The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-18 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NO 18, 1856

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. ' more loudly uttered in the Eastern than in the
. THIS EVENING (TUESDAY), and Western hemisphere.
every evening during the week, THE SCHOOL
FOR SCANDAL, in which Mr. Murdoch will appear as What, then, is the course to be adopted by
Great Britain in this emergency ?
Charles Surface; Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. Chippendale; Sir
Benjamin Backbite, Mr. Buckstone ; Crabtree, Mr. Compton; It is not for
Joseph Surface, Ai% Howe; Sir Oliver Surface, Mr. Rogers; the sake of DOST MAHOMET, but for ourselves, that
Moses, Mr. Clark; Sir Harry (with a song), Mr. W. Farren ;
Lady Teazle, Miss Reynolds; Mrs. Candour, Miss Talbot; we are stimulated to action. Petty local squabbles
might easily be settled without English interference.
which Sneerwell, Mrs. Poynter; Maria, Miss E. Sabine. After
which Perea Nem, and the Spanish Dancers. With (2d
time) an entirely new farce, entitled A FAMILY FAILING, But the present is of a totally different character,
in which Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Chippendale, and
Miss Blanche Fane will appear. To conclude with THE and imperatively demands the steps already taken
POSTMAN'S KNOCK. —the demonstration in the Persian Gulf, and the

THEATRE ROYAL, A DEL PHI.
Return of Mdme. Celeste.—Second Night of
a Grand New Fairy Ballet Extravaganza. Third week this
season of Madame Celeste. The successful new comic drama
of A Border Marriage, with Mr. Wright and Mr. Leigh Mur-
ray every evening.—Good Night, Sig. Pantalon.—THlS
EVENING, the comic opera of GOOD NIGH r, SIG. PAN-
TALON : by Messrs. P. Bedford and J. Bland, Misses Mary
Keeley, Kate Kelly, Arden, Stc. After which, with new sce-
nery, dresses, machinery, and appointments, a new grand
fairy ballet extravaganza, called THE ELVES, or the Statue
Bride, founded on the grand ballet spectacle, now perf•rm-
ing with unexampled success at the Theatre Imperiale de
l'Opera at Paris, under the title of Les Elfes. Principal cha-
racters by Madame Celeste, Misses Wyndham, Mary Keeley,
Kate Kelly, Chatterly, Arden, Messrs. Weght, Paul Bedford,
C. Selby, Le Barr, ic. Concluding with A BORDER MAR-
RIAGE. Sir Walterßaeburn, Mr. Leigh Murray ; Dandle,
Mr. Wright ; Mistress Willoughby, Miss Wyndham.

pecuniary aid afforded to the Sovereign of Cabul.
A few lacs of rupees, promptly supplied, may
render a far greater expenditure unnecessary, and
avert what cannot be regarded as a little war.
Under any circumstances, it is essential that the
course of Russia should be vigilantly and care-
fully watched. Her complicity with Persia seems
indisputable, and it is that which renders the
danger so threatening. If Persia alone were
concerned the matter might be left to DOST
MAIOMET. As it is, there is no alternative but
o meet the attack with vigour and resohttion, so
as to prevent the insertion of "the sharp end of
the Muscovite wedge."

ROY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
THIS EVENING and during the week
will be presented Shakspeare's play of A MIDSUMMER
NIGHT'S DREAM.

After which willbeproduced a new petite comedy, in two
acts, called OUR WIFE ; or, The Rose of Amiens. Princi-
pal characters by Messrs. Ryder, Harley, Fisher ; Misses
Murray and C. Leclercq.
Mendelssohn's celebrated overture to A Midsummer
Night's Dream will commence at 5 minutes before 7.

Affairs in Utah seem to be approximating to a
crisis. According to the New York, Times, the
Mormon leaders have cast away every pretence of
morality and every vestige of respect for Federal
authority. Not content with pillaging and inti-
midating their dupes, indulging in the grossest
sensuality, making secretly away with refractory
disciples, and by artifice baffling successive Presi-
dents, their audacity has carried them so far that,
armed like highwaymen, they present themselves
as an unwelcome escort to the United States mail,
openly attempt the assassination of a United States
officer, and, on the people expressing sympathy
for him in his sufferings, rebuke them in language
" hot from hell" in the Temple, and tell them the
next time such a deed is committed there would
be no occasion for any noise to b e made about it

A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
ZIL Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke.
THIS EVENING an entirely new Equestrian Spectacle.
founded upon Mrs. Beecher Stowe's popular work, called
DRED, in which will be developed its graphic Equestrian
Sketches of Negro Life, by Mr. W.Cooke's Horses, expressly
trained by him.
After which, Miss Kate Cooke in the SCENES of the
CIRCLE. Also Mr. James Cooke.
To conclude with OTHER ENTERTAINMENTS.
Doors open at half-past six ; commence at seven o'clock.
Box-effice open from Eleven till Four. ,Stage Manager, Mr.
W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun.

Such a state of things as this is very startling.
It may, however, be reasonably accounted for,
The system of Mormonism is the vilest imposture
on record, and darkness is essential to its legiti-
mate development. The temptations to such de-
velopment are irresistible, but darkness is nowadays
impossible. Strive to hush up the wails and her-
metically seal the prison of their victims as they
may, the feat is simply impossible. The Federal
power insists on placing its officers among them ;
the United States mail passes through their chief
city; strangers cannot be prevented from coaling
and dwelling among them ; the truth leaks out by
driblets, and every effort is required to keep back
the whole. The atrocious system is in perpetual
danger. Given, then, the rankest scoundrels on
GOD'S earth, the most shaky system conceive ble,
and the ordinary risk of its being exploded, ag•
gra,vated by the prospect of famine, and the rest
naturally follows. Though the limit to rascality
be undefinable, there is a limit to hypocrisy. It
is cast aside when it ceases to serve the turn.
If the mail is thus guarded, it is to prevent the
escape of their victims, and• the revelations that
must ensue. If the Monnonites are forbidden to
sell wheat to the Gentiles, and are recommended
There is another Eastern difficulty " looming to evade the payment of their just debts to them,
in the future,"—one in which England is more be sure of it the perpetuation of the system which
immediately concerned than in that which led to enables their leaders to wallow in sensuality is the
the late war, and the sacrifice of 50,000 British chief object. Expel the Gentiles by force they
citizens and one hundred millions of English dare not, or can not ; provoke them to departure
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money. Russia is again intriguing in the East ; by ruin and bodily fear, that is the next alterna- 1
but on this occasion she operates through Persia, tive, and that is attempted. BRIGHAM Y OUNG,
inslead of against Turkey ! It appears that a speaking of the Gentiles to his deluded, but not
considerable Russian corps is concentrated on the over-zealous, followers, says :—" I hate the very
frontiers of Persia and Turkey, ready to act at sight of them, and if you were real good Mor-
short notice if affairs in Persia should require mons—such Mormons as I would like to see you—
their aid, or the Muscovite influence should for a no t a single Gentile would remain in the place a
moment cease to be in the ascendant at the Court minute. It would be too hot for thorn here.
of that generally obedient Satrap, the Smell. You would make it hotter for them than the
The Persians have, however, required but south-east corner of a Methodist hell." Not a
little persuasion from St. Petersburg. ' They re- doubt of it. The metaphorical ruffian is entitled
ceived sufficient encouragement in the fall of to belief. Above all must the presence of a
Kars and the neglect of Turkish interests in united States officer be offensive to rascals like
Asia to pin their faith on the Autocrat—and to than©. He is a nucleus around which many
observe his behests with implicit obedience. The may gather for counsel and protection—an
authority whose reports will meet with credit
.. destruction of Sebastopol and the reverses sus
twined by the Russian arms in the Crimea were in a quarter from which interference is most ts, be
all lost sight of, or rather merged, in the reduc- dreaded. But a United States officer if!..nard to
tion of the Turkish fortress, and he emerged move. If unsusce ptible of insult, however, he
i
from the conquest with even increased prestige ins not of assassination. Thus we find him assailed
the eyes of the Persian authorities. with the most murderous intention, in the most
That fact has been established on the clearest cowardly manner. A gang of the Mormon leaders
and most unquestionable evidence. We have treacherously decoy him, come behind him, beat
seen the treatment experienced by the British him on the head with a loaded whip, kick him
representative in Persia—which led to his with- when down, draw the knife on those who come to
drawal and the suspension of diplomatic inter- the rescue of their blood-stai.ned victim, and
course—the sudden attack on Herat, the more gallop off, yelling like so many demons ! The
recent investment of that city—which has been mask is about thrown off now,
On the following Sunday afternoon it is tleewn
justly termed, " the Gateway to India"—and the
off altogether. The se is the
indifference with which the tardy declaration of
Tabernacle—present P,Rvaßaar ya Temple or
hostilities by the English authorities has been
first and second cop•neellors. Up ilgeGlits the and
latter his
received by the Schah. Such extreme mea-
4-kf's the congregated people for
worthy, and rebi
sures would not have beeen attempted but
manifested for the half-
the sympathy ttaa,
j,
for secret promptings from St. Petersburg, and
murdered hadStre"'.eyor--to such, an extent had this
'at their rulers were seriously 'angry,
satisfactory assurances of support, in the event of ,
been done t:a
matters proceeding to extremities. It suits the
He„ ry,,srp!
sick of this sympathising spirit which you,
purposes of the CZAR to annoy and if possible
injure Great Britain in any way that cannot bring
on him the anger of other Powers. He has not ak,‘LiPAli.eiduals, have with the Gentiles and apostate
ons. I abhor this sympathetic feeling you have
forgotten—can near forgive—the manner in to
W. ar d a the wretches who would cut your throats, and
which his significant hints respecting the distribu- at whom I can say, as I have said, of Martin Van
tion of " the sick man's" assets were received, or Buren, that they should be e win •kdat by blind men,
the leading part taken by the United Kingdov, in they should be kicked across lots by cripples, they
defeating his policy and humiliating his overween- should be nibbled to death by young ducks, and be
ins pride. England is now the h #
drawn through the keyhole to hell by humble bees.
--'d.e noir in Because a poor -- scoundrel will come into our
Russian sight—the unmanageable opponent that streets drunk and fall into '
a ditch,
and some of ant
insists on the due performances, of treaties, and ' shanpip' brethren happened to stumble over him,
can be neither bullied nor c':,joled into playing, or YOU should sympathise with him ! lam ashamed of
even tacitly sauctionin the game of Russia.
yo,u, We ask no odds ',if the Gentiles ;we care not
Hence,-the anger at "head-quarters, and the use wnat they say or do, nor fear what they can do.'"
• obscenity,
Councillor No. 2 sits down and
made of a ready and unscrupulous instrument He is mterruptea by BRIGHAM, " who ex-
like the Persia ;r ruler. aims, el • " , Yes ;we ask no odds of an
an hour's talk y." After
Herat offered a favourable opportunity for of this sort, interlarded with the
lowest
aggression. Although not the property of Great
Britein, it might in friendly hands have been a Councill,,,r No. 1 gets up, and among other things
serious impediment to any designs against the assures the people if such another occurrence takes
1)1 ce they shall not hear of it at all. The sum
integrity of the Anglo-Indian Empire, and its .
and substance of the proceedings is, the attempted
capture from one of our Allies would necessarily ,
assassination of the Federal officer is authority.
be regarded as a heavy blow, and great diger o_
tively approved, and secret murder promisaa for
ragement to British influence in the East. This the future. The mask is now entirel4 thrown
wee the cause of the first onslaught, as N.-den as of
the off. The States' authority is defied, and murder
more deliberate and palpable `attack
More
approved. We don't wonder att it. It oes not
recent]
, y made. It was not merely to transfer an excite in us the least surprise. It is Mormonism
important city from the rule of, bOST MA HOMET, naturally developed. Of course such an anomaly
to that of either a petty prince, or of the cannot long be perpetuated. The Mormon leaders
SCRAM of
f--but to rer must either submit and modify the system
post by which the
.dove a valuable out-
a.n Ig,e-indian territories were to prolong its existence for a while longer,
protected from anyor the community will speedily be broken up,
sy.aden invasion by Russia, with the connivance, and and they glad enough to escape with their lives.
co-operation of Persia.
That was the real . . We leave them to tire consideration of the newly-
object of the movement, and elected Preside ate who will probably know how
that it became ossf mtial to repel, not only for the to deal with tham. Our greatest concern is for
sake of DOST 3SA 1101 ULT the dupes of
) but for the safety, this vile imposture in this country.
honour, and wed fare of our E In every la, ale and corner throughout the king-
astern Empire.
It is said the ;Herat has fallen, tLa, done its lice. •
eidateus emissaries are to be found pur-
, bat the Persian
troops are now in possession suing their; ;iniquitous avocation, and, sad to tell,
of the Indian ate• their sucp©a •
s is greater than that of the apostles of
way ; and we 'regret t;43 say there seems to beg 4 '
' no mercy. N. fill the time never arrive when the
reasonable ground for doubting the statement. sheplievele ,of the fold will cease to quarrel among
The decided repulse of the Persians seems to have tb°,•
"occurred in Jul aaselv es, and unite in preventing the ravages
y, while their triumph was defer-~e_
I of the w elf ? Will the day never dawn when the
to September. The Delhi Gazette seems
..., 4._
Con_ limits o f human credulity shall be too confined to
wider the latter event as unquestionable. Money -embrao 3so patent and so execrable an imposture
was wanting, and Eastern mercenaries required an
-51". monism ?
prompt payment as well as more civilised Euro-
pean troops. " Gelt" is a cry that prevails

and of Oude intend to appeal
King and Royal Family
to P art iaruent next session. Messrs. Gregory, Skirrow.
ale CC of Bedford-row, have been appointed their
o nt;„.

amonzst warriors in all clime., and it is even

LONDON GENERAL OMNIJU COMPANY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR, —ln your impression of the 7th inst. you state
that the London General Omnibus Company have
"60,000 horses, 3,000 men, * * * run about 30,000
miles daily, and convey the almost incredible aggregate
of a million of passengers."
Surely there is some misstatement here (not designed
of course), seeing that the weekly traffic returns of the
company:amount, in round numbers, to about 11,0001.,
and averaging the million passengers at threepence each,
gives a daily receipt of 12,5001.

There is plainly a blunder somewhere, perhaps mire,
owing to the word "aggregate," which having been
differently explained by. a Solicitor and an Attorney-
General, and bothered a Committee of the House on the
Friendly Societies Bill, I may perhaps be pardoned for
being unable to credit that upwards of one-third of the
whole population of the metropolis enter the company's
'buses in one day, for which very likely you think me

THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL,
AT THE HAYMARKET THEATRE.

Mr. Buckstone's admirable company of come-
dians are now performing nightly to delighted
houses poor old Sherry's incomparable masterpiece
—" The School for Scandal "—one of the wittiest
and most sparkling dramas in the language. The
cast is altogether very excellent. Miss Reynolds,
as Lady Teazle, being the veritable embodiment of
elegance and vivacity. Mr. Chippendale never ap-
pearing in our recollection to greater advantage—
in his accustomed role as another of those testy old
stage gentlemen of whom William Farren was wont
for so many years to be the wholly unapproachable
representative—than in the arduous, but when
once mastered, inimitable part of Sir Peter Teazle :
the quondam old bachelor, fretted by the perverse
humours of a pretty young wife into the most
peevish rand irrascible of antiquated bridegrooms.
Besides these two very conspicuous personages in
the drama—each as we have said very happily re-
presented in the Haymarket cast—fancy the dry
preposterous hunaourglancing out of the corners of
the compressed mouth and out of every gleam
of the serious eyes of Mr. Compton as Crab-
tree ! Fancy the roars of laughter provoked
by the irresistible look, voice, walk, dress, deport-
ment of Mr. Buckstone as Sir Benjamin Backbite !
Fancy Miss Talbot showing new powers, never
guessed at before, through her sarcastic raillery as
Mrs. CaTdour! Fancy Mrs. Poynter unexpectedly
" topping" all her past successes by her clever and
caustic impersonation of Lady Sneerwell ! Of the
Sir Oliver Surface of Mr. Rogers, we regret we
can say nothing more than that it was rendered
chiefly conspicuous by a very speckled costume, a
very husky tone, and a very boisterous manner.
The Joseph Surface of Mr. Howe was—as the most
indifferent of that skilled and experienced actor's
performances cannot fail to be—singularly pains-
' taking, and, therefore, singularly commendable.
1-Even Mr. W. Farren, who is steadily and percept-
ibly improving, wins the applause of his auditors
in the little part of Sir Barry, by his agreeable
carolling of a familiar old convivial ditty. Mr. Clark,
too, a favourite old actor of the " littlest" parts in
the world, the mere servants and messengers who
fetch and go upon the stage, but who contrives in
these " very little" parts never by any chance to
step upon the boards without raising a laugh—has
his audiences fairly shaking their sides, night after
night, by his freaks and oddities as Moses. Miss
E. Sabine manages somehow to look at once pretty
and awkward, in the character of that tamest of
tame " walking ladies," Maria. Trip is altoge-
ther intolerable. Rowley, as he should be, just
respectable. Snake, sleekly disreputable and bash-
fully impudent. Careless, a good-looking nobody
of a mock-auctioneer. While, to crown all, there
remains to be spoken of the light-comedy hero of the
whole sparkling drama—Charles Surface, por-
trayed just now, at the little theatre in the Hay-
market, with uncommon vivacity, and in the most
glossy and radiant attire imaginable, by the new
American actor; Mr. Murdoch. A. gentleman who
happens nowadays to be about the very best im-
personation the stage possesses of those riant, gay,
delightful sparks represented of old with such
matchless grace and animation by the unapproach-
able and incomparable Robert William Elliston.
As ill-luck would have it, Mr. Murdoch looks just
a trifle too old for Charles Surface, and a trifle too
large, and a trifle too loud. Otherwise his per-
formance is capital—at moments quite delightful.
So,
Haymarket.
noow, too,rep werese may remarkntedonth of the wholethe
eboardsof comedy as

A THICKHEAD.

[The article was copied from a morning paper ;
but there is evidently a mistake. About a million
passengers for the week would be nearer the num-
ber. Allowing a fifth to be deducted would be
nearer the mark, and about 11,000/. the returns.—
ED. SUN.]

Prince Alfred, sec and son of her Majesty, arrived at
Heidelberg on the 10th instant, with his tutor and at-
tendants, and remained there two days, after which he
continued his journey by way of Constance to Geneva.
CABINET C abinet Council was held yes.
terday afternoon at the official residence of the First
Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. It was
attended by Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor,
the Marquis of Lansdowne, Rid Granville, the Earl of
Harrowby, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon,
Lord Panmure, Mr. Secretary Labeuchere, the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, Sir Charles Wood, the Right
Hon. R. Vernon, Lord Stanley of Alderley, and the
Right Ron. M. T. Baines.
Prince Karl of Leiningen, half-brother of our queen,
whose death has just placed the Court and royal family
in mourning, is succeeded by his on Ernest, who is now
serving as a midshipman in the British navy.
Lord and Lady Lyndhurst and Vie Hon. Miss Copley
have reoently arrived in town from Paris. We are glad
to learn the noble and learned lord is in excellent health.
The Earl and Countess of Bective and family have
arrived at the Lodge; Virginia, county Cavan, from
Underlay Hall, near Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmoreland.
Viscount Palmerston returned to town yesterday
from Brocket Hall, Herts.
Viscount Campden has arrived at Claridge's Hotel
from Campden House, Gloucestershire.
The Dowager Lady Blantyre and Miss Stewart and
Mrs. Ferrand have left Claridge's Hotel for St. Ives,
near Biegley, Yorkshire.
Queen Christina has quitted Marseilles for Rome.
The price of grain is rising at Adrianople.
The silk crop has failed at Aleppo.
The medical advisers of the Czar have recommended
him not to quit Russia this season.
The King of Naples has issued a decree authorising
the construction of a railway from Naples to Toronto.
The new entrance to St. James's Park was opened
yesterday.

Mr. E. Chadwick is a candidate for the vacant seat
' at Southampton.
Nicolaieff is now garrisoned by a force of 8,000 men,
and Kiew by 6,000.
A new organisation of the agens de change is in con-
templation by the French Government.
Sir. Charles Young has left Constantinople, in the
Caradoc, for Trieste.
A Berlin letter states, with much confidence, that
friendly relations exists between Russia and Persia.
The Emperor and Empress of Austria has set out fot
their visit to the Italian states. They reached Laibaoh
on Monday evening.
The Princess Charlotte of Belgium, whose marriage is
announced with the second brother of the Enperor
Joseph is only 16 years old.
The weather, a week ago, in the Baltic, was very cold,
and frost set in very severely, but a few days ago it
moderated and the ice broke up.
The weather has become warmer at St. Petersburg.
The ice was breaking up, and the vessels detained by
the frost were putting to sea.
The confirmation of the Bishop elect of London will
take place at Bow Church on Thursday, the 20th inst.,
at 11 o'clock.
General Narvaez is reported to have said to Lord
Hoc den, on the occasion of a visit from that nobleman,
that all communications from the British Government
must be addressed to him in writing.
The daughter of Admiral Parseval Deschenes, while
confessing herse!f last Saturday at a chapel in the de-
partment of the Aine, fell down in an apoplectic fit and
expired the same evening.
ROYAL FREE 1:10,31)17CAL, GRAY'S-INN-ROAD. The
number of patients relieved at this hospital during the
week ending Nov. 1.5, was 2,043, of which 768 were new
cases, the others saving been previously under treatment.
FOUNDLDHosPITAL.—A statue to the memory of
the foun",er of this hospital, Capt. Coram, was placed
on Monday last on the stone structure in the centre of
te entrance gates. The work is by Mr. Wm. C Mar-
shall, R.A,, and the expense of it hag been defrayed by
private subscription. The figure, which admirably re-
presents the philanthropist, as handed dawn to us by
Hogarth, is 8 feet high ; and besides being a just, though
tardy compliment to so goqd a man, will relieve the
monotony of a line of low buildings hitherto offensive to
the architectural eye. The uncovering of the statue was
followed by Handel's anthem of " He delivered the poor
that cried," and the National Anthem, accompanied by
the juvenile band of the hospital
the vocalists. . The children were

MIDDLE TEMPLE. r
---31-!7;cfAELMAS TERM, 1856.—The
under-mentioned gene
,omen were this day called to the
degree__a of the ol::eer bar :—John Philip Green, Esq., of
Tr4c"r%-buildinge (holder of the studentship awarded
by he r
Cl:ellen of Legal. Education), LL.B., London
-.Atvertsity, the only son of the Rev, Henry Green, of
Heathfield, near Knutsford, Cheshire ; Henry Fulcher
Brunet, Esq., of Mauritius (certificate of honour of first-
class, awarded by the Council of Legal E lucation), the
eldest !son :of Francis Leo Brunet. late of Mauritius,
Esq., deceased ; James C. M.`Cowan, Esq., of 4, Essex-
court and London University, the only son of Clement
M'Cowan, late of Charlemont, county of Armagh, Ire-
land, E4q., deceased ; Frederic Seebohrn, Esq., of Brad-
' ford, the second son of Benjamin Seebohm, E-q., of
Bradford, in the county of York ;G. Trafford, E-q., of
4, Essex-court, the eldest son of Leigh Trafford, Esq.,
of Rugby, Judge of the County Courts of Atherstone,
Birmingham, and Tamworth ; and Jobe Patrick Mur-
phy, Esq., of 1, Hare-court, and of Trinity College Dub-
lin, 8.A., the eldest son of Patrick Matthias Murphy,
of 9, Lower Pembroke-street, in the county of Dublin,
one of her Majesty's counsel in Ireland, and chair-
man of the Quarter Sessions. Chas. C. HocKley, Esq.,
of Doctors'-commons, the third son of Edward Hockley,
of the Middle Temple, and:of Doctors'-commons, special
pleader, has permission of the Hon. Society of the
Middle Temple to practise as a conveyancer. [At the
close of the dinner last evening in the Hall of the
Middle Temple, a dinner rendered rather remarkable by
the presence at the Beechers' table of two Attorney-
Generals, the "late" Attorney-General, Sir Alexander
Cockburn, and the " new" Attorney-General, Sir
Richard Bothell, the former was greeted v. th loud and
prolonged acclamations as he passed down the Hall for
the last time—no longer Mr. Attorney-General, but
virtually the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common
Pleas ! Very nearly twenty-seven years ago he
was called to the bar in that same old Hall of the
Middle Temple, namely, in the February of 1829. And
now, in the November of 1856, he has passed out of it
in the fullness of hie powers to assume permanently a
conspicuous position among the Judges of the land—
regretted by the Howie of Commons, and leaving a
splendid name hcbind bias at the Bar. Among the
incidents n Irking this change in his position, not the
least interesting, or the least welcome to the new Lord
Caief Justice of the C.,rnmon Pleas, must have been the
earnest farewell accorded to him last evening by his
young admirers and his old associates, the students and
I barristers of that ancient Inn of Court, in which he first
won for himself his high forensic reputation.]
INNER. TEMPLE, Nov. 17.—The undermentioned gen-
tlemen have this day been called to the bar by the Hun.
Society of the Inner Temple :—Wm. F. Robinson, jun.,
Esq., B.A. (Certificate of Honour), Wm. James Carver,
Esq., 8.A., Thomas B. Baines, Esq., 8.A.. Charles L.
Kenney, Esq., lieu. B. Sheridan, Exq., Arthur Scratch-
ley, Esq., Francois R. E. Bazire, Esq., Henry Gover,
Esq., LLB., Richard M. King, jun , Esq., 8.A., Win.
Brigstocke, Esq., 8.A., an Dan. Cullimore, Esq.
LINCOLN'S INN, Nov. 17.—The undermentioned gen-
tlemen were this day called to the degree of Barrister-
at-Law by the Hon. Society of Lincoln's inn :—Thomas
Dunbar Ingram, E.q., Theodore Henry Dickens, Esq.,
John Onslow Watts, Esq., Robert Willan, Esq., %Vin.
Bayne Ranken, Esq., John Jackson Smale, Esq., John
Robert C 'flier, Esq , Sidney Biddle, Esq., Henry Pace,
E .q., Brownlow Peulter, Esq., Joseph Howard, Esq.,
and (3-ecrge Murray, E,,q,
GRAY'R..:NN, Nov. 17.—At a pension of the Hon.
Society of Gray's-inn, holden this day, Philip James
Wingfield, Esq,, Tnomas Dudley Ryder, Esq., M.A.,
and
Timila-atBl Esq., were called to the degree of
Barrister

EXTENSIVE INCENDIARY FIRE AT HATFIELD, NEAR
DONCASTER.—Between 12 and 1 o'clock on Sunday
morning, a fire was discovered among some corn stacks in
the farm premises of Dr. Mathews, a magistrate for the
West Riding, in the village of Hatfield, nearDoncaster.
The flames spread with the utmost rapidity, and in a short
time extended to 14 stacks, the whole of which were
completely destroyed. The fire-engines from Doncaster
were sent for, and they arrived at 1 o'clock, within an
hour after the conflagration had comicenced, but too
late to be of any service, the whole of the stacks having
by that time been burnt. A powder-flask was subse-
quently found near one of the stacks, and there is not
the least doubt Vat the fire was the work of an incen-
diary. The value of the property destroyed is estimated
at I,4oo4—Manchcster Guardian.