The Press. — London, England, 1854-12-02 00:00:00

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Advertisements sent from the country must be accompanied by • remittance or a reference for payment in town. cTio 21r1rxixi+ LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2,1854. POSTSCRIPT. ENGLISH MILITIA. EMBODIED. Within the last few days orders have been issued for the embodiment of several fresh regiments of militia. The following is a complete list of the regiments, sixty-one in all, which will be ready for active service as militia when the intentions from the Government are fully carried out: — North Lincoln. South ditto. Ist Middlesex. 4th ditto. Monmouth. Montgomery. Northampton. Northumberland. East Norfolk. West ditto. Nottingham. Oxford. Bedford. Berks. Brecknock. Bucks. Cambridge. let Cheshire. '2nd ditto. Cornwall Rangers. Cumberland. let Derby. let Devon. South Devon. Dorset. South Durham. East Essex. West ditto. Glamorgan. South Gloucester. North ditto. Hampshire. Ditto Artillery. Hereford. Herta. East Kent. West ditto. Salop. Ist Somerset. 2nd ditto. Ist Stafford. 2nd ditto. 3rd ditto. West Suffolk. Suffolk Artillery Ist Surrey. Sussex. Ist Warwick. 2nd ditto. Ist West York. Kent Artillery. Ist Lancaster. 2nd ditto. 3rd ditto. 4th ditto. Leicester. 2nd ditto. 3rd ditto. North ditto. Worcester. THE WAR. The Nil steamer, with the Constantinople mail of the 20th, and several days later news from the Crimea, was due at Marseilles on Wednesday, but did not arrive. A despat.th sent there on Thursday night states that the vessel had been forced to put into Antibes. A Queen's messenger, bearing despatches, came by her, and has since arrived in London. These advices are believed to bring intel ligence from the army some days subsequently to the 14th. Advices from Bucharest account for the inactivity of the Turkish troops under Omer l'acha by the want of winter clothing, tents, amt even provisions. Vienna letters state that winter has set in with con siderable severity in southern Russia, and the troops are marching to their places of destination in the midst of ice. The couriers, who only took five days to go from Sebastopol to Moscow, are now so much de layed that it is probable that intelligence will arrive more rapidly by the Levant than by St. Petersburg. General Osten Sacken is to replace General Dan nenberg in the Crimea, with the most extensive powers. The reason assigned for this change is, that General Dannenberg, in the affair of the sth, did not completely execute the orders which he had received. Berlin advices state that the fresh additional article agreed upon by Austria and Prussia on the 28th contains the adoption of the four points, and undertakes to procure their acceptance. Prussia THE PRESS. also promises her assistance to Austria if attacked in the principalities. The King's speech upon the opening of the Prussian Chambers on Thursday con tains the following passages:— A bloody conflict has broken out between three powerful members of the family of European States. Our father land is not yet affected ; I have fresh occasion to hope that the basis of a further understanding will soon per haps be obtained. Closely united with Austria and the rest of Germany, I shall continue to look upon it as my task to plead for peace, the recognition of the indepen dence of foreign States, and moderation. Should I subse quently be compelled to add force to this attitude, Prussias and my faithtlil people will bear their inevitable burdens with resignation, and know how to meet such eventualities. The army shall be made ready for war. The works of the electric telegraph, intended to connect Jassy with Czernovitz, have been com menced. It is hoped they will be finished in a month. Queen Christina and the Duke of Rianzares have arrived in Paris, and have paid a visit to the Em peror and Empress at Si Cloud. Several ladies of high rank in Madrid are endea• vouring to get up a society for preventing cruelty to animals ; and even, it is said, to preach a crusade against bull fights. The Royal Mail steam-ship Magdalena arrived at Southampton yesterday with the West Indian, Pacific, and Gulf of Mexico mails. She brings 75 pas sengers and 2,250,000 dols. in specie on freight, of which 30,000 dols. are for the Mexican dividends. The Jamaica markets were steady; the produce market was rather firmer. In Demerara the drought still continued, and the crops, sugar excepted, were suffering severely. St. Lucia is free of cholera, but the weather was rainy and unsettled. Lord J. Russell has addressed the usual circular to those members of the House of Commons who usually support the Government, earnestly request ing their attendance in Parliament on the opening of the session. Thursday was the last day for the reception of the I agricultural implements to be exhibited at the en suing show of the Smithfield Club, appointed to take place on the sth, 6th, 7th, and Bth inst. The show of implements will be twice as large as that of last year, whilst the entries of live stock amount to nearly one-third more. Prince Albert will be a competitor in the pig and cattle classes, and also for short woolled sheep. Among other contributors are the Dukes of Richmond and Rutland, Earls Hardwicke, Spencer, Leicester, and Fitzwilliam, and Sir J. V. Shelley. The Queen has commanded that a medal be pre pared to commemorate the success of the forces in the wars in which they were engaged against the Kaffirs in the years 1834-5, 1846-7, and between December 1850, and February 1853. One of the medals is to be conferred on every Burying officer, non-commissioned officer, and soldier of the regular forces who actually served in the field against the enemy in South Africa at the periods alluded to, ex cluding those who may have been dismissed for sub sequent misconduct, or who have deserted and are absent. The number of visitors to the Sydenham Crystal Falace during the six days ending last evening (Friday) was 5,518, including the season-ticket holders. We regret to state that Mr. Kinglake, the talented author who so lately was present at the battle of the Alma, and at the later operations of the army before Sebastopol, is at present suffering from severe illness at Malta. We sincerely trust that he may soon be convalescent, as his " campaigning notes " are looked forward to withipleasure. A NAVVY, named William Broome, about twenty eight years of age, was killed on the Great Western Railway last week, by the fender of the engine of a train inflicting a frightful wound upon his head. He had had a quarrel with his sweatheart the night before, and that day had sought to enlist, but was rejected because he was not high enough. He was seen lying by the rails within a very short time of his death, and from his demeanour there can be no doubt the act was his own. ON Sunday evening last an extensive cotton-mill, belonging to Mr. Thomas Dronstield, at Middleton, in Lancashire, four storeys and two attics in height, was totally destroyed by fire, with all its contents. There was another mill belonging to Mr. Dronsfleld, separated by a passage only eight or ten yards in width from the one which was on fire, and a third at ono end of the premises ; and these would probably have been destroyed but for the exertions of the fire men, who succeeded in preserving them unharmed. The burnt mill was built in 1N46, and was occupied by Mr. Joseph Wolstencroft, Mr. Edmund Howarth, and by Messrs. Fielding and Clegg, with self-acting spindles, hand-mules, and carding machines—all of the most modern and costly construction. The insurances on the property amounted to 10,000/., but the &steal loss is far greater. SATUP t pAir, i E Itttion itttilzgttl. There are now no less than nine seats in the House of Commons vacant; seven of them by the deaths of their former occupants. Abingdon was vacated by Lord Norrey's succession to the peerage; Marylebone, by Lord Dudley Stuart's death ; Bedford, by the decease of Mr. H. Stuart; Coventry by that of Mr. Geach; East Uloucestershire, by Sir Michael Hicks Beach's death; Fermanagh, by that of Sir Arthur Brooke ; Antrim, by Colonel Pakenham's death at Inkermann ; Ayr, by that of Colonel Hunter Blair, also killed at Inkermann ; and Limerick, by the decease of Mr. Wyndham Goold. ABltiopori.—Major Reed having concluded his canvass, addressed the electors at a meeting on Tues day, and was warmly received. ANTIUM.-It is said that the Hon. Hr. Crichton, brother to Lord Erne, will offer himself to the electors of Antrim for the vacancy caused by the death in the Crimea of Lieut.• Colonel Pakenham. AYRSHIRE.—Mr. Boyle, the advocate, once before a candidate for the borough, will probably come for ward on the Conservative side. Among the Liberals, the names of Mr. Oswald, of the Solicitor-General, James Crawford, and Lord James Stewart are men tioned. The latter is considered the most likely, if Mr. Oswald can be prevailed on to withdraw. , 41 BEDFORD.—Captain William Stuart, the Conserva tive candidate for Bedford, has completed his can vass. Mr. Trelawny, who, at the general election in 1852, unsuccessfully contested Brighton, has been announced as a candidate, and professes his intention of going to the poll. COVENTRY.—The nomination takes place this (Sa turday) morning. Sir Joseph Paxton is the only candidate. EAST GLOUCESTERSHIRE.—AItIIOUgh DO candidate has yet declared himself for the seat, preliminary pri vate meetings of freeholders have been held, and it is understood that Mr. R. S. Holford, of Westonbirt, will be put in nomination in the Conservative interest. Mr. Holford is a wealthy man, and a considerable landowner in Gloucestershire. There was a talk of Mr. H. T. Hope, late M.P. for Gloucester city, being brought forward in the same interest. It is hardly expected that there will be a contest, the Conserva tive candidate (Sir M. H. Beach) at the last election, eleven months ago, having been iu a majority of more than 1,000 over his Liberal candidate, Mr. Holland. FERMANAOII.—There are three candidates reported for the seat vacant by the death of Sir Arthur Brooke. The favourite is the brother of the Earl of Ennis killen. Lord Henry Loftus stands next in favour with the electors. LIMERICK.—Stephen de Vere, of Curragh Chase, and Colonel Dickson, of Croom Castle, are already in the field for the vacancy in the representation of Limerick by the death of Mr. Windham Goold. Mr. de Courcey O'Grady has also signified his intention of seeking for the seat. A local paper states that Mr. John Cashel Hoey, one of the editor's of the Nation, will be put forward as a candidate by the Lucas and Duffy party. MARYLEBONE.—At a meeting of Liberal electors held on Wednesday evening, Colonel Romilly, MY. Crawford, Sir Charles Napier, Mr. Ricardo, and Mr. Prescott, were named as candidates. Sir Charles Napier has intimated his willingness to stand. No final decision as to the Liberal candidate has yet been made. Sir H. Seymour in answer to the re quisition presented to him, has declined, from private considerations, coming forward as a candidate. PATRIOTIC FUND. The adjourned meeting of the inhabitants of Westminster came off on Thursday in St. Martin's Hall. Though somewhat better attended than on the previous attempt, the hall presented by no means a crowded appearance, and none of the promised Cabinet Ministers were present. For the Premier the excuse was offered that a Cabinet Council re quired his attendance at the time. None of the other Ministers sent, any apology for eir aece. The Duke of Buccleugh wrote to explai th n the c bs ou n rse which forestalled his presence, and sent a contribu • tion of 2501. to the fund. The meeting was after wards addressed by the Bishop of London and Sir J V. Shelley, and resolutions adopted for the fur therance of the object in view. The Warwickshire Hunt Club committee have re solved to forego the annual ball this year and con tribute the estimated cost to the Patriotic Fund. The hunt ball usually costa 2601. The example 14 recommended to the members of other hunt clubs. The committee of the "Central Association" have passed a resolution rescinding the much-" debated" rule No. 14, which provided "That no woman mar ried before her husband enlisted, unless afterwards placed on the strength of the regiment, be and recog nised as a married woman in tbe regiment, can allowed relief?' a T ,