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London, England, 1856-07-26

THE BLOCKADE OF KARS,

INCLUDING OUR CAPTIVITY IN RUSSIA,
From LETTERS and DIARIES of General Sir WILLIAM FENWICK WILLIAMS, Major
TEESDALE, anti CAPTAIN THOMPSON,
BY COLONEL ATWELL LAKE,

C. 8.,

IS PUBLISHED THIS DAY, in post Svo.
WITH PORTRAITS OF GENERAL 'WILLIAMS AM) COLONEL LAKE,

Price 10s. 6d.
London : RICHARD BENTLEY, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.

NEW WORK BY CHARLES READE.

On Tuesday next, in 3 vols.,

IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND.
A NOVEL BY CHARLES READE,
Author of " Christie Johnstone" and " Peg Woffington."
London : RICHA RD BEN TLE Y, New Burlington-street.
London, England, 1856-07-26

New Travels in Belgium.

Just published, in 1 vol leap. Bvor price 7s. 6.1..
FLEMISH INTERIORS. By the Writer of
"A Glance behind the Grilles."
London : LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, LONOMANA, and ROBERTS.

New African Travels by Captain Burton.
In fivo., with Mups and Coloured Plates, price B ii. elolh,
FIRST FOOTSTEPS in EAST AFRICA ;
or, an Exploration of Harar. By RICHARD F. BURTON,
Bombay Army, Author of "A Pilgrimage to Medina snit
Mecca," &c.

" A; a contribution to African geography, and as a fresh and
graphic picture of life iu this little•kuown interior, Captain liur-
ton'a account of his journeys and of his visits to the capital of
the ancient Hadiyah 'unpile must take its place in the library of
historical travel."—Leader.
London: LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, Lottomsrts, and ROBERTS.

A RCH DEACON DEN (SON'S CASE.—'rho
fl. " GUARDIAN" of Wednesday next, July 30, will contain
a FULL REPORT of the Proceedings asainst Archdeacon
Denison hefote the Archbishop of Canterbury at Bath.—To be
obtained (price 6d., stamped 7t1.) of all News Agents, and at
the Office, 3. Burlelgh•street, Strand.

London: Printed and Published at the Office, Un, strand, in
the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Middlesex, by
ALFRED IVE, of 17, fiedford.street, Covent-garden, 011
&TUMMY, the 26th day of July, 1866.
London, England, 1856-07-26

THE PRESS.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
The following are the arrangements for the last week of
the season.
MONDAY, July 28111.—Mlle. Wagner's last Appearance.—
TANCREDI. Tancredi, Mlle. Wagner (her Benefit and last
Appearance).
TUESDAY, July 29th, DON PASQUALE. Norina, 31114.
Piccolomini.
THURSDAY, July 31st, LA FIG LIA DEL REGGIMENTO.
Maria. Mlle, Piccolomini.
SATURDAY, August 2nd, LA TRAVIATA. Violetta, Mlle.
Piccolomini; with the new Grand Ballet of LE CORSAIRE.
Medora, Mme. Rosati.
FAREWELL NIGHTS.— Tuesday, August 5; Thursday,
August 7; and Saturday, August 9; on each night Mlle.
Piccolomini will appear in a different part.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, LYCEUM.-
CLOSE OF THE OPERA SEASON.
Monday next, July 24—Extra Night—Last Night of
LUCREZIA BORGIA.
Grief, Didiee, Ronconi, Mario.
With the Ballet of EVA. Mlle. Cerito.
Tuesday—Last Night of IL BARBIERE DI SEVIGLIA.
Bosio, Ronconi. Formes, Tagliafico, Mario.
With the Ballet of EVA. Mile. Cerito.
Thursday—Extra Night—Last Night of IL TROVATORE.
Bosio, Didiee, Graziani, Mario.
Saturday—Last Night of the Season—lA FAVORITA.
Grist, Graziani, Zelger, Mario.
London, England, 1856-07-26

THE RETIREMENT OF THE BISHOPS OF

LONDON AND DUE,HAiIL
Tux correspondence which led to the proceedings in
Parliament relative to the retirement of the Bishops
of London and Durham has been published. It is
as follows :

THE LORD BISHOP OF LONDON TO VISCOUNT P,

Fulham Palace, 18th June, 1856.
My dear Lord,—l think it proper to communicate to
your lordship my desire, on account of continued illness,
if allowed by law, to resign the Bishopric of London, upon
being secured the enjoyment during my life of a clear
annuity of six thousand pounds. If this proposal should
be approved by your lordship, I trust that you will take
the proper measures for carrying it into effect.—l have the
honour to be, my dear lord, your lordship's very faithful
servant, (Signed) C. J. LONDON.
THE VISCOUNT PALMERSTON TO THE lISHOP OF LONDON.

Piccadilly, June 19th, 185'.
My dear Lord,—l have to acknowledge the communica-
tion of your wishes to resign your see, on the conditions
mentioned by you, and I will take steps to carry your wishes
into effect.—My dear lord, yours faithfully,
(Signed) PALMEBSTON.
London, England, 1856-07-26

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remfttance or a reference for payment in town.

TERMS OF
London, England, 1856-07-26

JULY 26, 1

Mr. STANFORD has just published an excellent map
of Central America. It is compiled from the most
authentic charts and latest surveys extant. It con.
tains also the entire series of railway surveys lately
wade by the Government of the United States in
Honduras, and for accuracy, careful drawing, and
general value, is the most useful, as it is the best,
map of this part of America published.
London, England, 1856-07-26

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THE PRESS.

chair was occupied by Admiral Sir Thomas Herbert.
In the military schools of France, Mr. Gore re
marked, provision was made not only for the admis-
sion of the sons of wealthy persons who were able
to pay for their maintenance, but encouragement
was given for the education and training of those
who, though not able to pay the amount charged,
were desirous of devoting themselves to their coun
try's service in the profession of arms. In reference
to the Polytechnic and St. Cyr, he mentioned that
candidates for admission must be between sixteen
and twenty years of age, but non-commissioned
officers were admissible between twenty and twenty-
five years of age, providing they had served two
years. The course of examination for admission
into both these schools was annually published by
the Minister of War, and the examinations took
place in Paris and other large towns to which ex-
aminers were specially sent. Those who were ad-
mitted to either of the schools remained two years,
or three if necessary. Mr. Gore laid upon the table
the programme of instruction adopted, from which
it appeared that close attention was paid to the
application of physical science to war, to military
justice and procedure, to the geography of France
and those countries which were likely to be the scene
of military operations, and to those general subjects
which are taught in all such establishments. After
some general remarks on the subject of military
training, there was a discussion on matters of detail,
in which Sir Thomas Herbert, the Hon. Colonel
Lindsay, M.P., and other gentlemen took part.
The Select Committee for the Medical Department
of' the Army have reported iu favour of competitive
or special examination being applied to admission in
the Aimy Medical Department ; that retirement
be optional after twenty one, and compulsory from
regimental and second-class staff-surgeon duty after
thirty-five, years' service; that the regulation which
requires officers of the department to serve two years
in the rank to which they have been promoted upon
the pay of their previous rank he abolished ; that the
pay of the army surgeons and assistant-surgeons be
increased, as may be determined by the executive
Government, but this committee is in favour of 10s.
per diem as the pay of the assistant surgeon on first
appointment; that the Medical Staff Corps, raised
for service during the late war, should continue a
part of the peace establishment; that at the out-
break of any future war separate transport should be
provided for the conveyance of all medical stores,
but all the minor arrangements of detail are
left to the executive ; and, lastly, the committee
recount the admirable manner in which the army
and civil surgeons have performed their duties in the
East, and take this opportunity of recording the high
opinion they entertain of their merits.
London, England, 1856-07-26

FORMATION, &C., OF PARISHES BILL.

On the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESIITIRY, the
house went into committee on this bill. Clauses Ito
8 were agreed to.
Lord PORTMAN moved the omission of clause 9,
which empowered a bishop, upon application from
the minister and churchwardens of a church, to
direct that a portion, not exceeding one-half, of the
alms or voluntary contributions collected in the
church should be applicable to the maintenance of
the minister and service of such church.
Their lordships divided three times, when the clause
was struck out by a majority of 22 to 20.
The bill then passed through committee.
BISHOPS' RESIGNATION BILL.

On the order of the day being read for the third
reading of this bill,
Lord REDESDALE renewed his opposition to the
measure, and moved that it be read a third time that
day three months.

A discussion aroso as to the negotiations which
had led to the resignation of the Bishops of London
and Durham, when their lordships divided, and the
bill was ultimately read a third time by a majority of
28 to 15.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—MONDAY.
BANK CHARTER ACT.
Mr. TrrE gave notice that early next session he
should move for a select committee to inquire into
the operation and effect on the commercial and
financial interests of the country of the Bank
Charter Act.

REVIEW OF THE SESSION.

Mr. DISRAELIbeg to give notice that on
Thursday next, or any other time which may be more
convenient to her Majesty's Ministers, I shall call
the attention of the house to the conduct of business
during the present session, and make a motion for
a return of the bills withdrawn during the same
period.
Lord PALMERSTON Perhaps the right hon. gentle=
man would make his statement on Friday. Certain
business has been fixed for Thursday, and it would
be more convenient to take the discussion on his
motion on the following evening.
Mr. DISRAELI: Very well, sir, I shall make my
statement on Friday.
London, England, 1856-07-26

THE PRESS.

each, OW. to be paid up. It was explained that not more
than about one-third of the shares will be issued for the
present. The first issue will be limited to 3,000, to be
divided pro rata among the existing shareholders. When
the prospectus of the Unity Bank was issued in April last
year a doubt was expressed whether its proposal for an
equal division of the profits between shareholders and cus-
tomers could be carried out without rendering the latter
equally liable with the shareholders for all the debts of
the concern. Subsequently, however, a statement was put
forth that an unanimous opinion had been obtained from
Sir Richard Bethell and Messrs. Wilke and Cooper, that
it would not have that result. Owing to the important
bearing of the matter on the question of limited liability,
some reference was recently made to it in the House of
Commons, and the case and opinions, in the form in which
they were laid before the Board of Trade, were ordered to
be printed on the motion of Mr. Lowe. These have to-
day made their appearance as a parliamentary paper, and
are to the effect that " the receipt by a customer in the
manner proposed of annual or half-yearly interests on his
minimum or other balances for the preceding year, will
not render such customer either directly or indirectly liable
as a partner of the bank."
At the annual meeting of the Commercial Bank, this
week, Mr. Mark Hunter presiding, the dividend declared
was at the rate of 7 per cent. for the half-year, with a bonus
of 4 per cent., making altogether a distribution of 11 per
cent. for the year, free of income tax, and the report and
accounts were unanimously adopted. It was stated that
the progress of business is satisfactory, and that the ac-
counts and deposits are gradually increasing.

Per Ceni

Mond

Wed.
11.34

Brazilian

Danish
Dtch. (Ex 12 Guil 1
French

les
;or 85c

Do.
Do. Bank Stock

exican
Peruvian
Portuguese
Russian

Spanish 3
Turkish ker 6
London, England, 1856-07-26

BANK OF ENGLAND.
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Btb Victoria, esp.
for the week ending on Saturday, the ath day of July, 1838.
ICRUK Vu
Notes issued .... d 26,183,930

Z 26,183,930 i
BANKING DI
iroprietors'Capitaltl4,ss3,ooo
Rest

Public Deposita* 3,242,b69
Other Delo/baits 11,202,473
Seven Day Ac other
Bills

Government Debt 511,016,100
Other Securities ..
.3,459,900

Gold Coin et Bullion
Silver Bullion ....

11,700:13o

Government Seen-
rides (including
Dead Weight An.) £1t795.464
Other Securities 18,155,664
Notes 5,321.300
Gold is Silver Coin 321 825

853,895,263
of National Debt,

• Including Exchequer, Commiesione
Savings' Banks, and Dividend Accounts.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE
Tutul4y, July 22.
ALLiN the younger, 94, Wharf,

Harrow-road, Paddington, dealer in drain pipes and cement--
EDWIN KAY, Red Lion Public-house, Duke-street Manchester-
square, licensed victualler—Faitozarcx WILLILX
Snow-hill. City, tavern-keeper—Row-um Iwo Tatizoooo,
Orchard-street, Kentish-street. Middlesex, builder—Hwrox
Csan, North Hylton, Durham, shipbuilder.

Friday, July 25 .
BANKRUPTS.—Joms Duirmam, New Orford-street, boot
manufacturer—DAVlD STEVENS, Montague-place, Poplar, cattle
dealer—ROßEßT NIEWENS, King•street, Richmond, Sterrery,baker
—lsaac Btancressze, Birmingham, merchant EDWARD
WILLIAMS, Birmingham, commission agent—JoßN Lowe, Man-
chester, merchant—James JoHN Lose, Holbeach, printer—
JAMES BILOBARROW, Coventry, haberdasher—Pavia HALL,
Manchester, smallware manufacturer—RlCHAßD ADAKS.Duclley,
Worcestershire, grocer and provision merchant—DAVlD MAR-
SHALL, Bristol, tailor—Joszem PORTER, Salford, engineer
CHARLES ou °Lae Hose, Great Marl bomugh-street, publisher—
THOMAS M‘TTRICW &MVPS.% RD, Cambridge, corn and coal mer-
chant—JAMES Thrritio, Wisbeaeh, irontounder—Louts Rooms-
Tom, Broad•Btreet, City, importer of foreign goods—Wituam
CLARICE. Tipton, Stafford, miller.
London, England, 1856-07-26

home, without being subjected to any prosecution,
upon condition of their taking the oath of allegiance,
granted by the ukase of the 15th of May to the
refugees from Poland.

M.
Tymooski has been appointed Secretary of State
kr Poland.

BELGIUM.
The July fetes at Brussels have passed off with
great eclat.

ITALY.
A proclamation from the Liberal party calling
tipbn all Italians to unite in endeavouring to obtain
It constitutional form of government, for the time
Mu; not "tar distant when the country would become
the theatre of new events," and entreating the people
at Ruch a period to respect the rights of alli and
only to desire "the reign of legality and justice," is
now widely circulating in Italy. The walls of Naples,
where it originated, have been placarded with the

The King of Sardinia, by a decree dated the 14th,
fttnn Pollenzo, has called out 4,000 men of the class
1g55. They are to go through a course of training
and ball practice for forty days, in the camps formed
at Chambery, Nice, and the slat lands of San Mau-
tizio.
The Sardinian Government has been invited to
send a representative to the Danubian Conferences,

AMERICA.
intelligence from New York to the Oth states that
Colonel Fremont had accepted his nomination as the
Republican candidate for the Presidency. His views
on foreign policy were clearly stated in his letter of
acceptance :

I concur in the views of the Convention, deprecating
the foreign policy to which it adverts. The assumption
that we have the right to take from another nation its
ddnidina because we want them is an abandonment of the
honest characer which our country has acquired. To
provoke hostilities by Unjust assumptions would be to
sacrifice. the peace and character of the country, when all
its interests might be more certainty secured and its
objects attained by just and healing counsels, involving no
loss of reputation. International embarrassnients are
mainly the results of a secret diplomacy which aims to
keep from the knowledge of the people the operations of
the Government. This system is inconsistent with the
character of our institutions, and is itself yielding gradually
to a more enlightened public opinion and to the power of
a free press, Which, by its broad dissemination of political
intelligence, secures in acloande to the side of justice the
judgment of the civilised world. An honest, firm, and
open policy in our foreign relations would command the
baited support of the nation, whose deliberate opinions it
Srould necessarily reflect.
The conduct of England on the Crampton quee-
ned' was regarded most favorably on all sides.
Mr. Brooks had been tried and fined 300 dols. for
his assault on Mr. Sutnner.

In the Senate, on the Ath, the Committee on Ter-
ritories reported the house bill for the admission of
Kansas, with an amendment striking out the pream-
ble and all after the enacting clause, and substituting
the Slave State Kansas Bill, recently passed by the
Senate. After some little opposition the amendment
was adopted.
London, England, 1856-07-26

18

SALTPETRE—We have ha 1 only a moderate inquiry for all
descriptions, at late rates.
SlLK—lmporters are still very firm, and prices rule high.
The stock in first hands is limited.
METALS Scotch pig iron has changed hands at from
72s 64 to 745. In manufactured parcels very little is doing.
Rails, at the works, 71 15s ; common bars, 71 15. to 71 17s 6d.
The demand for tin continues heavy. Banes, 1305 to 1305 Ad ;
Straits. 1245 to 1295; British, 129■ to 130 s; and refined, ills
to 1365 per ton. Tin plates are dull. I.C. coke. 30s to 30s 8d ;
I.C. charcoal, 34s Ad to 35s per box. Quicksilver, 15 ftid to
1e 9d per lb. English zinc, 301 to 311; Speiter, on the spot.,
SNI per ton. Copper and steel are very firm.
POTATOES—The supplies of English are good—of foreign,
limited. '1 he former are steady, at from .5s to 6s per cwt; the
latter, 2s 6d to 95 per basket.
OlLS—Linseed oil is in moderate request, at 365 6d and
36.. 9d per cwt on the spot. All other oils are quite ss dear as
last week. Turpentine is fiat. Rough is selling at Os
per cwt.
TALLOW—About 2,200 casks have arrived this week. P.Y.C.,
on the spot, has sold at from 53s down to lls per cwt.
COALS—Tanfield Moor, 14s; West Pelton, 15s; Wylam, 17s ;
N.w Tanfield, 165; Lambton, 19s 3d; Belmont, lAs ; South
Hatton, Itts 9d ; ileugh Hall, 18s sd; Gosforth, 175 9d ; Even-
wood, 165 per ton.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE—The supplies of fat stock
on sale this week have been seasonably good as to number, but
deficient in quality. Most breeds have sold slowly, as
follows:—Beef. from 3s 6ml to Is 2d ; mutton, 35 104 to 55 4d ;
lamb, 45 8d to 55 Atl; veal, 3s Ad to Is ; pork, Js 4d to 4s 10d
per Albs to sink the offal.
NEWGATE AND' LEADENHALL —These markets have
been poorly supplied. Most kinds of meat hare been dull, at
our quotations. Beef, from Is 2d to 4s tid ; mutton, 85 6d
to 4a 10d; lamb, 45 2d to 5s 2d; veal, 3s 4d to 4s Eid ; pork,
3s 6cl to 4s Ad per Albs the carcase.
London, England, 1856-07-26

LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1856.

THE question raised with so much pomp at
the Paris Conferences of the political state of
the Italian peninsula, has evaporated in a cor-
respondence which determines nothing except
the right—a right questioned by Lord CLA-
RENDON—of the King of the Two Sicilies to
conduct his Government according to his own
notions of policy. The Cabinet of Lord PAL-
MERSTON has withdraivn from the position
taken up by its Foreign Secretary when the
question was discussed by the assembled
representatives of Europe.
On the Bth of April last, Lord CLARENDON
going much further than Count WALEWSKI had
done on the expediency of addressing repre-
sentations to the King of the Two Sicilies on
his system of government, expressed his deli-
berate opinion that. the Neapolitan Court had
made interference with its internal affairs a
"right and a duty." His Lordship's language is
recorded in the twenty-second protocol:—

As regards the Neapolitan Government, the first Pleni•
potentiary of Great Britain
that it must doubtless be admitted in principle that no
Government has the right to interfere in the internal
affairs of other States, but he considers there are cases in
which the exception to this rule becomes equally a right
and a duty. The Neapolitan Court seems to have con•
ferred this right, and to have imposed this duty on
Europe "We do not wish," he says,
"that peace should be disturbed, and there is no peace
without justice ; we ought, then, to make known to the
King of Naples the wish of the Congress for the ameliora•
tion of his system of government—a wish which cannot
remain without effect—and require from him an amnesty
in favour of the persons who have been condemned. or who
are imprisoned without trial, for political offences."

His Lordship has never explained what were
the peculiar circumstances which justified, in
the case of Naples, a violation of that princi•
ple of non-interference he had acknowledged to
be abstractedly just. But it was not to be
supposed that the first Plenipotentiary of
Great Britain would express himself so
decidedly without being convinced that he
had sufficient grounds for his opinion, nor
without being prepared to' carry it into
effect.
The immediate effect of this language was
to produce an impression throughout Italy
that the Western Powers were hostile to the
existing Governments of that country, and
especially to the Government of the King of
NAPLES. The disaffected believed that the
time for action was at hand They thought
themselves sure at last of powerful support
from without. Thc: whole peninsula was
agitated by the increased activity of the secret
societies. While preparations for insurrection
were made on one side, the Governments, on
the other, consolidated their resources for
crushing it.
The publication of the Tripartite Treaty did
not at once dissipate these illusions, though
it had the effect of strengthening the position
of Austria, and of immensely increasing her
influence with the Governments of the penin-
London, England, 1856-07-26

Memoirs of the Life and IVritings of James Montgomery.
Longmans
J. W. Parker and Son

The Enigma.
The Climate of Tan.
PERIODICALS.
Pulnam's Monthly. Sampson Low—Riddell's Magazine.
Riddell and CO.
PAMPHLETS.
Rifle Practice. Smith and Elder—Cortjectural Restora-
tion. W. and F. G. Cash—,4 Complete Guide to Government
Appointments. Relff, Brothers—The National Gallery.
No. 2. J. R. Smith—The Map of Italy. J. Ridgway—
An Answer to the Attack of the " Daily News" on the Unity
Fire Insurance—The Liberation of Abii-el-Kader. An Ode.
Idacmillan and Co.-11otalet. J. B. Smith—The Euphrates
Valley Route to Melia. Stanford— What should be the Price
of Bread! Moore—The Progress of Preventive Medicine
and Sanitary Measures. Bell and Daldy—Painting with
Both Hands. Chapman and Hall—The Darkening Cloud.
Wheeler ( Manchester )—Lectures on the System of Educa-
tion pursued in the French Military Schools. J. Ridgway—
The Stepping stones to Success. W. F. and G. Cash—An
Introductory Lecture on Education. Churchill—The Squab-
bles of the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers. Stanford.
London, England, 1856-07-26

THE LORD BISHOP OF DURHAM[ TO VISCOUNT

4, Upper Portland-place, June 21, 1E456.
My Lord,—Tn consequence of the great failure of my
sight, and other infirmities incident to a vE ry advanced
age, I am anxious, if allowed by law, to be relieved from
the fatigue and responsibility of the high office which I
have now enjoyed for the last twenty years. As I shall
relinquish o very much larger income, I am persuaded that
your lordship will n"t consider the annual allowance of
4,5001. per annum as by any means unreasonable. Upon
the assurance that this will be granted, I shall be ready to
resign the Bishopric of Durham on any day not earlier
than the Ist of August.

I could have wished to have named a later day, for I fear
it will not be in my power to complete arrangements for
leaving Auckland at so early a day, but Lord Chichester
informed me that it might be inconvenient to the Govern-
ment. I therefore acquiesced, in the confidence that I
should not be hurried unnecessarily, and it may possibly
be desirable that my successor, whoever he may be, should
have an opportunity of conferring with me before I leave
Auckland upon the state of the diocese.—l have the honour
to be, my lord, your most obedient servant,
(Signed) E. DUNELI4I.

SATURDAY,

THE LORD BISHOP OF LONDON TO VISCOUNT PALMERSTON.

Fulham Palace, 23rd June, NM.

My dear Lord,—T have the honour to acknowledge the
receipt of your lordship's letter of the 19th instant and to
express my obligation for your prompt acquiescence in my
proposal.—l remain, my dear lord, your very faithful ser-
vant, C. J. LONDON.
London, England, 1856-12-06

THE PRESS.

femgerichte—of the middle ages. Mazzini, of course,
is the principal and presidential agent, and the
pardon of Gallenga has sufficed to place the secret
details of these assassin courts in the hands of the
Government. There can be no apology fro. --"
to
premeditated brutality; but it oterved that
the ue signal indeed to induce
i
niexisting w
iro rg rr n
etfieu
higher' impulses of nature, and to
deliver himself over to the sway of a passion that
prompts him to say, "Evil, be thou my God."
Arrests are frequent. It is needless to add that the
arrested are one and all republicans.
Espartero is at Nice, where he had an interview
with the Marchese Sauli, the present Sardinian
Minister appointed to St. Petersburg, after which
the latter bad an audience of the Empress Mother
of Russia. Count Stackelberg also when at Nice
had a private communication with Espartero. The
ex-Minister lives in great retirement. The Bilancia
of Milan has dilated largely and broadly in appro-
bation of a pamphlet entitled, " Vita Particolare del
Eccelso Re-Vittorio Emmanuele."

The news of the insurrection in Sicily has caused
immense sensation throughout Italy. In Tuscany it
will have greater effect than in the Romagna, and
the displeasure of the Grand Duchess at the late
marriage of her son, by dividing the Court party, has,
" pro tanto," strengthened the Liberals. Arrests are
taking place; but the Minister Landucci dare not
proceed to extremities without appealing to Austrian
aid, and the first German that crosses the frontier at
Firenzuolo, on the Bologna road, would place the
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Curatores.

Facetious MEMBER (aside).—The boys called 'em cures, I'll bet.
CHANCELLOR.—They had the sewers intrusted to them, and a tax,
gentlemen, yes, a tax, was levied for keeping them in repair.
An Indignant MEMBER (out loud).—Then that just shows that the
ancients was no wiser than us, with all their philosophers, and Solons,
and Socrateses, and Pintos. Why, we can do that, and call it a sewers
rate, without any Latin and Greek.
CHANCELLOR.—You are quite correct, Sir, in your deduction,
though your premises might be improved.
Indignant MEMBER.—What have you got to say against my pre-
mises, Sir George ? I've just laid out eleving hundred pound, in
putting 'em into substantial repair ; and I've took -- (He is silenced
by his neighbours, but his indignation is not quenched.)
CHANCELLOR.—The principal drain, to which I may liken the sewers
which you propose to carry along the Thames bank, was called cloaca
maxima ; and there was a right, inherent in every Roman citizen, of
the servitus cloaca—namely,' the right of carrying a private drain
through a neighbour's property into the great drain. Now, our own
common law

Mr. THWAITES.—Begging pardon, Sir George, for intercepting, as
I might say, the outfall of so much learning, we have more to do with
common sewers than common laws. The deputation, being family
men, like to dine at one o'clock, with their wives and children, and
it's now --

The CHANCELLOR.—Dine at one o'clock ! (Collapses.)
CHIEF COMMISSIONER (anyrily.)—Now, see there ! Why the devil,
if you are a deputation, can't you behave as such ? Is that the way to
intrude your a-la-mode beef and onions upon the Government ? Are
you better, Sir George ?
CHANCELLOR.—Yes ; a little. But lam unaccustomed to be so sud-
denly confronted with plebeian ideas—and—l really feel very unwell.
Tell 'em—tell 'em to put what they have to say in writing, and I will
look at it —I must go. (Exit hastily )
CHIEF COMMISSIONER.—By Jove, of all the uncouth and ungodly
assemblages I ever heard of, you gentlemen of the Central Board are
the worst. However, I made you, and it's my own fault. You hear
what he says—do it. (Exit.)
The Metropolitan Central Board rushes away, rather pleased,
to its dinners.

" A FELLOW " ; OR, THE MOORE OF—BERLIN.
(Nor ➢7 SHAKESPEARE.)

What were you doing now,
Oh, Morris Moore !
When you made all this row ?
Oh, Morris Moore !
Plotting or prying, now,
Sketching or spying, now,
What were you trying, now ?
Oh, Morris Moore!

But the Conference is waiting man,
Oh, Morris Moore !
Where there's more for debating than
You, Morris Moore !
Could you not be a hero
Without all this gear, oh?
For there's plenty without it, now,
There ! Morris Moore
London, England, 1856-12-06

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FRANCE.
The Emperor and Empress arrived at the Tuileries
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A Council of Ministers was held on Wednesday.
A report to the Emperor from M. Rouher, Minis-
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1852 has Brno-anted to 919,000,000 f. The progressive
increase of railway revenue is noted. and the issue of
new securities for 1857 to the amount of 214,000,000 f.

suggested.
The intelligence published in THE PRESS last
week of the probable speedy meeting of a second
Congress created some sensation in Paris. Upon
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shortly announce the meeting for the middle of
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The diplomatic information received here to-day from
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believed that the meeting will take place at the end of
December.
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THE PRESS.

DECEMBER 6, 1856.

to compare noses, recal incidents, or state collateral facts of no im-
portance in themselves, hut which, taken in connection with the links
of evidence in hand, complete the chain. The murder of Mr. LynLx
has been committed for more than three weeks, and yet not a single
arrest of importance has been made, although certain persons are
under the strict surveillance of the police ; and not a single fact re-
sulting from the minute investigation held has yet been made public,
although the evidence, we have been daily assured for weeks past, will
lead to great results. The " great results ' have not yet arrived. What
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and necessary, yet when carried to such an extent, it is more certain
in effect to defeat than assist the ends of justice

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Mr. TnwArrEs.—Well, I'd pay it. But to go on. As we have
nothing to do with anything but London, it seems to us that if the
country desires to have the Thames kept clean to the sea, the co untry
ought to pay for the whim.
The CHANCELLOR.—NOW we understand one another. And if I
propose a new tax for the purpose, I am to have the political, local,
and personal support of every member of the Central Board? To this
you pledge yourselves ?
The PARLIAMENT (horrified, and all together).—Not a bit of it. No
more taxes—any way no more till the Income Tax is off.
The CHANCELLOR.-011! I see. Well then, gentlemen, we must
look at the matter apart from immediate finance. Now, of course you
have looked at the drainage question in every possible view. I need
not remind you that the ancient Romans called their drains by the
name of cloaca—by-the-by, Sir Benjamin, unde derivatur 2
CHIEF COMMISSIONER.—I don't know ; it's not in my department.
CHANCELLOR.—It escapes me at the moment, but is immaterial to
the course of my argument. I will, however, consult authorities on
my return home, and let you know.
CHIEF COMMISSIONER (with a wink at himself).—Pray write to-
night, I should not sleep unless I knew. I'll give a porter a shilling
to bring the letter.
CHANCELLOR.—You shall have it. Now, gentlemen, under the
Roman Republic we are informed that the Censors had the charge of
the cloacce, or drains. This was an appropriate charge ; but you see
we have no censorship in this free and constitutional country. We
have no censors here.

A MEMBER (aside).—Seed two at the Catholic Chapel a Sunday.
Thinks he knows everything. Seed 'em myself, smoking like one
o'clock.

CHANCELLOR.--We must, therefore, I fear, come on to the time of
the Emperors.
Another MEMBER (aside).—Paris drains is no great things, I've
heard.
CI

•The Emperon appointed officials who wen) called
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