The Sun. — London, England, 1850-12-27 00:00:00

h, nett of home produce was heavy in the extreme, at o'reluest nominal currencies. Upwards of 8,000 quarters of 4°r eign Wheat have arrived this week, but the show tic that grain was not to say large. All docrip wtlB moved off heavily, at barely late rates. Barley have no change to notice in the value "of Malting 11 eY, but grinding and distilling sorts were easier to t r hese. Th e supply of English was large. In Malt, h e arrivals of which are extensive, very little doing, at 11 4 :elY late rates. Oats were held at full prices, but 4 . 118 1 Peas, Indian Corn, and Flour were unusually rS WEE; Flour. ARRIVALS THI Barley. Malt. Oats. Wheat. , Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Sacks teo °eot e i,` •• •• • • 2,580 9,830 8,190 5,470 2,370 • • •• •• •• 8,140 1,500 2,110 I - 3,350 3,510 Not • sanTurzELD. hi Withstanding that the supply of Beasts in to-day 'a h, r icet vas unusually small, it embracing only 176 tio'.the Beef trade was heavy in the extreme, at almost 2a s l nal currencies. The number of Sheep was under bp i head, yet it was quite equal to the wants of the ti o t l • In prices we have no change to notice. Calves 14,„'T off heavily, at late rates. We had a very inactive ti t r"Y for Pigs, especially large porkers, but tho quo 1 5 1, 1 -413 Were una!tered. The few Milch Cows on offer '" at frown 14/. to 18/. each, including their small Calf. Per 81be. to sink the offal. O tt s. d. to s. d. 8. d. to 8. d let o „ o 2` ll easts..... 2 8 210 Inferior Sheep •• •• 3 5 0 3 3 4 t ?ti t b a 'Z i ll tr u g a e lltg x 3 3 2 0 3 3 2 4 Sheept , c ar o s n e d . r o a o l i . edi 3 d tte3 10 4 8 0 4 8 Scots 3 6 3 8 Sonthdown Wether 4 2 4 4 1 14 e0 arse Calves 2 6 3 0 Ditto outof the wool 0 0 0 0 v oltenallditto .. 4%1 4 Calves ..18 0 23 0 Nnsall Porkers •••• 3 8 4 0 '• •• •• •••• 0 0 0 0 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 21 0 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. 21 r• I Sheep. Calves. I Pigs I I 1,860 80 120 ""'w• FOREIGN SUPPLY. I Sheep. I Calves. 80 13G0 rig'. • S,,IVENITGATZI AND LEADENN.A.I.L. ‘rC , 2l,y any busiuess was transacted to-day, on the Ow i n . g terms:— . At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. d. to a. e. rm . e rtOr.... 2 0 2 2 Hutton, inferior .. 2 6 2 8 ', 4 l(ll ing 2 4 2 6 ! -middling.. 210 3 6 r • Arne arge .. 2 8 3 0 P Ant prime •... 3 8 316 e small 3 2 3 6 Pork, large ••• • •• 2 6 3 6 •••• ••••• • • • 2 6 3 6 - small •••••••• 3 8 4 0 3110 ROUGH HOP MILIZZET: hi t La almost invariably the case at this season of the 'llat a ' h " es r niarketis in a very depressed state. In some t'f,ici• i i , prices are lower than last week. Factors' 1 2 ; 1 11 4, ready money—East Kent pockets, per cwt POI, - to 6/; ditto bags, 31 8s to 51 10s; Mid Kent otets, 2/ 5s to 51 10s; ditto bags, 2/ to 4/ ss; Weald Ni te ,, Q t Pockets, 3/ to 3/ 15s; ditto bags, 21. to 31 10s; Pockets, 2110 s to 3/ 108. COLONIAL. private transactions have been so limited h)tu! 'uf, auctions were discontinued, that no sett led tpik7 l °lta establishing .an altertion upon those p h rer- N current can be with propriety quoted. The o e o w dl'end on the 2d of January. ltd tl 'Et.--There has been a little inquiry for Ceylon, btather faller rates have been obtained. . st' E DFatirrs.--The relative position of the Currant 1 0; 0 4 at.the close of 1849 and of this year is as fol ,orwris--,Pire began last year with a stock of 2,500 tons t Fruit , and the bulk of the arrivals, 43 cargoes, ~'ttit h, r tl etyplace before; 'Ddcember, three cargoes only " 81 "'M l ,4%ceiVefliin Shat,Anonth; Prices being-low, he ms 425, and the :supply early; the Itade- stocked S i :L e k ,,lter before' Cheistmas. Valentia' Raisin had, "I, 4o ailAtiiibet'fioin - 41 s . to 48s, whicii tended to toe" "e consuin tion . of .Currants, the stock of which. 7g li Z t teoa 4flit P •Deeentbkiri 1849, was . 4650' tons. We,. N ip ...ePteterit season 2,300 tona'Olold fr ' tiit, but, si l k 'u the protracted voyages of vessels, can. supply L 'gt hitherto unusually light for the season. To t u ihst.'srve bad received only 28 cargoes , ith 4,000 i s a nd had cleared for consumption from 25th Sep -111/41 ;H P to that date 4,600 tons of new and old fruit, ,‘t11 1 ,,,,,, 1) ,riees 4-s to ei higher tban last season. Valentias ld 11 , - "Lio have been steady at 38s to 40s; the supply , 41 rs k . ": Clearance very large. The London stock of ttherefore, at the close of this year, taking into Nd tt : 46ll *th° late arrivals from the continent, will be Of th.° b e somewhat less 'than on 31st December, 1849; stock 13 cargoes, or about 2,000 tons, are still ot tt ▪ ;se'of, hi n di ng . -Th e dealers herb and in the rti`e? a re barely supplied. At the place of growth ,'` does been of. late 4, clinsideruble.advance in:prices. i ltasd: not seernlikelY Abet we shall have more than ';'ett i ; r ate supply of Raisins this season from Turkey, ~114 1 8 ' sn and German market having again taken off th ree qviantities, and 'caused higher prices to pre p r Will suit our late and present quotation. Yet Lily "must to the growth of fruit and to Currants L ity cr, ' . Must look for a supply to meet the extraordi- P4l - ; 4B amption which will certainly ti.ke place in next yhar. There have been several arrivals of Llt,,t;,utit nosales to report of any extent Chesmes Ilip;'a have been sold at 395, the same article was ~.Fif 7 „l ° Decemb er , 1849, a t 455, and boxes at 475. ' l 'l o 7`Tbe market h as been barely supplied since biehowing to the long voyages of sailing vessels, Ptoe in last wee k t o o l a te for the fruit to be avail mies4. Christmas uses. There is no alteration to 24 prices ; and the quality continues to be I' I(41 11 1 Z 1 1 :he principalfeature of the month's transae ?jKltßo been the arrival and sale of the new season's i „, s, which h ave me t with a more ready demand 4- tr t h ive been. expected, 4t very full rates, viz., to la 10d for first quality of Mooning's, and Is B id for such as fell short of this standard. The - h tltl stl" I ?! the first class Teas, so far as yet seen,, is b, l 'etb tl e l , 4 Rood thi4 year , - but they fall short in strength. '' t 4 tltet f grades of Congon but little has been done, the 6.: des, c ' t common may be considered lower in absence I:ng - 1 , 8 ", the trade, both in town and country, '1 1; 8 , -Bu ally dull at this period of the year. ..season's. Flowery Pekoes are of superior n r „ ; "_,nct are ruling rather lower than of late years, • i s t , s ee t; i w u P,_ in g qua ity having sold from 31 . to 3s 6d. In at have to quote no alteration, with the excep -I,,,;arltion Young Ilysons, in some demand in the li t lle P ci` of the month at further advanced prices. L 11 4 T eas remain in demand, a few of recent: arrival i' d ll l 4 e l4 h et ready sale. The stock of Company's Congou „ e „ B4 . - The- prices- current are:—Bohea, 4d to ordinary to good ordinary, is Oid to Br. ',, 14 middling is Id to Is lid; rather blackish ki i ,„7 4 to lc 2, d; blackish leaf, Is 3d to is li d ; tnialt 4d to Is 10d; Souchoeg, good ordinary to 4 d• f l ung, lc Oid to la Id; mid to good mid is 4d to 6 , - tite'd - ',9wery Pekoe, is Bcl to 3s 6d; CaperOs to is ld; b ,',at od " 3 2d to Is 6d; Orange Pekoe, Is 'ld to 2d; j it idlih' i s 2d to 2s; Twankey, good ordinary to but lOid to 11d; middling to Hyson kind, lid to ,tiO r ' d , , n toti kind, 8d to 9d; Hyson skin, ordinary to ts;" 24 -45r Y 9d to 10d• but middling to middling lld 1 4 d• 11 4 :_t ilYs s on; good Ordinary, is 2d to is 3d, but t„ 3 K, ls 4d to is 6d; middling to good middling,. is l id to 1 3 rYouni Hyson, is 2d to 3s; Canton kind, t ° .8 6d ' • l 1 3d to 2s 1 3 , 13 I mper ial is s 6d; Canton kind, L ° Is 9 a - ; Gunpowder, is 10d to 3s 6d; Canton kind, tts ss z C t iP 4p . urn. --.The Christmas demand has been ex- Ftit.:l, 4 ' all kinds. The arrival of Oranges from the led i l l t 7 e been of a limited character, which has im .Ro ,'e demand for Lisbon and Seville China. Three lie T . the latter, sold by 'Keeling and Hunt at o „tr k l a ll', went at an advance of 2s per package. 444ee 01 , C h 4 goes of Lemons have arrived, but the greater O ti u , e ls il3 R engaged by the confectioners has had no '"e price. - Nuts of all kinds meet with a ready 111 "k" CONDARIES! 'THIS DAY.) t s ea (Before Mr. Secondary PuTTEn.) -1.1181 1 AMICABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY V. HARROP. 1: 14 A l *43 1111 action brought by the Scottish Amicable d 'rep - 11 1 suttsuceCompan against defendant, who had J o in agent at Liver y pool, to recover the sum of 111. m alr ° 6" e Y received by him on account of the society. _ c i att Pbell, from the office of the society, proved h 4 1): t due, but defendant claimed a commission.. ,-ot -"darned ' SECONDARY said that if the plaintiffs did w°111(11143 the commission, in such a case the jury Th e re a verdict for the amount. Jury gave a verdict for . T4 p. CASE, OF MR., SLOANE. - - - , bill GUILD fl ALL.-4THIS DAY.) "li tincernent that Mr. Sloane, the special Oars. 4 ‘ l l)iij i Pump-coure Temple, was to undergo a o r n e . attracted an immense c People is m he-Gtiildhall Police-court, and fully t b, h 3 , l ' u Lbefor e 4. lue t A o l t dermen took their seats on the bench 0 0 11 4 ; t fihilt of the' court was densely crowded, : t o t T he t ,; ° . indeed, that it was almost impossible to g it 'te ;' the court inuch less' to gain admittance intn and Nlitt- R e ' rie du ring the , Imerning was one of tumult b y. -,`", and during re much to blame for not a k lato t i 4 P ed nao ° " or i der a and decorum. It waS with t h ! int mlfaculty t hat those who . had a right to mob, p b r u e t. ,ountild fight -their way through the 1 48t4 t?3 1 1 - 133e an 8 or other, parties who attended nio ' ontot gill e d C'Hs curiosity obtained a ready and superior pl ace , ;, 11 4 ; si n g e re twelve o'clock had arrived the court was - toe e loeess With well-dresSed persons of both sexes, ( PPP:: ; W hom had taken possession of the seats usually . 'hleXtated to the' press, and 'stoutly refused to give t Ssi b i: l 2.2!, hen politely requested to do so. While the t/I ttaid'guil was* going on all was noise and tuniul :said h e a rd it wa s with di ffi culty that the proceedings POlie~heard, Crowds fought and hustled with the theth the doors, and many who had got mixed up tiien ri otous-portion. of the crowd left the scene 1 , 4 4 d t ,!, coat tale or with their hats dreadfully damaged '' e udant.had r io l arrived at the court and had c t : got i n „, tt 1 , A - unknow n to the a ss embled multitude, but every drove up with an alderman or a common coun !,,tlsecjn'°r teasel, was mistaken for thdt of the ac -4 he .' 1°I . (1 was greeted with frightful yells and groans. "ter Rica was brought in a cab a few minutes sh e & clock which was immediately surrounded, and t og,„ alighted 'she was loudly hailed with cc,mmiserat- V r Pressio ns . e 4 suni . A l derman liumphery and Mr. Alderman Finnis eu the bench, surrounded by a number of m 9- Dar°chi, , arikeTS, me mbers of the Common Council, and .t authorities to Lo d Ll uddlestone instructed by Mr. Pontifex, attended as cute on behalf of the guardians of the West 4€„P l 'Onion, and Mr. Clarkson appeared to watch the 4 1 4 d ur the d e f en d ant . IJUSIPHERYermas asked if Mrs. Sloane was in end (In ce ? 8;1; 1 ", the su mmon ing officer, replied in the negative. tvitf a q made fu r th e r search, and inquiries after her, b ut A t n ut• success ths 3 -4r * remind,ed-tiae.. .Alderman that upon t°rni occasi o n he abstained from completing the ° kaki er mr, Clarkson was not p tt tuition' of the girl bT . tns li ont w s kh" the treiCnstce for this defendant. lie • therefore proposed now to put her into the box, with the view of adding some new particulars to her evidence, and as she was sufficiently restored to strength to undergo such an ordeal, Mr. Clarkson, who was now in lit tendance, would have an opportunity of cross-examining her if he so thought fit. Mr. Clarkson thanked his Learned Friend for his courtesy, but be might as well state at once that he intended to adhere to his former determination of re serving his cross-examinatioe, and any reply ho might have to make for the defendant, till the case came on for trial at the Old Bailey. The additional evidence proposed to be put in was then commenced. Eliza Minden was the first witness called. She de posed as follows:—I am the nurse in the B ward of the Royal Free Hospital, and I remember when Jane Wil bred was brought to the hospital. She bad her night things on, a warm flannel gown, and in addition a blanket. I examined her person, and I found on her body marks of violence, such as bruises, from severe ' beating on the lower part of the back, and upon her shoulders. The bruises on the arms and shoulders were recent; those on the lower part of the person appeared to have been of long duration. Her hair was matted with dirt, but we could not wash it without hurting the girl, and we were obliged to cut it off. I have the hair, and now produce it. She seemed to be very weak, and in a most exhausted state, unable to walk or speak. I have got the clothes that were delivered to me by Mr. Ball, and they are in the same state as when they were taken from the girl. They were very dirty, filthy, in fact. This witness was not cross-examined. Mr. William Tindal Robinson, the resident surgeon of the Royal Free Ilippital, stated that he saw the girl as soon as she was admitted. She was in a most fright ful state of emaciation and debility, and so exceedingly thin that her bones all projected, and her ribs might be counted. He had no doubt that it proceeded from want of food. She was in great danger at first. Her reduced state appeared to arise from a gradual decrease of food ; it must have been so, or she could not have lived, and at first food was given to her in small quantities and at frequent intervals. She has gradually recovered, and is now very much better, gaining rapidly in weight. On the 12th of De cember she weighed 601b5., on the 19th, 6611bs ' and yesterday 73ilbs. Her constitution appeared to be a naturally healthy one. There were a great many bruises on her person, as if they had been inflicted with a heavy instrument. They were on the lower part of the back, end one exceedingly large on the right arm. In three or four places the blood had been drawn, and scars had formed on different parts of her body. There were marks of vermin all over her person. The wounds appeared to have been inflicted at different periods; some were recent and some old. Her chest is quite sound, and perfectly healthy, and she bad no symptoms that were traceable to disease. There were no other traces except those which arose from starvation, and she had only had two or three doses of medicine. Jane Wilbred was next introduced. Her appearance presented a considerable improvement upon the former days. She has changed from a haggard-looking and middle-aged woman to a plump, juvenile-looking girl, and her cheeks, which were originally pale and careworn, now wear the ruddy hue of health. She is, however, still weak and feeble, and walks with difficulty, but it is confidently anticipated that, ere the trial takes place, she will be fully recovered. She made the following addition to her evidence :—When 'ever I went into my master's sitting-room he used to say • that I, frightened his bird if I took a, candle, -or when she got the coal, for theiiitchen fire. The bird died, and after that Mrs. Sloane hit-me with a shoe, and my mister knobked mo ou the back because the bird died. Both of them said that was the reason for their beating me, but I had nothing to do with.ttie.death of the bird.. I had lest f6od after the bird' died, and they said they would tor ment me as long as I was there because the bird died. The mustard they gave me to eat was both made and un made. The unmade mustard was spinkled on the bread. I remember going about the chambers rubbing my feet to keep them warm. There was a fire in the kitchen, but my mistress would not allow me to go to it, and I was beaten for walking about. I could not lift my feet up. I tried, but could not, and because I could not my master beat me. When I did not get enough to eat, I became weak, and was slow in my work, which they made a reason for beating me with a shoe. I never went out for errands but once, and then my mistress was with me. I told Mrs. Bell of my treatment before it was found out. I did not know any body else to tell, nor did I know my way back to the union. I never tried to run away, be cause I did not know where to go to. I have been awoke out of my sleep by all three of them, Mr. and Mrs. Sloane, and the young lady, to go down the stairs. That was in the night time in winter. I did not put all my clothes on, because Mrs. Sloane would not let me. This was all the evidence adduced to-day. Mr. Clarkson-said, in the present state of the public mind, it was not necessary to read over the former evi dence. Mr. Alderman HUMPHERY thought so too, and that proceeding was, therefore, dispensed with. He should be glad to know if the prosecution had any objection to the same bail. Mr. Huddlestone replied that inquiries had been made into their responsibility, and they appeared to be unex ceptionable. The former bail was then enlarged. Mr. Huddlestone called upon the Alderman to give 'Rowe, the officer, directions to hold the warrant against Mrs. Sloane, with the view of executing it should an op portunity for doing so pre:ent itself before the trial. Mr. Alderman HUMPRERY said such orders had al ready been given; hut it was understood that Mrs. Sloane would not surrender till the trial. Mr. Huddlestone then entered into an explanation on behalf of the guardians of the union, to show that they had been neither negligent nor slow in taking up the case. Mr. Alderman HUMPHERY readily exculpated them from all blamo on that score. They had now taken up the matter in earnest, and he was sure they would not let it drop till it had been sifted to the bottom. The defendant then left the court amidst hisses and execrations, and in the course of the morning he was placed in a cab and carried away by stealth. MARLBRO'-STREET.—(THISDAY.) VIOLENT ASSAULT.— William Clark was brought be fore Mr. Hardwick charged with violently assaulting Robert Plunkett, and breaking his leg. Jane Plunkett, the wife of the injured man, stated that, about twelve o'clock last night, as she and her husband were returning from a concert in Great Wind mill-street, they saw the prisoner quarrelling with another DAD. She and her husband stopped to listen to the row. A crowd collected, and the prisoner stepped up to her husband, and with an oath bade him walk on, or else he would give him something for himself. Her husband said he had quite as much right to stand there as any one else. The de fendant then called her husband a tailor, and on his replying that he was not one of that trade, the prisoner dealt him a violent blow on the side ( f the head, and knocked him down. Her busfiand directly called out, ,‘ Oh, my leg is broken." The police then came up, and having procured a stretcher, her husband was conveyed to Charing-cross Hospital, where be at present remains in a very dangerous state. The prisoner was subse quently given into custody. The above evidence having been corroborated, the prisoner was remanded for a week. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. A blank day. HOMICIDE NEAR BRISTOL.—A most melancholy calamity has just occurred in this neighbourhood, which has caused the greatest excitement. Mr. Wooles, the long-e-.. tablished and respectable landlord of the Blue Bowl, a road side inn about a mile from Bristol, on the Bath-road, w as shot by his son with a fowling-piece, and died at a late hour last night. From the meagre particulars which have been supplied us, and which are in some respects contradictory, it appears that while sitting together in a small room, words of a trivial nature passed between them, when the son seized his gun and shot his father in the breast. It is said the un fortunate cause of this sad affair was unaware of the gun being loaded, and only caught it up in the heat of passion. The unfortunate sufferer had invited a large number of friends to spend the Christmas, and they had the unpleasant intelli gence communicated to them that Mr. Wooles could not possibly survive the night. He lived long enough to have his will made before his death. 'THE WESLEYAN AGlTATlON.—Considerable sen sation has been excited in the county of Norfolk by the fol lowing circumstance : A young man, in the neighbourhood of Swaff ham, connected with the Wesleyan Methodists, en gaged in the unhappy agitation which exists is some parts of the connexion, emphatically declared at a public meeting that if he had only twenty minutes to live he would spend ten of them in agitation. On the following Sunday he went into one of the neighbouring villages for the purpose of preaching in opposition to his former friends. He had not spoken more than ten minutes when he became a corpse. REVIVAL OF TILE DAMASCUS CALUMNY.—A tombstone having been lately erected to the memory of Father Thomas, of Damascus, with an inscription to the effect " that he had been murdered by the Jews," Sir Moses Montefiore, the ever-watchful champion of the Jews, repaired to Paris on Monday last, in order to urge upon the Govern ment the injustice of perpetuating a calumny which has been theoretically and practically refuted. —Jewish Chronicle. SAD ACCIDENT AT SHERBORNE.—An accident, which we regret to say terminated fatally, happened to a boy of Nether Compton, named Job Brown, on Friday evening last. It appears that the poor little fellow at the time of the sad occurrence was assisting his father (a la bourer in the employ of Mr. C. Hyde) in the management of a horse •which was harnessed to a large wheel used in propelling an apple mill. The father having occasion to go out for a short time, left the lad by himself. He had not left above five minutes when he heard the mill stop, and on hastening to the spot to discover the cause, he found his son on the ground with his head literally crushed to pieces. Dr. Williams, of Sherborne, was immediately sent for and promptly attended, but his services proVed of no avail. It is supposed that during the temporary absence of his father the lad must have incautiously got upon the wheel for the pur pose of riding, became entangled in the machinery, and thus met with his untimely end. CORK AND BANDON RitmwaY.—During the last twelve months the works on this line have been in rapid progress to completion. Nine miles out of the ten between Cork and Ballinhassig:are now ready to receive the rails. The Cork station on:the Monerea Marsh, adjoining Albert Quay, has been some time in progress, and the foundations are now above in gr ie o n u g n t d h, ground. islle Goggin's-hill tunnel , wh ich is 1,000 yards more than three-fourths executed, and will be bored through in less than three months. Last week w t d h uy e nc fi t ; v s b t ayl t lls w ey, h e / g th r T e se iron a b i s t ii were ss tot the b a ee i s e i da carriedr and gest fiaoxef across es in kt t ne h dc e e v hoe i na t str ucted in Ireland. It is WO feet from abutment to abut ment, and about 100 feet o ver th e valley. I t i s divided into four spans of 110 feet each, by massive cut limestone piers, 70 fe et two abutments, and three structure an appearance of that pilasters and bold projecting great strength e nggiving ornamented al d solidity with sornicee the whole so necessary is works of this magnitude.— Burk de.— Cork Constitution. "•.* IJ "sit, I SUN, LON DON, PRLOAY EVENING, DECEMBER 27, 1850. FINE ARTS. PORTRAIT OF SIR ROBERT PEEL. Painted by Sir •Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A. Engraved by Mr. Samuel Cousing,A.R.A. • The preparation of this splendid engraving has been a subject of notoriety for some considerable time past, its completion being looked forward to with no little curiosity and eagerness. At length the fruits of the artistic ability employed in its production are lying before us in the shape of a proof impression. We hasten, therefore, to express the estimate formed by ourselves of a work in the execution of which the entire public has been so long and profoundly inte rested. From an examination of the exquisite print before us we are satisfied that the expectations of the majority will be found to have been fully realized. Those expectations have all along been naturally of a very high character from the eminence of the gentleman engagedin the transcript upon metal from the famous painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence, one of the most masterly portraits ever conveyed to canvass by that illustrious Academician. Nor have those confi dent anticipations of the skill of Mr. Cousins been in the faintest particular disappointed. The engraving . _ now issued by the Messrs. Paul and Dominic Col naghi must be ranked among the most brilliant of his achievements. It is effepted in the highest style of his art, and displays in all its details the evidences of his vigorous hand and the indications of his large and perfecting experience. The history of the plate and of its production, is in itself especially interesting, from the peculiarity of the cir cumstances under which the engraving has been matured. During the last twenty years, it must be remembered, that the original has been rendered fami liar by the two preceding plates—both engraved by Mr. Charles Turner—the first of the two having been actually touched and retouched by the hand of the great portrait painter himself—the hand of Sir Thomas Lawrence. In consequence of the impressions of both those engravings having been altogether ex hausted, and the plates themselves worn out, it be- I came advisable to have another copy taken by some one of competent ability, and the artist selected for the purpose was Mr. Samuel Cousins, himself an as sociate of the Academy over which Sir Thomas Lawrence had shed a lustre as its President. The present engraving is consequently the third that has been taken from the original picture, a circumstance very unusual indeed, if not in a manner wholly un precedented. Added to the popularity possessed by Mr. Cousins as an engraver, and the fame acquired by Sir Thomas Lawrence as a portrait painter, is another consideration investing the likeness in ques tion with a peculiar and irresistible attraction—we mean the consideration that this was perhaps the only portrait of the great statesman which could be relied . upon for its accuracy, certainly the' only yenta - hie semblance of his features, if we except thaintereit-' ing group in the possession of her Majesty, painted in obedience. to the royal command by-Winterhalter. Setting that single work aside, the representation of Sir Robert Peel, by Sir Thomas Lawrence, must be unquestionably regarded as the only reliable delinea tion of his appearance. Insomuch was Sir Robert him self, satisfied with it as the only correct likeness, that he resolutely refused of late years to sit to any other artist, even when solicited to do so by his most inti mate ministerial colleagues. It is related of him that a refusal of this kind was given as recently as last year, when the Earl of Aberdeen, his friend and former associate in: the Administration, expressed a solicitude to obtain some memento of the like description. All that could be elicited on the occa sion from the Right Hon. Baronet was permission to an artist, selected by himself (Mr. Patten), to copy the head from the picture by Sir Thomas Lawrence. The entire portrait, which is a full length, life size, he could not consent to , be thus completely trans cribed, and the consequence was, that last spring, the artist above-mentioned, was allowed merely to repro• duce upon canvass the head from the original. The re luctance evinced by the late Sir Robert to sit for a por trait by any other artist had, in all likelihood, been con firmed in consequence of the production by another ar tist (Mr. Lennill) of a picture of the most unsuccessful and unsatisfactory character. The value set upon the almost inestimable painting, by Sir Thomas Law rence, may be conjectured from the injunctions accompanying the transmission of the original from the gallery of Drayton Manor, when it was conveyed, not long since, by Mr. Grundy, to Lancashire, having I been previously insured by him against fire and other injuries to the amount of no less than two thou sand guineas. Nor can th:: estimate formed of the picture by the family of the• departed statesman be regarded as in any degree excessive, considering the glory of its subject and its own great merits as a composition. It depicts Sir Robert Peel as he ap peared in 1829, when in the forty-second year of his age in the maturity of his physical and intellec tual existence. A happier time could not possibly have been selected for the representation of his ap pearance, a time more remarkable for the testi monies of his consummate powers in statesmanship, or one in which he himself personally ap peared in any way to greater advantage The painting has been cleverly described as follows : —" The statesman is standing by a table, on which his right hand lightly rests, his left pressing his hip— a well-known and favourite attitude. Instead of the somewhat portly figure of later years, Sir Robert, twenty years ago, as the portrait shows, was somewhat slim and slender in form, but the fine features are there ; the keen eyes, flashing from beneath the bushy eyebrows, the open and high forehead, the look, the compressed lips, in short, the expression and character of the man, which time has not effaced, and which all can remember who knew him during any considerable portion of his public career ; these are all portray ed as only the genius of a Lawrence could depict them. The simplicity of the picture is one of its great charms. There are no over-bright colours, or over brilliant or prominent accessories, to distract the at tention from the Point on which it should be concen trated—the head and face. Sir Robert is represented as simply attired in dark blue coat with velvet collar and gilt buttons ; black velvet waistcoat and white singlet, white cravat, and black trowsers. The only indication of his pur suits is a red box for papers, just visible on the table all else is plain, and without ornament. The head and features consequently attract and rivet the atten tion ; and so exquisitely natural is the quiet arrange ment of the whole, that it is not till after a time that the consummate art of the painter is felt." Ac cording to an opinion pronounced upon the original painting, as far back as the 7th of August, by the Manchester Guardian, the: work must be viewed, however, " much more than a mere portrait—it is provincial contemporary, "an idealiza tions says y s u as r of the man in his highest possible condition and mood; and we can no longer wonder that with this hitherto unapproachable picture before him Sir Robert should be chary of multiplying less elevated likenesses of his person, uninformed by the soul, breathing from the lips and eyes, as in this exquisite panegyric thus pronounced upon the picture." The original painting now at Drayton Manor, might be pronounced with equal correctness upon the copy here taken from it by Mr. Samuel Cousins, and now publishing at the distin guished house of the Messrs. Paul and Dominic Colnaghi. Insomuch is this our opinion of the en graving, as formed from the proof impression sub mitted to our criticism, that we cannot conceive to ourselves any more splendid or more satisfactory sou venir of one of the most patriotic and illustrious of the statesmen of England. CHILD MURDER IN MARTLERONE. — Yesterday Mr. 11. M. Wakley held an inquest in Marylebone workhouse on the body of a fine full-grown male child. Police-constable Beckett found the body lying on a dung-heap in Welbeck mews, wrapped in a napkin and the tkirt of an old gown, having an outside covering of brown paper, which gave it the appearance of a parcel-directed "Brown and Co., haber dashers, Oxford-street." -There were also lying on the body artificial flowers and a window-ticket for a hosier's' shop. Inspector Jackson said that he waited upon Messrs. Brown, who gave him every facility for prosecuting the inquiry, and desired him to examine the parcel-book, but without obtain ing any clue to the infant's parents. Mr. Brown recognised the paper as having been sent round a parcel from his esta blishment in the City to Oxford-street. Dr. Allen gave his opinion that deceased had been suffocated by hard pressure. Verdict—" Wilful Murder against some person or persona un known." BRISTOL, DEC. 26.—At our police-court this morn ing, a man, named William Gray, was charged with stab bing another man, named Cnard. The poor fellow was un able to appear, he being at the infirmary in a very preca rious condition. It appeared that in a pared at the Rose public-house, Temple-street, Gray drew a " cheesetaster" out of his pocket, and stabbed Chard with it several times in the neck, inflicting serious wounds. He was remanded to Aymit the result of time ittjurieti HOLIDAY AMUSEMENTS DRURY LANE THEATRE: Mr. Anderson commenced his winter campaign here last evening; his company is, with few excep tions, the same as last y ear . H e h as reta i ne d M r . and Miss Vandenhoff, Mrs. Ternar, Mr. Cooper, Mr. R. Romer, and Mr. Emery, and has engaged Mrs. Nesbitt and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lacy. Miss F. Vining and Mrs. Parker are also among the additions to the company, as is that rising young vocalist Miss Julia Bleaden. The play was Winter's Tule, with Mr. James Anderson as Leontes and Miss Vanden hoff as Hermione. The statue scene was beautifully acted, but throughout the play " the gods kept such a dreadful pother o'er our heads" that it was, except when Anderson or Cooper were speaking, impossible to hear a syllable that was uttered. The play over, and the Netional.Anthem sung the gods became, comparatively speaking, tranquil, and the over ture to the pantomime commenced ; this overture composed, adapted, and arranged by Mr. Henri Laurent, is admirable. The pantomime is entitled Harlequin and Humpty Duinpty ; or, Bobbin de Bobbin and the First Lord Mayor of London, and is from the pen of Mr. Fitzball. The scene is laid in the time of King Richard the first Dickey, and the pantomime opens with an exquisitely painted view of Finsbury -fields by moonlight, in which are introduced sundry dioramic effects, which are very beautiful. The old woman of Finchley (Mr. R. Romer) arrives in her patent aerial machine, and summons her court of elves about her; and here is introduced a very pretty fairy dance, which was much applauded. The wicked old woman commands her elves to ,plan so as to snatch the fair maid of Chepe from her lover Hal and give her to Big Ben, a giant 13 feet high, whose suit she favours; Humpty Dumpty, however, the most agile of Sprites, who was admirably represented by Signor Parkini, the most active and neatest of posturers, de clares himself the protector of the two lovers, and follows the old woman to circumvent her machina tions. We are then introduced to the Lord Chan cellor's closet, and find his Lordship (Mr. Jonsin Deulin) under the hands of his valet, who is making for him a most elaborate toilet, in order to render him " taking" in the eyes of the " fayre maid of Chepe," for, whose hand his Lordship is also a suitor. The toilet scene told effectively, thanks to the exer tions of Mr. J. Deulin, Mr. Romer, and their assist ants, who made a great deal of fun, and kept the audience in good humour. The next scene is a room behind the shop of Old Bucklerabury, the father of the Fair Maid of Chepe, who finds his daughter surreptitiously flirting with his apprentice Hal, and thereupon follows all the time-honoured business of the disobedient daughter and the angry father of Pantomime. We have next a beautiful view of the hills of Highgate, in which Big Ben's band are introduced, stopping and plun dering travellers, and singing choruses according to the wont of melodramatic robbers all over the world, and then comes the grand spectacle which winds up the introduction, and brings us to the harlequinade. The scene is a splendid view of old London-bridge, over which and „nFross the stage passes the procession; ,of Riphard the First, on his, return from Palestine...,,. This proces sion very - magnificent ; the dresses' are gorgeous; the King sees and admires, the Fair Maid of Chepe, and her father, preferring a royal son-in-law to any other, is about to gi ve her to the Kin g, w h en she is claim e d by Big Ben, a giant thirteen feet high, who challenges any one to single combat who shall gainsay his right to her. Hal accepts the challenge, and, receiving a magic sword from Humpty Dumpty, severs with it the giant's head from his body. This said Big Ben Is the original hero of the old nursery rhyme—the very identical " Bobbin the Bobbin, the big-bellied Ben, of whom it is sting that " He ate more meat than four-score men. He ate a cow, he ate a calf; He ate a butcher and a half; He ate a church, he ate a steeple, He ate the p!iest and allithe people. . And his body is rolled in, and from his stomach is fished up the cow, the calf, the butcher, the church and all its contents, and the steeple. This " fishing up," if rapidly done, might perhaps have told, but it was very slow ly managed last night, and nearly risked the success of the pantomime. Hal is rewarded with the hand of the Fayre Maid, but the old woman of Finchley determined to interrupt the course of true love, transforms the lovers into Harlequin (M. Deu lin) and Columbine (Madlle. Theodore), whereupon the Fairy of the Well of Truth (Miss Julia Bleaden) arises in a crystal fountain from the bottom of the well, and transforms old Bucklersbury into Clown (Mr. Seymour), the Chancellor into Pantaloon (Mr. Jon - sin Deulin), and Ilumpty Dumpty into Sprite (Signor Parkini), and the harlequinade com mences. The first scene is the house of a nur sery and seedsman, which is transformed into a sort of creche, full of crying babies. We then have a magnificent view of the exterior of the grand Crystal Palace in Hyde-park, and in this scene is introduced a rare Chinese toy for the Exhi bition ; this toy is impersonated by Master Clarke, who, standing on a rolling globe, performs some mar vellous feats of dexterity with balls, plates, sticks, dishes, &c. The admirable performance of Master Clarke excited the enthusiasm of what had been pre viously a somewhat cold audience, and may be said to have gone far towards securing the success of the pantomime. Immediately after Master Clarke's per formance the introduction of a novel trick set the audience in a roar, and from that moment all " went gaily as a marriage bell." It was the ap pearance from " a new thrashing machine" of the redoubtable General llaynau, mustachios , and all, followed by a crowd of Barclay and Perkins' draymen ; the scene is brought to a climax by the balloon ascent of clown and pantaloon on the Hippo potamus. The scenes of " a dairy and swt ep's es tablishment," and of the establishment of the " Humane Society," follow. In those scenes we had the usual tbumpings and bumpings of pantaloon and clown, the usual graceful dancing and poses of Columbine, and Mademoisell Theodore is one of the most grace ful and prettiest of Columbines, the usual agilities of Harlequin, the usual calls for "Hot Codlings" (io this instance not complied with) front the galleries, and. the by no means usual, because original and admirable, performances of the. Sprite ; then follows a scene of Glen Tilt, excellent in its way and replete with sharp hits at game preservers, but of which we cannot help thinking a great deal more might have been made ; and tben comes the concluding gorgeous scene " The Fairy Abode of Britannia, Peace and Happiness, a grand emblematical tableau illu s t ra ti ve o f - England's welcome to all Nations," - which- brought down the curtain with great applause. The pantomimists are all admirable, the scenery is exceedingly beautiful, the procession of King Richard is gorgeous, but the pantomime is too long : we would recommend, the management to cut out the whole, or at all events the greatest part of the . dialog ue which le drearily dull, and then the pantomime will act closely and have a run. The house was very ,well attended. HAYMARKET THEATRE. The Christmas attraction at the Haymarket was an entirely new'burlesque, the production of the bro thers Brought entitled The Second Calendar of the Queen of Beauty who had the Fight with the Cenie, founded upon one of the finest stories of the " Arabian Nights." The introductory scene is laid in a- desert part of the Ebony Isles, shifting at the commence ment of the drama to a district several thousand miles from any known locality, and subsequently fur ther still, to o the imaginary kingdom of Multigatawney. Here Epitimarus the Great, King of the Ebony Isles (Mr. J. Bland), accompanied by his beautiful daugh ter, the Princess Gulnare (Mrs. L. S. Buckingham)), and surrounded by his Court, is seen carousing, al fresco, during a journey in the desert. In the course of the repast the' king pitches a date stone at one of his at tendants ; a tremendous roar is heard, and Jajarbees, the son of the daughter of Eblia," as genie or phantam captain (Mr. Charley Selby) makes his appearance among the party, raging for the loss of his eye, put out by the stone thrown by the king. The result is, that the attendants scamper off, and the king is about to be put to death by the genie when the beautiful incess Gulnare rushes between them. The genie, struck by her beauty, spares the life of her father on condition of being married to her., The king con sents, but not the daughter, who is thereupon carried off by the genie in his "Hansom," driven by a juve. nile cabman (Master Caulfield), " from the l owes t ranks." In the first act, Prince Agib, " a prince of a fellow, afterwards an ape of the Dead Sea," (Miss Annie Romer), is seen tied to a tree in an alnlost im penetrable forest, and bewailing her fate to Cadja, " a more than ordinary virtuous wood-cutter" (Mr. Buckstone), by whom she is eventually released. In this scene ,Mr.. Buckstone sets the house in a roar by his whimsical style of singing the ballad " In my cottage near a wood," first atic cato, and then with certain original and florid varia tions. Here, too, he amuses the audience by a series of exceedingly clever hits at the morbid sentimentali ties to be found in works of fiction, about virtuous labourers end noble-minded peasants. The destitute Prince Agib afterwards enters into the service of the woodman, in gratitude to him for effecting his re lease ; and in Lis first essay at wood- cutting, is set n dealing blows with an axe at the trunk of the large tree to which he had been previonsly chained, and which eventually opens and discovers a stair, by which the prince and woodman both disappear. This conducts them to the subterranean palace of the genie, by whom the Princess Gulnare is held in captivity, attended, how . ever, by Zabeydeh (Mrs. Fitzwilliam), an amusing " maid of all work." The prince and the woodman ' fall into the genie's clutches, the former of whom is ingeniously changed into an ape; but the princess, the woodman, and the maid of all work make their escape in a jolly-boat, manned by a crew of British tars, not, however, before " the more than ordinarily virtuous wood-cutter" makes a beast of himself. The second act is principally occu e pied in exhibiting in exceedingly grotesque positions, the fancied incidents of the forthcoming Exhibition. The scene is laid in the public place of Curripowdab, the capital of the Raja of Mulligatawney, a city in a temporary state of Indian pickle, where an Exhibi tion of the Industry of all Nations is in preparation under the auspices of the Princess Zaide, the Raja's daughter (Miss P. Horton), surnamed the Queen of Beauty, "in every sense of the word a charming wo man." Among the gathering of the denizens of all nations at this Grand Exhibition, an old brgan.grinder, with an ape and a female companion make their ap pearance, who turn cut t o b e "th e v i r t uous woo dm an ," Prince gib, and the genie's maid of all work. Here Buckstone's performance on a street organ, whilst Mrs. FitZwiniani sings " The M aid Of Llangollen," convulses the audience with laughter. Among the various arrivals, the Princess Gulnare makes a descent in an aerial machine, and claims the protection of the Raja from the genie who pursues her; and then en. sues a conflict between the genie and the magician princess, who transfOrm themselves into a variety of shapes, the genie being at last destroyed by the fire thrown upon him by hisfair antagonist, who restores Prince Agib, from the condition of an ape, to his own human form and to the arms of the Princess Gulnare. The whole spectacle concludes with a magnificent representation of the interior of the Crystal Palace, filled with an innumerable company and brilliantly illuminated. The dialogue of the piece is interspersed with a series of jukes aimed at the various follies of the day, some of which were exceedingly pointed and happy. The plot ; however, would scarcely be intel ligible to a person unacquainted with the tale in the Arabian Nights' on which it is founded. The acting of Mr. James Bland was capital, as was also that of Mr. Selby, the one as the Raja of Mulligatawney, and the other as the Genie. Miss P. Horton delighted the audience by the style in which she sang a series of airs in the language of every country in Europe, forming her " Musical con tributions of all nations to the. Exhibition." The felicitous ease with which she adopted the language of each foreign country, as she sang one song after another, in rapid succession, was applauded with the greatest enthusiasm, IVliss• Anne Homer, too, sang several songs charmingly. The acting of Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, as the Princess Gulnare, was exceed ingly graceful and effective. Mr. Bucketone, as usual, rioted in broad merriment throughout the piece ; whilst Mrs. F,itzwilliam's attempts to pourtray the bardshipp of a servant of all work were singularly felicitous. The scenery was occasionally striking, and the dresses were magnificent in the extreme. It is a disadvantage in the piece that it is too long.. It was, nevertheless, favourably received by the audience, and when the curtain tell there were loud calls for the authors, one of whom appeared and bowed his acknowledgments. converted into a blue bird of paradise. Florins, in the meantime elopes from her father's palace, and as . sumes the garb pC a .peasant-girl, but is comforted and consoled in her travels. and dangers by the dit ties of herr winged companion. The-result in the end is, that after trials and reverses, the bird is changed, by the intervention of Hocus-pocus, a magician, friend, and 'physician-extraordinary to King Charm ing, into its original form, and the lovers, as all true and good lovers should be, are united in the bonds of mutual happiness. The part of King Charming was allotted to Madame Vestris, who sustained it with her usual fascination and grace, and without any diminu tion of that tact and cleverness which has for so long a series of years entitled her to the reputation of being one of the best actresses on the stage. Mrs. Frank Matthews, as Queen Tyrana, and Miss Julia St. George, - ,tis Princess Florina, also acquitted them selves with great credit in their respective parts. The scenery throughout the piece was extremely beautiful, but the last scene of all, exhibiting the restoration of King Charming to the throne of Fan-sea was almost of itself sufficient to "draw" a large audience, and drew forth uproarious and continued applause. Re presenting a magnified plant or enormous flower of brilliant gold and silver, set with precious stones of various hues, it gradually opens and expands so as to cover nearly the whole of the stage, discovering to the gaze female figures in elegant postures holding up draperies and other ornamental decorations. When the whole was illuminated by the aid of crimson coloured lights, the splendid effect may be easily imagined. On the fall of the curtain the principal characters were called upon the stage. Loud calls were also made for the author, but he did not make his appearance. A dancing scene, in which an indus trious exhibition of the steps of all nations was given by the corps de ballet, was introduced into the bur lesque, and this novelty was well received. The per formances concluded with Mr. Charles Mathews' comic drama called the Ringdoves. ADELPHI THEATRE. There was a terrific rush to this favourite house. Boxes, pit, and gallery were crammed, like the actors, at least twenty minutes before the curtain was rung up for Jessie Gray, and a good deal of noise and con fusion occasionally prevailed, but on the whole, the. audience exhibited , much patience and good humour,, and laughed and joked each -other with hearty perse verance. -Nowf . ,stul then a 'rumpus' broke -out in the pit or gallery, but it would seem to arise lnore but Of fun than an angry temper, and directly the drama opened the rioters became silent and attentive wit nesses of the progress of poor Jessie, whose wrongs they mourned and' whose fortitude they partially ap plauded. Nor did they lack sympathy for the unfor tunate medical student, who struggled on desperately with a bottle of brandy to fortify himself for " pass ing the Hall," or neglect alternately to laugh and cry at the misfortunes of the poses plastique professor, but towards the close of the sad history they mani fested some impatience, and the denouement was judiciously hurried over. Then came the great event of the evening. The orchestra rattled through a medley by Mellon, during which the 'gods settled themselves quietly down, and at a general exclama tion of " Now for it," or " Here it comes," the act drop rose 'upon the first scene of an entirely new extravaganza, done into English from the best French materials, and called La Tarantula; or, The Spider King. The principal characters, of mortal mould, are --=-Luidgi, a young Chasseur of Calabria (Miss Woolgar), attached to Loretta (Madame Celeste) ; Boskigetti (Mr. Paul Bedford), who plays second fiddle to Sanguineo, a bandit leader (Mr. G. Honey); Omeopatico, a quack doctor (Mr. Wright) ; and Chlorinda, his wile (Miss K. Fitzwilliam.) Among the immortals are Sancta, the genius of general har mony (Miss Collins) and her attendants ; and of non descripts we have the Spider King (Mr. Sidney), and the Tarantula (Mr. Mitchenson), both of whom ap pear to be under the command of Mephistophiles (Mr. 0. Smith), and are along with him employed in working-the greatest possible amount of mischief in the world. It is not necessary, if indeed it were pos sible, to describe the plot—so disconnected-were the incidents—'but if the kind read,er will take the best scenes of any number of operas and ballets of foreign origin, end intersperse them with snatches from Macbeth, Richard the Third, Othello, and other Shaksperian dramas, and put them together, with out regard to order or connexion, they will have a tolerably accurate idea of the last Adelphi hit, al ways providing that the chief characters should be dressed in brilliant masquerading costume, as brigands, reptiles, or Tyrolese peasants. . The cast is fer a burlesque as powerful as possible ; and though Mr. Wright was suffering from a cold, which made his voice at times quite inaudible, he exerted himself to the utmost to make his part—which is, by the way, far from the best in the piece -=a hit. Mr. Honey, - as the chief of the brigands, bad a telling little part, and by his treatment of it he Sustained a growing reputation. Mr. Paul Bedford was rich in his pon derous levities, indulging ad libituM in that kind of leaden funniness which appears so-to charm 'the kdelphi audience. Miss Woolgar was graceful and piquante, and sang her songs with more than. her . usual effect. The piece was better mounted than we ever remember to have seen one at this theatre the last scene was worthy of the Lyceum ; and in saying that (with the Island of Jewels in ,re collection) we are perhaps giving the greatest amount of praise that could be awarded. The dances, tantastic, demoniacal, and otherwise, bore evidence of the judicious arrangement of the fair manageress. So much then for the stage department. It remains for us to say a word or two of the authorship, which is ,attributed to Albert Smith, and which displays no remarkable amount of wit. The doggerel, though smooth is wretchedly pointless and insipid. llere and there a dismal attempt at a pun peeps out, but so' tortuously far-fetched that the audience frequently failed to see the drift of the joke, and while some keen-sighted mortals indulged in boisterous laughter, others, who were less penetrating or quick in their perception, rebuked them for interrupting the thread 'of the Spider King's web with indignant cries of silence. Nevertheless, owing partly to the smartness of the acting, the splendour of the scenes, the beauty of the costumes, and the perfection and ingenuity of the machinery, the piece was highly successful, and in all probability will "draw" for a lengthened period. LYCEUM THEATRE. At this theatre last night the Christmas holiday people mustered in very considerable numbers. The entertainments commenced 'with the laughable comic drama, A Handsome Husband, produced for the first time here, in which Miss .M. Oliver, Mr. Charles Mathews, and Mr. George J. Vining took the prin cipal characters. This was followed by the piece de resistance, in the shape of a new fairy extravaganza, from the prolific pen of M. • Planche, entitled King Charming; or the Blue Bird of Paradise. From the author of the Golden Branch and the King of the Peacocks weexpect less a witty, brilliant, and laughter moving dialogue, alluding sometimes to the events and topics, and sometimes attacking the follies and weaknesses of the day, than a happy adaptation of some favourite legend, allegory, or popular story to the stage, so as to give full scope to the taste, inge nuity, and skill of the scene painter, the machinist, the costumier, and the whole host of theatrical func tionaries. Indeed, as regards scenery and stage effect, it may be truly said that the spectacle produced in the author's productions, under the very able direction of Madame Vestris, have not been exceeded or perhaps approached in grandeur and gorgeousness by anything of the kind at other temples of metropolitan entertainment., The new piece produced last evening was eminently successful, and added still further to the well-earned reputation of the present management of :the Lyceum. It is founded on the Countess 'D'Aulnoy's story of " L'Oiseau Bleui'l and affords testimony to the truth of the saying that The course of true love is not with out its reverses and disappointments. Henpeckt the Hundreth, the King of Cockaigne, has a termagant of a queen, who is his second wife, and bears the cog • nomen of Tyrana. This right royal king has a d.ughter named Florina by a former spouse, and the Queen is blessed with an offshoot of herself, called Trontins, by her first husband; the former is beautiful and fascinating, the latter ugly and impudent, and possessed of all the vixen qualities of her mamma. Charming the First, King of the Fan-sea Isles, and besides an immortal personage, makes a congratu latory visit to the court of Henpeckt, for the purpose of seeing Florina, whose charms and attractions had been whispered in his royal ear. The Queen, however, endeavours to foist upon him her own daughter, but failing in that, suc ceeds, by a little ingenious trickery, in passing her off as Florina. King Charming, under that impresaion, makes faithful pledges of his troth to Trontina, and they elope to the Fan-sea Islands, where they intend to consummate their matrimonial happiness. King Charming soon discovers the trickery which bas been played upon him, and he positively refuses to accept Trontina tis his wife. Fox NA disOedience he is 'l4 PRINCESS'S THEATRE. The admirable spirit of taste and liberality which has characterised the management of this theatre ever since its fortunate devolvement upon such effi- Cient chorcegi as Messrs. Charles Kean and Keeley, gave reasonable promise that the new Christmas piece would prove to be one-of more than ordinary attraction. Our anticipations have been borne out by the event. It has been our lot to have assisted at the representa tion of many pantomimes, but seldom have we had the good fortune of witnessing the production of any en tertainment of this nature more calculated to ensure a successful run. Though the introductory dialogue lacks spirit, Alonzo the Brave and the Fair Imogene ; or, the Baron all covered with Jewels and Gold, is on the whole a decided hit, creditable to the management, the arrangers, and the performers. After a rattling overture, in which the national airs of several nations are skilfully interwoven by Mr. Hughes, and which was loudly and deservedly applauded, the rising cur• tain displayed a very beautiful scene, " the Castle of Infidelity, by Moonlight and Sunrise." The change from the lunar to the diurnal illumination was strikingly effected. Equally applauded was the military advance, and final triumph of the fairy host of Fidelio (Miss Daly) who, with their antagonists ,Iparshalled' by Infidelio (Miss* Vivash). contributed a striking, array of .briHiantry attires land , faseinatieg• combatants'. 'The ti?xt scene teitetenting "Ihe - Greea before the Castle ci f Don Guzzleirian,Nnttotludies the' valiant AlOn.zo"iipiiiii;ii his'aEloreti Ibibgene 'eiith bit the ardour of affection, and anon giving her an airing in a wheelbarrow. In this scene, and all throughout the rest of the introductory part, the very clever per formers, F. Cooke and Wynn, as the hero and the heroine, were absolutely delicious. The former was W. H. Payne redivivus; the latter, equally at home in the fascinating as in the ferocious, imparted a se ducing grace to the role of the easily-won lady almost .sufficient to atone for her subsequent inconstancy. Alonzo, summoned by the trumpet to the field, arrays himself in arms. A solemn interchange of vows takes place, off he goes where glory waits him at the head of a most villanous looking crew of war riors, having bid a, touching farewell to his betrothed. But, • alas ! for woman's constancy, soon after his departure arrives "-the Baron all covered with jewels and gold" (Mr. Stacey),' a fac- simile of the Nepaulese Ambassador, riding on a hippopotamus, who, by the profuse display of gor geous wealth, " A dazzling heap of wealth, and gold, and glitter, Magnificently mingled in a litter, " wins the false one's heart and hand. The boudoir of Imogene, preparatory to the nuptial ceremony, re veals to the fickle fair the phantom of her forsaken and defunct lover, and of course she falls frantically into hysterics. Preparations ensue for the marriage banquet. Here there was some hitch last night, through the awkwardness of some of the subordinates (as there naturally will be somewhere on the first night of any pantomime), and thereupon a few geese among the audience unreasonably hissed; nor were they quite appeased, being palpably enamoured of their own music, until after the apparition of Alonzo's ghost scaring the revellers from the festive board, when the 'signal splendour of the transformation scene, with the friendly fairies rising grouped be neath one magnificent unfolding passion-flower, evoked such a torrent of applause as drove the sibilants to shame. Then commenced the feats and comicalities of the established characters, Harlequin and C.). Divers capital hits were enacted, for which " see the playbills," and then go and see the original, ye adults and juveniles. It is, we should say, impossible for any other house to present such en array of pantomimic excellence. Of Flexmore, the clown of clowns, it is almost needless to speak. The ".inimitable"—and never was appellation more justly bestowed—was welcomed with general shouts, and showed forthwith that " Richard was himself again." Very properly declining to sing that stereotyped stu pidity, " Hot Codlins," in compliance with the de mand of some unenlightened deities of the gallery, he gave a " Vocal and Terpsichorean Exhibition" with immense talent, his imitations of Carlotta Grisi and Perrot being superb. ' He was altogether, if pos sible, more than ever a "host in himself." Cormack thoroughly maintained his established position of being the first Harlequin on the boards. In appearance and execution he was the very beau ideal of the character. Never were his agile lightness and the remarkable neatness, combined with brilliancy, which renders his dancing so Much admired by all competent judges, more admirably developed, or more thoroughly appreciated and applauded. He had the good fortune to have the co-operation of no ordi nary Columbine in Miss Carlotta Leclerq, who looked singularly pretty and graceful in her dress of simple white, which contrasted most tastefully with Cor mack's glittering costume. The part of gentle Co - lumbine is seldom sustained by a clanger of such excel lence as Miss Leclercq, and it was consequently quite a treat to witness The pas de deux introduced at inter vals by this accomplished pair. Paulo was, as usual, a capital Pantaloon, banged and buffetted by the re morseless Flexmore, but ever fresh and ready for more. The impersonation of the Sprite by H. Wright was one of the most perfect things in the piece. We were among the first to hail the talent evinced by this very clever and rising young artist last season, and are pleased to find that his extraordi nary natural abilities in his difficult line of business have evidently received the improvement resulting from careful practice in the interim. Flexmore may well be proud of his pupil, who is already a valuable ac quisition to any theatre ; nor need he fear " letting him out," for we feel cettain that the junior has it in him to achieve feats which would make the spectators rub their eyes, and establish a firm conviction, in many worthy individuals, that be had not a single bone in his entire body. Such an ensemble of pantomimic talent, as presented by the five whose names have been recounted, is wonderful; sad, we are strongly inclined to suspect, unique in the metropolis. The last scene of all, " A Grand Allegorical Tableau, the Crystal Palace of all Na tions," was splendidly beautiful, and the curtain de • scended amidst the unanimous cheers of a house crowded in every department to the utmost limits. The miss en scene was first-rate throughout. Previous to the pantomime, the exquisite delineations of the Stranger and Mrs. Haller, by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean, were enthusiastically appreciated, and we con gratulate those matchless artists, and the pair of emi nent comicalities associated with them in the ma nagement, on the prosperous results which must ensue from their successful catering to the public aste on the - first " Boxing-night" of their dynasty. OLYMPIC THEATRE. The performances here last night commenced with The Merchant of Venice, with G. V. Brooke as Shy lock. He has now nearly recoved his fine voice, and be never acted better than last evening ; whenever be appeared the audience, at other times noisy, were bushed into silence and attention. The scene with Tubal, and the trial scene, were triumphs of acting. The piece was very strongly cast, Mrs. Stirling being Portia; Mr. L. Murray, Bassanio; Mr. H. Farren, Gratiano • and Mr. Compton, Launcelot Gobbo. The grand C hristmas piece which followed is a burlesque which, br its witty dialogue, its beautiful scenery, its graceful dances, arellits gorgeous costumes reminds us forcibly of the Olympic burlesques during the Vestris dynasty. This new burlesque, %lief' is' written by Mr. Tom Taylor, is entitled Prince Dorus, or the Romance of the Nose, and is founded on the fairy tale of the sane name by the Countess d'Aul. nois. The plot of the fairy tale is well known. A malevolent old fairy, in revenge for • not having been invited to the birth of Prince Dorus, bestows upon bim a nose of unusual size, which is only to become reduced in length when he himself discovers that it is too long. He grows up, but without discovering that his nose is of more than the proper length, nor does he find it out until he is about to marry, when, wishing to kiss the lady of his choice ,and bei ng p reven t e d b y t h e l engt h o f his pro- boscis, he becomes aware of his defect, the evil charm is kokelA Arad his nose becomes of the ordinary size. Upon this outline of a plot, a lery capital burlesque has been constructed. Prince Dorus (Mr. 11. Farren), at twenty years of age, ad vertises for a wife, and ladies who are desirous of the honour of his alliance send him their portraits, which are endowed by Sir Clairvoyant (Mr. William Farren, jun.), the Court physician and mesmi rig, magnetiser and magician in ordinary, with the power of speech, when they all exclaim against the Prince's nose. Count Cequeluche (Mr. Compton), gold stick in waiting, for something better, endeavours in vain to pacify them. The Prince, however, has fixed his choice upon the Princess Mignonette (Miss Louisa Howard), and Coqueluche bas been equally snaitLen by her attendant, the Lady Blualte (Miss Ellen Ai' irner). Sir Clair voyant and Sir Carmine (Mr. W. Sbalders), the Court painter, who have become ent4moured of the same two ladies, carry them off. They are pursued by the Prince and Count Coqueluche, who, after a variety of adventures by earth, air, fire, and water, in which they are protected of course by the good fairies, manage to dispel the charms of Sir Clairvol ant and obtain possession of their lady loves. The piece was splendidly got up, the scenery being excellent, and the dresses, which were in the style of those in the pictures of Watteau, of the most gor geous description. Several dances were introduced which would have done credit to the Italian Opera, Mdlle. Adele being . theprificipal danseuse. The charm ing Princess Mignonette was well represented by Miss Louisa Howard, it - being impossible to say which change of dress she looked the best in, whether as a shepherdess, dressed a la Watteau, as the Rose, the Queen of the Flowers, or as a water-nymph. Compton in Count Coqueluche was as quaint and humorous as ever, making every one of his jokes tell most effectively. H. Farren, W. Farren, jun., and W. Shalders were also very good in the other cha racters. The scene of the Picture Gallery, in which all the portraits ofthe various princesses werediscovered, was very well managed, and had a beautiful effect. The Lake of Lillies by moonlight was also a very well painted scene, and the last scene and tableau of the Bower of Stars and gorgeous bouquet of Beauty was not at all inferior to the celebrated last scene in the Island of Jewels. The house was crowded, and the burlesque was much applauded, and when it has been somewhat shortened will no doubt have a long run. TIE SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE. A crowded and very unusually noisy audience as sembled at this theatre last night to witness the first performance of the new Christmas pantomime. Boxes, pit, and gallery were alike filled to overflowing, and the inconvenience endured from the heat and pressure must have been extreme. The performances opened with Southern's tragedy of Isabella, the principal characters of which were sustained _kl` Miss Glyn, Mr. Marston, Mr. Bennett, and Mr. Waller, and so far as could be judged from a pantomimic performance the play appeared to be well cast and judiciously per formed ; but owing to the uproar that prevailed, arising, it must be admitted, from a riotous spirit of fun more than any worse feeling, the tragedy was gone through from beginning to end pretty much in dumb show. Then followed the event of the evening, the new pantomine, entitled Harlequin and the louse that Jack Built in 1851. It will, of course, be per oeived atonce that advantage was taken of the greqt forthcoming Exhibition to procure a Litt ii for the panto mfzne, and , toccreate, a prepossession in favouz .of .it ;, and expectation was so far satisfied, that one of the opening scenes exhibited a very beautiful representa tion of the crystal palace, which called forth the loud and repeated applause of the audience—a feeling that was in no way diminished as the Nepaulese Ambas sador, Jenny Lind, and various other distinguished personages arrived to visit it ; but when a clerical looking personage arrived, intended, apparently, to represent Cardinal Wiseman, he was unceremoniously dismissed from the stage as not good enough to keep company with the other visitors. This was about the only allusion to the late polemical discussions "that occurred in the course of the evening. The scene, however, in a short time changed to the adven tures of Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp; and after going through the prominent passages in the life of that worthy, Aladdin was changed into Harlequin, the Sultan's daughter into Columbine, the Sultan into Clown, and Alad din's Mother into Pantaloon. These parts were sustained by Mr; .C. Fenton, Miss Caroline Park es , Mr. Charles Stilt,: and M r . aylor. There was also a Sprite, enacted by Mr. R. Stilt, and a Juvenile Clown, performed by a little lithe limbed fellow, Master Charles Stilt. Then followed the usual tricks and transformations which, from time immemorial, have formed the wonder and delight of the juvenile audiences assembled on these occasions. The panto mime was more political in its allusions than we re member it to have been in former years; and we cannot say that the fun was increas e d b y this no velty. The author was apparently afraid of car rying one of his political hits to its legitimate point, lest he should offend some one or other in the audience. When little John's Bills for next session turned into a long Parliamentary train, the clumsy vehicle, ' valich evinced its name in the slowness of its mo tion, was rolled off the stage amidst the silent wonder of the audience, who seemed hardly to know whether a satire or a eulogy was intended. It was otherwise in the case of Lord Brougham, whose _various and übiquitous appearances, as an English chancellor, a French citizen, an American schoolmaster, a boar hunter at Cannes, and a poacher in Westmoreland, elicited great laughter and applause • and the pro posed monument to Sir Robert P ee l, being a tableaux of a family in hunger and despair on one side, and a large twopenny loaf on the other, as an illustration of "old and of new times, was, though perhaps not very original, warmly applauded. It must be added that there were a few mischances in the moving of the machinery incident to every first performance; but we are not sure that the failures thus caused were not among the greatest sources of enjoyment to the good natured but noisy audience. MARYLEBONE THEATRE. The performances here last night were of the good old legitimate school, and the audience of the real holiday sort ; a pantomime they came out to see, and nothing else would they pay attention to. The tragedy of George Barnwell preceded the all-important event of the night, including in its cast Mr. Dickinson, Mr. Grant, J. Herbert, J. W. Simpson, Miss Isabel Simpson, and Mrs. H. Vining, all of whom exerted themselves to the utmost, but all in vain, for scarcely one word of the whole tragedy was audible, and all parties, actors and audience, seemed heartily glad when it was over. In the due course of time the period arrived, and up rose the curtain on the pantomime of Harlequin Alfred the Great; or, the Magic Bango and the Mystic Raven, and the opening commences in the playground of despair, where the Demon of Despair is rejoicing at the state persons arrive at who indulge in the Blue Devils, and shows four tableaux of the stages of Despair. The first, " The Betrayed Maiden ;" the second, " The Poor Needle woman ;" the third, " The Gambler ;" and last, " The Manager at Christmas Time despairing that he has not a Pantomime." This increases Despair's joy, when Hope appears, and visits the last of the four tableaux, and tells him, " There's a good Time com ing," for the shade of Grimaldi hangs over their head. The subject of Alfred the Great is fixed upon for the harlequinade, and we are then carried to earth, where the main incidents in the life of that monarch are most admirably burlesqued, more particularly the scene in the swineherd's cottage. His love for Ethels witha is also made a feature of, and the opening con cludes at the camp of Guthrum, the Dane, where Alfred, throwing off his disguise, announces him self, when Hope steps forward and frustrates Despair, by changing Alfred into Harlequin, the Swineherd into Pantaloon, Guthrum into Clown, and the fair Ethelswitha to Columbine. The fun then commences, and the game speeds merrily through a number of scenes, local and otherwise, until the pur suit is ended, and all parties meet in the realms of hope, a most beautiful fairy tableaux. The scene that elicited the most applause was the change from Hyde Park to the Crystal Palace, a very clever mechanical effect. The Pope, General Haynau, and nearly all the events of the past year, are most happily hit off, and were loudly cheered. Mr. T. Matthews was the Clown, Mdlle. Louise Blanche Columbine, Mr. Mor land Harlequin, and Mr. Lloyd Pantaloon. The sce nery and dresses were excellent, and everything has been done to secure a good run. The house was crammed to suffocation, and the performances did not conclude until a late hour. [We are compelled for want of space to defer till to morrow several notices of Theatres, the Exhibi tions, &c.] isthhaetrr the e errors. Virgin i The n AN EPISCOPAL MINISTER ON TRIAL FOR ROMAN ISM charges trial a heresy gains t in h holdingim are,andhat he teaching a s taught ßom —The Rev. 0. S. Prescott, of Bosto n , U n i te d Stat o Mary is an object of worship ; the doctrine of transubstan tiation ; that auricular confession to a priest on the part of the members is pr, of the Ch urc h oper, and allowable and profitable; that priestly absolution, in' connexion with auricular confession, is allowablE, and desirable and profitable ; and that he has adopted customs and practices repegnant to the teachings of the Church, contrary to the spirit and meaning of her standards, as well as opposed to her established usages, and a violation of her common law. Tl:e standing committee of the diocese of Massachusetts, i.ppointed by Bishop Eastburn as an ecclesiastical court for the trial of the reverend gtritlemv, have requested the Bishop to institute proceedings in accordance with the canons made for the determination of such cases. FORT GSORGE.—The portion of the Crown land attached to Fort George, with the fishings along the coast, was on Friday last sold at Stevenson's rooms, George-street, at 6,5001. The purchaser was A gentleman of this city.— Edinburgh Advertiser. MADAME LAFFRAGE.--A letter from Montpelier states, that the health of Madame Laffrage has declined so much, that but little hope is entertained of saving her life. It is proposed to remove her to a Maison de Sante, but that measure, it is thought, will not prove of any avail. x ~ .