The Press.
London, England, 1854-08-26 00:00:00

Volitual an 6traral.

Mn. HOLMAN, the governor of the Devonport
Prison, has been appointed governor of the Mon-
mouth County Gaol. There were eighty-three candi-
dates. Mr. Holman was formerly connected with the
London newspaper press.
THE formation of the direct line of street in lieu of
the old circuitous avenues from Farringdon-street
north to Clerkenwell-green has of late been steadily
advancing. The immense block of houses between
its starting-point and termination, comprising many
hundred buildings, has been gradually disappearing;
and a large number are still being pulled down or
vacated for an early demolition. The line is now
pretty clearly marked out.
IT appears from a parliamentary paper just printed
that during the late session forty-two select commit-
tees were appointed. 270 members served upon
those committees. _

AN interesting conference of teachers of the public
schools in the western counties was held on Satur-
day last at Tortworth. Mr. J. Bowstead, her Majesty's
inspector of British schools, presided on the occa-
sion.
THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH has now been com-
pleted at Commodore Superintendent John Shep
herd's (Aces at Woolwich, by which immediate com-
munications can be despatched between Woolwich
and Whitehall, Somerset-house, Chatham, and Dept-
ford.

THE PRESS.

A LETTER from Memel says that the harvest this
year in Eastern Prussia, Lithuania, and in Poland
will be very abundant, and far exceed general expec-
tation.

AN EXTENSIVE FIELD OF IRONSTONE has recently
been discovered at Rosedale, near Pickering, on the
property of R. Kitchen, Esq. A sample of the stone
has been analysed, and found to contain no less than
67 per cent. of pure iron. The yield of the stone
doubles that of any other in the district. Its rich.
ness, indeed, seems almost incredible.

THE NUMBER OF PETITIONS FOR PRIVATE BELLS
deposited in the Private Bill-office for the last ses-
sion was 836.

SULIMAN PACHA, the General Commander in-Chief
in Egypt, accompanied by Skander Bey, Mourad
Effendi, the Hon. A. Murray, and suite, visited
Manchester on Tuesday. They inspected several
manufactories of the town, and at one o'clock were
received on 'Change by a large number of the mer-
chants ond manufacturers.

TEE ACCEPTANCES OF MESSRS. MORPURGO AND CO.
were refused on Tuesday in Lombard street. The
firm were largely engaged in the Italian trade. Their
liabilities are understood to be heavy, and the failure
has some connection with Messrs. Gopsevitch's tem-
porary suspension some time ago. In the Court of
Bankruptcy, on the same day, Saverio Castelli and
Giovanni Baptista Guistiniani, members of the late
firm of Castelli, Guistiniani, and Co., trading in Lon-
don and Italy, having failed to surrender to pass
their examination, were proclaimed outlaws in the
usual form.

THE sentence of death passed upon Sarah Feather-
stone, at the last Chester Assizes, for the murder of
her child, has been commuted to penal servitude for
life. The prisoner was recommended to mercy by
the jury.
SIR Wrm.tAnt MOLESWORTH, Chief Commissioner
of her Majesty's Works, !cc., was in Edinburgh last
week, and, accompanied by Mr. Matheson, inspected
the palace of Holyrood and the other public build-
ings. The new palmhouse at the Royal Botanic
Gardens, for which a parliamentary grant of 6,0001.
has been obtained, will be immediately proceeded
with ; and the improvement of the present wretched
approaches to the palace will also receive favourable
consideration in the proper quarter. Sir William
and Lady Molesworth left on Saturday for the
Highlands.
THE REPORT OF THE DEATH OF MR. HALE, the
manufacturer of rockets without a stick, is incorrect,
as letters were received from that gentleman in
London on Saturday from Constantinople in which
he states that he is quite well.
THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL CONGRESS of the British
Archreological Society commenced on Monday at
Chepstow, long famed for its ancient castle and pic-
turesque neighbourhood. The proceedings have ex-
tended over the whole week, comprising visits to all
the most remarkable objects of interest, either from
the historic associations connected with them or the
natural beauty of the scenery in their localities, and
including excursions to Tiutern Abbey, Raglan,
Newport and Caldicott Castles, Llandaff Cathedral,
various tumuli, remains of Roman encampments,
old mansions and monuments, the Wyndcliffe,
Piercefield, and many other picturesque localities
along the principal points of attraction to tourists
in Monmouthshire and South Wales. The meeting
has been held under the patronage of the Bishop
of Llandaff.
THE Spanish Consul-General in London, Senor
Mora, is to be removed from his post. It is said that
Don Mariano Carsi will replace him.
THE BARON STOCKMAR, whose death was announced
last week, is not the one who is so well known in this
country, but his younger brother, Baron Charles
Stockmar, who resided at Munich.
THE PLANS FOR A NEW DOCK, 000 feet in length,
in Portsmouth Dockyard, are ordered to be imme-
diately prepared by the engineer department of the
Admiralty, the board having, at their visit just ter-
minated at Portsmouth, resolved to construct a dock
of the above dimensions, to communicate from the
harbour to the steam-basin dock now in use. This
addition is only wanted to make Portsmouth Doek-
yard the most complete in dock accommodation of
any of her Majesty's naval establishments.
A SHIPBUIIADER at Chester has stopped payment
with liabilities reported at nearly 100,0001., of which
40,0001. is owing for timber, and 18,0001. for iron. A
large shipping company at Liverpool are among the
creditors, having advanced 25,000/. on a vessel build-
ing for them.

THE GOVERSF.R OF COLDBATH FIELDS PRISON, Mr.
Chesterton, has resigned his appointment after
twenty.five years' service. His letter of resignation
was read at the meeting of Middlesex magistrates on
Thursday, and a reqnest made to him to continue his
functions until a successor could be appointed. The
chairman, Mr. Armstrong, at the same time recom-
mended that a retiring allowance of 3331. 6s. Bd. per
annum should be granted him. An amendment was,
however, moved increasing the sum to 4001. a year,
and the ultimate decision was accordingly adjourned.

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THE convocation of the prelates and clergy of the
province of Canterbury was on Thursday again pro-
rogued at the Jerusalem-chamber by the Vicar-
General, Dr. Twiss, under a commission from the
Archbishop of Canterbury, to Friday, October 20.
THE Moniteur announces, we believe for the tint
time, the receipt of " conscience-money." Some un-
known person, it states, has paid 100 f. (Al.) through
the medium of a Sister of Charity to the Treasury,
being the amount underpaid on account of succession
duty.

ARCHDEACON WILBERFORCE, in accordance with
his intimation, that be would interpose no technical
opposition to the proceeding necessary to obtain a
judicial decision upon the doctrines contained in his
late work, has furnished the Rev. W. Brock, of
Bishop's Waltham, with the following document :
"BUICTON AGNES, July 16.—1 am the author of a work
entitled ' The Doctrine of the Holy Eucharist,' recently
published by J. and C. Mosley, Paternoster-row, and J.
H. Parker, Oxford. They had my authority for publishing
it, and I shall be willing to take any steps by which I may
make myself legally responsible for its contents iu this or
any other diocese."
IT is said to be in contemplation to alter the dress
and equipment of the Royal Marine Corps. This
efficient arm of the service, now some 15,000 strong,
is to be changed into a rifle corps; and as on laud-
ing they are usually the first to be employed in
skirmishing, and placed in the post of danger, it is
proper that they should be clothed and armed in the
most effective and convenient manner. The altera-
tion of the uniform, if carried out, will also render
them less conspicuous, and be much more suited to
sea service, whilst the rifle will place them on an
equality with the land forces against whom they may
be called to act.

THE following regiments have just been ordered
home from North America:-54th Regiment, Both
Regiment, 71st Reserve Battalion, 72nd Regiment.
A LETTER from Chamonix, in the Saroy Gazette,
states that another new ascent of Mont Blanc has
just Taken place, having been accomplished by Mr.
Blackwell, a young Englishman, 22 years of age.
During the ascent Mr. Blackwell observed a rather
singular phenomenon. In the night of the 10th,
after eleven o'clock, a guide, having come out from
the cabin of the Grands Mulets, saw the ridges of
the mountain cluster all on fire. He communicated
what he had observed to his companions, who all
wished to assure themselves of the fact, and they
then saw that, through the electricity generated by
the tempest, all the rocks of the Grands Mulets were
illuminated. They found the same phenomenon on
their own persons. When they raised their arms
their fingers became phosphorescent.
Tux subscription for the monument toWrofessor
Wilson progresses most favourably, and already
exceeds 9001. The sum required is about 1,4001.
Jr is stated that Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Wil
bralim, 7th Royal Fusiliers, is to receive the ap-
pointment of Assistant Adjutant-General, vacant
by the death of Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. L.
Maule.

A PARLIAMENTARY RETURN issued OD Saturday
states that Mr. Swahey's defalcations, as late Registrar
of the Admiralty, in Exchequer Bills and in the
Crown funds, with respect to slave-vessels captured,
was 26,7001.
THE LORDS OF THE TREASURY, upon the recom-
mendation of Viscount Canning, Postmaster-General,
have awarded Mr. John Dicker, inspector of mails,
the sum of 50()1., as a compensation for his invention
of an apparatus for transferring mail bags to and
from railway-carriages at full speed without stopping.
THE Hull Packet states that the Bishop of Bath
and Wells has refused to sign letters of request for
bringing the case of Archdeacon Denison to trial.
THE ADMIRERS OF CRICKET will be sorry to learn
that Lillywhite, the celebrated player, died at Islington
on Tuesday of the prevailing epidemic. The de-
ceased was much respected by the cricketing world,
who gave him the title of " The Nonpareil." It was
he who introduced round bowling.
MR. W. HARRISON, the tenor singer, with Miss
Louisa Pyne, accompanied by Miss Pyne and Sig.
Borrani, took their departure on Wednesday from
Liverpool in the Pacific steamer for New York, on a
professional tour.
THE Royal Albert, 120 guns, Captain Little,
having completed her fittings, is to be taken out of
dock at Sheerness this day (Saturday), being his
Royal Highness Prince Albert's birthday.
THE Globe has "authority to state " that Mr.
Lawley's duties as private secretary to the Chancellor
of the Exchequer were only temporarily continued,
and that they have now ceased.
Ma. PARKHURST has been appointed chief clerk to
the secretary of the General Post-office, in the room
of Mr. Godly, deceased.
ON Saturday evening the Honourable East India
Company gave a banquet at the London Tavern.
Covers were laid for one hundred guests.
Ma. Cotounoittg, long the British Consul at Bu-
charest, has re-established himself in his former
position, to the great satisfaction of the inhabitants
of the city.