The Sun. — London, England, 1844-11-19 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vubitr eptitton. " Who runs may read." PON.MIGN. Oft Friday th e Ki ng o f t h e F renc h rece i ve d M . Vi ctor lattgo and General Aupick. , On Saturd a y a com p any o f come di ans were to per f orm two.. piece s b e f ore t h e C ourt at S t. Cl ou d . Alderman Moon had received an invitatien from his Majesty to be Present on the occasion. M. de Bourqueney, Ambassador at Constantinople, the Marquis of Las alette, Consul-General at Alexandria, and M. Nyon, Consul-General at T ang i ers , h a d arr i ve d at raris. The Maritime Prefet of Toulon had received a tele graphic dispatch from Paris, announcing that the Duke Clutaale and the Prince de Joinville would reach Toulon on the 15th, and embark for Naples on board the Gomer on the 17th. The address of the Spanish Chamber of Deputies to the Queen was presented on the 11th by a deputation. Disturbances are said to have occurred at Cadiz, b u to have been suppressed. Accounts from Alexandria state that Mehemet Ali had determined on monopolising the transit through Egypt to Suez. From C onstant i nople we learn that in the capital, and, i n d ee d , in the entire Turkish empire, tranquillity prevailed. Brofessor Liebig's reception at Darmstadt, his birth place, on his return from England and Scotland, was most enthusiastic. Numerous friends and admirers of the learned professor, and all the students of the Poly technic Scheol, assembled before his residence (at his father's house) with flambeaux, and greeted him with serenades, expressly composed for the occasion, in refe rence to the great honour paid by the people of Scotland and England in bestowing upon him the freedom of their respective cities. 'the Augsburgh Gazette states that the Archduke Charles is to quit Vienna on the 11th instant, for Pres burgh to close the Hungarian Diet as the representative Of the Emperor. According to the same journal, not only in Greece b ut in Thessaly and in Southern Albania, public opinion 18 in favour o f t h e extens i on o f t h e f ront i ers of the new hos e A cons i dera b le ag i tation prevails throughout provinces, and an explosion may be expected sooner or later. AD At Union-hal l s evera W l persons were summoned by the division of the police, and among them some poor wo !len, fur selling trait in the streets. The evidence ad unned against the defendants was, that they had boards or stalls by the road side, at Walworth with fruit, and that they created an obstruction, and being warned to desist and not paying attention to it, were accordingly e s u l t r nl;ned f or t h e o ff ence . O ne o f t h e d e f en d ants, an woman, said that she had no other means of sup tart, and that it was t o k ee p ou t o f t h e wor kh ouse s h e 147„.. - . P env oured to sell fruit in the Wal worth- roa d t o su pp or t it Mr. Traill committed her to prison. d e4.4nother woman, in defence, said she had five c hild ren dollerndent on her for support, and as k e d w h a t s h e was t o to.a . 3 . 4 Was prevented from selling a little fruit by th e ehip side —th at t h e wor kh ouse was star i ng her and her i f wen in th e f ace if s h e was o bli ge d to a b sta i n f rom i t. Train fined her 205., but should not enforce the fine wi she offended again. tA third defendant said, that she had a sick husband, ncl tried to keep him and herself out of the workhouse Y se lling fruit, and that if she was deprived of th e fins of doing so, that must be their f a t e . M r . T ra ill 2°_lng that the defendant was not at all disposed to said promise th a t s h e wou ld remove h er apple-stall, I:that he was of opinion it would be a kindness to 1111 Y of tho se persons who obstruct the thoroughfares 7 telling fruit, to commit them to the House of Cor tection • that it was an idl e l azy way o f li v i ng, an d that tho theirse bread b y who pursuedought to be made to try and earn different means. This woman and the t!s_t were threatened with a fine of 20s. each in case ot f uture disobedierice. This appears to b e a mos t atro cious j aw. Philip Bear, a foreigner, and assistant cook on boa r d the Bat av i er steam-ship, was charged at Lambeth-street with smuggling four pounds weight of foreign manufac tured tobacco. The prisoner admitted that two pounds of tobacco found upon him was his own, and the other t wo Pound s had been given to him by a shipmate who had gone on shore. Mr. Henry remarked that it was quite evident, from the manner in which the tobacco was made up, th a t it was intended for smuggling, and fined the prisoner in the penalty prescribed by the Act— IlaMely, 1004 At Worship -street, Henry Meacham was charged on suspicion of having burglariously entered the warehouse of Messrs. Waddington and Horton, wholesale umbrella manufacturers, in London-wall, and stolen a large quan tity of silk and other property to the amount of 400/. The prisoner, in defence, denied the charge a lt ogether, and said th a t t h e prosecutor was wholly mistaken in his identification of him as the man who had called at the warehouse on the occasion in question. Mr. Broughton said that the case was one of such strong suspicion against the prisoner, that he was fully warranted in re. mending him, to give time for the police to trace the Property. GOURT—PAIMIONABSX. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelita, Prince Meiningen, and Baron Knesebeck, ar rived at B r i g h ton on Monday by the half-past two O :clock train, from Lo n d on , and immediately proceeded - to the pavilion. in th e The royal , party visited the c h a i n pier course of the afternoon, and shortly before five O'cl ock took t h e i r departure for Arundel Castle, on a visit to the Duke of Norfolk. The D uke o f W e lli ngton has arr i ved at Apsley House f "omf liner Castle. His Gr ace p rocee d s t o Strath. eldsaye for the winter. m aur The Marqui s o f L ans d owne an d L a d y L ou i sa F i tz: ice have arrived at Lansdowne House, from Bowood, Wilts. The Marchioness remains at Bowood. Lord and Lady Kilmaine and family leave South stret on a v i sit to Lord and Lady Beaumont, at Carlton 1411, Yorkshire. Lord and Lady P ru dh oe h ave arr i ve d at the i r seat, Stanwick Park, Ri c h mon d , from v i s i ting their Graces the Duke and Duchess o f N or th um b er l an d , at Al nwick C 41 ti e . licle l ort Lord B oston and th e H on . Mi sses I r b y l e f t Farrance's taken a house for Saturday for Dover, where his Lordship h as the winter. present Marquis and Marchioness of Nornsanby are at sojourning at Ravensworth Castle, the seat of . " . 1 .,...._`r noble relatives, Lord and Lady Ravensworth. Sa7 l anti Countess Bruce have arrived in town from f k rl4 9jl Lodg e , near M arl b orough. lureer n, -t;arl and Countess of Kenmare have arri ve d a t t from a tour of visits. ISCNIZZANIIOI7III. W T ei ll t e E . Un atchus ia of Terence will be . performed by the a theaterMu:t boys this year. The nights will be Mon of Yr; --ecember 9 th, Thursday, the 12th, and Monday, the 16th On the - 1 t two, a prologue and epilogue Will be spoken. ' o the clergy t Tho Archbishop of York has issued a pastoral letter for th e of his diocese, on the subject of collections ,-, •-ie extension of education on the principles of the t.s.l!lsetraebaslisehed Church. His Grace states that the rapid of schools, which is happily taking place Dad the country, renders it a matter of pressing t a e paramount importance to the spiritual interests of h e di °cese to provide methods superior to those which aye been hitherto in use for training teachers of youth. w It i is said, we know not with what truth, that Thor a den's statue of Byron, excluded from the sacred Precincts of Westminster, is about to be erected in the eerrtery at Kensal-green. the he Queen Dowager has presented the Institution for , c ; elief, Employment, and Religious Instruction of the .04,111.1 t Deaf and Dumb, Bloomsbury, with 251. v,ilie Committee of Lloyd's Patriotic Fend, from a con- School of the great national utility of the Royal Naval 'ia . I! ol at New Cross, made a mcst munificent offer of contist'l pounds to that institution, with the proviso acneninvianigiyon the gratuitous establishment and edu cating the s o ' officers. This offer I:'s council . , and the solicitors of of eight necessitous by the naval as been cordially met . Preparing the documentsthe respective parties are legal and padiamenta for carrying the same into It is reckoned that rY , the amount to 28,0004 effect. amount tribute this year will Mr. O'Connell leave s D Monday next. He vvill sleep Abbey for Newcastle, Tralee on at Dean Coll's, on Tuesday night, from vvelLpnce he will mak e entry into Limerick on Wednesday. his On Saturds.y, and again last night, an extra Gazette Was published, and together of fifty-six sheets, containing almost exclitsivel and other private Bills. Y -notices concerning railway The members of the French embassy in London have Participated in the favours of his Majesty Louis Philippe, t2u the occasion of his visit to this country. Count de Jarnac has been promoted to the rank of Commandeur of the Legion of Honour. M. de Rabaudy to the rank of Officier, and Count de Noailles and Baron de Talley rand have been named Chevaliers of the Order. ------ A --ri anecdote is told of George the Third, that when inspecting the largo dock farming at Plymouth during his reign, he inquired " why its dime should so greatly exceed those of the other docks ?ionshe builder replied, that " the French were building larger ships than any we had, and therefore it was necessary to have a dock in England fit to receive them." Ile instanced, amongst others, the Commerce de Marseilles one of their finest three-deckers ; and sure enough that ship %Vas the first which entered the large dock, having been sent to England by Lord Hood, at the evacuation of Tou lon in 1793. She was found, however, to be so badly timbered as not to be worth the expense of repairs, and Galie zette was broken up i n August, 1802.—United Service Ga . Itom E AND TIIE PusEirms.--- When men come forward with a recognition of the principle that unity, or union with Rome, is all but necessary ; affect to be in a condition to negotiate with Rome ; and parade their Claims and ecclesiastical pretensions before the world as matters which they hope Rome will one day recognise-- then charity, no less than prudence, makes it a duty to tear the veil from their eyes (if it be possible ; ac quaint them emphatically with the real nature ) of to their position ; and not to,. disguise f rom them the smile of Pa y,P i t sorrow, and regret which their monstrously extra gant expe c t at i ons cannot but bring to the countenance of every ordinarily-instructed Catholic. —Tablet. EXTRAORDINARY CASES OF LONGEVITY. —There aro now residing nea r H u bberstone, Pernbrokshire. a brother and sister, Henry and Margaret Banner, of the respective ages of 97 and 101, the latter of whom can re ad well Without the use of glams.—Cambrian. IRELAND. THE O'CONNELL TRIBUTE. The forcing sy s t em o f pr i zes or prem i ums h av i n g failed to produce the result expected from it, we are glad to see the management of this house a shelter for English comedy, resorting to the simpler principle to which we owe so many sterling plays, and to which we hope to be indebted for many more—that of bring ing forward the production of authors who have al ready proved their ability as dramatic writers, and who, to the genius that nature alone confers, have added that knowledge of the stage and the public which experience alone can give. The theatrical world owes much to Mr. Webster for reviv ing the many old comedies which, but for him, would have remained unknown to the present generation, except in the closet, where the wit that is of the day, and the repartee whose point is almost of the hour, loses as much as the pathos and grandeur of tragedy often gain ; and but for the new comedies that have been produced at the Haymarket within the last three years, we should have lost our belief in the possession of such a thing—we should have been compelled to fancy that we had become wholly dependent on foreign supply. Not one ob• jection have we to offer to a clever adaptation of a clever drama in whatever language written. But we would fain have a proof now and then that invention, constructive power, wit, or something like it, re partee, or what passes for it, have not yet wholly deserted the young writers of Eng land ; and sometimes, though at long intervals, we have evidence that these qualities are yet to be found. They are all to be found, for instance, in the comedy of Old Heads and Young Hearts, from the pen of Mr. D. Bourcicault, produced last night at this theatre, and, as a consequence, it was completely successful. The plot is, if anything, too intricate ; but this is, perhaps, more forcibly felt by the critic who has to describe it, than the spectator. The dia logue is fix* and flowing, sprightly in many places, in a few witty, and at no time dull. There is the same tendency to run occasionally into farce observable in the author's former productions; but the line between it and comedy is hard to discover precisely, and an audience will at all times forgive much for the sake of a laugh ; it will forgive almost anything, indeed, but absolute vapidity—but of this Mr. Bourcicault is never guilty. Only premising farther that the applause was warm and cordial during the first act, that it was well and equally sustained throughout the other three, and came to a close with enthusiasm at the end of the fifth, we will descend from these generali ties to a slight detail of the plot and sketch of the characters. The piece is written on the plan that seems now to be a sort of recognised law of modern comedies—each act is a "set" scene, all the person ages having their exits and their entrances without the aid, or, as often happens, without the hin drance, of the scene-shifter. The first act passes in the chambers of Mr. Littleton Coke (C. Mathews) in the Temple. He is a barrister, of course, and just the sort of one that you can see, at a glance, will never be Lord Chancellor. Gay, careless, and studious of little but pleasure, if he knows any law at all, it is only that peculiar law of real property in virtue of which the faster it is spent, the sooner it comes to an end—the conclusion at which Mr. Lit- THE THEATRES. HAYIIIARKE7'. DUBLIN, Nov. 17.—The collection of the O'Con nell tribute took place this day, at the various Roman Catholic chapels in the metropolis. The following is the official raturn, so far as at present known :—Me tropolitan Church, Marlborough-street, 5361.; St. Andrew's, 4571.; St. Michael and John, 2551.; St. Catherine's, 140/. ; St. Paul's, 160/. ; St. Michan's, 2091. ; St. Nicholas's, 180/.; St. James's, 140/. ; St. Audeon's, 881.; Rathmine's parish, 1601.; Donny brook ditto, 72/.; Boolerstown (no return) ; Kings town, 140/. ; Rathfarnham (no return) • Clontarf (no return); Castleknock (no return); Sundries at office, 2551. The total will be between 3,000/. and 4,000/. THE LATE SHINBONE INVESTIGATION. DISMISSAL OF SUB-INSPECTOR PARKER.-It ap pears from the following official paragraph, published in the Evening Packet (Government organ) of last night, that Sub-Inspector Parker, of the constabulary (one of the party into whose conduct at Shinrone Mr. Corballis lately held an inquiry at the Castle), has been dismissed the force by order of the Lord Lieutenant : " We are authorised to state that directions were given on the 13th instant, by his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, to the Inspector-General of Con stabulary, for the immediate dismissal from the force of Sub-Inspector Parker and Constable Brophy. We are further enabled to state that Head-Constable Channerlas been appointed Sub-Inspector in the room of Mr. Parker." DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN BELFAST.—On Thursday, between five and six o'clock, a fire broke out in a store adjoining Winetavern-street flax spinning mill. It was occasioned, we have heard, by gas, which was being consumed in a broken lamp, having ignited particles of tow that floated in the room. From the combustible nature of the material which the store contained, the fire soon assumed a very alarming aspect, and was seen from the suburbs of the town i❑ all directions. A police force and a fire brigade, with the engines, were on the spot in a few minutes after the first alarm, and the fire was subdued by seven o'clock ; but not until the store was completely destroyed, and all its contents, amounting in value, we have heard, to 1,5001., were consumed. The premises were insured.—Northern Whig. GREAT MORTALITY IN ONE HOUSE.—At an inquest held yesterday by Mr. Wakley, M.P., the summoning officer stated that no inconsiderable excitement was caused in the vicinity of Bryanston-square, in consequence of three persons having died on the same day in one of the houses of the square. Yesterday, he said, was the day appointed for their funeral, and, as a matter of course, many groundless reports were circulated. A letter was even sent to Mr. Rawlinson ou the subject. It, however, appeared that one died of a liver complaint, another of a decline, and a third of a decay of nature. Two HORSES DROWNED. —On Wednesday night a labourer, in charge of a team belonging to Mr. John Titmarsh, of lienham, when near Collier-row, I fatfield, on his way home, deviated from the road, in the flood occasioned by the late rains, and two of the horses were drowned ; a third escaped with its life, as did also the driver, who, it is hinted, had taken something more potent than water.—Essex Herald. We are informed that a new iron steam-vessel, to be propelled by a screw, was ordered a fortnight since to be built for the especial service of the Queen, as a tender to the royal yacht Victoria and Albert., if that vessel should ever be required again after her Majesty has once been on board the new one. We understand that her Majesty was so much pleased with the pro tern. arrange ment of Sir George Cockburn, in placing the Dwarf iron screw steam-vessel at her Majesty's service, as a tender to the Victoria and Albert, that, on board the Dwarf, the Queen most graciously, with her own hand, wrote to Sir George Cockburn, stating her desire to have a steam-vessel built expressly for the purpose, and actually sent the dimensions and the draught of water of the proposed tender. The object is to enable her Majesty to dispense with the Victoria and Albert on short cruises, and, with the Prince, to enjoy the beautiful sequestered scenery on the coast, which the large draft of the royal yacht now renders impossible to be visited. The new tender will be about 135 ft. long by 20 ft. in breadth ; her draft of water will be less than five feet. She is to have a pair of Penn's oscillating engines of 60-horse power. Sir George Cockburn lost no time in attending to her Majesty's wishes, and the little vessel is already in hand.—Hamp shire Telegraph. GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY.— The first two contracts of this line were lot on Thursday for the sum of 61,0001. to Messrs. M`Cormick and Dar gan, whose successful completion of the Drogheda Rail way within the time gives promise of equally good and speedy work on the Great Southern and Western. The above amount will cover everything on twenty miles of the line except rails and sleepers, so that it is probable that the average cost per mile will not exceed 9,0001., thus proving upon the best authority, namely, the esti mate of the contractors, that in Sir John APlCeill's ori ginal estimate, 14,000/. per mile, the cost of railway was not understated, and that the entire line is certain to be executed within his estimate.—Dublin Freeman's Journal. tleton Coke has arrived, with respect to his pa trimony, at the rising of the curtain. Thus much we gather from a conversation between him self and that real blessing to comedy writers, a barrister's nondescript, who is clerk, agent, boots, butler, and valet, all rolled into one, with enough roguery to set him up i n e ither of them separately. This worthy, " Bob" by name, is capitally played by Mr. Buckstone. In the midst of their discourse Lord Charles Roebuck (Mr. Holl) an old Eton friend of Coke's, enters ; he has just landed from the Continent, summoned home by the Earl of Pompion (Mr. Tilbury), his father, to undergo the two inflictions of marrying a rich widow and being returned to Parliament for Closeborough. He imparts his troubles to Coke, who offers to take the widow and stand the contested election instead of him, and rid him of two troubles at once. Bob at this juncture enters and apprizes his master that two sus picious characters are on - the staircase, and recon noitres them through the slit of the letter-box; as they can be nothing but bailiffs, Coke and his noble friend decamp as the two strangers enter. They prove to be Jesse Rural (Mr. Farren), a good-hearted, simple, unsuspecting, worthy old soul of a Yorkshire minister, Littleton's tutor when the scapegrace of the town was a boy. He has come to London with Tom Coke, the brother of Littleton, who have been estranged from each other for fifteen years, hoping to reconcile them. The very cool reception they meet with from Bob enrages the brother and astonishes the old minister, and the curtain falls on the rage of the one and the attempts to pacify it made by the other. The second act takes us to the Earl of Pompion's mansion, and the boudoir of the Countess (Mrs. W. Clifford). Lord Charles enters with his friend Coke, and an admirable scene follows—one of the best of the piece. His mother, divided between her affection for her lap-dog, her fashionable nervousness, and her curi osity as to the Parisian fashions, gives her son the most heartless, elegant, and lady-like of receptions to his home—hoping that he has brought the Eau de Cologne, and taken care of his morals— that is to say, that he has not been too attentive to any " unmarried women," and that he " does not swear in English." The Earl, on his side, is equally careless of everything but his son's dinners at the Embassy and visits to Versailles. Lady Alice Haw thorn (Madame Vestris), the widow-cousin to whom Lord Charles is destined, is introduced in this scene, and Littleton Coke, who had undertaken to accept her in jest, is captivated by her in earnest. Thus the plot thickens; but this is not all. Littleton's brother Tom has just been really elected for a Yorkshire borough, and, as the old Earl knows that fact, without having any acquaintance with the new Member's person, he receives the briefless, placeless, and penniless Littleton as the legislator with, a vote to dispose of, and is most cordial and courteous. A Colonel Rocket (Mr. Strickland) is also introduced ; he is an old retired Indian officer, full of military phrases and prejudices, a passionate sort of Uncle Toby, with a very red face and a very pretty daughter, Miss Rocket (Miss J. Bennett), with whom Lord Charles is in love. But the real Mem ber arrives, and the Earl's warmth toLittleton under goes a great abatement; Lady Alice, out of mere co quetry, it would seem, is more than polite to his brother; the young barrister is enraged, the country Member enchanted, and so ends act the second. The third act passes in a splendid suite of drawing rooms in the Earl's mansion. All the cha racters are assembled, the Countess and her lap-dog cn a sofa with Littleton, endeavouring to appear un concerned at the desperate flirtation that is going on between his brother and the beautiful widow; Miss Rocket and Lord Charles are playing ecarte; the old clergyman is reading by the fire-side; and the Earl and the Colonel are discussing the merits of Captain Warner's shell. All this is excellently managed; but now commences the intricacy of the plot, which we altogether despair of rendering clear by descrip tion. Littleton pretends to make love to Miss Rocket to vex the widow, and a whole series of cross pur poses arises, caused mainly by the old clergyman, who believes all he sees, and all he is told, to be what it appears, not dreaming that all the fine people round him are each playing a part, more or less, of false hood. The Earl refuses his assent to his son's mar riage with Miss Rocket because she is of less than noble birth. Colonel Rocket has a special contempt for Norman blood, and doubts whether there ever was a battle of Hastings, because it is not in the army list. He determines to take his daughter down to Ghuznee Hall forthwith, and, to prevent a separation, Lord Charles determines to assume the character of the postillion who is to drive them there. The old clergy man, who is always in everybody's way, and every where when he is not wanted, overhears the plan, the source of fresh confusion. The fourth act passes in the same apartments, but in this Bob in troduces himself to the Earl, having assumed the name of Crawl, a Parliamentary agent, a partner in the firm of the Earl's confidential solicitors. He here learns from his Lordship that he is his illegitimate son, having been left by him in the care of one of the partners. His Lordship expresses a wish to see the boy he has been estranged from so many years, and Bob tells him he is then in the house, attending on the Rockets as groom ! He sends for him and introduces Lord Charles, in livery, to the Earl as his natural son, evoking thereby a gift of 1001. The old clergyman afterwards tells the . Earl that his son is going to elope with Miss Rocket, dressed as her groom ! The Earl Is too happy at the good fortune of his na tural son, little dreaming that it is his heir. Littleton assumes the same disguise to elope with Lady Alice, and they do get off, but Bob has sold the " exclusive intelligence" to the morning papers, and all is known. The old folks hurry doein to Ghuznee Hall, where the parties have arrived, and every one visits their wrath on the poor old minister, who has done all for the best, meddled with everything with the purest intentions, but only with the result of throwing all into con fusion. The idea of this character seems to be taken from that of Michael Perrin, so exquisitely played by Bouffe ; but here the simple-minded pastor is mixed up with the intrigues of fashionable life, instead of those of the French police. The part was dressed and acted by Farren to the very life. The denouement is brought about by Tom Ceke resigning a fortune which Lit tleton had signed away to supply his extravagance, after being refused by the widow, and the Earl is brought to reason by Bob threatening to reveal the secret of his birth to the Countess. To avoid this the Earl gives his consent to the marriage of Lord Charles and Miss Rocket, and all ends selon les regles. The piece is admirably brought out; the scenery is excellent— those of the boudoir and the suite of drawing-rooms are perfect in their way. The play went smoothly, and had evidently been well rehearsed. Altogether its success must be gratifying both to the author and the management. On the fall of the curtain , it was given out for repetition every evening THE HERRING FISHERY.—We lately mentioned that the herring fishing had again sprung up in Loch fine. We are now glad to be able to state that it con tinues to increase at Ardrishaig, and at the various fish ing grounds on the Loch. Some of the fishermen have this week been very successful, having taken in one night twenty maize (500 to the maize). The fish are excellent in quality, and are still improving, and are sold at the fishing ground to the curers, at Ardrishaig Point, at 3s. to 3s. Gd. per long hundred, and at Inverary at 4s. 6d., the herrings at the latter place being remarkably fine, in fact, the very best that have been in the market this season. The cured herrings are now arriving daily by steamer and find a ready market at 21 . per barrel, whole sale, which leaves a very small remuneration to thecurer for his labour. The exportation of fresh herrings for Liverpool continues ; indeed, every steamer carries a large supply.—Glusgow Constitutional. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.—We understand that the Parliamentary contract for this railway has been signed to the extent of 1,700,000/. The whole sum, it will be recollected, is 1,800,0001., therefore only 100,0001. is now unsigned for.—Edinburgh Witness. Mountjoy, the pedestrian, accomplished some ex traordinary- feats in St. Peter's-gardens, in this city, on Monday afternoon; but, owing to the unfavourableness of the weather, the attendance was not numerous. He ran one mile, walked one mile forward, and one mile backward, trundled a hoop one mile, wheeled a barrow half a mile, hopped 200 yards, picked up forty eggs with his mouth, a yard apart, and dropped them into a pail of water without breaking them, and jumped over twenty hurdles, the last ten with an egg in his mouth.—Can terbury Journal. SIR JOHN Corn's Fox-HOUNDS.—The meet on Saturday, which was attended by Sir John and a field of upwards of two hundred, was at Brick-bridge. A fox was found, upon drawing the great wood of Mr. Young, which took away across the Round-wood to the Hayes, where it doubled back to the Great-wood, and there lost. After an hour fruitlessly spent in endea vouring to find the lost fox, the pack was taken to Billingbear Park, and another fine young fox put on foot, which took away through the Park to Bear-wood, and thence to Warren-wood, near the Warren-house, where it doubled round through the same covers again to Billingbear Park, nearly up to the mansion. Reynard then stole away at a tremendous pace for Charity-wood, where it was killed after a beautiful burst of forty-five minutes. It being now nearly four o'clock, the sport was given over for the day. THE DUKE AND THE RAILWAY.—By a private letter from Dover, we hear that, in consequence of the train having been one day last week one hour past its time, the Duke of Wellington, who went by it to attend the Council, arrived when it was over. His Grace was much provoked, and went to the Directors to reprobate in strong terms their want of punctuality. The Direc tors were in despair at the occurrence, and endeavoured to excuse themselves by saying that had they known his Grace was a passenger, they would have dispatched a special train. This declaration was far from calming the complainant, who with that true and admirable feel ing of justice which characterises his Grace, asked, " What am I, the Duke of Wellington, travelling by railway, more than any other individual ?" and pro pounded to these gentlemen that it was their duty to study the convenience of the public.—Court Journal. FLOOD AT BUNGAY,—From the very heavy rains which have prevailed during the last month, the marshes and low meadows in the vicinity of this town have been covered with a deeper flood than has teen known for at least thirty-five years. The roads in those places where the water crosses them, having been impassable ; and on Wednesday evening a man in the employ of Mr. Spence, farmer, returning from Bungay with a waggon, in which were coals, in attempting to pass through the " Broom Watering," the current was so heavy and rapid that his waggon was carried against the foot-bridge and upset, and it was only with great exertion that the horses were extricated.—lpswich Express. THE MATHEW FUND.—On Wednesday night a meeting for the purpose of raising a sum of money ne eecessary to relieve Father Mathew from his present difficulties was held at the Nelson Assembly-rooms, Mr. Lawrence Heyworth in the chair. Several other highly influential gentlemen were present, but in other respects the meeting was but poorly attended. At the close of the proceedings upwards of 73/. was subscribed. A provisional committee was appointed, Mr. Lawrence Heyworth being nominated treasurer.—Liverpool Albion. RESTORATION OF THE MONUMENT TO GENERAL PICToN.—We have much pleasure in stating, that a very handsome subscription towards carrying into effect the above desirable object has been commenced. We have also great pleasure in stating that the Mayor, William Morris, Esq., of Carmarthen, has kindly consented to act with Capt. Gwynne, in carrying into effect the pur posed restoration of the monument.—Cambrian. INVERARY CASTLE.—We are glad to announce the convalescence of Lady Emma Campbell, who has been indisposed for some weeks past. The Duchess of Argyll, who has also been suffering from a quinsey in the throat, is fast recovering her usual state of health. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lorn are expected at Inverary early in the ensuing month to pass the Christmas with their noble parents. DEATH OF REAR-ADMIRAL COCIIRANE.—We have to announce the demise of this venerable flag officer on Saturday last, at Bathford, the seat of his brother, at an advanced age. His commissions were dated as follow: — Lieutenant, Dec. 26, 1800—Commander, July 30, 1805 —Captain, March 24, 1806—Pear-Admiral of the Blue, Kingfisher,N v. 23 1841. The Admiral, when commanding the sloop, captured a French privateer of 14 guns and 100 men; was present and rendered important service in the actioil off St. Domingo. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY AVENING-_, NOVEMBER l9, 1844, by Mr. Farren ; the author was called for long and budly, and at last bowed his acknowledgments from the stage-box:• The performers were also called be fore the curtain to receive the applause of the audi ence for their efforts, and were thanked by the cheers of a house crowded to excess. IPRIIVCESS'S. A new and pleasing trifle, entitled Prediction, and adapted from the French stage, was produced at this beautiful house yesterday evening. There is no great plot in the piece ; but a variety of startling incidents, occasioned by the appearance of a gentleman well known to the readers of Milton's Epic, keeps the audi ence alive, and the return of a vacillating lover to his liege duty winds up the piece. The mysterious per sonage himself, divested, however, of his infernal ter rors, was well enacted by Miss Emma Stanley, and the unfortunate lover, by Mr. Walter Lacy, was perfection. The piece was exceedingly well got up, the scenery was first-rate, the dresses unexception able, yet we cannot say that the drama was very suc cessful. There was an ominous silence throughout that augured ill for its continuance upon the stage, for the faint cheering that might be occasionally heard was more due to the actress than the author. In the next piece, however—the glorious Don— Wallack ought to have lived in the days of chivalry— restored each and every one to a most happy tem perament, and a hearty shout at the consummation evinced that sterling merit could be always appre ciated, aye, and heartily acknowledged, too. The evening's amusements were wound up by the re petition of the new grand oriental ballet, the Enchanted Bell. The play-bill does not belie it. It carries us literally into the land of enchantment; and the exhibition of eastern splendour—the palaces—the domes—the gardens—the dancing girls—all realise the visionary splendours of the Thousand and One Nights. Some of the scenes in the ballet resembled Turner's best efforts in his earlier days; and with all our veneration for that great artist, we think him flattered by Me comparison. Certes, Mr. Maddox deserves the thanks and gratitude of the public for his unremitting efforts to please them. ADVENTURES OF A FOX. Those o' our readers who are in the habit of in dulging themselves with pleasant drives and rambles into the country must know the new hotel kept by Mr. Henry Blunt, at Woolton. Amongst his live stock Mr. Blunt has long had a couple of foxe;, male and female, which, like Home's hermit, are " the wonder of the neighbouring swains." Bound in chains rather stronger than the chain connubial, neither the lady fox nor the gentleman fox ever ap peared inclined to rove from home, till lately a dispo sition to wander suddenly seized upon the latter, and, strange to say, he received assistance from his lady in the accomplishment of his wishes. Mrs. Fox actually gnawed through the collar of her lord, and like many an heroic female " famous in story," heroically, for his sake, dared the vengeance of offended power. Reynard might immediately have made his escape, but whether the ancient appetite of his kind prevailed over his proverbial discretion, or whether he wished to fortify his inner indivi duality ere he set out on his travels, we know not, but certain it is that he crept slily among the poultry, and selected a fine plump chicken, on which he forth with breakfasted. Then, "consideration, like an angel," came, and he gallantly determined upon help ing his lady, who looked wistfully on, unable to help herself. He selected for her a black Spanish cock, of a valuable breed, which, having killed, he laid before his spouse. He next set himself to work to provide provision for a future day. Seizing a fat goose, he quietly bit o ff hi s l ong nec k , an d concealed the huge bird beneath some branches in the garden. The vil lain next snapped at a fine duck and was proceedi ng to bury it alive, wh en h e was discovered, and, upon a rush being made at him, he at once cleared a wall ten feet high. He took another wall into Mr. Gibbons's garden, where his brush was seen fur a moment; but, determined to escape, he dashed at the carriage gate, which is planted with spikes, and actually cleared it into the road, where he was seen by Mr. Gore, who turned him, upon which he made across the country. He went to a farm be longing to Mr. Bibby, where be bay concealed for some time; but, on the following morning, he ap peared at the residence of Mr. Ambrose Lace, the excellence of whose poultry we believe he had the honour of testing. Next morning he favoured Mrs. Foster, widow of the late Mr. Foster, town-clerk, with a visit, and did her a similar favour. Here, however, he was pursued by the dogs, which seem to have given him something of a fright, for he was not heard of for several days afterwards. His next ap pearance was at the residence of our friend Dr. Shep herd, at Gateacre. Here, however, he again met with a reception which he did not like, the dogs having rushed upon him and chased him a considerable dis tance. lie took the direction of Toxteth-park. Now, this very queer fox came originally from America, having, with his spouse, been presented to Mr. Blunt by the commander of one of the New York packet ships. Whether he was disgusted with the treatment he had met with in Eng land, and had determined on returning to his native land, or whether he mistook the forest of masts before him for a forest of another description we know not ; but it is certain that he " pondered refuge from his toil" in a very singular locality. Passing behind the Coburg Hotel, he crossed the bridge of the Coburg Dock, and took shelter under some loose timber. Here he was taken by Mr. Green and his man, who, seeing that he had a rope on his neck, at once conjectured he had escaped from captivity. Mr. Blunt was soon in formed of his whereabout, and, in a few days, he was taken back to his old quarters, where he may be seen living with his spouse, in apparent contentment and felicity, though he is compelled to regale on food less to his taste than fatted poultry.—Liverpool Albion. INCENDIARY FIRE AT PANFIELD.—We regret to state, that about twelve o'clock on Sunday night last, a barn upon Currant's farm, the property of Mr. Gosling, and in the occupation of Mr. John Ratcliff, of Panfield, situate about a mile and a half from the town of Brain tree, was discovered to be on fire. Superintendent Malins and three of his constables were quickly on the spot, and two engines were in attendance ; but notwith standing the exertions of those present the barn, with its contents, consisting of the produse of 9 acres of oats and 2i of beans, a stable and ottrtledge, were totally consumed. There appears to be little doubt that this destruction of property was wilflully occasioned, and at present there is no clue to the guilty party. The stock was insured in the Sun Fire-office ; we have not heard whether the buildings were similarly protected. Mr. Ratcliff, it will be remembered, suffered from a similar villanous act in May last.—Essex Herald. THE CREEP AT ST. PETER'S DOCK.—AD alarming occurrence took place yesterday morning, at St. Peter's Quay, about three miles below this town, the surface of the ground for some acres in extent, h av i ng b een a ff ec t e d with what in this district is called the creep, being a sort of incipient earthquake, by which considerable destruc tion has been done to property in the neighbourhood, the extensive building yard of Messrs. Thomas and William Smith, the eminent ship-builders, having been rendered for a time entirely useless. The first intima tion of danger was observed a week ago, but it was very slight, amounting only to a rent in one of the houses to the north of the building yard, which was repaired, and matters continued in the same state till nine o'clock yesterday morning. It may be proper to state that the dock, though on the north side of the river, is com pletely undermined by the workings of the Friar's Goose colliery, situate on the other side, and it is supposed the accident has been caused by the working or falling l of the roof, or superincumbent strata. At the period abovementioned, the whole of the men and boys, nearly 200 in number, were at breakfast in the smith's shop and store, on the north side of the building yard, when they heard a thundering noise, and on looking out, beheld the surface of the ground in motion. They ran away from thv spot, and reached a place of safety, and there they were soon joined by the inhabitants of the neighbouring house who tied in the greatest consternation. In a few minutes the heaving of the surface ceased, and, on the men re turning to the building yard, they found the ground rent in various directions, presenting chasms several feet in depth ; the bottom of the spacious dry dock, capable of admitting vessels of the largest size, was thrown up in dreadful confusion ; the sides rent ; and the whole presented a scene of destruction which might well appal the stoutest heart. The windows in the neighbouring houses were broken, doors and framework split and crushed, and several walls were levelled with the ground. The movement was confined to the building-yard and the adjacent houses. The quay next the river has sunk several inches, and the bed of the river, which before was " high and dry" at low water, is now covered to the depth of from eighteen to twenty-four inches. The water in the river was agitated, and the motion was felt on board the vessels lying near. The men employed in the building-yard have been discharged, and all work sus pended, and it will be some time before the injury can be repaired.—Newcastle Journal. THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF A BRIDE GROO,I.—It will be recollected that a paragraph ap peared in the papers last week, giving the details of the extraordinary and mysterious disappearance of Mr. Joseph Amis, many years bookkeeper at the Bull Inn, Aldgate, who immediately after his marriage had writ ten a letter to his bride, sending her a bag of sovereigns, telling her where to obtain the rest of his property, and concluding by a statement that she would in all proba bility never see him again. It appears that previously to the wedding he made arrangements to come into the occupancy of the Kent and Essex public-house, High street, Whitechapel, and had paid a deposit as earnest money. On the receipt of his extraordinary letter, hi, wife and her friends were naturally greatly alarmed, and began to fear that he contemplated suicide; although they knew no cause to which to attribute any mental distress or annoyance. They have, however, since been relieved from all their fears and anxieties by the return of the bridegroom, who having " thought better of the matter," resolved to come back and claim his wife like a man. The oddest part of the business is, that he conld assign no motive for his strange conduct, merely saying that he experienced a feeling of despondency with regard to his new undertaking. He is, however, now i❑ pos session of the Kent and Essex. THE LATE MYSTERIOUS DEATlL—Yesterdq7 Mr. Wakley and the jury re-assembled at Mr. Olney s, the Silver Cup, Cromer-street, to further prosecute the in quiry respecting the death of Mr. Henry Williams, aged thirty-eight, managing clerk to a solicitor, residing at No. 5, Constitution-row, Gray's Inn-road, whose death was occasioned by the point of some blunt instrument being thrust into his left eye. After a long inquiry, the coroner cleared the court of strangers, and examined at considerable length in private Inspector Barton and the various police-officers seriatim. The Court having been closed for above an hour, the jury broke up without any verdict being formally delivered, but it was understood that they had made a general return, and that the coroner had directed the closest privacy, for the pur pose of seeing whether any party absconded, in which event, ho stated, he would issue his warrant for the apprehension of the suspected person, and then reopen the inquiry. The deceased has left a widow and eight children. SPARROW-SHOOTING EXTRAORDINARY.—A very novel and successful mode of shooting sparrows was witnessed at Deptford yesterday (Monday) morning. Two men of colour, who from their dress appeared to be Lascars, were amusing themselves by shooting sparrows in the proximity of the Docks, which they effected in the following a anner. Each man was furnished with a bamboo cane, measuring about three feet in length, also with a bag of clay pellets, resembling small marbles. One of the men, on perceiving a sparrow settle upon the ground, would approach it within fourteen or fiftctit paces, and applying the tube to his mouth, placing it in a line with the bird, would propel one of these pellets by the force of his breath, through the former at the spar row, with sure and certain effect. In the course of a few minutes they had managed, between them, to kill no less than 13 of these birds, and were proceeding successfully, and t o deadly was their unerring aim, that, out of four teen objects of the above description at which they dis charged their pellets, ono only escaped, and in that soli tary instance the bird was at least 2.t) paces off the shooter when the missile was projected at it. In consequence of the receipt by Sir W. Magnay, Bart., the late Lord May or, of a letter from Sir Jam es Graham, recommending the consideration of the project of discontinuing the evenin g sittin gs of the Central Criminal Court, the experiment is about to be tried. On account of the shortness of the notice it will not be pos,ible to discontinue the evening sittings on the days appointed for the next session, but preparations will he made fur testing the efficacy of the proposed plan in the second session of the mayoralty, and the magistrates will report the result accordingly. I WESTMINSTER IMPROVEMENTS • Preliminary surveys are now in course of progress • for the purpose of ascertaining the best route for a new street direct from Westminster to Pimlico, and near to the Great Western road, as the new line pro posed by the Government surveyors does not appear so satisfactory to the inhabitants as they could wish, being, in fact, only a slight modification of the line known some years since as Rigby Wason's. This line starts from Abingdon-street, and takes a southerly course up to the Vauxhall-bridge-road, so that, in fact, it really leaves all the notorious " slums" of Westminster quite unscathed. It is true 190 a certain extent that a pretty good clearance of worthless houses will be made in the neighbourhood of Palmer's Village, through which it is proposed that the new Government line should pass ; so far, perhaps, it may be well, as it will enable the Commissioners to effect their so called " improvements" at a triflng expense, when compared to the amount of capital required to perfect the new competing line, as now being surveyed. Messrs. Chawner and Pennethorne, the surveyors to the Woods and Forests, have been for some time past occupied very busily on this matter, principally in ascertaining the value of the pro perty through which the line is to pass ; we say their line, because as the 'Woods and Forests surveyors, they have a very prominent part to play in it—but why have they or the Commissioners thrown the in habitants of Westminster overboard, as if their con venience were of no consequence, or as if the real improvement of Westminster were not seriously intended by the Government at all ? Is the line intended merely as an accommoda tion-road for Members of Parliament who happen to live south of Vauxhal-bridge-road, for the especial accommodation of the fashionables of Eaton and Bel grave-squares, or for the particular gratification of the Marquis of Westminster, whose property in that di rection, already so enormously increased in value, will be rendered still more vaLable ? Why are not the interests and wishes of the inhabitants con sidered ? Are the " slums" of Westminster too re dolent of filth and dust to receive the visits of the surveyors employed under the Wools and Forests, or are these gentlemen unaware of the mass of poverty, crime, and wretchedness, accumulated and still ac cumulating on the property of the Dean and Chap ter ?— The Builder HARBOUR OE REFUGE IN TIIE FRITH OF FORTH.— We understand that the proposal of a harbour of refuge fur the shipping on the cast coast of Scotland, to be situated in the vicinity of Granton, has been for some time under the consideration ofrnany influential parties in this quarter. The project, we hear, has been received in the most favourable manner, and w•e hope to be enabled, in a very short time, to discuss it in its several bearings, as the subject is one of the very greatest importance to the commercial classes and the public generally.—Edinburgh Witness. TIIE NEW SCHOOLS AT SHEFFIELD.—Lord Wham cliffe laid the first stone of the new schools which aro about ID be erected in connexion with St. George's Church, at the corner of Broad-lane and Beet-street, Sheffield, on Thursday last. We understand that a fair English danseuse, whose abilities and personal attractions have rendered her a formidable rival to the foreign artistes who are now en gaged at Drury-lane, was not forthcoming on Saturday, when called upon to sustain her part. Report says that the fair one, with a gallant captain, has proceeded on a pilgrimage to Gretna.—Post. THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.—At the last meeting of the members of the Medical Protection Assembly, Mr. Wakley, M.l'., moved, and it was carried unani mously :—" That Dr. Jordan Lynch be requested to open a correspondence immediately with the presidents or secretaries of the principal medical associations throughout the country, requesting to be informed whether they are desirous that there should be a meet ing of medical delegates in London, and at what period they consider that it would be most convenient or most useful for them to assemble." The object of the pro posed meeting of delegates is to consider the propriety of taking some immediate and decisive steps with re ference to Sir James Graham's Bill for the regulation of medical practice. LORD BYRON'S MONUMENT.—Thorwaldsen's statue of Byron, excluded from the sacred precincts of West minster, is about to be erected in the cemetery of Ken sal-green.--Literary Gazette. ITER .MAJESTY'S BUCK-BOUNDS.—A field, con sisting of not more than forty or fifty horsemen, attended the meet, on Monday morning, at Broornhill-hut. A beautiful stag, which went away in excellent style, upon being usicarted on the waste, mad© for Chobham, crossing the Bagshot-road, near the Pelican, on to High Beech and Sunninghill, when it doubled to the right through Mr. Forbes' plantations to Old Windsor-common, and thence to Blacknest. Here, for some time, the stag was " mobbed" by the yokels of the neighbourhood, and headed in every direction to the great annoyance of the field. After doubling for Sunninghill and again back to Blacknest, it was run into and killed close to the Wheat sheaf, at Virginia Water, after a run, from first to last, of an hour and a half. DRESSING 'WOUNDS AND ULCERS.—Dr. Langier's new method consists in applying on the surface of the wound or ulcer a solution of gum arabic, and on it a bit of geldbeater's skin ; thus dressed, a wound an inch in in diameter was reduced in the space of eight days to one-third or one-sixth of an inch in extent. Cicatrisa tion took place so rapidly that the granulations, covered Kith a thin epidermis; were as numerous and visible as before, but could be touched without causing pain. A wound produced by amputation of the breast, highly in flamed, about four and a half inches in length, and cno and a half in breadth, under this treatment healed ra pidly, and purulent secretion did not take place. He proposes applying this method to a wound left by ampu tation of the thigh.—Medical Times. The Earl of Dartmouth has presented a donation of ten guineas to the Birmingham Lying-in Hospital. The celebrated fox-hounds of Mr. Machell, of Newby-bridge, have run no fewer than thirteen foxes this season, ten of which they succeeded in capturing. A LAD COMMITTED FOR MANSLAUGHTBR.—A Coroner's inquest was held on Monday, before A. H. English, Esq., at the Lamb and Cottage, on the body of Samuel Pritchard, a lad, whose parents reside at No. 21, Itichmond•terrace, Widcombe. On the 2d instant, as deceased and his brother George, who is about two years older, were quarrelling, in tho course of the dispute, deceased threw a hatchet at his brother, hitting him with it upon his shoulder. He be came enraged, seized an auger, and hurled it at deceased striking him on the inside of the right thigh, which it penetrated to the depth of an inch and a half, and left a wound, the surface of which was a quarter of an inch wide. Profuse bleeding ensued, and the lad was imme diately conveyed to Mr. Lloyd's, surgeon, where the wound was dressed. The brother George was taken into custody for the offence, and brought before the magistrates on the 4th instant, but was discharged, in consequence of his brother not appearing against him. On the 6th instant, the sufferer was removed by his mother to the United Hospital, when the wound was dressed by the house surgeon, who prescribed the necessary medicine, and desired his mother to confine the lad to his bed, and not to bring him there again. Contrary to his directions, however, the mother took her son to the hospital on the following Saturday, when she was again desired to take him home and keep him in bed. On Sunday, about two o'clock, the lad was brought to the hospital for the third time, his neck and jaws having become stiff, and the usual symptoms of tetanus, or lock-jaw, beginning to manifest them selves. Deceased was then bled, and appeared to be getting better, till after seven o'clock, when his mouth became nearly closed, after which he was unable to take any nourishment. He remained in this state till Monday morning, about nine o'clock, when death ensued. A post mortem examination being deeme.l necessary, the inquest was adjourned till Tuesday afternoon, when the house surgeon gave it as his opinion that the wound in deceased's thigh had induced tetanus, which had produced death. The brother, who was present, in custody, having been cautioned by the Coroner, declined making any statement, and the jury, after about half an hour's deliberation, returned a ver dict of "Manslaughter" against George Pritchard, who was accordingly committed to take his trial at the next assize.—Both Herald. --- ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL-GARDENS.—On Monday the Royal Zoological-gardens received two boa constrictors, which were sent to this institution from Demerara in the Glencairn, by the Edinburgh Auxiliary Zoological Society there. These serpents are most beautiful specimens of their formidable species. When they arrived they were quite torpid, but the application of heat soon revived them, and they are now very lively and active. Yesterday after noon a South American tiger, brought by the Cherokee to Greenock, as a present to the same society, also ar rived at the gardens. It is a magnificent animal. At the first sight it might be taken for a large handsome leopard, but on nearer examination the difference from that animal is evident and striking. Its spots are ar ranged in very marked squares and bands, which have the appearance of stripes ; hence we suppose it is called after the tiger. It is the great jagguar of South America, and is as fierce and powerful, and as much feared in the forests of that country, as the t ig er is in the jungles of Asia. It is a very ra re animal in our collections. Too much praise cannot be.bestowed upon the captain of the Cherokee for his care and at tention to the animal during its long voyage. Thanks to him, it is in the finest health and condition, and one of the chief ornaments of the menagerie. These pre sentations are most seasonable, and cannot fail to excite in the frequenters of the gardens, not only admiration for the specimens, but a peculiar interest on account of their generous donors. —Edinburgh IVitness. DURHAM UNIVERSITY.—A Professorship of Ger man has been founded in this University, to which Herr Lowenberg has been appointed. to last c , on a tr s adi t c o t ttihiee attemptedbuthrnat. ALLEGED BURNING OF HADDINGTON pgra ph pin ((11:ui)ngton Church. Fr om every r• hives tialniViipaectiaooarif d appeared that has taken place, nothing can be even'ould to of f rou s g u h o t i oaut dtihabaotlicwaoluladeLleadltathppeeasru,sphicoiwon. ever, that it has been the practice for some time back, for boys to climb over the church-yard wall, and enter the eastern ruin of the cathedral, and amuse themselves at soveral kinds of games; but amongst the more dangerous amusements is that of kindling a fire, and roasting apples and potatoes. It is surmised that this was done by some juveniles, in the case referred to, but unfortunately had kindled the fire too near the door, and finding it getting low, dispersed themselves to gather more fuel to supply it; but on returning, finding the door had ignited, took fright and ran off without attempting to put it out.--. Berwick Warder. SURREY THEATRE. ' Last night, a new drama, in two acts, entitled The Seal'd Sentence, was produced at this theatre. Valentine Dournay, a young artist and author (Mr. J. T. Johnson), is betrothed to Laurette (Mrs. R. Honner), the daughter of a rustic labourer. Victor Lavitte, the son of the mayor of the commune (Mr. N. T. Hicks), is deeply enamoured of Laurette, and seeks to displace Valentine in Laurette's affections. The drama opens with a pretty view of a vineyard in the vicinity of Paris, followed by the bridal festival, The young lovers having returned from the marriage ceremony, Victor Lavitte is in despair, and deter mines on ruining Valentine, and, as nothing was more easy, more common, or more natural in that age of terror than to denounce any individual as a traitor to the Directory or the republic, Lavitte appears, fol lowed by Wens-d'armes. They seize Valentine, who is taken to the prison of La Force, is first (as we subsequently learn) condemned to death, but his sen tence is commuted to deportation. Valentine is, how ever, permitted to carry with him his bride, and they, with many others, are embarked on board a French brig of war, commanded by a gallant old veteran, Captain La Roche Girard, whose sympathy is readily excited in behalf of the youthful couple. Having proceeded to sea, the sealed sentence is opened by the captain, who finds that Valentine is doomed to be shot. The marines kneel and fire, and Valentine falls over the ship's side, and thus ends the first act. A period of years is supposed to elapse between the first and the second act, which opens with Russian scenery and the proceedings of the grand army. Captain La Roche has become a soldier in that ill fated army, and is the protector of Laurette, who for a long time previous has been insane, with only . lucid intervals. The villain Victor Lavitte appears in the same army, and dies covered with wounds in pre senting his body to the charge of the Cossacks to save Laurette, who in despair rushes out, and by her efforts induces the French troops to rally ; and finally, much to the surprise of all parties, Valentine Dournay re-appears, he having become an officer, and having fought in Egypt. He refers to the stratagem of the old captain (which remains a secret between them), and shortly narrates how he escaped by swimming some enormous distance; and all ends happily. We should not do justice did we not refer to the admir able performance of Mrs. R. Honner as Laurette, not only as the raving maniac, but throughout the various incidents which arise. LITERATURE. AGINCOURT. 3 Vols. Bentley, London, 1844. The title of this work sufficiently indicates its character, and the main incidents on which it is founded. It is a tale of the days of Henry the Fifth, and refers to the most stirring period of that monarch's reign, when he made his expedition into France, which led—as all the world knows—to the ex traordinary battle and still more extraordinary victory of Agincourt. Mr. James, the author, is perfectly at home with an historical theme of this character, and sketches his English barons, knights, and squires, and dames " of high, degree," with as much spirit and accuracy as could be expected in a professed writer of fiction. llis first volume is somewhat heavy, but the second and third are full of bustle; and the portrait of Richard of Woodville is as carefully finished a one as any that its author has recently produced. Consider ing how many novels Mr. James has published— some twenty or thirty, we believe—it is not a little remarkable that the freshness and animation of his manner exhibit not the slightest tokens of decay. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MONDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert took their accustomed early promenade, and, on the return of her Majesty and her Royal Consort, the Prince left the Castle on a shooting excursion, accompanied by Lord Glenlyon and Sir Jas. Graham, and attended by the Earl of Morton, Mr. Anson, Captain Meynell, and Colonel Wylde. The party went to the royal preserves in the Great Park. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were taken out in their garden chaise an airing this morning. The Earl of Liverpool (Lai Steward) and Sir Henry Wheatley arrived at the Castle to-day, on a visit to the Queen. In the afternoon Lord Glenlyon and the Right Hon. Sir James and Lady Graham took their de parture from the Castle. The following is the programme of the performance of the Royal Horse Guards band at the Castle on Saturday evening : Overtire, Macbeth—Spohr. Selections, Bohemian Girl—Balfe. March of the Russian Guards—Doerfeld. Selection, Alma—Costa. Chorus and Fugue, Amen, from the Stabat Mater— Rossini. The Queen and Prince Albert inspected to-day a bust of Sir William Magnay (late Lord Mayor), submitted by Mr. J. E. Jones, and were graciously pleased to express their approbation of the work. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Ivlecklenburgh Strelitz, attended by Baron Knese beck, left Kew yesterday morning for Arundel Castle, Sussex, to honour the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk with a visit. The Governor of the Bank of England and the De puty-Governor had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. A deputation on behalf of the Waterford and Li merick Railway Company, consisting of the Right Worshipful the Mayor of Waterford, Chairman of the Provisional Committee; Sir Henry Winston Barron, Bart., M.P.; Mr. Charles Brancome (Clonmel), Mr. Thomas E. Lalor, J. P. (Carricksuir), Mr. Joshua Wm. Strangman (Waterford), Mr. James Walpole, the Honorary Secretary (Waterford), Mr. W. 0. Hunt, solicitor ; and Mr. Charles Vignoles, en gineer, had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Sir Robert Peel, Lady, and Miss Peel, arrived at their residence in Whitehall-gardens yesterday morn ing, from Brighton. His Excellency M. Dedel had an interview with Lord Aberdeen at the Foreign-office yesterday. The Belgian Minister transacted business yesterday at the Foreign- office. Sir James and Lady Graham arrived in town yes terday afternoon, from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. A deputation respecting the Cork and Bandon Railway, consisting of Mr. Sergeant Murphy, M.P. ; Major Clark, K.H.; Mr. W. Shaw (Cork), and Mr. W. Sullivan (Bandon), accompanied by Mr. Vignoles, the engineer, had an interview yesterday with the Earl of Dalhousie, at the Board of Trade. Dispatches for Sir Charles Metcalfe, Governor of Canada, and for the Governors of the other North American Provinces, were sent off yesterday evening form the Colonial-office. Dispatches were also sent off for the Governor of the Mauritius. Lord Boston and the Hon. Misses Irby left Far rance's Hotel on Saturday for Dover, where his Lord ship has taken a house for the winter. SUSPECTED MURDER.—The crew of a boat from an adjacent island landed of late at a place called Strand, in Harris, and there accidentally fell in with the body of a young female, after having been apparently thrown into a spring or bog of water. The body pre sented all the symptoms of the sad effects of violent hands. The face was dreadfully cut and mangled, and other parts of the body indicated that foul play had been cruelly resorted to. It is said that two medical gentle men inspected the remains of the unfortunate female, and discovered that she had been enciente. The authori ties are using all the means in their power to discover the perpetrator of the fearful deed, but as yet are uu- Buccestito.—lnverness Courier. CORNWALL and D EVON CENTRAL RAILWAY, AND BRISTOL AND EXE TER RAILWAY COMPANY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—An advertisement appeared in the Times o f the 16th inst., headed " Bristol and Exeter Railway Company ;" which is authenticated by the signature of the Secretary, Mr. Badham, and is in the following words : " In consequence of statements which have been made at public meetings in the county of Cornwall, and else where, and in some of the newspapers, that the Chair man of the Bristol Railway Company, Frederick Ricketts, Esq., has given his personal support to the Central Corn wall Railway, in opposition to the Cornwall Railway from Plymouth to Falmouth (which latter line has the undivided support of the Bristol and Exeter, the Great Western, the Bristol and Gloucester, and the South De von Companies, of all of which he is a Director), and that the banking firm in Cornwall, of which Mr. Ricketts is the head, has engaged to make a large advance of money to the central line, I am directed to publish the two fol lowing letters, by which it will be seen that those state ments were altogether unauthorised by Mr. Ricketts, and that he continues to be Chairman of the Bristol and Exeter Company. " By order of the Directors, " J. B. BADHAM, Secretary. "Bristol Office, 30, Broad-street, November 13, 1844." Having been present at, and taken part in, most of the public meetings held in Cornwall on the question of the Central Railway, and having attended as a de putation the meetings held " elsewhere"—namely, at Bideford and Exeter—l can give the most unqualified contradiction to the assertion that at such meetings it was stated that "Frederick Ricketts, Esq., had given his personal support to the Central Cornwall Railway, in opposition to the Cornwall Railway from Ply mouth to Falmouth ;" for on every such occasion it was distinctly announced that Mr. Ricketts was in no way connected with the Central Railway, although his partners in the bank in Cornwall, Messrs. Turner, Enthoven, Mason, and James, were all members of the Provisional Committee. This I have repeatedly affirmed, and the same statement has invariably been made by the other gentlemen with whom I have been associated in this undertaking ; so far, therefore, from such representations having been made as alleged, pains have been taken to 'prevent an erroneous impression to which the connexion of the parties might otherwise have led. At the great and influential meeting held at Exeter, 'on the 2d inst., which I had the honour of addressing, there were present the representatives of three of the associated companies —Mr. Saunders, the secretary of the Great Western ; Mr. Badham, the secretary of the Bristol arid Exeter ; and Mr. Princeps, the secve• tary of the South Devon Railway—besides Directors and Shareholders in some or all of these companies. I ask these gentlemen whether, on that occasion, it was asserted that " Mr. Ricketts had given his per sonal support to the Central Cornwall Railway," or whether that gentleman was not expressly excepted from all connexion with it ? I appeal to the re • porters, and to every gentleman present at that meeting, for confirmation to the contradiction which I give to such a statement. I distinctly remember saying at that meeting—" Gentlemen, if I mis-state any fact, correct me." Did Mr. Saunders, Mr. Bad ham, or Mr. Princeps, venture to question any representation of mine ? Had I made such a state ment as is insinuated in the advertisement signed by Mr. Badham, could that gentleman have permitted himself to become an acquiescing party by remain ing silent ? The publication of the advertisement in question furnishes evidence of the peculiar means re• sorted to to serve a temporary purpose, and to assail, indirectly, the character of a most honourable man, merely because his partners in a banking company venture to act upon their own judgments, and to identify themselves with an undertaking calculated to benefit that county, in the prosperity of which they had become deeply interested. With respect to the offer by them of a sum of money towards the construction of the Central Railway, I apprehend Mr. Turner's statement at Truro will be found sufficiently explicit, and that the advertisement can hardly be expected to obliterate a fact. I would suggest to the Great Western Company the propriety of consulting the county of Cornwall on the subject of a Cornish Railway, instead of deluding themselves into the belief that, against the expressed determination of that county, united as it is in favour of a central line, they can succeed in carrying out the coast line, a project calculated to be beneficial only to the private interests of associated companies, and obviously detrimental to the public good. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, THOMAS lIARVEY, Secretary of the Cornwall and Devon Central Railway. 5, John-street, Adelphi, Nov. 18, 1844. TIIE KING OF THE FRENCH.—WINDSOR, MON DAY.—On Saturday afternoon Baron Talleyrand, the Count do Noailles, and M. Rabandy, arrived at Windsor, from the French embassy, for the purpose of having an interview with Mr. T. Clark, the newly-elected Mayor, having been commanded by his Majesty Louis Philippe to present the worthy chief magistrate with the sum of 5,000 f. (2000 to be distributed amongst the poor and necessitous of the town during the ensuing winter. Two beautifully executed gold snuff-boxes have been pre sented from the King of the French to Messrs. Russell and Stead, the inspectors of police who were on duty at the Castle during the visit of his Majesty to the Queen. The female domestics also, connected with the suite of apartments occupied by his Majesty, were likewise pre sented with valuable rings set with diamonds and other precious stones. THE POLISH BALL.— Yesterday a numerous meeting of the Committee for conducting the Polish ball took place at the Guildhall, Deputy Peacock in the chair. Lord Dudley Stuart stated that the applications for tickets were very great, and the strongest hopes were entertained that the ball would be more than usually productive. No trouble or expense would be spared to make the whole of the entertainments worthy of the occasion, and a larger number of people of high rank would attend than had been ever known to assemble at their annual meeting for the assistance of the un fortunate Poles. The inconvenience arising from the dust produced by the chalking of the floor will be com pletely obviated by the new system introduced for this occasion. While the Committee was sitting, many applications were made for tickets, amongst which were applications from the French Ambassador and his lady, the Earl and Couhtess of Errol, the Ladies Fitzcla rence, &c., &c. TIM WELSH MARTYRS.—A public meeting to memorialise her Majesty to grant a free pardon to those unfortunate men, Frost, Williams, and Jones, is con vened for this evening, at the Hall, Turnagain-lane, Skinner-street, Snow-hill. T. S. Duncombe, Esq., M.P., who has recently placed a vast number of memorials in Sir J. Graham's hands for the same merciful purpose, has been invited to take the chair on the occasion. Numerous burglaries, and burglarious attempts, have taken place lately in this neighbourhood, and there is no doubt as to the existence of an organised band of burglars, who have hitherto escaped detection. Buckingham, the residence of Mr. Bridger at Shoreham, was broken into a short time ago and some plate stolen; and this has been followed by several other attempts in the adjoining parishes. A night or two ago Red House, occupied by Mr. H. Fuller's bailiff, at Portslade, was broken into, and also Mr. Hardwicke's, at South wick. On Tuesday night the house of Mr. Tompsett, farmer, at Telscombe, was attacked ; but, hearing a noise, Mr. Tompsett got up, took his gun, and fired at the robbers, who then made off. In addition to these, the house of Mrs. Hurley, at Iford ; of Mr. Goldsmith, of Bevendean ; of Mr. Blaker, at Patcham •, of the Rev. Mr. Staveley, at Patcham ; and of the Rev. Mr. Hutchins, at Telscombe, have been either attempted or actually broken into, and considerable alarm is felt in consequence by the occupants of detached dwellings. A special policeman was yesterday sworn in for Portslade, and we understand the farmers are about to enter into a subscription for the purpose of offering a reward for the apprehension of the daring offenders.—Brighton Herald. MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.—A remarkable instance of providential escape from untimely death occurred to three young gentlemen, at Marsden Rock, near South Shields, on Tuesday last. It appears that a holiday g havinbeen given at the school which they attended, a number of youths went to Marsden Rock for a little. ex cursion, and to enjoy the beauties of that romantic spot. Three of the party descended to the beach and wandered about for some time; these were sons of Mr. Wealands Robson, Mr. Wm. Dixon, and Mr. Lonie, of Bishop wearmeuth. The sea was very rough, and the tide was setting in very strong, when they discovered that the tide had flowed round them and cut off their retreat. The little fellows got upon the highest point of the rock, and the water by this time had reached above their knees, and was flowing so rapidly that they must soon have been swept into the surge. Young Dixon was three times washed off his standing place, but gained it again. In this juncture a brother of Robson looked over the precipice, and saw the imminent danger of his young friends, and instantly ran to the house of Peter Allan, close by, and gave the alarm. Allan with promptitude took a rope, and hastened to the rock, and having lowered down the rope, desired one of the boys to fasten it round his waist; this was done, and he was dragged up a height of 70 feet with safety. The other two boys were rescued in the same way, young Robson cou rageously waiting to the last to assist his more frightened companions. Dixon was in a very exhausted state, and had to be put to bed at Peter Allan's, where ho soon re covered so as to walk home; the other two were much bruised against the rock in being drawn up, but all are now in a fair way of recovery from injury and fright. About five minutes after their escape the spot on which they stood was covered with the fo n aming surge, so that their escape was truly providential.—Durham Advertiser. A GOOD MISTRESS.—At an inquest held yesterday before Mr. Higgs on the body of a woman who died suddenly in a fit, one of the jurors said that deceased was a woman of a most exciteable temper. Durinc , his acquaintance with her he could not count the number of servants she had ; they were, in fact, innumerable. Another juror said he knew that dozens of them bad not stayed with her a week. And a third cried, "Pooh, pooh I've known them go to her in the morning, give notice in the afternoon, and quit in the evening." None of them could stand her temper, bat she was nevertheless a kind-hearted woman, and would lend or give them money if they wanted it. 1...... ttivg law r the ;t of To' of