The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-08 00:00:00

ECCLESIASTICAL.

The statutes of Magdalen College, Oxford, are said to
contain nothing that will prevent Mr. Sibthorp, crow a
Roman Catholic priest, from holding his fellowship. The
statutes of the same College require the performance of
prayers for the dead. _

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NAVAL AND MZLITATLY.
By order of her Majesty the forces employed at the
capture of the outworks of Canton are to receive out
of the money obtained froth- the Chinese, a donation
equal to one year's amount of the India allowance called
‘‘ Batta."

The Court of Directors of the East India Company
have also ordered the payment of a further portion of
the booty captured during the Burmese war. The naval
and military Commanders-in-Chief are to receive about
2,8001. each, general officers 9001, and the rest in the
same proportion, in reference to their relative ranks.

LAW AND POLICE.
At Clerkenwell, William Harris, a cabriolet driver
was charged with furious driving, and other misconduct.
It appeared the prisoner was driving on Wednesday
morning his cab and horse at a rapid rate in Guildford
street, with two persons on the roof, four inside, one
man on the horse's back urging him on, making in all
eight persons, and at the corner of Greville-street, the
under wheels were'dashed off on coming against a post,
and the whole party except the rider were thrown down
on the pavement. The Magistrate ordered the defendant
to pay a penalty of 405., and in default of payment to be
committed to hard labour for a month.

On the evidence OF; police constable, the driver of
one of Powell's omnibuies, and the driver of one of Old-
field's were fined at Kensington Police Court 20s. each
for racing on the high road:
Thomas Hewett, the Chaitist, indicted at the Norwich
Quarter Sessions for creatieg a disturbance and obstruct-
ing the Bishop at the consecration of Catton church, was
found guilty of a rout but not a riot, and ordered to be im-
prisoned for two months, and to bind himself in fixed se-
curities.

At Marlborough-street, on Thnrsday,Mr. Hardwick was
applied to by a solicitor to admit to bail Mr. Pennington,
the young man who had been committed for three
months as a rogite and a vagabond, for disgraceful con-
duct at the Haymarket Theatre. His object was to en-
able the prisoner to appeal to the Sessions against the con-
viction. After some inquiry the Magistrate consented
to release the offender, on his giving security, himself in
5001., and two others in 250/. each. The Rev. Mr. Pen-
nington, Rector of Thorley, Hertford, the defendant's
grandfather, and Mr. Egg, the gun-smith, were the su-
reties.

TINE ARTS.
At a Committee held at the Mansion-house on Thursday
to consult upon the completion of the equestrian statue
of the Duke of Wellington, left unfinished by Sir Francis
Chaatrey, Messrs. Cunningham and Weekes were chosen
to perfect it, and it is to be placed at the west end of the
Royal Exchange, on the site of the Bank buildings,
which are to come down.

The Warsaw monument, erected and inaugurated to
the honour of the " loyal Poles," properly called the
" traitor Poles," who fell in defence of the Russian Go-
vernment in November, 1830, is guarded by about 600
soldiers distributed in four guardhouses. The iron em-
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bell-metal 4,5001b5.
A monument has been erected at Nauplia, near the sea-
shore, to the memory of the Bavarians who have fallen
in the service of Greece and Greek independence. It was
inaugurated on the 19th ult., and built at the expense of
the King of Bavaria.
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A large quantity of Daaon coins or stycis were dis-
covered last week in Hexham churchyard, most of them
representative of various monarchs and prelates of that
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Several new pieces are to be brought out, among which
is La Vestale, by Mercadante. The theatre will be
opened on Saturday, Feb. 26,
Mr. Yates, the manager of the Adelpbi, has just left
Paris, where he has been witnessing the new piece at the
Grand Opera, the Queen of
~ Cyprus.
Pin in Paris is the performance of
Misanthrope, by amateurs, on
New Year's day.
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remain at Byam House till the first week in the ensuing
month.
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