The Press. — London, England, 1858-08-21 00:00:00

• THE PRESS, AUGUST 21, 1858. of the latter, and her disposition to encroach upon Denmark, are less openly manifested. The harvest in Denmark and the Duchies is expected to prove very superior to that of last year ; indeed, above an average. This, at least, was the opinion before the recent storm, which has caused some damage, but not, it is thought, to a serious extent. According to the accounts from the Sound, the Two Belts, and the Cattegat, twenty vessels were lost during that terrible tempest. Since the preceding was communicated, a private telegraphic despatch has brought the announcement made by a Hanover journal of the Diet's acceptance of the propositions of the committee relating to the Holstein affair. Hanover, Oldenburg, Saxe•Mei ningen, and the Hanseatic Towns voted against their acceptance. 807 majorities, the vote in the Upper House being sixteen to eight, and in the Lower seventrone to thirty-one. It is not improbable that there will be a dissolution, although the Governor-General is strongly opposed to such a step. In the contest for West Middlesex the anti• Ministerial candidate was in a majority of 125 on the first day's poll. An opposition is threatened to Mr. Brown's (the Pre• 'Merl return for Toronto. The Legislative Council met this morning, and passed a resolution declaring their regret at the vote of the Lower House on the Seat of Government question, and denounc ing it as an insult to her Majesty. A later despatch of the 3rd says : A third motion of want of confidence in Mr. Brown's new Ministry was carried in the House of Assem'oly last night. A. dissolution of Parliament is expected. jortign anb (Colonial 3itttiligentt. FRANCE. It is stated that two new line-of-battle ships are immediately to be put upon the stocks,—one at Toulon, to be called the Provence ; and the other at Cherbourg, to he called the Normandie. They are both to be built on the model of the Bretagne, un l e ss, indeed, Mr. Lindsay's criticism on that vessel should induce a modification of the plan. Some of the French papers lately said that the Bretagne was admitted, even by the English, to be the finest sh afloat. This assertion seems to have been mad ip e over-hastily, in the moment of exultation caused by the naval display of Cherbourg. The speeches of Messrs. Lindsay and Roebuck continue to excite attention in Paris, and to be the subject of comments of the press. The Debate has extracted a portion of Mr. Lindsay's speech almost without comment. The Pays has a long peevish art icle on the subject, intended, apparently, to be severe. The facetiousness of Mr. Roebuck gives dire offence to the Journal de l'Empire. Mr. Lindsay's expression that " he thought the Royal Albert would not be long in making short work of the Bretagne" is quoted as a naive grossierete. If the writer in the Pays understood the English language, he would, in the first place, have a decided advantage over torty nine out of fifty of his brother French journalists ; and, secondly, he would be aware that there is nothing grossier either in the fond or the forme of Mr. Lindsay's phrase, which is simply an expression of opinion, couched in familiar language, suited to the comprehension of a mechanics' institute meeting, that the Royal Albert, as an armed ship, would prove superior to the Bretagne and quickly over come her. The conferences for the organization of the Danu bian Principalities are at ens, and the plenipoten tiaries will meet but once more. The articles of the convention are not known, and may possibly not be published for some weeks. The following particu lars, however, are stated by the Times to be trust worthy : Each of the two provinces is to have its Chamber of Deputies, by whom the Hospodars will be elected : there is to be also a Senate, combined of Moldavians and Wallacha, which *ill sit at Fokschany, a town on the boundary line between the Principalities, which some proposed to make the capital, had they been amalgamated. A cert sin amount of territorial property confers the right of voting at the elections of deputies. I understand that the convention is so arranged as to leave a door open for the possible union of the Principalities at some future time. If the Moldo-Wallachs were one day so fortunate as to find them- selves under the rule of two able and patriotic Hospodars, they might effect for themselves, without the interference of Europe, the union they have so earnestly asked for. This ought to he encouragement for them, and stimulate them to reject foreign influence, and be scrupulous in the choice of their rulers. These particulars, although meagre, are not unimportant, and I hope to be shortly able to add others to them. The route of the Emperor will take him through the whole, or portions, of four of the five depart ments; the Leire•lnterieure is the exception. He remained two days at Brest after landing. It is an older port than Cherbcurg, but now inferior to it ; for some reason, probably its position, it was not favoured by Napoleon, who even extended his dislike to the inhabitants, and subjected them to some very harsh police regulations. From Brest the Emperor proceeded to Lander neau, Chateaulin, and Quimper, small towns on the route to LOrient, where he arrived on the 13th, and remained the following day. On Monday be stayed at St. Anne d'Auray and Vannes. From this point his route turned northward, through the centre of Brittany to Locmine, Loudeac, and St. Brieuc. On Wednesday he arrived at Linan ; the 19th and 20th were devoted to his reception and stay at Rennes. DENMARK. A private letter of the 11th from Copenhagen speaks more hopefully of the probability of an amicable and early settlement of the differences between Denmark and the Frankfort Diet. Not- withstanding the opposition of Hanover. it is consi dered in the Danish capital not unlikely that the Diet will accept the propositions made, and that all difficulties respecting the Duchies will at last be over come. A Privy Council has recently been held, the King presiding, in order to deliberate as to the con cessions that could with propriety be made for the satisfaction of the executive commission and of that of Holstein. The letter says that it was agreed to reply affirmatively to the questions comprised in the Propositions of the committees, in the event of those propositions, accepted by the Diet, being communi • cated to the Danish Government. The President of the Danish Council of Ministers, it is added, has been made acquainted with the propositions, and is satisfied with them. Should these statements be correct, it appears probable that all may be arranged, the more so as all parties are desirous of such arrangement with the exception of Hanover, and, it s t hought, also of Prussia, although the opposition INDIA AND CHINA. The following telegram from Mr. Acting Consul- General Green was received at the Foreign-office August 15 : MALTA. ACTING AGENT AND CONSUL•Gk:NERAL GREEN TO THE EARL OF MALMESBURY, LONDON. ALEXANDRIA, August 9, 1858. The steamer Madras arrived at Suez on instant dates Bombay, 19th July, six p.m. ; Aden, 31st July. The Gwalior army has been broken up, and gone into quarters. Sir H. Rose resumes command of the Poanals division of the force from Nusseerabad, and General Roberts reached Jeypore on the 2nd of July ; the enemy becoming alarmed halted, and withdrew to the southwards, General Roberts following in pursuit. Sir Robert Hamilton has reached Indore, as have nearly all the European troops despatched from Bombay and the Deccan in apprehension of an outbreak. Matters seem settling down in all parts of India, although there are twenty to thirty thousand rebels in the field. The rainy season has commenced favourably. GREEN. Malta, August 14, 5.25 p.m., 1858. MONTAGUE STOPFORD, Vice-Admiral. SUNDAY, 15th August, 1858, 11 a.m. The following telegram has been received at the East India-house : TO J. D. DICKINSON, ESQ., INDIA•IIOUSE, LONDON. FROM H. L. ANDERSON, ESQ., SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, BOMBAY 19TH JULY, 1858. Mr. Edmonstone's message has not yet reached Bombay. GwAmon.—The fugitive rebels from Gwalior had arrived in the neighbourhood of Palace I.?) on the 7th of July, and on the llth had occupied the town of Tonk. The Nawab holds the fort of Tonk. General Roberta was prepared to advance against the rebels on the 11th July. On the 9th July the Rajah of Shahgur surrendered himself. Brigadier Smith has been directed to return to Contah (?) with a part of his force, and hold that position. Sir Hugh Rose relinquished command of the Central India Field Force, and arrived at Mhow, en route for Poona, on the 13th July. Napier has been appointed by Sir Colin Campbell to succeed Sir Hugh Rose. Information just received states that the rebels fled pre• cipitately from Tonk on the approach of a flying detach• went thrown forward by General Roberts. The Bombay correspondent of the Times writes For the first time I think since the commencement of the insurrection a mail leaves Bombay without tidings of a single fresh engagement—if I except a little fight, of which 1 have this moment heard, as having taken place on the sth between Rattray's Sikhs and some of the Jugcles pore rabble, at a place called Kusma, near Sherghotty, with the usual result to the latter. Intelligence from. Oude comes down to the Bth of the month. At that date the troops at Lucknow and else where were busily employed hutting themselves for the rains, which had just set in. Part of Grant's column appears to have returned to the capital, but cover for 3000 men was being hastily thrown up at Nawabgunge, the scene of its recent victory. The effect of that well fought action has been to clear the whole country between Lucknow and the Gogra. The beaten rebels crossed the river, and proceeded probably northwards, to join the Begum at the fort of Bundee, now the gathering-place of the disaffected At this place are collected the Regum, her son, Birjiz Kudr, now self-styled Ikbal Shah, King of Oude, and Mucomoo Khan, the Begurn's paramour, con• stituted Prime Minister of the new Sovereign, with a string of high sounding titles. At other points to the north of Lucknow are Lukker Shah and Feroze Shah, fugitive Princes of Delhi, and a Moulvie recently elected to fill the place of our old enemy, who, as I mentioned in my last letter, was slain in attacking a village belonging to the Rajah of Powaeen. In some groves of trees near Mohumdee this new opponent was said to be encamped with 1,800 cavalry, 5,000 infantry, and three guns, breathing vengeance against the slayer of his predecessor. To the southwar:l of the capital lies Beni Madho Singh, as before at Poorwa, threatening the Cawnpore road at Oonao, which has been strengthened sufficiently to defy him. To the eastward, in his castle near Fyzabad, Shah gunge by name, Maun Singh is still besieged by Mehudie Hoosain, with a rabble of 15,000 men. Khan Bahadoor Khan, of Bareilly, the ruffian unpardoned and unpardon able, was, when last heard of, at Baraitch in a state of great destitution. At Lucknow the great uulitory works TURKEY. The English reports from Montenegro fully con firm the version given of the last conflict by the Turks and Austrians. It was not, as the French sources maintained, the Turks who passed the fron tier, but the mountaineers, who crossed the river to indulge in their favourite pastime of cutting off a few heads and noses, and the Turks contented them selves with driving them back across the river, with a few killed and wounded. The last news from Candla is of the 27th ult., and according to it there is every chance of order being soon restored. The rayah malcontents have all re turned to their homes, and their capitans renewed their assurances of loyalty. Mahmoud Enim Pacha was about to proceed to Candle to re-establish autho rity there. All the principal points in the interior have been occupied by regular troops, which will no doubt contribute to keep both parties from coming to blows. Thus, unless some grievous mistake occur, the whole of the unfortunate business may be said to be concluded, and no mistake is to be feared with the present commissioner, who, in spite of his age, is a man of energy, and thoroughly acquainted with the Cretans, whom he ruled for several years. Ahmed Pacha, his predecessor, has returned to Constantinople. His Majesty the Sultan has returned from his cruise in the Sea of Marmora. He never went beyond the powder-mills of St. Stefano, visited the house of the Armenian director, and dined there. The staff of engineers destined to lay down the telegraph wire to Asia Minor left on the 10th instant. The Turks behaved well in the matter, and gave all that was asked, so that there is every chance of the work proceeding rapidly. CANADA. - Mr. George Brown, according to the last arrival, had succeeded in forming a new Canadian Ministry, but both Houses of Parliament bad passed votes of want of confidence in it. The following telegrams from Toronto are published in the New York papers : TORONTO, August 2. At the reassembling of the two houses this afternoon, there was an immense rush for places to hear the official announcement of the new Ministry. fhe excitement out of doors was intense, and the Speaker had no aooner taken his seat than all the galleries were filled with anxious spectators. Some routine business having been disposed of, Mr. Patrick rose and stated that he had been instructed to an nounce to the house the names of the new Administration. They were as follows :—George Brown, Inspector General and Premier ; James Morris, Speaker of the Legislative Council; Michel Foley, ostmaster-General ; John S. WDonald, Attorney-General of Canada Nest; Oliver Mowatt, Provincial Secretary ; Dr. Connor, Solicitor- General of Lower Canada ; L. V. Drummond, Attorney- General of Canada East ; G. B. Dorion, Commissioner of Crown Lands ; M. Thibeandeau, Bureau of Agriculture ; M. Lemieux, Receiver-General ; M. Laberge, Solicitor- General of Canada East. The names of Messrs. Drummond, Dorion, and Thi beaudeau elicited loud laughter and exclamations from the supporters of the late Miuistry. Mr. Putrick said that be was not authorized to make any statement on that occasion of the views of the new Government in regard to the measures before the house, but that he hoped to do so to-morrow. On the motion the a new writ be issued far Montreal, vacated by Mr. Dorion's acceptance of office, Mr. Langevin moved that the resolution be amended by adding to it the following words That this house, while ordering the said writ, must at the same time state that the Administration, the formation of which has created this vacaucy, does not possess the confidence of this house and the country, The amendment gave rise to a vehement debate, in which Mr. Canchon, the Hon. Hamilton Merritt, Mr. Galt, Mr. Morin, Mr. Peche, and Mr. Natman took part The debate will probably last all night. In the Upper House the conduct of the members of the new Administration was violently assailed. In both houses it is believed that the majority against them will be large, although immense efforts are being made by them to win over supporters. The only alternative left will be a dissolution, and this the Governor-General is violently op posed to. You will see by the tone of the articles in the Globe of this morning that the new Administration are prepared to resort to extreme measures. TORONTO, August 3. Votes of want of confidence in the Brown-Dorion Ministry were passed last night in both houses by large I I I I