The Press.
London, England, 1855-04-21 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

THE following is a return of the amount of game
forwarded by the Crimean Fund subscribers for the
use of the British army in the Crimea:-300 hares,
2,500 pheasants, SOO rabbits, upwards of 800 turkeys,
ducks, geese, &c., 80 brace of game, 500 head of
deer, besides a number of haunches of venison,
The Duke of Marlborough, the Duke of Norfolk, and
the Earl of Normanton were large contributors. The
Duke of Portland sent on his own account a large
quantity of game and preserved meats. The Messrs.
Gunter and Co. put all in a preserved state irrespec-
tive of profit.
THE subject of Mr. Millais' new picture for the
forthcoming exhibition at the Royal Academy, is an
incident founded on a frequently recurring episode
in London lire, the rescue of a family from a burning
house by the fire-escape. It has already become the
property of the purchaser of the " Order of Release"
—Mr. Arden, of Cavendish square.
MISS MARTINEAU' says the Kendal Mercury, is en-
gaged, in her intervals of ease, upon her autobio-
graphy.
THREE of the great works of the late John Martin,
the painter, "The Last Judgment," "The Great
Day of His iirrath," and "The Plains of Heaven,"
are on exhibition in the City, at the hall, No. 52,
Threadneedle-street.
A MEMOIR of the Rev. Sidney Smith, by his
daughter, Lady Holland, is promised iu a few days
by Messrs. Longmans.
MOUNTED ESCORT CORPS FOR AUSTRALIA, COM-
priAing one hundred men selected from the police of
Glasgow, Liverpool, and other northern towns, sailed
from Liverpool in the Exodus, on Monday. The
force consists of ninety men, eight sergeants, and two
inspectors ; the last-named officers being Captain
Hampton and Mr. John Cecil Reed, late au efficient
and active inspector in the G division of the metro-
politan police. Garrett, the bank robber, proceeded
by the same vessel.
A MONUMENT to the memory of the Piedmontese
students who fell in the Italian war of independence
in 1848-49, was inaugurated in the chapel of the
University of Turin on the 30th ult.
IT is noticed, in letters from Poland, that when the
Poles had to swear allegiance to the new Czar, a change
was made in the form of the oath. In 1825 the Poles
took the oath to "the Emperor of Russia and King
of Poland ;" now there have been added the words,
" and to the Grand Duke of Finland."

Is the week that ended last Saturday, the deaths
of 1,347 persons (715 males and 632 females) were
registered in London. In the ten corresponding
weeks of the years 1845 54, the average number was
1,035, which if ratted by a tenth part for increase of
population becomes 1,138. Hence it appears that
a high rate of mortality still prevails, the excess of
deaths in the present return over the estimated
number being 209. The births of 912 boys and 806
girls, in all, 1,718 children, were registered in London.
In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1845-54
the average number was 1,411.
THE FIRST Exmarnow this season of the Horti-
cultural Society of London takes place in the grounds
of Gore-house on May 16.

AN enormous quantity of shot, guns, and shell,
rides, pistols, and common arms, have been supplied
from the Portsea gun-wharf for the equipment of the
Baltic fleet, and a very large supply of Colt's re-
volving pistols has also been provided there for the
same service.
THE DIRECTORS OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE intend to
have an exhibition illustrative of the arts and manu-
factures and of the manners and customs of India,
China, and other Oriental countries, in a court to be
set apart for that purpose.
THE Brittania, 120, on her return lately to Ports-
mouth from the Black Sea, landed a fine brass field-
piece, a trophy from the memorable field of Alma,
which is to be removed to Woolwich for national ex-
hibition. It is a fourteen-pounder, with carriage,
driving limber, bucket, sponge, ntmmer, worm, scraper,
and all, appurtenances complete. The top of the
bucket also serves as a tompion for the gun; the
axletree bears strong evidence of an attempt to cut
it through to prevent the enemy getting it off the
field when its capture became imminent, and the
pole was effectually cut away, The gun has an eleva-
ting screw worked by a winch through the limber, and
so simple as to "beat" anything of the kind in the
British gunnery-working. The ranges of the gun are
inscribed on the carriage, which is made with the
view of mounting a twenty-four-pounder if needed.
It has " 1852" marked on it.

AT the Liverpool Assize Court, on Saturday, an
action was brought against the Chester and Holy-
head Railway Company, by J. Naylor, Esq., to recover
the sum of 405001. for damages to certain pictures,
which while being conveyed across the company's
line at Oswestry, were run into by a train, destroying
the horse, van, and property above named. The
pictures had been on view in Liverpool during the
visit of the British Association, and were highly
prized. After the case had been called on, the le-
speetive parties effected a compromise, the company
paying the plaintiff 2,5004 and costs.