The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-10 00:00:00

SCOTTISH BOSPITAL.

The annual dinner of the Scottish Hospital took place
last night (St. Andrew's-day falling this year on a Sun-
day) at the London Tavern, when that eminently Eng-
lish establishment was Scotticised especially for the
occasion. There were Scottish banners, and other em-
blems of nationality, tastefully arranged by Mr Douglas
—Scottish] dishes (including the far-famed haggis, the
savoury cockie-leekie, and King James's favourite dish,
ti e singed sheep's hearl)—the Scottish beverages of
whisky and whisky punch Scottish dresses, -which
la ter were furnished by the guests themselves, who ap-
peared in every recognised variety and colour of High-
land costume—the Scottish national music of the b.sg-
pipe, performed by her Majesty's own piper—and Scotch
songs sang by a most efficient vocal corps (under the
direction of Mr. Genge.) _ _ .

The Lord Mayor preided, and was supported by the
Sheriffs Of London and Middlesex, the Baron Damiers,
Haytian Charge d'Affaires (a gentleman of colour), Sir
Fenwick Williams of Kars, General Monteith, General
Campbell, Judge Hallyburton, United States, Serjeant
Sbee, &c.
The customary tribute having been paid to her Ma-
jesty, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales (under his
Scottish title of Duke of Rothsay), the Duke of Cam-
bridge, and the rest of the royal family,
The LORD MAYOR proposed the health of the Haytian
minister, at whose presence he expressed a feeling of
high gratification, and coupled with the toast the foreign
diplomatic body at the English court generally.
The Baron DAMIERS, in an eloquent and appropriate
address, spoken in the French language returned thanks.
The LORD MAYOR next gave "The Army and Navy,"
uniting with the toast the healths of Gen. Sir F. Wil-
liams of Bare, Gen. Monteith, and Gen. Campbell.
Gen. Sir F. WILLIAMS, in acknowledging the compli -
ment, said it had been his good fel-tune on several occa -
gone to respond to the toast which had just been drank
with such enthusiasm, but he had never risen to do so
with more pleasure than now. With regard to the
army he was glad to say that it stood now on a far better
footing than it did at any former time since the great
war. It bad been for a long tine the custom to cut
down the army to the lowest possible limit—that, how-
ever, experience Thad shown. to be anything but true
economy. Thank God, the spirit ofthe country was now
opposed to that ()Arse of policy, and it was not likely to
be repealed. He thanked them for the honour they had
done him in coupling his name with that gallant British
army that fought and conquered in the Crimea. Though
he had no part in the military operations there, he could
assure them that nothing was so heart cheering--nothing
touched their sympathiesssooertrdyuirrnethctatlthya—nnoknsomreoe mnnobwebrnehowanflfs th o
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great as the approbation of their fellow-countrynaen-
e;
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profession, but having been
intimately connected with the navy during
having know four admirals and sailed in fourten years,
flee
thought he might venture to perform thts, he
that duty ; and
he would add his own opinion that if in the late war
the enemy had afforded that noble branch of the service
fleet, an opportunity of meeting their no incident of
our past naval history would have reflected more
glory upon the country th
must have followed. an would the result which

General MONTEITII also returned thanks.
The next toast was "The Scottish Hospital," which,
the CHAIRMAN said, in
proposing it, was the oldest
charity in the kingdom.
During the two centuries of
its existence it had done great good in providing for the
sick and aged of the sister kingdom who were reduced
to destitution in this country, and in educating their
children. These were three glorious points embodied
in one institution, and sufficient to entitle it to the
warmest sympathy not only of all Scotchmen, but of the
public generally.
Mr. WEIR acknowledged the toast, and warmly ad-
vocated the claims of the charity.
Judge HALLIBURTON gave the Corporation of London,
coupled with the health of the Lord Mayor, and in the
courso of his speech declared his preference for old
institution, au hereditary nobility, and an established
church.
The LORD MAYOR returned thanks.
Several other toasts followed, and a liberal contribu-
tion to the funds of the charity :narked the practical
effect of the conviviality.

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Fan& and Military intallagence.

The Medical Staff Corps having been fo,eud Of Veal
value when employed as hospital orderiiee and VAL.B.OIIO k ;
has been determined to iecrease the steeMeth tit'" 14-4;
force from its present establishment to about I;BooeeeSteeee
TLe number of men attached to the headoluaitera4thiez
corps at Chatham does not exceed 500, Inft &stain4V
the augmentation has taken place it is inteteded ilatitele
least ten men of the medical staff shall be attaclited toe
every cavalry and infantry regiment, both at ho" e an
abroad. Volunteering for this corps is actively proceed-
ing, and the number of troops who have volunteered
from ;the several depots at the Provisional Battalion,
Chatham, is close upon 100.
On Monday night a large number of troops from ther
55th Regiment, stationed hi the Isle of Wight, arrived at
the Provisional Battalion, Chatham, under the command
of Lieut. A. S. Young, 55th Regiment, the whole
having volunteered for the depots of the 32d, 35th (Royal
Sussex) 45th, and 70th Regiments stationed atChatham.
Sir Robert Peel, M.P., the Junior Lord of the Admi-
ralty, visited Portsmouth yesterday, and embarked in the
steam-yacht Fire Queen, Mr. W. F. Paul, Master, R.N.,
commanding, to board the Shannon, 51, commanded by
his gallant brother, lying at Spithead ; but, although the
Fire Queen neared the frigate, the roughness of the sea
and the extreme violence of the gale rendered Sir R.
Peel's attempt to board impracticable, so the brothers
communicated with each other by speaking trumpets.
It bleir very hard all day from the S.S.W., and the men
of war at the anchorage struck lower yards and topmasts
—the merchant vessels which put in to anchorage at the
Motherbank for shelter, reported very heavy seas and
strong ga'es in the Channel.
Lieut. George Thomas (b), 1812, has been appointed
by the Lords of the Admiralty to Greenwich Hospital in
the room of Lieut. Rivers, deceased.
The Cruiser brig, coal laden, whice drove ashore near
Southsea Castle during the height of the gale on Satter-
day night, has become a total wreck. Her remains will
be sold by auction.
Her Majesty's screw sloop Plumper, 12, Commander
Haswell, was paid off at Portsmouth yesterday.
The steam despatch gunvessel Cormorant, 6, was taken
out at Portsmouth yesterday to prove her engines.
Her Majesty's ship Spartan, 26, Capt. Sir W. Hoete,
was at Singapore on the 24th October, all well. All the
squadron was at Hongkong. Mr. Julian W. Bradshaw
is promoted to be Acting Surgeon of the Spartan.
Mr. R. H. Pearson has been appointed Wet Assistant
Engineer of her Majesty's ship Pembroke at Portsmouth.
The body of officers composing the select committee of
Woolwich Arsenal assembled yesterday morning, at 11
o'clock, at the practising range in the Arsenal marches,
for the purpose of directing some experiments which then
took place, tending to prove the impertent advantage to
be obtained by the substitution of liquid iron in the
uses to which red-hot shot has been hitherto applied.
Lord Panmure, who expressed his intention of
being present arrived punctually at 11, and took parti-
cular interest in the prosecution of the various tests
which were carried out. The experiments consisted in
firing a number of Martin's shells, filled with about 301 b.
of molten iron, at a bulkhead, near which were erected
some wooden sheds. These latter were occasionally the
butt, and were speedily ignited by the contact occasion-
ing the sudden explosion of the shell and the expansion
of the liquid fire. The result was proved to be consi-
derably more certain and effectual than that produced
by hot shot, and the supply furnished with much more
readiness and facility fr..nn a melting crucible than from
the heating furnace. Tee experhneuts were ordered to
be repeated.
Master-Commander Allen, of the Admiralty yacht
Vivid, having returned to Woolwich from Portsmouth,
whither he conveyed her Majesty's ship Roebuck, re-
sumed the command of the Vivid yesterday morning,
in consequence of a telegraphic message ordering the
Vivid on immediate and especial service.
The freight ship Migrator arrived off Woolwich
Arsenal yesterday, and commenced shipping a elantity
of ammunition for Colombo. The Marechal Pelissier
arrived at Woolwich at the same time, and is taking in
ammunition for Adelaide.

The following appointments were taade yesterday at
the Admiralty :

CAPTAIN.

G. H. Richards to the Plumper.

LIEUTENANT.

W. Moriarty, to the Plumper.

MIDSHIPMEN.
A. B. Wodehouse, to the Eurydice ; E. W. R.
Everard, to the James Watt.

MASTER'S ASSISTANT.
H. M. Atkinson, to the Trident.

THE NEW STREET THROUGH SOUTHWARK.

We reported last week the proceedings of a public
meeting held by the ratepayera of Southwark, for the
purpose of opposing the new street through the Borough,
for the construction of which the usual Parliamentary
notice has been given by the Board of Works.
Yesterday the deputation agreed upon at the meeting
waited upon Sir B. Hall, to enforce their views in favour
of Mr. Pennethorne's plan. The deputati,n, which °on-
sisted of many of the most influential inhabitants of the
Borough, was received by the right hon. baronet with
his usual courtesy.
Mr. Purvis, one of the churchwardens of the pars
of Christchurch, opened the proceedings, by stating that
he attended as the representative of the crowded- district
through which the proposed street was to pass. He ex-
plained to the right hon. baronet that it was not only
the feeling of the pariahimers that the scheme of the
Board of Works was a bad one, but that there was every
fears that
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objectionable state. Bath himself and the ruPultlers of
the deputation were convinced that, under all the cir-
cumstances of the case, the formation of the street pro-
posed by the Board of Works would be uttt r waste of
the public money, and they therefore advocated Mr.
Pennethorne's plan on the ground thatit wasthe cheapest
line by the BUM already stated ; that it was the only
straight line and the shortest, and that if Mr. Penne-
thorne's plan were carried out it would remove property
which at the present moment;so far from being valuable
was a burden on the ratepayers, and a hotbed of disease,
pauperism, and crime. By removing the Town-hall and
one or two houses a noble entrance would be made into
High-street, and the objections to Mr. Pennethorne's
plan would be removed, in addition to which the confu-
sion which would arise from carrying a new street in the
immediate vicinity of the bustle of the Borough-market
would be obviated.
Messrs. A. Kibblethwaite, W. Day, Parr, Reece, and
Bowditch pointed out to Sir Benjamin the various impe-
diments which frequently arose to the traffic through
Stamford-street in consequence of the number of teams
which daily issued from the streets leading to the water
side. Even the widening of Stamford-street, which
could only be effected at an enormous expense, would
not remove the impediments referred to.
Sir B. HALL said, he had certainly received the plan of
the Board of Works at a very short notice. If be had Lad
it six week: or two months earlier, the public would then
have been put in possession of all the facts.
.The plan for
the proposed new street had been received in sufficient
time forthe necessary Parliamentary notices, but not in
time to allow any opposition to it to be entered. As the
deputation were aware, he had given his adhesion to the
plan of the Metropolitan Board.
of Works, and he had
done so under the impression that it was a popular plan,
and more especially because no other plan had been so
particularly laid!before,him. If the deputation considered
that Mr. Pennethorne a plan was more desirable, they
could oppose the bill promoted by the Board of Works
when it came before a Parliamentary committee.
The deputation then thanked Sir B. Hall for the atten-
tion he had paid to them, and retired.

THE WOMAN'S RIGHTS CONVENTION.

The " Woman's Rights Convention," assembled
at New York, with Miss Lucy Stone as president,
had adopted the following resolutions :
1. That the close of a Presidential election affords a
peculiarly appropriate occasion to renew the demands of
woman for a consistent application of Demooratio prin.
ciples.

pledged by
2. That the Republican party, appealing constantly
through its orators to female sympathies, and using for
a thosenly
States
it::female name, is peculi.
consistency to do justice hereafter to
popularwhere t tall
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a control.
" 3. That the Democratic party must be utterly false
to its name and its proffered principles, or else must ex-
tend their application to both halves of the human race.
"4. That the present nocertain and inconsistent posi.
tinn of woman in our community, not fully recognised
either as a slave or as an equal, taxed but notirepresented,
authorised to earn property, but not free to control it,
permitted to prepare papers for scientific bodies but not
to read them, urged to form political opinions, but not
allowed to vote upon them, all marks a transient period
in human history which cannot long endure.
"5. That the main power of the Woman's Rights'
movement lies in this, that,
better while always demanding for
woman better education, employment,better
laws, it has always kept steadily in view the one cardi-
nal demand for the right of cuffrage, asking in a demo.
cracy the symbol and the gua: antes of all other rights.
" 6. That the monopoly of the elective franchise, and
thereby all the powers of legislative government by man.
solely on the ground of sex, is a usurpation, condemned
alike by reason and common sense, subversive of all the
principles of justice, oppressive and demoralising
operation, and insulting to the dignity of human nature.
"7.awa.
That, while the constant progress of law, d
tion, and industry proves that our efforts
f -or women in
these respects are not wasted, we yet proclaim ourselves
unsatisfied, and are only encouraged
to renewed efforts
until the whole be gained."

PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of old at Paris is
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5-10 ths per cent, dearer in Paris than in London. By
advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 423 per mark,
and the short exchange on London is 13•31 per 1/, star.
ling. Standard gold, at the English Mint price, is ther.e•
fore about 2-10ths per cent, dearer in Hamburg than in
London. The course of exchange at New York on
London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1094 per cent.,
which,
when compared with the Mint par between the
two countries shows that the exchange is slightly against
England ; and, alter making allowance for charges of
i
transport and difference of interest, the present rate
United States.
leaves no profit on the importation of gold from the

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R MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—
M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. Last
Week.—To-night, a Mendelssohn Night—Miss Dolby, and
the celebrated Pianist, Miss Arabella Goddard.—The New
Grand French Quadrille,
Programme for r ZITS EVENING (Wednes lay, Pee. 10) :
Part I.—Overture, Roy Blas—Mendelssohn ; Song, " The
Song of Night," Miss Dolby (accompanied on the pianoforte
by Mr. W. G. Cusins)—Mendelssohn ; Concerto in G Minor,
Pianoforte, Miss A. Goddard—Mendelssohn ; Symphony, the
Scotch Symphony—Mendelssohn ; Song, " The first Violet,"
Miss Dolby (accompanied en the pianoforte by Mr. W. G.
Casins)-4lendelssohn ; Concerto, Violin (Andante and Al-
legro), M. Le llon—Mendelssoha ; March, The Wedding
March, from A Midsummer Night's Dream—Mendelssohn,
Part 2.—Quadrille the • French Quadrille, with varia-
tions for flute, flageolet, oboe, clarinet, ophicleide, and
cornet, performed by MM, De Folley, DeYong, Collinet,
Pratten, Lavigne, Hughes, and Keenig ; Finale : Partant
pour la Syrie, Vive l'Empereur —Jullien ; Fantasia, Piano-
forte, Les Patineurs (Le Praphete), Miss Arabella Goddard
—Liszt ; Polka, The Minnie Polka (the 3d time)—Jullien ;
Scotch Song, Come ferry me o'er, Mbs Dolby—Mrs. Groom ;
Polka, My Mary Ann (by desire) (the 26th time of perform-
ance)L—Jullien • Solo, Cornet, the River and the Star,
written expressly for and performed by Herr Koenig—
Angelina ; Galop, Atlantic—Jullien,
Conductor—M. Jullien. To commence at 8 o'clock. Prices
of admission :—Promenade, Is. ; Dress circle, 2s. 6d. ; private
boxes, 10s. 6d., .E 1 ls., and upwards. Private boxes to be
secured of Mr. Nugent, at the box-office of the theatre ;
at all the principal libraries and musicsellers'; and at Jullien
and 214, Regent-street.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRUM LANE.—
Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.
Acting MAnager, Mr. C. Mathews. Stage Manager, Mr. R.
Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley.
Last week of performing before the Christmas Holidays.—
The eminent comedian Mr. Charles Mathews, and the talented
Dramatic Company, at the following reduced tariff of prices,
lower than any other west end theatre :—Galleries, 6d. and
ls. ; Upper Boxes, ls. 6d. ' • Pit, 2s. ; First Circle, 2s. 6d. ;
Dress Boxes, 3s. ; Stalls, ss. ; Private Boxes, lOs. 6d.,
I'. ls., 1/. lls. 6d., and 21. 2s. Doors open at half-past 6,
commence at 7. Second price at 9 o'clock.
THIS EVENING, her Majesty's servants will perform the
comic drama entitled AGGRAVATING SAM. Characters
by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Robert Roxby, Mr. Tilbury,
Mr, George Honey, Mr. Templeton, Mr. Walton, Mrs. Selby,
Miss M. Oliver, and Miss Mason.
After which, the celebrated drama entitled THE CAPTAIN
OF THE WATCH, in which Messrs. Charles Mathews,
Robert Roxby,iAt. liounge, Miss Mason, and, Miss M. Oliver
will perform.
To 131 followed by the laughable piece TWO HEADS
BETTER THAN ONE. Supported by Mr. Robert Roxby,
Mr. Tilbury, Mr. Temi leton, Mr.Worrell, and Miss Wadham.
To conclude with an entirely new Ballet, arranged by Mons.
Petit, of her Majesty's Theatre, in which Manes. Emilie and
Jenny Osmont, of the Grand Opera, will appear, assisted by
a powerful Corps de Ballet.
On Boxing Night, the 26th inst., will be produced a Grand
Comic Christmas Pantomime, by. E. L. Blanchard, Esq.,
which, for gorgeous splendour and effects, will surpass all the
former pre-eminently successful efforts which have given to
this establishment a world-wide celebrity for pantomime.
The magnificent scenery by the inimitable artist, Mr. William
Beverley, an I the pantomime produced under the direction
of Mr. Robert Roxby.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
THIS EVENING, will be performed
THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. with Mr. Murdoch as
Charles Surface ; Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. Chippendale ; Sir
Benjamin 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, the successful new farce, A FAMILY
FAILING, in which Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Chip-
pendale, and Miss Blanche Fane will appear.
With Perea Nena and her unrivalled Company of Spanish
Dancers, in THE CAPTIVES, being the last week but one
of their final engagement
To conclude with THE DUMB BELLE.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Genuine Success.—Unprecedented. Attrac-
tion.—Third Appearance of Mr. Benjamin Webster, and re-
vival of the Great Adelphi drama of Janet Pride.—The grand
New Fairy Ballet Extravaganza, THE ELVES, in which
Madame Celeste will appear as the Statue Bride every night.
THIS EVENING will be performed the celebrated drama
of JANET PRIDE. Messrs. B. Webster, Wright, Paul
Bedford, C. Selby, Parselle, Garden, Bland; Mesdames Celeste
and M. Keeley.
After which, with new scenery and appointments, the new
fairy ballet extravaganza, °ailed THE ELVES, or the Statue
Bride, founded on the grand ballet spectacle, now perform-
ing with unexampled success at the Theatre Imperial° de
l'Opera at Paris, under the title of Les Elfes. Principal cha-
racters by Madame Celeste, Misses Wyndham, Mary Keeley,
Kate Kelly, Chatterly, Arden, Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford,
C Selby, Le Barr, &c.

TAYOEUM THEATRE ROYAL
Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon.

THIS EVENING (Wednesday, Dec. 10), by particular
desire, OTHELLO will be repeated. Othello, Mr. Charles
Dillon ; lago, Mr. Stuart ; Desdemona, Mrs. C. Dillon ;
Emilia, Mrs. Weston.
After which, the extraordinary troupe of Bedouin Arabs
will make their appearance.
Followed by GOOD FOR NOTHING.
Messrs. Toole, Barrett, dr.e.
Concluding with a Ballet, by Miss Rosiv.a Wright and th
Coryph6es.

Miss Woolgar

ROYAL LYCEUM TELEA.TRE,
Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon.
LAST NIGHT BUT TWO OV THE PRESENT SEASON

Production 0 « The Cagot,

On THURSDAY , and FIEtIDAY, will be performed a new
and original English plaN\ in five acts, entitled THE CA.GC,T;
or, Heart for Heart. Supported by Messrs. Dillon, Stuart,
Barrett, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Weston, and the entire strength
of the company. _ _ .

After which the extraordinary Troupe of BedoninArabs
will go through their surprising performances.
• Followed by THE DEAD SHOT. Louisa Levetrick, Mrs.
C. Dillon; Hector Timid, Mr. J. L. Toole.
The Theatre will close on Friday, Dec. 12; till Dec. 26,
when will be produced a new Grand Burlesque and Comic
Pantomime. Opening produced with all the splendour for
which Lyceum Burlesques have been celebrated, and Harle-
quinades by eminent rantomimists, with mechanical changes
and effects.

OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
THIS EVENING and during the week
will be presented Shakspeare's play of A MIDST/MIER
NIGHT'S DREAM.
After which will be produced a new petite comedy, in two
acts, called OUR WIFE ; or, The Rose of Amiens. Princi-
pal characters by Messrs. Ryder, Harley, Fisher ; Misses
llurt?7, wad. C. Leclereq.
Mendelssohn's celebrated overture to A Midsummer
Night's Dream will commence at 5 minutes before 7.

_ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Lessees, AlleF,srs. Shepherd and Crescriek.
BENEFIT OF MR. SAM. COWELL.
THIS EVENING (Wednesday), will be performed THE
LADIES' BATTLE. Gustave de Grignon, Mr. Leigh Mur-
ray ; D'Autreval, Mrs. L. Murray. .
BOMBASTES FURIOSO. Bombastes, Mr. Widdicomb • ,
Fusbos, Mr. cam. Cowell.
The ballet of MONS. DTIGUION, by Mr. Flexmore. •
A Concert.
To conclude with THE TWO GREGORIES.

ST RAND TREAT R.E.—Manager, Mr. T.
Payne.—THlS EVENING will he performed
OVE.II. THE WAY. Mr. Kinloch, Mesdames Woolidge and
E. Wilton.
• 'TWAS I; or the Kiss and the Rose. Mesdames Cutb.
Bert, Gregory, and Woolidge • Messrs. Kinloch and Howard,
LADIES AT HOME; or, Gentlemen, we can do without
You. Mesdames Fitzinman, E. Jacobs, Lennox, Norbury,
Gregory,, Baker, &c.
nd BELPHEGOR (Travestie). Messrs. G. Lee, Howard
an-!'?-
d Clarke ; Mesdames Cuthbert, Woollidge, B. Jacobs,
and Willy Edouin.
Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.
Gallery, 6d,

A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke.
MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND FRIDAY.
THIS EVENING, Shakspeare's Itra,gedy of MACBETH,
with Equestrian Illustrations by Mr. W. Cooke's highly-
trained. Horses, &o. Macbeth, Mr. James Holloway.
After which, the SCENES in the CIRCLE. Appearance
of Mt. W. Cooke, jun., dtc.
To conclude with OTHER ENTERTAINMENTS.
TO-MORROW, RICHARD THE THIRD.
Doors open at half-past six ; commence at seven o'clock.
rox•office open
from Eleven till Four. Stage. Manager, Mr.
W. Vest, Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun.

TaE WEA.THER—SUN OFFICE, DECEMBER 10.
TIIZEMOMETEII, IN THZ SHADE.
59 —highest since noon yesterday.
51—lowest this morning and during the night.
56 —this day at noon.

Cns, er-road.—
ANOTPEERNBEIZIEYRHYARE Ilia.
The . entail
follow-
ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of
Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals,
Caulfield,
Caulfield,
Herr F.
Glees, Duets, dzc., viz. :---Miss E. Pearce, Airs. Choruses,
Miss Brunell, and Miss Summers; Mr. J.
E. Mackne
Jongbmans, R. Grover, T. Rain°, T. Farrant, S, Jones,
Barker, W. Melling, and P. Corrie ; Masters Austin,
J.
in, Ben-
nett, and Corn i ; Mr. Sam Cowell and
forte, J. ITIMOWay, R.A. ; harmonium, J. CauleldPjlano:
director, Mr. J. Caulfield, Commence at Sevenlo'cloCkupil. '
c,scly. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. In addition to
the usual Vocal Entertainment, the celebrated SPANISH
MINSTRELS will appear in costume at Nine and Eleven
o'clock Every Evening, and sing some of their favourite selee-
i ons

:=TIGa WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE.
TEna DAY.—Morn. 53 min. aft. 11—Evening 21 min. aft.l2
Tn-Mnintow—Morn. 46 min. aft.l2—Evening 13 rein. aft. 1

BAROMETER, 29'35. •
WIND, S.W.—Light,
with dull weather and slight rain
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L)NDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEUBER 10, 1866

No one seems exactly to know what questions
will be ventilated at the new Conferences. If
we are to credit the semi-official article of the
Constitutionna, to which we referred in our im-
pression of Saturday, the object is " to interpret
some contested points of the Treaty of Paris, and
to put it promptly in force." It is, however,
more than hinted that other matters are on the