The Press.
London, England, 1855-06-23 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

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LIEUTENANT AUGUSTI S C. MURRAY, R.N., has ac-
cepted the command of a troop of horse artillery in
the Turkish contingent force.
THE good-service pensions recently fallen into the
gift of the Admiralty have been bestowed on Captains
Sir Thomas Hastings, K.C.8., and Charles it. D.
Bethune, C.B.

A PROPOSAL for a general and permanent encamp-
ment on Salisbury Plain has been addressed to Lord
Panmure.
THE examinations for the Ashburton Prizes for
Instruction in Common Things will be held on
Monday next, that for males, at Wolvesey College,
Winchester ; and that for females, at the Salisbury
Training Institution. The prizes amount to 701.,
and will be given in money or otherwise, as may be
preferred.
THE obelisk at the west extremity of Cheapside has
been pulled down and re-erected at the end of Moor-
gate-street, facing the Bank. The vacant space in
Cheapside will be occupied in the course of a few
days by Mr. Behnes' statue of Sir R. Peel.
Six HUNDRED POUNDS is, it is understood, the price
paid for Mr. Millias's "Rescue." The "Order of
Release," exhibited last year, was sold to the same
purchaser for three hundred guineas.
THE third and fourth volumes of Mr. Macaulay's
history are expected to appear in the present year.
The concluding volumes of Moore's life, by Lord J.
Russell, are in the press.
Mn. GUINNESS, the late Dublin brewer, has left
property considerably exceeding half a million sterling.
M. UZIELLI, of London, and several French and
English bankers, have gone to Vienna to treat, it is
supposed, for a concession of a new railway, in which
M. Rothschild will be concerned.
A GRAND CHESS TOURNAMENT, under the presi-
dency of Lord Lyttelton, is announced to take place
at Leamington on the 26th, 27th, and 28th inst., and
it is expected that at least two hundred chess players
will be present. Several matches have been arranged
between eminent players, and also between the clubs
of several towns. A match between Leamington and
Oxford will likewise be played by telegraph.
THE Birmingham Mercury says that an elephant,
120 years old, was to be shot this week in that town,
in consequence of extreme age and physical weakness.
THE Conference, of North Shields, lately captured
and burnt by the Riff pirates, was one of the oldest
collier brigs belonging to the Tyne. She was em-
ployed as a transport at the siege of Quebec, and has
been at sea almost constantly ever since.
IN the week that ended on Saturday last the deaths
of 999 persons—viz., 529 males and 470 females—
were registered in London. In the corresponding
weeks of ten years, 1845 54, the average number was
915, and if, for the purpose of comparison, this is
raised in proportion to increase of population it be-
comes 1,000. The number of deaths returned last
week is, therefore, ratber less than the estimated
number—a more favorable result than the bills of
mortality have for some time disclosed.
EARL STANHOPE has signified to the Vice Chancellor
of Oxford University that it is his intention to give
during his life, and to bequeath at his death, an
annual prize of 201. for the best composition on a
modern history subject.
THE Cork Reporter states on the authority of a
well-informed correspondent in London, in reference
to the Fel moy peerage, " The notion seems to be that
Lord Derby's point is a good one, and that, as the
patent cannot be revoked, E. B. Roche must be made
a British peer."
Tow THUMB, the celebrated little great man, was
married a week or two since at Webster, to Miss
Vinton, of Bridgeport, Connecticut.
THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT has appropriated
5,0001. for the purchase of seed wheat, to distribute
among destitute settlements.
THE TESTIMONIAL TO THE LATE LORD DUDLEY
STUART, for which a large sum has been subscribed,
is to be " a distinct department in one of the unen-
dowed metropolitan general hospitals."
THE COMPOSER WI EYERBEER arrived in London
from Berlin on Monday night, in order to superintend
the preparations making for the production of his
last opera, L'Etoite du Nord, at the Royal Italian
Opera.
THE LAND TRANSPORT CORPS DOW musters its
complete establishment of 2,103 men. They have
been recruited and equipped within three mouths.
SOME LANCASHIRE MANUFACTURERS have memo-
rialised Government to remove Mr. Leonard Horner
from the office of factory inspector, on account of
what they term his many " vexatious " informations
be lays against them.
THE large number of 420 emigrants, principally
young women, embarked on Wednesday at sings
town for England en route to Australia. They all
seemed to belong to the better class of small farmers,
and were healthy, well looking, and comfortably
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THE RIGHT Hox. SIR GEORGE H. Rose expired at
Sandhills-house, his seat, near Christchurch, Hants,
on Sunday last. The deceased, who was eldest son
of the late Right Hon. George Rose, many years
Clerk of the Parliaments, entered the diplomatic
service early in life, and from June, 1702, did duty
for a year as Secretary to the Embassy at the Hague,
in the absence of the Secretary of Legation, with the
sanction of Lord Grenville, the then Secretary of
State. In June the following year he was sent as
Secretary of Legation and Chargé d'Affaires to
Berlin, remaining there till July, 1704, independently
of the Earl of Malmesbury's special mission. In
November, 1807, he proceeded to the United States
on an extraordinary mission on the affair of the
Chesapeake, and returned to England in 1808. He
subsequently, in December, 1813, went as Minister
to the Court of Munich, where he remained until
September, 1815, when he was appointed British
Minister at Berlin, which mission he resigned in
March, 1823. He was made a Privy Counc►llor in
April, 1818, and was created a Knight of the Royal
Order of the Guelphs of Hanover the following
year. Sir George, who represented Christchurch in
the House of Commons during nine successive
Parliaments, for some time held the office of a
Metropolitan Lunatic Commissioner, and had held
the high and lucrative post of the Clerk of the
Parliaments for a lengthened period, having suc-
ceeded his father in that office. By his marr►age
with Miss Duncombe he leaves a large family.
The deceased edited " A Selection from the Papers
of the Earls of Marchrnont, Illustrative of Events
from 1685 to 1750;" and was a Deputy-Lieutentu.t
of Hants.
THE EARL OF CARYSTORT, one of the oldest officers
in the British army, died on the 11th inst., at his
residence, near Bristol. He was one of the many of
our general officers who had served in the cause of
Russia, and was a friend of the late Emperor. At
the age of fifteen he first became connected with the
army, having previously spent some of his boyish
days at Tangiers. The deceased saw some rough
service with the army of the Archduke Charles, and
was engaged in various sieges, skirmishes, &c., in
Italy and Germany. He was subsequently engaged
in Ireland under 'Lord Cornwallis during the memo-
rable rebellion of 1798, next served with the Russian
army, and was at Zurich. He also accompanied Sir
Ralph Abercromby in the Egyptian campaign, took
part in the victories of Sir John Moore, and was
present at Corunna. In the unfortunate campaign
of Walcheren he led his old and favorite corps, the
Grenadier or Ist Foot Guards. In 1811 he pro-
ceeded to Spain, and served in many actions under
Hill and Wellington. At Tarifa be was second in
command, and during the memorable Burgos affair
he rendered marked service to Wellington. For bis
servi!es in Egypt he received a medal. He also held
an old war medal. The noble earl having died un
married, the title and estates pass to the family of
his brother, Admiral the lion. Granville Leveson
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PROFESSOR BLUNT, the Margaret Professor of
Divinity at Cambridge, died at his house in that town
, on Sunday last.

WITHIN the last few days an artificial aviary has
been uncovered in the Paris l'alais de l'lndustrie.
Under an immense glass globe is a tree whose
branches are covered with stuffed birds of brilliant
plumage. On turning a key a spring at the foot of
the tree begins to run, the birds skip from branch to
branch, and chirp and sing in the most agreeable
manner. Their little beaks and breasts are in con-
stant agitation, as in life, and not a few who have
heard them declare that the notes are preferable to
those of the living birds at the aviary of Tatter%
which is close at hand.
A NEW SYSTEM is now in course of operation in
Paris for the wires of the electric telegraph ; instead
of being exposed as hitherto, they will be under-
ground. A trench is dug of about from twelve to
fifteen inches wide, in which the wires are laid side
by side, but not so as to touch each other. Liquid
bitumen is then poured on them, which surrounds
the wires, and completely isolates them. This new
system has not only the advantage of securing them
from the danger to which they are now exposed from
any malevolent person, but also from being deranged
by atmospheric influences. The wires which run
from the Tuileries to the Ministry of the Interior
have been laid down in this manner, and others are
in course of execution on the Quays, and in the Rue
Richelieu. If found to answer, the same plan will
be adopted at Lyons.
M. DIFN hag just discovered a comet in the con.
stellation Gemini. There is, it is said, some doubt
its to whether it is a new one, or the re-appearance
of that witnessed in 1556, and which at tee time it
was predicted would be seen again about the present
period.

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