The Press. — London, England, 1854-09-02 00:00:00

- SEPTEMBER 2, 1854. Cart nub tastion. CRUISES, sometimes extending to a considerable distance from the Isle of Wight, continue to be the chief diversion of her Majesty at Osborne. On Tuesday next Prince Albert will embark in the Fairy for Boulogne, to visit the Emperor Napoleon at the camp of St. Omer. His Royal Highness will return on the 7th inst. The King of the Belgians ie also expected to be of the party. Saturday, being the Prince Consort's birthday, was celebrated in the cus tomary manner at Osborne and Windsor, as also in London. Albert Smith had the honour of appearing in his entertainment before the Queen and royal circle on the afternoon of that day. THE Earl of Clarendon and the Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived at Osborne on Wednesday on a visit to the Queen. HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE HIGHLANDS will take place in the second week of September, and the 14th is the day mentioned as that on which the royal party will arrive in Edinburgh on their way north wards. Orders have been received to make ready the royal apartments in Holyrood Palace. THE NEW CASTLE AT BALBIORAL now presents very imposing appearance, and casts the old house into the shade. When completed, it will he a very handsome and commodious edifice. PRINCE ALBERT has subscribed 251. for the monu ment to Dr. Jenner. The model of the statue has been designed by W. Calder Marshall, R.A. THE First Lord of the Admiralty (Sir J. Graham) returned to London on Monday from his tour of inspection. LORD J. RUSSELL, with Lady Russell, is in Ire land, and intends passing some days at Killarney. The noble lord has consented to preside at the opening of the Bristol Atherueum, which is fixed for the 25th of October. . MR. AND MRS. DISRAELI are entertaining a few select friends at Hughendon-manor, Bucks. THE health of the ;)uke of Devonshire has so far improved as to permit his grace to leave Chiswick and proceed to Chatsworth-house. THE Banffshire Journal states that the Marquis of Bath, by an accident while in the pursuit of red deer, fell over a precipice, and severely injured one of his legs. SIR HENRY BULWER has returned from the baths of Gombo to his residence in Florence, at the Palazzo Ferroni. Vlscourcr INGESTRE, eldest son of Earl Talbot, of Ingestre•hall, Staffordshre, is about to form a matri monial alliance with Miss Cockerell, stepdaughter of t is Earl of Eglinton. A.MARRIAGE will, it is said, shortly take place between Miss Alison, only daughter of Sir Archibald Alison, Bart., Possil-house, Lanarkshire, and Robert Cutler Fergusson, Esq., of Craigdarroch and Orra land, son of the late Right Hon. Robert Cutler Fer gusson, M.P. CATHEDRAL REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE. THE whole revenue of the various chapters of Eng land and Wales for the year 1852 was 313,0051. 25., and the expenditure 312,2361. ss. 100. The average annual amount of these revenues for the seven years ending 1852 was 295,9841. 4s. 61d., so that it would appear that in most instances cathedral property is increasing in value. The greater part of the corpo rate revenues is derived from fines on the granting and renewing of leases of landed estates and tithe rent charges. The remainder arises from estates and rent-charges in hand, reserved rents, profits of manors, woods, and quarries, and sums of money Invested in public securities. The Chapter of Dur ham has a large revenue from fines on leases of mines, wayleaves, &c. On the expenditure side it appears that the amount paid in 1852 by the different chapters for repairs of the fabric and precincts, sti • pends of various members and officers (exclusive of the chapter) and other necessary expenses, with payments to vicars of parishes and contributions to other religious purposes, was 108,6951., while the amount divided in the same year between the mem bers of the capitular bodies was 160,713/. It further appears that, in 1853, 50,0541. was paid to the eccle siastical commissioners under the provisions of various acts of Parliament commencing with the 3rd and 4th Victoria, chap. 113, on account of payments charge 1 on certain deaneries and canonries, and of fifty ni:io canonries which have been suspended in accord eice with these acts. There are, too, nineteen canonries still remaining liable to suspension, the revenues of which will in that case be also paid to the ecr!esiastical commissioners. By the same acts the separate estates of the deans and other chief person, and officers of the old cathedrals, and of the canon, residentiary and non-residentiary, were trans ferred to the Ecclesiastical Commission; and it now appear, that this provision has already taken effect with respect to three hundred and eighteen estates out of the whole number of three hundred and seventy. The amount produced by the estates so THE PRESS. vested is stated in the report to have been, in 1853, 46,592/. 18s. 7d. The Chapters of York and Carlisle have recently transferred the whole of their corporate property to the ecclesiastical commissioners, receiv ing in exchange an annual payment equal to the amount of their average incomes and ordinary expen diture. Part of these capitular contributions, how ever, return to capitular purposes in the shape of payments to the members of the less wealthy chap ters. The average of these payments for twelve years from 1842, when they commenced, to the close of 185), was 7,697/. 17s. About 4,0001. is also paid annually in augmentation of archdeaconries. With regard to the fabric expenses, during the last four teen years about 370,0(X)1. has been expended on the twenty eight cathedrals, and on the collegiate churches of Westminster and Windsor, of which 250,0001. have been provided from chapter funds and the individual contributions of members, and 120,0001. by public subscriptions. About a third of the cathedrals have special fabric funds. The fabric of St. Paul's is maintained by a fund in the hands of trustees, independently of the chapter and its reve nue. At Exeter the repairs of the fabric form the first charge on the capitular revenues. York Minster has an ancient statutable claim to one-sixth part of the entire income of the common estates ; and at Durham it is considered that the woods of the chap ter are by statute appropriated to the repairs of the cathedral and capitular buildings. The following table, showing the revenue and expenditure of the twenty-six cathedrals in England and Wales, and the two collegiate churches of Westminster and Windsor, for the year 1852, is given in the Commissioners' Report : Revenue. Expenditure. Canterbury York SL Lod= 12,746 7 ai .. 12,746 7 4t Durham 67,801 13 2t .. 5 7 ,8 0 0 1 3 9 Winchestar Wells Carlisle Chester 5,201" 6 6,951 9 Chichester 2,'105 10 3 .. ,J 5 10 , Ely Exeter Gloucester 7,983 :0 84 .. 7,08 15 9 Bristol Hereford _9 1 . .. 6,'01 12 84 Lincoln Llandaff 713 14 8 .. 1,385 210 Manchester Lichfield - - - Norwich 7:484 . 0 . 311 .. 7,414 14 Peterborough Ripon Rochester ___ _ Salisbury St. Asaph St. David's 1,529 1 9 .. 1,53.1 8 7 Worcester Westminster 30:657 1 1 .. 23,039 17 10' Windsor 19,972 4 1 .. 20,660 6 6 Totals The Cathedral of Bangor, it is stated, has no corporate pro- perty ; and the Chapter of Christchurch, Oxford, declined to give any return, on the ground that their property is strictly collegiate. Volittral ant enteral. THE NEw WHEAT was shown in large quantities at Mark-lane on Monday last from Essex and Kent, the quality various, but most of it superior to that of the previous week. The extremely fine harvest wea ther caused the market to open very dull. The mil lers acted with reserve, and sales were not made until a late hour, and then at a reduction of Hs. to 10s. per quarter on former rates. Foreign was offered at a reduction in most instances of 3s. to 4s. per quarter, but the business done was exceedingly limited. Several vessels got in on that day from Az ch an gel. SINCE the iron-mines have been wrought in the Cleveland hills, in the North Riding of Yorkshire, that branch of industry has made immense progress in the north. There are eighteen firms in the dis tricts of the Tyne and Tees who have, or will shortly have, eighty-five furnaces in blast (several being now in coutse of construction), which will produce about 500,000 tons of iron per annum. A new town has been laid out near Stockton, with sites for 300 houses, together with a church, market-place, &c. It is named North Ormsby. It is expected in two years the whole will be occupied. This is the second town building in Cleveland since the discovery of iron ore in the Cleveland hills. THE failure of Messrs. Wertheimsteine, amounting to 500,0001., is owing, says the Jewish Chronicle, to the ruinous state of exchange which has paralysed the money market at Vienna for a long time, especially through the restrictions imposed by the Government on money operations. Tim Scotch papers speak of the probable retire ment of Mr. Hume from Parliament. The health of this veteran member of the Legislature has latterly been such as to prohibit the wonted performance of his parliamentary duties. TIIE out-patients' department in the new building of King's College Hospital was opened on Tuesday for the reception of patients. 825 A GREAT gathering of the members of the literary and mechanics' institutions of Lancashire and Cheshire took place on Saturday last at Worsley, the beat of Lord Ellesmere. Special trains of immense length, from Manchester, Stockport, Staleybridge, Oldham, Burnley, Bolton, Macclesfield, and all the principal towns of the two counties, set down the visitors at the Patricroft station, about two miles from Worsley-hall, and when all were assembled there co - ild not be less than 5,00() in number. On alighting the visitors proceeded to the Bridgewater Foundry and witnessed in operation Mr. Nasmyth's steam-hammer, together with all the machinery of the extensive workshops. They then walked to Worsley New-hall, the residence of the Earl of Ellesmere, and visited the interesting old hall which was formerly the residence of the Worsleys, the Masseys, the Stanleys, and the Egertons. The secretaries of the various institutions afterwards met at the Court-house, Worsley, when Dr. Hudson, the secretary to the Manchester Atheneum, delivered a brief address on the present legal position of literary and mechanics' institutions. In the evening the Rev. St. Vincent Beechy, incumbent of Worsley. exhibited his large telescope on the lawn in front of the hall. VISCOUNTESS STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE and the Hon. Misses Canning, who have been staying in this country since the noble viscount reassumed his diplomatic duties at the Porte, have left Grosvenor• square for Vienna, vid Paris, to join his lordship at the British embassy at Constantinople. OFFICIAL INFORMATION was On Tuesday received from Archangel that the ports of the White Sea have been declared in a state of blockade from the 13th ult. A period of fifteen days would be allowed for vessels to leave the ports in that sea. THE COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND REVENUE have issued a notification calling public attention to the act which repeals the exemption from receipt duty of " letters by the General Post acknowledging the safe arrival of any bills of exchange, promissory notes, or other securities for money." The act passed on the 9th ult., from which day such letters are liable to the duty on receipts. THE following is the new constitution of the Gene ral Board of Health, so far as the appointments have been made, in conformity with the new act :—Sir B. Hall, Bart., M.P., president; Mr. Tom Taylor, secretary; Mr. J. F. Campbell, assistant-secretary; Messrs. J. J. Scott, A. A. Wallbridge, E. W. Wright, J. Montague, F. Maule, clerks; Mr. H. Austin, Mr. W. Ranger, superintending inspectors ; Dr. Suther land, Dr. Milroy, medical inspectors. Mr. Tom Taylor, the secretary, was continued from the old board. The assistant-secretary, Mr. J. F. Campbell, barrister at-law, of the Inner Temple, is son of Walter Camp bell of Islay, a cousin of the Duke of Argyll. Two engineering superintendents are to be employed in the place of Messrs. Rammill and Rawlinson, who have refused to give up their private practice, as required by the new act. THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH has subscribed 50L, and Lord Londesborough 251., to the fund raising to indemnify Mr. Perry, of the 46th. - - - - THE EARL OF EGLINTON has accepted an invitation presented to him on Monday last by a deputation from the council of the Association for the % indication of Scottish Rights to dine with the members. The banquet is expected to come off in the City-hall, Glasgow, on the 4th October. A CORRESPONDENT Of the Sussex Advertiser does justice to the spirit of enterprise and activity which is diffusing itself among the farmers. He says : "On visiting the farm of Messrs. Hampton, at Applesham, a few days ago, I found a portable steam thrashing-machine traversing from stack to stack and from field to field, attended by fifteen men. On inquiry I learned that it worked admirably, knocking out some 100 sacks daily. Some fifty or sixty loads appeared to have already found their way into the market, obtaining a very remunerative price, and weighing on an average 631 b. to the bushel." The same journal, in another part of its columns, says:— "We observe amongst our agriculturists a general, nay, an universal, feeling of satisfaction and thankful ness for the abundance with which a bountiful Pr vi dance has clothed their land. On every side are hope, effort, and activity. THE DIRECTORS OF THE VICTORIA (CONSERVATIVE) FREEHOLD LAND AND BUILDING SOCIETY dined to• gather at the Hen and Chickens Hotel in Birming ham on Thursday evening, Mr. Alderman John Ratcliffe presiding, and Mr. J. B. Hebbert, solicitor to the society, officiating as vtce•chairman. It was gratifying to bear, from unquestionable authority, of the great success of this well-managed society, and the directors have every reason to be proud of the result of their exertions. Formed originally to counteract the political effects of the Radical move ments, and of which Birmingham is so prolific a source, it has well fulfilled its mission; yet leaving ample room for further usefulness. The speeches of the chairman, Mr. Hebbert, Mr. Alderman Payn, Mr. W. E. Hunt, the hon. secretary, and others, were mach and deservedly applauded.