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LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1856.

The regulations for the public entry of the
Guards into Llndon, and subsequent review in
Hyde-park, have been duly published, although.
as we yesterday stated, the day for the ceremony
has not as yet been appoin.ed. WE shall rejoice
at any distinction that can be conferred on our
Crimean heroes. And never were 'soldiers of any
race or time more worthy of a brilliant ovation
than those who, under so many serious disadvan-
tageq, carried the war into the enemy's country,
and not merely sustained, but exalted the previous
reputation of the British name. If England is
not a military nation, it is not for want of un-
flinching courage or invincible prowess on the
part of her soldiers. They are " ready, aye
ready " for the field ; and they have come forth
from every conflict with untarnished escutcheons.

But " bravo men lived before AGAMENINON."
There were others who performed their arduous
duties in the Crimea as well as the Guards. We
utter not a word in their disparagement. But
surely they should not monopolise all the honours
of the day. The Highland Rrigtdo, the Royal
Welsh Fusiliers, the gallant 33 1 (the old Wel-
lingtons), and many other distinguished Regi-
ments—not forgetting the Scots Greys, Inniskel-
ling.% and all those who shared in the fearful
charge at Balaklava, or maintained " the thin red
line at Inkermae—carried their banners as boldly
forward, or as stubbornly maintained contested posi-
tions as any men the world ever saw. The Guards
behaved nobly—but they had many competitors
who deserved to share the rewards and honours
bestowed by a grateful country ; and we fear
that the exclusion fiona the proceedings of the
day will not be hailed witE4probation by the
People.

The Guards are looked on as the aristocratic
branch of the service. 11.11, H. honours the
Grenadiers; by accepting 3,0001. par annum, des-
- tined to reward the extraordinary service 3 of old
and very meritorious Officers, for acting. as their

Colonel. The Fusilier Guards have also a R.ll

Northstead. It is needless to say that there
were other arrangements made before this inte-
resting step has been taken. It is more than
hinted that the Noble Earl has been virtually ap-
pointed Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and
that he will be forthwith elevated to the Upper
House by his present title, which will, of course,
eventually merge in the higher one of Marquis,
whenever the veteran Whig Statesman shall be
removed from this transitory werld.
But there is something even more interesting
than any Ministerial or Peerage alteration. It
is said that the Hero of Kars, Sir WILLIAM
FENWICK WILLIAMS, is to be the successor of the
Noble Earl in the representation, and that his
valuable services will now be rendered available
in the popular branch of the Legislature. We
need not say how gladly we shall hail his acces-
sion to the vacant seat ; but we must confess
that we should have greatly preferred his
entering the House as .the unfettered re-
presentative of a free and independent
constituency, rather than as the nominee of any
Peer, even of one su distinguished as the most
noble patron of Caine. It is unfortunately but
too notorious that any one possessing the sup-
port and influence of the noble Marquis—who, as
was formerly said, we believe, by a Duke of MARL-
BOROUGH, in reference to iWoodstock, might,
if he pleased, return his black footman, pro-
vided he did not come within the Alien
laws —is certain of success. The same
might almost be said of the Marquis of
LANSDOWNE and of Caine. It is well to find that
a power in every respect so indefensible should
be so well exercised, and we might almost
be reconciled to rotten boroughs, if assured
that such would always be the case. But
however high the character of the nominee,
ho must lose prestige, from the simple fact
that he is universally known to be "a
nominee." With a proper measure of Reform,
Sir WILLIAM FENWICK WILLIAMS would require
no aristocratic crutch to enable him to hobble into
a House the door s whereof should be thrown
wide for his reception ; and even his return can-
not greatly protract the existence of an anomaly
so thoroughly antagonistic to the feelings and
principles of Englishmen as the return of .a
Member to the popular branch of the Legislature
on the nomination of one who, under the Constitu-
tional theory, is precluded from taking any part
in the election.

at their head—the officers aro promoted more ra-
pidly than in the line ; each Ensign ranks as. a
Lieutenant, a Lieutenant' as Captain, and Cap.
tains as Lientenant•Colonels, hopping two steps
at each stage of the progress. The commissions
command a proportionate price, and none but
the nobly connected and the very wealthy can
venture to aspire to places amongst them.

But it is not for money or rank that the nation
cares in honouring those who have rendered effi-
cient services. The Crimean medal will glitter
as brightly on the stalwart breast of a " bonny
ilighlauder " although there wore fewer officers
who had " handles to their names." The 23d,
who showed themselves worthy of fighting under
the "victor of Cressy and Poictiers," and those
who bore on their standard the crest and motto
of "the Iron I)nke,". need not flinch from any
comparison that may be instituted.
It is then to be hoped that, if practicable, some
othen-Jof the Crimean heroes may be associated
with the Guards, and participate in the honours
of the day., Surely some arrangement may b,
made "to avert, ere it be too late, the, exclusive
character of the proceeding, and to prevent the
shaft from rankling in bosoms that should have
the gratification derived from their return home,
withont alloy or diminution.

Yeisterday evening a new writ was moved for
the Borough of Caine, in the roam of the Earl of
SEELZT,M,4I, who has accepted the importan itt!“ -
Son of ',Steward of her IV"..AJE.STY'S Mlau ci

quite satisfied if Mr. PIERCE will point out any
method by which the poor Mosquitos shall b(
protected against destruction by civilisation. The
territory is most certainly of no worth whatever
to us, but an honourable adherence to engage-
ments of centuries old, and maintained 'constantly
to the present day, is of the highest importance.
Especially would it be degrading for a Protector
to withdraw at the bidding of any power. It
would imply that he had lost the power to pro-
tect. We are told by the Conservative Leader in
the Lower. House that America has a policy, and
that we are to let herFilliboster and intrigneas she
pleases. So be it. We have more tropical territory
than, we need, and on our dependencies in North
America and Australia we look upon with a tho-
rOughly parental eye, and shall feel no unwilling-
ness when they wish it to deem them of full
political age. America, on the contrary, covets
new territories and States, and she is quite wel-
come to them. We only do not choose to tole-
rate the policy of Ostend—that of taking—Cuba
for instance—without, asking leave, where others
have had a long and settled priority. It would
also give us no small satisfaction if she would
cease to spread with her territorial aggressions the
infernal nuisance of slavery.
A little time, however, will show whether thel
powers and the inclinations of DALLAS are suffi-
cient to bring these three matters to a speedy and
amicable conclusion. Lord PAL3IERSTON did not
tell us the actual extent of the powers conferred
upon Mr. DALLAS, and we must confess always to
some fears in dealing with such exacting politi-
cians as Yankees have hitherto proved themselves.

A colony like India, numbering about six times
the population of the three kingdoms, about
twenty-eight times the aggregate population of all
other British possessions, in a word, embracing
about one-seventh of the entire human family,
would seem, on a prima facie view of the matter,
to be worth looking after on commercial as well as
moral grounds. The welfare of a population so vast,
it ►gust be admitted, ought to be-a subject of the
deepest imperial consideration, and none the less
so because of the immense advantages to the home
population and the vast accession to the dignity
and stability of the Empire that may, and should,
in the nature of things, be derived from them.
It is inconwivable that a population like this
should be found of which no good account can be
rendeied.

The American difficulty ought to be a very easy
one to settle. Great Britain has nothing unrea-
sonable to ask, nor the United States anything
which ought to be of consequence to them which
they have not got already. Neither country ought
to trouble themselves further than the bond fide
object of the CLAYTON BIIEWBR Treaty, which was
to guarantee the neutrality of any passage by rail-
way or ship canal which might be constructed be-
tween the two oceans. Should that passage be
ultimately a canal completing the communication
through the Lake do Nicaragua, the provision
that England should not have any military occu-
pation in the protectorate of the Mosquito coast
would fully attain that end ; since Ruatan is at
far too great a distance to bo any hindrance what-
ever to the freedorn of the transit 'across the Isth-
mus. Indeed, it no more interferes with it than
our possession of Jamaica. Now we believe both
Costa Rica on one side,, and Nicaragua on the
other claim a right to Fort St. Juan, or f;rey -
town, as it was named by the Whig Ministry—
not to indicate the mingling of doubtful claims,
but in honour of the British Minister who first,
gave to it, when much needed, British protection.
As this town lies at • the entrance of the fluvial,
canal, or lake transit, and as' England lays no
claim to more than looking to the security of its
subjects who may settle in this kind of no-man's-
town, the obvious course appears to be to consti-
tute it, with a sufficient suburban territory for
any future contingencies, a self-governed free port,
like Hamburg, for instance ; declaring it by treaty
incapable of annexation to either of the neigh-
bouring states, -.or to any other power whatever.
All commercial powers might be asked to sign
this treaty afterwards—though if England and
America did so other nations would be of no prac-
tical consequence. If America be unwilling to do
this, it will be plain that she contemplates ulterior
objects, and that the pirate WALKER is but an
emissary from Washington to seiz3 Nicaragua
first, and to take possession of Greytown as be-
longing to it. The power which is unwilling that
a town at the entrance of the canal should
be afree-port must contemplate. covert, and finally
open, mastery of that passage.

Submitting the colony to a more minute in-
spection, what do we find ? Broad plains and
fertile valleys, uncultivated or ill cultivated.
Priceless mineral treasures, waiting vainly hitherto
for exhumation ; iron and coal with which we
have moved the world, sleeping in useless luxu-
riance in the womb of earth. Energies that might
serve to lay the foundations of a mighty empire
running to waste. Commerce stagnant, enter-
prise slumbering, poverty entrenched everywhere
—a more and more hated occupant. Who can look
on India thus uncultivated and thus neglected,
without reverting homeward and turning over in
his mind what opportunity is offered to the " mo-
ther country." Along yen mountain plateau we
may imagine him exclaiming "may be grown tea
to an extent and of a quality to make us indepen-
dent of the produCe of China. From those wide-
spread districts may be raised cotton, in an abun-
dance which would prevent the hearts of our
manufacturers and their palefaced weavers from
quaking with fear at the thought of hostilities
with America. Here may be obtained silk suffi-
cient for the supply of the most luxurious want.
From these fertile plains may be derived abun-
dance of food for 'our hungry poor, and in them
another safeguard against famine may be esta-
blished. In that ill-clad and impoverished popu-
lation, willing and able as it is to work, may be
countless customers in embryo. All that is wanted
is justice to the people on either hand, opportu-
nity to redeem. themselves."

Nor ought Ruatan to be any serious difficulty.
Out of ail the petty quibbles about it, one plain
fact emerges that British settlers found it tenant
less, made it a home, cultivated the land, built a
town on it, obtained a British Government for it,
and have now a perfect little republic there, well
ordered and thriving, enjoying the utmost civil
and religious liberty. The United States can
have no business in the world there. What a
pretty hubbub would be raised in Washington if
"Y;mlrees had colonised an island in the same style,
and been acknowledged by his Majesty the PRE-
SIDENT of the Union ! It is amusing to think of
the vocabulary of abuse which would be opened
on the encroaching and rapacious Britishers ; we
may properly enough in regard to Ruatan ask the
Americans to do as they would be done unto.
Would they consent either to hand their fellow.
countrymen over to England, or to- place them
under the power of the half-civilised state of
Honduras? We believe nothing on earth would
induce them to part with the island at all, and,
small as it is, we believe it would be at his peril
that any English Minister placed it under the
dominion of any other power. He might be
allowed to engage not to use it for military pur-
poses, to constitute the people themselves judges
of the relation in which they would stand to
England, Honduras, or the States, to grant them
an independence of this kind under the guarantee
that no power should interfere with their inde-
pendence while they choose to retain it, but
further than this no Minister could venture with-
out arousing lasting indignation at home. Engt.
land will never tolerate the compulsory subordina-
tion of some thousands of honest settlers to the
imperious demands of any power. Ruatan was
not gained by the rifle and revolvers of slave-
holders, but by the honest industry and enter-
prise of British subjects. If Honduras be
Lord of the Manor, let an honourable con•
sideration be arranged, but ejection or serfdom
are not to be thought of.

To this end, first and foremost, the laying
down of railways in India is needed. Of
what value these are in, au Imperial point of
view let the schemes of the Emperor ALEXANDER
at the present moment be the indication. Com-
mercially speaking, railways are essential to the
prosperity of India. Without them there can be
little hope for the-future of that great country.
The existing means of communication are, in
the main, wretchedly ba 1, and a century
might elapse before good. highways and water-
courses ceased to be the exception. The
vast extent of the country, 'and its need
of comolidation, indeed, will admit of nothing
short of a perfect railway system. That a com-
mencement has been made, and that, so far, the
work is in good hands, aro undoubtedly sources
of satisfaction. But the greatness of the promise
held out by India, to say nothing of its claims,
calls for a more speedy development than we see
any reliable prospect of. Many, ourselves among
the number, are gratified to gather from the most
recent intelligence, that the Scinde Railway Com-
pany have received permission to survey the Pim-
jaub, from Moultan to tthore and Aanritser, for
the construction of a railway to conneot Central
Asia, the Punjaub, and the northerneaoat provinces
with Kurrachee—a most desirable proceeding.
But what is this, and what are the achievements
of other companies, to wit r remains to be
done ? The broad face of India is but
dotted at the outskirts with railway lines,
and beyond its hundred and fifty or more millions
are people more numerous waiting, unconsciously
it may be, but not the less certainly, to contri-
bute to the vast swell of commercial prosperity
which may be brought within the lifetime of a
single generation to our shores. No encourage-
ment withip the bounds of reason would seem too
great for the promotion of the Rail in India and
the means of rapid communication with this
country.

It is not improbable that the prorogation of Parlia-
ment will take place on Thursday, the 24th inst.
The Ministerial whitebait dinner is fixed for this
day fortnight, the 19th.
The Cz tr's Coronation will take place on the 31st
August or the 7th September.
Sir William Fen Wick Williams, of Kars, is the candi-
date for Caine. •
BEl.t.or TESTIMONIAL—The Committee of the Bellot
Testimonial Fund has closed its labours. The sUbscrip-
with interest,
amounted to 2,2811. 17s: Bd.
na
The following are the eetingsl'of the Literary and,
•
Scientific Societiee next week :---Monday,•Entomorogi-
cal, 8 Tuesday, Z 9. Wednesday, Literary
Fund. 8. Saturday,.Boyal Botanic,
The following artistes are engaged to be present in
Moscow at the coronation fetes :—MM. Lablache,
Calzolari,- Bettini, Davide, Tagliafico, Debaesini, and
Marini ; Mmes. Bozio, Maray, Demeric, and Lotti.
The Second Chamber of Hanover, in its sitting of the
Ist; voted almost unanimously against a grant allowed
by the -First Chamber towards the establishment of.a
diplomatic mission in Ituctsia.
THE REVIEW OF THE GUARDS AT ALDERSHOT
Her Meje.ity the Queen intends to proceed to Alder-
shott on Monday next, for the purpose of reviewing; in
The afternoon, the regiment: of the Guards and of the
line which have lately returned from the Crimea.
There is about to be a vacancy in the representation
of Caine. Lord Shelburne, who has accepted the Chil-
tern Hundreds, is to be called to the House of Lords.
It is also understood that his lordship is to be appointed
Under-Secretary- for Foreign Affairs.
LONDON AND GREENWICH RAILWAT.—At the half-
yearly meeting of the shareholders in This company to
be held on Wednesday next it will be proposed to declare
a dividend of ss. 2,1. per share (clear of income tax) on'
the old or unprivileged Alum
A letter from Roate states that the. Emperor of
trig is expected 'at Ruins for the inauguration of the
column of the Immaculate COneePtion. The ceremony
is to take:place on the Rh Qf Septernbei', being the fes•
tival of the Virgin, - 1

And then what of the Mosquitos? Again we
may ask Americans what would they do ? We
know pretty well it is true the fate of Indians in
their hands. They are moved about just as suits
the fancy of the Government, but would they
ranounce a protectorate over the most uncivilised
tribe amongst them at the bidding of Great
Britain ? Would not the "insulted sovereignty" of
the States be rung in our ears in every despatch,
and if a President were again a candidate at the
time
would it not be the most popular " plank
of his
platform " that he would fight the old
conntry for ever rather than surrender the In-
dians, to 'whom the honour of the States was
pledged. Well, Englincl, wo imagina, would be

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THE SON. LOO DON SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 5, 1856.

ARCHDEACON DENISON'S CASE —The proceedings -in
this case will commence in the Gu ldhall, Bath, on Tues•
lay, the 221 inst. Dr. Robert Phillimore. M.P., will
tpoear for the archdeacon, and it is understood that he
.will at the outset of the inquiry submit to the court that
..he Archbishop of Canterbury, the promoter of the suit,
las not c,,mplid with those preliminary regulations
which entitle him to proceed.

MANSL AUGHTE R. --Yesterday, Mr. Brent, deputy.co-
roner, held an inquest at the Silver Cup, Cromer-street,
on the body of Martha Connell, aged 35, wife of Win.
Connell, a brass foundtr, reiiding at 37, RapstrPet,
Clerkenwell. From the evidence it appeared that Con-
iell bad good reason to suspect his wife's fidelity, On
Wednesday he secreted himself, and saw his wife admit
into her room a man named Tregurtha. What followed
confirmed his worst suspicions ; and, infuriated, he
rushed upon tb• man, whom the wife attempted to pro-
tect. The husband then seized a flowerpot, which he
curled at the head of his faithless wife, felling her to
the ground. The injuries were so severe that she was
obliged to be conveyed to the Royal Free Hospital,
where she died of tetanus ,on the ,following day. The
jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against W.
Conn_ell, who was at once conveyed to Newgate on the
coroner's warrant.

CAUTION—NARROW ESCAPE OF A MOTHER AND THREE
CHILDREN.—On Saturday last Mrs. Thomas. residing at
15, Raphael.street, together with her three children,
partook of some currant tart, when almost immediately
atter they were at'aacked with vomiting and excruciating
pains in the stomach and bowels, accompanied with
diarrhcea, their stiff-rings continued for some hours, but
providentially they all recovered. Mrs. Thomas, feeling
satisfied that they bad been poisoned, took the remainder
.3f the tart to Mr. Barnes, of Knightsbridge, for exami•
nation. That gentleman, upon submitting the remains of
the tart to a chemical analysis, soon found that it cm-
tained both arsenic and copper; the presence of which was
accounted for from the fact that the green colour in the
ornaments which had been employed to decorate the
tart, consisted of arsenite of copper (Scheele's green),
a most virulent poison. It is astonishing that, notwith-
standing the publicity given from time to time to similar
cases, poisonous coloured ornaments should continue to
be used to decorate the food which we eat.

THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, July 4.—The Penin-
sular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Euxine, Cap-
tain A. Kellock, sailed this afternoon with the India,
China, and Mediterranean mails, 56 passengers—among
whom are Captain Wiiton, Majors Hamilton and
Friend, Dr. Mackinnon, &a.—and a full general cargo.
The Euxine has also on freight the largest' amount of
specie ever shipped by the Peninsular and Oriental
Company on board either of their East India steam-ships,
and is divided as follows :—For India. 776 boxes, eon-
taining 205,8091. ; the Straits, 490 boxes, containing
118,265/. ; China, 1,789 boxes, 457,4871. ; and Alex-
andria, 9 boxes, with 31,4301., making a total of 3,064
boxes, value 812,9911. The Indus, Captain Brooks,
with the homeward heavy portion of the India, China,
and Mediterranean mails, is hourly expected. The
Tagus, Captain Christian, sails on the 7th inst. with the
mails for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, and Gibraltar.
The Royal Mail steamer Tamar, Captain Bevis, is pre-
paring to convey the Brazilian and River Plate mails on
the 9th inst.
ACCIDENTS AND DISASTERS IN FRANCE.—One of the
most considerable manufacturing estatlishrnents of the
department of the Somme, the large paper mill of St.
Sulpice-les-Doullens, belonging to an English firm, was
oa Tueslay destroyed by fire. The precise amount of
loss has not yet been ascertained, but the insurances
amount to 212,000 f. L'lmpartial of Valenciennes de-
' scribes the following accident : —" Towards five o'clock
in the morning of Monday last, two working miners
employed in the Moulin coal mine, situated between
' Auzin and Beuvrages, were about to fire a train in a
new gallery, when an explosion of fire damp took place,
and suffocated them. The pestilential odour of the.
gas forced the workmen who were employed at distant
parts of the mine to escape into the open air. It was
three in the afternoon before they could recover the dead
bodies of their two comrades. The viplenee of the ex-
plosion was such that several large beams of wood were
broken into pieces, whilst large stones were hurled to
i a distance of several metres.

THREE MISSING SHIM—A notice has been posted at
Lloyd's, referring to three ships, which had for a long'
time been missing. acid which there is too much reason.
to believe have foundered, and every soul belonging to
them,perished. The ship Adams (formerly the Stanley
Cacique), commanded by Capt. Fitzsimons, sailed from
13ornbay on the Ist of last December, with a rich cargo,
for L'indon, and has not since been heard of. She be.
longed to Messrs. Adams and Co., of Glasgow, and is
described in Lloyd's Register of Shipping as 867 tons,
and built in the United States in 1844. She was cia,4sed
A 1 for eight years, and was partly rebuilt in 1854.
Her ere* numbered in all nearly 30 people. The next
unfortunate missing ship is the City of Montreal, a fine
Glasgow built vessel, 812 tons register, firmed of iron,
commanded by Capt. Guthrie. She sailed from Liver-
pool on the 2d April last for Quebec, and was spoken
with on the 24th of the same month, in lat. 45, lon. 47,
since which not the least tidings have been beard of her.
She is supposed to have gone down ; her crew, 40 in
number, perishing in her. The other ship is the Herons
Monte, Capt. Rickeles. She sailed from Liverp?ol on
the 6th of March for Konigsberg, and has not since been
heard of.

Tax IMPERIAL HOTEL CIIMPANY..—The Annexed re-
lates to the present position of the above company ;—'
" Imperial Hotel Company, 6, Whitehall, July 4.—Str,
—The remarks in your ' City Article' of this day i., re-
gard to the Imperial Hotel Company, stating that it is•
not clear whether the project is in abeyance 'T is aban-
done3, lead me to send you this communication. On the
9th of May the Committee addressed a letter to the office

of Woods and F,,rests, asking for information as to the
terms on wLicb Government would be willing to dispose

to them of the Crown lands situate in Trafalgar-square,
which this company seeks to acquire. This letter has
been referred to the Treasury, and no answer has been
received. In regard to the site of the National Gal!ery
and buildings behind it,, the barracks and the workhouse,
the Committee, of course, can take no further steps un•
til they are in receipt of a reply from G.ivernment. From
what has lately passed in Parliament the bill for the new,
site for the National Gallery having been withdrawn for
this session, it is not probable that any reply will be sent
for some time to come. Meanwhile, if this site in Tra-
falgar-sqnare cannot be obtained, another equally eligi-
ble is in contemplation. So that, Sir, you will see the
project is not completely abandoned. I am, Sir, yours
faithfully, H. DAVIDSON, Secretary."

MIIRDSROUS ASSA.IILT ON A LiDY.—A. most brutal
assault was committed on Thursday- last. It appears
that Provost and Mrs. Barr have resided for some
time hack at Lyleston House, near Cardross, and
within three miles of Helensburgb, the Provost became
contractor for a railway at present in course of forma-
tion in the neighbourhood. On the evening of Thurs.
day last Mre. Barr proceeded along the public road
towards Helensburgh to meet her husband, who was
coming from Greenock; and when only about
500 yards from the gate of the mansion, she was set upon
by a ruffian with intent tQ rob her. She was knocked
down, and three very severe wounds inflicted upon her
head with an iron rod, and her arm was also severely
hurt in attempting to defend her bead. Happily her
cries attracted the attention of one of her own house
servants, who happened to be accidentally in the neigh-
bourhood at the time, and of a man near at hand ; and
they appeared in sight just as the villain had his arm
uplifted for another blow. On perceisieg them he in-
stantly leaped the wall and ran across the country. He
was ultimately arrested, and next morning was conveyed
to Lyleston House, and at once identified by Mrs. Barr
ais the person who had assaulted her. He is a native of
the stster isle. On a medical examination being made,
it was found that the lady's skull was not injured, but
she stil I lies in a precarious state.—Ayr Advertiser,
MISS NIGIITINGALE.—Yesterday atternoon a numer-
ously attended 'netting of noblemen and gentlemen was
held at St. George's Hospital, Hyde-park, for the pur-
pose of adopting means to evince their admiration of
Miss Nightingale in connection with her conduct in the
East. The Duke of Cambridge presided, and was sup-
ported by the Marquis of Westminster, Lord Powis,
Lord Manvers, Lord Chelsea, Lord Lilford, Admiral the
Hon. E. Knox, Col. the Hon. C. Lowther, Sir Benjamin
'Brodie, and many other members of the nobility. His
Royal Highness, in opening the proceedings, alluded to
the heroism Miss Nightingale bad displayed, not only
in sacrificing every-personal and domestic comfort by
proceeding to the Crimea, but also in her conduct to•
Wards-every dne who came under her notice in the hospi-
tals. High and 'tow, aids and poor, received the same
kind attention at ber hands S,he was loved by all—
friends and foes, English,' French, Turks, and Russians
—and her name would long be held up to the admira-
tion of the civilised globe. (Hear, bear.) Viscount Chel-
sea then moved the following resolution :—" That Miss
Nightingale be elected an honorary governor of St.
George's Hospital, in,testimony of the respectful admira-
tion felt by the supporters of this charity, for her self-
denial and disinterestedness, and the devoted heroism
which has induced her, at the sacrifice of every personal
and domestic comfort, to undertake that mission in the
cause of suffering humanity, which her courage and ps.r.
severance have rendered sp eminently--successful, and
which demand the grateful acknowledgment of every
philanthropic heart." The Marquis of Westminster se-
conded the resolution, which was carried by acclamation.
A vote of thank"' to the Duke of Cambridge closed the
proceedings. -
A GRAPPLE WITH A IhßGLAß.—Yesterday morning,
at the early
_hour of two o'clock, the inhabitants of Rath-
bone-place, Oxford-street, were alarmed by cries in a
man's voice of " Murder," "Police," till the person who
had been giving utterance to them seemed to stop from
exhaustion. Upon inquiries being made as to the cause
of alarm, it -was ascertained that in the first floor of
No. 14, which is in the oegupation of Mr. Edgecombe,
bootmaker, resides a French watch and click maker
named Volaugd,
and he, abodt the hour above named,
was sleeping in the back room, when he was aroused
iiy
.a rustling nOise,in the front apartment. "Upon gating
up,. whims he did instantly, after striking a light hehro-
ceeded to the room, and discovered a man justinithe act
of pulling out a drawer, which had been form,blyippened,
and which contained several watches and tChatins, and
trinkets of great value. He at once, placiOgihis night
lamp on the table, seized the burglar, whq'2llsiosed with
him, and a desperate strusgle ensued, endikin M. Vo-
laugd being nearly stripped of his night dress, and even-
tually thrown to the extreme end of the room ; and
before he could, recover himself the burglar threw up one
of the windows and leaped into the street. Alighting on
his feet, he made off. A few minutes afterwards five
policemen (who had not been earlier at hand when
wanted) made their appearance, and, on hearing the
statement of M. Volaugg, started off in different direc-
tions,' with the view of effecting the capture of the des-
perado, who,4however, asmay be anticipated, bad during
this time made a safe retreat. From the flurry and ex•
citement at the time M. Volaugd was unable to describe
the mai. The burglar could not haVe obtained an en-
trance 'otherwise thau by .means of akeletou keys.

to induce these two gentlemen to retain their port-
folios, but they are determined to resign and only
hold office until their successors shall be appointed.
It is said that the new Minister of the Interior has
already dismissed two of the King's commissioners
in the provinces who were nominated by the Tnar-
becke administration, and maintained by that of
MM. Van Hall and Van Reenen."

A letter from Galatz of June 29, in the Corriere
Italiano, says ;—" Prince Ghika arrived here this
evening, and was well received. The party in
favour of the union of the Principalities presented
an address to him thanking him for his efforts in
that sense. ILI will remain here only two days."
The A gram, Gazette has the following of the 20th
from Podgoritza, in Albania :—"A Turkish mosque
was blown up here last week by means of a mine
sunk secretly under it. The Turks accuse the
Christians of having excited the Albanian moun-
taineers to commit the act, in order to avenge the
destruction of the Church of St. George, and, in
consequence, all the heads of Greek commune of
Podgoritza have been arrested and sent to Scutari."
A letter from St. Petersburg of June 23, in the
Debats, says :—" New officers continue to be no-
minated in the militia, and an order of the day,
dated the 22d, announces a considerable number
of appointments. At Saratow, the flags of the
militia were not belessed till the end of last month.
It therefore appears certain that the disbanding of
the militia in the more distant governments will
not take place for some time yet."
The Kitig and Queen of Prussia arrived at
Dresden at, midday on the 30th ult., and after-.
ward continued their journey to Pillnitz, where
the Saxon court is now residing Prince Goa-
schakoff, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia,
who had arrived from Vienna, was to leave on the
Ist for St. Petersburg.
It has been already mentioned that a conflict
had broken out in Bavaria between the two Legis-
lative Chambers on the subject of the budget. The
sitting of the 28th ult. was passed by both assem
blies in attempting to effect an arrangement. This
was successful with respect to the secondary matter
of the budget, but on the question of the war de-
partment both assemblies persisted in their former
resolutions. The president of the Chamber of
Deputies, iu making known the result of the diffe.
rent decisions, a-ided that the vote which must be
adopted was that of the second chamber, in conse-
quence of the figure which it granted being less
elevated. The session was closed on the 30th ult.