The Press. — London, England, 1858-03-13 00:00:00

THE NEW Bokitn of AnstrRALTY, composed of the Right Hon. Sir John Pakington, M.P., the First Lord ; Vice-Admiral William Fanshaw Martin, Vice- Admiral the Hon. Sir Richard Saunders Dundas, K.C.8., Rear-Admiral Milne, Captain the Hon. J. R. Drummond, C. 8., and Lord Lovaine, Junior Lords ; and the Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry, first or parlia mentary secretary; and Mr. W. G. Romaine, C. 8., second or permanent secretary, were sworn in on Monday, and relieved their predecessors of their official duties. LORD MONCE, SIR T. BARING, AND Sir J. ELPHIN. STONE have addressed their constituents at Ports mouth during the past week. Mr. W. Sheridan, M.P., bas also addressed his constituents at Dudley. The general tone of the addresses was in expecta►ion of a speedy dissolution of Parliament. A DEPUTATION, headed by General Windham, M.P., and Mr. Scholefleld, M.P., waited on Lord J. Manners, M.P., on Thursday, at the Board of Works, to ask his support to the construction of tramways in London. The Right Hon. President of the Board of Works examined into the details of the proposed schene, and promised to give it his best consideration. THE VACANT CANONRY OF CANTERBURY, it is ru moured in clerical circles, rendered vacant by the preferment of the Rev. Arthur P. Stanley, will be conferred by the Earl of Derby upon the Rev. J. W. Whiteside, M.A. The rev. gentleman, who is a brother of the Right Hon. J. Whiteside, M.P., the Attorney-General for Ireland, was formerly incum bent of Trinity Church, Ripon, but left that appoint ment in 1848, for the vicarage of Scarborough, to which he was nominated by Lord Hotbam, M.P. MR. J. L. Ricaano, M.P., attended a Reform Meeting at Hanley on Tuesday evening last. A iesolution in favour of triennial parliaments, &c., having been proposed, Mr. Ricardo addressed the meeting at some length. He began by complaining that members of Parliament in these days were mere tools of Ministers. He confessed that he had never expected a satisfactory measure of Reform from the late Government—" men who could bandy the people from pillar to post, and put them off from year to year, sa they had done on trifling pretexts, could never be sincere"--and finally advocated universal suffrage, and vote by ballot. MR. H. WHITMORE, M.P., one of the Lords of the Treasury, has been selected by her Majesty as Keeper of the Privy Seal of the Duchy of Lancaster. This post is always held by one of the Lords of the Treasury. On the last occasion of Lord Derby being in office it was filled by the Marquis of Chandoi. THE NEW SOLICITOR-GENERAL FOR SCOTLAND, it is understood, will be Mr. Baillie, at present Sheriff of Stirlingshire ; and that the new Advocates Depute (in addition to Mr. Gordon and Mr. Broun) will bo Mr. John Miller and Mr. Blackburn. EDMUND HAYES, Esq., LL.I)., Q.C., it is stated, is to be the new Solicitor •General, and James Robinson, Esq., Q.C., Law Adviser at Dublin Castle. TI tout ant ,ifaation. Her Majesty and the Royal Family have spent the week in comparative retirement at Osborne. The Prince Consort visited Netley Hospital on Monday last. Her Majesty will hold a levee at St. James's Palace on Wednesday next. The Countess of Derby bad her first assembly for the season on Wednesday evening last. The circle was brilliantly attended. Her Royal Highness the Duchess and Princess Mary of Cambridge honoured the earl and countess with their presence. tolittrai. A CABINET COUNCIL was held on Tuesday at the official residence of the first Lord of the Treasury in Downing-street. The Ministers present were— The Earl of Derby, the Lord Chancellor, the Mar- quis of Salisbury, the Earl of Hardwicke, the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, Mr. Secretary Walpole, the Earl of M a lmesbury, Lord Stanley, General Peel, Sir John Pakington the Earl of E lenborough, the Right Hon. J. W. Henley, and Lord John Manners. The Council sat two hours and a half. THE NEW Boken of Ansa - Raz; composed of the Right Hon. Sir John Pakington, M.P., the First Lord ; Vice-Admiral William Fanshaw Martin, Vice- Admiral the Hon. Sir Richard Saunders Dundas, K.C.8., Rear-Admiral Milne, Captain the Hon. J. R. Drummond, C. 8., and Lord Lovaine, Junior Lords ; and the Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry , or parlia- mentary secretary; and Mr. W. G. Romaine, C. 8., second or permanent secretary, were sworn in on Monday, and relieved their predecessors of their official duties. LORD Moscx, SIR T. BARING, AND Sir J. ELPHIN. STONE have addressed their constituents at Ports- mouth during the past week. Mr. W. Sheridan, M.P., has also addressed his constituents at Dudley. The general tone of the addresses was in expectation of a speedy dissolution of Parliament. A DEPUTATION, headed by General Windham, M.P., and Mr. Scholefield, M.P., waited on Lord J. Manners, M.P., on Thursday, at the Board of Works, to ask his support to the construction of tramways in London. The Right Hon. President of the Board of Works examined into the details of the proposed schene, and promised to give it his best consideration. THE VACANT CANONRY OF CANTERBURY, it is ru- moured in clerical circles, rendered vacant by the preferment of the Rev. Arthur P. Stanley, will be conferred by the Earl of Derby upon the Rev. J. W. Whiteside, M.A. The rev. gentleman, who is a brother of the Right Hon. J. Whiteside, M.P., the Attorney-General for Ireland, was formerly incum bent of Trinity Church, Ripon, but left that appoint- ment in 1848, for the vicarage of Scarborough, to which be was nominated by Lord Hotbam, M.P. MR. J. L. Riclitno, M.P., attended a Reform Meeting at Hanley on Tuesday evening last. A resolution in favour of triennial parliaments, &c., having been proposed, Mr. Ricardo addressed the meeting at some length. He began by complaining that members of Parliament in these days were mere tools of Min i sters. He confessed that be had never . ._ _ littrapalitan. Tin ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY had a very full meeting on Monday evening, in the new room at Burlington-bone, Sir Roderick I. Murchison, Presi dent, in the chair. Among those present were the Duke of Argyll, the Earl of Ducie, Rajah Brooke, Lord O vorstone, L or d K eane , Si r George Pollock, Sir Thomas Fremantle, Sir George Back, R.N. Sir James Shuttleworth, General Monteith , Colonel Sykte . , *4 , 7 comigs §obpky and .44/07, tto. Pard HE PRESS, MARCH 13,1858. Keane and Captain Sidney Webb, Mr. T. W. Atkin son, and Mr. Nathaniel Bridges were officially intro duced upon their election. A number of inscriptions copied by Mr. Cyril Graham, and a Japanese hat from the town of Hakodadai, presented by Lieute nant Gilmore, R.N., F.R.G.S., were exhibited at the meeting. The paper read was—" Further account of explorations in the Desert east of the Hauran." By Cyril Graham, Esq., F.R.G.S. 2nd part. —This paper forms the continuation of one read before the society at their last meeting. It contains an account of a journey, first along the Wadi Nimreh, which is a winter torrent over which high rocks hang on both sides, and on the summit of them ruins of ancient places are seen. Near the source of this Wadi is an old town called Nimreb, which, like all the towns of Bashan, is built of stone. The course next leads over the mountains, which are in some places well covered with grass, as many fine springs take their rise in these high lands. All this was unexplored ground. In the midst of these mountains many old towns were found, for the most part uninhabited, but in two of which recent settlements had been made by the Druzes. The author of the paper wished strongly to bring forward the very high antiquity of all the cities in and east of Basilan. It is his firm convic tion, and it can be supported by the very strongest argument, that the cities which are now standing alone and desolate in the plain, as vast monuments of former days, are the same cities which Og in habited, which the Israelites took !bra him, and which were built by the giant of old, perhaps even before the time that Abraham came out of Mesopo tamia. After a most animated discussion, in which the Chairman, Dr. Kinkel, Mr. Heneage, Dr. Worth ington, Mr. Crawfurd, and Dr. Barth took part, the meeting was adjourned to the 22nd inst. Tax "lova. LrrEasav FUND held its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday. From the fact that a pamphlet, signed by Messrs. Charles Dickens and Forster, reflecting on the management of the Fund, had been freely circulated during the past week, the meeting was very fully attended. After the usual minutes had been read, Mr. Dickens moved a resolution, condemning the management and ex penditure of the Fund. Mr. Monckton Milnes, M.P., replied, and after a careful detail of receipts and ex penditure by Mr. Robert Bell, the resolution was put to the vote and rejected by 70 to 14. A motion by Mr. P. Cooper for an inquiry into the expenditure was, after a long discussion, also negatived by 66 to 18, and the proceedings terminated. AN EXTRAORDINARY Numsza or FIRES occurred in London on Wednesday. During the day and night no less than ten fires broke out in different parts of the metropolis, of which, one in Earl-street, Kensing ton, another at Camberwell, and a third at the Brick• layer's Arms Station, inflicted loss more or less serious. MR. SHEIUFF ALLEN has been elected Alderman of the Ward of Cheap, vice Mr. Kennedy, of the Royal British Bank, resigned. THE QUESTION Or PROSTITUTION IN THE METROPO LIS was brought before Mr. Walpole, at the Home office, by deputation, on Wednesday last. The Right Hon. the Secretary of State for the Home Depart. ment paid great attention to the statements of the deputation, and said in reply that he had "received orders " to colleet information on the subject, so as to be able to form a correct judgment as to the exact deficiencies of the law. THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROPOGATION OF THE GOS PEL memorialise Lord Derby to divide the diocese of Calcutta into two sees, and appoint another bishop. Dr. Cotton, the bishop designate of Calcutta, has, it is said, signified his assent to the proposal for a new see for the north-west provinces, the seat of which shall be at Agra. The new diocese would be about 500 miles in length, and contain an area of 109,000 square miles, with a population of 34,000,000, a dio ceee which would be 19,000 square miles larger than the whole of Great Britain. Tar Hrarra of LONDON bas been seriously affected by the recent cold weather. The mortality returns for the last week (March 6th) show an increase of deaths from 1,280 to 1,353, an excess of sixty above the highest average. The births of 1,644 children occurred during the same period. Vrolincial. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN has intimated her intention to visit Birmingham this summer, the Mayor of Birmingham having received a letter from Lord Derby signifying her Majesty's acceptance of his worship's invitation to open the People's Park in the course of the present year. The inauguration was originally fixed for June ; but the Premier doubts whether her Majesty's present engagements will allow her to be in Birmingham during that month. The precise date 3411 1 tobekeiere, be flied by 00 Queen wog 251 THE ANCIENT MANSION or SIR WATKIN W. W. WYNN, BART., M.P., was entirely destroyed by fire last Saturday morning. The fire broke out in the library, and spread with such rapidity that Lady Wynn, Lady Vane, and other ladies, were glad to escape in their night-dresses. In the course of a few hours the destruction of Wynnatay was complete. The plate is a shell, not an inch of the roof of the mansion remaining except a small tower and the domestic) offices. By far the greater portion of the furniture, the whole of the library, paintings, and other valuables are destroyed. Lady Wynn's jewellery, the family plate, and title-deeds of the estate are saved; but the Countess Vane's jewels, worth 3,0001., and Mrs. Cotton's, worth about 2,0001., are lost. The entire loss is computed at something between 70,0001. and 100,000/., not a sixpence of which was insured. Fortunately no loss of life occurred. The Wynnstay library and MSS. have always been con sidered both rare and highly valuable ; but in the formation of the library, it is somewhat remarkable, much difficulty was experienced by an accident from fire. The well-known Seabright MSS. were sold to various purchasers, among whom were the late Mr. Johnes, of Haford, and Sir W. W. Wynn. They were originally the collection of Edward Lloyd, the celebrated author of " Archteologia Bntannica." Mr. Johnes's portion was destroyed by fire when his man sion was burnt down, and the late Sir W. W. Wynn's portion was also destroyed by fire at a bookbinder's in Covent-garden, where the books were placed to be re-bound. The collection of MSS. at Wynnatay which bad been still preserved, was unquestionably one of the best in Wales. The loss of this literary treasure cannot, therefore, ba looked upon but with general regret. The present Sir Waikiu is the sixth baronet. He was born in 1820; in 1852 married his cousin, daughter of the Right Hon. Sir Henry Watkm Williams Wynn, K.C.8.; succeeded to the baronetcy in 1840; and since 1841 has represented the county of Denbigh in Parliament. His town residence is 18, St. James's-square, London. Tax Ran. LI7EBOAT rescued three men from $ sloop ashore off the local coast in the height of the terrific N.N.E. gale last week. A MONUMENT TO GENERAL NEILL is about to be erected at Ayr. Mr. Noble, the sculptor, has been selected to execute the commission—a bronze statue nine feet on a granite pedestal of twelve feet, for 1,000 guineas. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE. Tuesday, March 9. BANK RC PTCY ANNULLE D.—Jams sHa lc is. and Wituur T. Spatticironn, Bristol, soap and candle manufacturers. BANKRUPTS.—Lzwzs Gastrzy, Hart-street, Bloomsbury, lioensed victualler —Alszattnitit Houtiwrox, Park-terms, Pork road, Regent's nark, confectioner—Joszrn Burro., Hoddm don, Hertford, cattle salesman—Thomas Powsm., Birmingham, brass founder—Erusa. Rimy's, Birmingham, hemmed victualler —4tiCIIARD Burry, Bs:bourne, Claims, Worcestershire, market gardener—ALFßED J. HEMMING, Rrminglisin, licensed victual ler—JOßSPH CALLOW, Coventry, ribbon manufacturer—Turmas WOOD, Derlaston, Staffordshire. licensed °WIER, Bristol, African merchant—A - THOMAS HILL, Heaton QuarrieF, Bradford , Yorkshire, stone merchants—Faaucts Nost.s, juin, Brighouse, Halifax, York shire, linen draper—Joszra WHITWORTH and BENJAMIN WHIT WORTH, Dewsbury-moor, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, blanket menu faCtarerti—OZOßGE swtw, Leeds, Yorkshire,trosmssser—Ht sax Warsop, Nottingham, =Whiter-owatt Return, Bangor, Carnarvon, draper. SCOTCH SEQUP.STRATIONS.—Taus Carmwsu., Carle tonmains, Ayrshire, farmer--DAVIDCUTHSAIRT, Arbroath, mean. footurer—GtomilE Ross, Leith, merchant—Taus Gassy, Cathedral street, Glasgow, boot and shoe maker—Dow/am M'CALMAN, Glasgow, house painter—WlLLlAM ARMSTRONG, Peolaw, Dumfriesshire, farmer-Jog. Monaca, finiutybese, Auchterarder, cattle dealer—WiLwala HATICLY, Croserig, Hutton, Berwickshire, farmer. Friday, March, 12. rPTCIES ANNULLED.—Joiu . !1_ ii i furs, /sedan, nese. Leeds, Manchester, woollen eloth BANKRUPTS.—EDWARD BILOADBAID4E, Brighton, whole terer—JASSB POPHAM, Marlborough-road, Dalston, tambour worker—Jous GrAssox. Newark upon-Trent,steam bOlermaker —Lewis NIBREDITII. Shrewsbury, grooer—Wmuss SARUM, Lougtoa, Staffordshire, earthenware manufacturer-Joan Izsav, King's-road, Brignton, bosier—Jkaiss E. H. Jotd-rrrs, Bristol, chemist—Jamas FZICIfT, Liverpool, ship store dealer--Jour S. FRIIIOIII, Castle Hedinsharn, innkeeper—MAßT A. COLTILARD, Gloucester-crescent, North Paddington, lodging-house keeper— ROSZItS SCA.MPTON. Leicester, worsted spinner. THE CASE OF THE " CAGLIARI."-Dr. Phillimore has delivered an elaborate opinion upon the question of the legality of the seizure of the Sardinian steamer Cagliari by the Neapolitan Government, Dr. Phillimore pronounces that the seizure was grave and unjustifiable infringement of the law . nations, which demands the resistance of every inde-. pendent and especially every maritime State. CAPTAIN GEORGE H. Szirmous, C.B, of the Victory son of Admiral Sir George F. Seymour, 14..C.8. Com' mander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, and nag daptain to the gallant admiral, has been appointed A.D.C. , her Majesty, vice George Elhot ? r u m ss • . • • mph) .. , ":i:.i ;e lan nt. a of )mi siu . to