The Press. — London, England, 1853-08-20 00:00:00

AUGUST 20, 1853. a gnome eaisse rather the worse fur age. The prices of ad. utission arm mtxterate—ts. for the boxes and' s. for the pit which latter is generally full. Occasionally the Hoverer. General and his family putt.* mist% the leading set. o s tin benefit nights. Literary undertakings Imre I leen signally unsuccess fol. Many to , wspapers t daily or weekly ),msgazittes, and join , Inds have been started, and after tut ephemeral, though sometimes brilliant, existence, have sunk into decay. Tht• truth is, that the only permanent titrin of which literature is capable in a new and rapidly-progressing country is the newspaper, but it. requires no small amount of judgment and discrimination to conduct the public pr e ss Stleetqw fully. If political discussion is admitted, circumstances almost Met itably bring the editor into collision with his subscribers, for it. is next to impossible to steer clear of personalities. If politics are tattooed, the paper is voted slow, and will not take. The medium is very difficult. to bit. Some of the most talented and gifted men in the colony have split upon these necks—the Scylla and Cha rybdis of colonial literary speculations. Robert Lowe killed the .Itkpt, and Dr. Lang wrecked the Press, two of •the most slashing journals that have ever been started in Australia. The colony can boast, nevertheless, a fair summit of newspaper literature; and the press of New South Wales may challenge comparison with that of any other portion of the empire—except, perhaps, the leading press of England—in point of ability, originality, and itu• partial reflection of public opinion. There is not a section of the community without its organ; and almost every shade and fluctuation of thought finds expression in the . columns of the metropolitan and proviurial papers." gout nub tastion. En MAJESTY has remained liming the week almost in seclusion at Osborne. On Wednesday the Queen visited Cowes, where the Yacht Club Regatta was in progress; and on Thursday steamed to Spit head, where she went on board the Duke of Welling ton, screw-ship, and took a large detachment of the Channel fleet under her command for a few hours' cruise at sea. YESTERDAY AFTERNOON A PRIVY COUNCIL was held at Osborne, when the royal speech on the proroga tion of Parliament was finally arranged. The un finished state of some new works at Buckingham Palace is said to be the cause why her Majesty does not come to town and deliver the speech from the throne in person. Tun COFRT, it is said, will remain at Osborne , house till the birthday of Prince Albert, on the 28th inst., which will be celebrated at the marine residence of the Prince and his Royal Consort. The Court will depart for Ireland on the morning of Saturday, the 27th, but the Queen and Prince will not enter Dublin until Monday, the 29th inst. Her Majesty will be attended by the Duke of Newcastle, one of the principal Secretaries of State, and by the Lord Chamberlain, the Marquis of Breadalbane. The Queen will remain at the Viceregal Lodge till the end of the week, when she will proceed on her annual visit to the retirement of her Highland home. THE ROUTE OF THE QUEEN FROM OSBORNE TO HOLYHEAD will be from Southampton to Basingstoke, and thence by the Great Western to Leamington, whence the Royal party will be transferred to the narrow gauge.' From Leamington her Majesty is to proceed via Coventry and Nuneaton, and on by the Trent Valley to Staffs d, Crewe, and Chester. Owing to the breaks of gauge, her Majesty will have to change carriages at Basingstoke and at Leamington. WEDNESDAY, BEINU THE BIRTHDAY OF' HER IIoYAI. j-hoHNEss THE DUCHESS OF KENT, way celebrated at Kensington with the customary honours and festivi ties in London. A CounT MOURNINU was ordered in Tuesday's . Gazette for his late Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe-Altenburg. The mourning was to begin on Thursday, the lSth, change to-morrow (Sunday), and terminate on Thursday next. Mr: AMBASSADOR OF FRANCE AM) COUNTESs WALEWSKA gave a grand entertainment on Monday evening to the corps diploniatique and members of the Administration, on the occasion of the fête day of the Emperor Napoleon. PRINCE ALBERT OF PRUSSIA, Lord High Admiral of the Prussian navy, arrived at Gosport on Tuesday on a visit to her Majesty at Osborne. Ilun MAJESTY took another cruise with the Spit head fleet on Thursday. The Queen arrived from Cowes in the royal yacht early that morning, and without warning given to the civil subjects and sight seers. She went on board the Duke of Wet ington, 131, about half-past ten, and then steamed away to the south-east, accompanied by the following screw ships :—Ayamentnon, 91.; Imptrieuse, 51; Arrogant, 47 ; Highftyer, 21; Encounter, 14 ; Desperate, 5; with the Victoria and Albert, Fire Queen, Sprightly, and Elfin in attendance. The squadron went off to wa, performing various evolutions in their progreus round the back of the Isle of Wight. About two they were lost sight of from shore, and at four again appeared on the horizon, when a double column was formed, and the vessels in this order steamed rapidly back to ~pithead. Her Majesty left the Duke of Wellington at half-past live, and returned to Osborne. THE PRESS. Volitttal anb 6tittral. WE understand that Mr. Edmond lEFlalterty has been appointed, conjointly with Mr. Godley, commis sioner of income tax for Ireland. Tin: BON. FREDERIC b: BRUCE, now Charge d'Affaires and Consul-General to the Oriental Re public of the Uruguay (Monte Video), is appointed her Majesty's Agent and Cowed-General in Egypt. Mr. Richard Birnie, of the Inner Temple. is ap pointed Advocate-General for Western Australia. Tin: MINISTERIAL WIIITEISAIT DINNER took place on Saturday, at the Trafalgar, Greenwieh, previous to the prorogation of Parliament. The following members of the Ministry were present :—ltight Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Lord Alfred Hervey, Right Hon. Sir James Graham, Mr..lames Wilson, Right lion. K. titrutt, Lord Sydney, Lord Wodehoutte, lion. Robert. Boyle, Duke of Newcastle, Mr. Grenville Berkeley, Right lion. Sir W. Molosworth Mr. Wil liam Keogh, the Lord Chancellor, Lord lie Tabley, Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, Right lion. W. 6. Hayter, Viscount Drninhunig, Sir A. J. E. Cockburn, Mr. W. Monsell, Sir Richard Bethel!, Mr. Robert Lowe, lion. W. Cowper, Earl of Mulgrnve, Mr. John S'adleir, Lord Ernest Bruce, Earl of Aberdeen, Mr. Frederick Peel, Duke of Argyll, Right Hon. E. Cardwell, Viscount Palmerston, Viscount Canning, Mr. Ralph Osborne, Earl Granville, Marquis of Breatlalbane, and Lord Klein'. A VACANCY has occurred in the ancient and honourable corps of the Military Knights of Windsor, by the death of Ensign John Lamb, of the 2ti Royal Veteran Battalion. Mr. Lamb served with great credit for many years in her Majesty's 29th, or Wor cestershire Regiment of -RSA, was iu the Peninsula, and present at the battles of .ltoleia, Vimiera, and Talavera, for which he had the war medal and three TELEORAPIIIC COMMUNICATION will be continuous by the Ist of October between London and Cork, Dublin, Belfast, and Killarney ; the land lines being completed in Ireland, and the submarine link be tween Portpatrick and Donaghadee being at work. THE ROYAL AsSENTLO many railway bills was given on Monday. Among the acts them sanctioned were those for the Worcester and Hereford, Bayswater, Pad dington, and Holborn Bridge ; West Cornwall, 6riell Junction, Tralee and Killarney, Chard, East An glian, Momnouthshire ' Severn and Wyre, South Wales Mineral, Stamford and Essendine, Cork and Bandon, and the Electric Telegraph Company. TILE ROYAL COMMISSION for the Exhibition of INSI held a meeting on Monday at the Pi ivy Council Ottice. The commissioners present wore Earl Oran vidle, the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, Sir W. Cubitt, Sir C. Eastlake, Sir C. Lyell, and Mr. Coulson, Q.C. Mr. Edgar Bowring, Secretary to the Commission, was in attendance. METROPOLITAN IMPIoIVEMENTS continue to form the sulkject of acts of Parliament. One just passed enables the Commissioners of Public Works to com plete improvements in Pimlico and the neighbour hood of Buckingham Palace. Certain houses spe cified may be purcha-sed, streets altered, and the contemplated improvements forthwith commenced. By order of the commissioners for the city of lAm don, a further number of houses in Ray-street, Clerkenwell, are forthwith to be demolished, to com plete the direct line of communication from Black friars-bridge and Farringdon-street to Islington and the Great Northern Railway terminus at King's cross. The long-talked-of widening of Fenehureh street is at last being carried out, and the whole of the houses on the south side, extending from Mark- - lane, crossing London-street and Railway-place, up to Church-row, contiguous to the East. India Company's warehouses, are being demolished for that purpose. Many houses are being pulled down on the south side of Threattneedle-street, in Finch-lane, and Spread Eagle-court, to complete the approaches to the Royal Exchange, as also in Dow gate-hill, to widen and improve that thoroughfare The commissioners have obtained possession of pre mises at the corner of Mark-lane and Tower-street, to widen the latter thoroughfare, and form a direct line of communication from King William-street to Tower-hill. The new thoroughfare from London bridge to the south side of St. Paul's-churchyard is nearly finished ; it is to be opened throughout early in October. The Commissioners of Works have re commenced operations to complete the new street through Spitalfields, called Commercial street, ex tending from the London Docks, through White chapel, to Shoreditch. THE BRITISH ASMOCIATIoN FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE intend to commence their sittings for the present year at Kingston-upon-Hull, on Wednes day, the 7th of September. IN Sof:TH WARWIcKsIIIRE, Mr. Shirley, son of Mr. J. E. Shirley, formerly member for the division, is a candidate, in the Conservative interest, for the vacancy occasioned by the succession of Lord Brooke . 1 to the earldom of Warwick. Tug: CLERGY ORPHAN CORPORATION, which was established in 1809, held a quarterly court on Mon day, for the purpose of electing six children into the asylum, and the transaction of general business. The Rev. Dr. Russell, who presided, announced scver►l subscriptions to the fund for building a new school at Canterbury, and urged upon the clergy tho necessity of exertions to obtain the amount still needed to carry out the objects contemplated. This fund was set on toot by the 11ev. 1)r. Samuel Wilson Warneford, who gave 3.0001. to purchase a site for a new boys' school ; 4,0001. towards building a school for ltiti boys ; and (I,OIXI/. to ft►und six scholarships, three scholar► to be elected annually for two years each, at 801. per annum, frtm► the date of their regu lar superannuation. TILE M►►RTALITI OF• LONIVON has exhibited little va►iatien during the last month. lu the week ended on Saturday last the number of deaths regis tered was 1044. TH►: SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE ELECTION Caine off on Monday at. Lichfield, when the Hon. E. R. Little ton was elected without opposition. In his addresses the new member declared himself a thorough sup• porter of the present Ministry. lie did not show at the nomination, and the whole affair passed off in 14 tame and spiritless manner, barely 100 spectators being present. VisCOUNT STRATHALLAN is a candidate for limo %waney in the representative peerage of Scotland caused by the demise of the Earl of &Wield. AT CHATHAM, Captain Vernon having announced his intention not to defend his return, the elector: have presented a petition requesting permission of the I louse of Commons to he allowed to► do so on their own account. REIIIONATRANCES having been sent from Dunbar, to the Fishery Board and to the Treasury, stating that from 10 to 100 large French lugger% were fishing every night amidst our boats, anti causing havoc to the gear of our men, Sir James Orahatu ordered another steamer north to protect the fisheries. It is said that the Frenchmen have taken almost entire possession of the Northumberland coast; but the Tartarus has gone to the spot, and, it is to be hoped, will put matters to rights. NEws vao COMMANIbER ENOLKEIELDS ARCTIC ExsmortoN has been received by the afore-transport Diligence, which accompanied the Phasic with extra store of provisions, and has now returned. The ex• pedition had safely proceeded as far on their voyage as the island of Disco, where she picked up the crew of a whaler, the Rose, tit Hull, in deep distress, owing to their ship being wrecked and abandoned in the ice in Melville Bay. Commander Engletteld, with the other transport, pushed on for Beechy Island, from Disco, on the pith of July last; on the 211th of which mon th the Diligence sailed homewards, and has not spoken another vessel. Comunuider Engletield and his (Akers and crews were all well when the Diligence left them. Tin: DoesEur.st.Es between the colliers of Kings wood, near Bristol, and their employers have been amicably arranged. The men have resumed their labour4, and in the course of next week all will go on as usual. _ ..... Ste JAmes lbtoot /Ming to the Singapore Free Press, has been seriously ill with an attack of smallpox. The complaint began while he was on board the Werof, on his passage from Singapore to Sarawak ; tuul, for some time after his arrival, great leant were entertamed for his safety. He was, how ever, considered convalescent when the latest accounts were despatched. 'rite Cto NNE ATIVE LAN Sol • rry held their ninth public drawing at the offices on Saturday, the 13th inst., in the presence of Viscount Illanelagh, chair man, several members of the committee, and share holders front all parts of the country. Ninety-two numbers were drawn, the fortunate holders residing in Sussex, Kent, Surrey, Essex, Suffolk, Middlesex, Westmorhind, Hampshire, Durham, Staffordshire, and Yorkshire. The secretary announced that 5,469 shares, representing a capital of 2143,450/., had been takeu i and that forty shares, in addition to the numbers drawn, would be placed in the order of rights by seniority. 'the tenth public drawing ix fixed for Wednesday, the 7th of September, at Free masons flan. August ls.—( From a Corrsapon dento—The Dawsonian mess is still the chief topic of conversation. The congregation of this rani reverend have subscribed some 40111. odd towards paying his share, of the bill; hut, as the whole of the four defendants " worship " at the sante shrine, it its suggested that it ought to go to a general fund, One ballad on the subject is being privately circu lated, from welch I extract a couple of verses h o s y li!i p o gee's in mourninu, the eiders gape appaird, They ne er think, the ge9tlo—tnett, to be so badly Messlit4l; Itut lehalesi is en their wells, which mute hie presence haled, The "bevel-A chain" 'a exposed st bust, the prophet, aids Wl* veiled! • • • • • S. 'cutup on, end discontent, ran ever to a flame, Thou oast not add to the huge blot now resting on thy tame; Preach on of truth and kindness, sad for " social unit poi, Bet Meet knel t metrieted cue, the damages to pay: