The Sun.
London, England, 1840-02-08 00:00:00

THE SHERIFFS' IVIPRISONIdIENT.

MEETING IN THE GUILDHALL.
A Common Hall was held yesterday at the Guildhall by
the appointment of the Lord Mayor, to whom a requisi-
tion had been presented, signed by the Livery, by whom
the Sheriffs were elected, for the purpose, as the placards
calling the meeting announced, of ‘. taking the circum-
stances of their case into consideration, in consequence of
the refusal of the House of Commons to liberate them
from the imprisonment to which they have been committed
for discharging their duty as Ministerial officers, by execut-
ing the process of the Court of Queen's Bench."
Although the meeting was called for twelve o'clock pre-
cisely, the Chair was not taken until ten minutes past one,
by which time there were between MO and 900 persons
present. On the platform we observed the Lord Mayor,
Sir Peter Laurie, Sir M. Wood, Alderman Thomas Wood,
Alderman Farebrother, Alderman Johnson, Alderman
Gibbs, Alderman Lainson, the City Solicitor, Mr. Wire,
the Under Sheriff, Mr. Clarkson, the Barrister, &c. &c.
The LORD MAYOR, in opening the business of the meet-
ing, stated that he did not hesitate to call the present
meeting when the requisition sent to him was signed by
some of the oldest and most distinguished members of the
Corporation.---(Hear, hear.) He much lamented the cir-
cumstances that had called them together, which was no
less than the incarceration of the most honourable and con-
scientious gentlemen that, perhaps, ever served an im-
portant office in that great Corporation.—( Hear, hear.)
tie was sure the deliberation of that day would be so eon.
ducted as would reflect honour and credit on the Livery of
London.—( Hear, hear.) He esteemed and respected the
high privilege of Parliament, yet he thought it
was high time that they were actually defied. He
trusted the day was not far distant when they would
have the pleasure of seeing their esteemed friends, the
Sheriffs, among them again.--(Hear.)
Mr. CLARKSON, the barrister, said be had the honour
of waiting upon die meeting to propose a resolution, which
those who had had the care and management of that
meeting had done hiM the ~}honour to put into his
hands. He had been led to believe that the Livcry and
Commonalty of that great City had always been prompt
and prominent in coming forward to protect and defend,
and if occasion served, to vindicate and preserve the liber-
ties of their fellow city ens.—( Hear.) Ho trusted the
feelings which had descended to them from their ancestors,
would be recorded before the House of Commons as their
sentiments on the deprivation of the liberty of two of
their fellow citizens for discharging duties cast upon them
by the solemnity of an oath, and which they would be
amerced for not performing, and that they would extend
protection to them as far as they were able to give it.—
(Cheers.) It was not necessary he should go through the
form of telling them the Sheriffs were now in prison.
Who sent them there?—The House of Commons. By
what authority? A resolution they themselves thought fit
to pass, and which, they said, was the law of the land.
With all respect he denied the position—it was not the law
of the land. Who was to know what the resolutions of the
House of Commons were, and which of them were to be
obeyed? The only means by which the public could obtain
a knowledge of them was by the p-ess, which had so ably
advocated the cause of the Sheriffs, but who, in publish-
ing those resolutions and reports of other proceedings,
were also guilty of a breach of the privileges of the
House.—(Cheers. Were statutes, he asked, enacted by
the House of Commons only, or by the three estates of
the realm ? Were they, then, to imprison, for no breach
of law, these gentlemen, in a room twelve feet square,
with a bed in it, and in which room they were
obliged to receive their visiters, wives, and families ?
who were not permitted to take exercise, unless attended
by those who were called officers of justlee, who also f.t..
towed them to the water-closet. They were only per-
mitted to take such exercise as this on the piles now
erected for the new building for the reception of that body,
who he hoped, before the time they entered it, would be
better acquainted with what their privileges were
(Loud cheering.) He asked had the House of Com-
mons only privileges—had the people none ?—(Cheers. )
Was it then come to this—that the House of Commons,
which claimed to have a right of undefined privileges, over
which they alone were to be judges, would enforce them in
so manly a manner—in a manner so creditable to them-
selves, and so much to be respected by the country, that
they were ashamed to put on their warrant the cause of the
commitment? He had heard that a great law authority, in
the drawing up that warrant, had recommended the Se-
cretary of State not to put in it the cause of that
warrant—to suppress the charge against the parties
by a proceeding which this country had ever abhorred—
making honourable men the victims of an oppression which
it was found impossible to justify by giving the cause of,
and thus enabling the Judges of the land to reverse the
decision, and to determine whether the parties who had
been the authors of it were right in issuing the writ in
question. He was one who should deny that the House
of Commons had privileges, and it was net necessary for
him to examine what was the extent of those privi-
leges—it was enough for him to ask if those privileges,
undetermined and varying as they were, should be
placed above the law of the land.—( Hear, hear, hear.)
He supposed that many members of the meeting had an
opportunity of seeing in the papers of the day that the
Learned Attorney-General had suggested that it was pos-
sible, under the peculiar circumstances of the case—( Hear,
hear)—that the Sheriffs had already been sufficiently pu-
nished, and that the House of Commons should begin to
consider that question to-night.—( Hear, hear.) Mercy
unexampled ! They were to consider whether two unof-
fending individuals—men who had been already im-
prisoned two weeks—whether these men had been
sufficiently punished for doing nothing but obeying
the law. He would demonstrate, from proceedings
of the House of Commons themselves, that they
were not entitled to the privileges which they had claimed.
—( Hear, hear. )—The resolutions upon which these privi-
leges were founded had been passed in the year 1837, and
yet in 1838 they had directed their Learned Attorney-
General to plead in defence of those privileges before a
Court of Law. Their privileges were not then so invio-
lable as they now pretended that they were.—(Cheers.)
That fact was of itself conclusive; they had done that, they
had the opinion of the Judges of the land; that opinion
was against them, and being so, what did they say ? Why
that they had no confidence in the Judges of the land.
What sort of a subterfuge was this? The Learned At-
torney-General by the direction of the House of Commons
presented himself to the Court of Queen's Bench, and
taken their opinion after a solemn argument, and after-
wards he said he wished be had never asked for their opi-
nion, because he said he had no confidence in them.
One of the Judges was stated to have made this observation,
that if the Judges had given judgment against Mr. Stockdale
he would have been entitled to have gone to the Exchequer
Chamber, and from thence to the House of Lords for the
purpose of ascertaining whether the Judges of the Court
of Queen's Bench were right or not. Why did not the
House of Commons pursue that course ? He would tell
them the reason why it was, because they s iid they had no
confidence, not only in the Judges of the Court of Queen's
Bench, but in all the Judges, and therefore it was that th-

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ey what woes- sow . Ay, inste, .of being three estates,. unfit, he thought, from the use it had made of its functions,
would not place this question before the House of Lords. there would be but one.--( Cheers, and cries of " No, to be entrusted with any privileges at all.—( Hear, hear.)
—(Cheers.) He was desirous of occupying as little of no.") This was no party question.—(Cheers, and hear.) That was his opinion; and he would conclude by willingly
the time of his brother Liverymen as possible, but he Look to the conduct of the Conservative leader of the seconding the resolution.
should have been ashamed of himself when he was House of Commons. What had Sir Robert Peel said ? The resolution was then put, and declared to have been
called upon to support a resolution like the one he —why, that the privilege of publication was essential to carried unanimously.
was about to propose, if he had hesitated for a single the House of Commons for the benefit of the public.-- Mr. BROWNING came forward to propose the next reso-
moment to render his feeble assistance towards its aue- (Cries of " Who cares for what he says ?") That great lution :
cess.—(Cheers.) They had beard that the Attorney- leader had further said, that if such were the law, rather " That this Common Hall sincerely trust that the Legis-
General seemed to doubt whether the Sheriffs ought not than permit the authority of the House of Commons to bo lature, in its wisdom, will devise the means whereby all
to be let free—(Cheers)—but he felt it to be his duty to opposed on that foundation, he would abdicate his needful publicity may be given to the proceedings of Par.
call the attention of the meeting to what those who acted functions.—(Loud cheering, and cries of ,' What liament, the evil now deplored avoided, and the law of
with him thought three days ago :he had read it in the does common sense say ?") The feelings of those libel so amended as to afford protection to all classes of the
press of the day, whether it was true or not he present had been worked upon for the purposeof the meet- community.
he could not say ; but it had been stated in the news- ing.—( Cries of " No, no.") He should conclude with " That this Common Hall trusts the 'Sheriffs may be
papers that it had been said by an Honourable proposing the following amendment, and whether it was immediately restored to their liberty, and the unimpeded
Member, but he would not mention names, that seconded or not was immaterial to him : ' That while performance of the duties of their high and distinguished
the Sheriffs had not been sufficiently screwed.— this meeting feels great regret for the situation of the office."
(Cheers.) Screw them tighter, and then you will obtain Sheriffs, they cannot but feel that the rights and privileges He came forward to propose this resolution, in which he
your privileges; and if that does not do, ask the Queen to a the House of Commons are the rights and privileges of thought there could be no difference of opinion. It could 1
adjourn Parliament instead of proroguing it ; and if that the people, and that they place their confidence in their not be doubted that it was of extreme importance, that the
does not succeed, ask the Queen to have a new Parlia_ representatives in that House, and they will persevere in information on which the proceedings of Parliament were
mont.—(Cheers.) He (Mr. Clarkson) had seen this in upholding them."
grounded, should be communicated in some form to the
the newspapers ;it might be a breach of privilege to in- A person in the meeting having seconded the resolution, public. But then he thought it was advisable that
sert, and equally se to read it, but he had done so.-... Mr. MAITLAND came forward to address the meeting, its privileges on that subject should be properly defined,
(Cheers.) But be had seen more than this. Ths He trusted that the meeting would look to what and duly limited by a regard for the public interest.
meeting would recollect that an unfortunate solicitor had their ancestors had done, and unanimously reject the Mr. JAMES GURNEY had great pleasure in seconding
now become the object of attack of the House of Commons, amendment. He need only call upon all persent to look the resolution. He regretted the continued confinement
and because he had endeavoured the elude their grasp, round the Hall for memorials of what their ancestors of the of the Sheriffs, and he thought that they had already
a suggestion had been made from the one side of the City of London had done to assert their independence in been sufficiently punished to satisfy the offended dignity
House that his wife and child should be sent for, in order spite of the authority of the Crown, exercised against the of' the House of Commons.
to extort from them where he was.—(Cries of " Shame, liberty of the people. The statue on his right (pointing to Mr. BALMY
proposed the next resolution. It struck
shame.") Me declared that during the whole period of his that of Alderman Beckford) must remind the citizens of him that the injustice with which the Sheriffs had been
existence he never heard of a suggestion so abhorrent and London that on former days the members of their body were treated was a very simple matter, inasmuch as they would
estilential.---(Hear, hear.) If the Sheriffs had chosen not afraid even to remonstrate with the Crown itself.— be forced by the double order of the House of Commons,
unworthily to exercise the privileges they possessed, net a In conclusion, be trusted that the meeting would at once and of the Court of Queen's Bench, to pay the money twice
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single Jury would have been found in or near the jury- reject the amendment. over. That was a most unfair position to place them in,
box in the Old Bailey to try the various delinquents, Mr. COATES felt it to be his duty, as a Liveryman, to The House of Commons said they were defending the
nor would a single step have been taken by them in express his sentiments to the meeting, because those !en- privileges of the people, but the people told them that
the discharge of their duties. Upon the proceeding's timents were not in accordance with the resolution that they were ashamed of them, and that they would take
taken by Stockclale, there did not appear one circum- had been proposed.--( Hear, hear.) The business of this some steps to define what ware the privileges of the House
stance that would give the Sheriffs knowledge that the meeting had been opened in an unusual manner. It was of Commons. The resolution he had to propose was, that
libels emanated from the House of Commons ; but some- not the custom at meetings on great public questions to a petition founded on these resolutions he presented to the
body served the Sheriffs with notice of certain resolutions retain lawyers.-_( Cries of " '"°, no," "he is a Livery- House of Commons by Sir M. Wood, and that the other
passed by the House of Commons. If those privileges man," and " retract the expression.") He would retract the Members for the City, and any other Members connected
which the House of Commons claimed did, in point of word which appeared to be offensive to the meeting, and with tthoethCeiitry
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fact, exist, who were the offenders? Who were the per- which had onls fallen from him in the heat of argument. Mr. RienAED HARDING seconded the resolution.
sons that stated in public Courts of Justice there was no He was sorry that the Sheriffs were imprisoned, and was Mr. Wruetsrsors said if he stood alone he would not
such law as the House of Commons had set up ? Why, willing to join in any resolution, praying for their imme- agree to petition the body which had behaved so impro-
the Judges of the Court of Queen's Bench. But the diate discharge.—( Cries of "We demand it as a right.") PerlY
House of Commons did not find it convenient to meddle He wished the Court of Queen's Bench—if the privileges self, and tell her Nlajesty what the conduct of the House
with the Judges.—(
Hear.) The very fact of the r were not tenable—had flown at hither game, and had at- of Commons had been.
Mr. Wilkinson then read the ad-
avoiding the Judges, showed that they could not support tacked the Speaher--(Laughter4and cries Of '. Oh, oh I" dress, which ho proposed to have their privilege, and the fact of their keeping out of the " You are making a mistake.") He thought it would be jests. presented to her Ma-
warrant the reasons why they had been induced to commit presumptuous in that hall to demand the liberation of the Mr. D. W. Wtat was sure that those present had met
these men, in his (Mr. C 's) judgment, made it clear Sheriffs, and therefore he begged to propose another with feelings too warm and ardent in the present cause to
that the privileges of the citizens of London, in the persons amendment.—(Cries of " Oh, oh," and " Let's dispose be led away by the ardour of others to do an act which
of their excellent officers, the Sheriffs, had been grossly of one first.") could be productive of no good.—( Cheers, and
violated, and the citizens of London had already waited The Loan MAYOR intimated that Mr. Coates could not cries of " No, no.") They bad met that day for the
too long before stating to the country the protection they Propose another amendment until the former had been dis- purpose of petitioning the House of Commons—
claimed.—( Cheers.) If the reason had been assigned in posed of.—( Hear. ) and telling them that in the course they had pursued the
Mr. Beam-tut thought the purposes of the meeting people were not with them. If they adopted the amend-
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meeting, and they would not get the Sheriffs liberated.—
( thereforeLa ugh te r move,and
(Cries of " Shan't we.") As Liverymen be would tell.
He regretted to find that those who had lived a long poli_tof.th,,espri,aollh.d"o) at once adjourn.--
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tical life, under the pretence of being Liberals had sup- No person seconded this motion.
them they had not the power to go to the Crown in th ported such propositions as the House of Commons had The Loan MAYOI then took the sense of the meeti -
nit 1 Way.—( Hear, hear.) What then would be the result ?
put forward.—( Hear, hear ) He (Mr. Clarkson) had ,on the resolution and the original amendment. About Why, for the purpose of showing that he would read a
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almost himself become a T,,ry ; and he conld not sit down forty hands only were held up in favour of they amendment, letter, a reply to a petition to the Queen, which had al.
without calling the attention of the meeting to the merits and the remainder being in favour of the esolution his ready been presented by the Sheriffs, praying that her
of one who had the honour of being a member of the Lordship declared the resolution to be carried.—(Cheerso majesty would exercise her prerogatives and cause her
Corporation, and who had discharged his duties hoary,honoabl Mr. SIDNEY TAYLOR came forward to propose the next , officers to be discharged. The reply to that petition was,
he alluded to their excellent Recorder.—( Hear, ) resolution, which was as follows :
There had beer, only two occasions on which that gentle. " That it is with pain and regret that the citizens of her majestyetiti had not been pleased tO signify any
commands
man could have been expected to interfere for the liberty London have witnessed, on the part of the House of corns on th„ubject. ( Laughter.) The meeting might de.
of the subject; and on both those occasions, vie.—the pro- mops, in the commitment of the Sheriffs, a recurrence to pend upon it, that any amendment on the petition that
tha the pon ha been laid bfore ueen, but that

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EVENING EDITION"
had been Mu, proposed would be treated in a similar
manner.—( Cries of " No.") But it would bo very dif-
ferent with respect to the House of Commons; that bletue
must succumb to the popular voice, they must obey the be"
beet of the people.—(A cry of " What's the use of peti-
tioxing men, the majority of whose body are against the
people.") Ha felt convinced that the petition proposedto
be presented to the House of Commons was one which the
meeting would approve, and it would be listened to with
respect.—(Hear.) That petition was bold and niar.dy, it
spoke the voice of freedom, anti it muc• therefore have its
weight with the Legislature.—( Mr. Wire hero read the
petition at length.) If the louse of Commons would not
listen to their petition would the Lord Mayor and the Li-
very of London rest quiet ? No,; they would then be able
to go up with double effect withla petition to the Queen.—
(Cheers.) One step at a time—give the House the op
por unity of doing justice, and if it refused, the whole
country would be roused, and they would approach the'
Throne with a voice that could not be misstated or disre
garded,—( Cheers.)
Mr. WILKINiON said that as the Lord Mayor had in-
formed him that, according to the terms of the requision, the
meeting being called to petition Parliament, he could not
entertain his ( Mr. W.'s) amendment, he would withdraw
it.—( Hear, hear.)
The resolution for petitioning the House of Commons
was then put and carried unanimously.
A vote of thanks was then given to the Lord Mayor
for his readiness in convening the Common Hall, and his
ability in presiding; and his Lordship having returned
thanks, the meeting separated.

COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.

Mr. Leigh Hunt's new play, entitled d Legend c f 17n-
rence, was brought out last night at this theatre, and met
with such a triumphant reception as convinces us it will not
be the last we shall have from his pen. The plot of this
striking drama is as follows:—Francesco Agolanti (More)
is married to Ginevra (Miss Tree), but being of 'a mean,
distrustful nature, he is incessantly haunted with the idea
that his innocent and lovely wife is, if not false to her mar-
riage vows, at least wholly estranged from him at heart.
Under the influence of these perverse, maudlin feelings, he
summons Ginevra into his presence, and upbraids her in the
most cutting and ungenerous terms for her supposedin-
difference to his affection, to which she makes little other
reply than is made by her exhausted energies, utterly worn
down by his long-continued, systematic malignity ef pug
pose. This scene was one of the most deeply affecting in
the play. There was no exaggerated declamation—no Im-
passioned effort at defence on the part of the meek, subdued
Ginevra ; her still attitude, her wan looks, her broken
voice, with a few touching words of supplication, rather
than remonstrance, uttered at intervals, spoke more elo-
quently for her, and went deeper to the hearts of the
audience, than whole pages of rhetorical pleading would
have done. Immediately on Ginevra's retirement from
the scene, a letter is put into the hands of her husband from
Antonio Rodieelli (Anderson), a former suitor to his wife,
and a high-minded, chivalrous character, who requests
permission to see him but for a few minutes. The r,-
quest is granted ; and then ensues a scene full of robust
energy, and containing passages not unworthy to vie with
some of the best in 13eaursont and Fletcher. Antonio
entreats Agolauti to lay asidaaarie unworthy doubts of his
wife, assuring him that she is already marked for the grave ;
but the more feeling he displays on this occasion, the more
he convinces the husband of the justice of his osvn
suspicions. While they are angrily conversing together,
news arrives that Ginevra is dead, which calls forth la
Agolanti the only burst of emorse he evinces throughout
the play. In the next act we find that she is not dead,
but has merely fallen into a trance ; on recovering from
which she hastens from the Church, where her open
coffin has been deposited—for it has been rumoured among
her attendants that life perhaps was net quite extinct, sod
tile tomb therefore has not been permitted to close on her
__and finds her way home, where hi r husband, who is
roaming in his garden at the time, hearing her
voice, imagines that a spectre is summoning him
to his destiny, and bars his doe: against her. Thus
repulsed, she seeks the house of Antonio, who, after his
first shock is allayed, receives her kindly, and assisted by
his mother, carefully watches over her. Meanwhile the
news of her restoration gains wind; and coming to the
ears of Agolanti, he insists on her returning home ; but
goaded to desperation by his repeated insults she releases;
and the play closes by his death, whether inflicted by his
own hand or not, we could not discover. Such is a brief
sketc h of the plot of this play, which is by no means fer-
tile in iaeideuts, hut deserves high commendation for the skill
with which the few that it contains, are worked up. But
its most extraordinary feature is the character of Agolanti.
We have little hesitation in pronouncing this the most ori-
ginal conception with which we are acquainted in the modern
drama. In its essence it is singularly repulsive. There se
scarcely one redeeming feature in it. Mesa, jealous, test-
less, superstitious, and cruel, yet anxious to keep up appear-
ances, and stand in a respectable position before the ;Todd
—Agolanti is given up to unmitigated scorn ; and yet such
is the art with which his character is evolved ; such the
curious felicity with which the depths of his strange nature
are sounded, so that he is literally turned inside out, and
presented unreservedly before us in all his naked defor-
mity ; that we regard his out-goings and his io-comings
with the deepest interest, as a new view of hunsan nature
offered to our consideration. The execution of this mils-
ing character, argues a subtler knowledge of the heart
than we ever gave Mr. Hunt credit for. It is no
fantastic conception drawn from fairy-land, but a
stern, truthful ske:ch, the result of quick observation and
attentive study in a worldly, prosaic school, with which
poets are seldom familiar. We will fairly confess that it
has taken us by surprise ; and having now seen of what the
author is capable—being sow satisfied that he is not a mere
make-believe, but has real stuff in hint ; we see no vrthly
reason why he should not give us a drama such as Shirley,
had he been living among us, might have been proud to
own. God knows we are sadly in want of such ! The
character of Ginevra is sweetly conceived, and delicately
handled throughout. Mr. Hunt is chary of her pretenee,
giving us just enough of her, and not too much. An-
tonio is a pleasant common place—a sort of revival of one
of Fletcher's chivalrous lovers— Arcite, for instance, in
the " Two Noble Kinsmen." The language of the play
is free and animated ; sufficiently/terse, where terseness is
required ; and giving a loose to eloquent declamation
where it suits the speaker and the scene. Occasionally we
meet with sonic delightful bits of poetry-, but these are
not intruders, but spring naturally out of, and
are directly suggested by, the subject matter in
hani. A word now by way of balance to our praise. In
the earlier scenes there is a little too much talking. The
action is languid, the dialogue does not tend !nil:-
cieetly to assist the progress of the catastrophe. This
remedied, we know of nothing to prevent a long snit to
the piece. It has deep, unaffected pathos, much vigour
of expression, and unexpected manlirress ofssentiment.
The actors all did their best, especially Moore
and Ellen Tree., whom we have never yet seen
to greater advantage. The former gentleman, how-
ever, will do well to forget Macready, and trast to the
promptings of his own heart, which will not lead him
astray, if he will but "do its bidding gently." At the
close of the play Leigh Hunt was loudly called for, and '
made his eppearanco on the stage in a most amusing state
of mingled extacy and trepidation. The House was
crowded to suffocation.
HOLIDAY IN THE CITY.

The following notice has been issued by the Lord Mayor:
MARSHALL, MAYOR.
" Mansion House, 7th February, Ig4o.
" Whereas, Monday, the 10th day of February instant,
is appointed for the solemnization of the marriage of her
Most Gracious Majesty, Queen Victoria, the Lord Mayor
considers it will be desirable on the part of his fellow
citizens, as a mark of dutiful respect to her Majesty, that
all business which can possibly be avoided should bo•sus-
peuded on that joyful occasion.
" The Lord Mayor doth hereby give notice, that the
Guildhall of the City of London wilt be closed o■ that
day, and doth recommend to the loyalty of his fellow-
citiems the respectful obsorvance of the same.
" By order of the Lord Mayor,
FRANCIS 1/OBLE11."

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Esq., and J. G. Andrews, Senior Surgeon to the London Hoo-
pitsl. Observe—l, Old' every, City, and 36, Old Bonds
street, Piccadilly.

The Marriage of her Majesty having been de-
finitively fixed for Monday next, the excitement both of tie
fashionable world itself and of that numerous portion of the
community who depend on fashion for support and livelihood,
is increased in proportiont o the brevity of the notice and the
shortness of the time allowed for preparation. An immenx
demand is anticipated for every article of luxury and elegance,
and none, we venture to predict, will be more extensiveqy is
request than Rowland's invaluable toilet appendages—vie., their
Macassar Oil, for the Hair; their matehlers Kalvdor, for the
Skin and Complexion ; and their inush-adatsirel Odonte, or
Pearl Dentifrice, for the Teeth, apish ieservedly rank 0 the
first and roost valued prepamtions of the kind.
The Marquess of Kildare is new at Oxford
University, where he will remain till the middle of *ext. mount,
—then he will come over to Ireland, on the oevasiofi of lsis,r,"
riving of age, and will be entexpaincal at Mavnooth by the tv...
merous and happy tenantry of his illustrious gather. We 4
heard that it is the intention of the Nike and his son to •
a tour on the continent during the Suntreer.....Deffig
ing Post.