The Sun.
London, England, 1829-01-31 00:00:00

THE ORATORIOS.

Our exemplary Theatrical Curios Morum, Mr.
George Colman, has, it appears from. the bills,
thought proper to bring forward a new and unprece-
dented claim to the revisal of the Sacred Music
about to be performed this season. The Oratorio
of Joseph, announced for this evening, has, in
consequence, been of necessity withdrawn, Mr.
Hawes, the conductor, very properly refusing to
submit to a demand which he considers as un-
warrantable as it is novel. The 10th of George
11., on the strength of which Act this claim is now
for the first time advanced, after enumerating, with
all the minute specification of a I'olonius, the
" Tragedy, Comedy, History, Pastoral, Pastoral-
Comical, Historical-Pastoral," &c., none of which
confessedly apply to this case, adds to the various
genera of performances described by the Lord
Chamberlain of Denmark the words—" or other
entertainments of the Stage." On this item it is
that the English Deputy Licenser has put his fingers
and the question, now for the first time mooted, ism
whether the mere fact of Sacred Music; being give° \
within the walls of a Theatre constitutes an " gs"
tertainmeiit of the Stage ?" The public, it is untie'
cessary to say, have, as long as our not very "young
remembrance" carries us, been in the habit 0
listening, both at Drury-lane and Cevent-gardel'i
to the Messiah, the Creation, nay, even to Aci, of'
Galatea—an oratorio, as it is called, not onlf
fur more dramatic in its character, but mytllT'
logical into the bargain, yet no simoniacal " twee'
neas" have been called for to sanctify the perform
ance. What is still more singular, Mr. Colman d
not even now demanda fee for either of them; in pro
of which the first act of one of them is this veryeve
ing the " unlicensed" substitute for the piece Wit
drawn. We do sincerely hope and believe that tb
officious interference of the pious author of " Bros
Grins," &c., will in this case be eventually' defeat
"An Entertainment. for the Stage" Beware, 1 •
gallery malcontents, how ye venture hereafter
vociferate the tantalysiryg " thro‘V.hini over" benes •
the roof of a theatre, without aliCense Pause, •
Greenwich coachmen, in your progress through
George's Fields--hush to silence the whistling
your " sixteen outsides !" Mute be the melodiori
horn of the " Canterbury Telegraph,"- lest the
p Oh
less sibilations of the one or the cund.notes of tc,i
other be construed into an "Entertainment of t
Stage !" The following is a copy of the bill i 001
by Mr. Haries:—

. " THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.-.-ORATORIOS.
" The public are respectfully informed, tbat,
consequence of Mr. Colman's having asserteu.
right (as the Lord Chamberlain's examiner' of
entertainments of the Stage) to peruse and licet°
the new Oratorio of Joseph, announced for ,perf°lo,o
ance for to-morrow evening, Mr..Hawes, as coOP.I
tor of the Oratorios and Concerts to be given dull
the approaching Lent season, • has determined:
withdraw the above-named Oratorio until.the .n
Hots. the Lord Chamberlain shall . have deci
whether this unprecedented exaction by Mr. C°l
(which, if submitted to, would entail an almost
calculable expence, in fees, on him and all fet
conductors of such performances) is authorisedi,
the Act of Parliament, Geo. 11. Under these
cumstunces the First Act of Haydn's Oratorio
the Creation will be substituted."--Morning P'4"

BANK OF VIENNA.

VIENNA, JAN. 17:—There has been PoblAii
here within these few days a Report" of the ti
mittee of the Bank, of which the following
sittbseance:—The difficulties in commerce and it'
try which Europe has generally experienced dU
the last year has been very disadvantageous !°,
affairs of the Bank of Austria, as the two pr'll"
branches of their institution are discounting
lending on loans, which has not proved so sue
ful as during the preceding year. Nevertheles':'
result is favourable, which may be perceived 131
r
expose of each branch. Their production
total of 3,314,994 kr.

PARISIAN FASHIONS.

(From Kniyh(s Parisian Fashions; or Dress'-
Magazine: )
PUBLIC PROMENADIC Dit.w.—A dress 01
the colour of the Parma-violet, bordered with
broad hem, headed by a double rouleau of love,,
blossom coloured satin. The sleeves, en gigari;
fined at the wrists •by bracelets of black velfej
gold, a wrought brooch of which fastens tlor
the outside of the wrist • the sleeves have!i
shoulders a narrow mancheron, scalloped, an%
round with rouleau binding of lavender-blosgfri(
palatine, with long ends, of marten, is worn o'v
dress, entirely concealing the corsage. Thitn.
of black velvet, ornamented with Parma-ViTJI!
bon, and a wes....ping willow feather of celestes
The hat fastens under the chin by a mentorile
blond, and a ruff of the same material encirci
throat.—The stockings are of black 511 k,
shoes, of corded Gros de Naples, ate also 1)1
BALL DEEM—A figured pink Gros de
dress, with a blond falling round the but.
sleeves are short, and of plain bell-shape ; °foe:
nite plain, and tight to the figure; a of
°'"i
itod finishes behind in a bow. The 110911
sists of gawe a the same colour as the dre'39't
large Taadykes, filled, and edged with 51'i
match ; the beading is wade of a band of"
satin to correspond,

Lord Francis Leveson Gower left
Castle on Wednesday morning, in a post-chariot sf!
for llowth, and embarked on board the Escacef,
;and. He was accompanied by Mr. Greville,
43;0; Private Secretary.—Dublin Morning IleP'
A Ciy;i Co,,irt for the recovery of debt
9
16/. is about to bs; tewi7ncl at Maidenhead ; the
granted by Queen Anne, has ion teen in
Becks Chronicle.

IMPORTANT TO OVERSEERS 4
TicEs.—ln Trinity Term the Court of Kitgilas
groixtral a rule to two Justices to skew cause Irby
not, cliO Xvii4plikint, compel the overseers of
pass their annioal ac,cooo with the items of e 5,
instead of gross sums of ;each OFtßigi?t, oiegiN
count was that of the Select Vestry 4,00 po,t tai
It was finally decided on Monday last, after
several times, that such an account was insvfic
the Select Vestry .apt had made no alteration
the particulars most he given, and ;he account
before any appeal could he made to the puaTtgrd
as was decided in " Rex e. Justices of Woral4`

•
The practice of attacking females
streets, and attempting to ISx plaisters on their °,
the ostensible object of frightening them,
On Monday. night, between nine and ten 04
spectable female, who had been ont purchasing
neceosarirs, while on her way home, was laid
thesoroer of Portjapd-stroet, kaprioston, by a lel
ld
with a blue cloth mantle, Ribs, agemptesi
on her mouth ; and, acoomp.stsied with noPe
expre•mions, declared if she untie the je*,gt
" cut her throat in a twinkling." Fortuit
juncture, two individuals happened to approet;i
miscreant speedily scampered off; and the 4' ,
was allowed to make her way home ad well 0
The above occurrence took place within a feW
Gnrhals police-office.—. Glasgow Chewaicler.

•
NaVigation 4t tla,e I3rPPIT/104/1.12 OFF •
began, has beep reamedl tyith mitre spirit 111;;:i
frost. A number of vessels haye arrived 0";
tuo days heavily laden with grain ; and m'e'
presented a very animated and bustling apPets,
Port Pundaa, bowgvn, it continues partially 9, .•
no vessel's either arriving or &palling withoi
since of the ice-breaker. OAS Saturday 1414 8 01'
o'clock, thii machine arrived from Gri•Dgefif I
about 15 vessels attached to it; and set
morning with about the same Itnthber. A few,i;
lying at Grangemouth heavily Wien with
consequence of the ice, the lighters have not
get their caricisi transferred to Port DoP-__A t
thaw continues, a great number of vessels Ore, I
the Port about the end of the week. it is /
that the 'track Boat will be able to ply before I
Glasgow Chronicle.

I

The Lords of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy
Council assembled at eleven o'clock yesterday morning in
the Privy Council Chamber, Whitehall. There was a
very numerous assemblage of their Lordships, the case
which came before them being one of considerable import-
atice,—viz. the petition against the removal of one of the
Justices of the Court of King's Bench in Upper Canada by
the local authorities.
The Lords present were the Lord President of the
Council, the Lord Chief Baron, the Vice Chancellor, the
Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, the Judge
of the Admiralty, the Judge Advocate-General, the Mas-
ter of the Mint, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster,
the Vice President of the Board of Trade, and the Right
lion. J. W. Croker. The King's Advocate, the Attorney
and the Solicitor-General, attended their Lordships during
the hearing of this important case. Mr. Buller was the
clerk to their Lordships in Waiting.
Mt. Hoasa: addressed their Lordship at considerable
length for the appellant, J. W. 'Willis, Esq., one of the
Justices of the Court of King's Bench in Upper Canada.
The Learned Gentleman entered very fully into the Act of
Parliament called the Canada Act, which was passed for
the government of that colony, and particularly on that
part which relates to the Judges and the power of the Go-
vernor and Council over them. The Act recites, that in
case of the absence of the officers of the colony (including
the Judges) without a reasonable cause, the Governor and
Council shall have the power of removing them front their
offices. On the -26th of June last, the Lieutenant-Gover-
nor, in the name of the Governor, sent Mr. Willis his dis-
missal as one of the Judges of Upper Canada. On the
next day, the 27th of June, the Council recommended to
the Governor to dismiss Mr. Willis. No doubt they had
discovered that they had acted illegally ; hut if Mr. Willis
was not removed from his office legally, he was not dis-
missed at all, and was therefore as much a Judge of Upper
Canada as ever he was.
The delivery of the Learned Gentleman's address lasted
two hours.
Dr. LUSHINGTON then rose, and addressed their Lord-
ships on the same side, and stated the circumstances which
had led to Mr. Willis's dismissal to be these :—Mr. Wal-
pole Willis was one of the Judges of the Court of King's
Bench, in Upper Canada. One of the Judges of the
Court was absent. Mr. Willis amid a puisne Judge (Mr.
- Justice Sherwood). sat as the Court, and, disagreeing in
their opinions, the proceedings of the Court were interrupted;
and Mr. Willis was induced, from this circumstance, to
consult the Act of Parliament under which the Court is
established, when, from the wording of a clause in the Act,
which states that " the: Chief Justice, together with the
two Puisne Judges, shall constitute the Court of King's
Bench," he was led to infer that the Court could not legally
be constituted without the presence of the three Judges;
and that therefore Mr. Justice Sherwood and himself had
hot the power to sit in banco as a Court. He commu-
nicated his sentiments by letter to the Lieutenant-Governor,
General Sir Peregrine Maitland. Mr. Willis was then
applied to, to select what causes could be tried by him as
a single Judge, but this he declined doing. Mr. Willis re-
ceived a letter from the Lieutenaut-Governor ou the 26th
ofJun., dismissing him fridn his situation. Dr. Lushing-
ton contended, th,t suppN.ing Mr. Willis's view of the Act
of Parliament to be incorrect, yet if a Judge conscientiously
believed that he had no right to exercise certain functions,
he could not fill those duties without violating the oaths
he had taken ; aml the misinterpretation of an Act of Par-
liament was not a sufficient ground for the dismissal of
a Judge. Respecting the disputes which had subsisted
between the Lieutenant-Governor and Mr. Willis, they
were not relevant to the case : the prayer of the petition
was, that his. Majesty in Council would order Mr. Willis
to be reinstated in his official capacity.
At three o'clock, Counsel were ordered to withdraw,
and their Lordship, remained in deliberation about half an
hour. The decision was not known.
The case was not defended on the part of the Go-,-ernor
and Council.