The Press. — London, England, 1858-06-05 00:00:00

548 Tile gardens of the Tuileries are turned com pletely topsy-turvy in execution of the changes which the Emperor has resolved to make in them. In the parterres in front of the palace shrubs have been cut down (some of them were rare and took years to grow), and flowers have been removed, and masses of earth torn up. In the magnificent avenue which runs by the side of the river a large gap has been cut, and to cut it trees of eighty o; one hundred years old, which can never be replaced, have had to be felled. It is really painful to see a once familiar scene so transformed—and the pain is augmented by the reflection that every toot of the gardens of the Tuileries is historic ground. And not content with changing the gardens, the Emperor, it seems, has resolved on raising the palace itself a story higher than it is ! In a flying visit which he paid to Paris the day before yesterday, his Majesty, I understand, had deliberations with his architect, M. Lefuel, on the subject. To transform the palace is eves a more daring thing than to touch the wardens ; it is per• fectly impious, in fact—tor if anything be sacred to a nation, it is an old edifice which is not only the traditional residence of sovereigns, but has been the theatre of some of the grandest and some of the most terrible events of the national history. I wonder that no one who approaches the Emperor dares to tell his Majesty what people think and what they say of the changes he is accomplishing and project ing. It is no exaggeration to assert that these changes Nava more deeply wounded the Parisians, especially those of the higher classes, than any arbi trary act of his Government. To those who take interest in studying the more: condition of the French, the character of the plays which have been produced on the Parisian stage of late years is a subject of great concern. Grossly immoral, these plays—supposing them to be what they pretend to be, and what no doubt they are— pictures more or less true ef society—testify to an extent and intensity of moral corruption which are painful to contemplate ; and, at the same time, they do immense harm by familiarizing people, and especially the young, with that corruption, and giving them the desire to imitate it. Within the last few days a play has been produced which exceeds in cynic immorality the most notorious of late years, and about which consequently at this moment, " all Paris" is talking, and which " all Paris," alas ! is eagerly running to see. This play is by a personage of con siderable literary note, M. Emile Angier, who lately obtained the very highest honour to which a writer can aspire in this country.—electiou to the French Academy. The obje.,t of it is to show that there exist in Paris a somewhat numerous class of married women, who whilst maintaining their place in society are unfaithful to their marriage vows, not from guilty love, not from vanity, not from mere viciousness, but simply and solely to get money—who, in a word, make " trade and merchandize" of conjugal virtue ! There is something so utterly monstrous in the mere supposition of such a thing, that the English mind will indignantly refuse to believe it possible; and yet, if it did not exist, Angier would certainly not have invented it, and Paris, instead of applauding as it does, would have hissed his play. But is it not la, mentable that such hideous vice should be repre• sented ? 4Grcign an Colonial jatelligenct. TURKEY. The latest intelligence from Constantinople states that a whole division had there embarked for Monte- negro. An insurrection had broken out in the Isle of Candia. Two thousand armed insurgents insist on the re moval of Vely Pacha, and a diminution of the taxes on the Christians. AMERICA. We are sorry to observe the following intelligence from America : The United States' Government hal despatched three frigates to prevent British slave cruisers overhauling tntrehant vessels. A very angry feeling existed, owing to several vessels having been tired into. On the 1 tith the &nate unanimously adopted Mr. Seward's resolution for inquiring into alleged outrages on American vessels by British cruisers. Though the Government bad received no official infor mation as to the searching of its merchant vessels, it had addressed Lord Napier on the subject. Nine persons had lost their lives by a fire at Chicago. WASHINGTON, May 20. The official correspondence in regard to the alleged British outrages in overhauling American vessels is pub lished. Secretary Cass demands a discontinuance of the searching American vessels, and says that any damages arising in the matter are expected to be compensated by Spain, or that she is to interpose with Great Britain. Several United States' vessels W tsar have been ordered to the Cuban coast. At Havanna, on the I:►th, a party of Marines from a British cruiser ransacked the plantations at one of the Cuban outporta in search of ltonzal negroes; the captain of the port is to be tried for not resisting the search. by electric telegraph that he met and defeated the rebels at Koouch. Sir H. Rose will effect a junction with General W O hi n t tei re k 2s be th of before attacking h k t tlig e fhe (a a l t Pee r . of the Ranee of Jhansi was executed at Jhansi. RAJPOOTANA. A strong brigade under Col. Smith left Kotah on April 9.oth t co-operate with Sir H. Rose, and protect that officer's rear. The disarming in Guzerat proceeds successfully. Preparations are in progress for carrying out the measure in Camliay. _ The insurgent Ilheels and Mearameea,after their defeat at Amba l'anee on April 11th, fled across the Nerbudda, and are being followed up by the Sutpoura field force. The Sswiin Dessayeea have come into the Sawunt Warree territory wi•.h few followers, and arc hiding iu the jungles. liimbay, May 8. Malta, May 30. V. MONTANARO. goat ann4ton. Her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess Mice, the Princesses Helena and Louisa, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, and her Royal High ness Princess Beatrice, left Osborne-house yesterday morning, and embarked at Cowes in the Fairy, royal steam-nicht, crossed to Trinity-pier, (Gosport, where her Majesty was received by a guard of honour and the dockyard authorities ; the vessels being manned, and a salute fired. Her Majesty travelled to town by special train, on the London and South Western Railway. The august party proceeded from thi Nine Elms station in five of the royal carriages, escorted by a detachment of the 11th Hussars, and outriders in scarlet liveries, to Buckingham Palace, In attendance were the Duchess of Athol', the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, the Hon. Horatio Stopforil, Major- General the Hon. Charles Grey, the Right Hon. Lord Claud Hamilton, the Master of the House hold, Ltse. On arriving at Buckingham Palace her Majesty was received by the Earl Dalawarr, the Ntarquis of Exeter, Viscount Newport, Lord Polwartb, Captain Bagot, and others of her Majesty's Household. The guard of honour was composed of the Scots Fusiliers. Volitttal. THE MINISTRY. Lord Stanley has succeeded to the Presidency of the. Board of Control, and Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton has become Secretary of State for the Colonies. The following are the addresses issued by the noble lord mid the right hon. baronet : TO THE ELECTORS OF XINO'S LYNN. London, June Ist, 18.18. Gentlemen,—l have accepted the office of President of the Boarl of Control, lately vacant by the resignation of Lord Ellenborotigh. My seat is accordingly at put tlispoeal, and I confidently appeal to you for a further re. newel of that trust which on four previous occasions yoi have thought me not unworthy to receive at your hands. I am not aware that any event has occurred within tin last three months which should induce you to alter June the unanimous decision which you recorded in Feb ruary. I addressed you then as a member of Lord Derby's Administration. I address you in the same capacity new. My retnoval from one departirient of the public service to another, not being accompanied by any reconstruction lit the Cabinet at large, implies no change in political rela tions, and requires on my part no new assertion of political principles. I cannot but feel that to assume at the present crisis the direction of Indian affairs is a task MI of peril. Per. sonally, I should have preferred to fill a station less pronii nent and less hazardous ; but it seemed to me that I could not in honour decline to undertake a public ditty, the acceptance of which involved no sacrifice of principle, merely on the ground that such acceptance would bring with it to myself personally an increase of responsibility and of labour. War still continues in India; the passions which it ha" roused, the animosities of race which it has called forth, cannot be expected to subside at once, even when order and i peace are rest.ired. The Home Government. of India sat the saute time undergoing a process of reconstruction by Parliament, which has pronounced too decided a con demnation of the existing system to allow of that system being, permanently maintained. Much therefore will de volve on Government to do ; and it is in order that my effoits, however feeble, may not he wanting at the moment when action is necessary, that I now solicit from you the honour of re election.—l remain, gentlemen , y our obli g ed and faithful servant, SrastEiv. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE COUNTY OF HERTFORD. Gentlemen,—Her Majesty having been graciously pleased to appoint me ore of her Majesty's Secretaries of State, my seat in Parliament is vacated, and f appeal to you for a renewal of that confidence with which you have pro viously honoured me. They who know me best are aware bow little, st any time of my hie, the desire of office has actuated me in the part I have taken in public aflaira. I accept °dice now with a profound sense of its responsibilities, and that sincere diffidence which impels men to supply by assiduity_ and labour their defects in ability and experience. I ask THE PRESS, JUNE 5, 1858. Mr. Henry William Herbert, a literary mania some ability in New York, has committed suicide by shootings himself. His father was Dean of Man chester. Previously to emninitting the ant he wrote a lengthy address to the press of his adopted country; also one to the coroner. Domestic diffe rences appear to havo prompted him to self-destruc tion. CENTRAL AMERICA. A convention has been concluded and signed be tween the Governments of Costa Rica and Nicaragua on the one part, and M. Felix Belly, acting on b - half of M. Millaud and Co., of Paris, on the other, relative to the concession of an interoceanie canal by the river San Juan and Lake Nicarogua. These repubics have placed themselves under the joint protection of England, France, and Sardinia. INDIA. FOREIGN OFFICE DESPATCH. DEATH OF CAPTAIN SIR WILLIAM PEEL.- BRIGADIER HON. A. HOPE KILLED. The following telegram from her Majesty's Acting Consul General in Egypt was received at the Foreign Office, May 30, at nine p.m. : ALEXANDR“, May 20. The steamer Ganges arrived at Suez yesterday, with Bombay dates to the oth instant. General Walpole, with the heavy column from Lucknow, reached Futtehghur on the 97th of April, where he was met by the commander-in•chief. Three other columns are to join as they advance on Bareil.ly, which is expected to he invested about the 10th instant. General Walpole's division, on the 1:411 of April, made an unsuccessful attack on the Fort of Howas, which was attended with considerable los s —l'our officer;, including lirigadier Adrian Hope, and about a hundred men, having fallen. Our troops were obliged to retire, but the enemy evacuated the Fort in the night, and the column moved forward. On the 22nd a large body of rebels was encountered opposite Kanouje, and was dispersed with loss of four guns, their camp, and 530 or Ii )O killed. Kuoer Singh, with about 2,000 rebels, although hotly pursued by Brigadier Douglas, crossed the Ganges on the sth of April, and arrived at Jugdespore on the 22nd. On the followintt day a force of 300 men under c a pt a i n Lagrand, which advanced from Arrah, having followed the enemy into the jungle, was defeated; 133 men and three officers killed. Body was taken by General Whitelock on the I Nth of April, alter an engagement in which the enemy lust ;ill° men and four guns. Sir H. Rose left Jhensi on the . 27th, and expected first to be joined by General Whitelock, and then to fight the Ranee's army, 1'2,000 strong, encamped at Kuouch, in advance of Calpee. The Kotah force has gone. into quarters, with the ex ception of a aural brigade ordered to protect Sir H. Rose's rear. General Penny is moving now from the Ganges to assail Calpee from the east. Brigadier Johns, of the 60th Rifles, has been successful in reaching Mori lad on the 25th of April, after three actions, and the captdre of Rujeedabad and Nujeena. Sir W. Peel died at Cawnpure ou the 27th of April, of smallpox. Telegram dated Allahabad, the Ist of May : • ROH I LCUND. The commander-in-chief joined General NValpole's division on the :27th of April, and entered Shahjehanpoor without opposition on the 30th. The people who had de serted the town were passed retur.iiug as the column ad vanced towards Azunitt‘e. Brigadier Penuefather attacked the rebels on the 30th of April, about ten miles from Budaon, and defeated them, taking several guns. Kooer Singh's force, by the blest accounts, was intrench ing itself at Jung Deespoor (Jugdesponr?). Koner Singh himself was wounded in forcing his way to Jung Deespoor, and is now said to have died from the effects of his wounds. G. F. EnmoxsTour:, Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General. VINCENT (1. ISIONTANAL:O. Malta, May 30, 1858. CAWNPORE DISTRICT. A party of rebels, about 1,000 strong, surprised the police and the Tehaildar establishment on the 2nd of May. The Telisildar was wounded and a small amount of treasure lost. PU NJAU B. Rusoolabad has again been threatened. The field force under General Sir Sidney Cotton attacked and burnt Tanita on the 25th of April. The rebel chief of that place suffered great loss in property; about twenty of his followers were killed and wounded iu the attack. There was no loss on our side. One of the new Punjaub regiments under Lieut. Thel well distinguished itself greatly. H. R. ANDERSON, Secretary to the Government. Bombay Castle, May 8. Sunday, May an, 8.15 p.m. Received the following message, dated Malta, from Mr. H. it. Anderson to Mr. J. 1). Dickinson, East India Rouse : The first brigade of Sir If. Rose's force left Jhansi on the 20th of April for Calpee. A report has been received - ,eupyr. 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