The Press. — London, England, 1853-06-18 00:00:00

I lurtE 18, 1853. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINT:as.... a The vacant appoiuunent of Naval A.D.C. has been given to Commodore Henry Eden, superintendent o f Woolwich Dockyard. In audition to the _promowons already announced, Lieutenants F. A. Gelder, W. Snell, J. Rogers, and J. lilandfuro—all of the seniority of 1811—have received the "brevet' promotion to the rank of retired Commander, without increase of halbpay. Csrrare—Captain James J. M'Cleverty, to the Terrible, 21; staans-frigate, at Woolwich. CoNtesitozas--George Snell, to the /nouns ; Commander Fre- Mei& Woolloombe, to the Styx, 6, steam-sloop, at the Cape, rice Hall. promoted. LlLlTritesrrs—O. F. Burgess, to the E.rcellent. gunnery-ship, Portsmouth; Edward Hardinge, to the Tribune; C. Bromley. .1. Murray, W. R. G. Palliser, and T. H. Lyon, additional to the Winchester; Robert O'Brien and Abraham Darby, agouti/ for mails; John Seccombe and Logie A. Whymper, from the Horatio, as, urea, at Sheerness, to the Tribune, 30, screw, at that port ; Thomas H. M. Martin, to the Terrible, atesuntrigate, at Wool wich; George W. Towsey, to the Terrible ; W. E. Fisher, to the listsile, 24, screw-frigate, Sheerness. PaYleasti:as—J. E. an tho Tribune Benjamin P. Heathsr, to tue Veda etas, 6, paddle-wheel steamsl rt gm* ; William H. Dutton, to the Ajar. bit, screw steam flag ship, at Cork; Edward N. Harrison, to the Bassani. 6, paddle wheel, steam-sloop, on die North American mad Wilt Indian eta dela. Cwartsins--Rev. Henry W. Taylor,M.A., to the Terrible; Rev. Charles Bailey, to the Hogue, 60, screw steam guard-ship, at Devouport, vice Rev. Henry W. Taylor; the Rev. It. M. Inskip , as Chaplain and Naval Ineuuctor, to the Magicienne, 16, steam frigate. SURGEONS—Dr. Robert Grahame, from the Horatio, to the Tribune ; H. R. Banks. to the Terrible, 21, steam-irigate, Wool wich ; John J. Crawford, to the Horatio. A 88IRTANT-SURG CONS—Dr. John Barclay, of the Aganiestamt, so the Victory, flag-ship, at Portsmouth, for men ice in Hasler Hospital; David H. Wright, M.D., to the Terrible; Patrick W. Dillon, acting Assistant-Surgeon to the Di/we/Roby, 24, on the PAC 'He station, Is confirmed as Assistant-Surgeou to that vessel. GRIEF ENGIN/Bea—Edward Crump, to the Horatio. MAllTERS—Christopher Albert, to the Star, 6.; James G. 11. Thain, to the Terrible. SECOND MASTEIL—J. W. 11. llarvey, front the Horatio, to the Tribune. MASTERS Assitiras re—Benjamin S. Jackeon, W. H. Oldham, C. Evershed, Herbert De Carteret, J. W. Ashton, first appoint ments. GUNNER—W. Dore, acting, has been confirmed. Mares—W. F. Richards, to the Brisk ; Edward Wilmot, dolts the Prince Repent, 90, deg-ship of Bear-Admire Curry's squadron ; Hon. W. L. H. Anson, from the Excellent, gunnery-ship, at Portsmouth; and George L. Sulivan, to the Victoria and Albert, royal steam yacht, at Portsmouth. IlLinsairmue—E.A.Lnekraft and F. W. Hudson, to the Sebine, 411, Devonport; N. H. Childers, to the Tribune; H. Cane, to the Sybilk; H. J. F. Campbell, to the .'t. Jean &Acre, 101, screw, Devonport; H. 1.. Templer, to the Sybille. 40, Devonport; Henry Miohell,to the Victory, tiag-ship, at Porteusouth ; John Warren, to the Nerbudda, 12, sloop, at Chatham. CADETS—A. T. Brooke, to the Sybilk; A. 11. Wodehouse and H. A. T. Philips, to the St. Jean d'ilere, 101, screw. CLenna—George N. Warren. to the Ajar, het, screw steam flag-ship, at Cork ; William P. Burdwood, to the Brisk, 14, screw steasosloop, at Devoupoit ; F. N. Wright, to the Terrible. Frederick Beilwell and Arthur B. Cumming have been ap pointed clerks assistants, and F. J. T. Shapcote, ditto, to the St. Jean &Acre. The following mates passed examinations quslitying for the rank of lieutenant, at the. Royal Naval College, last week :—Messrs. Edye, Grublie, Nett, Phillips, Beiunieh, Bolton. and Davidson. The following second masters also passed for the rank of master:—Messrs. Drew, Parsons, and Ryan. The following promotions have been made for services in the Kaffir war : To the Rank of Captain—Commander W. K. Ilid1(1848), of the Styx, 6, steam-sloop, which vessel he commissioned in July, 1601. To the Rank of Master—Seeond Master Christopher Albert 1847), now of the Regard, flag-ship at Woolwich. To the Rank of Surgeou—Assistant-Surgeon John Elliott (1846), late of the Castor, 36. The following Second Masters have also been promoted to the Rank of Master—H. A. Mirth. (1343), of the Cumberland, 70, tlag-ship, West Indies; and Joseph Hitchings (1648), who is up pointed to the Centaur, flag steam frigate, Brazils. Their lordships have given to the following old lieutenants brevet rank of commander, but without any increase of pay, being placed on the retired list of I 8:30 :—John Bendysho, John Evans, Benjamin Dutton, and George Butler—all of the seniority of 1811. gab) AO Voila. A Cuniors Stir, long pending before various French tribunals, between the Marquis of London derry and M. Soupi, a Paris wine-merchant, has at length been decided finally in favour of the marquis. According to the account given in Galignani, it ap pears that in 1850 M. Soupe proposed to Lord Lon donderry to supply him with a quantity of rare wines, said to come from the cellars of King Charles Dix, and to take certain cargoes of coal from his lordship's colliery in payment. This proposal was agreed to, but when the wine was delivered the Marquis of Lon donderry found reason to complain of its quality, and therefore M. Soupe began on his side to complain of the coal. The mutual complaints, however, ended in Lord Londonderry keeping the wine, some terms being at the same time arranged as to the particular quality of the coals which were to be furnished to M. Soupe. Nevertheless the Frenchman continued dis satisfied, and when, in June, 1852, the marquis came with his family to Paris, he caused him to be arrested for the whole debt of ten thousand francs. The ar rest was exeeuted with great rigour, the garde du commerce refusing to leave his lordship's room whilst he dressed. The noble lord was carried in a cab to the Civil Tribunal, when be represented the facts or the case, but the judge maintained the arrest, and ordered him to be conveyed to the debtors' prison in the Rue de Clichy. The marquis then caused him self to lbe driven to Messrs. Rothschild's, and oh tained from them 10,000 f., which he deposited as se cuity in the Caisse des Depots et Consignations, and was t`lereupon released. At a subsequent period 1411 Londonderry brought an action against M. *Qupt before the Civil Tribunal, for the purpose of THE PRE S'S. having the convention between them enforced, and also demanded that he should be condemn -d to pay damages for having arrested him illegally and without suffi cient cause. To this action M. Soupe responded by declaring that, in consequence of toe delay which had taken place, the coal would be of no further use to him, and by demanding that he should not be bound to receive it, but that the 10,001) francs depo sited should be paid to him. The Civil Tribunal de cided in M. Suupe's favour. Against this judgment the marquis appealed, and the appeal was argued at length before the Imperial Court. The court then decided that the noble lord had been unjustifiably arrested by M. Soupe, as the engagement between them was, that the latter should be paid for his wine in coal, and not in money. It accordingly quashed the judgment of the court below, but ordered that the 10,000 francs should not be given up until atter the delivery of the coal ; and, considering that damages were due to the marquis for his illegal arrest, con demned M. Soupe to pay all the costs both of the pro ceedings before the Civil Tribunal and of the Appeal. EDWARD BOYER, who had been four times com mit ed and imprisoned for the same small debt of 3/. 155., applied to the Bench for release from Whitecross-street prison. His creditor had taken proceedings against him in the County Court, and after he had suffered one term of confinement he was again arrested and imprisoned for another, under new judgments for the identical debt. Thus, in August, 1851, he spent seven days in prison ; in the following May, forty more ; in July, again forty ; and now stood committed for a fourth period of a like duration. Lord Campbell found that, under the County Courts Act, no amount of imprisonment extinguished the debt, but that the judges held the formidable power of issuing warrants ud infinitum at their discretion. He could, therefore, give no order for tho applicant's release. ptlaitb. An official communication has been re&ived inti mating the fact that her Majesty will honour Dublin with a visit ; but she will only remain a single day. The aggregate meeting of Roman Catholics at the Rotunda on Monday, to petition against the Nun neries Bill, was most numerously attended. Many leading Roman Catholics from all parts of the country were pment. Sir Thomas Esmonde presided. The resolutions against the bill were unanimously adopted. All passed off peaceably. The Archbishop of Dublin held a visitation at St. Patrick's Cathedral on Tuesday, and addressed a large number of the clergy in a very forcible and eloquent manner. In Sligo borough Mr..l. I'. Somers has issued all address to the electors in opposition to Mr. John Sadleir. The Tablet, Nation, and Freeman's Journal are vehemently opposed to Mr. Sadleir, hut his return, nevertheless, is considered certain. The cotton trade in Belfast is in a wry prosperous state ; but the manufacturers complain of a great and increasing scarcity of labour, which has led to a con siderable advance in wages. LATEST EDITION. PRESS . ' OFFICE, Saturday Evening, Four o'Clock. LATEST FROM CONSTANTINOPLE. REJECTION OF THE ULTIMATUM ! !! News has arrived from Constantinople of the 10th. The Porte ham again rejected the ultimatum a ent from St. Peteritorg. (From our own Correspondent., BRUSSELS. June 17. The session of ow chambers closed on Wednesday. This vear's sittings have been productive, thanks to the, conciliatory spirit by which the Liberal majority have shown themselves animated. The clerical Catholic party have not followed their example, but have persisted during the last months in a war of reaction against the rettrms voted since ISIS. The absence of the Chambers will per. mit the liovernment to apply more actively to the consoler• dal negotiations with France, and the realisation of the new orgiudaation of the army recently decreed. The works are actively pursued for the demolition of the email useless fortresses on the French frontiers, and the eomple• tion of the fortifications around Antwerp. Duke of ti„nos spent one day in visiting the curio sitiTehisf o t f brussels, on his return from London, end stilled at Laeken with our Royal Family. His visits to Pans and London are stated to have had relation to the yending dif ferellevs lietweeu Awitija owl l'ktimuut, wad the )uttug 155 Prima is said to have succeeded in bringing about a complete understanding between the two great western powers. The speech by which the King of the Netherlands opened the sersiou of the Dutch t hanthcre is 'heel hely appreciated. Many persons take for sincere the piomise to Utniutaiu the liberty of creeds others see in it only A captatis boseetWeldie, and predict that the announced law, without which the Ministry sees no way to get out of the existing difficulty, will contrive to render illusory the liberty mecnbed in the constitution. M. de Mourner, the new French Ambassador to the Court of Prussia, arrived st berliu ou June 'The lierintin Viet is oeettyied with a pripobitiun tenant:: to cbtabligh eutrenelvd camps around the kill nd fortrystie , of Itastett and Lim. l'rinee Albert, brother of the King of Prussia, has slur ried Mlle. de Rauch, daughter of the late general. The Duke of Meiningen created the bride a Countess of Eldenau. A new complication has arisen in the Austto.Swii. quarrel. (hi actstunt of the discovery of several boxes of arms, supposed to have been introtitweol treat Tessin. Austria ordered considerable reinforectioents to the Iron tier, and a camp of 30,000 men is to h e e .t u l,in.in it i at liallarete, in the neighbourhood of the Swiss HMI lied montese frontier. Numerous arrests took place sit Milan. The Usselle de Geneve states that below leaving Write the French charge trAttivires, AI. de tioloinento, deelared to the Federal Council that, in ease oft. 12.•nirlett• emotive with Austria, Frootwe would not oettioill adopt hostile tuuk• aura towards Switzerland, but Ismail lei oppose the ptr• tension* of Austria about the mfitgers, their presence being a danger fur Froutee as well as for Austria. 'the Viennese Pcexe states thou Hula holm, brother-in law to the Sultan, will be the bearer to Peterslatro.; of the answer to the autograph letter of the Emperor Nichols. which Prince 11ensoloikott brolight be' the Sultan. At Vienna Heron Nleyendtotif, Mission!' Ambassador, has had frequent conferences with the Nlinister of Foreign Affairm. These interviews are considered to h e i n smni t tlii . plation of the aceeptaiwto Russia of the good °thee% of the Austrian Cabinet. The occupation of %Voillacloin h the Russian army is consideoll impending, though the. Austrian Cabinet tad officially csontrotolicted the report. Ott the 11th of June the Russian forces remained 101 l the other side of the Prtith. A Jivieiun of tho Muscovite fleet has left Sebastopol fol. Mauna*, on the i.'aueasimin coast. This measure is snit' to Ike taken in consequence of a Ingsventent ono tug the l e sh r s hostile to tholtasmitut domination. The IiI • W ilidepClllllllll elitintett . r en 4 given by the Pru iv4 ta t i cabinet tot th,• reet•itt cumin' 11l i l tions &tun l'etentbstra iK euutit•tued awl generally approved. Ttut•:stt:.—Tlue Italian mail 'instant the viva. that Nankin and Knowlton were ettiottinetl I the instwttents. Shtuwhai abutolottell. Titis minting's l'inims statist, in a leader on the l'urkish question, " it has reason to believe" that the. Sultan intends shortly to prenittliette gut important decree confirming autel extending the liberties Of all Christian wefts. This instrt• went will u►elude in its Kin ision% the Protestant, Latin. and Armenian Churches. nit we'll its the gireek. Ity thus guaranteeing the liberty of its subjects of every faith, the l'orte, it is added, will rv•wuve every excuse for interfen.nee on the part of this Ensperer Nieheibee in support the Weeks, anti annihilate at a blow the ptrtenteinns of Buseie to religions suprenauey in the Kest. TELE:dilt.‘l.llIC I 4:sl'Ais ii frillel 'a stastantinople, • 9, at 0000000 114.0. S the arrival of the note tsitivryitsg the ultimatum from St. Petersburg it►sisting upon► the uncoil• ditional areeptance of the etiliSelltioll dimwitted by Prince Mensehikoff and refused by the forte. Them was every probability that the Porte would persist in its refusal to yield to the Emperor's demand. THE CAMP AT CHOUHAM.—I'he firet grand military spectacle connected with the movements of the troops at Chobliam took place yesterday. lit consequence of the favourable state of the weather, and the• rumour that het• Majesty would probably be present, a large number of spectators were assembled on the connuou. The spec• tacle was magnificent, and the movements of the troops admirably calculated, not merely to produce a fine effect on the field, but fairly to test the respective merits of the: various branches of the service present. The manner in which cavalry, infantry, and artillery vent through their evolutions, unaccustomed as the inigjenty ot• them must have been to act in masses, was highly creditable ; an opinion borne out by the testimony of sescral of the most experienced officers on the fild. A money-order office has just been opened in connection v ith the post office at the camp, anal a libriery will shortly he. avitilelele for the use of the. troops. Tar. Aeitta.tury have given:4e. towards erecting the mo nnment at Itarbadocs to the• memory of the filleted dc• waned officers and crew of the hseeteste lite following gentlemen passed their examination at the Royal College of Surgeons last night:—dames lied- win, homsey, Hants—Wm..). Palmer, lied Lion square— Charles T. Eves, Cheltenham—Edmond Taylor, Man. cheater—Arthur Oakes, Binninginun—Ambrose Newbold, Carnew, county Wicklow--Nicholas C. White. Roberta town, Kildare—Wm. Faulkner, I)rnry•lane—Ldwatd Vcr• non, Kensington—James Lovell, Canterbury—Richard C. Lofthouse, Bradford, Yorkshire. A YocNo Vf'oevN, named Sarah Barber, aged 22. has been arrested at Walsall, South Staffordshire, charged with the wilful murder of her child, a boy aged about two years. The unfortunate woman would seem, with the utmost de• termination of purpose, to have cast her child into an old cual•pit, which was upwards of eighty yards deep, and hied in it Hu are than twenty-three feet of water. TIFIE HAeNNEY CABRIAOES OF LONDON occupy 157 standings in the metropolitan pollee disUlct, Lunt dal number of cartiaget allowod is 119 W.