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London, England, 1856-07-23 00:00:00

what es statute which human ingenuity can devise is
sufficient to achieve—namely, exemption from the possi-
bility of abase--the legitimate objectc of the measure
seem to be very effectually wrought out ,: and the privi-
lege of associating in profitable adventure, without in-
curring the risks of unlimited partnership, are secured
for the public on safe and easyeonditions.

LOBBY OF THE HOUSE OF COMMOXS.--

FRIDAY.

(Front the Liverpool Albion.) •
A NEW MEMBER.
The galleries were filled with strangers ; the lobbies
and passages with others hoping to get within the pri-
vileged precincts of ear-shot in good time ; and an un-
commonly long while that good time seemed in coming,
especially as its duration wagto doubled the expectant
listener by the perpetual tkintintabulan of e
ti Itr bells ringing to division, whereof there were no lessetchiauc
in the course of the evenipresent had a staid, grave, anxious, semi-clerical,
A evening'. The majorities of the
dams-r. dtapical air about them, very different to the
indifferm t aspect observably.among a miscellaneous
crowd of _eurio.sity-hunters on an ordinary afternoon.
This was aooomi, ted for by the nature of the business
going nn inside, Lamely, let, the Lords' amendments
to the CamCidge
University Bill, which brengLit up no
,nd of town-aild-gowrismen. past, present, and prospec-
tive peers, coml.-toners, and uncommon collegizte sin-
4ularilies of all sorts ; a nd, secondly, the indescribable
c9rrnorant.l who feared to lose, and the harpitis ,who
hoped to clutch, something or other in connectio n with
the new Civil Service B.ill. This is now luckily among
the many dishonoured
a cceptalnces of Palinerst:on and
Company —or rather of Palmerston only, for
there is no company .5.13 the concern ; at least
the head of the house alorie is thought of when the
public are called on to give a redit to the firm, or the
"infirm," as Derby describes the.' Cabinet. On its being
known that this measure for the curtailment of Tapers
and the elongation. of Tadpoles was withdrawn, that
Government had again repudiatel its own draft, there
was an immediate clearance of one-half the multitude
aforesaid, whose illustration of the Benthamic doctrine
of the greatest happineos of the greatest number con-
sisted in a lively regard for the coacernments of Num-
ber one.

As they were leaving the lobby, however, a bustle
and a fuss, and a lifting of hats, and a plurality of
bows and courtesies, on the part of members round the
door, betokened that something unwonted vrtui tran-
spiring, further proof of the fact being afforded by the
presence of ladies peering through the crowd of e3nators
at what appeared to be one large bale of s almon-
coloured satin, placed on en,d, and one ditto smaller
ditto, considerably darker, and by no means so erect.
Drawing nigh, there became visible a towering Asiatic,
as gorgeous as Mr. Disraeli's Sidonian "Myste;ry," and
certainly as splendid a specimen of Oriental or any other
numanity, Caucasian or what not, as Anglo orbits ever
rolled over. A majestic visage, massive, yet finely-cut
features, with a grand Columbus-contour of expression,
mow-white whiskers, beard, still black in parts, sweeping
over the throat, surmounted a huge but nobly-shaped
trunk, whose every inflection was full of dignity and
ease. The complexion was fair even foran European, with
just the least tint •f saffron, like the plumage of a three-
month-old hen canary. There was " pride in the port,
defiance in the eye," but withal great joviality and good
nature ; and he shook hands with the cordiality of a
rat-trap, which caused several of thoso he so saluted to
jump as though they had been embraced by a wild cat.
" Gentleman" was written unmistakeably all over him,
and. Turvydrop, senior, would expire with envy to be-
hold his unsophisticated mastery of " deportment,"
which seemed to " snatch a grace beyond the reach of
art." Altogether he was worthy to be occupant of a
throne of " Ormus or of Ind," or wherever the east,
"with richest hand, showers on her Kings barbaric pearl
and gold." Barbaric indeed were the pearls, both in the
anormity of their size, the roughness of their condition,
and the artlessness of their setting. The jewels, which
flamed in his pyramidical head-piece, were in the rudest
condition as to cutting, several of the greatest value
'Jangling right out from the cap, by a single wire, with
apparently no more dressing than the day they were
found, but proclaiming their worth with a lustre
which all the lapidaries in creation could not impart
to spurious gems. His hands were as poetically
small as Byron found those of the old two-legged lion
of Yanina ; his feet correspondingly diminutive ; so
that the pair of them could be very conveniently
placed in one of Alboni's shoes when she plays
the heroine of the glass slipper. He had slippers,
too, which he kept on the tips of his toes as easily as an
Englishman would gloves on his finger?, stridiog about
the hall with them as though they were a couple of, the

ightest fitting of lioby'sliessian;, era those picturesque

calf squeezers had. departed. -
By his side was a darker, and altogether inferior,
though still highly respectable-looking personage, with

rich and showy, but less sumptuous attire than that of

him who was evidently his master, and whose sword he
bore. A tolerable load the said sword seemed, with its

gold mounting.?, and precious-stone settings, and the
weight of the blade itself, which was enormous, as many
judged by feeling it. So they also judgee. of its sharp-

nes; which was like that of a razor. Altogether it was
just such an implement as, in hands fit to wield it,
would have performed either the Saladin trick of carving
a cobweb, or the Richard coup of making mincemeat of
kitclien pokers. But why did not the owner wear this
wondrous weapon by his side ? Wby because Lord Chem.

lussell wouldn't let ;t come betwejn him and the wind

of his own official toasting-fork :—that was the point.

.Etiquette says no Lnan, unless ho be an M.P., Qr serioant7.

at•arms, black Tod, silver-stick, or some recognised some-
thing of that sort, shall enter the llouge armed, save when

he crimes to receive the thanks of the CJimnons for deeds

of daring by sea or land. Accordingly, when this illus-
trious stranger presented himself at the door, the Jacks

around it intimated that the sword must be abandoned ;
and hence he had to hand it to hi icedar• coloured compa-
.

nion, who remained at the portal till the Prince camp

int. And who is the Prince? None other than the

Ameer Alli Iloorad Kahn Talapoor of Krvpoor, famed
in the Somnauth song of Tame ElephantEllenborough,

and more famous still in the war blast of " the bearded.

vision that swept Seinde," both of whom said that, but
far the Ameer's fidelity, it would have been all up with

England at Meanee in ''43. What does he do here now 1

Begging ;—not exactly in the Date obolum, Belisorio, for
it isn't a crust, but the trifle of 183,0001. per annum he

wants ; and out of wiich he is prepared to prove that he
has been swindled by the rascality astounding, or aster-
ounding. of a starry nonentity called Mr. -. Of
course " one Hogg," and all the mu►titudinous guinea-
grubbing pigs of Leadenhall street, are disgusted at the
audacity of the Ameer in desiring to do what he likes
with his own, when they are doing what they like with
it for themselves; so much so that they wouldn't even let
hint go to a levee here ; and, when he applied to be pre-
sented, the court directors of the west sent to the court
directorate of the east end, the sages whereof said he was

non-admissible; and non-admissible he has remained ever
since, though instead of a black cravat he was prepared to
. .

sport a shawl that would give a forty-Lalla Rookh vision
of the vale of Cashmere to all the penis of the palace.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The steam•transport Star of the South, No. 49, arrived
at Spithead yesterday from the Black Sea.
Tile steam-transport Ossian arrived at Spithead yes•
terday from Constantinople with troops.
Her Majesty's steam frigate Tribune, 30, Capt. Edgell,
went to Spithead yesterday after refit ; it is reported
that she is about to proceed to the Australian station.

Her Majesty's ship Colossus, 81, Capt. Keppel, C. 8.,
was taken into the steam basin yesterday at Portsmouth

,o refit.

By the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship
Avo, which arrived at Southampton yesterday with the
India and Mediterranean mails, we have the following
items of naval and military intelligence from Gibraltar :
Her Majesty's steam floating bakery Abundance left on
the 15th inst. for Deptford with 51 bakers on board.
Daring the time the Abundance was in Balaklava har-
bour there were made on board for the use of the Bri-
tish army 5,555,6941 b. of bread-18,000lb. a-day—
averaging monthly 450.0001 b. The Bruiser, a floating
mill for supplying the bakery, and Wye; distillery ves•
sel, were to leave Balaklava for England shortly alter
the Abundance sailed.

The authorities at the head-quarters of the Royal En-
gineers have had brought under their notice an inven-
tion, which it is expected will entirely supersede the
present description of pontcons •in use by the Royal
Sappers and Miners. The improved pontoons in gees-
tion have been invented by Serjeant-Major Jones, of the
Royal Engineers, who has also invented a new descrip-
tion of gabion, just brought into use by the Sappers and
Miners.

Yesterday morning, at an early hour, the 'Right Hon.
Sir Charles Wood, First Lord of the Admiralty, Admi-
ral P. Richards, C. 8., Admiral H. Eden, Sir Baldwin
Walker, K.C.8., Surveyor of the Navy, and Col. Green,
paid an official visit of inspection to Chatham dockyard.
Their lordships arrived in the Black Eagle, Admiralty
steam yacht, on Monday evening, and after remaining on
board all night landed at the Queen's stairs in the morn-
ing, and proceeded to inspect the ships now in course of
construction, and the site for the large new steam basin.
They first examined the Racoon, 20, 'age of the new class
of screw corvettes just laid down on the same slip as
that from which the Cadmus, 21, was launched. They
also inspected the Hero, 90 (building) ; the Irresistible,
80, intended to be fitted with the screw propeller ; the
I Mars, 80, in dock, preparing for sea ; the Charybdis,
21, screw corvette, commenced in March last, and laid
down on the same slip as that from which the Severn,
50, sailing frigate, was recently launched. They also
imp eted the Hood, 90 (building), and the Calypso, 28,
in dock. .After which, their lordships spent some time
in examining the Renown, 91, the largest vessel ever
constructed at Chatham Dockyard, and which is ordered
to bo launched early next year. Their lordships next
inspected the large new stone slip,..and expressed their
admiration at its fine proportions. Orders were given
far a large vessel to bre laid down on this slip imme-
diately. At 12 o'clock a general muster of the whole of
the men belonging to the yard was ordered, when they
were inspected by their lordships, who also granted them
a half day's holiday. After leaving the dockyard their
lordships inspected the Royal Marines at their barracks,
and also Melville Hospital, embarking on board the
Black Eagle, which landed 'them at .the Railway pier,
their lordships returning to theAdrairalty this afternoon
by railway.
ADMIRALTY, July 21.--A.ppointments : Lieutenants
J. Simpson (1845), C. G. Fegen (1853), and A. Buller
(1855), reappointed to the Princess Royal, 91, screw
steam-ship, of 400-horse power, Mediterranean station.
Acting Mate -F. G. Shaw
.(1855) reappointed to the
Princess Royal. Midshipmen Hon. R. Hare, A. H.
Allington, G. G. A. Belson, A. J. French,. Hon. V. A.
Montague, and J. Hayden, reappointed to the Princess