The Press. — London, England, 1855-05-12 00:00:00

446 THE EARL OF ELLENBOROUGHS RESOLUTIONS. THE following are the resolutions to be proposed in the House of Lords, on Monday next : That an humble address be presented to her Majesty, To assure her Majesty of our continued support in the prosecution of the just and necessary war in which her Majesty is engaged: To declare the sincere gratification with which we have regarded the perfect community of counsels between her Majesty and the Emperor of the French, and have seen friendliness established and increasing between the French people and our own ; events full of hope for the future to other nations as well as to ourselves : To express our admiration of the many deeds of valour by which the allied forces in the East have illustrated their brotherhood in arms, and our satisfaction that the brave army of Piedmont is now called to participate in their actions and in their fame : To declare our persuasion that, amidst all their disap pointments, the people of this country still retain the gene rous feelings which led them at the commencement of the war willingly to place all the means required from them at her Majesty's disposal—that they will still protect the weak against the aggression of the strong—and that they are not prepared to consent that Russia shall, by her increasing preponderance, so control the Turkish Govern ment as practically to hold Constantinople within her grasP To acquaint her Majesty that, while we admit and lament the privations to which war necessarily subjects all classes of the people, we yet venture to assure her Majesty that they would in so just a cause bear those privations without complaint if they could feel that the war had been well conducted--that the troops had not been exposed to any hardships which could have been avoided by forethought— and that everything had been done to enable them to achieve decisive success: Humbly to represent to her Majesty that her people, suf fering privations on account of this war, have as yet had no such consolation ; that, on the contrary, we cannot with hold from her Majesty the avowal of our conviction that the conduct of the war has occasioned general dissatisfaction, and given rise to just complaints; and that we must hum bly lay before her Majesty our deliberate opinion that it is only through the selection of men for public employment, without regard to anything but the public service, that the country can hope to carry on the war successfully, and to obtain its only legitimate object, a secure and honorable peace. EMIGRANT LAW IN AMERICA. Tux United States have lately adopted an entirely new passenger law for all emigrant vessels arriving in the ports of that country, the provisions of which have just been promulgated, and are of great importance to the shipping interests both of America and Europe. Henceforth no vessel is to take more than one passenger for every two tons, with the exception of children under a year old, who are not reckoned, and children between one year and eight, two of whom are to count as one adult. The regu lations for space vary from fourteen to eighteen clear super ficial feet, according to the construction of the ship. The berths are to be separated by partitions ; each is to be at least six feet long and two wide, and no vessel is to have more than two tiers. All vessels carrying fifty emigrant passengers are to have a house on the upper deck, over the passage way from below, and those carrying 100 are to have two. Where there is capacity for more than 100 passengers there are to be at least two ventilators—one with au exhausting cap to carry off the foul air, and the other with a receiving cap to carry down fresh air, their diameter to be increased in proportion to the size of the space to be ventilated. When there are more than fifty passengers there must be at least one cooking-range four feet. long and eighteen inches wide, and extra ones must be furnished fur every 200 passengers. The allowance of provisions for each adult is to be 20Ib. of good navy bread, 151 b. of rice, 101 b. oatmeal, 101 b. wheat flour, 10Ib. peas and beans, 201 b. potatoes, 101 b. salt beef, one pint of vinegar, and sixty gallons of fresh water, and an occasional substitution of one article for another is permitted under special circumstances. One-tenth part at least of these quanti ties is to be delivered weekly, and three quarts of water daily, the food to be properly cooked at certain notified times, and a fine of three dollars per day is to be recoverable by each passenger who may be put on short allowance. The captain is also to he responsible for cleanliness and disci- pline, and is to prepare a manifest with full particulars re garding each/passenger, to be delivered to the authorities of the port immediately on arrival. A payment of ten dollars is likewise to be made for every death from natural disease that may have occurred during the passage, such sum to be applied to a fund for the relief of emigrants. Infringements of the various clauses are to be visited with fines ranging from five to one thousand dollars, with, in some cases, the addition of six months' or a years' im prisonment, and the law is to extend not only to the passenger traffic with Europe, but also to that with the Pacific ports and the coloured colony of Liberia. In the case of vessels sailing from European ports it is to come into operation within sixty days from the date of its approval, which took place on the 3rd of March last. IT is stated to be the intention of the allied powers to embark an immense force immediately for the Crimea; such a movement is considered necessary by persons well acquainted with military affairs. It is unierstood that the expedition will comprise about 60,000 men—cavalry, artillery, and infantry—and that its destination will be some place near the isthmus of Perekop, in order to co-operate with the allied army before Sebastopol, by checking the advance, or, in the event of the fortress being carried, by cutting off the oetreat of the Russians, THE PRESS. dart au lastion. The Queen visited the French School of Fine Arts on Tuesday and the Botanic Society's flower-show on Wednesday. That evening her Majesty gave a state ball at Buckingham Palace to which nearly 1,700 in vitations had been issued. On Thursday evening the Queen and several of the royal children visited the Polytechnic Institution. Yesterday there was the last levee of the season at St. James's Palace. Last. evening the Queen honoured the amateur perform ante at Drury Lane with her presence. The receipts of this representation will be appropriated to the Wellington College. Her Majesty will give a second state ball, on Friday, the Ist of June next, and a second state con cert, on Wednesday, the 20th of June. P►ince Albert went to the Wellington-barracks on Wednesday morning, for the purpose of distributing medals which have been awarded for distinguished conduct in the field, to the non-commissioned officers and men of his Royal Highness's regiment, the Grenadier Guards. _ _ _ His Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe-Coburg, brother to Prince Albert, arrived at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, from the Continent, on a visit to the Queen. Cabinet Councils were held on Saturday and Wed nesday last. Lady Lyndhurst gave a ball on Monday evening, at the family mansion, in George-street, Hanover square. His Serene Highness the Prince Victor of Hohenhole honoured her ladyship with his presence. The Earl of Eglinton gave a grand banquet on Wednesday evening at his mansion in St. James's • square. A solemn Te Deum was performed on Sunday last in the chapel of the French Embassy, to return thanks for the preservation of the life of the Emperor from the hand of the assassin. Nearly the whole of the cor e s diplomatique were present, wearing their respective decorations, &c. Cardinal Wiseman, at- tended by some of the Roman Catholic prelates now in London, officiated at the altar, and pronounced, in French, an eloquent address. The chapel was filled to overflowing. plittcal anb 6tntral. THE ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL OF THE BROMPTON HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST was celebrated on Wednesday evening at Willis's-rooms. The Duke of Richmond, who was to have presided, being indisposed, Lord Ravensworth took the chair. The report which was read in the course of the evening stated that— It had been resolved to throw open the newly-constructed west wing for the admission of 130 additional patients without further delay. About 185 patients ou au average were now applying for admission, but the committee were unable to take them in for want of room. The present annual expenditure of the hospital was about 4,6001.; but, when the number of patients was in creased to 830, the outlay would probably not exceed 8,0801., showing that in the former case the expense on the average attaching to each bed was 511., whilst on the increased scale the annual expense would be 351. The patients admitted during the last year numbered 418 ; the number discharged, more or less relieved, was 268 ; and the number of deaths had decreased to 46. The number of new out-patients was 3,d41, and the number daily prescribed for was, on an average, 101. The number of in patients who had received treatment since the opening of the new building in the year 1636 was 3,295, sud the total number of out-patients was 26,306. Subscriptions and donations to the amount of 1,5001. were announced before the company separated. THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S LAST RETURN discovers an increase in the deaths of the week that ended last Saturday on those of the two previous weeks. Having been in these weeks 1,087 and 1,132, they rose last week to 1,185, of which 597 were deaths of males, and 588 of females. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1845-54 the average number of deaths was 990, which, if raised for increase of popu lation for the purpose of comparison, becomes 1,089. It appears, therefore, that nearly 100 deaths occurred last week more than the ordinary rate of mortality would have produced. THE NEW METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET at Copenhagen-fields will, it is now stated, be opened before the close of the present month. THE Enterprise, discovery-ship, Captain Collison, arrived at Spithead on Sunday night, from the Arctic regions, after an unavailing search for Sir John Franklin. Four officers of the Enterprise, namely, Commander Phare, Lieutenants Parks and Jago, and Mr. Skeade, the master, are under arrest. Da. BARTH, the explorer, was met by Dr. Vogel, on the Ist of December last, at Bundi, about 110 geo graphical miles north-east from Kuka. Dr. Barth afterwards went to Kuka, intending to return to Europe by Murzook and Tripoli. MME. SELVAGE, formerly a lady of honour of Queen Hortense, has just diel at Rome, and left all her property to Napoleon 111. M. Casablanca, the bro ther of the Minister, and agent for the imperial estates in Italy, has received orders to proceed to IcitMe, and take legal possession 9f the property, SATURDAY, FENTON, the celebrated photographer, and his assistant have been actively employed in taking views of the siege works, ttc., before Sebastopol. Such have been his zeal and energy, in spite of winter weather and occasionally of Russian missiles, that he will bring home with him about eight hundred views of the fortress and its vicinity. The plates are of large size, and in some of tlrem every window o f the larger buildings in the town can be counted. Among the most interesting will be a panoramic sun-picture of the town and its fortifications, with the distant hills, taken from the old Russian redoubt, or, as it has been called since General Sir George Cathcart was buried there, " Cathcart's Hill," in front of the fourth division. THE inauguration dinner of the Royal Academy exhibition for 1855 attracted, on Saturday last, a brilliant assemblage within the walls of the Royal Academy. From two o'clock, at which hour the doors were opened, until six, Ministers of State, many munificent patrons of art among the nobility, and others distinguished in politics, law, literature, and science, continued to arrive, and to apply them selves with artistic interest to the inspection of the paintings in the various rooms. At six o'clock about 180 gentlemen sat down to dinner in the east room, the chair being taken by the President of the Royal Academy, Sir C. L. Eastlake. THE first of the flower-shows of the Royal Botanic Society, which took place on Wednesday, in the Regent's-park, was well attended, though not to the extent that would probably have been the case had the weather been more settled. As the afternoon advanced it grew very cold, and indications of rain drove many of the ladies into the tents. Earlier in the day the promenade wore a very splendid aspect, for the sun was then shining,the company numerous, and the dresses gay. The show was confined to the large-tented inclosure in the rear of the conservatory, and, notwithstanding the adverse circumstances of the season, the floral displays were scarcely inferior to those of former years. The greenhouse azaleas and rhododendrons were superbly beautiful; and so also were the pelargoniums and the roses, of both of which there was an ample supply. The heaths, as usual, were abundant, and of several varieties. The orchids and ferns, too, were in great profusion, be sides an excellent collection of calceolarias and cinerarias. The present arrangement of the plants is a great improvement upon former seasons. The bright and variegated costumes of the visitors mingling with the flowers in such a spacious area produce a very fascinating ensemble, and we think should be adopted at all similar shows, in lieu of the long narrow tents which have hitherto been in use. The military bands of the Ist and 2nd Life Guards and the Royal Blues were in attendance. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Prince of Saxe Coburg, and the Princess Hohenloe Langenberg, honoured the gardens with their presence in the course of the day. ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. The following papers will be read at the evening meeting on Mon day next :--" Notes on the Passage of Hannibal across the Alps and the Valley of Beaufort in Upper Savoy." By Professor Paul Chaix, of Geneva, Cotres. F.R.G.S.—" The Amazon' and the Atlantic Water Courses of South America." By M. Susine, of Monte Video. Communicated by Captain Chappell, R.N. —Copies of letters from Drs. Barth and Vogel, res pecting the progress of the Central African Mission. • A TREASURY MINUTE has appeared granting a special retired allowance of 1,000/. per annum to Sir William Burnett, K.C.8., late Director of the Navy Medical Department. THE number of men who have purchased their dis charges from the cavalry and infantry, for the last ten years, was 15,583 ; from the artillery, during the same period, the number was 1,094; and from the royal marines 835. CAPTAIN CHRISTIE'S TRIAL was to have taken place on the 25th ult. at Kamisch, but worry and mental excitement had been too much for him, and he had become delirous and dangerously ill. Of course, under such circumstances, the trial was postponed indefinitely. THE BURNT BATTERY at Mr. Scott Russell's is reported to be hopelessly damaged, and may be struck off the list. The other four are being got ready for service—Mr. Mare's two at Woolwich, Messrs. Green's two at Sheerness. THE CRIMEA is to be cultivated. A large seed merchant has received an extensive order for vegeta ble and grass seeds for the Crimea, from Captain Dacres, the Admiralty superintendent at Southamp ton, on behalf of the Government. These seeds are packed in !cases addressed to Captain the Hon. Henry Keppel, H.M.S. St. Jean D'Aere, care of Admiral Boxer. A GOVERNMENT SCHOOL OF ART has just been established at Southampton. Its establishment was originated and chiefly supported by a lady of the neighbourhood. Many of the pupils are sappers and ' miners belonging to the Ordnance survey department in the abovequeutioued towu,