The Press. — London, England, 1856-04-19 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS. It is impossible to acknowledge the mass of letters we receive. their insertion is often delayed, owing to a press of matter •nd when omitted, it is frequently from reasons quite inde pendent of the merits of the communication. We cannot undertake to return communications of which we do not Avail ourselves. Cemmunications should always be legibly written, and on one side of the paper only. If long it increases the difficulty of finding space for them. Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenticated by the name and address of the writer, not necessarily for publica tion, but as s guarantee of his good faith. ♦dvertisements sent from the country must be accompanied by remittance or a reference for paymont in town. TERMS OF Per Annum . Half• Yearly .. Quarterly .. .. 41 6 0 .. 0 13 0 .. 0 8 6 THE PRESS. HOUSE OF LORDS-FRIDAY. SECONDARY PUNISHMENTS. The Marquis of SLLIPBURY, in moving for some returns, called attention to the ticket-of-leave system' which, he contended, required immediate revision, having proved an almost total failure. The Duke of ARGYLL cited documents and referred to judicial authorities in support of his assumption, that the experiment in question had not broken down to the extent alleged by its opponents. He offered no opposition to the production of the documents asked for respecting the tickets of leave, but sub mitted that the system should not be condemned without a more ample and deliberate trial. Earl STANHOPE having commented upon the general question of secondary punishment, the subject was followed up with some prolonged remarks by Earl Granville, Lord Lyttleton, Earl Grey, the Earl of Darby, and Lord Harrowby. Ultimately, Earl STANHOPE gave notice that on some future day he should move for the appointment of a select committee to investigate the subject. After transacting some routine business, their lordships adjourned at half-past eight o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS—FRIDAY. CELEBRATION OF PEACE. Questions having been asked touching the pur pose and cost of certain scaffoldings which had lately made their appearance in St. James's and Hy le Parks, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated that the fabrics in question were designed for a pyro tecnic display in commemoration of the conclusion of peace, and that an estimate of the cost incurred on that account would je laid before the house in due time. ST. JAMES'S PARK. Sir B. HALL referred to the question respecting the communications with, or across, St. James's park. He intended to ask for leave, and money, to open a route into the park upon the situ of the German chapel, to render the roadway in front of St. James's.palace practicable for general traffic, and to throw a foot-bridge across the ornamental water. The York Column, he added, would not be touched for the present, as, although he retained his preference for a roadway from Waterloo-place to Storey's gate, it had been found necessary to obtain an act of Parliament for that purpose. - - . . . • SATURDAY, sT►TUE TO THE DUKE OF WELLINOTON. Viscount CHELSEA inquired what steps had been taken, or were in contemplation, for the purpose of erecting a statue to the late Duke of Wellington. Sir B. H►LL said that some time since competitive designs for such a monument were invited from four artists, two of whom sent in models, but neither of them were considered acceptable. As there re mained nearly 25,0001. unexpended from the 80,00 U. voted for the funeral expenses of the late duke, It was intended to ask leave of the house to devote that sum to the execution of a monument, the design for which would be thrown open to a wide competition among artists. The housa then went into Committee of Supply, and the discussion of various votes belonging to the Miscellaneous Civil Service Estimates occupied the remainder of the sitting. DESPATCH FROM GEN. SIR W. CODRINGTON. Lord Psnmure received on Thursday the following despatch from General Sir William Codrington, H.C.B. Sebastopol, April 7. My Lord,—There is nothing particular to report ex• cept the continuance of the well•being of the army. Even under the circumstances of a month as severe in point of change and cold as any that we have had, there is no material increase in the number of sick. And if the numbers are higher, your lordship will remember that drafts to the extent of 4,000 men have latterly been sent up from Malta. Yet the whole of the month of March has been very cold and trying, from nortbenily winds and frost almost every night, and the thermometer occasionally down at 13 and l degrees ; and yesterday morning the ground was for a short time white with snow. Having received the signature of General Luders to the armistice agreed upon by the allied generals, the continua tion of it has been prolonged till further orders. A boat from her Majesty's ship Leopard entered the harbour from the sea yesterday. under a flag of truce, to carry on the communication across the harbour from our side. We had only one old and heavy Russian boat for this purpose. The conditions of the armistice did not permit to either party to use the harbour; and the entry of the boat of her Majesty's ship Leopard was the result of communications between General Luders and myself. The Artillery continue to move the Russian guns from Sebastopol, as well 41s those, damaged ones of ours from the batteries of attack; 718 are already embarked fcr England. There have been recovered from below the water of the dockyard by Mr. Deane, the Submarine Engineer, eleven pieces of field artillery, with their limbers and waggons. J. W. CODRINOTON, General Commanding. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE. Tuesday, April 15. BANKRUPTCIES ANNUILED.—THOKASCoopEa,Wootton. farm, Wootton, Isle of Wight, farmer and brickmaker—Sir Ro- BERT PRICE, Bait., Stratton-street, Piccadilly, and Foxley, Hereford, M.P. for Hereford, iron manufacturer and dealer. BANKRUPTS.—NATHANIEL WARn, Farringdon street, City, dealer in potatoes—AconsTus JOHN PHILLIPS. OAle.-street, Chelsea, shipowner—Jour TAYLOR the Younger, United Service Tavern, Trinity-streot, Woolwich, licensed victualler—lSAAC GUNTON, Menea, Isle of Ely, grocer and draper—THOMAS HAS. miaow, Chancery-lane, Middlesex, and Holly-cottage, Wesceni, Esher, Surrey, tailor and church decorator—JAAtes FLOOD the Younger, and CORNELIUS ROBERT SCHALLER, Charles-street, Middlesex-hospo al, auctioneers, upholsterers, and valuers — THOMAS BALLS, Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, City, and Bel grave-place, Tuffuell-park-road, Upper Holloway. iron merchant and commission agent—JOHN JOSEPH DIAPER (not Draper, as stated last Friday), Mansell Arms Tavern, Wimble ton, Surrey, victualler—GEoaos STANTON, Torian , o-terrace, Kentish town, woollen draper—DANlEL DAVIES, James-street, Bute-docks, Cardiff, Glamorgan, provision and general dealer—Courrrs HARRISON, Liverpool, wine merchant. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.—JAMS. WArr, Glasgow, outfitter and merchant—JoHN MORRISON, Dunblane, builder and contractor —,TAmEs FuLLis, Rose-street, Hutchesontown, Glas gow, builder. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED.—W. S. SLATER, Chester and Liverpool, timber merchant—A. SIMPSON. Kingston-upon- Hull, warehouseman. BA N K RUPTS.—J. L HARVEY, Chichester-place, King's-cruse, draper—G F. PARSONS. Cumming-place, Pentonville. jeweller-- JANE FOAN, Yeovil, glover and grocer—J. GODFREY, late of Taunton. now of creech, St. Michael, Somersetsliire, coach. maker—W. Sc HOFIELD, Homily, Chester, coaldealer—S.THOMAS , Wigan, Lancashire, cabinetmaker—W. 0. YOUNG, Liverpool, merchant—R. THOMPSON, otherwise R. THOMAS, Croydon, pastrycook—E. FoLKAan, Drury-lane, Grocer—J. F. B. L. STRIFFLER and A. ALOAR, Inwortb, mUlwrighta—J. ROBERT, Holyhead, shipbuilder. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.—H. Cow:mous, Main street, Gorbals, Glasgow, grocer—M. KALISCH, Glasgow, mar' chant—J. KELT, Glasgow, tailor and clothier. A " Committee7of Laymen " has been fcrmed in Westminster, consisting of influential members of Parliament and other gentlemen, for the purpose of watching the Church•rate question now before Par liament. The object of those engaged is to concen trate opinion and effort in promoting s right settle ment of this much vexed question, and, if possible, to rouse lay members of the Church, as well as the clergy, to meet with becoming activity the untiring efforts of those who are desirous by Church-rate abo lition to subvert the Established Church of this country. Among other names that have transpired as members of the committee are those of the Mar quis of Blandford, M.P., Lord John Manners. M.P., Lord Robert Cecil, M.P., Mr. J. C. Colquhoim, Mr. Addeley, M.P., Sir John Pakington, M.P., Mr. Spooner, M.P., Mr. Robert Baxter, Mr. C. N. Newde olte, M.P., Mr. Stapleton, Mr. N. Kendall, M.P., and Mr. Smith bhild, M.P. Übe Pre /Ss: (STAMPED.) Payable in advance. Subseribers are requested to send their Orders thronghtheir News agent; if direct to the Office. accompanied by a remit tance. Advertisements also must have a reference or reinitta.ice Money Orders to be made payable to Mr. ALYnaD 1vE,11.0 a.. 4 London. - IJdJbz Vrtgii+ LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1856. POSTSCRIPT, THE TREATY OF PEACE. A despatch from Vienna, Thursd.y, April 17, states One of the most important conditions in the treaty of peace is that the forts on the Circassian coast of the Black Sea are not to be rebuilt. The status quo on the coasts of the Black Sea will be maintained. The Presse d'Orient announces that the evacua tion of the Russian territory by the allies will begin fr , m the fortress of Kiuburn, and from Eupatoria. The Sultan has bestowed the order of the hledjidie upon Prince Albert.. Aali Pacha will convey the Order io the Prince. Intelligence from Constantinople to the 7th inst. states that serious disturbances had occurred at Armenia, on account of the Hatti Hurnayoun. The French mail of yesterday is overdue ; but the submarine telegraph gives the following as the closing prices of the fun Is :—Three per Cents., 7sf. 50c.; and the Four-and a-Half per Cents., 93f. 70c. THE RUSSIAN NOBILITY, it is said in letters from St. Petersburg, will now be granted much greater freedom than they enjoyed nnder Nicholas. The law which forbade them to educat? their children abroad is revoked, and all classes are permitted to travel freely in Europe. Preparations are completed for the naval review on Wednesday next. The movements to be executed by the fleet were finally arranged on Thursday, at the Admiralty. The Quee i will leave town at an early hour in the morning, and will return to Buck ingham Palace the same evening. The preparations made for the reception of visitors at Portsmouth are incredible. The review, it is anticipated, will be the finest naval review upon record. A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign-office on Saturday. All the Ministers in town were pre sent. The Council sat four hours. A Cabinet Council will be held this afternoon. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council have been engaged during the week with the case of tt Prinsep v. Dyce Sombre." The case was con cluded on Wednesday. Judgment reserved. The government of the colony of Victoria has been of f ered—according to the Daily News, of Friday—by Mr. Labonchere to the Earl of Elgin. Mr. Thomas, a Madras civil servant, has been appointed by the Crown a director of the East India Company under the late Charter Act. The Archbishop of Canterbury intends to move on Monday that the Lord Chancellor's Church Dis cipline Bill be read that day six months. Committees of the House of Commons have sat this week upon the adulteration of food, and upon t transportation system. Prince Albert, it is confidently stated, will visit Paris in June, in order to represent the English Court at the baptism of the Imperial Prince. INDIAN FINANCE. On the question for going into Committee of Supply, Sir E. PERRY invited attention to the state of the Indian revenue, which, he observed, presented a constant and increasing deficit as compared with the expenses of that empire. Parliament., he remarked, was interested in this subject, since the payment of three millions per annum to British proprietors of India stocks depended upon the solvency of the Indian Government; and if the existing deficiency remained uncorrected much longer the revenue of the mother country would, in various ways, be drawn upon to meet the accruing liabiliti es . The hon. and learned member proceeded to trace the causes which had produced this disparity between the receipts and the expenditure of the Indian em pire, assigning the chief place among these sources of fiscal embarrassment to the voracious appetite for territory, and the erroneous system of taxation, which hao characterised the administration of India for many generations of Governors-General. After a few remarks from Mr. MURROUGH, Mr. V. SXITH deprecated the introduction of so extensive a topic upon an indirect motion, contend ing that a far more appropriate opportunity would speedily have been afforded when the Indian budget was brought forward for discussion. He denied the statements, and questioned the ronclusions, set forth by Sir E. Perry, defending the policy which had led to recent annexations of territory, especially those affected by Lord Dalhousie, upon whose able and energetic administration he passed a high eulogium. The newly-acquired provinces would, he believed, ultimately prove profitable; and with respect to the existing deficit, declared that it had chiefly arisen from the large expenditure upon public works. This deficiency was also now rapidly diminishing, and in the accounts for the last financial year would be shown to be 500,0001. less than in the previous twelve months, nearly 1,900,000/. instead of ____ 2,500,0001. _ __ Mr. OTWAY reiterated at much length the charges of ambition, ill-faith, and improvidence that had been brought against the Indian Government. Sir J. W. Hoag analysed the details of the Indian revenue and expenditure, contending that the finan cial position of that country was sound, and that the present deficit arose from merely temporary causes. He went on to describe and vindicate the rights which had been exercised by the Indian Govern ment when accomplishing successive annexation of territory. Mc. J. G. PIIILLTMORE having denounced with much warmth the policy of annexation, the subject was allowed to drop. )f 'Et Le' 1. Et tr n rf e a ig o, of to to at it is at II ld to a- -18 to Jr it ry of cr le n. 7, to Lc 10 bl. at as 1, :e, rs ld er 11- as, of 01, L. LT, n- tr• in of of r- n- e- e, 10 tg 0- is 874