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

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Letters from Liverpool state that in the cotton and share markets there was no public business transacted yesterday, it having been observed as a close holiday. Business in the other manufactur ing districts has also been interfered with by the festivities of the season, but the private advices speak in confident terms of extended operations early in the new year. The Return from the Bank of England for the week ending en the 20th inst. is not so satisfactory as those recently published, owing to the effects of the run upon the Irish banks, which necessitated a hasty withdrawal of gold in order to strengthen their position. There is consequently • reduction in the bullion, and likewise a material addition to the other securities. The increase usual at this time of the year is observable in the private deposits, and the revenue collections have further augmented the public deposits. Probably the next statement will show a further unfavour able movement in the position of the establishment —but, since it will have been caused by exceptional circumstances, and such as are of a harmless cha racter, there is no apprehension lest the progressive improvement which was anticipated shall be more than temporarily checked. The following table shows the principal items, and the alterations which they present : Active Circulation Decrease Bullion Decrease £18,513,040 189,770 10,513,823 178,703 Rest Increase Public Deposits Increase Other Deposits Increase Seven-Day and other Bills 122,242 Increase Government Securities Increase Other Securities Increase Notes unemployed Increase In the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon no alterations of any importance took place, but bills were scarce and in good demand. The bar silver brought by the last West India steamer has been sold at 611 d per ounce, and the price is now rather firmer. The official return of the exports of the precious metals from the port of London for the week end ing Thursday last is as follows : Gold Coin Silver Coin 9, PP The official returns relating to trade and naviga tion for the month ending the 30th Nov., 1856, have been published. From these it appears that the total declared value of exports from the United Kingdom for the month was 10,2r2,0751., being an increase of 1,512,2261. compared with those of the like month in 1855. The increase is perceptible in beer and ale, butter, coals and culm, cotton manufactures, earthenware, glass manufactures, haberdashery and millinery, hardwares and cut lery, linen manufactures, linen yarn, machinery, thrown silk, stationery, refined sugar, sheep and lambs' wool, woollen and worsted manufactures and woollen and worsted yarn ; but there was a falling off in leather, silk manufactures, soap, awl cordage. The importations of the principal articles were larger as respects pearl ashes, animal charcoal, brimstone, cocoa, wheat, barley, beans, Indian corn, four, oatmeal, raw cotton, cotton yarn, dyeing stuffs, flax, currants, hemp, hides, leather manu factures, linen manufactures, palm oil, potatoes, provisions, raw silk, spices, brandy, rice, saltpetre, unrefined sugar, tallow, tea, timber, wine, and sheep and lambs' wool. There was a diminution in live animals, bark, coffee, needlework, oranges and lemons, raisins, mahogany, palm and cocoa nut oils, opium, and quicksilver. The Shipping accounts exhibit an increase in the *mount of tonnage employed in the foreign trade of the United Kingdom of 106,720 for the entries inwards, and 69,005 for the clearances outwards. in the coasting trade 164,519 tons more were employed for the entries inwards, but there was a decrease of 19,467 tons in the clearances out wards, as compared with the corresponding month of 1855. There has been a buoyant market for Public Securities, owing to some purchases of stock by the Bears. The tendency of the market is evidently upwards, and these speculators are therefore in duced to close their accounts. Consols have been 94i I and 941 I. The New 3 per Cents. are 94 and the Reduced 941 g. Exchequer Bills are still heavy at ls. discount to 2s. prem. The Foreign Market is also firmer. Turkish 6 per Cents. have been dull at 951 to 951, and the 4 per Cents. have advanced to 103 i. Spanish are well maintained, the 3 per Cents, being 42k, and the New Deferred 243 Peruvian 41 per Cents. have been dealt in at 771 78. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ; Mexi can, 211 ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 76 8 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 54 6 ; Portugu ese 3 per C en t s ., 44 6 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; di tto 41 pe r Cents., 96 8 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 42 3 ; ditto Deferred, 24k 242 ; ditto Certificates, 6 ; ditt o Passive, 6 Railway Shares have generally advanced f to per cent., but in one instance, viz., Great Northern, the improvement has been it to 1 per cent. The transactions have been very limited. The Foreign Linea ruled dull, and the Canadian undertakings are rather firmer. Mining and Miscellaneous Shares have been neglected, but in Banks there have been a few bargains, at firmer prices. BZITISH FUNDS TH►S DAY AT ON t , , 'CLOCK. (From the Offieta List.) ; Ip,,R• •> durm 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities New 3 per rent. Annuities Consols ?or Account Exchequer Rills, 2id. £l000 .... . PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'cl,c , K. trazilian Fonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto Small lOl 100 Grenada New Active, 2} per Cent. . _ Ditto Deferred Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account Peruvian Bonds 4i per Cent Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cont., Con. 1841 Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent — Ditto Account ipanial Bonds, 3 per Cent Ditto Account 42i Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Tarkieh i;onds, 6 par cent — Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent, Ditto Account Yenezuela Bonds, 41 per Cent Ditto Deferred, liq per Cent. Dfriden, on the above oayablo in London. trench Beaus, 4} per Cent. Ditto 3 per Cent. TWO O'CLOCK.. 9444 Consuls The British Government has presented a sword to the captain of the Au-trian steamer Lucia, in acknow ledgment of the service which be not long since rendered to a British merchantman which had got on a sand bank in the Adriatic. THE P.ARLIiMENT STREET MURDER.—Sir G. Grey having made inquiries respecting Lerigo, the young man who seized Marley, ths murderer, and finding him to be man of good character and intelligence, has appointed him to be the messenger at the Bow-street Police-court. ELECTION OF THE NEW MASTER TO MARTLEBONE WORKHOUSE.— Yesterday, at the meeting of the directors and guardians of St. Marylebone, held in the workhouse, New-road, Mr. and Mrs. Barnett, formerly master and matron of the Whitechapel Union, were unanimously • elected, on a ballot, to the office of master and matron of St. Marylebone Workhouse. MlNlNG.—Christmas week is not much of a business week, and as this does not form an exception to the zeneral rule our remarks will be limited. Some shares have been brisk, especially Alfr‘ d Consols, which have risen to 18, 18i ; Great Alfred shares have not been 50 firm, and have varied from 13 to 12, 11%; Trelawny shares have advanced to 19, 20, and no sellers ; North Crotty SA, 6d ; Herodsfoot inquired after, but no s,llers at 5; East Basset, 70 to 75 ; South earn Brea, 17 to 17 i ; Great Southern Tolgus, 14 to 144, buyers ; baron Great Console, 425 to 430 ; East Pool, 325 ; South Frances, 360 • Basset, 265 to 270 ; U n it e d Mines have be en sought after, st 135 to 140, but no sellers.—Mining Journal of this day. rtiE SUN, LON DO►N, SATUR DA EVEN 1 SHARE MARKETS'—(This Day.) hr.,) .1. RAILWAYS. W • I' ih.. t•*.•d _- - -ArbwAtt C,!ncing Price , yesterday. Business done this day. F7 , ...T'c..:11 3131 1.3 t ~ , f t Ley „. BuckgriaraGh. 1 Clydesrial•. 311 Col:Stour Vy. WO E. Lin. ;.r. pe. j all B. Un. H. Si.. 1(') ; G 13,14, Barr. ti 9i ambg. Nottag. Bon and Raab. Jnwit .:Ifo.F. 4 Yiallym , kr, 31rming. Ito n : Val fry /tirt • nesolr. Jane . Do. 01tee. 4 K, BLlekburn .. . ry:-.:e .3r g • £25 (issa. Bristoi and &tete:— Caledonian. Chester /a Eiolylioao Cork and Bandon, ICork, Black. do Pas 50 • • 4i 4 81 9 194 - 174 1.£4 134 14! all 25 all all 3,. 100 St. 100 St. 100 all tO 1 all Do. A Do. B Ilitibda&BelfastJui - Dna. P. AAI do '0 Bast Auglign '0 it. 'le , St. !11 dl . Eastorn bortrit.ia. 10 r.,4st. 7 , , i , r , A, tl , B. Stock i 'De , New e.. 7 Fast Kent ...... ... 41 •,•4!7 , I :) , .”!ramliire .... - 1 jEast Suffolk 4 I D 0... 25 l' 4t. in ,a it. 1 10 l 0 al Xs Edinbuub d; 611 Edinb. and Peel** Edin. di Dun I.e,)rtii Clyde inn teRS . Glasgow dx S. Westrn 'Great N. of Scotlud Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock 3t. li 3t. 1( it. 1( It. 1. 3t. it 1( Gt. Tith. &Weet.aro Great Westera • =Awn Val Rs' Gna. ionth-latst.w 11 !.. , , , Astei Onrii 411 Do., Thirds..... . 12 Do. New Thirds., 50 ;61 cit. lu Lancash. And York . Riding rn 611 Do. Sonthi ort .11 London & Blackwa.l 10 Loud. Bright & S.Cs , 0 Loud, and N. Westi. 6 (Du. Fifths 5i Do.lol. :14 Do. Eighths • 00 London andS. Won?). 11 : , ndrotrryoc , H indndrrr. & 4snch.Shef.& Lincli 1 Hotropolitan 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's 23 I a: tb I ti it. lD arrangement... t x. 4. 1 0f k An lana , o. Birmng. &Der 4141 d. G. West.ll , b 1 0. Half Shares.. 1 0v/castle & Carlisl Iwpt,Aberg.&Hrf Jewry & Enniskill Jewry, Warrenpo , nt Rostrevor orfolk orthn.Conntiesr North British ,th Devon Rail & Dock Stock 1 Ks It. too 3t. 100 It. 100 .ot, do., A 5t0ck.,,,,, B Stock .... I.isstern—Berw, k do. Extensiot .do. 'Fur f:io. Leeds io. York. worth London ~, .StS.Wetrn., stead, and City Jr, Worth Staffordshir orth Western,,, & S. West rn. Jun it., Aron., Woi rtq Rhymney . It . ';t. Scot. N E.Abrdn St , Do. Scot. Mid. St .hi r . tingbournekSheer. ati, vo L L ientb Eastern. oath Wsles vrksh. 3 / 4 Ric , 4 a• nem, Wnk . Stockton & Daring do., 1854 Do., do., 1855 to3ktve & Hartle • .ff Vale ........ o. Pref., No. 1. Rex. D.& Vale of Neath... Vkterfd. & VaterforliftLimer West Cornwall.. vest End of Lond and Crystal Palace . Do. A ...... Do. B WAst L0nd0n....... Do. Filet Class Do. Second Class.. k An vielr r+, Ardennes ielgiau Eastn. Juno era to Ortissess• c Buff & Lk. Hur. Ry. Carrneaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. )utch Rhenish . :astern of Franoe O. NiTew ...... Euphrates Valley Eur. In.Jn.Tel.Rail it Central of Frit, c 4reftt Lnitemhonrg Italian Junction Lake Bonet. & Baal, Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian. Lucca & Fist. 5 p. c.p. Lyons and Geneva r,vous & Mediterran. Maria Antonia ... Do. do. New Of 18i 38 70 5t 56 97 1111 1054 201 10k 83 41 3 8 t -59i 96 15 6 10' 73' - 804 95 63 - 39 74 ii 6 64 97 1071 par 826 66 194 2A 6 8 2 - 4 5 - 5i . i ~ _ i~ 113 - 115 2 241) 214 - 22 12i 13/ go 8 . 6 211 22A 24 '4; 2A 99 100 115 1 20 115 120 108 110 20 - 20 -22 i ir 1 lip 2} - 2tp 6i 7i 1 2 p 14p 5i 5$ 31 - 329 9 - 10 - P 4 41 5 5 '33 - 6.ip kismnr drLirge 'Do, do., E p, c. Pr ef Northern of Fran., NorvvegianTrunkPre Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Recife & San. Fran., (Perham.) g. 7 p. c. Rome and Frascati Rlyal Danish ...... Royal Swedish 1 0 ,ambre and Meuse Do. 5i p. cent. Pref ionthern of France Nast Flanders D o . 5A per c. Prof_ 4- .1/N. W. of France , Western of Austria West, of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do. Bper cent. Pref. 101 , 18" 194 371 37i, 84 51541 54 53 •4 4..i5tra.. 1 % 41 . Rank of Egypt 00,10 , 10 Bank of London 0000 Col. sk.&Ln. C. Titish N. Amorican I :hart& Bank of Asia ‘'hrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & Chins .0 City 5 Colonial 0 Commercial of Lond 11 Eng.Scot.&Ane.Clit 11 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 11 "litto New 0 Lon lon and County I, o 4l .lzE.Bnkg.Corp 0 London Joint Stock '.() bond. & Westminster ih National Pro.cf Eng .0 Do. New ............ 2i National Bank 11 New South 'rental Pk. Ccrp .5 Ottoman Bank :n Provincial of Inland .11 Do. New 1 it Atm B Go Im Co ionth .11 Unica of Anstrilis 2 l i Do. Now Unity Mutual Postern f i - 3p 15 ap 1 - is 9 94 8 i - 91 ptn 4i 4i 90 10 33 - 34 • • • .." • • • 94 8 634 19 9 i i 38 F RINK?. 93 100 4cl - 71 ; psi 61 —6: 1 is 66 68 l'ii - 18 19} - 20, 194 -- 19; ... 1 - 3P 15t i 90i li 1 Neils. Direct 1109 Do. New all GistrA D n tar : 1 11 Hrtlpl. Dk Railway al Hnll & Selh all Do. s Sharew. al! Do. Shares. all Lon. & Greenw all Do. Preference 100 Lon., Til., &S. 3; Do. Bark. Sh. 100 Lowestoft 4 per cent Lim Do, 6 per ct. all Manch. Wan. and Matlo, k all Ittiddlesl-rn' &&,.g 6 p.c. 1 , )0 1-sva 51 Newmarket Bury E. Gl.spc ali N.& Est.s p.c. ali Do. 6 per ct, ali Do. Fixe(ls pe 111 Prost,. At U. yr all De. tihr,. A 1 0 Roystn.& lilt. 8$ Shef.Roth Gooleg.6p.o all Shrews. &Her 10i S. Stafiordsh. all Wear Valloygr ! 6 per cent all Do 1 100 I WilteStflomrst 691 j tD BlythandTyn, 0. prof. (issd. A t 5 , 14. Bris. & Ex. 4p. c. Do. 4 p. c. Shan , ealcdn. £lO 4i p.e 100 ilhes. & Ho. Gn. 5 < 100 Do. do. Pref. 5 per e. all Cork ttßandonbo.,. SI Dna.Prth Aber. J 2 E. Anglian Cis. ASh 100 Do. do. Cls. B6p. c. 100 Do. do Cis. C7p. c. , tll gas.Co.Ex,spoNo dl Do. No. 2. an Do. New 6 F. 0. 111 East Un., G. 6p. •• all Do. 51., 10 per con all Do. 101. Debontr.S all Do. do. 4 per cent 1. 4 1. East Lanca , l 6p.0t , • all E. zrW. York. .1. 5t1 4 , 4 Edit'. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh LOO Ed. Prth.&Dun.4p. 100 Furness, sp. c. L4r. Olas. &B. W. G.., p.• .00 Great Northn. 5 p Do. 5 p. o. Redeem at 10 p. c. prom .'r Do. 4A p.c 60 Do. sp. c., Red. at 1 P. e• pm. •• •• •• • au, Gt. N. of Scot. lat Pr 100 Gt. q. it W. (Ireland 14 Do. 4per o. Prof. S i G',. W.(I3.ALH.ExSpO 100 Do. con. red. 4i p.c. 100 Do. con. rNI. 4p. c 100 Do. irree. 4p. c. 100 Do. sp. c. red. prof all Do. Birm. Prot Sh all Do. Chester p. c.P all Do. do. 5 p. c. do 1.;., Do. Birm. Gna. Sti all Do. Ches. Gut. Sh all Do. do. do ail Do. do. de 6 Lan. &York, F 2O lu Do. 6p. c. Stool; 100 Ikon.&B. G.5pc.N0.1 100 Do. P., Spa. St.No.2 100 De. Now Gnar.6 20 4i 97 1 1 St. St. io .06 51 St. St. S2l i i i 191 f 60 591 96i 12,} I 73/ 82 1i 3t. St. St. St. St. 1(X) Do. do. sp. 11.0 , ' Lon. &N. W., Coy. di Nuneaton 5 p. et 100 Lmi.& S. W. 7 per et late 3d Shares ... I Si. St. 2i 8i N .. _• ••• ".. .. ... i sill L ndy.Btenler. i iih. i ,11 Londy.& Ennie.',ll. . 10' rd., R., Ar L. 6p. Cent 4i Do. do. do. £0 100 Do. do. 3,1 per cent. Ail Marypt ..k Carl.4p a an Do. 4 . 4 per cent... . 1 10. Do. do. 1100 `tid.tbnsol.6p.c lirixonsol.6p.c -tt 100 io. Con.Br.;tir. nix 1100 Do. 4i p. 0. Pref. • t 100 Ditto L. & 11. Pref. Ct I New., Abor., 41e., pr. 811 sp. e. red. 5 p.c. pm. 6 Do. Perpet. 6 p et. with optn. till '661 all Norfic. Deb, 4 p.c. sh 100 Do. Pref. sp.a. S 4 1 _ .... 1.00 Do. 5 po. - Ext.,1846 1100 DQ. SA per c.pf ,1847 'lOO Do. Wv. VAp0.,1847 ]O( North Rritimi, 3i Do 71. Preference „. 1 1“1 N. E. Perw, 4p.0, 81 Do. do. do 13 Do Leeds 6 p.c 9 Do. do. Qr,.,1848... 10 Do.YorkHA r r all North Staffordshire 101 l Wo, ` 1 1) 0 ..• 100 Do. 6 p.c. Redeem al , Sem clent.,New Yref 100 Sc.N.E. Aber. g 6 pc all Do. d0.,7 p. c. pf. st. 100 D0.d0., 31 p.c. pf. st all South Devon all Do. flxed,4i per cent all S. Eastern (Readinv Ann.) of la Os. 6d. 10t, Do. 44 per cent all Do. Fixed 4i p c eh 100 i Wales Ona. 4p. c 100 D,. do. 44 p. c.... all S. Yorksh.4p.o.Guar. all •Itock.tz Der., sp. c. 15 Do. do. do all Stock. at Hartl. g. 5 p. c. till July 1, '56 all W aterfd. & Kilk. 6pc 1 102 10i .. '''''' , ' - 47 4 8 38 39 . lid 35 - 37 66 - 67 7 -- 9 10 I 6 ;,; id 13i i 5i 24i i P I 5 1 1 [IVES L[E;A7ED kr FEKEU RENTALS. 4 , 341 • 0, Trlnfior.. N. We •t. L.IcN. Cal ed o U. drE.O Gt. Itirt. •,„ E. Count. Caldoub, Cit. Wes*.n i Yk. New. & ikrw. L 1 1'.&NNI Do Do is. &start Do Peto tit Co Do Norfolk.. Do L. Sc N. Vt , & lifidld. ,St,ekton & Dptriingt, , . I En. Conn. E (Jaunt.. .Du Dc......... IGt North , 1 Lancash Yorksh. I'. Brassoy 1,1.1/Clean Stockt. Sti Dariingt 'Do I(4tWesin. Closinte Prices yesterday. 97 99 98 102 11 - 13 133 13i 4 ... 4i 108 109 12i - 13 22. -23 i 112 - 114 I 1 p 2i 2i 91 93 r ha 58 PREFERENCE SHARES.. - 100 [O9 .0 t - 113 108 iP it 1.24 2 - - 17 119 09 al .02 104 62 - 9i - 6 (I 95 - 97 86 SS 99 101 10 100 16i 17 , 10 10) . 73 - /5 190 20 9i • 10J 141 - 15.1 37 139 139 142 117 - 119 - 159 I 6o 70 139 - 100 1 -1; ••• ... , .. .104 - 94 _. p - 108 - 116 - 110 - 18 - 24 105 10? Business this day trouble. ••• 9'l 27i 2 3 i xd MINES. LOS .ii 1 ~....io ~.,aido,n.a.c ... .. 10 7 Au s t ra li an . 4 —1/ 1 all Baden (Gd• Duchy or ... i 0 all Bl emar. I ron & Cos. ... • ... 20 14 B r iti s h I ron 7 -,-• 8 35 26. Brazilianlmp.(iesned at .1:5 pm.) 30 all Do. C ocaes Z r Cuiab 30 4 20 15 Do. St. John Del Re 15 17 1 4 Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica — ip 40 all Cobra Coppe r 5 16 Colonial Gold .. ... St. all Copper Min. of Rm. 30 - 75 15 all Do. Pref. 74 p. soot 25 `i7 .. le CoPiaP" l3 15 2 all Fortuna 6 - id 20 all , Slential ' ... 1 all Ot.NuggetVeinßeg I - A 455311. all allallll Gr o atW h eal Lina t i y. l n g . V .: : : t . h Unite. .. .. t; -1- : . . 7 i 1 35 i pi I all Aariquita 1 1 all New Granada 1 all Nouveau Monde a i 21 all Pontg p i h •S il i i l p. .li Le. Min 8 -7 10 8 1 6 1 Port 1 all Quarts Rock 50 all R.hymney Iron 23 25 15 all Do. New 7 9 30 15/ Santiago de Cuba.. 6s. Sort. Cons, Min. Co l4 —1/ • 1 all South Australian., 1 all Do. Scrip. 1 all Do. 10 per cent Pr o f . ••• .. ... ... 40 Tam. S. &L. Mi n . Co. • i -- 1 10 9 rip Croft .... ....... . . 34 4 286 an Unitcd Mexican....,, 3; 4 1 all Waller 1 all West Mariposa..,,. - 1 12s Worthing Mining of Australia ... .... MISCELLANEOUS. 26 19 Icastrallan Agricult. 24 25 10 .1 Australn. Royal Mail ... ... 10 all corlin Water Works 4 • 5 50 40 :Ht.. American Land 40 45 1 00 3 0 Canada 128 - 132 St.s t .. 100: 0 0. o l Du: ! 6o66t, a . pp 6 1.10:c .. . a c i:F . I. J aoe a brf n:tr Sept j aAn n u l o y a 1.1. 7. 3 . ... __. 1 . 1 113 k 5 .., .4.3-Ht.& palace 2 21 i2l 5 all 1 1% Preference s} - 56 1 # o -- uston Iron Ore ..• • 20 I-54 E astern Steam St. 100 •,ilectric Telegraph 9l -- 93 92 1 all glectric Teleg. of Ir 5 all En.dtAus Cop Sm Co 16 1 4 25 all Gen. Ir Sc Col (Rm.) ... 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 11 all , leneral Screw Steam — 6 i 61 20 5 London Discount 20 10 Magdalena St. Navi 10 '4l Aecliteran. Elec. Tel 10 all ,lexican&S. Americo. 'it _ 1 25 5 Nat. Discount Co. Co., 6 _i p 25 1 Do. New . . 10 5 Neillerlands Laud 1 ...._ 1 6 10 all Do. Do. ..... 4 , 5 3 Do. BpcPissatld _ . 4 5 1 Do Do IP 100 .4k,. New B. Land G dz o N v ..B . s . p.c.p - . 1 .. 8 ____- 22 P N.S.W. 1 ;:., N. B . 1 Australasian 0 20 17 Nrth. of EuropeStaam 3 ; 26d 1 Id' s)riental Gas. l6 -- t* 1 2s. I Do. "New Shares" p-- 24 Pm 5 ili Peel Rr Ld. & Mlurl. 26 )C all Penins6ark Oriental 66 68 66i x d bonus ro lu Do. New 4 51' 100 'ii Royal Mail Steam 1 I Scot. Austral. Invest lO 1;1 1 all Ditto New _ l4 li , 25 .' South it ustral.;..3, , d 36 38 1 d E4tibniar. Tel. Scrip i 1 1 .. D , ,. Registered.... , i 1 20 Trust , - ' . ' 0 .1 1 : 100 -e6 Van Diemen's Land i 6 ii ill x d 1,, . , 3 /.6v).6l)o.ivataull ... " 1 - 1 ! ... MANSION-HOUSE. man with him in consequence of what was said to him at the banking house. The prisoner did not keep his appointment, and witness did not see niin again until he identified him amongst a number of others in Newgate Mr. Grierson's evidence was to the effect that the check in question was a forgery. Mr. Mu►lins said that he oid not propose today to go further with that case, but to open two others, and then ask for a further remand. He called Thomas Mitchinton, who deposed that on Saturday, the 16th of August last, he wai boots at the White Hart Hotel, in Bishopsgate street. In the coffee room he saw the prisoner, who gave him a cheque to get changed for 501. It was dated 16th August, 1856, and was drawn on Messrs. Hankey and Co., and signed "per pro Smith and Knight, Daniel Baldwin." Witness was to bring three 101. notes, and 201. in gold. He went to the bank, obtained the money, and took it into the coffee room, but the prisoner was not there. He returned in about five minutes, when witness gave him the money, and he gave witness 3s. for his trouble. George English, boots at the Four Swans, Bishops gate-street, deposed that on Saturday, August the 16th, he saw the prisoner in the coffee-room of : that hotel, and he asked him to get a check changed for 1001. at Messrs. Hankey's. He gave witness a check for 1001. drawn on Messrs. Hankey and Co., and signed in the name of Baldwin. He was to bring six 101. notes and the re- mainder in gold. Witness went to the bank and ob tained the money, and returned with it to the coffee-ronm of the hotel, when he found the prisoner had left. About' five minutes after the prisoner returned, when witness gave him the money, and he gave witness 2s. for hi■ Mr. Grierson, cashier to Messrs. Hankey and Co., deposed that Messrs. Smith and Knight kept an ac. count at their bank, and that Mr. Baldwin had authority to draw checks for them ; he paid the check produced, and from what he had since beard he be!ieved them to be forgeries. He stated the number of the notes given in exchange. On Monday, the 18th August, another check was presented for 1001., which, however, was not paid. Mr. Mullins said that was all the evidence he should offer to-day, and asked for a further remand till next Saturday. . The Lord Mayor—Shall you then have any other charges to prefer against the prisoner ? Mr. Mullins—Ob, yes I There will be endless charges brought against him. The prisoner, who was undefended and declined say . ing anything, was remanded till Saturday next. MARLBOROUGH•STREE r. AN EXPENSIVE LETTER.-Mr. John Fortescue, a merchant in the city, was brought before Mr. Bingham, on the following charge. Charles Wyatt, a waiter at Quinn's oyster rooms, No. 40, Haymarket, stated that about ten o'clock on the previous night the defendant and another gentleman entered the rooms and ordered two mutton chops. While they were being cooked he saw the defendant go up to the looking-glass, which was over the fire-place, and with a ring, which he held in his hand, scratch in the middle of the glass a large letter " H." Witness re naonstrated with the defendant, and told him he bad spoilt the glass, and must pay for the damage, which would be 51. This the defendant refused to do, and in consequence was given into custody. The defendant, in answer to the charge, said the glass was scrawled all over with names, and he, in the fun of the moment, thought there would be no harm in his writing a large "II " after the name of " Bill Sykes." In reply to Mr. Bingham, the waiter said there might be nine other names scratched on the glass be sides the defendant's " H." Mr. Bingham said that altered the case, for if the etter scrawled on the glass had been the first and only one, be should have ordered the defendant to pay the full of it ; but as there were nine other names and letters on the glass, he (Mr. Bingham) could not, for the sake of justice, order him to pay more than his share, viz., 10s. I I The money was at once paid. THAMES. PLUNDERING A SHIP'S CARGO.—Daniel Thomas, a man of colour, the steward of the American ship Hornet, lying in the West India Dock, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with stealing a case bottle of gin. The prisoner was stopped by Moran, a dock constable, as he was leaving the dock with a bottle of gin in his possession. The ornamental label of the exporter was on the bottle. Two other bottles of gin, labelled in a similar manner, were found concealed under the fore castle. A few days since two of the crew were drunk on board, and it was ascertained that two cases of gin, part of the cargo, had been opened, and four bottles taken from each. Mr. George Bartlett, the chief mate of the ship, found three bottles of gin, which had been stolen out of a case, in the hold, and locked them up in his cabin until the next day, when he gave them to the captain, who directed that they should be repacked in the case from which they had been abstracted, but those directions had not been complied /with. Mr. Yardley said it was possible the steward did not broach the cargo. If he (the magistrate) thought the prisoner had done so, he would have punished him with the greatest possible severity. Taking the most favour. able view of the case the prisoner had been guilty of an act of great dishones'y. He sentenced the prisoner to eight days' imprisonment, and hard labour. William Beckett, a man of colour, and cook of the same vessel, was charged with having a pint of gin in his possession. He was stopped as he was leaving the West India Dock by the constable, who found a black bottle containing a pint of gin in his possession. Mr. Yardley said there was no doubt the prisoner had been receiving part of the plundered cargo, and fined him 205., which was paid. Marcellus Wainwright, a man of colour, and cook of the American ship Lion; also in the West India Dock, was charged with stealing a bottle of gin from the ship. It was found in his possession by Moran, and he admitted having brought it from the Lion. Mr. Yardley fined the prisoner 203. for the unlaw "ul possession of the bottle of gin, which was paid. THE BORDER COUNTRY.—An intimation, which bag just appeared in the journals, of an application by the Duke of Buccleuch to the court to disentail his Gran town and Caroline Park baronies, has given very great satisfaction throughout his wide border domains. It is hoped be will now extend this judicious movement to his estates in the south, where the entail laws are no favourites, and thus the towns, at present suffering from an odious embargo, will obtain relief. As a counterpoise to this, however, it is rumoured that a very extensive emigration is contemplated next spring from th 3 duke's Eskdale's estates. This is greatly to be regretted, and would be quite unnecessary were a different system of management adopted by the landlord. That wide range of country comprehends 40,000 acres, and as there are only 134 heads of resident fami lies, consequently every one of these might have a com fortable holding of 300 acres or so at home, instead of being driven out of a country in which they receive littl e encouragement to remain. But this cannot be accomplished, owing to a system of favouritism which prevails in the disposal of farms, to which every consi deration must give way. Thue Scotland is losing the services of a remarkably fine race of men, who would d• honour to any country, and wide tracts in Eskdale, Liddelsdale, and Teviotdale, at present ni.t half cilia. 'raced, are doomed, for the present, to remain unim Proved.—A r ort4 Britiet, Daily POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —(This Day.) WHOLESALE FORGERY.—THE SAWARD GANG.—Jas. Anderson, a middle-aged man, was placed at the bar on remand, before ►he Lord Mayor and Mr. Alderman Wire, charged with forging and uttering a bill of ex change for 1,0001., with intent to defraud Messrs. Heywood and Co., bankers, 4, Lombard 7 street, on the 14th June last. The prisoner is believed to have been a friend and associate of two men, named Hood wick and Atwell, who were tried at the October sessions of the Central Criminal Court for forgery, found guilty, and sentenced to transportation for life. The prisoner was privately examined on the 20th, and is the person referred to in the examination of Saward, which took place yesterday. Mr. Mulling, solicitor to the committee of bankers, appeared to prosecute. The evidence taken at the private examination was then read over. It stated that on the 11th Denembir the prisoner went to the house of William Roberts, of Oak-road, St. John's-wood, a bath-chair proprietor, and asked him to go with a message into the city. He con sented, and the prisoner appointed to meet him at the tavern near Lord's cricket-ground in a quarter of an hour, where he was going to have a glass of ale. He accordingly went there at the appointed time, and found the prisoner in the parlour, who gave him a cheque for 771. 13s. 2d., dated 11th December, 1856, drawn upon Messrs. Hawkey and Co., by Messsrs. Thomas Down end and Co. He was to present it at the bank, and have four ten-pound notes and the rest in gold, and met him again at the same tavern about two hours from that time : that being the time the witness calcu lated it would take him to go to the city and return with the money. Witness presented the check, and shortly afterwards returned to St. John's-wood, taking a police- St. il , St. I 1 14 .0 1 9 Id l 2 a. hOl., 10 I all $1 1 41] tt. , I Ali LO I all ►ll 5 1 all 0J all oI n COLONIAL, len. India, g. 5 p. c Do. ................. Ceylon A shares...... Do. 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A glorious p'►ntorsime at Old Drury is quite a matter of course on Boxing-night—as much a matter of course there and then as a bunch of raistletoe at Christmas, as pancakes on Shrove Tuesday, or a fat goose at Michaelmas ! Parti cularly with Mr. E. L. Blanchard as the author of the Fairy Introduction—E. L. Blanchard, already the beloved and idolised among the boys and girls of England as the writer of " Harlequin Hudibras," " Humming-top,'• " Jack and Gill," the "Seven Ages of Man," and all sorts of delightful glorifications of Nursery Rhyme and Reason ! There is fair cause to anticipate that " See Saw Mar gory Daw, or Harlequin Holiday and the Island of Ups and Downs," is destined to enjoy as long a lease of exist ence and as wide-spread a popularity as any of its imme diate predecessors. To record that the house "was crammed to the ceiling" is almost superfluous, since when, within the memory of the oldest pantomime-goer, was Ohl Drury not "crammed to the ceiling" on such an auspicious occe. sion ? The plum-pudding of the entertainment was pre ceded last night by a light fricassee, represented by the comedietta of " Simpson and C 0.," which sharpened rather than allayed the appetite, and served as a stimulus for the enjoyment of what was to follow. The plot of the introduction proceeds, as we have hinted, from the fertile imagination of Mr. E. L. Blanchard, to whom the regions of metapho rical burlesque are a natural element and mon strous pasteboard heads as much " a feeling" as " high mountains" to the poet. The time-honoured nursery rhymes upon which it is founded are put to symbolical uses, and a moral lesson is endeavoured to be imparted. The curtain rises upon a " decoration" intended to suggest the globe, across the surface of which is cast an enormous " see-Raw," at either end of which is a group, the ono sig nificative of wealth and abundance, the other of squalid poverty and rags. A clever device pf mechanism meta morphoses Wealth into Poverty, aid vice versa, according to whichever end of the see-saw happens to be uppermost ; and thus are shadowed forth the " Ups and Downs of life," to reconcile which constitutes the quasi philosophic purport of the masque. The appearance of Holiday, the Genius of the Season (Miss M. Stanley), in his " emble matical car" cuts short a dialogue between " Up" and "Down." Snubbed, of course, by "Up." who is a snob, and approached by " Down" with befitting humility, Holiday proffers some excellent counsel to the opposing parties, and just as everything is settled to the universal satisfaction arrives Dame Necessity (Mrs. Selby), who claims from Holiday her annual tribute in the shape of a Christmas pantomime. Holiday invites all the personage to his abode in the Green Bower of Mistletoe, and here, after a grand ballet, the subject of the pantomime is arranged. Margery Daw (Madame Boleno), daughter of King Huggamugga, of the region of " Sixes and Sevens," is a very idle young princess, who will do nothing but tyrannise over her household and oppress her father's sub jects. But Dame Necessity is resolved to admonish her, and suddenly transforms the palace, the scene of her es capades, into a humble cottage, where Margery is com pelled to do all the menial offices herself, and either to cook her own dinner or to go without. She selects the latter alternative. Not content with this, however, Ne cessity insists upon some other proof of reformation, and, summoning an enchanted work box, from which issue in rapid aucces,ion all the implements of woman's industry, leaves Margery with a task to accomplish, which she pre sently achieves, in the shape of an elaborate piece of needlework. Satisfied with the result, Necessity conducts her newly-made proselyte in a "silkworm car" to the habitation of Labour, who welcomes her as a convert to his principles, and presents her with Holiday as a recom pence. The scene of Holiday's " Winter Garden" and that of the " Fairy Factory of Fancy" are, though totally different in style, equally to be admired. The latter is one of those magnificent and gradually unfolding tableaux in which Mr. W. Beverley has no rival. The audience were en chanted with both, and not only recalled the gifted pain ter, but Mr. Smith, the manager. The sudden metamor phosis of the gorgeous palace interior of King Huggamugga into the "cottage of Necessity," too, was admirably con • trived, and effected with great rapidity. The ballet was first-rate. In the harlequinade there is a real embarras de ricleesses. The transformation takes place at the " Fairy Factory of Fancy," where, in the twinkling of an eye, Monsieur Holi day and Madame Necessity furnish no less than two. harle quins, MM. Deulin and Veroni ; two clowns, Messrs. Flex more and Boleno ; two pantaloons, Messrs. Barnes and Tanner; two columbines, Madame Boleno and Miss Honey; two sprites, grown up, the Messrs. Elliott; and two sprites, diminutive—a "gent," or lover, Mr. Halford ; and a "gro tesque," M. Auriol. With the many accomplishments of Mr. Flexmore, who is capable of almost anything, from dancing polkas on ladders and spades to the mere common place somersault, we could not but regard the extraordi nary evolutions of the sprites, and even the neat and finished tours de force of M. Auriol, as superfluous. The concluding tableau, " Holiday's Fairy Home," formed a glittering and splendid climax. The audience was one of the noisiest as well as one of the largest ever assembled in a theatre; but the "gods" were happily not less benign than obstre 'erous, so that everything passed off with un disturbed hilarity from the moment the curtain rose upon the first scene of the pantomime. artistic feeling; not produced from violent contrasts and common-place effects, but is picturesque and delicate. The grand fairy scene near the opening ; a beautiful moonlight, colt! and truthful; and the transformation scene, which is fanciful and graceful, with the two babes supported on fragile boughs, and surrounded with graceful groups, with the swans in front, and a landscape, most delicately painted. The Harlequinade was lively, as were some of the scenes, particularly that of a fair. Altogether, " The Blbes in the Wood" will maintain the credit this house has obtained for truly elegant pantomime, and doubtless it will give delight for many weeks, both to the large and small children who delight in the pretty, the picturesque, and the droll. The house was crowded to excess, and the audience manifested their approbation by calling for the author and artist, and bestowing generally their uumingled approbation. LYCEUM THEATRE. The entertainments commenced with " William Tell," in which Mr. Dillon supported the character of the hero with his accustomed ability. The silence of the audience during its performance was only broken by frequent ap plause. William Tell" being succeeded by a new Christmas piece, a combination of burlesque and pantomime, en titled " Conrad and Medora; or, Harlequin Corsair, and the Little Fairy at the Bottom of the Sea." The introduction, which is a travestie of Byron's " Cor sair," is founded perhaps more immediately upon the ballet which was produced last summer in Paris, and subse quently at her Majesty's Theatre in London. It is very pleasantly and smartly written, and is from the pen of Mr. W. Brough. The doggrel is particularly smooth, and the puns are both good and plentiful. Miss Woolgar played Conrad with considerable spirit, and in her make up and general conception had evidently studied Byron's description of the Corsair : " There was a laughing devil in his sneer That raised emotions both of rage and fear." Mrs. Dillon was a very charming Medora, Mr. Toole made a desperate Birbanto, and Mrs. B. White a sufficiently stately and attractive Gulnare. The harlequinade which followed upon the transforma tion was lively and merry in the extreme. Mr. T. Matthews, one of the clowns, gave us an admirable seren ade for example, and assisted to form a most amusing trio with two cocks of the Cochin China breed ; while a double hornpipe, of a novel and psculiar character,was per formed by Messrs. J. and H. Marshall, who accompanied themselves upon twe violins, each one playing upon the violin of the other in a truly extraordinary manner—a feat which elicited very general applause. Mr. H. Marshall also (the clown) gave in the same scene the Picco solo of the Carnival de Venice, on Picco's pipe, i❑ the true style of the celebrated Sardinian minstrel. The imitation is re markably clear, and drew down the warm approbation of the audience. There were two most graceful columbines in the persons of Miss Clara Morgan and Miss Ladd, a good pantaloon in Mr. Stilt, and three wonderful whalebone sprites n he Brothers Nelson. _.... . .. _ The tricks all worked to admiration ; no " hitch" of any description occurred, and although perhaps a trifle too long the pantomime may be pronounced to have been perfectly successful. Evidently neither trouble nor expense has been spared in its production, and that it will be an im mense favourite with the public there can be no question. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. The subject chosen this year at the Princess's is the Arabian Nights' legend of " Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp," which has been rather freely treated by Mr. J. M. Morton as a burlesque introduction to the harlequinade. The story is familiar to all as " household words," and it is unnecessary to trace Aladdin through his subterranean adventures in the cavern of the wonderful lamp, by the possession of which he works such magic wonders, ulti mately triumphing over all obstacles, and winning the hand of the lovely Princess Badroulbadour, at which juncture the harlequinade begins. The pantomimists are Mr. Cor mack (harlequin), Mr. Huline (clown), Mr. Paulo (panta loon), and Miss Caroline Adams (columbine), an excellent quartett, by whom this portion of the entertainment is kept up with unflagging spirit and vivacity through some half-dozen scenes. Both the harlequin and the columbine are especially graceful and agile, and their dancing is far above the average. Mr. Huline, who is an exceedingly active clown and an admirable gymnast, was well seconded by Mr. Paulo as Pantaloon, who received the conventional kicks and cuffs with the true traditional meekness. The pantomime was successful, notwithstanding one or two little contretemps, which must always be allowed on a first night. ADE LPHI THEATRE. In accordance with usual custom, the management at this theatre produced a Christmas entertainment for the gratification of the public. It consists of a burlesque pa n. tomime, founded on the German tale of " Wittikind and his Brothers, and is entitled " Mother Shipton, her Wager; qr, Harlequin Knight of Love and the Magi(' Whistle. The burlesque portion of the piece brings into effective re quisition those members of the corps who are identified with this peculiar branch of the drama, and accordingly we have Madame Celeste transformed, by the aid of Merin magic, into a "dashing, heart-breaking" Sir Beau, who wins the heart of Constance (Miss Wyndham), the daughter of a Normandy fisherman; but scarcely has he done so, be• fore Mother Shipton (Miss Arden), causes him, by her power, to become inconstant, to the great grief and annoyance of Constance. She, however, acting under the guidance of Merlin, clings to him with " desperate flue lity," and although he aspires to the hand, or rather hands, of the daughters of the Duke of Normandy, and subse quently makes a deep impression upon the heart of Leda (Miss Mary Keeley) the suppositious daughter of a re nowned Greek, named Bupherides, conduct which brings him into constant scrapes, she abides by him, and through the instrumentality of a charmed whistle, which she re ceived from Merlin, defends him against the hostile attack f Leda's lover, one Kuthrotes (Mr. Paul Bedford), an d sustains him in other trying difficulties, until she brings him back in triumph to Normandy. Mother Shipton is still determined further to test the fidelity of the hero of the piece ; she accordingly transforms him into Harlequin, ' en d Constance into Columbine, and gives them as attend ,nts a Clown, Pantaloon, and Scaramouch, in the persons of Mr. Garden, Mr. Moreland, and Mr. Le Barr. The transformation takes place in a scene of the most gorgeous character, and then follows the usual harlequinade. A crowded house testified to the complete success of the burlesque pantomime. OLYMPIC THEATRE. The entertainments at this theatre in honour of " Boxing-day" commenced with the comedy of " Deli cate Ground," after which came the attraction of the night, in the shape of an entirely new and original fairy extravaganz i, called " Young and Handsome." Without exaggeration it is most attractive and beautiful, and does nonour not only to Mr. Planche, the author, but to all who have been engaged in its production. Th e entertain ments concluded with an amusing new farce, c a ll e d Crinoline," in which Mr. Robson, as usual, kept his audience in roars of laughter; and he was most ably as ,isted by Miss Maskell and Miss Bromley, Mr. H. Vining, lir. H. Cooper, and Mr. Danveis. The house was, of course, crowded. SURREY THEATRE. The Christmas pantomime hers is entitled "Harlequin nd the Summer Queen; or, King Winter and the Fairies ,f the Silver Willows." The ever-memorable oratiou— " My name is Norval," which Mr. Calvert gave with due emphasis and gesture, was welcomed as an old acquaintance, tnd applauded accordingly—and the rest of th.Lt very heavy drama was—thanks to some unrehearsed perform - tnces before the curtain, not unusual on Boxing-night, and which diverted the audience sufficiently to make them forget their impatience—received in a spirit of patient resignation which did them great credit. The panto mime filly justifies the introductory adjectives which the eloquent compiler of the playbill ascribes to it. The plot is simple and poetical. It tells of the struggles of he early snow-drop to break through its prison of ice and ,now, and escaping from the fangs of winter, to shoot up %lid bloom under the influences of the early sun. The story runs thus :—King Winter (Mr. Voilaire) is enamoured of the Summer Queen (Miss Ellis), but cannot wed her luring the existence of Prince Snowdrop, the Genius of Spring (Miss Adelaide Biddies) ; he therefore resolves on Spring's destruction, and aided by his cabinet, Frost, Fog, secures the Prince in a block of ice. Queen blab appears, soothes the Prince to slumber, and leads him in a dream to the abode of his love, "the Grove of Silver Wil lows." Zephyrus the Summer Wind (Mr. F. Charles), the mutual ally of the lovers, speeds to the court of King iol (Mr. G. Yarnold), and relates the subject to that monarch and his Queen Blazer (Mr. Tapping). King Sol ,nstantly despatches his attendant fairy Gloriosa to the rescue; who arrives at the "Dungeon in the Hall of Icicles" in time to save the Prince, defeat King Winter, and effect the grand transformation of the Icy Dell into th e Regions of Eternal Sunshine. The burlesque introduction, in which all this is worked out, though somewhat long, is ciia.rtly written, and is relieved from anything like mo notony by a constant succession of absurdly grotesque inn► Tuts, interspersed with some capital dAcing, parodies )J popular songs, and by some of the most beautifully trranged and gorgeous scenery that has ever been ex Whited on the pantomimic stage. A stalactite retreat or grove under the palace of King Winter—the grove of the silver willows, the fairy temple of beauty, the hall of icicles, the reception chamber in the palace of Sun, and more particularly the regions o f eternal sunshine, where the transformations take place, are really wonderful triumphs of the scenic art, and entitle Ifessrs.Dolby and Gates by whom they have been painte.l, and Mr. Shepherd, who designed them, to high praise. The iresses and all the appointments are in keeping with the scenery ; and in the groupings of fairies, sprites and other attendants, reminded us of some of the most success ful efforts of the Lyceum when under the management of Vestris to which in artistic arrangement they are no way inferior. So delighted were the audience with the result, -hat they called Mr. Shepherd, the lessee, under whose immediate superintendence the whole has been produced, it least half a dozen times upon the stage to bow his ac knowledgments in return for their hearty congratulations. As is invariably the case at this theatre at holiday times house was crowded from the orchestra to the gallery ceiling. ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE. Astley's received last night its usual large share of the patronage of the Boxing•night`play-goers, being well filled by a body of spectators apparently well able to appreciate the merits of an equestrian entertainment, and affording the presumption that this description of spectacle continues to hold its ground in the favour of the public. The scenes in the circle displayed the variety and attraction characteristic of this portion of the evening's programme, and embraced the more elegant and impressive of the resources of the art of equitation. The pantomime is entitled " Paul Pry on Horseback, or Harlequin and the Magic Horse-Shoe ;" and, as is the practice here, is designed for the introduction of horses in remarkable and striking situations. On this occasion the adaptation has been managed with consider s ble skill, and the occasional union or association of fable with the realities of the present day, which is apparent as the incidents of the piece are developed, is irresistibly' ludicrous. The whole story is the same presentation of the conflict of Vice and Virtue, with the final discomfi ture of the one and reward of the other, usually adopted as the vehicle of the fairy abstractions which precede the great business of the evening. The pantomimic artistes engaged, consist of two Harlequins, two Columbines, two Pantaloons, and two Clowns, all of whom executed their parts to perfection. The general business of the panto mime was varied and humorous in the extreme, and the performance was highly applauded. MARYLEBONE THEATRE. Mr. Emery commenced his career last evening with every prospect of success. The Pantomime is entitled, "Tit, tat, toe, or Harlequin N. E. W. S. and the Fairy Elves of the Fourth Estate." The promise of the bill w as duly carried out, and the pantomime was as gorgeo us as spangles, gold leaf, and coloured fire could make it Th e house was crowded. SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE. The pantomime here was entitled " The Fisherman and the Genie ; or, Harlequin Padmanaba and the Enchanted Fishes of the Silver Lake." The scenery of the Op ening, which was by Mr. Fenton, was of a very superior and striking description, and excited great admiration The scenery of the harlequinade was by Mr. J. Wright and assistants, who certainly deserve great praise for the very excellent manner in which they have performed the part allotted to them. STRAND THEATRE. "Harlequin Humbug; or, the Shams of London," was the title of the pantomime produced at this petite and will no doubt s tt rect large audiences fora l on g time , . Miss Cuthbert app eare d as Clown, an d by her jud icious performance the i nnov tion to an extent suc ceeded. The pantomime ha s b een very tastefully Pu t u theatre, and the ma nner i n Which it was gene t h r ough last eveni ng reflects credit upon all parties concerned. U p on the stsge, The house Was fully attended. HAYMARKET THEATRE. This year Mr. Beickstotte's Pantomime is taken from "The Babes in the Wood," and is entitled " Harlequin and the Cruel Uncle." To bring the plot within the fairy realm, the chief of the wild men seizes a wood nymph, and shuts her up in the trunk of a tree. A. young man, her lover, encounters the Wild Man, and his part is espoused by the Cruel Uncle. A certain Fairy, however, presides over the nymph, and, on releasing her, transforms her lover into Harlequin (M. Milano), and the nymph herself into Columbine (Miss Fanny Wright), the Cruel Uncle CITY OF LONDON THEATRE. into P a ntaloon (Mr. Mackay, from Liverpool), and the The performances at this theatre commenced with the Wild Man into Clown (Mr. W. Driver). successful drama, entitled, A Game of Life and Death;" The harlequinade, which is invented and arranged by but which u ,as ai h upon Boxing-night, was notstenid very Mr. W. Dorringion, illustrates the London holidays, to with any grea t a ttention, the interest of the even which are made to be twelve in number ; but then Oyster- ing beingwho lly cen tred in the forthcoming p antomime. day and Lord Mayor's day, &c., are made such Mr. E. F. Thin theatre, under the auspices of Mr. Nelson Lee, has Fitzwilliam has composed lively and suitable music ; and lung o b taine d great celebrity for its pantomimic produc as several of the regular company appeared in th e bur- tian d the pantom ime of last night formed no amp league part, the lines were spoken with great point and tiOn s tetbe rule. The pantomime is stated in the bills to effect; and the really spirited opening was thus done full be Mr. Nan Lee's 200th, and it is entitled au historical, justice to. Mr . Caloott's scenery its marked by th e hi g h est gram mAtical, Pantoraimical' and dogmatical pantomime, realising all that can be conceived connected with wit, mirth, and jollity, introducing every hit of the day, being a direct challenge to the world of pantomimes, and called " Harlequin Anne Boleyn ; or, King Henry and the Miller of the River Lea." We shall not attempt any description of the story of the pantomime, as by so doing we should be unnecessarily anticipating the enjoyment of oar readers. It may be sufficient to say that the opening and concluding scenes were exceedingly beautiful, and would have done credit to theatres of larger pretensions. For a firsb night the tricks went off very cleverly, and the surest test of suc. cess was obtained—that of the unceasing and unanimous approbation of the audience. The house was completely filled. THE ROYAL COLOSSEUM, REGENT'S -PARK. Tho Royal Colosseum was yesterday opened to the public under entirely new auspices, as an institution of Science and Art, and the experiment of the reduction of the former price, or 4s. 6 1., to is., for viewing every portion of that splendid establishment, with additional entertainments, if the numbers who visited it yesterday are to be taken as a criterion, prove eminently successful. The morning exhibition consisted of the Greek saloon and bazaar, Swiss cottages, conservatories, aviary, stalactite caverns, the colossal panorama of London by day, dis solving views, the stupendous cascade, mountain torrent and Swiss scenery, glees and madrigals by the Orpheus Glee Union, with the gigantic panorama of Lisbon before and after the great earthquake. The feature of the even ing exhibition consisted of the addition of the splendid picture by the Messrs. Denson "of London by Night." The illuminated cascade and mountain torrent and pyro technic display, and the promenade concert, with the Crystal Palace band conducted by Herr Mans. There was but one opinio❑ expressed by the hundreds of individuals who visited the Colosseum, Regent's -park, yesterday, and that was that it is, next to the Crystal Palace, the best shilling's worth of intellectual recreation and rational amusement in London. THE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. The wonders of science as practically set forth in this admirable institution, and ably elucidated by Mr. Pepper, informed as well as delighted a crowd of admirers —the youthful portion of whom were, however, drawn away in crowds to the amusing lecture, or rather the humorous re cital by Ur. L. Buckingham, of " Ye Pitiful and Divert yng Historie of Blue Beard," accompanying sketches of the various bloody actions of the hero, and the distressing situations of the heroines of that exciting drama. WOODIN'S OLIO OF ODDITIES. New dresses, new decorations, and one or two new sketches of character, are among the additional attractions to Mr. Woodin's very popular entertainment. The host of the evening—for Mr. Woodin is surely and in very truth " a host" in himself, if any man is !—made his first appear ance for the season last night at the Polygraphic-hal!, King William-street, Strand, before an au Hence as crowded , and yet as comfortable as it was attentive and evidently delighted throughout. The entertainer really appears to be a man who never dreams of taking a rest— ! ot i ng always his cue in hand, we presume, to " keep the ball a-rolling," as the man says in the race-course booth at the game of rouge-et-noir ! So refreshingly animated and lively is he from first to last that nobody would at all have susp,cted yesterday, from his manner, that during the Ete holiday season, instead of enjoying en interval of leisure, he has been toiling at it here, there, and everywhere in the provinces—at Brighton, at Newport, at Portsmouth, a t Chichester, at Bath —introducing the astonished natives of Somerset, Sussex, the Isle of Wight, and Hampshire to all kinds of pleasant personages ! Characters long since familiar to us Londoners : but none the less delightful to encounter once more last evening " Orators " and " Critics," Miss Chattaway and dr. Gabbletou, Henry Russell and Albert Smith, Herr Formes and Mrs. W. J. Florence—winding all up with a grotesque pas seul, fan tastically danced by a most preposterous Gentleman in Black, all swallow-tails, whiskers, cricket-like agility, and lank-limbed extravagauae ! Until the curtain closes before an audience fit to die of laughing—and therefore (imais vela va sans dire) thoroughly delighted. GENERAL TOM THUMB held his first public levee yester day, and had be been chosen President of the United States, and come to London to exhibit himself, he could not have created a greater sensation in Regent-street. The Quadrant was thronged with carriagesduring the reception hours of the illustrious General, who enjoys, as it would seem, the double advantage that those who have not seen him wish to do so, and those who have before seen him are desirous to do so again. GORDON CUNNING'S EXHIBITION.—The hunting ad ventures of the " Lion King " seem to have grown into even greater interest since the arrival of Dr. Livingston has excited so much curiosity in the British mind in re gard to the yet unknown regions of Africa. Mr. Gordon Cumming throughout the day addressed throngs of visitors, who listened to him in gaping astonishment as to a second Hercules, who had conquered Nemean lions and came to this country direct to tell the tale. DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL A.IISEIIM attracted the atten tion of a large number of visitors from the country, who availed themselves of the opportunity for becoming ac quainted with the wonders and mysteries of the human frame. The lecture was listened to with the greatest in terest, and " the thousaud models and preparations" were regarded each by some thousands with first horror and then interest. MONT BLANC was ascended by hundreds yesterday, in company with Albert Smith, who on this occasion was compelled to work double tides, giving performances both in the morning and evening. Madame TUBSAUD'S ExHIBITION.—This popular place of resort has been visited by a large concourse during the week, and more particularly yesterday. The numerous attractions here produced are sure to draw the multitude . The excellent music, brilliant lighting, and the splen.tid decorations, together with the intersting groups and figures displayed in all parts of the museum, render this one of the best exhibitions in the metropolis. The holi day folk cannot be considered to have completed their tour of sight-seeing unless they pay this establishment a visit. W YLD'S GREAT GLOBE is a standing wonder to the Christmas holiday folk, and a great attraction to new comers ; but Mr. Wyld, who has left off attending to the affairs of the country to the great advantage of his own, does not rely on mere prestige, but continually adds to his grea t exhibition some illustration of im mediate interest. Iu the present instance, forty colo ssal tableaux of Russian scenery set before us, the sites a nd scenes of the late me. morable campaign, as well as St . Petersburg and Moscow, Nijni Novogorod during the fair, the Ural Mountains, and a grand panorama of th e crowning of the Czar in the great Cath and edral.T e hveening. exhibition was densely crowded both morning ARGYLL-ROOMS. —This plane of amusement, despite the attraction held out by the theatres, was brilliantly at tended last nigbt. The whole of the arrangements were admirable, and all persons present seemed thoroughly to enjoy themselves. CANTERBURY -HALL.—The eutertainments provided for the holiday-makers by Mr. Morton, the enterprisingpro• pr r i e . t s o . r c o o f this w en, splendid ew p r establishment, ze era able. The " feature " of the evening was the singing, b y c song, entitled the " Humours of a Pantomime," which was most rapturously applauded throughout and an encore demanded. It has proved a decided hit, and bids fair to rival in popularity' the celebrated ditty of the " R a t ca t c h er ' s Daughter, and henceforth will no doubt b ecome one o f Mr. Cowell's " favourites. The Spanish Minstrels likewise came in for a fair share of applause. The hall was densely crowded, and there could not have been less than two thousand per sons present. VALENTINE VOUBD a ld rac w t o e r r d is " tic f°r gentleman's able R im il itation characteristic Oxford-street, Was last night thronged by an admiring au dience, who illustration. The assuredly an Salle d V polyphonic becomeo u 8 d e n a , a; a ‘ t wh : 1 3 7 1 a s e s. , cordially united in their appreciation of this 11(mitti°11e unite the humorous and the truthful, and who Please s not tal e nt as y that of a dramatic artiste whose per merely as an imitator, but as an actor and a, musician, writing his own songs and singing them to t' his own mus i c . ilia ..Irish Imitation," " " "Good bye ye Kitty," .. Dennis le ave the Child behind, and The Irish Jaunti ng C a r," are masterpieces of imitation and indivi duality. The Salle Vousden will. we ptognoaticate, in a sh or t time be one of the most popular evening lounges in the metropolis. The rooms of the British Museum were crowded with u t s o a n seed s ds of well-dressed persons with their families to thousands trerbsegsee the vast collection of articles of vertu and numerous and rare specimens of the animal and mineral kingdoms, and other curiosities collected in this noble building. At the National and Vernon Galleries very considerable o f annoyance persons, many disaopfpwoihnotmmehnatdwoaosmocecalosoiogndetdsttaoutcheos of galleries,the in ancient een e a e n c c i l u m e e o e d e e modern t m h a e s i closed, Friday being one of the days set apart forcol lected students of the public, who have no other period of the year to wit ness the " national collection." At Marlborough House the celebrated Soulages collection with the Wellington funeral car attracted a large body of visitors, as di i also the United Service Museum, West minster Abbey, St. Paul's, the Tower, the E-.st IndiaFfouse Museum, the Museum of Oru • a.nerttal Art, and other similar exhioitions. The Houses of Parliament and " Big Bon" of West miuster will be open to-day for inspection by ticket, to be obtained at the Chamberlain's-office. E EAST I NDIA CIVIL SEnvics. TR Courtw, presided over by —The Sadder Courts of Appeal are to be enortiv abolished, and will be ma uaed something oi, th e 1 ,, n t the English County a t E v glish barrister of experi ence, awibted by Compa,,y'd Judges. The Calcutta have been permitted to paper min , once the death of Mr. Dunbar, one of the Swicier Judaea. M r . R. J• Tayler and Mr. T. Church resign the Company's service. Mr. Rama, an assistant -professor at the Presidency College, hay been appointed head-master of the Hindoo School,— Civil Service Gazette. i