The Press. — London, England, 1857-06-27 00:00:00

g: re . - • -111 - LONDON, luNts7;lBs7. rli POSTSCRIPT. god, AUSTRIA AND SARDINIA. The Universal German Gazette suttee that an amicable settlement of the Austro-Sardinian diffi culty is near at hand, everything concerning such a result having been, it declares, am* diplo matically. fnui( .31114 t I 911.104 1 0.ner9.1,1 +ll 1'1; f. , r:.1;. A letter from Milan states that great preparations are being made for the reception and residence of the Princess Charlotte of Belgium. The personages destined to form the court• of the future arcbdnehess have been already designated, and have received orders to be at Milan on the 30th of duly. The Pope has conferred the Grand Cross of the Order of Pius on the Archduke .Maximiliish sod the Order of Gregory on the Count tie Zichy. I( A canvas camp is to be formed at Aldershott at the northern extremity of the plain. Her Majesty is ex. pected to visit the camp and review the troops in the second week of July. 0; itul3ll,l4llxlgt. -)r. ri 11 A gentleman yesterday afternoon,l)etween twelve and one, deliberately threw himself over South wark-bridge, and was drowned. The body was not recovered. LAST UGHT'S DEBATits ' HOUSE OF LORDS. yd! ROYAL ♦SSENT. The royal assent was given, by commission, to the Princess Royal Annuity Bill, the Transporta tion and Penal Servitude Bill, and a series of other public and private measures. OATHS HILL. The Oaths Bill was brought up from the Commons and read a first time. 'T • -‘ THE VICTORIA MEDAL. t o , I n The Earl of DONOUOIIMORE complained that his application for a ticket to see the distribution of the Order of Valour by her Majesty in Hyde•park that morning had been left totally unnoticed. Lord - NNW:ME said thit the Quartermaster- General bad received 20,000 applications, and from extreme press of business was obliged to leave many letters unopened. TEE XILEENIRIC SCRIPTIJEE.BEADERS' CASE. Lord DONOUGIIMORE called attention to the con duct of certain justioes acting in the city of Kil kenny, and moved for a aeleet committee to inquire into the transaction in question. The noble lord recapitulated the details of the case, which related to an attack'npon some scripttimreadets by a Kil kenny mobin Jay, 1856. $: 0.6 1 to Earl Gaiiiv.t.LE explained the' tiMinnstancee,tif which he gave a somewhat different version, con tending that the proposed inquiry by a committee was unneceriiry and inexpedient. The Earl ,of DERBY and the Marquis of itgS_T MEATEI hay* brielty,sptiken, the ritaiwle tab drawn. ''" ny)rp, INTVIAN TRIRENALe. :13 The Earl of AttirstAtive, In presenting sciewpati tions from English , merchants and. residents in Bengal, remonstrated against the injustice committed and evils occasioned by extending . the jurisdiction of the Company's courts over Britia# subjects in r• India. . The anbjeekAiestfollowedlap itm.Mar q uis of CLANRICARJ in opeech of considerable length, but after a reply from the Duko of ARGYLL, and. some remarks fiom the Earl of Etztmuntouan and Lord CAMPBELL, was allowed to drop. sitsisTEßs' MONEY. The third reading of the Ministers' Money (Ire- land) Bill was moved by 'Earl GRANVILLE. The Earl of CLANCARTY moved as an amendment that the bill should be read a third time that day six months. He urged many objections to the measure, regretting much that Lord Derby had declined to persevere in his opposition to its passing. 6O TO CORRESPONDENTS. It is impossible to soknowlelge he ididiebiletterp we receive. Their insertion is often delayed owl* to' a press of matter, end when omitted. it is frequently from reascws quite iude• pendent of the merits of the communication. Wb cannot undertake to return comlnunioatlons of which we do not avail ourselves. Communications should always bo legibly written, and on one side of the paper only. If long it increases the diffictlity of finding space for them. Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenticated 14x tllfl name and address of the writer, not necessarily ibr publics. tiou, but as a guarantee of Ms good faith. Advertisements sent from the country must be sooompadildlar remittance or a rettreuoe for pe i yment in town. -] P ritg g• I. THE PRESS. A brief discussion took place, in the oourse of which Lord DEBBY adverted to an implied under standing with the Government that no further oppo sition was to be offered to the measure, ,ad wards quitted the house. The house divided on the third reading : Contents --•---- 24 Non-contents -17 The bill was then read a third time, and passed. Their lordships adjourned at half-past eight o'cloek, it ROUSE OF COAIMONS. LEGISLATIVE COLINGp,GX On the motion that the hotise on rising shonl4 1 adjourn to Monday, Sir E. PERRY inquired whether it was competent to the Legislative Council of India to reject reforms proposed by her Majesty's Commissioners and ap.d. proved by the. gonad Government, and whether that Indian Counvil,,,consistin,g, as it did of nine Com._ patty's servants and yfrl„ctuw's counsel, claimed tp act as an ißderptleßt leigtilature? Mr. VERNON.Su rru 'Wed that the Legislative Council of'lnqfa'weriVii`liipowered to modify or reject, any prosition sent' nOrent from England; being con sidered the proper 'bit:Moil to decide on the pro priety of such refornts. The Council did not, how• ever, possess independent powers as a legislature, all measures they might posirequiring rbdflolatSdn hitha Board of Control. t (Ili /r L nfn• TESTAMENTART JUSISDVOTION: The ATTORNEY•GENERAL moved the second reading of the Probate and Letters of Administration Bill. He described the character and machinery of the new court of testamentary jurisdiction which the measure established, recapitulating details that have alreacty been repeatedly discussed while the hill was befoul thiPe4l:' On the question Of' Otitpensation to the I:litchis; Sir R. Bethell stated did they were to be given a monopoly of the otatirnon-law business. II ; ' 11. Mr. lIHNLEY agiplasiedt• of the whicle r 4 believed would to a 'gent extent remove the co cations and.reduce the coats attendiog4l)s RIO* system of testamentary jurisdiction. Mr. COLLIER pointed out what hp considered serious defects in the measure, and which he feared were ineradicable. Mr. BOLT supported the bill, as did Mr. Mums, who nevertheless insisted upon the justice of accord ing fuller compensation to the proctors, whose busi ness would be annihilated. • /IN WESTHEAD, Sir E. PERRY, SEd Mr. G. HUDSON ha ng spoken, The SOLICITOR-GENERAL entered into some further explanations and vindications of the bill. The discussion, which had from the h4lnit i fo t ' assumed a very technical character, was conanue by Mr. HEADLAM, Mr. CAIRNS, and other loggullers. The bill was then read a second times , :v.fit • , FRAUDULENT TRUSTEES. ,i( P' , tr The Ihittsfethen went into committee eft the Atka ulent Trustees Bill, and passed three clauses of the measure, after a miscellaneous discussion upon various amendments of detail. The Sites for Workhouses (Scotland) Bill, the Bankruptcy of Real Securities (Seotlarnil Bill, and the Bill Chamber (Scotland) Bai i imerrodirmectively read a second time. The Consolidated Fund (B,ooepo4y BM was read a third time and passed. Mr. STAFFORD moved the iv:od reading of the Election Petitions Bill. ='•"'' 3 "" The ATTORNEY GErrtaii,"irePosed the motion on the ground that it was so Late an hour that there was no time to discuss the measure. After some conversation the motion was adjourned. J , The house adjourned at half past one o'clock. .1i i• f,, • (up INAUGURATION OF THE VICTORIA CROSS. YESTERDAY her Majesty the Queen, under a bright sky and a glorious June sun, distributed to sixty-two officers and men of the army, navy, and marines, the Cross of the Order of Valour. About 0,000 troops, coin posed of the lstand 2nd Life Guards, 6th Dragoons, and 11th Hussars ; the Guards, Coldstream end Frntier; the 79th Highlanders, the 2nd Rifle .Bri gade, the Royal Horse Artillery, the Engineers, , and the military train with 800 marines, and a body of seamen. The troops were under the 'tommand of A r .,ou Campbell. At ten minuteetbr the first gun rum the . right of the field bike es told the assembled thousands of the approach of the royal cortege, and some throe or four minutes after the last of the twenty-one gnus Iliad been 'fired, Captain Sayer, of the Staff, and -a Wien detaolunent of the Blues which headed the procession, appeared on the rise from Hyde-park Corner. A brilliant staff preceded and followed her Majesty, who, riding between the Prince Consort and the Prince of Prussia, was intrne. diately followed by the ladies of the Royal Family in carriages, a pletiobtnegt, of thk r ll49l4„,htluOg uP the req. ~ rit • qt,-uuitio )^4 SATURDAYi Her Majesty, mounted on a fine charger, rode between Prince Albert and Prince Frederick William. She wore a round hat with a gold band, and a red and white feather at the right side. A scarlet body, made nearly like a military tunic, but open some way down from the throat, a gold-embroidered sash over the left shoulder, and a dark blue skirt, completed the costume of the Queen, who, like all the members of the royal party in military costume, wore crape round the left arm. Lady Churchill and Lady Codrington, who were in waiting on her Majesty,: wore black habits. The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, who were mounted on, ponies, wore plaid. .trews and Scotch caps. The , Princess Roycj l Princess Alice, the Duchess of Phrabri4llo.B WI OA 'Princess Mary, rode in a carriage, , It, it Arriving on the ground, her Majesty.rodie,ound .the lines, and returning to the-royal pavillion erected facing Grosvenor-gate, the officers composing the Queen's cortege formed in front of ber Majesty ; those preceding her Majesty on the jroper left; those following, en the riE,ht, and' at taik distance oil the front of the columns. In afhtelttinutes the . distribution of the cross commenced. Her Majesty took up a position on horseback in fl•ont of the pavilion, but with her face turned from the spectators, with Prince Albert on her left and Prince Frederick William on her right. The Duke of Cambridge, Lard Panmure, and other. officers of rank, were in Ow attendance to read the names of the heroes of the ceremony as each appeared. All being arranged, the recipients. •of the.. "op, advanced. As each approached, her Ids,jesty receivek the decoration from Lord Pantuure,, and,, p oopr from her saddle, fixed it on *p brerratc?f deedsrated, who passed on aP4 , 4.41 n. ling . behind her Majesty. •,, ,After. the presentation of iljim,eroa,,44 oesocppni pleted, the decmted officers and, lien *sad over to a point some fifty of sixty yards oppcisite her Majesty, and t troops proceeded to march ' past betvreen the royal party and the wearers of the cross in slow and puick time. At the close, the cavalry and artillery assed' ate canter, when the troops re-formed in liner paesented arms, and gave three cheers. The royal procession was then re-formed, and her Majesty re tired from the park amidst the loud and continued cheers of the people and the thundering of the ar-, tillery. 1 . . • V . 1: • i The remaining timber of officers and men of both services, upon whom her Majesty has been graciously pleased to signify her intention to confer tber,dra tion of the Victoria Cross, and who were Ato,§lo .to receive the same from bgr Majesty's hande,on the present occasion s An eonsequence of their absence from this country on sernce, .will receive tie cross in her Majesty's nantent 'the earliest fitting opporl tunit l y, from the hands ',bit 'senior naval or militai officer serving at the particilar station abroad where they may happen to be einpleyedo..i • ' • .11 :mod J i Levan ~. lo As, yam ?Jai non', ).111110V. go.T4R 9fil JOia (- g I Intlerillpßib b3117119i • .Ic.icus2l(..) iii rw-iron:.4 IR9IJiIoJ P(liir" -, f 1: 1 ;1 ,-, 11 r.f if;ttl .1:" .7 RICHARD PEPPRR ARDEN, BARON. Ar.Varncv, expired at his residence, in Brutonstreetu,-on Wednesday morning. Hie lordship . wile r only lakopill..9ll Friday night last ea g, sOrnaob, - from iliich he never rallied . . i - ;.,,. curd , . 6 , . Vzscoutcritas titsex was .setsea vpin apoplexy on the 13th instant, iihattli befOro feur o'clock, and, notwithstanding the Promptest medical attendance, expired at twenty mintites after ten ci'Clock theitinie night. The lamented lady was, to all appearance, in the enjoyment of her usual health up to the moment •of the attack. The deceased viscountess was eldest daughter of the late Bovi„Edwaril Foley, brother of the first Lord..Yoley, and was, ti barn .in 1703. Her ladyship married, la 1813 11 150 count Gage, by whom aba leak.* issue two sqo ' • Orr daughters. Lord •aud Lady Folely,X., E.. .9N• Admiral Sir William. Gageilu?.." thtil.„., , ,ii.. • Vereker, and vhgfAin4lies, acep ( l, ,, r ilie * .; ~ , T g L ~,,.,,,. even,,,,_..., ~,„. „ „,.„ ~,..,,,,„,_ .::, Miss ANNA GIIRNIFIC, ts,c9m*, I? weii-atiom cf 4 Gurney family ? and a lady or g ptpe t e f04 . i .14 . A0 literary and Eicientitic word,AliAit ii lei cliiYs' 0 nea at the residence of her brothel., tiff: Hudson Gi*ney; at Messick, near rinrivich. Mich - 19ttrney published , an excellent tranalattori of the Btitren eltrevik/e,:•and, living at Northreppa, neer the Coast, she so*.st lively interest in inventions for saving the livesslof MAP wrecked marinere. To pronioto the .latt i es, object she bad a gan manufactured a her own expense to fire off a line to a storm tossed vcssel.. Miss Gurney ap i llite ti . sefigc,Oß.,flefht,hossiikaiNcpsie years of age.) , I; 11. 1.)3.t.,.1 )14: !I , t , nt cif blitici. . VnsooutivitssiEulltsoT died la4 i iihdin4y. Her ladyships f,ew,..iloys, previous amp 4., : slivere cold, and, to the ipaprimiand great grF 2 , f r friends and rehit,ivaliAtippddenll stftq l f i ew days' 8 0 illn ,iress , ~- ., ; 0, ' !).).“ (Au. , . .:I tioi , ;v),,,(1 . ,