The Sun. — London, England, 1856-05-31 00:00:00

ROYAL BRITISH BANK. Notice 1s ller,:by Given, that the Chief Office of this Bank Will, on MONDAY, the 11 day of June next, be removed from Tokenhonee-yard to the Bank's premises (formerly the South Sea louse) in Threadneedle-street. HUGH INNES CAMERON, General Manager. 27th May, 1856. PROVIDENT CLERKS' BENEVOLENT FUND. ELECTION OF ANNUITANTS. At the Election of Annuitants held at the offices of the Provi dent Clerks' Association, 15, Moorgatc-street, on Friday, the 30th inst., John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P., in the chair, the following were the numbers of votes obtained by each candidate: — John Porch, clerk • • ...... 307 lA. Ady, widow •• . • 936 M. J. Morley, widow .... 3,614 Pl. Crabb 837 M. A. Fortiugion „ .. • • 6 0 3 M. J. Drover, „ .• .. MI J. Trethowan, , „ .... 372 J. Bowles, If .... 344 M. Hamerton •• •• • • 186 E. Sucamerhays „ 2,531 H. Stanbank „ 2,052 B. Reynolds „ 1,657 M. Groves •• 1,5 5 7 A. Harris, „ 1,237 The election was, therefor.), dcc] M. J. Morley, E. Surrun2rhays, WILLISM May 30, 165 G. :lar‘xl to Nava fallen on J. Porch, . Stanbank, and B. Reynolds. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. TRUST and LOAN COMPANY of UPPER CANADA. At the Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders held at the offices of the Company, on Friday, May 30th, 1856, Sir R J. Routh, K.C.8., in the chair, the fallowing resolutions were unanimously passed :—That the rteport and Accounts submitted by the Directors he received and adopted. That a Dividend at the rate of Seven and a-Half• per Cent. per annum, less income tax, be declared on the paid-up capital stock of the Company for the six months ending 31st March, 1856. That Peter Buchanan, Charles Morison, and William Gordon Thomson be re-elected Directors of the Com pany. That Michael Laward and Thomas W. Bell, Esqs., be re elected Auditors of the Company. The meeting was then declared extraordinary for the purpose of electing new Directors. It was unanimously resolved that James Hutchinson and Mathew Uzielli, Esqrs., be elected Directors of the Company. T. MA , .:DONALD, Secretary. 65, Moorgate-street, May 30, 1856. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Madlle. PICCOLOMINI. THIS EVENING (Saturday, May 31), will ba repeated Verdi's Opera, LA. TRA.VIATA. Violetta, Aidlie. Piceolomini; Alfredo, Signor Calzolari ; Barone Dauphol, Signor Vairo ; Dottoro Grenvil, Signor Baillou ; and. Germont Giorgio, Signor Bcneventano. To conclude with the Ballet Divertissement, LES QU.A.TRE SAISONS ; Madame Bellon, Mines. Katrine, Boschetti, Lisereux . Pierron, and M. Vandris. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, Colonnade, Haymarket. THEITRE ROYAL, bRURY-LANE. Lessee, sir. R. T. Smita. ENGLISH OPERA. THIS EVENING will be produced TUE YANKEE lIOUSEKEEPER. After which, MAIZATANA. To conclude with TIIE YOUNG ACTRESS. THEATRE ROYAL, II tyMARKFIT. Under the Management of ➢ir. Bnekdtone. THIS EVENING, SHE SLOOPS TO CONQUER,. Followed by RIGIITS AND WRONGS OF WONSAN. To conclude with FBI! OUT OF WATER. 11,)TAT. PRINCESS'S THEITRE. OXFORD•STREET. Under the l'Etttazontent of }tr. CHARLES KEAN. TIII4 EvENTNII, THE VICTOR VANQUISHED. After which, WINTEIVB TALE. Principal characters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. ROYAL THEATRE ADELPFIL Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Directrog. Madamo Co lots. PAUL PRY. Followed by A BOTTLE OF SMOKE. To conebble With GOOD NIGHT, SIGNOR. rANTALON. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manner. Mr. Alfred Wigan. TIIIR EVENING THE TRMIEDY QUEEN. After which, RE TRIB LT lON. To conclude with STAY AT lIOME. ROYXL SIPIREIY Lessees, Messrs. sitiepher,l and Creswieli. Tal3 EVENING, Will be performed The Tragedy of HAMLET. To coucluCe with BLACK-EYED SUSAN. ASTLEY'S ROYAL. AIIPfIIrIIEATRE. Lessee and Mana:er, Mfr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, The highly successful Romantic Equestrian Spectacle, call( VIE HORAN: OF TIIE C.IVEVT, or the Mounted Brigands of t 1 Abruzzi, lu which Mr. Wl'liana Cooke's Horses. trained by him, wi exatbit a number of novel and extraordinary feats. After which, The transcendently beautiful ACTS of lIOR3EIIANAITIP in the CIRCLE. Ta conclude with a TRIOMPITE EQUESTIZE. rc-ollico Open fr)m Eleven till Foar.Ago Manager, Mr. W. West. Etraeltriin Director, Mr. Y. Cooke, inn. lIIC ii WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TITIB DAY—Morn. 31 min. aft. 11—Evening 0 rain. aft. 0 T 1.-MORROW—Morn. 57 min. aft.ll —Evaning 24 min. aft.l2 THE WEATHER—Sim OFFICE, MAY 3L THRBMOMETEU, IN THE SIiA.DIL 57 - highest since noon yesterday. 47 -lowest this morning and during the night. 51 —this day at noon. BABOIMICE-29 . 85—falling rapidly. WIND, N. to N.N.W.—Fresh, with dull cold weather Rain in the night. Two o'CLoCK.—Wind--N.E., fresh, with rain. rare y kv-•11 ' , P a h -r -,(1)1 G--4 • 4,7 4 4 4 1111,, LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 31, 1856. The Appellate Jurisdiction (House of Lords) Bill last night received its second reading. Although we fully concurred in the decision that refused to recognise the validity of a seat in the " hereditary " branch of the Legislature►, accom- panied merely by a Life Peerage, still we fel that a large and comprehensive measure of Peerage Reform was urgently required. But that im portant alteration should be effected by a solemn and wall-considered Act of Parliament, and not by the undue extension of an alleged prerogative of the Crown, which, if it ever existed, had be come obsolete, not having been exercised for more than four centuries. We felt that, with the pre vailing German influence, and the desire already manifested to abrogate, so far as practicable, the recognised and constitutional functions of both Houseg, it was dangerous to sanction any experi ment that might cmstituto a precedent under which the power of the Executive might be greatly increased. If the validity of the WENS LEYDALE Patent had been affirmed, there would be no limitation to the privilege of creating a number of Life Peerages, sufficient to constitute a good working majority for the Minister of the day. Not merely one, but one hundred Life Peers might be created on the mos t fr ivolous pretexts. Every succeeding Administration would, doubtless, be willing to avail itself of so powerful a weapo n against its political opponents, and the indepen dence of one of the co-ordinate branches of the Legislature would thus in time be completely sub verted. The extent of the remedy should be limited to the exigency. It should not be re quired to burn down a pig -stye in order to obtain a joint of roast pork, or to purchase a mulch cow if an additional pint of milk were required. Be sides, the remedy should be prescribed by Parlia ment, and not by one of its branches. It should be provided by an act of the whole body, not by the simple volition of a single constituent member thereof, whose alleged privileges require to be most jealously watched. The supposed necessity arose from the noto rious deficiencies of the appellate jurisdiction of the Rouse. These deficiencies were univer sally admitted. There was not a single person, Noble or Commoner, who had hardihood sufficient to allege that the tribunal which might over-rule the unanimous judgment of the Judicial Bench was in a satisfactory cendition..Llt had, in fact, become a mockery and a reproach—a blot on the laws of the United Kingdom—and bad as it is at present, it must become far worse when some of the most efficient Law Lords should in course of nature drop off—and serious obstacles existed to the infusion of new blood, or the satisfac tory filling up of the vacancies thus occa sioned. This, then, was the groat desideratum, and the question, therefore, naturally arose — why it should not be met by the creation of a perfectly independent tribunal, the efficiency whereof would be as generally acknowledged as the inefficiency of the existing one is deplored ? Their Lordships, however, cling to the privilege with extraordinary tenacity. They seem to have some vague notion that, in surrendering that which, to the great majority of their members, must be a great practical inconvenience, they would lose a great portion of their dignity, and that, unless the judicial be still united to the political function, they would forfeit the brightest gems of their coronets. To persons of ordinary capacity it would seem that the transfer of the jurisdiction to a body like the judicial branch of the Privy Council would be the best mode of getting rid of the difficulty, and that a judgment would be just as sound, although de livered by an experienced Judge not possessing either an hereditary or life peerage, as by a noble lord, advanced in years, whose physical and mental powers had been in some degree im paired by the labours he had undergone in winning his toilsome course to the distinction he had achieved—that, in the words of BURNS, "The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that." Sed Diis aliter vistn. The Select Committee thought otherwise, and hence the diluted measure now introduced, which is neither one thing nor the other ; which, while it will not give complete satisfaction to the suitors, will let in the sharp end of the wedge in reference to the vexed ques tion of life Peerages. It would surely be far bet ter that the retired Chancellors and Judges should be permitted to enjoy the otium, cum, dignitate which they had fairly earned than that they should be expected to serve gratuitously as Law Lords, when their age and infirmities had con.- pelled their retirement from the judicial situations they had previously occupied. Should they find themselves competent to discharge the arduous duties of Appellate Judges, these would, of course, be a great desire to retain their services. They might even bo entitled to ex offixio seats in the Courts with the privilege of wotkin,g if they thought proper, and without being liable to invidious remarks if they sought the ease ancl' i relaxation for which they had laboured in their earlier years. The new Deputy Speakerships, with salaries of 6,0001. per annum, and the possibility of being created life Peers, is at bast a miserable expedient to achieve that which might be much better ac complished in another way. Besides, the matter savours strongly of a job, for there is nothing to prevent Peers, whose services at present are gra tuitously given, but who might not be unwilling to avail themselves of the salary to be given, from being nominated. On the whole, wo should say, let either a new tribunal be constituted, or let there be a real reform, such as we have al ready suggested, of the Upper House, making the seats therein elective, although the possession of a hereditary or life Peerage should be a necessary qualification. This is what the country requires, and which we have no doubt must sooner or later be conceded, if the privileges of the Peerage are to be perpetuated. It now and then occurs that the note of "spiri tual destitution" is vigorously sounded throughout the kingdom. S )me fussy curate, incapable of distinguishing himself in any other way, finds himself in occupation of a district where people go to chapel instead of church. Straightway he has recourse to the census returns—calculates'the number of people who can't go to church if they would, and who wouldn't if they could. The result is a letter to the Church newspapers, in which the existence of Dissenters' chapels is stu diously ignored, and an alarming state of heathen ism is piteously set forth. So many thousand people going to—we won't say where—for want of Church extension ! His example finds imita tors—the note of "spiritual destitution" is sounded ; and, when it has gathered force, down come the High-Church party with the cuckoo cry of " more Bishops." Who that has heard it but has been reminded of the French Princess, who, on being told the people were starving for want Of bread s inquired why they had not recourse to sweet - cake ? One would have thought fewer overpaid Bishops—and these relieved of their Parliamentary " duties" (?), which take up half their time, by keeping them six months per annum in London—and more and better paid curates, would be more germane to the matter. Say so, and to what a torrent of ecclesiastical laudation of the divine virtues of the episcopate you expose yourself 1 A fortiori, the cry of " more Bishops" should be louder, if not more general, when there is a practical diminution of the number of acting Bishops. Just, however, as the Sabbatarian party make reverence for " the Sabbath" a cloak for the usurpation of clerical authority, High Churchmen make reverence for the episcopate a cloak for party aggrandisement. Now that two Bishops (London and Durham) are, so far as the discharge of their spiritual duties goes, defunct, and a third stands in need of a straight-waistcoat, they have not a word to say on the matter. Better, they seem to think, the people should lack the choicest spiritual alms than a Low-Church Bishop should bQ appointed ! Hold on, my Lord Bishops, though one foot be in the grave—hold on till there is a prospect of High Churchmen filling your places, and then hie as fast as you can to your reward Religion is really faring very badly just now in the hands of its ostentatious champions of most creeds. The contemplation is sufficiently offensive, and we gladly turn to something more practical. The Episcopacy may be a very good thing for all that is!said of it, or it may not. One thing is certain— the public are entitled to have what they pay for. They pay the Bishops of LONDON and DURHAM handsomely, and these Bishops can discharge no episcopal duty in return. They are too old and infirm: The greater reason they should retire and mak e Wa y Judges that for younger men. The best have adorned the Bauch have done so in like circumstances, and surely Christian bishops should not hesitate ! On the brink of the grave they should surely set an ex ample of self-denial, The public, how ever, ought to have better ground for reliance. An Act should be passed, not for th e pointmen t of suffragan bishops, but, as the Dean of BRISTOL recommends, " enabling the Crown to inquire, by a commission specially appointed, into the alk gations of any petition from a bishop prayi ng leave to retire, or into the presentments by com petent authority of the inability of any bishop to discharge efficiently his duties, whether because of old age, protracted illness, bodily or mental infirmity and on, incapacity being reported, to THE SUM LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 31, 1856. treat the see as to all intents and purposes void." Thus only, in the Dean's words, can the just de mands and interests of the Crown and Church be duly, honestly, and effectively met. PROVIDENT CLERKS' ASSOCIATION. LATEST NEWS. Yesterday the 13th election of annuitants on the bene volent fund of this association took place at the offices, No. 15, Moorgate-street, City ; J. A. Smith, Esq., M.P., the treasurer, in the chair, supported by W. G. BERLIN, SATURDAY, MAY 31. An Imperial ukase places the educational esta blishments of Russia under the Emperor's special Prescott, Lq, &c. It affords us much pleasure to notice the steady pro- press of this association. We have watched that progress narrowly from its commencement, and from the trouble superintendence. A draught for constituting a Board of Educa- we have taken to make ourselves conversant with the cation, with the assistance of a committee of principles of the association, and the manner in which it is conducted, we can confidently recommend it to the ,earned men, has been submitted to the Emperor. notice of the public as an association worthy of their confidence ; and, if a further proof be wanting, it is to be found in the fact of so many of the trustees, who are CONSTANTINOPLE, MAY 23. The Princes Vogorides and Virtaledes, the Armenians Dadian and Mihram Bey, the Pro testant Stephen Bey, and the Hebrew Hatom men of the highest eminence in the commercial world, devoting so much timo to the personal inspection and conduct of the business of the association. But one thing appears to us to be wanting to complete its suc- have for the time being a seat and voice in the cess, viz., greater publicity amongst the class for whose especial benefit it was established. Already the association has been enabled to confer considerable benefit on the relatives of those who availed them selves of the opportunity of becoming members of the Benevolent Fund. Since the estahlshment of that fund 50 annuitants have been elected, at an aggregate Medjlis Council. The excitement at Serajewo, the capital of Bosnia, in consequence of the building of a church • steeple, has been suppressed. Kurschid Pasha took energetic measures. Advices from Athens of the 24th of May say— " The French Minister has received leave of ab sence, and is gone to Paris." MADRID, MAY 29. A naval force, consisting of two ships of the line, three frigates, two corvettes, and four steam boats, is destined to proceed to the Gulf of Mexicc. TEE BALTIC. HAMBURG, MAY 28. Our city has recently, and since the re-opening of the navigation between the German ports and those of the Baltic and Gulf of Finland, been somewhat enlivened by the presence of a number of Russian visitors, who, on account of the num ber of " golden Imperials" they \usually bring with them, and the liberal way in which they spend them, are much cherished by the hotel and shop keepers of the place, who seldom fail to reap rich harvests at such seasons. Many more are successively expected, as, from what some of them report, above 50,000 persons of all grades have ap plied for permission and passports to travel abroad. Most of them, after refreshing themselves with the good things that are placed before them here, and especially having fitted themselves out from head to foot with all that is fashionable in point of dress, pass on to Paris and southern Germany to spend the remainder of the time allowed them on leave of absence from their homes and families. _ It is truly astonishing to witness the great anxiety and avidity displayed by the various tradesmen, aided by the commissioners of the hotels, in looking after these travelling Russians, and the manner in which they are fleeced. Not withstanding these drawbacks, they all appear, however, to feel extremely grateful to their Em peror for allowing them to enjoy the fresh air of the places in which they sojourn for the time being and especiaily glad that the war is at an end. We learn from Warsaw, up to the 24th inst., that, notwithstanding the rejoicings on the visit of the Emperor have been great and general, some dis satisfaction is mingled therewith in the minds of the people, on learning the notice that six Polish patriots, who had not availed themselves of the amnesty granted them to return to their country, and who have been absent sincethe year 1831, have been punished by the confiscation of their property. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, MAY 27. The statement of the Frankfort Post Zeitung, that numerous members of a "mysterious religious society" have been arrested in this city, is cerrect. The following is some detailed information ou a sub j ect of which nothing is known to the Vienna public. About a year ago the police received information that the habits and manners of some of the workmen in the suburbs had undergone a very great change. As the phenomenon was observed in several suburbs the police suspected that some central club had been formed with branch establishments. The movements of spine of the men were closely watched, but up to ;Whit-Sunday last nothing More was discovered-than that, instead of going to church, they read ttieir Bibles diligently at, home, " and wore so greatly averse to any kind of ceremony, that if one :)f their friends died they abstained from following the corpse to the grave." As there is not any law in Austria which makes reading the Bible a punishable offence, the authorities had no reason for interfering with the workmen,'until, on Wh i t-S uuday last, they held a conventicle, and were surprised by the police. It is probable that some papers were seized as it is known that the persons arrested (between 60 and 70) call themselves" Brethren of St. John," and belong to a new religious sect. Although it is not believed that the Brethren of St. John have anything to do with politics, they are suspected of being in connection:with the Hungarian Protestants, and it is therefore probable some time will elapse before they are set at liberty. Tile Ultra montanists have, during the last five or six years, fostered and cherished the St. Severinus Verein, which is a union of workmen under the direction of some influential members of the High Catholic party, until it has become quite a power in the capital, and it is not unlikely that the new sect is a kind of opposition union formed by those work men who have no taste for cant and Jesuitism. PRUSSIA. - BERLIN, MAY 29. The day before yesterday the Qrieen went to meet her sister, the Queen of Saxony, at the frontier. In addition to 66 members of the Imperial family of Russia, the Emperor, the Empress Mother, and the Grand Dak,.., Michael, there are visiting here now the Queen of Saxony, the Grand Duchess of Alecklenbur4-Schwerin, Princes of the Nether lands, Prince William of Mecklenburg, the Crown Prince of Wurtemberg and his consort the Grand Duchess Olga, the Grand Duke of Olden but..., the Duke of Nassau, Prince Wilhelm of Baden, Prince Moritz of Sachsen -Altenburg, Prince of Hohenzollern Prince Solins, Prince Windischratz,. 45c. Further there are innu merable RuF.Evan nobles and State officials attached to the suites of the Emperor and the Empress- Mother, of whom Count Nesselrode, Baron Mey endorff, Prince Gortschakoff, and Prince Woronz off, need only be mentioned. Many members of the two suites had to be accommodated in hotels here. On the 26th inst. alone 102 Russian fami lies arrived here and took up their quarters in V - :e hotels. Every place of public entertainment in and about our west end is perfectly invaded and taken posse ssion of by the Russians. General ley has returned from his mission to St. Petersburg, and left Berlin this morning on his way back to Paris. WEST COAST OF AFRICA. PL - nrou'rn, - Friday Even i n g.-1 - ler Majesty's steam sloop Salamander, Commander G. F. Mee chan, arrived hero this evening. She exchanged crews with the Scourge at Sierra Leone on the 28th of April, and left for England on the 30th. 'th© colony in general was healthy, but some fever pre vaileu among the Europeans, caused by previous rains. Several heavy typhoons had been expe rienced. Her Majesty's brig Philomel was ex pected to leave for England on the 2d of May; she is leaky. Outside Sierra Leone the Salam an d er met the French frigate Z elie, going in with a com plimentary message from the newly -appointed Commodore at Goree. On the 9th of May, off Cape yerd, the Salaman der was nearly run into at midnight by a large screw-steamer, ship rigged, white funnel and black top, going down the north-east trades, as if bound for Australia. In the Channel to-day she observed two Dutch frigates, homeward bound, app aren tl y from a long voyage. Th e French Vice-Consul at Sierra Leone comes home passenger in the Sala mander. Me. BARON PLATT.--' o are happy to learn that the health of this learned and estimable judge is such as to admit of his resuming his seat. The di,o )unt houses have given notice that their rate for money at call will be 41 per cent., being a reduction of per cent. TH,E CHILD IS FATHER 017' VIE MAN."—This die boa, of Wordso. orth was never more aptly illustrated than by the following anecdote of f . fenry BrotiA schcol.bny, which we find in a delicious vo lame of the ren.iniscences of the late Lord Cockburn, just published by . Adam and Charles Black, with the title " Memorials of his Time, by Henry Cockburn." "Brougham made his first ex plosion while in Fraser's class (at the High School of Edinburgh). He dared to differ !from Fraser,. a hot but good-natured old fellow, on some small tit of Latiniv. The mister, like other men in power, main. tamed his own infallibility, punished the rebel, and flat tered himself that the affa r was over. But Brougharn r .appealed the next day, loaded with books, returned t ) the charge before the whole clas , , and compelled behest Luke to c infei s that he had been w ong. This made Frougharn famous throughout the o hole school. I r.2merecier, as well as if it had been yesterday, having bad him pointed out to me as ' the fellow who hail boat the master. It was then that I fist saw him." amount of upwards of 1,0001. a year, and 8801. is now payable, and which timely aid has been of the greatest benefit to the recipients, from its being the sole provision which the scanty means of their rela tives, when living, could make for them. Upwards of 12,0001. have also been distributed in gratuities, to members suffering from sickness and distress. Orphan children have also received aid, and assistance has been granted to many in procuring them situations, and thereby the means of supporting themselves, and many a clerk has bad cause to rejoice at his having become a member of this association. The CHAIRMAN said that he attended there that day for the purpose of going through the necessary formality of opening the poll for the election of annuitants % and at the same time he expressed the greatest satisfaction it afforded him, and he had no doubt it did others, also that the association had been able to affect so much within so short a time towards alleviating the distress of those who had fallen into misfortune, in many cases through no fault of their own. He also hoped it would stimulate the clerks of the United Kingdom to unite in spreading 'the advantages of the association, and still more that it would be an inducement to them to cultivate those habits of frugality which it was the especial object of the association to foster, and on which it so much had to depend for success. The lion. gentleman then declared the poll open, and the election commenced with great spirit, which was kept up throughout the period allotted for taking the votes. At its conclusion the books were made up, when R. H. Jones, Esq., chairman of the board of di rectors, attended to declare the result. The CHAIRMAN, after apologising for delaying the meeting arising from the length of time it necessarily occupied the scrutineers in examining and making up the numbers, said it afforded him much pleasure to meet them on that occasion, as, indeed, is did on all occasions which afforded them the opportunity of relieving the distressed, for whose especial benefit the association was established. He, however, deeply regretted to see such an array of candidates before him —(hear, hear)—parti cularly as but few, comparatively speaking, could re ceive the assistance of the association. It was to him a subject of much annoyance and vexation that so many of them should be disappointed ; but he expressed a hope that the board at their next meeting would con sider the state and condition of many of the unsuccessful candidates, and, if practicable, afford them some little remuneration. (Hear, hear.) The sum to be awarded that day was 851., which appeared at first sight to be a small sum ; but when it was considered how small were the contributions received for that purpose it would be found to be a very large sum. If they could induce the higher class of clerks to come for wael and support the institution, he could safely say the board would never have to turn away a candidate empty handed, (Hear, hear.) It was to that class of clerks the assn. elation at its commencement looked for support, and as the persons who would come provided and make up any deficiencies for the benefit of their less fortunate brethren ; but such had not hitherto been the case. It was therefore the duty of the Board to be careful of the funds of the association, and not grant more annuities than they felt confident they could pay, so ,that the recipients may always rely with certainty on receiving the amount of their pensions for life. (Hear, hear.) There were some connected with the association who considered the board went too fast in granting money, and others, that they did not go fast enough ; but the board had the best means of j udging what could be done. They were at all times desirous of going too fast rather than too slow—but at tho same time it must be consistent with the safety and resources of the asso ciation. (Hear, hear.) He then read the state of the poll, as follows :—J. Porch, 305 ; A. Ady, 966 ; J. Bowles, 348 ; E. Crabbe, 837 ; M. Ha.merton, 186 ; B. Reynolds, 1,657; M. J. Drower, 581 ; M. A. Forting ton, 653 ; M. Groves, 1,557 ; A. Ilsrris, 1,237 ; M. J. Morley, 3,614 ; H. Stanbank, 2,052 ; E. Summerhays, 2,531 ;J. Trethowan, 372. He had much pleasure in declaring J. Porch (clerk), B. Reynolds, M. J. Morley, H. Stanbank, E. Summerhays (widows) elected annui tants. Mr. J. W. WELCH said he should not be doing justice to his own feelings if he left the meeting without making a few observations. He quite agreed in all that had been raid by the chairman with regard to the great body of clerks rot supporting the association as they ought, especially those holding the higher appointments in commercial houses of eminence, and who had ample means of supporting an institution founded for the bene fit of their poorer brethren. As one of the oldest members of the association, he regretted and deplored their being obliged to turn away so many respectable widows, from their inability to grant so many annui ties as he had hoped from the first they would have been able to do, and as they could have done had they been properly supported. Ile had studied the question very closely, many of the clerks he seriously condemned fn- not having supported the association, whilst there ware others whom he praised for becoming members, and who, he thought, might do more, but at the same time he was led to believe that taking the clerks as a body, their not supporting it arose from their being badly paid--(hear, hear)—and who, consequently, had not got it in their power to subscribe towards the association, after providing for the requirements of the tax collector. (Hear, hear.) Ile found there was, from the present mode of doing business, a tendency on the part of many employers rather to cut down the salaries of their clerks than otherwise, and with every a rnsideratioa and respect towards them he could not refrain from expressing the above opinion, as some excuse why a much larger number of clerks bad not joined the association. (Hear, hear.) The Board had done everything in their power to accomplish, to the fullest extent, the object they all had in view at the commencement of the association ; but as yet they had not been so successful as they had hoped. They must not, however, be disheartened by that, but ap peal to the principal establishments to come for ward and support it as an additional com pensation for that intelligent and respectable body of men through whom they conduct successfully their great undertakings. (Hear, hear.) He thought the board had a right to claim front the principals a share of their charitable benevolence towards the benevolent fund of this association, which would place it in a position equal to that of either of the charitable institutions in London. (Hear, hear.) He also called on the higher class clerks to support the association, and to endeavour to induce their friends to join them. (Hear, hear.) Thanks were then voted to the chairman, and the meet ing separated. GOVEILNIIENT DITGRATION.—Her Majesty's Commis sinners of Emigration will desaa.tch a vessel to Adelaide, South Australia, between the 7th and 14th of July next. A. NEW PLANET.—Another planet was discovered on Thursday morning at the Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford, by Mr. Pogson, the first assistant. It is a little brighter than a tenth magnitude. Mr. Pogson saw the planet about midnight on the 23d, but the sky clouded over before he could obtain a satisfactory observation. Letters from persons very well-informed at Naples say that his Majesty King Ferdinand had invited Poerio to ask for his pardon, but without effect, as his victim dis dained to sue for mercy from the man who be knew would only relax his persecution under fear from with- M. DE BIZENCOURT'S BOOK.—The Moniteur yesterday repudiates any official character for this book ; but how came it that M. de Bazencourt was officially accredited, by his own statement, to the marshal commanding the French army, who, we must hope, will recoil from in dorsing the misstatements of this civilian, who talks of setting squadrons in the field as learnedly as a spinster, and gives his opinion on military matters as dogmati cally as if he bad the military experience of Napoleon the Third himself. —Morning Advertiser. MINING INTELLIGENCE.—As money . becomes mote abundant, and the rr.tes for obtaining it easier, we ob serve more inquiries for dividend mines, and a greater disposition to speculates in those of a more progressiv character. We cannot, -however, report a very larr:..e amount of business transactions, the occurrence of two partial' • holidays during the week having greatly inter . fered with them.—Mining Journal of this day.: PRUDENCE AND BENEVOLENCE. There are some propositions so plain and self evident that it is a matter of wonder to the think- tg mind that they should require to be more Lau once clearly and simply stated in order to nsure their general acceptance. Argument seems thrown away in endeavouring to prove elaborately that which admits of no denial ; yet the labours of the divine, the statesman, and the philanthro pist are all evidence that men do not practically believe that which it is impossible for them theo retically to deny. We are led to this view of the subject by the report which we publish to-day of the meeting of an association which has for many years been strongly and sincerely advocated in these columns. We allude to the " Provident Clerks' Association." Omitting for the present all reference to it as a thoroughly established Mutual Life Assurance Office, in which capacity it is open to all classes, we prefer to regard its Benevolent Fund alone as illustrating in a striking degree the remarks with which we commenced this article. Were it simply affirmed that it Is not only the interest but the duty of all to make provision to the extent of their power for the infirmities of their declining years and the wants of those de pendent on them ; were it, in continuation of this, remarked that such a provision was peculiarly ap plicable to those whose whole income is contingent on the continuance of life and health, few, we apprehend, could be found to withhold their assent to so evident and palpable a truism ; yet, as a corollary upon this, we find the class to whom these observations most strongly apply--the Clerks of Great Britain—a body numbering in their ranks some 50,000 intelligent, well-educated and respectable men, are represented by less than one-tenth of their number in an institution founded for their especial benefit, and possessing the strongest possible claims upon their support. Of thirteen widows who yesterday contended for the annuities granted by the Club's Benevo lent Fund four only were successful. The in ference, therefore, is, that the clerks of this coun try are either unable or unwilling to afford to their disabled fellow-workers, or to their widows and orphans, that support of which they stand so much in need. True, the subscription demanded is very small and utterly out of proportion to the benefits conferred. True, annuities, amounting to nearly 1,0001. a year, have been granted. We still feel that among so large and important a body these results are far inferior to what might reasonably have been anticipated. If it Le true, as was hinted by one of the speakers, that the "superior" or better-paid class of clerks are slow in giving their aid to this excellent institu tion (on the ground, we presume, that they do not expect to require its assistance), the fact speaks volumes in their discredit. It is from them the association 'has a right to expect not only sup port but earnest and hearty co-operation, and we trust soon to have to record an adhesion of such strength that it may be long before a necessitous widow is left to mourn the want of that sympathy and that esprit de corps which would have secured for her the valuable aid of this noble Fund. Nor, in blamin g the clerks, can we fully acquit the principals of our commercial houses of undue neglect. On them -this institution has peculiar claims. Their clerks are, as was justly said, the machinery by which the wealth of our merchant princes is acquired, and their declining years, their widows a:AI orphan children demand and deserve their generous aid. Among the earliest and warmest supporters of this Association we find the well known names of BARING, ROTHSCHILD, HANKEY, and PRESCOTT. To the steady and constant friendship of Mr. JOHN ABEL SMITH the members have often borne warm and grateful testimony, and there are, in this great country, thousands of mercantile men who require only that the objects of this excellent institution should be fully laid before them to add their names at once to the list of subscribers. Nor can they in all the wide range of British benevolence find many objects on which an annual guinea will be more usefully and legitimately bestowed. RE f URN OP ME CRIMEAN _HEROES. The question how and when the return of the soldiers who have so nobly fought and 'bled in the Crimea can be restored to their homes, and the happy families who await so anxiously their return, would soon be accomplished were there but even a faw such transports as the steamer Pacific. They would make short work of it if they came up to the extraordinary running of this vessel. The Pacific left Portsmouth on the 27th of April, and having coaled at Malta, went on to Balaklava, where she embarked 775 men, and 25 officers (in all 801), these she took to Spezzia, in the Gulf of Genoa, and landed them on the 22d inst. ; thus occupying from Portsmouth to Balaklava, and back to Spenia, only 25 days, out of which she was 8 days in port ; so that she must have averaged throughout that period a run of 344 miles per day, or 141 miles per hour since leaving Portsmouth. She has been ordered back to Balaklava. As the troops above mentioned were on board only 5 days and 22 hours, and allowing time for coaling, she would, by two voyages per month, herself remove 10,000 troops in six months. THE AUSTRIAN CONCORDAT. A letter from Vienna, in the Bourse Gazette of Barlin, states that the Emperor of Austria has just given special orders, in consequence of the representations of his Protestant subjects in re ference to the arbitrary measures to which they have been subjected since the conclusion of the Concordat, especially in matters concerning Pro testant burials. The Minister of the Interior has, by his Majesty's directions, issued a circular to the municipal and police authorities, recommending them to oppose every measure calculated to wound the feelings of Protestants. In his circular he states that every subject of the Emperor enjoys the right of protection in his reli g ious belief after life as during his existence, and that no obstacle is to be placed in the way of religious ceremonies authorised by the laws. In order to facilitate the burial in their native land of individuals belonging to other states of Germany, Austria has concluded a con vention with Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony, Hanover, and other minor states, by which permission, in the shape of a pass, will be granted for the transport of a body from the territory of one of the contracting parties into that of another. Lord and Lady Ashburton and the Lord and Lady Fevarshatu have arrived at the Pavilion Hotel, Folke- acme. Majir•General Richard Doherty has returned to town after a lengthened stay at the Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone THE AMATEUR PANTOMIME.—Her Majesty has hon-. oured the committee by naming "The Royal Naval Female School" as the charity to which the receipts of the performance at the 'llya' Italian Opera House Lyceum on Monday are to be applied. Teke ChancAor of the Exchequer has resolved on a further investigation into the public advantage of con t nuing the Scotch Fisheries Boarzi, and has selected Mr. Bonamy Price and Mr. St. John, the. latter an officer of the Customs;to conduct the inquiries, and to report on the whole question. Those gentlemen will proceed to Scotland forthwith on this duty. APPOINTMENTS. —Viscount Sidney has been appointe I Lord-Lieutenant of Kent in the room of the late Earl , wper. Mr. G. Russell, of the Treasury, has been ap poi ted assistant-Secretary to the FoArd of Works, in the louro of Mr. Tuornborrow, superannuated: Mr., R. Wil eon, of the Treasury, has been appointed private secre tary to Mr. J. Wilson, in succession to Mr. Russell. COURT CIRCVLAR. a Her Majesty will hold a Drawing Room on Friday, June 20. and a Levee on Wednesday, June 25. Her Royal Highness the Duchess'Of Kent and Prince Ernest of Leiningen dined with the Queen on Thursday. The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, the Duke of Cambridge, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, Prince Lccwensteiu, and the Maharajah Dulcep Singh, visited her Majesty in the evening at Buckingham Palace, and witnessed the fireworks. Prince Frederick William of Prussia, attended by Lieut.-Gen. Baron Schreckenstein, Baron de Moitke, ' Capt. Heinz, and Lieut. de Schreckenstein, went yes terday afternoon to the Prussian Legation in Carlton terrace, where his Royal Highness, received the Diplo matic Carps. The Princess Royal and the Princess Alice took a carriage drive yesterday. The Queen took a drive in the afternoon, accompanied by the Princess Royal and the Princess Alice, and at tended by the Hon. Lucy Ker, in an open landau and four. Prince Albert rode on horseback, accompanied by Count Alexander Mensdorff. The equerries in waiting attended on horseback. Her Majesty gave a Concert in the evening at Buck ingham Palace, at which the following assisted :—Ma dame Goldschmidt, Madame Novello, Madame Basio, Madame Viardot, Madlle. Didi4e, Mr. Sims Reeves, Signor Gardoni, Signor Ronconi, Herr Formes, and Mr. Weiss. The Royal Personages, the Foreign Ministers, and a large party, of the Nobility were preseni, the invitations amounting to above four hundred. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary arrived at a quarter before ten o'clock, attended by Lady Geraldine Somerset and Major Home Purves. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was attended by his Equerry in waiting. Her Majesty and his Royal Higuness the Prince Con• sort entered the Grand Saloon (which was prepared for the Concert) accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Mary, the Regent of Baden, Prince Frederick William of Prussia, and the Duke of Cambridge, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, Count Alexander Mensdorff and the Maharajah Duleep Singh, and attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting. • The general company assembled in the Picture Gal lery followed her Majesty and the Royal Circle into the saloon. The concert commenced about ten o'clock. The following was the programme : PARTE PRIMA. Settimino—" Oh terror, oh smania," Mes dames Bosio, Novello, Viardot c Didiee, Sig. Gardoni, Mr. Weiss, e Herr Formes (Conte Ory) Duo—" Amor possente nome," Made. No vello a Mr. Sims Reeves (Armida) Air—" Egli fu dm a dir m'apprese," Made Bosio (Arabi nelle Gallie) Recuoil de Mazourkas de F. Chopin, arranged for voice and piano, by Mr. and Madame Goldschmicit Duo—" Qui dove merce," Made. Bosio e Sig Gardoni (Pastorale) Air—" Com' e bello,' Made. Novello (Lu crezia Borgi i) Duo —" Allons, rentrez voiei Forage," Mes dames Goldsehraidt e Viardot (La more grand) . Coro—" Signor del Ciel," Mesdames Novello, Bosio,Viardot, e Did ea, Sig. Gardoni, Mr. Sims Reeves, Sig. Ronconi, Mr. Weiss, e Herr Formes (Eli) PARTE SECONDA. Otti mino—" All 'idea," Mesdames Bosio, No vello, e Didiee, Mr. Sims Reeves, Sig. Gardoni e Raneoni, Mr. Weiss, o Herr Formes (Mose in Egitto) ... Rossini. Nocturne and By Schubert, for Piano, trans- La Truito cribed by Herr Otto Goldsehmidt S. Heller. Trio—" Pcnsa, e guarda," Sig. Ronconi, Mr. Weiss, e Herr Formes(Margherita d'Aujou) Meyerbeer. Air—" Squallida veste e bruna," Madame Goldschmidt (Turco in Italia) .. . Rossini. Duo--" Le ciel sourit a u flot limpide,"Mes dames Novello e Didiee (Le Zephyr) Vieux Airs Franais du 15 et 16 siecle, Ma dame Viardot. Coro—" Placido e ii mar," Tad (Idomoneo) Mozart. 11r. Costa presided at the Pianoforte. Rossini. Rossini. 0. Goldschmidi Donizetti. Donizetti. Costa. MEMORIAL OF BRITISH SCULPTORS. Sculptors' Institute, 32, Sackville•stree TO THE RIGHT HON. SIR BENJAMIN HALL, BART, We, the undersigned, British sculptors, feel assured that we sla►ll not be deemed intrusive or officious in ad• dressing the following statement of the Crown chsrged with the supervision of the public monuments of the country. . . . . . We have observed with regret that frequent attempts have been lately made by the most influential organ of the daily press to disparage the ability of British sculp tors, and to defend as an inevitable necessity a recourse to foreign artists. It is, moreover, reported that a large sum of money is about to be devoted to a monument to the Duke of Wellington, and another sum to a memorial at Scutari to the brave men who have fallen in the late war ; and, in the present temper of the public mind,• and in the disposition of some who exercise the patronage of the country, we are not without apprehension that due justice will fail to be done to the English sculptor. We desire to guard ourselves against the imputation of an illiberal jealousy of the foreigner. Art is a uni versal language, and the artist should find himself a native of every great city in the world. There has never been a time when the English courts and the English people have not received with ready welcome the foreign painter, architect, and sculptor. May it be thus always. But we claim for native talent that it also should be sought for and appreciated. It is not true that there is a dearth of genius amongst the sculptors of England. There are works of indisputable excellence from the hands of living artists that attest the contrary. What is lamentably true is this—that means have rarely been adopted for committing public works to the men of the greatest merit amongst us. We would humbly suggest that if the patronage of the nation were exercised with more care and discrimination, and with a genuine desire to discover the worthiest on whom to bestow it, the public monuments of England would no longer be ap pealed to as displaying in so many instances a painful mediocrity. None can feel more deeply than ourselves the degra dation which the sculpture of England has suffered during the last 50 years, from the erection in our Me tropolitan Cathedral, the Abbey, and Guildhall, of the huge puerilities and distressing allegories which deface the walls of those buildings. But let it be borne in mind, that while large sums were being lavished upon such productions as these, Flaxman and Banks were alive, needy and seeking employment. Men who were neglected year after year by the Government and the municipal authorities of that time are now the boast of every Englishman, and are acknowledged to have ear. e I an European reputation. To approach somewhat nearer to our own times, we would point to a fact of no little significance. A sculp tor of the name of Watson recently died ; he was an in dustrious artist, and a competitor for most of the public monuments erected in his day. He never obtained a commiesion ; but the rejected models which he exhibited on such occasions, are now sought for with avidity, and studied by living artists. Whether the same unfortunate method of selection still attends upon us, we must leave other to decile. We must observe, however, that there is an increasing indisposition amongst artists of acknowledged merit to enter into any pnblic competition. It is felt that a pro posal for a general competition is no security against an incompetent or impartial judge. To combat this indisposition, to foster the genius of the country, to secure for our greatest monuments the artists of the greatest power, we would finally submit, 1. That in every competition a public exhibition of the models of all competitors should precede the selection of any one of them ; and 2. That such selection should be made by a committee so constituted that the body of ar tists as well as the public in general may confide in them. To a public competition so conducted we cheerfully in. vite every artist resident in the United Kingdom, and we rest confident that, patronage being liberally and wisely exercised, there will no longer be an impression abroad, in this country, that the English sculptor is ure qual to the celebration of English heroism. We have the honour, with great respect, to si bucrib • •urselves—E. H. Bally, R.A., P. MacDowell, R.A. W. C. Marshall, R.A., J. H. Foley, A.R.A., H. Weeks, J. E. Thorns!, F. M. Miller, T. Thorncroft, A. Hone, T. Butler, W. Behnes, M. Noble, J. Hancock, A. Munro, E. B. Stephens, J. S. Wsstmacott, J. Durham, J. Ed wards, F. Thrupp, E. Davie, Thos. Earle, W. F. Wod rington. LICHFIALD ELECTION. The election of a representative in Parliament for Lichfield, in the room of Lord Waterpark, resigned, took place in the Guildhall of that city yesterday, The pro ceedings excited very little interest, although on Monday it was confidently reported that an opposition candidate would be proposed on the day of nomination, and this report was confirmed by subsequent circumstances. Mr. Carden, a member of the Oxford Circuit, accompanied by Mr. Kenealy, the barrister, arrived in the course of the evening, but after consulting the heads of the Con servative party, Mr. C. found that he had no chance of success, and he declined offering himself as a candidate. The hon, candidate was in court during the nomination, but be tr,ok no part in the proceedings. Tue Rev. T. B. FLOYER (the usual formalities having been gone through) proposed the Hon. Francis Dudley Stuart Ryder, commonly called Lord Sandon, as a fit and prope r p erson to represent t h e c i ty o f Lichfield in Parliament. The noble viscount's views, as stated in his address, were in accordance with his own, and ho doubt ed not that he would justify the choice of the electors. Mr. HEWITT seconded the nomination ; and, no other candidate being proposed, Lord Sandon was declared duly elected. Lord L',ANDON, in acknowledging the honour conferred upon bim, professed himself to be of no party—for all parties he believed were now extinct ; but, in the pre sent circumstances, he should give an independent sup port to the Government of Lord Palmerston. He would support all measures which in his opinion would promote the happiness and prosperity of the country, careless what happened to its institutions if such blessings could be secured. (Cheers.) Dr. ROWLEY requested the noble lord to favour the electors with his opinion with respect to the ballot. Lord SANDON said he was not in favour of the ballot, which he thought would rather promote than discourage corrui t oa. A vote-of thanks was then passed to the returning offi cer, and the court was dissolved. DREADFUL COELIPRY ACPIDPVT. Accounts which have i been received at Bristol give par ticulars of one of the most terrible and destructive colliery accidents that have occurred for many years. The sacri fice of human life by it has been fearful, no less than 12 poor fellows having been suddenly hurried into eternity. The place where it occurred was at Yusdavid pit, C :won, Glarnorganshire, one of the extensive mines worked in that neighbourhood by the Governor and Co. of Coppe r Miners in England, and the immediate cause of the oalarnity was an explosion, in the big seam of that mine, of the explosive gas known as fire-damp. The part of the works in which the explosion took place had been for some time known to be dangerous, and the proprie tors were at the time in the act of erecting two of Stra,ves's patent mine ventilators, so as to improve the ventilation and free the mine as far as possible of the offensive vapour. In the meantime every proper Inee' sure, such as cautions, the provision of an ample supPlY of safety lanterns, &e., had been taken to guard agains t accident. As all the men who could have given infor mation on the subject have been killed, the immediate cause of the explosion can only be matter of conjecture; but in ail probability it arose from a disobedience of the order never under any circumstances to use a naked light' At the time when the explosion took place there were between 60 and 70 persons at work in the mine; and the dreadful state of consternation which prevaile d above ground when it became known that the explos ion had taken place, will readily be conceived. Such rela' lives of the miners as lived within reach, hastened to the mouth of the shaft, where they gave vent to the most agonised cries and lamentations. The noise of the explosion was heard by the men engaged above ground , who lost no time in descending to ascertain the extol of the accident. It was soon found that a very violent explosion had occurred, and Mr. Thomas, the manage r of the colliery, and Mr. Gilbertson, master of the work" having arrived on the spot, means were taken for bring ing up the dead and wounded men, so that any inean s which could be used, might be employed to lessen tlie extent of the injury. Messengers were at once de' snatched for Dr. Pritchard and Dr. Russell, and both these gentlemen at once proceeded to the mouth o f tit . e .. pit. Beds were also provided, and such appliances as it was thought might lessen the pains of any sufferer,. e r contribute towards their recovery. On the men bell brought out, it was found that eight of them were dea d ' and the four others were so far gone,that little or n o hopes were entertained of their recovery. One poor fellow had his head and his right arm torn from his body, which presented a shocking spectacle of mutilation. Teyne r three others were bruised a good deal, but the uo. , P ; rit y must have died of suffocation, as the only mark s °I injury visible upon them were some scorches, not °f sufficient consequence to have produced death. The four poor fellows who were got out alive never rallied, b ut , died at different intervals. The names of the dece ase ': men are David King, aged 25 ; Hopkin Hill, aged 50 David Thomas, aged 16 ; Walter Morgan, aged David Williams, aged 19 ; Hopkins Williams, aged ,7 ' John Lewis, aged 30 ; John Evans, aged 21 ; Jo bn ,, George, aged 13 ; David Morgan, aged 19 ; Hen% Griffiths, aged 35 ; and Thomas Thomas, aged 45. I% l °J of the poor fellows were married, and have left widows and children to lament their untimely end. Since . th e explosion the mine has been examined by several scieh; tific and practical persons, and it has been found th e the shock must have been very great. The sides o f the d mine were injured, and a strong pit waggon, cornr s ;t of iron, was bent and battered up as if it had been a he ro of paper. The accident, as may be supposed, has ca st a gloom over the neighbourhood in which it occurred, an n which calamities of this kind are of rare occurrence' GENERAL ORDER ADDRESSED TO TO CRIMEAN ARMY. Head-quarters, Sebastopol, May 15, 18 56 ' Peace being now definitely arranged, the Comeesu ciel ; of the Forces has the satitfaction of publishing an e%t rs F o of a despatch from the Secretary of State for War, which reference is made to the services of this arm) . : be "I may avail myself of so fitting an opportunity as t ni , moment when her Majesty's troops, under your 0- a mand, are about to quit the scene of their enduranco sl3O, triumphs, to place on recird the feelings entertained ,t t wards them by her Majesty, the Government, gbd., l „ l ,, e d people. Since the period when the army first clul" - ar the shores of England there is no vicissitude of sc is , which it has nut been called upon to encounter. Sh °rt i ,' s after its arrival in Turkey, and while doubtful as to the manner in which it was to be brought in contact W i o f the enemy, it had to sustain the terrible attaes: a cholera, which prematurely closed the career of rasq ty gallant and eager spirit. On this occasion, the Arra proved that moral, as well as physical, courage per vad e its ranks. Led to the field, it has triumphed in eogs i c ments in which heavy odds were on the enemy's sid e $ has carried on, under difficulties almost incredible,, b siege of unprecedented duration, in the course of wl ' i ft , the trying duties of the trenches, privations from stir by ened supplies, the fearful diminution of its numbers , disease, neither shook its courage nor impaired its til de cipline. Notwithstanding that many a gallant corars ba fell in their ranks, and they were called to mourn t beloved commander who led them from England, 131° ,. who closed in .the field his noble career as a solal% her Majesty's troops never flinched from their dude ( or or disappointed the sanguine expectations o f the country. The zealous manner in which the army P re ; pared to take the field, had the war been prolong s , a ° its eagerness for active operations, and its fitness ; meet any emergency, ate known to all. These c ° T.,, bined events and circumstances have thus afforded w the Queen, the Government, and the country, the portunity of witnessing the conduct of the army u p ;$ every aspect, and the feeling is universal that it b' a th worthily maintained its own high character an d honour of the British army, and you may be P",,i, fectly assured that on its return home it will be ‘.ll corned with the fullest approbation of its Sover e c and with every demonstration of admiration by t ,, r . country at large. I add with pleasure that the se vices of the various departments attached to the are of a character to entitle them to the fullest ere.' j The zeal and energy of the medical, commissariat, 35y clerical departments have contributed to bring the 0113 into its present most effective condition. (Signed) By order. (Signed) C. A. WINDHAM, Chief of the Staff' PANMV I/5. THE CIVIL SERVICE. N'S VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTI °- Office of Public Works—The Hon. Edward Be rk the Portman has been appointed private secretary , chief commissioner, in the room of Mr. Berringt°% ,Jort signed. Devonpo r t Dockyard--Mr. F. W. Bog", has been appointed third•class clerk in this d0e1y,„ 57,, - ,; ( ja vice Keys, promoted to Pembroke. The Board of —Mr. David Lennox, principal officer of her illsie s 'of Customs at Holyhead, has been appointed receio r th e droits of Admiralty for the Holyhead district, in ;)J, room of Lieutenant John Lascelles, R.N , re B ig l3 o ti Customs.—Mr. H. Coulson has been . apto' fi ro - 1 10 a clerk in the tea department, in London ; Mr. Tb, ° „ -- 5 01 Harrison has been appointed a clerk in the Coast ` - ' l ", - ro' Office, in London ; Mr. Scot Montgomery has been A r ap ; moted from second to first class of tidewaiters, in lici nu Mr. Henry Randall has been promoted iro ra thin, to r j second class of tidewaiters, in London ; Mr. Hayward has been promoted irons fourth to thir d - bs o of searchers, at Liverpool ; Mr. Robert M. Green , 01 been promoted from fifth to fourth class of se Och e : Liverpool ; Mr. James Davis has been pron tote d " fourth to third clerk at Bristol ; Mr. Thom, I V° , m 0 1 ' has been promoted from fifth to fourth clerk at Br; t ief Ireland—There is a vacancy in the G e nera 1 Reg t 7bo , Office, Dublin, for a junior clerk, caused by tie d el ' i ; S td Mr. John Byrne. Cape of Good Hope—Mi P c "o 6 John Eaton has been appointed civil commie siope r r resident magistrate for the division and dist r ict of don, vice Mr. W. M. Mackay ; Mr. Chas. H a w hay : D e pt appointed civil commissioner and resident m a . oistrs,.`,),o f the division and district of Cradock, vice Mr. M 7 . Gilo,"," e o deceased ; Mr. James Christopher Davidso n has " - for appointed civil commissioner and resident ma. T itrete or the division and district of George, vice Mr. J. G Aber ling, retired upon a pension. Ceylon—lVlr. C hrist 4 ,str Temple has been appointed a pnisne judge of t he be sti prams Court of Ceylon ; Mr. W. G. Forbes bag t j a - beta appointed Government agent and fiscal for th e province ; Mr. W. Morris has been appoint ed Goc`fk ment agent and fiscal for the eastern provinc o ; I ‘ lr ' E. O'Grady has been appointed Gove rnmen t aae11, , ",:•0 fiscal for the north-western p rov i nce .—Ci s 0 `" Gazette. FRENCH CENSUS. ° The Moniteur publishes the following: repor t the Emperor from the Minister of War ,61 " Sire,—A decree of the 9th February last preart.he that the quinquennial census of the populati on o ', 0 4 Empire shall take place this year. The lustC e i4 o taken in Algeria was in 1852, or one y ea r htter:, that in France. It would, sire, be of great in terest , raio able to publish the number of the population of At ft at the same time as that of the mothe r Co ll f and the Governor-General has in 000si ique 9 f,, - (l e d pressed a wish that the census sh ou ld b e Pr ° ' - h e ° w ith immediately in th a t co l ony . A s t h i nol :9 : 1.11 e the population of each l oca lity serves , i n A i g ° O l t' France, not only as th e groun d wor k f or ii.s r ciag different taxes, but also for the division of certain, vantages which i n t eres t b o th E uropeans a nd I ) 9t ' it as v is nece ssary th at th e census s h ou ld ccin iPr' 9B ' 9 an d hitherto, all th e na ti ves w h o res id e i n th e tol hamlets. Th e ex p ense o f t a ki ng th e censu s in -P r t re c g: forms p ar t o f th e o bli ga t or y c h arges o f th e comi ll eol° There are the same reasons for deciding till/it it 9. : V be so likewis e in Algeria, leavi ng the ox:pen,9 9 „ - i c) s ceg J , borne by the local and municipal budget in such as the communes have not been duly con:tittlteU• lost your Majesty approves of the above measure, I " 1 : 1 ., that your signature may be affixed to the anne:no, tree for carrying them into execution. " ITAIL I ' no t The report is followed by a decree caxrYing i 4 the suggestions therein contained. Th., ceesu i not to include the soldiers and sailors eitsploY e l d itt the colony, the inmates of prisons, the :ituden`'„ii. the different colleges and schools, membl)rs of r'of gious communities, nor refugees at the chog o the State. gi the It is rumoured that Major-General Wynelliarn , ji• hero of the Medan," will be brought forward as a n 3- erf tl dat 3 for the representation of East Norfolk at the g e t a ble election. Gen. Wyndham's family have co nside property and influence in East Norfolk. WT. rt there 1 Closed bales, i Port. 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