The Press. — London, England, 1854-08-12 00:00:00

AUGUST 12, 1854. the compliment offered her, and then went on in his own name:— - - " I have for a long period been actively engaped in public life; and a stern sense of duty has often compelled me to differ from those with whom 1 was desirous of co-operating ; but, my lord, I can assure yon, that no man can have more regretted the necessity of such difference than myself. Before I entered Parliament I adopted the principle—not at that time very much in favour—known as lientham's principle, that, namely, of securing for the greatest possible number the greatest possible advantages which good government could afford. From the hour that I first entered Parliament that has been my leading prin ciple. My lord, lam now an old man. It is forty three years since I first entered Parliament, and for the last ..hirty•six years my political life has been unin terrupted. 1 have undoubtedly committed many errors in its course, but my faults have not been those of intention ; and it is most gratifying to me, towards the close of my political career, to see around me on this occasion not only those with whom I have acted, but many also who formerly differed, and still continue to differ, from me, but who no doubt feel that we had the same object in view, though our means of attaining it may be different." Mr. Hume ended by handing over his portrait as a present to the London University. Lord Fortescue made a speech thanking him for the gift, and pro• mising forit all due care and reverence. The com pany partook of lunch before they retired. lortigu an Cylonia! nttiligeltre. FRANCE. The Emperor will not return, as was expected, to Paris for the fete Napoleon on the 15th inst. Biaritz has been found to agree so well with both their Majesties that a longer residence there is determined upon. There will be a grand ball given by the town of Bayonne on the 18th, at which the Emperor has promised to be present. It is said that after leaving Biaritz the Emperor and Empress propose paying a short visit to Pau, and that they will not return to the capital until sometime in September. Their Majesties have gone into mourning for eight days, on the occasion of the death of the Princess de Niue, daughter of the Dowager Grand Duchess of Baden. The Menager de Bayonne states that the Emperor has selected a point at Biaritz on which to build an imperial residence. His Majesty intends purchasing the whole of the coast near the lighthouse in oiti.:r to have it laid out in pleasure grounds. One hundred workmen are already engaged upon the construction of the projected residence. A modification of the French Ministry is again talked of, in which M. de Persigny is to hold office, but nothing is likely to be definitively settled until the return of the Emperor to Paris. M. de Persigny has returned from Perpignan, and on Wednesday proceeded to visit the Emperor at Biaritz. Owing to the illness prevailing amongst the forces of the East, the French Government has sent orders to Marseilles and Toulon to suspend the embarking of troops. The cholera is on the decline in Marseilles, but continues to commit great ravages at Toulon, Aix, Arles, and Avignon. The Menager de la Charith says : "We are informed that five Sisters of Charity have set off for Boulogne to form part of the expedition to the Baltic. They are to be placed on board the hospital-ships, where they are to attend on the sick. The finest of these vessels is as large as a 100-gun ship, and any one going on hoard it might imagine it was one of the finest hospitals in Paris. Nothing is wanting, not even the chapel." GERMANY. The Moniteur of Thursday announces that a Rus • sian envoy has been sent to the Cabinet of Vienna, with the notification that the Emperor Nicholas has ordered the complete evacuation of Wallachia and Moldavia. Notwithstanding this declaration, how ever, Count Buol, on the Bth inst., exchanged notes with Baron Bourqueney and the Earl of Westmore land, in which he says that Austria requires, as well as France and England, that Russia should give such guarantees as shall prevent that power from again producing those complications which now trouble the peace of Europe; and Austria declares that she will not herself be a party to any negotiations for the re establishment of peace with the Russian Cabinet until she has obtained these guarantees. The official answer of the Western powers —or, rather, the official notification that they decline to give any answer at all to the last Russian proposi tions—has arrived in Vienna. The Austrian Govern ment will lose no time in taking such further steps as may have been agreed upon, in order to bring its diplomatic negotiations with Russia to a speedy crisis. A military conference was held at Vienna on the 4th, when it was resolved to order the Italian army to be made mobile, and to call out its cavalry- re serves. I tie injury sustained by the King of Prussia, from striking his foot against the pedestal of a stone bench in the Charlottenburg Gardens, has confined his Majesty for a day or two to his apartments. This THE PRESS. accident is the third which has occurred to the King, nearly in the same manner and in the same gardens, within the last two years. Conformably to a decision of the Cabinet of Berlin, the restrictive federal law on the press, adopted by the Diet of Frankfort, will not be promulgated in Prussia, and consequently will not be executed in that country. In the sitting of the German Diet at Frankfort on the 2nd inst., Denmark adhered without restriction to the Austro-Prussian treaty. The President of the Diet will shortly order the mobilisation of the federal contingents. New negotiations have been opened between the Cabinets of Austria and Prussia, in relation to the proposals to be submitted to the Diet respecting this projected mobilisation of the federal army. It is reported that Bavarian auxiliary troops will replace such Austrian troops as may be withdrawn from Italy. SWITZERLAND. Baron de Kubeck, the new Austrian Minister in Switzerland, arrived at Berne a few days ago. In presenting his credentials he declared that his Go vernment sincerely desires to see terminated the differences which for eighteen months have existed between Switzerland and Austria. SWEDEN. The interview between the King of Sweden and General Baraguay d'Hilliers is thought to have pro duced the best results. In consequence of it, orders have been given to the Swedish fleet at Carlscrona not to disarm. Mr. Magenis, the new English Minister in Stock holm, has arrived at his post, as has the new Prussian Minister there, Count Westphalen. The French special agent, Major de Blanchard, has re turned to Paris. Sweden has declared London infected with cholera, and all the harbours on the Thames sus pected. ITALY. _ Cholera has existed in Naples for a month, and is increasing, but no returns are published. All quarantines are broken off of necessity. The King has retired to Ischia. No English resident has been as yet attacked. The arming of the lazzaroni is suspended. The King of Sardinia, accompanied by Count Cavour, the President of the Council, and the Minis ter of War and Foreign Affairs, went on the 4th inst. to Genoa, to visit the cholera hospitals. This act of the King has created a great sensation both at Genoa and in the capital. A cordon sanitaire has been drawn along the Parmesan frontier towards Piedmont by a decree of the 30th ult. SPAIN. A.royal decree of the 2nd inst. authorises the existence of the governing Juntas, and allows the continuance of the armaments for public safety ; but the Juntas are only to adopt the title of "Consulta tive and Auxiliary Juntas." Another decree restores provisionally the operation of the law on the press of 1837. As soon as the Ministry is completely formed the Cabinet will decide upon the elections. The Cortes will be constituted in conformity with the law of 1837. The Bank of St. Ferdinand has lent fifteen millions of reals to the Treasury for the payment of the current obligations. The Finance Minister has, it is said, received from this bank the largest facilities for the negotiation of the floating debt. Lord Howden, the British Envoy, arrived in Ma drid on the 2nd inst. It is stated that Senor Olo zaga will be the new Spanish Ambassador in England, and that the Duke de Rivas is selected for the Paris Embassy. The Diario says that Espartero has been ap pointed Governor of the Palace as well as President of the Council, and that General San Miguel is named Commander of the Queen's Guards. The Clamor Publico says that the cost of repair ing the damage caused in the streets of Madrid will throw a charge on the municipality of about 40,0(M) piastres (200,000 f.), and the continual movements of troops during the late crisis have led to an ex pense of several millions of reals. Arrangements were made on the sth for the de parture of Queen Christina and her family. Every thing was ready. Genetal San Miguel was to have escorted her with a detachment of dragoons, and Espartero went to the Palace to superintend the preparations for her departure. Armed groups, however, assembled round the Palace in order to oppose the departure of the Queen, and it was found necessary to abandon the idea, in order to prevent a collision. The latest accounts from Madrid are not satis factory. Espartero and O'Donnell, it is said, have had some differences respecting the departure of Queen Christina, the former being anxious that she should be, as soon as possible, removed quietly and safely from Spain to Switzetlandi while the latter la not so leniently inclined, being of opinion that 753 a large sum of money obtained by her from the State should be refunded before she be allowed to quit the capital. Espartero is suffering from in disposition, which it is thought a few days rest will remove. TURKEY. Sidi Mohamed has arrived at Constantinople from Tunis with a large sum of money, in the shape of a voluntary contribution from the Viceroy of that pro vince towards defraying the war expenses. The marriage between Ali Galib Pacha, son of Redscbid Pacha, and the Sultans eldest daughter was to take place on the Bth of August. On the 27th ult. a dreadful fire occurred at Brussa, in the 13azaar : 193 shops were burnt. The celebrated Circassian chief Naib Emin has announced his intention of visiting Constantinople, in order to make arrangements for a regular supply of arms and ammunition for the mountains. EGYPT. Said Pacha on the 20th ult. made his entry into Cairo, and took possession of the citadel. After having received the principal functionaries and the Ulemas, he was present at the departure of the caravan for Mecca. The people everywhere hailed him with loud acclamations. lu the evening the city was illuminated. The new Viceroy has granted an amnesty to those who attempted to oppose his accession. He has abolished the Government monopoly in the corn trade, re-established tree competition in cotton, and taken off several taxes. A grand fete was preparing at Alexandria. GREECE. An Athens despatch of the 28th ult. states that the Ministerial crisis was over. Mavrocordato takes the Presidency and Foreign Affairs ; Argyropoulos, Finances; Loudos, Justice. So long as the allied forces keep their army in Greece, matters appeared likely to go on well, but their departure would probably be the signal for adopting the same reck less policy which existed previous to the occupation. RUSSIA. It is stated that in an excursion at sea, near Cronstadt, the vessel on board of which was the Grand Duke Constantine having foundered, the prince was taken out of the water by the hair, and thus narrowly escaped drowning. Prince tialitzin and four sailors are said to have been drowned. On the 20th of July an order arrived at Warsaw, from St. Petersburg, to destroy fifty more houses standing in the neighbourhood of the citadel. These houses have been but lately built, and are very valuable, some being worth more than 100,0(0 roubles : this is considered by the inhabitants the greatest sacrifice yet made. The garrison at Warsaw is about 80,000 men, mixed troops. The Vienna Lloyd says that it learns from Oumri, in Georgia, that the Russian Prince Bebikoff has died there of poison, introduced into his food by a Pole. A report from Constantinople, alluding pro bably to the same event, states that Prince Daltah Guriel, who had deserted from General Andronikoff's army, and joined that of Selim Paella at Batoum, had been poisoned by a Russian spy. UNITED STATES. The latest New York dates are of the 26th ult. A treaty has been concluded between the United States and Russia, by Mr. Marcy and the Russian Charge d'Affaires, by which the two countries bind themselves to the principle that free ships make free goods, and that the property of neutrals, unless con traband of war, shall be respected, even when on board an enemy's vessel ; the United States to maintain a perfect neutrality during the present war. This treaty will of course be ratified by the Senate. The New York Herald of the 20th ult. says : "We have the beet reasons for knowing that despatches from the Russian Government arrived here yesterday, in the Pat*, offering to sell to the United States the whole of the Russian territory in North America, comprising the western littoral of the continent from the Arctic Ocean to Observatory Inlet, in hit. 55, and extending inland u far as long. OS degrees." San Juan Nicaragua (Greytown) was bombarded and destroyed by the United States sloop Cyane, owing to their refusal to apologise for the insult given to Mr. Borlana, the United States commissioner. No defence was offered. San Juan was a poor little place, which contained a number of adobe and palm leaf huts, with a few better buildings. The conduct of Captain Hollins, who commanded the Cyane, is much censured by the American people, who regard such a service as unworthy the character of the United States navy. CANADA. The elections were in full progress in Quebec when the last advices were despatched. Three Ministerial candidates had been elected by a majority of two to one over the late members. The Opposition mem ber for Montreal (Baggly) has lost his election, and three Reformers are returned in Upper Canada. All the electiont were'going for the Ministry. M\.