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fc * ; < r T ' v T ' :f ; ■y/ ^ V ** Wi - ran Sa,®lF TME MIWTAISY few An Imperial decree of the early part of the present year ordained the extension of the limits of the city of Paris from the barriers to the fortifications. During the last few years this improvement had been frequently mooted, as the fortifications had evidently become the natural boundary of tho French capital; but several important interests were at stake, which it was thought necessary to conciliate before adopting the plan suggested j and although the augmentation of the fiscal circle will take place at the beginning of 1860, thus rendering all articles of consumption dearer to those who live within its compass, several arrangements have been made which will diminish, for a timo at least, the burdens of those whose country seats or places of business have been converted, nolens volens , into town residences or cif houses. The new tollhouses (bureaux de Voctroi) are at present i the different openings in the fortifications, and they will be occupants by the end of the year. The present Paris barriers and wall will shortly disappear. Con the architect Ledoux, they were constructed to facilitate tho DEMOLITIONS.-Till BARRIERS DRAWN BY FELIX TftfilGX'i AND E. MORIN. Btablishment, which is visited by epicures from all parts, and frequented by many jf the rich rentiers who inhabit the neighbourhood. There are, moreover, in tins juarter a number of tabies-d'hote where persons of limited means can for a moderate ium satisfy their gastronomic propensities. \ THE BARRIER OF THE COURTILLE. the Courtille—or of Belleville, as it is now more frequently called, The ifter tl js great ex' numerous gut sous tho bssly braveNfche (he Aeap-tinous of that name—is situated near the part of Paris inhabited to by the working population. Its neighbourhood teems with r, or low drinking establishments, at which the blue wine, at six insed to the thirsty artisans who can, from habit perhaps, fear- the unaccustomed are sure to experience after imbibing ie Descent from the Courtille has rendered this barrier iotaewhat notorious It was here that the masqueraders from all the balls in Paris ,n the occasion of the Mardi Gras (Shrovo-Tuesday) used to assemble after their of the city. jjght’s rejoicings, on the morning of Ash-Wednesday, or the Meruredi des Cendres, jr existence ma ke their descent en masse on to the Boulevards, whence, after partaking of wine, spirits, meat, which was at under the Kestoration, dues, as well as to mark the boundaries of the capital. Previously to then --- _ the incomplete inolosures favoured and encouraged a system of fraud which vtas slight refreshment, they would tako flight to their respective domiciles, this carried on to a large extent. However, in 1789, the Constituent Assembly set aside :ics h e has been discontinued of late years, for the custom had so degenerated mto the difficulty by abolishing the fiscal duties upon articles lor Paris consumption, and , (jeanse, and the conduct of a portion of the masqueraders was frequently so offensive, the circulation of eatables and drinkables remained free during a period oi seven i it was deemed fitting to suppress a demonstration which had become more In all probability the barriers would have been destroyed had not the Con- honoured in the breach than the observance. This in a commercial point of view, has been hitherto the most important of the barriers of Paris, and its neighbourhood has owed its rapid augmentation to the proximity of the basin of the Canal of St. Martin, the docks, so to speak, of the French capital. In the twelfth century La Villette was but a farm, known under the name of the Villa Sancta Parisis ; subsequently a village arose in this quarter, which was burnt in 1448 by the Armagnaes. In 1508 the conferences opened for the conversion of Henry IV. were continued, and the truce between the Royalists and the Leaguers signed there. La Villette has been also rendered illustrious for the combats sustained in the vicinity by its brave defenders in 1814. It was upon this spot that the celebrated ventriloquist Fitz-James was killed, after having performed prodigies of valour. An immense number of vehicles of all descriptions passthrough tho barrier daily, a large majority of which are waggons heavily laden wth mer¬ chandise ; these, and the great traffic here about, impart to La Villette a resemblance to some of those animated parts of London which are the pride of Englishmen o business, and form a subject of excusable wonderment to all lovers of commercial activity. In addition to the structures of the Octroi themselves, drawn by M. Thongny, our artist, M. Morin, has given us a few scenes from the actualize at the barriers. “ lbe Visit ” in the Engraving running aoross the two pages shows the toil-collectors at their work of inspection : the basket of the housewife, the merchandise-waggon, the public vehicle, are all subjected to a minute examination, and woe to the passer-by whose commodities do not answer completely to his declaration when he is favoured by the attentive “ visit” of the employ^. “ The Tavern" scone was token near the Barrier of Clichy on a morning in September last, and is the type of a host of others. The masons aud workmen from the different new buddings are taking their dejeuner vention suggested that they should bo convGTtod into a series of iriomirpouts, upon which it was proposed to inscribe in durable letters “ the names of all the victories gained by the Republican armies over the tyrants.” But j the pecuniary resources of the city had begun to suffer, so that, on the 22nd of October, 1798, the impost (a was again laid on, and the wai! and barriers termi- revenue derived from this source for city purposes, of francs, has since very much increased: verage, twenty millions ; under the reigii of Louis Philippe, thirty-five forty to fifty millions of francs a year The extension of the circumference of the city from fortifications (twenty four miles in extent) of revenue to the municipality, an increase which nerous expenses occasioned by the construction of the sex paving, watching, &c., the different outskirts brought into application of the recent decree. of barriers placed at intervals in the wall surrounding the Paris of of which thirty-eight are on the right and seventeen on the left Most of them are without any architectural pretensions, tat have something of a monumental character, and we have selected four of these for illustration, before they are given up to the pickaxo of the dtmolisseur. Tte most remarkable in a historical and topographioal point of view are the Barrier of the Military School, tho Barrier of Clichy, the Barrier of the Courtille, and the Barrier of La Villette, to each of which we will devote a few lines in the order of our Illustrations. THE BARRIER OF THE MILITARY SCHOOL. The Barrit-re de l’Ecole is on the left shore of the Seine, and owes its name to tta immediate neighbourhood of the Military School, erected in 1761 by Louis XV., aei since so splendidly increased and terminated during the reign of the present EmpeWL by whom its proportions have been rendered adequate to the size of the Champ & Mars, of which it forms the appropriate ornament. As may be supposod, tho popula¬ tion of this quarter is for the most part military, modern or ancient, according as the subject is an inhabitant of the Ecole or of the Invalides, which is also close by. 6° the Sunday especially this barrier lias a peculiar aspect: the joy is of a martial eta- racter, and the libations at the wine-shops are quaffed under the smart accoutrement* of aU arms. The gallant sons of Mars readily spend in the company of their ^^ bread, moat, Ac., taken into consideration, the hearts or friends their small week s pay, or the gift of some relative sent to p 0 f their meal would be doubled. “The Ball” at the barrier will also lose a part them a little extra comfort on gala days. But these pleasures, so well »*£*«”* r of ^ “ to which the attrac tion of cheap refreshment for the fatigued Terpsi- are not always without alloy; and sometimes the misunderstood joke of an ini , ^ , little owing- Not that excess was usually indulged in, for or a warmly contested dispute, wiil cause them to let their hands descend to the hU* *"*~*?V"* of ™ environs of Paris in its present limits of their swords. B.ood may fiow; but, generally, some good soul interfer^ befc* more especially as they are the strife goes too far; all is arranged to the satasfaction of the di^utonts; an ^ ^ ^ l>re8ence of the police, one of whom is seen in our Illustration watching with a superb gravity the agile performances of some of the “ dancers at the barrier.” , , , ,, The extension of the city of Paris will most likely necessitate the removal of tho poorer part of the Parisian population still farther from the centre o eir a tus, ai those who lived between the harrie s and the fortifications will find themselves exposed to an increase of expenditure for which their scanty means cannot suffice. The Parisian tradesman who used to boast of his little country house out oj Paris will no longer have the charm of the expression, but he will still possess the reality, which will make him twice a citizen. The pleasure-trips and jovial excursions to the barrier, beyond which one seemed to breathe a freer air than in the city, will have to seek a wider range for their venue. These are all slight inconveniences which will right themselves with time. The main object of the alteration will shortly havo become a Jail accompli; the city of Paris will have been carried to its natural limits ; the numerous environs with which it had become connected will be united under the same municipal dire.tien ; and the embellishments of the entire capital will be com¬ pleted on a uniform system that will leave Paris the finest, if not the largest, city oi the peacemakers and the adverse parties order a fresh bottle, knock their glass 05 together in sign of friendly reconciliation, embrace, love one another more than ever, and vow that they will-react tho scene on the next opportunity. THE BARRIER OF CLICHY. The Barrier of Clichy was hitherto a monument common to Paris and the Bab gnolles, which have of late years so much increased as almost to eclipse the villago which this hairier owes its name. At the point where the city finishes and to Batignolles begin the difference from the capital has long disappeared, through a 0 construction of a great number of superb houses and fine caffis, many of which an* worthy, as they will shortly be, of tho interior of Paris. This spot was in 181 scene of a valorous resistance on the part of a portion of the National Guard w wished to oppose to the last the entry of the allies into the capital. The Marshal Moncey took up his position in the grand avenue leading to the barrier, the spot near the now famous restaurant of the Phre Latbnille (seen in our Engrav 'riL then only a low tavern, but one to which the souvenirs of the exploits of that given in the well-known picture by Horace Vernet have imparted a celebritj * given in tile wtii-anown picture oy norace vernet nave impa,tw *■ --- , ,,j t ,, - , has been a mine of fortune for the different proprietor of this, at preecnt, splendid i the world either m ancient or modern times, 552 THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS Dec. to, 1859 TOWN AND TABLE TALK ON LITERATURE, ART, &o- Mr. John Bbdce, to whom the students of English history are under so many obligations, has just made a mo3t curious discovery con¬ nected with the personal history of one of England's greatest authors. The discovery relates to no less a person than Ben Jon-.on, and goes to the very quick with “Rare Ben.” It is Ben’s own deposition on oath before the Attorney-General of Ki ng Charles L, and has a Star Chamber smack about it. Ben held a pen dipped in worm word and gall, and could and did say bitter things. Felton’s knifo at Ports¬ mouth had newly sent Steenie Duke of Buckingham to the vault which ho still occupies in the Chapel of King Henry VII. Felton had sympathisers—nay, admirers; and a smart copy of verses in Felton’s favour was in general circulation and on the table of no less a person than the founder of tho far-famed Cottonian Library. The verses were anonymous, and Jonson was more tjian suspected of being their author. Ben is examined narrowly, denies the author¬ ship, and states his belief that the Rev. Zouch Townley is Felton’s panegyrist. Then Townley turns out to be the friend of Jonson, and Ben admits his having heard Townley preach a sermon in St. Margaret's, Westminster, evidently in Felton's favour. Nay, more ; he admits having given to Townley, on the Sunday after the sermon, a dagger with a white haft, the dagger which he ordinarily wore at his girdle. It was a koi'e with a white haft that Felton employed with so much effect. Tho whole examination is extremely interest¬ ing, not only as it relates immediately to Jonson, but as a picture of that sge and as an episode in. an event which changed materially the destiny of England. Townley fled to the Hague, to avoid a Star Chamber matter arising out of it - and very wisely too. Cannot the sermon be discovered ! How little Jwo know as yet of English history ! Mr. Bruco is contributing now materials of momeas— "helps,” as old Heylyn would have called them. Lovers of English music will be delighted to learn that excellent English music with excellent old English words may be heard every night at tho Gallery of Illustration, in Regeut-stroet. Mr. Chappell, who has done so much to remove the stigma of Tom Killigrew'a saying to Mr. Pepys, that the English had no other music than marrowbones and cleavers, is tho leading caterer; while Miss Poole and Mr. Ramsden sing with great feeling and (what is so very rare now) exquisite articulation. Two historical anecdotes co nnected with two illustrious personages in English history have just come to light. The correspondence of the French Ambassador to tho Court of Queen Elizabeth reveals to us what Elizabeth said of Essex. “ He took pleasure,” she 3aid, “ in insulting her person; but she had warned him to take care how he touched her sceptre.” The other anecdote refers to King George IV., and is told in the diary of Mr. Rose, who was much with King George III. and more with Mr. Pitt. Rose was talking to the King in his own house. “ I thank God," said King Goorge III., and with warmth, ‘‘there is but one of my chi dren who wants courage, and I will not name him, because he is to succeed me.” Here, then, is a new hit for Mr. Thackeray’s “ Four Georges.” The following letter—now first printed—will be read with interest. It is from Twickenham, in 1726, and relates to the poet of “The Seasons,” to Pope, and to Dr. Young. Mallet’s verses to Thomson are those prefixed to the second edition of “ Wintei ”:— RICHARD SAVAGE TO DAVID MALLET. Twickenham, August 15,1725. Dear Sir, I had long before now acknowledged your two last had 1 not been fatigued and unsettled; for t am truly sonsiblo of ye many undeserved favors which I owe your Friendship. As for your story of Massinissa, I still admire it, and am resolved to attempt it, tho' I have net yet begun. In one thing 1 ■was a little disappointed, for 1 was in Hopes that you wou’d have translated those speeches from Livy which you were once eo kind as to read to me. Your Verses to Mr. Thomson arc. correctly wrote, finely imagined, and in a IVOld very generous and like your soil. Where tty Power foil*, unable to go on. Ambitious, greatly will the Good undone. The Noble Spirit of those two Line3 is peculiar to your own soul, and must have a chaiming Effect on all those, by whom a good Author wou’d wish to he read, as must also yr four following Dines, where you have set Fame in a most beautiful and alluring Light—indeed, ye whole Copy is of a piece ,* and it wou’d he wrong to point out any part as your finest where all is excellent, and I am sincerely of opinion that yr Praise is by no means tco high for ye Person it is addressed to. 1 have set my whole Thoughts on my Poem call’d The Misfortunes of humane Life, but find it very difficult to please my Self. I wish I cou’d be favour’d with some ot your Thoughts on that subject. Since my rural retir ement 1 have been visited by Dr. Young, who mentions you often with an affectionate and uncommon ardor. Mr. Pope has thrice done me ye Favour of a Visit also, and entertained me very handsomely at his House. Mr. Dennis has also been with me, and staid three days. Mr. Hill has finished hiu affair, and by disposing of it to a company has secured an hundred thousand pounds to himself. On Fryday was se’nnight ho set out in his own Coach and six to Scotland, with his Wife, and his Mother-in-Law accompanied him in her Chariot. The gold medal he has been presented with from y Czarina has no doubt been related to you by Mr. Thomson .Hid by tho Newspapers. The battle of Waltham Abbey is still being fought. Mr. Froaman, who fights for Harold and tho Saxon order of architecture, has still the “ vantage-ground ” over Parker of Oxford, Willis of Cambridge, and William the Conqueror. Antiquaries and architects have of late been too prone to deny the existence of Saxon remains in our abbeyr and cathedrals. The introduction of the Norman style has beer, too precisely determined on insufficient grounds. There are more Saxon remains in England than Messrs. Willis and Parker are willing to allow. Mr. Freeman will, wo trust, continue his researches. He only fights for truth. By all means step into “ Cox’s Northwick Gallery,” No. 14, Berm rs-street. Oxford-street, and see Mr. Maclise's masterpiece, “ The Marriage on the Battle-field "—the marriage of Strongbow, Earl of Pembroke, with tho Irish Princoss Eva. Mr. Machs a was many years about it, and sinco its completion, In 1S,"4, it has gained wonderfully in colour and all the other qualities of 3 work of true art. Mr. (Lover, Ireland’s living poet, has written for Mr. Cox a very elaborate and interesting account of the occasion and the picture. S' '. The sketches and collections of the late Mr. Leslie—that admirable painter of the English and of the American school of Art—will pass next year under the hammer of Mr. Foster. old Sir Frederick Treiich died the-other day at Brighton. In conjunction with John Martin, tho painter, he was the first (more than thirty years since) to spend his money and his time in the then fruitless endeavour of inducing Government to embank the Thames. To his enthusiasm London stands indebted for the equestrian statue of Georgo III. at Cbaring cross ; to his disappointment about the equestrian statue,oI the great Duke, in front of the Royal Exchange, Lendon is additionally indebted- if debt, indeed, it be—for the equestrian statue of the same great Duke at Hyde-park Comer. The Chsntrey Wellington was the bronze parent of the Wyatt Wellington, and Trench brought the Wyatt Wellington into the ■world. A dinner to a schoolmaster—and given (deservedly! by more than two hundred end fifty men and lads taught by Dr. Vaughan, of Harrow 1 Here is matter for reflection. No such compliment wa3 paid to Roger Ascham, or George Buchanan, or William C amden, or Richard Busby, or Dr. Johnson, or even to Dr. Arnold. The disuse of rod and cane has dono much to endear schoolmasters and scholars. MV SIC. A musical entertainment of uncommon interest, consisting of Old English Songs and Ballads, is now being given every even¬ ing at the Gallery of Illustration. It has been got up under the auspices of Mr. William Chappell,Jand is founded on that jgontle- man’s work, “Popular Music of the Olden Time,” a work now well known to, and esteemed by. the public, because it not only contains an ample collection of English music and song from a remote p3rioI of our annals, with an account of the character and progress of our national music-, but is rich in curious information touching the manners, customs, and social condition of Eogland. Hence it is a book for tho general reader as well as for tho lover of music. By this work Mr. Chappell has scattered to the winds the belief, so long entertained and so often repeated, that the English are not a musical people, and are destitute of genuine, national, indigenous musii. He has, on the contrary, shown that England is richer in this respect than any other oouutry in Europe; and be has proved the exist¬ ence of our musical treasures by aotually spreading them before us. He has shown, moreover, beyond dispute, that, notwithstanding ail our pretensions to musical progress, tho present state of England is that of degeneracy and decay; that music was much more studied, more practised, and entered more deeply into the occupations, pursuits, and enjoyments of all ranks and degrees of people two and three centuries ago thin it dc33 at the present day. One of the worst features of the existing state of music among-us is the almost total oblivion into which tho melor’y and sorg of cur own country has fallen. The first step in the path of improvement will be their revival, and towards this most desirable end we trust the labours of Mr. Chappell will m iterially contribute, by shewing the public what a rich miue of musical wealth we our¬ selves possess, and how little occasion we have to hunt for exotic productions, which can never he. so congenial to English taste an I feeling os the beautiful and expressive strains which for so many generations have delighted our ancestors. The entertainment" we now speak of consists of a selection of genuine English sorgs and ballads, taken from Mr. Chappell’s work, sung by Miss Pcole and Sir. Ramsden, and interspersed with illus¬ trative remarks and anecdotes, written for them by Mr. Chappsll, and delivered by them very agreeably. Performers better qualified for their task could not easily be found. Miss Poole is unrivalled as a pure, genuine, English singer; and Mr. Ramslen, though hitherto little known to tho public, gives promise of the highest eminence,/' _ He has a beautiful tenor voice, possesses taste and feeling, and is evidently a good musician. Both the lady and the gentleman possess a talent the acquirement of which is too much neglected by our English. singers of the (day. They sjieal: admirably ; with suck clearness of articulation that not a word is lost, and with such intelligence that every word receives its full meaning. The per¬ formance is prefaced by the following prologue, written by Mr, Mark Lemon, and spoken by Miss Poole:— / ^ \ I’m here to speak a Prologue, and to ask A kindly welcome for our coming task. Why should we doubt it? having had, by torn’, Old Cambrian scalds and Caledonian Burns, Sweet Irish bards of most melodious tones, " And Nigger minstrels with their tuneful bones; Why fear that tunes our grand forefathers sung, To earnest rhymes writ in our English tongue. Will fail to find an English welcome here; “ “ Time has not staled them ” and we vjiu not fear “But stay,” says Doubter, in a sneering tone “ Have we an English music quite our own ? ___ ■We’ve always been a dull, beef-eating idee; I fancy ycu’U be posed to prove your case.” Wherever man ia brave and woman fair, Both fame and love will have an utterance there. Where beauty decks each meadow, hilt, and dell. Rejoicing man his thackfulposs will tell: Where every leafy wood has'minetrei birds. Endowed with songs more eloquent than words. Think’st thou ‘heir singing could he heard in vain. And voices sweet as birds’ net mock tho strain? All those ireentives to our land belong. And. haring them,"can wC have wanted Song ? No! Here the preofs7p5rc.i>!<tAawi on book), and, if we who essay To sing to-night some long-forgotten lay, Should fail its olden magic to impart. Blame not the iniurtrol’s but the singer’s art. Yet gently censiire, since the partial friend, RememberingrsongAyqu heard hut to commend. Bade my be boM, uni show our English muse In coif and bodice—How could 1 refuse ? Recalling every kindness you have shown, Till all these friends before me seem my own. The sengs arb admirably selected. Some are pathetic and tender, others full of racy English humour, and all are so excellent that to specify these which are eminently successful would be to enumerate the whole contents of tho programme. We may mention two or three which made the strongest impression on ourselves. The beautiful north-country ballad. “ Oh, the oak, and the ash, and the bonnyivy-troe,” sung by Miss Poole with exquisite simplicity and feeling, brought before us the image of old Mabel, in “Rob Roy” Even yet, metliir.k-. I see cld Mabel, her head slightly agitated by the nalsy of age, and ebadeii by a close cap as white as the driven snow —her face wrinkled, but still retaining the healthy tinge which it had acquired in reral labour. I think 1 see her look round on the brick walls and narrow-street which presented themselves from our windows as she con¬ cluded with s sigh the favourite old ditty which I then preferred, and— why should I not tell the truth ?—which I still prefer to all the opera airs ever minted by the capricious brain of an Italian Mus. D.— “Oh, the oak, the ash, and the bonny i7y-tree, / They flourish best at home in the north country! ” The air “ With Jockey to the Fair,” a melody of the last century, is sung by Mr. Ramsden with the verses written for Mr Chappell’s -Work by Charles Mackay, “ Amid the now mown-hay,” which are perfectly suited to tbo gracefully cheerful character of the music. Another of Mr. Ramsden’s happiest efforts is the famous “ Sally ia our Alley," which ho sings delightfully. But he sings only three verses, for which (though Inciedon is cited as a precedent) we feel half inclined to quarrel with him. To omit a single stanza of Henry Carey’s inimitable ballad is to take away a feature from one of the sweetest pictures of innocent love ever imagined by a poet. We have heard this ballad numberless times, and have never found that anybody thought it too long. Without going into any farther details, we shall only add that the reception given to this entertainment by crowded audiences every evening shows that, though the English public have too much neg¬ lected their own national song, they only require to hear it that they may appreciate and enjoy its beauties. Mb. Hcllah’s performance of “ Elijah ” at St. Martin’s Hall, on Wednesday evening, was excellent in every respect, and com¬ pletely successful. • Mr. Weiss has no superior as a representative of the Prophet, and never sang more giandly and impressively than on this occasion. Madame Lemmens Sherrington, in the principal sopraro part, showed that she is capable of becoming oneof our first oratorio singers. The great air, “Hear ye, Israel!” was a magni- nificent piece of singing. Miss Fanny Huddart, in the contralto music, exhibited that energy and declamatory power for which she has always been distinguished ; and Mr. WUbye Cooper sang the tenor part with a beautiful voice and much taste and feeling. The chorus and orchestra were admirable; and , altogether, wo hive scarcely ever heard Mendelssohn's chef-d’oeuvre more nobly per¬ formed. The hall was crowded to the doors. THE THEATRES, Ac. subject, has failed to c decided for itself on ! ’ diate a repentant wo itself admirably to Mr St. James’s —A new piece by Mr. Blanchard Jerrold, produced at this theatre, whatever may be its relative success, soi vos at least to show that wit is sometimes hereditary. It is entitled “The Chatterbox,” and is entirely a drama of dialogue and character. Of plot there is little or nothing. The dramatis person/; are, after the manner of the author’s father, divided into classes—the Povindmt and tho Penses. Miss Thiglong. tho Chatterbox, creates a feud between them—not so much 'intentionally as for the iovo of talk by painting the one party as tho stud ups and the other as vulgarians. Her real purpose in all this chatteris, however, to gain the affections of Mr. 1‘ense, a widower (Mr. Barrett), about whom she winds and winds her charms until he is spellbound and yields at discretion. Mrs. Frank Matthews enacted the Chatterbox in a broad style, which we do not think was exactly in the design of the author, but which suited the artist admirably, and was successful. Tho effect ot the whole is dependent ou the dialogue, tho excellence of which is indisputable. / | Sdbrey.— On Tuesday (“/The Stranger” was revived, a play which is always sure to draw a large and sympathising audience. All the severe critili/m to which this Kotzebue drama has been jopu'arity. The public mind has ef the story, and refuses to repu- Tiie part of the Stranger, too, adapts Creswick'8 style of acting, and the Mrs. Haller of Mits" Edith Hcraud has been long known as one of the most successful of her impersonations. On the fall of tho cur¬ tain she was/lofidly called for, and reappeared to receive the greeting of a (crowded / home. Mr. Creswiok, having been likewise summoned, bowed) his acknowledgments. It deserves to te remarked that the company have been rema kably successful in the performance of legitimate drama, whicn, having been well suppoitedj bas beed itfimensely attractive. Princess’. —Another novelty has been introduced, “Le Grand Pas due Dervish Faust,” by M. Espinosa and Mdlle. Mariquita. The public VyilKjmd in this spectacle much to astonish and delight. It was first introduced iu a drame fantastique at the Porte St. Martin, to which (ho Gerthau “ Faust” furnished the subject, and has since been the topic of much conversation. On Saturday wo had au opportunity of witnessing the extraordinary feat (for such it is) of M. Espinos^. As a Spinning Dervish, enacted by a demon, he Whirls round Mdlle. Mariquita with supernatural energy, making, meanwhile, such free use of his limbs as to threaten tho loss of thorn, and describing circles of all sizes, until he takes the entire stage and giddily reels around the widest possible areaa. Tho performance, as wo have said, is wonderful, and cannot fail to prove attractive. Ltcbi m. —Ou Monday a new piece was produced, derived from a vaudeville entitled “ Le CIA sous lo Pai lassou,” and called “ The Key under the Doormat." Married gentlemen in love with each other’s wives is scarcely an English subject; but Mr. Rouso and Miss Julia St. George made the piece pleasant enough by same comic and sentimental singing. _ COUNTRY NEWS. The Prince de Jolsyille- and Mr. Roebuck.— In answer to the statement recently made at a public meeting at Bath, by Mr. Roebuck, that one of the exiled Orleanist Princes had forwarded to tho French Ministry a scheme for attacking this country, the Prince de Joinviile has forwarded to the public journals a letter, of which the follow¬ ing is a translation:—“ Your number of to-day contains an extract from a speech delivered a few days since by Mr. Roebuck, in which 1 am so clearly alluded to that I feel obliged te reply to it. Mr. Roebuck’s aaser- ticn ia entirely devoid of foundation. I have not made any plan of the coasts of England; I have not drawn up any scheme of attack a gainst this country; and, lartiy, need I say that I have not sent anything to the French Ministry? I may add that, although I still consider myself a ‘child of France.' I should be the last to wish that * the principles' which now rule her should pass across tho Channel." The Grand Orange Lodge has just issued its annual address, which, however, does not appear te contain anything noteworthy, except au expression against Irish volunteer corps. At Norwich, on Tuesday, the Town Council decided to stop the inquiry into the alleged bribery practices by 23 votes to 12. The Liberals will, however, it is understood, take fureher proceedings in the matter. Frederick Mayne (alias Broadwood, better known as the Kentish Slogger) was charged at Maidstone, yesterday week, with having killed Edw ard Millgatc, another pugilist, in a prize-fight that took plsoe near Ponc-nden Heath. The accused was fully committed to take his trial for feloniously killing and slaying the said Edward Miligate. The Barnsley and Penistone branch of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway is opened through to Barnsley town for passongcr traffic. For some , time, owing to the disagreement with the Lancashire and Yorkshire and South Yorkshire Companies, the above company have bad their station at bummer-lane, which is nearly a mile from Barnsley. As a party was returning from Clifton to Bristol one night last week, in a ny, the horse suddenly disappeared, and, the traces giving wiy, it fell to the t>ottcm of an unprotected audunlSghted drainage cutting to too depth of twenty-one feet. Happily, the carriage was arrested on the brink of the pit. The horse, which was seriously mj« rod, was got out on the following morning. Breach of the Fact or t Act.— At the Courthouse, Burnley, on Monday, Messrs. H. and E. Rawlinson, Burnley Wood, were summoned for having young persons at work after six o’clock in the evening of the 3rd of November. It boing the second tffence within the year, tho Bench imposed a penalty of £2 in each of fifty cases, which, together with costs in all. amounted to £130 Os. The agent of Lord Fitzwiliiam’s estates in the execution of orders to “ square” two farms on the Wicklow estates that interlaced each r.ther, was opposed fcy one of the tenants, to whom ire ^ave notice to quit. On the other taking jiossesBicn of some of the disputed land, he met with such violent threats and opposition that he fell down dead, probably from a heart attack. The Coroner, howover, has committed sis: prisoners for triaL Testimonial.—O n Tuesday evening the Liberals of Preston, to the number of one thousand, met in the Assembly-rooms of that town, on the occasion of the presentation of a testimonial to C. P. Grenfell, Esq., M,P. The testimonial, an Cpevgne, the workmanship of Messrs. Hunt and linked, of New Bond-street, London, was composed of solid silver, and was valued at 500 guineas. At Bletchingly, a village near Reigate, a woman named Brown has been killed by her husband. Brown, it appears, keeps an inn. His wife was addicted to drink, and on Saturday evening she much annoyed some company in one of the parlours by going in under the influence of liquor. After the company left it would seem probable a quarrel sprang up between tho husband and wife, tbo husband kicking his wife so violently that she shortly bled to death. He has been ariested. Sympathy with the Pope.—A t Waterford there was last Sunday a great demonstration on the part of those who sympathise with the Pope, held in the Cathedral. Speeches wore delivered of an exciting character. Eight thousand persons are reported to have been present, who unanimously adopted the resolutions submitted to them. There was also held, at the same time, at tho Carmelite Church, Dublin, a crowded meeting of different religious fraternities in support of the same object. Two boys were found in the streets of Waterford, tho other day, singing and retailing ballads, the burden of which was “the approaching advent” of Louis Napoleon. The “truesons of Erin” were called upon to rise as one man and urged to follow “ the bravo Dr. Cahill ” in his crusade against the tyrannical Anglo-Saxon. The youths were taken into custody, but were soon afterwards set at liberty, and their stock of inflammatory publi¬ cations was confiscated by the police. A Bace with a Railway Train.— William Bar tie, of Horton, near Bradford, was charged before the Halifax magistrates on Saturday, with cruelly illtrcating and overriding his horse on November the 25th. The defendant, it appears, was trying a race with a passenger train from Bradford to Halifax, eight miles, and as the train had to stop at four or five stations, and the transit occupying about half au hour, he outran tho train. The case fell through for want of evidence on tho po.nt of whipping the horse. A Decision in the Beistol Bankruptcy Court, a few days back, against sn attempt to obstruct a deed of arrangement, on the ground that it had not been executed by six-sevenths of the creditors in number and value, involved an important point. The argument was that while the deed in its unfinished state was valueless, the fact of the debtor having signed it constituted an act of bankruptcy on his part The Commissioner, however, did not concur in this view, and intimated that a roa9onabic time must te allowed to enable the deed to be completed, and that the trust 3 es nominated wero justified meanwhile in taking possession of the property fcliould this be confirmed on appeal it will tend greatly to lessen the diffi¬ culties of creditors desirous of settling the affairs of bankrupt traders with¬ out resorting to an adjudication. A young man named Charles Thomas Hockley, aged eighteen, jumped, one morning last week, from a window of the B1 ;e Posts Tavern, Greenhill’s-rents, whilst in a state of sonnambulism. He was conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and died shortly after. Henry Smith Bright, once so well known as a merchant at Hull, has been found dead in his ceil at the Pentonville Prison, where he was undergoing the punishment of his offence The Geographical Society of Paris has just proposed a prize of 6CC£f to the first traveller who .shall porf nun the journey from Algeria to Senegal, or vice vert a, passing by Timbuciu. DlC. 10, 1859.1 THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS 5.53 NATIONAL SPOIU'S. Tiif :si: seems little to tell of in the hunting world, exceptthit Mr. P. Williams has been compelled, for game preserving reasons too well known, to give notice that he will quit the Rufford country which he has hunted so brillautly for nearly twenty seasons. Staep'e- chasing has put itself more under a cloud than ever by tho dis¬ closures threatened in connection with the Croydon events which are to be investigated on Monday next; and, save and except ac unmis¬ takable decline in the American favourite, and an improvement in Thormanby, there is little to report about the Derby cracks. Nutbourne, for whom it is said that 1100 sovereigns would not hive been refused last autumn, is not much mentioned, and The Drone has been recently backed for a good deal on tho quiet. Kniaht of Kars has retired from the turf to Danebury pvidooks, while Xeasham is to go to Easby Abbey, and Toxophilita to Don caster. The blood foals of the present year entered with Messrs. AVetherby are—colts, 681; fillies, 677. 626 mares have been barren or unfortunate, and very nearly 100 entered foals, with Pbryne's and Alice Hawthorns among thorn, have died. Out of the six sets of twins only three survive, and one of them is christened Wetherby. Barbelio has an Ashgill filly, Catherine Hayes a Baron colt, G ispird dam a Daniel O'Rourke filly, Martha Lynn an F.llin^ton colt, Andover's dam a Fallow Buck filly, Ghuznee a King Tom celt, Inlieritrees a Mountain Deer filly, Cazenou an Orlando filly, Vira go a Stockwell colt, and Ellerdale and Castanette Yoltigeur colts. Stockwoll heads the list with twenty-four colts and eighteen fillies’, and Fandango, Flying Dutchman, Kingston, King Tom, Newmiuster, Orlando, Rataplan, Rifleman, Tadmor, Voitigour, and West Aus¬ tralian run forward. Touchstone, the premier sire, has eleven, of which two are dead. Tho great race for the championship of the Australian colonic- was run on the 1st of October, before a concourse of 40,000 parsons —the largest multitude ever assembled in Australia. Tae .viaaer (Flying Buck) is a Victorian horse, and was scarcely named in tho betting. Mr. Rarey has had a very successful tour to Manchester and Liverpool, where ho held six exhibitions, at two of which scores were turned away from the doom. In the latter town tho omnibus men attended in great force, and about forty were sent gratis by a proprietor, who was one of the original ten-guinea subscribers A chestnut cart sire and a mare, both of them fearful biters andkiekera, were the principal Liverpool subjects; and at Manchester there wore “ three frightful examples” in one day. One of them was a tittle cob sire, whioh was never trusted without a muzzle, and so confi lent was the owner of its powers to foil the American, thit he actually advertised the coming combat at his own expense, that his friends might all oome, and see the pony win. It was turned into the ring without its muzzle, and flow twice over at its opponent with all the fury of a mastiff; but Mr. Rarey eluded it the first time, and caught it as it rose on its legs for the second spring. It became so tamo at last that the audience called on him to wash his hands to be sure that there could be no deception. Mr. Rarey has been in London at AUen's Riding-school during the week, where a grey showed good fight on Wednesday to an immense crowd of Smithfield visitors. It is his intention, we believe, to visit a few more large towns, and then, if his arrangomonts with the Government will permit of it, to take a journey to Arabia and ths Holy Land. Mr. Georgo Oates defeated the South in capital style for the Newmarket Champion Puppy Stakes with his Glengarry, by Biack Cap; and Mr. Randall, after just missing the Champion All aged Stakes with his Bit of Law, revenged himself with Refulgent ia the Chippenham Stakes. The Black Clouds were thus first and seconi in the two principal Pappy Stakes, whioh is a great contrast to their bad performances at the last Altcar Club Meeting. The meetings for next week are Coughton, Warwickshire, on Monday; Brough lm and Whinfell on Tuesday and Wednesday; Hordley and Churchtown (Southport! on Wednesday; Ardrossan Club on Taursday; and Selby and Hampton Court on Tnursday and Friday. THE FARM. 