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

,/ ~•••I :ws g}3, , the 3069° C) t o 1 18459, 0 , t eWj ge ies gr 3 Jr Y tbe ‘l7giv;l;jg Air* obo ti PPLi t cc ( bis PP" ted k s t 6 ded kid l• thiS Tee; i has S' (11 tho' d s pa till T el ea. usder Imprisoni9ee the passin g of Lord Brougham's Verabishin HER MAJESTY AT STRATH mpnt tbr debt, there has been ay material declin e of business in the . Sheriff,' and Secondaries' FIELDSAYE. actions. rt plaintiffs not feelin g very desirous to enter when, if they obtain a. verdict, they are not very STRATTIVIEthSAYE, TUESDAY EVENING.—The pro likely to recover, after the heavy expenses they have mice c.f tine weather afforded by the close of yesterday Was quite fulfilled to-day. The morning opened tv!iA been at in talk_in,4 out writs. At the Secondaries' Court a fine frost, and the rest of the day IYat 'Seen remark there are se com more than two or three rases ; at the ably fine, even warm, slias,trsiifft,t!nj there was not one case fur trial, and at the In addition to die iitt of guests given in our paper Yesterda"ortnethoefmost of the caws are now undefended. yesterday, +eft, were at the dinner on Monday Mr. the patienos in St. Georg e ' s Hospital, and Mrs. Shaw Lefevre, Mr. and Mrs. Hunter, Mr, Zyde Parlcortier,. committed suicide by inflicting a dreadful wound on his throat with a knife. Portal, the Hon. B. Baring, and the Hon. and neV. The giraffe of the Garde n of Plants, Paris,presented Gerald Wellesley, rector of the parish and the Duke's in 1827 by Mehemet Ali to and come has lived in this climates domestic chaplain. There were also some visitors in Charles . ev has e n t just e n 3. ears, died, the evening —Mr. and Mrs. Pigott, Captain and Mrs. ..„el!onorary medals w'ere on Monday presented, at Wool- Brown, Miss Wttltnisley, Dr. Keate (Dean of Wind.. gl a, to the under- uientioned men of the Royal Alarine ‘..orps, for long sor), and Mr. and Mrs. Keate. sf,rvice and good conduct, in presence of th e The ba n d o f t h e Grenadier Guards played during priute W oo l w i ch ser divi s i on , v i z. :—Edward Sutton, colour the evening. They were stationed in the conservatory. geant, t "' -dal and gratuity of 15/. ; Andrew Doukin, , nacti a l and gratuity of 5/. The roy a l party sat i n the library after dinner, and her Majesty was much interested in the house, parts -EAR., Jl a. .-. lof whi c h s h e saw during the evening. There is a ' very remarkable collection of old and modern prints, - oin El Contmercio, a Lima paper, u... very numerous, which are hung all over the walls. 'hat on t h e preceding evening, There are a l so some good pictures in the drawing and ), two smart s h ocks of dining-r ooms , w i t h wh i ch her Majesty was much `-q -‘erien ce d i n that pleased. Hart of th e Her Majesty an d th e P r i nce ret i red to rest at eleven o'clock. `'or re- This morning her Majesty and the Prince 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 mained out till half-past one. The party had some fine wild sport, which the Prince seemed much to enjoy. His Royal Highness killed 45 head 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'clock 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. - . -- ......•••••••,.... 1 _THQUAKE IN LIMA. We learn from 4th o f Se El Contmercio, a Li ma paper, of the ptember, that on t h e preceding evening, ut. tae twenty minutes it . after ten, tw o smart shocks of an earthquake had b een experienced in that .Y At the second shock the greater part of the f inhabitants quitted t h e i r houses and sought for re uge inwas the s quares and op en p l aces. A perform_ and many an " going of the on at th e t h eatre at the time °Q , rushed audience, wh o were much alarmed, , although the ac t ors continued the per_ form aateces for the amusement o f t h ose who remained. l`ortmly, however, no damage was occasioned by the es arthq air" ' ll— 'l whih appears to have bee taut est that hasc been e x p er i enced for years one of the . —......______ ....... POI.I.TININTELLIGENCE. E CEIVED THIS DAY.) BETTING AT MANCHESTER —TUESDAY. to 1 CHESTER CUP. ~f'st Semiseria' ria'(tkn'4s t o 1 agst Pride of Rib 2000 to , dare (taken) 2 5 to i . agst Cataract (tkn) ; so to 1 agst Sorella (taken) 20 4 , ,:. agst Winesour Okn)'so to 1 agst Valerian (tkn) 40 t ',„ ; agst Zanoni (taken) 50 to 1 agst Portrait (tkn) 4 10 to " 1 agst The Era (tkn) 50 to 1 agst Alamode. 1;11201o7st Extempore (tn) 1,000 to 5 agst Barricade. 1 t e Il ride of Kildare was backeo Monda Nothing done on Derby and Oaks.y at 50 t o 1‘14111(ET NE w (THIS DAY.) w i lt 4L li ill - tXCRAN GE --WE DNESDAY gh the supply of English Wheat on . offer was forS:tita (Aerate, we have to report a very inactive inquiry for e ,xoeyt the finest qualities, at prices about equal r to htti: ° t'uned on Monday. In Foreign Wheat r The au ,was doing, y et previous rates were supported. 0 1 1 4 1 V of Barley being more than adequate to the wants barel; utrade, th,e inquiry for that article was heavy, at 41,4 onday s depressed rates. Malt, Oats, Beans, th cas ruled dull, yet we can notice no alteration in ell'►'Que. z ,r44401.„ ARRIVALS. Wheat. 1 ,- Barley. Oats. Flou r . 1,79 0 qrs. ' 4,240 qrs. 1,2 e() I 3,370 I 7,780 ---- - Dlalt, 2,850 qrs. rrEca.a.sizz. TIZT: : V I I kind Wa of prime Meat . w e had a steady de prices were readily supported. In other v,rl.4tlities ;exceedingly little was doing. Beef, from 2s 8d _ g „, 6 , 1 8 ( I 4 utton, 2s 10d to 3s 8d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s and Pork, 26 10d to 4a per Blbs. b a , ---____.-......____ 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. (From 4/412•IIL MURDER IN TIPPERAR Y: Mona. Co r pihreBPo.....dent of the Dublin Evening Mail.)—" . ”.". 9 Ph , just returned from Who tdluay, Jan. 19.—1 am . _ of Atsaing a dreadful sight, in the murdered body P o or old Samuel Smith, upon which he a r a stow ia r; taest was bein held. He rode from Bus ii. rr , 3esterday morning, g to his land at Ba inve 0 3 1; er,and t iss ing by Robert White's of Knoekierog found '8 return, about two o'clock in the day, was ibl frac ttnerdered, his skull dreadt'ully and b Z r eti, on the road between White's house and Byorrisna -41Y- Nothing particular (as you may supposte)attrane ie,,ll4o on the inquest, the verdict being me.relyishheand, t fi k.e by his death from violent wounds in p . zotetecl by some persons unknown. It is evident that in ~44 horrible addition to the catalogue of murders was in Z,nBequence of his endeavour s to take up some . land Lgefaulting tenant, and to give it to others , ut as to .71t'uo are the immediate perpetrators, that, for the prne , remains a secret. Providence, may, ow b ever, , l , )ri g 'ern to light yet; but it is an awful state of t . ing , IttenA L OF THE MALT -TAX.— A theeting-sOf the postand Central Committee, including some of put. post influential gentlemen and leading agricultur, ;kin all parts of the country, took place Z i lul o -li l o d u a ie theviatit to adjournment, at the Farmer's . "tk Hotel Inn, Bridge-street, Blackfriars, f r the' pur mosotmmeffiedciiaentet 1/e se of taking into consideration the . liletltures to be adopted in order to obtain a.nbi Hobbs. 441 total repeal of the duty on malt. Mr. Fts er ° Th q „,...hoz, was unanimously called . on to preside. Mr. . il°, the secretary, submitted to the committee seve- 14- crop' which had been received from local Zinx kittees established in various parts of the kingdom, vlitittsessive of their views on the subject, and their cor lye-c),Coneration with the central committee in Londoth: eclat? of Bedford and Northampton were ear l y . tw o ;,'Y Warm in the cause, and in the latter county near fork,,lndred gentlemen and farmers had united and live r -- ; a co mmittee with the intent of. canvassing the n dete,4l,Parishes and ' districts of . th . e shire. It wa s the ab t i „kilned that a form of petition should be adopted, kieDVlnstnitted to the several district committees of the i' m b °lll l) for signature, and the meeting separated. IC C.B. `--I,a °RATH OF COLONEL KENNETT, ..... d lisl.„Lt nil an OF was held at the Friend-in-Han Al.p.'..4lizabeth-street, Brompton, before Mr. Wakley daykat; °lll'iew of the body of Colonel Charles. Robert :4, a ged „ , 61, who was found dead in his bed on Sun- Nom 4 'n g, at his residence, No. 31, Hans-square, ettett,e'street. Mr. William Morrah, surgeon, of Sloane litlainte,,Cl3,lsea, deposed that he was intimately ac nlitzd 'l_,lvlth the late gallant Colonel, who held a corn - Of th, ceder the Duke of Wellington during the whole . 'litot es • eninsular campaign. Witness had attended ha toroplas!°nally since the 10th of last December. 14° Nih illt Was disease of the heart. On Sunday tali,d-ig last during Divine service, witness was 4ltseti.reto ehurch to attend at the residence of the d de -41144, chug went immediately, and fi tin the 4rie),ll; officer in bed, quite dead. He must . have . been so Ns it hatl i °41.8 . By the Coroner—l am of opinion that the %kVh, of the deceased was caused by natural causes. Ntberfirst entered his room there was a phial and e n his dressin - table, the latter of which had i Niv ii f l ed the medicine I had prescribed for him. I :ffieoy " a t ° reaton to imagine that he died otherwise than elir-t4l causes. By the foreman —The deceased tl ) rile. : a l of temperate habits. He had often complained C4l. r '', ll tril - o ihrli t rl L in the chest, and a cliffi e ( t Tl e t in breathing. lltlieed. esohdeess,thtoudsebksetepber tomth y eased, was next aster ' had been in a Lad ;iBPentling strlteeofthealthefror some time past, and he ki k , tt e attendance of Mr. Morrah. On Saturday her Zele11411111'1:vent to bed at his usual hour, when he was in his ekeith• On the following morning, about nine `4ocl;l;:tbless went up to his bed-room door, but, after 7thltinttePeatedly she received no answer ; she be tjthercillled, and a'carpenter was sent for, who . burst Ooitthee,,„eer, when her master was found dead in bed. t.,,"oner---I have no reason to suppose my master t . ; tt Y ret'' 'Weide Ile was bachelor, and lived in a ve, ,f",lted Manner• Hiss' a t r who was his only rela 41,4ted him '''D' d theby lae ' visitation of God." Ito 41 an I:- vie - l-, AT WANDS v,.III4/.......,,r LADY a.TENT TO ssaril. bill of 41,41.,..5. Johnson, a lady aged i 6 yetarss,t.anAdnnth,se. bll4l:_tvaB,o4"ed calic? printer, residing. t i t iut to det7nday night, between nine and a ten o'clock, Ann's e' th e 8 2_ , It appears that about half-pact nine pad in thevrra:nt went out to make . some . trifling pur frott,otller rem nelghbourbood, leaving her mistress in th d e , fr o ti ttat es Tg, and alone in the house. She returned, at 4 401. In about ten minutes, and, perceiving the th,, 44 ,eed t, i?Penp called Police constable Walker, who J r . t oritx,, 'a passing. They proceeded together.. into b.-unser, ' and were horror-struck at perceiving Mrs. te'ekre entiirrtei!llo Passage burnt to death. rHer clothes tholleiTart, .f. 'larisunied, her hair was u burnt off; and diem data ttnz her body, especially her face, neck, and ie"' ter, almost roasted. Dr. Finch, the me y, a,t,nlnt to the family, was called in, but his ser -440.0%; unavailing. It is supposed that Mrs. Johnson, etzttlithrig whenall,Y held the lighted to on her lap, was tit44h„_ ttltt4ie.n. th.e candle set fire to her head-dress, and .tlre,B.'Ll itself instantly to the Other Portions of Virsir, arid sp ec then must have made for the street st_ ceeded in opening it with the idea of get -41,e14s trett°T.,ce, when the extra draught of air gave the )4:44lslvas 4,7, Power, and her age being so advanced, !ttlitso•ole to render herself any assistance. 14 1 1 4 , 1 h er f or 44 , z1 TART PAPERB.----Mr. Wallace, the it%ltii o rch. ireeneek, has the following notic e of motion talvoli %p p° . Book of the House of Commons for the 4 Th a nt th lilted to commence on the 4th proximo. To liOvet withe neat session of Parliament as follows: Vsei e ,„.. 4 l'lQw . to avoid in future the anomalies and Irmik h eed which have sprung out of the sale of 44 er the order of this House and restor t 't re_aPesetladseedrit and valuable privileg' es which which Itriplltptior I __,:. as well as the respectability which the 4hl,o,:ollitto. etler.4sretilitisnlottsrdnerts forfeited by a sale of the papers printedlrasoe re under tlous'e shallsail otafk)eaPe Ik ti llip 04 atlember procured a return inPthe course of last NO the4.e same subject, from which it appears that aotsbNO leittio Illfortnation afforded to the pub P li c b ' y the 1" 4 !let 11 cl i the papers (Publicprinted by order of the House, ,Prok to the by the sale of printed R 1 111 5 11 1. Pat.l27 papers 1836 to 1843 amounted to nitlith Itle, ne 4 , Wh o 114.1. .11E0TJESTS, 11 ttitillith. illst. died ---r. James Waterhouse,, at his Luse in the It r 4l %ti t ( l l 4 tli: li p by his will bequcathede iltetlitl,,ch‘‘ri.riutiee-.13 Regent's' sf 3 lowing " Consols), to the under ToCthr British and Foreign Bible ttifoLttueut• to the Society for Promoting Christian 4, 2 6 % 2 Ono) or:PaAti 4) 01 ' ---, ; to the Metropolishurch Building l s '; to the Alirdodmleostetx Hospital,, 2,00.0/. ; to the tt'..,1441:11, tii.eeepirLY fpc),resti , ng the Education of the ; IR. ii, tzietl::_ty._ I,',zitilre portoptheagEstsiotanbloifthtebde Ccihousrpcehi ~ 21:0000001i.: -3111tli:ted the whole t 141.1:, yttia little sh 0113.41110 In onth s aft, ~,e b e Paid, free of duty, ,v, lid_ tre Nx. , r his be a.poor woman, named Lucy Young, i t : t o It,ZY !o,ith -uLvtli FROst EXCESS OF JOT:-- e ll iit. op la tlais place and was behind in 11/44:4vIes'qw43 so over. , d ' • ti...h •Ilbett, that siQwe el r i i t t 1. I. : : their fit andsettlementsbor short!( .greo). "kit Guardian. 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 by Baron Knesebeck, went to Richmond yesterday morning, and enjoyed the sport of shoot ing, returning to Cambridge House 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 o f Llandaff, and the Dean of Westminster. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town on Monday afternoon for his seat, Betchworth, Surrey. iiißjEafLpflutbDu (TPETIT THOUARS ilptipooninitnedhtoo smu b T t st J er e e S h W es O th ll e D pr O o F cce n di O ng N e o o U f HONOUR. e com. its sitting held on th n manage the funds produced . by the Thomas, of the Nati o e ur of Admiral Dupetit Thouars, at d 18th inst. At the appointe financial position of t e h ne4 hour the President called on M. C. his explanation that t i d b i o sa c v d ow e a n l e o c f h A o De who gave an account of the he subscription. It appeared from public protest of which the in all the up it e c ti p t or T te h n o t ua t r o s w w c a e s the object, Three Paris and 75 provincial journals published a list of the citizens who 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 Na :lona! 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. Goudchaux, 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 19,685 E 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 f. This explanation produced no discus sion. A member 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 : " Gentletnen,—Beforeyou 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 charged 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 be 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 which 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 commando d, he spoke with a warm interest of all those who had fallen in the expedition against Otaheite. We then asked him what would, 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 motires on which it was founded should be rendered public, and it proceeded im- Ti FIE StTN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY 11VP,, , ;FING, JANUARY 22, znediately to elect a Com m itt ee to eNecyte i t . Th is DREADFUL CONFLAGRATION AT Committee i s compose d of—MM. gohdehatik, Recurt, Grisier, D av id, Delestre, InouiZe, A. Domes. EDINBURGH. EDINBURGH, SUNDAY EVENING.—This morning the inhabitants of Edinburgh were thrown into the utmost alarm and excitement by the news of a sudden breaking out of a terrillg eonflagratititi in the Old Grayfri a r s Chui•ch. The flames were first discovered about half past nine o'clock, shining through one of the windows of the eastern gable. Information being immediately com municated to the police, the fire-brigade was on the spat in little more than a quarter of en hour afterwards. By the time they arrived, howevet, the flames were btirstitig through the eastern windows with a fury quite uncon trollable. Unluckily, some time elapsed before water could be obtained; so that, when the engines (four in number) were brought into action, the whole of the eastern end of the church was enveloped in one huge whirling mass of fire. The flames having become visib:e from the Castle, a body of the 87th Regiment were dispatched forthwith to the scene to render what assist aance they could in arresting the progress of the fire; and certainly it is but due to them to say, that they exerted 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 churches erected on the spot, under the same roof. which are known by the names of the Old 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 observed 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 and anon rising above the din, rendered the scene altogether appalling. By eleven o'clock the roof had entirely given way, and almost every portion of the woodwork was con sumed. It had been well had the calamity ended here, but the result was not so fortunate. The flames had by this time 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 great as these efforts 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 f or t h e rap i d de struction of he edifice ; but be this as it may, by one o'clock the fire had made such progress, both within and without the building, that all h o p es o f saving any part of the two churches, except the bare walls, was aban doned. It being close on the church hour when the flames were at their height, thousands of people were wending their 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 purpo se o f ext i ngu i shing 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 sh or ari t n h g er t e he w sa o m ul e d h p a o v s i e t i b o e n e , apart d f e r r o a m b e o d t h a e n r g er o buildings,f their fate. .• the practice in these churches to leate the sieve burniiig all night unwatched we do not know, but in the present instance that appears to have been the case, and there is every reason to believe that the pipe which was laid along the floor unprotected had become heated, and set the ti.djaetet weed on fire; The stove was placed near the south most window of the east griW ; Ithich was the spot where the flames were first seen by the yoting: woman Munro. It is to be hoped that in future all , church stoves will be carefully watched. It will be re membered that a large cluster of ancient churches in l)ttndee were nearly all consumed about three years ago in consequence of similar carelessness. We may add, that the Lord Provost, Baillies Mack, Wilkie, Duncan, and Gray, and Mr. Sheriff Spiers, and other authorities, were early in attendance, along with Mr. Brown, town architect. The 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 scene with great dispatch, so exerted himself that in the course of the day he 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 useful 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. Each of the churches, we are informed, was insured to the extent o 1,6001. 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 irreliiions 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 w e find, by the letter of th e 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 in a befitting way, with my fellow countrymen in 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, " ✓ 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 require 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, Lear.) '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, h a d sa id th at concess i on 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 Bequests 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 ho 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 1545 ; 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 (Mr. O'Connell) con fussed that the Bequests Act alarmed him much more, and in noticing it lie had no intention to censure any one who took a part in th e C omm i ss i on f o r managing it, he could not but say that, under the form of something innocent, the worst measures were con templated_ as b a , n it, 1 and it was, in his mind, the duty of every i Ireland—for they were unanimou s on the subject —to _tineir an,appointment diocese to aban don the Bill, and cease from c hog, under it.—(Hear.) With referen ce to the concordat, it Lad been authoritatively denied that the British Govern went were negotiating with the Holy See to effect such arrangement. lie believed the denial, simply f or t hi s rea son—that a concordat implied a concession to bath THE ENGLISH THEATRICALS IN PARIS. 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 occasionally percep tible to the English present, that in those parts where the dialogue had bee❑ cut up to shorten the duration of the play, the force of habit was near involving more than one of 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 was not yet over when Mr. Mitchell received, through M. Delavigna (Conservateur du Mo bilier de la Couronne), 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 point intimated by M. Delavigne (brother of the late celebrated Casimir Dela vigne). Immediately upon the King's approach, his Majesty was made awai e 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 be 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. Thu 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 wh!ch he was held here, among which the least is not the thanks of the Commission des Auteurs Dramatiques.—Times. 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 publi c wor k s , a test i monial 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 SO 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 execu ti on o f t h e 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 m any o f t h ose w i th 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 he 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 Isambard 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, ESQ., 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 Subscriber:, 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. .1 3 A1ti8; 'JAN. 19. The performancep of the tnglish company have at length Wen. lirbiight to a close. Mr. Macready played ht the Opera Comique last night (gratuitously of course), in his celebrated scene from Henry IV, for the benefit of the Societe des Auteurs Dramatiques. A press of political matter precluded the possibility of my noticing hitherto the peelotroance of Hamlet at the Chateau of the Tuileries on Thursday night— an oc currence) ticvertheless, that will figure among the most remarkable jastes Bran atiqucs of our epoch. The theatre of the Chateau is precisely the Ihll of the National Convention. It is beautifully fitted up. and, lem told, capable of containing 1,000 spectators. This, however, appears doubtful, for there were present on Thursday night only 630 or 660 persons, and it was literally crammed, The hour fixed for the commencement 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 Family, with the exception of the Queen of the Belgians and the Duchess Auguste of Saxe-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 Corps Diplomatique and their ladies, to gether with—it is hardly necossary to say—the elite of French society, and a considerable 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 indicatio❑ 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 royal presence such manifestations. Macready lost nothing, however, by the delay, as you shall see pre sently. 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 6001., 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 1,000/. each. They were both the pro perty of the city, and were occupied by the Establishment. (From the Caledonia n Mercury.) Yesterday (Sunday) forenoon, one of the most appall ing fires 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. o'clock The wereaymaesyounc an W fi o r m sto , bserved about half-p as t n i ne 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 tho 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 sp rea d through the buildin g with fearul 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. Withi n half an hour after the first alarm, the whole 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 it' 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 defitruc 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 of the building (New Grayfriars), to which the fire had communicated along the roof, for although 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 that was not work, through which the flames soononpeenteertrriabtleed, con flagration. part gh a thus flasp or artai involved upniah ad thebee been entire th e progress buildi of the fire that by half past in y th aou great quan tity of water w as co nstantly poured up on it, no visible pbalasztienlgevwenith the o'clock greatest there w fu as ry s , ca a rc nd el 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 emb ers , t h a t s h o t into the s k y, and fell like burning hail at a grea t distance from th e scene. The wind being from 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 withdraw n , 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 m ummy , l oo k s down on the g l oomy waste by which it is encompasse d. The older p ort i on 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 A. D:, 1845. TIIE DUKE OF WELLINGTON AND THE PRESS. — In relation to a paragraph on this subject, which we copied y es t er d ay from the Times, the Morning Post of to-day has the following :—" A statcment 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 th e d es i red permission to those Inv ho i sought t, has granted the same in the most obliging mantor."—Post. _1845, aides; lift tint Drnish Minister would not mane arty arringernerrt in which the encession was not alt og ether a one-sided tfair:--(Hear i hear.) This f a ct, ho wever .. could not b e denied, that Mr. Petre, the en vo y o f the British Minister, was Ocivrally residing in name, and the friends of Ireland were OYsent from Rome, when the rescript which creat e d such egtil , ,ement was obtained from the Pope.--(Loud cries of " Hear, he%r.") Mr. O'Connell then suggested that twu delegates should be sent to Rome on 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 code siastical interference with the Catholic clergy who had embarked, or were about embarking in the struggle, the political struggle, for the freedom, and liberty, and 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 Parliament, and that they report this day week.—Passed. Some further sums were handed in. Mr. O'CONNELL 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'clock the meeting adjourned. SYRO-EGYPTIAN SOCIETY. A general meeting of this Society took place yester day evening, at its rooms in Mortimer- street. There were about a hundred ladies and gentlemen present. Isaac Cailemore, Esq., in the chair. The CHAIRMAN haVilig made a few preliminary re marks, in the course of which he mentioned that the members of the Society now amounted to eighty, The minutes of the last meeting were read by Dr. HOLT YATES, the Honorary Secretary, and adopted. Mr. NEVILES MUSSAIIINI then read a further portion of a paper, commenced at the last 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 BUCKINGIIAM, by way of settling the ques tion as to the d escent o f t h e I r i s h f rom the Pheenicians, 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 Phcenician forefathers.: Mr. C. FRIOTT 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. WHEATLY, 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 after 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 movement 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. HAMBURGH MAIL. WARSAW, JAN. 6.—There is no foundation what ever for the announcement that it is intended to build a new fortress at Kalirch. 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. HANOVER, JAN. 12.—The Bishop of Heldershein 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 Heldershein 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 Breslaw, to Dr. Latussek, the suffragan, and adds, in a postscript of a Roman Catholic at Bres law, " A report is just spread here that in conse quence of Dr. Reginbrecht's protest, an extraordinary meeting of the chapters of this city has been held to r 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."—Hamburgh Papers, Jan. 17. FLANDERS MAIL. (RECEIVED TIIIS 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 several communes of this arrondissement, whose 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 th e Bl ac k S ea , by w hi c h the number of steamers belonging to the Austrian Lloyd is increased to 20. u G e r s z t q at B EDS the RUINOUS EFFECTS OF Ir! —Yesterday Mr. Wakl 3 e c y r p_A e _ y • k I -street, Portman-square, T L E P MP It E I held N a C n B in; Masons' Arms, Upper James e Green, i : aged :32. appeared that on the body of, h, had been employed in the stables deceased, in his yout of the Duke of Richmond, General Crosby, and of other lost succe - sivel • these • persons of distinction,. buty situa tions from his intemperance. Ile became fur the last - years a d jobbing helper in liv er y sta b les at the I f four t nd, an on Sunday morning was found dead on the paved floor of one of them, belonging to Mr. Shen ton, of Williams-mews, Adam -street Vest. In those stables. for the last nine months, he had slept, some times in the hayloft, but latterly, for more warmth, on straw, in one of the horse stalls. Though pressed to enter an infirmary or hospital, he always refused, 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 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 somlble comfort, but from fear of being debarred gin, he prefers disease and death, in the enjoyment of the latter, to health and long life with temperate treatment.—Ver dict, " Natural death," -- LAW INTELLIGENCE. ARCHES COURT, Jun. 21. (Before Sir H. JENNER FEIST ) TEM OFFICE OF THE JUDGE PROMOTED HY TROWERS V. THE REY. JOHN HURST. This is a proceeding of articles promoted by letters of request from the diocese of Chichester against the Rev. Mr. Hurst, Vicar of Thackham, in the county of Sussex, for the " reformati o n o f hi s sou l' s h ea lth," & e . The charges against the reverend defendant were con tained in a series of articles, charging constant and pro miscuous adulterous connexion with two of his ser vants, 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 Bayford, who were civilians 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 lather up stairs—that he had attempted the chastity of a young servant while two others of the household were in the same room, with whom it is pleaded he had afterwards and previously had sexual in tercourse. Dr. ADDAMS was heard on behalf of the Rer. Mr. Hurst. It was a case which ought to have undergone a preliminary investigation before the Bishop, and then probably the party might have submitted to 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. He (Dr. Addams) could not justify the language made use of by the Rev. Mr. Burst, nor 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 deprivation in the present suit. Dr. Phillimore, jun., remains to be heard on tho same side. COURT OF EXCISE, Jan. 21. Before Captain PERCY, J. F. STEPIIENSON, Esq., and J. C. lIERRIEs, Esq.) EXTENSIVE ILLICIT DISTILLATION AND ATTACK ON THE EXCISE OFFICERS. Frederick Jones, alias Frederick Timbermere, of No. 5, Little Celling woo d- street , B et h nal - 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. Kiddie, Jones, and Wallis, officers of Excise. After considerable trouble they succeeded in effecting an entrance, and found a large quantity of fermented wash, and other material's 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 defandant 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 ;" 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 50/. John Nicholson and William Nicholson, wine-mer— chants, of St. Martin's-lane, were fined 251. for haviug the words " Licensed dealers in foreign wines" over their door, having no such license. --- ROYAL ADELAIDE GALLERY. Yesterday this favourite establishment was visited during the day and evening by great numbers. Of the morning entertainments, one of the most interesting was Dr. 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. In the course of the Lecture the Learned Doctor intimated 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 licenig'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. The men were matched for 501. 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 appointed locality, where they met a great number of the provincial fancy; and, although another fight was announced to come off, which divided the " milling fancy," there was a vast anon 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.—Yestei day the pugilistic contest between Young Sambo (of 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-two minutes, when a severe round Aas 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. r ,------ HER LAJESTY i---- la S UCKIIOUNDS.—The bye-day for this week having been appointed for yesterday, instead of Wednesday, the meet took place at the usual hour, on lye! , 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 hunt. Tom Thumb, on being turned out, took away to Long-lane, through Ickenham Park to Newdigate's farm, and thence to Harefiehl village, leaping the high palings into the park, on to the copper mills and West Ilyde, 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 easily ignitable coin nitabl" taken at Chalfont St. Gil es ' s , a f ter a b eaut if u l run o f an hour and a quarter. Tom Th um b was i n v i ew , fi e ld f or field, for five miles, f r om H are fi e ld up to th e fi n i s h. Th e celebrated deer, Foxley, whi c h was l os t i n th e wood near the Ruislip reservoir on F r id a y th e 10th in s tant, h as not been recovered. It was la s t seen near Oxey wo o d s , about foul. miles from Rickinansworth, and there is v er y little reason to doubt it has been shot and carried off lair some of the numerous hords of poachers with whi c h that neighbourhood abounds. The meet on Friday wilt take place at Maidenhead. ALARMING FIRES.—Last night between t en ant eleven o'clock, a very alarming fire broke out upon the premises belonging to Mr. Farraday,japan ner, s i tuate al No. 33, Brick-lane, Spitalfields. It o r i g i nated in the p w o o s r e k d s h chieflyo p I t the of f timber. Owing the o w d in w g - el t l o in g th —a e a nature of the same, not many minutes elapsed before the place was enveloped in flames. Several engines of the brigade, with those of the parish and County-office, were early in arriving, and being aided with aenti u 1 1 1 supply p of water, the firemen soon extinguished the flames, not - however, until th e b u i lding in which they c o m menced was nearly destroyed. Fortunately, the loss will b e Exchange-office an covered by an i nsurance in the Royalh ffi ge-o ce The overheating of a stove is the supposed cause of the outbreak. Between twelve and one this morning n. second fire, and which was nearly attended with falls! consequences, was discovered burning upon the premises belonging to Mr. Davis, saddler, of 100, High-strcet, Borough. It appears that the attention of a gentleman in passing was directed towards the premises by per ceiving smoke issuing through the wirAlow-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 enabled to escape through one of the upper windows and without meeting with any injury. Lugines of the brigade, County, and West of England offices, were early in arriving, and there being a good supply of water, one engine was found sufficient to subdue the flames. The origin of this fire is unknown. The proprietor is insured in the Phenix-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 or SO persons assembled to evince the respect and esteem which his conduct has gained for him during a residence among them of upwards of eight years. The chair was occupied by Paul Dane, Esq., o f Killyhevlin. J.P. ; the vice - chair by Thomas Ker nag - h am ag 4 Reporter, Jan, 111', I