The Sun. — London, England, 1864-12-17 00:00:00

FUN ALMANACK for 1865. Full of Comic Engravings and Humorous Writings. Price twopence. TRAPPED in a TREE, by Captain MAYNE REID: and other Tales, appear in the CHRISTMAS Double NUMBER of FCN, now ready. Price Twopence. OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT OUT OF SORTS—Lectures for Little Statesmen—Row the Good Boy Tom brown got into Difficulties, dm , In " N UN" This Week. One Penny. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, The Last Night previous to the commencement 01 the Christmas Pantomime. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with YOU KNOW WHO. Followed by FAUST. Conductor, Signor ARDITI. Doors open at Half-past Six, commence at Seven. Opera at Eight. Box Office pen from Ten till Five, Private Boxes, from 10s. Ed. ; Stalls, 7s. ; Dress Circle, ss. ; First Circle, Is. ; tit, 45.6 t. ; Gallery, is. No charge for booking places. No fees to cox-keepers. , ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. (Opera Company, Limited.) Last Night but Three before Christmas. Last Appearance of Mr. Charles Adams. THIS EVENING (Saturday), Dec. 17, the performances will commence with Weber's overture to Preciosa. After which, Verdi's opera, IL TRO VATORE. Leonora, Mdlle. L. Martorel'e ; inez, Mrs A. Cook; and Azucena, Madame Faflny Huddart; Count di Luna, Mr. A. Lawrence ; Ferrando, Mr. A. Ccok ; Ruiz, Mr. C. Lyall; Gipsy, Mr. Melville ; and Manrico, Mr. Charles Adams. To conclude with the Third Act of MASAN lELLO. Conductor, Mr Alfred Mellon. The Incidental Divertissement will be supported by Mdlles. Duchateau and Boni anti. Commence at half-past 7 o'clock. Private boxes, from 10s. 6d, upwards ; stalls, 7s. ; dress circle, ss. ' • upper boxes, 4s. ; amphitheatre stalls, 3s. and 2s ; pit 2s. 6d. ; gallery, is. No charge for booking places. The box-office is open from 10 till 5. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY- LANE,- Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, to commence with A YOUNG LAD FROM THE COUN rRY. Messrs. G. Belmore, Fitzjames, and G. F. Neville; Misses Helen Howard, R. Leclercq, &c. After which, Shaksoere's Tragedy of MACBETH. Mr. Phelps ; Messrs. Creswick, R. Roxby, G, Belmore, Rayner, 4. F. Neville, Edmund Phelps, J. 'Neville, Bartleman, tc ; Misses Rebecca Isaacs, Emma Heywood, and Miss Atkinson. i;oors open at ha t-past Six—Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. TIIIS EVENING, MADEMOISELLE DE BELLE ISLE. Messrs. Howe, Farren, Gordon, Braid, &c. ; Mesdames 'heatrice, Ange', &c. After which, NO SONG NO SUPPER. Messrs. Compton, Farren, Artnur Clark, Weathersby, &c. ; Mesdames Keeley, 'Villiers, Moore, Lovell, &3. And OUR MARY ANNE. To commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. I addy O'Rafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray. After which, THE STREETS OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fisher, D. Murray, J. Nelson, 11. Forrester. 11. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma Barnett, and Miss F,.nny Gwynne. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the sole management of Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, at 8, RUY BLAB. Messrs. Fechter, Ity ,, er, Fitzpatrick, F. Uh rle6, M'intyre, Garden, Raymond, Collett, C ifford, Moreland ; Misses Carlot a Lealercq, H. Percy, and Mrs. Winstanley. Preceded, at 7, by MY WIFE'S OUT. Messrs. H. Widdi comb, F. Charles ; Misses H. Percy and E. :avenue. To conclude with NURSEY CHICKWEED. Mr. H. 'Viddicomb. Doors open at half-past 6 ; commence at 7. The Box-office open daily from Elevn till Five. N'TEA ruE-ROYAL, ADELPHL -B,ole Proprietor and Manwer. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE WORKMEN OF PARIS. Nr. Benjamin Webster; Messrs. BillinAon, R. Phillirs, Stuart, J. Clarke, Stephenson, Eburne, C. J. Smith ; Mrs, Stirling, Miss Woolgar (Mrs. A. Mellon), Miss H. zimms. Mrs. Biliington, Mrs. H. Lewis, and Miss A. Seamen. To conclude with DOING BAN TING. Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Stephenson; Mrs. Lewis and Miss A. zteaman. Commence at 7. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster. EMINI4.Nr TALENT AND COMEDY DRAMA. Last Week but One of the present Management. THIS EVENING, a new Musical Drama, entitled THE BARONET ABROA.i) AN J THE RUSTIC PRIMA L ONNA : Mr. Frank Matthe h s ; Miss Constance Roden. After which, at a quarter to Eight, a new and original Comedy Drama, an three acts, by J. ealgrave Sim , ,son. enti tled SY BILLA ; or, STEP BY STEV. Mr and Mrs. Charles Mathews. To conclude with Mr. Maddison Morton's New Comedy Farce of IVtiOD. OCK'S LITTLE GAME. Mr. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborongh. THIS EVENING, WILFUL WARD. Messrs Parselle and Belford; Miss Palmer. Followed by, at Eight, MIL KY WHITE. Messrs. Craven, btoyle, James ; Mesdames Slvanbor.ugh and Mande:s. To conclude with MAZEYPA. Mesdames Raynham, Simpson, tc. GRATIS AND POST FREE E. 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Lord PALMERSTON has not been very busy of late in axe way of making speeches, hut on Thursday be presided at the Agricultural Association's annual dinner at Romsey. There was nothing out of the way on the occasion, but the noble lord contrived to introduce some appropriate remarks concerning the several topics upon which he touched. With respect to the Army and Navy toast, he truly ob served that it was important for the interests of all that the defenders of the country should be duly honoured. No one was likely to pursue his indus• trial pursuits with diligence if he were not satisfied that he should reap the fruits of his exertion. This is strictly tree, and shows very plainly that in no assemblage, however peaceful may be its attributes, can it be said that the efficiency and activity of those engaged in warlike pursuits is of no interest, for much deper de upon their will and power to perform their duties. Lord PALMERSTON only expressed a common opinion when he said that we were not lees likely to remain at peace with foreign Powers because it was known that the " Army, Navy, Militia, and Volunteers of England are in a perfect state of efficiency, and ready, if called upon, to de fend the interests and maintain the honour of the country." In the toast of the " Successful Compe titors," the noble lord made one of his humorous speeches, but still, at the same time, some useful hints may be gleaned from it, for he said that they held out an example to others to follow in their course, and thus another year they might win the laurels got themselves. In returning thanks for his health being .protiosed, the noble President die. coursed at greater length, and made some feeling allusions to the gratification which. all must experience in securing the goodwill of those among whom they live. Certainly he may appreciate this, for his popularity in the vicinity of his home is very great, and on all occasions it is manifested with spontaniety and enthusiasm. An additional interest was imparted to the proceedings of the evening by the circumstance of a new building having been_ erected, which was handsome and commodious. Of course this furnished some op. portunity for remarks, of which the noble lord availed himself with his usual readiness and dexte rity. It is true, ns he said, that agriculture de• pended greatly upon the intercourse of man with man, and thus the interchange of ideas demanded a fitting place for those engaged in such pursuits to assemble. One can say how he has foiled, another where he has succeeded, and so on. Al though, as the noble lord facetiously observed, the wind would not blow their good thoughts out of them, nor the rain melt away their good qualities, it was as well for the farmers of the neighbourhood to have an appropriate spot in which to assemble. In the course of his remarks, Lord PALMERSTON gave more useful hints to those around, although he disclaimed all intention of " talking to farmers about farming." Still it is certain that those of ex. perience and nflection can do good service to classes whose avocations are totally dissimilar to their own, and indeed they may be of essential ad vantages from not possessing the prejudices or being biassed by the partialities that will often in. terfere with the judgment and mar the efforts of those who are well-meaning and good-intentioned, but who are too limited in their experience and narrow in their experience. Thus the noble lord declared that he thought the industry of agriculture was likely to increase greatly ; the introduction of machinery has been of great benefit, and has even overcome the prejudices of those who were the most opposed to it at the first. So thus, as in other matters, we find the ultimate triumph of thought, over more material things, all these inventions and improvements have had to run their gauntlet, as it were, to pass through many difficulties and much opposition to their destined end and final goal; but patience and perseverance can do much, and achieve that crowning triumph, occasionally, of coercing people against their will. Theechange that has taken place in the opinions of some persons was ably described by the noble lord, when he told them he had heard the other day that the labourers refused to thrash by the flail, but in. eisted on machinery being employed, whereas in some places, at the time of their first introduction, the machines were broken, in consequence of the men thinking that they would injure them. This is a good example of the idle notions and mistaken notions that men get into their heads when they will not pause to reflect, nor take the advice of those who have been thinking while they have been working, thus making all labour conduce to a common end, the welfare and advantage of society. The vehicles used in agriculture have also been improved, and Lord PALMERSTON duly adverted to them as a proof of the flourishing state of agricul tural affairs at present. It is in every way satiefac tory that the inventions in which modern science has so excelled should be brought to bear upon agricultural pursuits. It was the fashion at one time for a certain class of politicians to decry and put down all allusions to agriculture, as beneath their notice, but this is a mistake that no wise states- man nor man of sound experience will make, and Lord PALMERSTON has set a good example to others, by thus coming forward and directing attention to matters that are deserving of attention in relation to those pursuits. Such encouragement may stimulate others to do their utmost in the furtherance of the struggle after excellence and the strife for improvement which should animate and influence all sections o: ,he community, and form the motive-power that propels the different classes of society. In many respects, then, it may, be considered that the affair at Romsey was a success, and the speeches of the county members in their way contributed to the happy results of the entertainment. Mr. BUTTON alluded to the tact that the farmers would have to turn a good deal of their corn into meat for the future. in support of this assertion he said that English beef and mutton could not be surpassed in any part of the world, but wheat and grain can be sent into oar markets at a lower price than we ca❑ grow it. The farmers and others whom it concerns had better show that a word to the wise is sufficient, and give heed to the useful hints and appropriate advices that have been given to them in various quarters by the prevalence of these agricultural associations. Few sciences in our own day have made more progress than that of meteorology, and few are capable of more practical application. Invaluable s the resources of chemistry have proved in sup. plying the thousand wants of civilised existence, and important as are the revelations of geology, we may lineation whether either of them in their recent development is likely to exercise a more be• neficial influence on the affairs of a maritime na tion. So deeply are we interested in the fluetna- tions of the weather, both from the immense variety and extent of our commercial dealings and from the number of men whose daily occupation leads them into continual contact with all its forms and vagaries. The knowledge already acquired by our meteorologists, crude and imperfect as it is, has already been the means of averting many disaz trona wrecks, and consequently of rescuing many lives from hazard. As time advances, if our acquire• meats keep pace with it, we shall be able to carry out the good old adage of " Forewarned, forearmed" still more extensively and beneficially. No human precautions can avert storms, and neither prudence nor foresight can servo to guard a vessel always from their consequences. Shipwrecks and disasters at sea on such a coast as ours are not likely to be come things of the p ast ; but there can b e no ques tion that the more we k now of the chin ges of the weather, and the better we understa_d the law of storms and hurricanes, the more shall we be able to avoid them or to prepare for them w en inevitable. Public attention has recently been directed anew to this subject by the accounts which have reached us from our Indian Empire, where gales of extra ordinary violence raging over wooden huts and among hundreds of ships inefficiently moored, have pro duced consequences the most terrible. The experi• ence so gained has been dearly purchased, but some interesting particulars have been forwarded by those whose peculiar position enabled them to watch the progress of the storms, and these details may serve to instruct tied enlighten our meteorologists with regard to a phase of atmospheric action, with which, happily, they have little opportunity of becoming familiar. The terrible results of the cyclone which devastated Calcutta on the sth of October are still fresh in the public memory, but since that time another cyclone has visited the neighbourhood, though not actually reaching the city. It s wept through the Bay of Bengal, and inflicted much damage at the mouth of the Hooghly river, affording additional evidence of the excep tional nature of the storms of this season. We are fortunate in having two very distinct and graphic accounts of the aspect of this latter tem pest, by actual eye-witnesses and participators in the effects of its fury. Two English vessels, the Hotspur and the Aln wick Castle, were overtaken by this cyclone in the early morning of the 22d. Happily for them they were both near its centre, eo that, though terribly shaken, they escaped unhurt. Captain TOYNBEE, of the Hotspur, reports that about one o'clock his vessel was anchored in the head of the bay, when it became manifest that a cyclone was passing over them. The scene was grand, though terrible. " The ligutning was beyond description—a ball of light sat on the main royal masthead, the rain fell in a sheet rather than in drops, and one may truly say that the dark ness could be felt, except when the red glare of the lightning made all visible. The wind shifted continually, and so great was its force that at one time the vessel lay over on her side, although she was under bare poles. The three topgallant masts hung shivering in the rigging, while the great seas came rolling up with tremendous force, and the situation, however magnificent, was a very anxious one for the Hotspur. The other vessel we alluded to—the Ain wick Castle—which the Hotspur en countered at daybreak dismaeted, met the gale a little farther on than the Hotspur. Her captain describes the storm in much the same terms as the other, and mentions that the violence of the wind was at one time so great that it blew the stern boat in two, When the sudden shifting of the gale from southwest to northwest took place the same tran t ion which laid the Hotspur on her side befel the Mn wick Castle; she heeled over and the whole of her masts were swept off, yet so great was the noise of the elements that the fall of the masts on the deck was hardly aulible. Another cyclone of still more terrific violence has been desolating Masulipatam, on the Coromandel coast. Of this fewer details have as yet reached us, but the fact of an extensive loss of life is indisputable. No abodes could be less calculated to stand these sudden tempests than the native huts, and when wind and waters combine with terrific violence there is little wonder that they should be swept away like chaff before a breeze. It is a striking peculiarity of these cyclones that their area is comparatively restricted, and their progress can be distinctly traced. The cyclone of the sth of October is said to have left the Andaman Isles on the morning of the 2d —three days before it arrived at Calcutta. It travelled up the. Bay of Bengal at about ten miles an hour, growing more rapid till it reached a pace of 21miles. A broad light was visible in the sky in its track, and during its height at Calcutta 3jiaht shades of eaethqueke ware felt. All these phenomena deserve to be carefully studied by our men of science, and another feet which may prove valuable has been partially ascertained—namely, that the cyclone tends to its centre, whirling everything towards its midst. It would be well if the preliminary indications of the tempest were noticed with equal care so as to give warning of its advent. But these cyclones travel slowly, and therefore it is more to lie regretted that so little effort should have been made to communicate its approach beforehand,when part at least of the mis chief might have been averted. We must hope that the unfortunate experience of the past seaso n will have taught more alacrity and promptitude to Indian officials, while the information so promptly gathered will, no doubt, be put to good purpose by our English scientific inquirers.; Another frightful accident has just startled rail- way passengers out of their ordinary security. So vast is the traffic on our railway lines, and so c om. plete and well-ordered the arrangements for the despatch of business and for the comfort of pasren- gers, that all sense of danger is ordinarily lulled to sleep; and it is only a catastrophe of a sericus na ture that arouses us from our carelessness. Unfor- tunately these periodical warnings are only too much needed by those engaged in the actual work• Lng of the lines, since the constant presence of danger, far from increasing care and caution, has invariably the effect of producing recklessness. It is a painful reflection that a very great proportion of these accidents which kill and maim so many human beings, are the result of negligence, though at the same time the fact diminishes e real dangers of railway travelling, There must of course be always some danger at tending any process dependent upon the action of steam and the rapid pace of the trains, but such disasters as that which yesterday occurred in the Charlton Tannt.l are out of the category of natural accidents. 'The facts of the case seem a little obscure, and it would seem that some of the men engaged had been guilty of incomprehensible neglect ; but as the matter will of course be fully and fairly inquired into, we defer any expression of opinion. The cause of the accident was a heavily laden ballast train proceeding on the North Kent line. It entered the Blackheath Tunnel on the up line, but from some reason several trucks became detached and were left behind in the tunnel. The singular part of the affair is that these trucks should have been left there without some effort being made to communicate the danger to the naarest stations. It is the more strange because the telegraph is in active operation all along the line. The Maidstone train left Churl ton station, believing all secure, but when it had gone about a mile into the tunnel a fearful collision took place. The train ran upon these trucks, instantly killing the five poor men who were on them, the engine and tender were thrown on their sides, the brake van and the two first carriages were turned over and crushed. The scene is de ecribed as an awful one,.the dire confusion being of course heightened by the darkness. Several pas sengers were very seriously injured, and every care anti kindness was of course shown them after they bad been rescued from their dreadful position. But, besides the five men killed, many are to-day groaning on beds of suffering who yesterday were moving among their fellows in health and strength. Another imperative warning has been given of the necessity of vigilance and caution on the part of railway offioials. May we hope it will be heeded ? rHE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, _DECEMBER 17, 1864. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. PORTUGAL. LISBON, DEC. 12. The Bank of Portugal, in consideration of the more favourable aspect of monetary affairs, has reduced the rate of discount to 6 per cent. It is reported that Senor Mendez Leal, the Minister of Marine, has tendered his resignation in consequence of the aspect of the negotiations be tween Portugal and Rome. The American corvette Sacramento is in the har bour. The monopoly of tobacco finishes at the end of the year, and a great number of new establish ments are about to be opened for the sale and manufacture of the article. The newly prc•jected B ►nks Lositano and Ultra• marino have met great oppor3ition. The weather continues wet and stormy, Rentes, 481 ; coupocs, 481; Bank of Portugal Shares 530,000 dols ; Exchange on London, 90 days' 531. INDIA AND CHINA MAILS, SUEZ, I)Ec. 16. The Nemesis, from Calcutta, Nov, 23, arrived here at 4 a.m. to-day. She passed the Jeddo, from Bombay, Nov. 29, in the Red See, with two boilers disabled. The Nemesis has brought the Jeddo's mail. The latter vessel's passengers are expected to-morrow. Sir Ruthferord Alcock has been recalled. This event has caused great regret among the English community. MALTA, DEC. 15. The Massilia, from Southampton, The. 4, arrived here and left for Alexandria yesterday. The Syria, from Marseilles, Dec.l2, arrived here and left for Alexandria today. She experienced boisterous weather. LISBON, DEC. 16. The Delhi, with the heavy portion of the Cal cutta, Caine, and Australian mails, put in here yesterday short of coals, having experienced very heavy weather off Cape St. Vincent. She willileave to-morrow evening, and may be expected about the 21st inst. All well on board. FRANCE. BOURSE, Dec. 16.—The market continues heavy, and prices have again slightly declined. Threes are now at 66f. 20c., and Mobilier at 926 f. 25c. R tilway Market quiet, and with little variation in quotations up the presen tinued heavy ;0 the close, It per Cents .. 93 50 Do. end month..., 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 25 Credit Mobilier..., 922 50 Do. end month 920 Bank Shares 3587 50 Credit I. oncier 1227 50 Roman t time. The market con• and left off as follows : Italian Loan 65 45 Do. end month 65 55 Ditto Threes — New Mexican Russian .. — Austrian Spanish Threes 45 25 Rome Debt .. — Deferred RAIL WAY. Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western Eastern Sardinian ...... Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Cash. Account. 850 850 992 50 932 50 872 50 .. 876 25 580 592 50 513 75 .. 515 492 50 .. 492 50 310 .. 310 428 75 .. 431 25 505 505 366 25 366 25 428 75 .. 425 .. 190 AN ACTION FOR, LIBEL. (From the Builder.) In May last we received a letter from an architect de scribing the evil condition of a fishmonger's yard into which the window of his office opened. Knowing the writer, and considering it to be e duty to endeavour to remedy the state of things therein described, the letter, after much considera tion, was inserted. No name was mentioned, the locality was merely hinted at, and we did rot ourselves know to what premises the letter referred. The occupier of a supper house and shell-fish shop, however, in the neighbourhood indicated, brought an action for damages against the pub lisher of this journal, and the cause was tried last week at Westminster. The plaintiff, being examined, denied the correctness of the statements published, and said his business had fallen off in the month following the publication to the extent of of £54. A boy in his employ gave similar evidence so far as related to the state of the yard. The local inspector of nuisances said he had never seen anything in the yard more than would be there in the usual course of business. In 1862, he continued, there had been a complaint, and the plaintiff was summoned to Bow -street in reference to his copper, when it was arranged that th ere should be a hood to it. There had also been a complaint since: The medi cal officer of health said that, sinoe the summons at Bow street, he had received complaint s of the yard from Craig's court,place on those occasions. he never ex that would warrant him in giving anything he t faa d vie vi f s r i e te ni d thethe shellfish, notice prcieenlit e t ae e nd t dt h h e vestry of a nuisance to be removed. On the h part of the defendent, the archit ect who wrote the letter swore distinctly and positively to th e truth of every word of it He had had suffered great inconvenience fr om the state of the yard. Another architect, who had occ up i ed part of the same been complainedunable to at open the is house, his assistant, a fourth gentleman who had f ormer l y lived in the house, his clerk, and th e h ousekeeper, confirmed various portions of the first witne ss ' s testimony. window for the smell, vestry-houseand of the nuisance. He had The editor of the paper deposed that it had long been devoted to the furtherance of sanitary improvement, and that the letter, vouched for by a known correspondent, was inserted simply on public grounds. The Judge (Chief Justice Earl,) told the jury that, un less they were of opinion that the defendant had proved the tea , h of all the statements in the letter, they must find a verdict for the plaintiff. He further,? after beating testimony to the excellent character of the paper, laid down the I extraordinary doctrine that the conductor of a " powerful organ" such as that was, should not permit the insertion of any statement reflecting on the conduct of a fellow-man. Thus a statesman might sell his country, a general betray her armies, or a judge her liberties; but the conductors of powerful organs were to admit no word of warning or expo. sure. There may have been qualifying terms in the Chief Justice's address, though we did not hear them; but the impression left on his hearers was what we have stated ; and the jury, after a brief retirement, returned with a yen diet for the plaintiff--damages, In the interest of social improvement and the public health, and in the interest of the press as a public safeguard, we feel it to be a duty to record here thus briefly the facts of the trial, leaving our reader to draw their own inferences. They will ask themselves which set of witnesses had the least reason for disingenuousness, and they will doubtless reflect on what the doctrine of the Chief Justice would lead to if it could be enforced, The counsel for the plaintiff, whose general knowledge, by the way, seemed to be like a joint stock c,,mpany he alluded to, "limited," pretended to be very indignant that " this Mr Editor" should seek to expose sanitary defects and dangers, and obtain improvements, when there were an Act of Parliament and local boards ef health purposely to regulate such matters. We take the liberty of telling " thi Mr Barrister, that when the very act of parliament to which he referred was brought as a bill into the House of Com mons, the government showed the necessity of passing it by reference to the investigations made and the statements as to the sanitary condition of the people published by this very journal. Moreover, that the advantages resulting, spite of the obstructions offered by the ignorant, the preju diced, and the interested. tram the efforts made in these pages with that end in view, have been thankfully recog nised from time to time all over the kingdom. With strong conviction of the enormous importance of the subject, and abundant evidence that our well-meant en deavou,s have rot been without avail, we aro not likely to be deterred from pursuing the course in which we have now so:loug, and with some personal sacrifiee,;luboured earnestly however humbly. We are not the first who have been made to suffer for disinterested efforts in the service of the public. The Kreutz Zeitung states that Prince Henry VII. of Reuse, formerly Secretary to the Prussian Embassy in Paris, and afterwards Prussian Minister at GieSE'l, has been tamed sinister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Bavaria. THE LETTER H.—Sir J. lt n e a scatlett, when at the bar, had to cross-examine witness whose evidence it was thought would be very dainaging unless he could be bothered a little, and his only Vulnerable point was said to be sell-esteem. The witness presented himself in the boa— s portly, over-dressed person, and Scarlett took him in hand. "Air John Tomkins, I believe?"--"Yea." "You are a stockbroker ?"—" I ham." Starlett regarded him atten , tively for a few moments, and then said, "And a very fine, well-dressed ham you are, sir." The shout of laughter which followed completely disconcerted the witness, and the counsel's point was gains 4, FRAUDULENT TRADE MARKS. The following address has been presented to the Right Hon. Earl Russell, K.G , Her Majesty's Principal secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, by the Master, Wardens, Searchers, Assistants, and Commonalty of the Company of Cutlers in Hallam shire, in the County of York. That the said Company of Cutlers was incorporated by act of Parliament in the reign of King James 1., and a principal object of the act was to secure trade marks to the manufacturers of cutlery and other goods of hardware, to be stamped upon their goods, namely, a symbol or device, thereby to indicate by whom such goods are made, and to provide a summery remedy for protecting the several manu facturers in the sole and exclusive use of the trade marks so granted to them respectively, and the marks thus granted have always been enrolled in the b:;oks of the company. That every mark, when so granted and enrolled, is and becomes the personal property of the manufacturer, and is transmitted as such to his personal representative, reserving to his widow the use of the mark during her life. That many of such trade-marks now in use are of ancient date, and from the superior quality of the goods known to bear them, have become and are now very valuable. That your memorialists view with great alarm the 28th Article of the Franco-Prussian Treaty, upon which model they are informed a treaty is in a short time contemplated to be made between Great Britain and the States of the Zollverein. By the latter clause of the 28th Article it is declared that no legal proceedings shall be valid against the imitators in one of the two countries of the trade marks of the other when such trade marks shall have been created or established in the country of production at a period anterior to the ap propriation of such trade marks (by registration or otherwise) in the country of importation. According to the law as it now stands, the British manu facturer has no power to appropriate his trade mar . iu Germany by registration er otherwise, while the practice of imitating British marks and applying them to worthless manutactures is going on daily in Germany to an extent almost incredible. Hence, therefore, if the proposed treaty with the ZAlverein is ratified containing the clause above mentioned, all the valuable trade marks whicb British manufacturers have acquired by long-continued skill and probity will be taken away from them at once and handed over to Germany, and German-made goods of inferior cha racter, but marked with the names or symbols of the most celebrated English makers, may then be sold even in Eng land with impunity. Your memorialists cannot but denounce the article of the treaty above mentioned, calculated to countenance and en courage the grossest frauds. It is the opinion of your memorialists that whatever ad vantages in other respects the proposed treaty might confer they would be far too dearly purchased by the loss of the valuable trade marks of Great Britain. Your memorialists therefore most humbly pray that her Majesty's Government will not on any account sanction a treaty containing so objectionable a clause as that alluded to, but that, on the contrary, in the treaty which may be contemplated due provision may be made for the protection of all British trade-marks. By order of the Master, Wardens, Searchers, and Assist tants of the said company,at their Common Hall in Sheffield assembled, the 13th day of December, 1864. CHARLES ATKINSON, Master Cutler. Disgraceful Conduct at Mr, Spurgeon's Tabernacle. -4. Yesterday the Rev. John Gurney, curate to the Rev. Mr Green, incumbent of Trinity Church, Carlisle-street, Lam beth, was charged before Mr Yardley, at the Lambeth Police-court, with creating a disturbance at Mr Spurgeon's Tabernacle, and assaultii:g Mr Thomas Trenton Price, a City missionary, and Mr John Claverhouse, a member of Mr Spurgeon's congregation. a surveyor of Government stores. The court was much crowded by the members of the Tabernacle and the friends of the prisoner. Mr Culverwell, on being sworn, said he was employed to keep order at Mr Spurgeon's chapel, and on the night before between the hours of seven and eight o'clock, and during the performance of divine service he was called to the first gallery, where he found the prisoner tipsy and creating a disturbance in a sort of growling noise, which dis turbed the service, so that public attention was drawn to it while prayers were being offered. Ho (witness) asked the prisoner repeatedly to leave, and not to disturb the congre gation, but he would not, and he was ultimately obliged to be removed by force, and in the struggle to get him out he struck him (witness) a blow on the eye, from the effects of which he was still suffering. Mr Thomas Trenton Price gave evidence to the same effect, and said that officers belonging to the church begged the prisoner to desist, but he would not, and was ultimately removed from the building to the gate, where he had a des. perate struggle with those removing him. Be placed his foot against the iron railings, and by this means resisted his removal, but they ultimately g hint out. Knowing him before as the carate of Christ Church, Blackfriars-road, the witness rec umended him to take a cab and go home, but he refused, end insisted on going into the tabernacle aga n, and used filthy language and swore very much. A friend of his (witness) called a cab, and requested the prisoner to get into it with his wife and go home, but he refused to do so, and still insisted on going into the church. Police-constable Gales, 245 F, said that while Mr Spur. geon was reading a chap,er in the Bible the prisoner called out, " It's a lie; you had better leave off; .that will do." Those expressions could be heard by the minister (Mr Spurgeon), who called on the officers to turn him out, and he (witness) assisted in doing so. The prisoner halloed out at the top of his voice that ho was a church of England minister, and demanded an cxplanwien from Mr Spurgeon, and made a great disturbance. He damned Mr Spurgeon several times. Police-constable Thomas Shannon, 145 L, said at half past 10 o'clock the night before the prisoner was locked up in a cell by himself, and the moment he was put in he corn m limed knocking and kicking at the door so violently that he broke the lock. He kept calling out at the top of his voice, " Let me see Spurgeon, I want to see Spurgeon," for a length of time, and was much excited. Inspector Heath, of the L division, here declared that the prisoner was the most desperate man he had to deal with in all his experience of polico matters. In fact, he was more like an untamed savage than a rational being, and it re quired the united exertions of four powerful men to remove him from the charge-room to the cell. The damage he had done to the cell amounted to 10s., and there could be no doubt that he was mad drunk. Mr John Addington, a member of Mr Spurgeon's con gregation, said he knew the prisoner well as a general at tendant at the tabernacle, and had always observed that he behaved exceedingly well until the evening before. He had also known him to be a minister of the church of England. The prisoner, who complained of his suffering in both body and mind, said that much of whet had been stated appeared to him like a dream, as he had no recollection whatever of it. It was true, he said, that he had been In the habit of going to the chapel of ➢Tr Spurgeon, but so fei from differing from that gentleman, he was ready to ac knowledge that be not only agreed with but admired much of what he said, and therefore he was at a perfect loss to account for bis conduct. lie would admit, however, that he had been drinking before he went to the chapel. Mr Yardley here inquired if there were any of the friends of the prisoner present, as he should wish to know somz thing of his recent character. A young woman, who gave the name of Catherine Wake field, got into the witness box, and said the prisoner, his wife, and two children lodged at the house of her father, 15, Union-street, Lambeth. In reply to a question from the magistrate, the witness reluctantly admitted she had seen Mr Gurney the worse for liquor, but added that she believed he strove earnestly to do better. Mr Yardley observed that the cause for the prisoner's ex. traordinary and disreputabl3 conduct was quite apparent, and the fact of his being a clergyman, so far from being an extenuation, was a considerable aggravation of his offence. Had a poor, illiterate, and ignorant man been guilty of similar misconduct there would be no hesitation in punish ing him ; and why, he should ask, should there be any hesi tation in punishing the prisoner who from his position in life and sacred calling as a minister of religion should not only have known better, but have set a better example. Under all the ciicumstances, he felt bound to commit him to seven days' imprisonment. The prisoner appealed to the magistrate to be more leni ent, saying he had a wie and two children depending on him for support, and if sent to prison must lose his appoint ment. 1%.1r ardley refused to remit the sentence, remarking that if the quostion was put to him, he would say that he was not a fit person to hold the position of a clergyman. MR. LINCOLN'S FINGER AND 'THUMB.—As we were riding back to Hagerstown we fell in with Col. Wickham, who commands a brigaeo of Stuart's cavalry, in connection with whom the following story was told me : It will be remembered that Virginia was one of the last states to secede, and did not do so until she had exhausted every effort to effect a compromise—and when bhe did so, the few Southern states that were still hesitating followed her ex ample, and the war became inevitable. Matters were coming to a crisis when the leading men of Virginia s IA a deple tion of three of their number to wait on the President, Mr Lincoln. They tried to impress him with a sense of the gravity of the situation, and urgently,antreated that he would do something to calm the excitement; amongst the people, whose irritation at the threats of the Administration and of the Northern States was getting beyond control. It was just after the taking of Fort Sumter, and Lincoln's having called out 75,000 men to coerce the South. "But what would you have to do ?" said Mr Lincoln. "Mr President," replied one of the deputation, " I would beg you to lend me your finger and thumb for five minutes," meaning, of course, that he wished him to write something that should allay the prevailing excitement. But Mr Lincoln did not choose to understand him. "My finger and thumb I" he repeated—" my finger and thumb I What would you do with them ? Blow your nose ?'' The deputation retired in disgust, and Virginia secided.— BoaktPoOtt $ Ziezgazine. Accident on the North Kent Railway, A frightful accident occurred at half-past four yesterday in the Blackheath railway tunnel. The fast train leaving Maidstone at 2 40 p.m. ran into a ballast train a quarter of a mile from the Cheri. ton end. The last stoppage of the passenger train was made at Woolwich, at a quarter past four, and the officials and passengers assert that the way was signalled clear both at Charlton and the entrance of the tunnel. Be that as it may, it is certain the fast train . was in the act of going through the Blackheath tunnel at the rate of about 40 miles an hour, when it ran with terrific force into the bal last train from Higham on his way up to L don. In the collision five platelayers in the ballast train were killed on tho spot. The passengers were thrown from their seats against ' each other with great force, and all were more or less injured. One poor woman had both her legs cat off, and the driver and stoker of the up-passen ger train are fearfully scalded. The latter is not expected to recover, The screams, fright, and con fusion among the passengers in the dark tunnel at the time of the accident were most distressing. They could not be extricated from the tunnel for upwards of an hour. During this time fires were kindled of tLe broken fragments of the carriages, but the wet dripping from the roof of the tunnel prevented them from burning brightly, and the glare and smoke only added to the horror of the scenes, which was further increased by the shrieks of the women and the groans of the wounded. The engine of the passenger train was overturned and thrown across the two lines, and the greater part of the ballast and passenger carriages were broken into fragments. The engine, worth about 1:1,50O, is totally destroyed, and, to say nothing of damage to injured passengers, the loss to the railway company in the destruction of rolling stock is not less than 13,000. Messengers were in stantly despatched to Charlton and Blackheath to stop all up and down traffic. The 4.20 London train was only stopped entering the tunnel by one or two minutes. Mr Chapman, the stationmaster at Black, heath, telegraphed to London-bridge, where an en gine was in readiness, and without waiting for a carriage to be attached to it, Mr Knight, superin. tendent, Mr Harris, assistant superintendent of the traffic department, and Mr Corner, the locomotive superintendent, at once proceeded to the spot, fol lowed by Dr Adams, the company's medical man, and a staff of surgeons, who, with the uninjured passengers, were most assiduous in their attention to the wounded. After the lapse of an hour, a por tion of the succeeding train stopped at Charlton, went into the tunnel, and conveyed the passengers in charge of Inspector Ware back to Charlton station, where the injured were taken care of. Several took cabs, and those who were able walked to Blackheath Railway station, and thence proceeded by train to London and the intermediate stations. Four of the bodies of the deal platelayers were conveyed in the break van to Blackheath. The fifth body, that of William Webb, could not be extricated from the rubbish till a very late hour, and to all appearance, from the scene presented when the writer left at 10 o'clock last night, the line could not be cleared till 2 or 3 this morning. There being no ventilation the men had to work in the midst of great heat and a thick and suffocating smoke, but they did their duty manfully. The guard of the ballast waggon, named William Lancaster, escaped injury, but the stoker was very much crushed. Oae passenger had a broken jaw, others broken ribs, and several frac• tared limbs. As soon cl 9 the line could be cleared it was intended to convey the injured persons lying at Charlton to Guy's Hospital, and until they arrive there the full extent of the casualties cannot be accurately ascertained, but it is feared that the list will be a mournful one. Both of the trains have been keeping good time, and up to 10 o'clock the precise cause of the accident had not been discovered. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. (Front time Illustrated London News.) The will of Baron Du Bois de Ferrieree, f Chepstow, Monmouthshire, was proved in the London Court by his son, Charles Conrad Adolphus Baron Du Bois do Ferrieres the sole executor. The testator confirms the settlement on his marriage, and leaves to his wife, the Baroness Du Bois, an annuity of £l5O and the furniture. o his son, the Baron, he leaves the plate, pictures, books, &c. (his relict and sister in-law selecting what they may require), and to his sister• in-law he leaves an annuity of £5O. To his son, the Baron, besides a legacy of £3,000, ho has Ikqueathed a moiety of the residue of his property, bequeathing the of her moiety to the five orphan children of his late daugh , er Augusta, widow of the late Rev. J. Bright. The will of Col, Onslow Baker, of the Indian army, late of Tenterden-street, Hanover-square, was proved in London under £30,000 personalty. The executers appointed aro his nephews, the ilev. Sir Henry Williams Baker, Bart., and Henry Sheraton Baker, Esq. Liberal legacies are left to his brother, and to his nephews, nieces, and their children; and a legacy of £2,500 to Mrs Garland, wife of the Rev. I, Gar land, in remembrance of her kind attention to the testator when he greatly required it. The residue of his property, real and personal, he leaves to his said nephew, Sir Henry W. Baker, Bart. There are the following charitable be quests :—To the Dudley Stuart Nightly Refuge for the Houseless Poor, Xloo—London Society for the Protection of Young Females and Prevention of Juvenile Prostitution, £loo—Sociotylor the It scue of Young Women and Children, £loo—Cripples' Home, £lso—Little Sisters of the Poor (Sutherland-gardens), £loo—All Saints' Home, £so—Con. sumption Hospital, Fulham, £ loo —Saipwrecked Mariners' Society, £ 100--Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, £lOO —London Clergy Relief Society, £2OO —and like bequests to a few other societies. The will of Peer Dale, Esq., of North Shields, ship owner, wt,s proved in the London Court under £60,000 per sonalty. The executors and trustees nominated are his relict; his brother, John B. Dale, Esq., of South Shielde, banker —and the testator's son, George D. Dale, on his attaining the age of 23. The will is dated August, 1861, and he died on 10th October. He has bequeathed to his relict a life in terest in the whole of his property, and upon her decease it is to be divided equally amongst their children. He has intimated in his will that it is not desirable to increase the number of ships, or to extend the shipping property. The will of the late Miss Elizabeth Mary Gee, of Hyde. park-gardens, who died on let Nov., has just been proved in the London Court under £80,600, the whole of which has been bequeathed to her only sister. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.—Yesterday the coiling of the new Atlantic cable was commenced from th e company's premises, Greenwich, to the Amethyst, Admi ralty vessel, for conveyance to the Great Eastern, at Sheer ness. The coiling is proceeding at the rate of two miles per hour. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR THE ENSUING WE EK. — Monday—Asiatic, at 3—Royal Academy, at 8, Anatomy, Professor Partridge—Architects, at 8. Tuesclay—Satistical, at 8, Extension of Modern Sub jects for Regular Study in Educational Institutions, Mr Heywood—Engineers, at 8, annual meeting—Anthropolo gical, at 8, Pre Historic Remains, Caithness, Mr Laing— Kistvaens, Shetland, Messrs Roberta and Carter Blake— Pre Historic Hut Circles, Mr Roberts—Tumuli, Chelten ham, Dr Bird—Remains from Italian Turbaries, Mr Cham bers. Wednesday—Society of Arts, at B—Geological, at 8, Coal Measures, N. S. Wales, &c., Mr Keene—Drift of the East of England, and its Divisions, Mr Wood, jun. Thurs.. day—. Zoological, at 4, general—aoyal, at Bk—Antiquaries, at 81,-4thenown. TERRIBLE CALAMITY.-0a Thursday morning, at half-past 8 o'clock, at the Leeswood-green Colliery, near Mold, Flintehiro (Messrs Taylor and Craig's), about 140 men were engaged either on the bank or below in sinking a new pit for coals. All at once, without any w irning, a great quantity of water broke in from the old colliery ad. joining, and the result was that eight men and a horse were engulphed and drowned. SUPPRESSION OF HOUSES OF ILL-FAME. We observe that great efforts are being made to enforce the law against houses of the above description in the'tVest• end of the metropolis. The evil had become so intolerable and demoralisinit, as well as so injurious to the best into• rests of the community, as to call into existence an institu tion for putting it down. It is designated "The West London Association for the Suppression of Public Immo rality," and directs its efforts to the suppression of brothels, the street prostitution nuisance, &c., in the parishes of St James, St, Martin-in-the-Fields, St. George, Hanover- Equate, and St. Anne's, Soho. 1 he association is conducted by a general committee of influential householders of the fpur parishes. The St. James's branch has prosecuted and sup pressed niore than 40 of these infamous dens. St. Martin's branch, having set to work in serious earnes►, has already shut up and prosecuted 10 of these nuisances, which have disgraced Oxendon-street during the last 50 years; while St. Anne's and St. George's are organising an uncompro mising crusade. The proprietors of these houses have amassed fortunes by go:, depravity and utter ruin of their victims. We hail this movement with unboUtiaetisatiefac tion, and whin the association every success, „„, Timitar. HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 16, The Queen, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, walked and drove in the grounds this morning. Her Royal Highness Princess Louise took a car riage chive, attended by the Hon. Emily Cathcart. Her Royal Highness Princess Helena rode in the Home Park. Sir Charles Eastlake, president, and Mr. Knight, secretary of the Royal Academy, had the honour of an interview with her Majesty. - The Prince and Princess of Wales in. the Hunting-field. SNETTISHAM, Dec. 16. The West Norfolk have Lad a most brillific ti " meet" to-day at this place. This morning was very fine, and the sun shone brightly, added to which it was understood that the Prince and Princess of Wales would be present, so that th© muster was very numerous and aristocratic. There could not have been fewer than 30D or 400 horse , men, besides a large number of carriages, which were filled with ladies and gentlemen. The Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen, Lady Harriet Phipps, and Captain Grey, drove up at about half p-ist 11 to Captain Campbeli's residence at SneL" tisham Hall. The " meet" was on the slope of a beautinl hill at the back of the hall, and was a pretty sight. The prince rode a magnificent chesnut, and the princess drove a pair of greys. The whole field was con ducted by the master of the West Norfolk to the bottom end of the Cam-hill cover, where a fox was quickly found and " got away ;" but unfortunately, just as all were getting into their places, Master Reynard gave them the slip. The cover was .irawn again, but several foxes refused to "go away." After a rather imps' tient delay the welcome sound was heard, sly old Reynard broke away at the Heacham corner of the cover, and away to the plantation on the summit of the hill known as " Round Oh." The spectators (in carriages and on foot) who were on the hill side, amongst whom was the Princess of Wales, had at this time a grand view of the hounds, hunts' men, and large field in hot pursuit, across the intervening valley between Snettisham and Heacham. The fox gained the cover, and the hounds lost. This wood was drawn again, and another fox was found, this time of the right sort, as_he afforded a good run to Sedgford Tring, and Anmer. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales drove home to Sandringham after the field had left Caul Hill. THE COURT.—This morning (Saturday) her Majesty the Queen, accompatied by the younger members of the royal family, is expected to leave Windsor Castle about half-past ten (weather permitting), for the Isle of Wight. Oa Thursday Messrs. Lock and Whitfield had the honour of submitting to her Majesty the miniatures they have lately completed of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales and Infant Prince. Her Majesty was graciously pleased to express her admiration of the manner in which they were executed. The Duke of Hamilton came to town in the early part of the week from Oxford, and has since gone to join his mother at Paris. His Excellency the Netherlands Minister has returned to town from visiting the Marquis and Mar chioness of Salisbury at Hatfield House. The Earl and Countess Spencer will leave Brighton to-day for Althorp Hall, Northamptonshire. The Earl and Countess of Westmoreland Will receive a large party of fiends next week at Apthorp Rail, Northamptonshire. The Earl of Dudley is about to entertain a large party at Witley Court, Worcestershire. The noble earl will give a grand ball on the 22d lost,, and the principal residents of the county are invited. The Earl and Countess of Southesk have left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for the Continent. Lady Theresa Listt r and Miss Lister have left Broadlands, at the conclusion of their visit to Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston. The Hon. C. Spencer Cow per, the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, M.P , end Mr C. Barring ton, are still the guests ot Lord and Lady Palmerston. Good News in regard to " Her Majesty's." THE COMING PRIMA DONNA. A new operatic star of unrivalled brilliancy, whose future feats and the impression which she is likely to make upon the English public are onlp to be measured—so We are assured—by the triumphs of the great Lind herself, hag , with his usual quickness of eye and promptness of action, been secured by Mr Mapleson for the next season at -lier Majesty's Theatre. This is indeed a boon to the lovers of opera, who will find in Jima de Murska— for such is the name of the new heroine—not only the finest colorature singer known in Germany, but perhaps the greatest dramatic singer of the age. Such laudation ought indeed to be justified by novel and extraordinary merits; but if may be that the public will surmise its justice when W 3 add that in Hamburg, where she has been singing with the illustrious Titiens at the Great Opera, although th e ' prices were almost doubled, the crowds pressed to the per"' formances with even greater vehemence. The best judges have pronounced her singing perfection ; her singing. he r acting, and her looks are the theme of every tongue; sh e has not only been recalled after each act on every occasion of her appearance, but the plaudits at the close of hec exertions have been overwhelming. We may sincerely' congratulate all amateurs and admirers of the Great Opera, whose name in these days is literally legion, on their prospects at Her Majesty's Theatre for the next season' Between the incomparable and unapproachable Titieo and a prima donna who may contest the laurel with Jowl . Lind ; between his tenors known and unknown, all sur e. to be of the highest rank, and the numerous great nathe i e which will figure in the sever a l voc a l d e pa r tments, an elsewhere, not forgetting Arditi and his band and the oth er resources, the future season of Her Majesty's Theatre pr°' mises, indeed, to be one, if anything—for there may not b e ' opportunity for all his eminent gathering to display their t powers—only too abounding in operatic wealth. The CO_ A s of all these splendid proposed arrangements we only fie suggest; and we refer to them now to prove in the rahn d of the public the lavish, and yet wise liberality of Air' Mapleston, and his certain knowledge that the Pu blic' always responds when largeness of view and unstinted) united with judicious, outlay dictate the terms on they should be served. ANOTHER GREAT TENOR, Mr Mapleson who has also been singularly fortunate In s.. presenting to the musical public artistes of undeniable ex re :. fence in each of the walks of great opera, has now, we given to understand, secured that mast invaluable of gi lt°r a great tenor, greatly capable. This new singer is nape other than the famous Joulain, who during the Past winter drew crowds to the grand theatre of Bordeee" The most eminent foreign critics assert that in impressies. M. Joulain into his service, Mr Mapleson has obtained a treasure. If he English m us ical public e 3„ figure to themselves not only a Si ms R ee ves, but thu Sims Reeves of fifteen years ago—for at that period W. as the eminent English tenor in the prime of his powers-411; contestably they will be able to form some idea of the ra r e gifts of Joulain• Hu has the same softness, the same c har c f . the same vigour, but a far more cultivated expression e tuneful force than the Sims Reeves of the early period (eoev, remote). Nothing better can be imagined, certainly vitt: finer has been heard, than the celebrated "Frapoco' of 1 1,,,, zetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor," when rendered by gn ll y lain. There in this great performance the plaint of the re ,v 0 broken heart, a pathos the most touching and profound• i e f do not doubt that M. Joulain will be the hero of the ~b r. ,g musical tour which Mr Mapleson contemplates pi e ' vg i i ll with one or two stars amidst his artistes, and wh iell , a o f commence on the 14th of January; of which corePellr ab course Titiena will reign first—the undoubted loade she is quoen and chief of all European songstresses. A CONT - LTO. ~1 51 14 A contralto new to the NEW English R w A ill be Madlle. 1 /° , ,• . united in the group for the same tour. Her powers ere h played to high advantage in clas s ical music, and sh e f some splendid notes. In some o f th e beautiful Ineaki llr , e ;:a " Stradella," and.in the brindisi of "Lucrezia Borgia , I is irresistible. Arrangements have been made to visit most of the g re l towns with tho se c h arm i ng arti,tes, and the su cces sionste,:a performances will take piece respectively Colche Ipswich, Peterborough, Huddersfield, Liverpool, 6d, Southampton, commencing, as we ,havo before observ.° on the 14th of the forthcoming January. ------....--- __ ing MATTHEWS THE CALMAN.—Y e sterday MOO - the cabman Matthews, well known as a witness in °lr. neetion with the Muller trial , w as ad j udicated bankruPt /210 Mr Registrar Roche, who pr oceeded to liorsemougerlsP of d e tor. b Gaol on his monthly visita tion for the release Act. ,fat i under the provisions of the New Bankruptcy' thews, in reply to ques tions from the Registrar, state d ; 0 6. 1 , his debts were about 16CO, and ho had nothing t° t he to his cre ditors. The ealjudication having been mad e, release was ordered. It l4 . t li d s : VI os 1 111 .ertt oo nt ( Lu h o Pc 9 U~t~a~ vo £ii ~ Se ~o U~ 5 V '6l'4 a4 t; :* l l ve t krk