The Press. — London, England, 1853-09-17 00:00:00

THE RUSSIANS IN CHINA. Frran a Carrfopandeat.) Wi11 .. .N in the reikm of Prier the Virst,the Tloyaril Theodore tiolovin concluded the treaty with China which determined the frontier lints of the two empires, the A NUM IVfl to china, because at that time IP/ Mlle iilirreeiniell the inilsirtance Of the embouchure of that river. Th.. Americans have now thse.wer4.4 . l the ridne of this important point in the celestial empire. They hare lonia that if 1144. y had the )))) 1111 i of the Annatr in their possesision their enterprising eitizetin would speedily monopolise the mines of Siberia mill of the northern dis tricts of China itself. The linssian tiuvernmeit has bee awake to this vont ingenry, , soul, while 41_, 141 ,,whi, ig a squadriiii to watch the movements of the Americium on the coasts of Japan, has Sit4o Sent xlr 1110 China with the object of I.l4xitiing a trolsty which shall seestn• to Russia the poss..ssioti of the Amour. Meantime the meisils•rs 4.f the opposition 441 the Czar, the enemies of the Russian autocracy, have derived went hopes from pereei% log that the attention 4.f the it.'ll States was directed towarils Siberia; which country, they add, is by no lite 14 115 what Enropeans helic‘e it In lie. it in the lolly part of the Eussian empire which has iie‘or kn o wn serf4l44m. Siberia is, iu fait, a llootany Bay, which will olvelare itself inolorlsolent upon the first imilisminuil). If, therefore, ihe A ine 'items% oller them such 1411)4'11.1mq they will seize it with Nevo•rtloolo.VM ritshed upon their I.:sold-mines WM 4 . 144111 y as tin AuiericeulylllHlll those of California ; and the latter mast 18(441 out allurement of interest its well as the tors o MC UI entaiwipot tiom if they winds) mettle a cordial reception in Silteria. In the meanwhile the iloineato itsimrreet• has asimmeol all the protium isms of a revolution, menacing Ihe Tartar dynasty and the Maitlelowa mei% Much against their wish the Pekin tiotcruilent has ninth, an argent appt•al fint lull' to the " loodloarians. - The English and the Anot•riettoos remain Wind . an 11111 V impartial speetatoors of the contest, although they supply the iiirtuventa with arms noel the imperialists with ‘esso•ls. The Russians tiller real Ma— il the Amour will loto evoleoll4l Ibt m. To save China is, however, an enterprise of a very differ ent character front that of crushing !tallowy. There are it mill' of insurgents in Chins, and ad the IlattlE I write the pretender" is very probably in Pekin. Russian aid will route, therefore, somewhat late : and to replace the fallen dynasty uu the amine will require etioits mine,' the Emiwrior has not anticipated. I ',attempt dila' ItS the Chilliest . t Malt% may be, an innumerable population 1111111 M Slid itr tat ei.11111111.1% lli.slall . s, the Chinese revo lution is based rather of the nature of things than the viondition of a law malcontents—in the ineapacity of riders —the flagrant abuses of t ;oven ttttt rapacity of the governing rave. If the RIISSiIIII4 enter CI • they must remain then.. as the French rinnain in Rome. The game which Russia is playing in attempting to stifle revolutittli on the Tiesse and the Yellow River is far btu singular and equivocal not to attract attention from the whole ,t dim' world. Russia is Mb eminently aggressive that, even if she cannot extend her hotitillary in Turkey, she will .1.. it in China. Ind is she herself so invulnerable to revstliitit 85 t.l Is' 1114 e with impunity to assail it when ever it. may raise its head? A I\I•VMiAN RICSIDENT IN ENIII.IINI,. (Nat anb Otto. Urn 111 Al renlaill4 in seclusion at Balmoral, enjoying the country amusements which the locality. On Saturday the woods of Abergeldie were driven for deer, in the presence of the Queen and Prinee Albert; and on another day the royal pair witnessed die operation o f .4 l e na tt ring for salmon in the river near Balmoral. • t r'i.miusros arrived in town on \' ethics day from his seat, Broodlonds, limits. The Turkish Minister transacted business at the Foreign-office on that day. The noble visemmt left Loudon again yesterday I Fridoyi morning for Balmoral. Tot: Nrwcvsy".". is staying at Cloudier park, where despatches from his under secretaries, Messrs. Frederiek Peel and Merivale, an. duly for warded to his grave, who intends to remain at his seat until the next reunion of the Ministers in Lon don, which is expected very shortly to t a ke place. QUEEN Emus rix' of Se‘lN MI London yesterday week, on her return to Paris, after a sijour of ten days in the metropolis. Tor Ih mess of 0111. - %NM and the Cittint de Paris arrived on Sunday aftentoon at Torquay. on a visit to the Princess tilga of !fossil". The duchess, with her family and suite, will, in the emirse of a fort night, leave England for tiermany, where they will take up their residence, her medical advisers fearing that the Euglibli might bu prejudicial W her health. THE PRESS. It has been determined to re-iloor the whole of the suite of state apartments of llolynxxl Palace, including the picture gallery, and the work will be commenced imme diately after her Majesty's return to England. This is understood to be the commencement of wore important alterationa and improvements on the house and gonna's. Nautical andcncral. THE AIMERRED DUTY ON SEMANTh limier the new act will he I/. Is. on servants of eighteen years old and upwards, and 1(k. (Id. under eighteen. This im post will include waiters of every descriptions, except occasional waiters. One potboy, to carry out beer, although lie may occasionally wait, is allowed to every licensed victualler. EAST SUFFOLK AOMMT.TVRAL ASSOCIATIOL—This society celebrated their twenty-second anniversary at Ipswich on the mth instant, when an excellent se lection of stock, produce, &c., was exhibited in elitist Church Park. At the dinner in the evening Vitt guests attended, mid speeches were made by the Earl of Stradbroke, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, and other gentlemen. The principal topic with the speakers was the changed prospects which now happily opened before the classes dependent upon agricul ture. The Karl of Stradbroke traced these improved symptoms to their cause, and deduced front them some wholesome lessons for the future. llis lord ship said " When this society was first established, agriculturists generally had loctqi suffering for sumo time under deep de• pressiton, nut front any fault of their own. but 11'0111 It Vinlent change in the circulating medium, so that farmer% were called upon to pay rents in one currency which they had made arrangements to pay in another. The natural consequence was that a large portion of the labouring po pulation were discharged, causing an increase of poor rates, and produeing great misery among the pe o ple, (Hear, ?war.) Rut, thanks to the energies of the Anglo- Saxon blood and to the courage of Englishmen, it was resolvtst to make all attempt to twemome the difficulty and, by the application of borrowed capital, to give PliColl - to men sit scientific attainments to ;intim e nra ehinery. lty these means, and also by thest insult's derived from the popularity which attended the openitions of this and other kindred societies, the agriculturists were enabled eventually to weather the storm. For many years—from 11.4:11 to Ittift—this (solitary (lid elijoy an uninterrupted career of prosperity, lle would pass over the next few years, because it was rather painful to allude to them : but they had now arrived at a period when, through the .xpected discovery of large quantities site gold in many 1151154 the world, followed as it had been by a eonsiderable emigration from this and a pyrfeet exodus b u nt the sister country, there had taken place, acconquuaied by a consider ably r i se in the F i e ,. prov iSIOIIS. all lif thy wages of all engaged in Intswitous piirNuits, and an enjoyment of luxitries by the 1 bier 'lasses which, previously, were unknown to them. (Mar, hear.) It. had keen our duty for some years to encourage emigration, with the view of benefiting, not only those whom we felt it right to send to tlitlen.nt parts of the world, but also those who remained behind. lie thought the time had now arrived when it would be prudent to put a cheek upon this emigration. ( hear.) In his Opi kk f m the only feasible way is, effect this would be by int proviog the habitations of the hour--( Hear, hear)—and by erecting them in the vicinity of those places where their labotir was required." THE CATTLE Snow which the Duke of Richmond has iumually maintained among his tenantry for many years was held on Thursday in last week, in the grounds around the old Castle of Strathbogie, at Unfitly. There IV a large amount of stock shown —there being no fewer than 1:4 entries alive stock. In general,the quality of the animals was very su perior, though in some eases there were traces Of the severe ordeal to which cattle in the district had been subjected from the burnt-up pastures of the past summer. THE DIRECTORS OF TIM BANK ►)F' Arsrnmsti. have announeed that a half yearly dividend of 14s. per share, being at the rate of six per cent. per annum, with a bonus of 365. per share, together making a distrihution from the profits of M. per share, free of income tax, will he paid to the shareholders on and utter Tuesday, the nth of October next. This dis tribution is at the rate of 111 per eeld. per ann► u n. THE MATHS RE4iISTEItEII IN iliNltooN d ur ing th e week ending loth of September were 1,015. This mortality is below the corrected average of th e wee k ; for within the ten preceding years, when the popula tion of London was one tenth part less numerous than it is now, the deaths ranged from tclo to 1.040; and in the year 15-10, when epidemic cholera had only begun to decline, the burials were ':,s! 5. The deaths by diarrinua have been 131, less by 11 than were referred to that disease in the previous week. Only 7 deaths by cholera Li to happened. Two were registered as haying died of Asiatic cholera—one a tanner's son, of the tender age of four years ; the other a labourer's young wife, who died in twelve hours. !loth the deaths occurred within four days of each other, in the same house, 12, Turner's-retreat, Ber mondsey. SATURDAY, THE QUEEN'S STEAM lACHI is to Undergo sonic extensive alterations and improvements, It would seem that her Majesty has remarked theditferenee in character and performances of the screw two and three decker flag ships of her channel fleet, the Duke of Wellington and Agamemnon, and is resolved on having the Victoria anti Albert lengthened sixty-five feet, with the view of increasing her speed by new engines of I;00-horse power, those she now has being only 450. Many regrets have been expressed at this per severance in the costly system of " conversion," and the suggestion is thrown out that the Queen should have a yacht befitting the rank and character of the Sovereign of the Seas, and this can only be accom plished in a vessel newly constructed upon the must improved scientific principles. As the best method of realising this desideratum it has been proposed that a committee of the best naval architects in the kingdom be formed under the directions of the Board of Admiralty, with a competent committee of judges, to design and construct models fur a new screw-yacht for the Queen. TIIE CONSECRATION OF A ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP Will take place on Wednesday next, the 21st instant, when the Right Rev. Dr. Roskell will be installed as bishop of the Roman Catholic see at Nottingham. The ceremony will be perfoimed in St. Bombes' Church, in that town, by Cardinal Wiseman. The late bishop of the district in which Nottingham is situated was 1)r. Hendren, formerly of Clifton, trans fated thither in 1851, and who some mouths since resigned his episcopal dignity and retired to a con vent in the Midland district, where he now nets as a chaplain. In the course of a few weeks another ecclesiastic, the Rev. 1)r. Coss, will be consecrated as coadjutor to the Right Rev. Dr. Brown, of Liver pool. RETURNS or Suirrno Asti TONNAGE knit printed, by parliamentary order, contain the following sta tistical facts respecting the British mercantile marine fur some years past :-The number of A L:ssels built at the different ports of the British empire in 1815 was 8414, of the total tonnage of 97,940 tons ; in 1820, 1,125, tonnage 112,173; in 1815, 1,119, tonnage 14:1,141 ; in 11 4 30, 1,321, tontitige 110,913; in 1835, 1,1:11, tonnage 158,527 ; in 11440, 1,981, tonnage 295,418 ; in 1845, 1,250, tonnage 166,133 ; in 1816, 1,5214, tonnage 215,015 ; in 1817, 1.580, tonnage 141,056 ; in 1848, 1,737, tonnage 305,137 ; in 1819, 1,533, tonnage 1'27,428; in 1850, 1,402, tonnage 245,1341; in 1851, 1,539, tonnage 161,4:-4 ; and in 1851, 1,381, tonnage 193,4179. The number of ves sels belonging to British ports in 1814 was 14,418, their tonnage 1,0141,905, and their crews consisted of 171,780 hands. In 1810, number of vessels 15,374, tonnage 2,048,593, crews 174,318 men and boys. In 1825, number of vessels 14480, tonnage 1,55:1,6 1, 1, crews 11101,183. In 1830, number of vessels 1:1,121, tonnage 1,531,1419, crews 1540411. In 18:45, munhet of vessels 15,511, tonnage 1,783,761, crews 171,0211 In 11440, number of vessels 28,9112, tonnage 3,311,538 crews 101,340. In 1845, number of vessels 31,817, tonnage 3,711,4Wi1, crews 114,900. In 18441, number of vessels 34,288, tonnage 4,231,969, crews 139,283, In 1851, number of vessels 34,244, tonnage 4,331,085, crews 140,1118. In 1859, number of vessels 34,402, tonnage 4,411,391, and crews 143,512. AN IMII►RTANT DEMoNsTRATION el COLLIERS took place on Monday at Wakefield. The object of the gathering was the organisation of the colliers of the West Riding, so as to enable them to support the demand they have made for an advance of wages proportionate to the advance in the price of coal. Coal having risen 14)d. a ton, they ask that 3d. of that hkl. should go into the pocket of the miner. The proprietors of collieries generally seem to with stand the demand, on the ground that it is unreason able. About 2)8) men in the employ of Messrs. Leather, at their colliery near Leeds, struck some time ago, and have ever since been in receipt of 10s. a week. The men employed at the collieries of Mr. Pope, at Crigglestone, near Wakefield, have also struck. The demonstration of Monday was intended ler the miners of the whole riding, handbills amounting it having been circulated throughout the riding, with a request from the delegate meeting for the miners of Yorkshire that the day should be made a general holiday. There 'were not, however, so many miners present as there doubtless would have been but fur one circumstance, and that was that Messrs. Charlesworth, whose collieries arc very extensive, and who employ between 2,000 and 3,1851 hands, gave all their men a dinner, with the object, it was said, of keeping them from the demonstration. Notwithstanding this there were present nearly 3,1 1 P 0 working colliers from all parts of the West tinting, including the neighbourhoods of Leeds, Barnsley, Iluddersfield, ltradttart, ke. The proceedings lasted about two hours. anti a memorial to lord l'almerston was adopted, solicit* the attention of tiovernment to the preparation of legislative measures calculated to prevent the calamities to which miners are ex- ; i posed at present in pursuing their trade, and suggest . ins several improvedients in the system at present i n existence.