The Press. — London, England, 1858-08-28 00:00:00

C- will s loes happen in a free country when the national feeling is bruught into play—popular passions no longer kn ew an y bounds, and the political situation i n to dominated by those passions. Thus, while we thought we had to complain of the disposition of our allies towards us , the English people, on its side, thinking itself deeply wounded by France, no longer o beyed any sentiment but that of its irritation. This 'saltation naturally provoked in France another quite as stormy, and which might have been dangerous hail not the Emperor's elevated reason and spirit of justice been there to appreciate the true cause of our neighbour's at• titude. But, gentlemen, whatever may have been those deplorable miatunlerstandinge, the recurrence of which it at least is easy now to prevent, they have changed nothing in the position of the two nations. What remains indis• rumble is, that the new instincts of England laid her as naturally to draw closer to France as they formerly did to keg) at a list from her; that oars ((Mow a like direc tion ; that, in spite of inisunderstanding and of little reciprocal umbrage, and in spite .if the intrigues of parties which make the most of them, the great Engtish public sincerely desires the friendship of the Emperor and of France; that, in short, there is really between cite two cuuntnes no interest, no serious question, in which the simplest good sense cannot put the two Governments in accordance; and that thus it depends only oil ourselves to maintain an alliance so advantageous to the two nations. It is said that the Turkish Government has com plained to the English Ambassador at Constantinople Mike bombardment of Jeddah at a moment when it VMS known that Ismail Pacha was on his way thither with full powers to punish the guilty. Also that the Divan has addressed a circular to the governors of all the provinces of the empire, desiring them to make known to the Maliamedans that the report spread of the approaching destruction of Mecca by the Western powers is totally unfounded. This inkehievous rumour has, it appears, obtained wide credence in the East, and, as may be supposed, tends greatly to keep alive the flame of fanaticism that has lately burst forth. I'llE PRESS, AUGUST 28, 1858. Moscow, the Empress goes back to St. Petersburg, and the Emperor proceeds to Warsaw, where he is expected about the 15th proximo. His route thence to St. Petersburg will be by Kowno and Wilna, and he is to he back thrre early in October. At Warsaw the final arrangements for the camp are being actively completed. It is said that the Prince of Prussia and other German princes are to be present at the reviews. At Wilna a large number of Lithu anian proprietors are expected to await the Emperor's passage, and to solicit the re establishment of the University at Willis, suppressed under the reign of Nicholas. Tee same letter supplt•-)s a statistical document in proof of the intellectual progress of Russia. It states that in 1857 1,425 original works and 201 translations were published in the empire. Compared with the population the number is not large, but it is more than thrice as great as it was a few years ago. The number of books lin vorted From abroad in 1857 was estimated, by the censor's returns, at 1,613,8(32 volumes, of which 3,547 were forbidden and re-exported. NAPLES. Madame Poggi, whose son has just been condemned to twenty-five years in irons in the Isle of Faviunana, and who for some months has displayed such a devoted maternal atl'ection, received an order from the police authorities last Saturday to quit the kingdom in eight days. She asked the reason, and received no other satisfaction than that it was by superior orders. Tajani, the advocate of Nicotera, is still "continato" to the little town of Vietri, and has given up his briefs to other advocates. Nicotera himself is detained in the prisons of the Vicaria at Naples, and is shut up in a dark room in which those condemned to death are placed when said to be put in Cappella. An incident has taken place during the last week which occasioned some sensation amongst the English ; the incident being no less than that Henry Knight, a groom in the service of the Duke of Mi randa, has had his arm and his head broken by some ruffians in the service of General Nunziante. The Nunziante family have lately built an enormous palace, and the general placed five of the convicts in his employ as a guard outside the palace to prevent any of the building materials from being carried off. Knight was passing there a few nights since, and, following a custom but too prevalent in Naples, was challenged by the convicts. As he did not move off they attacked him with cudgels, broke his arm and his head. They possibly, in the service of so great a man as Nunziante, thought they had done a great thing in not breaking both arms. Mr. Acting Consul Barbar, on hearing of the assault, immediately in sisted on the arrest of the men. The police hesitated. On Mr. Barbar's threatening, however, to apply to superior authority, and, that failing, to report the affair to his Government, the men were arrested. General Nunziante and the Duke of Miranda both made efforts to arrange the matter. At last the families of the men who were arrested entreated Knight to intercede in their behalf, and the prosecu tion was finally suspended, Mr. Barbar insisting on a written agreement that either Miranda or Nunziante would guarantee all the expenses, and his usual salary, if it turned out afterwards that the man could not resume his work. CANADA. The Ministerial crisis in Canada is at an end. The new Cabinet is constituted as follows :—The Hon. John Ross, President of the Council ; George E. Cartier, Attorney-General for Lower Canada; John A. Macdonald, Attorney• General fur Upper Canada; Sidney Smith, Postmaster-General ; Alexander T. Galt, Inspector General ; John Rose, Solicitor- General for Lower Canada; George Sherwood, Receiver-General; Charles Alleyn, Secretary of the Provinces ; Louis V. Sicotte, Commissioner of Public Works ; Philip M. Vankougbnet, Corn missiouer of Crown Lands ; N. T. Belleau, Speaker of the Legislative Council. THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. The Constitutionnel gives the following semi official account of the result of the Paris Conferences relative to the Danubian Principalities:— The Conference char;ed with the organization of the Principshties has finished its task after three months of labonuus sittings. But the result of its labours will, as hes beau announced, only be published when the ratifi cations have been exchanged. Meantime, we are enabled ti give a brief summary of the more important points of the new organization. The fundamental principle of the union, .s understood by France, has irlt prevailed. This is a result which might easily have been foreseen, as the views of the majority of the signing powers wen well known. Ifut if the Govern ment of the Emperor has not obtained what it desired, and •hat it still maintains to be the best basis fur the new state of things, that is to say a complete union, it never theless appears that what has been done is a step towards that union, and even that the new organization sanctions it and realizes it in many respects. The two Principalities, if we are well informed, will re ceive perfectly identical political institutions, and this identity prevails throughout. Thus, equality before the law, taxation, personal liberty, property, privileges of caste, admission M public employment, are identical in both Principalitles. A sort of Council of State, permanent and common to both Principalities, is invested with considerable powers, especially as regards the institution of laws. This council will be nominated by the Hospodars and Assemblies of the two Priticipalities. high court of justice and of appeal, the members of which will be appointed for life, will be instituted in com mon for both Principalities. As regards the elective assemblies, each Principality will hare its own, elected, not by universal suffrage, but ac cording to a fixed census. These assemblies will have an important part in the mechanism of the Government. For instance, they will elect the Hospodars, hitherto ap iminted by the I'orte. They wi:l be selected by the As sembly of each Principality, bound under certain condi iimm of candidateship dovermined by the Convention. The Sublime Porte will simply perform the act of investiture of the Huspodars. No let of the Hospodar will be valid unless counter signed by a Minister. The responsibility of the Ministers towards the Legis lative Chambers is clearly and severely defined, and these Chambers will possess a serious control. The question of the conies has also been considered. AUSTRIA. ----- The newborn Imperial Prince was baptized on :Monday, at the Chat ea u d u LuAeinbourg. The , nuee is christened Rodolphe Francis Charles Joseph. By an imperial decree the infant Prince is Ippointed proprietor and colonel of the 19th Rep sleet of Infantry. RUSSIA, Letters at Paris from St. Petersburg give some details concerning the journey of the Emperor Alexander. Accompanied by the Empress, he was to leave bib capital on the 22nd for Moscow, whence t hey are to proceed to Nishni Novogorod, where the great fair, which usually attracts more than 100,000 f er s° 46 ! is pow being held, 013, thOr return 14? CHINA. The following is a translation of a despatch which appears in the ltloniteur respecting the conclusion of a treaty with China : ST. PETERSBURG, Aug 20. TILE FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO THIS MINISTER OF FOREIGN A.7IfAIRS. A courier who left Tiensin on the 27th of June, over land, has brought the news to Prince Gortschakoff that a treaty has been concluded between China and Russia identical in its general bases with those concluded be tween China and the other powers. The ports are open, the free exercise of the Christian religion allowed, the establishment of consuls admitted, as also the sending (!'envoi) of diplomatic agents to Pekin if necessary (en eat de besoin). France and England ha, mo reover, obtained a con siderable pecuniary indemnity. ve Dula: OF MONTEBET LO, (Froash AT at St. Yetersburg.) Colittral. PENSION TO SIR J. LAWRENCE. ON Wednesday a special general Court of Proprie tors of the East India Company was held at the India•bouse, for the purpose of laying before them for their approbation a resolution passed unani mously by the Court of Directors, granting an annuity of 2,0001. to Sir John Mair Lawrence, Bart., G.C.8.; Sir Currie, chairman of the Court of Directors, presided. The CHAIRMAN having stated the object of the meeting,and the vote of directors, staling the grounds on which the annuity was granted, having been read, proceeded to move that a resolution in accordance therewith should bo agreed to. His acquaintance with Sir John Lawrence commenced in 1845, when he (the chairman) was Judge of the Sudder Court at Allahabad, and he had oppor tunities of knowing how fully he was acquainted with his duties, and how great were his intel ligence and the soundness of his views. He (the chairman) had the satisfaction of introducing Sir John Lawrence to Lord Hardinge. Occurrences took place which caused Sir Henry Lawrence (the brother of Sir John) to take the place of Major Broadfoot, who was killed at Ferozeshah. Shortly after that, the operations led the army across the Sutlej to Lahore, and it was necessary that an officer of experience and ability should be appointed com missioner of the Jullunder Doab, Lord Hardinge having decided on rocupying that territory after the battle of Sobraon. lie (the chairman) had no hesi tation in pointing out Sir John Lawrence as the best man. Mr. Thomason was reluctant to part with him. Lord ilardinge, however, was satisfied that he was the man, and required that he should be placed at his disposal. As soon as the cession of the terri tory was made, Sir John Lawrence was appointed commissioner of the Jullunder Doab, and remained there for a year during the occupation of Lahore by the British army in 1840. Sir Henry Lawrence having accepted the government of the Punjaub, and holding Lahore in the name of the British Go vernment, his health failed, and Sir John Lawrence was called in to assist his brother, and when the rebellion against the Sikh Government broke out in Cashmere, and the governor of that territory refused to make it over to the officer sent for that purpose, Sir Henry Lawrence went with an army to enforce that object, and Sir John Lawrence was left at La bore as the representative of the Government. It was while he was there that he discovered the treachery of the Rajah Lall Singh, and that he was acting in conjunction with the Governor of Cashmere. Sir John Lawrence gave information to the Government, cn which Lord Hardinge acted, and he (the chairman) was sent to Lahore to bring Lull Singh to trial with the other parties who resisted the treaty. Sir John Lawrence assisted him (the chairman) and Sir Henry Lawrence in the trial of Lall Singh, who was found guilty, and deported from the country. Sir John Lawrence gave his advice, when it was determined by the British Government to bold the Punjaub till the Maharajah Duleep Singh came of age, and Sir John Lawrence organized the settlement f the territory and con tinned to rule it amidst the blessings of the people, and the government of the Punjaub had been most successfully administered by him during its occupa tion by British power. Events followed which it was not necessary to detail, which ended in the annexa tion of the Punjaub as British territory, and Lord Dalhousie selected Sir John Lawrence, who was appointed with his brother and Mr. Mansell, as commissioners, to carry on the administration of British rule in the Punjaub. After some time Sir Henry Lawrence was removed to another territory, and Sir John Lawrence became chief commissioner of the Punjaub. How he conducted the affairs of that country—how he founded an administration which was eminently successful—all Europe knew, and its details were to be found in reports which were in the hands of the proprietors. He was carrying on this administration with success when the mutiny of the native army broke out at Meerut. What be did when the electric telegraph brought the intelligence to Lahore was as well known to the proprietors and the British public as to the Court of Directors. They had few official reports, and they were meagre as compared with the letters which had appeared in the newspapers. It was unnecessary to enter into a detail of what Sir John Lawrence's conduct in the Punjaub had been, but the success of the energetic measures he took were known to the proprietors and patent to all Europe, while Sir John Lawrence had been very properly designated " the Saviour of India." Nor did he (the chairman) think that too strong a term, for it was impossible to calculate the value to India of the peaceable stste of the Pu n j aub, which enabled Sir John Lawrence to pu t the whole force of that territory "at the d is p osal of the officers engaged in hostilities, and which bad led t 9 mph Suez essful operations all over 831