The Press. — London, England, 1853-10-22 00:00:00

Ocrostu Q 2, 1853. At Mons the garrison has been increased to about MOW men, and every railway train that enters the fortress is subjected to all the precautions used i n time of war. These dispositions are said to be occa• sioned by the strong military force concentrated at Valenciennes, and in other French places near the Belgian frontier. At the same time the works of fortifications are pursued actively ia the ritinity of Antwerp, mad will otter to builder+ a curious specimen of military architecture. The works at the F►4e tie Flantire, the Surrey side of Antwerp, are to be erected on pokke ground, i.e.,on a former bog. Some of then► had already been overturned. They are to be rebuilt on an artificial foundation of earth, to a depth of about eight metres. The mitres of officers have been rapidly increased, and the army will, in a very short time, be brought to the eil'ective►f itatosstmen, fixed by the organic law recently passed. The fracas about the Papal aggression is termi nated in Holland. The new Catholic prelates have been recognised by the twermuent—on the condition, however, that their patronymic names will always ac• company their territorial titles. The seat of the archbishopric of Utrecht is also to remain at Bois-le- Due, for the purpose of ay.►iding all possible collision with the Catholic „ansenist archbishop residing in that city. The Rom, a Catholic relates are to enjoy the same revenue, and for their official correspon dence the same exemption of postal duties anti other privileges conceded to the other religious creeds, and they have already divided their districts into deaneries and other ecclesiastical divisions. FRANCE. Thursday's Maniteur contains a decree granting an extram inary credit of 5,00,00 of. to the Minister of the Marine. The Ministerial report on which this decree is founded states that France has at present two squadrons of forty s hips-of-the-line, with a pro port' to increase in the number of steam-frigates and corvettes. There is in the French navy a steam line-of-battle-ship, the Napoleon ; four with a uxiliar y power, completed; while nine others are being fitted for steam, and will be ready for sea within the next two months. iix new steam-vessels, after the model of the Napoleon, are on the stocks, and will be launched about the end of 1854. The total of the French navy amounts to lfil vessels, manned by 3:1,625 sailors, gunners, and marines. The Emperor has given 1,0 00f. towards the erection of a monument to the memory of Marshal Gerard. Thu Tom'annals states that all the steam frigates laid up in ordinary have been examined by the naval surveyors. The instructions for this proceeding were sent from Paris by telegraph, and the object was to ascertain whether those vessels are in a fit state to be armed and sent out to sea. Orders have been given for the immediate nrma inent of the frigates Le Vauban, Descartes, Axmodie, Cacique, Montezuma, and Panama. It is stated that an intimation has been made by the Minister of the Interior to the semi-official journals that they are henceforth at liberty to discuss the Eastern question as freely as they may think proper. Iskender lley, the favourite aide de-camp of Omer Paella, has arrived in France. lie is charged with a special mission for the Cabinets of Paris and London. Young Prince Lucien Murat, who has served in the last two expeditions in Algeria, in the quality of private soldier, has just entered the Regiment of the Collides as sub-lieutenant. The Minister of War, having been informed that a number of (iceman families have recently gone into Algiers, without having the pecuniary resources re quired to obtain a concession of land, has ordered that henceforth emigrants applying for a gratuitous passage to the colony shall be obliged to prove that they actually possess e,ooof. if they want to obtain a concession of land, -100 f. if they be workmen with families, and 100 f. if unmarried workmen. The military school at Saint Cyr, which has hitherto received pupils for the infantry service only, is in future to receive pupils for the cavalry, and the number is to he increased to 600. The total of the importation of corn, &c., into France amounts to :1010,(N0 hectolitres. The Monilear of the 15th publishes, according to custom, its report of the taxes and indirect revenue for the three months just concluded, and a com parison between this and the corresponding quarter of last year:— " The month of September, Iht - 1:1, has produced nearly 7,110U.001) more than the same month in 15.52. The third quarter of 1st:1:1 is 17.000,000 stove that of 1$41; a al the Dille first months of this year have exeeeded those or last year by no less a sum than 39,:awrono. This wovement is MO progres‘ive that it is impossible to attri bute it to any other cause than a general advance in the national prosperity: anti this view is confirmed esiwcially by the return of the indirect taxes. Ernie 1P4:11 to the aunnal excess under this laud was stationary at 1!t,( 0110 . 1 RCCOUIIt ell for by the regular increase of the p Tulation ; but in loce2 it was 64t,ittin,Ittitt, as compared with : and now the three first quarters of 1545:1 exceed the same 1 eriud of MI by about 10,0n0,00n. The forward movement it nvt confined to one or two branches THE PRESS. of the indirect revetitte—it fierratles all. tht registration there are IsPttit,tittil; .nt tolitieett, tValtioloo; pu potabi t . ligntir% 11 . 140 4 . 1410 tat sugar and salt, melt 1.,N 1 0. 01111 ; tilt the l'ost•offiee, 2,040,1 1 4 0 1 1 ; anit tin Maim's, 1,400,00 n, PEN M ARK. The Volk thing, ea tho WA" formai %melt into $ committee, composed of the w h o le o f it s mem . bccs, for the examination Of the new constitutional project f r the kingdom of Penmark. lt. 'Welded 1111 l sifter a short diseuss . ,to reject, the project of the Government, and to take for the base of its &liberal' s the fundamental law of the rah of June, ISLIP. There will he three discussions. GER:MANY. Baron von ltailberg, the Russian Minister at Berlin, returned from seeompanying the Emperor of Russia to the frontier on the Ntha and hail a long interview with Baron von Nl t hitetort.i. t t h e sc a m' day a Council of Ministers was held for the first time after an interval of many days. From articles of a semi official character in the Zeit and eorrespoodenz it would appear that the cotime athoht to be adopted by Prussia in relat• to the Turkish afloat is changing front a passive neu trality to an active mediation. Prussia and Austria have sent orders to such of their subjects as are in the Turkish service to return home immediatel. Saturday, ling the King of Prussia's birthday, all the generals in Berlin proceeded to Potsdam at eight o'cloek in the morning, to pay their respects to his Majesty. At ten o'clock all the Ministers offered their congratulations in corpore. In the Academy of Arts the usual festal speeches were delivered, inter spersed with musical performances. Berlin was generally illuminated at night, and in many private as well as (Mead circles the anniversary was marked this year with more than usual heartiness. The reduction in the Austrian army, according to the Lloyd of Vienna, will amount to fiwysiti men. This measure will procure to the treasury a saving of 15,11410,001) florins& year, with t calculating the eco nomy which will arise from the diminution of the number of horses. There is now stated to be no truth in the report Of a new loan having been negotiated by Austria with the :Messrs. notlisehild. SW FEZ E IILAN D. The Federal Government has resolved to support Ticino in its resistance to Austria, and will giant subsidies for the e►nploytuent of the populat• thrown out of work by the Austrian blockade in the construction of roads. ITALY. The Duke (le Nemours and the Princess of Saxe Coburg have arrived at Turin, muter the itirognitow of Count d'Embleur and Baroness of Ernethal. The anniversary of the burial of King Charles Albert wax celebrated on the 14th in the Cathedral of Turin. A young nobleman, named Count Salis, and several other persons have been arrested in the province of Valtellini, and brought. under escort to Milan, where they have been lodged in the castle. Corn riots broke out on the 154th at Turin, but were Noon suppressed. 'Tie ringleaders were taken into custody. The Italian journals of the 11th instant speak of ravages caused by the extraordinary rains. A dili gence going front Nice was overwhelmed in a imm , twin torrent, anti two Swi , o , s ladies and a child troweled. SPAIN. There seems now some prospect of arranging sa tisfactorily the Spanish cenit Wry question. The Paris con es's indent of the Times says :—" My private letters from Madrid are of the 19th, and they speak encou ragingly of the probability of bringing the burial ground Ipiestion to a prompt and satisfacuiry fall elusion. It is now in the halals of the Ministt rof Grace and Justice, who, see far as the word of the Spanish minister is worth anything, has promised to settle it in the manner mentioned ; nt least, iny let ters say that he pledged himself to that ettect on the 11th to Our Charge d'Afliiires, Mr. Otwny." The increase in the price of many articles of first necessity—as bread, olive oil, charcoal, soap, and ethers o f interior importance—ham begun to excite Rome sensation; and it is Seared they will he still higher before long. Bread has risen from twenty to twenty-four cuartos the two-pound loaf, and the rise in other articles is proportionate. _ _ _ . - It is stated that the materials required for the line of electric telegraph from Madrid to Iron, by Sara gossa, have been already purchased ; and under the active superintendence of the director, ltrigadier Motile, it is expected that the line will soon be 1,11)111.11A into operation. An agricultural association was recently formed in Madrid for the pnioNe of promoting the cultiva tion 14 cochineal within the Peninsula ; and it ap pears that the first experiment, which has been made at Mgoiram, batt turned out very buceetsbful. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. MANIFESTO OF THE sUNLINIE I`OIITE. Coml.:m.oßANrot•st.v with the formal declaration of war, the Porte has issued the following inanifemto, in explanation and justification of that prtweetling " la the reseal state of t.iretinitatenees, it would be su perfluous to take up from its %cry comment.ement the ex planation of the ilitli.rence• which lime arisen isetwet.it the Stills' • Porte and lillelsill.WlVlllll' Nlll'll4 11161 the 111'11111 albs , 11h111.54` phases which this difference has gone through, ur to reproduce the opinions and judintienta of the tioveru of his Majesty the Sultan, which have been made public loy the &dicta! &aliments 'Mt 'gated Rum time to • " In spite of the desire lust 1.. r e yt s t e th e urgen t re . gimins which tit•tt.r 11l i l teal Ihr motlitteatiotts h i s t h e s u b. lime Porte into the 'heti of the note prevailed at Vit.ime (motive.* exposed pre% lowly in NI WOW elulilimmory of the Moillll6'lll6sllN I, )el new s.ohcitat • s liai nu( lawn made for the adoption, pure and simple, of the said note, in cons... littence of the itteinstelhealtan of !tussle :it th em - mem , mei n, fictitious, the I Monist% t toit . nittit . iit, Muting itself at win , seat tsanis • lli • il and forced to undertake war, thinks it a duty to gne Nu exivosit 1111 l of tbe isui s •rj u us s n ,,,,„,„„ tsar that. imptaiatit th.tenittlitition, as well ms f er which hon., obliged it not 111 regulate this t• • its conduct sieesie dis iit in the 4'l ttttt 144 . 144 14f the gust isowena its allies, mill gis it has never 1 5 1 . 111 5 5441 141 111 5 1111 • 1'illir the 1 1 11111/ 1 11'llt 1111tIllC Of their suggestions. " The principal points lot whieli the tioveninieht o f his Majesty the Sultan desires t 0 promintaite arc these : Th a t fr o m the %.,1) . Is•g• • g Isis 14511111111 111111 furnished 110 11114 he 11t . tittanal ; and that, animated with the desire of ton•seri Mg peace, he has styled with remarkable spirit of moderation awl coneiliation from the iv. . ti e etli est sot the different's.% unto the present lime. It iN easy to rior these tints to all who 111 1 1114 wander than the path ter p jus tice /11141 1 . 4% en supposing that 11ussia hoed a subject ufeoulplmint in 11'11111011 to the Illstly Places, she ought tat Wait 4fig al low scribed her actions and solit•itatisalas within the limits of this 11111' , 1 ilOl 1411 011', anti ought 111.1 to lime laisrd pretens P 41004 which the Illlieettl 111( 114 . 1' e4111014116111t14 4.0181.1 Mot Milo Nil'. She ought not, moreover, to have taken measure* of ttt )4114 . 11 NV 151'1111illg 111'1' trO4slls to the hymnists, 11114 making naval preparations et Sebastopol, on the Nllll - 14 a lete•st• which :night have Imam Nettled antirsloly Ilene...tit tin• two powers. Ittit it is 11 . % dill. whit luta taken place is totally contrary to a ll intention of mmuujoilluls siltll'llll . lll. " sat the Holy Places hail been settled to that saitisfili.ll.so of sill on-ties, Nnd the 1 5151 eminent of his Mio jesty the Stilton hail testified faitottralolie dispositions on Ilio subject of the guarantees &Initialed. lit short, ninon* heal 110 111114er any g " Is it not seeking at pretext for quarrel, IN.'', to insist as Russia has 4011 e 11114511 1114 . 1111.45ti01i sit isrjvilegu•mi of the I roc 4 'March granted lay the t mou t on (how .111 privileges which thi • Bove . sll In lieu's its I , its aussi its teetiereign power 11111 5 tut tt i t ig, 141111 OW the subject of which it elm inithoo.r admit the interferenet , nor the stirivillattee of any bourn sit ? Is it not Russia which hat; occupied with cionaide.ndele forces!, the la ineipalities sof 'AI ohlte%iat mill Wallachia, dee elating nt the sumo 4 ' • that till 141 . asst ille1 • 11 /51 14 servo as 1l guarantee until she had obtained a haul Nile desired ? I Ilia that this set liven eonsisicrivl justly by ti n ' Sablime Porte/iv a violation of trent it'll, 111111 Irollsulills•Stly muss cams ben 7 Hsu • the other lamely thenoteliES lawn aide to issue to any other &cis' ? Who, then, will thoulot that Russia 111154 111'441 the.. aggresmor ? 'mild the Sublime Porte, which luta al ways observed Nil her treaties with V known to All, by infringing them in any way .141 moone than determine. Russia to a proreeiling so violent us tlist 41( lii•rs4 . ll * fringing all thalis' treaties! Again, ban dirty arinvii, eon• trary to thy promise exp li c itl ygii en in the tienty of hails. tly 4 lti. such Its. is ill the Ottoman entioin. as the elesinolittion a 4 111'61600 111111.4'heS, 0105ta4.1414 t 011515141 111 the exercise of tit.. I •Itristints religion" " The 111tomen &Nit big to entyr into 11144 Illllg 1111011.4 011 them. iitat 'loni a / 4 1155 t that the high powers, its allies, will judge with 'alkyl U•utli end illeltie4 l 011 the /41111 . 110'11t j ust 1'%1011111 . 11. " Ass tla the 114111114hoptil 01 Or thl . Nllllll4l 11141 5 in it% 15111 f 1 anal simple florin Ica the Sul& • hone, it is to lee trimarkill that this project, although not in every point conformed ter the note of Prince klentschikofr, m i d while ei s i tsining, it is true, in its esompeosition, 1.1/1111' /if the peragraphs of the abaft note of the `uhf ' Porte, is not 1111 a whole, whether in letter or spirit, essentially faint that of Prince Nientsellikott " The asstirstitees recently given ley the repreteentatives of the grout INsWi•IN respecting the apprehended danger from 11111 trail h o te l -10.11'lj11lim of the 411 iart ttisl6. i re as huu.w pnsof of thie kind int i•lit is ails of Own• liverespel la•vunitiwillm tl/Wlll4lll the 1411101i111 1. P4llll'. They have 1401. 00111 1. 11tly 1010 111 . 1•41 0 lively plativfactison on the part of ti n t I ii•Vi•l' sat his Nlajesty the Suiten. It must Im• re• matt keel. hem...NIT, that while Wl' 1111%1' still IN•11041. Our e„. , 4 It suits' Of Mignon!' priiiirgem raised by Russia, 11 111E11 P1i . 1 . 11 1551/11'0 . itsllllllll s s 401 n 1111111.21111111 140 ileter awl ••••1011.4.is1• the ft . ..My IS Ks i ulu dji : w l s i r h wishes to inns It in n dipintnntis. sits• lit the parat,arapit concerning the net i% the Emenor of Holstein hat the maintenance 111 the 4 , 1014 . 41 of tbs . Muh l ' • l ' strb • sit ieliginas • * ties anal private gem width were granted I,erlowi.) to the terve k rite by the Ottoman Einin • turs before Vassis or, 10001 011 1111 1 . 11115i1V, 141 11 . 11V1• ill a 'lark 111111 ihoulot fail state. the absence of all relations 101 l Wl'ell tholo• lot ivilusgeN the treaty sat Ksatss'huk Kai ttttt 11.0, to estniti4oy in favotir of 11 gnat avant llllll tity oI subjects 4.1 the Sublime Plsole pn,flitiaig the I creek exptessions whirl' might make allusion to treaties ronelneksal with Ft sure and Austria relative tat the French ow l L a tin relit( —litiv would be to incur the risk of placing in the hand of Russia %ague and °lona*. paragraphs, *owe of which on: contrary to the reality of L