The Sun. — London, England, 1845-01-23 00:00:00

...... --..4. , u reh 3, 67 d be r f r, )6, oNi to ' . 043,, rk . e 5 a pro' , Since the : passing of Lord Brougham's Act abolishing atainisonra ant for debt, there has been a very material deelil iQ of business in the Sheriffs' and Secondaries' rCo!trts, lilP,intitTs not feeling very desirous to enter ; !'t V, 'nen, if they obtain a verdict, they are not very been to recover, after the heavy expenses they have l ' r en at .m. takin g out writs. At the Secondaries' Court the at seldom more than two or three cases ; at the She' ' ittmg there Was not one case for trial, nod at the '''''riffi' Court the most of the cases are now undefended. Hyde one of the patients in St. George's Hospital, Park-eorner, committed suicide by inflicting a iirefulful wound on his throat with a knife. , The ~iraffe of the Garden of Plants, Paris, presented in 1827'by Mehemet Ali to Charles X., has just died, and consequently has lived in this climate seventeen years. honorary medals were on Monday presented, at Wool *id, to the un der-mention e d men of the Royal Marine Corps, for long service and good conduct, in presence of The Woolwich division, viz. :—Edward Sutton, colour ergoant, medal an d gratuity of 1.51. ; Andrew I)oukin, prirate, medal and gratuity of 5/. .........._ I N COU RT CIRCULAR. t3SOR, WEDNESDAY. --Their Royal Highnesses n m es .e s r e e s the P r i nce of Wales an d t h e Princess yo 3 n for walking exercise this morning Terrace, and i n t h e pleasure -grounds adjacentontott,h als o takehaese Castle. Her R oyal Highness the Princess Alice ,N n an airing to-dav iiiThe Duchess of Gloucester visited their Royal , ghneBses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Helr.et "itarY Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Stre i z Yesterday, at Cambridge House. Ills Excellency the Turkish Ambassador trans letAeldr.business Yes erday at the Foreign-office., Higham Secretary and Comptroller-Genxeral, doin the Commissioners for the Reduction of the 1 a f. al Deb t, th e - p had an interview with the Chancellor h.„.,e4x.hequer yesterday, at his official residence in --eiznime-street. The Worshipfulbus AI P Colonel Peel, - `as ade n' A . 9 11 t . don in favour of the lona 0 putation froin un ing _ _ M.P., and Mr. 1 4 1 n and York Railway, attended yesterday at the atltivity Department of the Board of Trade to pre- R a i l t : rneMorial in favour of the London and York fre T t „ Fle Tt i tev• Dr. Smith and illr. Lomas, a .l deputation fe "orneastle, to present a similar memoria _ _ r. i v r Worshipful the Mayor of Grantham sod M si4 e , B l a deputation from Grantham, to present a xcr aletnorial. depu ttitroitir•isaac Dods and Mr. Charles. kr4r. ~r°,!l_l Spalding, t o present l id , a n s e i s m s i l Rennie, i ar_ r,. a memorial. and . 4.2,,,,1iff0rd Pease, Mr. Io cr , n_ . Tall, 4 .siiiiiia,4lr .ra. Serfirrinitrhia, i! deputation from hull, to present kr, resent Llndsell, a deputation from Biggleswade, to n 1 . a limilar memorial ; also to present asimilar e.,i'Dernil from the town of Bedford. br4na. Worshipful the Mayor of East Retford ter „, and to Prese t; e ' al, a deputation from East Re f d k r. t a similar memorial. I l atati Ada rns, Mr. Sturdy, and Mr. 7 s, oupland, a de- A . t r °ll ftlone I3oston, to present a similar memoria r l e .. , ett _. Ellison and the Rev. ii. w. Sibthorp, to p A ~. s imilar memorial from Lincoln. l'e'teirrbtk Itiniso? and 4r. Whitwell, a deputation from .I.4.l(t)iug'', t° Present a similar memorial lent a P r i: ) ,ei 4 deputation from Newark, h lied ye,l:lll,l,'',ar memorial in favour d aY at' AailwaY, who transacted bu o s f in t es e s Tim e. the Railway Department of the Board t London to pre tlis.. yes . te e r- . eei vEr' f4lteh es from the Governor of Gibraltar were `yesterday at the Colonial -office. SVIIO-EGYPIIAN SOCIETY. re ehty tgveea!ral meeting of this Society took place on T T h u e e r s e - Wes, 0 , 1 ' 1 4, at its rooms in Mortimer. street. 01 Is e litt a hinidred ladies and gentlemen present. The er'ir, Esq., in the chair. tretres ItAtazesis having made a few preliminary th re the taet t b e '_la the course of which he mentioned The re ars the Society now amounted to eighty, by o,.!..t,9ltiutes of the last meeting were read Goatrif. I_ATES, the Honorary Secretary, and adopted.nrcon )f,4,:''.lervtees Mussenzet then read a further Society,p i P , coninaenced at the last meeting of the lati r , El e , ,I)Jeet of the Races of Man. Mr. Mussabninat ftith,,,,,ed hit, he would conclude his dissertation o f,•.s.' ,o:ecasion, ti oli ' . .,'• %/ tat Bccatecneet, by way of settling the . q i v a e n s s, 14, 11 ,'' on t e .the descent of the Irish from the . Plrenic %it" boned a fact which had come within his knowledge, of Lgentleintin from Fez, who, by means of the language Viit,,a,e mountailieers of Atlas, with which sT'Y aciluainted, kept up, conversation with two b . ,11.1.11 ea 111 their native iaieam " He also knew of a ,211,_15e1t!1 lidy, w.,f, he was int,i -° b 37 means of the Irish language con inheiri, it t : lady, e free] o of c a 2, l al ;: these mountaineers the descendants 1.t.(4441,-eAiionatigafe,n,litaa,ng.:,h(a,inhdd take huge in ancient tinrs air.l ~.% , reiattiers. Preserved the dialect of their of p a.'- kaIOTT BARBER then commenced the reading l'illio, Per on the condition of _...S 'ria—a subject with . ttliis r Le may be suepo d t b 3. 11 acquainted, his 111.4e,stti; rOgilat(*.t,itleo,gbebl believe) than- ri Es;g yYears e n dwCeho Consul-General su himself l-Ci . en e having rnl a for . , u!lllcvdi ~.-,,,ypt fifteen years. The paper, it was an its lati ve t_ eould contain som e ' important information r its rest u the peodu • IM P ° the country, b,.. , ources, ctions and commerce o f 1..,„ lit io ,048 and the orki.ag of the .ild and new tariffs 1 , 11 .: 5i . I t t P t o ic ti a t i h s e lt s e e t cilatlenee °f t h.e extent of the preliminary B.I:n epointtshe. I...ortion contaieing the inf e o e r t n i a n a g. n . 1 1.13 y, A t •!-_-___gas Postponed till the next m liars ePti Te es 7 i 1' ADELAIDE GALLERY. visited _ag the, day this favourite establishment was tre42.4,7 ,etee. sat evenin g by great n s u t ir i i a b t e e r r s e . s t i nOgf wasth the ~,,ft,i'liiitles,ts reetlnreeentlsCTiienaofatnhil most i t ,_ ( an th: .11etie_CibY the exhibition of many curiosities n'ait t , r, _ est al Empire, including dresses, household C 'bit eu,trs agricultural and warlike instruments, 8: • I c n , that h e ; e ?f the Lecture the Lea d rned to D c oc e tor intimate 1 l'epe,,`,s s nettly ab n provinces to an4,llltltlese LetUrens,ntat t o tg e r c e e q e u e i s n t of influential per -41 th: had heard them in this institution. %tilt oo:vesning there was presented a new variationof l e veret tieert ia Jullien, in which were introduced t _ e nett, „ypropria k id 4., eirrived p ar ... tell Terpsichorean illustrations by h b, fit rived Ale rian dancers, Mademoiselle Louise ..iosq. ‘.l!r xaedre. These artistes were . tw . i . c .s e al l ,in!ss Clairton was also encored in Zingarelli Iltif.is re' ! Sweetly o'er my senses stealing," and Mr. le,enie,,!;tved very great applause in his performance ~.kasial '''' 3 " Posthor g 1 p " On the whole the 'ally e-peprite.rtaininet torn of Th e 1 en.ited by the auience. an.s.uperior order, and was "Parirlia,ughtng•as, dissolving views, and philosophical AS NI% ate, with eelectrici7l eels, were as attractive Loltiir,,,EAL it T -----"--- ------e. ers - eetir .> of the MALT -.TAX.---..... e_ , _ . 6 I,atorib..st I;matil'edne,titlirtiEl Committee, ' , ell 'al gentlemen and leakng Agriculturists, litittit Part s of the including some ofth e 1 0 t o ad;c)._ country, took 'plac e on Monday, ptUhre -13, Ilt Ifot,eturninent, at the ;tamer's Club-house, 4 of ,akin.mn, Bridge-street, Blackfriars, fur the pur eeit,„„ ee i h , as to be ado'' c'..asideration the most efficient ei total peal`Ptied in order to obtain an immediate Th1:0,1.4X, Zi si : " the duty on malt. 4.3•1 r. Fisher . Hobbs, N I ~fP, th e ~ -roaturnously called on to presideiteeMsre.vTe.. ecittivtZiatitli,,.niteactientnaryw,lsliuebhmtiltate;db totithreenceo received from local ZP,te,%iebes (itablisshed in various parts of the kingdom, ma' e' o _ e 'e of their views on the subject, and their cor .^ tooPhe!ltiOn. With the central committee in London. tw o -,v"atrieres .of 13edford. and Northampton were parti frit? Lilndre, in the cause, and in the latter count• nearly 11 111 N k q !ntleneen and farmers had united . and t.e ktrtil parisTraittee, with the intent of canvassing the 114,terititied tis and districts of the shire. Itbe t Id waropted, itirl itlo ß k tistl i c i ge n : :o trills n e ir' a p l e d ti i t s i t o r i ict s c n o n m u mitt ees of the ;')l.lbz,t-°r.r\sig,nature, and ev the meeting separated:. I C.D. l'jystla; a `l 4 l'n OF COLONEL REN,I,sTFrrd, .:: Hand I..._est,t,„_ll in OF was held at the before fir, I Wakley IZzle, oil'av'i43e_lo tt-street, 13r0n?pt,01.1., ;tektYil k tiott,,, w 'lr the body of Colonel Charles Robert ;treenioriti6edGl, who und dead in his bed on Sun- Ztlaiie.at,,,,', at his residence, No. 31, Hans -square, 4141 (,7". Mr. NVilliana Morrah, surgeon, of Sloane i)ted 2.5 s ea, deposed that he was intimately ac adder the late gallant Colonel, who held a coin the p7r the Duke f W 11' in during the whole 13trif •eatrlaUl 9 e 195 on I d • to si far campaign. Witness had attence nitn 1,41pi.i,t- since the 10th of last December. His 1.1 111 1 has disease of the heart. On Sunday Ni ta fg last during Divine service, witness was Nsed.roni church t - of the de- N, witness 0 attend at the residence l , 'ant oftie L'i,ess went imtnediately, and f, and the Vl:al,lllll,,,,Berin bed, quite dead. Ile must have been so of th e 13 y the Coroner_ are of opinion that the t atti rl I ors&deceasd was caused by natural causes. trl ,„ . le r 0 .sen_trered Ins room there was a phial and t‘",4taittl),ed the' nidedisesiinneg-itabille,d the sleartitad of fot wh i i i t had I a „, , ,,re..,o n to imagine thar he died otherwise than ; 4 1. 1,1.41 caues. By the foreman —The deceased `'i,liat ofc:81of temperate habits. He had often complained ,t khi l t'lt , In the chest, and a difficulty in breathing. Mk' '1'10(105 h• k the d t: iii ed. , , ouse eeper to eceased, was next ki., ;Ponds(l,9ne stated that her master had been in a INIIIg th Itg state of health for so time ;s ees attendance of Mr. AI past,and:uhrinoev(ennShaetulvrdasa3inhheisr Wrirt to bed at his usuar l ' i . itlk,,..t.h. Oa the following morning, about nine ti kizitness went up to his bedroora door, but, after bycllttllt 41,'tkireeP.ieatedly, she received no answ er ; she be ',lithe door, and a. carpenter was Sent for, who burst t(„L'iCororie when Crh master was found dead in bed. e:r`lkitt,ti , 11--I have no reason to suppo se my master li vi, reti tutelde. lie vas a bachelor, and lived in a v,t4itt:planner. yis sister, who was his only tele tl N TT , zi m•---'` Died by the visitation of God." I.:tkltie.i,,,:: brataTte•--onkt ssan early hour on Sunday t..urday se'anight, :somethieves '44 l- ` ° St• Andrew', 11,,(, i titit cif , the windnwsibit,rti-lli, :. by removing the glass u , n 10 , i i chest I C:vi°°I::11'1, hrGkoi °pen, but foerttcuulan'tn4l V0.4.4'10id been r emoved t placeof le P at had _ ue ~ e. ° a I,e 4 7,._ it.er. eqthtietive`-'1 -URADE.--The Yarn market continues W. N I . and buoyant, showing an advance of one -14 tl,lind in several descriptions of yarn, espe -4' 4%1 1" 3 Inule, suitable for the India inae ket, ~,, tt4it., Taheeticular tounts and qualities of water toklt,4"' p,ie,pooda continue much the same as last for ',,, are perfectly firm, and stock s low ; but, eiettie,.therel°B°4 0-inch .3hirtings, which are in de ' Gliwicotii. o great activity in the market. -2tlan- `FE _SUN, LONDON, Fr HEEL MAJESTY AT STRATI! FIELD,SANt. STRAITIMEtbS,VrE t TUESDAY EVENING.—The pro mise (A' fine weather afforded by the close of yesterday was quite falfilled . to-day. Th e morning oretk'd With a fine frost, and the rest of the ire,lf&s been remark ably fine, even warm, In addition to the list of guests given in our paper yesterday, there were at the dinner on Monday Mr. and Mrs. Shaw Lefevre, Mr. and Mrs. Hunter, Mr , . Portal, the H on . B . B ar i ng, and the Hon. endlteV. Gerald Wellesley, rector of the parish And the Duke's domestic chaplain. There were also some visitors in the evening --Mr, and Mrs. Pigott, Captain and Mrs,, Brown, Miss Vc a 1 tn isley, Dr. Keate (Dealt ‘oif sor), tgad Mr. and Mrs. Keate. The band of the Grenadier Guards played during the evening. They were stationed in the conservatory, The royal party sat in the library after dinner,, 0,114 her Majesty was much interested in the hotts`e, parts of which she saw during the evening. There is a very remarkable collection of old and modern prints, very numerous, which are hung all over the walls. There are also .setne goud pictures in the drawing and dining-rooms, with which her Majesty wal tuttch pleased. Her Majesty and the Prince retirerl to rest at eleven &dock. This morning her Majesty and the Prince rose at seven o'clock, aria 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 hcr 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 11'ellesley 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. ADMIRAL DtTPETIT THOUARS AND THE SWORD OF HONOUR. The Nationai publishes the proceedings of the com mittee appointed to manage the funds produced by the subscription in honour of Admiral Dupetit Thouars, at its sitting held on the 18th inst. At the appointed hour the President called on M. C. Thomas. of the National, who gave an account of the financial position of the subscription. It appeared from his explanation that the pulAlie protest of which the disavowal of Admiral Pst'petit Thouars was the object, found an echo in tsti the important towns of France. 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 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. 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 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 f. This explanation produced no discus sion. A member observed that it would bo 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 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 aecompaYsied by calumnies, we asked him whether he wesiid accept a sword of honour, or whether the committee should employ the funds for another pur- Posr.:! Admiral Dupetit Thouars, who experienced on receiving. us an emotion which he did not conceal, told us that he sees profoundly affected at our proceeding, that he kit 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 to praise 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 commanded, he spoke with a warm interest of all those who had fallen in the expedition against Otaheite. We then asked him what %%mild, according to his idea, be the best mode of employing the funds subscribed ? To which he replied 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 dev,;sel 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 sho r t 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 Jill. mediately to elect a Committee to execute it. This Committee is composed o f—MM . Goudchaux, Recurt, Grisier, David, Delestre, Degouse, A. Domes. PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. —MY. Wallace, the Member for Greenock, has the following notice of motion on the Order Book of the House of Commons for the session appointed to commence on the 4th proximo. To move at the next session of Parliament as follows: " That with a view to avoid in future the anomalies and 'inconveniences which have sprung out of the sale of papers under the order of this House, and restore to it the independent and valuable privileges which formerly were possessed, as well as the respectability which the House of Lords has not forfeited by a sale of the papers printed under its orders, no sale of papers printed under the order of this House shall take place hereafter." The Hon. Member procured a return in the course of last session on the same subject, from which it appears, that besides the information afforded to the public by the publication of the papers printed by order of the House, the net profit to the public by the sale of printed Parliamentary papers (pm )836 to e 1843 amounted to 30 1 11,4 76. 2 d. LITERATURE. FOREIGN QU4R,TERLY flf.E IV.—No. 68. C/Actti4 , en ana: Lull, London, 1845. V4 : ': b some talent in this Number, and the in formation it contains is by no means of an ordinary character, hut, as a whole, it is heavy, and wants the relief aff or d e d b y ap t choice and variety of subject: We have too much t for inntaike, aborit thins And India, thoerh a t ilelet, on these tate, have b een ex p a ti a t e d On us iteirs,? i'situsearis-are skilfully reasoned, arid e'Virees ho slight amount of research. Had they appeared a year or two since, when pubic attention was keenly and anxiously fixed the East, they would have been much more ac ceptable to the general reader; but, ; just . rift; tlieY possess no mor e fl avo ur or pivittaKy than fish or game out of season., Ti!TY ti t article in the Number is ricvotO td a consideration of the Baron Hormayr's " Reminiscences of the Wars in Germany"—a work not less conspicuous by its boldness, than the justnean of its portraits o f th e numerous eminent politicians and soldiers who took part In these wars. Referring incidentally to the herculean efforts made by the Germans to emancipate themselves from the thraldom of Napoleon, the reviewer truly states that the merit of these patriotic efforts belongs rather to the Prussians than the Austrians, whose rulers were in variably sluggish and obstinate, and constantly damped by their perverse, changeable, and timid policy, th e en th us i asm o f the people. Hadi the Arch duke Charles been left to follow out his own views, he would have been a far more formidable opponent to the French Emperor than he was; but the crooked and halting policy of the Aulic Council, by whom his plans were perpetually circumvented, deprived him of all freedom of action, and rendered him little better than a mere cypher. Here is a specimen of an Austrian Minister, Baron Thugut, who retired from office somewhere about the year 1801. God help the people subjected to the sway of such a man ! " Force was in Thugut's eyes the only infallible, eternal, divine thing; inexorable and irreconciliable, he possessed in the highest degree the patience of hatred. His goal lay always as plain before, as his means and his instruments were secret and crooked. His policy knew neither virtue nor vice, but only means to an end. He desired neither to convince nor to seduce, but was content when he could compel. In him dwelt a sovereign contempt for human nature. His great weapon was fear. " Oderint dum metuant," he muttered frequently between his teeth, and expa tiated with a smile, on the Emperor Nero, who, he said, was a charming man, only the Romans did not understand him. Independence of character, freedom of opinion, generosity and pure virtue, he positively abhorred." If this portrait be not overcharged, it represents as heartless, unprincipled, and tyrannical a statesman, as ever cursed a country, and degraded human nature. No wonder that Napolean should so speedily and easily have humbled the pride of Austria, in his first brilliant Italian campaigns, when such a politician as Thugut held the foremost rank in her Cabinet ! " Bettina Brentano" is a notice of the most recently published correspondence of this en thusiastic young German authoress, who when only sixteen years of age, fell desperately in love with Goßhe, then upwards of sixty, attracted by his poetic celebrity, and the beauty of a portrait which she had seen of him in his youth. For this strange infatuation Bettina was much censured by her friends; but the attachment on both sides seems to have been purely a platonic one, and some few years afterwards the fair enthusiast married, and is noir, we understand, quietly settled down into a staid, homely, common-place wife, with lots of children about her who, in conjunction with a plain, matter-of-fact husband, have served to dispel all the romance of her early life. In the observations on the " Projected ship canal across the great American Isthmus" this magnificent undertaking is warmly re commended, the reviewer remarking, " assuming that it should even cost four millions, there can be little doubt that an ample return might be realized by a moderate toll, even should we found our calcula tions on the existing state of commerce and naviga tion, end leave wholly out of consideration the vast increase they would infallibly receive so soon as the barrier of the Isthmus was broken down. The new route would then be taken by all vessels from Europe destined for those points which are now reached by doubling Cape Horn ; that is to say, the whole western coast of North and South America, and the islands of the South sea." From a discriminating criticism on "Freiligrath's Poems," we quote a spirited lyric entitled " Freedom and Right," which —together with a German translation of Burn's noble song, " A Man's a Man for a' that" —was, it seems, prohibited by the pedantic and tyrannical Austrian Government -0 say not, believe not, the gloom of the grave For ever has closed upon Freedom's glad light, For that sealed are the lips of the honest and brave, And the scorners of baseness are robbed of their right. Though the true to their oaths into exile are driven, Or, weary of wrong, with their own hands have given Their blood to their jailers, their spirits to heaven— Yet immortal is Freedom, immortal is Right. Freedom and Right I Let us not be by partial defeats disconcerted ; They will make the grand triumph more signal and bright ; Thus whetted, our zeal will be doubly exerted, And the cry be raised louder of Freedom and Right ! For these two are one, and they mock all endeavour Of despots their holy alliance to sever, Where there's Right be ye sure there are freemen, and ever Where freemen are found, will God prosper the Right. Freedom and Right ! And let this thought, too, cheer us—more proudly defiant The twins never bore them in fight after fight, Never breathed forth a spirit more joyous and buoyant, Making heroes of dastards in nature's despite. Round the wide earth they're marching ; their message they've spoken, And nations leap up at the heart-thrilling token ; For the serf and the slave they have battled, and broken The fetters that hung upon black limbs and white. Freedom and Right And battle they still, where the voice of earth's sorrow Tells of wrongs to avenge, of oppressions to smite ; And conquerors this day, or conquered to-morrow, Fear ye not, in the end they will conquer outright. Oh ! to see the bright wreath round their victor brows shining, All the leaves that are dear to the nations combining, Erin's shamrock, the olive of Hellas entwining With the oak-leaf, proud emblem of Germany's might ! Freedom and Right ! There are sore aching bosoms and dim eyes of weepers Will be gathered to rest ere that day see the light ; But ye two will Ballow the graves of the sleepers, 0 ye blest ones, we owe to them, Freedom and Right ! Fill your glasses meanwhile :—To the hearts that were true, boys, To the eause that they loved when the storm fiercest blew, boys, Who had wrong for their portion, but won right for you, boys, Drink to them, to the Right, and to Freedom through Right ! Freedom through Right ! RESIGNATION OF MR. BARON GURNEY.-Mr. Baron Gurney, in consequence of continued ill•health and increasing weakness, has sent to the Lord Chan cellor his resignation of the high office of one of the Barons of the Exchequer, which the Learned Baron has filled for some years with great ability and satisfaction to the bar and the public. The general opinion in West minster Hall is that Mr. Platt, Q C., will succeed to the vacant seat on the Exchequer Bench, but of course no arrangement has at present been made.—Evening paper. EXTRAORDINARY INSTANCE OF TIIE POWER OF ENDURANCE IN TUE HUMAN FRAME.—A Post-office messenger passes twice daily through the village of Great Bardfield, in Essex. In the morning he walks fuurteen miles, carrying weight which varies from 14lbs. to 401bs. The time in which he has to perform the distance, stoppages included, is three hours. lie rests six hours, and then returns by the same route, and within the same limit of time. This, over a somewhat rough, cross-country road, he has done every day for upwards of eight years. Throwing the average weight into the scale, the task has been estimated equal to the labour of walking thirty-fire miles per day ; and even in the most unfavourable state of the weather he has been rarely known to exceed his time by a quarter of an hour. Could he be induced to try his "powers" in public, there is little doubt that he would put to a severe test some of the "stags" and " deers" of walking celebrity. It is stated that he can carry weight in a given time to a greater distance than has hitherto been accomplished by any other pedestrian. He is confident that he could travel on foot forty miles a day, for 365 days in succession. He is now in his 38th year, stands about five feet nine inches, and weighs under nine stone. - , ALARMING FlRES.—Tuesday night between ten and eleven o'clock, a very alarming fire broke out upon tht_ premises belonging to Mr. Farraday, japanner, situate at No. SJ, Spitalfields. It originated in the workshop at the rear of the dwelling—a building corn posed chiefly of timber. Owing to the easily ignitable nature of the same, not many minutes elapsed before tht 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 a plentiful supply of water, the firemen soon extinguished the flames, not however, until the building in which they comrnence6 was nearly destroyed. Fortunately, the loss will be 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 yesterday morning second fire, and which was nearly attended with fats consequence, was discovered burning upon the premise_ belonging to Mr. Davis, sathiler, of 100, High-street. Borough. It appears that the attention of a gentleman in passing was directed towards the premises by per ceiving smoke 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 enabled to escape through one of the upper windows banridgawdeit,hcty, and without meeting with any injury. Engines of the 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 Phoenix-office, IJRSDA MOl, JANIJAIt'i? 23, 1 Lbf °he u Rs Whigs. b T i F7 h t O t r y s g a i E r r e; flatter . o 3 b U er A rt Peelel DrEADFIJ4 4 doNFLitcpßiehog AT of I li — ne + sr e th l a c: nt EPINBURGH, 'E . NING,-- That morning trite' is a clever man, though a treacherous one to his own inhabitants of ' E b din urgh were throwi into the utmost party, cannot be denied, and none of his acts prove it alarm and excitement by the news of a su'dden breaking more than his adjustm en t o f t h e t i m b er duties; but , out of a terrific conflagration in the Old Grayfriars the Board of Customs is defeating his object of en- Church. The flames were first discovered about half- Uotiraging the importation of timber in the built in past nine 'o'clock, shining through one of the windows of reference ‘ tti that dt hdl§ Of O&M; ilk it fidiblilntis the eagterri,gable: Information being immediately corn indde ineasuremeni, deal s or p l an k s a b ove twenty- municated td the police, die fire , brigatle was on the spot one feet long pay less duty per load than shorter in little more than a quarter of an hotly afterwards. By deals, thus sacrificing revenue in a most unnecessary the time they arrived, however, the flames were bursting manner. I believe an enormous amount of revenue is through the eastern windows with a fury quite uncon trollah le. Unluckily, some time elapsed before water wasted by the incomp e t ency of the Board in this, as Well as matiy other matter 6, could be obtained; so that, when the engines (four in number) were brought into action, the whole of the I ant, Sir, yo ur most o b e di ent servant, eastern end of the church was enveloped in one huge W. R. 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 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 for the r a pid de struction of the edifice ; but be this as it may, by one o'clock the fire hadmade 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. 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 toague 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. ' Oa 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 1,0004 each. They were both the pro perty of . the cit.), and were occupied by the E stablishment. (From the Caledonian 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, witk, 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 pike; were in 'a few moments on the ground, and after .:‘,utting 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, Candlernaker- 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 Kenented 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's 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 betioming 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 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 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 p ar t th a t 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 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 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 gall e ry o f 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 aro only PartiallY burned, the whole wooden work has been consumed to o ashes. Looking from them th e scene in that part f the building is truly desolate and frightful ; the lnter stices betwixt the seats are filled with smouldering utmost ruins, over which large black beams lie ili a thew reek, like confusion, while the pulpit, itself burned to a calcined mummy, looks down on the gloom y waste b . portion of the y which it is encompassed. The older p build ing—the part where the fire originated—has suffered wore severely than . the . the ot h e r, being, with e xcepti on ,of the bare walls, completely annihilated. The fire originated, we understand, from a stove which ~ "t 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 - FRANCE AND OTAHEITE. ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS. The two following documents have been communi cated to the Chambers by the Minister of Marine. The first relates to the Gambier Islands ; and the second gives some details respecting the intercourse established with the chief of Wallis 's Islands : " NOTE ON THE PRESENT STATE OF THE RELATIONS OF FRANCE WITH THE CHIEFS AND POPULATION OF THE GAMBIER ISLANDS. " The French Catholic missionaries, established for the last ten years in this little archipelago, have been fully successful amongst the chiefs and inhabitants, whom they instruct and direct, without hindrance, in a course of moral culture, and by the most pacific means. This state of things, which was perfectly well known at the departure of Captain Bruat for Oceania, has caused those islands to be designated, in the instructions given to that officer, as part of those over which the Protectorate of France could be most easily established. It is in consequence of these in structions, and on the occasion of the frigate Charte anchoring at one of those islands, that the captain of the vessel was present on February 16, 1844, at a formal declaration made by the principal chiefs, of their intention to place themselves and their territory under the protection of the French authority. This act was not followed by any military occupation, nor by the installation of any administrative agent. The French missionary; the Rev. Father Liausie, was recognised by the head of this little society. The instructions addressed by Admiral de Mackau to Governor Bruat, under date of July 16, 1844, formally recommend him to abstain from all proceedings that might tend to engage the King's Government farther than what was already accomplished. Before deciding on any decisive part with respect to this simple recog nition of the French authority in these islands, it appears indispensable to wait for new reports, and the conclusion, more or less speedy, of the difficulties which have arisen in other points. The group of the Gambier Islands, situated windward of the Society Archipelago, and possessing a good port, is but thinly inhabited. The Methodist missionaries have not attempted to penetrate there, and have left the inha bitants wholly to the influence of the French mis sionaries." INTERCOURSE ESTABLISHED WITH THE CHIEFS OF THE WALLIS ISLANDS. " In the month of November, 1824, the Embuscade corvette, Captain Mallet, had to put in to the Wallis Islands for some pressing repairs, which kept the vessel for forty days in the principal port of the islands. There the King and the principal chiefs, having de clared that they made a profession of the Catholic faith, in which they had been instructed by the Rev. Father Bataillon, Bishop of Enos, and several other French missionaries residing amongst them, mani fested their intention to place themselves under the protection of our flag. The effects of the great influence exercised over the inhabitants by our missionaries, to whom they are entirely devoted, are manifest in this circumstance. The Rev. Father Bataillon, established amongst them for seven years, has reaped the happiest fruits of his apostolic care ; the public morals have become considerably ameliorated ; polygamy has ceased, except with t wo o f th e c hi e f s; the population of the archipelago, composed of 3,000 souls, are re markable for their exemplary habits of order and re gularity. Captain Mallet, perceiving that the state of this young society was so satisfactory, concluded with' the King and the chiefs a treaty—a certain harbour regulation, having for its object to assume a general regulation as favourable as possible to the strangers that should visit the islands, and these regulations were decided on with the concurrence of the English and American trading captains, in a meeting held for the purpose. Nothing exclusively applicable to French vessels was stipulated in the clauses of these regulations, and no act of authority to be exer cised in the name of France was amongst the number of the conditions agreed on. Neither was the national flag raised on any point of this little archipelago, and Captain Mallet confined himself to allow the chiefs to display a mixed flag, chosen by the missionaries, and the colours of which could only call to mind the fact of the participation of an officer of the French navy in the manifestations on the part of the chiefs. The instructions addressed to Captain Bruat by Admiral Roussin, dated July 20, 1843, contained, amongst other instructions on this subject, the following:—' The declarations transmitted by Captain Mallet imply, on the part of the chiefs, no alienation of sovereignty. They must not lead us on to form an establishment in this archipelago, nor even to engage us to keep up there permanently a vessel of the State,' &c. In the new instructions sent to Ad miral Hamelin on July 16th, 1844, by Admiral de Alackau, in reference to those just quoted, the Minis ter prescribed to restrict still more the protection to be exercised at these islands, and confined its action to friendly relations ; to visits which our vessels might be able to pay them from time to time to support the moral influence of our missionaries, but without any active intervention of any kind in the affairs of the country. Such is the situation of our present rela tions with the chiefs of these islands, and such have been the results that were proved to exist beyond all possibility of conflicts or difficulties from without, when the Bucephale corvette put in and remained there in November and December, 1843." ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—A vast number of workmen have been incessantly employed ever since the close of last season in effecting the most extensive improvements and alterations in all parts of the grounds. Nor has the Zoological department been forgotten. The collection has lately been materially in creased. In fact, the ♦isitors to these delightful gardens will hardly be able to recognise them in their improved and extended state. ENTERTAINMENT AT THE MANSION-House.--The Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress gave a very ele gant entertainment to his brother Aldermen and th it ladies, and to some of the municipal officers and their ladies, on Tuesday. There wer e amongs t those pre sen t, Aldermen Lucas, Sir Peter Laurie, Farebrother, Kelly, Wilson, Marshall, Sir John Pirie, Ilumphery, Sir G. Carrel, Farncemb, Hooper, Wood, Johnson, Challis, Hughes Hughes, Moon, Hunter, Sidney (Sheriffs), the Chamberlain, Wm. Masterman, M.P., the City Solicitor, Mr. Secondary James, Mr. Secondary Potter, the Town Clerk, the Comptroller, &c., &c. It was a full-dress party, and all the Aldermen came in their scarlet gowns. The company assembled in the state drawing rooms, and went from thence through the saloon to the long par lour, in which the dinner was laid out in remarkably fine style. All the massive gold and silver plate of the Mansion-house decorated the sideboard, and the great silver epergne, which was presented by the Board of Guardians of the City of London Union to the Lord Mayor, as Chairman of the Board, stood on the middle of the top cross table. The wines, which were most abundantly supplied and freely partaken of, were of the finest description. Tea and coffee were served in the saloon. The company separated at eleven. NEW Woltz. ON TUR'KEY.—We are requested to state that Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, has this day published " Three Years in Constantinople ; or, Domestic Manners of the Turks," by Charles White, all l he following new booksellers. Mr. Colburn Esq., 3 vols., with numerous illustrations, price 31s. 6d. bound,lburn h whi a c s h can now jnowust p be had of f ss Hahn- works :—Travels in Turkey, Egypt, E b g y y rd t s, , , t c he ou Holy Syria, Nubia, &c., in 18 Hahn, 3 vols., 31s. 6d. bound.-3. Adventures of an Officer in the Service of Runjeet Singh, by Major Law rence, Bengal Artillery, 2 vols., with portraits, 21s. bound.-4. The Crescent• and the Cross ; or, Romance and Realities of Eastern Travels, by Eliot Warburton, Esq., 2 vols., with illustrations, 255. bound.-5. Colonel Maxwell's Adventures, 2 vols., with portraits, 21s. bound. HER MAJESTY'S STEAM-VESSEL THUNDERBOLT, ICHABOE, Nov. 20, 1844. The island of Ichaboe is dis appearing fast ; there are at this present moment about 380 vessels here, a nd arriving five or six o f a d a y, one half of which will not get loaded. I should think it will ruin a great many vessels of 1,000 and 1,500 tons, lying here—several vessels have been wrecked on the coast that we have heard of, and been to their assistance, and we suppose a great many that we have had no intelli gence of, except from pieces of wreck and boats having been seen on the coast by vessels arriving here. We leave this for the Cape about the Ist or 2d of December. I hope we may then have a trip to the Mozambique, to make a little more prize-money. — Devonport Telegraph. Mr. Dyke, the son of Sir P. 11. Dyke, has been appointed to the lucrative situation of Queen's Proctor, vacant liy the demise of Mr. Iltid Nicholl. The annual average of the present fees of office, on a moderate com putation, is 2,000/. —formerly they were much larger. During the war, when the condemnation of prizes, and other proceedings connected with international law, to which the Crown was a party, occupied the Admiralty Court, the fees of the Crown Proctor have been known to amount to between 30,0001. and 40,000/. NARROW ESCAPE FROM SUIYOCATION IN A SEWER.—On Tuesday three excavators, in the service of the Commissioners of Sewers for the comity of Surrey, proceeded down one of the iron gratings facing the Old King's Head public-house, Blackfriars-road, for the pur pose of cleaning out the sower, and when they had gone about 150 yards, the foul air became so powerful that they were about to return, but found that it was utterly impossible. They accordingly called loudly for help, when, a young man named Maris, a blacksmith, residing at No. 17, Surrey-row, Blackfriars-road, hearing their cries for help, very promptly procured a crow-bar, and dug up the flooring at the end of his back yard and re leased the poor fellows, two of whom were quite insen sible, but recovered after a short time. '4 3 . the practice in these churches to Irate the stove burning night dt.'"istohed we do not know, but in the' present instance that *pearl t o have been the case, and there is ei;•try retis'on to' believe' Mid the pipe which was laid along the goe'r Unprotected had hecOtnt heated, and set the adjacent wood on fii'e.• The stove was IYlFteed near the southmost window of 6. east gable, which was the spot Ilherc the flames were first seen' by the young woman Tt is to be hoped that in future all church stoves will he effrefully watched. It will be re membered that a large chister of ancient churchet in Dundee were nearly all consumed alert 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 of 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 • horml 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 irreligious 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, hare 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 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 had 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, " k 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 tions 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 unar me d 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 ditkrent—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 ref er to the Bequests Act. He commenced his observations_ ead on this subject by saying that he was informed, regretted very much to hear, that dissent be had heard s had arisen upon this subject; and also stated h that a rescript had come from the Pope to ho had heard it put down the agitation. Now, as to this latter respeo. lie admitted ther t with regret, for such was not the c a receipt of the rescript, but there was no prohibition to repeal—(Great applause) —on the contrary, one of th e bishops who received the rescript, had that day sent in his subscription to the Association, for 1i45 ; and another who signed it, attended a dinner in Limerick, in a f ew 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 Irela n d cou l d fairly be put upon it, because a more harmless docu ment never came into any country —a document which, lie would say, in no way attempted to interfere with the agitation of repeal.—(Cheers.) He (Mr. O'Connell) con fessed 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 managing it, but he could not but say that, under the form of something innocent, the worst measures were contemplated by it, and it was, in his mind, the duty of every layman in Ireland—for they were unanimous on the subject—to petition the respective bishops of their diocese to aban don the Bill, and cease from holding any appointment under it.--(Hear.) With reference to the concordat, it had been authoritatively denied that the British Govern ment were negotiating with the Holy See to effect such an arrangement. He believed the denial, simply for this reason—that a concordat implied a concession to both sides; but the British Minister would not make any arrangement in which the concession was not altogether % one-sided affair.—(Hear, hear.) This fact, however, coti'd not be denied, that Mr. Petre, the envoy of the BritiV!? Minister, was actually residing in Rome, and the frier ais of Ireland were absent from Rome, when the rescript which created such, excitement was obtained from the Pope.--(Loud cries of "Hear, hear.") Mr. O'Connell then suggested that two 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 eccle • siastival 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 395/. ss. sd. Thanks were given to Mr. O'Brien for his conduct in the chair, and at five o'clock the meeting adjourned. A BISHOP AND A RECTOR. There is, in the north of Devon, a gentleman of large fortune, rector of a parish, who keeps a pack of hounds. He is celebrated all the country round for his old-fashioned hospitality, his love of rural sports, and his encouragement of wrestling and other athletic sports. He is rather g e tti ng b e y on d hi s prim e , o r otherwise he would have been backed to take all the bench of bishops, " one down and t'other come on," with his " mauleys." He is not a man of refined mind ; not so good as Fielding's Parson Adams, nor so bad as his Parson Trulliber, but a cross between the two. Well, respecting this reverend man and his parochial doings, strange rumours reached the ear of the bishop, and he determined to "take him in hand." He had tried him at an early visitation, and addressing the reverend gentleman as he stood amongst the assembled divines, he said to him, " Mr. -, I wish to have a few words with you in private." The honest divine roared out. in a broad vernacular twang, " Nothin' privut haulm yue and me, my lard ; whatever you've got to zay to me zay it heer." The bishop declined in his blandest tones. But in vain. The reverend gentleman, who professes to be as open as the day, and, indeed, is so, still reiterated his desire that his reverend brethren should have the benefit of any advice the bishop had to bestow on himself. The bishop still declined ; he must talk to him in private. " Very well, my lard (exclaimed the divine), your lardship will find me at my quatters (quarters) at the George." The bishop did not go to the George (a respectable,farmcrs' inn), and the interview did not take place. It was d e stined to be held at the reverend gentleman's own boa'se, and this brings me to my story of the brandy. The bishop had written to this exemplary divine, and received no reply ; in short, no notice of any kind was taken of his letter. Having to make a pastoral tour into the neighbourhood, and being determined to see for himself into matters which had been literally reported to him, the bishop one fine morning found himself travelling in hi., episcopal equipage, just as the apostles travelled, very near the house of the rector. That diligent minister was on horseback, and arra y e d f or h un ti ng . S ee i ng the bishop making towards his house, he turned round and galloped home. He told his housekeeper that a gentleman was coming, to show him into the parlour, and call him down. She was not to notice that the expected visitor had been seen, or that her master had been out. The bishop came, and the bishop was ShOWDI into the best parlour. Great was the flutter around the rectory when they found who it was , that had come. In a few minutes the reverend gentleman en tered, and to his astonishment found the bishop ac tually in his house. lie moderated the ecstacy of his admiration so far as not to give the bishop a stage hug. But he ran over to the bell, pulled it violently, and thus brought in the domestic at a gallop. " Did yue knave that the bushup was here ? " he roared. " Ees," exclaimed the terrified' maiden. " Then why didn't 'e bring un some brandy?" he retorted, rushing up and down the room, stamping and storming at this neglect of his bishop. The servant stood aghast. The bishop exclaimed " Si lence, silence !" turned up the whites of his eyes, and endeavoured to look like a primitive Christian. But he was in the wrong place to make any impression in that line. " Silence !" roared the divine ; " Si- knee! When you've come over the North Devon hills this cold morning to zee me, and her not to give 'e no brandy ! Why, it was enough to make a man go stark mad to see the hospitable character of his house endangered by such unpardonable neglect." The indignant divine was not to be pacified. The bishop raised his voice authoritatively ; he demanded. silence; "he wanted no brandy." But he had to deal with one who could storm too—aye, and storm him blind if it came to stentor-proof trial. The pious bishop descended from command to entreaty—he really wanted no brandy—" Why didn't you answer my letter ?" he asked. " Letter, my Lord !" inquired the Rev. Gentleman, " why, whatever could your Lordship have to write to me about ? I thought I was indebted to your friendship for the honour of your visit." The bishop was very much surprised to find that his missive had miscarried. " How did 'e zend ut ?" asked the divine. " Through the post, of course," replied the bishop. " Oh, that accounts for't," said the divine, " I never take up letters by the post—when I write to a gentleman, I zend my sarvant wi ut !" I will not occupy your space b 24- stting all that is reported of the denouement. It is: sufficient to add that the bishop got out of the house with all reasonable alacrity, after stating what his letter was about, and hearing such ex planations as the reverend gentleman very frankly tendered. One point was that "he kept hounds." He said, " Show me a canon of the Church against keeping of hounds, and I'll "put them down." Another was, that people were seen to come out of his house drunk. He pleaded that he was "main glad to zee his friends at all times ; he put the best his house could afford cheerfully before them ; he could not guage their stomachs, and say, thus far shalt thou go and no fur ther," &c. Having replied in this orthodox fashion to the bishop, his Lordship took his leave, and has never been in the house since. Now I do not mean to vouch for the whole truth of these stories. What passed between the bishop and the reverend gentleman has never been mentioned by the former ; the story is, therefore, one-sided. I can only say that it was the rage of lerical circles, and was most righteously be lieved to . be true in substance, and I believe it to be substantially true.-2lforning Chronicle. PUGILISM. Tuesday 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 504 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 proviLcial fancy; and, although another fight was announced to come off, which divided the " milling fancy," there was a vast astern 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 havingyetired to their corners, the combatants commenced wit 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 . 611 48 rounds had been fought, when Lane was pronoun Ced the winner. PRIZE FISIIT FOR FIFTY POUNDS A•SIDR.---.011 Tues 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. JoYdan had an advantage over his opponent, who has lost the sight of one eye. The men commenced rather cau tiously, both apparently waiting t h e attack, when Jordan led off, and after a sharp round threw h is o pp onent. They continued the contest for an hoar and twenty-two minutes, when a severe round was 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 bambo, and he was then proclaimed the winner. HER MAJESTY'S BUCLUOUNDS.--The bye-day for this week having been appointed for Tuesday, instead of Wednesday, the meet took place at the usual hour, on Iver• heath. The hounds were taken thence to Mr. Alias's, at Hillingdon, at the back of whose mansion the stag, Tom Thumb, was uncarted shortly before twelve o'clock. Here the Earl of Posslyn, who breakfasted at Mr. Cox's, joined the hunt. Tom Thumb, on being turned out, took away to Long-lane, through Ickenhain Park to Newdigate's farm, and thence to Harefield village, leaping the high palings into the park, on to the Copper mills and West Ilyde, where the water was oat 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 Harefield up to the finish. The celebrated 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 Rickinansworth, and there is very little reason to doubt it, has been shot and carried off by some of the numerous herds of poachers with which that neighbourhood abounds. The meet on Friday will take place at Maidenhead. • SALE or PIGEONS.—An extraordinary sale of pigeons, comprising almost every despription, took plan on Monday at the Auction Mart, 'Barrholornew-lane, under the direction of Mr. Bryant, of "ennington-row. The birds, which numbered altogether 50 pairs, ap peared in excellent feather. The prices of the lots va ried from half a crown up to three guineas per pair. .tn almond cock and black kite hen, rare inscL, beautiful birds, (couples) were knocked down at 216,5. an almond 9 1 11 18 0 , 4 pair of almonds, sold for a pair of tine hen, brought two guineas,. black carriers, ran 21. and 3 fol . 126, 1t d ' • up to three guineas. NUMMI Ys