The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-17 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

Rear-Admiral of the White ,Charles John Austen,
C. 8., to be Commander-in-Chief on the East India
an China station, vice Rear-Admiral of the 'White
Sir Francis Augustus Collier, K.C.8., K.C.H,,
deceased.

Commander Thomas Mathias (1837), to the Illus-
trious, vice Gren fell, promoted.
Commander Sir William S. Wiseman (1846), to
the Excellent, vice Hewlett, promoted.
Rear-Admiral C. J. Austen, C.B , attained the rank
of Admiral on November 9, 1846. This gallant
officer has seen considerable service, having been mid-
shipman of the Unicorn at the capture of the French
frigate Tribune in 1796, and of the Endymion in her
attack upon the Dutch 74-gun ship Brutus, and two
brigs in 1797. He was Lieutenant of the Scorpion
at the capture of the Dutch brig-of•war Courier, and
commanded the Bellerophon at the bombardment of
Sr. Jean d'Acre in 1840.

Commander Sidney Grenfell (1840) promoted to
Captain, was Lieutenant of the Cyclops at the attack
upon Gebail and the storming of Sidon.
Captain Henry Chads, C. 8., of the Excellent, gun-
nery-ship at Portsmouth ; Captain Ellice, Comptroller
of Steam Machinery; and Captain Sir Baldwin
Walker, K.C.8., Surveyor of the Navy Commis-
sioners, appointed to inquire and report on matters
connected with the screw-propellers, met at Somerset-
house on Saturday last for the transaction of their
duties in that department.
Mr. Hughes, assistant to the Chief Engineer at
Somerset-house, and Mr. Dinnan, Inspector of Ma-
chinery, went over the Retribution steam-frigate, the
Niger, and the Megara steam-sloops, at Woolwich,
this afternoon, to inspect the machinery of these
vessels.

Mr. Dinnan is to proceed on board the Terrible
steam-frigate to Lisbon, to be present, as Inspector of
Machinery, during the trials about tl take place with
the steam-- vessels of the experimental squadron ordered
to assemble at Lisbon.

The Vulture steam-frigate, of 470• horse power, is
to be commissioned immediately at Devonport.
PLYMOUTH, JAN. 15.—The exploring ships Enter-
prise and Investigator hove in sight to the eastward
this morning at half-past eleven o'clock, under double
reefed topsails and courses. Shortly after twelve
they entered the Sound by the western passage, and
continued there, beating about, apparently waiting for
orders from the Port Admiral, until nearly two
o'clock, when they anchored inside the Breakwater,
and their captains proceeded to the Admiral's-office,
at Mount Wise. There was no steamer in company
with the ships.
It blew a heavy gale from the eastward all day
yesterday, and so continued through the night until
eight o'clock this morning, when the gale abated.
Wind easterly ; moderate breeze.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 16.—The exploring ships En-
terprise and Investigator will probably remain here
until Friday, when they sail for the northern regions.
In consequence of the heavy and unwieldy fittings of
these ships a considerable time was occupied after
they came inside the breakwater before they could
be manoeuvred to their anchorage ground. Some
stores, expressly adapted for a severe climate, will be
sent off from the dockyard at Devonport.
We understand that Admiral Austen is to have the
command-in-chief in the East Indies, vice Admiral
Collier, deceased ; and it is reported that the Raleigh,
50, Captain the Hon. George Hope, now on her pas-
sage from South America, is to be fitted to take the
flag of Admiral Austen, if she is found qualified for
that service.

be paid wages today, and to proceed this afternoon or
The Indefatigable, 50, Captain Robert Smart, is to
to-morrow morning to Lisbon. It is understood that
the Indefatigable will go to sea 50 hands short of her
complement.
The steam-vessel Gladiator, 6, was this morning,
at 6 A.M., taken into dock to have her copper exa-
mined.

The frigate Arethusa, 50, will probably be corn-
misgioned on Friday.
Wind—Eas!erly:

(From the United ServiceO
CAPTAIN DOUGLAS'S C RGTazet-Ili
teA.)RTIAL.
MR' WARREN'S "LETTER."
The " Letter to the Queen on a late Court-Mar-
tial" has, at last, made its
appearance' after repeated
announcements and
repeated postponements—the
latter of which are, to
our mind. now fully accounted
for by the nature of the performance,"
and the character
having
of its disclosures. Doubtless the learned author of
this " Letter" felt the responsibility
of which he was
assuming, and the necessity
ample time for
We can
examination and reflection. W honestly
assure
our readers that we have risen from the perusal of this
long letter—for long it is,
b have read every word of its varied contents with de-
vouring interest—perfectly astounded, not so much by
its accumulated proofs of judicialu t not
incapacity,
co
aop
a long,oty sincen o r even w e
by the facts now for the first time laid before the
public, but that the true state of the case should have
been brought under the notice of the Horse Guards'
authorities, in Captain Douglas's
"Memorial," in
vain ; and that they should have allowed the startling
facts of that case to be made public, and that by one
so capable of doing it with telling effect. One
result of this letter cannot fail to be a prompt re-
consideration of the particular case of Captain
Douglas ; another must be, a public and impartial
investigation into the new facts now brought for-
ward; and a third must be—and perhaps the most
important of all—a complete reconstruction of the
system of courts-martial, and the dealing with
them at the Horse Guards, as well previously, as
subsequently, to the trial. On this last point of
view Mr. Warren's letter to the Queen assumes a
really national importance ; for a second such trial,
and a second such treatment of the appeal from
the finding and sentence, will not be tolerated,
and should at once be put beyond the reach of
possibility.
The " Letter to the Queen," which Mr. Warren
states in his preface to have received the concur-
rence and approval "of some of the most eminent
lawyers in the kingdom, to whom it was submitted
,
for dispassionate examination —may be regarded as
dividing itself into four parts. First, a preliminary
view of the state of the question, and of the power of
the Queen to order a reference of the case to the
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council—a propo-
sition which is most clearly demonstrated, and
which will go far to dissipate the awe•inspiring
mystery in which the finding, however erroneous,
of courts-martial is at present invested. Secondly,
a narrative—and a highly interesting one, in
which will instantly be recognised a hand thoroughly
practised in such matters--of facts occurring previ-
ously to the ordering and holding of the court-mar-
tial, and on which they throw a strong and painful
light, and which facts were wholly excluded by the
Court from their consideration, though earnestly
pressed upon them by the prisoner. Thirdly, an
elaborate analysis of the charge in its different " in-
stances," with the evidence adduced in support of
each. We have perused this portion of the letter with
deep attention ; and have not the least hesitation in
expressing our opinion, that we never read anywhere
such a crushing exposure of judicial fallacy and mis-
carriage. It is positively annihilating. The struc-
ture of the charge is thoroughly dissected by the
fearless knife of this expert anatomist, and discloses
a series of malformations, so to speak, which had, we
owo, escaped ourselve4, not so thoroughly animated
as himself. Both charge and evidence are reduced to
real absurdity ; but an absurdity cruel and fatal to

the unfortunate officer against whom they had been
levelled. Mr. Warren's mode of dealing with this
part of the subject has struck us most forcibly,
evincing, as it does, a perfect mastery of the facts
of the case, and of the-principles of legal logic appli-
cable to them. We happen, ourselves, to have seen
our -opinion on this part of the case confirmed by
a legal authority of no mean eminence. The last
part of the letter is devoted to a statement of the
mole in which the proceedings were dealt with at the
Horse Guards, sub;equently to the making up of the
Court-Martial, including the abortive " Memorial" of
Captain Douglas; and Mr. Warren then takes occa-
sion to point out very vividly the crazy and unsound
structure of our present military legal system, as
evidenced by these proceedings ; and without stopping
here he proceeds to point out what he considers the
proper mode of remedying the evil • and, returning
to the case of Captain Douglas, concludes by one of
the most dignified and affecting appeals to her Ma-
jesty that ever was offered on the part of a British
officer to his Sovereign—asking not for mercy, but
"justice;" and that justice we entertain no earthly
doubt that her Majesty will command to be
promptly administered. From a paragraph in this
last part (page 252) we learn distinctly that
Lord Brougham has had these proceedings brought
under his considoration. " His Lordship has recently
publicly recorded his opinion that the proceedings of
Martial Tribunals require a reformation" (we pre-
sume in his letter to Sir J. Graham on law reform,
&c.), " and I believe myself justified," says Mr.
Warren, " in stating that his Lordship was induced
to make this important declaration by reason of the
preeent proceedings."
Having thus laid before our readers an outline of
this manifesto—for such it is—we shall content our-
selves this week with simply alluding to the two most
prominent features of it. We allude, first, to a
startling episode, in the form of two inquests at Al-
derney- and Guernsey, held on the wife and child of one
Patrick Riley, a private of the 16th Regiment, whose
deaths occurred under circumstances of painful and
extraordinary mystery, immediately after the issuing
of an order, to which Colonel Le Mesurier and Ge-
neral Bell were parties. It is evident that Mr. War-
ren deals with this part of the case with great caution
and with the air of a writer conscious that his readers
will draw their own inferences freely from the
premises which he presents to them. That we
have done, but at present shall say no more than that,
if Mr. Warren's facts are correct, and we
assume that they are, a heavy responsibility
attaches to several parties in respect of those facts.
The mode in which he connects them with the pro•
ceedings of the Court-Martial is, that they decisively
operated on the mind of Captain Douglas while he
was pursuing a line of conduct which the Court was
inquiring into, in order to discover and decide whe-
ther that conduct was criminal or not. That such
connexion is made out, and very closely, in the letter
before us, is, to our minds, perfectly clear ; and we
cannot conceive how the Court should have prohibited
Captain Douglas from inquiring into facts so de-
cisively bearing on the points into which it had been
ordered to inquire. To this subject we shall again
return. The other feature of the letter is one that
fills us with unfeigned concern and surprise, to use the
mildest terms which occur to us. We allude to the
fact that one answer, which appears to us of capital
importance, by the only witness called to estab-
lish the charge of falsehood, nowhere appears
on the report of the proceedings to the Horse Guards,
who have, consequently, based their judgment on a
defective record. Mr. Warren pointedly asks—What
if, under these circumstances, the sentence had been
death 1 and it had been carried into effect, and the
discovery not made until three months after Captain
Douglas had been shot? That the answer in question
was given in paint of fact is clearly established, and
nothing can be more unfortunate than this error on
the part of him whose duty it was to record the
answer in question. That the omission was purely
accidental Mr. Warren expressly states—and, indeed,
no one can for a moment doubt the fact ; but the
question remains, what effect may this omission have
had on the fate of Captain Douglas ? Altogether this
remarkable letter contains abundant matter for serious
reflections to all who are interested.
As for Mr. Warren himself, who, from the purest
and most disinterested motives, has volunteered the
championship of a deeply injured soldier, and brought
under the notice of the highest authorities in the
realm the ricketty state of the Military code, we do
think that he has established the strongest imaginable
claim to the sympathy, admiration, and cordial sup-
pOrt of every ISritish officer. It is something new to
see a civil lawyer, so distinguished by his writings,
and for every hour of whose time there must always
be profitable employment, stepping aside to lend to
innocence a gratuitous and spirited advocacy. We
thank the eminent barrister most cordially, in the
name of the Army, for his timely and most valuable
co-operation, and we feel quite satisfied that the ulti-
mate reward of such earnest championship will not
be limited to that satisfaction which every good man
must feel at having performed an honourable and
philanthropic deed.

STATISTICS OF THE JEWS. —An official publication
informs us that there are hardly more than from
4 000,000 to 5,000,000 Jews in the whole world • whereas
Buddhism numbers 400,000,000 adepts; Brabmism,
200,000,000; Christianity, 230,000,000 to 250,000,000;
NLair::ietanism, from 130,000,000 to 150,000,000; and
Fetishism
(or pure idolatry), from 80,000,000 to
100,000,000. The 5,000,000 Jews are thus distributed:
—There are some 500,000 in Syria and Asiatic Turkey;
250,000 in European Turkey; 600,000 in Morocco and
North Africa; 50,000 to 80,000 in Eastern Asia; 100,000
in America; and about 200,000 in Europe—viz., 13,000
in England; 1,594 in Belgium; 850 in Sweden end Nor-
way; 6,000 in Dmmark; 70,000 in France; 52,000 in
the Low Countries; 1,120,000 in Russia (more than
one fifth of the entire race); 631,000 its Austria and its
dependencies; 214,431 in Prussia; 175,000 in tho Ger-
man States; and 4.000 in Italy.
lice LIVERPOOL WATER SUPPLY.—LIVERPOOL,
TUESDAY EVENING.—At an ea-ly hour this morning the
leading men who take an active part in public matters
here were on the alert. The long mooted question of a
supply of water, which has occupied attention ',lore
during the last two or three years, assumed another
plia,e in consequence of the matter having been referred
to Mr. Robert Stephenson, the Member for Whitby.
Some few years ago an Act of Parliament was obtained
to procure water from Rivington, a mountainous dis-
trict in the east of Lancashire. This Act has been the
cause of endless heartburninge, and so strongly repug-
nant is it to the feelings of the inhabitant, that almost
every supporter of the project who filled an bonourary
office has been dismissed, and his place occupied by an
advocate of an increased local supply. Notice has
been given to have the Act repealed during the en-
suing session, but before going to Parliament it was
deemed prudent by both the opposing parties to submit
the whole question to Mr. Stephenson, whose award will
probably secure the repeal of the obnoxious Act, if his
views be in that direction, or prevent its repeal if he be
of opinion that the district around Liverpool does not,
or cannot, provide a sufficient permanent supply. The
court of inquiry, which was held in the Session House,
was opened about eleven o'clock, when Mr. Stephenson
took his seat, and in a brief address stated that he was
thero to hear any evidence that might be offered by
either party; that in the meantime borings would be
made in the neiglabourhood, and that the question should
receive at his hands the most impart al consideration, as
at present he had no decided views either way on the
t.ubject. After nearly two hours had been consumed in
speeches and explanations by the gentlemen who are
opposed to each other on this subject, the court was ad-
journed till this day week, when the question will be
pursued uninterruptedly to the close. Whatever the
result may be, the position of the arbitrator is the re-
verse of enviable, for his decision is certain to be ob-
noxious to one of the two parties into which the town is
divided. The acrimony which this question has already
created is melancholy.
FLATTERING TESTIMONIAL --A splendid service
of silver plate, weighing between 200 and 300 oz., and
other articles, have been presented to Captain G. Babot
by the inhabitants of Jersey, as a testimonial of their
approval of his public conduct during the period of 22
years that he has been employed in the command of
steam-ships trading to and from the port of Southampton
and the Channel Islands. The inscription on the plate,
which is all of British manufacture, is to the following
effect:—" This salver, together with a tea and coffee
service of plate; and a gold watch, was presented to Capt.
George Babot by the inhabitants of Jersey, in token of
their high estimation of his nautical ability, his unre-
mitting zeal in the discharge of his duties, and his un-
varying attention to the comforts of his passengers and
the interests of the public while in command of the
steamers Ariadne, Atalanta, and Dispatch, A.D. 1849."
The several articles presented to Captain Babot on this
occasion comprised a superb silver plateau, a tea and
coffee service complete, and also a gold watch with cable
chain and key, the produce of a subscription made by
the inhabitants of Jersey; a smaller plateau contributed
by Southampton; and a telescope by the inhabitants of
Guernsey; and were presented to him in the Chamber
of Commerce at Jersey, in the presence of the most re-
spectable inhabitants, in a highly flattering manner.
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Far fifteen years I suffered severely from dropsy, and frequently
so bad that I could not move, and for weeks together I was
unable to lie down. I have been tapped five times, and under
the treatment of various medical men, without obtaining any
permanent relief. Seeing in one of the Dublin papers t e
wonderful cure of Mr. Robinson, of Wootton: .I determirie
in giving your Pills a trial, and it is with gratitude that I in-
form you that your admirable medicine has completely cured
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Establishment, 244, Strand, London!

DEPUTATION to LORD JOHN RUSSELL
ON THE TEA DUTIES.
Yesterday, at 1 o'clock, Sir Thomas Birch and
Mr. Cardwell, Members for Liverpool, accompanied
by the following gentlemen—Messrs. William Rath-
bone, Christopher Rewson, and Edward Brodribb, on
behalf of the mercantile interests of Liverpool ; Mr.
William Law, as representing the magistrates and
the Chamber of Commerce, Edinburgh ; and Mr.
Kinnear, on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce and
Manufactures of Glasgow, had an interview with
Lord John Russell and the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer at the Treasury, on the subject of the reduc-
tion of the duty on tea.
The deputation having been introduced,
Sir THOMAS BIRCH presented the memorial lately
agreed to at Liverpool, setting forth in outline the
more prominent arguments in favour of the diminu-
tion of an impost obnoxious to the moral sense and
commercial requirements of the community.
Mr. CARDWELL, M P., then recapitulated the sub-
stance of the previeus interview, two years since,
succinctly meeting the objections urged against his
statement of the case in the House of Commons. The
trade with Chins, which in 1827 amounted only to
610,0001. exports, now exceeded a larger amount
than that which it attained in 1845, viz., 2,400,0001.
Small as this amount appeared for the consumption of
British manufactures by 300,000,000 people, it unfor-
tunately exceeded the amount which the reciprocal re-
lations of the trade enabled it to sustain. Figures
would be read by Mr. Brodribb which would show
the falling off that had taken place since 1845. He
then referred to the opinions of the British Consul
and of Sir J. D in,the report of the Select
Committee of 1,47, 8116'66 reeent iitse.• from the
Chinese Consul, Mr. Alcock, to the e-ffect that the
limit to our trade with China was the quantity of tea
we were able to take in repayment. He then referred
to the year 1784, when a reduction in the duty from
66 per cent. to 12} per cent. produced an immediate
increase of consumption in the first year, and in twelve
years nearly fourfold. He adverted to the increased
consumption of tea in recent years, notwithstanding
the high duty, as refuting the answer made by Mr.
Alderman Sidney and other members of the trade,
that we had nearly approached the limits of demand.
Tea seemed to be peculiarly the consumption of the
English race. In the Australian colonies, where
there was no duty, the consumption was 91b. per head,
in the United Kingdom only 1 ill). per head per
annum. He then dwelt upon the calculations as re-
garded the revenue, and after saying that other gen-
tlemen would go into the moral and social conditions
which this question raised, Mr. Cardwell concluded
by saying that the more favourable position of the
revenue in the present year had induced the deputation
again to bring their case before the consideration of
Government.
Mr. EDWARD BRODRIBB, while admitting that the
tea dealers as a body were not in favour of a reduc-
tion of the duty sought by the deputation, fearing
that it would inevitably increase competition and re-
duce their property, said that was an argument
involving a conviction that the public would derive
more benefit than the mere amount of the duty
reduced, as well as that the consumption would quickly
increase. This argument also would, he hoped, tend
to remove from his Lordship's mind the impression, if
any such existed, that the deputation were actuated
entirely by selfish motives. The commercial part of
the question might be very briefly dealt with. It
appeared by a dispatch from Mr. Consul Alcock, that
the balance of trade against China was 10,000,000
dollars, and that unless this balance could be reduced
the present amount of purely British trade—that is,
of our manufactured goods imported into China—
could not be maintained. The last article which
would suffer would of course be the opium drug,
and before the balance of trade could adjust itself,
the exclusively British portion of the trade
would, in all probability, be annihilated. Without,
therefore, going into the question of how the present
amount of British trade is interfered with in its re-
lation to China, or whether, if it is continued on its
present footing, every shilling's worth of our manu-
factures will not be altogether excluded from that
country, it was very clear that unless the present
balance against China could be reduced, our present
amount of British trade could not be sustained.
That balance could only be reduced by the increase
of our exports from China, which could only be
effected by a reduction of the duty as now sought.
The exports of tea from China within the last two
years had fallen by five millions of the amount ac-
tually taken for home consumption, and by nearly
14 millions of the home consumption and foreign
exports. The estimates for the ensuing year were
that they would fall short about five or seven millions
more. Mr. Brodribb then enlarged on the social and
moral grounds, which, in the opinion of the deputa-
tion, were the strongest upon which a reduction could
be urged.
Mr. LAW, as exponent of the feelings prevalent
amongst the magistrates and mercantile interests of
Edinburgh, ably enforced the latter opinions alluded
to by the previous speaker, as to the necessity of the
reduction on account of the poorer classes, especially
those of the agricultural calling.
Mr. KINNEAR at some length urged the same ,line
of arguments on behalf of the Glasgow interests.
Mr. C. RAWSON next addressed his Lordship, and
followed up his arguments by a tabular statement,
illustrative of the enormous and ruinous reduction of
the exports to China from 1845 as compared with
1848, and which discrepapcy, he said, would be still
further apparent when the tables of the trade of 1849
came to be published.
Mr. RATHBONE closed the representations of the
deputation, by urging the previous admission of the
Premier, as to the justice and humanity of the appeal
for a diminution of the duty, now that a surplus re-
venue was at the disposal of the Government. He
contended that tea was the only article of food no
longer a luxury that was neglected by the Legisla-
ture, and prayed that the deputation might not le
sent away with a refusal ; urging, finally, the pro-
priety of such a boon at such a time, to the moral
regeneration and physical comforts of the masses.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL, having attentively listened
to the representations of the various members of the
deputation, said that the gentlemen must be perfectly
well aware that at the present moment Government
could not be expected to give a definite answer on a
question involving so many points of importance. He
assured them that the subject should receive the best
consideration of himself and of his Right Hon. Col-
league the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The members of the deputation thanked his Lord-
ship for the courtesy with which he had received them,
and retired.
We understand that a deputation from Manchester
on the same subject will be favoured with a similar
interview in the course of the next few days.

SINGULAR ACCIDENT AT THE HYTHIL—A pain-
ful sensation was occasioned in this town on Sunday
morning by the discovery of the body of Mr. Edward
Cole, farmer, of St. Osyth, in the river at the flythe.
It appears that lie left the Woolpack Inn, St. Botolph's-
street, shortly More 12 o'clock on the previous night,
in his horse and chaise, and from the track of wheels
across the tramway by the side of the bridge, it was
evident the horse, either by guidance or mistake, had
plunged with the chaise into the river, a descent of
about 10 feet. A man named Lillie, in the employ of
Mr. W. Stannard, saw a horse and chaise, about 12
o'clock, proceed at a rapid rate round the corner of the
Swan public-house, near the spot, the driver appearing
to be in a stooping position, as though asleep; and he
hastened to see whether the vehicle got safely over the
bridge, which he concluded was the case, as on arriving
there he saw nothing of it; but unfortunately the man
is very deaf, or he must hate heard the horse plunging,
and might have been in time to rescue the deceased
from a watery grave. The horse, which had been re-
leased from the gig by the fall, was found in a most ex-
hausted state shortly after the discovery of the body;
the cushions, also, which had been floated away by the
tide, were picked up in the course of the day, together
with a boa belonging to Miss Cole, who came to Col-
chester with the deceased, but had returned home early
in the evening with another person. An inquest was
subsequently held on the body of the deceased, when
evidence confirmatory of the above statement having
been given, the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental
death."—Esser Standard.

MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS.—The Marquis of Clan-
ricarde arrived in town yesterday from Ireland. The
Marchioness and Lady Emily De Burgh have also come
to town from visiting the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk
at Arundel Castle. Viscount and Viscountess
oa.Palmer-
ston arrived in Carlton-gardens yesterday fromin "
d from lands, near Romney, Hants. The Earl of 31 ta arrived
at his mansion in Eaton-square yesterday
Minto-
house, near Hawick, N.B , The Right
yiesterday from
The Earl of Carlisle also
Hon. Henry Labouchere came to
Stoke-park, near Windsor.
evening from Castle
arrived in London yesterdayt
tothetoswn
in Yorkshire. The Mar-
quis President of the Council)
llowoa
fr d,
Lansdownehis
aLo rod Lordship's s
d wne. house yesterday afternoon from
arrived at Ij
Bowood-pack, Wilts. The Right Hon Sir John Cam
Ilobhouse arrived at his mansion in Berkeley-square
yesterday afternoon from Erlestoke-park, Wilts. All
the other members of the Cabinet had previously arrived
is the metropolis.
We are enabled to announce that a meeting of the
Protectionist Members of Parliament will assemble at
Lord Stanley's residence, in St. James's-square, at
twelve o'clock on the 31 it inst., the day on which Par-
liament is summoned t) meet, when the propriety of
moving an amendment to the Address will be taken into
consideration.--Herald.

" 3. In the case of municipal towns having cham-
bers of commerce, a similar circular to be addressed
also to the president of the chamber, and a request
made that he will communicate with the mayor upon
the subject.
• ' it -AA '4"
"4. In towns or districts not having municipal
constitutions, but in which local committees have
bean or may be formed, the circular to be sent to
such local committees."

In giving effect to the resolutions of her Majesty's
Commissioners, the Executive Committee have to
request that, if a committee exist in your town, you
will have the kindness to place yourself in communi-
cation with such committee, for the purpose of re-
porting whether it is wished that local commis-
sioners should be appointed for your town ; if so—
On what ground their appointment is desired,
What number is proposed,
And the names of the persons recommended by
the local committee.
If there be no committee already formed in your
town, I am to request that you will immediately
communicate with the principal inhabitants, for the
purpose of ascert•dning whether the circumstances
of the town render it advisable to appoint a local
committee ; and that you pill, as early as practicable,
acquaint me with the results of such inquiry, in the
carrying out of which the Executive Committee will
be prepared to give every information and assistance
in their power. When a committee has been formed,
I am to request that the steps suggested in the last
paragraph with reference to the appointment of local
commissioners may be taken

Tile duties which will devolve upon the local com-
missioners will consist chiefly in collecting evidence,
and in reporting on the various subjects affecting the
exhibition which may be referred to them by her
Majesty's
,Commissioners, who will at all times be
glad to receive from them such suggestions as they
may think fit to make ; and should personal as-
sistance be required, the local commissioners will pro-
bably be willing to attend in the metropolis from time
to time.

Tne Executive Committee would point out the ob-
vious inexpediency of nominating too large a number
of local commissioners, and they have therefore to
request that the names suggested by your committee
may be as few as compatible with a due representa-
tion of the several interests of the locality. Should
your committee desire to nominate commissioners
jointly with the local committee or committees of any
neighbouring place or places, they will of course be at
liberty to do so.
The Executive Uommittee will feel obliged if you
will transmit, at your earliest possible convenience,
the full names and addresses of the local commis.
sioners recommended by your committee, together
with a specification of the particular interest they are
chosen to represent,* in order that the same may be
submitted to her Majesty's Commissioners.
I shall be obliged by being favovred with a com-
plete list of the committee named for your town,
should such not already have been sent to me.
I have further to inform you thtt if your committee
desire to be furnished with the publications in refer-
ence to the exhibition which the Executive Commit-
tee may issue, they will cause them to be sent to you
upon your application for the same.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your obedient humble servant,
MATTHEW DIGBY VVYATY,
Secretary to the Executive Committee.

* E. g. A. B , of (Name ( f place), (Name of post-
town), Representative of calico printing.
C. D., &e., Representative of silk-weaving.
E. F., Lc., Representative of machinery.
G. H., &c., Representative of glass manufacture.
I. K., &c., Representative of agriculture.
L. ➢l., &c., Representative of ship-building.

GOVERNMENT SCHOOL OF
DESIGN.

Yesterday morning the distribution of the prizes
for the drawinge, paintings, modellings, and designs,
executed by the students during last year, took place
at Somerset House. Mr. Labouchere assumed the
chair about two o'clock, when the Secretary, Mr.
Deverell, read the report, which gave a very favour-
able account of the present state and future prospects
of the institution. It appeared from this document,
that the number of students, and the amount of fees
paid in, had materially increased during the year
just closed ; in fact, they were both higher than at
any former period since the establishment of the
school. The female school, which had only recently
been established had also, it appeared, fulfilled all the
expectations that had been formed of it
Previous to the delivery of the prizes, Mr. Labou-
chere adressed a few words to the assembled com-
pany. He observed that he had experienced great
satisfaction on hearing the report, and the evidence
it contained of the success of an establishment in
which he had from the first felt the strongest interest.
He had inspected the works executed by the students
in the adjoining rooms, and had been delighted at
observing the talent displayed in them. He would
not select any individual names for comment—that
would be invidious; but he could not help referring
with peculiar satisfaction to the efforts made by the
female school, which bad resulted in showing the
policy of the formation of that class. He hoped this
class would continue in the same prosperous career,
their
it
bs
ei r affordedtaste
and employment
habits.
o tt o females e
course soof
somecongenial
further t o
observations the chairman adverted to the grand ex-
hibition for next year of specimens of the art and
industry of all nations, and expressed a hope that the
students of this institution would be found among
the contributors to that important exhibition.
The prizes having been awarded, the company in-
spected the works of art executed by the students.
The subjects of these are of the utmost variety, em-
bracing every department of decorative art; and they
are as conspicuous for originality of conception as for
correctness of design, taste, and clever execution,

SUPPOSED MURDER NEAR ABERDEEN.—On Fri-
day night last Mr. James Shanks, railway contractor,
h fc Aberdeen with his horse and gig, for the purpose of
proceeding to his residence at Kirkhill of Nigg. lie
was seen to pass the toll-bar at the Craiglug Suspension-
bridge over the Dee, in safety, but in the course of the
night his horse reached the stables, totally stripped of
the harness, and soon afterwards the gig was found up-
set in a ditch at the side of the turnpike road, half a
13
body
d y discovered
bridge.
was
foundun until
mile southward of the toll-bar. Mr. Shanks'
near and
whip, and also the horse's harness, were found the
lategig,
on but
Saturday
no trace
afternoon, of
near
murderers
uh deceasedre
dr
ee
r hadtehr es
raudr,daenredd.thaltt
thevv
tshtrautggthlee
have transpired, is believed
several the rivereiDreeeemaelitatetleee bee !hos; the new railway
i From
hiniwwl fh
when could
h i s
as allayed
upon btheeen
gigil thata
vrthere o
found. It
not
imarksis
supposed
of f any
had turned the gig into the ditch after they had stripped
the horse of his harness. Mr. Shanks was well known
to all classes in the north-eastern counties, and his fat
beenht ahtetaemkuesdt
is deeply lamented a
by many attached friends.—Edin-
burgh Advertiser.

I.lnc.—On Friday night, as the turnkeys were
leading George Walden, a prisoner who had been con-
victed at the Eelsions f)r felony and sentenced to ten
years' transportation, from the Sessions-houte to the
omnibus for conveying him to prison, he succeeded in
slipping his hand out of the handcuff and making his
escape. He was quickly pursued by several persons
across some fields near the Town-hall, leading towards
the river, into which he unhesitatingly plunged. Having
gained the Newport road he got clear cif. A reward
was instantly offered for his apprehension, but he has not
since been heard of. He is an active and deteimin'd
fellow. This was his eleventh conviction, and third
escape from justice. He is well known in the county,
and is a native cf Al e-gavenny.—Hereford Times.
Mr. Shaw, Chairman of the Board of Directors of
the Islin“on Cattle Market Company, Mr. Armstrong,
solicit )r, and Mr. Tidd, secretary, ,attended before Vas
Royal Commission in Smithfield Market yesterday, to
give their evidence on the subject of Islington Market.

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A.STLE

Assistants,

THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY,L ANE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON.
The Lessee respectfully begs to submit the following scale of Prices
Of Admission for public approyal:--
Prirate boxes, 31. 35., 21. 123. 6d., 21. 25., 11. 1 ls. 6d., and 11. Is.
Stalls, be. each.
s. d.

s. d.

FIRST PRICE. I SECOND PRICE.
Boxes - 40 Bests - -2 0
Fit - - 2 0 Pit - - - l 0
Lower Gallery - i o Lower Gallery - 0 6
Upper Gallery -0. 6 INo Half-price to Upper Gallen-.
THIS EVENING,
WEI be presented, by her Majesty's Servants,
Shakespere's Play of
AS YOU LIKE IT. Duke, Mr. Cathcart ; Amiens, Mr. Rafter;
Jacques, Mr. Vandenkoff ; Orlando, Mr. James Anderson ; Adam,
Mr. Cooper"; Touchstone, Mr. W. H. Angel ; Rosalind, Mrs. Nisbett.
To be followed by a New Grand Histerical, Metaphorical,
Adle;orical, and Diabolical Pantomime, by the author of " Bluff
King Hal 'to be called HARLEQULN and GOOD QUEEN BESS ;
9r, KERRIE ENGLAND IN THE OLDEN TIME,
" Then the ladlei with large ruffs, tied-round about their necks
so fast,
Would gobble up a pound of beefsteaks for their breakfast.
0 I the golden days of Good Queen Bess,

Merry be the memory of Good Queen Bess."—Old Song.
The Overture and Music entirely new, composed by Nobody-
knowswho, assisted by Mozart, Bishop, Rossini, Ware, Mandel, Rod-
well, Haydn, and the Ethiopian Serenaders. The Rounds are the
mposition of a select Circle. The Catches are by Locke.
The Ballet Department under the superintendence of Madame
Louise.
The Scenery painted by Messrs. Bruning, Jones, Wilson, C.
Adams, and Assistants.
The Properties, Magic Tricks, and Transformations invented and
executed by Mr. W. Blamire.
The Costumes by Mr. Palmer and Miss Biggs. The extensive
Machinery by Mr. Adams.
The whole produced under the Direction of Mr. T. Thompson.

IMMORTALS.
Christmas, Mr. S. Jones; The Spirit of John Rich, Mr. Darcie ;
The Spirit of High Tragedy, Mr. J. Parry; The Spirit of Puncb,
Miss Eunice ; Spirit of Mother Goose, Gulliver, Baron Mtmobansen,
&c., Stc., by &c.

MORTALS.
nooi Queen Bev, Mr. R. Romer ; Al4y Robsart, Mr. G. Watson ;
He, Lovely Bahby, Master Butter ; The Great Earl of Leicester,
M. Detain; The Little Earl of Essex, Mr. Henry ; The Unspeak-
able Lord Durleigh, Mr. Johnson; The Rasher Lord Bacon, Mr.
Barry ; The Smoly Sir Walter Raleigh, Mr. Manderson; The
Dancing Lord Chancellor Sir Christopher Hatton, Mr. Chapin° ;
Pages, Beefeaters, Guards, Morris Dancers,
Maids of a:flour,
Jesters, Wildmen, Dragoons, and other Bores, by the 'rest of the
company

CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR,
But althoueh he comes in snow, he still hope 3 to meet with a warm
reception—bet where is he going ? Why, to pay his yearly visit to
the Spirit of John Rich. in the
GHOSTLY CITY OF DEPARTED FUN.
This city is composed of the Tombs of the by-gone Pantomimes—
" Who's dot knocking at der door ?"—Come and see —" J. Anderson's
my Joe, John.' and " 1 am Rich," that's more than every one can
say ; we wish they coeld—How to make a Pantomime ?—" that is
the queotion"—but the answer, it is hoped, will to satisfactory—
Poor Tra-geoly meets with no clemency, so we fly by night", to
A SPLENDID HALL Iv THE PALACE OF GOOD
QUEEN BESS.
We now come to Historical .Facts, therefore; as the Clown at
A.Alee"i would say, " Let us be serious." It is an historical fact,
thet the Ertel of Essex loved, or pretended so, Good Queen Bess,
therefore he hated the Earl of Leicester; and thence arose tocerespi-
racy—Sir Walter Raleigh fears his pipe will be put out—Baeon gets
quite in a frizzle, and Lord Barleigh shakes his head—bat there's
nothing in that, whatever they may say to the contrary.
It to an historicol fact, that Good Queen Bess was assisted at her
toilet by many of her noblemen, therefore the
tettA.ND PROCESSJON THE TOILETTE
is intreelueel, in whited the Ttnyal Wig! the Royal Ruff !! the
Royal Blintzes-I ! ! and • the: Royai Petticoat I.! I.! will make their
first appearance on any stage, and trust to the " usual indulgence of
a Mit,sh Public." These are followed by
GOOD QUEEN I:ESS
en deshabille, as she is represeeted in a picture at Hampton Court.
—What cornea next Will-certainly fol'ow—and then will be seen
GOOD QUEEN BESS •
In all her royal spleedouro—lt is an Historical Fact, that Good.
4eceii Bess, like " Young Susan"--" had lovers so many that she
scarcely loiter upon reltell 10 cleeldc"—and it is an Historical Fact
that the faowine we a a few of them.
THE REJECTED ONES :
Philip of '`pain, Prince Rupert, i rince of Swelen, Tinie- of Anjoa,'
into Aleneon, Marquis GE W,nehester, the King or Sweden,
Henry of Navarre, Archrtuke,Chorles, Earl-of Arundel, Sir William.
Pickering, Charles Blount, ant the Earl of Arran. -Good Queen
Boss appoints a' meeting of • these " %yowl:crone proper men" at
Kenilworth, but decieres, that on her way., " A hanung site will go"
—obit hayieg got on the " High horse," the story gallops on to
CI:sle: ott :I. BY' - OONL 1
" ;:orning everts cest their shadOws before"—" Rest thee,
deriing "—Ketchy,; etchy,...ketzhy—" Put . out the light,
an! then '—enter the I.,ri of Leicester on his way to Kenil-
worth— fie stops et Love's lialf-way hence, the, Itobear Arms—" Oh,
Smarms," or rather " Ole, Amy 1."--it can't be sail, "he makes no
bones ale nt it "—They part, more in sorrow, than in sneer," but,
" eeiog gone, Amy is herself again "—that is to say, a rather jealous
young lady, who in- her " deeo despair," iutoodeces her Lovely.
Debby, to whom-she tins the following eatittfc stanza :
" Come my'babby, come along with me
We'll ;eV) far-famed Kenilworth,
oar nauglitylial to see.
And so they do

CASTLE
As it appeared on the occas;on of Good Queen 8e.,14'1 Royal Visit.
For further particulars inquireof ,Sir Walter Scott. It is an histori-
cal fact that Good Queen lle=s paid the Earl of Leicester a visit, and
" paid the pip,,r." This, his gorgeous fete, half ruined him ; there-
fore we pity his fate, but must admit, his wondrons generos!ty, for
all he ever hoped for in return was—half-a-crown. The Earl fore-
stalls Shallspere, by discovering" that the course of true love never
did run smooth," for here he Meets with some twenty " coropeti-•
teurs,", and to him they do come ", petit ours," for they prove per-
fect hears, or, more properly speaking, bores. A Lovers' Quarrel
on a grand scale, a sort of " tiff for the-million," takes place, which,
although beginning in love, ends in war, and the total destruction of
. • THE SPANISII ARMADA!
. ._ _

Jl.
By Warner's Fulminating Blow-np—Tragedy has now done his
worst, and Rich finding that even Rich must become poor if war
continues, proposes a" Peace Congre,,s," and brings all to a close
by making ;hem all change thel- clothes—
The Earl of Leicester puts' off the motley garb of Harlequin, M.
Deulin.
Lord Burleigh that of Pantaloon, I. J. Deulin.
The Earl of Essex that of Clown, Mr. C. Stilt,
AM Amy Robsart dons the Robe d'Amonr of Columbine, ga
Theodore.
All we bare further to say for Good Queen Bess Is—Virat Regina,
ami all she goes." " Welcome, Old Friends, 'tie Ion; since we
met !" " Here we are !" " How are you?"
PRESERVE AND, PICKLE WAREHOUSE, AND RAILWAY
OFFICE.
Cupid and Clown—Rutter and Butterflies—Hungarian Knock.'em-
Downs, and German Toys—War to the Knife, and Terrific Explo-
sion —Railway offiCe3 to Let—Pantaloon becomes Tenant—Shares
at a Discount—Clown Cooks Accompts, and Railway King in Tribu-

lation—Change to
INTERIOR OF CATACOMBS !
SIMPSON'S DIVAN AND TAVERN, Strand.
most approved way of Cooking a Goose—Clown makes himself
Welcome—the Waiters at Fault—a Transformation—Clown Puzzled
head for One—A Kitten Wanted—Save the Credit of the
Establishment—Police ! Police I—and Change to
EXETER HALL

Meeting of the reace Co:•gress—How to get up a Row —Prosylites
Beware—llnrebug the Order of the Day—Embracing at a Premium.
and Domestic Tableau of the Happy Family.
POULTERER'S AND SHOP 'lO LET.
Stick no Mils, in case yon should Kill Sweet William.
A DOWNRIGHT "SORRY DANCE."
Heals Win the Prize.
SNIITIIFIEL'. •
•

~
Potatoes all Ifot —Toe.; and Bay-Three real Epping Sausages, and.
Bread, for One Penny—A Mad Bull—Pork versus Tabbies--A Re-.
port for Enlarging Smithfield Market —Ho loway's Purifying Pills—
New Tariff—Gin t.reatly Redaced—Warranted not to Produce Spon-
taneous Combustion—Baft; the Order. of the. Day—Punch and the
City_Sulsance—,Go it, Bricks—and Sudden Transformation to
A SAIXBRIOUS SPOT.
STREET ,AND I,O.'GING -HOUSES.
What will be seen here is of little use to those who have no eyes.
—" Lend me your ears"—"Oh, what a falling off, my countrymen,
w en you, and I, and all of us, fell down."—Shakspere.
BED-ROOM J LODGING-HOUSE,
clomfortable Qfmrters—Leti-4; and the Gallant Son of ]tars—Clown's
otion of Warm anatConxenfent Arrangement3,-Good -Night—Late
Visitors—A Troublesome Customer—Mr. Walker, an intruder—
Novel Mode of Expelling same—A Stormy Night—Clown and Pan-
taloon in Great 'Attirrti,---Inclfiratten Extreariinary—and General
Chamber Polka.
CHABINII-BROSS- AND STRAND.
What's to be done ?--Buy the Lady's Newspaper.
FROST FAIR ON -THE THAMES.
Ice Soup—Temperance .Hotel, L. Frost.'-N.B. Iced Champagne—
Oh, the Roast Beef W. Old England I—Sports of the Glaceannu—
" Plaisirs wraitts 'sbnie Fish, but can- only get
Skate, which he finds rather tough ; it won't go down, though be does.
FATHER THAAIES' ;RETREAT,
1, Tiddyball's Alley, in the middle of the Thathes, with BraSs Door
• and Gingerbread Knocker.
General "Meeting of.. the Waters",,The Alarm—Summoning of the
City Abominations—Arrival of the Resident Director of the " Silent
Highways"-L.Fdarful Resolvel—Marshalling of the Forces—Grand
Attack, and Tableau of Interest.
SOUTIAMPTON WATt_litS, WITH VESSRL
For California Or anywhere else.
GRAND MOVING DIORAMA,

----
designed and painted entirely by Branning. Illustration of Her
}lost Gracious Majesty's Visit to Ireland, showing the following
points of Interest : Departure for Osborne —Passing Cowes and
approaching the Needl, s—The Royal Yacht passing through the
Fleet at Portsmouth—The Eddystone Lighthouse—Passing the
Land's End at Sunset—The Royal Squadron by Moonlight—and
Arrival at Queen's Town. Three cheers and a 'hundred more !
Scene the Last.
THE PALACE OF PANTOMIME.
Stage Manager, Mr. James Anderson.
Acting Manager, 3lr. W. Bennett. Treasurer, Mr. W. Dunn.

Musical Director, Mr. G. H. Rodwell.
Leader of the Band, Mr. J. W. Thirlwall
B4llet Mistress, Madame lonise.

Ecenis A.rtLsts-3fe.,srs. Brunning, Jones, Wilson, C.Adams, and

Decorative Artist, Mr. W. Illamire. Machinist, Mr. W. Adams.
Stage Director, Mr. T. Thompson. Prompter, Mr. C. Melville.
Costumiers, Mr. Palmer and Miss Riggs.
Box-book-keeper, Mr. J. Povey.

FRENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE,
ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfUlly to announce that the French
Performances at the St. James's Theatre will commence
TO-MORROW EVENING,' -
With Herold's Opera, in Tlute Acts, entitled ZAMPA; ou, La
Fiancee de- Marbre. Zampa, M. Chollet ; Alphonse de Monza, M.
Lilly Lerey ; Daniel Capuzzi, M. Soyer ; Dandolo, M. Chateaufort ;
Camille, Madlle. Charbbn Ritta, Madlle. Guichard.
The Box-office of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven till
•ive.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Mr. B. Webster, Selo Lessee and Manager, Old BromptOLL
THIS EVENING,
Will be presented an entirely new and original Comedy, entitled
LEAP YEAR ; or, The Ladies' Privilege. Sir Solomon Solus, Mr.
Keeley ; Captain Mouser, Mr. Selby ; Mr. Dimple, Mr. Buckstone ;
Williara Walker, Mr. Charles Kean r Mrs. Flora Flowerdew, Mrs.
Charles Kean ; Miss Sally O'Leary, Mrs. Fltzwilliam ; Mrs. Crisp,
Mrs. Keeley.
After which THE NINTH ST.L.TVE or, The Jewels and
The Gem. Principal characters by Mr. Munyard, Miss P. Horton,
Mrs. L. S. Brickirgham, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam.
To conclude WIth•THE-SWISS.OOTTAGE.
The Box-offize is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer.

T Ethßft ROYAL, ADELPHL
I .i.dor the ,lirection of Ma,lame Celeste.
THIS EVENING
win be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW
COT'SE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed.
for, ' 0. Smith, Worrell;
Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar.
Aster which FRANKENSTEIN; or, The Model Man. franken•
stein, Mr. Wright ; the What is It ? Mr. P. Bedford; Zarniel, Mr. 0,
.funith ; Otto of Rosenberg, Miss Woolgar ; Tlddlewincs, Miss EL
Chaplin ; Agatha, Miss Covent';; Undine, Miss E. Harding.
To be followed by a new slippery sketch called MRS. BUN BURT'S
'
SPOONS. Mr. Bighbary Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford; Bob Twinks,
Mr. Wright ; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith; Mrs. Bunbury, Mrs. F.
Matthews: Mrs. llighbury Barnes, Miss Brooks.

ROYAL LYCzillid TILEALTRE.
Under the
Lessee. M Atariar,ernent of Madame Vas
:-c2e r. Chariei Mahe srs.
THIS EVENING.
Will be performed USED UP.
After which THE ISLAND OF JEWELS.
To con, ludo with A PRACTICAL MAN.
Dress Boxes Upper Boxes. 4s. ; Yit 28 ; (laare, :s•.
halt-price to any part of the house.
All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Allcro ft, 15
New Bond-street.

PRINCESS THEATLF-1.
Mr. J. M. Maddox, Solo Lessee and :oanager.
THIS EVENING, '
Will be performed a new Opera, entitled CHARLES. THE SE-
CONE).
To conclude with KING JAMIE ; or, Harlequin and Magic Fiddle
Harlequin, Mr. Bologna ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Clown, Mr. Flea-
more ; Columbine, Miss Fawcett

itOTAL Af fIEATKI
'ropriotor, Mr. W. Batty
Re-appearance of Madlle. Codone.
LVENING.
A Grand Juvenile Night, commencing with the Pantomime
The performance will commence at a Quarter to Sev,n, with a
grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime, by Nelson Lee, called HAR-
LEQUIN YANKEE DOODLE, "oho came to Town upon his little
Pony.
To be followed by a brilliant display of Batty's peerless scenes of
the Circle, supported by the accomplished artistes of the establish-
ment.
To conclude with a new• Grand Spectacle of THE KNIGHT OF
THE EAGLE CREST ; or, The Tourney of Love, in which Mr. N,
T. Hicks will appear.
Box-office opea from Eleven tin Pot r.
Stage manager, M.r. W. West.

fIIGH WATER AT LONDOS BRIDGE,

Tali DAY —71(:47/ti2V,litnin:aft7r4 iivening, 31 niin. after 4
To-Moattow -Morning, 46 min. after 4 1 Evening, 5 min. aJter 5

TU WEATHEit.--Sr.N ONNICE, JAN. 17.
TEERNOMETEN, LOfitest, 27 ; Ilighklst, 31; 11001, 33,

BAROMETER, 29.86.
WIND N.N.E.—dull weather.

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