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urn to the Piover should the beidars and whaler be un ab:e to retch the Mackenzie. In conclusion, it is ad; vised that, in ease of a calm, whalers might be sent in stead of Jerked boats. The following letter from Captain Kellett to Lieute nant Pullen accompanies Commander Moore's instruc tions to that officer: — Her Majesty's ship Herald, off Wainwright Inlet, July 26, 1849. Sir, —As I consider that the orders which Commander Moore has given you for the conduct of the interesting expedition of which he has given you the charge to em brace all contingencies, I shall simply send you a few ex tracta from the printed papers connected with the Arctic Expedition, - IS well as a few from the narrative of Pease and Simpson's voyage rom the Mackenzie to Point Barrow. A few points in your orders will, I consider, require your immediate decision on your arrival with the beats off Point Barrow, The first and most material point is, on arriving at Point Barrow, to decide whether you will push for the Mackenzie in the light boats, and send back the launches (having filled up from them with provisions). I hardly think it possible to go half way to the Mackenzie and get back to join the Plover, but consider it very practicable in light boats to go direct there. Simpson, you perceive, did it in thirteen days, leaving Point Barrow on the 4th of August. Should you decide on returning, you should be south of Icy Cape by the fiat week in September. So says Captain Beechy, whose authority is not to be doubted. Should you hove the heavy boats at Refuge Inlet as a rendezvous, with an intention of returning to them, you must bear in mind that I think it likely in the middle of August, with the first westerly wind, they will be obliged leave it to escape being be set , a n d a s, to all te2pearances, Wainvvright's Inlet does not offer ref4e (tt teing barred at its entrance) they would be obliged to run for Point Hope, where you should in stenct them to rendezvous, and where, up to the 10th of September, they may expect to meet this ship, or find instructions for their guidance buried ten feet magnetic north from a pole, or written directions on some con spicuous rock or cliff. Shonid you get to the Mackenzie and not return this year (which I think you should be most cautious in at tempting), and that you endeavour to return next year, it will be eeeessary for you to be south of Point Barrow early in August, 1850, to ensure meeting either this ship or the Plover. Trusting thet you and your gallant little band may, thrjeigh the blessing of Providence, enjoy good health, and that your exertions on behalf of our countrymen may be crowned with success. I remain your very obedient Fervent, H. KELLETT, Captain. The following two letters, bearing the same dates at two addressed to Commander Moore, afford a more cendeeeed statement of Lieutenant's Pullen'e position at such date:— Schooner Oren, Monday — evening, July 30, 1849. haie,got thus far very wed', may the res! f .ur expedition prove as successful. Ws met the main pock is 71 deg. 15 min. 53 sec. north, much fAr tiler sot;th than I at all expected, from the mildness of th:, weather and the fine open sea. I have been =- so. c.'s+ful in my search for a place for the boats; not even Refuge Inlet, very shallow, and a very narryx ent:ance. If I do not get to Fort Good Hope, Captain Moore directs me proceed to York F.actory, provided there are not supplies there, and report myself to their Lore ships, so it will rest with them whether I return next season, much as I eiould like it. We have been detained hr 27:! e day with a strong wind, and great quantities of e..mipletely blocking the channel. Oar whale boats 4-1 now loaded, and swim very deep, so I think I shall m ist likely take the large boats on to Point Barrow— thot is, if possible. \\re have hal most I:eluffal we tier till to.day, and the barometer was la t night down to 36 deg. We have found the Owen rather leaky, hut nothing to pre vent our grving on. The pump is very good. the Mitotic! of the most southern part of the pack was 72 deg. 15 min. 48 see. north. He al.titude, and wi;ere we anchored, formed a large hay with the shoo, the ont•- or south-east point cf the pack being ab.mt two miles from the shore. The channel is in the deep f this bay, close in shore, and very narrow. In the bay are two small icebergs ander the lee of one and close up to it (moored to it). We are now lying with the Nancy Dawson. I have seen several natives, and robbed noses with some again, not a pleasant saluta tkr, I a sure you. Mr. Shedden has promised to deliver these letters, and from him I have got a copy of reckoning showing his track, and now, dear Sir, I must close. Captain Moore has got a full account of all I have dope. With kind remembrance to all my messmates and shipmates, and gratitude to you for your kindly feelings and acts of goodness. Believe me to be, Sir, yours very truly, W. j. L. PULLEN, Lieutenant. Captain Kellett, C. 8., her Majesty's ship Herald. Night of the 4th of August, 1349 My dear Captain Kellett,—l wrote to you from the edge of the pack, and then thought that we .should Iv.ve been much farther in advance than we now are, hot ice is terrible stuff to deal with ; however, I do not despair, and consfidently hope to reach the Mackenzie, but still so late that I do not expect to get back again. I booglit a baidar off Point Barrow, so that I am not in any way afraid of want, should we have to winter at Fore'flope. lam now feat on the start again from our pr-a eat position, and at 71 deg. 12 min. N. longitude, 154 deg. 56 min. W., with a akar open sea and a fair wind. I atcyed at Point Barrow all the 2d, got tt• dip 31 deg. 4 min. observations for time, latitude, and de,di nati.,n, but not worked. The second master, whom I send back with the boit'F, has got them, and can give you any pariculars. The small compass you so kindly lent me I Fend back, as I did not recollect at tl.• time I had one myself. Mr. Shelden has followed us up quite to Point Bsr row. I hope he is now all clear ; his kindness has been unbounded, assisting us in every way. It is now fine ; for the last day we have had strong breezes from S. and S.S.W., with heavy rain. I much fear we cannot take the interpreter; he is very ill, and seems to be frightened, so I think his room would be better than his company; he has been but of li - fe use; in fact, does not understand the natives here. We have got on wit7i them famously, and have been among them as old standing friends. I will now wind tali.; up, as time is now drawing near for our start. May God bless you, Sir, for your kindness, and I hope we shall meet again. With kind remembrances to all oa board, believe me, Sir, (Signed) W. J. L. PULLEN. P.S.—Captain Moore, in his orders, says, if I am obliged to seek Fort Hope I am to make the best of my way to York Factory, and report myself to the Admi ralty. In that case I shall hardly get back next season, but go home with the Hudson's Bay ships. The journal of Lieutenant Pullen's proceedings, far warded to Commander Moore, by the returned docked boats, is as follows: Midnight, Aug. 4. The two whale boats left us, towing a balder, laden with provisions, to enable them to carry 100 days' pro visions for the fourteen men (in all) amidst three hearty go al cheers on both sides, the wind at the time being W. to S., force 4, with about 1 knot easterly current. It had been blowing fresh at times during the day from the same gnarter, with rain. The day was employed in stowing the provisions in the boats and otherwise pre paring them, MA the season teeing so far advanced it was th ,ught to be impossible for them to return this year, in which ease they would make their way to York Factory, and most probably return to England. Every one of us left behind envying them their good luck, being Toady and willing to contend with the hardships they must more or less experience in the open boats. 2 30 of the sth—Mr. Hooper returned in one of the whalers, having missed or linable to find the percussion cps, but one of the men recollected him stowing them in the magazine half case. I, however, gave him some of mine, in case of his not finding them. In a quarter of an hour he was again under weigh, and soon out of sight, the wind having freshened a little. All the day%(sth) could not get under weigh, the wind blowing about 6 or 7 from W. to S. to S.W. to W., with a lea current, the ice in t'•:e offing drifting fast to the leewierd; but none came foul of us, being under the ice and protected by a long low narrow bank, which I think must be about four or five miles off the main, also very low; the water between being very shallow; latitude 71 12 N., longitude 154 56 W. Monday, 6—Finer looking from westward, four to five. Current east, weighed about eleven. Stood over to the ice, but barely fetched where we came from. Tried short backs, but gaining nothing came to again at three. Men employed cleaning their arms. It came on small rain about five, but cleared off again about eight; the wind still continuing the same. Tuesday, 7th—Got under weigh; wind from west ward. About three it soon after fell calm, and then catspaws round the compass. Noon, after preparing for tacking, getting on shore, laying anchors out, &e., got a light breeze about E.N.E., of which we took advan tage and stood on about west; the weather fine and clear, sun out. The wind came round to S.E. about four, still fine and clear, force about eight to four, These last three days observed a great many flocks of wild ducks, migrating W.S.W., flying low mostly. Wednesday, Bth, four a.i.—Came to off Point Barrow, is 3 fathoms, filled up with water, and got wood. Found the Natives very friendly, carrying our barricoes for us. The men on shore by turns. About now', blowing fresh from S.E., purchased a bidder from the naives, who seemed rather unwilling to part with it, having very few. I saw but two others, although several in frame. I however got the boat ftor two knives and about a pound and a half of tobacco, they did not fancy the looking-glass so well as the knives. About 5 P.M. Mr. Dunn, chief officer of the Nancy Dawson yacht, came on board, having walked round from the round point to the southward, where he was, for the purpose of recovering a bower anchor and some chain which the yacht had lost by the cable parting from the pressure of the ice on the sth or 6th, she having made sail afterwards and forced her way through the ice t') the southward of Refuge Inlet, where she was lying awaiting the launch's return. We got under weigh about six, intending to run down to the yacht's launch, and to the schooner, but falling calm we were obliged to come to again. As we were fast drifting to the northward had to get the oars on', the yacht's skin boat towing to get near the shore again. After coming to spliced the main brace, and let all bat five or six men go on shore, the vaehtsrr e s being in company with men taking their mu.kets fJr shooting. The native', seeing the yacht's boat loin and so many of them going on shore to gether with their arms, fancied we intended attacking them; and, after sending their women and children out of the way , met our men with their bows and arrows, ready to act on the defensive They appeared most anxious for U 3 to go on board, and get under weigh, but it being calm at the time we could not, so that all the men took their arms down to the boat, left them, and returned unarmed. The natives then took their bows away, and they commenced dancing and singing. I remained about an hour, and then went on board. The next day (9th) the yacht's boat left to return on board, when I landed with most of our. men unarmed, show them we were friendly, and did not mistrust them. They appeared now quite friendly, dancing and singing, and filled our water barricoes again. It again fell calm, so that we could not fhllow the yacht's boat, which was pulling; but about five P.M., having a light breeze from the W.N.W., got under weigh. It came on thick, and the breeze freshenel. Steered S.W., about 26 m. snag. At a little after seven rad. came to in seven fathoms, close to the schooner Nancy Dawson, their boat having returned about twenty minutes before. Went on board. Sunday, 10th—Went on shore with Mr. Shedden, in his gig, to obtain the latitude of an inlet off which we were anchored. The inlet was, however, barred across, although his jolly-boat:had been in the day before. Landed on the beach, but as it was blowing fresh and a heavy surf boating, we very nearly swamped the boat in so doing. Mr. Dunn in the afternoon went on shore to ascer tain if there was another inlet further north, found an other large one about 5 min. further along the coast, and there being huts on its northern and eastern side, we concluded it to be Refuge Inlet. Saturday, 11th—Went an shore to erect a post and bury provisions from the yacht with MreShedden, as wing to the natives being at Refuge Inlet, and there being none here we could accomplish it the , more easily. Mr. Dunn erected a post at Refuge Inlet, with marks to find a bottle buried there containing information that the provisions were buried at this inlet. The forenoon was ca'm; a breeze sprung up in the afternoon from the eastward. A shower of hail about 1 P.M. Lit a large fire over the buried provisions to destroy signs of dig ging, which was very hard frozen. Sunday, 12th—Wind easterly, 4 to 5 A et., fine; P.M. showers of rain, cloudy; wet afternoon. About 6 P.M., then tolerably fine, not rainy. I was allied on by Mr. Shedden to assist him, as his men had refuse] to work when called to hoist the launch in, being myself present at the time, bearing ant seeing the mutinous behaviour of three in particular, kid seeing no just cause for such behaviour from them after hearing the agreement, and scales of victualling, &c., read. I placed the three men in irons, our men assisting to get the launch in, es but very few of the schooner's men would work oto account of the others being placed in irons. Kept the corporal and the only two Marines on board the schooner in case of any outbreak to release the others—our men in tlic boats being close to, and within hail, ready to come on board with their arms to assist; aide had arms ready in the schooner's cabin; Mr. Shedden, not feelingisefe, he aeing been told that in case the vessel having to winter by being blocked up in the ice, some of them would do for him,, with other threatening language. M.ondaaeal3th—On the yacht's men being called 'on in the moining to weigh, they nearly all refused t) work without the other men were liberated, which I did not deem *pandenti being able to work the schooner and the beset with our own molt and the f w of the schooner's who were at Work. Got under weigh, and took the boats in tow ( . hey also sailing). Wind at N.N.W., steered S, VF., force from 3 to 4, wind heading at times, breaking off to S.W. and S., observed tae Seahorse Islands bear ing about S.W. arid W. Having had a strong south ea,terly current, tacked as requisite to get to windward of ditto. Tuesday, 14th—Celintaind light wicds having shifted to the S.E. Seahorse Islands ahead, and observing a bank to the north-westward, on which the sea was breaking, kept along N. and N.N Woaao clear ditto, hauling up a . , noon to S.W , at 1 S and 2.30 S., 3.39 made the land, stanaing in for ditto to observe if a post - had brea erected on or near . Wainwright's Ink . , with information where to find the ships. Wirl.a,S E about 4to 5. Wind in thi evening incl.( tieing to a me dente gale from the S.W., the eea rising, reefed the top sail-, fore and mainsails two reefs. Wednesday, 1511, A en—Moderato gale from S. The boats break adrift three or four times, and the skinboat lost'hy breaking adrift. About 3 very heavy rOl. 9, looked dirtier ahead; close reefed fore and maintopsails, and fore staysail; rex , calm; got a breeze in the even ing from N.N.W., steerel S.S.E., towing boats, ex pecfna to make Icy Cape. Thursday, 16th, 3 30 A.M.—Made the land; hauled up E.W. far ditto; 5, Cape Callie E.N.E.; made st.W.S. f S. course from ditto to coon, having t ) keep *several times fawn observing the land ahead or us; about 10.30, it bearing nearly W.N.W., by which bearing, if the chart had been correct, we ought to have be en on shore; as it was, we were running on five or six knots, the wind from the northward fresh; at 8, the boats m ain broke adrift, and as there was a good heavy foll owing sea, deemed it best for them to proceed by themselves, the schooner making and shortening sail to keep company. Noon, from a rough altitude, the land being in the way, and from our soundings, four fathoms or fire fathoms, fund we were on the Blassanas shoals; at 2, kept her S.W.S., as we bad experienced such a very strong cur rent to eastward and southerly, with all the breeste falling lighter in the afternoon, and the sea down. On making Cape Callie, found that we had net seen it before, the huts being lower, a surf some considerable distance off, and a long low beach. We could not discover the entrance of Wainwright's Inlet, although there was every appeor since cf it. The place with the huts seen on the evening of the 14th must have been " Point Bel cher," giving these also a strong easterly set which we had experienced the night before when near the " Sea horse Islands," but nearly on all occasions before I found the currents influenced entirely by the winds, setting whichever way it has been blowing hard to, an I near Point Barrow, on both sides, have drunk the water alongside, although rather brackish. Friday, 17th--Steering S.W.S. all day. Boats in company. Wind light, N.W. and northerly, cloudy all day. Saturday, 18th—Made the land off Cope Lisburne about four A 11., bearing S.S.E. Steered for ditto, which we did not get abreast of till the evening, although run ning four or fire knots, making the current easterly before sighting, and northerly afterwards. Ran close enough in shore to observe had a post been erected an) - where by Cape Lisburne, but saw none. Hove to at midnight, being too dark to discern the end of Point Hope, to,which we knew we must be near. Sunday, 19th-Bore up and came under the lee of Point Hope, at four .A. 111., in eleven fathoms. Landed to get wood. Got pinnace's mainmast dear), and re paired the sail. Ma about a dozen natives, very dirty looking, and very great adapts at pocket-picking. They appeared very poor ; nothing to barter ; their skins bad. They did not belong to Point Hope, but near to the Lagoon on S.E. of Point. Wind about six RA day N.N.W. Monday, 20th—Wind N.N.W. and N.W. 6 to 8, heavy squalls and a good deal of snow. Tuesday, 21st—Weather more moderate; wind N.W., heavy squalls all day, sleet, snow, and Tern; wind coming more to westward. Wednesday. 22d—Very fine and warm, quite calm, and strong current running . to the westware. Got boats alongside to clear and repair, both being leaky in their upper works. Bought another skin boat for a string of beads and some tobacco. They preferred the beads to a knife. Could not get any water. Came on to blow fresh from S.W., with warm heavy showers; first watch wind shifted to E.N.E., very heavy sea. Thursday, 23d—Wind from eastward, raining in fore noon, vessel rolling heavily; noon finer, less wind— wird from N.E. two to three, sea fast decreasing. Friday, 24th—Wind N.E. threw Observed her Ma jesty's ship Herald coming from the northward; shoved off from yacht with Me. Shedden to go on board her. On the 4th of August, Commander Moore writes to Captain Kellett, from sea, complaining of the bad sail ing qualities of the Plover, by which be is prevented from keeping within proper distance of any of the points of rendezvous for the boats without risking the safety of his ship; and concludes by alleging this as the motive of his anxiety to place his vessel in sale winter quarters as soon as possible. On the 26th of September the same officer writes to Captain Kellett, announcing his intenaion on the break ing up of the ice in Kotzebue Sound (where he then is), in 18i0, to proceed to the northward, leaving informa tion of his position on Chamisso Island and on Choris Peninsula. In a postscript Commander Moore states his intention of communicating with Point Barrow in he ensuing year, and returning about the end of July. Her Majesty's ship Herald, Mazatlan, Nov. 22, 1842. (Received Jan. 21, 1850.) Sir,—ln addition to the accompanying circumstantial account of my proceedings since leaving Oahu, on the 19th of May last, I beg to forward, for the information of their Lordships, an abstracted account from that letter of my movements. Left Oahu on the 19th of May. Arrive at Petro- . paulski on the 24th of June. Sell on the 25th. Get on shore without sustaining much damage on the same day. On the 14th of July passed Behring's Straits. Anchor off Chamisso Island on the 15th—meeting Plover there. Sail from Chamisso on the 18th, joined by Nancy Daw son yacht. Anchor off Cap* Lisburne on the 20th. Examine the coast north and south for a winter station. Anchored and examined Wainwright's Inlet on the 25th. Dispatch the boat expedition with Lieutenant Pullen at midnight. Weighed and ran along the edge of the pack to the northward, until finally stopped by it in lat. 72 51 N., long. 163 49 N., on the 28th. Return to Wainwright's Inlet on the 31st. August 1, sail to try to touch the pack to the westward. Return to the eastward on account of strong winds and thick weather. Discover a shoal of seven fathoms. and probably less, in let. 70 20 N., long. 171 10 W. On the 12th try again to fall in with the ice to the westward. August 17, discover and land on an island (lat. 71 20 N., lon. 175 16 W.); at the same time was discovered a small group with a very high and extensive land to the north of it, deeply seated within the ice. Return to the rendezvous off Cape Lisburne. Meet the two large boats sent under Mr. Pullen. Hoisted one in, and sent the other to Kotzebue Sound, in company with the yacht. Herald again proceei north. Experienced heavy gale; unable to remain on the coast. Return to Kotzebue Sound. Equip Plover. Trace the Buckland River. Friendly di-position of the natives. Leave the sound on the 29th of September. Pass Bhering's Straits on the 2d of October in a gale. Pass the Aleu tian chain, by the Straits of Amoukhla, on the 1 1 th. Anchored at Mazatlan on the 14th November. —I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient server*, HENRY KELLRTT, Captain. To the Secretary of the Admiralty, London. Her Majesty's ship Herald, Mseatlan, November 22, 1849. Sir,—ln carrying into execution their Lordship's orders the ensuing fine season, to the northward, I beg you will be pleased to inf)rm me on the following subjec:s:— 1. Whether their Lordships deem it necessary for me to dispatch STl9t,her boat expedition to the Mackenzie Elva? It will be seen by Commander Moore'd letter to me b(-fore leaving Lintz-bue Sound thtt he more than likely will have visited the coast as far north as Point Barrow before my arrival. 2. What quantity of provisions their Lordships wish to have deposited, and of what species? I propose to leave flour, six or seven casks, all the pemmican, and a large proportion a the preserved meats remaining on board the Plover on my meeting her. It will be necessary, I consider, for the ♦essels to re main in the straits until the first week in September, in case Mr. Pullen should make an attempt to return to his ship. After that time no voyage westerly can be made by boats,—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, HENRY KELLETT, Captain. To the Secretary of the Admiralty, London. Her Majesty's ship Herald, Mazatlan, Nov. alt, 1849. (Received Jan. 21, 1850.) Sir,—l have the honour to inform you that it is my intention to leave this port about the end of this month, for Guaymas, where I shall refit and make a survey of the port. I shall, as soon as refitted, continue the survey of the different ports and anchorages in the Gulf of California, returning here again for orders in March. I shall then sail for Oahu (Sandwich Islands), to pro vision for t')e northern voyage. can receive answers to these letters here early in liKroh, if replied to by the return mail. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your very obedient servant, HENRY KELLETT, Captain. The Secretary of the Admiralty, London. NEW NAVAL NOVEL. Now retcly at all the Libraries, in 3 T vols., lIE PE T B,EL A TALE OF THE SEA. Ey A NAVAL OFFICER. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. This day, two volumes, poet Bvo., 14s. RESPER 0 S; or, Travels in the West. By Mrs. HOUST,LTN. Author of " Texas and the Gulf f raly on nt LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, IA: W. Mr. COBDEN is once more at home. He has res t u r ne d in safety from the plains of Buckingharnshibe to the heart of his own West Riding ; he is no lonigir sur rounded by sturdy yeomen and anxious farm (!re, but by keen and sharp-witted manufacturers. • lie can now exult openly in the increased size of ti lo penny loaf, and the diminished prices of agriculti 11'4 pro duce, well assured that he carries with him the sym pathies and feelings of his auditory. He is su :rounded by men of congenial minds and dispositions ; , who re joice when he rejoices, and mourn when he mourns. In whatever parts of the kingdom the defeat ed mono polists may attempt to rally their scatter( d forces, there is but little danger of their intruding them- selves upon the inhabitants of Sheffield, or of the other great seats of manufacturing industry in bonnie Yorkshire. Tbere, at least, no Protectionii ;t heresies can gain a footing; there is no drawbar k to the general satisfaction ; the cup of happiness in not only filled to the brim, but it is pure and unadulterated, and my be drained to the very dregs with( nit a single drop of bitter being discernible. : The com parison between the loaves of 1801 and 1850 could only produce a feeling of unalloyed c' relight and gratification. The hard-working opera tive would think how much more cf the necessaries au id comforts of life were now placed within his read i, and how much further his wages would go in pri curing the humble enjoyments to which alone he 12 pires. The masters, perhaps, might consider how far it would be practicable to reduce those very wages, and to dimi- nish the cost of production, so as ; to secure for their own commodities the full control and possession of the markets of the world. The lion. Gentleman, whose constituer its were thus .agreeably situated. would have but litti le difficulty in addressing a contented audience, who i ,vere enjoying the advantages of his former exertions, ;sad ready and illing to place implicit confidence it 1. his skill and judgment, and to enrol themselves uro lar any banner which he might be pleased to unfurl. _ _ _ Under such circumstances, it wen ild have been by no means surprising if Mr. Otanners had given full scope to his fancy at ; Sheffield as at Leeds, and have again inda :lged himself in a similar spirit of exultation and defiance. The salutary effects of his visit to tb a agricultural districts were easily perceptible. I here was a de cided improvement in his tone and L manner ; he w a s no longer threatenening his oppe .vents, and en deavouring to suppress with the st rang hand any manifestation of opinions different frc En those which he himself entertained. The disgrat leful riot at Stafford had probably convinced him of the danger of giving such "broad hints" to ,an excitable population, and of the advantag as of his former weapons, of reason and argument, free discussion and universal tole ration, over o o ws u eo g u e v,l r ,dh w i be e a h r cf n oa e rr d rmi e h e dri formerly yo n antagonists very t d : Li e f ! e cr t oe b mi e ltp f tl u ee t tr u em r l y e s those which he had m o r e rec entl y a s sumed. f c H r o o e n m t n e o a t t h l retraced his footsteps in this respect, at id invited his audience, if " forced again into the field upon the question of Protection, to preserve the same equani mity which they had formerly exhibits ;d." This is as it should be, and we are delightetil to find Mr. COBDEN so ready to abjure the seriot is error into which he had fallen. Although the Hon. Gentleman opent id his speech by claiming the indulgence of 'the meeting, and declaring that he had only a "desul tory conversational speech" to deli - rer, he has seldom appeared to greater advantage since the set tlement of the great question on whi Dh he founded his reputation. He paid a graceful tribute of respect to two persons who had perhaps strong sr claims upon the gratitude of the line -traders then any others within the kingdom, but who, unfortunately, re ceived no substantial marks of that gr atitude—who, prominent among the national benefit ctors, afforded additional illustrations of popular neglect and indif ference to faithful and efficient services. He justly hailed the selection of the honourable CHARLES PELHAM VILLIERS by the Whig Cabinet, as mover of the Address in answer to th,s Speech from the Throne on the opening of the session, as a deter mination on their part to put an end to any Protec tionist deltiion, and to show that no (:hinge of po licy is contemplated in reference to the corn-law— as an indication, in fact, that freestraders' colours have been nailed to the mast of the vessel of the State. Fie also breathed a sigh to the memory . of itIENEZER ELLIOTT—the gifted and faithful EBEICEZER ELLIOTT —who has so recently passed from amongst us, leav ing no opportunity to his countrymen of re trieving the grievous injustice of which they had been guilty towards that extraordinary'man. Alas, that the only reparation now possible should be a tear of regret over his lowly bier ! When speaking of the claims of Sheffield to the earliest development of his views and intentions, the Honourable Gentle man said,—" It was in your town that the voice of the Muses was first invoked in our time on behalf c f the principle of commercial freedom, by one whose spirit is now departed, and in the name of humanity and civilization I say, ' Peace to his departed spirit.' " It is unnecessary to go through the various topics put forward by Mr. COBDEN in his three speeches to the inhabitants of Sheffield. He touched upon the great question ef cheap and untaxed food, acknow • ledged that the .topic must come under the notice of Parliament, and expressed his readiness to enter upon a full and fair discussion, which will have the effect of setting the public mind at once and for ever at rest upon the subject. He alluded to the financial reforms and Parliamentary reforms which are so urgently required by the country, and the ne cessity of a great change in the relations between the mother country and her colonies. Although we do not agree with the Honourable Gentleman in supposing it either practicable or desirable to re duce our armaments to the degree which he advo cates, or to dissolve the connexion with our nume rous settlements, yet much may be effected to cut down the expenditure without impairing the efficiency TIIE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 25, 850 THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, dale Lessee and Manager, Old Brampton. THIS EVENING, Will be presented an entirely new and original Comedy, entitled LEAP YEAR ; or, The Ladies' Privilege. Sir Solomon Solus, or. Keeley ; Captain Mouser, Mr. ielby ; Mr. Dimple, Mr. Buchstorw. ; William Walker, Mr. Charles Kean ; Mrs. Flora Flowerdew, Mrs'. Charles Kean ; Miss Sally O'Leary, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Mrs. Crisp, Mrs. Keeley. After which THE NINTH STATUE or, The Jewels and The Gem. Principal characters by Mr. Munyard, Miss P. Horton, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and Miss K. Fltzwilliam. To conclude with the Farce of SEPARATE MAINTENANCE , Mr. Pennipother, Mr. Keeley ; Mrs. Pennipother, Mrs. Keeley ; Jane Briggs, Miss P. Horton. The Box-oftite is wider the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. 172d0r the direction o: Madame Co',vitt.. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW COT'SE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bei fori , 0. Smith, Worrell; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. Arter which FRANKENSTEIN ; or, The Model Man. Franken stein, Mr. Wright ; the What is It ? Mr. P. Bedford; Zamiel, Mr. 0. Smith ; Otto of Rosenberg, Miss Woelgar ; Tiddiewincz, Miss E. Chaplin ; Agatha, Miss Coveny ; "Incline, Miss E. Harding. To be followed by a new slippery sketch called MRS. BUNBURY'S SPOONS. Mr. Highbury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford; Bob Twinks, Mr. Wright ; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith; Mrs. Banbury, Mr ii. F. Watthews; Mrs. Highbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Opera, entitled CHARLES THE7SE COND. To conclude with ICING JAMIE ; or, Harlequin and Magic: Fiddle Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Clown, Mr. Flex more ; Columbine, Miss Fawcett. A.STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRYL. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. THIS EVEN IN( ":The performance will commence at a Quarter to Seven, 'nth a new Grand Spectacle of THE KNIGHT OF THE EAGLE QV EST; er, The Tourney of Love, in which Mr. N. T. Hicks will app! •nr. To be followed by a brilliant display of Batty's peerless scei ids of_ :he Circle, supported by the accomplished artistes of the est,lshlish- To conclade with a grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime, )7 Nel son Lee, called HARLEQUIN YANKEE DOODLE, who 460ae to Town upon kis little PAW. nos-office open from Eleven till 'enr HIGH WATER AT. LONDON BRIIifIE.- • • Tnt4 DAY 4c,rning, 15 min. after 11 1 Evening, 49 min. a,%er 11 To-Nformovr —Meorning, 0 min. after 0 1 Evenlx,„ L 9 min. A ter 12 THE WEATHER.--Snis OBTICE, JAN. 25,i MERMOMETER, Lowest, 30, Highest, 37, Ne - ,41,, 46. BA.ROMETNE. 30; mercury going down fast, RIND W.S.W.—mild sirs and fine sunshine, q first for a month ; Morning, foggy. • - rat, i v o G ' t4, 4c A A. v t j . 40 t, hk • „ • . f f Aier or the former, and to improve the relationship with our numerous dependencies, by permitting a greater degree of self-governmenf, and extending the princi ple of representation. Although we do not subscribe to the fallacies of the Peace Congress, we are ready to admit that benefit will be &rived from full and ample discussion ; and so long as Mr. COBDEN conducts that discussion in the unobjectionable tone adopted at Sheffield, we shall gladly listen to every argument he may please to advance. At the January Quarter Sessions for the county of Gloucester, the magistrates, on the motion of Earl FITZUARDINGE, the Lord-Lieutenant of the county, which motion was seconded by the Duke of BEAUFORT, voted by acclamation, " That the cordial thanks of the Court be presented to Mr. PURNELL, the County Chairman, for his conduct on the subject of the private Lunatic Asylums." Never was vote of thanks more richly merited, and the magistrates of the county of Gloucester are deserving of all honour for the manner in vihich they have supported their excellent chairman in the performance of the very onerous duties which have devolved on him, and by the admirable execution of which he has conferred - a lasting benefit on his country. The evils and abuses existing in many of the private lunatic asylum!, are of such a nature that, as was justly ob- served by' Earl FITZLIAUDINGE-- - "It required a great deal of courage and persever lailee in any man who should attempt to put down these, evils and seek amendment, and to endure all the Obloquy which would be cast on him if he endeavoured tO 'interfere with the persons interested in the continu anois Of those evils." Ntos.t fortunate it is for the cause of suffering humanity that such a man was found in I. PULL.. *ELL. " The perseverance," we again quote the w—ordc:4:Earl FITZEARDINGB '.q 4 ll,o:pieiseverance, the unwearied labour, and the inalauntedrraoral courage which ho has shown in his Cloaduct in the affair of the private lunatic asylums, have fefledted the highest credit on him both in his public and trvate character." ,The Duke of BEAUFORT, in seconding the motion, bore his personal testimony to the exertions of Mr. PQntiELL. In the course of his speech, his Grace observed— . . k‘ I lieive taken considerable interest in all that relates :to the management of the lunatic asylums, and in con bave had frequent communications with our :excellent'chairman, and 1 have had brought to my notice y.;Oia - ae - of the benefits which ho has conferred upon man !kind generally by detecting the abuses existing in lu natic asylums. The Lord Chancellor has had an opportunity which, probably, would not have been af forded him of giving judgment in favour of the release 'fan nut* Itunate patient, which, I believe, but for the exertions of our worthy chairman, would never have come be fora his Lordship's notice. That is one of many :instances in which the chairman has succeeded in re -I;dt erningf:om wretchedness and misery several unfortu na e patients." The magistrates of Gloucestershire have done their duty, but surely the manner in which Mr. PURNELL has devoted himself to a task which he has well de scribed as "most distressing to the feelings, most harassing in its prosecution, and teeming with the most painful anxiety as to its results," calls for some more substantial memorial than a barren vote of thanks. To the members of the Alleged Lunatics' Friend Society, we suggest the propriety of at once commencing a subscription for the purpose of pre senting to Mr. PURNELL some substantial token of national respect. He has, by his exertions, conferred upon his country a great national benefit, and for which the nation should show its gratitude. After perusing the speeches of the Duke of BEAU FORT and of Earl FITZHARDINGE, we cannot doubt but that those noblemen will feel it to be their duty, early in the course of the ensuing session of Parliament, to call the attention of the House of Lords to the necessity of introducing some measure for the amendment of the laws relating to lunatic asylums. If any further proof were needed of the absolute necessity for the immediate introduction of some such measure, we should find it in the report presented by Mr.;PunNELL to the Gloucester Quarter Sessions on the day on which the thanks of the ma gistrates were voted to him by acclamation. In speaking of ono of these asylums in the court of Gloucester, Mr. PURNELL says in his report : " Notwithstanding my previous reports as to the de tent'on of patients here, it required my intervention to r , lease one during the past quarter, detained far thirty five years—having been quite sane, so far as could be ascertained, for the chief part of that time, during which, though the son and brother of farmers of pro pony, he had been daily employed as an under scullion and general labourer; the proprietors being thus paid for him as a patient by the brother, who had not visited bias for twenty years, and obtaining, besides, the benefit of his daily work." Of what use, we ask, are the visits of the Commis - sioners of Lunacy ? How comes it, that although visiting this asylum regularly they never discovered the existence of this case ? or if they discovered it, how comes it that it was left to Mr. PURNELL to re lease this patient? In the same asylum Mr. PURNELL states that he found the following state of things to exist:— " On ono side of a dismal and damp yard, surrounded by buildings and a lofty wall—are two strong rooms, with stone floors, having a flue beneath, and lighted each by a *item light in the ceiling. In the one is a strong box hechtead; in the other a strong chair, with a pan in the seat, the only furniture in each. " During the year and n quarter that I have visited, a human being has been shut up the whole of every night in the first—the whole of every day in the lag'. By day, a shirt reaching no lower than the fustian jacket, a pair of shoes, and fustian trowsers entirely open behind, com plete his dress. His !arms are placed in stiff leathern pipes, reaching below his hands, having iron staples at • the end ts connect them; they meet round his neck, and are there locked. A strong Lather strap fastens together the two elbows. "He has never been taken out for exercise; occasion.- ally the door of the cell is opened, when he is allowed to roll himself about on the ground." Again we ask of what use is the inspection of the Commissioners of Lunacy ? If during their repeated visits they never discovered these cases, they were guilty of carelessness so gross as to amount almost to culpability; if they were aware of the existence of these abuses, and took no measures to remedy them, then no terms we could use would be sufficiently strong to characterise such conduct. At all events, unless those statements of Mr. PURNELL are absolute fictions, the necessity for an immediate re-organization of the lunacy board is abundantly evident. But it is 'sot alone on account of sins of omission itat the lunacy board requires immediate re-organization, the sins of commission are, according to Mr. PURNELL'S report, of a more dangerous nature still. The Commissions rs are upholders of the dangerous doctrine of moral in sanity, and consider themselves justified in subjecting to the discipline of a lunatic asylum persons wl to, to use their own phraseology "have no otter defect of mind than a want of moral sense." If this doctrine of moral insanity be true, the en is every criminal a lunatic, and all our gaols shot, Id be turned into asylums. A youth, " whose only defect of mind was want of moral sense," was a d mitted into an asylum in Dec. 1847; he was reg a. larly visited by the Commissioners during the yea rs 1848 and 1849, and no steps were taken by the in for his discharge, but on the 10th of Nov. 1849, the as, Fs lam (against the proprietor of which there is " tto imputation of attempt at imposition or concealme nt of the truth,") was visited by Mr. PURBIELL and his brother magistrates. The following entries in the Visiting Book show the history of the termination of the case. 1849, Nov. 10, Entry of the Visitors : " With respect to the case of (the patient) stated to us to be one of moral insanity, it is evidently one whin ill will require very serious and anxious investigation stn our parts." Signed by Mr. Purnell and the other Visitort t. 1849, Nov. 29, Entry of the Commissioners :—. " We have had some conversation with (the • petit int) who converses rationally, but who is stated to be en tirely destitute of the power of self-control, and to t tive way in consequence, whenever the restraint of the es tablishment is withdrawn, to vicious and dangerous p ro pensities. " Wo entertain doubts, however, how fir a house of this, description is the most suitable place for confirmi og his Mental and moral improvement, and we are gh thorerorr, to learn that arrangements are in progress rerativing him." 1849, Dec. 8, Copy of extract of letter from ti to • -Secretary of the Commissioners to the Proprietor 'P. and produced by him to the Visitors, Dec. 1849:. " With reference to the case of the patient, whicl• is especially adverted to in the entry made by the saute Commissioners in the Patient's Book, I am directed t o express the opinion of the Commissioners that the elf is one which cannot be properly or beneficially trea.te 3 in a lunatic asylum, and they, thersiore, recommend tlha t proper arrangements be made (by the petioles rela - tives) for his removal from Castletou House, withou t Idelay." 7 hese entries are thus commented on in the report " In the entry of 29th Nov., 1849, the question whe-• thrr insanity, the only legal cause for the confinewent, I did or did not exist, is not adverted to. By that, and Cie extract front the letter of the 6th Dec. it appears that, tifcer our visit of the 10th Nov., and promised in vostig,r,tion, the Corereis.lioner, who had visited this patient for two years, became opinion that the care is 010 which cannot bu properly nor beneficially treated in a lonatic asylum.' This is unfortunately not a solitary case. Mr. Pu &NELL says— It makes the second instance which I have found in this county, during the past year, where private lunatic asylums have been conveniently employed, like the Bas ti!e in France, under its ancient regime, for a father to confine, by lettres de cachet, an unmanageable son; the second, where that most dangerous doctrine—that the yielding in particular individuals to that propensity to vice or immorality inherent in human nature—but checked in the generality of the class to which they may belong by the regulations of society and the laws of the land, is converted by medical men into a proof of insa nity, which they term moral insanity, and where they allow that intallectual insanity does not exist. " My correspondence proves that these cases have ha -1 come of no uncommon occurrence. '• It is observable that the entries as to this ease, through the two years of its continuance, treat the patient, in their general tone, as a viciously inclined youth, placed in a severe school fur punishment and reformation, ra ther than a; an insaue patienylegally or illegally, in a lunatic asylum. "It cannot be matter of surprise, that the visitors should adopt, in these cases, impressions derived from the entries of the salaried metropolitan commissioners, composed, as that board is, of individuals selected for their eminence in the legal and medical profession—upon whose decided or undecided conduct in countenancing or checking the further spread of this doctrine, its con tinued existence must mainly depend. " Medical certificates authorising these convenient ar rangements will be always procurable, founded upon this doctrine, which draws no definite—no evident line be tween responsibility and irresponsibility—and offers the cover of the last, equally to the petty offender as t.) the perpetrator of the most revolting crimes." Can we he surprhed, after the countenance which this dangerous doctrine of moral insanity receives from those in high places, that juries re fuse to convict persons who have com mitted crimes of more than ordinary atrocity, and are willing to accept the very atrocity of the crime as proof of the non-responsibility of the crimi nal ? surely the conduct of the Commissioners as regards these and similar cases requires investigation, and we trust that the Lord Chancellor will lose no time in causing a searching inquiry to be made as to the manner in which the Commissioners perform their duties. Two things are abundantly clear from the facts detailed in Mr. Punsames report—first, that it is absolutely necessary that some public prelimi nary investigation should take place as to the state of mind of an alleged lunatic before the proprietor of a private lunatic asylum shall be authorised to receive such alleged lunatic into his establishment; and, se condly, that the comfort and safety of the patients require that a much more efficient system of in spection should be organized than the one which at present exists. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. Before the adjournment of the Legislative As sembly on *Wednesday evening, the first three clauses of the Bill for the transportation of the insurgents of June to Algeria, were voted by considerable ma jorities. As a specimen of the proportion of the voters pro et contra, it may be observed, that on the division for the third article there was a majority in favour of it of 220, namely, 397 for, and 177 against. Of course there was the usual squabbling and disturbance throughout the debate ; the quarrels of the belligerent factions being enlivened as hereto fore, by wranglings at the foot of the tribune, ended in each instance by the interposition of the Presider t. M. BOTSETT having passed a brilliant panegyric on the innocent June insurgents, amidst the approving shouts of the Mountaineers, General BEDSAU could no longer restrain his expressions of contempt and indignation. The illustrious soldier ascended the tri bune, and thus protested against; the indiscreet eulo giums passed upon the savage insurgents of June by the apologists of Red Republicanism : General l3edeau—l did not intend _to have taken any part in this discussion. The Assembly will, I think, comprehend the motives which might in the first place have prevented my doing so. I must, however, say that after having been wounded in the deplorable days of June, I had the happiness to be able to save the lives of a number of those unfortunate men against whom I had fought—(Hear, hear) —I ern astonished at hearing fall from the tribune such an expression as " the calumniated of June." Gen tlemen, if they have been calumniated, it is we who were guilty.—(Sensation—Loud applause from the Right.) How can you suppose that I who had the honour of commanding different corps on that day, troops of the line, National Guard, and Gardes Mo bile—that I should hear it said that these corps dc served reproaches ?—(Hear, hear.) A Voice—lt is disgraceful. M. Bouraat—You have misunderstood what was said. On the Bight—Have a little modesty, M. Bourn M. Latrade—Who justified the insurrection? On the Right—Nothing else has been done for the la two days. General Bedeau—lt has been declared here that the insurrection of June is due to the conspiracy of the old Monarchical pasties— On the Left—Yes! yes! On the Right—You well know that it is a disgraceful falsehood. M. Denjoy—You speak like accomplices in the mat ter.—(Movement.) General Bedeau—Surely that is not credible. You cannot then be aware what was the mot-d'ordre at the barricades of June! You must be blind not to see that those guilty of the insurrection of June are the same men who on the 15th of May violated the national so vereignty.--(llear, hear.) The guilty ones aro that de testable demagogical party which incessantly wages war against society.—(Hear, hear.) We the members of the Constituent Assembly saw, on the 15th of May, seated by our side, those pretended missionaries of civilisation —(Loud cheers.) It is really incredible, that after the lapse of so short a time facts should be so misrepre sented. Those who thus plead in favour cf those men are then ignorant that we know that the insurrection of June was an attack on the national sovereignty by the lowest soldiers of the most execrable of the clubs.— (Loud applause.) Do you suppose that in pleading their cause you display a love of liberty—a love for the Republic? M. Monnet—Tho Republic is being destroyed. General Bedeau—Do you supposo, I Say, that you show a love for the Constitution? No; those who fought behind the barricades of June did not fight for the Constitution. The Constitution was not made; they fought to prevent that result being arrived art. It was the basest, the most disgraceful protest against the ma jesty of the rational sovereignty. M. Nadaud here uttered a loud cry. On the Right—" Silence, silence! shame, shame!" General Bedeau—l do not fear to say that no one would have dared to have uttered before the Constituent O:sembly the words which have so much wounded me. —(No, no.) The Members of the Constituent Assem bly had too fresh in their memories the dangers which society had incurred to have tolerated such expressions as " the calumniated of June."—(Loud applause.) M. Nadaad—Bring the men to trial, then! The President—Be silent, M. Nadaud! General Bedeau—l think it my duty to reply in a few words to M. Boysett —(Hear, hear.) As to Art. 2, it is only the execution cf a resolution come to by the Con stituent Assembly deciding politically, taking an ex ceptional measure commanded by an exceptional crime. —(" hear, hear, that is it.") It i s no t var i a ti ons i n th e majority that change the character of that attempt. So long as universal suffrage shall prevail in the country, they will be criminals who shall seek to overthrow an Assembly which is the expression of the will of the country.—(Loud applause.) In returning to his scat, General Bedeau received the warm congratulations of a great number of his col leagues. A. stormy discussion folloWed the eloquent inter position of General BEDEAU ; and the debate was not adjourned until a quarter-past six o'clock. Every reasonable expectation, however, was then entertained that the Bill would be definitively passed yesterday. It appears that the statement given in The Sun of last evening, respecting the manner in which the duel between M. DE CoisLIN and M. TESTBLIN, the eavesdropping Mountaineer, was fought and termi nated, was scrupulously correct ; the wound in the head received by the young Representative oc curred in the third round. M. DE COISLIN wanted, notwithstanding his wound, to continue the combat, but the seconds would not allow him. Owing to they severity of the weather, both parties wore their coats. ----- The following is the proces verbal drawn up by the seconds : .6 MM. de Coislin and Tesielin, Representatives of the People, have fought a duel to-day, with the sabres of officers of infantry. After several paves without any effect, the two adversaries were obliged to repose them selves fir a moment, on the invitation c f the witnesses. At the eccOnd round, M. de Testelin having appeared to be wounded by a coup de point in the breast, the seconds again suspended the combat. At a third round M. de Coislin, although struck on tho top cf his head by the point of his adversary's sword, insisted on continuing, and it required nothing less than the absolute order of the seconds to put an end to the struggle. The wound, without presenting the slightest danger, was sufficient to render the continuation of the combat completely impossible. (Signed) "For M. de Coislin—LEO DE LABORDE, 0. DE CAULAINCOURT. " For M. Testalin—F. GRADRIER. A. BAUDIN. The Evenement says, it is not true that M. GUIZOT is a candidate for the Charente. The trial of M. Euff.n DE GIRARDIN was fixed for Friday. On Wednesday the editor of the Gazette de France London : Johß W. Parker, West Strand THEA.TRE ROYAL. DRURT,LANE. -- Lessee and Manager, Mr. ,JAMES ANDERSON. The Lessee respectfully begs to submit tke following mina f Prices Jr Admission for public approval: - Private boxes, 31. 35., 21. 12s. 6d., 2/. 25., 11. lls. 6d., and 11. Is. Stalls, ss. each. s s. d. . d. FIRST PRICE. SECOND PRICE. Boxes - -4 0 Boxes - -2 0 Fit - - - 2 0 Pit - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 0 6 Upper Gallery -0 6 INo Half-price to Upper Gallery. THIS EVENING, Will be presented, by her Majesty's Servants, The Comedy of THF: LOVE.CHASE. Sir William FondloTe, Mr. Baker ;Master Waller, Mr. Montague . ; Master Wildrake, Mr. C. Fisher; Widow Green, Mrs. Winstanley ; Constance, Mrs. Nlsbett ; Lydia, Miss F. iluddart. To be followed by a New Grand Historical, Metaphorical, kllegorleal, and Diabolical Pantomime, by the author of " Bluff King Hal to he' relied HARLEQUIN and GOOD QUEEN BESS ; MERRTE ENGLAND IN THE OLDEN TIME, " Then the ladies with large ruffs, tied round about their necks so fast, Would gobble up a pound of beefsteaks for their breakfast. 0 1 the golden days of Good Queen Bess, Merry be the memory of Good Queen Bees."—Old Song. The Overture and Music entirely new, composed by Nobody icm,wswho, assisted by Mozart, Bishop, Rossini, Ware, Mandel, Rod cell, Haydn, and the Ethiopian Serenaders. The Rounds are the reposition of a select Circle. The Catc hes are by Locke. The Ballet Department under the superintendence of Madame Louise. The Scenery painted by Messrs. Brunning, Jones, Wilson, C. kdaras, - and Assistants. The Properties, Magic Tricks, and Traatformations invented and xecuted by Mr. W. Blamire. The Costumes by Mr. Palmer an d Miss Biggs. The extensive ,lachinery by Mr. Adams. The whole prodaced under the Direction of Mr. T. Thompson. IMMORTALS. Christmas, Mr. S. Jones; The Spirit of John Rich, Mr. Darcie fhe Spirit of High Tragedy, Mr. J. Parry; The Spirit of Panels bliss Ennice ; Spirit of Mother Goose, Galliver, Baron Mnnchansen &e., by &c., Motrahs. Good. Queen Bess, Mr. R. Romer ; A'sy Robsart, Mr. G. Watson ; liar Lovely Bahby, Master Butter ; Tho Great Earl of Leicester, Deulin; The Little Earl of Essex, Mr. Henry ; The Unspeak able Lord Burleigh, Mr. Johnson; The Rasher Lord Bacon, Mr. Barry'; The Smoky Sir Walter Raleigh, Mr. Manderson ; The Dancing Lord Chancellor Sir Christopher Ilatton, Mr. Chapino; Maids of Honour, Pages, Beefeaters, Guards, Morris Dancers, Jesters, Wiidmea, Dragoons, and other Bores, by the rest of the company. CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE ► YEAR, But although he comes in stow, he still hopes to meet with a warm reception—but where is he going? Why, to pay his yearly visit to the Spirit of John Rich, in the GHOSTLY CITY OF DEPARTED FUN. This city is composed of the Tombs of the by-gone Pantomimes-- " Who's dat knocking at der door f"—Come and see—" J. Andersen's my Joe, John." and " I am Rich," that's mere than every one can say ;we wish they could—How to make a Pantomime ?—" that is the question"—but the answer, it is hoped, will be satisfactory— Peer Tra-ge-tly meets with no clemency, se we fly by night" to A SPLENDID HALL IN THE PALACE OF GOOD QUEEN BESS. We now come to Historical Facts, therefore, as the Clown at astley's would say, " Let as be serious." It is an historical fact, that the Earl of Essex loved, or pretended so, Good Queen Bess, therefore he hated the Earl of Leicester, and thence arose a conspi racy—Sir Walter Raleigh fears his pipe will be pat out—Bacon gets quite in a frizzle, and Lord Burleigh shakes his head—bit there's nothing in that, whatever they may say to the contrary. It is an historical fact, that Good Queen Bess was assisted at her toilet by many of her noblemen, therefore the GRAND PROCESSION OF THE TOILETTE 14 introduced, in which the R o y al Wig ! the Royal Ruff ! the Royal Blushes ! ! 1 and the Royal Petticoat 1 1! 1 will make their first appearance 01 any stage, and trust to the " anal indulgence of a British Public." These are followed by GOOD QUEEN HESS en deshabille, as she is represented is a picture at Hampton Court. —What comes next will certainly follow—and then will be seen GOOD QUEEN BEES n her royal splendonr.—lt is an Historica Fact, that Good Jueen Bess, like " Young Susan"—" had lovers so many that she scarcely knew mama which to decide"—sad it is as historical Fact shat the following were a few of them. TUE REJECTED ONES : Philip of Spats, Prince Rupert, Prince of Sweden, Duke of Anjou, Prince Aleiwon, Marquis of Winchester, the. King of Sweden, henry of Navarre, Archduke Charles, Earl of Arundel, Sir William Pickering, Charles Blount, and the Earl of Arran. Good Queen Bees appoints a meeting of these " wonderous proper men" at Kenilworth, bet declares, that on her way," A hunting She will go" —and haying got on the " High Horse," the story gallops on to CLIAINOR HALL BY 3100NLIGIT—Wilson. "Coming events cast their shadows before "—" Best thee, my darling "—Ketchy, ketchy, ketchy—" Put out the light, and then "—enter the Earl of Leicester on his way to Kenil worth—lle stops at Love's half-way house, the Robsar Arms—" Oh, Susanna," or rather " Oh, Amy!"—lt can't be said, "he makes no bones about it "—They part, " more in sorrow, than in anger," but, " being gone, Amy is herself again "—that is to say, a rather jealous young lady, who is her " deep despair," introduces her Lovely Vabby, to whom she sings the following patheile stanza : " Come my babby, corns along with me We'll go to far-famed Kenilworth, Your naughty dad to see." f And so they do. KENILWORTH CASTLPI As it appeared on the occasion of Good Queen Bess's Royal Tis For further particulars inquire of Sir Walter Scott. It is au histori :al fact that Good Queen Bess paid the Earl of Leicester a visit, and "paid the piper." This, his gorgeeus fete, half ruined him ; there fore we pity his fate, but must admire his wondrous generosity, for he ever hoped for in return was—half-a-crown. The Earl fore stalls Shakspere, by discovering " that the course of true love never did run smooth," for here he meets with some twenty " eompeti tcurs," and to him they do come " petit sours," for they prove per fect bears, or, more properly speaking, bores. A Lovers' Quarrel on a grand scale, a sort of " tiff for the million," takes place, which, although beginning in love, ends in war, and the total destractien of THE SPANISH ARMADA! By Warner's Fulminating Blow-up—Tragedy has now done his worst, and Rich finding that even Rich must become poor if war continues, proposes a " Peace Congress," and brings all to a close by making them all change their clothes— of Harlequin, M. The Earl of Leicester puts on the motley garb Lord Burleigh that of Pantaloon, M. J. Denlin. The Earl of Essex that of Clow*, Mr. C. Stilt, And Amy Robsart dons the Robe d'Amoar of Columbine, Madllo. Theodore. Al we have ffirther to say for Good Queen Bess is—Vivat Regina, and off she goes." " Welcome, Old Friends, 'tis long since we met 1" " Here we are !" " How are you?' PRESERVEI AND PICKLE WA CE.REHOUSE, AND RAILWAY OFFI Cupid and Clown—Butter and Butterflies —Hungarian Knoc Vowns, and German Toys—War to the Knife, and Terrific Exple "on—Railway Offices to Let—Pantaloon becomes Tenant—Shares Discount—Clown Cooks Accompts, and Railway Klieg in Tribu lation —Change to INTERIOR OF CATACOMBS SIMPSON'S DIVAN AND TAVERN, Strand. most approved way of Cooking a Goose—Clown makes himself Welcome—the Waiters at Fault—a Transformation—Clown Foule —Calf's Head for One—A Kitten Wanted—Save the Credit of thed Establishment—Police Police i—and Change to EXETER HALL. Meeting of the Peace Congress—How to get up a Rew—Prosylltes Beware —Humbug the Order of the Day—Embracing at a Premium, and Domestic Tableau of the Happy Family, POULTERER'S AND SHOP TO LET. Stick no Bills, in case you should Kill Sweet William A DOWNRIGHT "HOBBY DANCE." Heads Win the Prize. SMITHFIELD. Potatoes all Not—Toss and Buy—Three real Epping Sausages, and Bread, for One Penny—A Mad Bull—Pork versus Tabbies—A Re port for Enlarging Smithfield Market—Holloway's Purifying Pills— New Tariff—Gin Greatly Reduced—Warranted not to Prodace Spon taneous Combustion—Puff, the Order of the Day—Peach and the City Nuisance—Gs it, Bricks—and Sudden Transformation to A SALUBRIOUS SPOT. STREET AND LO U GING -HOUSES. What will be seen here is of little use to those who have no eyes. —" Lend me your ears"—" Oh, what a falling off, my countrymen, when you, and I, and all of us, fell down."—Shakspere. BED-ROOM IN LODGING-HOUSE, Comfortable Quarters—Lola, and the Gallant Son of Mars—Clown's Notion of Warm and Convenient Arrangements—Good Night—Late Visitors—A Troublesome Customer—Mr. Walker, an intrader Novel Made of Expelling same—A Stormy Night—Clewi and Pan taloon in Great Alarm—lncantation Extraordinary—and General Chamber Polka. CHIRING-CROSS AND STRAND. What's to be done I.—Buy the Lady's Newspaper. FROST FAIR ON THE THAMES. Ice Soup—Temperance Hotel, J. Frost.—N.B. Iced Champagne— Oh, the Roast Beef of Old England I —Sports of the Glacearum— " Plaisirs d'Hiver"—Clown wants some Fish, but can only get Skate, which he finds rather tough ; it won't go down, though be dots. FATHER THAMES' RETREAT, 1, Tiddyball's Alley, in the middle of the Thames, with Brass Door and Gingerbread Knocker. General "Meeting of the Waters"—The Alarm —Summoning of the City Abominations—Arrival of the Resident Director of the" Silent Ilighways"—Fearfld Resolve —Marshalling of the Forces—Grand Attack, and Tableau of Interest. SOUTTIAMPTON WATERS, WITH TESSBL For California or anywhere else. GRAND MOVING DIORAMA, designed and painted entirely by Brunning. Illustration of Her Most Gracious Majesty's Visit to Ireland, showing the following points sof interest :—Departure for Osborne —Passing approaching the Needles—The Royal Yacht passing through the Fleet at Portsmouth—The Eddystone Lighthouse —Passing the Land's End at Sunset—The Royal Squadron by Moonlight—and Arrival at Queea's Town. Three cheers and a kindred more Scene the Last. THR PALACE OF PANTOMIME. Stage Manager, Mr. James Andersen. Acting Manager, Mr. W. Bennett. Treasurer, Mr. W. Dunn. Musical Director, Mr. G. H. Rodwell. Leader of the Band, Mr. J. W. Thirlwall. Ballet Mistress, Madame Louise. Steve.; Artists—Messrs. Brunning, Jones, Wilson, C. Adams, and Assistants. Decorative Artist, Mr. W. Blamire. Machinist, Mr. W. Adams. tae Director, Mr. T. Thompson. Prompter, Mr. C. Melville, Costumiers, Mr. Palmer and Miss Biggs. Box-book-keeper, Mr. J. Povey. F RENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE, ST. .I,I,MES'S THEATRE. lather's Opera, " Ls Domino Noir." Mr. MITCHELL be respectfully to announce that the French Performances at the St. James's Theatre will commence THIS EVENING, by the production of Anber's Opera, entitled LE DOMINO NOIR. Horace, M. Lac; Angela, Madlle. Charton: The Boa-office of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven till Five. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management et Madame Vestrtt. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathe ws. THIS EVENING, Will he performed NOT A BAD JUDGE. After wi ich THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. To conclude with A PRACTICAL A Dress Boxes. 54.; Upper Boxes, 4 M s. l N ' it, 25. ; Oallery, Is, • Yo half-price to any part of the house. All applicat'ons for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Alleroft, 15 New Bond-street. 1 was acquitted on a charge of having attacked the Ea , 7. publcan Constitution. Tr , e report of. M. DE MoNstoszr on the proposition of M. DAHIREL, relative to the messages of the PO" sun i cT of the Republic, has been distributed. M. P H MONSIGNY, speaking in the name of the committee of which he is chairman, recommends that the propose" tioti shall not be taken into consideration. It is confidently affirmed in political circles that the efforts made to reconcile both branches of the Bourbon family have altogether failed. The following norm= of intelligence respecting the efforts made and the rebuffs received by Socutlaa will be perused with interest : " I letter from Lyons of the 23d inst. states that a Commissary of Police in that town has seised two bales of Socialist pamphlets, which were sent there from Paris by the diligence. The guard of the dili gence has been arrested. A letter from Vierson of the 22d states that the department of the Inde is infested with a multitude of Socialist emissaries, who are endeavouring to per vert the peasants. The Moniteur, corroborating a statement partially intimated in our impression of yesterday, announce' that the PRESIDENT of the Republic has received a_ letter from the Emperor of RI.T SSIA , an nouncing 0 ' birth of a princess, the daughter of the liereditalf GRAND DUKE j and also a letter from the Krugf BATARIA, announcing the birth of a princess, t"e daughter of Prince MAXIMILIAN of Bavaria. The Moniteur also contains the following anc °ll ; raging return of the Customs' tables for the year compared with 1847 and 1848 as follows: — Year 1849 F 129,786, 458 1848 1847 The last quarter is not much below the correspen" ing period of 1847. to wl The Archbishop of PARIS has resumed his pae A visit?. He commenced with the Faubourg St• toine, and is now visiting the parish of St. )Bangui; rite. On Monday he presided at a numerous raeeti-D of workmen, forming part of the Society of S t. Fren„ qois Xavier, and on the same day visited several Inec't nufactories, where he was received with great resP and veneration by the workmen. r etne The Bouncy was more animated to-'?ay for days past, and the price of pub is securities imPr°,"o The Five ptr Cents. opened at 34f. 35c., and cloieu,r, 94 55k.% ; the Three per Cents. cloacd a t 57f. 7 0 e. ; 1/.1. lea is Railroad Share., Rouen, 585 k.; its.; Great Not therr, 467 t. 50c.; Vierzon, 330 f ; 116% 25c. ; 11)rdeoux, 416 f. 25c. ; Paris and Stra 6b° 36Gf.; Tours and Nantes, 273 f. 75c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS A LONDON STOCK-FXCHANG.E, JAN. 24. 34 Boulogne and Amiens, 73/4—Great Indian Pennis° w"ao —Luxembourg, 2 ex in.—Namur and Liege, 7---5 111 " Keusv, 31/d. SPAIN. Mtdrid journals of the 18th inst. have arrived. in The discussion on the Budget is still progressingeots the Chamber of Deputies. All the atnen do t he brought forward by the Opposition had been Mt, Ministry, gaining strength on every division. :,0,6 General CamiNEao, a brave officer, and an int' friend of ESPAE.TERO, had recently expired. do er; MADRID BOURSE.—Three per Cents. 291, 1?" 1 „ c a Five per Cents,. 12 7-16 for account. Exhong- London, 90 days, 50 35. PORT UGAL. ffee In consequence of the recent reports to the e vor , that a 111 , guelitc insurrection had uccured in thie fool tuguese metropolis, every particular received with that quarter of the Peninsula has been awaiteu Vs avidity. From the latest advices obtained froniiiiti bun, however, it would appear that public tranclu" has in manner been disturbed. GERMANY. Oa the 21st instant, at Frankfort, the Leg is r;ea body assembled, named their President, a nd dec's themselves . The elections constituted for members for the ParlianientiVri. Erfurt are being proceeded with in the different 0 ifl t° man states. The numbers who presen t tberase'li, vote are very small, and the Conservative parties the most places in the ascendant. In many instance Democrats have abstained from voting. , According to the Allgemeine Zeitu n g os seem that the sketch of the constitutioll._ ceen the future tribunal of the empire has recentlY F aer o transmitted from Erfurt to Berlin by the e t eat, Court of Umpires. From this sketch we glea li that tribunal is to be composed of a presidenhtooo ' twelve judges of the empire. The president is C c the Imperial representative, six of the judges °L o ser, Princes' College, three members of the Upper 1-4 "; of and three members of the Lower House. Ce' 6e t - r iefl high treason or treason against the empire are iota by a court of judicature, chosen periodicalli the Imperial tribunal, and a body of jurrueli..-;11 nec ted therewith. The proceedings are to be CID' on viva voce, and in open court. , Intelligence received from Schleswig-fi n , states that the lieutenant of the Jachniann, 1 3 0 negligence four vessels were captured by the pd b 9 in sight of the port of Swinemunde, has bon trie court-martial, and condemned to 'six m onths' i°3l - in a fortress. There is a report that the Chambers of the GO° Duchy of Hesse have been dissolved. on t ille 6, An animated discussion had taken Pla c neni ce 15th at Dresden in the First Chamber, i n eonsel ie re' of Prince Joni of Saxony having presented the dy e port of the commission on the proposition of t . se d. witha l to De puty, Dr. JOSEPH, " That he might be present a project of law on the punisu''" 003 substituted for the penalty of death." In CO B° - ~,„ gli Of an equal division of 21 pro and 2 1 contra, "" tion was adjourned. BELGI UM. . 0 09 Accounts from Brussels, dated the 3c/ ' i p ti i i°P s o t f a t t h e e that on that afternoon the debote on tb e I. f ll' e ' corn-law was resumed in th) Chamb er ° 0 e ir i presentative:. e ' The value of notes of the Societe Gearsl .i i ia ° culation on the 15th inst., was 3 8 , 309, the 080fq P Bank of Belgium 10,539,000 f. 144 SWITZERLAND . 05° e lli federal ee T n he setuedb budget of Switzerlan d for CoOP-Ibe b at 7,134,192 f. f y or t t l il le e re tw ce o ipts i : e 6 g ,Bti tliv4sPc ibr expenses. - . .. 4° TURKEY. length the misunderstanding f. the e%l' es # At eon t he dition of the Hungarians appears to nave be e d oea n o, bly arranged. Intelligence to this effe ct ' otie (i ea 6th inst., has been received from Coe s , ta t entr: l i ple Russia has yielded to a very considerab le , e : Austria betrays a disposition to follow the $0 6 ," 9 03 of her ally, the AUTOCRAT. M. TiTOll, t" - t he • 0 61 ultimo, repaired in state on Saturds%onp 'OO to the Imperial Palace of Teb er -.'7,0 14 0 8t was favoured with an audience by the Oc i e eeklio the renewal of friendly relations bet weer' tb gTOls il •or o of h St. Petersburgh and the Porte. Conn! ; t oe, I , e d, f t e Austrian Internuncio, is waiting for n' tit boll s rom his Government, by which he will be fi t . o os_, V ge t ,' it . is thought, to wind up these nege t l, 3 ;: arP -1 1 01 ; similar ceremony. In consequence of t",: ns e r: ti eu t me n t the S uLTAN has consented that w - co n0 4 )0 1 ` subjects (if Russia who have bee n t 0‘ in the late Hungarian 'novelle: be obliged to leave the Turiti 6 ot t ea nione, and a similar arrangeulete tic; f 1 6.0 the Austrian Cabinet appears to be bee n Tp Two lists of the proscribed have already out, one at Vienna, the other at St. Peters rich "'se Russian list of refugees, at the head of vb,;".ooo4eis' the names of General BEM and Count Ick is , be ;off contains thirteen individuals; that of Al l u st k %r - ot, 1 : ning with KOSSUTH, Count CAsistrit o 'c s asfr DEMBINSKI, MESSAROS and the two +lots e h,0 5 , composed in all of thirty-two. Both these tile' 00` remain open for two months, in case eitherw, (of trian or Russian Government choose to be I'o 6 inscriptions. The place fixed upon by,t b n e i rrif i ll roc the internement, as it is called, of the P .ti. " 3 13 e: the town of Kutaya, in Asia Minor.s v°l' t; sons as are not designated in the black list,l be ° tile' military or civilian, officers or privates, w,: c . l a io, berty to depart from or remain in Tlir* e lilus' please. All those who sympathise with the f9J Td KOSSUTH, the late Dictator of Hungtri' 1 1 1 ger ` ce otp in the following announcement: --" l'l te n j e / 40 - t o been received from Shumla that gglu il— she // has at length rejoined her husband. en ds'o from Hungary in the disguise of if es Belgrade." ce iyea t os, ° l3 livery scrap of additional news re e rtieeitl Turkey confirms the accuracy of the lise the o fe e e as to the discovery by Sir S. if nis' to In 0 1 tb e Consul at Varna, of a diabolical atten 3 P One' 3 e Louis KOSSUTH and several of his colnPinoseiln proofs already obtained , in , this wetter gall I el; Austrian Internuncio, and . genera ll y an l ec°, o) Austrian Government, are ;most dent pee s elusive. Europe will not very sPeetY,ostst!',oolic# lection of the sanguinary policy of th!"..' - o f 0 1 ' '` tilt/ Cabinet. Of the blood-thirsty c hart A tf here is another horrible attestation inc litee", ve e do " Among the Hungarians who were , 4 " reprteentations of the Austrian Coovai °6 *trido` ) 0 0 A vi l l Auslab, to return to their homes fr e° 00 1 %1 v be several officers, who, though the amllee t l n ders t° ,,o f ts l only private so:dierr, were given to 0,010300. r god they had everything to expect from the ° o ', s ho o r t j . Emperor. All these officers wore bong 0 , A boW mercy. Among these were Colonels A' Perkos." Bey. , P th o a n 1; 33 0 IT MERCHANT T • TAILORS SC111001"---Thebride Afeld irey, M.A., of Pembroke College, CaP 3 ./ ter ° 8- 0 c c h a a y n u t n ir a Wrangler, in 1846, is a sufficient indicatiou qualificMica fo . the Sac% sslycheoleocl.tedgsAthireegayfitical A: 118 rhl 101 l posit!on pi, 11: