The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-08 00:00:00

ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.

The party of amateurs who played last season for the
benefit of the Patriotic and Crimean Funds distinguished
themselves very creditably by a performance on Friday
in aid of the "Samaritan Institution." The chief piece
of the evening was Mr. Markwel's version of M. Dela-
vigne's " Louis X 1.," in which the adapter himself, who
is one of the principal amateurs, acted the chief part.
The favourite farce " Perfection" introduced two other
well-known amateurs. One was Captain Disney Roe-
buck, illustrious in the records of the Aldershot theatri-
cals, who played the fastidious Charles Paragon in
distingue style; the other was a gentleman who acted
under the sobriquet of " Mr. Andrews," but whose hearty
reception showed that he was perfectly familiar to the
audience.

The amateurs were professionally assisted by Mr.
Emery, Mrs. Daley, Miss Wilton, and Miss Rosina
Wright, the last-named of whom introduced a pas soul
into the second act of "Louis XI.", A concert, in which
several celebrated vocalists took a part, concluded the
evening's entertainment.

MR. 4/ORRIS MOORE AND THE PRUSSIAN
POLICE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,—l yesterday informed you that after three days
deliberation the Prussian Government had, at my re
quest, accorded me a renewal of my permission to remain
here, and that this concession reached me at least 48
hours subsequent to the arrival in Berlin of the English
journals containing my correspondence with Lord Bloom-
field. My agreement with my landlord at 33, Tauben-
strasse, and my former permission to reside here, expired
on the same day. As I was uncertain, at the time of
engaging my apartments at that address, whether I
should require them beyond the 30th of November, a
tenant had been found to succeed me on the lst of this
month. For two days out of the three during which
the Prussian Government sat pondering as to whether
it was safe to grant my request I was without any set-
tled domicile. Every one anticipated my immediate
expulsion from Berlin in consequence of the reflections
in my correspondence upon this Government and
its officials. Consequently, I did not venture to en-
gage new apartments. Yesterday morning, however,
upon receiving a paper from the presidency of police
permitting me to remain in Berlin from the 2d to the
24th of December, as mentioned in my letter to you
of yesterday, I immediately installed myself here,
within ten doors of my former habitation. At ten
o'clock this morning, while I was engaged in writing, a
functionary of the police presented himself,
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nounced that he was the bearer of a peremptory or
from the Government that I must quit Berlin within 24
hours from that time. This, I presume, is the firEt mark
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expels me from the Prussian territory.
In the interests of civilisation I protest against this
violence. I am, Sir, yours obediently,
MORRIS MOORE.
43, Tauben-strasse, Berlin, Deo. 4.

FATAL DISASTER AT SEA.—A lamentable disaster
occurred at sea on Saturday morning, at about 4 o'clock,
which, besides consigning six poor fellows to a watery
grave, has involved the entire destruction of a valuable
ship. It appears that as the iron screw-steamer James
Hartley, belonging to the West Hartlepool Steam Navi-
gation Company, was prosecuting her voyage from Cron-
stadt to Hartlepool, having a valuable cargo on board,
and when abreast of Sunderland, at a distance of three or
four miles,
the night being pitch dark, the look-out disco-
vered a strange vessel bearing down upon them under can-
vass and in appalling proximity to the steamer. Imme.
diately an alarm was given and the captain of the James
Hartley (Baldwin) ordered the engines to be reversed,
with the view, if possible, to avert a collision which
appeared to be imminent. Unhappily, however, the
order was given too late, for before the reversal of the
engines had time to exercise any perceptible influence
on the course of the steamer, the two vessels came into
violent collision, and when, a few minutes afterwards,
the James Hartley was brought up and search made for
the brig, not a vestige of her was discovered ; she had
gone down bodily, carrying with her her unfortunate
master and five of the crew. It was at first thought
that the whole of her crew had been lost, but fortu-
nately two of them (including the mate) had succeeded
in reaching the deck of the James Hartley, and were
thus almost miraculously preserved. From these
men it was ascertained that the ill-fated vessel was
the brig Messenger, of Shields, bound to that port
from London, in ballast. She had been wind-bound
for some days past, with hundreds of other vessels,
in Burlington. Bay, whence, we believe, she called on her
destination only the day previously. The James Hart-
ley, with the rescued mariners on board, arrived in West
Hartlepool during the course of the day, having in the
collision lost her bowsprit and jibboom, besides sustain-
ing other damage. It is satisfactory to know that the
mate of the Messenger exonerated Captain Baldwin from
any blame as to the cause of the collision ; but, doubt-
lessly, the Board of Trade will deem it necessary to
cause an investigation into the circumstances to be at
once set en foot. The James Hartley is a new vessel of
the burden of 1,000 tons, and was returning from her
first voyage, which had been in all respects a most fortu-
nate one. She was built by the firm of Lockwood and
Pearse, of Stockton, who, we understand, hold an inte-
rest in her as part owners.