Biortllautung.

The officials of the Great Northern Railway have received instructions to hold in readiness their train of state carriages for the conveyance of the Queen and the Royal Family from King's Cross station to Scotland next week. The Duchess of Kent proceeded to the North by the same route at the latter end of last week. Her Royal Highness travelled by the Great Northern day express, occupying a saloon carriage, and being accotnpanied by her usual retinue of attendants.—Morning .Papers.

. The Lords of the Admiralty have issued a memorandum signed by their Secretary, relating to the first entry and promotion of artificers and labourers in the public dockyards. Henceforth the Lords of the Atiniiralty give up their patronage of first entries, and intrust them to the Superin- tendent of each yard. As they anticipate that attempts will be made to support applications for employment by the aid of interest either personal or political, they insist that every effort should be made to check such interference. When men are wanted, a notice to that effect is to be fixed on the dockyard-gates. The best men are to be selected, and are to un- dergo a month's probation. To acquire a knowledge of their competency, the Superintendent is to hold periodical and the Lords annual inspections. With regard to apprentices, the Superintendent is empowered to place the names of candidates on the list previously to examination whether connected with the service or not. Other instructions are added in order to prevent the recommendations of the Superintendent from lapsing into a mere form.

The state of Balaklava and the camp, and the health of the troops be- fore Sebastopol, have naturally caused much anxiety. In order to re- lieve the public, Lord Shaftesbury has sent to the newspapers a letter from the Sanitary Commissioner br. J. Sutherland, addressed to himself and Sir James Clark. It is dated Balaklava, July 19; and of C0111118 only refers to the state of things up to that date. Dr. Sutherland re- marks, that the topographical peculiarities of the camp and Balaklava, and the marshy and malarious character of the ground, determine the exist- ence of malarious diseases, such as cholera and intermittent fevers. Ba- laklava is "the very worst point of the whole occupation." All that is possible but not all that is desirable, has been done there. Speaking generally, the British camp before Sebastopol is clean, and in a very good state. The men are neither badly fed, nor overworked, nor poorly clad, nor exposed. They told Dr. Sutherland that they had "nothing in the avorld to complain of except that they were not in Sebastopol" In order that the sanitary condition may be estimated, he compares it to things familiar to his correspondents- " Balaklava harbour is much sweeter than the Thames ; and the town is cleaner than nine-tenths of the lower districts of London, Manchester, or Liverpool. Liverpool dock-basins smell worse every day than Balakliva harbour did at the worst. When the town itself was held up to the repro- bation of the civilized world from its unburied carcasses and filth, it was not worse than entire villages I could name in our own country ; and it was about on a par with the district where knackers'-yards, private slaughter- houses, and unwholesome trades exist, in theBoroUgh, and where cholera was so fatal last year. I think it right to mention this comparison, in order that the truth should be known. The same may be said about the sanitary condition of the camp. Putting out of sight the local malaria, the camp is in a very much better state than the towns and villages at home out of whioh the men have come."

He also presents us with the following statements- " Week ending July 7. Strength, 41,593; total deaths, 150; deaths from cholera 71, deaths from fever 17, deaths from diarrhoea 19, deaths from dysentery 2.

"Week ending July 14. Strength, 42,513; total deaths, 123; deaths from, cholera 55, deaths from fever '18, deaths from diarrlicea 10, deaths from dysentery 5.

"The deaths from wounds for these two weeks were 44 and 30."

Dr. Sutherland says that the small loss by disease during the slimmer speaks volumes for the care displayed by the authorities; as, do what they could, the troops were exposed to the exhalations from the foul en-. campment of the other armies.

Having just returned from Scutari, he says—" The hospitals are really beautiful; we have nothing in London to compare to them in their sam- tary relations. It is a perfect treat to walk through them. The air is as pure inside as out." The hospitals in the Crimea, too, are "the one, point he is proud of." On the whole, the report is very satisfactory, and it quite accords with what we have heard all along.

Sir Charles Napier, moved by the recent success of Admiral Dundas at Sweaborg, has published a long letter in the morning papers, raking up the old quarrel between himself and Sir James Graham. He endeavours to show the " reason why" Sweaborg was not attacked last year. He narrates how Sweaborg was examined after the capture of Bomarsund ; and how General Jones proposed to take it by landing 5000 troops on Bak-Holmen, who were to make a simultaneous attack with the fleet ; how General Niel thought it might be knocked to pieces with seven or eight line-of-battle ships ; how orders were sent out from home to ex- amine these plans; how, from one cause and another, they were not examined in full councils of the naval commanders ; how, after the French, troops had departed and the French fleet had quitted the Gulf of Finland, he again examined Sweaborg, and sent home a report. But he had little to add, he says, to a previous report made in June, recommending that a large force of gun-boats should be made ready to attempt the place in the following year. The "reason why," therefore, would appear to be the want of gun-boats : but apart from this, some people think that there Was another want—that of decision in the mind of the Admiral.

A correspondent, correcting the remark in last Spectator that the Eng- lish Court is in Paris "for the first time since Norman princes contended for their fiefs," reminds us that "Henry the Fifth of England and Charles the Sixth of France held their court at Paris in 1420."

The prorogation of Parliament has been followed by the usual migration to the country of Cabinet Ministers and their subordinates. Lord Panmare and Sir George Lewis remain in town ;. the Duke of Argyll will also stay in London for the next month.

The Ministers, however, reassembled in London on Tuesday, to hold a Cabinet Council.

The Bishop of London is at Dusseldorf, undergoing treatment by the emi- nent oculist Dr. Leuw ; and his sight has improved. He preached in the English church last Sunday. •

The Duke of Manchester died on Saturday last, at Tunbridge Wells, after a painful and protracted illness. The deceased was born in 1799. In early life he entered the Navy, and rose to the rank of Commander, a rank he bore on the reserved list. In 1826 he sat in the House of Commons for Huntingdonshire, and subsequently represented that county until 1837, con- sistently supporting the Tories. He is succeeded by his son, Lord Man- deville; who was elected for Huntingdonshire in 1852. The late Duke was twice married, and he leaves issue by both wives. Lord Hereford, the Premier Viscount in the English Peerage, died also ow Saturday, at his residence in Wilton Crescent. He was only forty-six years of age. His son, Robert Devereux, born in 1943, succeeds him. Mr. E. Wodehouse, late M.P. for EastNorfolk, died on Tuesday, at Thorpe, near Norwich. It is not correct, as stated in the Times of Thursday, that the death of Mr. Wodehouse will occasion a vacancy in the representation of Norfolk ; as he retired early in July, in favour of Mr. H. Stracey. Mr. Wodehouse sat in Parliament for thirty-eight years ; and though he rarely took part in the debates of the House of Commons, he of necessity played an important part in public affairs throughout that long period. He was a stanch supporter of Conservative principles ; but he did net sacrifice to party the genial good-nature, the straightforward integrity, and the high honour which distinguished him " from his youth up." He died, indeed, as he had lived, without an enemy in the world.

The Duchess of Saldanha, an English lady, died recently in Portugal. She was renowned for her amiability and charity, and was buried at Cintra, with almost public honours.

The circumstances under which that distinguished artist Mr. Patrick Park came by his death were somewhat peculiar, and we may say characteristic. Whilst standing at the railway station at Warrington, he saw a porter struggling to get up a hamper of ice; in his usual impulsive, energetic man- ner, he stepped forward to assist him, and in the effort he ruptured a blood- vessel. The accident terminated fatally on the fourth day.—Bcotsman.

Result of the Registrar-General's return of mortality in the Metropolis for the week ending on Saturday last.

Ten Weeks of 1945-'64.

Week of 1855.

Emetic Macaws 5'17.3 .... 314 Dropsy, Cancer, and other diseases of uncertain or variable seat . 42.6 41 Tubercular Diseases 179.9 .... 166 Diseases of the Brain, Spinal Marrow, Nerves, and Senses 109.9 .... 125 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 28.11 .... 31

Diseases or the Lungs, and of the other Organs of Respiration

77.8 .... 101 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion C9.2 .... 74 Diseases of the Kidneysotc. 11.1 .... 9 Oltildbirth, diseases of the 'Menus, 6te 7.1 b Rheumatism, diseases of the Donee, Joints, Jte. 7.6 9 DIseases of the Skin,Ciellular Tissue, Sc. 1.5

s

Malformations 2.6 2 Premature Birth 24.5

se

Atrophy 33.6 48

Age

37.3 .... 41 Sudden 4.6 .... 6 Iflelence,PrIvatIon,Cold, and Intemperance 30.. .... 25

Total (Including unspecified causes)

— 1,095 1,203.1

It is stated that the four vacant Colonelcies will be given to Lieutenant- General the Honourable Charles Gore, C.B., lately in command of the troops in Canada; to Lieutenant-General Walton, General Simpson, and Major- General Sir W. Codrington, K.C.B. There are now two vacancies on the General Officers list ; and it is reported that Colonel Shirley, C.B., 88th— who, like General Codrington, has not been a day absent from Crimean ser- vice—Colonel Horn, C.B., 20th, Colonel Warren, C.B., 55th, and Colonel Spencer, C.B., 44th, will shortly be raised to the rank of Major-General.— Globe.

The Naval Coast Volunteer scheme has failed. It is said that the Volun- teers raised on the East coast of Scotland are to be disbanded.

The Patriotic Fund had received, up to the 24th July, 143,3581. from India and the Colonies. From India the total was 56,6d01.; from Australia, 38,9181.

Considerable works are proceeding at Windsor Castle, necessary for the per- sonal comfort of the Royal Family. It seems that that magnificent struc- ture has hitherto lacked convenient coal-cellars. A long gallery is now out through the chalk on which the castle stands, and coal-cellars will be at- tached to this corridor ; which will effectually put an end to the inconve- niences endured by the residents from files of coal-porters traversing the passages The Duke of Northumberland has added to his former thoughtful kind- nesses to the fishermen of his county a plan for making them swimmers, to give them an additional chance of escape if wrecked. A teacher of swim- ming is now instructing the fishermen on the coast.

In consequence of the very numerous robberies of jewellers in the City, the trade are adopting the following suggestion, which has emanated from Webb and Hayden, the well-known indefatigable officers, and may be seen at Mr. W. Christie's, watch-manufacturer, No. 70 Cannon Street, City, every night. A panel is cut out in the middle shutter of the shop, in which is inserted a piece of plate-glass, secured by iron bars inside. In the centre of the shop is a large iron safe in a frame on rollers, surrounded by gas, in which are placed the contents of the shop, the keyhole facing the window, so that anybody passing can look in and see what is going on ; and if the gas is out or the window darkened the Police are aware that something is wrong.— Globe.

At the presentation of Crimean medals to the Royal Sappers and Miners, at Woolwich, lately, a dog belonging to the Lieutenant and Adjutant ap- pftred on parade with a medal round his neck, which had been awarded' to him for his devotion to his master while serving in the Crimea, as during his stay the Russians several times stabbed him.

Among the fashionable bathers at Ramsgate this week, have been two elephants, belonging to Mr. Cooke. They have caused some "excitement" among the bipeds who were in the water.

The Russian frigate Diana, bearing the flag of Admiral Poutiatine, lay at Simoda, a bay in Japan. The Admiral was engaged ostensibly in concluding a treaty with the Japanese. Suddenly an earthquake shook the harbour, and the Diana lay on her side in eight feet of water. After more convulsions, the frigate, we are told, floated with the loss of her keel and rudder. Sails were got under her, a temporary rudder was rigged, and a number of Japanese boats were engaged to tow her into another harbour. They had nearly reached this, when a gale came on, the boats fled, and the ship went down. But the Japanese were humane enough to save the Russian crew before they fled.

The Opinion, of Turin states that Garibaldi, the Roman General, has been nominated by the Piedmontese Government a sea-captain of the first class ; and he has been appointed to command a steamer belonging to the Ligure and Salvatore Company.

It is proposed by the mercantile community of Malta to construct a dry dock at the extremity of the Pieta Creek for the use of merchant shipping.

An infant-school has been opened at Gibraltar, where such an establish- ment has been greatly needed.

A proposition of Mr. Kennard, an Englishengineer, to construct a suspen- sion-bridge from Pere to Scutari has been well received by the Turkish Go- vernment. The cost is estimated at 700,0001., which it is proposed to raise by a company of English capitalists. It is said that another English com- pany proposes to buy Turkish Crown lands to the amount of a million ster- ling.

In 1854, no fewer than 53,183 immigrants arrived in Canada, against 36,699 in the preceding year. Last year 14,000 of the immigrants proceeded to the United States.

We are reminded that the age for the growth of Indian nabobs is past, by the Mention in the Iudian papers of a recent despatch from the India House,

intimating that all officiabeNative as well as European, must hand over to Government all presents that may be given to them.

In one week no fewer than thirty-eight Chinese left Melbourne each with gold-dust valued at 740/., besidee other property. Seven hundred others of these unwelcome visitants were landed in a week at the same port. Mea- sures are in progress to check this immigration and regulate the Chinese:: already in Victoria.

A curious accident occurred the other day to Chevalier d'Azeglio at ther baths of Pesio. It seems that M. d'.Azeglio, to amuse the vieitore at the baths, caused the lights of the room in which they were asseeibled,, to be suddenly extinguished ; and at the same moment a boy, mounted on stilts; covered, with a long sheet, and carrying in his hand a vessel containing spirits of wine, in a flame, stalked solemnly in. The ladies fled In dismay,. and in the confusion thus caused the pretended ghost was brushed against, and he nearly full. In staggering the vase was jerked Irons his hand, and all its flaming contents were cast in the face of M. d'Azeglio, burning him sadly.

A " sorcerer," eighty-three years old, has been tried at Tours, for causing the death of a peasant. The wizard—tor "a consideration "—pretended to cure diseases by supernatural means : he directed the sick peasant to perform certain charms, and to allow himself to he enveloped in a quantity of ivy heated to excess in an oven : the ailing man died under thelatter operation.- The accused was convicted, and sent to prison for a year.

CRYSTAI. PALACE.—Return of admissions for six days ending Friday. August 24tbe including season-ticket-holdetai 67,023.