The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-05 00:00:00

SCOTLAND.

PRESBYTIERY OF HAMILTON.--This Presbytery met at
Hamilton on Tuesday the 27th ult. After some routine
business,

Mr PROUDFCOT, of Avondale, brought forward his mo-
tion for an overture regarding the principles of non-intru-
sion, and the exclusive spiritual jurisdiction of the Church,
and for an address to the Duke of Argyll, to thank bias
for his defence of the spiritual privileges of the Church,
and to assure him, that a Bill to secure the principles of
non-intrusion and exclusive spiritual jurisdiction, will proves
satisfactory.
Dr. RUSSELL, of Dalserf, seconded the motion.
Mr. DEBAR, of Stonehouse, moved, that the Presby-
tery dismiss the overture and address, on the ground that
patronage is inconsistent with the right principle.
Mr. BUCHAN, of Hamilton, seconded the motion.
Mr. MONCRIEF supported the overture and address. Ho
said, that, while the majority of the Church could con- •
scientiously act under the law of patronage, as formerly
understood, they found it necessary to act in opposition
to the Civil Courts in some of their recent decisions. The
important point, therefore, was to get matters into a state
in which they could conscientiously avoid the collision.
The roll was then called, when the overture and address •
were carried by a majority of
SYNOD OF MORAY. The Synod of Moray met in •
Forres on Tuesday, the 27th ult. After a sermon by
the Rev. Mr. Maclachlan, of Cawdor, they were occupied
with several subjects of minor importance. The seven
suspended ministers of Strathbogie did not appear, and
a motion was made and seconded to strike their names off
the roll of the members of Synod until the suspensioa be
removed, which motion was carried.

On Wednesday the Daviot ease was brought up on s
complaint, by Mr. Clark, on a deliverance of the Presby-
tery of Inverness, refusing to make the minutes in which ,
a person of the name of William Macintosh claimed to
be admitted to the roll of communicants a part of the re-
ference made by the Presbytery of Inverness to the ensu-
ing Assembly.
Mr. Barclay moved, and was seconded by Mr. Gentle,
that the Synod dismiss the complaint, and affirm the sen-
tence of the Presbytery of Inverness.
The motion having been unanimously carri6d,
Maclennan, for the presentee, appealed to the ensuing
meeting of the Assembly : and Mr. Clark entered reasons
of protest upon the record.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam-
bridge and the Princesses Augusta and Mary, attended by Ba-
ron Km•sebeck and the lion. Miss Kerr, will embark at Ca-

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lais on Monday next for Dover, en route to Cambridge House.
A Government steamer is ordered to be in waiting on that day.

The Countess of Brownlow's grand ball on
Tuesday next, is given in celebration of the debut of her Lady-
ship's second daughter, Lady Catherine Cu=t, who was pre-
sented at her Majesty's drawing-room on the 22d tilt.

The Duke of Wellington has a grand dinner
party to-morrow evening at Apsley House.

The Duke of Buckingham gave orders that
Stowe and its spacious and enchanting pleasure-grounds should
be opened for the season to the public on Monday last.
Sir Thomas Dvke Acland, Bart., M. 1"• 9 left
town at the close of the last week for Killerton Park, Devon, ri
where the Ashantee Princes were to have arrived on Saturday
from visiting the Plymouth and Devonport dock-yards. The
Princes embark in a few days for India. ,„
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HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE —As we antici-
pated, Giisi's execution of the concluding scenes of Anna
Bolena on Saturday were too fine not to yield us the perform-
ance of the whole of that opera. Its two acts were played last
to a numerous though not a very crowded house, and gave all
the pleasure that was to be expected from such a work en-
trusted to such singers. Signora Grancha personated Gi-
ovanna Seymour ; and Mademoiselle Ernesta Grisi, whom
we were sorry to see looking indifferent in health, the '
page and minstrel, Smeaton. A new ballet, in two acts,
was afterwards produced, under the title of La Fille de •
As the subject is taken from Madame Cottin's
well-known and deservedly popular tale of the young girl
Elizabeth, who wandered from the remotest part of Siberia to
Moscow, in order to implore the Emperor's clemency in be-
half of her father, we need not enter into any detail of the
plot. Madame Guy Stephan, who was entrusted with the
heroine's part, and acquitted herself of it with much intelli-
gence,
was very near meeting a serious accident as she was
descending, " exhausted and almost dying, the banks of, the
frozen Votga." In compliance with the libretto, at this part
of her journey, a band of savage Cossacks, in quest of plunder,
meet and insult Elizabeth, and their leade ris about to lay
hold of her, when the stream breaks forth from its boundaries, '
and, while the inundation puts the Cossacks to flight, Eliza-
beth is carried away with a wooden cross, beneath which she..
has sought a refuge. Under the cross, therefore Madame
Stephan sheltered herself, but it afforded her anything but pro-
tection. Owing, seemingly, to some rope breaking whilst it
was rising, she experienced a heavy fall or heavy blow which
some loud shrieks denoted. The curtain was dropped as fast
as it could be brought to a horizontal position, whist the Vol-
ga's billows proved that it was their dehut at her Majesty's
Theatre. A very protracted interval ensiled, general anxiety
being expressed as to what had befallen Madame Stephan. At
length, when the call for M. Laporte was fast increasing, the •
curtain rose again, and the heroine came forward amidst the
loudest demonstrations of sympathy, and fortunately reached
Moscow in such manner as to make everbody hope that she
was not a sufferer from the accident. The music is well
adapted to the action, and in some parts very pretty. Many
of the costumes deserve praise likewise.

A recent decision in the Court of Exchequer,
pregnant with most serious consequences to the common
brewers of England, is, we understand, about to be brought,
under the notice of Parliament, with a view of obtaining
redress. By the decision just alluded to, which is neither
more nor less than a new construction of the laws, revers-
ing a practice of immemorial date, the whole property of
brewers vested in barrels is placed in imminent peril, those
barrels being liable to be seized and sold wrenever the
landlord of a public-house has occasion to distrain upon
his tenant. Throughout the country districts, where the
prevailing distress of the times is pecuriarly felt, the
brewers feel there is no certainty whatever in their tran-
sactions, while, by such a decision, their property is ren-
dered liable for their customer's rent to an extent double
that of any other tradesman who is accustomed to send
out goods upon credit. The subject has therefore been
warmly taken up by the principal provincial towns, and a
great number of petitions are now in town awaiting a fa-
vourable opportunity for presentation by the respective
Members. The case of the brewers in this instance is very
clearly set forth, and its hardships properly exposed, in an
appeal to the Members of both Houses ocf Parliament, by
the agent entrusted with the representation of the brewers'
claims, of which we shall give further partimulars b fore the
question comes on for discussion.—Morning Advertiser.

ATTORNEYS.—No fewer than 1681 gentlemen
have given notice of their intention to apply ,to be admit-
ted attorneys of the Court of Queen's Bench on the last
day of the present term.

THE LATE BISHOP OF WORCESTER.—The
mortal remains of the above venerable prelate were in-
ttrred in the family vault at Hartlebury, on Monday last.
The funeral was strictly private. The shops were gene-
rally closed, out of respect to the memory of the diocesan.
UNTO THE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS
OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, IN PARLIAMENT As-
SEMBLED.—(The petition of the undersigned, being mem-,
hers of one family), humbly sheweth—That your petitioners
believe that God is good.—That your petitioners consider
as a proof of His goodness and also Hie wisdom, that He
has made different parts of the earth suited to the 'produc-
tion of different products.—That your petitioners believe,
that by the interchange of products, resulting from the
difference of production, He intended to establish a cont- •
munity of interests among the various branches of the
great family of man, and to ensure do each being compost.
in; that family, a sufficient supply of the good things of
His Providence.—That your petitioners inform your Ho-
nourable House, that the law, called the Corn.law„is a
law in direct opposition to the benevolence and wise. ar- -
rangemcnts of the Supreme Being; and being so, has iv-
ffieted much hardship and evil-, on your petitioners, who
therefore pray that such law may be forthwith...repealed-
Let all families wha-would_have cheap bread, go-Arlo:1.-40 .
likewise!

EVENING- EDITION

IRELAND,

REPEAL ASSOCIATION.unts, MAY' 1
A letter from Mr. O'Connell was read at the weekly meet-
ing of th 3 Repeal Association, held at the Corn Exchange this
day. We subjoin some extracts from it :
" TO THE LOYAL NATIONAL REPEAL ASSOCIA-
TION OF IRELAND.

onclon, Ist MR,y, 18 ,1 1:
" tieteditary bondsmen! know" yeL not,
Who would be free themselves must strike the blow ?
"Is there no bairn in Gilead ? Is there no hope for Ire-
land? Out of her own limits, none. Beyond her own people,
trt?ne. None, I say, save from the intellect, energy, arid pa-
rietism of Ireland herself. Th
" First, Ireland has no 'sing are the facts.
_les-7-she has every,ning of good to expect from the To-
of evil to expect from them. The in-
flaming of -varty zeal, and the excitement of religious rancour
7-the swelling the magistracy with every interested or yin-
tent oppressor—the filling the Bench in the Superior
carts with dexterous but malignant, plausible but persever-
alg partisans, who will mingle political preferences with all
the infatuated kcal of religious animosity. The nomination
Qf party Sheriffs the packing of party Juries—the
selecting jurymen merely because they are sure to convict,
Whether the innocent or the guilty—the insecurity of life and
r'nße'ty, the destruction of the franchise. But why should I
'1 'tin what is known to everybody ? The entire may be in-
cluded in one sentence. If the Tories come into power, there
nOt unc single oppression that can gratify the avarice or ma-
'grntY of a relentless party, or that can grind the faces of the
People to the earth, that will not be the familiar practice of
every-day life in Ireland.
" Secondly. The elements of Toryism in England are to be
found in the aristocratic contempt of popular rights, and the
*elfish desire of the peculation that attends misgovernment.
Thirdly. To these are to be added, in the case of
Slreland, the vicious but lactive stimulants of anti-Irish preju-
udice, and violent religious bigotry.
, " Fourthly. The great majority of the English people be-
mug to the 'retry party, and where they are not sufficiently
strong for purposes of mischief, their deficiency of force is made
tip by the accession of the torch and dagger Chartists.
" Fifthly. There is in England no party favourable to
Ireland. Even among those Who call themselves Liberals and
Radicals there are to be found many and many who prefer their
own wretched conceits and cr,,tchets to the interests of Ireland.
"Sixthly. The Queen—God bless her—is anxious to have
aqual justice done to Ireland. She has not power eno,lgh to
be able to obtain it.
" Seventhly. The Queen's Ministers are anxious to obtain
sense justice to Ireland, but they have not power to obtain it.
Eighthly. There is no fact more certain and undisguised
than that the majority of the House of Lords will not suffer any
lae.v.ure useful to Ireland to be carried into operation.
" What, then are the people of Inland waiting for? A man
Would be wiser who should seat himself near the rapids of
Killaloe, waiting until the entire waters of the Shannon had
passed by.
" What, then, are the people of Ireland waiting for ? Is it
Ile see whether Stanley's Bill will lass? He is a very unwise
roan in his rancorous hostility to Ireland, else he would cease
to press that Bill for this simple reason—that it is totally un-
necessary. The franchises in our counties are expiring of
themselves ; they are going out with a rapidity almost incalcu-
lable. They do not require Stanley's extinguisher. I have
examined the Parliamentary papers carefully, and I am tho-
roughly convinced that, in all the counties in Ireland taken
together, there could ant be brought to the poll so many as
25,000 voters. Not 25,000 voters for a population of 8,500,000.
" Alas ! alas ! if the repeal agitation had been hitherto as
etensive and as energetic as it ought to have been, Ireland
ould not be in the prostrate oondition in which she is at pre-
sent placed. Those who have hitherto discountenanced the
Only available agitation, may be (and many of them are), ex-
ceedingly well-intended persons, but hell itself is paved with
good intentions, and Ireland is writhing under the Tory lash
by reason of the misconduct of persons of good intentions.
" There are some in England, as well as in Ireland, who as-
sert that there is another remedy besides the repeal, and that
it is to be found in a combination of the Reformers of the three
countries. This opinion is maintained by Mr. Sharman Craw-
ford end Mr. Ross, of Rosstrevor, amongst others in Ireland
and by Mr. Roebuck and Mr. Marshall, amongst others, in
England. But unfortunately the " others" in Ireland are not
very numerous, and in England are very few indeed.
" The plan proposed by the gentlemen whom I have re-
spectfully named, is a combination' of the reformers of Eng-
land, Ireland, and Scotland, and the plan is said to be plausible
and practical. I admit that it is plausible, but unhappily I
am compelled to deny that it is practical.
" It is with unfeigned anguish I say that the number of real
Reformers in England and Scotland is too small to render any
Such combination practically useful, even if it could be (which
I believe it could not ,be) actually formed. The Tories, of
course, are not Reformers. The Chartists are not real Re-
formers: some of the most active and influential among them
have joined the Tories. The Whigs are scarcely Reformers :
and the Radicals—Heaven help them !—are too busy, abusing
all but themselves, and are too full of crotchets and fantasies,
to be practical reformers.
" There is not the last hope in any effort for reform in Eng-
land, or for redress in Ireland, but in the Repeal agitation—.
AftIiLLAH, THEN, FOR THE REPEAL !
" I have the honour to be your faithful servant,
"DANIEL O'CONNELL."

- - -
PETE DAY OF THE KING OF THE
FRENCH, AND CHRISTENING OF THE
COMTE DE PARIS.

(From Galignani's Messenger.)
On Saturday, on oceasion of his Majesty's fete day, the King
received the officers of his household and of those of the other
members of the Royal Family, the Ministers and Marshals of
Trance ; the grand deputation of the Peers and Deputies; the
members of the courts of law, the Institute, and various other
public bodies and functionaries. At four o'clock his Majesty
received the corps diplomatique. Congratulatory addresses
Were as usual delivered to his Majesty on this occasion, and
the King made to each suitable replies.
CHRISTENING OF THE COMTE DE PARIS.
By eight o'clock on Sunday morning many persons who had
received tickets for the interior of Notre Dame had taken their
places within the cathedral, and by half-past nine all the galle-
ries were fully occupied. By ten the members of the Chambers
and public bodies had taken their seats. In the centre, in front
of the choir, was placed a Roman altar, arranged for the cere-
teeny. On the right, a little in front, was fixed a dais of crim-
son velvet and gold, in the form of a dome, and surmounted by
a Royal crown. The aspect of the interior was on the whole
very striking. Each pillar was covered with a velvet drapery,
bearing heraldic emblazonments, on one side a gilt shield,
marked with the initial of the Comte de Paris, and on the other
another shield, wiih two angels sustaining a coronet. The
great Gobelins' carpet was used on this occasion, and had a
magnificent effect. Detachments of troops and national guards,
with a strong force of sergens de ville, kept the place, in front
of the cathedral, and at various points along the quays of the lle
de la Cite. At 11 o'clock discharges of artillery announced the
departure of the Royal cortege from the Tuileries, which took
the line of the quays and the Pont Neuf to the cathedral. In
the fist carriage were their Majesties, the Duke and Duchess of
Orleans, and the Comte de Paris ; the other members of the
Royal family and the Court followed in 13 carriages ; and the whole
was escorted by detachments of mounted national and municipal
guards, cuirassiers, and chasseurs. Their Majesties were
ereetee with loyal acclamations all along their passage. Soon
after eleven the Royal carriage reached the entrance of Notre
Dame, and the Archbishop at the head of his clergy, with all '
the rectors of Paris, received their M jesties as they alighted.
Bis Majesty declined using the canopy which had been prepared
for him, and the clergy advanced in procession to the altar,
followed by the Royal cortege to the sound of the drums, and
a brilliant march executed by the organ. The King and the
Royal Family advanced, saluting the different bodies of the
State, towards the reserved place fronting the altar, which
had been prepared for the ceremony near the railing of the
choir. On the right of his Majesty were the King of the
Belgians, the Duke of Orleans, the Prince de Joinville,
Duke de Monpensier, and the Duke Alexander of Wurtem-
burg ; and on his left were the Queen, the Queen of
the Belgians, the Duchess of Orleans, Duchess of Ne-
wiours, Princess Clementine, Madame Adelaide, and the
Grand Duchess of Illecklenburg. The King wore
the uniform of the national guard. The King of the Bel-
pans and the Royal Dukes were in full military costume.
The Queen and the Princesses, as well as all the Ladies of the
Court, were in full dress, with feathers and diamonds. On
either side of the Royal party were placed the Ministers, the
Peers, the Council of State, the members of the corps
diplo-
?statique, the marshals and admirals, members of the Chamber
of Deputies, the Prefect of the Seine at the head of the mu-
nicipal body, and the prefect of police. Round the altar stood
the three Cardinals, the archbishops of Rouen and Lyons, and
the bishop of -Arras, with all the suffragans of the See of Paris
and the bishop elect of Evreux. The Patriarch of Antioch
was also among the crowd of dignitaries, clad in a purple Le-
vantine costume of great splendour. Their Majesties the
King and Queen stood as sponsors for the Count de Paris, who,
when asked his name by the archbishop, replied distinctly to
the question. His Royal Highness was observed frequently to
kiss his governante. The act of christening was then signed
by the King and other members of the Royal family, after
which the archbishop, cardinals, the suffragan bishops, and all
the clergy in procession, conducted their Majesties to the
grand `entrance.
PRESENTATION OF THE SWORD.
At half-past one o'clock the Municipal Council of Paris, with
the Mayors of the twelve arrondissements, and their Deputies,
headed by the Prefect of the Seine, entered the Throne-room
of the Tuileries, where they were received by the King,
Queen, the Duke and Duchess of Orleans, with the Comte de
Paris, the King and Queen of the Belgians, and the rest lof
the Royal Family, Marshal Soult, and the other Ministers.
The Comte de Rambuteau, the Prefect, demanded permission
of his Majesty to present to the Comte de Paris the sword
which had been voted to the Prince by the city.
His Majesty then took the Comte de Paris by the hand,
and, presenting him to the Municipality, said—" Give your
band to the Prefect, in token of your giving it to the whole
city of Paris.". This was done and greeted by acclama-
tions of ".Vivo le Roi !" from the whole of the members
of the Municipal Council. The Queen, the Duke and the
Duchess of Orleans having thanked the Municipal Coun-
cil, the Royal party retired. The persons who remained
pressed round the rich and splendid present, every one admiring
the taste and beauty of its ornaments, and the skill with which
they were wrought. The hilt is surmounted by a royal crown,
supported by four genii; the base rests on two small figures
seated in a shell, and between them is a lion couchant. On
each side of the hilt are two upright figures, one representing
Force, and the other, Wisdom. Around the guard is entwined
a serpent. In the middle, the three national colours are re-
presented by a diamond, a ruby, and a sapphire ; above these
is prmsdly perched the Gallic cock on a tricoloured ring. The
rest of the guard is formed by the figure of a Chimera uniting
with the crown at the pommel. On the shell, between the
hilt and the blade, the Count de Paris is represented reposing
in his cradle, which is made in the form of the galley, the ar-
morial bearing of the city, protected by two figures, one repre-
senting the city, the other, Fortune, with the inscription,
" Dieu le conduira.":On the right side of the blade is written,
" Au Comte de Paris sa nine notae, 24 Aunt, 1638."
THE ROYAL BANQUET.
This took place at five o'clock. An immense table-ran the
whole length of the Gallerie Louis Philippe., His Majesty had
the Queen of the Belgians on his right hand, and the Duchess
of Orleans on his left. The Queen was seated between the
King of the Belgians on her right, and the Cardinal Bishop of
Arras on her left. Another table, in the horse-shoe form,
was laid in the Salle des Marechaux, at which the Duke of
Orleans presided, having the Minister of Foreign Affairs on
his right, and the Prefect of the Seine on his left. The Duke
de ,Montpensier and Duke Alexander of Wurtemberg had
seats at this table. The Prince de Joinville presided over a
third table in the Salon de la Paix, supported by Admiral Du-
h erre and Marslial Vallee. The total number of guests at the
three tables was 350, composed of the Presidents, Vice-Presi-
dents, and Secretaries of the two Chambers, the Ministers anti
Marshals, the Staffs of the National Guard and the garrison,
Prefect Deputies, and Municipal Councillors of Pg.sris the
Prefect of the Seine, and the Police, the Staff f the 11.1unici
pal Guard, and other official and distinguished personages. The
bangeet lasted till seven o'clock.

RONT/ERS OF ITALY, APRIL 20.--. We
earn from Torin that the King, accompanied by the Duke of
Saxony, left that city on the 13th to go to Genoa, and thence
a the-aad of Sardinia, to see with his own eyes "hat may
be 43.0110- to.prmuote the prosperity of that island. Ths num-
aer o soldiers sent to their homes has been much increased of
441 WI the whole the reductions meant to 18,000 men.