The Sun. — London, England, 1845-01-22 00:00:00

1418..iiiee the, passing of Lord BroLgharn's Act abolishing j_ erisonment for debt, there has been a very material 'cline of business in the Sheriffs' and Secondaries' TeCourts, plainti& not feeling very desirous to enter L ti ?ns, when, if they obtain a verdict, they are not very 14 e . y to. recover, after the heavy expenses they have !herein at in taking out writs. At the Secondaries' Court sheshtare seldom more than two or three cases ; at the si tting the re was not one case for trial, and at the Court the most of the cases are now undefended. TYclYesterday One of the patients in St. George's Hospital, e Park-corner, committed suicide by inflicting a dreadful wound On his throat with a knife. The giraffe of the Garden of Plants, Paris, presented in 1 82 - h ' - Mehemet Ali to Charles X., has just died, awailicoonnoraqr3u.ently has lived in this climate seventeen years. medals were on Monday presented. at W001c.,1..1), c., I .. 1 ), top ttle under- mentioned men of the Royal Marine ;he"Ps, Air lona. service and good conduct, in presence of Ps , , division, viz. ;—Edward Sutton, colour e_lleant, medal and gratuity of 15/. ; Andrew Doukin, rrn'ai,e, medal and gratuity of 51. --- EARTHQUAKE IN LIMA. We learn from El Commercio, a Lima paper, of the 4th of September, that on the Preceding evening, 4t twenty Minutes after ten. two smart shocks of lo earthquake had been experienced in that lei tY• At the second shock the greater part of the 11111bit ants quitted their houses and sought for re- Age in the squares and open places. A perform 4nee was going Qit at the theatre at the time , a ad many of the audience, who were much alarmed, ru s h ed °lit, although the actors continued the per- Fortunnite:eBl;,°h for m , however, amusement of those who remained. ,learthon , no damage was occasioned by the lb . ' - a• (9, which appears to have been one of the ''rtell.t that has been experienced for years. .._-_—________ 4S I I ORTING INTELLIGENCE. B (REC EIVED THIS DAY.) ET TING AT ItIINCHESTER.—TuEsDay. ' 2 5 to i a C HESTER CUP. 45 t h 1 ) e - gst Semis er i a (tkn'4s to 1 agst Pride of Kul- 1 2004 % dare (taken) 95 to , agst Cataract (tkn)lso to 1 agst Sorella (taken) ) 90 to 1 agst Winesour (tkn) 50 to 1 agst Valerian ( 40 t ,,,, i,agat Zanoni (taken) 50 to 1 agst Portrait (tkn) ita to , a gst I'he Era (tkii) 50 to 1 agst Alamode. The ag st . to 4 to 2oni ll(1 of Kildare was backed on Monday at 50 `• Nothing done on Derby and Oaks. IVI k b ___ 4`1(Ell: NE w s. —(T II IS DA Y.) Coh v Alti,-tXCHAN GE —WEDNESDAY .. 4 t tin Aerate, gli the supply of English Wheat oa e off .h er u w ._ a_s tio we have to report a very inaeiiv i qlry t hose cept the finest qualities, at prices about equal er r; 140 _.6l3tained on Monday, n Foreign Wheat a itt eial d oing, yet .roily " wants previous rates were supported. The a, Barley being more than adequate to the at bar e r trade the inquiry for that article was heavy, tr,d i l . Monday's depressed rates. Malt, Oats,licans, th • easruled dull, yet we can notice no alteration in el l' value. tift 4l l l l B 4 Forte ... .... ~ ARRIVA LS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Flour. 1,70 qrs. 4,240 qrs. 1,280 3,370 .--- - 7,780 - Malt, 2,850 qrs. Per virarrEcRAPEZ. kuid ea ch kind of prime Meat we had a steady de ittalit,'• a nd prices were readily supported. In other prices • Beef, from 2s 8d to 3 3 64 xeeedingly little was doing. 44 1 ariac, M utton, 9 a 10d to 3s 8d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 48 -cork, 28 10d to 42 per 81bs. *l-1 i trZeIIEADFUL MURDE R IN TIPPERARY.—(From a i`ititi,r sAiondent of the Dublin Evening MaiL)— 31°97. 1 1 Iviti t , s ! In daY, Jan. 19.-4 am just return e d tr mOE h 4l ng a dreadful sight, in the murdered body ty.l.l4°r wa g l d . Samuel Smith, upon whic u h she a r n stew in n i yestera,iybraeing. held. t ll i e ds ro l d u e nd from ut B Ballinverry, te issiti S by Ilo o r b u e t r u t g' Wh c i ) te's of Knockinroger, and on li W 41 4-411 11, about two o'clock in the day, was found ered his 1 11 dreadfully and horribly frac teree , stu i i h r , 11 14 . , on the road between White's house and Borrisna r 4, 14 ,..; Nothing particular (as you may suppose) tran ettin:,°o the inquest, the verdict being merely e i r u ely that h his head, e i t Nii etec 7 b his death from violent nnuw It woundslt is evident that r 1 IN h orribly aei personst 0 te nse ti e addition . to the catalogue of murders was in to take up some land from ‘ 1 def l e t nee ofhisendeavours r y it to hers - but as to 0 Ivil a tir Ing tenant, immediatean to : it _ e the perpetrators, gie that, for ' the pre tii.", remains a secret. Providence, may, howcver,,hring 5 1 a to light yet; but it is an awful state of things." ii V 4 tPE AL OF THE MALT -TAX.—A meeting of the b, l clon and Cent ra l Committee, including some of the 4.,,,,n influential gentlemen and leading agriculturists, A l ' A Z% all parts of the country, took place on Monday, pur e 1 ,- " 41 ,t to "adjournment, at the Farmer's Club-house, the i p o N Hotel Inn, Bridge-street, Blackfriars, for the pur re" Of taking into considerati on t h e most efficient 1 all Pares to be adopted in or d er to o b tain an immediate I mite* tal r epea l of the duty on malt. Mr. Fisher Hobbs, , m rr h„„tx, w as unan i mously called on to preside. r. T. i ii i: e 'P o ) the secretary, submitted to the committee seve , , corena,llnunications which had b een received from local *aiii.t.ecs established in var i ous parts of the kingdom, ~ It *re %Iv o of th e i r v i ews on the subject, and their cor "The :0411e ration with t h e central committee in London. • elerit, "Nies of Bedford and Northampton were parti th 1111'111ln in the cause, and in the latter county nearly 1 1 awed forrat gentlemen and farmers had united and ' sereetti i, with the intent 1)f canvassing the clet,,,,lP%rishes and districts of the shire. It was then 1 %NI t,ahm"leti that a form of petition should be adopted, itirl gdo - 41 81 ; li tted to the several district committees of the Set,N: t tgnatur e , and the meeting_ separated. lc C B• istast night RAT R OF COLONEL IS-EIs.NETT, . • i aver n . un. inquest was held at the F riend- i n-Hand t ,14,p ' ilzabeth-street Brompton, before Mr. Wakley 4 d k a e s ne' et c3 t ri I low of the Cody of Colonel Charles Robert y rh ' a ged 61 iin was found deed in his bed on Sun ,si ....,e rtlin ,w . _ . , orte e . str g, at his residence, No. 31, Hans-square, street Chels ea eet Ir. William Morrah, surgeon, of Sloane. 1444aieleiIvi,,, deposed that he was intimately ac arld e nd L'o the late gallant Colonel, who held a corn , e fth e 1 ,,. der the Duke of Wellington during the whole 1 Profesio'llioular campaign. Witness had attended aim Nip], • 11411• Y since the 10th of last December. His ko .Ir it w . tbie as disease of the heart. On Sunday i tellelig last during Divine service, witness was teaseee°ol church to attend at the residence of the de -1 i tel . i ttat offiWe.ess went immediately, and found the r [ 'tee 11, ° CIA bed, quite dead. He must have been so , 1 S ill of 4rs. By the Coroner—l am of opinion that the %e h e be deceased was caused by natural causes. titbahi4 first entered his room there was a phial and t 'en k kw, ~" his dressin -Wile the latter of which had 1 o e h"oeu,rthe medicine I had ' prescribed for him. I i ' y zim reason to imagine that he died otherwise than ' 4 40 41'41 oatises. By the foreman —The deceased t Was ble i pf temperate habits. Ile had often complained i kli, to ,! ) pain in the chest, and a difficulty in breathing. It.el4,l''etb Rhodes housekeeper to the deceased was next ; l alv (III". She stated td r had t:sP°n(ling staatee uf t i hat lt h h e f r m se a ra st c e ‘ rhad ' been in a time past, and he 1 iiik,: attendance cf Mr. a Mor o r r ah. On Saturday her 14,41,1 w ent to bed at his usual hour, when he was in his (1 Ztleelc h eals bed O 4 the following morning, about nine 0 tit! witness went up to his bedroom door, but, after ek,:ilat repeatedly, she received no answer ; she be il tilet the Ted, and a carpenter was sent for, who burst 1 1 ,Y the 6 o or, when her master was found dead in bed. etar kitted °r° ,2, e _t — , I have no reason to suppose my . master . tit,Y retir.,,,a u lelue- He was a bachelor, and lived in a e, vieit,;('Manner. His sister, who was his only,,rela -1,, Ait AGt_"l3.,!—" Died by the visitation of God." ( otiT it ;" LADY BURNT TO DEATH AT WANDS- Z i i i t i i` of Et ra:Vohnson, a lady aged 76 years, and the It ur ivtis, ou l i t t l_d Falico printer, residing . at St tiiii's o, I Q to death , night, between nine and ten o'clock, 1 4 i .ael t , the se 'e It appears that about half -past nine I (' p ,e 3 la the rva . nt went out to make some . trifling pur ltir/ ... I trio ur re.._,. neighbourhood, leaving her muiress in the 17:_lie Nt ate " 3 ll ,lg, .and alone in the house, She returned, t h s gt de o , o'.'Labout ten minute She perceiving the I P the h eed t o h e ll!! called police police constable %Stalker, who ,), J ,_ %s e , an y 4 7 e sing. .1. hey proceeded together into i„:"‘'Lls oti in " the vk ra horror-struck at perceiving Mrs. ire entirely passage burnt to death. Her clothes I/ sli o _ e ,Par ts „,. ' oll sutried, her hair . was burnt off, and e4ailtlees, a"pLreotterrdhody, especially her face, neck, and 14vietN itwtet:lleclant ,to.e!,•he family, alli.ost roasted. Dr. Finch, the me was called in, but his ser ‘, l °, , ulto.t„.,_. gem ailing. It is supposed that Mrs. Johnson, i 4 di-,''''slenally held the lighted candle on her lap, was Zane u g hi w e llett the candle set fire to her head-dress , and 41. Z.Sll.4lvBl_ itself instantly to the other portions of r e i ti42•;rie.ri shteee(lher} must . havn made . for . the street r/1 r, i 44, 43,staze'ec who in opening it with the idea of get 4he ~litlßreatee ,powen tahnedexhtra draught of air gave the I.l„Alltitui gable to render herself age ey assistance.einso advance , er Oi.' 410 11 1 1, _AMX N TA Ry 1 a tl vi.r f oe G I APERS.—Mr. Wallace, the th e , . reenoek has the following notice of notion 110.ssionwrder 13ook of' the House of Commons for the 1r? (I ‘"e aPPointed tto commence: on the 4th proximo. To ,r,. et the ne iV:_attt Wi th a vies, x session of Parliament as follows:- 1 l„. onve,tie_efi.to avoid in future the anomalies and l• iiiir!.111 1. ,,,,"_0 . which haves . prung out of the sale of 0 4 :_r letig7r.ettlite order of this House, and restore to it lieotle post7en:lseci and valuable privileges which formerly , as well as the respectability which the r, ttleted4 ()..f.Lsoerrd!i has not forfeited by a sale of the papers ri '4,1. ot,d_m_outi_ it? orders, no sale of papers printed under :,..tte.4o:l'. la f this llouse shall take place hereafter." 13,444411? o'n thleerusbaemrePsrueebii!.e.d a return in the course of last l i . etihpea !lie informt. Jcct, from which it appears, that fr, iii,:,444l4llstattittieopaurtottofirzit. theto Papers t printedaffortiedh It eertdheer o p u f h t l h i ce House,by the i the public by the sale of papers from 1836 to 1843 amounted to e 111 4 78 . 2d / k • bil l ' printed h t4 ith :)I,coiT lit° / . 14 1, 5 th i i' : ::: Ted at his hou-sseliinr.thjeamitees U . ESTS. e l u l t r , at . erho k u u s i e i In t 4 , e 01'1 Thy by his will be u- ath d Regent's-park following s . par . 0 1 , 7, 11115r._ 4-.ll!ee Per Cent. b e sois e ), to th . e under- V/Ntel.._ 4titles:—To the British and Foreign Bible i..1ati54142_"0.9f• ; to the Society for Promoting Christian ;/ ~ ,c, ! , 1 1, ,, c4,0 (t (1 , 0 :„ . ~,; !,.). the Metropolis Church Building o, v t , i,i, . a.' s ctiet , middles( Hospital, 2,000/ •to the Y lic i i " l r l u 'r f o t te he o ti ns.grahtihi teheEd deui=ii, 'o f the , i Z t he iri ki ot th .e I'6 1 4 . vd l's s r i 64 Y fur }ye s 1- , th.._ the wrhqoaleg4tribleo of p t a h i e d , (31 free usPe 1 o ' Eta -it'tcted 21 1 . : 000000 duty, 1 / . ;; Clepli44ltonths after his decease e ;41 0 4day N*---13•EA ii -.... a e , 'kep t --; !mi g h t a 21: - --...011 EXCESS OF JOY.-- p a ,,_ a littl e 311, in !I °lrian, named Lucy Young, -terk If tt en v ce tt, wtts p n this place, and was behind in l'lNLl V ilh 'rt ° tli " t e - ri °Yed at their settlement by rip*, ', l l .c e i jahen.erent into a fit and shortly HER MAJESTY AT STRATH- FIELDSAYE. frealtately to elect a Committee to execute it. This Committee is composed of—MM. Goudchaux, Recurt, Grisicr, David, Delestre, Degow L., A. Domes. 'DREADFUL CONFLAGRATION AT EDINBURGH. SYRATIIFIELDSAYE, TUESDAY' EVENING.— The pro mise a fine weather atTorded by the close of yesterday was quite falfilled to-day. The morning opened with a fine frost, and the rest of the day has been remark ably fine, even warm. In addition to the list of guests given in oar tr.,p'et yesterday, there were at the dinner en Moriclay Mr. and Mrs. Shaw Lefevrv, Mr, Nd Mrs. Hunter, Mr. Portal, the Hon. B. and the lion. and Rev. Gerald M r ellesle`ni.-ettor of the parish and the Duke's domestic thatn'iain. There were alio some visitors in the evenitig—Mr. and Mrs. Pigott, Captain and W:3% Brown, Miss Walmisley, Dr, Keate (Dean 'or Wind tor), and Mr. and Mrs. Keate. The band of the Gr . ettadier Guards played during the evening. They were stationed in the conservatory. The Loyal party sat in the library after dinner, and, heir Majesty was much interested in the hoest, parts of which she saw during the evening. There is a very remarkable collectier. a old and modern prints, very numerous, ullich are hung all over the walls. There are also some good pictures in the drawing and dining-rooms, with which her Majesty was winch pleased. Her Majesty and the Prinvz retired to rest at eleven o'clock. EDIN'BITEGII, SUNDAY EVENING.—This morning the inhabitants of Edinburgh were thrown into the utmost tk ; rtttttnd eYcitchlent by tht fibita tt tinisletLbtqlting• out of a terrific conflagration in the ()Id Grayfriai - s Church. The flames were first discovered about half past nine o'clock, shining through one of the windows of the eastern gable. InformatiOn bbing itflinedititely edm munieinted the pobee; the fireztirig4de oft the gpf,t litt!e Hiot4a thAri a ijitarij of a4rwairlS, By the time they arrived, however, the flames were bursting through the eastern windows with a fury quite uncon trollable. Unluckily, some time elapsed before water could be obtainedj , so that; when the engities rfoitr iii number, Wier 4 .i b into action, the w h o l e of th e eastern end of the church was enveloped in one huge whirling mass of fire. The flames having become visible from the Castle, a body of the 87th Regiment were dispatched forthwith to the scene to render what assist aance they could in arrestim l the prof/1.60 of the fire( hilletirtft,lnly it it kit dire to thUrn to lay, that they ekerted themselves most strenuously, both in working the engines and in keeping back the crowds of people who were every instant collecting in dense masses in the immediate neighbourhood. It may be necessary here to explain, that there are two churthes ent!teti Ott the spot, tinder the same toof, which erfi known by the names of the did and New Grayfriars. By half-past ten o'clock the former build ing had almost wholly fallen a prey to the devouring element. As seen from the eastern gate at this moment, the sight was exceedingly grand and impressive. Look ing through the large eastern window, the whole interior Was tibserVed to be illuminated by one unbroken blaze of fire, and columns of flame were seen shooting up from various parts of the roof, defying every effort to subdue their rage; while the crackling noise of the burning timbers, the fall of broken glass, and the burning rafters, with the shouts of the firemen ever arid anon rising Above the din, rendered the scene altogether appalling. By eleven o'clock the roof mad entirely given way, and almost every portion of the woodwc,rk was con sumed. It had been well had the calamity ended here, but the result wits not so fortunate. The flames httd by this tithe seized upon the roof of the New Grayfriars, and the efforts of the fire brigade, which had previously been divided between the two buildings, were now exclusively directed to the preservation of this part of the structure alone: We regret to say, however, that !trek as these of were, they proved altogether Unavailing, and seemed hardly to produce any impres sion whatever on the flames, which rather appeared to increase every moment in volume and rapidity. The great quantity of old dry timber, comprising the seats and galleries, may perhaps account for th rapid de struction of the edifice ; but be this as ft may, by one tAlock the fire had made such progress, both within and without the building, that all hopes of saving any part of the two churches, except the bare walls, was aban doned. THE ENGLISH THEATRICALS IN PAlttiSl s , PARIS, JAN. 19. Yhe performances of the English company have at length been brought to a close. Mr. Macready played at the Opera Comique last night (gratuitously of eouesos,3; in his celebrated scene from of the Societd des Atiteur!,t3F'alfatlVA A press of: pefitiCal Ihatter precluded the possibility of hti totiUng hitherto the performance of Hamlet at the Chateau of the Tuileries on Thursday night— an oc currence, nevertheless, that will figure among the Mott remarkable Pastes dram atigues of +Aix ePoCh. The theatre of the Uhateau is precisely the Hall of the Natictst tonvention. It is beautifully fitted up, and, t aft told, capable of containing 1,000 spectators. This, however, appears doubtful, for there were present on Thursday night only 650 or 660 persons: Ad it Wet lit:Tally crammed, The hour fixed roe the t'oilimencement of the perform ance was eight o'clock. Accustomed as you are in Eng land to punctuallity in this respect, you would still admire the clockwork regularity of the King of the French. Pre cisely at the moment indicated his Majesty and the Queen ;followed by the whole of the Royal Falfily, With the exception of the Q ue en a the Belgians and the Duchess Auguste of Sake-Coburg, entered the theatre and took their places. There were present at their entry Lord and Lady Cowley, and indeed the whole of the members of the Gasps Diplomatique and their ladies, to , gether with—it is hardly necossery to tay. - - -- -the elite of French society, and a eonsidel'able number of foreigners of distinction: The pit was filled by officers in uniform, among whom were some three or four scarlet. In short, a more gorgeous spectacle than the audience part of the house presented has been rarely witnessed, The performance commenced immediately, and pro ceeded to the close unbroken by applause—an indication of a desire to reward Macready's fine delivery of the first soliloquy having been at once repressed upon re collecting that the etiquette de rigeur prohibited in the I royal presence such manifestations: Macready lost nothing, however, by the deley, OA you shall see pre sently. There is nothing to be said in the way of criticism on the performance of Hamlet on this occasion that I could think of obtruding on you. It was oe,cationally petteii= tible to the English present, that if tlietie parts where the dialogue had been tut fp to shorten the duration of the play, the forte of habit was near involving more than not or the performers in speeches ordered to be omitted, but nothing occurred to mar the effect of the perform- , ance, which was, generally speaking, admirable: The performance wa s n e t .yet oeef; when Mt: Mitchell received, through 1.11: (Conservateur du Mo bilier de la COUroime), an intimation that his Majesty would speak to him on leaving the Theatre for his apart ments. This intimation was moreover, accompanied by a splendid gold snuff-box, in a case, with the royal cipher beautifully chased upon the lid: Mr. Mitchell accordingly repaired to the pnitit Ihtiinated by M. Delavigne (brother of the late celebrated Casimir Dela y eigne). Tiiimediately upon the King's approach, his Majesty was made awate of Mr. Mitchell's presence, and addressed him with affability in French, but checking him self, resumed in choice English, thanking him for the pleasure he (Mr. Mitchell) had insured to him, to the Queen and Royal Family, and indeed to the people of Paris, by the admirable performances of the theatrical company he had brought over. " I have seen Hamlet played frequently," said the King, "and never saw the character so well supported as on this night. Among other Hamlets that I have seen was Mr. Bennett. Pray who is Mr. Bennett ?" Mr. Mitchell made a reply which I could not catch. "I have been delighted by Mr. Macready," continued the King, "and found Miss Faucit charmante," The Queen then addressed Mr. Mitchell, and with equal condescension and kindness similarly expressed herself ; and bowing graciously, the royal party moved on. The munificence of his Majesty did not end here, how ever; for Mr. Mitchell was accompanied to Mr. Macready's dressing-room by M. Delavigne, who presented to -the tragedian, on the part of the King, his Majesty's and the Queen's thanks for the great gratification he had afforded them, and requested his acceptance of a most splendid poniard, in a still more magnificent case. The blade, a real Damascus one, having upon it an in scription in Arabic, is set in gold; the hilt enriched with diamonds and other precious stones. The case is still more costly, being of pure gold, exquisitely chiselled, and set in rubies, sapphires, emeralds, and diamonds. Nor did the King's kindness and bounty end even here. On Friday Mr. Mitchell received, by command of the King, a message, expressing his regret that the enterprise had not been so successful as it deserved, ac companied by three bank notes, of a thousand francs each, towards covering his outlay. Thus worthily terminates an undertaking that will long be remembered. Mr. Mitchell left last night for London ; Mr. Macready leaves in a few days, bearing with him gratifying proofs of the favour in wle:ch he was held here, among which the least is not the thanks of the Commission des Auteurs Dramatiques.—Times. This morning her Majesty and the Prime rose at seven o'clock, and breakfasted (alone) at eight. They afterwards walked on the lawn in front of the house. At about half-past ten o'clock the Prince, accom panied by the Duke 'of Wellington, the Duke of Bedford, Mr, Shaw Lefevre (the Speaker), Sir R. Peel, the Earl of Jersey, and Colonel Bouverie, went out to the Lower Pitham cover to shoot. They re•• rnained out till half-past one. The party had some fine wild sport, which the Prince seemed much to enjoy. His Royal Highness killed 45 held of game, including two woodcocks. The Duke of Wellington walked well through it all. The party rode to the ground, which is about a mile and a half from the house. At two o'clock the royal party lunched, and at about three o'clotlt her Majesty and the Prince drove over to Bramshill, an ancient mansion, and a fine specimen of the Elizabethan style of architecture, situated at about five miles from Strathfieldsaye. Her Majesty went over the mansion. The present proprietor, Sir John Cope, was absent, but he met the royal party on their return to the mansion. The Queen was driven in a pony phaeton by Prince Albert. There was a second pony carriage, which was driven by the Marchioness of Douro. The Duchess of Bedford and the Marquis of Douro were in this carriage. The Duke of Wellington's carriage followed. The royal party returned at about half past four o'clock. Lord Charles Wellesley accom panied the party on horseback. It will be seen from the foregoing detail of the movements of her Majesty, that this visit is of an entirely private character, affording but few features calculated to interest the public. It is a circumstance worth mentioning, that there is not a single soldier on duty as guard at Strath fieldsaye. There is, however, a body of the London police of the A division. It being close on the church hour when the flames were at their height i thousands of people were wending theft' way to the different places of public worship ; and many, either seeing the flames or hearing reports of the disaster, bent their steps in the direction of the fire or to elevated spots in the vicinity—such as the Castle esplanade, Victoria-terrace, and George IV. bridge, whence a full view could be had of the ter rible scene. The appearance of the blazing churches from these places was exceedingly grand. At one moment immense volumes of flame were seen bursting forth from the roof of the devoted edifices, and in another mo ment were again obscured by the dense clouds of rolling smoke, which were created by the action of the water, now pouring in numerous jets upon the roof. Again the flames would burst forth, apparently with increased vio lence, and again would they be obscured by a cloud of dusky vapour. Fierce columns of fire also glared through the different windows ; and had the accident occurred during the night in place of the day time, the con flagration must have presented a scene of terrific splen dour. As it was, the sight was a melancholy and im pressive one; and nothing but expressions of regret were heard from every tongue on beholding the venerable structure thus melting into annihilation, and that at a time when the praise of God was wont to be pealing through its lofty aisles. The engines continued to play upon the ruins all the afternoon, but merely for the purpose of extinguishing the smouldering embers. Both edifices are thus, we regret to say, completely reduced to ruins. As far as we can learn, the calamity was caused by the over-heating of the flues of the Old Grayfriars Church. It is so far fortunate that it did not occur when the congregation were in church, instead of being only on their way to it, else the consequences might have been still more lamentable. It is a no less happy circumstance that the churches stood in an isolated position, apart from other buildings, or there would have been considerable danger of their sharing the same fate. It may be proper to add, that the Old Grayfriars church was erected in the year 1612. On the 7th of May, 1718, however, part of the building was blown up by gunpowder, belonging to the city, which had been lodged in the steeple. The expense of repairing the damage was estimated at 600/., and instead of building it up in its ancient form, it was determined to patch up the old walls in the best way possible, and, as there was a want of church accommodation, to erect another edifice at its west end, which was denominated the New Gray friars. This structure was finished in 1721, at an ex pense of about 4,0001. Neither of the churches had any pretensions to architectural beauty, or were the slightest ornament to the city. We learn that both buildings were insured, but only to the extent of 1,0001. each. They were both the pro perty of the sit) , and were occupied by the Establishment. (From the Caledonian Mercury.) Yesterday (Sunday) forenoon, ono of the most appall ing tires took place that has occurred in this city since the two memorable days in 1824, and which has been attended with the total destruction of the Grayfriars churches. The building, which comprises the two churches called respectively Old and New Grayfriars, is situate betwixt the Grassmarket and Lauriston, and was, with the exception of the cathedral of Glasgow, and the Trinity College Church of this city, the most ancient place of worship in Scotland, the older portion of it having been built in 1612, and the remainder in 1719. The flames were first observed about half-past nine o'clock by a young woman, daughter of one of the police night force, named Donald Munro, whose house is at the entrance to the churchyard, and within a few yards of the building itself. On observing the fire bursting out from the east gable window of the church, she im mediately called to her father, who was at the time in bed, who instantly started up, and seeing the serious aspect of affairs, at once rushed out with nothing on but his sleeping garments, and proceeded to the police-office and gave the alarm. Mr. List, of the county, and Sergeant- Major Kelly, of the city police, were in a few moments on the ground, and after shutting the gate, to prevent the influx of too many people, forthwith sent messengers to the keeper of the water reservoir, to the military in the Castle, and to the section-house in Chessels•court, Canongate, where the unmarried men belonging to the night force are for mutual convenience domiciled. In a short time about 30 men arrived from the latter place, followed by a strong detachment of soldiers from the Castle. By this time four fire-engines had arrived, and the hose having been laid to the water-plugs at the Grass market, Candlemaker- row, Heriot's Hospital, Park-street, and George the Fourth-bridge, the engines were manned by the firemen, and ready for action, but unfortunately, as we are informed, no supply of water could be obtained for nearly half an hour, during which the flames spread through the building with fearful rapidity, and obtained an ascendancy which, as it ultimately proved, the utmost exertions of the fire brigade and those who so promptly assisted them were quite unable to overcome. Within half an hour after the first alarm, the whale eastern di vision of the edifice presented one huge mass of flame, the great abundance and dry condition of the wood affording fit material for speedy combustion, as was awfully indicated by the intense heat which radiated to a great distance around, and by the incessant crackling, which, like a continued discharge of musketry, issued from the scene—as if the furious element, conscious of its superior power, defying all the ingenious expedients and persevering efforts of man, was determined to pro ceed uninterrupted in its career, and had become confi dent of its final triumph. In the meantime the inhabitants of the houses in Can dlemaker-row, which form the eastern boundary of the churchyard, naturally becoming alarmed lest the destruc tive element should reach them, began with great expe dition to remove their furniture to places of safety, about seven or eight chimneys of these houses having been in a short time set on fire by the flying embers. Shortly after eleven o'clock smoke was observed issuing from the wes tern division buildingrong the roof, for althoughew Grayfriars), to which thefire of the had communicated there was a stone wall dividing the two churches, yet it appears that it had not been built all the way up to the roof, but had stopped short some 10 or 12 feet from it, the remaining portion being composed of lath and plaster work, through which the flames soon penetrated, and thus involved the entire building in one terrible con flagration. So rapid had been the progress of the fire, that by half past eleven o'clock there was scarcely a part that was not blazing with the greatest fury, and though a great quan tity of water was constantly poured upon it, no visible effect was produced. After twelve o'clock large portions of the roof successively fell in with great crashes, sending forth dense volumes of smoke, illuminated by thousands of large embers, that shot into the sky, and fell like burning hail at a great distance from the scene. The wind being horn the south, the Grassmarket in particular was literally buried with smoke and dust, so much so, that objects could scarcely be seen at five or six yards' distance. After three o'clock the combustibles began to be exhausted and the flames gradually to decrease, but it was not until four o'clock that they were got under, while the engines continued to play until about five o'clock by which time, though the flames were not altogether extinguished, all the engines were withdrawn, the danger being entirely over. The ruins, as might be expected, present a most me lancholy appearance. The walls still remain, and that part of the roof above the south gallery of New Gray friars, as well as a small part above the gallery opposite. With the exception of these galleries and a part of the seats in the area, which are only partially burned, the whole wooden work has been consumed to ashes. Looking from them the scene in that part of the building is truly desolate and frightful ; the inter stices betwixt the seats are filled with smouldering ruins, over which large black beams lie in the utmost confusion, while the pulpit, itself burned to a wreck, like a calcined mummy, looks down on the gloomy waste by which it is encompassed. The older portion of the build ing—the part where the fire originated —has suffered more severely than the other, being, with the exception of the bare walls, completely annihilated. The fire originated, we understand, from a stove which it had been the custom to light on Saturday evenings, in order to heat the church before the hours of Divine ser vice on the following day. Whether it has been always PRESENTATION OF PLATE TO MR. BRUNEL. On Friday last a sumptuous entertainment took place at the Albion Tavern on the occasion of presenting to Mr. I. K. Brunel, the engineer to the Great Western, Bristol, and Exeter, Bristol and Gloucester Railways, and other great public works, a testimonial of the high appreciation of his services. The chair was taken by Mr. Charles Russell, M.P., the chairman of the Great. Western Railway, and nearly a hundred of the sub scribers sat down to dinner. The testimonial, which, prior to the entertainment, was exhibited in an adjoining room, is of very beautiful workmanship, and consists of a centre-piece and four accompanying ornamental dishes for fruit or flowers, with six salt cellars, all of silver gilt, in the style of Louis XIV. The value of the testimonial is upwards of 2,000 guineas, and the sub scriptions were limited to the sum of ten guineas from each subscriber. The centre-piece consists of a magnificent candelabrum, surmounted by a beautifully designed group of figures representing, on the base or plinth rising from the pediment between the brackets, Science. Genius, and Invention aiding Commerce ; whilst around the base are groups representing the four Sea sons. Elaborately wrought scrolls spring from the curved sides, supporting the candelabra for containing twelve lights. This costly and chastely-designed orna ment, which was executed by Mr. B. Smith, of Duke street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, measures 34 inches in height, is 30 inches square, and the weight of it is about 1,500 ounces. The flower and fruit dishes are of a triangular form, each being 12 inches in height, and 14 inches in diameter. They have very rich scrolls, with groups of figures round the pillars supporting baskets, exquisitely designed, and weigh together about 750 ounces. The six salt cellars are of a massive and highly-wrought cha racter, circular in form, with very rich feet, - composed of figures riding on dolphins, the weight of the six being about 100 ounces. Immediately on the cloth being removed, a table bear ing the testimonial was exhibited to the company amidst deafening cheers. And the usual loyal toasts having been given and responded to, the Chairman pro posed, The health of their distinguished guest, Mr. Brunel," and in doing so paid a high and well-merited tribute of praise to the ability and energy displayed by him, as well in the execution of the Great Western Railroad, as in the other important works in which he has been successfully engaged. The toast was drunk with three times three and one cheer more, reiterated again and again. Mr. BRUNEL, who was evidently affected by the very warm manner in which the toast had been responded to, briefly returned thanks, and adverted with much feeling to the difficulty under which he laboured in returning thanks, surrounded as he was by many of those with whom he had become acquainted in the course of his railway experience, but whose professional connection with him lied ripened into a hearty and lasting friend ship. It was indeed a source of deep gratification to re ceive a testimonial from and amidst such friends, and they.would believe him when he said that his gratitude to those who had manifested so much kindly feeling to wards him amounted almost to a feeling of pain from his inability to express all that ho desired to give utte rance to.—(Loud cheers.) They would permit him to repeat that his feelings overpowered him, and that he would only say the kindness he had this day experienced would never be effaced from his memory.—(Cheers.) In his heart it would dwell for ever.—(Cheers.) The next toast was that of "Sir liambard Brunel," which was also drunk with three times three. _ ...-.. Among the toasts that followed were those of " The Chairman," " Mrs. Brunel," and " Mr. C. A. Saunders, the Secretary of the Great Western Railway." Mr. Saunders, to whose able negotiations the present high standing of the Great Western Railway may be truly said to be mainly ascribed, in returning thanks, made the important railway announcement, that the dif ferences between the Great Western and the South- Western Railways had been amicably settled. The dinner was admirably provided by Messrs. Staples, and indeed it partook rather of the comfort, quiet, and elegance of a private party than the bustle and inconvenience almost inseparable from a public en tertainment. The inscription, which we have omitted to mention in describing the candelabrum on which it is engraved, is as follows : Presented to ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL, EBQ., the Engineer in Chief of the Great Western, the Bristol and Exeter, the Cheltenham and Great Western Union, and the Bristol and Gloucester Railways, By 257 SubscriberF, to commemorate the completion of those great national works, and to record their admiration of the science, skill, and energy manifested in the design and execution of them, their gratitude for the advantages conferred on themselves and the public ; and their esteem for the integrity and worth of his personal character. A.D., 1845. TIIE DUKE OF WELLINGTON AND THE PRESS.— In relation to a paragraph on this subject, which we copied yesterday from the Times, the Morning Post of to-day has the following :—" A statement having gone forth to the effect that the Duke of Wellington has denied (and that in no very courteous terms) those facilities to the public press which have been hitherto afforded upon the occasion of her Majesty honouring with visits other noble members of the aristocracy, I feel it right to observe that I have the best authority for stating that no such letter as that which has been pub lished was ever written by his Grace, who, so far from having refused the desired permission to those who sought it, has granted the same in the most obliging Illannor,"—Post. TirlE SUN,LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY , 22, 1845 the practice in these churches to lea+e the stove burning teei a n i : set ntr n a i na g iet h relhe t ;a: u hst ifi n ta,ton i t :: ar. to t po c op h de e ba d Qer niswi unprotectede t . n e vo er d eh at hvnaehTot had h. det k ee h n bne o ; tct w pchol b ee ce tti which hae i ehs, n ai andctptehhl dawtea p hadn r se d e t n s el e e as aneil laid ve the tif the east gable ; 114116 was the., spot where the flames were first seen by the 3-wog ivoinan Munro. It is to be hoped that in future all bliurch stoves will be carefully watched. ft will be tez tbornhered that a large cluster of ancient churches ill Diintle4 wets i nearly all consumed about three years ago in Consequetice of similaii!rifelessne3s. We may add, that the Lord Provost, Baillies Mack, Wilkie; DunOan; and Gray, and Mr: Sheriff Spiers, and other atithofitiCs, Wefe early iti,attendance. along with Mr. Brown, town architect. 'l'h Lord Provost, who was on his way to his usual place of worship at the time the alarm was given, remained on the spot until the flames subsided. Mr. Hardie, Superintendent of the Fire Brigade, who, on hearing the alarm, arrived at the Oetie with great dispatch, so exerted himself that in the course of the clay lie fainted from over fatigue and anxiety. On being removed, and obtaining dry clothes, he recovered, and, nothing daunted, returned to perform his duties. Great praise is due to the soldiers of the 87th Regiment, every one of whom exerted himself most praiseworthily, the fatigue party rendering themselves highly ttseful at their engines, while those under arms were equally so in preserving order among the vast crowds which, throughout the entire day, flocked to witness the progress of the conflagration. Bach of the churches, we are informed, was insured to the eXteht of 1,6001. I sides; but the British Minister would not make any ; arrangement in a-Lich the conceF,eion was not altogether !tt one-sided ifair.—(Hear, hear.) Th"is fact, however, cottld riot be denied, that Mr. Petro, the envoy of the British was actually residing in Rome, and the friends of Ireiatid w're absent from Rome, when the rescript which created sfk'h excitement was obtained from the Pope.—(Loud cries of " Ilenr, hear.") Mr. O r Cutitc then suggested that two delegates should be sent to Rome oil the part of the laity, and he named Lord French and J. O'Connell, Esq., his son, to remon strate with his. Holiness against countenancing any siastical interferenee with the Catholic clergy who had embarked, or were about embarking in the struggle, th e political struggle, for the freed om , an d lib erty , an d justice of the Irish people. He moved that it be referred to the Committee to consider what ought to be the con- duct of the Irish representatives in the coming session of rerliament, and that they report this day week.—Passed. Some further sums were handed in. Mr. O'CONtigili announced the week's rent to be 3951. ss. sd. Thanks were given to Mr. O'Brien for his conduct in the chair, and at five o'elock the meeting adjourned. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, walked in the pleasure-grounds adjacent to the Castle this morning. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz yesterday, at Cambridge House, His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended kt: Baron Knesebeck, went to Richmond yesterday morning, and enjoyed the sport of shoot ing, returning to Cambridge Rouse in the afternoon. The Ecclesiastical Commission for England sat yesterday afternoon, at the office in Whitehall-place. The Commissioners present were the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Winchester, the Bi s h op of Hereford, the Bishop of Llandaff, and: the Dean of Westminster. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town on Monday afternoon for his seat, Betchworth, Surrey. D nat T p Fl u E blis S h ‘ ADMIRAL DOPETIT THOUARS The N A ot N ie pu blish es s O th ß e (7 N s O e U t. D p O ro E cee H di O n com mittee appointed to manage the fundsproduced by the p , Rtfie subscription honour of Admiral Dupetit Thouars, at its sitting held on the 18 h t Hist At the a pp o i nted ho • called on M ur the President M. C. Thomas, of the Natio a 4 who gave an account of the financial po s i t i on of the subscription. It appeared from his explanation that the public protest of which the disavowal of Admiral Dupetit Thouars was the object, found an echo in all the important towns of France. Three Paris and 75 provincial journals published a list of the citiz ens w h o had contributed to that manifesta tion. According to the average of the subscription, it appeared that 175,000 persons joined in the expression of the same sentiment. It must not be forgotten that this French protest produced an effect even in foreign countries. We do not speak of Algiers, Oran, or Blidah ; but sub scription lists have reached the National from London, Ca diz, St. Sebastian, New Orleans, and St. Louis, in the United States, Nice, Geneva, and Gex. M. Thomas added that, with respect to the National, the full amount received by it was 19,685 f. sc. We owe a debt of gratitude to M. Goudehaux, who has had the kindness to open an account for the subscription, and to allow an interest of 4 per cent. on the deposits. This sum of 19,684 f. sc. is composed of partial subscriptions ad dressed directly to the National, and of remittances which some provincial journals forwarded. There still remain 32 journals which have not forwarded the sub scriptions received by them. As far as it could be ascer tained, the total amount of the subscriptions received exceeds 30,000 t. This explanation produced no discus sion. A n ember observed that it would be necessary to write to the provincial journals to forward their sub scriptions to the Treasurer. The delegates who were appointed to wait upon Admiral Dupetit Thouars having been called on to give an account of their mission, one of them read the following report ; " Gentlemen,—Before you would take any decision rela tive to the employment of the funds produced by the sub scription, you considered it advisable to hold a communica tion with Admiral Dupetit Thouars relative to the sword of honour you were authorised to offer him. We waited upon the Admiral as your delegates, and we wish to render an account of our interview. We explained to Admiral Dupetit Thouars the sentiments which had in spired the public manifestation in which 175,000 citizens had joined. The subscribers wished to honour in his person the entire navy which had taken part in that contest in which the French flag was opposed to the insolent pretensions of England. They particularly protested against the act of cowardice committed by the Ministry disavowing, by order of the London Cabinet, a general officer who had fulfilled his duty. Public opinion, excited by that act, had hastened to extend its hand to the person attacked ; because it was considered necessary to prove to our armies by land and sea who are eh:regret with defending the honour and dignity of France, that esteem, consideration, and a just popularity are the rewards secured in our Country to those who on all occasions recollect that our first sentiment ought to be the love of country, and that the devotion which it inspires ought to pre cede all others. After having expressed to the Admiral the sense of the manifestation which he had witnessed in his person, because he alone had been the object of the disavowal accompanied by calumnies, we asked him whether he would accept a sword of honour, or whether the committee should employ the funds for another pur pose? Admiral Dupetit Thouars, who experienced on receiving us an emotion which he did not conceal, told us that he was profoundly affected at our proceeding, that he felt strongly how honourable it was to him per sonnally, and that the approbation of his fellow-citizens was assuredly the most legitimate ambition and the most agreeable recompense for any man called on to serve his country; but he prayed us to consider that the imperative duties of discipline would not permit him to explain him self as to a political manifestation, nor to receive, with out the permission of his superiors, a mark of public ap probation. Placed, as he was, in the royal navy he could not, without a violation of military law, depart from that reserve imposed upon him either to blame or topraise an act of the Government; neither, consequently, could he ac cept any recompense which would imply, on his part, an adhesion to a political demonstration. We were bound to respect a determination supported by motives in which Admiral Dupetit Thouars believed his professional posi tion involved. We could not, moreover, without an abuse, refer in this place to the confidential conversa tion in wri;ch we were enabled to learn the true and honourable sentiments of the Admiral. But we may say, that ever occupied with the fate of the brave men whom he commandt d, he spoke with a warm interest of all those who had fallen in the expedition against Otaheite. We then asked him what ould, according to his idea, be the best mode of employing the funds subscribed ? To which he repiied that he could not be lieve that he was under an illusion when he considered the homage of which he was the object was intended to extend to all the seamen who had served worthily in those distant seas, and that assuredly it would be to respond to the wishes of the subscribers to expend the amount subscribed to relieve the wounded seamen or the wives and children of those who had died in the performance of their duty. We regret that we cannot be more ex plicit in a report intended for publicity, but we believe we can affirm, gentlemen, that the mission with which we were charged has impressed us with a profound conviction that public opinion was not deceived when it wished to do honour to a general officer devoted to the glory of his country, a determined enemy of the foreign foe, jealous of our interest., and well determined not to commit any act by which it might be tarnished. Your delegates propose to you, therefore, to declare the subscription closed; to make public the motives of Ad miral Dupetit 'Thouars' refusal--motives exclusively connected with military discipline; and, in fine, that the funds of the subscription should be allocated in procur ing relief for the wounded seamen or the widows and children of those who fell in the expedition to Otaheite. " DEGOUSEE. " JULES BASTIDE. " ARMAND MARRAST." After a short deliberation the Committee adopted the resolutions proposed by the delegates. It determined that this decision and the motives on which it was founded should be rendered public, and it proceeded im- IRELAND. LOYAL NATIONAL REPEAL ASSOCIATION. DUBLIN, JAN. 20.—The Conciliation Hall presented a most enlivening and animated appearance to-day. In deed, the anxiety to obtain seats was most intense, owing to the belief generally entertained that Mr. O'Connell, after an absence of some weeks from Dublin, would de liver a lengthened and important speech upon the sub ject of the concordat, and make allusion to the Chari table Bequests Act. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman entered the Hall at half-past one o'clock, and was re ceived with the most rapturous peals of enthusiastic ap plause, which were again and again repeated. On the motion of JOHN O'CONNELL, Esq., William Smith O'Brien, Esq., M.P., was called to the Chair, amid vehement cheering. Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL addressed the meeting in a vi gorous and eloquent speech. The Hon. Gentleman ex • horted the repealers to persevere steadily in their efforts; and in the event of any one of the dangers which which England was threatened alighting on her, she would have to appeal to the generosity of Ireland, asking her forgiveness, and steady alliance, and repeal was certain. —(Hear, hear.) They had good reason to know how inveterate was the hostility of England to this country, and irreliA ions though it might appear to some, he thanked Heaven that there was now planted in the Irish mind a deep and invincible distrust of England, and the strongest possible belief that if they were to trust England again they would be again, as they had ever been, treacherously betrayed. Mr. O'CoNNELL rose and was enthusiastically received. The Hon. Gentleman read the following letter from the Right Rev. Dr. M'Nally, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher " January 17, 1845. " My Dear Mr. O'Connell,—The slanders which, for a length of time, have been so unsparingly heaped on the Roman Catholic clergy of Ireland, at home and abroad, will not, now that the object has been made manifest, excite feelings of much surprise, especially, when we find, by the letter of the Cardinal Prefect, just published by his Grace the Primate, that our revilers, in further ance of their insidious assaults on our religious charac ters, have had the daring effrontery to insult the meek venerable Head of the Catholic Church, by charging the Apostolic See itself with encouraging or conniving at the political intemperance imputed to some ecclesiastics in this country, on statements unfounded perhaps, or grossly exaggerated, and which, if true, would be a sub ject of the deepest affliction, not only to the Holy Father, but to the whole body of the Prelates, Clergy, and Catholic people of Ireland. I believe that you and the Catholic laity of Ireland are not admirers of a political priest, in the sense in which the words are commonly understood, and I am sure that I have never sanctioned in others or been guilty myself of political intemperance, and with the divine as sistance, I trust I never will be induced to sanction or ap prove of the conduct of any clergyman who, neglecting the duties and obligations of his ministry, would, to the pre judice of his sacred character, entangle himself with secular business,' and political schemes ; but I think it right at the same time to add, that looking to the wretched condition of our poor people, I feel it quite consistent with my duties as a Bishop, and in the peculiar circum stances of this country, in a manner obligatory upon me, to co-operate i in a befitting way, with my fellow countrymen n seeking, by purely peaceable and constitutional means, for the enactment of good laws, and the repeal or amendment of bad ones, knowing that your unrivalled talents and influence have, through a long life, been unceasingly directed to the attainment of these objects, and that the peace, order, and tranquillity of the country are mainly pre served by the hope that fair and just legislation will be at length attained through your exertions; and entertain. ing the deepest conviction that you are not less anxious to promote loyalty to the Throne, than to maintain the rights of the people, I have to request that, at the next meeting of the Repeal Association, you will do me the honour of handing in my subscription for the year 1845. " With unbounded gratitude for the services which you have rendered to religion and to the country, I have the honour to be, my dear Mr. O'Connell, your most obliged and most faithful servant, " kl CHARLES M'NALLY. " Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M.P.," &c. Some communications having been read, Mr. O'CONNELL then rose, and said that it was with the greatest gratification he rose to commence his agita • tion for the repeal. He was only beginning the agita tion; for all that he had done hitherto passed for no thing; nothing was done while anything remained to be done; and until the repeal was passed, he would ap proach every meeting as if it were the first time that he was before the pubiic. The repeal was their sole object. There should be no palliation—no palliative—no half measures—nothing that the English Parliament could give would satisfy them—they would have nothing but the repeal—they could neither delude, nor bribe, nor in timidate them. They had met in unarmed hundreds of thousands, in the most perfect tranquillity, although with physical force sufficient to overturn any monarchy , upon the face of the earth. They met in constitu tional loyalty, and had not shrunk from the legiti • mate perils of their station. The struggle was worth living for ; and sometimes he regretted lest repeal should be carried, he felt such pleasure in looking for it.—(Great laughter.) They had not sought ascendancy themselves, and that man was base and corrupt who dreamt of reli gious ascendancy over others. The glorious struggle in which they were engaged was that the press should be free—that education should be free—that religion should be free—and Ireland free.—(Cheers.) There was no doubt, before many years elapsed—perhaps months— nay, even the weeks might easily be counted, when England would rcquire the bravery of Ireland. They should have it ; but he marked his price—the repeal.— (Cheers.) The English press consoled themselves with the idea that repeal was upon the wane—that room was an evidence, no doubt, that the people were very in different—was there ever a greater absurdity ? They wished it, therefore they said it—for that was the morality of England ; and perhaps there was an under current, and they conceived that if the people suspected one another, apathy and mistrust would weaken their entire power. There was no apathy— no shrinking from repeal. Why should there be so ? No change had as yet been made to induce them to abandon their agitation.—(Cheers.) What bribe did they hold out ? What dark oblivion did they throw over the past to make them forget the hideous, profligate, and demoniacal manner in which the union was carried? —(Hear, hear.) What was the only hope for Ireland but the Irish ?—(Applause.) Was it not ridiculous that the Whigs could for a moment imagine that they could have any confidence in them, when they had done all in their power to injure Ireland, by creating dissension, and holding out hypocritical hopes of success, and of redress ? What redress could they obtain ? Was it redress from Parliament ? Why, there was no doubt, but that the Queen's speech would convey the expression of her anxious wish to do every thing in her power to benefit Ireland, and he was sure that she would feel what she said ; but still, was it not well known that her speech was only the speech of her Ministers—a speech which could not be depended on, particularly when it was remembered that one of them, Sir James Graham, had said that concession towards Ireland had reached its limits.—(Cheers.) Such was the declaration of one Minister, and Sir Robert Peel would not fail to act his usual part of Joseph Surface. — (Loud cheers.) The Learned Gentleman having in his usual forcible style expressed his determination never to have any further connection with the Whigs, alluded to Lord Fortescue's bribe (as he called it) to the Irish people, to keep them from joining the repeal movement; and also to Lord Ebrington's late speech in Devonshire, where he said that the Catholics were to look upon the Pope as their " Lord and God." He said that there was nothing more false than to suppose that such was the doctrine of his Holy Church, and proceeded to refer to the Bequeits Act. He commenced his observations on this subject by saying that he was informed, and regretted very much to hear, that dissensions had arisen upon this subject; and also stated that he had heard that a rescript had come from the Pope to put down the agitation. Now, as to this latter report, he had heard it with regret, for such was not the case. He admitted the receipt of the rescript, but there was no prohibition to repeal—(Great applause)—on the contrary, one of the bishops who received the rescript, had that day sent in his subscription to the Association, for 1U45; and another who signed it, attended a dinner in Limerick, in a few days after, and there declared himself still a re pealer.—(Cheers.) No such interpretation as that sought to be put on it by the enemies of Ireland could fairly be put upon it, because a more harmless docu ment never came into any country—a document which, he would say, in no way attempted to interfere with the agitation of repeal.—(Cheers.) Ile (sir. O'Connell) con ssed that the Bequests Act alarmed him much more, and in noticing it he had no intention to censure any one who took a part in the Commission for manag in g it,. b ut he could not but say that, under the form cf set . ne . thl n g innocent, the worst measures were contemplate d by it, and it was, in his mind, the duty of every layman in ive bishops of their diocese to aban donpetition the respect holding any appointment the Bill, and cease from to the d With reference . cr . .alcor at, it with the Holy See to effect such iie ting believed the denial, simply for this l u r n e d la e n r d iL fo ( r ae th a e r y o were ,unanimous on he B th r e iti s s u h b G je o ct v — ern to . had been authoritatively denied th at t ti c a o . ncordat implied a concession bot h aumreeunaortrawau—egrtehemanteert. SYRO-EGYPTIAN SOCIETY. A general meeting of this Society took place yester day evening, at 1!s rooms in Mortimer. street. There were about a hundred ladies and gentlemen present. Isaac Callemore, Esq., in the chair. The CrtArnmAN having made a few preliminary re marks, in the couree of which he mentioned that the members of the Society now amounted to eighty, The minutes of the last meeting were read by Dr. Hovr YAfE4 f the Honorary Secretary, and adopted. Mr. NEVILES MUBIABINI then read a further portion of a paper, commenced at the ►ast meeting of the Society, on the subject of the Races of Man. Mr. Mussabini intimated that he would conclude his dissertation on a future occasion. Mr. SILK BUCKINGHAM, by way of settling the ques - tion as to the descent of the Irish from the Phcenicians, mentioned a fact which had come within his knowledge, of a gentleman from Fez, who, by means of the language of the mountaineers of Atlas, with which he was inti mately acquainted, kept up a conversation with two Irishmen in their native idiom. He also knew of a Dublin lady, who by means of the Irish language con versed freely with the mountaineers of Atlas in their native idiom ; these mountaineers being the descendants of Carthagenians who had taken refuge in ancient times in the Atlas Range, and preserved the dialect of their Phoenician forefathers.... Mr. C. FRXOTT BARBER then commenced the reading of a paper on the condition of Syria—a subject with which he may be supposed to be well acquainted, his father having been many years Consul-General for America (we believe) in Egypt, and he himself having resided in Egypt fifteen years. The paper, it was an nounced, would contain some important information re lative to the productions and commerce of the country, its resources, and the working of the old and new tariffs ; but in consequence of the extent of the preliminary his torical sketch, the portion containing the information upon these points was postponed till the next meeting. THE LONDON GENERAL ASSO CIATION OF ALL TRADES. Last night the Association established for shorten ing the hours of business held a district meeting at the Saddlers' Arms, Swallow-street, Regent -street. The chair was filled by Mr. \VIIEATLY, who gave a detailed account of the progress of the Society since its formation. They had, he continued, met on a most important occasion—important, because it re lated to the well-being of thousands and tens of thousands, and he might say, in reference to the whole of the country, hundreds of thousands of their fellow creatures. The present late hour system had been inflicting, year atter year, an incalculable amount of evil upon those who had filled the capacity of assis tants, and even on masters themselves, and for no other reason was it perpetuated but because those around them were doing the same—cer tainly a most flimsy argument in support of so evil a system. They naturally said that the monarch was responsible when he refused to listen to the voice of the nation, and that the minister of the gospel was responsible for the well-being of his flock; and upon the same principle of justice, that the employer was equally responsible for the well-being of his as sistant. They regretted exceedingly that this system had been carried to such an extent as to give rise to a move:nent amongst those who ought to be silent on public matters. They would much rather have seen the employers exercising the principle of sympathy, and come forward as a body to release those under them from this direful bondage. But, alas ! many of them had been looking forward to this step being taken, and the result had, unfortunately, been a cruel disappointment. Many of them had long borne the heat and burden of the day, and he might say, the night also, without even a murmur or a complaint to the public. They disclaimed all in tention of resorting to coercive measures to attain their object—they relied more on the humanity of the public and good feeling of their employers, and when they had acquired a little further strength, they in tended calling a conference of the leading firms of the metropolis, to see if they could not by such means obtain their object. A series of resolutions favourable to the objects of the Association were then moved, and after being ably supported by several victims of the system, were put from the chair, and adopted unanimously. An addition to the roll of members was subse quently made, and a vote of thanks to the press and the Chairman having been carried by acclamation, the meeting, which was very respectably attended, broke up. HAMB URGH MA IL. WARSAW, JAN. 6.—There is no foundation what ever for the announcement that it is intended to build a new fortress at lialirch. The Russian Govern ment has never thought of such a work ; nor, after the completion of the works at Warsaw, Demblin, and Medlin, can it be necessary for the defence of the country. Napoleon, and with him the most eminent tacticians, judged the three above-mentioned points to be fully sufficient for the protection of Poland against invasions from the West. The accounts given in other papers of troubles hav ing taken place are equally groundless. Poland was never more tranquil than it is now, and it is the in terest of all Poles to resist to the utmost all excite ments to further disturbances, if the time shall at length come when the wounds which have been in flicted on the kingdom shall be healed. This time may, perhaps, not be distant, if the Propaganda of Paris and London does not revive its impracticable schemes, which have already been so fatal to Poland. lIANovEn, JAN. 12.—The Bishop of lleldershein has published a new edition of the Catechism of Father Canisrus, and recommended it to the clergy. It is an old book of ultramonfane-tendency, full of hetero dox doctrines, on which account the use of it was abolished. The majority of the Roman Catholics of lleldershein have decidedly declared against the direc tion which Dr. Bandt seems inclined to give to his diocese, and several teachers have refused to intro duce this catechism into their schools ; on this occa sion many a Roman Catholic manifests the laudable desire not to be oppressed by the yoke of Rome, but to follow the efforts of their brethren for free, pure Christianity. LEIPSIC, JAN. 12.—The Sachsischen Naterlands- Blatter publishes to-day the letter of Dr. Reginbrecht, Professor in Breslow, to Dr. Latussek, the suffragan, and adds, in a postscript of a Roman Catholic at Bres low, " A report is just spread here that in conse quence of Dr. Reginbrecht's protest, an extraordinary meeting of the chapters of this city las been held to day, the 4th, at which Professor Reginbrecht at tended ; it is said that he was urged by the Bishop to withdraw the said letter for two months, because in that time instructions would be received from Rome. Dr. R. is said to have been still more decided by this reference to Rome of a purely German affair not to retract a syllable. We cannot tell how far these re• ports may be true."—Hambargh Papers, Jan. 17. FLANDERS MAIL. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) BRUSSELS, JAN. 19.—We find the following passage in the Echo Tournaission :—" Petitions, with the signa tures of a great number of cultivators and workmen of seYeral communes of this arrondissement, whoso subsis tence depends on the production and sale of indigenous (i.e., beet-root) sugar, will be shortly presented to the Chamber of Representatives, praying that the interest of the manufacturer of indigenous sugar may not be sacri ficed to the interest of the refiners of foreign sugar. It is scarcely a year and a half since the Chamber passed the law relative to sugar, and already they think of mo difying it."—Brussels papers, Jan. 20. The Cologne Gazette says that the Committee of the Austrian Lloyd, which has been to Vienna, has pur chased six large steamers belonging to the Danube Steam Navigation Company, which are employed in the Lower Danube and the Black Sea, by which t he number of steamers belonging to the Austrian Lloyd is increased to 20. at the u G e s I t N —Yesterday Mr. Wakley',. l %: , 1 k I 'street, Portman-square, ~ held aninq Masons' Arms, Upper Ile . r o r RUINOUS EFFECTS OF INTEMPERANCE: 1I a Y ged 32. It appeared that on the body of. James Green, been e m p l o yed in the stables rid General Crosby, and of other of the Duke . (it ' U e i t e i l rn m but' lost successively these situa tionsdeceased, persons of distinction, ' intemperance. He became for the last in Lis youth, had from his . four years a jobbing helper in livery stabl es at the W es t-end, and on Sunday morning was found dead on the ttl paved floor of one of tht m, belonging to M r . Shen tun.of Williams-mews, Adam -street West. In th ose s for the last nine m on th s, h e had slept, some tiniEilessin the hayloft, but latterly, fur more warmth, on straw, in one of the h orse stalls. Though pressed to enter an infirmary or hospit a l , h e a l ways refuse d , ex pressing dread of them. The Coroner—Hay and straw may be truly termed gin beds. The gin drinker chooses them for the convenience they afford him in lying down and getting up without the trouble of undressing or dressing again when he wants to return to the poison that is destroying him. The gin drinker also dreads the hospital, though he knows there he will get every rea• son , :ble co m f or t, b ut f rom f ear o f b e i ng d e b arre d gin, he prefers disease and death, in the enjoyment of the latter, to health and long life with temperate treatment.—Ver diet, " Natural death," LAW INTELLIGENCE. ARCHES COURT, Jan. 21. (Be'ore Sir H. JENNER FUST ) TIM OFFICE OP TUE JUDGE PROMOTED BY TROWERS V. THE REV. JOHN HURST. This is a proceeding of articles promoted by letters of rcquest from the diocese of Chichester against the RCN'. Mr, Hurst, Vicar of Thackham, in the county of Sussex, for the " reformation of his soul's lie , dth," &c. The charges against the reverend defendant were con tained in a series of articles, charging constent end pro miscuous adulterous connexion with two of his hoz - yams, and with many of the wives of his parishioners:. The facts are wholly unfitted for publication, though dwelt upon at very considerable length by Drs. Hag gard and Hayford, who were civiliaus in support of the articles, and they submitted that the Court ought not to stop short at anything but a total deprivation. The Learned Advocates contended that habitual adultery in barns, in the fields, in the furze, &c., had been fully esta blished. That on some occasions he had brought his son and daughters to the house of one of his parishioners while acts of the grossest immorality were perpetrated by the father up stairs—that he had attempted the chastity of a young servant while two others of the• househuld were in the same room, with whom it is pleaded he had afterwards and previously had sexual in tercourse. Dr...ADDAnts was heard on behalf of the Rev. Mr. Hurst. It was a case which ought to have undergone a preliminary investigation before the Bishop, and tht probably the party might have submitted t• suspension- The Court could not, upon the evidence adduced pro nounce a sentence which could have the effect of de priving the wife and family (eight children, as was stated) of a home. The parties to prove the criminality were evidently influenced by a most determined spirit of hostility. Ile (Dr. Addams) could not justify the language made use of by the Rev. Mr. Hurst, oor in deed some facts that had been proved against the party. That there had been improper conduct could not be de nied—that the Rev. Gentleman was liable to censure— to admonition—to suspension for a longer or shorter time, could not be denied ; but, looking to former cases, he (Dr. Addams) submitted that the Court would not be justified in pronouncing a sentence of depritia,tion in the present suit. Dr. Phillimore, jun., remains to be heard ot;ti the same side. COURT OF EXCISE, Jun. 21. (Before Captain PLTCY, J. F. STEPHENSON, Esq., and J. C. ITERRIEs, Esq.) EXTENSIVE ILLICIT DISTILLATION AND ATTAin THE EXCISE OFFICERS. Frederick Jones, alias Frederick Tiinberniere, of No. 5, Little Colling d woo street, Bethnal-green, was charged with carrying on illicit distillation, and also with re . sisting the officers in the execution of their duty. ' Mr. W. Cartwright stated, that he went to the above premises, accompanied by Messrs. Kiddle, Jones, and IVallis, officers of Excise. After considerable trouble they succeeded in effecting an entrance, and found a large quantity of fermented wash, and other materials used in distillation. They then proceeded to the house No. 7. They inspected the lower part of the house. and afterwards wished to examine the upper part, which was refused. The defendant then came in, and, taking up a bar of iron, with a dreadful imprecation, said he would clear the house, and made a blow at the officers, which fortunately missed them. They then returned to the house, No. 5, the officer Kiddie climbing the back wall to prevent anything being removed in that direction. When defendant saw the officer upon the wall he took a pole about fifteen feet in length, with which he attempted to knock the officer down, and said "he would smash the head of the first man that entered r" but was prevented from doing so by the arrival of a body of police. The officers then pursued their search, and a cart being obtained they were about to deposit their seizure in it, when defendant said that if they did take it he would clear the house, and he would get forty men to help him, and left to fetch them. In a short time he re turned with about that number, when a general melee took place : bricks and other missiles were thrown at the officers, the linch•pins were taken out of the cart-wheels, and it was with considerable difficulty the mob were prevented from cutting the harness to pieces. Eventu ally, however, the officers succeeded in carrying off their seizure. The other officers corroborated this testimony, and the Court inflicted a penalty of 501. John Nicholson and William Nicholson, wine-mer chants, of St. Martin's-lane, were fined 251. for having the words " Licensed dealers in foreign wines" over their door, having no such license. ROYAL ADELAIDE GALLERY. Yesterday this favourite establishment was 'visite& during the day and evening by great numbers. Of the morning entertainments, one of the most interesting was 1)r. Jones's Lecture on China and the Chinese,' which was illustrated by the exhibition of many curiosities from the Celestial Empire, including dresses, household furniture, agricultural and warlike instruments, &c. the course of the Lecture the Learned Doctor intimatedi that he is shortly about to proceed into the provinces to• repeat these Lectures, at the request of influential per sons who had heard them in this institution... In the evening there was presented a new variation of the Concerts a la Jullien, in which were introduced several appropriated Terpsichorean illustrations by the lately arrived Parisian dancers, Mademoiselle . Louise and Monsieur Alexandre. These artistes were twice encored. Miss Clairton was also encored in Zingarellis; cavatina, " Sweetly o'er my senses stealing," and Mr. Davis received very great applause in his performance of Kwnig's " Post-horn galop." On the whole the musical entertainment was of a superior order, and was fully appreciated by the audience. The laughing-gas, dissolving views, and philosophical experiments, with the electrical eels, were as attractive. as ever. PUGILISM. Yesterday the fight between Sam Martin (of London) and Lane (of Birmingham) came off, according to agree ment, half-way between London and Birmingham. Tie men were matched for 50/. aside, and, from their well-- known merits, much interest was created between the London and Birmingham schools. The whole of the stakes having been made good at T. Spring's the pre ceding evening, the parties set off by the Birmingham; Railway from London to the appoints d locality, where they met a great number of the proviecial fancy; and, although another fight was announced to come off, which divided the " milling fancy," there was a vast assem blage of spectators. A ring was formed, and the usual preliminaries arranged, when the men entered. They appeared in fine condition. Their fighting weight was 9 stone 6 lb. each. Their seconds having retired to their corners, the combatants commenced war with great severity, and continued for ten rounds without any change taking place. At the 12th round Martin received a heavy blow from his opponent, and fell heavily. , At the' 30th round it was quite manifest that Lane had victory certain; and they prolonged the contest till 48 rounds had been fOught, when Lane was pronounced the winner. PRIZE FIGHT FOR FIFTY POUNDS A- SlDE.—Yester day the pugilistic contest between Young Sambo (ot London), and Bill Jordan (of Lancashire), came off near Gray's, Essex. Jordan was in favour at 6to 4. Jordan had an advantage over his opponent, who has lost the sight of one eye. The men commenced rather cau tiously, both apparently waiting the attack, when Jordan led off, and after a sharp round threw his opponent. They continued the contest for an hour and twenty-twi minutes, when a severe round v% as fought, both men re ceiving heavy punishment, and Sambo fell on his knees,, when his opponent hit him. This being contrary to the rules of boxing, an appeal was made to the umpires, who decided in favour of Sambo, and he was then proclaimed the winner. IIER MAJESTY'S BUCK 110 UNDS.----The bye-day for this week having been appointed fur yesterday, instead of Wednesday, the meet took place at the usual hour, tin Ivcr-heath. The hounds were taken thence to Mr.. Mills's, at Hillingdon, at the back of whose mansion the stag, Tom Thumb, was uncarted shortly before twelve o'clock. Here the Earl of Rosslyn, who breakfasted at Mr. Cox's, joined the built; Tom Thumb, en being turned out, took away to Long-lane, through Ickenhaut Park to Newdigate's farm, and thence to Ilarefieb:. village, leaping the high palings into the park, on to the copper mills and West Hyde, where the water was out in every direction. The stag then made for Chalfont wood, on nearly to Chalfont St. Peter's, where it doubled to the right, by the monument, to Vatt's farm, and was: taken at Chalfont St. Giles's, after a beautiful run of an hour and a quarter. Tom Thumb was in view;:field for field, for five miles, from Mayfield up to the finish. The 2elebrated deer, Foxley, which was lost in the wood near the Ruislip reservoir on Friday the 10th instant, has not been recovered. It was last seen near Oxey woods, about four miles from Rickmansworth, and there is very little reason to doubt it has been shot and carried off by some of the numerous hords of poachers with which that neighbourhood abounds. The meet on Friday wilt take place at Maidenhead. ALARMING FIRES.—Last night between. ten am . : eleven o'clock, a very alarming tire broke out tipon premises e b longing to Mr. Farraday, japanner, situate a No. 33, Brick-lane, Spitalfields. It originated in the workshop:at the rear of the xreri d isttsi w uihn - 1 s e gl‘aa l ; l nt, e g h:ch. dol : the, i b toin.tey ; i l ocno d aosef eisn flames, ge m ( commencer) coin ohcbri(t: posed chiefly of timber. Owing to the easily,,ignitabt. brigade, of w ill l a a t c u e re w a )f sw ei the tnhv te s il a ioo m pse( e d , o i nb i fi o usnt t i(ii i oedfi n i:al a pinm n ,cago, y minutes elapsed before the p . early in arriving, and being aided with a plentiful supply o w ! ‘ s ‘ a nearly thowever,i'r uthn et destroyed. iuntil rtheein e covered by an insurance in the Royal Exchange-office The overheating of a stove is the supposed cause of the outbreak. Between twelve and one this morning ti second fire, and \Odell was nearly attended with luta! consequences, was discovered burning upon the premises belonging to Mr. Davit, saddler, of too, high-street, Borough. It appears that the attention of a gentleman. in passing was directed towards the premises by per ceiving smoky issuing through the window-shutters. Ai. alarm was raised, and Sergeant Cowlin, of the M divi sion of police, hastened to the spot., but the smoke was so dense the inmates were unable to descend the stairs. The sergeant having obtained a ladder, the residents were onebledto esciipe through one of the upper windows and without meeting Nvith any injury. Engines of the brigade, County, and West of England offices, were early in arrivinkr, and there being a good supply of water, one engine was found sufficient to subdue the flames. The origin of this tire is unknown. The proprietor is insured in the Phoenix-office. On Tuesday last Richard Gordon, Esq., was enter tained at a public dinner in the Town-hall, by the mer chants of Enniskillen, and resident gentry of the neigh bourhood, on the occasion of his removal to Limerick, when upwards of 80 pi rsons assembled to evince the respect and esteem which his conduct has gained for him h.ati o during a residence among them of up wards of ei g ht years.r y s h . ev T lin h . e j c . h p a . ir ; N t s h - a e s v o i c c oc c upied ir bbyy Thomas a erng q h ag h .Reporter , crt.u. 16, .....' ° e ' d , e,.4,00