The Press. — London, England, 1854-10-07 00:00:00

944 turn into ridicule the idea of the expedition to the Crimea, but private lettere state that when the landing became known in the Russian capital it produced an extraordinary feeling of depression in all the circles into which the news had penetrated. The following are the names of the Rus sian generals commanding in the Crimea :--Commander in•Chief, General Prince Menschikoff ; commander of the fleet and of the ports of the Black Sea, Admiral Borysowicz Beg ; head of the staff and Adjutant-General, Admiral Korniloff ; and military governor of Sebastopol, Admiral Michael Nikolajewitz Stanjakowicz." By an order of the day of his Majesty the Em peror, dated Sept. S 0.0), Major-General Schostak, the deputy hetman of the Cossacks, has been named Governor of Odessa. Late advices from St. Petersburg state that the price of carriage for goods overland to the frontiers had fallen considerably. A return, just published, of the total exportation of produce of all kinds from that city, from the commencement of the year to the Ist inst., showed the total value to have been 1,300,0001., against 5,400,0001. in the corresponding period of 1853. Colonel Gerhardt, of the Russian engineers, has returned to Warsaw. This officer has been long detached for the purpose of engaging persons to work the telegraph lines now constructing in different parts of Russia, and also for establishing a contract for the supply of wires to a large amount, to be fur nished by the house of Siemes of Westphalia. These wires, which are not declared to be contraband of war, are said to be provided originally by English manu facturers, who transmit them to the Prussian house for the purpose of gutta-percha completion. UNITED STATES. A correspondent of the Inapendance Beige, under date Paris, Sept. 28, says : " There is an on dit here respecting a joint note sent by France and England to the Cabinet of Washington, requir ing explanation of the engagements entered into between the United States and Russia, especially with respect to the nature and conditions of an acquisition (said to be niade by the Government of the Union) of Russian possessions situated at the most northern extremity of America." The disgraceful practice of plundering foreigners, particularly Germans, on their arrival at New York, continued to an alarming extent. Some of the prin. cipals have been arrested. At a meeting of the New York Board of Emigra gration it was shown that 227,136 bad arrived during this year, being an increase of 24,893 as compared with the return for the corresponding period of 1853. CANADA. Further details have been received respecting the new Administration in Canada. Sir Allan M'Nab formed a Coalition Ministry, and obtained the pro mise of the support of a large body of Ministerial Liberals of Upper Canada, upon the understanding that he would bring in the Clergy Reserves Bill, the Seignorial Tenures Bill, the Elective Legislative Council Bill, and the Tariff Reduction Bill, such precisely as the late Ministry had proposed. The new Ministry stands thus :—Mr. Morin, the leader of the Lower Canada Ministerial Liberals; Mr. Drummond, Attorney-General for Lower Canada; Colonel Tachr, Receiver-General of the province ; Mr. Chabot, Commissioner of Public Works; Mr. Chauveau, Secretary of the province ; Mr. Dunbar Ross, Solicitor General for Lower Canada. These gentlemen held precisely the same offices under the late Ministry, and were all, excepting only Mr. D. Ross, members of the Executive Council. For the Upper Canada section of the Ministry there are : Sir A. hi‘liab, President of the Council (in the place of Dr. Rolph) ; Mr. John A. M‘Donald, At torney-General, in the place of Mr. John Ross, who has taken the office of Speaker in the Legislative Council, with a seat in the Cabinet, in the place of Mr. James Morris, who retires ; Mr. Cayley, who comes back to the place he formerly occupied of Inspector-General (in lieu of Mr. Hincks) ; Mr. Spence, a new member of Parliament of the Reform section of Upper Canada, Postmaster. General, in the room of Mr. Malcolm Cameron. Mr. Henry Smith, jun., Solicitor-General of Upper Canada, in the place of Mr. Joseph Morrison, The now members of the Government of the Conserva tive party under this reconstruction are—Sir A. /41`Niate Mr. M•Donald, Mr. Cayley, and Mr. Smith. With these are joined two members representing the party of the late Ministry, Mr. Ross and Mr. Spence. The Conservatives reckon in the Cabinet three members against seven of the Reform inte rest. The members of the late Ministry thrown out by the new combination are Mr. Hincks, Mr. Morris, Mr. Cameron, and Dr. Rolph. There is reason to believe this Ministry will have a good support in Parliament. Dr. Rolph has gone into open opposition. Mr. Cameron, although not in Parliament, gives all nis support to the present Ministry. M. Cauchon, editor of a French newspaper, always in opposition to the late Ministry on account of the presence of Dr. Rolph in it., now supports the Government. This paper (Journal de Quebec) has the sympathies of the Roman Catholic clergy strongly with it. 111111iiiii THE• PRESS. WEST INDIES. The Magdalena, with a West Indian mail, reached Southampton on Wednesday. At Jamaica (Sept. 17th) cholera still prevailed in a few parishes. Otherwise the island was healthy. The waters bad been very uncertain, some parishes having received fine rains, whilst in others a regular drought existed. The general elections had just commenced, causing great excitement. In Bar badoes the cholera was decreasing. The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Teviot, engaged in the gulf, is reported to have had seven deaths on board from yellow fever. At Antigua the weather continued favourable to agricultural operations, but the next crop was expected to be a late one. The island was healthy. Governor Elliott was very ill in Trinidad. The people of Greytown have expressed a wish that their town should become a British colony. H.M.S. Argue, which had arrived at Jamaica, brought im portant despatches to the naval commander on the station, to the effect that a considerable American squadron had beeu despatched from the United States to Greytown, but with what object appeared not to be known. From Mexico we learn that Santa Anna was in the capital, energetically engaged in augmenting his troops. The province of Tamaulipas was in a state of revolt, and the insurgents bad gained a trifling advantage over the troops. A reinforcement of 400 men had been despatched from Vera Cruz to Tampico, which would at once quell the incur• rection. General Concha was daily expected to arrive at Havannah, and great preparations were in progress to receive him. GREAT EXCITEMENT was occasioned on the Paris Bourse recently by the discovery that a number of forged shares and other securities had been thrown into circulation. Several complaints having been made to the authorities the police were ordered to investigate the matter. Suspi cion soon fell on an unlicensed broker in the cuulisse, named M—. His movements being closely watched, it was as certained that he had purchased a small house at Belle. ville, to which he repaired from time to time secretly. Some police agents who were lying in wait yesterday week near the house saw a carriage drive up to the door, and M— alight from it. On his entering the agents fol lowed and arrested him. The house was fitted with a most extensive apparatus for the fabrication of forged shares and securities. M—, on finding himself discovered, drew out a pistol from a drawer and was about to discharge it at his own head, but was prevented by the police. Ile was the same day lodged in prison. AN ACTOR NAMED DESHAYES, and a student-friend named Lefevre, went one evening last week to take a walk on the hill of Montmartre, and continued their walk until nightfall. While returning they perceived seven men ad vancing towards them in such a way as entirely to block up the road ; and these men immediately began to assail them with stones and sticks, at the same time calling to them to give up their money and watches. The two young men attempted resistance, but were struck with great vio lence, and their money forcibly taken from them. Seeing that they were in serious danger they deemed it prudent to take to flight. The thieves pursued, but could not over take them. A complaint having been made to the police, measures were taken for arresting the gang. It being assumed that the footpads would continue their depreda tions in the same place, two young-looking police-officers, dressed in the uniform of pupils of a college, were sent to walk about Montmartre, whilst a number of other officers were placed on the watch. For several nights no signs of the thieves were seen, but on Saturday the two disguised officers were suddenly assailed by several men. They pretended to be greatly terrified, and retreated so as to give their comrades time to join them. All at once they turned against the assailants, and the other officers soon came up. The thieves, a moment surprised, took to flight, but were pursued, and four of them were captured. One of the prisoners avowed that the gang was the same as that which robbed the actor and his companion. ARRANGEMENTS are in course of completion for the conveyance of the French Emperor's band, belonging to the Guides, to London, where it is intended to give a grand concert on behalf of the widows and orphans of the soldiers who may fall in the East. Such an international demon stration cannot fail to he gratifying to the two Govern ments, and to the English public at large. It is intended that the concert shall be given at the Crystal Palace on an early day next month. CONSUMPTION OF Bits/kn.—Estimating that there are 24,000,000 of bread-consumers in Great Britain and Ire land (leaving out the 4,000,0(0 potatoe-eaters), and allow ing each person one and a half loaves per week, it is 36,000,000 of loaves Admitting that each quarter of wheat makes 138 loaves of bread. it requires 168,656 quarters of wheat per week. To this add 10 per cent. for flour, used in other articles, and it gives 295,521 quarters as the weekly consumption of wheat, or 53,367,092 quarters annually. London and its suburbs, with its 2,000,000 population, consume 3.000,000 loaves weekly ; and. with flour, require 24,626 quarters of wheat. A quarter of wheat will give 501 b. of flour per bushel, of the quality which makes best second bread-4001b. altogether—and the quantity of flour w ill make 134 quartern loaves. A quarter of wheat ground into flour, and taking out only the rough bran—say shout Albs. to the bushel—lain yield is:llA. per bushel of such flour, and that will make ill loaves to the quarter. A quarter of wheat ground down into rough meal, without taking any bran, will give 621bs. or 631bs. of meal per bushel, and that will make about 166 loaves of healthy good brown bread. SATURDAY, Court anb . las4iou. The head quarters of the Court remain at Bal moral, but the Queen takes frequent excursions in the neighbourhood. Last Saturday her Majesty drove over to Loch Calater, and on Monday rode to the Shiel of Alt na Guisach, in company with the Prince Consort, and attended by the Countess of Desert. The royal party spent that night and whole of the following day at the Shiel. On Sunday the intelligence of the victory of the Alma was received by special messenger at Balmoral, and on Tuesday the glad tidings of the surrender of Sebastopol were also received and forwarded to the Queen at Shiel. _ _ According to present arrangements, her Majesty and Prince Albert will leave Balinoral on Thursday, the 12th inst., remaining at Holyrood that night, and proceeding to Windsor Castle next morning. It is possible, however, that her Majesty's stay in the north will be prolonged fur a few days beyond the date mentioned. The Earl of Aberdeen left Balmorai for Haddo house on Saturday last. Sir James Graham duly transmitted to her Majesty on Saturday the earliest intelligence of successes in the Crimea. The First Lord left London himself on Tuesday for Scotland, to wait upon the Queen. The Duchess of Kent arrived at Southampton on Thursday morning in the royal yacht Fairy, en route from the Isle of Wight to her residence at Frogmore. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Mary leave Cambridge Cottage, Kew, this day (Saturday), for Knowsley, to honour the Earl and Countess of Derby with their company for several days. The noble earl and countess have invited a distinguished circle to meet the royal duchess and princess. - • - The Swedish envoy, his Excellency Admiral Virgin, is about to close his sojourn in this country as representative of the King of Sweden, and only awaits the return of her Majesty to the south, to present his letters of recta. Baron de Geer will officiate as Charge d'Affaires until the arrival of his successor at this Court. His Excellency Count Walewski, the French Am bassador, with the countess, arrived in Brighton last Saturday from London, and took apartments at the Bedford Hotel. In consequence of the news from the East, his excellency returned to town on the following morning. The Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz have arrived at the ducal palace of Strelitz from Baden Baden, rid Berlin. The Duke and Duchess are expected to a:rive in this country early in the ensuing year on a visit to their august relatives. M. de Kisseleff, ex-ambassador of Russia at Paris, has just taken for a year an hotel in the Rue liucale at Brussels. Lady Raglan and the Hon. Misses Somerset, who have been on a tour of the German Spas, are ex petted to arrive in Great Stanhope-street early in the ensuing week, for the season. Maharajah I)huleep Singh, Prince of Lahore, who is at present the guest of the Right Hon. Sir C. Wood, at Hickleton-ball, Yorkshire, paid a visit to Doncaster, in company with the President of the Board of Control, on Saturday last. Another claimant for the earldom of Perth has emerged in the person of a pitman's son, who styles himself Thomas Drummond, of Biddock, county of Durham, grandson and heir male of James Drum mcnd, sixth Earl of Perth. The Guardian of Wednesday recommends the ap pointment of a Secretary of State for Ecclesiastical Affairs, who should be entitled to a seat in the Cabinet. Lord Aberdeen, whose mansion, Argyll-house, has been undergoing embellishment and repairs during his absence in the north, is expected to arrive in town at the close of the ensuing week from Balmoral Castle. Lord and Lady Haddo and family have arrived at Alexandria, in the Paella of Egypt's frigate, from Malta, and intend to pass the winter in the East for the improvement of the health of the noble lord. The Premier has accepted an invitation from the Lord Provost and town council of Aberdeen to be present on Monday next, the 9th inst., at the public inauguration of his portrait recently painted by sub criptions from many of the citizens and the town council. An address is then to be presented express ing approval of his lordship's policy with respect to the war. A COMPANY, with a capital of 25,0001. in 51. shares, is proposed for building an Emigrams' Home at Tilbury, opposite Gravesend, at the terminus of the railway. It is stated that an establishment affording every needful accommodation and comfort for filil individuals can be erected for 20,0001., and that re spectable persons have offered to lease such an insti e ution at 7 per cent. on the outlay.