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The Mat .f..tions by frede,ielt W Fairhoit, F.S.A. • This is a book in which the Bannatyne ar.d the Roxburgh Clubs would have delighted ; printed in a quarto size, on the very finest paper, with the most beautifully clear type, and profusely illustrated by exquisite copper-plate engravings and magnificent il luminations—published, moreover, in an ornamental cover—it has altogether a very aristocratical app:!ar ance. There is an excellent paper in the present number, entitled " History of Art in the Middle Ages, as exhibited in Illuminated Manuscripts." This paper is profusely illustrated by woodcut en gravings from ancient illuminations. From a paper on obsolete punishments we extract the following account of the last recorded instance in which the punishment of ducking was inflicted on a scold by sentence of the law : " Nearly all town accounts during the sixteenth cen tury and the commencement of the seventeenth contain entries relating to tiles, impleitunts of punishment. The practice of ducking continued through the whole of the seventeenth century, and the name, now no longer un derstoOd in its original form, began to be changed from eucking-stcol to ducking-steol. Instances of this PoniShinent being put in practice occur as late us the Middle of the last cuntury. In Brand's ' Popular An tiquities' an extract is given from a London newspaper of the year 1745, stating that 'last week a woman that keeps the Queen's Head alehouse at Kingston, in Surrey, Was ordered by the Court to be duckd fir scolding, and Was accordingly placed in the chair, and ducked in the river Thames, under Kingston•bri&T, in the presence of two or three thousand people.' The guilty individual .appears to have been often carried to the place of punish ment in procession by the mob. Our readers will re member the description of such a procession in Hudi bras,' which makes the subject of one of Hogarth's illus trations of that poem." 711 R WORLD OF LONDON.-A TY SERIES. Mr. Fisher Murray is already favourably known to the public by his papers on London, which ap peared from .time to time in Blackwood. Mr. Murray is a shrewd obsarver, and descants on men and manners in a bold, sarcastic, quaint style, which is exceedingly amusing. Take the following on the Power of Parliament, as an example : " Something awful is there in contemplating in ima gination the power of Parliament. " What corner of the war or remote world is not, or has not been, at one time or another, influenced by its deliberations, its orations, its enactments ? " Over what class or denomination of men does not its mighty power extend ? " Nothing is too large for the grasp of its long hand, nothing too little. Sceptres it wrenches from the hands of kings, and seizes pickpockets by the collar. Dynasties are by its might ov, rthrown, and stalls of octogenarian applewomen ; princes it binds in chains, and emancipates the quadrupedal captives of the dog trucks. Its fiat sends forth havoc and desolation over distant lands, and at home forbiddeth little boys to play at taw upon the pavement ; it changeth whatever it listeth, and whenever it listeth changeth what it bath changed. " It bringeth in an Act to amend an Act, and an Act to amend the amendment, and maketh an Act to explain an Act, passing all understanding ! " It takcth the crown from the head of one man, and putteth it upon the head of another ; and maketh every oly swear allegiance to the same, "It changeth its religion, enacting that everybody Shall believe that it hath changed, Rot from false to true, .or from true to false, but from true to true ; and every body that cloth not so believe, or pretend to believe, it hurteth in their lives, liberties, and properties. " It putteth at will its hand into the pocket of every body, t a king therefrom gold and silver, nor disdaining bras s , telling everybody that this it doeth for his protec tion, and everybody submits, and hath no remedy. It laugheth in its sleeve, and cajole th, and coaxeth, and !vaxeth wroth with aver) body ; it giveth anybody leave to live upon everybody, and unactah that anybody who 13 not living upon everybody may live ho.v they can ; it maketh anybody to be ever) body, and everybody to be nobody. " It babbleth for six months in the year, more loqua cious than fish-retailing fag of Billingsgate ; and al though it pretendeth to speak in a whisper, yet is indig nant if its talk be not retailed next morning over all the tom a, " It beginneth shat it calleth its business when nit n of business are asleep. It babbleth droningly through . the long hours of night, and the short hours of morning, and goeth to bed when it hath levied enough taxes ; the World in general then getteth up, to slave, and strive, and struggle to pay the taxes, and aboureth all dav, till !light, when Parliament getteth up. goeth to the 'louse, athbleth, and levieth more and more taxes ; and this It doeth eternally, a machine of perpetual tax-motion !" Ur. Murray, however, can be serious when mut • 1 4.0 ti, requires and many of his reflections show that "e is a deep thinker, a philosopher, and a philan thropist. After describing the miserable abodes of the artisans in the metropolis, and expressing a wish, t hat capital, now so superabundant, could be directed toWards the improvement of the dwellings of the Working classes, he proceeds : But unless a man is either, wealthy or a pauper, no "re is taken to give him a decent abode ; humble in. Fustry may hide its head where it can ; as long as it is !n Working order we take no hted of it ; but the minute n is demoralized, or depauperized, we have the most elegant . model-prisons to correct it, and the most beauti lul union workhouses to lock it up in! "If a poor working-man cannot afford to pay 201. t'lear, it is, impossible for him to get a comfortable 2ele; and then, it will be in the outskirts, at a distance " 13 11 t his business, where builders can afford to cover an ~ "Inks of ground with decent cottages ; but no man ~"inks of making his fortune by building in the heart of L ondon, cottages, one on the top of another." This is one of the best books that has been pub• shed on London—just such a book as Washing ,t°,l3 Irving might have produced on the subject, in t he days when he wrote " Salmagundi." All persons Who hitend to make the great metropolis their place of • abode, should not only read but study it. . 4 t 7 ENS'S FIRESIDE LIBRARY. PETER SCHLEMIHL, THE SHADOWLESS MAN. By CHAMISSO. ,This is a reprint of the history of the renowned P eter, who sold his shadow to a certain mysterious G entleman in Grey, and found the want of it ever after *, ards. The present edition is illustrated with some ~?,irited wood-cuts. From the Appendix by the pre -711t editor, we extract the following account of the ll 'cutnstances which induced Chamisso to write this strange tale The origin of Peter Schlemihl is to be ascribed in a Feat degree to circumstances that occurred in the life b th e writer. During the eventful year of 1813, ecn the movement broke out which ultimately freed G ermany from the yoke of her oppressor, and precipi - L ' ated hi s d own f a l, Chatnisso was in Berlin. Every one b ehalf could wield a sword hastened then to employ it on of G e r ma ny and of the good cause. Chatnisso had t only a p o werful arm, but a heart also of truly Ger . 1111' ~_4 ll mould ; and yet he was placed in a situation so culler as to isolate him among millions. As he was 0 P: Pren c h parentage, the question was, not merely whe- C r he s h ou ld fi g ht on behalf of Germany, but also whe- At et he should fight against the people with whom he os a.s connected by the ties of blood and family relation till% Hence arose a struggle in his breast. I, and I % e lle am forbidden at this juncture to wield a sword !' a eh was frequently his exclamation ; and instead of eating with s) mpathy on account of his peculiar sittia r, ha was frequently doomed to hear, in the capital of I,l'Ussia, the head qua , tern of the confederation against di ra nce and Nape.e. , n, expressions of hatred and seem t rceted against his countrymen. lie was himself too itcleUitable to mistake the cause of such expressions, which l ie r e perfectly natural under the circumstances, but they et t erthelesa deeply afflicted him, when they reached his In this state of things his friends resolved to re ln him from such a scene of excitement, and to place x : 9l amid the quiet scenery of the country. An asylum ,14 14 nffered him in the family of Count ltzenplitsch, w here C"nas sufficiently near to become acquainted with the ual development of the all-important crisis, and yet fro m an y unpleasaut personal contact with it. Here, f ro `he family-seat of Cunersdorf, scarcely a day's journey v 0 e ., 1 Berlin, wholly devoted to botany and other fit Vyte pursuits, Chamisso conceived the idea of Peter ,i'enaihl, and with rapid pen finished off the story. eharnisso was often pestered with questions respect- Tt what h e rea lly m e ant by the story of Schlemihl. trkt, lase questions amused as well as annoyed him. The Is, that his intention in writing it was perhaps ft ; c ely of so precise a nature as to admit of his giving t 4t ,mal account of it. The story sprang into being a tte 'flike every work of genius, prompted by a self litt:,.tin,g power. In a letter to the writer of this notice, b oo .: had just commenced the story, he says, ' A zee was the last thing you would have expected from N I - Place it b e for e your wife this evening, if you have % r e; should s h e b e d es irous to know Schlemihl's fur re adventures, and particularly who the man in the t r i cloak i s — sen d me back the MS. immediately, that 1 , 3' continue the story ; but if you do not return it., I sa y know k now the meaning perfectly.' Is it possible for m ore riter to submit himself to the scrutiny of the public good naturedly?" buV /R IVAL OF PART OF THE WINDBOUND FLEET.— heng yesterday the Thames, below Londn-bridge, . tio 4 n animated and bustling appearance, in conse haul" of the arrival of upwards of thirty sail of vessels 11 1 ,;',.with valuable cargoes, that had been detained in Ilteel7 u° Ps of the Channels, some of them nearly three er s - s: oy the late north-easterly winds. Among the . & : 4 , 18 were—from China, 3; Calcutta, 3; Ceylon, 1; 04,; Lt ius, 1; Demerara, 1; Antigua, 1; Alexandria, 1; s' s a , 1 ; Villa Nova, 1; Lisbon, 1; St. Michael's, 4; et tl ' ; Gibraltar, 2 ; Marseilles, 1; Terceira,. 2. 8r us rous other v es s e ls f r om foreign ports having a ue ,!ed too late to get do c ked yesterday afternoon, The ,lored in various parts of the river above the bore. biltl P r esent influx of shipping will occasion considerable a sp ec told activity at the Custom-house and in the rc tirotive docks, where employment will be given to lm pof poor labourers. ETRAORDINARY. A butcher at kitteldog_hani has suc cee d e d t o a f or t une , var i ous ly esti raot, from 8,0001. to 16,000 L, by the death of his th;er, who was transported for uttering base coin about Years ago, but afterwards reformed, married again, amassed considerable wealth, I ADVANTAGES OF RAILROADS. There was a strange contrast between Mr. Morri son's speech on Thursday night and the resolutions introduce.] by it. The .peech was excellent, detail ' ing almost as fully as it is possible to detail, what are the it advaulages promised to the country by railroads, while the resolutions were such as mils . , if adopted, retard perhaps indefinitely the realisation of these advantages. 11'e have often reflected with plea sure upon the manifold benefits, whether for peace or for war, which the country must derive from the universal adoption of the railway system ; but, we confess, that Mr. Morrison's speec . h opened some new and gratifying views to us : we will mention two. First, the extension of our fisheries, the large addi tion to the fool and the employment of the people, as well as to our naval strength, to be anticipated from a source from which no one ever anticipated anything of the kind. The seas that surround Great Britain, " that principal gold mine of the Dutch," as they were called nearly two centuries ago by Sir Josiah Child— the British seas are, as fisheries, perfectly inexhaustible ; yet hitherto the produce of those seas—produce that, if cultivated, % , c ould feed all Europe, has supplied little more than an article of luxury to tl e rich at home, and an article or commerce with a few nations of the south. Fish could not be carried inland with the celerity neces sary for its wholesome use, except at an expense that pl iced is beyond the reach of the humbler and of even the middle classes; hence the number of fishermen and fishing-boats employed, except during the herring fishery, has been comparatively small; another cause ot enhancing the price of this, certainly not the least wholesome article of fool, and preventing the habit of its use obtaining among the people. By railroad, however, fish can be carried in a state of perfect freshness from any ex tremity of the island to its very central point, and we can at once see how rapidly will extend the consumption of this savoury and eminently whole some kind of food, cooked more rapidly, more neatly, and more economically than any other, when we learn that in so populous a place as Manchester fish of the best quality has been reduced to one-t ighth of is former price, reduced to a price equivalent in household consumption to about three pence a pound of the best butcher's meat. As the habit of consum ing fish grows, the numbers of fishermen and fishing boats will be multiplied, and in this way will be ex tended broadly the basis of the naval power of Eng land, concurrently with a great increase to the com fort of her people. We can see no gap in the chain of causes and effects ; but we repeat it—this is a benefit from railroads foreseen by few, if by any. The next advantage from railroads—scarcely, if at all appreciated—is the circulation of labour. This has proceeded to some extent ; but it is plain that the operation of the benefit is not yet perfectly under stood, or we should not hear men saying, " How can the labourer take advantage of railroads, when it would cost him to travel 200 miles by the cheapest mode nearly 17s. ?" The circulation of labour, to be expected or to be desired, however, does not contemplate journeys of 200 miles, or 100 miles, or more then 10 or 20 miles to the individual labourer. Labour may circulate to any imaginable extent, and yet the labourer not leave his paternal cottage twenty miles behind him. Let us explain what we mean by an example :—There is a redun dant. supply of labour, say at Dover; a demand for labour in London ; while the demand and supply are equal in the intermediate places. This is the process by which the balance between Dover and London will be redressed. Without tearing men altogether from old associations, and withdrawing them from the protection and support of a good character, earned by their former conduct, London will be supplied, let us say, from Croydon; the deficiency thus created at Croy don supplied from Reigate, Reigate reimbursed from Tunbridge, until Dover shall have found at Ashford a vacancy created for its surplus labour. It is thus that railroads will not only provide a means of circu lation of labour amply sufficient in all extreme cases, but also render this practice of moderate emigration a custom among the people that will,in fact, permanently adjust the supply to the demand. These two advantages, from the adoption generally of rail road intercourse, the improvement of fisheries and the circulation of labour, are, it is to be remembered, mere additions to the other advantages with which the public are familiar; but they are advantages of inappreciable value. We must new come to Mr. Morrison's resolutions, which, so far from corre spondinfe with his acknowledgment of the ines timabie'importance of the promotion of railroads, would impose severe restrictions upon the develop ment of this great element of social advancement, by limiting the profits to be derived from them to their promoters. Mr. Morrison's suggestion, however, rests upon the unfounded resumption, that wherever there is no parallel competition there must be monopoly and extortion. The assump tion is, as we have intimated, wholly groundless • in many cases ; eminently so in the case of railroads. There will always be the competi tion of what we may call the moral via inertie, in cases where men are not under an absolute compul sion to move from place to pl ice, and it is impossible to suppose that any considerable portion of the people can be compelled absolutely to locomotion. If rail road travelling is made dear, men will not travel— that must be the inevitable result. We have now four or five journeys made for one that was made a dozen years a,o, merely because railroad travelling is so much less expensive of money and of time, which in England is money's worth, than coach tra velling; but let the railroad companies bring up the twofold expense of travelling to the old standard, and journeys will be reduced to a fifth of their present • number as the inevitable effect of the moral vis inertia? competition. This is the security that the public has against excessive charges, and it is a security quite sufficient.—Hera/d. WILSON'S SCOTTISH ENTER TAINMENTS. The announcement that Mr. Wilson would recom mence the favourite and popular entertainment of Prince Charles's Adventures in the Highlands, comprising the choicest of Jacobite songs and anecdotes, drew together, last night, a crowded and fashionable audience at the Music•hall. We have so often and repeatedly expressed our admiration of this class of amusement, that it would be superfluous to repeat it here ; but we may remark that Mr. Wilson, being the originator of these entertain ments, which have now become so numerous, is entitled to the highest praise of the public, which they fully tes tify by their numerous attendance to listen to his dis course of " song and tale," not only last night, but on every night of his appearance. All the songs of the programme were deservedly applauded, and many were lustily encored. Among those were—" Wha would na, fecht for Charlie," " Hey Johnnie Cope," and " Allis ter M‘Allister," all which were sung with the most thrilling enthusiasm by the " minstrel." After the songs of the evening were given, Mr. Wilson announced that he had the honour of being requested by Major Burns, son of the " Bard," who, with a party, occupied a box there, to sing " Scots wha hae wi' Wallace bled," the composition of his immortal father ; also, in corn; phanee with another, to give the humourous song of " Hame cam our gude man." The former was recited in a spirited style, such as Wilson alone is capable of in fusing into a song of so noble and national a character ; and the latter, by his happy mimicry of the dialogue between the " gude man and gude elicited bursts of laughter. At the conclusion of the entertainment, Mr. Wilson received tokens of the enjoyment his au d:ence had received by the hearty applause with which he was cheered on leaving the platform, which he well &served, fur he is not only a favourite here, but also in the provinces. The Very Rev. the Dean of Chester and family have been placed in mourning, by the demise, last week, at Sudbury Rectory, of the reverend gentleman's youngest son, Lieutenant Thomas Ar von, of the Royal Navy. The deceased gallant officer was brother to Mr. Georfe Edward Anson, treasurer to his Royal highness Prince Albert. The oft-repeated rumour respecting an alteration in the conveyance of mails to and from this island, and the transf:•r of the service from the regular mail pa,:kets to the Southampton steamers, has again been revived during the past week. From the information we have been enabled to collect, it would appear that there is some founstation for the report this time, and that the South-Western Company have received notice to be in readiness for the 15th of April.—Jerscij Times. DINNER TO SIR HENRY POTTINGER.—At a spe cial meeting of the town council held to-day in their hall, Wilson-street, it was unanimously resolved to in vite Sir Henry Pottinger to dine with the corporation on the occasion of his visit to Glasgow, on the 16th of April next ; also to present Sir Henry with the freedom of the city, in testimony of their respect fur his eminent public services.—Glasgow Saturday Post. CONVICTS FOR VAN DIEMEN'S LAND AND BER MUDA.—About 220 convicts were brought from the Mil bank prison, in Westminster, to the Theresa, hired con vict transport ship, off Woolwich, for conveyance toNew South Wales. About 200 convicts were brought dowh last week, and put on board the Warrior, preparatory to being transferred to the China, hired convict ship, for conveyance to Bermuda. MILTON, NEXT GRAVESEND.—Mr. William Creme, of Erith Cottage, Old Kent-road, died on Saturday, the 15th instant, in the 80th year of his age. Be was the man that brought the first news to Lord Liverpool of the glorious victory over the French army at Waterloo. Mr. W. Creme at that time was a resident at Ostend. A SAGACIOUS DoG.—On Saturday afternoon a large mastiff dog, kept by Mr. William Semmence, at High Lanes, rushed into the dwelling-hoes ~ barking and howling violently. The inmates, thinking this was occasioned by some person passing by, took no notice of it, till the faithful watch •dog caught one of Mr. Sem mence's daughters by her clothes, and dragged her out side the house ; he then let her go, and began barking and leaping up towards the roof, which the young wo man immediately dise,vered to be on fire. It was soon perceived that there was no possibility of saving the house from destruction ; the inmates, therefore, con tented themselves with removing the furniture. The fire soon extended to an adjoining house, occupied by Nicholas Oliver, which was also reduced to ruins, the inmates succeeding in saving their furniture. The pre mises were not insured.-•Falmouth Packet. FRENCH RAILWAY COMPANIES. • The following is the Bill drawn up by the Cons : rnittee appointed by-the Chamber of Peers to examine • Count I)aru's proposition relative to the proceedings of railroad Companies : Art. 1. Companies formed for the partiel or in ' tegral execution of railroads cannot, under the pe nalties fixed by Art. 419 of the penal code, create or issue shares or promises of shares, before the period that they shall have been constituted en socidie anonyme, in the forms crdered by Art. 37 of the commercial code. Art. 2. There can only be delivered to - übscribers a receipt of the sums or assets by them paid in. This receipt shall be addressed to each person by name. It shall be cut off from a register kept for the pur pose, and shall have a fixed nuniber. It shall men tion the number of shares demanded by the subscriber; and, in addition, shall state, first, the purport of Arts. 4 and sof the present Bill ; and, second, the obligation under which each- subscriber lies, to ex change the receipt for shares, when the society shall have been legally constituted. Art. 3. These receipts cannot be quoted at the Bourse. All publications whatever of their value, be fore the issue of the royal ordonnance authorising the - formation of the company, shall be punished by a fine of from 500 f. to 3,000 f. Art. 4. These receipts cannot in any way be transferred or ceded, in totality or in part, under pain of nullity of all negotiation of the kind. The sums paid for any such negotiations may be remanded and sued for. Art. 5. Furthermore, all persons engaged in such negotiation of receipts, whether principals or agents, may be punished by fines not exceeding the capital of the values negotia ed. Art. 6. All notaries, agens de change, or other per soes who may assist in such negotiations, are to be liable to lose their places, and in addition to be fined from 500 f. to 5,000 f. for each negotiation. Art. 7. No adjudication of any railroad line can be definitively approved of by royal ordonnance, unless the socide anonynie shall have been at the same lime authorised in the form prescribed by Article 37 of the Communal Code. , Art. 8. Within the month after the issue of the royal ordonnance, the receipts shall be changed for shares. Should the subscriber not appear in person to claim his shares, the authority which he gives to his agent or representative must be in authentic form, and must bear date posterior to the royal or donnance. Art. 9. After the delivery of the shares, the ori ginal subscribers shall not remain responsible to the company for more than five-tenths of the nominal ca pital of the shares, for which they have subscribed. Art. 10. The first payment of each subscription cannot be inferior to the tenth of the nominal value of the shares subscribed for. Art.ll. The projectors, directors, or provisional managers of the company are personally and con jointly responsible to the subscribers'and to the com pany, for the safe-keeping and , employment of the sums paid in. Art. 12. The funds arising from the subscriptions are to be paid into the Casse des Depots et Consigna tions within ten days after they have been received, under penalty of the application of Art 40 of the Penal (Jude. Art. 13. The Caisse des Depots et Consignations shall draw the interests that may fall due, and shall credit the company therewith, the company account ing for the same to the subscribers. • Art. 14. The company to which the concession is granted may draw out its funds, with the interest thereon, as eoon as it shall have been regularly con stituted by royal ordonnance. In case of non-con• cession, the funds deposited as ordered above, and the interests thereon, shall be paid back to the subscribers, the lawful expenses being always deducted. Art. 15. It is forbidden, under pain of nullity of all the proceedings, to stipulate in the provisional statutes any indemnity, retribution, or salary what ever, to the projectors, directors, or temporary managers. Art. 16. The designation of the directors or ma nagers in the statutes, before the approbation by Royal ordonnance, is essentially provisional. Art. 17. 'Within three months after the Royal ordon nance, the shareholders shall be convoked in a general meeting,'; o definitively appoint directors or managers —to fix their emoluments—and to determine and re pay all that may be due to the projectors, for ad vances, cost of surveys, or other expenses. THE MISSING PACKET SHIPS. (From the Liverpool Albion.) The missing packet ships, United States and England, the former of which sailod from Liverpool on the 26th of November, the latter on the Ist of December, conti nued, when the last accounts left New York, to be the theme of deep anxiety on the part of the owners and the public. - Both the vessels had valuable cargoes. One of the cabin passengers on board of the United States was the Rev. Mr. Tulloch, who fled from Scotland after com witting forgery, and after whom an officer was dispatched by the steamer ; had he reached his destination he would have been immediately arrested. We subjoin a list of the crew and passengers on board of each vessel, their fate, we fear, being no longer problematical : PACKET SHIP ENGLAND.—SaITIUt 1 Bartlett, master ; A. W. Trubsliatia, mate ; Seth 1). Keys, second ditto ; Charles Wilson, carpenter ; Wm. M'Cormick, Robert Henry, Edward Dugdale, James Stevenson, John Ander son, George Wolsey, Sampson King, James Morgan, Colen M`Carthy, Thomas Byard, all of New York ; Ro derick M`Donald, of Maine ; John Williams, of Rhode Island ; John O'Netle, of Maryland ; Stephen Reed, of ditto ; Theodore Thompson, of Sweden ; Olaf Wilson, of ditto ; John Douglass, of Hamburgh ; James Thomas, of England. Passengers—None in the cabin. Steerage: John Jennings, Mary B e n n y, P e t er Boyle, henry M o ncer, Patrickßanyun, Michael Williams, Robert Gilchrist, James Marson, Robert Atkins, Daniel Scunlon, Barney Doneghan, James M'Gough, Michael Donaghey, Mary Ann Kerr, Sarah Kerr, Francis - M‘Kerne, Michael Deulin, James Allen, Mrs. Mattenly, Mary Ann Mat tenly, William Mattenly, Biddy M'Cabe, Rose Quillen, Richard Tyson, Peter Reilly, John Brown, Mary Brown, Luke Allet, Easter Allet, William Downs, Margaret M'Guire, John Bibby, William Douglas, James Mulhol land, Eliza Mu holland, Ann and infant Mulholland, William Blake,William Culbert, Margaret Lovatt, Mary Al‘Cloud, John Knowles, Daniel Wright, Henry Spence, Robert Hamilton, John Armstrong, Ellen M'Cary, Ca therine Beresford, John Beresford, ThomaS Beresford, Joseph Beresford, Rose Anne Beresford, James Corri gay, Mr.rg,aret Walton, Bridget Donovan, Sarah Com stock, Mary Comstock, Jane Comstock, John Comstock, Sarah Comstock, Thomas Wyfield, Mary Donaghey, James Donaghey, Mary Donaghey, John Donaghey, Isabel la Donaghey. PACKET SHIP UNITED STATES.—Alexander Britton, master; John Crafts, mate; Francis Donnell, second ditto; Robert M'Auley, Samuel Ditcher, Peter Rut ledge, Fiancia Ramsers, Daniel Clark, George Lewis, John Brotter, George Dickson, all of New York; It. G. Pettit, of New Jersey; William Gates, John Powers, Henry Anderson, John Williams, William Taylor, Wm. Johnson, all of MasFachusetts ; William Thompson and Henry Taylor, of Maine ; John Williams and James Hogan, of Pennsylvania ; F. A. Davis, of Connecticut ; Nicholas Pierce, of Antwerp. -- - Cabin Passengers—Mr. Hull and the Rev. Mr. Tulloch. Steerage—James Birchall, B. Malone, Elizabeth Ma lone, Charles Long. Luke Muldary. J ,hn Tophum, Ann and infant Tophurn, Ann Moore, Archy Lyna, Wm. Gribbs, Jane Mullen, Catherine Mullen, Mac Switza, Mrs. Switza, James Darcy, Thomas Williams, Eliza and infant ` Williams,ams, Richard Williams, Alice Williams, William Tims, Mary Ann and infant Tims, Biddy M'Guirk, Mary and infant M'Guirk, Arthur M'Guirk, Biddy Wads, Margaret Sales, Pat Burke, Henry Tray nore, Mary M‘Williaros, Biddy M.Wifliams, Barney Kelly, John M'Manus, Pat Reynolds, Michael Porter, Thomas Guirk, Sarah Guirk, John Guirk, Francis Guirk, Sarah Guirk, John Naylor, John May, T. S. Saunderson, Peter Mullen, John M•Naughton. ON BOARD THE ENGLAND.—Officers and crew, 22 ; steerage passengers, 68 : 90. On board the United Stutes :—Officers and crew, 24 ; cabin passengers, 2 ; steerage passengers, 48 : 74. Total in the two ships, 164. FlREs.—Last night, shortly before midnight, a fire broke out on the premises in the occupation of Mr. R. Hurst, trimming manufacturer, 10, Quaker-street, Spitalfields. The building in which the outbreak oc curred is a substantial erection situate next door to the Castle public-house. Flames were first perceived issu ing from the windows of one of the lower floors under neath the workshops by police-constable Wright, .52 1-1. He instantly gave the alarm, and the family escaped from the burning building. Information of the outbreak was immediately forwarded to Mr. Braidwood, at the Watling-street station, and in a short space of time engines from Watling-street, Jeffery square, White cross-street, and other stations of the brigade, were upon the spot. For some time, although a plentiful supply of water was furnished to the engine belonging to Messrs. Truman and Hanbury's establishment, which was first at the fire, the flames continued to progress, and it was with difficulty that the fire was got under, and pi evented from extending to the adjoining buildings. How it originated could not be ascertained. Before the above fire was extinguished information was received by the firemen that another outbreak had occurred upon the premises occupied by Mr. Freeman, furniture broker, Crombie's-row, Commercial-road East. A valuable stock was principally destroyed by fife and water. Cause of occurrence unexplained. Insurance unknown. MANCHESTER.—The corporation have completed negotiations with Sir Oswald Mosley, Bart., for the pur chase of the manorial rights of the town, which are esti mated to be worth 218,7551. The average proceeds for the last few years have been 9,214/. 16s. 81, arising from tolls, properties, &c. The council, after mature deliberation, have agreed to pay Sir Oswald Mosley the sum of 200,000/. for the whole of his manorial rights and properties, and to mortgage them for the interest of the amount, which is to be paid at the rate of 31 per cent: per annum. They have also agreed to pay off the prin cipal by instalments of not less than 4,0001, and of not more than 6,000/. per annum. By this arrangement' it is calculated that the tolls, chief rents, &c., will realise 1,000/. a year more than the _SUM required to pay the interest. Mr. Stephenson, private secretary to Sir Robert Peel, has been appointed messenger to the Order cf the Bath, vacant by the retirement of Mr. Putman. The more proper designation of the °thee would be that of receiver-genetal and treasurer to the Order. --Observer. DINNER at the MANSION-HOUSE. Yesterday the Lord Mayor gave a grand entertain ment in the Egyptian-hall, at the Mansion-house, when about three hundred sat down to a sumptuous banquet. Amongst the distinguished guests present were Lord Stanley, the Earl of Lincoln, the Chancellor of the Exch«ver, the Bishop of Llandaff, the Bishop of Peter borough, Mr. Baron Rolfe, Sir H. Pottinger, the Cheva lier Bunsen, the Prussian Ambas , ador, the Buenos Ayres Minister, Sir Ft lix Booth, Alderman Moon, &c. After the b inqu, t, the cloth havinr , been removed, and "Nun nobis" sung by the professional singers engaged, The LORD MAYOR gave " The Health of the Queen," and in doing so reminded the assembly of the high honour which her Majesty had done to the City of Lon don within the last twelvemonth, by presiding at the opening of the Royal Exchange, and also by visiting Christ's Hospital at supper time. The toast was drunk amidst enthusiastic chcerirg. " God save the Queen." The LORD MAYOR then gave " The Queen Dowager," which was drunk with all the honours.—Glee. . The LORD MAYOR then gave " Prince Albert and the rest of phe Royal Family," observing that his Royal Highness had become a governor of all the royal hos pitals in the City.—(Hear.) Drunk amidst loud cheer- The next toast wag " The Army and Navy." " Rule Britannia." The LORD MAYOR then gave_ " The Health of the Foreign Ministers in this country." The Chevalier BUNSEN, the Prussian Minister, re turned thanks, and expatiated on the importance of maintaining peace, for the benefit of the communities of all the states in Europe. Whilst England maintained her present firm position, in opposition to hostile move ments, it was impossible for any nation in Europe to disturb the present amicable state of affairs.—(Hear.) The LORD MAYOR then gave " The Health of her Majesty's Ministers," and complimented them upon the manner in is hich they had restored the balance between the revenue and expenditure of the country.—(Hear.) Lord STANLEY begged to return thanks for the honour which had been clone to himself and the colleagues with whom he had the pleasure to co-operate. In under-• taking this pleasing task he could not help regretting the absence of other members of the Administration, who, he was sure, would have felt proud to have been present on this occasion. The Premier had gone to his family seat in Warwickshire, and the Duke of Wellington had been obliged also, by the infirmities which age brought upon him, to go into the country during the vacation. But he was happy to say, and he thanked God fOr being able to say it, that the infirmities of the body were not accompanied by any diminution 'of the mental faculties.— (Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord then proceeded to say that he cordially concurred with his Excellency the Prussian Minister as to the importance of the main tenance of peace. War presented no advantages com mensurate with the horrors which it incurred. A rart from all religious grounds of opposition, he believed it was now generally agreed that the horrors of war should not be wantonly incurred by the nations of the world.—(Hear,.- -hear) The inci dents of war were of a terrible and revolting cha raCter, which would not be incurred unless under the most stringent occasion. —(hear, hear.) Considering the matter in this light, her Majesty's Government had telt it their duty, whenever a difference of opinion arose with a foreign power, not weakly to yield to the demands of that power, but to ask for those explanations which by the nature of the case could be given; and it Lad not occurred in any of these cases that they had had occasion to desire to seek other means of ebtaining what was their due.—(Hear, hear.) Whilst seeking to promote a general peace, however, the Government had not neglected to place the resources of the country on such a footing as to enable them to meet at any time any hostile movement which might be made against them. With this view, their first object had been to place the resources of the country upon such a footing that they should be well prepared to meet any fair demand that might come be fore them. The equalisation of the expenditure and the revenue of the country was one of the first points of anxiety with her Majesty's Ministers, and the country, by generously seconding and promoting those views, had ably done its duty, and- ensured a permanent advantage to their commercial relations and fiscal position.—(Hear.) Her Majesty's Ministers, after the success which had attended them in this matter, felt with pleasure that, if at ary period, however near, they should be superseded in their official position, they had laid the foundation for a permanent peace, which no country in Europe would heedlessly dare to interrupt.—(Cheers.) The Noble Lord, in conclusion, proposed the health of the Lord Mayor. The LORD MAYOR returned thanks, and then proposed " The Church of England." If true to itself, it must stand.—(Cheers.) The Bishop of LLANDAFF returned thanks. The next toast was " The Bishop of Peterborough, and thanks for his sermon to.day at Spital church." The Bishop of PETERBOROUGH returned thanks. The next toast was " The house of Peers." Lord CANTILUPE returned thanks. The Chevalier BUNSEN then proposed "The Health of the Lady Mayoress."—Drunk amidst loud (keens. The LORD MAYOR returned thanks. The ladies then left the room. " The Members of the louse of Commons" was the next toast, 'The CIIANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER returned thanks. The next toast was " Sir Henry Pottinger." Sir HENRY POTTINGER returned thank;-. After some other toasts the assembly adjourned to the drawing-room, where dancing commenced, and was kept up with great spirit for some hours. DARING STREET RODBERY.—Yesterday informa• tion was received at the head station of the D division, Maryleb:.ne-lane, of the following daring street robbery having been committed on Saturday last:—At about eleven o'clock in the forenoon, a lady of the name of Bryant got into one of the omnibuses running between the Elephant and Castle and St. John's-wood, which set her down at the junction of Crawford and Baker-streets. Before quitting the omnibus Mrs. Bryant pulled out her purse, fur the purpose of taking out the fare, and imme diately returned it to her pocket. On reaching the house of a friend, only a few doors up Crawford-street, she found that her purse, with its contents, a Bank of Eng land note fur 401., six sovereigns, and some loose silver, with a " Punch's Pocket-book," had been stolen. It has since been ascertained that two young men, accompanied by a lad, who are supposed to belong to the swell mob, sat opposite Mrs. Br) ant in the omnibus, and on her getting out immediately followed her, and were observed to walk close behind her alone. Crawford-street, when, there is no doubt, they picked her pocket. One of them is described as about five feet six inches high, twenty one or twenty-two years old, thin and dark, dressed in a dark great coat, a light fashionable cravat, with a large common pin displayed in it, and two scars on his face. The other about the same height, and dressed in a similar style. The lad was about fifteen or sixteen years of age, pale, and his face very much freckled, dressed in a dark great coat, with two neckerchiefs on (blue and brown), and wore a common pin in them. All three can be identified. A SINGULAR COUPLE.—At Rochdale petty ses sions, on Monday last, a tall, good-looking female, aged 27 years, named Eliza Wilson, from the township of Bamford, near Heywood, was brought up under a war rant, charged by Andrew Wilson, her husband, aged 85 years, with having assaulted him on the Tuesday pre vi.ms. Mr. Jackson, solicitor, appeared on behalf of complainant, and said the couple had been married about five years. During that time defendant had had one child, which is a fine boy, about four years -of age, and which stood by its mother. The old man was possessed of considerable, property. The old husband and the young wife had separated several times, and he had taken out warrants against his wife, but the affairs, ex cept the last, had always been compromised. The old man complained of having been struck with a fire poker by his wife. The magistrates requested the parties, together with their solicitors, to arrange matters. In a short time they returned into court, when it was stated that the wife had agreed to,accept of 9s. per week. The old man was requested to pay her that sum during his life, to which he consented. The parties reside in sepa rate lodgings at Bamford.—Preston Guardian. REMOVAL OF THE NEW WATERMEN'S FLOATING PIER AT LONDON.BRIDGE.--OR Saturday afternoon considerable excitement was created at London-bridge, in consequence of a party of the Thames police, acting under the direction of the harbour-master, proceeding to remove the two new floating piers, moored by the free watermen at London-bridge ; one at the plying stairs on the north shore, adjoining Fishmongers' Hall ; and the other on the south shore, alongside Forming's Wharf. It appears the watermen who claim the privilege of landing and embarking passengers at the plying stairs had, during the night of Thursday, without any notice to or authority from the river authorities, brought the piers from above bridge, and moored them at the places mentioned, and on Good Friday the' watermen's boats plying. between Chelsea, London-bridge, and Greenwich, for the first time commenced landing and embarking passengers. On Saturday, in consequence of representations being made of the circumstances under which they had been moored, and the obstruction in the river created by them, an order was issued directing their immediate removal, which was served upon the parties in charge of the piers, who at once refused to obey the order, and set the police at defiance. After a parley of upwards of an hour, the police, acting under their directions, let go the moorings, and succeeded in effecting their removal. On Sunday morning the dis comfited watermen removed the mooring-chains which they had sunk in the river, and thus the matter rests for the present. DEVON AND CORNWALL WRESTLlNG.—Yesterday afternoon the - wrestling, without shoes, between the natives of the above counties, commenced at the Breck neck Tavern, Camden-town, and a great number of per sons attended to witness this ancient sport. The after noon's play was confined to making " standards," the double and treble play for the prizes commencing this day. The play of Bond (Cornish), a deformed man, was good, as was also that of Gainer, who lifted his com petitor over his shoulder, and threw him a gare fair back. The principal play of the afternoon was between Cl!apple, of Devon, and Gill, of Cornwall, two good wrestlers. They played together for some time, and both went down,. hit Gill, after a very severe struggle, caught his opponent in the Cornish " lock," and threw him, amidst great cheering. The playing off is expected to be good. ANOTHER " FREE" DESEETER.—We understand the Rev. Mr. M'Phie, late an ordained minister of the Established ,Church in the Island of Harris, but who joined the "Free" at the disruption, has since seen the error of his ways, and been restored to the Establish ment, which lie regrets he ever left. Others will soon follow this example. We expect fo record rather a re markable one in the Gazette of next Saturday.--tsccts Reformers' GozOte. THE THEATRES. DRURf-LANE. In consequence of the illness of Miss Romer, Ballets opera of the Bohemian Girl was substituted for Robert the Devil, which had been announced as the first pine to be performed last evening. After the opera, we had a new comic ballet, entitled Robert et Bertrand. This ballet is another version of Rubel t ,Macaire, and we had no idea that the story of our old fiend Robert could have been made into such an excellent plot for a ballet. It is true that various episodes were introduced in order to give an oppor tunity for the production of various pas decaractere, in which Mademoiselle Polin and M. Gasparini, from the Royal Opera, Berlin, made their first appearance before an English audience. Mademoiselle Polin is decidedly the most accomplished danseuse who has appeared at Drury-lave during the present season. She is very young, very pretty, and very ani mated ; there is a j iyousness about her style of dancing which reminds one strongly of Cerito, while for neatness of execution she rivals even Fanny Ellsler herself. She appears first of all in a grand pas de deux with Gasparini. In this pas she was exceedingly graceful, and her tours d'adresse were neat and beautiful in the extreme. She was rapturously applauded, and from that mo ment took her station. as one of the first danscuses of the day—as La Diesse of the theatre. She next ap peared in a new Polka with Gasparini. This Polka, infinitely superior to the original Polka—superior even to the Redowa—is certainly the most charac teristic and spirited that we have yet seen in England. Polin entered thoroughly into its spirit, and not only danced it exquisitely, but acted it with the most be witching coquetry. It is needless to say that she was rapturously applauded, and that the dance was enthusiastically encored. Her last pas was a pas seul, a tambourine dance, La .Esmeralda. It was a per fect triumph, and Mademoiselle Polin may consider herself as firmly fixed in the favour of the British puolic. She was excellently supported by Gasparini, who is a clever and accomplished dancer. Mesde moiselles Adele and Louise also made their first ap pearance before a Drury-lane audience in this ballet, and danced a pus de deux and a bolero very gracefully and cleverly—they are accomplished artistes, and will be an acquisition to the corps of the theatre. Payne, the prince of buffo dancers, was Robert Macaire, and T. Mathews was Bertrand. Their pantomime was first-rate, and their burlesque of the " Cachouca" was one of the most humorous things we have seen for many a long day. The au , dience were in a roar thc whole time of its perform. ance, and at the conclusion, it was rapturously encored. The ballet ends with a fete a la Vaux hall, in which a balancer exhibits sune very won derful feats, and Robert and Bertrand ascend in a balloon, and thus escape from their pursuers. The house was very well attended. RAY MARKET. The performances at the Haymarket, last night, opened with the Sherffir of the County, which bids fair for as great a run of popularity as Old Heads and Young Hearts, its predecessor. The rural simplicity of the Sheriff (Mr. W. Farren), the tawdry pride of the Sheriff 's wife, the gaucherie of the servants, and the historical blunders of Pansy, the gardener (Buck stone) continue to amuse as much as ever. As for the episodical story of the soldier, who is sentenced to be shot for knocking down his superior officer, it is dull, heavy, and tiresome, and quite out of keeping with the lively characters of the play. Webster 's acting as Lord Mayor's footman, a sort of culinary drill-sergeant, was admirable, and Mr. Strickland exemplified the craft and selfishness of Smirker, the attorney, in a manner which was loudly applauded. " A new grand, clasical, extravaganza," as the bill terms it, called the Golden Fleece, was brought out here last night, for the first time. It is in two parts, and Mr. Planche is the author. E very school-boy knows the history of Jason and the Gulden Fleece. fEetes, King of Colchis (Mr. James Bland) promises to restore the golden fleece, provided Jason tamed bulls which breathed flames to conquer a multitude of armed men who would spring from a field, which Jason was obliged to sow with serpents' teeth, and to kill a dra gon which incessantly watched at the foot of a tree from which the Golden Fleece was suspended. Medea, the King's daughter (Madame VestriO, falls in love with Jason (Miss P. Horton), and in return for vows of eternal fidelity, promises to deliver him from all dangers. The stage, after the fashion of the ruined Greek Theatre, was partially raised, and the rising of the curtain discloses the Palace of the King of Colchis, on the front of which is written in Greek and English characters, " All in my e y e an d B e t ty Martin.' There is a mock throne, and the chorus is represented by Mr. Charles Mathews, dressed in the most approved classical costume, who, as the bill in forms us, "renders at least 59 male voices perfectly useless." To sustain a performance like this, where the plot has little interest, an almost uninter rupted flow of humour is necessary a succession of ridiculous incidents, humorous expressions, and witty phrases ; dulness in a composition, which has neither solidity or refinement to re commend it, is intolerable. Mr. Planche seems fully alive to this, and the Golden Fleece contains a great deal of broad farcical humour, and of a vein of lively ridicule. )Fetes is attired much in the same mariner as Creon in Antigone, and Bland mimics, with much truth and effect, the pomp and dignity of Vandenhoffi Jason sings a most unclassical song, " I'm a sprightly, lively lad." 2Eates leaves the stage, and Jason, --- Pursues tEe King, To the grind-stone his nose to bring, when Medea is about to charm the dragon, she ot serves, that The dragon is a very artful dodger, And sk-eps with one eye open—the dry old codger. And Jason fears he will be, Like the Lord Chancellor who got the pack, He has lost the wool and only got the sack. When Medea inquires, in what manner, /Eetes' spirit fled, Jason replies By a punch on the head. And Aetes says That fatal punch, I feel it in my noddle, And down to Pluto's realms I must toddle. So much for the first part. The foundation of the second is—Creon, King of Corinth, promises bis daughter (Glances) to Jason, who repudiates Medea. Medea, in revenge, sends her a poisoned garment, from which she dies, and Creon, with his family, share a similar fate, the palace being burnt, with which the piece concludes. Medea complains of Jason's conduct, and says that— How mad it will drive her ; I'll be thrown on the parish without a single saver. And pathetically exclaims— Ile (Jason) lives in a fine palace over there, While I and my two babbies are coop'd in a two-pair ! And when the chorus remonstrate she, after some fine reasoning, classically exclaims— And, therefore, most inveterate haters, Close up the trap in which-you put your taters ! Creon interferes, upon which Medea says — None of your soft sawder, Your downy words don't weigh with me a feather I When Medea says — A bridal gift for Glances I'm preparing. The Chorus answers— And which, I have no doubt, she'll be the worse for wearing, The Chorus, speaking of Jason, says— If I were his father I'd break all his bone, And send him to sea like that other boy Jones. We cannot notice this piece at greater length, and must conclude by remarking, that it was loudly ap plauded, and that at the fall of the curtain Mr. Mathews came forward, amid the cheers of the au dience, and announced its continuance until further notice. ADELPHL Even if those " sweet recorders," the play-bills, were more modest and less lavish of their promises than they generally are, one would have many reasons for expecting a treat on Easter Monday, In the first place, after the rigours of Lent, during which, of course ? as good Christians, we hare observed all that the rubric and the most precise and normal divine doctor would enjoin, we are anxious, and na turally so, for a little relief, and betake ourselves to our ordinary mundane amusements ; and, in the next place, considering how we have been la' ely kept within doors, muffled to the mouth, and as near as we could well sit to as large a fire as we could well have, it is not to be wondered at if w e were ready to enjoy the first day of spring, and willing to find good in everything. But that i* a dangerous state of feeling for one to enter a theatre with, who is supposed to be as rigid at Themis her self, so we allowed ourselves to cool down as much as possible before witnessing St. George and the Dra •glta, the Easter - -piece at this theatre, the plot of which is as simple as can well be, and simplicity is a charm whenever it does not run into—and the parti tion is very easily overstepped—silliness. St. George (Miss Woolgar), and the other six Champions set out upon their adventures. St. George arrives in Egypt, where he falls into the very best so ciety—that of King Ptolemy (Mr. Selby), and into the very best love—that of the King's daugh ter, the Princess Sabra (Miss Chaplin). But the Princess is too pretty not to have more com petitors for her hand than St. George. Almidor, Emperor of Morocco (Mr. Wright), and the Dragon (Mr. Paul Bedford), are his rivals. The scenery is, therefore, principally Egyptian, and it is really beau tifully executed. The Egyptians had a taste for the grand and. beautiful, and any one who reads Lu can's description of Caesar by Cleopatra will be of our opinion ; and though we cannot boast of having seen the old Viceroy, or the Pyramids, or the three hundred-gated Memphis, or the Nile, we had a good deal realised for us last night, and saw living and moving representations of what we be fore only knew through mummies and the Museum. The scene of the grand procession and the last tableau were exquisite. With regard to the dialogue, it was of the liveliest character, a n d we ll sus t a i ne d through out. The jeux des mots told with the happiest of effcct. The St. George was, of course, the great re dresser of wrongs—not a gambling booth, not a thimble-rig or loan society, in upper or lower Egypt, that he did not put an extinguisher upon ; not a pill or bolus sold by the _quacks that a certain Egyptian medical bill gave them a liberty of dispensing the effects of which he did not destroy ; in short, he did everything that a good legislator ought to do, or upset everything that bad legislators often do, and for his reward he obtained the hand of the fair Princess, and distanced his rivals. And the best of the thing was, and herein the moral of the piece consists, that he effected all this, not like the St. George of old, but by the aid which modern civilisation employs—public opinion and the press. The acting of Mr. Wright and Mr. Bedford was, what every one knows it to be, all that could well be desired. The piece was emi nently successful, well applauded by a full house, and likely to have a long run. LYCEUM. A new extravaganza, under the title of Whit tington and his Cat, was produced as the Easter piece, last night, at the Lyceum, to a brilliant and crowded audience. Whittington and his Cat is of the same Hstamp as Aladdin, Valentine and Orson and the Forty Thieves, which have lately been produced at the Lyceum; and it bids fair to rival those witty and successful spectacles which have hitherto been the mainstay of the theatre under the present manage ment. The piece of last night is one continued stream of wit, and the laughter which greeted it never flagged for a moment. The various allusions —and they were many,--to the prominent topics of the day were eagerly caught up by the audience and applauded to the echo. Mrs. Keeley sustained the character of the hero of the piece, and we need not say with what spirit she invested it. Miss Fairbrother was as charming as ever as the Princess, and with Mr. A. Wigan received a large share of well-merited ap plause for the performance of the Cellarius Valse. Two young ladies, Miss Villars and Miss Dawson, made their first appearance last night, were well re ceived, and will, we are confident, prove great acqui sitions to the company. The spectacle was gorge ously put upon the stage, and it will, no doubt, run through the season. During the recess the theatre has been re-decorated, and it presents now a very light and elegant appearance. PRI.ACESS'S THEATRE. The Stranger is a play so well known to every part of the British empire, that an observation upon it would be almost as superfluous as upon the opera of La Sounanibula, yet each is so exquisitely bcauti ful, that the announcement of either is always a guarantee for a full house. Such was the result, last evening, of the announcement of The Stranger at the Princess's; but no doubt the appearance of Miss Cushman as Mrs. Haller attracted very many. She is a young lady of great talent, and evidently under stood her part well, and appreciated it, too, for her reading and acting produced a simultaneous disguise of all the fair eyes and faces, and a display of all the white handkerchiefs, in every box where a female was visible. Mr. Graham's Stranger was a good piece of acting, and such as proves him to be a man of no inconsiderable ta lent; and both he and Miss Cushman were well supported, and did not elicit a whit more ap plause than they merited, though it was loud and long-continued. The new " Grand oriental burlesque Extravaganza" was very beautifully got up ; the talent of the painters to whom was entrusted the exe cution of the scenic department of the display, was here most effectively brought out—the distances, lights, wood, water, and perspective, were distributed, softened, and fixed in a manner so skilful and true to nature, as to rivet the gaze, deceive the senses, and elicit an involuntary burst of admiration. It opened with a view of an oriental palace supported on arches, beneath which appeared to flow water between arti ficial marble embankments, until all disappeared in the distant meeting of the horizon. - Then came a moonlight scene of beauty still more exquisite but not less perfect ; while the crowded corps dramatique heightened the coup d'ceil to an effect almost magical. The author of the piece deserves much credit for the terse sentences and home and witty hits he has made, of the truth and facetiousness of which the audience admitted many proofs by their repeated plaudits. The couplets took occasional sly hits at the state of " things as they are," such as when Timour was taunted with not attempting to lay siege to England, " Where might be reaped a harvest rich and good." The mighty monarch compassionately exclaimed " But then her walls are only made of wood, " Yet if he did begin, he'd make them rue it.' Whereupon his right-hand man put in an (aside) " So Joinville said—l'd like to see him do it." The scene then changed to a burlesque tournament, the Largesse of which the King Timour gave forth in these words, pipe in hand : " Now, Heralds, blow, and blow it long and loud ; " And while ye raise a dust, I'll blow a cloud." The spirit of the piece was kept up with unabated vigorr to the end, ngar which the heroine, in reply to an innuendo from the Grand Vizier, expresses her doubts that "A minister with power could ere abnse it." Aye, quoth the V. do any thing but lose it." I will resist him, despite all his terror, And make him know the law by writ of error." Be careful, madame—Don't increase his fury; For if you do, he'll challenge all the jury." The piece had not concluded by twelve o'clock, and up to that time the interest and amusementit created and kept alive were such, that not a seat was vacated until the curtain dropped. SADLER'S WELLS. The even course of the highly talented directors of this renovated and now classical theatre, Mrs. War ner and Mr. Phelps, proceeds, unruffled by joyous bursts of holiday extravagance, and undiverted by the wild sports of periodical pantomime, which come timely and in their season to relieve the dulness, and briefly raise the hopes of those once great houses, from which the spirits of Shansi - Rare, Messinger, and Otway have long since fled, to find at last a re cognised temple and fitting worshippers upon the banks of the New River. It seemed a bold attempt to restore Shakspeare to his genuine granleur, and to present the true play of King Richard the Third, from the original text, upon the boards of Sadler's Wells—real Shakspeare in the place of real water ! The success was as gre at as it was unexpected, and as the talents and spirit of the managers deserved. The performance was fully and carefully re viewed in The Sun, upon the first night of the representation, and last night offers nothing new for comment but the remarkable fact, that Shakespeare's Richard the Third (and not even the profane and popular version of Gibber), attracted, upon Easter Monday, a full, elegant, and delighted audience. There could .scarcely be a greater tribute to the "immortal bard," or a greater compliment to the patrons and managers of this flourishing theatre. Mrs. Warner, in the arduous and grandly drawn character of Margaret, Phelps as Richard, ,vith Marston, G. Bennet and J. Webster, sustained their well-earned reputation and were rewarded with re peated and judicious applause. We have only to add our hearty encouragement to the managers. "Go on and prosper." OLYMPIC. This house opened for the Easter holidays with three new pieces. The first, indeed, is stated to be only an adaptation from the American stage, by Leman Rede, but it may with much greater truth be termed an original drama, as not only is the dialogue re-written, but the plot itself is considerably changed and im proved. The principal object intended by the talented adapter of the piece, was to intro duce Mr. Marble, the eminent Transatlantic comedian, in the character of a thorough Kentuckian, one of the earliest settlers in the back woods, " half. horse, half-alligator, with a pretty considerable dash of lightning," the connecting link as it were, be tween the red man and the civilised dweller in the city. Samson Hardhead, therefore, " the game-cock of the wilderness," is in fact the only character, the others being merely auxiliary ; and though Mr Marble in this, as in all his efforts, kept up the in terest of his audience, yet we could have wished that the stale Jonathanisms hod been less frequently in terspersed, and that something more akin to real life and real feelings had been substituted. The plot is of the most common-place character. Colonel Mereville (Mr. Mellon). a landed proprietor on the Ohio, is attacked in his residence by a war party of Indians, and his son is in his presence knocked on the head and thrown into the river. That son is rescued, and, at an after period, proves to be Samson Hardhead. Until the discovery is made, however, he settles in the neighbourhood of his father's house, f orms an acquaintance with Roderick (Mr. Binge), a young gentleman affianced to his sister, and, as might be expected, regards with a corresponding hatred Dorrington (Mr. F. Burton), that friend's rival, and Clara Mereville's (Miss Field ing's) rejected suitor. Then there is Nance Butler, " the Yellow Flower of the Forest," Hardhead's irza morata, most felicitously represented by Miss Kate floss ard. Dorriivton, chagrified at the refusal of his suit, determines on the murder of his rival ; and with the assistance of Dodger (Mr. Tumour), afterwards conceals the purse, &c., of his victim in the cabin of Hardhead. The latter is taken into custody, and, on the presumptive evidence, condemned to die, when, in the nick of time,. the Dodger informs upon his prin cipal ; and while he is punished all the others are re warded. A petite comedy, entitled The Plague of Plymouth, went off very trippirgly, Mr. Roxby sus taining the principal part. Then followed a dance by Miss Wright, very beautjfully executed, so much so, indeed, that she was punished with an encore. The amusements of the evening concluded with (we quote the bill) an entirely new, novel, and perfectly origi nal, grand, romantic, chivalric, burlesque extrava ganza, neither adapted, nor taken from, the French, but founded upon the well known history of the " Seven Champions of Christendom." The thing, as we could gather, was entitled St. George and the Dragon, and, if we recollect a newspaper paragraph aright, was announced as being written by a gentle man of " considerable literary celebrity." We have no desire to know any other of the author's doings, for a more vapid effusion than that under notice we have never witnessed ; and we were only sorry to observe Miss Davenport, Miss Kate Howard, and other clever artistes, trying ineffectually to impart an interest to halting metre, unbrightened by the most distant approach t o a n idea. We have remarked with regret the absence of M:. Waldron from the boards of this theatre, and we regret his absence the more, that none seem to have been engaged able to supply his place in the coming season. AS7'LEY'S. The doors of the ever-famed Astley's were thrown open last night for another season, and ere ten mi nutes had elapsed, the silence which for two or three weeks past had been suffered to reign triumphant in the body of the theatre, was disturbed by the joyous shouts and whistling of a good humoured and nume rous audience. The house, daring the short recess, has undergone some slight change; and those of our readers who are in the habit of frequenting Astley's will be glad to learn that many improvements which time had, no doubt, suggested, have been introduced for the convenience of the auditory. Crimson cur tains have been added to the back of the boxes, and each tier is decorated and lined with orange and blue upholstery, giving the house a cheering and. comfortable aspect. Mr. Batty sustained his former popularity in pro= ducing another new and grand military spectacle, plentifully interspersed with startling and exalting incidents. It is founded on an event which occurred during the disastrous Peninsular war, and is entitled The Mail of Saragossa; or, the Spanish Amazons. No doubt many who read this notice are familiar with the celebrated painting of the late Sir David Wilkie, representing the defence of Saragossa by the Spaniards against the beseiging of the French army; if so, this will give them an idea of one of the prin cipal scenes le the spectacle, which is taken from this picture, and certainly forms a very effective tableau rirant. The piece opens with the retreat in the mountains of a party of Guerilla, who are sum moned by the army stationed in Saragossa to aid them in repelling the attacks of the French, and from scene to scene we arrive at the city walls of Sara gossa, where a terrific encounter ensues between the two armies. At the moment when the Spanish sol diers, exhausted by the severity and heat of the en counter, are about to retreat, they are rallied by the appearance of the Maid of Saragossa, who throws herzelf into the midst of the fight, and by her heroism and courage reinvigo rates the army of Ferdinand, King of Spain, who is thus enabled to save the city of Saragossa from fall ing into the hands of the French. In the succeeding scenes we see Angostina, the Maid of Saragossa, crowned with laurels for her previous prowess - but she forgets the glory of the moment i n h er grief for the loss of her lover, who has fallen into the power of the French. Again she assumes the part of an amazon, and, heading a troop of female warriors, goes forth to her lover's rescue. She has scarcely succeeded, ere another attack is hazarded by the French, and for a second time Angostina, by her prowess and undaunted courage, saves her native city from destruction. These are the principal features of the piece ; but there is an episode introduced, which we have altogether omitted mentioning. It is made up, as episodes generally are at this theatre, of an humble village tradesman forsaking his home and his sweetheart to follow the calling of a soldier. An Irishman,.too, is introduced, but why or for what purpose, no one save the author can tell ; but perhaps it would not be an Astley's spectacle without an Irishman. The piece was admirably placed upon the stage, and was supported with much. spirit and ani mation by a numerous corps dramatique, _•axnongst whom were Mrs. Ismay, who played the heroine, Messrs. Harwood, Lemon, Egan, and Hart. The piece elicited a great deal of applause, and if a little curtailment is made in the dialogue it may keep possession of the stage for five or six weeks. It was followed by the performances in the Cirque Olym pique, and Arena of Equitation, which brought be fore us a Parisian artist, named Madame Dumos, who is an exceedingly graceful and elegant equestrian; nor must we omit to mention in equal terms of eulogium, a Miss Isabelle, who, though considerably the junior of Madame Dumos, is nevertheless a clever and accomplished performer. The evening's entertainments terminated with the farce of the Sleeping Draught, the chief character of which was played by Mr. Charles Marsh, who, it will be remembered, was the Clown at Covent-garden last season. He is engaged here as the principal Clown, and there can hardly be a doubt, from the mirth he excited, and the applause he won last night, that he is destined to become as popular on the other as he was on this side of the water. SURREY THEATRE. Easter has come o'er us again, and with it the usual accompaniments of the spirited proprietress of this theatre—a well set-out table ter the amusement of the holiday folks. For the first course we had the drama of Margaret Catchpole, founded on the late work of the Rev. Mr. Cobbold ; for the second, The Irish Tutor, with Miss Heron, the Infant Power, as Doctor O'Toole. And, lastly, a new and magnificent romance, founded on a tale in Blackwood, and dramatised by Mr. T. Townshend, entitled the Spirit Haunted, or the Moor Maiden and the Demon Sprite of the Golden Spring. Of the first piece little more need be said than this, that it is founded on events of a most singular nature, which took place about the year 1797. Since the publication of Mr. Cobbold's work most, if not all, our readers must be aware that the extra ordinary heroine of the piece was born of humble parents, and underwent the most singular vicissitudes that perhaps ever marked the career of woman. After meeting with many strange adventures to obtain an interview with her lover (a celebrated Captain of smugglers of the last century), she stole a horse, on which she rode to London in about eight hours; for this she was tried and condemried to death at the Bury Assizes, in the year 1797 ; was reprieved, broke out of prison at Ipswich to join her lover; was re taken, sentenced again to death, and her punishinent changed to transportation for life. She retrieved her cha racter in Australia, where she distinguished herself in many extraordinary adventures : obtained a free pardon, married a wealthy settler, who left . her sole mistress of an immense fortune; she had one son and two daughters, who received the best education whiCh England could afford, and returned to settle in their native land, to close the eyes of their affectionate parent, who died September 10th, 1841, - in the sixty eighth year of her age, deeply lamented and revered by all who knew her. The piece was eminently . ef fective, and was announced for repetition every night until further notice, in a house crowded to the ceiling, amid much cheering. Of Miss Heron in the Irish Tutor we cannot say too much. She is certainly a very clever child, imitates the Irish brogue excellently, and is a most excellent imitator in miniature of Power. Her acting delighted all parts of the house, and kept the gods in most excel lent humour. The last piece, The Spirit Haunted; or, the Moor Maiden, has been got up at great trouble and expense, and promises to repay the spirited lessee with a golden harvest. The scenery is excellent, the dresses in strict keeping with the time in which the occurrences are represented to have taken place, and the music reflects great credit on Loden The piece was announced for repetition amid great approbation. VICTORIA. The performances at this theatre announced for the Easter recess, commencing yesterday evening, exhi bited no less attraction than usual to the taste of the audience, and their love of thrilling dramatic and domestic incident. For some time past the adven: tures of Margaret Catchpole, the Female Horse stealer, or, as she is more familiarly called, "the Suf folk girl," have been before the public in various ways. If we mistake not, it was a gentleman residing in the county who first presented the public with the par ticulars of her life; and, perhaps, no tale of real life, certainly none originating in a provincial town, ever excited a deeper interest, or enjoyed a more extensive circulation. Besides, however, the original publica tion of the tale, it has, as we have intimated, been presented in various other shapes, though, of course, a good deal condensed; ar;tl it would, for this reason, be tedious and useless to give any detailed account of the plot in noticing this living representation of it on the appropriate boards of the Victoria. It is well known that the heroine, for such, we suppose, she must be called, notwithatedw ing the horse-stealing affair, first signalisedboraelf by escaping from Ipswich gaol, and, on being retaken, her sentence was commuted to transportatite for life ; the only way of accounting for the change heft ap. parently the astonishing behaviour of Margaret in travelling to London on horseback. Arrived in New South Wales, the conduct of Margaret and the events that happen to her form a complete climax to her adventures in England. She is carried into the interior of the country by some of the coloured natives; two of the tribe fight for the possession of the " white maid," and while they are doing en, The denouement, whether in all respects M argaret t escapes. corresponds to that of the real story we forget, is at last satisfactory, as most of the ter minations of domestic plays. The principal feature in it being a " free pardon of the Suffolk Girl," and her union, after having passed through so Illany . ViCiaSitUdeF. with a gentle. i' ~)