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The Press.
London, England, 1853-06-11

THE PRESS.

000—MURRAY—On the 21 instant, at Edinburgh, Lieut.-
Colonel James Fogo, Royal Artillery, to !Vb.lle Murray. of
Kirtleton, Dumfriesshire. only daughter of the late Lieut.-
Colonel Matthew Murray. lion. East ludic C patty's Service.
ALL—HAWKINS—On the 7th, at Si, George's, HatlOVer-
square, Captain Henry Hall, late of the Madras cereit", to
Constance Miller, eldest
daughter of Captain Frew:hi Haw-
kins, of Cairnbank. Forfarritire.
ARRIS—SHORT—On the Bth. at. Wiliam, Hants, the Rev.
James Parker Harris, Assistant-Chaplain in the lion. E.1.C.5.,
to (Jenrette Maria, eldest daughter of Lieut.-Colonel Short,
late of the Coldstream (inertia.
TRUTT—WALTER—On the 2.1. at stone Church. his Honour
Charles Henry Strutt. Pro-Sheriff of the comity of Herblee. to
Eleanor Martha, eldest daughter of John Walter, Emit of
Woodiand-honae,
DEATHS.
BLACKALL—On the 21 ult., at Dominiea, of yellow fever, Mrs-
Blacken, wife of the Lieut.-Governor of that Wend.
CROAL -On the 15th ult., at sea, on hi.: 01S:414140 to America.
the Hon. John Croat, of Demerara, West !Hates.
DACRII—On the 24 instant, in Great Cumberlantiphtee, General
Lord Deere, aged 76.
DECIE—On the 211 instant, et Tortworth-court, Oloneestershire,
Henry Oettrge I•'n►ucis, Earl Mei...
EDWARDS—On the 4th instant, at Denbigh, North Wales,
Edward Edwards, Esq., lute Commissary of the Gr.lutwre,
aged 76.
GLENNY—On the 12th ult., at his residence, Glenville, (sandy
of Down (the only death there for 75 years), Isaac Monty.
Ea.., aged 81.
GROVER—On the hat instant, at the Bury, Hemel Hempstead,
Mrs. Sibylla Grover, relict of the late hurry Grover, aged at.
GORE—On the Nth, at Cheeterotquare, the Hon. Wet. Gore,
aged el.
JENKINS—On the hat, at Pettrault, near Cardigan, Captain
Thomas Jenkins, late of the lion. East India comeoly.,.
Ma-
ritime Service, aged 70.
ROSS—On the 11th of October, 1051, suddenly, on Itoar.l the
ship Prince Albert, bound for Australia, John Atom, eldest sou
of the late Colonel Ross, of Hardway, near Gosport, aged 21 :
and on the 22d of December, 1852, shortly after her arrival at.
Melbourne, Mary Isabella Ross, widow of the above, and only
daughter of Lieut. Squires, R.N., aged 19.
London, England, 1853-06-11

THE PRESS.

King Pepin and Waterfall, and the race terminated in his
favour by half a length.
Weitoxe STAKES Of '2O SOTS. each, with 50 added.
Duke of Bedford's Siuingbourne (Butler) 1
Lord Exeter's Cobnut
THIRD YEAR of the THIRD TRIENNIAL STAKES Of It) SOTS.
each, with 100 added for four-year-olds. 46 subs.
Lord Exeter's Ilex by Beirsuu (Norman) 1
Mr. Mernion'a Weathergage
Harbinger, Songstress, Joe Miller, and Convulsion also
ran.
Betting : Even on Weathergage, 2 to 1 against Song-
stress, 5 to 1 against Ilex, 10 to 1 against any other. A
good race. Vou by half a length.
SWEEPSTAKES Of 00 SOTS. each.
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Duke of Bedford's Sittingbourne walked over.

WEDNESDAY.
SWEF.PSTAKES of 13 soy's. each, for three•yeavolds.
Mr. E. Batson's Cock Pheasant ... (Sly) 1
Mr. J. M. Stanley's Bloomer
Betting : Even on Cock Pheasant, 3to 1 against any
other. Won easily by two lengths.
COUONATION STAKES of 100 soya each, for three-year-old
fillies. 15 subs.
Mr. Wauchope's Catherine Hayes (Marlow) 1
General AnNou's May Fair
Lurd Exeter's
Betting : 5 to 1 on Catherine Hayes, ti to 1 against May
Fair. Won, after a close set•to, by a head.
The FERN•DILL STAKE% of 13 NOVEL each, with 53 added.
Lord Clifden'a Cheddar
Lord Cherterfield's cby the Emperor, out of Begum .. 2
The &mkt. HUNT Cur, value 900 sow, with 100 added.
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London, England, 1853-06-11

THE PERVERSE UNDERGRADUATES.

As the merchant in the Arabian Nights, throw-
ing about his nutshells, unconsciously brained
a giant, so the cries of the Undergraduates'
gallery at Oxford have similarly shattered the
repose of statesmen. To judge from the
peevish " leader " in the Peelite organ of
Wednesday last, the honest ardour of its youth
is "to prove the deathblow" to their Univer-
sity. The " youthful laureates in white cra-
vats and lavender-coloured gloves," with
those who cheered them " at the highest pitch
" of their voices," have incurred awful repri
sals, which are to be visited on their Alma
Mater.

It is not too much to conjecture that the
pitch of their voices would have sounded less
discordant had they swelled a different tri-
umph. But that the gentle sages who guide
the helm of state should have been ruffled so
seriously requires explanation. Whence this
petulance at trifles?
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Tantcene animis ecelestibus irte?"

Or have these grave professors any serious oc-
casion to be thus irritated? . .

We are not ourselves disposed to exaggerate
the importance of such manifestations, even if we.
mark their apparent tendency. Time was, and
that within our own remembrance, when the
sympathies of the Oxford youth were other
wise enlisted. A propagandist movement,
which had carried away their seniors, included
them mediately in the train of its litscinations.
ultra-Tractarian fever prevailed, and be-
wildered many an ingenuous mind. The
feeble it left shattered and exhausted, exem-
plau•s of morbid tastes and hysterical virtues,
drying and dwindling till they were gathered
in the Roman harvest. Others it swept on-
ward to a vaster abyss—

"To hear a voice, Believe no more;
And hear an ever-breaking shore
That tumbled in the godless deep."
With almost all, it had a depressing in•
fluenee, seducing them by its subtleties
from the region of secure truth, and secluding
them by its temptations from the sphere of
confident action.
Now, thanks to wise councils, and, above all,
to the healing influence of time, " nous arms
ohange tout eela." A few of the meek-eyed
dwellers in the past—dispersed curates and
philosophising tutors—may regard the late
outburst of their pupils as extraordinary.
But, we can say without affectation, it was
expected by us. We observed what was
going forward—that the blighting influences
were decaying, and that a new race was spring-
ing up in Oxford, genial, generous, and robust.
From the echoing roof of the Sheldonian
Theatre the shouts of Tuesday and Thursday
told us their tastes and their aversions ; and
our Contemporary may infer whether they are
likely to sympathise with its task of tortuous
advocacy or of envious detraction.
We may further remind the provoker of this
explanation of a parallel, in one respect, to its
inopportune menace. When Lord FEVERSHAM
replied to a celebrated question, " Oh, it's
" only the soldiers shouting for the acquittal of
" the bishops !" " Call you that nothing ?'
said the King. " But so much the 'worse for
them r The parallel may be still more com-
plete in another sense, that the shouters are
again the depositaries of the future.
London, England, 1853-06-11

THE IRISH INCOME TAX.

THAT the Irish members who could not get
leave to resign are without influence in the
Ministry can be asserted by no one who ob•
serves the peculiar notion of equality with
which they have indoctrinated the CHANCELLOR
of the EXCHEQUER. In that gentleman's " vo•
"luminous," but not "luminous," speech on the
Budget he proposed, iu extending the income
tax to Ireland, to place the two countries
in this respect on an equal footing, and
the words were received in their Eng-
lish acceptation. Now. however, it ap-
pears that the CHANCELLORS equality is
not equality at all, but conuists in this : what
London, England, 1853-06-11

Rlarktts.

LONDON CORN MARKET, FRIDII.—The arrivals of English
grain this week have been very small, and moderate of
tbreign. To-day's market was Intended by several country
buyers from a distance. English wheat commanded the
extreme rates of Monday, but foreign being generally held
for an advance checked sales, and we are unable to quote
may improvement. The same may be said of flour. There
is at fair demand for barley, beaus, and peas, at Monday's
quotations. Oats command an advance of d. per quarter.
Considerable transactions have taken place in doming car-
goes of wheat from the south of Europe, the prices paid
being 365. Ikl. to 30s. for Polish Odessa; ass. to 425. for
Oulatz ; and 38s. for Itoumelia.
SMITHFIELD.—AIthough the supply of beasts OD offer
to-day was not large, the demand for that description of
stock ruled heavy, and in some instances the quotations
had a downward tendency. Sheep moved off slowly, at a
decline in prices of td. per The primest old Downs
sold at 4s tfd. per 81bs. The lamb trade was in a very
inactive state, and the currencies gave way 2d. per 81bs.
The top figure was 2d. per tabs.

PRICES CURRENT.

BEITISH FUNDS -
OFFICIAL QU(

Mina
9 per Cent. Consols
Ditto for Account
3 per Cents Reduced O9
3i per Collti
Long Annuities
Bank Stock, 7 per Cent
India Stock. 10i per Cent
Exchequer Bills, led. pr diem 68. pm.
India bonds, (1,000) ZS pm•

091
9r4
99
102

99
101
91
101
51 -
2;19 229
261
- 1
, 32 32

084
99
101

263
.16s.pm.i
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London, England, 1853-06-11

Lord Stanley on Church Sates.
SECOND EDITION, now ready, in Bvo., pp. 65, price Is. GIL
THE CHUItCH-RATE QUESTION
cONSIDEMED.
By 1.0111) !STANLEY, M.P.
" 1 am ready to acknowledge that Church Rides, as they stand,
form to the Diseentera a Kerbing and substantial grievance."—
Earl of Derby, in House of Common., April 11, 1834.
T. and W. Buoxn•:, Publishers, 29, New Bond-street.
London, England, 1853-07-30

Sblorting.

GOODWOOD RACES.—TITYSDAY.
THE CRAVEN HANDICAP of 5 soya each, with 50 added.
Mr. H. Hill's !Wand's Eye (Wells) 1
Mr. R. White's The Little Savage
Mr. Greville's Exhibition
The following also ran :—Convulsion, Grapeshot, Speed
the Plough, Babette, Lady Isabel, Corybautes, William
Rufus, and Apostate.
Betting 7to 2 against Apostate, sto 1 against Grape-
shot and Ireland's Eye, 6 to 1 against Coryinuites and
Little Savage. Won very cleverly by half a length.
MATCH : 100, h ft. One mile.
Mr. J. M. Stanley's Hybla ( Manion ) 1
Lord H. G. Lennox's Gavotte ( Flatman)
Even betting. Won in a canter by six lengths.
1101., added to a Sweepstake of 5 sovs. each.
Mr. Carter's Farmer's Boy (Barker ► 1
Mr. Vickers's Himalaya
MATCH: 200 T.Y.C.
Duke of Bedford's Petrel (Pettit) I
Lord H. G. Lennox's ddllien 2
Betting : to lon Petrel, who won easily.
THE Hsu STAKES of 100 BOYS. each, for two-year-olds.
London, England, 1853-07-30

"Intplentur veteris Barad pinguisque &rimer'

[How often since early boyhood have 1 longed to bring in this noble
line !] One important duty of an Opposition is to Chobhantiso the
tioverninent now and then with a few night surprises, not for carnage,
but discipline. How valuable, therefore, any Member who is found at
his post on such occasions. Or could we—as it scents our sessions
are to be henceforth of eight months' duration—could we have relays
of Members, as they once had of pack-horses—could London send
eight, Liverpool four, and so on, to speak and vote for alternate weeks,
months, or sessions, as might be arranged among themselves—what a
relief it would be to see two new faces from Maryleboue ; no mutter
whose, even if they came flout that atomizing body, the vestry ! In•
stead of this unpleasant Sligo contest between the Ministers, could
not Lord ABERDEEN'S nominee vote during the first four• months of
next session, and then give way to Lord PAt.mmtwros'em, Lord PAL•
mEasTos of course withdrawing Mr. Somsas's petition? Peers might be
returnable fie• spring Members, as the House of Lords is now wholly use-
less till July. How blest to the Duke of A Roy Lt. a few months in the House
of Commons might be ! At all events something should be done, for
Mr. liwoH must remember, unlike Sir TnomAs lan. so E, that OBE dangers
are greatest now the nights are shortest. The House of Commons pro-
gramme of last week announced fifty-six Bills in various stages ; and
this in addition to amendments, motions, questions, and private
business. Now observe, we have been sitting since November, and all
this work is still before us : it was the same thing last year, it will be
the same thing next year, and yet not only we marvel that the whole
world does not With one accord adopt m r represen tat ive system►, but our
wonder is actually exceeded by our contempt ! Sir Cu A1114:14 WOOD spoke
last Monday week on the India Bill in a grey shooting-jacket. This is
as it should be ; and the rest of the Ministry are to follow it up, we believe.
STRL'TT at last will appear in a wide-awake, MorKswourn has fitted
himself with fustian, and tit.Ansross got what they call a cut•
away from the Oxford mixture. OstioasE has already assumed the
Versatio or turnable coat, in which he is to appear at the next election ;
and GRAHAM a Jim Crow, cocked very much on one side. PALMERSTON
wanted a Fez cap, and tried it on when he answered Mr. Ltoot:t.t. about
the Danube ; but ABERDEEN will not hear of his wearing it. MAC-
KINNON'S and SHELLEY'S MUM'S were first on the motion list tOr Tuesday
week, the House of course was counted out, those minus signs being
prefixed to it. Thus every human being is born for some good, even the
merest chatterers ; how much more, then,

A SILENT !Ii)111Elt

TO CORIMBPONDINTS.
To th• first creation of " loNOItAill:S" we answer that a certain
to
length of residence is necersary to obtain a settlentent ;
his second. that a typographical error, not originally ours,
represented Mr Jame 4 Graham in a new relation to her
Majesty.
London, England, 1853-07-30

LETTERS FROM A SILENT MEMBER.

LETTER V.

TO THE EDITOR OF " THE PRESS."

House; or COMMONS.
THE process of pairing proceeds with increasing rapidity, insomuch
that soon it will be scarce possible to make a House, and the forty mem-
bers who do make it will be able to steal Bills through in a manner worthy
of Ali Baba himself Peers, when they go away, may leave their
proxies ; for these " pairs " are but clumsy substitutes ; the theory of
the former being, " we shall generally agree ;" the theory of the latter,
•we shall invariably differ." Thus, the Peer who holds a proxy may
himself vote without using it, while the Member who has paired can
never vote at all ; or, if ho be accidentally " shut in," must vote as he
knows his pair would have voted, and explain himself afterwards to his
constituents as best he can. " Will you pair, A :"' said one Whip to
another. " Yes, with B." " Write it down then—my man. A, against
your man, B." The names were written down thus :—" Mr. A.—all
night—Mr. B." " Now you have done it, I may tell you I've done you,
for my man, A, is ill, and can't come down to-night." " Done me !
have you ? why, my man, B, is dead, and can't come down at all !"
But pairing, always imperfect, is, in the present state of
parties, delusive also, the lloyenunent needing the aid of Con
servatives, now and then, against the few who still venture to rementber
that there wits once a Radical party. We have released all Members
above the ago of sixty from attendance at Election Committees—
would it not be possible to allow some other modifications of our
parliamentary thmltlom ? Slaves formerly earned their freedom ;
could any kind of manumission be extended to the Representatives of
this free people ? Could a Member, for instance, win a proxy until
that part of October which is to witness the end of the present session,
by proving that he had eat through a certain amount of speaking—to
be gauged in Hansard by the column—or by referring to the division-
lists for a given number of votes, exclusive of Waterworks and Railway
Bills ? Might not votes that are recorded between the hours of eight and
ten—those being the dinner hours—count for more than votes at mid-
night, when the voters
London, England, 1853-07-30

THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER
AT A DISCOUNT.

Says GLADSTONE, " I've a vague impression
" Those South Seas' I can convert ;
" Leave that Stock to my discretion,
"Trust your WILLIAM—he's alert."

" Though," says Candour, " no aspersion
" Rests upon your zeal, my dear,
" In your efforts at conversion
" Your discretion's not so clear.

" Islovimus qui te--eteetera
" (Don't suppose I'd press you hard),
"But you've not, as public debtor, a
" Friend in need from Scotland-yard.

" Public credit so far differs
From your private reputation,
' Pleeceman X.; who saved the Man,
Does not avail to save the Nation."

A DISTINCTION.
THE distinction between Mr. Lkw's operations and Mr. GLAD
STONE'S is the difference between a great South Sea Bubble and a
small one. LAW'S performance interested the public, but Mr. GLAD-
STONE'S provides excitement exclusively for himself.

STANZAS,
AFTER THE MANNER OF SIR JOHN SUCKLING.

Why so dull and mute, my BERNAL?
Prithee, why so mute?
If thou dolt not like our journal,
Say'st thou nothing to't?
Prithee, why so mute?

Why so dull and dumb, my BERNAL ?
Prithee, why so dumb?
Pumping hard at thy internal,
Will there nothing come?
Prithee, why SO dumb ?

Come ! come ! something curt, or coarse,
Or smart or slummy ?
" You take us !" Then the game, of course,
As suited to Joe Miller's mummy,
Is aptly—double dummy.

OLD LADIES.
AT the Mansion-house dinner, last week, each of her MAjesty's
Ministers escorted a lady into the Banqueting-hall ; but it was ob-
served that Lords ABERDEEN and RUSSELL went in together, each
apparently satisfied that they had an equivalent. The spectators were
not so confident, as each of the Noble Lords appeared to be respectively,
as to which of them best represented an old gentlewoman.

THE SLUMBERER.
BY AN ENVIOUS M.P. BELOW THE GANGWAY.

" How sleep the brave!"

How sleeps that STaurr! The man is blest
Who like that STREIT can take his rest—
While WOOD'S meandering tale is told,
When peppery GLADSTONE springs to scold,
While LOWE jerks out his accents odd,
Our STILE= sleeps on, or wakes to nod.

While OSBORNE'S coarsest gibe is flung,
While clings the burr to GRAHAM'S tongue,
While spirt the headlong words from GREY,
While bores the deep Artesian CLAY,
While HATTER'S "dead " and " absent " pair,
That Duchy's guardian slumbers there.

NEW TITLE.

-
IT is said that the title by which Sir BENJAMIN HALL expects to
be called to the Upper House is that of Baron Flamborough.
London, England, 1853-07-30

BELGIUM.

The marriage of the Duke of Brabant with the
Austrian Archduchess Marie Henrietta is now ap-
pointed to take place on Sunday, the 2lst of August
next. The municipal authorities have already
issued a programme of the Pies to be held on the
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of the marriage
week.

The colonel and surgeon of the 3rd Chasseurs, one
of the regiments that lost so many men during a
march on an extraordinarily hot day, have been dis-
missed. The report of the Minister of War to the
King says that the frightful disaster was attributable,
not only to the heat, but the unexampled careless-
ness of the colonel, and the want of prompt attention
on the part of the surgeon.
London, England, 1853-07-30

HARROW.

The following gentlemen were on Saturday last elected
to the scholarships vacant on the Lyon and Neeld founda-
tions :—Lyon scholars : I. Mr. W. H. Stone ; 2. Mr. H. I).
Wilson. Neeld scholar: Mr. E. W. Sergeant.

irtksiastital.

A disputation, consiating of the Archbishop of Canter-
bury, Earl of Harrowby, Bishop of Oxford, Right Hon. N.
H. Walpole, Right Hon. Sir .1. l'akitignin, and Sir H. ln•
gibe, waited on Sir Charles Wood on Thuneday morning,
on the subject of the ecelesiastica/ arrangements to be
made for British India, and specially in reference to the
creation of a bishopric at Agra.
VHF PIM I:NTS A NI) APPOINTMENTS.
The Um.. R illiam George Faulkner .lenkyn, M.A., to the Bee.
tory of Ingatestone, with the Incumbency of Buttabury annexed,
near Chelmsford.

The Yen. John Sandford, Archdeacon of Coventry, has
been appointed Examining Chaplain to the ISlshop of Viorcester.
The Rev. Knight Gale, M.A., to the Incumbency of St. Au-
drew'a Church, North Horton, Yorkshire.
'The lies. }:dsard J. Phipps, M.A., to the Rectory of Susnaeld,
near Clare, Suffolk.

The Rev.. Peter Wood, M.A., to the Rectory of Devisee.

The Rec. Jonathan Inciter, R.A., to the stipendiary Curacy d
Wveratlall. near Lancaster.
The Rev. Hugh Perry l'houtae, WA, to the Hoehn of Sea-
clue-Upton, neer Penal, oke.
The Rev. John Thomas Clarke, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. NUYS
Church, Caniimut.
The Rev. J. 'Taylor, MA., to the Reetory of Creston Reynal.
near Grantham.

The Rev. IL A. Marshall, H.A., to the Incumbency of Bt. Cali.
bert's, Carlisle.
The Rev. J. Fleming, 8.A., to the Vicarage of Wiggonhen, Bra
Mary the Virgin, ear Lyen.
The Rev. tleorge Hales, to the Perpetual Curacy of Binh, 111
the pariah of Middleton.
The Rev. Peter Junes, WA., to the laseabeety of Hie.
Lawman...
The Rev. Frederick B. Maclean, BA., to the Curacy of Ma
Lathan, near Oulabemugh. Yorkshire.
Thu Rev. Georg" Brown, Kra., to the Ineunitient7 of the narly•
conseersted church of At. Juke, Darlington.
The Rev. flew) Holden. M.A., Head Master of the Gramm
uppingliam, Rutland, bee been appointed to the Heed
Mastership of the Durham Cathedral school.
The Rev. W. P. Kaye, MA., Rector of Rhiehohns, son of the
late Bishop of Lincoln, to be Chaplain to the present Bishop et
that See.

The Rev. A. Irvine, KA., to the Ineiumbeney of M. Mary,
Lonartleet, neer Poole, Doreetshire.
'the R. J. Moore, M.A., to tie Rectory of Kelveseteee, sear
Thet fora, Norfolk.
The Her. F. Taunton, M.A., to the Curacy of Upwell, war
%lobetee•h.

The Ne.. T. W. Norwood, Iket.i to lb* Curno7 of North nano
in the parish of Presibury, Cawshire.

VACANCIES.

A Minor Canonry in liatieit;;;;;:•ihedrul, by the death of
Rev. Itieharil Remington, 11. A.; In the gift of the Dean Ma
chapter of Manchester.
The Vicarage of Mullion, near Heletoa, Cornwall, by the talk
of the Rev. Francis Gregory, M.A., worth MU • year, le the
gift of the Bishop of Exeter.
The incumbency of t'orfe and the lnetunteeney of Trill, both
In the neighbourhood of Taunton, by the death of the Met. Sil-
bert Henry West, worth about WO& • year web, in the 1111 of
Lady Cooper.
London, England, 1853-07-30

Court AO lastion.

Her Majesty's complete and happy convalescence
was announced on Saturday last, since which day no
more bulletins have been issued. On Monday the
Queen breakfasted for the first time out of the sick..
chamber, and Sir James Clark left ou
Oshonie-h se
for London. Thursday, according to the Cmirt
cular, her Majesty was able to resume her usual out
of-door exercise, having driven out in the afternoon
with Prince Albert and two of the elder princesses.
London, England, 1853-07-30

Vorag tflatittt an titg

FRIDAY EVENING.
Ms. GLADSTONE'S convention schemes and Exche-
quer Bill tampering% bespeak but little acquaintance
with the state of the Money Market, or such resolu •
lions as were brought forward last evening in the
House of Commons, in regard to the South Sea.
Annuities dissentients, would never have been sanc-
tioned.
London, England, 1853-12-10

THE BURMESE WAR.

Wa do not say, with many of our contempo-
raries, that the third Burmese war has begun,
for in truth that into which Lord DALHOUSIE
SO hastily rushed has never been concluded,
and the state of armed inactivity which now
prevails is more harassing to the troops em-
ployed than open and decisive hostility. We
have written •' more harassing"—we might
have added, •' afore tidal;" for the mind affects
the body, excitement wards off disease which
inaction fosters, and the loss in a campaign
would probably have fallen fur short of that
which pestilence has wr►ught in an equal
time among listless, unoccul►ied soldiers. t nu.
success in the ensuing struggle may be hoped for
rather than counted on. British armies are
untrained to guerilla war the South African
air was felt to be blundered, though no one
knew exactly how to lay his finger on the blot ;
on the Afghan hills we have been held in play
by robber-tribes, on whom we ►aut make nu
impression. Will it be otherwise in Bulimia!' ?
But, in the event of success, where is all
this to end? It was a just criticism on AtEx-
ANDER weeping that he did foolishly, for that
he had more glory to gain by consolidating
his empire than by extending it. This task
remains for England. With Indira► railroads
completed, a third of the Anglo-Indian army
might have been disbanded, the maintenance
of 100.000 awn saved, and a fund created
wherewith either to reduce the debt now ex-
isting, or to early on fresh works of territorial
improvement. But these pr►jects, lately prac-
ticable, are now visionary. Setting aside the
cost of conquest, and looking at the matter in
purely commercial point of view, a new terri-
tory cannot be annexed without considerable
outlay. Such outlay may or may not be re-
paid in the end—our recent experience is not
encouraging on that score—but the original
loss is matter of certainty. We do not here
allude to Pegu, but to Ava, and the upper valley
of the Irrawaddy ; for let no one imagine that,
having subdued Burmah, we can do otherwise
than appropriate it. The thing is impossible.
Our pr►tectorate has always ended in annexa
tion. Lord DALHOUsIE only avows whet many
persons think when he says that it ought so to
end. The course of attars is well-nigh in-
variable. A native sovereign left on it tributiny
throne either anion its to our rule or plots against
it. In the former case he loses the good will of
his people, is conspired against, possibly de-
throned ; British bayonets appear is the dis-
tance. the insurrection ceases, order returns,
and things are replaced on their old footing—
minus the King; it being found more conve-
nient to govern directly than by proxy. If
the mock Monarch be himself an enemy in
disguise, the affair becomes more complicated.
In that case the revolt is better planned and
better timed ; probably embarrassing for a
season, perhaps even dangerous. Still its
London, England, 1853-12-10

PARLIAMENTARY PROSPECTS.

Sin ionxLirEns Sill:l.l4n' was called on at the Agricultural Society's
(limier to return thanks tin• " the unsuccessful candidates." He said
that " he b►ul striven to avoid false shame all his life, but that no man
who had seen the superb show of sheep in that yard need be ashamed
•it not being amongst the successful competitors. However, he would
endeavour to du better next year." Inferences will, no doubt, be made
as to sir 31 N.:4 pUrS('Veni nee in M1141141' plaee, and his declaration
%%ill be the most unwelcome joke which has yet appeared in these
London, England, 1853-12-10

THE PRESS.

plaintiff, who had received some injury, but not to
any very st'r►ous cxtent. The jury as anted Alll. with
costs in this case. In the third caz.e, that of Ellen
Farrell, the company agreed to lay Miss Farrell
an annuity of E.M. a year for lite, and the costs
which she had incurred. The claims of the late
Mr. Jelly, of Westmeath, which had been considered
the most important of the seris, were settled by
arrangement, the company paying 4,500/. It is said
that all the other CAWS will he arranged without
resort to legal proceedings.
London, England, 1853-12-10

UNIVERSITY REFORM.

Tile Oxford Heads have imaned the Report of their emu-
mitten on the recommendations of the Commission. It is
an octavo volume of WI) pages, of which about 101) ate oc-
milled by the report, the lest by evidence. The principal
evidence is that of lir. l'usey Wu pages); the Itev. 0.
Cordon, of Christ Chuich : Mr. Marriott, of Oriel ; the
Rev. R. Ilussev, of t hristchureli ; Pr. Hawkins, of Oriel:
Pr. Cotton, of Worcester; Mr. Justice Coleridge; and
U. R. Rickards, Esq. he number of nit cabers of Convoy
cation who have given evidence is rmall, not exceeding 21.
—besides a riper approving generally of the reeonnnenda-
lions of the Conaluihsivii, signed by eleven persona, must
of whom had previously expressed their views to the Com-
mission itself.
The principal ICCOManadationas and &Polon& ON as
follows

.
London, England, 1853-12-10

14)1{1'1'6.11..

Lisbon letters, of tlwls ult., give an aerialist of
the late queen of Portugal's funeral. 'Else greatest
respect had been shoe is to her memory, mud deputa-
tions With addresses of condolence and sympathy
clad bey,' presented to the King Regent by the lin-
cish merchants of Lisbon, the l'ortngssest. mercantile
4444 s, and other classes. The ilairx acces-
sion to the regency had been Well received, and the
conestr.% was 1111•11 to continue transmit under him
giver .est. A complete el liarl4llll'llllll to the re.
ports or insurrectisalinv bvetsteettm us Portugal, re-
(lives' rid Nholrist, is 101 in-ilea by the arrival of the
packet pith later slates Inns% the capital.

752
London, England, 1853-12-10

RI'SsIIN slill'S ANI► DESERTERS.

A t vT%I.t iv attaches to the battle of Navarino. Not
only w:►, it su " untoward event " in itself, lint the
arrival of the Russian ship named after it with a
comp:a:lion nt Portsmouth may he similarly
SOllle of the crew deserted: when within
twenty miles of London they were overtaken by a
Russian iitlircr Kel.l 0'111)8'14.41 by a im.lieelll6lll of
POrt.,lll4.llth, Uhl, brought theta back to the ships.
Si line persons in this country, represesittl by
Boxy os, an attorney, o'itained • writ of Imbeds
corpses, which writ way served upon a Hayslett
Aker, lie being then on board the Victorious, an
ship. The piece of parchment, it is said, he
treated with contempt ; the s•iloilt were ktionteit,
and thus, for a time, the matter has ended. It is
easy to talk of serfs, and Toast that " the instant
" the slave, AT.," conies to England he iv free ; belt
we cannot tor a moment admit that Hessians are
slaves in the ordinary sense of the word, or that,
even if they were, sailors could be regarded in the
same light as other slaves, or that the Russian
officer on whom the writ wits served is outswerable
for the production of th.' 111011. At the time he r•
ceived the writ they w'ei'r in the custody of his supe-
rior iitlicer. The isiliee Pi.rtsminsils rendered
assistanee us equating the men tinder a conventiesi
between England mill Russia, binding us to ;cite
such facilities to prevent di srrtiuu ; foist it would Is•
MI 111 time to !weak treaties now, when we are in-
sisting that Russia should observe awns. i mee tin
board the Russian ship, the power of the Hessian
supa•nor officer over the filets was absolute : onr
own naval eiasitsianders have similar power, and
oreatiionally reviirt to cogent measures to recover
deserters. Lately, in a Chinese port, an English
captain would not m.miit any vessel to move,
or send a boat ashore, until wane 'seamen who
had "nut " were given up to him. If it be
negml that our men enter the navy vithintarily, and,
therefore, having made a bargain, eats iw comiwilrit
to abide by it, but that the Russians are forced into
their navy, what, we ask• would be said of Well its
pressed? Impressment is Clot quite so out of date
as the reek ; the ballot fur the militia i tint very
unlike it ; snit it the argument that the..e men were
forced into the Russian navy be &theodolite'', and dm
general allegation that Hessians are serfs is fallen
hack on, then our Russian merchants may close their
trade ; for MI Russian ship—and many ensile to our
north-eastern ports- -would tench on a shore where
any one might deprive her ot• her cr.•w by a piece of
parliament and at speech commencing " the moment
the slave, &v.,' and ending with "manumitted."
London, England, 1853-12-10

Fi4,t ttss.

LONDON, I)EcEMBER 10, 1%.+53.

WE stated in our last number that Itussia
had Colalallakated to the Governments of
England and F►anee that she could listen to
no further negotiations, and that war must be
the arbiter of the questions between herself
and the Porte. On the following Monday this
statement received a contradiction fron► the
influential organ of our Foreign-oflice ; so tin•,
at least, as England is concerned. The in-
formation reached us as we were going to
press, front authority, that such a eommuniett
tiou had been received by the French Govern-
ment, and we had reason to believe that a
similar one would be made to Our own. It is,
of course, probable that the literal and technical
lanyw►rye of the contradiction may be justified
it. is even:possible, though very improbable,
that rio•-oomulludestion iu the spirit we an-
nounced may have then been made to our
Government. There are peculiar circum-
stances in the mode by which the relations be-
tween the Courts of St. Petersburg and St.
James at this moment are maintained which
might delay such a communication ; but the
delay can only be brief. It will be made ;
if, indeed, it have not already been received.
The article, however, which, as it were,
cursorily conveyed tl►is contradiction, con-
tained other matter of the highest import-
ance. Let us enileav(atr to appreciate its
value.

The Government. of I,ord Ain:am:EN is for.
tututte in finding an interpreter of its poliey
in the ablest and most powerful of European
journals If we continent upon the represen
tations of the Tittles, it is 1114 herittle we pool;
upon its articles on foreign ittlitirs in somewhat
of the light of state lwers.
lit the article whiell equivoeally e 4 int nutlet 01
our statement, of the substantial truth of
which Ihere 41111 be no (II oUlit, it was HIM 1111 l lieCil.
with great authority, " that positive and ,14.11-
" rite ungligisnients had been agreed to by the
• four mediating rowers, pledging, them to
" maintain the existing territorial arraiwe-
" 'mitts of Europe, awl In Teti 1111111(1A Irish
" preliminaries 44 peace ill the East.- The
pribpositions for these arrangements, we were
also informed, had originated with the British
and French Governments. and not. as err. 4-
11e4111Sly Stated. with the Cl4llll of Vienna.
NeVertheh'SS, they hall been readily unre-
servedly adopted by both the German Cowls.
NVe Were at the same lime apprised that the
fi airCom'et's had IrEtivetlit'd alt I Illee to
to the Porte 11w grounds oil which they Wel 4'
Prepared to Feeolllllllellll alit nil:Ill:4 Milli of
these dilliwenees, and, if nueessaiy, to cut; wee
it. There seemed, Low ever, no fear of this
harsh alternative being had reeourse to. IV, it
11551u•ed Us that the acceptance of the ar
rangentoit by the Port..‘ " eoultl hardly be
doubted."
London, England, 1853-12-10

Sir C. 11'4)4)1): liftben/ .)—that's bad. Do you call my joke bad?
I;y Jove. 1 think it is very good !
Lord tiItANVILLE: My dear fellow. while the fact that you are in
Alec is hefOre the world, von need not descend to any smaller joke.
1,441111. llrssmr.: Another meeting over. and nothing done.
Sir .T. OnAnAm : 1 do not know whether it will induce great
unanimity and expedition at our next Council if I mention one other
little fact which appears upon my memoranda. On the 9th of Feb-
runt y, 157)2. as 1 have said, nay noble friend introduced a had Reform
Bill. which failed to satisfy the country. We can, of course, do the
smile thing again :—but mark. On the 23rd of the same February I
tied my noble friend rising in the House, and stating that he and his
colleagues held Ake only until their successors should be appointed.
(Sensation).
Lord l'ArmEasToN If/mare/0 : Deur me !—was it so soon after?
Ala ! I was not in office at the time, and it escaped my memory.
'hard J. lirwell looks onytily at the lust speaker, and the Conned is
fajaurtsed.)
London, England, 1853-12-10

THE PRESS.

I•NITE I.) STATES.

The royal mail steam-ship Anu has brought
New York dates to the 22nd of November.

The new from Washington at this season is
always interesting. The President's message had
been read in a Cabinet Council. The estimates of
expenditures to be presented at the next session
will show a material reduction, it is said, of half a
million of dollars in the Interior Pcpartnient

The British 3liiiister Amended a concert on the
rut ult. Wheu "Hail Columbia" was played, the
whole audience, with the solitary exception of the
Minister, rose upon their feet. This couduct has
bveu t.,ewrcly m/4140)1:fled rpm..

Major Bennett, who was sent out to Brazil as
Consul last summer, returned a short time ag„,
having negotiated a treaty which secures to the
United States the right of the free navigation of the
Amazon river. This privilege was obtained from
Brazil for that navigation within its territories, while
Peru had already conferred the same right for its
navigation through her territories. How far the pri-
vileges conferred upon the United States by this
treaty have been granted to other nations does not
appear to be determined.
London, England, 1853-12-10

DECEMBER 10, 1853.

attempt to disturb the Government of nutlet' tit tilts pre,.. -tit
moment would necessarily recoil on their oo n Iteatas. for
France is calm under her present :.overtior. anti owls looks
to withstand the dangers which threaten the worla from
other quarters."
London, England, 1853-12-10

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LONDON,SATURDAY,DECENIII It it), i m 53

POSTSCRIPT.

LATEST FROM TURKEY.

Tl►e last nOvices from the seat of war affirm that
the Turks had attacked the enemy between lialafat
and Krajown, but sere compelled to retire to

......
Accounts from the Danube state that the Russians
have made several demonstrations to cross that
river, but their forces have not been sutlicientl)
strong as yet to accomplish so hazardous au enter
prist%
Letters from Constantinople announce that the
Turks had taken AkliaWe, the capital of the pachalie
of that nanw.

The ilttstrian Idowtts has the following :
'• Lord Stratford leas declared that England desired to
uphold iwiwpxited the rights of the Porte, Ht the mho.
• that she wished for peace., without prejudice to the
and sovereign rights of the. I'en•te. Several ship-
wrecks ha% c occurred in the Mack Sea. The Russian%
have takes' a Turkish war-steamer...

Yesterday's Mottiteur announces the agreement
(accord) between the tour p 4 TTr. 4111 the Eastern
question. A protocol to this eircet was signed at
Vienna on the sth inst., in a conference at which
the repreentatives of France, England, Austria, and
l'russia were present. The basis is to re establish
peace between Russia and the Porte, on conditions
honourable to the two parties ; to maintain the ter-
ritorial integrity of the ottoman empire ; and to
acknowledge beforehand (curistater &armlet.) that
the present war can in no manner lend to noslitien
tions in the slat! of possession' which hinin
serrated in the East.
London, England, 1853-12-10

WEST INDIES.

Jamaica advices of Nov. 11 have been received by
the mail-steamer Orinoco. . . _

In that island the business of the Legislature had
progressed far more harmoniously than was expected.
No reliable opinion could yet, however, be formed
with regard to the intentions of the llouse of
Assembly.
The health of the island was better, and the yellow
fever had disappeared.
London, England, 1853-12-10

1,0r41 ('L.tItENDoN . who .'

1.0r41 l'Armr !isms lymanattreediy. : Ile means its chlie.
not sounded, 1I dear linsse•ll. next *law.
Lord .1. HussErr: I don't cam : I don't pretend to talk French.
Sir .1. 611AIIAM : Well, I thought you did pretend. Never mind.
But, now, this new bill clearly does not contain the extension of the
JO/. borough vote to the five-pound fellows.
Sir W. Mot.Eswonm : Not w, at present framed. lint upon this
subject I must request the attention of the Council. I trust to be
able to prove, by logical inference, that a bill emanating from a
clovernment of which I have the honour• to be a member ought to
such extension. My lords and gentlemen, if we consider
the condition of man before he united with his fellow-man in those
links which are comprehended in the term society, and if, tracking
him through the gradual ascent from savagely to civilisation. wr dis-
entangle--

Final e

Puke of ARGYLL : You are &Mg your logie in a► deuced riumsy
wily, I can tell yin►. Why not let me do it t'or you? Take as
premises--
_ _

Sir C. 11'ooD: Those o(•enpieil lit In!. a year I like to
everything exactly before l proceed.

Duke 4,1Aa01•t.t.: Tina nevounts for your never getting on at all.
Sir .T. : 1)4, not let u. be ,:evere. Perhaps I van put
!klolesworth's ea,,e for liim—not so eloquently /IS U-otild do. but
bomorkat more bueeinctly. 1 quite agr4..e with hini that any livtvini
London, England, 1853-12-10

ultAtil► OF BADEN.

The tioveniment is at a loss what 14) do on this
'at li•the spiestitai. The archbishop is ,wellllleink,.4
with addresses, and the bankers of Augsburg have
pliteeil all their funds at ills disposal.
The innernment has suspended its late order,
and notified to the Jesuit)) that. they *nay remain in
the state.
London, England, 1853-12-10

THE PRESS.

.losurt BArEtt, EsQ., of the house of Baring Bro-
ther., is said to be the person selected as umpire by
the connnissioners to settle claims between treat
Britain and the United States.

IN the month ended November the sth there were
5,574 tons of guano imported, against 2,450 of the
same month last year.
Sot•Tlt WARWICKSHIRE ELECTION took place
on Saturday last, when Mr. Shirley was returned
without opposition.
lx Soma STAFFORDSHIRE a sharp contest IS 1111-
pending for the vacancy in the representation caused
by the accession of Lord Lewisham to the earldom
of Dartmouth. Two influential county families will
come into antagonism on this occasion, a.s the
Liberals of the mining districts, after busily seeking
fora rival candidate to start against Viscount In-
gestrie, have at length found one in the person of
Lord Paget, son of the Earl of Uxbridge, and grand-
son to the Marquis of Anglesey.
Tiff: IZt•ss ILAN FRIOATE Aurora was towed out to
Spithead on Tuesday, after soh extensive and
thorough refit, which has made lick' it better ship
than she ever was. The Russian corvette Nayarit'
remains HI dock, being recaulked, and It new
bottom, but her present ono will lots ratchet' up, to
enable her to take her departure as soon us pos-
sible.
THE Luxe-PROPOSED EXTENSION; OF NEW EAR-
RINO DOH STREET is al length progressing. Work-
men commenced on TuesdN,, the removal of the
hoarding round some houses in West-street, Sefton-
hill, which will be the first to come down, in order
to leave room for the new street. These houses had
enjoyed at long notoriety as the resort of the worst
thieves in London.
London, England, 1853-10-22

THE PRESS.

" "The fourth : I will grant to even• one of them as if
he were a martyr, and had shed his blood fur the faith.
" The fifth : I will come front heaven to earth, in the
hour of his death, to have his soul in my arms, and all of
his house, and all het relatives to the fourth degree ; and
if they be in Purgatory h will carry them thence to enjoy
the celestial country of eternal life.'
" This relation was found in the Holy Sepulchre of
Jesus Christ our Lord ; and whoever shall carry it on his
petsson shall be free front the I►evil, front sudden death.
and front other had deaths ; and if a pregnant woman has
it on her she shall have an excellent delivery; and in those
houses where the said relation shall be found there shall
be uo evil ; and whoever has it on during forty slays before
death shall have the grace to see the glorious Virgin Mary.
Amen."
Then follows an account of "the five greatest
pangs " of the Virgin Mary ; and at the loot of the
broadsheet, which is printed in wrtieheil Italian, is
an imprint—" In Ferrara► ed in Hassano. (,'on
Licenza dei Superiori."
London, England, 1853-10-22

20. .Thursday.—l am glad to see that the class of men who are
getting up meetings in favour of the Porte are nobodies. The Peace
Congress, too, has spoken nobly, although I do not quite concur in
all the sentiments. These considerations reassured me ; but then in
came P., and casually asked me how long 'thought DUNDAS would take
in reducing Sebastopol to ashes. The idea gave me quite a turn. Ido
think it would almost break the Emperor's heart. GRAHAM called, and
with a great show of reluctance told me that his duty and regard for
me ellnapelled him to intimate his opinion that circumstances would
speedily call fin• a reconstruction of the Cabinet, and that he thought
I should be ill advised if I desired to include myself among the new
arrangements. Personally, Ido not care about office, but so long as
my holding it enables me to promote the views of certain friends it
will be difficult to dislodge me, the rather that when I go the whole
Coalition dissolves. That is why they are all afraid to press my re-
tirement; and thus out of evil comes good—to Russia. A very kind
message from the Russian Embassy, which comforted me.

TIIE FRIENDS OF PEACE.
The Friends of Peace, the Friends of Peace,
Once more their spiteful hymn have sung;
And now the taunts of COBDEN cease,
The Quaker's final gibe is flung ;
" Auld Reel& " hastens to forget
She ever harboured such a set.

But Portsmouth sees the Wellington,
The Wellington is on the sea,
By no means riding there alone,
But in a goodly company.
While those sea-batteries breast the wave,
JOHN BRIGHT may whine and COBDEN rave.

The Chobham camp, the QTTEEN'S reviews,
The Bagman jeered in phrase astute.
Ten dozen Bagmen's worst abuse
Will not discourage one recruit ;
And he must bawl a good deal louder
Ere " shoddy " puts down Dartford powder.

lie talked of dollars, pounds, and francs
As forms where only value dwells,
For ri/iga al far COBDEN ranks
The thing which no one buys and sells.
The flag that never struck to foo,
To him is so much calico.

Fill journal columns with his whine,
'Tis but the Bagman's stock in trade.
For, gazing on each dreary line,
Through which the wearier printers wade,
One can't forget, the other day,
How well he made such jargon pay.

But that's all done, for BRIGHT is deep,
And marks his friend with wary gaze;
Not twice Will RICHARD COBDEN reap
The harvest of those Corn Law days ;
And " Friends " stand near the Bagman's back;
Who'll give the Bagmtufs self the Sack.

GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY.

His Holiness the Pope, in his newly-conceived ardour for the game of
billiards, has not been unmindful of the claims of Lord JOHN RUSSELL.
In gratitude for the " Ecclesiastical Titles Bill;' which served as a
"reaming " for Protestant indignation, and in consideration of his
Lordship's unofficial position, his Holiness has been graciously pleased
to appoint Lord Jolts his " marker." Mr. KEOGH, with the assent of
Lord ABERDEEN, has been commissioned to give his Lordship the offi-
cial " cue."
London, England, 1853-10-22

Yalu aub Voila.

A Thnecron of the &final Islington Cattle-mar-
ket scheme, named Richard Wrstbrook, has applied
to the Bankruptcy Court discharge from his lia-
bilities. In lsitt a company was formed to work this
scheme, and prtwvisisantlly registered, under a deed
thing the capital at .200 woo/. in 211,11101 shares. llf
these. however. only Liao were taken by the public.
Nevertheless, the company. as represented by the
bankrupt and one or two other directors, entered into
extensive contracts for land, under a penalty of for-
feiting 50,00101. in easy of non-completion, and in-
London, England, 1853-10-22

SW FEZ E IILAN D.

The Federal Government has resolved to support
Ticino in its resistance to Austria, and will giant
subsidies for the e►nploytuent of the populat•
thrown out of work by the Austrian blockade in the
construction of roads.

ITALY.
The Duke (le Nemours and the Princess of Saxe
Coburg have arrived at Turin, muter the itirognitow
of
Count d'Embleur and Baroness of Ernethal.
The anniversary of the burial of King Charles
Albert wax celebrated on the 14th in the Cathedral
of Turin.
A young nobleman, named Count Salis, and several
other persons have been arrested in the province of
Valtellini, and brought. under escort to Milan, where
they have been lodged in the castle.
Corn riots broke out on the 154th at Turin, but were
Noon suppressed. 'Tie ringleaders were taken into
custody.
The Italian journals of the 11th instant speak of
ravages caused by the extraordinary rains. A dili-
gence going front Nice was overwhelmed in a imm-
, twin torrent, anti two Swi,o,s ladies and a child troweled.