The Sun. — London, England, 1857-01-07 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE.— Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. .Acting Manager, Mr. C. Mathews. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley. Engagement of Mr. Leigh Murray. Eleventh Night of the Grand. Christmas Pantomime, the most magnificent ever produced on the Engiish stage. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform TEE LADIES' BATTLE After which will be produced an entirely new and original symbolical, hyperbolical, parabolical, and extra-physiog -nomical grotesque, statuesque, and picturesque Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, which for some time past has employed the unrivalled resources of this extensive establishment, and which will be called or entitled, as it is entitled to be called, THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven with the comedy of THE WONDER. Don Felix, Mr. Murdoch, who is re-engaged for a limited period ; Lissardo, Mr. Buckstone. After which, a new comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE BABES IN THE WOOD, or Harlequin and the Cruel Uncle. The scenery of the opening story painted by Mr. W. Callcott. The music composed and arrangedby Edward Fitz william. The pantomime produced under the direction of M. Milano. Harlequin, ii. Milano ; Columbine, Fanny Wright ; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ; and Clown, Mr. Driver. A Morning performance of the Pantomime will be given every Thursday throughout the holidays : commencing at 2, concluding at 4. SEE, SAW, MARGERY DAW ; Or, Harlequin Holiday, and the Island of Ups and Downs. The scenery entirely new, painted by and under the direc tion of Mr. William Beverley and numerous assistants. The machinery by J. Tuckeriand assistants. The properties, de- corations, tricks, changes, and transformations by Messrs. Needham, Glindon, &c. The masks, models, and physiog nomical devices designed and executed by the celebrated Dykwynkyn. The overture and music composed and arranged by Herr Anschuez. The choregraphic arrangements under the personal supervision of M. Petit. The comic scenes con structed by and under the direction of Harry Bolano. The peculiar grotesque opening invented and written by E. L. Blanchard, author of " Harlequin and the Seven Ages of Man," " Jack and Jill," " Humming Top," " Hudibras," drc., and the whole arranged and produced under the direction of Mr. Robert Roxby. Ye ancients and truthful legend on ye which ye pantomime its story is founded : " See, saw, Margery Daw, " Sold her bed, and laid upon straw." MSS. of Nursery Rhymes in British Museum. Blgion of Reverses, in the Island of Ups and Downs, " Yea, the Great Globe itself." " Here we go up, up, up, " Here we go down, down, down ; " Here we go backwards and forwards, " And here we go round and round." Juvenile Chorus of the earliest period, supposed to belong to the One. Up, Mr. Topham ; Down, Mr. Low; Opera box, Kid Glove, Tiger and Brougham, and Porte-monnaie (attendants upon Up), Signor Lorgnette. Herr Tightfitt, Master Saucebox, and Monsieur Chinque ; Hard Up, Dupli cate, Distraint, and Rags (attendants upon Down), Mr. Friz bard, Mr. Popall, Mr. Quodham, and Mr. Patchwell. An nual appearance of Holyday hiller Emblematic Car. Holyday (the Genius of the Season), Miss Marian Stanley ; Sport and Pastime (her attendants), Misses Lovelaugh and Lightheart ; Dame Necessity (who is on this occasion made a virtue of by particular desire), Mrs. Selby. How Invention, the Daughter of Necessity, is called upon to assist the development of the story, while Holyday invites both Up and Down to enjoy themselves. Holyday's Home in the Green Bower of Mistletoe and Winter Garden of the Fairies.—Mistletoe (the Fairy Queen), Miss E. Wadham ; Fairy Spirits of the Kisses thAt have been given under the Mistletoe, by upwards of 100 Ladies of the Corps de Ballet. Grand Ballet —Miss Rosina Wright, Mdlles. J. and E. Osmont, and the Co. ryphees. The Golden Gates leading to the Palace of Hnggamugga.—Herald (with a Proclamation), Mr. Homogold ; Y Guards, Messrs. Stiffneck , Headsu p, Eyesright, Shoulderarms, _Stand-at-ease, and March well ; Tailor, nr. Broadcloth ; Cobbler, Mr. Waxend ; Black smith, Mr. Atlvil ; the Princess Margery Daw (afterwards Columbine), Madame Boleno ; Shilly and Sbnlly (her Maids of Honour), Misses Dithery and Dothery. How Margery Daw has no no - ion of work herself, and the contempt she shows towards those who do work. Interior of the Palace of King Huggamugga. King Huggamngga (Sovereign of the Land of Sixes and Sevens), Mr. hawking ; Huryl-Burly (Lord Chancellor), Mr. Bigwig ; Niminy-Piminy (the Lord Cham berlain), Mr. Noodledom ; Higgledy-Piggledy (Goldstick in Waiting), Mr. Muddle ; other Members of the Court, Messrs. 13ow, Scrape, Cringe, Crouch, Tagvag, Merrywag, Perriwig, and Hatband ; Court Milliner, Madame Crinoline ; Drawing Master, Professor Crayon ; Governess, Miss Fsump ; Music- Master, Signor Hurdigurdi ; Maid in Waiting, Miss Sweet mper ; Chef de Cuisine, Mr. Cook : Prince Popinjay (of Land of Prettistory), Mr. Finefeather ; his Retinue, ?ilessrs. Glare, Dazzle, Gleam, Glitter, and Cutashine. How the Princess is taught a wholesome lesson by Necessity, and of the change that takes place in consequence. Cottage of Necessity, with a Prospect of Hard Work in the Distance. The Enchanted Workbox—The Sampler and the Exemplar, and the pretty piece of work that Margery Daw makes of it. Inhabitants of the Workbox :—Row of Pins, Messrs. Sharp, Bent, Crooked, Pinaday, Groatayear, &c. ; Regimeut of Needles (ready drilled), Messrs. Largeeyc, Smalleye, Longsix, Splitup, Snapoff, &c. ; Thimble, Master Tom Thumb ; Worsted, Mr. Bawlaway ; Bodkin, Mr. Pierce ; Tape Mea sure, Mr. Inehbald; Hook and Eye, Messrs. How and Some bodyelse ; Shirt Buttons, Mr. Earlypurly ; Scissors, Mr. Shearsteel. How Margery Daw makes an important discovery and the audience also, and how, led by Necessity, she is com pelled to alter her opinions and change her position. The Mine of Labour, leading to the Mine of Wealth.— Labour (the Parent of Health, Wealth, and Happluess), Mr. Strong'i'th'arm. What Margery Daw goes to see, what she saw, and the re ward that Holyday bestows. Gr laid Scenic and Mechanical Effects, exhibiting (in process )r construction) the Fairy Fac tory of Fancy, completed with ti: e assistance of Labour awl Imagination, Brilliant Tableau. 'rite Transformation :—Two Harlequins, Herr Denlin and Signor Veroni; two Sprites, the Brothers Elliott ; two Pantaloor s, Mr. Barnes and Mr. G. Tanner; two Clowns, Messrs. Harry Boleno and Flexmore ; the Gent, Mr. Halford ; two Columbines, Madame Boleno and Miss Honey. The Ups and Downs of the Harlequinade showing the Ins and Outs and Turns About of the Pantomime Rally ; Toy Warehouse, Butcher's and Baker's Shop (Bolenos, Deulin, Tanner, and Halford).— A pink of polite ness—Clown very toyish—Getting a nutcracker, which turns out a nobby toy—First and last toys for gambling—Marbles versus dice—Despatches, loaded, and off they go—Harlequin takes a private box - Clown takes Chatterton's situation as boxkeeper Kite-flying— A game of Cricket, by which some of the players get bowled out, an I afterwards stumped, which turns out a long stop—The uses and abuses of the crin oline—A .Jack in the box—A box of regular British toys and a basket of French bread (bricks)—Aldershott a size smaller —Grand review of infantry—A military ball—Going in for a buster—Coining out with a roll—Clown make a peel 0 baker's feelings—List, oh, List—Squaring a round of beef— Clown takes a steak and gets a chop in return—Pantaloon tries his hand at a game and loses by it Cnt!and come again —Clown takes a butcher's shop. which Harlequin makes too hot to hold him. Tailor's Ship and Perfumery Warehouse (Ve. roni, Barnes, and Honey). A gentleman in search of a tailor— A suit that is quite the ticket—Tie Oude wrapper—Railway wrappers—Transfer depo t--Washing_ machine—extraordinary— Something that won't wash—Cleaned out—Scent in and sent out- Foreign versus English toothpowder Hungary water—A Frangipani bouquet—Wonderful effects of the Pistachio nut powder—A case of real distress—Pantaloon in a fix—Fur nished Apartments for Single Men (Bolenos, Deulin, and Tanner).—Clown and Pantaloon in high life—A domestic re volution—'Turning the tables—To bed, to bed—A drop too mush Clown now begins to reflect—The looking-glass follows his example—Two heads better than one—Clown takes a turn on the sofa, which also takes a turn on its own account— Multiplication altercation, which ends with a regular row in the house. Judkin's Gas-regulating Machine and General Patent Office and Stationer's Shop (Veroni, Barnes, and Money.)—Clown, being in Fleet-street. goes the pace rather fast—The language of the eyes (I-talian of course) which everybody understands—Bath post versus London post—Re gulators Wanted : railway regulators, army regulators, gas regulators, smoke regulators—Sewing, cutting, washing, pressing, and ironing done by a turn—Clown makes a shift which makes Pantaloon a little shirty—A box of common scents—A fresh supply of blacks from America —A Dred-ful scene ensues. Mechi's Model Farm (Bolenos, Deulin, and Tanner )—Harvest-hcrne —A rakish dance by rustic lads and lasses—The milky way—Harlequin makes a pump of himself —A strong smell of game—A farm-yard visitor—Clown finds the pig a very great bore—Pantaloon finds the dog gets greatly attached to him —Prize Poultry—Cochin China and couch in England Novel hatching—The old mail—Full in side--Clown off by the Express and Pantaloon by the Rocket—Mappin's Cutlery and Shilling Razor Warehouse, King William-street, City (the whole of the double company will appear in this scene )—Pantaloon proposes to take a bus—Present and future—Weight of public opinion —A change for the better—The people's own bus—When fool meets fool then comes the tug of fun—Collision, crash, smash, and dash—Garotte preventive—Moustache move ment—A pair of sharp blades—Clowns prove themselves a cum for cutlery—Holloway stopped by Holloway's oint ment—The duel—A cut direct —Forewarned, forearmed— Public nuisances of 1856—0 h, my Crinoline—A high wind, a regular blow up, and glorious termination to Ups and Downs in Holiday's Fairy Home. The reduced prices as follows, varying throughout the house to suit every one :—Galleries, tid. and ls. ; Second Circle of Boxes, is. ; Pit, 2s. ; First Circle of Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Dress Boxes, 3s. ; Stalls, ss. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d., I'. ls., 1/. lls. 6d., and 2/. 2s. A Morning Performance of the Great Pantomime every Wednesday, at Two o'clock Flop o Y A L A. Ili LYCEUM TFIEATRE. Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING will be produced an autirely new and original combination of burlesque and pantomime, entitled CONRAD AND MEDORA; or, Harlequin Corsair and the Little Fairy at the Bottom of the Sea. The bnrle.que opening by W. Brough, Fsq., founded upon the ballet of Le Corsair, as produced at Her Majesty's Theatre. The harlequinade upon things in gene. rat. The new and magnificent scenery painted br Mr. F, Fenton. Characters in the opening : Conrad (the Corsair) ... Birharto (his lieutenant) Seyde Pasha Sing Smaul. Yussiff Meclora Gulnar .Miss Woolgar ,Mr. J. L. Toole ,Mr. Barrett Mr. Holston Mr. S. Calhaem Mrs. Charles iillon Mrs. B. White Mrs. Melville „Miss Jessie Ryder Miss Marie Wilton .Mt. Tom Matthews and Mr. H. Marshall ....Mr. Stilt • •••Mr. J. bfarshall • ~...The Brothers Nelson. •• —. I M" Clara Morgan and Miss Ladd. To be preceded by WILLIAM TELL. Mr. C. Dillon. The boa-office open daily, from 11 to 5, under tho super ntendence of Mr. Chatterton, jnn. Zuliem Subm Irina Serena Clowns Pantaioon Harlequin Sprites Columbines Carriages conveying parties to the Private . Boxes to set illsvn at the State entrance in Burleigh-street. A Morning Performance_overy Saturday, at 2 o'clock. STRAND TREAT E.--,M. , nager, Mr. T. Pdyne.—This EvPning be performed THE JEW'S DAUGHTER. After which, THE INTRIGUE. To conclude with the immeirscly successfql novel Burlesque Pantomime of TIM MAGIC MISTLETOE; or, Harlequin Humbug and the Shams of London. The Fairy Chri tmas, mi n E. Wilton ; Good Humour, Miss Nerbury ; Mercury, Miss Cameron ; Hinnlmg, Mr. Herbert ; Cant, Mr. Bolton ; Baron, Mr J. B. Johnstone • Sir Roland, Mr. Clarke ; Lord Love/ ~ Miss Craven ; Add e lpite, Miss Cuthbert ; Crambo, Master W. Eclouin ; Lady Agnes, Miss E. Jacobs ; Baroness, Mr. G. Lee ; Furbilosa, Mr. J. Howard. Novel Earle quinade :—Clown, Miss Cuthbert ; Little Clown, Master W Edouin ; Pantaloon, Mr. J. Clarke ; Harlequin, Miss Craven ; C o lumbines, Miss E. Jac o b s and Mdle. Colllsoa ; Premier Dansense, Mdle. Marie Charles. • N e w and magnificent Scenery, &c, New Curtain. New Act Drop. -•-•• Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ; Gallery, 6d. A morning performance of the Pantomime every Monday at two o'clock. LOYAL SURREY , THEATRE . Lessees, Messrs. St' epn erd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, THE LIFE CHASE. After which, HARLEQUIN AND THE SUMMER QUEEN. Harlequin Mr. F. Glover ; Clown, Mr. Buck ; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury ; the Four Sprites, the Fillisra. wily; Columbines, Mesdames Marie and Awrs. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. IL THIS EVENING will be performed A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. After which, a new grand Christmas Pantomime, called ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP; or, Harlequin and the Genii of the Ring. Harlequin, Mr. Cornaack ; Clown, Mr. Hnline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Co. lumbine, Miss C. Adams. THE SUN, LOND'ON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1857 T HEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI. Les4ee—Mr. Ben. Webster. Great Hit of A Night at I , lotting-Hill. THIS EVENING will be performed DOMESTIC ECONOMY. After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which Mr. Wright and Paul Bedford will appear. To conclude with the new and original union of modern burlesque and old English pantomime (as originated at this theatre), by Professor Wordspinner, Member of Every thing, with entirely new scenery, dresses, transformations, dm., called MOTHER SHIPTON ; or, Harlequin Knight of Love, and the Enchanted Whistle. Harlequin and Columbine Ca la Watteau), Madame Celeste an d Miss Wyndham ; Clown, Mr. Garden ; Pantaloon, Mr. Moreland; Scaramouch, Mr. Le Barr. Characters in the bur lesque by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. J. Bland, Mr. R. Romer, Madame Celeste, Miss Wyndham, Miss Mary Keeley, Miss Kate Kelly, Miss Arden, dic. R OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, DELICATE GROUND. Messrs. G. Vining and Leslie ; Mrs. Stirling. A new Fairy Extravaganza, by J. R. Planche, Esq., called vouma AND lIANDSOME. Messrs. F. Robson, Rogers, Leslie, G. Cooke, Danvers. Misses Swanborough, Thirlwall, St. Casse, Castleton, Bromley, Haskell, aim Mrs. Melfort. After which, CRINOLINE. Commence at half-past Seven. ISTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING, Shakspeare's Tragedy of RICHARD THE THIRD. with Mr. W. Cooke's Equestrian Illustrations. Richard, Mr. James Holloway. After which, the Inimitable SCENES in the CIRCLE, by first rate Equestrian Artistes. To conclude with a new grand equestrian comic pantomime replete with fun, frolic, risibility, and extravagance, called Pz UL PRY ON HORSEBACK ; or, Harlequin and the Magic Horseshoe. Doors open at half-past six ; commence at seven o'clock "ox-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. A Morning Performance every Saturday, at Two o'clock. CA.NTERBUILY HALL. Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of elections from all the popula7 Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, &c., viz.: —Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunell, and Miss Summers ; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F, Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Rain°. T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, and P. Corrie ; Masters Austin, Ben 'lett, and Coth ; Mr. Sam Cowell and E. Mackney, Piano forte, J. flarroway, R. A. ; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun. ; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre o sely. Suppers, dm., until twelve o'clock. In addition to the usual Vocal Entertainment, the celebrated SPANISH MINSTRELS will appear in costume at Nine and Eleven o'clock Every Evening, and sing some of their favourite selec tions. RIGEL WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. 1%.t1s )A.7.-3forn. 56 min. aft.lo—Evening 32 min. aft. 11 !ORRO',—Morn. 0 min. aft. 0 —l l :vening 6 min. aft. 12 TILE WEATHEK—Sur OnfacE, JANUARY 7. THERMOMETER, IN THR SHADE. 39 -titgbest singe noon yesterday. 37 -lowest this morning and during the night. 37 this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'38. WIND, East.—Fresh, with sharp, cold, frosty weather. ..,-' - , • ,-.7--Y: sAtn„ „--3 ; __.,,,, i L)NDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 18t7 FREDERICK WILLIAM is determined to bluster until the last moment. There is, however, a degree of ostentation about his proceedings hardly reconcilable with true bravery. He loudly pro claims his sanguinary intentions, and announces that " the day of grace" will speedily depart. He voluntarily assumes the badge announcing "fcenum habet in cornu," the declaration that he. is " dangerous," and that ample room must be conceded by all who may chance to oppose the prevailing humour. An Irish " fire , eater" of the last century, when no man who had not " smelt powder" could hope to occupy a respectable place in society,could not possiblybe more fastidious on points of etiquette. He has apparently closely studied the laws of the " duello," compiled by the delegates from Galway and Tipperary, and given to the world by the late Sir JONAH BARRINGTON, and he will not budge an inch from the even tenour of his way to preserve the peace of Europe or to save the effusion of blood, objects for which he professed such profound reverence when the true honour of Prussia demanded decided action. He may, however, ponder on the homely adage which declares that " the cock which crows most loudly is not always victorious in the fight." The quiet but inflexible determination of the Swiss Confe deration afforded a striking contrast to the swag ger of the quondam " Angel of Peace." We almost intuitively perceive the unequivocal "pluck" of the one; we cannot help doubting the valour of the other. The latter is rather prema turely displaying all "The pomp and circumstance of glorious war." The former steadily preparing themselves for a formidable contest, if it shall be forced on them —standing on no ridiculous forms, but resolved to sacrifice no particle of principle. The Manifesto of Baron MANTEUFFEL, published on the 28th ultimo, announcing that the "mobi lisation " of the Prussian army is to take place on the 15th instant, and that " the light cloud" will by that time have vanished " from the face of the moon," and that there will be no future locus penitentice for Switzerland closely followed by the military demonstration, ostensibly given in honour of the Jubilee to the Prince of PRUSSIA (and in which we re gret to observe that England took a part so lead ing and so utterly uncalled-for) may be displayed by heralds on an " escutcheon of pretence" —a highly appropriate designation. The magnificent sword, with its handle of pure gold weighing half a pound, the value of the material enormously enhanced by the skill of the artist. The Angel— not of Peace, but—of Victory ; the Genius of Justice; the groups of angels spreadin g th e i r wings to guard - the bearer's hand and the trenchant blade. The elaborately ornamented shield of pure silver—better calculated for orna menting the festive board. The splendid calque of silver and gold. The other sword, with its handle also of pure gold, the column of silver-gilt to represent the stability of Prussia's pretensions at Neuchatel—a better emblem than was supposed, as it manifested the total inadequacy of the intrinsic value to the out ward show—and, proh pudor, the Grand Cross, Star, and Collar of the Order of the Bath all combined to make up a gorgeous spectacle, while the " doomed " Swiss, arranging their rifle clubs, and from every chalet and village in their_ mountain homes, hastening to array themselves under the national standard, with a steady determination to die rather than relin quiAh their independence, exhibit themselves in a more trustworthy point of view. It is the diffe rence between the " silver candlesticks" of Sir CRRISTOPHER MUSGRAVE, and the hardy High lander, ANGUS MACAULAY. Every man prepared to die at his chieftain's command, and therefore far more valuable than the dead, though highly embossed metal. As one of our greatest living authors declared—" An Eton boy in his sec3nd form would not hesitate to sport his crown on the less pretentious combatant !" Should the conflict take place, it would be sacrilege to doubt the result. But, as we have already stated, " the bark of CLICQUOT is far waur than his bite," and, therefore, we may reasonably anticipate that he will pause before he finally cries " havoc, and lets slip the dogs of war." Some people don't believe in luck, others do ; but even the sceptics is the matter somehow can't do without the word. Who of them has not found himself sometimes muttering, "lucky PAL MERSTON." Recovering themselves, perhaps, the reasoners add, No, 'tisn't exactly luck that a cat always lights on its feet, and it can't be all luck that PALMERSTON always lights on his. It was not all luck that ABERDEEN, and NEWCASTLE, and GRAHAM, and Co., all had to walk out that he might walk in. Still, he had nothing to do with the ill winds from the Crimea which blew them out of office and him into it—and which blew away, too, all the obstructions which H. R. H. and his Germans would have put in his way. 11l were those winds indeed ; and it would be hard to say to whom they blew good, if not to Lord PALMERSTON. leltion of 1856. And this while the list of those same Criminals comprises the names of PALMER, and Dou, and SADLEIR, and BOUSFIELD. The vulgar, gambling surgeon, who drugged to death his wife, bis brother, and h's boon companions. The brutalised and supersti tious sensualist who destroyed his wife also by the same deadly potion, administered to his victims by the Rugeley Poisoner. The gentlemanly (!)' swindler, forger, and embezzler, who escaped the penalty of his gigantic frauds by a cowardly self murder upon the midnight heath. And lastly, the wretched wild beast staggering home to butcher a whole family, after taking part, as a supernume rary in the grotesque fooleries of a pantomime ! VERGES has secured to himself an eternal infamy with these and such as these, by that unexampled and sacrilegious murder with which his insensate hand has but just now horrified the whole of Christendom. It surely was luck, too, when, twice having incurred several petty defeats in the House— defeats which made him less firm in his seat—his enemies twice concocted and persisted in motions against him, which gave him, when he seemed weakest, overwhelming majorities. Mr. WHITE SIDE'S motion on Kars, and Mr. MOORE'S on American Enlistment, were nice windfalls for the "lucky Premier." Then the Peace, too—the " precious Peace,"—all the nation grumbled at it ; yet (no one can say why) the grumblers quar relled with Lords CLARENDON and COWLEY only, and the hungry WALEwsicr ; and Lord Emma- STON got the credit of all the resistance to Russia, and they of all the yielding. The Premier had the good luck to pass for a grumbler too. And then the shower of Bishoprics ! Surely Bishops did not become superannuated, or die, by any skill or any conjuring of our " lucky Pre mier." Surely that was luck. "No Bishop, no King," said the English SOLOMON j and the Pre mier is the next man to the King, although there is one between him and a Queen. It must be something to grant to the Chapters of Metropolitan London and Golden ham not to mention Bath or Ripon -- leave to elect Right Reverend Fathers 1- GOD to hundreds of churches and thousands o: clergymen, and Barons holding much-coveted temporalities, and Peers Spiritual of the realm. Object to Life Peerages ! Why, our " lucky Premier" has created them by wholesale ; and now—surely he never will sink—he has actually got a Bishopric of Cork, in his hands ! We ad vise BENJAMIN DISRAELI, Esq., and Lord Join RUSSELL, and H.R.H. to note the omen—do whaT they will the Premier will swim. The Chancellor of the Excheqver's Income Tv“ has seemed likely to embarrass him of late ; Already in other respects, and in these also, de plorably, 1857 is assuming to itself a character. A miserable death like that of HUGH MILLER, the gifted geologist—though counterpoised in some degree by the tranquil demise, in his ripe and honoured old age, of a man like JOHN BRITTON, the late distinguished archaeologist—illustrates rather painfully, at the " turn of the year" 1856-1857, the evil flowing from what we regard as the Disease of the Age, and from the morbid leniency evidenced in the treatment of our criminals, origi nating in the disastrous phantasies of a spurious philanthropy. It was a premature and agonising death, resulting from an unnatural over-straining of the intellectual powers, superinducing or ganic disease of the brain, and preparing the way for a fantastic dread, almost amount ing to a pitch of delirium—the dread of burglary and garotting, those two chief pastimes of the (talons let loose upon society with a certificate of vice, and a licence to commit fresh crime, in the shape of the detestable Ticket-of-Leave ! If the new-born year developes at an equal pace in horror and criminality, we shall have but small cause indeed to congratulate ourselves upon being well rid of its predecessor. HRLYRN forbid, however, that the fruits of this first week of 1857 should prove to have been but an average exemplar of what is in store for the world at large in the year which has but just now commenced. We recently contrasted the circumstances of a luau earning 3001. per annum by unceasing in dustry and of one who receives the dividends on 10,000 i. S per Cent. Consols,;who are each called on to contribute the same amount (20/.) to the Revenue. Their positions, indeed, are so strik ingly different that it is impossible practically to compare their actual means. The man who has merely a precarious income, of which he may be deprived the following year or month, even before -,he visit of the tax-collector, cannot safely calcu ' ate on anything beyond the amount of cash in land, and property that could be immediately dis posed of at an auction mart. But he does not, therefore, escape from contributing his just quota to the National Exchequer. He must submit to he local burdens of the locality in which he re ndes, and must also consume articles on which luties are levied—which duties, under the most favourable circumstances, amount to more than 4is fair proportion of the public charges. It is, therefore, perfectly clear that no change in the tax can render it perfectly fair, except that of :ompletely exoneratiag industry, and making it what it ought to be, a pure tax on property, justly assessed, and without exemption of any kind. no : Admiral BERKELEY pledges himself for tilt Premier's honour at least ; Lord PARKIIRE offt.:= to do with 20,000,0001. less than last year ; and, best of all, Commerce—and the Premier coul whisper no word in her ear—has set him up whi. 4,000,0001. more for the national revenue tlla; was obtained last year. The lucky Premier . - It may be said that this might press heavily on Exports and imports, navigation returns, and the ii persons of very limited incomes. But every such year's income, fiscal tables, and those of ecclesias ./ person has the means of exercising his indusiry, tical mortality, all scatter roses in his path. 1 and is far more favourably circumstanced than And Lord PALMERSTON'S last, how lucky ! I his penniless competitor. If seeking a situation Southampton is embroiled with an election. A i as a clerk the possession of property will enable Radical Coachmaker and Whig Governor of tht I 'dm to dispense with, or easily provide the secu- Bank of England fight like the. lion and the uni- l ' rity generally req u ired , or to get into business on corn for the Liberal cause ; and the Tory gentle. ,i , own account. In fact, in any and every man thinks he has a good chance between the two, ,ition in which he is placed he will find and perhaps he may have. Now, the Premie) ' - advantages, and we are not bound to search thinks Mr. WEaniguiv is the man for the Liberals : i 3 nicely for extreme instances to .extend the he is just the man for a Premier to talk wit, about the Bank Charter and about money matter in general. The Coachmaker, so many time. Mayor of his nati've borough, may do well enough for that office, but member of Parliament is quite another thing. To be sure he would represent Southampton, for he knows it thoroughly ; but Mr. WEGUBLIN would represent Bank Stock and bullion, and the rate of discount, and, above all, the luxurious monopoly of issuing 14,000,0001 of notes, in addition to receiving 3 per cent. interest on that sum—to issue them on the secu- rity of the nation, and to take just now 6i pet cont. for it all. That's the man for our easy-going Premier. Rut how to get at the pars of the electors-- that was the difficulty. If Lord PALMERSTON, the Prime Minister, should proffer his advice it were all up ; electors of every grade would kick at official interference ; he would but insure the return of the worthy coachmaker. But, as luck ,Lmunity from taxation for those who have so ag practically enjoyed it, or to legislate solely r the benefit of the drones to the exclusion "of ie working bees of the social hive." The latter are Aided to some portion at least of the sympathies the Legislature, which they would undoubt odly receive to a far greater extent than at pre sent but for the simple fact that every member !_aust be enrolled amongst the propertied class by reason of the q ualification, which (with some few exceptions) must be specified before taking his seat ; and as he is disposed "to stand by his order," we can readily conceive the influences in operation, and the grounds on which the taxes on profits, or rather gross receipts, were justi would have it, a hot Weguelinite, in the person of Mr. LANXESTIIII, came to Broadlands on "pro fessional " business ; there the Premier was Pre- mier no longer. He was but the Hampshire landlord ; and, business done, why should he not " Quod volumus, faci/o credim,us," is ime-honoured apophthegm, and the owners a" pr o p er ty greedily listened to the special iheading of Mr. GLADSTONE, although "the Q' i l l small voice " must have occasionally Omrbed their repose by stating that they were fi~l. lr.aning on broken reeds," and that they were the parties who should send large amounts of c , )nscience money to the Chancellor of the Exche- cuer. But even amongst the propertied classes there gossip on local politics as any other landlora 4' 3 very wide distinctions which should be re would de ? So Mr. LANKESTER and the Premier ! J-Pised. The spirit of COOKER has clearly of England, "as Hampshire gentleman," chat oTT,...sed the absurdity of charging at the same over the Southampton election, and the mate = l .te terminable and a perpetual annuity—like, pertincu lord allows himself to be duly pumped by - ance, the Long Annuities, which expire in the Southampton ironmonger. As luck would have 1860, and Consols which last until redeemed for if, too, the Premier forgot to remind Mr. Lex-1 an ample equivalent by Parliament. 1501. a LESTER that the conversation was confidential ; 1 , 1 year in the on• is worth 4161., in the and, as luck would have it again, Mr. LANICES I other 3,750/. The former pays 21. Bs., the latter TER forgot that an undress chat was necessaril, 58. 4d. per cent, on the capitalised value : that confidential ; so that between the lucky presence is to say, exactly nine times the rate. The annu of Lord PALMERSTON near Southampton, and the itant is really taxed on his capital. Of the 4501. two lucky forgets of the Lord and the froa- which he will receive within three years, 34/. is monger, it leaked out for the benefit of all South 7or interest, and 4161. for capital, while the fund- ampton that the first servant of the Crowu was for WEGUELIN ! Letters, honourable to both sides, immediately pass between the Coachmaker r colder enjoys the whole 450/, as interest,--the lifferenoe in this point of ♦iew being as 1 to 13.22, r little more than the 2-27ths of the amount. and the Lord, but the job is done. With Lor.; It is also notorious that house property is far PALMERSTON'S usual luck he has contrived to avoid injuring his man by irritating officiousness, has even gained sympathy for himself as a man wronged by a breach of confidence, while yet he has given his client the full benefit of his great " me ' How many Lords or Premiers had ever such luck as this ? ass valuable than lauds or dividends. Seven, eight, or nine per cent, can readily be' ob. rained for investments in the former, while less than half the amount can be realised in :he latter, and yet there are special charges on houses, from which other property is exempted. We need not refer to the House Duty of 9d. in Already 1857 is assuming to itself a character. It has not yet entered upon its teens, and lo ! all the crimes of its tainted predecessor are instanta neously surpassed in atrocity by the initial murder of the twelvemonth--that perpetrated on the 3d instant, in a Church at Paris, by an unfrocked priest, Ivan the venerable person of the Gallic Primate, Monsignor SIBOUR, the Metropolitan Archbishop. The infamy at once achieved for himself by VERGES exceeds proportionately with the sanctity of the place in which the deed of blood was done, proportionately also with the nobility of the victim sacrificed by this unparal leled act of assassination, the most odious of the many wretched Criminals whose blood-guiltiness has imparted so much horror to the mere recol the pound, the unfair substitute for the unwim and impolitic Window Tax, and the innumerable charges that altogether in some localities amount to 30 per cent. on the rental. It would be far better for the houseowner to pay on the capital ised value, as we have suggested, than under the present system. We might multiply instances of oppression and injustice. Sufficient has, however, been said to ~how the imperative necessity of a speedy revi• sion of the entire system, so as to render it truly charge on Property, and not a cruel and op pressive impost on fluctuating or precarious profits. The Master of the Rolls proposes to proceed • on the 15th inst. to settle the list of contributories of the Electric Telegraph Company of Ireland. LATEST NE WS.I FINAL SETTLEMENT OF THE DISPUTED TREATY. PARIS, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The Moniteur of this day contains the following " The Conference has signed a protocol which puts an end to the difficulties which have delayed the execution of the treaty of the 30th of March. The Conference, with unanimous accord, has de cided that the frontier shall follow the valley of Trajan up the river Yalpuch, leaving Tiglorad and Toback to Moldavia, and that Russia shall retain upon the right bank Yomrat, with 330 versts of territory. The Isle of Serpents is to be considered as part of the mouths of the Danube. The Con ference recognises that it was the intention of the Congress to re-establish, by Article 21, the terri tories west of the new boundaries in their former situation ; and to conform to the intentions of the negotiators of peace, it has decided that these ter ifitories shall be annexed to Moldavia, with the exception of Dolk, on the Danube, which will revert to Turkey. The Conference has decided, moreover, that the boundaries shall be settled and take effect by the 30th of March at the latest, and that at the same date the Austrian troops and the British fleet shall have evacuated the Danubian Principalities and the interior waters of Turkey. The Commission of the Principalities will then be able to enter those provinces, and proceed to the execution of its mission. At the conclusion of its labours the Commission will re port to the Conference, which will re-assemble according to the terms of Article 25, in order to settle by a convention the final agreement between the contracting parties as to the organisation of the Principalities." The Paris correspondent of the Nord gives the following version of what took place at the first Conference : " The first Conference was held, at half past one o'clock, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Count Walewski took the chair. The second Plenipoten tiaries present were—Baron Brunow, Lord Cowley, Baron de Hubner, Count de Hatzfeld, Marquis de Villamarina, and Mehemet Bey. " The Plenipotentiaries of the four great Powers alone spoke. The Plenipotentiaries of Prussia, Sardinia, and Turkey were silent by common agree ment during the whole of the sitting. " The sitting was opened by a speech from Count Walewski. The business discussed was the draft of the protocol and of the tracing of the new fron tier line on the confines of the territory ceded to Russia in compensation for Bolgrad. " As regards the evacuation of the Principalities by the Austrian troops, and of the Black Sea by the English fleet, it was touched upon but slightly. " The discussion was calm, dignified, and cour teous on all sides. " You may rely upon the following as a correct statement of what took place, and of the point where the difficulty lies. " England is ready to evacuate the Black Sea as soon as the special Commissioners shall have fixed upon the ground as the new line of the new Russian frontier. Austria consents to the same engagement. " Russia is happy at the equitable intentions manifested by those two Powers ; but as the Com missaries may take an indefinite time in fixing the boundary line, ought not a term—for instance, the 15th of February --to be fixed for the comple tion of their labour. " Austria was the first to reply to thiS objection, and discussed the point at some length. If Russia could state betsrehand the period at which her commissaries would have finished their work, Austria could not do so. It is moreover impossible and imprudent to fix any stated period for work of that description, as one can never be certain of accomplishing it within the given time. The Con ference might be convinced of Austria's readiness to evacuate the Principalities ; it might, in that respect, place full confidence in' Austria. "England is of the opinion that considering the difficulties of execution, the simple engagement should be taken on either side to evacuate as soon as possible.' " Russia replies that there was a time when such a declaration would have been deemed suffi cient, but there were antecedents now which made a aore categorical engagement preferable. " Austria dwelt upon the difficulty of evacuating the Principalities as speedily as Russia desires. In winter there are obstacles for an army not to be encountered by a fleet. " This observation did not meet with any reply, and the point was generally agreed to. " Russia, however, persisted in asking that some definite period should be fixed for the evacuation of the Principalities by Austria, and of the Black Soa by the English fleet. " The Plenipotentiaries of England and of Austria then declared they were without instruc tions on the point, and must refer to their respec tive Courts. This was thought reasonable, and the sitting broke up. The members perfectly agreed upon all the questions in principle, and with the intention, or rather the firm hope, meet ing next time to sign the final protocol. "Despite the rapidity of transmission of de spatches by telegraph all the points of detail were not settled on Saturday.' VIENNA, TIIISDA.X. The news from all quarters respecting the Neuchatel question is favourable. Austria insists on a special Conference to be convoked on the affairs of Switzerland and Prussia. It is stated that Frankfort or Brussels is to be the place of meeting. Prussia is said to approve the suggestion, but to insist upon being repre sented. Count Buol and Barons Bach and Bruck have been summoned by the Emperor to Italy. BERNE, TUESDAY. The question of peace or war is yet suspended. The enthusiasm, if possible, increases. An honour able peace, and full recognition of the integrity of Swit2erland and the rights of Neuchatel as a Federal Canton are insisted on. Great patriotic contributions have been offered to the public cause, and various districts have offered largo numbers of volunteers. MADRID, JAN. 6. A general disarming is ordered, and immense quantities of arms have been seized in Madrid and in the provinces. It was confidently rumoured in Paris, yesterday, that Switzerland has conceded a general political amnesty, in the interest of peace, as a means of compromise without diminution of her indepen dence and dignity. Banishment will be recorded against the Royalist insurgents. AUSTRALIA. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 6. A telegraphic despatch has been received stating that the packet-ship Montmorency, one of the Black Ball liners, had landed her mails and passengers at Dun more East, near Waterford, on the sth inst., in 70 days from Melbourne. Her date of sailing would thus be the 27th October. ROYAL INSTITIITION.—Yesterday afternoon Professor Faraday delivered his fifth lecture, on Attractions, at the Royal Institution, which was, if possible, more numerously attended than on the former occasions. The Prince of Wales attended. The public meeting convened in reference to the ease of "Kingsford v. Merry" is to be held on Wednesday, the 14th inst. A. special general meeting of the proprietary of the Bank of London is called for the 26th inst., when a dividend is to be declared. The Eastern Counties Railway Company are offering 4) per cent. per annum interest for loans on debentures for three years. The Admiralty will receive tenders on the 20th inst. for the supply of 85,000 pairs of shoes. WEST COAST OF AFRICA. PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The African Steam Navigation Company's mail packet Candace, Commander Hawk€sley, arrived this morning (Wednesday). Her homeward dates are :—Fernar.do Po, Nov. 29th ; Bonny, Dec. 3d ; Lagos, 7th ; Accra, 10th; Cape Coast, 11th ' • Liberia, 15th ; Sie rra L eone , 20th ; Bathurst, 23 , 1 ' • Goree, 24th ; Te ner iff e , 29th • and Madeira, 31st. . - She brings about 1,500 ounces of gold dust. Affairs are more quiet in all the. rivers. The Consul at Lagos continues anxious about Kosoko, the steamer Mina having been withdrawn, much to the dissatisfaction of the merchants. The Bishop of Sierra Leone has visited Lagos. The Meander was under repairs at Sierra Leone. The Hecla was cruizing off the Pongas River. The Medina is waiting at Bathurst to lay down buoys. The Merlin was at Clarence when the Cand tee arrived, having just returned from conveying the Consul Hutchinson to Bonny, New Calabar, and Brass River. Two French war steamers were at Teneriffe, bound to the East Indies. The steam troop ship *ulean, with the German Legion for the Cape, called for coal at Sierra Leone, where two of the soldiers' wives (Englishwomen) deserted. The Candace brings Captain John Absolom and the crew of the brig Lord Nelson, which foundered in the Bay of Biscay on the 13th of December. They were picked up by the ship Angela Burdett Coutts, Captain Wilson, bound for Calcutta, which landed them at Madeira. The Candace, spoke Dec. 3, off Bonny, the Rajapore ; and Dec. 13, lat. 7 12 N., long. 4 10 W. the schooner Sultana. LOSS OF THE VIOLET DOVER AND OSTEND MAIL STEAMER. (BY ELECTRIC TBLEURAP B.) DOVER, WEDNESDAY MORNING, Jan. 7. "Empress" left for the Goodwin Sands at 9.30 a.m., with Captain Smithett on board. Royal and Imperial Mail Steam Packet Service, 56, Lombard•street, Wednesday, 11 a.m. Mr. J. G. Churchward presents his compliments to the Editor and begs to forward the following additional information with reference to the dreadful loss of the mail steam packet Violet. (Extract of a letter from Captain Smithett.) Dover, Wednesday, 8 a.m. The Belgian steam packet came in about midnight, an I the captain states that the Violet left Ostend in a fearful storm of wind at N.E. and snow at about 8.30 p.m., on Monday. "They had only one passenger, three others having landed previously to her sailing. " According to your directions, I shall start as soon as the packet arrives from Calais, no vessel having come in up to this time, in consequence of the heavy sea and swell on the other side. I expect Empress about 8.30, and shall take her to Ramsgate and the Goodwin, and hope to bring back some intelligence this afternoon. " The occurrence has cast a great gloom over the place. Mortalman was the mail guard." RAXIMATE, Jan. 6, 1857. This is sad news, the loss of the " Violet," for there can, I fear, be not any doubt as to its being her. Three bodies were picked up, lashed to a life-buoy, not far from the wreck, which lies on the sand to the southward of the beacon. From the position of the vessel's head I am of opinion that having, as they thought, run their distance, and catching sight of the Gull Lights, through the terrific snow storm, the tw lights ware mis taken tfor those of the South Foreland. I find this mistake is frequently occurring. " The vessel -its upright on the sand. Funnel gone, decks, bulkheads and cabin•doors, to be seen floating away. Some tuggers, either from this place or Deal, were seen out at the wreck At low water" LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) BANKRUPTCY COURT. Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque was the Commissioner of the day, but there were no cases of the slightest interest. THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK.--FURTHER DIVIDEND. The dividends not hitherto paid at the bank by Mr. Johnstone, the Messenger of the Court, are now being paid at the dividend office. Mr. Johnstone -tated to day that the assignees were proceeding very satisfactorily in realizing assets for the next dividend on the 24th inst., when all the creditors who have proved since the last meeting will be paid that of ss. 6d. in the pound, already declared, and it is probable that there will be a further general dividend of 6d. or is. in the pound de dared at the same time. The mines in Wales are in full operation to keep the business together, and about 150 men are employed. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, JAN. G. The Prince of Leiningen and Prince Edward of Lein ingen dined with her Majesty yesterday. The EArl and Countess Granville arrived on a visit in the afternoon. The band of the Coldstream Guards played during dinner the following pieces : 4 Overture Vales, " Fair Star" Selection, " L'Etoile du Nord" Meyerbeer. Quadrille on popular American melodies G. Phillips. Pas Redouble Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended in the Castle and performed the following compositions': Sinfonia, No. 7, in A,—Poco Sostenuto —Vivace—Allegretto Selections, " Silvana" Weber. Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince and Prince Edward of Leiningen, went out shooting. Earl Gran vine also accompanied his Royal Highnem The Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty. The French Ambassador left London yesterday after noon for Broad ands, Hants, the seat of Viscount Pal merston. A deputation consisting of Messrs. Whiteside (Vice- Chairman), Dalton, Finley, Venables, and Bothell, ma nagers of the Ceotral London District School, together with Mr. S. Heath, the Clerk, had an interview with the R ght Hon. E. P. Bouverie, at the office of the Poor law Board, yesterday, on the subject of the drain age of the land belonging to the school at Hanwell. N➢RB ➢OR SIR W. F. WILLIAMS.—We find the following in the Journal des Debats—" General Kinety, the heroic defender of Kars, has just arrived at Paris, where he thinks of turning to account the few months' leave of absence which the Turkish government has granted him." AROHITEOTURAL EXHISITION.—The commencing lec ture of the season at the Architectural Exhibition, in Suffolk-street, was delivered yes erday evening, by Professor Donaldson, "On the Architectural Magnifi cence of Rome." REPRESENTATION OP GREENWICH.—Ru mours are afloat of a Conservative opposition for Greenwich in the •vent of both the Liberal candidates determining to go to the poll. SOITHAMPTON ELEOTION.-Mr. Falvey, the suspended Southampton stamp distributor, has received columuni cations from some of the most eminent members of the bar assuring him that he has not violated the statute passed in the ninth year of Queen Anne (under which he has been disgraced and punished), by taking part in the preliminary proceedings of the forthcoming election in the above named town. He has also received numerous letters from members of the Civil Service, imploring him to stand by his order and secure the rigths of nearly 20,000 civilians from unnecessary and illegal restrictions. MR. THAOHERAY'S LECTURES. - Last night Mr. Thackeray delivered the second of his lectures on " The Four Georges," in the Marylebone Institute. The lecture hall was crowded by an audience which listened with the deepest attention to the graphic portraits of the lecturer, save when it broke in, as was frequently the case, with a burst of laughter orapplause. Very ample re ports of these lectures, which were first delivered in Edm burgh, having been transferred at the time to the columns of Th 4 Sum, it will not be necessary to reproduce them now. After the general applause which greeted the conclusion of the lecture had subsided, Mr. J. ]ell an nounced that, in consequence of the popWarity of these lectures and the great desire to hear them, Mr. Thacke ray, at the request of the committee, consented to repeat the series. BIRTIS AND DEATHS IN LONDON, —In the week that ended on Saturday, th e d eaths of 1,497 persons, viz., 761 males and 736 females were registered in London. The deaths now recorded exhibit an excess of 44 over the corrected average. Last week the births of 1,025 boys and 948 g i r l s, i n all 1,973 children, were registered in London. I n th e ten corresponding weeks of the ye ars 1 8 4 7-56 the ave rage number as 1,598. Yesterday a ver di ct of mans l aug hter wasreturned against Joseph Borrows , the assistant of Mr. Budd, chemist, off in of Brompton- r ow, for causing the deat h of Mr. Marearsl e y b y carelessly d i spen sing drugs. CHAMPIONSHIP OP THE THAMES. —A. match is to come May between Messenger, vpresentnciui holdervanquished of Buttle,the position, and Kelly, whorecently a the Norwich champion. The stake is to L. 2001. CRICKET.—The elevent h annual St. James's Cricket Ball takes place at Willis's Rooms, on Tuesday next, the 13th inst. ZOOLOGICAL IMPOR TATION. —Among the passengers by the Orinoco, which arrived at Southampton on Sunday last from the West Indies, was an animal about the size of a squirrel, which was captt.red on the plains of Caraccas. It has a tongue a nd head like that of an ant-eater, and a tail like that of a monkey, by which it hangs to the branches of trees. It is something like the opossum, and was fed on board on pine apple, banana, and other fruits. It is spiteful and not at ail timid. This curious animal is the property of Captain Sawyer, the commander of the Orinoco, and is about to be placed in the Regent's Park Zoological Gardens. Captain Sawyer also brought home a beautiful specimen of the ounce, or American leopard, a very savage and scarce animal. There was also on board au American moun tain tiger-cat. . LITERATURE. Isabel, the Young Wife and the Old rove. By J. C. Jeaffreson, author of " Crewe Rise," &c., 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. Those who admire a lively picture of social life, of the follies and regrets, the disappointments and fruitless expectations of human life, will be espe cially attracted by this work. In its shifting pa norama the good and the evil, the ardent and generous- - nature, and the cold and calculating spirit, are alike represented. It is not, as its name would impliy, of a very sentimental or romantic description. Its title would seem to indicate that it was one of the old fashioned school of novels, which happily have given place to a more healthy and earnest style of fiction. But in this the writer scarcely does himself justice. In the first place, Isabel, the young wife, though un doubtedly intend e d f or th e h ero i ne, by no means absorbs the reader's interest. There are many other moving figures in the drama which are scarcely of secondary importance. The plot, so far as its heroine is concerned, is simple. She is the simple and trustful daughter of a very worldly and selfish man, whom she believes to be the imper sonation of excellence. The Rev. Mr. Dining borough, a very wealthy old friend of theirs, of good family, is much attached to Isabel, and asks her father's consent to make her his wife. Her father is overjoyed, and Isabel, in the simplicity- of her nature, readily agrees, thinking herself highly honoured, and attaching very little importance to the fact that he is old enough to be hergrandfather. After her marriage, however, she travel s a b roa d, an d i s introduced to a large circle at home, and, as her knowledge and experience increases ; her opinions of her own good fortune are modified. She always retains a eordial affection for the kind, though indolent, old man ; but she no longer thini 5 him the wisest and greatest of men. She renews her acquaintance with her cousin, Hugh Falcon, who had, unknown to her, loved her in secret fo years, and whom she had always liked and ad mired. After some time, during which Hugh Falcon has confessed his early disappointment to Isabel, and she has avowed that her husband is no longer the first object of her affections, her step-son endea vours to arouse Mr. Dillingborough's suspicions and displeasure. But circumstances intervene which exonerate Isabel in his eyes just as she has resolved to confess all to him, and, consequently, all is happily arranged between them and they retire to their country home, where, after a few years, the old man dies. The reader expects that Hugh Falcon will also die, for his suspense is kept up for a considerable time. He is seized with an alarm ing illness after his explanation with Isabel, but, after many months, recovers. The conclusion of the story it is not difficult to imagine. The cha racters who divide with Isabel the interest of the story are Everitt Brookbauk and Emily Allerton. The former is a young lawyer, who devotes very little attention to his legal studies. He is of au enthusiastic and high spirited nature, and, unhap pily for him, is deeply attached to a beautiful but worldly heiress, Frances Leatherby, of great abi lities, but equal ambition. The struggles of good and evil in her character keep Eve ritt long in suspense. His belief in her perfection is, however, rudely dispelled, and he is overwhelmed with disappointment. He at length finds consolation in the realisation of his dreams of goodness in Emily Allerton, who is portrayed as an almost perfect character. The story itself will be to many less attractive than the sketches from life, the satire of the style, and the vividnessand variety of the characters. Th e y are drawn with force and skill. There is Isabel, the gentle and sensible wife and mother, conscious of the difficul ties of her position, yet resolving to rise superior to them. There is Hugh Falcon, whose brilliant talents bring him little satisfaction or distinction—. exhausted by the unceasing pursuit of excitement, discouraged and retarded in his course by the sha dow of his vain affection. There is Everett Brook bank, the young politician, also frittering away his powers and opportunities through a useless attachment. There is Frances Letheby, admired and courted, almost ready to sacrifice her ambi tion to her heart, yet speculating with brokers, and studying the rates of discount. There is Emily Allerton, devoting herself to the care of an exacting invalid, who does not even recognise her. There is Lord Brigden, the successful schemer, who, with many vices, is not quite har dened. These and some others are portrayed with vigour and effect. There are others who are some what overdrawn, some whose resemblance to each other mars their effect ; but, indeed, the list of characters is so numerous and so varied, that success in all of them is scarcely to be expected. There are many conversations on the social and political questions of the day, 'and the opinions ex pressed are often just and sensible. Though the chief point of the story is anything but pleasing, though some extravagances and improbabilities are met with, the reader will readily admit that variety and ability are displayed in it. • The General's Daughter. A Novel. By Captain I Brook J. Knight. 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. This novel possesses the attraction of variety ; there is a constant change of scene, and a numerous dramatis persona give a life and animation to the narrative. Many of the characters are interesting and many are amusing, particularly Tom Spencer, whose sketch is ludicrous in the extreme ; he 1 0 not unlike some conceited and yet ignorant per ' sons, however, who presume they are fitted to take part in everything until a sad experience convinces them of the futility of their vain attempts. In this instance warning was taken in time, and the victim contrived to render himself a little wiser and more conformable to the rules of prudence and propriety. Kate is a pleasing portraiture, and is more likely to please than the heroine, Blanche, who was of a noble nature, but, from many un fortunate circumstances, had not improved her natural advantages. The plot of the atoll becomes extremely complicated towards the conclusion, and to the astonishment of every one Blanche is discovered to be the daughter of Gene , ral St. Maur, and the sister of Kate. At first great confusion arose, but at last general satisfaction was felt, for Blanche, or Alice as she proved to be was a general favourite, and all had pitied her unfor tunate position, at the time of her introduction she was a widow, her husband had ill-treated and neglected her, and this had given her a distrust to every one. Gradually her native sense and right feeling triumphed over the gloomy and despairing thoughts that assailed her. Kate St. Maur's adven tures are exciting, and all must admire her spirit and determination, which it would be well for many to emulate in trying situations. Vernon's fate is a just retribution for his crimes, and it is satisfactory to find him fall a prey to the effects of his own vile schemes and manoeuvres. Lord Clifford is a favourable specimen of a generous and hasty disposition, who generally allowed the right to be in the ascendant at last, however he might have been tempted by passion or pride to succumb. Frederick St. Maur is also an estimable character, of a higher tone'than his friend, and ever seeking to perform some friendly action. In nothing was the innate benevolence of his disposi tion more apparent than in his conduct towards Tom Spencer. This latter individual had saved his life in their Eton days ; and while many would have forgot ten the past long before reaching matu rity, St. Maur kept up his friendship with him, when many shunned his acquaintance. He warned him of his follies, and eventually his kindness was of great service to him, although not always well received, as is the case with good advice generally. During the course of the story many striking pas sages occur, as, for instance, the accident to the General, whom Clifford managed with grea t dex terity to save when he was in a situation of the most imminent peril. The lovers of the romantic will be pleased with the mystery that envelopes the heroine, and the extraordinary revelations that are made concerning the events in Italy. Notwithstanding some points of the story that may be objected to, it is spirited in its style, and presents many lively sketches of society ; the rdader will therefore be at no loss for entertainment in its perusal. REPORTED DEATH OP MARSHAL RADETZgy.—The Correspoadance Havas contains a letter of the 30th ult. from Vienna, announcing the sudden death of Marshal Radetzky, commander-in-chief and governor-general in the Lombardo-Venetian provinces. The Marshal, the letter states, was carried off by an attack of apoplexy. The Southampton Customhouse officials have been reprimanded and cautioned for interfering in the election in that town. They were partisans of Mr. Andrews.-- a fact which they allowed to become too apparent at II meeting of Mr. Weguelin's supporters. Some of the gentlemen in the accountant's depart ment of the Great Northern Railway Company have funned an amateur company under the name of the Great Northern Dramatic Society, and last evening enacted " Hamlet" and the farce of " Raising the Wind," both of which were creditably embodied. [lt is to be regretted that Mr, Redpath has left the establish ' ment, otherwise the part of Jeremy Diddler might have found even a more able representative.] HAVANNAR, Dec. 15 —The business of the last week at Havannah has been less active in sugars than usual ; only 4,245 boxes shipped, of which to the United States, for New York and Boston, 4,160 ditto. The stock on hand here counts 65,000 boxes, and at Matanzas near 3,000 boxes. Prices have not changed. Mola,ses- - Contracts made freely, 7/ rials to 8 rials per keg of 6i ga!lons, for clayed ; muscovado molasses, 8i to 81 ditto. Exchanges—New York, 8 to 81 discount_ ; other north ern, 81 to 8/ ; New Orleans, 6 ditto ; Paris, 81 to 9 ditto. Health good.