The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-29 00:00:00

EVENING SITTING.

The conference last night held its evening sitting at the
rodms of the Law Amendment Society, on which occasion
Lori Brougham again presided.
Mr. MALcout Ross, of Manchester, having called the atten-
tion of the society to the present anomalout state of the law
relating to principal and agent,
Mr CHARLES HOLLAND, of Liverpool, introduced the sub-
ject of trib,,T.sls of commerce, by stating with what satisfac-
tion he ha,—,lieard the handsome manner in which the exer-
tions of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce to establish
such tribunals had been alluded to in the report. At the.
conference held in 1852, the Liverpool Chamber had brought
forward the same question for discussion, stating that their
object was to secure for the decision of mercantile cases a
tribunal at once simple, cheap, and ‘fficacious. Their views
on that occasion met, with the general support of the Law
Amendment Society, the only point of difference between
them being that while the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce
held that in the constitution of such courts the mercantile
element should predominate, it was the opinion of the society
that the legal element should have that advantage.
Mr. HEATH then read the scheme drawn up by the Liver-
pool merchants, which, after giving a brief history of their
endeavours to have tribunals of commerce established in
every part of the United Kingdom, and the mercantile law
of England Scotland, and Ireland assimiliated, went on to
describe the successful action of similar courts in France,
and other continental countries, detailing the system of the.r
organisation, their procedure, and the vast amount of litiga-
tion which, by their agency, was satisfactorily determined.
It next maintained that men of busiuess in this country were
not inferior in ability, education, or clearness of intellect, to
the corresponding class of men in any other country, and
that if such tribunals had existed, many of those eases con-
nected with mercantile transactions which had lately so much
alarmed the trading commuuity, suco as the questions relat-
ing to crossed cheques, dock warrants, and bills of lading,
would have been settled with ease and cheapness. Having
referred to the circumstance that the working of the Code
Napoleon was greatly overrated--that in consequence of the
number of new classes of cases springing on.: of a new state
of things, to meet which it was impossible to bend the pro-
visions of that di.: fit, it had become clogged and encumbered
with an ae_mmulation of judge-made law, Mr. Heath con-
cluded by recommending that the courts in question should
be legally established, and that two or more merchants, with
a lawyer as their assessor, should be in each port the judges
of all mercantile disputes.
On the conclusion of the reading of the paper a long dis-
cussion ensued with respect to the question which it advo-
cated. The necessity for the establishment of such tribunals
was generally admitted. It was, however, observed that the
demand for them proceeded on the sup,iosition that the law
did not at present recognise the principle of arbitration or
reference. With regard, however, to. the peculiar shape in
which the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce desired to see
them modelled, there was a considerable difference of opinion;
some of the members of the conference held that the mer-
chants of the United Kingdom were not, however respectable
their position and their attainments, men with minds trained
to clear logical deduction, the great desideratum in a judge,
and that, as in the ease of the committees of the House of
Commons appointed to decide on the merits of election peti-
tions, it would be found that there would bo no uniformity
in their decisions, but that one custom would be found to
prevail at Liverpool and another at Newcastle. It was
further alleged that the existing courts of the country were
sufficient for all purpose, if the law were only simplified, and
the courts of assize more frequently held. In support of the
plan, it was contended that it was the general opinion of
mercantile men that merchants were the best qualified per-
sons to form an opinion with respect to mercantile matters;
that the lay element already prevailed in the administra-
tion of justice by county magistrates and the landed aris-
tocracy, with whom, as was shown by their skill as jury-
men, the merchants of the kingdom, as a class, did not
yield in intellectual calibre and acumen, having among them-
selves an aristocracy of talent,lonour, and probity. Arbi-
tration, it was maintained, was an objectionable mode of
procedure, insomuch as it placed the referee in an uncomfort-
able position, and gave the immoral man all the advantages
of secrecy, his unfair dealing escaping that exposure which it
would be sure to receive in an open court.
In the course of these proceedings, Lord Brougham men-
tioned that when he went the Northern Circuit it was the
common saying, both of the bench and of the bar, that the
common law juries in Liverpool were equal to the special
juries to be got anywhere else.

A letter was also read from Mr. F. Lyne, strongly advo-
cating the establishment of such tribunals. The matter was
finally referred to the committee, and the proceedings ter-
minated.

Nasal and filintary Intettlgenoe.

The first detachment of troops belonging to the
clrps of Royal Engineers, at Bromptou Barracks,
Chatham, was elected yesterday by Colonel H.
sandhara, for the purpose of proceeding to the
Falkland Islands. Lieutenant E. D. Malcolm,
Royal Engineers, is ordered to embark with the
detachment.

The crew of the Mega3ra, 6, steam troopship,
Commander Purvis, were officially mustered and
i►,spected in Portsmouth harbour on Tuesday by
Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymour, K.C.8., prior
to her going to Ireland to embark troops.
The Dragon, 6, steam frigate, Captain Stewart,
C. 8., left Portsmouth yesterday afternoon for the
westward. _

The Dee, steam storeship, Master Commander
Pullen, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from the
eastward with machinery, and the Garnet, Handy,
an i Fenella gunboats.
The Stork, steam gunboat, is being employed at
Portsmouth to test the working of the new screw
—a French invention.
The Devastation, steam sloop, Commander Mar-
shall, arrived at Portsmouth on Tuesday from the
westward with supernumeraries.
A general order has been received at Woolwich
by the commandant of the garriton, Major-General
Sir W. F. Williams, from the Secretary of the
War Department, giving instructions for all offi-
cers of the Royal Artillery indiscriminately, who
occupy apartments out of barracks, to make im-
mediate application fur garrison quarters so as to
obviate the necessity of issuing sums hitherto
allowed as " lodging money." The order is con-
fined to the corps of Royal Artillery.
The night patrols of Artillery having been in-
creased by the addition of 100 picked men, under
the charge of 12 extra serjeants, a strict watch
throughout the most obscure parts of the town
and the common is kept up from 4 p.m. until 6
a.m. on the following morning, so as to prevent a
continuation of the scandalous outrages which have
been committed there by men in the uniform of
the Royal Artillery.
The life-boat constructed on a plan prepared by
Mr. Peake, assistant master shipwright at Wool-
wich, has been tested, and will be forwarded, by
the first opportunity, as a present to the Chilian
Government.
After repeatei rials of the steam, fire, and pump.
ing engine—coustructrA by Messrs. G. Rennie—the
only objection to the use of the engine at Woolwich
was the fact that the carriage upon which the engine
the utility
w_is fixed was unable to turn sharply round a cor-
nerswdyiththouist
dtrhaewhaasseikstaunpcoen of a
of
handspike.
theTo
in-
vention the patentees are now constructing an
improved description of carriage
which will turn
in any direction with the
Captain Middleto '
nbattery arrived at Wool-
wich yesterday at 2 p.m., and was played into
garrison by the baud of the Royal Horse
Brigade,
having been ordered to head-quarters from Alder-
shot, to be given over to Captain Travers, of the
13th battalion Royal Artillery. Captain Travers
is under orders to proceed to the Cape, to relieve
Captain the Ron. G. T. Devereux's company, 13th
battalion.
By the demise of Mrs. Malcolm, of Clapham-rise,
the Royal Naval School at New-cross comes into
the possession of 1,0001., bequeathed by her late
husband, Mr. Robert Malcolm, surgeon, R.N., to
found au university scholarship in this school.

THE MAIL STEAM= VIVID.—A. letter from Ostend,
dated Saturday, in yesterday's Independance .Bdge says :
—" This morning, at about four o'clock, the Royal Bel-
gia.n steamer Rubris, Captain Dufour, on the way from
Dover to Ostend, perceived a vessel. making signals of
distress off Dunkirk. On letting near the commander
found it was the English mail steamer Vivid, which left
yesterdayleof
its
wheels. This accident had caused
evening for Dover, and which bad
such a complete derangement in the machinery
brokenOsteOstend
d the a
that the Vivid could get no further. Commander Du-
four hastened to lend assistance, and after many efforts
succeeded in taking the steamer in tow and bringing it
on to Calais, where they arrived safely at $ a.m. Some
minutes afterwards the hubris left Caiais, and arrived
here at 11 o'clock."

THEATRE ROYAL, DRUM LANE.—;
Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.
Acting Manager, Mr. C. Mathews. Stage Manager, Mr. R.
Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley.
The eminent Comedian, Mr. Charles Mathews, every evening.
Great Success of the Grand Christmas Pantomime, the
most magnificent ever produced on the English stage.
THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform
TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE.
Followed by SOMEBODY ELSE, in which Mr. Charles
Mathews will sustain his original character.
After which will be produced an entirely new and original
symbolical, 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, and
which will &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. Tacker and assistants. The properties, de•
corations, tricks, changes, and transformations by Messrs.
Needham, Glindon, dm. The masks, models, and p'ysiog-
nomical devices designed and executed by the celebrated
Dykwynkyn. The overture and music composed and arranged
by Herr Anschuez. The choregraphic arrangements under
the personal supervision of M. Petit. The comic scenes con-
structed by and under the direction of Harry Boleno. The
peculiar grotesque opening invented and written by E. L.
Blanchard, author of " Harlequin and the Seven Ages of
Man," " Jack and " Humming Top," " Ffudibras," exc.,
and the whole arranged and produced under the direction of
lir Robert Roxby.
re anciente and truthful legend on ye which ye pantomime
is story is founded :
"See, saw, Margery Daw,
" Sold her bed, and laid upon straw."
MSS. of Nursery Rhymes in British Museum.
R3gion 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 One. Up, Mr. Topham ; Down, Mr. Low; Opera-
box, Kid Glove, Tiger and Brougham, and Porte-monnaie
(attendants upon Up), Signor Lorgnette. Herr Tightfitt,
Master Sawebox, and Monsieur Chinque ; Hard Up, Dupli-
cate, Distraint, and Rags (attendants upon Down), Mr Friz-
hard, Mr. Pop4ll, Mr. Quodham, and Mr. Patchwell. An-
nual appearance of Holyday in her Emblematic Car. Holyday
(the Genius of the Season), Miss Marian Stanley ; Sport and
Pastime (her attendants), Misses Lovelangh 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 nvites 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 been given under the Mistletoe, by upwards of 100
Ladies of the Corps de 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, Headsun,
Eyesright, Shoulderarms. Stand-at-ease, and March-
well ; Tailor, Mr. Broadcloth ; Cobbler, Mr. Waxend ; Black
smith, Mr. Anvil ; the Princess Margery Daw (afterwards
Columbine), Madame Boleno ; Shilly and Shelly (her Maids
of Honour), Misses Dithery and Dothery. How Margery
Daw has no notion of work herself, and the contempt she
shows towards those who do work. Interior of the Palace of
King Huggamugga. King Huggamugga (Sovereign of the
Land of Sixes and Sevens), Mr. Dawking ; Huryl-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, Tagvag, Merrywag, Perriwig,
and Hatband; Court Milliner, Madame Crinoline ; Drawing
Master, Professor Crayon ; Governess, Miss Frump : Music-
Master, Signor Hurdigurdi ; Maid in Waiting, Miss Sweet-
tnmper', thef de Cuisine, Mr. Cook • Prince Popinjay (of
the Land cif Prettistory), Mr. Finefeather ; his Retinue,
.Messrs. Glare, Dazzle, Gleam, Glitter, and Cutashine. 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,
end the pretty piece of work that Margery Daw makes of it,
Inhabitants of the Workbox :—Row of Pins, Messrs. Shari,
Bent, Crooked, Pinaday, Groatayear, &c. ; Regiment of
Needles (reads drilled), Messrs. Largeeye, Smalleve, Longsix,
Splitup, Snapoff, &c. ; Thimble, Master Tom Thumb ;
Worsted, Mr. Bawlaway ; Bodkin, Mr. Pierce ; Tape Mea
sure, Mr. Inchbal-l; Hook and Eye, Messrs. How and Some-
bodyelse ; Shirt Buttons, Mr. Earlypurly ; Scissors, Mr
Shearsteel. How Margery Dam makes an important discove,w
and the audience also, and how, led by Necessity, she is com-
pelled to alter her opinions and change hrr position. The Mine
of Labour, leading to the Mine of Wealth,— Labour (the Parent
of Health, Wealth, and Ha: pieees), Mr, Strong'i'th'arm.
What Margery Dew goes to see, what she saw, and the re-
ward that Holyday bestows. Grand Scenic and Mechan,cal
Effects, exhibiting (in processor construction) the Fairy Fac-
tory of Fancy, completed with e assistance of Labour and
Imagination. Brilliant Tableau. Tl,e Transformation :—Two
Harlequins, Herr Denlin and signor Veroni; two Sprites,
the Brothers Elliott ; two Pantaloor s, Mr. Barnes and Mr. G.
Tanner; two Clowns, Messrs. Harry Roleno and Flexmore ;
the Gent, Mr. Halfnrd : 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
(Bolenns, Denlin, Tanner, and Raiford).— A rink of polite-
neme—Clowe 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 Cha' terton's situation as
boxlreeper Kite-flying—A game of Cricket, by which some
of the players get bowled out, and afterwards stumped,
which turns out along stop—The uses and abuses of the crin-
oline A -Tack in the box—A box of regular British toys and
a basket of French bread (tricks)—Aldershott a size smaller
—Grand review of infantry—A military ball—Going in for a
buster—Corning out with a roll—Clowts make a peel ti
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 Cnt 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 The Onde wrapper—Railway
wrappere--Transfer depot—Washing machine—extraordinary—
Something th at won't wash--Cleaned out—Seen tin and sent out-
Foreign versus English toothpowder Hungary water—A
Frangipani bouquet Wonderful effects of the Pistachio nut-
powder A ease of nal distress—Pantaloon in. a fix—Fur-
nished Apartments for Single Men (Bolenos, Denlin, 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. Judkin's Gas-regulating Machine and General
Patent Office and Stationer's Shop (Veroni, Barnes, and
Honey.)—Clown, being in Fleet-street, goes the pace rather
fast—The language of the eyes (I-talian of course) which
everybody understands—Bath post versus London post—Re-
gulators Wanted : railway regulators, army regulators, gas
regulators, smoke regulators—Sewing, cutting, washing,
pressing, and ironing done by a turn—Clown makes a shift
which makes Pantaloon a little shirty—A box of common
scents—A fresh supply of blacks from America—A Dred-ful
scene ensues. Mechi's Model Farm (Bolenos, Denial, and
Tanner.)—Harvest-home —A rakish dance by rustic lads and
lasses—The milky way Harlequin makes a pump of himself
—A strong meld of game—A farm-yard visitor—Clown finds
the pig a very great here—Pantaloon finds the dog gets
greatly attached to him —Prize Poultry—Cochin China and
conch in England —Novel hatching—The old mail—Full in-
side—Clown off by the Express and Pantaloon by the
iincket—Mappin's Cutlery and Shilling Razor Warehouse,
King William-street, City (the whole of the double
sompany 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-
InentlA pair of sharp blades—Clowns prove themselves a
ease for cutlery Holloway stopped by Holloway's oint.
went—The duel—A cut direct—Forewarned, forearmed—
Public nuisances of 1856—0 h, my Crinoline—A high wind,
a regular blow up, and glorious termination to Ups and
Downs in Holiday's Fairy Home.
The reduced prices as follows, varying throughout the
house to suit every one:--Galleries, 6d. and is. ; Second
Circle of Boxes, Is. Rd, ; Pit, 2s. ; First Circle of Boxee
2s. 6d. ; Dreg Boxes, 3s, ; Stalls, Ss. ; Private Boxes
'
10s, 6d., V. Is., 1/. Ils. fid., and 2/. 25,1
A Morning Performance of the Great Pantomime every
Wednesday, at Two o'clock.

OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Lessee. Mr. C. Dilinu.

TEM EVENING will he prodneed 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, Fsq.,
founded upon the ballet of Le Corsair, as produced at Her
Majesty's Theatre. The harlequinade upon things in gene_
The new and magnificent scenery painted hr Mr. F.
Fenton. Characters in the opening f----
Corrad (the Corsair) Miss Woolgar
%hart° (his lieutenant) Mr. J. L. Toole
Seyde Pasha Mr. Barrett
hillg
Yruggi &magi
ft Mr. Holston
Mr. S. Calhaem,
Medora **
********
Oninar
Zuliem """••.............. Mrs. B White
• ....
Submarine...
... Mrs. Melville
Serena
.... Miss Jessie Ryder!
Clowns Miss Marie Wilton
............... Mr. Torn Matthews and
Pantaloon
...........
Mr. IL Marshall
.. •. Mr. Stilt
Harlequin ... . ..........
ThMre.
B-TrolktfhaersrshllTleison.
Smites .....................................
Columbines Miss Clara Morgan and
•
Miss Ladd.
To be preceded by THE KING'S MUSKETEERS. D'Ar-
tagnan, Mr. C. Dillon.
The
ttendenc boe
of Mr. Chatterton
x-office open daily, from 11 to 5, under the super.
, jun.
Carriages conveying parties ta the Private Boxes to set
down at the State entrance in Burlcigh-street
A Morning Performance every Saturday, at 2 o'clock.

STRAND THEATRE.—Manager, Mc. T.
Payne.—This Evening will be performed
TEE PERILS OF CRINOLINE.
Followed by DON'T LEND YOUR UMBRELLA.
After which, the immensely successful novel Burlesque
Pantomime of TIIE MAk,HC MISTLETOE; or, Harlequin
Humbug and the Shams.of London. The Fairy Chri-tmas,•
Miss E. Wilton ; Good Humour, Miss Norhury; .Mercury,
Visa Cameron ; Humbug, Mr. Herbert ; Cant, Mr. -Bolton ;
.t3aron, Mr J. B. Johnstone ; Sir Roland, Mr. Clarke ; Lord
Loyd., Miss Craven ; Addelp 4te, Miss Cuthbert ; Crambo,
Master W. Edouin ; Lady Agnes, Miss E. Jacobs ; Baroness,
gr. G. Lee ; Furbilosa, Mr. J. Howard. Novel Hanle.
flubtade :—Clown, Miss Cnthbert ; Little Clown, Master W
Edonin ; Pantaloon, Mr. J. Clarke ; Harlequin, Miss Craven ;
Oelumbines Miss E. acobs and Mdle. Collison ; Premier
Dansenso, Mdle. Marie Charles.
New and magnificent Scenery, die. New Curtain, New
Lot Ditp.
Corn,nence at Scven. Stalls,
Gallery, rid.
A morning performance of the•`Pantomime everyjMonday
at two o'clock

; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ;