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THE PRESS, JULY 25, 1857.

be said to be almost reached. It is true that
some of the native Princes have offered us
their assistance, and that the people have
been tolerably quiet so far as things have gone.
But those who know anything of the matter
will know how very little such offers on the
part of native Princes are worth. They will
also know how little reliance can be placed on
the fidelity of our own rural population if
once it be made clear t) them that our prestige
is gone. The true mode of England's regain-
ing her position is not by trusting to the aid
of men whom we ought to be ashamed to ask
for aid considering the manner in which we
have treated them in our day of pride and
power. If we are to retrieve our fortunes it
must be by our own right arms, and not by
leaning on such fragile reeds as these.
In the same way, while we hope that both
the Bombay and Madras armies . will prove
faithful, it will be but folly to be too elated
on that account. For it will be impossible to
denude those Presidencies of a man with
safety for the coercion of Bengal. In the
Madras army itself and in the Hyderabad
contingent there is a large proportion of
fanatic Mahemedans whom, in any case, it
would be very dangerous to bring into direct
contact with the disaffected Mahomedans
of Upper India and with the mutineers of
Bengal. But, besides this, there are reasons
against the move in the state of the Bombay
and Madras Presidencies themselves. They
are full of discontented spirits inflamed against
us in the highest degree. The rent-free-
tenure iuqurios, the accumulations of territory,
and the confiscation of hereditary pensions
have there, more than in any part of India,
done their work. At the same time the people
are hardy and inured to arras. Such men
have only waited a convenient opportunity to
rise and throw off our yoke ; and the Govern.
ment may rely on it that if it furnishes this
opportunity by denuding the provinces there
of troops, they will not be very long in break-
ing out. We repeat. then, that if we are to
restore order to India we must restore it our-
selves. England must spare neither men nor,
money for the task. That task is one which
no temporary victory at Delhi will much
lessen, and which no bad news from India
would in our eyes materially increase. It is
the task of rebuilding our Indian empire in
the East, the very foundations of which are
utterly rotten and destroyed. To the con-
sideration of this task the House of Coin mons
will have to address itself on Monday evening ;
and we have no doubt that the Conservatives
of England and their leader, Mr. DISRAELI,
will prove equal to the occasion. The man who
most unflinchingly scans the danger is gene-
rally the bravest in facing it ; and now that all
reserve is thrown to the winds, we have no
fear whatever of the ultimate triumph of
England.
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CIVIL SERVICE DEBATE.

THE debate upon this subject on Thursday
last was a contest between the asserters of a
general principle and the discoverers of par-
ticular objections. For Rome reason or other
best known to themselves the Government are
determined to make a great fight about the
small outlay demanded for a settlement of this
question. Mr. WILSON sought w obscure the
main point at issue behind a mass of details
which may, perhaps, be successful in mystify-
London, England, 1857-07-25

MARRIAGES.

BONY ER—WOOLM E R —On the lEth instant, at St. George's,
Hanover-square, William Bowyer, Esq., son of Sir George
Bowyer, Bart., to Ellen Sarah, daughter of Shirley Woolmcr,
Esq., of the Middle Temple.
FARQUHARSON LEITH —At Freefield, Aberdeenshire,
Robert Francis Ogilvie Farquharson, Esq., of Haughton, to
Mary Sarah, daughter of General Sir Alex. Leith, K.C. B.
NEII"I'ON—. HUTCHINSON—On the 22nd instant, at St. Luke's,
Cheltecham, by the Rev. R. G. Hancock, Wm. Newkon, Esq.,
of Newark-upon• Trent, Notts, to Mary Ann, eldest daughter of
the late Rev. Richard Hutohinson, of East Retford, Notts.
PONSONBY—GORDON—On the 21st instant, at Knights-
bridge, the Hon. Ashley Ponsonby, son of the late Lord de
Manley, to the lion. Louisa Gordon, daughter of Lord Henry
Gordon.
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TURKEY AND THE PRINCIPALITIES.

News horn Coustan:inople, by telegraph, via
Trieste, says that the Sultan has authorised the for-
mation of a high road from Beyrout to Damascus.
At a banqiiet, at which the Corps Diplomatique
was present, the Sultan replied to a speech by Lord
Stratford de Redcliffe. The same despatch then
observes :—" After the affronts that the English have
undergone, Lord Stratford de Redcliffe on this occa-
sion obtained a public reprimand of the guilty
persons."
The elections for Moldavia, fixed for the 27th by de-
sire of the allied envoys, had been ordered by Vogorides
to take place, and actually commenced on the 17th.
The clergy are reported to have generally abstained
from voting.
London, England, 1857-07-25

RESIGNATION OF BARON ROTHSCHILD.

A Pt-mac MEETING was held at the London Tavern
on Thursday, to consider the rejection by the House
of Lords of the Parliamentary Oaths Bill. Baron
Rothschild was present, and addressed the meeting
at some length, and announced Ins intention to
resign that night. The House of Lords, on reject-
ing the bill, were no doubt exercising a constitu-
tional right—
But it might be asked whether the people had not their
constitutional rights ; whether it could be politic on the
part of the House of Lords not only to pay no attention
whatever to repeated demonstrations of the opinion of that
constituency, but no attention to • majority of 140 of the
House of Commons They had the Government, the
people, and the House of Commons, all opposed to whom ?
—to a section of the House of Lords—to the men who
went hut very seldom among the people, who knew not
the wishes of the people, and who, in fact, attended to very•
little but their own pleasure and amusement.

Mr. S. MOULEY rose to move the first resolution,
viz. :

That this meeting having heard from Baron Lionel de Roths-
child his determination to resign his seat in Parliament pledges
itself to use its m3st earnest endeavours to insure his re-elec-
tion, as a proof of the unalterable attachment of the electors
of London to the cause which first recommended him to their
suffrages.
Judging from the jaunty speeches of the jovial Prime
Minister he thought Lord Palmerston was not in earnest
about anything; and he was only afraid that Lord J.
Russell was too much like him. This question ought no
longer to be allowed to be played with by these two noble
brds.

Mr. CRAWFORD was of opinion that if Lord John
Russell's bill were rejected by the Lords, " the inde-
pendent members could then show the Government
that they were determined to take the matter into
their own hands."

Aw.ros, M.P., thought that with a "pro per
display of earnestness and determination, the no the
lord might convert a 'sham' into a stern reality;"
and Mr. SCHNEIDER, M.l'., thought Lord Palmerston
" only earnest about one thing—the retention of
power."
Other resolutions were proposed and passed, and
the meeting separtted.
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INDIAN POLITICAL SYSTEM.

The Indian system seems to be the crushing of the
native plebeian and supporting the aristocrat, who reason
and Toots tell us is oar deadly enemy. He must always be,
for we step into his place ; he descends in the scale of
society, and we stand on hi 3 head. The Tyot is ruined by
118, though willing to be our friend. Yet he is the mats
to whom we must trust for keeping India, and the only
one wbo can take it from us if we ill use him, for he
►hen joins his hated natural chief. The final result of
our Indian conquests no man can predict ; but if we
take the people by the hand we may count on ruling
India for Ages. Justice, rigid justice, even severe
justice., will work miracles—it has its basis in the de-
sire of man for protection against cruelty, and cannot
be shaken. India is safe if so ruled. Ilut such deeds
are done as makes me wonder that we hold it a year
London, England, 1857-07-25

REVISION OF THE LITURGY.

Just published, Bvo., price Is.,
LITURGICAL REVISION nd CHURCH
REFORM, the only remaining Remedy for the spread of
Romanlsm in the Church of England, and replacing lier
went
truly Catholic and Apostolic basis; in a Letter to Visc
Palmerston. By the Hon. and Rev. ATHERTON LEdif
PoWYS, M.A., 'Trinity College, Cambridge, and Rector of
'I itchmarsh, Northamptonshire.
London: T. HATCHAP.D. 187,

London: Printed and Published by ALFRED lye, at the 0,t1L,1!
110, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County ol
Middlesex, oh 13atutday, the 25th day of July, 1857.
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THE lONIAN ISLANDS.

At Corfu some seditious speeches were lately made
in the lonian Parliament. The Philhellenic faction,
on the provocation of an alleged petition praying
that Corfu should be made an English colony,
indulged in several seditious declarations of a desire
for " union with Greece." The Government officials,
together with the President, joined in the uproar.
M. Arvitanachi denounced the "infernal scheme."
M. Lombardo declared that "there was no one in
the islands who was not horrorstruck with the idea."

Many voices repeated, " There is none." " Not
only," continued the speaker, " is every lonian ready
to make use of every means against it, but he is
willing to sign with a pen dipped in his own blood
that union with Greece is our sole wish and desire."
Here the President rose, and with him all the
members of the house, crying with enthusiasm,
" Yes, yes, yes!" "Let us, therefore, prove to the
foreigner what we have already proved, that what is
most grateful to us is to get rid of his protection."
Then M. Curi, a member for Corfu, calls on the
member of the other six islands for a demonstration,
and they all rise up, shouting with enthusiasm.
" Let us put a stop," cries the speaker, "to all our
proceedings as a proof of our sentiments toward the
Government and the protectlon." Then the house
appointed a committee of inquiry, upon which Lom-
bardo exclaims, "We have voted to-day unanimously
our national resurrection. . . Yon subscribe
with your blood the union with Greece. Who dare
say now that the foreigner can find any support in
these Islands?" Another Deputy—" He can find
none." The Advocate-General—" We are a Greek
independent State, lice Greece, the only difference
being that we are under British protection. . . .
The question when a union with Greece and the
whole nation will take place must be decided by
time and circumstances "
SPAIN.

Intelligence from Madrid, of the 20th inst., informs
us that the law relative to constitutional reform had
been signed by the Queen. The Pope had also
sanction the sales of Church prcperty already
effected.

Lord Howden had quitted Madrid upon three
montbs'leave of absence.

Tranquillity is partially restored at Seville. Sixty
persons bad been shot, and eighty.five were about
to be transported.

'1 he session of Cortes closed on the 10th inst., and
will not meet again before March, 1.3'.

PERSIA.

The telegraphic summary of the Constantinople
mail of the 11th announces that General Outram
has passed through Bagdad on his return from
Bushire to India. Mohammerah has been evacuated
by the English, but the sepoys will hold Bushire till
November—the period at which Herat is to be re-
stored by the Persian?.
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POTATOES—The supplies are good, and the demand is
heavy, at from 33 to 6s per cwt.
OlLS—Linseed oil has sold slowly, at 3JI on the spot. All
other oils are dull. Turpentine is is cheaper. Spirits, 415 to
425: rough, 10s 3d to 10a 6d per cwt.
TALLOW—Prices are ♦ery firm. P. Y. C., on the spot,
69s—for the last three months, kis 6d per cwt. Town tallow,
S6s net cash.

COALS Holywell, 16s; Tanfield Moor, 14s; Riddell,
lbe 6d; Braddyll'a 17e; Hetton, lme 6d: Stewart's, las 61
Ileugh Hall, 16e Gd; South Kelloe, 17e per ton.
METROPOLITAN CATTLB There has been more firm•
nes, in the trade this week, and prices have had an upward
tendency. Beef, from 3s to 4. Gd; mutton, 2. 10d to 4s .01;
lamb, be 2d to 08 61; veal, 3a 2d to 4s Gd ; pork, de Ad to
tt4 8d per Ribs to sink the offal.
NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL The transactions
have been only moderate, ae follows:—Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 2d ;
mutton, 28 8d to 4s Gd; lamb, 4. 8d to be 10d; veal, 3s Gd
to 4s 4d; pork, 3s 6d to 4a 8d per 81ba by the carcase.
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Irts 21rvgg•

LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1857.

POSTSCRIPT.

PARIE, Friday, July 24, 8 n.m.
The Moniteur announces that the rumour circu•
lated of the despatch of French troops to China is
entirely without foundation.

A letter from Vienna in the Bourse Gazette of
Berlin says :
It is certain, as we learn from a very good source, thht
the last events in Italy, and especially those of Genoa,
have caused the Turin Cabinet to consider that the re•
establishment of diplomatic relations with the Austrian
Government is more desirable than ever. The Court of
the Tuileries also desires it. Count de Cavour has had
several conferences with the Duke de Grammont, the
French Minister, on the bases of a reconciliation, and has
sent an aceount of them to the Baron de Bourqueney, the
French Ambassador in this city. The Baron has had com-
munications with Count de Buol on the subject, and the
latter, on his part, manifests the best dispositions. Only
some formalities at present prevent the Austrian Cabinet
from immediately complying with the wishes of the Cabi-
net of Turin, and it is hoped that an understanding will
soon be come to respecting them.
London, England, 1857-07-25

THE QUARTERLIES.

WITH a less admixture than usual of light
matter, a defect that may perhaps impair its
general interest, the current number of the
Quarterly containing some masterly essays on
the prominent questions of the day. The only
article which can claim the title of amusing is
that upon electioneering, which is a very
clever composition of anecdote, vivacity and
common' sense. Perhaps the best bit in it is
the analysis of Hogarth's picture, which is
written in something of an experto credite vein,
though punch has been changed for " sherry
and soda," and horse-ponds for " classic brine "
The article on the Divorce Bill is excellent.
The argument, without being too long, is
exhaustive and luminous, and deals with every
point which has as yet been mooted. The
divorce itself, the remarriage, the question of
London, England, 1857-07-25

THE BOURBONS OF SPAIN.

The Count and Countess de Montemolin, and
Don Fernando and Don Sebastian de Bourbon, are
now at Baden, in Austria. where they expect to be
joined by the widow of Don Carlos, and by Don
Juan ds Bourbon. This assemblage of the exiled
branch is said to he connected with the projects
of fusion so much talked of at different times
during the last few months, but concerning which
the most opposite statements have been made, and
nothing positive is known. It has been said that
although Don Juan and Don Fernando are much
in favour of the fusion, and I)on Sebastian is
longing to return to Spain, Count Montemolin
positively refuses to recognise Queen Isabella. An
argument against the truth of this statement is that
the Duke of Modena, the only sovereign in Europe
who has never recognised this Queen, and who has
always been one of tho most zealous partisans of
the Carlist cause in Spain—supplying funds, in con-
junction with the King of Naples and others, for
various enterprises, and notably for Cabrera's last
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THE PRESS, JULY 25,1857.

(Russia)" amounted to 72,0551., and the balance on
the Ist of April last was 30,3301.
SIR COLIN CAMPBELL in all probability will be suc-
ceeded as Inspector• General of Infantry by Major.
General Sir Frederick Love, K.C.8., now commanding
the troops at Shornecliffe.
MAJOR-GENERAL JOHN SPINE is reported as about
to be appointed to the Colonelcy of the 55th
Regiment, vacant by the death of Major-General
Anson.
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ITALY.

Count Caroni-, it is reported, is about to address a
circular to the European powers upon the recent
outbreak in Genoa. The criminnl proceedings against
the prisoners will commence shortly.
Letters from Naples of the 10th state that the
rebels are to be tried by the Royal Court of Palermo,
instead of by court-martial. The reason for this
decision is that some of the prisoners of Ponza were
forced to join the insurrection by threats. Several
men who refused to march are said to have been
shot by order of Pisacane. The second in command
of the rebels, Baron Nicotera, an e:-functionary,
who took part in the insurrection of 1844, and
who was then banished, is among the wounded pri-
soners.
London, England, 1857-07-25

AMERICA.

There is no political news of any importance from
New York.
The New York street-commissioners' case is in a
more complicated state than ever. Two more vic-
tims of the riot of July were recorded on the 11th—
viz., Thomas Sparks, appointed a policeman on the
3rd, and John Myers ; the former was clubbed, and
the latter shot.

The British officers who took home the Panckita
as a slaver from the coast of Africa were arrested on
the loth at the suit of Mr. J. P. Weeks, and held to
bail in 15,00(1 dols. The owners of the bark were
confident they can prove a wrongful seizure.
The rumoured massacre of Colonel Snmner's
command received no credence at the War Depart-
ment at Washington.

AUSTRALIA.

The following despatch bas been received from
Marseilles:—

MALTA, July 19.
The Sea mender acrew•steamer has just arrived from
Alexandria, bringing 172 boxes and six bags of letters from
Australia, New Zealand, Point de Galle. and Aden, which
reached Suez, per Shnla, on the 12th inst.
There was nothing new at Malta.
No arrangement has yet been made about the sailing of
the Australian mails. The present mails were brought
from Malta by the French postal steamer.
London, England, 1857-07-25

THE PRESS, JETLY 25, 1857.

PAPERS relating to the Alum case at Hong Kong
have been presented to Parliament. Sir J. Bowring
writes for instructions as to how he is to proceed
with Alum, then under arrest, though acquitted on
trial. Mr. Labouchere replies, avoiding altogether
the question of the legality of the arrest of an
acquitted man, " if further evidence of his guilt is
discovered in the interim, criminal proceedings will
be justifiable ; if not, Alum may be permitted to
leave the island." Sir J. Bowring's despatch is dated
Feb. 11th, Mr. Labouchere's May Bth.
PUBLIC INCOUE AND EXPENDITCIIE.—The gross
total amount of the public income of the United
Kingdom for the year ended the 30th of June last
was 72,067,8211., and the total concurrent expendi-
ture 71,756,7101., leaving an excess of income over
expenditure, or a balance in hand, of 311,1111. The
Customs yielded the sum of 23,606,408/.; Excise,
17,677,000/. ; stamps, 7,364,616/. ; taxes (land and
assessed), 3,007,0201.; the income•tax, 16,168,722/.;
the Post-office, 2,845,0001.; Crown lands, 284,857/. ;
and miscellaneous sources of inc0me,1,034,136/. As
regards the expenditure, the sum of 28,695,020/. was
appropriated to the interest and management of the
public debt, permanent and floating ; 1,706,705/. to
the charges on the consolidated fund (including the
Civil List, annuities and pensions, salaries and
allowances, courts of justice, and diplomatic ex-
penses); 30,261,985/. to the supply services (includ-
ing 16,104,5561. for the army, 12,370,0001. for the
navy, 6,671,240/. for miscellaneous civil services, and
4,117,1871. for the salaries, &c., of revenue depart-
ments); and 2,000,000/. to the redemption of Ex-
chequer Bonds. The balanees in the Exchequer on
the said 30th of June last amounted altogether to
6,611,563/.
London, England, 1857-07-25

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Baba! an glilitarg ntelligettre.

His ROYAL HIGHNESS the General Commanding.
in. Chief will hold a levee at one o'clock on Monday
next, the 27th instant.
CAPTAIN GEORGE RA3ISAY, C. 8., We believe, iS
selected to succeed Captain Smart as Superintendent
of Pembroke Dockyard.
THE GOVERNMENT has chartered the European and
American Company's screw steamships, Golden
Fleece and Lady Jocelyn, to take out troops to India.
In consequence of this there will be no departure of
the Company's steamers on the 4th of August and
September next to the Braz•is. The Golden Fleece
is at Antwerp, but has been ordered to Southampton
immediately. The Lady Jocelyn is now in the
Southampton docks, ready to start for India.
THE EMBARKATION (F TROOPS FOR INDIA iS rapidly
proceeding at Portsmouth. The 7th Fusiliers, 3rd
Battalion Rifle Brigade, 60th Rifles, the 97th, 29th,
19th, and 53rd Regiments, have all been embarked
this week. Previous to leaving England the 97th
were treated by their officers to a day at the Crystal
Palace. Detachments of the Ist Dragoon Guards,
3rd and 13th Light Dragoons, Bth Hussars, and 17th
Lancers, with 56 horses, under the command of
Lieut. G. G. Cloves, Bth Hussars, and Lieut. H.
Baring, 17th Lancers, are also under orders to em-
bark for India.
THE AUTHORITIES AT THE HORSE GUARDS have de-
termined that no women or children are to accom-
pany the regiments now under orders to leave this
country for India. In the opinion of the most expe-
rienced officers this is a very wise order.

THE ROYAL MARINE CONTINGENT under orders to
prepare for embarkation to China will consist of 300
privates and the usual proportion of officers from each
division Portsmouth, Plymouth, Chatham, and
Woolwich ; and one captain, four first lieutenants'
five sergeants, eight corporals, two buglers, and
eighty privates and gunners of the Royal Marine
Artillery—total, 1,500 ; Brevet Colonel Holloway,
L.H., Aide•de-Camp to the Queen, commanding.
Three medical officers will be atteched to each bat-
talion. Colonel Holloway commanded the marine
battalion in the expedition to Kertch.
THE RECEIPT OF NAVAL PRIZE, BOUNTY, SALVAGE,
and other moneys, during the year ended the 31st of
March ►ast, amounted to 88,9511., and the payments
to 48,2701., leaving a balance of 40,6811. The amount
distributed or paid away in the year 1856 57 on ac-
count of captures made under the " Prise Act
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THE INDIAN AIUIY.

The general framework of this army is bad. The offi-
cers appear better staff-officers than ours, but as real-
mental officers worse. There is nothing I can remedy
as a major general ; plenty that should be quickly arranged
were 1 Commander•in•Chief. People here are fnll of
the superiority of Europeans, which as regards the soldiers
is perhaps true. I have not seen the others fight. But
the mistake is this. The former European officer was the
enterprising, hard-headed, daring fellow who taught and
formed the sepoy—the Clivea, Laurences, Bustle, &c.
The present European is a youngster who makes curry,
drinks champagne, and avoids the sun ; in ten or twelve
years, if he has brains and health, he acquires some
knowledge and is put on the staff ; thus the regiments
are constantly commanded by lieutenants. At this
moment a troop of bore artillery bete is commanded
by a cadet of fifteen, who came out with me, and whom
I puzzled by asking him what the dispart of a gun was !
While this deterioration of the European goer on the
native officer seems to acquire a higher grade in general
estimation, because from want of European officers the
young and ignorant command nominally, while the natives,
ever at their posts, are the real officers rind very good
ones too ! There is a great cry for more regimental
officers, because the few there are have more work than
they like ; but no one seems to foresee that your young
inexperienced wild cadet will some day find the Indian
army taken out of his hands by the Soubadars, who are
men of high caste and very daring. Many have got orders
of merit for noble actions. The Soubadara are steady,
respectful, thoughtful, stern looking men, very zealous
and very military, the sole instructors of all our soldiers.

1301.110 E OF ALI. THE EVIL.
The greatest evil is the army doing the civil work, while
an immense civil army does nothing but plunder the land ;
it ruins the regular army, and so places everything in
danger ; our army is deteriorating while the natives are
improving! A few years ago there was not a firearm in
India that had not a matchlock; the other day in the
Kohat defile we did not take one ! All were flintlocks, and
the native princes now shoot with detonatcre. These are
seemingly small matters, hut signs of the times.
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attempt in Cal
to the fusion.

WHITEHALL, it may be well to remind our readers,
extends from Scotland-yard down to Canon-row, and
from the Thames to St. James's park. It was
originally known as York-house, and belonged to
Cardinal Wolsey,and was first called Whitehall when
King Henry VIII. took possession of it:—

Must no more call it York Place—that is past;
For, since the Cardinal tell, that titles lost:
'Tis now the King's. and called Whits Hell.
King henry VIII. Act iv. s. 1.
The King's Palace was seven years in building.
There was a public way through it with two gates,
one of which was built under the direction of liol-
bein, at the north end of King's street. This gate
was taken down in 1759. Amongst his other works,
Henry constructed a cock pit close by this gate : the
gate, indeed, came to be called " Cock-pit-gate."
This cock pit, after various changes, settled down
into " The Treasury." Godolphin, Lord High
Treasurer in the reign of Queen Anne, sat three
or four times a week " at the Cock-pit." Mr. Timbs,
in his " Curiosities," says the phrase—" Given at
the Cock-pit, at Westminster," was in use within his
recollection. It occupied nearly the site of the
Whitehall front of the Treasury,—the Board of Trade
Office, first put into architectural shape by Soane,
and then, as our readers know, made to take its
present appearance by Sir Charles Barry. White-
hall Palace, atter previous mishaps, was finally de-
stroyed by fire, January 4th, 1097-8. The old ban.
queting-house had been burnt down in 1619 ; the
present banqueting•house was commenced by Ingo
Jones in the same year, and was finished in 1622, at
the cost, according to Mr. Cunningham, of 14,940/.
4i. Id. The Admiralty was commenced in 1723.
Thomas Ripley was the architect, and Thomas
Churchill the builder.—The Builder.

THE PRESS, JULY 25, 1857.

LAST NIGHT'S DEBATE.
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't HE PRt B,S, JULY 25, 1857.

of the buoy is fitted with four powerful reflectors
placed under a flag, so as to be plainly visible amid the
dark expanse of waters, even at a eonsideraole
distance. The buoy once picked up, the wire rope
can be wound in, and with it the electric cable at its
end. The buoys are capable of supporting a weight
of seven tons—ot course much greater than they
will ever be requited to bear, and are so placed at
the sides of the Niagara and Agamemnon as to be
launched clear of the ship in an instant.
Sir Culling Eardley, on Thursday, entertained the
men and officers of the Agamemnon at a great fête
in his grounds at Eritli.
The American officers of the telegraph-ship
Niagara were entertained at a public dinner at
Liverpool on Monday. Captain Hudson, in return-
ing thanks, made a rather laughable speech :

I believe we shall have no failure—l believe we shall
carry the cable out safe, because I have belief in that over•
ruling Providence. It is watching over us; and I have no
doubt when the cable is carried across the Atlantic, and
when the electric wires carry the news from one country
to another, it will be the means of moralising the men
chants of both nations. That is, in respect of their wild
speculations. The advantage of talking to each other in
the way of trade will make all the difference. Yea, the
truth ought to be spoken. No man will be ruined by
great hazarding, by the wild speculations of putting
fortunes in their pockets in an hour. They will be con.
tent to plod about the world's business, as I and my
brother officers have done here for a period of many years,
and I am sorry to say that we are no richer than when we
began.
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Caurt and laskion.

Her Majesty the Queen left Aldershott on Satur-
day for Osborne, where the Royal Family have re-
mained during the week. The Prince Consort visited
Salisbury during the week.
Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands has
during the week honoured several of the nobility
with her presence in the evening.
His Royal Highness the Prince Consort and suite
will embark to morrow (Sunday) afternoon on board
her Majesty's yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain the
Hon. Joseph Denman, en route to Antwerp, to be
present at the marriage of the Archduke Ferdinand
Maximilian of Austria with the daughter of the King
of the Belgians.

The Duke of Devonshire has left Chiswick for his
villa, in the neighbourhood of Sydenharn, where his
grace intends residing a few weeks, previously to
going into Yorkshire.
The Duchess of Wellington will give a dinner to
her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands at Apsley.
house on Monday next. The dinner will be foll.3wed
by a concert, to which a small circle of the aristocracy
have been invited.
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INCOME TAX.

The house having resolved itself into a committee
upon the Income-tax Bill,
Sir F. KELLY, after a general protest against this
first departure, as he deemed it, from the policy of
the Act of 1853, whereby that act might. become
a dead letter, moved to substitute sd. for "d. in
the pound in the tax upon incomes for the ensuing
year.

The CHANCELLOR of the ENCHEQUER, in opposing
the amendment, argued that the supposed moral
contract of 1853 bad been based upon an assumption
that there would be a continuance of peace; but tho
very foundation of the settlement had been subverted
by the war. He observed that, so far as the Govern-
ment were at present advised, it would not be neces-
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Mr. this time Lcrd PALMERSTON has discovered
that he committed the capital error of his life
in stigmatising the China vote as factious,
and in resolving on an appeal to the country.
Too late his adherents find that they have
nothing to appeal upon ; when brought face
to face with their constituents they are dumb.
" PAr.mEitsroN for ever" has no charm for
meetings which know that the cry means ex-
travagant establishments, increased taxation,
and a costly, cruel, and unjust war with China.
The Ministerialists find it convenient to be
silent about Reform. They have abandoned
their party, and their party is abandoning
them. When the elections take place we
doubt whether a single Palmorstonian will
dare to present himself to a popular consti-
tuency.
The Premier is doing for the Liberal party
what Sir ROBERT FUEL did for the Conser-
vative party in ,1846. He is breaking it
up. He is endeavouring to establish a
distinction between official Liberals who
will stick to the Treasury bench come
-what may, and independent Liberals who
will not consent to shameless abandonment
of the principles they profess. The inde-
pendent men were to be represented as
factious, and got rid of as conspirators ; the
-official men, staunch Palmerstonians, were to
be lauded as patriots, and to be encouraged
and rewarded with all the patronage and in-
fluence at the disposal of a Government
which in a single year augments the expen-
diture by a stun of eight millions of money.
To carry out this colossal job, PAT.ltEastoi
relied upon HAYTER, and HAYTER relied upon
PALMERSTON. Not a single "conspirator" was
to be spared. The " Infant Hercules " was to
strangle the whole brood in his Whig cradle.
Days of halcyon peace were to succeed ; faction
was to be suppressed; the Conservatives were
to be nowhere ; and a majority, always to be
-relied on, was to be composed of placemen in
ease and placemen in posse. The scheme was
promising,— least it, was flattering. But
-there were tilk material points overlooked in
the calculation. Was it, certain that the con-
spirators would submit to be crushed ? was it
sure that the country would throw itself at
L /1"41 PALMERSTON'S feet?
Since his elevation he has, like many a vain
man before him, lost his head. Every one
attending the Commons must have noticed
his altered manner. His make-up formerly as
un faux bonhomme was capital. Face, voice,
and manner were all adapted to the part. But
lately he has assumed all the dictatorial airs of
a grand bashaw. Whoever ventures to oppose
his will must be " put down." Lord JOHN
RUSSELL and Commissioner YEll ; Mr. ANDREWS
and the king of NAPLES; Mr. LOCKE KING and
the Shah of PERSIA, are all to be served alike.
Nothing is to interfere with his Dictatorship..
LATEST EDITION.
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A FEW RADICAL REASONS

FOR SUPPORTING LORD PALBERSTON-.43ONTRIBUTED
BY 46 THE D-H."
1. Because he voted against Locke King's motion.
2. Because he ridiculed Sir Joshua Walnutley'a
last move.
:3. Because he sneers at the ballot.
4. Because he has excluded all Reformers from
the Government.

5. Because he scorns economy and repudiates re-
trenchment.
0. Because he is an advocate of aristooratio
ascendancy.

A FEW PROTESANT REASONS
FOR SUPPORTING LORD PALDIERSTON-CONTRIBUTED
I3Y " TILE
1. Because he avows the sentiments of a consistent
Christian.
2. Because he is an advocate of Maynooth.
3. Because he has " full confidence in the Roxish
priesthood."
4. Because he bestows all his patronage in Ireland
upon Roman Catholics.
5. Because he made Lord Castlerosso Comptroller
of the Queen's Household.
9. Because he appointed Mr. Monsell President of
the Board of Health.
7. Because he made Mr. Keogh a Judge.
S. Because he selected Mr. Fitzgerald as his Irish
Attorney-General.
9. Because he was a prominent Member of Lord
Abe rdeen's Cabinet.

10. Because he is favourable to depriving the Pro-
testants of Ireland of scriptural education.
11. Because he believes that every one is born
g ood.
12. Because he has fixed principles and a definite
policy.
13. Because he desires to massacre the Chinese
upon Christian principles.

A FEW IRISH-BRIGADE REASONS
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T lIE SPEAKER.

The Queen's reply to the Address of the Com-
mons respecting the Speaker's retirement having
been brought up, the house resolved itself into com-
mittee, and then, upon the motion of Lord PALMERS-
TON, passed a vote granting a life annuity of 4,000/.
per annum to the right hon. gentleman.

ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.

In reply to Mr. A. Stafford,

Mr. F. PEEL stated that a commission would be
issued to inquire into the means of improving the
medical department of the army.

MUTINY 11ILL3.

The Mutiny Bill and Marine Mutiny Bill were
brought and read a first time.
The hcuse adjourned at a quarter to six o'clock
until one o'clock to-day (Saturday).

A HINT FOR THE CITY.
TO TUE EDITOR Or " TIIE PRESS."
Sir,—l remember with pleasure that at the general
election in 1852 the Conservative candidate was re-
turned at the head of the poll. Will it not be possible
to put forward at the approaching trial of strength
more candidates than one on the Conservative side ?
We might return two supporters of Lord Derby.—
Your obedient servant,
A LIVERYMAN AND A CONSERVATIVE.
City, Marcb, 107.

SATURDAY,

A FEW WHIG REASONS
FOR SUPPORTING LORD PALMERSTON--CONTRIBUTED BY
" THE EX-..,R."

1. Because he has never been a lVhig.
2. Because he overthrew a Whig Cabinet.
3. Because he is insolent to Lord John Russell.
4. Because he had nothing to do with the Reform
Bill of 1832 or 1853.
5. Because he is fond of Lord Grey.
6. Because he ignores the influence and disclaims
the alliance of the House of Bedford.
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THE PERSIAN TREATY.

His Excellency Ferouk Khan will remain in Paris
until he receives from Teheran the treaty of peace,
ratified by his Sovereign. Nerimon Khan and Mirza
Ebool Khan, the bearers of the treaty, sailed from
Marseilles on the 12th inst. for Constantinople, en
route to Teheran.

The Indipendance of Brussels gives the following
summary of the principal clauses of the treaty :

1. All the Persian territory which is, or which hereafter
may be, occupied by the English armies until the proclama•
Lion of peace, shall be completely and entirely evacuated by
the English. 11. Recognition by Persia of the independence
of Attglianistan. 111. Herat isrestored to its independence,
and this I rincipality is henceforth to be governed by its
native chiefs. IV. Renewal of the treaty of commerce
between Persia and England ; England henceforth to be
treated in Persia on the footing of the most favoured na•
tiou, and rersia the same in the British empire. This
clause regulates definitively, and according to international
law, the question of the admission of English consuls into
Persia. V. England henceforth renounces the protection
of Persian subjects. \'l. Mr. Murray, the British Minis-
ter, who resided at Teheran before the war, is to return to
his post at Teheran, and is to be received with great honour
by the Persian Government. The isle of Kama not to be
made a free port, but revert to Persia.

SATURDAY,

6art any tasOon.

Her Majesty the Queen and Royal Family left
Windsor Castle on Thursday, at three p.m., and
arrived safely at Buckingham Palace.
His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, on
behalf of her Majesty the Queen, held the second
levee of the season, on Thursday, at St. James's
Palace.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester is
indisposed.

The Countess of Derby held her first reception
for the season on Wednesday last at the family
mansion in St. James's square.
The Countess Granville held a reception on
Thursday evening.
The Right Hon. B. Disraeli and Mrs. Disraeli re-
ceived at dinner, on Wednesday, at their residence,
Grosvenor.gate, his Excellency the Russian Minister
and the Countess Chreptowitch, the Duke and
Duchess of Montrose, tee Earl and Countess of
Jersey, and Lady Clementina Villiers, the Baron and
Baroness James de Rothschild and Baroness
Nathaniel de Rothschild, the Earl of Cardigan, the
Bishop of Oxford, Comte de Lagrane, Lord Robert
Cecil, Lord Adolphus Vane Tempest, and Sir James
Fergusson.
Viscount Palmerston and her Majesty's Ministers
have intimated their acceptance of an invitation from
the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor to partake of a
banquet, at the Mansion-house, on Friday next, the
20th instant. Cards have been issued to members
of both Houses of Parliament, and other distin-
guished guests.
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MAttat 14,1857.

gable for ships of some burden provided they enter with
the tides; but he would not recommend a gunboat to be
sent up the river, although a very large vessel could go up.
;Greta difficulty would doubtless have to be encountered
during the months that the river is full, yet it would be
-advisable, in any attempt to ascertain its navigability. to
send a vessel of the very lightest draught, because they
might get stuck on some bank in a very unhealthy part of
the river, and the whole attempt he frustrated by disease.
About .NO miles in length of the river was navigable before
the first rapid was encountered, and that being passed
about digo miles more was tree from difficulty. He con•
sidered, and he was borne out in his opinion by that of
Captain Hoskyns, that it would he most valuable for com•
miercial purposes. He did not suppose for a moment that
a great trail' would immediately spring up, but he had
sufficient confidence in the internal resources of the country
,on this river that he intended to devote the remainder of
ids life to developing them. He was convinced that a
legitimate commerce with that part of the world would
have the effect of abolishing the slave trade there. Among
other articles of commerce to be found in great abundance
Irene ivory and indigo, the latter of which was of a wild de•
scnption. He thought the productions of the country
would amply repay any research that might be undertaken.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—The length to which the
'Election Intelligence extends, compels us to post-
pone our notice of the production at this theatre of
Richard the Second until next week.
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is asked in the House of Commons whether he
intends to propose to the Crown to confer any mark
of honour upon these gentlemen. He answers
" No ;" that he does not deem their services such as
would entitle them to a mark of honour, and that
be does not think such advice ought to be tendered
to the Sovereign. A motion is given notice of ;it is
brought forward ; but before it is so brought forward
the question is repeated to the noble viscount. He
repeats his answer that it is not consistent with his
duty to offer that advice to the Crown. He, there-
fore, opposes the motion ; the debate goes on ; he
feels that there is a pressure of the house against
him, and on the eve of a dissolution of Parliament,
upon the pressure of the House of Commons, in a
matter deeply touching the honours bestowed by the
Crown, he consents to give the Sovereign that advice
which, a few brief moments before, he bad declared
to the assembled Legislature that he felt it in-
consistent with his duty to give. (Hear, hear.)
I say, then, " Can I have confidence in the Minis-
ter who so readily 'gives way before [the slightest
pressure?" and I will venture ',to say that, on that
occasion also, had the matter gone to the division to
which it was about to go, and in:which undoubtedly
he would have been defeated, we should have heard
that a factious combination and an unnatural coali-
tion had led to the overthrow of his Government ;
and
-this too from him who served the purpose of
this " coalition " by conceding the very point at
issue, and conceding it in a manner incompatible
with the dignity of the Crown and with his duty to
his Sovereign. (Cheers.)

I know, my lords, that I have grievously trespassed
on the patience and kind
,indulgence of the house ;
bat I shall not detain you for many minutes longer.
If I am asked what course I think it desirable
should be pursued in the next Parliament by those
who do me the honour of consulting me, I should
say that I hold it to be their bounden duty to adhere
to their own principles and their own convictions,
irrespective of the quarter from which any proposi
Lion may come. My lords, if we find that the noble
viscount—avoiding and resisting all dangerous inno-
vations and organic changes—maintains stedfastly
the great institutions of the realm, and seeks only
such reforms in our social system as may safely and
properly combine the exertions of all true lovers of
their country—in that case I take the liberty of
assuring him most confidently that from the Con-
servative party he shall meet with no factious oppo-
sition—from them ho need dread no " unprincipled
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TURKEY.

A despatch from Constantinople of the 6th inst.
announces that Admiral Lyons, in an order of the
day, has pointed out the order of departure of the
vessels of his squadron from the Bosphorus. They
are to leave in succession, and repair to Malta, where
they will all assemble before proceeding to England.
Admiral Lyons himself will leave Constantinople on
the 15th, in the Royal Albert, at which time the
only vessel remaining will be the Miranda, attached
to the service of the English Embassy.
The regulations for the bank at Constantinople
have been distinctly approved, but with important
modifications.