The Press. — London, England, 1854-10-21 00:00:00

Buepatriot hearts resolved at length To gie the Bear a manila' ; Sae France and Britain joined their strength, And bade the brute be crawlin' ; The " Congress " havrels raised, of course, A hideous caterwanlin'; They groaned to hear o' guns and horse, And helmet and tarpaulin. TO CORRESPONDENTS. It is impossible to acknowledge the mass of letters we receive Their insertion is oftet. delayed, owing to a press of matter ; and when omitted, it is frequently fruni reasons quite inde pendent of the merits of the communication. We cannot undertake to return communications of which we do not avail ourselves. Ccinmunications should always be legibly written, and on one side of the paper only. If long it increases the difficulty of finding apace for them. Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenticated by the ammo and address of the writer, not necessarily for publica tion, but as a guarantee of his good faith. Advertisements sent from the country must be accompanied by a remittance or a reference for payment in town. od b T rog. LONDON, SATURDAY, OcToliEß 21, 1634. of the allies in cavalry cannot now be much under 1 10,000 men. The Presse says that the Turkish Ambassador at the Court of Vienna, Arif Effendi, has officially com municated to the Austrian Cabinet that Omer Pacha will begin offensive operations against Bessarabia shortly, and will arrive at Bucharest in a few days, in order to arrange there his plan of attack with the imperial generalissimo. The Emperor of Russia, by missive of the 11th inst., has appointed Prince Gortschakoff Commander-in- Chief of the Russian Army of the South, and placed underhisjurisdiction the governments of Podolia,Kieff, Poltava, Kharkoff, Catherinoslaff, together with the city and suburbs of Taganrog, Kherson, the northern part of the government of Taurida, as far as the isthmus of Perekop, and the province of Bessarabia. The Presse states that, as a consequence of the correspondence which fell into the hands of the allies at the battle of the Alma, some very important arrests have taken place at Varna. Lord Stratford de Radcliffe had obtained a firman suppressing the tra ;lc in Circassian and Georgian slaves. It is rumoured that Lord Raglan will be raised to the rank of field-marshal after the operations at Sebastopol, and that Parliament will be asked for a grant of 50,00{)l. on his behalf. The Nouvelliste of Marseilles states that the Sultan, to show his sense of the services of the late Marshal de St. Arnaud, has accorded to his widow a pension for life of 25,000 piastres per month. For some time past rumours have been afloat in Paris of an intended visit on the part of the Em peror and Empress of the French to Queen Victoria. This visit, which seemed extremely probable ever since the two Governments had become allies in a great war, became almost a matter of certainty from the time that Prince Albert visited the Emperor at the camp of Boulogne. The Chronicle correspon dent in Paris states, on what lie believes to be ex cellent authority, that the visit will take place in the course of the month' of November, but that the pre cise day is not known. It is also expected that Vueen Victoria and Prince Albert will return the visit about the middle of May next, when her Majesty will not only be able to see the French Ex hibition, which will then be open, but see Paris in all its glory, with the immense improvements now going on, in a state of completion. An unexpected communication was sent on Thurs day from the King of Denmark to the President of the Volksthing, that his Majesty would receive a deputation from the Assembly with the address. A deputation accordingly went to Fredricksburg that day. The Spanish Ministry has abandoned the project of drawing up a constitution to be submitted to the Cortes. A royal decree orders the payment of the September dividends. The Turkish Ambassador, on leaving Persia, was decorated by the Shah, and escorted by a company of guards to the frontier. He leaves a charge d'afiaires there. The splendid new steam-yacht now building for the Queen at Pembroke, and to be called the IV indsor Castle, is to be finished and launched in January next. COUIITS-MARTIAL have been held during the week at Sheerness on the various Milkers in command of ships engaged in the late Arctic expedition, for having left their vessels in the ice. Admiral Gordon presided. The proceedings commenced on Tuesday, when Captain M'Clure was tried for the loss of the Investigator, Captain Kellett for the abandonment of the Resolute, and Commander Richards for the abandonment of the Resolute and her tender, the Pioneer. In each case the court honourably ac quitted the gallant officers, declaring them com• pletely exonerated from all blame. Captain Sir F. Belcher, the commander of the whole expe dition, was then called,' and the inquiry touch ing the loss of H.M.S. Investigator, Assistance, and Intrepid commenced. The proceedings were ad journed, when the court rose for the night, and con tinued during Wednesday and Thursday, ills evi , dence taken being very voluminous. In has own examination Sir E. Belcher stated that he had "acted iri pursuance of the orders of the Lords of the Admi ralty, and of the powers entrusted to him." On Thursday the defendant read a long paper in vindi cation of his conduct, after which the decision of the court was pronounced by the Deputy Judge-Advocate, to the effect that Captain Kellett was justified in abandoning his ship from the orders he had received from Sir Edward Belcher, and that Sir Edward Belcher, in pursuance of the confidence vested in him, was so authorised to give, and had not gone beyond his orders, for abandoning those vessels; but the court were of opinion that, before doing so he should have conferred with Captain Kellett. Under those circumstances they acquitted Captain Sir Edward Belehltr, C. 8., cf all blame. The defen dant's sword was then returned to him by the Presi dent, and the proceedings terminated. Mr. 1). H. Burr, of Aldermaston-park, late High Sheriff of Berkshire, is a candidate for the represen tation of Abingdon, where a vacancy is occasioned by the death of the Earl of Abingdon, and conse quent succession of Lord Norreys to the peerage. Mr. Burr is of Conservative principles. Mr. Norris, of Sutton Courtney, near Abingdon, is spoken of as the Liberal candidate. 998 THE PRESS. Lord JOHN RUSSELL (despondsngly): There is no doubt that he is dragging the coach deeper and deeper into the mire. Lord PALMERSTON (suggestively): Cut the traces, and try a new team. Lord J. RUSSELL : All very fine talking. Lord PALMERSTON : If you don't the passengers will, that's all. put it's more your business than mine. Come, is there anything to do, as I want to get away to Sir Benjamin ? Lord J. RUSSELL: Nothing we need keep you for. (Exit Lord Palmerston, whistling "My name it is Ben Hall.") The Council then sat for three hours and a quarter longer. CAULD KAIL; Ox, THE LEADER THAT FOLLOWS THE BEAR. When Russia's despot reigned abhorred By men of a' conditions, Great Britain had a Cauld-kail Lord Set owre her politicians : His Kailship's grudge to draw the sword Raised honest men's suspicions, That muckle fools grow tyrant's tools, When placed in heich positions. He thoctna o' the tyrant's fang On Europe fast encroachin , Or whaur the weak for help could gang When Bruin was approachin'. But, drunk wi diplomatic slang,— Wi ultimatums botchin',— He cared na wha micht suffer wrang if Bruin could get poachin.' POSTSCRIPT. THE CRIMEA. Yesterday's Moniteur confirms the intelligence of s sortie attempted by the garrison of Sebastopol. It Lays, the Charge d'Affaires of France at Constan inople, writing on the 10th, informs the Minister of Foreign Affairs that the captains of the steam trans ports just arrived from the Crimea state that the besieged had attempted a sortie against our siege works, and that they had been vigorously repulsed. The Porte has sent a reinforcement of 4,01 K) men to the Ottoman corps which forms part of the ex pedition. The Copirte Zeituny's Correspondenz has reliable intelligence from *Oalatz that the Russian reinforce ments advancing to the Crimea will concentrate at Perekop, and there remain. Prince Menschikoff will retreat to I'erekop, in case of Sebastopol being taken. After the landing of the allies at Eupatoria, Prince Menschikoff received instructions from St. Petersburg to hold the position in the Alma for two months. This would have allowed time for fresh troops to come up. The battle of Alma having been lost, the attempt to relieve Sebastopol may be given up. According to advices from Yarns of the 6th inst., a despatch had arrived there from Lord Raglan, ordering t hat no more Turkish troops should be transported to the Crimea, as the forces already in the Crimea were sufficient for every operation. There were then about 8,000 Turks at Yarns. French and English troops continue to leave Kustendje and Bourgas for the Crimea. The above authority esti mates the number of the Russian cavalry in the Crimea at 20,000 men. With the reserves, the force SATURDAY, The simmer days broucht dull delays, The fleets and armies grummelt ; The plague began to wrack the host— His Kailship's brain was jummelt But loud, at last, as thunder blast Twa hours the cannon rummelt— And Russia's micht frae Alma's heicht In bloody heaps was tummelt. The news comes hame o' valour's deeds— His Kailship 's at Balmoral— He braks the seal, he groans and reads, And thus laments the quarrel : " My gude wild Bear, ye're peeled and sair— The burstin' e this barrel Will send you, growlin' in despair, . Ayont the Sea of And." But caulder than the cauldest clime In winter's cauldest gloaunin . — When whirlin' drift flees fiir and swift Across the frost-bound common,— Maun be the heart that doesna burn To be the tyrant's foeman ; But our Cauld Kail sic thochts can spurn, When Bruin needs a showman. Come ! gie 'a a man o' noble soul, Whase counsels can be trusted ; Wha winna let Oppression prowl Wi faulchion murder-crusted. Let Britain speak wi' British voice— And wha may daur resist it? There's honest hearts wed worth her choice — Let Parli4ment be dusted ! NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. AN A rrnvizxsivr ASPIRANT (Musselburgh).—We hare no reason to doubt that Hiss Nightingale is the real name of the lady who goes out at the head of the nurses. It may be true that there are many Russian dicers of distinction among the wounded, but we hare not heard that the Premier has any present intention of going to the East.