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"to the maritime interests of this country,
" that, if it had been persisted in, we ought
" not to have concluded the war with those
" Powers while a single man, a single shilling,
" or even a single drop of blood remained in
" the country." We may be told that NELSON
knew nothing of political economy and progress,
and so forth. Possibly not ; but he could by the
intuitive aid of genius detect at a glance the
designs of the enemies of his country, and he
knew, moreover, how to defeat them.
But the order of the 15th inst. goes further,
and makes a concession which in NELSON'S
day was never dreamt of. It is, of course, a
necessary incident of war that all trading
with the public enemy is forbidden. And this
prohibition has been uniformly held to extend
to indirect as well as to direct trading. In ac-
cordance with this well-known rule, Lord
CLARENDON, on the 12th of this month, in
reply to certain queries addressed to him by
one HENRY WESTON ELDER (a dealer in
Russian bristles we believe), stated officially
through his secretary, " that Russian produce
" brought overland into Prussia, and shipped
" at a Prussian port for this country, would
" be liable to seizure, unless it should be bond
" fide neutral property." The letter further
distinctly stated that a British subject could
not trade with an enemy through a neutral,
or make a neutral his agent for such purpose.
What, then, must have been Mr. ELDER'S
astonishment when, within three days of the
date of this letter, an order in Council was
issued reversing in toto the propositions so
clearly laid down by the noble Foreign Secre-
tary? By this order it was announced that
" all vessels under a neutral or friendly flag,
" being neutral or friendly property, shall be
" permitted to import into any port or place
." in her Majesty's dominions all goods and
" merchandise whatsoever, to whomsoever the
" same may belong, &c." The prohibition against
indirect trading with the enemy is therefore at
an end; and Russian produce, the property of
Russians, may now be freely imported in
neutral bottoms into the United Kingdom.
No reasons are given for this sudden change
of policy ; but, had the order of the 15th come
from St. Petersburg instead of Windsor, it
could not have more directly and materially
served the interests of the Russian Em-
peror. We brought the war with his father
to a close in the space of a few months
by simply cutting off the foreign commerce
of the country, upon which the revenues of
the upper classes in Russia chiefly depend.
By the extravagant concessions which the
Aberdeen Ministry have made to his son—in
the name, too, of humanity—they have de-
liberately placed in his hands the means of
indefinitely prolonging and extending the
sanguinary struggle his ambition has forced
upon us.
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LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1854.

POSTSCRIPT.

THE WAR.

The Duke of Cambridge is expected in Vienna.
this day (Saturday), en route for Constantinallty
congratulate the Emperor on his marriage.
The Tribune frigate, Captain Carnegie, arrived
at Copenhagen on the 16th with from 63 to 70 pri-
soners taken from the Russian and Finnish merchant
vessels captured.
The British Minister in that capital has just
announced officially to the Danish Government that
Sir Charles Napier, having entered the Baltic, has
orders to employ all necessary means for enforcing
a strict and effective blockade of the Russian ports
in that sea, and in the Gulf of Finland.
There is still some ice in the Gulf of Finland,
but not enough to interfere with the cruising of the
frigates watching the Russian movements.
A report fom Omer Pacha is said to confirm the
statement that there had been three glorious actions
at the passage of the Danube, but that, in pursuance
of orders, the troops had retreated in the line of
Karasou.

We learn from Paris that the convention between
the French and English Governments which was
signed a few days ago in London has already been
ratified, and that the text of this important document
will probably appear this (Friday) morning in the
Moniteur. The object of the alliance of the two
Courts is stated to be the re-establishment of peace
between the Emperor of Russia and the Sultan on a
permanent basis, and the preservation of Europe
from the dangers which have disturbed the general
peace. For this purpose, and in order to rescue the
dominions of the Sultan from foreign invasion, the
English and French Governments agree to com-
bine their military and naval forces in a manner
sufficient to accomplish the result they have in
view. They bind themselves not to accept any
proposition for the cessation of hostilities against
Russia without having communicated to each other
the nature of such overtures. They distinctly
disclaim all exclusive advantage to themselves
from the events which may arise, and they invite
the rest of Europe to co-operate with them in an
alliance destined solely to protect the public interests
of Europe. The lateness of the hour at which this
information reaches us compels us to defer all
further comment on this important convention,
which seems to supply the necessary basis to the
operations in which the English and French forces
are now engaged, and will, we trust, cement the
permanent alliance of the Western powers.—Times.

The French Baltic fleet has sailed from Brest for
the Gulf of Finland. It conveys the expeditionary
force, consisting of infantry, artillery, and 1,700
horses. The fleet includes 23 ships, and 1,250
gam•

The Emperor Napoleon received on Wednesday,
at a private audience, the Count de Hatzfeldt, Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the
King of Prussia, who presented to his Majesty a
letter from his Sovereign. Of the contents of this
letter to him there is as yet little known out of
doors. It is stated in official quarters that the
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THE PRESS.

be we have not yet been able to discover. Norma
was given on Monday and Wednesday last. The
performance was highly respectable, and well de-
served the applause which it received from crowded
houses. As regards the future, great promises are
made by the management. We shall watch the pro
gress of this undertaking with much interest, and
shall duly report thereon. We have not space on this
occasion to say anything further than that we have
always felt that a cheap and good opera would answer
very well as a commercial speculation in this country.
London, England, 1854-04-22

GREECE.

An Anglo-French note of menacing character reached
the Athens Government on the 13th. The Greek
Ministry replied by the preparation of a despatch,
which openly approves of the revolution now going
on in the Turkish provinces. It is argued, among
other points, that if France and England find it a
matter of duty and obligation to take the part of
the Christian population of Turkey, they cannot
take it amiss that the Greek people and its Govern•
went should feel an active sympathy for those who
are of the same lineage, extraction, and faith with
themselves. And they fortify this argument by
adding that the States of Europe had formally
approved of the Russian intervention, so far as re-
gxrded the amelioration of the state of the Greek
rayah subjects of the Porte.
A letter from Athens of the 7th, in a Vienna
journal, states that a Russian Secretary of Embassy
had just arrived with a note from the Cabinet of St.
Petersburg for the Greek Government.
M. Metaxa arrived at Athens on the 7th. The
English, Austrian, French, and Swedish Ministers
did not attend the Te Deum on the 6th, when
the anniversary of the independance of Greece was
celebrated.

A Greek ship with ammunition has been captured
off the island of Negropont.
Numerous well-armed Greek volunteers have
passed through Missolonghi to join the insurgents.
Three hundred Greeks, who had landed at Volo, in
Thessaly, have been put to the sword, with the excep-
tion of a few who were saved by going on board the
Austrian corvette Caroline. The utmost division
prevails amongst their leaders, who begin to cry
treason.
Thousands of Thessalian families have fled to
Greece.
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perhaps making some noise with public meetings,
clubs, collections, Sc., will terminate, as did the Irish
revolutionary movement of 1848, in mere noise,
speech-making, and bluster. The influence of the
Irish in the United States is very great, and the
offices they hold under the Government are very
numerous, to the exclusion of native-born Americans;
and this condition of things has called a new power
into existence, which will be potential in its influence
on all future elections, especially in cities. This new
power is a secret association called the " Know-
Nothings," entirely composed of Americans by birth,
and recognising each other by signs and passwords.
Their objects are twofold—political and religious ;
one, the exclusion of foreigners from office—the
other, war upon the Homan Catholic religion. In a
word, the operations of affiliated societies of " Know-
Nothings" will be mainly directed against the Irish
and Catholic influence. In theory they are equally
hostile to adopted citizens of all nations, but the
hostility is comparatively unfelt except by the Irish, as
very few other Europeans obtrude themselves upon the
American public for office. Their American political
leaders flatter and court the Irish and Catholic vote
in their speeches at public meetings, owing to its
great weight in the scale of elections. It is, in fact,
the balance of power. It is feared by many people
that these secret associations and hostile factions
will lead to trouble at no distant day, for the Ameri-
cans seem very determined in their claims for the
public offices, or most of them, under the national
and state Governments.

latign an &lonia! ittelligentc.
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WEST INDIES.

The March West Indian mail has arrived by the
La Plata steamer.
The islands were healthy. There was a great
want of shipping everywhere, there being large
quantities of sugar and few ships.
The ship Charles Jones, of Liverpool, bound to Val-
paraiso, has been wrecked, and the crew drowned.
The murderers of the crew of the Virago have
been discovered.

THE CAPE.
The Hydaspes has arrived with the Cape of Good
Hope mail of the 25th February. All was tranquil
in that colony, and the elections were proceeding
satisfactorily. The Graham's Town Journal an •
nounces that gold has been found at Smithfield, which
was subsequently confirmed by other papers.
The elections for the Upper House were completed ;
those for the Lower House were still in progress.
Mr. Bryon, chief officer of the Hydaspes, was
killed at the Cape by the falling of a pair of shears,
while tightening the screw.
Dr. Devereux, Roman Catholic bishop of the
eastern province, died in February.
NORTH AMERICA.

The latest New York dates are of the Rth instant.
Great astonishment was expressed at Washington
at the Union, Government journal, having written in
favour of Russia in her war against Turkey. A re-
port prevailed that submarine batteries and torpedoes
bad been sent from America to Russia, to be em-
ployed for the destruction of the combined fleets.
London, England, 1854-04-22

GIBBON AND HIS ANNOTATORS.

1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the
Roman Empire. By Edward Gibbon, Esq.
With Notes by Dean Milman and M. Guizot.
Edited, with Additional Notes, by William
Smith, LL.D. In Eight Volumes. Volume
11. London : Murray.
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the
Roman Empire. By Edward Gibbon, Esq.
With Variorum Notes, including thoso of
Guizot, Wenck, Schreiter, and Hugo.
Edited by an English Churchman. Lon-
don : Bohn.
THE attention paid to standard editions of our
classical English writers is a healthy sign of
the spirit actuating a large portion of the
reading public. At first sight it would seem
to a superficial observer, while the catalogues
of our second-hand booksellers record such
numerous copies of our most celebrated
authors, in every variety of type and binding,
that it would be a superfluous work to reproduce
fresh editions. Such is not the case ; and it
is worth noting the causes that keep up this
demand for reprints. Passages intelligible at
the time, in the case of popular essayists like
Addison or Goldsmith, become obscure at the
end of half a century ; and, a hundred years
hence, even the suggestive writings of Mr.
Macaulay, teeming with contemporaneous
allusions, will require copious annotations.
But, in the case of a historian like Gibbon, the
reasons that compel a demand for new editions
are of a different kind. The subjects of which
ho treated have been further explored : his
statements have been challenged, his conclu-
sions impugned, and his mode of philoso-
phising severely criticised. Thus, while hi a
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at the Royal Asylum, Brixton-Hill, on WEDNESDAY, MAY 3,
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Chair. Visitors admitted by Ticket at Two o'clock in the After-
noon.
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TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Iris 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 hide-
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, and on one
side of the paper only. If long it increases the difficulty of
finding space for them.
Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenticated by the
name anti address of the writer, not necessarily for publica-
tion, but as a guarantee of his good faith.

Advertisements sent from the country must be accompanied by a
remittance or a reference for payment iu town.
London, England, 1854-04-22

ALLSOPFS PALE ALE.

MESSRS. S. ALLSOPP AND SONS beg
to inform the TRADE that they sac row registering orders
for the March Brewing. of their PALE ALE, la Casks of Eigh-
teen Gallons sad upwards, at the BREWERY, Burton-on-Trent;
and at the undermentioned Branch Establishment. :
LONDON, at 61, King William-street, City;
LIVERPOOL, at Cook-street;
MANCHESTER, at Duciceplace ;
DUDLEY, at the Burnt Tree ;
GLASGOW, at 115, St. Vinoent-street;
DUBLIN, at 1, Crampton-quay •
BIRMINGHAM, at Market-half.
SOUTH WALES, at 18, King-street, Bristol.
Messrs. ALLSOPP and SONS take the opportunity of an.
flouncing to Private Families that their ALES, so strongly re-
commended by the medical profession, may be procared in
DRAUGHT and BOTTLES, GENUINE, from all the most re-
spectable Wine Merchants, Bottlers, and Licensed Victuallers,
on " ALLSOPP'S PALE ALE" being speoially asked for.
When in bottle, the genuineness of the label can be ascertained
by its having " AI.LSOPP and SONS" written across it.
Brewery, Bruton-on-Trent.

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CORFZ-EXCHANGE Very moderate supplies of English
wheat have been on sale here this week ; yet the demand for
all kinds has continued in a very inactive state, and prices have
been with difficulty supported. Foreign wheat—the imports of
which have been tolerably good—has moved off slowly, but we
have no change to notice in the currencies. Floating cargoes
have commanded very little attention. The show of barley has
been far from extensive, but quite equal to the demand. In the
quotations no change has taken place. All kinds of malt have
ruled dull, and former terms have been with difficulty main-
tained. Oats have sold steadily at full prices; but beans, peas,
and flour have commanded very little attention. The imports of
the latter article have been comparatively small.

ENGLISH—Wheat, Essex and Kent white, 74s to 87s; red,
70s to 82s ; Norfolk and Lincoln red, 70s to 80s. Malting barley,
40s to 44s ; grinding ditto, 36s to 39s ; distilling, 38s to 40s.
Malt, 58s to 735. Feed oats, 27s to 30s ; potato, 30s to 355.
Rye, 48s to 50s. Tick beans, 44s to 525; pigeon, Mis to 625.
Grey peas, 446 to 48s ; maple, 47s to 496 ; whits boilers, 574 to
59s per quarter. Town-made flour, 138 s to 70s; country marks,
5811 to 64s per 2801bs.
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totti aull lastioit.

HER MAJESTY remains at Windsor, taking daily
walks and rides on the eastern terrace and in the
Home Park. The Court will return to town, as at
present arranged, on Tuesday next.
ORDERS have been received in Portsmouth to ex-
pedite the Queen's yacht, Victoria and Albert. She
is to be ready by the lOth of May, on which day it is
reported that her Majesty and family will embark for
a visit to the French capital.
A REPORT baying obtained circulation in some of
our daily contemporaries to the effect, that the date of
the grand balcostume to be given by the Ambassador
of France has been changed from the 12th to the 9th
of May, we are enabled to state that no such altera-
tion has been made or even contemplated; and that
the fête will take place on the 12th proximo, the day
originally fixed by her Majesty.
THE. DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER continues to go on

favourably.
Mn. HOLYORD, the rich merchant, who has long re-
sided in the Regent's-park, and who died on the oth
inst., has left his large fortune to the Prince of
Wales.

Ste J. GRAHAM, First Lord of the Admiralty, has been
nominated a Civil G.C.B. by her Majesty.
THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF WELLINGTON on their
return from Paris will take possession of Apaley-house
for the season. This mansion will not, however, be
complete in its embellishments until the end of the
year.
THE EARL AND COUNTESS OY MALMISBURY, who
have been passing the holidays in Paris, are expected
to arrive in Whitehall-gardens at the close of the
ensuing week for the season.

THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF NoBTMu
arrived at Genoa, ea route for England.

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THE EARL or Corritintsis has left Park-lane on a
tour in the East.
THE Society of Merchants of Bristol intend giving
a grand banquet to his Grace the Duke of Beaufort
on Wednesday, the 7th of June.
THE FRENCH ARIBASSADoR has taken a box for the
season at the Royal Italian Opera. The box is nearly
opposite that of the Queen on the grand tier.
THIN DUKE OF• BEDFORD has just made a handsome
present to one of the churches near t'aen, his family
having before the Conquest been in possession of the
estate of Rosel. The curb of the place having ap-
plied to his grace to subscribe something towards the
purchase of a bell for the church of the commune, he
replied that, in place of sending a simple subscription,
he would pay for the bell itself, and wished it to be of
the weight of at least 1,2(X) lbs.
London, England, 1854-04-22

HAYMARKET THEATRE.

THE Faster piece at this theatre is by Mr. Planche,
and is entitled Mr. Buckstone's Voyage round the
World. It is formed upon the model of The Ascent
of Mount Parnassus and The Camp at the
Olympic, hut it has neither the novelty of the
first nor the point and elegance of the last of
these deservedly popular extravaganzas. Neverthe-
less, the sparkling dialogue, easy flowing wit, and
master-hand of the author, which are visible through-
out, make amends for a whole catalogue of defects,
and the Haymarket may fairly claim credit for the
best novelty of the season. To describe the plot of
this piece is obviously a work of supererogation. Mr.
Buckstone acts himself with great ease and humour,
and the other principal characters are sustained by
Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mr. W. Farren,jun., Miss Feather-
stone, and Mrs. Caulfield. We sincerely wish Miss
Featherstone had profited by the advice we gave some
weeks ago, and betaken herself to deep retirement, for
the purpose of being thoroughly solla'd. She has a
good voice and some disposition, and, with a reason-
able amount of study, would make a very respect-
able singer ; but from pure want of study her natural
powers are entirely thrown away, and her intonation
at times painfully defective. The new scenery, espe
cially that by Mr. W. Callcott, is very beautifully
painted ; and the appointments and decorations are
in good taste, and produced with much care.
N.B.—Some of the gentlemen to whom important
characters are entrusted were not, even on Tuesday
night, so perfect in their parts as was desirable;
divers awkward hitches in the scenery, too, interfered
somewhat with the success of the piece.
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been examined and found capable of accommodating
about 60,000 men. At Nagara point there is an
empty lazaretto, and there are several villages on
the Thracian shore of the Dardanelles; so that, it
even a larger portion of our army arrives before the
declaration of war, the men will be under cover, such
as it will be.
London, England, 1854-04-22

DENMARK.

A despatch from Copenhagen of the 18th an-
nounces that the Ministerial crisis is over; the
Cabinet remains. The parliamentary leaders will
Le dismissed.
SWEDEN.
At Stockholm, on the 7th inst., the Commission of
Constitution of the Diet decided by a majority of
12 to 11 that the Ministers should be impeached
before the High Court of the Kingdom for their con-
duct in the affair of the simplification of the taxes,
which has lately Leen under consideration.

SPAIN.

A very remarkable decree has appeared in the
Madrid Gazette, procured by the unremitting zeal
and activity of Lord Howden, and which announces
the intention of the Spanish Government to put an
end to the slave trade, and to give satisfaction to
Great Britain. According to the terms of the decree,
all slaves in Cuba are to be immediately registered,
after which time any slave found in the island without
a copy of the register, containing date, domicile, and
description, will be looked upon as fraudulently
imported, and declared ipso facto free; and, secondly,
the introduction of white labourers is to be provided
for and organised. It only now remains for the

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SATURDAY,

fortress has always been considered as one of the
strongholds of the Turkish empire. The lines of
defence are very extensive, and would require a
garrison of many thousands of men. It is not more
than a year since the ramparts were in many places
broken down, and left almost without either guns,
men, or commander. Since the war broke out great
exertions have been made to put the place in a good
state of defence. Considerably more than 200 guns,
and some of them of large size, have been mounted,
and the garrison now numbers thousands instead of
hundreds.
Letters of the 10th ult. from Kars state that
Schamyl, with a band of 2,000 mountaineers, had
effected a valuable capture of 500 camels, laden with
ammunition and other supplies, on its way from
Tiflis to the garrison of Akiska.
The Constitutionnel announces that a number of
Polish deserters from the Russian forces had arrived
at Kars, who declared that upwards of 12,000 of their
countrymen would abandon the ranks of the Czar
directly they should see a Polish flag unfurled in the
Turkish army.
Bulgaria has been almost eaten up by the Ottoman
armies. For a space of ten months provisions of all
kinds have been taken from the peasantry, who have
not received one piastre in exchange. On this sub-
ject misconception prevails in England, and has
penetrated even into the House of Commons. It
has been asserted that the Turks have paid for all
they have received. It is true that acknowledgments
have been given, and that the Bulgarian peasant has
a claim on the Treasury of Constantinople ; but
what has taken place a hundred times will probably
occur again. The unfortunate creditors, sick with
deferred hope, will be glad to part with their securi-
ties at a tenth of their value. Then the Armenians
will go among them, buy up the paper, and offer it
to the Porte at perhaps 25 per cent. of its nominal
worth. The Pacbas in power will be induced to
accede to the arrangement by an offer of half the
Armenians' profits, and every one will be contented,
except the unhappy peasant who sees the little earn-
ings of years swept away, and knows that rich men
are growing richer by his own misfortunes.
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A threatened duel between two members of the
House of Representatives, Messrs. Cutting and
Breckenridge, had been compromised. The latter
gentleman proposed to fight with rifles. The dispute
arose during a debate on the Nebraska Bill.
The New York Board of Trade has denounced
privateering, and sustains the doctrine of " neutral
ships and neutral cargoes." The board will me•
morialise Congress.
In New York the ship•carpenters, caulkers, spar-
makers, boilermakers, plasterers, bricklayers, and
dookmen were out on strike. The latter were de-
manding increased wages of two dollars per day.
Several tires had occurred in different parts of the
Union. In Washington-street, New York, 100,000
dollars' worth of property had bean destroyed.
The Legislature of the State of New York had
passed an act prohibiting and punishing the traffic in
intoxicating beverages. But Governor Seymour put
his veto on the measure, and favoured the Legisla
tore with a lengthy document, containing the reasons
on which he grounded his conduct.
Massachuesets and Indiana had petitioned Con-
gress against the introduction of slavery into any
territory from which it is excluded by the Missouri
compromise.
Californian dates come down to March 18. There
had been six large failures at San Francisco. Mar-
kets very dull, and almost in a state of panic. A
million and a half of gold en route. It is now an•
nounced that Lieutenant Strain's Darien surveying
party is safe. Part of Fremont's surveying party
have perished in the mountains. Walker's Filibus•
tiros were all but broken up.
Disturbances had broken out on the Isthmus of
Panama, in consequence of the New Granadian
Government attempting to impose a poll-tax on the
persons crossing the isthmus. The Americans re.
ended the tax. The Panama Railway will be finished
by August next.

A letter from Halifax, published in the New York
papers, states that
" the Provincial Parliament will probably complete all
the railroad bills which have chiefly occupied attention
since the commencement of the session, and be able to
adjourn this week Bills have been perfected during the
sitting for the laying down of about 200 miles of rails. It
is said that the prospect of a railroad communication with
the United States is highly favourable."
MEXICO.
Santa Anna is making what may prove to be an
important movement for Mexico. He has sent Senor
Rafael (Mexican Consul to New York) on a mis-
sion to Germany, to induce a large emigration to the
Mexican States. It is alleged that the Dictator has
taken this step for the purpose of importing a
standing army for his own defence or the protection
of his country. Two important points are developed
by this plan—first, absolute toleration for all reli-
gious creeds is proclaimed; and, secondly, a newspaper,
in the German language, is to be published in the
city of Mexico, which is to be the organ of the inten-
tions of the Mexican Government towards the Ger-
mans, and an organ of the Germans themselves
in respect of their social sentiments and condition'.
London, England, 1854-06-10

NEW WESTMINSTER BRIDGE.

THE preliminary operations for the construction of the
new bridge at Westminster have already commenced, and
the outlines of the structure itself will, before long, become
visible to the passengers who thread their way, steamer-
bound to Chelsea or Kew, through the narrow waterway
afforded by the arches (or sometimes the single arch) of
the old bridge, which still remain permeable to traffic. In
design the new bridge is to be Gothic, in accordance with
the Palace of the Legislature, and is to be built of iron,
under the superintendence of Mr. Page. The bridge will
span the river and its banks by seven arches. The first
arch on each side will be 95 feet in span, with a rise of 16
feet from Trinity datum ; the second, 105 feet, with rise
of 17 feet 6 inches; the third, 115 feet 3 inches, with rise
of 19 feet ; and the fourth, or centre arch, 121 feet in span,
with a rise of 20 feet. The low-water line is 18 feet below
Trinity datum. On the Surrey side there will be also two
small land arches. Including these, the whole length of
the bridge may be called 914 feet. The width will be 85
feet,including the parapet on each side. In the construc-
tion of the foundations the engineer proposes to avoid the
use of caissons. Screw piles will be driven at intervals of
five feet from centre to centre, to form the outer line of
each pier ; iron sheathing will be introduced between these
to make an enclosure, and the loose ground is then to be
dredged away from within. Timber piles are then to be
driven in over the area so enclosed at intervals of three
feet one way and four feet the other from centre to centre,
and concrete will be filled in between them. On the top
will be placed two layers of six-inch landings and granite
slabs, and on these will be built the pier, rising two feet
above Trinity datum, to receive the iron superstructure.
The headway in centre opening, twenty feet, will be about
five feet less than in the centre opening of the present
bridge, and the roadway, nearly level, will be ten feet lower.
The new bridge will occupy some of the site of the old
bridge, and, as it is proposed to use the latter during the
construction of the new bridge, part of the latter will be
put up first, and this will be made fit for temporary use
before the old construction is taken away and the remainder
of the new work put up. The cost of the bridge is to be
201,0001., the tender of Messrs. Mare for that sum having
been accepted.

THE PRESS.
London, England, 1854-06-10

THE STONOR REPORT.

IT is impossible to peruse the Report from the
Stonor Committee without feeling that it has
damaged to some extent the reputation of the
Colonial-office. At the suggestion of Mr. MERI-
YALE. the permanent Under Secretary, Mr.
STONOR applied by letter to the Duke of NEW-
CASTLE for the vacant judgeship at Victoria,
and enclosed several testimonials. Amongst
others was a letter from the Lord Chief Jus-
tice of England, dated 14th of September,
1853, offering to bear Lord CAMPBELL'S testi-
mony to Mr. STONOR'S "uniform honourable
" (sic) and gentlemanly conduct." Whether
Lord CAMPBELL heard of the Sligo transactions
or not is not stated, but doubtless his recom-
mendation weighed with the Secretary of
State.

Another party more directly responsible
knew all of Mr. STONOR'S antecedents, and on
Mr. MERITALE'S share in the appointment the
Committee reports " that he (Mr. MERIVALI)
" was generally aware at the time of the Report
" of the Sligo Committee, and that he did not
" think it was his business to call the attention
" of the Duke to it, as he supposed it must hare
" been known to him ;" and many people will
feel that it is certainly strange that the Duke
of NEWCASTLE was so ignorant of Sligo, not-
withstanding his intercourse with Mr. SAD-
LEIR, Mr. KEOGH, and Mr. O'FLAHERTY. In
his evidence Mr. MERIVALE candidly states
(302) that "he well knew Mr. STONOR'S father
" and family," and he enters into particulars
showing his friendship for him. He adds
elsewhere (p. 260) that he " loosely " men-
tioned either to the Duke of NEWCASTLE, or
Mr. ROBERTS (his Grace's private secretary),
the fact of the Sligo Committee Report. But
it is worth while observing the apparent
warmth with which Mr. ROBERTS denies that
he had been informed even " loosely " about
the damaging facts of the Sligo Report :
Up to the appointment of Mr. Stonor.„then, you were not
in any way aware of a committee of the House of Commons
having reported in such a manner as to cast any impeach-
ment on his character ?—I never was acquainted with sh
fact of the kind, otherwise I should have considered it both
inconsistent with my position with the Duke of Newcastle,
d inconsistent with any public position which I held, N hare
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HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY.

Mr. HAYTER moved for a new writ for the city of
Lcndon, in place of Lord John Russell, who had
accepted the office of President of the Council.
In answer to a question from Mr. MILNER GIBSON,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the
question of newspaper stamps was under the consi-
deration of Government, but that he could give no
definite assurance either of the time or manner of
its decision.

Mr. BRIGHT thought that, considering the long
time in which this question had been left undecided,
it was really time to arrive at some conclusion.
The house then went into a committee of supply.
Various votes appertaining to the civil service
estimates were passed after discussions prolonged
until past midnight.
On resuming, the report from the committee of
supply was brought up and agreed to.
The Common Law Procedure Bill, which had
already passed the Peers, was read a second time
on the motion of the Attorney General.
The Bills of Exchange Bill, also a Lords' measure,
was read a second time.

, Sir J. Yonne obtained leave to introduce a bill for
London, England, 1854-06-10

Sulu ad Voila.

IN the much argued case of " Hope v. Hope,"
which has occupied the equity and ecclesiastical
courts for many days during the last and present
term, the Lord Chancellor, on Wednesday, gave
judgment upon the question involving the custody of
the children :

His Lordship pronounced that by the law of this country Mr.
Hope was entitled to the custody of the children, notwith-
standing the institution of a suit for a divorce, and the decision
of the ecclesiastical courts ; and said that he should order Mr.
Hope and Mrs. Hope to take the necessary steps for delivering
up the children to Mr. Hope; arrangements being made to allow
Mrs. Hope all reasonable access to them.
The issue of this order was stayed for a week, in
order to give the parties an opportunity of deciding
what steps they thought advisable.

AMONG a number of convicts removed within the
last few days from the Gloucester County Prison to
Milbank and Wakefield Gaols was Tom Provis, alias
" Sir Richard Hugh Smyth, Knight, Baronet," the
claimant of the Ashton Court estates.

MR. JOHN PATRICK SOMERS, the late member for
Sligo, who has been for some time an inmate of the
Queen's Prison, has petitioned the Insolvent Debtors'
Court. His schedule was tiled a few days ago, and an
order for hearing issued for the 23rd inst. before
Chief Commissioner Law. The debts are 10,8231.
The causes of insolvency have arisen from the sacrifice
of certain property in the Encumbered Estates Court,
and to the leases of property expiring by the death
of the person on whose life he held them. Another
cause is " the very heavy electioneering expenses "
he had paid. From 1837 to 1853 these expenses are
stated at 5,5001. There rue only forty-three creditors
on the schedule, and it is understood that there is a
prospect of their being paid.
A COMMISSION issued from the Irish Court of
Exchequer in the well-known case of Birch of the
World v. the Freeman's Journal, is now sitting in
London, for the examination of Lord Clarendon,
Lord Palmerston, Sir Charles Wood, and other im-
portant witnesses. The commission was taken out
by Birch, who acts for himself in the matter. Lord
Clarendon has been under examination for several
hours on many successive days. Mr. Birch examines
in person, and has already gone through nearly all
the facts respecting his connection with the Irish Go-
vernment in 1848, '49, and '5O.
THE BENEFIT SOCIETY known as "The Working
Man's Equitable Building Society " have a by-rule
by which all payments of money due to the associa-
tion must be made on Wednesday evenings, between
certain hours anti in the presence of certain trustees.
A subscriber to the society, Mr. Lazarus, a grocer in
Aldgate, had taken shares in the association, under
whom he also became tenant and mortgagor of a
house and appurtenances. Sums amounting to 03/.
10s. had accrued on account of subscriptions, rent,
and instalments of mortgage money, which Mr.
Lazarus had, it appeared, duly made to Skinner, the
London, England, 1854-06-10

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PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.

THE programme of the seventh concert, given on
Monday last, by command and in the presence of
her Majesty, was as follows :
- • - •

PART I.—Overture (Leonora), Beethoven—Aria, " Quel plod.
sir," big. Gardoni, Boieldieu—Sinfonia in B flat, Scltuutium
Aria, "Come scoglio" (Coil tan Tutte), Mum Castellon, Mozart
—Overture (Zampa), Herold.
PART 11.—Sinfooia in 1), No. 2, Beetboven—Ouetto, "
qual rispetto" (11 Conte Ory), Mme. Castellon and big.Uardoni,
Rossini—Overture (Buy Bias), Mendelsohn.
The only novelty, as will be seen, was the symphony
by Schumann ; and a more unsatisfactory composi-
tion we confess we have never listened to. Destitute
of meaning, melody, and instrumental effects, it. pro-
duced no impression on the minds of its hearers
save that of unmitigated disgust; and even the
presence of the Court did not prevent the escape of
a slight murmur of disapprobation at the conclusion
of the last movement. To make amends for this
failure the orchestra exerted themselves to the
utmost,•and we never heard Beethoven's symphony
in D and the Leonora overture, Herold's brilliant
prelude to Zantpa, and Mendelssohn's Ruy Bias,
more effectively rendered. The vocal department
was not less defective than usual. The song of
Boieldieu is quite out of place in a concert-room.
Mme. Castellan made nothing of the beautiful aria
from Cosi fan Twee; and the long duet from the
Conk Ory was to the last degree flat, stale, and un-
profitable. Admitting the propriety of shortening the
concert on this occasion, we think a wiser discretion
would have been shown in omitting the vocal music
instead of the usual instrumental solos. The last

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THE PLAN OF CAMPAIGN.

The Paris Constitutionnel gives a sketch of the
projected campaign of the allied armies in Turkey
in Europe. This Government journal says :

" We are informed that it has been determined to occupy
Varna by two divisions, whose arrival alone will suffice to
inspire the Russian left wing in the Dobrudscha with a
wholesome respect. The army of occupation at Varna will
not be, as was at first said, exclusively composed of
English troops. Prince Napoleon, who, as we learn from
our correspondent, went to Gallipoli to fetch his division,
will find on his arrival at Constantinople an order ter em-
bark with his troops for Varna. At the same time Maiplihal
St. Arnaud, with the main body of his army, will marsh to
Adrianople, and from thence to Widdin, where he will
form the left wing of the forces of time three powers. The
English troops will successively assconble in the Dobrucl-
scha, to form the right wing. Summated by these powerful
auxiliaries, Omer Pacha will find himself free to act, and
the result of the campaign cannot be doubted."
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JUNE 10, 1854.

THE GRAND BAZAAR,
under the immediate Patronage of HER MOST GRACIOUS
MAJESTY THE QUEEN, her Itnyal highness the Duchess of
Kent, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, and the following distin-
guishbd ladies, will be held, by the kind permission of her Ma-
jesty's Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1861, in the beautiful
grounds of GORE and GROVE HOUSES, KENSINGTON-
GORE, on TUESDAY, the 97th instant, and two following days,
on behalf of the

- -
Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest,
BEOMPTON.

Duchess of Buccleuch
Duchess of Beaufort
Duchess of Argyll
Duchess of Wellington
Duchess of Sutherland (S)
Marchioness of Downslitre
Marchioness of Ely
Dowager Marchioness Con•
yugham
Marchioness of Ailesbury (S)
Marchioness of Breadalbane
Lady Louisa Douglas Pennant
Lady Charlotte Denison
Lady Charlotte Clinton
Lady Constance Grosvenor
Countess of Derby (8)
Countess of Devon
Countess of Galloway
Countess of Shaftesbury
Countess of Jersey (8)
Countess Cowper
Countess of Pomfret
Countess Dowager of Ashburn.
ham
Countess of Harrington (8)
Countess of Lanesborough
Countess of Clarendon
Countess of Mount•Edgcumbe
Countess Fottesoue
Countess of Donoughmore
Countess Craven
Countess Manvers
Countess Grey
Countess of Sheffield
Countess Granville
Countess of Effingham
Countess of Yarborough
Countess of Ellesmere
Countess Dowager of Cotten.

Lady Jane Walsh
Lady Caroline Neeld
Li ly John Somerset (8)
Ladles Moly:lain
Lady Olivia Sparrow
Lady Francis Hope
Lady Caroline Buncombe
Lady Carolina Stirling
Lady Ernest Bruce
Lady Robert Grosvenor
Lady Beaumont
Lady Camoys
Lady Berner,
Lady Byron
Lady Sondes
Lady Foley (8)
Lady Dynevor
Lady Southampton (S)
Dowager Lady Selsey
Lady do 'Regular°
Lady Manners
Lady Faversham
Lady Leigh (S)
Lady Cranworth
Baroness de Rothschild
The Hon. Mrs. Jocelyn Percy
The lion. Mrs. Kinnaird
Dowager Lady Shelley (8)
Lady Bunbury
Lady Gore Booth
Lady Duckett
Lady Chetwyud
Lady Gordon
Lady Vavasour
Lady Spearman
Lady West (8)
Lady Wilton
Dowager Lady Morgan (8)
Lady Parke
Lady Hastings (S)
Lady Hardinge
Mrs. Kingsley
Mrs. Warner (S)
Mrs. Quaiu (S)
Mrs. S. C. Hall
Mrs. Philip Rose (8)

ham
Countess Bruce
Lady Charlotte Egerton (S)
Lady Marianne Alford
Lady Charles Russell
Viscountess Palmerston (S)
Viscountess Combermere (5)
Viscountess Jocelyn
The ladled against whose names is affixed the letter S have
kindly consented to preside at Stalls.

Donations of Work, Paintings, Drawings, Music, Autographs,
Minerals, Botanical Specimens, and other suitable Articles, for-
warded to the ladies holding Stalls, or to the care of Jam as
WADE, Esq.,Grove !louse, Kensington Gore, or to the Secretary,
at the Hospital,will be gratefully acknowledged.
• --••

Admission by tickets, 2s. ad. each, to be obtained at Mr. Mit-
chell's Library, Old liond•etreet; Mr. Sams' Library, St. James's-
street; Messrs. Leader and Cocks, 03, New Bond-street; Mr.
011ivier, 19, Old Bond-street; at the Hospital; or by payment at
the gates.
PHILIP ROSE, Hon. Secretary.
OSBORN P. CROSS, Secretary.
Brompton, June 9,18 M.
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GREECE.

Affairs in Greece seem tending towards quiet and
pacification, the King having yielded at the last
moment to the representations so vigorously urged
and backed of the English and French Ministers.
In the Moniteur we find the following particulars
of his Majesty's surrender. On the 20th ult. the
King invited the Ministers of England and France
to wait on him. His Hellenic Majesty received the
two envoys in the throne-room, and spoke to them
in the following terms

" I declare that i will faithfully observe a strict neutrality
towards Turkey; that I will without any delay take all the
necessary measures to effect it; and that, for this object,
I will call to my counsel new Ministers, who, by their cha-
racter and their intelligence, are the best calculated to
eary this engagement of mine into execution."
Mr. Wyse, as the senior Minister, replied:—

" Sire,—We shall hasten to report to our Governments
the words which your Majesty has just addressed to us,
and we doubt not that, your Majesty giving your support
to the new councillors whom your Majesty has deigned to
call to your aid, we shall no longer have to transmit to our
Courts any information but such as will be very satisfactory
as regards Greece."

King Otho afterwards signed a declaration of strict
neutrality, in the presence of the Ambassadors.
The new Administration was inaugurated on the
2nd mat, It is composed of M. Mavrocordato, Pre-
London, England, 1854-06-10

PLACE IS PLACE FOR

(After BURNS.)
What though all honest men deride
And call us dolts an' a that,
Gie' Tories courage, honour, pride,
We're still in place for a' that,
For a that, an' a' that,

Our ten defeats, an' a' that ;
The man in place, though ne'er so base,
Has got the best for a' that.

Wha bends to a majority
Gies up his place an' a' that;
The Tory slave, we pass him by,
And hand our place for a' that,
For a that, an' a' that,
Deserted bills, an' a that;
• Repute's not worth the penny stamp,
The gowd's the gowd for a' that.

But let us pray that come it may,
As come it will, for a' that,
That those whose sires our fathers led
May lead ourselves for a' that,
For a' that, an' a' that,
Whigs, parvenus, an' a that ;
The taintless flood of Tory blood
Is flowing still for a' that.

KOSSUTH DEPUTATION TO THE PREMIER.
Os Thursday last a deputation from the inhabitants of Sheffield, who
had attended or taken part in the demonstration on the preceding
Monday in honour of the cause of M. Kossuth and revolution, waited,
by appointment, upon the Earl of Aberdeen. The deputation con-
sisted of Messrs. Whittle, Sheers, Gradgrind, Bounderby, Flywheel,
Stubbs, Scraggs, Bumptious, Rivetts, Owlspiggle, Bradds, Bumble,
Jawlingbury, Turnscrew, Wrench, and Cleucher. They were intro-
duced by Lord Dudley Stuart, and were received by Lord Aberdeen
with a courtesy which seemed to excite some surprise among them.
Lord DUDLEY STUART, in a neat, fluent, and epigrammatic speech
of two hours and a quarter, briefly stated the objects of the deputation.
He gave a lucid sketch of the history of Europe from the time of Peter
the Great, and explained the three partitions of Poland, in 1772, 1793,
and 1795, quoting the indignant sentiments of various impassioned
members of the Marylebene vestry on the subject. He referred to
the speech of M. Kossuth on the Monday, and read several columns
of it to the Earl, who, during the process. kept his eyes closed, that
his attention might not be disturbed by surrounding objects. Finally,
he explained to Lord Aberdeen that the Sheffield meeting had been
desirous to impress upon his Lordship that the war with Russia was
not being carried on to their satisfaction.
Lord ABERDEEN said that it gave him unfeigned pleasure to state
that he quite concurred with the views of the deputation so far. The
war was not being carried on to his satisfaction either.
Mr. WHITTLE was happy to hear it. He knew that Lord Aberdeen
was a Liberal Minister and the head of a Liberal Government.
He supported the Coalition Ministry. But he would proceed
to the matter in hand—the war. The Sheffield meeting deeply re-

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