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London, England, 1856-06-14

DECLINE OF MIRTH.

On the whole, these are much sadder ages than the
early ones ; not sadder in a noble and deep way, but in a
deep wearied way—the way of ennui, and jaded intellect.
and uncomfortableness of soul and body. The ➢liddle
Ages had their wars and agonies, but also intense delights.
Their gold was dashed with blood, but ours is sprinkled
with dust. The life was inwoven with white and purple ;
ours is one seamless stuff of brown. Not that we are
without apparent festivity, but festivity more or less forced,
mistaken, embittered, incomplete—not of the heart. How
wonderfully since Shakespeare's time hare we lost the power
of laughing at bad jests. The very finish of our wit belies
our gaiety.

lIURILITY ONE SIGN OF GREATNESS.
I believe the first test of a truly great man is his hu-
mility. Ido not mean by humility doubt of his own power
or hesitation in speaking his opinions ; but a right under-
standing of the relation between what he can do and say,
and the rest of the world's sayings and doings. All great
men not only know their business, but usually know that
they know it ; and are not only right in their main opinions,
but they usually know that they are right in them ; only
they do not think much of themselves on that account.
Arnolfo knows that he can build a good dome at Florence ;
Albert Durer writes calmly to one who had found fault
with his work, "It cannot be better done ; " Sir Isaac
Newton knows that he has worked out a problem or two
that would have puzzled anyone else ; only they do not
expect their fellow-men therefore to fall down and worship
them ; they have a curious undersense of powerlessness,
feeling that the greatness is not in them but through them ;
Viet they could not do or be anything else than God made
them. And they see something divine and God•made in
every other man they meet, and are endlessly, foolishly,
incredibly merciful The slightest manites•
Cation of jealousy or self-complacency is enough to mark a
second-rate character of the intellect.

EASE IN WORK A MALRK OF SUPERIORITY.
Another very important, though not infallible, test of
greatness is the appearanoe of ease with which the thing
London, England, 1856-06-14

SIR JOHN FORBES'S NEW WORK.

Just ready, in one volume,
SIGHT-SEEING in GERMANY and the
TYROL, in the Autumn of 1855.
By Sir JOHN FORBES, Author of " A Physician's Holiday," &c.
London : SMITH, ELDER, and Co., 06, Cornhill.
London, England, 1856-06-14

SPAIN.

rr'An attempt to assassinate the Queen on the 26th
ant 29th ult., was betrayed to the Government, and
the conspirators arrested. The matter is being
closely investigated.
The Bavarian Envoy has demanded the hand of
the Infanta Donna Amelia for Prince Adelbert of
Bavaria. The Queen replied favorably.
The question of the dismissal of General Ros
d'Olano from the functions of Director-General of
Infantry has not yet been decided on. The Cortes
have declared that the discussion of the question
of the responsibility of M. Sartorius was one of
urgency.
4111 PORTUGAL.
Intelligence from Lisbon of the sth announces a
change of Ministry. The Saldanha, Magalhaens
Cabinet, resigned on the 2nd, upon the refusal of the
King to create a new batch of peers in order to carry
the financial bills about to be brought before the
Chamber of Deputies by M. Fontes. These bills
proposed an adJitional taxation of 100,0001. A new
Cabinet, under the presidency of the Marquis de
Soule, with Senors Bandiera for the Marine and
Foreign Affairs, Lowrerio for War, Silva Sanchez for
Finance, and Sowza for Justice, had been formed. Vis-
count Lavradio' it was believed,would be ultimately re-
called from London, to take the Foreign Affairs. Grave
doubts existed whether the new Ministry would be
long-lived; Count Thomar's party, the Cabralists,
have formed a coalition with the Royalists, who have
even, it is said, promised to influence their consti-
tuents at the approaching elections. General Fer•
reira, Military Governor of Oporto, and Count da
Ponte, Civil Governor of Lisbon, have tendered their

resignations to the King.
I CALY.

The Sardinian Government has decided uoon
having a representative at the Diet at Frankfort.
The Count du Barral, with the rank of Resident
Mmi-.ter, it is believed, will be selected fur the post.
►M. Chevalier Galateri di Genola is nominated Sar-
dinian Consul-General at Odessa.

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The Senate at Turin, in its sitting of the 4th inst.,
voted unanimously the sum of 25,0001. for the monu-
ment to be erected to the memory of the late King
Charles Albert, the execution of which is intrusted to
Baron Marochetti.
General de la Marmora and the soldiers of the
army have been entertained at a grand public dinner
at Genes. The utmost enthu-iasm prevailed.
The state of Italy still continues far from satisfac-
tmy. The Austrians are strengthening Pavia and con-
London, England, 1856-06-14

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.

THE great event has been the appearance of Mario
as Manrico in Verdi's Trovatore. He sustaired his
part in Paris during the last season with signal suc-
cess, but in that capital he had no Tamberlik to
contend with. It may be safely stated that the re-
membrance of the latter will not be lost, even with
Mario's undoubted triumph. The styles of the two
unrivalled tenors are totally distinct. In Mario
there is all the charm and tenderness of the most
mellifluous voice with which man has ever been
gifted, and in Tamberlik there is the vigour and
power of the interesting dramatic singer. Mario
captivates, and Tamberlik astonishes, his hearers.
Both are consummate artistes front every point of
view. The " Miserere" scene by Mario was indeed
a touching wail, and in the energetic portions he
came out with unexpected strength. Mme. Ney's
Leonora is a magnificent piece of singing from be-
ginning to end. On Monday night a new prima
donna, Mlle. Devries, is announced as Donna Anna
for the revival of Don Giovanni, Gardoni succeeding
Tamberlik as Don Ottavia.
London, England, 1856-06-14

AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS BILL.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in reply to
Mr. Bentinck, said, on Monday next a statement
would be made of the day on which the measure
would be brought forward.

COUNTY COURTS BILL.

On the motion that the Speaker leave the chair to
go into committee of supply,
Mr. ROEBUCK requested Sir George Grey to inform
him whether it was really the intention of Govern-
ment to pass the County Court Bill through the
House of Lords.

Sir G. GREY said that he had communicated with
the Lord Chancellor, who expected that the bill re-
ferred to would leave the House of Lords in about a
week or ten days.
London, England, 1856-06-14

OFFICIAL REPORT OF
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THE ROYAL SANITARY POLICE OF PRUSSIA.
In answer t) your leiter of the 2nd ult , requesting permission
t) sell Dr De Jongh's Col Liver Oil in bottles, accompanied by
his stamp and signature, the Royal Police of Prussia (Kiinig-
liches.polisei Praesidium) has the honour of informing you that
it has caused the Oil to be submitted to an official investigation,
and that the result of such investigation has proved it to be
not only the genuine Cod Liver Oil. but. still further, that it is
of a kind which distinguishes itself from the Cod Liver Oil in
ordinary use alike by its taste and chemical composition. Con-
sidering, moreov r, that it has come to their knowledge that
physicians generally recommend the use of Dr. De Jongh's Oil
in preference to the Cud Liver Oil in ordinary use, the Royal
Police accedes to your request.
KiiMIOLICHES-POLIZEI PROLZSIDIUM, ♦l° ABTRCILUNO.
Berlin, Jan. 23, 1801.

Sold Wholesale and Retail, in bottles capsnled and labelled
with Dr. De dough's • amp and Signature, WITHOUT WHICH
NAME ARE GENUINE, by ANSAR, HARFORD, and CO.. sole
British Consignees, ' Strand, London; and by many respec-
table Chemists and Druo,ista throughout the United Kingdom.
Half-pints (10 onnoes), 28.6 d.; Pints (20 ounces), 48.9 d ;
Quarts (40 outiosa),lls, IMPERIAL MEA.SI3ItEi

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Price le: ljd. and 2s. 9d. per box.

BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS.
—This preparation is one of the benefits which the science
of modern chemistry has conferred upon mankind ; for during
the first twenty years of the present century to speak of a cure
for the Gout was considered a romance; but now the efficacy
and safety of this medicine is so fully demonstrated, by unso-
licited testimos.iale from persona in every rank of he, that pub-
lic opinion proclaims this as one of the most important dis-
coveries of the p resent age. These Pills require neither atten-
tion nor confinement, and are certain to prevent the disease
tucking any vital part. Bold by Prout and Harsant, 229,
Strand, London; and all lifedicir.s Vendors.
London, England, 1856-06-14

INDIA.

The usual mails from Calcutta to the 3rd, and
Bombay to the 12th May, bring no intelligence of
any moment. India was tolerably tranquil. A trea•
sure escort, conveying 10,000/. of gold, was attacked
and robbed within the Baroda frontier. The Chief
of Meagong was believed to be implicated, and would
be called to account. Matters were tranquil in
dude. Sir James Outram had left on a sea voyage.
The Governor-General remained at Calcutta.
AUSTRALIA AND THE CAPE.

Intelligence from Melbourne up to the 28th March
has arrived this week.

New gold fields have been opened at Mount
Blackwood and near Mount Cole, and the yield of
gold was steadily increasing to an average of nearly
twenty millions a year. 337,000 oz. and 350,0001.
in specie had been shipped from England in five
weeks. - . .. -

Melbourne having been deprived for 108 days of
any advices from England, the Legislature of Victoria
has been urged to take measures for the establish-
ment of a regular and speedy steam-packet communi-
cation, and the sum of 75,0(101. has been voted for
that purpose.
In New South Wales, as well as in the province of
Victoria, it appears that the attempts to bring the
constitutional system of responsible government into
working order have not in the first instance been very
successful.
London, England, 1856-06-14

Now ready, Second Thousand, post evo., 103. Gd.,

HE ENGLISHWOMAN IN AMERICA.
T
" The author of this volume of travels has written apleasant
volume, which is all the more agreeable that we often come upon
opinions very well expressed, frmi which we feel bound to
dissent."—Athenertm. _ . .

" A sensible and entertaining book, containing some charming
descriptions."— Tines.
" ' The Englishwoman in America' is to be thanked for a
work which is valuable. not only for the novel facts and in-
teresting information it contains, but also for the success with
which it combats prejudices which have tendei to excite angry
feelings between two great nation-."—Daily News.

JOH X MURRAY,

DAMASCUS, PALMYRA, and LEBANON.
Now ready, with Map and Woodcuts, 2 vols. post Bvo., 215.,
FIVE YEARS IN DAMASCUS,
including an Account of the History, Topcgraphy, and
Antiquities of that City. wiai Travels and Researches Pal.
myra. Lebanon, and other Scripture Sites. By Rev. J. L.
PORTER.

_
" Mr. Porter's long residence In this interesting city has en-
Lbled him to give the world the results of his researches in a con-
venient and popular form, in a work which does him much
credit. Our limits forbid further extracts, or we had marked
many other interesting passages. Besides the history, antiqui-
ties, and topography of Damascus itself, we have en account of
Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, Mount Hermon,
and the sources of the Jordan, tho plains of Bastian. and the
cedars of Lebanon. All this is intermixed with amusing anec-
dotes and earring incidents of modern travel in these parts, and
many illustrations of the manners and customs of the modern
Arabs and Bp iaus."—Literory Churchman.

Joii MUItRAY,

LABARTE ON MEDI/6'I7AL ART.

Now ready with 200 Illustrations, civo., 18s.,
AN ILLUSTRATED HANDBOOK of the
ARTS of the MIDDLE AGES and RENAISSANCE, as
applied to the Decorktion of Furniture, Arms, Jewels, &c. By
N. JULES LABARTE.

" M. Labarte's manual is virtually the medieval history of
ornamental sculpture, painting, metal work, end pottery—the
history, indeed, of relined luxury. The illustrations are remark•
ably varied, representing every form of ecclesiastical furniture,
of arms and armour, of crowns. thrones, and jewels, of cameos,
goblets, vases, urns, and ewers—even clock• and saddles. M.
Liberty's work is of a standard character, and is, Su all respects,
a valuable addition to the library of art."—Leader.
Joni MURRAY, Albemarle-street.
London, England, 1856-06-14

IEDSTEADS, BEDDING, and FURNI-
TURE.—% ILLIAM S. BURTON'S Stock on show of Iron
and Brass Bedsteads and Children.' Cots stands unrivalled
either for extent, beauty of design, or moderateness of prices.
He also supplies Bedding and Bed Hangings of guaranteed
quality and workmanship.
Common Iron Bedsteads, from 16s. ; Portable Folding Bed-
steads, from 12s. 6d.; Patent Iron Bedsteads, fitted with dove.
tail joints and patent sacking, from 17s. ; and Cots, from 20s.
each. Handsome Ornamental Iron and Brass Bedsteads, in
great variety, from £2 7s. 6d. to £l5 15s.
A Half-Tester Patent Iron Bedstead, three feet wide, with
Bedding, &c., complete--
Bedstead
Chintz furniture o 17 0
Paillasse, wool mattress, bolster, and pillow
A pair of cotton sheets, three blankets, and a
coloured counterpane

it 19 6

A double bedstead, same A 6 1,5 9
If without Half-Tester and Furniture--
Single bed, complete S 13 9
Double bed, complete
The alterations an.i additions to these extensive premises (al
ready by far the largest in Europe), which occupied the whole of
lest sear, are of such a character that the entire of EIGHI
HOUSES is devoted to thedisplay of the most magnificent stock
of GENERAL HOUSE IRONMONGERY (including Cutlery,
Nickel Silver, Plated Goods, Baths, Brushes, Turnery, Lamps.
Gaseliers, Iron and Brass Bedsteads, and Bedding), so arranged
in Sixteen Large Show-rooms as to afford to parties furnishing
facilities in the selection of goods that cannot be hoped for
elsewhere.

Illustrated Catalogues sent (per post) free.
No. 39, OXFORD-STREET; 1. la, 2, and 3, NEWMAN-
S YREET, and 4,5, and 6, PERRY'S-PLACE. Latabluthed 1824)
London, England, 1856-06-14

MUSICAL DOINGS.

Swim's marvellous execution of Paganini's well-
known " Clochette " violin concerto in B minor,
created an immense sensation at the fifth Philhar-
monic Concert. The composition is full of eccentri-
cities, but contains some delicious cantabile phrases,
and some almost insurmountably difficult passages.
Some of the classics took exception to the use of the
side drum in the tutto, and yet they applauded to the
very echo, in the Italian symphony of Mendelssohn,
the " saltorello," or common Neapolitan gig with
which that clever work winds up. In hearing
Sterndale Bennett's charming pianoforte concerto in
C minor, a production worthy of any name in any
country, there was reason to regret that he should
have accepted the part of conductor, for which he

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THE PREFI&

national greatness, it will ill-become us to look
sullenly on, and grumble to ourselves about
the policy of the past. We must refuse no
coadjutor in the great work of human pro.
gress—least of all one who is so well able to
combine the advancement of society with the
maintenance of order.
London, England, 1856-04-19

-IJdJbz Vrtgii+

LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1856.

POSTSCRIPT,

THE TREATY OF PEACE.
A despatch from Vienna, Thursd.y, April 17,
states

One of the most important conditions in the treaty of
peace is that the forts on the Circassian coast of the Black
Sea are not to be rebuilt.
The status quo on the coasts of the Black Sea will be
maintained.

The Presse d'Orient announces that the evacua-
tion of the Russian territory by the allies will
begin fr,m the fortress of Kiuburn, and from
Eupatoria.

The Sultan has bestowed the order of the hledjidie
upon Prince Albert.. Aali Pacha will convey the
Order io the Prince.
Intelligence from Constantinople to the 7th inst.
states that serious disturbances had occurred at
Armenia, on account of the Hatti Hurnayoun.

The French mail of yesterday is overdue ; but
the submarine telegraph gives the following as
the closing prices of the fun Is :—Three per Cents.,
7sf. 50c.; and the Four-and a-Half per Cents.,
93f. 70c.

THE RUSSIAN NOBILITY, it is said in letters from
St. Petersburg, will now be granted much greater
freedom than they enjoyed nnder Nicholas. The
law which forbade them to educat? their children
abroad is revoked, and all classes are permitted to
travel freely in Europe.

Preparations are completed for the naval review
on Wednesday next. The movements to be executed
by the fleet were finally arranged on Thursday, at
the Admiralty. The Quee i will leave town at an
early hour in the morning, and will return to Buck-
ingham Palace the same evening. The preparations
made for the reception of visitors at Portsmouth are
incredible. The review, it is anticipated, will be the
finest naval review upon record.

A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign-office
on Saturday. All the Ministers in town were pre-
sent. The Council sat four hours. A Cabinet
Council will be held this afternoon.

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council have
been engaged during the week with the case of
tt Prinsep v. Dyce Sombre." The case was con-
cluded on Wednesday. Judgment reserved.
The government of the colony of Victoria has
been offered—according to the Daily News, of
Friday—by Mr. Labonchere to the Earl of Elgin.
Mr. Thomas, a Madras civil servant, has been
appointed by the Crown a director of the East India
Company under the late Charter Act.
The Archbishop of Canterbury intends to move
on Monday that the Lord Chancellor's Church Dis-
cipline Bill be read that day six months.
Committees of the House of Commons have sat
this week upon the adulteration of food, and upon
t transportation system.
Prince Albert, it is confidently stated, will visit
Paris in June, in order to represent the English
Court at the baptism of the Imperial Prince.
London, England, 1856-04-19

THE PRESS.

SACRED HARMONIC SOCIMTY.—ME. Costa's Eli will
be again ptrfoined at Exeter-hall, on Friday next,
with the tollo%%ing powerful cast:—Madame Clara
Novello, Mr. Sims Reeves, Heir Formes, and
Madame Viardot Garcia, who will arrive from Paris
to sustain the character of Samuel, as at Bir-
mingham.

Mn. ALBERT SMITH.—In reference to the note of
this gentleman which appeared in THE PRESS of last
Saturday, denying that he had authorised any adver-
tising agent to request insertion of the commenda-
tory paragraph on his performance at Windsor
Castle, we have received a letter from Messrs. Abbott
and Barton, by whom the circular was sent to us,
stating that the request for its insertion was made,
not by Mr. Albert Smith, but by a "friend and ad-
mirer of that gentleman," and that the "venial error"
was "committed in the hurry of business," and in
a communication meant to be "private and COE-
fidential."
London, England, 1856-04-19

Vress.

LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1856.

BY the motion of Mr. WHITESIDE, postponed
till Monday week, the House of Commons will
be called on to express an opinion whether
her Majesty's Government is in any degree
chargeable with the great military disaster of
the War—the loss of Kars. The question
raised is very simple, but most important ;
and the discussion will be closely scrutinised.
It is a great mistake to suppose that the
public are indifferent to the manner in which
the campaign was conducted, because the
War itself is now over. On the contrary,
they are eager for an explanation on circum-
stances which they cannot comprehend. They
see that the reputation of England has in
some unaccountable mode been damaged by
most adverse incidents since the War com-
menced, and they are anxious to know whether
the blame rests mainly with what is called our
Administrative System, or with those men who
are at the head of the System, and who have
at their disposal the whole might and re-
sources of the nation. It is this point which
it is hoped the impending debate will clear up,
and hence it is anticipated with the strongest
interest. The Administration is responsible
to the House, but the House itself is responsi-
ble to the country.
There are some facts which are indisputa-
ble. General WILLIAMS joined the army in
Asia as " the Commissioner of the Queen of
" England," in September, 1854, and from
that date until the capitulation of Kars at
the end of November, 1855, our Government
was constantly and fully informed of the con-
dition of the Turkish army in Asia, of its
wants, its deplorable inefficiency, and its
danger. Lord CLARENDON and Lord PASMURE
well knew that without prompt aid and large
reinforcements that army could not hold its
ground against the Russian force ; they knew
also that such aid was not to be expected
from the Ottoman Government at Constanti-
nople. Either it wanted means or it wanted
vigour to place the Asian army in an efficient
ritate. But with this knowledge our Foreign
Secretary and Minister of War decided that
nothing more was to be done than to make
remonstrances which they knew would be un-
heeded.

By sending General WILLIAMS to join the
army in Asia, England was directly made a
party to the war in that quarter. Of this Lord
CLARENDON seems to have been fully conscious.
It was necessary, he wrote (Sept. 22nd, 18541,
that General WILLIAMS should " have high
:` Turkish rank given him to insure respect
for his authority ;" and in the following
October he wrote that "her Majesty's Go-
' .ernment had a direct interest in the effec-
! live state of the Turkish army, as it WRS
likely that military operations on a large
scale would be carried on in Asia next
year." So far there was foresight, but it
was foresight of that kind which regards the
probability of events, without making the
slightest preparation to meet them.
London, England, 1856-04-19

MAYNOOTH.

THE question of Maynooth is one on which
nothing new is to be said ; but there are some
special points which deserve to be recollected
now, when insidious attempts are made to
sow dissension amongst th• 3 great Conserva-
tive connection of the country. And it can.
not be denied that (looked upon from any
side) Maynooth is environed with difficulties
f a high political nature. The institution of
hat college was, in point of fact one of the
precursory measures by which Mr. PITT was
enabled to achieve his splendid success of
tle Irish Union Whether that great states-
m to acted rightly or wrongly, there can be no
doubt about his acts; and the " Castlereagh
Correspondence" shows how powerful was the
aid which both Lord CASTLEREAGH and Mr
Pm himself received from the Irish Catholic
body at that time.
There is not a little danger, therefore, that
cert in retrograde politicians in Ireland would
have a locus standi given to them, if the whole
transactions of the Irish Union were now over-
hauled for rigid examination. There are
" Liberal " politicians in England who are no
friends to the Irish Church Establishment;
and yet they refrain from actively attacking it,
because they feel that the whole question of
the Union is involved in maintenance of the

Irish Church. In the foundation of May-
flood) there was nn extraordinary concurrence
of influences, which placed it upon a certain
basis. The Prime Minister of England pro-
posed it; Mr. BURKE (whose attachment to
the Established Church will not be disputed)
zealously advocated it; and the Parliament of
Ireland (then exclusively Protestant) sane
tioned kits establishment. It was continued
after the Union, and voter; were taken in its
f tvour during the rule of Mr. PERCEVAL and
Lor.l LIVERPOOL. A few years since it was
ti erred upon an Act of Parliament.
We are Isar from contending that these con-
siderations close the inquiry into the case.

lki
London, England, 1856-04-19

VI.-SEASON TICKETS.

The Directors have resolved to issue different classes of
Season Tickets, as follows :--
1. Season Tickets not transferable, admitting
the Proprietor to the Palace on all occa-
sions, except the Twelve Days named for
the above Concerts .. Oae Guinea.
2. Season Tickets not transferable, admitting
the Proprietor to the Palace on all occa-
sions, including the Concerts, Flower
Stows, and all other Fetes .. Two Guineas.
3. Transferable rickets, admitting the Bearer
to the Twelve Concerts and to the Flower

Shows, but not available on other days .. Two Guineas.

As the issue of Tickets under Classes Two and Three must
necessarily be limited, an early application for them is de-
sirable.
The Tickets • ill be issued on and after the 22nd instant; and
may be obtained at the Crystal Palace, at the Office of the Com-
pany, 79• Lombard-street, at the Offices of the London and Brigh-
ton Railway Company. London-bridge, and Regent circus. Picca-
dilly; at Mitchell's Library, 33. Old Bond-street; Sam's Library,
1, St. James's-street; and of Mr. Hammo•td, 27. Lombard-street.
Remittances for Season Tickets to be by Post-office Orders
payable to George Fasson.
The rates of admission to the Palace on ORDINARY OCCASIONS
remain as before, viz.:—
On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays,
Thursdays, and Fridays .. One Shilling.
On Saturdays Five Shillings.
Children under 12 years of age, Half-price.

The Palace will be opened on Mondays at 9 a.m., on Tuesdays,
Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fri lays, at in; excepting on the
days of the Concerts by the Opera Company, on which days, and
on Saturdays, it will be opened at 12; closing daily about
sunset.
London, England, 1856-04-19

0b itu ar g.

EARL COWPER, eldest son of Viscountess Palmers-
ton, died very suddenly on Tuesday evening, at Maid-
stone. The noble earl, in his official capacity as
Lord Lieutenant of the county o' Kent, attended the
quarter sessions held at Maidstone on Tuesday
afternoon, and while addressing the court was seized
with violent spasms of the heart. Medical aid was
at once called in, but all remedial measures failed,
and atter being removed to an adjoining house his
lordship sank under repeated attacks, and expirei at
twenty minutes alter nine o'clock in the evening.
Lord Cowper's health had been much deranged for
some time past, but the fatal character of the attack
which has terminated in his death was quite unex-
pected, even by his medical attendants. The Coun-
tess Cowper left town by special train, accompanied
by her two sons, immediately on receipt of intelli-
gence of his lot dship's illness, but unfortunately did
not reach Maidstone until after the death of the
noble earl. The deceased peer was born in 18"
served for some years in the Royal Horse Guards
Blue, and represented the city of Canterbury in Par-
liament from 1830 to 1835. He was Un‘ler-Secre-
Lary of State for Foreign Affairs, for a short period
in 1831, but in 1837, on succeeding to the earldom
and the enjoyment of an hereditary pension, he re•
linquished all active share in polities, though he
i variably gave his support to the Whig party. In
1810 he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of the county
of Kent. The late earl is succeeded by his son,
Viscount Fords ich.
THE RIGHT HON. G. L. DAwsox DAHER, C. 8., ex-
pired on Monday evening, after a short illness. The
gallant deceased was third son of the first Earl of
Portarlington, and wan born in 1788. The gallant
officer was present at Waterloo, and in 1838 entered
Parliament, on his return for Portarlington, and
subsequently for Dorchester, fur which borough he
was the unsuccessful candidate at ti e last general
election. Colonel Darner was made a Privy Council-
lor by Sir Robert Peel, in Sept., 1841, and appointed
to an office in the Queen's household. He sueport.d
the political measures of the late Sir R ibert. Peel.
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362

hid been provided fur the conveyance of a
f ;no transport service had been organited ,
no supplies had been collected. Lord
CLARENDON would object to the plans of the
Turkish Government, hut had nothing to pro-
pose himself. Not till the garrison of Kars
was reduced to the last extremity of suffering,
and till its relief had become impossible, did
our Government signify its readiness to
approve any schate which the panic of al.
Divan suggested.
What a satire is the telegraphic despatch of
Lord CLARENDON On the 9th of August last,
authorising tin hopeless expedition of OMER
PACHA to Redout-Kaleh, upon the deliberate
documents which informed WILLIAMS, four
months previously, that no assistance would
be rendered !
The real question for the House of Com-
mons, sitting as the great inquest of the
n aim', to determine is, whether more should
n.,t have been dune for the relief of Kars than
c add possibly have been anticipated from the
despatches of Lord CLARENDON ? Had a reso-
lu.ion been taken in the spring of last year to
comply with the requisitions of General
WILLIAMS, and to have afforded the army of
Asia the direct assistance of this country, the
army of MOURAVIEFF would surely have been '
kept in check, and perhaps have been
signally discomfited. To affirm that the Ad
ministration is free from the blame of the
Ears disaster will be to approve a weak,
vacillating, and inglorious policy, and to de-
clare that the wisest course fur our Govern-
ment, when a great military operation in
which rr e are nearly concerned is in pi ogress,
on the issue of which the reputation of Eng-
land in the East must mainly depend, is to
follow the precedent established by Lord
CLARENDON and Lord PANMURE, and do—
NOTHING.
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as that before us is not worthy of introduc-
tion to the English public, and if it were al-
lowed to pass unchallenged the precedent
would be most injurious.
Take, for example, the mass of assertions
concentrated into the following paragraph :
Napoleon at Aspern, for the first time in his life, lost his
presence of mind ; crossing the Danube among the execra-
tions of his own soldiers, he returned to his old head-
quarters at the chateau of Kaisers-Ebersdorf. Here ha
slept one unbroken sleep for thirty hours, after having given
strict orders that he should not be disturbed. The danger
was so pressing during this long sleep, that his generals
had a secret consultation in which it was determined that,
in case of Napoleon being killed or made prisonei, Eugene
Beauharnois, the viceroy of Italy, should be intrusted with
the chief power, to conclude a general peace and to lead
back the army to France ; so that, for once, they might
enjoy their ease in the bosom of their families. Nay, in
those critical moments, the question was even mooted
whether they had not better deliver up Napoleon to the
English at Fiume, dead or alive. The secret clubs in
the French army were in correspondence with Fouche and
Talleyrand; who had become Napoleon's deadly enemies
ever since he had, at Tilsit, come to an understanding with
the Russians. On the news of the defeat of Aspern and
of the thirty hours' sleep at Kaisers-Ebersdorf, Fouche
wrote back from Paris, " What! such is the state of affairs,
and you expect us here in Paris to make the beginning?
If you have but a dozen resolute men, you will strangle him
in his bed and throw him in a sack into the Danube, and
all will be right. The rest will follow as a matter of
course."

Not a single footnote, or reference, or autho-
rity of any kind is cited to support these
statements, and so throughout ; but we have
noticed this book from our duties as critical
police, and we have quoted enough from its
pages to stamp the character of the perform-
ance.
London, England, 1856-04-19

INDIAN FINANCE.

On the question for going into Committee of
Supply,
Sir E. PERRY invited attention to the state of the
Indian revenue, which, he observed, presented a
constant and increasing deficit as compared with the
expenses of that empire. Parliament., he remarked,
was interested in this subject, since the payment of
three millions per annum to British proprietors of
India stocks depended upon the solvency of the
Indian Government; and if the existing deficiency
remained uncorrected much longer the revenue of
the mother country would, in various ways, be
drawn upon to meet the accruing liabilities. The
hon. and learned member proceeded to trace the
causes which had produced this disparity between
the receipts and the expenditure of the Indian em-
pire, assigning the chief place among these sources
of fiscal embarrassment to the voracious appetite for
territory, and the erroneous system of taxation, which
hao characterised the administration of India for
many generations of Governors-General.
After a few remarks from Mr. MURROUGH,
Mr. V. SXITH deprecated the introduction of so
extensive a topic upon an indirect motion, contend-
ing that a far more appropriate opportunity would
speedily have been afforded when the Indian budget
was brought forward for discussion. He denied the
statements, and questioned the ronclusions, set forth
by Sir E. Perry, defending the policy which had led
to recent annexations of territory, especially those
affected by Lord Dalhousie, upon whose able and
energetic administration he passed a high eulogium.
The newly-acquired provinces would, he believed,
ultimately prove profitable; and with respect to the
existing deficit, declared that it had chiefly arisen
from the large expenditure upon public works. This
deficiency was also now rapidly diminishing, and in
the accounts for the last financial year would be
shown to be 500,0001. less than in the previous
twelve months, nearly 1,900,000/. instead of

____
2,500,0001. _ __
Mr. OTWAY reiterated at much length the charges
of ambition, ill-faith, and improvidence that had
been brought against the Indian Government.
Sir J. W. Hoag analysed the details of the Indian
revenue and expenditure, contending that the finan-
cial position of that country was sound, and that the
present deficit arose from merely temporary causes.
He went on to describe and vindicate the rights
which had been exercised by the Indian Govern-
ment when accomplishing successive annexation of
territory.
Mc. J. G. PIIILLTMORE having denounced with
much warmth the policy of annexation, the subject
was allowed to drop.
London, England, 1856-04-19

THE PRESS.

SIENA, April 14.
AUSTRIA has taken possession of the Duchy of
Parma, and Borth Catnpiano and Pontremoli have
been garrisoned by the Imperial troops. These
places are far away from the scene of disturbance.
Bordi is situated on the northern side of the Apen-
nines, upon a spur of the mountain commanding the
valley that slopes away to the distant plairs of
Parma. Campiano is in the same direction, at the
extremity of the Val di Taro, and abutting upon the
Piedmontese territory. Pontremoli lies on the
southern side of the range overhanging the banks
of the Magra, which runs into the Gulf of Spezzia,
and dominates that portion of the Piedmontese
fruitier opposite the Sardir.ian fort of Mulazzo.
The disposition of these troops has a certain signi-
ficance. It is a tacit accusation, overt in the
deed. The actual meaning is declaratory of the
disturbances having had a Piedmontese origin, and
military precautions have been taken to cut off the
retreat of the disaffected, to intercept supposed com-
munication, and to have a ready access to the Sar-
dinian territory. ['here is no concealment of design
in the Cabinet of Vienna, neither is it doubtful that
Austrian intrigues have been employed to precipitate
matters in order to afford an excuse fur the occupa-
tion of the Duchy of Par,na.
111 a iliscussion at tie Conferences, relative to Italy,
Count Orloff advanced the pr position that a State
requiring aid either to quell revolt, or to defend itself
ttainst a superior force, had a tight to appeal to the
ally in which it ha.' the greatest confidence, and that
such an appeal authorised the interference prayed
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conceived that it was enunciated expressly in her
tavour, and, only mindful of hatred to Sardinia,
overlooked its application either to England or
France. There is a strong and growing feeling in
favour of Russia amongst the Libeials everywhere.
It may be turned to mighty account, and the Pope
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both his spiritual and temporal power. There be
two things to war against, the Austrian and the
oriest, and they are not held in high estimation at St.
Petersburg. M. T. A.
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A DECISION OF VICE-CHANCELLOR STUART this
week has excited from its novelty some attention
in legal circles. One John Williamson, who
died in 1830, left to his dam/ titer Elizabeth,
then married to Mr. John Booth. a distiller,
the sum of 120,0001. This legacy was given to
trustees for her separate use and benefit, but
there was reserved to her the power of appointing
the whole or any part of this sum, or to dispose of it
by will, in any manner she pleased. In default of
exercising such power of appointment, or of making
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should descend to her children and be equally
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legacies in full, and a sum of about 85,0001. was set
apart as the portion of Mrs. Booth, and on that
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per cent. In the year 1833, she exercised, to
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her, and executed a " deed poll," in which, after re-
citing the provisions of her father's will, she did
"absolutely and irrevocably direct and appoint the
sum of thirty thousand pounds of lawful money of
Gr at Britain, part of the said sum of one hundred
and twenty thousand pounds, to be paid or
assigned, transferred and made over, unto the said
John (lillyatt Booth," her husband. In • January,
1837, Mrs. Booth died, and the estate of Williamson
was some time afterwards brought under cognisance
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unsatisfied legatees. In the course of this suit,
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whether the sum of 30,000/. which she had given to
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Ice Chancellor's Court, on Monday. On the one
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constantly described as "part of the sum of 120,0001."
left her by her father, she intended to dispose of
only a fourth part of that amount, leaving other
three parts to her three children; while on the faller
side it was contended that the express words of the
deed, "thirty thousand pounds lawful money of
Great B.neja.” mastbe literally construed, more
especially as Mrs. Booth was well aware at the time
when she executed the deed that the original legacy
of 120,0001, would be reduced to 85,0001. or th ere
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