The Press. — London, England, 1853-08-27 00:00:00

1 The abolition of the Duty on insert at the price qf Three Shillings the for which we hare hitherto charged Five ; and Adver tisers ate:wally will receive the fail beact of the champ in the law. enables us to TO COERISSPONDZIITII. It Iw trapmisible to acknowledge the mars of letters we receive. TWIT insertion is often delayed, owing to • press of matter ; and when omitted, It is frequently from reasons quite lode. pendent of the merits of the We cannot undertake to return of which we do not avail ourselves. Communicational should always be legibly written, and on one side 011ie paper only. If long it increases the difficulty of finding space for them. Whatever Is intended fur Insertion must be authenticated by the name and address of the writer, not necessarily for publics• tiou. but as a guarantee of his good faith. -1 rtgg* LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1853. POSTSCRIPT. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. News has been received from Constantinople dated the 19th inst., hut it conveys no definite in formation respecting the long-delayed acceptance of the proposed terms by the Porte. The Turks, it is said, were anxious for a pacific settlement through the aid of the four powers, but they require some alteration in the note that had been sent from Vienna. A Turkish courier was to proceed to that place on the 20th, with the note modified according to their wishes. The changes are, however, reported not to he of an important character, nor such as will prevent a peaceful solution of the question. In Paris it is thought that the Emperor of Russia is secretly throwing obstacles in the way, to gain time ; ►hat, notwithstanding all that has been done, his troops wilt pass the winter in the princi palities; and, finally, that he has not yet abandoned the hope of seeing France and England embroiled in some way or other, and their relations in 1854 different from what they now are. The Cologne Gazette states that the American vessels of war have been all united under one com mander in consequence of the affair of Costa not being yet terminated, and the Austrian squadron having been concentrated. FRANCE. The Emperor and Empress express themselves much delighted with Dieppe, where the health of her Majesty has improved. A Baptist chapel at Channy, in the department of the Aisne, has been closed by order of the authori ties, but the ground for such a stringent measure is not stated. The son of the lately-deceased General de Montho lon has been appointed Consul-General and Chargé d'Atf►irm at I.lin :►. It is stated that a fire broke out on the 10th inst. in the village of Asnieres, near Bourges, and consumed 100 habitations and onthouses. SPAIN. The Espana, of the 20th, publishes accounts from Manilla of the 12th June, giving a detail of the operations of Colonel Mariana Ozcariz against the pirates in the sea of Jolo. He had killed eighty, and made two hundred prisoners, and had delivered thirty-six Christians who were detained in irons by these outlaws. The Spanish troops had also ob tained possession of a quantity of arms and two small pieces of cannon. A report received from the Cap tain-General of the Philippine Islands speaks in the highest terms of the conduct of the Spanish forces on this occasion. SWITZERLAND. Colonel Bourgeois and M. Ochsenbein, a member of the Federal Council of Switzerland, and chief of the Federal Military• Department, arrived at Heflin- Kona on the 10th. General Dufour and Colonel Ziegler arrived on the 18th. It is believed that the presence of those gentlemen in the canton is con nected with an extensive plan of fortification to be executed without delay. Several companies of sappers from Vaud and other cantons, who had been originally called out for drill, are to be employed on those works. It is stated that the Prince of Prussia has pur chased for two millions and a half of dialers the tine estate of Prince de Puthus, in the island of Rugen. It has been stipulated, however, that he is not to take possession of it until after the death of the present proprietor. THE OVERLAND INDIAN Mau, arrived at Marseilles on Thursday morning. THE Lady Joe el steamer arrived at Plymouth yesterday, after a passage of thirty-five days front the Caps. THE PRESS. YESTERDAY morning all the members of the ex- Royal Family of France at present in this country attended the requiem mass, celebrated each year in the Catholic chapel at Weybridge, in commemora tion of the death of Louis Philippe. Tan BRITISH Saw Sea, belonging to Liverpool, was wrecked on the 31st of May last off Port Phillip Heads, wits► the loss of many valuable lives, including the commander, through whose intemperance the catastrophe is alleged to have occurred. The Sea was 600 tons burden, and sailed from Liverpool on a three years' voyage on the 10th of last February, under the charge of Captain M'Kay and a crew of twenty-six hands. She reached the shores of Aus tralia on the 14th of May, and brought to anchor in Hobson's Bay. On the following morning she was got under way, and proceeded to Shortland Pluffs, in the vicinity of . l'ort Phillip Heads, where she an chored and there remained till the 31st, when, through the conduct of the captain (who, it is alleged by the survivors, came on board intoxicated and very much excited), the ship got ashore, when she went to pieces and most of the crew were drowned. Her Majesty's ship Boomerang, which came to their as sistance soot► after, rescued two sailors, and eight men escaped in a boat or on spars. All the rest perished, together with the wife of the master, who had accompanied her husband on the voyage. THE TOTAL Loss of another emigrant ship has been reported at Lloyd's. She was the Charles Clarke (Tadd, master), bound from Holyhead to Quebec with 100 passengers. On the 27th July last, the ship being off the coast of Newfoundland, a dense fog came on, in the midst of which she struck on a reef of rocks off Freshwater Point, Trespassy Bay, a heavy sea breaking over the vessel and passengers who crowded the decks. An attempt was made to launch the boats, but they were stove. Signal guns were fired, which brought assistance, and, a line hav ing been got out to the shore, the passengers, with the exception of five, who were swept off the deck by a heavy sea and drowned, were all saved. The poor creatures lost all their baggage and effects. The vessel became a total wreck. A NEW RAILWAY BY-LAW.—The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company were the other day mulcted in fines to the amount of many thousands of pounds for having destroyed life and limb through the imperfect condition of their line. They have re sorted to an audacious retaliation, in the shape of a kind of ex post facto by-law, by which every pur chaser of a ticket is expected to conform to the regu lation founded thereon, in these words :—" This " ticket is issued by the company, and accepted by " the holder, upon the express understanding and " agreement that the company are not to be in any " way held responsible to the holder or his represen bsfives for the consequences of any accident, how " ewer caused, which may happen to the holder while " %swelling in any of the company's vehicles, or being "at any of the company's stations. It must be ex " hibited to the company's officers whenever required ; " and any person using it, other than the person " named herein, will be liable to the same penalties "as a passenger who does not pay his fare." It is difficult to say which is the worst feature of this pro ceeding—its cool defiant* of the first principles of the common law of the land, or its suicidal exposure of the risks run by passengers who are so unfortu nate as to be obliged to resort to this line as a mode of conveyance. At the late trial, the immense traffic was urged as a reason why the line could not be closed for the necessary renovations. After this act of the company, and the publicity given to it through the press, we should imagine that the directors will find it less difficult than hitherto to fulfil their duty in this respect. Of course, the notification is wholly inoperative, except to create alarm, and so to deter passengers from making use of a railway whose directors conceive themselves bound to claim such protection against the danger naturally arising from the state of the property under their control. A VERY DESTRUCTIVE FIRE took place yesterday OD the premises of Mr. Hill, cooper, St. John-street-road, Clerkenwell. The flames burst forth from the ware houses, and spread with such rapidity that, although several large engines were soon in operation, the entire property of the warehouse was consumed, and other serious loss followed. The firm is believed to be insured. The new Palace of the Legislature is gradually preaching completion. The front, facing new Palace yard, is nearly finished as far as the entrance to Westminster-hall. The apartments in this part of the building are to be appropriated to the use of the Speaker, and are on the foundation on which formerly stood the Star Chamber. In Old Palace-yard great progress has taken place. From the Victoria Tower a facade is in course of erection to the entrance to the central hall, opposite Westminster Abbey. When completed this facade will entirely hide the exterior of the House of Lords, as will the apartments of the Speaker in New Palace-yard bide the exterior of the new House of Com mons which runs parallel with Westminster-hall. SATURDAY, WAROFFICE, Auousr 24. (From Last Night's Gazette.) Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—The Honourable Alfred Henry Crofton, Page of Honour to her Majesty, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, without pur chase, August 26. 6th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Chas. Parker Catty to be Captain, by purchase, vice Armytage, who retires; Ensign William Pitt Prest to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Catty; Oswald William Every, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Prest, August 26. 26th I'o , 4—Lieutenant Robert Berney Ficklin, from half-pay 4 the Royal Canadian Regiment,' to be Lieute nant, Nice Dickens, who exchanges, August 26. 43rd Foot—Ensign William Stewart Richardson, from the 51st Foot, to be Ensign, vice Mitford, who exchanges, August 26. 51st Foot—Ensign Percy Mitford, from the 43rd Foot, to be Ensign, vice Richardson, who exchanges, August 26. 85th Foot—Ensign John Bailey to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bond. who retires; George Phipps Prevost, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bailey, August 211. St Helena Regiment—Hospital Sergeant John Hobson Wright to be Quartermaster, vice Miller, who retires upon half-pay, August 26. BnEvEr.-3lajor•General William Staveley, C. 8., Com manding the troops in the Presidency of Madras, to have the local rank of Lieutenant-General while so employed, August 26; Major-General James Jackson, K.H., Com• manding the troops serving at the Cape of Good Hope, to have the local rank of Lieutenant-General while so em ployed ; Lieutenant Henry Birch, of the 27th Regiment Bombay Native Infantry, doing duty at the East India Company's Depot at Warley, vice Captain Lightfoot, re signed, to have the local rank of Lieutenant while so em• ployed, August 26. MEMORANDUM.—Assistant Surgeon Vesey Agmondisham Brown, of the 28d Foot, has been permitted to resign his commission, August 26. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BT THE LORD LIEUTENANTS. Pembroke--George Herbert Kinderley and William H. Reed, Esqs., to be Deputy Lieutenants, August 24. 4th or Duke of Lancaster's Own (Light Infantry) Royal Lancashire Militia—Charles Andrew Irwin, Gent., to be Ensign, Angnst 13; George Arthur Crawford, Gent, to be Ensign, August 16. Dorset Regiment of Militia—Hubert Churchill Gould, Gent., to be Ensign, August 20. 3rd Regiment of Royal Surrey Militia—Matthew Trot lope Coleman, Esq., to be Surgeon, July 2 Ist or Western Regiment of Norfolk Militia—Percy Charles Stanhope, Esq., to be Lieutenant, vice Day, pro moted, August 19. Ist Regiment of West Riding Militia—Theodosius Stuart Russell, and Thomas Sidebottom Adshead, Gents., to be Ensigns; Thomas Sayle, Gent., to be Ensign and Assis taut-Surgeon, July 28. 2d Regiment of West Riding Militia—Lieutenant John Sutton to be Captain ; Ensign George John Thornton, Ensign Valentine Hicks Labron, Ensign Thomas Hague Cook, and Ensign John Wormald, to be Lieutenants, August 12. 2nd Regiment of West Yorkshire Yeomanry Cavalry— Cornet James Edward Norris, and Joseph Dempsey Hold forth, Gentlemen, to be Lieutenants; Joseph Raynor, Gen tleman, to be Cornet, August 23. FROU THE LONDON GAZETTE. Tuesday, August 23. HENRY PARMAN TAYLOR, Queen's road, Dalston, licensed victualler—THOMAS STEVENSON, Nottingham, printer—Euza- LEM Mounts, Gloucester, grocer. Friday, August 26. WILLIAM TRANOMAR, Crawford•street, Marylebone, hardware. man—liv.oitun WINN, Searborongh, draper—Casates WILLIAM MATHEWS, Woolwich, draper—Juttx ANNIE°, Tiverton, linen draper. AMERICAN INTERFERENCE IN EUROPEAN POLITICS. An extraordinary paragraph appears in the Paris correspondence of the Morning Chronicle, to the effect that " an agent of the President of the United " States passed through Paris two days back, bearing " to Berne a reply to a representation made by the " Federal Directory, pointing out the hostilities with " which Switzerland was menaced by the Absolutist. " Powers. The President of the United States, in " the answer which he has thus sent, promises an " active co-operation with Switzerland in case of an " active struggle." This statement rests on the authority of a writer who is usually very }yell in formed on all matters of the kind ; yet it is difficult to believe that so direct an act of interference can be contemplated by the American Government. That the people of the United States have had their sym pathies actively excited against Austria, and gene rally in favour of the revolutionary party in Europe, cannot be doubted; nor have there been wanting recent evidences that persons holding responsible offices or commands in the American service have been acted upon by similar feelings, or have calcu lated on their existence at home, to an extent utterly subversive, according to our ideas, of discipline or of the diplomatic decencies. Our friends across the Atlantic had better stick to a homely proverb, and " let well alone.' They have both inclination and room enough for quarrels and conquests in their own hemisphere ; and if there be any reverence left among them, they would do well to bear in mind that all their greatest statesmen, from Washington down wards, have deprecated, as ruinous to their country, any interference in the politics of foreign nations not absolutely demanded by American interests.