The Press. — London, England, 1855-06-23 00:00:00

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Advertisements sent from the econntry must be accompanied bye remittance or a reference for payment in town. -- cii-Jt t 1 rjt °°4 LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1855. POSTSCRIPT. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY. In answer to the Marquis of CLANRICARDE, Lord PANMURE stated that the apparatus of Colonel Bethune for attacking maritime fortresses had been referred to a scientific commission, which had re ported against it. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH observed that scien tific discoveries ought in time of war to receive special attention. A considerable number of bills were advanced their respective stages, and the house adjourned at ten minutes to seven. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FransY. VOTL OF CENSURE ON THE Mr. ROEBUCK gave notice that on the 3rd of July he would move a resolution—" That this house, deeply lamenting the sufferings of our army in the Crimea during the winter campaign last year, and considering, in accordance with the committee, that the conduct of every member of the Government engaged in the management of the war was the first and chief cause of those sufferings, does hereby censure the conduct of every member of the Cabi net." (Loud cries of " Hear.'') In answer to Colonel HARCOURT, Admiral BERKELEY stated that no further infor mation had been received relative to the Hango mas sacre than what bad appeared in the papers, nor had the Admiralty any confnmation of the accounts pub lished which gave hopes that some of the men said to be killed were only wounded. He took the op portunity of denouncing the statement made by the Daily News, in which he was directly stigmatised as the author of the catastrophe. On the motion that the house on its rising adjourn until Monday, Sir J. PARINOTON asked what course the Govern ment intended to pursue with regard to the Educa tion Bills, commenting on the delays they had met with, and the apparent indifference of the Govern ment, in the face of the urgent necessity of settling the question, and the anxiety of the public. Mr. HADFIELD hoped that the speech of the right hon. baronet was the funeral sermon of his bill. He deprecated all the bills as founded on exaggerated re• ports of the ignorance of the country, and a mis chievous interference with its free action. Lord J. RUSSELL said that as the object seemed to be to refer the bills to a select committee, there was not the same urgent necessity for pressing forward these bills as others which required to be passed in the session. Admitting that the voluntary system would not supply all deficiencies, those deficiencies had been exaggerated, and the education it gave was a free education, and was far superior to the compul sory system of the Continent. Mr. JOHN MAconEoos. proceeded, amidst much confusion, to argue upon the propriety of appointing a Secretary of State for Scotland. Mr. A. STAFFORD brought forward the question of the arrears dne to the Crimean sick and wounded, who made complaints which compromised the Government, and hindered the progress of re cruiting. Mr. F. PEEL could only repeat the explanation be had already given, —that the Government did not _~ THE PRESS. know what was due to them. Urgent instructions had been given to the paymasters of the different regiments, requiring the transmission of the neces sary information. Mr. LINDSAY, in calling attention to the transport service, defended himself against the attacks of Mr. Drummond in a previous debate, and the charge made by Admiral Berkeley, that his statements at the Drury Lane meeting were "virulent untruths." He supported those statements by reading orders of the Government, sanctioning the blunders of which he had complained ; and adduced further evidence of their blunders from their incorrect returns and otherwise. Sir C. WOOD, after reflecting on Mr. Lindsay having made his statements against the Government when none of its members could answer him, replied to his statements in detail, vindicating the procedure of the Administration in each particular, and retort ing upon Mr. Lindsay his own mismanagement of his arrangements with it, observing that the Govern ment was less responsible for the transport service than any other. He argued that where it had the entire control the loss was very small. After some further remarks of no importance from Admiral BERKELEY and one or two other members, the motion for adjournment was agreed to. The house then went into committee on the Scotch Education Bill. Some hours were spent in discussing the clauses of the measure. At half-past twelve the Chairman was ordered to report progress. The house then re sumed, and, after disposing of the other orders of the day, adjourned at one o'clock. THE WAR. A despatch received yesterday via Vienna, from Varna, states that the Russians have been repulsed in an attack on Kars. There is no certain news from Anapa ; but it is re ported that it has been retaken by the Russians. The detachment of the Baltic fleet under Rear- Admiral Baynes, consisting of five liners, two frigates, and ten gun-boats, left Kiel Harbour early on Wednesday last for Cronstadt. It is the intention of Government to apply to Par liament for a vote of public money, which is to be applied in erecting a monument in commemoration of our soldiers who have died at Scutari. A design for the monument has already been prepared by the Baron Marochetti. This tribute of respect to the memory of so many brave men, the victims of disease and neglect, will, we are sure, be willingly rendered by the nation. It was suggested some time ago by Miss Nightingale, and her Majesty is said to feel a lively interest in its realisation. A letter from Naples mentions the removal of Poerio and his associates from their prison Monte fuoco to the modernised and repaired Castle of Montesarchio. They were removed on Whit Sunday, two days before the King's name-day. Having had their bands tied behind their backs, they were placed in twelve carriages, and, guarded by Gendarmes and Chasseurs, they were conducted from one place of detention to another. Along the road were distributed parties of military to keep it clear and prevent the approach or communication of sympathisers. Yet, with all this care, every step of their progress was marked, and every incident noted. On arriving within the walls of their new prison they were ordered to shout "Viva it Re! "—a request which, it i 5 unnecessary to say, was not com plied with. An additional step towards the establishment of electric communication between America and Europe is about to be effected in the course of a few weeks. The submarine telegraph cable to connect Cape Breton Island with Newfoundland has been shipped on board the Sarah L. Bryant, at the works of W. Kuper and Co., the manufacturers, at Greenwich, and in less than two months the line is expected to be in operation. The length of the table is seventy-four miles, weighing 400 tons, and it contains three conducting wires. Mr. Canning, who was engaged in laying down the Mediterranean line from Spezzia to Corsica and Sardinia, is to superin tend the work. MME. DE LAVALETTE, who distinguished herself in 1815 by the energy and presence of mind she dis played in saving her husband from the prison of the Conciergerie, died a few days since in Paris. THE IMMENSE NUGGET OF GOLD, the arrival of which at Havre, on its way to the Paris Exhibition, was announced with much pomp, turns out to be a deception. The men who brought it took it to the Bank of France, in order to obtain a loan of money on it, when it was found that the bulk of it was lead, covered over very ingeniously with gold, put on in such a manner as to closely resemble the valuable metal. The man who presented it has been arrested. SATURDAY, BANKRUPTCY OF MESSRS, STRAHAN, PAUL, AND BATES. Snwa the examination of Mr. Bates at Bow-street, on Wednesday, the other two partners have surren dered themselves to the authorities. Mr. Strahan gave himself up that same evening, and was briefly examined on the following day, when he was also remanded. On Thursday Sir J. D. Paul surrendered at Bow.street police court, declaring that he had no intention of escaping from the officers who cap tured him. The three defendants were placed at the bar before Mr. Hall yesterday, when Dr. Griffiths again gave evidence repecting the charge which he preferred against them. Securities worth 22,0001., chiefly in Dutch stocks, he stated had been lodged in the bank for safe custody, Messrs. Strahan being merely empowered to receive the dividends, and lodge them to his account. The securities were now missing, and Dr. Griffiths de posed that Mr. Strahan had confessed to having taken them, together with similar documents belonging to different parties, to the value in the whole of 100,0001., to a discount house in the City, for the purpose of obtaining advances. The only object being to take enough evidence to justify a remand, the further investigation of the case wag postponed until Wednesday next, and the prisoner* sent to the house of detention of Clerkenwell. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE. Tuesday, June 19. BANKRUPTS.—FREDERIER TALLIS, Upper Chadwell-street, Clerkenwell, and Crane-court, Fleet-street, printer and publisher —JOHN MAHEw, Clarence Villas, Ringsland, and Lendenhall street, mine share dealer—JAMES WILLIAM WOOLDRIDOE Wickham, Hampshire, tanner—THOMAS SHEPHERD, King's Lynn, hop and seed merchant—CHAßLES GEORGE GRAY, Grant ham, hosier—SAMUEL and ROBERT WILLY RCBE, HODiton, drapers—WlLLlAM JONES, Ewloe, Flintahire, licensed victualler and auctioneer—SAMUEL and NOAH HOWARTH, Radcliffe, Lan. otehire, dyers—NEWYEAR LAYITY DYSON, Macclesfield, grocer— CHARLES TIOT JUDRINS, Manchester, and Cannon-street West, sewing -machine manufacturer—THomAs lima, Bolton, cotton spinner. Friday, June 22. BANKKUPTS.—WILLIAM WATSON, York-terrace, Regent's park, Middlesex, hotel-keeper—Joww DURRANT, High Holborn. Middlesex, victualler—Ng/mm.4x AARON Ronnie, Sutton, Surrey, licensed viotualler—CimaLsa VINER, Barge-yerd, Bucklersbury, Wholesale ironmonger—Wuzuw BATLEY, Northampton, en gineer—FANNY LIT rI.EWOOD and SARAH LITTLEWOOD, ratan. ehester. licensed vietnallers—Josimw HAMMEN, Webb•street, Southwark, bricklayer—Memoir BARTLAM, WOlVeThlraptON grocer—JOHN PARKER MARSH, late of Salvador-house, Bishops gate-street, wool broker. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.—JAwits THOMSON, Edin burgh, family linen merohant—HaaiY Lugo, Glasgow, merchant A NEW PAPER in the Russian interest has been started at Brussels. It will be edited by Belgians and Frenchmen, and will be, of course, the enthusi astic advocate of the Russian cause. It is called the Nord, and a specimen number was issued on Wed nesday last. The regular publication is to begin on the Ist of July ; 200,000 f. have been subscribed by wealthy Russian families to enable it to begin opera tions, and it will very probably receive a subvention from the Russian Government. Another Belgian journal, well known for its great circulation on the Continent, does L not quite realise the wishes of its Russian friends. Owing to the pecuniary assist ance it is said to receive from the French Govern ment, it cannot go entirely against France, as that sub - vention and its 1,500 subscribers in that country would be endangered. It has, therefore, to prepare an edition expressly for Russia, where it also enjoys a large circulation. The edition for Russia would not be admitted into France, and vice versd. The Nord will be entirely Russian, and its projectors have therefore no expectation of its being allowed to cir culate in France. M. LAMARTINE is announced as being about to become a redacteur of the Siècle. This does not mean that he is going to resume the political pen, but merely that he will contribute philosophical and literary articles to the journal. THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT has granted a fresh delay of three years for the completion of the two dictionaries, French and Arabic and Arabic and French, for which two prizes of 5,000 f. each were offered by a decree of the 29th November, 1852. ALREADY no less than 5,000 members of conti nental choral societies have engaged to take part in the celebration at Lille on the 17th. THE GERMANIC DIET has rejected the proposal from Prussia for the suppression of gaming, carried on in most of the German watering places. M. HORACE VERNET has been charged to execute, for the Palace of the Tuileries, a picture representing Napoleon 1., surrounded by his principal officers who died on the field of battle during his immortal cam. paigns. Among those which will stand most promi nent are—Lannes, Bessieres, Poniatowski, Caulan court, Desaix, d'Hautpoul, Duroc, Espagne, Gudin, Lassalle, Montbrun, Morand, Saint-Hilaire, A. Col bert, Lacost, and Letort. A PROJECT has been started to construct a sub terranean railway, which is to run all round Paris ; the idea has probably been suggested by Sir J. Pax ton's magnificent idea of the London Arcade.