The Press. — London, England, 1854-10-07 00:00:00

OCTOBER 7, 1854 prtign art, Siteraturi, &t. •111m1M11111.1•111.1MMI I _ THERE has been a meeting of philologists atAlten burg, and of natural philosophers at Gottingen. At the one (says the reporter to a Berlin journal) Pro fessor Hermann, of Gottingen, exhausted the patience even of the assembled pedagogues by an interminable disquisition upon the Kings of Argos, their origin, pro gress, and extinction. At Gottingen, Professor Reichenbach, of Altona, was more fortunate in keeping his audience awake by a lecture tending to prove that men owe their original paternity to monkeys, as demonstrated by Blumenbach's phrenolog►cal labours and set forth in that philosopher's publicaticu entitled "To Tranquillise (Men's and Women's Minds) in a Family Affair." M. FouLn, French Minister of State, taking into consideration the advanced age and straitened cir cumstances of Mlle. Georges, the eminent tragic ac tress, has accorded to her the privilege of taking charge of the umbrellas and canes at the Exhibition Palace next year. This may be thought a miserable resource for the latter days of a lady who basked so long in the sunshine of public admiration, but the truth is Mlle. Georges has obtained a splendid ap pointment, and one which many a gallant colonel's widow, who wears her heart out in making interest for the privilege to keep a cigar-shop, may be content to envy. The Constitutionnel calculates that the net profits of the guardianship of the canes and umbrellas will amount to 100,000 f. THE Opinione of Turin states from Switzerland that two subaqueous telegraphs are to be established, viz., one across the lake of Constance, between Frie drichs-hafen and Romans-horn, to communicate with the kingdom of Wurtemberg ; and the other across the lake of Weldestellen, from the village of Stanz to Lucerne. THE ODEON THEATRE has opened in Paris for the winter season with a dramatic adaptation of Le Vicaire de Wakefield, by Messrs. E. Nus and Tisse rant, the success of which was most complete. The original tale has been followed with sufficient close ness to preserve something of identity with Gold smith's delightful story; and the kindly, cordial hearted old pastor, acted con more by Tisserant, one of the adapters, realised the beautiful sketch of the author with wondrous skill, and a pathos in the latter scenes which found its way to every bosom. The applause was warm and frequent throughout, and at the close all the leading characters were called for ward to receive the special felicitations of the public. On the whole the season has opened very aus piciously. ettitsiastial. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. The Rev. William Melburne, 13.1., to the Incumbency of Red car, Yorkshire. The Rev. Philip Menzies Sankey, 8.A., to the Chaplaincy of Canterbury Union. The Rev. William Shannahan, M.A., to the Curacy of St, Peter and St. Paul, Cloumel. The Rev. James Moir, M.A., to be Minister of the Church at Ma bole, near Ayr. The Rev. Charles Pilkington, 8.C.L., to the Chancellorship of Chichester Cathedral. The Rev. Stair Douglas, M.A., to the Prebendal Stall of Gates, in Chichester Cathedral. The Rev. 11. C. Mackenzie, 8.A., to the Incumbency of St. Bar tholomew's Church, Chichester. The Rev. John Rees, 8.A., to the Incumbency of Bangor, Car marthenehire. The Rev. William Thomas to the Curacy of Cardigan. The Rev. Arthur Keene, to the Curacy of Manningham, ear Bradford, Yorkshire. The Rev. George Thomas Kingdon, M.A., to be a Surrogate for the diocese of Exeter. The Rev. Charles M. Long, M.A., to the Archdeaconry of the Ernst Riding of Yorkshire. The Rev. Peter Digges La Touche, M.A., to the Rectory of Painstown. The Rev. Francis Bourdillon, M.A., to the Ministry of the Church of Hieyres, France, The Rev. T. 13. Lloyd, M.A., to the Incumbency of St. Mary's District Church, Shrewsbury. The Hon. and Rev. Samuel Best. M.A., to the Rural Deanery of the South-Western Division of the Andover Deanery. The Rev. W. A. Kempson. M.A., to the Rectory of Cloutarf. The Rev. David Lewis to the Curacy of Casoob and Heyop, in the county of Radnor. The Rev. Christopher Crofts, M.A., to the Head Mastership of Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Sevenoaks. The Rev. Thomas Fenton, 13.1., to the Incumbency of line, or Inge, Westmorland. The Rev. Henry Thomas to the Stipendiary Curacy of St. John's Church, Lytham. The Rev. Wm. Wilson, M.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of St Andrew's, Manchester. VACANCIES. The Incumbency of St. Paul's Church, Preston ; worth 300/. a year, in the gift of the Rev. J. Owen Parr, M.A. The Incumbency of Great Longstone, Derbyshire ; worth .001. a year, in the gift of the Rev. H. R. Corniab, M.A. The Vicarage of Harewood, near Leeds; worth 5001. a year; in the gift of the Earl of Harewood and the Rev. C. Wheler alternately. The Rectory of Goldsbrough, near Knaresborough; worth 3001. a year; in the gift of the Earl of II arewood. The Rectory of Fittleton, near Amesbury, Wiltshire; worth 11e0/. a year; in the gift of the President and Fellows of Mag dalen College, Orford. The Rectory of St. John the Baptist, Gloucester; worth 2001. year;a in the gift of the Lord Chancellor. The Incumbency of St. Aldate, Gloucester; worth 2001. a year; in the gift of the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. The Rectory of Groamont, Monmouthshire; worth 2001. a year ; in the gift of the Lord Chancellor. THE PRESS. Cif Fabg. APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS. APPOINTUNTS. Captains—Lord George PauLet to be Navel Aide-de•Camp to her Majesty; Sir Thomas Pasley, Bart-, to the Royal Albert. - - - - - - Lieutenants—William L. Lambert to the Royal Charlotte ; Lewis M. Croke to the Powerful ; William Horton to the Ardent; Hou. John W. Ward to the Nankin; James T. Pringle to the Royal George; F.. A. Tweedale to the Exoellent; John Jenkins to the Nankin; Richard F. liroadick to the Termagant; William Sprat; Thomas T. Phillips, and Thomas C. 0. 1). Whipple to the Nankin; Charles H. Smith to the Hannibal; Henry L. C. Ro binson to the Malacca; Algernon 0. Wootton to the Calcutta. Chaplains—Rev. Douglas Bontdower to the Cossack; Rev. Henry Jones, M.A., to the Formidable; Francis Hannan, 8.A., to the St. Vincent. Naval Instructors—P. A. Fothergill to the Nankin ; W. S. Har vey to the Powerful. Surgeons—Thomas Somerville to the Nankin; Frederick Har vey to the Royal Naval Coast Volunteers; William H. Foster, M.D., to the Ceylon; Evan Evans to Healer Hospital. Assistant-Stugeons—G. B. Moore to the Ardent; John C. Austen, M.D., to the Snake; John T. Gabriel to the Victory; John S. Adams to the Stromboli; Charles Sproull to Hasler Hos pital. Acting Assistant-Surgeon—Alexander Collins to the Nankin. Masters—William H. T. Green to the Powerful; Daniel H. Wiluer to the Nankin. Second Masters—T. C. Tilley to the Ardent; Abraham J. A. Parke to the Illustrious; Nathaniel B. Herbert to the snake. Masters' Assistants—Frederick Seaton to the Curlew ; Charles Sullivan to the Cossack ; Richard E. Tracey to the Harrier. Mates—Augustus Tabuteau to the Curlew; Robert B. Cay to the Cossack. llidshipmen--Chidley Coote to the Powerful; H. H. Allen to the Colossus. Paymasters—S. H. L. Giles to the Nankin; William Soady to. the Victory; John Bell to the Royal William; Harrington it Jones to the Dauntless. - - - - Naval Cadete—lion. Lieutenant V. Jenkinga to the Calcutta ; Seymour J. Smith to the Curacoa. Clerks-in-Charge—George A. Welch to the Ardent; Sydney E. Wright to the Snake. Clerks—John Shepherd to the Cossack; Robert J. Wa.terfield to the Impregnable; Francis Braddon to the Calcutta; G. A. M. Chaffer to the Indefatigable; Abraham Howard to the Nan kin; Timothy T. Jennings to the Hannibal; Albert T. M. Ro berts to the St. Vincent. Clerks' Assistants—Alfred W. Williamson to the Fisgard ; T. E. Lucas to the Miranda. PROMOTION 9. Captain—Thomas Henderson to be Commoeoro of the Second Class, to the Termagant. Lieutenants—Henry C. Idejendis, of the Grecian ; Thomas Sau mazer, of the Victoria and Albert—to be Commanders. Mates—Charles H. Smith, Richard Horner. and W. G. Eng• land; Thomas T. Phillips, of the Excellent; Algernon 0. Woot ton, of the Nile ; Hon. Walter C. Talbot, of the Monarch—to be Lieutenants. Daunt LANE opened on Monday evening with the first of a series of six performances by Mr. G. V. Brooke, who, previous to his departure for Australia, is to play his principal characters at this theatre. Virginius was the play chosen for the opening night, and Richard the Third, Othello, and Hamlet have followed in succession. Mr. Brook's has acted throughout with his usual effective vigour, and with his usual peculiarities, yet meeting witll that applause which his ability and talent deserve. The house has been well attended every night., to which Mr. Wright, in the farce, has no doubt some what contributed. THE PRINCESS'S opens on Monday next, under the management of Mr. Charles Kean, with a new comedietta, entitled Living too Fast, and a new drama in three acts, by Douglas Jerrold, called The Heart of Gold. THE OLYMPIC also opens for the season on Monday next, under the management of Mr. Alfred Wigan. A SmarrEn Lirrtg Boy, some twelve years old, while visiting his relations in the neighbourhood of Inverness, had a narrow escape from a frightful death. About five in the afternoon he went out in quest of rabbits. At ten in the evening he had not returned, and no one knew any thing of him. Messages were despatched hither and thither regarding him, quite in vain. At last it was deter mined to research the hill where he had been last seen. On approaching the place a little dog by which he had been accompanied made its appearance, frisking delightedly, and conducted the party to a rabbit-hole, where, however, nothing was visible, or could have been suspected, till one of the gentlemen thrust his arm into tLe place, and got hold of the little fellow's heels. He was so firmly wedged in that it was impossible to extricate him by merely pulling, and be had at length to be dug out. When brought to light, much to the gratification and comfort of the folks around, the little fellow presented a very extraordinary ap pearance ; but coolly intimated that be would look better when he was washed, that he had slept for some time, and that he was sorry for the loss of the rabbit he had pursued. THE :MOST COMMON CAUSES OF ENLISTMENT have been curiously investigated by a surgeon in the United States army. By permission of the captain in a company con taining fifty five. the writer being pledged never to disclose the name of officer or private, except as a physical or metaphysical fact, the true history was obtained of every man. On investigation it appeared that nine-tenths en listed on account of some female difficulty, thirteen of them had changed their names, and forty-three were either drunk or partially so at the time of the enlistment. Most of them were men of fine talents and learning, and had once been in elevated positions in life. Four had been lawyers, three doctors, and two ministers. 947 Mttropnlitan Parktts. (Reported erclusirely for "Tar Pages.") CORN-F.XCHANGE —We have to report the arrival of but moderate supplies of home-grown wheat up to our market this week. Selected samples of both red and white have moved off steadily, at full prices ; but all other kinds have sold *lowly, at barely last week's currency. There has been a goud consump tive inquiry to.: foreign wheats, and former terms have been well supported. Barley, both English and foreign, has changed hands to some extent, at an advance of Is per quarter. Malt has commanded rather more attention, yet we have no change to notice in its value. Oats have met a slow inquiry, on former terms. In the value of beans and peas no change has taken place. Flour has been steady, at late rates. Floating cargoes of grain have sold at full prices ; but the arrivals off the Gout, have been limited in number. ENGLISH—Wheat. Essex and Kent white, 156. to 70s; red, 51s to 66a; Norfolk and Lincoln red, 52s to NM Malting barley. 30. to 33s ; grinding ditto, tea to 31s ; distilling, 20a to Ills. Malt, 62s to 70s. Feed oats, 2Je to 25s ; potato, 25s to 26s Rye, tee tc 40s. Tick beans, 40s to 48. ; pigeon, 42,1 to 68a. Grey peas, 35s to 37s ; maple, 38s to 40s ; white boilers, 40s to 45s per quarter. Town-made dour, 30a to 335; country marks, 42s to 4be per 2601b5. ARRIVALS THIS VEEN. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English 2OlO .. 820 .. 480 .. 210 .. 1760 Irish Foreign .. 1040 .. 980 ski. LONDON AVERAGES DECLARED ON FRIDAY.— Wheat, 5200 quarters. 61s; barley. 1054 quarters, 80s 3d; oats, 2131 quarters, 27s 8d ; rye, 54 quarters, 878 104; beans, 335 quarters, 43164; peas, 169 quarters, 42r 34. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES—Wheat, 55s 9d; ley, 29s 2d; oats, 25s 3d ; rye, 358 21; beans, 42. 11d; peas, 87. lid. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES—Wheat, 575 9tl; barley, 30s 6d ; oats, 26s 7d; rye, 37e Id ; beaus, 45. 6d; peas, 97s Gd. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK—Wheat, 113,557 ; barley, 11,090; oats, 9,039 ; rye, 077 ; beans, 2,529; peas, 790 quarter.. TEA—Owing to the disturbed state of stairs in China the demand for nearly all kinds of tea has become brisk, and good ord Cougou has changed hands at lid per lb. Up to Saturday last duty was paid on 33,326,5081b5, against 83,888,97215. in 1858. SUGAR—The business doing in most raw sugars this weak has been but moderate. In the quotations scarcely any change has taken place. Mid to good yellow liarbadoes has sold at 858 to 978; ord to low, 31s 6.1 to 338 6d; soft, 30s to 91s; ord brown Mauritlue, 24s to 295; low to good yellow, 30s 64 to 355; tine grainy. 40s to 40a 64; mid to good Bengal, 39e 841 to 358 8d per cwt. Refined goods are steady. Brown lumps. 43s 6d; tine, 44. to 49. per cwt. The total clearances to the 30 th ultimo were 6,279.4k1 cwts, against 4,991.711 cwts in 1853. MOLASSES—Ott the whole our market is firm, and prices are well supported. Antigua, 14s 64 to 15a; other kinds of Weet India, 13s to 14s 64; Bengal and Mauritius, 13e to 135 6d; Cuba, 18s to 13e 6d; and Porto Rloo, 145 to 14s 6d per owl. COFFEE—The demand is steady, at full prices. Good ord native has realised 448 ad to 455; plantation, 558 to ar 6tl; and Costa Mc., 49s 6d to 57s per cwt. COCOA—Most kinds are tolerably firm, and previous rates are well supported. Low to good rod Trinidad, 35s to 38. 6d; tine, 119 s to 41s; grey, Ills tkl w 34a Granada, 3od to 86a ad; Para, 29. to 80s ; Bahia, 27s to 288; and Guayaquil, 328 to 33. per owl. CHICORY—The supply of English is large—of foreign limited. Most kinds aro a dull sale, as follows root., 91 10. to 111: powder, 151 to 201; foreign root, in bond, 101 10s to 101 18. per ton. RlCE—This article continues in request, and the quotations are very Grin. At public sale pinky Madras has sold at lls ed to 12s ; barley grain, 0s t;d to 10s Gd; and Bengal, lAs to 14s per cwt. SEEDS—Winter taree continue firm, at 10e per bushel. Linseed is dull, at last week's currency. New white mustard has realised 194 per bushel. Most other articles are a slow ui PROVISIONS—The market for Irish butter is still Arm, and the quotations have en upward tendency. Foreign butter is dearer, and the best Friesland is worth 108 s to 110. per owt. Fine weekly Dorset commands 110. to 112 s. Baron is selling slowly, at barely late rates. Other kiude of provisions are dull. INDIGO—The business doing in this market is by no means extensive, yet we have no sellers under an advance of from Gd to Ad per lh compared with the late sales. HEMP AND FLAX—Hemp is very dull, at 601 for new Russian. East India qualities are cheaper. The flax market is dull, on former terms. WOOL—As the public sales of colonial wool will commence on Thursday next the trade is dull, yet importers are very firm. COTTON—There has been snore doing in this markeL In prices, however, we have no change to notice. TALLOW—AII kinds are a slow sale, and cheaper. Old P. Y. C., on the spot, has changed hands at 635 Cd; new, 681 to 63e Bd. For the end of the year there are sellers at this to 62s 8d ; and January to March, 62s Gd per cwt. OlLS—Linseed oil has sold readily. at 34e td per cwt on the spot. Cocoa-nut is dull. Cochin, 49s to 60s ; Ceylon, 4ss to 4ss Gd per cwt. METALS—Scotch pig iron has changed hands at 825 3d to 82s MI per ton. Spelter, on the spot, has realised 231 bs per ton. Tin and most other metals command extreme quotations. COALS—Holywell. Ise Wylem, 19s; Haswell, 238 : Ismbton, 228 9d: Stewart's, 235: Whitwell, 21s Gd; cassop, 22s lid ; Haugh Hall, 225; Tees, 23. per ton. SPIRITS—The market for rum hi very active, on higher terms. Proof Leewards, 2s bd to 2a 6il per gallon. British-made spirit has advanced to 10s 44 proof. Gin, 22 per cent, under proof, is 98 2d; 17 ditto, 9. 8d per gallon. Brandy is active, at very full prices. POTATOES—The supplies have fallen off, and the demand may be considered steady. Regents, 70s to tiOs ; Shims, Ms to 80s; blues, 80e per ton. SMITHFIELD—Sheep have sold slowly, at a decline of 24 per sibs. Beasts have weramanded very full prices ; whilst the value of calves and pigs has had an upward tendency. Beef, from An 2d to be; mutton, 8s 2d to 4s 10d; veal, As 2d to 40 tkl ; pork, As 24 to 5a per 31b. to sink the orals. N EWOAT PI AND LEA DE N 11A Li. The general demand has ratted inactive, as follows :—Beef, (ruin 3. to 4s Gd; umtuni, As 4d to 4. kil; veal, 3s to 4s 2tl ; pork, 3. 4d to Is iid per bibs by the carcase. I