The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-03 00:00:00

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.

A judicious " revival" of good pieces which once
had their " run" and then have been tided over by
the flood of noveltie, , is a sign of tact and discrimina-
tion in a management. Mr. Torn Taylor's Parents
and Guardians, a farce which obtained a deserved
success when first played, has been reproduced at
this theatre, where some of the original performers
find themselves re-united. Our readers who saw
this little mélange of fun and sentiment when it was
first brought out will scarcely require to be re-
minded of the humours of the boarding-schoo. of
mischievous gamins, so prettily personified by
as many young ladies, with Mrs. Keeley as
their leader in every frolic, and Keeley him-
self as the butt and scapegoat of their offences—
of the vulgar schoolmaster and his fog the French
emigre, who, in the midst of his troubles and indig-
nities, is rewarded by finding his lost daughter and
recovering his confiscated estates. The present ren-
dering of the farce fully justifies its reproduction.
The fairer members of the troop look remarkably
piquant, and are provokingly mechant in their boyish
attire. Mrs. Keeley's personification of the " Little
Pickle" of the school is one of her most apt and
and well-wrought studies from the real life of Young
England ; and Keeley out-Keeley-ed himself as the
stolid, " soft," spooney scapegoat, put upon and
laughed at by everybody in the little republic. Mr.
Alfred Wigan's French emigre, like all his French
impersonations, is highly finished and correctly
coloured ; and Mrs. Wigan, as his daughter, plays
with a charming naiveté and touching pathos. The
farce was very successful, and is likely to add to the
attractions of this theatre, where the run of the last
new play—The Templar—still continues.

CURIOUS AND 'DANGEROUS FREAK • Or. AN OK.--
Yesterday'morning an ox, driven with others from Smith-
field, suddenly entered the passage of a hOuse, No. 1, in a
court opposite the east end of St. Sepulchre's Church, and
making its way towards the kitchen stairs they suddenly
gave way, the animal rolling into an outer kitchen, in the
room adjoining to which Mrs. Harbottle, the occupant, was
sitting at the time, and two children, also, were in a closet,
against the door of which the ox was lying. The screams of
the children soon brought several persons to their assistance,
by whom they and Mrs. .Harbottle were speedilyrescued. Every
effort was then made to remove the ox. A bricklayer being
sent for, be advised the only means by which the ox could
be extricated was by 'taking up the ironwork of the area,
taking up the stonework in the court, and excavating for se-
veral feet across the court. A number of men were ac-
cordingly set to work, and ultimately by means of planks
and pulleys, they succeeded in getting the animal up.
THE LATE MURDER Or JAEL DENNY.—Thomas
Drory, now in gaol on the charge of murdering Jael Denny,
retains as much cheerful composure as ever, and still asserts
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LITERATURE.

THE MAGISTERIAL SYNOPSIS. ByGeorge

C. Oke. Third Edition.

The rapid disposal of the two former editions,
of January and December, 1848, of this ex-
cellent work, has necessitated a reissue, which
has just been published by the Messrs. But-
terworth. Together with a valuable prefixed In-
troduction, treating of the Nature of the Duties of
Justices of the Peace out of Sessions—their Jurisdic-
tion as to Locality, Interest, &c.—their Protection
from Vexatious Actions—the Constitution and
Management of Benches of Magistrates—and the
Office of Clerk to the Justices, and his Fees—and an
amplified index, there are now added all the cases
decided upon Sir John Jervis's Acts,ll and 12 Viet.,
c. 42, 43. No production has ever been more favour-
ably received by the magistracy and their clerks, as
it affords succinctly and at a glance the legal require-
ments of the numerous enactments respecting each
offence punishable summarily, and, be it remembered,
the number of offences subject to the summary juris-
diction of justices of the peace is now about 2,000.
Nor is this all, for of the three parts into which the
volume is divided, whilst the first part relates to
Summary Convictions, the second treats of Indictable
Offences, and the third of Spacial and Petty Sessions
matters. The present work, and " The Magisterial
Formalist," by the same author, which affords a com-
plete collection of the Forms and Precedents adapted
to the practice, as consolidated by Sir John Jervis's
Acts, should lie at the elbow of every justice's clerk
throughout the kingdom.

SERMONS, preached in St. John's Church, Clap-
ham-rise, in October, 1850. By the Rev. Robert

Bickersteth, M.A.

At a time when the discomfiture of English Pro-
testantism is aimed at alike by Papal aggression and
Tractarian treachery, it is the duty of every en-
lightened adherent of the principles of the
glorious Reformation to render himself compe-
tent to give good reason for the faith that is
in him. To all such we can safely recom-
mend the " Four Sermons on Justification and
the Rule of Faith,'' preached in October last, by the
amiable incumbent cf St. John's; and likewise one
" On Papal Aggression," delivered by him on the
evening of the 14th ult. The latter, published sepa-
rately, is eminently worthy of perusal. Free from
all bigotry or unreasoning abuse of Popery, the ar-
guments of the Rev. Mr. Bickersteth are calm, dis-
passionate, and searching, based on Bible truth, and
conveyed with clearness, strength, and simplicity.
The manner in which the preacher adverts to Trac-
tarianism, which he characterised as " a system par-
taking of most of the corruptions, with none of the
honesty of Romanism," is singularly felicitous. Were
all the Anglican priesthood imbued with the sound
Christian principles of Mr. Bickersteth, we should
have as little to apprehend from the " mummeries of
superstition" within the bulwarks of Protestant Eng-
land as from the brutum fulmen of the Vatican.

COURT CIRCULAR.
►'VINDSOR, DEC. 2.
The Queen walked this morning in the Slopes.

The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shoot-
ing this morning, accompanied by their Royal High-
nesses the Duke de Nemours and the Duke d'Au-
male, and attended by Lieut.-Colonel Hon. C. B.
Phipps and Colonel Bouverie.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston are expected
to arrive at the Castle to-day, on a visit to the
Queen and the Prince, and will have the honour of
joining the Royal circle at dinner. Lord and Lady
Seymour, and the Hon. Miss Seymour, are also ex-
pected.
Her Majesty's private band will attend in the
Castle after dinner this evening.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at-
tended by Lady Fanny Howard and Sir George
Couper, arrived at her residence, Clarence-house, St.
Jatnes's, at half-past four o'clock yesterday afternoon,
from Frogmore. Her Royal Highness dined in the
evening with her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Gloucester, at Gloucester-house.
Mr. 5. Gordon and Dr. Shier bad an interview
with Earl Grey, at the Colonial-office, yesterday.
The Oxford University Commission met yesterday,
at the official residence of the First Lord of the Trea-
sury. Present—The Bishop of Norwich, the Master
of Pembroke, the Rev. H. G. Liddell, J. L. Dam-
pier, Esq., the Rev. Professor Powell, the Rev. G. H.
S. Johnson, and the Rev. A. Y. Stanley (Secretary).
Lord Foley had an interview with Sir George
Grey yesterday. The Bishop of Norwich had also
en interview with the Right Hon. Baronet yesterday
at the Home-office.

The Hon. H. F. Berkeley, M.P. for Bristol, had
an interview with the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere
yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade.
The Rev. Dr. Ryerson had an interview yesterday
with Earl Grey. Mr. Leslie Foster had also an
interview with his Lordship yesterday at the Colonial-
office.

Dispatches were received yesterday at the Co-
lonial-office from the Governors of the North Ame-
rican Colonies.

Viscount Palmerston left town yesterday on a visit
to her Majesty at Windsor Castle.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Mary
Wood arrived in town last evening, from Hickletou
Hall, Yorkshire.

The Earl and Countess of Lichfield, and Lady
Harriet Anson, have arrived on a visit to the Earl
and Countess of Wilton, at Melton.

INTERESTING DISCOVERX NEAR ALNWICR..—A few
days ago, as come countrymen were ploughing a field at
Hawkhill, the ploughshare struck upon a largo flat stone,
which, on being removed, turned out to be the covering of a
rude stone coffin, formed by unhewn slabs of stone set on end.
An urn was found within embedded in the soil, which had
penetrated into the original cavity in the lapse of centuries.
Five coffins have been laid open, in one of which another urn
of smaller dimensions and rude construction was found. In
the coffins where the urns were found there were no bones;
but the others were filled with bones mixed with soil. The
largest coffin measures about five feet six inches in length,
three feet in breadth, and three feet and a half in depth.
The bottom was flagged, and the top covered with a huge
flat stone nearly six feet square which seems to have been
brought from the seashore. The smallest coffin is not more
than 18 inches by 12. They are of various sizes and
laid in no uniform direction. The urns are made of baked
clay; the larger one seemingly traced by a " nerling"
tool, and the other rudely herringboned with a
sort of chisel. His Grace the Duke of Northumber-
land and Sir Gardener Wilkinson (who has been on a visit
to his Grace at Alnwick-castle) examined the place a day or
two ago, as well as several other individuals. Mr. Crisp,
the able and hospitable gentleman on whose farm these in-
teresting relics of ancient times have been discovered, has
afforded every facility for inspecting them, and spared no
trouble to gratify the intelligent curiosity of his neighbours
and others. They are placed on the highest part of a ridge
of land called the Shell Laws, immediately in front of the
Lesbury station of the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Rail-
way, and a few yards from it. An urn, similar in appearance
to those mentioned above, was lately found when making the
excavations for the Aln wick branch, and a dart head, which
some have imagined to be a sti/us ; but this can scarcely be,
as the stiles was an instrument resembling a pencil in size
and shape, one end being sharpened to a point and the other
flat and circular.

BURNING OF THE POPE AND HIS TWELVE BISHOPS
IN EFFIGY.—SUNDRIDGE, KENT.—This small but loyal vil-
lage, whose attachment to the Church of England in all its
simplicity and purity of worship is so well known, and is
also so well maintained by their respected rector, the Rev.
H. Lind,ay, adopted a very warm manner of welcoming the
newly-appointed Popish bishops. On Friday, the 29th of
November, a cortege, consisting of the effigies of the Pope,
six feet high, together with Cardinal Wiseman and his
twelve bishops, all dressed appropriately, was conducted in
procession, followed by nearly 1,100 persons, through the
village, each window of which was illumina.ed in honour of
the occasion. Several flags, with suitable mottoes, were car-
ried along. and a beautiful transparency, having on one side
" No Popery," on the reverse " No Puseyism," and another
side a Romish altar, with candles and incense burning, and on
a fourth was depicted as ancient monastery. After having
perambulated the village several times the procession finally
halted, where a stage was erected in the street surrounded by
faggots. When the whole of these personages were arranged
on the platform, Dr. Wiseman being in front, the fire was
kindled, and soon commenced with the cardinal, taking hold
of the others by turns until the whole were in one blaze,
which illuminated the country round. Fireworks, crackers,
guns firing, and the church bells ringing all the time, com-
pleted the animation of a spectacle that will convey a useful
lesson to the Cardinal, who has declared that he governs
Kent, and will continue to govern it ! A similar exhibition
is in preparation at the adjacent village of Brasted, and a
magnificent display of the same kind came off at Sevenoaks
last week. So much for the men of Kent.
THE FISTULA INFlRMARY.—Yesterday a deputa-
tion from the governors of the Fistula Infirmary, consisting
of Mr. John Al asterman, M.P., Mr. Frederick Salmon, and
the secretary to that great institution, waited upon the
Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion-house, to re-
quest that his Lordship would accept the office of president.
His Lordship, after having spoken in terms of high praise of
the important benefits rendered to society by the institution,
most gladly consented to take the chair, and at the same
time determined that the anniversary should take place in
the last week in April, when he expressed his hope and
belief that the manifestation would be in proportion to the
vast additional relief afforded during the last year to sufferers
of all classes. The deputation also communicated to his
Lordship the fact that the society had purchased a plot of
ground belonging to the Dyers' Company, in the City-road,
for the site of a projected new infirmary, for the sum of
4,7501.

DINNER TO CHARLES COWAN, EEQ, M.P.—We

understand that it is proposed by gentlemen interested in
the repeal of the paper duties to invite Mr. Cowan to dinner
on the 4th proximo, and that Mr. Robert Chambers will
occupy the chair. Considering the trouble which Mr.
Cowan has taken to have these " taxes on knowledge "—for
such they are—modified or removed, such an acknowledg-
ment of his services is at once graceful and proper.—Edin-
burgh Netts.

HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF
TILE CHEST, BROMPTON.-- The committee of management
_
having decided upen-the election of a resident medical officer
for this extensive institution. the
choice devolved npon Mr.
Edwards, the late.superintendent of the Tower Hamlets Dis-
pausal yovho was on Friday elected to the office.
PALACE OF WESTMINSTEO
.—The new House of
Commons, on which so
,rouch of ,the public,money has from
time to time beeit-.expended, 13 now again, after repeated
attempts to finishit,- in-a- complete state of delapidation,
although numberi° of iVtirkrnett are endeavouring to' get
the House into soine-sliape 'pfetious to the assembling of
Parliament. _ • _ _