The Press. — London, England, 1855-08-11 00:00:00

Court ad last nn. • , On Thursday the Queen and Prince Consort crossed from Osborne to Portsmouth, whence they proceeded to Shorncliffe, where her Majesty reviewed the Foreign Legion stationed in the camp at that place. The Queen and Prince Albert came over on Saturday to Hasler Hospital, to visit the sick and wounded seamen and marines staying there, who have come home from the trenches and the fleet at Sebastopol. - - - The Portuguese war•steamer Mindeiho, with the King of Portugal, his brother, and suite, left South ampton for Lisbon on Thursday. The King called at Osborne, to route, to take his farewell of her Majesty and Prince Albert. The Queen has signed a warrant granting a pension of 2001. a sear to Mts. Shadforth, whose husband, Colonel Shadforth of the 57th, was killed in the attack on the Redan on the 18th of June. The Ministerial Whitebait dinner took place on Wednesday last at the Trafalgar-hotel, at Greenwich. The following members of the Government were present :—Earl Harrowby, Duke of Argyll, Earl Somers, Lord Panmure, Mr. J. Ball, Mr. Grenville Berkeley, Admiral Berkeley, Right Hon. E. P. Bouverie, Hon. H. Brand, Lord E. Bruce, Sir A. Cockburn, Hon. W. Cowper, Viscount Duncan, Mr. J. D. Fitzgerald, Sir G. Grey, Right Hon. W. G. Hayter, Sir B. Hall, Lord De Tabley, Right Hon. E. Horsman, Right Hon. W. Keogh, Earl Mulgrave, Sir W. Molesworth, Viscount Palmerston, Mr. F. Peel, Mr. H. D. Seymour, Right Hon. R. V. Smith, Mr. James Wilson, Lord Waterpark, Admiral Eden, Mr. Robert Lowe. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—On Thursday evening, being the last night of the season, the Etoile du Nord was performed, After the opera, which went off with the usual kciat, "God save the Queen " was sung by the whole vocal strength of the theatre. The solo verses were given by Mlle. Bosio, Mlle. Marai, and Formes, and the immense body of choral and orchestral harmony had a superb effect. During its performance the aspect of the house—the whole audience standing—was remarkably brilliant and striking. There is yet to be another performance of the Etoile du Nord, which is to be repeated this evening for the benefit of the stage-manager, Mr. Harris. MLLE. ROSA. BONBEUR'S PICTURE of " the Horse Fair" is sold to an Englishman—but not a resident in England—for a trifle under 2,0001. Mlle. Bonheur bas painted a reduced copy for the engraver, which is now in Mr. Thomas Landseer's hands. The second picture has been purchased by Mr. Jacob Bell. A POLISH MEETING was held on Wednesday in St. Martin's-hall for the purpose of considering the propriety of forming a Pol sh legion, which should serve as an auxiliary with the allies during the war, and of restoring the nationality of Po!and, as the only means of securing a durable peace. The hall was filled on the occasion by about 2,000 persons, who appeared to belong chiefly to the class of mechanics, but many noblemen and gentlemen were on the platform, and among other members of the Legislature were the Earl of Harrington, Viscount Ebrington, Sir R. Peel, Captain Townshend, Isaac Butt, Esq., Francis Mowatt, Esq, and W. Tite, Esq. The chair was taken shortly after half past seven o'clock by the Earl of Harrington. The proceedings, however, after much speech-making, ended in an uproar, a Mr. Collett moving an amendment declaring all hope of vigorous measures useless so long as Lord Palmerston remained head of the Administra tion. This proposition being tumultuously urged, the Earl of Harrington left the chair, and after a continuance of disorderly addresses for some time longer the assembly dispersed. THE PRESIDENCY OF THE POOR-LAW BOARD has been resigned by Mr. Baines, on the score of ill health, and the following arrangements are made in consequence of his retirement:—Mr. Bonverie suc ceeds to the Poor-law Board and Mr. Lowe oecomes Vice President of the Board of Trade. The Hon. W. F. Cowper, stepson of the Premier, is appointed Pre sident of the Board of Health in the room of Sir B. Hall. The new writs for Kilmarnock, Kidderminster, and Hertford were moved for on Thursday in the House of Commons. THE ANNUAL SHOW OF THE ROYAL IRISH AGRICUL TURAL SOCIETY commenced on Wednesday at Carlow, and may be described as a good average one, both in the number and the quality of the animals exhi bited. His Excellency the Earl of Carlisle, who was himself an exhibitor, and obtained the second prize for a beautiful short horn bull sent over from Castle Howard, honoured the exhibi ion with his presence. In the evening the annual banquet of the society took place in the great hall of the railway terminus, the Duke of Leinster, as president of the society, presiding ; and besides the Lord Lieutenant there were several other distinguished guests. THE PRESS. 'falba! and mud. MR. AND LADY MARY CHRISTOPHER have adopted the name and arms of Hamilton Nisbet, on their succession to the Belhaven and Dorleton estates. A MEETING OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM ASSOCIATION took place at the London Tavern on Wednesday. Few persons attended. After a report had been read and some speeches made, the as sembly dispersed without result. THE Salut Public of Lyons states that the Medi terranean Railway Company has received orders to hold themselves in readiness to convey a numerous body of troops (1,500 a day) from Lyons to the coast for embarkation, as well as 100,000 shells and a large quantity of powder. MDLLE. RACHEL left London yesterday morning for Liverpool, where she is to embark to•day on board the Pacific for the United States, America, accompanied by her sisters, M. Raphael Felix (direc teur pour Mdlle. Rachel's conges), and a complete troupe, comprising thirty artistes. THE LATE M. SALAMON ROTHSCHILD, of Paris, has left a fortune of two millions and a half pounds sterling, which will be divided between his two nephews. AN account of the various steamboat disasters in the western waters of the United States is about to be published in Cincinnati, whicn, it is said, will show that 100,000 lives have been lost in them. IT is understood that in all renewals of steam con tracts for the Government transport service the terms are now reduced from 50s. per ton to 455. or 40s. THE ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA will take place during the ensuing week at Cowes. The pro gramme is the most attractive one of the season, and includes her Majesty's Cup, the Prince Consort's , Cup, and that of the Royal Yacht Squadron. THE dividend declared at the half-yearly meeting of the London and North-Western Railway Company was at the rate of 4f per cent. per annum, with a balance of about 7,0001. to be carried forward to the next half-year's account. MR. GLADSTONE is a man of sagacity and judg ment, and a true statesman.—Le Nord. I'UEHEMET BEY, the new Turkish ambassador, arrived in Paris on Tuesday evening. HER MAJESTS has been pleased to approve of the appointment, by the Court of Directors of the East India Company, of Henry Valentine Conolly, Esq., to be Provisional Member of Council at Fort St. George. MR. LUCAS denies that he has any intention of retiring from the representation of Meath. M. FAVRE, an engineer, has lately published some observations relative to the possibility of making a railway under the Channel from France to England. The length of the work, he says, would be 30 kilo metres (18i English miles), and pierced at such a length as to always leave 25 metres at least between the arch and the bottom of the sea. The tunnel he proposes to have lined with a (liable archway, one of bricks and the other of iron, this latter pierced with narrow openings to at once allow the slightest infil tration to be perceived. Engineers are at present, M. Favre states, in conclusion, engaged in estimating as accurately as can well be done, the utmost cost of the execution of a tunnel under the Channel be tween England and France. Such is M. Favre's plan, which, whatever may be thought of its feasi bility, certainly is not wanting in boldness. Mum CONSTERNATION has prevailed in Naples in consequence of an accident involving considerable loss of life. In the Castel Nuovo there are apart ments devoted to the making of percussion -caps. Much explosive matter is of course lying about, and whilst they were packing a quantity for use in Sicily, through the negligence of the workmen, the whole ignited, and the entire building was blown up even to the roof. The alarm was for the moment inde scribable. Some feared an earthquake, for all the houses in the neighbourhood were shaken, and the windows in the royal palace broken ; and every one fled everywhere but to his house. When it was pos sible to enter the floor where the accident took pla?e the spectacle presented was most awful—the black ened and mangled bodies of the sufferers lay scat tered about, nor was it possible to ascertain the number in full. Two hundred were said to have been buried beneath the ruins. It seems most pro vidential that a far worse catastrophe was averted. Many thousanis of tons of English powder, pur chased for the Sicilians in 1848, were in the maga zines of the castle, enough to have blown up half the kingdom—whilst in the same wing of the building where the accident took place the fireworks used on occasion of royal fêtes are made, and a quantity of combustible matter therefore was contained in it. The king came to Naples on the following day to examine into the state of the case and give relief. THE subscription on behalf of the sufferers from the late fire at Chamouni is headed by Miss Burdett Courts, 20/.; Sir Robert Peel, 201.; and Mr. Albert Smith, 201. SATURDAY, Saba ant Volitt. THE REV. MR. BOYLE has recently brought an action in the French courts, against the newspaper L' Univers, with a two-fold object; namely, in the first instance, to compel the editor of that journal to place in the hands of a notary public the original letter, tl e translation of which was published in its columns on the 23rd of May, 1854, and which translation, subse quently published in this country, constituted the ground of action which the rev. gentleman brought against the Cardinal in England. The second object of the proceedings in France was to recover 25,000 f., by way of damages for the injury the plain tiff has sustained in his character by the publication of the said letter. The French courts decided against Mr. Boyle, who is therefore saddled with all the costs of the proceedings. L' Univers, in alluding to the trial, says :—" Our own position is clear in this matter. Personally we have no contest with Mr. Boyle; and, as our learned counsel said upon the trial, we were ready to comply with his wishes as to the production of the letter if he could have obtained the consent of the Cardinal to his demand. TI e cause tried at Paris presents no other interest then as an incident in the cause still pending (now i,tanding for trial at the present Croydon Assizes) in London, that trial being the third time the matter has been brought an& r the consideration of a jury in England." The Univers then goes on to say, " This time the evidence of the Rev. Mr.lvers, which at the last assizes was sufficient to lead to the loss of the Cardinal's cause, will have no weight on behalf of the plaintiff, on account of the affidavits which have been filed in the Court of Exchequer, completely in validating the testimony of that witness." THE EXECUTION OF JOSEPH bIEADOWS, who was found guilty of murder at the last Worcestershire Assizes, took place in front of the county gaol, Wor cester, on Saturday last, in the presence of an immense concourse of spectators. It will be recollected that the murderer Meadows formed an acquaintance with a young girl named Mary Ann Mason. The intimacy was discouraged by the girl's parents, who placed her in service at the Sailor's Return, beerhouse, at Kate's-hill, Dudley. Meadows paid her a visit on the night before the murder was committed, passing himself off as Mason's brother. Next morning, having possessed himself of his master's carbine, shot-belt, and powder-flask, he proceeded to the Sailors Return, and, while Mary Ann Mason was washing the floor of the room, deliberately shot her dead, in the presence of two men, who were sitting there. He assigned no reason for the act when ap prehended, but merely said:—" I have had my revenge. Revenge is sweet; and now lam satisfied." He added, he was determined that, "If ho did not have her, no one else should." Since his condemnation the wretched convict has paid the greatest attention to the ministration of the gaol chaplain. Having arrived at the steps leading to the scaffold, Meadows whispered to Calcraft to " do it quickly," to which he received in reply, " 1 will not be a minute." During the whole cf the preparations, the culprit maintained the most remarkable composure, and walked firmly to the drop. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE. Tuesday, August 7. HENRY MILLER and WILLIAM Hot Nit, Newport, Isle of Wight, hardweremen— Jolts MINTER, late of Folkestone, shipowner— JAiiise BARNEY, Addle-street, Wood-street, City, warehouseman —TwoxAs GARDINER, Fox Publichouse, Paul-sireet, Finsbury, licensed victualler—TitomAs Huscutsa, Hungerford, Berke, butcher—WlLLlAM Osi.sit, Earl-street. Finsbury-square. Mid dlesex, cab ].roprieWr—JOHN WILLIAM PHILIP GRAHAM, King's road, Chelsea, insurance broker--JAuss GUTTERIDOE, Eliza beth-street, Eaton-square, Middlesex, horse deaIer—VINCENT SNOOK and JOHN THOMAS SNOOK, King street, Hammersmith, linendrapers—THOMAS FREER, Leicester, wine merchant—J As. Porrs, Monks :;oppenhall, Chester, brickwaker SpLoatott CLEcio and JAMES Fox, Newcastle upon-Tyue, woollen manu facturers. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.—JOAN HANDYSIDE BAXTER (deceased), M nrraygate, Dundee, bookseller—THE KEILIARSBRAH SPINNING COMPANY, Alloft, spinners and wool dealers. Friday, August 10. BANKRUPTS.—TnonAs CHATTERTON, Rye, Sussex, baker— THOMAS CORAH, Nottingham, lace manufacturer —Joseeit Moses, Lower-marsh, Lambeth, glass and china dealer —en As. PARSONS, Bristol. lineudraper—SAMUEL Wit. PARTRIDGE and DANIEL FRANCIS DUCEY, Paternoster-row, INX)k.1181101 ii--TH OMAN LEIGH, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, wine and spirit merchant—JAMES H ELWOOD, D erby, irunfound er—TH o s. WILSON' late of New High-street, Manchester, merchant—HUGH WELCH COOPER, Wakeneld-street, Regent-square, builder—WM. LYNALL THOMAS, Chapel place, Cavendish-square, cowkeeper —Tmonas Dixon, Crook, Unchain, grocer—Junk WINSPE►RE, MiddlettS t Durham, shipbuilder. ALL the letters from the Crimea that arrived in Paris by the last mail were frightfully mutilated, the Grand Provost having in many instances cut out three-fourths of their contents. THE first order issued by Sir B. Hall, after his acceptance of the office of President of the Board of Public Works, directed that 200 new seats should be placed in the public promenades of the Regent's park. He has also given orders to throw open Kew-gardens to the public during the whole of Sundays. _