The Press.
London, England, 1854-02-18 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

NEARLY ONE HUNDRED HEAD OF FALLOW DEER
have arrived at Windsor by the South-Western Rail-
way from Cricklewood Forest, comprising a number
of does and bucks of choice breed and beauty. They
will be turned into Windsor Great Park, for the pur-
pose of crossing the present breed there.
THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY held their
fifteenth public drawing on Saturday afternoon, when
104 rights of choice on the unallotted estates of the
society were apportioned among the successful
members. The continued progress of the society
was proved by the share 8,830 being the final num-
ber placed in the wheel prior to the extraction of the
numbers. A subscribed capital of 441,8001. has
thus been attained in seventeen months, and nearly
2,500 shares have been placed on the register of
rights, either by completion, drawing, or seniority,
no less than 705 of the first thousand shares being
now on the list by date of membership. The six-
teenth public drawing was announced for Wednesday,
the 15th of March, in Freemasons'-hall.
Mn. GERRARD GOULD is appointed an unpaid
attaché to her Mtkjesty's mission at Hanover. Mr.
Francis Ottiwell Adams is appointed an unpaid
attaché at Stockholm.
MR. THOMAS LIDDELL is appointed colonial sur-
veyor at Sierra Leone. The Rev. Charles Stephen
Hassells is appointed colonial chaplain for the Gold
Coast.
Ma. ARTHUR FORBES' writer to the Signet, is ap-
pointed collector of the Fee Fund at Edinburgh, vice
Mr. Patrick Irvine, deceased.
SIR JOHN THOMAS BRIGGS' Knt., accountant-
general of the navy, has retired from active business
after fifty-seven years' service.
A RETURN of the amount of bullion purchased and
sold by the Bank of England was issued on Saturday.
Last year the bullion purchased amounted to
5,338,5451. in gold, and the amount sold 1;233,727/.
THE LORDS OF THE TREASURY have consented to
appropriate the fund arising from unclaimed money
orders, and from unclaimed property in dead letters,
to the payment of part of the premium on the poli-
cies of such of the officers of the Post-office, in any
part of the United Kingdom, as may insure their
lives. This fund now amounts to about 1,000/. a
year, and there is an accumulation from past years
of about 15,0001., which is also to be applied to this

purpose.
ABERDEEN has lost one of its leading citizens by •
the death of the Very Reverend Principal Jack, of
King's College and University.
A HIGH TIDE occurred in the Thames on Wed-
nesday, the water reaching to fully eighteen inches
above its ordinary flood level, and to within five
inches of the highest point ever known. The bank-
side premises and wharves were overflowed, and
great inconvenience occasioned, but w thout result-
ing in any serious damage.
THE NUMBER OF DEPOSITORS IN SAVINGS BANKS in
England and Wales, at the date of a late return,
amounted to 135,933 men, and 135,620 women, de-
positors of 301. and upwards; and 77,021 men, and
75,372 women, of 501. and upwards.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DEATHS registered in
London in the week ending on Saturday was 1,178.
It exhibits a decrease on that of the preceding week,
and is less than the estimated average by only 24.
THE BICENTENARY FESTIVAL OF THE SONS OF THE
CLERGY will be celebrated on a very extensive scale,
and will be honoured with the presence of Prince
Albert, the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs, and a large
number of the nobility and dignitaries of the Church.
The festival will take place on Wednesday, May
10, with a full choral service, under the dome of St.
Paul's Cathedral. The sermon will be preached by
the Bishop of London. The choirs of her Majesty's
Chapel Royal, St. Paul's, Westminster Abbey, and
St. George's Chapel, Windsor, will assist, and will be
adequately strengthened by members of various
other cathedral choirs. A dinner will take place on
the same day, Prince Albert having intimated his in-
tention of attending as a steward.
THE YOUNG KING OF PonTrom. intends, it is said,
to make a tour through Europe the coming spring,
visiting several Courts. He will come to London in
the first instance, and thence travel to Brussels,
Berlin, Dresden, and Vienna, returning to his own
dominions through Munich and Paris.
THE GREAT VARIETY OF CORN MEASURES in lice
in England is shown by a parliamentary return pre-
pared on the motion of Mr. Booker. It appears that
while the imperial bushel, meant to be the :standard,
contains eight gallons, the bushel by which grain is
sold in the Middlesex markets contains 84 gallons ; in
Salop, 94 ; in Cheshire, nearly 10; in some parts of
Cornwall 10, and in others 24 ; in Westmorland,lo
for wheat, and 24 for barley and rye. In Suffolk
and Norfolk the " coomb" of 4 bushels is used; in
some parts of England the "load," containing in Bed•
fordshire 5 bushels of wheat, in Derbyshire and
Yorkshire 3 ; in some districts in the north the "boll "
of 2 imperial bushels is used ; in others the old
" boll " of 6 bushels.
LETTERS FOR THE PACIFIC can now be sent by way
of Brazil. The postage is ss. 2d. an ounce.

SATURDAY,

A LARGE PARTY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE
OF COMMON s met Mr. Disraeli on Saturday, to consult
upon the course which should be pursued by them
in the present condition of affairs. It is understood
that the result of the conference was most satisfac-
tory. The Conservative party will not offer any fac-
tious opposition to the Government, but will anxiously
watch the conduct of the Administration, following
the course demonstrated by Lord Derby in the House
of Peers on Friday night.—Standard.
FAT HER GAVAZZI lectured at Exeter on Thurs-
day night, before a thronged audience, on " Popery
in America and England."
THE magnificent steamer Himalaya reached
Southampton on Thursday, on her return from her
first voyage to the Peninsula and Mediterranean.
From Alexandria, which she left on the sth inst.,the
Himalaya brings the heavy Oriental mails, including
the largest Australian mails ever despatched to this
country.
SADI OMBARH RENBEY, who came to England many
years ago in company with the celebrated African
traveller, Mungo Park, whom he instructed in Arabic,
died on the 11th inst., at an age of more than 80
years.
A PRIVATE JOINT-STOCK COMPANY has been formed
in Liverpool for the purpose of establishing a line of
powerful screw-steamers between that port and Aus-
tralia. The Great Britain will be one of the ships of
this line, and all the others will be built on the same
principle. A charter has been obtained from the
Board of Trade.
THE RECEIPTS OF THE QUI•IEN ANNE'S BOUNTY
FUND for the year 1852 were 209,1601. 10s., and the
disbursements 208,006/. 10s. Ild.
THE MADRID STOCK EXCHANGE lS regulated by a
bill which has just passed the Cortes, and received
royal authentication. Among other changes, this
act permits of "time bargains," hitherto strictly pro-
hibited.
INTELLIGENCE received from Gibraltar states the
sudden death of Captain C. 1). Oliver, of the :10th
Regiment. The gallant officer died of disease of the
heart at Tangier, where he had gone for a few days
on leave of absence. Captain Oliver was held in the
highest esteem by his brother officers,and his decease
is sincerely deplored by the whole regiment.
A TENDER has been accepted for the performance
of the mail service between Dover and Calais, and
Dover and Ostend, by a private company. The con-
tract is concluded for a space of four years, com-
mencing from the Ist of October next, at the rate of
15,0001. per annum.