The Press.
London, England, 1854-03-18 00:00:00

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APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS.
APPOINTMENTS.
Captain—Edwin C. T. D'Eyncourt to study steam at Woolwich
Dockyard.
Commanders—Augustus J. Burton to study steam at Woolwich
Dockyard; James Hosken to the BeWide.
Surgeons—James Jenkins, M.D. to the Royal Marine Infir-
mary at Woolwich; Arthur Adams, E. Evans, John C. Sabben,
and Archibald Elliott, M.D. to the Victory ; Alexander Kilroy to
the Ajax; John Sloan to the Conway; John F. Johnson to the
Lightning; Robert Beith, M.D. and James J. Martin, M.D. to
the Belleiale ; Edward Groves to the Gorgon.
Assistant-Surgeons—Johnston Christie, M.D. to the Majestic;
Richard King to the Duke of Wellington; John C. Ingles to the
Illustrious ; James Whicher to the Edinburgh; George Everest,
M.D. to the St. George; Owen Jefferles Llewellyn to the Gorgon;
William L. Gordon to the Majestic; John C. Messer to the Ar-
rogant.
Acting Assistant-Surgeons—J. W. Brown to the Dragon; John
Fisher and David Courtenay to Greenwich Hospital; Peter W.
Rolstoue to the Nile; M'Neill M'Grath to the Prometheus; Au.
pistils R. Reed to the Conflict; John L. Thornhill to Haslar
Hospital.
Chaplains—Joseph M. Clark to the Valorous; E. A. Williams
to the St. George; G. A. M. Little to the Monarch.
Acting Naval Instructor--Joseph W. Jeans to the Cason
Master—George Biddlecombe is appointed to be Master of the

ialtic fleet.
Pay-masters—Harrington Rogers Jones to be Secretary to
Rear• Admiral Corry; Edward D. Back to the /mum; Charles
E. P. Hall to the Conflict; Nicholas Giles to the Basilisk.
Master's Assistant—James Keeling to the Bulldog.
Clerks—Thomas Waterfield to the Driver ; Francis W. Cole to
the St. Vincent; Thomas J. Woodword to the St. George; Francis
J. Rutter to the Wellington; Edward W. Gordon to the Rosamond;
John R. Peirce to the Bulldog; Frederick Peafold to the St. Jean
d'Acre ; E. Burmiaton to the Edinburgh; Francis Braddon to
the Impregnable.
Clerk in Charge—John Freshfleld to the Alban.
Clerks' Assistants—J. Healar to the Horatio ;W. 11. Whlehelo
to the Arrogant; 13. B. French to the Victory; W. 11. Chambers
to the Leopard; John Rivers to the Etirscaus ; H. M. B. Wilson
to the Excellent.

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rRONOTION.
Mate—Arthur A. W. Onelow, of the Vokano, to be Lieutenant.

ALEXANDER ➢I'K£.CHNIE, M.D., recently promoted to be
Inspector of Hospitals, is appointed to the Belkisle, hoe.
pitalship, in attendance on the Baltic fleet.

risallanta.

Tux CHRISTIANS IN TURKEY.—A correspondent of the
Independance Beige writes :—" The French and English
Governments, while giving their aid to Turkey, have de
termined to require large concessions in favour of the
Christians. They will insist upon the frank and complete
carrying out of the Gulhane charter. The taxes will here.
after be levied equally upon all subjects of the Ottoman
empire, without reference to their religion. The Minnie,
that pernicious institution which gives the privilege of col-
lecting the taxes to the highest bidder, will be abolished.
Every man will be free to practise his religious worship as
he pleases. Churches and monasteries now in ruins may
be reconstructed. The Christians will be allowed to possess
books and other things necessary for their worship, without
being forced to submit them to censors, who generally
keep them. They will also be at liberty to carry their dead
to the grave in their own arms, and not upon the backs of
asses, as is yet practised in some parts of the empire. In
short, in all matters of religion the aphorism of Sultan
Mahmond is to be put in practice I desire one day to
see among all my subjects no other religious distinction
than the mosque for the Mussulman, the church for the
Christian, and the synagogue for the Jew.' "
THE UKASE prohibiting Jewish women in Russian
Poland from wearing false hair has been aggravated by a
new order prohibiting them from wearing any kind of head.
dress under their bonnets. Their husbands or relatives are
made responsible for obedience to this order, and in case

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of infraction are to be punished with line and imprison-
ment. Several have already been punished. The rabbi'
are ordered not to perform the marriage ceremony for any
woman who disobeys these orders, and the offending
rabbis, if young men, are to be sent as private soldiers to a
penal colony.
WHILE a steam-boat was about " putting out " from the
little town of Portland, Indiana, for New Orleans, the mate,
au old boatman, turned to some passengers, and remarked,
" This little town, gentlemen, looks dull, but I tell you it
is perhaps a mighty brisk place. About fifteen years ago,
as I was going down with a flatboat to New Orleans, we
stopped here to procure some provisions. I went up into
the town, and seeing a coat hanging out of a shop-door just
took it. The owner came after me, caught me, took me
before a magistrate ; I was tried, convicted, took thirty-nine
lashes, and was back to the boat in fifteen minutes ! I
tell you, gentlemen, a mighty brisk little place is that same
Portland."

THE Journal des Dfbats sometime ago mentioned a report
that 200 Russian prisoners, taken at the affair of (lute,
had been put to death by the Turks ; and expressed a hope
that it was unfounded. The Journal de Constantinople, in
one of its recent numbers, affirms positively that nothing of
the kind occurred ; and that the calumnious report could
only have been invented by the enemies of Turkey.
THE following is the programme of the ceremonies to be
observed at the reception of the imperial bride, her Royal
Highness the Princess Elizabeth of Bavaria, who is expected
in Vienna on the 22nd of April :—Simple reception of the
Princess at Nussdorf, the landing-place of the Danube
steamers, near Vienna, by all the members of the Imperial
Court, the burgomaster, the magistrates, and common
council, without any festivities ; from thence the Princess
is to be conducted to Schonbrunn, and from there to the
Theresianum (an imperial palace in a suburb). On the
24th, a festive entrance through the principal streets of the
town ; processions of the various guilds, with their standards
flying, the military being formed in lines; the new Eliza-
beth's bridge, named after the Princess, and opened for the
first time to the public, will be ornamented with flowers ;
reception by the burgomaster and aldermen, who will con-
duct the Princess to the church of St. Augustin, and from
thence to the Hofburg, or imperial palace of residence.
Then follows the presentation of foreign ambassadors,
ministers, and the nobility entitled to presentation at Court ;
then a grand dinner, theatre pare, magnificent decoration,
and illumination of the whole town and the suburbs in the
evening ; public edifices will be lighted up with coloured
balloons ; grand ball at the so-called Redoute, which will be
connected with the winter riding school, in order thus to
secure room for the admission of the greatest possible
number of guests. Public rejoicings of the people will take
place on the 25th and 26th in the Prater, free admission to
all kinds of shows, and in the evening illumination of the
chief avenues, and artificial fireworks. Silver medals of the
size of • dollar will be coined in great quantities, which
will likewise be considered as a legal tender for two florins.
The community of Vienna gives marriage outfits, or
trousseaux, to fifty poor girls.

putg Vadat anb ditg gnitiligtna.

FRIDAY EVINTNO.
ON Monday, after exhibiting a little weakness, the
English Funds generally improved, and closed at a tri •
fling advance of about 1 per cent. This, with increas-
ing lightness in the Money Market and in the presence
of the French loan, must be attributed chiefly to the
extensive " Bear" accounts for the settling day.
There was a larger supply of stock, but the rate of
" backwardation" was higher, nearly 1 per cent. Con-
sols closed at 911 for the account. Exchequer Bills
experienced a further decline, under the knowledge
that Government must throw a considerable amount
on the market: they closed at from 10s. to 14s. prem.
India Bonds were from ss. to Us. pram.
On Tuesday the settlement of the monthy account
in Consols engaged the attention of the dealers ; it
was unfavourable to the " Bears," who had been
buying back ; the market therefore was generally
firm. The demand for money increased; the rates
of discount and interest are higher. The Great
Northern Railway offer 11 per cent. for loans.
Money on the deposit of stock was 3 per cent. Con-
sols closed at a shade above 01.
The Railway Market was inanimate, and Great
Westerns suffered under the depression of a large
and bond fide sale.
In the absence of foreign news, on Wednesday the
English funds were steady, and this may in some
measure be attributed to investments made on foreign
account by capitalists, who, in the present aspect of
affairs, prefer English security for their money. The
failure of a Manchester house, to the extent of about
80,0(X)/., caused uneasiness, which was to some
extent verified, lest others in the absence of remit-
tance from Australia should follow. The increasing
value of money here is slightly checking the expor-
tation of gold to the Continent. Consols, owing to
sales, closed 1 lower than on Tuesday.
It was announced that Sardinia requires a loan of
a million and a half.
On Thursday the Stock Market opened without
bonyancy, and in a short time prices declined. This
is attributed to the continued drain of gold to the
Continent, and to the non-arrival of bullion from
Australia. The latter, however, will to some extent
be relieved when the screw-steamer Sydney reaches

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Dank Stook, 7 per Ceut
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An Aecount, pursuant to the Act 7th and Rth Victoria, cap. 32,
for the week ending on Saturday, the Ilth day of March, 1854.
ISSUE IiPMIT346N r.
Notes issued £28,611,07d 'Government Debt . A 11,015,100
Other Sec—is-les .. 2,981,909
Gold Coin Jr Bullio•I 11,611,010
Silver Bullion ....

A 49,641,070

i28,C11,070

BANKING DEPARTMINT.
Proprletors'Capital /14,553,000 'Government Secu.
Rest
Public Deposits* 2,899,697 Dead Weight An.) £11,747,728
Other Deposits
Seven Day Jz other Notes
Bills

133,181,653
• Inclu,ling Exch,quer, Savings Banki, Conrnissionn3 of
National Debt, ani Divi.lond Accounts.

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£33,134,6 3

The foregoing return, when cmnparel with that of the preceding
week, ending March 4, exhibits the following changes. In the
Public Deposits
Other Deposits
Notes Issued
Do. Reserved
tienen-dozy Bills
Coin and Bullion
amerninent Securities
Other Securities DacunkfiE of intiot;
The Rest
The IUTIOURI of active circulation In Notes Z 11,021,416
Do. iu Seven-day and other Bills 1,126,432

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