The Sun. — London, England, 1857-01-29 00:00:00

T HEATRE ROYAL, DRUM LANE.— ; Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. Acting Manager, Mr. C. Mathews. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley. The eminent Comedian, Mr. Charles Mathews, every evening. Great Success of the Grand Christmas Pantomime, the most magnificent ever produced on the English stage. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE. Followed by SOMEBODY ELSE, in which Mr. Charles Mathews will sustain his original character. 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 &called or entitled, as it is entitled to be called, 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. Tacker and assistants. The properties, de• corations, tricks, changes, and transformations by Messrs. Needham, Glindon, dm. The masks, models, and p'ysiog 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 Boleno. The peculiar grotesque opening invented and written by E. L. Blanchard, author of " Harlequin and the Seven Ages of Man," " Jack and " Humming Top," " Ffudibras," exc., and the whole arranged and produced under the direction of lir Robert Roxby. re anciente and truthful legend on ye which ye pantomime is story is founded : "See, saw, Margery Daw, " Sold her bed, and laid upon straw." MSS. of Nursery Rhymes in British Museum. R3gion 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 Sawebox, and Monsieur Chinque ; Hard Up, Dupli cate, Distraint, and Rags (attendants upon Down), Mr Friz hard, Mr. Pop4ll, Mr. Quodham, and Mr. Patchwell. An nual appearance of Holyday in her Emblematic Car. Holyday (the Genius of the Season), Miss Marian Stanley ; Sport and Pastime (her attendants), Misses Lovelangh 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 nvites 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 Huggamugga.—Herald (with a Proclamation), Mr. Hornogold ; Guards, Messrs. Stiffneck, Headsun, Eyesright, Shoulderarms. Stand-at-ease, and March well ; Tailor, Mr. Broadcloth ; Cobbler, Mr. Waxend ; Black smith, Mr. Anvil ; the Princess Margery Daw (afterwards Columbine), Madame Boleno ; Shilly and Shelly (her Maids of Honour), Misses Dithery and Dothery. How Margery Daw has no notion of work herself, and the contempt she shows towards those who do work. Interior of the Palace of King Huggamugga. King Huggamugga (Sovereign of the Land of Sixes and Sevens), Mr. Dawking ; 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. Bow, Scrape, Cringe, Crouch, Tagvag, Merrywag, Perriwig, and Hatband; Court Milliner, Madame Crinoline ; Drawing Master, Professor Crayon ; Governess, Miss Frump : Music- Master, Signor Hurdigurdi ; Maid in Waiting, Miss Sweet tnmper', thef de Cuisine, Mr. Cook • Prince Popinjay (of the Land cif Prettistory), Mr. Finefeather ; his Retinue, .Messrs. 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, end the pretty piece of work that Margery Daw makes of it, Inhabitants of the Workbox :—Row of Pins, Messrs. Shari, Bent, Crooked, Pinaday, Groatayear, &c. ; Regiment of Needles (reads drilled), Messrs. Largeeye, Smalleve, Longsix, Splitup, Snapoff, &c. ; Thimble, Master Tom Thumb ; Worsted, Mr. Bawlaway ; B o dki n , M r. Pi erce ; Tape Mea sure, Mr. Inchbal-l; Hook and Eye, Messrs. How and Some bodyelse ; Shirt Buttons, Mr. Earlypurly ; Scissors, Mr Shearsteel. How Margery Dam makes an important discove , w and the audience also, and how, led by Necessity, she is com pelled to alter her opinions and change hrr position. The Mine of Labour, leading to the Mine of Wealth,— Labour (the Parent of Health, Wealth, and Ha: pieees), Mr, Strong'i'th'arm. What Margery Dew goes to see, what she saw, and the re ward that Holyday bestows. Grand Scenic and Mechan , cal Effects, exhibiting (in processor construction) the Fairy Fac tory of Fancy, completed with e assistance of Labour and Imagination. Brilliant Tableau. Tl , e 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 Roleno and Flexmore ; the Gent, Mr. Halfnrd : 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 (Bolenns, Denlin, Tanner, and Raiford).— A rink of polite neme—Clowe 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 Cha' terton's situation as boxlreeper Kite-flying—A game of Cricket, by which some of the players get bowled out, and afterwards stumped, which turns out along stop—The uses and abuses of the crin oline A -Tack in the box—A box of regular British toys and a basket of French bread (tricks)—Aldershott a size smaller —Grand review of infantry—A military ball—Going in for a buster—Corning out with a roll—Clowts make a peel ti 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 Shop and Perfumery Warehouse (Ve roni, Barnes, and Honey). A gentleman in search of a tailor— A suit that is quite the ticket The Onde wrapper—Railway wrappere--Transfer depot—Washing machine—extraordinary— Something th at won't wash--Cleaned out—Seen tin and sent out- Foreign versus English toothpowder Hungary water—A Frangipani bouquet Wonderful effects of the Pistachio nut powder A ease of nal distress—Pantaloon in. a fix—Fur nished Apartments for Single Men (Bolenos, Denlin, and Tanner).—Clown and Pantaloon in high life A domestic re volution—Turning the tables—To bed, to bed A drop too much 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 end s w ith a regu l ar row in the house. Judkin's Gas-regulating Machine and General Patent Office and Stationer's Shop (Veroni, Barnes, and Honey.)—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, Denial, and Tanner.)—Harvest-home —A rakish dance by rustic lads and lasses—The milky way Harlequin makes a pump of himself —A strong meld of game—A farm-yard visitor—Clown finds the pig a very great here—Pantaloon finds the dog gets greatly attached to him —Prize Poultry—Cochin China and conch in England —Novel hatching—The old mail—Full in side—Clown off by the Express and Pantaloon by the iincket—Mappin's Cutlery and Shilling Razor Warehouse, King William-street, City (the whole of the double sompany 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- Inent l A pair of sharp blades—Clowns prove themselves a ease for cutlery Holloway stopped by Holloway's oint. went—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, 6d. and is. ; Second Circle of Boxes, Is. Rd , ; Pit, 2s. ; First Circle of Boxee 2s. 6d. ; Dreg Boxes, 3s, ; St a ll s, S s. ; Private Boxes ' 10s, 6d., V. Is., 1/. Ils. fid., and 2/. 25,1 A Morning Performance of the Great Pantomime every Wednesday, at Two o'clock. OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. C. Dilinu. TEM EVENING will he prodneed an entirely 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 burlesque 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_ The new and magnificent scenery painted hr Mr. F. Fenton. Characters in the opening f---- Corrad (the Corsair) Miss Woolgar %hart° (his lieutenant) Mr. J. L. Toole Seyde Pasha Mr. Barrett hillg Yruggi &magi ft Mr. Holston Mr. S. Calhaem , Medo ra ** ******** Oninar Zuliem """••.............. Mrs. B White • .... Submarine... ... Mrs. Melville Serena .... Mi ss J ess i e R y d er ! Clowns Miss Marie Wilton ............... M r . Torn Matthews and Pantaloon ........... Mr. IL Ma rs h a ll .. •. Mr. Stilt Harlequin ... . .......... ThMre. B-TrolktfhaersrshllTleison. Smites ..................................... Columbines Miss Clara Morgan and • Miss Ladd. To be preceded by THE KING'S MUSKETEERS. D'Ar tagnan, Mr. C. Dillon. The ttendenc bo e of Mr. Chatterton x-office open daily, from 11 to 5, un d er the super. , jun. Carriages conveying parties ta the Privat e B oxes to set down at the State entrance in Burlcigh-street A Morning Performance every Saturday, at 2 o'clock. STRAND THEATRE.—Manager, Mc. T . Payne.—This Evening will be performed TEE PERILS OF CRINOLINE. Followed by DON'T LEND YOUR UMBRELLA. After which, the immensely successful novel Burlesque Pantomime of TIIE MAk,HC MISTLETOE; or, Harlequin Humbug and the Shams.of London. The Fairy Chri-tmas,• Miss E. Wilton ; Good Humour, Miss Norhury; .Mercury, Visa Cameron ; Humbug, Mr. Herbert ; Cant, Mr. -Bolton ; .t3aron, Mr J. B. Johnstone ; Sir Roland, Mr. Clarke ; Lord Loyd., Miss Craven ; Addelp 4te, Miss Cuthbert ; Crambo, Master W. Edouin ; Lady Agnes, Miss E. Jacobs ; Baroness, gr. G. Lee ; Furbilosa, Mr. J. Howard. Novel Hanle. flubtade :—Clown, Miss Cnthbert ; Little Clown, Master W Edonin ; Pantaloon, Mr. J. Clarke ; Harlequin, Miss Craven ; Oelumbines Miss E. acobs and Mdle. Collison ; Premier Dansenso, Mdle. Marie Charles. New and magnificent Scenery, die. New Curtain, New Lot Ditp. Corn,nence at Scven. Stalls, Gallery, rid. A morning performance of the•`Pantomime everyjMonday at two o'clock ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE., men were barbarously tortured and murdered THIS EVENING will be performed only three miles from the city, while seeking a A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, little fresh air out of the close factories. Ships and brick walls are the only places, it would seem, within which Englishmen may move or breathe up with the screw 1 Rpairing, of oourse, while so doing, the serious dasage dose during all those seven-and-twenty year by the dry-rot ! Aud— [a word in the ear of BULL] —" That's the way the money goes!' Thousands upon thou sands squandered upcn the construction of ships of war which are, mith wanton extravagance, allowed to rot away upon the stocks before it is ever dreamt of th:ir being launched ! And —then, when the mischief has been done effectually by time aid neglect—then, when the very keel is decayed aid the hull is found to be crumbling away piecemeal—then, forsooth, it is sagaciously discovered that the whole affair has been an egregious miitake from the very begin ning 1 It proves thee, and then only, that the unfortunate " wreck,i-still-water " is not long enough—is not heavy enough—is not, in point of fact, big enough ; it has to be cut in two— its length from stem to stern has to be increased —it has, last but not least, to be fitted up de 110170 with the screw propeller ! It is precisely thus at this very tine, as we have seen, with H.M.S. The Royal Frederick. A magnificent ship that has been lying in the stocks uninter ruptedly ever since the year 1830 ! A man-of war built, at the close of the reign of King GEORIE IV.—allowed to remain idle and unmo lested in Portsmouth Dockyard during the whole of the reign of King WILLIAM IV.—and at length, in the twentieth year of the reign of her Most Gracious Majesty Queen - VICTORIA, is found to De in want of we don't know what all, before there can be any possibility of her (even now) being launched ! Like men, like ships :as "The Immortal Bard " hath it— After which, a new grand Christmas Pantomime, called ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP; or, Harlequin aind the Genii of the Ring. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Co. lumbine, Miss C. Adams. at Canton. In the interior, not long after, a French missionary was barbarously murdered, and three others barely escaped with their lives, all in direct contravention of the last Treaty. Now, there does seem no conceivable reason why Canton should longer evade the fulfil ment of treaties and agreements any more than the other four ports. One of them, Fow-Chow, wished to play the same game as Canton, but it was not permitted to do so ; and the result has been that we have had peaceful relations there, and both natives and foreigners have profited by our firmness. At Canton, on the contrary, for bearance has received the only interpretation which semi - barbarians, like Russians and Chinese, always put upon it—that fear was at the bottom. Hance a series of unendurable insults and injuries, till the English authorities apparently resolved that the next must be the last. That next was the boarding of the Arrow. Satisfaction was demanded. It was granted in the style which, if accepted, would only increase the radical mischief ; and Admiral SEYMOUR, most properly, we think, demanded that the haughty system, directly in the teeth of treaties and subsequent agreements, of refusing to foreign 'authorities direct intercourse with Chinese officials should now cease. Hitherto we must think the Admiral has acted with equal humanity and courage. He has destroyed nothing but forts built to protect vio lations of the treaty, and Government buildings belonging to the obdurate and really guilty par ties. Canton, as yet, has been treated like Odessa. Apparently with the same results, for YEE( has set fire to the factories though we respected the Chinese private property. We must continue also to lay the same stress, as we have yet done, on the cordial acquiescence of the mercantile community at Canton in the Ad miral's proceedings. Both public and private in formation show that all the merchants approve the measures taken. When we consider the ex traordinary sensitiveness of trade to any inter ruption, this circumstance has the greatest weight. Merchants and traders generally are prone to bear with too much for the sake of peace and quiet. They are not the men for merely political wars or revolutions, except under the most pressing neces sity. Think of the BRIGET and COBDEN class endorsing au Admiral's acts ! We may be sure when this is the case that they were indispensable ; that the interruption of trade itself was better than the continu ance of injuries and insults which longer forbear• ance would engender. The time was come to put a step to all that—to demand that fo reigners should be treated as equals of the Chinese ; at least that they should enjoy at Canton the reasonable privileges which they pos sess at the other Chinese ports, and to which they are entitled by treaty. " And so from hour to hour we ripe and ripe; And so from hour to hour we rot and rot ; And thereby hangs a tale I " THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVE.NING, JANUARY 29, 1857 LATEST NE WS. MARSEILLES, WEDNESDAY. By the Carmel, which left Constantinople on the 19th, we have Eastern news to that date. The Russians have evacuated the Isle of Ser pents. The English squadron has left the Black Sea and returned to the Bosphorus. The disorders in Lebanon have been put down The Circassians have divided their forces into three corps. The first, the army of Abchasia ; the second of Lesghistan ; the third, of Kabarda. Their forces are very considerable, and have alarmed the Russians, compelling them to concen trate their troops on the banks of the Kur. ► came out and surrendered themselves prisoners of war. Another notable personage was taken, who had, I believe, been sent down from Teheran to raise the tribes against us, and whose Persian title is translated 'Minister of Foreign Affairs. The remainder of the garrison who marched out gave up their arms, and being too numerous to be retained in the present state of the Commis sariat, were escorted some distance into the interior by the Poona Horse, and there set free. At half-past 4 the British flag was hoisted by Lieut. Clarkson, First of the Assays, at the Residency flag-staff, the Shah's staff having been felled by the garrison in their hurry to lower the flag. " Thus easilY has Bushire fallen." The Bombay Times of Jan. 2 gives the following narrative of the capture of Bushire, and other operations on the part of our fleet in the Persian Gulf The island of Karrack, held by us from 1839 to 1841, had on the 4th been takes possession of and converted into a military depot. On the 6th the fleet moved down from opposite Bushire to Hallila Bay, where a body of three or four hundred of the enemy making their ap pearance they were dispersed by shells from the gun boats. The troops were now permitted to disembark without any molestation. There being no carriage cattle, they were without tents or baggage of any description, three days' rations having been carried with them in haversacks. Forty-eight hours were required to get the whole body on shore and in motion, when on the morn ing of the 9th they commenced their march northwards by the line of the coast, the ships of war led by the Admi ral keeping abreast of them, and as near the land as the depth of water permitted. By noon the old Portuguese fort of Bushire began to be approached. The position was naturally a strong one, the walls were good, and protected by a dry ditch forty feet deep. In front was a heavy re doubt scarped on the side neat the sea, and the other two were strong and well protected. The Assaye was unable to approach within one thousand seven hundred yards of the place, but at this distance her shells were so effective that the bulk of the enemy fled, leaving eight hundred, Who had been driven back by our ad vancing columns, within the work, and who seemed determined to fight it out to the last. The garrison on our approach had at first sallied out, and at one time nearly attained possession of a gun. The vanguard, which had pushed too much a-head, were compelled to make a dash, and unfortunately charged at the bayonet's point, sacrificing valuable lives that might have been spared had the shelling bees continued. Brigadier Stop ford fell leading on the 64th, shot through the heart, and pierced by many wounds ; while Liegtenants Utter son and Warren of the 20th were killed by his side ; Captain Wood dangerously wounded. The enemy were without artillery, but defended themselves stoutly with their matchlocks; whets driven to flight, they were charged down upon by the 3d Cavalry and fearfully mauled. Here Colonel Malet fell, shot through the heart by a wounded Arab, whom he had just ordered to be spared. Here the troops bivouacked for the night on the bare ground and under the open sky. Capt. Jones was now deputed into the town with a flag of truce in a small steamer carrying the summons of sur render, and the terms offered the garrison. The non combatants and women had permission to withdraw. Private property of all descriptions was to be protected, the fullest toleration in matters of religion secured, the garrison to be suffered to march out with all the honours of war. The Governor was allowed till dawn the follow. ing day to give an answer to the terms proposed, but the flag of truce was fired on ; and after waiting some time on the assumption that this might possibly have occurred from mistake, the envoy returned, his mission unaccomplished. An apology was almost immediately afterwards sent by the Governor on board the fleet, and the declaration of war of the Governor-General and letter of terms proposed were transmitted be the mes senger. Meanwhile General Stalker intimated to the Admiral his intention of advancing with all his troops on Bushire the following morning (10th December), and the fleet was immediately disposed in order of battle —first dismantling the enemy's newly-erected earthworks and then moving with a view of breaching the south wall of the town. The tide was favourable and so eager was every one to close in, that every ship was laid aground at high water, and daybreak found them all ready to open on the fort. A second flag of truce beg ging for twenty-four hours' further delay, now made its appearance. The request was at once refused ; and at eight the signal to engage was hoisted, and a storm of shot and shell at once poured in. The redoubt south of the town, when the enemy had assembled in force to resist our troops, was the chief object of attention, and, not withstanding the enormous distance, it was speedily cleared, the defenders retiring within the walls. As this work commanded the walls, much importance was attached to it by both parties, and General Stalker was advancing upon it when it was abandoned just as his line was being formed. Though their small guns were useless, the courage and perseverance with which the larger ones were worked surpassed all expectation, and the Semiramis, Feroze, Victoria, and Falkland, were repeatedly struck both in hull and rigging ; strange to tell, not a man was hurt. By noon the batteries were all silenced, and the troops were preparing for the assault, when the flag-staff was struck down in token of submis sion. The Governor and his staff immediately came and surrendered themselves, the garrison, from one thousand five hundred to two thousand in number, laid down their arms, and at four o'clock the British flag was hoisted over the town, the troops appointed to garrison it having marched in at sunset. A large proportion of the Persian arms had fled as we approached—numbers were drowned in attempting to escape. About 3,000 in all were said to have perished. Sixty-five guns, many of them brass, most of them in good condition, and some of them of large calibre, with vast quantities of warlike stores and small arms fell into our hands. Un less at Reshire, not a single mishap of any kind occurred in capturing the maritime capital and securing the whole sea-board of Persia. The fight shown was by a warlike tribe of Arabs. Active operations having thus for a time been brought to a close, the army prepared to en camp and throw up strong field-works and entrenchments just under the walls of the town. The prisoners, after being disarmed, were conveyed some way into the in terior, and then liberated. The Governor and other men of distinction have been brought to Bombay by the Admiral, who returned in the Assaye. The transports, meanwhile, are being recalled to prepare for the em barkation of a second army at least five times the size of that already in the field. The Bombay Times goes on to state, that a fur ther force of 25,000 men has been ordered to be got in readiness in India for despatch, bringing the invading army up to 30,000. By the time it has assembled "we shall have at least 100,000 men, including camp followers, to feed in a country so destitute of supplies that everything for man and beast must be sent from Bombay." Lieutenant General Sir James Ontram, Resident at Luckuo has returned before his sick leave was expired from England, to assume supreme political and military charge. The Poonah Observer says : The following troops of the army of this Presidency have been warned for immediate service in the field, field, and measures have been already taken to equip them for this service. The troops under orders from this station will leave Poonah for the Presidency on or about the 10th Jan. H.M.'s 14th Light Dragoons atd H.M.'s 78th Highlanders will then leave depots here— the 4th troop of Horse Artillery, from Kurrachee ; the Firs! Company 2d Battalion Earopean Foot Artillery, with No. 2, Light Field Battery attached, now en route from Sholapore to Poona; H.M.'s 14th Light Dragoons, from Kirkee ' • one regiment of the Scinde Irregelar Horse, from Scinde; H.M.'s 78th Highlanders, from Poona; the 23d Regiment from Rajcote ; the 26th Regiment N. 1., now en route to Poona from Sa tara. A Flank Battalion, to be composed of the light companies of the 2d Regiment N.I. (Grenadiers), 3d, sth, Bth, 11th, 15th, 22,1, 25th, 28th, and 29th Re g i. ment,N.l., is to be formed. Major-General Stalker, commanding the expedi tionary field force, says, in his despatch to the Secretary of the Government : Political Department of Bombay— I would beg especially to mention the unwearied exer tions and valuable aid rendered to me, f rom t h e landing at Hallila Bay to the taking of Bushir e , b y my C A a d p j t u a t i a n n t e r a n y e , r a the l L i A e u s t s e i s n t a a n n t t - C Q o l u o a n r e t e l r ra Y a o s u t e n r g bGuesnbearnad assistant;; Major Hill, Commanding Engin eers ; Captain-Dunster villa, Assistant Commissary-General ; and Dr. Macken zie, the Superintending td S h u eL r mi g e e uo o st nt g Lieutenant-Colonel nant-Colonel M a l e t di e d . gallant style. Brigadier l a e a o ß d n i r n n i commanding the 2d Infantry Brigade ; Lieut.- g e g r a , o d e r t their ° Colonel SbephearC, who succeeded to the command of the Ist Infantry Brigade; Lieutenant-Colonel y lyan, commanding th e Artillery Brigade ; and Lieut.,- commandingsfitrh thee Cavalry B Brigade, ,: O; r i n o e n d e Colonel Tapp, wa rmestthau arduOus duties have b een carried . .theirhae r manner as l a ia whichls also Captain aptain Pottinger, Brigade Maj or o f Artillery, whose exertions were conspiacous ; and my best thanks are equally due to Major Stirling ; Commandin g H.M.'s 64th Regiment ; to Captain Macleod, who succeeded to the command of the 20th Regiment ; Lieutenant Colonel Ramsay, commanding 2d European L. I. ; to Major Manson, Commanding 4th Rifles ; to Captain Hough, command ing 2d Belooch Battalion ; to Captain Forbes, who suc ceeded to the command of the 3d Light Cavalry ; to Major Blake, Comma' ding the 4th Troop H.A. ; to Captain Hatch, commanding No. 3 Light Fie!cl Bat tery ' • to Captain Gibbard, comman din g No. E Light Field Battery ; and to Captain Dickinson, commanding the Sappers and Miners. I have also derived every possible assistance from my Aide-de-Camp, Captain Hunter ; Major Ballard, Head Department; Major Boy e, the o D f ep t u h t e y jullitigeleliAgednveae cateGeneral ; Captain Rigby, who nas acted as my Persian Interpreter ; Captain Finni 'core, Commissary of Ordnance ; Captain Collier, Deputy Assistant Adjutant General ; Captain Shew€ll, and Lieutenant Holland, Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General ; Major Barr, Paymaster ; and Lieut. Willoughby, Sub-Assistant Commissary General. Lord Dunkellin, of the Coldstream Guards ; Major Taylor, of the Persian Embassy ; and Mr. JoLnitene, of the Indian Navy, also rendered most efficient service (having attached themselves to my personal Staff); and to Mr. Johnstone 's knowledge of the country and its THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven, THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL, with Mr. Murdoch as Charles Surface ; Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. Chippendale ; Sir Benjamin Backbite, Mr. Buckstone ; Crabtree, Mr. Compton; Joseph Surface, Mr. Howe ; Sir Oliver Surface, Mr. Rogers ; %loses, Mr. Clark ; Sir Harry (with a song), Mr. W. Farren ; Lady Teazle, Miss Reynolds ; Mrs. Candour, Miss Talbot ; Lady Sneerwell, Mrs. Poynter; Maria, Miss E. Sabine. • 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 pantomime produced under the direction of M. Milano. Harlequin, A. Milano ; Columbine, Fanny Wright; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ; and Clown, Mr. Driver. A Morning performa nce o f the P an t om ime will be given every Thursday : commencing at 2; concluding at I. PQ 0Y A L SURREY THEATRE, Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, an original play, in three acts, entitled A BIRD IN THE HAND WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH. Roderick Praiseworthy, Mr. Shepherd. After which, HARLEQUIN AND THE SUMMER QUEEN. Harlequin, Mr. F. Glover ; Clown, Mr. Buck ; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury; the Four Sprites, the Fillis Wily ; Columbines. Mesdames Marie and Agnes. THEATRE ROYAL, A DEL PHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. Great Hit of A Night at Notting-Hill. THIS EVENING will be performed DOMESTIC ECONOMY. After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, is which Mr. Wright and Pawl 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, dtc., called MOTHER SFIIPTON or, Harlequin Knight of Love, and the Enchanted Whistle. Harlequin and Columbine la Watteau), Madame Celeste and Miss Wyndham ; Clown, Mr. Garden ; Pantaloon, Mr. Moreland; Scaramoueh, 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, 411 c. pHEATRE ROYAL, SADLER'S-WELLS. & Under the Management of Mr. Phelps. THIS EVENING, TWELFTH NIGHT. Malvolio, Mr. Phelps ; Orsino, Mr. F. Robinson ; Aguecheek, Mr. H. Mar- ston ; Belch, Mr. J. W. Ray ; Clown, Mr. L. Ball; Olivia, Miss Atkinson ; Viola, Miss M. Eburne. To conclude with the pantomime, THE GENIE AND THE FISHERMAN. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, DELICATE GROUND. G. Vining and Leslie ; Mrs. Stirling. A new Fairy Extravaganza, by J. R. Planche, Esq., called YOUNG AND HANDSOME. Messrs. F. Robson, Rogers, Leslie, G, Cooke, Danvers. Misses Swanborough, Thirlwall, St. Casse, Castleton, Bromley, Haskell, and Mrs. Melfort. After which, CRINOLINE. Commence at half-east Seven. Messrs, STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING (First Week !), the risible Comedy called KATHERINE AND PETRUCHIO (as taken by Garrick from Shakspeare's " Taming of the Shrew"), with Mr. W. Cooke's Equestrian Illustrations. Petruchio, Mr. James Holloway. After which, the EQUESTRIAN EXERCISES in the ARENA. To conclude with the succeasful equestriai conic panto mime, called P tUL PRY ON HORSEBACK ; or, liar - lequin and the Magic Horseshoe. Doors open at half-past six ; commence at a quarter be fore seven o'clock. '3ox-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. CANTER BURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, dlc., viz. —Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunel], Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta ; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri, Senor Antonio M. de Solla, and E. L. Rime ; Masters Austin, Bennett, and Corn; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Mackney, and C. J. Wilkins. Pianoforte, J. Harroway, R. A. ; harmonium, J. Caulfield, j un. ; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre cisely. Suppers, <Sze., until twelve o'clock. Mr. C. Morton's Annual Full Dress Ball will take place on Wednesday, Feb 7.8. Gentleman's ticket, 7s; lady's ditto, 5s double ti cket (lady and gentleman or two ladies), 10s. ;lIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAr—Morn. 12 min. aft. 4—Evening 32 min. aft 4 1 1 ::....:603110S 4 -3forn. M min. aft. 4—Evening 12 min: aft. 5 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, JANUARY 29. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 38 —highest sinee noon yesterday. 28 —lowest this morning snd during the night. 34 —this day at noon. jA ROM' =NB, 29'84. WIND, N.N.E. —Light, with fine, frosty weather. • §11,31, L , I ON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1857 Those who in URQUHART and Manchester style exulted so much in the convicting, as they thought, our English authorities at canton, of illegal and cruel proceedings, seem likely to be themselves convicted of mere partisanship. With a certain school everything done by our colonial commissioners and admirals is necessarily wrong. They are wrong if they allow British trade and commerce to be insulted and injured, but much more wrong if they punish insults and injuries, especially if committed by semi -barbarians. Now, there are, doubtless, abuses of authority, and mismanagement in plenty, abroad as well as at home, but we cannot give in to the practice of condemning our own countrymen under circum stances so different to those which surround u-s, except upon the fullest information. From the first despatches, it might seem tl] the warlike proceedings were commenced upon ground technically illegal, the Arrow's British register baying, it was said, expired for 11 days. But even this now appears to be improbable, to say the least. It appears that by the Colonial Act, if she left Hong Kong before the register expired, she was entitled to its benefit till by her return she was enabled to renew it. As, in accordance with one of the conditions of the Act, she bad still her English master, Mr. KENNEDY, it hardly seems likely that he, for his own safety's sake, would suffer his vessel to lapse into a Chi nese one ; well knowing, as he must do, the tem per of YEH and his Canton rabble towards Englishmen. Be this, however, as it may, it is very clear that the Chinese fully intended to insult our flag, and to defy the Treaty. They had duly been made acquainted with the Act which authorised colonial registers of Chinese built vessels on the conditions, principally, of paying a thousand dollars for it, and ton dollars annually for its renewal—next of having an Eiglish master next of having the name painted in very large letters both in English and Chinese on the stern. The latter fact, especially in connection with that of the flag being flying at the time the Arrow was boarded, shows that the Chinese must have been cognisant of the British character of the vessel. YEll, himself, proves by his own remarks that he knew of the registration ; he objects, indeed, to colonial registration. But the objection was too late ; it ought to have been taken when the Act was first communicated to him. Nothing can be clearer, therefore, than the intent of YEH to gain a triumph over the barbarians, and to digrace us in the eyes of his brutal too, populace. I t appears, as we all along expected would prove to tie the fact, that this was not the first act of the kind, but one of many similar acts. Abput a year before YELT had seized a lorcha under British colours, had dismantled her, had surrendered mil) to men of war's boats, that only her hull had even rhea been recovered, and that, after weeks of fruit less negotiation, her owners had obtained no re- Some ten years previously fo ur English- QUVERNMBNT WASTE. We want the War Income Tax repealed ; and have, therefore, as little desire as any can have to incur the cost of needless Eastern wars ; but the " Arrow" case is a very different one to the great " Mrs. HA.SHEM case." We hope, too, that YEH or his master will be made to pay the cost of war if he force it on us ; indeed this seems likely, since China had to pay before, without any regard to her EMPEROR'S " dignity." It is only the dignity of political felons of far deeper dye, such as Czars who ißvade other rulers' territory, to save which we must pay a War Income Tax in time of peace, instead of making the arch-burglar bear the expense of expelling him from his neigh bour's dwelling. Now, however, the time is come to compel the Chinese Government to grant all reasonable facilities to Europeans for trading with them. The people generally wish it, for they avail themselves of all that we have gained from the EM.PEILOR and his mandarins. We hope therefore a better treaty than before will now be exacted. H.M.S. The Royal Frederick--a glorious man of-war, carrying 116 guns, having a burden of 3,100 tons, and constructed at a cost to the country of upwards of 100,0001.—is just discovered to be very seriously affected by the dry -rot. Observe ! —this magnificent three-decker is only just now discovered to be very seriously affected by the dry-rot, after having remained actually seven and-twenty years on the stocks, never having yet to this very day been launched ! It is only another illustration, we are perfectly aware, of a well-known and even notorious grievance. But it is a very striking illustration—an illui tration so peculiarly significant in its way, that we cannot but regard is as one entitled to a few moments deliberate consideration. There are many other ships of war, besides this one, lying iale in our dockyards —many others that have been lying idle there for years past, rotting away in like manner upon the stocks, and destined, so far as one can at all calculate, to. remain there for yet many years longer, until they shall at length, in the fullness of time, be broken up at last, and carted away as rubbish by a remote posterity There are absolutely, in some of our dock yards, men-of-war situated like this by twos and by threes " all of a row"—fastened like so many village varlets "in the stocks"--fixtures as inexorably bound there, apparently, as ever THESEUS was bound to the Chair of Hell I But the Royal Frederick, although in no respect an exceptional case, is, at the same time we must admit, a very startling one. One so startling, so strikingly illustiative of the monstrous evil doings of the Admiralty in this particular, that we do seriously think it is an example not to be passed by as of no peculiar significance. What are the simple facts of the Case ? Here i n H.M.S. the Royal Frederick, of 116 guns, of 3,100 tons burden, built twenty-seven years ago at a cost of more than 100,000/.—is a magnificent man-of war which has never yet been launched, and is only now, at the close of the January of 1 857, found to be very seriously affected by the dry -rot ! The keel and other parts of her are so far injured as to be, to all intents and purposes, utterly worthless ! Literally, the vessel we are now writing about is what we may call an "artificial rule.' of a very noble specimen of maritime architecture. As a noble specimen of her class, beyond all doubt, this vessel must still be regarded ; but then., as has been recently remarked in commercial phra seology, and remarked, too, be it ;. - ;oserved, very judiciously, it is a class of vessels latterly placed at a discount by- the modern tendency to con struct ships -of- war not merely o f a h eav i er ton nage, but ships all but endowed with vitality by being fitted up with the screw -propeller I Where fore it is not to us the least bit in the world surprising to learn now that it is intended that the Royal Frederick shall, in the twenty-eight year of her existence, be treated as so many other vessels of the same class have already been treated in slow succession ! It is only hearing the same old story all ov er again when we ar e told now, as we actually are told, that it is con templated in regard to the Royal Frederick to cut her in half—to lengthen her --and to . fit her PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 28.—1 t has this week been diPco 1.-red that the Royal Frederick, 116 guns and 3,100 tons burden—a vessel not yet launched, has the dry rot to a very serious extent. The keel and other parts of the vessel are affected. The Royal Frederick has been on the stocks 27 years--the tendency to build ships of hea vier tonnage and for the screw propeller having placed the class of vessels to which she belongs at a discom.t. Like others of that class, it is now, however, contem plated cutting her in half, lengthening her, and fitting her for a screw. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Theresa Lewis left town yesterday for Windsor Castle, on a visit to her Majesty. The Right Hon. B. Disraeli will receive a party of members of the House of Commons to dinner on Monday next, at his residence, Grosvenor-gate. A marriage is shortly to take place between the Hon. Richard Handcock and the Hon. Louisa Matida Harris, daughter of the late Lord Harris. The following report of the medical gentlemen attend ing the Earl of Harewood was issued on Tuesday morning : —" The Earl of Harewood has passed a quiet night, with some tranquil sleep. His lordship continues c luscious and free from fever.—Harewood House, Toes day morning, Jan. 27." The answer to inquiries made yesterday was that his lordship continues in the same condition. The steamer Madrid has taken out 14,6601. in specie to the Peninsula. The Heather Bel, homeward bound from Melbourne, with a large quantity of gold, is calculated to have been a:, sea about 88 days. EMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES.—The screw steam-ship City of Baltimore, Captain Robe r t L e it c h, sailed this f orenoon f or New ork, with 172 passengers. REPRESENTATION Of FINSBURY.—A rumour very extensively prevails throughout the borough that a can vass is going on in behalf of a gentleman named Cox, a solicitor residing in Islington, who is ambitious of repre senting the borough in the House of Commons. ST. MARTIN'S HALL.—Mr. Charles Cotton, a gentle man not unknown to fame as a public lecturer, com menced a new entertainment last night at St. Martin's Hall, entitled the " Rose, Shamrock, and Thistle," with great success. MINING PROPERTY AT GARRAWAY'S.—Yesterday the Great Rough Tor Consols Copper Mine, near Camelford Cornwall, now in full IN orking, together with the build ings, machinery, and other articles forming the entire plant, were put up for sale. No bid was given. At a meeting of the United Mexican Mining Asso ciation held yesterday the report of the directors, after a lengthened discussion, was adopted, and it was agreed to empower them to raise the remaining 6,5001. of the 21,5001. voted in 1854 to carry on the workings of the Jesus Maria Mine, the returns from which have latterly improved. Advices from Paris state that the construction of the Ferdinand Railway of Tuscany, the particulars of which were put forth in London yesterday, has been contracted fur by Messrs. Burroni Brothers, of Florence, at a sum of 732,0001., or 68,000/. below the amouet of the gua ranteed capital. The caution money of 48,0001. has been deposited. The half-yearly meeting of the London and North Western Railway Company is called for the 20th of February. A resolution will be submitted " for the consolidation into stock of so many of the Loudon and Birmingham 201. shares, and the Manchester and Bir mingham C 101. shares, as have been fully paid up." THE WRECK Or THR NORTHERN BELLE. —The un lading of this vessel, now lying on the rocks at Kin!: 8- gate, is rapidly progressing. Several thousand barrels of flour and wheat have a.ready been safely landed by the loggers Fame:and Dreadnought of Broadstairs, as sisted by a a te og b a o u rt y s .i ,_ina e d n d e i l t s i h on oa to zet s t o e m e quantity of saltbeeMargate and f m The report that a company of Sappers and Miners is placed under orders for Norfolk Island, to assist in Some small a m force is No to be sent t th fto f oo o rr r dt m oeh rriesdn Falklands, hnaaa a l vrkye c i o and n neu v de t i sn c y, t , gt settlement, and nr t e tednl replace nimaoceStee existing g uar d, b ut only no to form a convict establish ment. DRURY-LANE THRATRR.—The morning performance of the Great Pantomime attracted an immense auoienee. visitors roya we l fa oti mi n lyo c f ed Fr t a h n e x.Q ce e .p ue u e r n in of t gt lae the FA w r e me e n k ocnh t g h sa e n t td h h e et a h t e r e has been honoured by the presence of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Duke of Buck ingham, Lord Tankerville, and a host of the nobility. Her Majesty's steam ships Sirnoone and Megeera are announced to sail for the Cape of Good Hope and the Maurious, and we feel it is not too much to ask of the Post-office authorities to despatch mails by each vessel. At all events the mercantile classes connected with those colonies would be glad to take advantage to some extent of the opportunities offered to them. THE NATIONAL HALL, HOLBORN.—The lessee of the N at i onal H a ll, Holborn, has received from the Metro politan Police Commissioners a notice under the Me tropolitan Buildings Act, 18 and 19 Vice, cap. 122, see, 2, requiring him to take down the side walls of the structure, from the level of the gallery floors upwards, where bulged out of the perpendicular. In consequence of this notice the public meeting of the National Sunday League, which was to have been held there was postponed. RUMOURED OPERATION OF ROTHSCRILD IN THE WHISKY MARKET. —A report got abroad last week in the spirit trade that Baron Rothschild, the great capi talist, bad purchased 7,000 puncheons of the Caledonian Distillery Company, Edinburgh. As the report was operating injuriously on the market, a gentleman in town, a few days ago, addressed a note to the Baron on the subject, and he received a courteous note in course of post, stating that there was not a shadow of truth in the Tumour referred to.—North Britis'e Mail. ACCIDENT TO A LIVERPOOL FERRY STEAMER.—An ac cident, which for a time caused general alarm, occurred on Tu-aday evening on board the ferry steamer Wallasey, which plies between Egremont (the Cheshire side) and the landing stage. The Wallasey left Egremont as usual at 7 o'clock, and it is supposed that in crossing the • river her bottom came in contact with the anchor of the steamer Fairy, inasmuch as she began to fill immediately. In order to save the lives of, those on board the captain signalled for assistance, when the Tiger ferryboat, hap pening to be clo se, took off the orew and passengers, w e w x; cu p ha t 3 i se n hy g e two of t h e former, who remained on board, but who were aft erwards saved in the small boat. The we succeeded e t e h e e d n e di r steered eac f h o i r n g t h , e w P h e r Il i n she c e 's it o m e e k d iate basin, ly meßnooafTthAecz7tioens— sank. The John o'Gr oa t J ourna l records another of those terri t 4 l e calamities with which the fisher a.lS,l Islands are so often visited—viz., t ti h v e e l e e t e b e e e re f a. 'oom, with n o t on ly a ll her own hands, but to recur r h o tv m h e o , on were the m passengers. oraing oof Wednesday boat left, the Lerwick,l4th instsSiet, but never reached her destination, nor have there been any left to tell the tale of her fate. There were, in all, tea men in the boat. Five of these had been fishing in it during the past season, and were car ryingselo. ott t i tfihuer h hoesev e lakte i neb r ,, ei ven. ae e rb Lent havel F t teufv i r r sipel entire earnings, marriage, she was iaaokwartfrneafora i families. ahag encieece,mfofv teouee wn e nra o et dTw totallyoaa t ofewfhy afterwards were e a soe r, t ttowmhhd f foeaeaetumrsr accident,hd r trei families i stehuydin tendingsat,oeevueai nnrn bt, g. young she received rlmenfthe: fatutiuvsr hrentiwereis efb passedrfhben elo b rro bill n y thdl oe m eaeenbri the Same mail from Zetland, it is stated that 12 lives were lost. In his description of the accident our correspondent writes :—A Six oar boat belonging to the Luichnees left town between il and 12 o'clock in the forenoon deeply laden with wood and other goods, and containing, besides, eleven E'en and a female. She was Observed to have perfortned the voyage in safety until 1 The alarm was first given by two persons who had iniseed their passage in the boat, and who subsequently had gone home by other conveyance ; and the fears then enterta.ned were confirmed by the boat, containing little or nothing of her cargo, drifting ashore at Noness Head. According to the lat.st accounts, none of the bodies had been found, but some quantity of the goods has since floated ashore. It is stated that the party were all perfectly sober. Meanwhile Captain Jones, the Resident, had proceeded to Bushire in a small steamer, bearing a summons to the Governor to surrender, and offering most favourable conditions, both to sol diers and non-combatants. But his flag of truce was fired upon from the town, and he returned to the Admiral. An apology from the Governor followed, disclaiming the discourteous act, which ho attributed to the ignorance of au artilleryman, and begging for 24 hours' delay, which the Gene ral and Admiral promptly refused. The anchorage was buoyed during the night by the boats of the fleet, and at eight on the morning of the 10th the steamers anchored off the defences of the town with springs upon their cables, while the army approached upon the land side. A redoubt commanding the works on the plain, from which Bushire derives its supply of water, was shelled in the morning by some of the lighter vessels, and its garrison forced to retire into the town. The engagement then commenced between the ships and the defences, and continued for four hours, when the enemy finally ceased firing, and lowered the Persian colours. Their firing is said to have been steady and well sustained, yet, strange to say, not a single man in the fleet was touched. The Semiramis was hulled once, and she and the Feroze and others suffered a little in their masts and rigging, but that was all. It is true that the principal strength of the defences was on thn land side, where the enemy expected to be attacked, and were ready, so far as regards the number of guns, to give us a very warm reception indeed. Still there were many guns on the sea face also; and, moreover, at the southern angle of the town were two troublsome erections in the nature of stockades, formed of date trees, strongly faced with an earthen embankment. These it took some time and good gunnery to silence. It was noon when the Persian flag fell and the ,ships ceased firing. The army was then drawn up in lino opposite the land face of the town ; and their imposing attitude, and the recollection of the skirmish the day before, no doubt had their share in inducing the Persian Commandant to surrender. After some little delay, and not witl4- out threats of an assault, the gate opened, and the Governor and Commander of the Forces THE OVERLAND MAIL. We have received our advices in anticipation of the Overland Mail. The dates are Bombay, Jan. 2 ; Calcutta, Dec. 22 ; Madras, Dec. 27 ; and Hong Kong, Dec. 16. CAPTURE OF BUSHIRE. The following is from the Bombay correspond ent of the Times : BOMBAY, Jan. 2.—On the morning of Sunday, the 9th, the force commenced its advance upon Bushire, distant about 12 miles. I should men tion, by the way, as it may occur to you to won der that a nearer point was not selected for the disembarkation, that the coast from Bushire to Halilla Bay presents an unbroken line of cliff, of no great height indeed, yet quite insurmountable for artillery, while in the bight of the bay the land slopes gently upwards from a fine broad beach. The first brigade, commanded by Co lonel Stopford, was on the right ; the second, under Colonel Honner, on the left. The steam frigates moved on the left flank of the army in support. Gradually drawing ahead, Sir Henry Leeke, in the Assaye, found himself about noon abreast of the old Portuguese (in the despatches called Dutch) Fort of Rushire, four and a half miles below Bushire. This and the neighbouring ruins he observed to be occupied in force by the enemy. The position is described as a strong ore, the fcrt having the cliff on one side, and a wall and ditch, deep though dry, on the others. The Assaye, at 1,700 yards distance, immediately opened with shot and shell from her eight-inch guns. The effects were shortly seen in the preci pitate flight from the fort of a large portion of its garrison, of which the whole force is estimated at from 1,500 to 2,000 men. Some 800, as it is supposed, remained, however, to stand the attack of the army, which was now rapidly approaching in line. As the troops came up with the enemy the Assaye necessarily ceased firing, and General Stalker finding the balls dropping among his men gave the word for the assault. Brigadier Stopford had dismounted to lead his brigade in the rush at the works. With a wave of his sword he was just calling to the men of his own regiment, the 64th, to come on, when a matchlock ball struck him on the breast, and he dropped dead upon the spot, shot through the heart. Furious at the fall of their colonel, his corps dashed at the enemy's position, and in honourable rivalry with the Europeans was the other regiment of the brigade, the 20th Native Infantry, through whose ranks went the cry that the corps had never been in action before, and that now was the time to show what it could do. The 2d Europeans and the rest of the second brigade were also well up. For a while the fighting was sharp, and the bayonet bloodily at work as the assailants forced the enemy back from the ruined houses and garden walls, and closed upon the fort. That entered, the survi. ♦ors among its defenders broke out and endea voured to effect their escape. Many slipped down the low cliff, and were making off unper ceived, till the 4th Rifles, who were on the extreme left of the advance resting upon the sea, caught sight of them and brought their fire to bear upon them with fatal effect. Others got out upon the plain and were then charged by the Poonah horse and the squadron of the 3d Cavalry. In command of the latter was Colonel Malet. This officer in the melee saved the life of a man whom a trooper was about to cut down. The Colonel turned away, and the scoundrel catching up his matchlock, which he had dropped in im ploring quarter, shot his benefactor dead. Two other officers fell in the affair, both Lieutenants in the 20th, Utterson and Warren, and yet— most strange disproportion —one only was returned as wounded. Among the native and non commissioned officers and men, the loss amounted to six killed and 35 wounded. Our opponents in this smart skirmish were not regular Persian troops, but Arab mercenaries belonging to two of the most powerful among the sea coast tribes —the Dashti and the Tungestooni—and 13st, it is believed, throe chiefs of note, besides great numbers of lower degree. inhabitants, with the unwearied zeal he has exhibited, I am much indebted. In fin., nothing could have surpassed the admirable spirit exhibited by the officers and men of all ranks, and the utmost praise is due for their zeal, devotion, and gallantry. I have the honour to be, &c., (Signed) F. STALKER, Major• General, Commanding Expeditionary Field Force. The Governor in Council, in publishing the de spatches received from Major-General Stalker, C. 8., and Commander Jones, observes that he feels most sincere pleasure in "drawing the attention of the Right Honourable the Governor-General of India in Council to the gallantry displayed by Major-General Stalker, C. 8., and Rear Admiral Sir H. Leake, K. H., and by the officers and men under their command during these important ope rations. The Right Honourable the Governor in Council is pleased to direct that a Royal salute be fired at noon this day (Dec. 27th) in honour of the capture of Busbire and the occupation of Karrack The following official return of the killed and wounded had been issied : POLITICAL DEPARTMENT. Bombay, 3tith December, 1356. With reference to the Government Notification of the 27th instant, announcing the capture of Bushire by the British forces on the 10th instant, the Right Hon. the Governor in Council publishes, for general information, the following Return, which has subsequently been re ceived, of the killed and wounded of the Field Force under the command of Major-General Stalker, C. 8., in the attack on Reshire on the 9th inst., and also a Return of the Ordnance found in the Fort Bushire on its Sur render on the 10th inst. By order of the Right Hen. the Governor in Council. H. L. ANDERSON, Secretary to Government. Bombay Castle, 29th Dec., 1856. Field Hospital. Nominal list of killed and wounded of the field force under the command of Major-General Stalker, C. 8., during the attack of the village of Reshire. Field-hospital, ship Result, 9th Dec., 1856. BANK AND NAMES. Staff.—Brigade Staff: Col. James Stopford, C. 8., killed. At tillery.---Gunner George Barrett, 3d Troop, H.A., flesh-wound below the right ear; Serjeant Sam. Blopwan, 3d Troop H. A., seriously wounded near elbow joint ; Private Thomas Butt, 2d Company, 2 , 1 8.A., slightly wounded on the dorsal of fingers. 3d Reg. Light Cavalry.—Lieut. Cul. Malet, killed ; Private Ram Sing, sth Troop, severely, 3 slug wounds on lumbar region —since dead ; Ram Sing, 2d Troop, slightly in right arm ; Peera Sing, 2d Troop, danger ously, in right hip and shoulder-joint. 11. M.'s 64th Reg.—Corporal Michael M'Donald, slightly, left thigh ; Private Arthur Dogberty, mortally wounded in abdomen—since dead ; Private Patrick M`Nainara, mortally wounded, left thigh—since dead ; Private Isaac Sutton, seriously wounded, left arm ; Private Patrick Meehan, slightly wounded, right thigh; Private Richard earthy, slightly wounded, left thigh ; Private John M'Donald, slightly wounded, right arm. Second European Regiment Light Infantry—Privates Daley and Doyle, killed; Serjeant Jas. Juckett, severely wounded, left shoulder; SeljeantThos. Cooway, slightly wounded, right side of neck ; Serjeant Henry Hughes, severely wounded, above left knee ; Serjeant William Ross, severely wounded, above left knee ; Private Thos. Madden, severely wounded, below left knee, slightly injuring fibula; Private James M'Gill, severely wounded right shoulder, grazing the bone. CHINA. The advices from Hong Kong by the last Over land Mail extended to Nov. 24. They brought intelligence, it will be remembered, of the demo lition of the Barrier Forts by the Americans. The present mail brings the news down to Dec. 16. The general summary of the Overland Friend of China of Dec. 15 is as follows : "The mail packet Norna, with London dates to Oct. 10, reached Hong Kong on the Ist inst.-52 days over all. • " We have no change in the temper of the Chinese Government to report. Yeh, backed by the gentry and people, is as obdurate as ever ; he will make no sign ; and nothing but the extremest measures can now produce the result desired. Until we have more men, however, little can be effected. Not until the heights, the city, and the suburbs, 'are entirely under our command—and traversed by our soldiers—will the Cantonese be satisfied of their inability to maintain the unsociable position they have so long contended for. A couple more regiments and some field pieces would be sufficient. " The only event of importance since the des patch, on the 25th ult., via Calcutta, of the record of the ten preceeding days, has been the capture and demolition of the French Folly Fort, with a loss on our side of one marine private, shot through the body by an iron arrow. The destruction of the fort was most complete ; and the rapidity with which it was performed must have had an astonish ing effect on the Chinese mind. In each of seven mines a hundred pounds of powder were buried, and at the hour of high noon the whole was ex ploded—so leaving hardly one stone square upon another. Our gallant brothers in arms, the Ame ricans, have been less successful in their operations on the Barrier Forts—the indiscreet use of a crow bar on a charged mine sending three to eternity at once, and wounding six others who were standing by. Nevertheless, they, too, have well performed, the work of destruction ; if it can be th oug ht well to destroy forts (the two southernmost especially) that might have been easily held, and would have proved useful. • " Thedestruction of a village where a sailor and a marine of ours were waylaid and murdered, and the death of Captain Cowper, R.E., Acting Sur veyor General, Hong Kong, by the fall of a house upon him,are also among the notabilia of the period. "Now that the astonishment —not unmingled with a feeling of pleasure at seeing an appa r ent determination to put an end to the long continued anomaly of our intercourse with Southern China has passed away—and it is learnt from published —indiscreetly published—official correspondence that the business is the freak of a " would-be con sidered statesman"—determined to obtain notoriety at the expense even of setting the world in a blaze —the public feel a disposition to question the pro pr:ety of the time chosen for effecting that which might well have waited a reference at home;—and fear lest the want of reflection so evident in the commencement of the proceedings may prove the preliminary to an indiscreet and useless conclusion. Vrom this, however, Sir Michael Seymour is entirely exempt." An extra to the Hong Kong Register, of Dec. 1 6 , details the destruction of the factories at Canton. " On Sunday night, the 14th inst., at 11 o'clock, the factories to the west of British Factory, were set s ix - places, and wh en th e steamer Li on fire in lylefton Monday at 4 p.m. the d es t ruct i on er wa was complete, garden, no w or l ately in, with the exception o f t wo h ouses facing the occupation of Messrs. Russell and Co., but as all behind were burning they were expected to go also. The house built at the bottom of Hog lane for a parsonage was blown up to prevent the flames spreading to the houses in the British Fac tory, but our informant seemed to doubt if it would be attended with success. We have no further particulars. "During the conflagration the Dutch Folly Fort was throwing shells and rockets into the city. No attack was made—the Chinese contenting them selves with burning the empty houses, by which their own people will be the greatest sufferers. " Since writing the above we have dates two hours later to 6 p.m. yesterday. By them We learn that the Oriental Bank was at that time in full blaze—the Agra and Mercantile Banks burned down—the Consulate still standing, but expected to go, with all the remaining buildings in the fac tories. The fire commenced behind the premises of Messrs. Dent and Co., and all the houses front ing the American' Gardens, except those of Russell and Co. and Westmore and Co., burned ; the two last named were saved for the time. " We are sorry to learn that the fire has been accompanied with loss of life, Mr. 0. T. Lane, of the having been kill e d b y t h e bl ow i n g up t C he on ag and Dr. Winchester, Vice-Con psaurlsaotne,e, sul, slightly bruised." An extra of a China Mail of the same date says Hong Kong, 16th December, 1856. The Factories have been burnt down by the Chinese ; and the only particulars we have ascertained are, thar At 10.30 or 11 o'clock on Sunday night, the beating of tomtons sounded the alarm, and instantly the flames burst out in every direction. Vigorous efforts were made by the seamen and marines to stop their progress , but all such attempts were fruitless, and the fire raged thrJughout the night and up to the time of the steamer leaving. Dent and Co.'s premises were about the first to go, and the whole of the Paoushun Hong, the InaPr rial, French, Minqua's, Soike—all the hongs indeed -- are de troyed—the only houses untouched when the steamer left being the British Consulate, Augustine Heard and C o .' s, and Jardine, Matheson and Cc. 0 t Turner and Co.'e,and one or two others in the New Dig lish Hong ; Russell and Co.'s in the Swedish Hong ; and whether they could ultimately escape the fate of the others was very doubtful. The three Banks--th e Oriental, Agra, and Mercantile—were on fire with r° hopes wh a t ever o f saving them ; and Admiral , S e ymour had withdrawn his men into the garden, the only refuge left for foreigners. Only one fatal accident is known to have occurred. Mr. Odiorne T. Lane, nephew of Sir John Bowring_i having be en kill e d —crushed by the falling of a wall : Fletcher and C o .' s h ouse, which was blown up by ° r People. Dr. Wi nc h ester, the acting Vice-Consul, vi',.., with him, b u t rece i ve d only some slight bruises. What steps the Admiral means to take are of co_auree . unknown, b u t th ere i s little doubt that the City of U ion will be no longer spared, and the discharge of roc ks and shell is said already to have commenced. ts Au account of the occurrences at Canton, as ri).