The Express.
London, England, 1856-12-23 00:00:00

HIER MAJESTY'S TRBATRE.-EAL MASQUE

Last night M. Jailien's tenancy of Her Majesty's
Theatre was closed by his 1 Bid Masque. The lolly
proportions of the house 'fronted ample scope for decora-
tion, and nothieg could be more tasteful and effective than
the
pink white satin (ealios t) sad gold, and wreaths of
flowers moulded and fashioned with unimpeachable taste
could display, we. displayed. ye. orchestra was seated is
just such • bower as used to be seen in the
fairy piston at the Lyceum in the time of Vire-
tris ; the lighting was brilliant bat soft, the music
undesiable, and in short all the arrangements were most
mimplete. The prettiness and freshmen of the theatre
were, however, contrasted rather strongly with the
diney frippery of the comparatively few fancy dresses, m-
eshed beeasse they exhibited neither fancy ncr taste, and
the sombre black mats and bats of the great proportion of
Use male visitors ; while the curious inaptitude for dancing
by which most of the performers in the sane de dense"
were characterised, and the romping rumness of their
demeasour, could not bat Bugg -at the notion of • great deal
of excellent preparation being on the whole thrown away.
The baleo•y which stretches over the pit was tolerably full
of well-dressed spectators, bat the private bone. were rather
sparsely occupied. There wee, however, • crowd on the
floor, who enjoyed themselves in their way with unwearied
vigour ; and, in spits of • somewhat contracted apace for
their mov.mests, the festivity was kept Sp until a very ha
hour.

MIDDLES'S REFORM ASSOCIATION. —Yesterday
afternoon as extraordinary g I muting of the mem-
bers of the Middlesex Reform Registration Society wen
held at the offices, No. 6, Jermyn-street, St. James's, for
the_porpcee of dissolving the society. The chair was taken
by Mr.Doeald Nicoll,wbo sop d his regret that so useful
a society should fail to commead support, and suggested
that it might be amalgamated with some other society of a
kindred nature. Several other gentlemen addressed the
meeting ia terms smugly eensuriag the apathy of the
liberal electron of Middlesex, and the niggardliness which
refused to subscribe towards en object eo essential to the
sustentation of their cause. Mr. Coppcck then moved a
resolution that the society should be dissolved for want of
fends, and that the books and papers should remain in the
are of the treemnittee for future use and refere. c^. Ala
amendment for the coutinuance of the sr cloy was put and
negatived, and the original resolution having bran carried, a
vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedioes.

LANCASHIRE DEBT GUA RA NTEE COMPANY:
Yesterday, at a meeting in this matter at Vice-Chancellor
Stuart'. chambers, as official manager was appoints.' to
investigate and wind up this compsoy 'a affairs, on the peti-
tion of Mr. Richard Been, of Liverpool, ship store dealer,
who states that the object of it win the disbursement to
persons taking out guaranteed polices tor commercial ksses
anstaised by them in consequence of failure of payment by
tradesmen indebted to trent ; and to afford &sentence in
recovering debts due to tit. m. The dead of settlement was
dated 21st September, ISS and it wan provided that tins
capital should consist of 100,0001, in 20,000 Aimee of 51.
each, to be increased to a sum not exceeding 600,0001 by
the Issue of fresh shares. About 6,200 shares bad been
issued, and calls of IL per share had been made, but only
paid on 160 shares. The buoinees of the company was
carried on in Liverpool, and the liabilities are estimated at
about 3,000Lwas Mr. Tarquand appointed official masaget.

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OXFORD, Drc. 22.—The Dean of Christ Church.
Dr. Liddell, will he absent from (Word during the neat
term, hie medical adviser deeming it tleairabla that he should
per the cold seams in • +mime, climate. It is under.tood
that Its Intends to Twigs his test in the Hebdomadal Coat-
oil, sines be meet be ablaut for so large a portion of the
academical year. Letten relatiag to the busiest, of the
college should be sent to the tub-deth.
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