The Press. — London, England, 1856-07-05 00:00:00

~ 4 J tulatory address. General Williams returned a suit able reply, and promised to "luster and encourage the kindly feeling hitherto existing between the military and civil population." The banquet at the Artillery Barracks went off with great ecbit. THE VALUABLE ENGLISH MUSIC IN SCORE, saved from the late fire at Covent Garden, was sold by auction on Thursday, by the Messrs. Robins, to gether with the prompt books, playbills, and the collection of pay-ledgers, from 1770 to 1826, with the autograph receipts of the most eminent actors and actresses during those periods, with their re spective salaries; the journals, with the nightly performances and receipts, cash-books, and all the papers connected with the long-litigated Chancery proceedings. The documents realized the most ridiculously low prices. Sir Henry Bishop's scores going for a few shillings each, and thatof Oberon for 4/. 45., and DI?. Freischutz for 15s. Lotto SHAFTESBURY presided at the annual meet ing, at Freemasons' Tavern, of the Society for Im proving the Condition of the Poor, held on Monday. The total receipts of the society during the past year had been 10,821/. 19s. 6d., out of which there was remaining a balance of 666/. 12s. Bd. THE WOLTERTON COLLECTION OF PICTURES WaS disposed of on Saturday by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their great room in King-street, St. James's-square. The celebrated "Rainbow Land scape" of Rubens was put up at 2,750 guineas, and realised the high price of 4,5501., bought by the Marquis of Hertford, against Mr. Eastlake, who bid 4,5001. for the nation. The seventy pictures, com mencing with 280 of the general catalogue and ending with 279, two being wrongly inserted, pro duced upwards of 11,5001. An attar piece by Lo Spagna, No. 267 in the catalogue of the sale, was purchased for the National Gallery at the price of 620 guineas. THE CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY presented their report on Monday at the usual halt-yearly meeting. Mr. Farquhar took the chair, and admitted that while the receipts had not been so great as they an ticipated, the working expenses had on the other hand exceeded the calculation made. On the subject of their dividend, it was not proposed to fix an exact time for paying it, the profits upon revenue having been temporarily carried to the credit of capital account. After some discussion, in which various indignant shareholders pretested strongly against the vast outlay upon what they called " Paxton's quacks," the report was adopted, and the directors authorised to borrow a sum not exceeding :13,300/., thus exhausting the borrowing powers of the com pany. A dividend of 2s. per share was declared, payable on or before the let of October. A CORRESPONDENT Of the Times this week, writing as the " Gardener of the Temple," says that since the Smoke Prevention Bill has come into force his trees and flowers in the Temple-gardens have much improved in health and vigour. But he states that several large factories on the opposite side of the river take advantage of the night and early morning to let off volumes of smoke iu the old style. This is the fault of the police; the proprietors are amenable to heavy fines, and they would be enforced by the magistrates in such case of wilful evasion, did the police keep a sharp look out on the tall chimneys. THE LORD MAYOR this week has sent to Paris the third and fourth contributions of 100,000 f. for the benefit of the sufferers by the inundations. THE LONDON DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION held its seventeenth annual meeting on Wednesday. The venerable Archdeacon Sinclair presided, and in opening the business lamented the indisposition which had caused the Lord Bishop of London (the President of the Board) to retire from his see, and dwelt in glowing terms on the many services of the right reverend prelate in the cause of education. The secretary then read the report, which stated that there were at present 500 schools open to the inspec tion of this board, and, during the past year, thirty four additional schools had been placed in union, and two reformatory institutions become connected with the board, as had also three free schools for English and American children in Pans. On the motion of Lord Radstock the report was unanimously adopted. THE FOUNDATION•STONE OF THE NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME was laid on Wednesday at Ham Common, veer Richmond, by the Marquis of Clanticarde, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge being pre ♦ented by indisposition from attending the ceremony. -The new home is intended to accommodate 200 orphans. THE FOUNDATION-STONE OF THE NEW CHURCH OF ST. LURE, KING'S -CROSS, was laid on Wednesday by the Marquis of Blandford. THE BEI.LOT TESTIMONIAL, Sir Roderick Murchison writes to the Times this week, is closed. The sub scription, with interest, amounted to 2,2811. 17s. Bd., of which 1,6101. 12s. lid. have been divided among the five unmarried sisters of the deceased, the re- THE PRESS. mainder having been expended upon an obelisk of polished Aberdeen granite, designed gratuitously by Mr. P. Hardwick, R.A. The site of this obelisk, is the quay of Greenwich Hospital, in the hall of which a monument is about to be raised to the memory of Franklin and his associates. The name of " Bellot " is cut in large letters upon the shaft of the obelisk, so as to be visible from the Thames, and a bronze tablet has been affixed to the opposite side of the pedestal, bearing the following inscription, which may be read by all persons passing along the (IdaY To the intrepid young BRLLOT, Of the French Navy, Who, in the endeavour to rescue FRANKLIN, Shared the fate and the glory of that illustrious navigator. (From his British admirers.) TILE REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S RETURNS for tha past week show a mortality of 1,118 against 1,737 births registered in London. roVintial. SIR CoLIN CAMPBELL was presented on Tuesday with the Ireedom of the city of Glasgow, and with a sword of honour, for his distinguished anti glorious services since 1808 in Spain, Portugal, France, India, China, and the Crimea. The ceremony of presen tation took place at noon in tho City-hall in the pre sence of a crowded audience. Outside thousands of spectators assembled to welcome the gallant general, and received him as he passed through the streets with enthusiastic cheers. The Lord Provost, accom panied by Sir Colin Campbell, entered the City-hall, amid tremendous cheering, at noon, and as soon as silence was restored addressed the gallant general in a brief speech, recounting his principal services, and, characterising him as " one of the bravest of the brave," in the name of the citizens presented with the freedom of the city inclosed in a gold box. Sir C. Campbell, on receiving the diploma, said : My Lord Provost, ladies, and gentlemen,— On arriving today in my native city, after an absence of upwards of halt' a century, it has become my lot to receive this civic honour, and it is also intended to confer another honour of a military kind. (Cheers.) These both coming from my townsmen, it is hard to say which I value most highly. I can say that I shall always be ready to draw the sword, about to be presented to me, in defence of my freedom. (Great applause.) I shall always value, as I ought to do, highly and gratefully, the manner of my reception today, and the great honour conferred and about to be conferred on me. The recompense which I desire to give you is in every possible way to do my duty to my country. (Sir Colin sat down amid tremendous cheering.) Sir Archibald Alison then rose, and in a clear con cise speech took a rapid review of the gallant ser %ices of Sir Colin Campbell from the time when the British armies first landed in Spain in 1808, includ ing the glorious battle of Vimiera, the retreat of Corunna, the defence of Tarifa, the forlorn hope in the assault of St. Sebastian, the battles of Barossa and Vittoria, the passage of the Bidassoa, the cam paign of America in 1814, the Chinese war, the conquest of the Punjaub, and the battles of Ram nuggur, Chillianwallah, and Goojerat, the subjec tion of the hill tribes and Iskakote, and, lastly, the Crimean campaign : You there found (continued Sir Archibald Alison) a field worthy of your renown. You were there to confront the best troops of continental Europe, to fight side by side with the victors of Austerlitz, and to measure swords with the conquerors of Leipsic. But if the crisis was perilous you proved yourself equal to it. If the danger was great, great also was the glory won, great the triumph achieved. It was your moral resolution, which, at the decisive moment, brought forward the Highland Brigade, along with the Guards, to the attack of the key of the enemies' position in the Alma; it was your un daunted personal courage which led you at their head into the midst of the enemies' tirailleurs, and, though your horse was shot dead under you, enabled you to plant the British standard on the blood-stained Russian in trenchments. Military historians of all countries concur in ascribing to that splendid attack the glorious victory which eventually followed it, fraught, as the event proved after an arduous struggle, with the ultimate fate of the war. Sir Archibald Alison then alluded to the repulse in line of the Russian cavalry at Balaklava, the perfect administrative talent shown by Sir Colin Campbell during the winter in the preservation of the High land Brigade, and the anticipated assault of the Redan by the Highlanders on the morning of the 9th September : Since that time (concluded Sir Archibald Alison), I speak the voice of the whole army and of its highest and noblest leaders, when I say you have not occupied the position in it to which your long and glorious services entitled you ; but though I may, in common with others, lament that for the sake of your country, I cannot but re joice at it for the sake of yourself. It has brought to light the inherent nobleness of your character, which right otherwise have remained concealed. It has shown that in the achoel of Wellington you have learnt not only to cou pler others, but to subdue yourself ; and, like him, you can SATURDAY, subjugate the strongest feelings of a personal kind at the call of patriotic duty and a chivalrous devotion to a revered sovereign. Yielding to natural and well-founded feelings, you returned home in spring last ; but at the call of your Sovereign and your country you rejoined your gallant soldiers, prepared to brave alike the hardships of a cam paign at the head of your corps d'armie in the waterless mountains of the Crimea, or sustain an arduous struggle in the snowy ridges of the Caucasus. You did this at a time when most men would seek—and none were so well entitled to find—repose after the fatigues of a life of glory —proving that you are alike superior to the love of ease, the first wish of ordinary minds, and the whisperings of ambition, the last infirmity of noble ones. When the learned sheriff presented the sword the whole audience rose, and gave three hearty and en thusiastic rounds of cheering. Sir Colin Campbell replied:— Sir Archibald and fellow-countrymen, I was quite unpre pared fur the eloquent manner in which this honour has been done me. I can never forget the reception I have met with on this occasion, and the honours which have been conferred upon me, surpassing, in amount of recom pense, all the services I have been able to perform. There is another party who ought not to be forgotten on this occasion. I owe alt this to my hardy veteran soldiers of the Highland Brigade—and to them is the honour due for what you have now conferred on me. This should not be forgotten—that these are conferred in their name as well as my own. (Tremendous cheering.) On Wednesday the gallant general was entertained at a magnificent banquet at the Town-hall. Up wards of 800 gentlemen sat down to dinner. Sir Cohn Campbell returned thanks briefly for his health, drunk with the most tremendous cheering and applause, and with modest diffidence remarked : I have served in all parts of the world ; but I believe that my name has become principally known to you from the acc.dent of my having had the good fortune to be ap pointed to the command of the glorious Highland Brigade. (Cheers.) It is to the valour of those soldiers that I have the honour of meeting you here, and for having conferred upon me the honour of a burgess of Glasgow. Colonel Stirling, in returning thanks for Sir Colin's staff, said Sir Colin Campbell was the soul of the brigade. His men were congenial with him, and, with him as their leader, they would not have feared to do any thing. Here, where he was only known to be appreciated, and where his activity was so well known, an opportunity was taken to place him under the command of a junior officer. (Cheers.) How nobly, and with what chivalry, did he return and serve under that junior officer—(en thusiastic cheering)—has been seen by the army and by the country. The reason why he was placed in such a position, after rendering such brilliant services, I cannot see. Iris probably one of those mysteries of which we are unable to receive a satisfactory solution. (Laughter.) THE HLILEYBURY PRIZES were distributed last Friday, on the closing of the first term of this year. Mr. McNeil, son of Dr. McNeil, stood highest on the list for prizes, winning no less than four medals and three prizes for his proficiency in the various studies of Sanscrit, classics, mathematics, political economy, &c. THE RATEPAYERS OF HERTFORD have agreed upon abolishing the c•xaction of Church-rates from Dis senters. A MONUMENT TO THE LATE MR. HUME W6S agreed upon last week at a public meeting held at Montrose. THE MURDER AT SPONDON continues enveloped in mystery. The inquest on the body of Enoch Stone was adjourned till Monday next. Two Irishmen and a sailor, in custody on suspicion of being con cerned in the murder, have been discharged for want of evidence. A woman, named Susan Caroline Williamson, is, however, still detained on the charge. A communication has been received from the Home office authorising a Government reward of lOU, in addition to that offered by the inhabitants, and a free pardon to any accomplice not being the actual murderer, who shall give such information as shall lead to a conviction. Lord DALHOUSIE will be shortly presented with the freedom of the city of Edinburgh, a motion to that effect having been unanimously agreed to this week at the Town Council. THE BISHOP OF SODOR AND MAN having promised last Sunday week to preach a charity sermon at Kirk Bradden, near Douglas in the Isle of Man, the crowd was so great, outside as well as inside the church, that the right rev. prelate, at the close of the Communion Service, adjourned to the churchyard, where, mounted on a chair placed on a tombstone, he delivered a most effective address. STIRLING CASTLE, partially destroyed by fire last year, is to be restored. The plans are already prc : pared. :I"tato anb THE GREAT DYCE SOMBRE WILL CASE WBB adjudged on Tuesday by the Judicial Committi • of the Privy Council, and the decision of the Lower Court affirmed. Dr. Lushington, who delivered judgment, entered elaborately into all the circum-