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bir Jed fleets in the Baltic under Admirals NAPIER thought to be a matter of right and justice to con-
and. DESCIIENES. cede an application where the exclusion of the

Yet what is to be expected from our fleets public wou! I be less severely felt, and that, there-
beyond a continuation of this • blockade ? • In • fore, it would be little better than an act of con-
reteremse—s .y—to the two great Russian stroeg- fiscation to refase a prec s.soly similar applic ttion,
holds, defended by their stupendous batteries, because the pubic did not wish to pay fir the
Cronaterit and Sebastopol! Are we left to benefits it obtained at the expense of a private
aspect that those two strongholds of the individual. We say "confiscation," because the
enemy are, even with the enormous maritime withholding a right to which any person may be
power capable of being brought against them ! entitled as fully deserves that title as stripping
by France and England, to be more than block- i him of that of which he had been in previous
vied? Why, in regard to C•onstadt, Admiral ' enjoyment.
CiLADS..." than whom," said the First Naval Lerd It was stated in the course of the debate that
of the Admiralty', the gallant Member for Gleu- there was no present intention on the part of Sir
,
tester (when mentioning the fact un Tuesday !T. M. WILSON to enclose Hampstead-heath, and a
evening in the House of Commons), ." no man letter from the Hen. Baronet to that effect was
possesses a greater amount of scienlific knowledge" referred to by one of his friends. Bet the Hon.
—Admiral CHADS has declared in regard to Cron- Gentlemen at the same time distinctly admitted
stadt, "after two days' inspection from the light- j that Sir TIIO.IIAS had " refused to asree to a
souse, and full views of the forts and ships, the stipulation that it sheu!d a ways rein tin agricul-
f aner are too substantial for the fire of ships to tural Land, and that stipulation had been ohj.-e-ed
make any imere-sion. They are large masses of to beta ise it would be making the public a pre-
;ranite. With respect to an attack on the ships sent of 13,0001.!'' This outdid conf ssion was
where they are, it is not to be entertained." Teat decisive oil the point. Hew could there be a
is the d wlaration in regard to Cronstittlt of Ad- present of 13,0001., or of any stun whatsoever, to
eairal CHADS, "than whom no man possesses a the peblic, unless the tenant fer 1-fe valued the
;re ter amount of scientific iliforination !" And
what, let us ask, is the decl tration in regard net
merely to Cronstadt, but in regard to Cronstadt
end Sweaborg, of Sir CHARLES NAPIER,
iiiinself, the gallant Admiral of the great
English fleet at the Gulf of Finland? Why,
Admiral NAPIER has written home to the autho-
rities (we have this from Admiral BERKELEY'S
statement on Tuesday evening is the House of
,jorarnons), these remarkable and very positive
in my power to do
wards:—" It has wat been'
anything with this powerful fleet ; for attacking
either Cronstadt or :weaborg would have been -cer-
tain destruction." That is the declaration of the
brave Sir CHARLES NAPIER, the British•maritime '
Commander-in-Chief. And as to Sebastopol, the
Lord Pre-ident of the Council has distinctly re-
pudiated the notion of his having threatened, on
the part of the Cabinet, an attack upon that
stronghold by the combined fleets 1111deI DITSDAS
and HAMELIN. Lord JoRN RUSSELL thus
curiously explained - his misapprehended expres-
sions—" What I said was, that I thought
Russia could not be allowed to maintain
the menacing attitude which she his lately done,
by keeping so large a fleet at Sebastopol." Not
that the Crimea is to be taken and Sebastopol
destroyed ; but that Russia is henceforth not to
keep "so large a fleet" under the shadow of those
!read fortific along. So that Sebastopol, accord-
ing to Lord JOHN RUSSELL, is not to be dismantled
—or, at any rate, the Noble Lord protests that
he never intimated that its seizure and destruction
.vere contemplated by the Geverntnent. And as
to Croristadt, we have already learnt front Admiral
CHADS that the Russian forts there "are too sub-
stantial for the fire of ships to make any impres-
sion," those forts beinee in fact, " large masses of
seetnite ;" while, as to the Russian fleet there, he
adds,—" With respect to an attack on the ships
where they are, it is not to be entertained."
Admiral NAPIER. himself telling us distinctly
that it has net been in his power to do any-
thing
with. his immense fleet, because (ho
explains the matter simply enough) "attack-
ing either °rousted-, or Sweaborg, would have
been cert tin destruction." What, then, we re
seat, are we to expect after all this beyond the
intintred blockade by the Anelo-Fienee fleets of
ewetborg, and Cr n-ladt, and Sebastopol ?
N Ar, we world just ask the public at large to
.observe quietly for a moment the terms in which
I(bniral BERKELEY at the close of his speech, on
•Ceesday evening in the House of Ceniraens, denied
lie rumour what was abroad to the eff et that
-4ir CHARLES NAPIER hid been sent out with his
lands tied I y the Government. Never was an
assertion couclv.d in mere aliphatic terms of re-
indiation. Time Admiral said :
"In the strongest lanoiage which man can use, I
leelare—aod as it is pert of my fluty to draw up order.'
for the almirale. I can speak with authority on tar.
).);nt—that there never was a British officer who had
itore completely a carte btaitche to undertake whet he
..eased. So far from his bands being tied up by the
G,vern,n.nt, they have afforded hint every encourage-
',mit to proceed." (Cheer6.l
the H -us : of C )11.1r11011S, the reader will observe,
peered this declaration. Well. We have heard.
Admiral BERKELEY his spoken. The , fact i-
f() longer to be gainsaid. Sir CHA HLE.
VAPIER went out to ; lie B d •ic WI It hi
1 lands not previously tiel by the Gevere -
ilellt. Ho had "a carte blanche to undertake
what lie pleased." Vely well. Bat so might
Imy one be declared at liberty to grasp the moon,
o harness a comet, to drive a nail into the zenith
(According to the Yankee conceit), or drop a
(plummet to the nadir—if he could get at them !
iir CHARLES NAPIER was sent out with " a carte
'Manche to undertake what ha pleased." Bat Sir
CHARLES NAPIER, taking his II ,et into the Baltic,
.foes up the Gulf of Finland until lie gets wit hill
sight first of Sweaborg and then of Cronstadt,
mud returns, after reConnoitring.those places, this
solemn declaration that " attacking either Cron-
stadt or Sweaborg would have been certain destruc-
' tion." But, says Admiral BERKELEY, speaking of the
freedom of action granted to Sir CHartzEs NAPIER,
" there never was a British Officer who had tLore
:completely a carte blanche to unlertake what h •
eleased." What was it the Irish Liberator used
-o say, with that wick al twinkle in his eyes, and
.hat delicious; brogue of his; add ng poignancy to
the sting of. Kam sum ?—the words Zola now
;,a,t to the occasion—.," Think you for nothin ;-,
nays the gailipot 1" Sir CHARLES NAPIER
•vas sent out with a carte. b!anche—grantel
but without troops and without gun-boats !!!
Lime troops are at last being despatched after him,
t is true, but the gun-boats have yet to follow.
The Government can be dating enough where
t taring goes for nothing, when vapouring need not
toad to a victory, nor mere bouncing to a -boin-
istrdmelit. Tney don't like "-pottering over like
looks," but they seen am •zine'y to relish potter-
ifig over a blockade. How much longer, we
-wonder, is the coutitry (witim e ileubied ineonie tax
:old 10,000,0007. sterling add d to the annual
taxation) going to allow itself to be thus egregi-
ously bamboozled ?

anticipated privilege of letting the lands on build-
ing leases at that amount ? Wks not his ultimate
obi v. thereby clearly and unequivocally revealed ?
And if any doubt could have remained, was it not
dispelled by .the peremptory refusal to insert a
clause that would set the matter at rest, so far as
the persevering Baronet was concerned ? The '
result was that the second reading was rejected
by a majority of 54, there being 97 against, and
only 43 in favour, of the measure.
But " long life to Sir THOMAS WILSON," "May
he live a thousand years," for it is only during
his existence that this great blessing can be re-
tained. His successor may, it appears, "do as he
likes with his own," and that which has so long
been dedicated to the public will, it appears, be
witidrawn, whenerer he shall b.: compelled to
visit " the bourne from whence no traveller re-
turns." It is, indeed, but a precarious tenure on
which the health and enjoyment of a numerous
body of persons depends. If 13,0001. •be the
sum for which the Hon. Baronet is so exceedingly
anxious, would it not be worth while obtaining
permanent security by its payment ? There can
be no objection, if the remainder-men concur in
the applicati 'n in obtaining a bill for the per-
petual enjoyment of pure air in that vicinity.
Notwithstanding the many onerous demarris on
the Exchequer we could still spare sufficient
to purchase permanent peace. We have
had ninny instances of estates being purchased
for toe community. Only last night 140,0001.
was voted for the acquisition of Burlington
House and grounds, and surely Hampstead-heath
word 1, in every respect, be a far more desirable
investment.

We concur in this proposition, put forth by a
morning contemporary, not bee ,use of any present
right on- the part of the Hon. B tronet, inasmuch
as the opinions of the Learned Judges, to whom
the matter 11.!s been so frequently referred, must
be considered decisive, even without the addi-
tional strength conferred by the opinions of Lords
BaocolAn, CAMPBELL, alia DENMAN, but simply
chat we may get rid of a, question that must become
setiAns on the death if the present proprietor.
Swoe arrangement must then be entered into, and
we may as well at once grapp!e with the difficulty
and anticipate the evil city. If the Gentlemen
wh $ so efficiently guarded the pub:ic interests last
night would endeavour tu effect an equitable ar-
rangement they would materially enlnince then
el i,ns on the gratil udeof the community ; and sure
we are that even the most close-fisted Chancellor of
the Exchequer would not refuse his assent to a mat-
ter in which the interests of the metropolis are so
materially concerned. The runiey would not he
wanting for a permanent. settlement, , even if a
national subscription were required for the
purpose.

COURT I ROULA R.

OSBORNE, JULY 27.
The Queen and Prince, and the royal children, walked
out ye- terday afternoon.
The E of Aber ►eun arrived from London, and re-
nlainl on a visit to her Nl:jar:V.

Mr. E. Ti. Hargraves, from New South Wa!eq, b: ii
-...ri i..t.-rvi,-t with th • Dike or Newe.tstle yesterday.
1)..,-p 1 t..ii•!-. frofft the G.P.Vi.i nor 4 of flov Kung. Li-
,f,1,‘,,, C 5,,,,,, Au-tsa,:rt. wal New Zo.-,141,.1, were re-
f.e.ved ye,terday ht the COlOll4O-01E/v.
toe ft,,v. Too:o is Fre feriek Dpilock, M.A., hay been
presented to the Vicarage of Wiilesborougi. vacant by
me resignation of the Rev. Win. Gould, patrons the.
Dean and Chapter of Guiterbury ; and the Rev. John
Peat, M.A . has been noininate.l to the Perpetual
Curacy of Weal:l Chapel, Seveoo:tl.o, vacant by the re-
:ignation of the Rev. George Wm Corker, both in the
county of Kent and diocese of Cd,iit:wbury.

THE DIME OF CLEVELAvD'S DINNER —On Wednes-
day evening the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland gave a
4 rand bancioet to a select' prty of friends at their man-
lion to St JAinee's-square. The guests upon this ocea-
-i in were— Lord and Lnly Alvanley, Lord and Lady
Frederick Beutrnck, Lady Charles Somerset and Miss
Somerset, Sir Henry Willoughby, Sir George Rock,
Colonel and Miss Lowther, Captain Frazer, Mrs.
Soinerhet, Mr. Lambtou SArter, Mr. Hamilton Rue.
,ell. Ste

Tile venerable Countess of Carlisle and her son, the
Earl of earliste, have returned to town from Brighton.
His Excellency the Bavarian Minister a"d the Baroness
de Cetto have taken a man-ion at Brighton, where they
purpose parsing a portion of the recess.
Lientenant•General the Hon H. E. Butler and family
have tefr, Oxford-terrace, Hyde-park, for flastinip andLeouard'-, where they purpose remaining for a

'I atc IIogSE GUIRDS Atilt pr vails in
this metropolitan camp. The Adjutant-General and ins
'epoty soon join their predecessor, Sir Georges grown,
in th- East.

WILL OF THE MARQUIS OF ANGLESEY.—The will of
i.;be late Nlartinis of At,gte..ey has ju-t been proved by the
present ma. qu:s, the Duke of Rielnnorel, and Viscount
.:yduey, the executors appointed under it, with powers
reserved to Lord Paget, a son, and one other of the ex-
ecutors. The personalty is sworn under 140,000/.
•or •itig to the will, which is dated the 20th of February,
1854, a liberal tiro%jsion is made for all the younger
-binis of the late inArgni:, an aritimiity of 5001. is be.
quealhed hi, seeretary, an annuity of 1001. is continued
to Lieut. E R N.. arid 10001 is left to Hugh
Cameron, E q., as an acknowled,:errient of his profes-
;tonal erviees. The remainder of the property goes to
Ate present ut rtcrus, to whom also are devised all the
real estates, &c. The trunclted pillar, ornamented with
levices, which was presented to the gailent marquis by
George IV., when Prince 4:eta, and the officers of the
,narquis's Hu-sar regiment, he also bequeaths to his
Nest son, to descend as a family heirloom with the earl-
(loin of Uxbridge.
STAR CLUB. —At the meeting of this club, held at the
Star and Garter, on We itiesday, there were present the
%mnerican Mini-ter and Mi-s Lane, the Princes Girolan
klalsommed and Ferozes Sloth, Colonel Freesturr, M.P.,
Ir. Reit, M.P., Mr. Hindley, M.P., Mr. Evelyn,
q.P.; Mr. Dalt by S-,yrnt bur, M P., Mr. %V. Lee, M.P.,
qr. John M'Gregor, Mr. Pilkinton, M.P , Mr. and
qrs. Oatupbell, and several other persons of distinction.
aiverra,.M.P., presided.
CRYSTAL PALACE. JULY 27. —SHILLING DAY.
at the dour-, 12.495 ; admission by season tickets,
1,053 Total, 13,543. •
rue following notice was issued by the Postmaster-
General yesterday, viz %Vest Coast of Africa—Time
Ethrope, which should have been despatched from Ply-
,nouth un the 25th instant, with the ina,•la for the %Vest
-coast of Africa, will not leave until the Ist proximo.
Letters will be in time if posted in London ou the 31st
instant.,'
CIVIL LIST PENSIONS —The annual list of pensions
granted between the 20th June, 1853, and the 20th
June last, on account of literature, appears in a Parlia-
mentary paper. The highest pension is 1001. and the
lowest 401. There are 15 pensions in the list. The
widow of "Delta" has 1001., and the widow of "The
Ettrick Shepherd, 501. The last was granted in April
of 501. to the widow of Mr. Bowditch, the celebrated
African traveller.
HIGHWAY ROBBERY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER.--
Yesterday the ineti opolitati police received information of
the following highway ruboery anti attempted murder in
"road daylidit. From the particulars obtained it appeals
known builders of Stangate, Lambeth, had been dos-
that a maim, in the employ of Messrs. Piper, the well-
patched to Chathain with a su n of money amounting
to 451. Tue man travelled by the North Sent Rail-
way, and had got within half a mile of the prtinises h:s
employers were building, when, on passing along one of
the principal streets leading to the works, he noticed a
reve,:tahiy-dressed man stooping, and apparently in the
act of fastening his shoe strings. Havini pased on a
tv'W pacer, this man came behind him, and, with a heavy
bludgeon, gave him a violent blow at the side of his
head. His hat at that moment fell off, when the fellow
gave another tremendous blow over the crown of his
head, and finally
he struck him over the left eye, which
canned the blood to rush from the wound, when another
man came up, and
the two rifled the pockets of the man
of the 451. belonging to his employers, his own watch,
and 55., with which they made off. leaving the man aP-
parently dead.
gave an
where his wounds were. dressed, -but not Three- marines fortuna' sly came by,
and, seeing the unfortunate man in.an insensible state,
they alarm, and he was removed to the nearest
surgeon's,
ifft.ol.4?, 31r4.12411 1.:144 cibtaima Q f t4i. thiev,es, •

The metropolis has just recovered from a very
formidable attack on one of its
.lungs. We fear,
iowever, that the disease has become chronic, and
that, from the frequent relapse —the symptoms
tieing more severe and the danger materially
aggravated on each recurrence of the co nplaint—
but little hope can be entertained of the perma-
nent safety of the interesting sufferer. Sii
csolrAs MARTON WILSON ia, indeed, a perse-
vering, au indefatigable opponent.. Like ANTCECTS
f old, he appears to gather strength from each
ucceisiva defeat, and' to return with renewed
vhiour to the encounter. The sight of Hamp
stead-heath open and uneuclosed embitters hiA
very soul. - The pure breze careering throu.,b
the Vale of Health brings no refreshment to his
fevered brow. Visions of palatial residences,
eloram%
axeyrae"n3:lnti ln.l
squares and terraces, crescents and
parallg
are continually before his "mind's
On this cc fancy's sketch" has assumed all the
stern reality of fact.
succeededformishoicslasii:t.llllacng the House of Lords to
attempt, the Hon. Baronet
contrived to conceal
longerfo
rFwinare dh
eoyn,
no,ellaaapimppEasrietan tah ies
hadr
eal
y itead rfllnezious. It was no
cc ea
th Enclosure,"tobbeupitnugat
te, Bill, and the House was
positive!y assured that the land to be dealt with
inmon
Ireetie 3d, was not
cc latet
on which a new town was to be e
even from the 0,)
n he r
be
."useThrl weriethwtasrerna ebnidddoeunsfworecieP"in'
emils, i
might
tie event of the Legislature's tanction beine,° b-
tainLd for the apparently Harmless bill. 'lot
—oth
the Hampstead and the Fincbley Dst.ates were
held under precisely the same title ; the leasing
powers l •
•ng
poWers were identical. The implied wishes of his
father, from whom he derived the title, could
not be respected, so far as Hampstead was
c„ncirned, if despised and disregarded, as to
Finchley. A precedent would have been
ao ta Wish, d which could not subsequently be set
as,de. The decision of Parliament, once g yen,
could not afterwards be overruled. The Inc!osuro
Bill
40;44 Do.doleadad tho grQuiad.tleat

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