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in 1854 by the House of Commons, and which
minute, in point of fact, contained the accusation
which had been made against Sir C. Napier.
General CODRINGTON said the house had heard
the charges against Sir Charles Napier, and he
would be glad to see the answer to them. The hou.
member who had just spoken had repeated the
charges, and it was but fair to the memory of Sir
Charles Napier that his answer should be produced.
Mr. ROEBUCK, in order that the house might
know the real value of the statement Mr. Willoughby
bad read, begged to read the following note which
his hon. friend the member for Merthyr Tydvill had
received from Colonel Rathbone

My dear Mr. Bruce,—l have just received your note, in
which you inform me that Mr. Mangles intends to justify
the statement as to the sale of grain to the commissariat
at fictitious prices, by the authority of Sir George Clerk,
who, he says, quotes me as his authority. lit reply, 1
would merely observe that he no doubt has the authority
of Sir Geotge Clerk for the statement, because it forms
one of the charges against the Scinde Government con-
tained in that tissue of falsehoods called Sir George
Clerk's Schick Minute, but which, in fact, was drawn up
for his signature by his then revenue secretary, Mr. Gold.
smith. But, though Sir George has been thus unhappily
made to father official falsehoods, I am sure he is quite
incapable of giving birth to any, and therefore it is im-
possible that he could have given me as his authority for
so gross a misstatement.

Mr. DANBY SEYMOUR said the question now before
the house related to a paragraph respecting the sale
of corn by Sir U. Napier whilst he was Governor of
Scinde. His object in rising was to correct what the
hon. and learned gentleman said in reference to his
eolleagu?, Sir G. Clerk. S:r G. Clerk was not the
man to put his name to a tissue of official falsehoods
which be himself bad not inquired into. He did
fully inquire into this subject. It was a mistake to
suppose that Sir G. Clerk wished to depreciate the
eminent merits of Sir C. Napier. He agreed with
the hon. and learned gentleman in much that he
had said of the supereminent merits of Sir C. Napier,
and he believed that the paragraph in question was
put in accidentally, and not for the purpose of dis-
paraging the eminent qualities of Sir C. Napier,
whose memory stood so high in the estimation of all.
Mr. ROEBUCK said the expression "a tissue of
official falsehoods " was not his expression, but that
of Colonel Rathbone.
Mr. Burr thought there should be some official
record of the refutation by Sir C. Napier of this
charge. If the hon. gentleman inclosed a copy of
the document to the Secretary of the Dian' of Con-
trol he could send it to the India•house, and inquire
whether it was a true copy. If the answer was that
it was a true copy, it could then be laid on the table
of the house as an official document. That was an
indirect mode of proceed.og, but it would have the
effect of placing on record the answer which had
been triumphantly given by Sir C. Napicr to this
unfounded charge.
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THE IRISH MILITIA.

Mr. CORRY inquired whether, in the event of a
portion of the militia being embodied during the re-
cess, any of the Irish regiments would be called out?
Sir JOHN RAYSDEN replied, if it should be neces-
sary to embody any part of the militia, the first
consideration would be to select the regiments that
were in the most efficient state for embodiment;
and, subject to that, to call out a fair proportion of
the English, the Irish, and the Scotch regiments.
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THE PRESS, AUGUST 15, 1857.

part of the Lord Advocate, to exclude Scotland from
its operation,
Mr. ROEBUCK condemned the measure in strong
terms.
A debate ensued, in which the principle and de-
tails of the bill were much discussed, and various
amendments were suggested. It was at length
agreed that the bill should be recommitted, and that
the debate should until then be suspended.
The report of the Committee of Supply was
brought up and agreed to.
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HOUSE OF LORDS-MONDAY.
The royal assent was given by commission to a
great number of bills.
Upon the Summary Proceedings before Justices
of the Peace Bill passing through committee, Lord
CAMPBELL expressed his approval of the measure
and explained its object. When the bill receives
the royal assent, any party who feels himself
aggrieved by the decision of a magistrate on a point
of law, will have an opportunity of appealing against
that decision to one of the superior courts in West•
minster- 11 all.
Several other bills were forwarded a stage, and
their lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS-MONDAY.
OATHS COMMITTEE.

Lord J. RUSSELL brought up the report of the
committee on the oaths taken by members, which
was to the effect that the committee had negatived
a resolution that the House of Commons was in-
chided in the words of the Act sth and oth
William IV., "all bodies now by law or statute, or
by any valid usage, authorised to administer or re-
ceive any oath, solemn affirmation, or affidavit."
Lord John stated that, at that late period of the ses
sion, be did not propose to go on with the Oaths
Validity Act Amendment Bill; but he gave notice
that, early next session, he would bring under the
consideration of the house the oaths taken by mem-
bers of Parliament.

_
Among the questions put to the Government
before the orders of the day, was one by
Sir C. NAPIER, who inquired whether Commodore
Koppel had been recalled?
Sir C. WOOD declined to answer the question.
London, England, 1857-08-15

Just published, in 2 vols. post dvo., price 215.,
THE DEAD SECRET.
A NEW TALF. by WILKIE COLLINS.
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to adjourn the elections for fifteen days. In reply,
the Ambassador of England and the Austrian Inter-
nuncio sent the following :

The Ambassador of England and the Austrian Inter.
nuncio, while rendering justice to the Sublime Porte for
its efforts tending to conciliate the difference which has
arisen respecting the elections in Moldavia—efforts in
which they fully participated—must point out the inconve•
niences which would result from such a delay, and regret
that the best means for an agreement on that subject
should have been refused.
The Ambassador of England declares, for his part, that
the sense of the despatches appears to him sufficiently
clear, and that he does not discover in them any idea that
a further adjournment of the elections is contemplated by
his Government. The Austrian Internuncio shares on
this point the opinion of his colleague of England. Con.
sequently, they have mutually come to the conclusion that
the Porte cannot grant a new delay without leaving the
position assigned to it by the principle of the Treaty of
Paris—the common work of the powers ; and they add
that they do not shrink from any responsibility that may
result for the Porte from this refusal of adjournment.
(Si►gned) L. STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE.
Baron de PUOKESCH VAN OSTEN.
July 18, 18:7.
-

The Emyeror arrived at St,. Cloud on Tuesday
evening. his Majesty has ordered that a painting
shall be executed representing his arrival at Osborne
on board .he Reine Hortense.
A new medal commemorative of the wars of the
Revoluton and of the Empire, from 1792 to 1815,
has beta decreed for all Frenchmen and foreigners
who daring those eventful years served under the
Franca flag.
London, England, 1857-08-15

RETURN OF MR. BRIGHT.

Ix is most amusing to watch the sour faces
with which the Ministerialists swallow the
election of Mr. BRIGEIT for Birmingham.
The facts on this point are so peculiar that
we may ask particular attention to them. At
the General Election no leading Conservative
follower of Lord DERBY and Mr. DISRAELI
lost his seat, but the Ministerialists specially
rejoiced in unseating Mr. BRIGIIT at Man-
chester. Well, Birmingham is the capital of
British Radicalism. It has an older political
history than Manchester ; and if the latter
place be identified with the Anti-Corn-Law
League, Birmingham is connected with the
Reform Bill. Its " political unions " were the
precedents on which Manchester acted in
subsequent times. Birmingham, also, is a far
more English locality than Manchester. At
the latter place are congregated a large
" Irishery"—a vast number of Scotch, Ger-
mans, and Americans. Of the two cities, we
think Manchester is the more purely provin-
cial in all respects.
But Birmingham has elected Mr. BRIGHT
in spite of Whig cliquery and Ministerial
plotting. The mere fact shows the hollow-
ness and utter delusion about there being a
good Palmerstonian feeling in the country.
At the first opportunity presenting itself, a
great popular constituency enthusiastically
returns Mr. BRIGHT, without even subjecting
him to a canvass, and it renders the candida-
ture of any Whig or Ministerial Liberal hope-
less. The fact proves how slight is the hold
of Lord PALMERSTON upon Liberals out of
doors.

The Times, seeing how matters were likely
to go, took to praising Mr. BRIGHT, and ex-
pressing its wish (which was not consulted)
about having him in Parliament The Scots-
man lectures Mr. BRIGHT on his past anti-
Ministerial transgressions, and growls at his
return, while the Times reprints the Scotsman,
as if to intimate to Mr. BRIGHT that his ad-
mission is only tolerated. The Morning Post
calls him "a wet Quaker," and professes its
agreement with CANNING about" Send a deina-
" gogue to Parliament," &c.
Unfortunately, a worse allusion or a more
maladroit quotation could not be made. In
the memory of living man no Parliamentary
Chief, no Prime Minister of England, was
ever subjected to so tremendous a castigation
as was inflicted by Mr. BRIGHT upon the
coarseness and vulgar swagger of Lord PAL-
MERSTON. On Thursday, in the current week,
Mr. GLADSTONE spoke with uncommon seve-
rity on the manners (or want of them) shown
by the Prime Minister ; but we were made at
the moment to think of the still more severe
diatribe launched by Mr. BRIGHT, when a
powerful and brilliant contrast was drawn
between the style in which Sir ROBERT PEEL,
Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and Mr. DISRAELI led
the House of Commons, and the coarse vul-
garity and indecent buffoonery of Lord PAL-
MERSTON. We do not know how CANNING
would have treated Mr. BRIGHT, but we believe
that CANNING would have had the manliness
to make a stand against him face to face in-
stead of desiring that his antagonist should
London, England, 1857-08-15

WHAT WILL Tltt WHIGS DO?

THERE never was a time when Conservatives
should more steadily watch the conduct of the
Whigs. A decided impression prevails in
well-informed quarters that important political
manoeuvres will take place before next Christ-
mas. Many weeks cannot elapse before
Ministers must make up their minds whether
they will adhere to their announcement of
introducing a new Reform Bill next session.
Such a measure would demand their united
energies, and would also require much time,
continually applied to a subject involving
serious principles and important details.
It is a question, also, with the Whigs
whether they could manage to attempt a
Reform Bill without an arrangement with
Lord JOHN RUSSELL. If their measures were
too small, the Noble Lord might outbid them ;
if too large, he might underbid them, and thus
obtain an advantage, and secure the settle-
ment of the questioh for himself. Like the
Whigs, Lord JOHN RUSSELL is sorely puzzled
what to do. He is hesitating whether to
throw himself on the India question, or to
adhere to his Reform crotchets. Like a troubled
spirit, he is always hopping in and out of the
House of Commons, eyeing with restless gaze
the Treasury Bench, where he enjoyed station,
leadership, and all the pomp and pride of
office. His contemplations, apparently, have
not imparted much serenity to his mind.
Ever and anon, Lord JOHN RUSSELL must recol-
lect how the Premier lately told him that it
was " a matter of indifference " what opinions
were held by the Noble Member for London
on the subject of the Chinese war.
Changes there must be, and before long, in
the official staff of the Whig party, and we
direct Conservatives' attention to eventualities
likely to arise. The Cabinet cannot stand still
in the face of its promises, but any movement
in advance will be extremely difficult. Parties
are again falling into the same relations as
prior to the late dissolution. The Minis-
terialists will again have a Radical body
assailing them in the flank, and the public
mind must demand that more movement,
more sincerity, more fresh and frank impulses,
should again animate the representatives of
opinion. The languid reign of an Officialised
Liberalism, retrograde in spirit, and revelling
in jobs, cannot last for ever. It is the nature
of the English public to require action in
politics ; and with a majority of so anomalous
a character, it will be almost impossible for
the Premier to answer the domestic requisi-
tion of his followers, and also to take thought
of the mighty question arising from our
endangered empire in India.
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TURKEY.

It 1, confidently stated that Lord Stratford de
Bedeliffe will quit Constantinople for London, en
conge, on the 23rd inst.
Intelligence from Vienna, in the Cologne Gazette,
states that the Porte has despatched to its represen-
tatives abroad a statement relative to the Moldavian
elections. It replies to certain facts, of which the
French Ministers have complained, and seeks to
prove that they must be attributed to the peculiar
organisation of the Principalities.

The settlement of the Asiatic frontier of Turkey,
according to intelligence received of the proceedings
of the commission, is rapidly proceeding. The com-
missioners remained at Alexandrepol from the 14th
to the 25th of June, during which time they fixed on
a general frontier line, and admitted in principle
the course of the river Arpa-Tehai, which runs north
and south a little to the west of Alexandropol. At
the confluence of the Arpa•Tehai and the Araxes is a
territory claimed both by the Porte and I'ersia. The
commissioners proceeded thither, examined the
country, and took notes of the remarks made by the
two parties. The commissioners, after having settled
some points near the first rising grounds of the
Ararat, proposed to attempt the ascent of that
mountain, and afterwards to proceed to Erivan and

Tiflis, to which latter place they had been invited by
Prince Bariatinski, the Governor-General of the
„Caucasus. Thence they would proceed to the
frontier of Gauriel, where is situated the last point
in dispute. It is expected that the commission will
have completed its labours in October, and return at
the end of that month to Constantinople.
London, England, 1857-08-15

RUSSIA.

A reduction of the Russian army is said to be in
contemplation as soon as the grand manmuvres at
hrasnoc-Selo are concluded.

The InraUde Muse of the Ist publishes some
details of the military operations which have lately
taken place by the Butsians in the Caucasus against
London, England, 1857-08-15

THE WORCESTER DIOCESAN AND BIRMINGHAM
ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETIES held their first joint
meeting at Birmingham on Thursday, under the pre-
sidency of Lord Lyttleton. There were present the
Mayor of Birmingham, the Ven. Archdeacons Sandford
and Thorpe, the Rev. Dr. Miller, Mr. C. H. Brace-
bridge, Dr. Badham, Mr. C. Ratcliffe, and a large
attendance a clergy and professional gentlemen
connected with the neighbourhood.
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PROMOTION OF LIEt7TERANT-COLONELS.

On the motion for going into committee of supply,
General PEEL inquired whether the attention of
the military authorities had been directed to the case
of certain lieutenant-colonels of the army, who bad
been passed over and superseded under the pro-
visions of a royal warrant of the Gth of October,
18W., their commissions as lieutenant-colonels dating
before that warrant was issued. And whether it is
intended to restore these officers to the relative
position of which they have been deprived by its
retrospective action ?
Sir W. CODIUNOTOX said no doubt the practical
operation of the warrant had been unfair. From
sixty to eighty had been passed over.
Mr. ROEBUCK, before the question was answered,
wished to put another. A few nights ago the Under-
Secretary fur War stated that the troops sent out to
the East were provided with cotton covers to their
helmets and foraging caps. In that day's Times
there was a distinct denial of that statement. Was
it true, he wished to know, first of all, that those
men had not received covers to their helmets and
foraging caps ? And, if not true, he wished to know,
further, on whose authority the hon. baronet made
the statement?

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As to the troops for India, the cavalry, artillery, and
engineers took with them the covers made up ; but
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them on their arrival. There would be no difficulty
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CHAPEL IN PARIS.

On the order for going into a committee of ways
and means,
Mr. WisE, alluding to the rejection the other
night of the vote of 1ti,.500/. for the erection of a
chapel in Paris, inquired what the Government pro.
posed to do with reference to the 2001. advanced
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The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied that
her Majesty's Government had come to no decision
upon the subject of the chapel.
London, England, 1857-08-15

NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA.

The usual American and Brazilian mails contri-
bute no intelligence of great importance.
The New York Herald says that the question
raised by the seizure, on the west coast, of the slaver
Pancheta, between England and America is suscep•
tilde of being viewed in a very serious aspect. The
Herald hopes that it will not be dismissed till the
rights of the respective vessels of the African
squadron are clearly laid down and uniformly
acquiesced in. The same paper says that the Ash-
burton Treaty leaven the subject of search in con-
venient obscurity.
From Brazil, we learn that the murderer of Mr.
Golland, the vice•consul of Pernambuco, is supposed
to have mistaken his victim for another person.

The rejection of Mr. Roebuck's motion on the
affairs of Brazil, has caused much sensation at Rio.
The Brazilians feel themselves aggrieved, but their
gratitude to Mr. Roebuck and Mr. Disraeli is un-
bounded. It was proposed to strike a medal in their
honour. An address of thanks was, however, decided
upon, which will be signed by Brazilians of all
classes.
London, England, 1857-08-15

NAPLES AND SARDINIA.

The recent revolutionary attempt is said to con-
firm the King more than ever in the policy of com-
pression. The preliminary proceedings in the affair
of the Cagliari are proceeding. The prisoners will
be shortly transferred to Salerno, where quarters
have been prepared for them.
The refusal of the Neapolitan Government to re-
store some packages captured on board the Cagliari
will probably lead to a definitive rupture between
Sardina and Naples.
In Piedmont Generals Dabormida and Pastore

have set out from Turin for Alessandria, in order to
direct the armament of that fortress. A hundred
guns are to be sent from La Spezia forthwith.
Marquis Ernesto Pareto, who had been arrested
during the late disturbances at Genoa, has been set
at liberty.
London, England, 1857-08-15

.lection

BEVERLEY.—The nomination of candidates for the
representation of this borough took place on Monday.
Dr. Sandwith proposed, and Mr. Hodgson seconded,
Mr. Wells (Liberal); and Mr. Bainton proposed,
and Mr. Wreghitt seconded, Major Edwards (Con-
servative). Mr. Wells and Major Edwards then
addressed the electors ; after which the mayor called
for a show of bands. This was in the proportion of
four or five to one in favour of Major Edwards, and
a poll was then demanded for Mr. Wells. The
polling took place on Tuesday. The following is the
close of the poll
Major Edwards
Mr. Wells 4Ol

Majority for Major Edwards l7B
BIRMINOHAM.-Mr. Bright was elected on Monday
without opposition. Mr. Bright, in his address,
declared himself in favour of a measure of re-
form "extensive in its scope and honest in its in-
tention," and that he should regard a" wide exten-
sion of the franchise " as shorn of halt its virtue if
unaccompanied by " the safeguard of the ballot."
With respect to India, Mr. Bright expressed himself
in favour of the suppression of the revolt:—

I am not prepared to defend the steps by which
England has obtained dominion in the East; but looking
to the interests of India, and of England, I cannot oppose
such measures as may be deemed necessary to suppress
the existing disorder. To restore order to India is mercy
to India, but heavy will be the guilt of our country
should we neglect hereafter any measures which would con-
tribute to the welfare of its hundred millions of population.
I hope the acts of the Government will be free from the
vindictive and sanguinary spirit which is shown in many
of the letters which appear in the newspapers, and that
when the present crisis is over all that exists of statesman-
ship in England will combine to work what good is possible
out of so much evil.

YAI MOUTII.—• Mr. A. W. Young, and J. Mellor,
Esq., were elected on Monday without opposition.

THE ROYAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO PURCHASE
IN THE ARMY (composed of the Duke of Somerset,
the chairman ; Lord Stanley, M.P. ; the Right Hon.
Sidney Herbert, M.P.; the Right Hon. Edward
Ellice, M.P.; General Sir De Lacy Evans, M.P. ;
General Sir Harry Jones, General Wynyard, General
Sir Henry Bentinck, and Mr. G. Cart Glyn) have
concluded their labouxe.
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11) rtoo.

LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1857.

POSTSCRIPT.

PARIS, Friday night.
It appears to be decided that the Conference
for settling the Danubian question will be held
in Paris. •

The rumour that the Porte has remitted a diplo-
matic note to the English Cabinet protesting against
the oacupation ;of the Isle of Perim, is confirmed.
This note, it is said, undertakes to prove that, since
the time of Solyrnan 11., who in 1533 established his
authority over all the islands in the Red Sea, the
Porte has continued in uninterrupted possession of
Perim, and that the Barbary chiefs with whom the
East India Company treated had no right to cede
the place.

The Geographical Society of France has addressed
q letter to M. Lesseps, approving in very decided
terms of his project for piercing the Isthmus of
Suez.

LAST NIGHT'S DEBATE.

HOUSE OF LORDS.
OUR MILITARY CONDITION.

Tho Earl of ELLENBOROUGH complained of the
insignificant provision, including an amount of only
200,0001., made for the expenses of the embodied
militia. He proceeded to remark at considerable
length upon the military aspect of affairs in India
and China, and upon the provision which was re-
quired at home to feed the enormous demands for
troops to feed the wars now pending in Asia, and to
provide for the defence of the country itself.
Replying to the noble earl, Lord PANNURE and
Earl GRANVILLE repeated the Ministerial explana•
tions which had been more than once given, sub-
mitting that the news last received, though of
chequered character, was on the whole not unsatis-
factory, and that ample preparations were making
o meet every possible emergency.
The subject, after some further conversation, was
allowed to drop.
Their lordships then disposed of the business on
the paper, and adjourned at seven o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
DITORCE.

The house met at. 12, when the consideration in
committee of the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes
Bill was resumed. The 2bth clause, which had been
so long disputed, was at length passed.
Mr. GLADSTONE, on the next clause being pro-
posed, repudiated the charge of having wished to
defeat the bill by delay.
Lord PALMERSTON accepted this explanation, deny-
ing on his own part any intention of forcing the bill
through the house without allowing opportunity for
full deliberation.
The ATTORNEY GENERAL added some remarks also
of an apologetic and amicable tenor, and a general
understanding seemed arrived at that the future pro-
gress of the measure should suffer little interruption
until the 53rd clause (the clergy clause) was reached,
respecting which serious objections were entertained.
London, England, 1857-08-15

INDIAN ARMY.

Sir H. WILLOUGHDY asked whether the Govern-
ment intended to throw the whole of the expendi-
ture of the large armament destined to the East
upon the East India Company, and, if so, whether
they had formed any notion of the expense.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEOHJER replied that
it was his intention to give some explanation upon
that subject in the committee.
London, England, 1857-08-15

GOVERNMENT DESPATCH.

The following despatch was communicated
by the Forei;n•office to the evening editions
of Wednesday's papers :
From Vice• Consul Raven, dated Trieste, Wednesday,
August 12, noon—received 5.26 p.m.

Subjoined is a message to Sir Jas. Melville, Lon-
don, forwarded by me from Captain Johnson, Alex-
andria, under date from Alexandria, August 7.
The Indian mail
.has arrived, with news from
Bombay to July 14.
Delhi had not fallen up to the 27th of June.
There bad been a good deal of fighting outside the
fort walls. The rebels were repulsed with loss on
every occasion.
General Van Cortlandt, when marching upon Jhansi
and Hisser, bad two engagements with the rebels
near Sirsa, the last being a very decided one. The
rebels fled in disorder, leaving two hundred dead on
the field, besides prisoners.
The I'unjaub remains quiet.
General Woodburn's column crushed the rebellion
at Aurungabad.
Intelligence has been received of the mutiny of
the troops at Moradabad, Fyzabad, Seetapore,
Agore, Nowgaon, Banda, Futtyghur, Mhow, and
Indore. _ _ .

The Governors of the Presidencies are at their
respective seats.
The Money Market was in a very unsettled state.
Money difficult to be had on any terms. Govern-
ment securities have given way considerably. Im-
port market very quiet ; business done to a moderate
extent. Freights advanced a little.
The first batch of China troops arrived in Calcutta,
per Simoom, about the 2nd of July.
(Signed) R&VEN.

Intelligence from Marseilles states that the com-
mercial letters by the mail announce the destruction
by the rebels of many hundred boats coming down
the Ganges laden with corn.
Sir Colin Campbell arrived safe and well at Aden
on the 28th July. Peshawur was reported to be
" disturbed." Three more regiments had been dis-
armed.

The Bombay papers corroborate these state-
ments in full. The mutinies at Mooradabad,
Fyzabad, and Futtchghur were marked by sad
results. Tho following official despatches aro
taken from the Lahore Chronicle, June 27 :

Lahore, June 27.
Intimation has been received from Umballah that all re-
mained quiet at Delhi during the 24th and 28th. The
loss of the mutineers during the Sght of the !Z3rd is stated
to have been 400.
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SATURDAY,

gentle art. "We have fished with, and watched
while fishing," says Mr. Stewart, in his preface--

almost all the best professional anglers of the day, in.
eluding the celebrated James l3aillie, considered by all
who know him the ablest flyfisher in Scotland, and from
whom we have received some valuable information upon
that branch of the art ; and it must be admitted that there
are few anglers like those whose ingenuity and peree•
verance are stimulathl by necessity. The information
received from these we have thoroughly tested before
admitting it into the following pages ; and we may safely
say that we have gained more from half an hour's con•
versation with such, than from all the books we ever read
upon the subject, and their number is not small ; most
works upon angling being rather amusing than inatrtic-
tire. The angler will not find this the case in the follow-
ing volume; if he finds nothing instructive, he will
certainly find nothing amusing; and we found our claims
to the attention of the angling community solely upon the
ground of the information we have to convey, which we
have endeavoured to make as distinct as possible ; and as
this treatise is only intended for anglers, we expect that
the style and composition will not be very severely
criticised.

Mr. Stewart, like all professional men, is subject to
professional jealousies. He cannot conclude his
preface without pooh pooping the poor Cockney who
bobs for gudgeon in the Regent's Canal or tries for
sticklebat with a crooked pin ; but he forgets that the
Cockney, if he does not catch, cooks the Scotch trout—
about the best part of the gentle art—and enjoys the
dish with as much gusto as if he had spent four
hours in waterproof stockings, up to his knees
in cold water. Mr. Stewart's book is, however, full
of practical information for beginners : for in,tance,
he recommends them always to fish up instead
of down stream, and maintains that angling with
the worm is much misunderstood and unfairly
estimated :

Fly-fishers are apt to sneer at worm-fishing, as a thing
so simple that any one may succeed in it; their notions
of it being, that it is practised either when the waters are
swollen after rain, or with a float and sinkers in some
deep pool; and it is not surprising that with such ideas
of it, they should hold it in contempt. Wortn•tishing
is only worthy of the name of sport when practised in
streams inhabited by wary trout when they are low and
clear. Under such circumstances it becomes a branch of
the art, which, to be pursued with success, requires the
most intimate acquaintance with the habi'it of the trout,
and the nicest powers of casting; and which, in point of
difficulty, is only inferior to fly-fishing. Those anglers who
despise worm-fishing as a thing so simple as to be quite
unworthy of their attention, would quickly discover their
mistake if brought to a small clear water on a warm sunny
day in June or July.
These are new theories, but they are sound, and we
commend the " Practical Angler " as well worthy of
its name.
London, England, 1857-06-13

6oart ant 4as4ton.

Her Majesty the Queen, attended by the Court,
and accompanied by the Royal Family, has passed
the Ascot week at Windsor Castle, visiting the races
on the Cup day, and entertaining a brilliant circle of
guests at the Castle.
His Royal Highness Prince Frederick William of
Prussia, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and the
Hereditary Prince of Saxe Meiniugen, were guests of
her Majesty.
Her Majesty, and his Royal Highness Prince
Albert, accompanied by the Princess Royal, the
Prince of Wales, the Princess Alice, Prince
Alfred, and his Royal Highness Prince Frederick
William of Prussia, will visit Manchester on
Monday, the 29th inst. The royal party will honour
the Earl of Ellesmere by residing at Worsley-hall,
the noble earl's sea!, near Manchester, during their
stay. Her Majesty will pay a formal visit to the
Exhibition on Tuesday, the 30th inst. On Wednes-
day, the Ist of July, the Exhibition building will he
reserved for the private examination of its contents
by the Queen; and it is expected that her Majesty
will return to London on Thursday, the 2nd of
July. The Secretary of State in attendance upon
her Majesty will be the Right Hon. Sir G. (ire f.
Her Majesty will hold a levee on Thursday next,
at St. James's-palac-3, and a drawing-room on Tues-
day, the 23rd inst.
His Imperial Highness the Archduke Maximilian
of Austria is hourly expected at Portsmouth on a
visit to this country.
London, England, 1857-06-13

586

coarse in which the translator closely follows
the original.
In a critical point of view abridgments are
not to our taste ; but a voluminous author like
St. Simon is an exceptional case, and these
volumes are suited for English currency. The
selected matter is, on the whole, well chosen,
and gives a faithful idea of St. Simon's works.
For historical purposes, of course, the original
memoirs must be consulted. The present pub-
lication is likely to meet with much favour
among book-clubs, being as various and enter-
taining as a novel by Le Sage. But English
readers must recollect that these light
volumes bear about the same proportion to the
original St. Simon, as Walpole's Gothic toy at
Strawberry-hill to the Duke of Northumber-
land's feudal castle at Alnwick.
London, England, 1857-06-13

LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1857.

As, in consequence of the Reform Bill an-
nounced for next year, all measures involving
Parliamentary changes must be adjourned for
the convenience of the Premier, it has been
deemed proper to revive a dropped and de-
feated scheme for revolutionising the Imperial
Executive in its relations with the sister
country. The abolition of the Lord Lieu-
tenancy of Ireland is again mooted, and a
leading Ministerial organ has given its vehe-
ment support in favour of a measure which
Conservative influence previously defeated,
and we trust will signally defeat again.
Reasons of State should peremptorily forbid
any indiscreet tampering with the Union
settlement of 1807. It was then arranged
that Ireland should retain a local Executive
and a local Judicature, and if the Viceroyalty
be removed a dangerous precedent will be laid
down for loosening the whole obligations of
the Union. It is idly said that times have
changed so much that a Lord Lieutenant at
Dublin is not needed. We think otherwise.
A movement of a new and profound kind, of
which the springs are not yet visible, appears
to be taking place in the Roman Catholic
body. In England the attitude of its
Peers and Gentry is remarkable, and
in Ireland the ambition of the Roman
Catholic party appears to be concentrated on
obtaining possession of the Judicature. Any
Roman Catholic barrister, with tolerably pre-
sentable claims to judicial promotion, finds no
difficulty in gaining a seat in Parliament. He
may be a weak Whig or a sturdy Radical; he
may be a dummy in politics or a scold in a
silk gown ; so that he be likely to gain the
Bench, no troublesome questions are asked by
his priestly patrons. The object is obvious ;
it is a new method of carrying out an old
design.
Now, it was part of the fundamental arrange-
ments of 1829 that the Lord Lieutenant of
Ireland and the Lord Chancellor of the sister
kingdom should always be of the " Estab-
lished Church." Let the Viceroy be removed,
and what Protestant check would exist upon
the artful and aspiring intriguers who, w►th
the language of " Liberalism " on their lips
and the principles of Roman Catholicism in
their minds, might Endeavour to use their
official influence for ulterior purposes? We
see how Parliamentary privileges are bran-
dished by the Roman Catholics in the face of
the Queen's Ministers when the question is
one of relieving certain other sectarians. Is
it politically wise, when a new course of in-
ternal policy is gradually being unmasked by
Rome, to remove from Ireland one of the chief
Protestant securities left standing in 1829?
Considered with reference to the practical
action of the Executive, the scheme might be
followed with consequences not anticipated
by its rash promoters. Though Ireland is
quiet now, the history of that country shows
that we must expect vicissitudes alternating
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