The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-06 00:00:00

REDUCTION OF THE NATIONAL DEBT.

The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury
having ....ertified to the Commissioners for the Reduction of
the National Debt, in pursuance of the Act, 10 Geo. IV.,
c. 27, sec. 1, that the actual surplus revenue of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, beyond the actual
expenditure thereof, for the year ended Sept. 30, 1857,
amounted to the sum of four hundred and eighty-four
thousand three hundred and thirty-six pounds three shil-
lings and four pence.
The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National
Debt hereby give notice, that the sum of one hundred and
twenty-one thousand and eighty-four pounds and ten
pence, being one-fourth part of the said surplus of four
hundred and eighty four thousand three hundred and
thirty-six pounds three shillings and fear pence, will be
applied, under the provisions of the said Act, between the
Gth day of January, 1858, and the 31st day of March,
1858, to the fidlowing purposes ; viz. :
To be applied towards the Reduction of the
National Debt
Add Interest receivable on account of Dona-
tions and Bequests, to be applied to the
purchase of Stock

7,409 0 0

£128,493 010

National Debt Office, Dec. 31, 1857.
A. Y. SPEARMAN, Conaptroller•General.

B kNICRUPTCIES ANNULLED.
John King Westrop, glovo manufacturer, Staining-lane.
Martin Collett, miller, Stanley Downton, Gloucester-
shire.

Charles Welch, innkeeper, Wells, Somersetshire.
BANKRUPTS.
John Broadhurst, spiced, beef manufacturer, Walworth,
to surrender Jan. 22, at eleven, and Feb. 16, at two, at the
Court of Bankruptcy.
John Levy Miers, clothier, Fore-street, Cripplegate,
City, Jan. IK, at two, and Feb. 16, a: twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy.
John Shawcross, cotton-spinner, Manchester, Jan. 18
and Feb. 10, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
William Harris, manufacturing chemist, Bolton, Jan.
29 and Feb. 11, at at the Manchester District Court.
John Campbell M'Donald, licensed victualler, Liver-
pool, Jan. 15 and Feb. 11, at eleven, at the Liverpool Dis-
trict Court.

Eden Clark, ironmonger, Manchester, Jan. 18, at one,
and Feb. 8, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
William Quayle, ship broker, Liverpool, Jan. 13, and
Feb. 2, at eleven, at the Liver. 00l District Court.
Henry Barton, shipowner, Liverpool, Jan. 15, and Feb.
11, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Chatburn Cockcroft, pickle maker, Stansfield, Halifax,
Jan. 19, at half-past eleven, and Feb. 16, at eleven, at the
Leeds District Court.

Joshua Fearnley and Joseph Fearnley, silk dressers,
Brighouse, Yorkshire, Jan. 21 and Feb. 19, at eleven, a
the Leeds District Court.
Richard John Strong, hotel keeper, Promo, Jan. 18 and
Feb, 23, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
John Leakey Bowhay, agricultural, implement maker,
Modbury, Devonshire, Jan. 12 and Feb. 9, at eleven, at
the Exeter District Court.
Robert King, builder, Pentonville-road, Jan. 15, at
eleven, and Feb. 16, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Edward Baker, hotel keeper, Rosherville, Northfleet,
Jau. 19, at half-past two, and Feb. 16, at one, at the Court
of Bankruptcy.
John Lewis Evans, grocer, Longton, Staffordshire, Jan.
21 and Feb. 11, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham
District Court.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAY.
Am5terdam............ 11 16 iGibraltar ••••
Ditto, three months .. 11 193 i Leghorn .. •• •• •• .. 30 35
Rotterdam ............ 11 19 X Genoa
Antwerp .............. 25 55 !Milan •• ........
Brussels 25 55 'Venice.. •• .• •• •„
Ilamburgh 13 732 Naples .. ••• .• •••• •• .. 41
Alt( na •• •• •• •• •• •• •• .• • • Palermo ••.• •• •••• •• •• 123
_ _

1ea1.5 ••••••••.••• • • •• •• 25 25 Messina •• • ..• 1233¢
Do. three months .. 25 62% Lisbon . ••• 511,4
Marseilles 25 65 Oporto .......... . • 52%
Bourdeaux •••• .. Rio Janeiro ..... . • •
Frankfort-on-Maine •• .• 121338 Buenos Ayres...• •••• ..
Berlin • • New York,6o days' sight
Vienna • • .... 10 4G Philadelphia
Trieste ••• • •• •• •• ow 10 47 PRICES OF BULLION, PER oz:
l'etc,rsburg ............ 34% Foreign Gold In Bars £3 17 9
Madrid .........., .... 48 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0

Cadiz 49 Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0
Barcelona ............ .. New Dollars ...... 0 0 0
Neville•.

FAILURES IN GLASGDW.—The suspension of Messrs.
J. and W. Wallace, sewed muslin manufacturers, was
officially announced on Thursday. The liabilities are said
to amount to 250,0001. As this bankruptcy has been
looked for for a considerable time, its occurrence did not
create any excitetnent. Another house, the name of which
has been mentioned in connection with recent Bank-
ruptcy Court proceedings, is also reported as down.
Liabilities estimated at 80,0001.—Olasgow Herald.

THOMAS SAYERS AND WILLIAM BENJAMIN, FOR
2001. A-SIDE AND THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF ENGLAND.
—Tom Sayers step by step has fought his way up
to the championship of England. Sayers's last
achievement within the rapes, prior to the present
match, was with the colossal Tipton, whom he de-
feated with ease. At first the challenge of his op-
ponent of yesterday was consi&red by the friends
of Sayers to be mere braggadocio, but it watrsoon
plain that Benjamin, novice that he wag, meant
business from the ready manner in which he pro-
duced the needful to make the match. Benjamin
is a remarkably fine athletic young fellow, stand-
ing 5 feet NI inches, and weighing 12 stone, so
that in these respects ho possessed considerable ad-
vantage over his opponew, and looked from top to
toe big enough to contend for the championship.
The result, however, proved how ridiculous it is to
bring an untried man, and set him at his first essay
to contest with the best man out. The management
of Benjamin's affairs regarding the match was un-
dertaken by Harry Broome, while Sayers took his
training under the protecting care of John Gideon,
and Lever did this specimen of a British boxer show
in more splendid condition. Yesterday was the day
appointed and the arrangements made were such as
to meet general approval. The start took place
from London-bridge by half-past seven o'clock a.m.,
by special train to Strood, where a steamer was in
readiness to convey the belligerents and their
friends to the scene of action. The prices charged
for first and second class were also " special," and
this kept away many ; so that, as may be ima-
gined, all passed off in an orderly manner. The
weather was piercingly cold. When the ring ar
rangements had been completed by the commissary,
the belligerents entered. Sayers doing so with his
usual nonchalant air. In betting ho was the favou
rite, at 7to 4. No time was lost in completing tie
toilets of the combatants, and wh-n their seconds
had given them the finishing touch in this respect,
they were conducted to the scratch, and left to
begin this long-talked-of and exciting battle. Those
who had expected to witness a rattling, dashing
mill were doomed to disappointment, for this con-
test was the briefest that bad ever occurred to
decide the championship of England. Not more
than three rounds were fought, but these were quite
sufficient for Benjamin, who in that short space of
time (seven minutes) had had quite enough of Tom's
handywork. In the third round the gallant Tom
caught " the novice" so severely on the base of the
jaw, that he either could not or would not answer
to the .:all of " time." The delight of 3.4yers's
friends was as vociferously expressed as the disap-
pointment of those of Benjamin was visible in their
dismayed countenances. The victor now continues
to hold the belt so fairly won, and has next to meet
the more experienced and more formidable Tom
Paddock, who recently beat Harry Broom, the
monitor of Benjamin upon the present occasion.
LOCAL SHARE MARKET'S.

LIVERPOOL, JAN. 5.
STOCK EXCHANGE.--In the Liverpool Stock Exchange
there was an animated business doing to-dap, and pricesmust be looked upon as advanced. Eastern Counties, 12$
Loudon and North Westerns, 994 100—Ditto (8 shares),
7.16 dis—Caledonians 43A—Sheffields, 40i—Midlands,
933 -North Eastern' Beivrick
ile, 24i 25 —South Eastern,
h
21-1 2—Grand Trunk' of Canada 13-'—Great Western
of Canada, 21:2—Lancashire and Yorkshire,
96 7—Great
Luxembourg Coast., 81. i

NUMMESTER, JAN. 5.
Westerns, 7i
STOCK EXCHANGE —There was au active demand, and
a fair general business, at advancing prices, the market
closing firm. London and North-Western, ICo—Leeds
97--East Lancashire, 92 ----Canadas, new, p•—Eastern
Counties, 12.0.1idlande, 941 Blackburns, 9 9-16—North
241 Sheffields, 401.
—Trunks, 1311-19—Dover—s, 22I—Berwick,

Western, BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 5.
STOCK EXCUANGE. —Business in the market generally
improved, though few transactions took place. Great
MA. 59--Birmingham Gas, New Ordinary Shares,

LEEDS, JAN. 5.
STOOL EXOHANGE.—The market to-day again active.
Midlands, nit
--s—North Eastern (Leeds), 271
—North Eastern ( Y 431 Ditto (Berwick), 244
or_ ,
Eastern Union B, '7i—North Staffordshire, 2i d—South
Western, not 1
----North Western, 7i—Buffalos, 15g.
—llovers, 21

MaNslON-Honso.—On the evening of Thursday, the
21st instant, the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress will
give a juvenile ball at the Mansion-House. The invita-
tion°, in addition to his lordship's circle of private
friends, will be extended to the children f aldermen and
o
common councilmen from five to 14 years of age.
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pers.thal history of which they form a
includes a variety of chansons now first printed, touching
dpiaercto;ystlicnew the
part and as the field of action in life
gBs The hook should be read
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IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JAN. 2.
Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 67
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion ...
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles .. 12
Diseases of the Skin, &c.
Malformations .. 6
Premature Birth and Debility 43
Atrophy
Old Age
gudden .. 35
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance .. 138
Causes not specified

DEATEIS 111024 ALL CAUSES 1,431
Population Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enumerated. - apondlng week In the

. ~
1851. 1856. iiee-k:
West Districts
185 ....... 193
North Districts 490,396
—.... 326
Central Districts..... 393,256
East Districts 485,522
South Districts

Totals
Males 755
Females 676
BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.
_ _ .

Males
Females..

1041
892

Total

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

Warm new dresses to 89 women (the wives of sol-
diers who could not accompany their husbands to
India) and 137 children were suppliel from the
Gun-wharf depot at Portsmouth on Monday, being
a donation from the War office. The bawl could not
have been conceded at a more necessitous time.
The Dee steam vessel, Master-Commander Pul-
len, arrived at Portsmouth on the night of Monday
from Pembroke, with machinery, &c.
The Arrogant, 47, screw frigate, after a thorough
refit, was taken out of dock into the steam basin at
Portsmouth yesterday.
The Fairy, Royal yacht, Mr. D. N. Welch master
in charge, was undocked yesterdAy after repairs,
and will join the Royal marriage squadron in a
few days.

The Urgent, iron screw troopship, Commander
M'Donald, will haul alongside Portsmouth Dock-
yard this morning, to prepare for the embarkation
of troops for Gibraltar.

The Victor Emmanuel, new screw two-decker,
91, went out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday at
noon, to make a trial of her speed with a four-
bladed screw upon a novel construction.
Mr. Mugford, whose term of service as master of
the Fisgard, at Woolwich—namely, four years—
expiring the 31st of Dec., having been superseded
by Mr. C. T. A. Noddall, master-comtuauder of
the Agamemnon, has been re-appointed to the Fis-
gard as acting-master in the absence of Mr. Nod-
dall, who has not taken up his appointment ; and
Mr. Vincent Williams, late additional master of
the above-named ship, has also been re-ap-
pointed for special service, and to command the
paddlewl•eel steam vessel Banshee. The Admiralty
upholsterer has been furnished with instructions
to prepare in an appropriate style of ele-
gance the saloons and cabin accommodation of the
Banshee, Vivid, Black Eagle, and Princess Alice;
ordered on particular service during the approach-
ing nuptials of the Princess Royal.
The following military store transports are en-
gaged in shipping ammunition and war materials
from the department of Woolwich Arsenal—viz.,
the Richard and William, for Malta and Corfu ;
the Elmonsbury, for Madras; the John Henry,
for the Mauritius ; the Dawstone, for Sydney; and
the Indian Chief, for Freemantle.
The Jason, screw steamer, belonging to the Eu-
ropean and American Company, sailed from South-
ampton yesterday afternoon for Gravesend, where
she is to embark troops for conveyance to India.

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to the course of the examination it transpired that
on the sth of April, 1852, the prisoner was tried
in this court for felony, an.' as there were two pre-
vious convictions proved against him, he was s( n-
tenced to be transported for seven years.
Mr. Digby made an able defence for the prisoner,
and called three witnesses, wbo attempted to prove
an alibi on his part, which completely failed.
The jury found the prisoner guilty.
Sentenced to 10 yeas' penal servitude.
Thomas Jones, 30, and John Jones, 29, the for-
mer a clerk, and the latter a commercial traveller,
surrendered to take their trial for unlawfully as-
saulting and beatine. Joseph Elooley and others,
constables of th. 3 uneeropOlitan police force, in the
execution of their duty. They were also indicted
for a common assault.

Mr. Payne, instructed by the Treasury, appeared
for the prcsecution ; Mr. La Dreton for the defence.
The prisoners pleaded guilty to the indictment
for a common assault.

Mr. Le Breton, in mitigation, said that the
prisoners on Christmas-eve hid too freely indulged
in the festivities of the season, and, being intoxi-
cated, were set on and robbed by a low gang of
persons. On the police coming up the prisoners,
being charged by some of the gang, felt aggrieved
at the charge and committed the assault complained
of. In the struggle one of the policemen was rup-
tured and received other injuries.
The Assistant-Judge deferred judgment until the
first day of next sessions, and the prisoners were
removed to Coldbath-fields Prison in the van.
(Before Mr. Creasy.)
- -

William Neve, 22, and John Nase, 32, were in-
dicted for stealing a leg of pork, value 10s., the
property of Francis Renvorge.

- Mr. Platt, prosecuted ; Mr. Metcalfe appeared
for Neve ; and Mr. F. 11. Lewis for Nase.
The prosecutor is a beershop-keeper at Colney-
hatch. On the night of the 10th Dec. the prisoner
brought the other prisoner to his house for lodgings,
and, having some suspicion of them he took
the precaution of fastening the back door. On
the night of the 18th Dec. the prisoner Neve came
again and asked permission to wash his hands in
the back kitchen, and while there he contrived, in
concert with the other prisoner, to steal a leg of
pork which was placed iu a cupboard. The leg of
pork was thrown out of the back window, but the
transaction was witnessed by a police-constable,
and both prisoners were taken in custody.
The prisoners were found guilty, and each sen-
tenced to hard labour for three months.

POL:CE ITEGLIGENCE—Jan. 5.

WESTMINSTER.—THE CIVIL AND THE MILI-
TARY POWERS.—Robert Gurdon and Joseph Bur-
ton, two privates of the Coldstream Guards, were
finally examined, charged. with unlawfully and
maliciously wounding police-constable Benjamin
Brett, 262 A, and James Charlwood, 104 B ; also
with conimitting other assaults in the course of a
serious disturbance on the afternoon of the 31st ult.

The circumstances of the case, as detailed by a
number of witnesses, are briefly these :—At half-
past three in the afternoon Gurdon was given into
the custody of Brett, charged with stealing some
pawnbrokers' tickets and papers from a man named
Seath at a public-house in the Broadway. Brett
conveyed his prisoner as far as Great Chapel-street,
when ho made a violent resistance, and assaulted
him and the prosecutor, who was accompanying
him to the station. There was a corporal with a
file of men at hand, and Brett asked his assistance
to secure Gurdon. The corporal expressed his
willingness to take Gurdon to the barracks, when
Brett informed him that as the soldier was charged
with felony he could not allow him to go out of his
custody, upon which the corporal went away with
1' his men without affording the required aid. Police-
constable Charlwood, who had come up, was en-
gaged with Brett in a struggle with Gurdon überdlt stn
onwl
struck
Burton came up, and taking off his
Charlwood with its heavy buckle and clasp
several times upon the head until ho became
insensible. Gurdon then knocked Brett down,
and knelt upon him while Burton struck him seve-
ral blows with his belt, and Brett had just power
enough to strike one blow with his truncheon in his
endeavour to save Charlwood from Burton's vi
lence, when he also became insensible. Some
tradesmen who had witnessed the occurrence had
the wounded policemen taken to the hospital, and
the escaped, Burton having
previously struck timena_rtizan named Walsh on the
revaicocuisiselyd struck
eyethe prisoners
withh
his
g were
belt
belt.
yard Other constables coming up,
Pursued and captured in a pri-
vatein the neiehbourhood, when Gurdon
violently assaulted one of them. At the station
Gurdon said he had done one six months' imprison-
ment before, and could easily do a like period, as
he was well acquainted with the necessary step for
the treadwheel.
Mr. George Nam, surgeon, 10, Regent-street,
Westminster, said that Brett had received a con-
tused wound on the eyebrow, and had several con-
tusions on each hand ; he had further received an
internal injury, through which he was spitting
blood. Charlwood was suffering from two scalp
wounds and a wound on the knee.

In reply to the charge, Gurdon said he neither
struck nor kicked,any one, and Burton denied that
he had his belt off at all.

Mr. Arnold—•who, without offering an opinion

The complainant inhabits Erith. On Saturday,
in the society of three ladies and five children, he
proceeded to Sydenham, there to gambol under the
shelter of the Crystal Palace. At ten minutes to
six—having returned to London-bridge terminus
with his ladies and his lesser lambs— the complain-
ant entered a second-class carriage on the North
Kent line, with the view of returning to his fold.
No sooner was the party seated than the other
Frederick, Captain Patten, R.N., bustles up in
hot baste, full of love for his neighbours, but
warned by the guard that there was not a mo-
dent to spare. Probably the Captain was hur-
rying to a Christmas dinner, perhaps to a tree,
his pockets full of toys, and his mouth watering
at the prospect of a turkey. Whatever his ob-
jects, the Captain was in a hurry to arrive at
Strood. A place was vacant in Mr. Lambe's car-
riage, and, innocent of guile or of malice prepense,
he proceeded to ensconce himself in the carriage.
This measure, however, did not correspond with
the views of Mr. Lambe, nor of the ladies, his com-
panion.. According to the Captain's own account,
ou his entry ono of the ladies suggested his finding
a seat in another carriage. To this ho replied with
good-humour, " You had better allow me in rather
than a brute ;" and in his evidence he adds that
had he known he was intruding on a family party,
ho would have walked the whole way to Chatham
sooner than go in. Mr. Lambe, however, did not
regard with complacency either the incident or the
Captain. The Lambe charged the Sailor with being
very rude. The Sailor denied the soft impeachment.
On this the Lambe rejoined that the Sailor's state-
ment was false, and that he was no gentleman. On
this the Sailor pulled the Lambe's nose, and Mr.
Burcham, the magistrate, is called to adjudicate on
the assault.

Mr. Lainbe's account of the matter was far more
serious. Denying his expressions of "false," and
"no gentleman," and admitting only in cross-ex-
amination the epithet "rude," he charged the Cap-
tain with pushing his way in, and giving him a
blow with doubled fist on the nasal organ. Mr.
Burcham, however, took a very sensible view of the
whole mw ter. Notwithstanding the evidence of two
ladies, who thought the Captain excessively rude
ha "taking his seat after being told to go to another
carriage," Mr. Burcham considers justice to be
fully vindicated by the infliction of a five-shilling
fine on the defendant. Mr. Lambe evidently wanted
the compartment for himselfand hisparty, although
there was still room for another person. Captain
Patten, naturally enough, takes the remaining
place. Unconscious of evil, he considers himself a
more eligible cDmpanion than an ordinary second-
class passenger. Mr. Lambe, probably hungry for
his dinner, grumbles out a few offensive phrases.
The Captain, jealous of his honour, retorts. Mr.
Lambe becomes still mote audible. At length the
Captain, exasperated at this uncalled-for criticism,
forgets himself for a moment, and pulls the nose of
his assailant.

Never was there an incident more Pickwickiam.
Mr. Burcham seems to have seized all the ridiculous
points with exquisite humour. The punishment
inflicted shows his keen appreciation of the situa-
tion, while, like a man of the world, putting a
suitable finale to an affair that should never have
been submitted to his jurisdiction.
But reverting to our first position, let us imagine
what might have happened had Mr. Frederick
Lambe not exhibited symptoms of a churlish dispo-
sition. Taking Pickwick for our guide, let us
suppose that with exuberant benevolence he had,
Wardell-like, welcomed the stranger, and hailed
wi h pleasure the arrival of an extra passenger to
beguile the weary way to Erith. Heaven only
knows what might have been the result ! Hero,
on, sh the
pocketsprim
oleftlitfles,saoyf,aine taldlemCiraapbtlaeins,oacigaeln
ptolesmitrit
perhaps full of sweetmeats and toys, a little hasty,
evident from his evidence, placed
bu his heart,right
palsa isce
.
opened a conversation. pinchA
sugar o f snuff p
plum
um
to might
in the
chil-
dren might have improved the
acquaintance. The
have
Te
Captain might have reek. tinted his adventures by sea
and land. The young ladies might have listened
with pleasure to his exciting eloquence. Erith
might have arrived too soon. Mr. Lambe, inte-
rested with his travelling companion, might have
tendered his card, and trusted that the acquaintance
would not end there. The captain, equally pleased,
might have presented Mr. Lambe with a similar
document, and re-echoed the aspiration. On his
return from Strood he might have stopped at Erith.
Struck with the interesting appearance of the chil-
dren, ho might have brought them the model of her
Majesty's ship Blunderbuss, or some other equally
attractive trophy. Smitten with the charms of one
young lady, he might have offered himself in
original, and perhaps in time have been not unsuc-
cessful. The acquaintance of tho moment might
have ripened into the friendship of a life. Mr.
Lambe might hrve added a respectable name to his
family connections, and ere long, perhaps, have
eaten Isis Christmas dinner the guest of Admiral
Sir Frederick Patten, K.C.8., and Lady Patten.
All this might have occurred but for the crustiness
of Mr. Lambe. If soft words butter no parsnips,
they at any rate break no noses.

THE POACHING AFFRAY AT ANNEEILEY7WOOD.—DICATO
OF THE GAMEKEEPER.—NOTTINGHAM, Tuesday.--The
unfortunate wan Winfield, who was shot by DrapiZar;
poacher, in an affray at Annesley-wood, the
Pard until
of which were given on Thursday Ja!t7 acts of the
Monday night, when he expired fromt
tne
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hroeinceibvaeydeibneetnheoepnporoorendetth the poachers,

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE
THIS EVENING.
Piccolomini, Spezia, Giuglini, Belletti, Rossi, Vialetti,
and Aldighieri.
IL TROVATORE.
THIS EVENING (Wednesday, Jan. 6),
LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO.
Last Act of LA FAVORITA.
Prices :—Pit Stalls, 12s 6d; boxes (to hold fonr persons),
pit and one pair, 21. 2s ; grand tier, 31. 3s ; two pair, 1/. 55.;
three pair, 15e; gallery boxes, 10s; gallery stalls, 3s 6d;
pit, 3s 6d; gallery, 2s.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—
Her MAJESTY the QUEEN has graci-
ously signified her intention of HONOURING with her
PRESENCE a SERIES of FOUR FESTIVAL PERFORM-
ANCES, intended to be presented at the period of the ap-
proaching Nuptials of her Royal Highness the PRINCESS
ROYAL with his Royal Highness the Prince FREDERICK
WILLIAM of PRUSSIA.

The general arrangements are under the direction of Mr.
Mitchell, in co-operation with Mr. Lumley, and favoured by
the assistance of the following Managers of the Metropolitan
Theatres ;
Mr. Smith Theatre Royal, Drury-lane
Mr. Buckstone Haymarket Theatre.
Mr. Webster ........... ...Adelphi Theatre.
Mr. Harrison and Miss Pyne ...Lyceum Theatre.
Mr. Robson and Mr. Emden...Olympic Theatre.
Mr. Phelps Sadler's Wells Theatre.
The programme will comprise the following Entertain
ments

On TUESDAY, January 19,
MACBETH.
Produced under the direction of Mr. Phelps.
Macbeth, Mr. Phelps ; Lady Macbeth, Miss Helen Faucit
With, Locke's Incidental Music, under the direction of
Mr. Benedict.
And Mr. Oxenford's Farce of
TWICE KILLED.
In which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will perform.

THURSDAY, January 21.
Balfe's New Opera,
THE ROSE OF CASTILLE,
By Miss Pyne, Mr. Harrison, Mr. Weiss, and. the Operatic
Company of the Lyceum Theatre ; conductor,
Mr. A. Mellon.
With a COMIC AFTERPIECE.

SATURDAY, January 23,
AN ITALIAN OPERA,
By Madlle. Piccolomini, Signor Giuglini, and the Principal
Artistes of Mr. Lumley's Theatre.
And a FESTIVAL CANTATA composed by
Mr. Howard Glover.
With a BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT.

Fourth Performance,
AN ENGLISH COMEDY,
By Mr. Bnekstone's Company of the Haymarket Theatre.
Aid an AFTERPIECE, in which Mr. Wright and Members
of the Adelphi Company will perform.

Admission to the pit (for which a limited
number of tickets will be issued los. 6d.
Gallery stalls (reserved and numbered) 6s. Od.
Gallery 3e. Od. .
Applications for boxes, orchestra stalls, and tickets to
be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, and at Mr. Mitchell's
Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street.

riIIHEA.TRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone.

THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with
SPEED THE PLOUGH, Characters by Messrs. W. Farren,
Compton, Chippendale, Mrs, Poynter, Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam,
and High E:Ternan.

After which, a new comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD; or, Harle-
quin and the Spiteful Fairy. Harlequin, Mr. A. Leclercq ;
Columbine, Miss Fanny Wright; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ;
Clown, Mr, Charles Leclercq.

Orchestra Stalls (which map be retained the whole of the

evening) ds. each. (No charge for booking.)
First Alice. s. d. Second price. H. d
Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0
Upper Boxes ... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0
Pit 2 0 Pit 1 0
Gallery

111 HEA TR E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE.
4-
Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.
__._.

THIS EVENING, will be performed THE LADIES'
BATTLE, in which Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Murray and Miss M.
Oliver will perform.
After which, the new grand pantomime, LITTLE JACK
lIORNER.
Commence at 7.

J OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean.
THIS EVENING, ►gill be presented EVERY ONE
HAS HIS FAULT. Lady Eleanor, by Mrs. C. Kean.
After which, a now grand conic Christmas Pantomime,
entitled HARLEQUIN WHITE CAT ; or, The Princess
Blanche Flower and her Fairy Godmothers. The Princess
Blanche (White Cat), Miss Kate Terry ; Harlequin, Mr. Cor-
mack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and
Columbine, Miss C. Adams,

THEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI.
Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster.
THIS EVENING, will be performed the second and
third acts of THE GREEN BUSHES, in which Madame
Celeste, and Mr. Wright will perform.
After which, a Mythological Extravaganza, entitled
HARLEQUIN, OR THE LOVES OF CUPID AND
PSYCHE. Jupiter, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Sara, Mr. Frank
Hall ; Venus, Mrs. Billin ;ton ; Cupid, Miss Marie Wilton ;
Psyche, Miss Mary Keeley.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—SoIe Lessee
and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon.—

THIS EVENING, will be presented Sir E. L. Bulwer's
play of RICHELIEU. Principal characters by Messrs.
Charles Dillon, Stuart, Barrett, J. G. Shore, Poynter;
Mesdames Charles Dillon and W.olgar.

To conclude with the Burlesque and Pantomime, LALLAH
ROOKH, and the PRINCESS, the PERI, and the TROU-
BADOUR ; or, Harlequin and the Ghebers of the Desert.
Supported by Mesdames Charles Dillon, Buckingham White,
Eliza Webb, Maria Ternan, Esther Jacobs, and Woolgar ;
Messrs. Barrett, Calhaem, Holston, Poynter, and J. L.
Toole. Clowns, Messrs. T. Matthews and R. Stilt ;
Harlequin, Mr. J. Ricketts; Pantaloon, Mr. A. Stilt ; Sprites,
Herr Zeleski and sons ; Columbines, Misses Malcolm and
Lees. Gorgeous Feast of Lanterns.—Fenton's Grand Trans-
formation Scene.
Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7.

A Morning Performance on Saturday next, on which oc-
casion the Children of the Westminster Grey and Green Coat
Schools will be present.
In active preparation, a new and original Comedy, by
Leigh Hunt, Esq.
Sox-office open from 11 to 5 daily.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Lessee; Messrs. Shepherd and Crsswick.
THIS EVENING, will be performed BROKEN FAITH.
After which, QUEEN MAR ; or Harlequin Romeo and
Julliet. Clown, by the Surrey Buck ; Pantaloon, Mr. Brad-
bury.

STRAND THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. T. Payne.
—THIS EVENING, will be performed
HARLEQUIN NOVELTY AND THE PRINCESS WHO
LOST HER HEART. Harlequin, Miss Craven ; Columbine,
Madlle. Deulin ; Sprite, Herr Kirt. The Lambert Family
and the Red Man of Agar in their wonderful performance,
'Sze.

Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 23.; Pit, ls.;
Gallery 6d.

CANTERBURY HILL, Westminster-road.—
OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow-
i ig company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of
S lections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS,
CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &c., viz.:—Miss Russell,
Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, miss Brunell, Miss Ray,
Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, and Madame Marietta;
Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, R. Grover, T. Farrant,
S. Tones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L.
Hime, Mr. Badgey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Ber-
nard; Messrs. S. Collins, W. 1. Critchileld, and E. Mack-
ney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master
Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at
Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, dcs., until twelve o'clock.
Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAITAX will make his first appearance on
Monday, the 25th inst.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON' BRIDGE.

THIS DAY—Morn., 35 min. aft. 6—Even., 55 min. aft. 6
To-Moßliow —Morn., 13 min. aft. 7—Even., 40 na!n aft. 7

THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, JA CARY 6.
11111811011ETICR, IN THR SHADE.
35—highest since noon yesterday.
28—lowest this morning and during the night.
33 —this day at noon.
13,11tOILIITIER. 30.22—falling.
WIND, S.W.; light, with sharp frosty weather.

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