The Press. — London, England, 1854-08-19 00:00:00

AUGUST 19, 1854. Court ad lastin. AFTER the prorogation of Parliament on Saturday the Queen left London on her return to Osborne house, where she arrived a little after eight in the evening. The Court remains in the Isle of Wight. On Tuesday her Majesty took a cruise in the Fairy, and on Thursday witnessed the great match of the day of the Royal Yacht Club Regatta. HER MAJESTY, it is stated, will visit Scotland about the first week of next month, but her stay at Bal moral, it is understood, will not extend beyond a few weeks. THURSDAY being the birthday of the Duchess of Kent was celebrated in the customary manner in London and Windsor. In the evening her Royal Highness's London tradesmen dined together at the King's Arms Tavern, Kensington. By her Majesty's command a dessert of the finest fruits of the season was sent from the royal gardens at Frogmore ; and by the Duchess of Kent's orders the table was sup plied with a fine fat buck. Windsor was illuminated in the evening, and the royal tradesmen dined toge ther at the Castle-hotel. EL Ham Pau's, the son of the late Pacha of Egypt, had a private interview with the Queen, at Osborne-house, previous to his departure from this °nary. THE QUEEN has presented the Rev. Edward Har• ston, M.A., to the Vicarage of Sherborne, in the county of Dorset, and diocese of Salisbury, void by the death of the Rev. John Parsons. PRINCE ALBERT has appointed thelßev. Arthur Pen ryhn Stanley, Canon of Canterbury, to be Chaplain in Ordinary to the Prince of Wales, vice the Rev. Dr. Richards, deceased. THE fete of the Emperor Napoleon was on Tuesday celebrated by a magnificent banquet at Albert•gate house. The Charge d' Affaires of France, M. Charles Baudin, on this occasion did the honours of the Embassy to the Ministers of her Majesty the Queen, the chief officers of the royal household, and the members of the foreign corps diplomatique. After dinner the Earl of Aberdeen proposed the health of the Emperor. The toast was received by the company with lively enthusiasm. M. Charles Baudin then proposed the health of her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, which was responded to by the guests with the same warm marks of feeling. The company did not quit the Embassy until after eleven o'clock. THE King of Portugal and Don Louis left Coburg for Vienna on the 12th inst. THE arrival of the recess has given the usual signal fur the departure of Ministers in various directions. Lord Aberdeen, it is stated, will spend the autumn principally at the Ranger's-lodge, Blackheath. Lord and Lsdy John Russell left town on Wednesday for the lakes and Scotland. The Right Hon. E. Card well left town on Monday for the Continent. Lord Stanley of Alderley departed on the same day for Alderley-park, Congleton. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, in consequence of the melancholy death of Viscount Jocelyn, removed on Saturday to the Earl of Shaftesbury's house in Gmvenor-square, where they remain for the present. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left Downing-street on Saturday for Broad stairs, where Mrs. Gladstone and family had pre viously arrived. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll have left town for Leamington, whence they proceed to Roseneath, North Britain. The Earl Granville leaves Bruton-street in a few days to meet the countess at her chateau in Germany. The Lord Chancellor and Lady Cranworth have gone to their country seat for a short period. The Right Hon. Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood, Sir William and Lady Molesworth, have arrived in Edinburgh from London. The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, Secretary at War, and Mrs. Herbert have arrived in Dublin for a short visit. THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE, Secretary for War, returned to London on Tuesday, from Brighton. THE COUNTESS OF WESTMORLAND has left London en route to join the noble earl at the Embassy at Vienna. TAE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF WELLINGTON have left Upper Belgrave-street for the north. His grace will not occupy Apsley-house, which is nearly com plete in its embellishments and repairs, until early in the ensuing year. THE MARQUIS D'AZEGLIO, Sardinian Minister, has left town for Germany : the Count Corti is ChargC d'Affaires, during the absence of the Minister. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS DE JOINVILLE, with the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale, are staying at the Vic toria-hotel, St. Leonard's, for some weeks. IT is arranged that St.. George's-hall, in Liverpool, shall be opened on the 19th of September, but the belief is that the Queen will not be present. There will be two performances —one in the morning, and another in the evening—the first to consist of the " Hallelujah Chorus," the " Coronation Anthem," and other musical pieces, and the second of an ors- THE PRESS. torio. Miss Clara Novello will be the prima donna on the occasion, Sir Henry Bishop will conduct, and Dr. Wesley will guide the organ—an instrument so vast that it requires the aid of steam to bring out its volume in perfection. 'ant ant( Ottani. THE KING'S LYNNATHELEUM. THE Atheneum in King's Lynn, projected some time ago by a few local residents, and just completed at a cost of 7,0001., and for the purchase of books in which Lord Stanley had subscribed 1,0001., was opened on Wednesday last in the presence of a large number of influential inhabitants. The build ing comprises a music hall, museum, news room, class rooms, &a. A library will be opened for the working classes at a nominal subscription, the cor• poration contributing 501. a year to its maintenance, and another annual grant of a like amount to the Athenreum generally. At the inauguration on Wed nesday an address from the working classes was presented to Lord Stanley, expressing their grati tude for his munificent donation. His lordship, in an eloquent reply, enlarged upon the advantages of such institutions, and entered into various topics in connection with the educational wants of the coun try. In concluding his speech, which was through out listened to with great attention, Lord Stanley alluded to the recent melancholy death of his col league in the representation of the borough, Lord Jocelyn. He said:— " There is one subject which is in all our minds, and to which, though a painful one, I cannot forbear from allud ing. I refer to the absence, to the loss, not for a time, but for ever, of one whose good wishes were with us on this occasion, whose presence we confidently anticipated, and who has been taken from us in a manner so sudden and so unlooked for. In Lord Jocelyn you have lost a most valued representative—l, a colleague, and dear friend. Neither loss is easily repaired. To the interests of this borough he was always devoted ; his courtesy, his kind ness, his amiable disposition, his love of labour for its own sake, his unwearied assiduity in the performance both of his political and military functions, will here be long remembered ; and, since we were to lose him, it is some consolation to know that he died by the noblest of all deaths—a death incurred in the discharge of his duty. You are aware that when the fatal disease which carried him off broke out among the regiment which he com manded, he quitted his own residence, and went to live among his men, in order to share their danger, to encon rage them by his presence, and to dissipate a panic which might have aggravated the severity of the attack. In that service he was struck down ; and that was as much a mar tyrdom to public duty as if he had fallen on the field of battle. Our undertaking is indeed inaugurated amidst marked and melancholy auspices. God grant that its future may be marked by happier omens, and that it may not only prove an ornament to our streets and an honour to its founders, but serve to promote the well-being of the people of Lynn, and help on the good cause of education and knowledge throughout England." ANOTHER SPLENDID VESSEL belonging to the long famous class of "Aberdeen clippers" has been completed by Mr. S. Thompson, M.P. This ship had been named the Omer Pacha, and previous to her taking her first departure from the river a dis tinguished party was invited by Mr. Thompson to pay a visit on board, on Saturday last, when the vessel was lying in the West India Docks. Among those present were his Excellency M. Mussurus, Turkish minister at London ; Vely Pacha, Turkish ambassador at Paris ; E. Zhorab, Esq., consul general of Turkey in London ; Prince M. Dubomir ski, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl of Harring ton, Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P., the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, M.P., S. Gregson, Esq., M.P., chairman of the West India Dock Company; Captain Thompson, commander of the ship ; and Mr. Routh, director of the West India Dock Company. After having viewed the ship, the visitors sat down to an elegant collation, when the health of the Queen, the Sultan, and the Emperor of the French were successively given by Mr. Thompson, and drunk with enthusiasm. His Excellency M. Mussurus returned thanks for the Sultan. The figure-head of the ship represents a handsome likeness of Omer Pacha in full uniform, and the ship was on this occasion decorated with flags, the Turkish standard flying at the main, the French tri-colour at the fore, and the English ensign at the mizen. THE formation of a harbour of refuge at Padstow, on the coast of Cornwall, has been actively projecting in the West of England. The scheme is highly de sirable for the shipping interests of the Bristol Channel, as well as the Irish traders. At present there is not a single harbour of shelter on the English coast from Penarth Roads and Kingroad down to the Land's-end ; and the main feature of the movement is the formation of a harbour which shall be accessible for vessels in all winds varying from the south-west to north-west. THE HALF-YEARLY ACCOUNTS of the Eastern Coun ties Railway are before the auditors, but it is under stood that the dividend will be 3s. 6d. per share, carrying forward about 5,0001. Sow: intelligence of the Arctic-searching opera tions has been received from Captain Inglefield, who had reached Disco Island, in the Phanis, at the end of June. The report of the season was highly unfavourable, both as to the preceding winter and present season. For many years it had not been known so severe, and there is some fear that Captain Inglefield may not be able to cross Baffin's Bay, and so reach Beechy Island, in which case the absent vessels, and especially Captains Maclure and Collinson, will not be relieved this year, and we must remain ignorant of what has been done in prosecution of the search for Sir John Franklin's expedition. It seems possible, neverthe less, that the unusually large quantities of ice which have been seen in the Atlantic during the spring and summer may have been occasioned by the dis ruption and descent of large bodies in the northern part of Baffin's Bay, leaving it comparatively free, while the narrower portion at the southern outlet has been choked. As Captain Inglefield proceeded to the northward be might accordingly find the less hindrance to his progres - s. THE RETURNS OF THE AGES OF LADIES have given some trouble, says the Census Report, and a slight correction has been necessary. Those who in 1851 were between 20 and 25 must have been be tween 10 and 15 at the previous census ; but the number of girls between 10 and 15 in 1841 was not large enough to grow into the goodly company who in 1851 say that they are but between 20 and 25. The return also between 30 and 35 in len is too small as compared with the return for the tavourite age of 20-25 in 1841. After allowing for imtnigra- Lion, and comparing the numbers with those of the men, the Registrar-General and his assistants are of opinion that about 35,000 lathes who have entered themselves as between 20 and 40 really belong to the next age, 40-60, to which the body of delinquents are transferred in the calculations and tables accord ingly. A RETURN of the names of all governors and lieutenant-governors of the British colonies, with the amount of their salaries, dates of their appoint ments, &c., has just appeared. There are 45 places at which we have governors, lieutenant-governors, or persons acting in that capacity. Their aggregate. salaries amount to 118,8461. per annum. The highest salary is 7,0001., which is given in two cases only— viz., to the Earl of Elgin, Captain-General and Governor-in Chief of Canada; and to Sir G. W. Ander son, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Ceylon. Ft om this point they range downwards as low as 5001., which is the salary at Montserrat, Nevis, and Heligoland. There is one 6,0001. salary, to ames Macaulay Higginson, at the Mauritius; and 5,000/. is given at Jamaica, to Sir H. Barkly ; at Gibralter, to Lieutenant-General Sir R. Gardiner ; at the lonian Islands, to Sir H. G. Ward ; at the Cape of Good Hope, to Lieutenant-General Cathcart , at New South Wales, to Sir C. A. Fitzroy ; and at Victoria, to Captain Sir C. Hotham. The salary at South Australia is 2,0001. Amongst the present governors there are twelve holding military, and four naval rank. The remainder are civilians. The Earl of Elgin is the only peer. PROFESSOR AIREY, the Astronomer Royal, paid a visit on Saturday last to the colliery district of the Tyne in pursuit of curious and important astronomical observations. For that purpose be was taken down Harton pit, the deepest in the Tyne, 1,260 feet deep, to examine if it were possible to make arrangements in it for a series of delicate experiments and observations in reference to the pendulum, and the earth's action upon it there, simultaneously with similar ones on the surface, with a view to determine the weight of the earth and planets. Mr. Anderson and the other proprietors and officers of this splendid mine gave every facility to the Astronomer Royal, and tendered not only the use of the mine, but their own personal services for any future occasion. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY DIRECTORS' REPORT for the past half year shows a disposable balance of 168,0741. 12s. 7d., out of which it is proposed to liquidate a claim of 30,0001. by the Shrewsbury and Chester, and the Shrewsbury and Birmingham share holders, thus reducing it to 138,0741. 12s. 7d. The half-yearly dividend will, in consequence, be reduced to V. lOs. per cent., which will require 123,5441. 2s. 10d., leaving a balance to be carried over to next half-year's account of 14,5301. Os. Od. Appended to the accounts is a circular statement, in which the directors explain the reason for the proposed payment of 30,0001. to the two Shrewsbury companies out of their revenue for the halfyear, which will prevent the payment of the usual half-yearly dividend . of '2/. per cent. A FEW months ago Mr. Cox, a surgeon of Bath, brought an action for libel against Mr. Carrington, the editor and proprietor of the Bath Chronicle. The proceedings terminated a short time since, and Mr. Carrington was cast in damages to the amount of one farthing. His friends now, to show how highly they esteem him as citizen and journalist, propose giving him a handsome testimonial. i s I