The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-08 00:00:00

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LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1848

Sir ROBERT PEEL was not more earnestly or more
unanimously sustained by public opinion, in proposing
the abolition of all restrictive duties and the perma-
nent establishment of free trade, than is Lord
Joux RUSSELL in advocating the political emanci-
pation of the Jews and the removal of those civil
disabilities which have hitherto prevented their en-
trance into Parliament. What the minority of Pro-
tectionists was to the lost great question of the Peel
Cabinet, the minority of Exeter Hall enthusiasts is
to the first great question of the Rus,ell Adminis-
tration. Petitions have poured into the Commons,
eloquent appeals have iNt in the reporters'
gallery, meeting, bean convened in th_. metro-
polis for the purpose of testifying the coincidence of
the public in the religious sympithies of our states-
men. Without proceeding to such an extreme verge
in the line of liberality as the Hon. Gentleman the
Member for Buckinghamshire ; without taking the
sentiments embodied in his Parliamentary speeches,
or in his theocratic romance of " Tancred," as the
maxims of our social moraiity ; without agreeing
with him that Christianity is little else than identical
with Judaism, and that a worshipper of EMMANUEL
virtually the same as a believer in Mom and the
Prophets—the people of England have nevertheless
pronounced through their different channels their
cordial agi eement with the views entertained upon
this particular by the First Lord of the
Treasury and his colleagues. Through the press,
through the voices of their most distinguished
representatives, through parochial authorities and
municipal institutions, through verbal appeals and
written entreaties, they have proclaimed their satis-
faction at the brilliant course upon which the
Premier has
adventured. They have exulted
in this renewed token that the Lord JOHN of
1848 is the mule
as the Lord JOHN of 1832 ;
that he who carried the Test and Corporation
Acts, when in opposition, is ready to carry the
final measure of Religious Toleration as Prime
Minister. If the present Government be in a doubt-
ful position, as regards the community, upon every
other point in its schemes of innovation, it is in a
position of complete security upon the revision of the
Oath of Abjuration.
After the numerous testimonies of approval which
have been accorded by the population of
Israelites, an
England to
this interesting project in behalf of the Is
additional mark of satisfaction has been awarded to
the Administration by a numerous and intelligent
assemblage of provincial electors. Under the eh
• air.
3:u thenship of the Mayer of Bolton liberal inhabi-
tants; of that borough town gave evidence on Wed-
nesday evening of their devotion to the cause of re-
ligious as well as of political tolerance, by carrying a
number of resolutions expressive of their abhorrence
of the obnoxious disabilities, and carrying these re-
solutions, moreover, with acclamations. Among the
speakers on this occasion the foremost was the un-
successful candidate at the recent election, DAVID
WILLIAMS WIRE, Esq., an eminent solicitor, and a
distinguished member of the London Corpora-
tion. Alluding to the indignities and cruelties
which had been inflicted upon the unfortunate Jews
in the countries of Continental Europe, Mr. WIRE
commented upon the generous principles enforced by
La Charte of 1830, which permitted the entrance of
Hebrew Deputies into the Representative Chambers
of France. He might have adduced another instance
of statesmanlike sagacity wcrthy of being emulated
by the legislators of Great Britain. He might have
reminded his auditors that whereas the condition of
the poor Jews of Rome -had been most deplorable
under every preceding Pontificate, it bad been sin- ,

gularly ameliorated and improved through the benefi-
cent interference of Pius IX., of that great reformer
whose latest act of clemency is not his least—name'y,
his re-organization of the Council of Ministers. While
France and even Papal Rome are striving thus ear-
nestly to place the descendants of ABRAHAM socially
and politically on an equality with their Christian
fellow-men, England should not assuredly present
that spectacle of cruel and invidious repression
which would be inevitable were the suggestions of
the Hon. and Learned Member for the University of
Oxford complied with. By the arguments annun-
ciated by Mr. Wine, and by the representative of
the Tower Hamlets, as well as by the greeting awarded
to those arguments by the constituents of Boston,
a new evidence of British liberality has been afforded
in the provinces, and an additional incitement has
been given to that great struggle of democracy,
which, if conducted with rashness, would end in
anarchy, and if guided by prudence, will terminate
in the perfect realisation of the sublime principles of
civil and religious liberty.
Before the House of Commons shall have finally
concluded its exertions for the release of the Jews from
the onerous disabilities, under the weight of which
they experience such an extraordinary depression,
we do earnestly hope that her Mesusxr's Govern-
ment will not remained contented with the destruc-
tion of merely one of the numerous ill effects of a
pernicious system, but that they will boldly annihi-
late that system itself, and dedicate its very frag-
ments to oblivion. A simple erasion in the Oath
of Abjuration is not enough, the oath itself should
be abolished; and not only the Oath of Abjura-
tion, but the Oath of Supremacy in like manner.
If the Christian representatives cannot coincide
in the views of the Society of Friends, or listen
in obedience to the Divine voice which said
" Swear not at all !" they can, at the least, consent
to obliterate those oaths which are notoriously super-
fluous, and preserve the House of the Nation from
being violated with the presence of a traitor, by the
retention of one oath—the Oath of Allegiance.

Already the good effects of the energetic and de.
cisive measures adopted by the Irish Government
are becoming apparent. There has at length been
some cessation of those fearful outrages by which
the public mind was disturbed and the Isle " fright-
ened from its propriety." The sanguinary miscreants
who had intimidated the districts in which they were
temporary sojourners, and brought discredit upon
their country from the reckless brutality of their
proceedings, are at length beginning to discover that
the law is too powerful for their machinations, and
that sooner or later it will be fully vindicated, and
the guilty consigned to the well merited punishment.
The promptitude with which the Crime and Outrage
Act has been brought into operation, together with
he effect produced by the Special Commission
that has been issued, and the proceedings under
which are now going on, have struck terror
into the souls of evildoers. A Limerick jury
has justified the confidence entertained by the
Legislature, and proved how unnecessary it would
have been to have constituted new tribunals, or to
have transferred to Courts-martial the functions
which can alone be constitutionally exercised by the
ordinary judicial authorities, assisted by a fairly-
selected panel of upright and independent jurymen.
The first prisoner placed on his trial, WILLIAM
RYAN, otherwise PUCK, probably the most reckless
and desperate of those called on to answer for their
crimes, has been convicted, and the jury, twelve
gentleman, having been peremptorily challenged
before the required number was completed, returned
the verdict without retiring from their box. The cir-
cumstances of the case afford a fearful illustration of
the state of society in the disturbed districts, and of
the system of terror and intimidation that has been
exercised. Like the great majority of Irish outrages, it
sprung from an agrarian source. It appeared that
WILLIAM RYAN and his father formerly held about
three acres of land on the bordeis of Limerick and
Tipperary, but that having neglected to pay the rent
thereof, they were turned out of possession, and the
holding was given to their next neighbour, a steady
and industrious man, named MICHAEL KELLY, who
had previously held nine acres under the same land-
lord. This was about two years ago, and since that
period a deep feeling of animosity was entertained by
the RYANS against the incoming tenant and all the
members of his family. In place of friendly salute
when the parties happened to meet, a scowl of deadly
hatred took place. But this indication was exchanged
for more active measures of revenge in the course of the
past year ; on the 17th of September last, the prisoner,
a young man about twenty-five years of age,
attempted the murder of MICHAEL KELLY by firing at
him with a pistol, although severely wounded, the life of
the intended victim was providentially preserved.
It might have been supposed that this would have
assuaged the anger of the prisoner—that his thirst
for blood would have been thereby satiated. But
such was not the case ; the feeling of revenge was
too deeply seated to be satisfied with anything less
I than the life of the party who had offended against
Ithe laws of the secret tribunals, or at least of one of his
family—that atrocious code recognising the propriety
of a vicarious sacrifice. Five days after that failure,
the prisoner, who had been seen proceeding in the
direction, accompanied by another man, who has
hitherto escaped from justice, entered the house of
JOHN KELLY—the brother of MICHAEL—who had
himself committed no offence against the dictates of
midnight assassins, whose only crime was that re-
lationship, and without a singl . word shot him while
seated in the centre of his family. The murdered
mate pierced by eleven bullets, fell dead at the feet of
his assassins, while some of the bullets, after passing
through his body, wounded his nephew, a boy of 12
years of age. Such was the terror that prevailed in
that locality with respect to affording any information
against the violators of the law, that the niece and ser-
vant of the murdered man, who had witnessed the entire
transaction, and fully recognised the murderer, with
whom they were well acquainted, were afraid to
speak the truth at the inquest which was held on the
body—the girl only stating she believed it was BILLY
RYAN who shot her uncle, because, as she subse-
quently explained, " she was afraid that she would
herself be killed, if she told what she knew ;" while the
servant said " he did not know the murderer, being
afraid that he or his friend would shoot him (the
witness)." There was other evidence which made
the case perfectly clear against the murderer, and
could leave no hesitation in the minds of the jurors,
and the result has been the verdict which consigns the
guilty man to an ignominious death.
It is this feeling of apathy, or we should rather say
of intimidation, which has hitherto prevented parties
from coming forward and giving their testimony
against the violators of the law that must be got rid of.
Full and ample protection must be afforded
to every person who has forwarded the ends of jus-
tice by taking any part in the proceedings. We
doubt not that this essential duty will be efficiently
discharged by the Executive, and that, while they
punish the offenders, who are inflicting the deepest
injury on their unhappy land, they will guard against
any person being made a sufferer for acting in a
praiseworthy manner, and despising the threats of the
conspirators. The mode of conducting the present
Commission entitles the Irish authorities to the
greatest praise. Not only were the usual Crown
prosecutors of the Circuit, whose experience and
talent would have insured everything that legal skill
could effect, in attendance, but the highest
law officers of the Crown, the Attorney and
Solicitor-General, went down special to conduct the
the several cases—and the highest legal func-
timaries—the Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's
Bench, and the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer,
were selected as the presiding judges. But while
every care was devoted to the efficient carrying on of
the prosecutions, the interests of the parties accused
were not overlooked.
It would have been
, for them to have pro-
cured the attendance of counsel for their defence,
difficult, if not impossible
expense that would probably have been
their ability, or that of their friends, to en-
bsauveonadt athn
counter. The Government therefore sent down Mr.
JAMES O'HEA, a gentleman of considerable abilities,
whu has attained a leading position as a criminal
lawyer on the circuit, as well as in the metropolis, to
conduct the defences of all the prisoners. This con-
duct requires no comment.

According to the terms of the Federal Pact,
Bern• will continue to be the directing canton

during the year 1848, and as the administrative
year does not commence in the canton until the Ist
of June, M. OCHGENBEIN will continue to be head
of the Vorort until the 31st May next.
The Bishop of Friburg, M. MARILLBR, conti-
nues in open hostility with the new Government.
He wishes to maintain in their appointments those of
the priests who took a direct' part in the civil war,
while the Council of State contends, and with justice,
that others should be appointed in their room. The
Friburg prelate threatens the intervention of the
Pore, the Apostolic Nuncio, &c. &c. In consequence
of the hostile attitude assumed by this turbulent priest
the other cantonal governments of the diocese, viz.,
Geneva, Vaud, and Berne, will consult with Friburg
as to the measures to be adopted in common to
resist the encroachments and illegal demands of
the Bishop of FRIBURG, one of the most dangerous
of the partisans of the Jesuits.

Letters from Roane of the 30th ult. state that the
POPE had that day published a decree organizing the
Council of Ministers. It divides the administration
into nine departments, each independent of the other,
and accountable to the POPE only, but meeting once
every week under the presidence of the Secretary of
State. The Secretary of State has nothing more to
do with the police, home affairs, finances, &c., but is
to be simply Minister of Foreign Affairs. This new
system is considered a great improvement.
A letter from Parma of the 30th ult. says—" The new
Duke has not yet arrived here ; he went from Genoa
to Milan, and from thence to Modena. It was from
Modena that he issued his proclamation. This docu-
ment has caused all the hopes which had been con-
ceived of the new Sovereign to vanish. Far from show-
ing himself disposed to imitate the example of Pius IX.
CHARLES ALBERT, and LEOPOLD 11., the Duke states
in his proclamation that he has decided on not making
any changes in the institutions established by his
predecessor, and confirms in their places the Minis-
ters and all the civil and military authorities. As
soon as this proclamation was made known, thousands
of persons of all classes assembled to sign an addreis
to make known to the Duke the dangers to which he
must expose the country, if he did not adopt the re-
forms called for by the people. The Austrian troops
now here only amount to a few hundreds, but
quarters are being prepared for a larger number,
who are shortly to arrive, and who will occupy the
Duchy, and even Pontremoli. Austria, it is said,
wishes to oppose a league Lombardo-Venetian king-
dom, and the Duchies of Parma and Modena to that
of Piedmont, Rome and Tuscany.
A letter from Naples of the 29th ult., in the
Nouvelliste of Marseilles, says—" The petition sent
from Palermo to the KING arrived here in due sea-
son, but his MAJESTY refused to receive it. When
the news of this result became known at Palermo,
the population could not restrain their indignation,
and they proceeded in considerable numbers to the
Monte Pellegrino, where the popular leader caused
them to renew their oath to die in arms, if necessary,
for their political rights. These acts were soon
after communicated by telegraphic dispatch to the
Government of Naples. Discontent is said to prevail
among the troops."

Madrid journals of the Ist inst. have arrived.
The Bureau of the Sinking Fund, on the night of
the 80th, was robbed of a sum of money, equal in
amount to 25,0001. sterling. The Bourse list an-
nounces, that notwithstanding this robbery, the pay-
ment of the:half-year's interest on the Three per Cents.
will take place on the 3d January.
On the 31st the report of the Committee appointed
to consider the conduct of the last Ministry was pre-
sented to the Chamber. The Committee recommend
the impeachment of SALAMANCA only. The charges
are :-1. His conduct with respect to the Aranjuez
Railway shares. 2. The negotiations with ARDOM'S
house. 3. The capitalization of the Palace arrears.
And 4. The Alicant Custom-house business. NAB..
VAN% is strongly opposed to the impeachment.
The Clamor Public° says;that a proposition will be
made to the Cortes by seven Deputies of the Afran-
cesado majority, to petition the QUEEN to recal the
Duchess of MONTPENSIER to Madrid, and require her
residence in Spain so long as she shall continue
heiress presumptive of the Crown.

General AMETTLE has been banished from
Madrid to Badajos.
According to the Clamor Publico, a serious quarrel
has taken place between the Duke DR RIANZARES
(Munoz) and General CORDOVA. The Duke did not
come out of the affair with a good grace ; it would
appear that the husband of Queen CHRISTINA is by
no means a fire-eater.
There was no Boise on the Ist inst.

We have received, the Paris papers of yesterday.
_ _

The fate of ABD-EL-KADBR is still undecided. He
has expressed a desire, it is said, to be permitted to
proceed to Mecca.

The Duke DE BROGLIE has returned from Eng-
land in exceeding ill humour. He has had a long
conference with the KING. His MAJESTY has, it is
said, been much affected by the loss of his sister, and
his health has suffered in consequence.
A fresh scandal is now the great topic of conversa-
tion in the political circles of Paris. It appears
that, some time since, a M. PETIT sued for a divorce
from his wife, whom he charged with having
intrigued with a Peer of France. He failed to prove
his case, and was unsuccessful. The lady then
brought a suit against her husband for a seperation.
In the tours te of the proceedings it was more than in-
sinuated that, M. PETIT was indebted for a Govern-
ment situation which he holds as a receiver of finance
to the interest of the Peer in question. This M.
PETIT denies boldly, declaring that he was indebted
to no interest whatever for the place, inasmuch as he
purchased it of the officials connected with the
Ministry, and purchased it, too, at rather a dear
rate. He has presented a memorial on the
subject to the Chambers, in which he sets forth
the whole history of the transaction, giving
names and dates. In his memorial M. PETIT
says " It will be perceived that if in
1840, in or der to obtain admission into the cour des
comptes, if in 1844, in order to obtain the office of
receiver, I took part in the sale and bargain for
places to v /bleb the Government devoted itself, and
of which 1 Vi. -- was one of the negotiators, I
merely and erstood that as purchaser I was investing
my monej, and my money only." In another
portion of his memorial M. PETIT says,—" I had to
pay to ente r the sour des comptes, and in order to ob-
tain the of ce of receiver at Corbeil I had to settle an
annuity of 6,000 francs on a person holding an
official situ ation, with a reversion of half the annuity
to his wife.." M. PETIT mentions the names of the
various panties concerned, and after having related
the various measures adopted up to the time of the
conclusion off the bargain, he adds, " the whole
business was transacted at the Hotel des Capucines,"
the said Hotel l des Capucines being the official resi-
dence of M. 3UIZOT. There are implicated in the
charges of M.. PETIT a Peer of France, an Advocate--
General of till 3 Court of Cessation, a Receiver-Gene-
ral of Financt !s, a Counsellor and two Referendaries
of the Cour d( 's Comptes, and a person high in office
in the Foreigr t Department, and who enjoys the un-
limited confidence of M. GUIZOT. As might have
been expected, the National quite chuckles over these
scandalous revel'ations.

M. DE &LILA ADZ has managed to pick a quarrel
with the Professors of the University ; both parties
intend to appeal to the Chambers, and the inflated
self-importance of the peppery Minister will, it is
expected, affo rd much " food for laughter" during the
course of the discussion. His attempt to silence M.
MICHELET hi as proved abortive. The Professor now
publishes the lectures which he is forbidden to deliver
orally, and t bus addresses weekly millions instead of
hundreds; tl ae whole of civilised Europe instead of
the students attending the historical classes of the
University ( )f Paris. Truly M. GUIZOT is unfortu-
nate in his e ndeavours to serve the Jesuits.

A Cabin, at Council was held on Thursday, over
which the 1 cum presided in person.

M. VAT OUT has been elected a Member of the
Acadeir tic

In comnaenting on Swiss papers presented to the
Chain} ier, the National, speaking of M. GUIZOT
says :. ....

" V Vbat explains his conduct in Switzerland is the
Spani Ali marriages ; his dispatches prove it, without
leavit ig the slightest doubts on the subject. The
first which we read is contemporaneous with the
famo as tnotes exchanged between M. Guizot and

Lord Palmerston, on the occasion of the marriage
which has rendered Isabella so happy. M. Metter-
nich did not lose his turn, and he has sold his silence
at a dear rate. In the first place he confiscated
Cracow, and he afterwards demanded a common
action against Switzerland. The dispatch to which we
allude is dated on the 24th of October, 1846, a difficult
moment, when it was very necessary to purchase
the silence of Austria on the affair of Spain. Up to
that time M. de Metternich had a right to believe
that M. Guizot was perfectly in accord with him.
Full of that confidence, he demanded the execution,
and nothing could be more simple. M. Guizot pro-
mised to speak loud in the Diet, and he gave to
M. Bois-le-Comte those fine instructions, the mag-
nificent results of which we have witnessed. The
public well know the result of these discussions, and
know how Lord Palmerston entered into the pro-
posed mediation, and how he got out of it. Facts
have clearly demonstrated the foolish and odious con-
duct of M. Guizot; opinion has been unanimous in
condemning him, and it remains for the speakers in
the tribune to impress on his forehead the brand of
public reprobation. '
The Committee on the Address in the Chamber of
Deputies has heard the explanations of all the Minis-
ters, and will on Saturday nominate its reporter, who,
it is, believed, will be M. VITET. It is said that it
has decided that, in reply to the paragraph of the
reform banquets, the language used will be very
moderate.

His Excellency the Marquis of NORMANDY has
been confined to the house during the last week by
an attack of grippe ; but we are happy to learn that
he is now getting better.
PARIS BOURSE, JAN. 7.—The market has been
heavy to- day, and prices are again somewhat lower
than yesterday,
.Threes closing at 75f.; Fives at
117 f. ; and New Loan, 75f. 90c. for the end of the
month. The market closed as follows :—Three per
Cents. for cash, 74f. 85c.; for Account, 75f. ; Five
per Cents., for cash, 116 f. 85c. ; for Account, 117 f. ;
Bank of France Shares, 2,215 f. ; Neapolitan, 1021.;
Spanish Threes, 284 ; Ditto, Fives, 25i.
RAthwArs.—The Share Market has been heavy,
and prices are again lower than yesterday. For cash;
Paris and Orleans closed at 1,200 f. ; Paris and ltOuen,
9011. 25c.; Rouen and Havre, 5301. ; Vierzon, 531 f,
50c. ; Strasburg 'and Bale, 160 f.; Nantes, 890 f. ;
Northern, 540 E ; Orleans and Bordeaux, 477 f. 50c. ;.
Paris and Strasburg, 407 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons.
3921. 50c.,
BUSINESS DONE IN' FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JAW. 7.

Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 15,4—Northern
of France, 11%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 51,i— Paris and
Strasbourg, 45/B—Sambre and Meuse, 7.

CONFIRMATION OF THE BISHOP-

OF MANCHESTER.—(THIS DAY.)
The confirmation of the Rev. James Prince Lee,
who was some time since appointed to the bishopric-
of the newly-appointed diocese of Manchester took
place in St. James's Church, Piccadilly.
The ceremony was performed by Sir John Dodson,
Knt., the Queen's Advocate, and Sir John. Bapey,
who were the commissioners appointed by his (xrace
the Archbishop of the province.
The preliminary business having been disposed of,
the proclamation; calling upon opposers to come for-
ward, was read, upon which
Mr. GUTTBRIDGE said—l oppose these proceedings.
Sir J. DopsoN—Upon what ground ?
Mr. GUTTERIDGE—That the proceedings are illegal
unless they are conducted in the province of York
and-I also beg to hand in a statement of charges'
against Mr. Lee.
Sir J. DODSON—We cannot allow your opposition,
Sir. We are here as commissioners from the Lord
Archbishop, for the purpose of confirming the elec-
tion, and we decide that your opposition is not legal.
Mr. GUTTERIDGB—.YOU will allow me to place those
papers on the table.
The usual oaths were administered, and the confir-
mation was completed.

RAILWAY RETURNS

RAILWAY Taissic.—The following are the Total Receipts of Ralik
ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the
respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the sam.
week in the previous year:—

Jan. 2
1
Dce. 31
30
Jan. 4

Amlens and Boulogne .•• •• ••

Arbroath and Forfar ••• •••• •• •

Chester and Birkenhead . • • • • • • • • • •
Bublin and Drogheda.. •• • •
_ _

Dublin and Kingstown •• •• •• •• •• • ••
Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen .. • • • • • •
Edinburgh and Glasgow ........
Edinburgh and Northern. .
Eastern Counties and North Eastern..
East Lancashire . • •... • • . • • • • •
Eastern Union • • • • • • • • • • • • .. • • • • • • • •

Dec. 26
Jan. 1

Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • • • • • •
Glasgow, and Greenock• • • • •••• • • • • •
Great Southern and Western ..
Great Western, &c • • • • .• • • • • • • •• • • • •

Kendal and Windermere.• ....•• .. .
Lancashire and Yorkshire •• •• •• .
Lancaster and Carlisle .............

Dec. 31
Jan. 1

Londonderry and *. n,
London and North Western, &c. .....
London and 81ackwa11..............
London and Brighton ...............

London and South Western . ........
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire
Maryporf and Carlisle • ...........

Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham....
Midland Great Western (Irish) ......
Newcastle and Carlisle.. • • • • • •

North British •• •• • • •• •• ••
Paris and Rotten . • • • • • • • • •• •• • • • • ••
Rouen and Havre .. • • ..

Dec. ;11
Jan. 1

Shrewsbury and Chester
South Eastern and Branches ........
South Devon ........ . ....... ..... ..

Taff Vale ..........

Ulster . .......

Whitehaven Junction ... •• • • •• • •
York and Newcastle . •• •• •• •• ••

York and North Midland ———

708
3,625

646
11,30
1,013
1,202
2,357
1,166
1,571

8,650
1,116

100
35,081

693
7,033
6,255
2,100

492
20,199

1,864
2,010
2,112
5,272
2,30

636
8,138

4.5
g.tic;
tc,l
Q. 5

1,564

36A
3,999

9,012

502
2,711
1,220
1,017
14,424

6,70 i

34,178

970
5,702
5,908
2,299

475
16,775

2,019
1,252
1,244
5,880

301
7;22

719
1,329
683

189
11,367
7,127

7,667
4.976

DR. HAMPDEN AND THE SEE OF HEREFORD.—
Dr. Hampden will be confirmed Bishop of Hereford on
Tuesday next, at 11 o'clock, at Bow Church. We
believe that the day on which the consecration will take
place is not yet fixed.
ROYAL MARRIAGES.—The marriage is announoed
of the youngest son of the King of Sardinia with one of
the daughters of Duke John, Hereditary Prince of the
Kingdom of Saxony. The union of the Princess Louisa
of Prussia with the Prince Royal of Sweden has been
lately spoken of at Berlin. There is also gorse talk of a
marriage between the Princess Caroline, born in 1833,
only daughter of the Prince de Wasa, and granddaughter
of the predecessor of Bernadotte, with the Prince Fran.
cois. Oscar of Sweden.

WINDSOR, FRIDAY EVENING.—Every preparation
has been made for the reception of the Court at Clare-
mont next week ; but it is not likely that the Court will
remain there more than a week or ten days. His Royal
Highness Prince Albert has, for some years, been in the
habit of concluding his shooting season at Claremont,
and whilst there a large portion of the produce of the
sport is daily forwarded to the palace at Lacken. On
this occasion the game is more than usually abundant.
From Claremont the Court will return to Windsor Castle
on or about the 15th or I7th instant, and remain at the
Castle until the middle of March, when it will remove to
Buckingham Palace, in expectation of the royal ac-
couchement taking place at that time.
PROPOSED NEW ROAD FROM LAMBETH PALACE TO
VeuxuaLL.—At a vestry meeting of the parish of
Lambeth, held yesterday, it was resolved:—" That a
committee be formed for the purpose of waiting upon
the Commissioners of Woods and Forests to suggest the
contemplated improvements, by opening a new line of
road from Vatuthall to Lambeth Church, and otherwise
promoting tne sanitary state of that unhealthy vicinity,
and to take their advice as to the best way of raising the
necessary funds."
MR. HOWIreS NEW WORE, " THE HALL AND
THE HAMLET."—Here are two entertaining volumes by
Mr. Howitt—having the raciness and value of charac-
teristic nationality, and in many passages the grace of
eloquent and picturesque description. There are, few
who know the, rural life of England better thee the
author; and seeing that its forms and features bid fair
to undergo an entire change even while we look on, a
faithful record of them has more than a fictitious value.
The first volume consists of an interesting tale, entitled
" The Yorkshire Family." There is much love in it of
the generous kind—self-sacrifice—many vicissitudes of
fortune, and some nice markings of character. Mr.
Howitt has entire command over country folks, with
their bewilderment and shrewdness—their credulity and
strong sense—their awkward kindness and hospitality--
their warm and homely feeling. The book deserves a
place in the library of fiction, not far from the village
books of Miss Mitford.—Athenceum.

APPOINTMENT IN PRINCE ALBERT'S HOUSEHOLD.
—Dr. Meyer, a medical practitioner of considerable re-
pute in Germany, has been appointed domestic physician
to his Royal Highness Prince Albert. It is understood
that, at times, the Prince Consort labours under an
affection of the lungs. The situation of one of the
yaghers in the household of the Prince, rendered vacant
by Mr. Lawley being appointed a page of the presence
to her Majesty, is not intended, at present, to be filled up.
MR. MACREADY AND THE READING OF " ANTI-
GONE" AT WINDSOR CASTLE.—This eminent tragedian
was first applied to to read the tragedy of Antigone be-
fore her Majesty and the Court at Windsor Castle on
New Year's day. Mr. Macready, however, having very
respectfully declined the task, Mr. Bartley was next ap-
plied to, and consented to undertake it. We under-
stand that Mr. Macready would have had no objection
to have read before her Majesty any drama which might
have been selected, of a tragic character, provided it was
not interspersed, as in the case of Antigone, with music
sad choruses.

HAYMARKET THEATRE.—Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Kean will make their rentre on Monday, in a new five-
act play, written expressly for them by Mr. Love!, the
author of The Provost of Bruges.
SHELLS AND BALLS.—A vessel arrived in the
London Dook from Odessa with 1,700 quarters of wheat
and other merchandise, had. on board 4,945 old iron
shells and balls, consigned to order.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, QUARTER TO TIIRP..k..

The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was well
supported at the previous rates. Railway Shares were
more amimated, and prices were generally much better.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool for the week have
been 24,880 bales. The stock is 419,800 bales against
363,060 bales at the corresponding period of last year.
• The followiug are the leading points',in the Bank of
England return for the week to the Ist inst:—
Notes issued
Increase
Rest
Increase
Public Deposits
• Decrease 224,410
Other Deposits . 8,523,105
Increase
Seven Day and other Bills 805,364
Decrease 1,534
Government Securities 11,064,422
Decrease 846
Other Securities
Increase
Notes
s 7,865,830
Increase
79,650
Bullion
Increase
Active circulation
Increase * • 102,095

The letters by the last Indian mail have been delivered
to-day, but their contents have been principally antici-
pated by the information, as to the state of the markets,
&c., in the columns of 7he Sun.

The quarterly dividends are iow in the course of
liquidation at the Bank of England. The recipients were
numerous.

The most prominent feature in the Money Market
to-day, is a fall in the value upon advances to three per
cent. Consols for the Account have only fluctuated
from 86 to 86i. A good deal of business has been
transacted in Exchequer-bills at an improvement from
17s. to 21s. Bank Stock has reached from 189 to 191.
India Bonds have been sold at 12s. to 13s. premium ; and
the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. at 871. In
Consols for the Account a bargain has been reported at
06f after our previous remarks were written.
The only bargains in the former on the Stock Ex-
change were in Brazilian—sreall—at 80i ; in the Meal-
pan at 17-i ; in the Dutch Two-and-a Half per Cents. at
544 ; and in the Four per Cent. Bonds at 844.
The Railway Share Market has a more favourable
appearance this morning, but still purchasers are rather
deficient in point of numbers.