The Sun. — London, England, 1857-01-14 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. Great Success of the Grand Christmas Pantomime, the Roost magnificent ever produced on the English stage. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING. Followed 1;;T40 HEADS ARE BETTER TH ti.N ONE 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, 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. Tucker and 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 b y Herr Anschnez. 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 A ge s of Man," Jack and Jill," " Humming Top," " Fludibras," &c., and the whole arranged and produced under the direction of Mr. Robert Roxby. Ye anciente 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. 3gion of Reverses, in the Island of Ups and Downs. " Yea, the Great Globe itself." " Here we go up, up, up, " Here wo 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 - hard, Mr. Popall, 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 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 beea 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 rypbees. The Golden Gates leading to the Palace of Huggamugga.—Herald (with a Proclamation), Mr. Hornogold ; Guards, Messrs. Stiffneck, Headsup, 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 Shally (her 31ahls 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, Tageag, Merrywag, Perriwig, and Hatband ; Court Milliner, Madame Crinoline ; Drawing Master, Professor Crayon ; Governess, Miss Frump ; Music- Master, Signor Hurdigurdi ; Maid in Waiting, Miss Sweet timper ; Chef de Cuisine, Mr. Cook : Prince Popinjay (of the Land of Prettistory), Mr. Finefeather ; his Retinue, attessrs. Glarn, Dazzle, Gleam, Glitter, and Cutashine. How the Princeis 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, ; Regiment of Needles (ready drilled), Messrs. Largeeye, Smalleye, Longsix, Splitup, Snapoff, &c. ; Thimble, Master Tom Thumb ; Worsted, Mr. Bawlaway ; Bodkin, Mr. Pierce ; Tape Mea sure, Mr. Inchbakl; 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 Happiness), Mr. Strong'i'th'arm. What Margery Daw goes to see, what she saw, and the re ward that Holyday bestows. Grind' Scenic and Mechanical Effects, exhibiting (in p4ocessof construction) the Fairy Fac tory of Fancy, completed with tti e assistance of Labour awl Imagination. Brilliant Tableau. Tae Transformation :—Two Harlequins, Herr Detain 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, and 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—Coming out with a roll—Clown make a peel t 3 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 Cut and come again —Clown takes a butcher's shop, which Harlequin makes too hot to hold him. Tailor's Shep and Perfumery Warehouse (Ire roni, Barnes, and Honey). A gentleman in search of a tailor— A suit that is quite the ticket—The Oude wrapper—Railway wrappers—Transfer depot—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 l'ista.chio 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 ranch Clown now begins to reflect—The looking-glass follows his example—Two heads better than one—Clown takes a turn en the sofa, which also takes a turn on its own account— Multiplication altercation, which ends with a regular row in the house. Judkia's Gas-regulating Machine and General Patent Office and Stationer's Shop (Veroni, Barnes, and Honey.)—Clown, being iu 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-horne —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 conch 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 case for cutlery Holloway stopped by Holloway's oint ment—The duel—A cut direct—Forewarned, forearmed— Public nuisances of 18:56—0h, my Crinoline—A high •wind, s regular blow up, and glorious termination to Ups and Downs in Holiday's Fairy Home. The reduced prices as follows, varying throughout the horse to suit every one:—Galleries, 6d. and Is. ; Second Circle of Boxes, ls. 6d. ; Pit, 2s. ; First Circle of Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Dress Boxes, 3s. ; Stalls, ss. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d., 1.!. ls., 1/. Ils. 6d., and 2/. 2s. A Morning Performance of the Great Pantomime every Wednesday, at Two o'clock. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING will be produced an entirely new and original combination of burlesque and pantomime, entitled CONRAD AND MEDORA; or, Harlequin Cqrsair and the Little Fairy at the Bottom of the Sea. The burlesque opening by W. Brough, Esq., founded upon the ballet of Le Corsair, as produced at Her Majesty's Theatre. The harlequinade upon things in gene ral. The new and magnificent scenery painted bf Mr. F. Fenton. Characters in the opening Conrad (the Corsair) Birbarto (his lieutenant) Seyde Pasha Sing Smaul Yussiff Med era Gulnar- Zuliem Submarine. Serena Clowns Miss Woolgar .Mr. J. L. Toole .Mr. Barrett .Mr. Holston _Mr. S. Calhaem . Mrs. Charles Dillon ,Mrs. B. Whito Mrs. Melville .Miss Jessie Ryder Miss Marie Wilton ,Mr. Tom Matthews and Mr. IL Marshall ..Mr. Stilt Mr. J Marshall ... The Brothers Nelson. Miss Clara Morgan and Miss Ladd. To be preceded by THE KING'S MUSKETEERS. D'Ar tagnan, Mr. C. Dillon. The box-office open daily, from 11 to 5, under the super- , ntendence of Mr. Chatterton, jun. Carriages conveying parties 0 the Private Boxes to set , down at the State entrance in B ur l e i g b- street A Morning Performance every Saturday, a t 2 o'clock. I PantaleA Harlequin Sprites ... Columbines CTRAND THEATRE.--Mlnager' Mr. T. Payme.--_-Thiß_Eyening w ill be performed THE JEW'S DAUGHTER, After which, the immensely successful novel Burlesque Pantomime of THE MAGIC MISTLETOE ; or, Harlequin Humbug and the Sbams of London. The Fairy Christmas, Miss E. Wilton ; Good Humour, Miss Norbury ; mercury, Miss Cameron ; Humbug, Mr. Herbert ; Cant, Mr. Bolton ; Baron, Mr. J. B. Johnstone ; Sir Roland, Mr. Clarke; Lord Love)., Miss Craven ; Addelpate, Miss Cuthbert ; Crambo, Master W. Edouin ; Lady Agnes, Miss E. Jacobs ; Baroness, Mr. G. Lee ; Furbilosa, Mr. J. Howard. Novel Harle quinade :—Clown Miss Cuthbert ; Little Clown, Ma“e::. W Edouin ; Pantaloo ' n, Mr. J. Clarke ; Harlequin , Miss Craven ; Columbines, Mis s E. Jacobs and Mdle. Cellison ; Premier Danseuse, Mdle. Marie Charles. To conclude with THE INTRIGUE. New and magnificent Scenery, &c. Act Drop. New Curtain. New Commence at Seven. Gallery, 6d. _ Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; A morning performance of the Pantomime every Monday at two o'clock. ItOYA L SUR REY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, THE LIFE CHASE. After which, HARLEQUIN AND TELE SUMMER QUEEN, Harlequin, Mr. F. Glover; Clown, M r . B uc k ; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury; the Four Sprites, the'Fillis Fa mily; Columbines, Mesdames Marie and Agnes. THE SUN, LONDON, WEeNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, 18)57. 1111HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven with THE LITTLE TREASURE. Messrs. Buekstone, Howe, Villiers, &c. ; Mesdames Blanche Fane, Talbot, &c. After which, a new comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE BABES IN THE WOOD, or Harlequin and the Crael 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, M. Milano; Columbine, Fanny Wright ; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ; and Clown, Mr. Driver. To conclude with MAKE YOUR WILLS. A Morning performance of the Pantomime will be given every Thursday throughout the holidays ; commencing at 2, concluding at 4. TA, OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. IA) 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. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Co lumbine, Miss C. Adams. T HEATRE ROYAL, AD EL PHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. Great Hit of A Night at N otting-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, drc., called lc ably precipitated Peace (i.e., Truce) brought about by the redoubtable Paris Conferences ! THERE-if you like—is the cause of this new War in the East ! The first hostile " movement" in which war was marked by the capture of Herat, the Key to our Oriental Dominions ! The specious but utterly futile "excuse" for which violation of existing treaties was—if you will— this scandalous little incident of the Lady pro tected, in violation of Persian usages, by the Bri tish Ambassador. We don't, of course, under take in any way to exonerate Mr. MURRAY from all blame in the transaction. But otherwise than as a wretched little episode, furnishing a miserably inadequate plea for a rupture with England on the part of the SEAN, this story about the Per sian Lady—as told by the Times—we warn the public to regard merely in the light of a Minis terial Canard ! The promised, or rather we should say more correctly, the threatened, Blue Book will furnish us, of course, with all the facts of the case about the Persian Lady and her Bri tish Protector. But already, before a single do cument is printed, to be " pottered" over at their leisure by Journalists and Members of Parliament —we know perfectly well that it is simply frivo lous and ridiculous to regard this as the source of, the confusion between the two contending Go vernments. A Lady—no doubt of it—has " set the world in arms" before now; and that Lady no better than she should be. But to talk of the new War with Persia as having been actually originated by a second HELEN would be as extravagant an absurdity in its way as to expect to find in one of our Bran Ne* Spasmodic Poets another HomEn, ripe for the celebration of the struggle in a new Iliad ! No—again we assert this entertaining historiette about " The Persian Lady and the British Ainbassador" in its novel position, namely, as the pretended explanation as to the source of the new Eastern difficulty, an explanation put forward by the Times in the name and on behalf of Her MAJESTY'S Government--again, and again, and again, we pronounce it to be nothing more nor less than a Ministerial Canard. As an inci dent, we will at once admit it to be true in every particular. But in its present application we regard it as simply preposterous. The Persian War traces its origin neither to this frail fair one, nor yet again to the city of Herat. The capture of Herat, as we have inti mated already, was the declaration of the war by the Government of Teheran. The Protection of the Lady was the shallow plea, the flimsy excuse —nothing more. The secret source of the whole difficulty being—there is no means of blinking the matter—it is as clear as the sun at noonday--- Tbe secret source of the whole difficulty being— Russia ! Ministers are, of course, unwilling to acknowledge this, because, quite as glaring as the fact itself is the origin of that fact— the Pitiable Peace patched up with Russia by the Allies. But for this deplorably precipitated com promise Russia would never have ventured so soon afterwards to set her old evil-policy in play again, as opposed to British dominion in the East. The " Precious Peace," however, is already as fruitful of disasters, in the way of fresh havoc and fresh bloodshed, as we, from the first moment of its lamentable announcement, anticipated. Hence the expulsion of our Minister from Teheran. Hence the sudden capture of the city of Herat. Hence the flagrant violation of treaties, leading to the declaration of Waragainst the Shah of PERSIA, in the name of her most gracious MAJESTY, on the Ist of November, 18 56, at Calcutta. The intrigues, the trickeries, the chicaneries, the hair-splittingaDiplomacy, are now, however (at least be it said, for the time being) at an end between Persia and England. L The gage of battle has been flung down on either hand. And we enter tain not the smallest doubt whatever, but that before very much longer, a good account will be given of themselves in due course by the British Fleet, which has• recently taken its departure for the waters of the Persian Gulf, and by the British Army which has simultaneously adventured upon a march into Cabul through the rocky passes of Affghanistan, under the daring and skilful com mand of Brigadier CIIAXEERLAYNE. We, yesterday, explained that Russia is pur suing her traditional policy with indefatigable zeal. She has not abandoned a single particle of her iniquitous designs, and still looks forward confidently to the period when the Muscovite standard shall be displayed on the minarets of St. Sophia. The action of the late CZAR is now believed to have been premature. He should have waited patiently to have Completed all his preparations, and to have sown dissension between France and England, before he assumed the ini tiative. That is the prevalent opinion at St. Petersburg, and throughout the length and breadth of Holy Russia. There is no shame on account of the iniquitous attempt. The only' shame is for its failure. The "mission of Russia,' as it is termed, is still to Cossackise Europe, and Turkey is the first savoury morsel to be absorbed. The feeling of "repentance" is analogous to that of the " ticket-of-leave" man, who easily contrives to " gammon" the chaplain, but whose anxiety for freedom is greatly increased by the desire of ' testing the efficacy of the new dodges which he has learned or invented during his seclusion. He is still at war with society I His hand, like that of IsumAEL, "is against every man." But he has learned the necessity of caution, and of " as suming the appearance of virtue, if he hath it not." Thus Russia professes modera tion, because t is not convenient just at present to fling aside disguise. She requires sufficient time to recruit her losses during the late war—to replenish her treasury, and to have the means of transit for her troops to the Crimean coast, and adequate transports to land them in the neighbourhood of Constantinople. In fact, she is now merely "biding her time," prepared to take advantage of the first favourable opportunity that may offer Some credulous persons may suppose that she will respect her undertakings—that the pledges which she has given to the great Powers of Europe will not be deliberately violaktd. But the con science of Russia is of a very elastic character. Her morality is peculiarly Iludibrastic. She thinks— "'Tis he who makes the math that breaks it, Not him who for owe nience takes it." She has for her conveniew:e entered into engage ments, which will be pa ,Bally kept so long as it may suit her purpose,, but no longer. Indeed she has already given "a, taste of her quality" in the pettifogging quibbles raised about Bolgrad and the Isle of Se rpents, and even the most verdant could not, 'After these melancholy exhi bitions, repose con fidence in her promises, how ever solemn ! The chief muss of failure on the late occasion was the imposs=ibility of conveying troops to the scene of action ins the Crimea. The comprehen sive scheme of railways, intended to be con structed at the expense of France and England, was calculated to remedy this defect. It would be doubly use ful to " cripple the enemy," by ex tracting some forty-three millions of bullion from their storqs, and also ,to have the means provided at their cost of defeating any operations that they might deem it expedient to originate. But it was not sufficient to have the means of defending the Crimea, or any other vulnerable point on her territory. To carry out her views she should be enabled to land a large body of troops on any point abutting on the Euxine. Hence the liberal (.9 concession to the Steam packet Company, all the vessels whereof should be built expressly for war purposes, although, according to the letter of the Board, they were for the present to remain unarmed. If the bait had been swallowed, if she had got the vessels, she would be in a position to convey many thou sand men to the Bosphorus before any interrup tion could take place. England would be once more " too late." Before her ships of war could enter the Dardanelles the city would be in the possession of the Rus sians ; and, judging from the time required for the capture of Sebastopol, it would take not merely weeks or months to get them out. In fact, we committed a grave oversight in consenting to withdraw our fleet from the Black Sea. There they could have done no harm. But, like the wolves of the fable, the " withdrawal of the watch dogs" was made a sine qua non. Russia defeated in the field, triumphed in the Cabinet. She re paired all her losses by diplomacy, and nothing ❑ow remains but closely to watch her manoeuvres, and by unceasing vigilance to repair the grave errors into which we were betrayed. Both F rance an d England should have maintained naval squadrons in the Euxine. Since that is now impossible, powerful fleets must be kept in the vicinity, ready to act on the first intimation of dang er. For many months the Main Drainage of the Metropolis has been the chief subject of discussion at the Metropolitan Board. During this period there have been three plans before it —the difference between them being equivalent to that supposed to exist between tweedledum and tweedledee ; and, if not all originating from one mind, all put into shape by one hand. From this fact, and the immensity of insane palaver of which these plans have been made the occasion, some might be tempted to suppose the Main Drainage of the Metropolis involved only a scheme of paltry importance, to which a parish vestry and an ordi nary engineer were quite equal. We need not inform our readers such a notion has no founda tion in fact. Confessedly the drainage question is one of universal importance, involving an immense outlay, affecting the health and welfare of mil lions, and demanding the choicest resources of the best experience to be met with fir its satisfactory solution. They would Rot be surprised, there fore, to observe that the Commission of Engineers, appointed by Government, to whom not merely the existing plans, but the general subject of metro politan draina ge h as b ee n referred, have a d ver ti se d for plans, & PO . ; in other words, thrown open the furnishing of a suitable plan to competition. That they will approve of the course thus promptly taken by the Communion we cannot doubt, seeing it is precisely that indicated by common sense. The praise, however, they must accord these gentlemen is, unfortunately, the con demnation of the Board, which ought to have done the same thing at the outset of. its career. The vivacious, recalcitrant, and most loquacious majority must, we fancy, by this time be heartily ashamed of themselves, and desirous to retire to the privacy for which they are so much better adapted. How strangely it will read in the annals of the Board-room in future times, when the Board is worthy of its imposing title and serious responsibilities, that the first elected Board, after many months' discussion, failed to hit on so simple a plan ! The censorious will say missing it was a proof of reluctance to hit it, while the more humane will be not a little disposed to question the sanity of its members, and attribute their election to the Londoners of that day being taken by surprise. It is really pitiful to think that a body of men, many of whom in their private re lations, are distinguished for good sense and dis cretion, have made su2ll a mess of it, and com pletely thrown away their chancs of being honourably associated with about the grandest work of reform with which the a3diles of London —cc that great city "—are ever likely to be called ea to undertake. How are we to account for it ? A. good deal of the blame, we fancy, must be at tributed to the old select or parish vestry training they have passed through in their younger days. Institutions, especially corrupt ones, sometimes hold in unwitting bondage the best-intentioned individuals. While dealing with the Main Drainage Ques tion, we would call attention to the following letter, extracted from this day's Times, the writer of which presents in brief the arguments used by The Sun, in favour of a thorough scheme, and in deprecation of anything short of it : "Sir,—The endless discussions on the drainage of London are enough to sicken us in every sense of the word. In all the corporation speeches there are not ten woris to the point or purpose. The best judgment of Parliament, the best engineers of the country will be re quired to grapple with this subject ; else the result of any movement will be sure failure and disaster. What has to be done must be done in a way to be beyond doubt of results at beginning, or middle, or end, and with no regard to expenditure. Are we to spend mil lions on war and destruction, and hundreds of thousands on such abortions as the Thames Tunnel, and then to be debating about saving a million or two in securing a wholesome atmosphere to the greatest and wealthiest city in the world "The half measure of laying our filth at our neigh bours' door about Eritb, or any place so near, would, as such an act ought to do, recoil upon themselves, Every east wind would bring a pestilential air over London, worse a thousandfold than come of the present plan of getting the soil at once under water; besides I doubt your power of carrying your filth to any spot on the banks of the Thames ; every parish and township for miles around would have their action against London for a nuisance. When we think, too, that every vessel owning up the Thames must pass through the pestilential stench, one is utterly amazed at the thing being mooted atkall. "The work to be done is a great one. Do it partially, and you will spend 2,006,000/. and find you will want 4,000,0001. to correct the mischief you have done. Be R3mans for once in sewers and aqueducts. Do some thing effective, and trust John Bull for the cost. Give biro for once something to pay for that is not a blunder. Continue your sewers to the sea and make your plan grand and complete for ever. When London is entirely cleansed, the Mechi farmers will still find manure enough and to spare. " Half the diseases of our plants come of over manuring, and it your corporation carry out their dirty notions of dealing in soil, and occupying any part of the banks of the Thames in the deodorising process for the benefit of field er garden, it will only end in our eating poisonous food, iu our breathing poisonous air in stench and cholera. "Jan. 13." " J. J. These arguments we take to be irresistible, and we are further gratified to find the preceding re marks which were yesterday in type, so nearly identical in effect with those of the writer, of whom, by the way, we have not the slightest knowledge. In point of faot, the common sense of the community is at last being awakened, and we look for unmistakeable confirmation of the correctness of our views on this most important subject from every independent quarter. AROTIIRR WRECK ON THE GOODWIN SANDS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) RAMSGATE, Jan. 14. The IClby, of Boston, from Shields to Alex andria, was wrecked on the Goodwin Sand, last night ; crew saved. Silver was in great request yesterday, and to meet continental purchases about 20,000/. of gold was taken this afternoon from the Bank. LATEST NEWS. THE WAR WITH PERSIA. MARSEILLES, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The Euphrates has arrived from Constantinople with papers and letters to the sth. The British fleet in the Black Sea is ordered to hold itself in readiness to return at the first notice, which will not be delayed beyond the evacuation of the Principalities by the Austrian army ; but it will not take place till then. Mr. Wilkin has been authorised by a telegraphic despatch from London to enter upon the organi sation of the Bank of Constantinople, with a capital of eight millions. The British fleet in the Persian Gulf is hasten ing on its operations. It expects to complete the campaign in three months. Notwithstanding its financial derangements, and fear of revolt, the Persian Government ex hibits great activity. The Persians are masters of almost all the roads on Kandahar. The Journal de Constantinople says that Persia is in a state bordering on anarchy. The Shah fears for the communications of the left of his army from threatening movements of the Affghans. The Russian flotilla on the Caspian has disem barked a corps at the Persel Islands, alleging their right to do so by ancient treaties. There are disturbances among the mountaineers of Lebanon (Syria). BERLIN, TUESDAY. The Russians have evacuated the Isle of Ser. pents. The Archduke Constantine has arrived here, It is rumoured that he will visit Paris, and that he is going to Nice, after his short stay ai Hanover. Colonel Manteuffel has returned from Vienna. The Government has communicated to the Chambers that the revenue is in a flourishing condition, but that additional taxation is neces sary to meet extraordinary charges. There will be an additional duty on salt, and on many branches of industry, railways excepted. The house tax is to be augmented. BERNE, JAN. 13 The Message to the Federal Assembly from the Federal Council proposes the discontinuance, or suspension, of the proceedings against the prisoners until the final arrangement of the nego tiations in progress. The conditions of these will be submitted to the Federal Assembly. Military levies will be temporarily suspended. The Russian and Austrian ambassadors have communicated a note, identical in contents with the proposals of France and England. BUCHAREST, JAN. 12. The news of the settlement of the frontier diffi culty was made known here yesterday. The approaching retreat of the Austrian troops from the Principalities caused the most unbounded joy. The police have interfered to prevent the illumi nations. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. The lawsuit against the Univers has been termi nated by the Abbe Cognat having abandoned the prosecution. A Paris letter, in the Independance of Brussels, says :—" I learn, that Mgr. Salinis, Bishop of Amiens, figures first on the list of names which has been submitted by M. Rouland, the Minister of Public Works, to the Emperor for the vacant archbishopric. The other names are, I understand, Mgr. Daniel, Bishop of Coutance ; Mgr. de Ga vignies, Bishop of Soissons ; Mgr. de Bonnechose, Bishop of Evreux ; and finally, Mgr. Blanquart de Bailleul, Archbishop of Rouen ; but what I am best able to affirm is that no cardinal is on the list." More than half the Moniteur is filled with re ports and decrees relating to the extension of municipal government in the colony of Algeria. The Debats insists upon it that England has no claim to the larger share of credit in the settlement of the Neuchatel affair. Among the wild schemes and speculations with which France is rife, the Debats introduces us to a pamphlet, in which the writer proposes that the Government should purchase all the houses in Paris, and give coupons, bearing a certain interest, to be declared every six months. THE NEW BESSARABIAN FRONTIER. It will be observed that the note, announcing the result of the Paris Conferences, which has been published by the Moniteur, says that in return for the cession.of Tobak and Bolgrad, Russia shall re tain the town of Komrat, with a territory of above 330 square versts. Komrat is not mentioned in or dinary geographical works, but it belongs to Bessa rabia, and is situated on the right bank of the Yal pouk at about 65 versts above Bolgrad, in the zone comprised between that river and the Pruth. The town did not exist in 1812, when was signed the treaty of peace of Bucharest, which added Bessa rabia to the empire of the Czars. It is only of re cent creation, and is built on the site on which for merly stood the small town of Arka, famous for having given birth to Prince Bessaraba, who first reigned over the country, and from whom the name of the province is derived. The town of Komrat is third in rank after Kichenew, the chief town of the province. The Russians propose, it is said, to make Komrat the centre of the Bulgarian colonies and to establish a custom-house in the place. The colonies are prosperous, and consist altogether of 85 villages. RUSSIA. The Nord publishes the text of a despatch addressed by Prince Gortschakoff, the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, under date of 30th of December last, to Baron Budberg, the Russian Envoy at Vienna, in reply to a communication from Vienna on the Neuchatel question. It says : "We fully share, M. le Baron, the opinion of the Vienna Cabinet as regards the perfect legality of the rights claimed by his Majesty the King of Prussia-- rights guaranteed by the act of the o , ,ngress of Vieniia and solemnly sanctioned by the protocol of London. " We do not the less desire to see a pacific settlement of the question. The counsels we have all.along given to the Berlin Cabinet have been with that object in view; and we have seen with sincere satisfaction that the Prussian Government, after keeping constantly in the path of moderation, while preparing at the same time for more efficacious measures, still kept open a door to conciliation. "Nevertheless, M. le Baron, we derive from the very circumstances which gave rise to the Neuchatel affair in September last the conviction that it is our duty to leave the Government of his Majesty the King of Prussia perfectly at liberty to appreciate what its dignity, its rights, and its interests demand. The despatch then enters into a discussion of the London Protocol, to show that all the recent mea sures adopted by Prussia were justifiable. As regards the attempted Royalist insurrection at Neuchatel the despatch says :-- " Moreover, some devoted subjects of the King of Prussia having recently attempted to overthrow the de facto Government existing at Neuchatel and to restore the authority of their legitimate Sovereign, they were seized, ill-treated, sent into a severe imprisonment, and submitted to the jurisdiction of the de facto authorities at Neuchatel. _ _ " His Majesty the King of Prussia could not remain indifferent to such acts nor abandon the defenders of his cause. His Majesty demanded the immediate liberation of the Royalist prisoners. But he deemed that hi s dignity required that he should insist that they should be liberated unconditionally before entering into any ulterior negotiation ; and it is only afte r h av i ng ex . hausted the means of conciliation in his power, and, on the obstinate refusals of the Helvetic Government to comply with that demand, that his Majesty has come to the conclusion that he must necessarily have recourse to more efficacious measures than a purely diplomatic in tervention. virtue of the engagements contracted upon the Federal Council so as to make the Helvetic Government hearken to the voice of justice and of reason. " Such is, M. le Baron, the constant object of the efforts which we have not ceased to prescribe to our Minister at Berne, and we are persuaded that, on its side, the Austria❑ government will not refuse to share them." SWITZERLAND. The following address has been circulated among the Swiss soldiers in the service of the King of Naples and the Pope. It is printed in three lan guages, on the same pages, in parallel columns— Italian, German, and French. It is headed " Ita lian National Party—lndependence and Unifica tion," and bears date "Italy, the 10th January." It is as follows : " Swiss,—Your country is in danger, and you, in stead of defending its liberty, defend the tyranny of the Bourbon of Naples and the Pope. " The Prussians are already putting themselves in motion to invade your country, and you remain at Naples and Rome to aid those who oppress ours. In Switzerland you would be soldiers covered with glory here you are dishonoured Soirri, and while you might use your arms for the defence of that independence which your fathers have purchased at the price of their blood, you empir.l them to uphold slavery. Shall the SODS of William Tell be the assassins in the pay of Ferdinand 11. and of Cardinal Antonelli ? " Many Italians have already offered their services to your country. Say, while they are combating for Swit zerland, have you the courage to combat against Italy ? " Hasten where your country calls you. There is glory ; here is infamy. There is the blessing Eof your parents, of your wives, and of all free men ; here is the malediction of the women and children of Italy, whom you shall render widows and orphans—the malediction of tde whole civilised world. " Choose now between the glorious laurels of Sem pach. of Granson, of Morgarten, of Morat, and the infamous laurels of Naples and Messina. Return to your valleys, to your mountains, and you shall be accompanied by our prayers, and the blessing of the God of Battle, who is the God of the soldiers of liberty, and not the God of the satellites of tyrants." NAPLES. A letter from Naples, of the Bth, says :—" You will no doubt have been apprised already of the frightful accident which has destroyed one of his Majesty's steam-frigates, the Carlo 111. The vessel sank with some 100 souls on board, of whom not more than half were saved, and they are all maimed for life. The captain and officers of the Malacca, the English steam-frigate lying in this port, rescued most of those that were saved, as no Neapolitan boatmen would dare approach the scene of danger on account of the police regula tions. The King sent the same night his best thanks to Capt. Farquhar, for his prompt and ener getic succour to the unfortunate drowning men. Of course this misfortune is said to be a complot to prevent powder and guns from reaching Sicily. H.M. is greatly incensed at all these late afflictions, but although the palace, which he and his family have never quitted these three weeks, has suffered most in shattered windows and broken doors, IL M. has only this day resolved to go to Caserta for the winter season ; thus showing his confidence in the reports that accident only caused them, and not treachery. No advantage to any cause could be gained by blowing up a vessel situated beyond the Lantern or lighthouse, and the sailors could not have devised to drown themselves to please any party. The captain was found among the dead, minus his head and arms. In short the scene was heartrending, and as many of the men were in their berths sleeping at that hour there is doubtless still a most harrowing scene to be wit nessed when the ship Carlo 111. shall be raised from the sea. It is a fact that great terror occupies the minds of the people here, particularly of those who do not know that there is not sufficient pow der left in the magazines to endanger their lives. The court ball to which were invited all the Eng lish here of every rank and station has been coun termanded, and notice given of its not taking place for the present." LITERATURE. Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory of the United Kingdom. Dublin : Alexander Thom and Sons. The fourteenth annual Yolu me of this exceed ingly valuable Almanac and Directory, and in no respect inferior to the best of its predecessors. In point of fact, the work of late years has become less specifically Irish by embracing more and more Imperial information, and its value has propor tionably increased, so that the present with its wider range may be looked on as the best that has appeared. The labour expended on it must have been immense, and, so far as we can judge, has not been misdirected, the work af fording proof of increased discrimination and care. To give the uninitiated some notion of the extent and rarity of its contents, we may mention it com prises no fewer than thirteen Directories—to wit a British ; a Parliamentary ; a Peerage and Baron etage ; a Naval and Military ; a Colonial ; a Go yernment Offices ; a University, Scientific, and Li terary ; an Ecclesiastical ; a Law ; a Banking ; a Postal Conveyance ; a County and Borough ; and a Post Office Dublin City and County Directory. Besides which there is a division devoted to Statistics of Ireland, culled from the best sources, and of much value, together with a mass of miscellaneous information of more or less general utility. A postal map of Dublin will be found at the end ; while as a proof of the pub lisher's anxiety to make his work as perfect as pos sible, we have at the beginning a couple of pages of alterations made while printing. Altogether the present issue must more than maintain the character of the " Almanac and Directory," and may be safely left to work its own way. MR. CALDWELL'S GRAND JUVENILE FETE.—This aus picious event came off last night with great eclat, at Dean-street, Soho. The room was decorated with numerous flags commemorative of the recent war. The presence of a large assemblage of respectable tradesmen and licenSed victuallers belonging to the neighbourhood bore tribute to the respectable manner in which the establishment is conducted. Mr. Richardson, the eminent engineer, has been ap pointed to a high and onerous position in the Govern ment commission of inquiry relative to the establishment of railroads through Ceylon. The ability displayed by this gentleman in the construction of the Brighton Rail road, as well as in other similar works in Wales and on the Continent, fully entitle him to his present elevated position. RIVAL DOG FANClERS.—Yesterday an action was tried in the Exchequer Court, between a person named Resam, a dog fancier, residing in Curtain-road, Shoreditch, and Sabine, another fancier, residing in Seven-dials It appeared that the defendant had lost a valuable dog, and it was found in the possession of the defendant, who refused tct give it up. He was given in charge for dog stealing, but the case was dismissed. There was some hard swearing during the trial, but the jury gave the plaintiff 101. damages. The advices from Constantinople yesterday state the names of the successful applicants for the concession of the National Imperial Bank to be as follows :—Sir J. Paxton, M.P., Messrs. Cayley, M.P., E wart, M.P., the Hon. Henry C o k e , M . H un t er , L a ing, M.P., Schole field, M.P., Ferrite, Jackson, M.P., Chowne, Darby, Brassey, Uzielli, and Risen. A large continental com bination else will, it is stated, most probably be effected. PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about 6 per mine premium, and the short exchange on London is 2520 per 11. sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly 5-10ths per cent, dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 423 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13 . 24 per 1/. ster ling. Standard gold, at the English Mint price, is there fore about 8-10 the per cent, dearer in Hamburg thee in London. The prospectus has been issued of the British Agri cultural Company, with a capital of 100,000/., in 1/. shares. The objects are to supply guaranteed manures, and to establish a depot for the sale of all descriptions of agricultural implements, as well as of seeds, oilcake, and the various articles used in the feeding of stock. A con tract has been made with the Javel Manure Company of France for the exclusive right to sell their artificial guano in England and the colonies fur 21 years. Several certificates regarding the properties of this manure ac company the prospectus some of which attribute to it qualities equal to Peruvian guano, although it is much cheaper. It is a patent manufacture from the cesspools and slaughterhouses of Paris. At the meeting of the Venezuelan bondholders yes terday, the chairman, Mr. J. D. Powles, stated that the attempts of the committee to obtain mote favourable terms from the commissioners, in conformity with the resolution pas se d at the last meeting bad failed. The negotiation had in consequence been closed by the com mittee, and they thought it roost proper to call a public meeting of the bondholders, of which notice had been given to the commissioner:, in case they should have explanation to give. Since then a fresh proposal had been received from the commissioners, which was to the following effect :—That the over-due interest to the Ist of April next be 3 per cent. al' qually until the let of April, 1862, to be afterwards 4 per cent. annually; that the Active receive 3 per cent to April, 1867 (10 years instead of 5 as previously mentioned by the committee), and afterwards 3/ per cent. annually. The Deferred to to have 1 per cent. until April, 1862, and 11 to 1867, and from that date 2 per cent. annually. It was stated that these terms were put forward with the sanction of he Venezuelan Government, and that the commis- "The Im t perial Cabinet ca nno t b ut admit that in act-dthe bondholders. The proposals ing thus his Majesty th e Ki ng o f Prussia has remained their being accep sinners were enabteledt by o g rant new bonds in the event of within the strict limit of hi s r i g h ts. It, therefor, does were, however, re ceived very unfavourably by th e a great deal of discussion, it w as not think that the sli,Yhtest restr a i n t s h ou ld be put, upon meeting, andti, after r ive up the present bonds for the ne w the freedom of action o f hi s M a j esty, whatever may be agreed not arrangement. The business of the meeting was con satisfaction he asks f or , eluded the measures he may Klink fit t o emp l oy to o bt a i n the arr ra by the passing of a resolution to the effect that "ln our p o i n t o f v i ew if the Powers which signed the London Prot oco l , equally anxious to procure a peaceful ;r ceaqu a miseioner shall be despatched to Caraccas t o direct with tho Government on the basis o f th e solution of thi s quest i on, feel themselves called upon to resolutions passed by the bondholders on the 22d o f intervene, their action should be brought to bear in December last. i THE ROYAL MAU. PACKET TYNE ASHORE. SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY, Six P.M. Considerable excitement was caused here to-day in con sequence of a telegraphic message having been received that the Brazilian mail steamer Tyne, which has been anxiously looked for for the last day or two, was ashore on the Isle of Purbeck. It appears that the Tyne expo' rienced tremendous weather between St. Vincent and Teneriffe. In the Bay of Biscay the wind shifted, but still blew a gale. After leaving Lisbon, Usbant was eeeu, and in proceeding up the Channel Portland was ma de out. After that it was densely dark ; the steering must have gone wrong, and the ship's course was pointed to the north of St. Alban's-head, in the Isle of Purbeck at a place called Chapman's-cove, or pool, at which she went ashore with tremendous force. A very heavy surf was running, which broke over the ship while she lay broadside to it. Immediately all on board were on deck. Every boat was lowered, but when they once got avail they could not approach the ship on account of the raging surf. A pilot came off with difficulty, and reported that it was low water, and that the Tyne would again float if she were not too much knocked about. As there was no immediate danger of loss of life, Lieut. Fuge, the Adroi' ralty agent, determined to save the mails. With great difficulty he got into the gig, which was one of the boats that had been lowered. In the desperate endeavour to get alongside the steamer to obtain the mails the boat was dashed against the ship, and Lieut. Fuge was struck on the head, which was immediately covered with bleed; he also commenced spitting blood. A youth in the 130 0 also had a finger torn off. The gig was obliged to ; fle° off with only a portion of the mails on board ; in getting ashore, however, the gig was swamped, and the persons in her and t , e mails were rescued by the revenue cutter. They were landed at about 7.30 a.m., near the residence of Mr. Jackson, the agent of L or d Eld on i n th e I s l e , Purbeck. The youthful lord and his sisters happened t. be staying there, and came down to the coast to render assi,tauce. Lieut. Fuge stood upon a cliff when' be landed, and he could see that the boats could not AP; proach the ship, that she had slewed rou n d, an d h e c ould hear the escape of the steam. From that circumstanc e it was conjectured that all attempts t o b ac k th e Ali had failed, and that she had probably been bilged' The only passenger who landed with the Admiralty agent and the mails, was Captain Otway, R.N. He wa s not injured. The Earl of Eldon and Mr. Jackson PO', vided a cart, and sent Lieut. a n d C a pt a i n Ot wa y, the portion of the mails that was saved, on to Wareham' where they arrived just too late for the 10 a.m. train A telegraphic communication was immediately sent t ° the West India Company, at Southampton, to send 'AY sistance to the steamer. Soon after mid-day, Caphe i° Vincent, the company's superintendent at SouthamPtet; started from that' place with two steam tugs to the pis of the wreck. News of the di sas t er was sent by t,Pyr Admiralty at Southampton to the au th or iti es at Parr. ,, - mouth, and her Majesty's steamer D evas t a ti on wa s ti` spatched to render assistance. Before Lieutenant Fall,* however, had left the coast of Purbeck, a sma ll s t e are; was seen to go off to the ship from the sh ore , no doll to render assistance. Th e Ad m i ra lty agen t, w ith t° , _, portion of mails s a ve d, arr i ve d a t S ou th amp t on at Or; p.m. The agent's face was swollen, and he was cl f/ e spitting blood. The letter bags were wet through, -013 ,1 were tied up in blankets ; eight bags were missing ; amongst the bags brought to Southampton were sere . ; boxes and bags of gold and jewels, which were at 0 conveyed to the West India Company's offices. _ ao St. Alban's-head is a celeb ra t e d bl u ff h ea dl an d, I v which there have been numer ous wrec k s. O n the t..4°1; of the cliff are the remains of an anc i en t chapel, wb'f, priests used to pray for the safety of seafaring 10 ,1 Captain Valler, the comm an d er o f t h e T ype, is areto experienced navigator. Wh en th e s hi p went ashore els was going at full speed. N o l an d cou ld b e seen, a nd si was thought by those on board that she must be ill e ° 4o Catherine's Bay, at the back of the Isle of Wight, the Needle rocks. The West India steamer Orinee; now lying here in the dock s , h as go t h er s t eam u p re" to start to render assistance if necessary. TUESDAY N1G10, 4 A number of the passengers of the Tyne arrived b 5 by the 7 p.m. train from Wareham. There is not 13 . 10 , doubt but that the whole of th e p assengers , the 31110 0 and the specie have been land e d. It i s expec t e d - 0 that the crew and officers have landed by this time, .1 the coast-guardsmen who boarded th e Ty ne d ec l ar e.tin it would not be safe for any one to remain on he l ; after dark. The passengers hope th a t some o f th e ir P':„. perty will be saved. Th e p assengers w h o arr i ve d b' o f by the 7. p.m. train were conveyed across the Isle ,g/ Purbeck in Lord Eld on ' s carr i age , w hi c h h e h a d kbPi r lent to the m . A n omn ib us was to b e sent from ham to fetch the rest of the mails, and they will Pit, bably reach here in the course of the night. The 10, 0° 1 worth of cochineal on board will, it is expected, be o Pl o o The Tyae now lies high and dry ; her boilers 0 lifted owing to the ship bumping about, and it is thotigio that it will be impossible to save her. The cal,. declares that he will stick to he r t o th e last. When o l passengers landed, which was about three p.m., nee ° t o the steamers sent from Southampton and Portsmoutboo assist the Tyne were in sight. The fore part of steamer was half full of water. The passengers deal % that when the vessel went ashore the night tese n ,o tensely dark, owing to a dense fog ; that the ship r aiti going at quarter speed, and could not be brought 0, 4 anchor, and that a slight deviatio n of about four ir t , dred yards in the steering wou ld h ave cl eare d the pots to l and would have en a bl e d th e Ty ne to reac h Southan3P n o in safety. The capt a i n an d a ll hi s o ffi cers, w h o we re rf, " deck keeping watch at the time the steamer ran ash° say it was impossible to prevent the accident, an d 01 6 no one is to blame. Th e passengers w h o arrived he were saved by the life boat. TUESDAY MlDNialer:o The Dorchester train just arrived has brought aeetori portion of the passengers of the Tyne. They ree d that a coast guardsma n was d rowne d b y a b oa t upsetiltb. in trying to get to the w rec k. Th e ca pt a i n an d al officers and the crew have been got ashore. The Tyne is right upon the sand. A small steamer o f in the offing, but could notget near the wreck. A e r t bo the passengers are still at the house of Mr. Jackson,_ e j agent of Lord Eldon, and are hospitably entertow er there. Lord Eldon has supplied every one of the pas s i t s gers with refreshments, clothing, and everything ; they wanted. Many of them were obliged to vio e l t he Wareham, a distance of ni ne m il es , on accoun t 01 want of vehicles. The rest of the mails are still at Lord Eldon charge of an officer, waiting for a conveyance, whi c- li is expected will not be obtained until the morning. .„,1 is believed that this portion consists of newspapers, 7 ' that all the letters were brought away by the Admi t agent. It is believed that all the diamonds on b ° , 1 , 14 b0 will be saved, of which there is a large quantity. ' h is passengers who have just arrived are in a deplor ib " condition. A few hours before the ship struck the 40 sengers assembled, and voted a letter of thanks to t captain for his unremitting care and attention dons' the voyage. MOTHER SHIPTON ; or, Harlequin Knight of Love, and the Enchanted Whistle. Harlequin and Columbine (a la Watteau), Madame Celeste and 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. THEATRE ROYAL, SADLER'S-WELLS. Under the Management of Mr. Phelps. THIS EVENING, TWELFTH NIGHT. Malvolio, Mr. Phelps ; Viola, Miss M. Eburne. To conclude with the pantomime, THE GENIE AND THE FISHERMAN, OY AL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, DELICATE GROUND. Messrs. G. Yining and Leslie ; Mrs. Stirling. A new Fairy Extravaganza, by J. R. Planch6, Esq., called YOUNG AND HANDSOME. Messrs. F. Robson, Rogers, Leslie, G Cooke, Danvers. Misses Swanborough, Thirlwall, St. Caere, Castleton, Bromley, Haskell, and Mrs. Melfort. After which, CRINOLINE. Commence at half-past Seven. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, _ Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING, Shakspeare's Tragedy of RICHARD THE THIRD, with Mr. W. Cooke's Splendid Equestrian Illustrations. Richard, Mr. James Holloway. After which, the choice SCENES of Equestrian Skill in the ARENA. To conclude with the irresistibly funny equestrian comic pantomime, called PAUL PRY ON HORSEBACK ; or, Harlequin and the Magic Horseshoe, in which Mr. W. Cooke will drive Eight Golden-footed Steeds attached to the re splendent Chariot of Gold. Doors open at half-past siz ; commence at a quarter be fore seven o'clock. los•ofice 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. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow inr company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of selections from all the popula , . Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, drc., viz.: —Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunel, and Miss Summers ; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Raino, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, and P. Corrie ; Masters Austin, Ben nett, and Corn; Mr. Sam Ccwell and E. Mackney. Piano forte, J. Harroway, R.A. ; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun. ; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre cisely. Suppers, dcc., 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. ZIGH. WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Trfis DA '—Morn. 30 min. aft. 4—Evening 48 min. aft. 4 ;‘)- goßEow—Morn. 7 min. aft. s—Evening 25 min. aft. 5 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, JANUAR!' 14. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 41—highest Muse noon yesterday. 36—lowest this morning and during the night. 39 —this (1.4. at noon. BAROMETER, 3010—a rise of half an inch since yesterday . WlND—N.E.—Fresh, with fine, cold, frosty weather. AeOST 7 , - 1* et -7 0 , M )%! ~~ o L`) DON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1857 The Government organ is already adopting in regard to the new War in the East the old Mi nisterial tactics of Begging the Question. The Times coolly affects this morning to consider the rupture with Persia to have originated in nothing more nor less than a petty Court squabble at Teheran ! It is all about a lady, we are told ; and that lady, too, a lady of rather more than merely doubtful reputation ! We are facetiously offered the alternative of a City or a Lady as the cause of the misunderstanding ! The Adminis tration, and the apologists of the Administration, are driven, of course by necessity, to " smell a rat" somewhere. And so they put their heads together deliberatively, and arrive at last at the very astonishing conclusion that we must, per force, in searching for the cause of the quarrel, choose between Herat and (let us say) Sherat ! We are informed, in a tone of pitying condescension at so much ignorance, that it is sheer nonsense to talk of the former miserable little atom—that is to say, the City, and not the Lady—the insulated city of Herat (according to the Times, a place of no kind of value or importance whatever)—as the object of the war; as the prize for which the belligerents are fighting, as the original source of the whole deplorable disturbance. Why, who, in the name of fortune, ever said it was ? Who ever regarded Herat as other than the ostensible, merely the ostensible, germ of this new Eastern Dilemma ? Not the actual goal towards which the Disturbers of the Peace of the World were struggling, but simply and literally—instead of that—the portal to a much grander goal. Herat being, in point of fact, not the mere geographical " nothing " the Times pretends it to be, but a place (from its situation) of that extraordinary importance that it is universally recognised, among those who know anything at all about it, as—the Key, from the side of Persia, to the British Empire in Hindostan ! But No ! the Ministerial organ tells, us, Nothing of the sort— Herat is not even the ostensible cause of the war —it is Nothing —it is Valueless. So that, after all, when everything has been said and done in this official quibbling of the organ of the Govern ment, we are brought in the end (upon the Horns of the wretched Dilemma of this preposterous alternative) to the following brief but very absurd conclusion : That the " Bone of Contention" is —Somebody's Spare-Rib ! That the Persian War is not the least bit in the world about Herat (even regarding the seizure of Herat as a step onwards towards an incursion into Hindostan), but that it is solely, and exclusively, and entirely, and incontrovertibly about the Mistress, Wife, Con cubine, or whatever you may like to call her, of some very grand personage at the Court of the Shah iSTA SR- 00D-DEEN. Was ever more monstrous effrontery than this revealed even on the part of the recognised organ of the Government ? Scarcely, we should think ! The Times, as the mouthpiece of the Ministry, ungenerously lays the whole blame of this new confusion in the East upon the Hon. CHARLES IVICTRRAY, until very recently her Britannic Majesty's representative at the Court of Teheran. To what end ? Notoriously, glaringly, undeni ably to the one end, that public attention should be diverted from the REAL cause of the war with Persia. That cause being the Ministerial pol- I troonery displayed towards Russia in th e m i serably patched up, the meanly compromised, the despic- LATEST PARTICULARS. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY, 10 An officer from the Tyne has arrived here by first trl i l this morning. He reports that late last night the ve', was lying up right end on; her rudder wasknocked aka and stand p os t s s t ar t e d. The water flowed in and ou'o her after compartment, and tanks are now being °„ 0 down to fill this compartment. Capt. Vincent vqs B ,:i board, and five tugs, with 300 men, were then r ender 7. assistance. 180 men, in two Government tugs, to present from Portunouth. The diamonds have tall saved. The weather was as favourable as could be, 80,- A 00 4 long as it continues so every possible means will F resorted to to recover the vessel. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(This Day.) LONDON, Jan. 14.—Wind at noon N.—Moderate breez e ' and fine clear , weather, with frost. SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 1 3.—Sailed—Celt (s.), for Brazi. l 4 ll : FALMOUTH, Jan. 13.—Wi n d N.E.—A rr i ve d—gor from Genaives. HARWICH, Jan. 13—Sailed—Helene, for Newport 10 St. Thomas. The Horn of and from Emden, for Soil ampton, has be en ass i s ted i n f rom th e ,Doggerbund, cargo shifted and 1 1 the BERWICK, Jan. 13. —All the buoys and beacons of t he Fairway are now in their places. HELSINOFORS, Dec. 30.—The brig Rosina is said to 1 0/° been wrecked near Hango ; 900 bags flour saved. go t RAMSGATE, Jan. 13. —Arrived—Lasabe, Portsmouth , t a , Sunderland, leaky, and with damage to her bulworP-- Sailed—Gertmeds, Porto Rico. ra Bombay; PORTSMOUTH, s t a J r a o n f th l e 3. E — as W t, id A n ig N oa .E ß .—S ay ; ai ji let s ßl l ..4. ll s: telope, Coast of Africa ; Avon, Trinidad ; Noord Hollan Surinman; Card, West Indies. COWES, 13.—Wind N.—Arrived--Otto, Guernseit for Cardiff, leaky. DARTMOUTH, Jan. 13.—Wind N. — Arrived—Deslande! Cape Coast Castle, wilth.—wmasitnedr an av d ._ p A ar rri t v o ed f cie r w ari e:: Sailed—Henderson, New Y or k . PLYMOUTH, Jan. 3 Loudon, for Pernambuco. Sailed —Heroes of the Alms' New Zealand. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 13.—The Ricot, from Jamaica, OP: posed bound to this port, has arrived at Havannah distress. BRIDLINGTON, Jan. 13.—The Atlantic of South Shield!: in ballast, which drove ashore five miles from this place on the 4th inst., has been got off and towed into Shields. T he b uo y from the north end o f th e S mithie Sand has bro ker adrift._ ST. JOHN, N. 8., Dec. 29.—Th e A nn i e Laurie, Cot hence (26th Dec.) or Queensto wn , i s on s h ore near F e tid Passage, and expected to be a total wreck. ODESSA, Jan. 2.—The Tasmania (s.s.), from Lonc arrived here on the 20th of December, was on shore os Englishman's Bank 23, b u t came off leaky after dischsfr in g. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning• Wind N.N.E. Arrived—Norval, from Bahia ; W. H. Prescott, kr e°r . Orleans; Eliz a , B a lti more; Egyptian, (s.s.), Smyrna ' James, Leghorn; Albanian, (s.s.), Palermo; Hero, frc° Seville. Sailed — Minnesota, for New Orleans. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISII TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 9.54 sail. Wind N.W. ; tid la eb ; flne and frost. Arrived—Wilhelmie ne s , t from hour's Gev b ersdorf ; Essex, Em y de n : Sailed--Fl ec h a, (s.), for Ghent ; Pantlmr, (s.), Boo' logne ; Belgium (s.), Ostend. DEAL, Wednesday, 9.45 a. 113. Wind N.W., moderate. Passed —Necker Prussian brig, from Gothenberg, 101. the westward. Passed, 13th—Sea Serpent, from London, for Ale, Bay; Cupid, from London, for Canaries; Bell, from DO' don, for Newport. Anchored —Gateshead, from Newcastle for Havannstil ; having been in collision, carried away bowsprit, cutwat9 kc., ith a barque, name unknown, off Oxfordness, at :lan., on the 13th instant, and will proceed to &wise' for repair.