The Press. — London, England, 1855-01-27 00:00:00

JANUARY 27, 1855. Captain ; Second Lieut. Frederick Augustus Anley to be First Lieutenant Corps of Royal Engineers—Brevet Colonel Charles Wright to be Colonel ; Brevet Major Thomas Rawlings Mould to be Lieutenant• Colonel ; Second Captain the Hon. Hussey Fane Keane to be Captain ; First Lieut. Whit worth Porter to be Second Captain ; Second Lieut. James Hamilton Wilson to be First Lieutenant. JAN. 23. Corps of Royal Engineers Brevet Colonel Francis Ringler Thomson to be Colonel; Lieut-Colonel Hale Young Wortham to be Colonel ; Brevet Colonel Charles Ogle Streattleld to be Colonel; Brevet Major George Wynne to be Lieutenant-Colonel; Brevet Major William Crawley Stace to be Lieutenant-Colonel ; Brevet Major Henry Drury Harness to be Lieutenant-Colonel; Brevet Major Edmund Twiss Ford to be Lieutenant-Colonel; Brevet Major William Yolland to be Lieutenant-Colonel : Captain Charles Erskine Ford to be Lieutenant-Colonel ; Captain Richard Clement Moody to be Lieutenant Colonel: Second Captain William Cowper to be Captain ; Second Captain C. John Gibb to be Captain ; Second Captain Charles Gor don Gray to be Captain ; Second Captain William Driscoll Gossett to be Captain; Second Captain Charles Sim to be Captain; First Lieut. John Joshua Wilson to be Second Captain; First Lieut. George F. Dawson to be Second Captain; First Lieut. G. St. John Crofton to be Second Captain; First Lieut. Joshua Henry Smith to be Second Captain ; First Lieut. Anthony Reynolds Vyvyan Crease to be Second Captain ; Second Lieut. Charles Anne Law de Montmorenoy to to First Lieutenant; Second Lieut. the Hon. William Le Poor Trench to be First Lieutenant; Second Lieut. Francis Arthur Marindin to be First Lieu tenant; Second Lieut. Moreton John Wheatley to be First Lieutenant; Second Lieut. Edward Coyagarno Sim to be First Lieutenant. ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY. The following appointments have been made to the Royal Horse Artillery, consequent on the recent promotions in the Royal Regiment of Artillery : GENERAL ORDERS. Deputy Adjutant-General's Office, Woolwich , Jan ., 1855. The Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned officers to the Royal Horse Artillery, viz.:—Colonel W. C. Anderson, Brevet Majors Charles Colville Young and John James Brandling, Second Captains George Barstow, Archibald M. Calvert, and Gaspard Le Marchant Tupper, First Lieute nants William Booth and Edwin Markham. Woolwich, Jan. 13, 1855. _ general of the Ordnance has made the following appointments, viz. :—Captain and Brevet Major George Ashley Maude to be Brigade-Major, at Woolwich; Captain and Brevet Major John James Brandling to be transferredto 1 Troop ; Captain Henry Lynedoch Gardiner to the Royal Horse Artillery, and posted to D Troop. Woolwich, Jan. 19, 1855. of the Ordnance has appointed ',Mr Dixon Edward Hoste The The Lio Second Co ,aptain ,revet-Major to the Royal Horse Artillery. H. PaLus►a, Assistant-Adjutant-General. WAR-OFFICE, Jam. 26. BREVET. and Bi Major-General Sir Henry Somerset, K.C.8., to have the local rank of Lieut.-General while serving on the staff of the army in the East Indies. Brevet Colonel Vl illiam Froke Williams and Brevet Colonel Randal Burnley, Lieut.-Colonel of the Provisional Depot Battalion at Parkhurst Barracks, to have the local rank of Brigadier-General while employed upon the staff of the army at Malta. To be Majors in the Army—Captains John Woodford, Charles Fitzroy Neynoe, Michael Goold Adams, John Harpur. To be Lieutenant-Colonels in the Army—Brevet Majors B. P. Browne, John Woodford, Charles Fitzroy Neynoe. Brevet Lieut.-Colonel William Slater, to the honorary rank of Colonel in the Army. To be Paymasters of Depot Battalions—Paymasters John Wheatley, Alexander Fair. HOSPITAL STAFF.—To be Surgeons of the First Class — Staff-Surgeon of the First Class Francis Sievwright, Sur geon Charles Robert Boyes, M.D., Acting Assistant- Surgeon Henry Browne Fisher, Assistant Staff-Surgeon John Collis Browne, M.D. ttt gabs. ♦PPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS. APPOI Commanders—J. P. Luse to the Ariel; Edward H. G. Lam bert to the Espiegle; Francis H. Shortt to the Spiteful. Assistant-Surgeon—J. S. Ayerst to the Calcutta. Acting Assistant•Surgeons--A. RaUray to the Nankin; A. 8. Pratt to the Waterloo. Master—David Craigie to be Master Attendant at Malta Dock. yard. Second Masters-0. F. Clementson to the Ajax ; J. Jones to the Nankin. Master's Assistant—Edward P. Hutcheson to the Himalaya. Clerk to Secretary-. George Hickman to the Victory. Clerk—Samuel Smyth to the Driver. Clerks' Assistants—Alfred J. Boyton to the Belleisle; R. W. Parish to the Perseverance; F. L. Page to the Duke of Wel lington. PROMOTION. Hsnoock, of the Espieglo, is p romoted to be Captain. THE COMMISSIONERS or Cusroms have ordered that tobacco under seizure shall not in future be de stroyed, at all events during the present war, as here tofore, but that it shall be stored and packed up at the several ports in casks, and transmitted to such places as may be ordered for shipment, to be for warded to the Crimea. THE PRESS. `Jrelant. A great number of the smaller towns of Ireland are coming forward to avail themselves of the New Towns Improvement Act, and obtain the application of its provisions to their respective wants. Letters patent having passed the great seal, ap pointing the following commissioners, viz :—the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, Sir John Romilly, the Right Hon. J. H. Monahan, the Right Hon. F. Blackburne, the Right Hon. A. Brewster, Sir Richard Bethell, Mountifort Longfield, LL.D., Q.C.; John David Fitzgerald, Esq., Q.C., M.P.; and Hugh M'Calmont Cairnes, Esq., for the purpose of inquiring into and reporting upon the state of business in the Irish In cumbered Estates Court, anti of considering whether it would be desirable that the said court should con tinue permanent, or for any, and for what period, and whether with any or what addition, alteration, or modification in its powers, constitution, and pro cedure. The commissioners have, through their secretary, had forwarded to each of the officers of the court, and to other parties likely to afford infor mation on the subject, certain queries to be answered by them. The commissione rs will not, it is under stood, hold any vive voce examination of witnesses. The commission is dated 23rd November, 1854, and is made returnable in one year from that date. The boards of guardians of Ballinasloe, Loughrea, and Portumna—the chairmen of which are the Mar quis of Clam icarde, Lord Dunsandle, and the Earl of Clancarty—have memorialised the Poor-Law Com missioners for the dissolution of the Portumea board, on the ground of the great diminution of pauperism in that district. Visallama. PEREIAPS the oldest tree on record is the cypress of Somme, in Lombardy. It is supposed to have been planted in the year of the birth of Christ, and on that account is looked on with reverence by the inhabitants ; but an an cient chronicle at Milan is said to prove that it was a tree in the time of Julius Cesar, B.C. 42. It is 123 feet high, and twenty feet in circumference at one foot from the ground. Napoleon, when laying down the plan for his great road over the Simplon, diverged from a straight line to avoid injuring this tree. Tun Tanis " Domino; " is by some erroneously stated to come from the French language, in which donnas signifies " give me," others from dunan ( Saxon)," to thunder ;" but the true origin of this expression owes its birth to one Joe Dun, a famous bailiff of Lincoln, so extremely active, and so dexterous at the management of his rough business, that it became a proverb, when a man refused to pay his debts, to say, " Why don't you Dun' him 7'—that is, " Why don't you send Dun to arrest him ?" Hence it grew into a custom, and is now as old as since the days of Henry VII. A LETTER FROM ST. SEBASTIAN states that that place i 8 completely encumbered with wine preparing for export to France. Upwards of 2,000 barrels have been shipped within the last few days, the greater portion for Bordeaux, and the remainder fur Dieppe. The freight is 2tsf. to the former, and 40f. to the latter port. The price varies from eighteen to twenty reals the aroba (sixteen litres ). ODESSA only sixty years since was a miserable fishing village, whereas now it possesses 80,000 inhabitants. In 1793 it was a roadstead, where a dozen boats might be seen anchored; now it is visited yearly by 300 large ships, and upwards of two thousand coasting vessels. In 1813 the importation was so trifling that it was not mentioned in the statistics of the empire ; whereas at the present moment Odessa imports annually twenty•three millions of silver roubles, and exports to the value of eight millions. Three men have made Odessa what it is—its founder, of ! whom little is known, named Ribas y Boyans ; the Duke ! de Richelieu, the refugee and future Minister of Louis XVI 11. • ' and, lastly, Count Woronzoff. THE PARIS TRIBUNAL OF CORRECTIONAL POLICE lately tried a young married woman, named Slosaard, and a Spaniard, named Fonerra, for adultery. Letters were produced and circumstances were related which left no ' doubt of their guilt. Amongst other things, an amusing mishap was related. One night the lover climbed by means of a rope to the balcony of the woman's bed-room whilst her husband was asleep in bed, and she joined him there. Whilst they were in tender confabulation the hus band awoke, and, hearing their kisses and soft conversa tion, seized a large suck, crept to the balcony, and gave him a sound beating. The unfortunate wight, climbing over the balcony, attempted to descend by his rope, but his coat caught the gas-lamp, and he hung suspended. His situation was for a time critical, but a police patrol coming up rescued him, and carried him off to the guard house. The tribunal condemned both the accused to six months' imprisonment. COLONEL JAMES ROBERTSON CRAUFIIRD, of the Crenadier Guards, is appointed to succeed the late General Du Plat as Military Commissioner of Great Britain to the head-quarters of the Austrian army, and will have the brevet rank of major-general whilst so employed. A DEPUTATION of the warehousemen and clerks em ployed in the city of London waited upon the Lord Mayor on Monday, and presented his lordship with a cheque for 1,4181. 10s. 7d., in aid of the Patriotic Fund. toner 111,arlict attb Q.Citg (inttiligtatt. FRIDAY EVZXINO. Ar the opening of the presen eek great dullness was manifested on 'Change. ...,a reassembling of Parliament was looked upon as foreboding serious embarrassments to the Governs whose position in other respects was believe to be exceedingly critical. Speculative sales accordingly were effectied to large amounts, and depressed the quotations nearly three-quarters per cent. between Saturday and Wednesday. The prices of Consols for account ranged on Monday from 911 to 911, being 1 lower than on the previous Saturday, and on Tuesday de clined to 914. On Wednesday the debates on the first night of the reopened session were considered to have passed off more harmlessly than had been apprehended, and the quotations rallied a little. Consols for money were dune at 911 to 1, and for the account of February Bth at 911. Yesterday the rumours of a break up in the Cabinet produced their natural result, by causing a fall in prices, and the market during the whole day presented a very un settled appearance. Consols fell successively from 911 to 91 and 901 for immediate transfer, and to 91 for the account. Before the close of business a par tial recovery took place, the quotations at the close being, for money, 91; account, 91 1 1. 'fo•day the market has been firmer, and prices advanced slightly. Consols for money have been quoted at 91 911 and for the Bth February, at ali to 914. Reduced Three per Cents. were 914 ; New Three per Cents, 9111. Bank Stock, 210 to 212. India Bonds, 12s. Exchequer Bills, 4s. to 7e. prem. Ditto Bonds, 994. FOREIGN. In the foreign markets the business has been steady, and at somewhat improved quotations. Spanish Stocks have advanced during the week. Turkish Bonds were done to-day at 281 for money and account. RAILWAY SHARES. In Shares the basiness done has been very limited, but prices were maintained with tolerable firmness, and in some lines an advance has been established. The weekly return. of traffic were rather worse, transit having been mach interrupted by the snow and frost. BRITISH TUNDS. Closing Prices. OFFICIAL QUOTATION. BANK OF ENGLAND. - 18803 DI Notes issued .... $26,509,216 Lioveroment Debt £11,015,100 Wier Seourltier .. 2,984,1100 Gold Coin & Bullion 11,606,210 Silver Bullion .... -- A 25,509,215 I BANXING IMPARTMENT. Proprietors'CapitalXl4,ss3,ooo Government Soon- Rest Public Deposits• 2,257,127 Dead WeightAn.l 611,637,91 Other Deposita seven Day & other Notes Bills 181,961,505 Vi 1,951,5011 • Including Exchequer, Savings Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Dividend Accounts. The foregoing return, when compared with that of the preceding week, ending Jan. 13, exhibits the following changes: In the Public Deposita Dacas,►ea of i 37,165 Other Deposita - • _ 371,343 - - LY ... Notre Issued Do. Reserved DECRIAB2 of 299,870 Seven-day Bills 1) of 191,793 Coin and Bullion GOOtrftnefit Securities Other Securities lncrizass of The Rest The amount of active oirculation in Note. £20,015,1.20 Do. in eleven-day and other Bills 1.089,813 Coin and Bullion in both Departments FOREIGN FUNDS. 4 rood. wed . Thurs. 100 a l. - 2 c 6810 e f — 0 f a 4: f f. 21d0 1. —f. it I Olt 2 1 -- - —2. 37 i g 6 i 761 7 4 ".•• Per Cent. -- Brazil tan 6 Danish 5 Dish. (Fa 12 Guil )21 French 3. crrabc Do. 4i Do. Bank Stock 104 Cs i 31 Mexican 3 Peruvian 4; Portuguese 4 Russian 5 Spanish 3 37e Turkish Scrip (eloc )6 76i ant Mond. Tmesd. Wed. Thum Fr de" 8 per Cent. Consols 9l/ 5l ri ilui 91 Ditto for Account 3 per Cents Reduced 3 per Cents Long Annuities Bonk Stook, 7 per Cent 2116 412 10 210 2 India Stuck, 10e per Cut 223 223 Bitch. Bills, 26d. pc. diem 7 4 4 7 4 7 7 4 1 India Bonds, (1,0001.) — 14 12 As Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, oap. SI for the week ending on Saturday, the 40th day of Jan., la& - 10