The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-25 00:00:00

MR. COBDEN ON MARITIME LAW.

On Thursday last the following letter to the Pre-
sident of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce
was read at the meeting of the directors, from Mr.
Cobden, M.P. :

"Glyn Garth, near Bangor, Nov. S.

"My dear Sir, —Will you allow me to call your at •
tention to. a pending diplomatic negotiation in which
our commercial and manufacturing interests are deeply
involved ? You will have observed a declaration made
by the late Paris Congress against privateering. That
resolution was afterwards submitted for the approval of
the American Government, whose answer has not, I
think, attracted all tie attenion it deserves from our
mercantile community.
"In substance, Mr. Marcy, the United States' Foreign
Secretary, says We do not maintain, like the great
European Powers, arge warlike e 4 b, ahlishm.r, in tl,”w
of peace, and therefore we should, in case of hostilitie,
rely on the public spirit and patriotism of our private
citizens, who would, with the sanction of Government,
convert our merchant ships into vessels of war. To deny
to this improvised navy the right of making prizes of
your mercantile shipping, while to the thousands of
vessels constituting your Royal and Imperial navies this
privilege is to be reserved, would be voluntarily to sur-
render our commerce to annihilation. On no conditions
whatever will the American Government renounce the
use of its mercantile marine in case of war ; and the
same power to burn, capture, or sink enemy's property
which you give to your Imperial or Royal navies we
shall give to our naval volunteers, whether they be called
privateers or by any other name. But being anxious to
promote the object-, aimed at by the Congress we invite
you to carry out your pr.nciple by going one step further
—exempt private property on the ocean from seizure by
Government-armed cruisers, as well as by privateers, and
the United States will readily meet you on that broad
ground.'
" Now, really, there is no logical way of meeting
this proposition but by an instant acquiescence ; and,
had it not been misrepresented, and dealt with iu a
flippa:lt spirit by some of our journals, it must have
receives as unanimous an assent in this country as it
has from all parties in the United States.
" But, with this declaration against privateering at
the Paris Congress, two other resolutions were coupled,
and had their full scope been understood by our pimp-
teetiaeies, it would have led. them propo,e to add to M.
Walewski's protocol the very clause which has now been'
sugge'ted by Mr. Marcy.
" The Congress declared :
" That the neutral lag covers an enemy's goods, with
the exception of contraband of war.
" That neutral goods, with the exception of contra
band of war, are not liable to capture under an enemy's
flag.'
"These resolutions reverse the most venerated judg•
inents of our Admiralty Courts, and, for the Srst time,
impart the force of maritime law to principles which were
resisted by England against the world in arms down to
the close of the war in 1815. Withous d welling on the
imperious necessity which led us during the late R,u3sian
war to abandon our ancient belligerent rights, let us L,ok
at the altered position in which we should be placed in
case of a future rupture with a maritime power.
" We will suppose—and it is no great stretch of the
imagination, after all that diplomacy has achieved during
the last three years—that we are at war with France. I
remember hearing the late Mr. Samuel Gurney' state, in
the presence of the Prime Minister of the time, as the
result of careful inquiry, that the atuouot of British pi.-
pbisty in ships and cargoes afloat averaged from 80,000,0001.
to 10‘.,1, 000,0001. sterling, It would be a liberal estitusee
to put eLiwn the amount owned by France at from
20,000,0001; to 30,000,000/, We should thus have nearly
four times as much private property exposed to the de-
predations of Gove;oment cruisers as our enemy. But
under the new maritinee code, which admits the competi-
tion of neutrals, it may Leidy be questioned whethera
merchant ship under either a the belligerent flags would
l.
long continue to find it profitable to keep the sea. 11+t
roads, which transmit the heaviest commodities 500 miles
with little detriment to their exchangeable value, have vir-
tually put an end to blockades. France, in case of war,
could use the ports of Belgium, Holland, or Germany,
through which channels hercommerce, even with England, I
might be carried on in neutrals, for, once on board an
American or llutoh ship, French exports or im ports would
be safe from molestation. The same applies toßritish °ow
modities, whether imported raw materials or exported
manufactures ; they would be liable to seizure only when
on board a British vessel. Now, I ask, would it be
possible for French and English ships and cargoes, which
would be subject to a charge of 10 or 20 per cent. for
assurance against risk of capture, to compete with the
neutral flags which would be free from any such burden ?
And bear in mind that our loss would be fourfold that of
our enemy, owing to the larger amount of our tonnage
exposed to this unequal competition.
"Or, let us suppose ourselves at war with the United
States. It may be estimated that the value of American
property afloat on salt water (a large part of their navi-
gation is upon the interior lakes and rivers) does not
exceed the half of ours. Unless their late proposal were
previously adopted, the old system of privateering would
be in force en both sides, to which we should offer two•
thirds of the prey to one-third. But the rights of neutrals
which were proclaimed at the Paris Congress would
admit all the European flags to bring and carry to and
from England and America the produce of both countries
without tisk of capture during the war. Again, I would
ask—could a vessel bearing the British ag keep the sea
under these circumstances, with 500 or 1,000 armed
American vessels cruising against our commerce Z It is
clear that nobody would charter an English vessel, and
pay a heavy insurance against capture, when a neutral
ship could he bad free from any such charge. The
practical effect, then, of the alterations made in our
maritime law at the Paris Conferences, if we do not go
further, would be, in case of war with a naval Power, to
transfer the cerrying trade even of our own ports to
neutral bottoms. It is then our interest especially, and
beyond all other countries, to go forward in the path to
which the Americans have invited us.
"I cannot help r-gretting,
as an Eugliihman, that
the proposal did not originate with us. But the next
best thing will be to give it a prompt and hearty accept
auce, arilaid in securing for it, if possible, a world-wide
accluiehi:.ence. It is impossible to foresee all the conse-

quenecs of gileli a revolution in the rules of war. It is
f I believe, the first time in the annals Gf the world. 4 WSPAPER
the powers of belligerents will be restrained and de
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in the interest of individuals by writtenT intern iO, . a,,,..., ~,
,a,. Who c:n tell in what other direction ‘,l? , ~. th.- ' i. 1.17:". 1@:, f-,:,,
letwel
ient nia, he folio .ed ? Wars will henceforwsrd 4 1 7,- te'e 1.,..: I,* K. (-4'
more, of the &:,,,w,er of duel, between. Gore-' 0 e ..,.... A.-weir e--i-, v
~,, ..- .. 4 --I
: ,a,ti cf dic :L1 coht, t-i ':,f nations. Pi i vhtts eitiz . • !' , ~. , /14
cease to i,e ;1E:6% rs..p., ..,ih:e, or liable to injury; .n. : :12111, --''' ,c,
they become particpwors ii• the strife. There wi ,
longer be plunder and prize money to add the stinanlK
of cupidity to the passions of . hatred and revenge ; an-a—
we shall have one pretence lessf or constantly increasier
the burden of ear navies in proportion to the growth of
foreign commerce, on the plea of pr ,tecting our mercan-
tile marine. These are some of the obvious consequence*
of this proposed innovation upon the traditions and pre-
cedents Of the last eetr ury. The eiereantile world wil', I
trust, allow its voice to be hard upon the question by
Government and Parliament ; and it is in the hope that
the chamber will throw the weight of its great influence
into the scale of humanity and progressive civilisation
that I have ventured to trouble you with this letter.
" I remain, very truly yours,
" RICHARD COBDEN.
" Thomas Dazley, Esq., President of the Manchester
Chamber of Counnerce."

(From the Times. )
Nobody can bo surprised to learn that Mr. Cob-
den has accepted without reserve the proposition
of Mr. Secretary Marcy with regard to the rights
of belligerents, for it is well known that if that
gentleman were our War Miuister he would proceed
at once to disband our army, to discharge our navy,
to dismantle our fortifications, and to dispose of
our stores at Woolwich to the dealers in old iron.
We, too, have all along confessed to a strong lean-
ing in favour of Mr. Marcy's proposal, and we
should be glad if we could see our way to an un-
qualified approval of what, ou the surface at least,
appears to be so fair. " There is no such gain of
time," says Lord Bacon, "as to iterate often the
state of the question ; and it may therefore be well
to remind our readers that at the Congress of Paris

the Plenipotentiaries assembled declared on behalf
of their respective countries that privateering is
abolished, and that (always excepting contraband of
war) enemy's goods in neutral vessels,' and neutral
goods in enemy's vessels, are exempt free-.. -
ton. It was supposed that when the grt
.1)_941a Rowers wexe-willing to mitigate the horrtgeof
war by voluntarily waiving their undoubted rights,
the whole civilised world would be ready to give iu
their adhesion to an agreement so honourable. It
was found, however, that the United States hesi-
tated as to the first clause of the declaration,=--
namely, that which 'elated to the abolition of
privateering. Only on one condition was Mr.
Marcy willing to accede to this abolition.—
" that the private property of the subjects or
citizens of belligerents on the high seas shall be
exempted from seizure by public armed vessels
of the other belligerent, except it be contraband."
The proposal, therefore, is that maritime warfare
shall become a mere duel between the hostile
Governments and their forces, no private parties
being attacked or allowed to attack. We ham
several times expressed some surprise that our
American friends have been unable to see the dif-

fereuce between the depredations of privateers and
of a regular navy. War becomes necessarily inhu-
man when every person is permitted to take part
in the strife ; not subject to command, unaccus-
tomed to discipline, under no restraint, having no
hope of superior reward, and looking only to the
present, it is fearful to contemplate the excesses to
which privateers, far more than regular combat-
ants, are tempted. All this, however, Mr. Marcy
has overlooked ; he insists upon the right as a most
important one, but he is willing to sign it away on
the above condition,—that private property on the
high seas, whether an enemy's, or in neutral ves-
sels, be respected. Hereupon Mr. Cobden takes
up the tale, and draws a pleasant picture of the
world at peace and leaving Kings and Govern-
ments to settle their quarrels as best they can,—
something like the prize-fighters, who, with some
score of two of their friends, hire a special train,
go twenty miles out of town, select some quiet
field, and there,
"The world forgetting, by the world forgot,"
fly at each other without fear of the police anal
without thought of life. For the first time in the
history of the human race the rights of individuals
are to be respected. There shall be no mote plun-
der and prize-money to stimulate cupidity and to
give a zest to cruelty ; there shall be no fewer
taxes to sustain great armies and to increase great
navies ; and, in short, trade will flourish more and
more, war will gradually cease from the earth, and
the Peace Society, having done its work, will be
dispersed, even as the Anti-Corn Law League.
All this is very fine, and as a mere matter of
theory we are willing to go pretty far with Mr.

Cobden. We do not; wick hi-in believe it to be
possible to abolish war ; but it is possible to reduce
war to the condition of a duel between respective

Governments.; and who would not welco-me any
expedient that is likely to save the unoffending
people from the crimes and miseries of such a
" fierce arbitrament ?" But evidently, if war is
to be reduced to the limits of a duel, the duel must
be on fair terms. It is not fair for a man who has
all his life been accustomed to snuff out candles
with his pistol to summon a poor fellow who knows
not where the trigger is to an exchange of shots ;
it is not fair for a man who is a perfect fencer to
cross swords with another who pretends to be no-
thing better than a good boxer ; and, if close at-
tention be given to the tendency of this discussion,
it will be found that, while the proposal of Mr.
Marcy is most specious in theory, its practical re-
sult must be to make us fight a duel on unequal
terms. For let us carry out the theory to its logi-
cal consequences. If we are to respect private
property on the high seas, why not the coast?—
why not on land his impossible to draw a line

of distinction that shall have any ground in reason.
The rule must be made universal, and, if so, it is
quite apparent to what object we are tending. We
are tending to the disarmament of our principal

force in the interest of our continental Poirers and

of America. We rely upon our navy, and we are
told to abolish it, and to fight our battles with our
weakest arm against the strongest arm of our
neighbours. It may suit America, with her vast

seaboard entirely Unprotected, it may suit the
continental States with their immense armies and

feeble navies, to adopt Mr. Marcy's proposition,
and among themselves it may be quite fair that
they should fight in this fashion. The question is,
are we willing to fight a duel on thee terms ? Let
no one be surprised if the whole civilised world be

against us, and in favour of Mr. Cobden's policy of
peace. All the civilised world will be gainers, and
we the only losers, as we alone have a formidable
navy ; and if we accept the terms we shall be able only
to dash our ships against stone walls. Of this kind of
warfare we have had experience enough in the late
conflict, and it is not likely that we shall, for the
benefit of our enemies, consent to fight at such a
disadvantage. The truth is, indeed,i that carrying
this principle of Mr. Marcy s to its legitimate conclu-
sions, we should have n the end to abolish
enefiloarin theY
rp
o
o o r blockades, and there would be absolutely no reason
for the
pcouastO save erectionfor the f
se of preventing an army from landing. As
protection f
arsenals
an
it would be useless to attack such fortresses as
Cronstadt, our fleets therefore would become null,
save for cruising on the high seas, where there is
no other navy to oppose, all being snugly laid up
behind impregnable walls.

It appears io us, after reconsidering the subject,
that, in consenting to respect the private property
of neutrals in an enemy's vessels, and the private
property of an enemy in neutral vessels, we have
granted all that we can afford. Mr. Cobden argues
that the result of such a regulation will be simply
that enemies goods will be transferred to neutral
vessels, and that we shall be so far losers in trade.
In so arguing, however he goes entirely ou the
asoumption that
there is no blockade of the enemy's
0,,a0, and that we have not a navy adequate
.to
the protection of our mercantile fleets. The wi.sh,
is fathOr to the thought. He shows, for ei_a..m,Palyee
that if N,ve were at war with France we should have
11
that
four tune's the amount of property on
the Frene,h merchants have ;
depredations
be four tar, es as much exposed to the..o Png
ri vision
of Govern; eat cruisers. What an an.
brations of the
for those Who inspire the
inenuot entered into
ilssenibtee Priltionale ! It we should
dteh the sea
Mr. Cobden's • d be four times as
exceedingly p
if our proper t.? afloat witouw
would also in the same
valuable as the
v-French,rotected. And the hon.
ailicifisc imagination that,
proportion be ,vottelr
wProng in his anticipation of
gentleman is not ,on
but wrong also in his anti-
yosur trade from the declaration
ruture as the consequence of
cipation of a gloriouAt.
U.
If that proposal might
thediminish the
,armaments and to abolish
tries. War, on the eon-
eo
evil
i it
the consequences
Paris
Mr. Marcy's irk t of war, it would certainly
more frequently than
ever, wars
nteoutdtetnodatloeviate
trary, would be pr
would be 'esib t
ever, because 1
.fearr
It is the 0..
couri,
destruction to pro-
easier
terms.
of
different
oclaimeit
s us
that continually restrain, from appealing
perty
to the force of arms ; and, if tln, t restraint of self-
interest were. removed, why shouki not the nations
freely indulge their pugnacity b3' resorting on
every idle occasion to blows I

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ITER MAJESTY'S TFIEATRE Last
M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS.
Week but Two—First appearance of Mdlle. Juliana May
(prima donna from the Grand Opera at Verona).-15th time
of the New Grand French Quadrille, and Sixth time of the
grand Selection from La Traviata.—Madame Elisa Pome (prima
donna from the principal theatres in Italy), will shortly have
the honour of making her first appearance in England.—On
Thursday, Nov. 27, tho celebrated Pianist Miss Arabella
Goddard will make her second appearance this season.
Programme for TillS EVENING (Tuesday, Nev. 2",):
Part I, Overture, William Tell (second time this season)—
Romani ; Quadrille, the Promenade—Engelke ; Symphony,
Andante from the Symphony in E flat (second time this sea-
son)—Mozart ; Ballata, Questa o quella" (Rigoletto), Signor
Millardi—Verth ; Polka, My Mary Ann (13th time)—Jullien ;
Sole, Trumpet, M. Duhem—Dnhena ; Varsovienne, the War-
saw (second time this season)—Jullien; Grand Aria, Betly,
Miss Juliana May ;her first appearance) Donizetti ; the
French Quadrille, the fifteenth time of performance, with varia-
tions for flute, flageolet, oboe, clarinet, ophiclei3e, and cornet,
performed by MM. De Polley, De Yong, Collinet, Lavigne,
Sonnenberg, Hughes, and Kcenig ; Finale ; "Partrat pour la
Syrie," " Vive l'Empereur"—Jullien. •
Part 2. Opera, Grand Operatic Selection from Verdi's opera
of " La Traviata" (sixth time of performance) with solos for
violin, oboe, flute, clarinet, trumpet, ophieleide, aud cornet,
by Messrs. Le Hon, Lavigne, De Folley, Sonnenberg, Dtfiern,
Hughes, and Koenig ; Air, "Una furtiva LagriMA" (Elisir
d'AmorJ), Signor Millardi—Donizetti ; Valse, La Prima Donna
(fourth time this season), Cornet Obligato, Herr Kcenig—
Jullien ; Concerto (No. 6), Violin, M. Le Hon—De Beriet ;
Grand Aria, Ernani, Miss Juliana May—Donizetti.; Valse,
Victory- -Koenig ; Galop, Etna —D'Albert.
Conductor—M. Jullien To commence at 8 o'clock. Prices
of admission :—Promenade, ls. ; Dress circle, 2s. 64- ; privat•
boxes, Lis. 64., £1 ls., and upwards. Private boxes to be
secured of Mr. Nugent, at the box-office of the theatr.e
at all the principal libraries and musicsellers'; and at Jullien
and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street.

ELEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE.—
TLessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.
Acting Manager, Mr. C. Mathews. Stage Manager, Mr. R.
Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley.
ITALIAN OPERAS, COMEDY, and BALLET, every Evening
during the Week, at Old Play-honse Prices.
Upper Gallery, ls. ; Gallery, ls. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Upper
Boxes, 3s. 6d. ; First Circle, ss. ; Dress Circle, 75.; Stalls,
10s. ed. ; Private Boxes, one, two, three, and four guineas.
In consequence of the extraordinary and unprecedented
success that has attended the introduction of ITALIAN
OPERAS at Drury-lane, the. Lessee begs to announce that
he has re-entered into arrangements with Messrs. Cramer,
Beale, and Co., who have succeeded in prevailing upon the
eminent Italian Artistes to forego their Continental engage-
ments, in order to appear for a Few Nights Longer in the
most celebrated operas of the great composers :--Madame
Grisi, Madame Rudersdorff, Madame A.ma.dei, Madame Sed-
lazek, and Madame Gassier ; Herr Reichardt, Signor Volpini,
Mons. Gassier, Signor Lorini, Signor Albicini, Signor Revere,
Mr. Tennant, and Herr Formes. Powerful band and com.
plete chorus, under the direction of Siguor Li Calzi.
THIS EVENING,, her Majesty's Servants will perform
(for the first and only time) Donizetti's opera, LUCIA DI
LAMMERMOOR. Supported by Madame Gassier, Madame
Chicrici, M. Gassier, M. Kinni, Signor Gabussi, Signor
Albicini, and Signor Volpini.
After which, PATTER V, CLATTER. Mr. C. Mathews,
Mr. Templeton, &c.
To conclude with a Ballet, in which Mdlles. Osmont will
appear.
Boxes, stalls, and places can be secured of Messrs.
Cramer, Beale, and Co., Regent-street, and at the box-office
of the theatre, from 10 till 6. To prevent disappointment
an early application is solicited. The Free List will
be entirely suspended.
Doors open at half-past 7, commence at S.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
THIS EVENING, and during the week,
(Wednesday excepted), will be performed THE SCHOOL
FOR SCANDAL, in which Mr. Murdoch will appear as
Charles Snrface; Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. Chippendale ; Sir
Beaja.min Backbite, Mr. Buckstone ; Crabtree, Mr. Compton;
Joseph Surface, Mr. Howe ; Sir Oliver Surface, Mr. Rogers;
Moses, Mr. Clark; Sir Harry (with a song), Mr. W. Farren ;
Lady Teazle, Miss Reynolds ; Mrs. Candour, Miss Talbot ;
Lady Sneerwell, Mrs. Poynter ; Maria. Miss E. Sabine. After
which, th - new and successful farce, A FAMILY FAILING,
in which Mr. Bnckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Chippendale, and
Miss Blanche Fane will appear. With (for positively the
last five nights), the ballet of EL GAMBUSINO, by Perea
Nena and her unrivalled Company of Spanish Dancers. To
conclude with MY LITTLE ADOPTED.

THEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI:
Real Success. Great Adelphi Hit !
THE ELVES, a Grand New Fairy Ballet Extravaganza, in
which Madame Celeste will appear as the Statue Bride every
night. Mr. Wright and Mr. Leigh Murray every evening
in the new comic drama of A Border Marriage.—THlS
EVENING, A NOVEL EXPEDIENT: by Mr. Leigh Murray,
Mr. Parselle, and Mrs, L. Murray. After which, with new
scenery, dresses, machinery, and appointments, a new grand
fairy ballet extravaganza, called THE ELVES, or the Statue
Bride, founded on the grand ballet spectacle, now perform.
ing with unexampled success at the Theatre Imperiale de
l'Opera at Paris, under the title of Les Elfes. Principal cha-
racters by Madame Celeste, Misses Wyndham, Mary Keeley,
Kate Kelly. Chatter Arden, Messrs. Wr'ght, Paul Bedford,
C. Selby, Le Barr, &c. Concluding with A. BORDER MAR-
RI AGE. Sir Walter Ran.burn, Mr. Leigh Murray
Mr. Wright; Mistress Willoughby, Miss Wyndham.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
THIS EVENING and durinz the week
will he presented Shakspeare's play of A MIDSUMMER
NIGHT'S DREAM.
After which will be produced a new petite comedy, in two
acts, called OUR WIFE ; or, The Rose of Amiens. Princi-
yk characters oy Messrs. Ryder, Harley, Fisher ; Misses
Murray and C. Leclercq.
Mendelssohn's celebrated overture to A Midsummer
Night's Dream will commence at 5 minutes before 7.

LYCEUM THEATRE ROYAL.
Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon.
THIS EVENING (Tuesday), the highly successful Play
of FABIAN, or "La Mesalliance." Fabian, Mr. C. Dillon ;
Pauline, Mrs. C. Dillon.
After which, a Ballet Divertissement from ESMERALDA,
by Miss Resina Wright and Corps de Ballet.
Followed by KING'S MUSKETEERS. Mr. C. Dillon and
Miss Woolg,ar.
Concluding with DOING THE HANSOM. Mr. J. L. Toole

ROYAL SURREY TT.IE AT RE.
Lec;.eq, Mestqrs, Stieph,,nl and Creswicic.

THIS EVENING, ROB ROY: Rob Rey, Mr Creswick ;
Rashleigh. Mr. Potter ; Fra❑cis, Mr. Charles ; Bailie Nico.
Jarvie, Mr. Vollairo ; Dougal, Mr, Tapping ; Major Gal.
braitb, Mr. S. Smith ; Helen Macgregor, Mrs. Brookes
Diana Vernon, Miss Ellis.
To conclude with DRED.

T RAND T FIE A.T —M Amager, Mr. T.
Payne.—THlS EVENING will be performed
LITTLE PC. RIT. Mes,rs. Howard, G. Lee, Fitzgerald.
THE QUEEN'S MUSKETEERS. Mesdames Cuthbert, Fitz.
inman, Ite. And THE CAPT \ IN'S NOT A MISS.
Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ;
Gallery, 6d.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
L9Rstee, Mr. Alfred Wigan.
THIS EVENING, WIVES AS THEY WERE AND
MAIDS AS THEY ARE. Messrs. Addison, G. Vining ;
Mrs. Stirling, Miss Swanborough (her second appearance).
And (second time), a new farce, JONES. THE AVENGER.
Messrs. F. Robson, J. Rogers, and Miss Marston.
Commence at ha f-mast Seven.

THEA.TRE ROYAL, SA.DLER'S-W ELLS.
Under the Management of Mr. Phelps.
THIS EVENING HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Phelps ;
Ghost, Mr. H. Marston ; Gravedigger, Mr, L. Ball ; Queen,
Miss Atkinson ; Aphelia, Miss M. Eburne. •
Tc conclude with FRIEND WAGGLES

AT STLE S ROY AL P FITT Fl E ATE, E.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke.
THIS EVENING the triumphantly successful Equestrian
Spectacle. called DRED ; or, A Tale of the Dismal Swamp.
With its delineations of Equestrian Negro Life, by Mr. W.
Cooke's Horses; trained by him, Terrific Sinking of the
Steeds in the dark Some warnp, &c.
After which, the SCENES in the CIRCLE ; appearance
of Miss Kate Cooke, size.
To conclude with NUMEROUS ENTERTAINMENTS.
Doors open at half-east six : commence at seven o'clock.
Box-office open from Eleven till Four Stage Manager, Mr.
W. Nest. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke. inn.

c.4...l,.rrEßßultY HALL, we,;----
perormance of
OPEN EVERY EVENTN4I`IB/er-r,,K4.
i.dearllfiekl,
inz company of Vonlists are engaged for tl;e—Ple "low-
, Tor
F.
Selections from all Vie popnlar Operas, .Madri
Glees, Duets, Sr.c., viz.: —Miss E Pearce, mrta 1 C'oril'ea, ,
Miss Brunel], and Miss Summers; Mr. J. Caulfield,
Grover, T. R4ino. T. Farrant, S.
Jonghmans, R.
Barker, IV. Melling, and P. rorrie ; Masters Austi"'i I,
Ben-
nett, and Corri ; Mr. Sam Cowell and E. Mackney, r'' ren"
forte, J. Harroway, R. A. ; harmonium, J. Caalti fld pi-ia"-
director Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven 0,,i4ii.". ;
e'sely. Suppers, &v., until twelve o'clock. In additioPare-
the usual Vocal Enter .ainruent, the celebrateil SPANPit°
MINSTRELS will appear in costume at Nine; and Eleven
o'clock Every Evening, and sins some of their C: ivourite selec-
tions

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2:,1-Mospeya—Morn. 56 —Eve ding 16 -Ku! 1

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.56 sinet, noon vostorcily.
41 osyrst this morning .rd) drip the night.
40 day at noon.
'A, It tkis stIZB, 3(l).o9—rising.
Nvnin
-N•I'Ll-V. —Light, with fine, clear, sunehiuy
weather, inclining to frost.

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