The Sun.
London, England, 1856-01-22 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JAN UARY • 22, 1856.

lien, Mr. Charles, St. Estafet, Mr. Reynolds. Boargeyne, Mr.
Waters. De Chablis, Mr. Tower. De Champagne, Mr. Scott.
GRAND TOURNAMENT of the FIELD of the CLOTH of

GOLD.
(After Holbien's celebrated Picture in Hampton Court Palace.)
Scene VI.
GRAND CORRIDOR IN THE' CH A.TEAU,
Leading to the Bed-etamber of the Monarchs.
_._ _ _

FOY: Fine Normandy Lassies, Six Feet Two Inches in their
Clogs.
Scene VII. •
THE OUTSIDE OF BLONDETTE'S

Blondette (a village Rosiere so purely innocent, that she
sees no harm in having three lovers at a time, two of them
being kings)—Miss Emma Horne.
Coquelicot—a rustic youth, whose name being translated
vide " Spier's Dictionary") signifies " Poppy." He is, never-
theless, the reverse of Soporific, being particularly wide
awake. (He is one of the three lovers alluded to, who does
not happen to be a king, and takes his measures accordingly)
—Mr. C. Brown.

Scene VIII.
The Abode of the Fairy Queen in
THE GOLDEN GROVES OF GOOD HUMOUR.
(By Mr. Wm. Beverley.)
l'he Fairy Queen
General Transformation.

Harlequin Mr. C. BROWN.
Pantaloon .... W. A. BARNES.
(The Transatlantic Pantomimist.)
Columbine Miss EMMA HORNE.
Clown The GREAT FL EXMORE.
ADULTERATION BUILDINGS, TURMERIC-ROW,
REDLEAD.SQUARE.

A Glass of Ale and a Stomach-ache.for d... -Genuine double-
you-up-Stout—Up to Snuff and down to Pepper—How the
Bread Rises Sweet upon Suva.. All pickles to believe iu
Pickles—Chalk-farm Dairy Cows v. Pumps—Gunpowder
Tea, " warranted to go off'—Palo Ale peculiarities.

, -
Imps.—Quassia, Mr. Wyatt; Strychnine, Mr. Scott; Blue
Ruin, Mr. Carter ; Oxyplumbi, Mr. Straneways.
The terror of The " Times"—The Lancivations of the
" Lancet"—Blaok Crosses in Red Lead-square.

THE WIZARD'S LABORATORY IN THE CHATEAU DE
ME r'HISTOPHILES, HELIGOLAND.

Magic Somersaults—The Bewitched Ottoman - The Dragon
la diable —The Inextinguishable, Inexhaustable, Unstopper-
able, Co-a-head Bottle—". 100/. Reward, who'll Shoot a
Clown ?"—The Blunderbuss of Botheration—Bursting of the
Wizard's Bust—Small Wizards made to order, Pattern Pre-
sented—Quickest way to Nowhere—How to make Harlequins
—The way to Crush the Crushers.
THE NEW CASTLE OF BALMORAL.

Rusticity in the Highlands—Pipers and Pastoralities-
Highland Reel, introducing a grand Flexunorean Medley --The
Portfolio of Inexhaustibility'and Universality—The Ineaptur-
able Harlequin—Very " fowl" proceedings—The Seductive
Sedan-chair—Strange, Birds in a Cage.
WATCHMAKERS' ESTABLISHMENT, CHRONOMETI-
CAL-VILLE—MILLINERS' ESTABLISHMENT, BON-
NETVILLE BELLHANGERS' ESTABLISHMENT,
BELLEVILLE.

Home from Scotland—Cab Fares and Mayne Force —The
Nfovements of the Age—What's o'clock —" The Clock strikes
two"—Flow to Ring a Belle—Umbrella Courtship—Who's
your Hatter ?—Early Closing Association—" Love Laughs
a t Locksmiths"—La Varsoviana—The Strike of Belles against
Time.

Grand Equestrian Feats, by Signor Flexmorini.
HIGH-STREET, SPIRIT-SQUARE.
Apartments, to et.
A Cold Roll for Breakfast—The 'Organised Nuisanca Ta-
bleaux—Punch's Pocket Book—Patent Pereauhulators—Ast-
ley's Equestrian Feats--Policemen and Cooks—Monsieur
Tierce—All-round Collars and Punch's Coats—The quickest
way to the Coal-cellar—Spirit Rapping Extraordinary.
HAIR-DRESSER'S, FILTER. MANUFACTORY,
PICKFORD'S PARCEL WAREHOUSE, AND NEWS-
VENDER.
The Purifying of Old Father Thames—The Invasion of
Loudon —The Russians set the Thames on fire—Foreign Fruits
and British Stuffs—Odd Importation of Bear's Grease—Sar-
dinians and Zouaves—The Illustrated London News—The
Humours of Good Humour.
THE APOTHEOSIS OF YE BELLE ALLIANCE,
Designed by M. Guerin.
• ENGLAND AND FRANCE.
Mourners at One Altar—Victors on One Throne. The Coro-
nation with the Coronals of Valour by the Genius of Victory.

Grand Fashionable MORNING REPRESENTATION of
the Pantomime on SATURDAY, Jau. 26, at Two o'clock.
Doors open at Half-past One.
In rehearsal, and shortly will be produced, an entirely new
Farce, entitled TWENTY MINUTES WITH AN IMPU-
DENT PUPPY. The Impudent Puppy being prohibited by
the exprees injunction of his manager for any Theatre Royal
but one, will be represented by Mr. Leigh Murray, his first
appearance this season.

troasurer, Mr. Hingston, to whom the Superintendence of
the Auditorium has been entrusted.

The Box-office is now open, under the direction of Mr.
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2s. Gallery, Is.
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It is proposed to erect a Music Hall for the performance
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Laurent's new Varsoviana every night.

EIMMA STANLEY'S SEVEN AGES of
II WONIAN.— Pronounc< dby all 'the London Journals. and by
nightly increasin audiences. to be the Greatest Artistica' Triumph
of the day. Every Evening at 8, an on Saturdays at 3 precisely.
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Long-aere.

MR. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES,
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OYAL POLYTECHNIC.—The POISON
Lecture on the above by J. H. PEPPER,
Esq., daily, at 4 and 9. The Poison and the Tests used for its Detec-
tion exhibited in the Oxy-hydrogen 3licroscope. All the other Lec-
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January, I S 5 S.

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NATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITUTION,
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For Mutual Assurance on Lives, Annuities, &c.
Abstract of the Report of the Directors for 1855 :
" The numbier of policies issued during the year . . 1,073
Assuring the sum of ........ ...... A:540,419 0 0
Annual premiums thereon ......
Policies issued fr•-n the commencement of the institution
in Decenther, 183.5 „.. — •... 15,567
Policies now in force
Annual Income From Pre-
nilums(afterdeductingX33,34B
abatement allowed) ...-• ...£189,955 15 2
Ditto From Interest on In-
vested capital ....

----t----.£239,763 13 5
Amount returned to members In abatement of
tPnroet:7l tiuonfi' .h
0t.11.1 ;es. L.L.dd—e ''' n. 1; ;;;;reW. : : 212460:516344 11 0
Amount paid la claims by death from the com-
mencement of the Institution ..
Balance of receipts over the disbursements iu
the year
Increasing the capital stock of the Institution to 1,2 i 1,049 17 4"
At the last division of surplus profits made up to Nov. 20, 1852,
the reductions varied from 6 to 89 per cent. on the original amount
of premiums, according to the age of the member and the time the
policy had been in force; and the bonuses raneed in like manner
from 50 to 75 per cent. on the amount of premiums received during
the preceding five years.
Members whose premiums became due on the Ist instant are
reminded that they must be paid within 30 days et that time.
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Paid-up Capital
. Guarantee Fund ..... 67,000

MARK HUNTEDlTEc7°sq.R,sC.hairman.
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October 23, 1855.

T" RUGEL EY MURDERS.
sm,—ln this terrible case, suppose that . Palmer had relied
upon his protePsional character and pleaded that the poisons had
been given medicinally, we have yet to learn Ito such a criminal
could have been brought to the bar of justice. Rfould not the court
and judges have been helpless in such a case ? fames Morison, the
Hygeist. warned the country of this years ago, a el now the dreadftrl
consequence has come to peso. Weil may Mr. B abbert, of Manches-
ter, in his public letter say, " that Hygeists, by reason of their pro-
test against all these vile poisons, hold at this i t:omeat one of the
proudest situations in her Majesty's dominions."
Dr. Prater, of. London, in his work, is the P medical man who
has had the honesty to do Mr. Morison justice o r t this -question, by
stating " that to Morison the country was inde t ted for lifting his
voice against these poisons." Queen Elizabeth n ted to say, " Prero-
gativam nostram, nemo audeat disputare;" andl !almer, in reference
flight have said the
sametothetsheivnii.le poisons administered medicinally, I

We are, sir, your obedient servants, •
THE MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH COLLE OE OF HEALTH,
. rew•road, London, tor the Society oc ilygoists.
Jan. 18, 1m56:
ilygeists do not war with doctors as men, well b mowing that there
are many most learned and good men in the med. 'A al profession. but
against their system, which sanctions the use of tl ►ese infernal poisons
as medicines.

SOCIETY OF ARTS.—On Friday last vfli s held, at the
rociety's house in the Adelphi, a meeting of the repre-
sentatives from mechanics' and other i nstitutions in
union with the Society of Arts ; the R:e V. Dr. Booth,
P.R.S., chairman of council, in the chair The discus-
sion at the meeting turned on the impo t Lance of class
teaching, and the necessity of active ste si?s being taken
to aid in the formation of classes at the ;,several institu-
tions, to be followed by examinations as t a sts of progress,
and by the issue to the candidates of tr 2 3twortby certi-
ficates of their acquirements, to serve, instead of the
pre.ent delusive testimonials so heed! a ally giVen, as
passports to employment. After avl n y decided and
general expression of opinion on the pa r t of the repre-
sentatives in favour of a scheme of thi It kind to be un-
dertaken by the Society of Arts, the me s Ling' separated.
- In the Court of Common Pleas on Sa urday success-
ful application was made on behalf of Xi H. Crickmer
for a rule calling upon the Eastern Cc N Intiee Railway
Company to show cause why an injure st ion should not
issue against them, upon the ground tba k they were car
ryiug coals for the Norfolk and Easter sa Counties Coal
Company at a less price than they charged to Mr.
Cricketer.

THE ARMY IN THE CRIMEA.

(FA= the Correspondent of the Times.)

CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, AN. 6.
At present the sanitary state of the army is
most satisfactory. By an error of calculation, I
stated in my last letter the amount of sickness as
about 10 per cent. It does not exceed, 6A, or, at
most, 7 per cent. There are particular corps *hick
are less healthy ; thus, for instance, in ode divi-
sion of the Army Works Corps there is consider-
able sickness ; the other is healthy. The difference
between this year and last is very striking. To-
take the Light Division as an example ; it is about
6,500 strong, and has 433 sick, no cholera, and but
a small proportion of serious cases. In December,
1854, there were 258 deaths in that division ; in
December, 1855, there were only eight, and three
of those were from wounds. Of course the absence
of trench work duty goes for a good deal iu this
enormous difference, but not a little of it is also to
be attributed to the shelter, warm clothing, and
Good food the army now enjoys.

JAN.. 7.

A Greek has been for three. days in confinement
at head-quarters on strong suspicion of being a
spy. He was sent away from Karanyi last August,
and warned not to come back. He lately returned
to the Crimea with a French passport, but instead
Lof remaining in the French lines.went to Karanyi.
He-ii to receive 25 lashes, and- he sent home to his
country, with due notice that if he shows himself
'_here again.he will be hung.
. There has been considerable excitement during
the past week. among the masters and officers of
transports in Balaklava harbour on account of the
second officer of the Star of the South, a large steam
transport of 1,800 tons, having been flogged by the
Provost-Marshal. It appears that he was taken
to theguard-house on Sunday night last by a police-
man, who charged him with being drunk. He had
resisted capture, and his clothes were torn and
soiled in the struggle. The next morning Captain
Frayne, of the Star of the South, and Capt. Cham-
pion, of Her Majesty's steam transport Melbourne,
went to the Guard-house to intercede for him, and
to request he might have a hearing, as be denied
having been drunk, and said he could produce wit-
nesses to prove his sobriety when taken up. Their
efforms, however, were in vain, and he received 18
lashes ; and one of the two transport captains hay-
, ing been overheard by a soldier to remark to his
companion that this was brutal treatment., he was
threatened with the like if he did not go on board
his ship. A complaint was made to Admiral Fre-
mantle, and some correspondence has taken place
on the subject between the naval and military
authorities and Captains Champion and Frayne,
who, as highly respectable men, holding very re-
sponsible situations, and well known to and es-
teemed by many officers out here, naturally feel
aggrieved by the menace of a disgraceful punish-
ment. The second mate's friends- deny that he was
drunk. It appears that lie stutters, which may
have contributed to a mistake as to his state. How-
ever, whether. drunk or sober, his case is a hard one,
for, aesides time lashes, he loses his situation, which
he at once gave up, feeling himself disgraced and
that he could not in future expect respect from the
crew. The office of Provost-Marshal in Balaklava is
an arduous one, and the officer who now fulfils its
duties does so, I have been assured, in an efficient
and satisfactory manner. Without severe measures
it would be impossible to maintain order among the
motley .floating population of Balaklava. In the
above case, if the mate was drunk, the Provost-
Marshal did not exceed his duty, although per-
haps a preliminary investigation might have been
allowed when asked for by the prisoner's own
captain, who was ready to speak to his subordi-
nate good conduct during many months that
he had been under his commands I believe
the correspondence I have referred to is not yet
brought to a close, but I think it unlikely, from
obvious reasons, that it will lead to anything. The
affair is to be regretted, especially if it should re-
sult (as it is to be hoped it will not) in a bad feel-
ing on the part of the transport service towards the
officers of the army. There are few military men
in the Crimea but have been frequently on. board
transports, and indebted for many little acts of
attention and kinduetur to' their captains--and
cers. The' -Star 'Of the South- and the Melbourne
have been long out here, and long commanded by
their present captains.
Mr. Doyne, chief superintendent of the Army
Works Corps, goes to England this week, to urge
upon the Government the necessity of a different
organisation of that useful establishment. It is
considered desirable, I understand, both by Gen.
Codrington and Mr. Doyne that, before another
campaign opens, a greater control should be esta-
blished over the corps than is afforded by the agree-
ments the officers and men have signed, and which
do not bring them under the action of military
law. There is consequently no sufficient check ou
them in case of insubordination, and the want of
power of restraining and punishing them might
prove not only inconvenient but perilous, should
they be called upon to march with the army in the
spring.

JAN. 8.

To-day we have a gale from the south. The
snow is rapidly melting away from the plateau, and
the ground is in the transition state from the dry
and crisp to the deep and muddy. To-day it is
simply sloppy ; to-morrow—unless another shift of
wind brings back the frost—it will doubtless be in
that agreeably tenacious state so often described,
but the abominations of which mock the most vivid
description.
I have received letters from Kertch up to the
4th inst. Nothing note-worthy had occurred since
the cavalry skirmish in which Captain Sherwood
lost his life. The severe frost which set in
on the night of the 17th of December lasted
up to the 3d inst., when there was a slight thaw.
The Contingent and other troops were well supplied
with warm clothing, and set tho cold at defiance.
The Turks were contented, well-behaved, and in
excellent health. I lately saw, by the by, in a
London newspaper some very gross mis-statements
respecting the Contingent, which my information,
derived from various sources, enables me to con-
tradict. The troops were said to be still under
canvass when the snow set in. The truth is, that
they were hutted almost immediately on arrival,
and Ion; before the snow commeneed. Rape, rob-
bery, and plunder were said to be the order of the
day, and what remains of Kertch was represented
to ;be in rapid process of destruction at the hands
of General Vivian's soldiery. These assertions are
completely false. One of that General's first acts
on arrival was to put a stop to spoliation. The
account of Major Guernsey's affair is also incorrect.
The facts of that unpleasant business were as fol-
low :—Major Guernsey was Provost Marshal ; he
saw three men comin,, out of a house with empty
bottles, and without inquiry attempted to take
them prisoners. Two escaped ; the third he cap-
tured, and flogged him without further investiga-
tion. Flogging him at all was contrary to the ex-
press agreement with the Turkish Government, by
which it is stipulated that the Turks shall be
punished by their own laws and customs (much
more severe, by the way, than those of the British
service). The Turks shouted " Help to a Mussul-
man !" The cry was promptly responded to, and
Major Guernsey would have been probably mur-
dered had not assistance come. It was for his con-
duct in this affair that he was sent home. Capt.
Hall, of the navy, is also dragged in for censure,
and accused of riding Government horses. The
horses Capt. Hall rides are his own. Gen. Vivian's
staff is said to be inefficient, and to have been se-
lected merely because the officers composing it be-
longed tothe Madras Presidency—Gen. Yi vian's old
presidency. Ou the General's personal staff there is no
Madras officer. On the Head-quarter's staff there
are four Madras officers, three Queen's officers, one
Bengal officer, and the highest posts are filled by
the Queen's officers—General Michel, C. 8., who is
Chief of the Staff ; Col. Graham, Military Secre-
tary, and Colonel Morris, C. 8., Deputy-Quarter-
master-General. I have not time, nor would it be
worth while, to dissect minutely and disprove the
mis-statements and distortions of truth of which the
letter in question is composed. They are so nume-
rous and systematic as to give the letter, which is
entirely unworthy of consideration, the appearance
of having been written by some disappointed or
dismissed officer.

SHIPWRECK AND Loss OF LIFE.--The ehip Tory, of
Sligo, has been lost, with all hands. The following are
the painful particulars:—The, Tory was bound for Sligo
from Liverpool, and having struck on a reef of rocks at
the island of Roughly O'Beirne, immediately afterwards
went to pieces. The owners, Mr. John Hodgson and
Mr. James Brown, both inhabitants of Sligo, having
been on some business on the coast of Donegal, and per-
ceiving the Tory in si.,dit in the bay, hoarded her with
the intention of returning t') Sligo a short time previous
to the mehricholy occurrence. Mr. Hodgson, through
extraordinary presence of mind, leaped overboard on the
vessel first striking, sad was immediately washed ashore,
from whence be witnessed the de,truction of every soul
on board (five hands in al', including
captain and mate,
and amongst them Mr. Brown). The crew were Sligo
men. The master has left a wife and two children, and
the mate a family of five.