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London, England, 1857-01-31

In his next answer Mr. ANDERSON says :

think the Treasury should be the department of
check, and its control is far more efficient than any which
the Exchequer can exercise. It has the control of the
expending department.

And in a subsequent answer he adds :
I see no way in which the Exchequer control can be
made efficient.

We must not he tempted to exceed the
limits of a newspaper article. Various sub-
ordinate improvements are suggested by
different witnesses—such as the introduction,
in reference to all departments, of what is
termed an appropriation audit, simiblr to that
established as regards the naval and military
departments, the repaying into tho Exchequer
of all balances of unexpended votes at the
end of the financial year, &c. But it is needless
to discuss them at present. If the manage-
ment and control of the public monies are to
be improved, Government or Parliament must
first determine whether the movement is to he
progressive or retrogressive. Is the work of
the Commissioners of 1831 to be completed, or
is it to be undone ? Is the Exchequer to be
strengthened, or is it to be abolished? We
admit that in the management of a vast and
complicated financial system like that of Great
Britain it may be difficult—perhaps it is
impossible—to provide a perfect check; and
that, if it be possrole, the evils may more than
counterbalance the advantages. We therefore
feel that there is much force in the remark of
Mr. ANDERSON, that our issues must be on
trust.

It will be curious to observe the course
taken in the approaching session on this
subject. The clouds of War have happily
pissed away. It is not unlikely that finance
may now become a fashionable Parliamentary
topic. It has its clouds as well as War. They
are the more enduring of the two; and pro-
bably in the session of 1857 we shall have
misty discussions on the conduct and manage-
ment of our Public Monies.
London, England, 1857-01-31

Simeon's Life, Reduc3d to Five Shillings.

EMOIRS of the REV. CIL-trILES SIMEON
1.11. M.A., late Senior Fellow of King's College, and
Minister of Trinity Church, Cambridge. With Selections
from his Writings and Correspondence. Edited by the
Rev. WILLIAM CARUS, M.A. Third Edition. Small
Svo., cloth, with Portrait.

THOUGHTS ON THE PARENTAL
CHARACTER of GOD. By Rear• Admiral Sir W.
EDWARD PARRY, late Lieutenant-Governor of Green-
with Hospital. Fifth Edition. Nino., cloth 19. 6d.

Family Commentary for Every Day in the Year.
IGHT IN THE DWELLING:
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and Simple Remarks, adapted to Reading at Family
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the Year. Revised and Corrected by a CLERGYMAN of
the CHURCH of ENGLAND Thirteenth Thousand.
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Ilnivorsity of CombrilaP, in November, 1856. By
RICHARD CHF.NEVIX TRENCH, D.D., Dean of Westmin-
ster.

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ARLIAMENTARY PRECEDENTS; being
P
Deciaions of the Right Hon. Charles Shaw hefevre, Speaker
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BOURKE, of the Toner Temple, Barrister-at. Law.
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state that they are NO LONGER the LONDON AGENTS
for the sale of LADY LYTTON'S Work, " VERY SUC-
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London, England, 1857-01-31

BOA an Dilitarn tttclti~c re.

His Royal Highness the General Commander-in-
Chief held a levee at one o'clock yesterday.

ORDERS have been forwarded from the War-office to
Colonel H. Sandham, director of the Royal En-
gineers' establishment, at Brompton Barracks, Chat-
ham, directing him to hold in readiness one company
of that corps, with a proportion of officers and non-
commissioned officers, to embark forthwith for
the Falkland Islands to relieve the company now on
duty there, the term of service having expired.
A VERY UNPLEASANT OCCURRENCE took place on
Monday at Portsmouth. A man under sentence of a
court-martial, which had adjudged him to receive
fifty lashes, on being taken to punishment broke
away from his guards and rushed upon Colonel
Parke (the commandant of the corps) as he was
stooping to pick up a paper he had dropped, and
gave him a tremendous blow in the face, knocking
him to the ground and cutting him in the face very
severely. The man was speedily overpowered anti
led to the halberds, where the fifty lashes were
inflicted. He will now be tried for striking the
colonel, which will prove a more serious affair than
the flogging. _ _

MAJOR GENERAL WINDHA3I has addressed an im-
portant letter to the Lord .Lieutenant of Norfolk,
upon the expediency of improving the organisation
of the army. The object of General Windham's
scheme is to provide the country with such a reserve
force that 40,000 well•disciplined men could at any
time be added to the regular army. The feature of
the scheme is the permanent establishment of the
militia, and the creation of a close connection be-
tween this force and the line. raking the infantry
of the militia at 80,000 men, General Windham
would divide this body into two equal portions, one
of which is to be styled "the first reserve." With
the depots of particular regiments to be permanently
stationed in the counties from which they are pre-
sumed to be raised, the first reserve of the county
militia is to serve and be drilled for three months in
every year, the officers of the two corps meeting
together, and the whole body being under the com-
manding officer of the depot. To cement the con-
nection more firmly, it is proposed that every
candidate for a commission in the line should enter
the militia first, so that in the end, supposing the
militia regiment to consist of eight companies of 100
each and the depot of two such, we should have
a strong battalion under arms in every county for
three months in the year. When the first reserve
goes off duty its men are to receive a continuation of
pay to the extent of 211. or 3d. a day in the shape of
a retaining fee, for which they are to be bound to
join the regular army in a body when occasion may
require. The method of junction would be by simply
uniting its first reserve to its county depot, and then
turning over the whole as a second battalion to the
regiment which the depot represented. As the
scheme would increase the demand for recruits,
General Windham, who dioubts whether voluntary
enlistment would give a sutlicent supply, proposes to
employ the ballot.
London, England, 1857-10-17

RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED
WITHOUT A TRUSS.— DR. BARKER'S celebrated
REMEDY is protected by three patents, of England, France,
and Vienna; and from its great success in private practice is
now made known as a public duty through the medium of the
press. In every case of single or double rupture, in either sex,
of an, age, however bad or long standing, it is equally appli-
cable, effecting a cure in a few days, without inconvenience,
and will be hailed as a boon by all who have been tortured with
trusses. Seut cost free to any part of the world, with instruc.
done for use, on receipt of 108. 6d. by poet-office order,orstan.pe,
by CHARLES BARKER, M.D., 10, Broak-street, Holborn,
London.—Any infringement of this triple patent will be pro.
ceeded against, and restrained by injunction of the Lord High
Chancellor.
London, England, 1857-10-17

HOSPITAL for CONSUMPTION
L and DISEASES of the CHEST, 13 ROM PTON, London.

I his Hospital is dependent solely upon voluntary contribu-
tions for dispensing benefits requiring an expenditure of B,OJOI.
per year. Contributions and Legacies are greatly needed and
earnestly solicited. Hankers :—Coutts and Co. ; Drummonds ;
and Williau2a and Co.

PHILIP ROSE, Hon. Sec.
OSBORN P. CROSS, Sec.
London, England, 1857-10-17

►THE LONDON and WESTMINSTER BANK.
I NOTICE is hereby given, that the RATE of INTEREST
allowed to Depositors in this Bank, for amounts of 5001. and
upwards, is this day RAISED from sto ti per cent., until
further notice. J. W. GILI3ART, General Manager.
October 1:/th, 1957.
London, England, 1857-10-17

BANK OF DEPOSIT,
3, PALL•MALI, EAST. Established May, 1844.
NOTICE is hereby given, that from this day until further
notice the INTEREST payable on Deposit Accounts will be in-
creased to £6 per cent, per annum. Parties desirous of investing
Money nre requested to examine the plan of the Bank of Deposit.
Forms for opening Accounts and every information post
free on application.
PETER MORRISON, Managing Director.
October 10, 1857.
London, England, 1857-10-17

THE PRESS, OCTOBER 17, 1857.

one year in drawing, might have a master recom-
mended who would undertake for that small sum the
instruction of those 500 children for one year, giving
them one lesson per week. The State further un-
dertook to test this instruction, to see that it was
soundly carried on, and at the end of the year would
send an inspector down, and by means of papers
from which there was no escape would examine
those boys who chose to come up for examination.
And, to induce them to come up, a small prize was
given to every successful child, the prize being of
materials that would assist him in the further pro.
gress of his art instruction. Moreover, to give the
master an inducement, for every boy who received
such a prize a small payment was made on his behalf
to the master which was in aid of the mere 6d. he
had to pay for the twelve months' instruction.
Lord GRANVILLE, who was loudly cheered, made
an encouraging speech, in which he contrasted
French and English art. For more than 1,000 years
the Government of the French nation had encouraged
and fostered in every way the art education of the
people. Our own history was of a different kind.
Art bad never been encouraged by the State in this
country, and had never been applied to manufactures ;
and the result most certainly proved at the Exhibi-
tion of 1851, that in that respect, and in that respect
alone, our manufacturers were decidedly inferior to
the manufacturers of France.

Those are some of the reasons which created the
necessity of schools of design. I believe it to be of the
greatest importance to provide the best copies and
examples for every school in the country, and I believe
that a provision of this sort can much more easily be made,
and mach more cheaply made, by a central body than
would be possible by individual efforts. I believe, again,
that the training of masters, to supply one of the most
important deficiencies at this moment felt, and which was
still more apparent s few years back, is what a merely
central authority can do. And I remark just now that it
is singularly characteristic of the spirit of the present age,
and of the just appreciation by the Sovereign of that spirit,
that whereas former monarchs worked almost entirely
either for the gratification of their individual taste or for
their self-glorification as to their regal state, I trust that
in the encouragement from the Crown which has been given
to art, while there is great individual enjoyment of the
thing itself, an encouragement has also been given to
education, and there has been an endeavour to make every
class of the community co-operate in every manner in the
work which was in hand. And I believe there is nothing
more evident or that has done more good than the example
set by the Queen herself, of the very generous use of any
object of art in her possession, by circulating it as widely
as possible, and letting it be known in every possible way.

The names of the prizeholders were then called
over by Mr. Cole, and the certificates of their claim
to the medal were presented to them in succession
by Lord Granville.
London, England, 1857-10-17

The Best Food for Children.lnvalids, and Others.
ROBINSON'S PATENT BARLEY,
for making superior Barley-Water in Fifteen Minutes, bas
not only obtained the Patronage of her Majesty and the Ho 3 al
Family, but has become of general use to every class of the
community, and is acknowledged to stand unrivalled as an emi-
stoutly pure, nutritious, and light food for infants,children And
invalids. Much approved for making a delicious c ustard-puddiug
and excellent for thickening broths or soups.
DOBINSON'S PATENT GROATS
IA for more than thirty years have been held in constant and
increasing public estimation as the purest farina of the oat,
and as the best and most valuable preparation for making a pure
and delicate gruel, which forms a light and nutritious supper
for the aged, is a popular cure for colds and influenza, is of
general use in the sick-chamber,and,alternatelywith the Patent
Barley, is an ez cellentfood for infants and children.
- -

Prepared only by the Patentees, ROBINSON, BELLVILLP.
and CO., Purveyors to the Queen, 64, Red Lion•street, Holborn,
London. Sold by all respectable grocera,druggists, and others,
In town and country, in packets of 6d.and ls., and in Wally
canisters at 28., 10., and 10a. each.
London, England, 1857-10-17

THE HON. F. LYGON ON INDIA.

THE HoN. F. LYGON, 31. P., was entertained at a pub-
lic dinner last week at Tewkesbury, by his constituents.
Among the noblemen and gentlemen present were
Earl Beauchamp and Lord Elmley, M.P., the father
and brother of the hon. member for Tewkesbury ;

Mr. W. Dowdeswell, formerly M.P. for Tewkesbury ;
Sir E. Lechmere, the Hon. W. Coventry, Mr. Brockle-
burst, M.P. for Macclesfield; Mr. Baker, of Thorn-
grove ; Captain Coventry, Mr. Weaver, &c. The
chair was occupied by Mr. Dowdeswell, and Mr.
Weaver acted as vice-president. About :200 gentle.
men sat down to dinner. The usual loyal toasts
having been drunk, the Earl of Beauchamp replying
for the Army, the health of Mr. Lygon was proposed
and drunk with great enthusiasm. The hon. mem-
ber, in reply, alluded to the subjects of political im-
Prtance. There were two questions ,he observed,
looming before us with which Parliament would have
to deal in the next session :
It would be unwise in him to give any rash promises
when he might possibly bear many arguments and facts
adduced that might alter opinions prematurely formed;
but if any measure was introduced for a further reform of
our parliamentary representation it would be the duty cf
Ulf Conservative party to consider whether in 1•31 very
grievous injustice was not done in depriving property of its
legitimate influence ; and surely those who contended
that there should be no taxation without representation
were also bound to remember that property was entitled to
be fairly represented. He could not imagine what the
plan of the Government might be, and all he could say
was that it would receive from him an honest and fair con•
indention. In reference to the right of representation
that attached to property, great injustice was in 1832
done to the Conservative interest. Those who possessed
property were, in the main, Conservatives, because they
knew well what would be the effect of changes that led to
a loosening of the social fabric ; they knew that confusion
and disorder and evils of every kind flowed from civil con•
volsion, and therefore they were disposed to give their best
support to Conservative principles.
With reference to India :
It was only a truism to say that where there
had been so many horrors, so much misfortune,
London, England, 1857-10-17

W. BENSO N'S WATCH, CLOCK, and
J
CHRONOMETER MANUFACTORY, $3 and 34, LCD.
GA YE- H 11.4 London. Established 1749.
J. W. BENSON, Manufacturer of GOLD and SILVER
WATCHES of every description, construction, and pattern
Invites attention to his magnificent and unprecedented dis-
play of Watches, which is admitted to be the largest and
best selected Stock in Loudon. It consists of Chronometer,
Duplex, Patent, Detached Levier, Horizontal, and Vertical
Movements, jewelled, &c., with all the latest improvements,
mounted in superbly-tinislied engine-turned and engraved Cold
and Silver Cases. The designs engraved upon many of the cases
are by eminent artists, and can only be obtained at this Manu-
factory. II the important requisites, supei iority of finish, com-
bined with accuracy of performance, elegance, durability, and
reasonableness of price, are wished for, the intending Purchaser
should visit this Manufactory, or sand for the ILLUSTRATED
PAMPHLET, published by J. W. BENSON (aud sent post
free on application), which contains sketches, prices, and direc-
tions as to what Watch to buy, where to buy it, and how to use it
Several hundred letters have been received from persons who
have bought Watches at this Manufactory, bearing testimony to
h' correct performances of the same.

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS
From the Morning Post, Oct, SO, 1856.—" Exhibit :exquisite
artistic feeling in ornamentation, and perfection of mechanism
In structure."
From the Morning Chronicle, Oct. 30,—"Excellence of design
and perfection in workmanship.
From the Morning Advertiser, Nov. I.—" The high repute
which Mr. Benson has obtained for the qualities of his menu.
facture stands second to none."
From the Aforning Herald, Nov. 3.—" The high standing of
Mr. Benson as a Lonaou manufacturer must secure fur him a
large amount of public patronage."
From the Globe, Nov .3,—" All that can be desired in finish,
taste, and design."
GOLD WATCHES, Horizontal Movements, Jewelled, Ac.
accurate time-keepers, 31 15e, 41 15s, 51155, to 151 114 each. Gold
Lever Watches, jewelled and highly-finished movements, Si 6s,
818 s, 101 10s, 121 12a, 111 14s, 161 Ids, to 40 guineas.
SILVER WATCHES, Horizontal Movements, Jewelled, do..
exact time-keepers, 21 2s, 21 15s, 51 15e, to 51 5s each. Silver
Lever Watches, highly finished, Jewelled movements, 31 101.
41 10s, 51 10s, 71 10s, 81 10s, 101 10s, to 20 guineas.
A Two Fears' Warranty given with every Watch, and sent,
carriage paid, to Scotland, Ireland, Wales, or 'L: art of the
kingdom, upon receipt of Post•ofiice or Bankers' order, made
payable to J. W. BENSON, 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London.
Merchants, Shippers, and Watch Olubs supplied. Old
Watches taken In Exchange.
London, England, 1857-10-17

The fort is on the left tank of the Ganges, on the way
to Cawnpere, and we hear it is getting crowded with muti-
neers. They fancy they will be able to harass our steamers
as they pass up with troops from Allahabad ; however, our
gunboats will soon undeceive them in this respect, and we
will hear of the walls being about their ears very shortly.
I cannot conclude without noticing the fact of the sth
Fusiliers being kept two days on board, there having been
no preparation for their reception here, which is really
too bad. Allahabad affords abundance of heathy sites for
barracks, and the sooner these buildings are commenced
the better, for a large body of Europeans must be stationed
here to prevent a recurrence at any future day of the late
disasters; for it is a notorious fact, that had the 13th Native
Infantry played their game well, nothing could have
saved the fort from being in their possession ; an 1 will you
believe it, with 40,000 s►and of arms of all sorts, with a
corresponding quantity of ammunition, there were no
Europeans to garrison the fort; it was completely at the
mercy of the sepoys.
The gunboat that proceeded towards Cawnpore had
returned after an engagement of some hours with the
enemy, who had collected in considerable numbers abreast
of the fort, situated between Cawnpore and Allahabad.
We had four or five sailors wounded—one severely ; but

one hundred of the mutineers were slaughtered. The
steamer has, however, returned without clacking the fort,
for what reason I am unable to say.
London, England, 1857-10-17

LIXPERIENCE OF FACTORY LIFE--
Li CONCLUDING LETTER.—See "THE WAVF:RLEY,"
a Working Woman's Journal, for Saturday, October 17. Edited
by BESSIE RAYNER PA RK ES. Published Fortnightly
price 4d. To be had from the Office, 14 A. Princes-street, Caten
dish-square, and from TWEEDIE, 337, Strand. •
London, England, 1857-10-17

HOLLOWAY'S 01NTNIENT and PILLS
unequalled for the CURE of SCROFULA.—It has been
contended that the disease is incurable, but that there are reme-
dies which might mitigate the disease for a time. Such argu-
ments were very true until the discovery of Holloway's Ointment
and tills ; it has since been incontestably proved that they have
effected thousands of cures with ease—the Pills being composed
of vegetable substances, and the Ointment containing such
powerful healing properties, that they act in union upon the
system, and the disease is quickly eradicated.
Sold by all medicine-vendors throughout the world; et
Professor Holloway's Establishments, 244, Strand, London,
and 80, Maiden-lane, New York; by A Stamps, constanci-
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London, England, 1857-10-17

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London, England, 1857-10-17

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

It 15 impossible to acknowle lge 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 to return communications of which we do
not avail ourselves.
Communications should always be legibly written, anti on one
side of the paper only. If long it increases the difficulty of
finding space for them.
Whatever is intended for insertion muetbo authenticated by the
name and address of the writer, not necessarily for publica-
tion, but its a 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, 1857-10-17

Sleepless himself to give his reader sleep.

The " dissector" is too drowsy to inflict pain with
his scalpel, and the attempt at imitating Lockhart's
4' Peter's Letters "is ridiculous. When the lion's
hide is put on, some means should be taken to get
up a decent counterfeit of a roar. The author cuts
up no one but himself, and his exposure of his own
disjecta membra is complete. Everybody to his
taste ; and if people will scarify themselves, what
can be done ?

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED-ocTonEn 15.
A Woman's Preachings for Woman's Practice.
Groombridge and Sons.
Yarra Tarra ; or, the Wandering Aborigine. Hamilton
Adams, and Co.
Roman History. W. Phipp.
Fetnity Portraiture. Hall and Virtue.
.Hassan; or, the Child of the Pyramid. An Egyptian Tale.
Two Vole. J. W. Parker and Son.
'The British Kymry ; or, Britons of Cambria. By the Rev.
R. W. Morgan. Hardwicke.

JULLIEN'S CONCERTS.—A statement which has gone
the round of the morning papers that these concerts
will be held this winter season at Drury Lane, is,
we have reason to believe, incorrect. M. Jullien's
concerts in November next will be held at Her
Majesty's Theatre.
THE MONDAY EVENING CONCERTS for the people
will commence on Monday evening next. The suc-
cess which last season attended these admirable con-
certs is the best proof of the efficiency and good
management which charaeerises the attempt.
CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS are now performing every
'evening at the Polygrapilic-hall. A morning enter-
tainment, at three, is given every Satin.,lay. It
their success was established at the St. James's
Theatre, it is nightly confirmed by the crowded
audiences at the hall in King William-street, Strand.
These minstrels certainly rank among the cleverest
and most entertaining of their profession.
OLYMPIC THEATRE.—A new comedy is to be pro-
duced at this theatre on Monday next. It is from
the pen of Mr. Troughton, who produced a very suc-
cessful piece at Drury Lane, under the management
of Mr. Macready. The change of performance has
been rendered necessary by the provincial engage-
ments of Mr. Robson, which were entered into before
he succeeded to the management. Hitherto the
success of the house has been very great. The
Lighthouse, Masaniello, and The Subterfuge have
been great favourites, and have continued to draw
srowded houses.
London, England, 1857-10-17

gaVal an iWag 3attiligtatt.

THE FOLLOWING REGIMENTS are to be immediately
increased by the addition of a second battalion :
MM. 4th Regiment, now at Newport ; WM. sth
Regiment at Newcastle ; H.M. oth Regiment at
Bury; and H.M. 7th at Preston.

THE REGIMENTS held in readiness to proceed to
India, should their services be required, are the 11th
Hussars, the 68th Light Infantry, and the 69th
Regiment.
THE details for the competitive examination for
the Artillery, fixed to take place in January next, are
not yet definitely arranged. The ages of the candi-
dates will be limited between eighteen and twenty-
one. The examination in mathematics will be espe-
cially severe. An intimate knowledge of French will
not be considered indispensable.

Two COMPANIES OF TFIE ROYAL ARTILLERY, num-
bering two hundred and twenty one rank and file,
were embarked on board the Australasian this week
for passage to India overland.

LORD ST. LEONARDS writes to the Duke of Norfolk'
in reply to the duke's letter, complaining of the

partial.

of the Patriotic Fund :
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your
grace's letter. I believe that the manner in which the
stuns intrusted to the Commissioners of the Patriotic
Fund have been dealt with, as far as they have been
finally appropriated, is already before the public, but the
Royal Commissioners will, no doubt, reassemble before
the meeting of Parliament, when your grace's letter to me
can be brought under their consideration.
London, England, 1857-10-17

Obituarg.

THE EARL FITZHARDINGE died on Sunday last. By
the death of the noble earl Berkeley Castle and the
other family estates have passed to his lordship's
next brother, the Right Hon. Sir Maurice Frederick
Fitzhardinge Berkeley, K.C.8., one of the Lords of
the Admiralty, and late M.P. for Gloucester. It
is stated in " Burke's Peerage " for this year that
there is a Barony of Berkeley, alleged to be derived
from the feudal tenure of Berkeley Castle since the
reign of Henry 11., and to belong of right to the
possessor of that ancient fortress, created by writ,
June 23, 1295; and we hear that it is not impossible
on the meeting of Parliament the gallant admiral
may present a petition, claiming a seat in the Upper
House on that ground. A precedent is to be found
in the fact that the Duke of Norfolk's successors,
even should the dukedom expire, could claim by right
a seat in the House of Lords as Earls of Arundel, tho
earldom being absolutely conferred on them by the
tenure of Arundel Castle.

'DIE REV. MATTHEW IRVING, D.D., died last week,
in the seventy-ninth year of his age. The rev.
deceased was one of the chaplains in ordinary to the
Queen, vicar of Sturtninster Marshall, near !'Vim-
borne, in the county of Dorset and diocese of
Salisbury, with the chapelries of Lytchett Minster,
Corfe Mullen, and Hamworthy annexed, to which ho
was instituted in 1822. Tho living is worth about
1,0001. per annum, and is in the patronage of the
Provost and Fellows of Eton College, Windsor. The
rev. gentleman has been a canon residentiary of
Rochester Cathedral since 1824, and has also held
the perpetual curacy of Chatham, Kent (of the
annual value of nearly 0001., and in the gift of the
Dean and Chapter of Rochester Cathedral), for a
period of twenty-nine years,

THE RESIGNATION OF THE LIVERPOOL COUNTY
COURT JUDGE, Mr. Pollock, was marked on Tuesday
by the presentation to his honour of a resolution
from the Liverpool Law Association, expressing their
high sense of Mr. Pollock's conduct and ability in
his judicial position. Mr. Pollock's successor is Mr.
D, K, Blair.
London, England, 1857-10-17

MR. MOFFATT, M.P.. ON THE INDIAN
MUTINIES.

MR. Morrarr, M P., attended a public meeting of
his constituents at Ashburton a few days ago,
according to annual custom, " to give an account of
his political stewardship." In the course of his
speech, nearly all of which related to the Indian
crisis; the hon. gentleman said,—The Government of
India for 100 years had been of a mixed form ;
partly commercial, partly legislative ; more and
more, as each period came round for renewing the
charter of the East India Company, that tiovern•
ment assumed a legislative and dropped its commer-
cial character ; but they still had a divided responsi-
bility, and that meant no responsibility, and every
one was at a loss to say whether the Board of Con-
trol or the East India Company were most in fault
in their utter ignorance with regard to the recent
outbreak. Here occurred a revolt of tens of thou-
sands of soldiers ; the English had 12,000 civil and
military officers in the country where it occurred, and
not one discovered that the conspiracy was hatching,
or how it was batched, or the reasons for it—none
saw either its commencement or progress. Was
there not a fault here, and who was responsible for
it! They must fix a responsibility somewhere for
the future. They must not tamper or trifle with the
question. They must fix the responsibility in the

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right place—on the Ministers of the Crown, and
abolish the outgrown and irresponsible powers of the
Board of Control and East India Company. That
was the question for the _House of Commons to
settle.
London, England, 1857-10-17

-- -
he does not feel himself impelled to somo particular
class of poetry. He has also attempted the drama
in " Cauline," but without success. Yet we Cann. ,t
but feel, in perusing Mr. Reade's poems, that we are
in presence of an elevated nature, with high moral
aspirations, considerable accomplishments, and much
eloquence in expressiou. The success of his " Italy "
has been of no common kind, and must be gratifying
to its author.

Kiana. A Tradition of Hawaii. By James J
Jarves. London: Sampson Low and Co.

THE subject of this work is too remote to command
interest from an English reader. We have con-
scientiously endeavoured to get through it, hut we
could nct do so. Yet the author writes a fluent, and
occasionally an effective, style : it is in choice of
subject that he has failed. If there was a large
reading class in Hawaii, his book might be perused ;
but too many subjects, adapted to our national and
popular tastes, interfere with us when a volume upon
Hawaii is placed before us. In the preface he
defends his choice of a subject in the following
style :--
Strictly speaking, there is no such thing as fiction.
Every emotion, thought, or action embodied into liters.
ture, has been human experience at some time. We can
imagine nothing within the laws of nature but what has
had, or may have, an actual existence. A novel, therefore,
but personifies the truth.
The assertion is only partly just, for the author
forgets that a writer must cultivate a selection of
what is true. He must not describe uninteresting
people, nor employ his talents on a true but impro-
bable plot. An artist may show his ability as a
.colourist in painting for us the flats of Essex ; but
we would think little of him as a landscape painter
if he took us for his choice to the low banks of the
Thames, while Cumberland or Devonshire were open
to his sketch-book.

Edinburgh Dissected : including Strictures on its
Institutions, (tc. In a Series of Letters addressed
to Roger Cutlar, Esq., by his Nephew. London :
Groombridge.
`Nis is an offensive book, and deserves no notice
farther than by remarking that its author ought to
have placed on its titlepage a line from the DUD..
clad—
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HAVELOCK'S BRIGADE.

The following order was issued by General Have-
lock after the action at Bhitoor, when the enemy
were defeated for the ninth time since the commence-
ment of the campaign :

FIELD FORCE ORDER.
Cawnpore, Aug. 17.
The Brigadier• General commanding congratulates the
hoops on the result of their exertions in the combat of
yesterday. The enemy were driven, with the loss of 250
Killed and wounded, from one of the strongest positions in
India, which they obdurately defended. They were the
flower of the mutinous soldiery, flushed with the successful
defection at Saugor and Fyzahail ; yet they stood only one
short hour against a handful of soldiers of the State
whose ranks had been thinned by sickness and the sword.
May the hopes of treachery and rebellion be ever thus
blasted ; and if conquest can now be achieved under the
most trying circumstances, what will be the triumph and
retribution of the time when the armies from China, from
the Cape, and from England, shall sweep through the
land ? Soldiers ! in that moment your labours, your
privations, your sufferings, and your valour will not be
forgotten by a gra'eful country. You will be acknowledged
to have been the stay and prop of British India in the time
of her severest trial.

A letter from a non commissioned officer of her
Majesty's 78th Highlanders is full of interest :
Allahabad, Aug. 21.
The news received from Cawnpore yesterday was any
but cheering. Our brave little force at that place
had just fought their ninth battle, and the state of the
troops was frightful; nearly all were sick, and a great
many were dying from cholera. They can scarcely muster
BiO men, but even this small force, weak as they were,
marched out twelve miles from Cawnpore to dislodge
the enemy, beat them, and captured two guns; but poor
fvllows, after this achievement they were so done up that
they could not march back to Cawnpore, but had to halt
till evening ere they could accomplish it, and even then a
number died on the way. They are now, poor fellows,
looking at each other, wondering who is to be the next
victim of disease. They are waiting in Lucknow for rein-
forcements, and I think they will have to wait some time,
for, though troops are arriving in Calcutta daily, still, as
they aro sent up country, magistrates and others delay
them for the better protection of the stations on the river ;
but, unless General Havelock gets more troops to his
assistance, I fear it 1%111 be a second Cawnpore business.
London, England, 1857-10-17

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POSTSCRIPT.

THE SPANISH MINISTRY.

General Armero has been named President of the
Council of Ministers.

Don Alexandro Mon is expected to arrive from
Rome.

The Under Secretaries of the Ministers have, in
the meantime, been charged with the ordinary
despatch of business.

AUS LTA GIA.

The screw steamer Royal Charter arrived off Cork
yesterday morning, in sixty-two days from Melbourne.
All well.

She has 84,000 ounces of gold, and 24,000 sove-
reigns.

BUCHAREST, 12th.
The opening of the Wallachian Divan has just
taken place.

TIER MAJESTY'S RETURN.

BERWICK, Friday Morning,
The Queen left Edinburgh at a quarter to eight
this morning, and crossed the Tweed at a quarter
after nine. All well.

The weather at first was cold and rainy, with an
oast wind, and has settled into a dense fog.
The time was kept to a minute to Berwick•on-
Tweed.

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at Lord
Palmerston's official residence.

MR. BERESFORD HOPE, M.P., ON CHURCH

EDUCATION.
THE eighteenth anniversary meeting of the Diocesan
Board of Education was held on Friday last at
Maidstone, in the College schoolroom. There was
a very large attendance of the nobility, clergy, and
gentry of the district. The chair was taken by the
Archbishop of Canterbury. Mr. Beresford Hope,
M.P., in moving a formal resolution for the reappoint.
ment of auditors and lay members of the board,
explained the objects of the society. The hon.
member said:—

This Diocesan Society and the National Society, and
other like useful institutions which are associated under
the patronage of your Unice the Archbishop of Canterbury,
have undertaken a peculiar department of work—f mean
the moral elevation of the peasant class of this kingdom—
a Mass about which greater delusion has existed than
about any other branch of the community.
Mr. Hope then touched upon the nature of the
education given, making some apposite suggestions.
He said, in conclusion :

I should be sorry to advocate lowering the standard of
our teaching, but I do advocate a greater adaptation of it
to the peculiar circumstances of those wa have to train
np. We want something more like what is called indus-
trial training—a more familiar, common•aenso grappling
with the necessities of the case. You may now meet a
girl coming out of a school—ay, and her instructress, too
—who may be able to state the weight of every mountain
in Europa and the specific gravity of every mineral, and
yet be unable to boil a leg of mutton or hem a pocket-
handkerchief; able to pass a first•claas examination, but
unable to perform the duties of a domestic servant or of a
domestic wife.
London, England, 1857-10-17

AUSTRIA AND SARDINIA.

A letter frcm Vienna, in the Bourse Gazette of
Berlin, says :
The conference which has lately taken place at the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs between the Baron de Boor•
queney and Count Werner had for object the Sardinian
question, and we learn that the resumption of diplomatic
relations between the Courts of Turin and Vienna may be
shortly expected.
London, England, 1857-10-17

POLITIC &L CAPITAL.

IN all matters of human conduct it is futile to
deny that there must be a right and a wrong.
Those pet sons who ar..l always telling us that
there is a great deal to be said on both sides
are either humorists, whose game is the
mockery of human reason, or simpletons, who
lack either the will or the ability to think.
Both are equally unpractical ; and as politics
is eminently a practical science, both are
equally unfitted for its pursuit. We would be
far from asserting that this " right " and this
"wrong" as determined by mortal faculties is
irreversible. It may, of course, turn out in
the long run that the right is wrong and the
wrong is right. That we cannot help. But
what we dislike is the style of man who takes
advantage of this contingency to shirk the
profession of any opinions at the present time.
This class of men are infinitely mischievous
and enfeebling to all true honesty and energy
amongst us; and we sincerely believe it the
duty of all those to whom the public are accus-
tomed to look for guidance or information to
be careful how they lend their countenance
to such emasculating modes of thought.
That honest respect for an adversary, that
willing recognition of one's fallibility, that
legitimate formitio oppositi which once was
considered characteristic of all equitable con-
troversies, seems well-nigh forgotten by a por-
tion of the English press at the present day,
which prefers to act on the maxim that if you
throw a handful of dirt some is sure to stick.
To that which adheres to the throwers own
hands the class is obviously indifferent. They
don't mind being dirty themselves, provided
they can dirty others.
Just at the present moment we are being
perpetually told that no one who offers any
strictures on the governmental management
of India can be actuated by any higher motive
than that of creating "political capital." Now,
what is " political capital?" Obviously a
certain amount of popularity obtained by
falling in with certain popular prejudices,
upon which popularity the owner of it can
fall back when particular circumstances go
against him. No English statesman has ever
been a greater adept at this sort of business
than the present Premier. He has invariably
bought in the cheapest market, and has as in-
variably got as much in exchange for his popu-
larity us the dearest market could offer. Every-
body now knows the truth of DON PACIFICO'S
wretched business ; yet how did Lord PAL-MERB-
- strut, crow, and shake his feathers on that
ever memorable occasion? And what an in-

valuable "lot" of popularity did his well-
chosen phrases procure for him. His success
with the British public on such occasions
as these never fails to remind us of the system
of traffic between polite and barbarous coun-
tries, in which a few gaudy and useless toys
are accepted as equivalent for aid which repels
aggression or sustains life. Yet to hint that
such a system of exchange smacked of a