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. . • _ - - Z ( / or - E „ //<-6=- A f rf 2,q 0 0 .4 *. a . IIIIIL to wouus. IN Oft* - • hat command there _ . I • At - 4 4 , ,„, -- _ _ - n • • rush of fir - i ; ' • L ' .1 z „ • • , • 44' I r N4 i 4e , 'a If _ . , • ~ 'I P , ,N 4 . • . _ 0 ( - -4 DRO IT . • / DIE 1110 4 i, . Ir e e ptio V. • . . .. „ . !THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. X Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. EDMUND FALCONER. The public is respectfully informed that this Theatre, having been Re-modelled, Decorated, and Embellished in a truly magnificent and costly style, is now open. Notwithstanding the immense expenses incurred in the arrangements, the Prices of Admission will bees usual, and similar to those of the principal London Theatres, viz. : Private Boxes, 10s. 6d., 215., £1 lls. 6d., £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. HIS EVENING will be presented Mr. E. Falconer's Comic Drama, entitled NEXT OF KIN. Principal Characters by Mes , rs. 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 ! "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 I) ;NSON and SONS. The Ma chinery by Mr. TUCKER. The Costumes by Mr. MAY and Mrs. CLARKE. The Masks, Designs, and Personal Appointments by the celebrated DYK-WYN-KYN ; com pleted under his direct supervision by Messrs. GLIN)ON, 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. EARLY MORNING. Little Goody Two Shoes—Miss 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 she gained the name of ' Little Goody Two Shoes.' "—Old istory. 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, Niminy, Pim.ny, &c., &c. Sir Timothy Gripe (Lord of the Manor), Mr. TOM MATTHEWS. Graspall (his Steward), Mr. SHAW. Villagers—Messrs. Bumkin,Whackstraw, Oatcake, Chew 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 Good Nature (assuming the form of Goody Peabody), Miss KATE SAXON. Gamekeepers, Messrs. Popp and Bang. Footman, Mr. Powdernob. Page, Master Buttons. Housekeeper, Mrs. Chickabiddy. How Little Boy Blue 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 FOREST.—SUNSET. " When good Little Goody Two Shoes had finished her ten sets of letters, she invited a great number of her poor Itttle Companions to meet together under an old oak tree, and there she taught them."—Old Stor y. The Demon Envy, Mr. GLIN PON. 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 QUEEN. OUTSIDE OF LITTLE GOODY'S COTTAGE, MILL BROOK, AND ANCIENT BELFRY. " Who killed Cock Robin P I, said the Sparrow, with my Bow and Arrow."—Old Nursery Legend. The Sparrow, Mr. Take•art-Aim. The Fly, Master Buzzy. The Fish, Mr. Gillbut. 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 BOLENO (his first appearance here these two years) and Mr. C. LAURI. Scene I.—GRAND HINT 0' NATIONAL (THEATRE) EXHIBITION OF FUN I The Meeting of all Nations--Gold Washing and Gold Finding —Armstrong's Breech-loader—the Exhibition Bells and Belles of the Exhibition—Clown rings one of the Belles --a Belle 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 sud den influx of Strange Visitors and close of the Exhibition. Invented and Produced by Boleno (Registered). Pantomimists--HARRY 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 NATIONAL LODGING-HOUSE. Lodgings! Lodgings I Lodgings I—House Full—A Fair Sample 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—ADarnp Bed with Sheets of Water (which are always damp)—Bottling 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—a new method of getting off to sleep—forty winks—Harlequin Box and Cox (up)—'Tis when to sleep the World retiree—the Vision—an unwelcome Visitor—The Shades of Night and th e 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. 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 be will play a Solo on the smallest Banjo in the world and 12 Common Garden Pots—Pataloon has Five Bars rest— Clown gets D rumme d i n an d qu i ckly gets Drummed Out A Supply o f N at i ves—a fa i r Division—the head of the Ag force and everybody taken in and done for. Sc A en isr e D 4— G TH RE E A I T SL I D N O G G. TO sH N O A w G , RI C C A U T L - I s ' H R O A W L , HA AN LL D . FLOWER-SHOW. Flowers of Loveliness and Flowers of the F7est—going to see the Gieen Bushes — Heartseas e and Tulips— com i ng in Pears (pairs)—a clearing Pair --Fruits st Fruits o f Industry -Music, ry —Music, the Food of Love — l calculate not--Musicha—th Charms—not so always—Where's the Police ?—Opening of the Great National Deg Show — Port Whine and Bark —an I mpu d en t puppy—Carrots and a Turn-up—cl own gets Pugnatious—a Dog-MA—Deg cheap and dear Hound— Clown keeps the Dog Watch, which he enters—the Way to Barking—Clown and Pantaloon gone to the Dogi f ,—. Sweet Sounds—Calculation, Multiplication, and down, and Vexation —Clown's Cat Show—eats - up and Cats a Cat for the Garotters—Descend ye n ine—Do ' Meat—Cat,' Meat—a Jolly Dort—a Pair of Tabbie s—the Cats—the Seat. of War—How . it -.6vtilltlattelrleesnistaa Prize Fight Catastrophe which a p r i ze Cup—Catalessts— which leads to a Cataract of the Feline Race, and thus ends the Catalogue. 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Doors open al Half•past Six, commence at Seven. Acting_ Manager, Mr. F, B. CHATTERTON. PRICE..... ..4d. STAMPED ....sd. two naiies and a half the right wing of our army had Leen driven, and faintness of heart came over me as the destruction of our whole army seemed to stare us in the face ; but the word went forth from Rosecranz—the flower of the left wing and the centre of the right. The right of Davis's division, assailed at the same time as Johnson's, gave way simultaneously, and the rout of the remainder seemed to foliow as a matter of course. This left to General Sheridan the task of repelling the hitherto strecessful onset of the foe. Never did man labour more faithfully than he to perform his task, and never wes a leader seconded by more gallant sot diers. His division formed a kind of pivot upon which the broken right wing turned in its flight, and its perilous condition can easily be imagined when the flight of Davis's division left it without any protection from the triumphant enemy who now swarmed upon its front and right flank ; but it fought until a fourth of its number lay bleeding and dying upon the field, and till both remaining Brigadier- Commanders, Colonel Roberts and Colonel Schaeffer had met with the same fate as General Sill; then it gave way, and as in almost every instance of the kind, retreat was changed to rout, only less com plete than that of the troops of Johnson and Davis. All these divisions were now hurled back together into the immense cedar thickets which skirt the turnpike, and were hurried over toward the right, and massed rank behind rank in an array of impos ing grandeur along the turnpike, and facing to the woods through which the rebels were advancing. The scene at this tint was grand and awful as any thing that I ever expect to witness until the day of judgment. I stood in the midst and upon the highest point of the somewhat elevated sp :ce, being between the turnpike and the railroad, and forming the key to our entire position. Let the rebels once obtain possession of it and the immense train of waggons parked along the turnpike, and the Union army was irretrievably ruined. Even its line of retreat would be cut off, and nothing could save it from utter rout, slaughter, and capture—and yet each minute it became more plainly evident that all the reinforcements which had been hurried into the woods to sustain and rally the broken right wing and check the progrees of the enemy in that direc tion had proved inadequate to the task, and had in turn been overthrown by the great mass which was straggling in inextricable disorder through the woods. Such sounds as proceeded from that gloomy forest of pines and cedars were enough to appal with terror the stoutest hearts: The roar of can non, the crashing of shot through the trees, the whizzing and bursting of the shells, the uninter rupted rattle of 30,000 muskets, all mingled in one prolonged and tremendous volume of sound, and though all the thunders of heaven had been rolled together, and each individual burst of celestial ar tillery had been rendered perpetual. Above it all could be heard the wild cheers of the traitorous host, as body after body of our troops gave way and were pushed toward the turnpike. Nearer and nearer came the storm, louder sad louder resounded the tumult of battle. The immense train of waggons parked along the road suddenly seemed instinct with struggling life, and every species of army vehicle, preceded by frightened mules and horses, rolled and rattled away pell-mell in an opposite direction, pass ing onware. The shouts and cries of the terrified teamsters,urging their teams to the top of their speed, were now mingled with the billows of sound which swayed and surged over the field. Everything now depended upon the regiments and batteries which the genius of Rosecrenz had massed along the turnpike to receive the enemy when he should emerge from the woods in pursuit of our broken and flying battalions. Suddenly the rout became visible, and a crowd of 10,000 fugitives, pre senting every phase of wild, uncontrollable disorder, burst from the cedar thickets, and rushed into the open space between them and the turnpike. Among them all, perhaps, nu half-dozen members of the same regiment could have been found together. Thick and fast the bullets of the enemy fell among them, and scores were shot down ; but still the num ber constantly increased by reason of the fresh crowd which burst every moment from the thickets. It was with the greatest difficulty that some of the regiments which had been massed together, as a sort of forlorn hope, to withstand, and if possible drive back the victorious cohorts of treason, could prevent their ranks from being crushed or broken by the mass of fugitives. From my position upon the ele vated ground between the railroad and turnpike, I could view the whole scene, and with an intensity of interest and tumultuous emotion, which I can find no language to express, I watched the result when the desperate soldiers of the rebellion should enter the open space. A tempest of iron was whistling all around my head, but for the first time since I be gan to participate in the transactions of this fearful war, they whistled and burst unheeded. I make no pretensions to extraordinary physical courage. He who says that amid the horrors of a battle he expe riences no feeling of awe, and sometimes a shrinking awe, is a falsifier, an idiot, or a madman. But at this time I could not have retired, even if I had been in clined ; my feet were rooted to the spot; my gaze was fascinated and fixed on the quarter where I expected the enemy to appear, and had an earthquake rent the earth before me I could not have moved from the spot until I knew from the testimony of my own eye sight whet her or no the troops upon whom rested the last hope of the Union army were, like the rest, to be beaten and overthrown. It was not in consequence of superior physical courage that I remained there, but from the mental impossibility of doing otherwise. The flower of our troops were ranged in order hero, and I had no fears for the result unless one of those unaccountable panics, which sometimes rain even an army of veterans, should seize upon our yet un broken battalions. Yet these were men not liable to panic, men whose lofty courage and devotion to their country's cause overcame and extinguished fear. Other illustrious corps were there also, whose patriotism and courage I should be glad, even at this early day, to celebrate, if one individual could have known and observed them all. Their zeal and sacrifices will yet be known and appreciated by a grateful nation. With cool, calm courage, Gen. Crittenden awaited the coming storm, and conspi cuous among all the rest was the well-built form of the Commanding General, his countenance un moved by the tumult around him, and his thought ful and animated features expressing a high and patriotic hope, which acted like an inspiration upon every one who beheld him, as he cast his eyes over the grand array which he had mustered to repel the foe. Ho already felt himself master of the situation. At last the long lines of the enemy emerged from the woods, rank behind rank, and with a demoniac yell, intended to strike terror into the souls o f the " Yankees" who stood before them ,c fearful energy almost to th e m uzzles a ged with y e of the a !ivn r e y d upon them. A cannon, whose dark mouth s dazzling sheet of flam e burst fr o m the ranks of the Union forces, an awful roar s hoo kearth , a cr as h the r ent the air, the f oremost lines o f the rebel host were litera ll y swept from t he field, and seemed to me l t away lik e snow flakes before a flame, and b o th armies were enveloped in a vast cloud of smoke, wh i c h hid everything from the eye. In the still vi sible ground between the pike and railroad the tumult redoubled. Not knowing what woulu be tue result of the strife which was raging under the great ca nopy of smoke that concealed the combatants, the flight of those in charge of waggons and ambulances became more rapid and disordered. Thousands o fugitives from the broken right wing mingled with the teams, and frequently a mass of men, horses, and waggons would be crushed and ground together. Every conceivable form of deadly missile whizzed and whirled and burst amid the crowd, and terror and dismay ruled uncontrollably. The whole disordered mass rushed down as fast as possible towards the river, into which it plunged, pushing and struggling to the other side. The combat under that great cloud of smoke was somewhat j 'what to that in the woods. No 'what command there was. A s, rush of fire, a recoil, and then all \ prared. For ten minutes the th burst forth from the cloud. When air ikattalip s s advanced they found no rebels between the woods • and turnpike except the dead, the dying, and the disabled. There were hundreds of these, end their blood soaked and reddened the ground. Since the annihilation of the Old Guard in their charge at Waterloo, there has probably not been an instance of so great a slaughter in so short a time as during the repulse of the rebel left at Murfreesboro, and it will hereafter be celebrated in history as much as is the fierce combat which crushed for ever the• power avid prospects of Napoleon. The rebel left was now thoroughly repulsed, and our troops, em boldened by their Si,CC2SS, pushed after them into the woods, driving them back in turn over a con siderable portion of the ground which we at first occupied. The roar of our artillery sounded fur ther and further off, as the different batteries moved on slowly after the retreating foe, and hos:ile can non balls zo longer ploughed up the earth around m c. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WTHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT ''RHIBITION6 OF IBM AND 1R62), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to he the most effective nvention in the curative treatment of tl ERN I A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its .ffects, s here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the ' ody, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Ntoc-Main Pad and Patent. Lever, fitting with so much ease nd eoseness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn luring sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the rues, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir umference of the body, two inches below the hips, being 4ent to the manufacturer, Bat while the enemy was thus retiring from this portion of the field his cavalry made a most impu- 1 dent dash upon another part of our lines. It will be recollected that when the great struggle was going on the waggon and ammunition trains had been hurried over the railroad toward Scone River. A part of them were collected in a low piece of ground upon our side of the stream, but a large number were driven across and placed together upon the hithet ground beyond. This presented:an opportunity which the vigilant rebels could by no means neglect. The waggons on the other side were within rang( of the rifles of a whole brigade which was guarding those on the hither side, and point brank range of a dozen pieoes of artillery which were near the river. But, nothing daunted by this display of force, about 300 rebel horsemen came galloping around the bend of the river from the direction of the Lebanon Pike, cheered lustily as they approached, and made a bold stroke for our waggons. The panic on the other side was, if possible, worse than any that preceded it. The teamsters who had so frantically driven across the river when the rebels were assailing our right found that they had escaped Scylla only to fall into Charybdis. They no longer made even a pretence to save their teams, but jumped from the horses and ran for life. A considerable number were captured. AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY.—LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM, without confining the bowels or allecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is admitted t o b e the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, co n fi rmeil cases of asthma, and incipient con sumption. It frequently cures pe s ons whom the faculty pronounce in curab.e. admirably allays the tickling whichpro vokes frequent coughi ng. In approaching consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprivel of sleep, or even bottles, 3Cihaar and three down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. Prepared only and sold by IV. 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Observe in the G E NUINE ALGA MARrNA the name of " JAMES COLL'S " is engraven on the label. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 27, 1863. " D INNA FORGET."-FRIDAY NEXT.- ST. JAMES'S HALL. Grand Attraction.—Sig. Giuglini, Miss R ank s, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Fielding, a band of twenty harps, and the " National Melodies Choir" 400 voices). —The best seats can be secured at Mr. Austin's ticket office 28, Piccadilly, W.—Admission ls. Sofa stalls (numbered) ss. each. (`CANTERBURY HALL.—LAST WEEK of the' kJ LANCASHIRE CHAMPION PRIZE HAND-BELL RINGERS, at half-past Nine o'clock. Immrnse success of the renowned Pantom!mic Entertain ment, THE ENCHANTED HASH, thirteen characters, solely sustained by E. Marshall. '[he Comic by Unsworth, Eugene, Arthur Lloyd, Frank Hall, and Miss Georgina Smithson. GRAND OPERATIC SELECTIONS, as usual, conducted by Mr. Jonghmans, H E O X F OR 1), 6, OXFORD STREET. TilE LANCASHIRE CHAMPION PRIZE HAND BELL RINGERS, Twelve Performers on Sixty-six Bells. Conductor, Mr. E. BENSON. Drew Dean's Flute Silos. lees, four-part Songs, Choruses, &c., and other musicil attracti me, including a Grand Selec tion from GLUCK'S opera " ALCESTE," now produced for the first time in this country, and supported by the entire company, full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jongh mans. Miss Caroline Parkes' Pantomimic Sketch, "Little Red Riding Hood." George Hodson's Irish, Miscellaneous, and Ventriloquial Entertainment. Unsworth's great Stump Speech, "Or any other man." Eugene's burlesque Scenas and Dances. W. Randall's. New Comicalities, &c., every evening. The provincial Engagements of the Bell-Ringers compell ing them to leave London, their Last Appearance, on SATURDAY, 31st instant, is reluctantly announced. ?THE LONDON PAVILION.- x Messrs. LOIBL and SONNHAMMYR beg respectfully to azinottice that their ANNUAL BENEFIT will take place on THURSDAY EVENING next, the 29th inst. They acknowledge with thanks the very liberal support hitherto awarded them, and trust their future endeavours to please and entertain will prove sufficiently meritorious to meet with a response eq gratifying. On the occasion of their Benefit a special programme will be arranged representing such a galaxy of talent as was never presented to the public. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. Open nightly for Promenade. There is added to the above elegant Establishment a Grand Conversation Saloon Reading Room, and Smoking Lounge. French, German, and English papers taken in. The musical arrangements under the direction of Mons. Boulcourt. . . The Band is composed of the best Musicians in the metro polis. Admission is.—Manager, M. Grenet. ARGYLL ROOMS.-JULLIEN'S PROME NADE CONCERTS will take place at the above Rooms on TUESDAY, Jan. 27th. On this occasion the Pro gramme will include Selections and Arrangements from the Works of the following Masters : Mozart—Rossi ni—Meyerbeer—Donizetti. The Dance Music from the repertoire of the late M. Jullien. Admission, Is. Manager, M. GRENET. JIILLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS. ;/TONS. JULLIEN has the honour to announce l_V_L that his FIRST PROMENADE CONCERT in Lon don will take place at the ARGYLL ROOMS, on TUESDAY, January 27. On ti is occasion the Programme will include selections and arrangements from the works of the following masters MOZART, ROSSINI, I MEYERBEER, I DONIZETTI. A Grand Quadrille from Howard Glover's Opera, " Once too Often," and the ballet music will be chiefly selected from the repertoire of the late M. Jullien. Programmes and full particulars will be duly advertised. Admission—One Shilling. Manager, M. GRENET. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM ; containing the Wonders of Nature and Art, shown by innumerable superbly executed Models, illustrating every part of the Human Frame, together with a variety of highly interesting Natural Preparations, Malformations, and Mon strosities. Open daily, from 11 to 10 (for Gentlem n only). Admission One Shilling. Entrances 29, George-street, Han over-square, and 91A, Maddox-street, Regent-street, Lon don, W. Explanatory Lecture every Evening at Seven. Illus trated and Descriptive Catalogues sent, post free, for twelve stamps. Address the Secretary, as above. SAWYER'S FAMOUS LONDON DINNER FOR THIS DAY, At 2s. 6cl. each Person. SOUPS. Hare. Vermicelli. FISH. Cod and Oyster Sauce. N'ried Fillets of Brill. ENTREES. Turkey a la Reine. Minced Beef, Polonaise. JOINTS. Saddles of Mutton. Sirloins of Beef. SWEETS. Black Cap ruddings. Orange Jelly. Cheese and Salad. THE LONDON, 19', FLEET-STREET. France and the Southern States. The Washington correspondent of the /Veto York Tribune, writing on January 3, says : For some time past the members of the diplomatic corps have been occupying their leisure hours by indulging in all sorts of comments upon an impor tant interview which is said to have recently taken place between Louis Napoleon and Mr. Slidell. Al though I have been acquainted with the details of these accounts, the want of positive evidence that such a conversation as I have heard related had oc curred caused me to hesitate before transmitting it to you. I bad, in fact, no ground for believing it, except conversations . between members of a profes sion which has • never had the reputation of being a school of truth. However, as some details of that interview are plausible enough to be true, and as certain opinions said to have been then ad vanced by the Emperor of the French coincide with statements I have seen elsewhere; and since, moreover, this interview is spoken of and the lan guage approved by several members of the Foreign Legation, whose conversation on that subject may very well indicate the tendency of the foreign policy of France, I communicate to you a full re port of what I have myself heard related. Accord ing to the account which comes to me, Louis Napo leon had no sooner reached his chateau at Com -peigne, coming from Biarritz, where he had spent a portion of the summer season, than Mr. Slidell, who previously to this had several interviews with his Majesty, solicited another andienee, which was immediately granted. The Emperor received him with greater earnestness of manner than he had ever shown before, and after the exchange of 'civi lities usual on such occasions, he abruptlyaddressed him the following question:— "Do you think, sir, that if I should propose to your Government the means of adjusting its diffi culties with the North, without injury to its rights, dignity, or honour, this proposition would be con sidered to impose any obligation on your Govern ment to use its influence in concilietting the alien ated sections of the Union, so as to make its reconstruction possible P" Mr. Slidell, startled by this inquiry, remained for a moment silent, looking at the Emperor with an expression in which both surprise and embarrass ment were visible._ Recovering from his astonish ment, he replied that he had received no instruc tions from his Government on that subject, and that consequently he could give no satisfactory answer to his Majesty. H o was assured, however, that any proposition coming from him would not fail to be received by the Confederate Government with the greatest respect and weighed with the utmost care. "Assure your Government," continued the Em peror, " that my firm belief is that the time has ar rived whea an attempt at reconciliation must be made, unless by a fatality which I should sincerely deplore, the two disaffected and hostile sections of your country, giving up the hope of ever living to gether again under the same Government, should finally determine never to unite under the same Constitution. I should be sorry, however, to learn that they have come to such a conclusion, especially on account of the South, which, notwithstanding the wonderful energy, skill, and gallantry it has displayed in this struggle, must ultimately yield to the superior power of the North, and sooner er later experience the fate reserved to the weakest. If, instead of exposing itself to this probable chance, and to the sufferings and miseries of a protracted war, some means could be devised by which the Southern Confederacy should be brought back into the Union, reserving to itself all its rights, as well as those which are inherent in its own insti tutions, as those explicitly and impliedly contained in the Constitution, how much more desirable would such an agreement be than persistence in the dan gerous and difficult cffort to establish its indepen dence." "I will not dispute your Majesty's views on that I subject," replied Mr. Slidell; " I will simply re mark that this would require the consent of both parties, and that this consent, considering the state of public opinion, North and South, seems to me very difficult to be obtained." " Great empires cannot exist without mutual con cessions and sacrifices," rejoined the Emperor. "The North, I understand, is ready to make them—to in demnify you for all your losses, present and future, and to take you back again as soon as you express that desire. Think of it, Sir ! The preservation of the largest and most powerful empire which ever excited the surprise and admiration of the world depends, perhaps, upon the readiness of your Government to reply to these advances and upon the support it will lend to Vie project of re conciliation which I have decided to propose." " The North will never receive us back with sla• very ; and, as for ourselves, we w ill never consent to take the North back again While its policy is abolition," replied Mr. Slidell. ci B u t suppose the North buys up your slaves, will not, in that case, abolition starve and die out P Where will, then, be the pretext for separation, for t irrepressible thee u conflicts P pers i s ts n s t e e indoenee of. l i f e, d o e n p e t n h d e e o n () e ll e - , and, deaf to all entreaties and considerations, re solves to uphold the institution of slavery, and to make it the basis of its social and political fabric, I cannot help thinking that its obstinacy will put obstacles in the way of its recognition by European Powers, and materially obstruct the probability of its national existence." "Your Majesty," replied Mr. Slidell, "has already, in previous conversations, alluded to the subject of slavery, and has even told me how repugnant it is to the feelings of France to be compelled to receive into the councils of nations the representative of a ie c at o ft u wilD n aii t i ry hi:moe w in h pid e go r hst e soti t tb h aly a z t eofou i w as looked upon as s nstitution ro mthavebee Confederate also steps towardsdemandedG theo Gov e rnment l extinction of slavery, and I have replied to your Majesty by showing the Montgomery Constitution, and by explaining to you how, in virtue of their sovereign rights, our local Legislatures alone were empowered to act in the matter. I can do nothing else now than to confirm to you my previous state ments, and to repeat that a reform in the position of the black race in the Confederacy is a question of locality, of time, and manners and habits of politi cal economy, of education and instruction. As I had the honour to tell yon before I do not believe slavery capable to resist the strong, civilised cur rent of immigration, the introduction of a perfect system of political economy, the progress, in an un developed country, towards a higher moral and in tellectual culture. Besides, the commotions of civil a w e a d r e h e l e v e e e d a w b ak iei e n e t e d t b h e e n a e g m r e o e b f r o t e rn e r h e i s le thar g y, dangerous enemy to his masters when he meets them than he I was before." " This," continued Mr. Slidell, taking a letter from his pocket, "is asserted to me by a gentleman of high standing in Louisiana. I am informed in this letter that since the arrival of the Unionists in that State the spirit of independence and the love of freedom have mAde such progress among the blacks that they have become unmanageable. In New Orleans especially, where their contact with the French have imparted to them a portion of that spirit which produced the San Domingo revolution, and where an experience of compensated labour has it - It'll:lone:NI the temper o f t h e s l aves used, s hugely your Majesty knows, to hire themselves from their masters, a compulsory i return to slavery and the ma i n t ena nce of that i nstitutio n in that locality would be attended with the most mischievous con sequences. Those considerations cannot fail to ex cite the attention of those directly concerned in the matter, and to awakethe solicitud e o f th e Confede rate Government, which, although having no power in the premises, will nevertheless exert its influence in the manner best calculated to promote the gene ral interests of the nation." " Do you mean to say these States would free their slaves if they were left to themselves ?" asked Louis Napoleon. " They would, if they were sure the independ ence they covet will be secured to them. There are certain States, such as Louisiana, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and perhaps Mississippi, in which slavery has become either dangerous to the whites, or useless, or profitless. Now that the tremendous commotion produced by this civil war has scattered the seeds of freedom every where in the New World, and awakened in the hearts of the black instincts heretofore unknown, it is impossible for me to point to a single locality in which the attempt at perpetual maintenance of slavery has not become a peril of every hour to the white race. This is so true, that my friend from Louisiana writes me that the first act.of the Legislature of that State, after it shall be restored to the Government to which it properly belongs, will be to pass a bill for the gradual eman cipation of the slaves. " This is undoubtedly a very satisfactory pro spect," replied the Emperor; " but allow me to say that I doubt whether the plan will be as efficient, as prompt, and advantageous to the bouth as the pro posal made by the North to pay for all your slaves. This project, I know, offers serious difficulties ; but what method of solution does not P I know also that a reconciliation between the North and the South and a reconstruction of the Union upon its former basis have serious and apparently insur mountable obstacles to encounter. I believe, how ever, that the duty of my Government is to attempt, by all possible means, to favour an amicable set tlement of your difficulties, and to bring you back to the same flag under which you. were two years ago so happy and glorious a people. It shall not be said that France, which had a hand in the founda tion of your Republic, will do nothing to preserve it, and to save it from anarchy. Be pleased to ac quaint your Government with my intentions; in form it that my object is to conciliate the South and the North by means of a proposition in which moral influences alone will be set at work." Mr. Slidell promised the Emperor to follow punc tually his instructions. The subject being exhausted he withdrew, and wrote immediately to his Go vernment an account of this remarkable interview. Such is an exact account of the story now told and commented upon in nearly all diplomatic circles in Washington. THE BATTLE OF MURFREESBORO. (From the Liverpool Albion.) The following incidents occurred during the san guinary battle of Murfreesboro :—Behind the woods concealing our foremost lines, and to tha left of those which lie on the left of the turnpike, an open and slightly elevated ground extended to the river. This formed the key to our entire position, and it was here that the greater portion of the waggons were parked for safety. On the left some corn fields extended to the river, and on the other side of the stream rose a low, wooded hill. The ground upon the right was a succession of dense cedar thickets, open spaces where the rocks came to the surface and nothing could grow, belts of tolerable timber, and small, irregular-shaped fields. The pike and rail road ran near each other. In the elevated open space which formed the key to our position, from a point where our line of battle crossed both, a dis tance-post on the railroad indicates that it is just twenty-nine miles to Nashville. A number of houses were situated in different parts of the field, but none of them, except the brick building of which the inside was burned out the day before, played any important part. The sun had not yet risen on Wednesday morning when the firing commenced upon the right. The first Missouri battery, Capt. Esscock, and the Ist Illinois, Capt. Houghtain, shelled the rebels out of a point of woods in front of Sheridan's division, which now slightly advanced. The enemy threw himself upon Sheridan with terri ble energy, but was thrice repulsed. Again he ad vanced with larger numbers and greater despera ti m than before, and Sheridan's men were compelled for a moment to give ground. It was only a mo ment, however. The brave and noble Sill, assisted by other daring officers, soon rallied the retiring troops. The flashing banner of the stars once more advanced, and although Sill purchased the victory with his life, the rebels were repulsed and driven from this quarter of the field. It was a few minutes after eight when this occurred, and at the same time the sun broke forth through some cold looking clouds, and flashed a clear bright light over the field. There had not elapsed even time to re move the body of the dead General Sill, when all attention was directed to the extreme right. Three divisions of the enemy, M'Cown's, Clai borne's, and Cheatham's, had advanced in massive columns and charged impetuously upon Johnson and Davis. A portion of the infantry in Johnson's division immediately broke, almost, indeed, before they had taken their arms from the stack, and one of the batteries,Edgarton's, before it fired the third round, Poor Edgerton ! It was not his fault. A truer, better, braver, young man is seldom found than he. It was his greatest ambition to take part in a battle; and I remember well how often and how earnestly he deplored that separation from the old Third Division which prevented him from taking part in the battle of Perrysville. His hour came at last. It found him ready ; but those on whom he had a right to rely to give him timely notice of the enemy's arrival failed to do so, and ere his guns could be loaded and discharged three times the rebel bayonets had swept away his men, and he himself fell wounded and bleeding into the hands of the foe. The gallant and earnest Captain Simonson fought like a hero as he is, and brought off all but two of his guns. Captain Goodspeed strenuously endeavoured, after firing several rounds, to save his cannon, but could only succeed in getting away with two of them. General Kirk, of Illinois, com manding one of the brigades in Johnson's division, was severely wounded while endeavouring to rally his regiments. The enemy succeeded in getting the right flank completely hemmed in. A large num ber of offcers of every grade were shot down while standing almost at the muzzles of the rebel muskets. The brigades and regiments rushed upon one another in disgraceful disorder, and the rout of the division became irretrievable. I suppose I shall raise a storm about my head for saying so, but I can't, from all that I have heard, come to any other conclusion than that the right wing of our army was com pletely surprised, and that, too, under circumstances which should have rendered it particularly careful and v:gilant. Whether General M'Cook or General Johnson is to blame for this, impartial investigation will hereafter determine. At present the sentiment of the entire army is extremely hostile to both, and I imagine it will not be many days before there are important changes in the leadership of the 14th Army Corps. Brigade after brigade, bat tery after battery, from Palmer's, Negley's, and Rosencranz's divisions were sent into the midst of the thickets to check the pro gress of the foe and rally the fugitives, but all in turn were either crushed by the flying crowds, broken by the impetuosity of the foe, and pat to cmfused flight, or compelled to retire and extricate themselves in the best manner that seemed to offer. The history of the combat in these dark cedar thickets thickets will never be known. No man could one will ever the whole of his regim ent, and that foughtbravest, ever bn able to tell who they w bravest, and they who proved reercearnet to their trust. I know there was some cowardice displayed, but I know, too, that there was and regiments as lofty as d the followers of God frey heroismsllwn ° by many officers as that which dis tinguished and i m mortalised trey- or the Cid; but, in spite of heroism and devo tion, -spite of desperate struggles which marked every fresh advance of the foe, in spite of awful sacrifice of life on the part of the officers and soldiers of the Union army, the rebels still steadily pushed forward and came nearer to the turnpike. Nearly The LONDON PAVILION, Tichborne•street. 120 PERFORMERS will appear at the LONDON PAVILION on THURSDAY NEXT, the PROPRIETOR'S BENEFIT. Novelties in abundance will be produced ; all the favourites in London will be there ; the bill of fare will be prolific in sensation and artists of ex • traordinary skill; in fact, the entertainment will be one of astonishing magnitude—brimful of talent, and caiculated to please everybody. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, & LINCOLNSHIRE. The number of miles run by the engines on this line dur ing the half year etding the 31st Dec. last was 1,468,391, including 16,363 miles assisting, 75,191 empty, and 1,376,844 with the trains. The quantity of coke consumed was 17,707 cwts., and of coal 415,980 cwts. The total number of hours the engines were in steam was 194,624, of which the en gines were running 98,790 hours, shunting 68,433, and standing 27,401 hours. The cost of fuel per hour working was 11.84 d., as against 16.82 d. in same half of 1861, and per mile 1.34 d, against 1.90 d in the corresponding half of the preceding year. The total number of passenger trains run during the past half-year was 35,415, the goods trains 9,573, and the coal trains 6,423. The average number of carriages in passenger trains was 6/, the average number of waggons in goods trains was 36, and in coal trains 24. Of the 35,415 passenger trains 25,537 arrived in time, and 9,688 above five minutes after time. Of the 9,573 goods trains 5,201 arrived in time, and 3,681 above five minutes after time; and of the 6,423 coal trains 3,657 arrived in time, and 2,384 above five minutes after time. CAPE TOWN. A further portion of this company's line, nine miles in length, was opened on Nov. 29. On the 31 miles previously opened the traffic had averaged £407 15s. per week, but since the further opening of the line the traffic had greatly increased For the fortnight ending Dec. 14 the traffic on the 42 miles amounted to £1,396, being at the rate of £698 per week. GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA. The traffic receipts on this company's line for the week ending the 3d of January amounted for local passengers to 17,160 dols ; for foreign passengers, to 3,382 dols ; for mails, &c., to 9,207 dols ; for local freight and live stock, to 55,227 dols; for timber and lumber, to 4,882 dols; for firewood, to 68 dols ; and for foreign freight and live stock, to 5,220 dols; total, 95,147 dole (L 19,551), against 92,291 dols (£18,965), showing an increase of 2,853 dols (£586) over the corresponding week of last year• The total traffic receipts from the Ist to the 3d of January, both inclusive, amounted to 42,138 dols (£8,659), against 47,935 dols (£9,850), for the same period in 1862, showing a decrease of 5,797 dols (£1,191). ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN. The traffic receipts on this company's lines for the month of December on 127 miles in length amounted for passen gers, mails, &c., to 6,587 dole, for freight to 44,207 dole ; total, 50,794 dole, against 9,298 dole on 60 miles for the same month of 1861, showing an increase of 67 miles, and of 41,496 dole in the receipts. The total traffic receipts for the 12 months of last year amounted to 257,329 dole, of which the sum of 94,380 doll was received during the months of November and December on 127 miles, being at the rate of 47,290 dole per month and 372 dole per mile, leaving 162,949 dole for the total receipts of the ten preceding months on 60 miles of railway open for traffic, being at the rate of 16,295 dole per month and 271 dole per mile. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday, before the examiners, the following railway bills were declared to have complied with the standing ordere of Parliament:—Victoria Station and Pimlico—To enable the Loudon and Brighton Railway Company to widen and improve the station and Pimlico Railway, and to vest the line in the Brighton, the London,Chatham, and Dover, and the Great Western Railway Companies, and to raise an ad ditional capital of £130,000; Barnes, Hammersmith, and Kensington—to make a line from the London and South- Western in Barnes to the West London Extension at Ken sington, at an estimated cost of £340,000 ; South London and Greenwich and Woolwich Railway—for a line to unite these railways, at an estimated cost of £420,000; Caledonian to make a railway —for branches to Dolphinton and Carstairs, and to raise Eve sham and 11:eddeitmehad £105,000 by the issue of new shares; Edinburgh, Dunfermline, and Perth, via the Frith of Forth, and and Draise, X 149,000 to raise £595,000 • Kington and Eardisley Ex tensions,y, and to raise an t d l; d e i A tio b n e ac d c l a r'e pi ß ta a l i o lw f L ay 3s t , o oo t o he ; and to ' raise S)7O 030 ; Dare Valley, M Valle c an hes d te m r a S ch h with a branch to the West agree ment with GreapthWaneeseterzth Yu Ueth—taonraise £30,000, and make agree , andSoutha Lincolnshire r In Yorkshire , s:t7 oid i Ili Company' () a r li transferne)l Midland, i dt New town D o lEavna t h red e e , and other railways for traffic, the Standing Orders included the T b h i e llro n f - t e h o e m Edinburgh and compa nies, Great Eastern (March and !Tow, and other and Enniscorthy, and Drayton a Wexford The bill for the Leicester square, Hammersmith,n. and Richmond Railway waa withdrawn. Kew, - • NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. sto V res AL h E ip T , TA L J p a p n l . y, 22 A, —H t ee rr . Co l m aj m es a t n y a 's er iro ß n all s i c st r o e n w , and the Meanee, 60, Capt. Wodehouse, have not 1a s- A yet arrived here from England, although the former left Woolwich on the 28th, and the latter left Ply mouth on the 29th ult., for Gibraltar and Malta. The Massilia, which arrived yesterday, brings the news of the Meanee's arrival at Gibraltar on the 12th. Her Majesty's paddlewheel frigate Magici enne, Capt. his Serene Highness the Prince of Lei ningen, has been expecting for the last two or three days orders to proceed to Messina, but it is now be lieved she will be detained till the arrival of the Plmbe, Capt. T. Fortescue, expected to return on the 23d inst. from Syracuse, where she has been on a cruise. Her Majesty's screw gunboat Alacrity, Commander J. Baird, will leave for Beyrout on the 26th inst., and Mr. V. 0. Johnson, master of the Malacca, 'will proceed in her to joitrhis vessel on the coast of Syria. -No changes have taken place in the ships of war in port since the departure of the last mail, and the only arrival to be announced is the Swedish corvette Nayaden, 16, Capt. R. Van Falitzen, on the 16th inst., from Milo. On entering the harbour she exchanged the usual salutes. Her Majesty's ships here are the Marlborough, the Hibernia, the Magicienne, the Medina, the Firefly, the Alacrity,the Psyche, the Boxer, and the Growler. A letter just received, dated Kalamaki, lan. 14, says that her Majesty's ship Queen, 78, Captain Hillyar, has been making a tour along the coast of Greece, with Mr. Scarlett, late her Majesty's Minister at Athens, on board. She arrived at Paron on the 3d, and sailed again on the morning of the 6th for Nauplia, where she arrived the same evening. She afterwards left for Kalamaki, which she reached on the night of the 13th inst. The same letter says—The Foxhound, 4, Commander the Hon. A. Hobart, has left the Pitmus for Rhodes (touching at Nauplia), to look for pirates. The Pol:ean, 17, Commander P. Brock, remains at Smyrna for the same purpose. A pirate boat has been doing a great deal of damage lately. Besides the Pelican and Foxhound, the French paddlewheel sloop Mouette and the Aus trian gunboat Mael are in pursuit of them. Her Majesty's screw line-of-battle ship Mars, 80, 2,573 tons, 400 horse power, Capt. I. N. Strange, from the Mediterranean, arrived at Sheerness late in the afternoon of Sunday last, having been ex pected some hours previously. The Mars left Ports mouth on Friday, and had rough weather on her passage to Sheerness, which was the cause of her being so long in performing the voyage. She saluted the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir J.W. Hope Johnstone, K.C.8., Commander-in- Chief at Sheerness, on Mon day morning, and was soon afterwards inspected by the gallant Admiral, who pronounced the efficiency of the men and condition of the vessel to be most satisfactory. The Mars was fitted out and commis sioned at Sheerness in 1859 by Capt. J. N. Strange, and has been serving on the Mediterranean station since that period. Letters received at Chatham state that the Meeanee, which left Plymouth on the 30th ultimo, during her progress across the Bay of Biscay en countered very severe weather and started a great deal of her rigging, much of which was found to be very rotten, from the shiphaving been for two years in the Steam Reserve. The massive wrought .iron sternpost for the iron frigate Achilles, building at Chatham, having been successfully lowered into the dock a few days pre viously, was fixed in its place on Saturday afternoon without the slightest accident having occurred. A considerable portion of the broadside of the Achilles is now covered with the 18 inch teak planking, and in a few days will be ready for the reception of the 4-1 inch armour plates, a number of which have been bent by the hydraulic machine, and are now under going the polishing, planing, and baring processes in the factory adjoining the dock. On Saturday workmen commenced laying down a portion of the tramway on which will be placed a couple of Taylor's patent steam travelling cranes, to be used t e r in lifting the slabs of iron which will be bolt ed to e ship's the broadside of the Achilles. Cranesreceiv d her the h same p's of Rdeosycrar Oak, p latin gionha in ve th b e ee , n nex u t sed doc in k, th w eerethey where e of h found to work well. Her Majesty's iron p addle Caradoc, commissio ned by Lieut.-Comm an d er Wil kinsonja n, at an crew , consisting of 100 seamen, f rom th e fl ag-ship rd -wheel despatch v esse l Marines. She is now in dock, p repara t ory t o b e i ng coa ted externally with P eacock ' s composition. The paddle-wheel s t eam sloop Geyser,Commander Colin Campbell, l a d en w i t h stores f or t h e Ch anne l Fg fleet, yest er d ay sa i led from Woolw i ch for Ports mouth. W oolwich , o nec or p yesterdayoral and nine privates., Royal On account of the increasing accumulation of drifted mud and river refuse under the wharf and along the approaches leading to the dockyard at Woolwich all communication with the flag-ship Fisgard and the ships in commission and receiving hulks moored in the offing is daily barred during the low tides. The inconvenience thus occasioned to the general business of the yard is at times of great importance, as the shipment of stores and necessary arrangements for the despatch of vessels under orders for sea are frequently deluycd• A slight liberality on the part of their Lordships, is providing an additional dredging machine, Mould remedy the evil. On Sunday morning, the body of Mr. C4corge Wickersley was found on' the , quarrymaster , Midland line near Holmes Station. The head of the de dissevered from his b o dy, an d was ceas ed was completely lying a short distance from it, and his right hand was like wise dreadfully mutilAted. It is supposed that on Satur day evening the deceased left Sheffield by the 8 30 train, which reaches Rotherham at 8 50, and that he then wan dered np the line, and was killed by the train on its returq to Sheffield, WS, No. Auty ' ... •••,,y.