The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-04 00:00:00

* No part of this income is at present.paid for the use of King Leopold. The trustees, after discharging
nuities and pensions to the servants and establishment of the late Princess Charlotte, repay the balance of
to the Eichequer ; the sum so repaid in the last year was 32,000/.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

1,618,265

1,857,205

:380,609

13,961,245

404,964

11,793
17,762
430,208

227,085
974,804
180,123
1,733,328

55,103,G47

3,486,570

158,590,217

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CORONER'S INQUEST.
On Saturday an inquest was held before Mr. f 44 'c4
M.P., on the body of Mr. Thomas Everitt, formerly a
lecturer on chyunstry at the Middlesex Hospital, and
late an inmate of the lunatic asylum at Southall-park,
where he died on the morning of Wednesday last.
Mr. WAKLEY thought it but right to premise to the
jury that no complaint had, up to that moment, been
made against any person in reference to the death of the
deceased, which was stated to have been the result of an
accident.

The following witnesses were then sworn and exa-
mined :—Mr. G. IV. Daniel, surgeon to and one of the
proprietors of the institution; Mr. Cooke, resident me-
dical superintendent ; G. Fountain, one of the attendants
having the care of the bath department ; J. Safe, an as-.
sistaut ; and T. White, the servant of one of the inmates,
who occasionally assisted in attending others.
From the evidence of these witnesses, it appeared that
the deceased • (who was about 40 years of age, and had
been in the institution for about eight months) was af-
fected with paralysis, and had recently been in so debi-
. hutted a state as to render occasional ablutions of his
entire body recessary. With this view he was put into
a bath of about the temperature of 90 between eight
and nine o'clock on Saturday morning, the 26th of July
and while there received an extensive scald froth a sud-
den gush of water through the pipe leading from the
boiler, and the stop-cock of which (placed in a dark
and covered recess at one end of the bath) was omitted
to hale been turned after the bath had been prepared.
There was some difficulty in at once comprehending
how the water from tlris•pipe emild have ceased and re-
commeneed flowing es it were of its own accord ; it
having been -slated that the cock had been turned but
and then for the purpose of letting the a ater flow.
But it appearil , from, the evidence of Fountain and
White, that it frequently ceased flowing for tbur or five
minutes, 'and then gushed out, with such violence as
sotnetimes,to reach the opposite side of the bath-room.
The jury, after .inspecting the body of the deceased
proceeded to examine, the bath and the apparatus for
supplying it with ,hot water, which they pronounced to
be defective; anti requiring alteration. The boiler, placed
about 12 feet below the bath,' received a tube at either
side, through one of Which descended cold, and through
the other ascended hot water, forced up by the operation
of steam, to supply the bath. It was also furnished
with escape. tubes ; but the. pressure by whielethe water
Wheia boiling. was, caused to ascend .not being always
eqiial, the flew from the pipe into the bath was likewiee
ateimes unequal. The jury were also of opinion that the
stop-cock ought to be placed in such a position in the
bathroom as to enable the attendant to see at a glance
whether 'it was turned on or off. Mr. Daniel stated in
his evidence that it had been purposely placed in a recess
lest the patients might meddle with it it exposed to view;
but to this Mr. Wakley replied that, although no doubt
that object was a necessary and useful one, it might be
attained by some other means—such, for instance, as a
small aperture immediately over the bathe, on the plan of
a keyhole. Mr. Daniel concurred in the suggestion, and
promised.that an alteration should forthwith be made in
order to meet it. - Mr. Wakley also suggested the pro-
priety of having printed rules for the guidance of the at-
tendants, who, it appeared, put the deceased into the
bath without any orders to . that effect. In fact Mr.
Daniel had discontinued giving the deceased hot baths
medicinally, because he ..found that they had an injuri-
ous effect upon He did not order him to be put
into a bath, even for the purposes of ablution, on the
morning in question. Mr. Cooke made the sure allega-
tion on his own behalf.; and when the witness Safe (the
regular attendant of the deceased) was asked by whose
authority he put the deceased into a bath, he said, by
the direction of Fountain, but this Fountain positively
denied, adding, that he had prepared the bath for ano-
ther of the inmates, and that he never directed any of the
patients to he put into.a bath without instructions to
that effect from Mr. Cooke. White was the only per-
son in the bath-room when the accident occurred. He
said he.had been left there by Safe,- to watch the de-
oeased ; that he lifted him from the bath as speedily as
possible on seeing the water rush in, and that the de-
.ceased did not appear to be severely scalded, and showed
no symptonis`tif pain. Some of the water fell upon his
(the witnesss) hand, but he experienced no inconve-
nience from it.

' Mr. Daniel, who had the medical treatment of the de-
ceased. gave it as his opiaion that, being in a very debili-
tated state, he could not have survived very long, and
that even.a much less shock than that which lie received
must hale hastened his death.
Who was to blame in not having turned the stop-cock
ids nos clearly 'appear. - White was -an irresponsible
gent ; Fountain- had the 'superintendence and -pre-
paring of the bath, and delegated to Safe a portion of
Oat duty. Safe, who had been in the establishment
puly a few weeks, candidly confessed that he thought
the blame rested „with himself and White ; and under
these circumstances

The jury were of opinion, and returned for their cer-
ilict—" That the deceased met his death by an accidental
scald, while in one of the baths of the establishment, and
that the accident was attributable to general defective
arrangeteents."

• .Tw members of the deceased's family were present.
during the investigation, but took no part in it.

ADMIRALTY LEVEL—The last levee of naval officers at the
Admiralty for the season was held on Friday by the Earl of
Haddington, gnd was attended by the following :—Captains
Sir John Ross, Creagh, Carter, W. G. Purci,as, J. N. Mott ;
Commanders G., Spettigue, J. G. Gordon, .1. C. Gill, N.
Robilliard, and Chalouer ; and Licuter.ants John Wilson.
James Rawstorne, Foote, and G. B. Payne. Colonel Colby, of
the Royal Engineers, also had an interview with the First Lord
of the Admiralty on that day.
TILE ROYAL. YACHT AND HER TENDER THE FAIRY.--The
weather for the past reek at Portsmouth has been so squally.
wet, and unfavourable, that her Majesty and Prince Albert have
had but few opportunities of making excursions on the water.
Friday was a tolerably fine day, and at four F. 31. the royal
yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain Lord A. Fitzclarence, went
up to Spithead with the Queen and Prince Albert on board,
the royal standard flying at the main ; the Monarch, a fine
1,400 ton frigate-built ship, belonging to Mr. Green, lowered
her flag and cheered as the yacht passed her, which was
graciously acknowledged by her Majesty and Prince Albert
bowing in return. The royal yacht was saluted by the
Portsmouth garrison guns, and afterwards steered her course
for Cowes.

The Victoria and Albert arrived at Portsmouth from Corot;
on Saturday, and immediately proceeded to take in previsions.
water, and fuel. She will leave for Woolwich on Alenday, to
prepare for embarking her Majesty and Prince Albert for con-
veyance to Germany. The Fairy, in the interim, will attend
the royal party at Cowes.
'f he Fairy, royal yacht steam tender, Master-Commander
Thain, arrived at Portsmouth from Cowes on Friday morning,
and was taken into dock to have a new screw attached, which,
having been done, she came out of dock on Saturday morning,
and proceeded to Cowes in the afternoon. While in dock on
Friday numbers of ladies and gentlemen visited her, who very
much admired the beautiful little vessel.

The Fairy is ordered to proceed from Portsmouth, after the
departure of the Court from Osborne, direct for the Rhine, or
which river her services will be called in requisition by her
Majesty. Mr. Penn, the constructor of the engines of the
Fairy, is ordered to accompany her.
It was incorrectly stated 'last week that the Fairy had
grounded in steering over the shallows going from Cowes to
Portsmouth. The fact was, the Fairy had on board a poor
fellow for Haslar Hospital, and the Commander being desirous
of landing him as close as possible to the hospital, to give him
less distance to walk, ran in very near ; her light draft of water
permitted her to do so, and put him ashore at Haslar Beach.
Her waiting there until the boat returned to her, gave rise to-
the incorrect report that she was on shore.
The Fairy is to receive the King of the Netherlands on
Tuesday, and to take his Majesty on a short excursion.
IMFILOVEMENTS AND ADDITIONS IN WOOLWICH DOCK.
YA RD. —The Admiralty have decided on purchasing the pre-
mises and gardens on the north side of George-street, Wool-
wich. The site joins to Sir F. Collier's garden on the west,
and runs so far in that direction as the entrance to the town.
Their Lordships have ordered a plan of the proposed addition
to the establishment to be made, and the names of the proprie-
tors to be transmitted, to enable their solicitor to negotiate for
the property, so as to have possession in the next financial
year. It is proposed to erect some residences for the officers
on this ground, in lieu of some about to be taken down. It is
also intended to build a chapel on this space, to tie added to the
dockyard.
FIRE ON BOARD THE SOUTHAMPTON FRIGATE AT CHAT-
stair.—The Southampton, 50 guns, lying in ordinary, about
ten o'clock on Saturday morning, was discovered to be on fire.
The dockyard fire-bell was sounded, and the Royal Marines
were turned out. The sentries along the wharfs of the dock--
yard fired their muskets, and the ship Peictiers her guns, awl
every ship's boat at the station was immediately manned and
proceeded to the frigate. When there the fire was found to
be confined to one of the after cabins, and was extinguished.
in less than half an hour, mainly owing to the promptitude of
the ships' crews, under the guidance of their officers. The
fire was occasioned by a man who had been working in the.
cabin by the light of a candle, and who, on being called away,
by signal on board the Janus, left it. lighted, and the candle
falling against the lining set it on fire.
It is expected that a Board of Admiralty will pay the annual
visit of inspection to Chatham Dockyard on Tuesday next.
Commodore Sir Francis Collier, the Superintendent of Wool-
wich Dockyard, has returned to his official duties from leave of
absence.
No Captain has yet been appointed to the Excellent, gun-
nery ship, in the room of Sir Thomas Hastings, appointed
Storekeeper of the Ordnance. •
Commander Sherringham, and soma of the officers of the
caged aht Portsmouth
Portsmouth about
theirt
Fea Fearless ecshs a
r surveyingts.
The
Fearlessvessel,
Lieu-
tenant Lowe. The crew of the Fearless will be turned over
to the Dasher, which vessel will proceed to Portsmouth as soon
as she is fitted. als.eatenWg
The Alfred, 50, Commodore Purvis, has dismantled, and
returned all her stores at Portsmouth, and is waiting to be paid
off. In consequence of the duties being all performed the men
had leave on shore yesterday.

The Queen and her Royal Consort will be attended on
their visit to Germany by the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Liver-
pool, the Countess of Gainsborough, the Viscountess Canning.
Sir James Clark, Mr. G. E. Anson, and the Equerry-in-
waiting. It is most gfatifying to learn that preparations on a
most magnificent scale are being made by the King of Prussia
on the Rhine to gite to our gracious Sovereign a grand recep-
tion at his two palaces, limb' and Stolzerfels. We under-
stand that the return of her Majesty to England may be ex-
pected in about three weeks from the day of her departure.
Observer.

OVERTURNING OF A SIIIF AND NARROW ESCAPS
OF TOE CREW. —On Friday morning the brig Flirt wasgoing
down the river with reefed topsails and foresail set, when she.
was overtaken in Woolwich reach by a sudden squall of wind
and rain from the south-west, and being very light, and with
no ballast on board, was blown over on her larboard side, and
began to fill. The master of the vessel and his crew got on to
the rigging, awl thence to the hull. The brig was fast going
down in deep water, and the destruction of all hands appeared
inevitable, when the Waterman, No. 11, on her way to Lon--
don, made her way towards the sinking vessel, arid upon comitag
alongside hrr keel was visible about two fret above the waver.
Mr. Leonard, an inspector of Thames police, and his boat's
crew, came up at the same time, and having rescued the. cap-.
rain and crew, pat them on board the M'ittermart. A warp was
then run out from the steamer, and the Flirt was towed by the
• Waterman into shallow water, and she settled down immedi-
ately afterwards;
The Right lion. the SpeaLcr, as is customary on
the Saturday preceding the prorogation of Parliament, gave a
grand dinner on Saturday last, at his mansion in Eaton-square,
to the principal officers of the House of Commons.

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YIEETING OF THE PROPRIETORS

OF DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

On Saturday there was a general assembly, in the
saloon of Drury-lane Theatre, of the company of Pro-
prietors, for the purpose of receiving the annual state-
ment of the accounts from the Committee, to elect an
auditor for the ensuing year, and to elect six members
of the general committee, in the room of six gentlemen
who go out by rotation.
The meeting was but thinly attended.
Mr. Box]) CABBELL presided, and expressed the deep
regret he, as well as the other members of the committee
felt at the continued indisposition of the Noble Earl
(Gkngall), who had so often occupied the position the
meeting had just done him the honour of appointing him
to. The Noble Earl, he found, was still detained in Ire-
land by illness, or he would, as heretofore, been present
on that occasion.—(Hear.) He would now call on the
secretary to re td the report.
Mr. DUNN then proceeded to read the following
REPORT.

" REPORT' OF THE 'GENERAL COMMITTEE TO THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF PROPRIETORS OF DRURY-LANE.

" The theatre having closed, after a protract. d season, the
Committee have the pleasure to meet the general assembly with
their annual statement of the affairs of the Company ; and they
have great satisfaction in stating, that notwithstanding the
depressed state of the drama, as regards the national
theatres, and the threatened annihilation of the total inte-
rests of the proprietary of these once noble establishments
i legislative enactments, Drury-lane Theatre has been open
to the public, during the past season, no less than 223 nights, a
circumstance alike beneficial to the artistes concerned, as also to
the numerous dependents upon it for their daily support.
It is gratifying to the Committee to be able to state,
that amidst the wreck of the national drama, her Most Gra-
cious Majesty continues her patronage and support tothe theatre
by her visits, both in state and in private, the influence of which,
upon a concern dependent upon public favour for support, can-
not but be of the highest importance towards its success, and
must excite the liveliest feelings of gratitude. Her Majesty
the Queen Dowaeer has been generously pleased to resume the
occupation of her private box ; and it is matter for consolation,
that since the Legislature of the country has thought proper to
extend, by their late Act of Parliament, the powers of the Lord
Chamberlain, and remove the drama from the two national
theatres to Sadler's Wells, the Yorkshire Stingo, the Eagle
Tavern, and a host of minor establishments, to the number of
thirty, Mr. Bonn has been enabled to furnish an entertainment
worthy of the royal patronage and the public at large ; still the
Committee are not insensible to the difficulties which the lessee
bad to encounter and surmount in the progress of the past
,season, from various causes ; notwithstanding which they
have the satisfaction to state that Mr. Bunn has, under
every circumstance, never failed in his punctuality in the
payment of the rent, and the Committee are advised that all
other claims upon him in working this establishment have been
met by the same degree of regularity in discharge thereof. Again
referring to the late Act of Paniament, 7 and 8 Vic. chap. 68,
whereby the chartered privileges of the two national theatres,
upon the credit of which 300,0001. have been expended, are so
impaired as to reduce them nearly to the state from which the
p,'ai,es already enumerated have been raised, it must cease to
be matter of surprise that the Committee have to add
another year to tee many bygone, without the prospect of
any eeturn to their constituents for the capital advanced by
them in erecting the present theatre ; for, in addition to the
costs for the edifice, the amount actually paid for the security
of lthe patent riehts equalled that of the building, and was com-
prised in the following items :—To Messrs. Sheridan and'others
eto,ooo/., to composition upon claims of the late theatre 50,0001.
to the Covent-garden proprietors 21,000/., and the rent charge
of an annuity of 3,750/. entailed upon the present theatre as
renters of the late. An act of the greatest injustice has thereby
been inflicted upon the national theatres, and most certainly
demands compensatien at the hands of those who legislate for
the drama, and who are bold enough to contend that they are
upholding it bylvalizing the representation of Shakspeare at pot-
houses and public gardens. The fate of the Drury-lane patent
has destroyed the security of the claims of the renters, and the
trustees of that body have received payment of 5/. per night for
ee la nights of performances in the past season, instead of the
original amount of 181. ISs. per night.
," The repairs to the stage flooring have been effected,
whereby it is now rendered perfect; but the state of the roof,
which entails considerable annual expense, is such (according to
the report of Mr. tieazley, the architect of the theatre) as
to require a very serious outlay, previous to the forthcoming
winter, from the funds at present in the banker's hands.
" The Committee have to call the attention of the assembly,
t o the annual statement of the accounts which have been re-
g ularty audited by 'Major Naylor, now laid before them, by
w hich it will be seen that the income of the proprietary for the
past season, under the several heads, amounts to 5.1551. 6s. ;
whilst, on the other hand, the expenses amount to 4,7771.6•. ld.
The Committee have paid to the account of the renters'
trustees, at their banker's, the sum of 1,115/. for 223 nights
of performance, at 5/. per night, as before stated.
" In concluding their report, the committee have only to
observe, that the season now ended was the first of a term of
three years leased to Mr. Bunn, with the option of either party
'to terminate it at the end of the first year by giving certain
inotice. The committee trust they have acted judiciously in
staining their lessee, and hope he is too well satisfied with the
terms of the agreement to seek to disturb it."
,Sir W. CURTIS moved that the report be approved
and adopted.
Mr. WARING seconded the proposition.
Mr. WELLS said that prior to the reception of the
report he was anxious to offer a remark. He observed
that there had been a sum of £1,115 paid over to the
,renters, a body whom he was prepared to contend had
fW o legal claim for such a payment. He for one, in
e«,penmon however with a great many other persons, was
o f opinion that the reenters ought to take the subject into
th Or consideration, in order that they and the proprie-
tor C might come to such an arrangement as that both
parties should act and share together.—(Hear, hear.)
GnEseees, fully concurred in what had fallen
from the hon. proprietor. He had at their meeting last
year taken the liberty to suggest that some such course
should be adopted, when he had been somewhat warmly
met by Mr. Robins, who by the way he regretted not
to see in the room that day. The new renters in fact
ought to proceed and go hand in hand with the proprie-
tors, so as to enable them to meet the difficulties under
which the theatre existed.—(Hear, hear.)
.Mr. WARING considered that this question had been
most unfairly introduced on the present occasion, when
the meeting was purely one of the proprietors and not of
the renters.
After some further discussion—
The CHAIRMAN, in putting the question that " the
. report be received, approved, and adopted," said, that
ess ithout doubt touch of the discussion which had taken
diace had been irregular, but he had felt that upon this
pa;
-tieular subject probably some benefit might arise, if
the renters were in possession of the feelings of the pro-
pri,wee,—(lTear, hear.) No doubt the subject, with a
slue observance of raeularity, should not have been in-
troduced at that meeting, inasmuch' as it was a meet-
ing of the proprietors and not of the renters. This ques-
tien, it should be borne in mind, had never been treated
by the proprietors as one between themselves and the
public, but as between themselves and the renters. It
was clear that the better course fir Mr. Whitbread to
have taken when the arrangement was originally made
would have been to have turned all their claims into
ealakerea in the now house, and then there could hare been
but, sine .-et of interest to be dealt with, whit reels, as the
ibusioess at present stood, there were two bodies whose
ifireerests were of a conflicting, character. The best plan
would be, that an arrangement should be come to by
"CV bieh there should be one common and mutual interest.
If rbat were ;lone then the renters would be in a position
to sake part in the control and management of the affairs
of ti:ie theatre.— (Hear, hear.)
The motion was then put and carried unanimously.
The meeting next proceeded to the withdrawal, by
ballot, of six ot the present members of the General Com-
mittee, who, by the provisions of the Act of Parliament,
retired from that body. The' names so drawn were in
...the following order :--Sir E. Ce,drington, lebrd Onglt y,
- Parnther. Esq., Joseph Arden, E;q., the . Duke of
e.„.inster, and the Earl ot Westmoreland, all of whom,
the motion of Mr. Waring, seconded by Mr. Crawcour,
wet ,re-elected.
'rim• sub-committee were then appointed' in the per-
sons of
the Earl of Glengall, Sir W. Curti, Bart., B.
B+ m (3
~'lsbell, ~ Isbell, Esq., J. Ramsbottam, Esq., and L.
.Ballen, Es."l• ,
-kir was then re-elected auditor.
Major Ne)
as the meeting was about to break
Captain SPEaTC..",
been asked by a great ninny persons
up, ho teen
hoe' it was that tee en, imetttee had allowed the regular
and legitimate drama to Jcavethe boards of' Drury-lane
Theatre, and then when or weether :t was the intention
,of the committee or the management to resume those
as. res ences. Now, as he had been an advis!ir of the
- of entertainments On thet: stage
pr eserit course ,
ae evie
eld state the reasons why the house had been exclu-
devoted to musical performances, and to assert it
-to he hie t`Pini", that, if the old plan had been persisted
n. the the sere could not have be: n carried on, and then
l4eere would have been no money ready with which to
ground rent, which wetild in due time
'meet the claim :set'
,become due to the :Duke of Bedford. His grace in that
-case could not have heesn paid ; hut, under the new ar-
rameements, although the:: had collected a numerous and
a splendid musical company, it was far less expensive
• than cn former years, when a tpanagNerowo,r lthsele:
wwaass
compelled to have three compatoes•
fw.hh o ore were
but one, and yet a distinct company,
ftli o w
',constantly in requisition.—(Neer, hear: respect
to the performance of what was denominated t,:se legal-
: mate drama, he was prepared to show that the moat dis-
: astirous consequences had arisen from the management
scf Mr. Mucready.
Sir W. CURTL; thought that this was, a subject which
dia. 'not fairly come under the notice of the meeting on
the oreseilt occasion.lt would, therefore, be folly to
• enter upon it. There were, moreover, a varietyl of opi-
nions on the question, and he might say that he himself
took a Off rent view of it to that which had been ex-
pressed by the gallant captain.
Captain SPENCER thereupon said that he would not
el, ten' enter upon the detail of the reasons. This, how-
ev, er, he was anxious to prove—that there had been more
mo nev receiveul from Mr. Bunt, and music in two year,
tease. lad been paid by Mr. Maeready during- the came
.ation of 'time. For instance. he found that the Com-
miteee had receiver: in two years from

Bilun and Music
iV.,,cready and Legi.timate Drama

Loy wiilFr, balance in favour of " Bunn
a, al Music" of

11,us fir. then, "Bunn and Musir" had yielded far more
tha,•l a AtacrPady and Legitimate Drama."
Si r W. Cunns—Ah, but this difference requires ex-
piana Von.
The .CHAIRZIAN said the gallant proprietor was not
quite c -rect in the statement he had just made. It was
very true that the Committee had received a larger amount
in money from Mr. Bunn than from Mr. MacreadY
but that was accounted for by the circumstance that the
latter wider took to lay out a considerable sum upon the
'• repairs whiC.l were required in the theatre. It was the
duty of the %Committee to see that ample justice was
weals nut t ewiery- one, and therefore he had felt it ne-
•.;v:-,sary..p, ,this explanation in order ale v; erro-
neous worressioit should not be created in the public
mi,
hh:ving then been voted to Major Naylor (the
audit 'cm) aiad t\) the Chairman, the meeting separated.

MAGAZINES-(CONTINU--11)

BENTLEYS MISCELLAN_'.

In " The Marchioness of Brinvilliers, the Poisoner of
the 17th Century, a Romance of Old Paris," chapters 22,
23, and 24, Mr. Albert Smith very ably sustains the in-
terest of this highly-wrought story. We are glad to fall
in, again, with some of his notes on the topography of
Paris, under the aspects which it may be supposed to
have exhibited at the date of his story. The Hotel de
Cluney is very picturesquely conceived and well made
out ; and the debauched revels within its walls, in which
Lauzun, the Abbe Dubois, and other historical profli-
gates figure, afford situations of fearful interest for the
exhibition of the beautiful, but guilty heroine of the tale,
and her paramour, Sainte Croix. John Leech's illustra-
tion, of which the subject is the unexpected rencontre of
these parties with the miscreant, Exili, is capital, both in
drawing and conception. The poetry of W. Y. 8.,
Will Jones, the Rev. W. Flower, &c., is generally good.
We have too little respect for professional criticism—
that is the opinion of actors upon the acting of their con-
temporaries—to be much disappointed at the poverty of
Mr. Carter's •' Outpourings;" but there is one racy scene
in them which is worth giving. It is as follows—the
scene is laid at the Crow-street Theatre, Dublin :
" But when a new Lord and Lady Lieutenant visited the
theatre for the first time, Pat's peculiarities became most
diverting.
" ' Pat Mooney shouts a voice in the gallery.
" ' Halloo !' answers Pat, from the opposite side.
" Voice—Can you see 'em, Pat? (Meaning the Lord and
Lady Lieutenant. )
" Pat Mooney—l can.
" Voice—Well, what's he like ?

" Pat Mooney—Oh, mighty like a grazier or middle-man.
Any v.ay, he has got a good long nose of his own.—(Loud
laughter, in which his Lordship joins.)
" Voice—ls he clever, think you?
"Pat Mooney—l'd be sorry to make him sinse•keeper.—
(Laughter again.)
" Voice—Does he look good-natured?
" Pat Mooney—Well, he does, and enjoys a joke, too—
Heaven bless him !—like a gentleman as he is.
" Voice—Then we'll not have to send him back?

" Pat Mooney—No, I don't think we shall. Vlie may get a
worse.—( Roars of laughter.) They say he's mighty generous,
and means to spPnd his money amongst us like a prince.
" Gallery—Bravo bravo ! We'll keep him, then—we'll
keep him. Three cheers, lads—three cheers for the Lord-
Lieutenant !—(Cheers and laughter.)
" Voice—Well, and what's she like, Pat ?
" Pat Mooney—Oh, nothing particular. She'd not frighten
a horse.—( Roars, her Ladyship joining. )
" Voice—ls she tall?

" Pat Mooney—Wait till she stands up.
" Voice—May be she's stout, Pat?
" Pat Mooney—Fait ! you may say that. It isn't the likes
of her lives on buttermilk.—( Roars. )
Voice—D'ye think she's good-natured?
" Pat Mooney—Oh, I'll engage she is. She has the raal
blood in her, and there's plenty of Roars, and ' Bravo 1'
from the gallery. )
" Many Voices—She'll do, then, Pat ?
"Pat Mooney—Och ! she will—she will. I'll engage for
her Ladyship.
" Voices—We may keep her then, may we.
" Pat Mooney—Och ! the longer the better—the longer the
better.—( Roars.) It's her Ladyship that'll speak the good
word for the man that's in thrubble, and never let the decent
woman want, that's in the straw—God bless her!

" Gallery—Bravo bravo Three cheers for her Ladyship
—three cheers for the Lady Lieutenant !—(Cheers and
laughter.)
" Pat Mooney (seeing the Lord Alayor)—My sew) to ye !
Dan Finnagan, is that you ?
" Gallery—Ah ah ! Is that you, Dan Finnagan ?—is that
yeu ?—( Hisses and laughter.)
" Pat Mooney—Faix ! it's good for the likes of us to see you
down among the gintry there, Dan Finnagan !—(A loud laugh,
at which his Lordship does not seem particularly pleased.)
Och 1 you needn't look up so sour at us 1 Many's the good
time you've sat up here yourself;—you know it is, ye ould
vinegar bottle !—( Roars. )
" Voice—Sure the world's gone well wid you, any way.
Dan Finnagan. Ye hadn't them white kid gloves
" Pat Mooney—No, nor that grand cocked bat there
" Voice—No, nor that white wand, ye cormorant ! when
you kept the chandler-shop, and cheated Mike Kelly out of a
farden's-worth of pipes, and ---
" Gallery—Ah ! Who cheated Mike Kelly ?—who
cheated Alike Kelly ?—( Great confusion, during which the
orchestra strikes up. )"

" Mary, Queen of Scots and Lord Brougham " is a
critical refutation of the opinion adapted by Hume, and
vindicated on singularly insufficient grounds by Lord
Brougham, of the guilt of Mary, touching the mysterious
death of her weak and profligate husband, Darnley. Of
this and all the other high crimes alleged in her lifetime
against the unfortunate, but bigoted, Queen of Scotland,
we should suppose that no candid reader—now that
Prince Lubanoff has given to the world the completion
of his long and laborious, but most satisfactory, investi-
gation into her history—will hesitate fully to acquit the
ill-starred mother of our first James. An interesting
memoir of the late Rev. R. H. Barham is accompanied
by a good likeness of our lost " Thomas Ingoldsby,"
and a pretty ballad by the same gifted writer, now, alas!
mute within the tomb. Mrs. Romer's "Story ofia Pic-
ture" is a clever trifle.

THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE REVIEW.
A grave number, but containing matter more interest
ing than the table of contents would seem to promise.
The papers follow in this order:—" Ireland—the Endow-
ment of the Catholic Clergy;" " Wealth and Want," a
review of Mr. D. ITrquhares work ; " The Progress of
Organic Chemistry ;" " Adolphus's History of England."
"Latitudinarianism" is a severe critique upon a " Bill to
enable Her Majesty to Endow New Colleges for the ad-
yancenaen t of Learning in Ireland ;" "Memoirs of the Lady
Hester Stanhope"; (" eke! join sates"—we are tempted
to exclaim, This endless lady will be the death of us). A
review of" Etudes sur les Orateurs ; par Timon, (Brux-
elles, 1834) is made a vehicle for a severe, but nut alto-
gether illiberal estimate and analysis of the political cha-
racter and the forensic pretensions of Earl Grey. With
regard to the latter, its eulogium is at once unqualified,
frank, and elaborate. We have been both amused and
startled by the following passage in the article on
"Wealth and Want:"—

" Mr. Urquhart's defence of villenage is able and successful ;
and those who object to it that the term itself proclaims that it
was only the inhabitants of towns, villes, who enjoyed its bene-
fits, and that consequently the rural population was in a state of
slavery, overlook the fact that to every village or hamlet, how-
ever small, the terra was applied ; indeed. up to this day, in the
midland counties, '° town' is the appellation invariably given
by the common people to every congregation of cottages ; and
Mr. Urquhart's assertion that England was divided into
milites, freemen, rustics, or villeins, and slaves, just as to-day
England might be said to be divided into esquires, tennants,
labourers and convicts,' is borne out by the results of the re-
searches of such men as Sir Francis Eden and Sir Francis
Palgrave. The truth is that the feudal system was the most
perfect form of society that the World has seen since the
theocracy of the Jews ceased ; for in it privileges depended
upon the performances of duties, whereas now they a►e too
commonly regarded as a ground of immunity from it. Lands
were granted, honours conferred ; but it was not for the ex-
altation of the unit so much as for the benefit and defence of
the community."