The Press. — London, England, 1853-12-24 00:00:00

DECEMBER 24, 1853. FRANCE. The first reception of the season took place on Monday evening at the Tuileries. It was very crowded, bin it was remarked that M. ale Kisseleil HMI all the Russian's were absent. The tidings of the battle at Sinope are stated to have excited tierce indignation on the part of the Emperor Napoleon. It is added that a pen:image of distinction having mentioned to Louis Napoleon that he had heard of the entry of the fleets, and WiSliett to know if it was true—" Yes," the Emperor is said to have answered, " 1 hope so, and if they have entered you may rest assured that they shall not quit it, except with the Russians from the principalities." In announcing the resignation of Lord Palmerston the Mouiteur remarks :- - This incident ci it in any way Arr. we are assured, the underitanding so happily established between the ioveraments of England and France 'Oil the grand interests which preoccupy Europe. It Will not excite surprise. nevertheless, that our regrets Ahould accompany, on his leaving the Cabinet, a man whip has so actively ono rebated to bring ab4att that ciascert. and on silos.• sentiments the Government of his Alajesh the EinpiTiot has never ceased to Anigratulute itself." It Was reported in Paris on W e dnesday that th e Russian Ambassador in Puri. Was on the point of de mantling his passports. Such a step was, at all events, considered highly probable, as soon as the news was officially communicated to hint of the com bined fleets entering the Black Sea, if the Emperor Nicholas still regards the entry of the fleets as tanta mount to a declaration of ear. M. de Kisselell has already had his instructions. MM. de Planhol, hlandiu, and Coetlogon, who had been condemned by the Court of Appeal of Rouen in August last, in the affair of the Foreign Correspon deuce, and whose appeal to the Court of Cassation was rejected, are to be shortly confined in the prison of Ilieetre in Rotten, to undergo their penalty. M. Virmaitre, the fourth person condemned, is now in I'aris, eonfined to his bed for the last three months by a serious illness. Notice has been given that the houses comprised between the Rue des Pottlies and the Place sin Petals Royal, and those on the Place St. Germain PAuxerrois, opposite the Louvre, are to be expro priated for public utility, and pulled down in April next. This is the first part of a vast project of int pmvement which in its ensemble comprises more than 200 houses, suppresses fifteen streets, courts, and passages, and the expense of which is estimated in the plans at twenty-two millions of francs. BELOWM. The Belgian Minister of Finances has presented to the Chamber of Representatives the promisee, bill relative to the duties on foreign coal. The Lill authorises the Government to reduce, suspend, or re-establish the duties. 6ERM.tNY. The Emperor of Austria left Vienna on tl►e I.oth for Munich, rhi Dreqden. The Austrian budget for ls:I1 shows it deficit of 4:i,000,01991. under the head of ordinary expenses, while the extraordinary expenses create a deficit of :It►,INNI,INN►iI. The Prussian 11overnment has published the result of the inquiries of the Royal Agricultur►l College of Berlin as to the deficit of the corn ha► vest in 1553. According to this official document, the deficiency is It► per cent. on wheat, 10 per cent. on rye, P 4 per cent. on peas, It► per cent. on barley, 9 per cent. on oats, and -I:) per cent. on p►tatoes. The result, on the contrary, is very satisfactory for buckwheat, millet, beans, lentils, and home-grown tobacco. The conferences on the Zollverein are prorogued till 1854. The differences between the Berlin Government and the Archbishop of Posen are far from being settled. ITALY. The concentration of the French troops has taken place at Bonne and at Civita Vecchia. The Poi:ti tles' troops have replaced the Fremh at Viterbo and Castellane, and some remain in garrison at Lome. The session of the Sardinian Chambers (Tuned on the lath. The King delivered u speech in which he congratulated the Picihnontese nation on its intel ligence, and recommended the Parliament to eneou. rage that .spirit of union by the aid of which the Go vernment might find force sufficient to maintain in tlet the dignity of the country, and preserve the wade principle of national independence from ally insult. His Majesty concluded us follows Have confidence in me, and by our union we will c lown the grand edifice raised loy the hands of my father, find which mine will defend and preset ve." The royal speech was received with enthusiasm, and the King on his pasFage was hailed with acclamations by the people. A Vanaois Aural was opened and consecrated in Turin on the lath inst. A large concourse of people WAS present at the ceremony. Among the spectators were Mr. Hudson, the British minister, and M. Bun sen, the Prussian charge tratfaires. The remit( ny was performed very quietly, and only a few loiterers, Attracted by curiosity, surrouuded the new temple. THE PRESS. The eltureli a tine building, ron•tntetevt in a half- Saxon st)le, with Lombard oorname•nt.. SVAIN. The 0„‘ e min ent has concluded a contract '6llll the !tank "I Sall Fernando for the payment of the dividend tine on the - I . th of January next., both in Spain anti Minim'. The Bank is to advance the funds necessary at an interest of sick per cent.. and a t'ollllllllsNitbll tf j per cent. abroad and per cent. in Spain. The me.lical ailkisers of the Queen expect her a c. eonchement front the •2 Ilk to the 1; lb inst. .1 duel took place near the Prado in Madrid, on the I lth, between the Duke of Alba and Mr. Soule, Jun., son of the United States einOy at this Court. The parties fought with swonls, but f o rtunat e ly w ith. out either being manuleil ; and it ended in the se• cowls drawing up a minute of the proceedings as liming been conducted iu a manner satisfactory to the honour and reputation of both parties. This affair is said to have arisen MO of some sarcastic re. •ks made by the Duke upon the dress of Mrs. Soule, the wife of the Amenean envoy. .eon4l duel, growing out of the same dispute, was afterwards fought between Air. Soule, sen., and the Marquis de Turgot. French Ambassador at Madrid. in which the latter was wounded in the knee. II llowden at om as seven ,' t o th e marquis, a hose wound, it is stated, is not dangerous. 'flue English Ambassador gave, on the I:411, a grand banquet, at which the IaCIIINTS or the corps fliphanatipie, some otticeis of the ralaCe, tttttt gst whom was fount de Savilla Nueva, M. Alartinez de la lle,sa, the Marquis of %Ilium', ioneral Lersioli, and the Ministers of Finance, Public %Vivi ks, and Ma rine, were present. liolrru6.m. Imr(1 Tabi.ey anived at Lisbon on the :oth having been expressly sent by her 31‘jesty Queen Victoria with a leUer and message of condolen,.,. to the Portuguese Royal Family. The government hind sent orders to the health station at Relent that his lordship. as well as colonel ‘‘)Iolto, who accompanied him, should on their anival be immediately allowed free pratiqu , . It is nunoured that the young King is to be sent to travel for some 1111 l (11,4---chjetisow doubt, in order to give him an (opportunity of consulting hi s t as t e in the choice of a future wife. Public opinion in Lis bon points to the Prineess Charlotte of Belgium as an eligible match. . . In a prosecution commenced by M. Rodrigo da Fonseca, the Minister of the interior, against the Naciona/ newspaper of Oporto, for libel, P. verdict for the defendant was given by the jury before whom the Case was tried. In the article thus pronounced not libellous it was asserted that his excellency hail pocketed dotter ars in return ftir coututentiax and other title. and distinctious bestowed upon certain indi viduals. RUSSIA .IND TURKEY. THli I.AKT 1910Tor01. AND NIITE. The text of the lost protocol of the Four Powers, 110111e11, RS %t I►n►r already Shied, WilS signet( in Vienna on the tnh inst., ways l u ►blished by the Pibots on Monday lost as follows : The undersi},uleil, representatives of lost in, h i n t e r . Herat Britain. and e onfo l li l ity with thc Bonn of their 'INNIS. bays! nss,u,blrd at a e s asfor o i leo f s purpsose of seeking ant d og t h e dd. krettee alibis has ari•wii lsetween the . ollEt of linisin and the Sublime Porte. The primisiiiiiiss which that ilitb•renee NIA the war which has burst out between the two empires. in spite of the ettinis of their sillies, hove 111'44111W for sill Esings• the object of latoNt, srriohr press ill ellOSefilO•141 . 1 . , the Liiiiiersir of .lustria, the Einitei Or I the French. the I of :rent Millais, moil the king at Prussia, equally penetrates' with the Iseersa.ity of plittim , an end to these hostilities, which c,umot Ise prolonged with out nfri•eling the interests of their Hs is states. lon e resolve/I to gitrei• their good (Alyea to the two twlligerent 'sways, in the hope that they not themselves Mem. Mt miss,' lability of a eistilbsgmtion, %bon by i n . t•%Plittlit:P ~f loud explanations they may still prs vent it. in again their wham(' .s ou the fisting Of !Waft won ofa g.N u n de r. standing. The assurances given on set eini sssissions Ilse Emperor of Russia e%ellide the ids a that that engin., 541% ervigis entertain ss any a i.ll to interfere w it is the native - it . % of the t Iltorlmn eini•ire. Tim ist mos. of Ttirke. in the limits %%Wel§ tut Mies have assigned to hi r, bits in (nil IN 011ie one of the M 41., savy isaulitions of the En...peon esiotilibritim. and the lersigiteil plenipsitetil int les declass is till satisfaction that the present war eaouot in ant entail invoke lisialiticirtio sits in the territorial rivetiniset listis air 11l lOW two claillirt:s, enielliaita•it to, mini. the Mate of P!.51 ssiah a hid, time has esaiseeratell in the Enst, mill allay), i s . et rally iis•CUSSSIEY for the tninoliallity of all the oilier la ma". Tbs. Emperor of Mona*, brisish•s, has not is stained hilissef touch assuratiei ham declared that his intention had WA .'r Lawn Ili fulls NO' all tilt . I ' alie ilea aibligitti.olis, s.l' 1111 • tint were nut exactly in valid . ..tinily Sills the tisoptia.aa of Klatchu^k.haiosrd • ji and .% inn. pip, ail-tailing to It the Stair • Porte lists ptonsi.ed to I wo pti.et ill this• whin". ..%telat of its stati•s the I hristiau religion anti its s•lincelies The Came of Itiessin has s oblea, that , in a s .w an di ng Imtn the (Monism I lino sit a testi 111 l asy of its tislelity to it , anterior engagt melds. it had in no rusisect ini t i a ls,' i o attenuate the authority of the Sultan over its subject*, and that its only object was to obtain explanations 799 of a nature• to prrvent PVCI - y motet. of doubt and every %Soli for misunelenitinieling %nil a friendly and neigh bouring tweeter. The mentinietitainanifesteel by the Sublime Porte during the beet IIi*COIIIIIIOIIII peeve, on the other hind. *kit That power %a-i ready to revognise. all Iva eulltlwcted obligati l , stud to pay full attention. in tlie nieepoire. of It, sii‘i•ivilin right. , to the u.trn .t rutrttuiutvl bt the Etupentr of IZussia lit 3 I cligli.ll ahirh is Alla that of the majority f Ili. la•oplr. In that relate of thing., di..mulct • are eons weed that the suire , t and Moat Ira.lt 1111•11111111 of LIIIS ii . g the obje et desired lit their Pantie is tat tusk.. 111 ei , lllllloll to the Slihilltie 1 . 1.11 e. to SA. ithlitt to it the ni.h of the peiteer% to a it ktr 'sit . 6 hr their 1111101% *mem...imam to the. re establishment of peeve, and ?zi% e II an iippoltillidy or stating the et-manumit on wheels it ti,mbl be elivieseel to treat. Souls is the object of the collective note ouljoineil. aelelreseicel to the 'Alin:Pifer of Fe...e . ign Altair% of the Salted tutu 4.1 . je t il ite..tEnc• Boas trinismittvel at the same Frallee, lireal luau Men , I:11 It I`. at t'ullastll ills pie The following is the collective note which 11l COlll - the foregoing protocol teprem•ittativira of %itp.tria. Es allee. lirs•At Britain, mail avottitililril at 11 egonfrivotelp at Vicuna, haw recroveil matnietioss, to &Asir that their te• alitctit I iint`llllll.`libi 114.11101il NIIII a 1604 ' 1.111111 l'et,lll4 11111 ell i'11141111•111, of 11.1%1111th, lisiset•ii I:ll%asin and t hi• 11111.111•iting 1144 11 14 . 11 the gets nt 10401a . v., 10 1111.11111 am eirsi,issis s at isi s s o d, siss i 1111 , 111 it,, end to as .11110• of things %Wig, 1111'1111virs twrioitsly O lt Lillie,. a Koloope. Voi.sia having given NII dint she 1.. Is cal, assist the not liss• is annulated silli the 1111 l • spirit, is, li,, ulna.' or diva,' to Is. itirliniii4l 4.11 Mlllll I . lllsllitililiti I it , 141.ottiatit % 1 0111111 1411110 . 111 10 111140Illlic II Ural'. of isvativ, - Tile 1)i/oaths fialltaWs up this series of olocuments publishing at long olespiitch continuing the " instrut • Botts " troutsmitteol consentouseoitsly by the four i m over,, to their nuiloas.aolors %fi ling forth the course of loos...ante *Welt they art' to adopt iu exissitting, or isiolostwouring 1 . %1 . 111 te, 11101%e.eitell ismleassist. .UI these stale papers are quoted from the Datil,. isv the official Mostitear, which adds, as froth : - - •• hay,. nothing to ettilititi RN 111 till' 1111 i bellillity of she iI.H. •iitA tins given to the public. If theV kb..., it is n rnlpablr 111111101'11VIV ; if 1111•% ate uolhenUr, it is an onopoiroloonable hub-el...flew The thiiensment has Inkett meamin., tll I lII' 11 . riirrviire of such views," The cornier cotivi- ing the protoctil and collecti‘tt note reached Constantinople on the I iii , when the antliouisitdors proceeded at once to hike the illicit inentr into ctisimilleratilin. The answer 44 the Sithmt WIL•4 expected to arrive in Vienna about the :11th instant. I.:nglish and French sl,•nmer+ Iletribotion and .11►Np'dor, which had la• 1.11 despatched to Sinope on the .Ith. returned to Constantinople on the Mb, bringing with them four louttelrosl wounded, anal some further particulars of the late engagement. The disaster at Sinop) has been terrible. Four hundred 1111101 only have escalwel ant of four Mal these were picked up by the Iletribution anal lartagadar for the most part in a wound's' stale. 'rho whole tif the Turkish squadron lias been sunk, anal the town steel the forts noalh dc.uoled. The Rus sians leelnuesl with great cruelty, continuing their tire long after the necessity for it had Emoted. The Turks fought sill' the energy of despair. There was no attempt mole by the Ititssitons to ,s•'upy Stlllolll., and thair whole Ifo•re saileal, on the *lay after the battle, for Si.lwatopitl. .1 stria inquiry has 104'411 01'411'11A by the Sultan into the 1.1111` , 14 aif the destruction of Ilse Turki s h ships at Siloam., which is attributed to the neglect of the authorities in not revelling those vessels after they had been warned to else so, or to the want of timely information that the lituta4tan fleet was enuring eta• the roast o f .'sins The tit. I'rter„bu►yl Journal of the 131 h publishes official reports of the battle of Akhor.alich, and of the affair of Sinn's.. The Russian gem rat pretends Mutt he defeated the 'lurks with a loss to them of LINN) killed, and that then, were only thirty-loi n ' !ace' on his side. The intelligence caused great enthusiasm at St. 1 9 1.14.r5t0111g. A re I►rum a thanks. gii hog was smog in the chats•' of the palace, in the presence of Ile.. Emperor and his homily and the whole of his Court, the guns of the heartless pouring forth a salvo sit the same time: need, by order of the Emperor, a Te l►, uul wa, pertionoe el in all the churches lot• the capital, anal the city was Monti:sated in the evening. S%l rill 0101' owl rallies of the reports were also sent off to the polo Owes, with an order for Te Verner througlimit the empire. The Czar Intl puldisho of r nka•e proclaiming the nle of siege throtiphinit Ptessnrrl,ir QiUI the go‘wro tnent.4 of eherso.ll nti.l 'Yantis, mill placing those in - winces uoo h •r murtilil 110%. Another itknue relen , es a portion of the co . * , o f the Ilnliie ttert until the spring —Ail.. eight null of earl' of the t rews of the guard, aril forty eight of those of the line. This treasure is Iv remain in force till the 1:1th of 31arch, 10f454. 1 \