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F AD -10 yon Fran ) other quare, :hear' 3, of a , ctorit Lter. urren artho whom le late oho's, E a st iild of iarleg ,T.S.l icious about ironer mist- ation, luable ral of 5 still lunie o ) n, St. ) have piries aa and being th the sere is 312 the re sold to the I OW Clarke Is pro it the ()dead ace on ed the I found fferent enting rself in VlOnial i nd the ffected id late to 42s to 35s to 261 d firm. ;o 428. Oats at 38s 36st. ; barley, 24s t) 365. ,c 1 late active. lie ) — 1 ) 320. Peas; to-day good to 20 6 to 40 , to - --41 rr, 3°4 pe r " ailing , oat* 130' 114 :tone• n• 18 ' n. 12 U. 4. a. 29 ' U. ,c. 27• VURNITURE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and FLOORCLOTEL CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in he kingdom, regardless of amouril or distance. First class goods at second-class prices. T6rms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select from, displayed in Showrooms occupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted. CL NIEGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and Co. are publishing an entirely New Edition of their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illnstrated by4lo admirable engravings of every description of Furniture and Bedsteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gratis and Post-free on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised scale : A Six-roomed Parsonage An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-roomed ditto ........ A Twelve-roomed d:tto ' 494 11 0 Together with a ?rice List of purified Bedding, and a mass of valnable information to all requiring household furniture, carpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clem , y men and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, Chichester, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, Wells, Ox'ord. Brighton. Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington. Croydon. Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, St. Alban's. Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great Britain. COBBETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptf ord bridge, London, S.E, T HE CONSOLIDATED DISCOUNT COMPANY (Limited). (The Directors reserve to .hemselves the right of changing the name of the Company.) To be incorporated under «The Companies Act, 1862," by which the Liability of each Shareholder is limited to the amount of share , . Capital £1,000,000, in 20,000 Shares of £5O. First issue. 10,e00 shares. Deposit on application Xi per share, and £2 on allotment. No future call to exceed £5 pPr share, and at inter - ale of not less than three months. It is not intended to call up more than £2O per share. DIRECTORS• George Walter Constable, Esq. (Messrs. Henderson and Con- staWe ; , Cannon-street. George Denny, Esq. (Messrs. George Denny and Co.), Great SCHelen's, William Little, Esq., Director of the Cape Town Railway. Wrn. M'Arthur, Esq. (of the firm of Wm. and Alexander M'Arthur, Australian Merchants), 46, Moorgate-street. F. J. Sargood, Esq. (Messrs. Sargoed, Kiln, and Sargood), London and Melbourne. Thr mas Shepherd Richardson, Esq., Director of the Buenos Ayre Thompsoniver Plate Bank, James p, Esq. (Messrs. Le Gros Thompson and Co.), Gutter-lane. *Hugh Fraser Sandeman, ESC. *lllehd. Manners Sanderson, Esq. Messrs. Sandeman & Co. * Samuel Baker, Esq. * Committee of Management. BANKERS. The London and Westminster Bank. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Sole, Turners, and Hardwick. BROILERS. James Shepherd, Esq., Auction Mart, Bartholomew-lane. Messrs. ti andeman and Dobree, 2, Royal Exchange-buildings. Offices—No. 4, AWhurch-lane. PROSPECTUS. In forming this Company the Directors have secured the Co-operation of Messrs. Sandeman and Co., of Abehnrch-lane whose well-known and long-established business it is the object of this Company to take up and develope. The Company will conduct all the operations of ordinary discount busines. The terms on which the business of Messrs. Candeman and Co. has been purchased justify the Directors in anticipating a profit of at least 10 per cent. per annum on the paid-up capital. The Company will take possession of the premises now oc cupied by Messrs. Sandeman and Co., as from the Ist day of January, and the business of the Company will commence from that day. No promotion money has or will be paid, and the expenses will be strictly confined to the necessary payments. Prospectuses and forms of applications for shares may be ob'aincd at the Offices of the Company, of the Brokers, and of the Solicitors. In the event of no allotment beinz made the deposits will be returned in full; should a less number of shares be al lotted than are applied for, the deposit will be made avail able toward• the payment on allotment, and the balance, if any, returned to the applicant. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Consolidaied Discount Company (Limited). Gentlemen,—Trayine; paid to your Bankers the sum of , I request you to allot me shares in the Consolidated Discount Compan7 (Limited), and I hereby aeree to become a member of the Society, and to accept such shares, or any less number that may be allotted to me; and I request you to place my name on the Register of Members in respect of the shares allotted to me. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant. Name in full . Address T'sual signature Date CONSOLIDATED DISCOUNT COMPANY (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that no APPLICATIONS for STI A RES in this Compa v will be received after WED. N.EDAY next, the 39th instant By order. Temporary Offices. 4. Abchurch-lane, Dec. 24, 1863. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. FIRE DEPARTMENT.—SPECIAL NOTICE. This Co nnany is now prepared to TSSUE POLICIES for Mercantile Insurances in the Port of London at the reduced Scale of rates. Particulars may be had at the Offices, 28, Threadneedle street. SPECIAL NOTICE, THE BOOKS OF THE NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY, For ne Year 1.63.c105e on 31st December. Life Policies effected on or before that date will rank for an additional Year's Bonus in comparison to later entrants. During the Four Years preceding last Division of Profits (1858), the Company issued 1,595 Life Policies, assuring £1,221,603 Pur inZ the Four suc ceding Years the number cf Li f e Polices issued amounted to 3,16?, and the Sums assured to £2,22', 5 7 2 BEING AN INCREASE OF 82 PER CENT. The SIXTH SEPTENNIAL DIVISION of the COM PANY'S PROFITS will take place on 3 tst December, 1F65. THR WROY.E PROFITS WHICH HAVE ACCUMU -I,4TED SINCE IsT DECEMBER, ISSB, WILL THEN BE DIVIDED, AND NINETY PER CENT. ALLOnATED AIIONG THE ASSURED ON THE PARTICIPATING SCALE. CERTIFICATES of INDISPIITATiTLITY granted, and every facility offered to Insurers. FIRE DEPARTMENT. ---- Insuran - es granted both at Home and Abroad on the most liberal terms. Forms of Proposal and every inforr.ation will be given at the Head Office, or any of the Company's Agents. By order. F. W. LANCE, Secretary. London, November, MI HEAD OFFICER: ----- - _ LONDON 58, Threadneedle-street. 9 f West-end Office B. Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. EDINBURGH 64, Princes-street. THE ONLY OFFICE WHOSE BONDS AND POLICIES OF GUARANTEE ARE ACCEPTED BY THE TREASURY, CUSTOMS, INLAND REVENUE, GENERAL POST-OFFICE, V&A, ADMIRALTY, HOME, COLONIAL, INDIA, AND OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. THE EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY. DIRECTORS IN LONDON. IiENRY WICKHAM WICKHAM, Esq., MX., Chairman. John Cheetham, Esq., Staleybridg , . John Field, Esq., Warnford-court, City. Charles Forster, Esq., M.P. for Walsall. Richard Francis George, Esq , Bath. Henry H. Harrison, Esq., Hamilton-place, St. John's-NvOod. Thomas C. Hayward, Esq., Minories and Highbury. John Hedgins, Esq., Cavendish Club. James Edward M'Connell, Esq., Wolverton. C. W. Reynolds, Esq., Eaton-place, Belgravia. Richard Spooner, Esq., late her Majesty's Commissioner of Cust , ms, Bomb , y. R. Wickham Wickham, Esq, M.P. for Bradford. Thomas Winkworth, Esq , Gresham Club, and Canonbury. J. P. Brown-Westhead, E3q., 51.1'. for York. Security is provided in approved cases for Officers of Bank ing and Commercial Establishments, Public Companies, Municipal Corporations, and for other places of trust. Life Assurance may be combined with Guarantee on ad vantageous terms. Prospectuses, Perms of Proposal, and every information may be obtained from the Chief Offices, 2. Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London ; anet 39, Gtorge-street, Edinburgh. A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE (ElfAblished by Ch CORPORATION FOR sEA, T ARE, of his Majesty George the First) o fn ,4 l l l E, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. 13 7 anc. 0 Yal Exchange, London. OCTAvp, n Office. 29, Pall-mall. Gronor Pr —' F R ,sq., Governor. Sir JOHN HENItREy,WIGRAM Esq., Sub-Governor. PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Govemor. DIRECTORS. Esq CEharal_.olLeven and . Melville. g Henry Bainbridge, E sc ,. Robert Barclay, Esq. Wilmot Rolland, E John Garratt Cattley, Mark Currie Close, Esq. J no . Manning, E q Henry Nelson, Es Ea William Davidson, Esq. lion. joseeline W. P ercy Thomas Dent, Esq. Charles Robinson, E q. - Alexander Deuce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster , Esq Fredk. Jos. Edlinann, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Es.a Riversdale W. Grenfell , Es q . William Soltau, Esq. ' Robe. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.p. Wm. Tetlow Flibbert, Esq.: William Wallace, Esq. Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, SAMUEL SoLur, Esq., F.R.S. NOTICE.. -The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of FIRE PRE3IIU3IS falling due at Christmas will expire on 9th January. FIRE and LIFE A C ASSURANCES may be effected with this on advanta geous terms . Insurances against Fire on Merchandize in the docks and Warehouses in the Port of London are accepted at the late reduced rates of Premium. FARMING-STOCK.—No extra charge is made for the use of a Steam Thrashing Machine. The Reversionary Bonus on British Life Policies has ave raged nearly 2 per cent.. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. ' The divisions of Profit take piaci) every Fi ve years. Any sum not exceeding £ 15,000 ma y be insu re d on one Life. This Corporation affords to the Assured— Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption f rom the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Societies—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice,—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. NOTHING' IMPUSSIBLE.—The g reatest and most useful invention of the day, A GUA AMARELLA. Messrs. JOHN G °SNELL and CO., 3, King-court, Lombard street, London Perfumers to her Majest y, res p ectfull y offer to tf., - , public * this truly marvellou s f luid, which g radually restw es the human hair to its pris tine hue—no mat t er at wli al age. will k The Agua A marelia has none of the properties of ~,.'3 lY ,vm ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and " . i.teri the hair is once restored one application per month eel' , it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per bottle, or ,n half bottles, its. Gd. Testimonials from artistes of the .rj!ghest order, and from individuals of undoubted respecta auth.tY: may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell il icl t o. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal High es the Princess of Wales. . • / e -r • 4e=2. f _NEW f 3 No. 22,310. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1863. Just ready, in 1 vol., AYOUNG ARTIST'S LIFE. By ALEXANDER BAILLIE COCIIRA.NE, M.P. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. v//THERE CAN WE MEET AFTER THE PANTOMIMES ? My dear Fellow, Gentlemen sup at E VANS', Covent-garden. STATE OF TRADE. supply of coals for shipment. Coasting freights have fallen from 83. 3d. per ton to 7s. 71d. for LOR.• doe, in consequence of the arrival of a few ships and the mild state of the weather. The general freight-market, however, has not shown much variation. Coal freights to Havre are quoted to day, £8 17s. 6d.; Alicante, x 27 ; at T L r l ie O st l e o7i ulogne 2 B 9 o ; Venice, £3l; Genoa, £29 ; Alexandra, £3l ; and Constantinople, £27 per keel. The demand for iron keeps very brisk in the north, with prices rising. The manufacturirg trade of the district is exceedingly good, with very hope, ful prospects for the spring. The reports of the loss of north country shipping still continue, and the amount of liability for which the insurance clubs are responsible is serious. All the ports from Whitby to Blyth will suffer equally, and as the in surances in the north are conducted upon the mutual principle, shipowners being their own underwriters, the owners who have ships afloat will have to make good the losses, and the averages will be heavy. NORWICH, 26th.—This, as may be readily ima gined, has been a broken week. The shoe trade, however, is spoken of mote hopefully than for some time past. The manufacturing business of the city is not very active, although some little movement is shortly anticipated on spring account. With refe rence to the allusion made under this head a week since to the Norwich and London Accident and Casualty Insurance Association, it appears that the number of policies issued in the seven years ending August 31, 1863, was 18,103, instead of 10,103, as printed. BARNSLEY, Dec. 26.—The demand for all de scriptions of coal is exceedingly good throughout the South Yorkshire coal district, and the pits are doing quite as much business as they can—in fact, some collieries are unable to supply all the orders forwarded to then'. Gas coal and Silkstone house coal are both in demand, and steam coals are just now in full inquiry, especially in London. The Deane and Dove Canal Navigation is carrying a large tonnage to Keedby. Altogether, trade may be quoted as good for the time of the year, though this week the Christmas holidays have somewhat interfered with the transaction of business. Prices since our last quotations have advanced for some de scriptions of house coal—Old Silkstones are quoted from 7s. to 7s. 6d. (at the pit's mouth) per ton ; Silkstone gas costa, 6s. 6d. to 75.; 'Worsborough park house coal, 45. 3d. ; Worsborongh ditto, ss. ; Elsecar and Hoyland and other coals remain at last quotations. Coke rules about 6s. 3d. per ton ; steam coal from the neighbourhood of Worsborougb, 6s. 3d.; malting coke, 6s. 3d.; brick coal, 2s. 3d. to 4s. 6d. per ton. BIRMINGHAM, 26th.--The trade of this town has continued in a very satisfactory state up to the end of the quarter, and manufacturers in most of the principal trades have a considerable number of orders on hand, so that the Christmas holidays will in all probability be shorter than usual. The gun trade is the only one of all the important branches of our manufactures in which any degree of slackness is felt, as so far as it is concerned the depression is very great, manufacturers who have stocks on hand being unable to sell at the lowest prices. On the other hand, the metal trades are busy, the rolling mills have been on at full time, and the edge-toolmakers, wiredrawers, lamp and chandelier makers, and hollow-ware manufacturers are all well engaged. The electro-plating business has been so brisk of late that workmen in that branch have been in demand. The merchants have given out very few orders, but they have a good number in hand, and as the money market bids fair to be easier, it is not likely that these will be withheld from the manufacturers beyond the first or secand week in the new year. The demand for the material is good —a proof of the healthy condition of trade generally. The iron trade of this district has been as buoyant as it now is for many years; it is antici pated that the advance to be declared on finished iron at the preliminary meeting to be held next Thursday will be not less than 30s. per ton. It has been announced this week that arrangements have been made for the transfer of the celebrated Patent Shaft Axle Company's works, at Wendesbury, to Messrs. Lloyd, Foster, and CO. BRADFORD, 26th.—There is no change to report in the wool and worsted trade, Places of business are generally closedlo-day, and the town has quite a holiday appearance. Very little if any business is done in either wool, worsted yarns, or pieces ; and quotations remain as they were —every firm. DUNDEE, 25th.—The reduction of one per cent. in the Bank rate had its effect on the market to-day, and rather a better feeling existed. Although this was Christmas and a Bank holiday, there was a moderate extent of business done in some depart ments. Flax, tow, and codilla were quiet, few sales being reported, and prices nominally as before. Jute was more inquired for, and some business done in fine and medium qualities at prices scarcely obtain able on Tuesday. Some spinners made a fair amount of sales to-day, manufacturers showing more dispo sition for business than on last market day. Prices have not given way further since then, but they cannot be quoted higher. The demand for linens continues very good for the season of the year, and orders are daily placed for the better class of goods (Forfar, Brechie, Arbroath, and Fifeshire fabrics), and Hessians, at paying prices. Stockings are not so much wanted as they were, but most makers are yet working to order, and do not feel the dulness. The foreign advicos to hind do net vary much from those formerly received. KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC, BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It i Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London; by the Agents in the principal towns m England ; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "Kinahan's LL Whisky." pow ready, in crown Bvo., with Two Illustrations, 65., T" LAST OF THE CAVALIERS. A NOVEL. Also. uniform, The INITIALS. By the Author of "Quits" and "At Odds." 6s. EAST LYNNE. By Mrs. WooD. Os. The CHANNINGS. By Mrs. WooD. 65. MRS. HALIBURTON'S TROUBLES. BY Mrs. WOOD. 6s. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THE best TROUSERS for gentlemen to wear are those mad by ELSTOB, of IY), New Bond-street They are neither so low in price as to necessitate their being carelessly put together, nor Po dear as to gain only the wealthy purchasers. "In medio tutisimus ibis." ELSTOB'S TROUSERS, TWENTY-ONE SHILLINGS COLBURN'S UNITED SERVICE MAGAZINE AND NAVAL AND MILITARY JOURNAL for JANUARY contains :—The Court-Martial on CoL Crawley— Naval Promotion and Retirement —Military Engineering-, Ancient and Modern —Experiments at Shoeburyness —Risen from the Ranks—The Political Crisis—Lectures by a Naval Architect—Anecdotes of the Civil War in Spain -The Royal Arsenal of Ferrol—Tenerife—Promotions and Apoint ments—Obituary, (W. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. Edited by W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq. Contents for JANUARY. No. DXVII. I. An Incursion into Labrador. IL Won Over; or, the Countess and the Jesuit. By Mrs. Bushby. Part 11. 111. 18 ,4. By Nicholas Michell. IV. Queen Caroline (Wilhelmina of Ansi:lntl). By Sir Nathaniel. V. The Ghost's Hand. A Christmas Story. VI. Comedy of Travel. VII. Life, its Nature and Phenomena. By Cyrus Bedding. VIIL Strathmore ; or, Wrought by his Own Hand. By the Author of "Granville de Vigne." Part VIL IX. Among the Cossacks. X. Tilly Palmer. A Village Story. By Alex. Andrews. Xl. Yankee-Land. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. RLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE x, for JANUARY, 1864. No. DLXXIX. Price 2s. 6d. CONTENTS. Captain Spoke's Journal. Tony Butler. Part IV. The Mind and the Body. Chronicles cf Carlingford : The Perpetual Curate.— Part VIII. Winchester College and Commoners. Letter from Poland. No. IV, A Song of Proverbs. The European Crisis. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. The JANUARY NUMBER contains JOHN LAW. By WILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH. Book I.—THE REGENT D ORLEANS. Chaps. I. to IV. 11. Mr. Grimshaw's Little 1 ,VI. Lord Lyndhurst. By Love Affair. By Dud- W. S. G. ley Costello. Chap. VII. Baron Hompesch. By XXI I . I Dr. Michelsen. 111. The German Almanacks VIII. The Logic of Smith the for UM. Weaver. By Francis IV. Tilsit and Erfurt. Jacox, V. Some Recent Dramatic LX. Six Weeks at llunsdon 1 Succes , es. Manor. Part VI. London : Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. TEMPLE BAR MAGAZINE. In the January Number (now ready) commences a New Novel, to be continued Monthly, entitled— " DOCTOR'S WIFE. By Author of "John Marchmont's Legacy," "Lady Audley's Secret," &c., &o. Office of Temple Bar, 122, Fleet-street, London. NEW NOVEL BY AUTHOR OF ' SACKVILLE CHAUE." In the January Number (now ready) of the ST. JAMES'S MAGAZINE commences TIHE MAN IN CHAINS. By C. J. COLI.INS. London : Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. MADAME RACHEL ON " FEMALE G RACE AND BEAUTY." , Just published, 4BOOk OF BEAUTY. By Madame RACHEL. To be had at 47A, New Bond-street. Price 2s. 6d. DIGS! PIGS! PIGS!-INDIAN PIG MEAL, without husks, supplied to the Royal farms, Windsor, and in every county in England, IGs 6d per cwt. ; one cwt. equal to 11 cwt. barley or any meal. Delivered free in Lon don. Established 1858.— THOMAS PEARCE, Manager, 66, L ant-street, Southwark. MESSRS. BOTr. JACKSON, AND CO. execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances. Landon and Westminster Bank. Post-office Orders payable at Camber well-park. N.B.—Betting on the Waterloo Cup. Address—Borr and JACKSON, "Man of the World" Wine Stores, George-street, Camberwell-park, London. "IF THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Indigestion, or Biliousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. Tbeir world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit. Of all medicine vendors at is. lid. sad 2s. 9d. ; or free by post for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist Lincoln. TEA.--MOORE BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to 3s. 2d. ; Souchong, reduced to 3s. (id. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd.; and the finest Assam, reduced from 48. 4d. to 38. 11d. per lb. MOORE BROTHERS, 35, London-bridge, City, E.C. T" NEW WEATHER INDICATOR. By S. CASELLA, for correctly foretelling Changes in the Weather, either for Rain, Wind, or Moisture. Particu lars, with rules, by inclosing stamp. Also, just published, CASELLA'S New and Improved FORMS for correctly REGISTERING METEOROLOGI CAL OBSERVATioNS. "THE GHOST CLUB" at the CANTERBURY HALL.—New and Interesting Spectral Tableaux.—Mr. C. MO RTON is enabled to announce that, through the medium of Professor Pepper's World of Shadows, a "GHOST CLUB" is nightly held at the CAN TERBURY HALL. The object of the Club is not there peopling of the Haunted Houses of London ; but, through the agency of Phantoms, to present vivid (if transient) pictures of the drama of real lite, both in its serious and mirthful aspects ; and, by means of spectral tableaux, to recall, and still further impress on the mind, some of the teachings or pleasantries of the best wr ters. At pre sent, the two orders of Slavery—the Slavery of the South, and the "White" Slavery of a more boastful civilisation, receive emphatic illustration ; and these life pictures will be rapidly replace iby others. The pages (1 Shakspere and the eli.er Dramatists, of' Scott. Hood, Ineoldsby, Dickens, &C., &C., wi.l. in turns, furnish subjects for illustration. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections. &c. ; Comedy by Unsworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, E. Marshall, and George Hutchenson. THE BENEFACTOR OF THE SKIN. MOLLARMS PERFUMED SULPHUR SOAP and CREAM for ordinary toilet purposes, and "BAREGE' SULPHUR CREAM, for Baths, free from disagreeable odour ; an infallible means of preserving the skin and body in perfect htalth ; they are also an effectual remedy in coring local and cutineous affections and rheuma tism. Highly patronised and recommended by the most eminent physicians ;see Testimonials). Tablets of Soap, from Nos. 1 to 5, accorebng to the degree of sulphur they contain, sold at the depot, 2, Rupert -street, Coventry-street, London, W., and at all chemists. _Prospectuses and testimonials sent on application. TEETH. —Mr. ESK ELL'S INVENTION in the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the following advantages :—A set of teeth, of excellent work manship and mechanism, can be made and fitted with the most perfect accuracy and success, in a few hours, without pain or extraction of stumps, and to answer all the purposes of mastication and articulation. They are fitted without wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the gums, that they are quite immoveable, except at the option of the wearer. Invalids or residents in the country can ad just these teeth to many changes of the mouth without the aid of a dentist. They are not so liable to injury, are always useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea tise explaining Mr. Eskell's Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps. Inspection of specimens and consultations iree.-B,Grosvenor stleet, Bond-street, W ; and at 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir mingham. pRIZE MEDAL-INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, &C., &C., To the Queen and the P , ince of Wales. (Established 17?0.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862, testifies to , he excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manuf enure. A distivguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co.. on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, " I have found them f yequal - to the recommendation fully s: which you gave them, and can sincerely, i n m y turn, , recom mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar. Finest quality, with Platted Wicks, patented.. 2s. 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality • • .. ed. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, With a Mixture of Wax. Best quality .. • • • • •• is. sd. per lb. Second quality .. • • •• • • .. ls. 3d. per lb. Third quality .• • • • • • • is. id. per lb. Carriage pad in London on Order s of Five Pounds in value . F RANCIS TUCKER AND CO., 8, South Molton-street, Grosveror-squaro. Manufactory— itia The England for the Mann! acture 01 Wax Candles for the use of the Altar. e b n u s s i h n ni gt l o n n t ( i E n stablished 73')). largest vs OYAL ALHAMBRA.—Great Treat during zu, the Christmas HoIidays.—FRANCONPS CIRQUE IMPERIAL.—This, the only thoroughly organised Circus Company in London, comprises the first artistes, selected from the best known Continental Troupes, including Male and Female Equestrian•, Gymnasts, Acrobats, and Clowns. The Stud consists of highly-trained Trick and Menage Horses, unrivalled in any establishment in Europe. Crowded audiences nightly attend this splendiri entertainment, now renewed with unwonted splendour. Enthusiastic reception of M. Jules Perez, from Madrid, the greatest Bare-backed Rider ever seen, whose wonderful performances create a pro found sensation. Second week of Professor Case, the Slack Wire Performer, of World-wide Renown, Arthur and Ber trand, the most amusing and marvellous of Clowns, together with a host of varied talent a 1 unequalled in their respective spheres. Morning Performances Daily, during the ensuing Christmas Week, at Two o'Clcck ; Evening, at Half-past Seven. Admission—Reserved seats, Ss.; Stalls and 'Balcony, 2s. Pit and Promenade, ls. ; Gallery, ed. Private boxes, to hold six persons, 21s. a) OYAL ALHAMIIRA. - JULES PEREZ EVERY EVENING at the ALHAMBRA. p OYAL ALHAMBRA.-MORNING PER FORMANCES EVERY DAY at Two, at the ALHAM BRA, during the CHRISTMAS 'WEEK. A RGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Hay market. NOTICE. —M. JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS will be continued nightly at the above elegant rooms. Admission ls. Conductor—M. JULI.IEN. Solo Performers—Messrs. Mosea, Tyler, King, M`Kenney, Snelling, Sloman, Progratski, Baker, ,Ye. Manager, M. GRENET. 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HALIFAX, 26,h.—Caristms week has brought more than the average business, though there is nothing like so many transactions as will take place in a week or two. The general tone of the woollen and carpet branches is sound, especially the latter. Wool keeps up its price, and spinners will only buy small lots, though convinced that there is not much probability of its soon becoming cheaper. HUDDERSFIELD, 26th.—To all appearances our merchants have had little to do this week which would impede them in their annual stock taking and balancing. Few buyers have been here, and the in quiry has only been for goods inferior in make or damaged in condition which might be purchaseable for nominal sums. There has not, however, been much done even in this huckstering line. In the warehouses attention is chiefly given to Bedford and woollen cords, for which there is still a rage, and nothing like sufficient stock to meet it. Notwith standing the external quietness, it is satisfactory to know that al the manufacturers are fully employed for the home trade of the coming spring. LEEDS, 26th.—To-day both the cloth halls and all Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. The numerous and urgent appeals of the si'lc poor for ad missißn compel the Committee to entreat the bounty of the affluent and humane, as the medical officers are daily obliged to treat as out-patients many distres•ing cases which. with more adequate funds, they would gladly admit into the wards. The premises of the Hospital are capable of containing 500 beds. The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on voluntary contributions and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer, Edward Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Fferries and Co. ; Ransom and Co.;Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith , Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co.; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street Masterman and Co. ; I. Barned and Co., Liverpool ; and at the Hospital, from 10 till 5. STANFORD S. SMITH Secretary. the warehouses in the woollen trade are closed. Thursday was made the last market of the week,and then business was unimportant, as most of the houses are now closely engaged in balancing. We have no thing new to report with respect to next season's goods. The demand for patterns is not yet over. Actual deliveries will shortly begin. It is not expected terms will then be more favourable to buyers than they have been for some time past. Some few London houses have already agreed upon their :selections, The most favourite designs appear to be plain and checked light coloured thin•meltons. These and plain black cloths are the goods chiefly dealt in with a view to the spring and summer demand. Manufacturers throughout the town and adjacency are busy, and altogether business is in a fair state, while prospects are certainly brighter than they were last Christmas. LEICESTER, 26th.—The past has been rather a quiet week in the hosiery trade, but still there has THE EMBELLISHMENTS OF PARIS, commenced in 1848 by the works necessary for the junction of the Tuileries with the Louvre, have been on a gigantic scale. The greatest undertaking has been the continuation of the Rue do Rivoli onwards to the Rue St. Antoine, the disen gagement of the Hotel de Ville, and the opening of the square around the old Gothic tower of St. Jacques la Bou cherie. The next stupendous improvement has been the Boulevard Sebastopol, which runs north and south, as the Rue de Rivoli runs east and west, each being some two miles long and straight on end, except where the Boule vard Sebastopol twists across the Place du Chatelet and the Seine. The final cost of the Rue de Rivoli will be upwards of two millions sterling, and of the Boulevard Sebastopol more than two millions and a quarter. The other leading improvements and the sums granted by the State since 1852 towards the embellishment of Paris are as follows :—Boule vard do Strasbourg 3,149,000 f, Palais de l'lndustrio 14,880,000 f, Hotel of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 4 ; 500,000f, repairs of Historical Monuments 2,170,000 f, Palace of the Elysee 1,400,0001, Hippodrome of Longchamp 1,500,000 f, Tomb of Napoleon I. 865,000 f, Pouts des Inva lides, d'Jeno et d'Areole 4,250,000 f, Cathedral of Paris (Notre Dame), 3,500,060 f, Barracks 7,850,000 f, Monument to Marshal Nay 50,000 f, New Opera House 28,000,000 f, construction of the Isla des Cygnes, 428,000 f, Grand Works (law of 1858) 60,000,0001 —making, with 62,500,000 f forth° junction of the Palaces of the Louvre and the Tuileries up to 1858, and including 36,000,000 f for the Boulevard Sebas topol, a total sum of 225,000,000 f, or, in round numbers, nine millions sterling, exclusive of the contributions of the Municipality, The Halles Centrales cost ab)ut a million sterling, and the new Boulevard Malesherbes will cost the city £1,200,000. Altogether the State and the Munici pality of Paris have either actually spent or incurred lia bilities amounting in the aggregate to between seventeen and eighteen millions sterling. A RELIC ENDANGERED.---We presume the church wardens of St. Swithin's, London Stone, Cannon street, are the proper authorities to appeal to with regard to the preservation of the most interesting relic now existing of the Roman occupation of this island. In such a position as London Stone now occupies it is, notwithstanding the characteristic and well-designed case Wren gave it in 1680, exposed to injury at the hands of mischievous and stupid persons. Quite redently some fragments have been knocked off, ono long and a shorter freshly fractured surface b e i ng epo sd, th sh° r w e i e orng bright and clean spaces, te n an d f our inches longand four broad, upon the oth erw i se smooth, xe time-worn, and brown mass. Caro ought to be taken that this mischievous trick is not repeated, or, before long, the mere boulder that remains of the great stone, pitched upright," that Stow mentions as standing on the south side of Cannon-street (it was removed to the kerb on the north side in 1742, condemned by the churchwardens to destruction in 1798, but saved by Mr. Malden, and placed, as now, against the church wall of St. Swithin's) and will become a thing of the past. Then will be lost the lapis milliartus which Camden thought to be the central mil e .. stone of the Romans, and to which Strl pe gave a still earlier origin, which is mentioned in charters of Athelstan's and in Stephen's time, again in 1193, a reference to which by liolinshed was borrowed by Shakespere, and which ought to be most precious to the citizens.—Athenount. D it i.ILIT TT 'S BILIOUS AND LIVER pared without au rr suffer from bilious an Scott, of BromieK ter eurialingrredient, from the recipe of Dr. —A NEVER FAILING RlOlEDY.—P spasms, giddiness, Ziff costiveness, as a family complaints, indigestion, wind. Kent, i wili be found invaluable to all who y ex Willia e and grateful to the stoma: l ll f%." of the blood, they are trul medicine, and as a puer ape t: l o l the eyes, &c. For habitual ; mild in their opera tionin Toistreet, Charing-cross. mote digestion, and strengthen ' t ry create appetite, pro whole nervous system. ii , o o l: n ri d b o y n, W an . d La b m y b m er o t s , t B d , r li m fn y g ots, times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. l; t e e6lB . lid., and three Scott's Biliona and Liver Pills. The gen green package, with "William Lambert " e are a square sure to ask for Dr. stamp. , engraved on the Hornitnan's Tea is choice and strong, moderate i n pr i c e, and wholesome to use. These advantages have secured for this Tea a general preference. It is sold in packets by 2,280 Agents, been an average amount of business doing in most departments of goods. The workpeople, both in the , are well employed ere are no stocks of t f o o rw the and ti mteh ofe c t o b u e n year t ry d . is t T r i h c e t hosiery on hand. The yarn market is firm, and prices remain very high, spinners holding out for ex treme rates. There is no m a t er i a l c h ange i n . marketwoollNthcenEsTEit, 26th To-day p l aces of business for which remains quiet. MANCHESTER, connected with the yarn and cloth trade have been closed, and two holidays in the week have necessarily interfered a good deal with the amount of transac tions. Up to Thursday buyers were indisposed to operate, and the transactions were few, with prices in favour of sellers. On Thursday the easier rates adopted by the Bank gave a little more firmness to sellers, but it was not the regular market-day, and many sellers as well as buyers failed to put in an appearance on 'Change. " Some decline in price," say Messrs. Pender in their circular for the Over landfoenillh atili 6 , has been established du r i ng th e past n all classes of goods, though it is less noticeable in the case of India cloths, in consequence generally of the smallness of stocks. Printing cloths have declined ls. 6d. to 2s. per piece from the highest point, and about the middle of the month t h er e was a considerable demand for them." Chi na sh i r t i a n l g s , figured and brocade s hi r ti ngs an d d amasks have so been in limited re. quest during the past fort night, and have shared in the decline of prices which has been common to nearly allfabrics. 40-inch India shirting, tin madapollams,: jac conets, an d mu ll s h ave been comparatively less affected in prices, and were consequently among the fabrics for which manufac turers were disposed to ask rather firmer rates after the action of the Bank on Thursday. Yarns had bee n declining generally till Thursday, when spin ners in some cases asked Id. above the rates of the day before, but business loft off dull. 1 Working full time, and there has been an amply N EWCAST LE ON-TYNE, 26th.—The pits have been : 0 v,,,0.1„ • • • • • ( 4, . Ard . rw."l4 A . 001 kt, %PI ' 1 _ cz, ‘. IV ....It V.„ •"; Atka, , •• o*- 1 1 , 4 j..• 14" Ai 4 0 1' 4. J 4. ' 4 , V • h g 0 4 ,1 1 / 41k , \ irf,.‘LlT*, kt,/ • O P ' 4 ;4.4 - ' kt , ' ••••fe•-• (41- #., distinguished for committing themselves. A!peale— before a provincial audience is gene.eallrii#A4 dilemma, that he must be either incalifidne , nt i. some. Something exciting is necessfal:44 , 4 4 4.c ; i,i, the attention of some hundredg or tileottroVilea half-educated hearers. Even Lord PalnisiSfiiiiithj not threaten the Emperor of the French satlivoadri in the H ouse o f Commons as when he speaks t o a crowd nf gaping bumpkins; arid the differe nce b em tween Mr. Bright in Parliament and Mr. Bright i n the presence of a mob is notorious, anti has been very lately illustrated. It is a pity that a formal division of labour cannot be introituced. If Ministers and ex-Ministers never spoke in the recess, end th e rest o f the mem b ers never s p o k e i n the Session, all t h e ev i ls of both periods would be avoided. The statesmen would never commit themselves; and the proceedings of the House of Commons would be much livelier than they are. But even that rule would fail to meet the case of Mr. Bright and his coadjutors, who are, perhaps, gacater sinners in this respect than all the rest of the members put together. PE10E.....—..4d. STAMPED ....sd. tiso on each other cruelties which would be diegrace ful if inflicted on a cab horse. The time has come to interefere, and t o i nter f ere w i t h v i gour . A. good deal depends on the firmness and decision of the magistrates before whom King and Heenan will appear; and without wishing any unnecessary hardships to be inflicted on two courageous pugilists, we cannot help believing that the magistrates in question will not be worthy of their office unless the penalty be sharp, decisive, and final. SPECTATOR.—The Fie zgerald divorce suit, besides amusing the town for a week, has done a substan tial service. It has revealed to the public a defect in English divorce law long since patent to lawyers, and which may be productive of almost infinite mis chief. It is open to anybody from jealousy, or hatred, or blindness, or the hope of extortion, to include any innocent person, man or woman, among the co-respondents in a divorce suit, and so either permanently damage their characters or inflict a crushing amount of annoyance and anxiety. So long as the liability was felt only by men, other men well aware how leniently such offences are judged might afford to shrug their shoulders and congratulate th emse l ves that nobody had any handle on them ; but the introduction of a woman into the same situation alters the aspect of affairs. The most unscrupulous are apt to grow savage when their own,wives are attacked in public, and the mischief having occurred in one' case, we may fairly expect some effort to modify the law. The cruel wrong endur e d b y one o f the parties in this singular suit, singular if on l y as expos i n g the persistent ignorance of the public on the subject of legal cruelty, is not attributable to the Divorce Court. She would have suffered it just as much under the old procedure, and without so prompt .a relief; but it is due to a defect in the law itself. A greater wrong effected through legal forms it would be difficult to imagine. Major Fitzgerald, s on of Lord William Fitzgerald, and an officer of some dis tinction, having earned the Victoria Cross in the Crimea, married in 1857 Miss Geergiana Bettis worth. The major had little but his pay and his debts, the lady between twenty and thirty thousand pounds; and the marriage on therthusbaed'e side al most avowedly made for money. Such matches end every day more happily than they deserve, but in this instance the bridegroom was disappointed, or thought he was disappointed, of some of the money promised; the bride looked after her property with penurious cue and vigilance, and both parties were on the evidence of high and uncontrolled temper. The major saubbed his wife, according to her evi dence, after the most unpardonable manner; ac cording to his, with the kind of" chaff" women can never understand or bear. Mrs. Fitzgerald, es time went on, became more and more irritated; the loss of a child, which she attributes to his language, and everybody else apparently to bad medical ad vice, aggravated the disunion, and at last the wife, tired out by reflections on her person, whether good humoured or not, accused the husband of infidelity. She fixed, as the Mrs. Naggletons of society do fix, on the lady her husband best knew, a Mrs. Mallet, wife of Mr. Mallet, holding an appointment in the Foreign Office, who, to his misfortune, had been a kind friend to Major Fitz gerald. Taxed for whole years on end with inti macy with this lady, threatened with the loss of all he had married to obtain, and badgered out of his wits, Major Fitzgerald, as he says in a letter published in the Times, went temporarily out of his mind—a statement which, unusual as it is, seems the only one which explains the facts, and which is supported by medical evidence. In this condition he wrote letters to his wife admitting the truth of her accusation, and, all efforts at reconeLia.tion fail ing, she brought her action for cruelty and adultery. For months Mrs. Mallet's name remained on the file as corespondent in a case in which a Major on the Staff, a man of the class against whom society always presumes, and in whose favour it usually condones, such charges, was also implicated. For all that time none but the intimate friends of the accused family had any means whatever of know ing whether any portion of the implied charge was, or was not, in any degree true. The only thing they were certain of was the bitter, but unavailing wrath of her husband, who, though willing to go all lengths in his wife's defence, had not even a right to a hearing within the Court. So bad is the law that ho had not even the right to send counsel into the Court, to promise the complete refutation he and his friends lenew that it was in his power to adduce. At last the trial came on, Mrs. Fitzgerald gave her evidence, the letters were produced, and the plaintiff's side, and that alone, appeared in the papers of the fallowing day. For twenty-four hours, at least, Mr. and "'Mrs. Mallet must have suffered torture ; but, fortunately, the law left them one solitary chance. It was open to counsel, though not compu!sory on counsel, to place them in the box, and to bring forward evidence they had collected in disproof of the charge. Had Mre. Mallet been, as hundreds of women would have Leen, half-killed or wholly killed by appearance before a public court in order to rebut such a slander, even this chance might have failed. As it was, through a concurrence of favouring circumstances and the for titude of the witnesses, the truth was for once made clear. Thera was not a particle of evidence worth one straw to justify any imputation of any sort or kind, except that Mr. Mallet had the misfortune to be on friendly terms with a man subject to halluci natione, and to lend him, through his wife, £25. It was not a mere break-down of evidence leaving still a shade of suspicion. There was counter-evidence as complete as it is possible for evidence of a nega tive ever to be, accounting for almost every moment of Mrs, Mallet's time, and so deeply did that lady's bearing impress the jury that they refused to hear plaintiff's counsel or Judge's summing. up, and at once, as by acclamation, exonerated the accused. SATURDAY REVIEW.—The politicians of old days were not expected to stump. Extr&Parliamentary utterances are an invention of modern times. , The older view of la Member of Parliament's functions was limited to the assembly which he was sent to join. His constituents troubled themselves princi pally about his votes—that is to nay, if he sat for a constituency which took any interest in political matters beyond that which could be expressed in the coin of the realm. If he chose to indulge in utterances of any kind within the walls of Parlia ment, it was entirely by his own choice, and for the purpose of pushing his own way in the world. A totally different conception of the character now prevails. For some time an idea appears to e have . gained ground among the constituenciee, part of the duties of every Member of Parliam.past to take care that his name shall appears, at ini i ra ,_ occasionally, in the debates. The physicani obviousP ticability of this pretension must have bteoedivide the to any one who would take the trouble to that itenits House of number of boars at the dissal or it contains. Commons by the number of Members difficulty made d. Instead In course of time, this practiesseeedeipffitec itself felt, and a comp romis o e f w' j o mmons, where the of speaking in the House audience is impatient the oratory they expect executed, for their o a nd fastidiou s, most constitu encies are now content that from their member sh all be exma undoubtedly tends to save This' arrangement, which un . the probably the ' edification and diversion, during the recess. time of Parliament, is . origin of autumn stumpi ng . go through m Members of the modern Parliament' rutable any vexations for the sake of the ]nsc name, thatpleasure of writing system of two letters after their one misery more i esv n it ot of much importance. of exhibiting during if this obligation It Would be a number of candidates t h e privilege of gratuitously for tsoherreLreeuscssess tended to lessen the performing it. 1-33 t i n England, the charm of standing ono round h i g h e r on the social ladder than your ne i g hbours is s o irresistible that, if a memb er of P ar li a ment wer e o bli g ed to dance upo n his head for the am usement o f his constituents, it i s tune and independ d to do it, and cane would be team to assure the spectatorsdevoted to the can it be said that the time Nor feat was the pro u d est t of their lives. probable that men of for momen. does a ny injury to the ordinar • that the practice . 5 race of style of orator is '. safe from deterioration. Parliament: Their yUnfortu niperi usage ex nately, however, the I odes even the t ends to alt 1 consequently me. mqeumaebers of . P , and a n a share iii the most eminent men who ha ve " I t ° them the habit a dministration of the - a decidedly detrimental of platform eloquence bee ns is about the best, effect. As the House of Coraino far the worst, school of oratory. KO a platform is by saidthat sermons would be free Empire. eon . . It has been well defecta that aro laid to their from most of the were only liable to a reply. It requires BcP 7 - which would be imposed by the fear hurain zieil and virtue to supply the elite The, charge if the clergy Platform has all the vices of the ' ed to a license in point of facts and prin rflutary criticism. pu i p it, ply _ special to ielf. Few public men are eipies which masters of t hemselves to resist the tempta ( s ufficiently is tempta- I fl ea which is held out by the impossibility of a reply, an d by the peculiar impressibility of their audience. The kuowtedge that a practised debater is prepar jag to pick to pieces a speaker's reasoning, aud to ectutinise his facts, the moment he has sat down, enforces a caution in the selection and treatment of topics which self-imposed scruples will not entirely replace. The consequence is, that orators who are fond of starring it in the provinces ate generally FRENCH THEATRICALS. -~- --: FRANCAIS.—The question has been asked before now, How is it that clever men can write that a l such bat they adc d o e p me e d n ie a s ' ete Of the " how" we can say teething , but of the of talent can and do so write there is no doubt whateve r , an d in ad dition to many proofs of the possession of th a t f acu l ty p w a s s t , mayboldly present, citean d — N W . e Jules fear—to Bandeau's come, by e fret " Maison van," brought out here a few nights since, The author is known a s one o f th e best and most elegant writ ers of the day as a nove li st, h av i ng pro d uc ed several w or k s which hold a high pl ace i n t h e es ti ma ti on o f tee best judges, bo t h for his power of creating an interest in the mind of the reader, and those rarer qualities of taste and style in. which he is immeasurably superior to most witers of the modern school, whose popularity is frequently owing to the vie lence and vulgar exaggerations of their manner of writing. A. comedy, however, is one thing and a roman another ; and certain it is that M. Sandeau's play of "La Maison de Penarvan is a poor affair, while his novel is excellent." The scene is laid in Brittany, where stands the ruined clAteau of the Penarvans, a noble loyalist family, who have freely given their lives and their wealth to aid the cause of the Monarchy against the Republic. Of their vast pee sessions there remains but a dilapitated castle, and of the great and numerous family but one surviving daughter Renee, whose spirit and courage, However--solitary; peer and friendless as she is—glow as arilently for the - good old perishing cause as in the brightest days of ifs prosperity. '.'he last of her race, she is determined never to change her name, bat to die a Penarvan. In the meantime poverty and distress are gathering round her, and she is compelled to part with portions of her land to supply the vulgar ne cessities of life. In this strait she discovers that a relative belonging to a younger branch of the Penarvans, whom she thought dead, is still living, a species of country squire, who has not a grain of the chivalry of his family in his composition, and has willingly abjured all connection with nobility. This doughty personage, Paul de Penarvan, is about to marry the pretty daughter of a miller, one Mi chaud, a genuine son of liberty as it flourished in 17p3, when the noble Renee, horror-struck at the intended de gradation, iesolves to prevent it if passible, and ac ccordingly seeks an interview with him in the vici nity of the cho.teau, and, acqUaintina him with the death of her brothers on the field of La Vendee, de livers him the deeds which constitute him the head of the family. The beauty of his fair visitant at onto puts an end to the chance of the miller's daughter, and — not to prolong the story too much—in the next act we find him the husband of the poor heiress. Anything like love actually to ail uparson, royal and o n n u e uil of u for such a man is of course out of th e question, but she makes u not the be only t with his purse, scenes is that in which he reluctantly dons hi s spurs * and se of but his means in d i other warlike paraphernalia to take the field among his wife's friends against the Republic, with whom lie his real sym pathies. He is dangerously wounded in his first battle, and the natural tenderness of woman's heart towards a suffering husband finally leads to a reconciliation between them, and the audience are left to hope (if they can) that the noble high-spirited woman, wbo had borne so much for the sake of early principles, may ultimately find happiness in her union with a man that has none. Such is the outline, and only an outline, of this play, many of the details which serve for the filling up of the picture being omitted for the pur pose of abridgment, for its extreme heaviness and length on the stage rather loads to the fear that one account of it rather partakes of the sin of the original. Its general effect on the public led to a display of considerable oppo sition on the first and second representations. And hero we have to note a fact of singularly rare occurrence at this theatre—to wit, that the acting was not of the character the public are here accustomed to. Without being bad, it was not first-rats, yet there was no apparent want of zeal or care, but the performers seemed nearly all misplaced. The ungracious role of Paul, for instance, =aid seem to re quire distinction of manner and deportment to redeem its disagreeable features. It was given to M. Got, a most ex cellent comedian, and we believe only deficient in the graceful qualities just named. So with M. Prevost, so with the young actor Coquelin, who played the miller, for which he is unmistekably too juvenile, all the stage arti fices to produce the appearance of ago being thrown away upon his .plain end youthful features. Nea:e. Pleaey, as Mlle. de Penarvan, looked, dressed, and acted beautifully. In the first scene with her cousin her ceetume and general appearance so strongly resembled the best portraits of the unfortunate Marie Antoinette as to strike every beholder. With this exception and that of M. Mirecour, who gave the little part of an aristocratic lacquey of old times with wonderful gusto, none of the performers seeme d at home in their parts—a drawback that considerably impaired tae. h.e, effects of the piece, which, however, we co uld not have thinking under the hands of Eugene Scribe would h at made an amusing and attractive comedy , a title which: to thehich , present it really possesses no claim. By the way s for sub ject seems, all things considered, a curious,onea ie e ye' ad t the performance in the Court theatre -1"" eeP Compiegne honour to be chosen for representation ' before the guests of the Emperor, previous at to its produca tion at the Francais. It was received w ith favour, but of the quietest kind. 1 t little pieces called " PALMS-ROYAL--A Le pleasant t out here. Two persons, e on . Pifferaro," has been brough the small quantity of real hip_ upon vet sing in the streets ~ er world of ours, meet ' piness to be found in this.qu. just one of the wandering Italians named, whose dole ;n1 known to the public, and , e melodies are but too well with his infernal o - lays a wager that this poor fellow, with WA; bright cannot possib ril l eyes, and ever -laughing the miserable. lie loses, philosophical point rises the materialof th enlivened by two or three of course—hut fromy b 3 among agreeable airs • ' Berthelet, who has become quite a favouxit_, with genuine plaudits. . this rather e farce, which is , spiritedly sung by 0 and received • VARIETES.— AII amusing trifle, not at all remarkable by its novelty, has been received here with laughter, called "L'lnfortunes Caroline.,, Pldlle. Aiphonsine and Dupuis is the principal characters contributed a full share to its success. on • TES —A lengthy affai r , ca ll e d ~ L e Z o trave de 1 i Garda, " consisting of military a d ven t ures whiche v ery'w ci fre quenter of the Pari s minor theatres must have w itnessed d o zens of times, h as b een brought forward bar' e and we are itn told the novelty w as do la Foudre," is now acting aff quite successful. DEIAZET.--- A ~... Curious in which a ulier Effete with classic namesake, young lady, named Diana, ari d, like in the province by a great huntress makes a repatatio , exploits. 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Jonghmans. .......„ •:1.7: 4 ,:. ci,N .:11 ,, 7;i /;I)'•';.,.r • ~.• ... , ).,.. , -1 .. , z0vy , .... itii 23, Hatton-garden, London, E.C. ALGERIAN ONYX MARBLE. Messrs. HOWELL, JAMES, and CO., respectfully solicit an inzpecticn of their Onyx Salon, which contains upwards of 1,00 1 objects, consisting of Clock Candelabra, Lamps,Vases, Jardin,e, es, Inkstands, Pen-trays, and a variety of smaller articles of taste, at moderate prices. This beautiful marble is perfectly translucent, bears a very fine polish, presents a diversity of pleasing tints, and can be turned or chiselled into any form necessary for utility or ornament.-5, 7,9, Regent-street, Pall-mall. SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, EXAMINER.—The question really interesting the country is whether Sergeant Litley was treated justly, not the narrow issue whether the severity exceeded what was necessary to the purpose of his confinement. Was the man wronged ? Was any right ea a soldier contravened in the confiuement which hastened his end? The article of war limit ing duration of an untried man's imprisonment is the main safeguard of the soldier's liberty; it is to him what the habeas corpus is to the civilian. This important law was violated in Lilley's case. Colonel Crawley's defence in that respect, as in others, is " Macbeth's "Thou canst not say I did it!" The arrest was commenced by him without any infraction of military law, but it was continued by the direction of General Farrell indefinitely. and afterwards of the Commander-in -Chief, Sir. Wm. Mansfield, in contravention of the articles of war. We have advisedly used the word direction instead of authority, because those Generals had no autho rity to set aside or nullify one of the articles of war framed for the Government of the army, and to control the highest as well as the lowest in the service. The notion in Colonel Crawley's mind was that he had to deal with a mutiny. There had been mutiny in India, so mutiny was always to be apprehended in India. There had been mutiny in native forces, so mutiny was likely to break out in an English regiment. The question in his mind, as he avers, was mutiny or no mutiny, because, forsooth, Mr. Smales had written an in discreet letter, and three sergeants had read some proceedings the publication of which was forbid den. In one of Dickens's novels two characters go on the stage representing a general rebellion. Here we have three sergeants bringing within a step of mutiny, though thea regiment corps was sound, the discipline intact. But nevertheless " the crisis had arrived, the danger was immi nent !" The Colonel was in a dream, or in a passion, and made mountains of mole hills. It is a highly significant fact, that to clear Colonel Crawley's character no less than seven reputations must be destroyed. Four officers and three ser geants must be believed wanting in truth and duty, in order that he may stand fair in the eyes of the world. We cannot join in the praise that has been given to the defence. In the conduct of it there was, indesd, much of the Old Bailey cleverness, and a success in disposing of it. As for the con cluding speech, which hes been strangely admired, it was tawdrily rhetorical, and in the prevailing taste of works of sensation. Such passag es as those seem borrowed from the penny dealers in fine we tti ng H o w in the dark and dreary night of calumny and wrong have I longed for the day when the truth might be legitimately known, and when the foul vapours of malice and falsehood a. ould dis solve like a morning mist before the sun P Some parts of his speech ere more gravely reprehensible, for instance, his insoh nt remark upon a statement of Mr. Smales's, " I think it just possible that upon this occasion Mr. Smalcs told the truth." Now it has been her alsjestyas pleasure to reinst a t e M r. Smales in her service, a reparation which certainly would not have been made if Mr. Smales had been void of truth, and therefore unworthy of her cene. mission and a place amongst men of honour. Th e insult strikes higher than the restored paymaster. And the man who deals in such foul imputations mouths about libellers and calumny. From such outbursts it is easy to underatund what he must have been in his regiment. He has, however, been acquitted, honourably a e . ' quitted, and will resume a command for which he has shown such rare qualifications. But here the matter cannot rest. The question evaded must be raised, whether or not a wrong was done to Lilley, and whether the articles of war do or do not protect a good soldier against injustice. If it can be shown that a court martial could not have been assembled to try the prisoners, well and good, but they were detained by direction of the two Generals without any view to trial, and for another purpose. At the meeting of Parliament more will be heard of this question, and of the soldiers' rights involved in it. LONDON REVlEW.—Summary justice seems likely to overtake those violators of the law, Messrs. Heenan and King. The magistrates of the county in which they fought seem resolved not to let the matter drop to the ground. They are quite right. Even bad laws ought to be kept, and the law which prohibits the brutality of prize fights deserves especial conservation. The practice is itself demoral ising—the training, as has been shown by the .Lancet, is often thoroughly prejudicial to health— and though Messrs. Heenan and King themselves may not be worse than their ordinary associates, there is no doubt that the prize ring is full of ruffians and vagabonds belonging to all classes of society. Bell's Life, the chosen organ of prize fighters, has more than once seemed thoroughly ashamed of its mission. The champions of England and America themselves, who have nearly killed one another for the amusement of a degraded and sensation-hunting mob, know pretty accurately and measure pretty well the depth of their degradation. What Mr.Thos.Sayere feels upon the subject may bejudged by the reso lution he at one time formed of retiring definitely from the Ring--a resolution which he has not seemingly been man enough to keep. Heenan while in training at Brighton expressed himself in no light language of the occupation in which he is engaged. "Isn't a bloody and brutal thing," he is reported to have said, " a man like me to be getting ready to stand up and knock another man about for some money ?" The scene at the railway station on the morning of the fight was thoroughly of a piece with past experience, though the strenuous efforts made by the Company, and favoured possibly by the police, put it out of the power of the very poorest ruffians to be present at the fight. The character of prize fighting may be estimated by the history of the police -courts the next day. To foreign . nations it perhaps appears incredible that, in de fiance of the law, such rude and violent exhibitions should with impunity take place on each occasion when it pleases the noble patrons of the sport t! back one man's muscles against the muscles of an not other. They would conclude (and they wouldl.s be far wrong in concluding) that the withfaulteeasily the Executive. Ordinary law breakers e ra l reached by the strong arm of justice. In tho case . vigilant as their of a street row the police are as native slowness of pace permits t a ri e N z . mi g _t r o he, and the fj , -hter scowls severity which winks at th r ci p reply that it - co mplaints of this grimly at the pickpocket. description the advocates of the ° Rata a )the does not do to be in advance of the m . ° or rt of age—a proposition which is as ludicrous as a pro_ Either the immoral age i s position well can be. lawis right. If the age i s not right or the moral means the penalties wrong, abolish by all and the commandmen t. But if the law is unimpeachable, and its defiers belong to the scum and i ces of so ciety respectively, let the law stand, an d l et the age learn to obey or to submit to the fitting punishment. That gentlemen and scholars should dare still to upheld a practice condemned by law and morality alike, is enough to discourage The Most men. efforts of a minority must, however, quickly prove impotent before the common Opinioncock of society. Worse than Why is prize fighting fig hting on Shrove Tuesday ? Both are E equally ancient, equally national, and equally d* • The cock lareputauLe spoi ts. of has been succeesfull ' y taken under the wingth e Legislature; but human beings are still allowed a and encouraged—in the Legislature's despite—to grac- NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., F " E V .E R: A Story of English Country Life. By A CLERGYMAN. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street UNIFORM WITH " THE PRIVATE DETECTIVE." This day, Never before Published, price 25., SECRET SERVICE; Or, The Recollections of a City Detective. 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