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S UMMARY OF 11 E AND PUbitt enitnthgt. _ cc Who runs may read." 3 .4./g7 &zip Poravat, •er,:i! ion TR the Court of Queen's Bench, a cons , . I I arose between the Bar and the Bench, on the sun eLt .I ° f the case of Carus Wilson, when, on accouet as 1 i . l o e L'ufaculty of co mmunicatin g with Jersey, so ' , thet know ss-hut WnS intended to be done in respect of arrangement proposed the other day, the ti ” me L f , ; .. r ru r v e d s turning the second writ of habeas corpus was e , to Wednesday week. for trial The laq of the writs of right came on _ In the Court of Common Pleas. It was the . orten heard case of Davis v. Lowndes. According , t x o ancient custom, the knights appeared in the ju , y r b' tweeting swords. Only three were in attendance, h''„°_,ever, instead .of four ; and the circumstance "lag been explained by the statement of . the . 3 a d i e „ - ''ease of the said fourth knight, the default in hi l i a jallea Was directed to be entered on the record. e e ase was consequently ordered to stand over, and thus further delay must occur before this matter ealli:ee finally disposed of. e !' 9 Lord Huntingtower came on f. ir hear jtg in tnese Bankruptcy f Court before Mr. Commis of Fonbl a The Earl of Dysart, the father er the N bln(111. frb 0 e bankrupt, was present during . the s 4ceedi ng, in the course of which the counsel c;aeeLord Huntingtower said, .. E may sa y here, at i Sir, that Lord Huntingtower has not a single 1 11116 - , - -g or his own, nor any means of support,,ar,, bndeept what he receives from his mother, Lady Dry_sAer:i this testate boldly, and in the hearing 0 1 3 re j' art, wo is now fn Court" to which it eras thinr'led by Ai (s • • Fonbianque, " I should . else, rn right lss feeling on e r hourlybe permitted to s ee .4" should not daily and were exercised in this public when,' Huntingtower held up as a ton i at all events, we all know thathe'is spectacle,the only eise.ad,ph,eir to Lord Dysart's title, if not to anything l, -"a further hearing was then adjourned to the t- of July next. tira•At Guildhall, yesterday, Thomas Dandy, l a de li r n m e a n n - C111;_!°8 shuPman, was brought before Mr. A m o rs - ` l • 3 ch ,i With havingobtained from , 8 • Pa 1 edged 1.44411,nade shirts by the false pretence that he wars ot li tt IT Messrs. Luning and Blackburn, drap'":ear betetnZateat.di whose service he had quitted a 3 Af;, tie Was committed for trial. is se.. tel William Banbury, an attorney, William iti_fv,ilarton-street, Lloyd-square, and Mr. Wth or w m ere eha7a surgeon, of Field-terrace, St. Pancras,h f form er ar ks gra w,ith being drunk and riotous. itiZPls- 8° charged with having extinguished T . e a street ed . tL The case was clearly proved, and , t aelsr .... t ett , . eat when in custody, the (Vendor...! .had,,,n:e. 14 . 1 ,,ed to bribe the police to connive at tnen. 7—J r. keik,ese Ilw, l fined Mr. Banbury .10., a• .. -1 -‘ 1 A t ~..B*, which they paid, and were liberated surgeon's ttsista..w.orship-street, George Fletcher, 04,...,5 was brought up for final ex a am v i t_ u r a e t . i: n n s , Nil a ged' s) suspicion of having stolen five so 0 _ I . fr. W ► aluable breast-pin from the house _foeNJ-0, asi t ,. r e, a surgeon, in Shoreditch, and ‘7. 1, E 'ial-le7ve°4l_,lllitted various depredations at Watford, Ile `Ank--"belq_abire., The police -sergeant intimated that 41 1 d tr. „" linanle to procure any other evidence, Il i g h tZ t . 151:04ghton said that, although he . had not the Nihichled send exp eille to it !al doubt of the prisoner's cu!pabiiity he etni)ell would entail upon the county u .. -e ' less been f 0 tern itortleiynl, e e s o s• • 1 for trial, and he, therefor" f e lt jot_„ „..alscharge him. ddle.aged man, who had atidlord of . rI Y Years a master butcher, and alsinetthve.. rt kati,"he Jolly Butcher public-house, in Mr. t!ientgry.4l.4o.,tinet,itw;hsabrztgbt up at Lambeth, before . Iv arotfhag, ro a ssl e y hi 44, sot t. 411geter id 0 f neglecting ten v a t n a d rs ill of 41,4.4,3748!Ilciiiitoti:gra:heahabetritpelifreii for the last three weeks has . be-en It appeared that the_ , p r ri \ s ‘ o h n o e le r Of leaving her locked up f 4 rrierB,ll,,g the recent inclement weather, without h tave h er rrs (4 f ° 5 Cl or any fire • that the only thL g e °P43 in th e ea t was a lily bread'and water; and thatlie The e h a b it _„, .e trePrisoner, as be ating and otherwise ill- using . ~,e poe ert c ~ on a former occasi in, pleaded . 4 ' as he should -8 the cause of his not keeping her. his sloe., . ex her,- e tree, him have done, and said his wife had t' 41 1 the .. taking with I One o f t h • Alb two years ago, , his l aone . it sir children and nearly the who.: of eilltli ng Surp e was conunittecito take his trial at the 1 11 : 11 . --e7 aeslions, but admitted to bail to ap -4,,,,,_ .411cin„,,„ ~ th.if.nt, il the,T,otonclecaslectionodekm, ate of the brig Fear eu4ea Poli e 1.4 Nit -court for ass aultin w g a N s li fi ch ne a d el Coca' t rane, the and steward of the same vessel. Thk 134 health 13"173t2issritaril"As3‘it. improved bee et w tiof Portland continues in Abil3le eetertileiho.eck Abbey, Notts. His Grace s has elif f Y dari n ' l ' a small party of frien k ei k r. 1 ,, g the last week, including Lord Wham -4,,(lnis r,i",..velYn, and Lady Charlotte Denison, the ,titelieeu'ke•Litc. hfield, Lord - G. Bentinek, &e. 111,1180.1aitiR a nd D uchess of Cleveland have been lireirrace has succession of visitors at Rahy Castle. ) 4 Ingot, received an invitation for the Duke of i'l l) s ti n da Y wesekgrand Ministerial dinner on next I,holatit. ' the cleY Preceding the openinB. of Al 4 „,_ a r i ~, S, i '44 1,41,-"d Countess of Fingall and the Ladies .t Tthaerlaild. e arriYed at Rome, from a tour ' toktillekirWillekitr,tB Of Downs hire has returned to the Nett USe 11°tel H anover-square, from aII Windsor Castle. iftfitithee,,ttliti oliki3:icear,taptain Frederick Villiers and Lads' ge °Wc Northamsing the winter at Park Ch ti tsti lifer,ptoshire. 'ate e'.°otist K ingsto n is still at Mitchel's-town 1414 3 Y Cork, where the Noble Earl has been 4 f s 4 e 0 a suc• cess where of visitors. !lath . ' 4 1)111 l.:01 l iP and Mrs. Pierrepoint have arrived tin,,,,Sl 4 ,, a „ INIc-urn the seat B. Drummond have arrived in t h , 6 hit of the Earl and Countess of riard dbeti. . k'sL., kesi, tlalB and Marchioness of Lansdowne and ittf,, let,t4,eittnaurice left Lansdowne House on 141,1ntseb '°r towood, where the christening of the '"e i a nd heir of the Earl and Countess of Shel ;tiVli. eoB„elPected to take lace e V• is tl e,, t Me t ed to • is P still at Brocket Hall. The toi.eet,tc eeluzneesiznwt heeitariethh.appy to state, in the en. I,, Ul aa Pa t i, and Countess of Macclesfield and Lady 4611liVasi tier have left C onduit -street fur Brighton. .1114 4 iv . alld Countess of Lisburne and Viscount Qie"eshir 'e aniourning at their seat, Croswood, Car te. e iti ny ti e fre"l,l,n; Warwick has arrived at Warwick 'Nu ll ; " indsor, his Lordship's duties as Lord „_ 5 5 4 the Queen having expired. Sll et e ? nntle L44"a'z'arga"g' Mein- Nt °' le 41 4 that the Honourable . as.. with p,,,l ift'sea., George Byng, E-q., h th:q mealos.PeralltYi contributed the . mu'io,i,rfic_ellot teThillitoc I,l,nidr.ed guineas to the building Ei...(1,,: it e ,7 4 to h:v°rlting School, City-road, wine i i i_s ~ r,., 110 tstiLkteitc.,,,lrernoved to Haverstock-hill i c ,• :..,., bat ed 'c'kle and John R. Mills,. E-q , haveh.`,', l . eft 4tilititti?ne hundred pound s to the same 0.,J.t.,L,' h thil lv oh ll ,4 l °o is for the maintenanc e and ethic a..,1 ore h cire a of 1 )0 1' 7! a nd forty poor orphan and destitute 4 sexes . I° t -4 IV IOIt 1 e °l4 e • ( If a coal depot on the Thames hay.rg /ONI hrne t o ,t,,,,, put caused great inconvenience to the 4 4 ti er ; the Admiralt kw a ve ordered Mes . srs n . lilii.lN v essel Mare. of Bl aell, to build an o ir a o s trliZ)‘:t! tars to teel capable of holding 3,000 tons o l c , e 1..; titteDA moored off the lower part of W . oo n. i i : tt4 oft' uPon good authority, a distinguished ptC4kry .-"eer, that the Commander-in-Chief is oftns. brsela.favour of the abolition of corporeal it t "in th e 13 ' • h 'I 0 b eßr of army, a punishment in lieu N., .41 accord' 40 1" , nee,. ng to the nature of the militaryf var 71sulunent with solitary confinement, or "';aiti l? Lts a g . from one month to two years or more, Iviell,-tiik,,titti. the sentence may be awarded by a e Lk i$ . tl(ki; N itllle Alliance, Government transport ship, ‘la k Y t kel , .tke convicts on board, left her Majesty's %14.°Inett o,°olwich, yesterday for Gibraltar. A 4allv•s,ktiollej. the 72d Regiment of Foot formed the v hol g qiittllti 4 1 4 4 e of the low lands lying between Ealing llthoor are under wster. Several acres in the , ( ei, c) !l the hi °f of West Drayton are deeply flooded, ketv'ilde - .Rh road between the latter place and t .l)e e„ e 3', tb,, ile ar to Taplin's mill, in the parish of 1 4 I A - Water gasses k of u , • • across the carriage way to litl,q she ter of two feet, from the overflow 'A n0t4,54,3. river Colne, in consequence of the late 'av,con • tv elt.,tif tleth annual general meeting, and thirty piat°ll of chikiren theßritish Orphan Asylum th,q, 400 k ondas' at the London Tavern. G. Atiillnk,4l presided. 4 most satisfactory report of 6 111 ae,:,, i ll ga of the past year having been read i nte r i 4 4 1 the officers for the veer ensuing were 41 se el eeti e ll ' Thanks awarded to Iheii• predecess?rs. t4tiii •t:n fr o m was then proceeded with, sev.'...l being 114kise D a list of twentv-tw viz., thirteen bon,: ,N1e..145. Previous to'the close of the meeting ti e qte wag arinoun d friends of the re.,, csedo ce to the I, 11;1sliss `IatOS) whose ages varied from seven to 'ist • re lay, '14, 1 ar e f 4 th swer Unemployed seamen in the port of ,tti,?%l,:tl for tna , ct 4., 4i n a a ny ears past. This is partici!, 'r s,-;tors, A "le number of admissions to the Destr blets..-"st 11,--„33'lurn in Wells -street East Smithfield, \vete- le winte r of 1 843, the ' average of in , test 140, N em , ~,and last year 101, it has scarcely a s . " 50 , on Sunday night the number . PARISH OF ST. STEPHEN, EXETER. At a meeting of the parishioners, held this 18th day of January, 1845, convened by the wardens, in compliance with a requisition numerously signed for that purpose. The warden, Mr. T. Quicke, having been called to the chair, the following resoluti ons were agree d to : " That this meeting views with great regret, and se rious apprehension, the consequences resulting from the eontinuation of the alterations in the services of our Church which have been introduced by the Rector, con trary to the wishes and feelings of the parishioners generally." The foregoing resolution having been discussed at great length, in whieh discussion the Rector took a part — ';hat, in the opinion of this meeting, the refusal of the h,, for to restore the services of the Church to the e same: usage its exercised by him in this parish for many yeas prevents all hope of that restoration of unity and - pcace which has been so earnestly desired by all the parishioners." The Rector having signified to the meeting, that when his ministry was no longer profitable, and when re quested by the parishioners to resign his rectory, he will be prepared to do so,- 4, That this meeting, considering his ministry will in future be unprofitable, does, with feelings of unmingled sorrow, suggest that it will be the most proper course Lin. to adopt. bring 56. This circumstance is owing to the great number of seamen employed in the guano trade, and bri-k demand for labour at the docks. The annual meeting of the governors, direetors,Scc., of the York-road Lying-in Hospital was held yester - .;ty in the board-room of the institution, Thomas C. , cks, Esq., treasurer, in the chair. The secretary, Mr. Hastings, read the minutes of the last meeting, which were confirmed. The patients admitted and tiitended during the year amounted to 677, being— in-patients, 203 ; and out. patients, 474. The affairs of the institution were reported to he going on fa vourably, and its condition gave general satisfaction. A ieong the governors and directors present were T. iV. Atelier, R. Forest. J. M. Rossiter, and T. Grissell, Esqrs.; Drs. Rigby and Reid. " That a copy of these resolutions, signed by the war dens, be sent to the Lord Bishop and the Rey. J. T. Toy e, rector of the parish, and advertised in Trewman's I.7yiny Post, the Western Times, Wocbuer's Gaze.'tP, and also printer and circulated. LITERATURE. FOREIGN QUARTERLY REVIEW.—No. 68. Chapman and Hall, London, 1845. There is some talent in this Number, and the in formation it contains is by no means of an ordinary character, but, as a whole, it is heavy, an d wan t s th e relief afforded by apt choice and variety of subject. We have too much, for instance, about China and India, though the articles on these themes—which, of Este, have been expatiated on usque ad nauseam—are skilfully reasoned, and evinces no slight amount of research. Had they appeared a year or two since, when public attention was keenly and anxiously fixed on the East, they would have been much more ac ceptable to the general reader; but, just now, they possess no more flavour or piquancy than fish or game out of season. The first article in the Number is devoted to a consideration of the Baron Hormayr's "Reminiscences of the Wars in. G - ermany"—a work not less conspicuous by its boldness, than the justness of its portraits of the numerous eminent politicians and soldiers who took part in these wars. Referring incilentally to the herculean efforts made by the Germans to emancipate themselves from the thraldom of Napoleon, the reviewer truly states that the merit of these patriotic efforts belongs rather to the Prussians than the Austrians, whose rulers were in variably sluggish and obstinate, and constantly damped by their perverse, changeable, and timid policy, the e n th us i asm of the people. Had the Arch duke Charles been left to follow out his own views, he would have been a far more formidable opponent to the French Emperor than he was; but the crooked and halting policy of the Aulic Council, by whom his plans were perpetually circumvented, deprived him of all freedom of action, and rendered him little better than a mere cypher. Here is a specimen of an Austrian Minister, Baron Thugut, who retired from office somewhere about the year 1801. God help the people subjected to the sway of such a man I— " Force was in Thugut's eyes the only infallible, eternal, divine thing; inexorable and irreconciliable, he possessed in the highest degree the patience of hatred. His goal lay always as plain before, as his means and his instruments were secret and crooked. His policy knew neither virtue nor vice, but only means to an end. He desired neither to convince nor to seduce, but was content when he could compel. In him dwelt a sovereign contempt for human nature. His great weapon was fear. " Oderint dum metuant," he muttered frequently between his teeth, and expa tiated with a smile, on the Emperor Nero, who, he said, was a charming man, only the Romans did not understand him. Independence of character, freedom of opinion, generosity and pure virtue, he positively abhorred." If this portrait be not overcharged, it represents as heartless, unprincipled, and tyrannical a statesman, as ever cursed a country, and degraded human nature. No wonder that Napolean should so speedily and easily have humbled the pride of Austria, in his first brilliant Italian campaigns, when such a politician as Thugut held the foremost rank in her Cabinet I " Bettina Brentano" is a notice of the most recently published corresp( ndence of this en thusiastic young German authoress, who when only sixteen years of age, fell desperately in lore with Goethe, then upwards of sixty, attracted by his poetic celebrity, and the beauty of a portrait which she had seen of him in his youth. For this strange infatuation Bettina was much censured by her friends; but the attachment on both sides seems to have been purely a platonic one, and some few years afterwards the fair enthusiast married, and is now, we understand, qui e tly se ttl e d d own i nto a staid, homely, common-place wife, with lots of children about her who, in conjunction with a plain, matter-of-fact husband, have served to dispel all the romance of her early life. In the observations on the " Projected ship canal across the great American Isthmus" this magnificent undertaking is warmly re commended, the reviewer remarking, " assuming that it should even cost four millions, there can be little doubt that an ample return might be realized by a moderate toll, even should we found our calcula tions on the existing state of commerce and naviga tion, and leave wholly out of consideration the vast increase they would infallibly receive so soon as the barrier of the Isthmus was broken down. The new route would then be taken by all vessels from Europe destined for those points which are now reached by doubling Cape Horn ; that is to say, the whole western coast of N:lrth and South America, and the islands of the South sea." From a discriminating criticism on "Freiligrath's Poems," we quote a spirited lyric entitled " Freedom and Right," which —together with a German translation of Burn's noble song, " A Man's a Man for a' that" —was, it seems, prohibited by the pedantic and tyrannical Austrian Government— () say not, believe not, the gloom of the grave For ever has closed upon Freedom's glad light, For that sealed are the lips of the honest and brave, And the scorners of baseness are robbed of their right. Though the true to their oaths into exile are driven, Or, weary of wrong, with their own hands have given Their blood to their jailers, their spirits to heaven— Yet immortal is Freedom, immortal is Right. Freedom and Right ! Let us not be by partial defeats disconcerted ; They will make the grand triumph more signal and bright ; Thus whetted, our zeal will be doubly exerted, And the cry be raised louder of Freedom and Right I For these two are one, and they mock all endeavour Of despots their holy alliance to sever, Where there's Right be ever ye sure there are freemen, and "TrIOMAS QUICKE, Wardens. JOHN TIZIX, " That the thanks of this meeting be given to the war dens for their promptitude in calling this meeting, and to Mr. Quicke, for his conduct in the chair." Monday Afternoon. Last evening there was again a disgraceful dis turbance after the evening service at St. Sidwell's Church. The sermon was preached in the surplice by the Rev. Dr. Coleridge, who holds strong views in favour of all the innovations. This Rev. Gen tleman took his text from the 2241 chapter of Isaiah, verse 2, "Thou' art full of stirs—a tumul tuous city." On the text he preached a sermon, as serting in strong terms the spiritual supremacy of the clergy, and used, it is said, words to the effect that the Romish Church was the true church, and that the present excitement showed that they were inevitably hastening on to it, as their destiny. I was not present, but have heard similar versions of these words from several highly respectable sources, and there can be no doubt that something of the kind was stated These words created much indig nation, and numbers left the church, and again got up a mob of 600 or 700 persons, who hooted the Rev. Gentleman to his carriage. It was necessary to protect him by the police. The feelings of the people are this morning very strongly excited. A re quisition is getting up, to call on the Rev. Mr. Courtenay to resign. The magistrates have held a private meeting on the subject, and it is rumoured that one of them has written to the Bishop, stating that unless he interferes there will be blood shed. Many of the parishioners of St. Sidwell say, they are determined Mr. Courtenay shall not ascend the pulpit in his surplice next Sunday ; and, unless some steps be taken to put a stop to this conduct on the part of the clergy, it is probable there will then be a more serious disturbance. THE BISHOP OF EXETER AND HIS DiOCESE. EXETER, MONDAY' MORNING, JAN. 20.—After the disgraceful exhibition of Sunday last at the church of St. Sidwell's—the excitement and irritation shown in the church—the hootings and yellings in the streets, by an indignant population, at the Rev. Mr. Cour tenay, for continuing observances and ceremonies in the service of the church to which his perishioners had expressed their repeated and de cided objection, it was hoped by many, th a t a regard for th e decorous observance of the Sabbath, and fer " the quieting of men's minds," would have induced that gentleman to yield in a mat ter in which no point of doctrine or princi ple is involved, and in which, according to the opinions of the great majority of his clerical brethren, he is in error. Others, however, who, as the result has proved, entertained a more just appreciation of the character and qualities of mind of the Rev. Mr. Coortenay, met the expression of thin hope by a quo tation from Solomon, that there are men, whom though you " bray in a mortar," yet will you not drive wisdom into them, and that the lesson of last Sunday would be wholly thrown away upon this gentleman. I attended service in St. Sidwell's Church in this town yesterday morning. A feeling of curiosity had impelled many to attend there, and the church was very full; few, however, of the parishioners were pre sent, nearly all th e regular congregation having gone to other churches. The Rev. Mr. Atherley, the Vicar of Heavitree, and the patron of this church, read prayers, after which, the Rev. Mr. Courtenay ascended the pulpit, immediately after the communion service, in his sur plice, and proceeded, without the slightest change, in those innovations in the service which have ex cited the universal hostility of his parishioners. About tvvo-thirds of the congregation rose on his ascending the pulpit, and 20 or 30 left the church. The shuffling of feet, the moving to and fro, the rustling of people rising to look over their seats, and the whisperings to one another of the con gregation, were strangely inappropriate to the sacred place in which they were assembled, end the solemn duty that had brought them together. With these inquisitive, undevotional, and indignant feelings the congregation that remained heard the "teaching" of the Rev. Mr. Courtenay to its conclusion. On leav ing the church, the congregation mingled with a crowd of 700 or 800 people who were assembled out side, and waited for the appearance of Mr. Courtenay. He left the church in the centre of about a dozen gentlemen, headed by the churchwardens, and was received by the crowd with hootings and yell ings, which continued as he and his friends rapidly made their way through, protected by policemen. Several of the gentlemen around him and the police frequently dashed into the crowd to discover the parties hooting; and one or two persons had their names taken down after several such struggles, and amidst the usual confusion which attends a street row. The broad daylight, the day, the fact of most of those present having just left some place of worship, and the intimidation of the police, however, pretty well hushed the hootings, and the crowd en masse accompanied the Rev. Gentleman in a rapid and silent walk, with now and then occa• sional outbreakings of hooting, to his lodgings. Near his lodgings is a square, with a shrubbery in the centre—round this shrubbery on the other side a large portion of the crowd diverged, and ran, hooting and yelling vociferously, and thus gained the Rev. Gentleman's lodgings before him. There they are ranged themselves in front of his house, and through this clowd the police had to make a lane to his door. ' The police were In such strong force, and appeared so determined to take any one into custody who gave vent to the slightest expression of feeling, that the crowd was again hushed, and the Rev. Gentleman gained his door amid perfect silence, but surrounded by an excited and angry multitude. One person in the crowd who hooted was immediately surrounded by a dozen policemen ; his name was taken down, end he will probably be brought before the Mayor to-day. In the afternoon, although it rained in torrents, :he church of St. Sidwell's was densely crowded. It was a strange and unbecoming scene of excitement. .\e do Mr. Atherley read prayers, and Mr. Courtenay preached in his surLlice, following all the same objec , ionable observances as in the morning. On his en tt- ring the pulpit, the congregation appeared all to rise from curiosity; many went out; the church porch and lobby were densely crowded, and so great a noise pr; nailed, that the opening prayer before the sermon was scarcely audible. The churchwarden went out and endeavoured to restore silence, the appearance of the congregation being rather that of an excited ! elHic meeting, than that of a devotional assembly. Ilrving thus by his foolish pertinacity in " things in , Ltferent," raised this scene of excitement, anger, i eiignation, curiosity, and everything but calm devo• thee,' feeling, the Rev. Gentleman proceeded to preach the doctrine of " peace." The service ended, the scene outside the church beggars description. It rained in torrents; yet the streets were like a fair. About 2,000 people were assembled to hoot Mr. Courtenay as he left the church. Gibes, and shouts, and laughter, rang through the air. It was Sunday—and the Rev. Mr. Courtenay was their spiritual teacher. The Rev. Gentleman was again surrounded by a party of his friends to protect him as he left the church. A strong body of the police made a lane through the crowd for him, and then formed in close file round him, to keep off the crowd. The dusk of the evening and the immense crowd prevented the quelling of the hootings this time, and in this kind of procession, persevered in notwithstanding the tor rents of rain, amidst hootings and yellings and uproar, was the Rev. Gentleman again escorted and protected to his door, followed and surrounded by the mob. THE ARMY. (From the Limerick Chronicle, Jan. 18.) Assistant-surgeon John Fitzpatrick, son of W. Fitzpatrick, of Lowhill, Kilkenny, Esq., has been promoted to the 7th Madras Light Cavalry. Captain Curtis's con pany Ist battalion Ist Royal depot, Clare Castle, of 1 subaltern, 3 sergeants, 1 drummer, and 60 rank and file, marched from Ennis for Clare Castle, and joined head-quarters, a com pany of the same corps having relieved it at Ennis. Captain E. Barry Owen, 17th Regt. has arrived in Dublin from India, on two years' leave of absence, at his father's residence, Lieut.-General Robert Owen, Mountjoy-square. Captain Paxton's (69th Regt.) company of 2 subal terns, 3 sergeants, 1 drummer, and 60 rank and file, are stationed at Borrisokane. 34th Regiment—A detachment of 1 subaltern. sergeant, atid 20 rank and file, marched from Athlone to Roscommon, and arrived to increase the company to 60 rank and file, under Captain Brown. Royal Marine Artillery, Spike Island—Brevet Major Castieau and First Lieutenant Davis are stationed at head-quarters, consisting of 1 captain, 1 sergeant, 1 trumpeter, and 8 gunners. At Tarbert Fort, Lower Shannon, First Lieutenant Parke, 2 serjeants, and 6 gunners. At Kilrush, Ist Lieut. Tate, and 1 g unner . A t Ch ar l es Fort, Kinsale, 1 captain and 6 gunners. At Carlisle Fort, Cork harbour, 4 gunners. At Camden Fort, 6 gun ners. At Tarbert, Lower Shannon, including Tar bert Fort, 5 sergeants, 1 bombardier, 2 corporals, and 47 gunners. _ Mr. Thomas Morris, late sergeant 2d battalion 73d ,egiment, has just published " Recollectio ns o f Mill- tart' Service, in 1813, 1814, and 1815, through Ger many, Holland, and France; including details of the battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo." The 4th, or Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, at Caher and Limerick, embark for England next spring. Captain Douglas's Troop 11th Hussars, consisting of 'Lieutenants Peel and Duncombe, 3 sergeants, 1 trumpeter, 1 farrier, 46 rank and file, 47 troop horses, and 7 officers' chargers, will march from Belfast for h-ad. quarters, Dundalk, on the 22d, and join head quarters on the 25th inst. A troop, consisting of 1 c Iptain, 3 subalterns, 3 sergeants, 1 trumpeter, 1 far rier, and 42 rank and file, and 47 troop horses, marched from Dundalk, this day, for Belfast, and will arrive on the 22d inst. Major Goodman, from the 27th, at the Cape of Good Hope, has taken command of the depot of that corps at Guernsey. Captain Paynter's company, 24th, and Ensign Payne, are stationed at New Ross. A party of the 2d Royal Depot from Enniskillen has arrived in Dublin to embark for Liverpool, en route to Wisbeach, Cambridgeshire, to raise recruits. Doctor Hawkey, Staff Surgeon, First Class, sta tioned in Dublin, has been admitted a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Dr. Hawkey is an A.M., and ex-Scholar of Trinity College, Dublin, has served upwards of twenty years in the army, and lately returned from Jamaica. The 58th depot, at Chatham, is now reduced to the East India skeleton standard, and will join the provisional battalion. _ There was a steeple chase meeting near Lucan, on Monday, Captains Wardlaw and Sibthorp, Royal Dragoons, presidents. Twelve horses started for a sweepstake of 31. each, 30 added ; won by Mr. Murphy's St. Leger, Mr. Burge's Grisette running second, Mr. Fox's Tidings third. Mr. Lockwood rode Mr. Van Buren's 131ackhawk in this race. Sub sequently Mr. Murphy's Income won a sweepstake of 31. each, 251. added, nine hor.es running; Lieutenant Sandiland, Bth hussars, Dwarf, a good second. Captain de L:...ticy (late Aide-de-Camp to his de ceased brother, Major• General Sir Octavius Carey), succeeds to a majority in the 75th, by purchase, in room of Major Hall. Lieutenant Fullerton, 48th, retires by the sale of his commission. Where freemen are found, will God prosper the Right. Freedom and Right ! • And let this thought, too, cheer us—more proudly defiant The twins never bore them in fight after fight, Never breathed forth a spirit more joyous and buoyant, Making heroes of dastards in nature's despite. Round the wide earth they're marching ; their message they've spoken, And nations leap up at the heart-thrilling token ; For the serf and the slave they have battled, and broken The fetters that hung upon black limbs and white. Freedom and Right I And battle they still, where the voice of earth's sorrow Tells of wrongs to avenge, of oppressions to smite ; And conquerors this day, or conquered to-morrow Fear ye not, in the en d t h ey will conquer outright. Oh to see the bright wreath round their victor brows shining, All the leaves that are dear to the nations combining, Erin's shamrock, the olive of Hellas entwining With the oak-leaf, proud emblem of Germany's might ! Freedom and Right I There are sore aching bosoms and dim eyes of weepers Will be gathered to rest ere that day see the light ; But ye two will hallow the graves of the sleepers, 0 ye blest ones, we owe to them, Freedom and Right ! Fill your glasses meanwhile :—To the hearts that were true, boys, To the cause that they loved when the storm fiercest blew, boys, Who bad wrong for their portion, but won right for you, boys, Drink to them, to the Right, and to Freedom through Right ! The late Major of Brigade at York has been sent to join his regiment in the %Vest Indies, to enable a Guardsman to have the vacant staff appointment. There were 2,900 soldiers billetted at Fermoy last year, besides the regiments stationed there. The 32d Regiment, Great; Ship-street Dublin, are beating up for recruits. KING WILLIAM'S COLLEGE, ISLE Or MAN.—Some of our readers may remember, that about this time last year the college in the Isle of Man was destroyed by fire. We are glad to bear, that through the liberality of its friends in England and the Isle of Man, the college was by the beginning of the year in such a state of for wardness, that on the 2d inst. the Principal, with his family and boarders, took possession of the renovated building. Great improvements have been made in the internal arrangements of the building, among which may be mentioned its subdivision into seven fire-proof com partments. The chapel is expected to be ready for divine service by Easter. THE KING OF THE FRENCH.—The King of the French has given the sum of 20L towards the funds of the new Roman Catholic church now erecting in Lambeth. The feeling among respectable people seemed to be one of sorrow and indignation at such a desecra tion of the Sabbath and at its cause, and they ask, naturally enough, "For whom and for what are we thus to have our town disgraced by these Sunday disturbances ?" Their indignation is certainly ex cusable, for the answers to their questions are not very satisfactory—" It is for Mr. Courtenay and a white gown !" It was pretty generally rumoured that the Mayor had called on Mr. Courtenay before the afternoon se• vice, and represented to him the danger to the peace of the town, and the great probability of a light with the police, if he persevered, and had put it to him as a clergyman, if he thought it proper to :a!! the risk of such a result by persisting in the line •;f conduct he was pursuing. Mr. Courtenay is said to have answered that he should persevere—lie could tit recede. There is also another rumour current— mat the Bishop was applied to by several gentlemen, .:ring the past week, on his way throught the town, use his authority to prevent Mr. Courtenay pro eding in a course which they were sure would :crew the disgraceful scene of the previous Sunday, it d that the Bishop declined to interfere. One thing, however, is certain—Mr. Courtenay has gained notoriety ; that is something. Many men strive for it, and in many ways. Some are am bitious to obtain it for their learning and attain ments. Mr. Courtenay, it is said, did not at college succeed in acquiring it in respect of either. Some seek it by distinguishing themselves in their ♦oca tions, by their superiority over ordinary competitors. Mr. Courtenay is not thought to have succeeded at all in obtaining it in this respect. Beau Brummel won it by his skill in arranging a white tie; Mr. Courtenay has won it by preaching in a white gown instead of a black one. This is a triumph! From the subjoined resolutions of the.parishioners of St. Stephen's, Exeter, it will be seen that another of the clergy who has been adopting a similar course to An Courtenay has been requested to resign his ministry. Freedom through Right I SUDDEN DEATH IN A CAB.--THE UNCERTAINTY OF LlFE.—Last night Mr. Payne held an inquest at the Red Lion, Poppins-court, Fleet-street, on the body of Richard George Bamfylde, timed twenty-eight. De ceased was a compositor, and liv e d' at No. 6, St. Andrew's. street, Doctors'. commons. On Sunday afternoon he hired a cab in Giltspur-street, and had got as far as Bridge street, on his way home, when he culled out to the driver that he thought he should die. He was assisted out, and, on a policeman coming up, he was again placed in the cab, and taken to Black Horse-court station-house. From there he was conveyed to the house of Mr. Hut chinson, surgeon, Farringdon-street, who found life ex tinct, and who was of opinion that the do ceased had died from a disease of the heart. Verdict, " Natural death.' FOREIGN LIBRARY. Chapman and Hall, L on d on , 1545. The prese n t N um b er o f t hi s compre h ens i ve Mis cellany contai n s th e fi rs t par t o f a History o f France," translated by Mr. W a lt e r Kelly from th e French of Michelet. The history commences from the earliest authentic period—that is to say, with a sketch of the manners, customs, &c., of the Gauls in the days of the Romans ; and the present Part closes with an account of the dissolution of the Carlovingian Empire. The author possesses many of the best qualities of an historian ; he is thoughtful, learned, patient of research, and shows in every page how completely his heart is in his subject; moreover, he is singularly dispassionate and impartial in his opinions; takes common sense as his guide, and does not allow himself to be led astray as is the case with more than one of the modern French historians—by vague, novel, and showy theories. M. Michelet has much of the sobriety of the English character about him, and even our own Gibbon has scarcely surpassed him in th e unt i r i ng assuiduity with which he has pushed hi s extens i ve h st istory is that w hi c h he entitles picturesque c h apter i n the researches among the mouldering records of p as t ages. presentTh The liveliest portion o and f his m o "A Picture of France," in which we meet with much spirited, and even graphic scene-painting, especially as regards Britanny, and the exhausted volcanic mountains of Auvergne. THE ROYAL STAGHOUNDS.—In consequence of the extremely unfavourable state of the weather, the rain pouring down in torrents until nearly the hour appointed for the meet, the gathering yesterday at the Golden Ball, Bracknell, was very thinly attended. An untried stag, upon being uncarted at the Golden Ball, took away towards the windmill, crossing the Wokingham-road in the direction of the town, where it doubler] to the right to Lady Wilder's, at Binfield, where it took to the water, followed by several of the pack. Thence it made for Lady Malcolm's Park, at Warfield, where it was soon run into and killed, in a coppice near Bottle-lane, after an hour's run. The country was exceedingly heavy in consequence of the continued rain, and the water was out in every direction. The meet will take place to-day at Iver-heath, and, consequently, there will be no bye day on Wednesday (to-morrow). MERCHANT SEAMEN'S FUND.—On Saturday an appendix to the report on the Merchant Seamen's Fund was printed, showing the particulars of the invested funds and balances in hand, with their estimated value, &c. Among the Bills printed fdT consideration in the present recess is one to amend the laws relating to the relief and support, in certain cases, of merchant seamen, their widows, and children. It is proposed by this amended Bill that masters shall pay 2s. and seamen ls. a-month towards the Merchant Seamen's Fund, which, it would appear, amounts to a considerable sum, and which, it would seem, parties wish to - perpetuate. There is a provision to provide a fund for masters and seamen in case of shipwreck, from which they are to obtain as sistance for their support, and to procure means (and a sum for clothes) to enable them to retun to the port to which their ship belonged. _ _ Tx' Moalto . icrrEs.—This singular sect of Ameri can fanatics have installed themselves in Theobald's road where on Sunday evening, Elder E. H. Davis, styling himself friend and intimate companion of the late martyr, Joseph Smith, delivered the first course of lec tures on their particular views and tenets—belief in the restored gift of tongues, prophecy, healing, and inspi ration. CO=I, TRADE TO SWANSEA. —The arrivals at Swan sea from Cuba, within the last fortnight, have been un usually great, about a dozen vessels laden with copper ore from that i s l an d having entered our port during that period. We, however, regret to state, that there has been a considerable increase in the rate of mortality, every vessel having lost one or more of her crew ; while in one, the Lady Pirie, five or six individuals fell victims to the fatal influence of the olimate.—Canthrian. TilE SON, LONDON, TUFSD-AY EVENIN-G, JANUARY 21, 1845 THE ROYAL VISIT TO STRATH FIELDSAYE. STRATIMELDSATE, M )NDAr NIGHT.— Her Ma jesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accom panied by a limited suite, arrived here at a quarter to five o'clock this afternoon, having travelled the dis tance between this place and Windsor in rather more than two hours. Lord Charles Wellesley left Strathfieldsaye this morning, shortly after seven o'clock, for Windsor Castle, to resume his duties in attendance on the Queen. The Duke of Wellington was also out at an early hour, personaliy inspecting the arrangements for the reception of her Majesty, which were only finally completed this morning. The mansion has no external decoration consequent on the royal visit, but the interior has been refitted in the most complete and sumptuous style, since the fact or her Majesty's intention to honour the Noble and Gallant Duke with a visit became known to his Grace. Two or three marquees, intended for the constabu iary force, have been set up in the park by Mr. Benjamin Edgington ; but, beyond this, there is nothing to indicute a change in the ordinary quietude prevailing here. 'l'here is also an entire absence of display both in the village of Strathfieldsaye itself and in the adjoin ing hamlets, and it appears by general consent to be admitted that the present royal visit is to be consi dered more in the character of a private compliment conferred by the Sovereign upon a veteran and dis tinguished subject than some of the royal progresses which have preceded it. The royal party left Windsor Castle at twenty-five minutes past two o'clock, escorted by a detachment of the Royal Horse Guards (Blue), under the command of Lieutenant Hood, taking the route through the Great Park to Ascot Heath, and thence to Fern Hill, where the escort was relieved by a party of the 17th Lancers, under Lieutenant Haworth. From Fern Hill the cortege proceeded to the village of Bracknell, where the first relays of horses were taken on, and the escort again relieved. At this village some preparation had been made to receive the Queen. Arches were here and there thrown across the road, and the children of the charity schools of the neigh bourhood were drawn up in a position calculated to afford them the best opportunity of seeing her Majesty. The preparations were humble, but not the less loyal, and the reception which greeted the royal party as they passed through the village appeared to be very gratifying to her Majesty. The country from Windsor to Bracknell and on to Wokingham is not of a nature calling for particular remark. A rich arable district, varied by fine wood lands, extends nearly throughout the whole distance, and the roads are excellent. At Wokingham very considerable preparations had been made to receive her Majesty. Triumphal arches spanned the street in several places, and almost every house in this very neat town boasted more or less de coration in honour of the occasion. Opposite the Town- hall, where it had been arranged the address from the corporation and inhabitants should be pre sented, an arch of a very tasteful construction was erected, bearing a suitable inscription, and the royal standard floated from the summit of the hall. The cortege arrived at Wokingham shortly after three o'clock, and on reaching the Town-hall, in the front of which the corporation officers were assem bled, the carriage containing her Majesty stopped, and the Alderman (Mr. T. Creaker) advancing to the window, presented the mace to the Queen in the usual manner, which her Majesty was graciously pleased to return. The Recorder (Mr. Jeremy, of Greenwich) then advanced and presented the address. Her Majesty haring graciously accepted the ad dress, the cortege again moved on, amid the cheers of the multitude assembled, in the direction of Arbor field Cross, where it was arranged the next relay of horses should be put to. The face of the country here improves, and the ride from Wokingham to Strathfieldsaye passes through a very pretty district- At Arborfield Cross the cortege was met by a troop of the North Hants Yeomanry Cavalry, under Cap tains Hooley, Hunter, and Mildmay, who relieved the 17th Lancers at this point, and escorted her Majesty thence to Swallowfield, a little village within less than three miles of Strathfieldsaye, where another escort, under the command of Colonel Charles Shaw Lefevre (Speaker of the House of Commons), and the Hon. Captain W. Baring, M.P., were in attend ance to accompany her Majesty to Strathfieldsaye. The Duke of Wellington, the Marquis of Douro, the Right Hon. H. Pierrepont, and Mr. Compton reached this lace on horseback, from Strathfieldsaye, about four o clock, and awaited the arrival of the royal cortege. The illustrious Duke entered into conversation with the Speaker, and several other gentlemen, who had assembled near the spot during the interval. It gave us great pleasure to observe that his Grace was look ing remarkably well. About half-put four the escort was observed ap proaching. The Duke of Wellington immediately rode forward to meet her Majesty, and on approach ing the royal carriage it was stopped by order of the Queen, who from the window shook hands and en tered into conversation with his Grace for some moments. The Noble Duke then put spurs to his horse and gallopped on to Strathfieldsaye, where he arrived in time to receive her Majesty, who entered the mansion precisely at a quarter to five o'clock. Her Majesty was received by a guard of honour of the North Hants Yeomanry, who, with band and colours, were stationed on the lawn, and as her Ma jesty alighted, the band played the National Anthem. A royal salute was fired as the Queen entered the house, and the national standard was immediately hoisted on a flag-staff fixed upon the roof of the mansion. The Speaker and a few of the neighbouring gentry will join the dinner circle this afternoon. COURT CIRCULAR. WiNDson, MONDA Y .—O n S a t ur d ay a f ternoon, the Marquis of Downshire and the Earl of Erne had audience of Prince Albert, to present his Royal Highness with a gold medal from the Agricultural Improvement Society of Ireland. The deputation was most graciously received by the Prince, and the Marquis of Downshire and the Earl of Erne were honoured with invitations to remain on a visit to her Majesty until Monday. The Earl of Erne was un avoidably prevented from obeying the Royal com mands. Lord Charles Wellesley arrived at the Castle to attend the Queen as the Equerry in Waiting to Strathfieldsaye. _ _ _ The stormy and unsettled state of the weather pre vented the Queen and Prince Albert, and the Royal Family from leaving the Castle this morning. The Marquis of Downshire and the Rev. Dr. Richards took their departure from the Castle to-day. At twenty-five minutes past two o'clock this after noon, the Queen and Prince Albert left the Castle, escorted by a party of the Royal Horsa Guards, under the command of Lieutenant Hood, on a visit to the Duke of Wellington, at Stathfieldsaye, where the Royal party is expected to remain until Thursday next. Her Majesty was attended by the Marchioness of Douro, the Hon. Amelia Murray, the Earl of Jersey, and Lord Charles Wellesley. His Royal Highness was attended by Mr. G. E. Anson and Col. Bouverie. In the Hall, at the principal entrance, were the Hon. Lucy Kerr, Viscount Sydney, the Hon. Cap tain Nelson Hood, Captain Meynell, and the Hon. and Rev. Charles Leslie Courtenay, to take leave of her Majesty and the Prince. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge took an airing to Kensington Gardens yesterday. Lord Howick and a deputation had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The Governor of the Bank of England and the Deputy-Governor, had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official resi dence in Downing -street. Mr. Gladstone and Sir George Clerk had inter views with Sir Robert Peel yesterday. Sir Robert and Lady Peel left town yesterday afternoon for Strathfield sa y e , t o h ave t h e honour of meeting her Majesty. EXTRAORDINARY INSTANCE OF THE POWER OF ENDURANCE IN THE HUMAN FRAME.—A Post-office messenger passes twice daily through the village of Great Bardfield, in Essex. In the morning he walks fourteen miles, carrying weight which varies from 141bs. to 401bs. The time in which he has to perform the distance, stoppages included, is three hours. He rests six hours, and then returns by the same rolte, and within the same limit of time. This, over a somewhat rough, cross-country road, he has done every day for upwards of eight years. Throwing the average weight into the scale, the task has been estimated equal to the labour of walking thirty-five miles per day ; and even in the most unfavourable state of the weather he has been rarely known to exceed his time by a quarter of an hour. Could he be induced to try his "powers" in public, there is little doubt that he would put to a severe test some of the "stags" and "deers" of walking celebrity. It is stated that he can carry weight in a given time to a greater distance than has hitherto been accomplished by an3i other pedestrian. H e i s con fid en t that he could travel on foot forty miles a d a y, f or 365 days in lee:sane. Ile is now in his 38th y e ar, stands about five f inches, and weighs under nine stone. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 20.—The Oriental steam-ship, the Great Liverpool, Captain INTacleod, left for the Docks at nine, A.m., this day, Alexandria, and proceeded down the river about three miles, and there awaited the arrival of her passengers, above eighty in number, as also the East India and China mails. The East India mails will in future be dispatched twice a month. FINE ARTS. Under the quaint title of " About Something," we Piccadilly.aeter The subjects have just seen a series of amusing. caricatures, con tained in a small thin duodecimo volume, and pub lisheda re ve very yy variousAie ssrs. i a F othr eesi,rand some of them are treated with humour, while others are handled in a very dull, common-place style. o c f h character, COFFEE AND EATING-HOUSE KEEPERS' ASSOCIA TION.—Last evening the half-yearly general meeti ng o f the friends and s u b s cribers to the above Association was held at Anderton's Hotel, Fleet-street, to receive the report of the Committee for the past half -year, and for the election of pensioners; Mr. W. Kirton, the President, in the chair. The report congratulated the Society upon the fact that only one application to be placed on the funds during the past half-year was made, and the proper inquiries having been instituted, the Committee recom mended it as one worthy the support of the charity. It was also urged by the Committee in their report the necessity of using every effort to increase the funds by means of balls and other amusements, the getting up of which had devolved entirely upon a few individuals in stead of the general body. The auditors' report was then adopted, and, after some routine business was gone through, the meeting separated. Dispatches from the Governors of t' , e West India Colonies and of the Mauritius, were received yester day at tip Colonial-office. OLYMPIC. Miss Davenport appeared last evening in the cha racter of Juliana in Tobin's comedy of the Honey Moon. There is a freshness and an originality about this young lady's style of acting which, in these days of dramatic conventionalisms, is really delightful. She is the servile follower of no school. It is evident that she thinks for herself, and, in every instance, exer cises her own taste and judgment; and as that taste is pure and exquisite, and that judgment is sound and correct, it is no wonder that her success is complete. Her Juliana is beautiful. She depicted the way ward, high•spirited, warm-hearted girl to the life. Her in dignation at the vile deception which she imagines has been practised on her was admirably given, and beautifully did she delineate the gradual awakening of the better feelings of her heart, until at length she be comes reconciled to her fate, and really loves the man whom she had at one time determined to hate. We have never seen a more beautifully natural and artless Juliana. Her reading of the part is new, but we are satisfied that it is the correct one. Waldron, albeit somewhat heavy, made . a respe c t a bl e Duke Aranza ; and Rayner, as the mock Duke, was first-rate. His assumption of the dignified bearing of a sovereign prince, as he sits in judgment, was one of the richest pieces of humour we have seen for many years, and reminded us of what the drama was in its palmy days. With regard to the other characters, perhaps the least said the better. The pantomime, which seems to increase in attraction the oftener it is re peated, followed. It is worth paying a visit to see the delight of the children at this pantomime. Mr. Davenport has created a revolution in the nursery, for it will be henceforth useless to attempt to awe children into good behaviour by threatening them with " Old Bogie." He is now their pat instead of being their terror. The theatre was well attended. STRAND. Another adaptation from the French entitled Mon seigneur was produced at this theatre last night. As the piece has been produced at other theatres in town, and the plot given at full, we will not now enter into a minute detail of it. Monseigneur is a person whom nature has endowed with elements that scorn patient industry. He never liked a calling that required much labour, so he goes to Paris to make his fortune in the shortest time possible. Monseigneur has an instinct which tells him the best mode of arriving at that end, so he becomes—a clerk in a merchant's office? No; nothing of the kind. He becomes a chevalier d' industrie, and if you believe the French reports, a very lucrative profession it must be in Paris. But Monseigneur is no picker of pockets; he scorns inferior things and flies only at the very highest game; not that little things do not come into his pocket, but Monseigneur, who is at the very top of his art, has employes whom he leaves minor details to. He has got his cashier to dispose of his gains. They take their thousands hut he his tens of thousands. You will ask how he accomplishes all this ? Nothing easier to a man of experience. He dresFes in the first style, attends the opera, learns the secrets of others, transmutes himself into a thousand shapeq, takes a thousand characters, and is at home in them all. Take an instance. A rich jeweller is sending home a casket of jewels of immense value, of which Monseigneur has information. He is taken, richly habited, in a sedan, where he knows he will meet the hearer of the precious articles. He is right, and he comes out and tells the jeweller's apprentice that he ought to be afraid of Monseigneur's band, and puts a pistol in his hand, for the purpose of defending him self. He then calls watch, and says he has been at tacked by the apprentice, and that his rich jewels have been taken from him. The police, of course, know the value of fine clothes, and the apprentice taken to prison, and Monseigneur marches off with the jewels. They find their way through a variety of hands, but are finally recovered for the apprentice by Monseigneur himself, who finds that the appren tice is his brother. Mr. Roberts performed the part of Monseigneur, which he maintained with consider able ability. The other parts were but indifferently sustained, bat the piece was well received. JEWISH LITERARY AND SCIEN TIFIC INSTITUTION. An event, extremely interesting to the members of the Jewish body in London, and, in some degree, to those in all parts of the kingdom, took place yesterday evening, in the opening of a new literary and scien tific institution, in Leadenhall-street, intended chiefly, though by no means exclusively, for persons of the Hebrew persuasion. The name fixed upon by the founders is " The Jews' and General Library and Scientific Institution, and " Sussex Hall" has been chosen as the denomination of the building which the institution is to occupy. From the numerous attend ance, and other circumstances, it was evident that the occasion had been looked forward to by many with deep interest. Amongst the gentlemen assembled, either to take part in the proceedings or to manifest their approval of the undertaking, were the following : Hananel De Castro, Esq., President ; Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, Bart., F.R.S. ; Sir Moses Montefiore, F.R.S.; D. Salom on s, E sq . ; F. 11. Goldsmid, E sq . ; Walter Joseph, Esq. ; Isaac Cohen, Esq. ; D. W. Wire, Esq. ; Barnard Van Owen, Esq.; Bazil Montagu, Esq. ; and Dr. Raffael, of Birmingham. A great number of ladies were also present, and appeared to take great interest in all that passed. The theatre of the institution, in which the company assembled, is a large and handsome apart ment, one of the best, in fact, that we have ever seen in connexion with a literary institution. It had, as the President stated, been previously used as far back as eighty years ago, as a Jewish synagogue. The galleries being retained, and a platform erected on the spot formerly assigned to the ark, and the dome in the centre considerably enlarged, the whole pre sented a very pleasing effect, and is well adapted for the purpose for which it is designed. Shortly after seven o'clock the chair was taken by the President of the Institution, who commenced the proceedings by a brief opening address. After ad verting to the liberal conduct of the Jews in founding and supporting charities for the relief of their neces sitous brethren, he proceeded to speak of the want which had been felt of an institution like that which they were then establishing. They would there be enabled to cultivate, foster, and encourage those noble studies which must prove highly advantageous to all classes of the community, and thus to follow the example of the ma n y l au d a bl e soc ieties which had endeavoured to amelior a t e the condition of theirou_d fellow men. H e t rus t e d th a t the institution Would attract would u suc s e h o a secure its e continuance body of u subscribersad success. ad friends ‘ as The Rev. C. M. J. RAPIIALL then delivered the inauguralad dress, he remarkedoration. t Ir i ) ii t it he th co e u i r j s e e l, o ,s f , an as ealobqoudeynt, had never e ere page of underrated r History t h proved r o v v a e l d u e the of revere.l d 'They Everyv‘ now preparing, publicly, to vindicate th e i r c l a i ms to rank with the votaries of science, the patrons of lite rature, and the benefactors of mankind. It had been said that institutions already existed which rendered that which they were forming unnecessary ; and they had been told that the only effect of the course they were pursuing, would be to strengthen that barrier of exclusion which it should be their chief aim to re move. The principle of the objection, he admitted, was right, but he denied its application to the case in point. This Institution was not exclusive.— Cheers.) They did not refuse to receive any person of respectable character, without subject ing him to any test of religious opinion, or requiring him to subscribe any declaration of faith.—(Applause.) The only ground on which the Institution could pos sibly be called exclusive was, that the direction and management were to be in the hands of Israelites. He then spoke of the vast importance and interest of the study of Hebrew literature—a literature which governed opinion throughout the world, and the force, THE THEATRES. ADELPHI. A one-act farce, from the pen of the indefatigable Morton, was produced here last evening. It is en titled the Corporal's Wedding ; or, a Kiss of the Bride. The scene is lail in Plymouth, where a cer tain Major Griskin (Selby) and a Sir Felix Marma lade (Hudson) are sojourning. The former is a hen pecked husband, and the latter a gay bachelor, affianced to the daughter of Squire Partridge (Lam bert). Corporal Cobb (Munyard) has that morning been married, and the Major and the Baronet deposit each a hundred pounds, the stakes to be given to him who shall first seize a kiss of the bride. Cobb is placed under arrest for having exceeded his leave of absence, and so far the coast is cleared for the ma nceuvres of the rakes ; but Nancy Cobb (Miss Woolgar), completely out-generals both the field-officer and his associate. She is placed under surveillance in Sir Frederick's apartment:, who has that night invited a number of bachelor friends to a take-leave supper. He writes notes to them, putting them off, b u t N ancy adroitly substi tutes for them notes to Lady Arethusa Griskin (capi tally acted by Mrs. F. Matthews) and Squire Part ridge, inviting them to Sir Frederick's ; and just as the Major and Sir Frederick are abbut to sit down to a petit souper with Nancy, the Lady Arethusa, the Squire, and the guests arrive, and a rare scene of confusion ensues. Nancy not only obtains the 2001. without the kiss, but, by , threatening to report th e Major to " h ea d quar t ers , obtains the discharge of the corporal ; who, of course, gets the first kiss— while Sir Frederick loses the hand of Miss Partridge, which is bestowed upon the man of her choice, Sir Frederick's secretary, Mr. Ringwood. The farce was admirably acted, and the laughter was continuous from the rising to the fall of the curtain. iliss Woolger and Mr. Munyard were called for at the conclusion, and received with all the honours; and Selby announced the piece for repetition, every even ing, amidst the loud applause of a crowded house, ti <~ ~• t~ i _: ~ i~: Mr. W. BALL then read an extract from his lecture on the Ancient English Ballads, particularly those referring to Robin Hood; and concluded by singing, accompanying himself on the piano, the celebrated ballad of " Robin Hood and the Bishop of lieretbrd," founded on the tradition of the woodland hero having feasted the Bishop on the King's venison, and afterwards made him pay 300 crowns for his cheer. The performance was highly humorous. A Lecture on Artificial Light, illustrated by ex periments, was then delivered by Mr. Jones, of the Adelaide Gallery. Other entertainments followed, extending to a late period of the evening. All of them were well received. If we can at all read physiognomy, the attendance was not confined to members of the Jewish persuasion, but included a considerable sprinkling of members of other commut,ities, who had been attracted by the novelty and interest of the occasion. Several donations were announced in support of the institution. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DA!. CITY, MONDAY EVENING. TIMES.—The rejection of various projected lines by the Berard of Trade necessarily produces dissatisfaction among the parties interested in the schemes, however the soundness of the decisions may be recognised by the public at large. The Board of Trade appears as an en tirely new power in the field of railway property, and while confidence is generally placed in its judgment, its proceedings in each case are liable to be watched with jealousy and criticised with severity. The voices raised against it will usually be raised by interested parties, but nevertheless, as recorders of public opinion, we cannot let these expressions of opinion or of feeling pass unnoticed, when so much property is at stake, and so large a power is vested in a Government Board. It must not be implied from the extract of the letters refer ring to the subject that may be printed under this head, that we at all adopt the opinions they contain. Our only motive is to give a hearing to all parties that ex press themselves with a reasonable degree of plausibility. Several of these letters refer to the decision of the Board on the subject of the Kent lines, and treat the pre ference given to the South-Eastern Company as tending to form a spirit of monopoly. From one of these com munieations the following extract has been taken : " Whether viewed as to its engineering arrangements, or as t the publi c sere i ce, i n relation to the naval and military depots connected with the line, or as to the feel ings of the proprietors of the land through which it passes, there is not an argument in favour of the prefer ence which has been so unaccountably given to the South- Eastern line. I may be told that the decision is arrived at in car rying out a general principle; and that, after the course adopted with regard to the Portsmouth Direct,' no other than this could be followed. Did time permit I could easily prove that the two cases bear little, if any ana logy ; but, even if they do, I still join issuo as to the principle involved, and I contend that it is inconsistent with the public feeling as regards monopoly of every kind ; that it is injurious to the public interest, as throwing an obstacle in the way of every improvement which is likely to arise out of the free employment of capital upon works of general utility ; and, more over, it is at variance with the animus of a resolu tion on the minutes of the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council, from which this Sub Committee of the Board of Trade emanates, for in the resolution to which I refer the projection of even parallel competing lines is evidently contemplated. They direct this Sub-Com mittee to look narrowly into any branch and extension lines in cases where a presumption is raised that the object of the scheme is to throw difficulties in the way of new, and probably legitimate, enterprises.' Now, what are the features of the scheme proposed by the Dover Company, and approved by the Committed of the Board of Trade ? The Dover Company originally determined upon traversing the southern division of the county of Kent. They cared nothing for the inhabitants of the central or northern divisions ; but the moment an inde pendent line is talked of, coming through a populous dis trict with which they had hitherto had no connexion, they raised money in every channel through which money can be raised, and throw out branches to some of the large towns which the new scheme is intended to supply. But to return to the character of the decision come to by the Board of Trade: the only entirely new line to which they have given their approbation—viz., the South-Eastern, North Kent, Hungerford-bridge, and Chilham, has. beside all other objections, no legitimate existence. The required forms have not been complied with, and they cannot move a step in their progress through the House of Commons without a relaxation of. the standing orders of the House in favour of monopoly." Connected with the absording subject of railways is an analysis, which has appeared in the Banker's Magazine, of the proposed application to Parliatnent, with the re mark that it is a very good approximation, if not exactly accurate. The number of notices is as follows: " 1. Notices by old Companies for Acts for short branch lines, minor deviations, and amendments of legal clauses of existing Acts " 2. Notices by old Companies for important new lines, as extensions, &c. 30 "3. Notices by 'new Companies for new lines, which are alternatives to other proposed lines " 4. Notices by new Companies for lines which are not alternatives " Total number of notices 9 37" SUN.—English St. , )cks lertve off firmly to-day, Consols being # for Money, an.l 100; A for Account. Exche quer Bills were scarcely si nigh as in the morning. The Three per Cents. Reduced were 100 i to /. India Stock for Account was 288 i-. The Foreign Mark e t was dull, but for Account Spanish Three per Cents. advanced to 401 ; and the Five per Cents. to 29A- ; Porttymese Converted were 59 ; Colombian, were ; * Brazilian, 90 ; and Danish, 894. The additional transactiOns in Railway Shares hare been these : —Birmingham and Gloucester were 8i ; Bristol and Exeter, 7 ; Bristol and Gloucester, 131 ; Cambridge and Li nco l n , 3 f ; Churnet Valley, 3 to 3 ; Dublin and Belfast, 2# ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 13; Great Western, 96; Great Western, Half, 52; Harwich, # A ; Birmingham, Quarter, 26/ to 27i ; South-Western, 38# ; Ditto, New, 10/ ; Croydon, 2 London and York, 1/ ; Manchester and Leeds, 60 ; Ditto, Half, 25; Midland, 30 to 32; Ditto, New, ti to 9i; Newcastle and Darlington, to 42k; North Briti s h, 3 to 31; Northern and Eastern Scrip, 14i; Rugby, 11 ; Shrewsbury and Birmingham, q to 1; South-Eastern, 15*; Ditto, New, 171; Yarmouth, 9; York and North- Midland, 61 ; Ditto, Half, 30 ; Boulogne and Amiens, 9 - 1 • and Paris and Lyons, premium. Eastern — 8 Counties have been 6 to 6/ ; Black wall, 9 to 81 ; Greenwich, 1# to ; Midland, Birmingham, and Derby, 2 ; and Portsmouth Direct, 1 discount. HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO STRATIIFIELDSATE.-- The visit to Strathfieldsaye is intended to be of a more private character than either of those with which her Majesty has lately honoured any of her subjects, and the members of the press will not, therefore, all enjoy the same extended facilities that they have possessed elsewhere. The following characteristic reply from the l)uke of Wellington to an application for admission (not on the part of the Times) will show that his GrileA gt least will not allow the royal privacy to be unduly dis turbed :—" Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington pre sents his compliments to Mr. , and begs to say he does not see ' hat his house at Strathfieldsaye has tc, do with the public press."-7'imes. UNION BANK OF AUSTRALIA.--Testerday a Sper,aal general meeting of the proprietors of this company was held at the office in Old Broad-street, City. The chair was taken by J. J. Cummins, Esq. A report was read by Mr. Jackson, the secretary, the subst,anee of which mtotherleah in te v u red s j m commercial , th e o cl-'ll:Bmttrheaerlcolonies, "hi firms, and even some banking establishments in ruin. The directors, howeve; spoke with confidence of returning prosperity, and the trade now carried on, though restricted, was of a sound and legitimate charac nteere.tedT,,hiethdiaffifcourlmtieers pwehriioedh. stTilhlerdemireacintoerds,winerceonceru] siun, were happy to congratulate the proprietors upon the present position of the bank's affairs, and to express their entire approbation of th e conduct of M or n— y rn e l‘ a e r r ea enabled icaldrn dis tress. s i . n sp T ec h t e or re , sult throughoutor operationsthe periodf ther of halfc the directors to declare a dividend at the rate of six per cent, per annum. The net assets to the 31st December were, paid up capital, 82 0,0001.; undivid e d p ro fi t at J t,‘iumtnteeesr tie , 0 1 1f 844, 42,5651. i s. 111 ; net profit f or p ast h a lf year, 24,953/ . 16s. 10d.; reserve . fund, 36,924 L 6s. 3d. na re t r; e o t r i t ng eva u s iii r i ea f;lr , a in r e e r s e o n lu si t n io; t ifure salarychan of the directors the e directors were passed, when a vote of thanks was passed 'o the directors of the company, and the meeting ad- rn6 ROYAL NAVAL BENEVOLENT SOCLETY.—A general Quarterly Court of the members of this Society was held yesterday- at the Thatched-house Tavern, St. James'i, street. Admiral Si: Edward Codrington was in the chair, and amongst the officers present were Lieutenants Reid, Andrews, and M`Lean, and Commanders Tyte, Marshall, Houghton, Whisht, &c. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed, docu ments showing the state of the finances were presented to the mecting. It apdeared that the receipts during the piist year anieunte.l to 3,1401. 19s. Id. Of that sum., 2,164 L les. had ben distributed in relief to the widows and orphans of naval officers in distressed circumstnnees; and after the payment of the whole of the expenses, a balance of 5951. remained in favour of the Society. There had been 157 new subscribers, and 63 ietubs and withdrawals, during the year ; and from a review of the condition of the institution, it was found to be in a. more favourable state than it had been for some time. past. The accounts were passed, after vs hick ing proceeded with the examination of several v to the ture rapt. j e appstva . , nt h • lions for relief; and made grants altogether of 5001. Thanks wore then given to the gaietet Ad miral in the chair, and the meeting separated. simplicity, and beauty of winch sere, cocordizi Bishop Lowtb, a Christian prelatbov-enOtiiiiefi . Jewish literature was, he remerkeiP ; the tifiselshitaxlit companion of civilisation. Long before they heard of the Henrys and the Edwards of English history, schoolboys w ere acquainted with their Joseph and their Moses; long before they heard of the glorious names of Waterloo and Trafalgar, they could describe the fight between David and the Philistine. After some further remarks in the same strain, he concluded by expressing a hope that the Institution would be the instrument of diffusing knowledge, virtue, and social happines , , throughout their own body, and so• ciety in general. The conclusion of this oration wu the signal for a general and prolonged burst of ap plause. "c; U I ~,