The Press. — London, England, 1854-05-13 00:00:00

452 IT is expecteA that the electric telegraph which is to run from Madrid to the French frontier will be completed as far as Saragossa by the month of June. It is proposed also to establish a line from Saragossa to Barcelona. THE FRENCH MINISTER ON THE INTERIOR has en. tered into agreements with two companies for build ing houses for workmen in Paris and Lille. Small houses are to be built in Paris, which may be pur chased by the tenant by the payment of rent for ten years, and the company, in consideration of a grant from the State, undertakes to receive only four per cent. upon its capital. This arrangement will, with. out doubt, greatly increase the popularity of the Emperor among the working classes. THE AMERICAN CRYSTAL. PALACE appears to have been, commercially speaking, a heavy failure. The indebtedness of the association is about 170,000 dole. The loss on the Exhibition is estimated, from the Ist of January last to the 9th of March instant, at a little over 19,000 dole., or about 134 dols. per day. It appears, therefore, that the company has sunk its whole capital, 489,000 dole. ; all its receipts, about 380,000 dots.; and is in debt 170,0(X) dole.: total, 1,089,0(X) dols. Against which it has the Crystal Palace building, insured for 91,000 dols., Kiss's Amazon, &c. THE Anossuna RAILWAY was opened on the Ist inst. to the public as far as Ulm. An uninterrupted line now exists between Munich and Paris, Calais, and Havre. Item', the celebrated Prussian sculptor, accom panied by M. Schadow, president of the Society of Arts, has proceeded to Italy, partly for the benefit of his health, and partly for the selection of blocks of marble at Cararra, necessary for some of the splendid works he has in hand. THE PARIS Cour Impl , riale has given a judgment of considerable interest to printsellers and sculptors. It is to the effect that statues and statuettes cannot be copied by photographical means without the con sent of the authors and proprietors. Several trades men who had taken on themselves to reproduce statues in this way were condemned to pay damages to different plaintiffs varying from 100 f. to 500 f. attitsiastkal. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. The Rev. William Clarke Weleford, M.A., to the Rectory of Stltford, near Bath. The Rev. G. 0. S. Pigott, 8.A., to the Rectory of Kingston Seymour, near Axbridge, Somerset. The Rev. Theodore Percival Wilson, M.A., to the Incumbency of Bardsley, near Ashton-under•Lyne, Lancashire. The Rev. John Woodhouse, 8.A., to the Curacy of Goosnargh, near Preston. The Rev. William Locook, 8.A., to the Vicarage of East Had don, near Northampton. The Rev. H. A. Dance, 8.A., to the Curacy of Heyford, North amptonshire. The Rev. William Peete Musgrave, M.A., to the Rectory of Etton, near Beverley, Yorkshire. Tee Rev. A. 1). Shaw, M.A., to the Rectory of Brancepeth, near Durham. The Rev. George De Cruchy, 8.A., to the Rectory of Little Bealings, near Woodbridge, Suffolk. The Bev. David Williams, 8.A., to the Rectory of Llyawen, near Hay, in the county of Brecknock. The Rev. J. Carter, to the Curacy of St. John's Church, Para matte, New South Wales. The Ref. Maurice de Burgh, M.A., to the Chaplaincy of the City of Limerick Gaol. The Rev. Charles Allen, M.A., to the Incumbency of St. Paul's Churoh, Belfast. The Rev. Dlgby Walsh, M.A., to the Chaplaincy of Chichester union workhouse. _ _ _ _ _ The Rev. John Tulloch is appointed Principal of St. Mary's College, Bt. Andrew's. The Rev. John Park to the Living of St. Andrew's. The Rev. Sanderson Robins, M.A., to the Rectory of St. James's, Dover. The Rev. Charles Arthur Molony, M.A., to the Vicarage of Houghiun, near Dover. The Rev. William Goode, M.A., has been appointed to the War burtonian Lectureship at Lincoln's inn. The Rev. Robert Cage, M.A., to the Rectory of Rathcounell, In the county of Westmeath. The Rev. A. Macloughlin to the Rectory and Prebend of Pen ner. The Rev. Arthur 11. Leech, M.A., to the Vicarage of Emly. The Rev. J. M. Hobson, MA., to the Rectory of Templescobin. The Rev. Abbot Upcher has been appointed Rural Dean of the Brooke Deanery, in the county of Norfolk. VACANCIES. ..... . The Rectory of Alvechurch, near Bromsgrove,Worcestershire ; worth 1,1001. a year, in the gift of the Bishop of Worcester. The Curacy of Crostliweiti•, near Keswick, in the diocese of Carlisle ,• worth 1201. a year, with surplice fees, in the gilt of the Rev. J. Lynn. M.A. The Curacy of Bury, Lancashire, diocese of Manchester ; worth 1001. a year, in the gift of the Rev. E. J. G. Hornby. M.A. The Second ( uracy of St. George's Church, Hulme, Manches ter; worth 1001, a year, in the gift of the Rev. W. Whitelegg, M.A. The Curacy of Great Bromley, near Manningtree, in the din case of Rochester; worth 10el. a year, in the gift of the Rev. W. Mall Graham, M.A. The Vicarage of St. Neot's, Huntingdonshire; worth 2001. a year, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor. The Archdeaconry of Richmond; in the gift of the Bishop of Ripon. The Rectory of Wycliffe, near Greta-bridge, Yorkshire ; worth WM. a year, in the gift of Sir C. Constable, Bart. The Chaplaincy and Assistant Classical Mastership of the Royal Naval School, Greenwich; worth 1751. per annum, and is open to candidates until Monday, May 21. The /lead Master,hip of Horncastle Grammar School; to be filled up iumiediately after Thursday, the 54th instant. The Vicarage of Great Ludford, with the Rectory of Little Ludford, near Market Baleen, Lincobsahire; worth 3EOI. a year, iu private patronage. THE PRESS. The Vicarage of Ranby, near Wtagby ; worth 1001. a year, in private patronage. The Vicarage of Beeston, near Nottingham ; worth 3001. a year in the gift of the Duke of Devonshire. The Incumbency of Trinity Church, Dover; worth 200/. a year, in the gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Curacy of Goodnestone, near Wiugham, Kent; in the gift of the Rev. M. Hedd Lloyd, M.A. Ett Armg. WAIL OFFICE, MAY O. Royal Horse Guards Blue--General the Right Hon. Fittßoy James Henry Lord Raglan, G.C.8., blaster-General of the Ordnance, from the 63rd Foot, to be Colonel, vice Field Marshal Henry William Marquis of Anglesey, K.G. and G.C.8., deceased. 68rd Regiment of Foot—Major-General John M'Donald, C. 8., to be Colonel, vice General Lord Raglan, G.C.8., removed to the Royal Horse Guards Blue. 70tit Regiment of Foot—Major-General George Wm. Patey, Cll., to be Colonel, vice General Gage John Hall, deceased. truth Regiment of Foot—Major-General Lord James Hay to be Colonel, vice Major-General Roger Parke, deceased. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MAY 5. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Lieut. George John Young to be First Lieutenant, vice St. John, deceased; Matthew John Harpley, Gent., to be Veterinary Surgeon. Memorandum.—The dates of the promotion of the under mentioned °dicers have been altered as follows:—First Lieut. A. L. Kaye to 28th January, 1854 ; First Lieut. \V. A. P. Willie to 17th February, 1854; First Lieut. C. G. Johnson to 24th Feb ruary, 1854; First Limit. H. Cardew to 7th March, 1854; First Lieut. H. Percival to 12th March, 1854. THE MILITIA. COMMISSIONS !HONED BY LoRn.I.IEUTENANT!. let or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia—Ensign Henry Newton Brown to be Lieutenant. 3rd or Royal Westminster Light Infantry Regiment of Middle sex Militia—Lieut. Wm. Henry Burgess to be Captain, vice Perrott, resigned; Joseph Erlam, Esq., late 2nd Queen's Own Regt. of Militia, to be Captain. 4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia—Lieut. George Barrington Godbold to be Captain, vice Bliss, resigned ; Charles Foveaux Kirby, Esq., late Captain 14th Regt. Madras Infantry, to be Captain, vice Nelson, appointed Adjutant to the Depot Battalion at .Waltner; Charles Mortimer, Gent., to be Lieutenant. Cambridgeshire Militia—Lieut. Lancelot Reed to be Captain ; Robert Muriel, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon. Derbyshire Militia, let Itegt—George Webb, Gent., and iliram Manfull, Gent., to be Lieutenants. Shropshire Regiment of Militia—John Stubbs, Gent., to be Ensign. Tower Hamlets King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Mili• tia—Alexander Milford Sutherland, Gent., to be Ensign. Royal Cumberland Regiment of Militia—Leonard Bidwell, Gent-, to be Lieutenant; Percy Charles Stanhope, Esq., to be Captain. Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia—Bryan Walker Atkinson to be Lieutenant, vice Paterson, resigned. 4th or Duke of Lancaster's Own (Light Infantry) Royal Lan- cashire Militia—Ensign Charles Andrew Irwin to be Lieutenant, vice Kershaw, promoted; Ensign George Arthur Crawford to be Lieutenant, vice Knott, resigned. Ith Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—Arthur Raymond Polly, Gent, to be Lieutenant. Hertfordshire Militia--Bryan Viuey Douglas Vernon, Esq., to be Captain. 2nd Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—Henry Sharp Tay lor, Esq., to be Surgeon. WAR OFFICE, MAY 12. (Frnm Last Night's Gasetie.) Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Owen Lewis Cope Williams, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Sykes, who retires. 3rd Dragoons Guards—Staff•Surgeon of the Second Class Robert Marshall Allen to be Surgeon, vice Mapleton, who exchanges. 7th Light Dragoons—Robert Stanley Williams Bulkeley, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Brisco, promoted. 10th Light Dragoons—William Mayne, Gent., to be Cor- net, by purchase, vice Richmond, promoted. 13th Light Dragoons—Thomas John Towers, Gent., to be Veternary Surgeon, vice Legrew, appointed to the Staff of the Army serving in the East of Europe. 2nd Regiment of Foot—Brevet•Major Thomas Addison to be Major, without purchase, vice Holdsworth, who retires upon half•pay ; Lieutenant John Charles Weir to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice Addison ; Ensign Herbert Belfielti to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Weir ; Gentleman Cadet Henry ]'ye Phillipps, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Belilelcl. 12th Foot--Assistant-Surgeon Charles Ricketts, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Mackey, promoted on the Staff. 49th Foot—Charles Edgar Gibson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Macneill, appointed to the 53rd Foot. 55th Foot—John George Echalaz, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice the Honourable A. E. Harris, appointed to the 43rd Foot. 91st Foot—Lieutenant William George Conway Gordon to be Captain, by purchase, vice Stanton, who retires. 97th Foot—George Berthon Preston, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Warburton, who retires. 98th Foot—Major Edmund Hawthorne to be Lieutenant- Colonel, by purchase, vice Roberts, who retires ; Captain Francis Peyton to be Major, by purchase, vice Haythorne ; Lieutenant William Croker to be Captain, by purchase, vice Peyton ; Ensign Augustus Frederic Raper to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Croker. 2nd West India Regiment—Frederick John Brinckman, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Vincent, promoted. HOSPITAL SrArv.—Surgeon Henry Mapleton, M.D.,from the 3rd Dragoon Guards, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Clams, vice Allen, who exchanges ; Henry Hunter Ray mond, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Ricketts, appointed to the 12th Foot. UNArrAcuso.—Lientenant Charles Pieters, from Adju tant of a Recruiting District, to be Captain, without pur chase. MEMORANDA.—The exchange between Lieutenant-Colo nal Charles Francis Maxwell, of the 34th Foot, and Lien_ tenant-Colonel Nicholas R. Brown, of the 82nd Foot, as stated in the tiasette of the 80th December, 1608, hie been SATURDAY, cancelled, May 12. Asaistant•Surgeon William I.egge Reid, M.D., of the 3rd Light Dragoons, has been permitted to resign his commission, May 12. The Christian names of Lieutenant Itaurogiottier, of the N3rd Foot, are Thomas Mowbray. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MAY IL Ordnance Medical Department--Temporary Assistant. Surgeon Essex Bowen to he Assistant-Surgeon. Erratum in Gazette of the 4th inst.—Royal Regiment of Artillery—For First Lieutenant W. A. P. Willie, ckc., read First Lieutenant W. A. P. Wyllie, &c. AN ACCIDENT, the consequences of whichareexpected to be fatal, took place at Cannes on Sunday week. AN. Despleschin, of Nice, had announced his intention of making an ascent in a balloon, and two gentlemen, N Hardy, of Cannes, and M. A. de Sorr, a literary man from Paris, had made arrangements to accompany him. These two gentlemen had taken their seats in the car, N. I)espleschin not having yet entered it, when some person in the crowd, anxious to see the balloon start, cried oat " Let go !" The man who held the ropes, thinking that the order had come from the aeronaut, obeyed, and the balloon rose rapidly and disappeared. M. Hardy and M. de Sorr are both entirely ignorant of the management of a balloon, and it is feared that they have been carried out to sea. Up to the 2nd no intelligence had been received of them. mug Varket ino 6itg FRIDAY EVENING. Ix the City the Chancellor of the Exchequer is regarded with dread: he is either keeping the market in a state of suspense, or throwing it into a state of excitement. On Monday it opened in the former mood it was doubtful whether his scheme of raising the first third of his six millions had quite succeeded. The list of subscriptions was to have closed at two o'clock, but was kept open until four. Consols were from 87i to f, both for money and account (Thursday). The war is beginning to raise the price of freights. Antimony, which we obtain almost entirely from Borneo, has risen from ss. and 10s. to 51. or 61. per ton. In the last war a considerable supply of this mineral was obtained from the old Trewether mine in Cornwall, which is believed to be the only mine in the United Kingdom whence regular lodes of it exist, and this was sold at 801. per ton. It is about 25 per cent. less pure than the antimony from Borneo. In the course of Tuesday it was known that about 100,0001., in which the first two millions of Exche quer Bonds were deficient, had been subscribed for, but the new bonds were only quoted at from par to # pm. Consols opened with a firm appearance, soon rose to 87# 71, and closed at SH for money and the present account, and i t lower for June. The Money Market is tight, and discount for first-class bills is above 5 per cent., with an upward tendency. On Wednesday the dealers were chiefly occupied with the settlement of the account, which was very " bearish." Consols were 84 to 881, both at the close and the opening of the market, but after regu lar hours transactions were entered into at a price a shade higher. Transactions in the New Exchequer Bonds (OM lOs.) were officially recorded at to j pm. Exche quer Bills are from Is. to 2s. pm. The remittance of gold to Paris is now trifling, but to the south east of Europe it is greatly increasing, of course for the use of the army and fleet. By a singular coincidence, on the very day a tele graphic despatch from Paris announced that the Bank of France had reduced the rate of discount from 5 to 4 per cent., on the London Exchange it became known that the Bank of England had raised its rate from sto 54 per cent. Many causes may be assigned for this, and it is pretty clear from the operations of certain influential companies that a foreknowledge of the intention existed ; but, should this rise continue, the usury laws ought to he com pletely repealed, otherwise it is not easy to see how a landowner can raise money on his estate. If lenders can obtain 54 per cent. on first-class personal security they are not likely to lock up at 5 per cent. on mortgage of real property. The funds opened with animation, and Consols were dono at 884 for money, but they closed at 874 for money and ac count. This evening they have been from 871 to 88, both for money and account. SHARES. The English railways have been dull, without disposition to sell. French shares are from 10s. higher. FOREIGN FUNDS. Russian Bonds are high ; but in foreign stocks transactions are almost nominal. A small / trian loan of about 3,000,0001. has been brought at 5 per cent. with some success at Amsterdam. mt much m bs. to tocks the all Aus- ught out am. i