The Press. — London, England, 1853-10-01 00:00:00

OrroBER 1, 1853. Court anD f,astion. TIIL week has passed wit( t producing any event deserving citation front the Court Orenlan Her 3ilajusty remains at Balmoral. Prince Albert has gone out deer-stalking when the weather was pro pitiotut. Lord Palmerston left Balmoral on Tuesday for the South. IN our lust number we gave some account of the tire which had occurred at the works of the new Palace at. Balmoral, and mentioned the loss which many of the workmen had sustained by their spare clothes and money being burnt. Immediately after the tire was got under, the Queen and Prince Albert gave orders for the erection of new cottages at their own expense, anti issued schedules to the workmen with instructions that each might give a statement of what he had lost. The returns showed that the total amount of loss, including money, clothes, watches, &c., destroyed, was 31$1. Hs. which sum was generously paid to the workmen on Thursday even. ing, from her Majesty's privy purse. SEVERAL. journals having mentioned that the Duke of Cambridge had arrived at Ohnatz, we are enabled to state that his Royal Highness has for some days past been staying at Kew. LORD BLOOMFIELD left Berlin on Monday week for En ;land, on leave of absence. THE COUNTESS OF CARNWATII, eldest daughter of the late Right Hon. Henry Grattan, died at Bushy I'ark on the 2nd nit. THE M ARRI AGE of Captain the Hon. Claude Bowes Lyon, of the '2nd Life Guards, only brother of the Earl of Strathmore, with Frances Dora, third daughter of Oswald Smith, Esq., of Blendon Hell, was solemnised on Tuesday at Bexley, in the county of Kent. ------ TIIE CONTEMPLATED MATItIMoNi AL ALLIANCE be tween the Princess Melanie Metternich, now in her 21st year, daughter of the venerable ex-Chancellor and Prime Minister of the Austrian empire, with the Hungarian Count Zichy, is fixed to take place on the 20th of November, at Vienna. _ THE CotTsrzss NEVIT.I.Y, ex-Queen of the. French, with some members of her family and suite, embarked at Southampton on Saturday, en route to Lisbon. Stress of weather and sea sickness, however, inter ranted the voyage. Her Majesty put in on Sunday to Plymouth harbour, where the party landed, and have since returned to London. On Thursday the Countess Neuilly was at Dover, waiting for calmer weather to cross to Ostend. It is understood that. her failing health has induced the cx•Queen to post pone her projected visit to Portugal. Volitual an (natal. THE EASTERN QUESTION - - MErriso on the Eastern question was held at Staffer(' on Monday, and very numerously attended. The assemblage was convened by public requisition to the mayor, for the purpose of memorialising the Queen on the Russian invasion of the Turkish pro vinces. The resolutions which the meeting discussed end unanimously adopted were to the following ctti•ct - - - - 1. That the actual events in the East have shown that the rrocess at present adopted fur managing the inter course of nations is injurious to England and beneficial to thassia. -2. That by means of it the physical power of tireat Itritain ceases to exist for the maintenance ofour interents and the protection of our honour. and that, on the con trary, it comes to be used for ends injurious and fatal to the one and the other. " 3. That much a state of things is not endurable, awl must be altered; that, while it endures, freedom is an empty word, government a mockery, and peace or war alike dangerous. " I. That this borough shall employ every mean,' within its reach to induce its representatives to put an end to per manent embassies, to secrecy in diplomatic business, and to compel a return to the legal practice of the constitution, so as to prevent intercourse betwt en the rervant of the (*roan and the representative of a foreign state, save under the warrant of the great !Scot issued Mr that special put- ICI IYI'. ••:1. That it will adhere• to nn pn , jects of reform in i% hieh this restoration is not included. And, "Lastly. That it will use its best endeavours to Onliier the other constituencies of the kingdom to act in manner.•" Mr. Urquhart, who addressed the assembly at n uu •h length, -.aid, in reference to the treatment which Turkey had received from hersoi-dixantprotectors : — " In the resolutions they had passed the people of titaf• ford had said a great and mighty wrong had been dune—a wring atmeions in its character and terrible in its results. They said that wrong had been duns —nut hy the Emperor of Russia—away a ith Ruhsia!--they had nothing to do with Russia—hot they had to do with the servants of the British Crown. nal wrong had been perpetrated by them, and by them alone—not because the people had allied it, or be cause the peo.lle had judged it, but is the total abw.ucv o THE PRESS. all will and of all judgment. It was only in the midst of events of sueh gravity, and of shame deep, that they ..vere at List awakened to a knowledge of their potio n —awl here hew as not speaking of a know of e %coos in the East, for it was not 'Turkey. but England. that was •iii —they w. re M11'611 , 14 to a sense of the posal4.ll 111 w hirl) they hail lain tOr so Long—namely. that of ,%11111 - 1Sh•1111e the important affairs of a large state into the teilas at a secret ' llist was their pusition—them was the true et il. Hear.) 'That was the source of even %now and of eyery degradation. 'Flory pointed to that, and said they saw. n ot the Cabillet, not the indiy ideals. but the s)stetti. k Brae, haat%) That system had perverted the Melt who earned it out, and left them no suppini against the foreign in• lluence v‘erted upon them. and it bad ellen %Ilea the Ma iglu by km iii them without that knowledge of their eall fairs which constituted freedom. (leat, hear.) lie tl l ght they were taking the right course in the plan before them, of lino an.petaing to the Queen, pronouneing their lot • 'on as to the character of the acts that had 'well performed. and calling on her to distuisa the men by whim they had been committed. and then asking the l'ailieunent. and the other boroughs of the kingdom, to egoist, them in doing away with the whole system of secret diplomacy by which their affairs were taken out of their hands without the no of supporting the Ministry if they Acre right, or of controlling them if they were wrong. mt.)" The memorial to the Queen alluded to by Mr. sinhart. and which Was also adopted tumultuously by the meeting, ran us follows : " May it please . your Majesty— " We, dc., venture humbly to appniach, ay., to convey the sense, that the etupirs• is ',laved in a pus ithat of dish,. tttttt r and of danger, in emisesitienee of our s•outi ttttt intercourse. with a power which luta violated its treatiea, and 111 coniseipicUre a our cooperation with that suit.' Power in subverting the indepen dence of the Ottoman empire. " We an , hislessl men uninformed in its•gotiations with tOreign Oovernments. but the et euts that luaus occurred are sufficiently simple for our eOlnprellellllloll, and the eUlliesillellet.if they iis• %save 1410116.4'1.1y grave for us to Venture upon approaching your Nlajetity, trusting that your Majeaty will not shars•giersi even our humble rots..., Whelk iippenlitig to you for th.• protection of our common country. Fortunately the Turkish empire is sufficiently powerful not to stand in need of any foreign support, but, as it has yielded to the cuumu•lis of England. and so allowed its enemy to iscs•tipy its pnwitiees, your Majesty's servants have undermined its slefenees. and have Own pniceeiled w iiegotia• lions, which have mads• Englsuid it party to the augment tttt of What'll it is the victim, actually exposing it to the dangers of civil war, and your Majesty'sths• Sultan, to the loos of his thimie or lite. " Your Majesty . . servants heel) thus* pursued a course taml to tlo• independence of 'Turkey and to the peace of Europe, and we, your Itlrgesty's loyal mid devoted subject's, are tinder the inn prelusion that they have been enabler! to sin 110 solely by rurpri.ing your Majesty's concurrence. of this at leapt we are eortatis , that they have deceived the people of England ; and your Ma )(oya vs-owls, sent with the express purpose of resiStilig Roods, are actually engaged in suppressing the spirit of the Ottoman umpire, which has the courage and the will to defend itself. •• We are therefore assured that the future course of those servants of your Majesty will resemble the past, and that the first step to avert danger, and to arrest slialionentr, is the die rui:ssal of those men front your Mi\jesty's service. " Your Majesty's dutiful subjects actually bear, and have lung borne, heavy charges for :oniony purposeis, Su order that arma ments may be forthcoming to meet any emergency. They have now the bitterness* to reflect, that when theses . artuatiseista ant used it 18 only for the joinsosse the deidgud of the only tiovertinedit that ion uaees the foreign states, and that menaces the ilideiwisti•liee of all; soul velem,• psitver of injury against any is derived, not from its military pre. ponderanee, but from the secret iutturueu Which it Isissesses over the indivieltud members sit' tereign cabinets, missing' in 414 . V. Willy to cope with It, and destitute of eliaracter and honour.S " fn your Majesty's discrimination. capacity, awl auurage, iis , less than its your Majesty's prerogatives and power, we nee the only chance of swaps, 1101 Merely front those evils to which we have already referred, but ft a sellertil eliattirhans•e in Europe, and, consequently, a war with our great neighbour; and It Is in the hope of seeing that prerogatives wisely exerrised for the good of England and the ,suety of the world, that we venture thus I. approach your throne, and to lay our aupplication at your feet." 10:01STRATION OP ASSURANCES. Tim following report from the select committee on the Registration of Assurances, the Sale and Pur chase of Lands, and the l'ratialer of Lands ( Ireland Bills has ,jest appeared : Your isi iiiii taus., appointed at an advanced of i 1..• and to whom were referred three bills, VIII.. l. A bill for the Registration of Assurances ; 2. A bill to facilitate the Salo and Purchase of Land ; 1. A bill to fluilitate the Transfer of !And in Ireland; proceeded, in the hest instance, to consider the bill for the Registration of Assurances. They examined the petitiona presented for and against the bill, and heard evidence, upon it : and they are of opinion that many of the serious objections urged in the petitions against the registration of all I/141411r. Knees relating to landed property an; well luuuded, and have been substantiated. Your committee Mal that the bill contains within itself' two distinct principles of registration : one, contemplating the registration of all assurances in any manner relating to laud and the legal or equitable estates and interests d ) ,•re. iu ; the other proposing that the legal title alone shall be entered on the registry, and that there shall be no necessity to register the instruments which declare or transmit the beneficial interests or equitable ownership. The two other bills which have been referred to your committee proceed twill a principle ' lar to that contained in the first bill viz., the principle of keeping the registered ownership wholly separate and apart from the equitable right or title. Your committee, pursuing this ides and confining their attention to that principle, haw-examined some witnesses of high professional reputation. and had brought tinder their mince a scheme for the tvgistration of ' title.' or of ' legal ownership,' which. if it can be fully developed twit made capable ..r easy practical operation, would appear to your COMMittet to fulfil the moat important egUdltivits vf 51R registration, a►d to salmi the tueans of ensuring great facility for the Umiak*. Of land. combined with great aim• phelty and security of title. It he. not been possible for committee. at so lab• 1411041 of the session, to extend their inquiry into all the• details of this ashrme, nit as to present it 111 au embodied form, or to feel confident that they hare ascertained all the difficulties Nll4•h ►nay attend it. lowliest 4.14.1.111 ion. lii,' eonaltb•l' It %orthy of further tool more careful attention. and they are of /pinion that regiatratiots will Ise proetieshle and useful if etteeteit upon t hi. principle. Your committee. thi rehire. recommend the house not to prOreed uitb the !till for the Itegi.trat or ssuraitecs. but .aggest lit+• i iiii uctligte grit.bilitment of a eon 111 l i 1.14,41 for the purpose of considering the subject of registration of title• with rider• etive to facilitati►lg the sale and to-sunder of liana• in onkr that a bill for effecting that object may Is• brought into Parliament at the vommencenient of the im.‘t .1 anion. The Inn • to facilitate the 'rnultift.i. of Land to In land' Is soliiistetl to Ireland may. It twit", evdc neu I,f great labour iota can• ill its toreititrat • , and is 'list insitislied br the• clearness and sitniolieity of its ensetm e nt o . 'Thies bill, and also the 1011 ' in facilitate the Sale and Purehase of Lan d ,• sill furnish imlwrrtw►t stiggestitins tut the enu• sioleraiiitin of tht• THE FALL 1N Cot:sots since May has now ex ceedril 10 per cent. ; and on only eight orrasinns during the present century has any continuous 4IC• cline to a similar extent taken place. These in stances were as follows—the downward course in each case having been interrupted by only slight oteilla bons. It will be observed that the heaviest, periods were in Iso3, on the breaking out of hostilities with France; in 11+19, on the resumption of r a sh pity. mints ; in 1,4'25, upon the failure of the private banks; in 1s:10, on the rejection of the Reform ; and in Isl 7, in consequence of the railway crisis. In the remaining cases the fluetuation was little beyond that which has occurred this year, although the de. cline did not commence from so high a mom of prices as prevailed in the early part of 1110 present year : vcsr. Devlin.. !Yobs 1-‘I, iii of Fall 1502 INES - - tai 22j „ 1511 b - M I I 1519 1150 911 10 ~ I 1 II IC - Accorwrs of the receipt and expenditure of the Wooda, Forests, aHa Land Revenue for the year, to March :11, 1M52, are jug published. The ‘‘lssls are now separated from the Public Buildings. The receipts, with the balance in hand, of the laud revenues were, in cash, r01,t4511. Ls., and in stock ewd other securities 173,264/. is. Itld. (Its the other sole the expenditure was considerable, and the balances were 1,211:11. Its. cash, and I 10,21191.1:1s. ; I L s cossisio„ Thie general abstract shows that its the receipts the securities purchased were 1t1r5464/. is. It hi., and in cash r41:1,7951. 195.'_41. There were lanolin , pay silents, and the net balances on the :11st of Match, !Kr!, were 1:04,7 111/. 2s. Is ll' A llEtioNsTßATiont tor SEAMEN ANI) 1117 N belong. jug to the Tyne and ll ear took Owe in South :shields on Monday, when a prowession of three thousand persns, with an 111111111 e tariety harmers, wool tote bands of lisle, perandailatell the town. meeting was held o 111 till) al'amillllll` till' )41111e altrl'l a alit. I 1 appears that the gathering was to promote a union between the seamen and miners, and to give ellect too certain resolutions come tout a eonference or sailors' delegates held at Sunderland aell the pre%llols Week. After the Ist Of Oeteber, Wages U./ London aro to be W. a voyage, atoll eon-lain regulations am 110 Ise put into •'lh'et by the Sailla'N . Friendly Sowicties, the object of whirl. is to regulate wages. 'l'bo all doses Of the seamen's delegates at the meeting arc said to have born rather tang', the well•olcesseol ap !wallow. , of the multitude furnishing tho prl Nof of their prosperity and well-rewarded insinstrv. Mter the meeting the pr. coossion returned Islet, In the town. awl the /41•111111'11 111 al miners pros.. cavil is. their loonies in peace and quietness. At any oilier time the attitude of the •liipoowticr awl sailor might have been the cause of alarm, as duo ounces ere about to open an uftive fiir the ciliploymeni sit seamen who do not belong to the ninon, slid the sailors re fuse to go in may vessel which hots not union men sill mim e d of her. or onooof which a master ha, been turned for lotting a 111111 , 11 1111111. ('lry oor LooxisoN lii Si" 11 1y held its animal ineetiov on Thursday 114 , 1. The ( fitter , et . this lee4lleilli l / 1 15 i. Io 101•11ViliC s 1.i.11111111 1, 11 1 relief, in monthly peiosio ow:, to o leoolteol HMIS/WM, Merhallie • • iirerS, tradesmen, Heal the widows or such !lemons above sixty years of itgP. Sir .1. hike presided at the voireting. The state went of accounts showed the receipts for the !My; half year to amount to I .165/., inelniling animal sub seeiptions, 39b1.: life 'ulo-eriPtlonao :1141. ; and divi • 'lends on stock. 16•2/. lif which there had been paid in pensions 415'21. %%loilst a balance reuntine in the bank of England t.t •2t441.