The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-26 00:00:00

Balance in bands of Treasurer, Nov. 18, 1856 £6,597 12 7
Checks drawn, but not presented..

Available balance
Amount of deposit account,

6,48(3 13 9
102,522 2 2

Total general balance...

£109,008 15 11

PARISH OF CA3fBtRWELL.

A deputation from the parish of Camberwell presented a
nemorial, setting forth that it appeared by the financial
statement published by the Board that largo sums of money
had been borrowed for the purpose of improving the
lrainage under the Surrey and Kent Commission, extend-
ing from Ravensworth to the Wandle River, and the me-
mo:ialists could not find that any portion of those sums
hid been applied to the improvement of Camberwell, al-
though the adjoining parishes had been greatly benefited.
They therefore prayed that before issuing the precepts fer
collecting the rates an account should be furnished to them
showing the manner of the expenditure of that money.
Mr. IRVINE (who introduced the deputation) supported
the prayer of the memorialists, and stated that while the
.surrounding parishes were
,pet fectly drained, Camberwell
was left in a most wretched state. He was almost afraid
to let the fact go forth, lest it s'Aould have the effect of
depreciating the value of property in that parish. He
moved that the prayer of the memorialists be granted.
IYIFTAwGErt seconded the motion.
The CHAIR WAN said if the request of the memorialists
were acceded to it would occupy 12 months in preparing
the n-Jcessary papers, and probably cost 1,4001. or 1,500/.
he:ore the information required could be furnished. He
t terefore would suggest that a small deputation fr'om the
parish should attend at Gzeek-,street and examine the ac-
counts, and at the same time obtain all the information
they required from the engineer.
Mr. D'IFFANGER asked what remedy the parishioners of
Camberwell would have supposing it should be shown that
t ley had been charged unjustly by the late commissioners?
Tde board ought not to cover over the improper conduct of
those commissioners.

Mr. DOULTON could not see that any practical result was
likely to follow the resolution. It was a question whether
the Board had the power to grant these accounts as asked

Mr. TURNER was of opinion that the Board had not the
power.

Mr. IRVINE said one practical result of granting the re-
quest would be to show that 20,0001. or 30,000/. of rates
had been raised in the parish of Camberwell and had been
applied elsewhere.
The CHAIRMAN said, even if that were shown, still the
board was utterly without power to remedy it. There
was no unwillingness on the part of the board to remedy a
wrong, provided they had the legal power to do so ; but,
when they were distinctly told, as they had been by their
legal adviser, that they had no power to re-open the ques-
tion, it could not be fairly attributed to them that they
were unwilling to do justice to the memorialists.
The motion was then put and negatived.
THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE METROPOLIS.
Mr. TURNER rose to propose a motion respecting the
financial statement submitted to the board on the 2cl of
October, showing the financial condition of the several
parishes and districts, with the particulars of outstanding
loans and mortgages, and an estimate of the sums to be
raised by the board for the year ending the 31st of De-
camber, 1856. It must be obvious to every member that
the subject to which their attention was about to be called
was one of the most important that could be brought un-
der their consideration. If there was one thing snore
important than another for the board to regard it was
that before they proceeded to tax the ratepayers they should
take every possible means to tax them justly, and in pro-
portion to the relative value of the property in the different
Darts of the metropolis. With regard to the assessment of
the value the Board was no doubt precluded by the act of
Parliament from dealing with the greater portion of the
area of the metropolis, because by that act it was expressly
stated that where a county rate existed they must take that
rate as the ground of assessment. Still there was a large
amount of property within the metropolitan area which was
not subject to any county rate at all. With regard to that
portion of property the act told the Board that they must
tat it_" upon a like estimate," and the question they had to
consider was what a "like estimate" meant. The great
bulk of the property not subject to a county rate was repre-
sented by the city of London. There were smaller portions,
such as the Inns of Court, Furnival's Inn, &c. ; therefore
the practical question was whether the Board had taken
every means in their power to assess the city of London upon
a " like estimate" as the rest of the metropolis. When this
question was sti scussed on a former occasion it was con-
tended that the Board had not taken all the means in their
power to determine at what sum the city of London ought
to be assessed ; and that in order to avoid an inequality of
assessment., instead of taking for their criterion a lock
tax, such as the sewers-rate, they ought to have taken the
income tax, which was not a local tax, but one superin-
tended by an external authority, and in all districts and
places managed upon one general principle. Such bad been
the criterion taken to avoid any inequalities as between the
parishes of Marylebone, St. Pancras, and St. George's,
Hanover-square, ant he would assert that the principle
which was good as between one parish and another was
good also as between Middlesex and the city of London.
Just as they were not willing to take a local assessment
of Marylebone, St. Pancras, or St. George's, Hanover_
square, so ought they not to be satisfied with a local
assessment of the city of London. The property tax was
common to the city of London and all the other districts
in the metropolitan area, and, as it was necessary for
the purposes of a uniform system of taxation that there
should be one general standard of estimate, none better than
the property-tax could be suggested. He therefore pro-
posed, first, that the Board should adopt a general principle,
and afterwards decide in what manner that principle should
be carried out, whether by itself or by committee. It was
not necessary for the purpose of his argument to prove either
that the sum at which the city was assessed was an adequate
or an inadequate sum. There was no evidence that it was a
just amount, but before the public would be satisfied that
the city was estimated at a proper amount, it mustbeshown
that they had gone upon the same principle as had been
applied to the other districts in ascertaining that amount.
There was this difference between the assessment on the
sewers rate and the property tax, that the former was
arrived at by the local surveyor, who ascertained the value
of the property as well as he could, whereas the latter was
the result of returns made by the occupiers themselves, who
stated the amount of rent actually paid. To justify their
proceedings, therefore, it was necessary the Board should
inspect the property tax returns, which enabled them to
ascertain whether any and what inequality existed. This
was not entirely a matter of speculation, for on referring
to a return made to Parliament in 1855 h e found the pro-
perty tax for the city of London was 1,584,3511. This sum,
however, included the Inns of Court, which were not in
eluded by the valuation of the Board, and therefore a sum
of 106,1841. would have to be deducted. The sum, then,
assessed to the property tax in the city of London, after
making that deduction, would bo 1,478,1671., excluding
the inns of Court. The sum put down in our financial
statement is 1,153,0691., making a difference between the
property tax assessment and the assessment by the Metro-
politan Board of 325,0 981. This difference between the
two assessments was 22 per cent. He had deduced from
the printed tables the difference between the property tax
assessment and the county rate assessment on property in
the other parts of Middlesex out of the metropolis, and he
found it to be 161 per cent.—that was to say, the sum at
wLich they proposed to assess the city of London was 22
par cent, below the assessment of the property tax, while
the sum at which they proposed to assess the other parts of
Middlesex was only 161 per cent. under the property tax.
If these calculations were correct they were in favour of
the city of London from N to 6 per cent. That was a mat-
ter which ought to be inquired into. If the assessment of
the city of London were made equal to the average assess-
ment of the rest of Middlesex, 85,000/. ought to be added
to the amount of the estimate. He had thus shown ground
for inquiry. A general basis of taxation should be est s-
blishod, and that basis ought to be the property tax. He
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Mr. SAVAGE seconded the motion.
Mr. DALTON said the Finance Committee, of which he
was a member, ender-N-onm' to arrive 1- • 4- 4 • 4- 4•
*uldAlegelaulelystaiodnolstthea , ajlr-,t. 090 111a1,t4 1.,. the amount at which the city ought to he assessed. The
committee could not at the time get the property tax re-
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property tax as the criterion of value, but Mr. Woolrycla,
their legal adviser, having givin his opinion that they
could, he (Kr. Dalton) thought the hoard ought toconsider
the question submitted to them by Mr. Turner.
Mr. Deputy HARRISON did not think the motion would
effect the object the hon. member had in view—namely,
an
equality of taxation throughout the whole of the
tnetro'po-
litau districts. He would not discuss the legal
question
whether the board could or not ease the assessment of the
rateable value of the City of London upon the returns made
to the Property Tax Commissioners ; but it would be un-
fair it hedid nut state to the board that that question had
been raised and a regal opinion taken upon it, which opin-

ion was to the effect that the board hail no such power..
Mr. Turner had stated that the rateable value returned fer
the City of London was, according to a Parliamentary re-
turn, 22 per cent. under the value as fixed by the Property
Tax Commissioners. Now, ho was prepared to asy that-if
all the districts within the metropolitan area were assessqcl
upon the property tax returns' he was the last man to op.
pose it. On examining the estimate of the value of the dif-
ferent districts it would be found that nothing like such
basis had been adopted, and he would briefly show the i -
justice of applying'the property tax standard exclusive y
to the City of London. By the Parliamentary return Ft
was clearly shown that Hampstead, the district repre-
sented by Mr. Turner, was assessed at 23 per cent. Under
its proper value, the city being only assessed at 22 pa,
cent. under its•value. Marylebone on the other band,
was charged so high that the estimate was only 14
per cent. under its proper value. St. Pancras was still
higher estimated, it being only per cent. below this
Parliamentary standard; and Lambeth was 24 below the
standard, while the City
was only 22. If, therefore, the
hoard would adopt the criterion of value generally to
the districts alike, he would agree to it with thankfulnesS,
but he could not consent to make the City of London an
exception. Ho would just mention the discrepancies that
existed in regard to other parishes. St George's, Hanover-
square, was estimated at 18 per cent. under the value as-
signed to it by the property tax return ;
Islington, 21 Or
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cent.; Shereditch, 24 per cent.; Paddington, 21 per cents;
Bethnal-green, per cent. ; Newington, 20 per cent.;
Camberwell, 17: per cent. Thus it appeared that the
county rate afforded a most variable criterion of value
when compared with the property tax returns ; and yet,
because the City of London happened to have no county
rate, it was proposed to assess it up to the fell amount of
the property tax return. The board never could adopt such
a course. The sewers rate had been taken as the ground of
assessment for the City instead of a county rate, the City
not having any such rate. Surveyors had been appointed
who were bound to make that rate au equitable one, and
the best mode for arriving at au accurate estimate had
been adopted. There would be in a few weeks a new rate
made for the City of London, and it might therefore be
necessary to postpone this question, till -that took place.
Meanwhile all he asked was justice. He sought no favour;
but he could not consent to apply a principle to the City Of
London which was not applied generally to the other dii-
tricts of the metropolis. If Parliament had intended to
ascertain the ratealde value by means of the prooerty-tax
returns, nothing would have been more easy than for it t;o
have been declared in the act itself. But it stated that
where there was no county rate you should take a like
rate, and in this case you had a like rate.
Mr. WRIGHT--No; the act means a like estimate, and
not a like rate.
Mr. Holes called upon the board to make an exception
in the case of the City of London, because the act itself
had male that exception. It stated that the rate was to
be made upon the basis of the county rate, where there
was one. But in the city there was no county rate, there-
foie the city was in an anomalous position. Had the
committee been able to obtain the property tax returnS,
an accurate basis for the accountant to make out the esti-
mates would have been afforded ; but those returns were
not forthcoming at the time the financial statement was
made. Since then the returns had been obtained, and by
them it appeared that a very large increase of value ought,
in justice to the other districts, to be made in regard to
the city of London, the difference being not less than from
300,000/. to 400,0001., which the committee would certainly
have included if the property tax returns had been before
them.
Mr. LESLIE said the question had got into a form which
was exceedingly disagreeable. It was not a contest be-
tween the city of Loudon and the other portions of the
metropolis, but the question was whether they had arrived
at the right system by which all parties should be made to
pay alike. He had only just seen the Parliamentary
paper quoted by Mr. Deputy Rani-on, and its contents
struck him with astonishment. It stated the rateable value
of the city to be 1,58'i,3511. and the number of houses to
be 7,297; whereas by another return it appesred that the
number of houses was between 14,000 and 15,0)0.
Mr. TURNER-14,190.
Mr. LESLIE—Very well ; what, then, was likely to be
the result ? Why, instead of the rateable value of the
city being 1,586,3511., it was likely to be 3,000,00)1. How
this discrepancy arose he could not tell. He understood
that the magistrates of Surrey and Kent were about to
make a new rate, making the property tax an element iu
their calculations. It therefore appeared to him that the
board were not yet ripe for making a rate; that, in fact,
the basis on which they had proceeed was bad, and that
equal justice would not be done by it.
Mr. DOULTON said, if he understood the object of the
hon. and learned mover, it was not that the board should
base their calculations upon the property tax return ;
what he asked was that the sum which was assessed upon
the city of London should bear the same proportion to the
property-tax as the sums assessed upon the other parishi3s
bore to the same tax. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. Deputy HARRISON. —To that I have no objection.
Mr. DOULTON.—The hon. deputy said he had no objec-
tion; if so, then there was an end to the discussion, be-
cause the resolution did Lot commit the board-to an asse.4.s-.
went based on that property-tax return. He did not care
whether his own parish (Lambeth) should be raised 10 per
cent. or not, because he knew that other parishes would
be raised to the same or a still greater extent. The question
ought not to be delayed, otherwise the parishes would be
called upon to pay two or three rates at the same time.
Mr. OFFOR feared the property-tax would not form in
any shape whatever a correct datum for them to proce6d
upon with regard to the assessment. At all events, thby
must act upon one uniform system in regard to all the dis
tricts. The city having no county-rate was no reason why
the property-tax should be taken as the datum. There
were great discrepancies in the returns as to the value of
property. In one return the rateable value of the property
in one portion of the county of Middlesex was stated to be
1,697,6011., whereas the return under schedule A. of the
property-tax the same district was 2,214,3321. This differ-
ence no doubt arose from the fact that tithes, manors,
profits on railwayS, on gasworks, and on other descriptions
of property, were assessed in schedule A as well as rental.
Under these circumstances there was a decided objection
to take the property-tax return as a criterion. All that
was wanted was an equality of rating, and, although the
poor-rate was not in all respects unobjectionable, still,
taking it as a whole, he could not conceive any better sys-
tem than the adoption of the poor, or, what was an equi-
valent in the city, the paving, sewer, and lighting rate.
They had not to rate the inhabitants upon their property,
but assess the aggregate amount each district should pay.
He therefore hoped they would adopt the recommendation
of the committee.

Mr. HAWKES was of opinion that nothing would be
more deceiving than the adoption of the poor-rate as a
rule for their 'guidance' every parish making a different
degree of deduction in their ratings, some taking off 6 per
cent., others 7, and up to 10 per cent. The property-tax
returns were also very deceptive, and the Board must
either devise some better mode of assessment or go to Par-
liament for further powers.
Mr. WRIGHT was of opinion that the diffieulty expe-
rienced in this matter entirely arose out of the misinter-
pretation of the words of the act. By the act the rate was
to be based upon the county rate, where there was one,
and where there was no county rate then the amount of
the rate was to be assessed according to a like estimate,"
not "according to a like rate." There was all the differ-
ence. The finance committee or the accountant had taken
the consolidated rate of the city as " a like estimate," and
it was for the Board to determine whether it was a like
estimate or not. The committee said it was a like esti-
mate. Mr. Turner impugned that statement, and said it
was not, and that the consolidated rate did. not bear the
same proportion to the property tax as the county rate in
the other districts did. It was altogether a question of pro-
portion. He asked the Board, as business men, to decide
whether it was to be a like rate or a like estimate. A like
rate was a rate for a similar purpose; a like estimate was
au estimate of a similar kind.
Major LYON said it would not be fair for the committee
to adopt their recommendation, inasmuch as it was made
before the information which had been since obtained was
known to them.

Mr. KNIGHT was of opinion that the consolidated city
rate was in every respect on a parity with the county rate.
If the Board accepted the county rata with all its infirmities
why not accept the sewers' rate with all its infirmities ?
Mr. D'IFFANGER felt assured that there was no member
of that Board who had any desire to act unjustly towards
the city, but the hon. deputy had told them that even the
city people were not 'satisfied with their present rate—(no,
no !)—aud were about to mdre a new one. At all events, he
(Mr. Vitianger) knew that his constituents would not be sa-
tisfied with the present assessment. Considering the great
error made in the return of the number of houses assessed
in the city, he thought the better course would bo to post-
pone the whole question till the Board had the new rate of
the city before them.
Mr. CItELLIN did not find that persons were always rated
in proportion to the benefit they derived from the object
from which the rate was raised. He could not see why the
occupier of a large house which was most valuable because
it was situated in Cornhill should pay a much greater sum
for the sewers rate than the owner of a similar house would
pay if situated in another part of the metropolis. He
thought the sewers-rate was as near the right system for
rating the city fur the purposes of that Board as could be
obtained. _ . _

Mr. WILKINsoN remarked that the Board were bound to
adopt the county rate, save in the case of the City of Lon-
don, and, therefore, it was useless to discuss its propriety.
They were bound to adopt the county rate as a basis, with
all its infirmities. Whether the sewers rate v luatiou or
the property tax bore the nearest approach to the county
rate assessment might involve a nice legal question, but in
his opinion, if they adopted the consolidated City sewers
rate as a basis for taxation, their whole assesaineut would
illegal.be They should take the Property tax as the
nearestapproach to justice.
Mr. TURNER replied, when a division took place—
Forthe motion ............... . .................... 17
Againstit ........................................ 12
Majority.. ................................... 5
After a discussion, it was agreed to refer the whole finan-
cial statement to the committee for further consideration,
many of its members, however, expressing their opinion
that a committee of the whole board would be preferable.
Mr. DREW then gave notice of the following motion :
" Thatit be an instruction t') such committee to take into
consideration and report on the expediency
of borrowing
or otherwise providing the amount of outstanding liabilitiesof the late Commission of Sewers, with a view of making
the repayment thereof by annual payments of 2 per cent.
and interest, instead of calling upon parishes for au imme-
di,te payment of the whole amount."
SITE OF OFFICES.

Mr. SEELEY brought up the report of the Committee on
Site of Offices, stating the result of their communication
with the City Lands Committee, and recommending—
" That a proposal be made by the Board to the corporation
of the city of London for taking a portion of the site of the
former Fleet Prison, in Farringdon-street, having a front-
age of 100 feet, on a building lease for a term of $0 years,
at a rent of 4 guineas per toot."
The CH4iRmAN having stated that a plan, though not
mentioned in the report, accompanied it, a iengtheneddin.
cussion ensued on the question of the report and plan being
received, but that having been ultimately agreed to,
Mr. WILKINSON said the vestry of the parish of St.
Pancras had passed a resolution to the effect that any outlay
by the Board for official purposes would at the present time
bo an unnecessary expenditure of the public money ; and
in accordance with that resolution he begged to move—
" That inasmuch as the proposal to take A portion of the

site formerly of the Fleet Prison, in Farringdou-street, on
'ewe from the city of London, would involve an outlay of
many thousands of pounds, and considering that the Board
is engaged in carrying out large improvements which will
impose a very heavy amount of taxation cm the idetropAis,
it would be inexpedient at the present time to incur such
an expenditure, therefore it is resolved that the report be
not adopted."
Mr. D'IFFANGER seconded the motion. The time was
not come when so large a sum of money should be expended
for such a purpose. They ought to wait till they had lone
some good for the public before they raised a building for
their own especial use.
Mr. TURNER moved as an amendment that the debate be
adjourned.
Mr. SEaLEy seconded the motion.
A division was called for, when there appeared—
For the amendment
Against
Majority
Mr. COLLINSON then moved that the board do adjourn,
which motion was put and negatived.
The main question was then put, when there appeared—
For the motion
Against it 9
Majority
The report of the committee *as consequently negatived,
and the board adjourned at a quarter past 5 o'clock.
Notice was immediately given of a motion to rescind
this vote.

THE GREAT GOLD DUST ROBBERY.

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There aro some facts connected with this extraordinary
case which have yet escaped public notice. From the pro.
ceedings at the Mansion•house it would appear that the
parties implicated in this daring act of plunder were not
known until the revelations made by the convict Agar.
That, however, as will be seen, is not correct.
On the receipt of telegraphic news from Paris announcing
the robbery, the City detectives were called upon to act in
the matter, and they so far pushed their inquiries that
within a few weeks after the occurrence they were enabled
to inform the directors that the robbery had been committed
on their line between Loudon and Dover, and who the par-
ties were—Agar and his three accomplices. The company,
however, had some misgivings as to the truth of the of-
ficers' suspicions. They had great confidence in Burgess
in consequence of the years he had been employed, besides
there might be a doubt as to whether the robbery took place
on their line, but on the Continental ones, and even whether
there had been any plunder at all. With the exception of
a few incidents detailed by Agar the police had acquired
all the principal facts, and a report was presented to the
directors which, if it had at once been acted upon, not only
the whole of the prisoners would have been taken, but the
receivers, and probably a large amount of the stolen trea-
sure recovered. Still, however, they declined to act upon
the officers' representations. There was a possibility of
their being wrong, and there was some suspicion pointed
elsewhere; and so the affair rested until Fanny Kay com-
municated what she had heard of the robbery, and confirmed
th• report which the officers had months before given.
The, antecedents of Henry Agar, the approver, furnish
ample evidence of the convict having pursued a most re-
markable career of crime fur some years. That he should
have escaped the ends of justice so long can only be ac-

counted for by the extraordinary cunning and tact which
he displayed in all his acts of fraud and robbery.
Agar states his age is about 40. He is of the middle
stature, quick and determined in his manners, and possess-

jug some intelligence. For years it was known that he was
associated with a class of systematic bank forgers in what
are denominated large offences. In the pursuit of his nefa-
rious practices various stratagems were resorted to, and
perhaps his most successful scheme was that of advertising
for young men as clerks, or writing to those who had ad-
vertised for situations, engaging them for some kind of ser-
vice, and " testing their honesty" by sending them, gene-
rally at the first interview, with forged cheques to th•
bankers. A confederate was always placed on the watch ;
he followed the clerk to the bank, and in the event of there
being any delay, and au evident detection of the fraud, the

principal accomplice had timely notice, so as to enable him

to effect an escape. It was in this way that all traces of
the real delinquent were so frequently lost. The ex tent of
this description of frauds on banking firms of late years has

reached to a considerable amount. One of Agar's confede-
rates was a man named Nash. He, like Agar, generally

passed as a commercial man. He was convicted at the
C .ntral Criminal Court about six years since, having bom
detected at the Bank of England in obtaining gold for 80,11.
in notes which had been paid ',4y Messrs. Barnett and Hoare
in Lombard-street, on a forged cheque, and which was pra-
sented by a young man who had been entrapped in the
manner previouslydescribed. The forgery was not discovere
until the money had been paid over the counter and the
party had left. The heads, of the firm, however, immedi-
ately apprised the Bank of England authorities of the
numbers of the notes nearly at the same moment that they
were presented by Nash, who was at once handed over to
the custody of the detectives on duty at the Bank. Nash
was sentenced to 14 years' transportation. From some cir-
cumstances or other, however, after a servitude of five
_ .

years, he obtained a ticket-of-leave, and he is now in the
metropolis. Agar, it is stated, was coneerned with Nash in
that forgery, and it is believed was the party who watched
the dupe to the banking-house. Agar then , took up with
Pierce, and with him pursued the same career, and it
would appear with such success, as to induce Agar to take
several trips to New York, in. order to dispose of 13euk of
England notes, which were not negotiable in this country,
the numbers having been posted at the bank. They son-
tinned this system of crime up to the period of the goat
bullion robbery on the South-Eastern Railway. As stated
by Agar in his evidence at the Mansion-house, the proposed
daring act of plunder was first broached by Pierce, and it
was some months ere they could mature their plans for car-
rying on their desperate project. Owing to the strict vigi-
lance kept by the police over the different bullion dealers
in the metropolis for some months after the robbery, the
Tesidue of the stolen gold, somewhere about 6,0001., was, as
Agar stated, buried until a favourablnopportunity pre-
sented itself for the disposal of the precious spoil. Soon
after this, probably about a month, Agar was apprehended
on the charge of forgery. The circumst,ances under which
he was detected are worth notice• One day in the month
of August last year a man gave information to the For-
resters at the Mansion-house respecting a cheque (forgsd)
for 7001. on Messrs. Stevenson, Salt, and Co., the Lom•
bard-street bankers, which had to be given to him to get
cashed on a certain day, and of which he had his suspicion,
as he was promised the handsome gift of 5001. if he suc-
ceeded. The man was taken to Messrs. Bush and Mullens,
the solicitors to the Committee of Bankers, who arranged
that he should act as he had been directed. The man pre-
sented the cheque at the bank named, and received in re-
turn a bag which he supposed to contain sovereigns, and
proceeded to Bedford-row, where the party had appointed
to meet him. After loitering about some time, a well-
dressed man accosted him. It was Agar, who, observing
two men on the opposite side of the street, said, " Come
on, we aro watched;" and, on reaching the corner of Princes-
street, he added, "Sling the stuff over to me, anal bolt."
The man did as required, and Agar took to his heels. He
was pursued by the two men, who were Goddard, the offi-
cer, and an assistant of the Forresters ; and a desperate
chase took place before he was captured. he denied being
the man, but the bag was found in his possession. Instead
of containing sovereigns, however, they were 700 fierthings,
which Mr. Mullens had arranged with the bankers to sub-
stitute for gold. At his trial a paper parcel was produced
which contained nine copper-plates, 69 bank cheques of
Messrs. Coutts and Co., 49 blank cheques of the East of
England Bank at Norwich, and a number of others. These
were stated by the prosecution to have been placed by
Agar in a party's hands for security. The clerks of Messrs.
Glyn and Co. and Messrs. Coutts and Co. proved that
some of those blank cheques belonged to customers of
theirs whose places had been burglariously entered. In two
instances cheques for 7601. and 8001. had been paid. For-
realer produced Agar's trunk, which were found at
his lodgings, 7, Stanley-place, Paddington-green. The con-
tents comprised some gold, documents and securities of
value (portions of the proceeds of the sale of the stolen
bullion); but as the prosecutors were not in a positiou to
prove that it wrer the produce of any particular forgery,
the judge ordered it to be delivered up to Agar. His de-
fence was, that he had been ensnared by a third party-
The jury found him guilty of the forgery, and he wao
transported for life. Pierce was said to be implicated with
Agar in the forgery, and was ineluded in the indictment
on which Agar was convicted. The part he is supposed to
have taken in the affair was in watching the man to the
bank in Lombard-street; and seeing him come out with
the bag, as he supposed, containing the gold, hastened off
to apprise Agar of their apparent success. Although 501.
was offered for his apprehension, he continued to evade
the vigilance of the police until taken on the charge of
stealing the gold. Agar was noted for being an expriencad
locksmith. Hisexplanatiorr of the way he got au impression
of the key of the bullion safe,. and the mode in which ho ma-
nufactured it, showed him to, be very quick and skilful in
the art. To him is imputed the making of the duplicate key
which opened the iron safe of h Tessrs. Rogers, the bankers
in Clement's-lane, on the occasiO n of the robbery of 45,000 .
some years since. These and ther circumstances, it is
thought, were communicated to the learned judge whopre-
sided on the trial, and led to the a entence of transportation
for life being passed upon him, 'l] ich, to those not ac-
quainted with the career of a e convict, was con-
sidered a severe punishment, titer e being no previous
convictions against him.. No doubt some extraordinary
revelations will come out in his ei 'oat -examination at the
trial. That ho has told all respectii Ag the bullion robbery
there can be but little question, and 16 remains to be seen
whether he will make a clean breast it in respect to his
general vicious course of life. It is eta God that when it was
proposed to him that he should beet une approver he ex-
pressed some desire to screen Tester, t be clerk, and Bur-
gess, the guard, and only to give evidence against Pierct'.
On being informed, however, that it w. is utterly impos-
sible that such a condition could be obta tiled, he re in-
quielted all scruples in the matter.
The prisoner William Pierce is about 4( years of age,. 1
and has rather a broad Lancashire dialect. , Re is married,.
and has several children. For many years h e was located.
in Cooper's-road, Old Kent-road, where hi s wife kept a.
kind of lodging-house, his nights being principally spent:
at the Windsor in that road, the Swan, , Old Kent-
rord, and the Peacock, Kenniogtou-lane. ior to being ,
employed in the printing ticket department of the South,-
Eastern Railway Company, from which he was .dischargaa'
for secretly printing tickets resembling those of a largo
railway company, he appears not to have had 9p y regular
occupation, and mixed with an indifferent clr aes 0, f people.
During the time they were employed in -ng the
exec for effecting the robbery of the ballion, Pierce
' to
cise great caution 'to yrevent being re telce
journeys to and from Folkestone. In Ibis, it ':'ll'sed in his
is 5.4
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was assisted by a man named Gower, thee a ticket-collector
in the company's service, who supplied him with Ostend
steam-boat and railway return tickets. Indeed Agar, in
his evidence, it will be, recollected, said that, on the night
if the robbery, when they returned to London with the
gold:, they came up with Ostend return tickets, which
Pleere. said he had obtained from Gower. In October last
:Gower was detected in these fraud's, anti was tried at the
sessions, and sentenced to four years' penal servitude
After Agar's conviction for forgery Pierce's whereabouts
for two or three months could not be ascertained. Sabsee
quently, however, he was traced by the City detectives in
( ieposing of bars of gold to one or two individuals, and in-
vesting the amount in Turkish bonds. It was also discovered
that he had here:nue the manager and part proprietor of A
betting-office in Paxton-street, Haymarket, which, on ay;
count of its "large bank," was doing considerable businesp,
Pierce keeping a private account at the London and Coll-
mercial Bank. It does .not appear, however, that he en-
tered upon any ;treat extravagances. Immediately aftar
his apprehension the metropolitan police searched the llodr
•of the pantry where Agar said Pierce had buried the gold
for security, but the treasure had vanished. 1
With respect to the other prisoner, Burgess, the guard,
he appears to have had the most unlimited confidence r ..
posed in him.' He is the son of a respectable marstill .
the company's service. Within a few days after the ro -
bery suspicion pointed to him, in consequence of his havin
charge of the mail train from which the gold had bee
abAra,cted. He underwent at the time a searching intei-
rogation by the company's officers. Ho denied all knovi-
ledge of the robbery, and his conduct
,throtlghout marked
the greatest self possession. He, however, admitted that
he had been in the habit of allowing "gents" to ride in
his brake-van while he had charge of the train; but declared
in the moit'positive terms that on the night of the robbery
no-one rode down in it except himself. For months Bue-
gess was under the surveillance of the City detectives, but
he was never seen in the company of either Pierce or Agar
He was, however, frequently in that of Tester, at a sing-
song in a public-house in Dover, where he was in the habit
of entertaining his brother gnarls and the general company
with his favourite song of " Dick Tarpin and his Black
Bess." Ho is married, but has no family.
- Tne-othee pasty aoeused as-beime-coueexasil, in.... 1112 19,1-
bery, Tester, whose apprehension Mr. Bodkin confidently
spoke of at the Mansion-house, on Monday, as being likel
tube effected, by this time, is a young man, and was fo -
nierly a clerk in the superintendent's office at the Londe -
bridge terminus. It appears that it was part of his duty
arrange the duty of the guards in running with the train .
The practice laid down by the company is, that the guar s
should work the mail train monthly alternately. T
guards' journey-book, which is in his handwriting, shoves
that, instead of Burgess only running the mail one mont4,,
he worked it successively for three months. Agar, it in
be remembered, stated that for weeks he and Pierce we 6
in the habit of going down nightly in a cab to the Londe -
bridge station, as they never could know beforehand wh
the bullion was to be sent down, and that the guards we a
not apprised of it until within a few moments of the d -
parture of the train, when it was wheeled out of the stro g
room of Mr. Weatherhead's office on to the platform. T s
uncertainty of kno wing when the gold would be sent do
will probably explain the reason why Burgess was alloweld
to run with the mail for so 'long and unusual a period.
Tester having access to the key of the iron safe, which was
kept in the superintendent's office, he, like Bargees, under
went a strict interrogation by the officials. By this tim s,
it should be observed, the detectives who were employed
by the company, Haydon, Brett, Scott, Jarvis, Knight,
and others, had ascertained that he had been in comps,: y
with suspicious characters at Folkestone, and had dined at-
the Pavilion with one of them. It will be borne in- mind
that Agar admitted in his examination that they were
watched by the police at Folkestone, and in consequence Of
the place becoming too hot for them, they (he and Pier 4)
were compelled to remove. Tester was highly indignant
that he should be suspected, and at' utly denied having
dined with any stranger there; when, however, he wes
cautioned, and assured , that there could be no 'mistake
about the matter, he admitted dining with a party. It
&at he did not remember the stranger's name ; then he re•
collected, when pressed, that it was a friend named Cp-
ningham or Adams, but could give no account as to whop)
he lived, or how long he (Tester) had been acquainted with
him. Two months after the robbery Tester resigned his
situation, having obtained an appointment at Stockholm,
in the service of the Swedish Railw-ay Company, and whit*
he retained up to the time of his reported arrest. 1
Fanny Kay, the female who cohabited with Agar, is la
respectable-looking person, about 26 years of age. Her
parents reside at Margate, and it is stated that Burgess
recommended her to the situation at the Tonbridgerefresb-
snout room, and afterwards introduced her to Agar. It is
very probable that a claim will be made on her behalf in
respect to the reward of 3001. which the South-Eastern
Company offered to any one who would give such informa-
tion as would lead to the apprehension of the thieves. She
was the first person who communicated what she knew pr
the robbery to Mr. Weatherhead, who forwarded her story
to the solicitor of the company, and hence arose the arreist
of Pierce and Burgess.
Agar, it will be remembered, stated before the Lord
Mayor that when he was making his way with Pierce with
the stolen gold to the train at the Dover Railway station
they met with some discomfiture at the hands of one of the
porters, who politely, as it were, forcing the bags of gold
out of their hands, took them to the first-class carriage thby
had to occupy, and some rather sharp remark was made in
consequence of their showing return Ostend tickets. The
altercation, however, was soon put an end to by droppibg
a few shillings into the porter's hand. The porter turnt
out, to b 3 one of the company's servants named Winterd n.
When Agar was apprehended for the forgery Winterdpn
was taken to the Mansion-house lock-up, and among a
batch of other prisoners pointed out Agar to the police ins
one of the men whom he saw get into the mail train ,at
Dover with very heavy bags on the night of the robbeity.
At this time the company were urged to prosecute, as the
police had full knowledge of the receivers, but for some
reason they declined doing so. A short time afterwatis
another opportunity presented itself, but the company still
held aloof. It was a case where the police traced a quell-
tity of gold to an individual living at the east end of the
metropolis, and on whom a large amount of gold was found.
There were no fewer than seven examinations, which ter-
minated in the Lard Mayor discharging him for that, but
committing him ' for another offence. He was arraigned,-
but iu consequence, as stated, of the death of an import4nt
witness, he was acquitted.
From the great number of witnesses which are yet tAis
examined, it is not at all improbable but what the case
will go over until the February sessions.

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, N.3v. 25.

The market continues quiet, and there is but little
change in the position of cotton cloths, except that honie•
trade fabrics, which have until recently held a favourable
position as compared with export goods, are in less de-
mand, and are suffering from the same causes which de-
press Vie general market. The principal of these caukka
is as before, the dearness of money ; but the news. fri-nn
the United States by the last mail, to the effort that
cotton was easier in price, naturally tends further to in.
dace buyers of manufactures to hold back in anticipation
of a snore favourable opportunity, for operations. Prices
are slightly in favour of the buyer, but manufacturers
show no great anxiety. to sell, and the market is quite
as firm as could be expected, In yarns there is also very
little business doing. Prices are about id. per lb. below
the rates of last Tuesday for most kinds except doubled,
without tempting much business. There has been little
or no inquiry f r India, and the business reported h
been chiefly for the home trade. The Germans are wily
executing small orders, and these mostly in anticipation
of stoppage of navigation by frost, Mr. John Lowe, of
the firm A* L'owe and Lawe, yarn ,kgents, who steppe-J.
payment some months ago, came up for his last examina
tion in the Bankruptcy ('court yesterday, but a further
ailjournment a fortnight took place. The main cause
*if stoppage, Mr. Lowe said, was the giving of their
names to Mr. Wright, the inner, at Stockport, for,
20,0001., in addition to previous guarantees to the same
person for 22,000/., to assist him in cottJa purchases at
Liverpool, which proved disastrous.

LEEDS, Nov. 25.

There has been an average attendance of buyers in the
cloth-hallo this morning, and an improvement in the tone
of business was noticeable. A. fair amount of cloth was
sold, and prices are very firm. The weather having
changed froo comparative warmth to severe frost, a more
active demand for winter clothing will now ensue, and
the retail dealers will get relieved of some of the stock
which now keep them from purchasing other goods.
The report of the kluddersfield cloth-market to-day is
of a more favourable character, and the general aspect
is one of confidence in the future prospects of trade.
The chief inquiries this morning have been for black
unions, steels, &c. Low-priced goods command toler-
ably ready sale. Wool is firm in price.

CANTERBURY HALL.

THE SPANISH MINSTRELS.

The celebrated Spanish minstrels, seven in number, 1
under the direction of Signor Antonio, are at present ful-
filling an engagement at this attractive place of entertain.
ment. The pieces selected last evening comprised several
of their best, and each composition was executed with
great taste and precision. The soprano, Senora Ma•
rietta, possesses a sweet, clear, and flexible voice, com-
bined with an intonation perfectly true. In the execution
of several of the pieces she was highly successful, and
the deep pathos she infused into a favourite banal,
when sung in English, made a profound impression on
the audience. The voice of Signor Domingo is one of
the most extraordinary organs we ever recollect
hearing. For power, volume, and effect we rosy
truly say it is unrivalled, and we cordially recom-
mend all lovers of music to embrace the oppoetu- 1
nity the enterprising proprietor of this establishment
bas afforded them of hearing these accomplished artistes.
1 In addition to the gratification of hearing the Spanish
Minstrels, we Were both surprised and delighted by thed
ability of the stock company of the establishment, and
from the applause last night bestbwed upon the of
of Miss Pearce, Mr. Grover, Mr. Corrie, Mr. ey
Margin-
and Mr. S. Co well, we should imagine they llsin
mense favourites,
,and deservedly.j so, for they
with we
with the greatest good taste and udgmelit._.cipouts
man
close our remarks, we must notice the Judi
ner in which Use programme is arranged.
good old English ballad to that
.of the
may
It embraces
most scientific
pieces to suit the tastes of all, from the lover of our
, musician • in illustration of which we
that Verdi a
wasentio
Credit upon
ren-
dered in a manner ~, " misetrhearet,rt,"
very one concerned in its execution.
Illfercotme d Site Tglrveavatet:

. . _
A S'IUTE USTRALIA. A nr--4
• /Z
At an anntral .14evtiaJg. of the South A
.;
Chamber of Commerca at: Adelaide, the to •
• report on• the subject of postal communicition :er•
•
• adopted :
".RENEVIJAL OF POSTAL COMMUNICATION WITH ENGLAND
•BY STEAM. • - •
" Few meetings ofthe committee have-passed through-
out the year without this all-important subject being to
some extent alluded to. On two several occasions 'po-
i cial meetings have been held for its consideration. The
first of these was oceasioned by the publication of
eument signed by the secretary of the Peninsular slid
Oriental Coimpany, and stating conditions on which- tlid
company had offered to resumesthe Australian alga
service, when certain resolutions were passed to the
same effect ay those ad..pted by the public . meeting of
• the chamber, specially called to eiAnsider the question in
i April, 1855 ; but expressing a willingness to, give be
!
proposed ~cheine of the Peninsular and Oriental- Com-
pa.y a fair trial. The second was called on very short
notice to consider the now well-known Treasury minute
issued in November, 1855, on thesubject of the Austrian
mails, a copy of •which his Excellency has forwarged to
the chamber, requesting an expression of opinion ae to
whether the branch service proposed between Adelaide
and• Melbourne was the best which could be 'adopted,
more especially with referenCe to any scheme *doh
might be proposed for connecting Adelaide with the
main line viq King George's Sotino After a lengthened
I discogqon of the minute in all its bearings, the follow-
ing resolutions were adopted and,trtands:piitaly,eedd tion-tthbee
colonial secretary : • -
"That this Chamber, in acknowledging the great
:Tabiielaitmyuryanmdinuktneo,wdaletdegdeNoofvt.he277blje 855;
signed
James
Wilson, is of opinion that any contribution from-South
Australia should be conditional upon a satisfactory, ar.
rangemept being made by the contracting company as
to the branch from King George's Sound, or Melbourne,
to Adelaide.
" in the furtherance of the scheme proposed in.
the foregoing minute, the only branch service which
would be satisfactory to this Chamber would be a
steamer on the line between King George's Sound and
Adelaide. . •

" That the chamber still retains its Opinion in favour
of the plan proposed by the government of South Austra-
lia, and emanating from this chamber in April, 1855,
and adverted to in the
.Treagury Minute,'
"This expression of opinion did not apparently meet
with the approval of the local government, as the bill
~uhish yeas trougixt. forward on the succe=din,g day con-
tained no reference whatever to a branch service to
King George's Sound. Copies of the resolutions, how-
ever, had been sent from the chamber to. the .membera
:4 the legislature, and the act as passed restricts the con-
tributions of this colony to a line of mail steamers
touching at a South Australian port, or to a scheme
embracing a branch service via King George's Sound.

"The aspect which this ql:estion has now assumed in
England, constantly and ably discussed as it is by the
magnates of the press, kept alive by means of influen-
tial public meetings, enforced on the Government by
numerous deputations of gentlemen representing the
colonists, and the subject of frequent allusion in both
Houses of Parliament, leads us to infer that no long
period can elapse before some arrangement is concluded
for the re-establishment of :nail steamers between Eng-
land and Australia, especially as a vast fleet of ocean
steamers are now, through the restoration of peace,
released from the transport service. Whether the claims
of this colony are to be conceded seems to be more than
doubtful. If it is arranged for us that we must receive
our mails via Melbourne, it is to be hoped that the con-
tracting company will be strictly bound to see to the
due performance of the branch service within a limited
-time, otherwise we know, from the experience of the last
few months, that our letters may be subject occasionally
to eight or ten days' detention in Melbourne, which
would deprive us of the possibility of replying by the
return steamers."

UNFURNISHED APARTMENTS.—
Wanted Lt. a Lady and her Servant, a
SITTING-ROOM, Three BED-ROOMS, and separate KIT-
CHEN, where there are no other lodur , near a chief
thoroughfare ; between Charing-cross and-Hyde-park-corner
preferred. Any party unused to letting would find the
advertiser a desirable occupant. References exchanged.
Address, with full particulars, T, 104, Strand.

ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE._
M. JIILLIEN'S CONCERTS. Lao
Week but Two—The New Grand French Quadrille.—The
Grand Selection from La Traviata.—Miss Juliana May and
Miss Dolby,Madame Elisa Pome (prima donna from the prin-
cipal theatres in Italy), will shortly have the honour of mak-
ing her first appearance in England..—To-morrow (Thursday),
Nov. 27, the celebrated Pianist Miss Arabella Goddard will
make her sesond apptarance this season.
Programme for T eITS EVENING (Wednesday, Nev. 26):
Part I. Overture, William Tell (third time this season)—
Rossini ; Quadrille, the Promenade —Engelke ; Symphony,
Andante from the Symphony in E flat (third time this sea-
son)—Mozart ; Song, The green trees whispered low and mild
(words by Longfellow), 'gins Dolby—Balfe ; Polka, My Mary
Ann (1 r. th time)—Jullien ; Solo, Trumpet, M. Duhem—Duhem ;
Varsovienne, the Warsaw (third time this season)—Jullien ;
Grand Aria, Ernani ! involami (Ernani), Miss Juliana May
(her second appearance)—Verdi ; the French Quadrille (the
16th time of performance, with variations for flute, flageolet,
oboe, clarinet, ophicleide, and cornet, performed by MM. De
Folley, De Yong, Collinet, Lavigne, Sonnenberg, Hughes, and
Koenig; Finale ; Partant pour la. Syrie, Vive l'Empereur—
Jullien.
Part 2. Opera, Grand Operatic Selection from Vert i's opera
of " La Traviata" (7th time of performance) with solos for
violin, oboe, flute, clarinet, trumpet, ophieleide, and cornet.
by Messrs. Le Hon, Lavigne, De Folley, Sonnenberg, Dthem.
Hughes, and Kcenig : Scotch Song, Come ferry me o'er, Miss
Dolby—Mrs. Groom ; Valse, Mountain Daisy—D'Albert ;
Tyrolienne, In questo semplice (Betly), Miss Juliana May—
Donizetti ; Concerto (No. 6), Violin, If. Ls Hon—De Beriot ;
Valise, Victory—Koenig; Galop, Etna—D'Albert.
Conductor—M. Jullien To commence at 8 o'clock. Price,
of admission :—Promenade, ls. ; Dress circle, 2s. 6d. ; private
boxes, 10s. 6d., £1 Is., 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 Co.'s, 214, Regent-street.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE.—
Lessee, 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-house Prices.
Upper Gallery, is. ; Gallery, ls. fd. ; Pit, 3s. ; Upper
Boxes, 3s. 6d. ; First Circle, ss. ; Dress Circle, 75.; Stalls,
108. 6d. ; Private Boxes, one, two, three, and four gnine.s.
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 Amadei, Madame Sed-
laz,el4 and Madame Gassier ; Herr Reichardt, Signor Volpini,
Mons. Gassier, Signor Lorini, Signor Albicini, Signor Rovere,
Mr. Tennant, and Herr Formes. Powerful band and com-
plete chorus, under the direction of Signor Li Calzi.

TIES EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform
Verdi's far-famed opera, IL TROVATORE. Characters by
Madame Grisi, Madame Amadei, Madame Cherici, Signor
Lorini, M. Gassier, Signor Albicini, Signor Mattoni, and
Signor Volpini.
After which, PATTER V. CLATTER. Mr. C. Mathews,
Mr. Templeton, &e.
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
be entirely suspended.
Doors open at hilt--past 7, commence at 3.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
THIS EVENING, Miss Talbo.'s Benefit.
THE HONEYMOON (for this night only.) Duke Artnza
Mr. Murdoch ; Jaques, Mr. Buckstone; Juliana, Miss Talbo-.
After which, the successful farce, A FAMILY FAILING.
in which Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Chippendale. and
Miss Blanche Fane will appear. With (for positively the
last four nights), the ballet of EL GAMBUSINO, by Peres
Nena and her unrivallei Company of Spanish Dancers. 'Pc,
conclude with THE MARRIED RAKE. Mr. Frederick
Flighty, Mr. Howe ; Mrs. Trictrac, Miss Talbot : Cornet
Fitzherbert Fitzhenry, Miss Talbot.

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,--TIM-.
EVENING, A NOVEL EXPEDIENT: byMr.Leigh Murray,
Mr. Parselles and Mrs. L. Murray. After which, with ne;‘,
scenery, dresses, ma:hinery, and appointments, a new gran4
fairy ballet extravaganza, called THE ELVES, or the Statue
Bride, founded on the grand ballet spectacle, now perform•
ing with unexampled success at the Theatra Imperiale
l'Opera at Paris, under the title of Les Elfes, Principal cha-
racters by Madame Celeste, Misses Wyndham, Mary Keeley,
Kate Kelly, Chatterly, Arden, Messr,. Wright, Paul Bedford,
C. Solby, Le Barr, &e. Concluding with A BORDER MAR-
RIAGE. 9lr Walter Raebnrn, Mr. Leigh Murray ; Dandie,
Mr. Wright ; Mistress Willoughby, Miss Wyndham.

OPAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
THIS EVENING and during the week
will Ue presented Shakspeare'i play of A MIDSUMILER
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
Murray and C. Leclorcq.
Mendelssoha's celebrated overture to A Midsummer
Night's Dream will commence at 5 minutes before 7.

LYCEUM THEATRE ROYA G.
Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon.
THIS EVENING (Wednesday), 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 Resins Wright and Corps de Ballet.
Followed by KING'S MUSKETEERS. Mr. C. Dille' and
Miss Woolgar.
Concluding with DOING THE HANSOM. Mr. J. L. Toole

ROYAL SURREY TIZE A.TRE.
Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick.
THIS EVENING, ROB ROY. Rob Roy, Mr. Creswick ;
Rashkigh. Mr. Potter ; Francis, Mr. Charles ; Bailie Nicol
Jamie, Mr. Vollaire ; Dougal, Mr. Tapping ; Major Gal-
braith, Mr. S. Smith • Helen Macgregor, Mrs. Brookes ;
Diana Vernon, Miss Ellis.
To conclude with DRED.

TRAND THEATRE.—Manager, Mr. T.
Payne.—THlS EVENING will be: performed
LITTLE DORRIT. Mes rs. Howard, G. Lee, Fitzgerald.
THE QUEEN'S MUSKETEERS. Mesdames Cuthbert, Fitz-
Inman, &c. And THE CAPTAIN'S NOT A MISS.
Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is, ;,
Gallery, 6d. •

ItOYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE—,
Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan.
' THIS EVENING, WIVES AS THEY WER3 AND
MAIDS AS THEY ARE. Messrs. Addison, G. Vining, ;
Mrs. Stirling, Miss Swanhorongh (her second aprAarance).
And (third time), a new farce, JONES THE AVENGER.
Messrs. F. Robson, J. Rogers, and Miss Mars'am.
Commence at ha,f-past Seece,

THEATRE ROYAL, SAMAR'S-WELLS.
Under the Management of Mr. Phelps.
THIS EVENING, THE TAMING OF THE SHREW,
Christopher Sly, Mr, Phelps.
Aftor which, WHERE THERE'S A WILL THERE'S A
WAY.

To conclude with BETSY BAK:ER.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Lesqee and Mar Ager, Mr. W. Cooke.
THIS EVENING the triumphantly successful Equestrian
Speetaele. 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 darksorue &c.
After which the
of Miss Kate Cooke , dz SCENES in the CIRCLE ; appearance
e,
To conclude with NUMEROUS ENTERTAINMENTS.
Doors open at half-oast six ; commence at seven o'clock.
Box West-office openEqxestri an from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr.
iv, . Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun.

CANTEREURY HALL, Westminster-road.—
OPEN EVERY EVENING.—
ing
company of Vocalists are engaThe follow-
Selections from all the popalar O the performance of
peras, madrigals,
Choruses,
Glees, Duets, &c., viz.: —Miss E. Peare, rs. J. Caulfield,
Miss Brunel', and Miss Summers ; mr. j.
Canlfiekl, Herr F.
T. Parrant, S. Jones, J.
G. rover, T. Ra T Jonghmang, R.
Mellisg, and P. Comic ; Masters Austin, Ben-
rker, W.
Mr. Sam Cowell and E. Mackney. piano.
nett, and Corsi;
forte, J. Harrowa.y, R. A. ; harmonium, J. Jun. ;
director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at q.. Caulfield,—.ven 0 clock pre-
cisely. &c.. until twelve o'clock. In additi t
cisely. Suppe '
Vocal Enter' ainm. ent, the celebrated SPANISH°
the usual
p rin costume at Nino and Eleven
MINSTRELS
air favourite selec-
tions Evening, and sin; some of th • I o'clock Every
tions