The Press. — London, England, 1854-09-16 00:00:00

SEPTEMBER 16, 1854. to the stage, and appeared at the Haymarket Theatre in the character of Lucy in li e e Review. She afterwards played at the Surrey, under the management of Tom Dibdin, who brought her forward in a variety of characters, particularly F,/fie Deans, in his adaptation of The Heart of id-Lothian, which established her success, and induced Mr. Elliston to engage her fur Drury Lane. In December, 1812, she married Mr. Fitzwillism, the popular Irish actor, and for several years performed at the various metropo litan theatres, her singing and acting always rendering her a great attraction. She twice visited America, where she was an immense favourite For several years she has per formed principally at the Adelphi and Haymarket Theatres, and appeared at the latter for the last time on Saturday. It is stated that Mrs. Fitzwilliam had been labouring for some days front premonitory symptoms of cholera, but they did not assume a serious character until Monday morn ing, her death ensuing after twelve hours' suffering. Her son, Edward Fitzwllliam, is known as a rising young com poser, and her daughter, Miss K. I'itzwilliam, as a pleasing and expressive singer." --- • - • The performances at the Haymarket have changed in consequence, and a new comedy which was to have been produced this week has been postponed. The weight of public amusement here rests on the Spanish dancers and She Stoops to Conquer. kr* xt ► Xittraturt, fir. KING MAX OF BAVARIA has granted an allowance of 500 florins, to be repeated next year, to Melchior Meyr, a young Bavarian poet. meyr's Duke Albrecht has been represented with applause in seventeen chief towns of Germany, and his "Village Histories," published in the Morgenblatt, are very popular. The allowance is granted to enable him to employ his undivided energies in the completion of a poetic work of larger scope than he has yet published, and on which he has long been engaged. Hermann Ling is another Bavarian poet who receives similar assist ance from the King. The young German poets Geibel, Bodenstedt, and Paul Heyse, who have simi lar reason to thank his Majesty, are not Bavarians. MARIO AND MIS ADMIRERS.—The auction for the sale of tickets for the first concert of Grisi and Mario brought out some amusing particulars. The first tickets, up to No. 56, were reserved for the Governor of the State of New York—an announcement which caused some disturbance in the minds of the true democrats. These were in front of the gallery. The rest were open to free competition, and the first, so far, after a long competition, fetched two hundred and fifty dollars. The purchaser was announced as a Mr. Coutts. The auctioneer was questioned as to who Mr. Coutts might be, but on this head he was obstinately silent, whereupon the New York Tribune observes : "As Mr. Leeds did not, however, enlighten the audience in regard to the purchaser, and as considerable curiosity is manifested in this unknown personage, we will endeavour to enlighten the public in regard to her, for she is a woman, though assuming the name of a man. It appears that Mario has for s long time past been beset with the attentions of an English lady of great wealth, who persists in following him wherever he goes, although he has fre quently denied her an interview. While in London she never was absent a night during his engagement, and always occupied the most conspicuous place in front of the stage. When be went to St.. Petersburg she followed him, and, on his appearance there, one of the first persons he saw among the brilliant audience of the Russian capital was his constant and ardent admirer. In her devotion to him she crossed ocean and continents, and, although he has always slighted her attentions and refused to listen to her addresses, her love—if love it can be called—has never grown cold, but appears to increase with time. As soon as she heard of his intention to visit this country she kept a vigilant watch on his movements, till she found that he was coming in the Bailie, when she immediately engaged rooms on board that vessel, and accompanied him to this country. On their arrival Mario *lnd Grisi put up at the St. Nicholas, and so did Mr. Coutts •, and now at the first auction of tickets we find him (we beg the lady's pardon — her) giving two hundred and fifty dollars for the first seat. The other seats sold at similar premiums. In a leading article, commenting upon the above scene, it is stated that the amount realised by the sale of tickets must have been close upon 25,000 dollars. As a considerable number of the seats were sold to speculators, who in their turn will make a large profit upon them, we may set down the actual amount that will be paid for admissions at little short of 30,000 dollars. When we add to this the sums that will be disbursed by the fairer portion of the audience for new dresses, new coiffures, kid gloves, and eau de Cologne —to say nothing of carriage hire—we think that we shall not be overstating the amount which the debut of Grist and Mario will cost the New York public in fixing it at 35,000 dollars." This mode of estimating the exact cost of a concert to the public is abundantly Yankee. As the sale proceeded a man went round with a red flag to indi cate the position of the seats offered for sale. The lominal prices were five and three dollars. The auc tion was for the privilege of purchasing them. A CONFERENCE of the friends of tenant right is an nounced for the 26th.lin Dublin. THE PRESS. ate gins WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 12. STAFF.—Colonel William Frederick Forster to be Deputy Adjutant-General in Ireland. REciturrrwo DISTRICTS —Colonel Thomas Edwin Kelly to be Inspecting Field Officer; Colonel Arthur Hill Trevor to be ditto ; Colonel Thomas Armstrong Drought to be ditto. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, PT •SZ 11. . - . Royal Regiment of Artillery— Major-Geueral Thomas Hutetiesson to be Colonel Commandant. WAR-OFFICE, SEPTEMBER I'. 2nd Regiment of Life Guards—Francis Woodgate, Gent., to be Cornet and Sub• Lieutenant. 6th Dragoons—Lieutenant Edmund D'Arey Hunt to be Captain; Cornet Henry Timeon to be Lieutenant; Ed ward Finch Dawson, Gent., to be Cornet. 12th Light Dragoons—Cornet Robert Edward Roe to be Lieutenant. To he Cornets by purchase ; Cyril White, Gent.; Fitzhardinge Jones, Gent. 17th Light Dragoons—Cornet William John Pearson Watson to be Lieutenant; Arthur Buruand, Gent., to be Cornet. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieutenant and Captain Charles Sedley Burdett to be Captain and Lieu tenant-Colonel; Ensign and Lieutenant George Lord Bingham to be Lieutenant and Captain. 4th Foot—Lieutenant Octavius Yorke Cocks to be Cap tain; Ensign John Philip Bohn Forster to be Lieutenant ; Ensign Augustus Joseph Sykes to be Lieutenant; Ser geant-Major William Connell to be Ensign ; Charles Ed wark Bayard Breton, Gent., to be Ensign. 7th Foot—Captain William West Turner to be Captain. 15th Foot—Captain William Jesse Hoare to be Captain ; Sergeant-Major Robert Coape to be Ensign and Adjutant. 23n1 Foot,—Lieutenant Augustus Applethweite to be Ad jutant. 32nd Foot—William Bally, Gent., to be Ensign. 40th Foot—Palmer Whalley, Gent., to be Ensign. 41st Foot—Captain Julius Edmund Goodwyn to be Major; Lieutenant Frederick Cherburgh Bligh to be Captain. 43rd Foot—Ensign Harry Armstrong Brett to be En sign. 45th Foot—Lieutenant Trevor Goff to be Captain ; Ensign Henry Safe Willoughby to be Lieutenant; Rouse Douglas Douglas, Gent., to be Ensign. 46th Foot—Ensign George Morland Hutton to be Lieu tenant; Richard Edward Brookes, Gent., to be Ensign. 49th Foot—Lieutenant William Bellairs to be Captain. 55th Foot—Ensign Edwyn Frederick Temple to be Ensign ; Lieutenant Henry Reynolds Werge to be Caytain; Ensign John Granville Harkness to be Lieutenant ; Ensign William Hamilton Richards to be Lieutenant. 57th Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Percy Lea to be Cap tain; Ensign Cavendish Venables to be Lieutenant ; Ensign James Hornby Buller to be Lieutenant; Ensign William Jesser Coope to be Lieutenant; Alfred Frederick Adolphus Slade, Gent., to be Ensign. 73rd Foot—William Gordon, Gent., to be Ensign. 74th Foot—Ensign William Shapter Hunt to be Lieu tenant ; Ensign Archdale William Chalmers Magrath to be Ensign. 77th Foot—Lieutenant John Nicholson to be Captain ; Ensign Arthur Francis Maine to be Lieutenant. 82nd Foot—Henry Wallace Dowker, Gent., to be Ensign. 85th Foot—William Robert Bell, Gent., to be Ensign. 88th Foot— Ernest Augustus Perceval, Gent., to be Ensign. 93rd Foot—Henry Campbell Stirling, Gent., to be Ensign. 94th Foot—Captain Henry G.Buller to be Major ; Lieut. Gilbert Mahon to be Captain; Lieut. Henry John Wahab to be Captain ; Ensign Robert Alexander Boothby Tod to be Lieutenant ; Ensign John Murray to be Lieutenant ; Ensign Sydenham Malthus to be Lieutenant; William Edmondes Harnesse, Gent., to be Ensign. Rifle Brigade—Colour-Sergeant John Brett to be Ensign. 3rd West India Regiment—Major George Butter Trig cott Colman to be Lieutenant-Colonel ; Captain Frederick Augustus Wetherell to be Major. Mounted Staff Corps to be employed on service in Tarkey—To be Ensigns : Robert William Sanderson Raper Runyan, Gent., and Sergeant Edward Budgen. Provisional Depot Battalion—Lieutenant-Colonel Chas. Crutchley to be Lieutenant-Colonel; Brevet Lieutenant- Colonel Edward Bond to be Major. RYCRUITING DTSTRICTS.—CoIoneI John Michael, C. 8., to be Inspecting Field Officer. STAFF.—Paymaster Frederick Henry Dalgety to be a Paymaster of Detachments or of a Depot Battalion. HOSPrTAL STAl.7.—Richard Willoocks Macauley, Gent., to be Acting Assistant-Surgeon. U NATTACHED.—Lieuten ant Charles Naamyth , transferred from the Bombay Artillery, to be a Captain Unattached in the Royal Army, in consideration of his services in the de fence of Silistna. BREVET.—Captain Charles Nasmyth to be Major in the Army. Etc gad. ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 15. The following promotions, dated the llth inst., hare this day taken place, consequent on the death, on the 10th inst., of Admiral of the Blue John Dick : Vice-Admiral Right Honourable Frederick William Lord Aylmer, C. 8., on the Resorted Half-pay List, to be Admiral on the same List. Vice-Admiral of the Red Richard Thomas to be Admiral of the Blue. Vice-Admiral of the White Honourable Sir Anthony Maitland, K.C.8., K.C.M.G., to be Vice-Admiral of the Red. Vice-Admiral of the Blue Henry Hope, C. 8., to be Vice - Admiral of the White. _ _ . Rear-Admiral Edward Henry 4'Court Repington, on the Reserved Hidtpay List, to be Vice-Admiral on the same List. Rear-Admiral of the Red Edward Harvey to be View. Admiral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral of the White Sir Edmund Lyons, G.C.8.,K.C.H., to be Rear-Admiral of the Red. Rear-Admind of the Blue Hon. Henry John Roue to In Rear-Admiral of the White. Captain Samuel Thornton to be Rear-Admiral of the Re served Half-pay List. Captain Frederick William Beechey to be Ilear•Admirsl of the Blue. ettluiaitini. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. The Rev. Kir Henry• Thompson, Bert., to the Prebendal Sta II o Thorney, in the cathedral church of Chicheeter. The Rev. Hem Brownie, M.A., to the Rectory of Peveusey' Sussex. The Rev. G. C. Dailea, M.A., to au Honorary Canonry in the cathedral church of Gloucester. The Rev. Wm. Fred. Powell, M.A., to an Honorary Canonry In the cathedral church of Bristol. The Rev. J. L. 11. Southoombe, M.A., to the Rectory of Rose Ash, near South ?dolma'. The Rev. Thomas Peach Itoldich, M.A., to the Incumbency of St. James's Rodent!, Notting-hill. The Rev. C. J. S. Russell, 8.A., to the Curacy of IR. Potter Church, Stepney. The Rev. Charles Ililre Gibbon, M.A., to the Rectory of t.uttun, with the Rectory of Washingley annexed, Northamptonshire. The Rev. John Ilungerford Penruddocke, WA., to the Incum bency of Berwick Bassett, near Swindon. The Rev. P. Cornellue West, M.A., to the Curacy of Kington St. Michael Wiltshire. . _ The Rev:H. E. Yeoman, M.A., to the Rectory of Miutholtn, Diorthamptonaldre. The Rev. C. 0. llodgkinaon, M.A., to be Head Master of the Louth Grammar School. The Rev. W. I'. Chappel, M.A., to the Curacy of the parish church of Wakefield. The Rev. Perceval Hartley, 8.C.L., to the Incumbency of Bt. Leonard's, Wigginton. The Rev. Wm. Fraser, Ii.C.L., to the Curacy of Alveton, near Cheadle. _ . _ The Rev. R. V. Tompkins, MA., to the Vicarage of Tortington near Arundel. The Rev. David Whalley, M.A., to be a Surrogate for the diocese of Lincoln. The Rev. Richard Wolfe Begot, M.A., to the Vicarage of Font.- town, in the county of It lidera. The Rev. A. J. tiandelands, M.A., to the Vicarage of Denim* with Ringstead annexed, near Thrapstone, Northamptonshire. The Rev. M. Morgan, to the Incumbency of I3onvilston, near Cardiff. The Rev. Richard Adams, M.A., to the Second Mastership of the Grammar School, Swansea. The Rev. Samuel Bloomfield, n.D. ; the Rev. Gilbert Beres ford, M.A., and the Rev. Charles Arnold, M.A., to Honorary Canonries in the cathedral church of Peterborough. The Rev. J. Wilson, to the Incumbency of St. Andrew, An coats, Manchester. The Rev. John Woodroffe Morgan, M.A., to be a Surrogate /Or the diocese of Rochester. _ The Rev. Leonard Shako Ordo, 8.A., to the Incunabula of Ain*lrk. The Rev. H. K. Miles, 8.A., to the Incumbency of Rock and Rennington. VACANCIES. The Rectory of Earnley, with the Rectory of Almotlington an nexed, Suttees; worth 5001. a year; in the gift of the Bishop of Chichester for two turns and the Duke of Norfolk for one turn. The Incumbency of St. Bartholomew'■ Church, Chichester; worth 1001. a year; in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of chlehester Cathedral. The office of Principal of the York and Ripon Training InaU• tutlon for Schoolmasters. The Curacy of Rothwell, near Kettering; iu the gift of the Rev. Allan Macpherson, B.D. The Curacy of Holy Trinity Church, Newington, Surrey; hi the gift of the Rev. D. A. Mouillin, M A. The Rectory of Witchling, near Sittingbourne, Canterbury; worth 200!. a year; In private patronage. The Rectory of Nunehanx Courtenay, near Oxford; worth lOU a year; In the gift of Mr. C. G. Harcourt. The Chancellorship of the diocese of Durham, in the gift of the Bishop. The Rural Deanery of Cuddeeden, in the gift of the Bishop of Oxford. The Incumbency of Holy Trinity, or Walton Week Church, near Liverpool; worth 3501. a year; in private patronage. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE. Tuesday, September 12. BANKRUPT:4.-11EN RY Wino and BURTOM Surrit, Greibm street West, City, commission agents-1111/4JAMIS PARKER, Al benystreet, Camberwell, builder—Ass hisais Enwsans and THOMAS COOPER, Birmingham, iroumongers—Osu HO IC SAsiesulf. Lincoln, draper. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.—ALIZIANDMR MACPHERSON, Buthven, I rivernesshire, tacksman—WlLLlAM Donna, OISSROW sail•clutb manufactuxer—Tmoras Low, Alyth, Perthshire, baker. Friday, September 15. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.—PATRION FAllliLLandJoam GIUFFITHS, Broughton, Manchester, builder,. BANKRUPTS.—Tanuss, YOUNGMAN., Hoxton, linen draper —Jon, THOR/ILLY, Bolton-le-Moor,, s alter —Demi boort, Southport, pork butcher— WILLIAM koz.ts, Bridge-at:get, Blackhiars, comrniseion agent—Jon, Cutts, PesroLD, Chelsea, °Wand colour man—ANN MARIA EDWARDM and THOMAS COOPSR, Coventry, Warwick, ironmongers—Simpsn; Hewitt Kingston-upon-Thaines, Surrey, ironmonger—HowersoCoLLlßß the younger, SW Mill, Painswick, blanket manufacturer— Ensmassa WiLuxua, Bt. David's, druggist—WlLL:es BRAILA roma, Nottingham, mnallware dealer— WILLLAR Housman, Nottingham, Joiner—Tumult PARKER, Southport, Lances hotel keeper- WILLIAM HILL, Cardiff, dea/er In agrif tural implement.—Tnosass Ilirrcatimos, Axminster, Devon, nursery and aeadamen. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Assn MACIIARDT or STZWAILT, Edinburgh—MlLLAß and Co., Olasgow, merchants.