The Sun. — London, England, 1844-11-21 00:00:00

COURT CfR.CEJLAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—Their Royal Highnesses the Reigning Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg and ,? ; - v ?tha, a n d hi s Royal Highness the Duke Ernest of ur temberg, arrived at the Castle at twenty minutes bef ore two o ' c l oc k t hi s a f ternoon, f rom O sten d. Their Royal Highnesses landed at Dover, and tra velled to town by the South-Eastern Railway this ; ° ,rn,ing, after war d s procee di ng t o th e G rea t W es t ern 411 Way termi nus a t P a ddi ng t on , f rom w h ence th e y were conveyed by a special train to Slough. The Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg and Gotha h e re attended b y :Madame la Baronne de Wangen ebb, Lady in Waiting ; le Baron de Alvensleben ; and Captain Vyner. The Queen an d P r i nce Alb er t rece i ve d th e i r illus trious visitors at the grand entrance, attended by the dkarchioness of Douro, the two Maids of Honour, Lord i vers, Mr. R. Ormsby Gore, and the Equerry in Wait' In the afternoon the Queen and Prince Albert, ac companied by the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg a nd Gotha, and Duke Ernest of Wurtemberg, walked in the pleasure-grounds, returning to the Castle in a P °4 7 Phaeton. 1 , Their R oya l Hi ghnesses the P rince o f W a l es, t h e "Tess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken A°!IL tor pony and walking exercise this morning. The al Family were aga i n ta k en a i r i ngs i n th e after cion. Lady Fanny Howard has succeeded Lady Charlotte lullodas as the Lady in Waiting on her Royal High s the Duchess of Kent. The r oya l d i nner party at the C ast l e t hi s even i ng n euded her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, ranny Howard, Sir George Coupar, and Cap- Francis Seymour. Litt he band o f t h e S cots F us ili er G uar d s was i n h a .en danee during di nne r. Her Majesty's private afterwards attended. The follo w i ng i s t h e programme o f th e p er f o rmanc e I, °f , ,! e e band o f th e R oya l H orse G uar d s (conducted dTutton) at the Castle yesterday evening : r ver ture, ' Lod o i s ka"—Cherubini. 2d act, " Mose in Egitto"—Rossini. p 2" Soft in that Bower" (Fair Rosamond)— arnett. — "P te tto, Op. 20, Ist movement, arranged for full orchestra, by J. R. Tutton—Beethoven. Archdeacon Marryat had an interview with Lord VeY yest er d ay, at the Colonial-office. The (l 4 — 4 exican Minister transacted business yester day the Foreign-office. h ar e r • 'Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, lye " i nterview with the Chancellor of the Exche ltreei.esterday, at his official residence in Downing he Si r R D uke of Wellington had an interview with ire!ee...rt.Peel yesterday. 'lllWilliam Parker transacted business yesterday :t11? Admiralty. lonaittnhes were sent off last evening from the Co. toi;:Tee for th e G overnor o f Gibraltar. Colonies r a ‘ches from the Governors of the West India in eres , r and also from the Governor of Van Die : °te e ' a nds Were received yesterday at the Colonial' FLANDERS MAIL. lißus ants Nov. 17 —Th e Ki ng pr es ided t o -d a y ia a Council of Ministers. S a , l : heir ,lt°Yal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of a x e - C o b urg arrived at the Palace this afternoOn at nve o' c l ock. A r tr eadful accident h as h appene d a t T urn h ou t, a t 'oneral of M. de Nef, Deputy of that district. 1 -7 : 8 the f uneral Was to be with all the honours due to 18 r ank, a gre a t num b er o f persons were attracted to g ale ong thes e were fi fty who stationed themselves in a y, built on the outside of a neighbouring wind- This gallery not being constructed to support So great a weight, suddenly gave way, and the whole were p r ecipitated to the gro un d fr o m a height of 30 eet. Pour persons are already dead, above twenty others have received very serious injuries, many }l a v ing their legs or arms broken, and it is feared that several of them will not recover. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Bausszte, Nov. 17. Actua Debt, )4 per Cent, ********** *** Rothschild Five per *********** Loan of Thirty • Millions Four per Cent. Three per Ce . us, ------ ThirtY-seven Milli,. ditto ••••••••• ( 1 840)• • " • ***** 104 L'z'an of city, 1 t 43,717; ...-- 102% Bank of of Commerce. Fo ur r and a r lO3 1111111 t of 18 Half per Cent Be um, Five Cent lgi C per ;17,;: * DUTCH MAIL. THE HAGUE, Nov. 16.—The section of the Second Chamber are engaged in examining the project of law relative to the elective franchise, and to the qualifica tion requisite to render a person eligible to a seat in the Second Chamber. The Second Chamber of the States-General has received a hundred and nine addresses, all relative to Fthe project of law lately presented on the tariff of ort, export, and transit duties. The Minister o f Fi nance h as pu bli s h e d a not i ce, !stating that t h e total amount of Treasury bonds issued that to the laws of 27th December, 1840, l end 19th J une, 1843, which are still in circulation, 2,679 )300 florins. Ch it aPPears, from the report of the Synod, that on th of July last the number of persons of th e qeefermed religion in the kingdom of the Netherla n d s Wits 1,642 ,455 s ou l s ; an d t h e num b er o f t h e i r clergy (Parish priests), 1,453. DUTCH FUND3.—AmsTERDAnt, Nov. 16. - Money. MIN. Ditto, di tto 3 A rnial 0 14, '2% per Cent 62N, 62% per Cent. D tto, Ditto, (Otto' , 4 per Cent. nto 5 per cent. IN O Arno) t Syndic, 44 per cent 1 ,9 9,tto, ditto, 334 per ecot 8.1% 90 Commercial Coon ‘1 pany, , per cent 147 157% Lour I tr7, 45i per cent. irrehange on London, Onemonth ...... 1212 _l_o Two months .... 35 b 5 50 Hamblugh, One month btad t Twomonths 95 25 Papers, Nov. 19. P RUSSIAN FUNDS,—Rsiu,m, Nov. 16. st schuld Sch 3% t......... sills. Money .. 100 0g34 wursi art Englis ., h Londonper cen ..ds, 1230, 4 Per cent- 7 214 w e eo n Nov- 1 7 • 6 3 Tt n Iv, . S --LuaNATION of the TURN-OUT. io r TIOCIIPRT.—At the beginning week the mills of this "ort: 1 1 work were those of Messrs. Orrell,Gee, Fernley, a ? 12kinson (Heaton-lane), Axon, Littlewood, Pen • il eul lrY, Little, Hollins, Andrew Stuart, and Henry 11°t• Parti ally —Messrs. W. and C. Howard, John see, Robinson, Jessie Howard, Marshal, Mayer.. uer all out—Messrs. Wilkinson (Portwood), T Leigh , Whiteleg ~ Barlow, Holt, Lingard and Crut .c2tenden, Reid, Esgkfg eT. Hunt, and Ogden. In 11sequence of the j tu g rn' -out of the spinners, great th"lltrates of hands employed in the other departments e e reduced to a state of compulsory idleness. efreet, however, was evident at the end of last ro w eek ; th e i r resources were becoming exhausted, and r der to a t ta i n their object they were necessitated to asort to p ractices of an unlawful character. On Friday and Saturday, general, and some '` pickettin " the mills became very .onsequence. imr. inconvenience was experienced in strutted Messrs•M essrs• Marshall Howard's, Mr. Robinson's, and - -Wnall i s hands were, in some instances, ob stane. and Police had information of the circum wbyatch°:" w to er a e find a t n i ; . : l , o'clock on Monday morning, dr protection g°ing round to the mills at work, T . N othin to the hands as soon as the mills Several private g material, however, occurred. and, of the 'n °u Moni in a ; et a in f gs of the spinners wereheld, Power-loom terno on a public meeti. g road, at which weavers Was held on Waterloo s2lutions speeches were made and re passed, expressive of sympathy with Zicelet:Pinners dem determination present circumstances, and o . f o on their own part toperseverein.their mit and fur a second rise of five per cent. Com tees of each party were also recommended, as eMcient means to attain that, object. Y es t er d ay, how e,Yer, it was notified to the masters that the hands were citsposed to return to their employment at the old r ate, and that the whole of them were prepared to re .l;une work this (Wednesday) morning. Messrs. t,,krigge's hands returned to work yesterday morn : L i ng, and Messrs. Hole, Lingard, and Cruttenden s naads signified their willingness to do the same. The tur n 1. -out ma therefore be considered at au end.— Arayichester G uard i an. W , y Louis Philipp e C ock e e unde rs t an d that his Majesty has present e d t h e sum of , francs (4001.) to the Comte de Bi 10000 enfaisa nce , established in London by the d'Orsay, for the relief of distressed Frenchmen. THE WEATHER IN SCOTLAND. —e still connue to osperien ce very boisterous weather,W the wind blowin ti g in fitfui gust; accompanied with heavy showers of rain. Yes tcriay morning it blew a perfect hurricane, which we are 4 fraid must have done considerable damage, torrents of thin falling a tfv‘ same time. During the forenoon, how ever, the Bun t s hone forth, giving indications of a change for the better, but shortly after mid-day the sky became overcast, and a pelting shower commenced, which con tinued for some time ; and while we write there is little or no a ppearance of ou r h av i ng dry weather. We learn that t here are upwards of 200 sail of vessels still vvindbound in the Frith of Forth, which have taken shelter there from the fury of the gale, and cannot yet put to sea in consequence of adverse winds and the extremely turbulent state of the German Ocean. The Clunie, Nl 14 atheson, i s among the number. When on her voyage fr om L e i t h to , )ndon sh e was caught by the late se buivere gale, a f ew miles this side of the Humber, which ld her t o Queensf,rry, with l oss of a portion of her arks an d other damage.—Edinburgh Evoting Post. SE damage.—EdinburghßlOUS ACCIDENT AT THE NEW CUSTOM-110USE, IPBWICFL—Last Thursday, William Roberts, aged 12 Years, who was waiting upon the plasterer-j,fell from a seatruld twenty feet high, and caused concussion of the brainn ; he now lies in a hopeless state Kt the Hospital.— '"ur,il jeurßaL SUN PRINCESS'S THEATRE. The legend of the four sons of Aymon, who, by 1 their union, retrieve the fallen fortunes of the family, is, perhaps, the most entertaining, certainly the most dramatic illustration extant, of _tEsop's fahlo tot the bundle of sticks. It has been the foundation of many a drama which has strutted and fretted its hour upon the stage, aid then been heard no more. It seems now, however, destined to retain a more lasting hold of the stage. M.M. Leu ven and Brunswick have made it the subject of a lyrical drama of very considerable merit, which . has been set to music by our countryman, Balfe, and which, under the title of Les quatre fils Aymon, was produced at the Opera Comique, in Paris, in the latter part of the summer, with great success. An adaptation of this opera, entitled the Castle of Aymon, was produced here last evening, under the superintendence of the talented composer himself,who appeared in the orchestra, and conducted the music. :Mademoiselle Helen Condell (or rather Miss Helen Condell, for we believe the young lady herself is Eng lish, although her reputation is continental) also made her first appearance on the English stage, as the he roine. With a new prima donna, and a new opera by Balfe, it is not suprising that long before the rising of the curtain every seat in the theatre was occupied, and that even standing room where to catch even an occasional glimpse of the stage was all but impossible, should have been at a premium. The appearance of Balfe in the orchestra was the signal for most enthusiastic applause—it was, in the strictest sense of the word, ." loud and long continued cheering," and never was loud and long-con tinued cheering more appropriately bestowed than on the man who seems destined to do for Eng lish music what Sir Joshua Reynolds did for Eng lish painting—revive an English school which shall he known and appreciated beyond the limits of the four seas. The overture, a light, pleasing, and airy com position over, the curtain rose, and we were intro duced to the Castle of Aymon, where we find Ivon (Mr. Leffler), a very Caleb Balderstone in fidelity, and the concoctor of stratagems to conceal the poverty of his master, going his rounds and shouting lustily to the sentinels to do their duty ; albeit not a single sentinel is there, he and his wife having been the whole garrison of the castle since the death of the last Duke of Aymon, which had occurred just twelve months before. On his death bed he had ordered his four sons to proceed by four different routes on their travels for a year, at the end of which time they were to return to the castle and open a large chest, containing his last will and testa ment, and all his treasures. A horn is heard without, and the four sons, Olivier (Mr. Allen), Allard (Mr. C. Horn, jun.), Richard (Mr. lime), and Renaud (Mr. Mattacks), enter. The orchestra plays a joyous symphony, and here occurs the gem of the opera—a quintetto deliciously given by Allen, Leffler, Horn, llime, and Mattacks, which was enthusiastically applauded, and most de servedly encored. This quintetto is one of the most beautiful of Balfe's compositions—quite worthy of the composer of the Vice le Roi chorus and the Gypsy chorus, and which, with its popularity, will rival, if not surpass, even those far-famed compositions. They have all returned hungry and penniless, and old Ivon, a la Caleb Balderstone, sallies forth into the village to levy a breakfast for them from the vassals. They have each, however, met with adven tures—each has fallen in love—and Olivier describes his love adventure in a beautiful romance—" The Shades of Night were gathering fast"—which was given by Allen with exquisite taste and feeling, and the repetition of which was called for as a matter of course. The time has now arrived for opening the box. It is found to contain a letter from the late Duke to his children, informing them that the only possessions he has to leave them are the old chateau, a name without reproach, and his ducal coronet, and recommending them to adhere closely to each other, and share their mutual fortunes, as the only way to restore their house to its pristine splendour. This scene is made the subject of a con certed piece, and the concluding quartett, in which the four brothers swear to obey the counsels of their father, is one of the most effective pieces of dramatic music we have ever heard. It was excellently given by Messrs. Allen, Horn, Hime, and Mattacks. The grouping, too, was beautifully managed; and, alto gether, the scene told admirably. Old Ivon is left alone to his reflection, but is soon aroused by the arrival of the Baron de Beaumanoir (Mr. Walton), a rich and avaricious old Baron, who, with his daughter Hermine (Madlle. Helen Condell) , arrive and claim hospitality. Rather than the fair fame of the castle should suffer, Ivon produces the very breakfast which he had experienced such difficulty in procuring for his young masters, and then the object of the Baron in paying this visit becomes apparent—he wants to secure an advantageous match for his daughter—and begins pumping Ivon as to the contents of the chest. "It contained gold enough," replies the old domestic, " to buy half Brittany." " But this sum, when separated into four"-- says the Baron. " Oh," interrupts Ivon, " there is but one—the other three are dead." The Baron nibbles the bait, is hooked, and at once commences scheming to catch Olivier for his daughter. An unexpected obstacle arises : the lady positively refuses to marry the Due d'Aymon, or indeed any one else, until her three cousins, whom her father destines for a convent, shall have been provided with husbands, and has taken a vow to this effect. The truth is, she has been captivated by a handsome ad venturer, whom her father had dismissed ignomi niously from the castle, but whom she had received and entertained like a Prince. Olivier, to whom Ivon had explained his stratagem, enters, and in him both father and daughter recognise the adventurer, while he recognises in Hermine his lady-love. he Baron is all politeness, and invites him to his castle, and while certain love passages are going on between Olivier and Hermine, Ivon explains to the Baron that his master is desirous of being loved for himself alone, and therefore had wandered forth in disguise, lest, had he appeared in his real character, he might have been accepted solely on account of his enormous wealth. The Baron and his daughter depart, well pleased with their adventure; and Ivon arranges that the three brothers of Olivier shall attend him to the Castle of Beaumanoir as his minstrel, his equerry, and his treasurer, and they group around him as they sing the finale to the first act. The second opens in the gardens of the chateau of Beaumanoir, where we find the Baron preparing for the fete, and endeavouring, like many other givers of fetes in more modern times, to make the greatest possible show at the least possible expense. Hermine overhears him plotting to defraud her cousins by placing then} in a convent, and sharing their possessions with a certain Baudriot, and determines to circumvent him. The three young ladies enter and surround Hermine, and the lively quartett, "My darling sweet cousin," follows, which was given with great spirit by Miss Condell, Miss Bretnall, Miss E. Honner, and Miss O'Conner, and was loudly encored. Hermine promises to provide them all with husbands before midnight, and, on the approach of the Baron, they all retire. The Baron enters, followed by Ivon, whom he questions minutely as to Olivier's riches ; and this is made the subject of perhaps the very best buffo duet that has ever been composed since the days of Rossini. It is worthy of being ranked with Un segretto." It was admirably given by Leffler and Walton, who entered thoroughly into the spirit of it; the audience enjoyed it, and altogether it was a perfect triumph. To Mr. Balfe the honour is certainly due of being the first English composer of " classically" buffo music. We beseech him to give us many more such compositions as this admirable buffo duet. Great praise is due, too, to the author of the libretto. The words go as trippingly to the music as if they were the choicest Italian. Olivier and his brothers arrive, and the brothers recognise in Hermine the lady to whom each had vowed love, and to whom each had at different times delivered his signet in token of his knightly obedience to her behests. Olivier and Hermine meet, and a romance and duet are here introduced, which were beautifully given by Allen and Miss Condell. Hermine sends to each of the brothers his own signet, commanding him to repair to the gardens of the chateau at midnight to meet his lady-love, and wed her at a neighbouring hermitage. The lovers are true to their appoint ment, and each takes off one of the cousins, veiled, each believing that he is wedding Her mine, while Hermine herself, as they go off, gives her hand to Olivier, who is kneeling at her feet. In the third act we find Hermine anxiously awaiting the suc cess of her stratagem, but refuses to wed Olivier until the bells of the hermitage shall give the signal that the cousins are married. Olivier urges her in vain to con sent, in a beautiful aria—" In the chapel all is ready," which was given with exquisite taste and feeling by Allen, and was deservedly encored. In vain her father urges her. She will not consent until she hears the three bells from the three hermit ages sounding, and then she declares her readiness to accompany Olivier to the chapel. The three cousins enter, and receive from Hermine instructions as to how they are to secure the affection of their husbands. The three brothers enter, and each fancies that Her mine is his wife ; she, however, imposes silence on them, and they are each ordered to retire. The Baron enters to forward the wedding. He is surprised by the announcement of an envoy with a letter from his Sovereign, congratulating him on his daughter's marriage, and expressing his approval of the Baron's generosity in restoring the fortunes of a fallen family. The Baron is astounded—he has not informed his Sovereign of the projected marriage. Who could have thought of it? " I did," says Ivon, " I sent it in your name." The letter proceeds to express the Sovereign's high approval of the Baron's conduct in marrying his nieces to the three bro thers of Olivier. But how is his astonish ment increased when the nieces and their hus bands are introduced to him. The Sovereign further expresses his satisfaction at the rejection by the Baron of the infamous propositions of Baudriot for immuring the nieces in a convent, and orders the , t. C) NO Iv; Instant dismissal of .13aadriet, who overwhelms the Baron with renrcaches. The Baron, stupified, de clares that he does not know where he is, er what he is, or whether he It at and while he declares that the. joy N more than he can bear, the thoits raise the cry of " Honour and glory to Aymon's four good sons !" and the curtain falls. Mr. Balfe will add to his re putation by this opera. The music is throughout perfectly characteristic--thoroughly and completely dramatic—that is to say, illustrative of the incidents and the situations. It is what the music of every opera ought to be—a perfect translation into the uni versal language of music of the thoughts, sentiments, and feelings, to which expression is given in the spe cial or verbal language in which the libretto rs written. Nothing could exceed the enthusiasm with which the opera was received throughout, and at its conclusion Balfe was loudly called for, and rapturously applauded. The corps operatique did full justice to the composition of the maestro. It was the fiat ap . pearance of the heroine, Miss Helen Cordell, and she was, of course, extremely nervous—so nervous, that in her first song she hardly did her self justice. As the piece proceeded, however, she acquired confidence. She sang the duet in the second act with Allen very well, and the romance with which it concludes, " Yes, I have sworn with true affection," was given by her with a taste and pathos which told admirably, and which promises great things for the future. Her voice is a high soprano of considerable power; her features are expressive and pretty, and her figure is good. Sheis evidently young upon the stage, and is undoubtedly ay ounglady of great promise. Mr. Balfe is under the greatest obligations to Allen for his personation of the character of Olivier. It was perfect. All that the must perfect science, guided by the most fastidious taste, could do for a part, was done for the part of Olivier by Allen. It was worthy of the Italian boards ; and had he but power equal to his taste, Allen would be the first tenor singer in the world. We never saw Leffler to greater advantage. He was the very beau ideal of a buffo,old man ; and Walton, as the pompous old Baron, was excellent. The concerted pieces were given admirably, and the raise en scene was every thing that could be desired. At the fall of the curtain all the principal singers were honoured with the usual ovation, and H. Wallack announced the opera for re petition four times a week until further notice, amidst the loud and unanimous applause of perhaps the most crowded house ever assembled within the walls of the Princess's Theatre. EXTRAORDINARY AND FATAL EXPLOSION IN A COAL PIT. TWO PERSONS KILLED, AND SEVEN OTHERS MORE OR LESS INJURED. On Monday afternoon, about half-past one o'clock, a most extraordinary and unaccountable eruption of water and foul air, followed by an explosion, oc curred in the coal-pit belonging to the trustees of Mrs. Williams, situated immediately behind the Hare and Hounds public-house, Pemberton, about a mile and a half from Wigan, on the road to Billinge The result of the accident is the death of two youths about sixteen years of age, named Richard-Fair hurst and William Parkinson; the serious injury of three boys and two men ; the slight injury of two other boys ; and also a few casual bruises to another workman in the mine. From infor mation collected on the spot, we are enabled to lay the following particulars before our readers : It appears, that there are two principal mines in the colliery—namely, a five-foot mine, eighty yards deep, and a four-foot mine, twenty yards below it. From the five-foot mine to the four-foot, there is an air-shaft constructed, independently of the main-shaft ; and immediately under this small shaft, the proprietors had determined upon boring for other beds of coal. The workmen had been en gaged in this for some time, and had got to a very considerable depth; when, on Saturday evening last, the boring rods broke—an accident which has since given the men much trouble. On Monday morning .they commenced work, by preparing instruments and tools to catch the broken rods, and were thus engaged until the time at which the accident occurred half-past one. It is as well to state, that the boring hole, which is three inches in diameter, has been hitherto always full of water, and flowing over at the top: the rods are about an inch square. At the time stated, the men had just succeeded in catching the rods, a great number of yards of which had been left in the hole ; and, at the first attempt to pull them up, an extraordinary eruption of air and water com menced, the latter being forced with a tremendous rush to the top of the small shaft above. The work men at the bore-hole, as might be expected, were much alarmed, and not only put out their own lights, but instantly called to those in the mine above to do the same. As far as they could be heard, this was done ; and some of the men escaped just in time, by jumping into the basket, which was about to ascend the main shaft; but, unfortunately, two lads were bringing a basket of coal, with their lights, along the main drawing line (which is a hundred and sixty yards long), in the five-foot mine, and were ,not within hearing when the alarm was given. On'passing near the mouth of the small air shaft, through which the inflammable matter was rushing after the water had subsided, the lights ignited, and an explosion was the consequence. The inflammable matter being forced up wards through the small shaft, exploded near the mouth of it, as the boys were moving down the tram road, and passing the shaft. These boys were much in jured by the explosion; but the fatal cases oc curred in the five-foot mine, as the inflammable air was making its way to the main shaft for escape; indeed, no persons were injured except in that particular part of the five-foot mine. Tho borers, under-lookers, and other workmen in the four-foot mine, and indeed all the hands in the mine above who were removed from that part of it just mentioned, escaped uninjured. The door was broken down by the extraordinary rush of air in the pit, it is thought, after the explosion. We are informed, and certainly have no reason to doubt it, that the mine is in a pure state of ventilation ; and that now, as before a very strong current passes from the main shaft through the five-foot mine, and from thence down the small shaft into a mine below. The door has already been refixed; the water is flowing over the bore hole ; and the , rods having been taken hold of, it is hoped the workmen will proceed again with out interruption. The following are the names of the sufferers :—Richard Fairhurst and William Parkinson, drawers, dead ; Henry Taylor, Thomas Taylor (the two who carried the lights which caused explosion), and John Parkinson, all drawers, seri ously injured; Thomas Topping and Edward Stock ley, two men, seriously bruised and burnt; James Derbyshire and William Fishwick, drawers, slightly injured. Twenty-three persons in the two mines escaped without injury; one was slightly bruised by the air forcing him about. All those we have men tioned are said to be more injured by bruises than by the explosive matter. No accident from explosion ever occurred in the pit before. Manchester Guar dian of yesterday. SIR HENRY POTTINGER..--The dinner intended to be given to this distinguished individual by the mer chants of this port, will probably take place in the course of next week. It is most likely that it will be given in the Royal Amphitheatre, there being no other place suf ficiently capacious to accommodate all who are desirous of attending. All the arrangements, however, as to time, depend upon the convenience of Sir Henry himself.— Liverpocl paper. The President and Fellows of Magdalene College, Oxford, have determined on the erection, contiguous to the College, of a new chorister? school and masters' house attached. A beautiful design has been selected, and the building will be formally opened in the ensuing spring. POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN PARIS AND HAVRE.—A meeting of the principal merchants at Havre has just been held at the Bourse of that place, to devise the best means of effecting a changein the present mode of transmitting letters between that port and Paris. After considerable discussion a committee was appointed to draw up a petition to the Ministers of Com merce and Finance, urging the immediate necessity of organising the Post-office service between the two places in such a way as not to allow letters to be forestalled by parcels tent by the railroad. The committee is also charged to receive subscriptions, for the purpose of carrying out this object, should the petition not be at tended to. AGRICULTURAL SERVANTS' HIRINGS IN THE NORTH. —Whitsuntide and Martinmas are the usual times of hiring agricultural servants in the more northern counties. At nearly all the hirings this Martinmas the wages of servants of both sexes, taken altogether, have been on the advance, and the engagements more nume rous. At Carlisle the attendance of servants was un usually large on Saturday week, and good men servants were engaged, at wages ranging from 61. 10s., 81., to 91. 10s. for the half-year ; half-grown lads were engaged for 41. 10s., 51., and 5/. 10s. each ; known women ser vants were hired at 41., 4/. 10s., to 6/. ; ,and the younger girls got from 31. to 41. 10s. each who were hired. The servants. get their victuals, and lodge and sleep in their masters' houses in the northern counties. The above quotation of wages, with very little variation, will apply to the hirings which took place at Cockermouth, Keswick, Wigton, Brampton, Penrith, Appleby, Kendal, and other places.— Provincial Paper. WRECK.—Last week, the smack Lord Nelson, from Ipswich, was wrecked on entering Southwold Harbour. The crew clung to the mast-head, and were saved by ropes thrown from the shore. A most daring burglary was committed on Thurs day night, in a shop at Bottisham, occupied by Mr. Car ter of Swaffham. The burglars entered by breaking a hole through the back wall, and stole 201bs. of tea, a quantity of wearing apparel, and other goods to the value of 301. or 40/. Part of the latter was found by a labourer on Saturday, concealed in a haulm-stack. The murder ous intentions of the burglars were evident by two club sticks which they left on the premises. They left also a clue to their discovery: leaving behind in their haste a macintosh, which has been sponged.—Cambridge Adver tiser. iIItURSDA.Y MORN-LNG ~NuVE NEW RAILWAYS FOR CIIESHIRt AND LANCASHIRE. In the rnot;ement stn eYteiiding of railways, and providing new lines to meet the wants of districts and towns hitherto with out such aids to cheap and expeditious locomotion, this portion of our country, as it was amongst the foremost to embrace the advantages of the railway system, is not behind other portions of the kingdom, or the least extensive in its projects; and it is satis factory to observe that these are, without an exception, legitimate projects, and such as must eventually be profitable, as well as useful, in their results. It was naturally to be expected that, as the system pro gressed, and its advantages became universally re cognised, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway could not long remain the sole connecting line between the River Mersey and the manufacturing districts to the east and north, by which the com merce of Liverpool is fed, and which draw from us their raw material. The important towns of Preston, Lancaster, Bolton, Wigan, &c., would not long con tinue satisfied with the imperfect and circuitous com munication originally provided for them ; whilst the traffic of the south as naturally would require the shortening of the elbow formed by taking it along the Liverpool and Manchester line to a junction with the direct southern line at Warrington. Accordingly, we now see proposed a number of lines, northward and eastward, diverging to these towns from Liver pool as a centre, with a line to the south materially shortening the route to Birmingham and London. But, in addition to these lines, a new feature has presented itself to us, in the projection of a number of new railways from the opposite side of the Mersey, hitherto isolated, to Manchester, Yorkshire, and the southern counties. The proposed formation of ex tensive docks at Birkenhead, and the spirit of enter prise existing in that rising locality, have originated a desire to connect it directly with the seats of manu facturing industry; and, accordingly, measures have been taken for an application to Parliament in the ensuing session for powers to carry out these projects, which are far from being insignificant in their extent, or without a degree of feasibility and public, as well as local, advantage. To enable our readers to appre hend at a glance the direction and connexions of all these schemes, on either side of our river, we have prepared as accurate a map of the country and the lines proposed as circumstances would allow, and sufficiently so to convey a fair idea of their directien and objects, to which we beg the attention of our readers, while we proceed briefly to notice them in detail. And first we shall examine the Cheshire lines. The first of these in importance, is that proposed to connect the Cheshire side of the river with Man chester, Stockport, and Yorkshire. This line com mences near the Sutton station of the Chester and Birkenhead line, and proceeds, skirting at a short distance from the estuary of the Mersey, by Childer Thornton, Whitby, Thornton, Elton, and Frodsham, to Preston Brook; from thence by Daresbury, Grap penhall, Bollington, Warburton, Dunham-Massey, Bowden, and Lymm, to Altringham, thus passing through one of the most fertile valleys in Cheshire, or the kingdom, from which the population of Man chester at present draw a great portion of their agri cultural produce. 'From Altringham the line pro ceeds by Sale and Ashton-on-Mersey, where it crosses the river, through Stretford and Chorlton cum-Hardy, to a junction either with the Manchester and Liverpool, or with the Manchester and Bolton Railway, in Salford. Powers are also proposed to be taken for the erection of an independent station ad joining that of the Liverpool and Manchester and Manchester and Leeds Companies, near the Victoria bridge. The distance by this line between Birkenhead, or Liverpool, and Manchester, will be about eight or nine miles more than by the existing railway com munication. There will, however, only be 33 miles of new railway, viz., from Hooton station to Man chester, to construct ; and, when we c ons id er th e favourable nature of the country to be traversed, the absence of any great works, and, above all, the im proved state of railway science, since the Liverpool and Manchester line was formed, its comparatively inexpensive character will constitute it a very formidable competitor with that line, even for the traffic of Liverpool itself. To connect Chester with Manchester, Stockport, &c., it is proposed to make a branch from the line above described, commencing near Elton and running by Crouchton, Backford, and Moston, to a junction with the Chester and Birkenhead Railway in the townships of Upton and parish of St. Mary-on-the- Hill, Chester. It is important to mention that the promoters of this latter line (generally called the Chester, Preston Brook, and Stockport) have joined interests with the direct Birkenhead line. To con nect Stockport with both Birkenhead and Chester another branch is proposed to diverge from the main line at Altringham, and, passing by Northern, Bids bury, Cheadle, Mosely, to join the Manchester and Birmingham Railway at Heaton Norris, near Stock port. It is also proposed to connect the line with the Churnet Valley line, and a proposed Buxton line, by a branch to Bramhall ; and by two other branches it is proposed to be connected with the Manchester and Leeds line near Oldham, and the Manchester and Sheffield line, between Ashton and Hyde, thus se curing a portion of the traffic of Yorkshire, Lincoln shire, and Derbyshire. As might have been expected, at a time when capi talists are Eo eagerly seizing hold of every line of country which offers facilities for railway schemes, so favourable a country as the route of this line from Birkenhead to Manchester is not without claimants to its possession. Amongst these we observe that a Company, or rather a combination of three powerful Companies—the Midland, the Sheffield and Manches ter, and Manchester and Birminghatn—have given notice for a line from Altringham to Manchester, passing by almost the same route as the Birkenhead and Manchester line. This proposed line, we may remark, possesses a valuable feature, inasmuch as, instead of communicating with the Liverpool and Manchester line, and using their station at Victoria bridge, its promoters adopt the southern entrance into Manchester, in allo w i ng th emse l ve s to be bullied out of which by th e L eeds Company th e Li ver pool and Manchester Boa r d comm i tte d so f a t a l a mistake. We do not think, h owever, t h a t an y ser ious appre hension need be entertained as to the success of the scheme from this or other competing claims. On the contrary, we consider it very likely, and in deed advisable, that such a compromise will be en tered into as will enable the Birkenhead people to go to Parliament with the influence of these parties in aid of their own. The giving up a portion of their scheme into such hands might even operate advan tageously, by securing to the Birkenhead Company a greater portion of the vast traffic of which these Companies have the disposal. We speak, however, merely our own o pi n i on , w ith n o authoritative in formation as to the course likely to be pursued. Another project is b e y the Directors of the Birken head and Chester Railway—viz., a tunnel from their station in Grange-lane to the docks forming at Wallasey Pool. Upon this, however, we need not remark as a novelty, for, in fact, such a communica- tion was a necessary adjunct to these docks. To the south of lhester important projects are also on foot. Notices have been given of an application to Parliament for the necessary powers to construct a line of railway, commencing at Shrewsbury, and passing, almost in a direct line, by Hadnall and Wem, approaching the town of Wellington, which it passes a little to the left, then crossing a detached portion of Flintshire, and proceeding thence, on the Cheshire side of the valley of the Dee, to Chester. This line will make the distance by railway between Shrewsbury and Chester about thirty-six miles ; and, in connexion with the proposed Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton line, will form a competing line from Birkenhead and Chester to the south. A re- ference to the map in our paper will show the capa bilities of this line to accommodate, by branches, the important mineral and agricultural towns and dis tricts through which it passes. A connexion is also proposed to be formed between the Chester and Holyhead line and the manufacturing districts of Lancashire and Yorkshire, by means of a branch to the proposed Birkenhead and Manchester line, the value of which, as affording to those districts a shorter route for the passengers and goods traffic of Ireland and the mineral produce of Wales, we shall not enlarge upon, having already exceeded the limits we proposed to devote to the Chester undertakings. On the Lancashire side of the Mersey, one of the most striking prospects is the line from Liverpool to Bolton and Wigan. This line passes through the heart of the great coal district of Lancashire, inter secting the Wigan coal beds, and proceeding by those of Pemberton, Winstanley, Billinge, Knowsley, &c., through Walton and Bootle to a station near the North Docks of Liverpool. By this line the im portant towns of Chorley, Preston, &c., will also obtain a shorter communication with Liverpool. By another line, commencing at the north end of Liverpool, it is proposed to connect that port still more directly with Ormskirk and Preston ; and, by the formation of branches from it, to join the pro posed Blackburn and Burnley line near Blackburn, and to form a communication with Southport. We come now to an examination of the lines pro jected by the Grand Junction, and first, as the most important to this town, we take the line by which it is proposed to shorten the route into Liverpool. The branch by which this is to be effected commences in the township of Kekewick, runs through those of Daresbury, Norton, and Runcorn, and crosses the river at a narrow about two miles above Runcorn. From this point it proceeds, almost in a direct line, by Cuerdley, Widness, Upton, Speke, and Childwall, crossing in its course the Runcorn dap Railway, to a junction with the Liverpool and Manchester Rail way at or near Huyton. By the formation of this line a saving of distance is effected between the two points of about eight miles. Another important line of the same Company is that proposed from Crewe to communicate with New- MJP. 11 21 i 34 S. castle and Stoke, at which latter place it joins a line to bb formed by the Trent Valley Company to Staf.• ?'o 3. thess pi - 6.jects, are glad to, find, have been recently laid before a public meeting nelu it Staftora; over which the Mayor of that town presided, and,• with some additional accommodation to be given to the Pottery district, have been received as satisfactory, and meeting the requirements of the towns in terested. With respect to the communication to be given to Shrewsbury from the Grand Junction line, upon which, it will be remembered, the difference occurred between that Company and the London and Birming ham, two prOects will be offered to the consideration of Parliament; one a line running from Shrewsbury, by Wellington, to Stafford, and another branching off near Wellington, and proceeding on to Wolverhamp ton. Another line is also projected, we believe, by the London and Birmingham, proceeding from the proposed Chester and Shrewsbury line, near Wem, to the Shrewsbury and "Wolverhampton line near Wel lington, then cutting off the angle formed by carry ing their lines to Shrewsbury, and reducing the dis tance between Wolverhampton to Chester by this route to something near that by the Grand Junction route. A communication is also proposed to be made from the Chester and Shrewsbury line passing by the town of Wrexham and joining the Chester and Holyhead line about midway between Holywell and Chester. We now come to the new projects of the Liverpool and Manchester Company. It has long been acknow ledged that the stations both in Lime-street and at Wapping were insufficient in size and arrangement for the traffic of the Manchester and Liverpool and the Grand Junction lines. To remedy these defects it is proposed to purchase the buildings adjoining the station in Lime-street, as far back as Hotham-street, including some on the east side of the same street, the north side of Gloucester-street, and the south of Sidney-street; the dwelling-houses adjoining the station at the bottom of Gloucester-street and Lord Nelson-street. Upon the site thus formed an exten sive station will be formed, capable, it is thought, of furnishing the accommodation requisite. The station at Wapping is to be extended, by the purchase of land and buildings, warehouses, &c., on the north side of Cro3bie-street, and adjoining the station : the ware houses and buildings on the west side of Wapping, and on either side of Ironmonger-lane, fronting the King's and Queen's Docks. The funnels and works at Edge-hill are likewise to be enlarged; a new tun nel to be made to Smithdown-lane, and another from Edge-hill to terminate at or near the Waterloo Dock in the north end of the town. By the carrying out of these several projects much greater facilities will be afforded to the commerce of the port than at pre sent it enjoys. Another project is the formation of a line branch ing off from the main line at Barton, and passing by Worsley, Swinton, and Pendlebury, to a junction at Clifton with the proposed Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale Railway. A short line is also to be taken from a point between Newton and Parkside to the North Union line, to reduce the angle at present to be gone over in order to get from the latter line to Manchester. It is further proposed to form a branch from Barrownook Moss, in Rainford, in the parish•of Prescot (there to unite with an intended railway from the St. Helena and Runcorn Gap Railway, near Ruf ford, a junction with the North Union at Buxton), and terminating at or near Lightbody-street, Boun dary-street North, Victoria-road, Great Howard street, and Regent-road, in this town. Of this line we have not been able to procure a plan in time to enable us to include it in our map. The line from Barrownook Moss, however, is intended to reduce the present distance by the Liverpool and Manchester and North Union lines to Preston and Lancaster, and as it passes close to Ormskirk, is expected to remove the necessity of the proposed Liverpool, Ormskirk,- and Preston line. The communication with the north end of the town will, of course, be a valuable feature in the line, if constructed. In conclusion, we shall regret if in the course of these remarks, explanatory of our plan or in the plan itself, we shall be found to have done injustice to any of the lines enumerated. Our object was certainly to be impartial and just to all ; and if we have offended we shall be most willing to make all the reparation in our power.—Liverpool Standard. SPOItTING IN BETTING AT MAN( DER TELLIGENCE. NIESTER—TUESDAY. 0 to 1 agst Alarm 33 to 1 agst Fitz-Allen 6 to 1 agst Kedger 30 to I agst Lord Miltown's 20 to 1 agst Cobweb c two 25 to 1 agst Newsmonger •10 to 1 agst Connaught Ran -25 to 1 agst Idas—t ger 28 to 1 agst The Rebecca c 40 to 1 agst Clear-the-way 33 to 1 agst Young Eclipse, t INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. TOTTENHAM - CHURCHES AND THE BISHOP OP LONDON. The parish of Tottenham l - as been for sc;me time Vatt ir, crlnsiderafle agitation, caused by a dispute between the setitholder4 and attendants of the churches and the clergymen of the parish, as to the introduction of certain practices in the services of the church, which the parishioners consider as no velties. There are three churches in Tottenham —the old parish church, the chapel on Totten ham-green, called Trinity Chapel, and a third church, which has been recently erected at Wood green. This last chapel was erected by sub scription, and Mr. Corney, the deputy of Broad street Ward, was the treasarer of the fund. Of the other two churches, the ,ene is the old parish church, and the second has been erected about 16 years. Of • this chapel the Rev. George llodgson Thomson was for some years the minister, but some time since he left his incumbency and went to Tonbridge. The Rev. Mr. Newcome, the vicar, then appointed Mr. Twining as his successor, the other officiating minis ters being the Rev. Mr. Winter, the Rev. Mr. Pun ster, and the Rev. Mr. Baker. It appears that certain innovations were contemplated in the customary ser vice of the church bcfbre Mr. Thomson left. 'They were commenced at the old, or parish church, where they did not lead to any cpcn opposition. But on the consecration of Wood-gram Chapel they were in like manner commenced there, but with a very different result. It has been stated that Mr. Conley was the treasurer of the fund that bast been sub scribed to build the chapel. Tic had taken a very active part in obtaining subcriptions, and when he found that the forms already referred to were to be introduced, he at once resigned his situation, at the same time expressing his opinio:i that in soliciting subscriptions for the chapel he had I.een " raising money under false pretences." Upon this determina tion of Mr. Corney being made known, a meeting of the subscribers to the Wood-green Chapel was called, ostensibly for the purpose of hearing his reasons. Previously to this, however, some of the influential persons in the parish framed and signed a paper, as follows : "TO THE RE.. GEORGE B. TWINING, MINISTER OF TRINITT CHURCH, TOTTENHAM. " As seathoiders and attendants at Trinity Church, 1 having heard that it is proposed to make some mate ! rial alterations in th,?. course and order of the service as heretofore eonducted—which alterations in neigh ' pouring parishes have created much dissatisfaction„ and will assuredly produce the same result in this— we venture most respectfully, but most decidedly, to express our opicicn that any such changes, by pro ducing such results, are calculated materially to pre vent that success in the preaching of the Gospel, as well as good understanding between the minister and his people, SO inuCe. to be desired ; and we therefore earnestly hope that, in consideration of such opinion, the order of the service may be allowed to remain unaltered." This was signed by a very large majority of seat holders and attendants at the chapel. Mr. Twining addressed the fol.lewing answer to one of the gentle men : " TotLe,iham-green, October 21, 1844. " Dear Sir,—As 1 perceive that your name stands as that of the first parishioner who has signed the petition which was forwarded to me by Mr. Wilson on Friday last, ezpressive of the desire that no change should be made I the order of the service at Trinity Chapel, I take the liberty of addressing my reply to you. " Let me, in the first place, assure you most sin cerely, that to receive a petition numerously signed by the members of ieis congregation, and not to be able to comply with it, is a source to me of deep regret ; yet such, I am sorry to say, is my present very painful position. Long before I determined on the course which it behoved me to talie in the matter referred to, .I considered it, as far as I could, in all its bearings ; I deliberated upon it carefully (with prayer and supplication) before I expressed my sentiments even privately to any of my congregation ; and even afterwards, at the request of one or two in dividuals, I took the subject still further into con sideration. The result of my reflections I must re spectfully state in reply to the petitioners to be this; that I cannot consistently with my sense of duty alter those opinions, which I have already made known by private intercourse to many members of my congregation, whom I have been fortunate enough to see ; and which I felt called upon to explain yes terday in the form of a sermon. Having dwelt on this latter occasion at great Icngth, and before a very numerous congregation, upou the several points in volved, I conceive it to bo unnecessary to trouble you now with any detailed explanation. Most earnestly do I hope, however, that the consequences to which the petitioners refer as likely to result from the con templated changes may, by (;rod's gootine.ss, be averted. " 1 wish it to be known, if youi)lease, that circum stances prevented me from rece:vin ; :; the petition until Saturday evening; and that, if the opportunity had been found, I should have considered - it due to the petitioners to have sent an answer to their representa tions before I publicly explained my views. " Believe it to be my continued prayer that the hearts and steps of all concerned may be directed and ruled aright, and in a way acceptable to God, and allow me to remain,—Dear Sir, yours faithfully, " GEORGE 13. TWINING. " P.S. If you should be unwilling to receive and make kno , :n to the petitioners this communication, perhaps you will have the kindness to send me a few lines and to returu my letter. " To Robert Mushet, Esq., Stamford-hill." - Mr. Musbot reulied as follows : " :Stamford-hill, 22d October, 1844. "Dear Sir,—l ha'e been favoured with your com munication of yeztezday's date, which shall in due time be laid before the Petitioners, as you are pleased to call them, though the document forwarded to you by Mr..Wilsc.n 1 - !ad none of the characteristics of a petition. " I would rathelyou had sent your reply to some more influential mernbar of your congregation, or, at all events, to some one who has taken a more active part in the measure than my avocations have per mitted me to take. " At the same time (as an attendant at Trinity Church), Ido not hesitate to avail myself of the opportunity you have given me, of stating clearly and distinctly the reasons which swayed me to sign the paper, and of expressing my sincere and unfeigned sorrow at the course you seem determined to pursue ; this I hope to do without eliciting any bias of party spirit, or exhibiting any personal feeling against your self, though Vac warmth with which the subject inspires me may comp-1 me to speak the truth with more freedom thalf rK.-rhaps will be agreeable. " The reasons and opinions I shall express have not altogether arisen out of this particular case, but have been maturely formed, after some deliberation, by watching the progress of events in relation to the Church, though they have for the first time been put to paper, in consequence of the question in dispute now intimately affecting the peace of the parish in which I reside. " 1. It would be presumptuous in me to argue with you on the merits or demerits of the Rubric — which has lately become of such importance in the eyes of the clergy. But you will agree with me, that the Rubric, or, what it simply implies, rules for the regulation of the Church service, has authority only as far as it is cxi,edient or necessary to the better performance of public worship : that the rules are things in themselves indifferent, and, like any rite or ceremony of the Church may fall into desuetude, by changes in society or of opinion—which may be abolished altogether, altered, or modified, as the heads of the Church think proper ; and all this may be done without disparagement to religion, or any article of religious belief'. " You will agree with me, that any form or cere mony whatever can form no essential part of true re ligion ; and to place any reliance on such form or ceremony is superstitious, and contrary to the very spirit of our religion. " 2. The clergy who attach e.uch weighty import ance to the Rubric (the offspring of not the purest era of the Church) may themselves, as men of edu cation and reflection, draw such necessary distinctions as to relieve them from the charge of falling into su perstitious observances; but by enforcing obsolete customs, laid aside by the general concurrence of the clergy of another age, at the expense of the peace of every parish, they are sure in due time to perplex the minds of others (not so gifted), and lead them on to confound religious truth with the mere accessories of religious worship—things of human origin. " Now, to mistake religious forms or ceremonies for true religion is the superstition we all condemn and lament in the Roman Catholic Church. To placa any confidence in or reliance on them. is indeed a retrograde movement in the mind of any Christian, and, though sometimes a proof of mistaken zeal, ;t always implies ignorance of the religion of Jesus Christ, in its spiritual perfection, and proves rather. reliance on the devices of man than on the goodnesa of God. "3. The Scriptures—that repository of Christian truth, which is the standard of our faith, and is so re cognised by the Clairch, though some of her clergy seem in this respect to have abandoned the opinions of the Refortnatirm, distinctly declare, for the guid ance of erring n sn, that God, being a spirit, must be worshipped it spirit and in truth (because Ile knows the secrets of every heart, and cannot be deceived by our lip-service, our hollow zeal, our pompous rttes); and yet a certain party in the Church are doing all they can to overturn that injunction by the introduc tion of frivolous ceremonies a n d nice distinctions, which must, in the end, detract from the spirituality of God's worship. All rites and ceremonies cannot bring us near to God; they cannot please Hint ; and, though they may not altogether be abandoned in public wor,blp, still they are essentially marks and tokens of man's infirmity, and not of his strength or perfection. They must be employed, because the weakness of hrir_rukri nature requires them to prompt NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, 1845. TIIIIRSDAY.—Duke of Bedford's Prologue, Bst 101 b agst Lord W. Powlett's Energy , Bst 31b, D. 1., 200, 50 ft. CRAVEN MEETING, 1847. FRIDAY.—Duke of Bedford's c by The Saddler, dam by Langar, Bst 101 b, agst Lord W. Powlea's c by Euclid, out of Nell Gwynne, Bst 71b, New T.Y.C., 200, h. ft. !ONE IN 1845. es in 1845 are either speciall d by custom as to make it im !red : July 8. Newmarket July Meeting. 16. Liverpool ditto. 23. Newton. 30. Goodwood. August 6. Horwich. 6. Brighton. 11. Wolverhampton. 28. Tiverton. Sept. 2. Warwick. 10. Leicester. 16. Doncaster. 30. Newmarket First October Meeting. Oct. 13. Newmarket Second October Meeting. 27. Newmarket Hough- ton Meeting. RACES TO C The following dates of ra, appointed, or are so establish( probable that.they will be alts March 12. Coventry. 19. Warwick. 25. Northampton. 26. Catterick Bridge. April N. Newmarket Craven. 22. Bath. 28. Newmarket First Spring Meeting. May 6. Chester. 13. Newmarket Second Spring Meeting. 13. Manchester. 20. Gorhambury. 27. Epsom. June 10. Ascot. 18. Hampton. 23. Newcastle-on-Tyne. 25. Bibury Club. 26. Stourbridge. TO THE EDITOR OF'THE SUN. Sirt,—l beg to contradict the statement in the re port of the proceedings at Bow-street on Wednes day last which emanated from your journal, and which was circulated through the majority of the other daily papers. Your report stated, that on the fine of 2/. being in flicted, and the money not forthcoming, I was locked up (or to that effect); in contradiction of which, I beg leave to assert that the fine was immediately paid, and, also, that if the amount had been 101. I was prepared to meet it. In giving publicity to this, you will greatly oblige, Sir, yours, very obediently, R. HATT. Eagle Coffee-house, 97, Drury-lane, Nov. 19.„ The farmers in the neighbourhood of Monmouth, have adopted the weight of sixty pounds to the buShel of wheat. DREADFUL ACCIDENT TO PRINCE ALBERT'S GROOM WHILE BIDING IN ATTENDANCE UPON HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS.—Tuesday afternoon between one and two o'clock, Herr Huisch, groom to Prince Albert, met with a very serious accident in Windsor Great Park, while he was riding in attendance upon the Prince, who was re turning from shooting to luncheon with her Majesty, at the Castle, at two o'clock. His Royal Highness, who was on horseback, galloping at great speed, on passing through the double gates, followed by his groom, imme diately left the road for the green sward on the west side of the Long Walk. The horse on which the groom was riding, a magnificent yet extremely vicious animal, immediately dashed in amongst the trees, causing the head of its unfortunate rider to come into fearful contact with a projecting branch, unhorsing him, and throwing him to the ground with fearful violence. The poor man, the blood gushing from his head and face, was imme diately taken to the lodge at the double gates, where he received every attention from the keeper and his wife. Information of the accident having been forwarded to Windsor, a fly was dispatched to the double gates, in whieh the sufferer was conveyed to his apartments at the, royal mews, where he was attended by Mr. Brown, sur geon to the royal household, and Mr. Andrews. It was ascertained that the man, who was suffering the most excruciating pain, had experienced (in addition to serious internal injuries, and a contusion on the face by coming into contact with the branch of a tree) a compound frac ture of the collar bone. Late last evening the man was doing as well as could be hoped fer, although still en during great pain. The horse, after knocking down the son of a gentleman residing at Windsor, but, fortunately, without his sustaining any injury, was secured just be fore it reached the lodges in the Frogmore-road. The Prince was not aware of the accident until after ho reached the Castle. His Royal Highness immediately dispatched a messenger to the mews, to inquire into the nature of his groom's injuries, and gave strict commands that every attention should be paid to him which his state required. LARGE HALIBUT.—WhiIe Messrs. Boddan and M'Cullech, Stranracr, were out in Lochryan last Thurs day, plying their vocation, they had the good fortune to meet with a splendid specimen of the halibut. Although the tug of war was rather keen between the combatants, they, by tact and skill, succeeded in giving it a free pas sage to terra firma. When weighed it was found to be upwards of 2201 b., of excellent quality, and might have graced the table of the Lord Mayor of London when he and his guests on Saturday week did honour to the good things of this world. We understand it met a ready sale on Friday, and brought 24d. per pound.— Wigton Free Press. ADVERTISEMENT. ANOTIIER EXTRAORDINARY CURE OF ASTHMA BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS !—Patrick Casey, residing at No. 1, Compton-place, Brunswick square, had suffered from a chronic asthma for more than three years. This poor man was so great a sufferer that he did not dare go to bed for fear of the phlegm choking him ; indeed, ho could not even lay his head upon a table for half an hour lest he should be suffocated ; nevertheless, this person is now labouring from mornirg to night, sleeps as well as ever he did in his life,,and, in fact, is completely cured by the use of Holloway's Pills. Sold (also Holloway's Ointment) at 244, Strand (where advice may be had gratis), and by almos!, all respectable vendors of medicine throughout the civilised world. iS tL6 heart, or to excite the languid de Otuini b YS oul. But there is a point where they etoineeiffete sive to those who have a clear percepts afa teete ee ree 4 :sr' ligion ; and when such reliance in th ii.e e kc - raeX 2 l4 i • 7 •:. placed, as implied in the conduct of eiiiiiA'of clergy, they must in time degenerate i and superstition. The rite or ceremony, tart.etip: - ‘ poi - - C'e!oe' enforced, may be harmless in itself, but a wthe will look to the consequences of magnifying the im portance of such things as form no essential part of reli g ious faith or conduct. "4. I do not here contend that the changes you have introduced are themselves objectionable"; I do not profess b) divine the motives which have led you to the conclusions you have arrived at ; I do not wish, as I have said, to argue with you the merits or demerits of the Rubric, as it is out of my province to enter into any such controversy ; but I cannot, on die grounds of common sense or right judgment, defend the enforcement of those changes in the ordinary worship of the church which are certain to disturb the quiet and harmony of the parish for years to come. " If I granted all the changes you are determined on to be simply good, or harmless, or things indifferent (as the preface to the Prayer-book says of forms and ceremonies), still I cannot think you can be justified in disturbing the peace of your congregation fur ob jects that really form no part of religion ; objects which, if you succeed in, may gratify your own feelings, but which c a nnot possibly advance the eter nal interests of man, or tend in any way to the glory of God. " On the contrary, it is certain, that whatever en genders strife, or promotes si;scord, or excites or scatters the flock (of whicie you are the appointed shepherd) must injure true religion and man's best interests, at the same time that th'e impetuous zeal of the clergy excites grave doubts in minds of calm, reflecting, religious men (wile find their religion in the Bible), whether the clergy are proving them selves the best friends of the Church, .'r the warm supporters of spiritual truth. Their intemperate r desire to revive forms and ceremonies of anoeher age, at any expense, may lead others to doubt , h they have really formed in their own minds tilt' dis tinction between religious forms and religious troth. " At. all events such is the implc-Nsion their presont proceedings are likely to leave—to pass by the false , ideas they are sure to engender in the minds of the weak (and they are not a few) wise, in all ages, have !seded to confound those two things together, arid thus in the , zeul have gradually fallen into all the mu/ninety and superstitious obscsrvances we see, with pain and surprise, existing in the Roman Church. " When the importance and necessity of forms have once taken possession of ,the mind, there is no thing more difficult than to root them out, as all his tory testifies ; for no reason 1 can conjecture than that man is naturally prone to mistake the shadow of religion for the substance, the type or symbol for the object represented. " When we know that the Church of Rome has its foundation in such superstitious observances, we ought to be cautious how we multiply them, or unnecessa rily revive old ones, worn out by time, and abandoned by general consent. Let us always consider it a maxim of truth, that forms or ceremonies, or rites of any kind, called by whatever name, are nothing in the sight. of God, ab solutely considered. " S. Why the Rubric, which seems to arrogate to itself no undue weight of importance, and which has nothing to recommend it but the prestige of antiquity (and that not of a remote date), and I may say good sense, should all at once, in the eyes of the clergy, swell into something of great purport, and almost of Divine obligation, is an anomaly difficult to be ex plained or understood. " If a party in the Church were to make an attempt to bring the Church of England into conformity with the simplicity of the age of the apostles, to assimilate it to the severe and simple religion as promulgated by its Divine Founder, there really would be something meritorious, however unsuccessful the attempt, some thing good, however much savouring of enthusiasm ; but an attempt, at enormous sacrifices, to revive cer tain formulie which have been neglected, as super , fluities in the Church service, without assigning ade quate reasons for so doing—to give to the Rubric a power and authority and weight in public worship which it nowhere claims for itself, seems to me most extraordinary and inconsistent. " a. In an age like this, when men are apt to think for themselves, and analyse ,more carefully than before their ideas on religious questions, it seems remark able that the clergy . should make an effort to mystify the truth, and tarnish the purity of religion, by re calling those clouds of mystery, those pious frauds' characteristic of times less Civilised. The attempt is sure to prove an unsuccessful one, because I think the same intelligence, the same power of thought, which brought about the Reformation, in an age compara tively barbarous, must, in the end, dissipate all those eras and delusions of good, but mistaken men, in times - more refined and civilised. This is hardly an age 'to make an attempt on the credulity of the peoples or draw the veil of error over the face of truth. " The power and independence of the clergy pos sessed b y virtue of their holy office, as well as by the • mode of their appointment, may permit them for a season to proceed in their course, but, for my part, I can see, in their very success, the elements of injury, if not of destruction, to the Church herself; because,. while she is now assaulted from without by hosts of Dissenters who await eagerly "toy breach in the wall, the clergy are at the same tithe el eating innumerable enemies within ; they are making those who would be friends lukewarm anti indifferent: they are creating a spirit of party very inconsistent with the unity they p reac h a n d pray for, as one of her essential preroga tives ; they are causing doubts to arise where faith should tie one, argil where practice should be uniform. " 7. In the prayer for the 'Church militant here in earth,' God is solemnly called upon to inspire the universal Church of Christ with the spirit of truth, unity, and concord; but do her clergy not throw a firebrand into her very bosom by these new forms ? "In the forms for the Ordering of Priests; the Bishop asks the candidate if he wir maintain and set forward, as much as lieth in you, quietness, peace, and love, among all Christian people, and especially among those that are or shall be committed to your charge ;' but I ask you to say candidiv whether the clergy are keeping their solemn promise ? " Again, the priest is asked, if he is persuaded that the holy Scriptures contain sufficiently all doctrine required of necessity for eternal salvation, through faith in Jesus Christ ; but how can his answer be re conciled with time present practice of the clergy, who seem to regard as articles of belief things nowhere mentioned or seven alluded to in Scripture? " 8. There,. indeed, the clergy are called upon to preach the Gospel—the truth as it is in Jesus ; the revelation of God to man ; that eternal truth, ex pressed in simple language, and given to man with out pomp or parade ; which soars far above all con ventional rules and human devices and which stilt exist after all those objects on which man places a foolish reliance shall have been consigned to oblivion —when the Rubric, the Church herself, her rites, her forms, her ceremonies shall be no more ; when all those who administered them as essentials to true re ligion, as well as those who condemned them as the vain delusions of the human mind, shall be laid quietly in the grave. " Religious truth is eternal ; but is it not also spi ritual ? It is spiritual and pure as the spirit of God, because it came from Rim ; and any form or cere mony must (abstractedly speaking) diminish the purity and sully the lustre of that truth; and I think, therefore, it would become the clergy—when nobler thoughts of religion are gradually appearing—to ele vate and purify religious ideas, and not debase them ;• above all, to impress strongly on the 'minds of the people the inutility of the shadow when the substance is lost. " 9. It appears to me that in reviving those obsolete portions of the Rubric, on a plea of conscience, the clergy are indirectly throwing a stigma on the brightest ornaments the Church has given birth to — whose lives are lasting memorials of devotion and sincerity, and whose labours form one of the noblest portions of our literature. These great men fulfilled their duties with scrupulous fidelity, but they seem not to have been staggered by those conscientious feelings which sway men now, perhaps of equal piety, hut possessing not one tithe of their wisdom or learning. If they had been so affected, they would have accominodated their declarations to their better judgment, and not have revived rubrics of dark ages to satisfy scruples of conscience, or make the past bear • witness to the truth of new lights. " 10, Again I say respectfully, that the object you would attain is not worth the sacrifice you must .mike. • So long as you were not compelled, by a higher authority, to revive those forms, or make those charges, you cannot in toy mind be justified in railing strife where before all was concord; in forcing your opinions where almost every man is opposed to them; le remains , ill-will and separation, when your mission is to preach peace anti unity. " With these observations which I have aimed to write in a candid spirit, end with a freedom which the occasion can alone justify), Twining.'snt ROBERTy MUSHET. "I beg to subscribe myself your faithful servant, The"i'ofotlllloev‘l_tinegv. rejoinder GeorgeG eorge ‘B‘ a Mr. Twining " "Dear Sir—l ha ve justT o r t t e e c t e lh il a re m d , 0 thecfta. v 2 o 4 u , r 1 0 8 f 44. your letter of the 22d instant, and I wish to lose no time in assuring you, that I am much concerned to find that I have employed a term in my letter of the 21st instant which you think inapplicable to the document referred to. It was far from my intention to use the word ' petition' in any objectionable sense • my object rather was studiously to avoid speaking of the persons who signed it in any way that could be disagreeable to a single individual. Let me now profess my willingness to retract the term ; and to speak of the document merely as. a paper or address, JJ "