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lents—and questionable virtue, may

To demonstrate ti

practical existence

the interest and the machinery of the

y are concen

trated in the character of Mre., better and more fami-
liarly known, as Peg Woffington, an actress of great
stage repute, but questionable character, who was an
especial favourite with the town beaux of George the
Second's reign. She is the heroine of the comedy, and

her adventures and intrigues forms

its story and its

plot. A town rake, Sir- Charles Pomander, is, after
his own fashion, in love with Peggy, who fully under-
stands and properly despises him she is also the object
of a discreditable passion to Mr. Earnest Vane, a mar-
ried 'country gentleman ' • his connubial engagement, how-
ever, being unknown to Peg. Vane and Mrs. Woffing-

ton exchange warm expressions of reciprocal attachment,
and he invites the lady, with a host of her friends, in-
cluding, of course, Sir Charles Pomander, to an enter-
tainment at his house in town. At this domestic
sanctuary, unknown to her husband, and just at the
opening of the festivities, Mrs. Vane arrives, and
is very unexpectedly made a witness to her husband's
gallantry, and of course becomes much distressed at
the discovery. Piqued at his rival's success with
Mrs. Woffington, Sir Charles Pomander enlarges to
Mrs. Vane upon her husband's perfidy, and endeavours
to avenge himself upon that rival by attempting to seduce
his wife. This, of course, is duly and indignantly resisted
and resented by Mrs. Vane, who, in a somewhat singular
fashion, becomes a suitor to Mrs. Woffington for restitu-
tion of her husband's heart and misplaced affections. The
interview on this subject between the ladies is of a cha-
racter somewhat unusual, even on the stage; ultimately,
however, virtue triumphs, and Mr. Vane is reconciled to
his wife, who, full of gratitude, assumes Mrs. Woffington
as her adopted sister, and so the play ends. The morality
of the piece may, to some extent, be guessed from the
above outline, which, however, without one additional
stroke, would be incomplete : Mrs. Woffington when
abjured by one of the dramatis personce to give place to
the better claims of Mrs. Vane upon her husband's love,
and when that lady's breaking heart is represented to the
gay heroine, the latter exclaims " His wife ! Have wives
the only hearts that throb ? Let his wife look to herself."
It is true enough that, besides being a good deal given to
gaiety, Mrs. Woffington is represented as clever, volatile,
generous, and good-hearted. In reference to a somewhat
analogous case, what says M`Macaulay ? " The question is
simply this, whether a man of genius, who constantly and
systematically endeavours to make this sort of character
attractive, by uniting it with beauty, grace, dignity, spirit,
a high social position, popularity, literature, wit, taste,
knowledge of the world, brilliant success in every under-
taking, does or does not make an ill use of his powers.
We own that we are unable to uthderstand how this ques-
tion can be answered in any way but one." The subsi-
diary characters are not of much importance, and, with
the exception of Triplet, a poet, player, and painter, they
have really very little to do with the drama or its plot.
The acting of this quisquis play was, in most respects,
excellent. The Peg Woffington of Mrs. Stirling was,
indeed, a triumph. To brilliant personal attractions the
lady adds, and cleverly displays, melting pathos, con-
trasted withspirited raillery—dashing versatility, and lady-
like dignity. Her acting runs rapidly through each extreme

" from grave to gay, from lively to severe," and in each and
all of these varying moods she carries a resistless witchery
of manner, and an easy and harmonious grace of action.
She is familiar without vulgarity—gay and volatile without
roystering impassioned and pathetic without whining The
character of Triplet, a poor starving and virtuous author,
and artist, with a heart finely alive to gratitude and other
virtuous impulses, met with a feeling and excellent repre-
sentative in Mr. B. Baker. In him, real suffering and
deferred hope having wrought sad havoc ; he clings with
desperate devotion to the patronage and favour of Mrs.
Woffington, to whom, in her youthful days of adversity,
he had shown kindness, which good offices she now repays.
The acting of many portions of this character was ad-
mirable. The strong pleadings of nature warring with
pride, as he endeavours to disguise the penury of his
position, and seeks to beguile the ravening hunger of his
children, were' given with a depth and power of effect
highly creditable to bath his head and his heart. His
appeals were touchingly eloquent, and his looks in many
instances were more persuasive than words or tears. Of
Miss F. Baker's representation of Mrs. Vane it affords
us great pleasure to speak most favourably. It was at
once earnest, simple, and natural. The other characters
were in general well sustained, and the dresses were ex-
cellent. Of the low comedy performer, Mr. Compton, we
have little desire to speak, and no earthly wish to en-
counter him again. His acting is dry and void of humour
—his manner unprepossessing, and altogether we look on
him as a star, if star he be, of a very dull lustre.

At THE ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Mrs. Fitzwilliam
and Mr. Buckstone have terminated a long, and, on the
whole, successful engagement. During the wcek, they
repeated several of their most celebrated characters, to
numerous and applauding audiences.

ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE.

PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS

Rev. J. Aldous, to the Incumbency of Trinity Church
Sheffield.

Rev. C. G. T. Barlow, M.A., Vicar of West Cliffe, and
Incumbent of '1 rinity Church, Dover, to the Rectory of
Ruck inge, Kent.
Rev. R. Bendyshe, 8.A., to the Curacy of Denham, near Eye.
Rev. J. Bush, M.A., to the Vicarage of Ormskirk, Lancashire.
Rev. J. Carson, A. 8., to the Curacy of Tallow, diocese of
Lis more.

Rev. H. Cooper, to the Perpetual Curacy of Stoke Prior•
with-Docklow, Herefordshire.

Rev. G. P. Cosserat, M.A., to the Rectory of Drinkstone,
Suffolk.

Rev. R. Davies, M.A., Rector of Staunton, to an Honorary
Canonry in the Cathedral Church of Gloucester.
Rev. D. C. Dowding, to be Chaplain of the Devizes Union
Workhouse.

Rev. A. Hutton, 8.A., to the Incumbency of Highhead, or
Ivegill, Dalston, Cumberland.
Rev. D. L. James, to the Incumbency of St. John the
Evangelist, Pont Robert Ap Oliver, Meivod, Montgomery-
shire.

Rev. T. Jones, M.A., to the Rectory of White Roding, near
Chipping Ongar, Essex.
Rev. W. H. Jones, M.A., Vicar of Mottram, in Longden-
dale, to be a Surrogate for the diocese of Chester.
Rev. C. C. Mulloy, to the Stipendiary Curacy of St. Peter's
Church, Newton.in-Mackerfield, Lancashire.
Rev. Sir G. Prevost, Bart., ALA., to an Honorary Canonry
in the Cathedral Church of Gloucester.
Rev. S. Robins, M.A., late Minister of Christ Church, St.
John's-wood, to the Incumbency of Trinity Church, Dover.

Rev. 'l. F. Salmon, 8.A., to the Vicarage of Walderahare,
with Whitfield or Beauxfield annexed.

Rev. C. Seaver, to the Incumbency of the New Church of
St. John's, Belfast.

Rev. W. A. Slipper, 8.A., to Curacy of Thirne, near Acle.
Rev. H. Thompson, to the Vicarage of Chard, Somerset.

Rev. J. E. Vaurx, to the CuracTo-efiredon,Worcesterehire

DIOCESE OF CHESTER

PREFERMENT.—The Rev. Nicholas Bourne Milnes, to
the stipendiary curacy of Ulverston, in the county of Lan-
caster, on the nomination of the Rev. Richard Gwillym,
the incumbent.

TEE BISIIOP HAS LICENSED THE NEWLY-ERECTED
ScßooLs, situate within the district and township of
Tranmere, and called "St. Catherine's Schools, Tranmere,"
for the performance of divine services, on the representation
of the Rev. Benedict Arthure, incumbent of St. Cathe-
rine's, Tranmere, under whose pastoral superintendence
the schools are.

ORDINATION IN TER CA.TREDRAL CHURCH ITC/TESTER,
on Sunday, the 25th September, 1853.—Deacons:
Harbin, 8.A., of Wadham College, Oxford, licensed to
St. Catherine's Church, Liverpool; Nathan Jackson, 8.A.,
King's Hall and College of Brasenose, Oxford, to Dela-
mere ; Robt. Fowler, 8.A., Christ's College, Cambridge, to
the Training College, Chester ; Henry Ashley Gibson,
B.A.,,Clare Hall, Cambridge, to St. Martin's Church, Liver-
pool; Benjamin Hall Williams, 8.A., St. John the Evan-
gelist, Cambridge, to Tintviistle ; Rev. William De Courcy
Ireland, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin, to Barthomley ;
Robt. Barlay Macpherson Johnson, 8.A., Trinity College,
Dublin, to Rainhill ; Alexander Taylor, MA., Trinity
College, Dublin, to Great Budworth ; James Schofield,
Saint Bees' College, to St. Paul's, Portwood ; Gustavus
Matthew Burton, Birkenhead College, to St. Helen's ;
Frederick Townshend Chamberlain, Birkenhead College,
to St. Philip's Church, Liverpool ; Charles Fenton, Birken-
head College, to Middlewich ; Octavius Frederick Pigot,
Licentiate in Theology of the University of Dublin, to St.
Thomas's Church, Ashton-in-Makerfield.
Priests: The Rev. Thos. Chamber; 8.A., of Magdalen
Hall, Oxfords the Rev. Harry Pulley, 8.A., St. Mary's Hall,
Oxford; the Rev. John Stedman, 8.A., Pembroke College,
Oxford ; the Rev. Thos. Redmayne Holme, BA., Emmanuel
College, Cambridge ; the Rev. Thomas Major Lester, 8.A.,
Christ's College, Cambridge ; the Rev. Daniel Eccles
James Dickson, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin ; the Rev.
Thomas Henry Kersley, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin ;
the Rev. James Reece, Saint Bees' College; the Rev.
Frederic Addison, 8.A., the University, Durham.—The
gospel was read by the Rev. Charles Fenton, deacon ; the
first lesson (morning), by the Rev. T. R. Holme, one of
the candidates for priest's orders ; and the second lesson, by
the Rev. Jas. Reece, another candidate for priest's orders.
First lesson (afternoon), by the Rev. John Stedman, newly
ordained priest ; second lesson, by the Rev. Frederic
Addison, newly-ordained priest.
AMONG those ordained deacons by the Lord Bishop of
Chester, on Sunday, 25th instant, is the Rev. W. De
Courcy Ireland, 8.A., brother of the curate of St. John's,
in this town, and grand-nephew of the late Right Hon.
Sir E. J. Stanley, of Richmond, Surrey, M.P. He has been
licensed to Barthomley, including Crewe Hall Chapel, the
seat of the Right Hon. Lord Crewe.

DIOCESE OF MANCHESTER.—RESIGNATION OF PRE-
FERMENT.--The Rev. Thos Bowdon Banner has resigned
the perpePlal curacy of South Shore, near Blackpool. The
living is in the gift of private individuals, and we under-
stand that there is some dispute as to which of two gentle-
men is really entitled to bestow the patronage.
THE BISHOPRIC OF SYDNEY.—The Duke of New-
castle has offered this valuable appointment, which has
been vacant since last February, to the Rev. T. 11.
Davies, M.A., Archdeacon of Melbourne, who is at present
in England. The rev. gentleman has declined it.
NEW BISHOPRIC IN AUSTRALIA.—Dr. Short, Bishop
of Adelaide, who is at present in England, has obtained
the sanction of her Majesty's government to the sub-
division of his diocese, and to the creation of a bishopric
of Perth, Western Australia. Miss Burdett Coutts
has
promised a large sum of money towards the creation and
endowment of the new see.

ibishoPg

we following um,--
10,000 ; London, £10,000)
7,000 ; St. Asap h, £4,200J
£5,000; Carlisle, £4,500;
100 ; St. David's, £4,500
, Gloucester and Bristol,
Lichfield, £4,500 ; Lincoln,
A-)0 ; Manchester, £4,200 ; :Norwich,
sZ:000 ; Peterborough, £4,500
T. £5,000 ; Salisbury, £5,000 ;
which

;pester,
Lnd Wells

appears that the sources trow
Are derived are very fluctuating ; that
,ral of the Bishops paid over various sutears
stical Commissioners, whilst in other y
i?s had to receive from them sums in order
incomes allotted to their sees.
OF THE NEW CILITIWIE AT LLASO.III'
This ceremony, so important to the
..,as performed on Wednesday list, all
nsiderable interest. The Bishop of Bile
ninutes after eleven o'clock, fhe

his Chaplain, ilr.ciianceliorirevor, and called in el)
Rectory for robing. A procession of twenty-five rgt ele
men, including the Dean of Bangor, and the Archdes,co_!!
proceeded thence to the church, and the forms of cenen'ca
.aving been completed, the service was 1...,
of the parish, the Rev. T. J. Willianis7n
hop delivered a most excellent sermon wie,
?.ntive congregation, of s from 2 Chron. vii. 15 'I,
ue
, after dwelling- on the sacredness jle
licated to the worship of God, and where g
ally present to His faithful worshiPPerei
touchingly to the Christian feeling
--'st, according to their several shu!"
of the erection, which exceeded eonsid,eur;
mount of the subscription and grants of
---. The collection amounted to £35, and there 7-e
pears to be still a deficiency of about £7O to make uP
token
engagements of those who have so creditably uncle
the work on their own responsibility. The church is f a
the second pointed or decorated style, and consist feet° g
nave,.4B feet long by 21 feet wide ; a chancel, 1e
inches long by 14 feet wide ; and a tower and spire ° °
411 f
south-western extremity of the nave. The lower P to
the tower is used as a porch. The edifice is arrang_„ted
hold 202 persons, of which 147 are free, and was
at a cost of about £9so.—North Wales Chronicle.

by the Recto
which the Bi
dense and at
His Lordshi

pealed most
audience to
towards the cos
ably th

THE BISHOPRIC OF J_ERUSAL

THE Record publishes the following document f°l.
purpose of circulating among the clergy, and obtalfinutlil'e
signatures to a memorial to the Oriental Patriarchs °-t at
subject of the proselytising practices of Bishop Goha
Je"rusalem. PROTEST. f 01'
To the Most Holy Lord Anthimus, Archbishop
_...a
stantinople, New Rome, and (Ecumenical Patriarch
and
"To the Most Holy Lord Hierotheus, Pope
Patriarch of Alexandria, and (Ecumenical Judge of
"To the Most Holy Lord . . . Patriarch
Antioch, and of all the East :—and " tl
"To the Most Holy Cyril, Patriarch of the HolY
Jerusalem, and of all Palestine :—and
" To the Most Holy Governing Synod of all the Pl 5.
siaa :-and

"To the Holy Synod of the Kingdom of Greece of
"The undersigned Bishops, Priests, and Deaceas
the Catholic Church in England and Sr°63l3
greeting in the Lord: Hof
" The unity of the faith, most holy fathers f
which binds together in one the different branches
at
the Holy Catholic Church, renders it also necessary tilo:
as the apostle says, ' If one member suffer, all the 111.,e;
bers suffer with it.' But the suffering, when brother .
occasion of scandal to brother, becomes much more For 6-
ons. And such is our case at the present time: ;, in
although some of you so ignore the Church which —vet
England, as not even to acknowledge her baptisit:rif
this does not prevent us from sympathising in a bratned
manner with you, -for the scandals that have been elcled,
by us in the East. For we are by no means disg°' .0.
when injured, to retaliate by injury, but rather as ~

tians and Catholics to return-good fOi evil. of
" It is necessary, therefore, to give a brief summer o¢,
what has occurred, that, frankly confessing the ePe dor
we may clearly show our own blamelessness, and
rev
our defence more easy to be understood. For he cal': of
guilty of grievous sin who rends the seamless CO
Christ.
"In the year, then, of our Lord 1841, it seemed tet
- -

to the Most Reverend Father in God, William, - reb
time by divine permission Metropolitan of the Holy Chnsot
of Canterbury, and Primate of all England, when
out a certain Bishop of Jerusalem, for the Purro
of taking the oversight of the English residents
Palestine and Syria, to circumscribe the authority cote
witted to that Bishop within certain limits, which our
himself, in the commendatory letters addressed to yids,
Holinesses, clearly defines. ' Lest any,' such are his,
_vi°
`should be ignorant wherefore we have thus sent tal'oyit
brother, we make known to you by these presents,
we have enjoined him by no means to interfere, jun,s,
thing, with the authority that belongs to yon, the
and the others who hold the office of rulers of the Eotour
Churches, but, on the contrary, to yield you due h°l:,ary
and service, and to show a readiness always and in e r4r
way anxiously to promote what may conduce to brothper,
love and friendly intercourse and concord. We ,are.„,„ and
suaded that this our dear brother will ex any""thral•
conscientiously obey these our injunctions with fiu
ness.'

,ed with
' The Bishop who is at the present time entras'A eting
that authority, by name Samuel Gobat, entirely ner-te,ssiog
the commands of our late Metropolitan, and the
the injunctions which limit his authority, is haraSS.'-,' the
Orthodox Eastern Church, as if it were corruptw_A ,ed,
apostolic doctrines ; and to such a pitch has he an' d
that he receives proselytes from the Eastern Church, al'e,
congregates them into a certain schismatical synag°ris
Whence it has come to pass that the Anglican
brought into suspicion with your Holinesses, as if she there
e,
waging war against the ancient faith, and daring to briP
in secretly other new dogmas. • op's/
" We, therefore, whose names are undersigned, Bish
priests, and Deacons of the Anglo-Catholic Church, rant
this declaration as follows :—We altogether protest agaw.,,;
all such acts done or now doing by Samuel Gobat,
Chum
ib
ceeding from himself alone, and receiving no sanction
our Church ; we would especially express our abhorrell,,v;
of his proselytising practices, as being repugnant t0,.°'111.0
compact (ratified A.D. 1811), and as being direct infra
of the canos of the Curch.
"We therefore prayh your Holinesses not to impute the
scandals to us and our Church. And we trust that tnod
explanations may be received in a friendly spiri.; ,01
that your prayers may ever ascend for the well-heir'r
the Holy Churches of God and the union of all. ,sots
" We have set our hands to this in the month of Ana-
A.D. 1863."