THE FIELD. 
t * l ! s . “ t0 the payment of election expense*, to pay or rnu«p to bp 
» a "*»“*“• ”!'»•« ■< bri^isr™™ ».k 
tlie wo^^hf.r- 0 ,^ “ ““.^"'endrnent, to Insert in the clause, after 
llleiral If tho SnrJmtt; ° rd n ° t ’ so as to make travelling expenses 
move tlJ a ^f nt . ed 10 lllIs amendment he ihould then 
mote the omission of the words ‘ actual " and •• rcnsonable.■• 
thiscl"r“ n d H K r 0 V n the course of wfcfch It was contended that 
if w« nTv oS“onal ** Wme,,t ° f thc *° compulsory where 
co^d tin^nn rbfnht tPt 611 H? at the P rea »nble was untrue, because there 
nav the ren d .on b l 1 ’ “ nder the es '»«"K '•»". a candidate could legally 
thought fit b e ** ,en8es of bringing voters to the poll if ho so 
real m tnHnn^ bellevcd 11 would ultimately bo discovered that tlie 
dwcea of t 0 ho°e f lectors aeS(10n W “ 40 haT0 the votes collectccl at the rcsi- 
JSfcH 8 d . i . sclls ? l ? n - u WttS agreed to striko out of the clause the 
n«tn™ “* also the gl ving of refreshments to voters on the dav of nomi- 
nation and on the day of polling ■’ 
tlicrcTappearcd— 6 U,en dlvW#d on Mr - Crnufurd’s amendment, when 
For the amendment .... in 
A ^ inst <i :. :: no 
Majority 61 
The amendment was consequently rejected. 
Tlie clause was then agreed to. 
thc " ™ oved th0 following proviso to the clause:— 
f n ro.» ® d 1 sha ^ on, >’ be 'awful at elections for boroughs 
♦hoir rffi°i d date l ° ?? y til® ex P cnses of bringing up to the poll from 
their residences within the borough, or, with respect to freemen, 
from their residences within seven seven miles from the borough, of 
legal " T " flrm voters > und reasonable payments for the purpose shall be 
After some disci ssion the committee divided, when there appeared— 
For the proviso L 
Against it 96 
Majority 44 
On the qcstlon that that tlie clause be added to the bill, the com- 
mittee again divided, when there appeared— 
For the claase 
Against it *, “ “ 47 
Majority ** _±\ 
The clause was accordingly added to the bill. 
Lord J. Russell then moved the insertion of a clause to tho effect, that 
the giving, or cuusmg to be given, to any voter on tlie day of nomina- 
tion, or day of polling, on account of such voter having polled, or being 
about to poll, any meat, drink, or entertainment, by «ay of refreshment 
or any money or ticket to enable such voter to obtain refreshment, shall 
ne held and be taken to amount to bribery or treating, ns tho case may 
he, within the meaning of this act. 
Tills clause was deferred for the report. 
Some other amendments were made in tho bill, and it was finally 
passed through committee. 1 
Tho Admiralty Courts, the Highways (Public Health Act), and the 
Chancery Amendment Bills were considered as amended, und ordered 
to be read a third time. 
The Lund Revenues of the Crown (Ireland) Bill, tho Land Assessed 
and Income Taxes BUI, and tho Duchy of Cornwall Office Bill were 
passed through committee. 
The house then adjourned till Monday. 
719 
THE LONDON GAZETTE. 
(Fbidat Night’s Ornette.) 
FOREIGN-OFFICE, July 19. 
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. John Gray as vice Con- 
sul at Kingstown, Dublin, for his Majesty the King of the Belgiuiis. 
WAR OFFICE, July 21 
3rd Regiment of Dragoon Guards -Stephen Holdforth, gent., to b“ 
cornet, by purchase, vice Mulvill, promoted 
2nd Dragoons — Surgeon John Ramsey Brush, M.D., from the 93rd 
Foot, to be surgeon, vice Robert Dunkln Smyth, who retires upon half 
pay. 
To be Captains without purchase. 
4th Regiment of Foot— Captain William Basset Saunderson, from half 
pay 50th Foot, repaying the difference 
18th Foot-Captain James Robert Colthurst, from half-pay, Sub-In- 
spector of Militia in tlie Ionian Irelands. 
26th Foot— Captain Alexander Kyle, from hnlf-pay 91th Foot. 
3Jth Foot— Brevet Major Stopford Cane, from half-pay 18th Footrepav 
Ing the difference. ' 
38rd Fdot— Captoln William Royds, ffom hnlf.poy 52nd Foot. 
t* i ^ F ° 0t — C 0 P tdl11 Feter William Lanoe Hawker, ffom half-pay un- 
Attached . 
6«th Foot— Captain Knox Barrett, from half pay unattached. 
67th foot— Captain Augustus Samuel Bolu.ii, from half-pay un- 
attached. r ' 
69th Foot— Captain John Allen Ridgway, from half-pay unattached, 
repaying the difference. 
82nd Foot — Captain William Toole, ffom half-pay 40th Foot. 
HOSPITAL STAFF. 
Assistant Staff Surgeon William George Swan, M.D., to be Staff 
Surgeon of the second class, vice Munro, appointed to the 93rd Foot ; 
Hamilton Smith, gent , to be Assistant Surgeon to the Forces, vice 
Swan. - ’ 
MEMORANDUM. 
Tlie appointment of Major James Talbot Alrey, from half pay un- 
attached to full pay, In the 22nd Foot, to bear date 10th July, 1854 ; 
and his promotion in the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guurds the 17th 
July, 1854. 
The promotion of Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel William Beetham, Major 
on hnlf-pay unattached, to be Colonel by Brevet on tho 20th June, 1854, 
has been cancelled. 
The name of Lieutenant Nasmyth, recorded for promotion to the rank 
of Major on attaining his company, Is Lieutenant Charles Nasmyth, of 
the Bombay Artillery, and not Bombay engineers, as stated in the 
11 Gazette " of the 14th July, 1854. 
ADMIRALTY, July 19. 
Corps of Royal Mariners— First Lieutenant John Manger to be Cap- 
tain, vice Stevens, to retired full. pay; Second Lieutenunt Wingrore 
Laugharnc Timmouth to be First Lieutenant, vice Mauger, promoted. 
ADMIRALTY, July 20. 
The following promotions, dated tho 13th insiant, have this day taken 
place consequent on the decease, on the 12th instant, of Rear Admiral 
of the White William Wilmot Henderson, C.B , K II. Roar Admiral 
of the Blue Sir Thomas Herbert, K.C It., to be Rear Admiral of tlie 
White; Captain Richard Augustus Yates, Captain Edwurd Le Cras 
Thornbrouch, Captain Charles Grenville Randolph, Captain Edward 
Bichard Williams, to be Rear Admirals on tho reserved half pay list; 
Captain Henry Byam Martin, C.D , to be rear admiral of the blue. 
The following captains, on the retired list, hove also been promoted to 
be retired rear-admirals, on the terms proposed in the London Gazette of 
1st September, 1816, without increase of pay Captain John Pakenham, 
Captain Frederick Augustus Wethcrall, Captain Heury Litchfield, Cap- 
tain William Webb, and Captain Charles Simeon. 
PRANCE. 
( From our own Correspondent.) 
Paris, Thursday, July 27. 
The revolution in Spain is the topic of the day in Paris, 
for all the world is aweary of the eternal talk on the war in 
the East. People here quite agree with Omar Pasha in 
Wondering why such fine-looking and well-equipped troops 
a3 the English and French should remain inactive in their 
camps, while the ill- appointed, shoeless, and half starved 
Turkish army is left to combat and obtain victories over 
an enemy their superior in numbers, discipline, and, in fact, 
everything but courage and endurance. The last words of 
the Emperor to his Ministers in quitting Paris are said to 
have been ; — “ Adieu, gentlemen. Send me news of our 
troops, and soon, or you will see that the first real aid to 
the Sultan will be by the sword of Austria, which would 
disgrace us in the eyes of all Europe.” 
The insurrection in Spain has been expected in Madrid 
since February last, when the Times despatched a special 
correspondent to tho Spanish capital to watch events. 
The day ot the rising was publicly spoken of, and the in- 
tended proceedings so well known, that nobody was taken 
by surprise but those whom it concerned most nearly — the 
Queen and her friends ! As to the overthrow of tho late 
system of Government, no one can affect to regret it. For 
the Queen herself, every well-wisher to Royalty must 
earnestly hope that tlie private accounts of her life and 
conduct are either wholly false or cruelly exaggerated. If the 
midnight scenes of libertinism and profligacy described as 
taking place at the Palace, of which she is tho heroine, at 
all approach the truth, the most surprising feature in the 
present movement is, that all parties, save of course the 
Republicans, continue to speak of her person and authority 
with respect. Not a word is said of the Duke and Duchess 
of Montpcnsier in any quarter, but the apprehension that 
some chance on the revolutionary dice might raise the 
Duchess, and consequently the son of Louis Philippe to 
power, has not the less been a subject of solicitude in high 
places here. The hatred borne in Spain to the very name of a 
Frenchman will, however, always prove an effectual bar to 
any danger to peace from that quarter. Malmaison, once the 
property of Napoleon, now belongs to Queen Christina, and 
has been prepared for her reception for some time. Her 
non-arrival gives, of course, at a moment like the present, 
rise to the most sinister rumours of the cause of her 
delay. 
Some surprise is expressed that the Emperor and his 
consort should proceed to such a distance from Paris as 
Biarriiti for sea-bathing. But it seems that their majesties' 
trip to Dieppe last year attracted such a crowd of Parisians 
and provincials, who love to bask in the eye of royalty, 
that Biarritz, which is very remote— being 750 miles from 
the capital, near the Spanish frontier— was fixed upon as a 
quiet way of avoiding intruders. In consequenco of the 
imperial visit, however, hosts of senators, several of the 
ministers, and sundry councillors of state have also mi 
grated thither, having first received the assurance that 
their presence would not be disagreeable to Sa Majeste 
A telegraph has been hastily put up between Biarritz and 
Bordeaux, and communication already exists between that 
city and Paris. The Emperor is able, therefore, to coDfe 
with his ministers and tho foreign ambassadors, with the 
same facility as from St. Cloud or the Tuileries. A rail 
way carriage on the American plan was built specially for 
the journey ; a huge vehicle, divided into large rooms for 
the imperial party and their household, provided with 
writing materials, books, a piano, a billiard-table for the 
aides-de-camp,— in a word, all the “ appliances and means 
to boot” which wealth and modern luxury could devise to 
wile away the ennui of the journey. 
For the first time this season Paris maybe said to have 
donned the robes of summer. But after cheating us out ol 
three month’s fine weather, Sol has suddenly come out 
with such prodigious force as to make one almost envy the 
temperature of Africa. This change, most favourable for 
the harvest, which had already began to give some serious 
apprehensions, but which now promises to be one of the 
most abundant wo have had for years, unfortunately came 
too late to save the vines, the crop of which is irredeemably 
gone for this year ; the fruit has also been a failure from 
the same cause. The weather has, however, occasioned a 
general flight from Paris ; private carriages, railway - 
trains, and even our respectable old friends the ante- 
diluvian diligences, bearing hundreds upon hundreds away 
from us, day after day, to all parts of the world. 
The republicans domiciled in various parts of Englam 
and in Jersey have, it is said, been organising a small 
conspiracy against the government. One of their most 
active emissaries, named S , having lately returned 
from London, was watched by the police, and after a time 
arrested under circumstances of grave suspicion. On 
searching his domicile nothing was discovered, but his 
mistress, becoming alarmed, delivered up an extensive 
correspondence, which is said to compromise a great many 
well-known personages of the party. The republican 
faction is now, however, so completely sunk in the opinion 
of the public at large, that no apprehensions exist on their 
account; and the only notice taken by the authorities of this 
plot, was to send the letters to the addresses, under the 
official envelope of the police,— a step which is said to have 
enraged the party far more than sending them to the Fort 
St. Michel, or even to Cayenne. Mr. S , however, still 
remains in custody. « 
Our embellishments in the Bois de Boulogne, which, by 
the construction of a splendid cascade and two extensive 
lakes, had been turned, by the taste and beauty of tlie design, 
into almost a little Eden, have met with a terrible mishap. 
The bottom of the larger lake is found to absorb the water 
to such a degree, that to keep it filled is, after some weeks’ 
trial, found totally impracticable. It is qow, therefore, to 
receive a thick coating of gravel and asphalte, which will 
render the bottom impervious to tbe water ; but from the 
vast space to be covered, the execution of this remedy will 
occupy at least some months, by which time the season for 
promenading will be at an end for this year. This was, 
however, only a mishap ; but what shall we say of the wilful 
atrocities just perpetrated at the Place de la Concorde, 
which, with its delightful fountains, its subterranean gardens, 
surrounded by balustrades, colossal statues, anil stately 
columns, together with its vast extent of pavement, level 
and smooth as marble, had really an aspect of Assyrian 
magnitude and splendour, which gave a kind of special fit- 
ness to the celebrated relic of Egyptian grandeur — the 
Luxor Obelisk — which stands in the centre. All this i- 
now cut up into paltry little divisions, some wretched pre- 
tender to taste having been allowed to curtail its fair pro- 
portions, and, to complete the barbarism, to fill up the 
subterranean gardens, which formerly, without disturbing 
the architectural features of this noble spot by any incon- 
gruous mixture of trees and flowers, shed a delicious fresh- 
ness ancl odour oyer the place. In a word, the most 
magnificent monumental site in Paris is sacrificed and cut 
up, until all design is absolutely lost. At present, it reminds 
one of nothing so much as the reproach of Petrucio to his 
luckless artificer : 
" 9. ut ®P ftnd down, carv’d like an apple tart, 
now » nip. and snip, and cut, and alls)), and slush, 
wny, what t tho Devil s name, slrrali, call's! thou this!" 
rite only hopo is that the Emperor will do on this occasion, 
as he did at the alteration of the Louvre,— cashier his archi- 
tect and restore the Place to its former condition. 
noU., S 'h? U ,U ' u‘- S S U l C0 fiU .^ P iet y » just now making some 
noise here, which has accidentally come to light. A few 
iSLSf' pJt Uu ' S V caso a f rivod ut the terminus of tho 
tirli^il Y ’ k' 11 -‘ US th ° iuldrcsa a carpet niamifac- 
tuie i , which, t K 7' c h*' in g no one deputed to receive it, was 
visited as usual by the officers of the douane. Wlmt was 
the horror of tho employe* on discovering « human body 
cai ©fully packed up among rolls of carpeting. Tho nolico 
were of course set in motion to ascertain tho cause of this 
extraordinary and suspicious mode of transmission, w hich 
rumour speedily metamorphosed into a dreadful murder 
ami f\l— the consignee, was sent for. lie acknow bulged 
w ithout hesitation that the remains woro those of hit lather 
which lie had caused to bo sent in this manner, to be interred 
vvith other members of his family, in a vault ho had pur- 
chased in Per© la Chaise. After a severe reprimand for so 
unseemly a proceeding, he was mulcted in the line imposed 
by law for defrauding the railway company of the faro 
charged for the conveyance of dead bodies. It is under- 
stood that M — -, who is now one of the wealthiest trades- 
men in the capital, and who, au reste, bears an excellent, 
character, entered Paris a friendless Savoyard boy, and 
gamed his first earnings as an itinerant organ-player. 
1 hus wags the world, my masters.” 
AGRICULTURE. 
How’ TO STOP TUB Potato Disease.— M any persons 
Will bo glud to learn that there is a first-rate remody ag.iinst 
the potuto disease— it is simply this: Get them up in flmo • 
all early potmoiM set In March or tho brplnning of April 
should all bo got up in July ; ull Into sorts of every deserlpnon 
-l.ould bo got up by t l.c middle of August. Tho . hiei di 
..Iwiijn seizes the tups first, and usually shows It.oll aboui tlie 
middle of Auuust. Tho proper lime to get thorn b while tho 
ops are quite flourishing, und before the potatoes huve urrlvi-d 
■ I tholr full growth. II this Is done, and they aio luid in mws 
about u bumper thick on tho open ground, und pretty well 
covered with straw or uny dry muterlul (not potato top.), they 
will generally bo found to keep well. Tins plan l.u> never 
ailed with mo for seven consecutive years. Tho potatoes 
should not be covered with soil for about uvo month*. Unlcst 
potatoes aro sot early in tho spring tl.oio is no chance lor 
thorn. Please publish tins for the public uood. I am, tie., 
Gbohob Slat hit. 
Hulme Mills, noar Knutsford, Cheshire. 
I OTATOES. More sales ol thes© esculents linvo taken place 
n this iioiuhhotiihood since our lu-t, sonic of which have 
•'Utilised so high as 3s. per full of 3(5 yurds, or £34 per acre I 
—the buyers running ull risks. There is uu old Buying ulnmr 
‘fools und tholr money, ” and wo huve heard it remarked 
hat the crop of these, md ultngmhur rare uni mills, is nbont ns 
imiriant as that of llio patulous themselves.— Montrose 
Standard. 
The Chops in tub West.— N early every description 
"f ugi l.ulturul produce in Dovoutdilio and the other western 
counties Is looking icmarkubly well. Tho Corn-fields promise 
hi ubundunt harvest, although in some districts there Inis 
been un appearance of rust. Potatoes seum goncrully to have 
escaped tho disease, and few complaints are liourd. The con- 
-equeuco is that there lias been u considerublu rcduclion lit 
their price. Burley Is likely to prove a good crop. The bu- 
rners aro now busy with the hoy harvest, which is much better 
(liun was anticipated. During the lust few months there hus 
been un extraordinarily large demand for hay in the neighbour- 
hood of Exeter, which lias been forwarded for the use of thu 
cavalry in tlie East. Tho markets throughout the county 
liavo recently been fulling. 
Importation of Grain, Sec.— Import of foreign grain, 
cheese, dec., into Liverpool, for (lie fortnight ending the *J 1 - f. 
July, 1,354: — *237,002 bushels, 12,100 bugs wheat, 10,037 
sucks, 15,105 barrels Hour; 212,206 bushels, 52,6(50 sucks, 
(5,015 kilns Indian corn; 13,592 bushels barley; 1,760 bushels 
mis; 312 barrels oatmeal ; 15,200 bushels beans; 1,104 bush- 
els, 19 barrels peas; 2,311 boxes cheese. — Liverpool Mail. 
TjiuNDBRSTORM. — A severe thunderstorm took plueo In 
Herefordshire on Monday night. It lusied at intervals during 
the night, und tlie ruin fell very heavily. At Hereford many 
uf tlie Cellars were inundated, and tho giaiu crops in tlie 
neighbour 'Imod vvero damaged. Tho spire of Wltbinglon 
Church, five miles soutli-cu»t of Hereford, was struck by 
tho lightning and much injury vvos done to it. 
SCOTLAND. — The crops all along Clyde side, soys tho 
North British Mail, look healthy and vigorous. On tlie 
line of ruihvuy between Glasgow and Greenock there tiro 
some fields of wheat, barley, and outs, und Ihuiis iu fine con- 
dition for the period of tlie scusou, although there aro 
instances in which oats look tufty and unequal. Tlie luto 
•id in 1 1 able weather has been everything that could be desired 
fur cutting und stocking tho hay crop, which, in the district 
referred to, is well nigh completed. A good ninny early 
potatoes have been ulieady lifted in Renfrewshire. Tjio 
Aberdeen Ilcruld suys, notwithstanding tho constitutional or 
interestedly gloomy prognostics of some folks, wo must again 
repeat, that for many years wo have not hud so fine un 
appearance of so abuudunt an harvest, and with our hope# 
keeping pace with our prospects, wo huve no reuson at this 
early stuge of the season to doubt of its being safely and timely 
secured. 
Ireland. — In Ireland the appearanco of tho crops justifies 
tlie hopes of an abundant harvest. There aro the usuul reports 
ft tlie blight iu the potatoes ; but they excite no apprehension 
whatever. 
Oat* for Turkey. — T enders were sent into the Admit ally 
i Tuesday fur tlie conveyance to Varna from the river 
riiumea of 600 tons of oats in sacks. 
ITALY. — Tho accounts of the hurvest In the Venetian pro- 
file©-*, says I he Opirrione of Turin, are highly satisfactory. 
All tlie corn has been got in, and prii es have fallen. As for 
tho grupo blight, it threatens to do u great deul of injury. 
Pom e h an ia. — Stettin, July 9. — For some time now wo 
liavo had very warm weather, very propitious to vegetation. 
Tho fields look magnificently. In ton or twelve day# tlie 
harvest will commence. Tbe best results uro expected, both 
in point of quantity and quality. 
