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emplary patience—he has always been ready
to bear testimony to the merits of his Whig
friends, who fora time found it convenient to
throw him off, and he is now rewarded for his
good-natured forbearance.
The above changes are definitively arranged.
It is also said, but we do not vouch for the cor•
rectness of the report, that as the result of
the appointment of a new Secretary of War,
and the consequent abolition of the office held
by Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT, that gentleman will
take the department of Woods and Forests,
now held by Sir WILLIAM Moutswoirrii. In,
that event it is supposed that Sir WILLIAM I
would be raised to the peerage. _

THE COALITION JUDGED BY ITS
FRIENDS.
THE public, often indifferent to theories, are
alive to facts, and as a fact it is found that a
Coalition Government does not answer. The
appearance of union it presents is delusive.
Amid the confusion resulting from gathering
together statesmen with scarcely one principle
in common, the systems of policy which they
have severally followed with usefulness, and
with which their names are honourably con-
nected, suffer shipwreck. The Holy Alliance
ideas of Lord ABERDEEN serve to mask the
aims of a party desiring war as a means for
revolutionary propagandism ; and the Pro-
testant zeal of the author of the Durham
letter only avails to hoodwink the country
while Papistical bills are stealthily laid on the
table of the House, and Tractarian priests are
thrust on the Episcopal bench.
It is indeed in the nature of such Coalitions
that while they are powerless for good they
are strong for evil. The sacrifices made by
their members, even supposing the sacrifices
to be real, not fictitious—honest, not fraudu-
lent—are but the surrender of those safeguards
which protect the dearest interests of a people
—their liberties, institutions, and religion.
The sacrifice is not, and cannot be, of the less
to the greater, but of the greater to the less—
of principles to crotchets or fancied expe-
diency—of the large views of policy which
rally the intelligence of numbers, bind a
party together, and sink self in patriotism, to
the exclusive notions of a single mind, or the
promptings of individual ambition. Thus the
illustrious reputations of the separate mem-
bers of a coalition become a snare. They seem
to afford a pledge for the security of those
ideas with which they have long been con-
nected, while in reality they are employed to
sanction their overthrow.
We are glad to see that these views, main-
tained in the PRESS from its commencement,
are now adopted by a journal of so much
ability and influence as the Spectator. In its
last number are some remarkable admissions
on the practical failure of the Coalition
What we do know as a fact becoming only too conspi-
CIIOUR is, that a Ministry enjoying the largest support
which any Cabinet in this country has enjoyed for a long
series of years is rendering itself as remarkable as any of
its predecessors for the fallow of measures which it declared
to be necessary for the public welfare, and which the public
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clauses, Russia, acting according to diplomatic
precedent, will not decline referring those
ambiguities to the, solution of a properly-con-
stituted arbitration.

Russia will mature arangements for the
evacuation of the Principalities the moment

that Austria and Prussia make a requisition
to that effect.

It is stated that, in acceding to these over•
tures, Russia has only expressed her willing
ness to accomplish a purpose from the first

frankly admitted. A proposition for an armis-

tice was made by Austria, at the secret sugges-
tion of Russia, so far back as the autumn of
last year, before the Western fleets had
entered either the Black:Sea or the Baltic (vide
leading article of the " Plum " Nov. 26,
1853, where information to this effect was
exclusively given).
If the invitation by Austria to the Western
Powers to join in this arrangement prove un-
successful, Germany will remain neutral
until the development of events indicates its
line of duty.
It is considered not improbable at Vienna
that if the armistice be not agreed to, and any

event occurs which draws the war out of the
Greek and Sclavonie limit, Russia will be
invited to join the alliance, offensive and
defensive, which has already been formed
between Austria and Prussia.

A new writ was last night moved for the
city of London, Lord Roes RUSSELL having
taken the office of President of the Council.
Since the time of DANBY this post has always
been filled by a peer, but Lord JOHN will con-
tinue for a time to sit in the Commons. The
duties of the office are light, and will not
sensibly add to his Lordship's labours, while
the change will free him from an anomalous
position, and spare his friends and the public
the necessity of listening to farther laudation on
his extreme disinterestedness.
Lord GRANVILLE will descend from the
Presidency of the Council to the Duchy
of Lancaster, and Mr. STaurr will retire from
the Ministry.
By the division of the present War and Co-
lonial department a fourth Secretaryship of
State will be created. The Duke of NEWCASTLE
takes the War Department, and Sir GEORGE
GREY will be the Colonial Secretary. Sir GEORGE
has borne his exclusion from office with ex•
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RAILWAY PASSENGERS may obtain
Tickets of Insurance against RAILWAY ACCIDENTS for
the Journey, on payment of ld., 2d., or 2d., by inquiring of
the Booking Clerks, at all the Principal Railway Stations, when
they take a Railway Ticket—RAILWAY PASI3INGERIV ASSURANCE
OPTICR, 3, OLD BROAD STRUT, LONDON.
WILLIAM J. VIAN, Secretary.
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E. B. Goodman to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Anton • C. C. Lees, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Goodman.
3rd West India Regiment—Lieut.-Colonel C. W. Fores-
ter, from half-pay Wth Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice
Irwin, who exchanges • Major S. H. Murray to be Lieute-
nant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Forester, who retires ; Cap-
tain G. B. T. Colman to be Major, by purchase, vice Mur-
ray ; Lieut. R. G. Palmer to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Colman; Ensign C. G. M. Skinner to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Palmer.
Cape Mounted Riflemen—Ensign W. Simkin to be
Quartermaster, vice M. Rourke, who retires upon half-pay;
Sergeant-Major C. B. Marshall to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Simkin.
COMITSSARIAT.--COMMiSSILrifit Clerk J. Murray to be
Deputy-Assistant Commissary General, his commission to
bear date Dec. 21, 1852. Assistant Commissary General
J. Kent has been permitted to resign his commission on
his receiving a commutation for his half-pay, and his com-
mission has accordingly been cancelled from the 23rd of
May, 18.5 I.

WAR OFFICE, JUNE 6.

[Tnesday's Gazette contains the following list of promo-
tions consequent upon the recent augmentation of the
army.]

ItscumENTl

LIEUTS. TO BIC
CAPTAINS.

ENSIGNS TO BE
LIEUTS.

ENSIGN.
APPOINTED.

Ist (Royal)
2nd Regt.
3rd ditto
4th ditto

6th ditto
6th ditto
7th ditto
9th ditto

11th ditto
13th ditto
14th ditto
15th ditto
16th ditto
17th ditto
18th ditto

19th ditto

20th ditto
21st ditto
23rd ditto
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THE PRESS.

Twenty picked men of the Metropolitan Police
Force have been selected to proceed to Constantinople
to assist the commissariat in the protection and dis-
tribution of the stores. The men so selected were
inspected by Sir Richard Mayne and Sir Charles
Trevelyan at Scotland-yard, who described to them
the nature of their duties and of the hardships to
which they would be subjected, and further informed
them that they would not only have to go instantly,
but that there was every probability that they would
be detained at the seat of war several years. They
lent a very attentive ear to the address, evinced every.
willingness to.endure all the risks of the campaign,
and, notwithstanding the shortness of the notice, ex-
pressed every readiness to start for the scene of heir
new labours. The men are to receive a bonus by
way of outfit of 121. each, their pay while "on foreign
service " being 4s. per diem and rations.
One of the butchers of Dial46o, who is making
arrangements for the procuring df cattle for the com-
bined fleet, is now proudly relating how he had the
honour of furnishing meat to Lord Nelson's fleet
and to Napoleon's army, when the one was in the
Baltic and the other in Pomerania. The worthy
man supplied also the Russian army in 1830, but on
that point he maintains a prudent silence.
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REFORM FREEHOLD LAND
AND BUILDING SOCIETY.
An ESTATE has just been purchased for distribution among
the Members of the above Society holding Lend Shares, adjoin.
the Abbey.wood Station of the North Kent Railway.
A Ballot for Rights of Choice will shortly take place, on an
improved principle.
Shares, Prospectuses, and every information, may be obtained
at the Offices, 147, Cheapside.
W. GURLEY SMITH, Secretary.
London, England, 1854-06-10

The Jacksonian Prize Treatise of the Royal College
of Burgeons.

Just published, with Pigtes, 8,0., cloth, los.,
STRICTURE of the Ult TII ItA; its
Pathology and Treatment. Ity II RY THOM PSON,
M. 8., Honorary Surgeon to the Marylebotie Infirmary.
"A work replete with original investigations and POllligi prae.
Coal expositions on the treatment o( this atieetione!r-q'itt• lAtwet.
London: Joan Clio &CHILL, Prilleeti•StrOat,'Solin.
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BIRTHS.

ALEXANDER—On the 7th instant, at Boulogne-stir-Mer, the
Lady Louisa Alexander, of a son.
DENT—On the sth instant, in Thin.loe-square, the Lady Beau-
jolols Dent, of a daughter, stillborn.
ROSS—On the 7th instant. in Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-
square, the wife of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N.
SCOTT—At St. John's-wood, the wife of Captain R. Scott, of a
daughter.
SHEIL—On the 7th instant, la Lowndes-street, the wife of
Lieutenant-Colonel Shed, her Majesty's Minister in Persia, of
a daughter.
TOWNLEY—On the 3rd instant, at Mattingley, Hants, the
wife of Lieut.-Colonel Townley, of a son.
VAVASOUR—On the 6th instant, in Mayfair, the Hou. Lady
Vavasour, of a daughter.

MARRIAGES.
CUST—BLIGH—On the 6th instant, at St. George's, Hanover-
square, the Rev. Arthur Perceval Cuat, rector of Cheddington,
Bucks, to Lady Emma Bligh, daughter of the late Earl of
Darnley.
HICKMAN—MAPLETON—On the Ist instant, at Kingston,
Porteea, Wm. Hickman, Esq., RN., to Adelaide Constantla,
daughter of the late Robert Seale, Esq., and widow of James
Mapleton, Esq.
HALKETT—DAVIDSON—On the 3rd instant, at Brussels,
John Cornelius Craigie Halkett, Esq., 45th Regt., to Matilda
Justine, daughter of Duncan Davidson, Esq., of Tulloch.
LITTLE—ORME—On the 7th instant, at St. James's, Piccadilly,
Major Archibald Little, of the 9th Royal Lancers, to Jane, only
daughter of Malcolm Orme, Esq., of 15. Sussex-aquare, Hyde-
park.

DEATHS.
BAILLIE—On tae 9rd instant, in Lowndes-street, the Hon.
Mrs. BeiHie.
BEAUFOY—On the 91st Sit., at Bowneas, Windermere, Mark
Beaufoy, Elk., formerly of the Coldstream Guards, aged 61.
CARR—On the 22nd ult., at Greenwich, Captain Wm. Carr, late
commander of the Oriental, aged 43.
GRAHAM—On the 9rd instant, at Corstorphine, Rear. Admiral
John George Graham.
OTWAY—On the 7th instant, at 13, Grosvenor-square, General
Sir Loftus Otway, C. 8., 84th Regiment, aged 80.
PATTOUN—On the let instant, at Chelsea, Hester, widow of
the late Lient.-Colonel Pattoun, of the 32nd Regt.
PAUL—On the 9rd instant, at Tunbridge.welis, Susannah, wife
et Sir John Dean Paul, Bart.

THE PRESS.
London, England, 1854-06-10

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.

A CROWDED house attended on Thursday to welcome
the return of true genius to this theatre, in the per-
son of Mme. Garcia Viardot. This lady is now almost
the only artist living who combines in herself to any
extent the highest qualities of the singer and actress,
and her three years' absence from our opera boards
has been to us a never-failing source of regret. A
better opera than It Profeta could not have been
selected for Mme. Garcia Viardot's reappearance, for
she has made the part of Fides her own, and we are
certain that no person of reflection who has ever
seen her portray the character can divest himself
of the impression which her acting and singing has
made upon him. Mme. Garcia Viardot's physical
appearance and peculiarities may have something to
do with this result, but the true cause may be
traced to her wonderful power of impersonation, which
few other artists who have attempted the part in
this country possess in the same degree. We
thought that Mme. Garcia Viardot was in good voice
and looked well—most certainly she went through
her arduous part with great spirit and feeling.
Mlle. Marai, as Berta, was a great improvement
upon Mme. Castellan : her organ certainly is not a
powerful one, but she vocalises very charmingly, and
her performance of the character was altogether
satisfactory. She introduced the air of Berta
written by Meyerbeer subsequently to the production
of the opera in Paris : we think its novelty its chief
merit. Signor 'ramberlik's present impersonation of
John of Leyden is an improvement upon that of last
year, and indeed, as a representative of this part, he
is second only to Mario in his best da)s. Signor
Zelger was respectable as Zaccarin, nothing more :
he has a good voice, but his powers of singing are
rather limited. On the whole the opera was well
given, and but few slips and inaccuracies were per.
ceptible.
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NEW NOVEL.

This day, to be had at all the Libraries, one vol. post fro., 95.,
T ANSMUTATIO N;
Or, THE LORD and THE LOUT.
A NOVEL. By N. or M.
Forming the New Volume of CHAPMAN and HALL'S SERIES
of ORIGINAL WORKS .
London: CHAPMAN and HALT., 193, Piccadilly.
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GOVERNMENT is moving for the defence of Dundee
against the contingencies of a state of war. The
shore in the vicinity of Ferryport.on-Craig has been
surveyed by officers for the erection of a battery.
THE GREAT "DERBY SETTLING" came off at
Tattersall's on Tuesday last, the previous day having
been occupied in completing the preliminary compu-
tations and comparisons of accounts. The liquida-
tion turned out, it seems, not very satisfactory.
From the recognised authority on such matters we
learn that, "although vast sums of money were dis-
bursed in the course of the afternoon, numerous im-
pediments to 'smooth going' presented themselves.
Unfavourable reports of absentees were rife, and
complaints of the ' tightness' of money were heard
on all sides. One party who was present at the
commencement suddenly sounded a retreat, and was
hotly inquired after at the close. Another, who was
generally deep in liabilities, was reported ' quite
gone; but as he had been hit hard on the Metro-
pilitan ' his absence did not occasion much surprise.
The list of cleared out and bound for the Levant'
comprised several others whose liabilities in the ag-
gregate are very heavy ; in short, to a large number
of persons it was about the worst 'settling day' they
ever experienced. Towards the close of business a
novel incident in the way of settling excited uproari-
ous mirth, and not a little derision, both inside and
outside the room. A party who had laid against
Dervish to an immense extent, and had afforded
none of the backers an opportunity of hedging with
him, was called to the door to receive payment in
bags of copper of a bet of 40/. ! In expectation of
the'scent' a cab was in readiness, the bags were
emptied into•it, and the Potter of Pots' went off as
quickly as he could amidst ironical Cheers for The
Copper Captain !' "
REAR-ADMIRAL MICHAEL SEYMOUR does not vacate
his appointment as Captain of the Baltic Fleet on
promotion to flag rank. He retains the captaincy of
the fleet, but with a new commission.
THE STATE APARTMENTS AT WINDSOR CASTLE were
closed on Wednesday last until further orders.
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Just published, No. 1., price Is.; No. 11., Is. ed.,

LETTERS to the LORD CHANCELLOR,
containing Observations on the Answers of the Judges
concerning the Criminal law Amendment Bills. No. I. Assault
and Battery. No. 11. Characteristics of the Common Law. By a
Country Magistrate and late Criminal Law Commissioner.
Cambridge: JOHN DEIGHTON. London: Y. and R. STITZNII,
and G. 8. NORTON.
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APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS.

♦PPUINTMENTS.
Commander—George Smythe to be a commanding officer in the
Coast Guard.
Lieutenant—Thomas S. Gooch to the Meander.
Second Masters—George Turpin to the Mina; H. P. Ward to
the St. Vincent; Robert (Jaen to the Minx.
Masters' Assistants--Jobe A. Collinion to the Sphinx; John
E. Chapple to the Wizard; C. K. Haswell to the St. George.
Clerks—Charles Ross to the Victory ; J. B. Moore to the Al-
giers ; E. E. Phillips to the Meander ; C. B. L. Brockman to the
Scourge; John Adams to the Wolverine.
Clerk's Assistant—John 11. Mooney to the Vulcan.
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expected from the individual members of the present Cabi-
net. In the absence of any distinct explanation of the
reason, conjecture is driven to ask whether it is that the
accord amongst Ministers is not so great as their lan-
guage has induced us to suppose; whether it is that some
minority in the Cabinet is permitted, as gossip asserts, to
disturb their councils ; whether any effeminate scruple to
exercise "dictation" over the House of Commons weakens
their resolve ; or whether they act under a stol more pies-
tionable desire to diminish their own responsibility by
shuffling it off upon the shoulders of the Commons ?
Whether it has operated consciously as a reason for the
conduct of Ministers or not, there is undoubtedly a growing
tendency to avoid Ministerial responsibility by taking the
Commons into partnership with the Executive and making
the House share the Executive responsibility. This in-
troduces a total confusion into the very nature of respon-
able government, which it in fact neutralises by more
the diffusing the responsibility, for it enables Ministers
to drag into a complicity with their acts the Parliament,
which is the arbiter of their Ministerial life and death. It
may be a mode of evading pressure from without; it may
be a device for avoiding the consequences which hang upon
the heels of a Ministry undertaking very complicated
legislation and desiring to carry some measures by the
sacrifice of the rest, or to remain in office for their chief
mission by surrendering their conviction upon minor
points. But the ultimata result of such a course, if it
should be carried on long enough and far enough, would be
to change the constitution of our country by a process
which is assimilating the House of Commons to the
American Congress.

The cause is obvious. A Coalition Cabinet,
as it has no distinctive policy, can have no
initiative energy or collective force. Instead
of attempting to guide the Legislature it looks
to the Legislature for direction. A mere log,
it drifts at the mercy of popular impulses and
chance currents. Destitute of a controlling
will, of foresight and energy, it is sure, sooner
or later, to be overtaken by mischance, when
the discovery is made that its impotence was
a source, not of vexation merely, but of the
greatest possible danger.
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'H"'"THE PRESS.

SATURDAY,

got ? John, you have misled the innocent Czar amongst you. yaw
Prime Minister, who, on the principle of omne ignotum pro Inagnifieo,
has written a book upon " Beauty, seems to have gone mad in favour
of the " waving line " in diplomacy as well as in sculpture. Could he not
have said, " Hands off Nicholas ! Lay no finger on that sable beard, nor
"attempt to bonnet him with that cap of Fez. " But no, John—like some
of those constables who are accustomed desipere in loco of Petticoat-
lane and Rag-fair, Lord Aberdeen took his quiet glass with the in-
tending burglar, nor interfered with his proceedings till the people--
his " inspector "—came round "the beat, and now he makes up with
unwilling clamour for deliberate complicity. And, my dear John, I
find it was your loyalty which led you to join this Ministry. John,
you are as loyal as the Russian Ambassador's servants I once before
referred to, who, when he fell down in a fit of apoplexy, threatened
Cooper or Brodie with instant death if they violated their master's
skin with a lancet. You are attached to the Crown with that delicate
attention which lEsop records of a certain beast of burden which, in
imitation of the lapdog, jumped into its master's lap, and grievously
damaged him with its hoofs and frightened him with its bray.
Would to heaven that such Ministers as you would avoid place,
" leave the Queen without servants," and become disloyal ! John,
I would rather see you marching, like Mr. Cuffey, to Kennington;
common, with " liberty" in your mouth, and gin in your stomach, a
banner with a misspelled motto in your hand, a policeman each side of
you, and a special constable behind you; nay, I would rather see you,
like Smith O'Brien, sitting in the widow Cormack's cabbages, with the
flag of Erin folded under—what I cannot call your broadest end—to
save yourself from bullets and the rheumatism, than see you going
through Arabella-row to the Privy Council, or entering St. James's in
the Windsor uniform by the private entrée.
But I must stop—l am electrified. Reading down the last news
of your proceedings, I came to Gladstone's bonds. " Visions of Pena-
" sylvania, spare my aching sight ! "

P. P.

THAT.
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Georse Henry Drew, Esq.
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Francis Fuller, Esq.
Joseph Henry Goodhart, Esq.

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Th 011141,11 Gilman, Esq.
James Huut, Esq.
John Arscott Lethbridge, Esq.
Edmund Lucas, Esq.
Augustin Robinson, Esq.
James Lys &lager, Esq.
John Batley White, Esq.

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Actuary.

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on Assurance Associations, Freehold Land and Building
tiosdeties," (te.
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to any amount.
Endowments and Annuities granted on equitable terms.
No Charge for Policy Stamps.
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Travellers, Mariners, and Emigrants assured on moderato
terms.

Creditors assured on the lives of their debtors with special ad-
vantages.
The Second Quinquennial Division of Profits will take place at
the close of the year 1554, of which parties assuring their lives
by the Society's Table 11. will be entitled to three-fourths or 75
per cent., without partnership liability.
All necessary forms, with every information as to the mode of
effecting Assurance, may be obtained either by letter or personal
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Ett gtrmg.

WAR-OFFICE, Juira 6.
MERIORANDUM.—Her Majesty has been pleased to ap
prove of all first appointments of gentlemen to commissions
in the Fusilier and Rile Regiments being in future made
in the rank of Ensign and not Second Lieutenant as here-
tofore, which latter grade is abolished prospectively from
this date; and her Majesty has been further pleased to ap
prove of the Subalterns m the 7th Fusiliers consisting
prospectively of the same number of Lieutenants and
Ensigns as in other regiments of infantry of the line, and
not of Lieutenants only as heretofore.
4th Regiment of Di agoon Guards—Sergeant-MajorJ. G.
Drake to be Quartermaster, vice Thompson, appointed
Quartermaster to a Cavalry Depot.
6th Dragoons—R. G. Kelly, Gent., to be Veterinary
Surgeon, vice Hellen, appointed to a Cavalry Deptit.
6th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant F. W. Goro to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Webb, who retires ; Ensign L.
It. Hole to be Lieutenaht, by purchase, vice Gore ; T. B.
Hackett, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hole.
10th Foot--J. Tulloch, Gent., to be Assistant Surgeon,
vice Webb, promoted on the Staff.
211th Foot—Lieutenant E. F. Anstey to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Tomson, who retires ; Lieutenant M. Turner
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Dewar, who retires;
Ensign C. E. Parkinson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Anstey; Ensign W. D. S. Dickens to be Lieutenant,. by
purchase, vice Turner; L. Kekewich, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Dickens; W. V. Maskelyne, Gent.,to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Parkinson.
20th Foot—Lieutenant W. F. Kerrich to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Wallace, whose promotion on the 21st
April, 1854, is to be cancelled; Ensign E. Day to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Kerrich; J. Armstrong, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Day.
34th Foot—W. Haward, Gent., to be Assistant Surgeon.
39th Foot—Staff Surgeon of the Second Class G. T.
Woodman, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Reid, appointed to
the Staff.
43rd Foot—Lieut. L. Graham to be Captain, by pup
chase, vice Weyland, who retires ; Ensign H. B. Henson
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Graham ; H. J. Ber
ners, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Howson.
54th Foot—A. Herrick, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Hardinge, who retires.
55th Foot—Sergeant 0. Green to be Quartermaster, vice
Grigg, who retires upon half-pay.
84th Foot—Ensign H. Currie to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Page, who retires; T. S. Bigge, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Currie.
Ist West India Regiment--Lieut. H. Anton to be. Cap-
tain, without purchase, vice Hammill, deceased; Loup
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THE FOLLOWING NEW WORKS
ARE PUBLISHED THIS DAT:-

The RUSSIANS in BULGARIA and RU-
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of the Balkan. By Baron VON MOLTKE. With Map and
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GOLDSMITH'S WORKS. Edited by
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Bro., 7s. 6d. (MURRAY'S BRITISH CLASSICS.)

Also, in Jun.

THE SEVENTH AND CONCLUDING
VOLUME of LORD MAHON'S HISTORY of ENCLAND.
With an Index to the whole Work. Bro.

JOHN MURRAY, Albemarle•street.
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THE PRESS.

own day. In the gardens, which will certainly
surpass those of Semiramis, but which cannot be
completed yet for some months, there will be found
faithful counterparts of all the known or extinct
animals of creation. Already, in the nave of the
edifice, a splendid botanical collection has been got
together, and never before have exotic plants and
trees obtained such perfect liberty for then• develop-
ment, or been mustered in so magnificent a hot-
house."
London, England, 1854-06-10

Rudiger, farmers, gamekeepers, and others, who, by
special permission, have been allowed to possess
firearms, are to deliver them forthwith to the local
authorities. l'ossession of firearms will henceforth
be permitted solely to the military and civil officers of
the emp►re.
The British vessels lately detained at Odessa have
been released. The crews were kept twenty days in
prison, but were liberated on the 13th ult., and
allowed to sail with their vessels on the 19th. Some
of them had arrived at Constantinople on the 23rd
of May.

Minkel Baudin, who received his promotion only
a fe",days since, died in Paris on Wednesday, after
a ptuhful illness, at the age of seventy. lie was a
highly distinguished officer, and lost his arm when
he commanded the Semillante. lie leaves two sons,
one of whom is secretary to the French Embassy in
London.

Madrid journals of the 3rd state that the Spanish
Government had resolved to send six more steamers
to Cuba; making thirteen in all. These vessels
would carry out 4,000 men, and 2,000 more were to
follow subsequently. The first detachment of 500
had already sailed from Cadiz.

The Lisbon Government has finally resolved upon
granting the long solicited charter to the company
formed for the purpose of undertaking the manage-
ment of the Portuguese colony of Mozambique, in
Eastern Africa, subject, of course, to the approval of
the Cortes.

The Hon. and Rev. Horace Powys has been
selected to fill the bishopric of Sodor and Man, ren-
dered vacant by the translation of Lord Auckland to
the see of Bath and Wells. The new prelate is a
younger brother of Lord Lilford. In 1831 he was
presented by his father to the rectory of Wanington,
Lancashire, and is also a rural dean of the diocese
of Chester. The bishopric is worth 2,0001. a year,
but does not entitle its possessor to a vote in the
House of Lords.

The 20th of June, the anniversary of her Majesty's
accession to the throne, is the day fixed upon for
the approaching brevet.

The following inscription appears on the medals
struck to commemorate the opening of the Crystal
Palace, to be presented to her MAjesty to day :
" Ornatur propriis Industria clanis."—" Industry is
adorned with her own works."
As the day of opening approached the demand for
season tickets became more rapid. On Thursday
the printed supply was quite exhausted, and 10,000
more, produced by extreme pressure, were all bought
up at the different offices in the course of a couple of
hours.
London, England, 1854-06-10

TURKEY.

From Constantinople, under date of May 30, we
receive accounts of another change in the Ministry.
Mehemet Yachts, reeently Minister of Marine, and
formerly ambas.-,; to iu London, has been appointed
Grand Vizier. Hail Pacha, brother in-law of the
Sultan, succeeds Mehemet Pacha as Minister of
Marine (Capudan Pacha). Some other Ministerial
transmutations were expected. The Moniteur, in
announcing the event, states that the change in the
Turkish Cabinet had no political significance.
Orders have been transmitted from Constantinople
to the Turkish authorities in Albania to receive the
troops which Austria is about to send thither. It is
understood that a special treaty, concluded between
Austria and the Porte with the consent of England
and France, authorises this transmission of forces
into the Turkish territories.
The Bishop of Gibraltar has been in Constan•
tinople for some weeks past, holding a confirmation.
Upwards of three hundred persons were confirmed
in a single week, and amongst them a considerable
anmber of the troops. His lordship has submitted
a project to the British Ambassador for the con-
struction of an English church at Constantinople,
and Lord Stratford de Redefine has promised to
propose the subject to the Sultan.

RUSSIA.
The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Vienna
Press states that on the 20th ult. there appeared an
order of the Minister of Police prescribing what the
inhabitants of the Russian capital are to do in the
event of siege, or rather a blockade, of that city. If
Cronstadt should fall into the power of the allied
fleets, women, children, and old men are immediately
to leave the capital. The troops are to be removed
from the houses, the streets are to be unpaved, and
the bells of the holy churches and the images of the
saints are to be removed to Moscow. Notwithstand-
ing all these precautions, the order expresses the
assurance that the enemy's fleet will perish on the
rocks, and under the cannon of Cronstadt. All mea-
sures necessitated by a long and energetic war are
being taken here. Both sides of the mouth of the
Neva are being protected with strong defensive
works.

Another letter from St. Petersburg relates that
their Imperial Highnesses the Grand Duchess Maria,
wife of the Cesarewitch (a born princess of Hesse
Darmstadt); Alexandra, wife of the Grand Duke
Constantine (a princess of Saxe-Altenburg, and
sister to the Queen of Hanover) ; and Maria Nicho-
lajewna (widow of the Duke of Leuchtenburg), have
proceeded upon a pious pilgrimage to the celebrated
and wealthy monastery of Troitsk (Holy Trinity),
near Warsaw. This monastery was erected and dedi-
cated to St. Sergius, who was buried there in the
fourteenth century. Here it was that Peter the
Great took refuge during the insurrection of the
Strelitz. The riches of the cloister are enormous.
Its possessions extend over many thousand acres,
containing nine large parishes, with nearly 100,000
serfs. The enormous walls contain within their cir
cult about 1,000 monks, and a semintry for 300
students, and its treasures and property are valued
at 600 million roubles.
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The Earl of DERBY asked if it was true that the
office of Secretary of War and of the Colonies
was to be divided ; if the new Minister of War would
.have the financial direction of that department; and
if Lord John Russell had accepted the office of Pre-
s' lent of the Council?
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FIUDAY ETININO.
THE week that is about to close has bean almost un-
precedented in the annals of the Stock Exchange.
The difference between stock for money and for time
has been at one per cent., whilst at one period the
" backwardation "ifor loans of stock enabled the lender
to realise as much as 19 per cent. The extreme
range in the price of Consols during the past month
shows a differencelof 14 per cent, and even,this week
the difference is nearly 3 per cent. Consols on Tues-
day touched 94, which was the highest point, aid
have since gradually fallen, until to-day they have
been done at 92 for transfer, and for the opening, ex
dividend, 914 and are now 914. Considering
these extraordinary fluctuations it is satisfactory to
state that only three failures are known to have oc-
curred, and two of these are for a :mall amount,
whilst in the third arrangements were made for a
speedy discharge of all liabilities in fi 11. It is not
easy to point out any one cause why Consols should
have risen so suddenly, and have since fallen so ma-
terially; but many causes combined to cperate simul-
taneously. The Court of Chancery has h tely absorbed
much stock ; the Bank of England, which had lent
2,400,0001. worth of stock, unexpectedly recalled half
that amount, and this produced a scarcity of stuck ;
advices, too, from the Continent were higher, in many
cases much higher; half a million in bullion arrived;
but, in addition to all these circumstances, and apart
from speculative causes, there is no doubt the public
exhibited a disposition to invest.
The rates of interest are firmly maintained, and
there is a brisk demand for money ; still the supply is not
scarce, and, though more bills have been noted than
for a long time previously, there have been very few
I failures.

Much of the bullion that has arrived consists
of silver dollars, and is believed to be intended for
transhipment to China, one of the singular features
of the time being that silver dollars, although worth
intrinsically less than bar silver, ai e sold at a higher
price in China, on account of the disturbance caused
by the war, the nation being desirous of boarding a
coin with which they are familiar, and which circu-
lates freely.
50,0001. is required to complete the loan for British
Guiana, and 25,c001. to complete that for Trinidad.
Tenders for not less than 5,0001. each will be received
before two o'clock on the 19th instant. The interest
will be 4 per cent., payable half-yearly at the Bank of
England; the debentures (5001. each) will be re-
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CIRCASSIA.

The latest letters from the Black Sea say the
Ottoman flag was flying at Redout Kale, Soukoum-
Kale, and all the Russian forts on the Abascian
coast. Anapa and Kutais had also been evacuated
by the Russians, and would speedily be in the hands
of the Circassian chiefs. Redout-Kale and Poti
have been occupied by detachments from the allied
squadrons ; and arms and munitions landed on the
Circassian coast. French and English officers have
gone into the country, and opened communications
with Schamyl. The Circassians were assembling in
all directions. Schamyl was said to be preparing to
attack Tiflis.

In Asia Minor a force of 25,000 Russians, viz.,
20,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry, with a park of
artillery of about sixty pieces, was assembled on the
10th ult. at Gumri (Alexandropol). A division,
5,000 or 6,000 strong, had left in the direction of
Ilatoum, probably to reinforce the army opposed to
Selim Pacha.
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E4t Vrtss.

LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1854.


THE state of
critical.

affairs on the Continent is

The secret negotiations which a fortnight

ago we announced were in active progress,
with the view of terminating the Turkish war,

and yet saving the honour of Russia, have
been brought to a successful conclusion, so

far as the German Powers are concerned.
.Austria, who claims to act as principal me-
diator, has agreed to propose an armistice to

the belligerents, preliminary to a general Con-

gress, which is to settle the terms of a perma-
nent peace.
Russia has admitted that by the change

which has recently taken place in the condi-
tion of the Christian subjects of the Porte the
original cause of war has been removed. A

security for these Christian privileges which
will not invalidate the sovereign rights of the
Sultan will engage the solicitude of the
Congress.
The free navigation of the Danube is secured

...,

by the great treaties of Vienna of 181.1; and if

any doubts have arisen as to the interpreta-
tion of the subsequent convention between
Russia and Austria, respecting especially the
mouths of that important watercourse, Con-
gress will give to this document that clear in-
tention which both parties to the convention
have always desired.
The treaty which prevents the ships-of-war

of foreign nations from passing the Darda
nelles was not intended to give any advantage
to Russia, nor is it an act between Russia and
Turkey alone. All the great Powers, on the
contrary, are pa;•ties to it, and one of its prin-

cipal objects at the time was to rescue France
from the diplomatic isolation in which she had
been placed by the imprudence of M. THIERS,
by facilitating her European co-operation, and
thus formally readmitting her to the transac-
tions of La Haute Politique. Where general
interests are so obviously concerned, if revi-
sion become necessary, a Congress of the high
contracting parties offers a natural tribunal.

The treaty of Karnadgi is a treaty between
Russia and the Sublime Porte alone ; but, if

any doubts exist between the contracting
parties respecting the tenor of some of its
London, England, 1854-06-10

THE SALT DUTY IN INDIA.

LAST week Sir JOHN PAXINGTON asked the Pre-
sident of the Board of Control " whether any
" correspondence had taken place between
" the Board of Control and the Government
" of India on the subject of the salt monopoly
" in India since that monopoly was condemned
" by a majority in the House of Commons in
" the last session of Parliament; and whether
" the duties on salt in India had been, or were
" likely soon to be, reduced." Sir CusaLxs
WOOD stated in reply that " the Government
" of India had employed an intelligent officer
" to inquire into the subject," and that " till
" the inquiry was completed he would be un-
" able to state the result."

The inquiry, however, alluded to by Sir
CHARLES Woon appears to be only an inquiry
respecting the future mode of levying the
duty, leaving the question of reduction of it
wholly untouched. Still if, as regards that
point even, there had been any necessity for
inquiry, Sir CHARLES WOOD'S reply might have
passed ; but it is a fact within the knowledge
of all connected with India that there is not a
point regarding the subject of salt duties that
is not perfectly well known at present ; and
that there is not an India-house official who is
not thoroughly informed on every detail of the
question. To talk of " inquiry " under such
circumstances is nonsense. Inquiry is unne-
cessary for purposes of information ; and the
only object, therefore, in instituting one must
be to put off indefinitely compliance with the
decision taken by the House last session.
Indeed, if we had any doubt on this head,
we should only have to turn to the " General
Report on the Administration of the Punjaub"
lately published by the Directors ; for there
we find measures deliberately adopted and
deliberately approved of in regard to taxing
salt in the Punjaub which are of a nature as
diametrically opposed as they can be to the
principles laid down by the House of Com-
mons. Salt, which is a natural product of the
Punjaub, and which was formerly only lightly
taxed there, has now been assessed at a rate
which enhances the cost to the consumer to

the enormous extent of sixteen hundred per
cent.; while in one part of the country where
the mountaineers have made a successful re-

sistance in arms to the imposition in its full
extent the Government find consolation in the
thought that " the light duty " (two hundred
London, England, 1854-06-10

concert of the season will take place on the 19th
instant.
FRENCH OPERA.
WE do not think French opera is ever likely to
become popular in this country. Its light instru-
mentation, conventional melodies, and unmeaning
phrases, can never obtain that hold upon our coun
trymen's affections that they have acquired over those
of our lively and volatile French neighbours, for whose
especial pleasure this school of music has been
originated and maintained. Nevertheless, as we
hold ourselves entirely catholic in art., so we gladly
welcome this foreign exotic ; and it gives us much
pleasure to see it installed, for a time at least, in one
of our dramatic temples, especially when it possesses
so effective an exponent a.s Madame Marie Cabel.
This lady became the rage in Paris in October last,
and has ever since, as prima donna of the Theatre
Lyrique, continued to enjoy a large share of public
favour. Her voice, like most French voices, is thin
and piercing in quality, but she possesses great
powers of execution, and, if she has not the gift of
expression and feeling in any large proportion, her
intonation is at least irreproachable, and her style
quite in accordance with the music she has to sing.
She was very well received, and throughout the
evening loudly and deservedly applauded. It will be
only charity to make no mention of the singers by
whom she was assisted. Le Bijou Perdu, by Adolphe
Adam, the opera selected for the first appearance of
the company, is a very poor specimen of the school
of music to which it belongs ; and, though no part
could be better calculated than that of Toinon for
displaying what the Italians call the agility of the
voice, we trust we shall soon have an opportunity of
hearing Madame Cabel in some opera of greater pre-
tensions. The orchestra was conducted by M. lie-
loffre, who formerly resided in London, and was well
known as a violin-player. He is now the director of
the music at the Theatre Lyrique in Paris.

E4t pram.
ADELPHI THEATRE.

THE occasion of Mme. Celeste's benefit on Wednes-
day last drew a crowded house ; and well it might,
for not only was there the attraction of the fair lady
herself, but that of a new farce by Mr. Mark Lemon,
entitled A Moving Tak, in which Mr., Mrs., and Miss
Keeley enacted the principal parts. This little piece
displays considerable ingenuity on the part of the
talented author, who has worked old materials into
such a very pleasant shape as to obtain a decisive
success. The plot turns upon the miseries of Gran-
disan, a clerk (acted by Mr. Keeley), whose gorman-
dising propensities lead him into a variety of scrapes,
not the least being a domestic row which takes place
between himself and his sweet helpmate (Mrs.
Keeley). The acting of this pair of admirable
artists was inimitable, and convulsed the audience
with laughter. Miss Keeley, as a slattern servant
girl, appeared for the first time in a new line of cha-
racter, and did good service.