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

AUGUST 26, 1854. dourt a 'astion. THE ROYAL CIRCLE remains at Osborne, where, or in its neighbourhood, the Queen has been present at various scenes of interest or amusement during the week. On Friday, the 18th, her Majesty and the Prince Consort honoured the Portsmouth Regatta with their presence. On Saturday Prince Albert went in the royal yacht to Portland. and inspected the works at the new breakwater. The Queen took a cruise in the little Fairy in the afternoon. Mon day was passed in a tour to Carisbrook Castle ; and on Tuesday her Majesty went in the royal yacht to a spot off the Needles to witness experi ments with Lancaster's new gun, mounted in the Arrow, one of the new gun-boats designed for ser vice in the Baltic. On Wednesday the Queen and Prince gave their annual fête in honour of his Royal Highness's birthday. Dinner was provided at hree o'clock on the lawn near the house, under mar quees, for upwards of 450 persons, and shortly after that hour the whole of the labourers employed on the Osborne estate, the seamen and marines of the royal yachts, the detachment of infantry, and the Trinity-house and coast guard men doing duty at East Cowes, sat down. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the royal children and Maharajah Duleep Singh, walked through the different marquees, and gave orders for dinner to commence. At half-past four dancing and rustic games were begun, and were carried on with great spirit till near dark, in the presence of the Queen and royal party, including the Duchess of Kent. THE DUCHESS OF KENT has been for some days past on a visit to the Queen at Osborne, where also the Maharajah Duleep Singh arrived on Monday last. The Duke of Newcastle and Sir J. Graham have been the ministerial visitants at Osborne-house during the week. THE foundation-atone of a new church at Newport, to be called St. Thomas's Church, was laid on Thurs day by Prince Albert. THE KING OF PORTUGAL arrived at Vienna on the 17th, and alighted at the Imperial Palace. He was received at the railway terminus by the Archduke Ferdinand, brother of the Emperor. THE PRINCESS ZENAIDE CHARLOTTE JULIE BONA PARTE died at Naples on the Bth. She was the eldest daughter of Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, and was born in Paris on July 8, 1802. She married her cousin, Prince Charles, the eldest son of Lucien Bonaparte, and leaves by him eight children. Her usual residence was Rome, where three of her married daughters, and her eldest son, Prinoe Mussignano, are living. V.qCOUNT AND VISCOUNTESS PALMERSTON left Bi gh in on Wednesday for his lordship's seat, Bruddiands, Hants. LORD JOHN RUSSELL, with Lady Russell and family, arrived at Oxenholme, from London, on the evening of the 17th, and proceeded by special train to Win dermere, where it is understood his lordship pur poses to stay a few days. After his sojourn in this beautiful region Lord John goes on to Scotland. THE EARL 01! ABERDEEN will, it iS stated, be pre vented from visiting his patrimonial estates in the north this autumn, in consequence of the pressure of official business. The noble Premier, who is stay ing at Argyll house, will leave town in a few days on a visit to her Majesty at Osborne. The Hon. Colonel Alexander Gordon, second son of the Premier, was in good health at the date of the last letters from the seat of war. Volitual an 6traral. Mn. HOLMAN, the governor of the Devonport Prison, has been appointed governor of the Mon mouth County Gaol. There were eighty-three candi dates. Mr. Holman was formerly connected with the London newspaper press. THE formation of the direct line of street in lieu of the old circuitous avenues from Farringdon-street north to Clerkenwell-green has of late been steadily advancing. The immense block of houses between its starting-point and termination, comprising many hundred buildings, has been gradually disappearing; and a large number are still being pulled down or vacated for an early demolition. The line is now pretty clearly marked out. IT appears from a parliamentary paper just printed that during the late session forty-two select commit tees were appointed. 270 members served upon those committees. _ AN interesting conference of teachers of the public schools in the western counties was held on Satur day last at Tortworth. Mr. J. Bowstead, her Majesty's inspector of British schools, presided on the occa sion. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH has now been com pleted at Commodore Superintendent John Shep herd's (Aces at Woolwich, by which immediate com munications can be despatched between Woolwich and Whitehall, Somerset-house, Chatham, and Dept ford. THE PRESS. A LETTER from Memel says that the harvest this year in Eastern Prussia, Lithuania, and in Poland will be very abundant, and far exceed general expec tation. AN EXTENSIVE FIELD OF IRONSTONE has recently been discovered at Rosedale, near Pickering, on the property of R. Kitchen, Esq. A sample of the stone has been analysed, and found to contain no less than 67 per cent. of pure iron. The yield of the stone doubles that of any other in the district. Its rich. ness, indeed, seems almost incredible. THE NUMBER OF PETITIONS FOR PRIVATE BELLS deposited in the Private Bill-office for the last ses sion was 836. SULIMAN PACHA, the General Commander in-Chief in Egypt, accompanied by Skander Bey, Mourad Effendi, the Hon. A. Murray, and suite, visited Manchester on Tuesday. They inspected several manufactories of the town, and at one o'clock were received on 'Change by a large number of the mer chants ond manufacturers. TEE ACCEPTANCES OF MESSRS. MORPURGO AND CO. were refused on Tuesday in Lombard street. The firm were largely engaged in the Italian trade. Their liabilities are understood to be heavy, and the failure has some connection with Messrs. Gopsevitch's tem porary suspension some time ago. In the Court of Bankruptcy, on the same day, Saverio Castelli and Giovanni Baptista Guistiniani, members of the late firm of Castelli, Guistiniani, and Co., trading in Lon don and Italy, having failed to surrender to pass their examination, were proclaimed outlaws in the usual form. THE sentence of death passed upon Sarah Feather stone, at the last Chester Assizes, for the murder of her child, has been commuted to penal servitude for life. The prisoner was recommended to mercy by the jury. SIR Wrm.tAnt MOLESWORTH, Chief Commissioner of her Majesty's Works, !cc., was in Edinburgh last week, and, accompanied by Mr. Matheson, inspected the palace of Holyrood and the other public build ings. The new palmhouse at the Royal Botanic Gardens, for which a parliamentary grant of 6,0001. has been obtained, will be immediately proceeded with ; and the improvement of the present wretched approaches to the palace will also receive favourable consideration in the proper quarter. Sir William and Lady Molesworth left on Saturday for the Highlands. THE REPORT OF THE DEATH OF MR. HALE, the manufacturer of rockets without a stick, is incorrect, as letters were received from that gentleman in London on Saturday from Constantinople in which he states that he is quite well. THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL CONGRESS of the British Archreological Society commenced on Monday at Chepstow, long famed for its ancient castle and pic turesque neighbourhood. The proceedings have ex tended over the whole week, comprising visits to all the most remarkable objects of interest, either from the historic associations connected with them or the natural beauty of the scenery in their localities, and including excursions to Tiutern Abbey, Raglan, Newport and Caldicott Castles, Llandaff Cathedral, various tumuli, remains of Roman encampments, old mansions and monuments, the Wyndcliffe, Piercefield, and many other picturesque localities along the principal points of attraction to tourists in Monmouthshire and South Wales. The meeting has been held under the patronage of the Bishop of Llandaff. THE Spanish Consul-General in London, Senor Mora, is to be removed from his post. It is said that Don Mariano Carsi will replace him. THE BARON STOCKMAR, whose death was announced last week, is not the one who is so well known in this country, but his younger brother, Baron Charles Stockmar, who resided at Munich. THE PLANS FOR A NEW DOCK, 000 feet in length, in Portsmouth Dockyard, are ordered to be imme diately prepared by the engineer department of the Admiralty, the board having, at their visit just ter minated at Portsmouth, resolved to construct a dock of the above dimensions, to communicate from the harbour to the steam-basin dock now in use. This addition is only wanted to make Portsmouth Doek yard the most complete in dock accommodation of any of her Majesty's naval establishments. A SHIPBUIIADER at Chester has stopped payment with liabilities reported at nearly 100,0001., of which 40,0001. is owing for timber, and 18,0001. for iron. A large shipping company at Liverpool are among the creditors, having advanced 25,000/. on a vessel build ing for them. THE GOVERSF.R OF COLDBATH FIELDS PRISON, Mr. Chesterton, has resigned his appointment after twenty.five years' service. His letter of resignation was read at the meeting of Middlesex magistrates on Thursday, and a reqnest made to him to continue his functions until a successor could be appointed. The chairman, Mr. Armstrong, at the same time recom mended that a retiring allowance of 3331. 6s. Bd. per annum should be granted him. An amendment was, however, moved increasing the sum to 4001. a year , and the ultimate decision was accordingly adjourned. 801 THE convocation of the prelates and clergy of the province of Canterbury was on Thursday again pro rogued at the Jerusalem-chamber by the Vicar- General, Dr. Twiss, under a commission from the Archbishop of Canterbury, to Friday, October 20. THE Moniteur announces, we believe for the tint time, the receipt of " conscience-money." Some un known person, it states, has paid 100 f. (Al.) through the medium of a Sister of Charity to the Treasury, being the amount underpaid on account of succession duty. ARCHDEACON WILBERFORCE, in accordance with his intimation, that be would interpose no technical opposition to the proceeding necessary to obtain a judicial decision upon the doctrines contained in his late work, has furnished the Rev. W. Brock, of Bishop's Waltham, with the following document : "BUICTON AGNES, July 16.—1 am the author of a work entitled ' The Doctrine of the Holy Eucharist,' recently published by J. and C. Mosley, Paternoster-row, and J. H. Parker, Oxford. They had my authority for publishing it, and I shall be willing to take any steps by which I may make myself legally responsible for its contents iu this or any other diocese." IT is said to be in contemplation to alter the dress and equipment of the Royal Marine Corps. This efficient arm of the service, now some 15,000 strong, is to be changed into a rifle corps; and as on laud ing they are usually the first to be employed in skirmishing, and placed in the post of danger, it is proper that they should be clothed and armed in the most effective and convenient manner. The altera tion of the uniform, if carried out, will also render them less conspicuous, and be much more suited to sea service, whilst the rifle will place them on an equality with the land forces against whom they may be called to act. THE following regiments have just been ordered home from North America:-54th Regiment, Both Regiment, 71st Reserve Battalion, 72nd Regiment. A LETTER from Chamonix, in the Saroy Gazette, states that another new ascent of Mont Blanc has just Taken place, having been accomplished by Mr. Blackwell, a young Englishman, 22 years of age. During the ascent Mr. Blackwell observed a rather singular phenomenon. In the night of the 10th, after eleven o'clock, a guide, having come out from the cabin of the Grands Mulets, saw the ridges of the mountain cluster all on fire. He communicated what he had observed to his companions, who all wished to assure themselves of the fact, and they then saw that, through the electricity generated by the tempest, all the rocks of the Grands Mulets were illuminated. They found the same phenomenon on their own persons. When they raised their arms their fingers became phosphorescent. Tux subscription for the monument toWrofessor Wilson progresses most favourably, and already exceeds 9001. The sum required is about 1,4001. Jr is stated that Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Wil bralim, 7th Royal Fusiliers, is to receive the ap pointment of Assistant Adjutant-General, vacant by the death of Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. L. Maule. A PARLIAMENTARY RETURN issued OD Saturday states that Mr. Swahey's defalcations, as late Registrar of the Admiralty, in Exchequer Bills and in the Crown funds, with respect to slave-vessels captured, was 26,7001. THE LORDS OF THE TREASURY, upon the recom mendation of Viscount Canning, Postmaster-General, have awarded Mr. John Dicker, inspector of mails, the sum of 50()1., as a compensation for his invention of an apparatus for transferring mail bags to and from railway-carriages at full speed without stopping. THE Hull Packet states that the Bishop of Bath and Wells has refused to sign letters of request for bringing the case of Archdeacon Denison to trial. THE ADMIRERS OF CRICKET will be sorry to learn that Lillywhite, the celebrated player, died at Islington on Tuesday of the prevailing epidemic. The de ceased was much respected by the cricketing world, who gave him the title of " The Nonpareil." It was he who introduced round bowling. MR. W. HARRISON, the tenor singer, with Miss Louisa Pyne, accompanied by Miss Pyne and Sig. Borrani, took their departure on Wednesday from Liverpool in the Pacific steamer for New York, on a professional tour. THE Royal Albert, 120 guns, Captain Little, having completed her fittings, is to be taken out of dock at Sheerness this day (Saturday), being his Royal Highness Prince Albert's birthday. THE Globe has "authority to state " that Mr. Lawley's duties as private secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer were only temporarily continued, and that they have now ceased. Ma. PARKHURST has been appointed chief clerk to the secretary of the General Post-office, in the room of Mr. Godly, deceased. ON Saturday evening the Honourable East India Company gave a banquet at the London Tavern. Covers were laid for one hundred guests. Ma. Cotounoittg, long the British Consul at Bu charest, has re-established himself in his former position, to the great satisfaction of the inhabitants of the city. I