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92 A Geographical Dictionary of the Holy Scriptures; including, also, Notices of the Chief Places and People mentioned in the Apocrypha. By the Bev. A. Arrowsmith, M.A. London: Longmans. A carefully-compiled work, calculated to be of real value as a book of reference upon all occasions in which information may be required concerning those places and peoples mentioned in Holy Writ. Un- wearied industry, intelligence, and care, are marked upon every page of this accurate and useful book. The Pocket Peerage and Baronetage. By Henry Forster. London : Bogue. Taz fifth annual publication of this convenient little work has just appeared. It has been corrected up almost to the day of publication, and, as the author assures us in his preface that the numerous par ticulars relating to the history and present connec tions of the various noble houses have been furnished and revised by their heads, the book may be taken as an official authority so far as the details extend. It is compact, comprehensive, and well arranged. Transatlantic Wanderings. By Captain Oldmixon, R.N. London: Routledge and Co. A REPRINT of Captain Oldmixon's sketches of America, giving us in a sprightly style a fair estimate of our cousins and their country. While he bears willing witness to their indomitable energy and undoubted practical talent, he does not, on the other hand, hide their defects. In the present cheap form these " Wanderings" will no doubt be much in request, possessing as they do the additional claim of being the latest publication upon America. PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. BOOKS. - . Memoirs of Sir R. Strange and L ismisden. J. Dennistown. Lenginans. Sokliers and Sailors. 11. B. Hall, K.S.F. Chapman and Hall• Landmarks in English History. Rev. J. White. Routledge. English, Past and Present. R. C. Trench. J. W. Parker and Sun. Hellas. Ditto. Polynesian Mythology. Sir G. Grey. Murray. The Crimea and Odessa. I h.. C. Kock. Ditto. Missions to Constantinople and St. Petersburg. Baron Muffling. Longman& Every Man His Own Printer. Waterlow. Life and Times of Salvator Rosa. Lady Morgan. Bryce. O.rfurd Essays. J. W. Parker and Son. THE NEW WORE OF VERDI, Lea Vepres Sicilicnnes, is preparing with elaborate care at the Grand Opera in Paris. The repetitions will be concluded about the middle of March, soon after which the filet re presentation will take place. In the way of revivals, La Juive is announced for Mdlle. Cruvelli, and the Prophete, with Mine. Stoltz as Fides. M. Neri Ba- raldi is also about to appear as Edgard in Lucie de Lammermoor. In St. Petersburg the Italian Opera season glides on uninterruptedly and prosperously, notwithstanding the war. Don Pasquale, La Soli nambula, I Puritani, Poliuto, Macbeth, and Der Freyschutz, have been the chief operas of the winter, and Calzolari, Ronconi, and Lablache ; Mmes. Te desco and Delagrange, the reigning favorites. AT the Berlin Court a representation of tableaus vivants, in which some of the princesses took part, was given on Monday, and a grand closing ball on Tuesday. A BENEFIT "came off" at the Constantinople theatre on the 31st ult., under the patronage of Lady Stratford. The beneficiare was a young Neapolitan pianist, Mdlle. Therese Romano, and the opera se lected for the occasion was Verdi's Trovatore, which has already been on the boards in Constantinople for some time. The house was crammed from floor to ceiling, and the whole went off in a style which would have done credit to many a city of higher musical pretensions. The difficult rule of Zingara was sus tained by an Englishwoman, Mdlle. Alba (her stage name), who sung and acted the part to a perfection which brought down the loud and repeated applause of the densely-filled house. THZ NAVAL FORCES FOR THE Thu:rte.—The fol lowing appears iu Ualigiuini. Although our contem porary has rather overstated the number of British pendants, the number of French vessels of war iu preparation for Baltic service this year is probably correct : The operations in the Baltic next spring will, it is stated, be conducted on a scale of extraordinary magnitude. In addition to the naval forces of England, which are to consist of 140 steamer. 4, France will send fifty steam-ves sels and a powerful land armament, which is now stationed at various points along the coast from Calais to Cherbourg, For the conveyance of these troops and all the war mate riel the French Government have entered into a contract with an English company, the representative of which is at present in Paris, an arrangement which will have the advantage of leaving the vessels of war free to operate with all their power against the great Russian streagizolds in the Gulf of Finland• THE PRESS. ate glnitg. WAR-OFFICE, Fzu.l9. BREVET. The following promotions to take place consequent on tbe death of the undermentioned officers, vtz., Generals the lion. T. E. Capel, the Hon. Sir Patrick Stuart, G.C.111.0.. and W. C. Eustace, C.B.—Lieutenant-General Sir John Grey, K. 0.8., to be General; Major-General the Hon. John Finch, 0.8., to be Lieu tenant-General; Colonel the Hoa. Arthur Upton to be Major- General; Lieutenant• Colonel Corbet Cotton to be Colonel; Major William R. Preston to be Lleutonant-Colonel ; Captain John James Grant to be Major. Major-General Simpson to have the local rank of Lieut.-Gene ral, while employed on the staff of the artily serving in the Crimea—Captain J. Forbes Bruce, employed on a particular ser vice in Turkey, to have the local rank of Major while so em ployed. Itt gabg. APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS. APPOINTMENTS. Rear-Admiral Henry Eden is appointed one of the Lords of Admiralty, in the room of Roar-Admiral Hon. Richard Saunders Hondas, C. 8., who is appointed to the command of the Baltic fleet. Captain—Sidney C. Decree to the Victory. Lieutenants—His Serene Highness Victor F. F. E. G. A. C. F. Prince of Hohenlohe Langenbourg to the tit. Jean D'Acre; John P. Cheyue to the I'hmanix; Henry Harvey to the Hawke ; Hugh M'Nicl Dyer to the Retribution; Charles J. Bullock to the Nep tune ; William H. Blake to the Edinburgh; Robert Sterne to the Euryalus; Charles W. Mawthorp to the Exmouth; David On to the Blenheim; John E. Commerell to the Weser; George F. Day to the Recruit; Richard B. l'earae (Sag) to be Flag- Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Michael Seymour; Charles S. Fitton to the Vulture; Francis W. Bennett to the Himalaya; • John D. M•Crea to the Hastings; Henry Berkeley to the Pene lope; F. W. Pym to the Neptune. Surgeons—Harvey Morris to the Impregnable ; Patrick Mar tyn, M.D., to the Powerful; Hugh T. S. Beveridge to the Hawke. Chaplains—David E. Doraville to the Tartar; Rev. Frederick W. Smith to the Odin; Rev. W. S. Davis to the hospital at The- rapis. Masters—George B. F. Swain to the Majestic; George A. Macfarlane to the Magiclenne; John Huntley to the Resistance. Second Masters—Henry G. Swainson to the Cuckoo ; John A. Allen to the Medusa. Mate—James S. Tonkin to the Medusa. Masters' Assistants—Richard Wellington to the Phoenix; C. J. Layton to the James Watt; Frederick James to the Furyalus. Payuiasters—Williana Hudson Ozzard to the Firefly; Robert W. Warwick to the Merlin; George Tait to the Aretbusa. Midshipmen—Francis Osbotuu to the Ajar; E. P. Pocock to the Ariel; J. T. Swum to the James Watt; J. N. Crake to the Oberon. Clerks-in•Charge—Edward S. Cooke to the Tyne ; Richard D. Hire to the Medusa; John Seldom to the Waver; Brice W. White to the Recruit. Clerks—Edward 0. Hayes to the Royal George; Charles Fisher to the Rosamond; George F. °rigor to the Himalaya. Acting Clerk—Henry M. 1). Wilson to the Penelope. Clerks Assistants—George A. Rowe to the 1•;ile; R. R. Mar riott to the Pembroke; John Kiddie to the Phceuix; Henry B. Robinson to the Excellent. Naval Cadets—F. Edwards to the Royal George; F.R. Broom- ilaw to the Pembroke; G. R. Keating to the Majestic; W. Izud 1 to the Cornwallis. PROMOTIONS. Corps of Royal Marines—Captain and Brevet Lieutenant- Colonel. Peter brames Nolloth to be Lieutenant-Colonel; Fart Lieutenant and Quartermaster W. E. Farmer to be Captain; Second Lieutenant .1. R. /dwell to be First Lieutenant. Second blaster—David Batt to be Master. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE. Tuesday, • February 20. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.—EDWARD WRIGHT, Weiwiek, East Riding of Yorkshire, draper. BANKRUPTS--STEPHEN GRANTHAM, Is lington, dealer in hay—Joan kiramor, Caroline-place, Citproad, builder—Wm. JOHNSON, Beeping, Lino 'Malin:, grocer—JOHN BAILEY SER GEANT, Portsmouth, wine merchant—Vicaon BAUER, Lilypot lane, St. Martin's-le Grand, meretiant—MATTHEW JOHN Gorr, Queen'tpereseeut, Kentish-town, toyman RICHARD AKHRY, /delina-plitee, Lambeth, baker W I LLIAM HARRISON, Clyde terrace, Caledonian-road, baker—RasEra JACOB HILLS, Ryde, Isle of Wight, tailor—Aaroal FORRER, Regent-street, jeweller CHARLES HENRY HARDEN, Goulston-street, Whit/inhaled, wholesale cheesemouger—WlLLlAM RANDALL BARRETT, Folk stone, Kent, ironmonger—JOSEPH CLEVER and CALEB STANGER, Kent-wharf, liaggerstone, builders—DAVlD LLOYD WILLIAMS, Cannon.street.ehambers, City, civil engineer—THOMAS SALMON, Kettering, Northamptonshire, ironmonger_RlCHAlD BRAWN, Rushall, Staffordshire, limo blinker—FRANCIS BEHP.ENS, Bir mingham, general merchant—JAMES CARTWRIGHT, Birmingham, factor—GEORGE PORTEOUS ROBY, LeanlkOfnOß Priors, Warwick shire, fishmonger—dosser' EDWARDS and EDWARD EDWARDS, Truro, Cornwall, jewellers—JOHN BANCASTER, St, Mary Church, Devonshire, plumber—JOHN ROPZR and WILLIAM MITCHELL, • Keighley, Yorkshire, worsted spinners—SAßAH RATCLIFFE, BEN JAMIN RATCLIFFE, and JAMES RATCLIFFE, BOX4Fee-1111118, York , shire, manufacturers—Jams WILLIAms, jun ~ Tslysarn, Carnar voushire, Graper--THOMAS BELL, Jarrow, Durham, alkali fatitnrer. SCOTCH BEQUESTItATIONB.—ALTIANDER WILSON, Bells, haugh Govan and Glasgow, dyer—ANDREW CHRISTIE, Glasgow watch material dealer—GEoßos PORTER and W. PORTER, Glas gow, brick builders—TiromAs HOOD, Airdrie, upholsterer—JOHN BRINKLEY, Garroch, near Glasgow, flint miller. Friday, February 23. BANKRUPTS.—JAS. rirstr.Eß, Wapping, sail-maker—Ono. CUMMING STEWART, Hackney-rOsli,Jraper—SlMON OATES, Cam bridge, builder—JAxEs HoWELL,Judd.street, Brunswick-square, builder—THOMAS SALMON, Kettering, Northampton, ironmonger —JAMES KING, Birmingham, licensed victualler—JANE MARY BENTLEY, Dudley, grocer—WILLIAM BOWLER, Lambeth, timber merchant--JOHN CLENCH, Exeter, timber dealer—Lure CAU ZI E, Bute-rood, Cardiff, hotel-keeper—JOHN Moons, Skircoat, Halifax, brewer—HAYhoN SOUNDS, Lincoln, wheelwright—Jona HENRY CHEETHAM, Nottingham, lace manufacturer—DANisr. HIAnN, Cheltenham, linendraper and lacoman GEOROE COOPER Rouen, Dovercourt, Essex, baker—GEORGE RICHARD BLACKWELL, Cheltenham, marble mason—JAMES TWINER, Hedge-row, Islington, draper—WILLIAM HANDLZ. Cheltenham, miller` —WILLIAM WESTMORE COWHERD KIRKHAM, Manchester, money scrivener—RALPH PICKSTONE and AMBROSE MAYALL, Ashtokl-under-14110, Lancaster, cotton-spinners. SCOTCH SEQU ESTRATIONS.—JOHN CAMPBELL and Sous, Bowiled, Renfrawshire, bleachers—JOHN CsYrIMALL, Glasgow, tailor—ROHN= CAM, Glagow, InerChiSlß SATURDAY, Ob Ulan!. DEATH OF JOSEPH HUME, M.P. WE regret to announce the death of that vetersu politician, Mr. Joseph Hume, who expired on Tues day last, at his seat, Burnley-hall, Norfolk, in the 78th year of his age. Mr. Hume was born in Montrose, in January, 1777. He was a younger member of a large family. On the death of his father (who was the master of a vessel trading from Montrose), which happened iu his infancy, Joseph Hume was placed by his mother in a school where the then superior Scotch system and extent of education qualified him for a proles. sional training. After his apprenticeship to a sur. geon in Montrose, he went through the regular course of study at the University of Edinburgh, and was admitted a member of the College of Surgeons in 1798. He began his professional career as a naval surgeon in the East India Company. In three years he was on the medical establishment of Bengal. He very speedily discovered the defects of the service, and particularly those which resulted from the want of knowledge among the company's servants of the native languages, of which he soon made him. self master. In 1800, in the Mahratta war, his knowledge of the dialects of India enabled him to join the office of interpreter to that of surgeon. His energy and inde fatigable perseverance enabled him at the same time to discharge with efficiency the duties of paymaster, postmaster, and commissariat officer. At one time he had the medical charge of no less than six regi ments ; and it is stated that he was never known to neglect any duty which he undertook. His power of communicating with the natives gave him a command of assistance which few other Eng lishmen could obtain. He terminated his connection with India in 1808, returning from that country with a sonsiderable fortune. After about two years spent in travelling during the war in Spain, .Portugal, in the Mediterranean, and along its coasts and islands, he returned to Eng land, and commenced his parliamentary career in 1811, as member for Weymouth. From 1812 to 1818 Mr. Hume was out of Parlia ment. During those six years he laboured (as a proprietor of East India Stock) to correct what he c )nsidered to be the errors and to reform the abuses of our Indian system. He was elected member for Montrose in 1818, and continued to represent the Montrose boroughs until his election for Middlesex in 1830, from which time, with the exception of one session, ( when he represented Kilkenny, till 1842 he sat for that county. In 184:2, and front thence to the present time, he has represented his birth place, Montrose. Respecting the political career of Mr. Hume, the Daily News remarks No sooner had he got into the house of Commons than he commenced his crusade against financial abuses. lie commenced it almost single-handed ; and for a long time he could number only six supporters in the House of Com moas—Ricardo, Moore, Creevey, and three others. But he was neither to be dismayed nor put down. Nature had not made him an orator, and the glib speakers of the house, and turners of sparkling paragraphs in the papers, attempted to laugh him into silence. Authority attempted to scowl him down. All in vain ; he stuck to his point; his minorities increased, and at last they became majori ties. Mr. Hume has taught the House of Commons to exercise in reality its functions as auditor of the national accounts. This is the great triumph of his long and well spent life. In his advocacy of religious toleration, of par liamentary reform, of universal and unsectarian education, he had many colleagues—some of more dazzling and soar ing genius; but as a financial reformer, he stands alone and unrivalled. We regret to announce the death of LADY COL BORNE, widow of the late peer, whom she has sur vived only a few months. Her ladyship expired on Saturday morning, at her house in Hill-street, Berke ley-square, after a short illness. The deceased was eldest daughter of the late Right Hon. Thomas Steele, and was married to the late fir' Cun olbolBlB, rne, brother of Sir MW. Ridley, Bart., Je, and leaves issue three unmarried daughters. A CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE occurred at the Paris Bourse on _Saturday last. A well.known ex-agent de change, who had got early information of the Emperor's intention to go to the Crimes, sold largely, and made no secret of the fact that he did so in con sequence of his belief in the journey. While speak ing to a friend on the subject, a police agent came up, and asked the gentleman in question who had given bim the information; and upon his refusing to give his authority, a prod* verbal was at once drawn up, and the gentleman is to be prosecuted for propa gating fausses nouvelles. AMONG the passengers by the Tagus , w hich left Southampton on Tuesday with the India mail, was Major-General Simpson, the chief of the staff of the English army in the Crimea. Sul JOHN FORBES has resigned the appointment the civil hospital at Smyrna. ,