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Tory majority 9l
From this table it appears that of the borough Mem-
bers of England, Scotland, and Ireland, a majority of
thirty-seven have declared in favour of a Liberal Minis-
try, notwithstanding the frightful extent of bribery and
corruption which prevailed in England at the last general
election, and notwithstanding the gross official partisan-
ship and horrid iniquities which foisted in for the time
Tory representatives for several of the Irish boroughs.
The Irish counties also add eleven to the Liberal ma-
jority. It is from the English and Scotch counties only,
and from the universities—those strong holds of bigotry
and intolerance—that the Tories derive a majority snore
than sufficient to swamp the voice of the boroughs. The
English counties are notoriously in the hands of the Corn-
law-making landlords, as effectually as ever the rotten
boroughs were in those of the boroughmongers ;—the
Scotch counties have been won by the wholesale creation
of fictitious votes ; and the Universities but express the
voice of persons, lay and clerical, who look forward to
be provided for in one way or other at the public. ex-
pense. The struggle about to ensue is, in fact, one be-
tween town and country ; between grasping oligarchs
and monopolists on the one hand, and the rights of in-
dustry, skill, and enterprise on the other. Considering
the elements and nature of the struggle, it requires no
extraordinary foresight to know by which side the vic-
tory must ultimately be achieved ; but woe betide the
party which for the base and sordid purpose of its own
aggrandizement, at the expense of the general good,
shall drive that struggle to extremity.—Liverpool
Mercury.

THEATRICALS IN ST. PETERS

BURGH.

(From the Literary Gazette of this day.)
St. Petersbnrgh, 1-13th August, 1841.
I have been here all the summer. Carter (the Lion-
king) has been ill for upwards of two months, and has
been unable to perform. lam very much delighted with
this place (much more so than last year) : everything
here is so orderly and elegant—the amusements, the
rides, rivers, baths, reviews, and fetes, civil, military, and

religious.
Four miles from the city is the Kammeroy Ostroff
(Stone Island) Theatre. A delightful place it is. The
French performances only are given here during the
summer, when all the nobility are at their country re-
sidencs near the islands. Last night the officers of the
French man-of-war (which has come to take away the
Ambassador) were there to see La Mansarde du Crime.
Mr. Bochsa and Mrs. Bishop are at Moscow. The
once all-celebrated Sontag is here. She is wife of Count
.Rossis, the Sardinian Ambassador.
Ole 'Bull has had some excellent concerts ; and Made-
moiselle Mayer (of the Varieties Theatre, Paris), has
married Alexandre.
Bressaut, from the Theatre Francais, has been-en-
gaged, with 6,000 roubles d'argent in appointments only !.
The deficiency of receipts over expenditure is 500,000
roubles a year.
On Wednesday (August 11) the Duchess Weimar,
sister to the Emperor, visited the Grand Theatre, on
which occasion it was illuminated, exhibiting the extra-
ordinary sight of an imitation, in jets d'eaux, of the
fountains at Peterhoff, in a fairy scene with a group of
nymphs, &c. It is a sight that unlimited wealth and
control over labour could alone accomplish. Fancy the
waterworks of. Versailles, and you may realise what was
seen at the Bolsha (great) Theatre.
But the finest fun is the representation of a piece in
Russian, at the Alexandre Theatre. It is called Kean,
or Genius and Fag ; and carries out the affair of Mrs.
Cox in a dramatic point of view, and the various real or
imaginary vagaries of that renowned performer. It em-
braces a great variety of incidents. At one time Kean
is consulted by a lady, who desires to go on the stage ;
and Kean (being sober) advises her against such a course.
In that scene I heard about the only words I could un-
derstand, and these were " Fanny Kemble" and
" Macready."
The next scene is in—Wapping ! There Kean drinks
champagne in the lowest kind of grog-shop with a
Russian stove in it, prevents a villain (who actually
enters in a black cloak and mask) from seducing the
landlord's daughter, and has a pitched battle with fists.
Ile then appears in his dressing-room, where Mr. Al-
derman Cox, habille comme un pair d'AngHerre, and his
lady enter, whilst Kean is dressing. Mr. Cox and his
lady retire ; Mrs. C. returning, having forgotten her fan,
which cuts an important figure in the last scene. Kean
refuses to act. With great difficulty the call-boy and
the manager get him on the stage to play Romeo, the
last part of which is actually performed. Mr. Kean for-
gets his part ; the prompter comes from the side ; the
actor grows indignant, and sees Mrs. Cox in the private
box (erected on the stage)—produces her fan—goes into
hysterics—and quotes from other plays. Mi br Cox and
his lady rise. Persons from behind the scene rush on
and catch the hero ; the curtain falls, and a little gentle-
man, a friend of Kean's (perhaps John Hughes ?) steps
forward, " like Niobe, all tears," begs to know if there
be a doctor in the pit, makes an apology, and the curtain
falls !
Karateegan is the Kean ; and most admirably he acts
it. He has a fine commanding figure, is a great favourite
—in short, is the Forrest of Russia.
It is said here that the young Duke of Leuchtenberg
(the Emperor's son-in-law) is to be Viceroy of Poland.
This would be a popular appointment.
Taglioni will be here on the Ist of October. She
commences a six-nights' engagement at Stockholm on
the 15th of September.
The Russian steam-frigate, built at New York, is
hourly expected.
The Russians are the finest linguists in the world.
The middle and upper classes all speak French and Ger-
man, in addition to their own language—German is the
most universal. S.
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EMIGRATION TO CANADA.—By the officia,
papers forwarded to England by Lord Sydenham, rela-
tive to the present aspect of affairs in Canada, it appears
that the results of the returns regarding the arrivals of
emigrants at the port of Quebec were between May 6
and June 26, 1841, the number of 16,071, being an in-
crease of 1,505 persons more than up to the same period
in the preceding year. Four days of May alone brought
a most prolific number, as there arrived in that period
of time no less than 8,000 emigrants ; and among them
all there Were scarce 30 cases of sickness for the hospi-
tal. Out of these emigrants, 460 had been assisted by
their landlords ; 190 by the Prince George ; 15 em-
barked at London sent out by the Poor-law Commis-
sioners ; 116 had embarked at Gravesend, sent out
by Lord Portman from his estates in Dorset and Kent ;
and 59 from the House of Industry, Isle of Wight, and
the parishes of Salethurst and Readcourt. There were
also 180 connected with the Carlton Emigration Society,
the greater part of whom were handloom weavers, as-
sisted to emigrate by the liberality of private individuals
or public bodies ; 45 perscins were enabled to emigrate
by Lord Charlemont from his estates in Armagh ;
48 persons, from Limerick, were assisted by
Colonel .Wyndham. Very few of these emigrants
go to the United States, but chiefly strike into
Montreal and the midland districts. The only evil that
has arisen connected with the immigration this season,
arose from the unwillingness of the lower class of
labourers to accept work at Quebec and Montreal, from
the hope of obtaining higher wages in the more distant
parts of the country. The delusive nature of this hope
will, however, be in future checked, by publicity being
given toLord Sydenham's report on this point. The returns
from the emigrant stations at Bytom', Toronto, and
Hamilton, up to the 30th of June, 1841, give the return
of emigrants, via the Ridean canal, 5,660 ; by way of the
St, Lawrence, 2,750 ; presenting a total of 8,410. The
statement that a great many emigrants had abandoned
the province, and gone to the United States, is untrue.
Labour on the American side of the line is, along with
money, scarcer than on the Canadian side, and many, on
the contrary, have returned from the States on the look
out for better prospects. The accounts of the health
and prospects of these immense masses of people are
unusually pleasing, and in every shape satisfactory.