The Press. — London, England, 1854-01-28 00:00:00

upon thselmTerUtoeedßl:atitDbothro:ade::::: 78 THE PRESS. friends for the approaching ball to be given on Vienna and Berlin, calling Boston, fell in with the disabled steamer and took off about Saturday next at the Hotel de Ville. Need I add their neutrality and tak auw e n,es a no d aoy e o c uh id pad e t :l dd a oe t n ta li • N t t u .h de. 100 of the passengers. A quantity of provisions having been furnished to the Kith!, from the stores of the San that this complimentary request was graciously ac- The note The Germani c which M . Francisco, she was ordered to the nearest American port. corded to the Russian Minister by M. Hansseman ? Diet e ie F t with This forthcoming ball promises to be brilliantly the name of France. This note containonseecedrunetantilsitnt By the remaining portion of the crew and passengers the vessel was still kept afloat until the 30th, when the British attended. All the high functionaries of the State, the torical account of what France h riin a e s s. d a ship Three Bells hove in sight. There was a heavy gale corps diplomatique, and the elite of the Parisian on the Oriental question, and p ex ao p i re he sse ni d sp to os w i Federal States amicable and blowing at the time, which prevented the possibility of fashion have received invitations. Many disappoint Federal immediate assistance being rendered, but . the Three theTphytßoef Berlin n e C s o e u n rt ond of C th h e am T h u e il r e , meats will be felt by the announcement of the com- Bells lay to in sight of the sinking vessel, until the gale mitres this morning, that, the list of the invitations moderated on the 3rd, when the ship Anlartic, from New being closed, no more can be issued under any cir- held on Saturday last, adopted the treaty concluded with Oldenburg for the cession of a territory situate York, to Liverpool hove in sight. Roth vessels then ren- dered prompt assistance, the Three Bells taking off two cumatances. hundred and thirty passengers, with which she then set Yesterday a Cabinet Council was held at the on the banks of the Jande, and destined for .. n•.,e sail for New York ; while Mr. Watkins, captain of the Tuileries, which lasted two hours and a half, after establishment of a Prussian military post. Only t h e San Francisco, several of his officers, about 150 of the troops, w hi c h M. Drouyn de L'Huys, Minister of Foreign Polish deputies have voted against the measure, and nineteen women and children were received on board Affairs, and Lord Cowley, were admitted to a private The Chamber of Representatives in Oldenburg h ave the Anionic and conveyed to England, where they were conference with the Emperor. also given their assent to the treaty. landed on Monday last, when that vessel arrived at Liver- Yesterday, at ten o'clock a.m., the friends and 'ln Hanover, where the scheme was kept secret to pool. The conduct of Captain Watkins, his o ffi cers and admirers of the illustrious Manin, formerly President the last, some disapprobation has been expressed; crew, throughout the trying circumstances in which they were placed was most praiseworthy. The captain was the 0 pu of th Re brc of Venice, assembled to assist at the and the Emperor Nicholas, in his char ac t er o f agnate last man to leave the sinking ship, and had to lower him- i funeral of his daughter, deceased the day before of Oldenburg, protested against the e s t a bli s h ment self down by a rope from the bowsprit. When the Antal.- yesterday. Men of different political opinions were of a Prussian seaport on the Baltic. The successful tic left, the San Francisco was fast settling down. Out of present to testify their esteem and sympathy for the completion of this treaty is considered a great the 750 souls known to have been on board only 500 are illustrious exile. triumph for M. Manteuffel, to whose skilf u l manage. reported to have been saved, leaving 250 persons to be ment it is chiefly due. On the 15th inat. the betrothal of P r i nce Ch ar l es accounted for—of those 149 are known to have been washed overboard, 59 died, leaving 32 persons whose fate FRANCE. Nicholas of Prussia, son of Prince Charles , with Princess Mary Anna of Anhalt was celebrated at is still uncertain." On Monday evening a splendid ball was given at - - Dessau. The Prince was born on the 20th March, M. de Kisseleff, was the guest whose presence ex- -1828. The Princess is the daughter of the reigning jortifini an (Colonial Znitlligna. cited most interest. The circumstance that the envoy of the Czar was really invited, and had Duke of Anhalt-Dessau, and was born on th e 14 t h PRITATE CORRESPONDENCE. accepted the invitation, coupled with the report that m... pt., 1837. he was seen in friendly conversation with some DENMARK. PARIS, January 26. personages of high rank, occasioned a rise of one At the sitting of the Folksthing on the 17th the THE public pulse has been greatly agitated this per cent. on the Bourse next morning. Within a Minister announced that the Government i n t en d e d week. The funds have shown hi gh feverish excite- few hours, however, a fall took place, in co consequence to postpone to a more expedient season the p ro p s a statement, since con fi rmed by sition for making changes in the constitution of ment. Violent oscillations, sometimes a sudden rise, a Berlin journal , Denmark. that, after an interview with the Emperor, M. de e 20t h, Apcordinfi the reply of Russia to the declarationto the Aarhus-Avis of Copenhagen of of at others rapid depression, and both turning on the Kisseleff had withdrawn from the Bank of France expected answer of the Emperor of Russia. That all the money deposited there to the credit of the th neutrality on the part of Denmark had anhed in Russian Government. The amount of this deposit . answer is not arrived, and could not have been given that city. Russia refuses to consent to that neu- in said to have been between forty and fifty millions in time to have reached. Paris before the end of this of francs. trality, and calls on Denmark to take one side or the other. The envoys of Austria and Prussia were t hereupon sent for by the King. The Ministers month. The Emperor Napoleon has been lately confined of A despatch arrived on Tuesday at the Russian for some days together to the apartment of the ce England and France had previously had an audience Embassy. It is said by persons well informed to Empress by an attack of rheumatism in the arm. Monday's Moniteur contained two decrees, one relative to the same matter. be evasively worded, of a possible pacific tendency, convoking the Senate and Corps Legislatif for the SWEDEN. but demanding explanations as to the object of the 27th of February; the other raising the interest on The States have adopted, without discussion, the entrance of the combined fleets into the Black Sea, the Bons du Tresor, or floating debt. The rate is propositions of the King relative to the defence of and the ulterior intentions of the Governments of now fixed at 41 per cent. for all bonds from three to the country. The royal bill for reforming the five months of exchange ;at 5 per cent. from five to customs tariff was laid before the Diet on the 15th. France and England. At the same time despatches eleven months; and at 5i per cent. for bonds of one The proposed modifications were well received by the were received by the Ministers of Russia at the ear. assembly. Northern Courts, desiring that the system of neu- y The Moniteur of Wednesday promulgates the ITALY. trality announced by them should be defined in the treaty of navigation and commerce concluded be- A letter from Turin, of the 13th inst., states that most precise terms, that Russia might clearly under- tween France and Portugal on the 9th of March, M. de Brenier had continual conferences with Count stand whether her interest would permit her to 1853. Cavour, and that a treaty offensive and defensive bad acquiesce in such a state of things. This situation The directors of the Bank of France have resolved been, or was on the point of being, concluded he- was understood to be the real case, and the Bourse to diminish the advances made on deposits of public tween France and Piedmont. rose 70 centimes, the news not being quite so bad as securities to the amount of 50,000 f. by 10 per SPAIN. had been expected. The French Government knows cent. They reserve to themselves the right to fix now A quoi se Unir. The answer of the Emperor The long-pending Ministerial crisis appears to will be a olite refusal and the onus of a declaration the amount to be advanced on deposits exceeding h ave b egun in Madrid. Several generals sent in p, 00 of war will be cra ft ily avoided, and the responsibility 50,0 f. their resignations on the 18th. The Minister of Mr. John Mason, Envoy Extraordinary and shifted on England and France. Justice also resigned, and the Finance Minister was . Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of dismissed. On the 20th the Madrid Gazette an- The telegraph is a new power which, at present, is . America, presented his credentials to the Emperor not sufficiently " broken in" to render all the service on Sunday last. nounced a series of replacements consequent upon these resignations and dismissals. It was believed of which it is capable. At present it " plays but to A council of superior officers was held last week at lead us astray." One day it displays a signal of the War-office for the it is affirmed , of purpose, that Baron de Meer , . President of the Grand Council of NN • ar and Marine, would also be superseded. . • peace, next day of war, reckless of the havoc it devising the best plan for the transport of a body of causes among its own believers. troops, necessa ry, to In the meantime the active impulse given by the should circumstances render it de Zaragoza has been replaced as Governor o f Madrid by M. Quints. Some of the resigning gene- some part of the Turkish territory.. The whole of Emperor of the French to the public works in the the railroad companies have received instructions to la Concha an d O'Donnell reds were immediately ordered into exile. Among them Generals Manuel de ports and arsenals of France continues without inter- have means of transport for troops ready at the were banished to the Canaries, General Jose mission. The frigate Alceste, of 52 guns, andthe car- shortest notice. General Canrobert is still spoken Concha to the Balearic Islands, and General Armen vette Mchtrche, are arming at Cherbourg, and the of as the Commander-in-Chief of the corps d'arrnie, building of the Tilsit is proceeding with rapidity. A to Leon. despatch from the Minister of the Marine, which and Pelissier, the well-known African general, as his intended Chief of the Staff. arrived at Toulon on the 20th inst., orders the divided into four military divisions, each c According to the Diario, Madrid was a o b m ou ni t an to d b ed e The Emperor has appointed Captain Martin to by a general. immediate arming of the Marengo and of all the the command of the vessel Marengo, and Captain A credit of 975,000 reels had been opened by a steam-frigates in that port. Besides 20,001 X) hammocks De la Garde Chambonos to that of the steam-frigate which are ready to be served out, 15,000 others have Asmodhe. royal decree for the completion of the electro tel e- graphic line between Madrid and Irun. been ordered from the contractors, on condition of Another revolution has taken place in the Patrie being delivered within a month. All the carpenters newspaper. Within the last few days the whole RUSSIA AND TURKEY. employed heretofore in building are now exclusively editorial staff has been dismissed, in consequence of T he h n e ote fol o l f owi th n e g engaged in arming vessels. A great activity is the complaints of the Government as to the mode in fiv e fo is ur th Am e S h t ne dta gad n's ore rep p l impressed on the sailmakers and tentmakers. In which the paper has been conducted. Divan on Dec. 20, of which a translation ap fact, all the working departments of the arsenals are in the PRESS of the 14th inst. employed night and day in the provisions of war. GERMANY. r y es te en t t h ed e The official journal produces the speech which the Overtures have been made by the Czar to Austria British Ambassador's note of Dec.l2, respecting the of American Minister, Mr. John Mason, made to the and Prussia with the object of bringing about an- " His Majesty the Sultan has perused with attention the pweartne colle . ci proposed for a treaty of peace, and identical with thoseiu! Emperor on presenting his credentials. He says, other interview between the three Sovereigns. This h is colleagues, the representatives of " I can never forget that France was the active suggestion, it is stated, was received in Vienna, and Prussia, sent in colle • cuvely on the same day, and it results friend and ally of my country in the hour of her especially in Berlin, with great reserve. therefrom that his Majesty the Emperor of Russia want . weakness, and that it is from France that the Austria is said to have notified to Russia her fixed feats pacific intentions. own United States (by an honourable treaty) acquired determination to maintain an armed neutrality, pro- " The Sublime Porte has waged its 0 war solely in .... Louisiana and the mouths of the Mississippi," &c. its sacred rights and sovereigntS vided the Czar adheres to his engagement that he defence—in defence of . _, it The grand ball given on Monday at the Tuileries aims at no territorial aggrandisement. In the event and, as there is nothing . to a ff ect them in this pro Pow• France, Austria, i e was opened at ten o'clock by the Emperor dancing of this pledge being broken, she would assume an has been deemed expedient toadopt reefer, with the Princess Mathilde, and the Empress with attitude antagonistic to Russia. The Patrie states restoration of peace—his Imperial Majesty, mo • being actuated in this circumstance by the highest cook Lord Cowley, the British Ambassador. M. de that the Cabinet of St. Petersburg has demanded ow deration for his august allies, by an ardent desire of Kisseleff was present, and spoke several times with both from Austria and Prussia a decided and formal forming to their wishes, and by implicit faith in their it with a view to th li the Emperor during the course of the eveni n g. He d ec l ara tion of their intended course of action. The councils. has requested the Prefect of the Seine, the M a yor of I n d e p en d e nce Beige contradicts the report that Eng- `. "Accordingly, on resuming the negotiations , th.e Sid Paris, to give him fifty cards of invitation for his land and France had sent a note to the Cabinets of point to estebliah will be the evacuation of the fn _ „ uc l P" . : '