The Press. — London, England, 1855-06-23 00:00:00

'JUNE 23, 1855. Coat au fastlon. The Queen gave her last state concert for the season on Wednesda; evening, when a numerous party of guests had been invited. The following artists, Mesdames Bosio, Ney, Castellan, and Didiee; Signori Lablache, Tamburini, Goldoni and Lucchesi, and Herr Formes, attended and performed a selec tion from the works of Mozart, Mendelssohn, Weber, Rossini, Meyerbeer, Peer, and other composers. On Saturday the Queen went to the new camp at Aldershott, and on Tuesday paid a second visit to the military hospitals at Chatham. Wednesday being the anniversary of her Majesty's accession, the day was commemorated in the cus tomary manner in London, at Windsor, and in the various royal establishments. The Queen, with Prince Albert and the youthful members of the Royal Family, intend, according to present arrangements, to leave Buckingham-palace on the 9th proximo for Osborne. Her Majesty pur poses to visit Paris soon afterwards, but the precise day is not yet determined on. The Sardinian Count Massimo d'Azeglio left Turin on Monday, on an extraordinary mission to Paris and London. A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign office, Downing.street, on Saturday afternoon. The Countess Colloredo gave her second ball on Tuesday night at Chandos-house, the residence of the Austrian Embassy. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary again honoured the Countess with their company. The Earl of Eglinton gave a grand ball on Thurs day at his mansion in St. James's-square. The entertainment was one of the most brilliant that has taken place this season, being attended by upwards of six hundred of the elite of the aristocracy and. fashionable world. The Lord Mayor on Thursday entertained the Archbishop of Canterbury and a large party of bishops at a grand banquet in the Egyptian-hall of the Mansion-house, on the occasion of the anniver sary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. The civic chief mtgistrate on this occasion invited a large number of the heads of both universities to be present, and the Mansion-house has rarely received so large a number of clerical dignitaries under its hospitable roof. 11111'he second Chiswick Horticultural Fite took place on Wednesday at the gardens of the society, and although the weather in the early part of the day looked somewhat doubtful, it eventually proved to be roost congenial for tl e purposes of a floral exhi bition. The company was numerous, and the plants in beautiful condition and of unexceptionable excellence. AT THE MEETING OF THE ROYAL LITERARY FUND SOCIETY, held on Saturday, the report drawn up by the committee appointed to examine the condition of the society and suggest changes in its organisation, was presented by Mr. C. Dickens. A letter was also read from the Marquis of Lansdowne expressing his disapprobation of the change which it was known the committee designed to recommend, and declar ing his intention to resign the presidency if their report was adopted. Mr. Swinburn, the Vice-Presi dent, also wrote in disapproval of the proposed alterations. These changes involved a complete transformation of the character of the society by converting it into something between a literary club and a company for granting insurances and loans. After considerable discussion and several long speeches from Lord Stanley, Sir E. B. Lytton, the Bishop of Oxford, Mr. Dickens, Mr. Dilks, and Mr. M. Milnes, an amendment proposed by the la,t named gentleman, declaring the inexediency ote recommendations put forth by the co p mmittee, f was carried by a large majority. MLLE. RACHEL has been twice to see Mme. Ristori, the newly-discovered actress, play Mirra, and although report says that she suffers acute torture at the thought that there is another success ful tragic actress in Paris, and fainted away when she saw the Italienne called before the curtain for the third time, she had the magnanimity on the last occasion to go behind the scenes, and while con gratulating Mme. Ristori on her success, to offer to play for her benefit. Mme. Ristori, with at least equal magnanimity, accepted the offer. M. Clesinger is about to execute a marble bust of "La i Rstcri." An English lady (Mrs. Vansittart), an admrer of Mme. Ristori, sent her a ticket for the ball at the Hotel de Ville on Monday last, accompanied with a handsome lace dress to wear on the occasion. A VERY IMPORTANT DISCOVERY bas been made by a M. Petit, of Lyons, of a means of impregnating silk by a chemical process with gold, silver, brass, or iron, so that it can be woven with perfect flexibility, and thus form, as it were, stuffs of those metals. The invention has been secured by patent, and will be worked by a company of capitalists. Permission has been given to place a specimen in the Universal Exhibition. It is said that the price of this new ma terial will not be high. THE PRESS. golitual anD ftatral. LIEUTENANT AUGUSTI S C. MURRAY, R.N., has ac cepted the command of a troop of horse artillery in the Turkish contingent force. THE good-service pensions recently fallen into the gift of the Admiralty have been bestowed on Captains Sir Thomas Hastings, K.C.8., and Charles it. D. Bethune, C.B. A PROPOSAL for a general and permanent encamp ment on Salisbury Plain has been addressed to Lord Panmure. THE examinations for the Ashburton Prizes for Instruction in Common Things will be held on Monday next, that for males, at Wolvesey College, Winchester ; and that for females, at the Salisbury Training Institution. The prizes amount to 701., and will be given in money or otherwise, as may be preferred. THE obelisk at the west extremity of Cheapside has been pulled down and re-erected at the end of Moor gate-street, facing the Bank. The vacant space in Cheapside will be occupied in the course of a few days by Mr. Behnes' statue of Sir R. Peel. Six HUNDRED POUNDS is, it is understood, the price paid for Mr. Millias's "Rescue." The "Order of Release," exhibited last year, was sold to the same purchaser for three hundred guineas. THE third and fourth volumes of Mr. Macaulay's history are expected to appear in the present year. The concluding volumes of Moore's life, by Lord J. Russell, are in the press. Mn. GUINNESS, the late Dublin brewer, has left property considerably exceeding half a million sterling. M. UZIELLI, of London, and several French and English bankers, have gone to Vienna to treat, it is supposed, for a concession of a new railway, in which M. Rothschild will be concerned. A GRAND CHESS TOURNAMENT, under the presi dency of Lord Lyttelton, is announced to take place at Leamington on the 26th, 27th, and 28th inst., and it is expected that at least two hundred chess players will be present. Several matches have been arranged between eminent players, and also between the clubs of several towns. A match between Leamington and Oxford will likewise be played by telegraph. THE Birmingham Mercury says that an elephant, 120 years old, was to be shot this week in that town, in consequence of extreme age and physical weakness. THE Conference, of North Shields, lately captured and burnt by the Riff pirates, was one of the oldest collier brigs belonging to the Tyne. She was em ployed as a transport at the siege of Quebec, and has been at sea almost constantly ever since. IN the week that ended on Saturday last the deaths of 999 persons—viz., 529 males and 470 females — were registered in London. In the corresponding weeks of ten years, 1845 54, the average number was 915, and if, for the purpose of comparison, this is raised in proportion to increase of population it be comes 1,000. The number of deaths returned last week is, therefore, ratber less than the estimated number—a more favorable result than the bills of mortality have for some time disclosed. EARL STANHOPE has signified to the Vice Chancellor of Oxford University that it is his intention to give during his life, and to bequeath at his death, an annual prize of 201. for the best composition on a modern history subject. THE Cork Reporter states on the authority of a well-informed correspondent in London, in reference to the Fel moy peerage, " The notion seems to be that Lord Derby's point is a good one, and that, as the patent cannot be revoked, E. B. Roche must be made a British peer." Tow THUMB, the celebrated little great man, was married a week or two since at Webster, to Miss Vinton, of Bridgeport, Connecticut. THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT has appropriated 5,0001. for the purchase of seed wheat, to distribute among destitute settlements. T HE TESTIMONIAL TO THE LATE LORD DUDLEY STUART, for which a large sum has been subscribed, is to be " a distinct department in one of the unen dowed metropolitan general hospitals." THE COMPOSER WI EYERBEER arrived in London from Berlin on Monday night, in order to superintend the preparations making for the production of his last opera, L'Etoite du Nord, at the Royal Italian Opera. THE LAND TRANSPORT CORPS DOW musters its complete establishment of 2,103 men. They have been recruited and equipped within three mouths. SOME LANCASHIRE MANUFACTURERS have memo rialised Government to remove Mr. Leonard Horner from the office of factory inspector, on account of what they term his many " vexatious " informations be lays against them. THE large number of 420 emigrants, principally young women, embarked on Wednesday at sings town for England en route to Australia. They all seemed to belong to the better class of small farmers, and were healthy, well looking, an d comfortably clad. eb ituarz THE RIGHT Hox. SIR GEORGE H. Rose expired at Sandhills-house, his seat, near Christchurch, Hants, on Sunday last. The deceased, who was eldest son of the late Right Hon. George Rose, many years Clerk of the Parliaments, entered the diplomatic service early in life, and from June, 1702, did duty for a year as Secretary to the Embassy at the Hague, in the absence of the Secretary of Legation, with the sanction of Lord Grenville, the then Secretary of State. In June the following year he was sent as Secretary of Legation and Chargé d'Affaires to Berlin, remaining there till July, 1704, independently of the Earl of Malmesbury's special mission. In November, 1807, he proceeded to the United States on an extraordinary mission on the affair of the Chesapeake, and returned to England in 1808. He subsequently, in December, 1813, went as Minister to the Court of Munich, where he remained until September, 1815, when he was appointed British Minister at Berlin, which mission he resigned in March, 1823. He was made a Privy Counc►llor in April, 1818, and was created a Knight of the Royal Order of the Guelphs of Hanover the following year. Sir George, who represented Christchurch in the House of Commons during nine successive Parliaments, for some time held the office of a Metropolitan Lunatic Commissioner, and had held the high and lucrative post of the Clerk of the Parliaments for a lengthened period, having suc ceeded his father in that office. By his marr►age with Miss Duncombe he leaves a large family. The deceased edited " A Selection from the Papers of the Earls of Marchrnont, Illustrative of Events from 1685 to 1750;" and was a Deputy-Lieutentu.t of Hants. THE EARL OF CARYSTORT, one of the oldest officers in the British army, died on the 11th inst., at his residence, near Bristol. He was one of the many of our general officers who had served in the cause of Russia, and was a friend of the late Emperor. At the age of fifteen he first became connected with the army, having previously spent some of his boyish days at Tangiers. The deceased saw some rough service with the army of the Archduke Charles, and was engaged in various sieges, skirmishes, &c., in Italy and Germany. He was subsequently engaged in Ireland under 'Lord Cornwallis during the memo rable rebellion of 1798, next served with the Russian army, and was at Zurich. He also accompanied Sir Ralph Abercromby in the Egyptian campaign, took part in the victories of Sir John Moore, and was present at Corunna. In the unfortunate campaign of Walcheren he led his old and favorite corps, the Grenadier or Ist Foot Guards. In 1811 he pro ceeded to Spain, and served in many actions under Hill and Wellington. At Tarifa be was second in command, and during the memorable Burgos affair he rendered marked service to Wellington. For bis servi!es in Egypt he received a medal. He also held an old war medal. The noble earl having died un married, the title and estates pass to the family of his brother, Admiral the lion. Granville Leveson Proby. 1 PROFESSOR BLUNT, the Margaret Professor of Divinity at Cambridge, died at his house in that town , on Sunday last. WITHIN the last few days an artificial aviary has been uncovered in the Paris l'alais de l'lndustrie. Under an immense glass globe is a tree whose branches are covered with stuffed birds of brilliant plumage. On turning a key a spring at the foot of the tree begins to run, the birds skip from branch to branch, and chirp and sing in the most agreeable manner. Their little beaks and breasts are in con stant agitation, as in life, and not a few who have heard them declare that the notes are preferable to those of the living birds at the aviary of Tatter% which is close at hand. A NEW SYSTEM is now in course of operation in Paris for the wires of the electric telegraph ; instead of being exposed as hitherto, they will be under ground. A trench is dug of about from twelve to fifteen inches wide, in which the wires are laid side by side, but not so as to touch each other. Liquid bitumen is then poured on them, which surrounds the wires, and completely isolates them. This new system has not only the advantage of securing them from the danger to which they are now exposed from any malevolent person, but also from being deranged by atmospheric infl uence s. The wires which run from the Tuileries to the Ministry of the Interior have been laid down in this manner, and others are in course of execution on the Quays, and in the Rue Richelieu. If found to answer, the same plan will be adopted at Lyons. M. DIFN hag just discovered a comet in the con. stellation Gemini. There is, it is said, some doubt i t s to whether it is a new one, or the re-appearance of that witnessed in 1556, and which at tee time it was predicted would be seen again about the present period. ■