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able on moral ground%. is natural to his posi-
tion, and to the traditions of his race and
country. He has inherited it with his crown,
as English Ministers, until ABERDEEN, in-
herited the duty of stubbornly opposing it.
If he now makes a daring effort to snatch the
long-coveted prize of Russian statesmanship,
shall we blame him, or the Ministers whose
treachery has encouraged his during?—their
treachery, even if we suppose them well-
meaning, as weakness is treachery when na-
tional interests and honour are at stake.
If it should be asked what our Government
is doing while the Continent is heaving with
momentous events, the answer must he shortly
—nothing. No Cabinet Council has been held.
Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT is hospitably entertain-
ing—as we learn by the fashionable intelli-
gence—several members of the Russian aria
tocracy at his seat in Wilts; Lord PALMERSTON
is at Balmoral ; Lord JOHN Roseau. enjoying
vigorous health in Scotland ; Sir JAMES GRA-
umvi on RD Admiralty cruise to the Cove of
Cork; and other members of the Cabinet
are left to pleasantly pursue their favourite
crotchets, that Lord ABERDEEN may be nuin-
tt•rrnpted in his friendly conferences with
the Russian Ambassador.
London, England, 1853-09-24

Enibtrsitg

OXFORD.
Twit OFFICE OF PROCTOR or THE VICE.CHANCELLOItS
CoIIRT has become vacant by the death of the Rev.
Laurence Eborall Judge, M.A., chaplain of Merton. and
also of New College, Perpetual Curate of Woolvereott, near
iNtOrd.
4J MONDAY, PR. ItorTu, the President of Mag-
dalen College, entered upon his ninety.nintli year,
sod, according to 'umet custom, invited a select party to
dice with him, M commemoration of the event. The
Neiwrable divine some months since entered upon the
ti:lrd year of his office as president, having been elected to
that offiee in April, 1791. lie has lately bestowed a
elioristership ou it boy whose grandfather he admitted to
that Mike sixty years ego.
Cotters CHRISTI Cot.t.tor.—A scholarship on the
foundation of William Frost is vacant in this college, and
tiny persons claiming to be of his kindred who desire to
become eandidates are requested to communie•ite with
the president by letter before the l nth day of October next.
Candidates must be under nineteen years of age oat the
day of election.
The lion. and Rev. It. Liddell. M.A.. brother to Lord
Inivensworth, and inrundwia of St. Paul's church. KitighUs
bridge, will pnihably lie appointed tat the bishopric of
Ulasgow, in the room of Dr. Trower, resigned.
The new parish church of Slienstmw, StatiOrdshirr. is
to he conseerated ou Tilesslay.llctolwr li, ho the Bishop of
Lichfield. The church has been entirely rebuilt by volan•
tars contributions, aided by grinds from the Church Build-
ing Societies. The cost will he shout 5,3110/.
Mr. A.. 1. Beresford Hope. Sir Stephen K. tily-nne. hart.,
Lord lie Tablet', Mr. R. Egerton Warburton, the Mai.
Wolin Lindsay, and other gentlemen, have f..rined them
*wives into a committee for the purpose of securing the
'election of * new elitlTell in Liverpool. The 1111111 of 1,,,4111q.
has already been solos-riled.
London, England, 1853-09-24

%I ST INIMES.

Jamaica intelligence reachem to the nth of August.
The iuhatoitaut wort, Iwking forward with great

SEPTEMBER 24, 1853.

anxiety for the arrival of Sir Henry Barkly, the new
governor, when it was expected tl►at the Legislature
would be formally prorogued, in order to get rid of
the Assembly's reselution to do no busineas with the
Council, and the real business of the aesmon would
be proceeded with.
The clergy had addressed Sir Charles Grey on
his retirement from the government of the island.
and his excellency had replied in !suitable terms.
The weather had been for some time °massively
hot, even for Jamaica. The sugar crops were
excellent, compared with the previous year, but the
pimento crops were a total failure. The sugar
crops of next year were expected to show a
falling off.
The yellow fever was not so virulent us it had
been; but was still lingering in Kingston.
London, England, 1853-09-24

THE CHINES} REBELLION.

By the last overland mail a few additional par
tienlars have transpired respecting the progress of
the rebellion in China. It is known that the reliefs
have greatly strengthened the eommanding position
which they hold, and it is reported that they have
pushed a considerable part of their force further rig
the north, and are not likely to delay longer than
the termination of the hot weather pushing forward
to Pekin. It is believed the chief city of the
province of Kiangsi is now in their possession.
Further than issuing proclamations the Imperial
tiovernment seems to do nothing. Amoy still con-
tinues in the posseesion of the insurgents, by whom
it was taken ; and, although these men have neither
the ability nor the means at their comun►and
possessed by the insurgents in the north, the
Imperialist troops have failed in their endeavours to
repossess themselves of the city. Canton still re-
*mins quiet, but, from the disaffected feelings of the
people in and around it, it would be no matter of
surprise were the people of that city to rise up and
strive out the present authorities. It appears clear
that many years will elapse before the country is
again brought into a state of quietude, and until that
is done trade will be expected to remain on a most
precarious and dangerous footing.
At. Shanghae the result of the intestine troubles
of the country has developed into a eomplete stagna-
tion of trade. Stocks amounting to &million sterling
in value had accumulated in the merchants hands.
and were quite unsaleable. Kir ti. Bonham had
been memorialised on the subject, with a r►quest

that he would proottre the retiivsion of the import
duty levied by the Imperial Government, but had
&ebbed to interfere.

By millets from the Manritins we learn that it
was proposed to establish a line of steamers from
that island to Suez. This, when the railroad acmes
the Isthmus of Suez is completed, will open
another and still more expeditions mute to Aus-
tralia. A colonial bank had been establisle tl in
connection with the tioventment, and would shortly
commence operations. The sugar crop had nearly
closed, and proves to be more pmitictive than that
of last year ; the returns giving filololl,lllllllbs.agßinst
rwi,milmonlbe in lttll'2. As the demand for lalsour
Gall continued, it was intended to carry out an
arrangement for the immediate importation of
10,000 Kadin+. A company had been formed fer this
perpofte, and had received the sanction of the lucid
(loveranient.
London, England, 1853-09-24

THE PRESS.

are reNise.l. To these I may give a formal contra-
diction from the knowledge I have of the diameter of
his Majesty. It is true that he at one time maul
tested a wish for the repose to which his long and
laborious career hits entitled him ; but he is not the.
Mall to desert the field when iterhaps his most deel-
sive battle r, mains to he fought, and just at the 1110-
111ellt when he has reeeived so 1111011 prOOf of loyalty
from his people. The opportunities I have had of
knowing the. King's character afford me smother
guarani, c that the alarming rumours of a supposed
iloiger which is said to Menage the constitution than
within are without foundation. King Leopold has
kept faith to his oath against entire Northern Europe
roan Is:10 to IS IS will keep his word against the
present reacti 4unity mot Ile knows be may
reckon upon the sympathies of constitutional
England.

:Meantime, the position of the \linistry is no way
an one. Oar 4•01111111Crelat relations with
France exist only on forbearance in virtue of the
temporary iirolotigation of the treaty of 1544, while
the convention with the tierman Zoilvervitt, expires
this year; and—if we aro to judge by the mentoran-
aunt addressed to the Berlin custom conference
by

the Prussian tiovernment, in which they ati tttttt nee
the intention to claim for lienuatq• all the ettort.s.
shins made by Belgium to England, the Netherlands,
and all the other foreign states, and allow it in coin
pensati to profit by the duties established by the
general tarilf—the task promises to be difficult.
London, England, 1853-09-24

THE PRESS.

THE CoUNTEz.s DE, 'St:ruts, iteeomisa the
Prince and Princess de .loinville, leaves ClaeLnwat
this moniiug for Southampton, en route to Lisbon,
on a visit to Queen Donna \kris of Portugal. who ►s
sister to the Princess tie Joinville. The illtbtrions
exiles will probably be absent from England about
six months.

The CHOLERA is steadily diminishing in the North.
Cu Thursday, according to the official report, the
deaths in Newcastle from that disease were 511, and
one only from diarrhoea. For Gateshead the return
was cholera 2tl, diarrhoea 4.
LIEUTENANT IttenEit, R.N., bail been appointed
Admiralty ageut on the Southampton packet station.
THE Lords of the Admiralty, on tlo it tour of
inspection, arrived at Queenstown harbour in the
steam-yacht Black Eagle, on Thursday afternoon.
The Banshee, steam-vessel, Lieut. Conumuider
Hoskin, accompanied the Admiralty.
MosEN: orders to the amount of :10/. are daily
cashed in Galway at the post-ottice, being the amount
received by the local tree lens foe the fish caught in
the bay and sold in the Dublin marke..
Au.. THE GRAIN to the westward of Galway has
been reaped this year principally by women, in con-
sequence of the great scarcity of farm labourers.

CITY, 'lwo o'CLooc.

The intelligenee that the British and French fleets
had passed the Danla-Lellos had pmdtteed a complete
paiiie in the Stork and Share Markets. Consols
°liege(' this ittornin,; at 934 to 1, and fell raphUy
911, and are at the moment we an, writing IN 1.
Foreign stocks have been equally depreasod—Mer.i-
-ean,l4 31 ; Pentvian, 72 10; Russian, 97; Spaniah,
211. Railway shares have also fallen—Caliidimian,
M 454 ; tireat Northern, 1W 71 ; Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 0.1 21; London and North-Western, 199
99 ; Midland, 57 MI; South-Eastern, ski 71 ;
Northern of France, 331 11; Strasburg, :16 1;
Lyons, 14 1.
Of neeessity there will be groat fluctuation before
the close of business to-day.
London, England, 1853-09-24

PROOREss 01" THE CHOLERA.

THE authorities still continue to oppose the
cholem in a Chinese style. There are words
iu plenty " notifications" of the Board of
leulth which are binding on no one . and pro-
clamations riven under our hauls "by the
Chadwicks ton! Southwood Smiths, which,
though they may be obligatory enough, have
the nceowpanying drawback of being unintel-
livible. There seems to IRI un 41114:11, to get
up, under the influence of a panic, an univer
sal consentaneoum action. which is to supAy
the place of a well-devised organisation. Ex-
cept in sudden and spontaneous revolutions,
such general combinations have never been
known to 'unwed, and they have generally
collapsed when the immediate excitement was
• over.

While the preliminaries are being settled on
paper, an -I while Loan SuArresnenv is 411 his
%%ley hack from the Continent to preside at the
Board of Health," the enemy is at the odes,—
nay, within the citadel. The deaths at. New-
matte on the 20th instant amounted to tin'
enormous number of 11$, of which 108 were
from cholera. The report of the 21st from
the same place is certainly a little more en-
couraging. inasmuch as the total of deaths is
84, of which $0 were from cholera ; but. on the
other hand. the gross mortality. since the eom
mencement of the disease, has been such as
to lend to the inference that, should it generally
spread. it will assume a form more virulent and
fatal than during its former visits. In Newcastle
alone there have been in fifteen days 930
deaths. while in ls3l 2 there were only 156
From Gateshead the necounts are scarcely less
terrible. The total deaths during the Erst
fifteen days in 1531.2 was 125 ; during the same'
period in 1553 they have amounted to 227. hi
various other parts of the country the disease
has made its appearance, but it has not yet
commenced its nirages. If we reflect that at
the very worst period of thg cholera in 18:11.2
the gross total of deaths for five weeks was
20,000, or no average of 4,000 per week—and
this on the %%hole Fopulation—the 108 deaths
in one day, in one town only, present a formild
able s‘mptom.
And yet nothing is done for the effectual
removal of the nuisances which, if they do not
produce, at least tOster and spread the cholera.
What we now want is not words but deeds.
But the machinery is so complicated, and so
difficult to set in motion, that the evil may go
on multiplying itself, and the danger be
actually invoked by the delay. Surely there
must be some radical vice in our administrative
system that can thus, at a period of pestilence.
practically leave the care of the public safety
to the stimulated and spasmodic etfurts of

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individual exertion.
' ROFESSION IN THE
•'.f ; 4% 'ED STATES.
Montt.% • requently referred to as an
examplq, .t .4e .tianity can support itself
without ~; Establishment, and that
Aeligious.trutllll; ure to overcome religious
error, $f 03,04, be ft to its natural action.
London, England, 1853-09-24

rr:%IX.

Fresh s oeetiertil at Tenit and
Nareii, in the kiinioni of Sardinia, on account of the
ill' or laviut. Trolls have been unit
thither to maintain order.

A decree of the Minister of Finality in the Duchy
of lotlettat prohibits the exportation Of eon', itsid out-
tints wheat, maize, 111111 oats free of (tiny further
orilen4. Nevertheless the trade in emit NMI Hour i/i
free as lwfore with those elates that belong to the
.lustriun Customs Union.
London, England, 1853-09-24

SWITZERLAND.

The Brand Council of Ticino has itilopteil by a
large maturity the project of u him, of rutiaoty to
war. astern Se itzt eland with lialy by
the Ilatesinunier pass. The cantons of St. lien and
the Grime's haul Iwiore wanted voncessions fur the
same line.
London, England, 1853-05-28

airtlanb.

The announcement of the contemplated visit of
the Queen to the Dublin Exhibition is HOW officially
confirmed, and has diffused universal joy throughout
all ranks in the country. On this occasion it ►s
said that Mr. George Roe, chairman of the Exhibi-
tion committee, will be made a baronet by her Ma-
jesty. A similar honour has been offered to Mr•.
Dargan, who, however, respectfully declined it. The
number of visitors is gradually increasing, haling
averaged from 4,000 to 6,000; and ever• day Dublin
is tilling, and the a►riv'als of strangers by rail
and steamer appear to be never-ending. There is,
in fact, ever• prospect of a "season" such as the
fast-fading Irish metropolis has not witnessed since
the best days of the " old Parliament" in College-green.
The emigration, since the opening of the spring,
has been upon an immense scale; but the season
is now drawing to a close, and there is a manifest
decrease from some of the outports. Since the be-
ginning of the year the emigrants from Cork alone
amounted to 20,154, of whom 16,4111 went by Liver-
pool.
Only two law students are to be called to the Irish
bar• during the present. Trinity Term, and there is
but one law student entered for that term, as cor►►-
mencing. both facts show the very depressed con-
dition of the bar as a profession, at a time when other
classes in the country are steadily improving.
Mr. Conway, for many years editor and proprietor
of the Dublin Evening Post, tile leading Whig jour-
nal in this country, died on Tuesday morning, at his
residence, St. Kevin's, near Dublin.
Another Roman Catholic synod has been an-
nounced. It is to take place in the Metropolitan
(impel of Marlborough-street, on the 2nd of next
month, and is to be a "provincial" one, but the ob-
ject fur which it will he held has not been stated.
London, England, 1853-05-28

Obituarg.

Stu RICHARD Iluextxv Comm Knt., expired on
Monday night last, after a protracted illness, at his
house in Sitting-gardens. The deceased, who was
born in 1791, was third son of the Rev. Thomas
Contyn, vicar of Tottenham, and ownploted his educ-
tion at St John'o college, Oxford, at which he took
the degree of A.M., and was called to the bar in 1814.
He was appointed a Puisne Justice of the Supreme
Court at Madras in 1825, where he was shortly after-
wards created a knight, and in 1835, a vacancy
occurring, he was appointed Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court. In l 84•2 he resigned, and soon
afterward' returned to his native country. He was
the author of several learned woks, among others
" A history of the Western Empire, from the Birth
of Charlemagne to the Accession of Charles V."

GOVERNMENT EDUCATION Ittu..—LONDON UNION
ON CHUReII MATTEIO4.—At a meeting of the ccm-
mittee of the London Church I7nion held on Tuesday,
the 24th day of May, at their rooms. Adam-street,
Adelphi, it was unanimously resolved, " That to
leave the parents of children admitted into church
schools the right of withdrawing them from such
portion of the instruction as they may consider
to be at variance with their own religious views
would be utterly subversive of the discipline of the
school, and injurious to the effect of religious train-
ing upon the children of Churchmen ; and that the
10th clause of the proposed bill for the promotion of
education is, therefore, highly objectionable and ought
to be entirely expunged."
VAUXHALL OPENED ON WEDNESDAY, the Detby
night, with a grand lud mosfita% The dancing COM-
menced about ten o'clock, but it was nearly twave
o'clock before the mass of the company arrived. At
that hour the grounds were crowded. Every kind of
garb, distinctive either of nation or profession, was
to be seen in the motley multitude. There were
Ureeks, Turks, Jews, English sailors not a few, Male
pretty VivandiiTes, and graceful columbines even
charity-boys and omnibus conductors. At midnight
the dancing was at its height, and was proceeding
with great animation and due decorum.
THE BOTANIC SOCIETY celebrated their first
,l'i'ft for
the season on Wednesday. at their gardens in vile
Regent's Park. Notwithstanding the attractiong of
Epsom, a numerous and brilliant company assenthied
on the occasion. The display of flowers was )1i
miscellaneous diameter, as is Generally the ease fll'a
the first. exhibition. The only fruit shown virre
grapes. and these not, as might be expected, of the
first order: but the display of azaleas and pcla4o-
- was very prot'use and magnificent. Roles
were not nmuerous, but they comprised many Wl-
heaths were as interesting In
ttihfeuirl gltari.onepti,z the
asid
usual.
London, England, 1853-05-28

AUSTItALI.I_.

In the district of Belfast, on the 314 of January,
hundreds of to of wheat were, ripe for the sickle.
The harvest was plentiful. hnt the labourers few.
Though 3:is. an acre was the price for cutting, many
a field 111114 fall CM a 11011 k Pialhi he pat Ilan it.
Three diggers, nanu.sl (lough, `alley, and Itrktiee,
11 1.11 in 1;4.1•Iong in February, from the Ballarat
diggings„ Winging with them a 'HA efilitaining two
masses of gt•hl, one of which actually weighed 771 b.
Soz., and the other 11111 b. Hoz., the proportion of pure
gold being more than eight.nintha. They were both
fionull at eanadhui gully, between 311 and 10 yards
from the bed of the great 13.1111. nugget, and within
some :01 feet of the surfaee. Aecomits hail also
been received of the finding of a It/lb. nugget in
the same golden locality.
The fortunate MAHN of 11 1 .mmense nugget, at.
Ballarat are four new comets', three of whom arrived
in the colony in August last, and the fourth came in
the steam-ship arca Britain. The three tint
seeded to I%endigo diggings immediately after their
landing, where they remained for some two or three
months, and made nearly 1,0001. worth of gold. They

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then ,joined the fourth person, and we, to Willa
diggings. Out of ono hole in the cluiadion fenny
they obtained the large lump, weitnmg 13411). soz.•
another weighing Mb. tioz., so/ 21b. 402. of small
wild—making altogether 1.12 m bor. Out of one hole.
They then *gild their claiiit for :MI., and went to
Melbourne. They went peered f 4,000/. for the one
London, England, 1853-05-28

tffitttings.

THE lOTA', AGRICULTURAL Socri:ry elected Mr.
P. Pueey their president at the general meeting on
Monday last. At the same meeting the annual re
port. was read, which stated, among other satisfactory
results of their operations—.
'Cltttt the great practical °Meets, for the development of which
the sitelety was originally founded, 44.101110 v to receive apnwerfill
Impulse through the communications in its Oltenia; the trial mail
exhibition of implements, show of live Meek, and assemblage of
farmers, at its country meetings; the praethitil discussant's at its
weekly councils; and the per-iieutl co-openstion of its members
distramted throughout the kingdom. The two clauses of direct
investigations itmituted by the society: 1. Fur the purpose of
rlisPoreting new modes and conditions of ehemiral action in refre-
shes to animal, vegetable, and mineral matter; and Fur ob-
taining morn exact acquaintance with the origin, nature, and
treatment of diseases prevalent from time to time among Ow
live stock of farmers; have heti' with %loom liy the pro-
fessor; of the society, and have Arend', led to important re,ntits,
and much Valuable experience. The Gloneeater meeting will be
Judd in the middle of July next. The entries of implements NW
more numerous than in former years. the area oritzatfed fur their
exhibition amounting to 10,401 'aware fees, and the shedding
remtired being nearly a mile in length. The entries fur live stick
will not close mail the Ist of June. lint Guise already made Milli
eats flue probability of a very large show in that department. it-
creased preparations had also been made Minn. doe trial of the
implements rongtetiuti tier the prizes of the 'society, and for the
exhibition of thrashing-machines to he kept In motion during the
show. for the public display of their construction a s.d powers.
The Waned have decided that the city of Lincoln still be the
place for the country meeting of the society next year.
A MEETING of the IiORTICELTURAL SOCIETY AILS
held at the society's rooms, Regent-street, on
Tuesday, the principal articles on exhibition being
collections of vegetable produce. The first prize
for vegetables was awarded to the. gardener of

THE PRESS.

Lord Stanhope. who sent in varied and ex •
cellent collections of vegetables. Mr. Solmnon,
of Covent-garden. sent a magnitieent sidal from
France. the lettuees being remarkably large and tine,
and received for it one of the society's prizes. Among
a beautiful collection of flowers sent by Messrs.
Lucombe and Pince, of Exeter, was a striking novelty
in the shape of a very graceful evergreen. with
bunches of drooping white flowers. It was called
"Andromeda Formosa." The plant had stood out
the whole of the whole winter, and there appears
reason for believing that it will form a most v Amble
addition to our present somewhat scanty collection of
flowering shrubs and evergreens. 'this
resection
obtained a prize.
London, England, 1853-05-28

modern British poets were suweetect at we ouiset.
Commencing with Scott, he discussed in a simple
and nervous style the broad characteristics or tiro
departed poets of the past age. Of the enduring
power of geott's poetry he never hail any ,doubt ; it
was based upon truth anti poetic reality, and. thongit
the effusions of his muse were unequal. )et rho
of his greater iticees Was, bold. outsell-
anti pietilresulte. His eat' was and
he Was 14411110111It's111111, iml when hedid exert
his powers he ilisplii)ed those of a giant, The pro.
lessor took the opportunity of !wonting the opiuitat
attributed to Goethe, in Eckel-maws -conversations..
that a distinctly new species of art was Olsen Able
in Scott's 011101•01111'111'). Scott wrote
without due regard to art. Ilc swelled in realisat4ll of
the scene: and writing tinder stnaig emotion, with
complete lootwledge of his subject. he "4111.1.14'k1e1l in
painting histiwieal scenes, to a ilegtve that tievcr
been excelled. .11.. Scott was the poet of action, ho
Worilswiorth was eniphativall) the poet of colloquial,
non. Ile had great powers. and ix entitled to a high
rank ; lint his great fault. was, that he often wrote
without being under the visitations of the muse.
composed as it' 11 utan roust write poi.try like a diary
—an egregious fallacy ; for a poet, in writing, should
be raised bey and his ordinary feelings. Still t re was
much that was beautiful in hie poems, 1111t1 Professor
fessor Armin recited with great feeling " Intimations
of Immortality." Ile regretted that Wordsworth so
often confounded the humble with the mean ; and
he marked the difference, its themes, between llurus'
" Cottier's Saturday Night" and " Peter Bell."
Byron, according to Professor Aytoun, was tin.
questionably the greatest phenomenon in literature
of our time. But the taste for his poetry has visibly
abated, and his genius is unhealthy. His appetite
for admiration was enormous, and he illustrated the
fact, that comets often recede as rapidly as they ap-
proach. Shelley and Keats have had more influence
on living poetry than any of their contemporaries.
To Keats the lecturer gave great prairie, retninding
his hearers that "Endymion" was the production of
a mere youth; and he read the " Ode to a Nightin.
gale" as a proof of Keats's powers. Coleridge was a
man of immense genius. The " Ancient Mariner"
and " Oenevieve" were written under the witehers of
inspiration, but he lost himself in cloudy tnystichmt
and system-mongering. Campbell was a brilliant
lyrist, who combined the thrilling and the didactic in
a manner rarely realised. Southey squandered his
powers on intractable themes, and he must fade ;
and it is to be regretted that Moore, of whom Ireland
may be so justly proud, took up Oriental themes.
After cordially expressing his sense of obligation
for the reception that was accorded to him by his
audience, Professor Aytoun concluded amid hearty
greetings.
London, England, 1853-05-28

ICS ',rd orks.

1.
A. A SUMMER SEARCH for SIR JOHN
IeNANKUN ; with a Peep into the Polar Basin. By Com-
mander r. A. 1N01.10.1iIEL1), ILN. With Abort Notices, by
Professor Mimic, on the llotioiyiand by Dr. SUTHCIULLI4D, WM*
Meteorology and Oeology; and a New Chart et the Arotio Bea;
with Illustrations. Dewy bro., 14s,

t.
A CRUISE in the AEGEAN ; the Retrospect of a
Sawmiaer Journey Westward, " From Um Brest City by Propontio
WALTER
Sea." Including an Ascent of Mount Etna. By
WATSON. I'ost Bvo., 10e. Bd.

3.
BIOGRAPHICAL MEMORANDA of ARTHUR,
DUKE of WELLINOTON. Complied from his Despatches,
Unpublished Letters, Original Documents, Autographs, 'lran.
wipts. and Notes at Conversation which were repeated to the
Writer.
4.
The LAUREL and the PALM. By Mrs. CRALLICS,
Author of the " Village liehool Fete." Fillip. svo., Be.
London, England, 1853-05-28

LYCEUM THEATRE.

A VERY anmsing play, entitled The Lawyers, adapted
from the French by Mc. Slingsby Lawrence, the
author of Tie' Game of Speculation, was producM
last week at this theatre. A dispute between
husband and wife, and their recourse to legal pmeeed-
ings, is the groundwork of a piece depending
principally for its effect upon the excellent acting of
Mr. C. Mathews and Mrs. F. Matthews, which
nightly elicits many a hearty and well-deserved laugh
from the aullienee. As we ought always, especially
in these days, to be thankful for any play which is in
the slightest degree diverting, we would willingly
dismiss the author without any unfavourable remark
Nut we not been led from the dialogue to infer an
at tempt to satirise lawyers in general, and to place the
various phases of the legal profession in as ridiculous
and contemptible a light as possible. Should we be
right in this conjecture, we pronounce Mr. Lawrenee's
present adaptation a complete failure, so thr as it
seeks to remedygany moral or soeial,oil. Nothing

t. Francis in Prayer," by Zurbaran. Zurbaran present adaptation a I' ompiete tanure, so air ISO
times called the Caravaggio of 'Spain, but his seeks to remedyiany moral or socialevil. Nothing
London, England, 1853-05-28

MAY 28, 1853.

TO 00/3RESPONDENTS.
L.S.D.—Our limited space renders it impossible for us to invert
my but a very small proportion of the letters which are sent
Si us; hut, though Ono communication MUst be included among
•ur omissions, we cannot put it aside without an expression of
our *sots to the writer.
London, England, 1853-05-28

Illarktts.

LONDON CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.—Wheat, English, firm
at Monday's prices. Foreign had a more general demand
to town millers and country buyers. An advance of Is.
per qr. was generally demanded ; the trade wears a firm
appearance. Floating eargoes, off the coast, are nearly all
sold. For those on passage wore money is demanded.
which checks business. Barley firm and rather dearer.
Bye in request at a further improvement of tld. to Is. per
qr. for the Continent.
SMITHFIELD MARKET, FamAy.—The supply of beasts on
sale here today was seasonably good, both as to number
and quality. For all breeds the demand was in a sluggish
state, at. Monday's decline in the quotations. The general
top figure for beef was 4s. 4d. per tl lb. With sheep we
were fairly supplied. On the whole the mutton trade was
steady, at unaltered currencies. The primest old 1/6wils
realised 4s. Bd. per /41b. There was an improved sale for
lambs, at full prices ; viz., s.
to 6s. 4d. per 8 lb. The sup.
ply of calves being large, the veal trade waft less active, hut
uo change took place in value. Pigs sold slowly, at barely
late rates. Mulch cows were in steady request, at from
171. 1! s. to WI. each, including their small calf.

PRICES CURRENT.
BRITISH

QUO
lois.

I iilii
iTund.l

ired.

3 per Cent. Consols
Data for Avi.ount
3 per Cents Reduced
ai pre ceutp,
L 9 og Annuities
Bank Stock, 7 per Cent .. .
India Stock. 10} per Cent
pr diem
1 udia Bond', b per Cent.

99
102
116.1 G
213
2G3
I p.l d.
pm.

1004
1001_

100 i
100
100_

104
bi
222

264
tto

Thurs.'
7101F11n601)
91.1
102 102 g
61
299 230
262 264
24.1 p. 1 p. pr.

1p.2d.)
1
London, England, 1853-05-21

e:ourt atO fasi!ion.

1•r is announced that the christening of the infant
Prince will take place on Tuesday, the 28th of June,
instead of Monday, the 27th. Also that the second
state hall will take place on Friday, the Ist of July,
and the last concert on Wednesday. the Bth of July—
having been postponed respectively from the 29th of
June and the 4th of July.
THE return of the Court to the metropolis is fi::ed
for the 27th inst., to be in time to receive their Royal
Highnesses the Prince and I'rincess of Prussia, who
are expected to arrive shortly after that, and will take
up their abode in Buckingham Palace as her Majesty's
guests.
His Majesty the King of the Belgians is also ex-
pected to visit this country about the middle of next
month, to be present at the christening of his infant
grand-nephew.
HElt Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and the
Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, attended by Lady
Anna Maria Dawson and Lieut.-Col. F. Seymour,
arrived at Osborne, on Thursday afternoon, on a visit
to her Majesty.
HER Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duchess
of Strelitz is now on her way to England, to pass a
few weeks with her Royal mother, the Duchess of
Cambridge.
ON Monday afternoon the park and grounds of
Wilton Abbey were thrown open, as is usual every
Whitsuntide, to thousands of persons who thronged
the picturesque borough of Wilton, in celebration of
the several nuniverstuies of the local provident insti-
tutions. The dinner of the Wilton branch of the
Wiltshire Friendly Society took place at the Wood
Hall, in the Mtuket-placel the Right U. Sidney
Herbert, M,P., presiding.
London, England, 1853-05-21

SPAIN.

The Council of Ministers held at Aranjucz on the
llth inst. *as occupied with the reforms p °posed by
the Minister of Finance. Some of these reforms are
of an administrative character, others consist in the
suppression of unnecessary places, others in the im-
provement of the administration of tobacco and salt,
and others in mo;lifying the tariff so as to allow the
importation of certain prohibited articles. The
mi-
nister calculatos that some of these reforms will cause
a loss Of 800000 mils a year, but that it will soon be
compensated by an increase in the eustoms. The
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and that of Public Works
have not yet been filled up.

THE PRESS.

The Marquis de Vilma is appointed Ambassador
of herCatholie Majesty to the M:►uperor of the French.

1)011TVG.11..

The Lisbon and Aranitiez Railway Wai inaugurated

on the 7th. The ceremony was performed by the
queen in person, in the presence of a vast multitude.

GREECE.

The French fleet was still in the Gulf of Athens on
the 13th inst. . .

The Greek Government has appointed a commis-
sion to make inquiries into the dispute with Turkey
respecting the frontiers.
The disease which had attacked the vines was on
the increase.
London, England, 1853-05-21

THE PRESS.

APPOINTMENTS.

- - -
ArrAts-11„u, S. T. Carnegie, from the command of the
'Monti.), 24, seven steam guard-ship, Sheerness, to colinnund
the Trihunr, 30, scree steam.frigate, commissioned uu Saturday
at Woolwieli.
I.lr.eTENANT—Hettry W. Wright, to the Nerbudla. 12, brig,

Chatham.
MATE-4101Iry .1. try:hart, from the Rodney, UO, to the
Comas, 14, sloop, Slwern,.t. .
Sze()No Maarun--Jolut I'. 1:1nion, to the Fie yard, 110 g-ship
Woolnkh.
NAVAL CAM:T—C. J. Pear e, to thd LOA(10/1, 00, ou the
'M esti t'l ranean tat ion.
DocaYmr.).—Mr..loit .1. crealock, dark teal dringhtemen ht
the Director of Works &pal latent at De% °Natal, 11114 been ap-
palled thirtl-elaas eletit uu :he e-lallikleaent, vice Stokes pro.
tooted: aml Mr. Joseph 11,1 e‘.t nt hry Levu established,
In ow third vice Walke..., ronantril.

t'omincrtial.

e Tv, FRIDAY EVENING.

Dulness and inactivity have prevailed upon the
Stock Exchange during the week, owing partly to
the influence of the holiday season, and partly to the
uncertainties arising out of the diplomatic antago-
nism now so actively carried on in Constantinople.
Nor has the near approach of the Epsom Derby been
altogether without ettect in rendering business slack
in more legitimate bmichel of speculation. Under
these circumstances the quotations alike of stocks
and shares have shown a tendency to droop day by
day until this afternoon, when a partial revival took
place, and the market may now be sail to be "look-
ing up" in most descdptions of stock. A large pur
chase in Consols has rendered the price firm at 100 i.
The New Three and a Quarter per Cents. are une
to I. Reduced Throes, 99,1 to Mi. Bank Stock is
higher, having touched upon 230. India Stock 261
to 108.
The progress of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's
scheme of conversion has hitherto been but slow
Up to yesterday evening the t•:mtl amount of accepta
UOll3 was :

.c:110%. per cent/1.....
.1:2 10s. per ci,tiv,
Exelle4itter

Bank of Eirlanil.
c.6,0:44 19 ti
1,3:41,0:1, 1 I 0
4.'200 4)

Sandi Son itowso.
.041,940 12 1
C 9,4117 3 9
94{3 0 0

Total 1,415,400 It) t .. .1.111,214) 15 It)
The Railway Share :►larket has been exceedingly
languid. Few real transactions are registend, and
quotations are in many kinds little more than no-
minal. The slight imrrovement in stock how-
ever, given a cormApontling fillip to shares. The last
ptice.; were—Caledonian, :15 :151; Eastern Counties,
131 1; Great Norlliera, '.'= 2'21; Great Western, 90/
013 ; lilackw•all, 1; Thigliton, 5%1 1; North-
Western, 118 1; South-Western, 45 1; Midland,
741 751; South-Eastern,lll 1; Northern of France,
301 2; Pail: and Ly►:t;, Pti ; Paris and Stras-
bourg, :173 t.
Foreign Stack.* and Shares present little alteration.
Brazilian Five per Cents. are 1001; Pato New Four
and a Half per Cents.. 1003 to 1. Eettadorollonds are
slightly higher. Swedish Loan has declined to
dis.

ImronTATioN has taken pinee from Tiambnr
of a quantity of ground acorns, which is liable
rated duty of tid. per lb. The article is known
abroad as acorn coffee. and is Intlch need on the Con-
tinent as a substitute for the genuine berry.
London, England, 1853-05-21

THE PRESS.

we can imagine them asking themselves, •• will
these proceedings cease? If confidential coin-
munieations, which have hitherto been held
sacred, are as much public property as the
' leaders' iu tt newspaper, it is not only time
that we accommodated ourselves as individuals
to this altered phase of things, by closing our
lips and eonfining ourselves within the circle
of a suspicious distrust, but it is also tune that
Our legal rights should be regulated strictly
by the social revolution we have silently un-
dergone. What is the preseiat rule of our
Courts to respect. • privileged communieatiolls;
even in the annosithere of Nisi Prins, but the
relic of an age when 'prism fides' was am en
cuml.nince in the way of paramount' progress'?
What lame we to do with honour or mutual
confidence henceforth '?"l.'hus the plain feel-
ings of Englishmen may be stated in plain
language. They revolt at proceeding:4 which.
apart from their unfairness to Mr. STAFFORD.
HIV a thSgraet, to those who coolly and cal-
lously instigated them ; while, as we un-
dertake to show hereafter. they art' no gain to
the antonymous slanderers who'have yet to learn
the price at which they may indulge their animo-
sity.
London, England, 1853-05-21

MAYNOOTH.

W line the house, bang in committee of supply
on Thursday, was " going through" the miscellaneous

estimates,
Mr. ScoosEß detected, in a gross vote of 45,000/.
for "public buildings in Ireland," an item of 14351.105.
for repairing St. Patrick's College, 3laynooth. He
urged that Parliament in 1545 had voted :MAO/. for
building that college, and as much per annum ever
since for maintaining it, and it was unjustifiable to
ask more under the plea of repairs.
Mr. Wimums, as an economist, concurred in that
opinion. When Sir It. Peel got the :10,00.d. a year
for Maynooth he as good as promised that there
should be no "extras."
Sir J. tiavilAm pleaded that Maynooth in lsls was
already old, and the :10.000i. then granted was merely
for restoration. Dilapidations still annually occurred,
which the annual grant did not suffice to cover. In
former years Parliament had always allowed for the
repairs, and, unless it was intended to starve out the
college by making it uninhabitable, the outlay now
proposed was indispensable.
Mr. Cousv referred to the original speech of Sir It.
Peel in 1445, to show that a margin of 3,0001. per
annum out of the vote was reserved for repairs.
Mr. APSLEY PELLATT, Mr. MI, LL, Sir J. SHELLEY,
and Mr. Fox supported Mr. Spooner's proposition,
because they were opposed to all public grants for
religious purposes of any description.
Mr. LUCAS would have followed their example if he
had not seen in the very vote now under discussion
various items for religious, but Protestant, purposes,
to which no objection was raised.
Mr. WILLIAMS therefore moved that some of the
items just referred to should be added to that which
Mr. Spooner's motion would subtract from the vote.
on this further atmndment the committee divided,
and rejected it by a majority of FA) to 43. The reduc-
tion, being thus narrowed to Mr. Spooner's original
proposal respecting the Maynooth repairs, was opposed
by Lord J. ItussELL, who remarked upon the paltri-
ness of the sum, and the invidiousness of singling
out—after they had just affirmed the broad principle
of religious endowment—one single establishment,
belonging to a religious communion in Ireland which
received the least amount of public support, in order
to deprive it of a grant of money.
The committee then divided on Mr. Spooner's
amendment. The numbers were—
For the amendment 74
Against it
Majority
The vote, thus reduced by 1,2851., was then agreed to.
London, England, 1853-05-21

No. 3.—VoL. I.

Cly Vrtss.

LONDON, SATURDAY, M4l' 21, 1R53.

IT k impossible to deny the claims of Lord
JOHN RUSSELL to the respect and regard of the
country. With the exception of the followers
of Sir ROBERT PEEL, his present colleagues,
who for the last six years have, in their public
journals and in their private conversation,
employed and exhausted all the arts and
phrases of disparagement against hint, there
is probably no body of men in England which
does not look up to him with interest and con-
sideration. A public career of forty years is
itself an element of strength in this land of
experience and tradition. The moat skilful
debater •.in the House of Commons ; more
adroit, perhaps, even than Sir ROBERT PEEL in
his most plausible hour; not devoid of passion
when the occasion demands emotion ; very
versed in attains ; 111141 with all that various
knowledge of men .and things which long years
of Parliament and office necessarily bring,
Lord ,long pOtSeSseN most of those qualities
which are demanded in the leader of a great
party. To say that he is a leader because he
is a lord is a vulgar misrepresentation. The
House of Commons has always been full of
lords of far greater degree than Lord JOHN
RUSSELL, and they have not become leaders,
and nobody has thought of them as leaders,
though some of them would fain have been so.
'['bat Lord Jona RUSSELL is the son of one of
our historic houses is a happy accident that
cannot be separated from the man, and adorns,
and to a certain extent confirms, his position.
It is said of Lord JOHN RUBSEI.I. that he has
ever been too great a partisan ; the followers
of Sir ROBERT PEEL have been very prone of late
years to circulate that 1,4)1113:n1N Russw. was
always a party leader but never a statesman.
Fidelity to party is one of the first virtues of
an English statesman, for party is the soul of
parliamentary government. Yet, in the course
Of a long and memorable career, there arc only
two occasions in Lord JOHN Russr.t.o4 life in
which he may be said to have " Werstepped
the modesty" of party, and become factious.
The first was when, to gain power in —3:), he
proposed the Appropriation clause ; the second
was when, to retain power in --7)U, he reck-
lessly promised a new Reform Bill.
But from the embarrassing consequences of
this last mistake he was relieved by his sub-
sequent quarrel with Lord 1/ALMEnsTos, and
the consequent change of Government. All
that the Whigs then had to (lo was to remain
at grass until their energies were renovated,
and the country 111141 forgotten their short-
comings. They would have rallied in due course
as they rallied in —4O. Unfortunately, the
man whom the fidlowers of Sir It. PEEL
described as a mere partisan threw over his
Wparty, and inflieted the greatest blow upon the
higs that they have ever encountered. By
accepting office under Lord AaminEys, Lad
douN Hs sst:l.l. virtually announced that the
Whig's had ceased to in a party that could
govern the 4,mitry. It is impossible to ac-
count for this singular aberration by an unhal-
lowed itch for othee. Lord JOHN should be
above this, and, in spite of much tattle, we
London, England, 1853-05-21

THE DOCKYARD INQUIRY.

UNTut. the official publication of the whole of
the evidence in this protracted ease we con-
sider WC are not in a lair 110Siti011 to do justice
to its bearings on the conduct of any of the
parties—be they friends or foes—whom it may
be supposed to affect. The prompt and
remorseless aspersions of the hour we are
deliberately eoutent, under this disability, to
leave unanswered and even unheeded.

We are mistuken, however, if tl►is inquiry,
apart fron► the personal interests it involves,
and apart from the special purpose it contem-
plated, has not a I►utent importance to English-
men which precedes all eonsideration of its
details. Here, in the middle of the nineteenth
century. we have a process sanctioned by the
Constitution which includes the most delicate
and compromising charges against the per
sonad h moor unit integrity of its public se!'"
%Inas. and which is conducted by machinery
and methods as follows:

Of the judges eml►owered to try the cause a
►►►►ijorit// is selected from the I►olitical antago-
nists of the part• chiefly interested. The
President of the Coml. himself a partisan, is
empowered to put the most searching ques-
tions. not only to the witnesses on behalf of
the accused, but to the accused himself, and
this by no means to moderate the proceedings,
or to fulfil the august functions of a judicial
assessor. but to press the charges home by all
the futilities in his power. The accused is
at the same time in 011 open court. without the
assistance of counsel. exposed to the cross
currents of interrogatories from five individuals,
who relieve each other's weariness and tx•
haustion without the slightest regard for him
or reference to the unequal chances. As
TALLEYRAND was wont to say, it mattered not
London, England, 1853-05-21

hypothetically because we have grounds for
presuming that the question has not yet
reached that fatal stage in which the leading
morning apologist of the Ministry. alarmed
and perplexed at its new aspect, presents it.
subsequent to the arrangement of the claims
of France. it is time that Prince MENSCHIKOFF
eitalC tOrward with a new proposal, or rather a
demand on the Porte to execute re treaty by
which the Porte should bind itself for ever to
seetire to its Greek subjects all the privileges
that the pr..sent ►r any flamer Sultan may
have granted to this class. In effect, as
another journal has phrased it, he has asked
that the CZAR should be " placed in a position
" through which his authority would over-
shadow and eclipse that of the Porte
"on points of internal discipline in
" which Christian interests— that is to
" say, the affairs of by far the greater
" portion of the people—should be con-
" coned." To illustrate this position—
whenever any Christian subject of the
Porte had any ground, real or imaginary, for
supposing that he possessed privileges, old or
new, the presumed gift of any Sultan of the
Turkish race, the Russian Consul would be
practically their aihiter; and am assumed in-
clination for Russian protection would be
stereotyped in the form of at Protectorate thus
established by treaty. It is hardly too much
to say that every Greek who was at variance
with the executive would avail himself of his
legal rights, and that the Russian officials
would thus become so many Russian lieu-
tenants posted over the Ottoman empire.
TURKEY IlAs IN sUBSTANCE BECOME A RUSSIAN
PRoVINuE, it' the announeement in the Times of
Friday. that Prince Mensehikqrs ultimatum has
been (retyped, be correct. And then, if it be
correct, and the SULTAN hats collllllitted this
act of suicide, who is to blame for the conse•
qucuces to him and to Europe? Unless he
had been deserted by the Ambassadors of
Franee and England, would he have taken a
step which involves a triumph to the CZAR,
humiliation to himself as a member of the
European system. and peril. and possibly per-
manent disarningement. to the balance of
Euripeau power
London, England, 1853-05-21

THE PRESS.

RYE ELECTION.—The nominati which 041110 otT
yesterday, resulted in a show of hands deeided to he
in favour of Mr. Mackinnon, the lather of the late
member. A poll was then demanded on behalf of
the rival candidate, M . li‘otufreti, who is a bunker in
the town. The polling takes place this day.
Yesterday afternoon Mr. Edward Compton Dyson,
scholar of Corpus Christi College, oxford, was un
fortunately drowned in that pail of the ri‘er Cher-
well skirting Christ Chiueh Meadow. The melan-
choly occurrence was occasional by the o‘ertitrnitig
of a skin: An inquest will II: held on the body
before the coroner of the university. _

In pursuance of the verdict of manslaughter re-
turned by the coroner's jitry against the directors of
the York and North Midland Railway Company, a
warrant for the apprehension of several gentlemen
having seats at the board in question has been placed
in the hands of the York polite. Three directore—
Messrs. Thompson, Seymour, and Priestittan—sur
rendered themselves yesterday (Friday), but won'
allowed by a West Riding magistrate to put in bail
for their appearance at the sessions.
A rowing match has been fixed for Tuesday next,
between Henry Clasper, the renowned ex champion
of the Tyne, and William Potxwk, of Lambeth, who
has earned much fame as a crack London waterman,
and is looked forward to with considerable interest.
The course is from the Star and Garter at Putney to
Chiswick Eyott, the old Thames royal regatta dis
tame, and the start will take place about three in the
afternoon. The stakes are 101)1. a side.