The Press. — London, England, 1856-04-05 00:00:00

A Pi The salutes aria. Govern Intel tual an been tt martial A fin The at the I and Fr somewl The de Nec Peterst M. B it is sai Ambas! Legatic letter the Cat this ge By tl ult. ha{ In tt rising t ment, when s Mr. I Bulwer by Gre proved difficult State p was als ministr and he cancer, sident, ducted Admini In tt the Ka I• 1 petted, improb Fron any im riots at Intel Bombs Shangt has be The affairs Certain eight n has be( over b) thousai treagur :1,000,0 have h ladies • The Vario adviser!, mother of his C ception He t Calcutt ing ten' hourly really c The likely I the ca• Indi preven distrie. Lon and v Gener to teal Suez. a pub Bomb: India. chief i March Fro' taken force ( The artillei of the Sevi Aprtn, 5, 1856. THE PRESS. 321 ITALY. THE REVENUE. The news of the peace was celebrated with grand salutes from the forts at Turin, Genoa, and Alessan aria. The discovery of a political plot against the Government was rumoured. I.—THE NET REVENUE. Intelligence from Parma announces only perpe tual arrests ; upwards of three hundred persons had Quarter ended 11 Year ended been thrown into prison since the promulgation of ..., i ~......., March 31, March 31, March 51, March 31, martial-law. M. Bordi was in fair way of recovery. 1855. 1856. 1 1855. I 1855. GREECE. z ZIA 1 z STOMS SE A further change of Ministry is anticipated. CU 1,72e,111 5,225,169 20,998,774 21,788,770 EXCI The Court and Government of Athens are alarmed B'IAMPS 2,594,519 2,631,600 16,311,128 16136,670 22,239 1, 7138 at the representations which the envoys of England T AXES 00,030 207,473 7,13 2, ,738 3,136, 949 t.,891143 2,958,307 , 6 26 1 3 ,CrE c r F T EC T E A X and France have lately made, and public feeling is some what excited. CROWN LANDS 329,923 327.399 1,334,157 11,171,695 66,400 67,000 272,572 I 2.1,518 The First Secretary of the Russian Embassy, M. MISCELLANEOUS 243,361 298,302 736,438 11,158,148 de Neclondoff, has been sent to Germany and St. TOTAL P e tersburg on a special mission. 15,883,516 117,361,161 ,161,296,818 65,704,059 M. Bondottri is to visit London and Paris to plead, IL—COMPARATIVE STATEMENT. it is said, the royal cause. M. Tricoupi, the Greek A m bassador at London, and M. Rogue:Secretary of Legation at Paris (who published the celebrated Quarter ended Year ended letter of General Kallergi), have been charged by March 31, 1856. March 31, 1856. the Cabinet of Athens to afford every assistance to ~...—t_, . --, this gentleman. Increase. Decreas e. Increase. Decrease. AMERICA AND WEST INDIES. t Z z Z By the Africa dates from New York to the 19th CUST OM 497,338 ult. have been received. No news of the Pacific. STAMPS In the Senate, Mr. Douglas reported a bill, autho TAXES rising the people of Kansas to form a State Govern- PROPERTY TAX mint, preparatory to her admission into the Union/ CROWN LANDS 8,944 when she shall have a requisite population. MISCELLANEOUS 55,141 Mr. Clayton had made a speech on the Clayton. Iltilwer treaty. He alluded to the course followed TOTAL 1,535,935 58,200 15,076,292 378,621 1 \ . -v Quarter ended 11 Year ended ...., 1 ~..—.—.—......., , March 31, March 31, March 51, March 31, 1855. 1858. 1 1855. 1 1855. --.----. .S I: 1 A 1 C CUSTOMS EXCISE STAMPS 1,822,239 1,768,473 7,132,949 6,891,307 TAXES PROPERTY TAX POST OFFICE 329,923 327.399 1,334,157 1 1,171,695 CROWN LANDS 66,000 67,000 272,572 1 2.1,518 MISCELLANEOUS 243,361 298,502 736,438 1 1,158,148 --• TOTAL 'reat Britain in regard to it. He entirely ap proved the conduct of the Administration relative to difficulties with England, and highly eulogised the 41,477,C45 I Net Increase. I I 14,197,671 I Net Increase papers of Messrs. Marcy and Buchanan. He also gratified at the energy with which the Ad ministration had put down the filibustering schemes, he denounced General Walker as a ruffian, buc caneer, and pirate. He was no partisan of the Pre ..at, but when their foreign relations were con meted with signal ability be was willing to give the Administration due credit. the House of Representatives the discussion of Kansas election had been continued. Mexico fresh political convulsions were ex pected, and a split in the republic . considered not improbable. From the West Indies there was no intelligence of • importance. The islands were healthy. The at British Guiana had been suppressed. INDIA AND CHINA. Intelligence from Calcutta to the 23rd February, shay Bth March, Hong-Kong 15th February, Ighai 7th February, and Canton 13th February, been received. The arrangements for the administration of the affairs of Oude appear to proceed tranquilly so far. Certain of the King's troops are to be drafted into It new regiments of Oude locals. The country been divided into four districts, each presided •by a commissioner. Two million eight hundred thousand rupees had been found in the various . 4 uries, while the accounts showed a defalcation of ~ 000,000 rupees m )re. The King is reported to have hidden upwards of 150,000,000 rupees, and the ladies of his family to have buried all their jewels. The Delhi Gazette, of Feb. 20, states : Various counsels prevail with the King, whose chief advisers continued to be his eunuchs, women, the Queen mother particularly, and his Moosahibs. The chief officers Of his Government, though they daily attend, are with ex ception of the Naib (or Minister), never admitted. He first made a demonstration as if wishing to go to Calcutta, and a great show was made at Cawnpore of pitch - tents, shumianas, itc., saying that his Majesty was arty expected. But it is very doubtful whether the King really contemplated or contemplates going. The King's threat to come to England was believed ply to result in the appointment of an agent to lay case before Parliament. —idle was tolerably tranquil. The heavy rains prevented any movement of troops in the Santhal iistriets. Lord Canning reaching Calcutta on the 29th Feb., was immediately sworn in as Governor .ieral. The Marquis of Dalhousie was expected leave by the 7th of March, proceeding direct to iuez. An address and statue had been voted him at a public meeting in Calcutta, and addresses from Bombay, with various addresses from other parts of India. Sir William Gomm, the late commander•in thief in India, had arrived at Bombay on the 4th of larch, and proceeded next day en route for rem Candahar we learn that Dost Mahomed had xen possession of the city, and was preparing a force of 24.,0n0 men for the recapture of Herat. The Shah of Persia had sent a strong park of artillery to Busheer and his other ports on the coast the Arabian Sea. Several parties of Chinese had returned from the slrahan diggings with Urge sums of money. lII.—EXPENDITURE AND RECEIPTS. (From all Sources.) Surplus Balance beyond the Charge of the Consoli dated Fund for the Quarter ended Dec. 31,1855, viz., Great Britain Ireland £411,784 Net Income received inthe Quarter ended March 31, 1856, as shown In Account I. Amount of Exchequer Bills (Supply) and Exche quer Bonds issued in the Quarter ended March 31, 1856, in full of Grant of £7,000,000 Amount received in the Quarter ended March 31,1856, in part of Loan of .C5,000,00 t. Money received by sale of Exchequer Bills issued to replace, in part, the amount of Supply Bills paid oil in money out of the Ways and Means of the Year 1815-6 Money received in lieu of Exchequer Bills, in part of Funding of .C 3,000,000 Amountreceived in the Quarter ending March 31,1856, in repayment of advances fur Public Works, &o. Saving on the Charge for Diplomatic Salaries for the Year 1155 L 21,174,707 Balance, being the deficiency on the 31st March, 1850, upon the charge of the Consolidated Fund in Great Britain, to meet the Dividends and other charges payable iu the Quarter to June 30, DIN, and fur which Exchequer Bills (deficiency) will be issued in that Quarter 2,069,385 028,744.392 Amount applied out of the Net Income for the Quarter ended March 31, 1816, to Redemption of Exchequer Bills (deficiency) for the quarter ended Dec. 31,1815 £ 5,879,750 Exchequer Bills Redeemed with Money received under the Act for Funding Exchequer Bills Net Amount applied out of the Income to supply Ser- vices, Lc., in the Quarter ended March 31, 1816 15,83248 Charge of the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended March 31, 1156, viz.:— Interest of the Permanent Debt .. £5,192,594 Terminable Debt Interest of Exchequer BiUs (De ficiency) The Civil List _ _ Other Charges on Consolid. Fund 314,271 Advances for Public Works, 326,f80 7,762,506 Balance of Moneyreceived under the Act for Fundfwg Exchequer Bills, reserved Surplus Balance beyond the Charge of the Consoli dated Fund for the Quarter ended March 31, 1614 Great Britain Ireland 647,A67 ttrogalitan. THE LAW AMENDMENT SOCIETY held a meeting on Monday, when the report of the Statute Law Com mittee upon a letter recently addressed to Lord Brougham by Mr. Bellenden Ker, on the subject of con j solidation of the statute law, was read. The report stated that, if any evidence were wanting to establish the practicability and expediency of the plan suggested by the committee in a previous report for publishing a revised and authorised edition of the public general acts now in force, and to prove the justice of the comments of the committee on the conduct of Mr. Bellenden Ker as Statute Law Commissioner in that report, it would be amply furnished by the letter which that gentleman had addressed to Lord Brougham, and which had been referred by the society to that committee. The report then proceeded to criticise, in somewhat severe terms, the letter of Mr. Ker, and Mr. Taylor concluded by moving that it be received and printed. The 'notion was carried nem. con. Mr. Edgar then brought forward a re port of the special committee appointed to consider the Joint-stock Companies Bill now before Parlia ment, which, though approving of the principle of the bill, proceeded to urge several objections to its details as amended in committee, the principal of which were the general framing of the provisions, the rejecting the old system of requiring the mini mum amcunt of capital as a condition of incorpora tion, and requiring seven or more shareholders as such condition. In conclusion, it appeared to them that, if the existing winding-up acts are unsatisfac tory, the question ought to be separately considered, and treated as a branch of Chancery procedure ap plicable to companies in certain circumstances. Some discussion then took place, in which Mr. Reed, Mr. Lowrance, Mr. Wordsworth, and others took part, the report was adopted, and the proceedings er mi Dated. 6oart attn las Own. Her Majesty and the Court came to town on Tues day from Windsor. The Queen visited the Princess's Theatre on Wednesday and the Haymarket on Thursday evening. Her Majesty will hold a drawing-room on the 10th, and a levee on the 15th of April, the review of the fleet at Spithead being fixed for the lfith inst. His Royal Highness Prince Albert visited the studio of Mr. Thomas, in the Alpha-road, on Thurs day afternoon. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess and Princess Mary of Cambridge return from Melton to Kew this day. The Earl and Countess of Derby and Lady Emma Stanley have arrived in town from Knowsley. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland arrived in town on 'Thursday from Alnwick. The Right Hon. B. Disraeli and Mrs. Disraeli have arrived at Grosvenor-gate from Hughenden Manor, for the season. His Excellency the Ambassador of France and the Coantess Persigny have left town for Paris. The Marquis of Exeter has left town for Burghley. Lady Rachel Rissell was married on Thursday to Lord James Butler, in the presence of a distinguished circle of the nobility. The Marquis and Marchioness of Stafford are expected in town today from Dublin. The Countess Dowager of Pembroke, who died on Thursday week, was the daughter of the late Count Woronzow, many years Viceroy of Southern Russia, and married, in 1808, George Augustus, eleventh Earl of Pembroke, by whom she became the mother of the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P., and other children.