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Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,

Admiralty, Somerset-house, July 14.
Notice is hereby given to all persons interested therein,
that preparations are now making for the intended distri-
bution of proceeds arising from the Russian vessel Ot-
tawa, captured on the '2oth Sept., 1855, by her M9jesty's
ship Nile and her tender the Redwing gun-boat ; the Mag.
pie gun-boat, tender to her Majesty's ship Orion ; and the
Ruby gun-boat, tender to her Majesty's ship Majestic.
Agents or other persons haying any jwit and legal de•

The solution of the Italian question, as well as that of
every other political problem of the day, can only be
worked out by that key which the knowledge of the de-
signs of Russia affords. We must also understand her power
of working with the various Cabinets of Europe, more par-
ticularly with that of England ; and we must have an accu-
rate estimate of her position relative to Austria.
No one is now unaware that Russia will not considei her
destiny fulfilled until she has the whole of Europe is her
grasp ; that even with the support given to her by, the
hopelessness of the Poles, and their desire of revenge
against the Western Powers, she never entertains the
thought of attempting such a coup by force of arms,, and
that she is content to work by the slower and surer process
of disorganisation, decomposition, and ultimate protection
and incorporation.
Austria, composed as she is of the most heterogeneous
elements, is geographically the especial rival and most ex-
posed neighbour to Russia; she, is directly opposed to the
Russo-Greek Church, as the champion of the Latin Church,
which binds her discordant particles together ; andt :as a
copartitioner of Poland she at once shares in the crimes of
Russia, and is hourly made to tremble at their conse•
quences.
Austria has, besides, by accepting the assistance offered
to her in the Hungarian campaign, placed herself in the
position of a necromancer receiving a gift from an evil
spirit, whose design he knows is to ruin him body and
sant.
Further, the position of Austria in the Principalities,
forced upon her, as we yesterday showed, by the English
Cabinet, is precisely that as laid down in the will of Peter
the Great : "We must interest_the House of Austria in

the expulsion of the Turk from Europe by givinc, her
part of the conquest, to retake it from her aderwal
This brings Austria upon the same field in the Eal
England and France, and gives Russia the means of e:

ing-the one against the
In addition, Russia has the Italian revolutionary party
in her hands by means of her dexterous and valuable agent,
Signor Mazzini.
With these premises, and before touching upon Monday
night's debate, we shall proceed to show what was the ante-
cedent action of Lord Palmerston, by which ha helped
Russia to gain this mastery of Austria's position, parPcu•
larly in reference to Italy.
We must not omit to notice the position of the Frelnch,
as occupiers of Rome, as a power to be played off against
Austria, and we must call special attention to that of'Sar-
dinia, which, anterior to 1843, was an efficient opponebt to
the diplomatic progress of Russia, but who has aimed the
Italian campaign, and particularly since her alliance with
England and France, forfeited that position, as she was
take.. under the special protection of Russia at the I:aris
Conferences, not of course to gain any definite advantage
to herself, but to be used as a tool for the destructidn of
herself and others.
Naples is in the same citegory. The most melancholy
part of the diplomatic history of the present day is that
Russia, the mistress of that inTernal art., first tempt her
victims to crime, and then makes these crimes the preltext
of their destruction.
No one can palliate the tyranny of the ruler of Soutfirn
Italy, but it must always be borne in mind that Eng, and
has less than any other nation the right to protest, for
England has placed herself iu a position of direct commer-
cial hostility to Naples, as, through the arrangemeit of
Lord Palmerston, a special exception was made to the in-
troduction of Neapolitan oil into this country on the same
terms as that of other nations, obviously for the eXtin-
guiihment of a rival to Russian tallow.
By an Italian Revolution, therefore, Russia's designi can
be furthered, as effecting the decomposition of Austria, as
gaining a complete ascendancy over Sardinia, also with a
view to further action on Switzerland, and as obtaining a
final trianaph of the Greek over the Twatin Church. It re-
mains to shoW bow nine years ago Lord Palmerston, then
Foreign Secretary, helped her to this position.
All must remember the events of 1847-1848. Lord
merston had his agents traversing Italy, not in the
nary shape of political refugees and revolati.
democrats, but British noblemen and servants o
Crown.

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Lord Minto's tour must be fresh in our recollect'
and also the damning fact, that while Lord Napier,
resident in Naples, representing for the time a missii
which Lord Palmerston's brother was the chief, he I
tually sent to the insurrectionary council at Palerm
details respecting the movement of troops.
We are in possession of the additional fact that Adr
Dundas had instructions to salute the Sicilian flag.
It is well known how, after this, Lord Palmerston ____
cloned the revolutionists he had excited, leaving them to
the tender mercies of the King of Naples, whose fears he
had aroused and aggravated till they have goaded that
miserable man to his present pitch of insane tyranny 4
Simultaneously was brought about the revolt in Rome,
which has brought France into the field, and (togcither
with the occupation of Turkey) has earned her a Euro-
pean war that must leave her prostrate, exhausted, anti in-
capable of resistance to the Cossack and the Pole.
Similarly occurred the Milanese barricades. The Stirdi-
nians and Austrians were arrayed against each other, and
were both betrayed.
That the defeat at Novara was caused by tre4ery
there is little doubt ; but Austria had offered, through
England, on the 22‘.1 May, the independence of Lombardy,
which was treated in the same way as her suceessivelpro-
posals to restore Poland, and the victory secured to her
liy management on Italy was the signal for the events in
We again repeat, that to the action of Lord Palmerston
in'ltaly, first revolutionary and then treacherous, all these
gaanrdy,awithiitceh arbiter
obfroEtturgh Europe.
are into the field as the 7is-
Having said so much, there is but little necessity for us
to notice the recent debate—there is a very similar,pro-
gramme, and very little disposition to .understand or to
tHerveuesannts to be traced.
resist it.
Lord Lyndhurst hurls at Austria the thunders ofl his
eloquence. Lord John Russell, that lineal descendant of
old Bunyan's Mr. Facing Any Ways, thinks that we should
by interfering maintain tbe principle of non-interference.
Mr. Disraeli crushes the small man, and " finds encour-
agement in the language of Lord Palmerston ;" while Lord
Clarendon in the Upper, and the Premier in the Lower
House, the one in definite and the other in indenite
terms, promise a repetition of the scenes of 1848. I
"Every effort we can legitimately . make shall be made
in order to ameliorate the condition of the Italian people."
—Lord Clarendon.
Her Majesty's Government will omit no proper endea-
vour to restore the Governments of Italy to freedom of
action within their.proper lunits.”—Lord Palmerston.
" Peace in her vineyard ; yes, but a company forget the
wine." This line well understood IA the explanation the
whole ; but without its comprehension, v.ll is chaos.—
Morning Herald.

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The Bishop of Manchester will administer the affairs
of the diocese of Durham until the resignation of the
Bishop of that see, which will take effect on the let of
September, if the bill now before Parliament should
pass into a law daring the present seoicn.

The Castle Pia e Handicap of 50 sovs ; for all ages ; a
winner of air., y handicap after the publication of the
weights 51b e. xtra. T.Y. C.

Mr. Tuck's I do ~ 4 yrs, sst 101 b (Ford ham) 1
Mr. Capers Wo 31ham, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b.. (Grubb) 2
Mr. Merone's i Biron, 4 yrs, 7st (Bates) 3
Mr. Morris's I 'oily Vardar), 3 yrs, sst 81b (Grimmer) 4
Mr. Newcomb'. a General Wyndham, 3 yrs, sst 101 b
(Challoner) 5

AQUATICS.

G. NNON AND WATKINS.

A scullers'eat le took place yesterday between the above
aspirants to nici_t tatic fame, the former belonging to Wap-
ping, and the I. atter to Greenwich. The match arose out
of one rowed bt stween them in April last, when Cannon
was the winner, but the distance between them was so
alight that Ws Akins's friends got another match on for
30/. aside, to to ke place on Tuesday, July 15, over the
usual below-bridge course—from Woolwich to Lime-
house—which :accordingly came off yesterday, and was
attended by thve Ariel steamer, with a tolerably good
muster of spept.ators ou board. Cannon was slightly the
favourite.
All being in' readiness, a very capital and even start
was effected, but. h men keeping level for a few strokes ;
Watkins then toc, •k the lead, and kept it to Woolwich
Dockyard, where he was nearly a length clear. Can.
non's umpire then called the attention of the referee to
the pbsition of the men, and said that Watkins was gra-
dually taking the other man's water. Shortly after this j
the men came in collisi on, and were locked together for
two or three minutes, when Cannon got clear, -and di-
rectly after Watkins lost one of his sculls, and did not
recover it until his opponent was far in advance. He then
rowed for a quarter of a mile, but fiir ding that it was
impossible to reach Cannon, gave in.
The referee has not yet given his decision upon the
race.

CORONEIt'S INQUEST.-THE MEDICAL
AI7TIIO.RITIES AT WESTMINSTER.

Yesterday, M.r. Bedford, the coroner, held an inquest
at the Westminster Hospital, relative to the death of
Ann Booth, aged lour years, the daughter of a military
accoutrement maker, residing at 12, Chapel-street,
Westminster.

It appeared that about 10 minutes past 12 on Wed-
nesday, just as the Guards arrived at Buckingham
Palace on their return from the Crimea, when many
persons were moving to and fro, the deceased ran
against a cab which was passing slowly along James-
street, Buckingham•gate, and was run over by one of
the fore wheels.

Mr. F. New, a teacher at the Westminster Chapel day
school, said that the deceased child was conveyed to the
hospital, where a surgeon saw it, and said it was not
much hurt. Believing that it belonged to their schools,
witness went for the teacher of the infant school, and
also went to find deceased's mother. Witness returned
in half an hour. Deceased was then sitting on a bed.
No one was near it, neither had it been undressed, nor
seen by the hospital surgeon, Mr. Vittelle. The young
lady, the teacher at the infant school, said she should
complain to Mr. Martin of the neglect, on which she
was grossly insulted and ordered out of the ward by the
surgeon.
Mr. Vittelle, the house surgeon, deposed that when
the child was admitted they were all at lunch, but Mr.
Newcombe, the resident medical officer, saw it in about
two minutes, and witness saw it about 20 minutes alter
ite admission. It was in bed, half dressed ; it was not
necessary wholly to.undress deceased. Witness could
do nothing for it, hs there was nothing externally to
guide him. A post mortem examination showed that
the bladder was ruptured. Witness ordered the school-
mistress out of the ward because he knew Mr. New-
combe had seen the child, and because deceased's mo-
ther, its legal protector, was present.
Mr. Newcombe, resident medical officer, deposed that
he saw the child immediately after its admission, and
directed that it. should be put to bed and wrapped in
blankets, and hot-water bottles put to its feet. Did not
see this done, as it was the nurse's duty. (Mr. New
here positively denied that the child was in bed.)
Jane King, nurse at the hospital, said she undressed
the child and put a clean nightgown on it directly after'
Mr. Newcombe had seen it. It was not ordered to be
put in bed at first, but when Mr. Vittelle came bottles
of hot water were directed to be put to its feet. Mr.
Vittelle ordered the hot water applications, not Mr.
Newcombe. Mr. Newcombe (recalled) stated positively
that he ordered the bottles to be applied. The nurse,
however, adhered to her statement.
Harriett Booth, deceased's mother, confirmed Mr.
New's evidence, and said that Jane King brought wit-
ness a nightgown after she (witness) had been taken to
the hospital by Mr. New, and she put it on her child.
The child had its bonnet and shawl on when witness
got to the hospital, and witness wrapped her shawl
round it, as it was quite cold.
After some other evidence, Mr. Wilson, the secretary
of the hospital, having given a pledge that a thorough
inquiry should be made into the whole matter by the
hospital committee, the jury returned the following ver-
diet, "Accidental death, and the jury recommend that
r an inquiry be made into the conduct of the officials."
It was understood that the investigation by the hes-
e pital authorities Weald place early law week.

( Front the Report of the Registrar-Getteral.
The return for the week that ended on Saturday fur-
nishes a very favourable indication of the public health.
The deaths registered in London were 959 ; viz., those
of males 508, of females 451. In the corresponding
weeks of ten years 1846.55 the average number was 971
but last week's deaths occurred in an increased popula-
tion, and if the average is raised proportionally it will
become 1,068. It follows that the number of deaths, as
now returned, is less by 109 than would have occurred
if the average rate of mortality had prevailed.
The births registered last week were in excess of the
deaths by 566. In the thirteen weeks that ended June
28th the number of children born weekly exceeded on
an average the number of persons who died by 635.
The deaths enumerated under the general head of
nymotie diseases was last week 260 ; the corrected ave-
rage of corresponding weeks is 297. 'With the summer
heat, diarrhoea begins to prevail, and, as the season ad-
vances, usually takes the chief place amongst diseases of
this class ; the deaths from it rose from 16 and 29 in
the two previous weeks to 48 last week. Two fatal
cases referred to cholera in the Table are mentioned in
the returns : a case of " cholera infanturn," and one of
" choleraic diarrhoea" which occurred to a man 69 sears
old. Of the 48 cases of diarrhoea, 39 occurred to infants
under two years of age. There does not appear to be
at present moire of this complaint than, is usual in the
beginning of July. Measles seems to be gaining ground,
and 50 children died of it in the week ; of those 13 died
in the North district, 19 in Vie South. Smallpox is
returned in 8 cases, scarlatina in 25, pooping-cough in
43, typhus in 49. Only the eighth part of the cases of
typhus occurred on the South side of the river, though
the population is more than a fourth 'of the whole.
From pbthisis 154 persons died ; from cancer 22 ; want
of breastmilk and inanition of infants 10 ; from fistula 1 ;
diabetes 1 ; aneurism 3 ; from herpes 1 ; anthrax 1 ;
colica pictonum 1.

A captain of the Royal Navy, on half-pay, died at the
age of 92 years of paralysis. Ile is the oldest person
corded in the week's returns.

Last week the births of 774 boys and 751 girls, in all
1,525 children, werelregistered in London. In the ten
corresponding weeks of the years 1846.55 the average
number was 1330.

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.658 in. The
highest reading occurred on Sunday (the 6tb), and was
2E1.88 in. The mean temperature of the week was 57.6
deg., which is 4.3 deg. below the average of the same
week in 38 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). With
the exception of Sunday, the mean daily temperature
was below the average on every dray of the week ; and
on Tuesday, when it fell to 48 deg., the amount of de-
pression below the average was so much as 14 deg. On
that day the thermometer did not rise higher than 56.7
deg., and its lowest point was 46 deg. The highest
readings in the shade and the sun occurred on Sunday,
when the former was 79 deg., the latter 105 deg. The
lowest reading, namely, 44 deg., occurred on Thursday ;
and the range of temperature in the week was 35 deg.
The mean dew-point temperature was 51.5 deg., and the
difference between this and the mean temperature of
the air was 6.1 deg. The mean temperature of the
water of the Thames was 64.2 deg. The wind blew from
the we3t and north-west. Rain to the amount of 0.31 in.
fell in the week, of which 0.10 in. fell on Monday ;
nearly all the rest on the following day. On Tuesday
there were heavy squalls of wind and rain ; the weather
very cold and unseasonable.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED
IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 12.
Zymotic Diseases
260
Diseases of -Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases
207
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses . 23
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 44
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration lO4
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion .
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c. 2
Malformations 3
Premature Birth and Debility B3
Atrophy 25
Old Age
Sudden 2
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 26
Causes not specified' 1

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES 959
Population Deaths in cOrre- Death
Enumerated. sponding week in th
1851. of 1855. Week
West Districts
North Districts 490,396
Central Districts..... 393,256 ...... 153
East. Districts 485,522 ...... 204
South Districts

Totals
Males
518
Females
BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.
Males 774
Females 751

Total ..

1,525

FESTIVAL OF THE THREE CHOIRS, WORCESTER, HERE-
FORD, AND GLOUCESTER.—The arrangements for the
forthcoming musical festival which is to be held at
Gloucester in the second week of September, are now
C )mpleted so far as concerns the engagements of the prin-
cipals and the selection of Oratorios for the mornings
performances. The principal vocalists whose services
have been secured are Madame Alboni, Clara Novello,
Pauline Viardot, Mrs. Lackey, Mrs. Hepworth, Mr
Sims Reeves, Mr. Lockey, Mr. Weiss) M. Gassier
and Mr. Tlimagi.