The Press. — London, England, 1857-11-14 00:00:00

1104 jortign anb Colonial intelligence. FRANCE. - - The financial crisis and the pressure brought to bear upon the Emperor by the Ministers has ex tracted from his Majesty the following excellent letter upon the position of affairs. The letter is addressed , to M. Magne, the Minister of Finance, and was published in Tuesday's Moniteur : Monsieur le Ministre,--I see with pain that, without an apparert or real cause, public credit is assailed by chimerical fears and by the propagation of soi•disant reme dies for an evil which only exists in the imagination. In preceding years, it must be owned, there were some grounds for apprehension. A. succession of bad harvests compelled us to export annually many hundreds of millions in specie to pay for the quantity of corn of which we stood in need, and yet we were able to meet the crisis and to defy the sad predictions of alarmists by a few simple measures of prudence taken momentarily by the Bank of France. How is it, then, that at the present moment it is not understood that a similar measure, rendered still more easy by the law which allows an increase of the rate of discount, must suffice a fortiori to preserve to the Bank the specie which it wants, es we are in a much better con dition than we wt re in last year, having had an abundant harvest and a most considerable metallic reserve in the Bank? I therefore beg of you publicly to deny ell the absurd projects attributed to the Government, the propagation of which so easily causes alarm. It is not without some pride that we may state that France is the country in Europe where public credit rests on the broadest and on the most solid basis. The remarkable report you ad dressed to me thereon is the proof thereof. Give heart to those who are vainly alarmed, and assure them that I am firmly resolved not to employ those empirical means which have only been had recourse to in circumstances, happily so rare, when catastrophes beyond human fore sight have befallen the country. May the Almighty have you in his good keeping. NAI'OLEON. Palace of Compidgne, Nov. 10. The Moniteur publishes the following decrees re moving the prohibition against the exportation of corn: — The decree of the '22nd of September, 1857, is revoked (rapporte) as regards the prohibition of the export of grain and flour, potatoes and vegetables (legumes sees), chest nuts, and the flour of the same. The decree of the 213th of October, 1854, which prohibits distillation from corn and from any other farinaceous sub stance used as food is revoked (rapporte). The distillation from corn or from any other farinaceous substance used as food must be so managed that the residue thereof may be used as food for cattle. Any disregard of the above regulations may lead to a prohibition to distil from farinaceous substances. The decrees of the 11th of February and the 30th of July, 1857, are also revoked (rapporles) as regards the dis tillation from rice and foreign grain. The Moniteur of Thursday publishes an impetial decree, by which the Corps Legislatif is summoned to meet on Saturday, the 2sth of November. The death of M. Abbatucci, Keeper of the Seals and Minister of Justice, is also announced in the Monitcur as having taken place on Wednesday evening. BELGIUM. The Ministerial crisis has resulted in the formation of a Liberal Ministry, with M. llogier, Minister of the Interior ; M. Fri:re-When, Minister of Finance; M. Teach, Minister of Justice; M. de Vriere, Minister of Foreign Maus ; General Berten, Minister of War. The Legislative Chambers were opened on Tues. day, the lOtTi, without any solemnity. Contrary to parliamentary usage, the King was not present, and there was no speech ►n his name. After the usual formalities, a decree adjourning the Chambers was read, and the members separated. It is expected that the dissolution of the Chambers will be imme diately auounced, and fresh elections ordered to take place. The following are a few particulars relative to the members of the new Belgian Cabinet : M. Charles Rogier, formerly member of the National Congress and of the Provisional Government, is well known. His political career dates hack to 1830. lie has already been twice Minister of the Interior, in 1832 and in 1817, and directed in 1810 the Department of Public Works. M. Frere-Urban, who commenceo hits career as an advocate at Liege, formed part of the Cabinet of August, 1817, first as Minister of Public Works, and afterwards as Minister of Finance. He has distinguished himself both by his administrative finalities and by his talent as a speaker. Baron de Vrtere, who in order to enter the Ministry resigns the post of Governor of Western Flanders, belongs to one of the first families at Bruges. He has belonged to the diplomatic body, having been Belgian Minister at Copenhagen and at Lisbon. General Berten is an officer of merit. Before he was promoted to the rank of general he commanded the regiment of Guides. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. . . Letters from Copenhagen state that the Danish Government, in accord with the two Chambers, con• sidering that it has exhausted all the means of con ciliation compatible with the dignity of the )iinstiom THE PRESS, NOVEMBER 14, 1857. - as regards the Two Duchies, and that in the first note addressed to the two German Powers it clearly explained the real situation of things, has come to a determination to maintain a passive attitude during the discussion in the Diet, and to abstain from all official steps until some decision has been come to. With respect to the feelings of the great Western powers in relation to this subject, a letter from C open h ag en says that the public seem pretty ce rtain that the sympathies of F rance will go with Denmark should Germany drive matters to extremi ties. As regards England, on the contrary, rumours have of late been current, which, if true, seem to indicate that the cause of Denmark will not find much sympathy here. It is said, and it has been repeatec in the German papers, that Lord Claren don has despatched a diplomatic agent to the Duchies to ascertain what are the complaints and the wishes entertained by the latter. This agent is said to have travelled in the course of two months not only through Holstein and Lauenburg, but also through Schleswig, and to have formulated the complaints of the popula tion, which he has found just and reasonable, in thirty points. The huNpendance Beige has announced that the Danish Government intends to send a new note con cerning the Holstein affairs to its diplomatic agent abroad ; but this announcement seems to be based upon a mistake. The Danish journal, Berlin des Tidende, on the contrary, in its last number, says that no new note will be issued, but only a memoir, to form a kind of appendix to the last cir cular note, and meant to elucidate some points in connection with the amount of taxation imposed upon Holstein. The state of public feeling in Sweden is decidedly in favour of an offensive and defensive alliance with Denmark, and of the preservation intact of Scaudi• navian nationality. AUSTRIA AND TURKEY. TIIF NAVIGATION OF THE DA/C1:11E. The Ost. Deutsche Post of the 6th announces that : A. new and valuable addition has been made to the edifice of international r►ghts. We announced last week that the Commission of the States bordering on the Danube, sitting at Vienna, had terminated its labours, and that the adhesion only of the Porte was wanted to con clude the treaty. This adhesion arrived yesterday. At two o'clock this afternoon the members of the commission met in the council room of the palace, and the treaty of navigation of the Danube was signed by all the representa tives of the Sovereign States. The high disinterestedness of which Austria has given proof in these negotiations, the acceleration of the work, the removal of all obstacles and petty interests that ham pered the great principle of the freedom of the river, the sacrifice the Austrian empire imposed on itself in gnaran•' teeing to the Danubian Steam Navigation Company, robbed of its privileges, an annual revenue of 1,9120,0110 florins, are now appreciated, though with a had grace, by the French official press; and the Constitutionnel does us the justice to acknowledge that our information as to the labours and intentions of the commission was well founded. The Porte has drawn up a second note against the union of the Principalities. AMERICA. Intelligence from New --- inrk to the 29th ult. states that the aspect of commercial affairs was, on the whole, more favourable. There was no political news of importance. A telegraphic despatch from Washington, dated Oct. 28, published in the New York Herald, stated that the Cabinet had resolved to construct the four additional steam sloops-of-war. An article in the New York Herald draws attention to one probable result of the recent commercial failures. A vast body of young men, it observes, will be thrown out of employ, and a stimulus given to the filibuster spirit it has never yet enjoyed the advantage of. AUSTRALIA. The Vanguard, at Marseilles, Nov. 12, reports that the Emeu, with the September mail, left Sydney on the 11th of September ; Melbourne, the 17th ; the Sound, the 25th; Galle, the Oil of October; and Aden, the 18th. In the night of the 20th of October she struck on a coral reef in the Red Sea, got off crippled, and was run ashore on the east coast of Nubia to keep her from sinking. She arrived leaky at Suez on the 3nl of November, and transhipped 6-10,(X)0/. in gold to the Australasian, for Southampton, from Sydney and Melbourne. No Australian mail has arrived. It is supposed ' to have been taken by the mailboat Deddak, and in that case will reach Suez in three weeks. _ _ There had been great floods in New South Wales, and considerable destruction of property on the Hunter, Paterson, and other rivers. The ship Dunbar, from London to Sydney, had been totally lust. The crew and passengers, 140 in number, all perished, except one seaman, Johnson. The cargo was valued at 70,0001. All was well at the gold-fields. A prolific mine had been discovered at Aaraut, 120 miles from Aid- bourne. Some prolific goldfields had been disco- vered at Nelson, in New Zealand ; 1,500 ounces had arrived thence at Sydney. PERSIA. Despatches from Teheran, of the 18th of October, state that a civil war has brokenl out with great vio lence. Two Turcoman columns had entered the country, and the Ambassador of Russia was urging the Government of the Shah to consent to an armed intervention. This the Shah refused, and had sent an Ambassador Extraordinary to Tiflis, with autho rity to proceed to St. Petersburg in case of need. The same arrival announces that Ferouk Khan had been recalled, and appointed Sadrasam. 6otrt ant laOtan. Her Majesty the Queen and Court remain at Windsor. The premature death of her Royal High ness the Duchess do Nemours has caused her Majesty much affliction. The Court presentations, &c., are postponed. The Marquis of Salisbury has returned to Hat field-house, Herts. The noble marquis and mar chioness intend to receive a distinguished circle next month, at the family seat. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Catnbri :ge and the 2riticess Mary will honour the noble marquis and marchioness with a visit. The Marquis and Marchioness of Stafford have left Stafford-house tor Lißestial!, Shropshire. The Countess Chreptowitch has arrived at Chesham house from Paris. The Mat quis of Lansdowne arrived in town on Wednesday night from Bowood-park. Lady Marian Alford arrived in town a few days since from Ashridge-park, near Berkhampsteed, where her ladyship has been entertaining company for some time past. Lady Marian will shortly leave England for Rome. Lady Peel has returned to town from visiting Sir Hugh and Lady Campbell, at their seat in Berwick shire. The Right Hon. Fred. and Mrs. Peel are still in Rome. Admiral Morier has arrived at Claridge's Hotel, from Buckland, Dover. Volitttal. THREE CABINET COUNCILS have been held this week, on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday after noons, at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing street. The, Ministers present were—Viscount • Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, Earl of liarrowby, Sir George Grey, Earl of Clarendon, Mr. Secretary Labouehere, Lord Panmure, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Charles Wood, the Eight lion. 11. Vernon Smith, Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Eight lion. Id. T. Baines, and the Duke of Argyll. THE MEETING OF PARLIAMENT.-It has been resolved to call Parliament together at once, in order to settle the questions raised by the present crisis, and to register for Ministers and the Bank directors that indemnity for which they are obliged to appeal. A Council will, we understand, be held next Monday, at which, probably, Parliament will be summoned to meet at the end of fourteen days. — The Times. --- NEW COURT OF PROBATE.—It is understood that a formal application has beer. made to the authorities that the new Court of Probate, which is to be opened at the commencement of Hilary Term, 1858, should be held at Doctors' Commons. A PARLIAMENTARY RETURN ON RAILWAY ACCIDENTS just issued includes the number and nature of the. accidents and the injuries to life and limb which have occurred on all the railways open for traffic in England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, frornithe Ist of January to the 30th of June, 1857. The number of accidents to trains was 32; the number of persons killed, 13 ; injured, 295; servants of the company killed, 0 ; do. injured, 20—total of persons killed, 20; injured, 315. Fourteen of the accidents arose from collision of passenger trains, nine from trains running off the rails, four from boilers burst ing, four from wheels breaking, and one from run ning into siding. Of the individuals killed or in jured, 31 are put down as having been front causes beyond control, and 82 as arising from want of caution or misconduct. LORD GODERICH, M.P., AND GENERAL THOMPSON, M.P., had an interview a few days since with the Earl of Clarendon at the Foreign.office, at d which they presented to his lordship the memorial agree to recently by the Leeds and Bradford Chamber of Commerce, requesting the Secretary for Foreign Affairs to use his influence with the Portuguese Government to secure the free navigation of tho Zambese river, and to afford that freedoms of transit