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money that was sent for the Baron de Bode. He be-
lieved that the baron's case was a most just one.
Mr. WILSON explained that the whole of the fund
received by the English Government from the French
Government had been exhausted in the legitimate
objects for which it had been paid, and therefore this
was really a question whether new taxation should be
imposed to liquidate this claim. _ _

THE WAR.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.)
WRECK AND SALVAGE BILL.
The various clauses were agreed to after some dis-
cussion, and the bill passed through committee, after
which the house resumed.
TOWNS IMPROVEMENT (IRELAND) BILL.
The house again went into committee on this bill.
Mr. BOWYER moved an amendment on clause 7.0
limit the rent of persons rateable under the bill to 51.
instead of 81., as proposed by the bill.
A division took place, when the numbers were—
For the amendment 22
Against it 9l-69
So the amendment was lost, and the clause was agreed

Mr. SPOONER had come doWn to the house be-
lieving- in the baron's claim, but had been converted to
the reverse opinion by the debate.
Mr. DUNLOP avowed a similar conversion.
Mr. MALINS entered into au argument in support
of the resolution.

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Mr. M. CHAMBERS replied, and after upward of
six hours of discussion, the house divided. The nuni-

bers were—

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For Mr. Chambers resolution 67
Against it

to.
Clauses up to 22 were agreed to, when the Chairman
reported progress, and the house resumed.
CONVICT PRISONS (IRELAND) BILL.
Sir J. YOUNG moved the second reading of this bill.
Mr. M'CARTNEY thought the bill ought not to be
read a second time till its provisions were more fully
explained.
The further consideration of the bill was adjourned to
Thursday next.
Mr. BOUVERIE then brought up the report of the
committee of supply, which was agreed to.
The sitting was suspended at 4 o'clock.
The house resumed at six o'clock, and was
Petitions were presented by Mr. NEWDEGATE, from
inhabitants of Coventry, Nuneaton, Brandon, Toleshill,
Kenilworth, and from workpeople in the employ of
Messrs. Peake, Ballard, Hart, Spencer and Horsfall,
Fulwell, Hood, and Ware, and numerous others, in
favour of the factory bill introduced by Mr. Cobbett ;
by Mr. BUCKLEY HUGHES, from the factory workers of
Messrs. Charles Pooley and Son, James Watkins, and
Scott and Halden, of Manchester, in factory of a Ten
Hours Factory Bill ; by Sir J. WALMSLEY, from the
Oldham and district workpeople ; John Morris and Sons,
John Ley and Sons, E. Moss, Joseph Lees, John Ogden,
and inhabitants of Waterheadmill, in favour of the Thir-
teen Hours Bill ; by Mr. FLOYER, from Todmorden and
other places in Dorsetshire, in favour of a Ten Hours
Bill ; by Mr. SANDARS, in favour of a Ten Hours Bill,
from the inhabitants of Wakefield, Barnsley', Parsbo-
rough, Gainsborough, Monc Britton, Ardsley, and from
numerous factory workpecple ; by Mr. H.W.Wiomusi,
from Bradford and district, in favour of a Ten Hours
Factory Bill, from the inhabitants of Bradford, Shipley,
Thornton, Rudsey, and from the workpeople of Messrs.
Leech and Co., and several others ; by Mr. W. J. Fox,
twenty-four, from Rayton and Oldham, in favour of the
Ten Hours Bill, from the inhabitants of Rayton, and
from the Literary, Temperance, and Mutual Improvement
Institution ; sixteen from hands in various factories ; by
Mr. CORRY, from the surveyors and other attendants of
twenty-three of the county infirmaries in Ireland, against
the Hospital and Infirmaries Bill, praying that in any
such bill that may be proposed a clause may be inserted
securing to the petitioners that fair compensation, which
it is the custom of 'Parliament to allow to other officers
whose places it has been deemed expedient to abolish,
also one to the same effect, from the surgeons, &c., of the
Carlow county infirmary ; by Mr. ROBARTES, from cer-
tain inhabitants of St. Austle and its vicinity, in favour
of the entire abolition of church rates; by Sir J. SHELLEY
signed by 576 of the inhabitants of various parishes of
the city of Westminster, for inquiry as respects the con-
joint pledge given by the New River and East London
Water Companies in 1852, to take their supplies free
from the sewerage of the towns in the Lee valley ; by
Mr. COBBETT, from inhabitants of Thornham, Crompton,
Chadderton, Oldham, Saddleworth, York, and the Short
Time Committee of Stockford, all in favour of an efficient
Ten Hours Bill ; by Mr. JAMES MACGREGOR, from the
mayor, aldermen, burgesses of Deal, against the Police
Bill ; by Mr. COWAN, from the southern districts of the
city of Edinburgh, for amendments in the Valuation of
Lands (Scotland) Bill; by the Magistrates of Canongate,
for amendments; by the Edinburgh Presbytery, praying
this house to resist the appointment of Popish chaplains
in gaols, to repeal the Emancipation Act, the Maynooth
Endowment, suppress the monastic resolutions, and pre-
vent the assumption of ecclesiastical titles ; from the
Scottish Alliance of Edinburgh, against the proposal
of Mr. Hume to open the British Museum and National
Gallery upon the Lord's day ; by Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, in
favour of the Ten Hours Bill ; from Cragge Vale, Tod-
morden, Ainsworth, Ashworth, Hebdenbridge, Milnrow,
Rochdale, Preston, and Elton; against church rates, from
Salem Chapel, New North-road, Islington; against uni-
versity tests, from a public meeting of inhabitants of
Islington ; by Mr. DUNLOP, from the faculty of physi-
cians and surgeons of Glasgow, against the Medical
Graduates Bill ; by Mr. OLIVEIRA, signed by 120 of the
inhabitants of Pontefract, against church rates.
THE EASTERN QUESTION.
Lord D. STUART rose to ask the noble lord the
President of the Council whether any information had
been received of the intention of Austria to march troops
into Servia ; and whether he (Lord J. Russell) would
have any objection to lay on the table the following do•
currents :—The protest addressed by the Servian Go-
vernment against the occupation of that principality by
Austria ; the convention between Austria and the Porte
respecting the occupation of Albania by Austrian troops;
and the convention lately signed between Austria and
Prussia ?
Lord J. RUSSELL—In answer to my noble friend,
I have to state that we have received no late informa-
tion from the Austrian Government of any intention
whatever to march troops into Servia. Some time ago
I stated that the Austrian Government had declared that
if it would be of use to the Sultan that they should
march troops into Servia, they were ready to do so; but
that without a request on the part of the Turkish Go-
vernment they should adopt such a course only in one '
of two cases—either in case of the march of Russian troops
into Servia, when they would oppose that army; or in
case of an insurrection in Servia, which would, in all
probability, be an insurrection in favour of Russia, and
against Turkey. With regard to the papers that the noble
lord had asked for, the protest addressed by the Servian
Government to the Porte against the occupation of the
principality by the forces of Austria has been received
by the Government, and there can be no objection to its
presentation if the noble lord will move for it. With
regard to a convention between Austria and the Porte
respecting the occupation of Albania by Austrian troops
the Government have no knowledge of any such conven-
tion, and I do not believe that such a convention is in
existence. The Austrian Government proposed to the
Porte that in case it should be thought desirable, Aus-
tria should assist in suppressing the insurrection in
Albania ; but the pachas on the frontier declined any
assistance from the Austrian troops, and the Austrian
commander did not pass out of his own province. The
substance of the convention lately signed between
Austria and Prussia has been communicated to thehouse;
but there in an additional article which is in the posses-
• sion of the Government. and can be presented if my
noble friend thinks proper to move for

It being now half-past 12 o'clock,
Mr. BASS moved the adjournment of the house, as
he was sure it had sat too long for members to perform
their duties in a proper manner.

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Lord J. RUSSELL suggested what the unopposed
motions should be allowed to be disposed of, all others
being postponed, aund upon this understanding,
Mr. BASS withdrew his motion.

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On the motion of Sir E. FILMER, a select committee
was appointed to inquire into the sanitary and agricul-
tural state of the marshes on the sides of the Thames,
the means for their improvement, the existing legal
powers for the purpose, and the necessity for further
legislation thereon.
Sir W. MOLESWORTH obtained leave to intro-
duce a bill to confirm provisional orders of the General
Board of Health applying the Public Health Act to the
districts of Plymouth, Hanley, Haworth, Much Wool-
ton, Aberdare, Bishop Auckland, Willenhall, and Over
Darwen.

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The house adjourned at twenty-five minutes before 1
o'clock.

PARLIAMENTARY DI VISIONS.

HOUSE OF COMMONS-JuNE 20.
BARON DE BODE.

Motion made, and question put, " That the national good
faith requires that the just claims of Baron de Bode, estab-
lished after protracted investigation, should be satisfied."
The house divided ; ayes 67, noes 82.

AYES-67.
Ball, E. Froven C. O'Connell, J.
Baldock, E. Greenall, Gilbert Otway, A.
Bankes, Rt. Hon. G. Greene, Capt. John Pelbatt, A.
Bateson, Capt. T. Hawkins, W. Rolt, I'.
Beamish, F. Higgins, G. 0. Scholefield, W.
Bell, J. Hudson, G. Seymour. W.
Bentinck, G. Hughes, W. Shee, Serjt. W.
Blair, Lieut.-Col. J. IL Ingham, R. Somerset, Capt. E.
Brady, J. Jolliffe, Sir W. Stanley, Lord
Bright, J. Keating, H. Stephenson, R.
Bruce, 11. A. Kendall, N. Sturt, H.
Butt, I. Kennedy, T. Swift, R.
Ca) ley, E. S. Laslett, W. Tollemache, J.
Chambers, T. Lennox, Lord IL G. Tyler, Sir G.
Child, Smith Lovalne, Lord Wa:pole. S.
Christy, Samuel Lucas, F. West, F.
Cobbett, J. M. MacMahon, P. Wickham. H.
Cobbold, J. C. Malin, R. Wynne, W.
Craufurd, E. H.J. Mandeville, Viscount
Duncan, G. Meux, Sir H.
Dunne, Lt.-Col F. Muntz, G.
Esmonde, J. Murrough, J.
Farrer, J. Norreys, Sir D.
Filmer, Sir E. O'Connell, D.

TELLEILS.

Chambers, M.
Bowyer, G.

NOES-8 2.
Anderson, Sir J. Graham, Sir J. Patten, J.
Barnes, T. Grey, Rt. Hon. Sir G. Perry, Sir E.
Barrow, W. Grey, R. Phill,more, R. J.
Bass, M. Hadfield, George Pilkington, J.
Bland, L. H. ll.astie. Alex. Pollard-Urquhart W
Brotherton, J. Headiam, T. Russell, Lord J.
Cheetham. John Heathcote, Sir G. Sandars, G.
Cockburn, Sir A. J. E. Hervey, Lord A. Sawle, C.
Crook, J. Keogh, W. Seobell, Capt. G.
Crossley, F. Kershaw, J. Smith, J. B.
Cubitt. W. Kirk, W. Spooner, R.
Davie, Sir H. R. F. Knatchbull, W. Thesiger, Sir. F.
Drinnianrig, Vic. Laing, S. Thompson, G.
Duff, G. Lee, W. Vane, Lord A.
Dunlop,. A. Lindsay Lt.-Col. J. Vyvyan, Sir It:
Elcho, Lord Loveden, P. Walmsley, Sir J.
Evelyn, W. Lowe, R. Whitbread, S.
Feilden, M. Mackie, j. Wilkinson, W.
Fergus. J. M'Cann, J.. Williams, M.
Ferguson, Sir R. MacGregor Jas. Williams, W.
Floyer, J. Maguire, J. F. Wilson, J.
Forster J. Masterman, ..T. Wise, A.
Fortescue, C. Michell, Dr. W. Wood, Sir C.
Fox, K. Moffatt, G. Young, Sir J.
Fox, W. Molesworth, Sir W.
George, J. North, F
Gladstone, W. • Paget, Lard A.
Glyn, G. Palmerston, Viscount Hay ter, W.
Goddard, A. Parker, R. Berkeley, G.

TELLBSS.

TOWNS IMPROVEMENT (IRELAND) BILL.
Clause seven, line 13.—Amendment proposed, to leave out
the word " eight," in order to insert the word " five."
Question put, " That the word ' eight ' stand part of the
clause. The committee divided ; ayes 91, noes 22.

AYES-91.
Alexander, J. George, J. Parke, C
Ball, E. Gilpin, Col. H. Patten, J.
Bateson, Capt T. Gore, W. Pugh, D.
Beamish, F. Greenall, G. Russell, F. C.
Bell, J. Oregson, S. . Sarleft*, James
Berkeley, G. Grogan, E. Sawle, C.
Le- nard, Vis. Ilankey, T. Sc•l'ly,F.
Blair, Col. J. H. Hardingo, Hon. C. acatly, V.
Bland, L. FL Heatbcoat, Sir G. Shirley, E.
liruce, Lord E. Ileathcote, G. Smith, R.
Butler, C. Hervey, Lord A. Stephenson. R.
Butt, so. Hothain, Lord Taylor, Lt.-Col. J.
Butt, I. - Jolliffe, Sir W. Thickneese, It.
Cairns, 11. Jones, Capt. T. Thornely, T.
Caulf,ild, Lt -Col. J. Keating, 11. Thornhill, W.
Cavendish, G. Keogh. W. Tollemache, J.
Conolly, T. Kirk, W. Vance, J.
Coote, Sir (1. H, Knox, W. S. Van-, Lord A.
Corry, H. T. L. Lam ton, 11. G. Walcott, Admiral
Davie, Sir IL H. F. Laslett, W. Walpole, S.
Davison, It. Lee, W. Whatman, J.
Denison, J. E. Lockhart, A. E. Whitbread, S.
Drummond, H. Macartney, G. Wickham, H. W.
Duncan G. Monck, Viscount Willcox, B.
Duncornbe, Hon. 0. Morris, D. Winnington, Sir T.
Dunlop, A. Mostyn, E. Wyndham, W
Dunne, Col. Mowbray. J. Young, Sir J.
Elcho, Lord Mundy, W.
Elliot, J. Naas, Lord
Farrer, J. Napier, J.
Ferguson, Sir R. Oliveira, B. Hayter, W:
Fortescue, C. Ossul stun, Lord Mulgrave, Earl of

TELLERS.

:TOES-23.

Brady, J.
Cogan, W. H. F.
Crook, J.
Crossley, F,
French F.
Greene, .1

Lucas, F.
INl‘Cann, J.
31 ac3l ahon, P.
Norreys, Sir D.
O'Brien, Sir T.
O'Brien, C.
O'Connell, D.
O'Connell, J.
Pecliell, Sir G.

PeHatt, A.

Pi'kington, J.
Walmeley. Sir J.

Whiteside, J.
Williams, W.

Higzins, G. 0.
Kennedy T.
Kershaw, J.

TELLERS.
Bowyer, G.
Macguire, J.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, JUNE 20.
In the Convocation tb be holden on Thursday next, at
10 o'clock, it will be proposed to confer the degree of
Doctor in Music on Sir Henry Rowley Bishop, B. Mos.,
Professor of Music in this University.
The following class-list has been issued b, the Exa-
miners in the School of Mathematical and Physical
Science :

CLASS I.
Birch, George, Oriel College
Cotton, Arthur 8., Christ Church.
Norton, David E., Oriel College.
CLASS 11.
Byrtli, Henry S., Brasenose College.
Green, George ft., Lincoln College.
*Kekewich, Arthur, Baliol College.
*Martin, Arthur, Christ Church.
Otter, Francis, Corpus Christi College.
CLASS 111.
Tipping, George L., Brasenose College.
CLASS IV.
Brook, James, Worcester College.
Whitaker, William, Lincoln College.
Those marked with an asterisk obtained first classes
in Meth humanioribus.
The Denyer Theological prizes have been awarded to
the Rev. B. C. Coffin, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Wor-
cester College, and the Rev. A. S. Farrar, M.A., Michel,
Fellow of Queen's College.
It is in contemplation, we understand, to propose to
Convocation an alteration in the examination before
Moderators. All those hitherto engaged in conducting
the examination have, we believe, without exception,
expressed their dissatisfaction with the present system.
It will probably be proposed to substitute three classes
for the candidates for honours, in the place of the two
classes which the statute at present recognises.

. _
NEWSPAPER RETURN.
Sir J. SHELLEY inquired of the hon. gentleman
the Secretary of the Treasury, when a return respecting
newspapers, which was moved for on the 19th of May,
was likely to be laid on the table of the house ?
Mr. J. WILSON stated that, so far as regarded news-
papers in England, this return was ready, but that the
Board of Inland Revenue were waiting for the returns
for Ireland and Scotland. So soon as these were re-
ceived, the return would be presented to the house.

THE BARON DE BODE.
Mr. M. CHAMBERS called attention to the case of
the Baron de Bode, and moved a resolution :—" Thal
the national good faith requires that the just claims o
the Baron de Bode, established after protracted inves
tigation, should be satisfied." Upon a point involving
the honour of their country Mr. Chambers hoped he
would not appeal to the Commons of England in vain.
Mr. DRUMMOND seconded the motion.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL declared emphatically
that if he believed the claims of the Baron de Bode were
just and well-founded, he would not stand up and dis-
grace himself by adopting the unworthy course assumed
so recklessly by Mr. Drummond. He had every dispo-
sition to sympathise with the case of the Baron, but he
was fully satisfied that the case did not come within the
treaty. The question was not whether the Baron de
Bode was a British subject ; the question was whether THE CONSERVATIVE LAND .SOCIETY.—A public meet-
he was so within the meaning of the treaty. The At- ing of the inhabitants of Guildford was held at the White
torney-General believed he was not a British subject in Hart Hotel on Monday evening, when a deputation from
that sense, and proceeded to maintain his views by re- the executive committee of the Conservative Land So-
ference to the terms of the treaty, and to the special ciety, consisting of Viscount Ingestre, Mr. R. N. Fowler,
claims of the Baron. The property was not confiscated Mr. C. E. Lewis, Mr. G. Morgan, and Mr. Gruneisen,
because the Baron was a British subject, but because he attended to explain the mode of allotment of the Wey-
was a French subject, bridge estate, West Surrey, and the general plan of the
Mr. BOWYER supported the resolution. society. The meeting was numerously attended, and
Mr. WILKINSON opposed the resolution. amongst those present we observed Mr. Charles. Evelyn,
Sir F. THESIGER entered into a prolonged argu- of Wotto_ ,n Mr. Hart, &c. A letter from Mr.
ment to show the futility of the claim advanced by the Evelyn, M.P., apologising for non-attendance in conse-
promoters of the resolution. quence of Parliamentary duties, was read. Viscount
Mr. T. CHAMBERS took the opposite view of the Ingestre presided, and after biiefly touching on the im-
case. portant social, commercial, and political points and ad-
Mr. WALPOLE supported the resolution, and in an, vantages of the movement, remarked, with respect to
elaborate argument urged that the baron was a British the Weybridge estate, that its proximity to the railway
subject, and had clearly made out his title to compen- station, the easy communication with town, the pleasant
sation. He examined and condemned the various forms neighbourhood, and the value of the land itself, were
of opposition by which the claim had been from time to great attractions to persons desirous of becoming free-
time baffled, and expressed his conviction that it was holders for that division of the county of Surrey. Mr.
the amount of the demand, and not the merits of the Fowler, in an excellent speech, dwelt on the general
case, that had caused the denial of justice. lie thought social advantages of the freehold land movement, and
that the honour of the country, of Parliament, and of specially pointed out those connected with the Conserve-
the Crown, was involved in the decision of the question. tive Land Society. The freehold movement was one of
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER re- the most important things in connection with the social
marked upon the circumstance that the House of Coin- improvements of the present day. It had hitherto been
mons was called upon to settle by a peremptory deci- an evil that the possession of land had been inaccessible
sion one of the most intricate and complex cases ever to the humbler classes, but this was obviated by the
brought before a court of law. lie declared that the I machinery of a freehold land society. By clubbing to-
amount of the claim had nothing to do with the resist- gether and purchasing an estate at the wholesale price,
ance made to it, which was made upon principle. After a portion of land would be placed within the reach of
addressing himself to a prolonged refutation of the 2x- every industrious man at the lowest possible cost. The
guments of Mr. Walpole, he said that far more of legal first estate of this society which had been allotted was at
ingenuity—he would not say of ohicane, though the Ealing, and premiums of 20 guineas each had been ob-
word had been used by his opponents—had been em- tamed. On Putney premiums of 1501. had been obtained,
ployed in endeavouring to make out the case than in or 300 per cent. He was not so conversant with other
resisting it. He remonstrated with Mr. Drummond societies, but should doubt whether any such, profitable
upon the abusive character of his oratory, and con- investment could be found as that in which a person
eluded by expressing his conviction that the Baron de in a few months could gain 300 per cent. Mr. Lewis,
Bode was not entitled to the pecuniary consideration of Mr. Morgan, Mr. Gruneisen, and other gentlemen sub-
the house. sequently addressed the meeting, and a considerable
Mr, MI7I4TTZ simply wantod to know who had tho ' additioa was made.to the members of the society,
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NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

Yesterday advices were received at the Admiralty,
under date Malta, June the 12th, that the lonian vessel
Leotade had been brought into that port a prize, in
charge of Mr. Challis, R.N., having been captured off
Kcrtch by her Majesty's steamer Firebrand ; as also the
San Spiridione, in charge of Mr. Dundas, captured off
the mouth of the Danube by her Majesty's steamer Fury,
to he condemned by the Court of Admiralty.
Intelligence was also received yesterday that on the
2(1 inst. her Majesty's steamers Sidon and Inflexible
towed into the port of Baltshik six Russian and Dutch
ships, which they had captured conveying articles con-
traband of war for the use of the Russians. Thee ves-
sels are estimated to be worth 12,0001., which will have
to be divided between the officers and crews of the Sidon
and Inflexible.

The Tyne store-ship, Master-Commander James B.
Tucker, arrived at the Nore on Monday, at 6 a.m., from
Sir Charles Napier's squadron in the Baltic, and has
brought a very heavy mail of 49 bags, which were sorted
at the post-office at Sheerness, and left at 8 p.m. for their
different destinations. Admiral Corry's squadron, con-
sisting of 11 sail-of-the-line, besides several frigates and
smaller vessels of war, was cruising off Gottska Sandoe.
The Tyne has brought home invalids from the fleet and
prisoners ; the former remain on board, and she pro-
ceeded for Woolwich at 3 p.m., assisted by the Admiral's
steam-tender Wildfire. The prisoners are F. Erasmus,
master of the Carl Magnus, of Peraau, a brigantine of
118 tons, laden with salt ; A. Meyerhoff, mate of the
brig John, of Riga, with 180 tons of salt, as ballast ;
and C. H. Koller, mate of the barque Catherine
Charlotte, of Riga, in ballast. The mate of this ship
reports that the master, Daniel Salleng, who was part
owner of the Catherine Charlotte, on the 25th of April,
eight days after being taken, jumped overboard and
drowned himself. All three vessels were prizes to the
Co

_inflict screw steam•ship, and were taken between
Memel and Libau on the 17th of April last. These pri-
soners are sent on board the Waterloo, 120,.flagship,
Captain Lord Frederick A. Kerr, and have a commodious
cabin in the after cockpit, and the range of the ship for
exercise.

The Devonshire is being prepared with all possible
expedition to receive Russian prisoners of war.
The prisoners referred to are anxiously waiting the
orders of the Admiralty, as they confidently anticipate
being released on the same terms as other merchant
masters, mates, and seamen and crews—namely, not to
take any part in the present war against the allied
Powers.

A Danish corvette arrived at Spithead on Monday
night from the westward, and at 8 o'clock yesterday
morning she saluted the garrison flag, which having been
returned by the battery on the King's Ravelin, she then
saluted the Port Admiral, which the flagship Victory re-
turned. After this the captain landed, and, under the
escort of the Consul, paid his respects to the naval and
military authorities.
The Esk, 21, screw steam-ship, recently launched at
John Scott Russell and Co.'s establishment at Millwall,
with her engines and screw propeller on board, went
down the river on Monday afternoon from Deptford as
far as Erith, to ascertain the working capabilities of the
engines, and returned to Woolwich, where she is to be
completed for sea.
The Industry, screw steam store-ship, Master-Com-
mander Bradley, has gone down from Blackwall to
Woolwich, to be made ready for sea at that port. She
is still about 20 able seamen short of her complement.
The blocks have been laid down for the keels of two
screw steam-ships of war, the Hero, 91, and the Chesa-
peake, 50, to be built in Chatham dockyard.
The fine frigate-built ship Blenheim (pierced for 48
guns) Capt. John J. Atkinson, has passsed Portsmouth
for London from the East Indies. The Blenheim left
the Sandheads on the 28th of February, and St. Helena,
May 7, and arrived off the Land's-end on Sunday. Cap-
tain Atkinson having heard of the declaration of war at
St. Helena, and having numerous passengers on board,
besides an extraordinarily valuable cargo from the East
Indies, made every preparation for defence in case of
falling in with any privateer or other suspicious craft.
We learn by electric telegraph from Portsmouth that
the Trafalgar Indiaman has arrived in the Channel from
Madras (which she left on the 27th of February), with
the head-quarter division of the 15th (King's) Hussars,
consisting of four troops--viz., 10 officers, 383 non-
commissioned officers, rank and file, 23 women, and 52
children ; four Hussars and four children died, and
three children were born during the voyage.
Captain-Superintendent John J. Tucker, of Sheerness
Yard, has proceeded on 14 days' leave of absence. Cap-
tain Lord Frederick A. Kerr is doing Captain-Superin-
tendent's duty during his absence.
Commanders R. D. White, A. J. Burton, and Vim.
Burdon, who were examined last week at Woolwich,
after having gone through a course of steam at the fac-
tory, have passed and received their certificates.
On Friday last 27 young men passed out of the Fis-
gard, flagship at Woolwich, to proceed for service in
the Baltic fleet. They will obtain a passage in the Al-
giers, 91, screw steam-ship. The men were much cheered
when they left the Fisgard to join the Algiers in the
Downs. since Commodore John Shepherd hoisted his
pendant on board the Fisgard 105 young men have been
instructed and passed out for distribution among- the
ships of the Royal Navy, principally those of the Baltic
fleet.

Yesterday being the anniversary of the Queen's acces-
sion to the throne, the ships at Portsmouth dressed in
colours, and at noon fired a Royal salute.
A Royal salute was also fired from the Mortar and
Howitzer Battery, at Woolwich.
Yesterday the Lords of the Admiralty took up ships
for the conveyance of 890 tons of provisions to Malta
for the use of her Majesty's forces in the East. Vessels
were also taken up for the conveyance of 250 tons of
ordnance stores to Sydney, New South Wales, Hobart,
Town, Van Diemen's Land, and Auckland, New
Zealand, in order to provide for the defence of those
colonies.
The Lords of the Admiralty also gave notice that
ships were required to convey 379 tons of ordnance
stores, powder, and combustibles to the British colonies
in Africa, and to Adelaide, Western Australia.
The authorities of Chatham Dockyard placed a num-
ber of the workmen on Saturday to clear away the
ruins of the fire on the previous day at the sawmills. A
great quantity of the ironwork is in course of being
separated from the burnt timber, and will answer again
for the purposes for which the saws and other articles
had been formerly employed.
The whole of the fieldworks erected for practice by
the Royal Sappers and Miners at Chatham are nearly
completed, and it has been decided to have a grand at-
tack in July.
Lieutenant-Colonel Fox Strangways, commanding the
Royal Horse Artillery of the British army in the East,
has proceeded with the Ist division, under General Sir
George Brown, to the camp at Devna,situated between
Varna and Shumla. He embarked rom the camp at
Coolalie, near Scutari, with the Horse Artillery under
his command, and disembarked at Varna on the 31st.
Intelligence has since been received that the division
marched at once in the direction of Slaumla, and that it
is now encamped at Devna.
Major-General Mansel, K.H. commanding the Cork
district, has just completed his first inspection of the
provisional battalion at Fermoy, under the command of
Lieutenant-Colonel Passy. The Major-General was
three days engaged in a minute examination of all the
details connected with this large body of men ; and,
although the battalion has been but recently formed, it
is expected that 600 men, fully equipped and fit for
service, will be enabled to proceed to Turkey on or
about the Ist of July.

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[PRicESD.

HER MAJESTY'S STATE BALL.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
Princesses Helena and Louisa, took a drive in an open
landau and four yesterday afternoon. The Equerries in
Waiting attended on horseback.
The Duchess of Kent visited the Queen yesterday.
Prince Albert, the King of Portugal, and the Duke of
Oporto, with the Viscount de Carreira, Baron de Sarmento,
Chevalier de Mello, Lord de Tabley, and Captain the lion.
Dudley de R 054, left Buckingham Palace iu two carriages
and four, soon after o'clock yesterday morning, for the
Crystal Palace at Sydenhatn. The royal party returned at
ten minutes before 2 o'clock.

The Princesses Helena and Louiea visited the Zoological
Gardens iu the Regent's-park in the forenoon.
A deputation from the bleachers, dyers, and finishers of
England and Scotland, consisting of Mr. Crook, M.P. for
Bolton ; Messrs. Richard Partingtou and George Cham-
bers, from the Amalgamated Committee at Bolton Messrs.
A. King and J. McCulloch, of Glasgow, with Mr. Sturgeon,
barrister, had an interview with Viscount Palmerston yes-
terday for the Home-office.
Viscount Canning had an interview with the Earl of
Aberdeen yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-
street.
A deputation from the Visiting Committee of the Corn-
wall County Lunatic Asylum, consisting of Mr. Nicholson
Kendall and Mr. T. A. Robartes, the members of Parlia-
ment for East Cornwall, had yesterday an interview with
Viscount Palmerston.
A deputation consisting of Sir P. Egerton, M.P., Mr.
Tollemache, M.P., Mr. C. Leigh, 31. P.,
and Mr. Tatton
Egerton, 31. P., had an interview with Viscount Palmer-
ston at the Home-office, yesterday.
Despatches from the Governors of the North American
Provinces were received yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
The Queen gave a state ball last evening at Buckingham.
Palace. The guests were unusually numerous, the invita-
tions exceeding 2,000. The state rooms were brilliantly
illuminated and were decorated with a large quantity of
the most brilliant flowers. The space between the balus-
trade of the grand staircase and the wall (about 3 feet) was
rendered solid by being entirely filled in with the most
beautiful blossoms, from the midst of which rose massive
bronze candelabra, supporting globes of light springing
from a bed of crystal.
At each corner of the staircase were bronze caryatidae
the size of life, supporting a number of lamps rising from
a mass of crystal, and branches and leaves of crystal, in-
termixed with and twining about the globular lights.
Round the walls of the aircase were hung whole length
portraits of William IV., Queen Adelaide, the Duke of
Sussex, the Duke and Duchess of Kent, George 111, and
Queen Charlotte, the King of the Belgians and the Princess
Charlotte, and the present King of Hanover, by Lawrance,
Wilkie, Gaiusborough, Beechey, Hayter, Shee, and Dawe.
In the ante-room to the suite of state apartments were
Gibson's classical statues of the Queen and Prince Albert
in the costume of heroic art with a slight and delicate in-
troduction of colour in the draperies and adjuncts of the
figure.
The floral display was continued throughout the Green
Drawing Room, the Throne Room, the Picture Gallery, the
White Drawing Room, the Saloon, the Ball Room, and the
Supper Room. Each fire place was completely filled, the
flowers rising apparently from a bed of moss, and in cor-
ners, alcoves and vases, at every turn the eyes rested on the
most brilliant hues of the parterre. In the Picture Gallery,
from the cool and delicate neutral colour of the walls and
the pure white marble of its architecture, the effect was
particularly striking. In addition to the display in the
other apartments, the projecting bay of white marble at
the end leading to the Queen's private apartments was
crowned v.ith a of flowers.
Flowers were also introduced as a back ground to the
haut pas, on which the chairs of state were placed for the
Queen, the Prince, and the King of Portugal in the Throne
and Ball-rooms. The haut pas had canopies and draperies
en suite with the funiture of the apartments.
The orchestra in the Throne-room in front of the throne
was raised a few feet only above the ordinary level, so that
the superstructure of the throne itself was visible from be-
hind, and to make it in accordance with the general mag-
nificence of the room, the front of the orchestra was hung
with draperies of crimson velvet embroidered in gold.
The State Dinner-room, appropriated to supper, dis-
played the usual magnificence. A lofty buffet filled the
back ground of a deep square alcove at the end of the
apartment (opposite to the entrance) about 18 feet in
width, and starting at about five feet from the ground to
the height of 12 feet, it was one mass of the most. beauti-
ful specimens of gold plate.
In the centre was avery large flacon-shaped urn, atrophy
taken from the flag-ship of the Spanish armada, and above
it a noble salver, about three feet in diameter, having the
rising sun (Apollo in his chariot) finely wrought in basso-
relievo in the middle.
There were a number of other salvers of nearly equal di-
mensions, and large oval trays the borders of which were beau-
tiful specimens of goldsmith's work. Among the tankards
and cups were specimens of every style, from the simplest
form with no ornamentation at all to the most elaborate spe-
cimens and the most exquisite designs of ancient and mo-
dern art. Some of the more elegant cups had medallions
of sculptured ivory introduced, and others the body en-
tirely of ivory set in gold.
There were numerous copies of the Warwick vase in
gold plate on the tables, containing flowers, and some
of the gold candelabra were executed from the designs of
Flaxman and other distinguished artists.
The Yeomen of the Guard were on duty in the Grand
Hall and Staircase, under the command of the Exon in
Waiting.
A Guard of Honour of the Foot Guards n-as on duty
during the night, with the Band of the Regiment, in front
of the Palace.
The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Maria
Dawson and Sir George Couper, arrived at half-past nine
o'clock.
The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary were
attended by Lady Augusta Cadogan and Major Home
Purves.
Their Royal Highnesses were received by the Maids of
Honour in Waiting, Sir Edward Bowater, and Colonel
Wylde, the Grown in Waiting to the Queen and the
Prince, and Major General Buckley and Captain the Hon.
Dudley de Ros, the Equerries in Waitipg to her Majesty
and his Royal Highness.
The general company began to arrive soon after nine
o'clock, and assembled in the Picture Gallery.
At a quarter before ten o'clock her Majesty the Queen.
and Prince Albert were conducted from the White Draw-
ing Room (where the royal guests had assembled) by the
Marquis of Breadalbane, K.T., the Lord Chamberlain, and
Lord Ernest Bruce, the Vice-Chamberlain, through the
Saloon into the Ball-room.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness wore accompanied
by the King of Portugal, the Duke of Oporto, the Duchess
of Kent, the Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess
Mary.
The Queen was attended by the Duchess of Sutherland,
Mistress of the Robes ; the Duchess of Atholl, Lady in
Waiting ; the Maids of Honour in Waiting ; Earl Spencer,
K.G., Lord Steward : the Earl of Mulgrave, Treasurer of
the Household ; Lord Waterpark, Lord in Waiting ; the
Groom in Waiting, and the Equerry in Waiting.
Prince Albert was attended by the Marquis of Abercorn,
K.G., Groom of the Stole, the Lord iu Waiting, the Groom
in Waiting, and the Equerry in Waiting.
The King of Portugal was attended by the noblemen and
gentlemen of his suite.
The Queen wore a dress of green tulle over green silk,
trimmed with flounces of figured green gauze ribbon and
white blonde, and damask roses with green leaves, orna-
mented with diamonds.

Her Majesty's head-dress was formed of a wreath of
damask roses and green leaves ornamented with diamonds.
The Duchess of Kent wore a dress of white satin (of
British manufacture), trimmed with white tulle and white
and goldblonde, the stomacher ornamented with diamonds.
Her Royal Highness's head-dress was composed of white
and gold blonde and feathets, with diamond ornaments.
The Duchess of Cambridge wore a dress of white point
lace over grey silk, trimmed with silver riband and mara-
bout feathers, the stomacher ornamented with pearls and
diamonds. Her Royal Highness wore on her head a pearl
tiara and feathers.
The Princess Mary of Cambridge wore a dress of white
tulle, trimmed with satin riband garlands of pink roses,
and also ornamented with rows of pearls. The stomacher
was adoined with turquoise and diamonds. The princess
wore round her head a wreath of pink rosebuds, with
diamond stars.
The general company followed her Majesty and the royal
circle into the Ball Room.
The Queen opened the ball with the King of Portugal,
in a quadrille, at ten minutes before 10 o'clock, the oppo-
site couple being Prince Albert and the Princess Mary of
Cambridge.
Quadrille Bands were stationed in the Ball Room and
the Throne Room, and the following music was played by
them during the evening :