The Press. — London, England, 1853-09-10 00:00:00

SEPTEMBER 10, 1853. members of the corporation themselves ; but. the court being an o a n One, WitiiM4'SN ' l ll cro,..s• 111 l ion by any eiti7ens who may choose to envoi. by 1 hemselves or by counsel. The ordinary income of the corporation, as estimated on an average of three yeses, e nding 1a32, amoimted to the enormous sum of I iti,oo/., and the average annual expen diture during the same period was 133.0i511. It is Whiled, from the rapid therease in the value 14 all property in the City, that that iueome has augmented during the inter vening twenty years by at least :10 per cent. The corpora• Lion will be called on to show that they have properly applied those enormous funds. This branch of the in ipury will necessitate a reference to the coal tax, which the corporation, by a piece of parliamentary sleight-14-Imnd. have recently extended to every person within the limit of twenty-five utiles from St. I'amb's. llyssimis IN CHIN not generally known that the Russian Government, for more than o century and a quarter, has had at Peking a reli gins and scientific mission, not "merely tolerated 4 , r connived at, but existing under a formal treaty." This treaty was concluded on .lone 14, lilB, between Count Vladislawitsch, Russian Ambassador Extra4 , r Binary. and the Ministers of China. The fifth article is in the following terms : " The Russians shall henceforth tweupy at Peking the Komi.. lir court, which they now inhabit. According to the desire of the Ittoutiati Aniliaasador, a dwelt shall I.e bunt, with the as sistallee Of the Nthlege Government. The priest who now resides there, and three Mien. who are e‘pecte4l, shall live hi the F above mentioned. Them) three priests shall be at taelled I. the Sallie church, and receive the nallllllllllll44loala a. the 111'esela priest. Tito Itussbum Audi be permitted to w,mslitp their tial aceording to the rites of their religion. Four 3oung students, and two of u more ad •tid age, acquaiiacti with the Russian and languagos, Audi als.e in reeeiveil into this house, the tunbassador wishing to learn them at Peking to learn the language I.f the country. They shall be at the 6 . 41141/41 . 111 owl shall be at liberty to return to their own onuttyl as wsn as they have tiuishrd their studies... According to this treaty, says the Russian traveller Timkowski, the Russian mission, composed of six ecclesiastical and four lay members, fixed its abode at Peking ; the first do duty alternately in the Con vent at Candlemas and the limn+ of the Assumption, situated in the same quarter of the city, and origin ally inhabited by the Russians whom the Chinese Government caused to be removed thither in Ittss, after the destruction of Albazin, a Russian fortress, which had been built on the banks of the Amour. The lay members are young men who are obliged to study the Mantchoo and Chinese languages, and to acquire an accurate knowledge of China. They all reside in the Kogan, a vast building, part of which, known by the name of the Court of the Embassy, is kept in repair by the Chinese Government, and the other, containing the convent, by Russia. The re guilar abode of the mission at Peking is fixed at ten years, at the expiration of which time it is relieved by another ; but the correspondence of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in the name of the Directing Senate, with the tribunal at Peking, is subject to so many delays that the abode of the mis siunaries is protracted to a longer period. It was recently stated that a Russian land force was to be sent to aid the Imperialists, and assist them in put ting down the insurgents ; but such a step is highly improbable. The distance from St. Petersburg to Peking is upwards of fi,ooo miles by lud, and, He el/riling to Timkowski, it took him and his small suite upwards of three months to travel from Kistekleta, the border station, to the capital of China, and six months to get from SL Petersburg to TM; OFFICIAL RETURNS OF TRADE ANT) NAVIOA mut in the United Kingdom were issued on Wednes day, containing the comparative statements for the mouth, and seven months, ending on the sth ult. The month's imports, compared with the like date of I 552, show au increase under the head of live animals, cocoa, coffee, grain, fruit, bacon, butter, seeds, silks, spices, sugar, tea, timber, tobacco, and wine. lee flour, spirits, and tallow, theft' was a decrease. The exports of the month were respectively as follows :- 1 , 452 „. 16,5samal 15.53 . 7,'Jafp,4 X 1,405,9114 The articles which exhibit the greatest increase are —et itton titan 'tr.'s, from 1,0411:1,41st to 2,167,044 V. ; earthenware, haberdashery, hardware, linen, bar iron, silks, and woollens. The vessels employed daring the month in the tbreign trade of the United King dom represent the subjoined totals : 11431. 1/443. T 011.4. I tiwards 710.110 I hatwanlm .. 015,351 n thim inere•se Britimh shipk have largely partici rated. THE Qt'EEN has appointed James Cosmo Esq., Secretary to the Court of Directors of the East 'lndia Company, an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Second Class, or Knights Cumman der,, of the Most lion. Order of the Bath. THE Eklif, or DEnuv, who was suffering rather wverely from gout on his arrival at Knowsley-hall, Lancashire, &inn Lndon, has much inqwoved in health during the last fortnight, lagti Maley ; liuvw*ley un a Wur. THE PRESS. A Hitwxo Comm:runts or lttArlso MACHINES o:une off on Tuebdity at Stirling, beforo a l a rge assemblage of lemons congregated ftvin all quarters of the country. The tiohls chosen fur the competi tion were about a mile westward of Stirling Castle, on a farm occupied by Mr. Dewar. Dipulations were present front the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, the Royal English Agticultuntl Society. the Irish Agricultural Improvement, and North-West of Ireland Agrieultural Societies. No less than taenty-otte machines hail been entered for competition, and throughout the whole day tilt) wore cbouseentively at work. Some were hand-machines. Hopes machine did very good work, but it was con sidered that the trial really between ADConnick's machine and that of Bell. The latter rut 110W11 the wheat rapidly , leaving the ground exceedingly stins4ll and free of stubble. The judges awarded tile first prize te Hell's machine and the PS4`011(1 tAI M`Connick's. Tll E MANCHESTER AN II LIA EltEolll. Al i RICULTI ntl. HEFTING %YRS held this year at Warrington, between Manchester and Liverpool, on Wednesday morning. Tiw att011(141111' wits %cry large, anti the show, taken as a whole, decidislly the most successful which the society has et or had. Resides agriculturist. fry u till parts of Lauwashire and Cheshire, and some of the best farmers in the country, a great number o f Lfentlemen from Mtuichester will Liverpool attended the gathering. The latter include some of the wealthier mitimfaeturers and merchants, who spare time for agricultural purposes, although devoting their principal attention to commercial enterprise. Being men who in litany clews owe their success ill life to intwhinery as applied to manufactures, they of eetirse are anxious HISIV its iulvantngex ill'Aeltils`6l its nitwit as possible by agriettlt mists, and the implement department of the exhibition attraets it good 11011 44 their litti'llt1(111. Among the visitors present were the Bight Hon. the Earl of Derby (who appeared to be suffering mite!' from ill health), Sir Humphrey de Tratfont, Wm. Tinton Egerton, Esq., M.P.„llilbert ()mond!, Esq., M.P., the Mayor of Manchester, the Mayor of WaitTington, Arc., AT. The exhibition was held in a large held near the London and North Western Railway station. tI)FICIAL APPOINTIIENTS.-111r. T. Villiers Lister is bop' blotted to the clerkship in the Foreign office t intuit by the resignation of Mr. Hugh Aslley. The ap iniititments itit4l4.l* the act of last syssi‘lii bit. the "Better Administration of Charitable Trusts" have beet) fixed as follows :—Chief Commissioner, Mr. Peter Erie ; two paid Commissioners, Mr. James Dill and the Itev. It. Jones; Secretary, Mr. Henry Vane ; two Inspectors, Mr. l'ltemas I fare and Mr. Walker Skirrow. LATE CItAN(6I:I4 IN THE 16‘W 161 , LLECTIAN (quiet that, after the first 418 y of next month, ',oiling for eiinnties is to he clattitusl to one day, fr o m eight till five o'clock. Elections f, 1,40 atglis, titles, ite., are to take place within six days after the receipt of the writ or precept, giving three clear days' notice at least of the day of election. No polls are (Al be taken at inns, hotels, public-houses, k.., or in any !smith or place eommtmicatin g with such, unless by the oitostetit of all the candidates, expressed in writing. THE °thee of LortLl.ientonant of the county of Inverness, vacant. by the death of the Earl 01' Sea field, has been bestowed upon I,ord Lovat. Mu. InutAsi.l has Recepte4l till invitation, abliln.smeil to him by the Royal Bucks Agricultural Associa Lion, to meet his constituents, the freeholders of Buckinghamshire, on Weilnesdry, the I Ith inst. The proceedings will i.e prefaced by a dinner at the George inn, Aylesbury. Mr.ifisraeli will be accom panied by Mr. Calislon li.Du Pre, nipn of his col . leagues in the representation of the county. statement of Captain Leicester Venni!l hating resigned his seal for Chatham is not strictly accurate. 'the gallant (offieer dwchiuril 111 defend his %VII', but his decline, is defended by the electors who return4.4l him, who have also entered a counter pPtition against the return of Admiral Sir James Stirling. THE WHEAT TRADE OF AIMEIHC% is tillllllltASI ill some interesting returns recently published in New York. By the census of 1550, tlw quantity of wheal produced in the United states was 1100,500,000 bushels; being an inen•ase of about 15 per rent. on the prodtict of islo, when the crop SAS returned at s4,sl3,is to bushels. In the eorrespooding period of ten years the ispulatifin hail increased from 17,11119,453 to 23,216,301, being a gain of about 311 per cent. Thus it appears that the production of wheat does not keep pace with the increase ..f the population. 'rite amount of export of wheat awl flour in 1537 Was 1,6111,595 bushels, worth 3,1114,115 dollars ; in 15443 it wax 4,4111,165 bushels, wile it .1 , 1117 , 1 5. 2 dollies in 1144 1 , 22,314,431 bushels, worth 32,153,1111 dollars; 1 11,41 in 1551, 1102) 4 ,397 bushels, worth 11,50,15 et 114,11ars. During the twenty-two years between Ik3 I '53 the aggregate value of every 414.scrilaitai of 'multi facture expo mica riva l ' the United States hits annpunte4l t o 212,15111 MM dollars; and that of wheat alone to 1541,notytun. Tin: Ctivserti.ott or THE Exeneourn was pm rented with the freedom of the burgh or limier , nes% long, I Ile 11 11 111.11 r having 1.41;t31 CtekrlVd 14t; tvwu Council vi that place, TILE DEMANI► SEASIFN i►l illel continues. Various crews have dining the lakt ten days obtained 41. to 41. As. per month for the Balite, and in s►ano ito.taticett men have been Khippooti above the age of :141 who had not pre% itnit.l) followed the o►►cultation of oiewien. NOTICE Viii% 1::I% ell id 010 host meeting of tho tibiagow Town Colwell, that M. their next. *tomtit ... Ming a motion wt ulil 11 1 made to petitiou her hlkjesty to entrust the I'HUIII I ul s e otti h li atrium to a Soervtar) of State for tieotlinol. A /111.1:11No of Ole nupporters of Lord Chelsea, the Conservati titenther for lhoer, took pline o on Toon an) evening. It. K. Winthrop, 1•:441., pre.itled on the ex $ aluti4uvl Ity 1114111 gentlemen Itf the neigh liourbootl; gout Lord Cliekeit, who ailtlee,oceil thtt meeting at considerable length in ant able hiweeli, watt retTi% Vi lilt enthusiastic applause. Lomi ItossEt.i, un the receipt of a special message, left Edinburgh, where Ilt , hail just arrived from Dumbarton, early yesterday week, and rtreoh►vl London at twelve o'clock the stunt night. Next morning the noble lona h i nt a prolonged i nterv i ew with the Premier, the Earl of Clarendon, ifigti et%lltlt Palmerston. The interview lasted tie% end Imam I.onl Russell left town again on Monday for Wolnum, an rout• for Itosiatiaitii. Dina. Lehi Kl.eintocresy. leo% been ambeinted tits‘erner 411 . 114 1 1111111 y ; 111141 Mr. Thom%%soot, hie 'linemen. el the Nerth writ Provinces, hats 1144.11 %upended to the gevernment, 151 Madrslv. line% esr ISY Gi.ontow lows gi‘ed pollee 111511 at the next. meeting sit ettuneil he will propose that they present the freeden% sit the city to Lont 1)1111ner141011. THE ELFTTII/N or A Sytorrtsll ItEI`ItrS4II4TATIVE I'KER, to fill the vacancy oreitsioneil by the Heath tat the late Sigitielal, took place st Ileal)rood l'alnee Ini %%ealtaesilsy, with the rust atooir ties. Sixteen peers were ',resign, and, on the roll being etilleal, it was found that Viscount Sinn :Italian hail been elected, the number '.rating I him being fifteen. Then. WI'S 1111 opposing candidate. 'PI u it ',resent soother %Heaney in the Sellt h mum seinative lasaeraige, eausiall by the death loan) Sail loam. The Karl of Seadielil F\- 114 41'11. 1' 11111. V 41 VltANclr., now SI)14111111i111.' lit I ltiretiiont, have 'mule nrningementn for leaving ig land forthwith, on n visit to ttiteen Donna Muria Raul the King Consort ( Ferdinand of SIMI+ 011111r:4) lit 1,1,411141. The illuntrion4 wiles, including the ex- Queen Marie Amelie, the Prince and Prineesai do .1i •inville, the I Mellon: of trlennm, the Count de I 'swim, rout a numerous suite, will embark for l'ortligtil, at. Ststithsinipton, an the 21th inst. T 111: N 1:T e 1 1A111.1: of the 1111441A1 eollllllllllje 014111 between Bombay 1111111 SW/. 111141 11141tilligy which it was considered by land Canning's eon mill tee could be defrayed for 40,5001., appears tint the year Isis 9 (the latent period to which ti.. 111'144411141 41141 1 / 1 1111141ly 111141 144411 received 1, 110tWitle111411 ding the ineoiti.faetilry iierftwntiusee of the seniee, to 1111111 heel, 171,111:11., exclusive of 11,1701., the year's inei d, ntal expenses ill Egypt 111111 at Malta, ton qirds %loch charge Parliament 14 oustrilmtes tit 5,5 MO/. per A STltlki: 'IF SEAMmTltr..o4:m lIaM broken (1 , (11 in where a large number of the wow; pl,l)eil ut the most ir ilieieriptimei of 1 miler elsitliiug letie refiimed to work fur the iiiimerithi,e it tamp l'lmiirri) 41,11ei1 IMt to thou. 1 'male aid-Jena, makers mill thus.. employed ion alion el tithing liii‘4. u 1 ,411 !WIWI! Olt fur an athattee of wagi. ; and flit . 111111wN, 111111 4111IPPI enipluyi , ll in the large xpuHing la hair.. made n Ilemittit llt 'I litt increase alleging that the t• mat bag illkl.ll the !wawa of bread, meat, ro ,all 4, and tither necessaries, requires that it proportioc tads coo. hancooment should he made in their wages. Then , is hide doubt that the request will be compl hsl with, 114 several shipping.hoonses have large order. I to cum Mete, sual offers of nolvaneed wages have bee n already made by man) employers A Politic DINNVIt to General Sir Jose! do Thark well, (h.( in testimony of the meritorlot. t St'r% lees which he has rendered to his country, wit o gi‘coo at I ilonteester on Tuesday evening. The gall: ad is intimately connected with that city, at td iirior to his leasing this 'sundry for the Indian its noplagn, in which lie moo highly olistitognixhed hung , 11, resided there for several years. Howe on his return loom India the inhaloitants imito.ol hint to a po abbe 'homer, and he accoopted the invitation. The Ma epir of lilon rester, W. ‘Vaslols 111111, EMI., presided, and mooing the company present were Earl Fitz, 'linkup., Sir Martin Crawley Hoevey, Hart.; W. P. l'rice, M.l'. ; ¶4. I ; It. Tharkwel . 1 , Esq. ; Itev, I /r. elaxson ; I'. Purnell, Ks+, ei misty • c hairman, it c . The Earl or Eitodo 'rough would Jim els a n p Hs , nt , but was attending the funeral of the In le Sir Charles Napier. The May or proposed Sirius. pI 'ilinekviell•K health, who responolcol in au dote resting address. Se%eral other toasts suitable to the umasion having been gkru awl duly uvkutowledged a ' ctruipluly beruralvd.