The Press.
London, England, 1854-06-24 00:00:00

THWqPRESSi

THE town council of Newcastle have petitioned the
Home otlice fat the establishment of a separate
bishopric of Northumberland, to include that county
and the town of Newcastle, having its seat iu the
latter, and to be supported by a portion of the present
large revenue of the see of Durham, The memorial
states that the diocese of Durham, according to the
last census contains a population of 715,247 souls, of
fthick4llB'io are within the county of Durham, and
03,03, ivitlain the .coupof Northumberland, in-
luding the county of the town of Newcastle-upon-
Tyae. . . . • •
THE Hex. AND. REV. GEHAIX WELLESLEY has been
appointed by •ber Majesty to the deanery of Windsor.
He is a son of the. first. Baron Cowley; who was
British ambassador "successively at Paris end Vienna,
nail who filled other diplomatic situations.. The hon.
and rev. gentlemen was presented in 1830 .(being then
20 years of age) by•the Duke of Wellington, his uncle,
to the rectory of Strathfieldsaye, worth 7001. a year,
which he will resign on taking posession of his
deanery.
THE LATE CAPTAIN GIPTIP.D.--Tbe following de•
meription of the last momenta and burial of poor
ICaptain Giffard is given by the Kreutz Zeitung,
under the heed of Lower Danubei June 12:—
{ "We have received. interesting dates from Odessa of the
12441. of June, On that day, at three p.m„ the interment of
!Captain liiffitii of the tiger took place. By order of
'General Osten-Slacked, the whole crew, prisoners of war, as
well as the Governor-General Annemkoff, with the other
military, anthUrities, attended the funeral, A itussian
battalion in parade order formed an esoert to the cotlin,
and fired the usual volleys over the 'grave. Nearly the
i whole population was ateot, and followed the procession,
'The sturdy General Otsen-riecites took the deepest in-
terest in the fate of the captain during his illness. A
little before bie death, Gaud .called the crew around'his
bed, And said, 'Lads, you owe yoir lives to my being
wouruled.; this hindered nie from blowing up the ship.
Farewell! 'Greet our dear England tor me when you see
, it.' After these words he asked Ibr a glass of lemonade.
terned his free from the sailors to the other side, and gave
up the ghost." '• • -
THE litlP INHOME.TAX ACT, which received the
royal assent yesterday week, was printed on Monday.
It declares that the duties are freely and voluntarily
granted towards defraying the expenses of the just
and necessary war in which her Majesty is engaged.
From the 11th of April last the increased rate of ls.
2d. in the pound is to be chargeable. The act is to
eontinue in force during the wax, with a proviso as to
the arrears... • , 1 .- . . ' . .
THE CONEESTASIVE LAND . SOCIETY.,..--A public
meeting of the inhabitants of Guildford was held at
the White Hart :Hotel on Monday evening, when a
deputation fmtw the,executiVe committee of the Con-
servative LendSeciety, consisting of Viscount Ingestre,
'Mt: It: 'N.' fisowlet' Mr. C.. E: Lewis, Mr. iii-.. Morgan,
and Mr. eiraneisen; attended to:explain-the mode of
allotitient of the Weybridge /skate, West Sonny, and
thd general' plan of the society: The meeting was
nunierously attended. : , -
THE scarcity of labour is felt in Canada hardly leas
than in Australia. Mr. litachanamthechief emigration
*refit in Quebec, writes to a Glasgow correspondent
that ." labour and service here:tire not to be had. I
could employ 0,000 men, it a dollars day. &carcity
of labour is the complaint from one end of Canada to
the other. Mechanics are very Mud+ wanted of all
4esetiptionst4ages frofn one to two dollars per day."
The •BOARTI• or Wonce is about to erect new gates
at (the entrance to. St. James'repark,,Great George-
street, Westminster, commonly called Story's gate.
The board is also about to erect a suitable entrance
from Bayswater to Kensington-gardens in lieu of the
vommon deem by which the public have hitherto been
admitted. ''. 'I .1:

I' Titn.•stattrapattments at Windsor. Castle were re.:
opened *tolthinieblic on Thursday last until. fur fler
• netide. . ' • .
• • MAson-Gramiss.ROWAN in to be.colonek of the 10th
Reginient of Foot, and. Mujor.Gieneral J. Shaw
Kennedy colonel ofthe 04th.• :Both are distinguished
Waterloo officers. The lionourabie George Ammo
'his- i4eceived the local rank .of lieutenant-general
in the flaselndies,'prepareffory to taking the •cora.
mated of thovltadrananny. - ! • . • .
Timo-floittn niGuntteittintiatre•purchaaeti, an the
part of the Government, anumbei of revoiving pistols,
exceeding 2,000 it is-said, from Colonel Colt, for the
• use of the pliblie service. • •t'.. • , • ! A i
: San Gannon Garr has appointed Lord Hobart and
'Mr. Salnwil;Whitbread, M.P., to be his privatesecre-
/arias at the Colonial-office. Itlr..Whitbreati receives
)no amino in eoniequenoe. of having, a seat in :Parlia-
": ' Cot.m,:m. CECIL WILLIAtt .I.6itESTEN IC* of the
• Ned Regiment, ig appoiinted •ffsgistant-ffergennt• at
the 'Reties Of-Cemment, in sliceession to Captain
GoSiett. prohittteil to be Iteptibi Sergertrii:at Arms, in
the It of Mr.. Clemetitson; • retikki after Many
ettrit! eertice. ' -• • . -
.
~.4 0.4.14, , Tuor:sriil,Vdq,nepliew of Iffr. Thorncy,
WolverhamptOn;"has been appointed dm
tributor of•Stit at EiverpOol, in 'the room Of Mr.
Pischoff, (fete d. The net emulttitientipf.the offfle
is aiotit'i;ooot.- sini e' ' ' ' ' ''''' '
:is
.. .lilint.iall

SATURDAY,

THE SOCIETY FOR PROPAGATING THE GOSPEL IN
Foantow PARTS celebrated its 153rd anniversary on
Wednesday, by a meeting at Willis's Rooms. The
Archbishop of Canterbury presided. The society's
operations were for more than a century limited prin
cipally to the North American and West Indian
colonies, but within the last thirty years have been
extended to India, Australia, Van Diemen's Land,
New Zealand, South Africa, and Borneo. The sum
expended by the society during the year 1863, for the
maintenance, in whole, or in part, of 447 mission-
aries, and 700 catechists, schoolmasters, and theolo.
gical students, was 50,000/., and their gross outlay
104,5001. On Thursday a service was performed iu
St. Paul's Cathedral, and a sermon preached by the
Primate on behalf of the society. In the evening
his grace, and many of the bishops and principal
supporters of the society were entertained by the
Lord Mayor at the Mansion-house.
FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF PRISONERS OF WAR
whose ;capture is anticipated, a vote of 20,0001.
appears on the estimates. This sum includes
an item of 5,00(11. for the purchase of the Lewes
House of Correction as a place of confinement for
the Russian captives.
A MOVEMENT is now going on to raise the price
of newspapers one halfpenny each, in consequence
of the serious advance in the price of paper. The
Birmingham Mercury has taken the initiative among
the English journals, having just added a halfpenny
to its price.
THE NEW WRIT FOR MALDON, it is expected, will
be issued in the course of the ensuing month. The
candidates adopted by the Conservative party are
Mr. Quintin Dick and Mr. Peacock. There is no
doubt of their success.
TUE SECOND IPSI:E OF Two MILLION POUNDS Ex-
CHEQUER BONDS was arranged on Monday between
the Government, Messrs. Rothschild, and other
capitalists. They are for a term of five years, and
will be taken at a price calculated to pay exactly 4
per cent. The interest will, however, run from the Bth
of May last, It is stipulated that the remaining
2,000,000/. proposed to be issued by the Government,
shall not be offered for a period of at least ten
weeks.

Tun GOVERNMENT POLICE BILL has been given up
by Lord Palmerston, who stated to a deputation on
Tuesday, that he should not force on the measure in
the face of the strenuous representations made to
him against it.
TIIERL grit° be no more Itsces in the Champ de
Mars,,the 1.:111peror having •determined that a race-
course shall ho formed at the further extremity of
the Bois de Boulogne. In order that the course
may be prepared for the autumn meeting, the crops
on the ground have been purchased, and the whole is
to be laid down at once in grass. The first races
will take place on the new couise in October next,
It is reported in Paris that Lord Stratford de
Redcliffe and Marshal de St. Arnaud have had serious
differences since the arrival of the latter at Constan-
tinople, and that the French Government is very
anxious that Lord Stratford should be recalled. Lord
J. Russell, on Monday night, stated in the Honse of
Commons that the Government bad no such intention
as was implied in this rumour.
Titre shilling days have begun at the Sydenham
Crystal Palace with the following results:—On
Monday, the first shilling day, there paid at the doors
10,424; Tuesday, 11,522 ; Wednesday, 11,252 ;
Thursday, 14,186. Total of the four days, 47,804.
Yesterday the price of admission was 2s. ed., and to-
day it is. ss. A magnificent display of the manu-
factures of Sevres, Gobliu, and Beauvais, contributed
by thiEniperor Napoleon, has been unpacked in the
French COurt. Among' the objects thus liberally sent
over are three splendid vases, end two exquisite
Specimens of painting on poicelain, As an example
t4e success which thus far attends the exhibitors'
department, 'if is stated that during the past week
the agent of the French Muslin Company, which has
taken space in the Mixed Fabric Court, sold 700
muslin dresses.
Tetp Ass M'Amtetzn.—This vessel whose de-
tention at Cionstadt by the Russian authorities has
excited so much interest, arrived at Pill, in the
British Channel, on Thursday last.