The Press. — London, England, 1853-06-25 00:00:00

JtrxE 25, 1853. THE Tow; Corxert, of litrt.t. have granted a sum of :1,000/. towards making the necessary preparations for the Queen's visit to that borough. ANOTHER MAGNIFICENT STEAMER, the Crams, was launched at Mr. Mare's yard, Blackwell, on Tuesday. She is :4500 tons burden, will carry engine s of -100. horse power, and is built for the General Screw Steam Shipping Company. THE QrEEN has appointed the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, the Right Hon. Sir John Patteson, Knt., and George Cornewall Lewis, Esq., to be her Majesty's Commissioners for inquiring into the existing state of the Corporation of the city of London. THE NEW HACKNEY CARRIAGE ACT is now passed and will take effect on the 10th Jul - . THE NUMBER OF DOCKYARD APPOINTMENTS held by persons entitled to vote is set forth in a recent return :—Greenwich, 051; Chatham, 429 ; Ports mouth, 431; Devonport, 409 ; Plymouth, 60 ; Pem broke, 01; and Sandwich, 4. There are in addition 332 voters in the same places, or some of theft, holding appointments under the Board of Ordnance, making a total of '2,1•67 Government men voting in the eight boroughs. THE TOTAL REPEAL of the ADVERTISEMENT DUTY was urged upon Lord John Russell on Tuesday by a deputation bearing a memorial numerously signed by influential citizens of London, and pointing out that all the gross inequalities of the old tax would remain under the sixpenny rate, which would con tinue to cripple and extinguish cheap literature. His lordship stated that revenue was the sole considera tion for which the tax was retained, and denied any intention to control the press. THE SOAP DUTIES REPEAL DILL has been printed. The measure will take effect from the sth of July. THE PUBLIC HEALTH IN LONDON, according to the official report, is now in a more satisfactory state. The weekly deaths were, at the beginning of April, above 1,300; in May they averaged more than 1,100; in the week that ended last Saturday the number fell to 1124. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1543-52 the average number was $OOl, which, if raised in proportion to increase of population, becomes 956. Hence it appears that the actual mortality is less than the estimated amount by 62—a result more favour able than has been obtained during a long period. A STRANGE SCENE has occurred at the Roman Catholic chapel in Bristol, which has resulted in an action for libel brought against the pastor, Mr. Culinan, by Mr. Mascarenhas, Portuguese consul in that city. The cause of action arose out of some observations which Mr. Culinan pointed at the che valier on Sunday last, at mass, when, after the Gospel, Culinan delivered himself of nearly the following words I cannot preach, but 1 have to say that a person employed a cripple to put bills on the walls of this church and the trees without my consent; such conduct is a violation of the rules, and I will not allow it; that person has no religion in him. He is worse than an infidel; calling himself a Catholic, having no Catholic spirit in him. My good people, I desire you not to associate with him ; to any person that is in his favour it is a curse rather than a bless ing. Ido not want his donations. I. can carry on my mission without his assistance. The bishop ad monished him, and I have the letter in my pocket." The notice alluded to was one which the chevalier had placed on the walls of the chapel, offering a reward for the discovery of some person or persons who had broken the windows of the building. A DINNER AND TESTIMONIAL were given on Wed nesday by the electors of Lambeth to their late mem ber, the Right Hon. C. T. D'Eyncourt. The testi monial was in the form of a richly-chased silver vase, intended for a centre-piece for a banqueting-table, weighing 500 ounces, and with appropriate inscrip tions. Ai►out 150 gentlemen sat down to the dinner, at which Lord P. Stuart presided. STRENUOUS OPPoSTTION TO THE INDIA RILL was announced on Tuesday by the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, at a meeting held in Manchester. Among other strong resolutions passed at that meet ing was the following : •fhat this meeting cannot discover in the hill which her Ma jesty's Mini-t,rs have brought before Parliament even a latent hope that their project tor the future government of l u lls will provide Ally imMeirtit remedy for the kilning omissions of the iutst, inasmuch as the system is not reformed in any essential deluti•e, and no urenrity eau be found in it for an active develop molt of agrienittind resom•ees, or that an adequate portion of the revenue shall h.• applied to the much-nefuhol menial aincliora• lion of the country•, instead of being, as heretofore, wholly lavished on territorial aggrandisement. Messrs. Bright, Ashworth, and Bazley were the chief speakers on this occasion. 61tttion In CHATHAM the nomination took place on Tuesday, and the polling on the next day. During the first hour Admiral Stirling had a small majority. All the 6 overnment influence was at his disposal, and through his intervention the dockyard men were granted a holiday on the occasion. By eleven, however, when nearly all the votes were polled, his opponent stood considerably ahead, and at the dose the Ministerial THE PRESS. protege was utterly discomfited. The numbers were :—Vernon, 010 ; Stirling, 597. The contest is remarkable as being not only the closest ever known in Chatham, but in its result, as showing that even Ministerial boroughs are nut always safe for Minis terial candidates. TILE HARWICH Etzcnom closed on Tuesday, in the return of Mr. Bagshaw, the Liberal candidate. The numbers were at four o'clock :—Mr. Bagshaw, 140; Sir .1. Fraser, 115. The LIVERPOOL CONSERVATIVES have the walls covered with bills announcing that the Hon. Henry Thomas Liddell, the eldest son of Lord Ravensworth, and Thomas Berry Horsfall, Esq., were candi dates brought forward to supply the vacancies conse quent on Messrs. Turner Auld Mackenzie having been declared unduly elected. There has been no public move by the Liberal party as yet in opposition to these candidates. The COrNTY of EntNisviton ELECTION is fixed for this day ( Saturday). In Stnoi . ° no little excitement has been occasioned by the appearance of a third candidate in the field, Mr. T. A. Stoughton, a resident country gentleman, who contests the seat vacant by the death of the late Earl Ducie, with Mr. llorsman and Mr. Merry weather Turner. Mr. Stoughton declares himself a moderate Reformer, independent of any particular party. The ELECTORS Of TYNENOVTIT were addressed by Mr. NV. S. Lindsay, the Free-trade shipping candi date, on Monday night. Mr. Lindsay addressed his observations principally to subjects appertaining to the shipping interest, calling the attention of the electors to the importance of making the Trinity Board an open corporation, and in passing such a measure as would prevent British men-of-war front taking the crews from on board merchantmen on foreign stations. MAJOR-GENS:RAL ANSON will not vacate his seat for South Staffordshire immediately, as his departure for his military command in Bengal will not take place, in all probability, before the end of the session. THE CLERGY FRIEND SOCIETY held their third an nual meeting on Tuesday under the presidency of the Earl of Chichester. The report stated that 24) pensioners had been placed on the funds during the past year. There were at the present time 39 pen sioners on the funds ; 1$ receive 301. per annum ; N receive 35/. ; and 13 receive 401. Assistance has also been granted during the past year to OH necessi tous clergymen, 990/. ; to 55 widows, 4891. Ms.; to 141 daughters, 440/. Mr. Territt, of Tewkesbury, has bequeathed a legacy to the society of 5001. The receipts were 7,3321., the expenditure 6,05 W., leaving a balance of 6491., exclusive of 4,5:1111. invented in Consols. AT the LONDON DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION meeting, on Tuesday, it was stated that the board, ' being within reach of so many schools, adopted the sys tem of preparing candidates for schoolmasters. They had maintained 37 pupil teachers, 21 of whom had been trained also at their cost, and their permanent income was now absorbed by the allowances made to pupils in various schools in connection with the board. They had expended 1,9251. in promoting or forming evening schools, The number to which such aid was extended was 73, with an aggregate of 11,500 scholars. The means of the society, however, did not keep pace with its requirements, and the com mittee appealed to those having the means to assist them. sporting. BIBURY CLUB NEETING.—NVErixtspAr. SwEErsTAKits of ro sous. each, for three-year olils. Mr. Herbert's Lents (rcinplemtut) 1 Mr. Horrien's The Golden Plover Mr. J. M. Stanley's Orinoco Betting : 5 to 2 on Orinoco, 7 to 2 against The Golden Plover, 7to 1 against Lets. Won easy. Asnovita STAKES (handicap) of 5 mom each, with 50 added. Mr. Elwerea Azael ( I ivriter) 1 Mr. Taylor's c by rateshy CHAMPAGNE STAKES of 11l sons. each, with :10 added, for two-year olds'. Mr. J. M. Stanley's llosaline (Marlon) I Mr. Vickers's Bay Celia Mr. Oshaldeston's f by 'l' ouchstone The following also ran :—Hubbub, Sofa, Remorse, John o' Bruges, The Caliph, General liretzo, Vietorine. Betting : 2 to I against Bowline, 3 to 1 against John o' Bruges, 5 to 1 against Bay Celia, and It to 1 against Re morse. Won very cleverly by two lengths. 1 1 1,tre. of 50 SUVA. ywood) 1 Mr. Treen's Clio (He Mr. .1. M. Stanley's Mirallean 2 I)tke of Richmond's be by The Emperor out of Coral 3 litsvnv STAKES of 25 sous. each, with 50 addied• Mr. Itoberts's Lamartine (Owner) 1 Mr. Payne's Hirsetta Kr. Elwelfs Azul 177 PLATE of tin 1401f11. Mr. Oshaldeston's Provost Marshal.... (Mr. Berkeley) 1 Mr. Vickers's Psaltery Betting: 7 to 4 on Psaltery, I to 1 against Provost Mar shal. Won by a length. ST OC KBR IDO E BAC E S.—T tt vas nAT. Taw YEAR or TUE THIRD TIiHMEIAL STAKES of 10 sores. each, for fotwyear•olds. Mr. Morris's Kingston Duke of Richmond's Harbinger 2 Betting : 3to I on Kingston, who went away with a strung lead, winning by 15 lengths. MATCH, lIKI son, Mr. Rowland Cooper's Poetry Captain H. li. Powell'.' Kt. Stephen Futsc YEAR or TIM FIFTH TRtENNIKI. STAKES of 10 ROM each, fir twolearolds. Mr. R. E. Cooper's Autocrat (Templessaa) I Lord Zetlanil's Ivan 2 Mr..). W. Stanley's Miraheatt Betting : 3 to 1 on Autocrat ; ii to 2 wiliest. Ivan. HANDICAP Swr.ErterAtir.s of 10 so% each, with 50 added. Mr. Milner's timpeshot Mr. S. Seotes IA Malheurettite Duke of Rid 1111 l mil'a Antigone A tine nn'o between the first two ended in a dead heat. Betiding Ileat.-4 to 4 on IA Malheurettse, who won hy half a length. THE STEWARDS' PLATE of 11111 wws., added to a Sweep stakes of 10 sows. each. Mr. Thellusson's Itataplan (Welk) I Captain Lane's Nittnyhmuuter Lord Palmenttott's Buckthorn 3 THE MoTTISFoNT STAKES of 15 SOMA each, with HRt added, fur two-yerolda. Mr. Greville'a iteseus Mr. Knowles** Margret ll 3 Won easily by a length and a half. SECOND YEAS or THE. FOURTH TRIENNIAL STAKE!' of 10 wove. each, for three-year-44a Lord Ezeter's Colonist Mr. J. Powney's Cineas Betting : 1 to I on Cinema. SWEEPSTAKE! of I', WM'. each, With 'Xi added. Mr. Gully's Victorine (Wells) 1 fluke of Richmond's ehy Emperor Wo;n by it nock. CRICIIET.—The match between the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge took place upon Lord's ground on the 13th and 14th, when Oxford won in one innings, by nineteen runs ; a result mainly owing to superiority in fielding. Every observer must have been struck with the excessive weakness of the bowl ing on both sides. Now, it csumot he said that at the universities this is Ilrom any want of praetice : when a gentleman happens to have the gift of howl ing, he thinks he can never have enough of it, and generally bowls too much, and almost always above his strength. The fact is, that howling is a mecha nical action, to which the professional player, by his habits, temperament, and usually by his physical conformation, is more oulapted than the gentleman. The latter overbowls himself in • vain desire to knock a stump clean out of the ground, whilst the player husbands his strength to go through his day's work. Think you that Mr. Charles Home would have been the bowler that he was if he had aimed at pace? The County of Sussex beat the Marylebene Club by thirty-eight runs, in a match that was throughout well played and evenly contested. ttlanb. A formidable " pastoral " has been issued by Dr. l'aul Cullen, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, referring to the deliberation's of the recent Synod of the province of Leinster," and warning children attending the national schools against the use of Whateley's " Christian Evidences," and a little hook entitled " Scripture Lemons." Of the former, the writer of the pastoral says : " It is composed by a Pmtestant dignitary, whn has lately distinguished himself by his rmprorotteel attack on our conventual institutions, under the hypocritical pre. tence of protecting personal liberty. We need scarcely state that this treatise, morning from the pen of such an author, is Protestant in its principles and tendencies, and that it is not fit for the instruetion of I :sthohe children to the important question of the truth of their religion." The other work is declared to " etestais &Seek passages from the Old and New Testes toe, and pro pooess questions which would epos the ow to the teaching of false doctrines." Through the iidetatee of Dr. Cullen also, the " Evidences" were exposited from the list of works accepted by the National So ciety for Education in Ireland, at. the last a the Board yesterday week. The veto to that passed by a majority of 10 to I. The Pretsbyteeha members staled with the Roman Catholic party, and the only opposing vete was that of Mr. Blackburn, late Chancellor of Ireland. Another resolution was passed at the same time, by the same majoeity, to the effect that, " if ato tingle child's parent objected to the nee of any book, it was sufficient to exclude that book, not frees that child only, but from the whole school ; so that if nineteen parents wished their children to teal the &hinters, or imp other work, mid thy twentieth objected, the book became forbidden:*