The Press. — London, England, 1854-07-15 00:00:00

I JULY 15, 1854. Satign anb 6olonial nttiligtrae. FRANCE. The Emperor left Paris on Tuesday for Boulogne, whence he intended to visit Calais and the camp at st. Omer. It is said that there will be a new levy of 30,000 men ordered in France within the next few weeks. The new Imperial Guard is to be reviewed by the Emperor in person on the 15th of August. Placards are posted in all the streets of Paris informing tailors that they will find work for the clothing of the Imperial Guard. In order to meet the expenses of the war a new French loan of 500,000,000 f. is talked of. The Moniteur publishes along report from General Bandon, tho Governor-General of Algeria, with re spect to the military operations which he is carrying on at the present moment in the Great Kabalie. The great tribe of Beni-Menquilet had made its sub mission. The chiefs had arrived on the 24th ult. at the Governor-General's camp with their war tribute, and to offer protestations of their submission to France. The example was followed by another great tribe, that of Beni•Baten, and several others. Some of the resisting tribes h ad been attacked and dispersed. The French troops, it was rumoured, had since received a check in Africa. A great deal of rain has lately fallen in France ; but, though the harvest may be late, it is thought that there will be an average crop. The Moniteur announces that the differences which bad arisen between French citizens and the Go vernment of Guatemala have been satisfactorily arranged. GERMANY. Prince Gortscbakoff (the diplomatist), who arrived in Vienna on the sth with the reply of the Czar to the Austrian summons, was not favoured with an audience by the Emperor of Austria until after a lapse of three days. He was at length received on Saturday last, the Bth inst., but the interview is stated to have been " short and cold." It was sub sequently affirmed that the Prince bad departed on his return to St. Petersburg, that another letter of more definitive character was expected from the Emperor Nicholas, and that a second summons, comprising an absolute ultimatum, had been despatched by the Austrian Cabinet to St. Peters burg. AU these reports, however, need confirma tion. What seems certain is that the advance of the Austrian troops is suspended, and that the occupa tion of Wallachia is postponed for the present. This delay in fulfilling the treaty so recently con cluded between Austria and the Porte is attributed to the "strong representations" made by Prussia. The Berlin Government has, it is said, notified to Austria its opinion that the new Russian propositions offer a proper basis for negotiations. The Czar sent home Colonel Manteuffel, the special envoy of Prussia, with rich and costly presents. When Count Szecheny arrived at St. Petersburg with the Austrian note, he was not admitted to an audience until the third day. Prince Gortschakoff was accordingly treated in the same way, hence the delay in his reception. Baron bleyendorff left Vienna on Saturday morn ing last. It is whispered in Vienna that her Mikjesty the Empress is likely to give an heir to the throne. BELGIUM. A grand review was held at Brussels on Saturday last in honour of the King of Portugal. 8,000 men of the garrison of Brussels and the neighbouring towns were assembled. King Leopold, with the King of Portugal, and accompanied by the Princes his sons, and the Duke of Oporto, assisted at the evolutions. _ _ _ The King, Dom Pedro, and the Duke of Oporto were present on Monday at the annual Nte of Malines, and on Tuesday and Wednesday con• tinned their tour through the principal towns of Belgium. SPAIN. The Madrid despatches continue to announce that the capital is tranquil, the provinces apathetic, and the insurrection gradually mouldering away. Never theless the insurgents still hold out, having last shown themselves in the district of Valencia, where it was said they were vigorously pursued by the Royalist troops. General Serrano had joined the rebels, but had not succeeded in carrying any troops over with him. Colonel John Kinloch has lately passed through Madrid, on his way to Catalonia, to purchase mules for the use of the British army in the East. An authorised agent of the United States has, it is stated, arrived from Washington, nn his way to Madrid, empowered to offer for the purchase of Luba. ITALY. The Neapolitan sulphur question is now settled. The Government has been induced to withdraw its prohibition of the export of sulphur, but not without THE PRESS. some difficulty. It is even said that Chevalier Delacour was obliged to insinuate to Chevalier Carafa that France and England had still a few ships at the disposition of his Sicilian Majesty. Baron Ward, Minister Plenipotentiary of Parma at Vienna, has written to the Corriere Italian of that city, to contradict the statement of the man named Carra, styling himself a groom of the late Duke of Parma, and declaring himself to be the assassin of that Prince. Baron Ward formally declares that there never has been a groom of that name in the service of the late Duke, that no man in the Duke's service was ever chastised with a stick, and that his Royal Highness would never have lost sight of his dignity so far as to strike any servant with his own hand. . _ `+~., SWITZERLAND. The reconciliation of Switzerland and Austria is now unequivocally verified by the complete re establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. The Austrian Cabinet has named Kubeck, son of the minister and statesman of that name, as its Chargé d'Affaires to the Confedera tion, and he will proceed almost immediately to his post at Berne. TURKEY. The health of Redschid Pacha is so much improved that he will speedily resume his position as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Chekib Pacha, who filled this office temporarily, has resumed his post as President of the Council of State ; an& Kiamil Pacha, who was President ad interim, will become again minister without portfolio. The Sultan has approved the decision of the council relative to the admission of the Greek flag into the ports of Turkey. Redschid Pacha is drawing up a note which the Porte will address to the two ambas sadors of France and England upon this subject. On the sth of June Redschid Pacha wrote an ex tremely flattering letter to the Hospodar of Servia, in which he gives him the thanks of the Sultan "for the fidelity, firmness, and extreme devotion" which he has manifested during the present crisis. The negotiation for the temporary occupation by the British of a portion of the coalfield belonging to the Turkish Government at Heraclea has not yet been concluded. Much opposition has been excited among the Turks to the transfer of the coalfield, although they never seem to have thought of developing the wealth of the locality themselves. GREECE. The latest accounts from Athens are highly favour able. The new Ministry, which had the support of France and England, was favourably looked on. The sanitary state of the troops was good, and, notwithstanding the great heat, the number of men in hospital had not increased. M. Mavrocordato was daily expected from Paris. General Kalergy, the Greek Minister of War, gave a banquet to the French and English officers of the army of occupation, and also to the naval officers of the two powers, and to those of the Austrian navy, on the 22nd ult. A hundred officers of the Greek army, or the ancient Philhellenic army, were remarked there. The banquet was given in the Acropolis at the Parthenon. Hadji Petros, lately heading the insurrection in Thessaly, has returned to Greece, and applied for permission to go to the baths of Hypates. Only the insurgent rayas still keep the field in Thessaly, and they are ready to treat with Fuad Effendi. Twenty vessels belonging to Samiote pirates have beeen burnt by an English steamer. - - • Metaxas ' a director of the Athens Bank, and other persons, have been subjected to domiciliary visits. M. Deliani, Secretary General of the Department of the Interior, has been dismissed. _~-~ ,~--r-~ RUSSIA. The following is given as an authentic version of the answer of the Emperor of Russia to the last pro positions of Austria and Prussia:— " Russia accepts the common protection of the Christians in the shape determined on by the four powers in the pro tocols of the Conference of Vienna. " Russia will evacuate the Ottoman territory if the Western powers will also leave it, and if Austria will not enter it. " Russia will keep the line of the Sereth for strategistic purposes. " Lastly, Russia is ready to enter into negotiations on the conditions of the reestablishment of peace, praiided that it be guaranteed to him that nothing of an unfavour able nature against him shall be undertaken during the course of the negotiations." Besides this official reply there are two autographs addressed by the Czar to the Emperor of Austria and King of Prussia, but these letters are not iden tical ; and it appears that, in addition, the two envoys were instructed to give verbal el?lanations, and to make comments which were intended to complete the written documents, but which it was not consi dered safe to reduce to writing. The Emperor Nicholas still pretends that he wishes to negotiate and to accept all the terms proposed by Austria, 655 with the exception of that with respect to the reli Sioux question:— " That," says the Czar, " is a private affair between the Sultan and myself; an affair of internal arrangement, which has no kind of interest for the foreign powers, and which has nothing to do with the equilibrium of Europe. I have been, I am, and I must continue to be the pro- tector of my Church—its born protector—against the barbarians who have oppressed it, who oppress it now, and who will continue to oppress it, let what will be done. This is an article of conscience on which I cannot yield, you know it, and it is right it should also be known that I am ready for every sacrifice." The Grand Duke Constantine visited Cronstadt on the 2nd inst., and left it on the 4th, seemingly much distressed at witnessing the formidable ap pearance of the combined fleets off that place. Several significant changes in the commandants of the different Russian armies are announced. Prince Paskiewitsch has fallen into disgrace, and has been ordered to retire to hii estates in Podolia. General Osten-Sacken has been deprived of his command at Odessa, but it is stated that be will lead the third active army corps. He is succeeded in Odessa by General Armenkoff. Letters from St. Petersburg, of the 29th ult., state that Admiral Matuschine, who is high in the confidence of the Grand Duke Constantine has been appointed Com mander-in-Chief and Military Governor of Svoa borg, and that Vice Admiral Lermantoff (his pre decessor) has been nominated a member of the Board of Audit of the Marine. Fom this change it it concluded that Admiral Lermantoff is in disgrace. It is believed in Vienna that the principal forces of the Emperor of Russia are being concentrated against Austria, and that they amount to 300,000 men. This, however, must be a vast exaggeration. According to letters from the Baltic of the 4th, all the male inhabitants of the towns of Brahestadt and Jacobstadt, from to 45 years of ag e, had been incorporated into the Russian army, a nd placed in the divison of General de Wendt. This rigorous measure was designed to punish the inhabitants for their dissaffection to Russia. CAN ADA. The Canadian Parliament closed a session of only a few days' duration on the 20th of June, when it was de facto prorogued, the Ministry having been beaten by a majority of 13 on the question of clergy reserves and seignorial tenure. The writs were to be issued forthwith, and it was expected the whole of the elec tions would be over by the third week in July. The new house meets on the Ist of August. LOYALTY OF THE CANADIAN INDIANS.—A loyal ad dress on the present war from the `• Six Nations," constituting her Majesty's Indian subjects in Canada, has recently been forwarded to the Queen by Lord Elgin. The address is in English as follows:, " Great Mother,—We, the Chiefs and Sachems of the Six Nations of Indians, residing on the Grand River in Canada West, being assembled at our Council Fire in General Council, take this opportunity of assuring your Majesty of our unalterable attachment to your Majesty. " Great Mother,—We have heard that your Majesty is now at war with a powerful nation, and that your warriors, with those of the French, as your allies, have gone on the war path. We are happy to hear of this alliance, and we feel that our Great Mother's cause must be just. " Great Mother,—Your children of the Six Nations have always been faithful and active allies of your Crown, and the ancestors of your red children never failed to assist in the battles of your illustrious ancestors. " Great Mother,—We now renew the offer of our services against any external or internal enemy that may dare to attack this portion of your dominions, and we pray the Great Spirit to bless your warriors and those of your allies with ♦ictory. " Done in General Council, at our General Council Fire, this Brd day of June, 1554. (Signed by) JOHN S. JOHNSON, " And 42 Chiefs and Sachems of the Six Nations.' Paoli some income-tax returns just issued by Par liament it appea a that 146,882 persons paid the tax under schedule D in the year ending April 5, 1853. Of these 33 persons possessed more than 50,0001. per annum; 373, from 10,000/. to 50,0001.; 664, from 5,0001. to 10,0001.; 380, front 4,000/. to 5,0001. ; (183, from 3,000/. to 4,000/. ; 1,450, from 2,000/. to 3,000/. ; 4,843, from 1,0001. to 2,000/. ; 815, above 900/. ; 1,709, above 8001. ; 2,004, above 700/. ; 3,021, above 6001.; 5,260, above 5001. ; 7,187, above 400/. ; 14,679, above 300/. ; 30,142, above 2001.; 40,473, above 15(11. ; and 33,158 below that amount. The four classes which contribute the most to the tax are those from 150/. to 2001., from 2001. to 3001., from 1,0001. to 2,0001., and from 10,000/. to 50,0001., each of which pays nearly the same sum on the whole. Under schedule E 49,800 persons paid income tax, of whom 54 paid on incomes of over 5,0001. a year, and 21,290 on income, under 1501. INDIA. The overland mail reached Trieste on Wednesday, with Calcutta dates to the Ist and Bombay to the 7th of June. The telegraphic advices have as usual been transmitted to London, but they convey no fur ther intelligence than that trade in India was dull, and no mail had arrived from China since the last despatches.