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DECEMBER 27, 1847.

is that of the most solemn religious responsibility :
thousands regard it in this light. I have already
told you, my Lord, that the watchword of such i•
this—" Whether it be right in the sight of God to
hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye." I
have anxiously implored your Lordship to pause—to
avert the blow. I have king since told you the truth.
I have endeavoured to prevent, by every means in my
power, the commotion whiCh has arisen, and the ne-
cessity of the performance of a painful duty. I hoped
the conge d'elire would not be issued until a fair in-
quiry and investigation had been instituted. A suit
has been commenced in the Ecclesiastical Courts—
why not have awaited its issue ? When the conge
d'aire did appear, I at once presumed, humbly hut
faithfully, though I stood alone, to petition th€
Crown ; and now, when I am officially informed that
"her Majesty has not been pleased to issue any com-
mands thereupon," I feel it to he my hounder, duty,
after a full and calm deliberation on the whoie
subject, having counted the cost, but rememberin g
the words of Him whose most unworthy. servant I
am—" He that loveth house or lands more than
me is not worthy ,of me"—loving my children
dearly, and ardently desiring to complet the noble
work which I have for seven years laboured to pro-
mote, yet not forgetting that there an "hour of
death and a day of judgment," when I trust, through
the merits of my Redeemer, to be allowed to look up
with hope, that I may be considered by the interces-
sions of mercy and pity to have been faithful in the
hour of trial, to have "fought the good fight, to have
kepkthe faith, to have finished my course,"—believing
that I risk much, and shall incur your Lordship's
heavy displeasure, who may, if you will, direct the
sword of power against me and mine—being certain
that I preclude myself from that which might other-
wise have been my lot, and expecting that I shal
bring down upon myself the abuse and: blame of
some—l say, my Lord, having fully counted the cost,
having weighed the sense of bounden duty in the one
scale against the conseqtiences in 'the other, I have
come to the deliberate resolve, that on Tuesday next
no earthly consideration shall induce me to give my
vote in the chapter of Hereford Cathedral for Dr
Hampden's elevation to the see of Hereford.
I have the honour to be, my Lord, your Lordship
faithful humble servant,
JOHN MEREWETHER.,
Hereford, Dec. 22. ' Dean of Hereford

DR. HAMPDEN AND THE DIOCESE OF

HEREFORD.

lIVREFORD, SATURDAY.-The forthcoming election
of a bishop for this diocese creates the most lively
interest here, which has been materially increased
during the last few days, in consequence of the deter-
mination expressed by the Very Rev. the Dean to
summon to the election proceedings, not only the
canons residentiary (in whom the election is generally
vested), but also the prebendaries non-resident.
The following is the citatory letter, calling upon
the prebendaries to attend :

" TO THE REV.

" You are required to attend in the quire of our
Cathedral Church of Hereford, on Tuesday, December
the 28th, for the purpose of then and there proceeding
to the election of a Bishop of the said see of Hereford,
the same having become vacant by the translation of
the Right Rev. Thomas Musgrave, D.D., to the
Archbishopric of York, and, at the same time and
place, to proceed in the whole business of the said
election, with all its incidents, emergencies, and de-
pendencies whatsoever, until the final dispatch of the
said election, in such manner as, God willing, we
ought to proceed.
" Chapter House, Hereford, Dec. 23."
For several days past meetings of the canons resi-
dentiary, and of such of the prebendaries as reside in
the!.im mediate neighbourhood, have been held for the
purpose of determining the course it will be advisable
to adopt at the forthcoming election, under the pecu-
liarly delicate circumstances in which they are placed.
The consultations have, for obvious reasons, been held
with closed doors, and the conclusion at which that
venerable body has arrived cannot, therefore, be stated
with any degree of authority.

THE JEWS AND THE CLERGY.
(From the Weekly Dispatch.)
Mr. Editor,—The removal of the civil disabilities
of the Jewish people has encountered a stow er and
hotter opposition in Parliament than was anticipated.
The opposition cannot succeed. But it may retard
the good work; and the friends of religious liberty
throughout the country will do well not to despise it,
nor to neglect such aid as they can render towards
strengthening the hands of the Government. Hi-
therto the activity has been chiefly on the other side.
The tide of petitioning actually set in against the
measure. Up to the 11th inst. there were 57 peti-
tions against the removal of Jewish disabilities, and
only 10 in favour of removal; there were 3,181 sig-
natures to the former, and only 438 to the latter.
The last week only raised the number to 84
petitions against, with 5,589 signature; and 19 in
favour, with 2,511 signatures. The friends of
religious freedom are slumbering at their posts, while
the enemy is wide awake and sowing tares. This
should not be. The Whigs should be made to feel
that whenever they do propose really liberal measures
they are sure of having the people at their backs.
Without that, we lose our right to blame them for
their defalcations. ' They may fairly ask, " Why
were we not better supported in our endeavours ?" A
good volley of petitions would be material for pelting
down more promptly this remaining bulwark of
legislative intolerance.
The Opposition is a headless one. All the party
leaders are combined in favour of admitting Jews to
Parliament. Lord John Russell, Sir R. Peel, and
Lord G. Bentinck, went out into the same lobby in
the division, on the 17th inst. Mr. Gladstone fur-
nished a second memorable instance of the support of
Liberalism by a Member for the University of 'Ox-
ford, He played a similar part to that of Sir R. Peel,
who then represented the. University in 1829, on the
question of Qatholic Emancipation. But still the hos
tility was fierce and formidable. It may, probably,
make a hard fight yet. The fact is puzzling at first,
for this is a question which many people had regarded
as already settled. The obvious reasonableness of the
claim, the, recent admission of the Jews to corporate
honours, .and, above all, the triumphant return of
Beron de Rothschild for the city of London, seemed
to indicate that the controversy was at an end, and the
victory certain. How, then, is the hostile explosion
to be accounted for? It was fixed by a train laid out
out of the House. The clergy are its authors. By
them has the opposition been stimulated. Petitions
and speeches come from the clerical factory. They
are the gun-makers of intolerance, and have largely
distributed' weapons from its armoury. And for the
strange fact that any difficulty exists to a Member
for the city of London, returned by near 4, 7,000
votes, taking his place in the House of Representa-
tives, we have to thank the interference of the clergy.
The Universities led the way in petitioning against
the Jews, but otherwise the petitions are chiefly
parochial. The vicar signs first, then the curate
next the squire, if it be a country parish, or, if in a
town, the churchwardens. Then follow some three
dozen of frightened old women, some in their proper
dress, and some in breeches. The clergy understand
the tactics of petitioning : they make the most of
what numbers they can muster. London petitions
by its Corporation. The city of Worcester and the
borough of Portsmouth hold large meetings, and the
Mayor signs as chairman, and counts for one only in
the returns. Such things seldom happen on the other
side. The clergy are much more likely to get them-
selves counted twice or more, first petitioning by
themselves in their deanery or archdeaconry, and
then again in their parish churches. It is a good
plan, Mr. Editor, to look at the average of signa-
tures to petitions on any subject. A low average o f
signatures, with a large• number of petitions, is a
sure sign that some manufactory has been at work.
In the present case, though the intolerants have
more petitions than the Liberals,
presented so many
yet, on the average, each petition against the Jews
is only signed by Just one-half the number of those
who have subscribed petitions in their favour. Here
is a mark of clerical getting-up. This is evidence of
management. And more of the same sort of fabrica-
tion will be going on, all through the Christmas
holidays.
Sir Robert Inglis begged for the longest day that
Lord John Russell would give (Monday, the 7th of
'February was fixed) for the second reading, that the
country might have time to protest against this
" outrage" on its religion. So we may guess how
the clergy will spend Christmas. The sacred time
will be divided, by many of them, between worrying
Dr. Hampden and petitioning against the Jews.
There is double game to hunt down. Two courses
will be served before the mince pies ; the roasted
heretic and disfranchised Jew. The bishop and the
baron will grace the top and bottom of the table.
Prayers will be offered against the desecration of the
House of Commons and of Hereford Cathedral. Perse-s
secution will be puzzled to know at what to bite first,
like the donkey between two bundles of hay. What an
exhibition of the great Christian festival ! We shall be
told of the angels singing peace on earth and good-
will to men, by those who are showing the
that would keep the Jew a slave, sad prolong the
reign of discord and persecution. ;Why, whose
birth is it that •the Church- commeinorates? •Is
it not s birth in Jewry, the birth of a.Jew ? What-

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ever else, or more it might be, still it was
that. Not all the declamations of all the pulpits 'in
Ceristendom can make it otherwise. It was the
birth of one who came to proclaim universal love;
and it will ..be_kept by petitioning for exclusive pri-
vilege. It was. the birth of one who came to unite
Jew-and Gentile; And it will be kept by separating
them at the door of the House of Commons, the one
to be turned back as a serf, and the other to enter as
a legislator. It was the birth of one destined to die
by persecution, and it will be kept by fanning into a
flame the expiring embers of persecution. Faith will
carry priests and bigots through much; but certainly
reason and humanity stand aghast at these mon.-
strous incongruities.
It is 'not merely the political rights of the Jew
that the clergy are opposing, but those of the people
generally; amongst whom, the Jews are but 40,000
out of 28,000,000. The theory of Government by
representation implies a free choice of represents-
!lves. A candidate is injured wimp he is declared
ineligible for a seat in Parliament on account of his
religions 'opinions. Ile is stopped in a career of
honourable hthbition, and, it May be,' of public use-
fuloess. • This -is a wrong. BUt itisa 'greater wrong
to limit the freedom of the electors, and deny them
the man of their choke for the advocacy of their
rights and the protceion of their interests. The
exclusion of the Jew Member is • the exclusion
also- of the Christian constituency. The bigoted
clergy and their backers are waging war on the poli•
tical privileges of the city of London. They are
striving, to obliterate one name out of• the four re-
turned by the metropolitan constituency. Thus
pushing of their creed .amongst the • wheels, of the
electoral machinery, so 'as to obstruct its workins-,
would be very impertinent. even it only tried upon
the stnallest and remotest constituency in the country.
What business has any creed between the elector and
the elected ? But the offence rises to a climax when
attempted upon what may be called, on many accounts,
the first constituency in the' empire. There are more
numerous than that of London ; those of the great
northern counties, for instance, Yorkshire and Lan-
cashire. There are constituencies with a higher ave-
rage of intellectual attainment; those, for instance, of
the Universities of Oxford and .Cambridge. But in
both these cases the electors chiefly belong to two or
three classes of the population; to the agricultural,
the manufacturing, and the professional. London, like
the one, has a numerous constituency; and like the
other, a comparatively high degree of electoral attain-
ment ; but it far surpasses both in the variety ofclasses
to which its voters belong. They have amongst them
persons connected with land and with manufactures;
with literature and the professions; and they have,
besides; almost every form of industrial occupation,
of commercsal enterprise, of monetary speculation ;
all ways of individual life, and all modes of working
for society, are to be found there, rendering the
City electors peculiarly a representative constituency.
They are an epitome of the nation. They are the
heart of the empire, to which flows, and from which
is propelled, every drop of the social life-blood that
circulates at the extremities. Such is the constitu-
ency. with whose rights a portion of the clergy is try-
ing to tamper. In disregarding difference; of creed,
for political objects, London speaks for Great Britain,
and virtually is Great Britain. And, in endeavouring
to keen the return for London imperfect, or force its
electors to another choice, the clerical bigots have
assailed the liberties of the country. They have
struck at the most important right of the
most important body of citizens in the community.
Now this is really a bold enterprise. It is taking
the bull (John Bull) by the horns. 'Well may it be
asked, who are the men that venture on such an un-
dertaking ? And when we remember that they are
only the State's hired servants, to read the Church
prayers, and teach the people religion and morals, one
cannot but conclude that their conduct evinces no

little presumption. They are out of their sphere of
duty. They are in a perilous position when they
thus thrust, themselves between the city of London
and the House of Let them leave such a
question as that now pending to the great parties
whom it mainly concerns ; those, on the tine hand,
who make Members of Parliament—Who are the
makers of lawmakers; and those, on the other
hand, who have been, directly or indirectly, the
makers of their Church, of their Bishops, and of their
religion.
A hint has been thrown out that perhaps the
clergy may be better reconciled to the removal of
Jewish disabilities, if the revival of the powers of
convocation be allowed. They would doubtless
secure one gratification thereby, although they lost
another. Baron Rothschild would take his seat, but
Dr. Hampden would not put on his mitre. The sug-
gestion which was thrown out by Mr. Gladstone in
th' la►te debate is a shrewd one; but it will not do.
The country is not reduced to such a compromise
with a section of the clergy. The Jew will be sworn
according to his conscience, and the heretic will re-
ceive Episcopal Consecration. Judaism will be in-
stalled •in the Senate, and Liberalism in the cathe-

dral. Of the first, the Chureh has no right to corn-
plain ; and to the other, the Church must submit, as
part of the price of its alliance with the State. From
that unholy alliance it derives obstructive power
against the admission, for a time, of the Jewish Mem-
ber for London into the Legislature ; but the advan-
tage bitterly recoils, in the humiliation to which it
is subjected by the nomination of a bishop whom it
is anxious to disavow. The State rides roughshod
over its wishes, trampling on the reluctance of Dean
and Chapter, and the protects of half the bench of
bishops. If there be any power in experience to
teach wisdom, it may be hoped that the time will
come when the Church shall learn to consult its own
character, dignity, and best interests, by falling
back into the ranks of religious equality, and relin-
quishing a political connexion that, under the form
of ascendancy, subjects it to degradation.
PUBLICOLA.

MR. LISTON.—We regret to learn, says the
Fdinburgh Courant, that a son of the late Mr. Liston,
whose recent death has caused such general regret, died
on Friday, of an affection of the brain, at an educational
seminary in the neighbourhood of the city, whore he
was pursuing his studies. The deceased was about six-
teen years of age. _

IMPORTATION 01' POULTRY.—The steam-ship, Sir
Edward Banks, arrived from Ostend, has brought nmety-
one cases and one basket of poultry, the produce of
Belgium.

ROW TO LTVE ON NOTHING A YEAR.—I wonder
how many families are driven to roguery and to ruin by
great practitioners in Crawley's way—how many great
noblemen rob their petty tradesmen, condescend to
swindle their poor retainers out of wretched littlo sums,
and cheat for a few shillings? When we read that a
nobleman hss left for the continent, or that another
" noble" nobleman has an execution in his house—and
th atone or other owe 6,000,0001. or 7,ooo,oooL—the defeat
seems glorious even, and we respect the victim in the
vastness of his ruin. But who pities a poor barber
who can't get his money for powdering the footmen's
heads; or a poor carpenter rho has ruined himself by
fixing up ornaments and pavilions for my lady's
dejeliner; or the poor devil of a tailor whom the
steward patronises, and who has pledged all ho is worth,
and more, to get the liveries ready, which my lord has
done him the honour to bespeak ? When the great
house tumbles down the miserable wretches fall under

it unnoticed ; as they say in the old legends, before a
man goes to the devil himself be sends plenty of other
souls thither. Rawdon and his wife generously gave
their patronage to all such as chose to serve him. Some
were willing enough, especially the poor ones. It was
wonderful to see the pertinacity with which the washer-
woman from Tooting brought the cart every Saturday,
and her bills every week. Every servant was owed the
greater part of his wages, and thus kept up per force
an interest in the house. Nobody in fact was paid.
Not the blacksmith who opened the lock, nor the glazier
who mended the panes, nor the jobber who let the
carriage, nor the groom who drove it, nor the
butcher who provided the leg of mutton, nor
the coals which roasted it, nor the cook who basted

it, nor the servants who eat it, and this, I am given to
understand, is not unfrequently the way in which people
live elegantly on ".nothing a-year." In a little town
such things cannot be done without remark. So,
probably 200 and 202'in Curzon-street might know what
was going on in the house between them, the servants
communicating through the area railings; but Crawley
and his wife and his friends do not know 200 and 202.
When you came to 201 there was a hearty welcome, a
kind smile, a good dinner, and a jolly shake of the hand
from the host and the hostess there, just for all the world
as if they had been undisputed masters of 3,000/. or
4,0001. a-year—and so they were, not in money, but in
produce and labour; if they did not pay for the mutton,
they had it; if they did not give bullion in exchange for
their wine, how should we know?—Vanity Fair.
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PROPOSED DUTY
.ON GAS.
COrnoianications have taken place during the last
few weeks between the Government and persons en-
gaged in the manufacture of gas, relative to a pro-
posed duty of ls. per 1,000 cubic feet of that article,
which would produce more than two millions sterling
annually to her Majesty's Government. It appears
from the correspondence which has taken place that
while. all . other companies are taxed, gas companies
are entirely free from taxation, and: that they.have a
most enormous surplus profit, owing to the excessive
price of their commodity, at present,charged, in many
parts of the "metropolis and its, suburbs, at Bs. per
1,000 cubic feet, whilst in large provincial towns it is
charged at 3s. or 3s. 3d. per 1,000 feet. The follow-
ing is a sketch of fourteen metropolitan companies,
showing their surplus profits and
.the amount of duty
it is proposed to levy :--
Name of Company. Surplus Profits. Proposed Duty.
imperial Gas Company 0-€58,009 :.. ... £18,204
Chartered
London
City 69,985
Brick-lane
Phoenix
Equitable
- British
South Metropolitan .
Curtain-road .......
Commercial
Ratcliffe
• Independent
. Poplar . ..
From this it appears that the duty thus _yielded by
the metropolitan companies would be nearly 123,0004
and still leave the companies in possession of-a surplus
profit of 457,5001. It may. be interesting to show,
from one of the companies (take the imperial, for
instance),'how these large profits are produced. , The
'yearly* consumption of coals by the Imperialciompany
is 51,100 tons, which produce 63,875 chaldrons of
coke, less 31,938 chaldrons, which produce I:4s.
per chaldron, or 22,356/. 125.; 51,100 tons of coal
prodUce 4.85,450,000 cubic feet of gas, from which
must be•deducted one-fourth as entire loss, there.pot
being more than three-fourtbs sold to consumers-
making the residue 364,088,500 (*.M. c, L or gas; at
6s. per 1,000 i'....5, making 109,2261. 10s. The same
quantity of coal also produces.6l3,2oo,galiqus of tar,
at lid. per gallon, 3,8321. 10s.; and 562,100 gallons
of ammonia, at ld. per gallon, 2,3421. ls. Bd., making
the total produce of 51,100 tom of coal amount ,to
137,7571. 14s. Bd., from which must be deducted
40,880/. for the coals, at 16s. per ton, and 6,887/. 18s.
6d. far a dividend, at 6 per cent., from the profits,
which is about 15 per cent. on the paid-up capital,
after which there is a surplus profit of 76,213/: 9s. 2d.
The proposed duty of ls. per 1,000 cubic feet would
produce from this company alone 18,204/., after pay-
ing which, they would still have a surplus of 58,0991,
19s. M. for a dividend among the shareholders. .

•
FRESHET IN JAMES RIVER.
IMMENSE DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.
We have torecordthe greatest freshet in James River
that has occtirred.since 1795. On Thursday morning
the water in the river near the city was discovered to
be rising quite rapidly. The water continued to rise
during the whole of Thursday night and Friday
morning reached to an alarming height, overflowing
the numerous islands, and threatening destruction to
property bordering on the banks of the river for miles.
At an early hour yesterday. morning the bridge
which connected Vauxhall's Island with Mayo's long
bridge was carried off, leaving several inhabitants of
the island entirely without the means of getting from
their perilous situation. Nor did the main bridge
itself escape, for we have also to record the fact that
Mayo's bridge has been entirely carried away. A
portion of the bridge on the south side of the toll-
house was swept off about twelve o'clock, and in an
hour afterwards the entire span, reaching from the
Richmond; side to the island, on which the toll-house
stands, was also taken down the rushing tide, carry-
ing on it seven persons, none of whoM, however, were
harmed.

No one can possibly form an idea of the vast
amount of damage done to property by this unex-
pected overflowing, and we have the strongest appre-
hensions that the freshet has not occurred without the
loss of life. Up to this time, however, we have heard
of no one who has perished.
We understand that during the night of Thursday,
or early yesterday morning, the.. steamer Alice,
undergoing repairs at Rocketts, was torn from her
moorings, and carried down the river with several
hands on board. The boilers, we learn too, had been
taken out, and therefore, those on the steamer were
unable to get up steam or to guide the vessel. The
other James River boat, the Curtis Peck, went in
pursuit of the Alice, and ere this, we hope, has over..
hauled her.

At the time of writing, we learn the river is still on
the rise, and the water has backed up so as to sub-
merge a portion of Cary and Franklin states, and fill
to overflowing a large number of cellars in the vicinity
of the Old-mark'A.—liiehmond (U. S.) Republican,
Nov. 27.

FIRE AND Loss or LIFE IN DRURY-LANE.—Last
evening, about st yen o'clock; a fire broke out at No. 2,
Drury -lane, in the occupation of Mr. Smith, by which
one child was burned to death, and another had a very
narrow escape. It appears that the first floor was let to
a carpenter named Chalcroft, who was engaged at the
Marylebone Theatre in getting the pantomime com-
pleted. Mrs. Chalcroft, having occasion to go out for a
few minutes, left her two children, one three years old
and the other four or five months, in the room. The
latter was in bed asleep, but the latter was running
about the apartment. Shortly after the mother had gone
out, the inmates of the house were alarmed by violent
screams, proceeding from the first floor front. They
attempted to open the door, but it being locked they
were unable ; an alarm of fire was therefore given, and
almost immediately Sergeant Corr and several constables
of the I` division came up mei broke open the door, when
a most distressing .cone presented itself : the furniture
in the room was burning fiercely, and in one corner was
the eldest child, completely enveloped in flames, life
being quite extinct. Whilst the parties were attempting
to extinguish the fire about the bed, not being aware that
another child was therein, the mother entered and rushed
through the smoke and pulled the infant out ; it was
found to be uninjured.
" MURDERING" A MONICEY.—(From the Wor •
cester Herald.)—A large monkey, which for eight years
had lived in the possession of Mr. Badgery, skinner, St.
John's, about a fortnight ago took it into his head to view
the world on a larger scale than that within the narrow
circle of the skin-yard. Since then, up to last Wednes-
day, he led a free and roving life among the gardens and
back yards of St. John's, where he contrived almost
hourly to frighten some male or female liege subject of
our Sovereign lady nearly into fits, by his intense like-
ness, in their excited imaginations, to a certain person
who shall be nameless. Only a night or two before poor
Jocko's death, he was disporting as monkeys only can
sport, among the branches of an old ivy bush that covered
a mreasnpyecatanbleecpceanritsrhic-
eorfgainbg to
in about itohne erzarne of a
swung hou house,
himself
gyration, holding on the while by the tendrils of the
plant, his body swinging to and fro in the darkness like
some uncouth demon in Hades, exercising a new pair
of bat-winged contrivances previous to essaying a murky
flight to upper air. While engaged in this pastime an
old lady appeared on the scene, and no sooner had she
come within his reach than Jocko dropped on her
shoulder. saluting her with many an uncouth grin and
mow. The affrighted matron escaped with the infliction
of a tit of intense terror, and Jocko betook himself, by
way of variety, to a scamper over the tiles and
chimney-pots of the adjacent buildings. It appears that
it having been found impossible to take the creature
alive, it was determined to rid the neighbourhood of a
pest by destroying it. In the first place a large and
powerful bull-terrier was set on him. The monkey
soon had the best of the dog, which retreated howling.
Another terrier, weighing 241b5., was let at him, and it
is probable would have shared the same fate had the
men engaged in the combat given the monkey a chance.
As it happened, however, they shot it with a gun, and
while the dog was worrying it, dispatched it by repeated
blows of a cudgel. The poor animal was thus rather bar-
barously done to death, in place of being slaughtered is
a merciful and sportsmanlike manner.

PROPOSED Sun-MARINE EXPLOSION ON THE
tl4alttrdidedonlsti
TIIAMES.—A petition from the Treasurer of the Temple
has been under the consideration of the Navigation
Committee of the City of London, as to the injury that
gppaosiaitregethseht ni3ll
is likely to befal this locality by the great explosion
about
It is understood that one or two of the City)
surveyors
have inspected the buildings, and the result of their ex-
amination may be gleaned from the circumstance that
the corporation have decided that the " blowing-up'
must take its course, and it is expected
off in the early part of the wee. _ that it will come
The shoal extends
some 200 or 300 feet midway between. Blackfriars and
Waterloo bridges, and has for
navigation of the river. Captain some. years impeded the
, the harbour-
master, has, by means of marine explosions, already
succeeded in removing several shoals below bridge, and
he fully anticipates
effecting his object in this present
instance
pre ent
instance without in' • juring the buildings on the banks.
OPENING or THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.—The
opening of this important railway, as a through line )
communication between London and Edinburgh, may
now be announced as an event on the very eve of con-
summation: and as the best evidence of our authority
[or this intimation, we have only to state the fact, that
on Friday, the 17th curt., Mr. Addison, the resident
engineer of the company at Carlisle, accompanied by
Mr. Mold, chief agent of Messrs. Stephenson and Co.,
the contractors, and a party of their friends, performed
the journey between Carlisle and Edinburgh in one of
the London and North-Western Company's first-class
carriages, which bad arrived from Euston•square, the
only interruption experienced having proceededfrom the
workmen on the line, who had assembled at some points
to "cheer them on their way," which they accordingly
did in good style. The line to Glasgow has been com-
pleted for some time, so that nothing now remains but
minor arrangements to enable the directors to open to
the public this great line, so long and so anxiously
looked for.—Scotch Reformers' Gazette.

WHAT NEXT !—The Exeter Gazettestates that on
Thursday a " soirée de Feargus O'Connor" was given at
the Barnstaple Theatre.

MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL.
Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.,
TOWN AND COUNTRY
By MRS. TROLLOPS.
. .

'‘—_lts dashing portraiCure of character, novel story, sustained ac-
tion, and knowledge et the world, will render this work as popular as
any of the author's previous productious."--Britannia.

"We are inclined to consider ' Town and Country ' as the moS'
agreeable, If not the ablest of Mrs. Trollope's novels."—Atlas.
Menu Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

%HE 28."8W NOVEL.
la 3 Yoke. pgil eve.,
W ARRENNE,
TELIS MEDICAL PRACTITIONER,
By the Author of
" Margaret Capel," &c.,
WILL BR PUBLISHED TO-MORROW, DECEMBER 28.
Pilchard Bentley, New Darlington-street.

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THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Miler t! ~e Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed laseridan's Comedy of TILE RIVALS. Sir An-
tleony Absolute, Mr. Farren; Captain Absolute, Mr. H Farren ;
Faisiklan'd, Mr. Creswick ; Acres, .z Webster; Sir Lucius
ger, Mr. Hudson; Fag, Mr. Urindal; Davi.i, Mr. Keeley; .\IN.
M.siaprep, Mrs. Glover; Lydia Languisb, Mrs. Nlsbett ; Julia, Miss
Forte.scue; Lucy, Mrs. Humby. _ . .

To conclude with a New and Original Burlesque Spectacle entitled
THE WORLD UNDERGROUND; or, the Golden Flute and the
Brazen Waters.
Stage Manager, Mr. Fan en ; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster.

- J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper.
Boxes, Se. ; r!t, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; tipper Gallery, Is.
Doors open at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven,

TIIEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII.
Under the direction o: Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING

Will be presented an entirely new Piece, catitled the PEARL OF
TEIE OCEAN ; or, the Prince and the Mermaiden. Principal cha-
racters by Messrs. Waye, P. Bedford, `►right, Munyard, Giennaire,
Cullenford, and Worrell ; Miss Woolgar, Miss Emma Harding, Miss
Zilen Chaplin, Mrs. Laws, allot Madame Celeste.
To conclude with an Italian Pantomime, entitled PIERROT, the
Married Mita ; and POLICHINELLO, the Gay Single Fellow.
Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. , Gallery, Is.

Toots open at Halt-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Management of Madame Vestrts.
liole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews.
THIS EVENING

Will be presented new Comic Drama, entitled TIM TRA.
GEDY QUEEN.

After which, a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE GOLDEN
BRANCH.
To conclude with a Camila Drama. called A ROUGH DIAMOND.
Dress Boxes, 55. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No
half-price to any part of the house.
The Sew Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, Is open t• the
Public every day, from Ten till Six.

The IntetioroYthe House has been entirely re-designed by Mr. W
" -,thaL Colosseum.
PRINCESS 3 A
THIS EVENING

Will be presented the Tragedy of TIIE GAMESTER. Mr. Be-
verley, Mr. Cooper ; Stukely, Mr. Ryder ; Lewson. Mr. Conway ;
Bates, Mr. C. Fisher; Jarvis, Mr. Gilbert; Dawson, Mr. Norton;
Mrs. Beverley, Miss Emmeline Montague ; Charlotte, Miss Susan
Cushman ; Betty, Miss Somers.
To conclude with a new Christmas Pantomime, entitled OLD
FATHER TIME ; or, Harlequin and the Four Seasons.
Dress Circle, 55.: Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.

Lame, Mn. F. Davidge, No. 1, Davidge-terrace, Kensington-road

. _
Surrey.
THIS EVENING,

Will be performed the Tragedy of THE EARL OF WARWICK.
King Edward, Mr. F. Vining ; Earl of Warwick, Mr. H. Hughes ;
Duke of Clarence, Mr. Constantino ; Earl of Pembroke, Mr. H. Horn-
castle ; Margaret of Anjou, Mrs. W. West.
To conclude with a new Pantomime, entitled BATTLEDOOR and
SHUTTLECOCK ; or, Harlequin Trap, Eat, and sail.
A distinct entrance to the private boxes has been made (which
have been re-litted). Private boxes may be had nightly of all the
Irincipal Librarians ; and at the Box-eftize of the Theatre, which is
open daily Mora Ten until Four.
Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d.

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.
THIS EVENING

Will be presented an original Drama, entitled The CARPENTERS
OF LAMBETH, in which Miss 'Vincent, Mr. Hicks, and Mr. Far-
man wi 1 appear.
After which, THE JACKET OF BLUE. . .

To conclude with the grand scholastic and instructive Pantomime.
entitled TUE WORLD OF WONDERS; or, Harlequin Caxton and
the Origin of Printing, with wonderftil scenery and decorative ap•
pointments. Clown, Mr. Paul Herring ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli ;
Harlequin, M. Lupin° ; Sprite, Signor Molino; Columbine, Mdlle,
Zltella. _ . .

Boxes, is. ; rit, 64. ; Gallery, 44. No Half-price to any par
of the house.

Doors open at Six, to commence at Half-past Six.

AsTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
Proprieter and Manager. 11r. William Batty.
Mr. Batty's performing Elephants.
THIS EVENING,

The Grand Srectacle of THE CAMP OF SILESIA.
Enttrc:v new Scenes In the Arena, by the talented Artistes of
the stabilshunent, in the carious modes 01 equestration.
To cenblude with a Grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime entitle.]
HARLEQUIN DOCTOR SYNTAX AND HIS DAPPER GREY
MARE. in which those popular artistes Herr Denlin Mlle. Theo-
doie, Mr. Anderson, and 31r. Bradbury, as Harlequin, Columbine,
Clown, non Pantaloon, which will exceed in splendour and effect
all former productions at the Amphitheatre,
_

Box-office open from II till 5
Acting and stage Manager, Mr. W West.

173 E WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, DEC. 26.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 34 ; Highest, 37 ; Noon, 35,
BAROMETER, 30 21.—WIND S.E.; hazy.

DECEMBER 27.

THERM;33IETEU, Lowest, 30; Highest. 33 ; Noon, 32,
gAIIONETER, 30.28.—W IND N.N. W. ; cloudy.

lIIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY.
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