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THE ENGLISH CATHOLICS AND THE
all the Roman catholic churches in London yesterday

there were solemn services, including prayers, specially re-
ferring to the present position of the Pope. In all the
churches there were also sermons, which were explanatory
of the reasons for the special prayers. Archbishop
Maiming preached at Moorfields church, where a very
large congregation assembled, taking for his text the
words, " Let every soul be subject to the higher powers."
The archbishop pointed out, after some introductory re-
mark', the several reasons which existed for the sustain-
mem of the temporal power of the Pope. He traced that
I power from the earliest times down to the present. He
I pointed nit the steps by which the temporal power bad
I grown up, and how, when it had been interrupted, it
aftenrsrds obtained fresh strength. He said that it was a
duty to be obedient to lawful authority, and that it was
human/tent in those who defended loyalty at home to be
doing all in their power to foment rebellion against the
Pope. The archbishop then entered into the more religious
view of the subject, and concluded the sermon by ear-
nestly calling on the congregation to join together in
prayer for the holy father. The psalm Miserere and the
Litany were sung after the high mass. The music was
Mozart's First Mass. _ _

FIRES IN THE MernoPoms.—Yesterday morn
• • • -- • - - • • • •

big, about half-put 12 o'cloce, a fire broke out in the
immediate vicinity of the General Post-office, in the pre-
mises occupied conjointly by Mr. H. E. Medcalf, a
wholesale furrier, and Mr. Feltham, a manufacturer of
amber> goods, at No. 7, Alderspte-street ; and another
fire took place in the premises of Mr. Cook, a cabinet-
maker and upholsterer, carrying on a large trade in Paul-
Meet, Finsbury-square. Considerable damage was done
is each case.
TOTAL Lose OF TWO SHIPS NEAR CAPS

Eythe arrival at Liverpool on Saturtlaylast of the Cunard
steamer China, we have intelligence of the total for near
Cape Bate of the 011 i; General Sale and Main. The General
Isle was bound from SunderLuad to Quebec, and the Main
from London to the St. Lawrence. Fortunately the crews
of both vessels are safe. The Main was built at Quebec
in Mt, and was 902 tons burthen, and was therefore a
comparatively new ship. She was, however, owned in Ham-
berg by Messrs. F. T. Eckelonl and Co., we believe. The
General Sale was 340 tons register, built at Sunderland,
sad owned in the port by Mr. S. Fecket.
THE LATE HARRY GRIIISHAW.—" Argus " of the
Post writes :—" Grimshaw was one of the beat lads of the
wry best Yorkshire trainers that ever lived—viz., John
°Mom, who, aided by his wife, an equally industrious
vegan, looked more after the interests of the boys that
rue articled to the stable than the majority of their claw.
krtead of being suffered to spend their hours in idleness,
key were kept occupied almost every moment, imbibing
faints which they never forgot, and which served
4EOI well in after life. We have seen the
hits of this system in Johnny Osborne and Challoner,
rbo,. from the quietness of their demeanour and the
*Haig integrity of their character, to say nothing of
their abilities in the saddle, are models for young jockeys.
From such a school Grimshaw came, and he was very early
appreciated, getting into first-clam riding much earlier than
wad, and by his engagement with Count Lagrange and
Peon Nivhre he was quite as much appreciated in France
•in England. With our neighbours, in fact, he was
write a lion, the sporting print-shops hanging out his pot.
%its in their windows, and his name was on every fair
lips that took an interest in racing ; and, as Count
4irange's stud was so extensive, there was scarcely • race
Meting in France, Belgium, and Germany where he had
kr ridden, and from his constant trips to Paris he was as
etil known on the railway and in the steamers as any of
Sir riffular Queen's messengers. Considering the flatteries
to 'bleb he was exposed he preserved his equilibrium very
1,"r11 while not a breath of suspicion was ever east upon
kg character, and there were very few, if any, jockeys
rho rode better. Like all Yorkshiremen,who whenever they
epos into any money, invest it in land, because it will not
4.° may Grimshaw purchased with his earnings and the
Waccata he received a very pretty little place near New.
lenket, which be underlet to Tom Aldoroft. But, after a
sie, the latter finding himself unequal to the task of
'Ming it up, Grineshaw, who bad then married John
"ronse's youngest daughter, took it off his kande. and
pined in occupation of it until his death. As far as his
1'6117 affairs went, Grimshaw was well provided for,
%Ike was to have settled his claims with Count lArang•
...._.l4llrday had his life been spared. He haa left has wife7"re, hut she need have no fear for the future, as, in
&m to coming into her husband's money, she will
ha benefit of a policy of insurance for • thousand
Gricushaw took out in the Accidental Insurance
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PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING.
HANovot, off. 6.j The Avenir National says that the Empress of
Ring George of Hanover has, with reservation Mexico has gone raving mad at Rome ; that for
of his own rights, absolved all his subjects— two or three days the hope was indulged that she
especially former civil offimem_from their oath of might be only labouring under strong nervous ex-
alleiBiance Icitement ; but that now there is no doubt what-
The Prussian royal patent taking formal poi_ ever that she is a maniac. The Count of Flanders,
session of Hanover was solemnly promulgated in who was to have gone to wait for his sister at
this capital to-day. The royal proclamation was Miramar, and afterwards to have escorted her to
read in the palace at 11 o'clock by the Governor- Brussels, has been sent for to Rome. The great
' General. Salvos of artillery were fired, and the risk of a prosecution for false news which the
bells of the different churches were rung during Avenir would incur by venturing upon such a
the ceremony. All the chief authorities and the statement as this, unless upon sure grounds, leads
directors of the colleges were invited, and the pro., to the fear that there must be at least some truth
wading' passed of without any disturbance of in the melancholy story.
public order. I M. V. Sardou, the dramatist, who more success-
The patent begins by referring to the war in fully than any of his contemporaries acts upon
which Prussia engaged in self-defence, and of Garrick's maxim that "the drama's laws the drama's
which the victorious issue had led to the an- patrons give," and seeks above all things to hit the
nexation of Hanover. This document declares public taste of the hour, is about to follow up the
that the union of Hanover with Prussia triumph he obtained only last week at the Gymnase
was decided by the law of September 29, and that 'in Ins Bets Villogsois by a new five-act play at the
Vaudeville, the scene of that "unprecedented
by the present patent his Majesty the King of
Prussia takes possession of the country. It orders success," the Familia Bettoiton. A clever device to
I the adoption of the Prussian arms, demands dutiful , awaken public curiosity has been invented for this
obedience from the population, and promises pro- occasion. The first representation is fixed for
tection to the well-earned private rights of the Nov. 3, and the playbills of that night will only
Hanoverians, and as far as possible the mainte- ; announce " a play" by M. Sardou. The title of
nance of the hitherto existing laws and institutions. 1 the piece will be settled the next day, and will de_
The royal proclamation points to the community j pond upon the reception it meets with from the
of origin, language, and customs of Hanover and audience.
Prussia. It particularly reminds the Hanoverian, The Moniteur, noticing the phenomenal fogs
that the reorganization of Germany demanded the which have succeeded the heavy rains and veiled
incorporation of Hanover, and declares that what ' the sun for the last week, announces that the
I Prussia has acquired Germany has gained. swallows have prematurely left us. This lam
happy to say is "false news." I saw numbers of
these summer birds flying high thin morning, and
enjoying a warm sun and blue sky which I will
hope against hope may not be too transient.
M. Ponson du Terrail, the novelist, who has a
country house near Jargeau, on the Loire, writes
to the ifoniteur the following " Scene of the
floods " which came under his observation :
The postmistress, I am sorry I do not know her name,
achieved wonders. In the middle of the night, and when
up to her knees in water, she saved the letters
In the box and took upon herself to send them off
by messengers of her own selection who, partly
, by boat and partly on horseback, got them safe to Orleans
It was entirely owing to her presence of mind that the
terrible situation of Jargeau was made known at Orleans.
The plain on which Jargeau stands now that the waters
have subsided is but a sandy desert. The farmers are
rained for years to come. I went through such of the
streets of Jargeau on Friday as are now passable. The
plans looks like a town sacked by an enemy. There are
bivouacs in the streets, and carts half immersed in water
laden with furniture and kitchen utensils. We saw
horses, oxen, and sheep in pens as on a market day. The
population sad, resigned, and in teen were watching the
progress of the inundation. We beard one woman
say, " I see one chimney of my house ; the other
is under water." Another said, "It is well that
my good man died last spring ; he was spend
the sight of our barn tumbling down." The neigh-
bouring chateaux are converted into almshouses. At the
Chateau de Chenailles, belonging to General of Division
Groslbon, and Chateau Neuf, the former residence of the
Dukes of Penthinrre, hundreds of unfortunates meet with
a noble hospitality. But this is a temporary remedy—
the future is dark and threatening."

CATTLE DISEASE IN FRANCE.—The Miniiteur
publishes a report from M. Billie, Minister of Agriculture
and Commerce, on the subject of the decrease in the dis-
ease among cattle. After referring to the measures adopted
in September last to prevent the introduction of the
malady into France, his Excellency declares that the
scourge having disappeared everywhere except in Great
Britain, Belgium, and Holland (in the first two of which
countries it has, however, greatly diminished), the restric-
tive measures adopted in France, and which press severely
on a considerable portion of the frontier population, as
well as on several important branches of industry, may be
now relaxed without danger. He consequently recom-
mends that the ports of France should again be opened
for the importation or transport of all animals with the
exception of ruminants from Great Britain, Belgium, and
Holland. The circular likewise shows that as no case of
the transmission of disease by the admission of fresh meat
from Holland into England, as is practised, has been
proved ; the inhabitants of the north of France would
derive a great relief by being permitted to obtain their
supplies from Belgium and Luxembourg. Lastly, the
Minister recommends the removal of the interdiction on
the importation of bides on condition that they shall have
been previously subjected to sonic disinfecting process.
The report is followed bye. decree from the Emperor
ordering the execution of the measures proposed.
THE FORTRESS OF Lcxemgotnc.—Tho following
is from the Cologne Gazette :—" A Belgian journal an-
nounces that, owing to the intervention of the Emperor
Napoleon, it has been agreed between the King of Holland
and of Prussia that the question of the entry of Luxem-
bourg into the Confederation of the North shall be ad-
journed until Germany shall have calmed down, and the
organisation of the Confederation shall have become more
complete. The King of Holland is wrong to appeal toforeign
intervention in this purely German question ; for, with the
power which the national sentiment has at this moment
acquired in Germany, every concession relative to Luxem-
bourg which should have even the appearance of being
due to a foreign influence would be an absolute impossi-
bility. Every German parliament would open its first
sitting by the question, In what position is Luxembourg?'
And there is no minister, even the most able, who could
nusintein his position or hope for the good will of the re-
presentatives of his country if he could not give an
answer satisfactory to the rights and interests of Germany.
If our equitable demands on this duchy are refused, we
shall cling with all the more tenacity to those we have on
Limburg."
Tree BISHOP OF DCRHAM AND CONFIRMATION.

It will be remembered that some time since the Bishop of
Durham rejected several candidates for oonfirmation who
were presented to him as duly qualified by the clergy, on
the ground that they were under the age of 15. The
parents and guardians of these young persons have pre.
sented a memorial to the bishop, who has acknowleged it
in the following letter to Dr. Broadbent, of Bamburgh :
" Sir,—As your name appears as the first in a memorial
addressed to me by some of the inhabitants of Bamburgb,
I acknowledge the receipt of it through you. Through
the same channel I beg to inform the memorialists that
they are altogether mistaken in supposing that the course
taken by me was not in accordance with the law of the
church of England,' and to remind them that at the time
of the confirmation, in April last, I informed those candi-
dates whom I put aside that I was quite willing to hold a
confirmation for them next year, when they had reached
the age of 15. I remain, yours faithfully,—C. Drimw."
PANIC AT TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD CHAPEL.—
Last night • panic was created in Tottenham-court-road
Chapel under the following circumstances :—The Rev.
W. Boulding was preaching to • congregation of about
2,000 persons, and had proceeded some little way with his
sermon when the chapel-keeper, according to his usual
custom, proceeded to lower the centre gaslight. Is en-1
deavouring to turn the gas as low as possible he completely
extinguished the majority of the burners. Some, how-
-1 ever, were still alight, and an escape of gas from the
I others was the necessary consequence. The smell in some
parts of the chapel became so bad that numerous per-
sons quitted their seats, but were informed that the
gas arrangements were such as to render alarm un-
necessary. The burners which bad remained alight hav-
ing also been extinguished by the gas being completely
turned off at that particular main, other lights, impplied
from • second main, were still burning. A gentleman
mounted the pulpit stairs sad spoke to Mr. Boulding. By
this time, however, a cry of " Fire " had been raised ;
shrieks of alarm resounded from all sides, and a law
pro-
portion of the congregation were nixed with panic. The
minister and others urged upon the people to keep their
seats, se no danger was to be apprehended. These
quainted with the arrangements were satisfied of this, but
I others were alarmed and made for the doors. In the
crushin several persons fainted, but no serious accident
The organ oommeneed playing, sad order vas
at length partially restored.

female teachers to 1,544 males. In other States a
like proportion exists, and in the city of New York
there are only 202 male teachers, while there are
2,057 female teachers. This, of course, suggests
a pi.actical solution of our English difficulty, and one
which will be attended with the best results. It
will not only widen the sphere open to woman's
labour, but it will be attended with admir-
able effects on the morals and manners of boys.
Women are the natural guardians and teachers of
children, and it has been found in the United
States that they are not only popular as teachers of
elementary schools, but that they exert a very re-
fining influence on the boys.
The address was followed by three papers—one
by Canon Toole, advocating the teaching of religion
in all schools and to all scholars ; another very
able one by the Rev. John Oakley, advocating a
secular system supplemented by voluntary religious
and suggesting that the State should
speedily present an ultimatum to the Church;
and a third by the Rev. John Kennedy, in which
he pleaded with the liberal side for toleration to-
wards narrowness and bigotry, and strongly urged
on the Church to accept a " conscience clause" as
the least the State could exact, and the most the
clergy could expect. In the able discussion which
followed there was a general feeling expressed that
most of those who talked of religion as essential
to education really meant theology ; that those
who were against its incorporation in the school
curriculum were really only thinking of theology ;
and that while the schoolmaster might teach those
great fundamentals of religion and morals in which
all churches are agreed, it might be left to the
clergy of every denomination to inculcate their
own theologies. All speakers seemed to agree that
the present system is only temporary, and the
whole of the debate showed that when once the
people are interested in the subject, and force it
upon the legislature, there will be no difficulty in
effecting a compromise, by which the religious
difficulty will be met, and a good secular education
given to every child in the country. The debate
will re-open on Monday, when a paper by Miss Car-
penter will be read, and Mr. Mayer, of Glasgow,
and Mr. Templar, of Manchester, will give their
experiences of free secular schools.

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and the language to be spoken over half the world:,
Such words as these should have all the publicity
that can be given them. Mr. Field's addresses at
this meeting, the high tone he has taken, and the
cordial response he has evoked, will do something
to strengthen the too feeble bonds between this
country and the United States, and to show that on
both sides of the water those who would sow discord
between brethren are not the intelligent and
high-minded citizens of either land, but a special
class on each side which has its own low prejudices to
nourish, or its political ends to compass.
The light thrown upon the crime of infanticide in
the paper of Dr. Lankester, and the discussion which
followed it, ought to be spread universally. It came
out clearly that it is the crime of a special class—that

of domestic servants ; and it may be said that it was
made almost equally clear that it is in the power
of mistresses greatly to diminish it. A little more
watchfulness would detect the condition of the un-
fortunate servant, and the approach of its birth
once discovered the motive to the child's de-
struction is removed. A little more, too, of the
tenderness of one who said, " Neither do I con-
demn thee," would prevent that maddened despair
which pubes to infanticide to conceal the event
which would, if discovered, result in ruin. One
thing I did not hear mentioned, which ought to be
remembered in discussing this subject. It is that
among large sections of the working classes the
mother of an illegitimate child is more pitied than
persecuted. It is not the dread of the public
opinion of her own sphere which leads a poor
girl to such insane endeavours to hide her
sin—it is the fear of the mistress, and
the dread of a loss of character, which
would close all situations to her for the future.
How to make the discovery less terrible and
ruinous without even seeming to sanction the
sin is a difficult problem ; but it would soon be
solved were the sad gulf which now separates the
drawing-room from the kitchen bridged ever by a
little more of human interest and sympathy. It is
terrible to know that this distance, this want of
interest in, and sympathy with, our domestic ser-
vants is the most prolific cause of this great crime.
Perhaps the most interesting and able discussion
which has taken place this week was that which
was carried on to-day in the Education Depart-
ment. The business opened by a very able address
from the Right Hon. H. A. Bruce, M.P., president
of the department. In this address much use was
made of those remarkable statistics of the Man-
chester Education Aid Society, from which
I quoted yesterday. Mr. Bruce distinctly
recognised the fact that our present educa-
tional system is a failure. He is, however,
opposed to compulsory attendance, on the ground
that it legally exists only in countries in which
there is no need to enforce it, such as Prussia,
some cantons of Switzerland, and the State of Mas-
sachusetts ; and that in this country it would be
impossible to enforce it. But his practical proposal
avoids the difficulty by introducing the principle of I
compulsion in another form. He would have par-
liament extend the principle of the Factory Acts to
all children, and peremptorily forbid any child
under twelve or thirteen years of age to be engaged
to work for wages, unless at the time of his engage-
ment he produced a certificate that he could read
and write. The application of such a rule would
not much limit the available labour of children.
The estimate considered to be most trustworthy
gives 3,500,000 as the number of children of
the working classes who need such education
as British and National schools provide.
Of these a most liberal estimate, based on
carefully collected statistics, shows 2,400,000 to be
provided for by existing schools. This leaves
1,100,000 totally unprovided with day school edu-
cation. The experience of the Manchester Society
proves that only one-seventh of these children are
kept from school by the demands of the labour
market, and that the remaining six-sevenths are
kept idling at home or in the streets by the careless-
ness or indifference of the parents. There are
49,000 children in Manchester who cannot be got
to day schools even by the Education Aid Society,
and of these 7,000 only are at work, and the so-
ciety has proved that in the case of the remaining
42,000, it is not the poverty of the parents nor the
competition of the labour market, but mere
indifference which keeps the children from school.
Dr. Watts stated, in the course of the debate,
the further fact that there were far greater
numbers of children unable to read or
write than there were of the parents of those
children--demonstrating as he said that our
boasted educational progress is In some respects
backwards. May not this be accounted for in some
degree by the general discontinuance of secular
teaching In Sunday schools I Among remedial
measures Mr. Bruce proposes to give encourage-

THE STATE OF THE MONEY MARKET.

(From the Daily Ben.)

The prolonged stagnation of business and heavi-
ness of prices in the Stock Exchange has latterly
given rise to a great deal of wondering discussion,
but the causes seem to lie very near the surface.
The simple fact appears to be that the English
public have embarked in too many investments of
late, and have, so to speak, compressed into two or
three years the embarking in a mass of invest-
ments which, even in these days of financial power
and credit combinations, ought to have been
spread over twice that period. To what extent
this excess contributed to the panic which culmi-
nated last May, is a question which it is not easy
to solve with any satisfactory degree of clearness,
but the effect was doubtless powerfuL Many of
the financial companies which acted as the foster
parents of new undertakings have failed most
disastrously, and the consequence is doubly un-
fortunate for the shareholders, who see the pro-
tected companies thrown completely overboard,
and who are themselves pressed upon with wholly
unexpected calls. Accordingly, a numerous but
weak class of shareholders are compelled to sell
other securities and any property that is readily
available. These sales, again, are not effected with-
-1 oat difficulty, nor without enormous sacrifices, as
usually happens when shares aro forced upon a
reluctant market. The present is really the worst
possible time for pressing sales ; for though the
value of money has fallen materially, the
revival of confidence has not progressed pro-
portionately. It is a noteworthy feature that
notwithstanding the occasional influx of large
sums of money offered for employment
for short periods in the Stock Exchange, and
although a certain surplus exists in the discount
market applicable only for investment in commer-
cial bills, there is at the present time a remarkable
absence of those reserves of loose or idle money
which, in ordinary periods, are always to be met
with. Money seems to be more fully engaged than
usual. This, no doubt, is partly due to the opera-
tion of a lingering distrust, which still causes a
large amount of money to be withheld from
active circulation and employment, while a
certain effect is likewise produced by the
wide diffusion of losses through the recent
panic. The more speculative portion of the
investing classes -those by whom the numerous
new enterprises of a year or two back were
chiefly supported—have sustained terrible losses,
and are neither able nor willing to resume their
ventures. Herein lies one main reason for believ-
ing that Stock Exchange business and speculative
transactions of all kinds will remain dull for a con-
siderable time to come,and that, as a natural cense-
tqhrnuenncegh, thewan valueof
outlets of
mono e
ry
channelswill centimeaf demand. tOf
all,
It has always been contended that a fall in the
t
value of money such as has lately been witnessed
must necessarily drive into the Stock Enchange
for investment some portion of the vast sums of
money lying on deposit with the joint-stock banks
and financial establishments, and the argument
seems reasonable enough, inasmuch as depositors
who have been receiving for a lengthened period
5,6, and 7 per oent. must find a great difference in
their incomes now that the rates allowed have
fallen to about Si per cent., with a prospect of
descending to 3, or even lower. So far, however,
no indications have presented themselves of any
desire on the part of the depositor class to effect
this change of investment. Such a desire may
yet develop itself, as it has done before, but at pre-
sent the prevailing distrust of public securities,
even of some which have hitherto been highly
esteemed, causes the whole body of capitalists,
large and small, to look rather to the safety of
their principal than to the securing of a high rate
of interest.

Mr. Sefton Parry, the sole proprietor and monger of
the New Holborn Theatre, has already gained a good •
reputation as the manager of the new Greenwich Theatre—
s house built by him a few years ago nearly facing the
Railway Station. His opening piece on Saturday night
in Holborn was a new drama of folded 'porting ten-
dencies, in four acts, called Frying Scud ; or, a Fuer,
legged Fortune, written by Mr. Boucicault. Its main
interest is not one that is much used upon the
stage, and is therefore a little more novel than adultery
or murder. Mr. Mark Lemon's Turf, et Covent-garden.
and the For Chase, at Aatley's, are the only two " horsey*
dramas we can recollect for the moment ; and of these
Mr. Beactoselt's damio. ditiocka. Arisi two es* r ww•
questionably the most " honey. One-halt of it is all
stable-yards. jockey., trainers, black-legs, and horses: the
other half is • bad French duelling drama that joins the
first half very loosely.
These faults being noted, it is only just to say that Firi-
ng Scud furnishes an immense amount of amusement to
those who can relish character and characteristic dialogue.
The women of the piece are bores, and are not improved
by the acting, but the jockeys, old and young, and •
sporting Jew, are always welcome. Regarded as a new
TOM and Jerry, the drama answers its purpose, and has
just sufficient plot to hold the scenes together.
The strength of the drama lies in three comic cha-
racters—Nat Gosling, the old jockey; Bob Buck-
skin, a fat jockey ; and Mo' Darla. These an
all admirably represented by Mr. G. Bellmore, Min
Charlotte Saunders, and Mr. Vollaire, in the most
humorous and effective style of character acting. The
dress and action of the actors are excellent, and so is the
comic dialogue of the author. To say that the piece was
excellently put upon the stage is almost unnecessary.
Every piece produced by Mr. Boucicoult is excellently put
upon the stage. There wee a pump with real
water in the opening scene, and all the none-
' aeries of Epsom Downs on the Derby day were struggling
to exhibit themselves in a brief time, and on a confined
space. Pasteboard figures competed with real figures for
mastery, and the latter, of course, gained the victory. The
panoramic effects of the receivers cleverly represented, and
the real hone looked and behaved like a hero. The most
artistic scene is the view of Calais Sands by night, and both
these scenes were painted by Mr. C. 8. James. The bead
appears to be well chosen, and the music of the drama is
1 very creditably arranged by the conductor, Mr. Richard-
-1 son. A jockey ballet, arranged by Mr. Milano, is lege-
' nionaly put upon the stage—the ingenuity being chiefly
ahown in steering clear of the old jockey hornpipe. The
drama, which is of unusual length for Mr. Boucicault, was
very warmly received from first to last, and will probably
fill the house with " knowing ones" in " bird's-eye fogies`,
;for many nights to come. If so, the purpose of both
manager and author will be served, and they will be able
jto laugh at those who, like ourselves, cannot honestly
1 praise Flying Scud es a first rate drama.

ST. JAMES'S.
Miss Herbert re-opened this house on Saturday
night, and Mr. Boucicault's new drains—the no) Lives
of Mary Leigh—nut being ready, and legitimate comedy
having been found veryattractive last season, she probably
did well to revive Mrs. Cowley 's IkllesStrotafirm, a comedy
originally produced at Covent-garden, February 22, 1780.
The Doricourt and Letitia on that occasion were Mr. Lewis
and Miss Yuunge, and the comedy was most successful—
more successful, according to many of the critics, than it
deserved to be. Letitia's conduct, they said, was nut very
natural, and Doricourt's feigned madness was a forced inci-
,l dent. The Letitia at the St. James's is Miss Herbert, and the
Doricourt is Mr. Irving, from the Theatre Royal, Man-
i chester, an intelligent young actor who made a favourable
impression a few years ago at the Princess'a, when that
theatre was tinder the management of Mr. Augustus
Hams. _ .

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The entertainments concluded with a new farce by Mr
John Oxenford, called Professor of What t in which Mr:
Stoyle, from the Strand Theatre, made a very successful
first appearance at the St. James's. This little piece is an
adaptation from a Getman farce called ..ifuuAit ur Hrrrulf ,
written by Mr. Georg Belly—a collaboratcur of Corner's—
and first played at the Wallner Theatre, in Berlin.
Mr. Boncicault's new drama—the sixth within a twelve-
month—will he produced in November.

ROYAL GALLERY OP ILLUSTBATIoN.—After a short
recess, rendered necessary to recruit the health of the
artistes, the above gallery will to-open ou Monday, the
nth inst., with TA. Yachting Crum, end 71”; Wedding
Brtraffurt, both of which met with greet success last sea-
son, and Lave by no means exhausted public favour by re-
petition. The gallery has been repainted and decorated,
and though nut originally designed for a place of public
amusement, bas now been ventilated on a principle that
will enable it to bear comparison with the best of our large .
theatres.
THE ONSLOW BANQURT.—The West Surrey Times
says :—" The arrangements for the forthcoming banquet,
on the Zird inst., are progressing satisfactorily, and there
is no question that it will he one the moat successful
and enthusiastic political gatherings ever held in the south
of England. We think we may state that nearly all the
details have now been settled, the toasts arranged, and
the speeches determined on. One feature will probably be
'The health of Mr. Henry Berkeley, M.P., and the Ballot,'
to which Mr. Berkeley—one of the ablest and most origi-
nal speakers in the House of Commons—will reply.
Amongst other eloquent orators probably Mr. Fawcett, the
distinguished philosopher, M.P. for Brighton ; Mr. James
White, his colleague, the eminent statistician ; Mr. Locke
King, Mr. Buxton, and Mr. John Locke, may be ex-
pected to address the audience ; and altogether the pro-
ceedings will partake of highly intellectual and interest-
ing features, Kul will prove unrivalled in their significance
ass political display. The directors of the South Western
Railway Company have undertaken to place a special train
at the service of the numerous guests at the conclusion of
the banquet." •
Noitwicu POLITICAL UNION.—The v.mmittee of
this union report that the enrolment of members amongst
the working classes is steadily and actively progremiug.
Its objects are the attainment of a residential manhood
suffrage, and the protection of its exercise by the ballot,
with the distinct understanding that any substantial and
honest measure for the extension of the franchise will be
glailly accepted, and as heartily supported.
WORKING MEN's CLUB AND INSTITUTE UNION.
—On Wednesday evening last, October 3, a crowded
public meeting was held at Kyneton, Warwickshire, Lord
'Willoughby de Broke in the chair; when an address was
given by the Bev. H. Solly. Lady Willoughby de Broke,
his lordship's mother, was prevent. She exerts herself
greatly in this district, and upon the estate at Compton.
Verney, for the advantage of the working classes. Than
were also present the Hon. Walter Verney, and the Hon.
Misses Verney. the Rev. J. Knightley, Mr. Henry Roe,
Mr. and Mrs. Forteecue, and Mr. and Mrs. Flake, U.
Good premises have been given, rent free, by Lad
Willoughby de Broke. A co-operative store is to be
united with the club. A cordial vote of thanks was pre-
sented to Mr. Solly by the chairman, and received with
acclamation. Thanks were also voted to the chairman,
Lord Willoughby de Broke. On the previous Monday
evening a large and crowded tea meeting, for the east
anniversary of the Luton Club, was held in the Tow-n
ball of that town, Mr. A. T. Webster in the chair. Addresses
were delivered by the Rev. H. Belly, organising director of
the Working Men's Club and institute Union, London
the Rev. T. J. Lee, the Rev. T. Hands, the Rev. T. IL
Stevenson, the Rev. R. Bond, Mr. W. Willis, and other
gentlemen.
THE BISHOPSGATE VBSTRY AND THE ATHANA-
KAN CREED.—At the Bishopsgase vestiy, held last Toss-
day, the following resolution was carried :—" That thls
vestry requests the churchwardens, in making their pre-
sentment to the Bishop of London at the forthcl"l
visitation, to convey to his lordship the expressio
their feelings that the use of the creed called by the name
of Athanasitia, is an offence to a considerable number GI
the members of the church of England, and tends to keep
from the pale of her communion niauy who would gladly
unite on her otherwise catholic bases."