The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-07 00:00:00

Sl7 N JANUARY 7, 1848.

rnercial freedom, and especially of his disinterested
exertions to effect the political emancipation of the
borough of Boston, in July, 1847, when three hun-
dred and thirty-nine free and independent votes were
recorded in his favour."
THE COMMITTEE.—Messrs. J. Noble and Steven-
son, Treasurers; C. F. Barber, 11. Bontoft, J. Par-
ker, T. Small, William Wed Tuxford, G. P. Bayley,
John Holland, Thomas Slator, John Snaith, Edward
Thompson, G. W. Winter, Secretary.
The CHAIRMAN, in presenting the plate, addressed
Mr. Wire as follows :—" Sir, it is my pleasing duty
to present to you this piece of plate. It is presented
to you as a testimony of our esteem, of our admira-
tion of your talent, and for your honest and straight-
forward conduct during the late election for the bo-
rough of Boston, when you were a candidate for our
suffrages. I feel I am only speaking the sentiments
of this meeting in thus addressing you, and wishing
that you may long live happily with it in your pos-
session. And when you are gathered to your fathers
that it may go down to your children, and your
children's children as a testimony of the approval
of the friends of liberty in Boston of your charac-
ter and conduct. It may he asked why give an
unsuccessful candidate a piece of plate ? The
cause of truth and liberty must not always be
Measured by success. The greatest victories have
succeeded defeat after defeat. The last general
election throughout the country was a notable
example, and if it be asked what has been done, he
would reply that 62 Members have been returned to
the House of Commons pledged never to support
state endowments for educational or religious pur-
poses. And at the present time, look how they were
endeavouring to release from bondage their brethren
of the Jewish persuasion. That question was ac-
tually walking through the House of Commons. A
short time ago would Lord John Russell have dared
to have acted in defiance of a protest signed by thir-
teen Protestant bishops ! Everything they observed
going on around them tended to show that freedom
was everywhere making rapid strides. It was true
they had not been successful in returning him (Mr.
Wire), and he looked upon this, as not only a loss to
Boston, but to the whole country. In other places,
however, the cause of freedom had been successful.
We have now in the House of Commons George
Thompson, Esq., and other men who will not be
bought or sold—(lmmense cheering)—but who will
faithfully use all their energies and all their talents
for the benefit of the whole community. I feel, then,
that we are justified in presenting this testimonial of
attachment to our friend Mr. Wire. I beg, in con-
clusion, in the name of this meeting, in the names of
the subscribers, and in the names of all lovers of civil
and religious freedom, to present to you, Mr. Wire,
this piece of plate.
The company here arose and expressed their ap-
probation by loud cheers, which lasted for some
time, and which Mr. Wire acknowledged by re-
peatedly bowing. The Secretary, at the request of
the Chairman, read the inscription which has been
given above.

Mr. 'WIRE then came forward, when the cheering
was renewed ; he said—Mr. Mayor, Ladies and
Gentlemen,—l do not know of any situation so diffi-
cult to a man as that wherein he is required to speak
only of himself; and yet I might be deemed almost
ungrateful for the numerous acts of kindness be-
stowed upon me if I did not on the present occasion
briefly allude to the reception I have met with on all
hands.—(Cheers.) When I came to Boston as the
advocate and champion of political and commercial
reform, I was anxious that my conduct throughout
the town should be the basis of the principles I advo-
cated, and by which I was actuated.—(Cheers.) You
received me kindly, and as kindly supported me,
though unsuccessfully. I proVed the sincerity
of my principles by refusing to resort to
any of the disgraceful trickery so much in use
at an election contest; if I had, I should now
be Member for Boston.—(Loud cheers.) But, sir,
I must ever afterwards have tasked myself with
feelings of dishonour in my own estimation. I stood
forward as the advocate of peace—of liberty for the
poor—and protection to the rich. If I could have
been guilty of bribery, it might be that I might be
bribed myself—and have exhibited in my own person
the example of some of those men whose conduct we
have seen in our times. I look back with none but
pleasurable feelings for the part I took in that con-
test; I was only anxious to lend my humble efforts
to advance the interests of the country, and the glory
of the empire.—(Loud cheers.) To the 339 free and
independent votes recorded in my favour I shall ever
look back with feelings of delight; I account them
valuable because they were free. They came for-
ward spontaneously to give me their support, because
they believed in the sincerity of my professions, and
that I should best represent them in Parliament.
But though unsuccessful, still in regard of our purity
of election principles, we have sown the good seed,
and some day or other it will spring up to the honour
of the town and the benefit of the country. We
entered into the contest with the desire of ut-
terly annihilating bribery, which in the end
only tends to destroy the liberties of the
people. We were fully possessed of these feelings,
and never offered a bribe, and famous as Boston was
in the annals of electioneering, we stood forth as an
example of practical advocates of purity, and had the
delight of retiring with a consciousness that there
had been done nothing whatsoever that good men
could have objected to.—(Cheers.) We had no paid
agent or lawyer, or any of the usual attendants of an
election. We had a lawyer, it is true, but his ser-
vices were gratuitous, and he worked fairly to ad-
vance our principles and secure our object. But
what can be said of our opponents in this matter,
when I saw with my own eyes the bribes offered and
intimidations practised in order to force men to vote
against me ? yet notwithstanding I received your un-
bought support. I feel more than I can express how
much I should have been degraded, not only in my
own estimation, but in the eyes of all good and true
men, if I could have resorted to the use of those
means to save my election which were put forth
against me. I believe that on the next occasion that
presents itself the liberal electors of Boston will pre-
vent the present singular anomaly of having in the
House of Commons one Member on one side and one
on the other. I will not sully the highly-interest-
ing and happy occasion by a reflection on the
conduct of one person during the late contest.
I trust that to the latest moment of my life I shall
remember the proceedings of this day with the most
grateful feelings for your kindness. To you, sir, to
the subscribers, and to this meeting, I beg to tender
my warmest gratitude, and hope that whatever re-
verses may come, Providence may spare me that I
may leave this as a testimony and a token that I have
lived aed not laboured in vain.—(Cheers.) Every
meeting where the public voice is heard may be con-
sidered as a something done to speed the cause of
human progress and liberty.—(Enthusiastic cheer-
ing.) All men are interested in the making of good
laws, and in the wise administration of those laws, the
poorest as needing protection, and the rich as feeling
the necessity of law and government for the whole
community.—(Hear, hear.) I hope that the smaller
and larger towns will take an example from Boston
in the management of their elections. In all the
changes I have advocated I have had an eye for the
peace and welfare of the Crown, and whilst advocat-
ing the claims of the poorest I have not forgotten
those of the rich. In our election proceedings we
have been anxious for the inculcation of the purest
doctrines of religion, believing that we ought not to
separate them from the just exercise of poli-
tical rights.—(Hear, hear.) Early in life you, sir,
(turning to the chairman), began to advocate the
happiness and well-being of the many, but you never
separated the civil from the religious, but were
guided by one in the exercise of the other,—(Hear.)
Again I beg to thank the subscribers for this hand-
some present, and the electors for conferring on me
so much honour. I thank you, sir, for your many
acts of courtesy; and if it should ever be my lot to
visit you again, let us hope by that time the good
seed which we have already sown will have sprung
up a glorious harvest of order, prosperity, and hap-
piness to the community at large. Mr. Wire re-
sumed his seat amidst loud and long- continued
cheering.
The CHAIRMAN had hoped that the meeting would
have been favoured with the presence of Charles
Seely, Esq., M.P. for Lincoln—(Hear and cheers)—
but he regretted to inform tnem that he was unable
to attend, in consequence of an attack of the prevail.
ing epidemic, which confined him to his house.
Some hopes had also been raised that Mr. Henry
Vincent, the talented and popular lecturer, would
have been present, but he was delivering a course of
lectures at Lincoln, and the meeting for the present
evening was fixed some time before, and could not,
under the circumstances, be put off. He should
not, however, neglect the opportunity of en-
deavouring to effect an engagement with that gentle-
man for the delivery of a course of popular lectures in
this town. There was also their friend Mr. C. F.
Barber, who, through serious illness, was prevented
from being amongst them.—(Hear, hear.) This
honest, consistent, and faithful friend, who had long
advocated the principles held by Mr. Wire, was, he
was happy to inform the meeting, better that day
than he had been for some time past, and gave hopes
of certain, though of slow recovery.—(Loud cheers.)
He (the Chairman), aceompanied by Mr. Wire, had

[PR ICE SD.

called to see Mr. Barber that morning, and speaking
of the present meeting he said, "I am prevented from
being with you in person, but my heart is with you "
And they believed him.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. Hol-
land had also, he regretted to say, been suddenly at-
tacked by the influenza, which was the reason of his
absence.—(Hear, hear.) They all remembered how
he worked at the last election. He shut up his shop,
and had a large bill posted on his shutters, on which
was printed, "No business transacted here until
after the election."—(Cheers and laughter.) Ile
now called upon the Rev. I. Watts to move the re-
solution.

The Rev. I. WATTS rose and proposed the follow-
ing spirited resolution :—" That it is the duty
of the people to enforce, and the privilege
and honour of the Government to carry
into practice, every principle which tends to de-
stroy all injurious monopolies ; to open the way
for honour, place, and power for all classes of her
Majesty's subjects; to modify the law so as to make
it consistent with Christianity ; to discourage war, to
cultivate peace, to reduce taxation; to assist in ithe
development of our national and colonial resources ;
to aid the poor, to protect the rich, and to set an ex-
ample to the whole world, of a Government constantly
parsuing those arts which shall elevate and dignify
the people of this empire; and thus, the reign of our
gracious Sovereign become memorable for the good it
has accomplished and the evil it has prevented. He
observed that the resolution he had just read to them
was indeed comprehensive in its character; if they
could only accomplish only half what it expressed,
they would be doing a great deal. It was very de-
sirable that we should exhibit in all our objects a
Christian spirit. Tho movement alluded to in the
resolution was in the right direction, and must be
considered as good and great, and a sign of the pro-
gress we are making. In fact, we must progress.
Who could put the world back again? With all our I
light were we to stand still and be less than our
fathers were ? No, depend upon it we must go for-
ward. How absurd it would be to insist that what
suited the boy was suited to the man, and that
thing that suited him at ten years of age
would suit him at fifteen, and those of fifteen
when he had arrived at twenty. What hel was
satisfied with'at 20 did not satisfy him at 30, and
so on upwards. And as man in himself keeps pro-
gressing towards age, so must the world keep pro-
gressing towards all that was to benefit man. As we
make progress in the arts and sciences, we must also
advance in political knowledge, and as a consequence,
in civil and ecclesiastical knowledge. The world had
very much changed since he went to school. Did
they not perceive the force of this? Since that time
how many changes had been effected ? The Rev.
Gentleman at considerable length showed what
Christianity and other influences had wrought in
modern times. Alluding to the last election and the
defeat of Mr. Wire, he continued—lt was possible-out
of defeat to get victory; they must on the next occa-
sion that offered itself have, as Rowland Hill used to
say, " a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether."
But he must conclude.—(Cries of "Go on.") It was
very easy for them to say " go on," but as the morn-
ing star disappeared when the sun mounted the
heavens, so he must now give way that the talented
gentleman near him might string them up with his
eloquence. He sincerely wished their friend Mr.
Wire every success which his honesty and his talents
deserved at their hands.—(Loud cheers.)
F. BENNOCII, Esq., of London, said—He felt great
pleasure in seconding the resolution. As some of
the matters named in the resolution would be dis-
cussed by the eloquent lips of his friend (G. Thomp-
son, Esq.) he would at once pass on to notice the
cause of the great distress which had lately been ex-
'perienced in the commercial and monetary world. It
had been said by some that it was a visitation from
an over-ruling Providence ; by others that it was the
result of a part of a system which could not be dis-
pensed with. He believed himself that the recent
distress was solely attributable to bad legislation, and
the question was how could they avoid it in future.
Some people thought over-trading had a share in the
causes which produced it. This had been urged too
frequently. But could they exchange their commo-
dities too frequently ? The more trade the more
profit, and the more wealth they were able to amass
,the shorter would be their hours of labour. Others
again have declared that the distress arose from un-
successful speculation. There was some truth
in this, but he thought that it was caused
by the evil laws which had been made in 1843.—
(Loud cheers.) Mr. Bennoch then entered into
a very lengthened detail on the currency question,
and pointed out the evils of the present monetary
system. The tendency of it was to make the
rich richer and the poor poorer. We measured
everything by the standard of gold, and the commerce
of the country suffered by it. All that we wanted
was faith in the medium of exchange. Gold was a
foreign product; yet if there was no gold, would not
the merchant of Manchester still exchange his cali-
coes for the products of Barnsley. Yet by the ab-
surdity of unwise and unjust legislation, nothing but
this foreign metal was allowed to represent the value
of lour home productions. Why were they so par-
ticular that gold should be the only representative of
labour? They could not eat it, and were not very
consistent in their appreciation of it at times. A large
quantity of it was daily used in making trinkets, and
tnost people were fond of displaying them, he had no
doubt. It was used for a great variety of purposes ;
among others for setting teeth in the gums of a
Dowager. The jewellers in Clerkenwell, London,
destroyed 300,0001. worth of it annually for the pur-
poses he had 'named.—(Laughter and cheers,) Mr.
Bennoch then entered into the banking and railway
systems, showed the evils produced from the want of
accommodation to the
.great trading interests of the
country. Paper, he argued, had done everything.
Paper rebuilt Moscow, and made good all the damage
sustained by an invading army. Paper was enabling
Russia to subsidize England. Paper had brought re-
lief in all times of distress. In 1825 paper was
issued, and stayed the panic ; and in 1847 paper saved
the country from ruin.—(Loud cheers.)
The Rev. T. MATTunws rose to move the third
resolution. It was not very agreeable to have to
move a resolution which he knew was to be seconded
by Mr. G. Thompson ; that gentleman had cut and
slashed him up the night before in such a manner—.
(Laughter)—that he should best consult his own feel-
ings by simply reading the resolution, believing that
all justice would be done to it by the highly talented
Member of Parliament who would second it. The
Rev. Gentleman then read the following resolution :
—" That this meeting rejoices in the happy progress
made in the development and application of the prin-
ciples of freedom, advocated and partially adopted in
trade, in civil polity, in religious rights, and antici-
pates for this kingdom a long and brilliant career of
prosperity, a glory when, both at home and in our
colonies, trade shall be completely free from
d every
abstructive monopoly, when all men shall be
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an hour or two ; but he very cordially
left it in Mr. Thompson's hands to do justice to
the subject.—(Cheers and laughter).
GEORGE Tuostrsow, Esq., M.P., was happy that
it was his turn to speak again after the Rev. Gentle-
man who had just sat down, and when he looked
around him and saw so many of the other sex present
he would assure them that they would not hear any-
thing from him calculated to cause anxiety in the
bosom of any fair lady. He honoured too much the
feelings of conjugal affection subsisting between par-
ties on his right and on his left. The two gentlemen
on the platform, and who had previously addressed
them, had come accompanied by their ladies, whose
presence gave so much grace and effulgency to the
meeting. But he was himself alone,
No bosom throbbed and swelled for him."
--(Laughter.) Nothing became the ladies better than
the interest they felt in all that related to the welfare
and happiness of even the poorest of their fellow-
creatures—

No radiant pearl which crested fortune wears
No gem, that twinkling hangs from beauty's ears,
Not the bright stars which night's blue arch adorn,
Nor rising suns that gild the vernal morn
Shine with such lustre, as the tear that breaks
For other's woes down virtue's manly cheeks :"
Woman then was the mother of freedom, the nurse of
the sons of freedom, and it was her, and her alone,
that could give grace and beauty to all that it was
possible for Governments to bestow. He did not feel
sorry because Mr. Wire had been unsuccessful at the
last election. He thought if any one ought to regret
it was those who had won, not those who had lost,
when they considered the means by which they had
succeeded. They had not won nobly, but
Mr. D.
Wire and his friends had lost nobly, and if it was
their opponent's turn to-day it would be somebody
else's to-morrow. The cause they :were engaged in
was dear to them all; it was the cause of (xod and
it must go on civilizing, instructing, and humanizing
mankind to the end of time. Let not ithe people of
Boston mind the oroakings of any who might live by
aelvooating the cause of intolerance, and who in their
rounds left the slime of their corruption to show
where the reptiles had been. They have their triumph
i
now—and let them have it—
' we'll write their epitaphs when they're gone."
They had ona the good end in Dostou, Which would

fructify and germinate throughout the whole nation.
The green blade was above the ground, and they
might die in the confident belief that their children
would bind upon their graves the sheafs they did not
live to gather. There was scarcely anything that
three hundred good men, labouring together in faith
and courage, might not hope to achieve. The 339
electors of Boston, who had supported Mr. \
bound together in a bond of unity, and determined to
carry out the principles of purity and virtue, might
make Boston what they pleased. Let them reflect on
the fact, that if Mr. Wire was out of the House of
Commons, there were in it men of great spirit, and
actuated by a greatspirit, who would endeavour to
make up for his loss. He was in his own person a
striking example of the progress of liberal opinions
and principles. He stood before them the repre-
sentative of a metropolitan constituency, and only
a month before his election he was not intimately
acquainted with three persons comprising it, and
yet he was returned by a large majority although
he had not solicited a single vote.—(Cheers.) They
must not forget that they were to take cognizance,
not only of what was passing around them, but
what was being done in the warld at large. What a
glorious victory had beet, gained by their efforts to
strike off the fetters of commercial freedom a short
time ago. He had the honour of taking a part in the
labours attendant upon obtaining this great object,
and in spite of the powerful opposition arrayed against
then), this great measure was ultimately carried.
And here he would beg to warn them from consulting
any particular local oracle on this matter, lest it
should endeavour to attach the late commercial dis-
tress to the striking off the fetters of commerce in
this country. No ; this was not the cause, but the
iniquitous system of the currency. They must wait
patiently for the prosperity which was sure to flow
from the acts of men who had done a great duty irre-
spective of the consequences. It was a duty to abolish
or modify the laws and institutions of the country.
He did not like to sit like a raven on a bough, sending
forth portentous croaks ; but were our greatness and
prosperity to perish to-morrow, we must ever live in
the page of history as an example of one of the greatest
nations. If they looked only to our Indian possessions,
[there was not a sword lifted without English command,
and 200,000,000 waited to receive their fate at the
hands of the Sovereign of this island. He had studied
that country in reference to its religion, manners, and
population, and in respect to the advantages which it
was in our power to confer on it, and also on ourselves.
He hoped God would hasten the day when the car of
Juggernaut should cease to roll ever the bodies of the
deluded victims, when the funeral pyre should cease
to flame, and her widows be no longer sacrificed
with their departed husbands. He hoped, ere long,
to witness among the people of England a zeal
springing up respecting the fiscal regulations of that
country. [The Hon. Gentleman then entered into
an account of our cotton manufactures—our trade
and commerce—lndian aed home produce—exports
and imports to that country—the sugar monopoly,
&c. &c. Passing on, lie took a brief survey of the
currency question ; then referred to the Established
Church, and contrasted the conduct and wealth of
some of the Bishops with that of the late John Wes-
ley, who said, " If he died worth 101., they might
call him a hypocrite."] On the subject of a removal
of the civil disabilities of the Jews—he said he was
not afraid of coining in contact with a Jew, the
Jews had as much right to a seat in the House of
Commons as in any other civil assembly, for the
House of Commons was only Christianized by Act of
Parliament; and he would like to know whether an
Act of Parliament could make the people assemble in
Covent-garden Theatre to witness some play as a
Christian assembly ? Respecting the Christianity of
the House of Commons, very much could not be
thought of it, for no Member of that House could
allude to a book like the Bible, or to the Almighty
Being, without first asking an apology for so doing.
The Jews, he contended, had a right to be there as
members of the body politic, if there were nothing
morally to disqualify them. If the Jews are consi-
dered to be worthy of holding the highest local
honours and offices as citizens, why should they not
be as worthy of seats in that House ?—(Loud cheers.)
He was not for denying to any man the right of
enjoying civil privileges on account of his religious
opinions.—(Loudso
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arranged on its side. Their presence on this occasion
showed that nothing very wrong had been done in
the late endeavours to return Mr. Wire to Parliament.
They must not despair, but " nail their colours to the
mast."—(Cheers.) Theirs was a cause that must
progress. The press was with them—the literature
of the country was with them. The agency of the
living voice was theirs. They had only to go on.
Let them keep their object unstained before them, in
spite of the croakings of any ill-omened bird which
might happen to roost in their town. They might
let him croak on, and still rest assured that they
would have the victory their forefathers contended
tor; and which it would be their own fault if they
did not achieve. With these observations he begged
leave to thank them.— (Loud cheers.)
Mr. J. H. SMALL proposed, and Captain WM..
KINSON seconded, „That the sincere thanks of this
meeting be presented to the Testimonial Committee
and to the ladies, to the first for the effectual manner
in which they have carried out the wishes of the sub-
scribers, and to the second for their kind attention in
providing for the comforts of: their guests, and for
their cheering presence, which had greatly added to
the pleasure of the meeting."
Mr. SMITH. said the pleasing duty had devolved
upon him of proposing a vote of thanks to Mr. Thom-
pson and Mr. Bennoch, who had honoured the meet-
ing with their presence that evening. He would read
the resolution :—" That the cordial thanks of this
meeting be presented to George Thompson, Esq., and
Francis Bennoch, Esq., who have honoured this
meeting with their presence, and delighted and in-
structed it with their eloquence."—(Three times
three and one cheer more).
G. Tnomrsost, Esq., rose to return thanks, which
he did most sincerely. He experienced great delight
at witnessing the present meeting, so much so that
he felt he might almost venture upon a parody of the
beautiful though simple lines of Dr. Watts,

" We have been there, and still will go,
'Tis like a little heaven below,
Not all their pleasures, or their play
Should tempt them to torget that day."

In return for the kind manner in which they had
been received he would only say that on any tuture
occasion they might think proper to make their bills
payable upon them, they should be duly honoured.
Mr. BENNOCH also returned thanks.

D. W. WIRE, Esq., had great pleasure in proposing
a vote of thanks to their worthy Chairman. For the
honour he (Mr. W.) had that night received at their
hands he again returned his heartfelt acknowledg-
ments ; he esteemed it so much the more because
there had been an absence of that fulsome flattery
generally lavished on occasions like the present, and
the exclusion of it made him accept their testimony
with tenfold more satisfaction. He preferred the
honour that followed good intentions, to the good in-
tentions which ran after the honour. Their Chair-
man had laboured faithfully in the cause of liberty
3a,geaarinislet a
had nd good
electedgoodre to oneport, andof the during the present
highest honours
it was in the power of his townsmen to bestow. They
had estimated his work, and had given him his re-
ward. Might he lung live to pursue the same
course, and when, at last, he was gathered to his
fathers, might his epitaph ever live in their memory.
The resolution, which was seconded and unani-
mously carried with loud acclamations, was as fol-
lows :—"That the very sincere and cordial thanks of
this meeting be presented to John Noble, Esq.,
Mayor, for the ability and impartiality with which
he has presided over this meeting, as well as for his
consistent conduct on all occasions as the tried friend
and advocate of all that is wise in progress, and useful
in practice."
The CHAIRMAN returned thanks. With reference
to his being elected to fill the civic chair he could say
that his anxiety was to do every duty connected with
it justly and impartially, and if any of his townsmen
ever found him neglecting anything belonging to
that office, he should feel obliged by them telling
him of it. How much better was a meeting like the
present than if they had a public dinner. lie ima-
gined that they would not have heard such excellent
speeches; after sitting five hours, some of the gen-
tlemen might have given signs of intoxication, which
he abhorred.
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ground in these cemeteries: from it they may decide
whether it will be advisable to think of purchasing
those places at an enormous outlay, or whether a tithe of
the amount would not be more beneficially expended on
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eo,urcacr7y nettehreiesusisuaolnlcyemte3rs;
expenses, for opening the ground, use of chapel, salaried
chaplain, registrar (usually the company's secreta.ry),
&c. &C., to about six guineas. If you require a larger
space than six feet and a half by two and a half, you are
charged Bs. 6d. a foot ; but the expenses do not st%)p at
that ; the allowance of extra ground at Ss. Gd. a foot is
often refused on various pleas, the real cause being the
estimated ultimate value of bueoz!,sive fe, s, which the
companies or their officials calculate to raise the value of
ground filially to 11. ss. a square foot. Allowing for
paths, &e., this would give about 40,0001. icier .ele, or
for two hundred acres already chartered near the me-
tropolis,. the enormous sum of eight millions. That
they would take much less, perhaps one-fourth for money
in hand, cannot be doubted, but such is the calculation
of estimated value.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Lessee, Mrs. F. Davidge, No. 1, Davidge-terrace, Kensington-road,

Surrey.
THIS 'EVENING, the performances will commence with the
celebrated Opera of

THE BOHEMIAN GIRL.
111 Count Arnhelm, Mr. Stretton ; Devilshoof, Mr. H. Horncastle ;
Arline, Miss Raintorth.
To conclude with a new Pantomime, entitled BATTLEDOOR and
SHUTTLECOCK ; or, Harlequin Trap, Bat, and 14a11.
A distinct entrance to the private boxes has been made (which
have been re-fitted). Private boxes may be had nightly of all the
principal Librarians ; and at the Box-elll2e of the Theatre, which is
open daily from Ten until Four.
Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls.; Gallery, Gd.

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.
THIS EVENING,

Will be performed THE LIGHTERMAN of BANKSIDE ; or, the
Orphan of Bermondsey. Characters by Messrs. Dale, Henderson,
Hicks, Searle, a omen, lliggie; Miss Vincent, Mrs. Lee, and 31iss
Burroughcliffe.
Alter which, the new grand scholastic and instructive Pantomime,
entitled TUE WORLD OF WONDERS; or, Harlequin Caxton awl
!he Origin of Printing, with wonderful scenery and decorative ap-
pointments. Clown, Mr. Paul Herring ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli ;
Harlequin, M. Lupin° ; Sprite, Signor Moline.; Columbine, 31dlle.
Lu;illi.
To conclude with THE RAILROAD STATION.
Boxes, is. ; 6d. ; Gallery, 4cl. No Halt-price to any part
of the house.
Doers open at Six, to commence at Half-past six.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. William Batty.
Mr. Batty's performing Elephants.
THIS EVENING,
The Grand Srectacle of THE CAMP OF SILESIA.
Entirely new Scenes in the Arena, by the talented Artistes of
the ..stablishment, in the various modes et equestration.
To conclude with a Grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime entitled
TIARLEQUIN DOCTOR SYNTAX AND HIS DAPPER GREY
MARE, In which those popular artistes Herr Denlin, Mdlle. Theo-
dore, Mr. Anderson, and Mr. Bradbury, as Harlequin, Columbine,
Clown, and Pantaloon, which will exceed in splendour and effect
aid loaner productions at the Amphitheatre,
Box-office open trom 11 till 5
Actin; and Stage Manager, Mr. W West.

1111 h WEAILLER.—SuN OFFICE, JAN. 7.
TIIERMOMETER, Lowest, 30 ; Highest, 36 ; Noon, 36.
BAROMETER, 29.57.—W1ND S.S.W.; rain.

Hlvii WATER AT LONDON-BRLDGE Tlll6 DAX.
Nfornin.. 31 minutes after 2. J Evening .. r 0 minutes 'I ftor 2.