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London, England, 1856-10-18

MAILS TO AUSTRALIA.

TowAnns the close of last session an intimation
was given by the Government that they had ac-
cepted a contract for the monthly conveyance
of the mails to Australia, by a route which was con-
sidered to be the shortest in point of time, and which
presented the greatest facilities of transit in every
respect. Since then no -public announcement has
been made of the name of the company whose tender
had been accepted ; but it was understood that the
European and Australian Company formed at Glasgow
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rtlaitt.

THE RECEPTION OF THE LORD LIEUTENANT in
Belfast on his visit to Lord Massarene, is reported
as having been very cordial.
MR. TRISTRAM KENNEDY, M.P., has addressed
long epistle to the Irish constituencies on a plan
suggested in a notice of motion which stands in his
name in the books of the House of Commons for
the ensuing session, namely, that of appointing
standing committees of. the English, Scotch, and
Irish members respectively, to prepare and digest
the measures affecting their several countries pre-
vious to their being submitted for the consideration
of the whole house.

THE BODY OF THE BARON DE BOBECK has been
found in the Liffey. At the coroner's inquest a
verdict of " Accidental death " was returned.
A QUARREL had occurred in the Curragh Camp
on the 13th inst., and a soldier of the 18th regiment
was killed by another private of the 50th.
AT ♦ MEETING OF THE DEPOSITORS in the Thomas-
town branch of the Tipperary Joint-stock Bank,
held this week, Colonel the Right Hon. W. F.
Tighe in the chair, it was unanimously resolved
London, England, 1856-10-18

THE PRESS.

that " a reasonable compromise of their claims
should be effected, as the best means of preventing
an exhaustion of their resources by litigation."
THE Tipperary Free Press mentions the rumour
that James Sadleir is still in the country ; and says
it is strengthened by the circumstance that a writ
of certiorari has issued from the Queen's Bench,
directing that the informations upon which the bill
of indictment was found at the last Tipperary
assizes, as well as the indictment itself, should be
forwarded to Dublin by the first day of next term,
November 3. This has given rise to a report that it
is the intention of Mr. Sadleir to surrender and
stand his trial at Dublin on the charge of conspiring
to defraud.
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NAPLES.

The answer of the Neapolitan Government to the
last note presented by Baron Brenier is expected
here from one moment to another (says the Paris
correspondent of the Times, second edition) :
It is not anticipated that it will be satisfactory. As
soon as it is received the Mosiferr will publish an article
on the Neapolitan question, giving, it is said, full infor-
mation, at least as full information as it is the practice of
the Government to do. The recal of M. Brenier is cer-
tain, but, as to the fleets, I can say nothing more than I
have already mentioned. I believe that the Government
will be glad to get out of the affair as soon, and of course as
well,
as possible, and that a very moderate concession would
satisfy it. King Ferdinand, of course, knows his advan-
tage, and
interpreted
forbearance shown towards him will no
be doubt to unwillingness to brave the conse-
cinences of a revolutionary movement. A diplomatic
dinner was given ye-tenlay at the hotel of the Foreign
Minister. Among the guests was the Neapolitan Am-
bassador, M. Antonini, who, to all appesrance, was as

tranquil and as much at his ease as if Naples and the
allies were the best friends in the world. Another Neapo-
litan of rank, the Prince of San Giacomo, was also
present.
The second edition of the Times has also a letter
from Naples, Oct. 13 :
His Majesty is still at Gaeta, and apparently still bent
on resistance. Great quantities of ammunition have
been taken to St. Elmo, and not a day passes in which
we do not witness signs of military preparation.
The Vienna correspondent of the Times (second
edition), in his letter dated October 13, writes as
follows:-
1n financial circles it is related that the British and
French missions have already been recalled from Naples,
but the assnrance has been given me that no official news
to that effect has yet been received here. According to
private letters the King is assembling an army of 40,000
" trustworthy " troops around him at Gaeta, and the
Austro•Neapolitan correspondents express their conviction
that his Majesty will not make the concessions demanded of
him unless literally forced to do so. There is reason to
believe that this Government will send a couple of vessels
to the Bay of Naples "for the protection of Austrian
subjects and property " as soon as it has received official
notice that the Anglo-French squadron is on its way to
Naples.
In more than one of my recent letters it has been hinted
that the relations between Austria and France are not so
satisfactory as they were, and it is now in my power to
speak more plainly on the subject. This Government
strongly suspects that there is something passing between
France and Russia, or rather between Count Walewski and
Prince Gortschakoff, which is kept from the knowledge of
Austria and England.
London, England, 1856-10-18

THE PRESS.

O'Donnell, Dulce, and the other Vicalvarista. Neither in
fact nor in name does constitutional government exist in
Spain, and if Narvaez thinks to re-establish it he will fail.
There is nothing left in Spain bat a provisional royalty.
Count San Luis will be only the precursor of legitimacy or
a new revoluion.

The continued occupation of the princpalities by
Austria has excited the attention of the French
Government. A note upon the question is daily
anticipated in the Moniteur. The Constitutionnel
this week remarks, with reference to Article 31 of the
treaty of Paris :
Not a single French, English, or Sardinian battalion
now remains on Ottoman soil. It was in this same man-
ner that the first Austrian Plenipotentiary regarded the
evacuation, and this is confirmed by his language in the
Congress. According to this language the evacuation of
the principalities should have preceded that of Constanti-
nople by the allied forces. This is proved by Protocol 21,
relating to the sitting of the 4th April. After the explana-
tions exchanged in that sitting it was impossible for all
the members of Congress not to be convinced that Austria
would have evacuated Moldavia and Wallachia long before
the expiration of six months. We cannot believe the
truth of the rumours which assert that the Austrian com-
manders in the provinces have concluded fresh contracts
for provisions with the contractors of these provinces.
Austria has no motive, no plausible pretext, to allow her
troops to remain in the principalities, which she cannot
continue to occupy without violating, according to the
expression of Count do Buol, one of the principal condi-
tions of the peace.

With respect to Serpents' Island and the Princi-
palities, the Nbats states that the question of the
Serpents' Island has been already settled—that the
island is to be restored to Turkey ; that, as regards
the islands of the Lower Danube, they also will be
ceded to the Porte.

As regards the union of the Principalities, the
Dibats says that, as the commission charged to con-
sider the whole question of the Principalities has not
yet entered upon its functions, that question must
be deferred ; and, as France, Austria, England, and
Turkey each claim the presidency in the commission
—a post which is one of "influence"—the Debate is
of opinion that this, as well as some other prelimi-
nary matters, must first be settled by the next con-
gress before the actual question of the Danubian
principalities is touched upon.
Reports from Marshal Randon in Algeria upon the
Kabyle expedition have appeared in the Moniteur
this week. The expedition has been so far success-
ful, and certain tribes have been subdued.
London, England, 1856-10-18

ate lirama.

OLYMPIC.—This theatre has reopened with the
two well-known pieces, Still Waters Run Deep and
The First Night. Mr. Tom Taylor's comedy went
off on Monday night with as much spirit as ever
Mrs. Wigan has quite recovered her health, and per-
formed Mrs. Hector Sternholu with her usual con-
summate skill. In The First Night's! pretty actress
with a sweet voice, a Miss Thirlwalt, made a most
successful debut.

PRI NC ESS' S.—Pizarro has been degraded to
second honours, and A Midsummer Night's Dream re •
vived by Mr. Kean. A young lady, Miss Bufton, of
remarkable personal attractions, made her debut as
Hermia, with great success. The 'other characters
are all well sustained. Miss Heath as Helena, Miss
F. Ternan as Oberon, Miss Murray as Hyppolita, and
Harley as Bottom, are all excellent. The music,
which ought to be beyond praise, is said to be
infinitely below it, and detracts much from the success
of the piece.
London, England, 1856-10-18

PAMPHLETS.

The Osymel Process in Photography. Chapman andllall
The Ethics of Labour. Simpkin and Marshall—Negatire
Theology. Collingridge—Review of the Past and Present
Policy of the Bank of England. Effingham Wilson—
Sell Educator's French Lessons. Holliston—Structure and
Natural Features of the Earth. Longroans—Over Darien
by a Ship Canal. Wilson—Suggestions for the Renewal of
she Bank of England Charter. Chapman and Hall—The
Gift of God and the Preparations of the Heart. Mozley—
Nature Printing. Bradbury and Evans.

PERIODICALS.

The West of Scotland Magazine. Hall and Virtue—
The British Soldier. Nos. 1 and 2. Orr and Co.—Mae-
phail's Edinburgh Ecclesiastical Journal. Simpkin and
Marsh all—Putman's Monthly. Sampson Low—The British
and Foreign Evangelical Review. Seeley and Co.

A RUSSIA TOURIST, writing to the Times this week,
gives twenty-four good reasons for not visiting
Russia. As a specimen of the intolerable nuisance
of the passport system they are I tither amusing.
Ten distinct duties connected with your passport
have to be performed before you reach Moscow, four
before you can leave Moscow and arrive at St.
Petersburg, and ten before you can leave the latter
city.
A BONITA, a tropical fish well known to sailors, was
caught off Whitehaven last week. It is said to be the
first ever captured off our coast.
London, England, 1856-10-18

FRANCE.

The Emperor and Empress leaye St. Cloud to-
morrow 'or Compiegne, where. grand hunting parties
will oe given during the ensuing week.
A reply to the Russian circular is mentioned in
the Frankfort German Journal of the 10th :
Count Walewski, Minister of Foreign Affairs of
France, has sent a circular to the French diplomatic agents
at foreign Courts, in answer to that. of Russia of Sept. 2.
According to what we have heard of this new document,
the French Government repels the reproaches of Prince
Gortachakoff, and adduces arguments to prove that it is
erroneously that the conduct of France and England in
the Neapolitan affair has been represented as contrary to
existing treaties, and to the public right of Europe.
The Berlin Bourse Gazette says that Count Morny
read the note to P►ince Gortschakoff, that it is full
of pacific protestations, and moreover contains the
assurance that the action of France on Naples will
be of a purely diplomatic character.
The note, or ultimatum, despatched to Naples on
Saturday last is described as moderate. With respect
to the French squadron, it is expected to join the
British fleet in a anise off Naples. Le Nord denies
that the note bears at all the character of an ulti-
matum, but that the reply would decide the question
for a rupture or not.
The change of Ministry in Spain is regarded by
the French papers as a prelude to the return to power
of Sartorious. The Prase remarks :
Marshal Narvaez must not deceive himself. He is but
the precursor of Count San Luis, and, logically, royalty will
not have revenged its check and the humiliations which it
experienced in July, 1864, until things are restored to the
same state in which they were before the treason of
London, England, 1856-10-18

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OR SATURDAY, the 18th day of October, 1850.
London, England, 1856-10-18

THE PRESS.

HOPS—Wey will fair has gone off slowly. Farnhams pro.
duced 84s to 955; and country hops, 70s to 84s per cwt. We
have a slow sale in the Borough, as follows and East
Kent pockets, 705 to 105 s; Weald of Kent, 604 to 84s;
Sussex, 60s to 705 ; Farnhams and country ditto, 70s to 105 s
per cwt. Duty, 250,0001.
POTATOES—The supplies are moderate, and the demand
is steady, at from 705 to 100 s per ton.
COALS—Tanfield Moor, 16s tad; thew Tantield, 17s: South
Hetton, 205; Riddell, 17s 9d ; Gosforth, 17s 9d; Pensher,
18. 6d; Haswell, 255 ; Whitworth, 18s ; Heugh Hall, 185 6d
per ton.
OlLS—Linseed oil has changed hands to a fair extent, at 40s
end 39. 6d per cwt. Foreign refined rape, 55. to 55s 6d; brown
ditto, 525 6d ; palm, 42s to 455 ; cocoa•nut, 465 to 48s ; pale seal
and cod, 481 to 501; sperm, 1031 to 1051. ; southern, 441 to 4el.
Turpentine is steady.
TALLOW-1 he season's shipments from St. Petersburg are
94,000 casks. Our market is firmoit very full prices. P. Y. C.,
on the spot, 52s 6i to 53s Gd: and for the last three months,
52a 6d—sellers. Town tallow, 52s Gd net cash. Imports, 2,800
casks.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE—The supplies of each kind of
meat ou sale this week have been very moderate. Although the
trade generally has ruled inactive, prices hate had an upward
tendency. Beef, from 2s 8d to 45 104; mutton, Ps 6(1 to
5s 2d; veal, 48 11 to fos 4d; pork, 3a 8d to be per 81bs to
sink the offal.
NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL—These markets have
been fairly supplied, and about an average business has been
transacted in them, as follows :—Beef, from 25 6d to 4s 4d;
mutton, 3s to 4s 10d; veal, 3s 101 to Os; pork, 3e 8d to be Od
per 81135 bv the carcase.
London, England, 1856-10-18

To CORRESPONDENTS.

It Is impossible to acknowledge the mass of letters we receive
Their insertion is often delayed owing to a press of matter
and when omitted, it is frequently from reasons quite inde
pendent of the merits of the communication.
We cannot undertake tore turn communicationsof which we do
not avail ourselves.
Gominunieationsshould sly ay s belegiblywritten, and on one
side of the paper only. If long it increases the difficulty of
finding space for them.
Whatever i s intended fort nsertion must be authenticated by the
name and address of the writer, not necessarily for publica-
tion, but ass guarantee of his good faith.
Advertisements sent from the country must be accompanied by a
remittance or a reference for payment in town.
London, England, 1856-10-18

SATURDAY,

R. instantly drew a Colt's revolver from her pocket, but P. blew R.'s
brains out before she could use it, and severely injured A. with some
stray slugs. A.'s screams wers heartrending. Poor R.'s body lay on the
floor unheeded. The passengers in the other compartments (ours was
open at the back, and they could see all that passed) signified by loud
cheers and shouts of encouragement their savage sympathy with the
venerable blunderhussier. But the matter was destined to receive still
further complication. At the next station a wooden•visaged old
gentlewoman in a tartan cloak joined us, and began to scold B. and
P. with tolerably impartial dulness and acerbity. The little stiletto-
carrier hugged the stump of his arm and groaned sulkily. P., who
had quite recovered his naturally rather jovial temper, now indulged
in a little quiet chaff, saying, " Come, come, Abby, don't try the high
moral dodge with us. Who was poor N.'s friend of forty years, eh?
and who pinned his financial faith to 111q-} of the British, and
patronised a Sadleir? " Whereupon the old Scotch termagant drew
from her reticule a hand grenade, which she threw violently in the
midst of us. It almost immediately exploded, killing the two wet nurses
and four babies. P. and the women escaped unhurt. The sight of the
innocent children's mangled remains flying about the carriage was
too much for my nerves, already unstrung by the horrible scene
I had just witnessed, and I fell into a state of syncope, in which I
remained for about ten minutes. When I came to myself I discovered
that new horrors were in store for me. The fifth baby, crying after its
murdered wet nurse, was rudely seized by F. and A., his head inserted
into a Wellington boot, and at the first station we stopped at carried
off by P. and dropped down the funnel of the locomotive. Soon after
this a vicious old maniac, the other side of eighty, swung himself
from the next compartment into the centre of ours, and screaming
out, " Ha ! thus does the tyrannicide avenge himself," scattered seven
bottles of vitriol in the midst of us. B. F. and A. and even P. him-
self were immediately burnt to cinders. I alone escaped with life.
Both my legs were charred off at the stumps, and I still carry the back
of my head in a sling. When the train arrived at its destination I ex-
pressed myself to the superintendent in terms of becoming horror and
reprobation. He only laughed at me, and said, " Put a stop to it !
Lor' bless you, sir ! why folks would never take excursion-tickets if
they weren't to be allowed a little rational excitement on the journey.
Bill, sweep up the mess in that compartment." I make no comment.
Facts like these speak for themselves, for no account has yet appeared
in the newspapers.
London, England, 1856-10-18

AME RICA.

Intelligence from the United States to the 2nd
states that the Presidential contest was raging
violently, but the general feeling was in favour of
Fremont's success. Beyond this the political news
is unimportant.
A report prevailed at Panama to the effect that a
treaty of peace had been agreed to between General
Walker and the President of Costa Rica. Walker
was said to be seriously ill of fever.
London, England, 1856-10-18

THE PRESS.

VITRIOL AND BLUNDERBUSSES IN BRITAIN.

[The insertion of this horrid narrative has been delayed for a week in order that we
might obtain satisfactory vouchers for the writer's respectability, sanity, and truth.
fulness, and on those points we have no doubt. Short of a miracle, we never read
anything so simply stated, yet so incredible in its substance.—ED.l
WE left town on the 11th, by the 10.17} Parliamentary Train of the
L. N. W.R. On taking my seat iu a saloon compartment, my attention
was arrested by two young women in the carriage, A. and F. They
were whispering together with peculiar earnestness. The only other
occupants of the saloon were two wet nurses, a 3 oung widow, It., and
five babies. By observing the countenances of the two young ladies,
it was easy to perceive that they anticipated au adventure of no
pleasing description ; but hardly had I begun to conjecture what was
the special subject of their apprehensions, when the train stopping at
the W— station, a small acid-looking olive-complexioned Italian
entered the cal riage, bearing in his hand a black bag with the
letter " 8., painted on it in white.
He sat himself down, viz a vis to A. F. and R., when the latter com-
menced a delicate flirtation with the olive-complexioned Italian.
Hardly, however, had an assignation been agreed upon when the train
again stopped, and an elderly gentleman, P., pulled open the door and
flung himself into a vacant seat close to B. " You're a nice fellow, I
don't think," was his halft•uculent, half-jocose remark to B.; upon
which A. asked B. what P. meant? when B. explained to R. that P.
always wished to bully and insult him before his friends. F. then
questioned P , who detailed the circumstances ; when R. said that B.
should not be interfered with, and A. backed up B. against P. P.
appealed to F. F. asked P if he intended to fight ?if so, he ought to
send a challenge to B B. said that was already done, and that P.
had his challenge in his pocket. P. said he was ready to fight if A.
would choose weapons, when 8., urged on by R., drew a stiletto, and,
with the speed of lightning and the ferocity of a wasp, struck a
blow at P.'s heart. B. missed his aim, but left the quivering
steel in P.'s great toe. P. immediately seized the blunderbuss
always considerately slung in every first-class carriage of the L. N. W. R.
in order that gentlemen may never be at a loss for a weapon in case of
any unpleasant discussion arising, blew the would-be assassin's
left arm to shivers, and then offered to fight R. and A. on the spot.
London, England, 1856-10-18

(0b ituarg.

Mn. JOHN Woon, Chairman of the Inland Revenue
Board, died yesterday week at Bath, after a long
illness. Mr. Wood was an old and valuable public
servant. He represented Preston in the Parliaments
of '26, '3O, and '3l, when he retired and accepted the
post of chairman of the Board of Stamps and Taxes.
Upon the consolidation of that board with the Com-
missioners of Excise Mr. Wood was appointed chair-
man of the united board, which post he filled to the
complete satisfaction of every successive Adminis-
tration, until his death last week.
Ma. DAVID GIBSON. a young artist of great promise,
a frequent exhibitor in the Royal Scottish Academy's
Exhibition, and whose name is familiar to all who

THE PRESS.

take an interest in the fine arts, died last week. Mr.
Gibson was educated in Edinburgh, and his first
decided success was in the Royal Academy's Exhibi-
tion in 1855, when he exhibited two pictures of very
considerable merit—the largest of which was called
"The Little Stranger." Both of these works found
purchasers. About this time the state of Mr. Gibson's
health compelled him to proceed to Spain, where be
prosecuted his art with great enthusiasm. He sent
several pictures of great merit to the Royal Academy
Exhibition this season. Commissions flowed in upon
him from all quarters, but he died just as he had
entered upon a career of fame and fortune.
THE HON. CHARLES GRI3ISTOS, brother of the
Countess of Clarendon, died on Wednesday last.
The deceased gentleman had been out to the East
just before the conclusion of peace, and on his
arrival at Constantinople was assailed by fever, from
the effects of which he never entirely recovered.
The Hon. Charles Grimston was third son of the
late Earl of Verulam, and brother of the present
peer, the Countess of Clarendon, the Countess
Craven, the Countess of Caledon, and Viscountess
Folkestone. He was born 3rd October, 1818, and
was formerly in the Coldstream Guards.
London, England, 1856-10-18

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London, England, 1856-10-11

SPAIN.

General Narvaez and M. Gonzales Bravo have ar-
rived at Madrid.

A royal decree, anticipating the delivery of the
Duchess of Montpensier, has conferred the preroga-
tive of Infante of Spain upon the child.
The Madrid correspondent of the Indhpendance
Beige writes that the Emperor Napoleon has
addressed " an autograph letter of eight pages, full
of serious advice, to Queen Isabella," which it is said
on the same authority was replied to by the Queen
in becoming terms of gratitude.
London, England, 1856-10-11

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

It k impossible to aoknowledge the mass of letters we receit e
Their Insertion is often delayed owing to a press of matter
and when omitted, It is frequently from reasons quite iude
pendent of the meriterof the communication.
We cannot undertake toreturn oommunioationsof which we do
not avail ourselves.
Ccrututtnicationsshould always belegibly written, and on one
side of the paper only. If long it increases the difficulty ~f
finding apace for them.
Whateveris intendedforinsertion must be authenticated by the
name and address of the writer, not necessarily for lutbliee•
tion, but as a guarantee of his good faith.
♦dvertisements sentfrom the countryniustbe accompanied by a
remittance or a referenee for payment in town.
London, England, 1856-10-11

THE FORTY-SEVEN SHILLING SUITS
I made to order, from Scotch Heather and Cheviot Tweeds,
all wool and thoroughly shrunk, by B. BENJAMIN, Merchant
Tailor, 74, Itegent-street.
THE PELISSIER OVERCOATS, 21s. and 285.,
adapted for the season ; the Two-Guinea Dress or Frock Coats ;
the Guinea Dram; Trousers; and the Half-Guinea Walbtcoat.—
A perfect flt guaranteed.
London, England, 1856-10-11

THE PRESS.

domestic policy requires revision in the shape of
Administrative Reform—and I for one am quite
ready to admit that it does—no one, I am sure, will
deny but that our foreign policy, more than any
other, requires correcting and amending.
The Liberals have governed this country after
their own peculiar fashion for some years past, and
what have they done for it ? Can they point to any
one measure of foreign or domestic legislation with
any feelings of satisfaction or pride? Can they turn
to the present state of the Continent as a proof of
the success of their foreign policy? They well know
they dare not; and yet for the space of ten years,
with the exception of the ten months' administration
of affairs by Lord Derby's Cabinet, in 1852, they
have had the entire sway and management of foreign
affairs. Lord Palmerston, the pet of the Liberals,
has revelled uncontrolled amongst his own peculiar
theories of what should be the foreign policy of this
country. With what success let the present condi-
tion of our relations with foreign powers testify.
So it is, also, with our domestic policy. Here,
again, the Liberals have ruled the roost fur the last
ten years—and what have they done? what account
can they render of their stewardship? What
measures can they show us that could enable a jury
of their countrymen to pass on them an honest ver-
dict of " well done" ? Are they to be seen in the
present condition of the country ? Is our commer-
cial or political morality to be taken as a proof of it?
Are the late disastrous events in the Crimea to be
held up to us as a pattern of a wise and judicious
administration of affairs ? Is our present commer-
cial, legal, or social condition to be the test of their
legislative skill ? or are the present prices of the
necessaries of life to be taken as the proof of their
" political sagacity " and forethought ? and, lastly,
where are the cheap loaf and the low prices of provi-
sions which the Liberal gentlemen so liberally pro-
mised to their constituents on the hustings?

But let us hope, sir, that their rule is fast coming
to an end; and let us trust that the day is near at
hand when our foreign and domestic policy shall be
Conservative; and that our country, under the
wholesome principles of Conservative progress, shall
be restored to that fair and honourable condition
which has been tarnished and neglected by the ten
years of misrule by the Liberal party.—l have the
honour to be, sir, your obedient servant,
London, 9th October, 1856. JI'VENTS.
London, England, 1856-10-11

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London, England, 1856-10-11

DEATHS.

ABDY—On the 6th instant, at Riclionmil, George Burlton, son
of the lute Colonel Abdy, aged 2,4.
ATKINSON—Ott the 6th in.tuin, at Tunbridge Wells, Sir
Jasper Atkinson, late Provost of her Majesty's Mint.
BOYD—On the 20th ult., in Gloucester-crescent, Regent's-park,
Captain Lewis Alexander Boyd, 36th Regt. aged 42.
DAWSON—On the 17th ult., at Castellamare, near Naples, the
Hon. Mrs. Massy Dawson, wife of Francis Dennis Massy
Dawson, Esq.
DENISON—On the bth instant, at Grimston, near Tadcaster,
Yorkshire, the Hon. Isabella Maria Denison, daughter of the
Right Hon. Lord Londeaborough, aged 17.
FRENCH—On the 29th ult., in Connaught•terrace, Hyde-park,
Arthur French, Baron De Freyne, Lord Lieutenant of the
count, of Roscommon.
PELLI—On the 4th instant, at Warnham-eourt, Horsham,
Helen. daughter of Sir John Henry Pally, Bart., aged 14.
STEWART—On the lit instant, at Grandtully Castle, Perth-
shire, Lady Stewart, of Grandtully.
TILL—On the :,th instant, at Hornton VOW, Kensington,
Elizabeth, widow of the late Henry Till, Esq., of London.
London, England, 1856-10-11

MR. WILSON.

Unsightly as is the modern hat, vested rights should not rashly
be interfered with. But, the shop should be sunk as much as possible.
The chapeau should be placed naturally on the bench or ou the floor
when the House is -to be electrified by some flash of financial
eloquence. It should not be held in the hand, by way of advertise-
ment, with the inside facing the andience, so that the maker's name
or the price of the article be not ostentatiously forced upon their
notice. It should not be too frequently or too carefully smoothed
with the coatsleeve. Nor, on the other hand, should a glaringly shabby
sombrero be adopted, as the vulgar proverb might thereby be suggested
that the nobler, or the cobler's wife, is always the worst shod in the
parish.
The coat and continuations usually worn cannot easily be im-
proved upon.
London, England, 1856-10-11

MR. W. S. LANDOR.

THERE is a serious and a ludicrous aspect to
everything under the sun. There are ridicu-
lous features in the Massacre of St. Bartholo-
mew, and grave ones in the Popish plot. A
man may laugh at a funeral, or cry at a wed.
ding, as his taste prompts him, with almost
equal reason on either side. Just such an
equivocal affair is the letter of Mr. WALTER
SAVAGE LANDOR to the Daily Yews.

Who would not laugh if such a man there be,
Who would not weep if Attic= were he,
as nearly expresses our own sentiments on the
subject as words are capable of doing. First,
we think of Mr. LANDOR as the writer of this

._, OCTOBER 11, 1856.

letter, and our tendency to mirth predomi-
nates. Then we think of him as the elegant
and accomplished scholar and author, and de-
rision is succeeded by regret that so fine an
intellect should have become so imbecile or•
sunk so irretrievably low.
To the letter itself, apart from the character
of the writer, we do not suppose the public
will attach more than its duo importance.
The vagaries of a fast young lady and a doting
old man are not likely to produce much effect
upon the practical English mind. For be it
known, under the somewhat masculine desig-
nation of J. MERITON WHITE lurk the attri-
butes of an eccentric young person, who, if a
crack pistol-shot were all that tyrannicide re-
quired, would doubtless earn the MI. for her-
self. This Diana Vernon of Lambeth, who
has set the example of emancipation in her
own person by flying from the roof of her boat-
building sire, is now appropriately devoting
her energies to the masculine accomplish-
ments of cigar-smoking and pistol-firing, and
to the liberation of the "oppressed national-
ities " of Europe.
Smitten by the energy, and doubtless by the
charms, of this revolutionary May, the January
of Liberalism has warmed into a greater d is-
• play of vigour than he ever before discovered.
May, charming young enthusiast, is collecting
subscriptions for an Italian conflagration
fund, and hoary January, determined to vindi-
cate his manhood, gallantly responds by offer-
ing a premium upon murder!
London, England, 1856-10-11

Vrobintial.

THE HANTS ADULT EDUCATION SOCIETY held its
third annual meeting on Tuesday, at Basingstoke.
The Dean of HEREFORD presided, and opened the
proceedings in a speech advocating the " half-time"
system in agricultural as practised in the manufac-
turing districts. That is, that all children between
R and 13 should spend half their full labour time
at school:—

The project was no doubt surrounded with difficulties,
but a half-time system, which would contemplate that on
every alternate day such young persons should be with-
drawn from their occupations for the purpose of attending
school, might, perhaps, be feasible. At all events, the
question was well deserving of attentive consideration.
The report of the committee was then read. It gave
a very satisfactory account of the operations of the
society. During the past year classes had been
formed in various parts of Hants and Wilts, lectures
had been delivered, examinations had been insti-
tuted, prizes had been awarded, a system of inter-
change of books had been set on foot, the number
of schools and reading•rooms had increased, and
several important institutions had been taken into
union. The society was viewed with manifest inte-
rest by the classes for whose especial benefit it was
designed, and suggestions for its more ample
development were continually coming in from
Itomsey, Alton, Hayling Island, Farnham, Basing-
stoke, and other places.
The Bishop of WINCUESTER then rose, warmly
eulogised the Dean of Hereford, bore testimony to
the usefulness of the society, praised competitive
examinations, but doubted the proposed half• time
system :

There is one great difference between fan agricultural
county and a manufacturing district. Except on urgent
occasions, the processes of manufacture may be post-
poned from one day to another without detriment. Ordi-
narily speaking, it is not of so much importance that a
certain number of yards of calico should be manufactured
on this day more than any other day ; but you cannot take
this liberty with the operations of agriculture. You cannot
deal thus with the productions of the land. Yon cannot
postpone ploughing and sowing. You cannot take the
ploughboy from his team, nor let the plough lie idle, that
lie may go to school for a few hours. It is clear, then, that
the half-tinie system cannot be applied to the agricultural
county in the precise form iu which it prevails in the
manufacturing district. You must subject it to certain
modifications ; and the suggestion that there should he
alternate ploughboys—that is to say, that a boy should
n!ough one day and go to school another—is, I think, worthy
o. attentive consideration.

.In the course of a discussion which ensued, Mr.
A.V. L. Sclater took occasion to express his convic-
tion that the "half-tine " system was, as regarded
London, England, 1856-10-11

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London, England, 1856-10-11

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PROFESSO B SMILE'S SITRGERY.
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THE PRINCIPLES OF SURGERY.
By JAMES SYME, F.R.S.E., Professor of Clinical Surgery
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SIR ARTHUR ELTON'S POEMS.
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POEMS OF PAST YEARS.
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London: SMITH, ELDZR, and Co., 65, Cornhill.
London, England, 1856-10-11

DR. CONOLLY'S NEW WORK ON INSANITY.

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VISCOUNT PALM ERSTON.

A coat of the kind termed reversible, which may be turned at plea-
sure (or profit), and a sulphur-coloured vest (a delicate attention to the
King of Naples). The old-fashioned pantaloon should now be put on.
The clown's motley and the jester's cap and bells to be utterly dis-
carded.

THE MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE.

The Blue and Buff may still be preserved in compliment to the
few remaining believers in the exploded superstition of Whiggery,
though whether Fox would approve of his livery being adopted by the
advocate of the Foreign Mercenary Bill and the defender of the
attempt to gag the free press of Belgium, is a question which may
safely be left to the decision of his Lordship's favorite authority, the
" Barber out of doors."
London, England, 1856-10-11

Baba! intb triilitarg

It has been reported through the clubs that Cap.
taro Hackett has declined to accept the vacancy at
Greenwich Hospital, caused by the lamented death
of Captain Monbray.

Her Majesty's ship hannibal, bearing the flag of
Rear-Admiral Sir Houston Stewart, K.C.8., was
expected to sail from Malta, for England, about the
7th instant. Sir Houston Stewart is intended to
relieve Admiral Farnham) in the West India com-
mand.

Some discreditable proceedings among the officers
of the 4th Dragoons, at Brighton, are about to be-
come the subject of a court of inquiry. Lord Ernest
Vane Tempest will figure more prominently than
creditably in the matter.

THE EXPERIMENTS which took place at Shoebu6
ness last week with the great wrought iron Mersey
gun were eminently successful. The practice con-
sisted of about twenty-seven rounds with solid shot
and heavy charges of powder, the range, with eigh-
teen degrees of elevation and a charge of 501 b. of
powder, exceeding at first graze 5,000 yards. The
line of fire was also excellent, the shot following each
other with surprising accuracy. Since it was last
tried a new and very beautiful carriage has been
made for the gun, combining the recent excellent
appliances introduced by the Woolwich authorities,
and which rendered the working of this immense
weapon of destruction as easy as that of an ordinary
05-pounder. Some successful experiments were also
made with various descriptions of rifled guns, in-
cluding the celebrated weapon by Whitworth of Man-
chester.
London, England, 1856-10-11

NEW FASHIONS FOR THE CABINET.

THAT celebrated artiste Mr. Vernon Smith, profoundly convinced of
the important truth that if a man be made by his manner. he is no
less marred or mended by his tailor, according to the congruousness
or incongruousness of his costume, and anxious that his colleagues'
habiliments should be consonant with the character of their wearers,
and be as unmistakeable a reflex of their minds as his own mise is of
the capacity of the President of the Board of Control, has drawn
up the following suggestions for the use of some of her Majesty's
Ministers.
London, England, 1856-10-11

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964

French territory, of any attempt to tamper with the fidelity
of her troops, or of any project to undermine her political
institutions ; and as long as the discussions and troubles
of Spain were confined to her own territory France could
not be allowed by the English Government to plead in
favour of foreign intervention. If the end of the last
century and the commencement of the present one saw all
Europe leagued against France, it was not on account of
internal changes which France thought necessary for her
own political and civil reformation, but because she first
attempted to propagate her principles, and then her domi-
nation, by force of arms.

Does the King of the Two Sicilies, it might be
asked, seek to tamper with the British troops, or to
undermine the political institutions of England; or
d)es he endeavour in the slightest degree to spread
his principles and extend his domination by force of
arms ?

And, if he does nothing of all this, and if in 1823
Great Britain so strongly disapproved of interven-
tion in the internal affairs of Spain, how can she
in 1856 justify in the point of view of right an in-
t3rvention in the internal affairs of the kingdom of
Naples ?
London, England, 1856-10-11

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE-
Mlle. PICCOLOMINI will give TWO REPRESENTA-
TIONS, at Reduced Prices—on Thursday the 23rd, and Satur-
day, Oct. 25th. On THURSDAY, Oct. X3rd, DON PASQUALE,
and Last Scene of First Act of LA FIGLIA DEL REGGI-
MENTO, comprising the celebrated " Convien Partir." On
SATURDAY, Oct. 25th, LA TRAVIATA. No further repre-
sentation can be given, her Paris engagement rendering her
departure imperative. Prices : Pit Stalls, 10s. 6d.; Boxes to
accommodate four persons, Grand Tier, One Pair, and Pit Tier,
Two Guineas; Two Pair, One Guinea; Three Pair, 15s. ; Ph,
3s. ad.; Gallery Stalls, 3a. ad. ; and Gallery, s. The Box.ofilce
will oe opened on Monday, Oct. 20. Those desirous of insuring
places can, in the meantime, address their applications to the
Secretary, Stage-door, Her Majesty's Theatre.

LOYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.-
IL The Public is respectfully informed that this Theatre will
OPEN for the SEASON on MONDAY, October 13, with the
favorite Drama of STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. John
Miltimay, Mr. A. Wigan ; Mrs. Hector Sternhold, Mrs. A. Wigan
(her first appearance since her late severe indisposition.) To
conclude with THE FIRST NI(3 HT. Principal characters by
Mr. A. Wigan and Miss Thirlwall (her first appearance).
London, England, 1856-10-11

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