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

MAY 5, 1855. "Far from home," contained passages of freshness and sweetness truly expressive of the words ; and "The tiger couches in the wood," solo and chorus, is full of genius and originality. The expression of the words " and so couch we" are exceedingly striking. Throughout the whole of the chorus r, a an elaborate and brilliant accompaniment, which was exceedingly well played. " Sleep, gentle lady," begins as a serenade should, softly and soothingly, the har monies gently blending and melting into each other; and mosi sweetly was it sung : but the last move men t was utterly destructive of all poetical feeling, nothing more than a jaunty, commonplace air, ex pressive of anything but " peace be around thee." " Though he be now a grey, grey friar," is an ex ceedingly clever quintette, full of jovial and hearty feeling. The other selections we pass over in silence. We suppose "Under the greenwood tree" (Dr. Arne's melody) was introduced on account of Bishop's arrangement. We could willingly have dispensed with it altogether, for the voices were not at all well balanced, and in some parts were quite inarticulate. Since writing the above we regret to add that Sir Henry Bishop died upon Monday evening last. The death of so distinguished a composer would at any time excite much regret, but when we remember that misfortune and want clouded the lea days of so great a musical genius, and that his dying mo ments were filled with anxieties for the fate of his two youngest children, left totally unprovided for, our sympathies are roused to the highest degree. Under these circumstances we cannot refrain from calling attention to the subscription now opened by a committee of friends to provide a fund for the support of these children, and to the kindly appeal which they have made to the public for assistance. A grand concert, moreover, is to be given on the evening of the 18th of May, at the Italian Opera house, in support of the same purpose, when we do not doubt that a full and distinguished audience will honour the performance, as much from motives of charity as for a desire to hear so fine a perform ance as is promised us of our late great composer's works. (End anti lastzon. The Queen gave a juvenile party on Tuesday night, being the birthday of Prince Arthur. On the morn ing of that day her Majesty held a Court and Privy Council, at which Lord John Russell was sworn in as Secretary of State for the Colonies. On Monday Viere w as a Drasing-room at St. James's Palace; and on Thursday the Queen and Prince Albert visited the National Gallery in Trafalgar-square, previous to the opening of the Royal Academy Exhibition. It is understood to be the intention of her Majesty to occupy the new mansion house at Balmoral during the ensuing autumn. . . His Excellency the French Ambassador, in the name of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon 111., has presented Sir Joseph Paxton with a gold snuff box, beautifully mounte,l and having the imperial cipher set in brilliants. The Countess Walew'-ki has issued cards for a grand assembly, at the residence of the French Embassy, on Wednesday, the 24th inst. The Countess Colloredo held her third grand as sembly this season, on Wednesday evening, at the Austrian embassy, Chandos-house, Cavendish-square. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary were among the guests at this fête. On the Czar's birthday, the 29th ult., the King of Prussia gave a grand banquet at the Palace of Char lottenburg. All the princes and princesses of the royal house appeared in state. The Russian am bassadors were present, besides a number of invited guests. Of the latter, all who were entitled to doso wore Russian uniforms and decorations. The Emperor of the French has raised the Count THE PRESS. At gtrnv. WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 24. IRLVICT. To be Lieutenant• Colonels in the Anny.—Majors Win. C• Forrest and Thomas Bunbury Gough, Brevet• Major Geo- Calvert Clarke, Majors Charles F. Fordyce, Robert Ward law, Fred. Aurelius Whimper, Fred. C. Evelegh, G. A. Filiner Suliven, Charles Cameron Shute, Hon. James Pierce Maxwell, Alez. Cameron, Alfred Thos. Heyland, Brevet• Majors George Erskine, Thomas Scott Hawkins, Edmund Peel, Hon. James Lyon Browne, John C. Mae pile' son (honorary only.) To be Majors in the Army.—Captains John W. Thomas, Archibald C. Campbell, Percy Archer Butler, Geo. John Brown, G. Nicolls Harrison, Andrew Hunt, Andrew Browne, Alfred Tipping, Wm. Harry Earl of Errol, John Edward Lewis, Edward Bayley, Robert Warden, F. Row land Foster, James Villiers, John Anstruther M`Gowan, J. Steadman H. Ferrer, Vincent Wing, W. de Canionnel Elmsall, James Rose, Thomas Henry Somerville, W. H. Beaumont de Horsey, G. W. Alexander Higginson, Bar tholomew O'Brien, J. Cowell Bartley, Thomas H. Paken ham, George Thomas Francis Sbuckburgh, Hugh Fitz hardinge Drummond, George Harry Smith Willis, J. Dugdale Astley, Edward Tonakinson, W. Pollelfen Rad cliffe, John Hynde King, Robert White, John Thomas Dalyell, Reginald Y. Shipley, G. Neeld Boldero, R. Lock hart Ross, H. Warier Meredith, G. Le Fevre Dickson, Robert George Manley, Charles Baring, Augustus L. Marsh, Hemy Armytage, Edwin Adolphus Cook, Paget Bayly, Wm. Inglis, Philip S. Crawley, Julius A. R. Raines, Wm. Gordon Cameron, Wm. Rickman, Charles Richard Butler, Stephen Remnant Chapman. ROYAL ARTILLERY. To be Mcijors in the Army—Captains (1. B. Shakespear, P. G. Pipon, Hon. W. C. Yelverton, M. A. S. Biddulph, J. F. L. Baddeley ; Second Captains John Geo. Boothby, George Barstow, U. Le M. Tupper, John Singleton, C. H. Ingilby. ROYAL ENGINEERS. To be Lieutenant-Colonels in the Army—Brevet•Majors John W. Gordon, Fred. E. Chapman. to be Majors in the Army—Captains E. F. Bouchier, Edward Stanton. MAY I. °Seer having completed three _ . - - years' service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be Colonel in the Army, in accordance with the provision.; of the Royal warrant for the Ordnance Department, dated 3rd November, 18,54:—Lieut.-Colonel W. B. Marlow, Royal Engineers. Captain J. Leatham to be Major in the Army. Brevet-Major J. Leatham to be Lieut. Colonel in the A rmy. The undermentioned offioers, who have been selected for service with the Turkish Contingent Force, to have local rank in Turkey while so emplo%eil : To have the Local Rank of Major—Captain W. G. Sutton, unattached. To have the Local Rank of Captain—Lieuts. E. Danbeny, T. R. Hamilton, and W. R. Ximenes. MAY 4. Major John Lardner to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army. Baron R. Stutterbeim to have the rank of Colonel in the Army while engaged on a particular service. Captain George T. Graham, employed in England on th. service of the Turkish Contingent Force, to have the honorary rank of Major while so employed. The undermentioned officers, having been selected for service with the Turkish Contingent Force, to have the local rank of Major in the Army while so employed : Captains John Stokes, Charles A. B. Gordon, Hon. Charles Gnmston. Captain Robert Lewis Taylor, employed on a special service in Persia, to have the local rank of Major in Persia while so employed. • The undermentioned officers about to be employed on a of lr " particular service in Turkey, to have a step _. local rank in the army while so employed :—To have the local rank of Major—Captain Henry Heyman. To have the local rank of Captain—Lieutenant 0. B. Forrest. tte 111)311. Assistant-Surgeons--Itendal Wllonald to the Lightning; Thomas Murray to the Majestic. Chaplains—Rev. H. E. Yeoratui to the Waterloo; J. W. Grimes to the Magic'rune Naval Instructor—T. Sullivan to the Hawke. Temporary Clerks—Samuel Wa.son and William C. Williams to the Royal Albert; Henry Rooms to the Duke of Wellington. Clerk►' Assistants—Herbert B. Williams Ss the Cal cutta; Thomas Elliott to the Fisgard. Naval Cadet—T. Canulleri to the Nile. Midehipmeu—Hun. John B. Vivian, J. Hawkins, L. C. Keppel. and S. Osborne, to the Duke of Wellington; A. L. Adams to the Childers ; F. H. S. Flood to the Horatio ; J. M. I►. Elphinstone to the Bulldog; F. 1). B. Broughton to the Tartar; F. S. H. Weboer and J. W. Lambe to the Russell; A. J. Pennington to the Hastings; R. C. Hasler and E. W. Hereford to the Hawke; F. Durant and B. Sheepshanks to the Falcon; M. B. Medleycott to the Orion ; Lord W. T. Kerr to the Cornwallis. Mates to be Lientenants-4).s7bavidson, G. G. Lomas, J. B. Cooper, E. F. Weld, C. H. Maberley, C. F. Hill, W. Gregory, H. Johnson, W. H. Ives, G. M. Comber, P. E. Layard, H. It. Stewart, R. Savery, W. F. Lee, S. M. Wilson, A. F. Maresceaut, D. P. Pack, A. Henderson. K. Stewart, 1). Boyle, C. Parry, R. B. Cay, A. J. Villiers. tong Vatlot anb 6itg itttitifferat. Flues: EVICEN4I. THE Bank directors, at their Thursday meeting, de creed a further reduction in the rates of discount, which now stand at a minimum of 4 per cent. This step had been foreseen, and, as usual, " discounted " by the speculators on 'Change, where much firmness has, in consequence, been experienced during the week. Private discount houses have, of course, fol lowed the lead of the Bank. Advances may be obtained on easier terms, while the allowance gives to depositors of money "on call" is reduced from 3} to 3 per cent. Money, indeed, continues to be almost inconveniently abundant. Large arrivals of Australian gold, whose coming to hand has been delayed by the long-continued east winds, are anti cipated upon any change in the atmospheric currents ; and even the large absorption of capital occasioned by the loan and for the purposes of war are more than neutralised by the universal contraction of business operations. At present it seems probable that 4 per cent., if not something lower still, will be the ruling rate of accommodation in Threadneedle street for a long while to come. The scrip receipts for the new loan were issued this morning. Monday next has been fixed upon foc the first settling in the Omnium. In consequence of the unusually early date, namely the Ist proximo, at which the transfer books at the Bank will close, the committee of the Stock Exchange have appointed the 30th instant as the next settling day for Consols. The daily fluctuations of price have not been extensive. The quotations of the new Omnium receded at one time to discount, in consequence of a pressure of sales, but have since recovered, and were marked this afternoon at 1 par. Consols nave ranged as follows :—Saturday, 881 9 ; Monday, 881 f ; Tuesday being May-day was observed as a holiday on 'Change, but some "outside" transactions established 8811 as the ruling rate; Wednesday, 881 1 ; Thursday, 881 9; to-day the quotations have been 881 1. Reduced Three per Cents. reached 871; New Three per Cents., 871. Bank Stock receded to 209 ; Five per Cent. Annuities, 1151 ; India Bonds 12s. to 15s. pram. ; Exchequer Bills, ss. to 10s. prem. SHARES. ADMIRALTY, The Railway Market shows firmness, and prices are well maintained, though in the absence of any exten sive operations. The traffic. returns look good, and The Emperor of the French has raised tne count ADMIRALTY, APRIL 20-30. sive operations. The tn.:pc-returns loon gooa, six Colonna-Walewski, his Majesty's Ambassador at APPOINTMENTS. almost all the important lines show a considerable the British Court, to the dignity of a Senator of Sir John Liddell to be Director-General of Medical increase over the receipts for the corresponding week France. Department of the Navy. of 1t354. Previous to taking his depaiture from Buckingham Commanders—Walter Reid to the Sanspareil; Lieut. FOREIGN. 1 Palace, the Emperor Napoleon left 1,5001. to be Henry Oakley to command the Spy; John R. Woodriff to Foreign Stocks have been quiet and dull. Turkish divided amongst the royal servants, in tbe following be agent for transports. Bonds are further depressed. This afternoon , • proportions :-5001. to those employed in the Lord Acting Second Masters—John A. Grosvenor to the Re- quotations were 72j. Spanish are also flatter. • Steward's department; 6001. to those in the Lord tribution ;J. S. Compton to the Centaur ;T.E. B. Boy- . Chamberlain's department; and 5001. to the grooms cott to the Exmouth; T. B. Dobbin to the Cornwallis. BANK OF ENGLAND. ... and servants in the department of the Master of the Masters' Aasistants— H. J. Stanly to the Centaur; Aa Account, pursuant to the Ain 7th end Nth Victoria, esp. SS , Ho: se. H. 0. G. Stronach to the Childers ; C. E. Neve to the E s • mouth •W.J. F . Butcher to the Hawke ;J. P. MEwen for the week ending on Saturday, the 76th day of April, lira Iseult OSPAIITMENT. The issue of orders to view the apartments at • to the Hastings ; J. F. Chubb to the Cornwallis ;A. H. notesiesued .... £28,31,746 Uoverunient Debt A 11,015,100 Windsor Castle lately occupied by the Emperor and Other Securities 2,984,000 Otter to the Russell ; E. C. Abbott to the O r i on ; G. E. G. Empress of the French has commenced, but the Gold Corn a Bullion 14,791,7116 Jackson to the Neptune. Sliver Bunion .... --- i number of those who have hitherto availed them- Paymasters—J. M. Jefferson to the Horatio ;D. F. Clow __.-- selves of the privilege is inconsiderable. Not more to the Sanspareil ; James Towel' to the Terrible ; George A 26,791,786 A18,721,7d5 • than about eighty persons were admitted during the Baines to the Miranda; Thomas W. W. Spear to the BANKING DEPARTMENT. first three days. A written application, addressed to Childers. Propristors'Capitalgl4,ssB,ooo Oovernmsot seen- . . the Lord Chamberlain's office, St. James's Palace, Assistant-Paymaster—H. Millett to the Horatio. twat i Lieutenants—J. Nott to the Retribution ; G.A. T. Drake s cin is c h tu tA di o n! mows ' 1 London, would procure an immediate order for theB4B2 Other Securities 11,844 WM applicant and friends, not exceeding six. Public Depositae.. .4 3 , , 4 1 . 6 3 8 L e 7 1 1 to the St. George; H. W. Wilberforce and J. 0. Kidd to Other Depos i t' .. 13,1. , Notes 8.431,106 , the Hastings ;A. Young to the Formidable ;H. P. Dicken +even Day I other dries Ds Bills ~ to the Royal William ; Robert Pool to the St. Vincent. LORD GODERICH has been invited to a public dinner, Surgeons—Dr. John Lomax to the Horatio ; David /36,288,526 856,596,5 e to come off in the Philosophical-hall, Huddersfield, C our t ne y to the Driver; and Benjamin Crabbe to the • Including Fach•Nuer, savings Banks, Commissioners of in Whitson week. Miranda. . National Debt, mad Dividena Account/. ..... • . . • , . , • , • .