The Press.
London, England, 1854-04-29 00:00:00

Volitual aub 6nual.

AN IMPORTANT RETURN showing the number of
married women belonging to each of the regiments
ordered to the East, the number residing in barracks,
and the number of soldiers' children, has just ap-
peared. The number of women "legally married "
is returned at 3,282. The number residing with
their husbands in barracks, at 1,711 ; and the num-
ber of soldiers' children, at 4,222. The returns are
made "as far as can be ascertained." In the list
are six regiments under orders for special service,
not in the East, and of that number 828 women are
legally married, 200 residing with their husbands,
and the number of children 747. Therefore there
are 2,038 women legally married belonging to the
regiments ordered to the East, 1,505 resided with
their husbands in barracks, and 3,475 the number of
children.
MOST of the flax-mills in Scotland are going on
short time, in consequence of the war with Russia.
The manufacturers have more orders than they can
execute, but until supplies of raw material are ob-
tained from other quarters than those hitherto chiefly
depended on they cannot execute them. In conse-
quence of this stoppage in the supplies of flax by
Russia, farmers are laying themselves out for grow-
ing it at home, where, at one time, it was found to
be a profitable crop.
CARDINAL WISEMAN returned from Rome to Lon-
don at the end of last week, after an absence from
England of nearly live months. His eminence stayed
a week in Paris en route to England, and had two in-
terviews with the Emperor Louis Napoleon during the
course of his stay.
ALARMING ACCOUNTS OF THE HEALTH OF MR. SAMEEL
ROGERS, the last survivor of the poets who adorned
the past generation, are stated to have been received
by the Liverpool Mercury. The venerable bard is
now in his 90th year. He had a fall some two years
ago, the effect of which has been to confine him to his
chair, in which he is wheeled from one room to
another. He has of late become more feeble, and is
now subject to fainting fits.

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A Putuac DINNER, to celebrate the accession of
Earl Beauchamp to the peerage, a:id to present him
with &testimonial for his services as member for the
county, was held at Worcester on Saturday night.
The chair was taken by the Right Hon. Sir John S.
Pakington, Bart., M.P. and men of all politics were
present, including Lord Ward, Viscount Elmley,
M.P., Colonel Rushout, M.P., Mr. J. H. H. Foley,
M.P.,Mr. Laslett, M.P., Hon. Mr. Coventry, Hon.
and tev. Thomas Coventry, Hon. and Rev. W. W. C.
Talbot, Sir 0. P. Wakeman, Bart., Sir E. H. Lech.
mere, Bart., &c. The testimonial consisted of a
full-length portrait of the noble and gallant earl—
late General Lygon—by Mr. Grant, R.A., and bore
at the foot the following inscription :—"This portrait
of Lieutenant-General the Earl Beauchamp was pre-
sented to him on his accession to the peerage, after
representing the western division of the county of
Worcester in Parliament for the period of thirty-six
years, by his friends and late constituents of all
political opinions, in testimony of their arpreciation
of his consistent public character and high private
worth."

ExTENsrvE contracts for the supply of hay for the
cavalry and artillery horses in the East have been
entered into by farmers in the West Riding of York-
shire with the Government agents. Three persons
have engaged to supply 3,000 tons.
Two STEAMERS to ply between Hull, Copenhagen,
and some Prussian port, are about to be started by
the Messrs. Wilson, of Hull. This will certainly
be an excellent speculation under present circum-
stances.

THE foundation for the Wellington clock tower, at
the entrance of the London and Brighton Railway,
was begun on Saturday last. The tower will be
seventy feet in height, and forty feet at the base,
with four splendid illuminated clocks.
REPRESENTATIONS having been made to the execu-
tive committee of the Conservative Land Society of
the want of church accommodation in the localities
in the vicinity of St. Margaret's, it has been unani-
mously resolved to set apart a portion of ground on
the St. Margaret's Park for the erection of a new
church. The piece of land thus apportioned by the
committee is close to the Richmond, Twickenham,
and Isleworth high road. This is the third grant of
land within a year for the building of churches by the
Conservative Land Society.
AMONG the recent colonial appointments are the
following :—Mr. William Ogle Carr, Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court at Ceylon ; Mr. Francis Long-
worth, Colonial Secretary at Prince Edward's Island;
Mr. John Myrie Holl, Treasurer of Prince Edward's
Island ; Mr. Edward Palmer, Attorney-General at
Prince Edward's Island; Mr. George Wright, Regis-
trar and Keeper of Plans at Prince Edward's Island ;
Messrs. Francis Longworth, J. M. Holl, E. Palmer,
Donald Montgomery, Roderick Macaulay, James
Heron Conroy, and Emanuel M'Echan, Members of
the Executive Council of Prince Edward's Island ;
Mr. H. Culling Eardley Childers, Collector of
Customs at Victoria; Mr. Norman Campbell, Regis
trar at Victoria; Mr. Edmund Grimes, Auditor-
General at Victoria ; Mr. Charles Heddle, Member
of Council at Sierra Leone.
THE number of steam•vessels registered in the
United Kingdom during the year 1863 was 1,375,
and their united burden amounted to 248,023 tons.
PROFESSOR SOWERBY has just returned from our
South African colonies, after a most successful tour
of inspection. He has procured large specimens of
coal, iron, copper, silver, galenas, and other mineral
productions of the Cape, which are shortly to ho
brought before the public.
THE HEALTH OF LONDON has suffered from the re-
cent vicissitudes in the temperature. In the return
for the week ending last Saturday the registered
mortality was 1,193. This shows an increase on the
number of deaths during the previous weeks of the
month, and is more than 100 above the corrected
decennial average.
A BALL was given on Tuesday in aid of the funds
of the Marylebone Free Library, the rapid progress of
which during the abort period of its existence has been
frequently nsticed. The fete took place at the Queen's
Concert-rooms, Hanowr-square, under the patronage
of the members for the district, Lord D. Stuart and
Sir B. Hall.
A WEASDRE to establish an efficient police in counties
and boroughs in England and Wales will be forth-
with introduced by Lord Palmerston.
THE OPENING OF THE NEW HOSPITAL 07 ST.MARK'S,
and the eighteenth anniversary festival of the charity,
was celebrated on Tuesday by a dinner at the Albion
Tavern, Aldersgate-street. The Lord Mayor occupied
the chair, supported by Mr. Alderman Copeland, and
John Masterman, Esq., M.P. (the treasurer). About
120 guests were present.
THE conditions for exhibition of French goods in
the Sydenham Crystal Palace, as laid down by the
directors, have found much favour in Paris. Several
leading houses have already expressed their intention
of contributing—such as Froment-Meurice, Rudolpbi,
Marel, Tahan, Barbedienne, Paillard, Sallandrouze,
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THE Alecto, Captain Crofton, arrived at Falmouth
on Sunday from Ascension and Tenerife. She reports
having in February taken a schooner, with slave im•
plements on board, which had had a cargo of slaves,
but., the crew having learnt of the approach of the
Alecto's boats, she was abandoned, after being
hauled high up a creek. It was deemed advisable to
destroy her as the boats had not the means available
to haul her off.
THE following resolution for throwing open the
Universities was carried by a narrow majority at the
Oxford town council meeting on the 20th inst:—
" That petitions be sent to both Houses of Parlia-
mtiiit that none of her Majesty's loyal subjects be
denied the advantage of education in the national
Universities," that to the House of Lords to be
entrusted to Lord Brougham, and that to the Com-
mons to J. H. Langston, Esq., and the Right Hon. E.
Cardwell, with a request that they will support it.
THE funded property belonging to military savings
banks amounts to 219,0451. 3s.
&CCORDINO to the parliamentary returns, there are
in the United Kingdom 980 post-offices and 6,012 re-
ceiving•houses for letters; 1,810 of these post-offices
and receiving-houses are money-order offices. The
number of letters which pass through the Post-office
department in the course of a year is nearly
400,000,000. The number of miles which mails travel
over railways in a year is about 7,000,000. The
length of the English ocean mail lines is 55,000
miles, the mail-packets traversing 1,000,000 miles
annually. The number of money orders issued yearly
is 5,000,000. The number of applications for missing
letters during twelve months is nearly 10,000. The
net revenue of the Post-office is now above 1,000,0001.
a year, and the cost of management 1,400,000/. ;
the payment to railway companies for conveying
mails is 330,0001, a year, and to steam-packet com-
panies 850,0001. The amount of money orders issued
annually is nearly 10,000,0001., and the yearly revenue
deiived from commission on money orders 80,0001.
The value of property contained in missing letters
during twelve months is about 200,0001.
THE CHURCH EDUCATION SOCIETY held their first
annual meeting on Tuesday at Willis's Rooms. Lord
Calthorpe presided, and among the patrons of the
association present were—Sir J. Pakington, M.P.,
Sir E. N. Buxton, Mr. Ross D. Mangles, M.l'., Mr.
J. C. Colquhoun, the Rev. Mr. Freemantle, &c.
During the past year it was stated that many influ-
ential friends of education, after standing aloof for
a time, had enrolled themselves amongst its warm
supporters, and, as the working of the society had
become more thoroughly known, a cordial disposi-
tion had been evinced towards it, which gave every
encouragement as to its future prospects. Although
the society was not fairly launched until the 25th of
May last, the total receipts up to the 31st of March
had amounted to 4,8311. 3s. 101 The formation of
associations throughout the country had been steadily
progressive, Liverpool, Manchester, York, Hull,
Leeds, Cheltenham, Clifton and Bristol, Yeovil,
Brighton, and other important places, being already
represented by their respective associations. The
grants of the society had been confined to two
objects—assisting in the establishment or support of
schools by a grant towards the salary of the teacher,
or for the purchase of school requisites, and affording
pecuniary aid towards the training of young persons
satisfactorily recommended to the committee as can-
didates for the office of teacher.
THE OPENING OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE is DOW
positively announced for Saturday, the 27th of May.
It has also been decided that the company should
undertake the supply of refreshments in the building.
Mr. Horne, of the Lord Warden, of Dover, has been
appointed superintendent of the department. The
parts of the building to be occupied by the refresh-
ment-rooms are at the end and along the sides of
each wing.
THE COMMITTEE entrusted with the care of the
fund for the benefit of the persecuted Madiai have
purchased an annuity of 03/. ss. at the National
Debt Office, for which they paid 1,0781. Is. 6d. This
is augmented by a sum of 401. in foreign annuities,
making their yearly receipts from Christian benevo-
lence upwards of 1001. They are fast recruiting
their strength, and intend shortly leaving Nice for
some locality more congenial to their constitutions—
probably Switzerland.
THE FIRST OF THE ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON which
has left for a cruise in the Baltic is the Shark
schooner, William Curling, Esq. She has arrived at
Ramsgate, and will be off in a few days. Other
yachts will follow.
THE ERECTION OF A MONUMENT tO the late
Professor Wilson was resolved upon at a meeting
of the leading citizens of Edinburgh held on
Saturday evening. On the motion of Mr. Adam
Black it was determined "that the designed tribute
should be in the form of a statue in bronze or
marble, and form an ornamental object in sonic
prominent situation in Edinburgh." An influential
committee was appointed to carry the determination
into practical effect. Mr. It. Chambers will officiate
as honorary secretary.

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ADMIRAL SIR JOHN OMMANNEY, K.C.8., the port
admiral at Devonport, retains his command in chief
until the 10th of May. Sir William Parker, Bart.,
U.C.8., will then be his successor.
THE manner in which cadets are appointed to the
Royal Navy is to be brought under the attention of
the House of Commons by Mr. Baillie on an early
opportunity.
NOTICE OF MOTION FOR A SELECT COMMITTEE
to inquire how far a system of examination or other
test of efficiency may be adopted, or further extended,
in the case of appointments and promotion of can-
didates for the different departments of the public
service, has been given by Mr. Ewart.
A NEW COLLEGE has been founded at Lyndhurst,
in the immediate vicinity of Sydney, by the exertions
of the Roman Catholics of that city. The new
college is called St. Mary's, and is to be affiliated to
the University of Sydney, which was founded last year
by an act of the Colonial Legislature, on principles
nearly identical with those of the University of
London. It is expected that the buildings will be
finished before the close of the present year. The
college itself, which at present is carried on in a
temporary building, is reported to be in a flourishing
condition, three of its pupils having already obtained
university scholarships, each of the amount of RN.,
and tenable for three years.
DIES FOR THREE MEDALS, designed to commemo-
rate Russian victories, have been sunk in London
(and by an English artist). The largest of these
medals, which is to be of gold, is to have a circlet of
diamonds ; there is a group of figures in the fore-
ground, with a view of the " Holy Places " in the
background, and a diamond inserted in the sky,
valued at 401., to represent the " Star in the East,"
which, it is conjectured, is to be the name of a
new order. In the larger and most valuable medal,
the part representing the sky is to be formed
of turquoise stones, and in the two smaller
ones of a blue enamel; the design is the same for
all three. The dies are now in the hands of the
Russian agents in London. The order, we
are told, came through the territory of our good
ally Prussia. The reverse of the medals is, of
course, left blank till the victories have been
achieved.—United Service Gazette.

sporting.

YORK SPRING MEETING, TUESDAY.
The CRAVEN STAKES, of 10 soya each, with 50 added.
11 subs. _

Baron Rothschild's Orestes (Charlton) 1
Sir C. Monck's Hunca Munca
Betting : 3to 1 on Orestes. Won easily.
The SPRING ST. LEGER, of 10 sous each, with 100 added ;
for 3-year-olds. 15 subs
Lord Zetland's Hospodar (J. AI arson) 1
Mr. Saxon's Barrel

10 ran.

After the race 40 to 1 ;va.;i.alt en several times about
Hospodar for the Derby.
The Z ETLAND STAKES, of 5 sovs each, with 100 added;
for .2
-year-olds.
Mr. Gulliver's Bessie (Yates) 1

Mr. Saxon's Mary 2
The GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP, of 25 soya each, with
300 added by the licensed victuallers. 21U subs.
Mr Howard's Virago (Wells) 1
Mr. J. J. Henderson's Lough Bawn
I'anson's Balrownie
The following also ran :—Kingston, Vindex, Defiance,
Grapeshot, Ty-pee, Lord Fauconberg, Coisterdale, Cathe-
rine Parr, Guicowar, Ammonia, The Puritan, Merry Monk,
and Jujube.
Betting : At one time 2 to 1 was betted on Virago, but
7to 4 was the closing price. 100 to 8 each against King-
ston and Defiance ; 100 to 7 against Vindex ; 16 to 1
against Typee ; 25 to 1 each against Lough Bawn and
Heapy ; 100 to 3 against Catherine Parr; 40 to 1 against
Jujube. Nothing backed for money except the favourite.
Net amount of the stakes, 2,1801.

SELLING STAKES, of 25 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 5
soya each. _ _ _

Captain Reynard's Vinaigrette
Mr. Wright's The Greek Slave

THURSDAY.
The CONSOLATION SCRAMBLE Of 50 soya.
Mr. J. Osborne's Helena (Carroll) 1
Mr. Walker's Cimicina
The FLYING DUTCHMAN'S HANDICAP of 100 soya., added to
a Sweepstake of 20 soya each.
Mr. Howard's Virago (Wells) 1
Lord Zetland's Ivan 2
Lord Eglinton's Vanderdecken
Betting : 4 to 1 on Virago, 9 to 1 against Alonzo, 10 to
1 against Ivan, 20 to 1 against any other.
The EOLINTON STAKES of 10 SOY& each, with 50 added.
Lord Zetland's Hospodar (J. Marson) 1
Mr. J. Osmond's Lord Alfred 2
The race was with Hospodar and Lord Alfred throughout,
the former winning by a neck.
The LONDESBOROUGH Cur, value 100 soya in specie. 52

Mr. J. Osborne's Helena (h. b) (Carroll) I
Lord Zetland's Comfit 2
17 ran. Won by a length and a half.

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