The Press. — London, England, 1853-09-10 00:00:00

NM SEPTEMBER 10, 1853. ITALY. Kossta affair, has been promoted to the rank of cap. tain, his t;twernment declaring themselves thoroughly tiatistied with his conduct. A great many natives of the Tyrol, who h ave b come converts to Protestantism &timid. have, on their return to their own country, peti Witted for the huh genat. The local authorities forwarded the petitions to the Government, which rejected them. The Emperor of Austria has nominated the Duke Maximilian of Bavaria. father of his future bride, colonel of an Austrian regiment. The Piedmontese journals state that Count pony, the Austrian Ambassador, bad just quitted Turin on unlimited leave of absence. Commercial men in Vienna are firmly of opinion that the GOVC.llllllent comemplates a new foreign loan. Public interest in Prussia is divided between the approaching military manouvres and the Kirehentag which will succeed them. The first will be attended by a great number of foreign officers, among whom will be his Itiyal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Lord HaMinge, Lord ltaglan, Colonel Bloomfield, and several other officers of the English army. The committee for arranging the Kirchentag find that their visitors will, in all probability, be so numerous that the 1,54)0 dialer; voted by the Berlin town coun cil will not suffice to cover all their expenses, and they have applied to the Cultus Ministerium for a grant of a similar sum. Many of the most talented preachers of Germany will officiate every day during the period of the Kirekentag, and the limit Chor will lend its aid in the celebration of Liturgische .4n dachten, or chorolturgicul services. The Prussian Government has admonished the Gazette de Foam for several articles exciting to hatred of Russia. . ...... The College of Rural i•:conoiu has made a favour able report of the harvest in Prussia. The deaths in Berlin in consequence of the lo•at have amounted to twenty in the day. The Aso lodation hokrale of Belgium is negotia Ling for the purchase of some extensive zinc-mines in Silesia. _ . . The Gazette of Camel affirms that 490ininereial negotiations; have been resumed between France and the Zollven.iii. The King of Naples has deter►uinedl to form a camp for mauu•uvres to last fifteen days, einatisenehig on Sept. 111. Twenty-two sentences of death inor been pro nounced in the Neapolitan Crim►nal Conti against absent persons. who are condemned hi ru►►tuuu►cia►w fi►r the part they took in the revolutions!) movement of May 15►, 1,41 m. An attempt has been made in Ravenna to assas sinate the Legate, but fin innately without success. The Comfaloniere of Forli has been threatened by the populace on account of the high price of bread. He has taken flight into Tuscany. The Venice official Gazette contradicts certain ru mours which have gone abroad respecting the har vest, and announces the atrial at Venice of so large •a quantity of corn that the authorities are at a loss where to stow it. Numerous arrests were effected in Bologna on the :10th ult. Among the persons were two advocates and one priest. SWITZERLAND. Some disturbaares took place on the eoru-uuu•ket of Vevey on the :10th ult. C•►ies were uttered against forestallers; and a baker, who was in the market, was and his lite might have been sacrificed but for the protection that was otfered him by some of the respeetalde inhabitants. SPAIN. The question as to the reception or non reception of Mr. Soule as envoy extraordinary of the United states has been much agitated in Madrid, the recent accounts of his proceedings in America having been lunch commented upon It is stated, however, that the Spanish Government will oppose no objection to his reception ; but sl ld any objectionable expres sion be contained in his address on presenting his credentials it would be instantly resented. The following is the circular of the Minister of the Interior, prohibiting the circulation of the l'iswg in Spain, which we annonneNl last week : "The enemies of the peace of Spain. not finding on our noble s oil 'lenient. dills mod to violate even day the laws of public decency. and to (offend what is venerated here as PM Itioje.l norshil., have sought in foreign lands pens willing 1./ lend them selves to their sorintinal For mone time past we lw , seen here with itiolignatiodl the ankles of an Engl►sh journal eadbtil the Times, the 0000le and shameful 01 jest of which appears to b. to wound and systematically outrage the objects which are dearest to Spaniards. Such a scandal cannot longer Ice toleratosb Public dignity reproves it; the monarchical sentiment of the country rejects It with horn or ; liberty even )0111141101 at it as a reptdalve spectacle which brands and compromises her noble cause. Ti' apply immediately a renietly to this e%ll. slid to apply it in a public and esdemu noimier, order to pro o‘ eat all times how strong in Spain is the sentiment of Identle.l national dignity, is Wit only to fulfil a high duty of government, but is to satisfy a ►great oriel nenen/Its aspiration. unload which respect for eon astute., authorities and the stability Mid repose of states wva►l.l he in vain &Mantle/I. For these motives, which I have had the honour to sulauit to the sovereign wisdom of her Majesty, the Queen (tied protect her!) has deigned to order that the circuiw tiou awl refsdit►g the tuglioll journal utilticd tilt rill“ shall THE PRESS: not ht ',ermine.' in Spam. in her adjacent islands or possessions, or to her colonial ...totes. This 1111.4111111. Shall is• equally extended to any other journal whatsoever, or to sun toreign I.llhije.ti wi t which shell ako have fwilctl in the cottothleratiott dir to the tito•t hlg o hipets %Ido l o ur nation, catholic )unl uonarhiewl poi fret etteratt4l for centuries. nom gratitude, flow instinct, and even front a chivalrous inspiration peculiar to the noble spant.it rare, antlaortkv of it. Slut Ihiefotiso, the . .::111 .trigto.t. 1'.,, i REECE. - • - • - A letter front .‘theils of the I,oth ttlt. gi‘e. lot lowing further ilartiettlars of the iktttietion of 'lllebes by au earthquake : " Ehnen persons liaise lost their hit', 111141 4•1011.4•11 iii a l .ee n taken front the rims badly too k.I. The wan wall composed partly of new solidly built, maul partl) of old ones e o n . atruetetl of wood tool bricks. The first hoe been entirely tle• otroyeth mini had not the inhabitants hurried Mt lly tlu' would Ili:VO liven 1)111'641 w the ruins; and the .4 . 1 . 14111 11114444 4 1 1 11011 , 0 4 &IV S./ .1111001141 oil to lie mitithabltible. The %hob. 1 ... 1 ,11. !Advil &r 1• I.ll.lllllpeal ill the open Aim. Thebes, where water Ma., formerly so a laintisat, has now „eareely 1111111114' 4111441 110,411 by the tallitig of the houses ham 'oleo% ens' the mirdens and %int•• yards that the fruit has lost all its Ili% our. The lOW 111441 4114•411. ellen 111(141111rd of this sad e% cut. 4111tellIlitls. HMI 41 41414111111 y of military tents, to the inhabitants. Not only Thebes, hut also Ilse neighbouring %illages H. far /144 11 . 1111C41.11Me• +.ll lllle i 1 atltt s treit I hat then' ATV NOVoll4'4'll 441 . tlleln Wlll4ll 441'44 411111441114444. 114114114041 V The 14.M11 441 C114114'1 , 4 1414.41 111444+ 11611 s o me house. 51'0 %,41 by this eitetloptake. For the best vigiltel . ll)eols shocks 1141%44144•4•11 111.41111'1111y felt at 'Theis'. and Atlirim mid 404141441,114k4444, ritnenil 1.111,004 hate been telt within the space of hull'- timid.% clay luotirs." Rl''SLl AND TURKEY. 'llle special messenger bearing the n o pitied note of the Porte left t7onstantinople on the '!t►th From thence to Vienna he would take seven days, and ennui not reach St. Petersburg before the :fist of August. The answer was not expected to arrive at Constantinople before the 14th or 15th of Sep tember. .. -.. The latest aceounts from Constantinoele, which come down to the 15th ult., are of a warlike nature. liostilies were eonsidered all but certain, as the Sul tan appeared determined Hot to yield taw iota of his late modifieations ; while the Czar, it was believed. would stubbornly refuse to give his assent to them. A Caitlin t Council was held on the Nth of August. HMI measures were canvassed for the defence of the country. In the meanwhile the warlike preparations of the Porte are continued with alacrity on every side. A battalion of Turkish riflemen, organised on the model of the Chasseurs de Vincennes. has left. for Varna by the Turkish steamer Fri:i Bahri. The trath.port (11 troilps to the frontiers Of N allachia yen tames. Arabs and kourils have tendered their sir vices to the Porte. They are binning troops of irre gular cavalry. The Werobrcr of Vienna publishes a letter from tionmtantitiople according to which the Turkish troops between the Itanulte and the Balkan amounted at that date to 100,000 men. When the redifx strived. it was expected that their number would be augmented to 150,1NN1. The head quarters of division!: are at Varna, Basarjik, Karam, Witidin, Sistow, ltustchuk, and Silistria. The troops are in echelon on two lines—one making lave to the 1 /atolls., the other resting on the Balkan. These dispositions are said to have been made by M. Mignon, a French officer, to whose orders Omer laths has been in striteted by the lfivan to conform. The army of Ana tolia is said to be 110,0011 strong. fitment! Sir Charles O'Donnell has returned to Constantinople from Shillala. Ito reports the state of the Turkish army as most flourishing. The Spanish General Prim and his aides-de-camp were to leave the capital for Shumla on the 27th Wt. • They proceed by land in order to visit the strong• holds on the Turkish side of the Balkan. The Sultan leas disposed /Or the jewels of his mother, the late widow of the Sultan Mammal, it is said, for the sum of twenty-seven millions of piastres, and many sacrifices have been made in the present emergency by the upper classes. The sums deposited as pious legacies and foundations have been turned hue the war treasury, to defray the unormitus expenses of the unity. In the principalities the twit liospodars are reported to have premised to support one another if, the c risis tout over, the Sultan should ant mpt to punish them for their conduct. In consequence of the obstruction of the Salina mouth, not less than UM vessels will be wanted l'or the transport of the enormous quantities of corn which hitherto have not been able to cress the bur. The American steant-taeht .Forth Star, 11 . 101 the proprietor, Mr. Vatiderbildt, on hflard, has arrived an the Bosphorus. The English anti French frigates in Besika tiny are already beginning to find Gleir iierhorttufe in many ways mel••sirable. Within the last week et twit a low MiSsilildle lever lets liniketi out atoning the crews. lit one line of-battle ship us many us ninety are reported on the sick list, some of whom lire severely ill, though the mortality is not great. The smallpox h as also appt arca m the French fit t t. The scarcity of ships continues, mid the fis.ights are falmli ins. _. _ . . • • - - - • Tlu• Emperor Nieholti..,ll%fitiu titii , l.ed the reflex•% at St. l'eter%burg, will %l►ortlV take hi, 44 parttire fur WHinoIW. . . tieneral de Prinikberg had just urriied in St. Pe• terbburg, inning been sunnnuned by the liovem- 489 mein. It is stated that lie is to take the command of the ustops which are intended to watch the Iron tiers of Russia (41%% &wit. China. The frigate Diana and the brig Pollux sailed front Cronstadt on the 22nd tilt. tea• canton. This r e in I , reeinent will ii re t e the I\ 11,01,11111 naval station in the t'l►inese seas to the vessels. An artily of 1000 MOH has been *tat during the summer at ir kutsk. the capitol of tho province of that mune in Siberia. anti the entrepot of Russian vommerce with China by Makltta. It is asserted that these troops are destined to observe th e & o at en , of t h e ( A a i n ' Empire, which are not defended in that neighbour hood. It is said that the chole'r'a is snaking great pl\►gress in Russia, especially in the southern provinces, where large lashes of troop,. are stationed. The disoew has made its appearance on taboos point s o f th e frontier of Fasten► Galicia. 14:tiontiona profit,. lun been made at thle‘ha upon eon,. Large quantities .till ECIII/1111 in till ANIERIc.‘. United states news to t h e *:7111 ult. hits been re eels eil by the iiumboldt atexluer, which reached t 'owes On 'Thursday . The pestilence continued In rage furiously at New I►rleatis...:97) deaths ISTlining in sue day. it hail broketi out at IWtilitocc, and aim mg th e l o wer low it. stn the Mississippi. At Natelte/, with a population of only 5,000, the deaths hail been up ultras of .11W from the yellow I'eser. The deaths in New York for the week ending thu .20111 ult. were Mil, of which upwinsls of 41M) we'', ettitscil b% tine estreme heat. The Ilan. Spellei., Of Mill'lllll4. has 'Will uplsoinled United Slllll.s envoy' to ( . 111151:intiiiitpli., rice Mr. Marsh. re ell. Mr. Sanders' el allllntvlell as 1.11111111111 its. been 11111,. 111, warded by do t s Ifowell /'ebb. lieorgi:i, is i ne ii tioucd its the new Jliiiisl,'l* 10 France. An extensive fire broke out in the Pearl street house, New York, on the %%bleb ilestisoyeil Y.:100,1XIII dollars' worth of tioperly. Iler Majesty's ate' • M .1%14111 • haul raptured the fishing schooner Met rliyht, but hail released her on pay Menu Of 1•11%1Y4 111111 it promise front the captain that lie would not fish within the British to A ''''oleiol'lol 44l in.-m*114 . 6 0 n of the misses in Not toway rouutc, Virginia, hail been iliseovered and suppressed. They intended murdering all the white inhabitants of the place. Californian dates to the tat of August had bet it received in New York. The mints were yielding as alitodantly les e%er, and the grain fields were never in a 111010 promising runditiou. one drawback to this prosperity is the disorganised state of society. The Sim Francisisi journals overflow with the details of mill'og44, robberies, horrible murders, and lynch• jugs. Jon lain. t he outlaw, had liven killed. Accounts have been received of immense injury to the coops in lilt' solltill•I'll 1411111 .4 , in el IIIISC(Inellee air the heavy entl4lll hits been very much damaged. The United slates Minister to Nlexicio is authii ri isl 10 Ml4Olllll O for li Masa) through 'Ninon' to bora Elgin lia% lerl Quebec fur Ilitliftt‘, eft route for Etighrid. The correspitidelice between Loot Jllll/1 BUNKO% uml 'Air. Crampton, rempeeting the tripartite treaty prop' .ed by 11.111J111 Will Frl4lllll for the protection of Cuba. ham excited great iiitcreat in America. Mr. Mar c% ha., it i. Mated . 11111i11111.11 I. .1411 iii that any 1 . 411111111 of European pow era by which the ititr• re•i of An u would he affected would mit be viewed Stith inilifference Ly the United State% I ;overn • men'. By ult.!, of re•ponse, I A rril Women, while admitting the right of the !Mittel. , to reject the propo•al, oli•ervem that " tireat Britain must at 1111114 resume her entire liberty, mind, upon any oceas . that may call for it, be free to act, either hingly or in mjusirtion with other powers, an to her may M. 43111 tit." THE TURKISH NOTES. 'rhe text of the " :tote" transmitted from Vienna to Constantinople and St. l'etetsburg, fur the sic oeptance of the Sultan anal the Emiwror of Russia, by way of terminating their i I M4'1144.4, aplN•arrd in last week's l'ist.:sas, together with the " modifications . ' which the Pattie hay required to ha made UI the draft. .'t new note hats now appeared, signed by lta schial l'ee's, as Foreign littister, explaining anal enfureiseg the motives whereon these moditica• than, were based. After regretting that a former • MOW. " trwismitted lung since from eastistatstitsople, hail not pro,litceal the satisfactory result expected fmast it, aii,l sichnowle.lging, with slue gratitude, the 11111%1 ant 1'1 1 0 1 ,1414a of the Four hovers, and their la cent ell'. ra • to bring the pending question to a 'latrine icutisination, the a% viler of this note proceeds to notice the Several changes which are required in their bile Hutt., and the reason for making them The first If the points %Ilia cause the Sublime Potts to hesitate is the Ivlhntiug paragraph ;--