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London, England, 1856-02-23

TURKEY.

Letters from Constantinople to the 11th, state that
the allied Ambassadors were still waiting lot the
official acceptance of their propositions with respect
to the fourth point. The last conference of the
Grand Council was to take place on that day. It is
reported that the Sultan will decree the freedom of
property in this sense—that Christians shall be
empowered to acquire and possess real estate in their
own names.

The question relative to the continued presence of
the allied troops in Turkey, should peace be con-
cluded, will not be decided until that event is defini-
tively settled. The Wurzburg Gazette says
it is certain that the Western powers and Austria are
agreed as to the necessity of a prolonged military occupa-
tion of the Turkisu provinces, without which occupation
the contemplated relorms eaunot be carried into execution.
Austria will consequently keep a gatrison iu the princi-
palities, and the allies will continue to occupy Constanti-
nople, Gallipoli, Adrianople, Varna, Treuizund, and
Erzeroum. Russia will uut take any part in the occu-
pation of the Turkish territory.

An English firm has offered to execute the works
of the Danubian railway. The Porte will receive
tenders till the Ist of April.
London, England, 1856-02-23

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London, England, 1856-02-23

DENMARK.

The inextricable complications presented by the
internal condition of the Danish monarchy, have
ended in the overthrow of the Ministry. The tele-
graph announces that M. Baasloff, the King's
Minister for the Duchy of Schleswig, has tendered
his resignation, and been replaced provisionally by
M. Hall.
London, England, 1856-02-23

PAM UPON SUNDAY.

IT is said that in the course of a little private conversation which the
Archbishop of Canterbury held with the Premier, after the latter had
dismissed the deputation that attended him on the subject of the Sun-
day opening of exhibitions, the Venerable Primate expressed some
little regret that Lord Palmerston appeared to have no very decided
conviction as to the right or wrong of the matter. His Grace even
hinted that a slight study of any Catechism, that of the Church, or the
London, England, 1856-02-23

COMMENCEMENT OF BANKING BUSINESS.

The Directors cf exact
date on which the business will be commenced, in consequence
of the uncertainty always attending the proceedings of the au-
thorities at the Board of Trade. The event, however, is close
at hand, and will be duly announced as soon as it is decided. It
is gratifying to know that no difficulty whatever exists (with the
exception of the usual formalities) to the UNITY BASIC com-
mencing operations in a very few days.

UNITY-GENERAL BONUS TN 1857.
The first bonus of the UNlrr GENERAL will be declared in the
year 1857, therefore all intending assurers desirous of partici-
pating are urged to make their proposals with as little delay as
possible. The prospects of a large division are very good,
arising not only from the great extent of business already
effected, but also from the resuits that may be reasonably ex-
pected from the future.
Applications for form. of Proposals, Prospectuses, Agencies,
and all other information, are requested to be made, either per-
sonally or by letter, to any of the Local Managers or Agents
throughout the country, or to
THOMAS H. BAY LIM, Managing Director.
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Jan. 30, 1858.
London, England, 1856-02-23

SPECIAL NOTICE.

IiENT MUTUAL ASSURANCE
SOCIETIES.
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STREET, LONDON.

The UNITED ANNUAL INCOMES exceed X 27,000, and ALL
PROFITS belong to the Augured.
• LIFE.

The NEXT DIVISION Pnorirs will include Parties assuring
before 24th March next.
The NEW BUSINESS of the last Eight Months exceeds £5,000
in Annual Premiums.

FIRE.
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The ANNUAL INCOME, since last Annual Meeting, has in-
creased beyond .C 5,000.

GEORGE CUMMING, Manager.
N.B. Agents are still wanted for some vacant Localities.

SPECIAL NOTICE.

The Books of the Society close ou Ist March, and Proposals
lodged at the Heed Office, or at any of the Agencies, on or
before that date, will secure the advantage of the present
year's entry, and of One Year's Additional Bonus over later
Proposals.

MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE.
THE WHOLE PROFITS DIVIDED AMONGST THE ASSURED.

TH E SCOTTISH EQUITABLE
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.

Instituted 1831.
Incorporated by Special Act of Parliament.
The Fund accumulated from the Contributions of Members
exceeds NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS.
The Annual Revenue exceeds ONE HUNDRED and SIXTY-
THREE THOUSAND POUNDS.

The Amount of existing Assurances exceeds FOUR MIL-
LIONS and a QUARTER STERLING.
The amount paid to the Representatives of Deceased Members
is upwards of SIX HUNDRED and FIFTY THOUSAND
POUNDS, of which SEVENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND POUNDS
are Bonus additions.

The NEXT D;VISION of PROFITS takes place on the let
of March, 1836, and Policies effected before that date receive
One Year's additional Bonus over those effected after that date.
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Is almost certain we shall have an increase of duty to meet the
expensed of the war.
London, England, 1856-02-23

THE PRESS.

CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
The Annual General Meeting of Proprietors will be held at
the Office of the Society on THURSDAY, the 015 day of March
next, at One o'clock precisely, at which Meeting Six Directois
will be elected.

Any Proprietor desirous of proposing a Candidate for the
Oftlee of Director must send the name or sneh Candidate to the
Secretary at least fourteen days before the day of meeting. The
ballot will commence at Eleven and close at Two o'Clock.
Au Election of an Auditor (on the part of the Assured) will
also take place au WEDS ESDAY, the Zith day of March, between
the hours of Eleven and Two o'Clock.
BONUS.

The Sixth Division of Profits will be made in January, 1F57
Those who complete Policies before the end of June next wil
participate.
GEORGE H. PINCKAItD, Resident Secretary.
99, Great Russell street, Bloomsbury,
London, tub February, 18.7,.6.
London, England, 1856-02-23

SPAIN.

Intelligence from Madrid up to the 18th states
that in the Cortes that day the Minister of Foreign
Affairs, in reply to a question, announced that the
negotiation:, with France about the precise limits of
the frontiers had been brought to a satisfactory con-
clusion. The public sittings of the Committee on the
Tariffs have been brought to a close.
The estrangement between Espartero and
O'Donnell has been happily broken. There was,
however, a sense of great uneasiness in Madrid
generally upon the political state of the country.
London, England, 1856-02-23

RUSSIA.

The question of the abolition of serfdom is exciting
some attention.

The Emperor Alexander has approved the budget
of Maritime Courts. But it is remarked that the
courts established in the Baltic ports, the White
Sea, the Caspian, and the Eastern Ocean, are alone
spoken of. The Maritime Courts of the Black Sea
and the Sea of Azoff are no longer mentioned in the.
budgets. _ _ _

The Northern Bee has a semi-official article on the
benefits a railway system would confer on Russia.
Three lines are specially pointed out. From
Moscow to Odessa, from Moscow to Saratoff, and
from Orel to Vitebsk. The Baltic, Black Sea, and
Caspian would thus be united.
General Prince Gortschakoff has entered on the
exercise of his functions as Viceroy of Poland. A pre-
vious residence of twenty years in Poland as aide-de-
camp to the late Marshal has made him fully ac-
quainted with the country, its wants, and its re-
sources. 7he general is said to be animated with
the best intentions towards Poland, and to have
remarked that there were not any proposed railways
or other undertakings of t eal utility Jur the country
that he should not be happy to approve of and sup-
port.
London, England, 1856-02-23

BIRTHS.

COCHRANE-0n the 15th instant, at Betlwell-park,
Lady Cochrane, of a daughter.
DALRYMPLE—On the lath instant, at Ogmiston-hall, N. 8.,
the Hon. Mrs. Dalrymple, of a son.
GORDON—On the 13th instant, at Aikenhead•house, Lanark-
shire, Lady Isabella Gordon, of a son.
HAMILTON—On the 11th inbuilt, at Hafton-house, Argyle.
shire, the *ion. Mrs. C. Monteith Hatbilton, of a son.
LINCOLN—On the 18th instant, at Riseliohne, Lincoln, the
wife of the Bishop of Lincoln, of a daughter, stillborn.
London, England, 1856-02-23

THE WAR.

LETTERS from the camp, of the 9th, bring but
little intelligence. Fort St. Nicholas bad been
blown up, and most completely destroyed by the
French, on the 4th inst. Fort Alexander was about
to be blown up shortly, and every public building
was to be destroyed as soon as possible.

The Russians still continue to fire from the
northern forts, and from their batteries on the
Tschernaya heights.
The allied guards bad been strengthened in the
town and Karabelnaia suburbs.

Tlfe pr►vate of the 77th, " Day," who murdered
artilleryman Kirkley, had been condemned to death
by sentence of a court-martial.
The weather in camp was wet, severe, and frosty.

Letters from Erzeroum of Jan. 22 announce the
arrival at Trebizond of some 7,000 Egyptian troops,
which, united with the army of Erzeroum, will in-
crease that force to 25,000 men, with 100 guns.
English officers were expected at Erzeroum to super
intend the military dispositions. Some 5,500 redifs
had arrived from Kars. The Russians had left but
a small garrision in the town ; the bulk of their
forces remained in their old camp outside.
At Soukham Kaleh, Omer Pacha's force of 25,000
men was suffering greatly from typhus.
A despatch from Marseilles, on the 19th, stated :
The allies are about to complete the destruction of the
Russian ships sunk in the harbour of Sebastopol.
It is stated that the French artillery has received orders
on the subject.
London, England, 1856-02-23

OFFICIAL DESPATCHES.

Lord Panmure received on the 19th the following
despatch from General Sir William Codrington :
Sebastopol, Feb. 4.
Marshal Pelissier informed me a few days ago that this
day Fort Nicholas would be destroyed, and he sent again
to say that at one o'clock p.m. the mines for this purpose
would be fired.
The view over the whole harbour is well obtained from
the interior slope of the Redan-hill, and from other points
within the Russian lines.

The day was magnificently dear. Every sentry on the
opposite side could be been, every working party watched,
every soldier that was lounging in the sun. Occasional
shot and shell were sent from the enemy to the Karabel-
rtin and the town, bat otherwise nothing disturbed the
nival appearance of quiet, almost of desolation.
On our (the south) bide, we looked down on the large
ruined barracks in front, on the inner creek of the dock-
yard, the quay, and the remains of Fort Paul, the spacious
inlet from the harbour on our left, beyond which stand
the roofless buildings of Sebastopol itself. There also is
the well•remembered long line of pointed arches, the case•
mates of the interior of Fort Nicholas, of which the em•
braanres in double tier pointed to seaward and away from us.
It juts out into the harbour built on an inner tongue of
land, Fort Constantine forming a similar but more out-
ward defence for the sea approach on the north.
The scene and feeling of expectation were of great inte-
rest, for another tangible proof of power and success was
to take place, and 106,000 lbs. of powder were in the
several mines.

At the hour named a burst of smoke, dark and thick,
rolled from our left of the building—it was followed by
another—the heavy sound arrived, the stones were shot
into the air and into the sea, the exp osions of the extreme
right and the centre mingled at little interval into one
drifting cloud, which veiled the destruction below.

The light of the sun played beautifully on the mass of
smoke, of which the lower part lay long and heavily on its
♦ictim. The breeze passing it away over the remains of
the town showed that a low line of ruin was all that re•
mained of the pride of Fort Nicholas, and one standing
menace of the harbour lay buried under its waters.
The state of the docks has been given in detail in my
letters. They are all destroyed, whilst the earth surround-
ing them is shaken into cracks—basin, docks, masses of
broken granite, capstans, gates, beams of iron and of tim-
ber, are tumbled into one mass of destruction.

W. J. CODRINUTON, General Commanding.
London, England, 1856-02-23

MARRIAGES.

BEDINOFELD GORDON—On the :oth instant, at Southsea,
Norman B. Bedingfeld, First Lieut. of the Royal yacht Victoria
mid Albert, to Catherine Caledonia, daughter of Captain Jas.
Gordon, R.N.
SYMONDS--WOLRIGE—On the 16th Instant, at Stonehouse,
Devon, Captain Symonds, R.N., C. 8., to Preatwood Mary,
daughter of the late Captain Thomas Wolnge, R.N.

DEATHS.
BARKER—On the 28th ult., "at Sinope, of cholera, Wm. Burck-
hardt Barker, Esq., Chief Superintendent of the Land Trans-
port Depot at Sinope, aged O.
BAsSANO—On the let instant, at Balaklava, of fever, Bake-
well Bgesano, Esq , Staff Surgeon, aged 82.
BON HAM—On the 18th instant, at Brighton, Colonel Bonham,

aged 411. _
HOLLINGWORTFI— On the icth instant, at the Rectory-
house, Lothbury, the Vet]. John Banks Hollingworth, aged 77.
KERR —ln June last, Henry Ashburton Kerr. son of the late
Lord Hobert Kerr, and commander Df the Nerbudda, which is
supposed to have foundered off the south coast of Africa.
0171BANI7On the 16th instant at Brighton, Sir Benjamin

Foneca Outram, C. 8., Inspector of her Majesty's Hospitals
slid Fleets.
RU:sll—vu the 17th instant, at Yately, Hants, Capts.'.n Rush,

aged 7.1.
SIOUDART—On the 17th instant. in Brompton-aguare, Sir
John Sioddart, formerly Chief Justice of Matta, aged t-3.
TURNER—On the 28th ult., at Cathagena, Spain, charley %Val-
smgloun Turner. Esq., British consul at that city, aged 37.
London, England, 1856-02-23

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London, England, 1856-02-23

NEW MEMBERS.

Mr. BLACK, on Monday, took the oaths and his seat
for Edinburgh. The hon. member was introduced
by Lord Palmerston and Mr. E. Ellice, son.
On Thursday Mr. HARDY took the oaths and his
seat for Leominster, in the place of Mr. Arkwright,
deceased.

The following arrangements have taken place
during the week :
The Charitable Uses Bill passed through commit.
tee, with amendments, on Monday.
The Drainage Advances Acts Amendment Bill was
read a second time, on Monday, after a reply by Nlr.
WILSON to a call for explanation by Colonel DUNNE.

The Turnpike Trusts Arrangement Bill and the
Commons Inclosure Bill were read a second time cn
Monday.
A resolution proposed by Lord F►EDESDALE, in re-
ference to the private business of the house, was
agreed to after a short discussion on Monday.
The Trial of Offenders Bill, the Metropolitan
Police Bill, and the House of Commons Offices Bill,
went through committee on Monday.
The report of the Committee of Supply was brought
up and agreed to, on Monday, after some remarks by
Mr. W. WlLuAms, answered by Mr. Wu.soN.
Leave was given on Tuesday to bring in a Tenant
Compensation Bill (Ireland), and also a bill for the

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further provision for reformatory schools (Scotland).
The Select Committees on Adulterations of Food,
&c., on Civil Service Superannuation, on Silver and
Gold Wares, and on Ecclesiastical Commission, &c.
were nominated on Tuesday. •
The Civil Service Superannuation Bill was read a
second time on Tuesday, and referred to the select
committee appointed to consider the whole subject of
superannuation allowances.
The House of Commons Offices Bill, Metropolitan
Police Bill, and the Vice-President of Committee of
Council on Education Bill, were read a third time on
Tuesday.
In the House of Commons, on Wednesday, the
Episcopal and Capitular Estates Bill was read a
second time, and referred to tLe Select Committee on
the Ecclesiastical Commission.

The Drainage Advances Acts Amendment Bill
passed through committee on Wednesday, after an
explanation of its objects by Mr. WILSON, in reply to
Mr. W. WlLuAzds and Mr. HENLEY.
London, England, 1856-02-23

MADAME JENNY LIND GOLDSCHMIDT'S
CONCERT.

THE concert of this lady at the Hanover-square
Rooms, on Monday, was not less attractive than
those which have been previously given, nor less
brilliantly attended. The band, under the direction
of Mr Benedict, was well organised, and performed
some instrumental pieces with excellent effect. Mr.
Swift, whose voice is better than his style and execu-
tion, sang twice, as did Miss Dolby, and Otto Gold-
schmidt performed with faultless taste a pianoforte
concerto by Mendelssohn, and Thalberg's Taran-
tella." But these contributions were mere make-
weights—or time-gaps rather—to the great attrac-
tion of the concert. Madame Jenny sang five pieces,
and so completely bore off all the honours of the
morning, that the other executants were neglected.
Miss Dolby was correct and pleasing, as she always
is, but seemed tamer than usual in contrast with the
overwhelming energy of Madame Jenny. The fair
Scandinavian was in great force, and on two or

three occasions electrified her audience—not new to
her powers—with an unlooked•for display of her
peculiar genius. We have heard singers with
more perfect taste, with higher cultivation, with more
certain and accurate expression ; but combining her
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and quality of her organ, with her irrepressible an#
almost ecstatic bursts of energy, an d with her splen-
did capability of dramatic effect, she stands unrivalled
among modern vocalists. Not Malibran herself had
more genius and enthusiasm. Her first piece on
Monday was the " Non mi dir" from Don Giovanni,
somewhat coldly rendered, but the "Quaint() Lasciai "
from Robert le Diable was given in her most effective
manner. It was the capital piece of the concert, the
feeling of the vocalist imparting new alums of
sentiment and expression to the inspiration of the
composer. She sang with Frederick Lublache the
well•known duet from ltossini's Turco in Italia, and
with Miss Dolby Meyerbeer's duet "La lfere
Grande," displaying in both pieces her accustomed
vivacity. Mr. Benedict's song of "My heart," we did
not think peculiarly suited to her, nor very remark-
able in itself. But the Delectulian melody, which
closed her part of the performance, was one of her
most brilliant triumphs. It took her audience by
storm. Accompanying herself on the piano, she
seemed for the time the impersonation ot the most
animated, joyous, dashing, reckless, melody ot her
native land. The acting was exquisite. No greater
effect was ever produced on the stage, with all its
appliances, than Madame Jenny achieved in the
orchestra by her performance of this exhilarating
London, England, 1856-02-23

AMERICA.

Advices to the Bth inst. were received on Monday.
The election of a Speaker had been completed, the
plurality of votes being at length allowed, and Mr.
Banks was returned. The Central American question
was still under discussion, Mr. Foote the last
Speaker, maintaining the rights of the States, and
advocating a war if England refused to yield her
pretensions.
Mr. Dallas had been officially appointed as Repre.
sentative to the Court of London.
London, England, 1856-02-23

NATIONAL EDUCATION.

Lord J. RUSSELL, on Thursday, gave notice that on
that day fortnight he would move a resolution on the
subject of national education in England and Wales,
(Hear, hear.)
Mr. HEYWOOD announced that, on the 6th of
March, he would move an address to the Crown,
praying that her Majesty woul'l withhold Ler appro-
bation from certain regulations and ordinances lately
sanctioned by the Oxford Commissioners for the
amendment of the statutes of Exeter, Lincoln, and
Corpus Christi Colleges, such regulations and ordi-
nances being inconsistent with the spirit of the act
of 1854 for the good government of the University of
Oxford.
London, England, 1856-02-23

WYCOMBE RAILWAY.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the next GENERA!.
MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of this Company will be
held, pursuant to the Act of Parliament, at the Great Western
Railway Hotel, Paddington, on WEDNESDAY, the 27th day of
February instant, at Eleven o'clock in the furenoon precisely,
for the purpose of transacting the ordinary business of the
Company ; and the Books kept by the Company fur the regis-
tration of the transfer of Shares will be closed from the IGth of
February instant until after the Meeting.
By order,
W. W. WILSON, Secretary.
OMces of the Company, 3, Park-street, Westminster,
February Gth, 1856.
London, England, 1856-04-26

A Book of Amusement and Information for ,
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11HE BRIDLE ROADS OF SPAIN.
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London, England, 1856-04-26

SPAIN.

The budgets of 1836 and of the first six months of
185. have appeared in the Gazette. The expenses
are estimated at 2,198,517,280 reals, and the receipts
at 2,202,591,988 reals.
_

A royal decree authorises the issue of Exchequer
Bills to the value of thirty millions of reals.

The disarming of the national militia at Valencia
has been effected quietly. Fifteen hundred muskets
were obtained.
AMERICA.

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By the mail ateamship Atlantic we have intelli-
gence from New York to the 12th inst.

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The Senate has been occupied with the resumed
debate on the motion to print the memorial of the
members of the Free State Legislature of Kansas.
The proceedings in the House of Representatives
are of an entirely local character.
The New York Herald in a " common-sense solution
of the Central American question," proposes that
with respect to the British pretensions on the Mos-
quito shore, Nicaragua should pay ten dollars a month
tribute, and make San Juan a free port ; that as
regards Belize there is no American objection to its
permanent possession by the British ; and that on the
point of the occupation and colonisation of the Bay
Islands both America and England must renounce
all claims, when the whole question will be perma
nently and satisfactorily disposed of.
Dates from Vera Cruz to the 26th March announce
the entire submission of the revolutionists to
Comonfort.
London, England, 1856-04-26

6zoxt intb lastrion.

Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by Prince
Albert, and the elder members of the Royal Family
and suite, left town on Wednesday morning at half-
past eight, to inspect the fleet at Spithead. Her
Majesty returned to town by eight o'clock the !mine
evening.
Mer Majesty on Thursday visited the Society of
Painters in Water Colours.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert on Monday in-
spected the Camp at Colchester.
The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary
visited the Queen on Thursday at Buckingham
Palace.

Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
and the Royal Family, will leave Buckingham Palace
on the 10th of May, to spend between two and three
weeks in the Isle of 'Wight, after which the Court
will return to Buckingham Palace, to keep her Ma-
jesty's birthday there on the 20th, and also to be in
town at the celebration of peace.
The Court will afterwards remain at Buckingham

Palace until the first week in June, when her Ma•
jesty will go to Windsor, to dispense her hospitality
to the numerous and distinguished company who
will receive invitations to the Castle during the
Ascot race week.

His Excellency the Prussian Minister and the
Countess Bernstorff have returned to Carlton House-
terrace from Torquay.
His Excellency M. Tricoupi, the Greek Minister,
has returned from Paris to his residence in Portland-
place.
Lady Adelaide de Trafford and Mr. John Ran-
dolphus de Trafford have arrived at the Clarendon
from Hastings.
Sir Francis and Lady Scott have arrived in town
for the season.

His Grace the Archbishop cf York is at the present
time seriously indisposed at his residence in town.
The double marriage of the Lady Elizabeth Hay
to Sir Frederick Arthur, Bart., and of her sister, the
Lady Augusta Hay, to the Hon. John Twisleton
Fiennes, eldest son of the Lord Saye and 3ele, took
place on Thursday, at St. Georges, Hanover-square.
London, England, 1856-04-26

NEW PUBLICATIONS.

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Mr. Otw.►Y intimated that on the 20th of May he should
call attention to the report of the Commissioners on Tor.
tore in India, and submit a series of resolutions founded
thereon.

COUNTY COURTS.

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Chancellor to proceed with the bill which he had intro-
duced into the other house with respect to County Courts,
but it was impossible to say whether it would be passed
daring the present session.
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THE PEACE FIREWORKS.

In the Commons, on Monday, several questions
were addressed to the Government by Lord John
Manners, Colonel Knox, Mr. Duncombe, and Mr.
Brady, with reference to the display of fireworks in
the parks. The sum total of the replies of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir G. Grey, and Mr.
Monsell amounted to this,—that they had been
guided by precedent, that the cost of the fireworks
would not exceed 8,000/., and that they did not think
it necessary to submit previously to the house a
formal estimate for the outlay.
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THE PRESS.

to that noble declamation, that intellectual interpre-
tation, that wonderful appreciation of word-painting
which makes the hearers absolutely forget how little
nature has been bountiful to the gifted artist. The
vocalisation of Viardot will always be a marvel, for
it is impossible to assign the causes of the elec-
trical effects which exercise such a sway over
the minds of the masses. The Morning and Even-
ing Prayers were more declaimed than sung—more
recited than vocalised; but the profound silence---
here and there irresistibly broken by prolonged
plaudits—testified the intense interest of the crowded
hall. Viardot achieved one of her greatest triumphs.
If in Fides, on the first night in Paris, she proved
herself to be one of the most dramatic of singers,
last evening she equally demonstrated that she in
one of the most finished exponents of the sacred
school. If anything could have added to the excite-
ment, it would have been the execution of the so-
prano part of Hannah by Mme. Novello, for the
first time, although it was written for her originally.
Her bravura air was redemanded ; but it was more
remarkable for the power of her organ than for neat-
ness in the delivery of the florid dtvisions. Formes
resumed the music of Eli, and Sims Reeves the tenor
portion. The German basso is improving, but he
has not yet mastered his music. There are such fine
points about his singing that it is a matter of regret
he does not acquire more style and refinement. The
oratorio was finely executed in the choral and
orchestral departments ; it evidently gains on every
rehearing.
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ERSKINE—On the 16th instant, at Turin, the lion. Mrs.
Edward Erskine, of a daughter.
TANCH ED—On the 21st instant, at Tillington, near Petwortb,
Lady Tancred, of a son.
THYNNE—On the 21st instant at Harefield, near Southampton
Lady Edward Thyme, of a son, stillborn.
NARR.I.A.GES.
LYALL—GRANT— On the 19th instant, at Christ Church, Bt.
Pancras, the Rev. W. H. I,yall, M.A., son of the late George
Ilan, Esq., formerly M.P. for London, to Susan Henrietta
Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Teasell Grant, Esq., of
Chester-terrace, Regent's-park.
PRIESTLEY—CHAMBERS—On the 17th Instant, at Edin-
burgh, Wm. Overend Priestley, Esq., M.D., to Eliza, daughter
of Robert Chambers, Esq.
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SEBASTOPOL OF '56.

The Sebastopol of 1850 offers a fins subject for
an epic, but, from all accounts, stands a good
chance of being more rapidly rebuilt than it was
knocked down :
Sebastopol proper, with some few isolated exceptions,
might be knocked down with a pick and carted away as
rubbish. The walls, which look firm at a distance, are
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It is perfectly clear that Lord PALMERSTON'S
Administration does not possess the confi-
dence of Parliament. Its position is not only
damaging to its members, but injurious to
our constitutional system. It fails to com-
mand support at home or respect abroad. The
whole nation languishes under its rule. The
House of Commons is a theatre of anarchical
conflict, in which, all settled principles of go-
vernment being overthrown or in abeyance,
the most opposite opinions fight for mastery,
and, through the weakness of the Executive,
are enabled to gain the ascendancy by turns.
One day a bill is carried for weakening the
Protestant securities of the realm, and for ad-
mitting Jews to Parliament, and another day
a resolution is affirmed for depriving May-
nooth of its annual grant.
Can it be possible that the House of Com-
mons, composed of practical and thoughtful
men, eminently interested in the permanent
welfare of their country, should be ignorant of
the necessity there is for the existence of a
Government equal to the conduct of the busi-
ness of the ration, and of proper administra-
tive duties? Whatever value may be attached
to other objects, this object is of such vital
and supreme importance that all others must
yield to it. The political machinery, how ad-
mirable soever for otheripurposes, which fails
to afford an efficient Government, does not
fulfil its first end.
The House of Commons is, at this time,
called on in an especial manner to consider its
position, for it is escaping from all the re-
straints which are necessary to unity and
strength of action. It must decide upon some
broad and intelligible course of procedure, or
it must submit to be branded as factious and
incapable. It must confine itself within defi-
nite limits—it must range itself under distinct
banners,—in other words, it must reconstruct
the bonds of party allegiance—or it must lose
all power, become a mere obstructive body,
and virtually dissolve itself before the fiat
issues which puts a period to its existence.
The cause of this anarchy cannot be mis-
taken. The dominant party in the House sub-
mits to the rule of a Ministry which it dis-
trusts and despises. The Liberal party, to
keep together its connection, sacrifices its
principles. So strange a spectacle was never
witnessed in a free country before. An Ad-
ministration, with ultra-oligarchic notions,
pretends to rule by aid of a party with ultra-
democratic views. Lord PALNIERSTON and Sir
G. GREY receive the support of such politi-
cians as Sir JOSHUA WALMSLEY and Mr. COB-
DEN : Mr. 'VERNON SMITH is the representative
of Mr. OrwAv and Sir E. PERRY ; and Mr.
FREDERICK PEEL looks confidently to the
benches on his right for the support of Mr.
ROEBUCK, Mr. LAYARD, and Mr. LAING. If this
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THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. PANIZZI.

On Monday, on the house going into Committee of
Supply, and a vote of 60,0001. for the British Museum
being proposed,
Mr. MONCKTON MILNES observed that the late
appointment of Mr. Panizzi was not a judicious
one. That gentleman was a foreigner, and his
selection was a slight to our own literary men. He
(Mr. Milnes) felt every desire to promote the vies
of foreigners who had taken refuge in England; but
this could not reconcile him to the appointment a
Mr. Panizzi, instead of a distinguished literary man
of our own country, to the post of librarian. He
regarded the selection of Mr. Panizzi as an evidence
that the government of the Museum was not satis-
factorily administered.
The SPEAKER defended the selection of Jr.
Panizzi. The circumstance of his being a fo-
reigner could be no disqualification. Of five gentle-
men who had held the office of chief librarian
previous to Mr. Panizzi's appointment, two were
foreigners. With regard to the question of patronage,
he (the Speaker) was quite ready to say for his two
colleagues (the Archbishop of Canterbury and the
Lord Chancellor) and himself, that they had no ob-
jections whatever to be relieved of it, but as long as
it was continued in their hands it would be exer-
cised for the benefit of the institution.

Mr. IAYARD defended the appointment of Mr.
Panizzi, but urged that some reform was required in
the government of the Museum.
Mr. DISRAELI defended Mr. Panizzi against what
he designated as a personal attack upon him by
Mr. Milnes, who had not, however, he observed,
alleged a single objection to his selection except that
he was a foreigner. In his (Mr. Disraeli's) opinion
if the trustees had not appointed Mr. Panizzi to
the post, they would have acted with great injustice
and offered discouragement to meritorious public
servants. _

Lord J. RUSSELL expressed surprise that Mr. Milner
should have shown so little liberality as to consider a
person, whose talents he had admitted, disqualified
for this post because he was born out of England.
Mr. MILNES reiterated his opinion, that tnis par-
ticular office should have been conferred upon a dis-
tinguished literary Englishman.
The vote was then agreed to.
BIBLICAL. REVISION.

Mr. HEYWOOD, on Thursday, gave notice that on
the 20th of May he would move an humble address
to the Crown, praying for a Royal Commission to
inquire into tho state of the authorised version of tne
Bible, and to prepare a plan for the revision of that
ancient translation.

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THE AMERICAN QUESTION.

Lord PALMERSTON brought up, by command of her
Majesty, some correspondence respecting Central
America, and it was ordered to be laid upon the
t tble.
Mr. BAILLIE asked when the papers relating to
the enlistment question would be ready ?
Lord PALMERSTON was not able to state the exact
day. His noble friend (the Earl of Clarendon) had
not returned to this country so early as he had ex-
pected; but the papers would be laid on the table as
speedily as possible.
Sir E. B. LYTTON said he would take an early op-
portunity of stating the terms of his motion on the
subject of Central America.
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THE NAVAL REVIEW.

A GRAND NATAL REVIEW opened the war in '54, and
a similar ceremony, with a little more steam power and
a little less enthusiasm, has concluded it in '5B. The
fleet reviewed on Wednesday was incontestably the
most magnificent ever inspected by a sovereign since
the Armada. The line-of battle ships, screw frigates,
and paddle-wheel steamers, with four floating batte-
ries, lay in two columns abreast, four cables lengths
wide, off Southsea Castle, while away to the west
ward four squadrons of gun-boats and mortar vessels
were anchored in line. The force and horse power
of this fleet may be summed up as consisting of :
Ships. Guns. Tons. Horse•pow. Crews.
Starboard division.. 2$ .. 1,332 .. 38,079 .. 10,300 .. 14,350
Port `• 97 .. 1,062 .. 51,731 .. 11,000 .. 12,210
Gun•boats:—
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Whits squadron 46 .. 188 .. 3,900 .. 1,960
Red " 46 .. 188 3,900 .. 1,960
Blue " 44 .. 180 3,780 .. 1,880
Light " .. 82 840 .. 810
Mortar-boats - • •

Total 240 3,172 33.720 32,870
Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by Prince
Albert, the Duke of Cambridge, Prince Edward of
Saxe Weimar, and the elder children of her royal
family, arrived at Gosport shortly before twelve, and
embarking on board the royal yacht, attended by
Admiral Lyons, Admiral Parker, Admiral de la Gra-
viere of the French navy, and her suite, and followed
by the Fairy and Elfin tenders with the members of
the Court, amid the thunders of the battery guns,
steamed out of the harbour at twelve o'clock, and, on
reaching the Spit Buoy, was saluted by the 1,000
EMS of the entire fleet.