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London, England, 1855-01-13

RUSSIA.

The Emperor joined the Finnish and Volhynian
regiments of the Life Guard reserve at divine wor-
ship on the (Russian) 25th, and afterwards inspected
the corps. All having been found in order, his Ma-
jesty expressed his approbation to the officers, and
ordered the presentation of a silver rouble to each
man. •

A letter from St. Petersburg states that the Crown
serfs have offered the Emperor Nicholas a eontin-
gent of 60,00) men, who are to be employed as
sharpshooters. Among them are to be all the ermine
hunters, who are estimated at 20,000. These are
said to be skilful marksmen, who pass their whole
lives on the banks of the Ural or the Oby, in the
clime of the fox, the beaver, and the ermine. It is
known that this animal can only be aimed at from a
considerable distance, and must be hit in the nose
to avoid injuring the skin. The whole of these
hunters, so the letter says, are to be immediately
organised and sent to the Crimea. They are to be
armed with the Minis rifle.

Since the departure of the allied fleets from the
Baltic, the Aland islands have been governed by pro-
visional authorities, and the Russian Government
seems not to attach any importance to repossessing
them. Those families that have chosen to repair to

SATURDAt,

St. Petersburg have been received by the Emperor
with great kindness, and recompensed for their
fidelity and attachment to his Government.
The new batteries planned by General Dehtn, to
the north of Cronstadt, are said to be complet‘d,
and armed with fourteen guns of large calibre, and
carrying an immense distance. The northern side
of Cronstadt was the weakest, and it was feared
would be chosen for attack by the allied admirals.
From the commencement of the present month the
legal journals of Warsaw have been daily filling their
columns with long lists of absent Poles, condemned
by the tribunals for being in arms against their So-
vereign. It Is remarked that the reason assigned
for the sentence of the large majority is that they are
now in the service of Turkey. Their property is de-
clared confiscated, and if the former os ners make
their reappearance in Poland they will be handed on
to Siberia.
Three Belgian rifle manufacturers are said to have
engaged to found a manufactory of arms in Warsaw.
Prince Paskiewitch and the Emperor will make a
tour of inspection, which will include all the head-
quarters of the active army corps.
London, England, 1855-01-13

THE SEAT OF WAR.

• (lOLNAGHI'S AUTHENTIC SERIES.
Now ready, the First Part of
Mr. WILLIAM SIMPSON'S WORK, from Drawings taken in
the CRIMEA (where he is now residing), by permission of the
Conimander.in•Chlef. Price 12a.. or coloured, 20s. Executed
in the best style of Tinted Lithography. To
14s. and 249.

CONTNIITO :
The Cavalry Affair of the Heights of Bulganak, 19th Sep-
tember, 1854—Balaklava. looking towards the Sea—The Gale off
the Port of Babalava, 14th November, 1854—The Loss of "The
Prince"—Sebastopol, from the Rear of the English Batteries.

CONTENTS OP PART 11.
The 'Heavy Cavalry Charge, 25th October, 1854—The Light
Cavalry Charge, 25th October, P.64—Lord Raglan's Quarters at
Rhutor Kerngatch—A General View of the Country before Se-
bastopol. (For Prospectus apply to any Book or Print Seller.)
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East, Publishers to her Majesty.

TH"'s IRISH ALMANAC and OFFICIAL
DIRECTORY for 185 h is now published. All the materials
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of Property, Banks, Poor-Law Unions, Emigration, Railways. &c.
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Ecclesiastical Directory : List of the Clergy of the Established
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&c., revised by the highest Ecclesiastical Authorities—County
and Borough Directory: Lists of Lieutenants, Deputy Lieu-
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THE PRESS.

accasion, under whatever influence he might have
acted.
The inquiry was finally postponed to Saturday
(this day.)

A PRISONER, who was convicted at the last Middle-
sex Sessions of a robbery from the person, was
brought up on Monday for judgment. He was re-
ported as well known in the House of Correction,
and in November, 1850, he was convicted and sen-
London, England, 1855-01-13

SPAIN.

A number of capitalists held a meeting in Madrid
on the 3rd inst., to discuss the proposition for a loan
of 40,000,000 reals, which the Cortes have authorised
the Government to raise in order to make up the
deficit caused by the suppression of the octroi duties.
The result was that the Government received an

assurance that the loan would in all probability be
taken by the capitalists and merchants of Madrid;
moreover, the Bank of San Fernando at once sub-
scribed for 10,000,000 reels, and some of the capi-
talists for 3,000,000 each.
The committee appointed to inquire into the con-
duct of the Queen Mother wish their proceedings to
have the fullest publicity, and have requested the
Cortes to appoint a shorthand-writer to attend their
sittings.
The proposition of M. Pareda, who demanded that
the bills voted by the Congress before the Constitu-
tion should not be submitted to the royal sanction,
was rejected in the Cortes, on the 4th inst., by 144
votes against 66.
London, England, 1855-01-13

ITALY.

The discussion of a bill for the suppression of con-
vents in the kingdom of Sardinia, commenced in the
Turin Chamber of Deputies on the 9th inst.
Reports were still current that a treaty of affiance
was about to be concluded between Piedmont and
France and England.
A special department has been created by the
Regency of Parma, charged with the administration
of the military force of the duchies. The Marquis
Pallavacino is appoined president of this depart-
ment, and General Crotti, who served under Napoleon,
is named vice-president, with the command of the
army.
The Moniteur has the following respecting the
French army of occupation in the Papal States :
"The Emperor, in deciding that the effctive force of
French troops at Rome should be diminished in pro-
portion to the security now enjoyed in the Papal
States, in his solicitude for the cause of the Church
and the Holy See, has consented that until further
order the army of occupation
.shall not he reduced
below 8,500 men."
London, England, 1855-01-13

THE PRESS.

maiden of strong resolution and gentle sympathies,
until he is fairly rescued from all the dangers that
hover about him, when he is but too pleased to marry
his avowed benefactress. In representing the suc-
cessive personages assumed by the pretended fiend,
Madame Celeste displays talent of a most versatile
kind. Now grave and oracular as the Evil One him-
self, though attired in a dress of the newest fashion ;
now a halt-witted boy, who deceives and defeats a gang
of thieves in a cellar of the Cite; now the belle of a ball-
room, she aptly changes her character with her dress,
and is not least interesting when, casting off every
disguise, she steps forward, loving and amiable, as
the avowed protectress of the imprudent youth. Mr.
Keeley, as a footman firmly imbued with a belief in
the supernatural, and equally impressed with a deep
regard for "number one," which occasionally over-
balances his attachment to his master, has a good
part, which he renders highly comic by the easy,
natural manner with which he combines several
attributes into one personage. Mr. Selby is the fop
of the piece, and acts with that obvious sense of
self-enjoyment which always gives a charm to his
most eccentric personations. For the heartless fair,
in whom personal appearance is everything, an ade-
quate representative is found in Miss Wyndham,
and Mr. Leigh Murray is a very excellent hero.
ST. JiatEs's.—The wittiest and hest burlesque may
be said at the same time to belong this theatre.
Abon Hassan (a hero of the Arabian Nights) is a
young Bagdad merchant whose mind is full of false
ambition, and for inciting which a fairy, Equanocta,
is found guilty by a jury of sister fairies and con-
demned to be banished from fairyland until she re-
stores his mind to its even level once more. His
restoration leads of course through the gratification
of his wishes; when, being made caliph and expe-
riencing the cares and troubles of state and persecuted
by political troubles of every sort, his ambition is so
satiated that he longs once more for the quiet happi-
ness of his home, and Equinocta, having now earned
her pardon, is restored to fairyland in a briliant con-
cluding tableau. The piece, set off with good acting
and excellent appointments, is yet, per se, so full of
capital puns, brilliant and ready wit, and the most
lively and laughable dialogue, that it would command
the most unlimited success almost without these ap-
purtenances, but with them it is one of the best and
wittiest extravaganzas of the season. The Lady of
Lyons, with the usual cast, has been performed during
the week.
PRINCESS'S. The Courier of Lyons and The
Stranger have been performed during the week atthis
theatre, while Blue Beard still nightly attracts
numerous visitors.
OLYMPIC.—The comedietta of A Wife's Journal
has been performed during the week, and The
Yellow Dwarf has been followed by the Blighted
Being, in which Mr. Robson appears as usual.
London, England, 1855-01-13

dultsiasfual.

PREFERMFNTS AND APPOINTMENTS.
The Rev. Henry Ideeres, M.A., to the Vicarage of Rolvenden.
The Rev. Herbert James, M.A., to, the Vicarage of Goodne-
stone. Kent.
The Rev. W. W. Stockdale, M.A., to the Rectory of Witchling,
near Sittingbourne.
The Rev. Robert H. Poole, M.A., to the incumbency of St.
Thomas's Church, Leeds.
The Rev. Charles Septimus Grubbe, M.A., to the Curacy of St.
John's Church, Lacey-green, Bucks.
VACANCIES.
The Vicarage of Marton-in-Cleveland, near Middlesborough;
worth 2001. a year; in tne gift of the Archbishop of York.
The Senior Mathematical Mastership of Bobtail Hall School,
Fleetwood; worth 2001. a year; and is open to Wranglers of the
University of Cambridge.
The Curacy of Bramley, near Leeds; worth 1001. a year; In
the gift of the Rev. James Dickson Dixon, M.A.
The Assistant-Curacy of St. Matthew's Church, Bettina'.-green;
worth 901 a year.
The Curacy of Pulloxbill, Bedfordshire ; worth SOL a year ; In
the gift of the Rev. George Smith Drew, M.A.
London, England, 1855-01-13

445,678,712
Lammers of

£35,078,712
* including Exch,quer, Savings Banks, C
National Debt, and Dividend Accounts.
The turegoing return, when compared with that of the preceding
week, ending Dec. 30, exhibits the following changes: In the
Public Deposits DECREASE of £ 804,075
Other Deposits
Notes Issued
Do. Reserved DECREASE Of 472,930
Seven-day Bills INCREASE of
Coin and Bullion
Government Securities
Other Securities DIcREASK of 325,406
The Rest
The amount of active circulation in Notes £19,681,700
Do. in Seven-day and other Bills 961,420

20,643,120
:3,667,364

Coin and Bullion in both Departments
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CANADA.

The Canadian Parliament closed its labours on
the 18th ult. Lord Elgin, previous to his departure,
was presented with an address by the Quebec
Council.

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r Edmund Head, the new governor, was sworn in
on Tuesday, the 19th ult.

LORD WESTMORELAND, on the part of our Govern-
ment, made a contract six weeks ago with the house
of Weikersheim and Co., at Vienna, for an immediate
supply of furs and winter clothing for our troops In
the Crimea. A large portion of the goods has already
reached its destination via Trieste.

6ourt an In ti

The Queen and Prince, accompanied by the
Princess Royal and Princess Mice, arrived at Osborne
from Windsor Castle on Friday, the sth, at a quarter
past twelve o'clock.
The Rev. George Prothero performed divine ser-
vice on Sunday morning before her Majesty and the
Royal Family.
The Queen and Prince, with the Princess Royal
and Princess Alice, attended by the Viscountess
Canning, Major-General the Hon. Charles Grey,
Colonel F. H. Seymour, and the Master of the
Household, left Osborne at two o'clock on Monday,
and proceeded to Windsor Castle, where the royal
party arrived at a quarter past five.
Lieut.• General Sir De Lacy Evans had been in-
vited to Windsor Castle, but was prevented by in-
disposition from obeying her Majesty's commands. •
Lord and Lady Cowley have returned to the
Embassy at Paris.
Dr. Selwyn, Bishop of New Zealand, intends taking
his departure from England, for his distant diocese,
in the course of a few days.
The Earl and Countess of Derby, and Lord and
Lady Emma Stanley, are expected to arrive in town
about the 22nd inst., from Knowsley, where the noble
family have been passing the holidays.
Lord and Lady John Russell have arrived in Paris,
where they were summoned in consequence of the
illness of one of the Misses Eliot, a sister of Lady
John Russell.
London, England, 1855-01-13

THE PRESS.

A Berlin despatch of the Ilth, states :—The mili-
tary authorities are in communication with the railway
administrations respecting the means available for a
speedy concentration of troops, and orders have been
given for adapting goods-carriages for the conveyance
of soldiers. The ultimate object of these preparations
is unknown. An armed neutrality is spoken of, but
only as a transitional expedient.
The Vienna Frendenblatt says that Prussia will
adhere to the treaty of the 2nd December.
The ladies of Geneva, who had established several
associations with the view of supplying lint and ar-
ticles of clothing to the allied armies in the East,
have recently despatched a quantity of warm under-
clothing and gloves.
The Malta Times states that upwards of 100,000
oranges have been ordered at Malta for the sailors of
the English Black Sea fleet.
In reply to the numerous applications from nurses
desirous of serving in the Scutari Hospital, received
by the ladies' committee, it is now stated that no
more nurses can be received there.

On Wednesday Lord John Russell had a long pri•
vate interview with the Emperor Napoleon at the
Tuileries. In the evening his lordship dined with
the Minister of Foreign Affairs, at which were pre-
sent the Austrian Minister and other distinguished
personages.

The Portuguese Cortes were opened on the 2nd of
January by the King Regent. The speech contained
no allusion to the European war. Its view of internal
affairs was cheerful.

An Athens letter of the Brd inst., says that Admiral
de Tinan and the colonels commanding the French
and English troops had been received by their
Hellenic Majesties.

The Earl of Elgin has brought with him the Ca-
nada snbscription (20,0001. sterling) to the fund for
the relief of the widows and orphans of the soldiers
who have been killed in the present war with Russia.
This sum was raised in equal proportions from the
French and English populations of Canada-10,0001.
from each.

Every exertion is being made to re-constitute the
cavalry force on service, and recruiting for the heavy
cavalry has been particularly brisk during the last
few weeks. The Newbridge Barracks (cavalry depot)
and the Royal Barracks, Dublin, are described as
quite full; and Naas, Carlow, and Navan are spoken
of as shortly to be occupied by cavalry preparing for
the East.

The Belfast Mercury makes the strange announce-
ment that the corporation of Belfast is bankrupt—
that it has, in fact, failed, with a debt of 280,000/4
an amount borrowed partly under acts of Parliament,
and partly without such authority. " This money,"
says the local journal, "is repayable, as in the case
of railway companies, at stated periods, and it appears
that from some cause or other, or perhaps from more
causes than one, there have been demands for repay-
ment which the council cannot meet. The necessary
consequence is that which occurs when any merchant
cannot meet his engagements—his, in plain terms, a
failure !" Still our contemporary enrollees his belief
that all the creditors of the town are amply secured,
and will be paid a full principal and interest in due
time.
London, England, 1855-01-13

COALITION NURSES.

While the good which the nurses have done is incalculable, and admitted by every one, the
success of the experiment as a feature of the medical department of the army on war service
cannot be considered as decisively established until certain religious dissensions which have
arisen are set at rest. Among those whose services Miss Nightingale has dispensed with are five
white-veiled nuns, whose previous convent lives had not sufficiently qualified them for the duties
of nursing. Their removal has given umbrage to the Roman Catholic Thaplains. At the same
time some of the Sellon party have not been found as efficient as was deemed desirable, and in the
effort to organise a good band of nurses out of the material supplied by an outburst of zeal and
devotion at home, there is some danger of the whole undertaking coming to au abrupt conclusion.
—Times, Jan. 10. 1555.
Oh, who that is blest with a natural zest
For a painter's conception or artist's ideal,
Could fail of delight at the beautiful sight
Which the printsellers' windows at present reveal ?
A hospital there is displayed to our view
In its comeliest state and its rosiest hue;
Two damsels so neat,
So bewitchingly sweet,
But not indiscreet or indecorous friskers,
Attend a dragoon
Just awoke from a swoon
With the softest of eyes and the blackest of whiskers.
Perhaps some think, as we did,
To be invalided
In the hands of such beauties intent on their duties
Is not an infliction so very unpleasant ;
And were they in the place of the handsome dragoon
Would be even afraid that the doctor too soon
Might call in and discover them too convalescent.
In this frame of mind we fancy they stop
To look at the picture in Ackerman's shop.

Alas for the picture ! alas for the play !
Alas for the poetry passing away
In the cold dull light of the common day !
Alas for those fair young women !
It speedily haps ere a few weeks elapse
That they're pulling away at each others' caps
Without respect for the trimming.
Whence it occurs that these Sisters of Charity
Show such slight accord or sisterly parity
Some will he slow to guess ;
But the tales which excite such profane jocularity
Come to us nevertheless.
Our Sidney Herbert at length is aware
That his black nuns find his white in their way,
That his brown are looking blue at his grey;
And, if they don't drink or swear,
That they hate each other, as devotees man
With a hate beyond 'compare.

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CI RCASSIA.

The Journal de St. Petersbourg states that in the
first week of October Sohamyl assembled 20,000 men,
with eight guns, on the Bass, and menaced the pla-
teau of Koumyk. The excellent arrangements of the
Russian generals having convinced him that he had
nothing to gain by an attack, he disbanded his men
and disappeared. In the Caucase, another Russian
gazette, it is said that on the 23rd of September
another band of mountaineers, 1,000 strong, attacked
Ternirgoievska, and carried off 2,000 sheep. It is
added that the troops of the neighbouring station
attacked the invaders in their turn, retook all the
prey, and inflicted a loss of 44 men and 60 horses
killed on their disturbers. News from the Caucasus
takes apparently as many months as that from the
Crimea does days to reach St. Petersburg.
London, England, 1855-01-13

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FRIDAY EYENTNO.
THE news from Vienna sent the funds up on Monday
from the Saturday's closing price of 901 to 921.
The final quotations were 92/ to for money, and
921 to / for the February account. During the week
there were the usual fluctuations, and the closing
prices to-day were 911 to f for money, and 911 to
for the February account. During to-day the market
has been heavy.
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FOREIGN.

The Foreign Securities have taken the tone of the
home market. On Monday they rose. The chief
business, however, was in Turkish, and in the new
French loan, which has been greatly in request.
To-day Peruvian Bonds have been firm at 71.
Spanish Threes have been done at 38. The Turkish
Bonds have realised 751 to 76. Russian Five per
Cents. have been done as high as par. Equador are
steady at 4.
The following are the nominal prices of foreign
stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds,ls to 6 ; Mexican,
211 to 211 ; Peruvian, 70 to 72 ; Ditto Three per
Cents., 50 to 52 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., 41 to
43; Russian Five per Cents., 100 to 102 ; Ditto Four-
and-a-Half per Cents., 89 to 91; Spanish New De-
ferred, 181 to 19; Ditto Three per Cents., 37f to
381; Ditto Certificates, 5 to 51; Ditto Passive, 41
to 1.

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UNITED STATES.

The latest New York dates are of the 28th ult.,
brought by the Pacific steamer. The subject of
authorising the President to offer a friendly media-
ti n the part of the United States Government,
with the view of terminating the difficulties between
Russia and the Western powers of Europe, was again
attracting attention in Congress. The Committee
of Foreign Affairs in the House of Representatives
had passed a formal resolution requesting the Presi-
dent to tender such mediation to the belligerent
powers in whatever manner be might in his judgment
consider most likely to lead to a pacification.
Mr. Chase, a senator, has stated his intention to
bring in a bill to abolish African slavery in all the
territories belonging to the United States.
A resolution has been passed by Congress for the
immediate erection of a lighthouse on Cape Race, a
point already notorious for frequent and disastrous
shipwrecks.
The ratification of a treaty between the Dominican
Republic and that of the United States had been
postponed, in consequence of the opposition offered
by the British and French Consuls.
Colonel Kinney's expedition for the colonisation of
Central America and the establishment of a confede-
rated Republic, in conjunction with the several States
there, was nearly ready to start.
Some difficulty had arisen between the District
Court of San Francisco and the British officers on
board the prize-ship Sitka, relative to the discharge
on habeas corpus of the Russian prisoners on board
that vessel. The officers, it was alleged, committed
a contempt of court in not obeying the writ and
allowing the ship to sail. The affair was to be re-
ferred to the United States Government.

The news from the gold mines continues to be of
a satisfactory character. A lump of quartz gold,
weighing 160 lb., had been found.
The Russian ship ICamptechatka had arrived at
San Francisco, after having escaped the ships of the
allies.

The United States Government had purchased
the Gallapogos Island of the Ecuadorian Govern-
ment for the sum of 3,000,0(0 dollars.

From Peru it is stated that a battle had been
fought between the Government troops and the revo-
lutionists, when the latter were defeated with a loos
of 1,200 men.

JANUARY 13,1855.
London, England, 1855-06-30

THE PRESS.

THE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON FIRE
AEI) LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
Capital, Two Millions.
Established in 1826.
Empowered by Special Act of Parliament.
Ofifoes-417, Castle•street, Liverpool ; 20 and 21, Poultry, London ;
and 61, Kimpatreet, Manchester.
Trustees.
Sir Thomas Bernard Birch, Bart.
Adam Hodgson, Esq.
Samuel Henry Thompson, Esq.
Directors in Liverpool.
• .

Chairman—Thomas Brocklehank,
Deputy Chairmen Jos. C. Fwart, M.P.,
and Francis Haywood, Engrg.
Secretary Swinton Houk, Esq.
Directors in London.
Chairman Matthew Fonder, Esq.
Deputy-Chairman—George Frederick Young, Esq.
Resident Secretary—lieidamin Henderson, Esq.
Directors in Manchester.
Chairman—Samuel Ashton, Esq.
Resident Secretary—lt. A. Kennedy, Esq.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
D 53. 1864.
X 113,612
Insurances may be effected in this Department un terms es
low as those of moat other Companies.
Farming Stock insured at 3a. per cent., free from the conditions
of average, and allowing a Steam Thrashing Machine.
London, England, 1855-06-30

TURKEY.

The Bairam commenced on the 15th inst. The
Sultan, preceded by the Ministers of the Porte and
all the officers of the Divan, according to annual
custom, proceeded to the Mosque, and on his return
received the congratulations of all present, in the
same way as presentations take place at a levee. Tho
holidays in honour of the Bairam were to continue
uninterruptedly for three days, during which time all
the Government offices are closed.
The Forte has concluded a small loan of
50,000,000 piastres (about 370,0001.), on terms very
advantageous to the lenders. The revenue of the
rich and populous town of Smyrna is guaranteed for
the repayment of the principal at the end of two
years. In the meantime the loan is to bear interest
at the rate of twelve per cent.
Accounts from Damascus state that the organisa-
tion of the British Legion advances. Greek Chris-
tians and Roman Catholics are incorporated.
Some of the Greek merchants at Constantinople
have been severe sufferers by the Anglo-French ex-
pedition into the Sea of Azoff. One house has lost
100,0001., and many others sums to a considerable,
but less amount. A few English firms in the East
have also been shaken by the successes in that sea.
London, England, 1855-06-30

ALLOTMENT OF THE SHARES.

It will be the aim and desire of the court of directors to be
very cautious in the allotment of the shares. Their object is to
obtain a numerous and respectable proprietary, without dis-
tinction of class or place. For the accomplishment of this object
they will require a responsible reference with each application.
The shares will be allotted lu small numbers, and a preference
will be given to those allotments which are most likely to pro-
duce business to the bank, and extend its connection.
ADVANTAGES TO SHAREHOLDERS.
The Deed of Settlement gives to the Share-
holders, out of the profits, as a remunera-
tion for the capital advanced, and the re-
sponsibility and security for the transac-
tions of the bank (after paying interest at
the rate of Al. per ct. on the paid-up capital) (A per cent.
London, England, 1855-06-30

THE PRESS.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager. MR. ALFRED WIGAN.
On Monday will be performed THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL.
Characters by Messri. A Wigan, Emery, F. Robson, F. Vining,
G. Vining, Leslie, Danvers, White, Cooper, Rivers, Gladstone,
Itirs.Stirling, Miss Marston, Miss Castleton, and Mrs. A. Wigan.
To conclude with POOR PI LLICODDY. Characters by Messrs.
F. Robson, Emery, Misses Ternan, Marston. and Castletou.
On Tuesday and during the Weil the performances will com-
mence with PERFECT CONFIDENCE. Characters by Messrs.
F. Robson, Emery, G. Vining; Misses Marston, and Bromley.
After which the new Comedy, in Throe Acts, called STILL
WATERS RUN DEEP; in which Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery,
G. Vining, Miss Maskell, and Mrs. A. Wigan will appear. To
conclude with POOR PILLICODDY•

FRENCH PLAYS, St. James's Theatre.—
Last Representation but Two of M. LEVASSOR'S and
Mdlle. TEISSEIRE'S Performances. This Evening and
Monday, July 2nd, L'AMOUR PRIs AUX CHEVEUX, LE
BOUGEGIR, and RIOOI.O, with other Entertainments.
M. LEVASSOR'S BENEFIT, and LAST PERFORMANCE
but ONE, on WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, on which occasion the
following Attractive Entertainment will be given :
LE VILLAGE, Comedie, en Deux Actes, de M. Octave
Fenillet, put par M. Levassor, M. Vezian, et Mdlle. Teiseeire.
ROMEO ET MARIELLE, Vaudeville, en Un Acte, jouls par M.
Levassor et Mdlle. Teisseire.
INTERMF.DE.
LA DIRECTRICE ET LF TENOR, Duo Bouffe,chantee par
Mdlle.Teisseire et M. Levassor. LUCIE DE LAMMERMOOR.
Parodie, execute() par M. Levassor. UNE ROMANCE
NOUVELLE, raconte par Mdlle.Teisseire. LE CHANTEUR
C HORT STE, execute() par M. Levassor. LA MERE MICH EL,
an Theitre Italian—" La Gazza Ladra," Grand Scene Comique.
executee par M. Levassor. To conclude with LES DFUX
PROFONDS SCELERATS, Vaudeville Comique jou6 par M.
Levassor et M. Vezian.
The LAST REPRESENTATION will positively take place on
FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 6.
Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's
Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street, and at the Box-office.

MR.
APNDA NcIOvitAzAMTI.O4.N, OF
T
MARTIN'Ef.HALI., Every Evening M Eight. Admission, le.
Centre Seats, 2e.: Stalls, Se. Mondays haltpriee.
London, England, 1855-06-30

BENTLEY'.
Price

CONTZNTS FON
How we are all Getting On
Alexander 11.
Neapolitan Experiences
Sebastopol, Kertch, and the Sea of Azof
The Right Men in the Right Places
The Annexation of Nsgporo
" Ad Statues "—The Vatican by Torchlight
The Mormons in Utah
The Peninsula of Kertch and the Cimmerhui Bosphorus
A British Nobleman in a Fix. By Dudley Costello
Leigh Hunt. By Monkshood
London : RICHARD BENTLEY, New Burlington-stre
London, England, 1855-06-30

MARRIAGES.
LOVELL—PARSONS—On the 21st instant, at East Teign.
mouth, Devon. W. G. L. Lovell, Esq., of Glastonbury, Somer-
set, to Julia Sophia, youngest daughter of the late Joseph
Parsons. Esq., J.P.of the borough of Wells, Somerset.
PARRY—ENGLAND—On the 23rd instant, at Bath, Richard
Perry, Esq., late Royal Scots Greys, to Louisa, daughter of
Lieut.-General Sir Richard England, K.C.B.
DEATHS.
GIFFARD—At Weybridge, the Rey. Wm. Gifford, Rector of
Weybridge, fourth son of the late Sir A. Hardinge Giffard
aged 97.
MORAN—On the 12th instant, at Brixton, Marianne, wife of
the Rev. John Henry Moran, Chaplain to her Majesty's prison,
Brixton.
SCOTT—On the 24th instant, in Eaton-square, the Lady Caro.
line Sophia Scott, daughter of the late Earl of Clonmell.

WARM WEATHER.-RIMMEL'S TOILET
VINEGAR Is a perfect luxury at this Season, for the
Toilet or Bath, for scenting the handkerchief, or for cooling and
purifying the air in apartments and sick-rooms.
Sold (price ls., 2s. Gd., and Is.) at the Manufactory, 39, Ger-
rard-street, Soho.

AUBUSSON CARPETS. SEWELL and Co.
have at present a most magnificent stock of Aubusson
Carpets in all sizes, and very cheap.
A large importation of Persian and Koulah Rugs, a lot of
splendid Lace and Muslin Curtains (five yards long), at half
price, and an almost limitless variety of French and English
Chintzes. Compton-house, Soho, 44, 45, 46, Old Compton-street;
46, 47, Frith-street, Soho.

D'O Y LE Y'S.—BABB AND CO,
ARMY CLOTHIERS, and SCOTCH WOOLLEN
WAREHOUSEMEN.—The noted house for Clan Tartans,
Camblets, Tweeds, Plaids, Scarfs, Table Covers, Billiard Clothe,
and D'Oyley's. Every article of Gentlemens' Clothing and Ser-
♦ents' Liveries, at a reduced scale of charges for cash. The .iss.
and 435. Morning Coats, 21s and 2ts. Riding Trouser,, and
the Registered Ventilating Waterproof Over-coate, continue to
give the utmost satisfaction.
346. STRAND, opposite Waterloo•bridge.

A CLEAR COMPLEXION.-GODFREY'S
EXTRACT OF ELDER FLOWERS is strongly recom-
mended for softening, beautifying, and preserving the skin, and
Riving it a blooming and charming appearance, being at once a
moat fragrant perfume and delightful cosmetic. It completely
removes tan, sunburn, redness, &c., and by its balsamic and
healing qualities renders the skin soft, pliable, and free from
dryness, scurf, &c.; clears it from every humour, pimple, or
eruption, and, by continuing its use a short time, the skin be-
comes and continues soft and smooth, and the complexion clear
and beautiful. In shaving it is in ialuable, as it annihilates every
pimple and all roughness, and affords great comfort- if applied to
the face during the prevalence of cold easterly winds. Sold in
bottles price 2s. 9d., with directions for using it, by all medicine
vendors and perfumers.
London, England, 1855-06-30

MAYNOOTH.

The debate on this subject was resumed on Wed-
nesday without any new feature. Mr. MARUIRE
repeated the assertion and argument in favour of
the loyalty of Maynooth doctrines, and the excel-
lence of the system of education there practised.
He described the condition of some of the apart-
ments, which he said were bare and unfurnished,
owing to the prejudice of that house.
This last assertion was turned against the speaker
by Mr. B. STANHOPE, who said that it did not speak
highly of the management of the college. He
thought the political conduct of the Irish priests
altogether unjustifiable.
Captain STUART argued that Maynooth exercised a
propaganda in England and in the colonies.
Mr. P. O'BRIEN was defending the loyalty of the
Roman Catholic tenets, when the debate was cut
short by the clock, which anuounoed a quarter
to six.
London, England, 1855-06-30

,li mug parktt an tit 3nttilignut.

FRIDAY EYININ•.
THE trade and navigation returns which have ap-
peared for some months past reveal a serious check
and diminution to the commercial transactions of
the cluntry. On Wednesday the report for May was
i4sued, and proves that the ebb-tide is still prevailing
in almost all the principal branches of the export
trade. The result shows that the gross value of

British articles exported.in that month was 8,019,2461.
against 8,422,1961. for the month ending June 5,
1854. On the five months since January 5 the ex-
ported values have amounted to 34,943,7271., while
that of the almost corresponding period ending
June 5 last year was 40,425,0001. The imports have
also declined, though in a smaller ratio.
The frauds brought to light in the investigation of
the affairs of Messrs. Strahan's bank have occasioned
much anxiety among the customers of all the private
establishments of similar character. No one felt
safe as to the custody of the securities he might have
lodged in his banker's hands. To assuage this feel-
ing a meeting of the principal firms has been held,
at which a resolution was passed unanimously in-
viting their clients to inspect, either periodically or
otherwise, the collection of securities lodged in their
keeping, so as to obtain an assurance of their exist-
ence. A suggestion has been made that the com-
mittee of the Clearing House should be made the
the regular custodians of all bonds and securities
consigned to the private bankers of the metropolis.
Considerable arrivals of specie have again taken
place during the week. From New York on Monday
.340,0001. was received, principally in dollars. The
Lightning, from Awstralia, was reported off Queens-
town on Thursday with 60,060 ounces of gold dust,
worth 276,0001. 108,0001. by the Atrato, from the
West Indies, together with several smaller parcels,
have also come to hand.

The Stock Exchange has been dull and almost
stagnant throughout the week. Money continues
abundant, and thus the quotations ale kept up to
a certain level, but speculation seems almost dor-
mant, and even the tidings of various complexions
received from the seat of war produce little effect on
the market. The daily quotations have been,—Sa-
turday, 901 1 ; Monday, 901 91; Tuesday, 901 911;
Wednesday, 911 1; Thursday, 91* 1. To-day Con-
sols were dealt in at 91 to 911 ex. div. for July. Re-
duced Three per Cents., 92 to 921; New Three per
Cents., 921 to 921. Bank Stock, 218. India Bonds
have advanced to 295. to 335. prem. Exchequer
Bills are held very firmly, the March issue at 21s. to
24.9. prem., and June 20s. prem. ; ditto Bonds, 101.
London, England, 1855-06-30

BUSINESS.

May, :854 ....1
May, 1855 ....

Number of

Policies
issued.

C 11,934 10 8
6,195 19 5

I Total

1,497

$18,130 10 1

FIRE.
TRUSTEES.

0341,911 8 4
178,265 6 6

0520,178 14 4

Isaac Belsey, Esq., Rochester
William squire Plane, Esq., Gravesend
John Saddington, Esq., Gravesend.
Upwards of 11,000 Policies have been issued. Policies issued
for small sums anti short periods. Guarantee Fund, 0100,000.
Policies may be effected daily; and Prospectuses, Annual
Reports, Proposal Forms, and all other information, will be
supplied upon application at the Chief Offices, the Branches, or
at any of the numerous Agencies throughout the United King-
dom and Foreign Countries, personally or by letter.
GEORGE CUMMING, Manager.
Agents Wanted in some vacant Localities.

THE ONLY HARMLESS APERIENT.-
REIN'S DOUBLE-ACTION FOUNTAIN, producing a
sontinual stream without the introduction of air. A little water
will git e instantaneous relief in cases of obstructions—it is its
own reservoir—may be carried in the pocket ready for use to the
moat convenient places. Also, Rein's improved Railway Con
veuience, fur travellers and invalids, adapted for ladies and gen•
tlenieu. Mrs. Rein attends on Ladies at their residences, and
at home. To be had only of the it.ventor and maker, who manu•
factures every mechanical assistance for infirmities, F. C. Ham,
108, Strand, nearly opposite Enter-hall.
London, England, 1855-06-30

SPAIN.

The Committee of Finance have rejected the plan
of M. Bruil by six votes to three. It is probable that
M. Bruil will retire from the Government. His suc-
cessor is not yet mentioned.
The Carlist chief Hermando, ordered for execu-
tion, has had the extreme penalty commuted by the
Queen, at the intercession of two ladies who suppli-
cated this act of mercy.
London, England, 1855-06-30

NOTICE.

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being taken to exhibit the stamp.
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London, England, 1855-06-30

AUSTRIA.

Much surprise has been expressed that no official
notification has appeared in any of the Austrian
papers relative to the reduction of that army. It
has, however, been ascertained from the best sources
of information that the Austrian Government intend
to diminish their military strength by 140,000 men.
Wurtemburg and the other States of Germany are
adopting a similar course.
London, England, 1855-06-30

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

It Is impossible to acknowledge the mass of letters we receive.
Their insertion is often delayed, owing to a press of matter,
and when omitted, it is frequently from reasons quite inde-
pendent of the merits of the communication.
We cannot undertake to return communications of which we do
not avail ourselves.
Ocunnunications should always be legibly written, and on one
side of the paper only. If long it increases the difficulty of
finding space tor them.
Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenticated by the
name and address of the writer, not necessarily for publica-
tion, but as a guarantee of Lis good faith.
Advertisetuents sent from the country must be accompanied by a
remittance or a reference for payment in town.
London, England, 1855-06-30

gate ao

THE first meeting for proof of debts against
Messrs. Strahan, Paul, and Bates, the bankers, took
place in the Bankruptcy Court on Monday last. The
schedule then produced, which was to a great extent
merely approximative, showed an amount of liabilities
exceeding 680,0001., exclusive of creditors holding
securities, while the assets are guessed at 180,0001.
Debts amounting to 225,0001. were proved on
this occasion,—the list of creditors including the
names of Lord Palmerston, the Earl of Burlington,
Lord Cavendish, the Countess of Verulam, Lady
Craven, Lord Muncaster, the Earl of Carnarvon,
Earl Dysart, the Duke of Devonshire, the Duke of
Rutland, Earl Manvers, Viscount Melville, the
Marquis of Clanricarde, &c. &c. The bankrupts
attended, in custody of the police•ofcers, and put
in a voluntary statement of the amount and return
of the securities belonging to their customers which
they had sold or pledged; the gross value was
113,0001. This confession was designed, it is said,
to enable the parties to shelter themselves from a
criminal conviction under the clause of an act which
relieves bankers and others from the charge of felony
if at a certain stage of the proceedings they acknow-
ledge and specify,their delinquencies. The three
prisoners were brought up at Bow-street for re-
examination on Wednesday, and again remanded.
AMONG the names of insolvent debtors published
in the Dublin Gazette is that of the late claimant of
the Mountgarrett peerage. He is described as
" Pierse Somerset Butler, late of Belvidere-house,
Sandymount, county Dublin, captain in her Majesty's
Kilkenny militia, claiming the title of Viscount
Mountgarrett." The petition will be heard on the
11th of July.
London, England, 1855-06-30

Oh itu a rg.

DEATH OF GENERAL ESTCOURT AND
CAPTAIN LYONS.
THE telegraphic despatches last received from the
seat of war have communicated the painful tidings
of the death of two distinguished officers, Adjutant-
General Estcourt, and Captain Lyons of H.M.S.
Miranda.
The first-mentioned officer died on the 25th inst.
of cholera, after a short illness. The deceased went
out last year with the staff of Lord Raglan, and
throughout the severe winter campaign enjoyed
tolerably good health. His last letter from the
Crimea, which was received in London on Monday
morning, was written in the most confident and
cheerful tone possible, giving the fullest assurance
that according to his judgment Sebastopol would
soon be in the bands of the allies. Mrs. Bucknali
Estcourt has been visiting her husband, and for the
last few months has been at Constantinople and
Balaklava. General Estcourt was in the fifty-fourth
year of his age.
Captain Lyons is stated to have died from the
effects of a rifle wound received while on board his
ship, which in his anxiety to effect a thorough recog-
nisance he had carried too near the shore at Kaffa.
The injury is said to have appeared slight, but under
the influence of anxiety, and an unhealthy climate,
the symptoms became aggravated, until mortifi-
cation ensued.

MAJOR-GENERAL SIR JOHN CAMPBELL, BART., who
fell in the attack on the Itedan upon the 18th inst.,
was son of the late Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald
Campbell, Bart., by his marriage with Miss Helen
Macdonald. He was born in 1806, entered the army
in 1821, and, as aide-de-camp of his father, he served
throughout the first Burmese war. He became
lieutenant-colonel of the 38th Foot in 1840, and was
one of the original staff of the army sent last year iu
aid of Turkey, being appointed to command a bri-
gade. He IMF made a major-general in December,
1854, for services at the storming of the heights of
the Alma, the battle of Inkermann, and the siege of
Sebastopol. He has left a widow, the only child of
Colonel John Crow, and is succeeded by his son, Sir
Archibald Ava Campbell.
LIEUTENANT COLONEL SHADFORTII, Of the 57th
Regiment, who was killed on the same day, obtained
his ensigncy April, 1825 ; lieutenant, October, 1826 ;
captain, April, 1831 ; major, March, 1844; brevet
lieutenant-colonel, June, 1854 ; lieutenant colonel,
November, 1854. The deceased officer was highly
esteemed by Lord Raglan, who more than once com-
plimented him as well on the efficiency of his
regiment as upon the great anxiety he constantly
manifested in providing for the comfort of his men,
of whom he was the pride.
COLONEL. YEA, of the 7th Regiment, entered the
army in 1825. As lieutenant-colonel he commanded
the Royal Fusiliers throughout the Eastern cam-
paign of 1854. It will not be forgotten how terribly
his corps suffered at the Alma. lie was made colonel
in December last. Colonel Yea had la►ely been coin=
minding the first brigade of the light division.