The Sun.
London, England, 1871-01-14 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST AN ASSURANCE AGENT.— At
the Marlborough-street Police Court Mr. A. Macpherson
Walker, of 291, Strand, was charged before Mr. Knox
with obtaining £271 by fradulent representation. The
defendant called on Mr. Thompson, proprietor of millinery
establishments in Regent-street and Edgeware-road,
representing himself as agent to " The Scottish Assurance
Company Life Guarantee and Plate Glass Assurance
Company," which he alleged was a sound and
first-rate concern. Mr. Thompson assessed and paid the
premium, and a breakage having occurred defendant was
applied to, but he could get nothing done. On inquiry it
was found that the alleged company had no account with
the Westminster Bank as stated, and the chairman,
calling himself Count de Cissy, turned out to be M.
Canvin, who had gone by several aliases, and was tried at
the Central Criminal Court, where he was sentenced to
five years' penal servitude. Mr. Knox committed the
defendant for trial at the Central Criminal Court, but
decided to accept two sureties for £5O, with the defendant
in £l.OO. Mr. Knox declined to accept one surety in £lOO
or to commit to the Middlesex Sessions.
THE EMPIRE ASSURANCE CORPORATION.—Vice-Chan-
cellor Stuart had before him the suit of the Empire
Assurance Corporation v. Leeke. The executors of the
late Admiral Sir Henry Leeke; who formerly sat in Par-
liament for the borough of Dover, sought to have his
name removed from the company's register of shareholders
and list of contributories. It was shewn that fifty shares
had been allotted to Sir Henry in order to qualify him as
a director, and his name was published as chairman of
the undertaking. The executors moved on two grounds—
that the admiral never was a shareholder, and that, if so,
his shares had been fully paid up. The Vice Chancellor,
holding that the shares had been paid up by the practice
of a " juggle," refused the motion, with costs.
CATCH V. SHAEN.—THE LAMBETH WORKHOUSE IN-
QUIRY.—In the Court of Queen's Bench, before the Lord
Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Mellor, and Mr. Justice Han-
nen, Mr. Montagu Bore,. Q.C., applied on behalf of the
defendant for a new trial in this case, the hearing of
which occupied the Lord Chief Justice and a special jury
during the whole of the Westminster sittings after
last term. The learned counsel based his application on
three grounds :- 1. Misdirection on the part of the Chief
Justice in not leaving it to the jury that upon the facts
disclosed the matter published by Mr. Shaen should be
held to be privileged without such defence being specially
raised by counsel. 2. That the verdict was against the
weight of the evidence, 3. That the damages were ex-
cessive. Their lordships were unanimously of opinion
that as regarded the first head of objection no misdirec-
tion had been established. But in respect of the other
two, it was highly desirable that the decision should be
reviewed. Rule nisi accordingly.

Mr. W. rAnson, of Hungerford House, Norton,
Malton, the owner and trainer of Blink Bonny, Blair
Athol, &c., is dangerously ill. More than a fortnight ago
Mr. I'Anson had a bad fall on the ice of the Mahon
Curling Pond.
THE SEE HOUSE AND LANDS OF KIL➢IORE.—
Lord Farnham has 'subscribed the munificent sum of
£l,OOO towards the purchase of the see house, garden, and
curtilege, and as much land as the Commissioners will
agree to sell, for the use of the future Bishops of ltilmore.
Mr. Humphries, D.L., Ballyhaise House, Cavan, has
subscribed £2OO for the same object.—Rock.
ENGINEERING COLLEGE FOR THE INDIAN SERVICE.
—A deputation from University College, consisting of the
Pregident and members of the douncil, has waited on the
Duke of Argyle to present a memorial from the Council
and Senate of the College respecting the proposed institu-
tion of a new Engineering College for the Indian Service.
The memorialists consider that the failures in the present
system have arisen from no defect in the existing plan of
education, but from the faulty plan on which the
examinations were conducted. Besides this, sufficient
inducements were not offered to well qualified men
to enter on their proposed careers. This seems to
have been perceived by the Government, as they-are
about to increase considerably the salary which will be
given to a civil engineer in the service of the Indian
Government when he commences his work in future.i
With regard to the proposed College, the memorialists
believe that it will be injurious to the public service,
because it will narrow the sphere for the selection of can-
didates, and also limit their opportunities of receiving
necessary instruction. They do not think past experience
of the working of Government colleges has been such as
to recommend the creation of a new Government college,
and regard such a step as one that is at variance with the
plan for affording all her Majesty's subjects the oppor-
tnuity uf gaining Government appointments.

We subjoin a full report of Mr. Mill's speech at Edin-
burgh, on Thursday.
Mr. MILL, who was received with great enthusiasin,
the audience rising and waving their hats and handker-
chiefs, said : If there is a truth in politics which is essen-
tial—which is the basis of all free government—it is that
when a part of the nation is the-sole possessor of power,
the interest of that part gets all the serious attention.
This does not necessarily imply any active oppression ; all
that it implies is the natural tendency of the average man
to feel what touches self to be of vastly greater importance
than what directly tout-lies other people ; and this, is the
deep-seated and ineradicable reason women will never be
justly treated until they obtain the franchise. They
suffer assuredly much injUstice by the operaticn of law.
But suppose this chaLged ; yet even if there were no
ground of compl .int against the laws, there would be
,a
breakdown in their execution as long as men alone have
a voice in choosing and in removing the officers of Govern-
ment. All our recent constitutional reforms and the
creed of reformers are grounded on the fact that the sill-
frage is needed for self protection. All experience proves
that it one part of a community is held in subjection by
another part, is not trusted with the ordinary means- of
self defence, but .is left dependent on the good will and
pleasure of those who are more privileged, the most vital
interests of the subject portion are certain to be, if not
recklessly trampled upon, at least postponed to almost
everything else. The treatment of women is certainly no
exception to the rule. They have neither equal laws nor an
equal administration of them. The laws treat them as they
could no longer be treated if they had the suffrage ; even
if the laws were equal the administration of them is not.
Judges cannot be exceptionally bad men. They are
not . chosen for their bad qualities ; they must be
thought by those who appoint them to represent fairly,
or better than fairly, the moral feelings of average men.
Yet what do we see ? For a brutal assault by a man
on a woman; especially if she has the misfortune to
be his wife, he is either let off with an admonition or
he is solemnly told that he must be severely punished, and
he then gets as many weeks or months of imprisonment
as a man who has taken £s's worth of property gets
years. We are told that the good feelings of men are a,
sufficient protection to women. Those who say so can
never, one would suppose, look into the police and law
reports. If the good feeling of men does not protect
women against being beaten and kicked to death's door
every day of their liVes, and at last beaten and kicked to
actual death by their special guardians and protectors,
can we expect that it will secure them against injuries less
revolting to humanity? Most men, it will be said, are
incapable of committing such horrible brutality. Perhaps
so; but it seems they are quite capable of letting it be
committed. If women who are maltreated by their hus-
bands found a defender in every other man who knew
of it, they might have some chance of protection
without the weapon of the suffrage. But it is never so,
slaves did not find it so, serfs did not find it se, conquered
nations do not find it so, and neither do women. There
are many men who would not consciously do that wrong,
but there must be a great moral improvement in human
nature before most men will exert themselves to prevent
or redress wrongs committed by others under the sanction
of law. Of these two things—the suffrage for women and
a grand Moral improvement in human nature, the
suffrage, to my thinking, is likely to be the soonest
obtained. I could afford to stop here. I have made
out an ample case. There is a portion of the population,
amounting in number to somewhat more than half,
to whom the law and its administration do not fulfil their
duty—do not afford even the bodily protection due to all,
and this half happening to be that whieh is not ad-
mitted to the suffrage, their most important interests are
neglected, I do not say from deliberate intention, but sim-
ply because their interest is not so near to the feelings
of the ruling half as the ruling half's own interest.
The remedy is plain; put women in the position whip will
make their interest the ruler's own interest ; make it as
important to politicians to redress the grievances of
women as it is to redress those of any class which is
represented in Parliament. If nothing more than this
could be said in support of their claim to the suffrage,
no claim could be more fully made out ; and if the claim
is just, so also is it strictly constitutional. One of the
recognised doctrines of the British Constitution is that
representation is co-extensive with direct taxation. The
practice of the Constitution, it is true, for a long time
did not correspond with the theory, but it has been made
to conform to it at least in cities and boroughs provided
the taxpayer is of the male sex. But even now, if
a woman, she may be the largest taxpayer in the
place, and the person of greatest practical ability
besides—yet, no matter, she has no vote. This
is something very like punishing her for being a woman.
The conditions which, in the eye of the law and of the
Constitution, confer a title to a voice in public affairs, are
all fulfilled by her, with the single exception of having
been born male. This one deficiency, which I humbly sub-
mit she cannot help, is visited on her by the privation of a
right. Nevertheless, even apart from justice, there
are many reasons why the suffrage should be
given to women, but I will content myself
with two. One, and the strongest, is that which
has often been unthinkingly employed on the other
side—woman has so much power already ! A man's
wife is very often the real promoter of his public actions,
yet it is only an extremely small minority of women who
have anything that deserves a name of a conscience on
public affairs. How could a woman have a conscience about
public affairs if she were taught to believe that they were
no concern of hers ? Give women the same rights as men,
and the same obligations would follow. 'Another reason is
the vast amount of brain power and practical business talent
which now lie 'waste for want of outlet into that great
field of public usefulness in which no one would pretend
that such qualities were not very much wanted. The whole
movement of modern society from the middle ages until
now, and which has been greatly accelerated in the pre-
sent century, points in the direction of the political
enfranchisement of women. Their exclusion is the last
remnant of the old state of society. The reyinze of privi-
leges and disabilities, and- of all monopolies, is gone or
going, and the whole spirit of the time is against prede-
termining by law that one set of persons should be
allowed by right of birth to have and to do what others
are not by any amount of exertion or superiority of talent
allowed to attain.

THE LATE LORD HENRY BENTINCE.—The funeral
was celebrated on Tuesday in Louth, in Lincolnshire, and
was attended by the Speaker of the House of Commons,
Mr. George Cavendish Bentinck, Mr. Chaplin, and a few
of,,his lordship's most intimate friends.

THE LATE WORKDIEN'S EXHIBITION IN LONDON.
—lt is now nearly two months since the Workmen's In-
ternational Exhibition was closed, and the prize-holders
have not yet received_their medals. It is said the funds in
hand are not sufficient to warrant the committee in giving
the order for such a large number of medals (over 1,000 in
number.)
DEATH OF CARDINAL ORFEL—A letter from
Rome announces the death of his Eminence the Cardinal
Archbishop .of Ravenna. Monsignor Enrico Orfei was
born in 1800, and was created and preconized Cardinel in
1858. cardinal Clarelli is dangerously ill and is not ex-
pected to recover, and Cardinal Alameda (who is 90) is
said by letters from Spain to be rapidly falling.—Tablet.
A " FRIENDLY LEAD."—There are some friendly
societies in England and Scotland which can point with
pride to more than ordinary success since their establish-
ment. One of these is the Dundee and Strathearn Friendly
Society, formed solely with the view of helping the sons
and daughters of Strathearn who might become distressed
and poor after they had taken up their residence in
Dundee. The. society assists the youths of one of the
loveliest districts of. Scotland when they embark on the
sea of life, and watches over them while they sojourn
in the Scottish city. The other evening the
Association held its annual festival, and several eminent
clergymen and friends -of the society presided over the
entertainment. In the report of the year's work it ap-
peared that many necessitous cases had been relieved, and
that the prospects as regarded the ends of the association
were flourishing. Some humorous speeches were subse-
quently delivered, shewing the need of young men being
guarded in their early struggles against improper com-
panions. A Mr. W. Thomson, " a native of Auchte-
rarder," perhaps gave the most significant testimony :
" When a young man I went to Glasgow, and was utterly
lonely. I remember taking notice of a group of
yoUng men—representatives from all lands—congre-
gating every. dinner hour round a stove in a workshop
--a large engineering work— for the purpose of listening
to the Socialistic doctrines held forth by a man. One day
this fellow was dilating upon various subjects in the news-
papers,, and denouncing the Government of the day and
all Christian institutions. I made bold to enter the lists
against this man, and pressing him hard in argument he
lost his sang frond and coolness, and, lifting a chipping-
hammer, threw it at my head. Fortunately, the hammer
did not stake me, for if the missile had performed its mis-
sion you would not have been troubled with a speech from
me to-night.

SUBSCRIPTION FOR 15,000 DEFERRED
SHARES OF £lO EACH,
In 1,600 Cortificates of 10 shares each, equalthe to 1100 stock each
Certific of

BEDFORD AND NORTHAMPTON RAILWAY.

Being the balance of 20,000 Deferred Shares of the Company.
5,000 of such Shares having been appropriated to and taken up
by Applicants for the Preferred Shares of the Company.

Price of Issue, £B2 10s. per Certificate of £lOO, equal to £8 55.
per share, with interest at 5 per cent. per annum (yielding to
the investor £8 Ss. per cent. per annum on the price of Sub-
scription, after deducling allowances) during construction,
and for five years after the opening of the Railway, pending
the declaration within that period by the
MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY
Of the option to Amalgamate with or Lease the Line, as referred
to herein.
The due and punctual payment of the interest is absolutely
secured for the whole of the above-mentioned period by the
investment IN CONSOLS, now standing in the names of
Trustees, of the amount necessary to pay the same.

COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF INVESTMENT IN CONSOLS.
We hereby certify that £65,000 CONSOLS have been invested,
and are now standing in our names for the payment of interest
to the holders of the Deferred Half Shares in the Bedford and
Northampton Railway, in accordance with the terms of the
Prospectus for the issue of the said Shares.
(Signed) W. C. CURTIS, 1 Trustees.A. RICARDO, 1
Dated London, 11th January, 1871.

Messrs. BARCLAY BROTHERS are authorised by Messrs.
EDWIN CLAIM, PUNCHARD, AND COMPANY to receive applications
for 15,000 Deferred Half Shares of the Bedford and Northampton
Railway, in 1,500 Certificates of 10 shares each, being the
balance of the 20,000 Deferred Half Shares of the Company-
-5,000 of such shares having been appropriated to and taken up
by the applicants for the Preferred Shares of the Company.
Interest on the shares, at 5 per cent. per annum, as above
referred to, will accrue from the Ist December, 1870, on the full
amount of £lOO per Certificate (eqper cent. er
annum after deducting discount on prepayment, on the amount
Invested), during the above period, and the option is given of
paying the whole of the instalments on allotment or on either
of the under-mentioned dates, in whioh ease discount willibe
allowed in addition, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on
such prepayments.
The interest will be payable half-yearly, on 31st January and
Ist July in each year, at the banking house of Messrs.
Robarts, Lubbock, and Co., No. 15, Lombard-street, London.
The first payment of interest (accruing from lst December last)
will take place on 31st instant..
The price of the Shares now offered is 10
£B2 s. tor each Cer-
tificate of 10 shares (equal to £lOO stock), and payment will be
accepted as follows
£lO on each Certificate subscribed, payable on application
Allotment.
15 P.

22 108.

17th February, 1871.
17th March, 1171.
17th April. 187 L

£B2 105.
Reckoning the accrued interest from Ist December, 1870, and
the discount on prepayment of the instalments, the net cost of
each certificate is reduced to £Bl ss.
By special agreements, incorporated in the Acts of Parlia-
ment, the Midland Railway Company is, on completion, to
maintain, manage, stock, and work the Bedford and Northamp-
ton Railway, and to pay over 50 per cent. of the divisible
ecuipts.
The Midland Railway receipts average £BB per mile per week on
the whole of its system of 826 miles, and is constantly increasing
year by year, and there is every reason for believing this line
will be equal to the average of the Midland system ; but taking
the traffic at only £l5O per mile per week, this would give the
Company a net receipt of £26,000 per annum ; in which case,
after paying the prior charges, there would be a surplus of
£10,650, or upwards of 5 per cent. per annum on the Deferred
Half Shares, which will be equal to £6 3s. per cent. per annum
interest, after deducting allowance for prepayment from the
price of £B2los. per £lOO, at which they are offered.
It also forms part of the agreements betw4en the two Com-
panies that the Midland Railway Company shall have the option
of amalgamating with or leasing in perpetuity the Bedford and
Northampton Railway, provided such option be exercised
within five years after the completion and opening of the line,
on condition of the Midland Railway Company paying to the
Bedford and Northampton Railway Company a guaranteed' per-
petual net!yearly rent equal to £5 per cent. per annum on
their total outlay on capital account.
The Midland' Railway Company take over and work the line
on its completion, and the Contractors, Messrs. Edwin Clark,
Punchard, and Co., are under engagement to finish the line by
the 31st August next, and also undertake to pay interest on the
Deferred [Half Shares at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on
the full £lOO per certificate during construction ; and as
evidence of.the confidence which they entertain that the traffic
will reach £5O per mile per week, which would yield the share-
holders 5 per cent. interest on the full £lOO per certificate, they
have further agreed to absolutely guarantee the shareholders
that rate of interest (equal to £6 3s. per cent. on the net price
of subscription) for the whole period reserved to the Midland
Railway Company for declaring their option, viz., five years
from the opening of the Railway, unless that Company should
decide to lease or amalgamate the line at an earlier date, when
its guarantee would take effect.
In pursuance of this guarantee, £65,000 Consols—an amount
amply sufficient to cover the amount of interest for the whole
period—have been invested, and are now standing, in accord-
ance with the before-mentioned certificate, in the Joint names of

- -
W. C. CURTIS, Esq., 15, Lombard-street, London,
(Messrs. Roberts, Lubbock, and Co., Bankers),
and
A. RICARDO, Esq., Raymead, near Maidenhead,
(Deputy-Chairman of the Bedford and
Northampton Railway),
who have consented to act as Trustees for the Deferred Share-
holders, and will apply such amount thereof as may be neces-
sary to ensure the punctual payment of the interest above
referred to as it falls due.
-Provisional Certificates of 10 Half Shares each will be issued in
exchange for the bankers' receipt, to be substituted, when fully
paid up, for Certificates of the Company, the shares being then
transferred into the name of each applicant, Tree of all stamp

duty.
The share capital of the Company 1s £400,000 in 20,000 ehares
of £.20 each, converted into
Preferred Shares-20,000 half shares, £lO each—
bearing 6 per tent. per annum interest £200,000
Deferred Shares-20,000 half shares, £lO each—the
shares now 'offered for' subscription being part
thereof—to receive all surplus earnings after 5 per 4,°°°
cent. is paid to the Preferred Shares
With the usual borrowing powers, viz., £133,000 in Debentures
or Rent Charges.
Copies of the Company's Acts of Parliament, containing the
Agreements with the Midland Railway Company, can be seen
at the Offices of the-Company, also at the Offices of the Solicitor
to the Company, and'at the Offices of Messrs. Barclay Brothers,
1, Cushion-court, Old Broad-street, E.C.
tt,Applications, accompanied by the payment of £lO for each
Certificate applied for, will be received on the Form enclosed
herewith, which must be filled up and forwarded to
Messrs. RoBARTS, LUBBOCK, and Co., Bankers, No. 16, Lombard-
street, London, E.C. ; or to the NORTHAMPTONSHIRE UNION
BANK, Northampton ; or to HOWARD LANCASTER, Esq., Secre-
tary of the Company, 2, Westminster Chambers, Victoria-street,
London, S.W. ; or to Messrs. BARCLAY BROTHERS, 1, Cushion-
court, Old Broad-street, iLondon, Z.C., of whom Prospectuses
may be had.
London, 12th January, 1871.

THE DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF THE

BEDFORD AND NORTHAMPTON RAILWAY
(Direct Line from
nd London to Northampton, via Bedford
a the Midland Railway).

DIRECTORS.
Colonel W. B. Higgins, Picts' Hill, Bedford, Chairman.
Albert Ricardo, Esq., Raymead, near Maidenhead, Deputy
Chairman.
J. Algernon Bastard, Esq., 59, Cadogan-place, S.W.
Colonel J. Amber Cole, 116, Pall Mall, S.W.
Joseph Palmer, Esq., Olney, Bucks.
ENGINEER.
Charles Liddell, Esq., 24, Abingdon-street, Westminster.
SOLICITOR.
Charles Morgan, Esq., 15, Old Jewry Chambers, E.C., London.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Bobarts, itlbbock, and Co., No. 15, Lombard-skeet
London. •
The Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton.
SECRETARY.
Howard Lancaster, Esq.
Ofaces.-9, Westminster Chambers, Victoria-street, S.W.
London.

THE BEDFORD AND NORTHAMPTON RAlLWAY—coloured red
on the Plan accompanying the Prospectus—is incorporated
under Acts of Parliament of 1865-6-7 and 1870.
The Line is twenty miles in length, and is a continuation of
the Midland Railway from Bedford to Northampton, thus com-
pleting a direct route from London to this important district by
the Midland Railway.
The rising importance of Northampton (which contains at
present a population of not less than 50,000 inhabitants), its
manufactories, admirable position, and numerous
it essential that a new, direct, and rapid have rendered
d
exist between that town and the Mertarpoipoclinsm should
Metropolis.
communication
When the Bedford and Northatnepton Railway is open, the
Midland Railway Company will
enabled to extend their
system direct to Northampton, via
Bedford, furvey, and
Olney, instead of by the present Circnito route through Oak-
ley, Sharnbrook, ellinboro', Ashby,
The Railway is being constructed andas a
Billing.
Double Line, and, in
accordance with the clause of the Agreement in Act of Parlia-
ment, in all respects equal to the Leicester and Hitchin Rail
way, which is leased by the Midland Railway Con
The works are in course of execution by Messrs.'lr'dnwyin Clark,
punchard, and Co., under the inspection of the Engineers of
the Midlandiltailway Company, and are in a very advanced state,
and the Contractors are under engagement to complete them by
the 31st August next, the entire construction of the Line within
the Cornpany's capital being absolutely guaranteed.
By special agreements, which are appended to and ratified by
the Acts of Parliament of this Company, the Midland
Railway
Company undertake, on the completion of
manage, stock, and workedford
and
Northampton Railway, to maintain, at
the Line at 50 per cent. of the divisible receipts ; such divisible
receipts being taken in the accounts between the two comna-
panics at the minimum rate of 430 a week for every mile' in
length ; but it is confidently expected this will be greatly ex-
ceeded by the actual returns from the working of the line, as
the traffic) on the Bedford and Northampton Railway will form
a link of the great system of the Midland Railway.
The Midland Railway receipts average £BB per mile per week
on the whole of its system of 826 miles, anti is
fortconsantly in-
creasing year by year ; and there is every reason believing
this line will be equal to the average of the Midland system ;
but taking the traffic at only £5O per mile per week, this
would give the Company a net receipt of £26,000 per annum,
which, after paying the interest on the debentures and rent
charges, and also interest on the preferred shares, would yield
a surplus income of £10,650, or upwards of 5 per cent. per
annum on the 20,000 deferred shares, being equal to £6 3s. per
cent per annum interest after deducting allowance for prePaV-
meiat off the price of ££B2los. per £lOO.
It also forms part of the agreements between the two Com-
panies that the Midland Railway Company shall have the option
of amalgamating with or leasing in perpetuity the Bedford and
Northampton Railway, provided such option be exercised within
five years after the completion and opening of the Line, on con-
dition of the Midland Railway Company paying to the Bedford
and Northampton Railway Company a guaranteed perpetual net
yearly rent equal to £5 per cent. per annum on their tetal
outlay on capital account.
The Shares of the Leicester and Hitchin Railway, with a
guarantee by the Midland Railway Company of 4 per Cent., are
quoted at £92 per £lOO, which is equal to £ll5 at 5 per cent.
The price at which the Deferred Half Shares ate new offered,
viz., £B2los. per £loo—or after accrued interest and discounts
for prepayment are deducted, £Bl ss. net—affords, on the above
basis, a very large margin for increased valise, and as such this
investment will commend itself to capitalists seeking a secure
and improving English security.
London, 12th January, 1871.

SUBSCRIPTION FOR 15,000 DEFERRED HALF SHARES OF
• £lO EACH,
In 1,500 Certificates of 10 Half Shares each, equal to £lOO Stock
each Certificate of the
BEDFORD AND NORTHAMPTON RAILWAY.

FORM OF APPLICATION,
To be retained by the Bankers.
To Messrs. BARCLAY BROTHERS, 1, Cushion-ourt, Old Broad-
street, E.C:, London.
GENTLEMEN,—Having paid to Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and
Co., Bankers, the sum of Pounds, being
£lO per Certificate on my application for Certifi-
cates of 10 Deferred Half Shares of VO each of the Bedford and
NOrthampton Rail Way Company, I reluest you to have trans-

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A (aturday will
written by E. L. Blanchard, entitled the DRAGON OF
WANTLEY I and Harlequin Old Mother Shipton I with New
and Characteristic Scenery by William Beverly, whose personal
services are now exclusively devoted to illustrating the produc-
tions of this Theatre. The general action of the Pantomime
arranged by, and the whole produced under, the direction of
Mr. Edward Stirling. Characters in the opening by Messrs.
Fred. Yokes, It Moreland Charles Steyne, Fawdon Yokes, H.
Naylor, Seymour, Firth, 3leade, Webber, F. Wright, Master
Russsll ;Misses Victoria 'Yokes, Jessie Vokes, Rosina Yokes,
Harriet Coveney, M. A. Basquerville, A. Hamilton, Hall,
Florence Harvey, De Grey, Ross, Timbrell, Elphinstone, Har-
court, Lee, Leslie, Mills, White, Burpitt, Rivers, Russell,
Hastings. The Harlequinade will include those
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tomimists, forming a Double Company, F. . and W.
W.
H.
Harvey, Clowns ; Paul Herring and J. Mor is, Pantaloons ;
Fawdon Yokes and Stonette, Harlequins ; the Misses Rosina
and Jessie Yokes, Columbines ; Miss Lizzie Grosvenor, Har-
lequins. B. Slowman, Imitator of Birds, &c. Mr. H. Collard,
the Pocket Sims Reeves. Master Dassie, the Chickaleary Boy.
E. D. Lyon, the Short Footman. Lawson and Garton, the French
Pierts. Master H. Rawlings, Clog Dancer. La Patrie, the
Baby ro
Velocipedist. The Masks and Costumes from Designs by
Vandyke Brown. The Music Composed and Selected by Mr. W.
C. Levey. The Dances and Action of the Ballet, and the general
business of the Children's Scenes, Invented and Arranged by Mr.
John Cormack. The Comic Scenes and Tricks, &c., arranged by
Mr. John Cormaek and Messrs. Evans and Harvey. Doors open
at Half-past Six ; commence at Seven. Box-office open from
Ten till Five daily. Private Boxes, 1,2, 3,4, and 5 Guineas.
Stalls, 7s. Dress Circle, ss. First Circle, 4s. Balcony, 3s.
Pit, 2s. Lower Gallery, ls. Upper Gallery, 6d.

THE DRAGON OF WANTLEY ; or, Harlequin
Old Mother Shipton, will be produced To-night (Saturday)
January 14, and positively withdrawn on Saturday, February
25. Places can be secured from the first until the last date.
MORNING PERFORMANCES every WEDNESDAY and
SATURDAY; therefore to prevent disappointment, an early
application for seats is respectfully requested. Box-office
open from Ten till Five daiIy.—THEATBE ROYAL DRURY-
LANE.

\jORNING PERFORMANCES of the Grand
Pantomime, entitled the DRAGON OF WANTLEY,
every Wednesday and Saturday. Children and Schools at re-
duced prices to the following parts of the Theatre ;—First Circle,
Dress Circle, and Stalls. Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily.- -
THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.— Forty-
ninth Night of a NEW FAIRY COMEDY. —MIS
EVENING (Saturday) at Seven, O'Keefe's Musical Piece, THE
POOR SOLDIER, with selections from the original music.
Patrick, Miss Fanny Wright, Norah, Miss Fanny Gwynne.
After which, at a quarter to Eight o'cicick, a new Fairy Comedy,
in Three Acts, entitled THE PALACE OF TRUTH. Characters
by Mr. Buckstone, Messrs. Kendal, Everill, Clark, Braid,
Rogers, Mesdames Robertson, Chippendale, C. Hill, Fanny
Wright, and Fanny Gwynne, Act I. Garden of King Phanor's
Country House. Act 11. Interior of the Palace of Truth. Act
111. The Avenue of Palms. Followed by UNCLE'S WILL.
Mr. Kendal and Miss Robertson. Concluding with the Farce
of THE SPECTRE BRIDEGROOM. Box office open daily from
10 till 5.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE .—Sole Lessee, Ben-
jamin Webster. Managers, B. Webster and F. B. Chat-
terton.—THlS EVENING, at seven, PEEP O' DAY, by Edmund
Falioner, terminating with the celebrated Quarry Scone. At
8.30
an
entirely new grand spectacular extravaganza, entitled
LITTLE GIL BLAS ; and How he Played the Spanish D(Dence.
By H. B. Farnie. The music by Frank Musgrave ; the ballet,
ts
gbryo7Nutpri.ng,s.,Liltcoy.,dls)yafidllasilsanisotan ; the costumes after drawings.; the new and magnificent scenery
by Gustave Dore. To conclude with HE'S A LUNATIC.
Mr. J. Clayton.—Box Office open from Ten till Five.

A DELPHI THEATRE ROYAL.—SoIe Pro-
prietor, Mr. BENJAMIN WEBSTER ; Managers, Mr. B.
WHITSTER and Mr. F. B. CHATTERTON.—THIS EVENING,
at 7, a new Drama, in One Act, SMOKE. Mr. Billington,
Mr. Ashley, Mr. C. 11. Stephenson, Mrs. Billington, and Miss
Furtado. At 8.15 ONE TOUCH OF NATURE. Mr. B. Webster
and Miss Furtado. To conclude with THE MISTLETOE
BOUGH. Mrs. A. Mellon, Miss Elise Holt, Mademoiselle
Debreaux, Mdlle. Camilla Dubois, Miss Fellew, Miss M. Cooper,
and Miss Bella Moore, Mi. Brittain Wright, Mr. John Rouse,
and Mr. Odell