Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-24 00:00:00

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'he cash price for this special class of alvertisenien!s is now reduced to TjIREEPENCE FOR TWENTY WORDS, and for every additional five words one penny. Ely k_littlitcn (Titrico TUESDAY, NOVEMBER - 24, 1857. THE DAY'S NEWS. Lord Palmerston has issuea his usual circular, preparatory to the assembling of Parliament on next Thursday week, urging upon those members of Parliament on the Ministerial side of the House to be in attendance on that day. Some people imagine that the session will be a very short one indeed, as the Ministry are willing that the present financial difficulty should be the only question for discussion ; but this looks to us as preposterous. There are three subjects of paramount importance which will and must be discussed—the Bank Char- • ter Act, the state of India, and the Reform move ment. That , these three questions will each come in for a debate we have not the least hesitation in predicting. The liberal press of the United King dom are unanimous in their opinion that Reform cannot b 3 delayed another session ; and there is reason to believe that Lord Palmerston will do something in the matter—if not spontaneously, then by outside pressure. • The state of the working classes throughout the country is beginning to create alarm. In the chief manufacturing districts the mills have wholly stopped working, or are only oil short time, and the distress in Preston, Nottingham, • Derby; &e., Ste., is fearful to contemplate. In Liverpool, some rumours prevailed yesterday that a number of the factory hands from Preston had arrived in town, and meant mischief, but, so far, we have been unable to learn that Sltdil is really the case. As a precaution, however, the police have b. en strengthened in parts of the town where an outbreak might probably occur. - The diffialitie.s of the Wolverhampton and Staf fordshire Banking Company are not yet at an end. The directors have intimated tlia thzre is a deficit of some £32,000. There is a sum of nearly £500,000 deposited in the Bank on call, and if such deposits could be left for some time, the Directors of the Bank w,:u1:1 add £50,000 personally, and could, they think, raise 250-,000 extra. With this they could carry .on the effairs of the Bank — otherwise they cannot at present see their way clear: It would appear from all that we can now learn, that the trial of the British Bank Directors will, in all likelihood, be a farce, and that their acquittal amounts almost to a certainty. The Law Times explains, that these gentlemen (?) are not now to be prosecuted for the offences for which punish meat was 'demanded by the newspapers, but for an offence which is committee every day by every individual in difficulties. The crime with which they are charged is that, being in difficulties, they told the world that they tv:n) flouria The real crime of which the direetors are assumed to be guilty is, tho appropriation of money which was not aheir own to their own use ; but this, according to the peculiar circumstances of the ease, was not an indictable offeaec until the new law of the last Session made it so. Ia the Court of Q teen' Bench 'Yesterday, Mr. Stapleton, one of the defendants in the prosecution obtained a rule calling upon the Attorney-General to show cause why his trial should not be postponed till Hilary next term. We are a 3 yet without any intelligence from Indie, but such may arrive at any morneat, even before we gn to press. In the meantime, we may, however, notice that the Roman Catholic Bishop -of Birmin,gham has issued a pastoral, in which be alludes• to the present state of affa ir s iu India. In it he says—'.Whan 3 ver barbarous and demoniacal cruelty men can inflict on men—whatever their .corrupted hearts can conceive of shame and its honour—all that, even beyond the extent of our imagination, have the lilindoo and the Mahontedan perpetrated on men, oa h-ipiess tvomen, and even on tender and innocent babes :" but the Reverend Dr. Ullathorne calls cut against toe loud cry of vengeance :—' Is there, titan, to be no more distinction between offence aad offence, and are the unoffending to be swept into One mass of condemnation with the guilty ? Is the peaceful citizen, who is himself a sufferer, to be slaughtered with tla, rebel,. the robber, the ravisher, and the mwderer ? Brethren, beware or this unholy cry. Give it not your countenance, but your reproof. To the powers that be, God has given the sword of justice, bus not the sword of vengeance. Revenge is mine, saith the Lord. Justice is the virtue of those woo rule the earth, and it is to be exercised with lodgment; buL re venge, and the desire of revenge, are always trim -s in man, and more especially in. the Christian When God himself exercised his most terrible vengeance, it WAS not upon us, poor weak and sinful mortals, but upon His own Almighty and most innocent S.our and after that m )st divine and aw:ul vengeance, Ho forbid revenge, and took . away the word, a 3 unworthy of the heart and lips of ChriWiens." • A very si:/aular case was arljudicated upon in the Court of Exchequer, yesterday. In 1709, one Peter de la Motte, postal agent at Wyemouth. became a lunalic, then indebted to the Crown 1307.29 £5OO. He bad some property, which w.is hold by order of the Court of Exchequer, and the proceeds, -e595 was paid into the lruids of the Kiniee Remembraneer, to abide the order of the Court in the case of " The v De la :`,lotte." This sum was invested in Console at 68k. De la Motte died in 1814, no trial took place, and in 1822 the debt was written off the books of the Post-office. The s:n of Do In Motto, now 82 years of age, yesterday claimed the full amount that the investment now reached, £l. 700; but the Crown opposed, saying that they were entitled to all. The Judges, the Chief Baron, and Barons W3.tson, Bramwell, and Channel, thought that the Crown was entitled' to the original debt and intero!t. for 57 years, but not to any accidental profit derived from a rise in the tunds The Crown has a claim to a definite,suta whether the fund be much or little. It would be manifestly unjust to give the Crown the benefit of an accidental profit, when the Crown would not have borne any loss, if instead of going up the funds had gone down. An order was made to pay the peti.ioner the balance of the fund atter payment of the Crown debt of £490, and 5 per cent. interest since .1800, and costs. It is understood that the Crown will not take more than the costs of the hearing. We sometimes find in the Bankruptcy and, Insolvency Courts several sad pictures of social life, A Mr. Reuben Michael hfts jug applied to the LoodoP court 9f Insolvency, to be discharged THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1857• under the Act. He had already taken the benefit on four previous occasions, in 1840, 1842, 1840, 1855, and had also been once a bankrupt. His wife possessed a separate income of £BOO a year, but the insolvent attributed his present difficulties to " pettifogging lawyers, bill discounters, and young ladies." Mr. Commissioner Murphy thought Mr. Michael deserving of some punishment, and ordered him to be imprisoned for six months from the date of the vesting order. The Bishop of Oxford has delivered, at Reading, a long lecture in support of foreign missions. With respect to India, he strongly denounced the sanc tioning and maintenance by the British authority there of the native superstitions, affirming the true interpretation of the cause of England's recent disasters to be that ‘` England has been false to England's faith, and timid of avowing England's God." The Austria, steamer transport, has returned to Plymouth with damaged machinery. The 94th Regiment were on board. Continental correspondents continue .to diseant upon the question of the Danubian Principalities A Paris correspondent, in alluding to the warlike preparations of the Porte, mentions the opinion of diplomatists that the Sultan wishes by a military display to impose upon the European Conference which is to meet at Paris by the end of this or at !he beginning of next year. Turkey, therefore, acknowledges the protection bfforded tn her by the Powers of the West in being the first State who changes the cause of the Danubian Principalities from a diplomatic to a military question. With regard to the affairs of the North, we hear of a proposed alliance between the kingdoms of Denmark, Sweden and Norway. Such an alliance is no new idea. Already, in the autumn of last year, the Swedish Crown Prince offered to the Court of Cope-.111-agen a treaty, according to which Sweden would send an auxiliary corps of 10,000 men to Schleswig incase of an attack from the side of the Germanic confederation. The Federal Diet has not yet come to a resolu tion on the question of the Duchies of Holstein and Lmenberg. It has sent the propositions of the estates of the latter Du thy, and of the German Powers, to Copenhagen, calling upon the Danish Government to reply to tha remonstrance of its s thjects. A letter from Kehl of. Nov. 16, says that a Count Ortowski, a Hungarian major, has been arrested there. Several false passports and revolutionary writings were found in his portmanteau. We have been furnished with a telegraphic despatch put on board the Persia as she passed Sandy Honk, some thirty miles-from New York, on the evening of the 11th inst., to the effect that the new constitution in Mexico has been suspended, and Comonfort declared dictator. Campeachy had surrendered to the government forces. The whole of Yucatan was in arms. THE trader is comparatively safe for the present moment. Every section of the commercial community hope for the return of a better state of things, and they are right in upholding public confidence. But the mischief has extended to another and more numerous class of society. The working population have been thrown out of employment, and they are asse:nbling in numbers in many parts of the country to consider the best means of obtaining relief. At Nottingham the authorities propose to give work to the unemployed operatives in the construction of roads. In other inland districts, where the numbers and sufferings of the unemployed are still greater, the famine expedient has not been mooted. Tile threatening aspect of affairs . does not seem to be viewed in the same light in nll the densely populated counties which are - exposed to the common danger. It is to be hoped, however, that the Cabinet are not looking with apathy and indifference on the winter we have before us. A very few days may add the re , lentless severity of winter, to the worst tali eries of idleness• Three years ago our merchants and traders had it in their power to relieve their unemployed fellow-townsmen ; but who can put money down fur the same charitable purpose this year ? No reliance can be placed on private bounty, under the existing circumstances of trade. Those who had it in 1854 have it not now, and if they had, all they could. give would only be like a drop added to the ocean. Moreover, the coming distress will not be confined to this or that locality. It will be universal, and in such cases, it is ;he duty of the State to devis e means of relief. Trade was never more healthy than it was two months ago, according to the London Times, and the special organs of the Government. That trade has vanished. It exists no longer, except in name. Men in business have contrived to pay from six to eight per cent. discount for tea years, and ho they have done it must ever remain a mystery to the uninitiated; but they cannot pay ten per cent., and no wan would attempt it, except to make his downfall certain. Labour—skilled and unskilled —cannot be employed at the Whig rate of dis count. Who will risk his name on paper which is to be decimated by way of recognising and testing its real worth ? Who will open a mid to make fortunes for money lenders of PEEL'S and JONES LLOYD'S creation ? Working men cannot expect their former liberal employers to ruin themselves by borrowing money on usurious terms, nor can they really get it at ten per cent ven. The truth is, that, borrowing money in the legitimate course of trade is virtually prohibited by law. The Bank of England may enlarge their issues at the risk of their Charter, if they think .proper, and the Government can give them power to afford relief to trade by taking the chances of obtaining an indemnity for the Bank from Parliament. But what has ten per cent. discount to do with a concession to n itional exigencies, which admit of no parley ? Why couple relief to trade with wholesale commer cial destructi)n ? The whole country are well aware that the Builionists cannot pay their contracts in gold, and that they have only. eighteen pence,. of cash, in the pound, to meet their promises. The commercial public are ready, neverthe less, to receive 20,000,090/. of legal tender notes at a fair mercantile rate of interest. Give them this amount at 41 or 5 per cent., and employ ment will be speedily restored, and we shall not be driven into the calamities of famine in the midst of plenty. Less than 20,000,0001. will not now suffice to place trade on a solid barbs, from which it has been so inconsiderately hurled by unjust laws unwisely administered. This plain, unvarnished, Saxon language, may jar on the half self-refined ears of some of our cotemporaries, but they must bear it. The Poltroon—who is too idle to think, and too lazy to write—who, modestly engrafts on the work of other men's brains the most solemn assurances that " the country is in no danger," and " things are looking better," reminds us of BARNEY O'REARDEN, who, when he had lost his way in his little hooker, undertook to pilot a ship. The very heart of the nation is immersed in the deepest misery, and the very heavens are, at this season, full of incalculable dangers Disguising these palpable facts can serve no moral or honest political end. Our rulers must be told the true position in which the country is placed, that they may look the real dangers of the times full in the face, and be enabled to devise prompt and adequate means of relief. The first, and indeed the only thing we want, is money at a mercantile rate of in- The impossibility of limiting the commerce of England to a metallic currency, is now, it is to be hoped, self-evident. A sub stitute must therefore be found, to enable us to carry on our domestic trade—and we only know, of one human necessity, which calls for the issue of a given amount of money at all times, and which brings with it an imperative and never-varying demand for the supply it requires. We need scarcely say that this universal want is taxation. There is no greater scourge when it is not properly understood, and no greater source of strength and prosperity when rationally employed. It places in the hands of the Sovereign the power of bestowing on the subject the means of obtaining all those first necessaries of life, which enter so largely into the production of the works of man's skill in the arts and sciences, and all the other pursuits from which wealth and comfort are derived. The use of this power identifies the Throne with all the vital interests of its people, and renders even the abuses of a State a source of increased prosperity to a nation. We have witnessed this in the prosperity this country en joyed, when the most prodigal budgets were tolerated in order to carry on bootless and san guinary wars. The State threw no discredit on the. British one pound note, or commercial paper of the realm. PEEL and JONES LLOYD, were the first men of notoriety who dared to slander the national integrity and commercial honesty of Great Britain. They were the first to sow the seeds of universal distrust, and to call for taxation in a foreign product, and out of the money of commerce. One of the authors of the miseries which have fol'owed this folly, if we may use such a charitable expression, has lived, fortunately, to witness the terrible end of his handy wcrk. To the miser, ten per cent. may be dearer than his country's salvation, but ten per cent. for credit notes worth only eighteen pence in the pound, is equal to demanding over 130 percent. for an "entirely metallic currency," and the Crown will surely never require the citizen to 'pay taxes in metallic money at such a preposterous rate of interest. Her Majesty's Ministers may not see the bearing the present rate of interest has on taxation ; but it is to be hoped that there are statesmen about our Queen, who , will not disguise the condition the country is in, and the the utter impossibility of our escaping a winter of intense suffering and unprecedented danger, except by making taxation the basis of our paper currency, and throwing the estimated amount of the next quarter's revenue into circu lation in the form of legal tender, without the least possible delay. Bullion theories have done their work, and any man who will manfully resist their visitation, re-establish the commercial cre dit of the Empire, on what we must, we blush to say it, call its " good' old Tory" basis will deserve the undivided support of every honest and rational man in the community, let his poLtics be what they may. Finally, we would ask Statesmen to consider the helpless condition we are in, without money, while Europe is bristling with bayonets. And we now say to the aspirants to fame, that the man who discovers what really is money, and secures the merchants and traders of England a rational currency, will be rewarded by a reputation rarely bestowed on our public men. terest. TUE Commercial panic has reached the working. classes. A voice has gone forth from the manufacturing districts, Nottingham, the seat of Chartism, has given evidence of the crisis, and its working people have all but com mitted outrage and brutal assault!. There is no rebellion which is more dreaded than that of a hungry belly. It despises peace, law and order, treats the monarch with contempt, and the " powers that be" with indifference and disdain. We cannot wonder at this. Hunger is one of the most relentless of tyrants, and those who are its victims the most excitable beings on earth's creation. We can understand all this, and feel, too, for the terrible diffinilties of the position in which the unemployed find themselves at the present moment. It is certainly a difficult thing for a man with a starving wife and family to be swayed by the ideas of abstract justice, or the laws of political economy. Nevertheless, the humblest mechanic must be prepared to submit to his share of the consequences of the Cora mercial crisis through which we are now passing. All classes are suffering from it. The banker, the merchant, the broker—aye, and the pauper too —are alike its victims. The calamity is therefore a national one. .Our fellow-countrymen at • Nottingham have given expression to their sufferings and privations. We deeply regret that they should have set the example of disorder. We should not wish them writhe under the evil results of the commercial panic. Nevertheless, we desire that they should bear up against the evils of the present times with a good grace, manliness and dignity. No good can result from illegal gatherings, and ebulitions of ill-regulated and discardless tempers. It is for these reasons that we deplore the manifestations made at Nottingham on Wed nesday. Those who think that by such conduct they can better their position are sadly de ceived. In fact they only make it worse than it originally was. No doubt, much and serious suffering prevails throughout the land in con sequence of the Monetary crisis, and the war in India, but the manifestations that took place at Nottingham will not aid or assist the sufferer s one iota. We council the people then to bear up against their sufferings, and show that, notwith standing the fact that they unenfranchised they understand their duties as British subjects, and like true patriots and Christians they discharge them. We are glad that Parliament is about to assemble, and that the case of the working classes shall meet with some consideration at the hands of the assembled c' wisdom of the nation." Our monetary► laws have certainly inflicted great injustice upon the country, and that injustice has at the present moment thrown thousands of the population out of employment, hence our work houses are becoming crowded, and our gaols and bridewells filled to repletion. Our pauper and criminal expenditure is swelling in magnitude, and next to the commercial crisis, increased taxation stares us in the face. It will be the duty. of Parliament to investigate it, in all its bearings, and to devise some means whereby the working classes will be extricated from the consequences of the present unfavourable symptoms, meantime we hope and trust that the working classes will not give vent to feelings such as manifested themselves at Nottingham on Wednesday. Such conduct as that exhibited on the occasion to which we allude, only merits contempt and reprobation, and the object it seeks to advance is effectually marred at every step. The working men of Nottingham, of Derby, Leicester, Leeds, Manchester, and all the other hives of manufac turing industry, must not suppose that by any physical force aisplay they can command employment, and with employment a fair rate of wages. Such exhibitions may do very well for America, but they are antagonistic to the charac ter and standing of the " Britisher." It is satisfac tory to know that the proclamation issued by the Mayor of Nottingham had a salutary effect, and that the town has at length assumed a.quie.t and peaceful aspect. The conduct of the Clown WALLETT, in offering a large quantity of bread, on Thursday, was anything but praise worthy. It is too bad to sport with the hungry bellies of an idle and poverty.stricken 1 population. Charles .Dance, " A Won lerful Woman." The parts were sustained as follows : The Marquis de Fr mtignac .. . Mr. Anaurin D. Rogers. The Viscount de Millefieurs. Mr. Richard Carstone. Rodolphe (A young painter) Crepin ...... (acobbler) Mr. George Msyriek. Tailor . . ... . . Mr. Townson. Servant Madame Hortense Bertrand. By kind per- anal p age. (a rich widow) ...... mission of W. Hiss Edwards. Cecile ....(her niece)•. .... R. Copeland, Hai. Garland. Maid . • • • • • Esq. Our space will not allow us to enter into any detailed description of the acting, whtch was in general of an ex cellent character, and much superior to that of many long established dramatic societies. To the Crepin, of Mr. George Meyrick, however, especial praise must be given. An interval of 15 minutes took place after the fall of the curtain, during which the orchestra, under the direction of Mr. W. Loader Meyrick, performed a selection of music. The farce, of "Affairs in India," followed, the characters being thus arranged : THE AMPHITHEATRE. Miss Reynolds, of the Ilaymarket T3eatre, made her appearance in the Amphitheatre last night. Many local causes co-operated to render the attoodance much less numerous than we would gladly have seen it, and than, we feel sure, the performance of so gifted and attractive an actress would otherwise have drawn together, Miss Reynolds appeared as Pauline, in the " Lady of Lyons ;" and, also, as Ju!ia, in " A Wicked Wife." We ha7e rot space at present to enter into any detailed notice of the performances, and can only say that Nliss Reynaids fully sustained her repute, although the first p art was one scarcely perhaps well suited to her st /le °f acing, and that the atrlieace ware enthusiastic in their applanse. Miss Reynolds was called Mire the curtain ao I warmly greeted—an honour which was share] by Mr. Edgar, who played Claude Melnotte effective'y. We most no% fail to add that the audience 11.30 called bofore the certain and deservedly appinud d lir e Baker, whose General Dances :s an admirable piece f acting, and an oil fav write in Liverpool. Miss Reynolds appears to night as Beatrice, in 4 , Alu:h Ado Absut Nothinv." THE LIVERPOOL GARRICK CLUB. INAUGURATION PERFORMANCE. The iningur stion perform - xi:es of the Gs-rier Club, a newly established b rly of amateur dratnatistq, took place in the Clayton Hall lot night. Tae p!rformanae was a private one—admission being bad by complimentary ticket. Ia every respect the irtaugaratioa meat be pr , - flounced eminently s iccessful. Til3 house was cro vded in every part, and !he applaase of the atalieace evinced their full satisfaction. Preceling the first pi'ac-, the f )11) viug prologae, written by Mc. E lsvin Yea Ig, was spAcn by Mr. RicharJ J,:ffrey , jar. : PROLOGUE. When summer's sunshine glads the earth no more, And gulutna's golden fields hive reached the store OF rural indus`ry, the waning year Sees in the fall,n leaves broYn' tinged ar 1 sere, His stild well nigh run o it ; —o.;tobr's blast Has chilled the warm life-hl ,oel that coursed so f..st In spring -time gaiety ;—SovembEn's gloom Foret Ils the shadowy silence of the tomb, Palls on the earth, and lifts the veil to show holry winter with his snow-wreathed brow ! November, like a gi rot, stern and wild, Of all the twelve the year's m. , st sullen child ; When divot), and fag , , and so c (Ls prey And " heavy wet'' bit aharnates with "hail," Man feels thy nflaence like an evil air, Seeks Comus' shrine to drive away d Al care; The halls where Music wiih potentous sway In mystic trance beyond the cares of earth, — The Drama's home, where Thalii, queen of mirth ; Holds nightly court to charm the passing hour, Provoking laughter by her mimic power; The magic temple, where a night Is gaily passed in Wonder-world's delight. The-,eare the antidotes that mortal's use . To banish gloom, and genial mirth infuse. Among the many aspirants to gain The appin,viag smile of those they entertain, We tek- our staid, and modestly essay To win your approb ttion for our play; A first attempt—" you witness the (Ishii: Of embryo act •rs, to the drama Le v," Allied with sone more skilled in Thespian lo r, Familiar faces you have seen before— Yet none so skilled as to be void of fltws, Which will, we trust, be lost in your pplau se . " Here, then, our almost ta:.fledg'd wings we tr;, "Clip not our pinions ere the birds can fl o ; Failing in this, our first attempt to soar, " Droold g, alas ! we fall to rise no more. We aim to please you, pleasing is the task, And in return a cordial welcome ask ! The first piece selectrd was the comic drama, by Mr. Sir Matt :ow Seraggs Count Glorieux — Toni Tape .. Captain Dorrington Milton .. . .......... .... La ly Seraggs.. .... Mrs. Shalder . Sally Seraggs by kind p9rmiss,on of ... Mrs. Power. Poplin ... W. R. CopAand, Esq. . miss Garland. Mr. Meyrick was again remarkably successful, and Mr Edwin Young , as the Count, must also be mentioned with distinctive praise. We have not thought it necessary to eulogize the actresses who lent their valuable services on this occasion, and whose thorough acquaintance with the business of the stage helped no less than their artistic talents to make the performance successful. Their names are too well and too favourably known to the Liverpool public to require any other notice here. Many of the actors, also, whom we have not named separately, deserve much praise 'or their succsssful am iteur debut. The following E)ilogae, written by Mr. Edwin Young, was then spoken by the characters : EPILOGUE. [The Ray concluded,ehl curtain, does not j'all as custontary, to the surprise of the Rogers. who gaze up at it in asto rishment. TOMMY and SALLY converse apart.) Stu MATThEW, (to Dorrington.) Captain, tell those without to drop the curtain ! Oar work is done,— LADY S. (interrupting.) You mean our p!ay, SIR MATTHEW, (angrily.) ecrtain Th. Prornpler is asleep! Sing en; and wake him, And if that wont suffice, then, blow it, shake him • COUNT OLORIEUX. Vat is de matter ? N'est ce pis "all serene ? " SIR MATTHEW. Zounds, man, you're like the curtain, "jolly green," if you imagine I'll stop here all night, When supper waits rite, and when appetite Cal's out in language ne'er to be forgot, Oh, for my mutton chops ! POPLIN. .A tad 'tatoes hot! SIR MATTHEW, (to Don-ington.) Ho, without, and if he's within call, A call within should tell him why you bawl ! DORRINGTON, (calling off L. H.) Protnptor ah.iy ! Let go the mainsail, pray ! (Noisy Wind: the bell rings, and the curtain partially descends.) • SALLY SCRAGGS. H-dld! this is not tte way to end our play ! Vile thing of baize "avant and quit my sight ! Would'st rob us of the bays we've .won t;-night From these gay hearts around us, who approVe The "Constant Couple" and our play of "Love," And not permit us to return our thanks ? ►SIR MATTHEW. Od.rot these plays ! LADY S. Sally, what mean these pranks ? SALLY. And cannot you perceive onr present want ? No ? No ? 4. O'actny prophetic soul, my"—aunt ! The o.pilogue, of course. SIR MATTHEW. Odso, what's that.? Same arrant nonsence I presume, (aside) tht,'s flit, SALLY. What blissful ignoranc? ! 0, cursed spite, " That ever I was born to set it right !" The Eeilogue is a smart peroration. In which you ask these gentle,' approbation ; Make neat excuses ter the little flaws, And join the hands of all in—" great applause." SIR MATTHEW. Then I'm your man ! I vow I'll cut it short. Ladies and gentle — SALLY (interrupting lam). Oh, uncle, you know nought About it. My own dear Tom will do it ; He knows the style. SIR MATTHEW (le Tom). Pray get quickly through it. (Tom Tape advances ,ayjestically. Tow TAPE. Friends, Ladies, Cauntrymer,—a tailor's speech, Flowev,r good. is still within the reach Of carping ccitics ; yet will Tape go in With so:cirl pleading, yo ir applause to win. played " Sz. Cupid" here, and won Tee Wife," ely t• Little Treasure" in our " Married Life," • A " Wonderful Woman" you will agree, To play the " Housekeeper" and j eg with me (.1" Cosy C rupte") (lowa the road of life, " Doves in a Cage" without a jealous strife. And now the favour of your hands I ask, A strong appeal. I own, yet worth the task. I've tried to suie, you,—true 'its my profession,— Cutting my cloth, I trust, with. due disci. Con ; And if I have provoked, in what I've tried, Some fits of laugh er, I am atisfiei. " Measures and Men" I hold, in any shape, Reform ye: ur tailor's bills, and vote for Tape ! I don't mean Red Tape mind you—that's a bore ! ButTommyTape the tailor (applauds himself ).Come encore DORRINGTON (taking Tom's hand). I give you joy, Tom ! It I can lend you A helping hand, be sure I'll reco.nmend you,— Til in the Erst you'll find the trade is dell. The natives get their dressings from John Ball ! But I must seek these helping hands around, To cheer my first attempt oa foreign ground. Portiere. Poplin would also ask leer meed of praise, And cull a leaf from off the wreath of bays ; One little rounl,—you surely can't refuse it; Yuu may depend your suitor won't abuse it. COUNT GLORIEUX. Pour moi, I lose my I ye, so full of graees, But have grand satisfaction in de faces De toutes lei demoiselles, so charge with mirth, To make Yen leetel paradise of earth, — A vorld of pleisir. Avec tout mon cmar, I thank you all. Yuu thatA met ? To be sure SIR MATTHEW. What's all that gibberish? This " ain't the ch3cse !" I'm tired of waitiog (advances angrily)! LADY S. After me, Si-, please' I wish to say a word. Late in the field, Tuis crop of plaudits cannot fail to yield Some gleanings for a lady, who has turned The heads of many " nice young men," and sperned The hands of thousands ; but the dearning cheer Of those around will find a welcome here. SIR MATTHEW . tvi!/ sp'ak now,and make short work I wager ; ou don't want a long speech fr am "au old stayer," Who always aims to fill yeu with delight, And now would wish you all a fond "good night." SALLY. " Lagt scene of all. 'Tis Celcstiia calls To bid r , ter thunlers shake these—hew —pldwer walls! " The deed is done," and Sdlly Seraggs is doomed To realise what once in future lomnel.— " The Honeymeen! ' and " Sin,le Lle" is di shed ; " A c7m3utnrn own devOu'ly to be wished." T., d up ,ki,h Tape in Hymen's gorlien knea. Th's '• Fir of Pigeons" shall not knew a ph! ! A,:)preve oar " fridi Ske:cties"—" th-re's the rub," — And bid bon suce,2B to the " GARRICK atat." Oaly the pressu-e of time and space compels Ili brit fly to allude to a performance which in every respect augurs for the society a permanent and distinguished career. It must be added, that the general arrangements of the evening were excellent, and contributed much to the gratification of the audienee. Mr. P. aLI iyd acted as director, and the following gentlemen were the stewards, to whose courtesy and activity, the assembly was much indebted-' Messrs. Whitehead, R. Hilton, Townsend, Pritchard' M.Minus, D. Harvey, Kirkpatrick, Keat, and Rilph• • MR. MALONE RAYMOND AT THE CONCEBT HALL. APPEARANCE OF KISS KATE SAXON. MOST EXTRAORDINARY AND EXCITING SC E. •Mamlm,•l•• The Concert Hall, Lord Nelson Street, was era/ dad last evening in every part by a brilliant audience, that One to hear Mr. Raymond, and Miss Kate Saxon. We have scarcely seen such an assembly in that house, and, iniPt igi " 4 we must say that one of the strangest and most Wit "interludes" we have ever beheld on any stage, to k o°, the course of the evening. We offer no comment, ba simply narrate what happened, amid the wildest e%e lt° : e ment we ever beheld at any performance. Mi ss ° foil , Saxon, who, by the way, is a very beautiful young lade made her debut, and was greeted with unbounded apPlattli which was kept up for some time, and which she allte °ll‘ lodged most gracefully. She then took her seat a t I small table in the centre of the stage, near the foot lig ht* and proceeded to read from rather a ponderoas - lo oldl t quarto book, a Melange of character of the people e• different nations. This; for some time, was listened without any mark of approbation or otherwise, unto, voice fell very low. There was here some slight disapprobation in one of the boxes of the reserved set followed by some approbation. Soon after, a well dreg'''. • female in the body of the Hell gave vent to her feelier4 by expressing loudly and unequivocally her dissatisfaati°ll • of the lady. This caused a good deal of confasioa" (cheers, hisses, and cries of " turn her out," were tei e g iari g ied with uproar). Whether the lady in the body of the P- cs i was ejected vi et armis, or left of her own free will, did f appear, but certain it is she went oat . , amid a sto rel o w cheers and hisses—but what was meant none could _ i e P. Miss Saxon stopped for a moment, and seemed do e affected, shedding tears, and appealing to the audience ' t hear her in her native land, This appeal brought a ell° f Ai l of applause, mingled with some hisses. In a few sec°,..All - resumed her reading, evidently very much 0 04 " --. She had not gone on for more than half a minute, wil e/I .f ; large number of most respectable looking ladies - iris gentlemen, who occupied places in the gallery, rose , ss ee d were simultaneously, and left the house. This aa c . ,,, - quite a sensation, and cheers and hisses followed. 1 . % the lady rose, and avancing to the front of the fote addressed the audience, saying she was an English rod and trusted that on her first appearance in her native It she would be heard. This appeal was met with voci feru ; applause, and she resumed her seat. She had no 0 0°11 . 0 taken her position than a general movement enit),.4lle the occupants of the gallery (left from the [ i b is took place, and a considerable number retired. 3 6 ,3 seemed to annoy the lady dreadfully, and she ni g L o to the front, and cried out at the top of li cr w- , ot sweet voice, " If gentlemen are proverbial in Englan d ' io hearing gentlemen, I am sure they will not be les s ea s hearing a woman -it is unfair if you refuse to hear ne This caused another burst of applause, with cries of or off! go off !" Here a gentleman came from the inters and whilst the lady was standing as describ3d, toolc gently by the hand, when she pushed him from he t sfl o , utter conteoopt, and cried out with great energy , . s fi a sir, I wont go off -I will stay here." [Cheers, e- 4 1 .- hiss i f much confusion followed.] The gen lemau retired) tO Miss Saxon again sat down at the table, and appear e d • cry violently. At this juncture the whole house wal feverish state of excitement, and the; under whiall„ fi g lady laboured was doubly increased by her oh ae " :- 1 several other persons leave the house. At this nib e nis there were loud cries of "Go off! go off!" and itap is ity calls for " Raymond, Raymond." It would be Vino possible to depict the scene. The gentleman, I ,s alluded to, c :me to Miss Saxon several times, but ""tbs repeatedly slapped his offered hand away, wi th i d utmost disdain, amid shouts of laughter, cheers, big o t o calls for " Raymond." After a scene of the g rey uproar, the lady came forward, bowed, and obis be silence, She then, wOli the sweetest smile ie world, said, " Ladies and gentlemen, if yo tt only hear ms for five or ten minu'es, I 40 1 give you more information, and initraction than e ver got before in five or ten years." A furious uproar lowed amid cries of Go off!"—" Take her off, R 1 9 °2°11 40 &c , mingled with hisses and cheers. The gentlemen e a e bs appeared, and attempted to le off the lady, 13.1/ spurned him'with coatempt. The uproar at this time "ei i umense, and cries of " Raymond !" sans from all 1 ,0 1 0 the house. The gentleman again tried to lead og Saxon, who went wi.h him towards the exit door, h .fii i suddenly breaking from him, she returned to her se at t, l. 4 shouted, " I will not go ; I will no., go." A storm of o ', followed, and vociferous shoe's for " Raymond." 1-f/4 sl tornado of confusion, Mr. Malone Raymond came fore4,o: and was received with enormous bursts of applause. rj fa it self and the other gentleman took the hands of ° s ho ot lady and conducted her towards the door, and when 3 ",1 1 0 the centre of the stage she broke from tin urn, ra° t c "of right hand of the stage, and, placing her back ree 3ll/ 00 against the brass rail, stoutly - defied any one to r eni t bit her. It may be im Tined what confusion and u proar o f caused, but after some remonstrance, she finally y r° amid a scene of commotion that we cannot depict. OO Mr. MALONS RANIIOND thjn came forward, a ll " e ste greeted with unbounded applause. He begged Ici on - der that Miss Saxon was most unfortunately suffering 1.-- a s the result of a serious accident Sh e met w i lr tb or s, accident in the head some time before leaving Na g and was under the best doctors there for a long peri 3 ",,sel , recovered; but the doctors said if ever she becam e to excited she would have a fit. The passage ear o6S toil Atlantic, and the great joy of her appearing. for Lb : c ite' time, in her native land, had caused her so mtle'hr - ffe ment, that the resu't was what they had wi:neaso' t aet could assure that respectable audience, on his hoen er ' o od this, and this only, was the cause ; and, if they ha d f° , s r liel t any other idea, they were gei.e mistakea—in fac t ' oft she got one of these fits, he was extremely sorry ° lo ot she was quite insane. When he c..mclui d, 6 c3ntinusd burst of applause f 'flowed. of, He then proceedel with hi s p or ti on o f t h e entertai l tal which is one of the most cha rm i ng an d interesting ivoild we ever sat an hour at. Far poetry, ene ed°te :s descriptive beauty, we unhesitatingly pronoun ee :i a titl perfection of such entertainments ; a n 1 f r om the P ° P doab s of Mr. Raymond, and the excellence of his fea3t, not of its complete success. ea to ifi Tint Nsw ZTALAND OLDFIELDS. News had a rric o A Nelson which c-sated a very great sensation. V the effect that Ellis's party, consisting of e ight la e t :pia e ttb . with two toms and a cradle g.,t out of the Slate pounds weight of gold in one day. It was also 5t 31 . 0 o f another party, consisting of three men, h-ed got f ,., ° ,00 0 , 1 , ° Dry River three pounds weight of in the e ' oo tta', one week. The statornen-, ,%ith respect to the l'in s ifet4s i l .; weight had been confirmed by a letter addressed I°,OP: Connell and Ridings, of Sydney, by their we', o tai: friends in Nelson. Notwithstanding the incleelell-00 tv of iba weather, rain had descended within a fo v i we otils i t ti ; compensate for the long droug`tt of summer acid b 3/ Success at the diggings s steadily increasing• a n relig'p arrival of thu bed steamer succes-ful diggers were ing with well-filled bags of the presides rae_ A ' sl forl lll :, accounts which they were giving of their go,,k ; i ts were inducing others to go over and try their .`":3,perait as the crops ware now pretty well s )wn, i% was o ne h ot that another fortnight or three weeks would see d gol d te d of toe adult male population of Blind Bay digg i A ti r the Aorere. We also hear of new fields b'irg T i i s eSts",he and worked, which shows clearly that the g'- ) " -- do te,,,70 over a large tract of Up the late st riOtP"; value of gold disposed of in Nelson is upwar ds ° NO ° of country. e but way theto Wellington quantity e t additio n her e al 00 est b e era ascertaining, nor the value of that, Which al derable, remaining in the hands of the diggers' Tian and New Zealand Gazette. v t i o as tb il i o c ; e ons TELEGJ FROM 0 the 801 'l 4 '" ° 3 l l Mail 44 411 4 with ales broug t ° '.;• Cadiz, the 20th • ioop Vigo bring ee sPecie, Pr e ,„7"vioes by h 11.1 81 Y publ s u ." 101 :1 busi Etaat ti UR believed 17ges on I R 4, Genoa, (li te 148 prevai °ant at th Was known . )/4 TH OF Peat pain 131 11 ta ou r pr , ser Riu be remei • lesterd a y, th the Cone A-1 k l el of the exni '16, t d . : 1 1 the r es p e V i a fter takir g ° lttre has let' 144 Rtniu t own s 113 alro - gSt Pritleei:T 4: l4 treEt ; Al 411 : 1 Church en e httreh ; St. l O t i 1 4 at E2s Otit,!: a man of 4,1 1 74118, on 11 lita rY, av s I:Netzi a efri ,if i r:ends, lea t. Parable los