The Press. — London, England, 1855-10-27 00:00:00

Ocrontit 27,1855. dillkult to decide. The Lyceum, however, is nightly crowded; " Magic and Mystery " delight the audi ence, and the interest of the performance is sustained to the Last,without one moment's flagging or a single contretemps. For children the amusement even surpasses Astley's, for the moment, in interest ; and the plan of a morning performance on Saturdays, adopted by Mr. Anderson, is one replete with advan tage. His extreme liberality, also, in permitting public schools and the children of charitable institu tions to visit his mysterious hall gratis, claims great p r aise, and, we are glad to see, meets with the success .and appreciation it deserves. Mr. Anderson's engagement of Covent-garden opora-house for the Christmas season has excited saw curiosity ; and the pantomime which it is un derstood he intends to bring out will, it is asserted, be one of the best seen in London for many years. taut ad j'astir. The Court has remained at Windsor during the week. Her Majesty on Wednesday received a congratulatory :address upon the success of the allied arms, from the 'Corporation of the City of London. The deputation, .caasisting of the lord mayor, aldermen, sheriffs, and :about a hundred other gentlemen, arrived in proces aim] at the castle shortly before 1 p.m. The Queen, accompanied by Prince Albert, and attended by the Dachenses of Wellington and Atholl, and Sir G. Grey, having been conducted to the Throne-room, the deputation was introduced, and the town clerk read an address, congratulating her Majesty upon the success which had attended the English fleets sand armies, and those of our allies, and promising 4 ‘ to support her Majesty in the vigorous prosecution of the war until a lasting and honourable peace be conanded." The address having been presented by Sir George Grey, her Majesty returned the following reply ; I have received with great satisfaction your loyal and ..dutiful address. • ' I rejoice to know that while yon share my conviction of The justice and necessity of the war in which we are en• gaged, you also fully participate in my admiration for the enduring patience and heroic courage of my brave soldiers and sailors and of those of my allies, and in my thankful ness to the Almighty Disposer of events for the successes which have attended the distinguished gallantry and devo .tion of the combined forces in the Crimea. I sincerely thank you for your assurance of a determine tfian, in which T am confident the great body of my people comeur, to support me in the vigorous prosecution of the war, until, by the blessing of God on our own efforts and on those of our brave allies, it can be concluded by a lasting and honourable peace. The deputation then retired, and the ceremony was .concluded. The Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Princess Mary, has been on a visit during the week 'to the Earl and Countess of Derby at Knowsley. A - most distinguished circle was invited to meet their Royal Highnesses. Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar is at present on a 'visit to the Queen. The Duke and Duchess of Manchester left Heaton tfor Knowsley on Monday. The Marquis of Blandford and Lord Alfred lamella' during the last week have been staying on as visit to the Duke of Marlborough at Blenheim. The Marl and Countess of Darnley have left Cdbham for Paris. Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood left the Admi ralty on Thursday, on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Tur, REGISISLYR,GENERAVS RETURNS for the week ending October 26th show 927 deaths registered, an increase of 57 deaths over the number that was regis tered in the previous week. 480 males and 447 females died ; of the two sexes 463, or more than half the total number, were under 20 years of age; 154 were of the age 20 to 40; 150 of the age 40 to 60; 129 of the age 60 to 440; and 25 of the age 80 and under 100 years. The mortality is below the -average rate of London, but 91 in excess of the -deaths that would have happened under a satisfac tory sanitary state. Scarlatina is very prevalent, , partiealarly in certain districts shown in the table, and has taken away the lives of seventy-three chil dren and 3 adults. 43 deaths are referred to typhus. and 41 to diarrhcea. The wife of a bricklayer's ilabourer, aged 40, died on October 11th of malignant cholera, after S days' illness, at 19, New Peter-street, 'Westminster. A dock labourer, aged 49, died on oOctober 13th, from dianchwa (8 hours), Asiatic cho lera (36 hours), at 16, St. George's-court, St. fGeorge's-in.the-East. THE FRENCH MINISTER OF MARINE has received a despatch from the Governor of French Guiana, announcing the discovery of gold in that colony. Several small nuggets had been found, and a regular search was about to be organised. THE PRESS. Volittal ftntral. ADMIRAL DE VIRGIN, the Swedish Envoy Extraordi nary at Paris, has been received by the Emperor of the French. The ostensible motive of this envoy's visit to the French Court is to present the insignia of the Order of Seraphin to Louis Napoleon, but it is believed in Paris that some prospective change in the neutral policy of Sweden has induced the King to take advantage of the opportunity to sound the views of the French Government. The King of Sweden, upon the late application of England and France that a part of the allied squadrons be per mitted to winter at the island of Gothland, in order to be near the field of action early in the spring, negatived it in the most unqualified manner, even at the risk of disturbing the good understanding existing between him and the Western powers. During the late mission of Count Knud Bonde to Paris the negotiations were again opened on the subject, but led to no result, owing to the obstinacy with which the King has set his mind upon main taining his neutrality, and possibly Admiral de Virgin, who is known to be the bearer of an autograph and private letter from the King to the Emperor, may have been sent to explain the matter. THE QUEEN OF SPAIN has conferred the Grand Cross of the Military Order of San Fernando on Marshal Pelissier and General Simpson. The Grand Cross of Charles 111. is to be conferred on Generals Canrobert, Bosquet, and De la Mannora. This is an important step on the part of the Spanish Government, and indicates in some measure the line of policy it is not improbable Spain will take with regard to the war. LORD WESTMORLAND AND THE BARON DE BOUR QUENEY are expected very shortly at Vienna. The junior and other members of the diplomatic corps who have been away on leave of absence, have now returned to Vienna. GENERAL CANROBERT, it is rumoured in Paris, will shortly be appointed to a command. It is added that a grand army is to be formed, which is to remain in France ready for any eventuality. LORD HowDEN has arrived at Madrid, and the question of the Western alliance is shortly about to be brought before the (*rtes. THE KING OF SARDINIA is expected to start upon his journey to Paris and London on Nov. 20th. LIEUT.-GENERAL. KoRFF, who commanded the Rus sian cavalry at the engagement near Eupatoria, has been deprived of his command. It is believed that be will be tried by a council of war. THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA has just ordered measures of great severity to be exercised against his absentee nobles. In Livonia, the estates of several noblemen who reside abroad have been placed under guardianship, although their term of permission has not expired. According to a communication lately made to the authorities, the Emperor is determined to put an end to the mania of absenteeism on the part of the Russian nobles. In case of any land owner remaining abroad without leave, the tribunals will manage the estates, and render an account of the revenues to the owners for one year, at the expiration of which term the estates, if the owners still remain abroad, will be confiscated, unless particular circum stances can be brought forward to justify a longer delay being granted. SIR LAWRENCE PEEL having resigned the office of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Calcutta, Sir James Colvile has been raised to that office, and Sir Charles Jackson has been promoted from Bombay to Calcutta as Puisne Judge. The seat on the Bombay bench vacated by Sir C. Jackson has been offered to Sir William JGffcott, who now holds the office of Recorder of Singapore ; and Mr. Richard MacCausland, of the Irish bar, has been appointed to the second Recordership recently created in Prince of Wales Island. THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF BRABANT visited the Grand Opera at Paris on Monday evening. The duchess, who has high musical taste, has, during her visit, repeatedly refused to go while the Duke of Saxe Coburg's new opera St. Claire was being performed. At last, it is related, the Emperor on Sunday insisted on being allowed to conduct the duchess the next day to the Opera. The duchess, driven to extremi ties, replied "Yes, I. will go, but not for St. Claire ;" and the performance consisted of the Vepres Sicili ennes, by Verdi. The excellent musical taste, and, above all, the frankness of the young princess, has been greatly admired in Paris. The Empress is said to have considered her tolerably naive, not to say rude. AT ST. PETERSBURG medallions have been coined of gold, silver, and bronze, in commemoration of the late Emperor Nicholas. They bear on one side the portrait of that monarch, and on the other a crescent surmounted by a cross, with the dates of the Em peror's birth, accession to the throne, and death. A FRENCH TATTERSALLS is about to be established in Paris, under the supervision of the Minister of Agri cu lture. The system adopted at our own Corner" is to be closely copied, and stalls for one hundred horses will be built. Yilb3 imb V °lin. THE HYDE-PARK DEMONSTRATION. There seems a probability that Hyde-park, instead of being a pltve for the recreation of the public on Sunday, will be used for disorderly gatherings, un less a stop be put to the nuisance. Last Sunday a considerable number of persons, 10,000 it is esti- mated, assembled on the north side of the Serpen tine to make a " cheap-bread demonstration." The crowd were addressed by several persons, but soon - • . turned to an amusement more to their taste—the hustling of persons against whom, for some capricious reason, they conceived a dislike, and the breaking of windows. About fifty policemen, selected for their experience and temper, were stationed about the ground. They carried no truncheons ; at least, such weapons were not visible if they did, and it is understood their instructions were not to interfere to prevent any one addressing the crowd, or to dis perse any group of listeners, and only to act with temper and forbearance. About three o'clock, a man who spoke on the previous Sunday addressed the crowd. His speech, though ostensibly directed with reference to the high price of bread, was in reality a denunciation of the aristocracy, to whom he attributed almost all the evils to which the poorer classes are subject. He propounded a plan of at• tacking the police to the cause of the working classes, by appealing to them, as men and brothers, through the intervention of tracts, adding that every citizen should be a soldier and every man a voter. He was winding up in a magniloquent peroration when a diversion in his immediate neighbourhood attracted the attention of the greater portion of his audience towards a new object. This was an unfortunate young man, dressed in livery, apparently an officer's servant., whom a great crowd was chasing, hooting, and pelting with turf. Being hotly pressed, be took refuge behind a tree, but that availed him little, and he started afresh, but only to be subjected to renewed ill-treatment. At last he took to his heels, contrived to elude or outstrip his tormentors, and to get beyond their reach. The bulk of the mob went northward through the Marble Arch. Two young gentlemen were, for some unexplained reason, chased by a crowd, and with difficulty escaped their violence by being humanely sheltered by a resident in Seymour street, whose windows were instantly smashed by the crowd. Windows were broken in other directions, and several of the rioters apprehended by the police. On Monday the prisoners were brought up to the police-courts. At Marlborough-street, Thomas Nap per, a country lad, was convicted of throwing missiles at the police in Hyde-park ; but, as Mr. Bingham regarded him only as a country yokel, he was let off with a fine of 7s. Martin Hussey, Bartholomew Daly, and Anthony Shields, the first twenty, and the two latter fifteen, years of age,were charged at Mary lehone with throwing stones in Wigmore-street, Ca vendish-square, and assaulting police officers. It was proved in evidence that the mob was very violent, the stones flew about like hail, and several of the constables and other persons were injured. The prisoners were shown to have been active in the fray, and were each sent to the House of Correction for a month for assaults on the police. The next charge was more serious. John Smith, Bartholomew Daly tone of the prisoners in the first case), and Henry Williamson, all of them youths, were charged with being concerned, with others, in wilfully breaking numerous panes of glass in the house of Mr. Attride : Mr. Attride said :At half-past four yesterday afternoon I saw a mob go along the Edgeware-road, and another mob coming up Seymour-street from Cumberland-street, in the direction from Hyde-park. Two young gentlemen came up to me and implored me to protect them from violence I admitted them into my house and did all in my power to iuduce the assemblage to disperse, telling them that the gentlemen were not then on the premises, but had gone out at the back door. One of the mob—neither of the prisoners—threw a stone. I laid hold of him, and after being struck under the ear with great force he effected his escape. A brick was thrown at me, and I narrowly escaped being hit on the head. Smith and Williamson did all they could to incite the mob to continue the stone throwing. Two panes of glass in the fanlight, and seven teen other panes, were broken by the missiles which had been thrown at them. Inspector .Jackson, I) : I was on duty at the Marble Arch yesterday afternoon. and between four and five I saw two mobs come out of the park; one of the mobs went in the direction of the Edgeware road, and the other bran dished sticks as they went along , h ootin g and shonting at two well-dressed persons whom they were following. Stones were thrown, and one of them bad his hat n early smashed. The mob said, " He's not one o f us—he 's not one of the people." He attempted to get into a cab, but was seized by some of the mob, who pulled him from it, and beat the sides of the cab with their sticks. The gen tlemen at length got away and went up Cumberland-street. I and other officers tried to prevent the crowd, who seemed bent upon inflicting injury upon them, from following them, but they overpowered us Some hundre Is pursu . ed, and I a ft erwards found them in the house of Mr. Attride. At that time there was a large on the spot, a greattnob 01 1031