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The public is respectfully informed that this Theatre, having been Itc-mcdelled, Decoralcd, and Embellished in a truly magnificent and costly style, is now open. Notwith s t an di ng the immense expenses incurred in the arrangements, the Pr ices of Admission will be as usual, and similar to those of the principal London Theatres, viz.:— Private Boxes, 10s, 6d., 215., £1 Ils. 6c1., £2 25., £3 35., and £4 4s. Stalls, 6s. Dress circle, 4s. First Circle, 3s. Boxes, 2s. Pit, 2s. Lower Gallery, is. Upper Gallery, 6d. No Half-price. A MORNING PERFORMANCE of. the PANTO MIME EVERY WEDNESDAY, at Two o'clock. T HIS EVENING will be presented Mr. E. Falconer's Comic Drama, entitled NEXT OF KIN. Principal Characters by Messrs. S. Calhaem, H. Sinclair, Neville, Warde, Rourke, Fredericks; Mrs. Edmund Fal coner, and Miss Portman. After which will be produced the Great Drury-lane Annual in the form of an entirely Novel, Original, Bur lesque, Grotesque, Poetical, Pictorial, Pastoral, Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime entitled LITTLE GOODY TWO SHOES; or, HARLEQUIN and COCK ROBIN I "Little Bird with bosom red, Welcome to my Humble Shed, Daily near my table steal, While I pick my scanty meal, Well rewarded if I spy, Pleasure in thy glancing eye."—Old Poem. The novel Effects and Extensive Scenery by Messrs. GRIEVE and TELBIN, assisted by Messrs. DAYES, JONES, C. FENTON, E. LLOYDS, GRIEVE, Jun., TELBIN, Jun., and D ANSON and SONS. The Ma chinery by Mr. TUCKER. The Costumes by Mr. MAY and Mrs. CLARKE. The Masks, Des;gns, and Personal Appointments by the celebrated DYK-WYN-KYN ; com pleted under his direct supervision by Messrs. GLINDON, CHALTON, and numerous Assistants. The Tricks, Pro perties, Changes, and Transformations of the Harlequinade by Mr. BLAMIRE and Assistants. The Gas Appointments by Mr. HINCKLEY. The Scenes of the Harlequinade by H. BOLENO, J. CORMACK, and D. JOHNSON. The Groupes, Tableaux, Action, and Grand Ballet, designed and arranged by Mr. OSCAR BYRNE. The Overture and Music composed and arranged by Mr. J. BARNARD. The Opening invented and written by E. L. B ,ANC HARD, Author of "The House that Jack Built," "Peter Wilkins," " Robin Hood," &c. THE VILLAGE SCHOOL OF GOODY TWO SHOES. EARL ING. Little Goody Two Shoes— Y Mi MORN ss LYDIA THOMPSON. "This dear little Girl, whose real name was Margery Meanwell, once lived," &c.—Old Story. "His kind Wife gave little Margery a nice pair of new Shoes; and she was so pleased with them, and so fond of showing them to every one she met, saying, ' Two Shoes— Two Shoes-, , - that , N , he gated the name of ' Little Goody Two Shoes.' "—Old otory. The Raven, the Pigeon, the Cat, and the White Rabbit (her pets), Masters Quork, Coo, Mew, and Bunny. Pet Robin—Master Redbreast. Little Boy Blue (her Shepherd Swain) Miss HELEN HOWARD. Johnny Stout (the Good Boy) Mr. J. ROBINS. Thommy Green (the Bad Boy) Mr. G. WESTON. Day Scholars—Masters Wag, Lag, Fag, Brag, Dag, Nag, Gag, Mag, Tag, &c., and Misses Nimble, Simple, Sample, Rumple, Whimper, Simper, Nirniny, Piminy, &c., &c. Sir Timothy Gripe (Lord of the Manor), Mr. TOM MATTHEWS. Graspall (his Steward), Mr. SHAW. Villagers—Messrs.Bumkin,Whackstraw,Oatcake,Chaw bacon, Thatcher, &c., &c. "The room in which she taught her scholars was very large, so that she could have her children stand in front of her while she instructed them. —Old Story. Of the proposal made by Sir Timothy to Goody Two Shoes, and what became of it. HUNTING LODGE ON THE BORDERS OF THE FOREST. The Fairy G oo d Nature (assuming the form of Goody Peabody), Miss KATE SAXON. Gamekeepers, Messrs. Popp and Ban Footma n , Mr Powdernob. Page, Master Buttons. Housekeeper, Mrs. Chickabiddy. How Little Boy Blu e meets with a particular friend, and how the Squire dooms the small Birds found on his Estate to general destruction, and what ensues thereupon. THE BRAMBLE BRAKE IN THE DEPTHS OF THE F ORE ST.—SUN SET. "When good Little Goody Two Shoes had finished her ten sets of letters, she invited a great number of her poor little C ompanions to meet together under an o ld oa k tree , and there she taught them."—Old Stacy. The Demon Envy, Mr. GLIN r ON, Hatred and Malice (his attendants), Messrs. Scowl and Growl. The Bad Boy's Compact with the Evil Genius, and what followed therefrom. HAUNT OF THE WOOD NYMPHS IN THE ENCHANTED DELL. May Miss WENT WORTH. Bluebell, Cowslip, Violet, Wild Thyme, Golden Broom, Speedwell, Daisy, Buttercup, Wood Anemone, Primrose, Colvolvulus, Wild Rose, Traveller's Joy,Celandine, Hearts ease, Fox Glove, &c, (her attendant Wild Flowers), by a host of Coryphees. Pas de Forget-ine•not, Miss LYDIA THOMPSON. Pas de Double Heartsease, The Misses GUNNISS. Ballet des Bouquets, invented and arranged by Mr. OSCAR BYRNE. WOODY AVENUE, LEADING TO BUTTERCUP MEAD. " All hail to thee, thou first of May, Sacred to merry sport and play, To wine and jest and dance and song, And mirth that lasts the whole day long." CELEBRATION OF MAY-DAY AND FESTIVAL OF THE MAY QLEEN. OUTSIDE OF LITTLE GOODY'S COTTAGE, MILL BROOK, AND ANCIENT BELFRY. " Who killed Cock Robin ? I, said the Sparrow, with my Bow and Arrow."—Old Nursery Legend. The Sparrow, Mr. Take-an-Aim. The Fly, Master Buzzy. The Fish, Mr. Gilibut. The Beetle, Mrs. Gamp. The Linnet, Master Downey. The Owl, Mr. Whit-to-Whoa. The Lark, Mr. Highflyer. The Rook, Mr. Blackeoat. The Bull, Mr. Roarer, with a Horn accompaniment. The deed done. Impressive fate of Little Cock Robin, and his marvellous restoration by Good Nature, who pro ceeds on her radiated Path of Prisms over the World. Harlequins, Mr. CORMACK and Mr. ST. MAINE. Columbines, Madame BOLENO (her first appearance here these two years) and the Misses GUNNISS. Pantaloons, Mr. G. TANNER and Mr. DEULIN JOHNSON. Clowns, Mr. HARRY BOLEN 0 (his first appearance here these two years) and Mr. C. LAURI. Scene I.—GRAND HINT 0' NATIONAL (THEATRE) EXHIBITION OF FUN! The Meeting of all Nations—Gold Washing and Gold Fi nding —Armstrong's Breech-loader—the Exhibitionßells and Belles of the Exhibition—Clown rings one of the Belles --a Etelle Savage—the Majolica Fountain—Clown's new Vapourizer—Cent. per Scent—Striking Two—the Exhibi • tion Club—a Medicated Vapour Bath—a Piping Bullfinch —(Raree Airs)—the Australian Obelisk makes a decided Move—a Toad in the Hole—a Long Nap (2,000 years) — a Bed in the Coal Hole—Froggy would a-Wooing go—a and• den influx of Strange Visitors and close of the Exhibition. Invented and Produced by Boleno (Registered). Pantomimists—HAßßY BOLENO, Madame BOLENO. CORMACK, and TANNER. Trip Storm Nalse—Madame BOLENO and Mr. CORMACK. Landlady, Mrs. Graball ; Page, Master Bellbutton ; Housemaid, not yet engaged ; Visitors, Cabmen, Sweeps, Shoe -Black Brigade, &c., by Artists too numerous to mention. Scene 2 . —EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR OF INTER NA TIONAL LODGING -HOUSE. Lodgings I Lodgings Lodgings I—H ou 4e Full—A Fair Simple of a Cabby's Fair—A Foreigner all Abroad—Harry Boleno's return to his Old Quarters—somebody's Luggage —Nobody's Luggage (Oh, Dickens)--My Lodgings are on the cold ground—A Damp Bed with Sheets of Water (which are always damp) —Bott ling Spirits —A Policeman on Duty — Coming down with the Dust—Clown and Pantaloon re solve to change their quarters—The new Bedroom Door— the Exhibition Early-rising Bedstead —Clown makes an. Impression—Oh, rest thee, my Babe—A Novel Extin guisher—Put out the Light I Put out the Light—A Squally Night—Clown gets rid of a Lodger—Both Child and Nurse are fast asleep—Clown gives them a drop too much—anew method of getting off to sleep—forty winks--Harlequin Box and Cox (up)--'Tis when to sleep the World retires—the Vision—an unwelcome Visitor—The Shades of Night and the Night Shade—Look on this Picture and on this—List, oh, list—l'm always with you—l'll warm yer—Oh, slum ber my darling, and sleep while you may—Visions light:as air—the Nurse —the Child—the Great Sensation Scene and Denoument. Invented by Mr. D. Johnson. Pantomimists—Misses GUNNISS and Messrs. ST. MAINE, DEULIN JOHNSON, and C. LAURI. Pas Trois Mansilla Spiritu—The Misses GUNNISS and M. ST. MAINE. Scene 3.—SHELL-FISH SHOP, COBBLER'S STALL, AND MUSIC WAREHOUSE! A Neat Trip—a Trip less Flat—Flat Fish, Flying Fish, and Ground Bait—taking in the Natives Childish Games, Boyhood's happy days—Arrival of Fun —Sudden appear ance of an old friend—Clown goes a fishing—Gets a bite which prove to be a nibble for him, Garotting with a Ven geance—the strong Arm of the Law—Clown in a Fix— Lucky Escape--Clown gets a Ticket of Leave—the indus trious Cobbler that Lived in a Stall—Clown finds a pair of Boots and gets Awl for his pains --a Rally and a Jump— Clown has a taste for Music and Gives a Concert, in which he will play a Solo on the smallest Banjo in the world and 12 Common Garden Pots—Pataloon has Five Bars rest— Clown gets Drummed in and quickly gets Drummed Out Again—A Supply of Natives—a fair Division —the head of the force and everybody taken in and done for, Invented and Produced by BOLENO (Registered). Pantonsimists—HAßßY BOLENO, A EMM BOLENO, CORMACK, and TANNER. Scene 4—THE ISLINGTON AGRICULTRAL HALL, AND GREAT DOG-SHOW, CAT-SHOW, AND FLOWER-SHOW. Flowers of Loveliness and Flowers of dT the Tulips—coming to see th e G reen B us h es— H ear t seas e and in Pears (pairs) —a clearing Pair —Fruits of Industry --Music, the Food o f L ove —l ca lculate not—'Music_ hath ?—Opening of Charms— __U Charms--not so always—Where's the Police the Gr ea t National Dog Show—Port Whine and Bark—an Impudent Puppy—Carrots and a Turn- u p—Clown gets Hound — Clown Dog-MA—Dog cheap and dear Way Clown keeps th e D og Watch, which he enters—the to Barkin g —Cl own and Pantaloon gone to the Dogs— Sweet Sounds—Calculation, Multiplication, and Vexation — Clown' s C a t Sh ow—Cats-up and Cats down, and a Cat for the Garotters —Descend ye nine—Dogs' Meat—Cats' Meat —a. Jolly Dog —a P a i r o f T a bbi es — te Kill-Kenny Cats —the Seat of War—How it will all end—a Prize Fight for a prize Cup—Catalessis—Catacresis—a Catastrophe odic leads t o a Cataract of the Feline Race, and thus the Catalogue. Scene s—(comio___Ex TERIOR of MARINE STORES, PUBLIC-HOUSE, AND SAILOR'S HOME. C.: . LAURI , Inv ented by M r . J. C ormac k . D. JOHNs'ON, ST. MAINE, and the Misses GUNNISS. Nautical Hornpipe, by M. ST. MAINE and the Misses GUNNISS. Set a thief to catch a thi.f—and he will go the " whole "Tog Sees or None"—A Sailor, half S eas over, mistakes all he Hands —Old Aunt Sally prov es h erself, rayther— Shell cient wanted—and secured by H oo k or by Crook—An and Modern Warriors—Hearts of Oak —Our lronsides (not Cromwell's) Al Question— good met a l— t h e great Drainage Pretty Poll of Wapping —she was such a nice 1. " 111 g ( jail with Old Ballad, «the Lass that loysti Sailor"—" Home, home, Sweet Home"— The Sailors' Home —time to go home, but before doing so we introduce you to Last Scene.—(Denson and Sons.) ENGLAND'S GLORY AND RICHES BROUGHT BY HER OCEAN WAVES I Box-office open from Ten till Six daily. Doors open ai Half• past Six, commence at Seven. Acting Manager, Mr. F. B. CHATTERTON. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY, Liability Limited by Act of Parliament. £300,000 in 120,000 Shares of a each. Deposit on allot- nient, One Pound per Share. Guaranteed 8 per cent, by the British Government upon completion and working of the cable. CHAIRMAN. The Right Hon. JAMES STUART WORTLEY. VICE-CHAIRMAN. CURTIS M. LAMPSON, Esq. ELECTRICIAN. CROMWELL F. VARLEY, Esq. CONSULTING COMMITTEE. William Fairbairn, Esq., F.R.S., late President of the British Association. Joseph Whitworth, Esq., Professor Wheatstone, F.R.S. Professor W. Thomson, F.R.S., of Glasgow. SECRETARY--George Saward, Esq. BANKERS. In London—Messrs. Glyn; Mills, and Co., and the Bank of England. In Lancashire—The Bank of Manchester. In Ireland—The National Bank and its Branches. In Scotland—The British Linen Co. and its Branches. BROKERS. Messrs. Foster and Braithwaite, 68, Old Broad-st., London. Messrs. P. Cazenove & Co., 52, Threadneedle-st., London. Prospectuses and Forms of Application for Shares may be had at the Brokers, or at the Company's Offices, 22, Old Broad-street, London. By order. GEO. SAWARD, Secretary. T HE BRITISH AND FOREIGN MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY (Limited.) Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1862, wh ch specially limits the liability of each Shareholder to the amount of his Shares. Capital, £1,000,000, in 50,000 Shares of £2O each. With power to increase to £2,0.0,060. First Issue, 25,000 Shares. Deposit, on Application, £1 per Share, and £1 on Allotment. DIRECTORS. Archibald Boyd, Director of the Union Bank of London Francis C. Braun, of Blessig, Braun, and Co Liverpool. Thomas Chilton, of Holderness and Chilton, Pre sident of the Chamber of Commerce Francis Anderson Clint, of Clint and Co., Chair man ofOC Shipowners' A ssociafion Liverpool. Chas. B.: Colchester, of Colchester and Woolner London. Williantlames Fernie, of Fernie Brothers and Co Liverpool Arthur Bower Forwood, of Leech, Harrison, and Forwood Liverpool. Peter George Heyworth, of Heyworth, Pearce, and Balman Liverpool. Thomas Harrison, of Thomas Harrison and Co Liverpool. Thomas Kendall, of Kendall Brothers Liverpool. Edward Lawrence, of E. Lawrence and Co Liverpool George Lyall, of Lyall, Still, and Co London. Andrew Malcolmson, of J. and D. Malcolmson and Co Liverpool. Robert Maxwell, of A. F. and R. Maxwell Liverpool. George M. Papayanni, of Papayanni Brothers Liverpool. John Park, off Williams, Park, and Co Liverpool Chas. K. Prioleau, of Fraser, Trenholm, and Co Liverpool John Ravenscroft, of W. and J. Ravenscroft and co., Chairman of the North and South Wales Bank James Searight, of James Searight and Co London. Samuel Stitt. of Stitt. Brothers and C Thomas Wilkinson Tetley, of Hollinshead, Tet ley, and Co. Thomas Stenhouse, Director of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, &c, B enry Trelfall Wilson, of H. T. Wilson and Chambers Liverpool. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Fletcher and Hull, Liverpool. Messrs. Flux and Argles, Mincing-lane, London. BROKERS. London—Messrs. Laurence, Son, and Pearce, Auction Mart, E.C. Liverpool—Messrs, Thomas Tin'ey and Sons. Messrs. G. and T. Irvine. BANKERS. The Union Bank of London, London. The Union Bank of Liverpool, Liverpool. TEMPORARY OFFICES OF THE COMPANY. 6, Cook-street, Liverpool. 39, Lothbury, London, E.C. Notwithstanding that several new Marine Insurance Com panies have been established within the last few years, it is generally recognised that the means of effecting marine in surances are not sufficient to meet the increasing expansion of trade, insurers being now driven to effect their insurances in remote towns in the provinces, in Ireland and Scotland, and on the Continents of Europe and America. The actual pric.: of shares in the existing Marine Insur ance Companies demonstrate clearly that the business is highly remunerative. Of th , new Companies one only has been established in Liverpool, and it has already secured a very large and lucra tive business. More than half the exports and imports of the kingdom pass through the port of Liverpool, and there is no doubt, therefore, that another Company having its Chief Offices in London and Liverpool will meet with ample support. Wn der these circumstances the British and Foreign Marine Insurance Company has bean established. The business of the Company will be confined to the issu ing of policies on freight and goods only, and it is expressly provided, as a fundamental element in the constitution of this Company, that no insurance shall be effected on the ships themselves. The principle of limited liability, as applicable to insurance companies, came into operation during the month of Novem ber last. The Directors, observing that in banking and other important commercial enterprises limited liability has met with universal favour, have adopted it as an unalterable principle in the present undertaking. The Directors, therefore, express the greatest confidence in the success of this Company. Such provision has been made by the Directors for the pre liminary exp. uses as will secure the Company against pay ing any promotion money. A copy of the articles of association lies at the offices of the Company for inspection. The prospectus and forms of applications for shares may be obtained of the brokers of the ompany. Application for shares to be addressed to the Directors ; but no application will be considered unless a payment has been made to the bankers of the Company of £1 per share, on the number of shares applied for. phis sum will be returned if no allot ment is made to the applicant. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. (To be retained by the Bankers.) To the Directors of the British and Foreign Marine Insur ance Com' any (Limited). Gentlemen,—Having paid to your bankers the sum of £ , being a deposit of £1 per share on shares in the above Company. I hereby request that you will allot me that number, and I airree to become a member of the Company in respect of such shares, or in respect of any legs number you may allot me, and to execute the Articles of As sociation, when required ; and I request that my name may be placed on the Register of Members for the shares so al lotted. Name in full Residence Profession or Business Date GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital, Two Millions. DIRECTORS. Sir MINTO FARQUHAR, Bart., M.P., Chairman. CHARLES WIL LIAM CURTIS, Esq., Deputy Chairm n. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq., I G. Shaw Lefevre, Esq. Henry Bonham Carter, Esq. 'John Martin, Esq. Charles F. Devas, Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. James Morris, Esq. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Henry Norman, Esq. James Goodson, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. Abraham J. Robarts, Esq. John G. Hubbard, Esq., M.P. ' James Tulloch, Esq. John Labouchere, Esq. ' Henry Vigne, Esq. AUDITORS. Lewis Loyd, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. I Cornelius Paine, jun., Esq. Noel Whiting, Esq. Thos. Tallemach, Esq., Secretary Saml. Brown, Esq., Actuary LIFE DEPA RTMENT.—UNDER THE PROVTSIONEI OF AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT, this Company now offers to new In • urers EIGHTY PER CENT. of the Profits, at Quinquennial Divisions, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits. Since the establishment of the Company in 1821, the Amount of Profits allotted to the Assured has exceeded in cash value £660,000, which represents equivalent Reversionary Bonuses of £1,058,000. After the Division of Profits at Christmas, 1859, the Life Assurances in force, with existing Bonuses thereon, mounted to upwards of £4,730,000, the Income from the Lite Branch £207,000 per annum, and the Life Assurance Fund, ndependent of the capital, exceeded £1,618,000. LOCAL MILITIA and VOLUNTEER CORPS.—No Fxtra Premium is required for service therein. LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, if such value be not less than £5O. ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, re ceived and registered. MEDICAL FEES paid by the Company, and no charge or Pulley Stamps. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that FIRE Policies which expire at Christmas must be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with Mr. SAMS, No. 1, St. James's — street, corner of Pall-Mall ; or with the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they become void. Losses caused by Explosion of Gas are admitted by this Company. NO NEW YEAR'S GIFT is more valuable than OLDRID ( IE'S BALM OF COLUM BIA, established upwards of thirty years. Is the best an d only certain remedy ever discovered for preserving, strengthening, beautifying - , or restoring the hair, whiskers, or rnuutachea, and Preventing them turnine , grey. Sold in bottles, 35. 6d., 65., and ils., by C. and A. OLDRIDGE, 22, Wellington-steet, Strand, London, W.C., and all chemists and perfumers. o rchildrens' and ladies' hair it is most efficacious and unrivalled. ITAL. Grav's-inn-r d FREE of the Great Northern a' ROiYn A th L ? vicinitP way Terminus, at King's-cross. Rail- Patron—The (lull EN . President—The Duke of BIR:CLEI T e n Treasurer—Edward Masterman, E st i --- "r• This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free and instant admission to t he destitute sick, without h mality of 2overnors' letters. It is entirely devoted to VT' tution in its most pitiable form —viz., that which is ac e:it panted by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient magnitude that, with adequate slit port, it may be rendered capable of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover, it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 3,0G0 out-patients a week. 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DANCE, THE DRAMATIC th e 1:t AUTHOR.—Mr. Charles Dance, the dramatic writer, died on Monday, at Lowestoft, in his 69th year. He had s f u or ff r e a re c if t o h r a s n om n e time with disease of the heart. Besides being well known as a dramatic writer, and the founder, it Olympic Theatre W m: s y . be said, of the burlesque school of entertainments, he c e r s i o v i e v l e y nt registrar, Deb tor . Court, taxing officer, and a h n e d h c a n d i ehfelclerk office When Madame Vestris held the years Dance was one of the stock writers. " The Morning C a ll u , i , Among his su cc e es iVi sf r. productions were " Beulah Spa," was a member of the Ga " r and a c b o o n el v i sh i h v ae i The Country Squire," &c. He to a large circle for his socialkl and other clubs, and known s adl le cit f uh t Be fore the New Bankruptcy Act qualities. oi Insolventti e e h s i . l d r ß e n e - a nce he has not long Debtors' Court Mr. Dance retiredsuperannuation al lowance of £BOO a-year, which allowance enjoyed. Although twice married, h and had survived both his wives. Mr. Dance . had resided in Moraington-road, Regent's-park, and retired to Lowes • toft for the benefit of his health, SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. HERALD. , ---It is never an easy matter to predict the policy of the present Government. Lord Pal merston's Cabinet has not, and cannot possibly have, any guiding principles or any strong collec tive convictions. Formed by a coalition of men who were yesterday—and would if their official connec. tion were dissolved become again to-morrow—in veterate and bitter antagonists, it fluctuates to and fro as pressure from without gives ascendancy to this or that statesman, or as the chances of parlia mentary warfare appear favourable to this or that idea. One day Mr. Gladstone is the ruling spirit, another day Lord Palmerston has it all his own way; this year everything is to be sacrificed to a commercial treaty, next year the resources of the country are strained to the uttermost in order to support a policy of antagonism to the very power with which that treaty was to unite us in the bonds of common interest and intimate alliance; now ex travagance is in favour, and now economy—one thing only we need never expect, and that is con sistency. Coalitions, from their very nature, can not be consistent. When Conservative rene gades, old 1 , % higs, and Manchester Radicals unite to govern the country, their union can only be maintained on the principle of alterna tion. As under the old Roman constitution, when the two consuls took the field together, }Emilius commanded in chief one day, and Varro the next, so now we are all for 'fortifications and a spirited foreign policy with the Premier, and anon with the disciples of Mr. Bright, all for peace, isolation, and a reduction of expenditure. And as the Roman plan resulted in the rout ef Canute, so one invari able result attends the conduct of our affairs by the present Ministry—the country always suffers, whe ther an important branch of revenue is sacrificed to Mr. Milner Gibson or an extra twopence added to the incon e tax to carry out the crotchets of Lord Palmerston ; whether we assert the theories of Lord Russell, at the risk of a quarrel with France, or indulge the American sympathies of the Radicals by the total sacrifice of the trade of Lancashire. he enormous cost of a Ministry of this kind is not, perhaps, the worst of its inconveniences; but it is aconsideration triflingany policy which importance. England is rio henou g h of n to o afford almost any coherent patty can be supposed capable of ad vocating. She can afford the expense of maintain ing armaments powerful enough to make her in fluehce felt and her dignity respected all over the world ; she may bear, with some grumbling, the cost of war kept up through years of peace; she may support forces sufficient to allow her Ministers to dictate in the East, to naedd:e in the West, Co quarrel with every one, and be prepared to make their quarrel good. Or she may find in the elasticity of her revenue the means of remitting one innocuous tax to gratify a demagogue, and another to purchase commercial concessions from a despot; she may even be able to undergo a series of financial experiments and still make both ends meet. But she cannot, rich as she is, endure at once the expense of both systems ; find means to support the warlike policy of Lord out the commercial fancies Palmerston , ofMessrs.a nd t o carry Cobden and Bright. She cannot endure to have her revenue sacrificed to the crotchets of the Peace Party, and at the same time to be called upon for a permanent war ex penditure, No other nation could so long have found it possible to pay for a Coalition Ministry ; we are already beginning to find the burden intole- rable. Partially made aware of this by the debates of last session, the Cabinet has, as we are positively informed by one of its acknowledged organs, de voted its serious consideration to the subject of ex penditure. " The heads of the great departments have been engaged in a searching revision of the estimates, with the view of diminishing expense, so far as can be done without impairing that efficiency which it is the principal object of the nation to pre serve." We are very glad to hear it—and we will not be so ill-natured as to ask why that which it is found possible to do in 1863 could not have been done in 1861. We will not inquire whether this late awakening of the Ministerial sense of respon- sibility be due to an earnest conviction of the neces sity of retrenchment for the country's sake, or to a thorough comprehension of the difficulties anu dan gers of the next Parliamentary campaign; whether the laborious investigation of their estimates by Sir G. C. Lewis, the Duke of Somerset, and Mr. Glad- stone, be prompted by compassion to the suffering taxpayers or by fear of Mr. Cobden; whether their tardy conversion be due to the eloquence of any other figures than those which represent the num bers in a possible division; whether it be the Finan- cial or the Patronage Secretary of the Treasury who has assisted at the councils of these repentant spendthrifts. We will give them all credit for good intentions until we know what their inten tions really are ; and we will not attribute to them any other motives than those suggested for the purest patriotism and the most disinterested peni. tence. It is not necessary that we should remind our readers how earnestly the chiefs of the Con servative Opposition endeavoured last session to stem the current of extravagance, or how posi tively the spokesmen of the Ministry maintained that there had been no extravagance, Mr. Glad stone's strange admissions and candid self-im- peachment at Manchester notwithstanding. But we trust that one thing will be distinctly understood ; that Conservative advocates of eco nomy have no tolerance for the usual Whig substi tutes—that they do not propose and will not permit a reckless and extravagant retrenchment like that which, after seven years of Liberal Government, resulted in the disasters of the Crimean war. Nei ther the Opposition nor the country will tolerate what is generally found to be the fulfilment of Whig promises of economy —a hasty curtailment of neces sary expenditure, without any reduction of that profusion which is profitable to the interests of the party in power, and without any regard to the real requirements of the public service. What England demands, and will have, is retrenchment in the di r(ction indicated by the Conservative leaders, not retrenchment inspired by the spirit of Mr. Bright. We know that we can have a formidable army, an irresistible navy, a thoroughly effective system of defence by sea and land, for less than we are now paying for defences that are declared by our rulers to be insufficient ; and these things we intend to have, either at the hands of the present Ministry, or at those of abler or more conscientious successors. DAILY NEWS.—Mr. Seward was 61 lest May, and he can therefore remember the war of 1812. He was a very clever boy, too, with a gentleman of ability, cultivation, and prominent social position, for his father ; so that he took head to political events as they passed, and received political training from his childhood upwards. He was early marked for a high position in his own State of New York, and, few doubted, for office at Washington. He was reputed a scholar ; and some pronounced him a philosopher. This last reputation was won by two methods which he is understood to find very con venient at this day, after forty years' use. He can always, on the shortest notice, justify any view, or explain any phenomenon by some grand natural law from which there is no appeal, or from which his admiring hearers are not at the moment dis- posed to appeal. It is true, these very grand laws of nature do sometimes sanction opposite con- clusions, but that cannot be helped; the law can't be wrong, so the conclusion must be the flexible part of the apparatus. This is the way in which Mr. Seward is an abstract philosopher. His way of being a concrete one is exceedingly attrac tive to his friends. He is entirely devoid of ambi tion ; he so covets the lot of a country gentleman, tilling his fields in the mornings and studying ancient philosophy in the evenings, that he is always on the point of leaving public life for ever. At every turn of his career he has been winding up his ' public affairs, and very impressive about the impos sibility of his being induced to undertake any more public duty. There is something about his philo sophy which reminds irreverent people of Square's; but then, philosophers are not so ♦ery numerous in the world but that one may easily bring up the re membrance of another, and the copiousness of dis course and instruction which is common to Mr. Jones's tutor and Mr. Lincoln's factotum really is a point of resemblance. After a few years' practice in the law, and before he was 30, Mr. Seward was an active member of the Senate of his own State; and from his life of philosophy thirty-two years have been cut out and given to politic , . The office of Governor of the State seemed to belong to him ; ho was well qualified for it, and his family eminence indicated him for the honour. If he had succeeded on his first attempt be would hardly have been heard of in this country till within the last two or three years ; but he was not elected till 1838 ; and thus the affair of the Caroline, and the danger of war on account of M'Leod occurred while Mr. Seward was Governor of the State of New York. It was his duty to take care of the territory of his State; and very vigorous indeed was the part he took in the attempt to criminate Great Britain generally and M'Leod in particular. The acquit tal of M'Leod was the natural and most satisfac tory close of the controversy, but it left behind it a strong impression of Mr. Seward's characteris tics as a controversialist—characteristics now familiar to all the world through his own pro fuse publication of despatches_ Thirteen years ago he appeared in the Senate at Washington; and for upwards of ten years he was generally re garded as a virtual, though not an avowed aboli tionist. He was stronger and brighter in this phase of his life than in any other. He was regarded as a constitutional authority by the anti-slavery party ; and he was more consistent and for a longer time, than he has shown himself in any other department of political cont►oversy. As the Republican party became developed he manifested his antislavery tendencies more and more openly, till he pledged himself to his countrymen as an abolitionist by his great speech at Rochester in 1859. It is an interest ing speculation (for which we have not room) what _ _ _ would have been the consequences to his country if his nomination by the Republican party in 1860 had taken effect. The consequence of its not succeeding has been that from that hour he has retreated from the ground of his Rochester speech, so that we now see him extored by our Secessionist journals for his moderation, and stigmatised by the leaders of the Republican party in America as the malign in fluence which retards the regeneration of the Re- public. Theraare some strange things in the retro spect of his course. As Governor of his State he dared the vengeance of Virginia on behaif of cer tain sailors who were concerned in the escape of some slaves. As a senator be exposed himself to a long course of insult and calumny from Mr. Roe buck's "gentlemen." Next, it was understood that Mr. Lincoln, after being elected, had a strong dread and dislike of Mr. Seward as an abolitionist ; that he was delighted to hear of Mr. Seward's invincible determination to bury himself at last in the seclu sion that he loved ; and that when the President elect proposed to pay his former rival the harmless compliment of offering him an office he would cer- , tainly refuse, he was confounded past concealment ' by the arrival, by the first post, of Mr. Seward's acceptance of the Secretaryship of State. And now the spectacle is of the President's inability to part ' with his Minister, while the popular fear is that Mr. Seward's influence will weaken, and not fortify, the resolution of the executive in fulfilling the pledges of the Government in dealing with the well-understood cause of the war. How have these strange things come to pass ? However much may be said on the spot, the case is pretty generally understood and agreed upon in fact, though not in any avowed way. Mr. Seward gives no impression to observers of having ever had a genuine conviction in his life. He may suppose he has, and therefore has often spoken as if he had; but his lifelong habit has been to address himself expressly to the assumed state of mind of hearers or readers; this is a practice which grows gross and palpable in course of time, and at once generates distrust in others, and renders the man himself in capable of seeing, feeling, and understanding things as they really are. Mr. Seward never felt as other men felt, that a revolution had begun, and that there would be a bloody war. He has never felt the pervading emotion of the Northern population, animating them to root out the curse of their polity, and finish the struggle in the most thorough way. He long ago paltered with the great doctrine of free labour on which he had before taken his stand and now his countrymen perceive that his whole action is of a retarding—not to say damaging— character. It does not Appear that he is much more liked by Democrats than Republicans. He might slip from under them in making a compromise with the South, as probably as he has slipped from under the Republicans in the critical year of their policy. He himself probably cannot help it now. Those who have read any score of pages of his despatches, and, much more, those who have heard him dis- course for an evening, can well understand how this may be. When it is said that his coaxing style of address is unpleasant and impolitic, this does not mean that he flatters the inclinations and vanities of those to whom he speaks or writes, but that he expects to win them by philosophising, which he supposes they will take for a compliment. He has thus arrived at offending all orders of minds by treating them like infant scholars. A milder degree of this method was once admired by prepossessed constituents, and he now tries it with aggravation on the Foreign Ministers of the Euro pean Powers, and on high and low at home. Whether the President likes it, or whether he puts up with it for the sake of having a self-confident, plausible, and indefatigable Minister to lean on, we shall know soma day. Meantime, the last mail brings us much light as to what is going on. RETENUES OF THE COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. The amount paid by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue to the account intituled the Chief Registrar's account, for the week ending 30th December, 1862, has been duly cer tified at £1,146 14s. 4d, the largest sum we believe yet paid in by the commissioners in any one week ; but even the smaller amounts that have been received, have resulted, up to the 30th October, in a very favourable balance to the account of the chief registrar. This fact is the more gratifying, from the circumstance that so large a propor- tion of the business occupying the attention of the court during the year has been of the insolvency category, a very considerable number of cases paying only the £1 stamp, and another very considerable proportion pay ing no stamp duty at all. It may be, indeed, very reasonably calculated that, but for the pressure of ,this class of business, the number of the £5 petitions would have been much larger than it has been, so that the funds of the court would have been enhanced by the large amount pay able from the higher stamp duty, and from the allowances upon collected assets, &c. There might seem to be now room in the building in Basinghall. street for taking the lower class of cases apart from the higher classes ; and if this could be arranged it would be in every point of view desirable. Of course insolvency, as a fact, is insolvency, and an insolvent an insolvent; but in this respect, as in all the features of our highly artificial state of society, there are practical distinctions which must be kept in view. It is impossible. by any moral reasoning, to persuade an East India merchant th a t, b ecause h e canno t pay, and there fore in the s t r i c t sense o f th e t erm insolvent, is, com mercially or socially, in the same category ryon. his account coal-shed keeper ; and his creditors, both 'ahneinsolvent the distinction. and on their own, are equally sieisnsaibnd co gnate classes, are Deb'er and creditor alike, in this averse from being mixed up in the s ame bankruptcy admi nistration in the same cour t - roo m with the m o b o f insol vency.—Gazette of Ilank,rup t cy. Committee The Rouen Charitable has decided on giving a grand ch arit y ball on the 7th of next month, requested the Ch am b er of Commerce to and have allow the fete to take place in the Grande Salle des Consuls. The mayor of Rouen, in the name of the municipality, has promised the committee a sum of 3,000 f., and the Prefect a sum of 2,000 f. The committee has also resolved that all its present members, and those who should hereafter join it, shall each contribute an annual sum of 10f, for the next two years. LORD PALMERSTON AT ROMSEY. Yesterday the annual! meeting of the Labourers' Encouragement Association for Romsey and the surrounding district was held in the Town-hall at Romsey. Lord Palmerston presided, and distri buted the awards.to the successful candidates. The proceedings commenced with a dinn er g i ven by the association to the successful competit ors, upwards of 100 in number, consisting chiefly o f shepherds,etimsin i c r il ' m together labourers , men in the cottage and special classes. The repast was of the good old E ng li s h character, as substan tglothugthhmee w ves of the prize ni and other f arm substan tial as it was bountiful, and the amplest justice was done to it by the happy guests. Indeed, if the committee had added to their prize list a reward for gastronomic achievements, a keener emulation in the use of knife and fork could hardly have been evoked. When this part of the business was de spatched Lord and Lady Palmerston entered the hall and were received with loud and general cheer ing. They were accompanied by Mr. Monckton Milnes, M.P., Capt. Buckworth Powell, the Mayor of Romsey, the vicar, and other principal inhabi tants. A large number of ladiesand gentlemen were also present to witness the ceremony. The list of premiums having been handed to his lordship by the secretary, Lord PALMERSTON then addressed the labourers as follows :—My Friends and Neighbours,—l can assure you that it gives Lady Palmerston and my self very great pleasure to be present at these an nual meetings, where those who have most distin guished themselves in the course of the year either by skilfulness in their respective occupations or by good conduct in the service in which they have been engaged come here to receive tokens of the merit which they have displayed. I don't call the gifts which are here presented to you rewards, be cause they fall infinitely short of anything that can be called a real reward for the good conduct which you have pursued. But they are tokens—and sub stantial proofs to your friends and your neighbours in this and the adjoining parishes, publicly and manifestly indicating what your conduct has been in the service in which you have been employed. It is often and well said that " virtue is its own best reward ;" and it holds equally true of good conduct iu the career in which any man may be engaged, that it, too, by its necessary and natural consequences, is its best and its ample reward. Those who have exhibited great skilfulness and aptitude in their different agricultural occupations will ,have their reward in the employment which the knowledge of their high qualifications is sure to bring to them. Those, also, who have exhibited faithfulness, sobriety, honesty, and good behaviour in a long course of service may be quite certain that they never will be at a loss to find work if any un foreseen circumstances should throw them out of their situations. And, moreover, all those persons who have so distinguished themselves are sure to obtain in the kindness, goodwill, and good offices of those who may employ them a recompense which to their feelings must ever be more grateful even than some more substantial benefits. (Hear.) There fore, my friends, I think these institutions are ex ceedingly useful in encouraging your efforts to im prove agricultural processes and stimulating all of you to good conduct in your respective spheres. I have told you that good conduct brings its own reward, and it does so in various ways. A man who is habitually idle, negligent, and addicted to drink ing and smoking, spends the greater part of his wages upon ale and tobaeco, and his wife and family are thus deprived of the means of obtaining those necessaries and comforts which the extent of his earnings might well enable him to procure for them. On the other hand, if a man is sober and ab stains from frc quenting the alehouse and the tobacco shop, he will be able to devote the whole of his earnings to the benefit of himself and his family, and he will see in the happiness of his wife and children ample testimonies of the good effects of the sobriety and good conduct which he pursues. You all know that example is generally far more powerful in its influence upon conduct than precept. The example you may set to your children will have a greater effect upon their future conduct in lifd than even the best counsel which might be given them unaccompanied by a good example; b 'cause if children see that their parents are indolent and indulge in bad habits it will be in vain that the best advice is given them ; they will irresistibly be led into following their parents' evil courses. But if your own conduct holds out to them a practical illustration of the good advice which you may have received from your pastor and those who take a deep interest in your welfare, that advice will be strengthened by the force of example, and you will find your children grow up to be a source of happi ness to yourselves and a credit to the community to which they belong. (Hear, hear.) I will now pro ceed to distribute the prizes, and I trust that the good dinner you have had will open your hearts to rejoice the more, not only over your own individual success in the competition, but also over the good fortune of those around you. (Cheers.) The noble lord then went through the prizes seriatim, accompanying the awards with some jocu lar remark or kind word of encouragement to almost every one of the winners. The prizes were nearly all given in money, and consisted of sums varying from 503. to 55., the amount being accompanied in each case by a printed card or certificate recording the merits of the owner. The first category was composed of the shepherds who had bestowed the greatest care upon their flocks; the second were the teamsmen, who were rewarded for fidelity and length of service, and for " never h av i ng re turned intoxicated with their teams." In distri- bating the 10s. or 20s. due to the members of this class the noble lord expressed a hope that the men would not squander any part of the money now paid to them in departing from the excellent virtue of temperance 'Which had earned them this prize. (A laugh.) Then came the rewards to the best plough- ;men, seedsmen, drillmen, rickmakers, and thatchers Next followed the turnip hoers, with respect to whom the noble chairman observed that he was sorry to see there was no good hoeing in the parish of Romsey, where he was sure it was much wanted— (laughter)—and that he trusted the labourers of tha district would make the fields look greener and less variegated with charlock and other weeds than they had lately been. To these succeeded the prizes to farm servants for bringing up their families without parochial relief, &c. In this class there was a sun' ot 30s. awarded to a labourer in the noble l o rd r 'El ag o7 employ "for having made provision b e for r e p tc ru a d r e i nc :„ said, they were with the like sum to his wife for " sim . Referring to this case the nob . l f e lord plain that this societ crown to her all taught that a virtuous wife wl vv ho was 30s, to hers, husband, but here was a ex Privilege of reward (Laughter.) He ought those who were engaged in farm did not assume to th ing substantially Oa left for th • Speaking of the prizes to cottagers, eins al:es the their masters to do. service—that theY . jesaerci)thesneat manner in which the cottage h( he ee allotmentsaurl°gh were kept in that neighbourhood. In this last class the wife was included with the husband— ,lld for a very good reason—because the husband spent the day out at work, and it depended upon his partner to keep the cottage tidy and trim ; and it Was quite evident that unless the labourer found his home clean and comfortable when he returned from his toil he would be tempted to seek comfort, though 1 not perhaps cleanliness, in the neighbouring ale house. (Hear, hear, and a laugh.) Among the remaining prizes was " the bishop's Bible," awarded to a labourer for the regularity of his attendance at church and his consistency of character. The list having been completed the noble CHAIR MAN expressed the great pleasure he felt in having been the instrument to distribute the prizes, and said he hoped when they met again next year they would not only find as many successful competi tors as on the present occ those who were winners t winners then. (Cheers.) Ho concluded by wish. ing them all a happy new year. Three hearty cheers were then given for Lord and Lady Palmerston, his lordship remarking that be hoped the " cheer" the labourers had had that day bad ben as good as the cheers they had just given him. This part of the day's proceedings then termi nated. Later in the afternoon the members of the association dined together at the White Horse Inn, Romsey. Lord Palmerston was to have presided here also, but he was unexpectedly telegraphed for from Osborne, and Mr. T. W. Henderson, of Roke, took the chair in his absence. Among the guests were the Hon. R, H. Dutton, M.P., Mr. C. L. Lor- dan (Mayor of Romsey), the Rev. E. L. Berthon, the vicar, the Hon. and Rev. C. A. Harris, the Rev. ' W. H. Empson, and others. After the usual pre liminary toasts, The CHAIRMAN proposed << The he a lth o f th e county membe rs ," w hi c h was co: di a ll y rece i ve d . Mr. DUTTON, M.P., in responding, said the short period during which he had been in Parliament had been cha racterised as an unexciting one, but it had ve witnessed two general elections and two reform bill s. (A laugh.) It was perf e ctly true nevertheless e nither of those reform bills was carried, s e but the present Ministry came into office pledged to carry one, and perhaps th ey m i ght yet introduce another, although he could not s p ea k with any cer tainty as to that. (A. laugh.) If th e last session had not been very eventful the next ha r dl y promised to be much more s o , f or he had heard a great man ne remark that he thonght a prize ought now to be offered to the person who should introduce any important measure into Parliament. (A.laugh.) Having read the speeches made by public men in the course of the autumn, he was glad to find the cause of the poor man in such very good hands, be cause not only did the noble lord, to whom they had listened that day, take care of the poor man, but Mr. Gladstone had also spoken in his favour, and had been followed by the right hon. member for Buckinghamshire, whose business it was to keep an eye on the Chancello r of the Exchequer. (A laugh.) He begged to congratulate that society on its pro sperity and success. It was called a Labourers' En couragement Society, but, at the same time, a so ciety for stimulating those who had it in their power to encourage the labourers, because the value of their institution did not lie so much in the trifling pecuniary rewards it bestowed as in the general spirit of emulation which it diffused throughout the district. No class of men were more deserving of sympathy and support than the agricultural pea santry; and the farmers and their families had it in their power to confer, at a small inconvenience and sacrifice to themselves, an immense amount of benefit and comfort upon that humble but merito rious class. Much attention had been devoted last session to the subject of education, and yet the question bad, after all, been left pretty much as it stood before. He hadsomewhat changed his opinion as to the education which ought to be given to their labourers. He did not now think it necessary that it should be of as high a character as he had once sup posed. The child of the peasant had to earn his bread at an early age, and they must look to the evening schools to continue and complete his moral and intellectual training. The " Health of the bishop and clergy of the dio cese" was then given, and acknowledged by the Hon. and Hey. C. S. Harris, and the remaining toasts were of a purely local character. Ironmasters' Quarterly Meeting. The quarterly assemblies of the iranmastere of this district commenced at Wolverhampton yester day (Wednesday), the meeting on this occasion falling on the earliest day possible. Occurring so soon after Christmas, quietude was anticipated, and such was the case yesterday ; the attendance was also comparatively small. The business transacted was moderate ; it wiis more a meeting for talk than anything else, with a view to ascertain what the feeling is as to the future, as a guidance for the transactions which must be entered into at Birming ham. But although there was not much doing, the tone was good, better than it has been for two or three years ; this arises out of the convic tion that the prospects of the trade are improving, and that being long these will be more fully manifested. There can be no doubt whatever that the trade is at this moment in Et much better state than it has been for the last two or three years ; there is comparatively little of underselling, and the works are most of them steadily going. As to the future, to which reference has been made above, the grounds for encouragement are to some extent based on recent advices from America ; stocks are exhausted there ; iron is an imperative necessity, so that in existing circum stances neither the tariff nor the high freights consequent on the difficulty in the way of ship ping in American bottoms, can stop a consider able demand from that quarter, more especially if the war continues, and at this time there is no other prospect. It may be mentioned that a good deal of cau tion, almost amounting to timidity, was shown yesterday on the part of sellers, who were rather afraid to mak e b arga i ns l est pr i ces should go higher sooner than i s genera ll y expected. There is an increasi ng d eman d f or pig iron. Last quarter-day an a tt empt was m ade to esta blish a rise of h a lf- a - crown a ton ; the actua l advance was ls. 3d. ; but there was a further rise yesterday, when sales of good min e p i g were made at a rise of is. 3 d. per ton, so t h at the commodity is actually 2s. 6d. per ton dearer than it was four months ago, --- --- Horrible Murder in. Edinburgh. (From the Caledonian Mercury.) We have just learned, from information gathered on the spot, that in consequence of a difference be tween the well-known artistic hair jeweller, M. A. Milne, 31, South Frederick -street, who, it may be remembered, lately figured in the Bankruptcy Court, and a workman in hi employment named Paterson, residing, we are informed, in St. James'- street, a very serious assault was committed upon the latter by Milne, which we deeplY l The reget to learn, has ended in Paterson's death grounds of quarrel are not known ; and the haverto t r t a o n s s a p y i r a e n a y i .t -either from insufficient information th t h e propriety of from a feeling of delicacy about th ei e th l e e r ft b b r e e in a g st m, a , b it l h e communicating anything hoafdwbheiesnh suddenlyt b sy e a w r s e ei n s.. r pe o u o t s s ip co e o er d i t s h it i i n v g e l a y b c o e u r t ta i ti.n,shoaivaer as s ec th li e ne f d ac h ts it he would seem that Patersor_i e . . upon by lklilne, a knife. Either impossibility from alarm or from a feeling himself from a fresh attack, or allay the of his master, he rushed out of the shop, ferocity and st a b o b f d his i n s a nd took refuge with Mr. Forrester, baker, next door. By this time the blood was streaming pro fusely from the wound, and so excessive indeed had been the hemorrhage that in the course of a few minutes the unhappy man who had just lain down on Mr. Forrester's sofa breathed his last. Informa- tion was promptly conveyed to the Police-office. Dr. Littlejohn at once procured a cab, and was conveyed with all rapidity to the spot. Professional skill was, however, by that time totally unavailing. The unhappy perpetrator of this fearful act is said to be addicted to occasional fits of intoxication. For some time past it appears he has been in an excited state from drink. We may indeed mention that he has been in the hands of the police before. He was of course immediately apprehended and con veyed to the head office, whither shortly after wards the body of Paterson was removed on a stretcher. The Paris Savings' Bank during the last fort night receives 810,748 fr. and reimbursed 618,019 fr. The A carter, b e l ong i ng to a receipts of the Caisse do Retraites fo r the Aged during the same period amounted to PRIsON DISCIPLINE. having t for sleepin g been s en t ence d to th e high road, has j us t re t urno i home, after on his cart as it seven g d e ay n w e a i p L ri s o o n n d m o e n n , puansZlgOlii7his so-called punishment. He declares—to the astonishment of his mates —that he has never in his life been so comfortable or so well fed as during his incarcera tion, r egrets that hi s sentence did not exten d over t h e whole of the winter, and recapitulates the pi ison dietary with an amount of gusto that makes the mouths of his fellow labourers water, adding, that having slightly hurt his hand before sentence he has not been r, quired to work while in prison. What result may reasonably be expected from ouch case ? -