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PRES 4

Mr. Wrisox, taking a financial view of the case,
stated that the whole compensation fund received by
the British Government in trust for claimants had
long since been exhausted by payments made on
account of its legitimate object. if the present
claim were allowed, nearly half a million of money
must be raised by taxation from the English
people.
. .

On a division, after six hours' debating, the motion
was rejected by a majority of b 2 to 07-15.
PROTESTANT CHAPLAINS IN LUNATIC
ASYLUMS.

The house being in committee of supply on Mon-
day night, a vote of 164,1051. was proposed for the
maintenance of gaols, Beldam Hospital, and pau-
per lunatic asylums.
Mr. SCHOLEFIELD moved as an amendment that
the vote should be reduced by 1001., being the
amount of the salary of the chaplain in a lunatic
asylum. Referring to the vote passed some days
since retrenching the item allowed for the ministra •
tions of Roman Catholic prie.ts in prisons, he wished
to test the principle by proposing a similar reduction
in the case of a Protestant chaplain.
This amendment provoked considerable discussion,
in the course of which Lord PALMERSTON confessed
to having experienced much surprise and pain at the
result of the division on the former occasion, and
deprecated the renewal of a controversy from which
unfortunate detenus in prisons and asylums must be
the sufferers.
On a division the amendment was negatived by
246 votes to 23-223. The vote, as originally pro-
posed, was then agreed to.
London, England, 1854-06-24

SATURDAY,

Precisely similar was the Ministerial con-
duct on Mr. HEYWOOD'S motion for the admis-
sion of dissenters to Oxford. The Cabinet
strove hardto gain credit tritli both sides, and
earned no Wing except ridicule for their pains.
Mr. SIONIrc • HERBERT laboured to show that
the bggt wAly to support a motion was to vote
againgfit. Mr. Gr.orroNE tood forth to de-
fend the Independence of the University
which to bad hiinserr igoisted to destroy by
consenting- to the ebmilission of 1850 ; and
Lord JOitE RUSSELL, for various unexplained
reasons, consented to the rejection of a clause
of which in princinle he thoroughly approved.
It Is nit often' 'Mat the Howie 'of Ctunmons
witnesses such an inaroglio, or that Parliament
is left in a state of such complete practical
anarchy. Factions have superseded parties.
The strife of parties is but another name for
the contest of principles, and may prove of
signal advantage in a free country by cherish-
ing public spirit and advancing the public
welfare. But, when principles are openly re-
nounced, and Ministers speak in favour of a
measure, yet vote against it, parliamentary
Government is little more than a delusion
employed to mask the motives of factious
intrigue and interested ambition.
London, England, 1854-04-29

conclusion, Sir J. Graham confessed to an insur-
mountable objection to the system of licences.
After a few words from Lord CI.AUDE HAMILTON,
Lord DUDLEY STUART inveighed against the general
negligence, timidity, and dilatoriness evinced by the
Government in their conduct of the war.
Questions and comments upon matters of detail
were afterwards offered by Mr. Pnce, Mr. Cardwell,
Mr. Baillie, Sir H. Willoughby, Mr. French, and
Mr. Denby Seymour.
The motion was then agreed to ; but
Lord J. RUSSELL, who had spoken in the debate,
immediately afterwards brought up some papers, and
took the opportunity of adding a lew further explana-
tions on certain points which had been touched upon
by the later speakers.

SUPPLY.

The house went into committee of supply, and
passed a resolution authorising the issue of
16,024,1001. Exchequer Bills.
The select committee on the. Bribery Prevention
and Controverted Election Bills was nominated, on
the motion of Lord J. Russia..
Adjourned at half-past eight o'clock.
London, England, 1854-04-29

THE WAR.

Sir C. Napier was in Stockholm on Monday even-
ing. His fleet, or part of it, was stationed off Gos-
tergarn, in Gothland, on Wednesday. Several more
prizes had been taken.
Accounts from Odessa state that the allied fleets
in the Black Sea had formed a junction, and had
come to an anchor off the port on the 20th.
The steamers Cambria and Indus arrived at Con-
stantinople on the 17th, with the 49th, 73rd, 41st,
and 33rd Regiment-.
The Malta Mail states that it has been resolved
to land no more troops at Gallipoli, and to send them
all on to Constantinople.
Yesterday's Moniteur published a telegraphic
despatch from Belgrade of the 27th, stating that
the Russians had experienced a severe reverse at
Tschernavoda, and had evacuated Little Wallachia.
London, England, 1854-04-29

CONTRABAND EXPORTS.

A FURTHER order in council modifying the previous
definition as to those articles whose export should
be prohibited, as being arms or warlike materials,
was prepared at the Privy Council on Monday, and
officially proclaimed. This new specification runs
as follows :

" The Lords of the Council, having taken into consider-
ation certain applications for leave to export various
articles, of which the exportation is prohibited by her
Majesty's proclamation of the 18th February, 185 t, are
pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, that the officers
of her Majesty's Customs do not hereafter prevent the
export of any articles except only—
Gunpowder, saltpetre, and brimstone,
Arms and ammunition,
Marine engines and boilers, and the component parts
thereof.
And that such last-named articles be prohibited from
export only when destined to any place in Europe north of
Dunkirk, or to any place in the Mediterranean Sea east
of Malta ; and that the officers of her Majesty's Customs do
permit the export of the said enumerated articles to any
other part of the world, upon taking, from the persons ex-
porting the same, a bond that they shall be landed and
entered at the port of destination.
" Whereof the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's
Treasury, and officers of her Majesty's Customs, and all
other persons whom it may concern, are to take notice and
govern themselves accordingly. " C. C. GREVILLE. "
London, England, 1854-04-29

Hech sirs ! ye'd best drap sword and spear !
St. Mungo speed me 'gin I care
The curlin' o' a kyloe's hair

For " reputation ;"
(There's nae Russ for't) jist try 'em fair
Wi conciliation.

What's gar ye mak' sic' awsome racket
Wi' seizin' Seymour's travel-packet ;
Ye might ha' had the things ye lackit
By post or quicker;
An' noo like rogues we're baith attackit
Owre people's liquor.
London, England, 1854-04-29

APRIL 29,1854.

The Rev. Lawrence Tuttiett, M.A., to the Incumbency of Lea
)darston, near Coleshill, Warwickshire.
The Rev. Anderson J. Weausland, MA., to a Missionary Chap-
laincy at Melbourne, Australia.
VACANCIES.
The Curacy of Bury, Lancashire; worth 1001. a year, in the
gift of the Rev. E. J. G. Hornby, M.A.
The Assistant-Curacy of the pariah of Bussage, Gloucester-
shire; worth 601. a year, in the gift of the Rev. Robert G.
Swayne, M.A.

The A..sistant•Curacy of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire ;
worth 50/. a year, in the gift of the Rev. Wm. H. Mountain,B.A.
Tue Cis acy of St. James's Church, Bradford, Yorkshire; worth
1001. a year, in the gift of the Rev. Henry John Burtield, M.A.
The Curacy of King's Lynn, Norfolk; in the gift of the Rev.
Wodehouae, M.A.

Two Masterships in Rossall School, near Fleetwood; worth
respectively 2001. and 1001. per annum.
The Incumbency of Burnside, Westmorland; worth 1201. a
year, in the gift of the Rev. J. W. Barnes, M.A.
The Rectory of Warden, near Queenborough, and the Vicarage
of Bobbing, near Sittingbourne; in private patronage, and of
small annual value.

The Incumbency of Fyfleld, Berkshire ; worth 1501. a year. In
the gift of the President and Fellow, of fit. John's College,
Oxford.

The Perpetual Curacy of Hugill or Inge, Kendal, Westmor-
land ; value 84, with a house ; patron, the Vicar of Kendal.
The Perpet .al Curacy of Burnside, Kendal; value 1091.;
patron, the Vicar of Kendal.
The Rectory and parish church of Eocleston, Cheshire; value
4031., with a house; patron, the Marquis of Westminster.
The Vicarage of Barking, Essex ; worth 8001. a year, in the gift
of the Provost of All Souls' College, Oxford.
The Head Mastership of the Newark•upon•Trent Grammar
School; in the gift of the Trustees.
London, England, 1854-04-29

THE PROTESTANT ALLIANCE.
On the approach of its THIRD ANNUAL MEETING,
the Committee of the Protestant Alliance feel called upon to lay
its claims before the Christian public, in order that the support
given to it may bear some more adequate proportion to the work
committed to its care, and to the success which has already at-

tended its efforts.
It. can hardly be needful to remind those who take an interest
in such matters that all the ohief movements of the last three
years, on Proteetant questions, have been either originated or
greatly promoted by the Protestant Alliance. To its efforts are
mainly owing the Maynooth Inquiry, and the endeavour now in
progress to obtain some knowledge of the Conventual system.
Of the release of the Medial, the liberation of Miss runninghame,
and the greater freedom from molestation since enjoyed by Bri-
tish Protestants in the various states of the Continent, it cannot
be necessary to speak. In fact, to its rapid extension may be
traced the improved state of public feeling on Protestant ques-
tions both in and out of Parliament, as forcibly exhibited on seve-
ral recent occasions ; an improvement which is not without its
influence, even on the decisions of the Government itself. But
these efforts, continued through several years, cannot be sus-
tained without an adequate expenditure. The Committee have
latterly found it advisable to retain the services of a competent
gentleman as Travelling Secretary, and are already receiving
abundant proofs of the beneficial results of his labours. But
they find it necessary to apprise the Christian public of the fact
that the regular income of the Alliance is not equal to these
efforts, and that it requires an addition to its pecuniary means to
enable it to continue its exertions.
The Committee, however, feel much confidence that the Pro-
testants of Great Britain will not permit their cause to suffer
from the want of the necessary means of support. The sum re-
quired to maintain the Society in a state of efficiency is not large,
and nothing more can be needed than that all who feel an in-
terest in it should send a small contribution, and, if possible. an
annual one, for carrying on its various duties with vigour mid ac-
tivity.
JOHN M'GREGOR, Hon. Sec.
CHARLES GIBERNE, Sec.
No. 9, Serjeants'-inn, Fleet-street,
April 18th, 18H.
London, England, 1854-04-29

(1) bi tu a r g.

The melancholy death of Captain J. Foori,
of the corvette Conflict, a most meritorious officer, is
reported from Memel. Captain Foote came on shore
on the morning of the 19th, with another officer, on
business connected with the prizes. About five in
the afternoon he wished to return on board. A fresh
north-wester had been blowing for some time, right
against the stream of the Haf, where it debouches.
There was a heavy surf, especially between the
moles. The head pilot at Memel strongly advised
Captain Foote to take a larger boat for his return, but
in vain. The captain, with his lieutenant, got into a
long narrow gig that was manned with five sailors.
In less than ten minutes after the boat suddenly dis-
appeared. In an instant the life-boat was launched
and manned with pilots, but it came too late to save
all ; the lieutenant and one of the men were still
alive and clinging to the thwart-straps of the boat,
but half frozen ; the captain, with four of his men,
had already found a watery grave.
MIL EDWIN Axxixs, who for several years, in con-
junction with his brother John, the present pro-
prietor, had the management of the Liverpool Zoo-
logical Gardens, died in Africa in January last. In
order to procure some new and curious specimens of
the animal world he started, in 1852, for the purpose
of exploring the almost unknown tracts of the interior
of Africa. He had been most successful in his ad-
venture, having secured several specimens, when
death overtook him on a small island on the White
River, a branch of the Nile. The melancholy intel-
ligence was communicated to his family by a letter
from her Majesty's consul at Cairo.
Dox PACIFICO, who for some time caused so much
sensation in the political world, and especially in
this country, died, after a short illness, at an ad-
vanced age, on the 12th instant, at his residence,
Bury street, St. Mary-axe. His funeral took place
on the 14th : he was interred in the burial ground of
the Spanish and Portuguese Jews, Mile -end.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE.
Tuesday, April 625.

BANKRUPTS.—ToIIs STAPP, Snow-hill, wholesale cheese-
roonger—Duscax MEARNB MAITLAND, Finchley, Middlesex,
wine merchant—MAßY lose, Bristol, hotel keeper—Johtsit
Tows, Exeter, builder—Wu. SBUTTLEWORTH, Bradfork, York-
shire, stuff manufacturer.
SGOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.—J. HORN, Greenock, painter
—4. A. Ross, Glasgow, china merchant.
Friday, April 28.

BANKRUPTS.—Ewo. GROUND, Levrington Parsondrove,
Cambridgeshire, grocer—EDWlN ALFRED THEOBALD, Bath,
stationer—STEPHEN THWAITES. Hastings. grocer—JOHN THO.
MA9 HOLLOWAY, Arthur-terrace, Victoria-road, Stoke Newington,
silk agent—CHARLES DOVE, Chorlton•upon-Medlock.Manchester
builder—Wm. TRERILCOCK. Plymouth, boot and shoe maker—
JAMES WATTS, Birmingham, tobacconist—HENßY LUDTORD,
Gloucester. bookseller—Josspu J. WELLS, Coventry, haber-
dasher—Wiwax Curt', Ulting, cattle and sheep salesman—
JOHN DUCKER, Bliston, railway contractor—BEN PEARSON,
Golcar, Yorkshire, cloth maker—JOHN HAWORTH, Haywood,
Lancaster. plumber—JEssa JOYCE, Bolton-le-Moors, bookseller.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.—GEoRoE GUNK, Glasgow,
art is ge hirer.
London, England, 1854-04-29

THE CAUCASUS.

Accounts from Circassia of the Ist state that the
insurrection is becoming general among all the war-
like tribes of the Caucasus. The presence of the
fleets in the Black Sea, followed as it has been by
the enforced abandonment of positions long occupied
by the Russians on the coast, has made a deep im-
pression upon those tribes who had to a certain
extent acquiesced in the Muscovite usurpation.
Warriors are offering themselves on all sides.
Schamyl has acquired an immense accession of
influence among other tribes than his own ; his
agents are everywhere inciting attacks on the Russian
posts; and it is believed that, as soon as the season
shall permit of the movement of large masses of
men, he will be in a position to attack the Russian
detached army of the Caucasus in its head-quarters
at Tiflis.
PERSIA.
Prince Dolgorouky, Russian minister plenipoten-
tiary to the Court of Persia, had returned to St.
Petersburg from Teheran. In consequence of the
turn which affairs have lately taken it is said that
the prince will not be replaced at the Court of the
Shah. A consul remains to take care of the interests
of Russian subjects,

GREECE.
Intelligence from Athens of the 21st inst. informs
us that the Gulf of Corinth was guarded by French
ships of war, and the communication between the
Continent and the Peloponnesus is almost entirely
cut off.

The Government had been informed that no Greek
volunteers will be allowed to enter Turkey.
The town of Arta is entirely destroyed. The
citadel still held out, as well as that of Suli. A
large insurgent force surrounds Janina. Prevesa
remans tranquil.
In Thessaly, Fuad Effendi had applied for rein-
forcements, in order to enable him completely to put
down the insurrection. The Epirotes were still in
arms, but all the strong places were in the hands of
the Turks.
Accounts from Alexandria state that the Greeks
resident in Egypt are to quit that country by the
Ist of May.
The Viceroy of Egypt has repealed the decree pro-
hibiting the export of corn.
London, England, 1854-04-29

ships; Lord JOHN Russm,L, that Servia was not occu•
pied by Austrian troops, nor could be under any
contemplated arrangements ; and Mr. S. HERBERT,
that every arrangement possible had been made for
the accommodation of our troops in the East.

Mr. COBDEN, in demanding information respect-
ing the Greek insurrection, stated the mischiefs to
the Greek trade in England caused by the expulsion
of the Greeks from Turkey.
Lord Joint RUSSELL was sorry to say that the
Greek Government had done its utmost to foster the
insurrection. The expulsion of the Greeks from
Turkey was a matter strictly within the discretion of
the Sultan.
Mr. BRIGHT alleged the community of interests
between English and Turkish Greeks. He de
nounced the language of the Ministry with regard to
the Czar. How could we treat with a man whom we
had so grossly insulted?
Mr. LAYARD said that the Greek difficulty arose
from the tolerance of the Turks towards its own
subjects naturalised elsewhere. He complained of
the delays of the Government in causing difficulties
in the provision for our soldiers, and having given
opportunities to the enemy.
Sir J. GRAHAM begged the house not to take its
ideas of the proceedings in the Black Sea from the
St. Petersburg Gazette, but to wait for the accounts
of British officers. He vindicated the conduct of
the Government in those quarters.

Mr. MILNER GIBBON referred to embargoes, block-
ades, and the treatment of neutrals. He dwelt upon
the case of the Ann APAlister, trading-vessel, now
detained at Cronstadt, and on board of which the
effects of Sir G. H. Seymour were said to be stowed.
Sir J. GRAHAM replied that the Ann M'Alister
would probably be allowed to prosecute her voyage,
but that Sir G. H. Seymour's property was still, he
believed, on shore. Respecting the privileges ac-
corded to neutral', he feared that they might some-
what interfere with the vigorous action of the bah-
-Its, but remarked that they had been prompted
fully r-
London, England, 1854-04-29

THE LITERARY JOURNALS.-
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STAMPED CIRCULATIONS to be thus:--CRITIC, 5,627;
Examiner, 4,644; Athenaeum, 2,826 ; Spectator, 2,817; Litelitry
Gazette, 478. Advertisements for the CRITIC to be sent to the
Othee, 29, Essex•street, Strand.

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manship, adapted either to professional pursuits or private corres-
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any former system."—London Josewal of Commerce.
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GEOLOGY-KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON.
Professor TENNANT, F.G.S.. will give a Course of
TWELVE LECTURES on PRACTICAL GEOLOGY, having
especial reference to the important application of Science to
ENGINEERING, MINING, ARCHITECTURE, and AGRI-
CULTURE. The Lectures will commence on WEDNESDAY
MORNING, May 3rd. at Nine o'clock. They will be continued
on each succeeding Friday and Wednevdav, at th" same hour.
R. W. JELF, D.D., Principal.

DROTESTANT ALLIANCE.
The THIRD ANNUAL MEETING is appointed to be
held at FREEMASONS' HALL, GREAT QUEEN-STREET,
on THURSDAY, May 4.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY will take the Chair at One
o'clock precisely.
Tickets to be had at the Office of the Protestant Alliance, 9,
Berjeants'-inn, Fleet•street ; or of Messrs. Seeley, Fleet-street,
end Hanover-street, llanover-square; Hatchard, Piccadilly
Nisbet., Berners-street ; Partridge and Oskey, Paternoster-row;
Jackson, I.lington•green; Dalton., Cockspur-street; Wooldridge,
82, Strand; and Orton's, Union-place, Lambeth.
London, England, 1854-04-29

Enibusitg nteiligtittt.

OXFORD.
THE PROCTORS OF LAST YEAR laid down their offices
on Wednesday, and the new Proctors, the Rev. R. Cholme-
ley, M.A., Fellow of Magdalene College, and the Rev. E.
Stokes, M.A., Student and Tutor of Christ Chnrch, were
admitted, and took the oaths of office.
THE degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred on
Thursday on the Rev. W. K. Hamilton, Bishop of Salisbury
elect, by diploma. At the same time the Rev. John Hewitt,
M.A., and the Rev. James Hodgson, M.A., Trinity College,
Cambridge, were admitted ad eundem. The following de-
grees were conferred :
D.C.L.—The Rev. Richard H. Hill, Magdalen.
M.A.—The Rev. Jordan Palmer and the Rev. Henry Bur-
field, Lincoln ; Frederick Smith, St. John's.
B.A.—Henry 13. Cocks, Exeter.
OXFORD.
The election to the vacant open followships at Oriel Col-
lege terminated in favour of Mr. Charles Henry Pearson,
8.A., of Exeter College ; and Mr. Thomas Edward Brown,
8.A., of Christchurch.
London, England, 1854-04-29

THE PRESS.

AN UNPUBLISHED STATE DESPATCH.

I gat your freendly faiTant letter,
And am for ane your Highness' debtor;
Ye'll no be pleased, but I've nae better

0' English news:
She's sent 'em—'twas na I wha let her !
She's sent her crews.

They swore they wadna list to fules,
I might as weel ha' talked to stools;
They're gone wi guns and shootin' tools,
Faith ! ye'll no like 'em.
They're aff as far as Baltic rolls

For faes, to pike 'em.

There's thretty odd, baith sail and steam,
I wot ye'll whistle when ye see 'em,
Weel manned, ye ken, a fearsome team,
To mak' ye rue it ;
And ane Napier, wha's captain wi"em,
He's sworn he'll do 't.

Gude guide us ! he's a ranting chiel,
He disna care for mon or de'il,
I rede ye send for shot an' steel
To haud your wa's ;
And look to bonny Cronstadt weel,
Or down she fa's.

And than ye'll ken what waur than sad is—
Dundas has got his &hung laddies ;
They've left ahint their wives and daddies,
Wi bosoms light,
And they wha wear the kilts and plaidies,
Yell find they'll fight.

Ye aiblins read, your Majesty
The chiels have ta'en your barkies three;
And a that's Russian, savin' me,

They're wi' gold.
Nae fear ! ye'll very quickly see
We'll baith be sold.

Aweel ! tis ower late for stickin',
The sick mon that ye spak of 's kickin' ;
I'm was to think we'll get the lickin'
We meant to ha' gi'en.
Tis hard banes for your Highness' piekin',
And sad gu de 'eon.
London, England, 1854-04-29

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MR. EWART'S POETICAL POSTILLION.

" When travelling in Scotland, about a year ago, he was driven by a postillion who
informed him that it was his custom to go to a University for half a year. He carried a copy
of ' Virgil 'in his pocket, and quoted several passages from that poet. This man was
also familiar with the geological features of the country, having attended lectures on
geology."—Speech of Mr. Etoart on the Oxford University Bill—Times of Friday.

Blest land ! where postboys—men of solid parts—
Postpone the liquid to the rocky quartz—
And jogging, Virgil armed, by Tweed or Tay,
Convert Macadam's to a Roman way ;
Or hear in storms the winds round Dido's cave,
Cunt (Scottish) mist-o grandine to rave.
How much, quoth Ewart, would it more beseem
The reckless youths, by Cam and Isis' stream,
To don the cords and shorts, round caps provide them,
And, 'stead of hiring hacks, for wages ride them.

NEWSPAPER PLACARD.
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LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1854.

POSTSCRIPT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—Ftunv.
Their lordships sat only for a few minutes, and
transacted no public business.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Fm-tr. gerents, but remarked tnat tney naa peen prumpLeu Locneruavuutt, aum HUAI CVIICIIMILCA/ 1•11.1.1 C 11 1314 SOM. I IMO
CONDUCT OF THE WAR. by a beneficent spirit, which Russia had fully reci- The Russians have retired along the Danube, from
In answer to various questions, procated. A happy triumph had thus been gained Turnu Severin to Radowan. The army investing
Sir J. GR.AHAX said that it would be impossible to for the cause of humanity, in mitigating the horrors Kalafat hag withdrawn towards Bucharest, with 1,000
..c1 Roman Catholic chaplains on board our of war so far as they fell upon peaceable traders. In waggons and war ammunition.
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THE PRESS.

DEATHS.

CROSS—On the 21st instant, at Brixton, Helen, wife of Major
Henry Cox, aged 60.
DUNN—On the 21st instant, in Chester•square, the Hon. John
Henry Dunn, aged 62.
GREY—On the 19th instant, at Lyons, Lieut. Arthur John
Grey, RN., son of the late Lord Bishop of Hereford, aged 25.
ROBINSON—On the 18th instant, at I•.aling, Middlesex, Ed-
ward Robinson, Esq., of the War-office, aged 59.
London, England, 1854-04-29

405

Railways are getting into favour. The (}rank Trunk
Debentures wore dealt in at 231.
The foreign funds aro scarcely dealt in. The
only transactions to-day were in Mexicans at 23},
and Peruvian at 59} 60.

BRITISH FUNDS.— Closing Prices.

OFFICIAL QUOTATION.

Mond. need. Wed.
3 per Cent. Consols B7 1 871
Ditto for Account
3 per Cents Reduced
31 per Cents
Long Annuities
Bank Stock, 7 per Cent 2lll 9
India Stook, 101 per Cnt. ISO $ ;1
Exch. Bills, 2d. per diem 4p par par 4p
India Bonds, (1,00014 3d

:71
864
874
111411

3d ip
61

BANK OF ENGLAND.

An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 82
for the week ending on Saturday, du. 22nd day of April, 1864.

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
Notes issued .... 220,663,010 Government Debt L 11,016,100
Other .. 2,964,090
Gold Coin tt Bullion 12,669,010
Silver Bullion

146,662,010

g2G,569,0101
BANKING DIIPLIITIONT.

Proprietors' Capital 414,553,000 Government Seen.
Rest
Public Deposits* 1,767,729 Dead W eight An.) 113,34905 r
Other Deposits
Seven Day et other Notes 4,291,816
Bills
---....
1132,792,800 439,799,900
• Including Exchequer, Savings Banks, Commissioners of
National Debt, and Dividenu Accounts.
The foregoing return, when compared with that of the preceding
week, ending April lb, exhibits the following changes. hi the
Public Deposits
Other Deposits
Notes Issued
Do. Reserved
Seven-day Bills
Coin and Bullion
Government Securities .
Other Securities DECREASE of 42c,421
The Rest INCREASE of
Tim amount of active circulation In Notes 429,270,195
Do. in Seven-day and other 13111• l,lBO os.'

Coin and Bullion in both Department,

FOREIGN RLILWA'

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fiezre.to Grails.
Belgian East. J.
Charle. & k:rque.
Dijon & Bowing.
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Grand J. of Fra
O. W. of Can., 8h
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Lc.& Pis. b p opt.
Luxembourg
Lyons & Geneva
Madras
Maria Antonia
Na. & Lge.(w. in)
Nrthrn. of Frnce.
Norw. Trnk. Prf.
Paris & Lyons
Pans & Orleans
Paris & Rouen
Paris & Strasbg,
P., Caen & Cher.
tlbec.l Reiman!,
Rouen & Havre
Royal Swedish
Sambre & Meuse
S. E. of France
Sthrr. of France
Upper 1 nd.licrip
Wet. Flautdars..
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Westrn. of fiwitz.

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FOREIGN FUNDS.
London, England, 1854-04-29

THE ST. MARGARET'S ESTATE,
RICHMOND.—The magnificent Mansion and picturesque
Park at St. Margaret's, opposite Richmond-gardens, may be
VIEWED DAILY, between the hours of twelve and five o'clock
(Sundays excepted), by cards only, to be bad of the Executive
Committee of the CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.
The Allotment of this valuable Estate, on the Banks of the
Thames, has been fixed for Wednesday, the 7th of Juue. Cards
will be forwarded on application to
CHARLES LEWIS GRUNEISEN, Secretary.
Offices, 33, Norfolk-street, Strand,
April ISth, 1554.
London, England, 1854-04-29

so ltmg.

THE MILITIA.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BE LORD•LIEVTENANTS.
Royal Rifle Corps of Militia—Bertram Aynsley Jamt
Mitford, Gent., to be First Lieutenant, vice Jones, pro-
moted ; William Downing Bruce, Gent., to be Second
Lieutenant, vice Mitford, promoted.
West Kent Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Lieute-
nant Robert Sheffield Sorrell to be Captain.
2nd Rgiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—Edward
George Hartnell, Esq., to be Lieutenant; John Richard
Molineux, Gent, to be Ensign.
Worcestershire Regiment of Militia—Francis Charles
Freeman Malden, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon.
East Suffolk Regiment of Militia, Artillery Corps—
Thomas William Brograte Proctor Beauchamp, Esq., to
be Major, vice Pytches, re sig led.
Royal Brecknock Rifle Regiment of Militia—Edmund
Roderick Ximenes Barlow Uwynne, Gent., to be First
Lieutenant.
Light Infantry Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia—
Thomas Faulconer Wisden, Gent., to be Ensign.
Royal Sherwood Foresters, or Nottinghamshire Regi-
ment of Militia—Henry Baylis Bennett, Esq., late Lieute-
nant in her Majesty's 86th Regiment, to be Captain.
South Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet
George Nathaniel Curzon to be Lieutenant, vice
Franklin.
Hungerford Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet James
Hay Erskine Wemyss to be Lieutenant ; George Barker,
Gent, to be Cornet, vice Wemyss, promoted ; Richard
Barker, Gent., to be Surgeon.
_ -
Royal South Hi Edward Fare,
Esq., late Major 4.
Lieutenant-Colonel,
resigned; Captain
he Major, vice Sir
.lohn Robert Betakes,
London, England, 1854-04-29

THE PRESS.

statements made for either side, and, at the close of
a protracted trial, the jury retired, but after remaining
some time in consultation were discharged without
being able to agree upon a verdict.
ANOTHER EMIORATION SWINDLE appears to have
been discovered, the ostensible agent, whose name is
John Smith, being brought up at Clerkenwell Police
Court to answer the charge. Placards had been
freely posted up in the district to this effect:—

Free Emigration to Australia.—Seveuty carpenters and joiners,
seventy bricklayers, and sixty labourers wanted. Single men
and man and wife. Nu families taken. Apply for particulars at
No. 35, York-street, dt. Luke's, from twelve to eight o'clock in
the evening.
Charles Coulson, a young bricklayer, was induced to
go to the house indicated, where he saw several other
labourers paying money and taking tickets, and was
himself induced to pay 12e. to Mr. Smith, who repre-
sented that he was the agent of Messrs. Adam Smith
and Co., of New York, and produced a letter in which
it was stated that the " Waterwitch would arrive at
Southampton on the 28th of March, 1854, in readi-
ness to take out emigrants." On receiving his money
the prisoner gave him the following to sign:—
A. Smith and Co., New York.
I do agree to work for this company for twelve months for the
wages going at Port Phillip, and 201. to be paid back to the com-
pany in twelve months for the passage.
Received, 12s. as a deposit on the passage.
Subsequently, suspecting that the affair was a fraud,
he had applied to the police, and Mr. Smith was
taken into custody. The officer who took the case in
hand stated that the address given in the placard was
a public-house, whew the prisoner transacted his
business. His dodge appeared to have been profit-
able, as 501. was found in his possession, and nume-
rous instances in which working men had been
induced to pay the 12s. demanded were already dis-
covered. It was also ascertained that he had no con-
nection with any shipping merchants or emigrant
vessels whatever. The prisoner was remanded.
Is the bankruptcy case of Mr. C. Mathews, lessee
of the Lyceum Theatre, a first meeting was held on
Monday last, for proof of debts and choice of
assignees. The amount of the former proved
during the day was about 2,8001., out of a total said
to exceed 22,060/., but of which the greater part
were long-standing liabilities incurred previously to
the bankrupt's former application to the court under
the arrangement clause. The receipts of the theatre
had since been placed under the control of an
inspector appointed on behalf of the old creditors,
although nothing was realised towards paying them
off. The debts proved included those of Mr.
Hine, 4071.; Mr. J. H. Mills, 2291.; Mr. Henry
Sloman, 188/. ; Mr. R. Roxby, 398/. ; Mr. Wm.
Brough, 158/. ; Mr. Henry Lindus, 103/.; Mr. E.
Henry Rickards, 1,3001. Mr. Allcroft, of New Bond-
street, theatrical agent, and Mr. Henry Lindus, were
chosen assignees.
London, England, 1854-04-29

THE PRESS.

trary, France and England who are exercising at present
on Europe a pressure of a nature to disquiet all the neu-
tral powers. Every one, however, knows that, fur from
manifesting any disquietude, the neutral powers, on the
contrary, applaud the attitude assumed by the two mari-
time powers, and that at the present moment, from every
part of the world, they send to thank the two powers forthe
recent declaration which has just confirmed the ensemble
of the principles under which they had in vain endea-
wured hitherto to shelter their liberty in time of war.
Finally, the Russian Government thinks that the isolation
into which it declares it is about to be thrown will only
deliver the world up to a more dangerous preponderance
than its own could possibly be. That Government forgets
that not one of the great powers aims, like it, at exclusive
advantages, or wants to act by itself alone. Far from per-
mitting a preponderance of any kind to be established, a
common action exercised by the four powers is fur all the
other States a pledge of security and impartiality. The
influences which co-operate for the object iu view consti-
tute a just counterpoise of one to the other, and guarantee
in advance to Europe that the general interest which has
drawn the four powers together will not cease a single
moment to guide their resolutions, and will be alone lis-
tened to to the end."
London, England, 1854-04-29

dttitsiastital.

PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.
The Rev. Francis John Kitson, 8.D., to the Rectory of Hcm•
yock, near Collumpton, Devonshire.
The Rev. Henry Godfrey Fauaeett, MA., to the Perpetual
Curacy of South and Middle Littleton, Evesham.
The Rev. George Renaud, M.A., to the Ministry of the new
church at Woodhill, 'Hertfordshire.
The Rev. George Harris Cooke, 8.A., to the Curacy of Tolles-
hunt Knights, near Maldon, Essex.
The Rev. Charles Hill, M.A., to the Rectory and 'Vicarage of
Culworth, Northamptonshire.
The Rev. R. Giles, M.A., to the Rectory of Partney, Lin-
colnshire.
The Rev. Evan Morgan, to the Incumbency of Llanychirn,
near Aberystwith.
The Rev. Alfred Barry, 8.A., to the Head Mastership of Leeds
Grammar School.
The Rev. Thomas Robson, M.A., to the Vicarage of Kirk-
leatham, near Redcar, Yorkshire.
The Rev. Wrn. Arthurs. M.A.. to Dr. Downe'e Lectureship in
the Cathearal Church of Waterford.
The Rev. Bull, to the Ministry of the new church at Bus-
lingthorpe, Leeds.
The Rev. Septimus Rolleston, 8.A., to be Chaplain of the Oak-
ham union workhouse.
The Rev. Charles Alexander Hunter, M.A., to the Vicarage of
Tanworth.
The Rev. Alexander M'Laughlin, M.A., to the Prebend of
Fennor, Cashel.
The Rev. Henry Llewellyn Hussey, M.A., to be Domestic
Chaplain to Lady Rolle.
The Rev. Henry Abud, M.A., to the Vicarage of Uttoxeter
Staffordidlire• witl3 Btreinahall annexed.

I
London, England, 1854-10-28

OCTOBER 28, 1854•

PROPOSALS to construct a despatch-boat, which shall
run at tl.e rate of twenty-four miles per hour, have
been made to Government by an eminent Manchester
engineer. It is not known whether the offer has been
accepted. It is also said that a gentleman whose
name has long stood high for the manufacture of
machinery proposes to build a huge steam-boat for
the India service, which shall run out and home
again in sixty days, carrying coals for the entire
voyage there and back, and with many accommoda-
tions on board which are at the present time unknown
to ocean steamers.
A GRAND " BABY Cosverrios" came off on the oth
lust., at Sprinfield, in the state of Ohio. One hundred and
twenty babies were entered to compete for four premiums,
the first of a tea-set, with a salver, of three hundred dollars,
for the finest baby of two years old or under. This was
carried ( severallengths ahead) by the baby of Mrs. Romne,
of Vienna, Ohio. The second premium—a tea-set of 200
dollars—was awarded to the next best, which was the baby
of Mrs. M`Dowell, of Cincinnati. The third premium—
of 200 dollars—for the finest child under twelve months,
went to Mrs. Arthur, of Philadelphia ; while the fourth—a
Parian marble group—was decreed to Mrs. Howe, of Cin-
cinnati. An old woman who appeared with her seventeenth
child claimed a premium for her achievement ; but that
baby having no special merits of its own was " distanced."
It was, on the whole, a very curious and amusing conven-
tion. Letters were received from the charming Fanny
Fern, from the many-sided Horace Greely, who thought too
much attention could not be bestowed on the development
of the human constitution in a country where ablebodied
men sold for fifteen hundred dollars a piece ; while Mrs.
Mott, the famous abolitionist, thought that negro babies
ought, by all means, to have been allowed an equal chance
on the field.
London, England, 1854-10-28

GERMANY.

The last Prussian note, it is said, has excited the
marked displeasure of Austria, and Count Buol has
replied to it in such a pungent manner as to have
created a deep sensation in diplomatic circles.
The Bavarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, M. von
der Pfordten, has arrived in Berlin, to act, it is said,
as mediator between Prussia and Austria. He has
since proceeded to Vienna. Count Esterhasy has re-
turned to Berlin from Vienna, bringing the answer
to the last Prussian note.
The Lloyd announces that a oonference upon the
Prussian note took place on the 20th at the Ministry
bor Foreign Affairs. The interview was but little
alculated to lead to the hope of union between the
German powers. The dissidence between Austria
pd Prussia goes on increasing. Another despatch
tates that Count Buol and the French and English
linisters took part in the conference spoken of by

to Lloyd.
It is rumoured that a provisional convention is
asut to be signed between Austria and the Western
pryers, by which the latter engage to afford her aid
imase of attack by Russia, to be followed by a
foal treaty, offensive and defensive, in case of
ttA failure to induce the Russian Government to
en* into negotiations for peace, such as Austria has
notrven yet despaired of having accepted, it being
unthestoon that the bases laid down by England and
\ an
Fran
are those which Austria retains.
It stated in the Vienna journals that the line of
electr telegraph which is being established between
Vieng d Bucharest will be completely terminated
by the Ist of December.
The Imperor of Austria has definitively signed
the treat which grants to a company of capitalists,
represented by Messrs. Pereire and Earnest Andre,
of Paris, Ind by Messrs. Sina and Eskeles, of Vienna,
the railroad constructed and worked until now by
the State it the kingdoms of Bohemia and Hungary.
The sum to be paid to the Austrian Government
amounts to 200,000,000 florins. The concessions
granted by tie Emperor are of various kinds, con
sisting—lst, kf 1,200 kilometres of railway, 1,000 of
which are worked ; 2nd, 120,000 acres of forest, with
power to clear it certain portion of it ; and 3rd, coal,
iron, and copper mines, forges, engite and cannon
foundries, dm The Austrian Government guarantees
to the company aminimum interest of five per cent.,
and, although tin contractors have been allowed
several years for the payment of the 200,000,000
florins, they are to enter into immediate possession.
This affair is consitered by the industrial world as
likely to be highly beneficial to the company.
ITALY.
The export of wine from the Papal States is for-
bidden to the end of Se'tember, 1855.
On the 12th inst. the Pope proceeded to Albano,
to be present at the inauguration of the magnificent
new bridge just finished there. His Holiness after-
wards visited the works of two other bridges now
under construction, for the improvement of the Forli
road. On the return of the Pope to Rome, the
Portico of Raphael and the stairs of the Vatican
were lighted with gas for the first time.
London, England, 1854-10-28

THE PRESS.

TALLOW—P. Y. C., on the spot, has chanie—a—li atfrom
678 to 67s ed per owt. Town tallow 18 ces net cash. Rough
fat, 3s 8d per Bibs. This week's imports are nearly 1,306 casks,
chiefly from Russia.
OlLS—Linseed oil is very active, at 37s 3d to 37, 9d per cwt
on the spot. Other oils are steady. There is more doing in
turpentine. English drawn is worth 41s; and American, 43s
per cwt.
M ETALS—Scotch pig iron has sold slowly, at from kis 041 to
_ .
-t 251" the

Als. Speller is firm, at . 10a per ton on spot. All other
metals command full prices.
SPIRITS—Rum is very brisk, at a further advance of 9d per
gallon. Proof Leewards, Is to Is Id ; and East India, 2s 10d to
2s lid per gallon. Brandy iv steady, at full prices. English
spirits have advanced to its per gallon.
COALS —Heating's Hartley, 20a 6d • Eden Main, 25s Id;
Belmont, 24s 94; ilaswell, 265; Hetton, 21;4; Lambton,
25s 9d; Stewart's, 265; Tees, 26s ; South Durham, 25s ; Whit-
worth, 21s per ton.
POTATOES—The supplies on offer are very moderate, and a
good business is doing, at extreme rates. Regents, 85s to 935;
middlings, 45s to 665; blues, 80ato 850 per ton.
SMITHFIELD—About an average busines bas been trans-
acted in each kind of stock, as follows:—Beef, from 3s to Is;
mutton, 3s to 4s 10d; veal, 3s 64 to 41 84; pork, Is Gd to
Is per Albs to sink the offal..
NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL These markets have
ruled dull, yet prices are suppo-ted. Beef, from Is to 4a 6d;
mutton, 9s 44 to 4a Oa; veal, 38 4d to 4s 4d ; pork, 3s 44
to 5s 21 per Sibs by the carcase.

BIRTHS.
BAGOT—On the 12nd instant, at Ashtead•park, the wife of
Colonel Charles Begot, of a son.
CLAUGHTON—On the 21st instant, at
Hon. Mrs. Claughton, of a son.
COOKE —On the 15th instant, at Boulogne sur•ltifer, the
wife of Major Cooke, Madras Artillery, of a daughter.
PARISH—On the 20th instant, at St. Leonard'a•on•Sea, Lady
Pariah, of a eon.

r, the
London, England, 1854-10-28

[SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1854.

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