The Sun. — London, England, 1864-09-24 00:00:00

Atzi4/z PA as‘ //4, EWSPAYE ICrt the service of the Emperor of China -4 • was a course entirely opposed to all pr . i tional law He saw, however, in a paperpu s the er s day, which was devoted to giving news from in and Japan, that arrangements had been made for training Chi nese soldiers under British officers. Now, it appeared to him that if we allowed this to be done, if we supplied the Impe rial Government with the means of overcoming their ene mies by giving them men trained under British officers that we should be just as much responsible as if we allowed these officers to take service in the imperial army. He hoped the Government of this country would be induced to give up all interference in China, and that they would abandon a system which, he believed, involved us in very serious re sponsibilities, and which he was sure sooner or later, if it was persevered in, would compel us to take more active steps in order to bring to an end those disasters which that policy would inevitably bring upon the Chinese. • '-'14411‘1" • f i , , c • 7:7- • . I . '•/ A ,..3.= • . _ . • - • ‘. , • 0 - -t ,•-• • •-• • - ...)11 4 1127 = •-• 4114..„ _, - 14/10/144.,:Xa rN • . 1 10 1 , .rr • 1 - ‘. • D • • t ••""" - • DEAR DOCTOR, what do you advise ? I advise Alfred Mellon's Concerts, afterwards to EVAT\TS', Covent-garden. hear some charming singing, orde r one of their canital chops and magnificent potatoes, and that is the best advice I can give you. KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRIS a WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 35. Bd., at the Retail Houses in Ldon w hole s al eb the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or at N. 22,544. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 24, 1864. PRICE ...... ...4d. STAMPED ....sd. 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded LL Whisky." and principal adviser and councillor P Or would it Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., ONAND H E I R. "The author may fairly congratulate herself on having achieved a legitimate success."—Saturday Review. "A. remarkable and brilliant novel. Every page is attrac tive. We can give no idea of the power, beauty, and pathos with which the story is told. 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Special candle ticks , o fit thin candles, Is. and 2s. 61 each; reducing sockets, making them fit any candlesticks, 2d. each. TOILET SOAPS. Sherwooi Brown Windsor Soap, with a pleasant scent. Belmont Glycerine Soap, contains Price's Glycerine. Camphor and Glycerine Soap, fo tender skins in winter. GLYCERINE. SIIERWOODOLIC "Price's Glycerine" may be Cleans gloves and removes had from any Chemist, in grease and other stains. cansuled bottles, lettered Perfumed, in capsuled bot " Prica's Patent," from CA. tles, 6d. and ls. each. lipwards. Impure Glycerine has been sold In the state ment that it is "equal to Wholesal e b Retail throng' V Priqe a Patent Lon, h Any Grocer. t Caudle CompanyaLimitcd), don. pRIZE MEDAL.—INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, &C., &a, To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. Established 1770.) The jurors' Report( on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862. Testifies to the ureellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' kaanuiacture. A. disti nguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says:-- have found them f u lly equal to the recommendation which you have them, and can sincerely, in my turn„l corn- Mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest sluallty. With latted Wicks, patented.. is. id. per lb. Ordinary quality Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Rest quality . ....... . ....... . .....Is. sd. per lb. E- 0 03nd quality •• •• • is. 3d. per lb. Third qualify - is. id. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., 8 , South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— Kensington (Established 1730). The largetist Establishment in England for the Manufacture 01 Wax Candles for the use of the Altar T E E T H.—Mr. ESKELL'S PATENT ,—The exclusive right to this Patent was secured to Mr. yskell, of Grosvenor-street Grosvenor-square, by her Ma jesty's Royal Seal (July 17, 18430), and can only be procured at his residence, where specimens maybe seen, and every infor rnation can be obtained. Under this Patent, Artificial Teeth, to last a lifetime, are made, and fitted in a few hours without pain or extractions. They support loose teeth, and protect tender gums ; their resemblance to nature is perfect and un detectable, and they are guaranteed for mastication and articulation. Treatise on the subject sent for seven stamps. Consultations flee. OPINIONS OF TFIE PRESS. "Mr. Eskell, dental-surgeon, has succeeded in producing artificial teeth, and so constructing them that they last their Purpose a lifetime. . . . The process has been'patented, and promises to be most valuable."—Court Journal, August 4 ,1860. "A surprisin g novelty in the adaptation of artificial teeth to the gum by a patented principle, which secures the most Perfect aid, combined with the greatest ease and agreeable a ppearance."—Morning Advertiser. August 9,1860. Decayed teeth stopped, &c. Terms strictly moderate. 8, Grosvenor-street, Bond-street. CAMERON'S GOUT SPECIFIC, An Effectual and Speedy Remedy for the Gout, Rheu matism, Sciatica, Lumbago, and Neuralgia. This invaluable Medicine is so pre-eminently efficacious as to admit of no parallel. Instances have been known, in which sufferers have been confined to their apartments, hand and foot, writhing under the most intense agony, whose sufferings, to the asto nishment of their friends, have been wholly removed in less than 24hours after taking the above medicine, and theme elves rendered able to resume their avocations, Indeed, the effect has been such, and brought about in eo harmless and speedy a manner, that the proprietor, with the utmost confidence, challenges the medical world to produce a medicine equal to it. To the constitution it is harmless; to the fluids of the human frame it adds an agreeable impetus t to the system generally it is invigorating to a degree unparalleled ; and male or femal e m ay take it to equal advantage. A dose of the above medicine taken about once a month operates most effectually in preventing a return of the complaint. Price ls. lid., 28. 9d., and is. 6d. per bottle. 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BERNARD DAVIS, 410, EUSTON-ROAD, LONDON. Optician to the Institutions. SPECTACLES.—Lenses gro un d on a new "-- 1 principle, requfring less than half the usual maßnifyin g PoWer, and with which the smallest print may be read to ex treme old age. (From the "Medical Circular," Nov. 16, 1859.) "We have seen Mr. Davis's improved spectacles, and by their aid the most defective vision may be improved." aSteel Frames and Pebbles, 10s. 6d. and 7s. 6d. Glasses, oe 6 d., 4s. 6d„ 3s. Cd. Country retideuts suited by stating The Oxford and Canterbury H a ll C ompany ( li m it e d) . CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster -road, London. GRAND OPTICAL ILLUSIONS. PRINCE BLOSSOM; OR S THE FAIRIES OF THE MAGIC FOUNTAIN AND THE FOREST OF SHADOWS Prince Blossom, Miss 'Bownley. Also, the New and successful Illusion, entitled THE TERCENTENARY; or, a NI iIIT WITH. SHAKSPERE. Operatic Selections, Glees, &c., by the whole of the talented Artistes. Comedy by Mr. W. Randall ; Mrs. W. 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A samplebottle of the medicine forwarded free to all parts on receipt of 40 stamps. Address It. Cameron, 40, Tavistock-street, Covent garden, London. Ti HE A T RE-ROY AL, DRURY-LANE. Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. The public is respectfully informed that this Theatre will OPEN for the DRAMATIC SEASON Tills EVENING, Sept. 21, when will be performed, in consequence of the un qualified success which attended its revival last season, the First Part of Shakespere's Play of HENRY THE FOURTH. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Phelps ; Hotspur, Mr. Creswick. . • THIS EVENING (Saturday), Monday, 26, and during the week, the performances will commence with the Farce of AN APRIL FOOL. After which, at half-past 7 o'clock each Evening, the First t of Shakespere's Play of HENRY THE FOURTH. Princloal characters by Messrs. Phelps, Creswick, Walter Lacy, - Henry Marston, 11. Roxby, Cr. Belmore. Edmund !'helps, A. Raynor, G. F. Neville, F. Morton, H. Barrett, Fitzjames, A. Raymond, T. Matthews, D. Cormack, &c. ; Miss 'Men Howard, Miss Arabella Smyth (harp ( bligato to song, Mr. Frederick Chatterton), and Mrs. C. Melville. To conclude with the Farce, by John Oxenford , Esq., en. titled BEAUTY OR THE BEAST At the termination of the Play the National Anthem will be sung. Vocalists, Miss Rebecca Isaacs, Miss Arabella Smyth, and Mr. Bartleman. Doors open at half-past Six, commence at Seven. _ _ - . Full prospectus of the Season Arrangements to be obtained at the Box-office from 10 till 5 daily. On Saturday, Oct. 1, will be performed the Second Part of Shakespere's Play of HENRY THE FOURTH. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS.-HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Positively for One Month Only. EVERY EVENING at 8. Mdlle. Liebhardt—The Full Choir—Mdlle. Marlot De Beauvoisin -31. Lotto—Full Band of 100 Performers. Conductor, 31. JULLJEN. 31. JULLIEN begs to announce that he has received the following telegram from Copenhagen : "The GUARDS' BAND and VOCALISTS left tit s alter noon by the Chanti elev." Immediately on their arrival they will have the honour of appearing at 31. Jullien's Concerts. THE WIZARD OF THE NORTH.- THIS EVENING et 8 o'clock- coth'ancl 21st Appearance lies Anderson, the second-Sighted Sybil. Secure your stalls and tickets at Mr Austin's Ticket Office, 28, Piccadilly. Open daily from Ten till Five. " THE WORLD OF MAGIC." ANTHROPOGLOSSOS.—ST.JAMES'S Piccadilly.—Great Success!—Extraordinary Excitement. - The AN ROPOG LOSSOS, Automaton Vocalist, Wonder of the World. [lteistered according to Acts 1843 and 1850, 6 and 7 Vie., c. 13 and 14 Vic., c. 1( 4, and copyright secired an ! entered at Stationer's Hall.] OPEN DAILY, from 12 till 10 o'clock. The Exhibitions take place at the commer cerrent of each hour, viz., 12, 1,2, 3,4, 5,6, 7. 8, and 9 o'clock. Admission, One Shilling. Tickets at Mr. Austin's office, St. James's H all, 2t, Pima di ly, W. MR. GERMAN REED'S New OPERA di CAMERA ENTERTAIN 3IENT.—TO-N IGHT, at Eight o'clock, THE SLEEPING QUEEN, by 31. W. 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Manager—M. GRENET. SPORTINGIBODKS, GUIDES. CIRCULARS, &c. CR. GLENIE, Sporting Library, 4, Connaught • terrace, Ilyde-park, has on hand, or gets to order, all Sporting an I General Books, Newspapers, Periodicals, Am lie also buys Sporting or other books in large or small quantities. Just ready, ls. post free, WEATHERBY'S SEPTEMBER PART of the RACING CALENDAR, containing the result of all the Races from January 1 to end of August. Also WRIGHT'S RECORD. is.; M`CALL'S CHRONICLE 10d,; and RUFF'S GUIDE, is. Agent for M'Call and Wright's Handicap Books, Id. each • also for Swlton, Judex, Lang, and Locket's Circulars, each post free. Betting Cooks from Is. each. Sporting Papers, the Times, The Sun, and every other paper posted to any pert. Special and only West-end Agent for the Late Edition of "r HE SUN" Newspaper. The Trade supplied. BANK OF ENGLAND, 221 Sept., 1864. THE GOVERNOR and COMPANY of the BANK of ENGLAND give notice— That the GENERAL COURT held at the Bank of Eng land this day is AD JOURNE D till TUESDAY next, the 27th instant, at Eleven o'c ock in the forenoon, for the pur pc se of taking the determination, by note in prin . or writing, of the Question on the following Resolution proposed at the Court for a Dividend, viz : " That a half-yearly Dividend of Interest and Profits be made, on the 10th of October next, of 16 15s. per Cant. without deduction on account of income tax." The Voting will commence at Eleven o'clock, and termi nate at Four. HAMMOND CIIUBB, Secretary. rub PERSONS SEEKING LANDED JL 1; E A ATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND PROPER TIES GENERALLY — To BE HAD GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls throughout the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, No. 67, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. E. and 11. 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' 50 Catch'em Alive. 50 Welcome. 50 Asteroid. 15 Suspicion. 20 Gratitude. 20 Retainer. 20 Fanfreluehe. 20 Calista colt. 25 Alabama. 25 Tattoo. 2, Giant. 30 Caribbrook. 60 to 1 ai CADIBRID, 7 other. 20 Brick. 25 Gratitude. 33 Tattoo. 33 Stockinger. 90 Gemma. 40 Trap. ESIII 11 E. 40 Canzonette, 40 Giant. Balornock. 40 Columbia. 40 Baldwin. 60 to 1 any other. THE DANISH QUESTION, VIENNA, Sept. 20. Tho newly established Liberal organ, the Neue Freie Press°, publishes the following interesting article upo❑ the latest turn taken by the peace ne- gotiation s " Widely spread reports impart increasing proba bility to the belief that the opposition of Denmark, and the diplomatic interposition of the other Cabi nets in her favour, have not remained without in fluence upon the great German Powers. The state ment recently made with some positiveness could otherwise hardly have arisen. It is to the effect that the Cabinets of Vienna and Berlin have already made a series of concessions, and were now upon filo point not only of evacuating Jutland, but also of ceding to Denmark a considerable portion of North Sehles. wig, consisting of the town of Christiansfeld, and ing, upon the other hand, how decisively the influ• ence of Russia operates upon the policy of Prussia at every important period, and that the Ereuz Zei tung party—the best friends of Russia—ale now at the head of affairs in Prussia, the protracting tactics of Denmark appear in quite a different light, and it is impossible to deny the likelihood that her dar jog hopes may to some extent be realised. " We trust that a (I cision will be come to in good time at Vienna and Berlin, and a stroke be made through the Russo-Danish calculations. But every day's delay increases the danger that the prelimi• naries conquered in blood shall remain a dead letter, and that Germany will again be offered that which she has already seen twice in the Schleswig-Holstein question a peace giving the dwarf a right to mock and challenge th e ' g i an t for another decen nium." some four square miles of territory upon the eastern and western coasts. ''his was the announcement flashed to us yesterday and to-day by telegraph from Copenhagen, with the addition that all these fine things had already been called by resolutions of the Conference. We learn at the same time the Eider• Danish organs are not even content with these, we trust hypothetical, gains of Danish diplomacy. Daybladet takes the Government very sharply to task because the stipulation as to the four square miles to be given up by North Schleswig to Den mark is not sufficient. Denmark should have at ,east the whole of North Schleswig returned to her. These are the hopes at present entertained in Copen- hagen, so greatly has Danish arrogance recently in creased. The list of highly disquieting rumours to the German cause is, however, not by any means exhausted. Copenhagen is no longer contented with the allies evacuating Jutland and giving up to Den mark a good portion of North Schleswig. Public opinion in the Danish metropolis goes a few steps further, and ventures—upon the ground of reports from Herr von Scheel-Plesscn, the plenipotentiary at the Vienna Conference—to entertain the hope that:the efforts of foreign countries in favour of the Danish cause will succeed in conducting the ulti mate solution of the Duchies question gradually back to personal union. "Some time ago, when the first symptoms of a diplomatic intervention of the Western Powers and Russia came to light, the General Correspondent stated, in very decisive terms, that the preli• minaries of August 1 constituted an unaltered and unwavering basis of the peace negotiations. This semi-official statement appeared to many not merely an avant courier of replies of the Cabinets of Vienna and Berlin to the Anglo-French representations in favour of Denmark declining all foreign interven tions, but also as a method of appeasing distrustful public opinion. In the latter respect the object was certainly attained, for people have generally grown tolerably weary of the Sehleswig.Holstein question; and who could suppose it possible that two military Powers like Austria and Prussia, after the success which has attended their arms, should permit even the slightest change in the preliminaries they had conquered ? Nevertheless, the reports of concessions of the great German Powers to Denmark assume daily a more serious shape, and if we are to credit the news from Copenhagen the preliminaries of the 18th August, declared unalterable some days ago with semi official pathos, have already ceased in their most important points to constitute the basis of the definitive peace to be concluded with Den. mark. Mark well I Denmark first declared she would only prolong the armistice provided she obtained the cessation of the occupation of Jutland as an equivalent for the abandonment of the blockade of the German ports stipulated by that armistice ; then she demanded the return of a good portion of North Schleswig to cover the flank of Funen ; and now she actually hopes to render the preliminaries altogether illusory, and get back the Duchies by means of the personal union advocated by Russia and the Western Powers. Are the diplomatists really to destroy in this question, as in so many others, that which the sword appeared to have vic toriously decided ? " We do not say that the Danish hopes will be fulfilled ; but it appears to us hardly matter for doubt that the situation has become fur less favour. able to the great German Powers than it was some weeks ago, and that the Conference negotiations have hitherto yielded either no results at all, or only unfavourable results to Germany. Despite all her reverses and humiliations, Denmark, reckon , ing upon German patience, has contrived, with her old faithlessness, to protract the negotiations; and since the heir to the Russian throne has betrothed himself at Fredricsburg to King Christian's second daughter, the influence of Russia—who only aban. doned her claim upon Holstein under condition that a blood relation of the Russian Imperial House should ascend the Schleswig-Holstein throne—has become all powerful at the court of Copenhagen. France also endures with illeconcealed anger the incorpora tion of Schleswig-Holstein with Germany; and it is well known that England would oven prefer Russian to German awr y in the Duchies on the Elbe, Weigh. THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. (From the Time; Correspondent.) NEW YORK, Sept. 0. General M'Clellan has formally accepted the Chicago nomination, but explained away the " platform" of the Convention. He is for union " at all hazards," but will not, even to restore the Union, consent to set aside the Constitution of the United States, or make the abolition of slavery a sine qua non of discuision's tending to the restora tion of peace. He says nothing of the armistice and convention of the States which was the ruling idea oQ the Convention. Without repudiating either the language, the sentiments, or the intention of the re solutions adopted by that body, he puts his own in terpretation upon them ; and, if elected, will come already e trampled t o a f n o o e d e e d and was a C o nst i tut i on whatunder foo into office unpledged to anything but the Union and e once h n :o C t o h n o t Great u r e t a i o t Republic,n—a supers ede d in on e -half U nio n and on the plea of military necessity in the other. Be tween Mr. Lincoln and GeneraliM'Clellan there is little to choose on public grounds, The one would restore the Union by fire, sword, abolition of negro slavery, and extermination of the white people ; the other would restore it by of f ering the South every thing it claims, or can claim, except independence. That offer failing to conciliate the people or the leaders, he would be in the same predicament as Mr. Lincoln, and compelled either to make peace with an enemy whom he had vainly striven to coerce or persuade, or carry on the war till one party or the other was broken and exhausted. To the South—if it have the strength and the will to persevere—the difference between the two candi dates resolves itself into as little as that between those renowned musicians—" Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee." The tune is fundamentally the same —the sole divergence from the score consisting in the flourishes and the appoggiature. The Republican party, seeing the danger which menaces it from divided councils, is rapidly closing up its ranks. Mr. Horace Greely has accepted Mr. Lincoln as a pis aller, and will for the future support him with all the influence at his command. Mr. Chase will doubtless be found in the Lincoln ranks when the day of ballot approaches, and every effort will be made to induce General Fremont to withdraw. Mr. Lincoln's friends look for help in every quarter, and despise none that' is offered, however feeble. Even the pert spinster who de livers parrot-like lectures to grey-bearded men upon the strategy of generals and the policy of statesmen, and who formerly had no words contemptuous enough to express her estimate of Mr. Lincoln's abilities, is paraded in the Republican journals as having resolved to support his claim to re-election. Miss Dickinson does not seem to have changed her opinion of Mr. Lincoln personally, but will support him, because the party has and can have now no other choice. " Either the Republican party must control," she says, "or Heaven will weep and hell laugh aloud," and other buncombe to the same effect. Mr. Wendell Phillips has not yet pronounced on the question; but, if General Fremont should be induced to retire, will doubtless help the cum of Mr. Lincoln by his silence, if he cannot advance it by his vote or his oratory. Mr. Seward, of course, accepts the pleasant duty of supporting his chief, and thereby himself, as Secretary of State for another term of four years, or 20 years, or any longer time that it may take to make him President of the 34 States. Being at home in his native village of Auburn, he was serenaded by a large concourse of his friends and neighbours, in celebration of the barren, but, as it then appeared both to Auburn and N —evr York, the fruitful victory achieved by General Sh erman at Atlanta. The Secretary made a speech in recognition of the honour, and in support of Mr. Lincoln and denunciation of General M'Clellan , h; which has attracted more than usual notice and comment, in consequence of the remarkable assertions it contains and the strange disclosures which it makes. Mr. Seward is always genial and joyous, except perhaps when he rings his little bell to consig n a political opponent to Fort Lafayette or Fort Warren. But even then it is to be supposed that the grimness is but transient, and that the originally kindly nature relaxes into hilarious benevolence towards all mankind—the aforesaid prisoner not included. His speech at Auburn partook of all his usual characteristics. It was hopeful, reckless, indiscreet, and, without offence, it may be added untruthful. It was " hope ful" when he said that under the influence of the cheering news from Atlanta all the discontent and despondency of the people had disappeared, and that the "rebellion" had become a mere eggshell that would be speedily crushed, "being brittle with the exhaustion of the vitality within." It wa s " reckless" when he asserted that there would be no draught, " because the army was being rein forced at the rate of from 6,000 to 10,000 men per day by volunteering. e These words were said on Monday the sth. On Wednesday, the 7th, M r , Stanton, who ought to know better than Mr. Seward, notified to General Dix that a draught will certainly and speedily be made in every district that has not filled up its quota under Mr. Lincoln's call for 500,000 men. Which of the two Ministers is to be believed—the one who speaks of matters that are not in his department, or he wh o Writes i offi cially ? Even supposing tto be true that volun teering goes on , brisk y • 1 the differe nce between 6,000 and 10,000 men per day is eno rmous ; and if the lower estimate were correct would have pro vided in the month just ended no less than 155,000 men. Can Mr. Seward believe this ? Or does any one in America believe that even one half of the number has been forthcoming within three months ? Mr. Seward is much too sanguine. He takes no and ; pains to verify his fi g ures, Lenott be relied upon for his facts by any one Who desires to ascer tain the truth upon competent authority. The in discretion of his speech is equally palpable. He told his audience that it was necessary not only to vote Mr Lincoln in aga in as President, but " to fight him in." lie also admitted that " the Federal capital was in some sort held constantly in siege by the rebels," a gloomy truth which seems to have escaped his lips by acaideat and was not at all in keeping with the otherwise roseate hues of his oration. Nor was it less indiscreet, seeing that Mr Lincoln, if he is to be a successful candidate for the Presidency, must secure the undivided vote of the Republican and Abolition party, to proclaim in his behalf that the Niagara let ter, to " all whom it might concern," was to be repudiated, and that the famous procla mation emancipating the slaves of the South " for ever," and declaring the intention of the Govern ment to maintain such freedom by the sword, would become a dead letter as soon as the South should lay down its arms and consent to re-enter the Union. Is such the policy of Mr Lincoln as the actual Presi dent ? And will Mr Lincoln, as President expectant, demand the suffrages of his party upon such a plat form ? If an affirmative answer be returned to these questions, Mr Lincoln has changed his mind since he wrote his letter to Niagara, and will break up the Republican party. If the answer be in the nega tive, where is the dieoretion of his Secretary of State But Mr Seward's speech had its good parts, and was singularly and gratuitously chivalrous towards his colleagues, He positively went out of his way to champion Mr Secretary Welles and Mr Secretary Stanton, who are boyond doubt the two most un popular men in America. To Mr Welles—known in the navy and to the newspapers as " Rip Van Winkle "—the man of a bygone age, and not at this moment half awake—is attributed by popular opi- nion the damaging fact that a few Confederate war steamers have been enabled to drive American corn. meree fromlhe ocean, or Bend it into British bot toms—and to Mr. Stanton is, in like manner, earl.• bated every failure and reverse of the Federal arms that has occurred since the diamsssal of Mr. Simon Ca ,moron to the splendid exile of the embassy to St. Petersburg. For these maligned and persecuted Ministers, Mr. Seward has nothing but words of graciousness. Like a good fairy, he drops pearls from his mouth, and like Ophelia in her madness he turns every affliction into favour and prettiness. The victory in Mobile Bay is not so much due to Admiral Farragut as to Secretary Welles. " Far ragut's fleet," says Mr. Seward, " did not make it self, nor did Farragut make it. It was prepared by the Secretary of the Navy." And as for Mr Stanton —a man whose war dispatches are no mote accu rate than Seward's orations, tho world is ignorant of its greatest men. "He that shall record the history of this war truthfully and impartially," exclaims the joyous sage of Auburn, " will write that, since the days of Carnot, no man has organ ised victory with ability equal to that of Stanton." But alas ! what is the use of ability if it be nnac- companied by success? Carnet was successful, and Stanton is not. Richmond is yet uncaptured, and Washington on Mr. Seward's own showing is still beleagured. These facts reduce the ability of the War Secretary to a point at which its value ceases to be appreciable to the fervent patriotism of the public. The military situation no longer commends itself to the exultation of sensible people. Mr. Seward's " eggshell " has still some vitality in it, and may yet be hatched into a very formidable cockatrice. Gen eral Sherman admits that although he has taken Atlanta, he did not consider it prudent to attack the undefeated army of the Confederates in the new position which they have assumed at 30 miles south of that city; and Secretary Stanton, aware of the fact, notifies the public, through General Dix, that he supposes it to be General Sherman's design to withdraw his advance columns, give his army rest in Atlanta, and re-establish his communications with his bases of supplies, which have been broken by the Confederate Generals Wheeler and Forrest. General Sherman, in a letter that reads as if it were not quite genuine, says it he has not achieved a vic tory, he does not know what a victory is; but if the capture of a city from which the enemy had removed all the valuables long before, and the occupation by the said enemy of a new position cf his own choice and in which his opponent does not see fit to assail him, is a great victory, it is difficult to define what can be meant by a small one. Evidently the great battle of the Georgian campaign has yet to be fought, and Sherman's position, 140 miles from his true base, and with enemies in front and rear and all around, cannot well be considered by any impartial critic or spectator as wholly devoid of peril. At Petersburg and Richmond there is no change, though there are many indications of a renewed conflict for the possession of that portion of the Weldon Railroad which the Federal army continues to hold. Even should the Confederates deem wise to leave Grant in unmolested occupation of that point, the necessity lies heavy upon Grant of making a movement of some kind, with or without reinforcements. Burmuda Hundred is proverbially unhealthy. The autumnal damps and fogs will soon be upon it, and his men must either die, fight, or remove to a healthier abiding place. It would appear, however, that the initiative of fighting will not be taken by General Lee; that a por. lion of General Early's corps has returned from the Shenandoah to take part in the onslaught, and that news of a great battle may be expected every day. General Grant, in a singular letter to a pri vate friend, which has been sent to all the journals for publication, asserts that " the rebels have now in their ranks their last man, and that they have robbed the cradle and the grave equally to get their present force." This is a strong figure of speech, and if there be really babies and dead men in the Confederate ranks, as the General says, Grant will have an easy victory. It is not exactly the military style of writ ing, but it has a flavour of the Far West, and is hugely popular. Grant, however,',is not a states man, a speaker, or a writer, and has yet to prove that he is much of a soldier in anything but in tenacity of purpose. This quality may be a virtue, if not carried too far. It remains to be teen whether Grant's tenacity, which has already cost 100,000 men, may not cost him, before all is over, one half of his remaining army and the last shred of his military reputation. Mr. Aytoun, M,P., on the Danish Question n Gp e re s er d v a a y l e , ntth throughout o o u n g . hou t In an address to his censtiTuente at Kirkaldy, on Wed man question, he thought that the feeling was generally the gentleman country u said—Withn try that G r a d n e: de clining to involve us in war, had arrived at a sound and wise conclusion. ( Applause . ) Government, v g e a r r n d m t to thent, in He was of opinion that very considerable misapprehension had prevailed for a long time as to the quarrel between Germany and Denmark with re spect to the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein. He thought that at the time the negotiations were going on, and until the debate in July had given an opportunity for the ex pression of the ideas of persons who held different, and, in some cases, diametrically opposite opinions upon this sub ject, the whole question was very considerably misunder stood. And to his mind one of the most extraordinary and most erroneous impressions which prevailed was that we might have conferred a great boon upon the Danes; that we might have gone to their assistance and enabled them to escape the calamities which had befallen them without in• earring any great risk, or at all events without being in volved in a war of any great magnitude or any very long duration. Now, he thought that this was a most erroneous impression. Some people imagined that in undertaking a war in defence of the Danes we should have had:to oppose the force of the two despotic Germanic Powers—Austria and Prussia. And he had heard Lord Palmerston blamed since the conclusion of the session for taking what was called " low rground" on this matter. Lord Palmerston stated that in the event of us having gone to war we should only have been able to send 40,000 or 50,000 soldiers to the Duchies to defend the Danes, and that we should have been opposed to an army of such magnitude that our 40,000 or 50,000 would not have been able to effect any considerable res ult against the force that would have been opposed to it. Now it appeared to him that Lord Palmerston was quite justified in the assertion which he made. He (Mr Aytoun) did not think it could rightly be described as taking " low ground," for a nation before going to war, to form an esti mate of the forces which it could spare for the struggle, and of the strength of the force which it had to meet. (Applause.) With regard, again, to the impression which had prevailed that we should only have had to oppose the two great despotic Powers, he must also be allowed to say that that was also a complete mistake. He bolieyed that we should not only have been opposed to those Powers, but also to the entire population of Germany. Mr Aytoun proceeded to give a lengthy statement of the history of the Deno-German pies. ion, and to sketch the circumstances out of which the dif ferences across that tilt iwately issued in the war in D. numb.. He traced the connection which had existed between Den mark and the Duchiee, and showed that the relationship between them had always been of a complicated character, arising, among ()there, out of the different orders of succes sion that prevailed in Denmark and the Duchies. lie be lieved that for the last 20 years great dissatisfaction had pre vailed in the Duchies against the Government of Denmark, He begged it moreover to be borne in mind that in Germany what was called the principle of nationalities had been adopted with great ardour by the people. Ov( r all Europe, in fact, there seemed at present a great desire among popula tions of the same race to become united under the same Go vernment. A feeling prevailed among the German people, not only to unite all the different members of the Confede tion more closely together, but to draw into that unint those other populations, such as Holstein, which was already a portion of the Confederation, and of Schleswig, which was not included in the Confederation. The question of embracing these Duchies had deeply engrossed the mind of the whole democratic class of the German population. It was, +therefore, he urged perfectly clear that this party in Germany would have supported their Government in whatever course they took. This question of the duchies was, in short, one of those very few questions on which the Democratic party in Germany could possibly have united with the two despotic powers of Austria and Prussia. It was therefore perfectly clear that if we had gone to war we should have found ourselves opposed not only to the two great Powers he had mentioned, but likewise to the whole population of Germany. It could not fail acoordingly to strike every one that it would have been a war which we could not have carried on without attacking the dominions of the Powers to which we were opposed in other parts of Europe. If we made war with the whole of Germany and Austria and Prussia, we should have been obliged to blockade the ports of the Baltic and to have attacked the Austrian dominions in the Adriatic ; so that we would not only have waged a war of the very greatest dimensions, carried on in various parts of the world, but a war, the duration of which no one could possibly foresee, and the results of which would have been most uncertain. After sketching the history of the treaty of 1852, ho went on to say that even supposing that we had disregarded the consequences of war—that we were willing to incur all the risks and losses which war inevitably entails upon those who were engaged in it, we should in the event of proving successful and defeating the Germans, have not known what to do with the Duchies. ii' we had succeeded in driving the Germans out of the Duchies. we should then have been reduced to the necessity of saying to the people of these Duchies, "You must accept a Government whom you do not wish to be placed over you." He did not believe that any Liberal or Conservative Government would have adopted such a course, or if they had, that the people of this coun try would have, tolerated it. It might be that the people of the Duchies might yet find themselves much worse off under the rule of Prussia than under that of Denmark; but he thought it could not be denied that the Danes had pur sued a very unwise course in connection with this matter. He did not defend the course which had been pursued by the two great despotic powers, for he thought they had done a great deal which was entirely indefensible ; but he thought that the Government of this country in deciding not to enter upon a disastrous European war had come to a wise conclusion ; and he believed that public opinion through. out the country had already pronounced in favour of the position which the Government had taken up in this matter. (Cheers.) The next most important matter after this Dano-German question which came before Parliament, was the Budget. Now, he believed that the remission of taxa tion which the Chancellor of the Exchequer made in the Budget was perhaps, upon the whole, as satisfactory an ar rangement as the people under the circumstances expected. The remission of the duties on sugar was calculated to give relief to all classes; and the remission of ld on the income tax, small as it was, would, he had no doubt, likewise gene really be considered satisfactory. But there was one point in the Budget, which he did not think was equally satisfac tory, and that was the manner in which the duties on fire insurance had been dealt with. (Applause.) He thought that this was one of the worst taxes by which the public revenue of this country was collected. It was a tax, so to speak, upon prudence. It tended to check the habit of saving money, in order to provide against the contingency of destruction of property by fire, and as being opposed to the cultivation of a prudent habit he thought it might be called one of the worst taxes in the country. There were two courses open to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which he might with advantage have adopted. He might either have reduced the duties upon all classes of property upon which duty was paid, or he might have made a larger remission on one class, and left for the present the duty as it was upon the other classes of property. The Chancellor had adopted the latter course, and diminished the duty on fire insurances on stocks in trade, while he left the duty upon houses and furniture. This, he thought, was a defect in the Budget, but he did not think it offered a sufficient reason for compelling the Government to reconstruct the entire Budget. He hoped the duty on fire insurance would be reduced at no distant time upon other classes of property, as well as upon stocks in trade. He would like now to be allowed to say a few words upon the colonial policy of this country. lie thought that at present this subject was occupying more attention than it formerly did, more espe cially in the House of Commons ; and he was rejoiced to see this, because he was convinced that if we were to reduce the expenditure of the country it must be in reforms in our colo nial policy as well as in the policy we pursued in tho semi civilised countries of the East. There were some persons in this country who argued that the . colonies were of no use, and who considered, simply upon economical grounds, that they Aid not pay, and ought to be given up by the mother country. Now, he did not agree with these persons. Ile thought that having founded colonies in distant parts, and having induced our countrymen to go out to these colonies, we were bound to afford these countrymen that protection which they were led to expect when they went out to settle in those distant places. But he maintained that as these colonies increased in wealth and strength. they were bound to take a share in the expenses attendant upon their own defence. Let him ask whether this course had been pur sued with respect to our different colonies? If it had been pursued we should have found that our more advanced colo nies would now have been paying considerable sums to the mother country, or would have been providing largely in the shape of local troops or militia for their own defence. We found, however, that in Canada nothing of this kind had taken place. When we sent out a considerable force:to Canada after the affair of the Trent, and when there was a fear of hostilities with the United States, it was expected that the colonies would have made great exertions, and would have raised such a force as—acting in conjunction with the regular troops which we sent there—would have rendered Canada quite safe from attack. We found however, that the Canadians did nothing of the kind ; but, on the contrary, rested all the obligations of defence on this country. All the recommendations sent out to them to in crease their forces had produced no effect upon them what ever. At one time we were told, as an excuse for their doing so little for their own defence, that this resulted from certain political complications, and that when these com plications were at an end the Canadians would raise a very large and effective militia. In reality, however, it had turned out that the people of that country seemed to imagine that it was not their duty to provide in any considerable degree for their own defence; or, if this were not the case, they at least seemed to think that no force was requisite for thispur pose. The Canadians told us that if they become involved in any war with the United States, it would be from their connection with the mother country. They said that they could not be attacked by the people of the United States for any other reason than that the people of the United States had some ground of quarrel with the people of Great Bri tain. The Canadians, in effect, said, "When we were ex posed to danger in connection with that affair of the Trent, it was only in consequence of a quarrel which was not ours but yours; therefore you should provide for our safety.' He thought that was a view of the question which could not be sustained by argument. We could not be united with a country on such conditions as these. It could not for a mo ment be held that whenever the people of Canada had any favour to ask from this country—whenever they wanted money at a cheap rate for the construction of their railways —whenever they wanted anything done to:promote their ma terial interests, that we should do our best to fulfil their wishes; while, when we go to them and say that we ate willing to assist you— that it is your duty in the first instance to provide for the safety of your own territory, they turn round and tell us that their sole danger arises, not from their own quarrels, but from those of the mother country. Ho thought that such a state of things could not continue. Ile thought that the Government of this country, in not urging more strenuously up on the p eo pl e o f C ana d a t o pro vide for their own defence, and in not telling them that there might be an alteration in this respect, were doing more to endanger the connection between this country and the colonies, and doing more to shorten the period during which the mother country and the colonies might be united, than all the writers such as Professor Goldwin Smith, who had written in favour of separation on the ground of econo my. After referring to the recent loan granted to New Zea land, and condemning the policy of granting loans as a most erroneous policy, Mr Aytoun proceeded to make some remarks upon the war which is at present raging in New Zealand. Ho said that, being involved in the war, nothing remained to us but to bring it to a conclusion as soon as possible. The remedy which he thought the British Go vernment should bring into operation, with a view to pre venting future wars in the colonies, was this. The Go vernment should say to the colonies—" We shall assist you to defend yourselves in the lands which you at present oo cupy ; but if you insist upon going beyond your limits and taking possession of lands other than those you at present possess, you must do so at your own risk and at your own cost," (Applause.) It was almost a self-evident proposi tion that wherever the people of a country found that they could make war without any considerable expense to them selves that they would be very care l es s in avoiding, as they ought to do, all causes of collision. H e believed thac we would never be free from these colon ial wars until we made up our minds to throw upon the people of the colo nies the entire cost of these wars , which it was in their power, more than in ours, to avo id. Passing next t interest to the consideration of our policy in the East, he expressed his opi nion that it was our duty as wel l as our topreserve a policy of strict neutrality in eastern countries similar to i the policy which we purs ued in Europe and n America. He was very much afraid , however, that the policy of non interference which we carry ,out in regard to civilised nations we were neg lecting to carry out in the East. British subjects had been allowed by an Order in Cowie cil, which was now r e p ealed, to take commissions in Naval and Military Intelligence. Yesterday the hired troopship Light Brigade, 1,214 tons, Capt H. Evans, belonging to Messrs Mackay and Co., 1, Leadenhall- street, one of the flack Ball line of clipper ships which has been chartered by the Government for the con veyance of reinforcements to New Z alend, embarked troops from Government-quay, Gravesend, for Auckland. They consisted of 18 nor-commissioned officers end men of the 4th battalion of the military train from Woolwich-32 non commissioned officers and men and one officer's servant of the Royal Engineers, from Chatham-84 non-commissioned officers and men of the 70th Regiment, from Colchesten-70 men of all grades and four drummers and buglers of the Ist battalion of the 12th Regiment, from Chatham-171 non commissioned officers and men of the 50th Queen's Own Re giment, from Portsmouth-44 non-commissioned officers and men of the 43d Light Infantry, from Chatham-.and I 0 non-commissioned officers and men of the Army Hospital Corps. The following officers embarked with the rein forcements :—Major Thomas E. Holmes, 43d Light Jilfaff try, in command—Lieut Lionel St Aubyn (wife and child), 4th battalion Military Train—Lieut W.HutchinsrnMulloY, Royal Engineers—Ensigns Henry Pulsford Robson and Henry Stewart Bolton, Ist battalion 12th pegiment--En- Signs Digby T. 13rett, Tavern Q. Miller, F;Rewan, and R. C. J. Lyons, 43c1 Regiment—Lieuts C. F. Young and R. S. M'Gregor, 50th Queen's Own Regiment—and Lieut Chas. Rogers, 70th Regiment—total, 12 officers, ono officer's wife and child, one officer's servant, and 431 non-commissioned officers and men, the whole in medical charge of Staff Assist Surgeon Wallace, M.D. The Light Brigade is fitted up in a most excellent manner, and is supplied with every requisite for the health and comfort of the officers and troops during the voyage. Her main deck is light and lofty, giving 8 feet 3 inches clear. Only troops are carried, there being no passengers on board. The vessel is fitted with one of Dr Normandy's condensing apparatus, which is capable of distilling 500 gallons of fresh water daily from the sea during the voyage. In addition to her troops the Light Brigade carries oat a large and valuable miscellane ous cargo to the col Cony. The vessel was inspected previous to the embarcation of the troops, by Major-Gen. Sir Robert Walpole, K.C.8., accompanied by his Staff, when the ar rangements for the accommodation of the troops on board, as well as the provisions intended for their consumption, were considered satisfactory. Major-Gen. Walpole also in. spected the troops at Chatham prior to their embarcation. The different corps were embarked yesterday under the superintendence of Brigade-Major W. Congreve and the officers of the quartermaoter's staff at Chatham garrison, and in order to enable the troops to settle comfortably down on board before the vessel proceeds to sea the Light ' Brigade will not take her departure from the Tbames until to-day. _ _ _ _ _ - The War Department transport Bomarsund, Mr Spicer, master commander, shipped from the Ordnance-wharf, Chatham, yesterday, 12 of the 110-pounder 84 cwt Arm strong guns, and 8 of the 140-pounder naval Armstrongs for conveyance to the Royal Gun Factory, Woolwich, for the purpose of having some defects in the arrangements for sighting them made good, The Bomarsund will convey a supply of War Department stores from Woolwich to Chatham. The screw steam corvette Brisk, 16, Capt. Charles W. Hope, in Plymouth Sound,was inspected yesterday (Friday) by Port-Admiral Sir Charles H. Fremantle, K.C.8., and is appointed to sail to-day (Saturday), for her station, Aus tralia. The screw steam frigate Doris, 30, at Plymouth, has made several trials of her engines and machinery lately. Some of these trials were for the purpose of testing a new mode of ventilation, which does not appear to have been very suc cessful. On Thursday she was hauled from Ramona into the north basin at Keyham, to be completed for the first division of the Steam Reserve. The Black Prince, 40, screw, iron frigate, Capt. James F. B. Wainwright, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from the westward, and on anchoring exchanged salutes with the flagship of Admiral Sir M. Seymour, G.C.8.; the Vic tory, Capt. F. Scott, C. 8., and A.D.C. to the Queen. Capt. the Right Hon. Lord F. li. Kerr, succeeds Capt. Wain wright iu the command of the Black Prince, the latter offi cer being appointed to the Governorship of Bermuda. The Glatton, 14, screw, iron cased floating battery, 1,535 tons, 150 horse power, is having her machinery taken out in the steam basin of Portsmouth dockyard, preparatory to being broken up. The Racoon, 20, screw corvette, Capt. Count Gleichen, is in the Warrior dock at Ports _nou' h repairing damage to her false keel. Her lower yards and topmasts have been sent down, in process of her refit for further service. The Royal Alfred, 35, ion cased frigate, will be launched at Portsmouth on the 16th prom , minus her armour plating which will afterwards be affixed to her sides. The Sparrowhawk screw gun corvette has been masted under the new tubular slicers in tho steam basin of Ports mouth dockyard, and is fast progressing in her rigging and outfit for commission. Her Majesty's screw troopship Urgent, with the head quarters of 'the 23 battalion Scots Fusilier Guards, under the command of Col. F. Stephenson, C.B„ was to leave Quebec on the 14th inst., and is expected to arrive at Ports• mouth on or about the lat pros. The battalion will be sta tioned at St. Georges Barracks on ita arrival in London. The Wolverine, 20, screw corvette, Capt. A. F. R. de Horsey, is complete in her refit at Portsmouth, with the exception of the removal of her wooden catheads from her bows, and is expected to go out of harbour to Spithead on. Tuesday next. The Rosamond paddle corvette (late Eclair), 1,059 tons, is being broken up, under contract, in No. 9 dock at Posts mouth. The Thunderer sailing line-of-battle ship has. been cut down to her maindeck port-sills in dock at Portsmouth, and is being fitted as the future target ship for testing armour plates at Portsmouth. For this purpose her lower deck will be fitted inboard and thwart ships with a splinter-proof battery for four guns ; a 401 u. timber butt, 34ft. distant from the muzzles of the guns, for the armour plates to rest upon; and, forward of the armour plate butt, a splinter screen to arrest the further progress of any part of the pro jectiles which pass through the armour plates and butt. The sides of the ship on the lower deck, in the space be tween the battery and the armour plate butt, will be lined with 1-inch iron. It will be nearly the spring of next year before the work is completed. The Warrior, 40, screw iron frigate, Capt. the Hon. A. A. Cochrane, C. 8., completed her coaling up to 700 tons on Thursday, and is under orders to rejoin the Channel fleet. Five hundred tons of coals were taken on board at Spithead on Thursday by her own crew in less than eight hours. The Warrior weighed her anchor at 6 45 p.m., with steam up in her after boilers, for Portland. Her Majesty's steam troopship Dee, Master Commander Raymond, having shipped a couple of boilers for the Helicon at Portsmouth, and other stores for that and Plymouth yards, yesterday left Woolwich for Greenhithe to adjust compasses for sea. The Dee, according to present orders, will embark a number of second-class lads from the Fisgara on Monday and will leave Greenhithe for her destination. Permission has been granted by the Board of Admiralty to the Turkish officers belonging to the frigates Relepers Thareth and Estourel, now being engined by Mr John Stewart, at Blackwell, to go through a course of Armstrong gunnery instruction on board the flagship Fisgard, at Wool wich, with a view of making themselves thoroughly ac quainted with that species of armament intended to be adopted by the Turkish fleet. A number of the officers sufficiently conversant with our language have consequently been in daily attendance at Woolwich during the week, and apply themselves to the work most zealously, carefully noting down in their memoranda the peculiar denomina tions of each part of the gun, and phrases used by the gunners. The old flagship still remains without her top masts, and the main and mizenmasts are in a fearfully de cayed condition. It is high time their Lordships seriously considered the necessity of replacing her with a ship more roomy and better adapted for the service in which the Fis gard, now quite rotten, has been for so many years em ployed. The decks are leaky, and the ship throughout is beyond the possibility of further repair. The 31st Regiment, commanded by Col. Eager, at present quartered in the Raglan Barracks, Devonport, are under orders for the camp at Aldershot, whence the 6th Regi ment will depart to relieve them. The 2d Queen's Own Regiment, commanded by Col. Addison, also quartered in Raglan Barracks, are expecting orders for the Curragb, Ireland. It is reported at Devonport that the 2d will bo relieved by the 75th, On Thursday the :troops of the Nth Lancers, stationed at Colchester, were reviewed by Makin-Gen. Lawrenson, In spector-Gen. of Cavalry, who was attended by Capt. Fraser, his aide de camp. Major. Gen. Lawrenson cxpresmed to Col. Dickson his general satisfaction with the appearance of the regiment. The following officers have pasPed their examinations at the Royal. Naval College, Portsmouth, in steam, and have received their certificates accordingly:—Commanders James East, D. G. Davidson, Peyton Blakislon, E. F. Holme, Edward Stubbs, and Capt. J. B. Oldfield. The following appointments and promotions were made yesterday at the Admiralty : —Lieut. Alfred Markham and Lieut. Hugh S. Baillie, to the Achilles—Charles Bawden, master ill command of the Supply, promoted to be staff commander--F. 0. Hartshorne and 11. C. D. Ryder, mid-. shipmen to the Geyser—J. Bruce (b), promoted to be chief engineer —and Henry J. Davies, assistant clerk, to the Blenheim, The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). T H 0 X F 0 D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. During this week will be performed, Selections from the following Operas, viz., THE TROVATORE, NABUCO. 'UN BALLO IN MA.SCHERA. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, by Verdi; and THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, by Sir H. iiishop. Principal Artistes:—Misses Russell, Tyrr,ll, Walmsley, Fitz-llenry, and Barrie ; Messrs. Marini, Hush, Green, Mircello, and Albert. Comedy by UNSWORTH, EUGENE, W. Randall, C. Burton, and Mdlle. Cavalho, the celebrated Comedienne and Mimic. Admission—Area, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, Is. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d.