The Express.
London, England, 1866-12-29 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRIIRY - L ANE CiOHHERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS for
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. CHATTRRTON. . ORPHAN and NECESSITOUS CHILDREN, Pinner.
SPECIAL MORNING PRRYORMANCE of the GRAND PAN- Payton—His Royal Highness the PRINCE of WALES.
TOMBS.% THIS DAY (Saturday), Dec. 2.), and on every Monday, Vice-Perion—His Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE.I37\
Wednesday, and Saturday during the month of January. MU PRISMNT-11. C. Is BRYAN, Esq.
tins and Schools at federal prior to the following parts of At a GENERAL HALF.YRARLY COURT of this Institution,
the theatre : Ent Male, Dress Circle, and Stalls Comment* held THIS DAY at the London Tavern, Bispsatestreet,
at 2 o'clock. Free List entirely suspended, the public press 1 GRORDE MOORE, Esq., Treasurer, to the Chalr,
exoepted.—Ou Monday morning next, Dec. Si, the Boys of the 1 the result of the poll was declar CANDIDATES.
Royal Military Asylum will attend with their band. SUCCESSFUL
THIS EVENING, Her Majesty's servants will perform the i BOYS.
Comedietta A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Mews. Sinclair, ; Bailey, F 609 Howlden, 1L L.
Harcourt, J. Johnstone, Miss Isabel Adam, and Mew Hodson. I Bryce. T. B 561 Moore, 3. G.
Alter which will beopr,
produced the Dfllf7-1111118 Comic Christmas ; Compton, A. G. 450 Phillips, R. M.
301
Annual, entitled NUMBER NIP ; or, Harlequin and the Gnome- , Coppen, B.s 661 Smithers, A. H- 438
King of the Giant Mountain, written by Mr. R. L. Blanchard, with ) Dtxon, W 640 Wiles, W. W.
croneand fairy-like scenery, designed and painted by Mr. Wll- 1 UNSUCCISSFU CANDIDATES.
Beverley. Grotesque Masks and Costumes, invented and ) Akers, H. W. J 3tl Penton, W. 3 EI
illustratd by Dykwynkyn. Fanciful Ballets, YT
of the ; Boone, J. A.
Jewel Guards, general business of the Children, 110 in number, . Elliott, B. G.
arranged by Mr. John Conuaek, with popular and chem. . Frames. A. 163 Woodcock, F. G.
teristic Music, selected and composed by Mr. J. H. Tully. j Leckie, H. K 6l
Characters In the opening by Miss Lydia Thompson, bliss ; SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES.
E. Bodeuham, Miss Hudspeth, Mho Cardona'. Miss Seymour, I GIRLS.
Miss L. Wilmot, Mu K Brougham, Mdlle. Ferrite &assay. ' Chubb, J 579 101dman, A. A.
Mn. H. Vandenhoff, dc.: Mr. Tom Matthews, Mr. C
King, A. ll ES Taplin, S. O3
Seyton, Mr. F. Hanby, Mr. Fltsnunes, Mr. J. Robins, Mr. I UNSUCCESSFU CANDIDATES.
E. Clifton, and Master Percy Roadie. The Harletjulnede Campbell, A. E. 3 43 liiPowell, J. E.
includes the services of those popular pantomimists Harry Evans, A. M.
Hobo and Mr. C. Lauri Clowns; Mr. W. A. Barnes and 11r. Powell. C. W 163
J. Morris, Pantaloons: sir. J. Cormack and Mr. B. Saville, lINRY TENDON, Secretary.
S.C., Dec. IS, 1866.
Harlequins; Madame Bolen° and ane. Addlele Marion, coltun- Mask 76, Cheapside,
Slane.
bines. The Infant DIRLIMOT, Master Vokhis : an Irish Jig, by -----
the smallest Irishman ever seen. !Mather Paddy lion. The
Devil's Chapeau, by Maintop, the Grotesque ; a new Troupe of
French Dancers, 161 n number. The whole produced under the
direction of Mr. Edward Stirling.
and 5 guineas ; stalls, 71. ;
Prices: Private bores, 1,2, 3,4,
dress circle, 65.: first 4s. : balcony seats, 3s. b. ;
WelletY, IL ; upper ,64. lopottlas open Was 10 till
6 daily. Daces open at hsEpast 6; oomnsenoe 11.7 ; and ter-
- 'vat* at U.

ST. JAMES'S GRAND HALL'
THE CHRISTY'S CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL
In order to afford their visitors an increased ount at accent-
modadOn during the Holidays the Proprietors of the CHRISIT
lILNSTIELS have secured the above magnificent the
for swift
of EXTRA,OII424D DAY and EVELHINti PERFOIULLECES, aa

order:
TM, Day (Saturday), December till, at &
ilex
DOUBLEBv=iIatIIII.E. )'
DOUBLlTtroltilitflY.
TWENTY-SEVEN PERFORMERS.
New COMIC SHADOW PANTOMIME by NELSON LEL
Eight STAR Comedians.
Two thousand tromfortable seats.
ONI SHILLLNO. Balcony b. ; Stalls, Sa. ?antenna. Ss-
Open at 2 and 7.
Afternoon performances terminate In time to admit of visiting
the PillitOlnialeS at night
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N

ATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, 218, High
Molborn.—Thie very eiwnt and 'widow' establishment
barb* been entirely redecmated, OPEN SVY:itY Vi'LN LNG The
Used band, conducted by Mr. W. M. Pues, will perform nighty
a choice Wadies of operatic and dance minim Open at MU"
WM 8: does at 12. Adz/Anion. la

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tit7 Min ordinarY bottles
Pale or Brown Brandt i Ltres, nu. 1 i Litres. tem..
—Bottles and Cuss ,- Litres, 205, or Litres, /4s.
d.
included
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When purchased in Bond Dock warrants issued on sie
dozen canes if so required.
N.B.—Agents will be appointed for every town in Great
Britain. Apply at the LITRE Dams WINE COMPANY,
Bonded Stores, Old Swan-wharf, London-bridge.
Cheques or references mud aocompany orders.

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(two doors from St. lames's Hall;.—The proprietors draw atten-
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from long experience, exercise the greatest care In selecting only
the finest brands and,
sorts, and who ship the same direct to the
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Ala CHEAPER THAN EVER.-12. (Id., 25.,
rrE?e. ad. per pound are the prices at which PHILLIPS and
Co., tea merchants, 8, King William-street, City, London, LC.
are selling good and tine BLACK TKA. A price cm rent post free.
BK. worth carriage free to any railway station or market town in
the United Kingdom. Observe.—PIIILLIPS and Co. have no
spats. nor any connection with any house in Worcester or swan-
sea. sugars are supplied at market prima

AVALUABLE CHRISTMAS PRESENT.—A
CHIN) :4E CADDY, containtng 161hs. of really good BLACK
TEA, sent carriage free to any railway station or market town iu
England, Ireland. Scotland, or Wales. on receiPt of 405, by
PHILLIPS and Co., tea merchants, king M iniam-street, City
LC.

TO HOTELS and large consumers.
Fine YORK HAMS, Ild. per lb.: Aylesbury and Dorset
tutters, Cheshire, Cheddar, aml Stilton Cheese, in nue condition;
game, and allrire,
descriptions of poultry cheaper than any other
house in Loudon.
At W. and J. E. TAYLOR'S, :15, LITTLE I'ULTENEY-STRELT
GOLDEN-Sig ARV qty
and hotels waited ou with reguLuity. Carts to all
parts of the West-end every hour.

GERMANY,

the moment Italy received Venetia her aspirations we—
find themselves satisfied, and that there was no longer
amuse fresh bloodshed should be provoked upon our part
lastly, that the cession made to Prance would constitute a
moral guarantee for the preservation of Venetia to Italy, a
consideration which should have weight in the minds of
the King's government.
I replied that for the moment I could only confirm
what his Majesty had written to the Emperor, and I
specially pointed out to M. Drouyn de Buys that Italy,
being bound by an alliance, could not either conclude a
peace or an armistice separately. Further, without pre-
lud•ce to the resolutions that might be arrived at in this
respect by the King and his government, I told his excel-
lency I would refer to the King's government upon the
subject of the communication that bad been made to me.
But I pointed out to the Emperor's minister that the
King's government would not admit that Austria at this
opportunity, and as condition of her cession, should have
made reserves with regard to the Roman question—a
question we considered se being settled by the convention.
of September 15, 1884, concluded between Italy and
France. I added that the term Venetia ought, in the opi-
nion of the King's government, to coulprebend the district
of Trertino, which is situated upon the Italian slope of
she Alps, and inhabited by an entirely Italian population.
These considerations, I repeat, were put forward by me
without prejudice to the resolutions the King and his go-
vernment shall take in pretence of the unforeseen proposal
of the Emperor Napoleon.
SIGNOR VISCONTI-VILEOSTA TO CHEVALIER DI MESA.
Florence, July 8.
I have rammed up in my despatch of the sth MM. the
in which the King's government would he
aMS tr.
the French proposals. le ; we
acesit
have not rejected the armistice in princip
have only made known the conditions that would render it
possitile. Austria, by ceding Venetia to France, has wished
to indenulify Italy for the results of the Prussian alliance,
and by thus putting an end to the war in Venetia to dis-
pose of all her forms to recompense herself for this cession
at the expense of Peoria. She seems there ore under ex-
isting circumstances to have for her object, not peace, but
the continuation of the war by destroying at one blow the
alliance between Prussia aud Italy.
, The Emperor Napoleon, in proposing an armistice to
the King's government, wishes that it should be pureed
in Germany at the same time. Thus he demonstrates hie- •
perfect impartiality, and we are glad to see in this fact el
proof that the Imperial government, by exercising ate
powerful influence in favour of the re-establishment of ,•.
peace, justly appreciates the exigencies and the duties of
our situation.
These exigencies and duties cannot be felt less strongly
by us, and Italy would fail in her obligations if she laid l.
down her arms without the consent of her ally, • consent , ;m7l
which depends upon the conditions of peace which Austria' ;
will be disposed to accept in Germany.

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