, caused by the death of Mr. H. R. Gawtrey. Customs—Mr. W. Wybrow, Principal Clerk and Bee ceiver of the Outward Coast Department, has been ap• pointed Collector of the Long Room of the Port of Lon don, in the room of Mr. J. Braysher, retired ; Mr. Hin ton has been appointed a Junior Clerk in the Solicitor's Office, London ; Mr. J. Sparks, Controller at Dart. mouth, has retired ; Mr. J. P. Hayton, Controller at Arbroath, has been promoted to be Controller at Dart. mouth ; Mr. J. Gardiner, Controller at Wigtown, has been promoted to be Controller at Arbroath ; Mr. H. Blake, Controller at Aberystwith, has been promoted to be Controller at Wigtown ; Mr. B. S. Candler, Controller at Peterhead, has been promoted to be Controller at Aberystwith. Mr. W. Dear, Collector at Lyme, has been promoted to be Controller at Cowes; Mr. G. Clayton, Controller at Deal, has been promoted to be Controller at Lyme. Mr. J. Trevan, Principal Coast Officer at Runcorn, has been promoted to be 9 31 a. troller at Deal. Mr. W. Coghlan, Collector at Coleraine, has been promoted to be Collector at Wexford. Mr. C. M'Annally, Collector at Strangford, has been. Promoted to bo Collector at Coleraine. Mr. Costello, First Clerk at Sligo, has been promoted to be Collector at as h Str been ang. iverpol , ford. Mr. Baldwin, Controller at L promoted to be Collector at Newcastle. Mr. Dav i , Con troller at Leith, has been promoted to be Controll er a t Liverpool. Mr. Broster, Controller at Southampton, has been promoted to be Controller at M Leith. Inland RMason, evenue Department (Excise Branc h) r Supervisor of Newark District, has been promoted to the rank of Surveying General Exa miner. Mr. John Shea, Supervisor of Peterborough District, has been promoted to the rank of Surveying General Examiner.—Civil Service Gazette. DISTRIISSING SIIICIDE.--SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 4.—Last night a melancholy act of suicide was committed in this town. The deceased was a man of respectable position name d Edward Webb, and was engaged sus elerk at the Railway-office in the Southampton Docks. Having ensconced himself in the watercloset for a few minutes his wife went to the door, which she thrust open, and dis covered her husband with his throat most dreadfully out. The gash extended nearly round the neck, and, with the exception of the spinal connection , _ the head may be said to have been seysred from the body.