The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-19 00:00:00

SCOTLAND.

SIR WALTER SCOTT'S TOMBSTONE.—At the works of
Messrs. M'Donald and Leslie, of Aberdeen, there has just
been executed a massive tombstone, which is to be placed on
the contiguous graves of the late Sir Walter Scott, and of
Lady Scott, at Dryburgh Abbey. It consists of a large block
of the beautiful red granite, cut from Messrs. M'Donald and
Leslie's quarries at Stirling lull, near Peterhead, on the
property of the Earl of Aberdeen. The block is 7 feet long,
by 61 feet broad, and weighs nearly 5 tons. The upper sur-
face is cut in the form of the top of a double sarcophagus.
On the one compartment is the following inscription : • Sir
Walter Scott, Baronet, died September 21, s.n. 1832." On
the other :—" Dame Charlotte Margaret Carpenter, wife of
Sir Walter Scott of Abbotsford, Baronet, died at Abbots-
ford, May 15, A.D. 1826." The letters arc very deeply cut
in the material of which the tombstone is composed.
IMMIOR‘TION.—The distress in Ireland is beginning to
drive the less home-sick from their country. Occasionally
poor wayfarers, with looks and habiliments of unmistakeable
Irish poverty and want of tidiness, make their way into the
town by the Ardrossan road. On Thursday last five or six
of these hunger-banished men were endeavouring to find
employment in the town. This party were from the County
Down, where the potato failure had completely put an end
to their pig-trade ; and, as their subsistence and ability to
pay rent depended on it, they were under the necessity of
seeking employment in this country. It is a fortunate thing
that work for labourers is abundant here at present, am? is
likely to be so for some years, else the mingling of such
poverty with the poorer portion of our population would
operate very prejudicially.—Ayr Observer.
A BAD CASE.—A circumstance of a painful nature has
lately occurred in the neighbourhood of Doane. The house-
keeper at Donne Lodge, the seat in this quarter of the Earl
of Moray, died a short time ago, and, since her death, suspi-
cion has been excited that, a short period only, a day or two
we believe, before her death, she had been delivered of a
child. Under this impression, two respectable women made
a private search, but found nothing to confirm the suspicion.
The story, however, got wind, and soon reached Mr. Batty,
the fiscal in Dunblane, who instituted a more rigorous in-
vestigation, when the body of an infant was discovered in a
' water-closet. It was then resolved to have a post mortem
examination of the woman's body. On Monday last, accord-
ingly, three medical men, one from Stirling, one from Dun-
blane, and the third from Donne, were officially appointed
to examine the body. The result is, that a medical man and
a farmer have been taken into custody.— tiding Observer.

PROVINCIAL.
LtNCASIMBE
REPRESENTATION OF WARRINGTON.—Mr. Greenish has
declined to allow himself to be nominated in opposition to
Mr. Blackburn, the present member. In his letter to the
requisitionists, after expressing his deep sense of the honour
conferred upon him by them, he says: " My first impression
was, under the peculiar circumstances of the electors at this
moment, that it was my duty to disregard all personal tonal
derations, and at once to respond to the call made upon me ;
but, upon reflection, I feel that it might be detrimental to
our cause, and embarrassing to many friends, were I to as-
sent to your request, and now enter upon a canvass in oppo-
sition to the present member, who has expressed his inten-
tion again to offer himself as a candidate for the represents-
of the borough."
THE PRESIDENT OP THE MANCHESTER REFORM ARSO-
ciATioN, Mr. John Potter declined to form one of the
deputation appointed to wait upon Mr. Bright. We learn
that Mr. Potter has since tendered his resignation of the
office of president, on the ground that he cannot cordially
concur in the nomination of Mr. Bright as the future midi-
' date for the borough.
AN ATTEMPT WAS WADI TO STAB AN OPTICER of the
3rd Buffs at Liverpool, on Friday, by a private in that
regiment. The delinquent is said to have been drunk, and,
being spoken to by his superior officer on the subject, he
struck at him with a musket, and afterwards attempted to
stab him with a bayonet. The blow was parried, and the
mutineer was placed under arrest and taken across to Dublin
with the regiment.
W. V' an-MP

1
OPPNINO OP i 1 PoRTI4.—At a public meeting at Hud-
dersfield, a memorial to Lord John Russell wao agreed upon,

setting forward the grounds upon which they considered the
British ports ought to be immediately opened for the im.
portation of all foreign corn, duty free. They state, that
owing to the failure in the potato and the deficiency in the
oorn crop this year, they had reason to apprehend that
during the winter, and until next harvest, great com-
mercial embarrassment and much suffering would be
caused by the scarcity and consequent high price of
provisions. Already the effects which never failed to u-
e y a scarcity of food, by a falling off in the trade
wc;7lno. district, were begun to be felt, and unless some
remedy was immediately supplied, the labouring classes
would again, they feared, suffer under a return of that
distress with which they had been so grievously affected
some years since, and which then, as now, was caused by a
scarcity of food. The state of Ireland loudly called for
measures to preserve the people from impending famine.
The immediate opening of the ports for the free importation
of corn and provisions was, in the judgment of the menso.
rialists, in every respect the wisest measure which the go-
vernment could adopt to prevent the calamities with
the nation was threatened, and • • no
circumstances could row —a under
tulicsks, 'h. ure be adopted with less dista-
-1 '^tuest. In their opinion it was
: should be o. obtain supplies,
any• delay would render it Mere W."
because many continental states were, and for some .-
had been, endeavouring to secure for themselves any surplus
'applies of food of which they could avail themselves.
WTSHIR E.
THE VICAR OF WARIILINATIR AGAIN. - " Our readers
says the itriUshire Independant), will recollect the numer-
ous communications which appeared in the early part of
but year, on the conduct of the Rev. Arthur Fane' vicar
of Warminster, in consequence of his refusal to bury Sarah
Baines, a member of the Presbyterian congregation of
Dissenters in that town, and the exhibition of bigotry and
intolerance in his letter to tha bereaved husband on that
occasion. It was hoped that the universal reprobation which
WWI expressed of his conduct by the neighbourhood and all
the more intelligent part of his own congregation, as
well as the burst of indignation which it called forth
from the general press of the country, would have had its
due effect on this misguided man ; and as two of the mem-
ben of the same congregation, who have einca died, have
been buried in the parish church -yard in e usual manner,
it was hoped that the question had been se tht
at rest. But be
has now again thought fit, on the occasion of the death of
Sarah Oerritt, a member, and the pew opener of the same
congregation to refuse her interment in the parish church-
yard with the usual rites of burial. The seven children of
the poor woman, all grown up, were unanimous in their
wish and determination that their mother should be buried
in the same grave as her deceased husband, and several
of them, in succession, called on the vicar to uprises
such wish, and to urge his compliance ; but he per-
silted in his refusal, and on Saturday, the 3rd instant,
the body of the poor woman was taken to the church-
yard, followed by her numerous children, and the
grave having been opened, was deposited in it, without
the presence of the vicar or his curate, and without
any service being read over it. The bell was sounded a very
few times on the arrival of the corpse at the church-yard, but
in so low a tone as showed that it was evidently. meant to be
scarcely audible. The Bishop was at Warminster, and at
?dr. Fare's house, the day after Mr. Fans had signified his
refusal of the rites of burial, and it scarcely seems possible
but that he must have become cognizant of Mr. Fare's in-
tention, But whether Mr. Fare has acted in defiar.ce of
the bishop, or with his sanction, must be matter rather of
conjecture than assertion. The matter has been mentioned
t two successive boards of guardians, and is again referred
to the next meeting, to be then specially considered. They
have very justly thought themselves called on, as guardians
of the poor, to notice a proceeding so injuriously affecting
their rights and feelings."

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OLYMPIC.—This theatre was opened on Saturday
evening for the winter season. Mr. George Bolton, the
lessee, delivered an address, in verse, declaring himself, u
heretofore, the champion of the legitimate drama, which is
to be the feature of his management. He was enthusiasti-
cally received by a numerous audience, who were in such
high good humour as even to encore the National
Anthem, a requisition which was not complied with.
The play was " The Hunchback." Its performance was
each as completely satisfied the audience, who were no ill-
judging audience either, and augurs encouragingly for the
manager. To measure its merit by a minor theatre stan-
dard would be scarcely fair, because the company is quite as
good as that of any house of the same calibre, but where
else can a comparison be found ?—for Sadler's Wells can
scarcely be classed at present with third and fourth-rate
houses. Suffice it, then, that the performance well deserved
the applause bestowed upon it. To begin with the ladies.
Julia and Helen were supported respectively by Mrs.
Gordon and Mrs. Walter Lacy. The former has been re-
cently introduced to the London public by Mr. Abingdon,
during his management of the Queen's ; and the favourable
impression then made was more than borne out on the pre-
sent occasion. Occasionally injudicious in delivery, her
acting is generally natural and graceful. Of the latter less
may be said, because more is known. Her impersonation of
Helen—her original character—was more than meritorious.
It was a fine piece of acting, and considerably im-
proved since we saw it last. The other characters were
supported with more or less success by Mr. Henry Betty,
Mr. W. Lacy, Mr. Leigh Murray, ite. To the first-named
gentleman, we would recommend a modification of tone and
manner in his future delineation of the part entrusted to him.
Mailer Walter is rather reserved and cold than violent and
gesticulative ; and a loud tone and a swagger are by no
means beneficial adjuncts to the author's conception. The
comedy was followed by what was really the grand feature
of the evening,—the cast upon which the management
had evidently staked, if not its life, its reputation, namely,
a new burlesque by Mr. George Bolton, entitled "The Civil
War of Poetry." It is a satire on the public taste for opera
and ballet, to the exclusion of the old dramatists and poets.
Although at first the audience were tolerably attentive—being
rather puzzled as to what the author was "driving at"—the
continuation of the burlesque had so much the aspect of a
Christmas pantomime, that they received it with bursts of
derisive laughter, enlivened occasionally with hooting and
yelling, and cries of " off, off," which occupied the remainder
of the representation, a period of some two hours and a half.
The subject and leading idea of the piece are, nevertheless,
not wholly without merit, and some of the working out not
destitute of ingenuity. The faults are gross exaggeration,
which extends far beyond extravagance ,• excessive length,
and, as far as we could judge, a dearth of paint is the dia-
logue. It is unfortunate, for the moral object of the piece,
that the best part of it is the ballet department, which is
conducted and ((reaped with great skill, and executed by
highly-accomplished artistes. The music, too, by Mr.
Thirlwall, is exceedingly marked and effective. These may
save the piece ; which we should not be at all surprised to
see announced for repetition. Such a scene of condemnation
has become trite a novelty in our theatres ; there has been
nothing like it since the celebrated failure of " The Princess
who was changed into a Deer," at Drury-lane, which was a
most remarkable specimen of its kind. There was a liberal
shower of halfpence from the gallery during one part of the
performance, by which some injury seems to have been
effected—a sovereign being offered for the apprehension of a
articular offender.

Passinesants, &o.—Rev. T. James W Netberthoog, P. C., York-
shire; 15W. with giete ho. Rev. H. Jaws, to Fernley Cur., Yorkshire.
Rev. D. S. Rae, to the united parishes of Lethendy and Kinloch, Perth-
shire. Rev. W. Wilkinson, to Trinity P. C., Hinckley, Leicestershire.

NAVAL.

WOOLWICH, Ocr. 17.—The Niger, s. sloop, now building
from the designs of Mr. 0. Lang, master shipwright of this
dockyard, is ordered to be launched on the 3rd of November,
in order to enable Messrs. For and Henderson, the con-
tractors for the erection of the galvanised iron shed, to finish
that structure before the winter. The Niger is to be pro-
pelled by the serew.—The Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty have ordered the name of the ill-fated Eclair to
be changed into Rosamond. This is, we believe, the fourth
time that the name of this vessel has been changed ; but the
name will not, we fear, diminish the prejudice against this
vessel, till some better means are invented for securing the
health of the officers and seamen on board war-steamers in
tropical climates.—The Garland, s. p., is in dock, having her
defects made good, and the Charon has proceeded to Dover
to take her place as a mail-packet on that station.
—The Sphyss, a. v., Commander Cron, is ordered to be
ready for sea immediately, and will be completed next
week.—The Violet, mail a. p., Muter Commander
Sherlock, left this evening for Dover, to resume her puma
on that station, having been fitted with new bilge pieces.
These unsightly addenda are rendered necessary in conse-
quence of the mail packets being often
iagrouad at low water
and not in consequence of any defect n the construction of
the vessel. Commodore Superintendent Sir F. Collier, C. 8.,
has obtained leave of absence.
The Hibernia, Trafalgar Rodney, Superb, Vanguard
and Rattler (s.) left Gibreltir on the 7th instant for thi
westward. The Polyphemus and Virago left Cadiz on the
Bth. On the 11th the Canopus was at Lisbon. At Corunne
en the 12th, a report prevailed that all the Spanish ships of
war were to assemble at Ferrol. The Amason, a Prussian
corvette, having on board the body of Prince Henry of
Prussia, arrived at Gibraltar on the 6th from Civita Vecchia.
Her Majesty's steamer Cyclops arrived at Southampton on
Saturday, having left Lisbon on the 12th instant.
PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 17.—The Vengeance, 84, was docked
to-day, and will be undocked on Monday. The crew of the
Relnoutioes took portion of bar and hoisted the pendant
to-do 7. Tbz Pelesdhir 88, dares ship, will be desired on
Monday, when the Varpernees comes out, sad undeeked on
Wednesday. The Crocodile, 8 (the crew having be turned
over to the hulks), will be docked on Weenimisy, mad over-
hauled pr•TiVIS to her heins immediately remeemsimiemed.
We are bow to MM, reps title
that the report of the death et Biz =lf;
Rieketts, Bart., ;is unfounded. By later advice@ bons the
Cape, we hear he was Est recovering from a malignant fever,
which had carried off seventeen of the crew of the Helena 18,
mince her departure from Simon's Bay to the Mocambique in
February but. The Helena arrived in Simon's Bay on the
4th August.
000 D SIRVICI PRMSIOM.—The Rail of Auckland, says
the same journal, has eankered the good-esrvise pendia el
1601. per annum, wbisie MI to his patroness ea Me lessees
olCaptaia Dam, biht Edward Hervey (1811). This
leeager was sMildripmen of the AWNS fif Bream at
eaS eptene et Triaidei end the destruetkom el
=Lanliihsgmemee Bey, is 1798; elthe at
Bwest7tahli4
wilkag Beatenent el the Serallen at the
Tref the NEM ma Swedish West Indis in
it which yew be was • liwatenent of the
fietivisisi at the capture of eau 406 et Goleta ; and
Imes sea& a ewmissmaler IKII. He mesmemded the
=ar, 74,111 the Mailileemess ia end wee ap-
y the Dube of Wefts.= septela of Ihnietra

Castle on the death of Captain Fisher, the late gallant super-
intendent of Shearson Dockyard.
. Her Majesty's etessma dasp Stromboli, Commander Fisher,
Shank upon one of a group of rocks near the mouth of the
Shannon, In sessiag through the Blaaket sound, about
seven o'clook ea Monday evening, but the weathw being
moderate, obi w seabilld wlsh the heave of the OM to get
clear. after seedelier seme dessage, making water at the
rate of 12 lashes la Isar Dome.
We are esalied to state, tar the United Service Gazette,
upon what we etasider good authority, that the Coast Guard
is about to be placed entirely under the Admiralty, and that
Captain M' ye, who formerly commanded the Coast
Blockade, will be at the head of the force. By this altera-
tion, a large body of useful seamen will always be available
upon an emergency ; and it will probably be made • rule to
draft a certain number of men from that particular service,
whenever ships are commissioned.

SPORTING.
NEWMARKET SEOOND OCTOBER MEETLNO.
(Concluded.)
edvadde.—Maras : 500; Bet 71b each ; Ab. M. Mr. O'Briem's
The Tendener arlow) beat Mr. Clifton's Valerian (Butler). Valerian
nisi, the mobs tothe Sashes, where Ibe Timmer Pawed /dm, and
won to • miff.
3sayt sad, In ft. ; 7d. each .kb. Mr. Olirleit's Needful
reale:forfeit team Kr. Clifton's Nottingtuno.

tab, llntelltgence.
CONSISTORIAL COURT.—BRISTOL.
SUIT FOR DIVORCIL—JONES O. Jowas.—Thu Consis-
torial Court of Bristol, of which Dr. Phillimore is Chancel-
lor, was engaged during the whole of Thursday and Friday
in hearing a case, which for many months put had been a
prevailing source of gossip among the inhabitants of that
city.—Mr. Edward Jones, a gentleman carrying on a large
business as a tobacco manufacturer, sought to be divorced
from his wife Elizabeth, on the ground of adultery. The
wife, by her responsive allegations, charged her husband
with having himself committed adultery, and also with acts
of cruelty towards her. The case rested principally upon
the testimony of cooks, nursemaids, and other domestic ser-
vants of the family, who described improprieties of which
their mistress had been guilty with more than one gentle-
man. The defence was, that the husband wished to rid himself
maintsining his wife: and that the testimony adduced for his
charges was unworthy of credit. It was also insisted,
that supposing the facts to have been true, he must have
known of and connived at his wife's misconduct. Lastly,
it was alleged that he had himself been guilty of adulteryand
cruelty, and that he was therefore not entitled to the divorce
for which he prayed. Evidence was produced in support of
both charges. Upon that of cruelty, the allegation was that
the plaintiff had beaten his wife repeatedly, and had struck
her with a poker; but this was denied by several witnesses,
who spoke of the plaintiff's treatment of his wife as being
uniformly kind, and indulgent to a fault.—After the counsel
on both aides had closed their cases, the learned Chancellor
said the case was one of considerable importance, and he
should take time to consider his judgment.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—SATURDAT.
Before Mr. Commissioner Shepherd.
BROLERAO2.—In the case of Dorliey, the particulars of
which appeared in our journal of Saturday, the principal
question' was as to whether or not Messrs. Ventum were
rewgnised brokers of the court.—Mr. Sturgeon, to-day,
handed in a printed document which has been posted in this
court for a length of time past, signed by the commissioners,
and approved of by the Lord Chancellor, by which it ap-
peared that there were recognised brokers of this court, and
that Mr. Ventum was chosen by Sir C. F. Williams. A
certain order had been used in argument against the pro-
position by Mr. Reed, but that was merely an order of the
Court of Review.—Bis Honour said, it is necessary that the
messenger should take goods and sometimes inventories, but
they used to have their own brokers, and it was very proper
that brokers should be appointed in whom the court could
put confidence. Now that is the way in which I take it that
the brokers were appointed.—The original document was
afterwards produced.
Tiuxo, READING, AND BASINGBTOILE RAILWAY COM-
PANY.—In this case, which has excited so much of the
public attention, a meeting was . held to-day in the Com-
missioners' private rosm upeturs, for the purpose of
examining Fitzhardinge Berkeley, Esq., M.P. for Bristol,
who was one of the managers, and also Messrs. Hill and
Everill, the solicitors to the Company, touching the posses-
sion of the minute" and other books containing notices of
their transactions.—Mr. James, for the " alleged" bankrupt
Company, or in other words, for the witnesses above-named,
and who now attended upon summons, contended that as
Hill and Everill had a lien upon these books, they were not
bound to give them up, and further that the Company was
not " bankrupt."—lt may here be added that the principal
object of the examination was to ascertain how it arose that
the sum of 12,4001. of the Company's money had been depo-
sited in the Union Bank by Hill and Everill in their own
names—Mr. Lawrence, coneys:l, contended at some length
that Messrs. Hill and Everill, as officers of the Court (in
this case) had no right to set op a valueless lien to the pre-
judice of the bankrupt's estate —After some further discus-
sion, the learned commissioner said that from the pressure
of usiness in the Court below, he must adjourn the hearing
of any further argumert until a future day.
BEAN V. JOHNSTON.—This was an adjourned summons,
under the Small Debt. Act. The plaintiff is the landlord of
the Greyhound Inn, Croydon, and the defendant is a lady
who has been connected with the affairs of his Serene High-
ness the Duke of Brunswick, and had been engaged in the
action of Valiance it. the Duke of Brunswick, which was
tried at the assizes held at the above place about two years
since, and while there she contracted a debt of between 121.
and 131., which she refused to pay. An action was subse-
quently brought in the Sheriff's Court, Middlesex, where
the plaintiff obtained a verdict. The present proceedings
were adopted to enable the plaintiff to obtain payment,
but were adjourned until to-day, in order that the
plaintiff might adduce evidence to show that the I
defendant possessed the means of paying. At the '
request of the defendant, summonses were granted
against two gentlemen to attend. Mr. Bean said
he was labouring under a very great difficulty to
show that the defendant could pay the debt. On the last
examination the defendant had offered to hand over some
papers to show that she was entitled to some property, from
which she could pay the debt. His Honour said that the
plaintiff must show that the defendant was in a condition to
pay.—Mr. Johnston then called Mr. Wainford, a solicitor.—
Mr. Harrison, Mr. Wainford's managing clerk, said he at-
tended to produce a deed. Mr. Wainford was at the Judges'
Chambers, but would attend in a short time, if required.—
Mr. Helling, a solicitor, said he attended to prove that a Mr.
Dudley, who was a relative of the defendant, and between 80
and 90 years of age, was, from the shortness of the notice,
unable to attend. In answer to various questions from his
Honour, Mr. Helling said he did not believe that the defend-
ant bad any interest in the property she pretended to
claim.—The plaintiff said the defendant had admitted to
him that she had received money from his Serene Highness,
and could obtain more if she wanted it, therefore it was a
direct fraud not to pay the debt which she had contracted
under the pretence that she was acting on the part of his
Serene Highness. The defendant said the last money which
she received from his Serene Highness was in January last
She was an authoress, and published a work entitled Ellen I
and Rorick, but was done out of the money that belonged to
her. She then proceeded to attack Mr. Helling in such a
manner as to cause him to apply to the court for protection.
He attended in his professional capacity, and it was to be
regretted for the lake of all parties that the present case
came before the public. After a good deal of discussion and
attack, his Honour ordered the defendant to pay the amount,
when the defendant, who had an immense bundle of news-
Ipapers containing reports connected with the case, folded
them up and left the court.

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setting forward the grounds upon which they
British ports ought to be immediately open
I portation of all foreign corn, duty free. Tt
owing to the failure in the potato and the di
corn crop this year, they had meson to a
during the winter, and until next harem
' meecial embarrassment and much sufferit
I i caused by the scarcity and consequent
provisions. Already the effects which neve
company a scarcity of food, by a falling 01
eel district, were begun to be felt, an'
remedy was immediately supplied, the lat
would again, they feared, suffer under a i
1 I distress with which they had been so grie
some years since, and which then, as now, ws
scarcity of food. The state of Ireland lou
measures to preserve the people from impe
The immediate opening of the ports for the fn
of corn and provisions was, in this judgment
rialists, in every respect the wisest measure 1
I vernment could adopt to prevent the calamiti'
the nation was threatened, and ti-- '• • '
circumstances could th„. , —a eas170"0"•
tisfaction to the aserienloneat inuretereetbe "ionpthtedei;
, -
- soe don:
of the highest importance this h
••oiuldulbt .. .-
any delay would render it mete air"' ....
because many continental status were, and •
had been, endeavouring to secure for themsee
, supplies of food of which they couldE. avail them
WILTSHIR
THE VICAR OF WARIILINATIR AGAIN.
says the IViUshire Independant), will recoil(
• ous communications which appeared
I in the
last year,.
on the conduct of Le Rev. Arthur
of Warminster, in consequence of his refusal
Haines, a member of the Presbyterian ca
Dissenters in that town, and the exhibition
intolerance in his letter to the bereaved hi
occasion. It was hoped that the universal rep
was expressed of his conduct by the neighbe
I i the more intelligent part of his own cot
well as the burst of indignation which i
from the general press of the country, souk
1 i due effect on this misguided man ; and as to
I ' bees of the same congregation, who have a
been buried in the parish church -yard in the
it was hoped that the question had been set as
has now again thought fit, on the omission
Sarah Gerritt, a member, and the pew ape
eorm.ation to refuse her interment in the
yard with time usual rites of burial. The se
- the poor woman, all grown up, were nearl
wish w'
s,
in
daradeterannation that their mother sh
in thee grave as her deceased hushes
of them, succession, called on the Tic
such wish, and to urge his compliance ;
silted in his refusal, and on Saturday, t
11 1 the body of the poor woman was taken t
yard, followed by her numerous child:
grave having been opened, was deposited
the presence of the vicar or his curate,
any service being read over it. The bell was
I few times on the arrival of the corpse at the el
in so low a tone as showed that it was evident
.. scarcely audible. The Bishop was at Wan
Mr. Pane's house, the day after Mr. Fans ha
refusal of the rites of burial, and it scarcely
I but that he must have become cognizant of
tention, But whether Mr. Fain has acted
the bishop, or with his sanction, must be ni
conjecture than assertion. The matter has 1
t two successive boards of guardians, and is
hovet te next meeting, to be then specially con
ae very justly thought themselves called oc
of the poor, to notice a proceeding so injur
their rights and feelings."
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il OLYMPIC.—Thin theatre wee opened
evening for the winter season. Mr. Geon
lessee, delivered an address, in verse, declare
• heretofore, the champion of the legitimate di
to be the feature of his management. He e
tally received by a numerous audience, who
high good humour as even to encore
Anthem, a requisition which was not o
li I The play was " The Hunchback." Its pc
such as completely satisfied the audience, wi
• I judging audience either, and augurs encours
manager. To measure its merit by a minor
i dart would be scarcely fair, because the comp
11 t good as that of any house of the same cald
else can a comparison be found ?—for Sadli
I ' scarcely be classed at present with third so
/ . houses. Suffice it, then, that the performance
the applause bestowed upon it. To begin wi
Julia and Helen were supported respective
Gordon and Mrs. Walter Lacy. The former
oently introduced to the London public by 1
during his management of the Queen's ; and
impression then made was more than borne of
sent occasion. Occasionally injudicious in
1 1 acting is generally natural and graceful. Of
may be said, because more is known. Her in
Helen—her original character—was more the
It was a fine piece of actinic, and con
proved since we saw it last. The other el
supported with more or less success by Mr.
Mr. W. Lacy, Mr. Leigh Murray, ste. To tl
' gentleman we would recommend a moditicati
I manner in his future delineation of the part en
Master Walter is rather reserved and cold th
gesticulative ; and a loud tone and a swag,
means beneficial adjuncts to the author's cot
comedy was followed by what was really the
of the evening,—the cut upon which the
had evidently staked, if not its life, its repute
a new burlesque by Mr. George Bolton, entitl
War of Poetry." It is a satire on the public •
and ballet, to the exclusion of the old drama'
Although at first the audience were tolerably at
rather puzzled as to what the author was 'dr
continuation of the burlesque had so much t
I ..,
Christmas pantomime that they received it s
derisive laughter, enlivened occasionally wit]
yelling, and cries of " off, off," whichoccupied
of the representation, a period of some two ho,
The subject and leading idea of the piece arc
not wholly without merit, and some of the w:
destitute of ingenuity. The faults are gross
which extends far beyond 1 extravagance ,• ex
110
and, as far as we could judge, a dearth of pe,
logue. It is unfortunate, for the moral object
that the best part of it is the ballet departs
conducted and grouped with great skill, cons
highly-accompbahed artistes. The music,
Thirlwall, is exceedingly marked and effective
save the piece ; which we should not be at a
see announced for repetition. Such a scene of
has become quite a novelty in our theatres ; i
nothing like it since the celebrated failure of '
who was changed into a Deer," at Drury-lent
most remarkable specimen of its kind. Ther
: I shower of halfpence from the gallery during o
performance, by which some injury seems
i effected—a sovereign being offered for the ape
articular offender.
~'. Clarkal.
Purreteserra he.—Rev. T. James to Netberthcs
shire; 1304. with giebe ho. Rev. H. Joaea, to Fernley
Rev. D. S. Rae, to the united parishes of Lethendy an
shire. Rev. W. Wilkinson, to Trinity P.C., Illockk:
NAVAL.
WOOLWICH, Ocr. 17.—The Niger, e. sloop
• from the designsof Mr. 0. Lang, master ship'
i dockyard, is ordered to be launched on the 3rd
•. 1 ' in order to enable Messrs. Fox and Mender
tractors for the erection of the galvanised iron
that structure before the winter. The Nig
pelled by the screw.—The Lords Commies'
I Admiralty have ordered the name of the ill-•
be changed into Rosamond. This is, we belie
time that the name of this vessel has been clu
1 name will not, we fear, diminish the prejudi
vessel, till some better means are invented ft
i health of the officers and seamen on board it
tropical climates.—The Garland, s. p., Is in di
defects made good, and the Charon has pros
1.1 i to take her place as a mail-packet on
I
—The Sphynx, a. v., Commander Cram, is
l
ready for sea immediately, and will e
week.—The Violet, mail a. p., Mean
Sherlock, left this evening for Dover, to res
on that station, having been fitted with ne
These unsightly addenda are rendered nece
ce quen of the mail packets being often
iagroui
• e and not in consequence of any defect n the
I ‘ the vessel. Commodore Superintendent Sir P
has obtained leave of absence.
The Hibernia, Tratalgar, Rodney, &ye
i and Rattler (s.) left Gibraltar on the 7th i
westward. The Polyphemus and Virago in
1 Bth. On the llth the Canopus was at Lisbon
en the 12th, a report prevailed that all the I
I' war were to assemble at Ferrol. The Alflcs
corvette, having on board the body of Pr
1 • Prussia, arrived at Gibraltar on the 6th from
Her Majesty's steamer Cyclops arrived at S
Saturday, having left Lisbon on the 12th bate
1 PORTSMOUTH. OCT. 17.—The vowsance,
to-day, and will be undooked on Monday. T
Releseutioss took posemsion of ler and hoist
to-da7. Tie Perserfal, 06, adman ship, wi
Monday, whoa the -Veva*** seam out, es
Wednesday. The Crocodile, 8 (the crew hard
1 over to the hulks), will be docked on Wean
hauled previous to her bobs hemedist sly ler
We are baggy to dab, aye the
that the 'spare of the death ot o
Rieketts, Bart., 'is unfounded. By later at
Cape, we hear he was fast recovering from a a
which had carried off seventeen of the crew of
since her departure from Simon's Bay to the l
4th
February last. The Helena arrived In Simi
August.
00013 SHRTICH PEKSIOM.—The Earl of A
the same journal, has ogallsered the good-em
1601. per annum, whisk MI to his purism. ,
of Ceptaia Mee, cm hihs lidwud Hem
leiliseam was silidpman of the Prim
Saspeme et Triaidai mad the destrnetioa a
=ltiallhaealpienemekag Bay, is 1798; ale
liaateasat of the !kW
Trdem Demi* and Swell& W In
it which yew he was ; lie
Belripiel at the capture el 0114 beam
woe mai
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