The Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-12-29 00:00:00

MONIS °re , ry . Cr, MESSRS. COPE, BROTHER, AND CO.'S ANNUAL ENTERTAINMENT. - . Messrs., Cope's cigar factory, in Lord Nelson-street, is an unique institution, and in many respects IS one of the lions of the town. The spirit and enterprise of the worthy proprietors have been so far appreciated that their establishment has now grown to colossal propor tions; and it is interesting from the fact that whilst idle • philanthropists have been feebly lamenting the obstacles which stand in the Way of the employment of female labottr, those entrusted with its mana g ement haVe; in true business fashion; practically solved the ,prOblem. If our information he . correct, fidt legS than 400 girls; who might dthei4ls6 lie dee.tittitei die able bele to earn kespectable livelihood in the making of cigars, in the filling, rolling, and wrapping of which their pliant fingers are found to be equally dexterous to f'' of the most practiced -- - "lU S " nommen, TO MOO them thu s ...ployett, congregated together in one. immense -*mit min, is a sight fid easily fbfgotten aid there 'afe Warty indicaticals of the ,idniost Vatefrial each With which ihe,propilettlig ttteli eoth foi4, heis. (hie of the latest inoveiii:) . fits,hi l tbiis ditoctito as eqn the establishment Cf . a . music claff, r , under the • intAttCtioil of„ Mr: Itasksoh; it the A oGiieert-idll, l .ncl which, we believe,' nurrebers auodt 1.3111 every Christmas a grand entertainment is given by the and this annual reunion, t o firm to:all ttleiremp:(7l.:; which only the special friends of the proprietors are invited, has hitherto been conducted with such liberality afid tate ; as to thro* into the shade and totally surpass all other festivities of a like ,thatacter. The batons of old, as -We learn ,by our 1344 made then- retaiqrs " blithe and gay," once a dear at gast and nhvi ' fetidalisin is happily ,dead; it, is pieasing•te ..olprkt.# how generally the employers of , labour are .beginning to acknowledge the mutuality of the tie which blerids,their . i,pterestis ,with the ll haPPioess i ant}, welfareecxthos9,• whypi,iley are itinnediateliesiirreihided: Messrs. Cope'-s annual aeitee took place last night, and so excellent were the arrangements, and such the infinite variety of the entertainment provided, that a happier party per haps never assembled. The company numbered nearly MO, arid the proceedings, which commenced at nine o'clock-icoilld.sWelte hyptight to a termination before eitjit o'clock this Morning: The ditettaiiiment as usual was agreeably diversified, and consisted of a ball, concert, scenes in the circle, and "a grand dramatic performance." At nine o'clock the eon:wally began to pour in, and to keep off the, outsiders who usually congregate . * multitudes on these, Occasions, Co*efed testibule, footed with ,tatpet cloth; and eitending,.. genii ~the thiptiray i to ,the it iterh-sterie, had be4n provided for the receptpri Of guestP; This has Vept by foui polleenibh j and the visitor on entering was dismayed to find that the huge work-rooms had been stripped as if by magic of all their trade paii phernalia, and decorated in a style of unusual Magni fieeliee iti - lietictit o f the occasion,. A crimson' clOth Yvai spread the the walls *ere . • - • . ,t Orilehel flaws fad evergecii ClefiCes,; ti.,ftM , little tlielit6 had t•ellid fitted do, *itii wellLelecated's(iefies ana every accessory which art could supply ; and the pleasing transformation which had.been effected was in every sense complete. It will be sufficient, perhaps, if we state that the decorations. had been drawn from the resources of Compton House, and that taste and tact were exhibited eVetyt4itere4 - Mr. Martin's large and excellent °MU pied the orchestra, and played during the ,evening a selection of the newest dance music , of , the day.: Some of the pieeel were cipitenoiT,And i ,hadfbeen,wrigen for the Occasien,, three of .than ben4, the compesition i of Mr, Frank Musgrave, late df the ThOatre Royal, and now of the Strand Theatre in London. These Were the "Fairy Queen Schottisch," the "Pantomime Polka," and the "Harlequin Galop." They embodied for smart hefts and vivacity the very spirit of the season, and were ir.ett t L geiiesally adtiiited: We understand that Mr. ini,th' of Lerd-Stfeet; apart giating their merits has date 'lliritigelents tor publishing them, On itie st of January, at a very low price ; and we have no doubt that- tuey will soon attain celebrity. A new galop, "The Prairie," by Mr. Martin, was also introduced, and. appeared to meet a merry appreciation from the dancers. After a quadrille 3 polka, ?ie., had been, gone thkeb.gh, the break was filled up by a song front the Members of the music class . Connected with the establiShment, in which they were led by their tutor, Mr. Lawson. Some of the girls who sang the solo parts have really beautiful voices, and the choir gave evidence of careful and assiduous practice. Again,-carpe the daPee; and .as the tired waltzers rested theniselies, Arthur Fornian, the flutina player, 3+60 tunes are so faniilidt tO.tbelars pf the Wandering riblip p rolll his little eoCteyritiee lute the *ll " with his usual ability he plays an Liz • upera or an old English melody, and receives loud applause from an appreciating audience. This clever performer must be familar to many of our readers ; as he is generally to be found behind carts or in some out of-the-way corner in the neighbourhood of Clayton square, delighting with his performance certain admirers who seem never to think it too cold to stop and listen to him. So on during the evening, the pause between each dance, which is usually so embarrassing, being happily filled up with choicest music of one kind or another, until at length the time arrived for the grand dramatic performance. Each guest had in his hand a beautiful coloured programme) and we here insert the cast for the r • 4RAND DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE. In consequence of the brilliant success, crowded houses, enthusiastic reception, &c., &c., which has attended the xnag niilceßt revival of that gorgeous Oriental Spectacle, " "BOX AND COX," it will be repeated this evening, as originally performed, for several hundred consecutive nights before Her Majesty the Queen and her Youngest Daughter. Box., Mr. Cox. Cox Mr. Box. Mrs. Bouacer Mrs. Bouncer's Mother. Corypheseses, Warrioreseses. I Knighteseses,Waitreseses. Booteseses, Villagereseses. Etceteraceseses by the entire strength of the Company. Leader of the Libretto The illustrious 9aticy Gamp. Stage :Manager • • • , The celebrated Mrs. Harris. Prciperties; Machinery, Sdeneryi Deedraticinii, &0.,_ &c., by various artistes, Irbote names are foci well knoWn even to need mentioning. • After which, at about a Quarter-past One, will be performed, By a Company of distinguished Amateurs, the 2nd Act of GRAND SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, Two of the Limited Liability Company's Horses having been, regardless of expense, borrowed for the occasion. The whole to conclude with the marvellous performance of the BOUNDING BROTHERS OF THE BREATHLESS PRAIRIES, who will give their elegant Drawing-room Entertainment, as originally performed by them before the Emperor of China, on the evening before he left Pekin. The appointments of the stage, which was fitted up with footlights and every legitimate accessory, the small historical looking-glass hang against the wall, - the rasher of baton was eihibited, the private property of. Mr, Cox, and Mr. Itok provided the usual multiplicity of old hats. The character of Mrs. nounter Was admi tably pourtrayed bk a .young man Connected with the iiiess of the town, and Mr. Copeland will ; Rd doubt, pike violent efforts to de6irb the services of both Mr. Cox arid Mr. Bdt. The parts were rendered with ii!itnitable drollery, and the audience testified their eldpreciation by uproarious laughter and rounds of ap- Plause. Throughout the acting was above a mere amateur effort—it was finished. Some more dances and some more songs succeeded the drama, after which, pur suant to the programme, " the Bounding Brothers of the Breathless Prairies" went through their wonderful burlesque acrobatic performances. The "Brothers " performed wonderful feats of strength, balancing feathers, lifting accumulations of paper half-hundred weights, and balancing huge-poles secretly supported by rings in the ceiling. They were dressed as red and blue men, their tight-fitting garments glittering with sprangles. Alto gether their entertainment was intensely ludicrous, and much merriment was created by the cool ef f rontery with which the Brothers, after performing a feat made diffi cult only by the contortions of the performer, bowed appealingly to the audience for their applause. The termination was made intensely comical by a real police man walking into the ring, and ordering them off on the pain of being immediately arrested. On this they at once packed up their battered hats and old clothes, for a supply of which Fontenoy-street seemed to have been ransacked. _ The refreshment department was presided over by Mr. Mitchell and a numerous staff of assistants, a long table being laden with immense pork pies, substantial rounds of beef, and other Christmas cheer. No small amount of fun was created at this table by a huge boar's head, which had been secretly fitted up with a gutta percha tube running under the table into a lower apart ment, and by means of which the boar's head appeared to hold a confab with anybody who felt inclined to hold a conversation. The boar's head sang comic songs, quoted Shakspere, yelled and howled, barked like a dog—in fact, did everything but submit to be civilly cut up as it should have been, and the pipe being cleverly concealed, the mystery for a long time remained unsolved. The whole entertainment was a decided success, and one which will be often recurred to with pleasure by its happy participants. The ball, as we have stated, was not to close till eight o'clock this morning, Messes. Cope preferring a protraction of the time to the other alternative of the girls having to wend their way home at an earlier hour in the morning,. When we left, the guests generally appeared equally inclined to stay ; and although many had ordered coaches at a much earlier hour, few went away before the close, for to do otherwise was to relinquish. an enjoyment such as comes only once a year, arid such, it was felt, as might not be shared in again for & life-time, THE BOUSFIELD TESTIMONIAL.—A further list of subscriptions for the Bousfield testimonial will be found this day in our advertising columns. As the committee intend to close the list with the present year, we would suggest that all our readers who have not yet sent their donations to the fund, which will be shortly presented to our gallant young townsman, now universally and officially acknowledged to be the originator of the present volunteer movement, should do so without delay. Both locally and nationally, the inhabitants of Liverpool owe a public debt to Col. Bousfield ; and we trust the amount of subscriptions will prove that, despite the numerous demands upon them at this present inclement season, his varied merits are fairly appreciated. CORONER'S INQUESTS.—Yesterday the coroner held the following inquests :—On the body of Charlotte Samp son, two years old, the child of a master mariner, who lives at 90, Seacomb-street. On the 2nd December the child's clothes caught fire, and she was so much injured that death was the result. Verdict accordingly.—On the body of a child named John Kelly, six weeks old, that was suffocated in bed in a court off CroSshall-street. Verdict, accidental death.—On the body of a child named James Murray, six weeks old, the child of parents living in a court off Shaw's-brow. The child was found dead in bed on Thursday morning. The mother of the child went to bed drunk on Wednesday night, and the child was found suffocated in the morning. The jury, in returning a verdict of found suffocated, censured the mother, and told her she had narrowly escaped being charged with manslaughter. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE LANCASHIRE AND YORK SHIRE RAILWAY. —On Wednesday ,night last, an accident, by which a fireman lost his life instantaneously occurred on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, at Knottingley, near POntefract. A goods train, consisting of nine trucks and one cattle truck, left Wakefield for Doncaster in the afternoon, and at Knottingley the driver was engaged • some time in shunting. When, about seven o'clock, he started for Doncaster, his engine was suddenly thrown off the line and rolled down the embankment, at that spot about twenty feet high, into a garden below. He escaped, but his fireman, a person named Foster, was killed on the spot, the engine rolling over him in the fall. An examination of the line after the accident showed that a . " chair" had been broken by a preceding train, and the rail having no support under neath gave way as the engine got over the spot. Of the cattle in the truck that was attached to the tender three were killed :" the - others did not sustain the least injury, LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY. (Before Mr. RAFFLES.) HOW DID IT ITAPPEN? A lady-like looking, female, very neatly attired, Who gave the name of Eliiibeth Walters, and Was described as respectable, was bought up iti ettstndyi charged b 5, John John Moss, a ear -driver, with reffiging tb P4hinl 7a. fare for driving her from i tqlhalf=past 7 o'clotli, the story of the case was as follows :—lt 4peared that the prisoner had been in a public-house in Houghton-street; Clayton-squate, and, froM some Unexplained. cause ,she 4ithei 'EII Hr iiiit lief hand thiOtigh lodkitig-gliiSS, breaking it, and cutting her hand severely. l'wo yoiing women who were in the house called the car and sent the nrisoner r the northern Hospital, Where she re mained for thro hours getting her hand dressed. On her tettitn she teftised tti pay the tar 6,0, Itrhidh Came tic s. in 1.44 to itiB lirofihip, tite prisoner said Silt had no right to, tor' the Cat' kr ri not Priftbiter-= 2 -I did #i:)ierigage it, f . epga'sea forme, ard. the, perrns.Wno engiigea had a ighic; paY, a§ I sneered; erten:rill' without ; that. sfi. Rages (to the carman)--W' hc hired you , Two young gilds ,carne : to me and said hei6 l4Ait Tadi,i3O fie taken from the public-house to the hospital. Did the girls go with her to the hospital? No, sir ; there was no one with her. Mr. Raffles (to officer 287, who had charge of the case) —Do you know how the accident happened ? Ido not, sit ; Thut the people at the public-house said there was ifo Odige against hei for treating the glass. Mr 4 Rages ,(to tlii4iiti l ElO'nery-=ieott tht\fst pay the 75.; and 2s. Gd. to the dver . ., frisonei.LlVtit I did rot Origa'ge the car. 11fr: liafftes—Yoli Used: it; and the citiier knows h() eie, else iii the case. You;.eanna use a ear this way withotit Yoq must pay the money, or go to prison for three days. he i4do,ieteded in custody. JOHN MTAIITITY'S PANTOMIME! Vas npt ilobn, o lll‘garthy as goo k a . right to have a n. Ms own, aeconnti i as he has to possess his coat or his ehitt i tr an Cith6 garment ? To be sure he has, and more particularly as Mr. John . 111'Carthy has plenty of money, and is able and willing . . . to pay for his pantomime. And it came to pass that Mr. ;lan MTlartby lives in Queen-street, and is the keepet of .teinperatide, ,cuiree arid boarding-house in odebh:Aieei ) ti 6 also pursues or folloWs *the business of an emigrant runner into the bargain. Mr. M'Carthy is a small man, but he possesses powerful courage and great nerve, and no doubt would not be afraid to meet a Russian bear, or an African lion, if citbet Cdritt in his e+fx, A photograph of this cele brated a6a 6-; .14ct11 be worth possessing. The following is the best portrait We can present of him :--About 54 inches (in his stocking feet, for he had neither boots, shoes, slippers, nor clogs on) high, and as he looked over the iron rail that separated him from his attorney, Mr. Bluck, Mr. M'Carthy's nose ran a tisk of coining into collision with the posterior part of thu g lVa.trieci . gent;lenlaes legal skull, so long was the protuberance that issued froin het;eeir the" eyes of the prisoner, Ite had a striped shirtebut neck c • • . one of his fingers boie a large and brilliant ring, and a winged coat; conipieted, his upper. " toggery." There was a strong Presiirription that he Mid a trousers on him, but there was a positive certainty that he had nothing on his feet Ofilre a pair of socks. His look was rather and eyes din fine frenzy rolling; u.o teeth were *hit t as the. elle* on the roof of his own house, and when lie opened his Moab; the Went cried out clearly, as Paddy Blake's eel°, Mayo; Mayb; being the County that had the hOnthir of the tiatibitk Of this Child of . genius Mr;.l\lrbaithSr 13e!fig the kg/0 Of ti,telliPeranee Coffee-66A Of.entifsa did not tidtroiltse tildigelf i but his custom appeared to have been transferred to sothe public house in the locality. Whether black spirits or blue were dispensed at:any emporium in the neighbour- liood of not, was not manifested, but it seemed that a "bottle imp" of gthae sort or other, had introduced itself into Mr. MCarthy'S cUpboard; and the necromantic effects of thii .‘ 1 di c kitt 4isitdiit appears td bade been truly wonderful on the animal spirits of lvir: k`Carthy: After some cogitation with himself, he came to the con clusion that he was Mr. Pantaloon (not a trousers), and then he was changed into a clown, and after several transformations he was thoroughly convinced that he was the real original harlequin, and having divested himself of all his duds, save the shirt aforesaid and the socks on his feet, -he seized the paker, and marched into the street in search of his abducted columbine. He had not much difficulty in discovering the giant who had ran away with his darling: and that monster pre sented hirriself in the shape of a police-officer, No. 858, who was 'Sassing along /ery quietly, thinking only of black-eyed Susan, and a cozy supper ;• when he was brought to a sense of his propriety by receiving a blow from the poker, wielded by the athletic arm of Mr. M`Carthy, upon his right arm, that nearly left that important limb fit for the operations of Mr. Evan Thomas. Police.:officer 858 had no objection to Christ mas boxes ; but he preferred them of a milder and less striking character, and he ventured to tell Mr. M'Carthy that his salutation Pas not one of an agreeable sort. Mr. M'Carthy told him he was very'untemionable, and if he did not like what he had got, he would make out a second edition, and was about to heap that on his head with the poker, when the unreasonable officer made a grasp at him, to claw him in his clutch;' but Mr. M'Carthy was aware of him, and, after giving him another " souce" with the poker, made his escape, crying loudly for his dagger. Whether the dagger came before him after the fashion of Macbeth, is not easy to say; but certain it was, that he appeared very soon after in the street with a formidable cane sword, swear ing that he would do for all who opposed him. Now, the officer, not caring about the doing department, suppose he was to 136 2 " done brOwn," did oppose hiin, and after a severe conflict ; the "bould and brave M`Carthy" was obliged to yield to the over-powering numbers of 858. and 4M . , although they both declared that they had considerably more than a noggin to wash, before they mastered Master M'Carthy with his poker and cane sword. Here the two articles Were exhibited ; and very ugly-looking implements they were. The first numbered officer, in addition to the above, added—When we got the prisoner to the station, he said, " well, you have got me now, but I will get off for a fine—l can pay any amount in that way, and when I get out I will settle your hash and no gammon about it, either." Mr. Bluck cross-examined the policeman, who said the prisoner had only his shirt and trousers on at the time ; he could not tell if he had boots or shoes on. Mr. Bluck—What was he doing when you first saw him ? Officer—l did not see him first at all—(laughter)—the first thing I saw of him was a clout of the fire-poker on the arm that nearly broke it, and before I had time to lay hands on him, he gave me another wipe of it, and then ran through the streets like an escaped lunatic, and I could not catch him till he came out with this sword in his hand, and swearing he'd rip me up like an , old sack. Police-officer 473 was called, and be corroborated the evidence of his comrade. Mr. Bluck, with all the eloquence he was able to - cornmand, and all the soft and bland constructions which he knows so well how to put on a case when occasion requires it—and good ness knows he gets plenty of such occasions—pleaded Christmas time, Mr. M'Carthy's respectability, the great effect the frost and snow had on him, his unshoed feet, and a variety of other things in extenuation; but Mr. Raffles, after duly complimenting Mr. Bluck on his • _ _ ingenuity, said he considered all these things aggravated Mr. M'Carthy's offence, and therefore he fined him £2 and costs for the assault on the officer. Mr. M'Oartlay sent for a small bag full of sovereigns, paid the money, and then walked away in his stocking feet. (N.B.— One of the bridewell keepers remarked that the M'Car- thy pantomime would be likely to have a run in Queen street for the remainder of the week.) THE CHARGE AGAINST MRS. COTTERELL. Mrs. Mary Anne Cotterell, who std d remanded on a charge of stealing certain articles from Mrs. Harris, of Berry-street, was brought up on another charge of having obtained goods by false pretences. Mr. Littler, instructed by Mr. CaMpbell, appeared for the prosecutor, and Mr. Cobb for the prisoner. On two or three occa sions heretofore the details of the case were published in the Times. From the opening statement made by Mr. Littler, it appeared that in September last the prisoner went to London to purchase goods for Mrs. Harris, and that she made purchases at Messrs. Parsons and Co., Paul's Church-yard, London. She purchased two parcels —one was sent by rail to Mrs. Harris, to Liverpool, and another to the prisoner, at the Cathedral Hotel. The latter parcel was never received by Mrs, Harris, but the goods were traced to a pawnbroker's in Liverpool, where they were pledged by the prisoner, and the prisoner was never able to account for them. Mr. Raffles What about the jurisdiction I have in this case? The false pretence was in London. Mr. Littler : I think it is one continuous case from the delivery of the goods. Mr. Raffles : The delivery of the goods took place in London. Mr. Littler said he would then proceed under the recent Fraudulent Trustee Act. Mr. Raffles said that would be the most likely course to adopt. The following evidence was then given : Mr. Stanley, a manager of Messrs. Parsons and Co., 9, St. Paul's Churchyard, London, proved that in Sep tember last goods were ordered by the prisoner for ;111 . 5- Harris, of Liverpool. He was handed some invoices, and said there was a shawl for £5 10s., and velvet io the amount of £9, and jewellery; the whole came to £l9, and sent the goods to the Cathedral Hotel. Mr. Raffles : Am I to understand that some of these articles reached Mrs. Harris ? Mr. Littler : None ; I will prove that. The witness said there was another order to the amount of about £49 sent to Mrs. Harris by rail. Mr. Cobb cross-examined the witness. A porter from the house proved having delivered a parcel of goods at the hotel for Mis. Harris, of Liverpool. Mrs. Harris was called, and proved that she did not receive the goods mentioned in the invoice. In reply to Mr. Cobb, the witness said the prisoner told her she had purchased things for herself. Robert Bailly, salesman to Hugh Jones and Co., of London, proved having sold goods to the amount of £8 2s. to the prisoner in September last, and sent the goods to the Cathedral Hotel to the priso ner, and sold her goods to the amount of £24 next clity . for Mrs:Harris. A young man froni Mr. Critehley's pawnshop proved that the prisoner pledged goods now produced at the shop in the name of Mrs. Harris, and signed the name •of that lady in the book. Mr. Littler then said he would prefer a charge of for gery in that ease against.the prisoner. In reply to Mr. Cobb the wltuess . said the prisoner expressly stated that she had kis. Ilarris i s' atitharltf td gign the book. Mrs. Harris Nias again called add denied thdt she ga+e the pristnier any aiithoritY to pledge the property, or sigri hei iianiei Itaffies said the Case l+as ddiffiCult one, but he would s'effti 4 theprisoner for trial. Mr: • • Cobb .said he would not prodnoe any witness in that case, but if his - instructions were carried out he knew what the fesiili would be; TWe priso'n'er wa's thed sent for trial. RENOLER'S CIRQUE-THE GRAND PANTOMIME. Panteininies Med to lie ptifely associated with thee ties; were the there Icedtsteys tet a learned horse would riot lae allowed to enter; un Mattel Oat tiiifintit of Asses riqght already, he there.; Time; hoWeiter, alters' ail thugs, and .Perhaps, the liprtf rg trot I..ery distant when the electric telegi:apfh Will, be left behind.;" and so it is wi i th our old.friends, ",Hereter they have givenup doing,the pe thing on foot, and taken to horsebaCk for its which we think is much more excellent every way. For instance, v; ,+ ici i would walk when he can get a beautiful steed to carry him ? We dotht believe in walking under such circumstances ; and we feel much. inclined—if we could—to follow the example of a gen , tleamn, viiliont We once knew, who used to ride his pony into . his dravring-robin t Oh, but start not, they do this at .11erigter's, no'' arid hire too' f fer they enter King's palaces and ladies' Chainbei'S arid teas ; bolters ;• and encharited glens arid: glen's on6hanied ;: and places tha't riohodY ever liedel of before; afid piobahlt never rill hear pi a ain, mid all on 'horseback, too mind Mr. Charles Hengief tras Ooduee4 out of the short' of Valentine and Orson—it makes ifoi th 4. slightest dif ferenCe Whether the. story has any, referen ce to 611er -fat:mance,' nor Whether .the lattei bears the least resem blance to the Steiy-- - -Mr. Hengler haS succeeded in bringing out one of the rtic - At tinecestiful things of the sort probably ever seen in Liverpool. tilfferent persons possess different genius, • and the ability shoWn by Mr. Hengler in this piece, is only equalled by the magni ficent mariner in which the whole is carried out by the large and isiented ctimpany belonging to the establish ment., They do these thiligA i!ette? in France I •No. We defy France, or anywhere else, to ecinal this cothical, entertaining, and really national paritomithe. As for fun and frolic, and every other mortal thirig, "it licks other ereaUcins irito everlasting yen, we haie clowns and harlequins, and Pantaloolis--;:ctd bind:the latter are not "inexpressibles"—aad columbines, and transfor mations, and goodness knows what; and we haVe them on horseback and on foot, and, not unfrequently, their heads, too; kings, queens, princesses, and knights; and palaces, and forests of gloom, and heralds, and King Pippin's daughter in the shape of Mr. Johnston ! We lia4e Or'2ly,ohe find With the *hole, and that is, the StriitliFf only are With this eiception, everything and everybody may iie totind itt this acme of equestrian pantomimes. Mr. John Henry Cooke per sonates The Green Knight on his fiery charger ; and, • • , much al H kale said, and much as was desired to o.; of him, in other characters; 4 . 6ilantii f.talChOngh of him in this.. Mr. John M. Hengler, as Valentine (a going knight), is nearly as wonderful as he is on the tightrope ; and in the latter he has no peer, nor have we any hesi tation in saying he never will have one. Mr. Charles ftenglet does everything well, and therefore his repre pntation of _king Pippin is food; and as for our friends, Frariksi dlidrley li3fi, Clark, Oriel), and Watson—the lyrical jester-e really dolt know What to say of them, except this, that after an efenirig s'p - ent Trt the' 'jinn's, gouty and other patients may adopt the advice of Macbeth— and " throw physic to the dogs," for sure we are they ; would not require any medicine after the " fun " for a fortnight or three weeks to come. The grand wind-up, called the "Imposing Finale," is excellent ; and, on the whole, the piede may be pronounced an admirable hit. During dig Week the house has been—crowded is not the word-Lfor thinitsandi had to go 'away who could not gain admission ; for, the instant the dddrs are opened, the house is filled after a very magical mariner-=except that one , feels a good bit crushed trying to get in. The performance is not confined to the pantomime, as there are several other splendid novelties; and with the entire of the star company engaged, the cirque is now one of the most fashionably attended houses of public entertain ment in the Northern Metropolis. ACCIDENT ON THE IVIANCHESTER, SHEF FIELD, & LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY. An accident of a serious character occurred near Gainsborough, in connection with the last through train from Manchester to Hull, on Wednesday night. It appears that the railway company are in the habit of attaching a third-class carriage to this train at Retford, which is invariably placed behind the guard's van. On arriving at Gainsborough, about eight o'clock, several third-class passengers were booked, and altogether there would be about 20 passengers in the carriage at this time. All went on well for about a - quarter or half a mile. after leaving Gainsborough, when, s on nearing Thonock-lane bridge, the passengers in thisias,t carriage noticed that something was wrong, the carriage jumping about in quite an extraordinary manner. Presently there was a crash—the windows were broken, flying inwards, and the carriage fell down on one side, one of the wheels having come off. The other wheel soon followed, and then the end compartment of the carriage was gradually smashed to pieces. When the bottom gave way, about half a dozen passengers were thrown betsVeen the lines of rails, whilst others had the greatest difficulty in keeping themselves in the carriage by clam bering over into the other compartment. One mart, named Wm. Cook, a potato merchant, clung for about two miles by one' arm to the window frame, until both window and door gave way. A man, his wife, and child, named Trevethick, were amongst the passengers who were pitched out. The first-named immediately became insensible, but, beyond a few bruises, was not hurt. The child was subsequently found about twenty yards from amongst the snow, quite uninjured. The wife presented a remarkable spectacle, all her clothes being torn to shreds ; even her ,stays and boots were' ripped up ; but, strange to say, she hez self almost escaped injury.. The most serious case is that of a man named John Wm. Restrick, mechanic, of Grimsby, who sustained a fracture of the skull, and is hardly expected to survive. Mr. Burgess, cattle dealer, near Grimsby, reported' himself amongst the sufferers, but his injuries are pronounced insignificant. The accident, it seems, was not discovered until the arrival of the train at Blyton, four and a half miles from Gainsborough, notwithstanding the cries of the passengers, which must have been terrific. Every assistance was then, however, given to the sufferers, the most serious cases enumerated above being brought to Gainshorough, and at once placed under the best medical advice. Two others, who were slightly injured, proceeded on their way to Brigg and Scawby. Of ,course, most of the passengers were more or less shaken and bruised. The company's sur geon, Mr. Harrison, visited the sufferers on Thursday, and declared them to be getting on as well as could be expected. The Aurora has arrived from Demerara with sugar and rum. A GOOD ERAMPLE.—A benevolent lady resident in Bideford, Devon, is now using every effort to raise, in small contributions, the cost of a lifeboat. Soon after the wreck of the Royal Charter on the Anglesey coast, last winter, when 455 poor creatures lost their lives, she composed a poem on that sad disaster. In the course of the same winter, some fearful wrecks took place on Bideford bar. Successful efforts were made by the life boats of the National Lifeboat Institution to save their crews, which induced Mrs. Hartley to compose another poem, called the "Lifeboat." She then decided, in conjunction with some of her friends, to circulate some thousands of the poems; and the proceeds of the sale have already realised £l5O. Mrs. 'Hartley has put her self in communication with the National Lifeboat Insti tution, which will take measures, as soon as the requisite sum (about £250) has been raised; to plant the lifeboat on some exposed point, where, probably, hereafter many a poor shipwrecked sailor will feel grateful to the lady who so persevezingly and successfully laboured in his behalf. ------- FROZEN TO DEATH.—A married woman, living separate from her husband, aged 30, and named Martha Briggs, was killed by the cold at Halifax, on Wednes day night. She was a mill worker, but a drunken, dis solute woman. About eleven o'clock, she left the Blue Ball Inn, to go to her lodgings, and she was intoxicated. She was not seen till next morning, about eight o'clock, when she was found quite dead, near Boys' Well, Bow ling Dyke, a short distance from the inn. What excited surprise was, that her clogs were gone, and could not be found. Her habit was, on going home dru nk, which was almost every night, not to undress herself, but to cast off het clogs, and then lie down. It is surmised that on Wednesday night, stupefied by the drink and cold, she laid her down by the river side, where she was found, having first thrown off her clogs into the stream, actually supposing she was going to bed. NOVEL ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH AT OLDHAM. —A line of telegraph, of somewhat novel construction, has just been completed for Messrs. Platt Brothers and Co., the extensive machinists, of Oldham. The two great b s e a he s d of n r t k h p i e s 0 p e e t establishment, sehmmpelne employed, , e whered,. are about upw upwards d s mileo f andfive a thousand q - lf f r om each other, on opposite sides of the town, which In nr h ^ of steel, and about two-tenths ap of an bri isdged over by the electric telegrh. The .wire, - , mported for its entire length, near inch in diameter, is chimneys, at an elevation the summits of six tall fact.— ' leaving clear spans of of 180 feet from the ground,' anu _ supports, the 1,000 to more than 2,000 feet between lowest points of the curves ranging f r om 70 t o . 1 . 20 feet t pe the bl c iyk t a eety t h o ea er reaches longerpe l thread, c place.. l a awet b hn o f v ect e nhhes the vetahxn s tei u rs eh r w f ne ti si c rt e eyi neafertftphheeteahn mist ground. s o tet u oul n ros d vnt . erge tbf e T ehr o f ro a eeud s fixedt h the other. The alwaysT h e chimneys a t work, dw consequentlyhi o th e t e dt li v g w :s inye p o h tdovrpey i rs s , r e e f n t d h e e rs ah i a n f s t u a l b at e r n ; almost gained ü b n y n in ec e e a s n sa a r e y f , a ro ce p es es s by means of a kite spring. The works were projected and carried out by Mr. H. Wilde, of Mancheste r; th e wire furnished by Messrs. Johnson Brothers; and the beautiful instruments which point to the letters of the alphabet at the rate of one hundred per minute; and are so simple that any child who can spell can wor k th em , are the recent invention of Professor Wheatstone. CHINA: THE PEACE OF PFKIN. The following most interesting and important letters froni hedd-tparters have arrivved THE 1 5 RISONItS A:Wr) idEiR tRkS.T3I.MXT, Camp before 1 4 eicin, dei, , • I . , 1 • • ,•• • t - • The Chinese atithoritiee had giver} notice thet on the 12th sokzio incite cif the piisoneri atilt remaining in their hands would be given up, and adaditic;ly hi the Boursee, s ' • 4 . " I of the day eight Sikhs were brought into camp, bit he Downy .or Brabaz9n, ,as had almost been hoped for ! , against hoPe; tic&ompanied them,...nor ,were the Sikhs , , • able to give us any tidings of therm' We hod nob hcy ever, long to wait for these. On the .hod tylio mare, Sikhs, who turned out to be the last of the survivors, were released, and from them we learnt that Bowlby and Phipps, the private of the King's Dragoon Guards, had, like ale Dorman, Anderson, and the two Sowars, whose fate I was enabled to communicate to you by last mail, been Unatle' id ettiffite the brutal treatment to which they had been subjected airing the earlier period of their, •inkrisqnment: On the Same day &elf tile' Atte- inentioned tsyc; Sililia came in, the bodies of tie Norma,, Anderson, and two Sikhs; arrived, in carti, and on the 16th those of BowihY, PhipPs; ,arid .tvit4 other, Sikhs; those ,of four more Sikhs which were bieedght in on! the ,17t4 comp! gted„ with ,the survivors ' the, entire party that had, been talSen on the 18th of September, with one exception, 'that of peor!BrahazOn„ whose fate for some time f ti6aTned en eloped .. ,in, mystery. Twenty-six, in all, were captnred---ieven Englishmen, 19 Sikhs; of these two Englishmen (Parkes and Loch) and 11 Sikhs were released, and four Englishmen (De Norman, Bowlby, Anderson, and Phipps) with eight Sikhs, died of their sufferings. krabOon alone continued missing. Accounts subse quently,reeeived left us in na doubt, however, either as Co' the fact, of his death or: of the 'way 111 which it hap pened. Thodgh the earliest of Mein alli in point of time, it was perhaps the' liappieEit death, for Ile *as- wed much 9f the sufferings the other's undefitent. 1' attempt was made by the Mandarin's to produce his body, and when they vide asked whit had Won* of him, they said two Etliopeans had teen beheaded by order of the General commanding at Pah,li-choli;vdied . that , position was attacked by the allied armies 9ii the morning of the 21st 'of September, and their bodies thrown into the Canal. . This statement a g reed so ac'eUraiely with that given' by the Chinese Christians who visited Baron Gsos,and also with the information derived through the Russians; that no doubt remained that poor Brabazon was one of those Europeans. When the An-ting Gate was surrendered to the allied Commanders-in-Chief, they- were ignorant of the sad particulars attending the deaths of these poor fellows ; the details were grachially obtained through the released prisoners ; and; as the bodies of our murdered country men were Ifrought id, the treatment they bad endured burst upon its with appalling distinctness. THE RETRIBUTION—THE EMPEROR'S PALACE BURNT TO THE GROUND.—THE INDEMNITY. There was but one feeling throughout the army, horror at the treachery and the atrocious cruelties that had been committed, a feeling most fully participated in by Lord Elgin and Sir Hope Grant. The Prince of 'lung, by almost daily letters and messages; was p fpressing his readiness and anxiety to come td.aii e'AYeetflenYenst.of all diffilcultiesi hirt a great retribution awaited4.:h6 tinpeitur Mid the Chinese Government for their acts, before midi at feltet 6;ulcl Dv; ceded to. Th e puti i s tmgmt i n ;;;;:ted cannot be judged by any standiad of Otit evriti, but it falls with peculiar force on the COW ytto .attach so much importance to estab lished customs; aid feekslich, Venerratton for everything belonging to or connected the Omperof: To exact a money indemnity, even cOnM have been made forthcoming, would have teed flat adequate way of marking the opinion of a great civilised nation on acts that would disgrace the most barbarous, and an indignation that required money to allay it would hale been deemed merely affected, and put forward as a pretest for obtaining a larger indemnity than the one named hi the Contention: All such exactions, also, fall on the *pie, arid they Were not to blame. To reach the Emperor and. the Mandierins Was the great object and the great difficulty. It eOuld only he done by adopting some measure that cyould . place beyond the possibility of doubt in the minds of the gOverning classes of China that we were at Pekin as Masters; that the arrogance of the Chinese Government could be lessened, and it made to feel the responsibilities that attach to the commission of acts of duplicity and cruelty. The only hope that could be entertained of at last awakening the Emperor to the necessity of accept ing the State of things forced upon him by circumstances and the tidies 4d ithidt he lived was by attacking his prestige, which had. for so long enveloped him like a cloud, and prevented his perceiiing the datigers that threatened and surrounded his throne. By an evidence of power, that all the sophistry of the most canning Mandarins could not gainsay was this object alone attainable. There seemed two ways of arriving at this result ; one was by capturing and holding the Imperial city of Pekin; the other was by the destruction of Yuen-Ming- Yuen, the favourite palace of the Emperor, and where the cruelties to the prisoners were first commenced. At Yuen-Ming-Yuen the tablets of the dynasty were preserved, on the ,safety of which, in the opinion of the Chinese, the existence of the present reigning family depends. By the people the palace was held in great veneration from its being the constant residence of the Emperor, and the place where all the great princes and nobles of the empire assembled ; the gardens and build ings, were famed for their beauty throughout China, and immense sums were expended yearly on their maintenance. It was the scene of all the intrigues and gaieties of the Court. It was there that the great receptions and levees were held, and there that the Emperor had his concerts, evening parties, and private theatricals, when, it is said, he mixed on more familiar terms with those invited than we imagined could exist in the ceremonious Court of Pekin, an obeisance to the Emperor on his entering and leaving the hall of recep tion being the only ceremony performed. The high walls and open spaces that surround the Imperial city inside Pekin, separating it entirely from the city itself, would, to a certain extent, have protected the people from injury in the event of an attack having been made upOn it, but the Allied Commanders-in-Chief felt themselves precluded from adopting this course on account of the conditions they had granted to the Chi nese on the surrender of the An-ting Gate. The destruction of Yuen-Ming-Yuen was therefore finally decided on. • Lord Elgin and the Commander-in-Chief both ad dressed the Prince of Kung by letter, informing him of their decision and the reasons that influenced them in arriving at that decision. Lord Elgin, in terms of great severity, pointed out the treachery that had characterised the conduct of the Government of China from the first moment of their attempting to negotiate at Tien-tsin to their last act of perfidy in violating a flag of truce and murdering those captured while under its protection— that, in consequence of this conduct, he had called on the Commander-in-Chief utterly to destroy Yuen-Ming- Yuen, as being the spot where the cruelties to the prisoners first commenced ; he further demanded that a sum of 300,000 tads should be paid within 48 hours as an indemnity to the families of the murdered prisoners, and informed the Prince of Kung if there was any delay in so.doing, or any hesitation to sign the convention and exchange the Treaty of Tien-tsin, then the Emperor's Palace inside Pekin should be burnt to the ground. These letters were accompanied by proclamations that we're placed on the walls of Pekin, informing the people of the measures that were to be taken and the reasons for their adoption. 1 The English, in the course they now followed, acted entirely by themselves, the French commander-in-chief being opposed to the destruction of Yuen-Ming-Yuen, fearing it might preclude any chance that existed of coming to an arrangement with the Chinese Govern ment ; but Sir Hope Grant and Lord Elgin were not men to pass lightly over the want of good faith on the part of the 'Emperor of China. The more indifference Lord Elgin displayed about signing the Convention or coming to terms, the more alarmed the Chinese Govern ment became, and the more pressing for a day to be named to exchange the ratified Treaty of Tien-tsin. On the 18th of October Sir John Mitchell's division marched to Yuen-Ming-Yuen; they met with no resist ance—not a Tartar soldier was to be seen. On his arrival be disposed his force for the proper and system atic carrying out of his orders. From the place that was seized by the French on the 6th of October, it was at least six or seven miles before the last building of Yuen-Ming-Yuen was reached. This was at the foot of the first range of hills that bound the' plain to the north of Pekin. Over this large extent of ground were gardens, palaces, temples, and pagodas, on hrtificial hills, some of them 300 and 400 feet in height, with forest trees of all kinds covering their sides, through the green foliage of which were seen the yellow-tiled roofs of the various Imperial residences. A large lake lay burried in the midst of these wooded hills, with two or three islands on it, with turesque buildings, joined to the mainland by quaint, but beautiful stone bridges. On one side of the lake, extending upwards of two miles, winding in and out, among grottoes and through flower gardens, roofed in by flowering creepers, was the favourite walk of the Emperor and his Court ; in some places, where the palaces came to the water's edge, the walk was carried past them on a light and beautiful stone terrace overhanging the lake. The high mountains of Tartary forming the background made it, while it cer tainly was one of tae most curious, also one of the most beautiful scenes I had ever beheld. Two days were required effectually to set fire to and destroy all the buildings and walks of Yuen-ffi ing- Yuen. Much valuable property that it was impossible to remove was destroyed. It is said that it exceeded two millioni sterling, exclusive of the buildiegs. The 20th of October was the day named tor the pay ment of the indemnity of 30t,000 taels foi the families of the murdered prisoners. The money was ready long before the time appointed, and a letter arrived from the Prince of Kung, earnestly entreating that an early day should be named for signing the .ionvention: THE * FUNERAL OF THE MURDERED 'ENGLISEYCEN. It was on the •17th that the remains of poor De Norman, Andersen, - ,lowlby, and Phipps were consigned to the grave. - At noon of that day we all assembled to bear them to their last kesting : place. The coffins were each on a separate gun-cartage. A portion of the King's Dragoon Guards and Irregular Cavalry formed the advance; a body of infantry followed, with the band playing the " Del..d March." Lord Elgin and Sir Hope Grant were chief moerners. The pall-bearers were the members of the Embassy and the Com mander-in-Chief's Staff, Pane and some officers of his regiment, and some men of the King's Dragoon Guards. Parkes and Loch, who had shared their captivity, 4 had escaped almost by a miracle the fate of these companions, walked on either side of De Numbers of officers of both armies, "-mmander-in-Chief, closed the ' General Ignatieff -1 spirit which 4, the btu their poos Norman's coffin. including the French tiu— procession. The Russian Minisits, With that consideration and in the libera. , have distinguished him in all his intercourse wit... army ever since their first landing at Pehtang—had placed the Russian cemetery at e the disposal of the Conimander-in-Chief. They were all buried in one grave,; the service was performed by the chaplain to the forces, the Rev. Mr. M'Gee ; and one of the most strik ing occurrences was the presence at the grave, in their vestments, of a Roman Catholic and Greek, priest., who THE DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1860. t joined their prayers to ours Oef the remains Of our .• murdered countrymen; LC 61 1 .1 Y 111,'AVS.RTNEIr S PRESENTS. During the tiest . Tii . ktiOti Yu'ensl t iik-V,tien - the' soldiers came upon two present? Wat ha 4 been set out to the Emperor of China by Lord rtlaeaittiey Nom George 111.,—a State coach and two twelve-Voind howitzers,—e)mplcte in every way, and in very good condition and repair, great care having evidently been taken of them ; yet, strange to say, with these guns in fhoit Iteasession, they have never made any endeavour io ittiptilfd te?t Olt field artillery carriages. Shot and shell vOelre ,do's6 tti the guns in the kind of coach-hotise Which they Ifere iodnd: 'R PAIIA ti TIO, 'S I,6RD E T lq LGIN I B Tkir • • . ' INTO' PEKIN: • . On receipi, or Prince &tes let* and the payment of the 300,000 taels it was necessary td muteft r silitable relidenee, fos . the EiubaSsy inside Pekin, • add a public oirg 9( 841ficient,extent,,shoidd be prepared' in which' 6 ceremony, of sighing the Convention could be performed in air, foxiiiiress the koplo with the importance of the act they wer6 t i rlessln f , Messrs. Parkes and Loch were sent by Lord' noifgr the purpose of visiting all the public buildings in Pekin, and to select those best adapted for the objects in view. Lieutenant-Colonel Ross, of the Quartermaster- General's Department, also went, by order of the Com- Mairderzin-Chief, to see that proper quarters would be provided for the e'stort that was to attend Lord Elgin White he tesided in the city: Their description of the P'cierti of the city, and the state of decay of the public hutidirAiiinteAtdeplotable . .. With an escort of ffty men they, proceeded thro. 3 / 4 11 doicherit portion of the city, being joined by three or foiir Mar/dating', Who had been sent I to point out thoSe buildings that de' id the' best. repair, an obtain' their entrance into anYothefo they might dekre to' idspeet ;* bUt each seemed, to rNal the other in ciilapidatidn ddd liietehedrieSs, Passing down the west side of the city by odd n t'h'e biiacl` streets that run north and south, they found, as they' got' treater to the Chinese city, which is separated by a high wall fr . = the Tartar city, the streets much more crowded, and business going on more briskly. Turning to the left, along the south of the city, the streets became narrow and tortuous three or four buildings were visited in this vatter; but none of them were habitable. They passed the' ,Bovril of Punishments, where Parkes and Loch had been so long hill:timed, awl close by the Russian' Einbassy.• THE B'OARIY RITE g ent . 3lol /FeS. A bid'ad streei runs from the centre of the Imperial city on the south do the central gate of the Chinese city. A large sq T uare enclosure is in front of the gate enter ing the Imperial Palace, on the east side of Which' are the great Boaids of ()Cabe of the Empire. The first visited was the Board' of Ceremonies, which has been in its day a magnificeht hi/1104;F it has still fine court yards and halls. But the Board c'E Revenue was a heap of ruins, and the Boards of Civil Offfee, War, &c., in very little better condition. The Board of Ceremonies was therefore decided on as the place best adapted for the ceremony of signing the Convention, both on account of its position, wich was good, and from its better state of repair. No house s however, had been pointed out that in any way &Old be made suitable for the Embassy. Prince Rung was therefore requested to have some private palace at once *Piked for Lord Elgin's reception, and the Prince of I's was nanied; a b'ehig in a convenient situation. It is a building of vast eiteut ; the out houses alone could accommodate 3,000 soldters with ease; but the palace and gardens were in not better condition than the other buildings visited. Three hundred Chinese workmen were, however, set to work, and it is surprising how much they can do in a few hottrs towards making a place look habitable and corn foitabre. gut the state of decay of the public buildings, as well as pri 6Veo when owned - by one of the greatest and richest prititeg of .tire empire s like the Prince of I, gives a melancholy iM'ptessiOh for the future of China. THE SIGNING AND RATIFICATION OF nit CONVENTION,--LORD ELGIN AND PRINCE VINO; , The %tth' WM rite (fay naMed for signing the Con vention. Vof sthW daYi pi'eficl , 3 Medea. Wade and Parkes were busily engdged diteussiing the dames of the Convention, and making tirtaingerd'ents• for their coming into immediate operation, togethfeiv those of the treaty of Tien-tsiu, as soon as the ratified treatises were exchanged. Among the Chinese Deputies were Hang-lie and Wang. The latter was, I believe, asso ciated With Tan, Governor-General of Chil-li ' when they ineffectrially attempted to stay Lord Elgin's ad:Vance in 18•61. On the morning of the 24th Lord Elgin and Sir Hope Grant etiterect the A-n-ting gates aecomparded by an escort of WY men' and 160 officer, iron the regi ments at Pekin. The ComMander-in- , Chief, with the head-quarters and his persotial dab', tale' a littre in front of Lord Elgin, who was cafrit'd in his state chair by sixteen Chinese, dressed in scarlet; his botse; satiated; was led behind him, and the members of the embassy rode on either side. The 2nd Division, under Sir Robert Napier, lined the streets, and as Lord Elgin passed, followed at intervals, taking tip stragetical positions along the line of route, in case treachery was intended by the Chinese. Con siderable crowds lined both sides of the road; they were extremely orderly, merely etincing great curiosity to get a glimpse at the "Great Barbarian" by attempting to peep into his chair as he passed by. The Board of Ceremonies is about three miles and a half from the An-ting Gate, and it was past three o'clock before the procession arrived there. Dense crowds surrounded the entrance and filled the streets and square in front and on every side of it. The guard formed up on either side of the courtyard, where the dais on which the ceremony was to take place opened. The officers ranged themselves on the left of the dais, the place of honour, and on the right were assembled a number of Manda/ins. At the back of the dais were two small tables and chairs, that on the left for Lord Elgin, the one on the right for Prince Kung. Close to Lord Elgin's chair was another for the Commander-in- Chief ; on either side, at right angles, were ten small tables and chairs for the high officers of each nation; behind them again was another row,,for the 'accommo dation of other office's. As Lord Elgin's chair entered the gate the troops pre sented arms, and the bands played " God Save the Queen." His chair was carried to the front of the dais, when Prince Kling advanced to receive hitn, accompanied by all the Mandarins. A cold bow from Lord Elgin and an anxious hesitating salutation from Prince Kung, and Lord .Elgin passed at once to his seat and sat down, motioning Kung to take the one on his right, which is considered the lowest. A table stood in the middle of the space, in front of which the boxes containing the convention and treaty were placed. Business was immediately commenced by Lord Elgin telling Mr. Wade to hand the translation of his full powers to Kung, with the request to see his in return. Prince Kung said his were not so full, but equally am ple as to powers, and gave Lord Elgin the Emperor's decree conferring on him full powers to negotiate and conclude a peace, and also to affix the great seal of the Empire as a ratification to the treaty. The convention was signed, each Plenipotentiary affixing his seal. The treaties were then exchanged, Kong sealing it with the great seal of the Empire, certifying under his seal and signature that the ratification of the treaty had been duly effected, and that affixing the great seal of the Empire meant the acceptance by the Emperor of all the conditions and responsibilities contained in the treaty. A few interchanges of good wishes for the results of the treaty, and hopes that it would be the means of esta blishing a good understanding between the two govern ments, passed between Lord Elgin and Prince Kung, the latter remarking that a great many mistakes had been made:heretofore in their intercourse with foreigners, and that matters had been very badly managed, but he had now taken it into his own hands, and he hoped a new state of things would commence. Lord Elgin then rose; Bung walked a short distance across the platforth, and then stopped; Lord Elgin did so likewise, and it was only after vigorous beckoning of the Mandarins attending on Kung and Lord Elgin stopping that Kling was induced, after a few hesitating pauses, to accompany him to the edge of the dais. Prince Kung is about 28, but looks older; his coun tenance is not devoid of intelligence, but there was an expression of anxious, nervous care, partly fear strug gling with anger, no doubt at finding himself in a position so different from the one he had been accus tomed to hold in the presence of the high officials of the Government ; yet there was a curious mixture of familiarity and respect in the manner of the officers towards him. The manner of Lord Elgin was quiet Wand dignified, and the Chinese could not fail to be struck by the stern and calm manner in which he performed his part of the ceremony. The policy he has pursued has been such as to impress on the Chinese the feeling that in agreeing to exchange the ratifications and sign the convention he considered he was bestowing on them an immense benefit; but that he had not forgotten, and could not easily forget, the treachery that had characterised their prooeedings throughout, and that before such feelings could be erased the Chinese Government would have to show by their conduct that they were sincere in their professions to fulfil the engagements they have accepted. The serious attention with which the great Princes and Ministers of the Empire watched Lord Elgin's manner, as if impressed with the dangerous crisis they were tiding over, but alive to the dangers that still threatened and surrounded them, was one of the most interesting scenes in the day's proceedings. It is sincerely to be hoped that the recollection of the dangers they have escaped may live long in the memory of those in power, and may induce them for the future to follow a less tortuous policy than they have done heretofore, and the only way to insure this is to visit the least departure from the treaty with immediate and severe punishment, and the position we shall now hold will always enable us, even with a small force, to effect this. The Ambassador's and Commander-in-Chief's return was in the same order as that in which they went, but the streets were occupied at different points by the troops of Sir Robert Napier, who had placed them with great skill, so that the capital of the Chinese Empire was in the actual possession of the British troops. Lord Elgin and Baron Gros have taken up their resi dence in Pekin. By this mail Lord Elgin sends his Private Secretary, Mr, H. B. Loch, to England, as bearer of the conven tion and ratified treaty; Sir Hope Grant sends Major the Hon. A. Anson by the same opportunity, with des patches for the War-office. The French army retires from Pekin on the Ist of November, one battalion only remaining as an escort for Baron Gros. The convention and treaty are to be pub lished in Pekin, and circulated throughout the Empire. ADMIRABLE DESCRIPTION OF PEKIN, BY AN IRISH OFFICER. PEKIN G Nov. 1 Has any one described Pekin for you? 'The capital is two cities, known as the Tartar (north), and the Chinese (south) ; the latter an oblong stretching be tween four and five miles from east to west, while from south to north it is much over a mile wide; the former nearly three and a half miles square, and resting on the centre of the southern city, so as to produce with it a T-shaped figure, with a disproportionately stout perpen dicular. North of all is a large earthwork, the north outline of which is exactly parallel to the north wall of ` l, e city, and distant from it perhaps a mile. From its -^. fall the east and west faces of the enclosure, with the east and west walls of a figure somewhat of the - above each other, C, the extrenw,... aligning themsetrv.. the city. Thus you hav e form of three parallelograms, risui fi , A being the earthwork ; B, the north city ; south city. In the centre of 13, again, stands an city, walled and gated, and in the centre of this the innermost precinct of the Emperor,_ also walled and geed ? end guarded by numerous functionaries and aren-at . .-airrth It is remarkable, by the way, in What apparent secf(friff this careful despot dwelt at his . country palnee.., There? T 7 eTe barracks . for a strong foree,r, and the ,books .of China Lwowa corps of some . raainittide - ris . prOper to' .V...'nen-Viif.:;;NYneti, but the & pale of pala - ees were. as; accessible to the outsiders as any gentleman's toa . :k Etrglund: To return' to Alin. • you approach ii rtt*iv tub rine& the some 60 feet high and in good order, trlth I'ery high build ings overtopping the gates, aredecided7filriptfinl.- Coin draw nearer, an d are moved to laughter at doir,V.China man's consistent adherence to his babylike fashions in , matters of war. These great gates seem to you, far off; to lie.provided'with five tiers of guns, which you cannot • ma, ne Would ever be fired without bringing down the whole tower. Nearer inspection satisfies you that the tosser' is . in no' danger from this cause, at least. The enibiastires, Which are tx§ crogricd as in an old linc-of baftl4 ship,' are . simply apettrtres dosed with a shutter, on' which' t.ftinfeff a circle With it hoofs eye. On . occupying the Ore' tib foree'did find,. right and left of it, some very rileO• #nArks',. laid as il' up to the, last' moment thoughts' had` Wen entertained of resisting this introduction of befonet- , DeerStig barbarians withiV the holy of Chinese holies: If We my trust native gossigh; counsels of the authorities were greatly divided. A Clitiraninn'iS slow to believe what he has not seen, and, althertigh two juke armies were threshed within. a few miles of eiiiriat a fortnight before, it is thought likely enough that +ere Welt and are some grand conservative sons of Ilan bin. means satisfied that the walls never known to . be taken Were not impregnable. Happily the opposite conviction pre vailed, and this vast population was spared the - horrors - of assault and pillage, and the allied force the demorali- - sation censequerit on the latter inseparable accie.ent of . I could ettaftge ow this fast subject considerably, had ; I space and time. The re' illation of pillage has ever been the opPrOrithie diseiPtlytm: If I may hazard an the French' soldier recorets himself after an aceW of pillage far more speedily than ear men, lie pillages, tob; in moth hetet' taste, and without the ruthless and unneCiessiq destruction of his ally, whose missien it•appears to be nof f".l nrubh to flit his pockets as to prod pier-glasses, to anniliilateiants, and to cripple tables and chairs past hope of recovery: The coup creed from the north walls is fn&syntahly gratifying. Past experience of Chinese cities will have prepared you for an absence of what we call public" buildings in the view below you. Still there is the Imperial Palace, protesting in this case against 'your rule, rind ; besides the gate-towers, a fair sprinkling, of lofty temples, the whole interspersed with much wood. The' palace seenm te. have almost a park of good middle sized trees about its Efftigicial lakes, and bridges that • hate been' comely, and are still, at a distance, pictu resque. do the . WhOte, yotr feel favourably towards Pekin. But descend into the streets—and since the signature of the convention on the 24th everybody has descended—and you became painfully sensibie that thtre is not a more squalid co/lettion of houses in an Arab vithrge or in the old city of Limerick. The streets are wide and brve been in some instances paved, but they seem to hate iiberr long forgotten by the Macadam of these parts. On a dry day their soft loam sends up a cloud of dust that puts yotir faee and whiskers past the recognition of your most inti Mate friends. If it rains, you are knee-deep in mud, and a journey along the disjointed stone charessee is a service of real danger to your horse's fetlocks. The bulk Oftitrade belong to the southern city, which is traversed from north to south by a few broad streets at right angles to one or two etossi'nt it frOm the cast gate to the west. The . lesser feeder's of these, I say, take me back to the banks of the Shannon twenty years ago, and even in the larger arteries there is not, as a general rule, the regu larity or substance which yon will find in the west suburb of Canton or the show street...roc Ningpo. We see the place, it is true, at a disadvairta i r, Many of the wealthy and respectable have fled, and are but now heel:ming to return ; but the poorer classes, and even tik middle ranks, are more poverty-stricken-looking then All Chinese I have seen, except at Tien-tsin. Supplies of 16 kinds are, of course, just now high priced ; but Palo nin6t always be an expensive abode, as it has positively nothinte; within hail, and froth its official position the demand is immense. FRENCH DESPATCHES FROM CHINA. The iltoniteur of Thursday publishes the fol lowing desputefi from Baron Gros, a telegraphic summary of IClkh. appeared in the Moniteur of the 20th of December', tic? St. Petersburg :-- . PEKIN, Nor. 7. Peace was signed on the 25th of October between the brother of the Emperor and myself. The ultimatum of Shanghai has been accepted. The etchrange-e of the ratifications of the treaty of Tien-twin has taken place. 60,000,000 f. will be paid as an indem nity to Prance; 3,750,000 f. will be paid in cash on the 3'Oth of the prevent month. The einigration of Coolies is authorised by the Chinese 431:aeintnent. The churches and Cemeteries ; vith their dependencies, belonging formeriflO Christians throtighout the whole empire will be restored to them' through the medium of the Minister of France. Prince IC:ung sent to me, yesterday an official document confoinin , 4. the s t a tement of handing over to me, already done, of thu Catholic Cathedral of Pekin ; he adds that he knows Cat in the Imperial city there was formerly another churcil f now destroyed, but that the ground and dependencies will ire handed over to me.. This day I have given passports to missionaries. On the 286 of October nearly the whole of the army, headed by the Emlia&y, took the six victims of the am buscade of the 18th of !September to the Catholic burial ground already handed over to Monseigneur Mouiy, Bishop of Petcheli, and where repob-o the remains of the reverend fathers' Gerbillon, Ricci, and Simi: General Grant and his staff joined us ; Ignatieff, the Minister of Russia, whose frank support has been of great nse to me on all occasions, awaited us in the burial-ground. On the following day, the 29th, mass was performed in the - Cathedral, which has also been given up to M. Mouly. The iron cross has been replaced on the summit of the edifice, and the "Domine, minim fee Imperatorern" has inaugurated the public and legal re-establishment of the Catholic faith in China. Moreover, there has been remitted to me, as an espe cial indemnity for the outrage of the 18th of September, the sum of 1,500,0001. • Everything is progressing admirably, and encourages the hope that this success will be lasting. I shall pro bably leave Pekin in two or three days to return to Tem tsin, to concert there with Lord Elgin as regards what remains to be done. Baron Gnos. The Moniteur adds the following to the above despatch : To explain the above it is well to give the principal points of the ultimatum addressed to the Chinese Government : , - " 1. Formal excuses for the attack on the allied forces at Taku. "2. Exchange at Pekin of the ratifications of the Treaty concluded before at Tien-tsin. "3. Declaration that the French Government re assumed the right of establishing a permanent diplomatic mission at Pekin. " 4. Payment of an indemnity of 60,000,000 f." MR.-MASON JONES ON GARIBALDI.—At the Philhar monic Hall, last night, before a brilliant and delighted audience, filling. every compartmett of this magnificent edifice to almost excess, the talented, eloquent, and accomplished Mason Jones deliiered his third oration on "Garibaldi and Italy." Every phase of the Italian revolution,. and every movement of the illustrious master spirit,who evoked and sustained this glorious struggle for freedom, liberty, and unity, were described with a minuteness; sublimity of language, fluency, of speech, beauty of imagery, and gorgeousness of fancy, which we can only expect from the Cicero of the age. THE THREATENED MINERS' STRIKE IN THE WEST RIDING.—A meeting of colliery masters in the district of Morley, Churwell, and Gildersome, and delegates from the Churwell, Morley, and Gildersome district board of the Miners' Association, was held on Thursday evening, at the Dartmouth Arms Inn, at Morley, for the purpose of conferring on the subject of the threa tened strike.on New Year's Day. There did not appear to be any likelihood, however, of the masters yielding the advance sought, namely 10 per cent on the present wages, and the men to be supplied gratuitously with coal for domestic use ! The conference was exceedingly frank and cordial, but the bulk of the Masters were strongly indisposed to make the concession. They alleged that the wages were quite ample, and they could not by any possibility yield :another advance. Some of them expressed readiness to submit the matter in dis pute to the judgment and decision of the mayors of Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, or any one of these gentlemen, or even, if necessary, to submit their wages' books to the publics. It was stated, in illustration of the state of wages amongst the miners of the district, that at one pit, where more than 100 colliers were working, no fewer than 20 were in receipt of 335. per week, even under limited hours of working; and none, not even aged men of 70 years, received less than £1 per week. A CHILD BURIED ALIVE IN THE SNOW.-011 the south-western extremity of Knowle Common, near the Great Western station, is a cottage inhabited by a labouring man, named Hands. Having but a scanty subsistence, both he and his wife are necessarily absent from home during the greater part of the day. The cottage is then left to the care of four children, the eldest being but nine years of age. This was the case on the morning of Wedneiday, when, . just as the snow began falling, the youngest child, a girl three years old, - was sent to gather a few sticks. The child did not come back, and but little concern was felt, until the mother;unexpectedly returning home about two o'clock, was told of the circumstance. She at once surmised some evil had befallen the little creature, and while looking about in a state of frenzy, communicated her apprehensions to a benevolent gentleman living in the 'immediate neighbourhood. Prompted by sympathy for the poor woman. but with a very vague idea as to any assistance he could render, lie left his residence, follow el by a small spaniel. He had not proceeded far when the dog was suddenly missed;. but though . the snow fell thickly and evening was fast approaching; he was enabled to track him in the, direction of a shallow well, Astich formerly received the land-soak, hut which an improved system of drainage had long rendered dry and useles . s. For safety, however, the mouth of the pit had been covered over. At this spot the dog was descried: scratching with violence, and whining most impatiently. The gentleman now pressed forwarCi with cagerners,, thinking some game might possibly be sheltering dear;' but on arriving at the well and lifting the lid, to his unspeakable amazement lie beheld the child whose loss had spread anxiety throughout the neighbourhood. It was evident from the partial decay of the supports, that the child must have trod upon the insecure side of the cover, which, yielding to her step, suffered her to fall in, and readjusting itself by its own weight, closed like a trap. The little innocent was in a standing posture, and comparatively unhurt, but too far beneath the sur face to make a successful effort for its own deliverance. Immediate suffocation was fortunately prevented by ‘a lateral opening into a neighbouring drain. Nevertheless, but for the accidental discovery ; the doom of the child was inevitable, either from starvation, or from drowning had a thaw ensued. The discovery induced the imme diate presence of the mother, who discntombed her offspring in a paroxysm of thankful, delight. The joy of the kind-hearted old gentleman was scarcely less, in having been unwittingly the means of rescuing the little fugitive.—Binningham .Daily Post. LATEST NEWS. @lre HUFFISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) FRANCE. THE FRENCH TREATY WITH CHINA. PARis, Dec. 28. The Moniteur publishes the text of the treaty concluded with China, and a despatch from Baron Gros detailing the ceremony which accompanied the signing of the treaty. THE FRENCH FUNDS. PARIS, Dec. 28, 3.25 p.m. The Bourse continues very flat, and business is stagnant. Iteutes• closed at 67f. 75c., or 25c. lower than yesterday. AUSTRIA. THE NEW FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS. VIENNA, Dee. 28. The official Wiener Zeitung contains two imperial decrees. The first orders that in view of the present extraordinary state of things the forced currency of bank notes in Lombardo- Venetia shall be maintained. The second orders that the payment of the interest of the national loan shall be effected in bank notes with the corresponding agio. THE EAST. COXSTASTINOPLE, Dee. 22. The Jeddah claims have been definitively settled. They are to be paid in full in Turkish consols at 53. The Grand Vizier's report on the Roumelian mission has been published. The Vizier declares that the complaints were exaggerated. The Christians, he says, are not exceptionally op pressed, but the Greek clergy are much to blame. A commission of enquiry, under the presidency of Ehem Pacha, is to be named for Asia Minor. The money market is still depressed. THE BOMBARDMENT OF GAETA. GAETA, Dec. 24. The bombardment continues day and night. The firing is replied to by the besieged. ITALY. MILAN, Dec. 27. The Perseveranza states, on good authority, that the young Queen of Naples has left Gaeta. REINFORCEMENTS FOR NEW ZEALAND. Advices from the Cape of Good Hope state that the 13th and 59th regiments were holding them selves in readiness to proceed to New Zealand. THE TURKISH LOAN. A letter from Messrs. Mires and Co. has been published announcing the extension of the sub scription to the Turkish loan, and stating that 120,620 bonds have already been subscribed for. THE NEW CONSTITUTION FOR TRANSYLVANIA. VIENNA, Dec. 28. An autograph letter of the Emperor, dated the 21st inst., and addressed to the President of the Imperial Chancery Court for Transylvania, orders the immediate organisatiwrof the Chancery, and also of the Gubernium, for the same province. The same letter also orders the assembling of a conference of the most eminent persons from the various classes of the different nationalties and religious confessions, to deliberate on the early organisation of the Transylvanian Diet. The privileges of this Diet are to be determined accor ding to the ancient public rights of the citizens, but within the limits prescribed by the diploma of the 25th October. The said conference will also make propositions in reference to the re-esta blishment of the former administrative divisions of Transylvania, and of the offices of lord-lieuten ants and chief captains of tho countries. It will also discuss the re-establishment of the offices of Superior Royal Judges of the Szeckler, and of the Saxon legal and administrative authorities. • HUNGARY. 'HE EXTRADITION OF COUNT TELEKI. l'Esni, Dec. 27. The general Congregation of the City of Pesth has resolved upon making representations to the Court-Chancellor to obtain the release of Count Ladislaus Teleki; or, if this be not pos sible, to have him tried by the Hungarian Tribunals. MOROCCO. MADRID, Dec. 27. The Epoca asserts that the Moors are making great efforts to collect the necessary funds for the payment of the second instalment of the indem nity. Extensive inundations have taken place in Spain, causing great devastation. TOTAL LOSS OF HER MAJESTY'S BRIG CAMILA, WITH ALL HANDS. Her Majesty's brig Camila has been totally lost, with all hands, while on a voyage from Halgoti to Kanaghwa. THE FROST. At gothenbutgi en tile 20th, there were eleven degrees of frost, arid the' river became covered with ice; but the Baltic (gel ; from link, broke a passage through. Two days a:Eta wardS the East Anglian (s.) became fast in the ice, THE PEACE WITH CHINA. QUEENSTOWN, I)ec. 28. At three o'clock this, afternoon the battery at Spike Island and her Majesty's ships at Queens town fired salutes of 21 guns, and the ships were dressed with flags, English and French being hoisted together at the main, in honour of peace with China. MAIL NETS. • QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 29. The City of Washington arrived at 12.30 a.m. LONDONDERRY, Dec. 28. The Montreal Ocean Steamship Company's steamer Nova Scotian arrived in Lough Foyle at four o'clock this morning, and coiled for Portland at four o'clock this afternoon. • THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE MATE' . PLYMOUTH, Dec. 28. The Celt, with the above mails, arrived here this morning. She left the Cape owthe 21st ult., St. Helena on the 30th, and Ascension on the 4th instant. British Kaffraria was proclaimed a separate colony, on the 30th October. The territory between the rivers Kciskamma and Great Kei constitutes this new dependency. A league had been formed in the eastern pro vince to procure a separation from the west. Meetings in favour of this movement had taken place in all the principal towns of the east, and large sums had been subscribed with the same objcct. Souvenirs from Prince Alfred had arrived and been distributed. The Brisk had captured a slaver with 763 slaves. on board. The slaver Lyras, taken on October 13th, had been condemned. The Hornet had arrived at the Cape. The Lassie, a vessel belonging to Cape Town, had been discovered to have gone slaving. -- - Immigration prospects were fav'ourable, as there was plenty of work at outlying places. Proceedings had been taken for the naturaliia tion of Odam, Kok, and Origuas as British subjects under feudal tenure. Letters had been received from Zanzebar, and also from Mr. Moffatt. Commercial and monetary affairs at the Cape had improved. AMERICA. LONDONDERRY, Dee. 28. Tho Montreal Company's steamer Canadian, with dates from Portland to the 15th instant, touched at Moville shortly after eleven this morn ing, and landed all her mails, consisting of 113 bags. She encountered fiery heavy easterly gales, and loit one man during the passage. The North Briton had arrived out. A number of Southern members of Congress assembled in Washington, on the 13th ; all those present signed a declaration to their constituents, recommending a speedy and absolute separation of each slave-holding State from the Union. They state the argument is exhausted: all hope of relief from the Union, through the agency of_ committees, congressional legislation, or constitu tional amendment, is extinguished; and we trust. the South will not be deceived by appearances, or the pretence of new guarantees. The Republi cans are resolute in purpose to grant nothing that will or ought to satisfy the South.. In our judgment, the honour, the safety; and indepen— dence of the Southern people can be found only• in a Southern Confederacy.. The publication of this manifesto produced a, depressing effect upon the Conservatives, who say they are satisfied that the Southern members ara: opposed to any compromise. There was an exciting debate in the Washing ton Cabinet on Major Andrews' demand for rein— forcements at Fort Maultrie, which was refused. Secretary Gass spoke warmly in favour of the , demand, and the result was so displeasing to him, that he resigned. His resignation has created great impression. General Scott has expressed: the opinion that additional forces should be sent, to South Carolina for the protection of the public. property. The President, however, is opposed to, such an increase, being confident that it would be imprudent to augment the present reinforcements. It was rumoured that Senator Douglas wenld shortly declare in the Senate that it was the diaty of the President to resist secession by form. The Peruvian Congress has granted extinordi:-- nary powers to the President for a war in Castilla was to raise 30,000 men. The North Star, from Aspinwall, had arrived,. at New York, bringing $1,000,000 in treasure. . - KANSAS, December 14.—A special despatch-. from Mound City, of the Bth inst., says that all is quiet. No arrests had been made, and Mont• • gomery and the other leaders are not to be found. General Harney wished to declare martial law, but the Governor found no consent, preferring that the United States Marshal should make the arrests, and the prisoners be tried by martial law. COMMERCIAL. NEW YORK, Dec. 14.—Financial affairs are improving, especially exchanges. A large busik ness was done to-day in bills on London, at 1022, to 1031 fur prime commercial paper. Markets; are good, but little doing, the rates being above , the views of remitters. Stock market closed lower. Illinois Central Scrip, 581 ; New York Central Railroad, 721 ; Erie, 28i. Cotton steady; sales 2,800 bales, at 10c for middling upland. Flour has a declining tendency' for state and western; sales, 14,800 barrels; superfine state, $4 50c to $4 60c. Corn dull ; sales, 49,000 bushels. Beef unchanged. Pork dull and un settled. Rice firm. Sugar and Coffee steady., Molasses heavy. Spirits of Turpentine firm.. Rosin dull. Freight to Liverpool—Cotton, $9; 32c. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 13.—Cotton : Sales to-day,, 10,000 bales; prices easier; quotations unchanged.. Freights to Liverpool, 9-16 to a. The following appeared in our later editions of yesterday : INDIA. The advices from Calcutta are to November 23. Nana Sahib is reported to be in Tbibet, with several thousand followers. Import and export markets at Calcutta both quiet. Freights had risen 55., with an upward tendency. Quotations to Liverpool, 60s. CONVOKING THE HUNGARIAN DIE'S. BERLIN, Dec. 27. The Krettzzeitung publishes a telegram from Vienna, stating .that the Emperor has already sanctioned the resolutions of the conference of Gran, and has resolved upon convoking the Hun garian Diet for February next. THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT. PARIS, Dee. 27. The Pays says, the tendency of public opinion presages that the Garibaldian party will obtain the majority at the elections to the Italian Par liament. Count Cavour has the intention of re tiring, at least provisionally, from the Sardinian Ministry. There hag been a heavy fall of snow in London Sines la.t The great iron-cased ship, the Warrio7, is to be launched to-morrow, The Empress Eugenie not now allowed to elan& the meetings of the Council' et .. . Ministers as formerly. A marriage is arranged to taite•place between Lieut.- Colonel Cust, Grenadier Guar& and Lady Florence Laseelles, sister of the Earl of ilarewood. Also between the eldest daughter of Lord John Rtaselt and the eldest son of the Bishop of Durham. The ship Victory, belonging to Edmuir Thompson and Co., went out into the river yesterday mortticng with passengers and a large general eargo—consisting &hieffy of soap, beer, currants, and paper—bound for 3teli bourne. BIRKENIIEAD POLICE COURT.-At this court yester.- day morning, Bridget Ryan, alias Sullivan, was charged with picking the pocket of Mrs. J. Evans, near Conway street, of a purse containing 55. , _6d. She was sent for trial. SERIOUS BOILER EXPLOSION AT OXTON.-011 Thurs day last an accident occurred at the house of Mr. H_ Fletcher, of Oston. It appears that a large - boiler which was situated in the lower part of the premiises• burst, and injured two or three of the servants. One was rather severely hurt, but so far as we have beans able to ascertain, the injuries are not likely to prove; fatal. Hifer-smerr CHURCH.—A congregational soiree in• cqnuettion with the Unitarian Church, Hope-street, was held last night in the schoolroom behind the church. A very large natntrer of respectable ladies and gentle men were prescur, air the occasion, and partook of tea, which was served up in excellent style. After tea appropriate addresses were delivered by several of the clergymen, and among others the Rev. J. Martineau and the Rev. Mr. Charming, who i well-known as a lecturer in this town. The proceedings, which were throughout of a most social character, were prolonged until late in the evening. THE Ilvrrerc COLLIERY EXPLOSION,--Another body ani Wednesday brought to the bank. It was that of Thema* Mitcheson, aged 61 years, who has left a wife and two c'bilidretr to mourn his loss. The workmen', lea their explorations t have reached the face of a very large fall, in the neighbourhood of which it is suspected that. Walker ' Lowden, - amt true -/-,ther two lie buried; arid! from the magnitude of the' obstruction it is feared that , some time may elapse before they can be extricated.. The fire has. now been all but extinguished ; and in one• of the stables was found a little pony standing upright, althc'tgh ehared to a cinder. FAIN& CoALPIT EXPLOSION".—OR Monday last two young men,. named James Bellund Alexander 'Wilson, colliers, were Wed in. No. T, or Store Pit, Gartsherrie Ironworks, under the following circumstances •)---Ther had both gone down early to begin work, and it seems; the firemen, whose duty to inspect the workiings. and report their safe or itatafer condition from fire sir any other indications of danger, hod not been forward., or, if so, had not examined that portion of the pit. It was, therefore, the duty of the •ITlC'ef to harre waited till the firemen returned and reported the state of the worlder..• ' , This they did not do, and while . m their way to contarenee, their labours their lamps *wiled tbo foul air whielr had collected, and the result was an explosion, by whieir they were both instantly killed. Some of the workmen in another part of the pit rNit to their assistance, but only arrived in time to see one: of them dead and the other expire: TERRIFIC GAs ExiLosiox GLASOONC—The gas meter at the Bridge-street station of the Glasgow and South-Western Railway in Glasgow, exploded ors Tuesday night last with terrific force, in consequence of the frost. No sooner did the gasfitter, who had been sent foe, opera the cellar door than a dense body of gas rushed out, aright light at. a jet a few yards distant, and exploded wirW report which was heard more than 1,000 yards off, atsl shook houses at 400 or 500 yards distance, awaking the sleepers, The gasfltter made a most miraculous escape from being killed. After knocking down the sub stantial arched walls of the gas cellar, and also those of the coal cellar, the great volume of gas, pro ceeding upwards, dashed up a large portion of the floor ing of the booking-office, singeing the hair of the clerk, carrying the passeng er literally off his feet, and placing him outside the door without injti.7. The porter who stands at the bott om o f th e first-dos: stair had his leg broken, and a policeman was also ,lightly injured. The current of gas then rushed through the left-luggage-room, at the south-east end of The farst-elass stair, blowing the whole of the room, which was anti a temporary erection, to pieces. It then dashed to the ground a huge iron gate at the left, of abed. three tons weight, which has been sadly injured;; and next proceeded up the recently-erected gig' way.between the luggage-room and the platform of the station, spreading destruction as it went. The."gangway itself was greatly broken up and the roof torn off. At the head of the gangway, after knocking the door in pieces the current seems to have exhausted itself in that direction, as it did no more damage there. A por tion of the gas, however, had gone up the first-class stair, but did little injury. At the first turn it knocked off a piece of plaster from the roof; it passed through the second part of the stair without inflicting the least damage, but at- the landing it broke several gas globes, and, strange to say, atter all these windings, and after traversing such a distance, it smashed the door leading into the platform. All the doors and windows of the booking-office and scveril other windows were com pletely destroyed, and a plate-glass window in an adjacent shop was broken in pieces by - tho shock. The front of the building has bun: much destroyed, as well as the cupola above the tacos. .portittg Antetrigturt. HUNTING FIXTURES. The WYNN STAY PACK will meet on Fa'Airdly, DeceMber 29, at Oteley Park Each day a t halt-past ten. Master, Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart., M.P. ; Huntsman, J.Walker. The CHESHIRE HOUNDS meet on Saturday, December 29. at Twemlow Hall Monday. December 31, at Three Greyhounds, Itudhthea Wednesday. January 2, at Duddon Heath Thursday, January 3, at kpplcton Halt S a turd ay, .1 annary .5, at Oultun Park Monday, January 7, at Booth's Obelisk Wednesday, January 9, at Wrenbury Station Thursday, January 10, at Chohnondeley Saturday, January 12, at Astle Each day at half-past ten. E the Dtei s rifle long of a lcl be a nd , on E. 4)14- 1 will ring 'tate Imo men can- and rito- kEur T tO )ady Jlic4 nild ,?.ver vio the ant. of sis eror ate, his ins, )re [ be )ice era' an g tic, Oil-