The Press. — London, England, 1854-08-26 00:00:00

012 linustmtnts. THE Tutextm Exmarrios.—At any time this exhi bition is an interesting study, but of an evening by artificial light it is expected to be most attractive. From the bad arrangement of the light, however, the effect, during our last visit, was considerably marred : there is too much light, which, glaring fiercely upon every corner of the room, becomes insupportable. The light, to be effective, should in this case be subdued, so as to cast a warm tint upon the figures, and soften their outlines as well as define their shadows. In no part of the room is this advantage obtained, except in the bath-room, where the lights, being enclosed in glass globes, have a subdued influ ence, peculiarly effective, and of undeniable advantage to the wax models. We regret, for the sake of the exhibitors, that the exhibition was not opened earlier in the year, but we do not doubt that winter and the ensuing season will bring great patronage to such a perfect illustration of Eastern life. Tar POLYTECHNIC.-ThiS popular exhibition has lately come under the direction of a new manage ment, and, from a number of additions and improve ments to its amusements, has assumed a novel and improved character. In addition to the usual me chanical models and experiments with the diving bell, electricity, Sze., the new managers have now introduced a series of instructive lectures on optics, at the same time combining some very interesting experiments with the new optical apparatus of M. Duboscq. In these experiments the refraction of rays of light, the different effect of convex lenses and concave mirrors, and the beauties of the prism, are very perfectly illustrated. There are, besides, some very pretty dissolving views, comprising one series of the Baltic and Black Seas, and another of views upon the River Loire, after Turner's sketches. But the point upon which the new management claim peculiar zominendation is the institution of a course of scientific lectures, delivered by distinguished lec turers every Monday evening ; and to these lectures mechanics, and their families, belonging to the fac tories and workshops of the metropolis are admitted upon the reduced charge of sixpence each. Two lectures have already been given ; and it was satis factory to find that upon each occasion the lecture room was crowded by men of the industrial class, who are not slow to obtain information when the opportunity is offered to them. Pusit. LYCEUM THEATRE. On Monday night was re peated Bellini's opera of Sonnambula, Mr. Sims Reeves as Elvino, and Mrs. Sims Reeves as Amino.; and on Wednesday Balfe's Bohemian Girl was given, with Mr. Sims Reeves as Thaddeus. The house was crowded on both occasions, and Mr. Sims Reeves loudly applauded after each song. To-night their last appearance is positively announced in Sonnam bula, with the additional attractions of The Water man and Patter versus Clatter, in which Mr. Charles Mathews is to appear. jortign Art, gittraturt, at'. AN ACTRESS of some celebrity on the Boulevards, Mlle. Helen Gaussen, died lately on the passage from Havre to San Francisco. According to com mon report she had a monomania for misappropri ating plate and jewellery. This propensity, however, never• got her into serious trouble ; but she was ad dicted to politics of a reddish hue, and after the coup d'etnt was sentenced to transportation. After a lengthened imprisonment this sentence was corn muted into a permission to emigrate to California in one of the boats sent out by the proceeds of the Lingot d'or lottery. NEWSPAPERS begin to abound in Madrid. Two new ones, La Union Liberal and El Si9lo XIX., have just appeared. Senor Iglesias, the editor of the Europa, also of recent appearance, is appointed Civil Governor of Logrono. The journals at present published in that capital are El Clamor Publico, El Dtario Espanol, El Tribuno, La Esperanza, La Nacional, El Espar terista, La Union, La Europa, La Espana, Las Novedades, La Nacion, La Epoca, La Iberia, El Catolico, El Miliciano, La Independencia, and El Guardia. An ultra-liberal journal, called the Liberal, was started, but only four numbers were published ; and of the Eco de la Revolucion, a socialist journal, only one number appeared. The Herald.), the Boletin del Pueblo, and the Mensagero, organs of the late Cabinet, have ceased to exist. THE Belgian . Moniteur announces that a convention was signed on the 12th of this month at London guaranteeing literary and artistic property between Great Britain and Belgium, and for regulating the tariffs of books, engravings, music, &c., iniported from one country into the other. This convention will be presented to the Chambers at the opening of the session. .T__.ti.,_,_.p,A.,..5. s., THE following States have expressed their intention of taking part in the Universal Exhibition to be held at Paris next year :—Austria, Bavaria, Belgium, Bremen, Denmark, Frankfort, Great Britain, Greece, Hamburg, Hanover, Hes s e Darmstadt, Holland, Lubeck, Morocco, ecklenburg-Schwerin, Mexico, Naples, Peru, Portugal, Rome, Sardinia, Saxony, Saxe Coburg-Gotha, Saxe-Weimar, Spain, Sweden and Norway, Switzerland, Tunis, Turkey, Tuscany, and the United States. The only States of any im portance which do not appear on the list are Russia, and, strangely enough, Prussia. The Fine Arts De partment of the Exhibition will be held in those portions of the Louvre which are nearly completed, d 1 which are rapidly approaching completion. The entire space at the disposal of the French Commis sion is about 900,000 superficial teet fbr the industrial section, of which 150,000 superficial feet have been allotted to Great Britain, her colonies and depen dencies. The Fine Arts Department will consist of about 130,000 superficial feet hanging space, of which about one-tenth part will be allotted to this country, together with a certain space for sculpture. M. LEON PAILLET, one of the writers in the Paris journal the Patrie, and a well-known literary man, (lied of cholera on Sunday morning. General Bizot, the commandant of the Polytechnic School, died on Saturday last, after a very short illness. THE BERLIN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES recently celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of Baron Alex ander von Humboldt's admission among that learned body, which took place on the 4th of August, 1804. The day selected for this commemoration was that of the Liebnitz festival. A CERTAIN Dr. Ant.sel, of Long Island, U.S., has invented a pulp which, in its raw state, will not cost more than about one-sixth of a cent per pound, and, by the aid of a machine invented by Mr. Nohlan, can be brought into market, made into paper, at a cost of about four cents per pound. Paper at pre sent costs about sixteen cents, so that the value of the invention can at once be seen. The material from which the pulp is manufactured will flourish and grow abundantly in ground that is at present useless to the farmer. It is as white and clear as the most clearly-bleached cotton, is capable of the most delicate tint, and maintains all the pliancy and toughness of the pure linen rags. THE Swabian Mercury announces, under the head of Frankfort, that a new press law, in conformity with that resolved by the Diet for federal States, has been laid before the Chamber. Among other features of this law is a necessity for journalists to find securities in the following sums—those pub lisping twice a week, 2,000 florins ; three to four, 4,000 ; and daily, 6,000 florins. AMONGST the curiosities to be transmitted from India to the Great Exhibition in Paris next year is a carpet of ivory. It is twenty feet long by six feet broad, and made of long strips of ivory, plaited like matting. The price fixed upon it is 3001., and it may yet become the fashion. ettitsiastital. PREPERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. The Rev. W. H. Lyun, 8.A., to the Vicarage of Oborne, near Sherborne, Dorsetshire. The Rev. R. J. Lyon, 8.A., to the Curacy of Milborne Port. The Rev. Charles Augustus Peering, to the Incumbency of St. John's in the Vale, Keswick, Cumberland. The Rev. Joseph B. Owen, M.A., to the Ministry of St. John's Chapel, Bedford-row, London. The Rev. C. Clayton Lowmies, M.A., to the Head Mastership of Ktrton Grammar School, Lincolnshire. The Rev. Thomas Hanley Ball, 8.A., to be Domestic Chaplain to the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres. The Rev. George Clark, M.A., to the Crown Living of Teisby, St. David's. The Rev. John Poslethwaite, M.A., to the Incumbency of Christ Church, Coatham, Yorkshire. The Rev. C. Avery Moore, LL.3., to the Vicarage of Romsey, Hampshire. The Rev. W. E. Shaw, MA., to the Incumbency of Kinsaleby Lisme- The Rev. Wm. Hughes, 13.11, to the Vicarage of Llanwddyn, mar Oswestry. The Rev. Philip Roberts, M.A., to be a Surrogate for the dio cese of Worcester. The Rev. Ashton Oxenden, MA., to be a Proctor in Convoca tion for the diocese of Canterbury. The Rev. John Morland Rice, MA., to the Vicarage of Wye, near Ashf3rd, Kent. The Rev. Warwick Reed Wroth, MA., to the Incumbency of St. Philip's Church and District, Clerkenwell, London. The Very Rev. Dean Jermyn, to be Archdeacon of St. Kitt's, in the diocese of Antigua. The Rev. Henry Beaumont, M.A., to the Rectory of Freahford, near Bath. The Rev. Malcolm Ross, M.A., to the Ministry of Woodside Chapel, Aberdeen. The Rev. T. Augustus Purdy, to the Incumbency of St.Peter4 Galashiels, Glasgow. The Rev. S. W. Mangin, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. Matthias, Stoke Newington. The Rev. E. Armitage Darby, M.A., to the Curacy of Christ Church, Salford. The Rev. J. Lyster, M.A., to the Deanery of Leighlin. The following gentlemen have been appointed select preachers of the University of Cambridge for the next academical year 1854, October, the Hulsean Lecturer; November, the Bishop of New Zealand ; Deecember, the Rev. Rowland Williams, 8.D.; 1855, January, the Rev. Win. John Edge; February, the Rev. Harvey Goodwin, MA.; March, the NOTTillelll Professor of Divinity ; April, the Hulse= Lecturer ; May, the Rey. Dr. , Christopher Wordsworth. SAgtmpn, • VACANCIES. The Incumbency of St. John's Church, Notting-hill; worth 4001. a year, in the gift of the Bishop of London. The Vicarage of Abbeston, near ?oxford, Norwich; Worth 4001. a year, in private patronage. The Head Mastership of Sevenoaks Grammar School, Kent; In the gift of the Wardens. The Rectory of Poole Keynes, near Cirencester ; Worth 400*. a year, in the girt of the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. The Chaplaincy of Altriucham Union, Chester; worth 501. a year, in the gift of the Board of Guardians. The Rectory of Moleston, near Yannotith, Isle of Wight, with the Vicarage of tihorwell annexed; worth suol. a year, in the gilt of the representatives of the late incdobent. The Rectory of East Barshim and Little Snoring, near Fiiken. ham, Norwich; worth Nut. a year, in thp gift of Lord Hastings. The Vicarage of Warding, Sussex; worth 3001. a year, in the gift of Captain J. Haney, R.N. The Vicarage pf Bilston, Staffordshire; worth 3001. a year, in the gift of the Bishop of Lichfield. The Curacy of St. Paul's Church, Leeds; in the gift of the Rev. J. R. Stratten, The Curacy of St. Cuthbert's Church, barliile ; in the gift of the Rev. B. A. Marshall, M.A. The Perpetual Curacy of St. Peter's, Haliwell; in the gift of the Rev. Chancellor Refixes, of Chester, and Messrs. John Hoc rocks Ainsworth and Robert Gardner. The Perpetual Curacy of All Saints', Bolton-le-Moors; in the gift of the executors of the late Mr. William Tipping, of Devon. port-hell, Cheshire. The Rectory of Upper Slaughter, near Stow-on-the-Wold ; worth 2001. a year, in the gift of the representatives of the late Rev. P. E. Witte, M.A. The Vicarage of Stanway, near Winchcombe, Gloucestershire; worth 3001. a year, in the gift of Lady Elcho. The Incumbency of St. Peter's Church, Macclesfield; worth 2001. a year, in the gift of the Crown and Bishop of Chester alter nately. The Rectory of Stoke Rivers, near Barnstaple; worth 2501. a. y_ear, in the gift of the representatives of t he late Itev. Dr. H. J. H utton. The Curacy of Tetbury ; worth 1001. a year, in the gift of the Rev. J. Frampton, M.A. Tbe Curacy of Halwell, and the Assistant-Mastership of Truro School; both in the gift of the Rev. S. Andrew. The Curacy of Bramley, near Leeds; worth 1001. a year, in the gift of the Rev. J. 1). Dixon, M.A. The Curacy of Westmeston ; worth 801. a year, in the gift of the Rev. C. H. Campion, M.A. The Vicarage of St. Michael's, Southampton; worth 2001. a year, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor. The Head Mastership of the Southampton Grammar School; ' in the gift of the Mayor and Corporation. NEW CHURCHES. THE thirty-fourth annual report of her Majesty's commis stoners for building new churches has just been printed. In their last report the commissioners stated that 547 churches had been completed, in which accommodation had been provided for 650,833 persons, including 328,853 free seats for the use of poor persons. They now state that 23 churches, in addition, have been, by the aid of grants from the funds placed at the disposal of her Majes ty s commissioners, since completed. In these 23 churches accommodation has been provided for 14,897 persons, in cluding 9,723 free seats for the use of the poor, as far as the same can be at this time exactly ascertained. Thus, in the whole, 570 churches have now been completed, and provision has therein been made for 565,780 persons, in cluding 338,575 free seats for the use of the poor. The commissioners further report that '27 new churches are now in the coarse of erection, towards which they have contributed aid upon certain conditions. Plans for 15 new churches have been approved of, and plans for five other churches are under consideration. The commissioners have also afforded, or expressed their willingness to afford, facilities for obtaining the sites for parsonage-houses in 26 parishes, and for the sites of churches in 7 others. They have also constituted districts for 19 churches in the parish of Manchester, which districts have now become parishes and rectories under the Parish of Manchester Division Act, 1850; 13 consolidated chapelries have also been constituted, and district chapelries have been assigned to 28 churches. Several new churches are about being commenced in the metropolitan districts, and some are so far advanced as to be nearly ready for consecration. In Paddington three new churches are to be at once commenced, the Bishop of London having subscribed I,oooi. towards that object. In Coventry street, Haymarket, between Rupert• street and Princes-street, a church is to be erected, her Majesty the Queen having subscribed 500/.; the Bishop of London, 1,000/. ; Viscount Sydney, 25/. ; and Mr. W. T. Egerton, M.P., 251., for that purpose. Three churches are to be erected in Clerkenwell, an influential committee, of which Lord Shaftesbury is at the head, having been formed fur the purpose of raising the necessary funds. In the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, a large church is to be erected, at the sole expense of Mr. J. Gellibrand Hubbard, a site having been given by Lord Leigh. At Limehouse a church is to be built, at the sole expense of Mr. William Cotton. " A merchant," whose name h as not transpired, has offered to build and endow a church in any part of Lon don the bishop of the diocese may point out. In Kensing ton, lsleworth, Hammersmith, St. Pancras, Shoreditch, Whitechapel, and other densely-populated districts, churches are to be built. Among the new churches which are ap proaching completion are St. Matthew's, Oakley-square; St. Luke's, Nutford-place ; All Saints', Notting -hill ; St. Andrew's, Westminster ; Trinity Church, Newington ; and one near Limehouse, built at the sole expense o f Mr. 1 Alderman Cubitt, M.P." 'a, THE LONDON AND WESTERN DISTRICTS CEMETERY COMPANY have received the official approval of Viscount Palmerston for their cemetery at Isleworth, which is about eight miles from Piccadilly, and has access by road, railway, rivet, and canal. This cemetery is considered . highly suitable and con venient for the metropolitan districts, and calculated to afferd burial accommodation for many parishes which hitherto have failed in securing eligible burial! ground. NEW