The Press.
London, England, 1855-03-17 00:00:00

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EARL ST. GERMANS left Dublin, where he has
resided as Viceroy for more than two years, on Wed-
nesday last.
Mn. CARDEN, who is in very bad health in
Clonmel gaol, has refused the terms upon which
the Government offered to remit the remainder of
his sentence.
THE Cork Examiner states that Mr. Grice Smith,
of Castle Widenham, a gentleman of high position
and large fortune, has been committed to gaol for a
month, and sentenced to hard labour on the tread-
mill. The charge was that of having one night, in
company with his brother and Mr. Humphrey Smyth,
proprietor of Dunanstown Mills, torn down the gates
of several gentlemen, and wrenched off the knockers.
The affair has created immense excitement in the
neighbourhood, from the rank and position of the
party on whom the degrading sentence has been
passed.
THE EARL OF CARLISLE, the new Lord Lieutenant,
arrived at Kingstown shortly before midnight on
Monday, by special steamer, after encountering a
stiff contrary gale in the Channel. His Excellency
proceeded to the castle, where he remained as the
guest of his predecessor until the ceremony of swear-
ing-in took place ou Tuesday. The new Viceroy
was expected to leave Dublin yesterday for London,
and return to Ireland about the Ist of next month.
GENERAL LORD SEATON, G C. 8., arrived in Dublin
on Tuesday, and assumed the command of the army
in Ireland, in succession to General Sir Edward
Blakeney.

THE greatest activity has prevailed of late in the
manufactories of arms at Liege; 60,000 muskets
have been ordered there for England, 40,000 for
Russia (which are to be sent through Prussia), and
50,000 for France, Piedmont, Spain, kc.
THE MARSHAL DE Lk MARMORA, who is to command
the Sardinian contingent, is married to an English
lady, Miss Bertie Mathew, grand-daughter to the
well-known General Mathew, of the Guards, Equerry
to King George 111., and of the last Duke of Ancas-
ter, whose name she bears.
AT the Quarterly Court of the proprietors of the
Bank of England, held on Thursday, a dividend at
the rate of 4 per cent. for the half-year was declared.
After providing for this dividend, the " rest" will
stand at 3,018,1341.
A RETURN FROM THE POOR-LAW BOARD of the number
of paupers in England and Wales, has been presented to
the House of Comnions. On the Ist of January last the
cumber in receipt of relief, in-door and out-door, was
840,720, and on the Ist of January in the preceding year,
919,985, showing an increase of 20,735.

THE PRESS.

Sortign art, yittrature,

SERIOUS apprehensions have for some time been
felt in the United States in reference to the fate of
Dr. Kane and his companions in the American ex•
ploring expedition that was sent out in search of Sir
John Franklin. A law has been passed by the
United States Congress authorising another expedi-
tion to be despatched in search of Dr. Kane, and the
Secretary of the Navy has been instructed forthwith
to despatch steam-vessels for this purpose. A com-
mission has been appointed to select the steam•
propellers to be used, and they will get wider way
with all possible despatch.
THE STATUE OF BEETHOVEN, intended for the city
at Boston, has just been cast at the bronze foundry
of Munich. The author of the model is Mr. Craw-
ford, an American artist, who is charged to execute
the colossal equestrian statue for the grand monu-
ment to the memory of Washington.
THE Kiloton' CAVE IN KENTUCKY entirely belongs
to the family of Colonel Crogan, formerly a resident
of Louisville. lie went to Europe some twenty years
ago and found himself frequently questioned of the
wonders of the Mammoth Cave, a place he had never
visited, and of which he bad heard but little at home,
though living within ninety miles of it. lie went
there on his return, and the idea struck him to pur-
chase it and make it a family inheritance. In fifteen
minutes bargaining he bought it for 10,000 dollars,
and shortly after be was offered 100,000 for his pur-
chase. In his will he tied it up in such a way that
it must remain in his family for two generations,
thus appending its celebrity to his name. There are
1,900 acres in the estate, though the cave probably
runs under the property of a great number of other
landowners. For tear of those who might dig down
and estabish an entrance to the cave on their own
property, great vigilance is exercised to prevent such
subterranean surveys and measurements as would
enable anybody to sink a shaft with certainty. The
cave extends ten or twelve miles in several directions,
and there is probably many a back-woodsman sitting
in }.is hut within ten miles of the cave quite uncon-
scious that the most fashionable ladies and gentlemen
of Europe and America are walking without leave
under his potatoes and corn.
THE LAST DESCENDANT OF LEONARDO DA VINCI, the
famous Florentine painter, who expired in the arms
of Francis 1., died a few days back in the neighbour-
hood of Roanne (Loire). lie was a travelling glazier,
and died from the effects of a fall which he had had

when repairing the roof of a hothouse.
THE ELECTRO-TELEGRAPHIC Luz, bringing Bologna
and Rome into momentaneous communication, has at
last been completed. The first experiment took
place on the 20th ult., when a message was forwarded
from the Prelate Commissary Extraordinary of the
legations, and the Bolognese municipality, returning
thanks to the " Holy Father " for so advantageous a
public work, and imploring his apostolic benediction.
The far famed Easter blessing from the balcony of St.
Peter's may now be telegraphed to the faithful all
over Christendom.
THE POPE is about to erect a colossal statue of the
Virgin Mary at Rome, in celebration of the triumph
of the Immaculate Conception dogma. Three hun-
dred medals are to be struck of virgin Australian
gold.

MR. LAYARD, M.P., in returning his acknowledg
ments for his election as Lord Rector of Marisclial
College, Aberdeen, regrets his inability, from the
nature of his duties as a member of the committee of
inquiry into the state of the army in the Crimea, to
state definitely the day on which be could come to
Aberdeen. Mr. Layard is the youngest rector on the
roll, being but thirty•eight years of age.
SPECIMENS Or ART, both from the Vernon Gallery
and the new Houses of Parliament will be sent to the
Paris Exhibition.
THE COLOSSEUM, REGENT'S PARK, was offered for
sale on Wednesday, by order of the Court of Chancery,
to reimburse the mortgage thereon. The building is
held under the Crown for sixty-nine years, at a
ground-rent of '263/. per annum. The auctioneer
stated that the property, including the erection of the
building, had cost the different owners about
200,0001., but the only offer was 20,0001., which
being below the reserved price, the property was
declared bought in.
A YOUNG Silesian Count not long since eloped
with an opera-dancer from Stuttgardt, and proceeded
to Gretna, and was there " married." The Count's
father brought an action before the tribunals, in
order to invalidate the wedding, as having been con-
cluded in violation of Prussian laws and his assent.
Judgment has, however, been given against him,
partly on the ground of the " marriage" having been
concluded modo loci and legis in Scotland, and
partly because the father did not protest within a
given period.
MR. HENRY REEVE has been appointed editor of
the Edinburgh Review, in the room of Sir G. C.
Lewis, Chancellor of the Exchequer.