The Sun. — London, England, 1840-12-28 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. INQUEST ON THE BODY OF Da. EVERARD, OF THE 54TH REGIMENT. DOVER, Dan. 26.--The inquest oa the body of Assist ant-Surgeon Evcrard, held at the School-room of the Barracks, at the Heights, before Mr. G. T. Thompson, the Borough Coroner, and which was adjourned from Thursday evening last, terminated this night, at seven o'clock, in a verdict of manslaughter against one of the prisoners, and one of aiding and abetting the same against the other. The following is the substance of the evidence : William Shands, gunner in the Royal Artillery stationed At Dover, on being sworn deposed as follows :—On the 'miming in question, between one and two o'clock, 'while 1 was walking down Snargate-street, when near Whe pose-office, I 'nears' a noise near the entrance to ithe Crand Shaft, such as when persons are at high `worda. On coming within ten yards of the parties, I stew two persons attacking lan officer. One of them I ',knew by his person. lie wore a thick jacket and a glazed :hat. I know one by sight ; the other I do not know. The person attacked was Mr. Smith. Ten yards from them a body was lying on its back on the pavement. One of the civilians said " We have done for the other, and will . do foe you now." 1 rushed forward and seized the civilien I do not know by the collar. Mr. Smith said he had been badly used by these men, who had knocked his friend down. and then set upon him. I kept hold of the men, sad Mr Smith called for the guard, At this time I said to the man, " Why do you knock about the officers in this wee 7" The man replied, "We did not know they were officers. lam sorry for what has happened. We were .aliused, and stood up in our own defence. I will go to the i gnard house with you, or any where else you want me.' rho guard then came up and took him in charge from me. The other man had disappeared. The guard thee went with Mr. Smith and lifted up the deceased's liney, and brought him ecross the road to the gate of the , Grand Shaft. I heard deceased say, " Let lion, nr Ist ' them, go." Deceased partly walked, and was partly sup ported to the steps leedeig to the shaft ; but we fou'vi • werei we got him there he could walk no farther. I knew 'the deceased 83 a doctor in the 54th Regiment. We then Ibrought him back to the guard-room at the entrance to 'the shaft, put him on a bed, opened his waistcoat, and un did his neckerchief. By this time he could not speak. Mr. Smith then went to the barracks to get men to assist while I held up his head and gave him some water. lie vu. nmited some matter, bet net like blood or saliva. Mr. Smith came hack in about twenty minutes with a few men, teed we carried deceased up the shaft steps to the barracks, tweere I left him alive. The person 1 seized "as let go at deceased's request. John Curwin, mariner, and John Gravener, shipwright, 'who heft been taken into erretody, charged as the parties committing the offence, were here brought forward. Gre vcner was identified by witness rse the person he (witness) had seized during the affray. The civilians had so sticks in their hands, nor had Mr. Smith a stick in his. The eillicers were is plain clothes. Neither of the parties had -their costs off. Seaton Lionel Smith, on being sworn, said I am eetenatit in the 54'h Regiment. Between the hours one and two o'clock this morning Dr. Everard and mat self were coming down Snargate-street, towards the Grand Shaft, when we saw two men, who said " Good right, we are sailor fellows." I answered good sight old fellows, or something to that effect. Dr. E. said to me " Come along." I was a yard or two behind him. On arriving; opposite the Post-office I heard footsteps coming quickly after us. I said to Dr. E. " These men arc coming to anhoy us." Immediately after I saw a man throw his arm over Dr. Everard's shoulder, and a seeffie ensued between them. I turned round, and laid hold of the other man, who was cerise behind me, and, after a struggle, we both fee, I falling over him. They were the same men who hid u: good night. On rising, I perceived Dr. &screed lying flat on his back, on the pavement, opposite to where the scuffle commenced. I then went to his assistance, and said to the men, " Leave me alone till I see if be is hy rt." Both men were on me at this time. I Cooped down, and was knocked down, and while on the eruuni I was beaten by both men. 1 fell clear el Dr. Esc reed, and off the pavement. On getting up I laid hold of the man—the one, I believe, who first attacked Dr. Eve rs ; and seeing the guard at the shaft, standing outside the gate, I called out to the corporal of the guard, and gave him the man in charge. Dr. Everard, who had by this time recovered, came up and said, " Let the men go, Ido not think they meant to harm us." This I told the guard to do. At this time Dr. Everard either picked up a hat, or received it from come one standing by, and put it on his head, saying, " This is not my hat." The bat I afterwards gave in charge of the guard Dr. Everard then proceeded up the passage of the shaft, as far as the door of the guard-room, and remained there a short time. I ob served then, that a topaz breast-pin, which he wore in bis neckerchief that evening was gone. I felt for one I bad worn, and found it gone also. Up to this timo Dr. Everard walked steadily, unsupported ; but after this I nbserved him reeling ab'tut as if severely hurt. I ran up to him, but he fell down senseless. I got an artilleryman and others to assist in car. eying him, and seating him at the lower steps of the shaft 1 undid his neckerchief and waistcoat, but finding he did not revive, I got the men to take him back to the guardhouse, and lay him on one of the cots. I remained with him five minutes, but finding he did not revive still, and that he began to vomit, I proceeded to the barrack; and woke up Lieutenant Wood, who came with the barrack guard, and deceased was conveyed to his quarters, where he expired about four o'clock the same morning. The pri soner, John Gravener, is the man who was engaged with deceased. I think I can state this positively. Thomas Gordon Stephenson, surgeon, 54th Regiment, said—On opening the skull I found a large quantity of blood on the surface of the brain, evidently produced by a rupture of a blood-vessel, in consequence of a fall or blow, which satisfactorily accounts for the cause of death. I opened the body, but I found no marks of violence about it, nor the appearance of any disease. Cros ,, -examined by Mr. Knoakes, solicitor, on behalf of the prisoner—l did not perceive any external bruises till I had removed the integument which covers the pericra nium. The bruise was above the right ear, inclining to the top of the head. The blood was diffused nearly all over that part of the head. Ido not think it possible that a person with his fist could have produced so violent an effect. Some further evidence having been given, the Coroner then summed up, and the Jury having retired for about 20 minutes, returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against John Gravener, and that James Curwin aided and abetted therein," `The prisoners were committed to Maidstone gaol to take their trial at the next Assizes, and the witnesses bound over to appear against them. APPALLING CATASTROPHE AND OUTRAGE IN DUBLIN. THE SUN, LONDONr, MONDAY, DECEMBER 28,1810. A circumstance of a most fatal and horrifying nature took place on the morning of Christmas Day, in the Catholic Church of St. Nicholas Without, Francis-street, Dublin. At the first mass, which was celebrated, accord ing to custom on that festival, at six o'clock in the morn ing, an alarm was given by some ruffian or ruffians that the gallery was falling ; and the inhuman miscreant who originated the cry at the same instant broke a stick, which he had concealed about him, to make it appear that one of the beams had cracked. This took place at the most so lertin period of the sacrifice—the church being at the time densely crowded—and in a moment a scene of indescribable confusion ensued, Some unfortunate people jumped from the gallery, and a dreadful rush was made by all towards the doors ; a great number ,Pre trampled under foot and severely injured, and we 1 ..r with pain that five or six persons have actually been killed on the spot, or have since died of their bruises. A flight of three or four steps being at the approach was the principal cause of the loss of life, for when the front ranks were prostrated the persons following fell or trampled upon those down, and thus a heap of more than a hundred per sons were lying together. The police were promptly on the spot, and rendered the most effectual assistance in relieving the unfortunate people who were thrown down and being trampled upon; but no efforts of theirs could stay the rushing of the crowds from within. The cries and screeches of women and children, the horror-stricken appearance of the entire mass of people, each apprehen sive that some relative or friend was amongst the killed or wounded, presented a spectacle of the most horrifying nature. The following is an account of the cases in the County Dublin Hospital :—Ellen Savage, aged 68 —dead—from contusion and suffocation ; James Culligan, aged 15— dead—from the same causes—the imprint of the nails cf the shoes with which he was trampled are on his chest ; Mary Murphy, aged 72—dangerously contused, but likely to recover ; Eliza Keegan, aged 23—a comminuted frac ture of the leg. and otherwise much bruised ; a girl, name unknown—suffering from internal bleeding in the brain— no likelihood of recovery ; Anne Brian, aged 10—very much contused, but likely to recover. In the Coombe Hospital—A woman named Claxton, wi.e of a shoemaker in New-street--dead from contusions. She has left a husband and two children. Tire County Coroner, Mr. M`Carthy, held an inquest at which John Mooney deposed to having been in the gal lery of the chapel at the time. He heard the shouting an rying, and the words, " the gallery is falling," but did not stir from his place, though numbers did rush out. The confusion was below in the body of the chapel. He heard it vim caused by the breaking, of one of the boards at the back of the seats on which the people kneel in the body of the chapel. A man near the place where it oc curred held up the broken plank to try and show the people the groundlessness of the alarm. He communi cated the name of his informant, a collector at the chapel q it uc i s s t u s iLt t il ed T t u h e a s t day , . sorne door. The Coroner adjournedlteltiteelin, In Saunders's News malignant ruffians endeavoured to give the unfortunate business a party colouring, but for the honour of human nature the people were generally unwilling to attribute such .44 " . demoniac villainy to any man, and the unchristian effort failed in its purpose. There was not a particle of evidence bearing such a construction transpired." CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.—SITTING of DEC. 24' The President took the Chair at Two o'Clock. The order of the day was the discussion on the Factory Bill. M. Renouard, the reporter of the Committee on the Bill , stated that the Committee had assembled conformably with the instructions of the Chamber, to consider the va rious amendments which had been proposed on article I of the Bill, and had come to a resolution to propose to the Chamber that the article should he presented as follows: " In future children could only be employed under the conditions fixed by the present law. " 1. In manufactories, workshops, &.c., with mechani cal locomotive power, or feu confirm, and in their depen dencies. " 2. In dangerous or insalubrious manufactories, de clared so by Royal ordonnance. " 3. In all manufactories, workshops, &c., where more than forty persons are employed." M. Dietrich proposed that the following should be added : " 4. le all spinning and weaving establishments, and in those for printing cottons, linens, &c." The President put the two first paragraphs to the vote, and they were car:icd. M. Lebeuf proposed to substitute " twenty" for " forty" in paragraph 3. This amendment being put to the vote was carried. Par. 3 was then adopted, with the above modification. " Art. 2. In order for children to be admitted in facto ries, &c., they must be at least eight years of age. " From the age of eight to twelve they can only be em ployed in labour eight hours out of the twenty-four, in which eight hours there is to be a period of repose. " From the ages of twelve to sixteen they can only be employed twelve hours out of the twenty-four, in which twelve beers there arc two periods of repose. " Z he hours of labour must be between five in the morn ing and nine in the evening. Special decisions of the prefect or sub-prefect mny authorise different periods of the day for the labour of children from eight to twelve years of age, provided the same child be not employed during the week for more than forty-eight hours altogether, and never mere than nine hours in one day." The first paragraph of Art. 2 of this Bill, as proposed by the Committee, was put to the vote and carried. should stand now agreed by the Chamber that the discussion stand adjourned to Saturday, and that the orders of the day which stood for Saturday should be transferred to Monday. The Charnb-r adjourned at half-past five. In the Chamber of Deputies ox Saturday, Articles 2,3, and 4 were separately discussed and voted by the Chamber. Article 5 was under discussion when our reporter left the ustom Messrs. Devoy and Co., shipping to 63 agents, of Thames-street, have issurdd:lClrcular, %yawn contains a new and most useful feature, in the shape of s oncise tariff of the duties levied at the Custom ti :uch articles as travellers are likely to be pos svt-sed On the second page is a list of Messrs, Dewy and to.'s correspondents in various parts of the globe, in lasing the Australian Colonies, with a notice that the cir cular is forwarded gratis to those who apply for it. It may b) consid ere d a species of ditectory on a small scale, extremely useful to the traveller, or to these who have friends abroad. The list of custom duties payable on fo reign goods imported into England will be found very conver. as it enables Englishmen abroad to ascertain 'he additional price every foreign article costs on reaching ibis country. Under the article " Books," for instance, we have the following account of the different duties charged Books printed prior to 1808. the cwt., 14; ditto, Foreign Languages, printed in, or since 1801, ditto, 21. 10s. ; dead, or English Languager (printed out lot r,. gl a d) ;n, nor since 1801, the cwt., 61. Pirated ed uons e: ,English works prohibited. House. We call on the Government not to lose sight of the c: utinuance of the armaments of England. It is not only in the three kingdoms that it is levying seamen—it ap me„sione by ac counts from Cork that the Lord High Com ssr has offered advantageo us terms to fresh seamen who will enter the British naval service. A letter fror? , S G t e u n tt e g ra a l rd H o e f s D s, e w ee h m o be h r as l9 a i r n riv th e e d /il h a e y re enc is e Gazette says, going to ratify, in the name of his Government, as Col. Von Radowsky has done in the name of Prussia, the mea sures which the State; of the C , nfecleration have taken in cowmen by way of precaution ag.,ihst the chances of war. " The greatest activity prevails in the arsenal of Lud. wigsburgb. Our manufactories, notwithstanding all their FRANCE. exertions, are not able to furnish a ll the g re y cloth that. is required of them for the great coats. The preparation (From the Paris Papers of Friday and Saturday.) of all other articles for the equipment of the troops are. On Wednesday evening their Majesties received the , making with the same promptitude. Austrian, Russian, and Spanish Ambassadors, the Minister " Furloughs are at length going to be given to the men. of Foreign Affairs, the Keeper of the Seals, and the Pre- 1 who are sufficiently trained, but part are to rejoin in Feb sident of the Chamber of Peers. ruary and part in April."— Le Commerce. The Sentinelle de l' Armee states that the troops which BOURSE.—Pertis, SATURDAY, DEC. 26. have been ordered on Paris to form a division under f irst Highest Lowest Last General Schneider for the works of the fortifications have Price Price. Frio, Price stopped at one day's march fr o m th e ca p ital, the temporary Frerch ,per Cents 96 (50 ... 110 ... 110 IC 4 per Cents 96 0 60 ... 96 60 .. C 6 barracks destined for their reception not being ready. This 3 p er Cents 7C 50 -76 50 ... 76 50 76 50 explains the assertion of some of our Contemporaries that 8 ink et erance orders had been sent to suspend the march of the troops. "IP" rank 5 Fer The Gazette des Deux Mondes states that the contras- 3 per Cents tors of works for the fortifications of Paris have informed Spanish Active `23,4 235, ... 2.3 1 4 231, their men that the continuous wall and ditch round the city nortiesu P en ' p e er Cents 20Si ... 2iW 20 will be put off for three years, and the detached forts alone Vca t ntitsn proceeded with. [Oman 9 i!ei 99 IfAiLWAY SHARES. The Moniteur declares itself authorised to give a formal st CerA,ain contradiction to the report of M. Humann' s resi g nation. Ve-swilc,,R. E 3An . ..360 .. means .. The Commerce says, " M. Hamann ha d ho p ed to fri g hten the Chamber by his table of extra-expenditure, amountieg to 839 millions, for the end of 1842, into an abandon ment of the armsmente ; but so far from this having been the case, all the Committees appointed by the Chamber have been chosen from among the partisans of the arma• ments and fortifications." The Qnotidienne states that a great number of sailors have been paid of, and rent home from the ships of the Levant squadron , now at Toulon. The Journal (lie 'Lyre states that the naval carpen ters and other workmen, who had been drafted from va rious Channel ports to Brest. have been dismissed. The Siecle quotes a letter from Milan, which asserts that a secret convention has been made between Austria and Sardinia, in virtue of which the troops of the ferrner Power would occupy Piedmont, and enter Svii•zerland in ease of a war with France. 'The Zurich Gazette states that the Swiss Vorort has addressed a circular to the Cantonal Gov.rnmente con taining the following diplomatic note, which it has re ceived from his Excellency Mr. D. R. Moricr, British 'Ambassador : " The undersienerl, Ambassador from her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, has communicated to his Govern ment an account of the measures adopteu by the Vorort fcr maintaining the independence and neutrality of Swit zerland in ease of a war. On the 30th of November, Vis count Palmerston, Secretary of Sate for Foreign Affairs, charged the undersigned to notify to their Excellencies the Burgomaster and Council of State of the Canton of Zurich, as Vorort of the Helvetic Confederation, the satisfaction experienced by her Britannic Majesty's Govern ment an learning the resolution of the Helvetic Confe deration to maintain intact the rights which tbe Confe ration has acquired. by acceding to the declaration drawn up at Vienna in 1815, and that too, by faithfully fulfilling the ditties imposed on ,it. The undersigned is further charged to assure the Vorett that her Britannic Majesty's Government, although there is now no longer any proba bility of a rupture between France and the Powers which signed the Treaty of London, fully appreciates the resolu tion of the Confederation to maintain the order of things gueranteed by Great Britain. The undersigne d 9eiz.l on this occasion - of renewing to their Excellencies the Bie6se master and Council of State of Zurich the assurance of his high consideration. " D. R. MO R I ER. " Berne, Dec. 7." 'The Swiss Directory has published a notice that kirsch-wesser, beine considered as a simple liqueur, might be imported into England and Ireland, paying only a duty of twenty-two shillings a gallon, being the same as that imposed upon brandy, the thirty shilling duty having been hitherto demanded on the supposition that kirsch-wassur was a mixed liqueur. The Federal of Geneva states that several accidents have occurred in the Grisons in consequence of the immense quantity of snow which has fallen from the Rhetian Alps. A vrturino with his carriage and horses had been buried under an avalanche from Mount Albula. " The Bavarian Government," says the Indeoendant of Brussels, " is so satisfied with the heavy pieces of cannon recently cast for it at the Liege foundry that scarcely have the first 150 guns been delivered than a new contract has been entered into by it for 240 mortars, part of which arc f o r throwing stone balls, and part upon Cohorn's principle. We learn that many foreign artillery officers have passed the highest culogiums en the beauty and solidity of the heavy pieces alluded to. This new contract will not give employment to a great number of hands, but will heighten the repute in which the foundry is so justly held." " The Friendland three-decker," says a Cherbourg letter, " waits only fur orders from the Minister of the Marine to be towed out into the roadstead, and in a week after will be ready to go round to Brest, to take in her guns and stores. The Reine Blanche, 60-gua frigate, is nearly as forward." On Thursday evening their Majesties received the Turkish and Spanish Ambassadors, the Wurtembcrg Mi nister, the Swiss Charge d'Affrirs, Count Mole, Generals Pajol and Tre zel. The Moniteur Parisien states that on Tuesday neat M. Hamann, Minister of Finance, will lay before the Chamber of Deputies the Budget for 1842, and with it a Bill fur authorising a loan of 16,000,000 f. Three per Cent Rentes. This, at the present price, is equivalent to a capital of 410 millions of francs. Marshal Soult has revived at the offices of the Ministry of War, with regard to persons entering them, the regula tions established in 1831 and 1832. The chefs de division alone are to be allowed to present Peers, Deputies, Ge nerals, and other persons requesting an audience by let ter. Any person belonging to the offices introducing any ono without permission will be immediately discharged. The Paris Correspondent of the Obseruatcur of Brussels says, that an official offer has been already made by Great Britain of her mediation between Spain and Portugal. A letter from Algiers of the 14th instant states, that a small vessel in the service of the French navy has just been lost dear Djigelly, and that the crew and passatigers have been taken prisoners by the Arabs. The crew of the ship which was wrecked off Bugia have got safely into that town. The King is this day to pass in review the officers and seamen of the Belle Poule frigate and the Favourite cor vette. The review will take place in the Salle des Ma rcchaux of the Tuileries or the Galerie du Louvre. On Tuesday the officers and crews are to leave, on their re turn to Cherbourg, in steamers, if the state of the river should permit. The Commerce says—" There is a report in the political circles of a correspondence between our Cabinet and the Swiss Directory on the subject of the armaments of the Confederation. The contingents are estimated at 80,000 men, and of this number one-half are destined to ob serve the German frontier. But as the French frontier presents only a comparatively small extent of line, it re sults that the troops placed in front of France will form a very concentrated and almost hostile army. Such, we are assurer], has been the subject of the communications made to the Swiss Directory, which is said to have persisted in maintaining the dispositions decided upon without offering a satisfactory explanation." A letter of the 20th instant, from Neuchatel, in Switzer land, quoted by the Constitutionnel, says—" A man named Bore!, a native of Val de Travient, who had been exiled as a participator in this disturbances of 1831, but has lately been allowed to return to his own country, was a few days ago denounced by the French Government to the Swiss authorities as having furnished Darmes with the carbine by which he made the attempt to shoot the King. Borel has in consequence been imprisoned at Neuchatel, and it is belived will be sent to France to take his trial." The Droit mentions that the day before yesterday, a journeyman dyer was arrested as an accomplice of Darmes, and that some republican pamphlets found at his lodgings were seized. A new Constitution, drawn up by the Radical party in the Swiss canton of Argau, has just been voted in the States of that canton by a majority of 130 to 30. BELGIUM. (35 3 :0 46j BRESS ELS ' DEC, 26.—Inthe sitting of the 24th of December, the Senate agreed to the project of law fixing the amount of the army for 1841, at 80,000, and the pro visional credit of five mllions, for the war department. We learn that the Committee of the S mato appointed to examine the project of law relative to the imposition of an import duty, on ,foreign thread, is favourable to the proposal. A duty of twelve or fiurtcen francs per 100 klogrammes is spoken of. THEATRES. DRURY-LANE. The Concerts d'Hivcr attracted a crowded audience on Saturday night, despite the absence of that pantomimic fun, for which the holiday-makers at this merry season of the year have generally so great a craving. Every part of the house—boxes, pit, and even the gallery, which, with the present performances, is only visited from a want of room elsewhere—had its occupants ; and the increased comfort of the arrar,ge ments,and the excellence of the programme, well repaid them for the desertion of those places of amusement in which harlequin is for the present allowed to reign tri• umphant. There was no disorder or confusion (luring an y part of the evening, and the deep attention pail to the music generally, and the perfect quiet produced by the performance of some sweet air or touching melody, formed a striking, though indead a pleasing contrast to the uproarious mirth and boisterousness which for ages tins run riot on boxing night. During the close of the -theatre for the last few days, several alterations have been made in Os internal arrangements, which , will add much both to the elegance of the house (L id the comfort of the audience. \Varm carpeting has he.'m laid down both in the entrances and lobbies of the boxes, and the whole area of the pit, has been covered ; new- stoves have been erected, and curtains have been hung Across the doors, to keep out the inclemency of this ro Ally winter weather, SO fatal to the personal comfort of those within its reach. \Vreaths, festoons, and bouquets, formed of h oll y , misletoe, and the other plants which the season affords, are scattered here and there, an,: give an agreeable variety to the general eff,:et of the decorations, So much for the improve ments to Which the enterprising manager has made in the fittings up of the theatre. Of the programme of the niOft we .need saw but little. It included the ,}ven tures to Tencrcdi, Fee Diuvolo, Masanicllo—sevLral favourite quadrilles, waltzes, and galops—a solo by Harr Koenig on the cornet-a-pison, and on the con certina by Mr. E. Case ; and the performances were wound up with God save the Queen. All of these were admirably played, and were much applauded. HAYMARKET. The character of the entertainment provided for the holiday visitors on Saturday night differed somewhat from that prescribed by established usage at this merry season of the year. The Christmas gambols of Clown and Pantaloon arc wanting, the magic wand of Harle quin was not there, nor the graceful (lancing of Colur.3- bine ; but, in the place of those old favourites, whose faces have been familiar to us from our childhood, stood the good King Arthur, with his Queen Dolla lolla, his daughter Huncamunca, and that diminutive hero of romance Thomas Thumb, the Giant-killer. Considering the shortness of the period during which this house can remain open, it is not surprising that the manager was reluctant to incur the expense which must attend the prodh: :ion of a genuine pantomime ; nor is it, on the other hand, more surprising that the au dience should have felt some disappointment at the absence of their old friends. From whatever cause it proceeded, the fact certainly is, that even Fiehling%Tom Thumb, incomparably tine finest burlesque ever written, passed off heavily, and was upon the whole unfavourably • received. Great pains appeared to have been bestowed upon the “ getting up ;" the dresses, in the style of the time of George 1., were tasteful and correct, and the new scenery was excellent ; but perhaps the want of success which has attended this revival is mainly to he attributed to inefficiency in the performers generally. Tnere were unquestionably several exceptions to that . remark ; Strickland threw all the rich humour of whic'a be is capable into King Arthur ; Mrs. Stanley's Hon , eamunea was a glorious tragedy princess ; and Master . George Webster's Tom Thumb was unev_Tptionable. This clever child, about seven years old, strutted about the st 44e, and talked of love and war with all the dig nity of a real hero. He entered most completely into the spirit of the character, and almost monopolized the applause ; out unless every character is sustained with spirit, a burlesque Ike " Tom Thumb," witty anti amusing in itself, must infallibly become tedious on the stage ; and so it proved on Saturday niht. More than half the point was lost upon the audience by the mumblieg of the actors, whom we would venture to remind, for their future guidance, that in order to ap preciate Tom Tb tont), it is exceedingly necessary to hear the words, not of the dialogue merely, but of the songs and catches, with which it is copiously inter spersed. Sir E. L. Malwer's new comedy, _Money, continues to increase in attraction. It was received throughout with very great applause, and at the fall of the curtain M. Macrcady was loudly called for ; but be did not make his appearance. The farce of the Ladies' Club, with a few alterations by the author, suc ceeded the comedy, and with the valuable aid of Mrs. Glover, passed off well. COVENT-GARDEN. From time immemorial old Father Christmas has inseparably connected among his well-deserved and highly prized festive enjoyments, the delicious ness of plum-pudding with the delectability of that schooi•boy wonder of wonders—Pantomine. Accord ing to modern usages, not fuller of raisins, almonds, cur• rants, and all sorts of spices, is the cake, the Panto mime, than of wit, repartee, and of local corrective allusion. We never witness the approach of Christmas without being prepared to sing in the chorus of the old Frecch canticle, thus freely translated in " Hone's Every-day Book," the following touching lines : " flail Father Christmas ! hail to thee ! Honoured ever shalt thcu be I All the sweets that love bestows, Endless pleasures wait on those Who, like Vassals brave and true, Give to Christmas homage due." And " homage due," it is no less the duty than the del ght of our Pantomimists to render to Father Christ mas. This, at least, we may attest, that after the " Spanish Curate," the Pantomime produced on Satur day night at Covent-Gardsn might fairly lay claim to a more intellectual origin than many of its brethren ; and if magnificence of scenery and dresses were to he the test of merit, we do not know where a piece has been brought before the public which could compete with it. The title was The Castle of Otranto, a name dear to all lovers of romance, the first specimen of the Gothic romance, that prolific parent of the school of mysterious yolumss filled with spectres, dungeons, subtcrraneous passages, bleeding nuns, and skeleton warriors, which deluged all the circulating libraries in the kingdom, until the Great Wizard of the North with one dash of his pen drove the whole brood into their original darkness. The opening scene of the piece, which owes its name and origin to this popular tale, is laid in the regions of romance, in which the Spirit of Romance (Miss M. Glover) is discovered lamenting the decline of her empire and the destruction of the " reign of terror," by modern parody. She summons up her attendant spirits, and the heroes and heroines of romance, amongst whom are the re doubted seven champions of Christendom, Amadis de Gaul, Robert the Devil, the Monk, the Bleeding Nun, Faust, the Bravo of Venice, Ivanhoe, &c. She charges these, her faithful followers, to repel the inroads of Bur lesque, and to regain their ancient power. The scene then changes to a view of the Castle of Otranto as seen through the medium of romance, an ancient struc ture, with castellated walls, moat, tower, and donjon, in every respect a fit residence for a grim baron of the feudal time. The Spirit of Burlesque (S. Smith) now 'appears bearing a large fool's bauble, sand attended by a band of pretty little female Follies, and a large troop of Burlesque Cavalry, with basket chargers. The heroes and heroines of Burlesque join their leader ; in their ranks we recognised our old friends Tom a Thurnb, Don Ferolo, \Vhiskcrandos, Don Quixote, the Three Kings of Brentford, and other celebrated characters. By the direction of the Burlesque chief, his forces make an assault on the Castle of Otranto, which, after a faint resistance, is taken, and Romance and her followers driven out from their strong hold to seek shelter else where. The scene then shifts to the Court-yard in the Castle, in which stands the gigantic helmet, which, in a chaunt sung by the spirit of Burlesque, is described as " The helmet so awfully big, That fell from the sky, Nobody knew why ; And pitched itself hard In the Castle-yard Of the Castle of O-tran-to l" Manfred, the usurpiug Prince of Otranto, is represented by an irascible mad red-haired old gentleman, who thumps his wife and kicks his vassals in a truly inde pendent and princely fashion. The unexpected appear anoe of the Helmet causes the Prince considerable un easiness, and he c auses Theodore, the true heir, to be placed under it ; but the Helmet, indignant at being converted into a lockup-house for disorderly persons, begins to wave its tremendous black plumes in a mys terious manner, encloses its huge vizor slowly, and dis covers the features of Alphonse the Good, to the great alarm castle, which is not at all dispelled of the t h e a ppearance of a g i gan ti c hand, issuing from the ground, and app l y i ng the end of the thumb t o t b h y e inmates of the the tip of the nose, in the " Don't you wish you may get it" style. After this dreadful vision, we are intro duced to a vault in the castle .into which the youthful Theodore has fallen through a hole which had been broken through the pavement by the gigantic helmet. Then we have a grand staircase and gallery—in which a co uple of gigantic arms and fists encased in armour, p l a y shuttlecock with Manfred and his domestics pitch ing them up to the ceiling and pummelling them with an energy and determinati on that would make Deaf Burke expire with envy. The knight of the gigantic sabre next arrives, and a challenge is blown by a very small pa ; e on a very large horn at the castle gate, and after a long parley with a venerable monk, the gigantic sabre is borne into the castle. We have, finally, what architects call a front elevation of the monstrous helmet. " With the tomb of Alphonse the Good, Who lived in the castle as long as he could." — Theodore is discovered to be the rightful heir, the helmet opens gradually and discovers a very beautiful and effective grouping. The Spirit of Romance appears surrounded by a star radiating into golden spear heads ; on eithe r hand are drawn up a pile of mounted knights in complete panoply. The entire group is supported on a gilt platform, adorned with armorial devices, escut cheons, B,: e . Nothing could be more gracefully conceived and exe cuted than this charming device, which drew down ge neral applause. So me of the p a ntomime scenes were exceedingly good and told well, while a great many others of them were :sufficiently,ientie dull. Of the latter class was the Show of Fruits and Flowers, with the melancholy joke of conve rting the clown into a Gooseberry Fool , a a huge goose being on his head ; an d " Th e F urn i s h e d Lodgi ngs " scene, where the hackneyed trick of making the chairs, tables, sofas, and every article of furniture dis appear, one after another, unt il t h e room i s com pl e t e ly dismantled, and ; becomcs " Unfurnished Lodgings" in the strictest meaning of the word. Th e scene , h owever , aided by aju.licious smash of glass ware , and a comic cracker att ac h e d to the clown ' s rear , provoked a goo d deal of l a u g h ter among galleries. T the holiday folks of the pit and The best scene, by far, wa s",theTemple of the Drama," a beautiful classical building, but, evidently in such a tottering condition, that it, is obliged to he sup ported by t wo ' wooden props called " spectacle" and rnelo•drar na ." rho Temple is offered for sale, " a great at 100,0001. for the season. Musard and his bargain," bandrg ain 0 , " f foreign musicians rise from the stage, and take possession of it ; the scene then changes, and we find an orchestra on the stage, while the statues of Shakspere, Lope de Vega, Molicre, Racine, and other dramatists, Ore represented playing upon a iolins, &c. The results of this musical mania arc shown by a num ber of placards, borne across the stage, in which is shown the gradual and natural descent from overflow• ing houses to bankruptcy and the treadmill. The scene of John Bull in the china shop was very well re ceived ; indeed, all the. allusions to England's glory. and the valour of h er troops b y l a nd and sea, were loudly applauded. Trafalgar-square, with its broadside of placards was made a vehicle for some good lids—the change and discovery of Nelson's Monument, and the well-managed appearance of the Victory in full sail, was rapturously received, as was the national-flag dance of sailors and their lasses, though we must say we never saw such fair weather sailors at Portsmouth or Plymouth; we rather think they were different to those hearty fellows who opened Mehemet Ali's eyes. The panorama, which is beautifully painted by the Messrs. Grieves, em b race d some of the plac es ren dered remarkable by s triking even ts within the past year. There was a charming view of St. Helena, with the removal of Napoleon's remains on board the Belle Poule frigate by night—there was a storm off the Cape, fearfully natural, .vith Admiral Elliot's fleet tossed upon the mighty billows. Then we hld picturesque views in China—the city of Canton — with its at jocks Cr(! fan!!•tie P l 7. o ' l • l ' , 'n' l b`t lain's, auu tile British troops scalieg the walls of I:chusan ; and thee the glorious capture of Acre, con- eluding with a grand a llegorical picture, which, it is procures the aid of the dwarf of the " palace of many sufficient to say, was not excelled by any other scene in gates" and succeeds in putting her to sleep for a number the piece. As a whole, the pantomime, with a little of years, and consequently her appearance is changed to curtailment, is extremely clever, it is got up with a that of an old woman, which has the effect of inducing liberality highly creditable to the management, and her to acknowledge his addresses. The transformatio❑ cannot fail to attract large audiences for some weeks to then takes place, and Mr. J. W. Collier sustains the come. The house was crammed to the ceiling. part of the Harlequin, Mr. Grammani, Pantaloon, Mr. Jeff-rani, Clown, Mr. Stilt, Harlequin's Tiger, and Mrs. J. W. Collier, that of Columbine. The tricks, trans formations, and mechanical scenes are humourous and wed executed. A burlesque on the " black bottle" scene between Lord Cardigan and Captain Reynolds was introduced, and excited great laughter. The last scene, " The Hall of History," illustrating Great. Britaih's triumphs in the annals of time, was well painted. It includes Alfred's Victory • over the Danes in 891; Magna Charta, 1815 ; the Battle of Cressy, 1:346 ; the Battle of Poictiers, 1356 ; Henry the Fifth at Agincourt ; the destruction of the Spanish Armada, 1588 ; the restoration, 1660 ; the battle of Blenheim, 1704 ; the battle of the Nile, 1799 ; the battle of Tra lalgo.r, 1805 ; the siege of Badajoz, 1813 ; and the battle of Waterloo, 1815. The characters were well sustained. ADELPHI THEATRE. The pantomime at this theatre is entitled Hanle (juin and the Enchanted Fisk ! or the Geni (query Genius) of the Brazen Bottle, is produced by that Prince of grotesque Pantornimists Wieland, who en acts the part of Clown. The introductory porti.in is a burlesque version of the story of the Fisherman from " The Arabian Nights." The opening scene, a view of the Palace and Dominions of the Sultan Fattah- Fool-All Gobble All Ah is exceedingly beautiful—a calm lake,its placid surface gemmed with boats, whos light sails glitter in the sun, constitutes the foreground, while in the back appears the " city of the Sultan" with its doilies and minarets towering into the blue and cloudless sky. It is scarcely necessary to say that this exquisite specimen of Eastern scenery is from the pencil of Telbin. Mustapha, the Fisherman (Mr. Maynard), after having in vain cast his nets into this lake, hies him to the enchanted lake of the four mountains, whore he brings to land a brazen bottle in which is impri soned an Efreet. He opens the bottle and the Efreet appears, but instead of evincing gratitude he threatens to take the life of his deliverer, but first of all to gra tify his curiosity gets again into the brazen bottle, where upon Mustapha shuts him up, and only releases him on his promise to put him in a way of making his fortune, when the Effreet directs him to cast his net into the lake, and proceed with certain fish which he will catch, to the palace of the Sultan. On his arrival at the Royal resi dence, he finds the Sultan in a peck of troubles, first, on account of the sudden disappearance of his son Prince Floridore ; next on account of the equally afflicting cir cutnstance of the scarcity of fish, in consequence of which the Royal table had for some time been unsup plied with this luxury. The arrival of the fisherman is of course hailed with delight, and leaving the Officers of State to conduct the Government, and the search after the lost hair, as to them may seem meet, his Majesty, accompanied by his cook, proceeds to the kitchen to as sist in doing the honours of the frying-pan, to the illus trious strangers who have been thus presented at Court by Mustapha. Wieland acted the Sultan, and an excellent piece of rich humour he made of it. His dress and making-up were admirable. He locked like a walking plum-pudding, and seemed in a constant stew of fussiness. The enchanted fish hops about in the pan to the great astonishment of his Majesty, and in obedience to the orders of the Fairy of the Myrtle Rod, at length hops out of it. The ap pearance of the Fairy is excellently managed, and pretty Mrs. Nailer dressed and looked the Fairy to perfection. A second supply of fish play the same pranks in obedience to the orders of the black slave of the green baton, and then the Sultan is informed that these fish are servants of his . son, who have been en chanted by a magician, who keeps Prince Floridore and the Princess Amanda prisoners in his enchanted castle, from which the Sultan himself can alone free them. The Sultan immediately undertakes the adven ture, and on his arrival at the enchanter's, the usual transformations take place, Prince Floridore being the Harlequin (Ellar), the Princess, the Columbine (Miss Bullen), the Sultan, the Clown (Wieland), and the Magician, Pantaloon (King). Ellar, notwithstanding his age, is still as active as ever, he is indeed a Harle quin, not a mere dancer in a Harlequin's dress, and we are delighted to sec him once more in his proper sphere. He can boast of having played Harlequin to the two best Clowns of modern times, Grimaldi and Wieland,on whose shoulders the mantle of Grimaldi has most worthily faller.. Wieland's Clown is not that of a face -making posture master, but is a rich and unctuous piece of genuine humour. He does not go through his tricks sedately and solemnly as some of your clowns do, but he seems to enjoy them himself ; entering into them with the genuine school-boy relish for mischief. His wink and chuckle are most knowing; and his laugh is quite contagious. Miss Bullen made a graceful Columbine ; and Mr. King, as Pantaloon, bore his mishaps with becoming resignation. The pantomime was like one of the olden time, one continued scene of bustle ; depending more upon the harlequin for its success than upon the adventitious aids of scenery, &c. " An old friend with a new face," was one of the best of the transformations. The scene representing the old front of the Adelphi, is, by a touch of Harlequin's wand, transformed into a view of the present front. The events of the past year come in for their share of panto mimical illustration, and divers hits at the Earl of Car digan were received with loud applause. One of the best tricks was the arrival of a packing-case, directed to John Bull, Esq. When opened, it was discovered to contain five volumes of Annuals, 1840 to 1844, and from each volume walked forth an infant Prince or Princess. Their Royal Highnesses were loudly cheered. The concluding scene—a grand allegorical tableau of, the Ocean Queen and her tributaries, was very effectives and elicited loud applause. Although some of the tricks hung fire, the pantomime on the whole went off very well. At the fall of the curtain there were some slight manifestations of disapprobation, which were speedily overwhelmed by a tumult of applause, in the midst of which Wieland appeared, and announced the pantomime for repetition every evening. SADLER' S WELLS. The admirers of Christmas theatricals at the northern district of the metropolis were last night well enter tained at this theatre by Mr. Honncr, the lessee. The bill of fare was attractive, and the house was filled soon after the doors were opened. The juvenile, which was by no means the smallest portion of the audience, appeared to he as happy as usual upon such occasions. The performances commenced with a romantic domes tic drama, in three acts, called The Outcast Mother ; or Mc IVild Woman of the Village. The piece appeared to please ; but, is consequence of the general noire, little was heard. The principal characters were sus- Williams, Elvin, tained by Me ssrs. Henry Marston, Dry, and J. W. Collier, and Mesdames Richardson, Morgan, and Barnett. This was followed by a new, grand, comic Christmas pantomime, entitled Harlequin at:d Poor Richard ; or, Ohl ,Father Time and the Al manacle Maker. Of the pantomime, we must say that the scenery is beautiful, the decorations are good, the mu sic middling, and the dancing tolerable. Those, however, whose fancy it is sought most to please at this particular season were not slow in bestowing upon it their hearty approbation. The rapture of the children appeared to be without bounds ; ready to leap out of the box, they joycd in the mischief of the clown , and exhibited no small portion of contempt for his ignorance in not knowing that hot water would scald and gun powder explode. The first scene is " the abode of Old Father Time, overlooking the great globe itself'," and the changes of Time, with a dioramic illustration of the flight of the hours—sunrise and noon, sunset and night—which is admirably executed and elicited consi derable applause. A very beautiful view of the Palace of Pleasure in the Realm of Laughter followed, in which an amusing scene takes place between Gaity (the God dess of Pleasure), Miss Cooke, and her usual attendants, Mirth, Levity, and Folly, Giddiness, Extravaance, and Dissipation. The exterior of poor Richard's dwelling at the Golden Clock,in which poor Richard (Mr. W. Collier, afterwards Harlequin), e ndeavours to win the lifiN;tions of Mirroonerte Rompektilsken, ".7 .e en of Maury kNiadlie.kantly t cutoll) wiiu has a great contempt for the men fellows, and consequently r e j ects his suit. He then SURREY THEATRE. The first piece performed on Saturday evening was a domestic drama, by the author of Black-eyed Susan, entiled Martha 11 7 iiis, the Maid Servant. It has a good moral. Some of the acting was excellent, par ticularly that of Mr. Saville and Mrs. 11. Vining, and went off much better than a new piece generally does at this season of boisterous merriment. A lively pan tomime followed, entitled Harlequin and My Lady Lee ; or, Goosy Gander and the Spit-bound Goslings, and it was most amusing to see how like geese boys and men can make themselves at times. Goosey Gander was a most sup2rb animal, surpassing any of the spcies in St. James's Park ; and the little goslings, with their pretty legs and violet-coloured wings, which they moved very gracefully, attracted universal attention. The story of the pantomime ap pears to be this :—Eghart, Lord of Lincoln (Mr. John son), is deeply attached to Swauhilda, or in other words to the redoubtable Lady Lec (Miss Chartley). who is disguised as a goose girl ; but his views arc in „terfered with by maid Margery (Mr. France), who havlng assumed the title, vows that she will wed no other than Lincoln's lord. Now, maid Margery, i being aided and assisted by Malachi Muniblemass, corn moldy called Humpty Dumpty (the old man who could not kneel down to say his prayers for fear of not being able to get up again), in these her wily schemes, is nearly getting the better of justice, when another personage is called into action, Michael Pascal, the wizard of the fens of Lincolnshire, commonly called Goosey Gander, having some time previously been transformed into stone by a mighty fairy, and having remained in that cold condition until this particular juncture, is re leased by Swanhilda. Michael testifies his gratitude by uniting in the holy bonds of wedlock Lord Egbart and Swauhilda, upon the one condition of their doing their very best towards the evening's fun, and by the influence of his power they are transformed into Harle quin and Columbine, Mr. Rochez taking the former, and Miss Sharpe the latter character, with Mr. Southby as Clown, Mr. Lehman as Pantaloon , Mr. Huline as Hobbynob, and though last not least, Signor Felix Carlo is a kind of medium character, or, as he is called in the bills, Jack-o'-both-sides. The genius of these respective gentlemen was now called into ac tive requisition, for scene succeeded scene with the rapidity of magic, and the tricks and transformations followed in quick succession. A booking-office, a doctor's shop, and an undertaker's, were before the audience at the same time, when the scene changed to Gravesend (not in Kent), and afterwards to the new cemetery—rather a short way to the end of all things human. Next came the Clown with the others, dressed up as royal academicians, giving their opinions of the various works of art brought for admission. All those in the style of Turner were passed with acclamations, whilst some, having no other claim than that of being true to nature, were daubed over, or passed by alto gether. Nelson's Monument sprung up from the ruins of a man-of-war, in Trafalgar-square, amidst a full chorus singing " Rule Britannia." Pantaloon jumped into the shop-window of a grocer, when a paper an nounced that he was gone to tea. A Royal cradle, with attendant pages, was marched into a shop of one Master John Bull, dealer in roast beef, amidst the cheers of the whole house. Clown told John Bull that he would have to keep her, upon which he answered earnestly, " Ay, that I will." A military depot was then introduced with three dashing officers of Prince Albert's Own. On opening a hamper the black bottle gave rise to a hearty laugh, and more especially when the aforesaid officers declared it to be most un gentlemanly to have it upon the table. A boarding school on fire gave the audience an opportunity of be holding several damsels in their night gear. The most effective scene in the whole pantomime was the Rail.• way Station, comprising the station for accidents and offences. Upon the engine blowing up, which it is made to do as a matter of course, legs, arms, and other portions of man's mortal frame, aro scattered about like hailstones. They arc put together and steam applied , to them, when, strange to say, they unite again, and as sume part of their original character. A claims of B his leg, and B claims of C his arm ; they each insist upon the other returning their own particular extre mity. This scene is heightened considerably by the resuscitated individuals being dressed in party-coloured clothes. A grand synopsis of Syria, or diorama of por tions of Asiatic Turkey, Asia Minor, and the Holy Land, with the fortress of St. Jean d'Acre, is presented to illustrate the victories of the Allies in the East, which does credit to the scene-painters of the theatre. j The pantomime, altogether, was very successful. VICTORIA. After the tragedy of Jane Shore, which was wit. nessed with sonic impatience by the numberless visitors to this theatre, a pantomime written by Mr. Moncrieff, and under the superintendence of Mr. Howell, who had been for some time at Drury-lane theatre, was produced. It was entitled Harlequin Jack (f .Newbury; or, 13aa, Baa, Black Sheep, and the Old Woman of Berkley. The pantomime was got up with great splendour, and the changes of scene and tricks, of which there was great abundance, were managed with adroitness but seldom witnessed upon the first night of so complicated a display, There were, as might be expected, several hits made at some of the remarkable events of recant occurrence. The famous court-martial at Brighton, and the general conduct of the officer who figured upon that occasion, supplied Mr. Moncrietf with opportunities of passing some very pointed and humorous practical jokes upon the vexatious discipline carried into effect ' in one particular regiment. The accouchement of her Majesty was another theme upon which his comical imagination was exercised with success ; and the ra pidity with which the baby was stripped naked, when there was a question about its sex, drew down peals of laughter wad applause from men, women, and children. The imitation of the performances at Richardson's show, iAt Bartholomew Fair, was so perfect as so convince many in the theatre that the imitators must have prac tised in the very spot. The Clown, who is, we under• stand, the son of Blanchard, of Surrey celebrity, is a decided acquisition. He has genuine humour, and a great deal of activity too. Tho Harlequin, by Mr. Howell, was a very neat performance, and a young lady of the name of Gooderham gave very great satis faction as Columbine. Indeed, it seemed quite impos sible to fatigue her, for she appeared every instant on the boards, and at the conclusion had as much elasticity as she displayed upon the rising of the curtain. The Pantaloon was carefully performed by Mr. Asbury, and the piece terminated amidst ;peat applause. CITY OF LONDON. This theatre was well filled", in every part, and well it might be, for a more ample bill of fare could not well have been produced. The first piece, a new one for the occasion, and founded upon Mr. Ainsworth's historical romance of" The Tower of London," was well got up us regarded scenery, and was well played ; Miss Vincent sustaining the part of Lady Jane Grey. A farce succeeded, and then came the New Grand Ro mantic, Supernatural, Aerial, Comic Pantomime, with new, beaut►ful, and really magnificent scenery, machi nery, &c. &c., entitled Ilarkgnin Peter Wilkins, or the King of the Air and the Flying Indians. The story is well known, and it is therefore sufficient to say it was burlesqued. 'Th en came the real fun, the quips, cranks, and drolleries, found nowhere else but in pantomime. The railways came in for their full share, if not of pas sengers, of burlesque. ROYAL PAVILION. The entertainments provided at this house last night, by Mr. Denvil, the present proprietor, were Martial Law, Americanisms, by Mr. Yankee Smith and his Piccaninny Coleman, and Harlequin Blue &Aril ; or, Fatal Curiosity. The first piece was got through in " dumb show," and though the " gods" and the occu pants of the pit exhibited a most noisy anxiety end rest lessness for the commencement of that which was the great attraction of the night, the pantomime, the enter tainments of Mr. Smith and his " piccaninny" assistant were listened to with an attention which was almost marvellous, and it is but justice to Mr. Smith to say that his performance was exceedingly clever, and there is no doubt he will become a great favourite at this part of the town. The pantomime is the production of Mr. Nelson Lee, and is taken from the celebrated nur sery legend of " Blue Beard," and in its production that gentleman has no fault whatever to find with the proprietorship ; on the contrary, the scenery, the masks, properties, machinery, and music, were all that he could have wished for to sustain the suc cess of the piece. The appearance of Mr. T. Hill — after an absence of four years from these boards—as Clown, was warmly greeted. Mr . Tong very made a very good Pantaloon, Mr. Gibson a lively Harlequin. Mrs. Gibson as Columbine, and Miss Isaacs as Co lumbine, danced with a grace, s pirit, and vivacity, which elicited much applause. During the perform ances s everal exceedingly humourous tricks were played off, and some good hits mad of in reference to the march int.vieza and ti,c foTEs oi appearance of a wight decorated with the medal and order of Teetotalism, who, it was pronounced, had taken GERMANY. a VIENNA, Dec. 13.—50 far back as the year 1832, n proposal was made to place in the fortrcs , es of the Germ% Confederation, a garrison on the complete war establis merit ; and we hear that the plan is tiow to la:i carried into dice% 0 the part of 3. four regiments of infantry, two of cavalry, two battalions of Yag-rs, three battalion , of artillery (one of them horse artillery), arc designed for this purpose, but no orders to march have yet been given. Hasovatt, DEc. 16.—The Government is making pre parations for the next meeting of Estates of the Kingdom. A report is in circulation (which is generally revived) at New Year that the Kirg will do an act of clemency and justice, which will be the first step to a reconciliation with the capital. BERLIN', DEC. 20.—0 n the 17th:vre lost bylaw death of Privy Counsellor D, V. Stagcmann, one of our most esteemed statesmen, at the size of 78 j ears. His Abjesty has been pleased to confer the Order of the Black Eagle on his Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Denmark. —llanthurgh Papers, Dec. 22 TRIESTE, DEC. 18 —His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Bavaria, who was expected here yesterday to embark on board the steamer which goes to day to Syria, had not yet arrived. We suppose that he has been stopped or, the road by a heavy fall of snow. The same cause has delayed the s from Vienna and hilly, so that we have no foreign news of any kiad Here, too, we have had so much snow, that it ha; been a foot deep it, the streets, at/cry rare circumstance in this city, FLANDERS AIND DUTCH MAIL. BRUSSELS, DEC. 24.—1 n the sitting of the Senate yesterday. the general discussion of the project of law for the prevention of duelling was commenced. Several members spoke on the subject, some expressing their approbation of thq law, while others thought it would be inoperative. M. Schiervel, the President, wishing to speak on the subject, ; requested Count Vilain XIV. to take the chair. He expressed his decided conviction of the cri minality of duelling, which he considered a flagrant vio lation of divine and human laws. He acknowledged that it would be difficult to make a perfect law on this subject, but he would vote for the law proposed, con sidering it as a trial, leaving it to time to indicate - the amelioration of which it might be susceptible. The Count Duval de Beaulieu spoke at great length upon the project. lie thought that by suppressing duelling free scope would be given to the malicious, who are al most always cowards, to speak calumnies and false hoods, and make covert attacks on honour and reputa tion. Other Members having inscribed their names as intending to speak, the Chamber adjourned till the fol lowing day, when the general discussion was closed. The Chamber of R"presentatives has adjourned till Tuesday, the 12th of January, 1841. Our river is, in general, frozen over. Several accidents have occurred from carelessness. TLIESTE, DEC. 10.—Letters from Corfu say that pro clamations of the Lord High Commissioner have been issued in the lonian Islands inviting Greek sailors, subjects of the republic, on very advantageous terms, to enter on board the British fleet. Thus it is inferred that the Egyptian question is not so completely settled, and that the relations of the Maritime Powers are not so friendly as M. Guixot would have it believed. We learn from Athens that M. Miesaurus, the Turkish Charge d'Affaires in Greece, has had several confer ences with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the result of which has been the settlement of the differences that lately subsisted between tbia Greek Government and the Porte. The declaration of the Greek Minister respecting Candia proved wholly satisfactory. THE HAGUE, DEC.:IL—T:Ie second Chamber com menced the general discussion on the laws relative to the budget of 1841. The Minister of Finance answered at great length the objection made by some members. " I acknowledge," he said, " that the burden of debt is great, but not so out of all proportion with that of for mer times as has been represented, or with the increase of debt of other countries. Thus the national debt of England in 1744. was 44 millions, it is ()op 762 millions, being increased in ontr century eighteen fold. DEC. 22.—The law relative to the budget was agreed ,o as follows : . • I. The Royal Hotssehold,,47jo.rAoneAid not vote] 11. The Great Officers oC , Sttge,, 47 to 2. 111. Foreign Offlce,.:29'to 20. IV. Justices, 48 to 1. • V. The Interior, 34 to 15. VI. Reformed Religion, 49 to 15. VII. Roman Catholics, 49 to 15. VIII. A, Marine, 49 to 15. VIII. B, Colonial, 49 to 15. IX. Finances, 35 to 14. DEC. 23.—The Chamber completed the debate on the budget of the expenditure. X. War Department, 31 to 11. XI. Unforeseen Expenses, 42 to 7. The debate on the ways and means then commenced, and was concluded in the evening sitting. The Minis ter of Marine laid a declaration on the table, stating that the subject of the contracts with the Commercial Company, (which some members considered to be ille gal), would in conformity with the general wish, be mmediately and seriously taken into consideration by the Government. 6ELCTIAN F U N DS—Bitugand, Dac. Actual Detu,2!4 per Cent. Itisttnichild's Loan, per C,nt .......... ts Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 6 1 / 4 ti her Cent. ON. ----Thirty-seven------- .. Loan of City, 161 - 111, 4 per Cent 9O 1 Society of CommQrce, 4 yiper Cent lO t•R Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent... ..... ao., • National Society • 11 05 Exchange on London (shin t) —Brussels Papers, Dec. 24. DUTCH FUNDS.—ANUITERDaId, Don ;:.3 mll.. Actual Debt, :.}4 per Cent ;HU°, ditto 5 per cent. Attie' t Syndic, 4 1.4 per cent 863 St% Ditto, ditto, ay e per cent 7l 7]: Commercial Company, 414 per cent 162 Ifi..i Ditto (1535 and lti37) 5 per cent. ...... Loan U 37, 5 per cunt. Exchange on London, One month I. 0 Two months Dutch Papers, Dec. 24. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Dix. 17 Five per Cents. Metalhques • lOO4 Four per Cents. Three pr Cents. Bank sharcs lO3 -.Ai/Kernettie Zaturzg, Dec. 21. HAMBURG BONSENHALLE, DEC. 22. Bills. Money Austrian 5 per Cents. 1 .5 Bank shares ll An g lo-Russian Loan iiiii 10531 Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, C 4 rtificate 11.,*ii Inscription, Ist SC:i74 lO3 Russian 5 per Cent. Hop., and Co. 3d and 4th Series 96% INS 16 Ditto in Certificates Dutch Actual Debt, 2y , ', pc. Cent 4654 Ditto 1 per Con' — Polish Bonds New I icket Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Ceis . N.o wegian Loan, 1034, 4 per Cent... Spanish, New 3 per Cents. -..-• f:XCHANGI› ON LONDON. HAMBURG, Dec. 22.-13 314.—Tw0 months, 13 1 1 4 sToettitoLss, DEC, 15.—Sertnity.five days, IL 35. LEIPAIC, Dec. 18.—Two mo. ths, (i. lis. BitesieN,oDee. it> —Ts, o months, 613. I'ARLIN. DEC. 19. -Three months, ti. liN. 11t DELICATE AND HONOURABLE PATRO NAGE OF Sowell, —We have learned that Lord Francis Egerton, on being given to understand that, by pur chasing the original drawings of M. Agassiz's great work, his " Poissons Fossilles," he would enable that distin guished naturalist to extend his researches, he has offered to give him 5001. for them, and to leave them with him at Neufchatel as long as he requires them. This liberal and truly noble act entitles his Lordship to the gratitude of all the friends of science. —Scotsman. LORD LIEUTENANT OF FIFEsuIRE.--Cap tain Erskine Wemyss, M. P., being now appointed Lord Lieutenant, we may repeat that we believe this act of the Government will give great satisfaction. No nobleman or gentleman in the count) is better acquainted with all its public business. The population of every locality is mi nutely known to him, arid nothing can occur in any dis trict requiring the consideration of the Lord Lieutenant which could be disposed of by a person more capable of doing so with advantage to the public. —Fife Herald. THE WILL OF THE LATE EARL OF DUCIE. —The will of the Right Hon. Thomas, Earl of Ducie, Baron Ducie, late Of Tortworth, in the county of Glou cester, has just been proved in the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury, in Doctors' Cl by the Right Hon. Henry George Francis, Earl of Ducie, the son, and James Houghton Langton, Esq., the exe cutors. The personal property of the deceased Earl is sworn under 70,0001. The late Earl was born Aug. 31, 1766 ; succeeded his father, the late Lord, Aug. 20, 1808 ; married Dec. 5, 1797, Frances, only daughter of Henry, the first Earl of Carnarroe, and was advanced to the dignities of Earl of Ducie and Baron Moreton, by patent, Jan. 28, 1837. Th Elrl of Dentigh, Master the Horse ,o Jesty Gee (4t10.11 Dung, r, is h SOLI. 11A. law of the late Earl, and has a legacy under the will.— , ,Evening Paper. EVEN ING EDITION. the pledge, hut who, by a little inancencrin,T, on the part of the Clown and Pantaloon, got gloriously drunk. and reeled about the stage, was not the least amusing' to the audience. Some of the changes were managed with much skill ; and, tor a first night's perionnanee, exert' thing went off exceedingly well. GARRICK. The pantomime had for its high sounding title than of Harlequin and the Ocean Queen ; or, The King qt . the Ruby Castle and the Magic Yew 13ranch, and if one were to take the trouble to dig for its foundation. owes some of its origin to the nursery rhyme of " Fi, ro, Form" The opening was as good as could have been expected anywhere ; indeed it was very supe rior, but after the changes the greater portion of the tricks, as is usual the first night, did not work, and the changes had but little merit in theta, save in that of a " Present to the Queen," in a packing case being turned into a gilt cot and the Princess reposing, and in one or two more. The scenery was very beautiful on the whole, reflecting great credit upon the painter, more especially the Ruby Castle, the three towers of polished. steel, the Silver Lake of the Fairy Islands and the boudoir of Amphitrite. We presume the allegorical representation of Britannia conducting the four quarters of the earth to present their offering to her MsjestY• with the Princess Royal and Prirce Albert,iwouln not work, as although announced in the bills, we could see nothing like it. On the whole, the pantomime reaches mediocrity, and we have no doubt will much improve in the course of another performance or so. A duel scene, with the figure 11 on the back of one of the combatant's coats, reminded us of the Black -Bottle Captain. LITERATURE. REATH'S PICTURESQUE ANNUA Longman, London, 1840. As is often the case with works of thi s class, the embellishments arc the most attractive part of the Picturesque A nnual—not that the letter-press is bad,. but that it treats of the most hacknied of subjects, viz. Belgium, concerning whose scenery, architec ture, antiquities, manners, etc., all has been written that. need be written. It is but an act of justice, how ever, to i\l r. Roscoe to state that he has done all that possibly could be done for a threadbare theme, enlivening it by one or :Ivo vivid descriptions, ana frequently historical references which are well s uited to the subject, for every reader of history knows that for many an age We Low Countries were the battle-ground of Europe. The Illustra tions, which are not less than sixteen in n umber, furnish us with a lively idea of the splendo of many of the cathedral churches of Belgium, of which—such, for instance, as Notre Dame " 1 Antwerp, St. Nicholas in Ghent , and St. James in Liege, may vie with our noble st specimens of ecclesiastical architecture in Engl and. The vi▪ ew some of the " West Front of the Cathredral of Notre Dame in Antwerp bears no indistinct resem blance to Ely Cathedral, with this difference, thai it possesses a little more symmetry of propthortli▪ onon A good effect of distance is given to e g " Ca range of street that runs beside the chur ch ' Pulpit, at Brussels," exhibits some clever groue c arved thedral of St. Gudule, with the celebrated .. Mg. The kneeling figures in the fore-ground, c,lll, particular, are disposed w i t h singular taste. far as t the remaining plates, the best—so 1 , 1? en graving is concerned—is the sketc h of the " looni Hall of Louvain," which must have been a work o f .eat labour. The artist i s Radclyffe. POEMS BY LADY FLORA HASTINGS. Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1840. Were we disposed to be s evere in our criticafate l re of marks on this volume, the recent melancholy the accomplished authoress would at once disarm_ us, and if we could not conscientiously praise, we would certainly be mild and temperate in our strictures ; but, in truth, Lady Flora Hastings poems require no such forbearance at our hands, for to commend them is to be no more than just to them, inasmuch as they show such fer evidences of undeniable poe tical talent, andof vent and healthy sensibility as is not often to be met with in the productions of the modern d mu n se. The best is the " Dying Sybil," whic h is pene in the Sp e nscrian measure — t he most difficult all, except in skilful hands, and developes poweorsf of fancy which, had the fair writer's life been spared, would, when time and practice had matured them, have given her no mean rank among the poets of the day. MOORE'S POETICAL WORKS, VOL. 111. Longman, London, 1840. Mr.. Moore, alluding to his satirical fl in g s at the Prince Regent, in his preface to this volume, observes that " the high personage in question could refer to and quote them with a degree of good humour and playfulness which was creditable alike to his temper and good sense ;" and then proceeds to give an anecdote, in support of his re mark, from Lockhart's Life of Sir Walter Scott. Notwithstanding this anecdote, we greatly doubt the Priace's equanimity under such stinging sar casms as Moore levelled against.hitn. We suspect that they pierced to his ve r y heart's core, for he was an inordinately vain man, and vanity never for gets or forgives a wound inflicted on its self-love. Our opinion is strengthened, if not confirmed, by our recollection of his vindictive prosecution of the: Hunts, for no other reason than that one of the brothers happened to nickname him in the Exa miner "an elderly Adonis." Speaking of the be nefits which it was gene rall y re p orted at the time that the Prince had bestowed on him, Mr. Moore tells us that " they may be dispatched in a few sentences. At the request of Lord Moira, one ot my earliest and be friends, his Ral Highness graciously permitted Inc to dedicateoy t o my translation of the Odes of Anacreon.. I was twice, I think, admitted to the honour of dining at b Ca . nrl ton House ; and when the Prince, on hisbeing made Regent in 1811, gave his memorable .fete, wa s one of the crowd who en j o y ed the privileg esent e of being his guest on the occasion." The pr volume contains the majority of the " Irish Melo dies ;" two satires entitled " Corruption" and " In tolerance," v‘hich fell nearly still-born from the press ; and the far-famed " Twopenny Postbag"-- one of the wittiest and most peppery little jeux d'esprit that its author ever penned. " TAKING THE WALL SIDE. —SINGULAR FRACAS.—On Saturday, at the Kensington Petty Ses sions, Mr. James Poupart, a gentleman residing at Ful ham, appeared before Messrs. Pilkington and Sutton, the sitting Magistrates, charged with having assaulted Mr. Vincent Austin, under the following singular circum stances :—The complainant stated that as he was return ing from town to Fulham, and was passing over the bridge, on the high road, called Stanford-bridge, with his right hand to the wall, he met the defendant about the middle with his left hand to the wall. Seeing the de fendant intende d takin g the wall side of him, he (com plainant) said to him, " You are on the wrong side when defendant replied, " I always takes the sail." Complainant told him he allowed no person to take the wall of him when he was on his right side, and he stood still, keeping hold- of the wall of the bridge k ; on seeing which defen dant said, " Then I'll go bac again ;" and he turned round, keeping close to the wall, right in front of the complainant. On reaching the western end of the bridge, the path suddenly widens to the right, and the complainant, aware of that, took tho opportunity of passing the defendant on the ne t side, and in doing so might h ave sli g htl y brushed agaihim, when the defendant raised a walking-stiek he had in his hand, and struck him a violent back-handed blow across the left arm, the effects of which ho 6611 felt. Corn plainent followed defendant into the road, and attempted to e Co f om th p e la d i e n f a e n n t da to nt i ' d s f w ri r e c a s d t gthceasmtieckufproamndhips rheavnedniebduthismom. defendant he must have satisfaction s for the blo e w, and h v would rould thhoarts,ewashihpe him.ha d not how ever , T be i l i t e ave h d ys a ta s nd a e g rs e , tleman, and he had, in conse not allow him to do se, ainst quence been compelled to get a summons ag him. The defendant did not deny the main points of the case, but declared the complainant, on passing him, instead of slightly brushinhg hstruck had hi forcibly ejected he him into t he ro ad, for w hich , and said never e fore knew there was a right and a wrong side to a foot path. The Bench said it was an old established usage that pedestrians should always have their right hand to the wall and equestrians their left. It was an ancient custom, the o bservance of which induced good order in crowded t h o roughfares, and tended to prevent confusion amongst the moving myriads. They were astonished the defen dant should plead ignorance of such a custom, but as the abject of the complainant appeared to b e onl y to main tain his rights, they thought a fine of ss. with the c osts, would be s ufficient. The defendant paid the money. S O UTII AUSTRALIAN COMMISSION --The financial difficulties of South Australia having caused a cessation of the sales of land, and consequently of emi gration to that colony, the Commissioners base determined to reduce the home establishment ; and we regret to learn that Major Bczant, who, as most of the South Australian public are aware, has superintended the Land Department with so much zeal during the last three years, together with three of the clerks, have received notice that their services will be dispensed with at the expiration of the pee-. sent quarter.—South Australian Record. POSTAGE STAMPS.--A paragraph is going th round of the papers, stating that " numerous cases of ell:l cer are attributed to moistening the adhesive postage ramps with the tongue or lips." We are requested by Mr. Hawthorne, the manufacture r of adhesive um, to state that it is perfectly free from a n y thing deletegri h ou ci s s , in vitHi—tit 1,, ;: L ee xious as Algar, fact, it resembles in its chemical properties, and that it is' impossible for it to have the slightest injurious effect on tine lips or tongue. N - Lk vive