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ORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. n , - ---- ::-, i t rs I Was eminently success 0.1., r - '-dtiillig;.thOvhklie s i time i of the representation last night= sit ripd,:igailfney kept up a boisterous roar, whiCh to _Us Typai as gratl4l4 as the exhibition behind the 'footlights The pantomime was precedeiVit-IE-e—epestrian ispectacle of the Camp of Silfsia,,wilith, I:l4l:perceive, has been represented upwards d forty nights this season. ziI•L',2IAL REPORT Od THE ;ARC: Of THE SOL WESTERN RAILWAY COMPA.NY TO THE SHARE• HOLDERS. Four months having elapsed since the last Etoncral Meeting of this Company, and events having in the meantime occurred which have caused great confusion in the commercial world, and occasioned the abandonment of many important undertakings and the unavoidable suspension of others; the Directors, anxious at all times to keep the Shareholders well informed upon all matters which affect their in terests, consider that they are called upon at the present juncture to report to them officially the present position and prospects of the Company. They are happy in the first place in being able to state that, owing to the manner in which the last and all previous calls have been re sponded to, not only have they been enabled to carry on the Com pany's works without suspension up to the present time, but they are in a position to continue to carry on the principal works on the main line between Skipton and Clapham without any atsatement o vigour, and without further demands on the Shareholders until the month of March next. 7,142.] LO N TU ES DAY EavENz N DECEMBER 28 1847. • [PR ICE 3D. CITY OF LONDON. Were this little theatre double its present size, it would have been insufficient to accommodate one-half the applicants for admission on boxing night, so suc cessful has been the m anagement of the lessee, Mr. Honner. Ihe audience, too, closely as they were crammed, preserved the most admirable good humour, and even condescended so far to mitigate the imme morially customary uproar as to listen to at least one third of the first piece, the thrillingly -interesting drama of The Skeleton Witness. They further had the patience to wait, or rather to amuse themselves, fbr nearly an hour before the curtain rose upon the pantomime of The Old Woman Tossed up in a Blan ket; or, Harequin Arthur O'Bradley O! and then their gratification was complete. The performances of Professor Dewhurst, who personated Clown, and his two sons, elicited frequent and well-deserved applause. The scenery was very beautiful, and the pantomime altogether capital, allowance being of course made for the stiffness of machinery on a first night. R OPAL HOTEL, GRAINGER-STREET, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. CHARLES STATES solicits the patronage of his BROTHER - TRAVELLERS to the above Establishment, which has recently been newly furnished and laid out expressly fur a Com mercial Hotel. The COMMERCIAL ROOM, one of the largest and most elegantly fitted in the NORTH, it is hoped will be found complete in every respect. The BED-ROOMS (Sixty in number) have been famished Ii a style which must ensire the approbation of all visitors. Gentlemen travelling with STOCK can at all times have SHOW ROOMS witimat any extra charge. The Music Mall, Lecture Room, and Royal Motel Assembly Room are all attached, and under the saute management. The Ruyal Hotel is ha the most central situation is Newcastle. PUBLICA TIONS. CHRISTMAS AMUSEMENTS, I The story, such at least as is contained in the intro ' ductory part of the pantomime, is original. Old Father Time (Mr. Wynn), surrounded by his work girls, the twelve hours, is engaged looking throw the te lescope of futurity. Strange sights he sees, but he slily hints that though visible, they are far, very far, distant. One of the most amusing of his vaticinations, and that which excited the most applause, contained a sharp hit at the drab-coloured men of Pennsyl vania— With the Magazines, Jan. 1, price 6s. bound, and illustrated, E MILIA WYNDHAM. CHEAP EDITION, Forming the New Volume of COLEURNii STAND IRD NOVELS. Henry C.lburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. LEIGH HUNT'S CHRISTMAS BOOK. Now ready, price 145., ® JAR, of HONEY from MOUNT HYBLA By LEIGH HUNT. Illustrated by Richard Doyle. Square demy bvo., in an Ornamental Binding. • " A luxury of taste pervades the illustrations, the printing, even the binding. The Jar Is filled with delieate and noble fancies ; with genuine Christmas associations ; with pastoral and fire-aids thoughts ; with fairy tales of antiquity, akd the Christman poetry and cheerful piety of old. Everything is turned to pleasurable account." — Examiner. " The time will come when wives shall cease to scold, And Pennsylvanian bonds be paid in solid gold." URSIJANT to a DECREE of the HIGH 1 COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause COLLYER against ASIIBURNER, the Creditors of ROBERT POUNDS, of High street, Camden-town, in the county of Middlesex, Esquire, (who died in the month of April, 1846), are, on or before the 27th day of January, 1848, to come in and prove their debts before Sir OIFFIN WILSON, one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Cham ber., in Southampton -buildings, Chancery-lane, London ; or, ii default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded the benefit of the said Decree. " Amongst the books which suggest themselTes as the best of gifts in a season of gifts, we know none that more gracefully recommends itself than the 'Jar of Honey."—Athenanu. London : smith, Elder, and Co., 0, Corohill. Just published, in 1 vol. royal 16m0., price 2s. 6d., LAYS for the THOUGHTFUL and the SO LITARY. By Mrs. CHARLES TINSLEY, Author of " The Priest of the Nile, a Talc of Ancient Egypt." London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. :Now ready, price 43. J cloth gllt, THE FAMILY O: MILLER, A DRAITING.ROOII JEST-BOOK: In regard to the future conduct of the works, the Directors, with a view to render the future calls as little onerous as possible, pro- Pose to devote the whole o the available resources of the Company to the construction of the works on the main line from Skiptou up wards, in Etat a manner as to bring successive portions of the main line, is extension of the Leeds and Bradford Railway, into profit able operation at the earlist possible period ; a course which a pro posed arrangement with the Midland Company, superseding the neessity of a large outlay for working plant, renders still more de sirable•— and they are of opinion that, without inconveniently pressing o❑ the Shareholders, portions of the main line may be thus successively opened as far as Ingleton I.efore the summer of 1849, and as far as Kirby Lousdale before the following autumn ;—thus bringing the North-Western Line within n.;ne miles of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway at 3.lllnthorp ; and placing the West Riding of Yorkshire, and the Eastern and Midland Counties, with the excep tion of that interval, in direct railway communication vvi.* the lake district, Carlisle, and Glasgow. The Directors, having personally visited the whole of the works in progress, have satisfied themselves of the forward state of large portions of the line and of the excellent and inexpensive character of the works :—there are no engineering difficulties of any kind ; and, with the exception of the Ingleton and Dillicar Viaducts, no Works that are not of the most ordinary character. From the contracts which have been already entered into, the Directors are in a position to state positively that the whole line will be constructed considerably within the Parliamentary esti mates ;—the average cost of the works at present under contract and executed amounting to 9,0011. per mile, exclusive of land, rails, Parliamentary and current expenses ; and to 141,1101. per mile, in cluding every passible contingent expense. The Directors have already, more than once, stated their opinion, founded oa particular local inquiry, that the registered shares are in the hands of a most respectable, wealthy, and influential body of Shareholders; they are fully confirmed in this conclusion : and they think it right to add, to their former expressions of opinion in respect to the Register, the important fact, that the average hold of each Shareholder is the Company does not exceed 30 shares. The Directors consider it at present premature to fix the number of Calls to be made during the ensuing year, or their anioant, but will be prepared to enter into this matter at the Half-yearly Meeting in February. The Direetors propose to continue to allow Interest after the rate of 41. per cent. per asnura on paid-up Calls. The account of any Shareholder who may happen to be in arrear will be debited with in terest at the rate of o per cent. per annum, from the date at which the payment shall have become due, and credited with 4:per cent. /tom the time only when the payment shall be made. (Signed) PUDSEY DAWSON. Chairman. Lancaster, December 16, 1847. LONDON AND BLACKWALL RAILWAY COMPANY. Final Instalment and Registration of the New Scrip Shares, No. I. Notice is hereby given, that the FINAL INSTALMENT of 18s. 4d. per Share upon the New Scrip Shares, No. 1, issued for Paying off Debentures, will became DUE on the Ist of January 4:4 next, and is made payable at the London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury, London. N.B. Interest at the rate of i per Cent. will be charged upon all Instalments not duly paid, and the non-payment of any Instalment within Fourteen Days from the time appointed will subject the Shares, with all previous payments thereon, to be absolutely for !sited for the benefit of the Company. Notice is also hereby given, that the Fifth Half-yearly Interest on the* above Shares will be payable on the Ist of January next, and can be obtained by forwarding the Scrip Certificates (the full amount of 61. I3s. 4d. per Share being duly paid thereon), to the Offices of the Company, for the purpose of Registration, with the Name and ♦ddress or the Owner in full, and the Number of Shares. N.B. In pursuance of a reFolution of the Beard of Directors, all Scrip Shares not sent in for Registration before the 31st of January neXt, will be Registered in the names of the original Allottees. By order of the Board, J. F. KENNELL, Secretary. Offices, London Terminus, Fenchurch-street, December, 1847. LONDON and BLACKWALL RAILWAY COMPANY. INTEREST ON THE NEW SCRIP SHARES, No. 2. Notice is hereby given that the SECOND INTEREST o• the New Scrip Shares, No. 2, issued to pay off Debentures, will become Payable on the ler of JANUARY next, and the Scrip Certificates may Row be forwarded to the Office of the Company, where they must be left two clear days for Examination and Signature of the Coupons. By order of the directors, JNO. F. KENNELL, Secretary. Office, London Terminus, Fenchurch-street, December, 1847. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY CALL for TWELFTH INSTALMENT of Cl. per SHARE a* 1001. Shares, making 901. paid; for SIXTH INSTALMENT of 21. 10s. per SHARE on 231. Shares, making 171. 10s. paid ; and for POURTH INSTALMENT of 21. lie. per SfIIRE, on 171. Shares, *taking 91. 10s. paid. The Directors of the Great Western Railway having resolved, at a Letting keld this day, to CALL, under the provisions of the Act of Parliament, for an Instalment of il. per Share cm 1001. Shares ; also, far an Instalment of 2i. las per Share on 251. Shares ; and also an Instalment of 21. 10a. per Share on 171. Shares, Notice is hereby riven, that the Proprietors are required to pay, on or before the 12th January next, the said sum of el. on each of their respective Shares Of 100/. ; and to pay •a or before the sth day of January next the anus •f 21. 10s. en each of their respective 211. Shares ; and the like rant of 21. 10s. •a each of their respective 171. Shares, to any of the Undermentioned bar kers •f the Company, v iz. London—Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co.; at the Great West er' Railway Office, 29, Greskam-street, City. Itriotol—Messrs. Miles, Mefferd, and Co.; Messrs. Baillie, Imes, and Co. ; Stuckey's Reeking Company ; the West of Sing land and South Wales District Sauk. Liverpool—The Bank of Liverpool. Cheltenham—The Coanty of Gloucester Bank. Beading—Messrs. J. and C. Simonds and Co. Sy order of the lloard of Directors, CIIIS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. London Termials, Paddington, December 2,1847. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. 151. PREFERENCE SHARES, making the amount *ailed 121 . PER SHARE. In accordance with the terms on which these Preference Shares Were Issued, Holders of these ',hares are required to pay, on or before MONIDAY, the 10th January, 1548, a SECOND CALL of FOUR POUNDS PEA iill.tRE to either of the undermentioned Bankers : T-...kion—attesers. Giro and Co., Lombard-street. Liverpool—Liverpool Borough Bank. Bangor—Messrs. Williams and Co. Interest at the rate of Five per Cent. per Annum will be charged Ni all Calla remaining unpaid on the said 10th of Jannary. By order, GEORGE KING, Secretary. 41, Ifoorgate-street, London, Dec. 17, 1547. GRATESEND vii BLACKWALL RAIL WAY, and STAR and BLAC ud KWALL PICKETS. Railway aid Boat incled in one Payment. Fare Calvin and Socimil Class Railway, MINBPENCR ; lialoon and First Class ditto, ONli T. or from Blackwall er intermediate Piers, Fore Cabin • • • • •• •• 6d. Saloon •• • • • • • • 8 1 N. ether Packets call at tits Grays or Greenhlthe Piers. Prom Tlas Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at 7%, 8%., 9%, 11%, 1,2, Said S. Sundays, at 7%, 8%, 11%, 1,2, and S. Preen the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, at 9%, 11, 12. 1%, 2,4, Mid a*. Sundays, at 9%, 11, 1%, 3,4, and B*. The TRAINS starting one quarter of an hour before each of these Brow. Packets marked ° are run direct, the Packets not being Per beitted to stop at Piers or for Boats. Omnibuses from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London every quarter of an hoar. BOAT TICKETS. —Twelve Months, 41. 4s. ; Six Months, 21. lis. ' • Titre. Months, 11. 18 s. ; to be had of the Collectors on board the Baskets ; Mr. Monk.. Terrace Pier, Gravesend ; or of Mr. Saunders, Braagwick ATharf, Blaokwall. November V. 1847. _DAVIES'S CANDLES, 6d. per lb. ; Genuine Sperm, le. 9d. ; Yellow Soap, 485., 545., and 60s. per 1121bs. ' • Uottled, 60s. and 6 41 .; W ax Candles, Is. per lb.; Gorman Wax 2 d. ; Fine Wax , Is . sd. ; Transparent Wax, Is. I Id. ; Genuine Wax, 2s. Id. ; Waxed-wick Moulds, 7d.; Sperm Oil, Bs. per gallon ; Solar, 3s. 3d., Pale Seal, 4s. ; Argand, or Vegetable, 4s. 6d.; Wind sor lad Palm Soap, Is. 4d. per packet; Brown Windsor, Is. 9d ; 2s. ; Almond, 21. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d.; Male's Paragon Composite, requiring n• snuffing, 10d. per lb. For Cash—At DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St. Martin's-lane, opposite Slaughter's Coffee-house. WELLINGTON SURTOUT—Patronised by Prince Albert, the /toys' Family, the Duke of Wellingten, and Principal Nobility and Officers of the Guards—Two-and - a - Hall 4 / a ineins., A stout milled eubstanee of superlative quality, for winter, at Three Guineas, is now also ready. It is presumed that the reputation of the Patentee as a West-end Tailor for the last 2S years, as also the feet that this popular gar- heat is aow warn by almost every nobleman and gentleman in the kingdom, renders continent on its quality and style unnecessary. In London only of FOUIFERE, Patentee, NUMBER SIX, CON DUIT-STREET, Regent-street, and NUMBER ONE, BUCKLERS adjoining 80, Cheapside. Ag en t s .—Llrmingham : Holling sworth, New-street—Liverpool : . actaggart, Bold-street —Manchester : Brown, Market-streot —Edin %tiro Marshall and Aitken —Glasgow ; Brodie, Macleod, and Co.; and principal tailors in all large towns. WHERE SHALL I FBS? GO IN THE HOLIDAY Go to the Abbey, and go to Saint Paul's, Where many a sight-seeing visitor calls; Go to the Tunnel, and go to the Tower, Which yield you a light intellectual hoar. Go to whatever is fit to be seen, Go where your own disposition may lean ; Go and partake of the pantomime fun, And go to the Warehouse of MOSES and SON, This grand exhibition, which multitudes seek, Should not be passed by in the Holiday week. 'Go to this warehouse, you're perfectly free, 'Without any ticket, without any fee. Go, and you'll find it an ocular treat ; "0, and with many attractions you'll meet ; So and examine the splendid attire ; Go, and you'll see what you'll greatly admire ; Go, for the fashions of MOSES' invite ; Go, and you'll benefit much by the sight ; Go, for this trade exhibition is one Which sheds a bright halo on MOSES and SON. LIST or PRICES. EXAM MADE. Beaver Taglioul • • .... Chesterfield and Codrington's, aui every deecripttea of Over-coat, handsomely trimmed. • • . . . 1 5 8 Tke Pacha Coat ••..••••• • • • • • • • 1 • 0 The Ballmer, especially adapted for snowy and wet waather.. ••• • .• ....... ........ ......... 1 0 II Boy's Winter Coats, in every style •••• • • • • ...... 0 6 0 Men's DO. Trousers, Deed 0 4 0 Doeskin •••• • • • ••.••• • • •• 012 6 Dress Coats.. ••••• • • • • ••• • ••• • • 1 0 0 Double-breasted Winter Vests ••••••••• • •• • • • • • • 0 2 0 ken collar . • 0 1 6 Zoys' Hussar aid Tnnio Sa lts ••• • • ••• • •• •• • • 016 DUD) TO Winter Coats, in every style and shape, hand somely trimmed • • and.• . from 1 6 0 killed cloth Over-coats, velve t collar miffs •2 4 0 Tweed Wrapper • • Doeskin Trousers •••• • • . • • 1 6 0 DreesCoat ••••••••• • • • • • • • • •••••• • • • • 1 12 3 Best quality made ••• • • • 2 11 0 Best quality made.. ••• • • ..... 2 3 0 Cashmere o Teets .. •••••• • • .• • • ..... ••• • • ...... 8 6 0 12 0 Satins, Plain or Fancy • • • IShy's Hussar and Tunic Suits .. •••••••• • • • • • • • • 1 8 0 Great Coat. 16 0 Snit of Clothes complete.. ••.•. • • • • 1 1 0 Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes notice. e attention of Ladies is especially directed to E. MOSES and ti 'S stock of Furs, which will be found on i ns p ection to be the beet, test assorted, and cheapest is t he trade. Reserve your pur ". 44?elnerve.—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to mea if est approved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the — ` - 'boy returned. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapors, Clothiers, Hatters, Later*, Farriers, Boot and Shoemakers , and General Outfitters, for 11Z -l e B aid Gentlemen, 154, 155, aid 156, 157 Minories, and 83, and 86 _Colgate, City. London. Moses and Sen regret being obliged to guard the li a against impostors, but have learned that the untradesman ha:falsehood of being connecte d with thm, or it's the same concern, • baen resorted to in many instances, e aid for obvio us reasons. 1 , have no connexion with any other house in or out of London; ttsge who desire genuine and cheo. cloth in g , &c., should call at, • se to, Minories and Aldgate, City, London. eti 44;" 0 4.-11 - 0 business transacted at this estab l i shment from sun lan till sunset Saturday, when busin,ss 18 resumed till twelve CIIRI-TMAS HOLIDAYS. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Dr. RYAN has been engaged to deliver a short COURSE of LECTURES on CHEMISTRY, with brilliant Experiments, Daily at Half-past Three, and every Evening at Nine o'clock, except Satur day Evening. A LECTURE by Dr. BACHHOFFNER on the Laws of Nature, in reference to tke important subject of SA NITARY MEASURES, and oa the various modes of VENTILA TION, in which the PHYSICAL PROPERTIES of a JET of t4TEAM will be exhibited Daily at Two, and on Tuesday and Thursday Evenings at Eight P.M. The OXY-HYDROGEN MICRO SCOPE, New DISSOLVING VIEWS, the CIIIROMATROPE, PHY SIOSCOPE, &c. MODELS of MACHINERY at work, and ex plained. The DIVING BELL and DIVER, with HYDE'S NEW APPARATUS for CONVERSLNOS ander WATER, &e. Sits. Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 25, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital X 500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important fusel substantial advantages With respect to life assurances and deferred annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for feiture of the policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in terests to meet other convealeneies or necessity. Assurances for terms et years on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OW PROFITS. The increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors at the annual meeting hold on the 12th May, 1847, to declare a fift'A banns, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on Use premiums paid oa each olicy ekectod on the profit scale. EXAMPLES. Perms- Sum the .`4 2 . 0 ,: Annual !Policy Bonus in taunt Assu res lie. A Z' Pre- j taken addition I Bonus In duction of may bor a g Wain. out In Assured. Cash. Annual row OR Premiums. Policy. X s. 4.4 a d. X s. d. £ s. d. r 1837 243 9 3:112 8 5 18 4 6 4 9 4 8 10 g. d. 1838 218 4 899 810 15 13 5 445 0 0 1839 192 1 10 86 9 2 13 4 9 395 11 1 60 100074 3 4 1810 143 SlO 66 8 4 919 1 346 2 3 1841 138 14 2 61 17 6 9 9 2 296 IT 4 1842 111 6 8, 49 10 0 710 4 247 4 5 The Annual Iteport, with tables of rates, &c., may be had at the office, or any of its branches in the country; or, on application, will be forwarded post free. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. ACCEPTABLE PRESENTS. The present season is hallowed by one of the naost delightful offices of friendship and affection ; the interchange of gifts, as re membrances of the donors, and tokens of their esteem for the re ceivers. While large sums are expended upon the most costly trifles, no more appropriate present can be made at this season of the year than a package of ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL, KALTDOR, and ODRNTO, combining, as these articles do, the most sterling utility with elegance and luxury. The august patronage conceded by our gracious Queen, the Royal Family, and the several Sovereigns and Courts of Europe, together with the confirmation by experience of the infallible efficacy of these creative and renovating specifics, have characterised them with per fection, and given them a celebrity unparalleled. Beware of Spurious Imitations—Some are offered under the im plied sanction of Royalty, and the Government Departments, with similar attempts at deception. The only genuine " MAcASSAR OIL," " RALYDOR," and " ODONTO," are " ROWLANDS' " and the Wrapper of each bears the name of " ROWLAN'DS' " preceding that of the Article, with their Signature at the foot, in Red Ink, thus _ A. ROWLAND&-gON. Sold by them at 20, Hatton-garden, London, aid by every respect able Chemist and Perf,,mer throught the kingdom. YEBROWS, MUSTACHIOS, and WHIS CA KERg produced in a few weeks, and Baldness removed and prevented by the use of GRIMSTONE'S AROMATIC REGENE RATOR, an essential spirit, drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers, a few drops of which cure headache in a few minutes ; it is also a most delightful, fragrant toilet perfume. Sold only in triangular Mottles, protected by the Government stamp, at 4s. ; double the size, is. ; and doable this size, I is. each ; enclosed in a Pamphlet, con. talning testimonials of undoubted authority, entitled " Three Minutes' Advice on the Growth and Preservation of the Human Hair, Ike." By pest, 4s. 6d., 7s. ad„ and 125., for money orders only. Sold wholesale only at Grimstone's Herbary, Highgate, near London ; and by Messrs. Barclay and Son, Farringdon-street ; Sanger, Oxford-street; Messrs. Butler and Co.,Cheapside Fisher and Toiler, Conduit-street ; Mr. Johnston, medicine warehouse, 68, Cornhill • and by all Chemists, Perfumers, and others For Edinburgh, J. and It. Raimes, Leith-walk; for Manchester, eresehe and Son, Adver User-office. TO THE LADIES. Th!s lady had the following letter inserted in the "Tines" news paper on Aug. 7, 1346. Reader, remember, thls letter was put into the paper by the lady herself, as a testimony to me. " Mrs. Weekley, of No. 3. Swan-street, Borough, takes this opper tinlty of publicly thanking Mr. W. Grimstone, of the Herbary, High gate for the efficacy of his Aromatic Regenerator, in haying cora pletely restored the hair en her head, after rising itabout four months, and the whole of her hair is much stronger and more luxuriant than I ever wasbefore the baldness appeared. . . Mrs. Weekley inserts this testimony to the virtues of Mr. G.'s fiegenator, feeling assured that many ladies would gladly purchase an I Is. bottle if they were as certain of its virtues as she is, from ex perience, net only in the restoration and production of hair in alsund mice, bit as a cure if nervous headache ; as a toilet perfUrne itt far beyond any to her taste. She will feel a pleasure in answering any Ely of respectability to the above fact .-3, Swan-street, Borough." In cases of the hair becoming thin, weak, or turning grey, afe w drops on the crown of the head occasionally, every week, will pre vent the hair from coming away with the comb, make it strong, and 'wevent it turning grey, rendering the hair luxuriant and curly. A few drops on your hairbrush before brushing the hair, will give the hair brilliancy, causing it to curl. The most delicate ladies may use this delightful product of the rest aromatic herbs and flowers with confidence ; its refreshing 3dour removes headache and makes it a most necessary companion o the toilet. In cases of nevous headache, pour ten or twelve drops n the crown of the head ; if very bad, repeat it every quarter of as our. In most cases relief is certain in ten minutes. It prednees air on children's heads in a few appplications. If used on infants' earls, it has such a peculiar cooling influence en the brain as to pre vent convulsions, as well as promoting the growth of hair.—See pamphlet of testimonials. All letters addressed to William Gemstone, Eferbary, lilakgate. ECRE T MALADIES. Q L./ Treatment of CM. ALBERT, M.D., a Member of the Univer sity of Paris, Professor of Pharmacy, Apothecary to the Hospitals of Paris, Professor of Medicine, and honoured with several Medals and national rewards. No. 21, Rue Montorgeuil, Paris. Numberless and well-authenicated cases which hitherto had been considered as incurable by the Faculty, and which in a short time have given way under this treatment, are most unequivocal proofs of its superiority ever every other means as yet employed. t was for a long period et time a desideratum to discover a mode of cure adapted to all constitutions, and which should be free from the bane ful effects of mercury. We are now arrived at the solution of this problem. by the discovery of a node of treatment at once simple and easy, and which, without any degree of exaggeration, we can affirm to be infallible in the cure of all secret maladies, however inveterate or of long standing. The method of sure, according to Dr. Albert, is econemieal and easy, either at home or on a journey, causing not the slightest derangement to the general health, and safe in all seasons aid ii all climates. Bold by E. W. Wilcox, 226, Oxford-street • T. Miles, Graceohurch street ; and by all th e p r i nc i pal Chemists in London. A Treatise is enclosed with the Medicine. DS THE CONCEALED CAUSE THAT PREYS ON THE HEALTH AND SHORTENS TILE DURATION OF HUMAN LIFE. ILLUSTRATED ATTE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS, Just Published, in a Sealed Envelope, price 2s. 6d.. or free by post, 3s. Gd. —• ONTROUL OF THE PASSIONS : a Popular J Inquiry into the Concealed Cause of its premature Decline with Instructions for its Complete Restoration. Addres se d t o those ' suffering from the destructive consequences of excessive indulgence, terminating in Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional Weakness, Indigestion, and Consumption. Including a comprehen sive Dissertation on MARRIAGE, Incontinence, and Celibacy. Illustrated with Coloured Engravings, explanatory of the various Cases, &c. By C. J. LUCAS and Co., Consulting Surgeons, No. GO, Newman.. street, Oxford-street, London. Member of the London College of Medicine, &c. Ste, CONTENTS OF THE WORK, Chap. 1.--Bodily and Mental Exhaustion induced by inordinate Indulgence of the Passions, illustrated with Coloured Engravings. Chap. 2.—Baneful Results of a Secret Tice on the Mind and Body, evidenced in the production of Consumption, Epilepsy, and ether convulsive diseases, Insanity, Idiocy, moping Melancholy, Indiges tion, Stricture, Impotence, and Sterility, with Observations en the Duties of Married Life, and on the unhappiness caused by Unfruitful unions. Chap. 3.—Debility and Exhaustion of the principal Vital Functions, the nature and treatment of Impotence and Sterility, and the imperfect performance of the Marital act, caused byt he practice of self-indulgence. Chap. 4.—Gonorrhoea, its symptoms, complica tions and treatment, Gleet, Stricture, and disease of the Prostate. Chap. s.—Syphilis, and its attendant maladies and treatment. Cases, and concluding observations, Plates, &c. 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Young and Hatton, with many other eminent experimenters, lamented thus :—The quantity of water actually raised by any machine seldom exceeis half the power consumed, after overcoming friction and leakage ; and notwithstanding the best engineers in the world had tried in vain for two thousand years to abate these palpable defects in hydraulic machines, nevertheless, at last the victory is won, and won for ever ; for friction and leakage are now both annihilated by the new rolling principle in pumps, and their effect augmented from twelve to twenty (or about seventy per cent.), and frequently with out more outlay. ➢lost mom can sustain heavy rapid pump trials for 40 seconds, but some men drop at minute time. With a best new heavy working Fric tion Pump an active sound-winded young man of 140 lbs. weight can raise 10,000 lbs. of water one foot high in a minute, and with a Foun tain Pump 9,000 lbs. in half a minute. Thus a continual and moat extraordinary lucrative advantage is gained over perpetual and uni versal ignorance, clearly proving that Knowledge is Power. John Clenton Roberts, Ese.,in his popular work, No. 1,110, did well in placing Gosset's French Pump Abortion (that slaps the water upward) side by side with the Fountain Pump, which upset a good deal of Folly. Because Mr. Hallett, Dublin, a thorough-bred pump maker, Mr. Baddley, London, an everlasting pump-writer, and Mr. Ewbank, America, an ignorant pump book-maker, asserted that the two pumps were identical. But the Yankee out-fooled John Bull and Paddy in No. 1,183, arid in No. 496, Book-maker Millington's remarks are preposterous. However, on the other hand, Dr. Birk beck, Aberdour, Hay, Parkin ton, with many other discerning men, after witnessing the perfect effect and the beautiful simplicity of the rolling principle, gave the invention the following true and sustain. able character:—The Fountain Pump is the most important improve ment in the art of raising water that has appeared within tile last two thousand years—the greatest advancement in the useful arts in modern times. The Consummation Fountain Pumps are suceessfully carried out for private and public uses, at lifts below and above 100 feet altitude, for man, horse, and steam power ; delivering from half a pint per stroke to 100 barrels of water per minute, and rendering every fair trial at competition ridicoleus, whilst their durability is guaranteed at less cost than coalmen pumps. W. SIIILDERS. Fountain Pump Works, Norwich, Nov. 39, 1847. 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With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases •f the Reproductive Organs, explaining their structures, uses, and functions, and the various injuries that are produced In them by solitary kablts, excesses, and infection. 11Y SAMUEL LAWEET, 9, BEDFORD-STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. octor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member of the London /hospital Medical Society, &c. Marriage requires the fulfilment of several conditions, in order that it may be really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the veil, which covers the origin of domestic wretchedness, be raised, and its true source in every instance disclosed, in how many could it be traced to physical disqualifications and their attendant disap pointments. 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The Pasha immediately issued an order forbid ding that any fruit should be sold to the troops, whom he has removed to a camp at some distance from the town. The appearance of this scourge is the more alarming as there aro but two physicians in the city." THE THEATRES. • DRURY-LANE. The pantomime at this theatre is the join; compo sition of Alfred Crowquill and Albert Sir::;,. -is - entitled Friar Rush; or, Harlequin King Gold. Our readers no doubt recollect the legend upon which the plot is founded, which was published some years ago, with illustrations by George Cruikshank. It was last night illustrated by Messrs. Grieve and Telbin in the most exquisitely beautiful manner. To quote the words of the programme—" the opening (by Alfred Crowquill) is a savage landscape, of a re markably q u i e t na t ure, i ndulging in a little water down the back. The small waves are playing upon the pebbly beach, and snatching some silver, thrown down to them by the munificent moon, who coquets with the father lake, and places her portrait on his bosom ; the cream of the stars, skimmed from the milky way, descend to earth—each is a destiny. The Queen makes a speech, explaining only as much as she likes, with which her Court is satisfied. She summons an earthly sprite to mislead one who is al ready miss -led, giving, at the same time, a little change to everybody, although she despises gold and has no exchequer." This scene was one of the most exquisite pieces of dioramic effect ever beheld ; the ef fect of the moonlight on the lake, and the rippling of the wares as they slowly rolled on to the shore, was beautiful exceedingly. There was some clever dancing in this scene by Madame Louise, Mademoi selle Melanie Duval, and Madame Giubelei. The appearance of Friar Rush mounted " upon a hot and fiery steed," to wit, a dragon-shape locomotive, " which his aspiring rider seemed to know," was cleverly managed, and altogether the first scene promised well. Then came " a romantic wood," another exquisite bit of scenery; and in " a cottage by this wood" resides an old gentleman who wears the most remarkable sabots ever beheld, and who makes great fun by stamping about the stage in them. Then comes the transformation, and we are intro duced to our old friends, Harlequin (Mr. Harvey), Columbine (Miss Waite), P an t a l oon (Mr. Garden), and Clown (Mr. Ridgway.) The tricks in the bar lequinade are, some of them, novel—all of them good. As an instance of novelty, we will mention one ; Harlequin is stuffed down a pump by Clown and Pantaloon, and then pumped up again through the spout into a washing tub, from which, after various tricks, he emerges. Many of the transformations are very elaborate, and some of them, as might hare been expected on a first night, hung fire, but the fun of Ridgway, who is one of, if not the very best of clowns on the stage, and the agile activity of Harvey as Harlequin were instantly put into requi sition, and kept the audience in good humour until the mistakes could be rectified. When the tricks "go well," which they will do after a night or two, this will be a capital pantomime. It was preceded by the opera of the The Maid of Honour, to which the audience listened as attentively as though it had not been boxing night, and albeit they were lavish of the applause which they bestowed upon it, they were likewise discriminating in its bestowal. The house was crowded to suffocation. BAYMARKET. Messrs. Gilbert ATeckett and Mark Lemon have revealed the secrets of the World Underground to the patrons of the Haymarket, and a very entertaining set of personages are its inhabitants. King Quartz is the very beau ideal of what a king should be —of what kings were in the good old time before parlia ments were heard of, and when the Monarch was his own legislator, judge, and executioner; and how glo riously tyrannical was James Bland last night as King Quartz ; then there was his son Emerald, most interesting of princes, most interestingly personified by Miss P. Horton, who is placed under the tutelage of the living essence of Brass (Mrs. Keeley), and those who recollect Mrs. Keeley as Young Bailey, can form an idea of what a concentrated essence of Brass she can be. Then there was Miss Reynolds (whose clear bell-like yoice told with great effect in the beautiful snatches of melody with which her part was inter spersed) as the Princess—and a most fascinating Princess she is—with whom Emerald and all the other unmarried Princes of the world are desperately in love, and whose marriage, it would appear, created an infinitely greater sensation than that of either the Queen of Spain or her sister. These all exerted themselves according to their wont to the utmost. The scenery was good, and the jokes not few, but somewhat too far between. A little judicious con densation would make this one of the best burlesques ever produced. It was preceded by The Rivals, cast as it ccn be only cast at this theatre. The house was crowded. iDELPHL A genuine Adelphi audience last night crowded pit and gallery of the " favourite theatre," prepared to enjoy with due gusto the Christmas fare provided for them. The boxes showed a much larger sprinkling of foreign costumes and physiognomies than we are accustomed to see within the walls of an English theatre lupon "Boxing night," the:reason probably being that Pantomime has on this occasion to assume a foreign dress ann exhibit foreign character, the Italian Pierrot and Polichinello superseding our old friends Pantaloon and Harlequin. The story of the pantomime, as developed last night in ten tableaux is sufficiently simple. Pierrot i n a d r ess of white calico, with empty pockets makes love to a farmer's daughter, and is of course rejected. He presently comes into a large fortune, and dressed i n w hit e sa ti n , NS ith splendid offers of pin-money, is equally of course accepted, and becomes, as the bill calls him, "Pierrot the mar ried man." Polichinello, th e " ga y s ingle fellow," is present at the courtship and at the wedding, where he lays the foundation of the plot, of which the sole paint is that Pierrot finds himself blessed with an in creasing family, very few of whom are the " the exact image " of Signora Pierrotte's husband. The tableaux showed how, by Polichinello's practices, Piefrct was tricked and buffeted ; how he was half poisoned, and wholly made drunk, on his wedding night; how he was enlisted as a soldier; how his wife was run off with, and his wine drunk before his face, or rather behind his back. But the "fun " chiefly lay in those kicks, thefts, and escapes which are al ready stale, or almost so, to our youngest playgoers, while some of it was perhaps unintelligible to an English audience, and some was so coarse that it had better have been so too. M. Paul Legrand, who played Pierrot, showed considerable powers as a mime, and was well seconded by the Polichinello (Mr. C. J. Smith). LYCEUM. Madame Vestris, Planch6, and the Countess d'Anois, united, have given to us one of the most beautiful Christmas pieces ever produced; no fire and-fury romantic melodrama, no mere vulgar bur lesque, but a burlesque such as was wont to be pro duced at the Olympic at its best days, a burlesque in which witty dialogue and witty parodies, set to the most popular melodies, and sang with the most ex quisite taste, are combined with excellent acting, splendid costumes, beautiful scenery, and tasteful mise en scene, in the manner in which they can only be com bined under the management of a Vestris. The story chosen for this year's burlesque is " Le Rameau which under the title of the Golden Branch was pro duced last evening with the most complete success. To give the plot of these burlesques is a work of supererogation, inasmuch as it is generally well known beforehand, being founded on some popular legend, and it is, moreover, the matter of the least possible importance in connexion with the piece, in asmuch as a good plot never secured the success of a witless burlesque, and a witty dialogue will always secure the success of a burlesque without a plot. The Golden Branch is supported by almost the whole strength of the Lyceum company. We have Madame Vestris, a host in herself, who sung and ac t e d delight:rb! fully; Miss Kathleen Fitzwilliam, Miss Marshall;:' who sung, acted, and danced exquisitely; H. Hall &s -old King Bear (the name is suggestive), the King of all the Browns, who gave some admirable imitations of " great tragedians" of the preient and of the past times ; Frank Matthews as Hugmuffin, the grimmest of all grim enchanters ; and though last, not least, Harley, as a Captain of the Guards, and afterwards as a shepherd, " Tityre to patulo recubans sub tegmine fagi," with crook and pipe in Arcadia. With such a cast, I and with the most exquisitely perfect mise en scene, it is not necessary to say that the success of the piece was complete. As to the plot, we recommend the reader to go to the Lyceum and discover it for him self. The house was crowded in every part. PRINCESS'S. The holiday performances , opened w ith M oore ' s not very lively tragedy of The G amester, sustai ne d— as it has been before sustained at this theat re —b y Mr. Cooper, Mr. Ryder, Mr. Conway, , Miss E. M ontaue and Miss Susan Cushman. The trag e d y was care fully patience performed,hy the di end—strange m traa jor, ngee. andtosay, was li stened to with the pittites, both of whom mustered in considerable force. The pantomime rejoiced in the name of Old Father Time; or, Harlequin and the Four Seasons. The in troductory portion is from . the pen of M r. R o d well, anrdisnsug's ffic beautiful e : t i lTa l scenery , mus and aided as it is by M r . Bunin Mr. Loder's music. The hours prove rather unruly children, and threaten to strike. Reflecting, however, that they can only strike themselves they abandon the idea. The Four Seasons then appear upon the scene, and each being particularly anxious to save a fair maid from the clutches of the Baron Von Miidenkiller, they quarrel upon the subject; and Father Time, discovering that the four seasons cannot exist together, wisely adopts the separate system, divides the year into quarters, and gives one to each of the seasons. The allegorical scenery, representing the seasons,, was extremely beautiful. That alone, where summer sinking into the lap of autumn— " Crowned with the sickle and the wheaten sheaf," and where "Autumn, nodding o'er the yellow plain, comes jovial on," is sufficient to ensure the success of the pantomime. It represents a vineyard on the Rhine, and affords an opportunity for a pretty characteristic dance by the vine-dressers. Protected, however, as the maiden and her lover, Philip, are by the seasons each in turn, she is still persecuted by the Baron Von Maidenkiller and the Jolly Miller, her father. Thi ngs , i n d ee d, seem go i ng ill with the young couple when the change takes place, Jeanette (Miss Fawcett) becoming a very charming Colum bine, Philip (Mr. Bologna) Harlequin, the Baron (Mr. Paulo) Pantaloon, and the Jolly Miller (Mr. Flexmore) Clown. A Sprite, also, as seems to be the custom now—a custom, though, as we think, " more honoured in the breach than the observance"—(M. Sylvain) makes his appearance, and aids in the disas trous chances and hair-breadth 'stapes that follow. It is impossible to follow this merry and eccentric quintette through all their evolutions. The tricks were like those of other pantomimes,, which we have often described before. They were neither remark able for their ingenuity nor their novelty, but they worked well ; there was no breaking down of the machinery, and they seemed to give hearty satisfac tion, at all events to the juvenile portion of the audience. On the whole, though not particularly striking, the pantomime may be termed successful. It has evidently been produced at great expense, and we trust that crowded houses, such as that of last night, may secure to the manager a fair return for his exertions. SADLER'S WELLS. This theatre came in for a full share of the public patronage, always so liberally bestowed on "Boxing night." Pit, boxes, and gallery were alike thronged with a close•wedged mass of steaming humanity. Even the passages afforded no diminution of the pressure, but were filled with the good holiday folk, who might be seen enjoying themselves in the broiling crowd, lucky, if with straining necks they could occasionally catch a glimpse of any fragment of the stage along which a portion of party-coloured dress gleam at intervals, and yet ever ready to join in the loud laugh which rose, they knew not why, at in tervals from the interior of the house. Every face glowed like a veritable " Yule -log ;" and yet it might be from a praiseworthy desire to support the national character, all seemed imbued with a dog ge d resolution to "call their suffering pleasure," and to maintain their places till the fall of the curtain. Southern's tragedy, Isabella; or, the Fatal Marriage, passed off as a part of the pantomime, the audience having kindly united to do the talking, and the perform ers being enabled to get through their parts with only an occasional trespass on their lungs. The legitimate pautiknitne followed. It is, as usual, from the p en o f Mi. Greenwood, an d i s called Harlequin and Little Great Britain; or, Jack and the Bean Stalk and the Ogre's Golden Hen. The opening scene is the Hall of Hazard in the Palace of Speculation, where John Bull is seen surr oun d e d b y a l eg i on of blue devils, with a distant view of " the great globe itself," the theatre of his recent projects. Unable to endure the torments of his mind, he summonses a witenagemote, or meeting of sages, who suggest various remedies, all of which he refuses to try, and finally Little Great Britain comes out of the globe, encourages him to return to honest industry, and changes the scene to an interesting prospect of commercial and agricultu ral prosperity. Before dismissing him she resolves to give him his usual Christmas entertainments, and, by the aid of Fancy, introduces the second part of the piece, in which we are presented with the adventures of our old favourite Jack, in his ascent of the bean stalk. After Jack's return to the earth the usual transformations take place. The comic part con tained some rather good political hits, and the entire passed off with considerable success. The scenery, executed by Messrs. Fenton and Finlay, was very beautiful. OLYMPIC. This little theatre, which has been untenanted for some time past, was re-opened last night under the management of Mr. Davidson. The new lessee has made great alterations in the internal arrangements ; and the present condition of the house will almost bear eimparison, for comfort and elegance, with its state under the tasteful management of Madame Ves tris. The interior has been entirely re-painted, and the decorations, which are altogether new, are ex tremely neat and elegant. The public boxes have been re-lined, and chairs have been substituted for benches in the two front rows. The private boxes have also been re-fitted ; a row of stalls has been formed immediately behind the orchestra ; the pit seats have been covered, and—to add to the comfort of the visitants of this part of the theatre—back rails have been fixed on each alternate bench. The house is illuminated by a brilliant Bude-light, placed in the centre of the dome, and by a number of small gas chandeliers depending from the front of the gallery. Indeed, a complete trans formation has been effected in the internal appear ance of the edifice. The performances commenced with Sheridan's comedy of The Rivals, the " Na tional Anthem" having previously been sting by the company. The cast included several names familiar to the playgoers of the metropolis, and some which are altogether new in connexion with the London stage. It would be ungracious, on the first evening of the commencement of a theatrical c mnpaign by a new company, and especially on " Bax;ing night," to subject them to the ordeal of criticism ' • but it is only just to say th a t th e p l ay was, on the whole, very evenly and effectively performed. Mr. W. Davidge, of the Manchester theatre, who made ilia debut as Sir Anthony Absolute, was very favour; able received. Mrs. Malaprop found an amusing rep :resentative in Mrs. Brougham ; the parts of Captain Absolute and Faulkland were efficiently supported by • Mr. H. Holl and Mr. Stuart (both from the Haymarl Let); and Mr. 'Conquest's Acres was a quiet and easy • performance. The scenery was almost entirely new, and great attention had evidently been paid t e the dresses and appointments. The pantomime, which is an nounced as by Mr. Horace Mayhew, is called the Plum Pudding Pantomime • or, Harlequin and the British Lion. We must plead guilty to utter ina bility to unravel the mysteries of the " introduction," which was of somewhat tedious length. All we can say is, that it consisted of a successior t of scenes, in which " John Bull" and the " British I ,ion" are per secuted by a mischievous demon "Par lac," and that, after varied adventures by flood e ad field, the British Lion triumphs, Panic is overthrown by fairy intervention, and the usual pantomim is transforma tions take place. Mr. Montgomery was an active 4iprlequin, Miss Laidlaw a pretty ' and graceful I.tolumbine, and the clown (Jefferini) won the good graces of the pit and gallery by the i 'eadiness with which he responded to their call for " I lot codlings," ~qf which, by the way, he gives a newt version. The dicks and transformations were of the ordinary cha miter, and there were as few failure: ; as could be expected on a first night. The scener '3 , was good ; 'told the curtain fell amid general applause, MARYLEBONE. The entertainments furnished for the I 10 liday folks at this theatre were Rowe's tragedy of J, ane Shore, 171 a pantomime called Eyes, Nose, and .; Mouth ; or, arlequin Prince Perfect and the Birth ..cf Beauty. he uproar throughout the tragedy was s x• great that It was utterly impossible to catch more th a n an occa sional sentence, and all that we can say ab of at the per formance is, that the piece, as usual at t' nis theatre, was extremely well put upon the stage, s xl d that Mrs. Warner dressed Alicia with great magni - it ence. With the fall of the green curtain at the end o F the tragedy ,the storm in a great measure abated, and all was flushed in comparative repose, when th, first scene of the pantomime disclosed the " Retreat of Ugliness." This monarch, at the opening of the piece, kindly informs his attendant sprites (rejoicing in the names of Uglimug, Ugorino, Uggermuggei !, and Ugo lino), and through them the audience, that he is engaged in a struggle for life anc. t death with the Queen of Beauty, who has had the effrontery to think of detaching Prince Perfect I kon his alba , glance, and to inspire him with the hope of possess ing- a perfect beauty as a wife. Fright is accordingly summoned to countermine the plot of the Queen of Beauty, and departs on his mission. In the next scene we are transported to the Isle of Beauty by sunrise on the Lake of Loveliness, when the Queen of Beauty causes Prince Perfect (Miss Saunders) to behold in a vision the Princess Paragon (Miss Mal colm). The Prince returns to his castle, and inserts an advertisement in the Morning Post, headed " Matri mony.—A Wife Wanted." Ambassadors accordingly come from the North American Indians, from China, and the Ethiopian Court of Congo, with portraits of the charming originals, who flatter themselves that they realise the Prince's fair ideal of the sex. But the Prince is hard to please, and at the suggestion of Fright he determines to go, like Caalebs, in search of a wife himself. He then travels through the " Empire. of Eyes," when he meets but nothing but Amazonian damsels peering through optics of the most portentous description ; and flying that country reaches the " Nation of Noses," inhabited by female divinities with nasal appendages as long, though not so well looking, as pump-handles. Arriving finally at " the Great Mouth itself, he finds himself in the Abode of Ugliness, and matters having now reached that crisis when the interposition of the Deus ex maclzinei, in the shape of a benevolent genius, has, become necessary, the "Bower of Beauty" bursts upon the sight, the Prince and Princess are transformed into Harlequin and Columbine, with the usual attendants of Clown and Pantaloon, and the harlequinade begins. There was plenty of bustle in this part of the piece, which never flagged for an instant; and the tricks, though for the most part not very new, went off surprisingly well. When it is added that Matthews, as Clown, sang a laughing ditty, by. Balfe, and afterwards, at the special request of the gods, their favourite song of "Hot Codlings ;" that he subsequently danced the cachuca, and then a hornpipe ; that Miss Malcolm made a very engaging Columbine, and that Howell exerted himself with success as Harlequin , enough has been surely stated to show that to the triumph of the "legitimate drama," the management of Maryle bone Theatre have added the triumph of " legitimate pantomime." We would fain, however, say a word in favour both of the masks and the scenery ; the one adundantly grotesque, the other well, and in some instances, exquisitely painted. The house was filled to suffocation. STRAND. Merry, happy Christmas ! Well it is that one short week in weary fifty-two which is devoted to happiness, or the o'ertasked workman's life would be indeed one continued misery. Ere these practical days had cast their shadow over our country, poets had feigned that years of love, hours of unvaried sunshine bright ened our horizon, and that all the multitudinous figures so copiously interspersed in the works of our own earlier writers had each a " local habitation and a name." Is it so now ? We fear not, excepting at merry, laughing Christmas time. The Man in the Moon; or, Harlequin and the World of Waggery, is the title of the pantomime at this theatre. The opening plot turns upon the adventures of Young England, who pays a visit to Lunado, the King of the Moon, in the kingdom of Moonshine, and thus be comes literally the "Man in the Moon." The King is in great grief for the loss of his only daughter, who has been stolen from his brilliant dominions by Dog star the First, king of a neighbouring country. Young England ascertains the fact through the medium of an electric telegraph to the moon, and consults Nox, the goddess of night, as to the best means of ascending to the moon and setting all things in a proper light there. Nox, ;who is i• noc-ulated with the worldly sin of punning, advises him to advertise for a genteel house in the kingdom of Moonshine, saying that as the moon is made of green cheese he should take a villa on the Rhine. Young England suggests the " Times," but Nox replies the Times is high, and bids Venus take it to the " Star." Young England objecting to make an errand-boy of the Queen of Beauty, recommends its " Dispatch" by the " Mail." Nox, though generally supposed to be in darkness respecting the " News of the World," proves herself a shrewd " Observer" of " Life in London" by suggesting that Phaeton, his journey being done, shall horse his chariot and take it to " The Sun," or if Young England disapproves of this " Atlas" on his shoulders shall bear it to the " Globe," or Momus may " Herald'%it to his old friend "Punch." Ulti 7 , mately it is decided that Bacchus, having an interest in the Tap-tub, shall take it to the ' " Advertiser" and " Post" the duty. Young England duly proceeds on his mission to the land of Moonshine. Here a terrific conflict ensues between LUntulu nutl King Dogstar, hut through the int..- vention of Young England; always a pacificator, the lost princess is restored to her fond father's arms, and the peace and happiness of the liege subjects of Moon shine firmly established. Nox then changes the monarchal personages into the democratic personages of the parti-coloured heroes and heroine, Dogstar be comes Cluwn, his majesty Pantaloon, the Princess Luna Columbine s and Young England Harlequin. The World of Waggery then opens to the laughter-loving friends of Christmas. Miss Jane Coleman, as Nox, looked, acted, and dressed the character magnifi cently. Miss Kent sustained the character of Venus very prettily. Of the Clown, Mr. H. Cooper, we must say, for a first attempt it was excellent, and reminded us very much of young Grimaldi in his best days. Madlle. Blanche, as Columbine, deserves great praise ; she exerted herself to the utmost, a better Columbine we have not seen for many a day. Smither's Harlequin was good. Yarnold was the Pantaloon. The success of the pantomime was decided, and with the judicious aid of the pruning knife, and when the contre temps of a first night's representation are corrected, it will have a long and prosperous run. The scenery was beautiful, especially London by Night, and the Palace of Dogstar. The house was crowded to the ceiling. SURREY. No theatre makes more active exertions to cater for the amusement of its numerous patrons than the Surrey, and the result of good management appears in the most practical shape—in full houses and a ple thoric exchequer. The Christmas novelty at this favourite theatre was a new pantomime,' admirably got up, and bringing into requisition all the various mechanical and artistic aids which so 'potentially assist in producing those surprising " effects" that a Christmas spectacle is especially required to exhibit. The piece at the Surrey, which is made to present an amazing variety of changes and transformations, is called Princess Battledore ; or, Harlequin Trap, Bat, and Ball. It is the production of Mr. Nelson Lee, and was put upon the stage in a manner that reflects the highest credit upon the management. It is a matter of some difficulty to describe the plot of a piece of this kind, as the essential advantage of a pantomime is that it should be shifting, irregular, desultory, and extravagant. The first scene opens with a gorgeous representation of the Temple of Extravagance and Pavilion of Prodigality ; the Demon of Ruin is present, and engaged in signing a promissory note. The approach of an intruder disconcerts Extravagance, who orders the table on which the writing took place to disappear, and a very amusing effect is produced by the table suddenly appearing to become animated, and to run off the stage. A " fast " young man, Racket, then appears, and enters into a compact, selling his body to Extravagance, with the agreement that the afore said power shall assist him in procuring the hand of the Princess Battledore. The agreement is duly made out, and the compact signed by young Racket, accor ding to the most approved form of diabolical arrange ments, with his blood, after which the adventurous suitor departs to try the chance of obtaining the hand of the Princess. Various alternations of fortune, and numerous contrivances on the part of Extravagance then occur, and a consultation of fairies takes place, with a view to gain a new suitor for the Princess, eight Prince Shuttlecock. The castle of Princess Battledore is exhibited with great scenic effect, various transformations occur, and the grand result, " the great fact," is the denouement, where young Racket becomes Clown, the Prince Shuttlecock Harlequin, and the Princess Battledore Columbine. This slight description is the " tennis sine viribus umbra " of the whole affair, which has great merit, and was most deservedly successful. The house was crowded and highly pleased. ASTLEY'S. Doctor Syntax and his Dapper Grey , Mare, is th e title of the new pantomime at Astley s, and 4 trowded auditory assembled last night to witness its first re presentation. Of course the quadruped 'performers at this establishment are liberally introduced into the Christmas piece, and they do their duty well, with the exception, perhaps, of the dapper grey mare, which is an amateur performer, and which, albeit not a charger of high metal, stall, owing to the novelty of the scene of action in which it is placed, exhibits oc casionally more evolutions than were originally stipulated for when the engagement of the animal was entered into. This, however, far from being dis• agreeable, is a very effective auxiliary to the fun that is going on, the more especially as it is generally dis played at the moment when the other performers least expect it. If uproariou s m i rt h b e any t es t o f the success of , a pantomime, then ; indeed, Doctor Syntax at Astleys EXHIBITIONS, &c. BRITISH Musnum.—This institution was yesterday visited by upwards of 40,000 persona of both sexes, being nearly double the number of the visitors of the the boxing-day of last Christmas. The grand hall and staircase, being now open for the use of the public, as also the excellent arrangements made in the spacious rooms, where the most rare and interesting specimens of the natural, mineral, and geological kingdoms are arranged, but little inconvenience arose from the vast number of visitors. THE NATIONAL GALLERY.—Next to the British Museum, the National Gallery was by far the most numerously-attended exhibition, the number of visitors exceeding 15,000. At an early hour in the morning, in fact as soon as the doors were thrown open, the whole of the rooms were crowded by well-dressed persons, and continued so throughout the day. The Carraccis, Teniers, and particularly the Corregios in the large room, which were some time ago purchased by the trustees of the Marquis of Londonderry for 11,000 guineas, attracted considerable attention. The most complete order and decorum prevailed throughout the day, although none but the ordinary attendants were on duty. THE UNITED SERVICE MUSEUM, SCOTLAND -YARD. .—This instructive museum was visited during yes terday by many hundred persons, who were all ad mitted gratuitously. Notwithstanding the large number of visitors, not the least disorder or confusion was caused, owing to the admirable measures resorted to of admitting the public at one side of the building, and letting them depart from the other. THE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.—The entertain.. ments at this institution drew together a vast number of persons during the day. The lectures were listened to with attention by a crowded audience. Several new dissolving views have been added, and Dr. Bach hoffner's lecture on the laws of nature, in reference to the engrossing subject of sanitary improvements and the different modes of ventilation, requires only to be heard to be appreciated. THE PANORAMA, LEICESTER -SQUARE.—AS is ge nerally the case on all holiday occasions, this place of amusement was well attended during the day. The subject prepared for the entertainment of the public was the " View of Cairo," from drawings taken by D. Roberts, Esq., R.A., in which were depicted the splendid mosques, domes, the river Nile, the everlast ing Pyramids, and a numerous assemblage of people preparatory to a pilgrimage to Mecca. MADAME TUSSAUD'S.—Thi s lady's exhibition came in for a fair share of public patronage. From the hour the doors were thrown open, until late in the afternoon, the large room was what might in truth be termed inconveniently crowded. Several new figures have been recently added, amongst the number is one of Jenny Lind in the character of the Figlia del Reggimento. There is also a striking likeness of Grisi in the character of Norma, and a portrait of Pope Pius IX. The latter figures were greatly ad mired by the visitors. THE COLOSSEUM.—This establishment is now be coming the fashionable resort of the beau monde for a winter 'afternoon's promenade. It was numerously attended yesterday. The Sculpture Saloon, bril liantly illuminated from one till five o'clock, the Panorama of London by Night being exhibited at the same time, and a capital selection of music, combine to render its attractions most unique. A beautiful representation of the aurora borealis, as seen in London on Sunday, the 24th of October last, now forms a striking feature in the night picture. A con siderable addition has lately been made to the sculp ture from the studios of I3aillie, Lucas, Papworth, &c. SINGERS OF THE PYRENEES.—A morning concert was given yesterday at the Royal Adelaide Gallery, Strand, for the purpose of introducing these vocalists. They appeared in their national costume, and sang of their mountain melodies. They were rapturously encored, and their concluding chorus, " The Hymn of Pope Pius 1X.," is a fine performance, and was received with the greatest en thusiasm. They were well supported by Miss Sara Flower, Miss Pearce, and Mr. Sedgwick, the con certina player. HARMONIC HALL , SOUTHWARK B RIDGE - ROAD .— Yesterday evening this elegant theatre of haimony was crowded to the ceiling, and many hundreds were unable to obtain admission. The principal novelty brought forward was a comic ballet, called The Ship wrecked Sailor, which was received with the highest marks of approbation. The entertainments which fol lowed consisted of the singing of American Barlow and several others, in addition to Mr. W. Warde, Mr. Pearce, and other favourites of the establishment. The former gentleman was particularly honoured, having been encored in every song, and in two in stances a third encore was demanded. In short, the enterprising proprietor, Mr. Richard Preece, appears to have spared neither expense or exertion for the gratification and improvement of the public taste. Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's, the Tower, the Monument, Tunnel, &c., were visited by crowds of the holiday folks. THE ELECTION OF BISHOP OF HEREFORD. HEREFORD, MONDAY,—The election of a bishop to the see of Hereford takes place to-morrow, the dean and chapter (as already stated in the address of the dean to her Majesty) having deferred the election to the latest possible period after the reception of the conge d'elire. In obedience to the citatory letter issued to the several members of the chapter of Hereford requiring their attendance at this election, they will assemble in the 'morning to "proceed to the election of a new bishop and pastor" of Hereford, and " the whole bu siness of the said election, with all its incidents, emergencies, and dependencies whatsoever, until the final dispatch of the said election." The chapter having assembled in the Ladye Chapel of the cathedral, the usual place of meeting, the Chapter-house having been ruined at the siege of Hereford, the conge d'eiire will be read, directing the election of a bishop of Hereford in the room of the late bishop. This done, the usual daily service of the church will be performed in the choir up to the second lesson ; after which the dean and chapter will return to the Ladye Chapel, and then the usual proceedings of election will take place. The chapter will then return with the dean to the choir, when the dean will make a declaration of the result of the election, what ever it maybe, and the church service will then proceed with the 7'e Deum. It is required that this declaration be made " openly and solemnly in the body of the church before all the people there. It need scarcely be added that the greatest excite ment pervades this city, and, indeed, the whole diocese, I as to the proceedings to-morrow, and this has by no means been diminished by the letter of the dean to the Prime Minister (published in The Sun of to-day), in which he declares that "no earthly power" shall induce him to vote at the election to-morrow for the elevation of Dr. Hampden to the see of Hereford. ch at one —lost Worcester occurred I considerable am rNGii Aa t . 0 fi r e, r property,e, whi tim F e l t il h E rea l t N ene ß d on Friday morning last, at the Wharf, in Wharf-street. It appears that Grazier, in the employ of Mr. aC larkson, man named Richard mer chant, Newhall-street, was in . timber be longing to his employer, at th e a timber store shed seven o'clock in the morn" wharf, about half-past incautiously snuffed a mornin g , when, as is supposed, he wards ignited. .. candle on the floor, which after wardst half -past nine was discovered to h e 2n fire, and the alarm being given, the engines from the notwithstanding various offices were promptly on standing all their efforts the flames extended, with such rapidity as to cause the greatest ap preheasion for the adjoininghouse, which " is occupied by Mr. Allen , and in which, unfortunately, the remains of Mrs. Allen, who expired the day previously, were waiting interment. The friends of the deceased had the corpse removed to the warehouse of Mr. Smallwood, on the wharf, until the threatened danger was averted, and the progress of the fire arrested by the activity of the firemen. The loss of property is estimated at about 1501. —Birmingham Gazette. ASSIZES, HOLDING or.—The grand jury, on being discharged at the York assizes, last week, represented to the judges that if the present periods of holding the assizes (July and March) were altered, there would not be a necessity of holding a special commission in De cember. The court promised to represent the suggestion of the grand jury in the proper quarter. The present periods of holding assizes ought to be changed ; as it is, they are—the one little more than four months, the other nearly eight months. Why not hold them in September and March ? If the law " terms" are in the way at present, why not alter; them ?