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Tltt! 'PRESS.

THE THIRD ANWIVERSARY FESTIVAL
11 of the NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME will take plaza at
the STAR and GARTER, Riehmond.hill, on FRIDAY, June
when his Royal Highness the DUKE of CAMBRIDOE will
preside.
First Arusourzemont of Steward&
The Right Honourable the Earl of Emmaus*.
The Right Honourable the Earl of SHAFTESBURY.
The Right Honourable Lord BERNER/.
The Right Honourable Lord Roaawr GROSTINOE,
The Honourable F. Totiatmsoitit.
J. KING KINO, Esq., M.P.
CHAS. J. lisysm, Esq.

C. J. B. Aldis, M.D.
li. G. Bubn, 11:eg.
W. Bridges, Esq.
seph

X. F. Leeks, Esq., F.S.A.
The iisv. W. M. Lusiguisti, M.A.
Rey. C. Mi M.A.,

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The Rev. Burgh Byam, M.A. Rev. J. W. Markwell, M.A.
Peter Carthew, Esq. J. J. Ilechi. Lug.
The Adv. Whiunore Carr, M.A. W. Parkin, Esq.
W. Chapman, Esq. John Parson, h.:sq.
The Rev.J. E. Cox, M.A., F.S.A. The Major Pole.
The Rev. ti. Townblieud Drif- J. Compton Pott, Esq.
held, M.A. J. D. Powles, Esq.
Gordon Forbes, seq. W. Rogers, Esq.
J. E. Harlow, Esq. J. Seratchley, Esq.
H. Harwood Harwood, Esq. J. G. Sheppard, Esq.
J. E. Hobson, Esq. 4118 Rev. Stewart Smythe, M.A.
The Itev.AugustusG.How,M.A. The Rev. T. Spyers, D.D.
The Rev. T. G. P. Hough, M.A. The Rev. H. I. Symons, LLD.,
The Rev. Thomas King, M.A., Chap:ain to the Forces.
F.S.A. J. D. Troughton, Esq.
W. Lambert, Esq. Manuel Walker, F,sq.
The Rev. J. W. Laughlan, D.A. The Rev. R. Whittington, M.A.
Thomas Lee, Esq.
The Committee earnestly appeal for help, that they may admit,
if possible, many of the Orphans left at this time by the War
and Pestilence.
All applications for the Stewardships (the number of which
will be limited) must be made before the 9th of June, addressed
to the Honorary Secretaries. National Orphan Horne, Ham-
common; or to the Rev. it. Whittington, M.A., Chapter-house,
St. Paul's Churchyard, by whom every information respecting
the Institution will be given, as well as by the Rev. Joseph
Brown, Rector of Christ Church, Blacktriars-road.
Ten Guineas will give two life votes at all elections ; Five
Guineas, one vote.
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JUNE 2, 1855.

the King and his Ministers from proceeding with
the measure for conventual destruction. The men-
dicant priesthood everywhere inculcate the certain
curses that will follow the impious legislation, and
they call upon the faithful to protest., in the name of
the Church, against her spoliation by the infidel and
rebel. There is a celebrated " Refugio " in this
town, near the Porta Romans., opposite the Casa
Bianchi, and, were the door legally open, few of the
younger inmates would remain. The access to the
" sala" is not difficult, for the establishment is one
for the education of the daughters of the nobility.
Priests and nuns are in an unnatural position, and
the more youthful of the latter are amongst the
most bitter enemies of the Roman Church. If the
convent question be carried in Turin, it will be the
first step for Roman ecclesiastical reform; and the
wedge once in, there will not be wanting hands to
drive it further. When freed from the curse of
priesthood Italy may dare anything. The Gazetta
has a long article on the conversion of Lord John
Russell to Catholicism, and of his public participa-
tion in the rites of the Catholic Church in the pre-
sence of the Court of Austria. Even the most
zealous supporter of civil and religious liberty must
agree that the time and the place were equally in
opportune. Or was it done to spite the Greek
Church before discussing the fourth point of the
Conference? M. T. A.

luta 40 goloniai 3nttlligente.

FRANCE.

A statement has been drawn up which purports to
give correctly the total number of French troops
sent out to the Crimea from the commencement of
the war, and of the casualties that have occurred up
to the last advices. It would appear that 182,000
have been despatched, of which number 120,000 are
now effective, sous lea acmes; the loss, consequently,
is 02,000, but this comprises not only those who
were killed in battle, or died of wounds or disease,
but also those who are still in hospital.
The King of Portugal, and his brother the Duke of
Oporto, accompanied by the Duke de Terceira and
General de Sarmento, arrived at Bordeaux on
Saturday last, and thence proceeded to Paris, where
his Majesty still remains as a guest of the Emperor
Napoleon.
In Tuesday's Monftenr there appears an official
report to Prince Napoleon, giving an account of the
results of the liberality of the Emperor in offering to
the working classes a free admission to the Exhibi-
tion on Sunday last. According to this account
105,022 persons availed themselves of the invitation.
A grand dinner was given on Monday at the
British Embassy in Paris, in honour of the Queen
of England's birthday. The state rooms, which
have been of late redecorated and splendidly fitted
up, were thrown open on the occasion.
Statements have been published, on official autho-
rity, that the Vienna Conferences are closed, and
that a protocol has been drawn up recording the
definitive failure of the negotiations. It follows
that the last Austrian propositions have been re-
jected.
London, England, 1855-06-02

SHARES.

The Railway Market has shown much activity and
buoyancy during the week, and prices are generally
better. The traffic tables exhibit a very large in-
crease over the return for the corresponding period
last year. The following increase is shown on the
leading lines :—London and North-Western, 4,5551.;
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 845/. ; London and South-
Western, 2,7181.; London and Brighton, 6,6661.;
Midlands, 1,1871.; Great Western, 4,797/.; North-
Eastern, 2,4621.; South-Eastern, 1:2131. ; Great
Northern, 2,8391.; Eastern Counties, 3,8911.
A sum of 128,000/. was on Thursday paid into the
treasury of the East India Company on account of
the capital of the Scinde Railway, in anticipation of
the call falling due two months after the company
obtain their act.
London, England, 1855-06-02

U MINING COMPANY.—The Dir. ••traving resolved
upon winding up the affairs of this Cq /- England, and
returning the fonds remaining unexpe= 12:le issued a state-
ment to those Shareholders whose addresses they are acquainted
with, a copy of which may be obtained on application at the
offices of th4Company, Allhallows Chambers, 491 Lombard Stree 1,
London. By order.
31st May, 1855. li. NF.SBITT, Secretary.

RALPH'S ENVELOPE PAPER, reduced
prices, es.. Bs.. and 9s. ed. per ream. Samples on applies-
uon.—F. W. RALPH, Manufacturer, 36, Throgmorton.street
Bank.

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for apartments and sick-rooms. Its numerous useful and sani.
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Price 2s. 6d. and 65.; sold by all Perfumers and Chemists; and
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THE CASPIATO, or Folding Bonnet, a new
Invention, for which J. and E. SMITH have her Mejesty's
Royal Letters Patent, combines convenience with elegance. It
is packed in a case, 14 inch deep, thus dispensing with a bonnet
box. Prices moderate. Also every kind of Bonnet in the best
Paris taste. Light Bonnets, with flowers, at Ins. Ed.; Glace
Bonnets, with flowers, Hs. W.; Mourning Bonnets, with
flowers, 12s. Bd.—At J. and E. SMITH'S Show Rooms, 151,
REGENT-STREET, opposite Beak street. Directions for Self•
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London: Printed and Published at the Office, 110, Strand,in
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glom Mallet aio ditg 4ntelligence.

FRIDAY EVENINIII.

TUE favorable tone of the news from the Crimea
has produced a corresponding effect upon the Consol
Market, and resulted in a considerable rise in the
quotations of Stocks and Shares. At the maximum
prices of the week an advance of fully 11 per cent.
was marked over the rates of Saturday last, and
though the market has shown a little flatness yester-
day and to-day the actual amount of depression has
not been large, and is attributable almost entirely to
the continued severity of the weather.
The coincidence of the settling both in Consols
and Railway Shares on Wednesday, the 30th, occa-
sioned an increase in the. demand for money, the
market at the same time being rendered tighter by
the withdrawal of large sums previously floating on
account of the South Sea Company. All require-
ments were, however, amply met, and the double
settlement was arranged without any difficulty.
Money has since appeared as abundant as ever.
Yesterday there were reports that the Bank directors
designed to reduce the rate of discount by another
step, and though no announcement was made on the
subject it is believed that the event must take place
very shortly if affairs continue to follow their present
course in the Money Market.
The receipts of specie during the month of May
amount to about 21 million pounds sterling, It
million of which came from Australia. The ship••
ments during the same period have not been more
than 700,0001. During the current week the chief
arrivals have been 13,809 oz. of gold from Meluourne,
by the Indemnity, and 1,900,000 dohs., also in gold, by
the Atlantic steamer, from New York. The total
receipt has approached a half-million sterling.
The amount received by the Government as pro-
ceeds of the new loan is now 5,000,0001. Of this
sum 4,000,0001. is raised from the 10 per cent. de.
posit and subsequent instalment of 15 per cent.,
and 1,000,0001. from holders who have paid up all
the instalments in anticipation.
Consols this afternoon, after a temporary depres-
sion, rallied to 921 924 for money, and 924 921 for
account. Reduced Three per Cents. were 91 to Olt,
and the New Three per Cents., 911 92. Bank Stock,
2081. India Stock has been dealt in at 235. Ex-
chequer Bills, las. to 19s. prem.; ditto advertised,
ss. to Bs. prem.
To-morrow (Saturday) the transfer books will be
shut at the Bank, iu preparation for the payment of
the dividends.
London, England, 1855-06-02

T. PARICKR

MR. HARVEY ON DEAFNESS.
Just published, price 2e. 641., by
AND
3s.
THE EAR IN HEALTH AND DISEASE :
with Remarks on the Prevention of Deafness. Illus.
trated with Plates. By WILLIAM HARVEY, Surgeon to the
Royal Dispensary for biseases of the Ear.
London: lismaYßEmansw, 566, Strand.

t • ': HUNT ON STAMMERING.
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lk TREATISE on the CURE of STAMMER-
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"The System for the Cure of Defective Articulation," byJAMES
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gtaitents ant (Offences.

A DESPERATE RIOT took place on Wednesday on
the sands at South Shields, where races had been
held on the previous day. It appears that an Trish-
man named James Roe, a publican at Newcastle-on-
Tyne, had a tent at the races, as also had another
Irishman of the name of 111'Anelly, a publican at
Gateshead. Roe, it is stated, bore M'Anelly a grudge,
and on Tuesday brought several Irishmen down from
Newcastle, with a threat that they would cleat the
whole of the tents. About midnight a deaf and
dumb young man, of the name of Johnson, an Eng-
lishman, went with another man into Roe's tent,
where they were attacked in a furioas manner,
escaping at last with the blood streaming from their
persons. Some Englishmen who saw their deplo-
rable condition sought out some policemen, and went
to the tent, where they were immediately attacked by
the Irish party, and a fierce encounter took place, the
policemen being fearfully beaten and left insensible.
The Irishmen then barricaded the tent, and whence
they fired guns upon the people outside, fortunately
without doing any injury. By the advice of the
Mayor reinforcements of policemen were sent for, and,
assisted by a considerable body of civilians, marched
down to the sands. This was about three o'clock in
the morning. The Irishmen were still firing guns,
and acting in a riotous manner. An order was given
to attack the tent, when about fifty Irishmen, armed
with pistols, guns, and bludgeons leaded at the end,
rushed out. A desperate conflict ensued, which
1 sated for about twenty minutes, but thirty-three of
the rioters were eve; tually captured. The rest fled.
Many of the rioters were fearfully wounded about the
head, some of them seriously. About a dozen have
been removed to the hospital in Durham gaol, and
the rest are under medical treatment in the lockup
house. One of them, Peter Campbell, a beer-shop
keeper, died in the station-house a few hours after-
London, England, 1855-04-07

P

APRIL 7, 1855.

Corrtspnianut,

GENERAL VIVIAN'S APPOINTMENTS.
TO THE EDITOR OF " THE PRESS."

Sir,—l cannot doubt that you will have the fair-
ness to give immediate insertion to this letter. You
have published an anonymous letter, dated March
15, which rttacks two officers of the Turkish contin-
gent. Of one case intended, I know nothing. Of
the other I know a good deal, and feel it my duty
not to be silent. I published a pamphlet indicating
the character of the officer in question, at the end of
July last (which is to be had at Messrs. Upham and
Beet's, late Rodwell, New Bond-street), and from
which your correspcndent may become acquainted
with the case. If he has any pretension to the
word with which he subscribes his letter—" Honos"—
he writes in perfect ignorance of the pule. This
officer was restored, after a long course of cruel and
unmerited treatment. His recorded achievements
are before the public; and he is, thank God, still an
honour to his profession as a soldier and a gentle-
man. It is not true that he has had the advantage
of Directorial patronage ; on the contrary, it is to
that quarter that his protracted misfortunes are to
be attributed ; for they originated in mistake, and in
that quarter only was the power of correction. If
you wish to know whose sentiments have vindicated
his honour and innocence, and now establish his pre-
tensions to command a regiment of cavalry in the
approaching campaign, let me tell you that they are
the sentiments of Lord Hardinge, Sir Charles Na-
pier, Sir Harry Smith, Sir George Pollock, Sir John
Littler—names illustrious before the world—to
which let me add, the Governor-General and
Council of India. The sentiments of these and
many other distinguished men have been pronounced,
not in the spirit of indulgence, but as the fruit of
honest inquiry by upright minds. I shall shortly be
in London, and any man with a name who wants
information *ball have it from me. I leave this
place to-morrow. I have reason to believe that, in-
stead of officers being, as insinuated, shy of con-
sorting with the distinguished man who is thus at-
tacked, there has been the greatest desire to serve in
his regiment. If your correspondent succeeds, as
he hopes to do, in finding " a Conservative member"
to move in this matter, he must look out for one as
ignorant of facts, as I must in courtesy presume him
to be himself.-1 am, Sir, your very obedient
servant, WILLIAM JOHN LAW,
Her Mikjesty's Chief Commissioner
for the Relief of Insolvent
Debtors.
Nice, March 27,1855.
London, England, 1855-04-07

NEW WORKS.

The EDINBURGH REVIEW,
No. CCITT. April, 1855. Bvo.,
[On the 17th instant.

CONTENTS.
1. SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES
2. SIBERIA
9. ENGLISH SURNAMES
4. THE CORRECTION OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS
15. Hue's TRAVELS IN CHINA
6. PASCAL PAOLI
7. THE CHEMISTRY OF COMMON LIFE
8. AUTOCRACY OF THE CZARS
9. LORD BROUGHAM ON CRIMIN►L PROCEDURE
10. ARMY REFORM.

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London, England, 1855-04-07

THE BALTIC FLEET.

It is announced that an excursion party will be
taken from Dover on Easter Monday by one of the
royal mail packets, on a cruise to the Downs to visit
the fleet.
Telegraphic advices from Elsinore state that the
passage of the Sound, closed by the ice for the last
two months, has been opened by a violent tempest
from the north east which raged on the 19th. The
passage of the Belt is also said to be practicable.

Constantinople letters of the 27th ult. have been
received at Marseilles.
The French having agreed with the Ottoman
Government to construct in two years a barrack
capable of receiving 20,000 men, have had a building
belonging to the University ceded to them for seven
years. The health of the troops in Anatolia has im-
proved since a favorable change has taken place in
the weather.

Despatches from Athens'of the 30th ult. state that
a band of brigands had attacked a convoy carrying
money belonging to the State, and took possession
of the treasure. Two vessels, with some allied troops
London, England, 1855-04-07

A 17,399,281

Balance, being the deficiency upon the charge of the
Consolidated Fund in Great Britain, and for which
Exchequer Bills (deficiency) will be issued

189,644

3,495,61 S

£20,991,896

THE DUKE OF ARGYLL AT GLASGOW.
THE installation of the Duke of Argyll as Lord

Rector of Glasgow University took place on the 29th
ult., in the hall of the University, in the presence of
the Lord Rector, the Very Rev. the Principal and
Professors, the Rector's assessors, the students of
the University, and a brilliant assemblage of ladies.
The duke then delivered his inaugural address. The
greater portion of his speech was taken up with sub-
jects of academic interest, and particularly with the
new scheme for regulating the patronage of the East
Indian civil service. His grace afterwards made
some allusions to the political combinations and the
public men with whom he has been acting during
the last two years :

1 entered official life at a time when many of the old di
visions of party had become obliterated, not from the sacri-
fice of any principle of individuals, but from the exhaustion
and disappearance of those great questions of public policy
on which they had formerly arisen, and I became a
member of a Government which included in itself some
members who had never acted together before in public
life, and many more who had been opposed for a long series
of years ; and I can truthfully declare here that during
those two years I never saw—whatever may be the supposi•
tion out of doors—during those two years I never saw
the smallest symptom of the appearance of any of the old
divisions of party. Whatever differences arose were not
in any degree parallel to those divisions, nor partook of the
old traditions of party differences. Not only did I derive
satisfaction from this, but also from another circumstance.
Those years have been, as you all know, years of difficulty
and of danger. There have been internal difficulties and
external diffl cables to a considerable extent, which you all
know broke up that Government, and have ended in the
dissolution of many of its principal elements. During
that period I have seen something of the working of the
great public men of the country, and I can sincerely say I
believe them actuated—l am not specially ranked to any
statesman—actuated by the highest and purest motives ;
and you may depend on it, when you put the best construc-
tion on their conduct, it is not only one the most generous,
but the most just, and the nearest to the truth. And 1
should be most untrue to my own feelings and oonvictions
if I did not say, what yon as Scotchmen w►ll be glad to hear,
whatever may be the bias of your own political opinons,
that among the public men with whom I have been semi
London, England, 1855-04-07

RUSSIAN CRUELTIES TO THE WOUNDED.

Remonstrances were issued not long since by the
English Cabinet, through the neutral medium of the
Danish Minister in London, to the Russian Govern-
ment respecting the cruelty exercised by the Mus-
covite soldiers on the wounded men at Inkennann.
Count Nesselrode has made the following official
reply to this communication :
St. Petersburg, 21st February.
Monsieur le Baron,—Before the letter with which you
honoured me on the 18th January reached me, Prince Mena-
chikoff had made known to the Imperial Government the
step taken in common by Lord Raglan and General Cam.
bert. In reply to that communication, the prince stated
that a disarmed enemy was placed, and would always re.
main, under the protection of the Russian flag. This
principle requires to be neither commented on nor con-
firmed. Nevertheless, I think right, Monsieur le Baron it
to remark that if unfortunately some of the enemy's sol
diem may have been victims of isolated acts of violence on
London, England, 1855-04-07

PERIODICAL LITERATURE.

THE lighter magazines of this month do not contain
much good matter. Bentley has a tolerable article
upon the question of " Peace or War ?" but this sub-
ject is completely disposed of by the heavy artillery
of the Quarterlies. " The Asiatic Campaign" is an
article which contains a great deal of information
upon the state of the central tribes of Asia, and also
upon the steps which Russia has been taking for
years past—slow but constant in effect—to divert the
commerce of the East from its present channels to
a route through Russia, and to subjugate the whole
of Central Asia by progressive expeditions through
the valleys of the Oxus and Jaxartes. While upon
this subject the writer explains the difference be-
tween the term Tatar and Tartar, the former being
only applicable to Mongols, the latter to Caucasians.
Of the remaining subjects in the magazine, the sketch
of the "Campo Santo at Naples" is written with
great feeling, and the " Matrimonial Speculation "
a very laughable and well-told story, though with a
most tragic termination.

The New Monthly has an abundance of matter,
some fifteen articles in all, of which " Ensign Pep-
"per's Letters from the Crimea" are clever and
amusing satires upon the system of official routine
which has hitherto reigned so triumphant at Bala-
klava. The stories told are all founded upon fact, if
not the very facts themselves. The "Diary of •
" First. Winter in Rome " gives us a lively description
of the convents and their contents, and also of the
private life of the illustrious Pope Pius IX. " Finland
" and the Finlanders " contains a slight sketch of the
habits of those rough uncivilised fishermen; and the
" Plain Gold Ring " is about the best fiction in the
present number. The reminiscences of the Emperor
Nicholas are all remarkably stale ; we have been
satiated with them in every provincial paper for the
last month.

Tait of this month is of the usual average. The
article upon " The Cheap Press " is full of suggestive
matter.

The fifth number of the Martins of Cro' Martin
sustains the interest of the story, and introduces
some capital characters to the reader.

Of Harry Coverdale's— Courtship, No. 6. we can
only say that the hero appears to have married
hastily, and to manage his wife very badly. The
story, on the whole, is well told, but it wants more
character.

' Om
London, England, 1855-04-07

THE ANTE-EASTER SESSION.

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WE congratulate the country on its choice.
Lord PALMERSTON is an active Minister indeed.
The Parliament has sat (with a short interval'
of some three weeks or so) for above four
months, and has now adjourned for its
Easter holidays. What has been done during
those four months of valuable time? what
steps has the Ministry taken to accomplish the
end for which this great war has been under-
taken—what means to relieve the suffering
army by which it is carried on? what measures
of improvement for the people at home have
been proposed—what reforms in our colonies
abroad have had the Ministerial attention?
These are important questions.
Parliament met on the 12th of December
for the express purpose of legalising the em
ployment of militia in our foreign possessions.
The measure to effect this was passed nem. con.
by a willing Parliament, a trusting people, and
a generous Opposition. What came next?
The real object for which the Legislature was
eonvened—the former was only the pretence—
a till to employ foreign mercenaries and insult
the nlble spirit of our own people. This
el'ous measure. against which every voice in
Snglaqd was raised, passed because the
ver orient assured us of its "absolute and
immediate necessity, without which aid they
could not possibly carry on the war." This
" absolute and pressing necessity" may be
London, England, 1855-04-07

Simpkin and Marshall.
Lilly and Reilly. William Charlton. Hope and Co.
Edith Vernon ; or, Contralto qf Character. I)o.
The Ruse of Raelrevor. Robert Montgomerie, Esq. 110.
The Literary Mail Coach. Ilardwicke.

Mesmerism and Media. l3ailliere.
The Future Historian's View of the Present War. Cardinal
Wiseman. Routledge.

The Teacher'A Difficulties. J.P. Norris, M.A. Groombridge.
The Teaoher's :Mission. Rev. H. W. BeHairs, A.M. Do.
Tract' for the Times. Rev. J. J. Frew. Hope and Co
Alma and Ittkermann. A Poem. Robert Haxell. Do.
Criminal Justtce. Robert S. Sowler.

W. E. Kenning and Co.
iatioN made Easy. Rev. J. B. Spencer.
Jr'

Johu King.
Church of Scotland Magazine. Virtue and Hall.
Protest and Counter Statement on the National Gallery,

J. Russel Smith.
London, England, 1855-04-07

rontg Itlarktt an Citg intelligence.

FRIDAY EVENINO.
THE monetary event of the week has been the re-
duction of interest in discounts by the Bank of Eng-
land. This step, as we mentioned last week, was
anticipated some time since, though accomplished
only at Thursday's meeting in the Bank parlour.
Advances can now be obtained on mercantile paper,
at a minimum rate of 4 per cent., and the reduc-
tion made by the Bank Directors will be imme-
diately followed by a corresponding diminution in
the rates charged by the private banks and large
discount houses generally. The consequence of
this proceeding has been to produce considerable
buoyancy in the Stock Market, where money can be
readily commanded, and the quotations rule better.
No very striking change has, however, been caused
in the prices of Consols, the determination of the
Bank authorities having been foreseen for several
days previously, and its results on 'Change dis•
counted beforehand accordingly.
Being holiday week, the market has experienced
much dulness and inactivity. The daily business
transacted has been of very restricted amount; the
fluctuations of price were consequently slight and
unfrequent. Consols on Saturday closed flatly at 93
to I for account, and below that range for present
transfer. On Monday the market was dull, and quo
Cations receded, the last being 921 to I. The publi-
cation of the revenue returns for the financial year
and quarter, showing, as they did, a serious defi-
ciency in the national income as compared with the
expenditure operated as the principal cause of this
decline. The following day prices went lower still,
Consols having been marked at 921 to I, both for
money and account. On Wednesday there was a
partial recovery, and the closing quotation was 921.
Yesterday's market was steady. Prices at the open-
ing were 92* 1 for money, and left off at an advance
of 1; the quotations for account ranging up to
921

To-day has been kept as a close holiday in all
commercial circles.

FOREIGN.

The Foreign Market yesterday showed consider-
'able animation. Mexican advanced fully 4 per cent.,
owing to the receipt of considerable remittances on
the dividend account. Turkish Bonds were flatter,
and were quoted alternately a shade above and
below par.
London, England, 1855-04-07

ditttin nttiligt nu.

THE LLWES ELECTION came off on Thursday, when
Mr. Brand, who had vacated his seat by accepting
office a.s Junior Lord of the Treasury, was again re-
turned without opposition.
AT GLOUCESTER, Mr. W. P. Price, who accepted
the Chiltern Hundreds in order to relieve himself
from any disabilities he had incurred in consequence
of the extensive firm of timber merchants of which
he is a member having constructed the tents for the
soldiers in the Crimea, was re-elected without opposi-
tion c•n Saturday last. A requisition to Sir Charles
Napier was got up, and signed (it is said) by five
hundred electors ; but the friends of Mr. Price
having communicated with the gallant admiral he
refused to come forward.

Mr. Bouverie, whose acceptance of the office of
Vice President of the Board of Trade has caused him
to vacate his seat, has issued an address to the
electors of the KILMARNOCK district of burghs. Ho
states his intention of visiting them without delay, to
ask for a renewal of that trust, the duties of which it
has been his pride to think that he had endeavoured
faithfully to fulfil.
The people of CORK were taken by surprise on Sa-
turday when they read that one of their representatives
had accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, and a now writ
issued for their county. Two candidates are now
mentioned—viz., Mr. Alexander M'Carthy, who
formerly represented the city, and Mr. Deasy, Q.C.
The election will take place on Monday the 16th
instant.

In CAVAN the excitement attending the canvass of
the rival candidates increases as the nomination•day
approaches, audit has been deemed advisable to send
down a strong body of troops to aid the civil power
in preserving the peace on the occasion.
London, England, 1855-04-07

SPAIN.

A Madrid despatch of Tuesday states that the Mi-
nistry had introduced a bill authorising burial
grounds for dissenters from the national creed. On
Thursday it was reported in a subsequent despatch
that the Spanish Government had demanded tho re-
cal of Lord Howden. The Conatitutionnel publishes
a mission from Madrid of the 3rd inst., which says—
Lord Howden has addressed to the newspapers a com-
munication contradicting the Ministerial account of the
measures taken against the Protestants of Seville. The
Spanish Government has addressed a remonstrance to the
English Government on the subject.
The Duke de Valencia (Narvaez) bas authorised
his friends in Madrid to announce, in his name, that
he is firmly determined not in any way to embarrass
the Government.
London, England, 1855-04-07

318

that after the storming we should have been too
weak to hold Balaklava and the heights. In
the hour of victory we should have been over-
powered. Since that time the defences of
Sebastopol have enormously increased, and
the cost of taking them has risen ift au equal
ratio. Both have increased quite in propdt-
tion to the numbers of tho besiegers. The
army of observation will also be larger. We
can scarcely be said to be in a better position
for the assault than we were before Inkermann.
What would be the remedy? To pour in
troops. This is the healthy time of the year
when they will be most easily acclimatised.
This is the dry part of the spring when mili-
tary operations are the most easy. It is the
month in which the fewest Russian reinforce-
ments can have come up. It is the critical
period which is most favorable for a coup de
main. Our reinforcements ought to be upon
the spot, ready for the decisive stroke. The
assault, if it is really intended, might then
most advantageously be executed, while the
new troops held the heights, and set at rest all
apprehension from the relieving army.
But let us take the other scheme, that of
raising the siege and meeting the Russians in
the field. Look at our present position. We
have two intrenched camps, one at Eupatoria,
the other on the heights above Sebastopol, the
latter of very great extent. Can we stir out
of them? Whatever may be the force of the
enemy, are we not strictly beleaguered? Is not
Eupatoria almost in danger? Can we sally
from our own camp without leaving a large
body of troops to preserve our base of commu-
nications, so large a force as seriously to dimi-
nish our strength in the field? Conjectures
and rumours reach us respecting the numbers
of the foe, and they are not calculated to in-
crease our confidence. It is said that the
Russians now in the Crimea are not far short
of 150,000 men, besides the levies at a greater
distance. What is the only means of insuring
our success in the field ? Again we say, to
pour in more troops.
Where are the Mediterranean garrisons that
should have been relieved long ago by the
Militia? Where are the Sardinian troops, so
long the subject of congratulation ? Where
are the Indian regiments ? Where is the re-
serve that should have been accumulating in
the depots at home? Where are the cavalry
regiments to replace the survivors of Bala-
klava, and put us on terms of equality with
the Russians in the plains ? Few of them have
started ; none of them have arrived. Again
the Government is too late. There is a danger
that the favorable moment may pass, that the
armies of the Czar may become overpower-
ingly strong, and that our own forces may be
doomed to a dishonourable return.
London, England, 1855-04-07

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE,
Tuesday, April 8.

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.— Willa= and FL
HENRY ENGLAND, Westbury, Wiltshire, woollen-cloth manufac
tuners.

:DERICK

BANKRUPTS. —MICHAEL. JONES, Oxford-street, grocer
Thomas HARVEY, late of Penryn, gas manufacturer, now of
Great St. Helen's, City, money scrivener—MATTHEW HENRY
FRANCIS, George-yard, Lombard-street, dealer in mining shares
ABELNijunr., Morgeu's•lane, Toolepstreet, carrier—

SATURDAY,

SPENCER PERCEVAL PLUMER, New City Chambers, merchant—.
WM. MILLER, Whiteohapel-road, coffee-house-keeper —JOHN
BAK Ea, Eastchureb, Kent, grocer—WM. KEMP, Guildford, draper
A MBROBIS EATON, Milk•street, Cheapside, warehouseman--
SAMUEL RANDALL, WeUiligbOrOUgh, shoe manufacturer—Cuss.
JOSEPH PARLOUR, lute of Chancery-lane and Fleet•street, law
stationer and printer, now of the Strand, lithographer, printer,
and commission agent—EDWARD LOOSDON, Hatfield, baker__
THOMAS RiCHARDS.ON, liirmiughlon, pen-holder manufacturer—
JOHN Bnoost:s, Birotitightun, brace manufacturer— EzExtmt
MEADE., Bristol, tavern keeper—Utast( HINCHLIFEE, Halifax,
beerseller—BENJAMlN Miami., late of Manchester, picture dealer
tuttl tobacconist.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.—Wm. MOBSIIAN, Alexandria,
near Dumbarton, wright—ALF.Y.ANDER KING, Paleley, dyer—
Omoaoic CITAIMAN, Crieff, grocer and spirit dealer —JAMES
DumwAau, Stouehaven, grocer and spirit dealer—Wm. Elam,
Glasgow. nail manufacturer—AmunEw DYNES, Glasgow, sales-
man, late victualler—DAN-in GRELNSIIIELDS, Glasgow, piano.
forte and music seller.
London, England, 1855-04-07

ITALY.

Acoounts from Genoa state that the staff of the
Sardinian contingent had embarked for Constanti.
nople.
General de la Marmora is appointed Commander-
in-Chief of the Sardinian expeditionary corps. Gene•
ral Durand° is to be Minister at War.

A letter from Naples bays, " I am glad to confirm
the report which I sent you some time since, that
l'oerio was better treated. Greater lenity is shown
to him; he has better food, and is permitted to have
books and writing materials."
London, England, 1855-04-07

(grtlant.

A ceremony of no ordinary interest, and quite
unique in the Irish Church, took place in the archi-
episcopal palace of Armagh, on the 20th ult., when
an address from the prelates and clergy of Ireland
was presented to the venerable primate, on the occa-
sion of his completing the fiftieth year of his episco-
pate. The address, which is understood to have
been drawn up by the Archbishop of Dublin, bore
the signatures of all the bishops, and of more tha►►
1,900 clergymen of thelEstablished Church in Ireland.
The electric telegraph is now in operation to
Waterford.

..................
Arrangements have been made with a coachowner
in Dublin to furnish when required, at a moderate
charge, easy coaches, drawn by two horses, and
place them at the disposal of invalid soldiers arriving
from the Crimea.

Mr. Edmund Burke Roche, late member for tho
county of Cork, has been raised to the Irish peerage
by the title of Baron Fermoy. Three Irish peerages
having recently become extinct, Lord Palmerston
has had the power of recommending to the Crown
the creating of a new one, and has done so in favour
of this gentleman.
The late Bight Hon. James Grattan bequeathed
the sum of 8,800/. to be divided among some a the
most deserving medical charities in Ireland. Half
of the bequest (4,4001.) is allotted to the infirmary
in the Queen's County, in which is situated the great
bulk of deceased's landed property.
The Clonmel Chronicle reports the death of the
widow M'Cormick, upon whose cabbage-garden the
Irish rebellion of '4B was decided by arms.
London, England, 1855-04-07

338

A NEW ECCLESIASTICAL DISTRICT, about two miles
square, and containing a population of upwards of
2,000 souls, has recently been formed in the neigh-
bourhood of Wigan. It consists of the township of
Sbevington, the lower portions of Standish, and part
of Langtree, and it has hitherto contained no place
of worship. To provide spiritual provision for the
inhabitants, Mrs. and Miss Thicknesse, wife and
daughter of the late respected member for Wigan,
each gave, in August last, the munificent sum of
1,0001. for an endowment to yield 1001. per annum,
and the Rev. W. H. Brandreth, rector of the parish
of Standish, also endowed the proposed living with
301. per annum. Mr. E. Woodcock offered the use
of a commodious school erected by him a few years
ago at Crook, in the township of Shevington ; and on
Tuesday laot this building was licensed by the Lord
Bishop of Manchester for the celebration of divine
service according to the rites of the Church of Eng-
land. His lordship also licensed, on the same day,
the Rev. R. A. Gent, late curate of Horncastle, Lin-
colnshire, to the living, on the nomination of the
Rev. W. H. Brandreth, and from that time forth
there will be divine service in the Crook School every
Sunday morning and afternoon.
Tun Great Britain steam-ship arrived at Spithead
on Wednesday to embark troops for the Crimea.
London, England, 1855-04-07

THE WORCESTER MILITIA.

TO THE EDITOR OF " THE PRESS."

Sir,—l am in a position to confirm the remarks of
your correspondent last week upon the subject of the
Worcester Militia.

See how shamefully the Government is trifling
with the only defences left to a country, and its de-
pendencies almost drained of their ordinary military
resources. Here is the enthusiastic ardour of a lino
regiment destroyed by the ill-judged rules and
wretched bunglings of amateur Ministers of War.
The prestige of the thing is gone, and the martial
spirit which once beat so high is at a miserable dis-
count. Why were not the services of the Worcester
Militia at once accepted when they volunteered for
garrison duty in the Mediterranean ? Because an
arbitrary and exceedingly high number was fixed
upon as the minimum for every regiment to furnish
if it left these shores. So the services (we will say)
of these five hundred volunteers are to be slighted
and rejected bec use the Ministerial complement is
deficient by forty men !—I remain, sir, your obedient

servant,
April 3, 1855.

E. S.

ON Wednesday morning 400 of the Grenadier
Guards, 300 of the Coldstreams, and 300 of the Scots
Fusiliers, marched into the panicle in front of the
Wellington Barracks, in order to be inspected by his
Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c., previous to de-
parting to the seat of war in the East. Prince
Albert and the Duke of Cambridge arrived shortly
after ten o'clock, Prince Albert wearing the tunic, or
new dress of the regiment of which he is the colonel.
He was received by the troops with full honours, the
bands playing " God save the Queen." His Royal
Highness, accompanied by his suite, walked through
the ranks, and minutely inspected the men, and
expressed his approbation of their apparent efficiency.
By desire of the Prince the troops were at the close
of the inspection ordered to march to Buckingham
Palace, in order to be reviewed by the Queen, and
having passed under the front archway of the Palace
they marched round the bands stationed in the
centre of the courtyard in front of a window occupied
by her Majesty.
London, England, 1855-04-07

ciT-13T 2) vrigso.

LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1855.

POSTSCRIPT.

Upon the occasion of the approaching visit of the
Emperor and Empress of the French to Her Majesty,
the Emperor will be accompanied by Lord Cowley,
and attended by Marechal Valliant, Minister of
War; Duo de Bassano, Grand Chamberlain; Colonel
Fleury, and le Comte de Montebello. The Empress
Eugenie will be attended by Her Majesty's Grand
Maitresse, la Princesse d'Essling (a daughter of
General Massena), by la Comtesse de Montebello,
and by Madame la Bedoyere.
London, England, 1855-04-07

R►ILWAYU-

Aberdeen
Birm.Wolv. & Stour Val
Bristol and Exeter
Caledonian
Chester and Holyhead
Cork and Bandon
Dublin & Belfast June.

East Anglian
Eastern Union (B)

East Lancashire
Eastern Counties
Great Northern
Gt. Sth. and Wet of Ire.
Great Western
Lancashire & Yorkshire
Lon., Tilbury, &Sthend
Lon., Brighton, etc
London and Blackwall
London and Nrth-West.
Midland
Newmarket
Newry and Enniskillen
Norfolk
Nrthrn. Counties Union
North British
North Staffordshire
North-Western
Oxf., Wrcstr., and Woly.
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland
South Devon
South-Eastern and Do,.
South• Western
South Wales
Waterford & Limerick

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Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace of France
North British Aus. Land
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South Australian Land
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Belgian East. J.
Dutch Rhenish
East Indian
Gt. Indian Pen
G. W.of Can.,Sh
Lyons & Geneva
Madras
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stout an lastin.

Her Majesty left town on Wednesday last for
Windsor•, where the Court is spending the Easter re.
cess. On Saturday last the Queen held a Privy
Council at Buckingham Palace.
By command of her Majesty, fifty men of the
brigade of Guards on service in the Crimea, in-
valided during the different military operations,
attended at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday after•
noon, and were inspected by the Queen and the
Prince iu the Grand Hall.

Prince Albert, attended by Mkjor General the
Hon. C. Grey and Colonel Seymour, left Buckingham
Palace on Tuesday morning, and proceeded to Alder-
shott, to inspect the works in progress for the ac-
commodation of the troops. Viscount Harding° ac-
companied his Royal Highness.

Her Majesty's usual Easter gifts to the poor were
distributed on Maundy Thursday at the Chapel
Royal, Whitehall. The Rev. Dr. Jelf, the Sub-
Almoner, officiated.

Cabinet Councils were held on Saturday and
Wednesday last.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston had an
assembly on Saturday night at their mansion on the
Terrace, Piccadilly. The reunion was brilliantly
attended. The Rajah of Coorg was among the
visitors. He wore a magnificent eastern costume.