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London, England, 1857-12-12

PERIODICAL LITERATURE.

Tait this month is above the average. " Sketches
of the Isle of Man" is a very well-written story,
and has even an original incident in it. The
" Legend of the Hundred Years," "Tangled Talk,"
and " The Greatest Social Evil," are all good,
though the last mentioned falls into a far too corn •
mon error, till the removal of which little good will
be effected—i.e., that the women of whom the class
here discussed is composed are invariably miserable.
The West of Scotland Magazine has also greatly
improved. It contains this mouth more than one
capital paper. That upon " Glasgow," and the story
called " The Two Frigates" are perhaps the best.
Part 'XIV of the National Magazine contains the
usual average of facts, fiction, and criticism. The
principal feature is Mr. Thornbury's story of " The
Little Black Box."
The best papers in Titan this month are "A
Speculative Medley," being a review of E. Greyson's
Letters; " Phases of Lunatic Life," and the " Wad.
Hole, a Story of Borrowdale." The magazine is
good throughout, and apparently has able contribu-
tors engaged upon it.
London, England, 1857-12-12

Sittu anb Volta.

SIR JOHN DODSON, at the last sitting of the Pre-
rogative Court on Wednesday, was addressed by the
Queen's Advocate, on behalf of the bar and proctors,
to express " the deep regret and profound re-

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spect " with which they parted from Sir John, as
judge of the Prerogative Court. The jurisdiction of
this court is transferred to the new Court of l'robate,
which will commence its sittings next term.
MAIN, the detective shot by his prisoner, Settler,
while en route from Hamburg here, died at the
close of last week from the effects of the wound.
The coroner's jury have returned a verdict of
" Wilful Murder" against Settler.
AARON MELLort, charged with the murder of' his
wife, on the Ist of October last, at Bolton, was tried
on Monday at Liverpool before Mr. Justice Wight-
man, found guilty, and sentenced, without hope of
reprieve, to death.

THE Two GIRLS who recently represented them-
selves to be fugitive slaves, are proved to be impostors.
Mr. Burcham, at Southwark Police-court, after careful
inquiry, pronounced their story to be untrue on
Tuesday last, and threatened to punish them
severely if they were taken up for begging.
MR. ALDERMAN MONK, of Preston, charged with
the double offence of poisoning a reed-maker, ono
Turner, of Preston, and of forging his will, was
examined before his brother magistrates on Tues-
day on the latter charge, and committed for trial.
THE BRAMHALL MURDER TRIAL has resulted in
the acquittal of the young man Henderson, who was
charged with the wilful murder of his father, a
fanner. residing near Stockport. The jury returned
a verdict of " Not Guilty."
A MR. THOMPSON, of Wakefield, was robbed of his
pocket-book, containing :1,000/. in notes, on Thurs-
day, in the Manchester Corn Exchange. Two bouts
afterwards the thief was caught with the pocket-book
and all the notes in his possession.
London, England, 1857-12-12

INDIA-ARMS AND PRESS ACT.

The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH, in moving for a copy
of the Arms Act lately passed by the Legislative
Council of India, also a return of all licensed native
and European Indian newspapers, and for copies of
all letters o warning addressed to the editors of any
sp lhts, said, the Arms Act, as be under-
stood it, adhered to the principle, recently attempted
to be introduced into India, of placing Europeans
and natives on the same footing; of equally disarm-
ing both, when our position in India at this moment
was l►ke that of the Normans in Saxon England.
We must be armed in order to protect ourselves, or,
at least at times, be in a position to assume the
appearance of an armed militia. His lordship then,
after showing the vast difference which existed
between the press of this country anti the European
press of India, and the necessity which drove the
latter to advocate the interests of the governing
classes, stated the provisions of the law restricting
both. Upon the European portions of Indian
journalism he considered it to be in a high degree
severe and restrictive. Its penalties were excessive,
and ha thought that tha Government would have
acted more wisely in establishing a censorship which
would have prevented the appearance of any objec-
tionable articles, rather than in devising punishments
which could not or ought not to be carried into effect
when the mischief was done. The effect of the
measure, if fully carried out, would be to deprive the
English public of the India news, and, what was
more to the purpose, prevent the Europeans in India
from knowing what we thought of them here.
In an eloquent peroration, the noble lord concluded
by expressing his views upon the application of the
punishment to be inflicted upon the rebels :-
- •

There is no one who can feel more deeply than I have
the atrocity of the crimes committed in India. No one
London, England, 1857-12-12

REWARDS FOR VALOUR.

Tnx debates in both Houses of Parliament on
the pension to Sir HENRY HAVELOCW are of
much importance. While there was a univer-
sal desire that the gallant HAVELOCK should
have his just rewards, not a few think that
Government had acted rather stingily in its
recognition of the claims of our Indian heroes.
Yet it cannot be denied that there is much
force in the remarks maic in many quarters
that the rewards of the Crown would lose
much of their grace if given in apparent obe-
diexce to a cry from particular persons. Until
the actions of generals engaged in service are
completed it might be premature to confer
favours of great value.

It is obvious that there are two sides to this
question, and that excess of haste, or the
reverse, are equally injurious to the public
service. Honours must not be flung away as
if any one could get them ; but neither should
they be delayed until all grace is gone in their
tartly bestowal. Sir JOHN KEANE received a
barony, and pension for two lives, for his cap-
ture of Ghuznee. The sinking Ministry of
those days wished to magnify the Gallant
General's services as much as possible. Sir
CHARLES NAPIER after his conquest of Scinde
remained without a peerage. Even in the
navy some of our most glorious heroes of other
days were slowly rewarded. Lord RODNEY
won his glorious victory over the Count DE
GRASSE at the time when the incoming Whig
Ministry in 1782 had sent forth orders for
superseding him ; and after a life of brilliant
services he was allowed to die in debt in a
foreign country, and was never advanced
beyond the rank of Baron. Nobody would say
that NELSON was extravagantly rewarded, and
it is notorious that there was much delay in
giving him the honours to which he was so
justly entitled. On the other hand, there have
been. instances in more recent times when

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TO CORRESPONDENTS.

ft is impossible to acknowledge the mass of letters we receive.
Their insertion is often delayed owing to a press of matter,
and when omitted. it is frequently from reasons quite lode-
We cannot undertake to return communications of which we do
not avail ourselves.
Advertisements sent from the country must be accompanied by a
remittance or a reference for payment in town.
pendent of the merits of the communication.
Communications should always be legtbly written, and on one
side of the paper only. If long it increases the difficulty of
Sadism space for them.
London, England, 1857-12-12

OFFICIAL JOBBERY.

ON the occasion of a late election in the south-
west of England the Duke of BEDFORD was
lured into a correspondence with a Radical
politician of considerable platform notoriety.
His Grace on that occasion alluded to the fact
that there. were a class of persons who wished
that the aristocracy should be excluded
entirely from public employment. We agree
with his Grace in thinking that the views of
such persons are narrow and bigoted. If a
subject of her Majesty has decidedly proved
himself to possess signal ability for the public
service, whether he belongs to the aristocracy
or the middle classes, ho should be promoted,
and ; the fact of his birth ought not to
be taken into account. Facts abun-
dantly prove that the aristocracy produces
numbers of scions with energy and vigour
requisite for conducting public affairs, whil e
the middle classes in full proportion send
forth, after due training, many accomplished
officials, with the tact, manners, and discreet
boldness required for dealing with the public
business of a highly civilised and enterprising
community.
That there is a party in the country that
wishes to encourage class-feelings of jealousy
cannot be denied, and we think that it is in.
judicious on the part of the Executive to play
into the hands of such a party. The
nomination of Lord MULGRAVE to the Governor-
Generalship of Nova Scotia is denounced as
"an aristocratic job." The appointment, cer-
tainly, is not a good one. We believe the facts
to be that Lord NIULGRAVE had hereditary and
political claims on the Ministry. He was the
Marquis of NORMANBY'S son ; he was a second
" whip ;" and he had shown no talent in debate
or committees. He had some small tact, and
a slight savour of his father's mannerism. No
one could say that lie had much personal
effect, nor could he be classified amongst
" the useful men." Ho was not a ready speaker,
nor was he deep in statistics. A brilliant
Parliamentary career was not open to him,
and accordingly his Lordship has been
drafted into the colonial service; and if
eventualities shall prove favourable, on a future
occasion he will be " translated " into the
diplomatic corps, and get something nice in
the profession which his father has adopted of
late years.

If Lord DERBY was in power, and if
a young nobleman like Lord MULORAVE
was promoted, there would be a great out-
cry. Mr. HAYTER would probably in that
case act as fugleman to the Tartuffes of
the Reform Club. It would be said—but
we shall not even imagine the coarse and cen-
sorious tirades that would be poured forth.
The Liberals are now in office, and they know
how to exercise what the witty Frenchman
called " a talent for silence." They raise no
question about the fitness of Lord MULORAVE
for his appointment ; they do not make invi-
dious inquiries about whether the Noble Lord
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lest they should fail to get them if
they delay. In the case of the foreign
drain this process brings the gold back to the
Bank; in the case of the panic-drain, it takes
it faster and faster away. The internal drain
is artificial—grounded on a mere fear of what
may happen ; the foreign drain is natural,
grounded on a knowledge of actual prices. In
the former case, the foreign country gots what
it wanted—a cheaper aatiele than it could have
got elsewhere ; in the latter case, the home-
withdraWers get what they cease to want, if
they find they can easily get it, and what they
very eagerly want only if they are refused it.
The two cases are really opposite in character,
but the Act treats them as the same, and so
enhances the evil it was made to cure. The
House have decided, it seems, in favour of re-
appointing the committee of inquiry. But we
are sure that its labours will not succeed in
making the principles of the question much
clearer them at present, tz.nd we earnestly
trust that it will not indefinitely postpone legis-
lation on a subject already so exhaustively
discussed.

has ever shown any proofs of ability. They
say nothing, which is just what Mr. HAYTER
would desire.

We shall not take upon ourselves the task
of echoing all that is said in society about this
colonial appointment. Lord NORMANIP un-
doubtedly did a vast quantity of work for the
Whigs in his peculiar way, and it is only na-
tural that the Noble Marquis should desire to
have tho heir to hia Marquisate advanced in
the publici service. At the same time we must
remark that the Marquis of NORMANDY has
already been well rewarded. He was promoted
from being an Earl to a Marquis ; he held the
Lord-Lieutenancy of Ireland for four years,
and his Lordship was subsequently Secretary
for the Colonies and for the Home Depart-
ment, and was afterwards Ambassador to
Paris. The PHIPPSES are certainly a fortunate
family. If the peerage of Engiand, Scotland,
and Ireland be carefully searched, it would
not be possible to name another noble family
that, with such little solid pretensions to high
aristocratic eminence, has gained 80 lofty a
station in the peerage. It cannot be forgotten
that obstacles were cast in the way of the
House of Fitzwilliam when, during two gene-
rations, it sought in vain to obtain the Mar-
quisate of Rockingham, and it is certainly
strange that the PHIPPSES shored have a Mar-
quisate, while the FITZWILLIAMS, with their
vast estates and great services to the Whigs,
cannot advance beyond their Earldom.

We may be told that the promotion in 1837
of the present Marquis of NORMANRY from the
rank of an Earl was one of the `• Melbourne
jobs." If so, that is the reason why there
should be no more jobs in that family. The
nomination of Lord MULORAVE to the Governor-
ship of Nova Scotia was a most indiscreet act,
and in no respects is it more to bo censured
than because it gives a handle to persons who,
with no constitutional objects, delight to mis-
represent the institutions of the country.
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AFRICAN DISCOVERY.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in moving
the postponement of the order of the day for com-
mittee of supply, intimated the intention of the
Government to place 5,0001. at the disposal of Dr.
Livingstone for the expense of an expedition of dis-
covery along the course of the Zambesi river, in
Central Africa. Valuable results, especially con-
nected with the development of new sources of cotton
supply, might, he believed, be expected to accrue
from this expedition.

EDUCATION.

Sir J. PAKINGTON gave notice that he should. after
the recess, call the attention of the house to the sub-
ject of public education.

THE HAVELOCK ANNUITY.

Lord PAL MERSTON stated the course which the
Government intended to pursue with regard to the
conduct of public business. Hoping that the Bank
Issues Indemnity Bill would be ready to receive the
Royal Assent to-morrow (Saturday„ he intended to
propose that Parliament should then adjourn over
the Christmas holidays until the 4th of February.
Adverting to the Havelock Annuity Bill, the noble
lord stated that, acting on the evident opinion of all
parties in that house, her Majesty's Ministers in-
tended to introduce a new bill, extending to two lives
the annuity it was proposed to grant in recognition
of the eminent services performed by Sir Henry
Have lock.
London, England, 1857-12-12

THE ANGLO-INDIAN PRESS.

THE question of the freedom of the Anglo-
Indian press, which Lord ELLEN BOROUGH
brought before the House'of Lords on Monday
last, is one that does not concern our British
fellow-subjects in India alone ; it equally
regards the people of this country. And if they
should be foolish enough to accord to Ministers
their approbation of what has been done in
India, they will find when too late the same
principle brought into play against themselves.
It may be true, as Lord GRANVILLE alleges,
that neither he nor Lord CANNING would desire
to touch the freedom of the press in England;
though we may take leave to doubt their pro-
fessions, judging by the manner in which they
have acted where they have had the power to
destroy the press. But Lord GRANVILLE and
Lord CANNING are not the only persons in the
world entitled to a voice in the matter, nor are
we English the only people whom the ques-
tion tatfects. The Sovereigns of Europe are
daily attacked by some one or other of our
journals, and the sensibilities of the people
they rule over are often equally set at nought.
In fact, the English press, however dear its
freedom be to ourselves, is viewed with an
eye of hostility by the Government of nearly
every continental State. But, distasteful
as it is to foreign sovereigns, and inflamma-
tory of the passions of the populations over
whom they rule—often as it has been the sub-
ject of remonstrance, and not unfrequently a
threatening cause of rupture with our allies—
our Ministers have always hitherto been able
to give a sufficient answer to those by whom
its independence has been assailed. They
have refused to admit the danger, instancing
their own case, who are the most frequent
subjects of attack. They have declared the
freedom of the press to be the inalienable
right of Englishmen, and a fundamental prin-
ciple of the Constitution of the land. They
have denied their ability to invade it even in
their own behalf, and they have rightly, and.
in strict accordance with the comity of nations,
refused a protection to foreign Governments
which they have disclaimed all pretension to
themselves. ,To all, whether English
London, England, 1857-12-12

LATEST INTELLIGENCE

PORTANT FROM INDIA.

The lel lowiog telegram was received at the Foreign
office on the night of the 1 lth December :

MALTA, December 9, 2 a.m.
Captain Lore, in charge of despatches from Lord
Canning, states that Lord Canning received the following
fr3tu Sir Cohn Campbell, dated 9th Nov., Cawnpore
All right at Lucknow.
Sir Colin Campbell cross Al the Jumna in Cawnpore on
the 9th of November, and stated to have 7,000 men with
him to march on Lucknow. _

General Windham, at Cawnpore, in command of reserve,
and was to march on to Lucknow as soon as two other
regiments joined him.
Captain Peel, R.N., was at Alambagh, with a few of his
men, some 32-pounder guns. The next (sic) were on
their way to join. LYONS, Admiral.
Cagliari, 9th December.
Received 1.11 p.m., forwarded 6.30 p.m.
Cuero, Consul.
London, England, 1857-12-12

NEAPOLITAN ENGINEERS.

Lord PALMERSTON, in reply to Mr. M. Milnes,
made a statement which considerably modified that
which he had made on the Friday previous. He
said that the engineers in question, according to later
intelligence, although not subjected to anything like
torture, had been handcuffed and strapped when no
such security was necessary :
They had been confined at first and for three months in
a dark, damp, gloomy cell, with attendant circumstances
which made it particularly offensive and injurious to
health. Their health had suffered, and it is quite true,
though it was not stated to the chaplain, that one of them
in a fit of despondency, occasioned by the treatment
they were undergoing and the prospects before them, did
attempt his life. There was also reason to think that on
One of the interrogatories of a witness an attempt was
made to falsify the evidence. It was corrected, and the
statement was afterwarls made such as the witness de-
posed.

'There was nothing in their present treatment ma-
terially to complain of—they had been removed to a
more spacious room, and were no longer handcuffed;
but the Government were waiting further accounts.
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THE PRESS, JULY 4, 1857.

of their college because it embodied in perfection
the principle of toleration, giving perfect freedom of
conscience to all the students, and thus showing
that it was quite possihle to educate together Church-
men and Dissenters, Catholics and Protestants,
Christians and Jews„ and even, as was proved by that
day's proceedings, Hindoos and Parsees. There
youths of various race had shown that they could
drink at the same fountain of knowledge, and con-
tend amicably for the prizes which it was in the
power of the college to bestow."
THOMAS GABRIEL has been elected Alderman
for Vintry Ward, in the room of Sir William Maguey,
resigned.

THE METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS have decided
to proceed with the bill for the Finsbury-park, not-
withstanding the refusal of the MAW. by
Parliament.

Vrobintial.

THE Emu, OF HARDWICKE, the Hon. Eliot Yorke,
Mr. E. Ball, M.P., Mr. Philip Bennet, Sir Charles
Allix, and other gentlemen have issued an invitation
to the inhabitants of the county of Cambridge to
attend a public meeting on Tuesday, the 7th of July,
for the purpose of considering the best means of
raising a memorial to the late Duke of Rutland.
The meeting is to be held at the Public-hall, New-
market.

HARROW COMMEMORATION DAY was kept up with
great eclat on Thursday, a crowd of old Harrovians
being present on the occasion.

TEE STEAMER Naas, from Bristol for Rotterdam,
went ashore on Saturday night on the eastern side
of the Longships Rocks, off the coast of Cornwall.
A portion of the cargo has been saved.
A SAD ACCIDENT occurred at Wandsworth last
week. Two young gentlemen, George and Ernest
Rankey, were shouting in the yard with a revolver,
George, after loading the pistol, turned round to
explain to Ernest the nature of its construction,
foolishly pointing the muzzle at Ernest's body.
The ipistol exploded, and the poor boy died in
about lourteen hours.

rtlant.
London, England, 1857-07-04

BENEDICT'S LAST GRAND MORNING
CONCERT, at her Majesty's Theatre on WEDNESDAY,
July STABAT MATER, by Mesdames Piccolomini,
Spezia, Ortolani, and Alboni: !Signori Giuglini, Belart,
heichardt, Charles Brehm, Beneventsno, Corsi, Vialetti, and
Belletti. The lirousil Family, Le Petite d'Herbli, and other
eminent instrumental perlormers, have been engaged for the
occasion.

Boxts, Two, Three, and Four guineas; pit stalls, 215.; pit, 75.;
gallery stalls, ss.—can be obtained of Mr. Benedict, 2, Manches-
ter•square ; and at the Box °Mee of the theatre.
London, England, 1857-07-04

THE ATTACK ON THE BISHOP
OF TUAM.

AVE were amongst the number of those who
felt equal pain and surprise at the extraor-
dinary attack made by a weekly contemporary
on the present Bishop of TIMM. The language
of the article in question would have forbad
oar noticing it but for the circumstance of a
leading organ copying it at length, and even
justifying its grossness as " a harmless little
squib." It is not customary for English jour-
nalists to taunt an adversary with " the
" unnumbered favours which raised his family
" from poverty and obscurity to riches and con•
" sequence " Such is not the,style of " squibs"
that may be let off with impunity in London
clubs ; and it becomes a serious matter when
the offensive paragraph headed "A Libel on
a Bishop" is justified by the Tinies. The ex-
ample must not be raised into a system, and
the article in question has therefore acquired
an importance which its insulting language
could never had obtained for it in the first
instance.

The " Libel on a Bishop " states that " it is
" morally impossible that the Bishop of TUAM
" Could have voted against the Ministers'
" Money Bill." It imputes to him as a grave
utience that his Lordship holds the same

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London, England, 1857-07-04

HER • MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
kidlle. PICCOLOMINI has the honour to inform the
Nobility, Subacribers, and the Public, that her BENEFIT will
take place on MONDAY EVENINO, July 6th. The Entertain.
ments will comprise
The Second Act of LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO
•

Maria, Mdlle. Piccolomini ; La Mai chesa, Mdlle. Potna;
Tonto, Signor Helen ; Sergente Sulpizio, signor Bellettl.
The Last ACt of IL THUVATORE.
Leonora, Mdlle. Spezia; Azucena, Madame Alboni ; II Conte
di Lam), Signor Beneveutano ; Ferrando, Signor Vialetti;
Manrico, Signor Giugiini.
The Last Act of Verdi's Opera, LA TRAVIATA.
Violetti, Mdlle. nccolomini; Germont Georgio, Signor Ben.•
ventauo; Alfredo, Signor Giuglini.
The Ballet Divertissement, LES ROSES, by Mdlles. Bor•
chetti, Salvioni.
For the first time, the Last Scene of Donlzetti's Opera,
I MAR RI, including the grand duo, "II soon dell' Arpe
Angelicke." Pauline, Mdlle. Piccolomini ; Poliuto, Signor
Giugiini.
To conclude with the Second Tableau of ACALISTA.
Madame Perea Nene.
. _ _

Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the
Box•of6ce of the Theatre.

On Tuesday, July:, Mme. ROSATI will make her first ap-
pearance in a new Ballet Divertissement founded on Mazil•
hers celebrated Ballet of MARCO SPADA.
London, England, 1857-07-04

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(fieportedexclusivelyfor " Taz Paseo.")

CORN EXCHANGE—OnIy moderate supplies of English
wheat have been received up to our market this week, coastwise
and by land carriage. For all kinds, however, the demand
has ruled very inactive, and prices have given way fully le per
quarter. Foreign wheat—the irnpotts of which have been
limited —has changed hands slowly, at about previous quota-
tions. The few samples of barley on sale have sold freely, at
extreme rates. Malt has ruled steady, at last week's currency.
There has been a good demand for oats, and sound parcels have
commanded rather more money. Beans and peas have
realised very full prices, with a steady inquiry. The flour
trade has ruled dull, and the quotations have bad a downward
tendency.

ENGLISH—Wheat, Essex and Kent red, 52s to 12s; white,
f3s to 735; Norfolk and Lincoln red, 52s to 82s. Malting barley,
98s to 465; grinding ditto, 23. to 30s ; distilling, 35s to Ms.
Malt, 62. to 781. Feed oats, 204 to 225; potato, 23s to 28s.
By., 32s to 38s. Tick beans, 32s to 345; Harrow, 33s to 368;
pigeon, 38. to 40s. Grey peas, 38s to W 5 ; maple, 38s to 40. ;
white boilers, 36s to 41s per quarter. Town made flour, 83s to
sls; country marks, 46s to 495.; households,4Bs to 49s per
2801bs.
London, England, 1857-07-04

Volittrai.

CABINET COUNCILS were held on Saturday and
Monday, at the official residence of the Prime
Minister. All the ,Ministers were present, and the
Council deliberated for some hours.

THE ELECTION COMMITTEES have resumed this
week. Rochdale and Wareham have declared their
sitting members duly elected; but Cambridge, Bury,
Oxford, Tewkesbury, and Mayo, continue their
labours. At the Mayo investigation Archbishop
M'Hale has been been subjected to a close examina-
tion. The archbishop generally admitted that he
had taken considerable interest in electioneering
matters, but denied that he had had anything to do
with the inflammatory placards posted up in bis
name. He had sent round a pastoral letter to his
clergy imploring them to preserve the peace and pre-
vent violence. He knew nothing about the charges
against Father Conway ; if they came before him in
his judicial capacity he would then give his opinion.
He wrote private letters to some of the clergy on the
subject of the election—probably to three or four.
He did not mention Colonel Higgins by name in the
course of his pastoral letter, but there was no doubt
he intended to allude to him. It would be hard for
him to point out one vote in which Colonel Higgins
bad offended—the whole course of his parliamentary
career was objected to:—

He voted for tenant-right, but he did not support it.
He voted generally with the Minister, preferring that
interest to the interests of the great body of the people,
by whose suffrages he was returned ; in addition to
which he had had a large share of the patronage of the
Treasury. The opinions which he (the archbishop) held
were shared in by everybody in Mayo who did not expect
patronage or place.
Mr. O'Alstlxv : Do you mean to say that every one of
the Roman Catholic gentry and freeholders who voted for
Colonel Higgins at the last election did so in the expects•
tior. of obtaining patronage and place
The ARCHBISHOP : That is my firm belief. The lower
class of freeholders were coerced by the large land-
owners, who violated their consciences contrary to the
laws of the Church and the Constitution. If the landlords
would abstain from interference the clergy would have
nothing to do with elections, for they only took part in
them for the purpose of protecting the people. The tau-
London, England, 1857-07-04

TURKEY.

The Journal de Constantinople, of the 17th ult.,
contains in its official part the following communica-
tion :

In the evening of the 15th inst., by order of his Ma•
jesty the Sultan, Ali Glutlib Pacha, Minister of Foreign
Affairs, sent to M. Blondel Van Esselbrock, the Belgian
Minister, his passports, the Sublime Porte being unable
to continue its relations with his person. The Sublime
Porte, at the same time. announced to him that she would
resume her former relations with the Royal Legation
immediately after his departure.
The Sultan had started on a cruise down the Sea
of Marmora.

Lord Stratford de Redoliffe had sent Mr. Brodie on
a mi-sion to the Principalities, whither he departed
on the 10th by the steamer Medina.

I:NI TED STATES.

The New York and other journals up to the 20th
inst. bring no political intelligence of much impor-
tance; their news is chiefly of riot in New Yurk.
The immediate occasion of this contest was a dispute
between the officers of the State Government on the
one hand, and the mayor of the city, Mr. Fernando
Wood, on the other ban'', relative to their jurisdic-
tion over the Police and Street Commissioners' de-
partmen:s. There were, in fact, two rival establish-
ments for those services, each trying to impede or
destroy the other, and several riots had occurred.

A certain uneasiness is telt at Washington, on
account of the threatened revolution in Mexico, and
the late manifesto of Santa Anna, taken in connec-
tion with the hostile preparations of Spain. A
Washington letter says :
There is considerable anxiety here to learn the final
result of the Spanish-Mexican question, fur the conviction
is general among them that Santa Anna has made some
propositions to the Spanish Government which teud to
induce it to adopt a harsh course towards Alnico, and
which may finally result in a war between the two coun-
tries. Such an event would change the character of all
the pending questions between Europe and America, and
might lead to serious complications.

With regard to the Mormons, the New Yorkpapers
say :

Colonel Cummings will receive this week s commission
from the President as successor to Brigham Young in the
government of the Mormon territory. General Harney is
already moving troops across the plains to stypott the
governor in taking possession of his new office, should it
he necessary, and vindicate the authority of the Federal
Government.

The Upata gold diggings on the Yuruari, in the
neighbourhood of Bolivar, British Guiana, are, it
appears, in the British territory, and communka-
tions have been received by the Governor from Mr.
Matheson, the British Consul at Bolivar. There are
upwards of 600 people assembled there, and gold it
sad to be discovered in abundance at a depth of
about five or six feet from the surface. The dis-
covery of gold will form a new era in the history of
British Guiana.
London, England, 1857-07-04

THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.

THE approach of the day on which the Conservative
Land society will entl r on its sixth year induced the
executive committee to celebrate its continued success
by a festival dinner at the Trafalgar Tavern, at
Greenwich, on Wednesday night.
The chairman and vice chairman of the executive
committee, Viscount Ranelagh and Colonel Brown-
low Knox, M.P., presided on the occasion, supported
by his Grace the Duke of I3uckingham, Viscount
Ingestre, M.P., the Right Hon. Christopher N.
Hamilton. _ _ _

Alter the usual loyal toasts, Mr. Robert Dimsdale
proposed " The Conservative Members of both
1i011403 of parliament," and made a very able speech,

.

The Duke of BITCKINGHAM, on rising to respond to
the toast for the House of Lords, was enthusiastically
cheered for several minutes. His Grace stated that,
although he had ceased to take an active part is
politics, his convictions of former dap.; remained un-
changed, wnd he sincerely hoped that the House of
Lords would never shrink from the pertormance of
the duties presented to them by the Constitution.
Mr. HAMILTON, replying for Lis health proposed by
Lord Ranelagh, said :
When freehold land societies were first started he had
his misgivings whether it would be safe and politic to
extend the facilities of obtaining the freehold franchise by
sucl: means ; but he had come to the conclusion, after the
experience acquired in the workicg of the Conservative
Land Society, that it was essentially sound in principle
and good in its results. One fact had struck him, that the
Radical societies, since the formation of one on Conserva-
tive principles, were disappearing, and the conclusion was
obvious, that their promoters found out that giving a man
the freehold franchise had the effect of making him com•
prebend and appreciate the rights and claims of property.
It made the voter, in Let, Conservative i❑ feeling as well
as in holding.
- - -

Several other toasts were proposed, and included
the health of Mr. Gruneisen, the able secretary of
this excellent society.
Mr. GRUNEISEN, in making acknowledgments for
himself and colleagues, stated that the approbation
of such a distinguished assemblage was a strong in-
centive to future exertion, as well as a reward for the
past. He would but add one word, to remind Con-
servatives that the three important elements to look
to, in order to maintain, and he might add, save their
rause, were—'.he public press, the registration, and
the Conservative Land Society. If proper attention
was paid by the party to these three elements, suc-
cess could not fail.
London, England, 1857-07-04

CHINA.

A letter from Hong Kong of May 10th states that
Sir John Buwring and M. de Bourbonlon, tit., French
Minister, were to leave for Singapore at the begin-
ning of the summer, to meet Lord Elgin and Baron
Gros. No important operations were to be under-
taken before the arrival of the ambassadors of the
two great powers.

The Courrier de Paris thinks there is no truth in
the report circulated by the Inapendance Beige that
the English Government, in consequence of the
rebellion in Bengal, has asked France to send more
troops to China.

A " QUARTERLY " REVIEWER ON THE SPEED OF
RAILWAVS.—What. (said the renewer) can be moro
palpably absurd and ridiculous than the prospect
held out of locomotives travelling twice as fast as
stage coaches? We should as soon expect the
people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired
off upon one of Congreve's ricochet rockets as trust
themselves to the mercy of such a machine going at
such a rate. We will back oid Father Thames
against the Woolwich Railway for an sum. We
trust that Parliament will, in all railways it may
sanction, limit the speed to eight or nine miles
an hour, which we entirely agree with Mr. Sylvester
is as great as can be ventured on with safety.—Life
of George Stephenson, by S. Smiles,
London, England, 1857-07-04

lII.—EXPENDITURE AND RECEIPTS. (From all Sources.)

Surplus Balance beyond the Charge of the Consoli-
dated Fund for the Quarter ended Mar.3l, 1837, viz.,
Great Britain

Ireland
41,301,329
Portion of Charge of Consolidated Fund in Ireland
for last Quarter, subsequently cancelled
Income received in the Quarter ended June 30, 1837,
as shown in Account 1. 17,274,762
Amount received in the Quarter ended June 30, 1857,
iu repayment of advances for Public Works, 364,195

18,340,453
Balance. being the Deficiency on the SOth June, 1837,
upon the Charge of the Consolidated Fund in Greet
Britain, to meet the Dividends and other Charges
payable in the Quarter to September 30, 1857, and
for which Exchequer Bills (Deficiency) will be
issued in that Quarter 997,558

V. 9,934,011

Amount applied out of the Income to supply Ser
ices in the Quarter ended June 30, 18V, including
Exchequer Bonds paid off 11,884,673
Charge of the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter
ended June 30, 1857—viz.:
Interest of the Permanent Debt ..,♦!C,30i.26.'i
Terminable Debt
Interest of Exchequer Bills (De-
ficiency)
The Civil List
Othet Charges on Consolid Fund 348.50 i
Advances for Public Works, &c... 208,810
7,655,748
Surplus Balance beyond the Charge of the Consoli-
dated Fund for the Quarter ended June 30, 1857,
viz.:—

Great Britain
Ireland L997,72

397,572

F 19,935,011
London, England, 1857-07-04

Aberdeen
Birrn. Wolv.kStourVal
Bristol and Exeter '
Caledonian
Chester and Holyhead
Cork and Bandon

Cuban It Belfast Junc.'
East Anglian
Eastern ilnior.(B)
East Lancashire
Eastern Counties

Great Northern
Gt. Sth. and Wet of Ire
Great Western
Lancashire& Yorkshire
Lon.,Tilbury,& S. Brkg.
Lon., Brighton ,&e
London and Blackwell
London and Nrth•West.
Midland
Newmarket.
Newry and Enniskillen
Norfolk
Nrthrn. Counties Union
North British
North Staffordshire
North-Western
Oxf., Wrcstr., and Wolv.
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland
South Devon
South-Eastern and Dov.
South- Western
South Wales
Waterford & Limerick

M ISCELLANEOUS-
Australian Agricultural
Canada
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace of France
North British Aug. Land
Peel River Land & in.'
,icottisli Aust. Invest.
South Australian Lane
Van Diemen'a Land 1
London, England, 1857-07-04

THE PRESS, JULY 4, 1857.

alliance with these advocates of levelling
views.

It is to Conservatism, and to Conservatism
alone, that the people of England must look for
the preservation of all that is great in their
character as a nation, and all that is glorious
in the institutions of the realm. If secret
suffrage, and all the long train of questions of
which " Ballot " is only the precursor, were
passed, the greatest of revolutions, that of
opinion and sentiment, would have begun;
and in CANNING'S words we would have to
say :

Though wealth gild our cities, commerce crowd our
shores,

London may shine, but ENGLAND is no more.
London, England, 1857-07-04

BIRTHS.

BARLOW—On the 17th of itter, at the Dowlut Khans, Luck•
now. the wife of Captain Barlow, Major of Brigade and Pay-
master Oude irregular Force, of a daughter.

BUXTON—On the 29th ult., at Esher, the wife of Charles
Buxton, Esq., M.P., of a datqliter.
DASHWOOD—On the 29th ult.. in Great Cumberland-place
the Hon. Mrs. George Dashwood, of a son.
PRICE—On the 2.•dh nit.. at Woolwich, the wife of Lieut.-
Colonel Blackwood Price, Royal Artillery, of a daughter.

MARRIAGES.
ALEX ANDF.R—TIRCEN —On the 25th till, at Painstown
Church, Lorenzo W Alexander, lien., to Harriet, daughter
of the late Colonel Bruen, M.P.

SOMERVILLE—COGHILL—On the 29th ult.. at Drumeondra
Church, Dublin, Major Thomas Henry Somerville, late of the
64th Light Infantry, to Adelaide Eliza, daughter of the late
Vice• Admiral Sir Josiah Coghill Coghill, Dart.

DEATHS.

FANE—On the 26th ult., in Upper Brook.street, the Hon.
Montague Fane.
GRIFFITHs—On the 29th ult., in Old Brompton, Major W. S.
Griffiths, D.L., aged $O.
JOHNSTON—On the 29th ult., at Ballykilbeg-house, county
Down, John 13rett M'Neal, eldest sou of Wm. Johnston, Esq.,
aged 3 years and 5 months.
MACMILLAN—On the 26th ult., at Cambridge, Mr. Daniel
Macmillan, publisher, aged 43.
WOODFORD—On the 25th tilt., at Preston. T.ancashire, Fanny
Eliza. daughter of Lieut.• Colonel John Woodford, formerly of
the Rifle 13rigatlo.
London, England, 1857-07-04

650

night 0 • 4epoys of the 25th Regiment, outside Fort
William, had attempted to seduce the 70th Regiment
and the 2nd Guards to seize the fort. The plot was
divulged, the drawbridges of the garrison were at
once pulled up, and armed patrols kept moving
through the fortress during the night. The next
day the 25th were disarmed. The troops returning
to Madras and Bombay from the Persian expedition
were at once hurried up to Calcutta, and Lord Can
ning bad despatched letters to Lurd Elgin and
General Astiburnham with the object of obtaining
the aid of the troops destined for Chins. The letters
have been forwarded to Ceylon, with the view of
meeting them there. Sir Henry Ward has also been
requested to send as many European troops from
Ceylon as he can spare.
There is no doubt (observes the Times correspon-
dent) that the crisis is a serious one :

The one danger to which, in the opinion of Lord Met.
elate, the stability of our empire in India is exposed has
come to pass. The loyalty of the sepoy army is shaken,
and, unless the infatuation which pervades it can be cot••
reeted and this mutinous spirit very speedily suppressed,
the consequence may be frightful. I do not apprehend
that there will be much difficulty in dealing with the
mutineers at Delhi, who are cooped up in a walled town
without a leader, without provisions, and apparently with.
out much ammunition. But this is the first time a sepoy
regiment has murdered its officers, and the example once
set may be followed throughout the length and breadth of
the Presidency. Tho disorganisation of all civil govern-
ment would inevitably follow, and we should not only have
to deplore the murder of thousands of our fellow•country.
men—for the Asiatic blood, once roused, shows no mercy
—but literally to reconquer the country.

Even the temporary loss of a part of India would he a
moat herions national calamity in every point of view, and
it behoves the Government to do everything in its power
to avert it. The force of Europeans in the country is
notoriously insufficient, and, if her Majesty's Government
do their duty, orders will issue, within twentyfour hours
after the arrival of this mail, to despatch ten regiments of
infantry overland—six at least to Bengal, and four to
Bombay—to remain here, if not permanently, at least until
confidence in the native army is en.irely restored. No
success in Persia or in China will coir.pensate, I do not
say for the loss of our Indian empire, but for any serioum
detriment to the influence or power of England in her
Eastern possessions.
London, England, 1857-07-04

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