The Press. — London, England, 1854-05-06 00:00:00

422 trying circumstances the utmost cordiality between the British and French sailors. It would be inju rious to the public service for prospective proceed ings to be discussed in that house. As for the past, since the declaration of war, the utmost energy had been shown by the Government. Mr. DISRAELI believed that the war had not been forced upon the country. If Lord Aberdeen had tiever been Premier, we should still have been at peace. But, as the country was now fairly plunged into hostilities, he should not interrupt the unanimity with which the necessary supplies should be voted. He proceeded to remark upon the three budgets which had been inflicted on the house, inquiring why the first statement had been brought forward at a time when no clear account could be given of the public expenditure, and only a delusive idea given of the responsibilities which we were incurring. Lord J. RUSSELL, in reply, defended the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and eulogised the principles on which the war was set in array. Mr. Henley, Mr. Laing, Mr. Milner Gibson, Sir H. Willoughby, and Lord H. Vane, having briefly spoken, the vote was agreed to, as were the remain ing votes successively. ARMY ESTIMATES. The SECRETARY at WAR then brought forward the additional estimates for tho army service. The extra number of men required was 14,799, and the addi tional charge 3(X),0001. The votes were agreed to after some discussion. On the motion of Mr. MoNsEu, 742,1321. addi tional was voted for the ordnance service. RAILWAY BILLS. The Railway and Canal Traffic Regulation 81l wen t through committee. The Militia Bill also passed through committee. The house adjourned at half p ast one o'clock. As the allied fleets, after destroying the fortifica tions of Odessa, had sailed for Sevastopol, we may .expect to receive by the next accounts intelligence of decisive operations before that port. The fortifica tions of Sevastopol consist, we believe, of one fort of 50 guns, one of 64, one of 196, one of 80, one of 101, one of S(, one of :14, and 0 mortars—in all 604 guns. Recent letters say that the place is not so strong as has been stated, and, from the tremendous batteries which the allied fleets could bring to bear against it, little fear need be entertained as to the success of a vigorous attack. A grand and final attempt is, it is said, being pre pared at St. Petersburg for gaining over Prussia to the side of Russia. The bait is to be a treaty of commerce. No such treaty has been made between the two countries since 1820, and it was suffered to expire in 1830. Russian agents in the smaller German States are showing the greatest activity in endeavouring to pre vent their adhesion to the Treaty of Alliance. An ukae by the Emperor Nicholas orders the im mediate circulation of the second series of Treasury Bonds, of 100 roubles each, at five per cent. interest. The whole amount of the issue is to be 5,000,000 roubles. In France eighty thousand men, of the levy of one hundred and forty thousand of the year 1E353, are called under arms. THE CHANCELLOR AND THE STOCK-EXCHANGE " Smos."—lt is stated that many of the applications to the Chancellor for his new bonds were made by the class known in the Stock-Exchange parlance as "stags." The amount unwittingly allotted to these speculators is said to be considerable, and that the letters of allotment were yesterday freely (and vainly) offered for sale at 1-16th, or fifteen pence per cent. premium.—Daily News of Friday. A FEARFUL STORM OF LIGHTNING AND RAIN visited Leeds on Tuesday afternoon, attended with serious and fatal consequences. The electric fluid struck a new church erecting by the Roman Catholics at Mount St. Mary and shattered it considerably. Several workmen employed on the edifice had taken shelter under some scatirlding from the rain, and the lightning struck one of them and killed him instan taneously. Four others were also struck, and much hurt. Some of the men received injuries from the falling masonry, of which one died afterwards in the Leeds Infirmary. THE TOTAL L 039 OF ANOTHER EMIGRANT-SHIP has been announced from Falmouth. The vessel is the Black Hawk. She was quite a new clipper, of 1,800 tons register, and sailed on the 4th ult. for New York, under the command of Captain Bunker, with about fOX) emigrants. The despatch received states she was dismasted on the 19th ult., in lat. 47 N., lorg. 35 W., when the crew (and it is believed the passengers also) were taken off, and the ship shortly afterwards foundered. I THE PRESS. FUNERAL OF TILE MARQUIS OF ANGLESEY. WE understand that the Marquis of Anglesey expressed, shortly before his death, an earnest wish that his funeral should be conducted in a private manner. The feeling was worthy of the man ; but, the Queen having communicated her gracious intention of showing some mark of public respect to the me mory of so gallant a soldier, it was decided that it would be no infringement of the wishes of the noble marquis to accept this proffered honour. Accordingly, the remains of this gallant and lamented nobleman were removed yesterday morning from Burlington-street to Lichfield for final interment; and, if his career as a soldier was brilliant, his removal to " that bourne from whence no traveller returns" was, if not so brilliant, more impressive. At an early hour in the morning persons assembled near the residence of the deceased. Every house commanding a view of the funeral cortege was crowded, and the housetops and all the streets were lined with spectators, who exhibited their respect for the dead by solemn silence. As the hour for the removal of the body arrived the crowd increased, and the respectful, we almost say the reverential, feeling of the people for our last experienced field marshal was evinced by the deep sympathies of a people not much given to adoration of funereal splendours. About ten o'clock a squadron of the Royal Horse Guards (Blue) appeared, and took up their position in front of the mansion. They numbered about 120, and were commanded by the following officers :—Col. Forester, Captains Sheffield and Sutton, Lieutenants Breedon, Billington, Leslie, and the Hon. J. Dormer. Almost immediately after the appearance of the troops who were to accompany the hearse, the nearest friends of the deceased arrived. The following noblemen performed the honourable but melancholy duty of chief mourners :—ln the first carriage were the Earl of Uxbridge (now Marquis of Anglesey), Lord Paget, M.P. (now Earl of Uxbridge), Lord Alfred Paget, and Lord George Paget. In the second carriage, the Duke of Richmond, Lord Crof ton, Lord Enfield, and Lord Sydney. In the third carriage, Lord Sandwich, Hon. F. Cadogan, Lord March, and Lord Templemore. In the fourth car riage, Lord Maidstone, Hon. Henry Paget, Hon. Alexander Paget, and Mr. Cameron, medical atten dant of the deceased. The cortege, which left Ux bridge-house at eleven o'clock, consisted of an advanced guard of the Royal Horse Guards (Blue); then the coronet and field•marshal's baton, borne on horse back, and followed by the hearse, drawn by six horses. Six mourning -coaches followed, containing the Earl of Uxbridge (now Marquis of Anglesey) and the nearest relations of the noble deceased. Immediately after came two of the Queen's carriages, drawn by six horses, with state liveries, and wearing crape scarfs and hatbands. Of the other members of the Royal Family we perceived that the Duchess of Kent had sent her carriage, drawn by four horses; and the Duchess of Gloucester hers, drawn by two. The private carriage of the deceased led the pro cession immediately after the hearse. After the royal carriages came that of the French Ambassador; and about fifty private carriages followed in the pro cession, including those of the Marquis of Lans downe, Lords Hardinge, Corabemiere, dx. At a few minutes past eleven o'clock the hearse drew up in front of the entrance to the house. The band of the Blues immediately advanced, and as the coffin was deposited in the hearse commenced playing the Dead March. The cortege then proceeded on its way to the Euston station ; it proceeded up Ohl Burlington-street, towards Regent-street, to Euston- square. On the arrival of the cortege at the outer gate of the railway station the hearse was received by numerous relations and friends of the noble marquis (who had not taken part in the procession),including Earl Cadogan, Lord A. Fitzclarence, Lord Comber mere, Colonel Hall, Lords Henry, Alexander, and George Lennox, Hon. Frederick Chichester., two field officers of the 2nd Life Guards, and an officer of the Royal Horse Guards (Blue). The hearse having been placed upon a truck was slowly moved into the station, where it was met by the rest of the mourners, the band of the Blues still playing the Dead March in Saul ; and, the necessary arrangements having been made, the special train at once moved off for Lichfield, in the cathedral of which city the remains will be deposited this day. Nothing could have been more gratifying than the way in which the proceedings have been con ducted. THE Marco Polo, which was on shore at Mel bourne on the 30th of January, had been hove off the strand, and taken up into Hobson's Bay. The vessel, according to late advises, did not appear to have sustained much injury. ALL INTEREST ON THE RUSSIAN-DUTCH LOAN up to the present time has been paid up, and the original debt still remains due of 472,511 1. 4s. od. SATUIIDA.Y, gitttion ,nttlitgturt. HERTFORDSHIRE.—We understand that Mr. Abel Smith, a stanch Conservative, is to be the Opposition candidate at the forthcoming elec.ion for Hertford shire, and that Mr. Puller, the defeated Liberal can didate at the last election, will be brought forward on behalf of the Government- HAsnmos.—Mr. M. lirisco has intimated his in tention of resigning his seat, owing to ill-health. Mr. North conies forward iu the Liberal interest, and Mr. W. Crake stands in the Conservative interest. LOSS OF THE " EiICOLANO." FURTHER particulars of this catastrophe have been received since our last. The accident happened on the night of the 24th ult. off the coast of Antibes, the iErcolano being run down during a heavy gale by the ron screw steamer Si c ili a, of 1,200 tons burden. • be Ercolano was bound at the time from Naples for Alarseilles. We find the following details iu the Corriere ilercartik lt was in the night from the 24th to the 25th ult., in the aters between Nice and Antibes, that the S'icitia and the Ercolano came into collision, having at the time ell their steam up. It was midnight; there was a heavy sea, and the weather was dark and rainy. There was a strong wind. It was a time of indescribable terror and contusion. In less than ten minutes the Ercoluno, in the hull of which the Sicilia had made a large opening, sank. The Sicilia received but slight injury. The four boats of the Sicilia, which were launched immediately, saved as many of those who were swimming as could be heard. Of all the women on board the Ercolano, only one was saved—Maria Arobru sano, a chambermaid. She was upon deck. Sir liobert Peel also escaped by a miracle. FIN secretary and two servants perished. Among the persona who were lost are reckoned thirty-six passengers and twelve sailors. A sailor and a passenger, who had been clinging to one of.the merits of the Ercohmo, were picked up in the waters of Nice by a barque. An English passenger on board the Ercolano who was happily rescued, and has since arrived in Nice, fur nishes a brief narrative of the accident to the Turin Parlarrento:— After having sapped with Sir Robert Peel, I went on deck to smoke a cigar. The night was very dark, and the sea exceedingly rough. I was walking backwards and forwards, and was astonished at not seeing any one at the helm. The captain was in his cabin. I perceived a light at a certain distance, and I informed the helmsman, who made no reply. 1 repeated my warning with uneasiness, because it appeared to me that the light was coming towards us. All of a sudden a frightful shock was felt. The masts gave way. Two sailors having launched a boat I got into it, and this was how I was saved. I heat d reining cries, and the voices of women. A few minntes afterwards the Ereeteno sank with all on board. I several times called Sir Robert Peel by his name, without receiving any answer. The Erculano lid no light. THE Secretary to the Post-office, Colonel Maberly, has obtained a place at the Board of Audit, with a salary of 2,0001. per annum. Mr. Rowland Hill, heretofore Secretary to the Postmaster-General, suc ceeds him in St. Martin's-le-Grand. THE QrEra has appointed Hugh Culling Fardley Childers, Edward Grimes, and Charles M'Mahon, Esqrs., to be non-elective Members of the Legislative Council of the Colony of Victoria. IN consequence of the investigation into the state of the royal forests, which has for some time been in progress, the commissionership lately held by Mr. Kennedy has been vacated. Tux ELECTION OF MR. WESTERTON as church warden to the parish of St. Paul, Knightsbridge, is to be legally contested. Upon a scrutiny it is alleged that his majority of votes will prove illusory. Some of the parishioners held a meeting on Satur day, at which it was unanimously resolved to spare no expense in defending the services as at present conducted at St. Paul's, from whatever quarter they may be assailed, and a defence committee of noblemen and gentlemen was formed for that purpose. THE exhibition of nude specimens in the sculpture department of the Crystal Palace having been widely objected to, the directors have determined, upon yielding to these scruples, by causing all the statues which might possibly alarm the most fastidious delicacy to be draped. The disciples of high art may regret this concession to popular opinion, but, as the expression of that opinion has been exceedingly general and emphatic, it would hardly have been wise to hazard the success of an important undertaking by a pertinacious resistance on a point which, after all, is of only secondary importance. Means may always be found of restoring the casts for artistic purposes to the con dition which is now being altered in obedience to the printed and written applications of "fathers of large families." THE anneal distribution of prizes at the London University to the students of medicine took place on Saturday in Gower-street. The Duke of Argyll presided, and the ceremony was witnessed by a con siderable number of the students and their friends. Sir Roderick Murchison, the Right Hon. Mr. Strutt, and other influential gentlemen were present.