The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-27 00:00:00

BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 26

tiTO().4 EXClalt“a. This market was almost at a
Aani:lB,All. to-day. London and North Westerns, 105! i
Midlaocis, 82J—Ditto 44 per ueut. Pref., 99 Birmiug-
ham Guaranteed, 73; 4—Stour Valleys, $i 9—Birming-
ham Banks, 33.

THE BALLOT.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sir,—With many thanks for the candour and
spirit of fair play in which you.inserted my former
replies to the Times, and in asking you to insert
the accompanying letter, I can venture to point to
the fact that my advocacy of the ballot is point.
edly divested of all party bias.
I am, Sir, yours obediently,

F. HENRY F. BERKELEY.
Victoria-square.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE

Sir,—You will scarcely refuse me a reply to your last
article on the ballot, seeing that you have quitted—per-
haps you will be very angry if I say that you are beaten
off—your original ground, and now take up a new posi-
tion. So far from being angry or petulant, I never was
better pleased than in reading your leading article this
morning, and observing that you had followed my ad-
vice, and eschewing all attempts at argument, have had
recourse to your sharp-bitten barking cur again. Tell us
that the ballot is a fox, a bull, or a boar (spell that word
" bore" if you like), that it comes in with green peas, or
asparagus at grouse time, or with mincepies and turkeys
at Christmas; all that will be quite a la Times, we have
heard it before, and it will do aoio. From the profusion
of bark and the absence of bite in the animal, which to
follow out your simile you keep to worry the ballot fox,
and from its want of instinct as to English affairs " I do
let loose mine opinion, hold it no longer," this is no
English our that snarl), but some Dingo doz, imported
from
,Australia, and borrowed from • the menagerie
of sonic • Whig z .)ologist. I will now say one word
as to your attempt at argument, which I coofe,,s asto-
ni-bee me. Who the writer of the article may be, aho
never met with any man who wanted the ballot for him-
self, the privacy of the Times' editorial ballot-box forbids
my knowing* The statement is calculated to fill the mind
with awe and to throw a halo (4 mystic sole unity over
the subject. Fancy a haggard s'udent who wastes ill,
midnight oil, wrapped in contemplation and employed in
the solution of great metaphysical questions, and wild
never mixes with his fellow-men, such a person must the
gentleman be who never met Kith a man who nestle-i
protecOon in giving a vote. The sacred Vclowgerielit of
Printing-house-iqu:sre, camposel of sneh plillo,,pher,,
must be regarded with wooder, but if I or any ot-,er in-
I
dividual had ventured to make the a-sertion. that of the
hundreds of thousat;ds of men who have p:ititioned fa.

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the ballot no one Mall n,:eded it- for himaelf,
called for the measure from clniplaisance.• or spite
to oth,rs, and at tne smi.gestions of mull 00 ,piat-
forms who get up the cry, heaven knows why 'or for
what, I should expect to be accused of ;;roes ignorance or
impudence, or both. Lot any man among your writers,
who has not passed his life in sonic remote c•4lony, and
who knows the character and the habits of th,, p,-,./3:e of
this country, answer this question. If the ballot is not
needed by the people—if it be, as you say, needed by no
body for himself, but for somebody else, nob.niv knows
who or where, would it be po,sible " in any considerable
town to get as many siernatures as may he ordered to a
petition fur the ballot ?" Is it the habit of E,glishrnen
to leave their business and their firesides merely because

they have the opportunity of insulting 200 or 300-other
people ? You assume the meetings at GreenwieL. ard
_Lambeth did not want ;he ballot for themselves. On
wt at grounds do you found this assumption ?
The Times cannot expect the public to deal with a fact
solely from the knowlelge possessed by some gentleman
who writes articles for a given sum of money ; and, how-
ever inflated may be the importance which the Tinter at-
tributes to the infallibility of its writers, their bold asser-
tions will not disprove notorious facts. Is the Tines
ignorant of, or does it deem it convenient to ignore the
evidence taken by Mr. Grote's committee in 1335, with
its cases of political persecution ? Nine hundred pages
of evidence there are which it becomes every man to
have a knowledge of before he ventures to write on the
question the sulject of which was dissected by that corn.
mittee. Ara the election committees from that day to
this, with their evidence of the need of protection to the
elector, to go for nothing ? Aro the detailed cases by
members of Parliament made year after year to go for
nothing ? And is it to be expected nat any man not ab-
solutely an idiot is seriously to believe that of the hun•
dreds of thou ands of petitioners for the ballot not °ne is
to be found who wants the ballet for himself ? "We do
not believe in the existence of that pretended race of
animals, electors voting against their convictions to
please customers and employers," says the Tines. The
evi lence before Mr. Grote's c,.nrituitte remains not only
undisputed and ungaimayed, but added to by every suc-
cessive election committee, confirmed by every general
election, and established beyond the possibility of con-
tradiction by the columns of the Times itself. What is
the meaning of the word "influence," which you meet
with in DA's "Electoral Facts"- _and, other similar
Wiltks,• but a poorer which Commands and guides voters
irrespective of the only influence recognised by the de-
stitution—the opinion of the voters. Any man who has
ever canvassed a borough or a county will be at no loss
to call to mind numerous individuals of that "prebn led
race of animals" whose existence you feign to disbelieve.
The Times accuses those who advoca'e the ballot (if
having Utopian notions. On the contrary, it is the
Times which creates an imaginary body of elector,, be-
yond the control of landlords, creditors, and cusioiner,.
Virtuous Britons—perfect Job Thornburr, or Partner
A.shfields—who will meet rum boldly rather than flinch
in the cause of conscience, under whose frown the cue-
r,omer quails, before whose virtue the landlord withers.
To such men the ballot might be an insult. Unless in
Utopia where are wo to fed a body of such men, and it
such rant be Selliq3 what is fl ydoo.lle ?
As to the kind of influence practised at the list gene
ral election, you are mistaken in saving it was wily ~f
"mere-nary kind " To hack tny opieion I refer to the
Edinburgh Rericts (for Oci-.o,er, 1852), auother ante
allot erg,an, which admits t!)at, the anvoint of iritirnt-
, ation practised at that election was indeserb,ble.

The lair. general el ction, y.at say, did not present the
are atrocious features as former elections, f. ,r no elec

tion was ever less po-itical. True, but it wa, a great
party contest. Lord Darby, at the head of the Coo
frprva.tives, likes Dickens's Lord Doodle, threw hinistif on
the country "in an auriferous and malty shower;" while
the free trade Whig landlords, emulatlng Sr Thomas
Fondle, controlled the votes of their Pr itestlut, tenants,
and rivalled their opponents in their use of sovereigns
and beer.

With regard to the farmers my reply is simply the law
gives them the right to vote as they please. If you, as I
believe from your article you do, think they are not fit
to vote as they {_lease, say so ; at any rate, they are as
fit to vote for themselves as the majority of landlords or
stewards are to guide them. I have not with scores of
farmers who want the ballot for themselves, and woull
vote differently under its protection.
There can be no doubt but that for the undue influ-
ence of Whig landlords over the tenant-farmers, a ma-
jority of whom were Protectionists, the Conservative
party would have been strengthened by the addition of
many county members.

With regard to the efficiency of the ballot to prevent
" mercenary influences," you must bear in mind that
with the ballot every fact as to bribery will remain as
open and capable of proof as now, save the great induce
ment to bribe, viz., the fact that the vote is given in
return for the money paid for it.
As regards the responsibility of the elector, I utterly
deny that secret voting severs him from the only respon•
sibility of whose existence I am aware, the obligation to
vote according to his conscience, it matters not for whom.
If he cannot openly vote according to his conscience he
has a right to be protected by secrecy; to what man or
body of men electors are responsible, and who, conse•
quently, has a right to know how any particular elector
votes, I will thank you to inform me.
As to the parity of the cases of the elector and the
writers of the press, of which you truly say you will hear
more, I will answer your objections categorically.
Under the ballot a number of persons acting together
e., the constituency—would be responsible for the
result if, as the Times lately, in the case of Mr. Smith,
of Crimean fame, they commit a breach of the law. The
responsibility of the aggregate constituency would exist
as the responsibility of the aggregate Times does exist, but
as the particular person who wrote the libel against Mr.
Smith was on grounds of public policy, " severed from
all visible responsibility," so the particular voter would,
with the ballot, have the same protection. A recent num-
ber of the Illustrated Times contains the following vindi-
cation of the right of journalists to the protection of
secrecy. I quote from memory, but the quotation is
substantially accurate :—" A journalist needs the pro-
tection of secrecy because he has no official protection ;
the parson has his cloth, the lawyer his gown ; the jour-
nalist has neither ; but for his privilege of anonymous
writing he would be a universal cocksby ; the public
offender, when castigated, would attack him as the en
minal occasionally throws his shoe at the judge, con-
founding between the law and him who administers it."
This is answerable ; but it is as unanswerable for the
voter as the journalist. One word more as to the tam-
pering with voters under the ballot. Grant that under
the ballot you can easily tamper with votes after they are
gives, and that under open voting, to use Mr. Cobden's
celebrated phrase, "a record is kept again st every man
how he votes." Stitl, believing as Ido that votes are
now as much tampered with before they are recorded as
with the ballot they could he after they were given,
I do not see the overwhelmieg superiority of the
open over the protected system. But how stands the
fact ? Take the New England states of America
where a proper system of ballot prevails. Are the
ballot boxes tampered with there ? Name your in-
stances. In Belgium, Holland, Sardinia, Victoria, are
there cmnplaints otitarepering with the electoral urn ?
If there are, particulari-e them ; if nut, what becotne.
of your theory ? As to France, the country I have nut
before named, if you refer to the evidence of the French
gentlemen examined before Mr. Grote's committee of
1835, you will find testimony to the 'value of the ballot
to restrain the undue influence of the Government at
elections. As to what has occurred since that time, I
believe the election. in 1848, of the present Emperor to
the representation of Paris, and afterwards to toe presi-
clentAip of the republic, correctly expressed the public
Opinion of Franco. The eketioes of 1851
and 1852 either were or were not similar expressions. It
they were, public opinion in France was in faycur of de.

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spotie government If they were not, a mock expression
of public opinion was .sbtained by force, as is too often
the case with our English electicinv.—l am, &c.,
Victoria•square. F. HENRY F. BERKELEY.

AMERICA.

THREE DAYS LATER.

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY EVENING:

By the United States' mail steamship Arago,
Captain Lines, we have dates from New York to
the 13th inst., 32 passengers, $357,000 in specie
(of which $34,000 were for L )ndon), 1,500 barrels
of flour, and 3,000 bushels of grain for Havre, and
the usual mails.

The mail steamer_ Africa, Cmpt. Shannon, from
Liverpool, arrived at New York on the 13th inst.,
and the Anglo-Saxon, from Liverpool,
the.loth. at Portland

The City, of Manchester steamship arrived at
Philadelphia on the 10th. She left Liverpool on the
19th Nov., and encouutered a succession of westerly
gales.

On December 20, in lat. 46° 15', long. 38°, the
Arago exchanged signils with the ship Lady Frank-
lin, bound cast.

Both branches of Congress at Washington, on the
10th, were engaged in a discussion of the message
and the reception of a few petitions, one of which
was from Me. Wheeler, 'asking to be refunded cer-
tain moneys-which he had given to distressed Ame-
ricans in 11 icaragua, who had been robbed and
wounded at Virgin Bay by the natives,- and Who
had applied to the Legation for assistance. • Commo-
dore Jones also petitioned for a restoration of the
pay deducted from him by a 'court martial several
years ago. -The President has appointed J. 0.
Harrison, of Kentucky, as Judge for Kansas, in
' place of Judge Lecompte, removed.
In the Senate, on the 11th, Gen) Cass made a
speech, reiterating his opinion on squatter move
reignty, the subject under discussion being the Pre-
sident's message. Mr. Hale stated that the Republi-
can party meant to apply the principle of the exclu-
siou of slavery in the territories it 1860,ashe believed
they would then posSess the p iwer to du so. Mr.
Hale exhibited a handbill in wilich Mr. Bigler was
charg©d with tieing a; speakei at a Democratic meet-
ing iu favour of Buchanan, Breckieridge, and Free,
Kansas, which brought Mr. Bigl rto feet, who
denied the ituputation. 'The Senate then adj,urneil
till Monday. In the Hou-e there was consi :erable
discussion ou squatter sovereignty, which, as ex-
plained by General Casi, was repudiated by the,
VArginia delegation. There appeared to be con-
siderable diversity of opinion ainong the Detnocra-
tic members regarding it. The signers of the me-
morial presented to the House for the erection of
Arazona into a territorial government represent
that they are cut off by natural barriers from the
benefit of the laws of New Mexico, being nominally
only in the county of Donna Ana; without any of
the privileges or safeguards of citizenship, and ex-
posed to savages.
A despatch from Washington, dated the 12th
inst„,says

"Mr. Broom introduced to the House a bill providirg
for a contract with Mr. Vanderbilt for carrying a
monthly mail between New York and Southampton in
steamers to make as good time as the Cunardere, and for
every 12 hours over their average time a reduction of
$l,OOO to be made. This line is in addition to those
already in existence, and is deigned to test the relative
merits of the English and American stenmships. Van-
derbilt is here,lwith all his I.mby strength, toping to get
his bill through. It is understood that ne has connected
himself with Sibo and Co., and will furnish the steamers
for the new Tehuantepec route. This acciunts for his
contemplated visit to New Orleans in the Daniel
Webster."

The debate in the Southern Convention on the
10. h inst. was very important and exciting, being
on Mr. Goulding's resolution to reopen the slave
trade, which 'was warmly advocated by several
members and as strenuously opposed by others.
The resolution was finally lost by an overwhelming
vote. Resolutions were offered relative to a rail-
road to the Pacific. The first, which declares
that Government has no power to construct a rail-
road, was adopted. The second, that a road should
be made along the.line of the 32d parallel of lati-
tude by States, individual subscribers, and grants
of land by the Federal Government, &c., elicited
much debate. TheliAbjept Airltfutally recommitted..
The New York Herald pahlishes au extr.ct from
a letter written by Captain Peabody, of the packet
ship Neptune, to Messrs. Puirier and Co., in which
it is stated that, on the 7th of November, a boat
belonging to the wrecked steamer Lyonnais was
picked up by the Neptune while on her voyage to
Liverpool. No persons were in the boat when
found, from which circumstance it is thought pro-
bable they were rescued by some outward bound
vessel, and carried to a foreign port.
The Democracy of the city of New York gave a
complimentary serenade to the Run. J. Walker,
for his services to Mr. Buchanan in the late Presi-

dential contest, at the New York Hotel, on the
evening of the 10th.
On the llth the New York -Republican Caitral.
Union met and p,Loc,ed,d in a body to the re•si-
dence of Co!unel Fremont, where the gallant
Col,aiel gave them a hearty Kole.
The papers publish telegraphic despatches from
various parts of the country relative to the insur-
rectionary movements the negroes iu Lb,
.":-L'outti, which have created nu little excitehient iu
that region. The Evansville Journal (Indiana) of
the 6th inst., says : _ _

" We had very strious and alarming reports in our
city last, evet.iu4 from the Cumberland river in regard to
the movements of the blacks ; and, fr-m all we have
heard, the excitement among the people through the
middle district of Tenues!,ee is far greater and more
general than we supposed when we wrote the article in
another part of this morning's sheet. Through what is
c AMA the iron districteon the Cumberland and Tennessee
rivers there an; from b,OOO t 4 10,000 slaves employed a'
the ironworks ; tuey ar, there congregated in large
nuinoers, working in the various labours of making
ciarcoal, digging ore, and tending the furnaces, in gangs,
mostly by th, uiselves, with a few whites for general
overseers. There are many of these works situated
within a few miles of each other, and in sections that
have few white inhabitants.

" A gentlemen who arrived here last evening informs
us that at Dover, on the Cumberland, they had obtained
such evidence as left no doubt of a widespread conspiracy
existing in that neighbourhood, and that a number of
the ringleaders had bean discovered and arrested ; that
11 of teem had been hung by the excited inhabitant,,
and that among those arrested was a person who had
been in the neighbourhood many months, who had al-
ways passed as a negro, but on his arrest was found to
be a white man, painted and disguised as a negro. Our
informant says the people, being satisfied that he had
been the prime mover and instigator of the rebellious
design of the blacks, took him to the woods, and by the
unanimous condemnation of those present he was sen-
tenced to receive'9oo lashes, and that be expired before
the penalty had been fully inflicted. These occurrences
had produced general consternation and terror, and the
women and children were fleeing and being sent off for
safety. The men were arming and organising for defence,
and the negroes were being crafted, or kept under very
vigilant watch.
" A good deal of excitement has existed for some days
about Clarksville and the neighbouring counties in Ten-
nessee by the discovery of the preliminary preparations
of an insurrection among the slave population, to come
off on the 24th of December. A great number of negroes
had been arrested and confined, and several bad made
confessions. In the neighbourhood of Louisa Furnace,
a plan to blow up a church was discovered and thwarted.
A keg of powder had been placed under the building,
ready for the fatal match. A large collection of arms
and ammunition had also been discovered and seized.
One white man, who was caught in the act of counselling
the insurrection, had been arrested and imprisoned.
Among the negroes arrested and confined are the sup-
posed ringleaders—the generals and captains, as they
are called—of the movement.
" The opinion is that the plot is deep laid, and en,
braces slaves throughout a wide extent of country, rang
ing from Kentucky south and west, and the
to have designed a general insurrection duringPatiahile sheoetin.
days. The number of fugitives is also unusuallyawl the escapes across the Ohio, roported by
are more numerous than we ever not- large,
th,, paper-,
very general discussion of the question
before. The
slave states, iu the late canvass, has impartedton of slavery in
ideas to the blacks of a Change to
tical revolution welch ha, rendered be effected by a pol':
The Philadelphia Mtitetiti,
1,1;e:a CCeities line
insuberdwate."
publishes a despatch
from Nashville or the
" Tee city councils 10, n
and roger, forbidding of this e,ty have PAssed a law ch-
racilog the employment of
at rest • :,d police force do)
au aduation.negro
negro echo-dc and
preach-
ing, forbidding all
____ asset,negroes after sundown,
authorising the f !pea of
negroes from other come.
Lies, and tie arrest of fr eeerenseiileot negr)e. if foie -d iti
su ielou, cireu mann,B. i ,;reat deal .:i ive a ifte,-, ,
felt in the city as
..,,,I as in the country.
A letter from Baltimore, of Dec. 11, says
"The bark
change in
Janeiro dates to the 30th of October. There was no
Lapwing has arrived here with Rio
coffee were the same as at last dates. Sailed, Oct 17,
commercial affairs, and the quotations for
the bark Cora,, for New York, with 5,300 bags of coffee."
Christ Church, the Protestant Episcoßd cathe-
dral
ar Montreal, was deSll'OyeA by tire on die
morhing of the .10th inst. A diy goods store and
building adjoining were also some-
the Nuns'

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what injured. The church was thou_ )t ,
of the most rleg,ntit and costly,lruildin,
ft was not, bov‘ever equal in size, IA
Catholic Catlwdral whi a 0 ' 1>41,1 :
of holding from 10,000 to 12,000 nt , 471'
damage by the fire is estimatPd at .it,l2b i t:'!-"4-
'
insurance is $68,000. The church pout*
of all S
magnificent orpu, nearly as large as t a
Haarlem, in Holland.
The majority for Buchanan and Breckinridge in
the State of Mississippi is 11375.
The weather at New York, which had been very
fine for several days, took a sudden change on the
10th. A violent storm of wind and rain set in early
in the day, and lasted until evening, when it
cew el, and thenioon shone out brightly. In some
localities much snow had already fallen. At Janes-
ville, in Wisconsin, the snow fell to so great a depth
and drifted so much as to put an effectual stop to,
railroad locomotion for several days. In Massa-
chusetts the sleighing was capital and the weather
cold.

Advices from Kansas to the 3d inst. state that
the Freestate Militia had been disbanded at their
own request. Sixteen of the Freestate prisoners
on trial for murder had been acquitted. Nine
still remained to be tried.
The steamship Texas, with California dates to the
20th November, and San Juan dates to the sth
inst., arrived at New Orleans on the 12th inst.
The steamship Tennessee left San Juan for New
York with- $270,000.in treasure. The vote of Cali-
fornia for President stands as follows :—Buchanan,
60,000 ; Fillmore, 35,000 ; Fremont, 19,000.
Buchanan's majority over both, 6,000. The Demo-
crats also obtained aniajority in both branches of
the State Legislature. The California markets
generally were dnII. •
The news from Nicaragua is highly important.
General Walker had been successful in a series of
battles with the Central Americans. On the 10th
ult. General Hornsby, with 200 men, defeated 1,100
of the enemy under the Costa Rican General Canas.
The enemy lost 200, while Hornsby had only two
killed and 11. wounded. Four days' fighting at
Messaya - had eiided in the' entire defeat ,of , the
enemy. General Walker bad returned to Grenada,
aud, after giving three days' notice of his intention
to allow time for the removal of valuables, firedthe
place, not leaving a vestige of it.. The inhabitants
of Grena.ela had removed to Rivas with all their
effeets, which will hereafter be the capital of Ni-
caragua. A naval battle had taken place between
the Nicaraguan war schooner Granada., Captain
Frayseue• and a Cest a Rican talc.'e. of war three times
the size of the Granada. The Costa Rican vessel
was blown up, and cli on bard of her perished. It
is estiineted that the enemy has lost 3,000 men in
the various battles since October.
In the New York money market, on the 12th,
stocks were active and firm ; the news from abroad
continuing favearable, a further improvement of
prices was anticipated. State stocks, with. limited
tra.nsaetions, were • nuchane,ed. Railroad bonds
were in good demand and higher. In railroad
shares a very large teisiness was done, and there
was a general advance of prices, although at the
close of the Fiist Beard the buoyancy fell off. The
aggregate sales amount to about 21,000 shares.
New York Central improVed ; Erie ; Reading
14; and Western shares, from to s per cent. ;
except •Cnicago and Rock Island, which did not
fully sustain the previous day'ti price. . Illinois
Central sold at 119 k, equal to au advance of 1± per
cent.

The cotton market was firm, with sale's of about
1,000 to 1,500 bales. The news by the Africa was
not considered unfavourable, and hence holders
continued to stand out, for full.prices. Flour was
firmer, with m to activity, the market closing,

however, without change of` importance in prices.
The firmness of holders .checked sales of wheat,
which were quite moderate, and chiefly at the
previous day's prices. Corn was steady, with sales
of distilling lots at 68c., and. of sound Western
mixed at 70c. to 71c: Among the sales were 5,000
bushels new Southern yellow, at 70c. Pork was
rather heavy, with moderate sales at unchanged
prices. The sales of sugars were confined to 300
to 400 hogsheads Cubs muscovado, and 200 to 300

boxes, at full prices. Coffee was more active ;
2,801) bags BAliia were sold for export, and the
balance of an old cargo 'of Rio, with 200 bags
Maracaibo. Grain freights were lower for Liver-
pool, while engagements both to that port and to
London were to a fair extent.

WEST INDIA MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY.

The Royal Mail Company's steam ship Dee, Cap-
tain Woolcott, arrived this morning from her inter 7
colonial station in the West Indies to Undergo re- '
pair. She hrings a small mail from St. Toomas's
only, but no passengers or cargo. The Wye's
missing wails havo not come, as was expected, by
ihis steamer. The Dee exPericuced a succession
of strong north;tiaserly winds from the time of
leaving St. Thomas's, on the 6thinst., to the 24th,
when, at tho entrance to the Channel, it blew a
gale from the north-west. On thO 20th of Dacem-
ber the Dee spoke the John Banyan.. from Sydney,
81 days out, in lat. 43 40 N., long. 25 W. ; and on
the 22d the American barque Ailsa, in lat. 46 12
N., lung. 18 6 W.

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Acting Manager, Mr. C. Mathews. Stage Manager, Mr. R.
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Second Night of the Grand Christmas Pantomime, the
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The First Morning Performance of the Pantomime will take
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tion of Mr. William Beverley and numerous assistants. The
machinery by J. Tucker and assistants. The properties, de-
corations, tricks, changes, and transformations by Messrs.
Needham, Glindon, &c. The masks, models, and physiog-
nomies' devices designed and executed by the celebrated
Dykwynkyn. The overture and music composed and arranged
by Herr Anschuez. The choregraphic arrangements under
the personal supervision of M. Petit.. The comic scenes con-
structed by and under the direction of Harry Boleno. The
peculiar grotesque opening--invented and written by E. L.
Blanchard, author of " Harlequin and the Seven Ages of
Man," " Jack and Jill," " Humming Top," " Hudibras,"
and the whole arranged and produced under the direction of
Mr. Robert Roxby.
Ye anciente and truthful legend on ye which ye pantomime
to story is founded :
" See, saw, Margery Daw,
" Sold her bed, and laid upon straw."
MSS. of Nursery Rhymes in British Museum.
3gion of Reverses, in the Island of Ups and Downs. " Yea,
Great Globe itself."
" Here we go up, up, up,
" Here we go down, down, down ;
" Here we go backwards and forwards,
" And here we go round and round."
Juvenile Chorus of the earliest period, supposed to belongs o
the One. Up, Mr. Topham ; Down, Mr. Love; Opea-
box, Kid Glove, Tiger and Brougham, and Porte-rnonnaie
(attendants upon Up), Signor Lorgnette. Herr Tightfitt,
li
Master Sancebox, and Monsieur Chinque ; Hard Up, Dupz-
-
cate, Distraint, and Rags (attendants upon Down), Mr. Fri
hard, Mr. Popall, Mr. Quodham, and Mr. patchwell. An-
nual appearance of Holyday in her Emblematic Car. Holyday
(the Genius of the Season), Miss Marian Stanle ,
.Sport and
Pastime (her attendants), Misses Lovelaugla and I.aghtheart ;
Dame Necessity (who is on this occasion made a virtue of by
particular desire), Mrs. Selby. How Invention, the Daughter
of Necessity, is called upon to assist the development of the
story, while Holyday invites both Up and Down to enjoy
theme lves. Holyday's Home in the Green Bower of Mistletoe
and Winter Garden of the Fairies.—Mistletoe (the Fairy
Queen), Miss E. Wadham ; Fairy Spiri of the Kisses that
have been given under the Mistletots e, by upwards of 100
Ladies of the Corps de Ballet. Grand Ballet —Miss
Rosina Wright, :Mlles. J. and E. Osmont, and the Co-
ryphees. The Golden Gates leading to the Palace of
Huggamugga.—Herald (with a Proclamation), Mr.
Hornogold ; Guards, Messrs. Stiffneck, Headsup,
Eyesright, Shoulderarms, Stand-at-ease, and March-
well ; Tailor, Mr. Broadcloth ; Cobbler, Mr. Waxend ; Black-
smith, Mr. Anvil ; the Princess Margery Daw (afterwards
Columbine), Madame Boleno ; Shilly and Shelly (her Maids
of Honour), Misses Dithery and Dothery. How Margery
Daw has no notion of work herself, and the contempt she
shows towards those who do work. Interior of the Palace of
King Huggamugga. King Huggamugga (Sovereign of the
Land of Sixes and Sevens), Mr. Dawking ; Hurly-Burly (Lord
Chancellor), Mr. Bigwig ; Niminy-Piminy (the Lord Cham-
berlain), Mr. Noodledom ; Ilig,gledy-Piggledy (Goldstick in
Waiting), Mr. Muddle ; other Members of the Court, Messrs.
Bow, Scrape, Cringe, Crouch, Tageag, Merrywag, Perriwig,
and Hatband; Court Milliner, Madame Crinoline ; Drawing
Master, Professor Crayon ; Governess, Miss Frump ; Music
Master, Signor Hurdigurdi ; Maid in Waiting, Miss Sweet-
temper ; Chef de Cuisine, Mr. Cook ; Prince Popinjay (of
the Land of Prettistory), Mr. Finefeather ; his Retinue,
Messrs. Glare, Dazzle, Gleam, Glitter, and Cetashine. How
the Princess is taught a wholesome lesson by Necessity, and
of the change that takes place in consequence. Cottage of
Necessity, with a Prospect of Hard Work in the Distance.
The Enchanted Workbox—The Sampler and the Exemplar,
and the pretty piece of work that Margery Daw makes of it.
Inhabitants of the Workbox :—Row of Pins, Messrs. Sharp,
Bent, Crooked, Pinaday, Groatayear, &c. ; Regiment of
Needles (ready drilled), Messrs. Largeeye, Smalley°, Longsix,
Splitup, Snapoff, sitc. ; Thimble, Master Tom Thumb ;
Worsted, Mr. Bawlaway ; Bodkin, Mr. Pierce ; Tape Mea
sure, Mr. Inchbald; Hook and Dye, Messrs. How and Some-
bodyelse ; Shirt Buttons, Mr. Earlypurly ; Scissors, Mr.
SheersteeL How Margery Daw makes an important discovery
and the audience also, and how, led by Necessity, she is com-
pelled to alter her opinions and change her position. The Mine
of Labour, leading to the Mine of Wear.—Labour (the Parent
of Health, Wealth, and Happteresee), Mr. Strong'i'th'arna.
What Margery Daw goes to see. what she saw, and the re-
ward that Holyday bestows. Weird Scenic and Mechanical
Effects, exhibiting (in process a! eceneernetion) the Fairy Fac-
tory of Fancy, completed with isi.e assistance of Labour and
Imagination. Brilliant Tableau. ThetTra.nsformation :—Two
Harlequins, Herr Devlin and Signal- Veroni; two Sprites,
the Brothers Elliott ; two Pantaheasee,Mr. Barnes and Mr. G.
Tanner ; two Clowns, Messes. Navvy Boleno and Flexmore ;
the Gent, Mr. Halford ; two Coissabines, Madame Boleno
and Miss Honey. The Ups and Downs of the Harlequinade,
showing the Ins and Outs and Turas About of the Pantomime
Rally ; Toy Warehouse, Butcher's and Baker's Shop
(Bolenos, Devlin, Tanner, and Halford).— A pink of polite-
ness—Clown very toyish—Getting a nutcracker, which turns
out a nobby toy—First and last toys for gambling—Marbles
versus dice—Despatches, loaded, and off they go—Harlequin
takes a private box—Clown takes Chatterton's situation as
boxkeeper—Kite-flying—A game of Cricket, by which some
of the players get bowled out, and afterwards stumped,
which turns out along stop—The uses and abuses of the crin-
oline—A Jack in the box—A. box of regular British toys and
a basket of French bread (bricks)—Alelershott a size smaller
—Grand review of infantry—A military ball—Going in for a
buster—Coming out 'with a roll—Clown make a peel to
baker's feelings—List, oh, List—Squaring a round of beef—
Clown takes a steak and gets a chop in return—Pantaloon
tries his hand at a game and loses by it —Cot and come again
—Clown takes a butcher's shop, which Harlequin makes too
hot to hold him. Tailor's Shop and Perfumery Warehouse (Ye.
roni, Barnes, and Honey). A gentleman in search of a tailor—
A suit that is quite the ticket— T le Oude wrapper—Railway
wrappers=-Transfer depot--Washing machine—extraordinary—
Something that won't wash—Cleaned out—Scent in and sent out-
Foreign versus English toothpowder Hungary water—A
Frangipani bouquet—Wonderful effects of the Pistachio nut-
powder—A case of rea' distress—Pantaloon in a fix—Fur
nished Apartments for Single Men (Bolenos, Devlin, and
Tanner).—Clown and Pantaloon in high life—A domestic re-
volution—turning the tables—To bed, to bed—A drop too
much Clown now begins to reflect —The looking-glass follows
his example—Two heads better than one—Clown takes a turn
on the sofa, which also takes a turn on its own account—
Multiplication altercation, which ends with a regular row in
the house. Judkia's Gas-regulating Machine and General
Patent Office and Stationer's Shop (Veroni, Barnes, and
Honey.)—Clown, being in Fleet-street, goes the pace rather
fast—The language of the eyes (I-talian of course) which
everybody understands—Bath post versus London post—Re-
gulators Wanted : railway regulators, army regulators, gas
regulators, smoke regulators—Sewing, cutting, washing,
pressing, and ironing done by a turn—Clown snakes a shift
which makes Pantaloon a little shirty—A box of common
scents—A fresh supply of blacks from America —A Dred-ful
scene ensues. Mechi's Model Farm (Bolenos, Denial, and
Tanner )—Harvest-hcme —A. rakish dance by rustic lads and
lasses—The milky way—Harlequin makes a pump of himself
—A. strong smell of game—A farm-yard visitor—Clown finds
the pig a very great bore—Pantaloon finds the dog gets
greatly attached to him —Prize Poultry—Cochin China and
couch in England Novel hatching—The old mail—Full in-
side—Clown off by the Express and Pantaloon by the
Rocket—Mappin's Cutlery and Shilling Razor Warehouse,
King William-street, City (the whole of the double
company will appear in this scene )—Pantaloon proposes
to take a bus—Present and future—Weight of public opinion
—A change for the better—The people's own bus—When
fool meets fool then comes the tug of fun—Collision, crash,
smash, and dash—Garotte preventive—Moustache move-
ment—A pair of sharp blades—Clowns prove themselves a
case for cutlery—Holloway stopped by Holloway's oint-
ment—The duel —A cut direct Forewarned, forearmed—
Public nuisances of 1856—0 h, my Crinoline—A high wind,
a regular blow up, and glorious termination to Ups and
Downs in Holiday's Fairy Home.
The reduced prices as follows, varying throughout the
license to snit every one:—Galleries, ed. and ls. ; Second
Circle of Boxes, ls. 6d. ; Pit, 2s. ; First Circle of Boxes,
2s. 6d. ; Dress Boxes, 3s. ; Stalls. ss. ; Private Boxes,
10s. 6d.,1/. lc, 1/. lls. 6d., and 2/. 2s.

ROYAL LYCEUM TaEATRE.
Lessee, Mr %C. Dillon.

THIS EVENING, Decefitber 27, will be produced an
entirely new and original combination of burlesque and pan-
tomime, entitled

CONRAD AND MEDORA;
or, Harlequin Corsair and the Little Fairy at the Bottom of
burlesque opening by W. Brough, Esq.,
the Sea. The bodes
founded upon the ballet of Le Corsair, as produced at Her
Majesty's Theatre. The harlequinade upon things in gene-
ral.. The new and magnificent scenery painted by Mr. F.
Fenton. Characters in the opening
Conrad (the Corsair) ...............Miss Woo"gar
Birbarto (his lieutenant) Mr. J. L. Toole
Seyde Pasha ........................... Mr. Barrett
Sing Smaul Mr. Holston
Yussiff ............ Mr- S. Calhaem
Med or°. Mrs- Charles Dillon
Gulnar ............................. B. White
Zoller°
Submarina...(her first appearuce) Miss Jessie Ryder
Serena Miss Marie Wilton
Clowns Mr. Tom Matthews and
Mr. H. Marshall
Pantaloon Mr. Stilt
Harlequin
Mr. J. Ma rshall
Columbine Miss Clara Morgan
THIS EVENING (Saturday, Dec. 27), the historical
play of WILLIAM TELL will commence the performances.
William Tell, Mr C. Dillon A Morning Performance of the
Pantomime every Saturday, at 2 o'clock, commencing on Sa-
turday, Dec. 27. The box-office open daily, from 11 to 5,
under the superintenflence of Mr. Chatterton, jun.
Carriages conveying parties to the Private Boxes to set
down at the State entrance in Burleigh-street.

T ELEAT RE.—Manager, Mr. T.
oPayne. —This Evening will be performed

ROBERT MACAIRE.

To conclude with the immensely successful novel Burlesque
Pantomime of THE MAGIC MISTIATOE ; or, Harlequin
Humbug and the Shams of London. The Fairy Christmas,
Miss E. Wilton ; Good Humour, Miss Norbury ; Mercury,
Miss Cameron ; Humbug, Mr. Herbert ; Cant, Mr. Bolton ;
Baron, Mr J. B. Johnstone ; Sir Roland, Mr. Clarke ; Lord
Love)., Miss Craven ; Addelpate, Miss Cuthbert ; Crambo,
Master W. Edouin ; Lady Agnes, Miss E. Jacobs ; Baroness,
Mr. G. Lee ; Furbilosa, Mr. J. Howard. Novel Haile-
quinade :—Clown, Miss Cuthbert ; Little Clown, Master W.
Edouln ; Pantaloon Mr. J. Clarke ; Harlequin, Miss Craven ;
Columbines, Miss E. Jacobs and Male. Collison ; Premier
Danseuse, Mdle. Marie Charles.
New and inag,nificent Scenery, &c. New Curtain. New
Act Drop.
Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ;
Gallery, 6d.
A morning performance of the Pantomime every Monday
at two o'clock.

"DU OYAL SURREY THEATRE.
ILL Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick.
THIS EVENING. .DOUGLAS.
After which. HARLEQUIN, AND THE SUMMER
QUEEN. Harlequin, Mr. F. Glover ; clown, Mr. Buck ;
Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury ; the Four Sprites, the Finis Fa-
' =fly; Columbines, Mesdames Marie and Agnes,

rrHEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
11_ THIS EVENING, SATURDAY, Dec. 2,7,

to commence at Seven with the comedy of
THE HONEYMOON.
In consequence of Mr. Murdoch's success he ,s re-engaged
for a few nights and will appear as the Duke Aranza.
After which, a new comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled
THE BABES IN THE WOOD, or Harlequin and the Cruel
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-Uncle. The scenery of the opening story painted by Mr W.
Calleott. The music composed and arrangedby dward Fitz-
william. The pantomime produced under the direction of
M. Milano. Harlequin, M. Milano; Columbine, Fanny
Wright (her 2d appearance in that character) • Pantaloon,
Mr. Mackay ; and Clown, Mr. Driver oils 2d appearance
in that character at this theatre). The first Morning perform.
ante of the Pantomime will be given on ThursclaY, Jan. 1,
and continue every Thursday throu:l•hout the holidays : com-
mencing at 2, concluding at 4.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Great Attraction for the Holidays.
THIS EVENING, (Saturday, De.: • 27), will be performed
PAUL PRY : By Mr. Wright.
After which will be produced a ne-w and original union of
modern burlesque and old English psFitomime (as originated
at this theatre), by Professor Wordeptaner, Member of Every-
thing, with entirely new scenery, dresses, transformations,
&c., called