The Press. — London, England, 1854-06-24 00:00:00

586 corporations, by email republics—who, in the miditohnonarchies, acted with almost sovereign independence—but also in modern times. These relations I confidently hope will be unsiutainedlor ever. The friendship between England and Portugal has existed for centuries, and increased more and more. England has always fought for Portugal whenever her • independent. ban • been threatened. Our liberal institutions powerfully contribute to identify the feelings and interests of both counn lea. Throughout the course of my reign my constant and firm purpose Will be, un der the direction of Divine Providence, both to-maintain the imstitutious of lay country, and to. ramie, mole and snore (dose the relations which have united and continue to unite the two nations. (Loud cheers.) On Monday evening the King and his brother went to the House of Lords, and listened very attentively to Lord Lyndhurst's speech on the Eastern question. On the following evening they visited the House of Commons. Tuesday morning was devoted to the Crystal Palace at Sydenham, whither the royal guests were accompanied by Prince Albert. On Wednesday the King of Portugal went to Woolwich, inspected the Royal Arsenal there, and witnessed some evolu tions of the Horse Artillery. Afterwards he went to Twickenham, where he dined with the Dnke end Duchess of Aumale. Thursday was spent in at ip to Portsmouth, where his Majesty went on board the royal yacht and that Nelsonian relic, .the Victory. { The King returned to town in . thnevening in time • to spend some hours at the Italian Opera. THE ANNUAL ENTERTAINMENT Of the Tiinity Cor poration, usually given on Trinity Monday, took' place on Monday last at the Trinity-house. Covers were laid for 114. His Royal Higness Prince Alberti presided as ma.' ter, supported by Captain Shepherd, the deputy-master, and nearly the *hole of the brethren. _ _ THE MAHARAJAH DHULEEP SINGH, mei dr: itsuliposi; Singh, of Lahore, has arrived in London from the East. I. VISCOUNTESS PALMERSTON'S ASSEMBLY on Saluda evening was attended by a numerous eirele of the, fashionable world. His Highness the Rajah of Surat and other Oriential celebrities were present. MISS BURDETT Corns gave her first greed. assembly this season on Monday at her manidonikt Stratton-street. THE BOTANICAL SOCIETY'S rgit, 6tvitg SEASON was given on Wednesd in their gaideniein the Regent's-park. Though the day was overchst, find indeed terminated in a drenching rain before the grounds were quite cleared in Ae evepi.ag, yet newer was there seen a greater r'.more splendid eckrepOlf than that which gathered in the gardens„en ,4 occasion. In the earky,,part„qf Flet i lmiter z Majesty and Prince; Albert ' , AtieRPIP Royal Highnesses the Rriitoemf,'lNHAte Alfred, honoured the fet e wi* ttwrig grewitettnum ni Volitztal• ad • (fittitil .irroqcrms .. nntiblem ~ , 11 ccorrival4 "y:,(11111 • . 4. THE OPENING Olt TTTi eitifilikerimi-r-itiltiP:,:t I raster of exponent of forei gn art, was pelabrate4 on Saturday last by a fete and de4euni f`' Oratins art-representatives from other c.ikkri Ibeth •'lll- rectors of the company. The invitatlo sf addition to the distinguished foreigners thealse al large proportion of the British ,aristocracY; i aotl t hi perscns of eminence in art, .scaifee, •and lffira The company was a most attendance of visitors highly gratifying to those who have devoted their valnible'dniii add ittatitiOn to the completion of the vast undertaking. The fete was given in the basement story of the building, iu the part to be hereafter occupied by machinery in motion, and probably not less than six hunched persons partook of the liberal hospitality of the directors and. shareholders. THE ELECTION OF THE NEW Brsnoe or BATH AND' WELLS took place on the 15th instant, at a great chapter held in the chapter-house of Wells Catile- , dral. An unusual degree of interest was excited , Onl this occasion from the circumstance of this being th first instance, during more than two hundred years on which the non-residentiary prebendaries and. Dons had exercised their statutable of voting hi the election of a bishop. The proceedings also.prel sented another novelty—the Choice of the chapter not being unanimous, according , 'fo - lilong established precedent, in favour of the dignitary recoturneotled in the royal come &dire. The Desil .having .pro; posed Lord Auckland, the existing Bishop of &dot and Man to the chapter, l'rebendaryl Downes -Wil hs objec ted to the nomination, protesting , against th renewal of the practice of "franslatibri," which h said was one of the opprobria of the Church; ap had been tacitly abandoned at the time when ditt existing arrangements were made itt the vaiious diet ceses of England under the Ecclesiastical. Commisi sion. A vote was afterwards taken, and Mr. Willi* stood alone in opposition, thirteen 'other members of the chapter votiug for L ord whti was the* declared duly elected bishop of the diocese. CHF-V.IMR I)I.*NSEN, the late rrti§iati, istet: et this Court, left England on Saturday last for thigiefik* of the Neckar, where he retires to 'pursue those studies which he has never deserted fgtliltniert exciting PuilWiftiikofpo4.4. B l. : PAlL:mica Sat an Volta. THE PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS OT THE "MEDICAL TIBI A :a" were defenda.nts in an action for libel brought I? . Y ' Ter. IVekley,proPrietor of the Lancet and coroner or Itlldalesex, 'in the Court of gileen's Bench. The . circumstances were explained' by' the Attorney :General, as counsel for the plaintiff:— . naPpearod jhat, about thirty Kean ego, Mr. Wakley had the misfortuue to have his house burned down wider very singular cirturtimanees. The inaurante cOmpany. having refused to pay the inaterance, , theought tit to defend an action which Mr. Wakley brought egaiwit Utopia. 3'he jury returned averdiot in his favour fur thu whola,tunptuit. and the company did not attetopt to die nub verdict; but paid the damages and costs. Air. Wakley became it•Onhliatter early it, life, and exercised his talents in re forming abuses which existed iu the medical professiou, of which ~ha naa_Ammu,ber. Ile also went into politics, and, being re ttrnaldrfOr os d e the metropolitan boOo'n, Mid being actively IIIIIIMMIMMIlmm••••1 THWqPRESSi THE town council of Newcastle have petitioned the Home otlice fat the establishment of a separate bishopric of Northumberland, to include that county and the town of Newcastle, having its seat iu the latter, and to be supported by a portion of the present large revenue of the see of Durham, The memorial states that the diocese of Durham, according to the last census contains a population of 715,247 souls, of fthick4llB'io are within the county of Durham, and 03,03, ivitlain the .coup of Northumb e rland, in luding the county of the town of Newcastle-upon- Tyae. . . . • • THE Hex. AND. REV. GEHAIX WELLESLEY has been appointed by •ber Majesty to the deanery of Windsor. He is a son of the. first. Baron Cowley; who was British ambassador "successively at Paris end Vienna, nail who filled other diplomatic situations.. The hon. and rev. gentlemen was presented in 1830 .(being then 20 years of age) by•the Duke of Wellington, his uncle, to the rectory of Strathfieldsaye, worth 7001. a year, which he will resign on taking posession of his deanery. THE LATE CAPTAIN GIPTIP.D.--Tbe following de• meription of the last momenta and burial of poor ICaptain Giffard is given by the Kreutz Zeitung, under the heed of Lower Danubei June 12:— { "We have received. interesting dates from Odessa of the 12441. of June, On that day, at three p.m„ the interment of !Captain liiffitii of the tiger took place. By order of 'General Osten - S l acked, the whole crew, prisoners of war, as well as the Governor-General Annemkoff, with the other military , anthUrities, attended the funeral, A itussian battalion in parade order formed an esoert to the cotlin, and fired the usual volleys over the 'grave. Nearly the i whole population was ateot, and followed the procession, 'The sturdy General Otsen-riecites took the deepest in terest in the fate of the captain during his illness. A little before bie death, Gaud .called the crew around'his bed, And said, 'Lads, you owe yoir lives to my being wouruled.; this hindered nie from blowing up the ship. Farewell! 'Greet our dear England tor me when you see , it.' After these words he asked Ibr a glass of lemonade. terned his free from the sailors to the other side, and gave up the ghost." '• • - THE litlP INHOME.TAX ACT, which received the royal assent yesterday week, was printed on Monday. It declares that the duties are freely and voluntarily granted towards defraying the expenses of the just and necessary war in which her Majesty is engaged. From the 11th of April last the increased rate of ls. 2d. in the pound is to be chargeable. The act is to eontinue in force during the wax, with a proviso as to the arrears... • , 1 .- . . ' . . THE CONEESTASIVE LAND . SOCIETY. , ..--A public meeting of the inhabitants of Guildford was held at the White Hart :Hotel on Monday evening, when a deputation fmtw the , executiVe committee of the Con servative LendSeciety, consisting of Viscount Ingestre, 'Mt: It: 'N.' fi s owlet ' Mr. C.. E: Lewis, Mr. iii-.. Morgan, and Mr. eiraneisen; attended to:explain-the mode of allotitient of the Weybridge /skate, West Sonny, and thd general' plan of the society: The meeting was nunierously attended. : , - THE scarcity of labour is felt in Canada hardly leas than in Australia. Mr. litachanamthechief emigration *refit in Quebec, writes to a Glasgow correspondent that ." labour and service here:tire not to be had. I could employ 0,000 men, it a dollars day. &carcity of labour is the complaint from one end of Canada to the other. Mechanics are very Mud+ wanted of all 4esetiptionst4ages frofn one to two dollars per day." The •BOARTI• or Wonce is about to erect new gates at (the entrance to. St. James'repark, , Great George street, Westminster, commonly called Story's gate. The board is also about to erect a suitable entrance from Bayswater to Kensington-gardens in lieu of the vommon deem by which the public have hitherto been admitted. ''. 'I .1: I' Titn.•stattrapattments at Windsor. Castle were re.: opened *tolthinieblic on Thursday last until . fur fler • netide. . ' • . • • MAson-Gramiss.ROWAN in to be.colonek of the 10th Reginient of Foot, and. Mujor.Gieneral J. Shaw Kennedy colonel ofthe 04th.• :Both are distinguished Waterloo officers. The lionourabie George Ammo 'his- i 4 eceived the local rank . of lieutenant-general in the flaselndies,'prepareffory to taking the •cora. mated of thovltadrananny. - ! • . • . Timo-floittn niGuntteittintiatre•purchaaeti, an the part of the Government, anumbei of revoiving pistols, exceeding 2,000 it is -said, from Colonel Colt, for the • use of the pliblie service. • •t'.. • , • ! A i : San Gannon Garr has appointed Lord Hobart and 'Mr. Salnwil;Whitbread, M.P., to be his privatesecre /arias at the Colonial-office. Itlr..Whitbreati receives )no amino in eoniequenoe. of having, a seat in :Parlia ": ' Cot.m,:m. CECIL WILLIAtt .I . 6itESTEN IC* of the • Ned Regiment, ig appoiinted •ffsgistant-ffergennt• at the 'Reties Of-Cemment, in sliceession to Captain GoSiett. prohittteil to be Iteptibi Sergertrii:at Arms, in the It of Mr.. Clemetitson; • retikki after Many ettrit! eertice. ' -• • . - . ~.4 0 . 4.14, , Tuor:srii l ,Vdq,nepliew of Iffr. Thorncy, WolverhamptOn;"has been appointed dm tributor of•Stit at EiverpOol, in 'the room Of Mr. Pischoff, (fete d. The net emulttitientipf . the offfle is aiotit'i;ooot. - s ini e' ' ' ' ' ''''' ' :is .. .lilint.iall SATURDAY, THE SOCIETY FOR PROPAGATING THE GOSPEL IN Foantow PARTS celebrated its 153rd anniversary on Wednesday, by a meeting at Willis's Rooms. The Archbishop of Canterbury presided. The society's operations were for more than a century limited prin cipally to the North American and West Indian colonies, but within the last thirty years have been extended to India, Australia, Van Diemen's Land, New Zealand, South Africa, and Borneo. The sum expended by the society during the year 1863, for the maintenance, in whole, or in part, of 447 mission aries, and 700 catechists, schoolmasters, and theolo. gical students, was 50,000/., and their gross outlay 104,5001. On Thursday a service was performed iu St. Paul's Cathedral, and a sermon preached by the Primate on behalf of the society. In the evening his grace, and many of the bishops and principal supporters of the society were entertained by the Lord Mayor at the Mansion-house. FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF PRISONERS OF WAR whose ;capture is anticipated, a vote of 20,0001. appears on the estimates. This sum includes an item of 5,00(11. for the purchase of the Lewes House of Correction as a place of confinement for the Russian captives. A MOVEMENT is now going on to raise the price of newspapers one halfpenny each, in consequence of the serious advance in the price of paper. The Birmingham Mercury has taken the initiative among the English journals, having just added a halfpenny to its price. THE NEW WRIT FOR MALDON, it is expected, will be issued in the course of the ensuing month. The candidates adopted by the Conservative party are Mr. Quintin Dick and Mr. Peacock. There is no doubt of their success. TUE SECOND IPSI:E OF Two MILLION POUNDS Ex- CHEQUER BONDS was arranged on Monday between the Government, Messrs. Rothschild, and other capitalists. They are for a term of five years, and will be taken at a price calculated to pay exactly 4 per cent. The interest will, however, run from the Bth of May last, It is stipulated that the remaining 2,000,000/. proposed to be issued by the Government, shall not be offered for a period of at least ten weeks. Tun GOVERNMENT POLICE BILL has been given up by Lord Palmerston, who stated to a deputation on Tuesday, that he should not force on the measure in the face of the strenuous representations made to him against it. TIIERL grit° be no more Itsces in the Champ de Mars,,the 1.:111peror having •determined that a race course shall ho formed at the further extremity of the Bois de Boulogne. In order that the course may be prepared for the autumn meeting, the crops on the ground have been purchased, and the whole is to be laid down at once in grass. The first races will take place on the new couise in October next, It is reported in Paris that Lord Stratford de Redcliffe and Marshal de St. Arnaud have had serious differences since the arrival of the latter at Constan tinople, and that the French Government is very anxious that Lord Stratford should be recalled. Lord J. Russell, on Monday night, stated in the Honse of Commons that the Government bad no such intention as was implied in this rumour. Titre shilling days have begun at the Sydenham Crystal Palace with the following results:—On Monday, the first shilling day, there paid at the doors 10,424; Tuesday, 11,522 ; Wednesday, 11,252 ; Thursday, 14,186. Total of the four days, 47,804. Yesterday the price of admission was 2s. ed., and to day it is . ss. A magnificent display of the manu factures of Sevres, Gobliu, and Beauvais, contributed by thiEniperor Napoleon, has been unpacked in the French COurt. Among' the objects thus liberally sent over are three splendid vases, end two exquisite Specimens of painting on poicelain, As an example t4e success which thus far attends the exhibitors' department, 'if is stated that during the past week the agent of the French Muslin Company, which has taken space in the Mixed Fabric Court, sold 700 muslin dresses. Tetp Ass M'Amtetzn.—This vessel whose de tention at Cionstadt by the Russian authorities has excited so much interest, arrived at Pill, in the British Channel, on Thursday last.