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-urn to the Plover should the baidars and whaler be un als:e to Teich the Mackenzie. In conclusion, it is ad vised that, in case of a calm, whalers might be sent in stead of decked 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 tracts from the printed papers connected with the Arctic Expedition, as well as a few from the narrative of Deese and Simpson's voyage rom the Mackenzie to Point Barrow. A few point; 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 loin the Plover, but consider it very practicable in light boats to g o direct there. Simpson, you p erceive, did it in thirteen days, leaving Point Barrow on the 4th of August. Should you decide on returning, you should be so uth of Icy Cape by the first 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 mit bear in mind that I think it likely in the middle of August, with the first westerly wind, they will be obliged to leave it to escape being beset, and as, to all appearances, Wainwright's Inlet does not offer refuge (it being barred at its entrance) they would be obliged to run for Point Hope, where you should in struct them to rendezvous, and where, up to the 10th c.f 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. Should you get to the Mackenzie and not return this year (which I think you should be moat cautious in at tempting), and that you endeavour to return next ear, it will be necessary for you to be south of Point Barrow early in August, 1850, to ensure meeting either this ship or the Plover. Trusting that you and your gallant little band may, through the blessing cf Providence, enjoy good health, and that your exertions on behalf of our countrymen may b 2 crowned with success. I remain your very obedient servant, H. KELLETT, Cap'ain. The following two letters, beari4 the same dates as twe addressed to Commanee: Moore, afford a more condnsed statement of Lieutenant's Pullen's position at Schooner Owen, Monday evening, July 30, 1849. Dent. Sir,—We have got thus far very well, msy rest f our expedition prove as successfuL We met the main parq(i in 71 deg 15 min. 58 see. north, mach far tt.er senth than I at all expected, from the mildness wPather and the fine open sea. I have been un •ces.fal in my search for a place for the b,:ats; not even ltef'uge Inlet, eery shallow, and st very narrow ent=r. d teA T 3i3 N, LONDO N, I do not get to Fort Gaol Hepe, Captain Moore ree to proceed to York Factory, provided there are net suppli,s there, and report myself to their Lord so it, will rest with them whether I return next season, leech as I ehoule like it. We have been detained here a day with a strong wine, and great quantities of ice completely blocking the channel. Oar whale boats aee now loader', and swim very deep, so I think I shall rn ,st likely take the large boat on to Point Barrow— thst is, it poseible. We h eve hal most helet;fal we then till to-day, and the barometer was la t night down to 36 deg. We have found the Owen ietber leaky, but nothing to pre vent our getting on. The pump is very good. rho I eitude of the most southern part of the peck was 72 deg. 15 min. 48 sec. north. Her altitude. nod where we anchored, formed a large hay with the shore, the (ver or south-east point f the pack being about two miles from the shore. The channel is in the deep ( f this bay, close in shore, and very narrow. In tho bay are two small icebergs under 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 rubbed noses with some again, not a pleasant 3aluta tine, I assure you. Mr. Shedden his 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 done. With kind remembrance to all, my messmates and shipmates, and gratitude to you for your kindly fceliags and acts of goodness. Believe me to be, Sir, yours very truly, W. J. L. POLLEN, Lieutenant. Captain Kellett, C. 8., her Majesty's ship Herald. Night of the 4th of August, 1849. My deer Captain Kellett,—l wrote to you from the edge of the pack, and then thought that we should hese been much farther in advance than we now are, but ice is terrible stuff to deal with ; however, I do not despair, and confidently hope to reach the MaAenzie, hut still so late that I do not expect to get back again. I bought a baidar off Point Barrow, so that I am not in any way afraid of want, should we have to winter at Fort ilope. lam now fast on the start again from our preient position, and at 71 deg. 12 min. N. longitude, 154 deg. 56 min. W. , with a clear open sea and a fair wind. I stayed at Point Barrow all the 2d, got tie dip 82 deg. 4 mio. observations for time, latitude, and de3li nation, but not worked. The second master, whom I tend back with the boats, has get them, and can give you any pa,rtienlerve The small compass you ads kindly lent me I send back, as I did not recollect at the time I had one myself. Mr. Shelden has followed us up quite to Point Bar row. I hone he is now all clear ; his kindness has been unbounded, assisting ns 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 thiak his room would be better than his company; he has been but of little use;• in fact, does not understand the natives here. We have got on with them famously, and have been among them as old standing friends. I will now wind - Vile up, as time is now drawing near for our start. May God bless you, Sir, for your kindness, and I hof e we shall meet again. With kind remembrances to all on board, believe me, Sir, (Signed) W. J. L. POLLEN. 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 borne with the llndson'a Bay ships. The iournal'of Lieutenant Pullen'e proceedings, fer warded to Commander Moore, by the returned docked boats, is as follows: Midnight, Aug. 4. The two whale boats left us, towing a baidar, laden with provisions, to enable them to carry 100 days' pro ei.ii ele for the fourteen men (in all) amidst three hearty good et , e rs on both sides, the wind at the time being W. to S., force 4, with about I knot easterly current. It hart been blowing fresh at times during the day from the same qnarter, with rain. The day was employed in stowing the provisions in the boats and otherwise pre paring them, as the season le hag to far advances it was thought to be impossible for them to return this year, in which case they would make their way to York F ac t or y, and most probably return to England. Every one of us left behind envying them their good luck, being ready and willing to contend with the hardships they must more or less experience in the open boats. 2 30 of the 5111—Mr. Hooper returned in one of the whalers, having missed or unable to find the percussion caps, but one of the men recollected him stowing them in the magszine half c ase, I, however, gave him soma 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 lee current, the ice in V'e offing drifting fast to the leeward; 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 vary 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 sad 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.M.—Came to off Point Barrow, in 3 fathoms, filled up with water, and got wood. I' otted the natives very friendly, carrying our barricoes for us. The men on shore by turns. About noon, blowing fresh from S.E., purchased a baidar from the natives, who seemed rather unwilling ;9 part with it, having very few. I saw but two others, lthough several in frame. I however got the boat for t wo 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 feom the pressure of the ice on the sth or 6th, she having made sail afterwards and forced her way through the ice to the southward of Refuge Inlet, where she was lying awa iting 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 ou!', the yacht's skin boat towing to get near the shore again. After coming to spliced the main brace, and let all but five or six men go on shore, the yachtsmen being in company with men taking their muskets for shooting. The native', seeing the yacht's boat join ue, and so many of them going on shore tc 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 us 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 (Rh) the yacht's boat left to return on board, when I landed. with most of our men unarmed, to show them we were friendly, and did not mistrust them. They appeared now quite friendly, dancing and singing, and filled our water barricoes agair. 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 und It came on thick, and the breeze freshened. Steered S.W., about 26 m. mag. At a little after seven P.m. came to in seven fathoms, close to the schoones Nancy Dawson, their boat having returned about twenty minute 3 before. Went on board. Sunday, 10th—Went on shore with Mr. Shedder, 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-shatl been in the day before. Landed on the beach, but as it was blowing fresh and a heavy surf heating, 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 farther north, found nn ether large one about 5 min. further along the coast, and there being huts on its northern and ea ;tern aide, we concluded it to be Refuge Inlet. Saturday, 11th—Went an shore to erect a post and bury provisions from the yacht with Mr. Shedden, as a wing to the weaves beiog at Refu g e 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 intormation 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 rargh fire over the buried provisions to destroy signs of dig ging, which was very hard frozen. Sunday, 12th—Wind easterly, 4 to 5 A. 31., fine; P.M. showers of rain, cloudy; wet afternoon. About 6 P.M.. then tolerably fine, not rainy. I was called on by Mr. Shedden to assist him, as his men had refused to work when called to hoist the launch in, being myself present at the time, hearing and seeing the mutinous behaviour of three in particular, and 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, as but very few of the schooner's men would work on account of the others being pieced in irons. Kept the corporal and the only two Marines on board the schooner in case cf any outbreak to release the othera—our men in the boats being close to, and within hail, ready t o come on board with their arms to assist; also had arms ready in the schooner's cabin; Mr. Shedder, not feeling safe, hr Laving 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 threat nine language. Monday, 13th—On the yacht !s men being called on in the morning to weigh, they nearly all refused to work without the other men were liberated, which I did nor deem prudent, being able to work the schooner and the beans with our own men and the foie of the schooner': who were at work. Got under weigh, and took the heath in tow (hey also sailing). Wind a°, N.N.W , steered, S.W., ferce from 3 to 4, wind heading at times, breaking cif to S.W. and S., observed t 'e Seahorso Islands bear ing about SW. and W. Having had a strong south es, t •rly current, tacked as requisite to get to windward of ditto. Tuesday, 14th--Calms - and light winds having shilirl to the S.E. Seahorso Lland3 ahead, and observing a bank to the north-westward, on which the sea Wii. breaking, kept along N. and N.N W., tto clear ditto, hauling up at noon to S.W , at 1 S.S.W., and 2.30 S . 3.30 made the land, standing in fir ditto to observe if a post had la ea erected on or near Wainwright's Inler, with information where to find the ships. Wind S.S E about 4to 5. Wind in the evening increasing to a me derete gale from the S. W., the sea rising, reeled the top sails, fore and mainsails two reel's. Wednesday, 15th, A m.—Moderate gale f eme S. The boats break adrift three or four times, and the skinbott lost byt breaking adrift. About 3 very heavy re t. 9, looked dirtier ahead; close reefed fore and maintopsail', and fore staysail; P.M , calm; got a breez-3 in the even ing from N.N.W., steerel S.S.E., towing boats, ex pect ng to make Icy Cape. Thursday, 16th, 3 30 A.M.—Made the land; hauled up E.W. for ditto; 5, Cape Callie E.N.E.; made a W.S. i S. course From ditto to noon, having t) keep up several times from observing the land ahead of us; about 10.30, it bearing nearly W.N.W., by which bearing, if the chart had been correct, we ought to have be ea on shore; as it was, we were running on five or six knots, the wind from the northward fresh; at 8, the boats a;ain broke adrift, and as there was a good heavy following sea, deemed it best for them to proceed by themselves, the schooner making and shortening sail to keep convert). Noon, from a rough altitude, the lend being in the way, and from our soundings, four fathoms or five fathoms, found we were on the Blassems shoals; at 2, kept her S.W.S., as we had experienced such a very strong cur rent to eastward and southerly, with all the breez?, 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 some considerable distance off, and a long low beach. We could not disc seer the entrance of Wainwright's Inlet, although there was every %spew ante cf it. The plase with the huts seen on the evening of the 14th must have been " Paint Bel cher," giving these also a strong easterly set which we had experienced the night before ashen near the " Sea horse Islands," but nearly on all occasions Woe I found the currents influenced entirely by the winds, setting whichever way it has been blowing hard to, and 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 Cape Lisburne about four Aat , bearing S.S.E. Steered for ditto, which we did not get abreast of till the evening, although run ning four or five knots, making the current easterly before sighting, and northerly afterwards. Ran close enough in shore to observe had a post been erected any where by Cape Lisburne, but saw none. Hove to at midnight, being too dark to discern the end cf 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.M., in eleven fathoms. Landed to get wood. Got pinnace's mainmast down, and re paired the sail. Met about a dozen natives, very dirty looking, and very great adepts at pocket-picking They appeared very poor ; nothing to barter ; all their skins hat They did not belong to Point Hope, but near to the Lagoon on S.E. of Point. Wind about six ail 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 i ao; wind coming more to westward. Wednesday, 22d—Very fine and warm, quite calm, and strong current ruining to the westward. Got boats alongside to clear and repair, both being leaky in their upper works. Bought another skin boat for a string of beads aid some tobacco. They preferred the beads to a knife. Could not get arty 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—wind from N.E. two to three, sea fast decreasing. Friday, 24th—Wind N.E. three. Observed her Ma jesty's ship Herald coming from the northward; shoved off from yacht with Ms. Shedden to go on board her. On the 4th cf August, Commander Moore writes to Captain Kellett, from sea, complaining of the bad sail ing qualities of the Plover, by which to 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 safe winter quarters as soon as possible. On the 26th of September the same officer writes to Captain Kellett, announcing his intention on the break ing up of the ice in Kotzebue Sound (where he then is), in 1850, 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 the ensuing year, and returning about the end of July. or Mexico Her Majesty's ship Herald, Mazatlan, Nov. 22, 1849. (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 abstract Jcl account from that letter of my movements. Left Oahu on the 19th of May. Arrive at Petro paulski on the 24th of June. Sail 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—meet;ng Plover there. Sail from Chamisso on the 18th, joined by Nancy Daw son yacht. Anchor off Cape 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 Pollen at midnight. Weighed and ran along the edge of the pack to the northward, until finally r toppei 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 lat. 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., lo n. 175 16 W.); at the same time was discovered a small group with a very high an ice. extensive land to the north of it , deeply seated within the 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' spin proceel north. Experienced heavy gale; unable to remain on the coast. Return to Kotzebue Sound. Equip Plover. Trace the Buckland River. Friendly disposition of the natives. Leave the sound on the 29th of September. Pass Bhering's Straits on the 24 of Oct ,ber in a gale. Pass the Aleu tian chain, by the Straits of Amoulthta, on the 11th. Anchored et Mazatlan on the 14th November.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servart, HENRY KELLETT, Captain. To the Secretary of the Admiralty, London. Her Me.)e3ty's ship liPrald, Mazatlan 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 subjects:- 1. Whether their Lordships deem it necessary for me to dispatch another bo%t expedition to the 24a , ..kenaie River? IL will be s;cn by Cererc , Atittr llo)re'd letter to me before leaving Kotzebue Sound th st 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 of the preserved meats ' remaining on board the Plover on my meeting her. It will be necessary, I consider, for the vessels 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. 22, 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 blands), to pro vision for the northern voyage. I can receive answers to these letters here early in '!arch, if replied to by the return mail. I have the honour to he, Sir, Year very obedient servant, HENRY KELLETT, Captain. The Secretary of the Admiralty, London. NEW NAVAL NOTEL. Now reidy at all the Libraries , in 3 vols., T E PE vol t s., E A TALE OF THE SEA. 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T 3 be followed by a New Grand Historical, Metaphoßluff rical, Allegorie.l, and Diabolical Pa ntomime, by the author of " Ring Hal ' to be called HARLEQUIN and GOOD QUEEN BESS ; w. MERRIE ENGLAND IN TILE OLDEN TIME, " Then the ladies with large ruffs, tied round about their necks so fast, Would gobble nound of beefsteaks for their breakfast. 0 I the golden days of Good Queen Bess, Merry be the memory of Good Queen Bess."—Old ong. Vile Overture and Music e ntirel y new, composed by NSobody knoyrswho, assisted by Mozart, Bishop, Rossini , War e, Handel, 80-I -sell, Haydn, and the Ethiopian Serenaders. The Rounds are the mposition of a select Circle. The Catches are by Locke. The Ballet Department under the superintendence of Madame Louise. The Scenery painted by Messrs. Brunning, Jones, Wilson, C. Adams, and Assistants. The Properties, Magic Tricks, and Trausformations invented and xecnted by Mr. W. Blamire. The Costumes by Mr. Palmer and Miss Biggs. The extensive Machinery by Mr. Adams. The whole produced under the Direction of Mr. T. Thompson. . _ InMoaTALS. Christmas, Mr. S. Jones; The Spirit of ohn Rich, It Da unch, rcie ; The Spirit of High Tragedy, Mr. J. Pam J o The Spirit of P 'fiss Eunice ; Spirit of Mother Goose, Gulliver, Baron Munehausen, &c., &c., by &c., &c. MORTALS. Good Queen Bess, Mas Mr. R te ru . B Romott r er ; The ; R Great Earl obsart, Mr. of Leicester, G. Watsoh ,ler Lovely Babby, Dculin; The Little Earl of Essex, Mr. Henry ; The Unspeak able Lord Burleigh, Mr. Johnson ; The Rash 'r Lord Bacon, Mr. Barry ; The Smoky Sir Walter Raleigh, Mr. Manderson ; The Dancing Lord Chancellor Sir Christopher Hatton, Mr. Chapin° Maids of Honour, Page s, Beefeaters, Guards, Morris Dancers, festers, Wildmen, Dragoo n s , and other Bores, by the rest of the company. CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A. YEAR, But although he comes in snow, he still hopes to meet with a warm reception—hut 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?"—Come and see—" J. Anderson's sly Joe, John," and " I am Rich," that's mere than every one can say ;we wish they could—Hoer to make a Pantomime ?—" that is ni ht" the question"—but the answer , it is hoped, will s atisfactory— Peer Tra-ge-dy meets with no c lemency, so we fly by g to A SPLENDID HALL IN TBESS HE PALACE OF GOOD UEEN . We now come to Historical Facts, therefore, as the Clown at katley's would say, " Let us be serions." 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 conspt racy—Sir Walter Raleigh fears his pipe will be put out—Bacon gets quite 'in a frizzle, and Lord Burleigh shakes his hea -but there's nothing in that, whatever they may say to the contrary. It is an historical Cut, that Good Queen Bess was assisted at her toilet by many of her noblemen, therefore the GRAND PROCESSION OF THE TOILETTE is introduced, in which the Royal Wig ! the Royal Ruff ! ! the Royal Blushes ! ! and the Royal. Petticoat ! I! I will make their first appearance on any stage, and trust to the " usual indulgence of a British Public." These are followed by GOOD QUEEN BESS en deshabille, as she is represented in a picture at Hampton Court. .—What comes next will certainly follow—and then will be seen GOOD QUEEN BESS n all her royal splendour.—lt is an Historical Fact, that Good lueen Eesa, like " Young Susan"—" had lovers so many that she scarcely knew upon which to decide"—and it is an Historical Fact that the following were a few of them. THE REJECTED O 1 ..S : Philip of Spain, Prince Rupert, Prince of Sweden, Duke of Anjoa, Prince Aleneon, Marquis of. Winchester, the King of Sweden, ilenry of Navarre, Archduke Charles, Earl of Arundel, Sir William Pickering, Charles Blount, and the Earl of Arran. Good Queen Bess appoints . a meeting of these "wouderous proper ince at Kenilworth, but declares, that o n her way, " A hunting she will go" —and having got on the " Hig h Horse," the story gallops on to CUM NOR HALL BY MOONLIGVT—WiIson. "Coming events cast their shadows before "—" Rest thee, ivy darling "—Retchy, ketc h y , Put out ht and thee"—enter the Earl of Leicester on his way to Kenil worth—He stops at Love's half-way house, he t Robsar " Arms m —" O no —" Oh, Susanna," or rather " Oh, Amy!"— can't be said, he bones about it "—They part, " m ore in sorrow, than in anger," but, " being gone, Amy is herself again "—that is to say, a rather jealous young lady, who in her " deep despair," introduces her Lovely Babby, to whom she sings the following pathetic stanza : " Come my babby, come along with me We'll go to far-famed Kenilworth, Your naughty dad to see." Ind so they do. KENILWORTH CASTLE As it appeared on the occasion of Good Queen Bess's Royal Visit. For further particulars inquire of Sir Walter Scott. It is an histori cal fact that Good Queen Bess paid the Earl of Leicester a visit, and "paid the piper." This, his gorgeous 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 disco verin g " that the course of true love never did run smooth," for here he meets with some twenty " eompeti tears," and to him they do come " petit ours," for they prove per fect bears, er, more properly speaking, bores. A Lovers' Quarrel on a grand scale, a sort of " tiff for the million," takes place, whica, although beginningTHE SPANISH in love, ends in war, and the total destruction of ARMADA By Warner's Fulminating, Blow-up—Tragedy has now done his worst, and Rich finding that even Rich , must be brings come poo to r a if war continues, proposes a " l'eace Congress," and all close by making them all change their elothes— The Earl of Leicester p uts on the motley garb of Harlequin , M. Detain. Lord Burleigh that of Pantaloon, M. Mr J. Den C. Stilt, lin. The Earl of Essex th at of Clown, . And Amy Robsart dons the Robe d'Amonr of Columbine, Madlle. Theodore. All we have further to say for Good Queen Bess is—Vivat Regina, and off she goes." " Welcome, Old Friends, long since we met !" " Here we are 1" " How are you?" PRESERVE AND PICKLE WAREHOUSE, AND RAILWAY OFFICE. Cupid and Clown—Butter and Butterfiles—Hungarian Knock-'em- Downs, and German Toys—War to the Knife, and Terrific Explo 'on—Railway Offices to Let—Pantaloon becomes Tenant—Shares Discount—Clown Co. , ks Accompts, and Railw a y King in Tribu lation —Change to INTERIOR OF CATACOMBS I SIMPSON'S DIVAN AND TAVERN, Strand. most approved way of Cooking a Goose—Clown makes himself Welcome—the Waiters at Fault—a Transformation —Clown Puzzled —Calf's Head for One—A Kitten Wanted—Save the Credit of the Establishment —Police I Police l—and Change to EXETER HALL. Meeting of the Peace Congress—HOW to get up a Row—Prosylites 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 " NOBB - .. DANCE." Heads Win the Prize. SMITHFIELD. Potatoes all hot—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 Produce Spon taneous Combustion—Puff, the Order of the Day—Punch and the City Nuisance—Go it, Bricks—and Sudden Transformation to A SALUBRIOUS SPOT. STREET AND LODGING-HOUSES. What will be seen here is of little use to those who have no eyes. —" Lend me your cars"—" 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 intruder — Novel Mode of Expelling same—A Stormy Night—Clown and Pan taloon in Great Alarm — lncant ation Extraordinary—and General Chamber Polka. CHARING-CROSS AND STRAND. What's to be done ?—Buy the Lady's Nevespaper. FROST FAIR ON THE THAMES. Ice Soup—Temperance Hotel, J. Frost.—N.B. Iced Champagne— Oh, the Roast Beef of Old England !—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 does. FATHER THAMES' RETREAT, • I, 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 Highways"—Fearful Resolve —Marshalling of the Forces—Grand Attack, and Tableau of Interest. SOUTHAMPTON WATERS, WITH VESSEL For California or anywhere else. GRAND MOVING DIORAMA, dealgned and painted entirely by Brunning. Illustration of Her Most Gracious Majesty's Visit to Ireland, showing the following points of interest :—Departure for Osborne —Passing Cowes and approaching the Needles—The Royal Yacht passing through the Fleet at Portsmouth—The Eddystone Lighthouse—P/08in the Land's End at Sunset—The Royal Squadron by Moonlight—and Arrival at Queen's Town. Three cheers and a hundred more Scene the Last. THE PALACE OF PANTOMIME. Stage Manager, Mr. James Anderson. Acting Manager, Mr. W. Bennett. Treasurer, Mr. W. Dunn. Musical Director, Mr. G. 11. Rodwell. Leader of the Band, Mr. J. W. Thirlwall. Ballet Mistress, Madame Louise. Scenic Artists—Messrs. Brunning, Jones, Wilson, C. Adams, and Assistants. Decorative Artist, Mr. W. Blamire. Machinist, Mr. W. Adams. stage Director, Mr. T. Thompson. Prompter, Mr. C. Melville. Costumiers, Mr. Palmer and Miss Biggs. Box-book-keeper, Mr. J. Percy. F RENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Auber's Opera, " Le Domino Noir." Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to announce that the French Performances at the E Ja.mesTheatre will commence THIS VENING, by the production of Auber's Opera, entitled LE DOMINO NOIR. TlOrace, M. Lac ; Angels, Math:a. Charton. The Box-office of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven till Five. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under tho liranagement of Madam: Veal% 3cie Lessee. Mr. Chattel Mathews. 'llll9 EVENING, Mil he performed NOT A BAD JUDGE. After which THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. To conclude with A PRACTICAL MAN. Dress Boxes 53. ; Upper Boxer, 4s. ; 2s ; Ciallorn Is. c'• Calf-price to any part of the house. .U! applications for Private Boxes znust be made to Mr. Allcroft, 15 New Bond-street. FRIDA Y. L N 1 Nr•,,' or • A - THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, :lea Lessee and Manager, Old ;iromptari. THIS EVENING, Will he presented an entirely new and original Comedy, entitled LEAP YEAR ; or, The Ladies' Privilege. Sir Solomon Soins, Mr. Keeley ; Captain Mouser, Mr. ielby ; Mr. Dimple, Mr. Buckstone ; William Walker. Mr. Charles Kean ; Mrs. Flora Flower..!ew, Mrs. Charles Kean; Miss Sally O'Leary, Mrs. Fitzwllliam ; Mrs: Crisp, Mrs. Keeley. After which TIIE NINTH STATUE or, The Jewels and The Gem.. Principal characters by Mr. Munyard, Miss P. Horton, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with the Farce of SEPARATE MAINTENANCE. Mr. Ponnipother, Mr. Keeley ; Mrs. Pennipother, Mrs. Keeley Jane Prigs'', Miss P. Horton. The Box-office is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRIA lIOYtII., ADELPIII. Under the dir.acti , a of Mednmc. - • _ THIS EVENING Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW COPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed , O. Smith, Worrell; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woe!gar. After which FRANKENSTELsi • or, The Model Man. franken stein, Mr. Wright ; the What is It? Mr. P. Bedford; Zamiel, Mr. 0. Smith ; Otte) of Rosenberg, Miss Woolgar ; Tiddlewincz, Miss E. Chaplin ; Agatha, Miss Coveny ; Undine, Miss E. Harding. To 13 , a followed by a new slippery sketc h e alcled MRS.BUNBUBY'S SPOONS. Mr. Highbury Barnes, Mr. Bedford ; Bob Twinks, Mr. Wright ; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith: Mrs. llttubtn•y, Mrs. F. Matthews; Mrs. Highbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. -••• PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lesaeo and Managor. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Opera, entitled CHARLES THE SE COND. - To conclude with KING JAMIE ; or, Harlequin and Magic Fiddle Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Clown, Mr. Flex more; Columbine, MIN Fawcett. ASTLE ILO AL AMPIIITTIF.ATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Betty, THIS EVEICINk, ::,The performance will commence at a Quarter to Seven, with a new Grand Spectacle of THE KNIGHT or THE EAGLE CREST ; or, The Tourney of Love, in which al.r. N. T. Hicks will appear. To be followed by a brilliant display of Batty's peerless scenes of :he Circle, supported by the accomplished artistes of the establish- went. To conclude with a grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime, .by NCl son Lee, called HARLEQUIN 'YANKEE DOODLE, Rho came to Town upon his little Posy. flux-office upea from Eleven tin fro Dr. • WATER AT LONDON 8R113 4 .1E. • - Tnt; DAY orn!ng, 15 min. after 11 1 F.l7:An.!ng, 49 mln. after 11 To-Nfoßßow —Morning, 0 min. after 0 1 Kvezlll , 4, 19 mtn. mt.! 12 THE FYEsATHFIt,--Saar OFFICE, JAN. 25. THERMOMETER, Lowoit, 30. Ilighest. 37: Noon. 46. BAROMETER, 30; mercury going down fast. ?AND W.S.W.—mild airs and fine sunshine, the first of the former, and to improve the relationship with our numerous dependencies, by permitting a greater degree of self-government, 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 derived from full and ample di , cussion ; 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 Ssssions for the county of Gloucester, the magistrates, on the motion of Earl FITZUARDINGE, the 14:m3-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 which 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 asylums, are of such a nature that, as was justly ob served by Earl VITZIL&RDINGE— "It required a great - deal of courage and persever ance 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 -ance of those evils." Most- fortunate it is for the cause of suffering humanity that such a man was found in Mr. PUR NELL. " The perseverance," we again quote the words of Earl FrsZUAEDINGE : "The perseverance, the unwearied labour, and the t -undaunted moral courage which he has shown in his conduct in the affair of the private lunatic asylums, have . reflected the highest credit on him both in his public and private character." The Duke of BEAUFORT, in seconding the motion, bore his personal testimony to the exertions of Mr. PuariEnn. In the course of his speech, his Grace observed — "I have taken considerable interest in all that relates to the management of the lunatic asylums, and in con sequence, I lave had frequent communications with our excellent chairman, and I have had brought to my notice some of the benefits which he 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 of an unf,rtunate pstieet, which, I believe, but for the exertions of our worthy chairman , would never have come bt fore his Lordship's notice. That is one of many instances in which the chairman has succeeded in re tire-nine from wretchedness and misery several unfortu ua'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 fur 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^ rola 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. PURNELL 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 one of these asylums in the court of Gloucester, Mr. PcastELL says in his report : " Notwithstanding my previous reports as to the de tention of re,tiews bore, it required my intervention to release one during the past quarter, detained fir thirty five years—having bean quite sane, so far as could be isce) twined, ' for the chief part of that time, during which, though the son and brother of farmers of pro perty, ho bad boon 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 him for twenty years, and oLtsining, 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 one 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 lightel each by a lantern lip it in the ceiling. In the one is a strong box bedstaad; in the other a strong chair, with a pan in the seat, the only furniture in each. " During the year and a quarter that I have vist9d, a }lnman being has been shut up the whole of every night in the first—the whole of every day in the last. By day, a shirt reaching no lower than the fustian jacket, a pair of shoes, and fustian trowsers entirely open behinel, com plete his dress. His !arms are placed in stiff leathern pipes, reaching below his hands, having iron staples at the end t) connect them; they meet round his neck, and are there locked. A strong loalier strap fattens together the two elbows. " lie I as 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 these statements of Mr. PURNELL are absolute fictions, the necessity for an immediate re-organization of the lunacy board is abundantly evident. But it is not alone on account of sins of omission that 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 Commissioners are upholders of the dangerous doctrine of moral in sanity, and consider themselves justified in subjecting to the discipline of a lunatic asylum persons who, to use their own phraseology "have no other defect of mind than a want of moral sense." If this doctrine of moral insanity be true, then is every criminal a lunatic, and all our gaols should be turned into asylums. A youth, " whose only defect of mind was want of moral sense," was ad mitted into an asylum in Dec. 1847 ; he was regu larly visited by the Commissioners during the years 1848 and 1849, and no steps were taken by them for his discharge, but on the 10th of Nov. 1849, the asy lum (against the proprietor of which there is " no imputation of attempt at imposition or concealment of the truth,") was visited by Mr. PURNELL 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 which will require very serious and anxious investigation on our parts." Signed by Mr. Purnell and the other Visitors. 1849, Nov. 29, Entry of the Commissioners : " We have haft some conversation with (the patient) who converses rationally, but who is stated to be en tirely destitute of the power of self-control, and to give way in consequence, whenever the restrakt of the es tablishment is withdrawn, to vicious and dangerons pro pensities. " We entertain doubts, however, how fir a house of this description is the most suitable place for confirming his mental and moral improvement, and we are glad, therefore, to learn that arrangements are in progress for removing him." 1849, Dec. 6, Copy of extract of letter from the Secretary of the Commissioners to the Proprietors, and produced by him to the Visitors, Dec. 1849: " With reference to the case of the patient, which is especially adverted to in the entry made by the same Commissioners in the Patient's Book, I am directed to express the opinion of the Commissioners that the case is one which cannot be properly or beneficially treated in a lunatic asylum, and they, there fore, recommend that proper arrangements be made (by the patient's rela tives) for his removal from Castleton House, without hese entries are thus commented on in the report : " In the entry of 29th Nov., 1849, the question whe ther insanity, the only legal cause for the confinement, did or did not exist, is not adverted to. Py that, and for a month ; Morning, foggy. -47 5 , . C . q .ct 4 I? OIL, ei-ii-cAw•im44 . - 7;4 04 .4:,'-' , 4g* 4'. ~. - ata-eninty qn LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY '25 IESO. Mr. COBDEN is once more at home. He has returned in safety from the plains of Buckinghamshire to 6e heart of his own West Riding ; he is no longer sur rounded by sturdy yeomen and anxious farmers, but by keen and sharp-witted manufacturers. He can now exult openly in the increased size of the penny !oaf, and the diminished prices of agricultural pro duce, well assured that he carries with him the- sym pathies and feelings of his auditory. He is surrounded 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 defeated mono. polists may attempt to rally their scattered 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. There, at least, no Protectionist heresies can gain a footing; there is no drawback to the general satisfaction ; the cup of happiness is not only filled to the brim, but it is pure and unadulterated, and may be drained to the very dregs without a single drop of bitter being discernible. The com parison between the loaves of 1801 and 1850 could only produce a feeling of unalloyed delight and gratification. The hard-working operative would think how much more cf the necessaries and comforts of life were now placed within his reach, and how much further his wages would go in procuring the humble enjoyments to which alone be aspires. The masters, perhaps, might consider how far it would be practicable to reduce those very wages, and to dim nish the cost of production, so as to secure for their own commodities the full control and po'ssession of the markets of the world. The Hon. Gentleman, whose constituents were thus agreeably situated, would have but little difficulty in addressing a contented audience, who were enjoying the advvntagea of his former exertions, and ready and willing to place implicit confidence in his skill and judgment, and to enrol themselves under any banner which he might be pleased to unfurl. Under such circumstances, it would have been by no means surprising if Mr. COBDEN had given full scope to his fancy at Sheffield as at Leeds, and have again indulged himself in a similar spirit of exultation and defiance. The salutary effects of his visit to the agricultural districts were easily perceptible. There was a de cided improvement in his tone and manner ; he was no longer threatenening his opponents, and en-, deavouring to suppress with the strong hand any manifestation of opinions different from those which he himself entertained. The disgraceful riot at Stafford had probably convinced him of the danger of giving such "broad hints" to an excitable population, and of the advantages of his former weapon!, of reason and argument, free discussion and universal toleration, over those which he had more recently assumed. He no longer warned his antagonists that the future contest fromtho w se ou l l \ d hi b c e h carried forme on riyp u re p prevailed. a n i e v d e r . y d u if e fe c r o e m nt p t le er te m ly s retraced his footsteps in this respect, and invited his audience, if " forced again into the field upon the question of Protection, to preserve the same equani mity which they had formerly exhibited." This is as it should be, and we are delighted to find Mr. Connfor so ready to abjure the serious error into which he had fallen. Although the Hon. Gentleman opened his speech by claiming the indulgence o f the meeting, and declaring that he had only a " desul tory conversational speech" to deliver, he has seldom appeared to greater advantage since the set tlement of the great question on which he founded his reputation. He paid a graceful tribute of respect to two persons who had perhaps stronger claims upon the gratitude of the Free-traders than any others within the kingdom, but who, unfortunately, re ceived no substantial marks of that gratitude—who, prominent among the national benefactors, 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 the 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 delusion, and to show that no change of po licy is contemplated in reference to the corn-law— as an indication, in fact, that Free-traders' colours have been nailed to the mast of the vessel of the State. lle also breathed a sigh to the memory of Eri3 ENE ZER ELLIOTT—the gifted and faithful EBENEZER 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 of 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 of 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, 3et much may be effected to_ cut down the expenditure without impairing the efficiency JANUARY 25, 11:60 the Extract from the letter of the 6th Dec. it appears that, after our of the 10th Nov., and promised in vestig,ation, the Commissioners, who had visited this patient for two years, became of opinion that the case is one which cannot be properly nor beneficially treated in a lunatic asylum.' 7 - This is unfortunately not a solitary case. Mr. PURNELL 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 Btl2- ti!e in France, under it; ancient regime, for a father to confine, by Wires 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 ietzllectual insanity does not exist. Jly correspondenee.proves that these cases have be come of no uncmmen occurrence. It is obserVable that the entries as to this case, through the two year; of its continuance, treat the patient, in their general tone, a; a viciously inclined youth, placed in a severe school for punishment and reformation, ra ther t'tau a; an insar e patient, legally 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 snlariW metropolitan commissioners, composed, as that bourd is, of individuals selected for their eminence in the legal and medical profession—upon • whose decided or unde3lded conduct in counteoalcing or checking tho further spread of this doctrine, its con- , tinned existence must mainly depend. " Medical certifieatirs authorising these convenient ar rangements will bo always pocurable, founded upon this doctrine, which drai's 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 be surprised, after the countenance which this dangerous dcctrino of moral insanity receives from those in high places, that juries re= &se to convict persons who hive com ,- mated 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 s imilar 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 vihich the Commissioners perform their duties. Tw o things are abundantly clear - from the facts detailed im Mr. runNELL's 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 limatic 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 receiv ed the Paris journals of yesterday. Before the adjournment of the L?gislative As sembly on Wednesday evening, the first three.slauses of the Bill for th e 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 I , hird article there was a majority in favour of it 220, namely, 397 for, and l 77: 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 wrangl:ings at the foot of the tribune, ended in each instance by the interposition of the President. M. BOYSETV having passed a brilliant panegyric on the innocent Stine insurgents, amidst the approving shouts of the Mountaineers, General BEDEAU 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 Juce by the apologists of-Red Republicanism : - General Bedeau—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 h ave prevented my doing so. Lmust, however, say;that after having been wounded in the deplorable d ass 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 am astonished at hearing fall from the tribune such an expression, as " the calumniated of June." Gen tlemen, if their 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 ccsinmanding different corps on that day, troops of the line, National Guard, end Gardes Mo bile—that I should hear it said that these corps de served repro. aches ?—(Hear, hear.) • A Voice—lt is di' gr~weful. M. Botursat—You have misunderstood what was said. On the R ight—Have a little modesty, M. Botfrzat, M. Latrade—Who justified the insurrection? _ On the Righ t—Nothing elm has been done for the-Ja4 two days. General Betlettu 7 -It Las been declared here that the insurrection of June is due to the conspiracy of the old Monarchical parties — On the Lef t—Yes! yes! On the Righ.i—You well know that it is a disgraceful falsehood. - - M. Denjo) --Yon speak like accomplices in "the mat ,cr.—(Movain ent.) General 11 xleau—Surely that is not credible. Y cannot then 'be aware what Ras 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.--(Hear, hear.) The guilty ones are that de testable dem agogical party which incessantly wages war against sodety.—(Hear, hear.) We the mem bers of the onstituent 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 of_ Close men are then ;norant that we know that the insurrection of Juno was an attack on the national sovereignty by the lowest so Idiers of the most execrable cf the clubs.— (Loud appleuse.) Do you suppose that in phc a e li ug their causes you display a love of liberty—a lova for the Republie•2 M. Mo: met—The Republic is being destroyed. Genera I Bedeau—Do you suppose, I say, that you show a love for the Constitution? No; those who fought b 3hind the barricades of June did not fight for the Com titution. The Constitution was not made; they fought to prevent that result being arrived at. It was the beset it, the most disgraceful protest against the ma jesty of-the eatioaat sovereignty. M. N:adaud here uttered a loud cry. On th a Right—" Silence, silence! shame, shame!' Gene: gal .13edeau—I do not fear to say that no one would h ave dared to Lave uttered before the Constituent Assembly the words which have so much wounded me. —(No, uo.) The Members of the Constituent Assem bly hat", too fresh in their memories the dangers which society' had incurred to have tolerated such expressions as " tee -calumniated of June."—(Loud applause.) M. Ns idaud—Bring the men to trial, then! The President—Be silent, M. Nadaud! Genes Bedeau—l think it my duty to reply in a few words tsl M. Boysett.—(Hear, hear.) As to Art. 2, it is only the execution of a resolution come to by the Con stituent Assembly deciding politically, taking an ex ceptions I measure commanded by an exceptional crime. —(" het tr, hear, that is it.") It is not variations in the majorit3r that change the character of that attempt. So long as universal suffrage shall prevail in the country, they w ill be criminals who shall seek to overthrow an Assembly which is the expression of the will of the eountr y.—(Loud applause.) In a eturnieg to his seat, General Bodeen received the warm congratulations of a great number of his col leagues. A stormy discussion followed the eloquent inter , position, of General lIEDEAU ; and the debate was not ad.) ourned until a quarter-past six o'clock. Every reason able expectation, however, was then entertained that ti;e Bill would be definitively passed yesterday. It a ppears that the statement given in The Sun, of last evening, respecting the manner in which the duel between M. DE COISLIN and M. TESTELIN, the eavesCiropping Mountaineer, was fought and termi nated, was scrupulously correct ; the wound in the h. tad received by the young Representative oc curre ain the third round. M. DE COISLIN wanted, notwithstanding his wound, to continue the combat, but the seconds would not allow him. Owing to the s !verity of the weather, both parties wore their coats. The following is the proces verbal drawn up by the seconds : " MM. de Coislin and Testelin, Representatives of the People, have fought a duel to-day, with the sabres of officers of infantry. After several passes without any •Et . ,3 et, the two adversaries were obliged to repose them sell es for a moment, on the invitation of the witnesses. At the second round, M. de Testelin having appeared to be , wounded by a coup de point in the breast, the seconds ags in suspended the combat. At a third round M. de C4islin, although struck on the top a his head by the point of his adversary's sword, insisted on continuing, unel it required nothing less than the absolute order of the , seconds to put an end to the struggle. The wound, without presenting tho 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. EMILE DE GIRARDIN was fixed for P.eiday• On Wednesday the editor of the Gazette de France was acquitted on a charge of having attacked the Re publican Constitution. The report of M. DE MONSIGNY on the proposition of M. DAUIREL, relative to the messages of the FRE SH): NT of the Republic, has been distributed. M. DH MONSIGNY, speaking in the name of the committee of which he is chairman, recommends that the proposi tion 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 morceaux of intelligence respet,:ting the efforts made and the rebuffs received by Socialism will be perused with interest : " A letter from Lyons of the 23d inst. states that a Commissary of Police in that town has seized two bales of Socialist pamphlets, which were sent there from Paris by the diligence. The guard of the dili gence has been arrested. 4. letter from Vierzon 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, announces that the PRESIDENT of the Republic has received a letter from the Emperor of RUSSIA, announcing the birth of a princess, the daughter of the Hereditary GRAND DERE ; and also a letter from the King of BAVARIA, announcing the birth of a princess, the daughter of Prince MAXIMILIAN of Bavaria. The Moniteur also contains the following encou raging return of the Customs' tables for the year as compared with 1847 and 1848 as follows: — Year 1849 1848 1847 'The last quarter is not much below the correspond ing period of 1847. The Archbishop of PARIS has resumed his pastoral visits. He commenced with the Faubourg St. An toine, and is now visiting the parish of St. Margue rite. 'On Monday he presided at a numerous meeting of workmen, forming part of the Society of St. Fran cois Xavier, and on the same day visited several ma nufactories, where - he was received with great respect and veneration by the workmen. The Bonne was more animated to-day tine for senile days past, and the price of pubic securities improved. The Five prr Cents. opened at 94f. 35c., and c losed at 9 - 4'. 55c. ; the Three per Cents. closed at 57f. 7 0 c. ; O leans Railroad Shares, OA; Rouen 585 f.; Havre, 247 f. 5('0.; Great Not there , 467 f. 50e. ; V ierzon, 330 f ; Bast", 116 r. 23c. ; Bordeaux, 416 f. 25c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 360 f.; Tours and Nantes, 273 f. 75c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE - - LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE , JAN. 24. - Boulogne and Amiens, 7 3 / 4 —Great Indian Peninsula, 3 4 =Luxembourg, 2 en in.—Namur and Liege, 7—Sambre and Meuse, 31/i. SPAIN. Msdrid journals of the 18th inst. have arrived. The discussion on the Budget is still progressing is the Chamber of Deputies. All the amendments brought forward by the Opposition had been lost, the Nlioistry gaining strength on every division. General CAMINsuo, a brave officer, and an intimate friend of ESPARTERO, had recently expired. MADRID BOURSE.—Three per Cents. 29k, pape r ; Five per Cents, 12 7-16 fur account. Exchange on London, 90 days, 50 35. PORTUGAL. In consequence of the recent reports to the effect that a Miguelite insurrection had occured in the Por tuguese metropolis, every particular received from that quarter of the Peninsula has been awaited with avidity. From the latest advices obtained from hen, however, it would appear that public tranquillity has in manner been disturbed. GERMANY. On the 21st instant, at Frankfort, the Legislative body assembled, named their President, and declared themselves constituted. The elections for members for the Parliaments of Erfurt are being proceeded with in the different Ger man states. The numbers who present themselves to vote are very small, and the Conservative party is i ll most places in the ascendant. In many instances the Democrats have abstained from voting. • According to the Allgemeine Z eitun g it walo ' l seem that the sketch of the cons titution the future tribunal of the empir e has recently been. transmitted from Erfurt to Berlin by the Federat Court of Umpires. From this sketch we gle an that.. that tribunal is to be composed of a president and twelve judges of the empire. The president is c hosea Imperial representative, six of the judges of the Princes' College, three members of the Upper House, _and three members of the Lower House. Cases of -high treason or treason against the empire are tried ' by a court of judicature, chosen periodically fr om the Imperial tribunal, and a body of jurymen con" Elected therewith. The proceedings are to be carried on viva voce, and in open court. Intelligence received from Schleswig-Holstein states that the lieutenant of the Jachniann, by whose negligence four vessels were captured by the Danes in right of the port of Swinemundn, has been tried b court-martial, and condemned to six months' impri sonment in a fortress. There is.a report that the Chambers of the Grand Duchy of Hesse have been dissolved. An animated discussion had taken place on the 15th at Dresden in the First Chamber , in consequence . of Prince Jorm of Saxony having prese nted the f i t . port of the commission on the proposition of the _et_ puty, D. JOSEPH, " That he might b e authorised present a project of law on the punishment to Du ce su bstituted for the penalty of death." In co the • of an equal division of 21 pro and 21 contra, the (Ili e tion was adjourned. BELQIUM. Accounts from Brussels, dated the 9 3d ins ttii n t i ; state that on that afternoon the debate on the revit:, of the corn-law was resumed in the Chamber d •"'"- presentatives. ch The value of notes of the Societe Gkkale, culation on the 15th inst., was 38,309,08 0 f ., 611 ' the Bank of Belgium 10,539,000 f. SWITZERLAND. go hos The federal budget of Switzerland for 1 85 e lls been Fettled by the two Legislative ‘-',.° l2— t he at 7,134,192 f. for the receipts, 6,869,145 f. for expense 3. T URKE Y. ,t At length the misunderstanding about the e"i e t e , dition of the Hungarians appears to have been tt h it - he bly arranged. Intelligence to this effect, dateu sth inst., has been received from ConstantioePo Russia has yielded to a very considerable Austria betrays a disposition to follow the oc e°3 o jea of her ally, the AUTOCRAT. M. TITOFF, the 13315 29th Minister, repaired in state on Saturday., the Bo ultimo, to the Imperial Palace of Tcherugttei, 0 0 was favoured with an audience by the SuL f ,'lnieat the renewal of friendly relations between the °T o ot of St. Petersburgh and the Porte. Count Src it 'i o o o , the f Austrian Internuncio, is waiting for instvtle'oclt rom his Government, by which he will be authorbi, 0 it is thought, to wind up these negotiations virge) similar ceremony. In consequence of this st io l ' a lisb meat the SULTAN has consented that those ' - " ri d extent, sio coo° subjects cf Russia who have been in the late Hungarian movement it}oreis be obliged to leave the Turkish °with nions, and a similar arrangement ~ the Austrian Cabinet appears to be untiep tea oio Two lists of the proscribed have already been To out, one at Vienna, the other at St. Petersburgh4" d oto Russian list of refugees, at the head of wh ich s ,gB 4 ' the names of General 13 , E A& and Count ZA.l Bl eL g io' contains thirteen individuals; that of Austria, y-A144, ning with Kossuxu, Count CAtustuu BAT T DEMBINSKI, MESSAROi and the two PElte zi) re .' to composed in all of thirty-two. Both these lists 00, remain open fur two months, in case either the r oot trian or Russian Government choose tomak,,,e , 11 0 inscriptions. The place fixed upon by the re ; ' o9 i 5 the internement, as it is called, of the HUng ar ; Per: the town of Kutaya, in Asia Minor. All 51/- h etb e ` sons . as are not designated in the black list, W".t 11' military or civilian, officers or privates, w ill b e ' t bei berty to depart from or remain in Turkey' ta r io ll° please. All those who sympathise with the ilt ti ; o joic: Kossunr, the late Dictator of Hungary, wi ll b 3 in the following announcement :—" Intelligercessol been received-from Shumla that Madame I ; ° g csP e ,„" has at length rejoined her husband. She.,;,-00t from Hungary in the disguise of a Belgrade." a i ttly' Every scrap of additional news receive r od! Turkey confirms the accuracy of the assertilritisP as to the discovery by Sir S. HEAL, the „florae„f Consul at Varna, of a diabolical attempt t° The Louis KOSSUTH and several of his compec iel l;ot proofs already obtained in this matter eg l o t " Austrian Internuncio, and generally also 1 1 10 1 0 d Austrian Government, are :most dananatorY ec ° oo elusive. Europe will not very speedily le3e , t roci ° , lection of the sanguinary policy of that wor t pOl' e# Cabinet. Of the blood-thirsty character oft tb° here is another horrible attestation : A n 1 / 1 c al " Among the Hungarians who were in. ll-e aco e „re representat.ons cf the Austrian Cornmiesiorle.kiin,Jed Auslab, to return to their homes from I' f , r - e heP h ot , several officers, who, though the amnesty or a r t ocl , 1 ,1 3 0 only private so'cliere., were given to un der ' w ec they had everything to expect from the elev en Jwitllßad ° Emperor. All these officers were hung or 7 . .. b „ ° ,,, t ky mercy. Among these were Colonels 11 11, ‘"' 9 Perkos." .1..••••...e.0...••••............... A . Is 1 J. pi , . MERCHANT TAILORS' SeXooL.--The -1-1 ; 10 9 ,i t er Airey, M.A., of rembrcke Collegr Carnbrit'g"; of i - ric a day unanimously elected Mathenultical Nifo Le ", e c `„l l chant Tailors' School. Mr. Airey's position I :. bio 1 0 P Wrangler, in 1846, is a sufficient Indication °` quhfication for the office. A - 1 P t i t h "0 f 0 D i . : ' ~, I , EEt tit ,1 all 4 1 r., ; , I.‘ 0 , i 1 :` 1. C 3 ILI 91 tint, tiR 1 1(4, , 94,11 l c t i I„ th at . th e t to& Una GI 13 P4A di s pa A 11 1 l 'r t, J t