The New York herald., 1845-01-25
TheatrfoaIs.

JAIN OAh 1 20,
TheatricaIs.
The English company of actors in Paris have
been extremely successful. Mr.. Macready and
+; Miss Faucit are especial objects ol the eulogy Of
the French press and the French people. They
nave appeared In Othello, Hamlet, Virginius, and
other plays.
MISS Cushman is expected to appear at Covent
Garden on the 9Th OF January. This lady, with a
party OF friends, arrived in Paris the morning of
the 2Oth OF December, and aighted at the Hotel
Meurlce. We learn that she has been very i'll
during her stay IN that city, but is now able to
leave her hotel.
The American equestrian company, of which
Mr. Sands is the manager are about to appear for
they have long been favOrites in this town, and
the respectabity OF the performers contrasts favo-
raby with that OF others In the same branch OF the
theatrical profession.
American, has been recently playing in Berlin
His success is unbounded and the theatre is night
ly crowded to witness his and his sons perform
ances. The professor is an especial favorite with
the Prussian nobility, by whom he is feted and ca
1essed nightly at the close OF his representations
Henry Russell, who has created a marked sensa-
ton IN England, Is to appear before the Queen and
Court at Windsor, on the 2lst instant, by special
command OF her majesty. This is compliment,
IL Is needless to add which never paid but to the
highest order of talent, and in the case of Mr. Rus.
SELL 1t is not less deserved from his standing in his
native country, than from the favorable impression
he has made at the concerts of the nobility in Lon
don, and at the various concerts throughout the
country. His musical works have been published
In London, including "the Maniac," and so forth.
A successful attempt was made at Drury Lane,
on Friday night, to check the practice OF recognis
ing the Queen when she visits the theatre private
ly. The audience called upon the orchestra for
"Ged save the Queen" but Mr.. Bum, the mana
ger, interposed, and the audience had the good
sense not to insist upon the useless compliment.
OBrTuARY.-Capt. G. Richards, R. NJ, died on
the 3rd ult., aged AZ.
On the 28th ult., at Liverpool, aged S3, w. Faw-
cett, Esq, the celebrated engineer.
We have to record the death OF Mr.. S. Heine,
the celebrated banker, of Hamburgh, aged n.
At Dag6tty, on the 18th ult., Lady Henderson
Durham, wife OF Admiral Sir P. Durham, aged
GA years.
On the 2lst ult, at Greenwich Hospital, Capt.
Thos Huskisson, brother to the late Right Hon.
w Huskisson.
Lady Anne Culling Smith, sister of the Duke Of
Wellington, expired at Hampton Court Palace, on
| the 18th ult.
The celebrated hero of our India armies, Gen
Sir VIM. Mott, G. G. B., expired at Carmathen, on
| the 1st inst he was in his 65th year.
Rear-Admiral Boyer, an officer who has seen
| much service, and had been in the navy upwards
Of fifty years, died last week, near Plymouth, in
| his 69th year.
Mr.. Corbould, the artist, who was about to be
6S
ulr., in the neigAborhood Of Silver6ill, near Ro-
bcrtsbrldge, when he was struck with apopeyy,
and Immediately expired. An hour before he ap-
peared in the best health and spirits.
RAILWAY PRoJEcTs-The plans for the 22O rail-
ways having been all sent in for the examination
of the Board of Trade, the numerous parties inte-
rested in these undertakings are of course beco-
ming anxious as e the fate of the various schemes
Asyet 1t Is not known whether the Board of Trade
will reserve the expires sion of their opinion for the
opening of Parliament So great would be the
| weight Of the Board of Trade influencing Parlia-
ment, that IT their approvals are obtained the pro-
JectOrs do not seem to anticipate any fatal obsa-
Gle on the part OF the Legislature Notwithstanding
the ordeal of committee.
s Scotland.
1t is in contemplation to celebrate the centenary
Of the rebellion Of I745, next August, in the West
Highlands.
The meetings in Scotland to petition and protest
| against any change in the currency continue.
1t is said that Lord Jeffrey has subscribed ElOOO
to the College of the Free Church, of which he is
not member.
Last weak the Helen Scott arrived in the NTH,
from Montreal, laden with Canadian wheat, flour,
barley, oatmeal and peas-the first importation OF
the kind into Scotland
James Cockburn, a hind, who was shot at Dunse,
Scotland, on the 22d November, by jealous riva,
has sufficiently recovered to marry his mistress
The Scotch talk about erecting monuments to
the memory of Wallace and Bruce, Dut they are
Ireland.
The Dublin Gazette the official organ of the
government, on the 18th of December, published
- ~ DUBLIN CASTLE, Dec. Is, 1874.
The Queen in Council has been pleased, by war
rant under the sign-manual, bearing date at her
Majesty's Court of st. James's, the l4th day of
December, 1874, to appoint the following persons
to be Commissioners Of Charitable Donations and
Bequests of Ireland, agreeably to the provision Of
the act IN and s'h Of he. Majesty, cap 81, viz
This list contains the names of five Roman Catho.
lies, four members OF the Established Church, and
one Presbyterian. In addition to the ten Commits
sioners, there are three er-o6scio Commissioners
named in the act, who are members of the Church
of England. Thus, Archbishop Murray takes rank
before the Earl of Donoughmore, the Right Rev.
Bishop Denvir before the Very Rev. Dean of st.
Patrick's.
O'Connel who has all along opposed this Char.
table Bequests Act, at meeting in Dublin. which
took place after the official notice in the Gazette,
expressed his bitter regret at three OF the Catholic
Prelates having accepted the office OF Commission
ers. He regretted exceedingly that those venera-
ted Prelates had decided upon accepting OF such an
office for by doing they had divided the coun-
try into defeated and victorious party. (Cries
of "Nov') Yes, they were q defeated party; for
already had the Mail and other Orange journals
sung out their 10 trimmphe Yes, 1t
was triumph over the Bishops who dissented from
the measure, over the fourteen who protested
against it, over the 1900 priests who protested
against it, and over the almost unanimous feeling
against it OF the people of Ireland 1t was me-
lancholy thing for one part OF the Catholic body TO
triumph over another. Letthem not con-
ceal it; it was triumph, and the victory belong
ed to their common enemy. He also complained
that the Roman Catholic Prelates did not get their
full and diocesan titles in the Gazette.
DR.. Murray concludes with general exhortation
to an unprejudiced and dispassienate view of the
subject.
In postscript, he adds the copy of a resolution
adopted at a general meeting of the Roman Catho-
lie Prelates, on the 18th November last -
"That, as the Prelates have taken different views
Of the New Charitable Bequests Act, it is the opin-
ion OF this meeting that every Prelate be left at
perfect liberty to act according to the dictates OF
his own conscience respecting the measure"
Several law changes are expected to take place
in Ireland, owing to the continued illness Of Chief
Justice Penneiather.
Cork, a few days back, was visited by severe
storm, which, besides doing considerable damage
to the shipping sunk the Ellen from Ichaboe, with