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London, England, 1854-02-04 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY CHANGES.

THE following is a synopsis of the changes in the comp°.
sition of the House of Commons since the general elec.
tion iu July, IK5'2, to Feb. 1, 1854:
• Abingdon Lord Norreye a General Caulfield
+ Berwick
John Fortner v John Stapleton
4. Blackburn

+ Bridgnorth
I Bury St. Edmund's 11. J. P. Oakes v Sir B. Pigut
* Carlow, county
Bunbury o Col. H. Bruen
$ Carlow, borough John Alexander v John Sadleur
f Chatham
4 Clitheroe I. T. Aspluall r Math. Wilson.jun.
~, 1.. N. Starkie r J. T. Aspinall
• Clonmell
t Cork, thy F. B. Beantivii vF. S. Murphy• Cornwall West

+ Derby
2 Derbyshire, North W. P. Thornhill r Win. Evans
• Deism, city
+
• Edluarglishire
1 Gloucester, k:ast Sir M. H. Beach a Marquis a Worcbtr.
+ Harwich
+ Huddersfield
+ Ruaresborough B. T. Wontid I seated J. P. 11' WeBthead
(triple return) J. D. Dent unseated
+ Lancaster Thomas Greene a R. B. Armstrong
2 Lisburn
•
91
+ Liverpool T. B. nonfat' a Charles Turner
Hon. 11. T. Liddell a W. V. Mackenzie
+ Maidstone
• Merthyr Ty dvil
2 Morpeth
• Oldham \V. J. Fox v John Duncuft

i Oxford, city
well o Slr W. Page Wood
• Peterborough
+ „ .. •
+ Plymouth Roundell Palmer a C. J. Mare
+ Rye
• Salisbury
+ Sligo, borough
I SutiTurtishire, Sth. Iln. E. R. Littleton r lion. O. Anima
I Stamford
I Stroud
4 Teuutou
4 Taviatock N. J. Phillintore a Samuel Carter
• Tralee
I Warwick, South
• Worcester, West Lord Emley o 'Hon. 11. Lytoat
• signifies Vacate,' by death.
+ „ Du petition.
t ii By acceptance of Ogee.
I o By promotiou to peerage.
SEATS VACANT, IS.
Barnstaple
Brecknock
Cambridge, borough 2 „ Salop South
Canterbury 2 „ Stalftirdshire, South .. 1 „
Devonshire, South
Hull
Louth
retiti,ms are pending again?
Clitheroe, and Sligo borough


the returns fur Chatham,

NEW SHERIFFS.
THE following is the list of sheriffs for the year lt+s4,
appointed by her Majesty in Council on Monday
last :
BEnronnsnum —Frederick Charles Polhill Turner, of
Howbary-hall, Esq.
BERKSHIRE.—Jumes Joseph Wheble, of Ilnlinershe•
mutt, k:sq.
BITKINGUAMBIIIRE.—H enry Hamner, of Stockgrove, Esq.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND HUNTINODONSUIRE.—UeOrge Wil.
Liam Rowley, of the Priory, St. Neota, Esq.
CDMBERLAND.—Thumas Alison Hoskins, of Higharn,
Esq.
Citr sinnz.—Erancis Dueltintield Palmer Astley, of Duck.
nfield, Esq.
DERDYSHIRE.—WiIIinni Drury Lowe, of Locko-psrk, Esq.
lEVONSHIRE.—ItieIIata Sommers Gard, of Bougemont,
Esq.
Donsrrantar.—Sir Henry Oglarnler, of Farnham, Bart.
DURHAM.—Henry John Baker Baker, of Elemore-hall,

Esq,
Essr.x.—Thomas White, of Westherafield, Esq.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE.—JOhiI Henry Elwes, of Colesborne•
house, near Nortbleach, Esq.
HEREFORDSUIRE.—EII's Chadwick, of Puddlestone.
court, near Leominster, Esq.
lIERTFORDSHIRE.—Robert Banbury, of Poles, in Thum.
dridge, Esq.
KEST.—Alexander Glmdining, of Ashgrove, Sevenoaks,
Esq.
LEICESTYAMiIItE.—Henry Corks Bingham, of Wart-
naby, Esq.
I ANCOLNSHIRE.—Anthony Willson, of Raneeby.hall, Esq.
MONMOUTIINIIITIE.—Thornas Brown, of Ebbw-vale, Esq.
NORFOLlC.—Benjamin Bond Cabbell, of Cromer-hall,
Esq.
NosmAstrroNsmisr..—The Right Hon. Anthony Hen-
ley, Lord Henley, of Watford.
NORTHUMBERLAND.—SamueI Edward Widdrington, of
Newton, Esq.
Norrixnnsmsnisz.—Samnel Bagnall Wild, of Costock,
Esq.
OxvonnsinnE.—John William Fans, of Wormsley,
RVILANDSHIRE.—Robert Lee Bradshaw, of Tinwell,ksq.

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Sffaorsictaz.—Robert Aglionby Slaney, of Witlford.
manor, ESil.
SOMERSETSUIRE.--James Curtis Somerville, of Dinder,
'Esq.
STAFFORDbUIRE.--JOhR Davenport, of Westwood, Esq.
COUNTY Of SOUTHLUPTON.---aTererniah Robert Ives, of
Bentworth-hall, near Alton, Esq.
SUFFOLK.—Windsor Parker, of Clopton-hall, Rattlesden,
Esq.
SURREY.—Robert Gosling, of Btleys-park, Esq.
SussEx.—John Day, of Newiek,o Esq.
WARwicusiititz.—William Charles Alston, of Elmdon,
Esq.
WESTMORLAND.—John Wilson, of the Howe, Esq.
WlLTSHlRE.—litimund Lewis Clutterbuek, of Harden.
huish-parlc, Esq.
WORCESTERSRIRE.—Edward Beareroft, of Mere-hall,
Bromsgrove, Esq.
YORKSHIRE.—Henry Willoughby, of Birdsall, near Mel-
ton, Esq.

WALES.
ANot.Esse.—Robert Brisco Owen, of Haulfre, near Beau-
marls,
BaacoNsmax.—John Powell, of Watton-mount, Esq.
CAIINARVONBHIRE.—Thomas Love Buncombe Jones
Parry, of Mactryn, Esq.
CARNMITHENSHIRE.—John Jones, of Blaenos, Esq.
CaIDIGANSHIRE.—Morgan Jones, of Penlan, Esq.
DEN Bic Eistiam.—Richard Jones, of Bellan-place, Ruabon,

kuNislitax.—Henry Raikes, of Llwynegrin, Esq.
GtAstoaoktisuittE.—William Llewellyn, of Courtcolman,
Esq
E MoN•roomEayslitaE.--John Michael Severn, of Wallop,
E
MERIONSTASHIRE.—George Augustus Huddart, of Pla-
synpenrhyn, Esq.
PEMBROKESHIRE.—The Hon. Robert Fulke Greville, of
Castle hall.
RADNORSHIRE.—John Jones, of Cefnmars, Esq.

THE FORTIFICATIONS ON THE WESTERN ANGLF. OF
THE ISLE OF WIGHT an progressing rapidly. A large
fort on Cary's Sconce, which is to mount fifty heavy
guns and provide accommodation for a large number
of men, will very so.ar be ready for its lower tier of
grins ; and two batteries are also about to be erected
at Freshwater-gate. Piles are being driven for a
fort on Colwell Bay. It will be exactly opposite
Hurst Castle, and, besides its utility in case of war,
will impart a very picturesque appearance to the en-
trance of the Solent.
A POWERFUL RUSSIAN FRIGATE, the Dwina, of
sixty guns, had arrived out in Australia when the
latest advices were despatched. The Calliope, 26,
is the largest British man-of-war on the Australian
station, which, with the Fantome, 12, and a small
trader or two, are the only British ships-of-war left
in those waters.
THE ADMIRALTY, in consideration of the present
high price of provisions, have increased the wages of
the labourers employed in the arsenal from 12s. to
14s. per week. The artisans are to be employed on
taskwork at unlimited wages.
LIEUTENANT POOLE, R.N., has been appointed Ad•
miralty agent. on the Southampton station.
THERE are now building in Pembroke Dockyard
four ships of the line, four frigates of the heaviest
classes, and five smaller-class vessels, constituting a
powerful squadron in themselves. Several of them
are ready for launching, and others more than half
completed. The following is a list of the vessels:—
Victoria, 110, sailing, nearly ready for launching ;
Repulse, 00, screw, put in frame, 000-horse power,
Maudslay and Field ; ninety-gun two• decker, screw,
put in frame ; Brusstokk, 80, sailing, ready for
launching ; Melpomene, 60, sailing-frigate, completed
to about one-half; Immortalit4, 60, sailing frigate,
completed to about one-half ; Sutlej, 50, sailing-fri-
gate, nearly finished ; Aurora, 50, screw-frigate, just
commenced ; eura-oa, 30, screw frigate, finished to
about one-half, 350 horse power, Maudslay and
Field ; Harrier, 16, screw-sloop, completed, 100-
horse power, Humphrey and Dyke ; Falcon, 10,
screw-sloop, finished to more than a third, 100-horse
power, Miller, Ravenhill, and Co.; Ariel, 8, screw-
sloop, put in frame, 60-horse power, Miller, Raven-
hill, and Co.; Swallow, 8, screw-sloop, put in frame,
60 horse power, Miller, Ravenhill, and Co.
SIR JAMES STIRLING, appointed to supersede Vice-
Admiral Sir F. Pellow, will leave England on the
4th prox., overland. He has selected as his staff
Captain Wilson (1853) to be flag captain, Captain
M. J. Currie (1841) as secretary, and Lieutenant J.
M. Bruce as flag lieutenant.
THE PROSPECTUS of an undertaking to be called
" the Copper Mining Company of Tuscany," with a
septet of 120,0001., has just appeared. The proposal
is to work two properties, examined and reported
upon, and for which 28,0001. is to be given, partly in
eash and partly in shares, while the promoters are to
receive 8,000 shares with it. paid up, if a dividend
should he realised of 10 per cent.
THE Loan CHANCELLOR has appointed Sir John
Eardley Wilmot, Bart., and Mr. Edward Cooke,
Judges of the Bristol and York County Courts
respectively, in the place of Mr. Arthur Palmer and
Mr. E. H. Elsley, who have resigned, on the ground
of ill-health.

THE PRESS.

WHEN THE ALLIED FLELTS left their anchorage in
the Bosphorus, on the 4th of January, the admirals
sailed, in pursuance of orders they had receiv.ed,
to prevent any fresh aggression by the
.Russian
fleet on the Turkish coasts. But at
.that time the
orders subsequently despatched, which direct. the
allied forces to require all Russian cruisers found
in the Black Sea to return to Seba.stopol, had not
reached Constantinople. They did not arrive
there until the 12th of January, and they, were
immediately despatched to the fleets by the 1 rench
steamer Caton, which would probably find the
The
admirals on the 15th in the roads of Sinope.
result of these ulterior instructions would be, that
the fleets are authorised to act with greater vigour
against such Russian cruisers as they may fall in
with, and in all cases to send them back to Sebas-
topol. If it be true that a considerable squadron of
Russian vessels is still at sea, it is not improbable
that a collision of some importance may have taken
place.—Times.
THE QUEEN has granted 501. as a gift to Miss
Mackay, the great-granddaugher d only descen-
dant in that relationship nowtalivean of the famous
Flora Macdonald.
CONVOCATION met on Wednesday, the day after the
opening of the parliamentary session. Both the
Upper and Lower Houses sat for some hours, the
principal topic of discussion being the prospects and
means of restoring the activity and reinvigorating
the authority of Convocation itself. Ultimately reso-
lutions were passed in the Upper House for the
appointment of two committees. One for " consider-
ing and reporting to this house, with a view to
address her Majesty thereon, whether any, and if so
what, reforms in the constitution of Convocation are
expedient to enable it to treat, with the full confi-
dence of the Church, on such matters as her Majesty
may be pleased to submit to its deliberation ;" the
second " for considering and reporting to this house
whether the great increase and present condition of
the population do not make some, and what, adapta-
tions of the Church's rules needful, to enable her to
meet their spiritual necessities." These resolutions
were sent down to the Lower House, where, with
some difficulty, motions were carried nominating
corresponding committees of the clergy to act with
their lore ships' committees for the accomplishment
of the purpuses indicated. The Synod was then
prorogued to the 30th of June next.
THE PROCLAMATION OF THE RUSSIAN NAVAL Au-
THORITIES that every merchant-ship laden with war
stores in the Black Sea will be considered good
prizes does not seem to be much heeded by the
English merchantmen. The majority of these yes.
sell, according to reports from Ualatz of the 18th,
have gone to Constantinople with the design of
serving as transports between that capital and
Varna.
THE following gentlemen were nominated on
Monday in the Court of Chancery to the rank of
Queen's Counsel :—Mr. Loftus Henry Bland, M.P.,
Home Circuit, called to the bar Michaelmas Term,
1829; Mr. Richard Armstrong, Leinster Circuit,
called Easter Term, 1839 ; Mr. John Thomas Ball,
Home Circuit., called Michaelmas Term, 1840.
A MEETING ON CATHEDRAL REFORM was held in
Carlisle on Monday. The inhabitants were convened
in consequence of a requisition to the Mayor, "for
the purpose of considering the propriety of petition-
ing Parliament to suspend the first vacant canonry
in the chapter of the cathedral church of Carlisle,
and to appropriate the income thereof to the aug-
mentation of the incumbencies of the city clergy,
who are very badly paid for their arduous labours."
THE CRYSTAL PALACE WORKS AT SYDENHAM are
now in so advanced a condition as to leave little or
no doubt that the edifice will be opened to the public
in May next, according to promise, notwithstanding
all the rumours to the contrary. It has even been
decided that the Queen's birthday, May 24, shall be
selected as the day of the inauguration, at which also
it is said that her Majesty has intimated some inten-
tion of being present, although taking no official part
in the ceremony.
THE PROMISED CONFERENCE ON STRIKES took place
at the rooms of the Society of Arts in the Adelphi on
Monday. There was a tolerably numerous attend
ance, and much pains had been taken to ensure
order in the proceedings, to prevent longwinded
speeches, and obtain, if possible, some practical re-
sult from the deliberations of the day. Ultimately,
however, all these well-intentioned efforts proved of
little avail. Before the discussion had gone far Mr.
Ernest Jones attempted to propose a resolution, and
being declared out of order quitted the meeting,
where, he said, the working men had no representa-
tives, and could expect no fair play. Afterwards
many speeches were made, but, though all the
orators were strictly limited to ten minutes apiece,
the assembly grew wearied before the programme
of the conference was more than half got through,
and the only thing approaching to a result at which
they arrived consisted of a resolution suggested by
Mr. Slaney in favour of some amendment in the law
of limited partnership.

SATURDAY,

THE MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS last week was
1,178 according to the Registrar-General's report.
This number differs little from the return of the pre-
vious se'nnight, and is about 17 below the corrected
average of the preceding years.
A BLUE BOOK, showing the capabilities of the mer-
cantile marine navy for the purposes of war, was
issued on the first day of the session.
LARGE ARRIVALS OF COAL-LADEN VESSELS have
taken place in the Thames. Upwards of 200 car-
goes were offered at the Coal Exchange on Monday
at a further decline of 45., making in all a reduction
of Bs. during the space of a week. There are several
hundred vessels still to arrive.
A BILL FOR RECONSTRUCTING THE COMAUSSION OF
SEWERS, and for basing it on the principle of repre-
sentation, was promised on Wednesday by Lord
Palmerston in the House of Commons.
ANOTHER MEETING TO DISCUSS JUVENILE DELIN-
QUENCY was held at Reigate, on Saturday last. The
attendance was very numerous, and the proceedings
excited much interest in a locality where the im-
portant subject in question had already acquired a
special attraction through the woi king of the
" Philanthropic School " at Redhill, where a reforma-
tory system had been in action for five years past
with most satisfactory results. At the meeting Sir
W. G. H. Jolliffe, M.P., presided, surrounded by
many of the county members and gentry, who advo-
cated in their speeches, and recommended in the
resolutions they adopted, an immediate extension of
the Redhill or some equivalent system throughout
the whole country and under Government super.
vision.
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION IN PRISONS is the subject
of a return just issued, from which it appears that on
the 13th of September, 1853, 3,002 trisoneis were
confined in the Government prisons in Ireland. Of
these 3,630 were Roman Catholics, 222 were mem-
bers of the Church of England, and 44 were Dissenters.
With the exception of Fort Carlisle, there is a Roman
Catholic chaplain attached to each of the prisons. In
the county and borough gaols there were 6,006
prisoners-5,268 Roman Catholics, 601 members of
the Church of England, and 137 Dissenters.
MAJOR.GENERAL SIR JAMES MAXWELL WALLACE,
K.H., is to be colonel of the 17th Lancers ; and
Major-General Thomas Erskine Napier, C. 8., colonel
of the 16th Foot. The post of colonel-in-chief of the
60th Royal Rifles remains vacant.
THE CHOLERA has not disappeared from Scotland
in Glasgow, from Tuesday to Tl.ursday (last week),
there were 100 cases and 30 deaths. Two fatal
cases are reported in Aberdeen, and one in Forfar.
THE LIBERATION OF Mn. BELL, the English
engineer, taken prisoner by the Russians in the
Black Sea, is again announced—this time it appears
with truth.
THE AVAILABILITY OF MERCANTILE STEAMERS FOR
WAR PURPOSES was submitted by the Admiralty for
consideration to a committee of engineer officers. A
voluminous report has accordingly been prepared on
the subject. The committee, however,-seem to have
examined with most care and hope the vessels
belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental and the
Royal West India Mail Companies. Of these

they say :
" Our opinion is, that the ships of these companies can
never be regarded as efficient substitutes for regular
men-of-wm ; and that opinion is based on the following
considerations :—First. Their sharp form of bow to pro-
mote speed, continued upwards as it is to the height of
the port-sills, renders it impossible to point anti elevate
guns iu the line of keel. Secondly. Their rake of stern
would render it dangerous to tire a gun when elevated,
more particularly when trained from a fore and aft line.
Thirdly. These vessels liming been designed entirely
for steam propulsion and passenger accommodation, all
other purposes have been made subservient to those
ends. We find, too, that no attention has been paid
to the importance that should be attached to the exposure
of the engines, boilers, and steam-chest to shot, which,
though in some degree unavoidable in all paddlewheel
steamers, appears to exist in these vessels to a most
dangerous extent. After taking a deliberate view of the
whole question submitted to us, we have arrived at
olie
e
conclusion that the ships referred to, provid they
be spared, would serve the purpose of armed troop -ships,
and might occasionally be used, in the event of war, in our
colonies abroad."
THE lONIAN GOVERNMENT has renewed the con-
tract with the Austrian Lloyd's for five years' naviga-
on
tion of theit steamers, and postal communicati
with Corfu, Cephalonia, and the East.
THE arrival of the three members of the Society of
Friends on thoir way to St. Petersburg is announced
in letters from Konigsberg of the 27th ult.
THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE TURKISH WAR, ac-
cording to letters from some Parisian capitalists, are
concluded between the English and French Goverr-
ments. England is to furnish a comparatively small
contingent of troops for despatch to Constantinople,
but to pay half the entire expenses of the joint ex-
pedition.
THE " Turkish Blue-book," which made its long-
' expected appearance yesterday, consists of two parts
—one extending to 400 the other to 378 pages. The

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