The Press.
London, England, 1853-07-09 00:00:00

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Admiral Sir CHARLES BULLEN, one of tat►► most
venerable and distinguished officers in the navy, died
on Saturday at Shirley, near Southampton, at the
age of eighty-six. The deceased commanded the
.Britannia, flagship of Lord Northesk at Trafalgar.
He began his naval service as early as 1779 ; was
midshipman of the Loyalist at the reduction of
Charleston in 17t41 ; lieutenant of the Bastille?' in
Howe's action, and senior of the Monmouth at Cain-
perdown ; captain of the Britannia at Trafalgar, and
commanded the Volontaire and Cambrian in co-
operation with the patriots, on the east coast of
t 'atalonia. in INlt► H. He held a good-service pen-
sion of 30/. per annum. By his demise Sir
Hugh lee- Admiral of the Red, becomes Ad-
miral of the Blue ; Rear-Admiral J. B. Purvis be-
con►es Vice. Admiral of the Blue, and vacates his
command-in-chief at Queenstown ; and Captain the
lion. R. S. Dundas, C. 8., one of the Lords of the
Admiralty, becomes Rear-Admiral of the Blue.
The Limerick Chronicle announces the death of
Lady Caroline Adelaide, eldest daughter of the Earl
and Countess of i)unraven, which took place at
Mare Manor on Saturday morning, after a short but
severe illness.

A pocket-book, containing notes to upwards of 1001.
value, was found on Monday by an insolvent at the
Portugal-street Court. The finder took measures to
trace the owner, and received 51. reward for his
honesty.
Lord Huntingtower has once more petitioned the Bank-
ruptcy Court in the trading character of a horae•dealer.
This new application is said to originate in his having re-
newed some former liabilities, and not knowing the owners
of certain hills of exchange.
Catherine Hayes left Panama on the 9th ult., in the Bri-
tish mail steamer Lima, for a professional tour through the
principal cities in South America, previous to her return to
the United States.

Many of the guests at a ball given lately on board the Da-
nish ship Danebrog, in Kiel harbour, bad travelled by rail-
way from Alton& and Hamburg, 108 miles, in full dieas,
ready for the festival.
The silk crop in Turkey will be a certain failure this year,
owing to the late frosts.
immense damage has been done in Switzerland by the
fall of torrents of rain and avalanches.

The Junior United Service is to be much enlarged.
40,000/. are raising by subscription at four per cent., and
204) additional members will be admitted. _ .

The deputy chief constable of Gloucestershire has ab-
sconded. taking him with nearly NW. of the county money.
entrusted to him to pay the police. His official income
was Wilt per annum.
Iron shillings and sovereigns may easily be detected by
P small pocket magnet.
A grand statistical congress will he held at Brussels on
the 19th of September next, under the auspices of the Go.
vernment. Societies of all countries arc invited to take
part in the proceedings.
At some cotton-mills near' Derby a workman named
Johnson was literally torn to pieces by the water-wheel,
he having accidently got entangled in the gearings.
The moors continue in prime order for the young grouse.
There is a splendid prospect of sport by the 12th proximo,
the coveys being numerous and the birds already strong.
The Crystal Palace Company are about to raise 240,01141/.
more capital by new shams. The Palace will not open
anti! next spring.
A. service of plate subscribed for by his late parishioners
in St..laines's. Westminster, was presented on Monday to
the new of J.iucoln. It villa,: is 7001.

THE PRESS.

THE QUARTERLY REV LEW. No.
CLXXXV., will be Published ou SATURDAY NEXT.

CONTNNTN :
I. 'RI:LAND, BY THE FOUR MASTERS.
11. HAXTHAUSEN ON RUsSIA.
111. COMPARATIVE ANATOMY—PROFESSOR OWEN.
IV. ECCLESIASTICAL FORGERIES.
V. AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF !HONOR RUFEINI.
VI. COUNT EICQUELMONT ON FOREIGN POLICY.
VII. REPORT OF THE OXFORD COMMISSION.
VIII. LIFE OF THOMAS MOORE.
JOHN Mu ItRAY, arle-street.