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      LjJ ^^ uj ON BOULEVARDS . 'i'S * """""" r i « in » statement respecting the slaughter < yfr" i vard Montmartre—most interesting L # ¦ flridnslity of its main story—is given in f ^ P jjritish oScer to \ a % brother in Lon-W-Vias been p ln « ed at our disposal ;_ % . * -i ) ec 6 . —I sit down to give you some ae-• Vfjrft v y jes j j oa should think I have got ,, > s B ' - / , f a 5 iray bullet , Tou will , of course , £ ? # * j Jjw la : > o > itt ! : e Late emcute in the London ^ J ? j ! 7 i -nsprct there will not be much of the ^ F - jJiemV one raust be in Par 13 to realise the Oi the

      -S * " ihi < unfortunate city . course uii-Ss !^' " comp letely successful ; it could not ' rtf fit- . enviss against a half-armed and half-* P-i pep ?! 1 - ' - 1 Ui - a more croel » barbarous , ^ HaA slaug hter I suppose was never comi- 'f i " ioJ . or . iliude to the taking of the barri' int io tte massacre on the boulevards , of : > -v % .-n- is no mciition in the Parisian papers . ' i& ' jfr-tuWiC escape myself . At . about three ' ' t ? 1 "a *«' llie lIt ' * eTanl des Italk-ns , and saw *• rf ' se force-I should think between 10 . 000 s ^ TO sfcHi passing up the boulevaids . lacpi- ' Cithern as far as tne rue Yivienne , to see sS *^ y find n » y American friend A ., whom I ; ' iiifntioned in my last letter . I did not £ . j ) ie time that the troops wx-ie advancing to r * l ' larrica-ie at t ! ie Porte St . Denis . Sot

      • sUe to iin < i my mend , I returned up tlie rue ¦ * rjjj / iiitvniiing to « o again on the boulevards . (• \ Ut to the top of the street I found a eor-\\ -t'lfier = across it , who would not allow any P ^ cogic within fi'ty ? aids of tne * " . Just about r lime ( half-pa « t three o ' clock ) the firing recompLji ,, ti . e Boulevards Moatmartreand Poisson-KTand tlie sentries -at the top of the rue K ^ e fired deliberately down the street at us . -orB = i tremendous ; but I got clear round tf-ni er , and departed for my hotel as soon a 8 5 -gb > - Iweni' oufc a S * n afterwards , and went vWl * ttom of tne ht i ' evar < ' 3 near the rue du ^> % s to watch the firing . The regiments of the vj fired at the windows of the boulevards for ¦ i jjj tours , but I saw no fire returned from the % & >** . I * liCn went home to dinner . ' A'had . ^ arrived ; and we were hoping that nothing had r ^ eii io him , when a woman came in , pale and

      Zjtiz * , m ™ asRea lor . - s » 6 naa brought iiri ' oarJ ' he was ^ in" wounded in a porter ' s Cieia t ! = e Boulevard Jlontmartre . Of course I ^ r , 1 jraim-diatcly for the spot . I had much % -aitv in getting there , as the streete were all . ^ pjed i . y soiuiers , but the officers were generally i % l When I got to the place the boulevard was ! j : Lasilv * ig lit . There were no wounded , but the | fcj vefe lying in dozens , most of them just as they le ^ ind the pavements were slippery with blood . Ij ^ r were almost all lourgeois , and not ouvriers . I l « cr three women were arranging Borne of the fjaysesjand placing candles at ~ tbeir heads that | , o-r friends might recognise them . The soldiers

      : ¦ & £ stamiin ? at ease in the centre of the street , l ^ ijquiet . but perfectly unconcerned ; there was Ijs ' aiiongaian to be seen except them . I found isrA . in good spirits , but badly wounded . lie feaibed the whole thing as a wanton massacre . j }«» 3 walking aicngthe boulevards in the same fc »? uon as the troops , and 'shen he heard tbe frig commence in the Porte St . Denis lie turned isck . tiiiaking it was no place for him . Almost 2 list instant the whole of the troops , in 'the Bjnierards iiontmartre and Poissonniere fired at •^ trindovre and at the people walking in the sreeis , who were without arms and making no rtsaaace . There were crowds of people at the

      Tsio * s , hat few were l : nrt , as they had time to # 0 * tiiemselTes back when they saw the musketB r ? sn . But for the promenaders in the streets iicre was bo escapo . The first bullet struck A . on in left band , knocking off the fore-finger ; he then ? 3 idown on one knee , and held up the other bEii , hoping they would spare him . Another feOet struck him in the centre of the left shin , nasiiiuff the larger bone , and a dead man fell ksvily across him . As he lay on the ground he a * one or two officers endeavouring to make the ho fire at the windows , bat some continued to fa at those on the ground . He managed to crawl zioaportefslodjje , where the gate was open , and

      < ia woman assisted him . He described it as a " a / eci , storm of balls . Another bullet struck so tfce to him czi the wall that it spattered and cut Is Let' like small shot . As he lay in the lodge ' ^ e woman had to lea ^ e him and get a . Eafer place , atbe bullets were coming in there . The firing to kept up akrost without ceasing for two or : iKS hours , although there was no resistance rasrever . I nev « r saw such wanton destruction ; is fronts of the houses were perfectly riddled with sot . I went out to endeavour to get assistance , kr the officers resolutely , though politely , declined » afford any . I asked one captain , in'tbe name of c-atnon humanity , to let me have three men to err ? A . He said Loot round , you , my dear Sir , i > you think we have got humanity enough for all ^ = e ?* I said . They are dead , and do not want : ; ' but he s ' ira ? jred hfs shoulders , and said , ' Tant

      sky . v I think if I had hsd sufficient command of haiiuage I should have Jost my temper . I at \ uig \ M got : in ambulance and three workmen , and v ? carried A . down to tbe rae St . Honore on our Mulders . lie suffered dreadfully , and you can isagiaewhat a horrible job it is io carry a badly 'sanded man up a French staircase . It was nearly to o ' clock before we got him home . I then had to Koutfcpiu as far ag the rue Montmartre in order to get surgeons , bandages , &c . I was often chalfa ^ ed , but got all I wanted without being fired 2 i . " . . . —Spectator .

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      The Paisley Sisters and Saot Water . — "Jenny , " said a lively Paisley spinster to her sister , "* tinast get to the saut waier . for my cheeks are Spsle as Juilk , and so were Betty Tamson ' s , but sic gAed to Gourock three weeks ago , and cam " Isme as red ' s a rose , and was married four days 2 Her . "— "Uut how can we drink the nasty saut * ater , Kate ? ' replied Jenny . —" Toots , lassie ! *» m or fresli . sweet or scur , I'll drink ony ihiug fca laddie . "— " Haith . sudsae wid I . Kate : sae ifi saffto Gou .-ock the morn , lor everybody ' s there already , < tndtluyll no leave a drapthat ' s drinkable . " —Gliumw Paper . The Uomdats . —At a schonl examination in the

      raanry , previous to the vacation , the master deisnuined to give a finishing touch on the last day , «> show off tfe , ; proficiency of the scholars , as well E Io gice the jiareiits and "visitors a touch of his Nity , as a snperfiue professor of penmanship shows "fe '" copper-pla . ' e style , " and propounds and exloainJs the questions to his dear scholars , conclud-^ with Tuis grand qutstion and key to the art of * nnu-j , " What ' s iJie three first requisites of penffija ? i . jp ?"_ a slmek-headed and auburn , wiih a OEEJed touch of the Yermilion at that , too , burning w > e d ' Htingui-hed as a prize-hoider , shrieks out , „ « aaess , letnbiliiies , and dispatchitiveness !"Who ' s that ? " says the Professor . — " I , Billy MC « ls . " -. O : d Mr . " Tickers , willi a tear of pride "tr ? ^ ' " ents of his son Billy , exc " aimed , el ! , Ull ' v , after that , you must go to college , ^ d learn algebra ^ y . "

      fcliTfcjrics or Cosncxs is Yax Diembs ' s Laxd . — y ^ ilou duy some iutt-resting returns were given 3 - * i iwriiaaieiiiarv paper , respecting the condition « conviets in Yan Bieracn ' s Lund . Sicce July | " , J , 92 G couvicts arrived in the colony . On the i * i < f Jr . iiu : » rv , 18 i 5 there were 29 , 191 convicts ?" , Tan Lkmen ' g Land , of which 9 , 392 were wuers of tickets of leave . In April , 1317 , the ^ ts . btr was 30 . 701 . In the following year the ^ mber was 26 . 614 . and in December , 1 S 4 S , the »« Eibtr was further reduced to 25 . 459 ; whilst in ^ fcember , ! Si 9 , the number was 22 . 4 S 7 , and on ' f 3 ist of December last the number was \ tivmv --

      t - —— — v v » IllVUt IliVV V ** W " .,.. J - ^ 7 . on th e 10 th of Dscemher , 1 S 49 , there * ere 10 , 744 persoiis who held tickets of leave ; W on the &iilx of June laat year 10 , 937 , of whom '' - -j 7 S wero not maintained by government , in y&eh number there were 0 , 415 males and 11 C 3 -Wales , in 1 S 44-5 the expense of the convict * rvice in Van Dieiuen's Land was £ 179 , 466 . 2 s 9 d ., *«• the convicts * labour and sale of old stores , fj-lo 14 s . 7 d . ; leaving tbe expense ;' * » 3 , 250 Ss . 2 d . Lust year the gross expense was : 33 , 180 Is . 6 d . ; and the convict labour , &c , proceed £ 13 , 935 1 S > . 6 d . ; leaving tbe net expense ^ 0 , 244 8 s .

      , . acbuc Education . —The National . Public bchool •' Wcicty have been induced to make a few altera-% i 5 in tbeir scheme—slight in themselves , but ^ colated to remove some oi the objections urged V ) " practical" men to it . The changes are indeed chiefly to facilitate the entrs of existing fhools into the new organisation . The resolution « tclv adopted by the Society declares , that schools ^¦ esd y in existence may become free schools under we direction of tLeir present or future managers , a receive a certain sum—to be named hereufter £ -Per week for each scholar educated in them , ponded—i . That on inspection they are fonnd " , 3 satisfactorv condition . 2 . That " the mcul-W of doctrinal religion " sia ] l not take place " tbem between certain specified hours in the y ^' ng and afternoon . 3 . That the attendance

      - - sc holar on the " inculcation of doctrinal re-« A ' * shail not he eompulsorv . 4 . That the "jeulcation of doctrinal religion ' " shall not he a 5 "iw the outy of the teachers under this system . horr , . u hQ ? art of the school paymentB derived to o » te shall lie directly or indirectly applied c W ' lfcculca " ° n of doctrinal religion . "—These still f ° Pr ° gramme remoTe the national scheme rende * - from tne municipal scheme , —and edu ~ :- Iature combination of the two Manchester national projects still less probable , tural i i VLnBA i Laboub . —The demand for agriculfor ' tJ 0 Ur a Yorkshire is greater than it has been aaa obtoi / d " past * and hi S her wa S eB are asked at 1 fc ° r DlMCT <> Bs was hew on \ YefaBa * 7 ESq an Ind ' " a-hoase , when Barnes Peacock , Df tig ^ ' | J as appointed fourth ordinary member /

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      TBE S ^ S ? lf 0 F ( From the Spectator . ) lne usurpatiomn France looks baser and blacker ri ^ Tn ? ^^ - ' ! exam ^ d . It has beea oar-^ tytSSIdC ~ ' * » PThe fiction , that Louis 2 , ' apoleon was compelled to this foul course m order to dtfeat a plot hatched against himself by the National Assembl y or some ot its members , is not believed by the veriest eobemouehemParJ , . This story , wuen first tolu by tuc audacious tools of Louis Sapolcon in the press , was disclaimed by his then Ministers ; he did not venture to allege it as his ground of action on th « 2 iiu of December ; he takes no steps to have the plot unveiled and its authors brought to trial

      Every day brings to light new atrocities committed by the soldiery , as vouched by witnesses above suspicion . The attempts to raise barricades —few , isolated , without preparation , and manned by inconsiderable numbers—served as a pretext for nrjng upon the peaceable bourgeoisie in the streets and battering their houses with caunon . One after another , the assertions that the troops had been fired upon from the houses of respectable citizens arc retracted . It now appears that tbe mass of the numerous victims were of the middle and wealthier classes , and that groups of well-dressed women were fired upon as readily as men . The cowardice of these military executions was only exceeded by the callousness and levity of the executioners . The object has b 6 en uninistukeably to strike terror into all ranks above the lower .

      The suppression of evidence is systematic . Neither the provincial journals of France , nor the English and Belgian newspapers , are allowed to circulate in Paris ; the Parisian papers , with the exception of a few devoted to Louis Uapoleou , are either suspended or gagged ; and false or garbled accounts of the state of opinion in the provinces and in foreign countries are published by tlie government . 2 fo pains are spared to distract public attention from the crimes of the usurping power , by throwing open tbe theatres and other places of public resort , and by receptions at the Elysee . The British Minister is said to hare been present at the latter . The value of his presence , however , would be somewhat depreciated by the known extra-ofiicial intimacies of lord Sormanb y and M . Bon « parte , which previously existed , and had been open to censorial remarks .

      For the present , this last violent revolution seems to be completely successful . There is no show of combined or resolute opposition , and a disposition to submit appears to pervade a large proportion of the proprietary and industrial classes . . But many things concur to warrant the belief that the power cf the new government is not very substantial . Louis Uapoleon reigns by the army ; or , as his own writers for the newspapers expresB it , vests on "the vote and on the sabre . " But the means by which ie has bribed the army to his interests have not been

      of . a nature to render its devotion universal or permanently reliable . The regiments attached to him have been favoured and placed in the most agreeable quarters ; the mere suspicion of Republican sentiments in a regiment , or a leaning to any of his political rivals , has been promptly punished by relegation to Algeria . There are many moody and discontented men among the soldiery . The vote of the army on the continuance of the Presidential power in the person of Louis Napoleon was taken openly ; every officer or soldier who voted against him knew that he would thenceforth be a marked

      man ; - « yet it is admitted by the government organs , that out of 65 , 000 votes already ascertained , nearly 4 , 000 were recorded against him , —and this although the generals known to he hostile to the President's schemes have been shut up in prison . . Little weight is due to the alleged symptoms of reviving commercial confidence . A trifling and temporary rise in cotton at Rouen is ostenta » tiously recorded ; but in all other branches of trade it i = only asserted that they will improve . At Marseilles , it is admitted that all business is at a stand . As for the public funds , their condition is too good . The arrangements of the French

      stockexchange are extremely favourable to the operations of a reign of terror . There are only twelve licensed " agens de change ;'' their books are by law constantly open to inspection ,: and thus every transaction isknown to government , and every banker or private individual who should make a bargain indicating distrust in its stability would be exposed to its vengeance . Gold , the value of which before the coup d'etat had indicated a slight downward tendency as compared with silver , has since risen six per cent . ; and gold is notoriously better adapted than silver for hoarding in troubled times .

      Moreover , every man of note and respectability in politics and in the profession of the law continues to stand aloof from Louis Napoleon . The majority of the Assembly , and the members of the Higb Court of Justice , refuse to become his accomplices . No loDg time will be required to show whether the usurper can in any degree preserve appearances . Tue finances of France have not yet recovered from the s : iock of 1 S 4 S ; the public expenditure is permanently in excess of the revenue . Where or how is he to raise the money ?

      Meanwhile , a systematic despotism and terrorism become daily more completely organised . The proclamation mpecting parties subjected to the surveillance of the high police , or who may be accused of having been at any tiwie connected with secret societies , holds over the heads of indefinite numbers the prospect of banishment for lengthened periods to a penal colony , and pestilential climate . Military tribunals are organised for the trial of political offences . Marseilles , Bordeaux , and Lyons , are kept quiet by ihe same overwhelming military force as Paris . The provinces are quiet wherever there are troop 3 in sufficient numbers ; where this is not tho case , partial and desultory insurrections are breaking out in succession .

      There lacked but one feature to complete the odious character of the usurpation—the hypocrisy of religious pretence—and that has been added . The man who expelled the Assembly from its hall by bayonets , imprisoned its leading members , and suspended the Ilign . Court of Ju&tice—the man who violated a solemn oath and repeated voluntary professions , in thus acting , has restored the church of St . Genevieve to the priesthood .

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      is . The death of the Rev . George Robson , of Erbistock , near TVrexham , will cause a number of vacancies in this neighbourhood in situations which he had held for a number of years . It is supposed that since his nomination by Bishop ILiseley he has raised £ 100 , 000 from the livings he held . —Carnarvon Herald . Scb-mabise Telegraph betwkex England and Ireland . —Active measures are about to be taken for carrying out this species cf Communicattoc between England and Ireland . It will require about sixty miles of cable , or three times the len ' th of that between Dover aud Calais . A letter from Constantinople of tlie 25 th ult ., in the " Cologne Gazette , " states that the governor of the Dardanelles having caused the bastinado to be administered to a dragoman of the Austrian consulate , all the consuls immediately struck their fiVs

      . . ... U . MVERSiTT Police . — According to an annual statement issued by the Yice-Chancellor , the expenses of this establishment amounted to £ 1 , 400 . — Oxford Herald , _ . FcKTHEn SEAncn roR Sir John Fraxkun . —The public will learn with great satisfaction that the next expedition to the Artie Regions in 18 o 2 , m search of Sir John IVanklin and the missing officers and crews of the Erebus and Terror discovery ships , will be made as efficient as possible , and that , in addition to the Pioneer and Intrepid screw steamers employed in the recent expedition , tbe Phoenix , a much larger screw steamer of 2 G 0-liorsc power , which was taken up from Woolwich to Deptford about a week ago , is ordered to be fitted « nd strengthened at the latter dockyard lor

      service in the Polar seas . Five Hundred Peksoxs destroyed by a Waterspout . —On Saturday intelligence was received at Lloyd ' s under date Malta , the 8 th inst , of a most awful occurrence at the island of Sicily , which had been swept by two enormous waterspouts , accompanied by a terrible hurricane . Those who witnessed the phenomena describe the waterspouts as two immense spherical bodies of water , reaching from the clouds , their cones nearly touching the earth , and , as far as could be judged , at a quarter of a mile apart , travelling with Immense velocity . They passed over the island near Marsala . In their progress houses were unroofed , trees uprooted , men and women , horse ? , cattle , and sheep , were raised up , drawn into their vortex , and borne on to destruction . During their passage rain

      descended in cataracts , accompanied with hailstones of enormous size , and masses of ice . Going over Castellamare , near Stabia , it destroyed half the town and washed 200 of the inhabitants into the sea who all perished . Upwards of 500 persons have been destroyed by this terrible tisitation , and an immense amount of property , the country being laid waste for miles . The shipping in the harbour suffered severely , many vessels being destroyed , and their crews drowned . After the occurrence numbers of dead human bodies were picked up , all htfully mutilated and swollen .

      frig ^ eESSHm iisssss on tbeir Yoyage ,

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      THE FRENCH ' AFRICAN' ' GENERALS . : Under the title of 'the Africans , ' the correspondent of the 'New York Commercial Advertiser' gives a graphic description of . some of the Generals whom Louis Bonaparte , has shut up in Ham : — The Africans ( says the writer ) is the name familiarly applied to that knot of generals who , after serving with distinction against tho Arabs , Turks , and Moors of North Africa , are now sitting in the Assembly , their swords half unsheathed and ready to start from the Bcabbard , at the first invitin ? gesture of ambition . Arnand , Chnngarnier , Lamonciere , Cavaignac , St . Angeiy , Leflo Beikau , Tartas , Magnan , and others of less note , have all gained their grades under a tropical sun . They grew up to power and fame and rank uudev tl \ e guidance of that remorseless soldier , Marshal Bugeaud , a man whose heart never knew fear or pity , and whose hand was as prompt as his heart was ruthless .

      Lamoriciere and Cavaignac alone , amon ? the African Generals have exhibited , in their military career , any disposition to leniency , nnd of the two , Cavaignac has exhibited the most . Neither of them bare ever hesitated , go far as I know , to treat the subdued Arabs with tho least degree of rigour Larnoriciere has even tho credit of having invented some new and terrible method of punishment ; neither of them has hesitated to lay wastethe country , to burn towns , or , in the heat of victory , to let loose the passions of the infuriated soldieiy . But

      they have refused to order , in cold blood , the destruction of villages with their entire population . On one occasion , Cavaignac held , for several days , a large troop of Arabs blockaded on the sea coast , waiting for them to surrender ; and resisted nobly the advice of his officers to cut them to pieces with tbe sabre . For this exhibition of weakness , he was laughed at by Changarnicr and censured by JBugeiud ; and for this and one or two others of the same kind , the Arabs gave him the nick-name of " The Bendinff Rose Tree . "

      When Lamoriciere left the Polytechnic school , he was thrown by circumstances under tho influence , of the St . Simonians .. Tie bec'imo deeply imbued with their notions , joined them , and , afier ho went toAfrica , raised a cenotaph to the memory of BettOuret , one of the most enthusiastic propagators of the doctrine . . . As to Cavaignac , the active part his father took in the revolutionary excesses of 1793 , as a commissary of the Convention ^ must have clouded all his youth and been ever present with him in his manhood . It was a similar cause that gave Louis Philippe such a dread of shedding blood : he pardoned Blanqui , Barbes . and other political convicts

      under sentence of death , anil in February , 184 S , preferred resigning his throne to giving General Bu < reaud tbe orders he asked for extinguishing Ihe revolution with blood , or enveloping it with the flames of a general conflagration . The repugnance to taking human life , growing out of family reminiscences , was strengthened in-General Cavaignnc by the course of his elder brother" Got ' efroy , who waa for several years , in tho first part of the reign of Louis Philippe , tbe able chief of the republican party . His brother ' s able essays in the " National . " turned his attention to questions of progress and reform , and he became noted , among his military associates , for his opposition to royalty .

      When Godefroy died , the republicans turned their eyes toward Eugene as their future general , He deserved their confidence by his integrity , dignity , courage and ambition , but not . by . his attainments in political . science , for , though a . good speaker on the general principles of interna'ional policy and reform of flagrant abuses , he waa wofully ignorant of all questions regarding the inte rests of labour and the development of national industry . The little he knew of politics , by making him more humane , only smed to retard his military advancement . In spite of several brilliant actions , he never could rise beyond the grade

      of colonel , until the revolution of 184 S came to place him at once in the front rank of the army Ilalf politician and half soldier , he ever vacillated between humanity and severity . The Arabs were right " when ihey named him ' j /; e lending .. rose tree . This wavering disposition has Bhown itself in every great ci is of his fate . In the June insurrection he lost entirely his presence of mind , sat buried in stupor , bis face covered with his hands , while his officers waited his orders ; then starting up , he gave the fatal order to withdraw the troops from the Eastern part of the city , adding that if a single company sbould be beaten , ho would blow out his own brains .

      Having recovered from his agitation , he mounted his horse and gave proof of the most heroic contempt of life , fn clearing the Ruo St . Denis . Biit during the whole struggle , he did not recover hia serenity of mind : ho left the generals sometimes without orders , and the Executive commission and Assembly without information ; and his promises of amnesty did not prevent more than nine hundred prisoners from being shot behind the Ecole Militaire , and as many more in other parts of the city . His arrest of Emile de Girardin and other promiment men , only to release them a few days

      afterward , is another illustration of the fluctuations of resolution to which he is subject . After the insurrection was quenched in the blood of more than eleven thousand brave men on both sides , 0 avaignac threw himself into the arms of his enemies : under the advice of de Falloux , Thiers , Montalembert and others , he transported miny without trial or . judgment , crowded the prisons with men arrested on suspicion , suspended several journals , placedllarge portions of the country under martial law , and , in a word , adopted all the measures which enabled the reaction , ia five months , to break him like a bruised reed .

      Even whib exercising this rigour , he showed his hesitation and doubt ; his speeches at tho tribune were full of regret 3 and melancholy ; ho seemed not to be executing what he approved , but to resign himself to a terrible fatality . His administration was a moat sterile one . I can count scarcely a single law of general utility among the great number of bills presented by his Jlinistry . The fact is . his polifcie . il knowledge was chiefly negative , having been confined to criticising the measures the

      proposed by Louis Philippe ; when King was gone and Cavaignac was called on not to cavil but to create , not to criticise but to originate , he found himself wholly unprepared to do butter than his royal predecessor . The only excellent bill prepared durin ? his term of power was one for the better organisation of the National Guard , and the reductiori'of the army to about half of its present force . Lamoriciere was its author , but Cavaignac never had the nerve to present it to the Assemby , against the advice of his monarchical councillors .

      This notice has grown to such a length that I must pass over the names of the eight brave generals who died in storming the barricades in June ; nor can I do more than allude to nil the living ones , with the exception of General Changarnier , who bids fair to play a principal part in the great drama now goins on in France , Chanjrarnier is tlie type of tho carpet knigtn soldier . He is a work in two volumes , of which the first is a boiidour novel , and the second is a history

      of battles . Nothing c : m be more unlike the general , whose name alone ninkes the Anhs tremble , than the slightly buiU , s . ' ender-foeed , finger-ringed , scrupulously , indeed fiscally , neat and soft-maunered gentleman one meets in the saloons . His coat has evidently been made at Humanns : the ruffles of his shirt bosorn are in the newest mode , and tho scratch which conceals his baldness is nicely brushed and coquettishly arranged . There aro delicacy and purity in the outlines of his face , which harmonise well with his general appearance ;

      as he is about to sit for his portrait to our countryman "William H . Powell , you will be able to ludge of them better than from any description I could give vou In conversation the three most prominent of the African generals differ greatly from each other . Lamoriciere is impetuous , fiery , ana not unfrequenily abrupt , but has withal a certain penialitv and good liuraour . , , Cavaignac is serious almost to gravity , when the occasion is one of a formal nature ; as in a reception or « reat ball , but he unbends and makes himself verv agreeable at dinner parties and among his personal friends ; at no time , however , does his ; onversation sparkle . with the scintillations of wit or rise much above the prosineas of an intelligent man whose nature has no sympathetic qualities ; Changarnier is not genial , hut he is witty . It you meet him in society without knowing him , jou um ! , rk f . haf . the delicats-lookins gentleman , jvl o

      apeared to appreciate every good NWtw said , contributed some very sharp things to tbe ConvW . 01 ) . On reflection it occurs , to ¦ yoa that these sharp things were about all he * J « fl' «* second time you meet him without to % ™ * ™*' and this is easy since tho French do not "Jioduw their guests t o each other except for some particular reason , you regard him . more closely ; you remark a quiet dignity about him that ^"" gg your notfee , and , under the gracefully »«» " »* oi levity an undofinable air thnt makes jou teel ne never loses possession of himself and is not the » fop he seems , you observe that his apparently sporine conversation always has something ironical or barsii at tbe bottom : that his phrases are short , sharp , and incisive as poniard thrusts , and that his wit is not cheering , but dazzles like the cold , brigct , metallic gleam of a scimitar .

      You quit him with an uneasy senBation of something dark and mysterious about the man , and do not soon forget the dozing-panther expression ol those blue eyes , whose leaden hue is that ol the extinguished cinders of tbe mouth of the volcano . The ladies , however , seem to like him very much . He rarely appears at the tribune of the Assembly ; when he does it is to make tbe brief sententious speech of a general at the head of his army . His last Closed Witt the famous apostrophe :- ! ' Repre-

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      sentatives - of the people ! " deliberate in peace I " which Big , ctussom thought-siybared ¦ soniewnat of the dictator . . ; r , rf- v , q , ¦ - .:-¦ . . ••• , . : •" As a military , leader ,, he has no superior in France . The soldiers and officers , who have > served under him admire and confide in him ; that they love him , I will' not say . ' Those who have been with him in Africa are enthusiastic in praise of his courage , presence of mind , fertility of resource , perseverance . and indefatigaWeness . Hia soldiery qualities command , also , the confidence of the legislative majority , which has , on more than one occasion , designated him as its favourite .

      Wlion Marshal Bugpaud wished to characterize his principal subordinates , lie said : "When I smid Cavaujiiac to a certain point , I know he will go as stealthily as a leopard ; when I send Lamoriciero , I ¦ lone" know whether ho will creep like ; v leopard jump like a lion , or go straight like a bee : but , as for Changarnier ,. he always takes the bee lino . " On one of his expeditions in North Africa Chrm-SOToUHf . ttau token Arab guides , but , distrusting fclmm , had posted men near them to shoot then ! ilown , on the first sign of treachery . ' As soon as tho party had become fairly engaged in a long , narrow pss between two hills , covered with iindcvgrowth , a murderous fire opened . on them from above . The guides were shot , but Changarnier lost two-thirds of his men before ho could extricate them from the pass , and re-form their broken ranks , on a small plain several miles distant .

      Fifteen minutes were given for repose , eatinjr , and binding up of wounds ; tho cry "To horse !" was made , every man took his plane , and the general rode up and down the ranks to tell his men what thoy had to do . . His speech , as told me by one who hesrd it , ran in this way , — " Soldiers , we have been well whipped . Out of every six battles with the Arabs they wlrp us once . This is oiice too many . I am going to teach them a lonson they will never forget . They aro now rejoicing over their victory . We shall find them dancing in tbeir tents and houses , and unprepared for resistance . I know , my braves , that we shall cut them in pieces . " The little troop advanced in silence towards tho Arab

      vilhge , by the same defile where so many of their comrades lay stiffening in death . It was as the general had said : the Arabs were in the height of their mirth-making . The music sounded a terrible charge , and tho French horsemen dashed in upon the multitude . of , their enemies . The hour , the surprise , the blast on the bugles and tho charge spread a panic among the Arabs . Tho victory . j of fre French was complete . . JJbta soul was spared alive ; men , women , children , infants at the breast , were killed ; the village , with every house for a leafjue around , was burned to the ground ; The fields were destroyed , and the place left a blackened spot of desolation . This : was Chaugarnier ' s lesson to the Arabs .

      His personal courage and energy are unsurpassed . An eye witness has described to me an incident of the prevented insurrection of tho 13 th of June , prevented by the decision and masterly precautions taken by Chan * arnier . As the general was scattering the unarmed crowd on the Boulevard , a man sprung at him , or attempted to drag him to the ground . Changarnier seized his enemy by the throat , and making his horse lean forward dragged him Home distance , and dathed biin with great force on the pavement , just before one of his aidde-campS i crying , " Finish that assassin . " A sabre flashed through the air , and , a moment after , the brains of the rash assailant were scattered on the

      Boulevard . The same day that the insurrection was nut down , ' nothing but the active intervention of the President prevented Changarnier from arresting and sbootingseventeen of tboprincipal Socialists . Emilia de Girardin figured at the head of the list . Such is the man Louis Bonaparte may yet find in h s path . Such is the man thn National Assembly may yet have for master , and France for dictator . His time , however , will be short , for force and resolution , without genius ar . d intelligence to guide them , cannot prevail over the democratic tendencies of a whole nation .

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      THE RECENT MASSACRE IN PARIS . The following letter is abridge ^ from the columns of the Times . ' The writer ( Captain Jesse ) is known to the public as the author of a well-written biography of Beau Brummel , which although a . trifling . subject , yet was handled in such , a way % the Captain as to make it most interesting to the student of history . Tho writer commences by stating that business called him to Paris , and then goes on to say : — Tuesday , Dec . 2 . —This morning ushered in Louis Napoleon ' s coup d ' etat , which took every one by surprise . His scheme had been admirably planned , and was carried- out with all the address of a

      FouchG ; it is said that only one Minister , the Minister of War ; was " entrusted * with the seeret . There had been a reunion at the Elysee on the previous evening , and the President , usually reserved and pre-occupied , it is said , seemed to epancheo himself , was rather gay than otherwise , seeking out with more than ordinary empreasement persons for whose support and adhesion , or otherwise , ho oould have cared very little . His reply to a colonel of a regiment who spoke with equivocal approbation of his quarters in one of the forts , " Jo vous rapprocherni ¦ bientot , " was on the following day interpreted into a significant meaning . The troops on all arms , preceded by their bands , and accompanied by detachments of sappers and

      enginaers , paraded the streets during tlie greater portion of this'lay . 1 walked to tho Elys ^ e in the afternoon , and thence over tho Pont de la Concorde by the quays to Notre Dame , thence home b , y the Hotel do Villc , the Halle , and the Rue St . Drnis . Infantry were bivouacked on the steps of the Chamber of Deputies , and in the enclosure round that building . Towards evening the Boulevards became more crowded , and knots of people were to be seen collected nr almost every corner of tho streets which lead into th-m , and at those points whero the President ' s proclamation appeared . The shouts from these groups of " Viva la bas la li

      ligne , " and sometimes of " A gne , were frequent , but the troops paid nofc the least attention to tho clamouring crowd . They looked in admirable discipline , nnd much as French soldiers generally do , gay and insouciant . The expression on the countenances of the officers indicated a serious view of the subject which occupied ; Ul minds . The Boulevards continued crowded at night , . and the movements of tlie troops , together with the murmurs of the people , occasional shouting , and the Marseillaise roared from a hundred throats , formed a sufficiently disagreeable concert , ' and dispelled all ideas of repose . There was , howevw , up to this time no indication of the approach of an

      appeal to arms . Wednesday . —The excitement that prevailed yesterday increased today ; about raid-day I observed a man in a white Mouse and a red cap of liberty , accompanied by about thirty other men in blouses , parading the Boulevard and walking in the direction of the Porte St . Denis , but their shouts and Ianguaee met with no sympathy from tlie b . retanrfer ? .-The trngcdv had , however , already commenced in tbe Rue St . Antoine , at ten o ' clock . In the afternoon some trorps again showed themselves on the Boulevards , but this time they had left their musio behind them . Generally speaking , however , they wero kept out of fight . In ray walk across the Carrousel and other open places in that

      neighbourhood there were only strong pickets . All this quarter wbs perfectly quiet . Thursday . —Before proceeding to relate the details of tbe events of this day , I will endeavour to rxplain the exact position of the apartments I occupied , and the extent of ground comprised within my view , and state the distances between the extreme points . From the northern extremity of the Rue de Richelieu to the Boulevard du Temple , the several Boulevards Montemartre , Poissonniere , Bonne Nouvelle , St . D « nis , and St . Martin , form one unbroken line of 2 . 000 yards running nearly fast and west . The Boulevards westwards of the Rue de Richelieu turn from that point to the

      southwest and the Boulevard Italien with that of Montmartre form at that point an obtuse ancle , so that a person in the Cafe Cardinal j at the west corner of tlie Rue Richelieu , could only see a very few houses , and thoso on the north side , on the last mentioned boulevard . From this cafe to my apartments , on the south side of the B < vilewml , three dooi"s from ' the Rue Montmartre , the distance is rather more than 200 yards , and front this spot I had an uninterrupted view eastward for almost 800 yards—in short , nearly as fnras thePorte St . Dennis , where the more distant Boulevards retire a little from the direct line . It is therefore with these 1 , 000 yards—that is to say , from the Rue Richelieu to the eastern extremity of the Boulevard Bonne Nonvel ' . e—that

      my remarks apply . . , ' Opposite my apartment is the Restaurant Bonnefoy , and leaving this about half-past ten , a countryman on a cart-horse was pointed out to me na having iust had his waggon taken from him to help to form a barricade near the Porte St . Denis . The circulation of cavviages in that direction very soon censed , and at eleven the shopkeepers commenced putting up their shutters . Between this bow and one o ' clock I was at the Minister of the Interior » , Rue dc Grenelle , and both going there and returning overy thing seemed quiet ; there was no ap . within the

      parent movement amongst the troops iron railings Of the Tuileries , or on tbe Carrousel ; the shops , however , were dosed m the Rue Richelieu . At two o ' clock , when approaching the extremity of the Rue Tivienne , I observed troops passing along the Boulevard , which they cleared , driving the people into the side streets , who ran down it crying , " Sauvezvous . " I sought refuge with my wife in a shop , and subsequently reached my own house . At three o'clock returning from the Place de Ja Bourse , it was with the greatest difficulty I got back again , The guna had been

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      distinctly hentA for Some time in tho direction of the Faubourg St . Denis , and tbe passage of troops that way continued for a quarter of an honr after I came back . ' Having written a note , I went to tho balcony at which ' my wife was stundincr , " and remained there watching the troops . T ) io whole Boulevard as far as tha eye could reach w ; is crowded with them , principally infantry , in subdivisions at quavter distunce , with here and there a batch of twelve-pounders and howitzers , some of which occupied the rising cround on the Boulei ' .-iri ! Poisscnnicro . The windows were crowded with people , principally women , tradesmen , servant ? , and children , r > r , like ourspivop , tbe occujiantu of ansu-tments . -The mounted officers were Rsnflkirijr

      their cigars—a custom introduced into tlifi army , as I liAre understood , by tlie Princes of the Orta-i" - * family—not ; i very snldicr-like one , but , at such a moment , particularly reassuring , ns it forbad tho i lea that their services were likely to be called into immediate requisition ; Of the Boulevard i ! os Italians I oouM spo but little , on account of the angle I havo mentioned , but in tho direction of the Porte St . Dwi * I could sse distinctly as far as the end of the BonlpvarH Bonne Nouvolle . Suddenly , aiicl whilo T w « s intently looking with my trlass •"* ' the troops in tho distance eastward , a few mi !? l ; rr shots wove fir ^ 'i n . \ : \ ho . he ^ rt of the column , wliicli consisted o ? a ' 'out 3 , 000 men . In a few moment ? it spread , nnd sifter hancin ? si little , came down

      the Boulevard in n . waving sheet of flame . So rceular , however , was the fire that . it first I thought it was » feu-de-ioie for some barricade taken in advance , or to signal their position to some other division , and it was not till it came within fifty yards of ran that T recognised the sharp ringinsr report of ball-cartridge : but even then I could scarcely believe the evidence of my ears , fora * to my eyes , I could not discover any enemy to fire nl , and I continued looking at the men intil the cornpony below me were actually rising their firelocks , and . one vagabond , sharper than the rest—a mere lad , without either whisker' or moustachehad covernd mo . Tn an instant I dashed my wife , who had iust stepped back , against the pier

      between the windows , when a shot struck the ceiling immediately over our heads , and covered us with dust and broken plaster . Tn * a ' second after I placed her upon tbe floor , and in another a yoltey came against the wbolo front of the house , the balcony , and windons ; one shot broke the mirror over the chimney piece , another the shade of the clock j every pane of "lass but one was smashed , the curtains and window-frames cut ; the room , in short , was riddled . The iron balcony , though rather low , was a groat protection , still fiv ' o balls entered the rortm , and in the pause for reloading I drew my wifo to the door , and took refuge in the baok rooms of the house . The rattle of musketry was incessant for mbro thnn a quarter of an hour after this , and in a very few minutes the cruns were xwlimbered

      and pointed at the tnagaRui of M . Sairraflro ^ Eo , five houses on our riaht . What the object or m ^ an - ing of all this might he was a perfect enigma to every individual in tho house , French or'foreigner ; some thought the troops had turnod round And joined the Reds , others suggested that thoy must have been . fired upon somewhere , though they certainly had not from our house or any oilier on tbe Boulevard Montmatre , or we must have seen it from the balnohirs . Besides which , in the temper in which the soldiers proved to be , had that been tbe ease , they would never have waited for an " signal from the head of the column 800 yards off . This wanton fusillade must have been the result of a panic , lost the' windows should have been lined

      with concealed enemies , and they wanted to secure their skins by the first fire , or it was a sanguinary impulse—either motivfl boing equally discreditable to them as Soldiers in theoneease , or citizens in the other . As , a . military man , it is with the deepest regret that I feel compelled to entertain tho latter opinion . The men . as I have already stated , fired , volley upon volley formorethana quarter of an hour without any return ; thoy shot down many of the unhappy individuals whoremained on the Boulevard and could not obtain an entrance into any house—some persons were killed close to our door , and their blood lay in the hollows round the trees the next , morning when we . pas 9 od , ah twelve o ' clock . The soldiers entered housrs

      whence no shots ever came , and though " La Patrie , " thenowspaperof theElysee , pretended to specify them by name , it was in a . subsequent number , obliged to deny its own scandalous imputations But let us admit that a few shots were fired from two or three bouses on the other Boulevards—that a few French soldiers were killed—was that a reason for this murderous onslaught on the houses and persons of tkeir fellow-citizens , to the extent of nearly a mile of one of their mostpopulous thoroughfares ? The loss of innocent life must have been great , very great , more than ever will be known , for the press is now more free in Russia than in France . The Boulevards and the adjacent streets were at some points a perfect shamble , but Ido not mean to

      state what I have beard and ascertained of that loss , for I do not wish to make the picture darker than it need be ; it has been engraven by the bayonet in the minds of the people inlinbitinc ; this quarter of Paris , who cannot but dread for the future the protection of their own soldiers . I say for the future , — hut the very Frenchmen in the house we were in bad then so little , opinion of their humanity that when I proposed to call one of the officers fo search the hotel and thereby remove the suspicion that any ofus hnd fired , they resisted and prevented me , saying that I did not lsnow French soldiers , and that if any of them ever got in they would nut every soul to death , as they had don" in the Ru « Transnonain , in June ; 1848 . and as they did in geverol houses on the

      present occasion from which shots were fired or said to have been so . The anxieties of the m \ ht that followed the afternoon ami evening of Thursday , destitute of any assurance from without or protection , may be . more readily imagined than described . Your correspondent appears to have a favourable impreseionof the conduot of the troops ; they deserved it , no doubt , ¦ in carrying the barricades , but on the Boulevards it was a disgrace to the French army . Their discipline , however , was ^ unquestionably bad , for I never heard any order given to fi / e , . though standing where I could not have failed to hear it had it been so ; and if the fire was improm ? 'tn , had the- ' officers no Dtiwcr to check it after the first

      volley i If they had and did not use it . what was the reason for this strange indifference to the wholesale shedding of innncent blood ? and if they could not re 8 tain tbeir men , what iR their discipline wori . l ) ? Certainly , within the range of my vision , no officer ' s hand or voice was raised to check them , ; or warn the confiding lookers-on from the windows , as described in the columns of your paper . Whether tlie foregoing opinions are just or not , the apralling fads cannot ho denied , and the President ' s most partial admirers must , perforce , admit tha" his military- supporters will not be restrained by any sense of mercy or discretion from carrying his wishes into effect . I am , Sir . your obedient servant , William jesse , Late Captain Unattached . Maisonette , Ingatestone , Essex , Dec . 12 . ¦ II H ir

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      NATIONAL STANDARD THEATRE . The , entertainments at this popular place of amusement , continue us attractive as ever . During the past week , The Blind Beggar of Bcthnal Green has been performed in a highly creditable and praiseworthy manner . The part olSimon de Montford , the -Earl . of Leicester , disguised as the blind beggar , ; was well played hy Mr . Lyou . Messrs . Rayner nnd Pennett in their respective parts , were all * that could :-be desired ... Bessie , . " Uie-blind beggar's daughter , " was played , with prosit feeling hy that heroine of domestic dr . ;» m : i , Mrs . B ,. Hoiincr .-iThe comic ' parts were well sustained l . y Messrs ; -Lewis , -, Ghtea , and Mise B . Terry . This piece is followed by the favourite nautical drama

      called Union Jack , in whioh the inimitable John DouglatB appeared as Joe Hatchway . Mrs * . Camp * bell ' s Mary Twyford was well performed . Messrs . Rayner , Gaaton , Lewis , and- Miss Terry , played with considerable ability , the two latter keeping . tte house in ; a- roar of laughter . The performances were concluded by a very celebrated drama entitled Peerless Pool . This piece abounds with democratic and just sentiments , which wero loudly applauded . The bouse » as thi" ) y attended , owing to the ue ? r nppioach . of the Christmas holidays . This etablisbment , which since the present management has been bo justly celebrated for its

      pantomimes , will this year ofler to its patrons a most excellent odd , replete with splendour , and upon the production of which the expenditure has been most profuse . It is entitled IMdy Toddy all Head and Nobody , or Harlequin and the Fairwof the Magic Pippin , The opening ia written by Mr , John Dolphin ; and tho pantomime and the whole of the comic business invented and produced by Mr . John Douglass .-. It ommences . with-Da-ne Gurtle ' s cottage , in the land of Youuowhereimean , with the Fields of Golden . Corn ,, id the ' joyous summer time . Extensive preparation are being made by the Daine . ( Mr . 0 . Pitt ) for the ' Wedding

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      ? t her daughter Babeatnt ( Miss Eliza Terry ) \ rjth young ' Tom Tit ( Mr . II . Lewis . ) The we'ddiDg bells ring merrily . The tramp of King Noboily s train is heard ; the Dnrno mistaking it for the Bridal procession , hasfens to apprize her ( iauirhfer . Tho King ( Mr . John Gits ? . ) and his guard {; tll Heads anil Nobody ' s , ) appear to t'laini the hand of Babesira—he is rej « cicd by Uw Dame—the Kin « iiicensml , is silieufc to drag B ' lbestra aw .-y , when Tom Tit suddenly enters upon tlio field of action , and a horrible mock heroic ' conflict , ensues , in which Torn , by the aid of Biihcyiva , irinrnuhs , Kinir ffobody . ' summouses the Five I ' vSriy . l ( Mr . G . Pennett . ) to ' as :-ist him . anil the old adago of " too many loveva . will puzzle a maid" is realised bv the sudden app ?; ir-. ineo of another rival in the jieivon of Pi-uco Fcicolia ( Mr . Folo . ) Un ; i ' so is rejected , when the

      snow sprite ( Master Garcia ) ih revenge , changes the scene to dreary winter . ' Tho lovers arc immediately frost atricken and benumbed with cold ; but tho Fi ' ro Demon comes to the rescue , ami a patent s . ifety cab , at tho reduced fare ( fourpencej conveys the unfortunate * to the Demon Haunt , and Glen of Mystery on Bogie ' s knd . A right merry demon dance takes place'to welcome tho now comers . Babestra is churned by Kinir Nobody as his bvide , and borne away , and ' poov Tom Titislpfb to ' perish in the dismal swamp ; i .-ufc tbe . fairy bloomer ( Mrs . Walcot . ) suddenly appears ; in h « r Aerial Tra ^ slahtic Crir , and another grand change takes place . Tom is transported to the Palace St'ilncMtes and Fairy Home : the fairy presents . Tonj with ihe' Ma ? ic Horn , informing him that , ! by cainine the Magic Pippin , he can rescuo Babestra from KngNo'iody .

      The car is converted into one of Crawford's olienp omnibuses ; Tom departs and rescues B'lbostra ; but thoy aro again overtaken in tha Toad and' Serpent Glen bythe prince and his myrmidons : all is despair when the fairy transports them io the dell of eolrfen palms and valley of peacocks—a most dazzling and beautiful scene , carryins tbo spectator back to the fable and tales of Oriental Magnificence . Brtbnatra is all amazed , and Tom Tit apprizes bor that he has gained the mngio pippin . His foes advance , but with the magic horn hi ; places thorn-at defiance , and with a blast lie set 9 them air dancing ; the lovevs effeof theiresc ' ape , but are again overtaken hy their foes in the coral grot , and the tables are turned , bythe prince

      naming the mngio hovn . He is about to secure the , enchanted pippin , when a most magnificent . change occurs : —The lovers are transported to the glittering palace of Koh-i-noors , or the Temple of Prisms , encircled by revolving globes of a million of diamond lights . This scene is the most beautiful ever witnessed . The coral grot passes . away , and a . grand moving tableau , . represents , the descent , of Phoebus in his sunlit ear , with upwards of sixty figures , tho whole encompassed by myriads of lights .. The pjorgeowsness of the painting ' , the novelty of design , iind the countless jets of gas by which the scenc . ia illuminated , ; surpasses all previous scenio effects . It is alone sufficient to ensure ; the success of any pantomime , and 13 highly creditable to the

      manaeer , who was the first to introduce , gns on the staga in the shape of orriiimentivj , design . Tlfe pantomime change now takes y > l » ce : Mr . Tom Petthnd , familiarly called . Tom Cookies ( the Tim Bobbin of tha North ,- and a vast favourite there ) , and Mr . , Dol » phin are the Clowns ; Harlequi-y Mr . T . L-iveeta ( of whom reports speak 'highly ) : Pantaloon . Mr .. Bird ; Sprite , Mr . Saferini ; and Columbine , Mad ] , Pauline . 'The ' comic business 13 also upon a most extensive scale , and embraces all the hits and skit 3 ait passing events , nmong which is a firework ^ repdsitory , with a balloon ascent , which takes . the whole round of the theatre ; a oard maker ' , in which

      knowin ? cards and downy cards figure away , aryl from the fun which occurs in the scene will most' -likely prove a trump card . There are various others all good , but too numerous to mention . The scenery by Messrs . Fenhoulet . Neville , Morris , Buck , nnd Co ., Is of a most olahorate and beautiful description , as are also tiie dresses by Mr . Blake , and properties by Mr . John Lumb . That it will prove a " Mlpable hit" is beyond all doubt , and too much praise cannot be awarded to the spirited proprietor for the liberal manner in which he has endeavoured to produce for his patrons the gem of all the pan " tommies .

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      Free , Txadb with a , Vbs « ajtce ,. — The truck system seems to have found favour . in the eight Gf tbe Free Trade Earl of Carisle , and . by * Tf » y . ti » suppose , of illustrating his admiration for , and , de « Totion to , the grtafc principle of freedom of commerce , his lordship ' compels Borne , forty of his tenants in the district of Greenhead or , thereabouts to buy their coals at his oollieries , obliging them to discontinue their custom in more favoured quarters whoro the BuMMBsful rivalry against his lordihin ^ g coal mines wis too much for his lordship ' s consj fl * tency . —Carlisle Paptr .

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      THE 1 n ^ EUBER 20 , 185 L I ~ i TTTF NORTHERN STAR- - u 7

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      LYCEUM . This tiieatre opened for the season on Monday evening . No novelty w » b produced on tbe occasion ; the entertainments being The Oame of Speculation , Forty and . Fifty , and The Practical titan . The fair manageress did not perform in any of the pieces ; but appeared when the whole strength of the company mustered for the performance ! of " God save the Queen . She looked exceedingly well . Charles Mathews , on his appearance in the character of Mr . Affable fiawk , was greeted with loud and prolonged cheers from all parts of the house . The performances went off with-much ' spirit , and were received with much applause . The theatre has been ve-decorateii and embellished during tbe recess , and looks ex cecdingly light and elegant .

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      QUEER'S THEATRE . Tiie enterr-rising lessee of this establishment had not been behind hand in furnishing his bill of fare for the pleasure seekers of this festive season , and the present pantomime bide fair to surpass all pre » vious efforts . It boars the well-known title of Beauty and the Beast ; or Harlequin Prince Azof , the Queen of the Ro 3 e , i . and King of the Thorns , and 19 written hy Mr . C . Stanfield James , the author of the previous pantomimes here . The first Bcene introduces us to tlio Maze of Silver Thorns and realms of the Thorn King , who , with his attendant Thorn Sprites , are consulting on the probable success of various schemes , when a sudden peal of thunder and the arrival of an imp , Funny Fright ,

      puts an end to the conversation . The imp , announces tfee avvwftl of Rumphiz , tho demon of tha Hgly dominions , a friendly wizard , who enters ia his car of divuons . ATe then learn that the Thora King is the enemy of the young Prince Azor , and seeking to revenge himself upon his foe , ha 6 maliciously desired Rumpdiz ro alter his personal appenrannc to such an extent that all-may behold him with disgust . By a few passes of his magic wand , Rumphiz shows Prince Azor in the thorns , transformed into a beast , but at the same time informsr hia demon friend , that the Prince is protected by the Queen of the Hoses and her flower spirits . Tie Thorn King vo « s destruction against the fuiry band , and the two wizards depart to work their

      plans . Tbe scene ennnges to the Shadow Swiunp in the Valley of Dosolntion , in which two fftrie . " , Couloarde Rose and Belle de If uit , meet , and having heard of tho demon ' s plans , they determine to acquaint their Queen , who on that day holds a Court of llosos ; when the scone gradually disappears , disclosing tho Fiowcr Palace of the Fairies , anil Esprit de Rose . The Queen ; being consulted in the emergency , resolves to defeat the fiend , and , bf a roses mediation , restqro the Prince to his former . rank and station , and the fairies depart to do her bidding . We are now introduced to the interior oi Alderman Mocktur tie ' s house , where a letter of impoKunce arriving for the said alderman , he . takes leave of his wife and daughters , and with bis man '

      Colly Whobbles , sets out on his journoyto ascertain the truth of the information reoQivod , but is benighted in a frozen forest in the midst of a snow storm ; which , however , by the intervention of tha . fairies , is changed to the Gorgeous Palace and Gardens of the Beast . Then follows the plucking of tho rose , and the arrival of fho'fearful owner ol tlie flower . Thevo ' is but one alternative by whiob . the Alderman can savo his life , viz ., to sacrifice hia . daughter Beauty ; and he departs in a fairy special train ( o propose this condition to her . On hia arrival at home , overcome with his frightful intelligence , Beauty faints , and all rush off for assistance , when the fairy Queen appears , and , informing taa maiden of thetruu facts of the ' case , tells her that

      it is in her power alone to restore the beast to ma original appearance , and that if she fails to do so he will die . Beauty wakes in a fright , and finds herself in a grotto in the palace gardens . Thfl beast is then insensible , but a touch of the magia . rose restores him , and ho appears as Prince Azorg and instantly offers the bewildered beauty his hears and throne , when the arrival of the two demons . blights their happ iness , which ia , however , restored hy tiie sudden appearance of . the fairy court . Enrp . ged , tho fiend utters a fearful spell , and a scene of destruction ensues , which gradually disappears , and bursts open to the Glittering Throne anci Court ; of Prince Azor in the Palace of a Thousand Stars .

      Of this especial mention must be made , as li will , without doubt , surpass any effect of the kind ever produced , and ono upon which all the artistes of tho establishment have been for some time engaged . . ' The transformation then takes p lace , and fchg Harlequinade begins . The follies of the day , " are hit ott with great humour , and the fun ' . becomes fast and furious . Tho present ' , ' topics are happily introduced ; amongst which we may mention the Bloomers—tlie Great 'Exhibition—the Lock Picking —the ' . Emigration Offices—the . Australian . Gold Discovery , < fcc . . Han i .-on jb . the Clowii ; J . Matthews , ' Pantaloon ; Ambrook , Harlequin ; and ' Miss C . Gibson , Columbine . Tho Bcenery , . by . Mr . C . J . James , the tale :. 'ted lessee , is expellent . ,

      ROYAL POLY TEC UN 10 INSTITUTION . , ' The lectures hy T ><\ Bach ! : o&ie . r and J . H . I ' ep-[ ler .-on ihe'Phi osophy of -Scientific Kecrc-atUm and Auiii : ulturai Cheii ; ist'v , are delivered . daily .,. nt tha establishment . The , liwik'd . . doctor , has ' . chosen big ,, subjtot foi £ the ., instruction . and . ' . amuaemeB ^ .. ot the more juvenile portion of , his audience ; while the ¦' ¦ subject of Agriculture ' by . Mr . Pepper is intended , for tl ) o . ° e wh <> visit the rnetrqpolia for the puippseOf ( viewing the Cattle Show ., In the model department ,, we- observed' many .. . articles lately deposited . here whicli' had bean exhibited . at the Crystal Palace—.-ome being Mechanical . iiistr «' menta ., ; ahd works ' of art ^ all selected for their uao and highly attractive qualities . Of tbe latter .. are . some beautiful works of Messra , Rowney nnd Co , from their admirable process of printing in colours ; the . wholes forming a most excellent day ' s treat at little < J 08 t . ' '

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 20, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1657/page/7/