The Press.
London, England, 1853-12-03 00:00:00

'political anti ()total.

Sin EDWARD PARRY, the veteran voyager of the
Arctic Seas, has been appointed Deputy tiovernor
ireenwich Hospital.
A Dert:TATlos OF LICENSED VD TI ALLERS had an
interview with Viscount Palmerston on Monday to
induce his lordship not to abolish the lotteries held
at public houses until after Christmas. The Home
Secretary has since atmolnlaal (lint the " sweeps "
will be permitted to come off this year, but this spe
cies of gaining is henceforth to be dimeontitmed.
Jr is reported jit Paris that a projeet for an al
liance, defensivMtill offensive, between England,
France, Piedmont, and Spain, is in contemplation.
Tur.tuffiv was 01040114 as a flay of humiliation and
prayer in Edinburgh on account of the visitation of
cholera, and the present aspects of tiogl's providential
dealings with us as a nation. The churches were
open in the forenoon and afternoon, the same 144 4111
Sunday, and were well attended. 'flue day was also
observed in Glasgow by the different denominations;
and threughout the country by the Free Church.
THE ISlETaorol.erfof W 141.1411 (.11141CII, in Ely place,
Holborn, was opened on Sunday last by the Bishop of
London. Service was performed in the morning in
Welsh by the Hey. .1. Evans, M.A., the incumbent,
after which an appropriate serultwa was preached in
English by the bishop. In the evening the service
was wholly in Welsh.

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AT A I.4•I'ILT IhRF.rTIAIS livid at the Eioit
Inilir-
house Ins Wedneaday Janie! Grant
awl appointed priAiiiionally • tut nilwr ot council at
Inankay.

TUE BoART or el'AT(,11111 have 'Dimwit it notice
announcing An Opel] 0.110 601' the of hearing
and ileeisling complaints, Haul I*. ir investigating matters
relating to the customs revenue. A nail,' in the
'ustotn -house ha» been set apart for the purls me, and
the new court is to sit ou Ittestlapi and Ifraltqlt‘tay
week, when uveeblary.

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'Fur Ftxrrs IN rim Tritutsu WArt:its.—The fol-
lowing account of the 111041 force now assewhiati in
the Sea of Marmon' is eommitnicated by an officer of
the Floy. under date Nov. I; :--" We have arrived
here with our despatches, after a sloshing passage,
and are now anchored with the fleet at Helios Bay, a
little below 'rherapia, a few utiles from Constauti-
'with.. We found here the whole of the fleet, having
at length made tht.ir way up from English Day in-
side the I tardatielles. The chief haw his own tlaic
ship again. Ulla we remit% bil, formidable. although
we have only yet one %hip .$l. trill' visiurovemead-.-
Halite!), the Leander, :at, Captain King, which ar.
rivet, from England yestenlay. She has wade the
best of her way to its. We now muster the following
fume here, at Iteikos Bay, read? for any sorviee, tlw
stetimets being tilled up with Ittel:—Britotsmia, 110,
('apt. Carter, nag-ship—Troia/gar, 120, ('apt. lire.
ville—Rodney, 94, ('apt. tiraltain, C.ll.—.ltbion.
('apt. Lushingtott—l'engeance, NI, ('apt. Lord Edw.
Itussell—Rellerophon, IN, Capt. L. I..lostes—Sana-
pareit (screw), 70, ('apt. Daeres— .Irethuses, No. Capt.
Symonds— Leander, 50, (7614. King —Retribution
(swain frigate), 22, ('apt. Hon. 11. Ihlittllllolla
FUrialbt (steam frigate). 111, Capt. Luring—'Tiger
(steam frigate). 111, Capt. (littard—Sains,,u (swam
frigate), li--Niger (screw), 11, Cont. Heath— Wasp
screw ), I I, foul. Lord J. I lay—Fury (swain 511s91),
0, Com. Tatlitun—kfle.ribte, 0, Com l'opplevvoll—
Spitfire, 1, Com. Spratt. The Furious has gone into
*lock. The Aret hum has been itgrouittl. Every •
body is now anxious for the 111111'1% AI of the
rodeo front Ilarseilles, for it is inpeeted that
she will bring important despatches. flat French
foree is 1.111111111.41.4 ill the following : Henri
ijidoitre, (screw),Fric•lland,Clearic-
iiifi Ne (St'rvw), 3/(1/(i I /to., I .1111111/,
I /'and; steamers, Gower, letlN, llagella a,
Caton, Herm., Primielldy.- to the 10th no %es-
sobs loud been detached by the admiral 611. the Black
Sea.

TIIF: Ilona SEcaatvaiv ham promptly eomplied with
the request 4,f the audio brinier) of Iliac kburit have
military fore.. stationed there during limiting outs.
Ott Misplay it eulnpany of the :Nth Regiment front
Preston marched into the borough, and have taken
tip their quarters there.
Tim ittit. promoted by the Mitneherter and Sal-
ford Koltieatioin .‘ssociation is 114 l' intnnlurrd into
the ilouse of eontmons next sco.siont in a new fonts.
One of the changes will be to substitute a comlnit •
tee, nominated by the ratepayers, in the meme aay as
the guardian') of the parish unions aro elected, for
the committee which it wits pr0p1e44,41 by the original
bill Olinda is' ohneen loy the town emitted... There
are 'Other changes which IifIVO 1144, het heel, dothlitoly
melded, lint the allow), will be 4411 i of tin, principal
alterations. Sir.lohn l'elsington, having been invited
to take charge of the bill in the lionise of Cumming,
went to Manchester on Siolitrolay last, and remained
until Tuesday as 1 he guest of the Bishop of Mastritemter,
who int ilea some of the lending member,' of the
tvotociatio,n to meet him at Seolgley. Subsequently,
Sir .14,iiii hail an interliew with the eommittee of the
aemociatiotti, in t inler that Ine might develop his
VII`W4 441 111 e of education), and in return
hear 1114,1 e fully extoremscol elm' are those of the
)1..0 pit ion. Then. were .'sine points in which I heir
scheme dill not entirely inert the wishes of the right
hon. bitcoonct, the pre,tent bill Ia ing one sof a Iowa!
Sir Join, Was anxious that thy memoir',
f.tie which f`lllllll 14* mado more 14,4,0114
applicable, apprehending that as a purely local mea-
sure he was not, holding no connection with the
boroughs of Manchester and Salford, in 14 11444411i4411 to
1111114111144. it tothin Ilouse fir 4*.tnimilygg.4. It wait
arranged, however, before the conferenee terminated,
that Sir Job,, shonhl bike charge of lite measure in
the Lower and the Bishop of 14ktieltenter in lim
I 'toper [louse, should the bill suereed in reaching
the Peers.

Mits. Cutsnoun Ilse arrived in Edinburgh, where
she will remain fora few days, while making some
arrangements for the reunion of families divided by
emigration. She is the guest of Mr. It. Chambers.
Tne ceremony of conseerating the bishops ap
pointed to the tiewly•constituted sees of Nat.4l and
(Italia:Ws 'town took place in St. NI an's, Lambeth,
on Wethweday. The offiriafing prelates will. the
Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London,
and the Bishop of Oxford. The church was crowded,
although admission was obtained only by ticl.ets.
Tl4c reverend divines eh %Mei' were the !Irv. Dr.
.14 414tt William Colentio, of St. John's, (Tunbridge, and
the Itev. Dr. .Hahn Armstrong, of Li:44.441n College,
ixford; the former n.. 11141,0441 to the bishopric of
Natal, and the latter to the bishopric of Orahate's
Town. Divine sec ice was performed by the Her.
Charles Dalloti, the rector, assisted by the ltr.v.
Messrs. James, Ensoni, and I iregory after which
the Bishop of Oxford ascended the pulpit, and ele-
liserisl an impressive r . ,Ifter the seniee the
new bishops ern. duly Admitted to their sacred
'Aye I.) the ittlion.itiont of hatubi. The proceedings
occupied hi)ttn.

THE Catholic papers deny the statement that Car-
dinal Wiseman is expected to remain at Home. It
is said that he will return to England about Christ-
mas, when he will resume the active duties of his
archbishopric.
Tux Ray. MR. 11iIT.1.AR has received a munificent
donation from the Weal of 250 guineas tor the
Edinburgh Blind School.
PAIU.IAMENT TM flintier prorogued, with the CllF-
tatoary formalities, on Tuesday last. The date at
which the period of prorogation now closes is .lan. 3,
IMM, but the house will not meet until about its
usual time—the beginning of February.
Tnn MORTALITY OF THE METRoPOLITAN 11.10,4TRICTS
rose considerably during the last week. In the pre-
ceding se'nnight the deaths registered were 1,162;
in the week that ended on Saturday last they were
1,389. The mean weekly temperature has suffered a
great fall during the same period. In the 10 (ir-
responding weeks of the years 1543-51 the average
number of deaths was 1,093, which, raised in pro-
retion to increase of population, becomes 1401.
There in, therefore, an excess in last week's return
amounting to 137. Diseases of the respiratory or-
gans have suddenly become more fatal. They rose
from ltat in the preceding to 197 in the last week.
In this class bronchitis rose from 004 to 134; pneu-
monia from 92 to 111. Cholera subsides, and last
week was fatal to only 46 persons. In the first 11
weeks of the epidemic of 15404-49 (reckoning from
Ist of October' it destroyed 529 persons ; in the
same number of weeks of the prel:ent attack, com-
mencing 21st of August, it has carried off i4l, or 115
persons more than in the former. ltut the epidemic
beginning at an earlier season in 1m53, the mean
temperature has been on an average 5 (leg. higher,
and, making allowance for this circumstance, there
does not appear any sufficient ground to conclude
that the distemper now prevailing is of a more viru-
lent character than that of 15404.

THIC NEw AcT to; Br:rrtxo-trot•sas CAMP into
force on Thursday last. 1' swards of 1110 betting-
houses had been opened in the metropolis, and the
mania had extended to the principal towns. Num-
bers have been lately closed, and all must forthwith
relinquish the exhibition of their lists. It had been
anticipated that. some plan would be adopted to carry
on the game, such as selling pictures or forming
clubs, but the thivernment will enforce the law, and,
as half of the penalties will go to informers, the
schetners will find themselves mistaken if they attempt
to evade the new enactment. Scotland is exempted

from the act, but, if necessary, it will be included in
the next session of Parliament. The object. of the
act is not to interfere with horse-racing, but solely to
put down the system of betting which, in betting-
offices, has been so productive of crime.
THE Mitunnus OF THF. INDIAN LAW COMMISSION
are nominated in Tuesday's (hurtle. They Maude
the Master of the Molls, the Chief Justice of Common
Pleas, Sir Edward Ryan (Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court of Calcutta from Im:ltt to 154:3), Mr.
Charles Hay Cameron (who succeeded Mr. Macaulay
and Mr. Amos as fourth or legal member of the
Supreme Council of India, and AM President of the
LAW Commission at Calcutta), Mr. John APPherson
M'Leod (Who PUMA as secretary to the tiovern-
ment of Madras under Sir Thomas Munro, and as a
member of the Law Commission at. Caleutta ), Mr.
John Abraham Francis Hawkins (who was ten yeah:
Registrar, and two years a Judge, of the Stidder
Court of Bengal), Mr. T. Flower Ellis, and Mr. R.
Lowe. The commissioners are instrueted "to consider

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and report upon the reform of the judicial establish-
ments, judicial procedure, and laws of India," under
the lsth section of the 6m-eminent of India Aet.
Mr. Frederic Millen, who was employed in Its:l3 to
revise the Civil liertulations of the le•ngal lode, anal
afterwards filled the offices of secretary to the Law
Commission at l'aientta and member of the Supreme
Council of India, has been appointed secretary to the
commissioners; and Mr. Ne►l H. E. %Lillie, who has
practised for many years in the Stabler Court at
Calcutta, and is well known as the author of some
valuable treatises tan Mahomethin law, assistant
secretary to the commissioners.