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PlijOi 4D. STAMP 51j
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TBE INNOCEVIT CONVMED.

Mr. J. Mclerson :ex-Under-sheriff of
LC ndon, writei: to:a contemporary, as 'follows :
Six,--,Vour Correspondent, the R3V, John Davis,
'the Ordinat,y of Newgate, has called public
attention, in your impression of the Bth inst., to
tlie"case of John Markham, who, being innocent,
ius yet convicted, and sentenced to four years
prinal servitude, for aiding in uttering a forged
c'cieque ; and yOu have in your leader of this day
commented on the necessity of redress to him for
the Trieirens wrongs he ha; sustained. As lam
well acquainted with the facts.of this man's case,
perhaps you would afford me a small space to Dar-
ra.ie them, although no language, nor -the most
vivid imagination, can picture the extent, the
dciPtli, the boriorS'of the man's' sufferings, as he
detscribed.them to ,me after hiS release.
Re was,walkingin Oxford-street on a Saturday in
April last, when a policeman touched :him on the
sh(aulder, and finally loOk him to the station-house.
Be ing'Saturday, he was detained in a Cell there till'
Motiday,:and was then taken before a magistrate.
Bi-fore he was finally committed for trial he was
reitianded' from.time to time for. six weeks; one
nat inth of the. time .of these 'remands be was
ained in the House of Correction, and the
rereamder in—Newgate. On his trial he. was,
most AU?, defended by Mr; Seijcant Ballan-
tiae, who, intereited ,the case and satisfied
',if his. Client's intitmdeace, .exerted' :himself to the
ut 'host to wociire his acquittal by a most.'eloquent
sli !Cal nevertheleis he was convicted ; a witness,
certainly a most respectable' anti. Honest_ witness,
had. positively sworn to his identity. The jury
relic d on this testimony ; the 'witness was mistaken ;
the man was sentenced to four years' penal
servitude. I , heard 'his trial ; I was satisfied he
had been unjustly convicted.
The execution of his sentence began ; he was two
ino-z the in Newgate , picking oakum with the
convicts there, who in this prison. are all in one
room together—three , murderers at one time,
pirizes who had.. deliberately planned wholesale
massacres, to be accompanied by indescribable
atrocities.; burglars, garotters, thieves from their
birttb, receivers, and putters'up of robberies, and
the: perpetrators of unmentionable crimes. The
am uaement of this den of devilry is to narrate their
crit nes, and to plan fresh ones. Now, John Mark-
ham a was innocent, and he constantly asserted his
innocence ; in consequence lie was persecuted and
tormented by his associates here with time most
vir °lent and relentless malignity. It is impoSsible
to--narrate the constant outrages perpetrated on
"tame countryman," as he' was was called by these
felons.

Tire advocates of the :13ankt hatter Ao q4l. dui-,
posed to treat the movement in favour of an ituiry'
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into its effects as au attempt, to intreduce the sys-
tem of unlimited paper money. It is true that a
small knot of financial theorists is in favour of such
a measure, but we are convinced that an over-
whehning, majority .of the commercial men of Eng-
land advocate, like ourselves, the practical conver-
tibility of the bank note. By practical convertibility
we mean, that all riot issued;- b&yond the amount
required forth(' internal transactions of the country,
shall be represented by spebie in the Bank coffers.
The chief point, therefore, to which the 'committee
will have to direct -its attention -is: the average
amount of paper moneyrequired•for the home trade.
It must he evident to all, that this cannot be a con-
stant and invariable quantity.. It must vary with
many different things. To go.no further, it must
vary with the varying relative proportion of our
exports to our' imports, with the greater or less
activity of the home trade and consumption, with
the greater or less, number of "contracts and
transactions that, from any cause, required. ,to be
settled in coin, or notes, the legal equivalent of
coin. It must never be forgotten thatlthaibank-
note. serves two purposes ; one iO, to make the
payments in transactions between parties dwelling
in England—the other, to enable the holder:o pay
his debts wherever his creditor'may
happen to be.
For the'former<purpose it is clear that there is no
necessity that the. note should be convertible into,
or rather represented by, gold ; :for the latter,
this convertibility is 'absolutely necessary, inas-
much' as' the debt may be contracted abroad, and
can only be paid advantageously by the transmis-
sion of specie. To meet the first class of payments
notes issued against any securities of known value
May be safely employed ; and what we can desire
is, that. some power may be given to the' Bank
Directors to enable them to increase or diiiinish
that portion of their issue under proper restrictions
'as the varying exigencies of the public may re-
quire.

To the regular criminal imprisonment in New-
gate has little terror ; he rather likes the opPortu•
laity of telling boasting stories of crime to such an
audience, and at this amusemeutthe most criminal
shines the most, and is thought the highest of.
In the course of time Markham was removed to
Millbank, where there is a separate confinement—
a dreadful system ; locked up in a gloomy, solitary
cell at half-past 5 in the evening, to bed at 8; rise
at 6 in the morning. Can any one conceive the
horror of this man's thoughts ? He had parted
with all his ready money and many of his things
fur his defence ; he bad a wife and child ; they
were utterly destitute ; she parted with every stick
of furniture and every rag of clothing during his
imprisonment, and many a day was without a meal
of victuals, and now in agony unutterable he often
thought of her and how te was existing.
From Millbank Markham was moved to Penton-
where he was three months in solitary con-
finement—solitary and separate even in chapel,
where each prisoner is enclosed in a wooden box,
so that he can see no one but the clergyman ; here
in the chapel, at the.sound of a human voice the
convicts are, often affected, faint away, or shriek
out. " Why ?" I asked Markham. " Oh, they
think of home or something of that," he replied.
At this prison the prisoners wear a mask made of
cloth, very hot and very unpleasant.
At length the really guilty man was taken, and
admitted that Markham was totally innocent.
The touch of nature which makes all mankind kin
is- not wanting even in crime ; this man sent
Markham's wife Si. by a mode most ,elabotately
.circuitous, to avoid being traced.
The Governor of the Pentonville Prison finally
broke it to Markham (in so thoughtful and consi-
derate a manner that it made the deepest impres-
sion upon the unhappy man) that he was no longer
a prisoner; that it was proved he was innocent ;
that he was now a free man, and might go as soon
as he liked. Thopovernor then sent a policeman
in "plainclothes to inform Markham's wife of his
liberation, and gave him a sovereign.
Well, he is free. The delirious joy of unexpected
liberty passes away, and now he has no work, no
means of getting a living=—character gone; Was
ho not tried, convicted, and sentenced ? People
won't , believe he was discharged from ptisou
because he was innocent ! I was much struck with '

the justice of the following remark from your lead-
ing article, and the necessity of your recommenda-
tion being adopted—" He should be invited to
attend at the court where he had received his sen-
tence, and his innocence should be as emphatically
proclaimed by the presiding judge as his supposed
guilt had been on a former occasion."

By the exertions of the Ordinary of Newga-te
another man, Martin by name, who had been con-
victed and sentenced to four years' penal servitude
for highway robbery, with violence, at Bethnal-
green, was proved to be innocent. I heard this
man tried and doubted his guilt. When undergoing
his sentence he came under the care of the Ordinary
of Newgate ; he believed him to be innocent. We
ransacked Bethnal-greed for three days, and got
undoubted evidence that he was not guilty, and,
moreover, discovered who was the guilty man.
Martin also was parclon6d, and not long since be
stood in my office an emaciated wreck of his former
self. Before he went to Millbank he baid he didn't
know his own 'strength, and could work without
fatigue the longest day.

But, say the financiers of the "`Mercator" school,
your note is then the representative of a fiction.
The words " I promise to pay five pounds", mean
nothing, for you have no gold'of that current value
to pay it with, and your securities may rise or fall
in value—they may, in fact, be unsaleable when
most needed, and therefore vitiate the promise to
pay. If this argument be gcod for anything, it is
good against the existing arrangement. The fixed
issue of the Bank is 14,475,0001. On the security
of what? More than, eleven millions of this Sinn is
guaranteed by perhaps the most inconvertible of all
securities held by any bank, the Government debt
to the proprietors. What, then, becomes -of the
principle of absolute convertibility ? It is clearly
understood by the Charterites themselvs as a rela-
tive term. But "Mercator," and those of his creed,
would have us believe that unless the inconvertible
issue is maintained at this mystic 14,475,600/. there ,
would be a peril of some dreadful character always
impending over commerce. Now, whaewe have been
asking for from the moment we first ventilated the
question is, some facts in support of that ,opinion,
for all those within our own cognisance are diame-
trically opposed to it. It cannot be that an occa-
sional extension of the issues beyond the authorised
limit would send the B tnk paper to a discount from
a doubt of its convertibility. In 1847 a very con-
clusive proof was given to the contrary. On the
announcement that more votes were to be issued,
unrepresented by bullion, so far from there being
a rush on the part of the public to change the notes
they held for gold, the preaious metal literally
poured into the Bank coffers with such rapidity
that there was no necessity for, carrying the pro-
posed measure into effect. In fact, commerce was •
suffering under a panic fear of a deficient circula-
tion, and therefore individuals kept in their hands
a provision to meet the possible want. There was
abundance of gold in the country, but the surplus
beyond that which might probably be needed for
exportation was held by the public for purposes of
internal circulation, which might be quite as effi-
ciently performed by bank notes. We have been
on the verge of similar panics more than once since
that period, and we have little doubt that a measure
analogous to that of 1847 would have at once re-
lieved the pressure.
But, says "Mercator," it is this beautiful ma-
chinery of the Bank Act which has carried com-
merce so safely through the great perils of recent
years. To our thinking, the Bank Act treats com-
merce occasionally very much in the style of the
illustrious Squeers drilling his small pupil ; itgives
it a knock on one side of the head, which upsets
its equilibrium, and then administers a thump on
the other side, which sets it upright again. But
if this strict regulation of the issues by the bullion
be the great palladium of our monetary system,
how is it that the commerce of France has gone
through perils far greater than our own within the
last six years, and his, to say the least, escaped
them quite as effectually ? The Bank of France
has no limit fixed for its issues, but it-has a limit
fixed for its rate of discount ; it cannot, under any
circumstances, charge more than. 6 per cent. Let
us see, then, what effect this variable ratio of its
issues to the bullion in its coffers has had during
the last two years of commercial pressure. In 1855
the difference between the highest and lowest
points of its bullion was 9,493,0001., while the ex-
treme variation in the Bank of England Iraq only
7,240,0001., and of course the note issite-of the
latter was reduced to the same extent. But the
issues of the Bank of Franca only varied during
the year 2,826,0001., the ratio of gold to notes
being consequently at one period as 1,000 to 1,400,
and at another as 1,000 to 2,796. 'But' in spite of
those violent fluctuations, the value of the Bank
of France note was as invariable as that of the
notes of Bank of England. By not restrict-
ing its circulation as the gold diminished, the
Bank of France was enabled to assist com-
merce materially, and its discounts during 1855
reached the sum of 150,480,0001., without a single
lose by failures. In 1856, again, the variation
between the highest and lowest amounts of specie
was two millions greater in the Bank of France
than in the Bank of England ; and the 'ratio of
the bullion to its circulation varied from the pro-
portion of, as 1,000 to 2,138, to that of, as 1,000
3,731; and yet when this latter enormous excess
of paper against gold existed, the credit of the
note, and its consequent convertibility in practice,
did not suffer for one moment.

" Mercator is, we believe, a banker of long
standing, and a financier of high repute. He can-
not be ignorant of the facts we have stated, nor
that still more remarkable fasts of a similar kind
can be brought forward. We are at a loss, there-
fore, to understand, on what principle he ignores
them conclusive as they are against the danger of
variable issues. We are notoriougly no friends to
the popular financial theories current in France—
still less do we admire the practice of State finance
as conducted there of late years ; but there, is no
doubt that by the power of expandingits circulation
on einergeneies, without reference to the amount
of specie in its coffers, the Bank of France has en-
abled the country to tide over moments of com-
mercial peril as grave as any that have menaced
English credit within the same period. It has not
been able to prevent a crisis—neither has the Bank
Charter Act ; but had'such an Act been in exist-
ence in France during the last two years, no man
can doubt that there would have been a general
collapse, which might have created anarchy and
confusion, and arrested the commercial progress of
the country for an indefinite period. The position
in which the Bank Act places us is this : Peter has
furnished Paul with the iron for building a bridge,
and Paul has paid him by a bill at three months.
Pater has to pay James for a part of the iron with
Isis own bill, but cannot, now that it is due, take
it up with that which he has received from Paul.
He is unable to get this latter discounted, except
oftohri nt
the
last
an exorbitant rate. Why not ? Is Paul's credit
east
thwisind own
has dboeuebnt ebdl
blowing
nNg
e oafsttthherekeinwdeks—ean,
and the gold ships are delayed. Yoga tout I As
soon as the wind changes the Bank of England
can issue some more notes., and will be happy to
exchange them against Paul's bill for a moderate
consideration. And that is the way the Bank Act
works—and it is the perfection of human wisdom.

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A FORTUNATE ESCAPE.—It has been stated that the
number of miners of the Charles coal-pit of the Firminy
concession, near St. Etienne, who were drowned by the
recent irruption of water, was, 14; but two of them have,
it appears, miraculously escaped. When the water
rushed into the pit these men were, at work in an
isolated gallery, which the water did not fill ; but
they knew that a number of galleries were in commnni-
cation with a pit at a considerable distance, which had
been abandoned some years before? and they determined
to attempt to save themselves. In several places they
found the galleries blocked up by falls of earth, but they
resolutely out their way through them. After working
for a whole day their lamps went out, but, encouraged
by the progress they had already made, they determined,
although without food, to persevere. After nearly three
days' labour, they succeeded in reaching the abandoned
shaft,. but found it closed. Guided, however, by their
knowledge of the localities, they eat a narrow passage,
and at last saw daylight ; but when they found them-
selves so exhausted by fatigue and hunger that they then
despaired of saving themselves. One of them, however,
by extraordinary exertions crept through the passage,
and endeavoured to extricate his companion, but in vain.
He then called for help, and after awhile several persons
came to their aid. The other man was likewise got
out, and both were sent to the hospital. Having had
nothing to eat for so long a time tbey were ravenous
for food,'but it was only given to them. sparingly. The
men say that they were more tban once ao hopeless of
, escape that they were di.posed to allow themselves to
' die ;but COT' th t • fidAnce in God, and the thought of their
wives and :hildree, encouraged them to persevere.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRITRI LANE.—
Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.
Acting Manager, Mr. C. Mathews. Stage Manager, Mr. R.
Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley.
Engagement of Mr. Leigh Murray.
Great Success of the Grand Christmas Pantomime, the
mp s t magnificent ever produced on the English stage.

THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform

THE LADIES' BATTLE,

After which will be produced an entirely new and original
urxLbolical, hyperbolical, parabolical, and extra-physiog-
nomical grotesque, statuesque, and picturesque Grand Comic
Christmas Pantomime, which for some time past has employed
the unrivalled resources of this extensive establishment, aad
which will be called or entitled, as it is entitled to be called,
SEE, SAW, MARGERY DAW ;
Or, Harlequin Holiday, and the Island of Ups and Downs.
The scenery entirely new, painted by and under the direc-
tion of Mr. William Beverley and numerous assistants. The
machinery by J. Tucker and assistants. The properties, de•
corations, tricks, changes, and transformations by Messrs.
Needham, Glindon, &c. The masks, models, and physiog-
nomical devices designedsnd executedi by the celebrated
Dykwynkyn. The over ture and music composed and arranged
by Herr Anschuez. The choregraphic arrangements under
the personal supervision of M. Petit. The comic scenes con-
structed by and under the direction of Harry Boleno. The
peculiar grotesque opening invented and written by E. L.
Blanchard author of " Harlequin and the Seven Ages of
Man," " Jack and Jill," " Humming Top," " Hudibras," &c.,
and the whole arranged and produced under the direction of
Mr. Robert Roxby.
Ye anciente and truthful legend on ye which ye pantomime
tl story is founded :
" See, saw, Margery Daw,
" Sold her bed, and laid upon straw."
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MSS. of Nursery Rhymes in British Museum,
Bygion of Reverses, in the Island of Ups and Downs, " Yea,
the Great Globe itself,"

" Here we go up, up, up,
" Here we go down, down, down ;
" Here we go backwards and forwards,
" And here we go round and round."

Juvenile Chorus of the earliest period, supposed to belong to
the Oue. Up, Mr. Topham ; Down, Mr. Low ; Opera-
box, Kid Glove, Tiger and Brougham, and Porte-monnaie
(attendants upon Up), Signor Lorgnette. Herr Tightfitt,
Master Saucebox, and Monsieur Chinque ; Hard Up, Dupli-
cate, Distraint, and Rags (attendants upon Down), Mr. Friz-
hard, Mr. Poptll, Mr. Quodham, and Mr. Patchwell. An-
nual appearance of Holyday in her Emblematic Car. Rolyday
(the Genius of the Season), Miss Marian Stanley ; Sport and
Pastime (her attendants), Misses Lovelaugh and Lightheart
Dame Necessity (who is on this occasion made a virtue of by
particular desire), Mrs. Selby. How Invention, the Daughter
of Necessity, is called upon to assist the development of the
story, while Holyday invites both Up and Down to enjoy
themselves. Holyday's Home in the Green Bower of Mistletoe
and Winter Garden of the Fairies.—Mistletoe (the Fairy
Queen), Miss E. Wadham ; Fairy Spirits of the Kisses that
have beer given under the Mistletoe, by upwards of 100
Ladies of the Corps do Ballet. Grand Ballet —Miss
Rosina Wright, Mdlles. J. and E. Osmont, and the Co-
ryphees. The Golden Gates leading to the Palace of
Huggamugga.—Herald (with a Proclamation), Mr.
Hornogold ; Guards, Messrs. Stiffneck, Headsup,
Eyesright, Shoulderarms, Stand-at-ease, and March-
well ; Tailor, Mr. Broadcloth ; Cobbler, Mr. Waxend ; Black
smith, Mr. Anvil ; the Princess Margery Daw (afterwards
Columbine), Madame Bolen° ; Shilly and Shally (her Maids
of Honour), Misses Dithery and Dothery. How Margery
Daw has no notion of work herself, and the contempt she
shows towards those who do work. Interior of the Palace of
King Huggamugga. King Huggamugga (Sovereign of the
Land of Sixes and Sevens), Mr. Dawking ; Hnryl-Burly (Lord
Chancellor), Mr. Bigwig; Niminy-Piminy (the Lord Cham-
berlain), Mr. Noodledom ; Higgledy-Piggledy (Goldstick in
Waiting), Mr. Muddle ; other Members of the Court, Messrs.
Bow, Scrape, Cringe, Crouch, Tageag, Merrywag, Perriwig,
and Hatband ; Court Milliner, Madame Crinoline ; Drawing
Master, Professor Crayon ; Governess, Miss Frump ; Music-
Master, Signor Hnrdigurdi ; Maid in Waiting, Miss Sweet-
mper ; Chef de Cuisine, Mr. Cook ; Prince Popinjay (of
I t Land of Prettistory), Mr. Finefeather ; his Retinue,
ettessrs. Glare, Dazzle, Gleam, Glitter, and Cntashine. How
the Princess is taught a wholesome lesson by Necessity, and
of the change that takes place in consequence. Cottage of
Necessity, with a Prospect of Hard Work in the Distance.
The Enchanted Workbox—The Sampler and the Exemplar,
and the pretty piece of work that Margery Daw makes of it.
Inhabitants of the Workbox :—Row of Pins, Messrs. Sharp,
Bent, Crooked, Pinaday, Groatayear, &c. ; Regiment of
Needles (ready drilled), Messrs. Largeeye, Smalleye, Longsix,
Splitup, Snapoff, &c. ; Thimble, Master Tom Thumb ;
Worsted, Mr. Bawlaway ; Bodkin, Mr. Pierce ; Tape Mea
sure, Mr. Inchbald; Hook and Eye, Messrs, How and Some-
bodyelse ; Shirt Buttons, Mr. Earlypurly ; Scissors, Mr.
Shearsteel. How Margery Daw makes an important discovery
and the audience also, and how, led by Necessity, she is com-
pelled to alter her opinions and change her position. The Mine
of Labour, leading to the Mine of Wealth,—Labour (the Parent
of Health, Wealth, and Happiness), Mr. Strong'i'th'arm.
What Margery Daw goes to see, what she saw, and the re-
ward that Holyday bestows. Grand Scenic and Mechanical
Effects, exhibiting (in processof construction) the Fairy Fac-
tory of Fancy, completed with tli e assistance of Labour and
Imagination. Brilliant Tableau. Tile Transformation :—Two
Harlequins, Herr Dentin and Signor Veroni ; two Sprites,

the Brothers Elliott ; two Pantaloor s, Mr. Barnes and Mr. G.

Tanner; two Clowns, Messrs. Harry Boleno and Flexmore;
the Gent, Mr. Halford ; two Columbines, Madame Boleno
and Miss Honey. The Ups and Downs of the Harlequinade,
showing the Ins and Outs and Turns About of the Pantomime

Rally ; Toy Warehouse, Butcher's and Baker's Shop
(Bolenos, Deulin, Tanner, and Halford).—A pink of polite-
ness—Clown very toyish—Getting a nutcracker, which turns
out a nobby toy—First and last toys for gambling—Marbles
versus dice—Despatches, loaded, and off they go—Harlequin
takes a private box—Clown takes Chatterton's situation as
boxkoeper Kite-flying—A game of Cricket, by which some
of the players get bowled out, and afterwards stumped,
which turns out a long stop—The uses and abuses of the ctin-
oline—A Jack in the box—A box of regular British toys and
a basket of French bread (bricks)—Aldershott a size smaller
—Grand review of infantry—A military ball—Going in for a
buster—Coming out with a roll—Clown make a peel t 3
baker's feelings—List, oh, List—Squaring a round of beef—
Clown takes a steak and gets a chop in return—Pantaloon
tries his hand at a game and loses by it Cut and come again
—Clown takes a butcher's shop, which Harlequin makes too
hot to hold him.
.Tailor's Shop and Perfumery Warehouse (Ve.

roni, Barnes, and Honey). A gentleman in search of a tailor—
A suit that is quite the ticket—Tne Onde wrapper—Railway
wrappers—Transfer depot-. Washing machine—extraordinary—
Something that won't wash—Cleaned out—Scent in and sent out-
Foreign versus English toothpowder—Hungary water—A
Frangipani bouquet—Wonderful effects of the Pistachio nut-
powder—A case of real distress—Pantaloon in a fix—Fur-
nished Apartments for Single Men (Bolenos, Deulin, and
Tanner).—Clown and Pantaloon in high life—A domestic re-
volution—Turning the tables—To bed, to bed—A drop too
much Clown now begins to reflect —The looking-glass follows
his example—Two heads better than one—Clown takes a turn
on the sofa, which also takes a turn on its own account—
Multiplication altercation, which ends with a regular row in
the house. Jndkia's Gas-regulating Machine and General
Patent Office and Stationer's Shop (Veroni, Barnes, and
Honey.)—Clown, being in Fleet-street, goes the pace rather
fast—The language of the eyes (Ltalian of course) which
everybody understands—Bath post versus London post—Re-
gulators Wanted : railway regulators, army regulators, gas
regulators, smoke regulators—Sewing, cutting, washing,
pressing, and ironing done by a turn—Clown makes a shift
which makes Pantaloon a little shirty—A box of common
scents—A fresh supply of blacks from Amerioa—A Dred-ful
scene ensues. Mechi's Model Farm (Bolenos, Deulin, and
Tanner )—Harvest-home —A rakish dance by rustic lads and
lasses—The milky way—Harlequin makes a pump of himself
—A strong smell of game—A farm-yard visitor—Clown finds
the pig a very great bore—Pantaloon finds the dog gets
greatly attached to him —Prize Poultry—Cochin China and
couch in England —Novel hatching—The old mail—Full in-
side—Clown off by the Express and Pantaloon by the
Rocket—Mappin's Cutlery and Shilling Razor Warehouse,
King William-street, City (the whole of the double
company will appear in this scene )—Pantaloon proposes
to take a bus—Present and future--Weight of public opinion
—A change for the better—The people's own bus—When
fool meets fool then comes the tug of fun—Collision, crash,
smash, and dash—Garotte preventive—Moustache move-
nient—A pair of sharp blades—Clowns prove themselves a
case for cutlery—Holloway stopped by Holloway's oint-
ment—The duel —A cut direct Forewarned, forearmed—
Public nuisances of 1856—0 h, my Crinoline—A high wind,
a regular blow up, and glorious termination to Ups and
Downs in Holiday's Fairy Homo.
The reduced prices as follows, varying throughout the
house to suit every one :—Galleries, 6d. and ls. ; Second
Circle of Boxes, is. 6d. ; Pit, 2s, ; First Circle of Boxes,
2s. 6d. Dress Boxes, 3s, ; Stalls, ss. ; Private Boxes,
10s. 6d., V. ls., It. lls. 6d., and 2/. 2s.
A Morning Performance of the Great Pantomime every
Wednesday, at Two o'clock.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon.
THIS EVENING will be produced an entirely new and
original combination of burlesque and pantomime, entitled
CONRAD AND MEDORA;
or, Harlequin Corsair and the Little Fairy at the Bottom of
the Sea. The burlesque opening by W. Brough, Esq.,
founded upon the ballet of Le Corsair, as produced at Her
Majesty's Theatre. Tho harlequinade upon things in gene-
ral. The new and magnificent scenery painted by Mr. F.
Fenton. Characters in the opening
Conrad (the Corsair) ...
Birbarto (his lieutenant)
Seyde Pasha
Sing Smaul
Yussiff
Medora
Gulnar
Zuliem
Ilubmarina
Serena
Clowns

Miss Woolgar
„Mr. J. L. Toole
Mr. Barrett
Mr. Holston
Mr. S. Calhaem
Mrs. Charles Dillon
Mrs. B. White
..Mrs. Melville
, Miss Jessie Ryder
..Miss Marie Wilton
Mr. Tom Matthews and
Mr. H. Marshall
Mr. Stilt
Mr. J. Marshall
............... The Brothers Nelson.
Miss Clara Morgan and
Miss Ladd.
To be preceded by THE KING'S MUSKETEERS. D'Ar-
tag-nan. Mr. C. Dillon.
The box-office open daily, from 11 to 5, under the super-
Ntendence of Mr. Chatterton, jun.

Pantaloon
Harlequin
Sprites ...
_ .

Columbines

Carriages conveying parties to the Private Boxes to set
down at the State entrance in Burleigh-street.
A Morning Performance every Saturday, at 2 o'clock,

TRAND TH EAT RE.—Manager, Mr. T.
Payne.—This Evening will
_be performed
,

THE JEW'S DAUGHTER.

After which, THE INTRIGUE.
To conclude with the immensely successful novel Burlesque
Pantomime of THE MAGIC MISTLETOE ; or, Harlequin
Humbug and the Shams of London. Tho Fairy Chri.tmas,
Miss E. Wilton ; Good Humour, Miss Norbury; Mercury,
Mies Cameron ; Humbly", Mr. Herbert ; Cant, Mr. Bolton ;
Baron, Mr J. B. Johnstone • Sir Roland, Mr. Clarke; Lord
LoveL, Miss Craven ; Addelp.tte, Miss Cuthbert ; Crambo,
Master W. Edonin ; Lady Agnes, Miss E. Jacobs ; Baroness,
Slr. G. Lee ; Furbilosa, Mr. J. Howard. Novel Harle
quinade :—Clown, Miss Cuthbert ; Little Clown, Master W
Edoum ; Pantaloon, Mr. J. Clarke • Harlequin, Miss Craven ;
Columbines, Miss E. Jacobs and' Mdle. Collison ; Premier
Danseuse, Mdle. Marie Charles.
New and magnificent Scenery, &c. New Curtain. New
Act Drop.

Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, es. ; Pit, is. ;
Gallery, 6d.
A morning performanee of the Pantomime every Monday
at two o'clock.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick.

THIS EVENING, THE LIFE CHASE.
After which, HARLEQUIN AND THE SUMMER
QUEEN. Harlequin, Mr. F. Glover; Clown, Mr. Buck;
Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury ; the Four Sprites, the Fag Fa.
wily ; Columbines, Mesdames Marie and Agnes.

THEATRE ROYAL, IIAYMARKET.
THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven
with the drama of
THE JACOBITE.
John Duck, Mr. Buckstone.
After which, a new comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled
THE BASES IN THE WOOD, or Harlequin and the Cruel
Uncle. The scenery of the opening story painted by Mr. W.
Callcott. The music composed and arranged by Edward Fitz-
william. The pantomime produced under the direction of
M. Milano. Harlequin, M. Milano; Columbine, Fanny
Wright ; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ; and Clown, Mr. Driver.
To conclude with MAKE YOUR WILLS.

A Morning performance of the Pantomime will be given
every Thursday throughout the holidays : commencing, at 2,
concluding at 4.

OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE,
_IL THIS EVENING will be performed

THE CORSICAN BROTHERS.
Fabicn and Louis dei Franchi by Mr. C. Kean.

After which, a new grand Christmas Pantomime, called

ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP;

or, Harlequin and the Genii of the Ring. Harlequin, Mr
Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Co.
lumbine, Miss C. Adams.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI
Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster.

Great Hit of A Night at Lotting-Hill.
THIS EVENING will be performed
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which
Mr. Wright and Paul Bedford will appear.
To conclude with the new and original union of modern
burlesque and old English pantomime (as originated
at this theatre), by Professor Wordspinner, Member of Every-
thing, with entirely new scenery, dresses, transformations,
&c., called