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Tat ATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. EDMUND FALCONER.
The public is respectfully informed that this Tbeatre,
Slaving been Re-modelled, Decorated, and Embellished in
a truly 'magnificent and costly style, is now open.
Notwithstanding the immense expenses incurred in the
arrangements, the P: ices of Admission will be as usual, and
similar to those of the principal London Theatres, viz, :
Private Boxes, 10s, 6d., 215., £1 Ils. 6d., £2 25., £3 38.,
and £4 48. Stalls, 68. Dress circle, 4s. First Circle, 38.
Boxes, 2s. Pit, 2s. Lower Gallery, is. Upper Gallery,
6d. No :Ralf-price.
A MORNING PERFORMANCE of the PANTO-
MIME EVERY WEDNESDAY, at Two o'clock.
THIS EVENING will be presented Mr. E. Falconer's
Comic ?Drama, entitled
NEXT OF KIN.
Principal Characters by Messrs. S. Calhaem, H. Sinclair,
hclair
Neville, Wa.-rde, Rourke, Fredericks; Mrs. Edmund
Fal-
coner, and Miss Portman.
After which will be produced the Great Drury-lane
Ar.inual in the form of an entirely Novel, Original, Bur-
-1 rBque, Grotesque, Poetical, Pictorial, Pastoral, Grand
Cowie Christmas Pantomime entitled
LITTLE GOODY TWO SHOES ;
or, HARLEQUIN and COCK ROBIN I
"Little Bird with bosom red,
Welcome to my Humble Shed,
Daily near my table steal,
While I pick my scanty meal,
Well rewarded if I spy,
Pleasure in thy glancing eye."—Old Poem.
The novel Effects and Extensive Scenery by Messrs.
GRIEVE and TELBIN, assisted by Messrs. DAYES,
JONES, C. FENTON, E. LLOYDS, GRIEVE, Jun.,
TELBIN, Jun., and D ANSON and SONS. The Ma-
chinery by Mr. TUCKER. The Costumes by Mr. MAY
and Mrs. CLARKE, The Masks, Des;gns, and Personal
Appointments by the celebrated DYK-WYN-KYN ; com-
pleted under his direct supervision by Messrs. GLINDON,
CHALTON, and numerous Assistants. The Tricks, Pro-
perties, Changes, and Transformations of the Harlequinade
by Mr. BLAMIRE and Assistants. The Gas Appointments
by Mr. HINCKLEY. The Scenes of the Harlequinade by
H. BOLENO, J. CORMACK, and D. JOHNSON. The
Groupes, Tableaus, Action, and Grand Ballet, designed and
arranged by Mr. OSCAR BYRNE. The Overture and
Music composed and arranged by Mr. J. BARNARD.
The Opening invented and written by E. L. B-JANCHARD,
Author of "The House that Jack Built," "Peter Wilkins,"
Itobin Hood," &c.
THE VILLAGE SCHOOL OF GOODY TWO SHOES.
EARLY MORNING.
Little Goody Two Shoes—Miss LYDIA THOMPSON.
"This dear little Girl, whose real name was Margery
Mr.anwell, once lived," &c.—Old Story.
"His kind Wife gave little Margery a nice pair of new
Shoes; and she was so pleased with them, and so fond of
showing them to every one she met, saying, Two Shoes—
Two Shoes,' that she gained the name of ' Little Goody
Two Shoes.' "—Old btory.
The Raven, the Pigeon, the Cat, and the White Rabbit
(her pets), Masters Quork, Coo, Mew, and Bunny.
Pet Robin—Master Redbreast.
Little Boy Blue (her Shepherd Swain) Miss HELEN
HOWARD.
Johnny Stout (the Good Boy) Mr. J. ROBINS.
Thommy Green (the Bad Boy) Mr. G. WESTON.
Day Scholars—Masters Wag, Lag, Fag, Brag, Dag, Nag,
Gag, Mag, Ta So and Misses Nimble, Simple, Sample,
Rumple, Whimg,per,. 'Simper, Niminy, Piminy, &c., &c.
Sir Timothy Gripe (Lord of the Manor),
Mr. TOM MATTHEWS.
Graspall (his Steward), Mr. SHAW.
Villagers—Messrs.Bumkin,Whackstraw,Oatcake,Chaw-
bacon, Thatcher, &c., &e.
"The room in which she taught her scholars was very
large, so that she could have her children stand in front of
her while she instructed them.—Old Story.
Of the proposal made by Sir Timothy to Goody Two Shoes,
and what became of it.
HUNTING LODGE ON THE BORDERS OF
THE FOREST.
The Fairy Good Nature (assuming the form of Goody
Peabody), Miss KATE SAXON.
Gamekeepers, Messrs. Popp and Bang.
Footman, Mr. Powdernob. Page, Master Buttons.
Housekeeper, Mrs. Chickabiddy.
How Little Boy Blue meets with a particular friend, and
bow the Squire dooms the small Birds found on his Estate
to general destruction, and what ensues thereupon.
THE BRAMBLE BRAKE IN THE DEPTHS OF
THE FOREST.---SUNSET.
t " When good Little Goody Two Shoes had finished her
_pn sets of letters, she invited a great number of her poor
lutle Companions to meet together under an old oak tree,
and there she taught them."—Old Story.
The Demon Envy, Mr. GLIN oN.
Hatred and Malice (his attendants), Messnrs. Scowl and
Growl. The Bad Boy's Compact with the Evil Genius, and what
followed therefrom.
HAUNT OF THE ID OOD NYMPHS IN THE
ENCHANTED DELL.
May Miss WORTH.
_ Bluebell, Cowslip, VioletWENT, Wild Thyme, Golden Broom,
Speedwell, Daisy, Buttercup, Wood Anemone, Primrose,
L'olvolvulus,Wild Rose, Traveller's Joy,Celandine, Hearts-
ease' of of Pox Glove &c,
(her attendant Wild Flowers), by a
ho Cory
Pas de Forge phEet-me-not, Miss LYDIA THOMPSON.
Pas de Double Heartsease, The Misses GUNNISS.
Ballet des Bouquets, invented and arranged by
Mr. OSCAR BYRNE.
WOODY AVENUE, LEADING TO BUTTERCUP
MEAD,
" All hail to thee, thou first of May,
Sacred to merry sport and play,
To wine and jest and dance and song,
And mirth that lasts the whole day long."
CELEBRATION OF 411AY-DAY AND FESTIVAL
OF THE MAY QUEEN.
OUTSIDE OF LITTLE GOODY'S COTTAGE, MILL
<<BROOK, AND ANCIENT BELFRY.
Who killed Cock Robin ? I, said the Sparrow, with
my Bow and Arrow."—Old Nursery Legend.
The Sparrow, Mr. Take-an-Aim. The Fly, Master Buzzy.
The Fish, Mr. Gillbut. The Beetle, Mrs. Gamp.
The Linnet, Master Downey. The Owl, Mr. Whit-to -Whoe.
The Lark, Mr. Higbflyer. The Rook, Mr. Blackcoat.
The Bull, Mr. Roarer, with a Horn accompaniment.
The deed done. Impressive fate of Little Cock Robin,
and his marvellous restoration by Good Nature, who pro-
ceeds on her radiated Path of Prisms over the World,
Harlequins Mr. CORMACK and Mr. ST. MAINE.
Columbines, Harlequins,
BOLENO (her first appearance here
these two years) and the 'Misses GUNNISS.
Pantaloons, Mr. G. TANNER and Mr. DEULIN
Clowns, Mr JOHNSON.
. HARRY BOLENO (his first appearance here
these two years) and Mr. C. LAURI.
Scene I.—GRAND HINT 0' NATIONAL (THEATRE)
Scene 2. EXHIBITION OF FUN !
EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR OF INTER-
NATIONAL LODGING-HOUSE.
Scene 3..—SHELL-FISH SHOP, COBBLER'S STALL,
AND MUSIC WAREHOUSE!
ScAND ene 4—THE ISLINGTON'AGRICULTRAL HALL,
FLOWE GR-SHOREAT
WDOG-SHOW, CAT-SHOW, AND
Scene S—(Comic)—EXTERIOR of MARINE STORES,
PUBLIC-HOUSE, AND SAILOR'S HOME,
Last Scene—(Danson and Sons.)
ENGLAND'S. GLORY AND RICHES
BROUGHT BY HER OCEAN WAVES I
Acting Manager, Mr. F. B. CHATTERTON.

HOLY ALLIANCE'D 0 GREEK-PALATINE OF CHESTER.
ON JULIAN O.S. I [i qi 't• 17 i] Grepirien v N.S.
TAX'S INCH! FULCRUM OF ARCHIMEDES.
ACKERLEY v. DALTON, TURNER, & OTHERS.
Marlbro'-street, late Coal-hole, Dog-set'ng grievance, with
its' L'Bur ska Gladiatorial Inchkeith Toga'rry.
The Telegraph of Ctmas-day states that Capt. Ackerley
claimed £5 fine and costs, from defendants (Dalton, Tur-
ner, and wife, servants of George Harrow), on their being
bound over to keep the peace six months, under £lO
penalty, for misdemeanour and wilful dog offence with a
"Le micmac"-p/ot intent to do injury by canine agency,
on Sundays below stairs and week-nights above. The dis-
cr
Parkepancy in B..c.iPolice reports, induces us to refer to this
government persecution against the plaintiff (the sup-
porter of Anglo-America's unpaid Income tax Chief, Peter
-Basque% 11,1 years)—for holding under his Coal Hole
County court Final judgment on 1842-B's double-rent
leaae, now a 20-yrs title ; checkmates ' the WorksiWoods,
and Forests' 1582 N.S Chiliarcher Goner of St. Mie. Corn-
hill's gold-key lessees' wish, by Ouster le main to regain a
Primer Seisin by getting the Captain to recognize an in-
verted tenantcy by their lessee Batchelor building-in his
Coal •hole basis without Party-wall, with intent at steam-
engine boiler HEAT—to effect cold-draft ejection.—to
Torn& ). 'Think l—every day to be thy last, { Chandos.
For when night-sleep comes Life is past.
The papal 129 Metropolis Police Act, 3 Wm. 4, cap. 19,
§ 15, 39, 44—gives 1.,5 fine, and is repeated in 1861 Act, on
" Offences against the person, &c., 24-25 Vict., cap. 100,
sec. 4, 42, 67, 77—Garot-Chloroformists, and Chester po-
lice fire-raisers" conviction, with £5 fine, recoverable against
Stipendiary-justic'r—therefore in homage to our readers we
refer to this case, (of Clapham Atkins City beam and Mint
scale Sydney-like, 13 Hen. 8, in 1835 standard act), wherein
the Captain (& brother Chamberlayne, by reason of Jul. 3's
papal sk• boy Edw. 6th in-valid City grants, at age 14), as
Montague kin executor of privy council by '35 act, e. 1, he
being sworn trustee of Brandon and Southwark's Bethlem
Hospital Estates, now on St. James's Hall, as Q, Eliz, Park
lodge, 5, Swallow-street, and Ormond-Yard, as the people's
land, under no Queen's Church head assumption. t * Russ-Polish Rothschild took out Troy-weight meter
from the Exchequer for Pope's mitre-and-key mint in 1838 ?
whence, by City charter, 26 Ed. 3, the Hess Mayor Rose,
M.P. (of Southampton Tower Ordnance Office-shift, Win-
chester-shift),—was mock presented in November to Indian
Peter, Corsitable of the Tower—as Angl't Micmac flag
union' conis
,t On Luther-set 3ty of 21st July, 1521, by Leo X and
.c.nap. Charles V, for Paduan intermediate supiremacy in
the land—Sydney was appointed the Archer --, standard
inch bearer. In like manner, by 1831's Co-partner Act,
No, 64, for 2-3 Will. 4, caput-81, 92, 1832, for Russian
and
Dutch Loan guarantee--on Submission of the Clergy
restrint of appeals to Rom, ofor ma n lack of justice
Ilena. 8, c 19 and 8 Eliz. ce s,marine can
—names 25
So, on 1825 Holy Alliance of Kings' abolition, the Greek
Cesar Peru rota-crown ' Protector' Lieut Ackerley, R.N.,.as
it King John's Ist Montague 'BI kin trust, was sworn-in
"ales Statepivot, at Worcester's Crt. in January, 1837 by
G01d,,, stick archer-Wm. 4 [—whose daughter married the
Captain's nephew, by the 2nd branch of Dartmouth's
Pliney le Fleming Chamberlayne, in Leicester Coke, Hun-
i'e gate Shelley de Lisle Sydney as Fitzclarence bar'd in
eraldr, like Eaton-hall Grey-hill Egerton, by ' Somer-
et' half-ycast],—As Malcolm iii line of Clare Lincoln-in-
Lacy as Palatine of Wales, Ireland, since 1825-37 on Holy
fan" in Ackerly's £ Mint of Chester by Indian lady
3ePli,ernting the 1820 the (2d) as fist Christian marriage
y "'min Graacina and Plautus, A.M. 43.
U.C. { p." .1,4 A Chester's Judge—like Owl alone
The —l3 ugh "s•Loop'd aml,—thy ' Plautie' a one. } A. D.
me
a atne malicious isolating influence appears to have
gaiust him the doors of Junior United Service Club,
;in his X4OOO Co-burn discovery, and United S. Museum
c. embership, for holding to his Duplex official duties, and
,XO7l-1 law cause of his mixed church imprisonment at Bath,
e 4 thill, and Merthyr Tydvil, without crime.
od's aro ofcillation of the pendulum in lat. 51? 30 N as
tioenlc'3o to and fro in sphere note to like polar • decline-
, above (25 M) and below pole, 29 Sept., for Poor-law,
1 kiitottisr..tkudits year, now in 0 : : • • . style as Pgroad ',R.
' It, rideth. round the heavens as on a horse for
Prefix s* to 51e 30 flow, Bantry, Pellisle, idrunswic.
44101.94 ante, jamutry 2, 1663.

LOCKING UP A JIIRY.—At the Sheriffs' Court,
Red Lion-square, yesterday, before Under-Sheriff
Burchell, an action brought in the Exchequer was tried in
which the sum sought to be recovered was £3 lbs. 9d. The
question was whether the amount was included or omitted
in an account which had been settled. After the case had
occupied nearly three hours the jury retired. In about an
hour they asked to be discharged, but they were not allowed
to depart. The learned Under-Sheriff suggested that the
parties should consent to a juror being withdrawn, and
!hry
clineruci3bxd.4 was
'willing' save further litigation. Mr. Greville (Greville and
but Mr. Schultz for the plaintiff de-
was
were further detained, and when the officer
of the court again
went to the room he found some smok-
ing, and was told there
wasno
chance of their agreeing to a
verdict. After some further
beingdelay the attorneys on both
discharged, leaving the
sides consented to the
jurysaidthey could not
matter open as to any further litigation.
Mr. Under-She-
riff Burchell sent for them, and they
ejot ritoyf
agree, on which they were discharged. One of the
jurymen
thought the law ought to be altered to make a ma.
binding. Another juror was about to make a statement
their differences. Mr. Under-Sheriff Burchell—" I cannot
hear you ; you most not disclose the secrets of your
prison-house.' " (A. laugh.) The jury were accordingly
discharged without giving a verdict.

SEAANEMONES.—ft will be interesting to many
readers who cultivate an acquaintance with the
wonders of the shore to learn that the sea pinlet (Hal-
camps Chrysanthellum), a species of the sea anemone, is to
be got:in this quarter. Two were procured a short time
since, and though sickly, having been torn from their
homes and dashed on shore by the waves of a tempestuous
sea, still our townsman, Mr. Edwards, managed to keep
them alive for two days. During that period he had the
satisfaction as well as the pleasure of seeing them fre-
quently expand their beautiful though star-like discs. The
only other recorded locality for this small and worm-like
species is Caruwall,--,130201iir0 Journal.

TlMES.—Thirty millions a year are we now pay-
ing because on the Continent of Europe one na-
tion of immense martial energy, great pride,
and great ambition, possesses an uncertainty of
temper which has often caused it to abandon the
pursuits of peace and turn its arms against our-
selves or one of our neighbours. We are suffering
also because another Empire, the Chief of which is
heraldically the first personage in Europe, until it
conciliates one disaffected province and cedes
another, is liable at any time to invite by its weak-
ness another war. We pay for all, and as long as
Europe is unsettled we are likely to pay. Each
spasm of the " sick man" at Constantinople affects
the British householder; each vagary of sentimental
or martinet Royalty at Berlin tends to keep up the
disquiet which can only be allayed by expensive
preparations. Not a petty Prince can quarrel with
his subjects in any part of the Continent without in
some degree affecting the British Budget, for it is
impossible to say what even a provincial squabble
may bring forth. The Servian question, the Greek
question are but the types of those which cannot but
yearly arise, until Europe has settled down into the
new forms which the general craving for nation-
ality, liberty, and equality, among the Continental
populations demands. We have, however, now
seen the worst. The inordinate expenditure of all
the Continental nations has sobered Princes and
peoples. Both the rulers and the governed are be-
ginning to find that greatness may be purchased
too dearly. Even national regeneration may lose
its advantages and its glory if the new-born State
comes into the world crippled with debt. Hence
there are abroad signs of a hopeful reformation.
France at last has begun to recognise that her
vast armies are a terror to herself as well as to
surrounding nations, and it is but just to say that
her Emperor loses no opportunity of impressing on
other countries that he is sincerely peaceful. Seldom
has a New Year's-day passed away more quietly
than the last, and the few words uttered by Napo-
leon in reply to the congratulations of the Diplo-
matic Body were of satisfaction at the quiet of
Europe, and of hope that peace would be preserved
in the year that has just begun. Some interest was
felt in this year's reception at the Tuileries, for it
was known that on many subjects the Emperor
had something to say, and could, if he chose, put
all the Exchanges in trepidation. He might an-
nounce an Ultramontane decision on the Roman
question, or, on the other hand, cut to the heart the
Nuncio who stood before him by a few bitter and
ominous words on the obstinacy of the Pope. Then
his intentions with regard to America have been the
subject of some anxiety. It was thought that he
would not have gone so far unless he intended to
go further, and the recent victory of the Confede-
rates might have given him occasion to intimate his
future policy. Words of menace dropped on one or
two New Year's-days have made both diplomacy
and commerce very excitable just at this period.
All, however, has gone off well this time. The
Emperor tells us briefly, but explicitly, that, as far
as France is concerned, the peace of Europe will
not be broken in the year 1863. Rome may be
obstinate, Italy irritable, Austria defiant, but there
will be no angry response on the part of the Empe-
ror. Gratified ambition, the consciousness of having
gained for himself a place in military history, com-
bine, with the respect which is shown to him on all
sides and the advance of age, to make him pacific in
his tastes. The great material progress of France
and the increased centring of all continental civili-
sation in her capital cause the people to be every
year less desirous of war with the neighbouring
Powers, even to secure territories which were until
lately always in the minds of patriotic Frenchmen.
Not that the old passion has entirely passed away.
The Emperor is too full of Bonapartist traditions ab-
solutely to forego military enterprise. In his theory
of supplementing by the Second Empire everything
in which the First failed, the design of founding
transmarine dominions seemingly holds the first
place. We see the effects of this in the expedition to
Cochin China; in the still more important and costly
invasion of Mexico. But such a diversion of policy
is a gain both to France and to us. To France the
possessions which may be gained beyond the ocean
are likely to be more profitable than the " ideas,"
the realisation of which are the only reward of
European war. And to us, as a maritime and com-
mercial people, it is a great thing that France
should address herself to the regeneration of distant
regions. If she gains possession of the mines of
Mexico, or establishes a flourishing colony in
Eastern Asia, we shall be as much benefitted by her
energy as we should be harmed by a forcible exten-
sion of her limits in Europe.

If, then, the year 1863 is destined to come and go
without seeing European peace disturbed, we shall
be ready to acknowledge our obligations to the
French Emperor. But, though Napoleon is power-
ful, he does not command the policy of his neigh-
bours, much less the course of events. There is an-
other quarter from which war might possibly
come. Italy has been treated with caprice by Na-
poleon, and she is, perhaps unreasonably, impatient
at the delay which must be borne before she comes
into possession of Rome. There was much fear that
either the quarrels of the Italians and Austrians on
one frontier, or the irritation of the discontented
Roman people on another, might lead to some sud-
den excess that would end in war. But as far as
can be predicted from good intentions the policy of
Italy will be moderate and praiseworthy. No one
can read the circular of M. Pasolini without being
pleased to see the affairs of the kingdom at such a
crisis pass into the hands of men who seem firm,
able, and conciliatory. The true policy of Italy is
now to consolidate what has been gained. By con-
tinuing to merit the goodwill of Europe she will en-
sure the possession of Rome and Venetia when the
hour comes for demanding them. The pride of one
Emperor, the fancies of another, must soon run
their course, and if in the meantime Italy has held
her high place in the esteem of nations the two
coveted provinces will fall to her without an
opposing voice.

MORNING POST.—The best chance of avoiding
the calamities of war is by being always fully pre-
pared to meet them. This is the policy which has
with so much wisdom been pursued ; and for evi-
dences of its soundness we have only to point to the
exploded bugbear of an invasion of this country.
We are anxious and ready to give praise where it
is justly due; and the promptitude and efficiency
of the arrangements made by the Admiralty last
year, when the prospect of war breaking out be-
tween this country and America appeared immi-
nent, received at our hands the fullest acknowledg-
ment. The Americans were made fully sensible of
the relative naval power of the two countries by
our attitude upon that occasion, and, with an
amount of zeal which we should do well to imitate,
they have set themselves busily to work to restore
the balance of power which was then so much in
our favour. While on our part we have been
placidly content to do little more than ring the
changes upon our four aghievements, the Warrior,
the Black Prince, the Resistance, and the Defence,
the result of their labours has been the creation of
an armour-plated fleet consisting of no less than
fifty-four ships. We hear of new vessels building
IburaT dockyards, some of which are said to em-
bracequalities of both originality and science;
but, e
alas! like the long-talked•of shield•ship of
Captain Cowper Coles, they have not up to the pre-
sent moment made their appearance. We should be
glad to see something of these new vessels, should
they even fall short of the expectations formed of
them asit
is only by practically testing their
value that w e shall ever be able to keep pace with
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in iron-clads has just been added to the navy of the
Federal States of North America. The Keokuk

is described as a vessel of peculiar form, " resem-
bling somewhat the shape of an egg." If the
accounts which we have received of this vessel are
to be relied on, she has been constructed on the
principle of elliptic sections—her side presenting
no one spot to the aim of the artillerist that can be
hit fully and fairly by either a round or fiat-headed
shot. The plan of constructing a vessel upon the
more scientific principle of the sloping, angular, or
elliptic side, from off which the shot, according to
all natural laws, must glance, is the principle
which we have always advocated, and is the only
one which affords any real hope of making a ship
invulnerable to the terrible ordnance now in use.
Another great advantage which this newer form of
vessel presents over any other consists in the in-
creased power of buoyancy and floatation which
will be gained by a reduction of the thickness of
the armour plates, a reduction in this more scientific
form, it is calculated, will readily admit of. It is a
noticeable feature in the construction of the newer
ironclad vessels in the Federal navy that they are
being mostly fitted with a double screw. Some
time ago we gave a lengthened account of the suc-
cessful trial of the Flora, double screw propeller, a
vessel built by Mr. Dudgeon, shipbuilder, of Lon-
don. We also point9d out, in a leading article
bearing upon this subject, the immense advantages
which the adoption of the double screw propeller
would afford if applied to our own ships of war.
Notwithstanding all that has been said upon this
subject, and the fact of the Admiralty engineer
having been present at the trial, and that he reports
favourably of the experiment, we regret to say that
up to the present time we have not heard of any of
her Majesty's vessels having been fitted with the
double screw. Now, if we could only succeed in
persuading every maritime Power in the world to
abstain from introducing new inventions and im-
provements, our position at the present moment
would be an unenviable one; but as we do not pos-
sess this power, England has the choice, therefore,
of two courses open to her, either to keep pace with
the inventive spirit of the age, or to relinquish her
position as the leading maritime Power.

HERALD.—To the observant eye which watehes
the undercurrent of events the different tendencies
of the English and French Governments must be
discernible. England seeks most her material pros-
perity and the peace and happiness of her people.
France, as of old, is bent on the acquisition of
glory; but, in addition, to this her prime idea is
to extend and consolidate her power. There was a
time when the proposal to cede even the protection
of a group of islands most favourably situated for
the assert ion of our naval supremacy would have
roused the whole country from one end to another,
and filled every Englishman's breast with indigna-
tion. It now happens that the British Cabinet
yields the lonian Islands to Greece 'without any
manner of equivalent, unless we are, indeed, to call
the limitation of the Government of that country to
people witness the
sacrifice
monarchy
in atnh
ee qcuailvma
el esnt t
m;
oaondd
, and scarcely give
themselves the trouble to ask why it is made. This
apathy among the masses, this insensibility to
everything which does not directly and perceptibly
affect their private interests, ought properly to urge
the Ministry to a more vigilant and conservative
caution. They should not move with the stream.
and show for solid
Quaker, and to put
IdfoJwonhnalßl uelxltrisanreeosuolsvelduxtuortiuesrn
comfort and worldly wealth and success the Go-
vernment should remember that pomp, dignity, and
power are just as essential to the greatness of a na-
tion as they are to the honour and estimation of
the individual. A large estate, a vast number of
liveried servants and of other retainers, carriages
and equipage, company, and all the loudness and ce-
remony of high life, might well be dispensed with if
mankind sought for nothing here but the enjoy-
ment of simplicity: But somehow this has never
been found to answer. No sooner does the citizen
acquire wealth than he forthwith ambitions aris-
tocracy. He will not be a happy man until he
becomes a great man, and lays the foundation of
greatness for his children. This is the solid pur-
chase, the only real va'ue of his riches. The Quaker
body themselves are experiencing so very natural
a feeling. They are losing their stoical identity,
becoming Epicureans, mixing like other men in the
rapid river of life, and edging here and there not
only into the national manners, idioms, and cos-
tumes, but into the National Church itself,
slipping into St. Andrew's or St. Jude's, instead
of the staid and dreary conventicle. Some
politicians of these days are inclined to ignore
these heart-sprung aspirations. They would
chasten and economise everything. With Sir
George C. Lewis they would get rid of the super-
fluity of Canada without a sigh, if Canada became
in the least expensive or troublesome. With Lord
Palmerston and Earl Russell they would yield the
protection of the lonian Islands by reason of the
turbulence of certain of their inhabitants, and to
offer a bribe to Greece for making a baby toy of her
vacant throne. What a contrest does this present
to the Government of the French Emperor; every-
where striving to extend the nation's territory, in-
fluence, and authority, to magnify its power, to ele-
vate its character, and to endow it with premier
rank among the kingdoms of the world. So far
from ceding possessions, Louis Napoleon's aim is to
grasp territory wherever he can lay his hand on it
by safe stratagem or open force. A strip from
Savoy, a highway canal to the East, a footin China,
and a hand on Cochin-China, a voice in Madagas-
car, a word of mediation in America, and a military
hold on Mexico, are only indications of the ultimate
design of the astute and patriotic Emperor. Am-
bition, like other great qualities, may be easily car-
ried too far. We believe the Emperor Napoleon
to be somewhat too aspiring for his peace sake and
the enduring safety of his empire. But his noble
policy stands out in bold relief to the paltry man-
agement of the British Cabinet. Government in the
true sense we have none. The sole effort is to save
trouble, to make a false show of economy, and to
keep office.

THE METROPOLITAN RAlLWAY.—Yesterday the
trial trains commenced running on the line, as if the ordi-
nary passenger traffic of the railway was being carried on.
An engine having been despatched to Farringdon-street
station, for the purpose of shunting the carriages from the
up to the down line, the first train was then started from
the Bishop's-road station, at Paddington, at 10.30 a.m., the
engine, The Wasp, being driven by Mr. Luxmore, of the
Great Western Railway locomotive department. Among
the passengers were Mr. C. Saunders, the Secretary of the
Great Western Railway; Messrs. Fowler, Johnson, Fen-
ton, Tanner, D. Gooch, and several ladies. Trains were
despatched every half-hour during the day from each end
of the hue till about 20 minutes past 3 p.m., when the last
down-train was started from Farringdon-street station.
The whole distance of 31 miles was accomplished by each
train in from 20 to 21 minutes, a full minute:being allowed
at each station for stoppage, the porters calling out the
names of the different stations on the halting of the trains.
The speed attained varies from 20 to 25 miles an hour, the
pressure on the boilers of the engine being about 1201 b. on
the square inch, the ordinary working pressure of the boilers
of the engines on the Great Western Railway. About four
minutes were occupied in the run from the City terminus to
King's-cross. The signals worked well ; and, as the trains
glided into Farringdon-street station, they were greeted
with cheers from a numerous body of spectators.
TUE IRISH CONVICT SYSTEM.—It is indeed a
great triumph that, commencing the system with
prisoners in a most disorderly state, receiving recruits from
the rebellious convicts of Bermuda, and having to contend
with great difficulties, in consequence of the peculiar cha-
racter of the Irish, and the strong religious jealousies which
exist in that country, the number of convicts should have
diminished from 4,278 on the Ist January, 1854, to 1,314
on the Ist January, 1862; that the directors can trium-
phantly challenge the country to show one prisoner at large
in Ireland, released on ticket-of-leave, who is infringing
the conditions endorsed on his license; and still more, that
public
confidence is so firmly established in the really re•
formatory nature of the system pursued, that the public are
no longer unwilling to take into their employment persons
who have passed through these prisons, even applying
after trial again and again for more,—Fraffe4

The paddlewheel steamer Prometheus, 5, 200
horse power, has been surveyed at Chatham by the
master-shipwrights from Deptford, Sheerness, and
Chatham dockyards, in order to ascertain whether
her defects allow of her being repaired. Owing,
however, to the unsatisfactory report of the condi-
tion of that steamer which has been made to the
Admiralty, their lordships have directed that her
repairs are to be no further proceeded with, and
have decided on offering her for sale.
In accordance with instructions received at Chat-
ham from the Admiralty, the screw gunvessel Vigi-
lant, 4, 680 tons, 200 horse power, and the Osprey,
4, 682 tons, 200 horse power, Mr. G. H. Dominy,
master, in charge, both of which are attached to
the Steam Reserve, are to be ready for commission
by the Ist Feb. The Osprey will be sent round
from Deptford to be fitted.

The paddlewheel steamer Terrible, 22,1,850 tons,
800 horse power, now in the third division of the
Chatham Steam Reserve, is to be brought forward
for commission, and is to be out of the hands of the
dockyard authorities on the 30th April.
Some delay has taken place in fixing the large
wrought-iron sternposts and keel of the iron frigate
Achilles, 50, under construction at Chatham, in con-
sequence of it having been found necessary to make
some alterations in them before they could be fitted.
The sternpost and the other portions of the keel
were received at Chatham dockyard from Glasgow
about ten days since, and since their arrival it has
been necessary to alter the length of the afterpiece
of the keel. Some three or four days will still elapse
before the alterations now in hand are effected. The
weight of the inner sternpost is 12 tons 4cwt., the
afterpiece of the keel 14 tons 4cwt., and the outer
sternf ost 13 tons 12cwt.

The Termagant, screw frigate, 25 guns, Capt. R.
Hall, is dismantling alongside Portsmouth Dock-
yard, and will be paid out of commission about this
day week. We committed an error in her dates of
sailing from Honolulu for England. She sailed from
Honolulu on the Bth September, and from the Falk-
land Islands cm the 7th November.

The names of the following officers have been re-
moved from the Navy List by order of the Lords
of the Admiralty :—Lieuts. A. B. Wodehouse and
C. H. Eden ; Lieuts. J. M. Sadleir and C. B. Brand,
Royal Marines ; Assist.-Sorg. F. L. Graham, Assist.-
Paymaster S. L. Lancaster, and Second Master W.
J. Montgomery.
The following promotions and appointments in
the corps of Royal Marine Light Infantry were
promulgated in a divisional order at headquarters,
Chatham yesterday :—First Lieut. and Adjt. John
M. Lennox, of the Chatham division, to be Capt.
and appointed to the Woolwich division, vice Jones,
who died in China; Second Lieut. William Men-
zies, of the Chatham division, to be First Lieut., and
appointed to the same division ; First Lieut. No-
well Fitzupton Way, of the Chatham division, to be
Adjt., vice Lennox, promoted; Second Lieut. John
Alfred Sweny, of the Woolwich division, to be;First
Lieut., and appointed to the Chatham division.
By permission of Col. Lemon, C. 8., the sergeants
of the Chatham division of Royal Marines gave a
ball last night in their library and messroom at the
Royal Marine Barracks. The apartments fitted up
for dancing and refreshments were decorated with
flags, flowers, and evergreens, and presented an ex-
ceedingly attractive appearance. In addition to
the sergeants at headquarters, invitations were is-
sued to several of the non-commissioned officers of
Royal Marines at Woolwich and Deal. The divi-
sional band was in attendance.

The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Lieut. Richard 0. L. Madden, to
the Osprey ; George H. Dominy, master, to the
Osprey; John Phillips, master, additional, to the
Cumberland, for the Vigilant ; David Wilson, sur-
geon, to the Osprey; Valentine Spain, paymaster,
to the Osprey; Edward W. Gordon, paymaster, ad-
ditional, to the Fisgard ; George Bolster, assist.-
surg., to the Egmont ; Hon. H. L. Bowling, assist.-
paymaster, to the Victory ; and John T. Greet,
clerk, to the Osprey. Herbert T. Murray has been
nominated to a naval cadetship.