The Press. — London, England, 1854-08-05 00:00:00

AUGUST 5, 1854. Pitt in his time had considered the subject with re spect to throwing difficulties in the way of French loans, but had given up the matter as hopeless. As the bill was before them, however, be would be no party to its rejection, but would recommend the Government to withdraw it and bring in a general mea sure applicable to all countries. Mr. BRIGHT opposed the bill, which he believed was ridiculed and laughed at by every hon. member of that house in private, and remarked on the per sonalities of Lord John Russell and Lord Palmerston against the Emperor of Russia. Lord J. RUSSELL repudiated that charge, and, attributing its invention to the hon. member fur Huntingdon, described him as the private agent of the Czar. This character Mr. BARING afterwards eagerly disclaimed, and added some further argu ments and sneers against the bill. Lord PALMERSTON said, in the present state of the session it would be impossible to adopt the sug gestion of Mr. Walpole, and the question therefore was, whether they would pass this bill or none. As to the charges against him of indulging in per sonalities, it was only a repetition of the jargon which prevailed through the absolute Courts of Europe when they found the policy of this country opposed to them, and by such taunts he would never allow himself to be influenced. Mr. DISRAELI remarked that no one hail been more exposed than the noble lord to the stream of calumny in the shape of personalities some six years ago, and the source of those personalities was to be traced to the eoble earl now at the head of the Government. He said thus much in justice to the amiability of the noble lord at the head of the Home Department. The discussion having proceeded for some time longer, Mr. MASSEY moved that the chairman should report progress. This motion was negatived on division by 88 votes to 30-58. The clause was then alopted. Lord D. STUART moved a proviso intended to prevent the bill from interfering or in any way abrogating, the existing law of high treason as relating to transactions between English subjects and alien enemies. This proviso was agreed to, and the bill then passed through committee. Lord I). Siuma afterwards submitted that as the Government bad effected such serious changes in the measure they should henceforth assume all the responsibility of carrying it. Lord PALMERSTON 9.4- seated to this proposition, and the bill has conse quently become a Ministerial measure. TRADE RETURNS.—The Board of Trade returns for the month ending the sth of July were issued on Wednesday, and again present satisfactory results. The declared value of exports shows an increase as compared with the corresponding month of last year of 934,9081., although upon that occasion the im provement was unusually large. The chief augment ninon has again been in metals, owing to the universal demand for iron, but cotton and woollen manufac tires are also on the favourable side. The other items, with the exception of hardware and cutlery, which likewise figure for alarge total, offer nothing for particular remark, but indicate a sound condition of trade in almost all departments. The only articles which show a falling off of the slightest importance are linen manufactures and yarn, the former of which has declined 59,4391. and the latter 24,4241. Woollen yarn also shows a decrease of 12,690/. The gross amount o declared value exported for the month is 7,707,641/. Last year it was 6,772,7331. For the six months ending July 5 the aggregate value of exports was 43,433,0031. against 41,866,557/. in 1853 and 33,549,392/. in 1852. Including the " unenumerated articles" (which since the beginning of the present year have been embraced in the official return), the month's exports for 1854 are raised to 8,747,3131., and those of the six months to 49,173,0021. With regard to imported commodities the returns are less satis factory, although they still indicate a steady con sumption. Wheat and other grain show an increase iturilig the month, but there has been a diminution in flour. Tea still shows the effect of the diminished demand consequent upon the large purchases made atter the last reduction of the duty, having declined 1.172,(X)0/. in the month. Cocoa has also diminished piii,Kl6/., and coffee no less than 3,877,8741. The importations of wine hale been very large, in cense q reuse of the desire of the trade to provide against tue scarcity anticipated from the vine disease. THE WILL AND CODICIL OF THE LATE DUKE 01 , PORTLAND have just been proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury by Mr. Algernon Frederick Ore villo?, one of the executors. His grace expresses his desire to be buried at Bolsover, if he should die at Welbeck, and that the us', of his funeral should not exceed 1001. He bequeaths 5,000/. to be divided a liongst his servants, as he may direct in writing. /slO such direction s h ave be e n found, so that this sum will be divided as the executors think fit. The per -80141 property of the deceased nobleman has been sworn under 900,0001., the stamp duty payable on which is 12,0001. THE PRESS. fortign aio Colonial 3ntelligtace. FRANCE. Letters from Biarritz mention that the Emperor Napoleon bathes in the sea every morning, and after wards, accompanied by the Empress, or alone, takes a walk through the town. The camp at Boulogne was expected to be com pleted by to-day (the sth). Twelve regiments of cavalry will form part of it. The generals of military divisions and subdivisions who have received com mands in the camp have had orders to repair to their posts. The Sentinelle Toulonnaise of the 30th ult. states that a number of pieces of siege artillery had been embarked at Toulon for the East. They are to form five batteries, with 833 cannoniers, who have nearly all arrived at Toulon. Bou Maya, the celebrated Algerian chief, left Mar. seilles for Gallipoli by the steam mail-packet Thabor on the Ist of August. The Government lithographic correspondence, the Bulletin de Paris, has been sentenced to pay a tine of 50f. for publishing the false news that 100 guns had been fired in Paris to celebrate a great victory gained by the allies. The Bulletin merely gave cur rency to a very generally received mistake. Some guns were fired at the Louvre to scluzA3 the man-of war that made its appearance in the " Port of Paris," and the report was spread that they were firing for a victory. The counsel for the Bulletin pleaded its good faith and well-known loyal sentiments, but the tribunal in its impartial justice felt bound to convict for the false news, although it inflicted the minimum punishment. A Paris letter in the Indipendance of Brussels states that the examining magistrates hove decided that sufficient grounds do not exist for prosecuting Count de Montalembert for having published, or allowed to be published, a letter containing attacks on the Government. Many persons visited the Column of July on Satur day last. Some persons wearing pinks in their button-boles were arrested. The inauguration of the railway from Paris to Orsay took place on the 28th ult. It was attended by Marshal Valliant, Minister of War; by M. 1)u• boil, Director-General of ltailways ; and by other eminent functionaries. On Saturday last M. Dulong, who has been the principal director of the works, was stepping down from a tender, when lie lost his balance, and fell between the quay and the train, which had not entirely stopped, and had his left arm completely crushed by the wheels. The Moniteur publishes the programme of the national fetes of the 15th of August. They are to consist of a day and night fête on a magnificent scale. Up to Monday last 2,700 persons had died of elp ers in Marseilles. The disease then seemed de lining in virulence. A dreadful accident has occurred at the polygon of Lorient. A cannon burst and killed nine ar tillerymen on the spot. Eleven others were wounded. Mrs. Cavendish, the wife of a pretended Duke of Devonshire, who was acquitted lately in Paris on a charge of swindling, has been convicted by the Court of Appeal, and is sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment and a fine of fifty francs. GERMANY. The Emperor of Austria went a few days on his annual visit to Ischl, but his journey is unconnected with political events. His Majesty returned to Vienna on Wednesday morning at eleven o'clock. An hour later Feldzeagmeister Hess was with him. The army corps under Prince Francis Lichten stein is ordered to advance from Pesth to Galicia. The Austrian army in Galicia is moving towards the frontiers. Archduke Albrecht, has removed his head. quarters to Cronstadt, in the south-east corner of Transylvania. The diplomatist Gortschakoff has been informed that after the Emperor of Austria has joined the army no further negotiations relative to the evacua tion of the principalities can be carried on. Their Prussian Majesties left Berlin on the 20th for Bamberg, whence they continue their journey to Nymplienburg. The grand autumnal manceuvres of the sth (Posnanian) and 6th Silesian) corps d'armie are ordered to commence upon the 20th of August. The corps will work separately and by divisions at first, and then concentrate for combined work in the presence of the King, somewhere within reach of Breslau. A despatch from Munich of the 28th, in the Moni- tour, says:— " The King of Prussia Arrived last evening at the chu• tean of Nymphenburg. The King of Wurtemburg is to come to-day to Munich, and in a few days the King of Saxony and the Prince Regent of Baden are expected." The blockade of Russian. Baltic ports has produced results which nothing else would probably have effected. By a ukase of the sth ult. a modification 727 on import and transit duties has been ordained upon 107 articles, to the amount, in some instances, of from 20 to 25 per cent. Prussia benefits largely from the temporary modifications. Bales of goods can now be transported from Memel, or from any place in I'russia, to St. Petersburg, Moscow, Riga, Ice., without being detained, opened, and ransacked at the frontier. Letters from East Prussia state that the demand for flax is so much greater than the supply from Russia that foreign agents purchase all they can meet with in that province, and export the same as Russian produce. It is added that much larger breadths of land will be sown with this article than has been the case heretofore. DENMARK. The King of Denmark, assuming that autocratic power against which the Diet has frequently pr.- tested in advance, issued on the 29th ult. an edict decreeing a new political organisation for the entire mous: ...y. A council of the realm is to be formed, and to be composed of fifty notables, who will meet at Copenhagen once in two years, and have a deli berating voice respecting new taxes, but only a con sultative voice in other matters of finance. The sit tings of the body will not be public, and its president will be named by the King. SWEDEN. The Minister of War in Sweden has addressed a circular to all the military governors of the kingdom, demanding the space of time which it would require to concentrate all the troops in garrison in the dif ferent localities on one given point. It is supposed that this measure is the preliminary to the formation of an army to be ready to march where circumstances might demand its presence. ITALY. At Parma a bloody conflict has taken place between the people and the Austriau-Parmanese troops. The students and revenue soldiers joined the insurrection. The imeute commenced in the morning of the 25th ult. by some unknown persons attacking the soldiers, when the troops were called out, and a tiring and cannonade kept up until noon, and resumed at two p.m. The last accounts announce that tranquillity 18 restored. Intelligence has been received from Milan of the failure of the firm of Lampurgnani. The only surviving author of the assassination of Count Rossi, a Colonel Grandoni, was publicly be. headed in Rome on the morning of the 22nd ult. PORTUGAL. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Iberia brings dates from Lisbon of the 29th ; Oporto and Vigo, 30th. From Oporto we learn that the excitement had subsided, the Government having agreed to allow the importation of Indian corn at a low duty until the 21st December. The prospects of the approaching vintage at Lisbon are stated to be more favourable. SPAIN. The Queen published a proclamation in the Madrid Gazette of the 28th ult. Her Majesty testified therein her confidence in Spaniards as well as in Marshal Espartero. She announced, moreover, the reassembling of the Cortes. The proclamation was very well received. On the following day Marshal Espartero made his entry into that capital amid the acclamations of the populace. He visited the Queen at the palace, where he showed himself at the bal cony in company with her Majesty and the King, and was received with enthusiasm by the populace. The marshal proceeded to the Buena Vista Palace, which is to be his residence. The position of Madrid was afterwards sensibly ameliorated. Confidence was restored, the Bourse was opened, and the funds were rising. General San Miguel had addressed to the Captains General of the provinces a circular, calling ou the provincial juntas to give their adhesion to the authority of the Queen, and to recommend confi dence to the people. All parties seem now deter mined to accept General Espartero as the arbitrator, and to abide by the existing dynasty. On the Ist inst. the appointment of the new Minis try was announced. It is composed as follows: — Duke of Victoria, President of the Council; O'Don nell, War ; J. Alonso, Justice ; F. Lujan, Public Works; F. Santo Cruz, Interior; J. M. Mollaro, Finances ; Salaza, Marine ; J. Pacheco, Foreign Affairs. O'Donnell and San Miguel are made marshals. A Consultative Junta has been formed in Seville with the approbation of General O'Donnell. Gene ral Serrano has been appointed Captain-General of Andalusia. The Queen, by a previous proclamation, had restored Generals O'Donnell, Serrano, and Dulce to their rank, and recalled the generals and other offi cials banished by the San Luis Administration. Before the arrival of Espartero the Provisional Junta at Madrid had issued several decrees of much importance. One of them suppressed the Royal Council, and another called into force the Press Law of 1837. Tho decree which exiled the Infante