The Press. — London, England, 1856-07-19 00:00:00

JULY 19,_1856,, reforms pointed out by the Court of Vienna. A second note had been despatched by Count Buol to N spies. Baron Werner, sent on a secret mission to Italy, has returned to Vienna. RUSSIA. - - The coronation of the Emperor is officially fixed for the 31st of August. On the 20th the Emperor will leave Peterhoff for the Chateau Pietrovski, and on the 22nd make his solemn entry into Moscow. The Grand Duke Michael is betrothed to the Princess Cecilia of Baden. General Paniutine has been nominated Governor- General of Warsaw. Count Kisseleff has been appointed Russian Am bassador at Paris. ITALY. A decree of the Bth July, issued by the King of Sardinia, commands the extraordinary outlay of 1,000,000 lire for fortifications to be erected around Alessandria. The Austrian generals are putting Ancona into a state of defence, and repairing and strengthening the several fortresses of the Legations. General Crenneville has not retired from Parma, nor raised the state of siege. The Governor of Narini, in the Papal States, was assassinated on the night of the 2nd inst. THE PRINCIPALITIES. A despatch from Bucharest, July 16, states that the Hospodar Ghika has been appointed Caimacan of Wallachia, and Theodore Baloch Caimacan of Moldavia. INDIA AND CHINA. _ Intelligence from Calcutta to the 3rd June, and 10th June from Bombay, brings news of an apprehension of a second rising of the Santhals, and of an actual insurrection in Kimedy in the Madras Presidency. In Gude the Rajah of Toolsepoore had resisted payment of his rents, and taken up arms; a strong force was being organised against him. Lord Canning was unwell at Calcutta. The com pletion of all public works costing above 1,0001. havo been stopped. AMERICA AND THE WEST INDIES. Advices from New York to the sth state that the admission of Kansas into the Union as a free State bad passed the Hnuse of Representatives on the 2nd inst. by a majority of one. The Governor-General of Canada prorogued Par liament on the Ist inst. until the flth of August. Intelligence from Central America states that a combined movement between Costa Rica, Guatemala, San Salvador, and Honduras, was being organised against Walker at Nicaragua. gout alb cfastion. Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by Prince Albert, the Prince and Princess of Prussia, and the Court, left town on Wednesday for the camp at Aldershott. Her Majesty reviewed the troops on Wednesday and Thursday, and leaves to•day for the Isle of Wight. His Royal Highness Prince Oscar of Sweden took his leave last Saturday. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland have gone for the season to Alnwick Castle, Northum berland. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort have arrived at Horn berg, near Frankfort, from London. The Earl and Countess Howe, and Lady Adelaide Curzon, have also arrived at the same watering-place for the season. The Marquis of Exeter has left town for Burghley house, near Stamford. The Earl of Eglinton has left Knowsley for Eglin ton Castle, Ayrshire. Field. Marshal Viscount Hardinge is progressing favorably towards recovery. His lordship has nearly recovered the use of his hand. The Queen and Prince Albert, the Duke of Cambridge, and all the members of the Royal Family, have sent daily to inquire after the gallant field-marshal's health. Rittrovolitau. SIR WlLLitat',Liao was entertained by the Reform Club at a grand bonquet on Saturday even ing last. Sir Alexander Cockburn took the chair upon the occasion, and proposed the health of the gallant general in a brief but energetic speech. General Williams, in returning thanks, repeated his opinion already so frequently expressed on similar occasions, that the Turks were possessed of abundant vitality, and that the Turkish authori ties only required a high tone to be taken towards them to compel them manfully to set to work to put a stop to tho corruption which has been the ruin of the country, and honestly to reform themselves and their institutions. With respect to the course he should pursue in Parliament, Sir William Williams said:— THE PRESS. I tell you, as I told my constituents, that I go into Par liament solely that I may on fitting occasions offer to the country an opinion on military matters—on matters which perhaps I understand, and also on the affairs of Turkey. You may have read my address, and those are the two points upon which I take my stand, and upon no other. It is quite impossible for a man who has served his coun try in the army for thirty-two years, twenty•seven of which have been passed abroad, to have anything to do with the party politics of this country. I say it is quite impossible. I told my constituents that I was untinged by personal views or ambition; and, believe me, you will find that to be the case. I think that I have now—l will not say a certain influence, but I will say that think lam a man who is looked on by the people of this country with a cer tain, I may presume to say, affection ; and the offering of my opinions on these questions may do a certain amount of good ' • but. 1 am equally sure that if I dabble in things which I do not understand—if I go out of my depth—the very moment I take such a course I shall lose the WW- I ence which I now possess. The healths of Colonel Lake and General Moura vieff were proposed and drank amidst much enthu siasm, and after many others the meeting broke up. THE CITY COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS, on a motion by Mr. Ross on Tuesday, unanimously agreed that the establishment of baths and washbouses would eminently promote the health and morality of the labouring classes of the City. Mr. Ross said that he should submit the motion for reference to the Improvement Committee at the next sitting of the court. THE COUNCIL OF KING'S COLLEGE , LONDON, have received a letter inclosing a cheque for 5001., with an intimation that it was; to be entered on the college book, " as a small memorial to the late Right Hon. Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Bart., from one whose family loved him." THE BOARD OF WORKS discussed the question of Main Drainage on Monday for six hours, and ad journed without coming to a decision. THE SEPTENNIAL CORPORATION VISIT to the Thames and Medway will be made shortly. The Lord Mayor on Tuesday, at the Court of Aldermen, hinted that the visit should be made as quietly and economi cally as possible, and the period limited to one day instead of three. THE ERECTION OF A MEMORIAL to the fallen officers and men of the Brigade of Guards will be considered ac a meeting to be held on Monday next at the United Service Museum, Whitehall-yard. The Duke of Cambridge, Commander-in-Chief, has consented to preside. THE BISHOP OF LONDON has addressed a letter to the clergy of his diocese, recommending, in accord ance with a suggestion made to him by the Arch bishop of Canterbury, that collections be made in their churches on behalf of the National School Society during the present year. The Bishop says, in concluding his letter, " I feel assured that your readiness to comply with my request will not be les sened by the peculiar circumstances under which I make this communication to the diocese of London." THE AUTHORITIES AT WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL are at present engaged in a searching investigation into a charge of neglect against the medical officers, for having left for half an hour without examination a poor child, Ann Booth, run over by a cab on the day of the Guards' entry. The child died, and at the request of the coroner, Mr. Bedford, an inquiry is taking place. A FIREWORK MANUFACTORY in the Hackney-road blew up on Thursday afternoon. One boy received such injuries that he died shortly after. THE OFFICERS' WIDOW AND ORPHAN PERMANENT FUND SOCIETY held a meeting on Thursday at the Hanover - square Rooms. General Williams was present, and addressed the meeting in an earnest speech in favour of this excellent society. A balance of 2,3491. 19s. Od. is on hand. THE DECIMAL COINAGE QUESTION Was discussed at a meeting of the City bankers on Thursday, their opinion having been requested by the commissioners appointed to report to the Government on the sub ject. The conclusion arrived at, with only one dis sentient, was that any legislative alteration would be undesirable. THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S RETURNS for the week show a mortality of only 959, a rate no less than 109 below the average. The births amounted to 1,525, bein 566 in excess of the deaths. ~ 1 C. VroVinrial. THE POTATOE DISEASE has reappeared in the neighbourhood of Cheltenham. In some of the market gardeners' grounds it has appeared in a very virulent form. THE REV. PROFESSOR FRASER has been elected by the Town Council of Edinburgh to the chaii of logic in that univk rsity, vacant by the death of Sir William Hamilton, Bart. A hilt. SHILLING AND HIS SON, of Town Malting, were found drowned in the Medway on Saturday morning. They left Aylesford, at 9 p.m., on Friday night, in a pony chaise. The road lay along the river side, and it is supposed that the pony took fright, and dashed into the river. The chaise, esg bottom up, and the dead pony, were found close to the bodies of the unfortunate men. A SERIOUS RIOT between Orange and Ribbon men broke out last Saturday, at Newoartle•on-Tyne. The 12th July, being the commemoration of the battle of the Boyne, a procession of Orangemen set out to Gateshead and Felling. Upon arriving at the Fell. ing toll-gate, a body of some hundreds of Ribbonmen obstructed their progress, and, after a little parley, attacked them vi et armis with scythes, knives, blud geons, and pistols. The peaceable Orangemen were driven, pell-mell, back into Newcastle, and some sixteen or twenty most seriously injured. The police issued out in strong force and ultimately succeeded in capturing the ringleaders of this disgraceful attack. THE INQUIRY INTO THE LATE STEAMBOAT COLLT SION IN THE MERSEY was resumed last Saturday, when several passengers and the mate of the Moil were examined. The lights of the Mail were right, the look outs were awake, her helm was put hard, a-port, and captain and officers on watch sober. The accident was attributed entirely to the Excelsior, against the Admiralty rules, putting her helm a-star board. The inquiry was further adjourned till the 23rd. Two more of the Mail's passengers have died from injuries received. THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY EXHIBITION at Chelmsford this year has been a great success. The show of stock and horses was above average excellence. The quality and number of the sheep was unprecedented, and the show of cattle remark ably fine. Colonel Townley's roan bull, " Master Butterfly," again carried off the first prize among the shorthorns—Prince Albert taking the first prise for yearlings. The foreign prizes, though few, were yet sufficient to induce some of the leading French agriculturalists to compete and send some of their finest specimens of native breeds of cattle. Of these the Charolaise breed and Normandy black and white dairy stock found most favour. The imple ment department possessed much interest from the competition among the steam-power cultivators, the contest lying principally between Boydell's travers ing and Fowler's stationary engine. The trials be tween Bell's, M'Cormick's, and Hussey's reaping machines are not yet concluded. An immense variety of clod-crushers and rollers, ploughs, har rows, horse-hoes, and the ordinary tillage imple ments were exhibited. Among machines for sowing corn and manure, one drops,water, seed, and manure together at intervals of ten or twelve inches as the machine proceeds. The seed so sown comes up in bunches, which are thinned to single plants. The exhibition during the week has been daily crowded, and has gone off with great eclat. The usual dinner carne Thurschr when upwards of thou sand do , The chi Lord Riche MP" be was cent fait con, after ; the children were saved. AN Exl'rosloN of FIRE-DAMP took place on Tues day in the Cymmen Collieries; fourteen miles above Cardiff, South Wales, and, though slight in itself, so filled the galleries with choke-damp and fire, that, out of one hundred and seventeen men at work, only six were got ont alive. The majority of tha teen were burnt to death. This frightful accident has of course eau 4ed the utmost consternation in the neighbourhood. The inquest is adjourned for a fortnight. It is said tha, for some days previous there had been various inlications, from casual explosions of gas, of the im pure state of the atmosphere, and yet no extraordi nary precautions were taken. , •vitia , D FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE,,! Tuesday, July 15. • ,;.4 q BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.—RicuAan Leah, draper. BANKRUPTS.—JontrId`MILLAtt, Wolverhampton, linblican --JOHN POSTHUMOUS DAVIES, Merthyr Tydfil, Giamorganstilre, chemist—Joust BLAIKELEY and JAMES Butatautx t Flockton, Yorkshire, builders—SAMUEL SKETCHLEY , Lincoln. hire, swrivener—PuzA Holtman, Manchester, eshinet maker. a SCOTCH SEQUBSTRATION.-11 uou . DOnes.as WILLO•or and WILLIAM LIVINGSTON, Glasgow, gisaltalloa. Friday, July 111 ni .- 1 ,„.„ BANKRUPTCY ANN ULL ED . TnOtcas 151aa.u. PACE, Hus bands Bosworth. Leicestershire, grocer. BANKRUPTS.—HENRY GRA,' r, Southamptoa, licensed vic. tualler—WILLIAM WHEELER, Broadway, near Evesham, corn dealer—SlMEON PARTRIENIE, Darlaatgn, , SMfordshire. latoh manufacturer--JoHN Caotcn,Okehatopton,inu eeper—OEORON AUOUSTUS HAMILTON, Chichester, COSSIINBIGOIIagent—WILLIAK WooD, Aldersgate•street, dealer in German yeast—WlLLLAtt BASKIN. Croydon, builder. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. THOMAS Fooab, Airth, Stirliagshira, grain dealer—AnurritOrro andutitcaraott.ifitwick, drapers—ALEXANDER BURNS, Falltilt,lieHelleT--JOHN BELL, and Co., Glasgow, tea-merchants. ame off on Thursday, when upwards of one thou- and guests sat down. The chair was taken by ,ord Portman, and the vice-chair by the Duke of tichmond ; the usual toasts were drank, and the farquis De Vogue, who replied to the toast of the Distinguished Foreigners," observed that "he should le happy to say at home (in France) that England ras not only the land of luxuriant crops, magniti- ;ent cattle, well-paid labour, paternal landlords and aithful tenants, the envied land of freedom and of !onstitutional liberty, but of kind reception and lospitality to strangers." Mr. Evelyn Denison, CP., is the president elected for the ensuing year. A WOMAN IN SOUTH SHIELDS, in a fit of spite after quarrel with her husband, polioned her two chit- iren and herself with arsenic. She died shortly at.l. . e 1 nhilrir•on ISITOVA unload hospii M.P