The Press. — London, England, 1855-12-22 00:00:00

1212 tout an lastion. Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by Prince Albert and the Royal Family, left Osborne yesterday morning, and arrived in safety at Windsor. Prince Ernest of Leiningen, visited her Majesty at Osborne, on Wecfnesday, on his return from the Baltic. Her Majesty has commissioned Mr. Ward, RA., to paint a cartoon, representing the Installation of the King of Sardinia as Knight of the Garter. The Duke of Richmond has left Brighton for Good wood, where his grace will pass the Christmas holi days with hi. family. East Lodge, the Brighton residence of Colonel Wyndham, of Petworth, will be occupied by the Duke of Richmond and family on their return to Brighton, early in January. The Earl of Westmorland has left town for Ape thorpe, Northamptonshire. Lady Margaret de Burgh is about to be married to Mr. Wentworth Beaumont, M.P. Viscount Palmerston entertained the Turkish, Austrian, and Sardinian Ministers at dinner, on Wednesday. The noble lord leaves town this day for Broad] an ds. The Marquis of Lansdowne has arrived in town, from a visit to Lord Ashburton, at the Grange. The Earl and Countess of Hardwieke, and the Ladies Yorke, have arrived at Deane-peak, on a visit to the Earl of Cardigan. 01i I I al. OPINIONS ON THE WAR. THE Dux OF RICHMOND, at the inauguration banquet of the Mayor of Brighton, on Monday, in returning thanks for the army, alluded briefly to the many gallant services of the English army, but in particular called attention to the conduct of the men on board the Birkenhead, at the time of her loss, where, after putting the women and children into the boatq, the whole detachment on board sank with the ship. ".Such conduct," continued his grace, " shows— that the British army cannot be beaten, because as long as you have a disciplined body of men, and having the esprit de eeePe, you may depend upon it that your officers and your soldiers will he brave, cool, and collected, and preserve their presence of mind, which, after all, is the essence of true bravery—that as long as you have an army in that condition, they will undergo without the slightest hesitation dangers which would appal men of weaker nerves. (Loud applause.) It was an army of such heroes—for heroes they are—that carried the heights of Alma, fought at Inkermaun and Balaklava, and showed themselves worthy of defending those colours which they carried under the great Duke of Wellington. (Loud and continued applause.) LORD ALFRED HERVEY, on the same evening, with reference to peace, observed that we went to war for the object of destroying the preponderance of Russia in the Black Sea, and of securing the inde pendePce of Turkey, and that until we could attain those objects he believed the war ought to be car ried on with " the utmost energy and the utmost vigour," though he thought, if we could now obtain satisfactory and lasting terms of peace consistent with the objects of the war, the nation would rejoice at the termination of hostilities. MR. CRAUFORD, M.P. for the Ayr Burghs, in an address to his constituents on Monday last, reviewed the proceedings of the session, and, with reference to peace, stated that, although he would not carry on the war one moment longer than was necessary, he did not conceive we should arrive at a satisfactory peace through the interference of so treacherous an ally as Austria. He believed that the Czor was de termined tc carry on the war, and until material guarantees were offered by Russia he (Mr. Crauford) would propose to fight it out to the last. CAPTAIN BOLDERO, at the Chippenham Agricultural Association, approved of continuing the war until just and fair terms of peace were offered by Russia, but be condemned the manner in which it was car ried on by England. The Government was divided in its councils this year by mismanagement—we had scarcely supplied the casualties of war in our army—and for the next, he doubted much if we could raise 30,000 additional men ; the Government should call out the local militia, and make the militia of the day fill up the vanancies. Mn. KENDAIL, M.P., at the Callington Agricul tural Association last week, assured his hearers that be would not be a party to peace at present, as he believed it would be no guarantee of the peace of Europe. He was for a vigorous prosecution of the war until Russia would accept terms which should secure the peace of Europe. In the course of his remarks, Mr. Kendall observed that he thought Mr. Gladstone was a very dishonest or a very theoretical man, that be regarded Mr. Disraeli with suspicion, that lie feared, "from the statements of Tun VaEss, Lordi,,Stanley's paper," that a strong party of THE PRESS. the Conservatives were for peace, and that if they could get into power b) joining Messrs. Cobden and Bright, he believed the Coalition would be affected, and an attempt made to paralyse the Government. MR. FREDERICK PEEL, M.P., in an address to the electors of Bury on Friday last, explained that the object of the war was clearly to make Russia " bend the neck." That point he did not consider was to be accomplished by peace, though' he was desirous to see peace re-established. With respect to terms of peace, Mr. Peel remarked : I desire not that in the terms of peace there should be anything which should humiliate and rankle in the mind of Russia—l do not believe that peace upon such terms would be lasting and enduring—but what I desire to see effected by negotiations is security to us and to the other States of Europe; and that if such a disposition—as I trust we shall, by menus of our armies, most severely chas tise on the present occasion—should continue to actuate Russia, the condition of things in Europe may through these negotiations be so arranged that there will not be the facility which there has been for carrying such a policy into effect. We have heard of rumours of peace. I know not what dependence or authority is due to such rumours; bat I would say that, if Russia offers terms of peace which will satisfy those conditions that have been mentioned. I would accept them, whether she came to us directly, or through Austria, or any other intermediary. But if Rus sia shall be found not content to sue for peace, and make terms which shall not be satisfactory to us for the future, then I say our course is clear and defined enough—we will redouble our efforts to carry on this war with effect—we will run a race with time during this nest winter in order that we may be fully prepared to commence operations in the coming 3 ear. MR. BRIGHT, M.P., at a meeting of the members of the Marsden Mechanics' Institute at Burnley on Friday last, spoke upon the subjects of cheap lite ratur the war, taxation, and America. He consi dered cheap books and the abolition of the tax on newspapers an immense benefit to the poorer classes, as a means of raising their tastes and giving them habits of thought and reflection. With reference to the war, he regarded the panic against Rmis, and the popular dread of her absorbing Europe, as ima ginary, and the policy of the war a policy based " upon misapprehensions of the grossest character." The phantom of military glory he believed would leave us far behind the United States in the race of civi lisation, and unless we speedily changed our course, and disconnected ourselves from "the policy which tends incessantly to embroil us with the nations of the continent of Europe," we should leave little to our posterity but pauperism, mime, and political anarchy. MR. W. F. KNATCHBULL, at the Burton Agricul tural Society last week, expressed himself strongly in favour of carrying on the war with vigour, as the surest means of attaining a permanent peace. With respect to Austria and any propositions she might make, he regarded her with great suspicion, and believed that she was more Russian than English. Although desirous of peace, he would not wish to see it before Russia was so humbled as to promise upon sure guarantees that no further aggression should be attempted against Europe : he did not wish to see Russia crushed or reduced to a second rate power. THE Holt. W. Cuvz, M.P., at a public dinner at Ludlow last week, doubted whether there were any solid grounds for believing Russia sincere in her wish for peace. He believed that another campaign and the destruction Itof Nicolaieff was necessary to obtain the object of the war. Ittropolitan. THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S RETURNS show a mor tality for the last week of 1,271 ; while the births of 781 boys and 791 girls, in all 1,572 children, were registered in London. Tait WHITECHAPEL GUARDIANS have pushed their system of harshness and neglect to such a length that the Poor law Commissioners have commenced a rigorous inquiry into the circumstances of the various cases lately appearing before the public. THE BOARD OF TRADE have awarded a gratuity of 501. to the widow of Thomas Cable, jun., an extra boatman in the service of the coast-guard at Ald borough, for the conspicuous gallantry displayed by her husband on various occasions, and especially on the occasion of the wreck of the Swedish brig Vesta, near Orfordness, when, after great exertions, he saved the life of a Swedish lad, but lost his own life in so doing. A DEPUTATION OF LICENSED VICTUALLERS had an interview with Lord Pantnure on Wednesday, on the question of billeting the militia permanently upon the trade. The deputation having explained the notorious grievance they suffer under, Lord Pan mure replied that, as soon as Parliament assembled, it was the intention of Government to ask for means to provide barrack accommodation for the militia ; and promised that until that point was accomplished steps would be taken to ensure a wore general dis tribution of the men in fature. SATURDAY, THE MINT is now busily engaged in preparing 800,000 Crimean medals, for presentation to the French, Sardinian, and Turkish soldiers engaged with us in tho war, above the MAN) prepared for our own troops. The decoration will be nearly the size of a crown piece, and of virgin silver. On the reverse of the medal is executed the representation of an ancient Roman soldier in classic costume and equipments, and whose brow Fame is depicted as encircling with the victor's wreath, while " Crimea" is inscribed at the side. On the obverse side thin is a large medallion bead of Queen Victoria, the et namental work of whose crown is delineated with great artistic finish. THE COMMITTEE OF THE STOCK EXCHANGE, with reference to the new Russian loan of 13,tXX;,000t., have refused, either now or at the restoration of peace, to recognise any transactions in, or allow any quotation of, * loan raised by a power at war with Great Britain. THE WESTMINSTER PLAY was performed for the last time on Monday before a crowded audience, in. eluding M. Muslims and his wife, the Earl of Devon, Dean Milman, Dr. Colquhoun, and others. A DEPUTATION OF MEDICAL MEN, including Sir C. Hastings, M.D., Dr. Brady, Dr. Lankester, (Sze., and accompanied by Mr. Hewllam, M.P., waited upon Sir George Grey on Thursday, for the purpo s e of ascertaining the intentions of the Government with respect to the introduction next session of a Medical Reform Bill. Sir C. Hastings explained to Sir George Grey the claims of the Medical and Surgical Association against the Universities, which insist upon a right to regulate admissions into the medical service, and urged upon the Home Secretary the necessity of the Government taking the matter up, and of restricting the power of licensing medical practitioners to the medical prcfession itself. Sir George Grey, in reply, regretted that the business of the session would be so heavy as to preclude the possibility of the Government taking the matter up; and suggested that the deputation should leave the case in the hands of Mr. Headlam, who should a 4 permission to reintroduce his bill. Mr. Headlam thought that he should rather retard medical reform by reintroducing his bill; as he should at once be met by the objection that the matter was one which the Government alone should take up. It was finally suggested 'dist the bill shou:d first be introduced to the Lords, and the deputation withdrew. Ma. H. BRADBURY delivered a lecture on Nature Printing at the London Institution on Wednesday. Mr. Bradbury entered at great length into the sub ject, disputing the right of the Austrians to claim the priority of invention, as the art was known and practised early in the seventeenth century. The lecturer then pointed out the distinguishing features of the process ; which consist, firstly, in impressing natural objects, such as plants, mosses, tea•weeds, and feathers, into plates of metal, so that they en grave themselves by pressure; secondly, in taking such casts or copies of the impressed plates as can be printed from with the ordinary copper-plate press'. The advantages of which were rapid and economic production, the means of unlimited multiplication, and unsurpassed resemblance to the original. Mr. Bradbury then proceeded to explain the various methods introduced since 1833, and concluded his lecture amidst hearty applause. LORD MAYOR SAMMONS, with respect to the move ment for a Christmas holiday on the 24th December, has published a letter, pointing out that that day has hitherto been one of the heaviest bu-iness days in the year:—" This year it falls on Monday, a double-post day, and a day when some of our prir • cipal London markets are held. To provide before • hand for three consecutive days' consumption by the inhabitants of all classes of the great metropolis of whatever they require, appears to me not very easy; if, therefore, your proposed holiday were general, it would inconvenience more than it would relieve; and, should it not be general, those who did not keep the holiday would gain a profit at the expense of those who did." The Lord Mayor thinks it would be better to make the 20th, the day after Christmas day, a general holiday. AT A COURT OF ALDERMEN held on Tuesday, Mr. Lawrence, son of the late Alderman Lawrence, was sworn in as Alderman for the Bread-street Ward. The necessary oaths having been administered, Alder man Lawrence took his seat on the bench, and the court shortly after adjourned. THE METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS held their first preliminary meeting on Wednesday at Burling ton-house. The first act was to agree to the salary of the future chairman, which was ultimately flied at 1,5001. a year, the minimum settled by Parliament, with power to raise it to 2,0001., according to the act. The question of the election of a chairman was then brought forward. A proposition that the election should be by ballot was superseded by a resolution that it be by open toting, and that the choice of the board should be narrowed to two candidates, Tbo ObAlnUita Wilk.kt) elected this dab