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THE PRESS.

thirty-three years and three-tenths ; and this was still in•
creasing each year ! The proportion of married men was
below the average of the district, being only sixty-eight and
two•tenths per cent. Yet, from Mr. Ratcliffe's calculation
from the average experience of the city districts of the
Manchester Unity, this fund could only pay 7s. 11. in the
pound on its liabilities ! ! That is to say, the lodge ought
to have been in possession of upwards of 2,1001. to enable
it, with the existing rate of contribution, to meet the
whole of the future liabilities of the present subscribers !!
Those clubs with older members, and a proportionately
less reserved fund, may imagine the precarious position iu
which they stand !!

Hence innumerable failures, imputations of
foul play, waste of funds, and incalculable
suffering to individuals. Where is the remedy
to be found ? A detailed statement of pre-
cautions advisable is here impossible ; but
one or two may be hinted at.
1. The rates of contribution ought to be
framed on the best tables accessible : these
tables should be reprinted, and the public
made familiar with them. They furnish the
sole security against either wilful or careless
error, leading to bankruptcy.
2. The rates of, payment ought to be
graduated according to the ages of parties
entering. At present they are equal for all
ages, in most cases ; and thus members who
enteryoung are cheated, while those who come
in at a later period of life ge6 more than
their due.

3. Small societies should either dissolve or
be amalgamated with others. They are open
to two objections. First, the expenses of
management are proportionably greater;
which creates needless loss. Secondly—and
this is the main point—they are exposed to
fluctuations from which more extensive asso-
ciations are free. A few words will make this
clear The duration of a single life is, of
course, utterly incalculable beforehand. The
duration of ten lives collectively may vary to
a considerable extent. The duration of a
thousand lives is in comparison certain. And
the collective length of a million lives, in the
same class anti locality, and exposed to the
same influenees, is, for all purposes of calcula- '
tion, a fixed quantity. Hence the smaller the
society the greater becomes the inevitable
fluctuation , while in proportion to its increase
of members is the certainty of its life
estimate.

4. A periodical balance of accounts is in-
dispensable in common prudence. If the
capital gained exceed considerably the cal-
culated expenditure, a bonus may be declared ;
if it fall short, a levy should be made on all
the members, to check in its beginning a
deficiency which may otherwise become
dangerous.
These suggestions we offer in all confidence:
whether their adoption should be left optional,
or enforced by law, is a question on which we
do not touch.
London, England, 1854-01-28

WRECK OF AN AMERICAN STEAMER.

A DISASTROUS wreck, accompanied by the loss of a
splendid steamer, and from 200 to :100 persons, bad
excited much sympathy in New York when the last
mail was despatched. The vessel was the San Fran •
cisco, a new steamer, chartered by the United States
Government to convey troops to California. She sailed
from New York on Dec. 21st, with eight companies of
artillerymen on board, and was seen five days after-
wards in a completely disabled condition by the
Maria Freeman, but that vessel could not render
any assistance, as the San Francisco drifted out of
sight during a heavy gale. Upon receipt of this
news at Washington the Secretary of the Navy was
applied to for aid ; but there was not a Govern-
ment vessel in any port fit for immediate service.
The Secretary-at• War then ordered a merchant
steamer to be chartered at once to go in search of the
wreck. Several revenue cutters were also despatched
on the same errand. Before any of these vessels
could ftilill their mission the San Francisco had dis-
appeared ; but fortunately three passing ships, one of
which was British, had previously fallen in with the
still floating wreck and rescued all the survivors
among the passengers and crew. The following
narrative of the disaster has been drawn up from
their information :

"The Government of the United States chartered the
San Francisco to convey eight companies of artillery to
California, where they were intended to be stationed.
Those companies consisted, including officer', of 514
man, with whom there were about 200 women and chil-
dren, making, with the crew of the steamer, altogether
about 750 persona. The an b'rancisco sailed on the 21st
of December, and enjoyed favourable weather at the com-
mencement of the voyage ; but, during a severe gale which
she encountered on the 23rd, the piston of the pump broke,
and the engines were disabled. The next day the upper
saloon, promenade-deck, and about fifty feet of sparokiii
were carried away, and an the ship's boats were swept
immediately after. The vessel had also sprung a lOW,
and the utmost =Mims of all beads on board were mos&
sexy to keep her afloat. This state of things eantanniti up
tv the Roth, when t barcittc Kilby, from New Orlesum to
London, England, 1854-01-28

WHO FITTED THE FLEET?

THE Times of Wednesday last asserts in a
leading article that " the great ability and
" assiduity which have been devoted by the
" present Admiralty Board to the organisation of
" that department have placed at our disposal,
" for the humiliation of Russia, a fleet such
" as no civilised nation in the world has ever
" possessed." This assertion is so notoriously
opposed to facts as scarcely to need refuta-
tion, were it not a repetition of a similar state-
ment which had previously appeared in the
same journal on the Bth inst. Our contem-
porary on that occasion entered into details
of the condition of the navy, and after giving
a formidable list of line-of-battle ships, poµ•er-
ful frigates, and others of either class now
building or afloat, concluded:—" This result.
" is already creditable to the Admiralty, and
" it has been accomplished within the last
=few
" months, on what is still a peace establish-
" ment." This statement, reiterated by the
Times, imposes upon us the duty of referring
to what has previously appeared in our own
columns. In our impression of July 9we
remarked upon the very unsatifactory state
in which the defences of our ports were f►►und,
when the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND and the
late Board of Admiralty entered upon their
duties, and we published a tabul►rr account
showing the number of ships, guns, and
men on the home station, when the Duke
assumed and when he retired from the
Admiralty, viz.:—

_
Ships. Guns. Men.
March 1, 1852 .... 43 .. 1,2/4.1 .. 11,041
January 1, 1853 .. 47 .. 2,141 .. 15,025

In that number we did not enumerate tho
screw-ships of the line built, or in part built,
or altered, for the reception of the screw
during the same period. Since, however, the
Ministerial organ includes the whole naval
force as " a result accomplished within the last
fern months," we are compelled to publish the
following list of screw line-of-battle ships that
were in commission, and of sailing-vessels
ordered to be adapted to the screw, and also
of vessels building designed for the screw in
October, 1852:

Ships. Horsepower.
St. Jean &Acre

James Watt
Agamemnon
Sans Pareil
Duke of Wellington
Royal Albert
Hannibal
Algiers
Princess Royal
Exmouth 9O
Caw
Cressy
Majestic
Royal George
Nile

. . .. 400
.. .. 400
.. .. 44X)
400
.. .. 400
.. . . WO

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93

Count Orloff, Russian Fives have rallied to 1(r) 6,
and the Four-and-a-Half per Cents to 89 90.
We understand the Russian consul has gone to
Amsterdam to endeavour to raise a loan. The
English market, however, would not take any more
Russian stock until peace was secured.
Spanish Bonds have been as low as 18 for the
Three per Cents. Deferred, and have since rallied to
191. The political state of Spain, however, excites
great anxiety.
Peruvian Bonds remain very steady. A ♦ery ad-
vantageous arrangement might be effected as regards
both bondholders anti the agricultural interest, if tho
British Government would so fur protect the bond -
holders as to use its good offices for an increase of
the sinking fund so as to extinguish the debt in
eight years, and be a party to a treaty binding the
Peruvian Government, before it receives any money
from other States for guano, to send hither a sufficient
quantity for this purpose annually.
Such an arrangement would secure, Ist, the ex-
tinction of the Peruvian debt; 2nd, an ample supply
of guano ; 3rd, it would allow the Peruvian " home-
converted" debt to be quoted in the English market ;
for the larger the debt the larger would be the supply
of guano.

RAILWAYS.

Railway shares are remarkably firm: they halt c
been affected with Consols, but the tone 431' Ow market
is very buoyant.
London, England, 1854-01-28

TO ADVERTISERS.

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for which we have hitherto charged Five; and Adver-
Gem generally will receive the full benefit of the change
in the law.

TUX MANCHH•TES SCHOOL ♦ND THE STRIXES.—We have
recei►ed a letter, signed " Tuebov," the length of which
alone prevents its insertion, in reference to an article
that appeared under the above title in the last number
of the Paces. That article, our con•espondent says,
conveys an erroneous impression of Mr. Aspinall Tur-
ner's opinions, which, though scarcely Conservative, are
certainly not to be confounded with those of Metiers.
Cobden and Bright. The tone of the letter is highly,
and doubtless deservedly, eulogistic of Mr. Turner.
" Tuebor's " object will probably be accomplished by
this statement.

Is is impossible to acknowledge the mass of letters we receive.
Their insertion is often delayed, owing to a press of matter ;
mid when omitted, it is freonently from reasons quite inde-
pendent of the merits of die communication.
We cannot undertake to return communications of which we do
not avail ourselves.
feramunieatimis 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 and address of the writer, not necessarily for publics-
ion, but as a guarantee of his good faith.
London, England, 1854-01-28

PERSIA.

A copy of the Persian Court and State Gazette,
published at Teheran, has been received at Con-
stantinople. It contains the announcement that the
Shah, having regard to the warlike operations which
were taking place in neighbouring states, had seen fit
to order the formation of a corps d'arnde to be sta-
tioned at the frontier.
....

The Independance of Brussels publishes a tele-
graphic despatch from Trieste, founded on intelli-
gence brought by the overland Indian mail, in which
it is said that the Persian port of Bushire is blockaded
by a British corvette, and that a schooner and war-
steamer have also been sent into the Persian Gulf.

UNITED STATES.
Two steamers, the Africa and the Alps, have
arrived from New York during the week. The
latest dates are of the 14th inst. There had been
another large fire in New York, the Laffarge-hoase
and Metropolitan hall having been entirely destroyed
on the morning of the Bth inst. The loss was esti-
mated at 500,0001. The Laffargo was a new hotel,
one of the finest in the city.
A very destructive fire occurred at Portland, Maine,
on the 7th inst. The custom-house building was en-
tirely destroyed, together with the contents of the.
post-office, the United States court-rooms, the So
ciety of Natural History, and various libraries and
other valuable establishments. The loss amounts to
half a million of dollars, most of which falls upon
Government.

A large number of wooden buildings, occupied
as stores and shops of different kinds, together with
the First Presbyterian Church, were destroyed by
fire at Detroit on the 10th. The loss about 35,000
dollars.

In addition to these disasters by land, a melan-
choly series of shipwrecks are reported to have
occurred on the coast. The ship Three Bells had
arrived at New York with 230 of the survivors from
the wrecked steam-ship San Francisco.
Intelligence had been received in San Francisco
on Dec. 13, that a number of foragers had been
attacked by a party of Rancheros from San Thomas,
and, after a slight skirmish, the Americans were
forced to retreat, leaving about twenty of their num-
ber dead upon the field. 300 men had been des-
patched from San Francisco in pursuit of the
assailants, each armed with a rifle, two revolvers,
and a bowie-knife.

The commercial accounts from San Francisco
were rather unsatisfactory, the continued heavy im••
portations of goods 'and limited demand from the
interior having caused dulness in every department
of trade.
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MOVER OF THE ADDRESS.

LORD CASTLEROSPE, according to the Coalition jour
nals, has been selected for moving the address in
the House of Commons. As the title has not been
heard of for a long time, some of onr readers may
require to be told that the Noble Lord is a Roman
Catholic nobleman, member for the county of Kerry,
and heir to the earldom of Kenmare. Recollecting
the debt of obligation due from the Coalition to the
Irish Roman Catholic members, we are not surprised
at Lord ABERDEEN inviting the noble member for
Kerry to discharge the functions assigned to him.
The selection is significant of past favours, and is
possibly symbolical of future policy. We do not at
present recollect any previous instance of a Roman
Catholic member being called on to move the address.

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THE PRESS.

IRELUTD was also visited yesterday week by a
thunderstorm, which committed serious damage in
the neighbourhood of Ballinrobe, county Mari.
Colonel Knox's two sons had a providential escape,
the horse having been killed under the jaunting-car
in which they were seated, and the Bernet throws
of quite stunned by tte shock. Derr the spot four
sheep belonging to Courtney Kenny, Esq., were
killed, some walls and a house thrown down, and in
the demesne of Creagh, Mr. Cuff's, several beautiful
trees were destroyed. Geoffrey Martin, Esq, of
Curramore, also lost some sheep. A great sheet of
fire was seen to rest over Lough Mask previous to
the explosion, by which the waters were greatly
agitated.

A PRIVATE Sum as in the 50th Regiment has given
serious trouble to the authorities of Plymouth, by
making the confession of a murder which he states
himself to have committed. His story war exceed-
ingly circumstantial, and he has accordingly been kept
in custody until it could be investigated. Meanwhile
constant amirelies have been made in time localities
he deeeribed for the body of his alleged victims,
woman with whom he cohabited. Last week the
prisoner, whose name is M'Donnell, led a large party
of police sad soldiers 'Ton a most wearisome ex-
ploring tour, in whieh they traversed many miles of
marsh and furze-covered land, but without making
any discovery. It is now supposed that his whole
story is a stupid hoax.
A SHAM NOBLEMAN has been victimising tie inn-
keepers and tradesmen of Brighton and other watering
places, by assuming the title of Baron Muncaster
His frauds have been extensive, in the way of articles
obtained and bills rem up at hotels, with some oeca-
sional items in the shape of borrowed money. Of
coarse he lived in the best style, giving orders freely,
hiring horses and carriages, and sporting Iris fictitious
title on all °cessions. At length Iris career has been
eut short, and the baron, whose real name is Thomas
Pennington, stands committed for trial, after under-
going examination before the Brighton magistrates.
Wit-ttAm Cruititio convicted of wife-murder five
weeks ago, wail executed at Edinburgh on Wednes-
day morning, at eight o'clock.
London, England, 1854-01-28

. _
JANUARY 28, 1854.
Mr. COBDEN : You kee
-ord with yot
out leaving v" a
Nlinisrt do the same
9
M.BRIGHT : You hat
usually do. Aberdeen was
why Palmerston had govt
ever so solemnly told am
make Palmerston confirm
Mr. W. J. Fox : If a 1
hishc2e's business, I would
Mr. BRIGHT : We sht
soualities, as you all know
not be sifted to the bottom
allusion to the matter whi(
Mr. COBDEN: We shall
hold our tongues.
Mr. BRIGHT : That's as
Mr. W. J. Fox : I also
and illogical; but I deem i
a person of the name of F.
I am informed so by a fries
the party can think over hi
Mr. COBDEN : An ungi
for him—or at least promi
telling the truth.
Mr. BRIGHT: A meann
rants are seldom guilty. `A
for you. I like to defen(
friends of ours who sit tx
deal of defending this Bess
Mr. COBDEN : As afore
somehow. Because it's di
with the Coalition.
Mr. BRIGHT : What a s,
that the more people are
them. And so, like good
Mr. Gissots : And whim
Mr. BRIGHT : No, HO!
it is in the way of some of
Mr. GIBSON : But I car
about the Reform Bill. I
Mr. COBDEN: You will
what we want, but there ms
On the other hand, the bill
and yet there may be reaso
may not be driven to either
is, that the League supp
Russia and will not go t
John Russell because he c
comes, I think it probable 1
our votes into the other. l
Mr. GIBSON : Not exact
Mr. COBDEN : Very well
SKETCHE
14. THE RA.
IT is now time to be bringi:
begin to be bored by the
glance, then, at their folio
devices. As to converting
philosophical Republicans
least, will listen to argumen
in that direction. For the
affair of the intellect as of
never have a system, you m•
feeling (sometimes generous
lively sense of the materi
anomalous position of old
rest is antagonism and ha
been hostile to kings and ar
able than those which ma
Mayhew) hostile on system
personal feeling—the carryi:
public affairs, and calling it
he is Potts—and there's an
The Christians when th
Romans; Knox and his fr
the Scottish Churchmen.
who pretends that the Rad.
hours ? Is it their morals, t
are to save from the persecu
sympathy that I listen to
personal friends of Doll Tea
transcendent, then 9 The d•
fine fellow makes a hit in
ence between a cockatoo and
and writing, I have known a
cultivate these arts, instead
would have demolished Cod
Walter Scott was of opini(
Buchan, was his equal in nal
an income which, though lud
to keep him in boiled muttox
wider an ambassador of ix
London, England, 1854-01-28

•
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No. 39.—VoL. 11. LOND
gly ptss.
LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1854.
"PRESS" OFFICE.
Friday Night, Jan. 27.
THE purport of the despatches recently
brought by a Cabinet courier from St.
Petersburg, to the Russian Ministers at the
Courts of St. James' and the Tuileries, has
very imperfectly transpired, and has, conse-
quently, been incorrectly represented.
We believe we are justified in stating
that by these despatches, respectively ad-
dressed to Messrs. de BRUNOW and de
KISSELEFF, the Emperor directs those
Ministers to demand from the Governments
of England and France a categorical reply
to the following question :—WHETHER, OR
NO, IT IS THEIR INTENTION TO IMPOSE UPON
TURKEY, IN THE BLACK SEA, TILE SAME DE
FACTO ARMISTICE WHICH THEY HAVE JUST
REQUIRED SHALL BE OBSERVED ON HIS PART
If the answer be in the AFFIRMATIVE, the
Ministers are to remain at their posts until
they receive fresh instructions ; if in the
NEGATIVE, they are ordered to demand their
passports, and immediately depart.
By friends and foes, but chiefly by means
of friends—by the obtrusive vociferousness of
those who sustain the present Cabinet as a
bridge to their designs, the position of her
Majesty's Ministers is made so manifest as
scarcely to require even our own brief com-
mentary.
No sooner had they supplanted their pre-
decessors in office than two leading members
who represented the chief of the discordant
elements which make up the Cabinet, the
same who had planned its composition and
construction, made a sort of sponsorial state-
ment in its behalf. If that statement was not
definite its leaning was obvious, and it was
meant to receive a definite interpretation
from the public. The recent elections had
shown in the main a Conservative inclination
in the electors of Great Britain, and therefore
the " Conservative " character of the Adminis-
tration was dwelt on as a plea to deprecate
hostility. This Conservative plea was
all the more impressive on the part of a
Ministry who at that time, at all events, had
rouchsafed no other pledge as to the character
of their designs.
At length, as we said, their position has
become manifest. We do not allude to " the
large measure. We need not recur to the
•
!?niluet of some of the Ministers in respect of
e Gloucestershire election. We may avert
London, England, 1854-01-28

SATURDAY
..,.._i

COUNCIL.

SATURDAY
Vang Or 4
habelerri tiSgr
e:erielgheieW
better
rat
UNCIL.
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t
w
ow how it is, but the
)om.
was in Your taste--..
,emocratic grog. yih,
. (Great laughter.) "
I should not hesitate
iy country
ntence). Of course
—externals are every.
By the way, you
you turn your collar
nouns are worse.
an who commits one
your fashionable doe-
a speech—when you
['he meeting went off
.esent. I hope those
ches correctly.
to praise a lord ; but
, though it's all right,
It is quite clear that
it stand up for Aber-
rked up into a belief
iless of the honour. as
wises which we have
last, I take it, which
write to your friends.
vas going to interrupt
one sick to see such
tre manifesting about
afraid of a stand-up
aeli is going to give it
ing, and calling him
.n't they brave it out?
was not to be talked
Nobody likes calling
it. Get on with your
going to make Gibson
tly people whom the
tim and his policy are
r praises do him?
do him good ? You
good, or to annoy a
country.
tding Aberdeen do us,
,et us change the sub-
we will not formally
n't well tell what we
oy don't know ?
to wait and see what
tbject ?
would have presumed
heads of it before the
, sir.
inclined to be treated
en, and my value on
-ourselves. I redeem
Stand up for yourself
a peer, you know, 1
contradict you, bang,
not a peer yet, and its
to the peerage this
a it good?
Ties notions of good.
should tell oue of the
id the bringing it in'
?
I can understand this
uch ? (Holds hit tides
meanP a lm
to
or s
st oa ny hasthat
yn
eo
ut
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GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY—Notice is
hereby gtven, that ow Wednesday, Ist February, the follow-
ing alteratious of traius will take place :

DOWN TRAINS.
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at 6 a.m., and will be accelerated so as to reach Sheffield at 9.10,
Manchester at 11.33, Leeds at 10.15, and York at 11.10
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APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS.

Ar 1.0111-11EM14 1.
CWOine—George Elliot (1810), to the James Watt; Robert
RsMs (1649), to the iiisetriotie; John Robb (1841), to the Casar;
Janes Willcox (1860), to the Dragon; William K. Hall (186 d),
to the Bulldog.
Commander—George P. Mends (1834), to the James Watt.
Lieutenants—John Ralph Engledue (1834), Dixon H. Hemmet
r 45), and Edwin C. Symons (1848), to the Jaws Watt; George
odd (1855), to the Piqua; Thomas M. Campbell (1849), to
the.Eultalta ; Philip Saumarez (1847), to the t'asar; William
Imnbunie (1848), to the Caear; James C. Campbell (1852), and
Claude A. C. De Crespigny (1854), to the James Watt.
Assistant•Surgeons—Thomas J. Breen (1847), to the Plymouth
Iltisiou of Royal Marines; Marmaduke P. S. Ward (1848), to the
Royal Naval Hospital at Plymouth.
Paymasters—John N. De Vries (1845), to the Hhtetrinat ; Jo-
lePh Marsh (1834), to the James Watt; William Drury (1842), to
the Hogue; George R. Deighton (1850), to the Bulldog ; James
I. Phillips (1850) to the Dragon; Charles E. P. Hall (1841), to
the
...Masters—William J. B. Hilliard (1843), to the Jame* Waft;
Itendlunin Renaud (1846), to the Censer; George R. Morrison
(11U), to the Ealklog.
Mate—Edwin C. Chaplin (1852), to the James Watt.
Masters' Assistants—H. G. Swaiuson, to the Jaws Watt ;S.
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London, England, 1854-07-15

Dusit.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.
IT seems, in the natural course of events, that the
management should produce Madame Viardot Garcia
in Rossini's Otello, an opera which owes the reputation
it has enjoyed mainly to the efforts of her father and
sister, who in former days electrified their audiences

THE PRESS.

by the manner in which they rendered the parte of
Desd,emona and her jealous husband. Since their
retirement from the stage the opera has been pur-
suing a downward course in public estimation, and
we much doubt whether it will ever resume its
former popularity. The truth is, that in point of
musical merit it is by no means one of Rossini's
bast, and the libretto is so utterly worthless that
talent of an order almost supernatural is necessary
to carry it through without raising the laughter of
the audience. Let not our readers think that we
underrate Madame Viardot Garcia. By no means.
We consider her (absente Jenny Lind), on the whole,
the greatest female vocal artist of the day. But it is
surely no offence to say that the part of Desdemona
in this opera is not suited to display to advantage
the power of her remarkable genius. Signor Tam-
berlik was a most efficient and energetic Otello, and
Signor Lablache resumed his former part of
Elmiro—the Brabantio of the Italian version. On
Thursday last Madame Grisi and Signor Mario
appeared together in Donizetti's La Favorita, an
opera which, though a great favourite with what
some journals would call the beau monde, has, we
confess, but few attractions for our ears. Take away
the scenery, unseen organ, and cavatina of the lover
in the fourth act, and the opera will run a good
chance of obtaining a prize for excessive dulness.
Its success shows how much popular favour is the
result of accident, for, in spite of its general want of
merit, this opera, when given four or five times during
a season, never fails to bring money to the treasury.
Madame Grisi's last night and benefit is an-
nounced for the 7th of August. Her engagement
seems to have put a stop to all novelty for this
season at least..
FRENCH OPERA.
Les Die mans de la Couronne has been the opera of
this week. Mine. Cabel, though perhaps inferior to
Mme. Anna Thillon, is a very charming representa•
tive of the heroine, and was loudly applauded. The
excellent music with which the opera abounds was
highly relished by the audience. We regret to see
that the present opera season is to close next week.
London, England, 1854-07-15

ITALY.

The Neapolitan sulphur question is now settled.
The Government has been induced to withdraw its
prohibition of the export of sulphur, but not without

THE PRESS.

some difficulty. It is even said that Chevalier
Delacour was obliged to insinuate to Chevalier Carafa
that France and England had still a few ships at the
disposition of his Sicilian Majesty.
Baron Ward, Minister Plenipotentiary of Parma at
Vienna, has written to the Corriere Italian of that
city, to contradict the statement of the man named
Carra, styling himself a groom of the late Duke of
Parma, and declaring himself to be the assassin of
that Prince. Baron Ward formally declares that
there never has been a groom of that name in the
service of the late Duke, that no man in the Duke's
service was ever chastised with a stick, and that his
Royal Highness would never have lost sight of his
dignity so far as to strike any servant with his own
hand. . _
London, England, 1854-07-15

MATRIMONIAL DIVORCE BILL.

This bill stood for committal in the Lords on Mon-
day, when the LORD CHANCELLOR, observing that the
Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill had been rejected by
the House of Commons, declared his intention, ar-
rived at with much regret, to omit the eleven first
clauses out of the Divorce Bill.

Lord CAMPBELL declared that he preferred seeing
this bill also abandoned altogether, and added some
inquiries touching the cause of the new instance of
Ministerial failure which occurred in relation to the
Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill.
The Bishop of Oicsoan also counselled the post-
ponement of the Divorce Bill until another session.
Similar advice was given by Lord REDESDALE, who
had proposed an amendment of much importance in
the clauses relating to divorces a vinculo matrimonii,
by which divorced persons would have been prohibi-
ted from marrying again.
Thus urged, and notwithstanding the assurances
given in both houses a few days previously, the LORD
CHANCELLOR consented to withdraw his motion, and
the Divorce Bill was added to the many other derelict
measures of the session.
THE SCREW-PROPELLER AND CAPTAIN
CARPENTER.

Lord LYNDHURST (on Monday, in the House of
Lords) entered into a lengthened statement respecting
the claims of Captain Carpenter on the Admiralty, on
account of his invention of a screw-propeller for the
navy. A sum of 20,0001. had been appropriated by
the Admiralty, about two years since, on account of
compensation for the patentees of the screw-pro.
peller, and the result was that the money to which
Captain Carpenter was entitled was handed over to
other parties, and since that period he had been
sent back from one department to another, and bad
been totally unable to obtain redress. The noble
and learned lord moved for the production of the
papers and correspondence.
The Earl of ABERDEEN stated that the Admi.
ralty had acted upon the best legal advice, sad
upon the highest authority they could obtain, in
refusing to pay any other claim, after the payment
of two sums of 10,(X)0/. each, viewing it as a purely
patent question, and leaving the parties to find a
remedy at law.
The Earl of HARDWICKE warmly expressed his
conviction that Captain Carpenter had received
great injustice from the present Board of Admiralty
The papers moved for by Lord Lyndhurst were
ordered to be laid on the table.
London, England, 1854-07-15

&tat anl) lases.

COURT MOVEMENTS during the past week offer no
feature deserving record. On Monday it is under-
stood that her Majesty leaves London for Osborne-
house, which is to continue the royal residence until
after the prorogation of Parliament. The Queen
will then proceed to Scotland, but it is believed that
her stay in the north is to be unusually brief, and
that the necessity of holding Privy Councils, conse-
quent upon the troubled state of political affairs at
home and abroad, will cause an early return of the
Court to Windsor Castle.
AT A COURT HELD ON MONDAY, Lord Howden,
British Envoy in Spain, was presented to her
Majesty by Lord Clarendon, upon his return to this
country on leave of absence.
THE ICING OF PORTUGAL is on a tour through the
principal towns of Belgium. He has adjourned his
journey to France to September. On leaving Bel
gium his Majesty will repair to the Hague, Berlin,
Vienna, and Gotha.
THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR AND CotnrrEss WA
LEWSKI embarked at Dover on Sunday, for Calais, in
order to attend the Emperor of the French.
A CABINET Couscrt, was held on Saturday afternoon
at the Foreign-office, Downing street.
COUNT PAHLEN, the Russian emissary, arrived•in
England from Lisbon on the 4th inst.
THE EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITION, in St. Martin's-
ball, was on Thursday visited by the Prince of
Wales and Prince Alfred. _ _

VISCOUNTESS PALMERSTON had an assembly on
Saturday evening at the family mansion in Carlton•
gardens.
ON Wednesday evening Lady Rokeby gave a grand
ball at the family mansion, Montagu-house, Portman-
square. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of
Cambridge and the Princess Mary honoured the
fete with their presence.
Miss COUTTB held an assembly on Thursday night
at her mansion in Stratton-street, which was bril-
Eantly and numerously attended.
THE MARRIAGE Or GEORGE WARRENDER, ESQ.,
only son of Sir John Warrender, Bart., of Lochend,
to Helen, only child of Sir Hugh Hume Campbell,
of Marchmont, Bart., was celebrated on Thursday at
St. George's, Hanover-square.
LADY MARIANNE ANNE STURT died a few days
since at the advanced age of 88. Her ladyship was
daughter of the fourth Earl of Shaftesbury, the
grandmother of Mr. Gerard Sturt, M.P., and con-
nected with the noble houses of Cardigan and
Lucan.
London, England, 1854-07-15

SPAIN.

The Madrid despatches continue to announce that
the capital is tranquil, the provinces apathetic, and
the insurrection gradually mouldering away. Never-
theless the insurgents still hold out, having last
shown themselves in the district of Valencia, where
it was said they were vigorously pursued by the
Royalist troops. General Serrano had joined the
rebels, but had not succeeded in carrying any troops
over with him.
Colonel John Kinloch has lately passed through
Madrid, on his way to Catalonia, to purchase mules
for the use of the British army in the East.
An authorised agent of the United States has, it is
stated, arrived from Washington, nn his way to
Madrid, empowered to offer for the purchase of
Luba.
London, England, 1854-07-15

GREECE.

The latest accounts from Athens are highly favour
able.
The new Ministry, which had the support of France
and England, was favourably looked on. The sanitary
state of the troops was good, and, notwithstanding the
great heat, the number of men in hospital had not
increased. M. Mavrocordato was daily expected
from Paris.
General Kalergy, the Greek Minister of War, gave
a banquet to the French and English officers of the
army of occupation, and also to the naval officers of
the two powers, and to those of the Austrian navy, on
the 22nd ult. A hundred officers of the Greek army,
or the ancient Philhellenic army, were remarked
there. The banquet was given in the Acropolis at
the Parthenon.
Hadji Petros, lately heading the insurrection in
Thessaly, has returned to Greece, and applied for
permission to go to the baths of Hypates. Only the
insurgent rayas still keep the field in Thessaly, and
they are ready to treat with Fuad Effendi.
Twenty vessels belonging to Samiote pirates have
beeen burnt by an English steamer.
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Metaxas' a director of the Athens Bank, and other
persons, have been subjected to domiciliary visits.
M. Deliani, Secretary General of the Department of
the Interior, has been dismissed.

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London, England, 1854-07-15

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Faraur.

The consideration of the Lords' amendments to
the Oxford Bill was fixed for Thursday.
In answer to Mr. Heywood,
Sir J. YOUNG said that it was intended to create
certain new exhibitions in Trinity College, Dublin,
which exhibitions would be open to all religious
denominations.
In answer to Sir G. Heathcote,
Mr. S. HERBERT said that the new regulations for
army clothing could not be carried into effect till
next year.
In answer to Sir J. Pakington,
Lord J. RUSSELL promised at a future day to
explain the proposed conduct of the New Zealand
Legislature with regard to the salary of the bishop.
The house went into committee on the Bribery
Bill.
The clauses enacting the appointment of the
election officer underwent considerable discussion.
The bill provided for his appointment by the can-
didates. Sir F. KELLY, on the suggestion of Lord
J. Russell and the Attorney-General, seconded the
clause by giving the appointment to the returning-
officer. Many members objected to the appointment
altogether.

Ultimately the house divided on the question that
the clause as amended stand part of the bill, when
there appeared :—Ayes, 133; Noes, 74-59.
On reaching clause 21, which was adopted after
considerable discussion and a divtsion, the Chairman
was ordered to report progress, and the house
resumed.
The Poor-law Commission Continuance (Ireland)
Bill went through committee after much opposition,
and two divisions.
The Metropolitan Sewers Bill was read a second
time.
The Highway Rates Bill was read a third time,
and passed.
The Criminal Justice Bill passed through com-
mittee.
The General Board of Health Bill was read a third
time and passed.
Sir C. WOOD obtained leave to bring in a bill to
provide for a uniform form for Indian appointments,
and the exercise of certain powers by the Governor •
General of India.
The house adjourned at two o'clock.

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London, England, 1854-07-15

THE GERMANIC POLICY.

The Oest. Correspondenz publishes an article
stating that iimost all the German Governmt
have promised to give their support to a motion
be made in the German Diet, that the whole
Germany do join the Austro-Prussian alliance. 7
King of Wurtemberg still stands aloof, but it
considered certain that a monarch who was alwt
one of the first to defend the rights of Germ►
against the West will not be found wanting when
is necessary to oppose the disturbance of the balance
of power in the East.
London, England, 1854-07-15

DARTS UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION of 1855.
NOTICE is hereby given, that all DEMANDS for SPACE
should be sent in by intending Exhibitors immediately, or a 6
latest on the Ist of August.—By order,
H. C. OWEN, Captain B.E.
Marlborough House, Pall-mall, London,
18th July, 1831.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. ALFRED WIGAN.
On MONDAY, July 17th, and during the Week, will be pre-
sented a new Fame, called PERFECT CONFIDENCE. Cha-
racters by Messrs. F. Robson, Emery, Robinson; Misses E.
Turner, E. Ormonde, and Marston. After which, the comedy of
THE JEALOUS WIFE. Mr. Oakley, Mr. A. Wigan; Mrs. Oak-
ley, Mrs. A. Wigan. To conclude with HEADS OR TAILS?
Christopher Quaile. Mr. F. Robson; Harald Dyecaster, Mr.
Alfred Wigan; Wrangleworth, Mr. Emery.
Box-ofiii.e open from Eleven to Five. Doors open at Seven
and commence at Half-past Seven. Stalls, bs.; Boxes,
Pit, 2s; Gallery,ls.

fIPERA COAIIQUE, ST. JAMES'S
vj THEATRE.— Final arrangements of the season. On
MONDAY, July 17 (ior the last time), Auber's popular Opera
of LES DIAMANS DE LA COURONNE. La Catarina, lime.
Marie Cabal. On WEDNESDAY, July D, LA SIRENE.
Zerlina, Mme. Marie Cabal. On FRIDAY, July 24, DA PRO-
MISE. Marie, Mme. Marie Cabal.
Mine. Marie Cabal begs most respectfully to announce that
her BENEFIT, and last apperance but one, will take place on
WEDNESDAY, July 28, on which occasion she will have the
honour of performing for the first time in a favourite opera.
Boxes and Stalls at the Box-oflice; and at Mr. MITCHELL'S,
Royal Library, 89, Old Bond-street. Boxes, 65.; Pit, 2s. 6d.;
Gallery, 25. Doors open at half-past seven.

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666

The middle class of society is not the best
for a fictionist, as it wants strong contrasts,
and its life is monotonous. We feel that in
" Katharine Ashton" we are kept too long in
a small circle ; but, nevertheless, it is a novel
calculated to please female readers by its
elaborate portraiture of certain social phases
which only a feminine pen can describe. It
will decidedly add to its writer's reputation.
London, England, 1854-07-15

SWITZERLAND.

The reconciliation of Switzerland and Austria is
now unequivocally verified by the complete re-
establishment of diplomatic relations between the
two countries. The Austrian Cabinet has named
Kubeck, son of the minister and statesman of
that name, as its Chargé d'Affaires to the Confedera-
tion, and he will proceed almost immediately to his
post at Berne.
TURKEY.

The health of Redschid Pacha is so much improved
that he will speedily resume his position as Minister
of Foreign Affairs. Chekib Pacha, who filled this
office temporarily, has resumed his post as President
of the Council of State ; an& Kiamil Pacha, who was
President ad interim, will become again minister
without portfolio.
The Sultan has approved the decision of the council
relative to the admission of the Greek flag into the
ports of Turkey. Redschid Pacha is drawing up a
note which the Porte will address to the two ambas-
sadors of France and England upon this subject.
On the sth of June Redschid Pacha wrote an ex-
tremely flattering letter to the Hospodar of Servia, in
which he gives him the thanks of the Sultan "for the
fidelity, firmness, and extreme devotion" which he
has manifested during the present crisis.
The negotiation for the temporary occupation by
the British of a portion of the coalfield belonging to
the Turkish Government at Heraclea has not yet been
concluded. Much opposition has been excited among
the Turks to the transfer of the coalfield, although
they never seem to have thought of developing the
wealth of the locality themselves.
London, England, 1854-07-15

GERMANY.

Prince Gortscbakoff (the diplomatist), who arrived
in Vienna on the sth with the reply of the Czar to
the Austrian summons, was not favoured with an
audience by the Emperor of Austria until after a
lapse of three days. He was at length received on
Saturday last, the Bth inst., but the interview is
stated to have been " short and cold." It was sub-
sequently affirmed that the Prince bad departed on
his return to St. Petersburg, that another letter of
more definitive character was expected from the
Emperor Nicholas, and that a second summons,
comprising an absolute ultimatum, had been
despatched by the Austrian Cabinet to St. Peters-
burg. AU these reports, however, need confirma-
tion. What seems certain is that the advance of the
Austrian troops is suspended, and that the occupa-
tion of Wallachia is postponed for the present.
This delay in fulfilling the treaty so recently con-
cluded between Austria and the Porte is attributed
to the "strong representations" made by Prussia.
The Berlin Government has, it is said, notified to
Austria its opinion that the new Russian propositions
offer a proper basis for negotiations. The Czar sent
home Colonel Manteuffel, the special envoy of
Prussia, with rich and costly presents.
When Count Szecheny arrived at St. Petersburg
with the Austrian note, he was not admitted to an
audience until the third day. Prince Gortschakoff
was accordingly treated in the same way, hence the
delay in his reception.
Baron bleyendorff left Vienna on Saturday morn-
ing last.
It is whispered in Vienna that her Mikjesty the
Empress is likely to give an heir to the throne.