The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-28 00:00:00

THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA.

(From the: Special Correspondent of the Times.)
WASHINGTON, DEC. 13.
The brief contents of the telegram which conveys
to us the effect produced in one day in England by
the news of Mason and Slidell's arrest must be
elucidated by the fuller details expected every hour,
before we can form any opinion here as to the final
result on the relations between the two countries.
So far its can be judged there can be no complaint
made against the English people for intemperance
or violence. In Washington there is a feeling of
surprise at the modification of tone and apparent
calm of which wo hear—not, indeed, among those
who have all along affected to think Great Britain
must bear this unexpected interpretation of the
right of search with equanimity and with resigna-
tion, but among the doubters,who shook their heads
and said there would be a tremendous explosion at
the other side of the water. Lord Lyons has not
received any despatches in reference to the subject,
but it is likely the next mail will convey him in-
structions from the Foreign-office, and afford a base
of communications between the two Governments
on the subject, unless it be incontestably proved
that the arrest was perfectly justifiable by interna-
tional law, and that henceforth our mail steamers
may be detained ad //Vim by any captain of a
belligerent man-of-war who may choose to say he
has reason to suspect the mail steamer is carrying
an enemy's despatches or emissaries; and not only
that, but that the bags and letters may be opened in
prosecution of that search, and that persons reputed
to be enemies proceeding as passengers under the
flag may be seized and conveyed away by force.
No Power in the world would gain so much as Eng-
land by recognising these principles. But since the
Treaty of 1856 at Paris it may be held that Eng-
land is bound to take the sense of her co-signataries
in reference to any great question of international

law affecting the maritime relations of the great
Powers with each other and with external Powers
which did not assent to that treaty, and which
have subsequently evinced such zeal in favour of
its adoption.

If a United States Government mail-bag or a
United States official henceforth be carried by any
British steamer, we shall have committed a breach
of neutrality, and the Nashville may prey upon the
Cunarders as well as on the Havre steamers which
are under such conditions. Ido not know what
French jurists and statesmen may think of the case,
but I think I may state that the French Admiral on
the North American station would have felt it his
duty to take Slidell and Mason out of the San Ja-
cinto by force, had they been taken by force out of
a French steamer. It is affirmed, with every reason
to believe it, that M. de la Graviere expressed him-
self to that effect when he was speaking of the
transaction; but it is no reflection on an officer so
sensible, so collected, and so firm as Admiral Milne
to observe that he did not arrive at a similar con-
clusion. The report of Captain Wilkes, which is a
curious exemplification of the terrible effect of legal
studies on the naval mind, shows he had his doubts
as to how he could get at Mason and Slidell, and
that at last the bright idea started into his head
that they were "living despatches." As Rousseau
would have been thought a better Christian if he
had died without his " Confessions," so Captain
Wilkes might have stood higher as "an interpreter
of international law" if he had not written his dis-
quisition on "Wheaton" and others. Nelson
coming home from Trafalgar might have been re-
ceived just as Captain Wilkes has been welcomed in
New York after his tremendous "exploit." The
discussions which succeeded the arrest have sub-
sided, and all we hear now is praise of the action,
the regrets of Mr. Welles that the Trent was not
captured, and an under-current of apprehension that
things will not be taken so quietly in England. In
New York we hear stocks fell and exchange rose at
once, and if exchange should continue to rise, the
day of trouble for the New York banks is nearer
than they or any one expected, though its coming
has been regarded as sure.
Dr. Parsons, Professor of the Cambridge Law
School, published a letter in the Boston Advertiser,
in which he expressed an opinion that Captain
Wilkes was as much justified in seizing Mason and
Slidell as the Government is in blockading the port
of Charleston. He starts with the dictum of Lord
Stowell, that you may stop the Ambassador of your
enemy on his passage. That dictum is susceptible
of qualification, and is not and cannot be absolute,
and it is in effect impossible to admit that wherever
an Ambassador is found at sea he may be seized.
Could ho be stopped on board a national ship, though
the nation to which the ship belonged might be made
amenable to the penalties of breaking its neutrality
by the act of carriage P During the Russian war,
when the English and French fleets lay in the
Piragn, the American Minister took the Russian
Envoy to Greece on board an American man-of-
war, which lay between the allied squadrons, and
which received the Russian with every mark of
honour and saluted the Russian flag hoisted at the
main. It was proposed to the British commander
to resent the affront, and to seize the Ambassador ;
but he never dreamed of doing so, even when
he was on his passage to the shore. There
are cases obviously where the principle does not
apply, and this instance is only given as an ad ab-
surdum reduction of the doctrine laid down in the
dictum. Until any arguments come from the other
side the people here are content with the decisions
of their own lawyers and publicists, and if they are
in harmony with our own there is no ground for
tul7thiDg morn than a little surprise, such as may

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be felt by a man when it is proved to him that the
slap in the face he has unexpectedly received was
given in accordance with law. Air. Seward, no
doubt, is quite ready, if not eager, for the war of
words, in which, it must be confessed, he is an able
adversary.
In the meantime the public here are deluded by the
semblance of successes in the North, and think they
have killed the beast Rebellion already, because they
have stuck a few arrows in his horny hide. Their
politicians are wrangling over the spoils ; they
arc fighting about the fate of the negro and
his ultimate disposal before they have got him ;
and by a narrow majority the ultra black Repub-
licans were defeated but the other day in a propo-
sition which would hare raised the most formidable
issue. But will Mr. Chase be able to sustain the
platform on which the warriors are standing ? The
most sanguine here admit that the finances of the
United States cannot endure this expenditure for
another six months. Much may be done in that
time by active Generals, successful expeditions, and
daring and happy enterprises. But I do not per-
ceive the ingredients for these things. It is true
Major-Gen. Welellan, when he begins to move,
may display on a large scale the qualities which
did distinguish his little campaign in Western Vir-
ginia, and the scheme of operations developed as-
sumes colossal proportions and a certain cohpreney,
6ut one failure in any one part may cause the fail-
ure of all. The South is, in spite of all that has
been said or done, exhibiting as determined a hos-
tility as ever, nay, more, it waeins as the fight goes
on—the Southern heart has communicated its fires
to its own cotton, and the coast is wrapped in flame
and smoke at the approach of the invader. By slow
degrees some offshoots may take root on the main-
land, but as yet the unparalleled expenditure of the
United States—an expenditure on credit and not
yet realised—has produced but small impression on
the enemy. The subscriptions to the national loan
are tumbling down. They are by tens of thousands
of dollars, where the expenses are by hundreds of
thousands of pounds. But if " the United States
will go on till they have come to their last dollar,"
which is the cry that for ever meets me when the
politicians talk of finance, they will do a good deal
more than they have done yet or evinced a dispo-
sition to do. The burden of taxation has yet to be
placed on thcse unaccustomed shoulders. Up to this
moment the enormous amount of money circu-
lated through the country has compensated for the
cessation or diminution of ordinary trade and in-
dustry. There has been enormous profusion with-
out any outcry for economy, and waste :without
efficiency. It is probable that this army of
600,000 men costs far more than an army of
1,600,000 European troops, and certainly, except
for detachment and guerilla duties,an armyof 60,000
European troops could have settled the question of
actual superority in the field very speedily by
marching on either Richmond or Washington, in
spite of the long line of intrenchments, some time
ago, though the task would not now be so easy.
Not withstanding the processes to which contractors
are exposed, they pocket fortunes at every clutch.
The ruin of material is enormous. Horses purchased
by Government for 118 dols, or about £23, are so
treated that they are sold in batches at sums vary-
ing from ls. to £4, the latter being the average
price at which 160 were sold a few days ago. In
justice to the Americans I must say it is rather the
foreign teamster and the city riff-raff who are so
cruel, for as a general rule the native-born Ameri-
cans are kind to animals and treat their horses very
well, as is well attested by the gentle disposition of
the animals themselves.
But if the North suffer in purse the South is
threatened with greater calamities, which she can.
only endure on the supposition that she does not re•
quire trade, commerce, or money to go on with the
war. The States seem to conduct their internal

government just as of yore, and one must feel some
admiration for the system which, sorely tried, has
stood so well against all external trials up to the
present moment. Governor Brown, of Georgia, in
his message to the Legislature, rather insinuates

that the Secretary of War did not do all in his power
to defend the coast, and says he was obliged to ap-
propriate the funds in the State Treasury to the pur-
poses of the Confederate Government in defending
the forts, or let them fall into the hands of the
enemy; the State has not been compensated for the
outlay (100,000 dots) thus incurred. The volunteers
seized the arms from Augusta and carried them off
without his knowledge or consent. There were only
5,000 Confederate troops on the coast, to which an

addition of 10,000, with a reserve of 10,000, was
considered necessary. The State is called on for an
appropriation of 5,000,000 dols accordingly, and
the Secretary of War is censured by implication for
neglecting to call out the State troops when the
danger of attack became imminent. As the Go-
vernment has not provided for the defence of the
coast, the State is recommended not to count the
cost, but to call out as many troops and give as
much money—whether 10,000 dole, or 20,000 dols,
whether 5,000,000 dols or 10,000,000 dols—as may
be necessary to defeat the invader. Certainly all
this reads like "no surrender." The message is
dated November 19, from Milledgeville: It speaks
of the United States very much as Russia spoke of
the Allies in 1854.5, and in the Norfolk Daybook
special fun is made of Mr. Saulsbury's proposition,
on the meeting of Congress, for the appointment of
certain commissioners to confer with a commission

from the Confederate States for the preservation of
the Union. That blessed Constitution is said to be

" an cxcell2nt union for the Yankees, being com-
posed of such despicable God-forsaken scoundrels as
were never raked together in one parcel since the
world began—a perfect dog-cat conglomeration of

negro thieves and pirates." " What under Heavens

should we want with a union with them? To share
the debts caused by their folly ? To share with them

.he contempt of the world ?" As to debts, however,

.here may not be mach to choose. The Richmond

Despatch proposes to punish with death any one
who shall ask or receive a percentage for exchange
of paper, to make all paper of bank or corporation

receivable at par by the States Treasury and by the
Confederate Treasury, to authorize the Treasury
Departments to use the public funds and securities
for the redemption of paper money in the States,
and to require all banks to redeem the bills of
each other.

There has been nothing of interest to record, but
I subjoin one or two passages from my diary :

DECEMBER 11.
The habit of funeral eulogies is rather French
than English, and may be good enough notwith-
standing, but it is hard to see why a Legislative
Assembly in the crisis of an empire's destiny should
waste one whole day in " winding wreaths" round
the brows of departed senators, or " throwing chap-
lets" on their urns. It is the living who speak to
the living. They glorify themselves in praising the
dead, and their speeches are entombed in the Con-
gressional records. The President made the occasion
one of distinctive compliment by taking his place
in the Senate. Washington appeared there several
times, and perhaps some of the earlier of the Presi-
dential Caesars, but of later days the head of the
State has rarely presented himself on the floor of
the Senate.

There is a feeling in reference to the dead which
appears morbid to Europeans. A strange result of
this is visible in Washington, where the walls are
covered with placards from professors of'" Embalm-
ing the Dead." In one shop in the principal. tho-
roughfare, Pennsylvania-avenue, there is a lively
representation of the process,
is injected into
photo-
graphed, which shows how the fluid . . .
Metallic air-tight
the vessels of the deceased. evidently
seen, are. displaced coffins, with glass plates. thlrouegdhi:ahl
fea-
tures may beilethh et huen under-
takers'
distant parts of the States,..
takers' stores, and bodies are eamyrbaiallwmaevd
farnedigshetn,tbtyo
Regular United States tiava ry
1 the other morning, i
dozens. As I was visistingatshe cam-p
of the 6th

.int that he could not get his brother's ac-
counts settled by his captain—the man had died of
some illness in camp. The colonel gave orders that
the papers should be attended to. " I hope it will
be done right away, for my father has sent me
down to take George home with me." He spoke
as if the deceased were still alive, and, added he,
" only 1 lost my arm by a cross cut saw I would
have bean along with him." On inquiry I found
the man had come all the way from a distant part
of Pennsylvania.
Fort Pickens and Pensacola have had afiasco of
a fight. My old grim friend Colonel Harvey
Brown silenced my old grim friend General Brax-
ton Bragg--at least, so the Federals say ; but he
could not land and finish his work, because be had
not men enough. "We cannot destroy Fort M‘Rae
until we have rifled guns," says a naval officer.
"'f he Niagara did not go inside the bar, and can-
not be much injured." Bragg, by the last accounts,
was quite ready to speak when spoken to once
more. An accident in removing a fuse from a shell
after the firing had ceased did more damage in Fort
Pickens to life and limb than all the tremendous
cannonading ; but a portion of the fort is said to be
much defaced. So far the contest is ended. Fort
111‘Rae, a wretched tumble-down affair, with
cracked walls, is, to my wonder still extant. There
was no great glory in the affair to either side ; but
as an illustration of the workings of " sensationism,"
I may remark that not only does a New York paper
.i.
publish a pictorial sketch of the much be-sktched
and pictorialized Pickens and its environs, Wgives
an account of the Federal vessels enga ed, the
names of all the officers, a statement of the iison
and officers' names, and a sketch (biograph. al for-
tunately) of Colonel Harvey Brown.

=4,

SPEECHES OF T.HE LATE P.R.INCE

CONSORT.

Macmillan's Magazine for January makes the following
extracts from speeches delivered at various times by the late
Prince Consort :

AT A, MEETING OF THE FOCIETY FOR IMPROVING THE
CONDITION OF THE LABOURING CLASSES, MAY 18, 1848
" Depend upon it, the interest of claeses too often con-
trasted are identical, and it is only ignorance which prevents
them from uniting for each other's advantage. lo dispel
that ignorance, to show how man can help man, notwith-
standing the complicated state of civilised society, ought to
be the aim of every philanthropic person ; but it is more
peculiarly the duty of those who, under the blessing of
Divine Providence, enjoy station, wealth, and education."
AT THE LORD MAYOR'S BANQUET IN LONDON, MARCH
21, 1851, IN ANTICIPATION OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION:
—" Gentlemen I I conceive it to be the duty of every edu-
cated person closely to watch and study the time in which he
lives, and, as far as in him lies, to add his humble mite of
individual exertion to further the accomplishment of what
he believes Providence to have ordained. Nobody, how-
ever, who has paid any attention to the peculiar features
of our presert era, will doubt for a moment that we are

living at a period of most wonderful transition, which tends
rapidly to accomplish that great end to which, indeed,
all history points; the realisation of the Unity of man-
kind I Not a unity which breaks down the limits and
levels the peculiar characteristics of the different nations of
the earth, bat rather a unity, the result and product of those
very national varieties and antagonistic qualities."
AT THE DINNER OP THE ROYAL ACADEMY, MAY 3,
1851:—" Gentlemen I the production of all works in art
or poetry requires in their conception and execution not
only an exercise of the intellect, skill, and patience, but
particularly a concurrent warmth of feeling and a free
flow of imagination. This renders them most tender plants,

which will thrive only in an atmosphere calculated to

maintain that warmth ; and that atmosphere is one
of kindness, kindness towards the artist personally as
well as towards his production. An unkind word of criti-
cism passes like a cold blast over their tender shoots, and
shrivels them up, checking the flow of the sap, which was
rising to produce perhaps multitudes of flowers and fruit.
But still criticism is absolutely necessary to the development
of art, and the injudicious praise of an inferior work becomes
an insult to superior genius. In this respect our times aro
peculiarly unfavourable when compared with those when
Madonnas were painted in the seclusion of convents ; for
we have now on the one hand the eager competition of a
vast array of artists of every degree of talent and skill, and

on the other, as judge, a great public, for the greater part
wholly uneducated in art, and thus led by professional
writers, who often strive to impress the public with a great
idea of their own artistic knowledge by the merci-
less manner in which they treat works which
cost those who produce thczn the highest efforts of
mind or feeling. The works of art, by being publicly ex-
hibited and offered for sale, are becoming articles of trade,
following as such the unreasoning laws of markets and
fashion; and public and even private patronage is swayed
by their tyrannical influence."
AT THE BANQUET IN BIRMINGHAM ON LAYING THE
FIRST STONE OF THE BIRMINGHAM AND MIDLAND
INSTITUTE, NOVEMBER 22, 1855 :—" The study of the
laws by which the Almighty goverr s the universe is there-
fore our bounden duty. Of these laws our great academics
and seats of education have, rather arbitrarily, selected two
spheres or groups (as I may call them) as essential parts
of our national education—the laws which regulate quan-
tities and proportions, which form the subject of mathe-
matics ; and the laws regulating the expression of our
thoughts, through the medium of language; that is to say,
grammar, which finds its purest expression in the classical
languages. These laws are most important branches of
knowledge, their study trains and elevates the mind, but
they are not the only ones ; there are others which we
cannot disregard, which we cannot, do without, There
are, for instance, the laws governing the human mind,
and its relation to the Divine Spirit (the subject of logic
and metaphysics) ; there are those which govern our bodily
nature and its connexion with the soul (the subject of phy-
siology and psychology) ; those which govern human so-
ciety, and the relations between man and man (the subjects
of politics, jurisprudence, and political economy), and many
others. Whilst of the laws just mentioned some have been
recognised as essentials of education in different institutions,
and some will by the course of time more fully assert their
right to recognition, the laws regulating matter and form
are those which will constitute the chief object of your pur-
suite ; and, as the principle of subdivision of labour is the
one most congenial to our age, I would advise you to keep
to this speciality, and to follow with undivided attention
chiefly the sciences of mechanics, physics, and chemistry,
and the fine arts in painting, sculpture, and architecture."
AT A MEETING OF THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
AT YORK, JULY 13, 1848 :—" Agriculture, which once
was the main pursuit of this as of every other nation,
holds, even now, notwithstanding the development of com-
merce and manufactures, a fundamental position in the
realm. And although time has changed the position which
the owner of the land, with his feudal dependents, held in
the empire, the country gentleman with his wife and chil-
dren, the country clergyman, the tenant, and the labourer,
still form a great and, I hope, united family, in which we
gladly recognise the foundation of our social state. Science
and mechanical improvement have, in these days, changed
the mere practice of cultivating the soil into an industrial
pursuit, requiring capital, machinery, industry, and skill,
and perseverance in the struggle of competition. This ig
another great change, but we must consider it a great pro-
gress, as it demands higher efforts and a higher intelli-
gence."

AT THE THIRD JUBILEE or THE SOCIETY FOR THE
PROPAGATION OP THE GOSPEL IN FOREIGN PARTS, JUNE
16, 1851 :—" We cannot help deploring that the Church
whose exertions for the progress of Christianity and
civilisation we are to-day acknowledging, should be
afflicted by internal dissensions and attacks front
without. I have no fear, however, for her safety and ul-
timate welfare, so long as she holds fast to what our an-
cestors gained for us at the Reformation, the Gospel anti
the unfettered right of its use. The dissensions and diffi-
culties which we witness in this, as in every other Church,
arise from the natural and necessary conflict of two
antagonistic principles which move human society
in Church as well as in State—l mean the
principles of individual liberty, and of allegiance
and submission to the will of the community,
for its own preservation. These conflicting principlesol can-
notTo safely be disregarded ; they must be
rees°ll)2cceleeded in
this country belongs the honour of
.havingerned,
whilst
this mighty task, so far as the St.ate.its,,co exacted by it
other nations are still wrestling with •

MILITARY EXECUTION AT WASHINGTON.—On
Dec, 13, a private in the Lincoln Cavalry, named Johnson,
was executed at Fairfax Seminary, near Washington fur
desertion. The execution took place before a large body of
troops. As the procession passed along, the doomed man
was
I seated in a waggon, and by his side was a Catholic
priest, who was giving to him the last ministration of reli-
gion. Ho held open a prayer book before the prisoner, who,
with his head bowed down, was attentively reciting a prayer.
When ho had arrived at the place of execution he alighted
from the waggon and seated himself on the coffin. Twelve
men detailed to execute the sentence, took their position
about six paces in front, lie addressed a few words to them,
stating that as fellow-soldiers he hoped they woull forgive
him for having committed the offence he had, and that they
was whenthe ther reserve
se wordrve was was o
r givenaer e d o ttos
would not do as he had. A few patting words were given
to his spiritual adviser, and three or four officers. After
which he prepared himself to have the sentence executed,
lie
he
"
only
showed
ona
his
slight tremor,
o rDa fire. Eight balls pierced various parts of his body, but
as
fire, and four other shots were fired, '
one of which entered
his eye and another his mouth
, and he fell back dead, His
body was then put in his eotan, and was conveyed to Wseh-
iington for interment,

DRURY-LANE THEATRE ROYAL.
Leesee, Mr. E. T. SMITII.

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS,

GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE of the PAN-
TOMIME every WEDNESDAY, at Two °Tied:.
THIS EVENING (SATURDAY) her-Majesty's Ser-
vants will perform the popular Farce, by J. B. Buckstone,
Esq., entitled AN ALARMING SACRIFICE. Bob
Ticket, Mr. Atkins ; Pugwash, Mr. Barsby ; Mr. Skinner,
Mr. Hope; Susan Sweet apple, Miss Keeley; Miss Wadd,
Miss Stuart ; Miss Tibbit, Miss Bland ; Miss Gimp, Miss
Harfl eur ; Deborah, Mrs. Dow ton .
After which will be produced, with that attention to com-
pleteness in every department by which the Christmas
Annuals of this Theatre have been so pie-eminently dis-
tinguished, the New Grand Comic Pantomime, entitled
HARLEQUIN and the HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT;
or, Old Mother Hubbard and her onderful Dog.
"If a man do build a dwelling upon common land from
sunset to sunrise, and enclose a piece of ground, wherein
there shall be a tree, a beast feeding, a fire kindled, a chim-
ney smoking, and provisions in the pot, such dwelling shall
be freely held by the builder, anything herein to the con-
trary nevertheless notwithstanding."—Old Forest Charter.
The Novel Effects and Splendid Scenery by
WILLIAM BEVERLEY,

Assisted by Messrs. C. Pitt, Craven, Brow, &c., &c.
Masks, Symbolic Devices, Personal Appointments, and
Designs for the Costumes, by the celebrated Dykwynkyn.
The Overtui-e and Music composed and arranged by Mr.
J. H. TULLY. The Machinery by Mr. Tucker and As-
sistants. The Tricks, Properties, Changes, and Transtor•
mations, by Mr. Needham, assisted by Messrs C-lindon, H.
Adams, H. Langham, &c. The Costumes by Miss Dickin-
son, Mr. Lauri, end Mr. Palmer. The Gas Appointments
by Mr. inckley. The Choregra,liic Arrangements by
Mr. Cormack. The Harlequinade and Comic Scenes by
Messrs. Cormack and B. Jones. The Perfume of the
Flowers supplied by Bimmel's process.
The Grotesque Burlesque Opening invented and written
by E. L. BLANCHAR u.
And the whole arranged and produced under the imme-
diate superintendence of Mr. ROBERT ROXBY.

Synopsis of Scenery, Incidents, and Characters,
OLD MOTHER HUBBARD'S COTTAGE,

With Rural Landscape, and Rookwood Manor Hall in the
Distance (Daylight),
'6 Old Mother Hubbard, she went to the cupboard, to get
her poor Dog a bone; when she got there, the cupboard
was bare, and so the poor Dog had none."—Ancient Nur-
sery Legend.

Old Mother Hubbard, Mr. Atkins ; Her Dog, Signor
Lorenzo ; Jack (the " Man all tattered and torn"), Miss
F. Hunt; the Squire, Mr. Tom Matthews; Dame Wiggins
of Lee, Mr. Dixon ; Dame Trot, Mr. Barsby ; Her Won-
derful Cat, Master 'Waggles ; the Great Goose, Master
Sageaninguns ; Constables, Messrs. Grib and Grab; Parish
Beadle, Mr. Bumble; Villagers, Messrs. Yokel, Pumpkin,
Whackstraw, Chawbacon, &c., &c. ; Rosetta (the " Maiden
all Forlorn"), Miss Stuart. How Mother Hubbard has a
certan " party" to tea and turn out, and of the remarkable
pranks played by her comical Dog—The Head, the Hat,
and the Hose—The Dog's Tale and Mrs. H.'s Narrative—
Arrival of the Squire—Proclamation of Witch Burning—
Threatened incremation of Mother Hubbard on her own
hearth, and her Mystic Flight upon a Broomstick.
THE WITCHES' GLEN AND WATERFALL,
in the Valley of Perfumed Flowers, by Moonlight.
Will-o'-the-Wisp

Ignes Fatui—Mdlles. Sidney, Travers, Barnes, A. Barnes,
Livermore; Webb, Taylor, Braithwaite,Hammi!ton, Stap -
ley, Harris, Candy, Copeland, Archer. Hawkins, Delaney,
Wilson, Williams, Robinson, Wood, Watson, and Hamel-.
ton.

Grand Ballet, Chagne-a-Lanterne, by the Misses GUN-
NISS and the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet.

The Invocation ! The Incantation ! 1 and the Evapora-
tion I I 1

THE VILLAGE GREEN AND ROADSIDE ALE-
HOUSE,
Old Grype (the Steward), Mr. Glhadon ; Old Scratche
(his Clerk), Mr. Tanner ; Tenantry, Messrs. Cringe,
Scrape, Shuffle, Cut, Packoff, Moonraker, and Runaway;
Tailor, Mr. Snipshears ; Bootmaker, Mr. Tightfit ; Mum-
mies, Messrs. Grinner, Joker, Magger, Cracksides,
O'Reilly, M'Phun, &c.; St. George, Mr. E. Roe; the
Dragon, Mr. Scalyfellow ; Valentine, Mr. Febbyerry ;
Orson, Mr. Wildman; Still-Walker, Mr. Longlegs; Bear-
Warden, Mr. Smuggins ; the Bear, Mr. Huggins ; Land-
lord, Mr. Treblex ; Morris-Dancers, Messrs. Trip, Tap,
Flip, Flap, &c., &c. ; Jack Padding, Mr. Merryman.
How the Squire celebrates his birthday, and the Village
Revel that follows—Coming of Age in the Olden Time—
How the Tenantry treated in one way and how Jack is
treated in another—the Dog's instinct and Mother Hub-
bard's reason.