The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-10 00:00:00

tser COURT CIRCULAR.
b to:I1G Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar,
Nth_ Yesterday morning for Cashiobury Park,
g.er lie residence of her Majesty the Queen Dowager.
ttil 6°514 Highness the Princess of Prussia, accom-
,of al! Excellency the Chevalier Bunsen, the
4Jeobigh, and the ladies and gentlemen of her
'044 41°°k of a dejeuner in the Tower of London on
014 , hr_ Moon, on the return of her Royal Highness
The tneursion on the Thames.
hZI of Elgin had an interview with Earl Grey
Ltitiat the Colonial-office.
Ityeirt Hon. Sir George Grey left town cn Tees-
Nee g, on a visit to the Hon. Loece King, at his
tedi itWobura, Chertsey.
ts4lctiparlntagii has left Farrance's Hotel, ror her se.:,t,
Windsor.

$k 4,211 N CESS'S THEATRE.
Lele9Z comic drama in three acts intitled Love's
r 14141". Was Produced here last night. The scene is
4:41.„.0 petty state of which the Princess Blanche
Pi,l4 6 VeStrlS) is sovereign. She has been brought
'4relite:livent, and on the death of her uncle leaves the
`" a throne. She brings with her sundry of
11,"ra Panions
kees, among others Alice (Mrs. H. Hughes).
V'oll is announced to her by Arthur de Solberg
erei,a:4,thPw's), confidential secretary bf the late so-
th41:011 ;41:2110 has been recommended. to her by him as
etkze in. she can depend to guide her safely through
aCpejBl,(),f intrigue which will beset her path. She
Nes ;'in her private secretary, and falls des
'n love with him. But Arthur, who has
AVcrtt;earned of sharing his sovereign's throne, loves
a, re ti his love is returned. The lovers, however,
Na"' °PPortunities of seeing each other, and Alice
ears 2 a telegraphic method of communication, so as
N alla private conversation even in public—to..
'N,I at she says while playin. with her fail is ad-
Personally to Arthur • and all that he says
4li:v'a„Ying with his glove is 'addressed personally to
Arthur is delighted with " Love's Telegraph,"
iar'nearsal of the g" Telegraph" is most amusing.
Pleop Fen Pumpernickel (Mr. Compton), a formal old.
leit i; 141agines that the Princess is in love with him,
I,ltit erefore watches Arthur narrowly, and endeavours
1441Mv.ent him; and Maguerite (Miss E. Stanley), the
th' g 3 niece, a spiteful diplomatist in petticoats, makes.
ttiziuisaron her tool in carrying out her political in-
"l t • The ministers 'wish to form a royal alliance,
I'N° marry
her to the Prince of Heinalt (Mr. J.
1/44). it so happens that the Prince, who is
Arthur as Count Theodore, an old college
of Atn7) is at the court of the Princess as the friend
it 41; r, and is made the confident of Arthur's love
41sl, The Princess suspects Arthur loves some
'tete) she knows not who, and makes Alice her confi
8° that all her plots for discovering her
1441 hitro immediately counterplotted. At length,
she discloses to Arthur her love for
4,tth,‘TlUE'r the pretence of dictating a letter to . him,t
th-,sl,Tne time ordering another letter to be wrt written
Prince of Heinalt, giving him his dismissal.
;Itirßi .
116,-,7,,es to the Prince the letter of love intended..
, a and the Princess is sun rived at receiving
~441,,,"e Prince, whose disguise has been discovered, a
414.„ati(in of 'ardent attachment. In the meantime
ttati'",erite has discovered the secret of " Love's TelF-
t4e fi and communicates it to the Princess, who in
Ner,r%t moments of the agony of " despised love,"
'er,"'-rthuf to be arrested, and Alice to return to
4rth-mieet. She, however, has an interview with
herself'til. and,determing to sacrifice love to reason, unites
The to the Prince and permits Arthur to wed Alice.
titiee., was admirably acted throughout. . Compton,
- o,,aren was quaint and very amusing. Miss
ILlttig4r,°,taniej, as Marguerite. acted the spiteful clever
brttt„-,e to the life ; and Charles Mathews, as the
was admirable. Madame Vestris, as
.the
4e( the later scenes, came outin quite a new line.
lug 1441.ngling dignity and pathos in her manner of order-
Oce from her presence, on discovering that she
,°4ll, rbrival, was true tragedy ; and then, when Alice
;11111c. ti:nees implored her pardon, the princess
.was
,"sla 1.;r; , the woman—the wow!) whose affections
wtiae'gated—and the audience paid homage to her
QaveMadame
i
ess to nature by their tears. We never
teas Vestris credit for the possession of the n-
she exhibited in this scene. In this try-
`graiea Mrs. H. Hughes acted up to Madame Vestris
ler Y. We never saw this lady to greater advgn-
Prows There are few actresses on the stage who canap-
Pike.' her in those intensly sentimental parts. The
the twas excellently well acted and admirably put upon
4tbt!„-40, and to the artists and the manager it is in-
it 4ataainly for its success. It, however, standsynuch
Naelc," of et ensation ; the dialogue is spun out un-
make
,"na°l3,, and there is no repartee to relieve 4. This
sari the piece drag somewhat, particularly in the
Pieeele2n,enes. If the scissors are used judiciously the
have a run.

WEs•T MINSTER-BRIDGE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
stenllk,--Like all the rest of the world (about Westmin-
alt4 I have been observing the old bridge. It is not
tb~h to the credit of engineering science, to find t
G)ti 'et's, around which coffer-dams have lately been
!tracted, and extensive repairs done, should now be
114,,ing ; it would seem as if they had been weakened,
4:tad of strengthened. However, if there be a sink-
eaVf the foundations which cannot be repaired, what
be the cause of such sinking ? We are told that be-
i.vath the chalk,v.hieh supports the London clay there
.trater, and that has been drawn up lately by the ap-
plication of engines to artesian wells. There is an in-
qpce stated of a well at one of the breweries, the water
5, which sank sixty or seventy
feet
'otne other deep well. NOW w
, , after the opening of
ater is competent to sup-
Den anything it may have resting upon it, and to with-
jaw such
supported.aw such supp)rt, would be to induce the yieltienEoonfdth
on
l
ralk or clay so supported. Let us
elan thinner th..ai usual at Westminster-bridge,Po
etr-bltitge, and the
chalk also. I should like to know the difference of
thi , so.
ekness at Westminster-bridge and at Trafalgar-square
ift%t is, the depth to artesian-well ian.well water. Suppose,
;u
au el'eat, the clay and chalk thinner thereabout, and the
bridge must sink
(rSoPorting water withdrawn,
nitlihall,a by and by the new INlvohuysetsheof Parliament may
to ), nor could the greatest engineer have found means
Prevent it, with or without a coffer-dam.. That an
thraense quantity of a peculiar water is being pumped
jar, at various places not far from Westminster-bridge,
I,ep'l notorious fact. Has this pumping produced any
uliar effect ? It is a queition of some importance.
it B,Psce should be found below the clay and chalk,
14(1,t' toe said clay and chalk be perforated in the river's
bi,' why the river might run into it. Then, what would
it)kroe of the navigation ?
for have no, better means than the vehicle of your paper
°g
ththecirculation of these crude thoughts, which, nowF
find-days re past, and Parliamentaament up, may possibly
SPace.—Yours, A. F.

IRELAND.
THE WHIG REPEAL COMPACT.
DuzLni SEPT. 7.-The attention of the gentlemen,
young and old, composing or lately composing the war
party in the Repeal Association, is respectfully solicited
to the annexed paragraph from the Mail of this even-

tags—
" His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, representative
of our Most Gracious Sovereign, has made a special
party of kindred spirits to do honour to the man whom
Lord John Russell and the Ministers honour—Daniel
O'Connell, the agitator. A grand banquet is to be given
to the demagogue by Lord Besboroegh on Thurs ?ay
aext, in commemoration of his abandonment of repelOa
and Mr. George Roe and other anti-repeal Whigs have
been invited to meet the Liberator (!) on the auspicious
occasion. The Premier and the Viceroy are playing
their game well—Dan, too, is looking cautiously to the
main chance; but Heaven help the poor dupes and gulls
throughout the country who still permit themselves to
be cheated into the belief that repeal is .not cast to the
winds by their treacherous leader."
REPEAL ASSOCIATION.
The usual weekly meeting or the members of this
Association was held to-day in the Conciliationshall. .
There was a telerably large attendance in the body of
the building, but the members' Letts, and the sears ap-
propriated to ladies, were almost deserted. At one .
o'clock, Mr. O'Connell, M.P., Mr. Nicholas Maher,
M.P., Alderman O'Brien, M.P., Captain Broderick, and
Messrs. Clements, Steele, Fitzpatrick, ()'Dowd, and
other members of the committee, entered the meeting,
and met with their customary reception. Upon the
motion of Mr. O'Connell, the chair was taken by Mr.
Charles O'Connell. •
The CHAIRMAN addressed the meeting at some length
to show that in his county, the county Clare, there were
no " Young Ireland" men, and that all repealers there
were svpporters of the moral force doctrines of the Libe-
rator, his illustrious namesake.—(Hear, hear.) The
Learned Get tleman also stated that the Roman Catholic
bishops and clergy were the warm advocates of peace-
able agitation iu that ccunty, and expressed it as his
opinion that the speeches deliveree by the seceders from
the Association had, before they left, given expression to
sentiments which he believed not only to be bloody, but
treasonable.—(Cheers.)
Mr. STEELE gave his testimony to the extraordinary
patriotism of the " county Clare boys," and said it was
all owing to the exertions of their respected chair-
man.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. O'CONNELL said that a word had fallen from Mr.
Charles O'Connell which he wished to have corrected,
for he was sure it was unintentional inaccuracy.—(Hear,
hear.) He had stated that treasonable language had
been used in that hall by some of the;" Young Ireland"
party. Now he (Mr. O'Connell) never heard treason-
able language used in that ball.
The CHAIRMAN (interrupting)—l said used by them
" out " of the hall.—(Hear.)
Mr. O'CONNELL—Then you are perfectly right—l
misunderstood you.—(Cheers.) The Learned Gentle-‘
man then handed Captain Broderick an address from the
corporation of Waterford, presented to him a few days
since, approving of his moral force doctrines, and asked
leave to read it. He said he did not ask to have it read
from any feeling of private vanity, but in order to let
the world know what were really the feelings of the
people of Ireland as regarded the policy he was pur-
suing.—(Hear, hear.)
Captain Broderick having read the address,
Mr. O'CONNELL moved its insertion on the minutes,
and said he was proud of a document of such a nature
coming from so respectable a body as the corporation of
Waterford.—(Cheers.)
Mr. MAHER seconded the motion as a " peaceable
man."—(Laughter.)
The resolution having passed,
Mr. O'CoNeteer, stated, that the Bishop of Waterford
and the clergy under him, he was h-ippy to say, agreed
with the laity; and he read the following resolutions
adopted by them on the subject.
" Resolved—That we are unshaken in our long-
maintained conviction of the necessity of a domestic
Legislature for the peace and prosperity of the Irish
nation, and that we are determined to adopt every legal
means consistent with religion, and with our sacred pro-
fession, for obtaining it, no matter what party possess
the government of the country, or what other measures
they propose, or promises they hold forth.
" Resolved—That we believe the principal means to so
desirable an end is union in mind and effort with
O'Connell, whom alone we acknowledge as our guide
and leader in all the political concerns of Ireland, and in
whose fervent attachment to-our holy religion, wisdom,
integrity, and disinterested love of country, we have a
most thorough and unreserved confidence.
" Resolved—That certain opinions put forth in the
avowed organ of a party, denominated the ' Young Ire-
land' party, have a tendency to infuse into the repeal
agitation a spirit with which we caunot sympathise; that
we are sincere and uncompromising professors of the
doctrine of moral force, and have joined the Associa-
tion on the faith of this doctrine being its foundation,
and shall remain members of it so long only as it con-
tinues to be so. '
" Resolved—That we tender our gratitude and praise
to Mr. John O'Connell, for the prudence and energy
which he displayed in the meetings of the Association
on the 27th and 28th of July, and on the many other
occasions that he has shown himself worthy of his coun-
try and of the name he bears.
" Resolved—That our warm thanks are due to our
venerated bishop, for convening and presiding over this
meeting, and that he is requested to transmit the fore-
going resolutions to the Liberator."
These resolutions were also entered on the minutes,
after which
Captain BRODERICK', at Mr. O'Cotlnell's request, read
the following document from the Bishop of Cloghtr, ap-
proving of the course pursued by the Association in
opposition to Mr. William S. O'Brh n and his party:—
" Clogher, Sept. 5.
"My dear Mr. O'Connell,—lt affords me the greatest
pleasure to have to forward to you the accompanying
resolutions, which, within the last few days, have been
unanimously adopted by the clergy in their conferences,
over which I have had the honour or presiding. On the
subjects to which they have reference, I have good rea-
son to know that these resolutions not only speak my
own opinions, and the opinions of the clergy, but also
the opinions and feelings of the whole body of our people
in this part of Ireland, who, having always placed them-
selves under your peaceful guidance, see now more than
ever the necessity of adhering with unshaken fidelity to
the principles of peace and order in which you have §o
long and so successfully laboured to promote the true
interests and happiness of all classes of the community.
I constantly pray that the Almighty God may long pre-
serve you to promote these important objects, and bestow
i his ckoicest blessings upon you in this life and in the
life to come.—l have the honour to be, my dear Mr.
O'Connell, your most faithful and most obliged humble
servant, \ " f C. MACNALLY."
"DIOCESE sOl, CLOGHEit.
" On the 27th and 31st ult., and on the Ist and 2d
of this present month of September, the following re-
solutions were unanimously adopted in the Clogher, En-
niskillen, Clones, and Monaghan districts, by the clergy
assembled in conference; the bishop presiding:—
"' 1. Resolved unanimously—That we deem it cur
duty, at this particular juncture, to express our warmest
approbation of the principles on which the righful claims
of Ireland are advocated by our beloved Liberator, Mr.
Daniel O'Connell, who possesses now, as he has always
possessed, our fullest and entire confidence; and that we
are determined to co-operate with our people in supporting
him in his exertions to obtain for Ireland a restoration
of all her rights, and more especially of domestic lk gis-
lation, by purely peaceable and constitutional means—
the only means which he ever contemplated or we could
sanction.
" ' Resolved unanimously—That we likewise deem it
our duty, at this time, not merely to offer to Mr. John
O'Connell, the worthy son of the Liberator, the warmest
expression of our gratitude and thanks for the zeal
and ability, and uniform integrity of purpose, with
which, since his first appearance in public life, he has -
on all occasions advocated the true interests of Ireland;
but also to express the joy with which we behold him
sustaining the peaceable and constitutional views of his
illustrious father, and walking in every respect in his
footsteps, creating thereby a well-founded hope that
the name of O'Connell will long be a bond of union and
strength to all who desire the peace and happiness of the
people.
" 3. Resolved unanimously—That we have seen with
pain and disappointment the late session of the Imperial
Parliament come to a close without the repeal, or even
a change or modification, of the odious Bequests Act
and Irreligious Colleges Bill, measures which were
adopted, and which have been partly carried into opera-
tion, in utter disregard of the feelings and opinions of
the great body of the Catholic bishops, clergy, and
people of Ireland; and that we, therefore, most earnestly
entreat the liberal constituencies of Ireland, at the next
general election, to instruct their representatives to
prevent, so far as they can, all improper legislative in-
terference in the concerns of our holy religion, and,
above all things, to guard us against the mockery of
having offered to us as boons measures which involve the
compromise of the dearest interests of religion, and fill
the minds of the Catholic people of Ireland with disgust
and abhorrence.
" , 4. Resolved unanimously—That, notwithstanding
our anxiety for the diffusion of knowledge, we can never
give our co-operation and support to any system of educa-
tion intended for our people, in which the authority of
their pastors will not be fully recognised, and that no
system of education can or ought to give confidence and
satisfaction to the Catholic people of Ireland, which will
not be based on Catholic principles, and placed under
Catholic control.

" C. M'NALLY,
" ' FRANCIS MAGUIRE, Sec.'
" Besides the subjects comprised in our resolutions,
some matters of the utmost importance. regarding the
national system of education, engaged our mot serious
attention at our meetings ; and, although in obedience
to the instructions of the Sacred Congregation, we ab-
stain from publishing any resolution or discussion
thereon, it may be right to state, that it is the unanimous
prayer of the clergy that the archbishops and bishops of
Ireland would, at their next general meeting, take the
whole subject into their consideration, with the view of
enforcicg the conditions and recommendations on which
the national system of, education has been tolerated by
the Holy See."
Mr. O'CoNNELL moved this document's insertion on the
minutes, and alluded to the separation with the " Young
Ireland" party. He said that the first difference with
them arose on the question of education; and he differed
with them on the subject of the infidel Colleges Bill,
because the heads of the Holy Church, of which he was
an unworthy member, disapproved of it, and lie never
attempted to disagree with aunt, for he knew that they
could not be wrong—and the propriety of the protest
against that measure was fully borne out by the news
they had lately received from Reme.—(Hear, bear.)
ssed.
Mr. ciaamtas.seconded the motion, which was pa