The Sun. — London, England, 1856-12-25 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURI LANE. — Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. Manager, Mr. R. Acting Ms./lager, Mr. C. Mathews. Stage Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. VV . . Beverle. GREAT ATTRACTION for the CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. First Night of the Grand Christmas Pantomime, the most magnificent ever produced on the English stage. The First Morning Performance of the Pantomime will take place on WEDNESDAY; Dec. 31, at 2 o'clock. The great Comedian of the ag,e, Mr. Charles Mathews, and a powerful Dramatic Company. ' On BOXING-NIGHT, Dec. 26, and following Evenings, her Majesty's Servfants will perform AGGRAVATING SAM, In which Mr. Charles Mathews and the talented Dramatic • Company will appear. After which will be produced an entirely new and original symbolical, hyperbolical, parabolical, and extra-physiog nomical grotesque, statuesque, and picturesque Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, which for some time past has employed the unrivalled resources of this extensive establishment, and which will be called or entitled, as it is entitled to be called, SEE, SAW, MARGERY DAW ; Or Harlequin Holiday, and the island of Ups and Downs. The scenery entirely new, painted by and - under the direc tion of Mr. William Beverley and numerous assistants. The machinery by J. Tucker and assistants. The properties, de corations, tricks, changes, and transformations by Messrs. Needham, Glindon, &c.. The masks, models, and physiog nominal devices designed and executed by the celebrated j)ykwynk - yn. The overture and music composed and arranged 'by Herr Anschuez. The choregraphic arrangements under the personal supervision of M. Petit. The comic scenes con structed by and under the direction .of Harry Bolen°. The peculiar grotesque opening invented and written by E. L. Blanchard, author of " Harlequin and the Seven Ages of Man," " Jack and Jill," " Humming Top," " Fludibras," &c., and the whole arranged and produced under the direction of Mr. Robert Roxby. Ye anciente and truthful legend on ye which ye pantomime its story is founded : " See, saw, Margaret Daw, " Sold her bed, and laid upon straw." MSS. of Nursery Rhymes in British Museum. Region of Reverses, in the Island of Ups and Downs. " Yea, the Great Globe itself." " Here we go up, up, up, " Here we go down, down, down ; " Here we go backwards and forwards, " And here we go rotind and round." Juvenile Chorus of the ear li es t period, supposed to belong to the One. Up, Mr. Topha m ; Down, Mr. Low ; op era _ box, Kid Glove, Tiger and Brougham, and Porte-monnaie (attendants upon Up), Signor Lorgnette. Herr Tightfitt, Master Sancebox, and Monsieur Chinque ; Hard Up, Dupli cate, Distraint, an d Rags (attendants upon Down), Mr. Friz hard, Mr? Topall, Mr. Quodham, and Mr. Patchwell. An nual appearance of Holyday in her Emblematic Car. Holyday (the Genius of the Season), Miss Marian Stanley ; Sport and Pastime (her attendants), Misses Lovelaugh and Lightheart ; Dame Necessity (who is on this occasion made a virtue of by particular desire), Mrs. Selby. How Invention, the Daughter of Necessity, is called upon to assist the development of the story, while Holyday invites both Up and Down to enjoy themselves. Holyday's Home in the Green Bower of Mistletoe and Winter Garden of the Fairies.—Mistletoe (the Fairy Queen), Miss E. Wadham ; Fairy Spirits of the Kisses that have been given under the Mistletoe, by upwards of 100 Ladies of the Corps de Ballet. Grand Ballet —Miss Rosina Wright, Mdlles. J. and E. Osmont, and the Co ryphees. The Golden Gates leading to the Palace of Huggamugga.—Herald (with a Proclamation), Mr. Hornogold ; Guards, Messrs. Stiffneck, • Headsup, Eyes right, Shouklerarms, Stand-at-ease, and March well ; Tailor, Mr. Broadcloth ; Cobbler, Mr. Waxend; Black smith, Mr. Anvil ; the Princess Margery Daw (afterwards Columbine), Madame 13oleno ; Shilly and Shally (her Maids of .Honour), Misses Dithery and Dothery. How Margery Daw has no notion of work herself, and the contempt she shows towards those who do work. Interior of the Palace of King Huggamugga. King Huggamugga (Sovereign of the Land of Sixes and Sevens), Mr. Dawking ; Hurly- Burly (Lord Chancellor), Mr. Bigwig ; Niminy-Piminy (the Lord Cham berlain), Mr. Noodledom ; Higgledy-Piggledy (Goldstick in Waiting), Mr. Muddle ; other Members of the Court, Messrs. Bow, Scrape, Cringe, Crouch, Tageag, Merrywag, Perriwig, and Hatband ; Court Milliner, Madame Crinoline ; Drawing Master, Professor Crayon ; Governess, Miss Frump ; Music Master, Signor Hurdigurdi ; Maid in Waiting, Miss Sweet temper ; Chef de Cuisine, Mr. Cook ; Prince -Popinjay (of the Land of Prettistory), Mr. Finefeather ; his Retinue, Messrs. Glare, Dazzle, Gleam, Glitter, and Cntashine. How the Princess is taught a wholesome lesson by Necessity, and of the change that takes place in consequence. Cottage of Necessity, with a Prospect of Hard Work in the Distance. The Enchanted Workbox—The Sampler and the Exemplar, and the pretty piece of work that Margery Daw makes of it. Inhabitants of the Workbox :—Row of Pins, Messrs. Sharp, Bent, Crooked, Pinaday, Groatayear, Sec.; Regiment of Needles (ready drilled), Messrs. Largeeye, Smalleve, Longsix, Splitup, Snapoff, &c. ; Thimble, Master Tom Thumb ; Worsted, Mr. Bawlaway ; Bodkin, Mr. Pierce ; Tape Mea sure, Mr. Inchbald; Hook and Eye, Messrs. How and Some bodyelse ; Shirt Buttons, Mr. Earlyptudy ; Scissors, Mr. Shearsteel. How Margery Daw makes an important discovery and the audience also, and how, led by Necessity, she is com pelled to alter her opinions and change her position. The Mine of Labour, leading to the Mine of Wealth.--Labour (the Parent of Health, Wealth, and Happiness), Mr. Strong'i'th'arm. What Margery Daw goes to see, what she saw, and the re ward that Holyday bestows. Grand Scenic and. Mechanical Effects, exhibiting (in process of construction) the Fairy Fac tory of Fancy, completed with the assistance of Labour and Imagination. Brilliant Tableau. The Transformation :—Two Harlequins, Herr Denlin and Signor Veroni ; tiVo Sprites, the Brothers Elliott ; two Pantaloons, Mr. Barnes and Mr. G. Tanner; two Clowns, Messrs. Harry Boleno and Flexmore ; the Gent, Mr. Halford ; two Columbines, Madame Boleno and Miss Honey. The Ups and Downs of the Harlequinade, showing the Ins and Outs and Turns About of the Pantomime Rally ; Toy Warehouse, Butcher's and Baker's Shop (Bolenos. Denlin, Tanner, and Halford).— A pink of polite ness—Clown very toyish—Getting a nutcracker, which turns out a nobby toy—First and last toys for gambling—Marbles versus dice—Despatches, loaded, and off they go—Harlequin takes a private box—Clown takes Chatterton's situation as boxkeeper —Kite-flying—A game of Cricket, by which some of the players get bowled out, and afterwards stumped, which turns out a long stop—The uses and abuses of the crin oline—A Jack in the box—A box of regular British toys and a basket of French bread (bricks)—Aldershott a size smaller —Grand review of infantry—A military ball—Going in for a . buster—Coming out with a roll—Clown make a peel to baker's feelings—List, oh, List—Squaring a round of beef— Clown takes a steak and gets a chop in return—Pantaloon tries his hand at a game and loses by it —Cat and come again —Clown takes a butcher's shop, which Harlequin makes too hot to hold him. Tailor's Shop and Perfumery Warehouse (Ve. roni, Barnes, and Honey). A gentleman in search of a tailor— A suit that is quite the ticket—Tee Onde wrapper—Railway wrappers- •Transfer depot--Washing machine—extraordinary— Something that won't wash--Cleaned out—Scent in and sent out- Foreign versus English toothpowder Hungary water—A Frangipani bouquet-Wonderful effects of the Pistachio r , ut powder —A case of real distress—Pantaloon in a fix —Fur nished Apartments for Single Men (Bolenos, Deulin, and Tanner).—Clown and Pantaloon in high life—A domestic re volution—turning the tables —To bed, to bed—A drop too much Clown now begins to reflect—The looking-glass follows his example—Two heads better than one—Clown takes a turn on the sofa, which also takes a turn on its own account— Multiplication altercation, which ends with a regular row in the house. Judkiu's Gas-regulating Machine and General Patent Office and Stationer's Shop (Veroni, Barnes, and Honey.)—Clown, being iu Fleet-street, goes the pace rather fast—The language of the eyes (I-talian of course) which everybody understands—Bath post versus London post—Re gulators Wanted ; railway regulators, army regulators, gas regulators, smoke regulators—Sewing, cutting, washing, pressing, and ironing done by a turn—Clown mikes a shift which makes Pantaloon a little shirty—A box of common scents —A fresh, supply of blacks from America —A Drcd-fnl scene ensues. Meehi's Model Farm (Bolenos, Denim, and Tanner )—Harvest-home —A rakish dance by rustic lads and lasses—The milky way—Harlequin makes a pump of himself —A strong smell of game—A farm-yard visitor—Clown finds the pig a very great bore—Pantaloon finds the dog gets greatly attached to him —Prize Poultry—Cochin China and couch in England —Novel hatching—The old mail-LFull in side—Clown off by the Express and Pantaloon by the Rocket—Mappin's Cutlery and Shilling Razor Warehouse, King William-street, City (the whole of the double company will appear in this scene.)—Pantaloon proposes to take a bus—Present and future—Weight of public opinion —A change for the better—The people's own bus—When fool meets fool then comes the tug of fun—Collision, crash, smash, and dash—Garotte preventive—Moustache move ment—A pair of sharp blades—Clowns prove themselves a case for cutlery—Holloway stopped by Holloway's oint ment—The duel —A cut direct—Forewarned, forearmed— Public nuisances of 1856—0 h, my Crinoline—A high wind, a regular blow up, and glorious termination to Ups and Downs in Holiday's Fairy Home. The reduced prices as follows, varying throughout the house to suit every one :—Galleries, 6d. and is. ; Second Circle of Boxes, ls. 6d. ; Pit, 2s. ; First Circle of Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Dress Boxes, 3s. ; Stalls, ss. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d., IL ls., 1/. lla 6d., and 2/. 2s. ROY,AL LYCEUM THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. On BOXING NIGHT, December 26, will be produced an entirely new and original combination of burlesque and pan. tomime, entitled CONRAD AND MEDORA; or, Harlequin Corsair and the Little Fairy at the Bottom of the Sea. The burlesque opening by W. Brough, Esq., founded upon the ballet of Le Corsair, as produced at Her Majesty's Theatre. The harlequinade upon things in gene ral. The new and magnificent scenery painted by Mr. F. Fenton. Characters in the opening Conrad (the Corsair) Birbarto (his lieutenant) Seyde Pasha Sing Smaul Yussiff Med ora Gulnar Zuliem Miss Woolgar „Mr. J. L. Toole „Mr. Barrett Mr. Holston Mr. S. Calhaern Mrs. Charles Dillon „Mrs. B. White Mrs. blelville Submarina...(her first appearnee) Miss Jessie nyder Serena Miss Marie Wilton Clowns Mr. Tom Matthews and Mr. A. Marshall Pantaloon Mr. Stilt Harlequin Mr. J. Marshall Columbine Miss Clara Morgan On Boxing Night, and on Saturday, Dec. 27, the historical play of WILLIAM TELL will commence the performances. William Tell, Mr. C. Dillon. A Morning Performance of the Pantomime every Saturday, at 2 o'clock, commencing on Sa turday, Dec. 27. The box-office open daily, from 11 to 5, under the superintendence of Mr. Chatterton, jun. Carriages conveying parties to the Private Boxes to set down at the State entrance in Burleigh-street. MDOYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. ,On FRIDAY,. Dec. 26, will be produced a new grand Christmas Pantomime, called ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP; , or, Harlequin and the Genii of the Ring. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; PantalOon, Mr. Paulo ; Co. lumbine, Mme• C. Adams, Preceded by THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Saturday, the Corsican Brothers and the Pantomime. On Monday, Dec. 20, will be presented A Midsummer Night's Dream and the Pantomime. R OPAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. • On FRIDAY, Dec. 26, DELICATE GROUND. Messrs. G. Vining and Leslie ; Mrs. Stirling. A new Fairy Extravaganza, by J. R. Planche, Esq. called YOUNG AND HANDSOME. Messrs. F. Robson, Rogers, Leslie, G. Cooke, Danvers. Misses Swanborongh, St. Cacse (her first appearance), Castleton, Bromley, Haskell, luta Mrs. Melfort. After which, CRINOLINE. Commence at half-pad Bever'; THE SUN, L ONDON, THURSDAY EVENTING, DEMEMBER 25, 1856 , THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. On FRIDAY, Dec. 26, and SATURDAY, to commence at Seven with the comedy of THE HONEYMOON. in consequence of Mr. Murdoeh's success he is reingaged for a few nights and will appear as the Duke AranZa. After which, a new comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE BABES IN THE WOOD, or Harlequin and the Cruel Uncle. The scenery of the opening story painted by Mr W. Callcott. The music composed and arranged by Edward Fitz. william. The pantomime produced under the direction of M. Milano. Harlequin, M. Mi lano ; Columbine, Fanny Wright (her first appearance in that character) ; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ; and Clown, Mr. Driver (his first appearance in that character at this theatre). The first Morning perform- ance of the Pantomime will be given on Thursday, Jan. 1, and continue every Thursday throughout the holidays : com mencing at 2, concluding at 4. THEATRE ROYAL, A DEL PHI. Great Attraction for the Holidays. BOXING NIGHT (Friday, Dec. 26), and Saturday, Dec. 17, for two nights only, PAUL PRY : By Mr. Wright. After which will be produced a new and original union of modern burlesque and old English pantomime (as originated at this theatre), by Professor Wordspinner, Member of Every thing, with entirely new scenery, dresses, transformations, &c., called 'MOTHER SHIPTON ; or, Harlequin Knight of Love, and the Enchanted Whistle. Har l equ in and Columbine (a la Watteau), Madame Celeste and Miss Wyndham ; Clown, Mr. Garden ; Pantaloon, Mr. Moreland; Scaramouch, Mr. Le Barr. Characters in the bur lesque by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. J. Bland, Mr. R. Romer, Madame Celeste, Miss Wyndham, Miss Mary Keeley, Miss Kate Kelly, Mi ss Arden, &c. STRAN D THEATRE.—Manager, Mr. T. Payne.—On Friday Evening will be performed ROBERT MACAIRE. To conclude with the Burlesque Pantomime of THE MAGIC MISTLETOE ; or, Harlequin Humbug and the Shams of Lon don. Clown Miss Cuthbert ; Harlequin, Miss Craven ; Columbines, Miss E. Jacobs and Mdle. Collison. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, is. ; Gallery, 6d. OYAL SURREY THEATRE, IA) Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. TO-MORROW EVENING, DOUGLAS. Afar which, HARLEQUIN AND THE SUMMER QUEEN. Harlequin, Mr. F. Glover ; Clown, Mr. Buck ; Pailtaloon, Mr. Bradbury ; the Four Sprites, the Fillis Fa. mily ; Columbines, Mesda mes Marie and Agnes. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. TO-MORROW EVENING, Shakspeare's Tragedy of MACBETH, with Mr. W. Cooke's Equestrian Illustrations. Macbeth, Mr. James Holloway. After which, the skilful SCENES in the CIRCLE. To conclude with a new grand equestrian comic pantomime, called PAUL PRY ON HORSEBACK ; or, Harlequin and the Magic Horseshoe. Doors open at half-past six ; commence at seven o'clock. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr 9 W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, do., viz.: —Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunel', and Miss Summers ; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Raino, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, and P. Collie ; Masters Austin, Ben nett, and Corri ; Mr. Sam Cowell and E. Mackney. Piano forte, J. Harroway, R.A. ; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun. ; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre cisely. Suppers, dcc., until twelve o'clock. In addition to the usual Vocal Entertainment, the celebrated SPANISH MINSTRELS will appear in costume at Nine and Eleven o'clock Every Evening, and sing some of their favourit selec tions. MGR WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAs—Morn. 18 min. aft. 12—Evening 41 min. aft. 12 1 1 0.-Monuow—Morn. 2 min. aft. I—Evening 24 min. aft. 1 THE WEATHEB—SUN OFFICE, DECEMBER 25. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 47—highest since noon yesterday. 35 —lowest this morning and during the night. 36 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 28 92 falling. WIND, N.—Light, with dull, hazy, or foggy, frosty weather. ' - -44 ~~~~~~~ L')NDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1856, We earnestly commend to public attention the letter of our esteemed correspondent, C. W. S., which will be found in another part of this day's impression. As an English merchant, he pos sesses ample opportunities of perceiving, and he has evinced a clear capacity for appreciating the injurious results of a scarcity of the circulating medium—the very' blood, in the stagnation whereof industry may starve. Like the Israelites of old the people cannot provide their quota ol bricks, while the necessary foundation, the supply of straw, is wanting.gTo say that the extravagant charge for money lately represented by a minimu m rate of 7 per cent. discount in Threadneedle street, implying a charge of 8, 10, or even 12 per cent. to merchants and manufacturers, who have not accounts with " the Old Lady," and still maintained at 6 per cent., because of a continental demand for gold, is perfectly absurd. Why should the exportation of a few millions of specie occasion a monetary panic, so greatly depreciate every other description of accumulated and real ised property, bring poverty, and too often ruin, to thousands of meritorious and solvent indivi duals, and general distress and embarrassment to the nation ? We have abundance of real and productive capital. We have countless flocks and herds—stock of every description, instruments, and ornaments of art ; agricultural implements of the beat description, broad and fertile acres with all their.varied produce, raw materials from every clime and country, and the skill and indus try to convert them into valuable manufactures, for which there is extensive demand, both at home and abroad ; but all this bona fide wealth is to be depreciated in value ; all these springs are to be neutralised—mills closed, steam power wasted, and horses standing idle, for want of a suitable measure and representative of value. It might as well be said that we should go back to the old system of barter as that we should remain con tented with the imperfect metallic currency to which the theories of PEEL • OVERSTONE and Co. have reduced us, and ignore all the lights of mo dern experience, all the improvements by the experience of past generations. As C. W. S. truly declares, " our merchants and manufacturers require a currency of some sort at a price their profits will enable them to pay, not that they may enter into foreign speculations, but to carry on their legitimate trade." The great organ of the bullionists, the Times itself, has confessed that, " supposing the circulation to be required solely for internal commerce, no ne cessity could exist fur gold being held against any portion of it. A deposit of Government Stock, or the fact of its being receivable for duties, would at all times keep it from fluctuation in value !" Now, this is the great desideratum, to be achieved—the object at which the putative parents of the unwise and impolitic Act of 1844 professed to aim, but which they totally failed to accomplish ! They undertook to provide the na tion with a stable currency-- e to give uniformity of value to the circulating medium—by means whereof the business of the country could at all times be carried on with security and profit to fair and solvent traders. What has been the re sult ? We shall quote the words of Mr. SAMUEL GODDA.RD, a zealous and. enthusiastic Freetrader —a consistent and prudent Monetary Reformer " Have not fluctuations in prices, in the value of property, and derangements in trade, been much greater than at any former period, even under unlimited, irresponsible issues of paper money ? Have we not witnessed the wildest speculatio ns and the severest depressions ?" Look to the rail way mania of 1845, the commercial crisis, and panic of 1847, showing the different sides of the picture in the clearest points of view. The inju rious action of the new-fangled code can thus be discovered in all its varied aspects. At one time money was a " mere drug in the market ;" it could be obtained at almost nominal rates for the wildest schemes. Legitimate trade was abandoned for gambling specula' ions. Men sought to become tuddenly rich, and t lespised the cautious maxims of their prudent fatl iers. The inevitable reaction occurred, and that . at a time when the most weighty speculati.)t s Were on foot. The Bank, when its own obj ec ts were achieved, contracted its issues, and m iP4I3 of families were brought to ruin, to dept. Ire the misery and privation that followed the fey prig h excitement produced by the iniquitous legs slg .tion of the moneyocracy. In 1847, as an al de writer declared, " there were days, some a of al days, during which the measure of VD JD a had altogether disappeared. Mines, mills, ant I their produce had no value. With a famin.e im pending over the land American flour would not bring money ! All because a few millions of sovereigns had gone from us, leaving twice as; many uncalled for, and therefore not wanted, in the cellars of the Bank." This is a graphic but faithful delineation of the calamity, whi oh was immediately alleviated, and speedily cured by the temporary suspension of the enactn lent which had been the cause of all the mischief. When, th en, will the people shake off the un accountable apathy by which they have so long been opprQssed ? When will the voice of public opinion proclaim, trumpet-tongued, the necessity for fiscal and monetary reforms, and show that [ the nation will no longer endure the evils of class legislation. ? We want an equitable property and free trade in money, or rather in currency. The latter can only be attained by the abolition of the monopoly so long enjoyed by the Old Lady of Threadnecidle-street, and the establishment of a really National Bank, issuing really national notes of small and convenient denominations, varying from 1/. to 5/. We have repeated this advice usque ad nauseam, but it cannot be too frequently impressed on the popular mind until it has produced its fruit, and the natural re sults, the welfare and happiness of the industrial population, and the time when every man, able and willing to labour, will be sure of obtaining " a fair day's wages for a fair day's work 1" One of the most remarkable' pamphleteers of the day—Sir ARTHUR HALLAM ELTON, Bart.— has very recently issued from the press a masterly argument in favour of the Ballot. He signiii• cantly entitles his brochure " The Ballot—a Con servative Measure."* His deduction being literally to theeffect that the long-dreaded radical reform of —The Ballot—would necessarily, after all, prove in very truth rather Conservative than Revolu tionary. Conservative in the best sense of the word—Conservative of all that is good, of all that is indeed worthy of Conservation in our political Constitution. And would it not, on the very face of it ? Would it not necessarily be so Con servative ? Conservative of the independence of the Electors ! Conservative of the position, character, and dignity of the House of Commons —by making it at last, in truth as well as in name, The House of Commons ! Conservative of the principles not only of the represented, but also of the representatives themselves ! Guarding both alike from the possibility of falling under the temptation of becoming implicated one way or another in the crime of Bribery. Precluding one from the chance of bribing, the other from the chance of being bribed. Securing at the same time, in the same way, the independence not simply of the different constituencies, but of the several candidates for the suffrages of these constituen cies. Elevating each to the same dignified level of independence. Enabling every elector to vote r whomsoever he pleases, according to the dic tates of his own judgment and conscience, and irrespective of the bias of any extraneous consi- deration—and while thus effectually manumitting the mass of the electors, doing quite as m uch good for the elected in another way. Guarding them from the degradation of being the nominees of any influential landlord ; securing them from the hardly less degrading influence of the cringing Canvass ; and enhancing their prestige when elected as really and veritably one of the chosen representatives of the population. A panacea is a thing we dont't believe in, either in medicine or in politics. B u t most assuredly if there be any one reform th a t m i ght really assume to its&f the glory of being the next best thing to a political panacea, that great re form is expresed, to our thinking, in the one word —the " Ballot," that most potent dissylable. The Patriot Statesman of the Age, to our mind, will be the man who shall give to England the Ballot. Had Sir R. PEEL, the great Sir R. PEEL, the Sir ROBERT PEEL, survived a little longer, we should have looked to him for it. H e it was who gave to the country whatever security it has in its Police System. He it was who was principally instrumental in confirming the alle giance of the nation to the great cause of Religious Liberty, by the crowning triumph over intoler ance—the passing of the Act of Catholic Emanci pation. His was the strong, bold, resolute hand that threw down at once and for ever the barriers of Monopoly by the passing of the grand series of Free-Trade Enactments. He had only to repair the one great evil committed in his political youth, when he may be said to have been sowing the wild oats of statesmanship—he had only to make reparation for the heinous wrong inflicted by the Bank Charter Act, repairing the►t wrong by the liberation and reorganisation of the national currency. That was all that was required from him—but beyond that, and regarding it as his crowning benefaction to his oountry, we should have looked to him for that magnificent boon of the Ballot, which would be to the representative sys tem what Free Trade has proved to commerce— its glory, its security, its Palladium. To Sir ROBERT PEEL'S political successor, who ever he may be, we must now look for the like evidences of courage, genius, and magnanimity in his supreme capacity as the great Patriot Statesman of his generation. The opportunity for his ap pearance is already open to him. He mig ht come into power to-mor row , fi gura tively speaking, if h e so pleased it. He might, so to speak, be carried above the heads of the people into offiee by simply daring to avail himself of this very obvious op portunity. Undertaking merely to forego the obnoxious Income Tax and to substitute in its place a just and rational impost upon Property he would have the whole people with him— at once—en masse—heart and soul : eager to hail the auspicious advent of his Administration. And then—THE Razor, as the initial boon con ferred upon the nation by his Government, would confirm and consolidate his popularity. The Ballot—that talisman of independen ce at once to Electors and Representatives ! The Ballot— reforming much that is evil, conserving all that is good in our mixed Constitution. Yes—but all the while we must not forget that the Ballot is a " bore !" Wh a t says our caustic pamphleteer upon this head ? He writes "I would admit very candidly that the question of the ballot, especially to members of Parliament, comes under the head of what is called a bore. It is difficult to see how this can be helped. The tAst young gentleman finds his tailor a bore, when he pays him a diurnal visit in quest of a settlement of * The Ballot, a Conservative Measure. By Sir Arthur Hallam Elton, Bart. Bvo, pp. 43. Ridgway: London. KerelAlie Bristol. 1856. his 'small account.' The paterfamilias of restricted means denounces as a bore that respectable individual with an umbrella under his arm, and a receipt book sticking out of his pocket, who has already called two , lays running without success for half a-year's poor rate. The belle of the season groans under the affliction of that periodical visit to the family dentist, which she is solemnly assured is essential to the preservation of three of her front teeth. These inevitable annoyances must ever be included in the genus bore,' simply because they are inevitable; and because, moreover, they are ra-current. It was the sa me w ith most good measures which have been pertinaciously pressed upon Parliament notwithstanding repeated rejections. Parliament en dured a wonderful amount of boring' at the hands of Wilberforce, Romilly, Brougham, Grey, Russell, Ver non Smith, amongst many others, who year by year fought with patient resolution on behalf of wise, just, and salutary reforms. Parliament was bored.' Par liament uncommonly enjoyed a joke or a sarcasm at the expense of these troublesome gentlemen, who would take no denial, but were no sooner beaten than they com menced preparations for a fresh attack. The wits made very good fun of them. There was plenty of brilliant talent, there was no lack of ponderous prejudice opposed to their exertions ; nevertheless they made way, and finally conquered, not by dint of mere dogged mulish obstinacy, but sia4ply because the bulk of the nation was at their backs, and because their cause was intrinsi cally just. So it is with the ballot. The Hou-e, not withstanding Mr Berkeley's caustic pleasantry, is rather bored by the ballot. The majority of the refined and wealthy classes of society are bored by it ; they wonder it should still thrust itself forward into notice, like a vulgar weed reappearing after it was supposed to be extirpated. It is impertinent, obtrusive, aggravating; in short, it is a bore.' Well, no doubt it is, but see why it is so, examine the q ues ti on f air l y and honestly. Are you justified in rejecting it? Are your grounds of objection solid? Are they satisfying to the conscience? May be after all the best way of disposing of the ballot will be to make it law. May be there is no other method of extinguishing the nuisance. Like a refractory crumb, or an obstinate pill, the best way to get rid of it will probably be to swallow it." The question is very far indeed from being exhausted in this little pamphlet of 43 pages octavo, penned by Sir ARTHUR ELTON. It is popularised in it. It is simplified through the medium of its clear and homely logic. But ex-. hausted ?—well, one might as well have expected to find the Free-Trade argument exhausted, in one of the catechetical inquiries of PERRONET THOMPSON, or in one of the Corn-Law Rhymes of EBENEZER ELLIOT, or in one of the many masterly speeches of RICHARD COBDEN, as look for exhaus tion of the subject of the Ballot in a single pamph let by Sir ARTHUR ELTON, or in a single speech by Mr. HENRY BERKELEY. One might, perhaps, carve the designs of the Shield of Achilles upon the surface of a cherry-stone, or pack the twenty four books of the Iliad inside of it. But—exhaust the Ballot in one speech or in one Pamphlet? Well, hardly—even though Mr. HENRY BERKELEY him self were the orator, or Sir ARTHUR ELTON, with all his common sense, his logic, his wit, and his rhetoric, were the pamphleteer. When will this country awake to a proper sense of the stupendous responsibilities her im mense Colonial possessions entail upon her ? A good deal of progress in this direction, it must be admitted, has been made of late years, but still we are fax behind hand. What a destiny has been adumbrated for us ! What a history may ours be if we put forth our strength in the discharge of our bounden duty ! Suppose we had to record the plougshare of desolation having passed over the face of Europe, uprooting and destroying the various nations by whom it is inhabited, with the exception of ourselves—how the national mind on recovering from the terrible shock would expand and glow with ardour at the thought of peopling the vast region with our own race, who should carry with them the immortal and fructifying seed of our free in• stitutions with all we inherit from them Brain, and tongue, and pen would weary to comprehend the grandeur of our position and give it adequate utterance. Statesmen, philosophers, men of com merce, and you the industrial million, believe us —a grander destiny than this wild speculation suggests to you is shadowed forth to us in no idle wandering dream, but as a more than possible-- a contingent reality ! We have areas equal to many Europes in our possession waiting but ade quate justice at our hands, to owe to us the foun dations of a future which the airy imagination of the poet might well fail to describe, and the phil anthropist weep with joy while unable fully to realise. Is it not time we proved ourselves worthy of our destiny by accepting it, and taking strides towards its development in proportion to its grandeur It is not our intention to enter into the evi dence by which the assertion can be substantiated. The reader will find abundant testimony at hand if he allows himself a few minutes for reflection. Our object in speaking as we have is to stimulate him sufficiently to be interested in what follows, corroborative as it is of our remarks. Should he be disposed to accuse us of bathos, we turn on him and say—if what we are about to advance be bathos, how surprisingly grand must that be to the imperfect outlines, of which we challenge denial, and it stands in such relation. Take up the map of America. Look at Canada. It is a British colony. Years ago it was strong enough to rise in rebellion against our misrule. It has grown wonderfully in importance since then. What with industry, railways, and posi tion the young giant has grown so great that 350,000 square miles do not afford him elbow room. This Canada of ours, if filled up, would be a great empire even when placed along side of a great European monarchy. It is instinct with the future that awaits it. It pants to lay the foundations of its hereafter wide as the area it must ultimately embrace. Turn your eyes to a contiguous territory —not to the United States. Do you know anything of it? Look how it stretches onward to the Pacific—how many Ca nadas are embraced in its vast area. Take up your compasses and rule—measure and calculate ! The area of this territory of which. you know so little—why, it actually comprises fuur millions of square miles. Do you know whom it belongs to and how it is peopled and governed ? It belongs to Great Britain, is almost a desert so far as population is concerned, and is governed in the most un-gnglish way conceivable. Industry is represented by the trapper ; agriculture is pro hibited ; 'desolation and plunder alone are culti vated. The very missionary has the door shut against him. The devil himself may grin from one end of it to the other without a moment's intermission. It is in the hands of the Hudson's Bay Company, whose title is as good as that of the owner of an estate stolen within living memory. Their only charter is a surreptitiously obtained licence, which expires in 1859. Oh, it is suggested, "it is a bleak, uninhabit able, worthless country." A thousand times No ;it is not. The greater portion of it is as good as Canada. It teems with coal, with cop per, plumbago, and other metals. Gold ore, it is more than whispered, despite the efforts of the Company •to keep the tact secret, has been found imbedded in it. It may turn out a second California. Fla; tallow, hides, are to be had from it. It is capable, when culti vated, of feeding kingdoms with its produce. Its climate is at least as good as that of Canada ; and with all these advantages it produces only a number of furs. It is shut up against mankind, and its inhabitants bowed to the earth, mentally and morally, to fill the pockets of a petty, but most unscrupulous trading company. These vast territories, in immediate contiguity to Canada—it is of them we are speaking—thase vast territories, belonging of right to Canada—for such is the fact —that very Canada ther:) needing and crying out for elbow-room, and unable of itself to get it. Does the history of the world record anything more preposterous than this ? Here are some of us glorying in the progress of Canada, and all of us " perplexed in the extreme" to find a colony, or room in one or other of our colonies, for the discipline of our convicted burglars, garotters, and other dangerous felons, and all the while this area of four millions of square miles is populated chiefly by a few trappers, and is shut against us resum temeatis—by the Hudson's Bay Company ! by a few audacious London traders Well may the Canadian Board of Trade meet to protest against so monstrous and unrighteous an occupa tion, and demand liberty to break down a barrier which keeps them from their own, or, at the very least, stands in the way of Canada's legisla tive development. Well may we be excused for having spoken as we have done, if excuse be at all needed. It is hard to speak on the subject with patience. Viscount Palmerston arrived in London yesterday morning, and returned to Broadlands in the afternoon. Lord Stanley of Alderley left town yesterday for Alderley Park. BRIGHTON.—The Duke of Devonshire purposes pass ing his Christmas in Kemp Town, and probably some time longer. On Monday his grace had a select dinner party, including the Marquis of Abercorn and Lady Louisa Hamilton, Countess of Durham, Hon. Mrs. Hodgson and Miss Hodgson, Lord Cavendish, Captain and Mrs. Davidson, Colonel Clifford, Mrs. Giles, and Mr. Erskine. The Dowager Countess Granville is among the latest arrivals at the Bedford Hotel. The Marquis and Marchioness of Headfort have arrived at the Bedford Hotel. Sir Fitzroy Kelly, after a stay of some days at the Royal Albion Hotel, has taken his departure for London.—Brigh.tost Oaz'tte. DEATH OF REAR ADMIRAL WETHERALL.—We re gret to announce the death of Rear Admiral Frederick Augustus Wetherell (1854), of Ealing, Middlesex, which mournful event took place on the 21st inst., in Upper Mount-street, Dublin. This officer was born Feb. 20, 1788, and entered the navy in 1800. He accepted the retirement Oct. 1, 1846. ROYAL ACADEMY or Musrc.—The nomination for the two King's Scholarships, vacant at this time of the year, took place on Saturday, the 20th inst. The Board of Examiners, consisted of Mr. Potter, Chairman, Mr. Goes, Mr. Lucas, Mr. H. Blagrove, Dr. S. Bennett, Mr. Darrell, and Mr. F. R. Cox. The number of candidates examined was 38-17 young gentlemen and 21 young ladies. The following were. elected Fcholars :—Miss S. L. Kilpac and Master C. W. Isaac. The following can didates were " specially" commended—Misses Tasker, Aylward, Guivier ; Messrs. Thomas, Betjeman, Amor, and Waddell. The folio wing were commended—Misses Parton, Wallace, Clint, and Walsh ; Messrs. Mason, Meeking, Bainbridge, Hammond, and Farrar. OXFORD AMATEUR THEATRICAL SOCIETY.—The mem bers of this society commenced a series of entertain ments on Tuesday evening, when they performed two farces, " Time Tries All," and "The Fish out of Water." The whole of the proceeds were given to the City Public Library, towards assisting the funds for a lending library, and amounted to 51. 19e. 6 , 1. The pieces, with the assistance of two clever artistes from London, were very creditably sustained. We understand that a Treasury commission has been issued, appointing Lord Portman, H. Ker Seymer, Esq., M.P., I. K. Brunel, Esq., C.E., Robert Rawlinson, Esq., C.E., Professor J. T. Way, J. B. Lewes, Esq., and Southwood Smith, Esq., M.D., to inquire into the most effectual means of distributing the sewage of towns and of applying it to beneficial and profitable uses. The Right Hon. H. Labouchere, Colonial Secretary, is about to erect a new family mansion on his property at Stowey, Somerset. The contract has been already taken by a London firm, and amounts to about 18,0001. The works are to be proceeded with immediately. EPISCOPAL LIBERALITY.—The Lord Bishop of Gloces ter and Bristol provided lodgings, at his own expense, for every candidate for the recent ordination, and die rected that all their needs should be promptly and libe rally supplied. The want of a palace at Bristol has thus not been held by the right rev, prelate to be an excuse for neglecting the rites of hospitality. The Rectory of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, which has be come vacant by the elevation of the Rev. Dr. R. Bicker steth to the" Bishopric of Rip in, has been conferred by the Lord Chancellor on the Rev, E. H. Carr, M.A, incumbent of Christ Chapel, Maids-hill. Mr. Carr was fir some years rector of Millbrook, Bedfordshire, and obtained his appointment to Christ Chapel a few months ago, on the nomination of the Rev. George Fisk, who was minister of Christ Chapel, to the vicarage of Great Malvern. SOUTHAMPTON ELECTION —SOUTHAMPTON, Wednes day.—A. general meeting of the friends and supporters of Mr. Wegnelin was held at the Victoria Rooms yesterday evening ; Mr. Wm. Lankester in the chair. There was a very influential gathering of the leading Liberals of the town on the platform, and the room was well filled. Mr. Weguelin and several members of his committee addressed the assembly, and resolutions in his favour were carried by considerable majorities, although large numbers of hands were held up against them. Many of Mr. An drews' partisans were present, and the proceedings were occasionally of a very stormy and boisterous character. District meetings were held almost nightly in the differ ent parts of the town in the respective interests of both candidates, and the excitement shows no signs of abate ment. EAST SUFFOLK ELECTION.—Mr. Andrew Arcedeckne, the high sheriff, has appointed to-morrow, the 26th inet., for the election of a member for the eastern division of the county of Suffolk, rendered vacant by the death of Sir Edward Sherlock Gooch, Bart. The election will take place in the Town-hall, Ipswich. Lord Henniker (Conservative) is the only candidate in the field. WARD OP CRIPPLEGATE WlTHOUT.—Yesterday the adjourned wardmote for this ward was held in the school-room Redcross-street, for the purpose of Alder man Challis stating the Course he should pursue in consequence of two of the Candidates at the close of the poll on Tuesday having polled equal numbers. Alderman Challis said he should declare the first seven gentlemen on the list duly elected—viz , Messrs. Still well, Pickering, Cuthbert, Dent, Read, Johnson, and Morrisse, and with respect to the eighth member he should make a double return of the names of Mr. Sewell and Mr. Spencfr, who bad polled equal numbers, and he had no doubt a fresh precept would be issued for the eleotion of one member to fill up the vacancy. LIVERPOOL, Dec. 24.—The triosson sailed hence to• day for New York, with a small complement of passen gers and a fair cargo. The Asia will take out the mails for the same port on Saturday. The Montreal Ocean Mail Company's screw steamer North American sailed this morning for Portland, with 50 passengers, a fair cargo, and the Canadian mails. THE CITY OF LONDON UNION FRAUDS. —The board of guardians, in consequence of the suspension by order of the Poor-law Board of Mr. Rowsell, the clerk to the union, have appointed Mr. R. J. Baylis, of Red Cross street, clerk to the ward of Cripplegate-without, and clerk to the East London Union, to be their clerk pro tem. The guardians are still carrying on the investiga tion, but up to 'yesterday no further frauds bad been di u s • covered beyond those that have already appeared. the t for the to last night the officers who hold warrant apprehension of Paul and Man' ni bad not succeeded in capturing either of them. It is j however, stated that a sufficient clue has been obtained as to their *hereabout, and that ere long one or both will be in custody. It is believed they are still in the metropolis. FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE STRAND. Yesterday morning an accident terminated fatally to Mr. David Cornel, aged 67 years, who resided near Stamford -street, Blackfriars. He was crossing Pickett-street, Strand, when the driver of the omnibus No. 6;831 called out to him • and before the driver had time t o pUll Up t h e wheels of the vehicle passed over him, mutilating him in a frightful manner. He was conveyed to the hos pital, but life was pronounced to be extinct. THE EXPLOSION AT THE MONK BRIDGE IRON WORKS —Yesterday morning an inquest was held upon the body of Edward Dickenson, who expired on Monday afternoon in the Leeds Infirmary, after enduring ex cruciating agony from the effects of an explosion at the Monk-bridge Iron Works, Leeds, the particulars of which we have already reported. The evidence con curred in proving that the accident arose from too much water having been turned on by the deceased himself. Verdict, " Accidental death." THE LEATHER MARKET. The leather market at Leadenhall on Tuesday was in a state of much ex citement, and a further advance of from id. to 14.1, per lb. was readily obtained for crops, light butts, offal, and shoulders. COLLISION IN TUE CLYDE.—On Saturday night last a serious collision took place in the Clyde between the barque Felicity, grain-laden, from the Mediterranean, and the steamer Vanguard. The Vanguard was on her outward passage with goods and passengers for Liver pool, when, from some Cause which is not at present clearly understood, a violent collision ensued between them. The Vanguard struck the barque on the port bow, and cut her up to the foremast, which was broken in two places, carrying away the windlass, deck planking, &c. The Felicity im me di ately filled by the gap in her bow, and settled down in a slanting direction across the channel, which is here very narrow, where she now lies, app ear i ng as a sort of bridgeacross the stream. The crew escaped without difficulty. THE CAPITAL CONVICTS OF MAIDSTONE.—The execu tion of the two prisoners, Dedea Redanies and Thomas Mansell, who were convicted of murder at the late assizes for the ceunty of Kent, has been fixed to take place on Thursday, Jan, 1. In ordinary coarse the execution of Mansell, who, it will Je remembered, was convicted of the murder of a corporal of the 49th Regi ment, in which he was a private soldier, would have taken place on the second market day after his convic tion, but, as that happened to be Christmas-day, of course it was felt to be impracticable for the sentence to be carried into effect on that day. The prisoner Reda nies, who was convicted of the murder of a young wo man to whom he was engaged to be married and her sister, under the usual course, as his conviction did not take place until the day following that of the trial of the other prisoner, would lof h oee had the sentence upon him carried into effect t nta the day above named, and Mr. Palmer, the under sheriff of the county, upon whom, as the deputy for the high-sheriff, the arrange ment of all these matters &valves, Ihei.,' re coneidered it expedient that the execution of both the convicts should be fixed for the later day. Both the prisoners appear quite resigned to their fate. LATES'' NEWS. THE PARIS CONFERENCES. The substance of the instructions received by the Turkish Ambassador, whose arrival in Paris has already been announced, as regards the Con ferences, is that Bolgrad and the Isle of Serpents shall be given up by Russia. Full and complete fulfilment of the Treaty of Paris for the organisation of the Danubian Prin- cipalities. To settle as soon as possible the Turco-Russian frontier line in Asia, when the season of the year will permit it. The great Powers are begged to take into seri- ous consideration the state of Turkey, which desires to develope its resources, to become a strong Power, and to be no longer a source of anxiety to the West. Its rivalries of influence and the lamentable misunderstanding on the Treaty of Paris have prevented it from occupying itself with the great commercial and financial measures which its wants require. The Sardinian Plenipotentiary has received in- structions. The day for the opening of the Conferences has not yet been fixed. The French and English Governments are per fectly agreed on the points under discussion. The Conferences will only be occupied with the questions of Bolgrad and of the Isle of Serpents. It is hoped that the Neuchatel question will be a►nicably settled. BERLIN, DEC. 24. The Kreuz Zeitung asserts that the English Ambassador at the Prussian Court (Lord Bloom field) now supports the demands of Prussia against Switzerland. FRANKFORT, DEC. 24. The Journal de Francfort says that the Council of Berne proposed an arrangement between the Confederation and Prussia by diplomacy, but has failed ; the situation is becoming very serious. Switzerland is quiet, but resolved. The Govern- ment at Berne has published a proclamation. The preparations for resistance to the invader are universal. A letter from Berlin of the 21st, in the German, Journal of Frankfort, says : •" We can affirm that it is the intention of the French government to establish a corps of observation on the Swiss frontier, at the time that Prussia shall march her expeditionary corps. It is not correct, as has been stated, that Prussia has fixed the Ist of January as a fatal term beyond which she will not admit the intervention of a third power ; she will admit that intervention so long as the royal ists of Neuchatel shall not be tried. When, however, the affair shall once have been brought before the tribunals, conciliation will have become impossible. With the royalists, in fact, Switzer land would put on its trial the right of Prussia, and to a certain extent the King of Prussia him self. That would be an offence which would im peratively call for recourse to arms.'' A commission composed of several officers has been sent from the Russian head-quarters to visit the Mazanderan, a province of Persia adjoining the Caspian Sea, in order to reconnoitre the various passages for troops and draw topographical plans. It appears that in the event of serious hostilities taking place between England and Per sia the Mazanderan will be a very important stra tegic point. Troops will be concentrated in this province, and the defiles of the Caspian gates and that of Komis will be strongly occupied.' It is by these two points that the centre of the Persian empire, which in this case is destined to become the theatre of the struggle, may be approached. Letters from Athens of the 17th state that extraordinary commissioners had been about to be sent from London to examine into the financial situation of Greece, but Russia had opposed the measure as insulting to the dignity of the Greek Government. It was in consequence decided that the ambassadors of the protecting powers at the Court of Athens should themselves make the inquiry and report thereon. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. days The Bank of France no w di scounts bills at 75 Austria has at length decided on nominating Baron de Hubner to be its representative at the Conferences. He received his powers yesterday. The Moniteur publishes the official return of the Customs revenue for last month, which amounted to 1 3,043,621 f., being an increase of 487,1161. on the corresponding period of 1855. The receipts for the eleven expired months of the present year amount to 159 ,086,304 f. ; being a decrease of 17,796,749 f., as compared with the corresponding period of last year. The items of revenue which show the principal falling off during the last eleven months are foreign sugar, 16,686,663 f. ; raw wool, 6,052,945 f. ; bar iron, 406,471 f. ; coffee, 2,185,275 f. ; brandy, 1,893 f. ; copper lst fusion, 127,903 f. ; olive oil, 494,6841. ; oxen and bulls, 13,307 f. The articles which show the greatest improvement are raw cotton, 2,185,8501. ; coal, 604,045 f. ; oleaginous seeds, 131,646 f. ; flax 1,110,4301. ; s pi r i ts o f wine, 1,142,178 f. ; French colonial sugar, 4,431,9831., &c. BOURSE, Dec. 24.—The following were the last quotations : - Cash. ft. c. End of Month. 44 per Cents . 3 per Cents 66 85 66 80 New Loan Bank Shares 4,075 Roman (x d) Credit Mobilier 1,455 Austrian Belgian Fives 97i— Spanish Threes Piedmontese (5) 92 Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CAI3II. 85i 88, 42 394 fr. c. fr. c. Orleans 1,320 Western Northern 945 Strasburg Lyons 1,375 New Ditto Mediterranean 1,730 Grand Central Lyons Geneva ~. Cott() - Austrian Cum. tated this resolution of the Diet ; and that, on his side, he endeavoured, as far as it was possible, to introduce similar sentiments into the difficulty in question. After this communication the repre sentative of Prussia addressed the Diet. He com menced by expre;siog the gratitude of his govern meat.. for the unan i mous goo d f ee li ng w hi c h lie exalted co federates had manifested for its wishes as well in the wording as in the execution 64 the resolution of the 9th Nov. He afterwards an nounced, while expressing regret at seeing the die: appearance of all hope of the re-establishment of violated rights by negotiations, that nothing mained for the King but to enforce his just demands by calling out the military force necessary to attal¢ the object desi re d, an d open i ng the negotiatlo▪ n 5 necessary for securing the free movements of thee? troops. The Prussian representative submitted a$ the same time to the assembly a despatch, in which the Pru s sia n C a bi ne t ma d e k nown i ts reso l u tio• ns to the Courts of London, Paris, St. P e tersbur , and Vienna. These cou munications will be mad ? known to the different Governm en t s b y th e ir la . sertion in the minutes." NEUCHATEL. The Frankfort journals publish the following extract of the proces verbal of the proceedings of the Diet relative to the Neuchatel affair " In its sitting of the 18th, the representatives of Austria, Bavaria, and Baden announced that the steps taken in the name of the Germanic Con federation had not met with the desired success. The Swiss Federal Council had, in fact, acquainted the Prussian envoy at Bern e th a t it cou ld no t con sent to the preliminary and unconditional release of the prisoners of Neuchatel, but that it was a l wa ys prepared to enter into negotiations for a pacific solution of the question ; the President of the Swiss Federal Council communicated this reply to the other diplomatic agents at Berne, and de clared, moreover, that from the same motives he could not pay attention to the support ri'ven to the demands of Prussia by the Germanic Con federation, but that he perfectly appreciated the sentiments of good neighbourhood which had die. CYPRUS. A. letter from Larnaca in the island of CY'Pr I T of the sth, gives th e f o ll ow i ng account o f the plosion of a powder magazine, briefly mentioned a telegraphic despatch :—" In the night of the V . : Nov. the town w as th rown i nto consterna tion by Tremendous explosion which shook all the hoes as though a violent earthquake had taken Pla t and was instantly followed by a shower of stoe' find brands of fire. The powder magazine of th rP' ef e naval arsenal, which cont a i ne d 20 b ar r e ls of povi el .if and 150 xes of cartridges, had blown up. fi: the building is now nothing but a heap of rui u'l and a large khan, the public baths, and seve , hopsand cafes on the public square were complett eY shattered. 18 persons killed. The greatest alaLln was felt for Vie safety of another larger magaz i ,, lle containing 140 barrels of powder, round which 1 burning fragments had fallen, but fortunately 3 f was preserved through the courageous conduct ‘ 2l a French medical man, named Foblant. At th o imminent risk of his own life, and in spite of numerable obstacles which surrounded him, he ho'" the larger magazines opened, and the powder re ; moved. By his exertions he also saved the liv of several persons who had been buried beneath t' ae ruins. Lie doctor was ably assisted by M. Sai l lie tine, the head of the French Consulate here. T . 3 .41 local authorities, however, were very remiss.„ - ` 0 their duty, and lent no effective co-opera ti th ' whatever. Osman Paella, the governor of to island address: d a letter oil the following dap the doctor, thanking him in the warmest terms icrs his courageous conduct." SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 19th in t In consequence of the late amnesty several Oar'id chiefs had presented themselves at Juuquera) among them the Brigadier Domingo Fore adell,• :o e, b Lord Howden had given a grand dinner at virluill the members of the Corr, Diploni atique an d ot ' high personages attended. 1 , and The three eldest daughters of the DrAn -e Duchess of Mont easier had been decorated pith the cordon of the ladies of the Royal Portugn order of Saint Isabella. THE PAPAL STATES. at A private lotter from Bologna, of the 160 in ced states that Cardinal Viale Prela had arv ° 2 l : ti that the Holy Father would soon grant an a'°'',) -- t s he worthy . of him. The Archbishop had even fi e g - es st period of the anapest) for the Bth inst.—al v — bas of the Immaculate Conception. That " 3 .' Joel passed, but no amnesty has been declared, 1: 1 " there appear to be any intention of grantir : i. - of The writer thinks that during the fest i vi cia av Christmas some pardons may be °ran ted, bu t c ats to persons confined for robberies or a ssaults•,• t i c ll keys which are to open the prison doors of Pcufl-tbe prisoners are said not to be in the han ds ° ,l - hi Pope, but in those of Cardinal Antonelli an friends, who maintain the state of siege. DEATH HE Dtt. PARIS, THE PRFSI.9O OF THE COLLEGE (IF RELysiaLVIS' alli eg wh l t t eh is ee w e i u t r h re v d ery sincere regret that w e shed 0 the death of this excellent and di- • gu isbed Ltbi 4 yesterday morning, at -al f vif h P as : o'c e l n oc h k a , ve at ru h n is sroesliodnegucea,ndinatDtoivieer-straei.. 0 oo honourable a career. For half a centsaar; tire ~..,, Dr. Pa • • ris had practised as a phYsiela", 3 e ill risen to the very honours w hich it , " toy ( ' the power of his professionpl brethren to bets ust, He was born at Cambridge on the 7th of Ang o e in the year 1785, and at 22 years of age be 1 ,..0 elected physician to the Westminster nospitatio; most distinguished honour for so young a I ° to . and he continued in the active exercise of his i b is precishe,ll fessional duties until within a fortnight 01...i0a death. For 50 years, then_a considerable Pe w ' 00 even in the history of a nation —was the gent l l a l. to whose memory we would fain offer a slie , ' - ! t icit bute of respect actually engaged in the allevia_,t.,,, of suffering and in the relie of afflicted hunaloier To Dr. Paris, as is well known in the prefe j ' w ith and to all persons more intimately acquainteu,.ogs his career, the office of physician was no 1-iirelo. work, to be hurried through for the purpose ° It cumulating a fortune or earning distincticl'' but was the business and glory of his life. When th e 14 years of age he commenced his studies fur et, ar d uo us profession on which he was abou t to e'" ia and d e ago of e th d re t e h - e se m ore llp yea w r i s th an a d theupon himself the arduous d so young a person ; when he had attained `„ Medical Council of the B u o t a lre r - old in a- :: with his own hand wrote tl cholera t o u f 18 - 4 zeal citeoon dff i t r i ch t e ereo r ear e osyl d i td i hr b e: : :::o ; true to the resolution of the h O3 , voluntarily "; r m on em th b e e r c h o o f l dismissed in a few - Hilsepeirnstornoaluhistoziorinnatit g Cb r ea a m d thiaritdegde:ahs we have s his contetn e 0 baridief in 1785, : 00 boo a ! College, i u . that univer s '' oVg ii- 131 p o e ra il ri v e e 3 r heyoung idnisutiinedginciisnii%d forottbs: e i x Th r_ent and elegance of his classical attalilalteeece, The Classic al Tripes was not then in 005• 0e" and so, independently of the exigen cies of hia yr dical degree, he had hot at the uuiversityo.loo.l portunity for displaying that fine and la t . l o u V knowledge of the writers of antiquity for w hi r i v ate was afterwards so distinguished both in P.'i s ese life and as President of the College of l'hYllert r e-. From Cambridge he went to Edinburgh, tu e s t v markable as a school of medicine, and w : o ele' friend and intimate companion of the inasJ to y, brated men who, in the first years of the cent ury, i l ls had congregated in the Scottish capital octet', return to London, at the age of 22, he was effected, as we before said, phy ician to the West a L o ot, Hospital, but soon after vacated the appeinbT o ot Ge D ol u e r g i i n e g al as it was his wish to establi:l himself in the of Penzance, in CirnwAll. paris die tinguished himself as the founder of tfeieberhe, h S is oc r at Penzance, too, he gave o f Corn Wail ; England, r de what was the first geological society in -na l g l e a rs il Society y dence at Penzance Dr. the gre ab t? , the t bf boon of the " tampincehary which they are enabled to Wit hout the fear of amid inflammable gas" - B this simple but striking fire from the rock. .By doubt saves admirable invention Dr Farts h ve destroyed. heroes a na more lives than many 1.01(10111 3 . In the year 1810 he returned to A lea • y °cap thueingtsanbetineiness here for 45 or 40 years he was active , l e cted Pr as a practising physician. He was e ear 1 844 sident of the College of Physicians in the 7, _, h is and this office he held until the bour.....usliciot death. Dr. Paris was not onlyknoWn as Pn_Y 4a ble of the highest eminence —he was as ula.i qu ei. for his literary ability. The "Life Sitf, l ' ss ical biographies Davy " will ever remain one of the el. . fr , oo , biographies of the English language. In Cab u t he tier) with Mr. Foublaeque he also virote'e„ 3 " Medical Jurisprudence, which has remain ( i N ,', l O text book with lawyers until our own day. - 7 - 4 works of a more professional character vvers,:to treatise "On Diet. which first brought him 11 ; br roug his " Pharmacoloeia " which has run th age ; ~, 9 l c on , notice, and which was published at a verY 63 b m ost books ; and his Wor more editions than o t her medical chemistry. Besides these, and man)? irr acknowledged publications his " Philosophs:4_ Sport" has attained an enormous popularity, 1..,"1; • Ste d• with his life, the motive for an incognito which v never really maintained, has altogether terrain are In so brief a notice as the one to which vi'n, we necessarily limited by considerations of spanff nr , ca n add but little more. The last ten days oi. -,-.. Paris's life were s p ent in the midst of most o_o ciating suf ferin g s, w!kihh were borne with the most remarkable fortitude. His chief concern aPPeusite, to be to console and comfort those arounu log who could ill disguise their grief at the iinlp i e l l t he and irreparable loss. His intellect remainea to the last as clear as at any time of his life, stonedvi to power of speech remained nobody who IA. him could believe that the end was so near at len e u t i The public and the medical profession have 50 0 0 ' 00 a great loss in the death of John Ayrton Paris,a able of the most disinterested, ho nourable, an of men who have ever practised the professiothno_o medicine. The grief of his ovtn family and of , : t _ Tele.e2.l !;2 1;'.,,» ` i..`.`,:,..1. ~;i a t,' 1F•2ir.,,1.:;1, of shod' ter of public concern, save in so tar as it may, e . how this wise and good man was honoured rola he how loved by those who knew him best.—Tites.