The Press. — London, England, 1853-08-20 00:00:00

374 SECOND EDITION. SATURDAY EVENING. At two o'clock to-day Parliament was pro iogued by commission. The absence of the Queen deprived the ceremonial of all éclat and interest with the public out of doors. In the house of Lord*, nevertheless, there was a to lerably full attendance both of peers and spec tators. Thu following is THE PROROGATION SPEECH FROM THIS: THRONE. " My Lords and tientlemen, "We are commanded by her Majesty to release you hum your attendance in Parliament, and at the same time to express her Majesty's cordial approbation of the zeal and assiduity with which, ►luring a p►otracted and laborious ►session, you have applied yourselves to the con sideration of many subjects of great importance to the public welfare. " Her Majesty ham seen with BMA satisfaction that, by the remission and. reduction of taxes which tended to cramp the operations of trade and industry, you have given fresh extension to a system of beneficent legislation, and have largely increased the means of obtaining the neces- series of life. " The provision which you have made for meeting the demands of the public service, not only in the present but also in future years, is of a nature to give permanent sta bility to oar finances, and thereby to aid in consolidating the strength and resource* of the empire. "The buoyant state of the revenue, and the steady pro gress of our foreign trade, are proofs of the wisdom of, the commercial policy now firmly established; while the pros perity which pervades the great trailing and producing classes, happily without oven a partial exeeption, aft'ords continued and increasing evidence of the enlarged comforts of the pimple. • " The measure which you have passed for the future government of India has been readily sauttioned by her Majesty, in the persuaiion that it will prove to have been wisely framed, and that it is well calculated to promote the improvement and welfare of her Majesty's Eastern detentions. " Her Majesty regards with peculiar satisfaction the provision you have made for the better administration of charitable trusts. The obstacles which existed to the just and beneficial use of property set. apart for t h e purposes of charity and of education have been a serious public evil, to which her Majesty is persuaded that in your wisdom you have now applied an efficient remedy. " Gentlemen of the House of Commons, " We are commanded by her Majesty to thank you for the supplies which you have granted fiat. the service of the present year, and for the provisi which you have made for the defence of the country, both be sea and land. Iler Majesty will apply them with a due regard to economy, and eimaistently with that spirit which has at all times made our nat . 1 security the chief object of her care. - " My Lords and Gentlemen, " liar Majesty committals us to inform you that she con tinue% to receive from her allies the assurance of their un abated desire to cultivate the most friendly relations with this country. " It is with deep interest and cement that. her Majesty has viewed the. serious mismidenitandjpg which has re cently arisen between Russia and the I hteudi P or te. " The Emperor of the French has united with her Ma jesty in earnest endeavours to reconcile *lnferences the cOntinuance of which might involve Europe in war. " Acting in concert with her allies, and relying on the exertions of the Conference now assembled at Vienna, her Majesty has good reason to hope that an honourable arrangement will speedily be accomplished. " Her Majesty rejoices in being able to announce to you the termination of the war on the frontiers of the settle ment of the Cape of Good How, and she trusts that the establishment of representative government in that colony may lead to the development of its resources, tied enable it to make efficient provision for its future defence. " We are also comminuted to congratulate you that, by the united exertions of the naval and military forces of her Majesty and of the East India Company, the war in Bur malt has been brought to an honourable and successful issue. The objects of the war having been fully attained, and due submission made by the Burmese Government, peace has been proclaimed. " Her Majesty contemplates with grateful satisfaction, and thankfulness to Almighty God, the tranquillity which prevails throughout her dominions; together with that peaceffil industry and obedience to the laws which ensure the welfare of all classes of her subjects. It is the first THE PRESS. desire of her Majesty to promote the advance of every social improvement, and, with the aid of your wisdom, still further to extend the prosperity and ha . ppiness of her people." LATEST FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. (From our own Correspoudento.) A memorandum has been published by the Aus trian Cabinet on the events at Smyrna. The docu ment states that negotiations are still being pursued, and that there are reasons to hope that the conduct of the commander of the San Luiz will be disapproved of by the Cabinet at Washington. The memorandum insists on the point that in no case can it be allowed to an agent of the rank of the ()dicer above mentined to act as he did, because it would be war without previous declaration. The conduct of the commander is, moreover, an infringe ment of international liiw, as it menaced a formida ble catastrophe in a neutral port. News from Bucharest to the tfth of August states that orders had been given to the inhabitants to make various provisions, as the troops of occupation which could not find places in the barracks would be quartered for the winter with the inhabitants. A letter from Vienna states that the Turkish Am bassador at the Austrian Court, being sick, sent his councillor of legation from Baden to Vienna to com municate to the Minister of Foreign Affairs some despatches he had received from Constantinople. These despatches were said to announce the accep tation by the Porte of the proposition of the four powers. FRANcE.—The postponement of the Imperial journey to Dieppe extends only to this day. His Majesty and the Empress will then proceed to that seaport, and orders to that effect have been sent to the directors of the railway. The Moniteur publishes a second decree on the subject of grain. This decree suspends all duties on the importation of grain, flour, rice, vegetables, and groats, whether in French or in foreign bottoms, till the :fist December, and exempts all ships loaded with grain or dour from all tonnage duty till the same date. THE PRIVY COUNCIL. held yesterday at Osborne by her Majesty was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Duke of Newcastle, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir James Graham, the Marquis of Breath'Baum, Lord Chamberlain, and the Duke of Wellington, Master of the Horse. At the council a proclamation was ordered for the election of a representative peer for Scotland, in the room of the late Earl of Seatield. FINAL JunonENT in the celebrated Bridgewater estate case was pronounced yesterday by the Court of Last Appeal, the House of Lords. Notwithstanding the decision of the Court below, supported as it was by the opinion or nine out of eleven judges, which was given last week, the peers have set aside the will of the late Earl of Bridgewater, and declared the present Lord Alford, now an infant, legal pos- • sessor of the vast property in dispute. TILE bluer:sr held at Sydenham respecting the late melancholy accident at the Crystal Palace was resumed yesterday (Friday), and concluded at a late hour last evening. The jury again visited the spot and inspected the debris. Sir Joseph Paxton and Sir C. Fox were again examined, and Messrs. Vig nolles and Crompton, who had minutely investigated the works, AT., gave testimony in the character of in dependent engineers. Both, however, coincided with all the other witnesses in declaring their inability to form the slightest conception how the accident origi nated. The jury, at length, gave up the hope of ob taining any satisfactory opinion on this point, and re turned a verdict of "Accidental death." Sir C. Fox stated that in future the mode of constructing the lofty scaffoldings would be changed ; the whole series being regularly built up front the ground. Sporting. YORK RACES.—FutnAv. FILLY &MING STAKE,I3. Bute N.' INOII CONSOLATION SCRANDLE. C'ennit, Billy liicha►tilson Eleven ran. Our.A . r YORKSHIRE STAKES. Umbtiel i'evershain 're it r 3 / 4 10. SOVS. SN% EEPSTA KES. Astolfu Rally 01311 CRACK STAKES. liarrell l'anute Cyrus Nine ran. Won by a neoL SATURDAY, ASK): PRODUCE STAKES. Ortolons Tros loss Cur. Tortuent 1 TYRO STAKES. Merry Maid Hotchpot M kitsEas' PLATS. Solyman Fairthorn Five ran. The PARIS REUATIA came off with great Mat on Tuesday, owing to the handsome prizes given by the city of Paris, and great number of boats entered for the contests. Rouen and Havre contributed by sending some of their best rowing crews. The English Amateur Rowing Club also entered the lists ; they had the misfortune of breaking two of their rowlocks at the moment of starting. However, to the surprise of everybody, they persevered with two instead of four men, and the most exciting race ever seen in Paris ensued, the English taking the lead, and keeping it to the end, beating fifteen four-oared boats, and winning the silver medal. In the second race the Paris Amateur Club carried off the first prize—a gold medal. The Princes of the house of Orleans have duly re gistered in the Chamber of Notaries of Paris a copy of the original protest which they signed before a notary at Lon don, on June 9, Itit)3, against the sale of their goods in virtue of the decree of January 22. In that protest they declare that " every holder of those estates will necessarily remain exposed to be obliged to restore them, according to the application which the real owners will not fail to make to that effect before the competent judges, at whatever period they shall be permitted to appeal to the courts of law of their country." The coming of ale of the Marquis of Lothian was cele brated on the 12th instant on his lordship's estate at New- battle with general rejoicings. The New York Crystal Palace has not paid hitherto as a speculation. The receipts have hardly averaged 3001. per day—a sum barely sufficient to cover daily expenses. The fisheries at Newfoundland have tur►►ed out an en tire failure this year. The birthday of Thomas Francis Meagher, the Irish exile, was celebrated at Boston by a festival in Fauteuil hall. About 5110 ladies and gentlemen partook of a dinner, which was followed by sentiments and speeches. Mr. Meagher delivered an eloquent address, which was received with enthusiastic applause. The Vienna Lloyd's states that a proposition has been made to establish an entrenched camp near the federal for tress of Badsts.dt. The expense is estimated at 1,500,000 florins. Miss Greenfield, the negro vocalist, made her delis, be fore a Dublin audience last week. The interest she has excited among all classes of our music-loving public may be estimated by the crowded character of the assemblage collected together on the occasion. The reserved boats we►e tilled to their utmost capacity by groups of gentry, re sidents of I►ublin, and st►anger vis►tors, and the promenade section of the room was aileo thronged. It is said that tirisi and Mario will return to London from their American tour next year, in time to make their reappearance at Covent Garden about the latter end of the operatic season. Arrange►uents are being made for the performance of Dalian opera in Edinburgh in December and January next, and afterwards in Glasgow several nights a week during the month of February. A luck, upon an entirely new principle, has been patented by a Mr. Whishaw. Electro•magnensm is the agent em ployed. The most simple form of the invention is a plate of soft iron attached to the door, which, when shut, is in contact with the poles of an electromagnet, the fastening and opening of the lock being effected by the making and breaking of the magnetic circuit. Any number of locks throughout a house may be thus secured or opened at the same instant An extraordinary instance of selling a wife occurred a Bodmiu, in Con►wall, last week. A couple came to the superintendent registrar to be married. Being cautioned as to the serious penalty he was incurring by marrying • woman whose husband was alive, which the registrar had reason to suspect was the case, the man produced a docu. went from the husband of the woman, in which she was assigned over to him for a sovereign. The registrar there upon refused to marry them, and they went away much disappointed. The moors of Strathbraan, Grandtully, Strathtay, Athol', and Rannoch, are well stocked with game this season. From Galloway all accounts concur in describing the pre sent season as favourable to the sportsman. In some lands the envies of grouse are small in number, but all the birds are large, well feathered, and active. Black game are also abundant and well grown, rivalling grouse in site already, and able to fly to a considerable distance. A new company has been formed in Paris for the manu facture of flax cotton, upon the system of the Chevalier Clansmen. The French Government, by a decree of Na poleon 1., promised a gratuity of a million of francs to any one prepared to introduce in France a substitute for cotton. This company have already proved the efficiency of their process for converting flax into cotton, and spe cimens of cloth have been manufactured from this sub stance and submitted to the Emperor. The association is formed on the cos►tnuadite principle. A supply of men has been provided in Egypt to enable the railway engineers to go on with their work, but a great check has been given to its progress by the removal of the sailors who were originally employed on the line, the period of the completion of which now lies in great an , certainty,