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LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1854.

POSTSCRIPT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY.
The Youthful Offenders', the Convict Prisons, and
one or two other bills passed through committee.
On the motion that the Sale of Beer Bill be read a
third time,
The Earl of SHAFTESERUY moved the reinstate-
ment of the clause by which public-houses on Sun-
day were only allowed to open from one to half-past
two, and six to ten.
The Bishop of Losnow supported the motion,
which was opposed by the Marquis of asistaxcennE.
The clause was carried by 24 to IS.
The bill wa; read a third time and passed.
The house adjourned at seven o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY.
The hcuse met at noon, and resumed the con-
sideration in committee of the Militia (No. 2) Bill.
An amendment to clause 4, providing that half the
expenses of militia storehouses and barracks should
be borne by the Consolidated Fund, was proposed by
Mr. It. Palmer. Lord Palmerston, Mr. Wilson, and
Mr. S. Herbert opposed the amendment, which was
nevertheless carried against the Government by a
majority of 85 to 60--25.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then stated
that, after the adoption of so important a change, the
Government must take time to consider whether
they should proceed with the bill.
The remaining clauses of the measure were then
agreed to, and the bill went through committee.
The Militia (Scotland) Bill also passed through
committee.
The house adjournid t four and resumed at six
o'clock.
Colonel BLAIR, in inquiring if the despatches
respecting the death of Captain Parker could be pro-
duced, complained of the charge of rashness which
had been preferred against that gallant officer.
Sir J. GRAHAM said that the statement alluded to
had given great pain to the relations of Captain
Parker. The comments on his conduct were, cer-
tainly, hastily penned. The despatches from Ad-
miral Dundas would be made public in a few days.
Captain Parker had acted throughout without rash-
ness. He had destroyed the outer batteries, after
which, in reconnoitring the inner batteries, he felt
it necessary to order a fresh attack, and in that
attack he was shot through the heart. The British
public was somewhat unreasonable. If nothing was
done there was a complaint of inaction; if daring
feats were performed there was an outcry against
rashness and foolhardiness. Sir J. Graham con•
eluded his statement with a warm euloglum on
Captain Parker, which was received with loud
cheers.
Mr. DISRAELI then rose to correct his statement of
the previous night respecting the lease of Montague-
house, for the renewal of which he had blamed the
Government. He was himself, he admitted, respon-
sible for it. In 1852 the question of house leases
was brought before him, and he strongly objected to
any renewals in the vicinity of the public offices
The lease was thus refused on the first application.
Afterwards he thought Montague-house possessed fair
olaims to the renewal, which was granted at the
second application. He had yielded to the advice of
his colleagues, and was, therefore, solely responsible
for the procedure.
London, England, 1854-07-29

FRASER'S MAGAZINE for AUGUST,
Price 2S. 6d., or by post Is., contains :
The Russian Army
Haydon's Picture of Napoleon Musing
" Glorious John."
General Idounee. By the Author of " Dlgby Grand." Chaps.
XV., XVI., and XVII.
The Aquarium
A Chapter on OW
Photographs from Russian Life
Sketches of Campaigning Life--I. The Storming of DadaJos
Neglected Health
Politics and Pronunciamentos of Spain.
London : Joni; W. PARKER and Sou, West Strand.

QHARPE'S LONDON MAGAZINE
►►J3 for AUGUST, price One Shilling. contains :
The Adventurer, by Terence Tierney, Author of " My Old
Lodger"
Studies of Great Atrthors—Ariosto, b
ey W, W. Fyfe
" The Latest Intelligence," a Ley of 'I he Timm, by Alfred W. Cole
Harry Coverdale's Courtship, by F. E. Suiedl+l
The Circassian Tribes and Sehainyl
Dame Pagsley's Well, a Legend of the Civil Wars, by J. A.
SL John
Slater Pictures—Stamboul and Albania—with 'lwo Illustrations

on steel
Progress uf Russia—Second Article.
Lucky People, by W. Wig/tail
Egyptian Villager,
Henrietta Sontag, a Musical Retrospect
Notices of New Boats, &e. etc.
London; Vtirres, HALL, and VircruE, 25, Paternoster•row.
London, England, 1854-07-29

MR. ALFORD'S NEW VOLUME OF SERMONS.
In small Bvo., price 7s. 6d.,
nUEBEC CHAPEL SERMONS,
preached in the former half of 1834.
't
By HENRY ALFORD, 8.D., Minister of the Chapel;
Editor of a New Edition of the Greek Testament, with
English Notes.
RITINGTONS, Waterloo-plare.
London, England, 1854-07-29

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FRANCE.
The Emperor and Empress arrived at Biarritz on
the eveninfr of the '2lst inst. Their Majesties were
received with warm acclamations by a vast crowd
who lined the streets through which the imperial
party would pass. Their Majesties are very popular
at Biarritz, where they are frequently seen on the
public walks, with few attendants, mixing indis-
criminately with the people. The Empress is most
liberal in her distributions to the poor.
The Minister of Finance has also gone to Biarritz,
whither his family had preceded him.
During the absence of the Emperor, the Ministers
left in Paris meet in council four times every week,
M. Baroche presiding. They deliberate, but decide
nothing: it is at Biarritz that everything is ulti-
mately determined on. Two couriers are despatched
daily for Biarritz, with reports from the different
Ministries.
The Government has changed its opinion as to the
formation of a camp in the south of France. Orders
have been transmitted to Marseilles to prepare the
plain of the Pas des Lanciers to receive 24,000 men.
The Pas des Lanciers is about fifteen miles distant

from that city.
Although it is stated to be the intention of both
the French and English Governments not to inter-
fere in the civil dissensions of Spain, the former
will probably establish a camp consisting of 5,000 pr
6,000 men near the frontier of the Basses Pyrenees,
with the view to be prepared for any emergencies that
may arise, but not with the object of intervention.
The accounts published in the Moniteur as to the
progress of the harvest in France are of the most
favourable nature. A considerable fall has taken
place in most of the markets, and the yield is ex-
pected to be one-fouth above the average.
The Slide publishes the following details respect-
ing M. Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, of Baltimore,
and his son :
" It is on the invitation of the Emperor and Empress
that these two members of the family have come into
Europe. Their stay will not exceed two months. Perhaps,
however, the son, who is a lieutenant in the army of the
United States, will remain in Europe and go to the theatre
of war in Turkey. It has been rumoured that he has
manifested a desire to serve in the French army ; but the
young man himself says that this is not true. As to his
father, it is not from personal ambition that he has come to
Paris. M. Jerome I.:apoleon Bonaparte is proud of his
title of American citizen ; he is wealthy, is the head of a
nnmerons family, and does not meddle with the political
affairs of Europe."
The cholera still increases in intensity daily in
Marseilles. The deaths on Saturday last were 165.
Typhus fever, and a disease called "le fievre
milliaire," which decomposes the blood in a few
minutes, are also committing great ravages amongst
the middling classes. Emigration continues on a
large scale ; nearly 100,000 persons having already
quitted the city.
London, England, 1854-07-29

JULY 29, 1854.

THE PRESS.

PARLOUR LIBRARY, for AUGUST, price Is. ed.,
SYBIL LENNARD.
By MRS. GRE Y, Author of " The Gambler's Wife," Sm. &c.
ALSO PUBLISHED IN THIS SERIES :
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Miss Corner. le. Gel. Now Seabee.
ATTILA. G. P. &James. le. 61. The DARK LADY of DOONA. By R. H. Maxwell. Is.
London: THOMAS HODGSON, 13, Paternoster-row.
London, England, 1854-07-29

POETUGAL.

Serious disturbances broke out at Oporto on the
20th, in consequence of the rise in price of corn,
caused, it was supposed, by the great exportation to
British ports, but they were stopped by the autho-
rities.
A woman, who, it appeared, had made a regular
trade of destroying illegitimate children at Villa Vico,
ban been committed on a charge of murdering nine
infants.
London, England, 1854-07-29

PERIODICALS FOR AUGUST.

BLACKWOOD'rS MAGAZINE,
for AUGUST, 1854. No. CCCCLXVI. Price 2s. Gd.
CONTENTS.
Tricoupi and Alison on the Greek Revolution.
Student Life in Scotland.
The Insurrection in Spain.
The Ethnology of Europe.
The Gangetic Provinces of British India.
The Secret of stoke Manot.—Part 111.
Conservative Reaseendancy Considered.

PEOPLE'S EDITION.
ALISON'S HISTORY OF EUROPE.
Part XXIII. Price One Shilling.

m.
_ _
PEOPLE'S EDITION.
THE WORKS OF SAMUEL WARREN,
D.C.L. Part XII. Price One Shilling. Volume 111.,
price 4s. ed., bound in cloth.
Iv.
PROFESSOR JOHNSTON'S CHEMISTRY
of COMMON LIFE. No. IX.—Containing "The Narcotics
we Indulge in." Price Bd.

V.
Part 111. of a New and Enlarged Edition of
THE PHYSICAL ATLAS OF NATURAL
PHENOMENA. By ALEX. KEITH JOHNSTON, F.R.S.E.,
Sc. Price 215.. containing :
A Moral and Statistical Chart of the Geographical Distribu-
tion of Man, according to Religious Belief; Maps of the Prin-
cipal Protestant Mission Stations, itec. By A. KEITH JOHN-
STON.
Map of the Lines of Equal Polarisation in tho Atmosphere.
By SIR DAVID BREWSTER, K.H., D.C.L., F.R.S., V.P.R.S.,
Edluburgh, Corresponding Member of the Institute of France.
Tidal Chart of the British Seas, showing the Hours of High
Water, Depth of the Sea, !c. By JOHN SCOTT RUSSELL,
Esq., F.R.S.E., and A. KEITH JOHNSTON, F.R.S.E.
VI.
THE BOOK OF THE GARDEN.
By CHARLES WINTOSH, Esq. Part XVI., price 55.,
containing—The Fruit Garden. Chaps. XV. and XVI., The
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Chaps. I. and 11., Plant Houses, ctc.
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By the same Author, k. 6d.,
THE LITTLE DUKE. With Illustrations.
London: JOHN W. PARKER and SON, West Strand.
London, England, 1854-12-09

DECEMBER 9, 1854.

unthought of in this country before. Capacity
and competency in the distribution of offices
are utterly and deliberately rejected. One
consideration alone has weight—political con-
nection. Government is viewed as the prize
of parliamentary intrigue and following; and
the dearest interests of theicountry are sacri-
ficed that cliques may be gratified.
Surely the common sense of the English
people will not much longer endure this sys-
tem. Let us, in a war which already severely
taxes our energies, and proves so lavish of our
blood, demand something like fitness in the
occupancy of those great departments to
which are entrusted the care of the honour
and credit of our country, the proper disposi-
tion of our armaments, and, of more vital
consequence still, the lives of our defenders.
Better, a thousand times, that the Duke of
NEWCASTLE should be, like his ancestor during
the calamitous American war, " superseded,"
than that he should continue his inglorious
official career to the detriment of the nation.
Not even to please the hereditary vanity of the
Pelham-Clintons can we consent to a second
" Iliad of Blunders " being recorded in our
history. The family, it is true, has furnished
us with some ludicrous examples of incapa-
city; but we provide posterity with jokes and
jeers at too dear a rate when our army is called
on to pay for them by its sufferings, and by
the cruel waste of its life through unnecessary
exposure to disease.
London, England, 1854-12-09

Tux first thought in the mind of every mem-
ber of the Legislature on Tuesday next must
be—Under what circumstances do we meet ?
What at this moment is the state of the coun-
try? The question will be the more pertinent
as, by a singular coincidence, Parliament will
assemble, as it did two years back, out of due
course, in the month of December—now to
consider by what new burdens and sacrifices
we shall repair the losses of a campaign most
disastrous in every respect, save in the splen-
did heroism of our troops, then to accomplish
by an unprincipled Coalition the fall of Lord
DERBY'S Government. Those pictures by
LAI4DSEER now hanging in the Vernon gallery
of " Peace" and " War," are not more opposite in
character and circumstance than the con-
dition of England in December, 1852, and in
December, 1854. The Coalition achieved its
purpose, it siezed possession of the Govern-
ment, it took credit to itself for a fulness of
public confidence as manifested by the unusual
height of the public funds, without parallel in
the present century, and for a flourishing
revenue, and well replenished Exchequer.
But never in our history did two years produce
so marked and luckless a change. Letthe Minis-
terialists exercise their ingenuity as they best
can, by casting the blame on fate, or destiny,
or Providence, on the ambition of the Musco-
vite, or the weakness of the Turk; it will yet
be difficult to convince the impartial spectator
of events that the change is not in some way
connected with the political apostasy which
it immediately followed.

And what will be the state of the nation at
the moment of Parliament assembling? It
will find the country drained of troops, the
Exchequer drained of money, the people
loaded with additional taxation, yet dreading
the imposition of more—all social improve-
ments suspended, and a war raging, wasteful
of human life in an almost unparalleled de-
gree, yet of which no one can pretend to fore-
see the termination.

That the Parliament is summoned with re-
luctance no one acquainted with the senti-
ments of some of the leading members of the
Administration can doubt. It is plainly told
by the leading organ of the Government that
its duty during the session will be not to dis-
cuss, but to approve, the Ministerial measures.
The rule which requires its assent to certain
govermental acts is inconvenient, but indis-
pensable. The policy, therefore, will be to
keep it as quiet as possible, and to dismiss it
as soon as it can be persuaded to go through
the form of approving the Ministerial pro-
posals. But the Peers and representatives of
England must have lost their ancient spirit if
they consent to abnegate their unquestionable
London, England, 1854-12-09

(Loud ant lastion.

Her Majesty, after opening Parliament in person
on Tuesday next, will, it is expected, return to Wind-
sor Castle for the Christmas holidays. The usual
royal visit to Osborne at this season is postponed, in
consequence of the necessity arising out of the con-
tinuance of the war for the Queen to remain more
accessible to her Ministers.
The venerable Duchess of Gloucester, by the ad•
vice of her physicians, will not quit Gloucester-house
during the winter, owing to her infirm state of
health.
Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales and Prince
Alfred, accompanied by Prince Ernest of Leiningen,
went to London on Monday and visited the exhibi-
tion of the prize cattle and implements of the Smith-
field Club. The royal party returned to the Castle
in the evening.
The Queen has appointed Lord Dufferin one of the
Lords iu Waiting in the room of the Marquis of
Ormonde, deceased.
The Marquis of Londonderry's youthful step-son,
Viscount Powerscourt, has just entered the House-
hold Brigade as cornet and sublieutenant in the Ist
Life Guards.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston are expected
to take possession of Mr. Blackett Beaumont's man-
sion on the Terrace, Piccadilly, early in the ensuing

month.
We are glad to learn that the Duke of Somerset
continues to go on favourably.
The coming of age of the Hon. Rowland Clegg
Hill, eldest son of the Viscount Hill, Lord Lieute-
nant of Shropshire, has been celebrated during this
week at HawksWne with a series of brilliant

The Earl of Erroll, on sick leave from the Crimea,
and his countess, are at present staying at Lyming-
ton, Hants. The noble and gallant earl's wounds
are progressing favourably.
Lord Charles Lennox Fitzroy, of the Coldstream
Guards, Equerry to the Queen, who was wounded at
one of the late conflicts in the Crimea, has arrived in
London. The Earl of Euston, M.P., who accom-
panied his gallant relative to the seat of war, has also
returned.
The Hon. Hugh Annesley is progressing rapidly
towards recovery from the severe wounds received in
the battle of the Alma.

The following Ministers were present at the Cabi-
net dinner given by the Earl of Aberdeen on Wed-
nesdAy evening at Argyll-house, viz. :—Lord John
Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lans-
downe, the Duke of Argyll, Viscount Palmerston, the
Earl of Clarendon, Sir George Grey, the Duke of
Newcastle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir
James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, Earl Granville,
the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir William
Molesworth.
London, England, 1854-12-09

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE.
M. JULLIEN'S GRAND 13AL MASQUE.
This Grand Entertainment will take place on Monday,
December 11.
Tickets for the Ball, Ins. 6d.
The audience portion of the Theatre will be set apart fur Spec-
tators. Dress Circle, Os.; Boxes, 35.; Lower Galleiy,2s.; Upper
Gallery, Is.; Private Boxes, 41. 45., upwards.
Doors will he ,pen at half-past nine; dancing will commence
at ten.
Places and Private Boxes may be had at, the Box-otlke of the
Theatre and of the principal librarians and musicsellers.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, MR. ALFRED WIGAN.
On MONDAY, December 11th, and during the Week, the Per.
fonuances will commence with the Barletta of THE BEULAH
SPA. Principal characters by Messrs. Leslie, F. Robson,
H. Cooper; Miss J. St. George and Mrs. A. Wigan. After
which, the Comic Drama of THE FIRST NIGHT. Characters
by Messrs. A. Wigan, Leslie, H. Cooper; Miss Julia St. George
and Miss F. Ormonde. Mr. F. Robson will sing the popular
Legend of VILLIKINS AND HIS DINAH. To conclude with
the new Farce called A BLIGHTED BEING, in which Mr.
Robson will appear.
Doors open at Seven ; Performance to commence at half past.
Stalls, be.; Upper Box Stalls, 45.; Boxes, 4r.. Pit, 2u.; Gallery, Is.

COLOSSEUM, Regent's Park. Admission,
One Shilling.—The original PANORAMA of LONDON 11
DAY is exhibited daily, from Half-past Ten till Half-past Four.
The extraordinary Panorama of LONDON by NIGHT, every
Evening, from Seven till Ten. Music from Two till Half-past
Four, and during the Evening.
CYCLORAMA, ALBANY-STREET, NOW OPEN,
with a colossal moving DIORAMA of the CITY and BAY of
NAPLES, MOUNT VESUVIUS, and POMPEII, exhibiting
the great Eruption of 79, and present State of the excavated
City. Painted by Mr. J. M'Nevin, from sketches taken by
himself in 1852. Daily at Three and Eight o'clock, with appro-
priate music and description. Admission, Is.; Children and
Schools, Half-price.
London, England, 1854-12-09

ILABIa.4GI9B.

BURROUGHES—PROCTOII--On the 28th ult., at St. James's,
Piccadilly, Henry Negus Burroughes, Esq., M.P., to Augusta
Susanna, daughter of Lieut.•Oeneral Proctor, C.B.
COLE—HATTON—On the 29th ult., at Pimlico, Major Arthur
Lowry Cole, 17th Rao., to Elizabeth Frances, daughter of
Rear-Admiral Hatton.
HULSE—HAMILTON—On the 29th ult., at Salisbury Cathedral,
Sir Edward Hulse, Bart., to Katharine, daughter of the Dean

of Salisbury.
MARTIN—KINGSCOTE —On the 29th ult., at Kinecute,
Gloucestershire, James Martin, Esq., late Captain 3rd Light
Dragoons, to Isabella Charlotte Louisa, daughter of Colonel
Kingscota.
WARDLAW—WEBBE•WESTON—On the 28th ult., at Hastings,
John Wardlaw, Esq., eon of the late Lieut-General Wardiaw,
to the Lady Horatio Elizabeth Webbe-Westou.
DEATHS.

AINSLIE—On the 11th ult.., ou his passage between the Crimea
and Scutari, of a wound received at Inkermanu, Frederic
°surge Ainslie, LieuL.Colonel, aged 46.
DAVIES—Ou the loth ult., off Sebastopol, of a wound, Lieut.
Francis Byam Davies, of the Grenadier Guards, aged 19.
KITTO—On the 95th ult., at Ciumstatt, uear Stuttgart, John

Kitto, D.D., F.S.A., aged 50.
MAULE—Ou the 14th ult., at Scutari, Lieut. and Adjutant
Arthur Dillon Maule, tkith Connaught Bangers, of wounds,
aged 23.
PRENDEROAST—On the 4th instant, at Dublin, Major•Oen.
Charles O'Neill Prendergast., late of the Scots Fusilier Guards.
ROOPEK—On the 10th ult., on his passage to Malta, Mikior
Rooper, of the Rifle Brigade, of wounds received at the battle

of Itiketinann.
SU rHERLAND—On the 28th ult., at Trinity-place, Charing•
orosa, Lieut.•Culouel Peter Sutherland, 72n1 Regt., aged 67.
London, England, 1854-12-09

Itt fabg.

ADMIRALTY, Nov. 28.
Corps of Royal Marines.—Brevet.—With reference to her
Majesty's Order in Council of 13th September, 1854, the fol-
lowing promotions are to take place:—
To be Generals.—Lieut.-Generals Walter Tremenheere,
Edward Nicol's.
The undermentioned Officers, who were placed upon retired
full pay previously to her Majesty's said Order in Council, to be
each promoted to a step of Brevet rank.
To be Colonels.—Lieut.-Colonels Henry James Gillespie,
Samuel Germiston, John Harvey Stevens, Charles Fegen, Rich.
Lyde liornbrook, Wm. Lewis Dawes, Win. Calsuny, James
Clarke, John Tothill.
Nov. 80.
Corps of Royal Marines.—First Lieut. Henry Way Mawbey to
be Lieutenant and Quartermaster, vice Williams, promoted.
APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS.

APPOINTIUNTS.
Captains—Henry Lyster to the Monarch; T. R. Sullivan to
the Sunoom.
Commanders—Roderick Dew to the Geyser; J. Borlaso to the
Ifelampus.
Lieutenants—William H. Wright to the St. George; Hon.
William B. De Blaquiere to the Conway; James Hunt to the
Triton.
Masters—Frederick J. Krabbe to the Perseverance; George
F. M•Dougall to the Fisgard.
Second Master—Wilfred E. Troutbeck to the Leopard.
Assistant-Surgeons—John Turner Caddy to the Monarch; J.
Hudson to the Waterloo.
Assistant-Engineers of the Third Class—William Harrison,
William Sweeting, William Elliott, John Albion Lodge, Thomas
Smart, George Hunt, Joseph Hood, James P. Slade, Robert Jet'.
ftey, and David Smith to the Fleet.
London, England, 1854-12-09

MR. GLADSTONE.

WE commented last week upon Mr. GLAD-
STONE'S Budget of 1853. We stated, in his
own words, that its principle, its very corner-

atone, was the gradual reduction of the income
and property tax, and its certain and complete
abolition in 1860. We charged him with
having obtained the assent of Parliament to
this Budget under false pretences, and we
proved this by showing, from references to the
Turkey correspondence, that at the very time
he was making his financial statement, and
propounding a Budget, only justifiable in a
time of certain and profound peace, he was
himself aware—the Parliament was not—that
we were on the eve of the present immense
struggle.
It is now our duty to remark upon his Bud-
get, or rather his Budgets, of 1654.
During the last session Mr. GLADSTONE pro-
posed two Budgets, and made at least three
financial statements.

As we have frequently remarked, he was
bent upon outdoing Mr. DISRAELI in every-
thing. It was the misfortune of Mr. DISRAELI
to be compelled, in December, 1852, to propose
the Budget which, under ordinary circum-
stances, would have been delayed till after
April, 1853. Without any such necessity Mr.
GLADSTONE volunteered a financial statement
on the 6th of March last. With it he intro-
duced his first Budget. He favoured the
House of Commons with a second financial
statement on the 11th of April ; and he made
a third statement, introducing his second
Budget on the Bth of May. This course on the
6th of March wait an unusual one ; perhaps it
was taken on that account. He chose to anti-
cipate the result of the financial year within a
month of its conclusion, and to estimate the
income and expenditure for the year nearly
past, as well as for the year to come. But he
performed his task with his usual ability, and
persuaded the House that a sum of 501. per
head for 25,000 soldiers, just enough to send
them out to Malta and bring them back again,
would be sufficient for the extraordinary ex-
penses of the Russian war, and that an addition
of one-half to the income and property tax
Just for one half year, or about 3,300,0001.,
would see all things right again, under the
peaceful administration of Lord ABERDEEN.
London, England, 1854-12-09

THE CRIMEAN CLOTHES-BAG.

UNDER the head of " University Intelligence" the public was informed
in the Times of Wednesday last that
An intimation had been sent by Mr. Sidney Herbert to a friend in Oxford that any
boating jackets, jerseys, cricketers' trousers, or loose old reading-gowns, may be of great
Ilse to the army in the Crimea.
On the following morning a meeting was ',reported in the rooms
of Dr. Acland, of All Souls, at which a list of the articles required by
Mr. Herbert was read ; it included " drawers, jerseys, slippers,
woollen socks," &c., together with " light books, newspapers, and
periodicals." Such contributions were requested to be sent "on or
before Monday, the 11th of December." The kindness of our corre-
spondents at Oxford enables us to state the measures which have
since been taken in consequence of this pressing appeal.
Early on Thursday morning 1)r. Acland was aroused by a
messenger from the Dean of Christchurch bearing a packet accom-
panied by the following note
" Lest Government should be disgraced,
Or Ministers accounted spoons,
At Herbert's call, the Dean, in haste,
Divests him of his pantaloons."

The next packet, which came from an undergraduate of St.
Edmund's Hall, contained the remains of what was once a great-coat.
The sender apologised for its tattered condition, but expressed a hope
that before the meeting of Parliament one or other of her Majesty's
Ministers would have leisure to sew on the buttons. The next con
tribution was from Oriel, with the following affiche:—
" Take, oh take, these ' bags ' away,
In their seat a little worn,
And tnis paletot, Oxford grey,
In the flap and pockets torn ;
Gentle Herbert, he must know
If the army needs old do'.
With my dressing-gown I part,
And the quilt from off my bed,
Warm as gentle Herbert's heart,
Soft as gentle Herbert's head ;
Gentle Herbert, he must know
If the army needs old clo'."
As the day proceeded bags, baskets, boxes, and wheelbarrows,
containing entire articles, or portions of them, continued to arrive
from the various colleges. In the form of light literature the collectors
received 172 copies of "Mr. Verdant Green." The clothes were fre-
quently accompanied by expressions of attachment to her Majesty's
Government, and by hopes that the answer to their statesmanlike
appeal would supersede the necessity for a loan. One of the con-
tributors went so far as to recommend that her Majesty's Ministers
should canvass the West-end in person for a similar object, and all
concurred in the desire that Mr. Gladstone would thus be enabled to
eep within his estimates. As may be imagined, the poetical talents
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St ontg Rink' aub stag 3 uttilignue.

FRIDAY EVENING.
THE Austrian treaty end the rumours relating to its
tenor and interpretation on foreign Bourses have
swayed the Money Market throughout the week, and
led to a gradual and considerable improvement in
the quotations. Rumours that some compact had
actually been signed between Austria and the
'Western powers obtained currency on Saturday, but
were presented in no authentic shape. By Monday,
however, it was known that the statement had ap-
peared officially in the Moniteur, and this confirma-
tion, aided by the telegraphic messages reporting a
rise of 3 to 31 per cent. in the French Rentes during
the day, occasioned Consols to advance fulls 3 per
cent. Prices which bad left off at 911 on Saturday,
closed on Monday at 92e I.
On the following day the improvement was still
further increased. The market underwent several

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fluctuations natural to a period of uncertainty, but
the quotations at one time marked 921 for money,
and the speculators for a rise were sanguine in their
anticipations of a continued advance, bargains for
the January account being done at 93. Wednesday's
market exhibited great buoyancy. The belief that
all the German powers would ultimately join in the
anti-Russian league gained ground generally, and
gave a fresh fillip to the quotations, which improved
nearly per cent. The price for money touched
931, and closed at 98 to 1. For the January account
the last quotations were firm at 931.
Yesterday the Stock Exchange was quiet and set-
tled, the dealers being busy chiefly in settling the
month's account in Consols. This operation was
satisfactorily accomplished, and showed a rather full
supply of stock. Some depression was momentarily
caused by the prices of Rentes, coming apparently
lower from Paris ; but this was speedily explained
by the fact that the quotations were made ex. div.,
and the English market rallied again. This evening
London, England, 1854-12-09

Malt tax, increase from
2s. 9d. to 4,.

. . 2,450,000
_ 6,850,000

„
As a considerable amount of this second
Budget would not be received in the course
of the financial year ending April 5, 1855, he
obtained authority from Parliament to issue
Exchequer Bonds or Bills, to the extent of
6,000,0001., in anticipation of the revenue, to
be repaid at stated periods.
And he made his general account of income
and expenditure, during the year ending sth
April, 1855, to be as follows :
London, England, 1854-12-09

Ytx 21t)roixi+

LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1854.

POSTSCRIPT.

THE NEW AUSTRIAN TREATY.
TIM terms of the treaty signed at Vienna on Satur-
day last are expected with impatierme, but may pro-
bly prove of less moment than is anticipated. On
the oth of November Count NESSELRODE addressed
a despatch to the Prussian Minister, expressly de-
claring that the Emperor, his master, was disposed,
for the sake of preserving concord among the Ger-
man Powers, to enter into any negotiation for peace
for which the four points previously laid down by the
Western Powers, in conjunction with Austria, might
serve as " a point of departure." Ten days later, it
is stated that the Austrian Minister at St. Peters-
burg was informed that the Russian Government
was disposed to accept the four points without modi.
fications. As the result of these overtures, the re-
presentatives of the Three Powers at Vienna might
feel called on to define the sense in which the four
points were to be understood. Such definition might
form the substance of a supplementary treaty, and
might probably express conditions which Russia
London, England, 1854-01-14

EAST INDIES.

The overland I►eeember 11th from Calcutta
arrived in London nn Thursday. There is little news
of importance from the three Presidencies. An affair
had come off in the neighbourhood of the Kohat Pass
between the Afreedies and a small force under Capt.
Coke. The former were defeated, but the captain
was wounded in the face by a bullet. A series of
military operations were afterwards carried on
against the Afreedies, who maintained their ground
for some time with great spirit, but afterwards aban •
donedthe contest.
The Bengal Government has published a report
on the administration of the Punjab for the years
V 449-50 and Isso-51. From this document it appears
that in the year 11449-50 the Punjab yielded a revenue
of 1,3414,0001., while the civil expenditure was only
m2/4,0001 ; and that in 11450-51 the revenue was
1,510,000/., and the cost of administration f 472,010/.
This calculation is, however, exclusive of the cost of
the 00,(KX► fighting men quartered in the Punjab,
their pay alone amounting to 1,6541,000/. per annum ;
but a very small portion of this frontier defence of
the empire can fairly be charged on the Punjab, and
the surplus of the revenue over the administrative
charges would certainly more than pay for the aug-
mentation of the army that has taken place in cone.

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London, England, 1854-01-14

JANUARY 14, 1854.

Teachisgs of the Cholera. A Sermon preached on
the Synodical Fast. By the Rev. W. H. Gray, A.M.,
Minister of Lady Yesters', Edinburgh. London :
Arthur Hall, Virtue, and Co.
A SENSIBLE discourse, in which the rev. author takes,
to some extent, the same view as Lord Palmerston,
viz., that the visitation of cholera should impress
upon us the vital necessity of cleanliness, so-
briety, and temperance, both individually and col-
lectively.

Novels and Tales by Goethe. Translated chiefly by
R. D. Boylan, Esq. London : Bohn.

Tins is one of a series of German classical works
which find their place from time to time in the
"Standard Library." The present volume contains
"Elective Affinities," "The Sorrows of Werther,"
"German Emigrants," "The Good Women," and a
" Nouvellette." Except the "Affinities," all the
translations are by Mr. Boylan, who translated
Schiller's "Don Carlos."

The Works of Tacitus. The Oxford Translation.
Revised, with Notes. Vol. I. The Annals. Lon-
don : Bohn.

ANOTHER of Mr. Bohn's cheap and useful reprints,
executed in the spirit of Tacitus himself, for it is not
encumbered with a preface, or with any word not
absolutely necessary.
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GREAT WE STERN RAILWAY.-
PADDINGTON NEW STATION.
NOTICE is hereby giten, that all the Passenger Train's of
this Company will take their DEPARTURE from the NEW
STATION, opposite Easthourne.terrace, on and after MONDAY,
the 16th instant. The entrance to the Station adjoins the New
Great Western Hotel, between Spring-street and Eastbourne-
terrace.
All the Up Trains will at present continue to arrive at the Old
Station, where carriages must take up the Passengers, as here.
tofore. By order of the Directors,
CHARLES A. SAUNDERS, Secretary.
10th January, 1854.
London, England, 1854-01-14

ROMANISM IN ENGLAND.

THAT portion of the general census which relates to
the various religious bodies in England and Wales
has just been published by the authority of the Re-
gistrar-General. From this deeply-interesting docu-
ment we learn that the Roman Catholic population of
this portion of the United Kingdom is, as nearly as can
be estimated, about 200,000. From the insignificance
of this number some of our contemporaries argue
that the body cannot be dangerous to the State.
Our own inference is exactly the reverse. We leave
Ireland out of the question, for there Roman Catho-
licism has, chiefly from the acts of its reverend pro-
fessors, fallen into such disrepute that it has for the
last few years been steadily retrograding. But when
we rectal what has happened, and, looking around,
see what is occurring, we cannot admit that the
aggressive power of Romanism is to be measured by
the number of its members. Wherever we turn it
meets the eye. Our courts of law are alternately occu-

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pied in rescuing fYout its limp that property which
it has wrung from the terrors of the dying, or in
vainly attempting to free the living from its conven-
tual prisons. What drew from the first Minister of
England a memorable letter addressed virtually
to the nation ? What absorbed the attention of
the Senate during the greater portion of a session?
What brought to the foot of the throne addresses from
every county and every city in Great Britain, and
convulsed the nation from its extremities to its
heart? To all these questions the answer can be
given in one word—Rome. Whether displayed
humbly in the indefatigable daily and hourly minis•
trations of the parish priest, or secretly in the
whisper and stealthy step of the wily Jesuit, or
arrogantly in the bold tread and blustering tones of
the lordly Cardinal, the discipline and the organisa-
tion of Rome must be singularly efficient to produce
effects like these. Again we say the number of its
members gives no measure of the force the Church
of Rome can exert when nterests are bahu►ced and
parties neutralised in the scales of Coalition.
London, England, 1854-01-14

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the abolition of the Duty on Advertisements enables MI fe
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Joy which we have hitherto charged Five; and Adver•
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patented) still continuing uubated, and numbers having tees
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qualities, WILLIAM S. BURTON has renewed confidence in re
commending them for their cleanliness, mutiny, and safety.
During the last twelve years they have been found sources "1
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temperature throughout the day and night, with one supplYol
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MARRIAGES.

ALEXANDER—BRUCE—On the 15th of December, at Sierra
Leone, John Richard Alexander, Esq., son of the lute Admiral
Thomas Alexander, to Jane Letitia Troubridge, daughter of
Rear-Admiral Bruce.
FARRER—ERBKINE—On the 10th instant, at Paddington,
Thomas Henry Ferrer, Esq.. of the Board of Trade, to
Frances, daughter of the late \Vitt. Erskine, Esq.
HA ILES—FILVI7 ENT—On the 4th instant, at Eibworth,
oestershire, lialTiS Wm. Hailes, Esq., 44th Regiment 8.N.1,
to Fanny Elizabeth Ross, daughter of the late Lieut. Fret
tent, R.N.
HOULTEN—FURSTENBERG—On the 3d instant, at Ilet.
dringen, Westphalia, John Torriano lloulton, of Fuirleigh•
castle, Somerset, to Ferdivantline, daughter of the Baron
Theodor de Fiirstenberg, of liciligenhoven, Lower Rhine.
VA LIANT—MALCOLMM)N-011 the 13th instant, it
ton, Captain Valiant, Itombuy Cavalry, to Georgians Barium",
daughter oil Jaws Malcolnison, Esq., Moray-lodge, ken•
sington.
London, England, 1854-01-14

WEST AFRICA.

The mail steamer Forrrunnrr has brought des-
patches from Lagos to the 6th ; Liberia the 10th ; and
Sierra Leone to the 10th of I►eeember.

The coast generally was healthy.
The President of Liberia, Governor Roberts,
vered, on the Bth of December, a voluminona and
satisfactory message to the Senate and House of
Representatives. He assured them of the support
of England and France. The Emperor has sent
1,000 stand of arms and accoutretuents for a native

At Lagos affairs continued in an unsettled state.
Kossoko, with about 10,00 men, was in the rear of
the town, threatening a descent.
Mr. Carr, second master of her Majesty's ship
Myrmidon, was murdered by the natives at Kan-
zaboe, one of the Ilijoinga Islands, between Sierra
Leone and Bathurst, on November 2N, having been
shot while fishing. The Antelope, Myrmidi n, and
Britomart have gone there to seek satisfaction tor his
death.
Grand Tabou, a large village, thirty miles eastward
of Cape Palmas, has been destroyed with shot and
shell from the I'enelope, in consequence of the brutal
murder that had been committed there last Jul? on
the captain and the whole of the crow of the British
merchant schooner Heroine.

Mil
London, England, 1854-01-14

ettitsiastital.

PREFERMENTS AND ♦PPOINTMENTS.
The Rev. J. W. Hammond, M.A., to the Curacy of St. Martin'e-
in•the•Fielde.
The Rev. Simon G. Fraser, 8.A., to the Curacy of Grosvenor
Chapel.
Theßiir. C. M. Church, 8.A., to the Curacy of Curzon Chapel,

Mayfair.
The Rev. It. W. Bush, M.A., to the Curacy of St. Merylebone.
The Rev. T. Macintyre, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. Dunstan's
in the West.
The Rey. W. li. Foy, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. Simon Zelotee,
Bethnal•green.
The Rev. A. P. trust, 8.A., to the Rectory of Cheddington,
near Aylesbury.
The her. F. J. Walker, M.A., to the Rectory of Finmere, Ox-
fordshire.
The Rev. Willlaw Jephsoo, MA., to the Rectory of Iliuton
Waldust, Berkshire.
The Rev George Rainier, M.A., to the Vicarage of Muff.ld,
near Rattle, Sussex.
The Rev. Johu Griffiths, to the Incumbency of Trinity Church,
Brighton.
The Rev. John Laurence Prior, M.A., to the Rectory of Pap-
plewick, near Nottingham.
The Rev. M. S. Edgcll, M.A., to the Curacy of Camberwell
Surrey.
The Rev. Dr. Rowley, to the Rectory of Willey, near Brossley,
London, England, 1854-01-14

BIRTHS.

BOXER—On the flat instant, at Woolwich, the wife of Captain
Boxer, Royal Artillery, of a daughter.
CLOWES—On the Bth natant, iu Russell-square, Mrs. Georg
Clowes, of a daughter.
COLE—On the sth instant, at Kensington, the wife of henry
Cole, Esq., C. 11., of a son.
(SELL--On the 21th instant, at the White House, Isle of Mak
the wife of Evan (dell, Esq., J.l'., Member of the Rows et
Keys, of that island, of a 11011.
HANBURY—On the 10th instant, in Sussex-square, Hyde-pork,
the wife of Robert Hanbtuy, Jun., Esq., of a sou.
LIVESEY—On the oth instant, at Stourtomhall, Lincolnshire,
the wife of Joseph Livesey, Esq., of a son.
IVMURDO—Ou the 81st ult., at Paw, near Paris, the wife of
Lteut.-Colouel Mliturdo, of a son.
IIONCRIEFF—On the Bth instant, at Edinburgh, the wife 0(
Colonel Monerieff, Scots Fusilier Guards, of a daughter.
PHIBBS—On the 7th instant, at Abbey-terrace, St. John's.
wood, the wife of Major Phibbs, Bengal army, of a son.
SINCLAIR—Ou the 9th instant, at thigodby-hall, Selby, the
wife of Captain Sinclair, of a daughter.
WILSON—On the 11th instant, in Hereford-square, the wife of
Captain Wilma, of a son.
London, England, 1854-01-14

TIHE PRESS.

EARL SPENCER arrived at the Castle on Tuesday,
and had an audience of her Majesty, at which he
received his wand of office as Lord Steward of the
Household.
PRINCE ALBERT has gone out shooting daily since
the frost broke up.
THE EARL OF ABERDEEN will give a full•dress din-
ner to a party of peers on Monday, the 30th inst.,
at
his residence in Argyll-street.
His EXCELLENCY LORD BLOOMFIELD and LADY
11LooMr•IELD are expected to leave town early next
week for the British Embassy at Berlin.
THE AMERICAN MINISTER has removed to No. 50,
Harley-street, Cavendish-square, which will, in future,
he the residence of the United States Legation.
Lonn Bnouoitim is expected to leave his chateau
at Cannes at the close of the ensuing week for Paris,
en route to London, to attend Parliament.
LORD DUDLEY STUART was to leave Constantinople
on the 15th inst., for England, with a similar object.
LORD LoNDESBOROUGH is on the eve of retiring
from the turf. His lordship is said to have disposed
of his stud to Mr. Rudston Read.
THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH has sent 401. in
aid of the funds of the Societe Francaise de Bien-
faisance, which was founded in 1842 for the relief of
the French poor in this country.
THE EARL OF PORTSMOUTH, who succeeded to the
title only a few months since, died on Monday last
at Hurstbourne Park. He was 82 years old, and is
succeeded by his only surviving son, Viscount
Lymington.
LORD HAMILTON CHICHESTER died at Malta on the
Ist of January.
Sin G. RICHARD StmEox, one of the principal land-
owners in the Isle of Wight, died at Swanstown, in
that island, on Wednesday, in his 70th year.
THE Journal de Francfort states that the Duchess
of Orleans had, on the Ist inst., narrowly escaped a
serious accident. While riding in a sledge the shafts
broke, and the horses ran off and overturned the
vehicle, but fortunately the duchess received no
njury beyond a severe fright.
PRINCE RICHARD METTERNICH has arrived in Paris
with important despatches from the Austrian Cabinet.
The prince left Vienna on the 29th ult.
London, England, 1854-01-14

grtlanb.

THM MAYNOOTH COMM! COMMISSIONERS hare
been sitting occasionally during the past week, and
some further meetings for the examination of wit-
nesses are still to be held, after which an adjourn-
ment will take place, probably for two months. Their
report will, it is believed, be ready for presentation to
Parliament soon after the Easter recess.

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THE Freeman's Journal states that " a commission
has been sitting for some weeks, under order, to pre-
pare a report on the proposed transfer of the heads of
the Irish post-office department to London."
Os Monday a telegraphic message announced the
alarming illness of Baron Pennefather. The learned
baron has since partially recovered, though his ad-
vanced age renders his health extremely precarious.
THE Munster News reports a rumour which is, it
states, "generally current" in Clare, to the effect
that Sir J. F. Fitzgerald is about to be appointed
Governor of Canada.

THE SERIES OF ENTF.RTANMENTS given by their
constituents to the members of the Irish party are
-still proceeding. On Tuesday another of these re-
l'unionx was held in Kilkenny. The stars of the night
were Mr. Sergeant Shee, M.P.,Mr. Greene, M.P., and
Mr. Sullivan, M.P. UpwarOs of 220 guests sat down
to a repast which consisted of all the delicacies of the
season. The Freeman informs its readers that " most
important letters of apology were read from the Arch-
bishop of Dublin, the Archbishop of Tuam, the Right
Rev. Dr. Blake, the Right Rev. Dr. Feeny, the Right
Rev. Dr. Cantwell, Right Rev. Dr. Murphy, Right
Rev. Dr. Vaughan, Right Rev. Dr. Kelly, Right Rev.
Dr. ➢l'Nally, F. S. Greville, Esq., M.P., and 0. Bow-
yer, Esq., M.P."
AT A MEETING OF TITS DARGAN TESTIMONIAL COM-
MITTEE, on Tuesday, it was resolved to appropriate
the subscribed fund to the erection of "a suitable
building for the reception and exhibition of works of
the fine arts and their applications to industry." The
building is to be called the "Dorgan Institute."