The Press. — London, England, 1855-02-17 00:00:00

158 monition from the Bishop of London, addressed to the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Liddell, the incumbent of the church, at the instance of Mr. Charles Westerton, directing that the high altar in that church shall he removed, and a decent communion table substituted. 3,ttibtnts ad Cantu. THE PERPETRATION OF ♦ SERIOUS AND DARING BANE ROBBERY at Ballarat has been communicated to the London police authorities by the last overland mail from Melbourne, it being suspected that the robbers had escaped to England. The robbery was effected on the 2nd of November, when four men, supposed to be from the gang who hau,it the diggings, and have often committed the most fearful atrocities, entered the Victoria Branch Bank in broad daylight, but with their faces concealed by masks. Each was armed with a revolver. The villains seized Mr. Buckley, the manager, and Mr. Marshall, the chief clerk, the only two who were in the bank at the time, and, having bound them with cords, rifled the establishment of all it contained, and decamped, previously threatening the lives of those above named if they dared to move. The Police Gazette of Syd ney furnishes a full description of the thieves, with a partial list of the bank-notes and gold stolen. Among them were four hundred 10/. Victoria Bank notes, Mel bourne issue. The value of the notes stolen is nearly 17,1.001. Several bags of gold, in the whole amount ing to 17,0001., were among the plunder. The Colo nial Government have offered 1,6001. for the apprehen sion of the offenders. A FIRE broke out on Tuesday evening in the house No. 3, Pleydell•street, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street, occupied by Mr. Thorburn, bookseller. The two lower shops, belonging to Mr. Thorburn, were nearly burnt out, and the building severely damaged. The contents were insured in the Sun and Unity Fire offices. The adjoining premises of Mr. Adams, pub lisher of Bradshaw's Railway Guide, were also dam aged by fire and water. The fire is said to have been caused by the gas•buiners. AN INQUEST was held on Monday at the Charing cross Hospital, touching the death of Mr. Charles •I' Proctor, the proprietor of 0 liver's• hotel, Westminster ... road, who committed suicide by shooting himself with a pistol in Smith's Rifle•gallery, 398, Strand, on Saturday last. The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity." A HOUSE in the Lower-road, Islington, which seems to have been ill-built rather than old, fell down piecemeal on Sunday night. The premises were situated over a gateway, the walls and roof of which gave way first and buried several persons beneath a mass of rubbish. Assistance was quickly on the spot, and while efforts were being made to disengage the sufferers a further portion of the house tumbled down, and an unfortunate police constable named Stoker, who was actively aiding in the work of humanity, was himself buried and killed by the falling materials. It was not until next day that the adjoining walls were propped up and the dhbris safely removed. In the end six bodies besides that of the policeman were discovered. The names of the victims were:—Thos. Hodges, aged 14 years ; George Hodges, 8; Joseph Glover, 26, a married man ; Jane Glover, 30, the wife of the former ; Joseph Glover, 4, the son of the before-named; and Sarah Lane, aged 40 years. THE BRITISH AUTHORITIES IN ROME are on the look-out for two English swindlers, named Davidson and Gordon, besides a host of aliases, who have made away with the genteel sum of 500,(1001., chiefly by forgeries of dock warrants, and have been traced to Genoa and Civita Vecchia. ON Saturday an inquest was held near Rochester on the body of a man named William Salmon, who was found frozen to death the previous morning. The deceased, a married man, with a large family, had been partaking pretty freely of liquor on Thurs day afternoon, and between five and six o'clock pro ceeded about a mile from his house to purchase some coals. Having executed his errand, he was return ing to his residence, when he was overtaken by that severe storm of snow with which we were visited on that day, his road home taking him across some open fields where there was no shelter, and all traces of the footpath effaced. He appears to have battled with the storm for some time, until at length he was obliged to take shelter near a haystack. Here he was seen by some men who were passing that way between seven and eight o'clock that evening, and these he in formed that he could not get along. They thought he was joking with them, and, after persuading him to make another trial, left him and passed on. As he did not return to his home that night, his family became alarmed, and a search was instituted for him, when, early on Friday morning, his dead body was found at the spot near which he was seen by the men, and near him the coals he had purchased. When found, the body was quite rigid. THE PRESS. Ottituarl. FERDINAND, DUKE OF GENOA, brother of the King of Sardinia, died in Turin on Saturday last. The deceased prince was the second son of the late King Charles Albert, and only brother of Victor Emmanuel. He was born November 15, 1822, and married, four years ago, to the daughter of Prince John, now King of Saxony. For some weeks past the duke had been affected by a disease which was pronounced to be in curable. The present situation of the King is one to call for universal sympathy. Within a few weeks, and almost in the act of giving an example of active magnanimity to the kings of the continent, by taking part in the European war, he has seen his mother, his wife, and now his brother fall at his side. Accounts reached Dublin on Tuesday announcing the death of ViscouNT O'NEIL, which event took place on the previous morning, at Shanes Castle, in the county of Antrim. His lordship had been suffering lately from gout, and this, accompanied by an attack of the prevailing influenza, cause his death. The deceased, who was in the 75th year of his age, had seen much active military service, and attained the rank of gene ral in the brevet of last year. In early life he served in the cavalry, and subsequently in the Coldstream Guards, until promoted to the rank of major general. He succeeded his late brother, Earl O'Neil, in the viscounty only, and, dying also without issue, the ancient title of O'Neil is extinct. LADY HARRIET ELLIOT, youngest daughter of the Earl of Minto, and sister of Lady John Russell, died yesterday week, after a protracted illness, at the Hotel Meurice, in Paris. VICE-ADMIRAL BRIAN Honosox expired at his seat in Cumberland on the Bth inst. The gallant officer was in his 75th year, and had seen much active ser vice afloat. He was on the reserved flag officers' list, and iu receipt of a good service pension of 1501. a year. This vacancy will promote Capt. Sir Richard Grant to the rank of rear-admiral. MR. PRYSE LOVEDEN, M.t'., for many years the representative of the Cardigan District Boroughs, died on the Ist inst., at the early age of 39. He was of Whig principles. Mu. JOHN HENRY VIVIAN, M.P. for Swansea, ex pired, after a few weeks' illness, at his residence, Singleton, near Swansea, on Saturday evening last, in the 70th year of his age. He was one of the most influential and popular men in South Wales, and, from his commanding position in the copper trade, was well known in the commercial world. He married, in 1815, Sarah, eldest daughter of the late Arthur Jones, Esq., of the Bryn, and formerly of the Priory, Reigate, by whom he has issue Lady Gibson Craig, Edinburgh ; Mr. Hussey Vivian, the present M.P. for Truro ; Mrs. Jones Loyd ; besides several sons and daughters who are unmarried. He was a magistrate, deputy lieutenant of Glamorgan, and one of the directors of the South Wales Railway. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Society, a Fellow of the Geological Society, a member of the Atheneum and Reform Clubs. He had been a member of Par liament for twenty-three years, having represented Swansea without incurring the slightest opposition since the passing of the Reform Bill. In politics Mr. Vivian was an advanced Liberal, being in favour of the ballot, and all measures calculated to enlarge the area of popular representation. JOHN HILDYARD, ESQ., who has filled the office of Recorder for the borough of Leicester since the year 1835, when he succeeded Mr. Serjeant Goulburn, died on Tuesday evening. Mr. Hildyard has been county-court judge for Leicestershire since the County Court Act cameinto operation, and also recorder of Grantham and Stamford since the passing of the Municipal Corporations Act. GENERAL SIR WILLIAM CORNWALLIS EUSTACE, K.C.H., died at his seat in Essex on the Bth inst. He had seen much service in the Irish rebellion of 1798, in Italy, and Sicily, and in the Peninsula. He commanded the Chasseurs Britanniques at Fuentes d'Onor, was at Salamanca, the capture of Madrid, Burgos, and the battle of the Pyrenees, where he was severely wounded, and for his services he received the order of K.C.H., a gold medal, the war medal, and three clasps. In 1842 he became colonel of the 2nd battalion of the 60th Rifles, now at the disposal of the general commanding-in-chief. There are now vacant five colonelcies, viz., the 7th Fusiliers, 36th and 44th Regiments, 2nd battalion 60th Rifles, and Ist battalion Rifle Brigade. A PUBLIC MEETING in aid of the Patriotic Fund was held in Colombo, Ceylon, on the 11th ult., and a concert on the previous day. The concert went off excellently. For the fund 1,008/. has been already subscribed in Ceylon, an immense sum for that colony, and speaking very favorably for the sub scribers. THE LATE AMATEUR PERFORMANCE at the St James's Theatre, in aid of the Crimean Army Fund, has had a very successful result. The sum of 07/. 18s. 4d. has been handed over to the committee of the fund. SATURDAY, lortign gtrt, Sittritturt, >kr. M. SAUVAGE, of Havre, whom the French repre sent as the inventor of the screw propeller, has be come insane. He derived no pecuniary advantage from the adoption of the invention in France, and in 1846 was so poor that King Louis Philippe settled a pension on him. When recently his mind became affected, the pension was found insufficient ; but the Emperor, having been informed of his position, undertook to provide for him. The poor man is now in the Asylum Picpus, and occupies himself in taking care of a number of birds, and in playing on the violin. CAPTAIN HEATH, of her Majesty's screw steamer the Sanspareil, has been appointed principal agent of transports in the Black Sea. MAESTRO APOLLONLI'S NEW OPERA OF L'Ebrea, which was brought out a few days since at LaFenice, at Venice, has, according to the local journals, pro duced a greater sensation than any produced for many years. The libretto is founded on one of Sir E. L. Bulwer's novels. Mme. Barbieri Nini, Negrini, the tenor, and Corsi, the baritone, in the principal parts, are stated to have acquitted themselves unex ceptionably. AN OLD FRENCH savant has been taken in by a seller of curiosities, who sold him a sham Assyrian obelisk for 5,000 f. It appeared that the stone came from a quarry near Paris, and the savant's own work on Assyrian antiquities bad been consulted for the manufacture of the hieroglyphics. A NEW BALLET, entitled Shakespeare, un Sogno di Una Notte d'Estate, has been given with favour at La Scala, in Milan. The life of the poet is described as forming its subject. M. Catti is the choreographer. THE TEATRO REGIO AT TURIN, which had been closed for some time on account Of the deaths of the Queen and Queen Dowager of Sardinia, reopened on the 24th with Rossini's Barbiere. Mme. Persiani was the .Rosina, and excited the utmost enthusiasm : M. Beletti was excellent in Figaro. THE COMMITTEE appointed to carry into effect the intention of erecting a monument to the late Fran cois Arago has decided that the amount already sub scribed (18,778 f. 25c.), together with some other sums which have not yet been received, will be suffi cient for the purpose intended. The execution of the monument has been intrusted to M. David, of Angers. The monument will, it is expected, be finished by June next. PACINI'S Lorenzino de Medici has obtained a succis d'estime at Modena. A new prima donna, Mme. Cre mont, whose voice and style are described in terms of hyperbolic enthusiasm, and a tenor named Orto lani, filled the principal parts. MME. ALBONI, it seems, has achieved a complete triumph at the Lisbon San Carlos, in Anna Bolena. The tenor, an Englishman named Swift, is described as possessing a fine voice, but which without study will not enable him to rise above mediocrity. THE POLITICAL JOURNALS OF TURIN amount to eleven. Il Piemonte, the Ministerial organ which has replaced II Parliamento, sells 2,000. La Gazetta del Popoio, the Republican organ, sells 7,000, about double the circulation of all the other journals put together. L'Opinione, organ of the moderates, sells 800 •, the circulation of L'Armonia, a clerical paper, is not known; nor is that of L'Unione, the journal of Signor Giovini. In neither case is it large. La Voce della Liberty is edited by Signors Brofferio and La Cicilia, and has 500 subscribers. L'Espero sells 500 copies—Goffredo Mameli, 300. Turin has two sati rical journals ; Il Fischietto, with a sale of 850, and Il Campanone, a sort of nch, supported by and supporting the parti pretre. II Dioitto is written by young men unconnected with the old parties, and has a sale of 500 copies. THE BIRTHDAY OF THE PRINCE CHARLES OF PRUSSIA was celebrated at Potsdam, on the sth, by a series of tableaux vivants from scenes in Oberon Wallenstein, Turandot, Maria Stuart, and other well known pieces, in which the performers were all members of the royal family. THE WELL-KNOWN ANTIQUARIAN AND LINGUIST PROFESSOR LEPSIUS, at the instigation of the Cheva lier Bunsen, has completed an alphabet containing the sounds and letters of all the languages in the world. It is now under the press. PRINCE ALBERT has signified his pleasure thata meeting of the Royal Commissioners of the Patriotic, Fund should take place in the Palace, at Westmin ster, on Monday next, at three o'clock, to receive the report of the executive and finance committee. THE leading members of the Marylehone vestry attended on Wednesday, by appointment, at the resi dence of General Sir De Lacy Evans, in Bryan ston-square, for the purpose of presenting a con gratulatory address to the gallant general on his safe return to England. SEVEN PERSONS renounced the errors of Rornanism in one day last week, at St,. John's Church, in Liver- pool. ago'''''