The Press. — London, England, 1855-09-15 00:00:00

SEPT. 15, 1855. don this long•coveted privilege ; and the concession at the present moment is indicative of anything rather than increase of Russian influence in Europe. It will certainly weaken the demand of Russia in the fourth proposition of Vienna for an almost exclusive protectorate of the Christians in Turkey, and will authorise the Latin Church to assume a position which has always been refused to it by Russia. M. T. A. iortign an (Colonial Nit Wynn. FRANCE. ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON. ANOTHER attempt was made on Saturday night to assassinate the Emperor of the French, but happily without success, nor were the circumstances under which it was made calculated to excite much alarm. On the previous day it was known that the Emperor had been pleased to command the representation of Maria Stuarda, at the Italiens, a play in which Signora Ristori has made herself very popular. The usual preparations were made to receive his Majesty, and it was supposed the Empress would come also, but such, however, was not the case. The imperial carriages approached the theatre of the Italian Opera about eight o'clock. There was no unusual crowd. The first carriage, containing the dames d'honneur of the Empress, had scarcely reached the grand entrance when two shots were fired, without effect, at the vehicle, from a person on the trottoir, only a few dozen paces off. The man was immedi ately seized. The ladies of the household descended, entered the theatre, and the Emperor's carriage im mediately drove up amid the deafening cheers of the crowd around. His Majesty, with his usual coolness, took his seat in the imperial box, and was again en thusiastically greeted. The play proceeded, and the imperial party listened to and admired the admirable acting of Ristori, as if nothing had occurred. On leaving the theatre his Majesty was again greeted all the way along the road with cries of " \rive l'Em pereur !" Meanwhile the news had been delicately commu nicated to the Empress, whose peculiar situation demanded the utmost caution. Her Majesty was much affected, but as the Emperor met her almost as soon as she knew of the event, all passed off well. The name of the assassin is Bellemare ; he is a native of Rouen, and his age is 22. In 1852, be was condemned to three years' imprisonment, as the author of a pamphlet entitled " Condemnation of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte." Having accomplished his period of detention in Belle Isle, he was liberated, having only left prison a few weeks since. His mind was supposed to be affected whilst in prison, and the register contains notes to that effect. He made no resistance when he was seized. Bellemare is a man of low stature, not very prepossessing in appearance, with light hair. On his person was found two small pocket pistols. He appears to have fired wide, for the carriage he aimed at was not hit, but one of the horses received a slight wound. After undergoing several examinations which eli cited no facts of importance, the culprit was pro nounced insane by a medical commission, and was accordingly sent to Blear° without trial. The news of the capture of Sebastopol has been hailed with rejoicings throughout France. In Paris on Tuesday all the. public buildings, including the Palais Royal and the Palace of the Tuileries, were illuminated, as well as several private houses. The Turkish Embassy was most brilliantly lighted up, and the guns of the Invalides fired salutes in honour of the important event. The Emperor on Thursday attended at noon in the Church of Notre Dame a " Te Deum," celebrated as an act of thanksgiving for the capture of Sebas topol. The Ministers, the Senators, the Legislative Corps, the high functionaries, &c., were also present. Gratuitous performances were given in the theatres of Paris, and at night the public buildings displayed brilliant illuminations. General Pelissier has been created a Marshal of the Empire. The soldiers of the army of the East of the class of 1417 are to be discharged immediately. A "Te Deum " is ordered to be celebrated in all the departments of the empire to-morrow (Sunday). The Moniteur announces that a treaty of friend ship and commerce was concluded at Teheran on the 12th of July last between the Minister of France and Mirza•Agha-Khan, First Minister of the Shah of Persia. The Shah, on the 14th, caused the rati fications of the treaty to be remitted to the Minister of France. Ahtl-el.iader has arrived in Paris. His health continues to improve. He brought with him some magnificent presents for the Empress and the ladies of the Court. The present, for the Empress consists of a pair of slippers, so richly set with precious stones as to be worth 20,000 piastres, and a rich carpet for THE PRESS. the side of a bed. The Princess Mathilde is to re ceive a complete coffee service in chased silver, in the fashion of Constantinople ; and on the salver the Emir has caused to be engraved some Arab verses complimentary to the Princess. A splendid em broidered napkin covers the salver, and it alone is worth 5,00() piasters. Accompanying the service is a quantity of Mocha coffee, and also a mill to grind it, so that the Princess will be able to drink coffee exactly as it is prepared in the seraglio. The other objects brought by the Emir consist of pipes, narguilhes, carpets, surfs, and other Oriental articles. The astonishing number of 122,216 persons visited the Paris Exhibition on Sunday last. Mr. 11. Fenton on Wednesday evening had an audience with the Emperor at St. Cloud, to exhibit 350 photographic views taken by him in the Crimea during the present year. His Majesty expressed his complete satisfaction, and commanded Mr. Fenton to prepare immediately a number of copies of the views. The work will be published under the pa tronage of the Emperor, of the Queen of England, and of Prince Albert, to whom the views were sub• witted at Osborne some days ago. GERMANY. Private letters from Berlin speak of the King's health as being seriously impaired. His breathing has become difficult. _ _ A letter from Munich states that King Maximilian had been attacked slightly with lever, which it was thought would prevent his Majesty from being present at the opening of the Chambers next week. DENMARK. A despatch from Copenhagen of Tuesday an nounces the adoption of the Constitution of the 29th August, by a large majority of the Landstbing. TURKEY. Riza Pacha has been named Ottoman Minister to the Greek Government. M. Musurus has been appointed to the rank of Turkish functionary of the first class. Omer Paella bad not quitted Constantinople on the 30th ult., transports being wanted to convey his troops to Asia. The Sultan has paid a visit to Sister Cellier, and left her a million of piastres for the sick. The telegraph between Shumla and the Turkish capital is finished, and despatches have been already sent. The intelligence from Trebizond, to the 24th, states that provisions and ammunition are beginning to get scarce at Kars. A Russian column had attacked Erzeroum by night, and was repulsed with a loss of 300 men and a general killed. The gar rison of this place, however, composed wholly of irregular troops, is in want of rein:orcements. RUSSIA. Letters from St. Petersburg, received in Hamburg on Wednesday, announce that numerous reinforce ments have been sent off to the Crimea. General Bihikoff has been removed from his post of Minister of the Interior. The correspondent of La Prease, writing from St. Petersburg, under date Sept. 1, says : On the receipt of Prince Gortschakoff's despatch announcing the failure at the Tscherneys, the Emperor Alexander immediately summoned a Council of War, com posed of all his most competent generals. The Emperor read the despatch to them, and a discussion took place as to the new plan of operations to be adopted in order to restore to the troops the moral courage which dna defeat had shaken. Thereupon the Emperor ordered an inquiry into the conduct of General Read. The Emperor, address• ing Prince Menschikoff. who, as well as General Denen berg, was present, inquired why it was that the system of attack had not been followed up when the enemy was suffering from disease, and had not those reinforcements which now enable them to fight with advantage. Prince Menschikoff immediately replied that they were forced to abandon the series of successive attacks, in consequence of the want of powder. Upon this the Emperor quickly turned round to Prince I)olgorouki, the Minister of War, and bitterly upbraided him for his inconceivable negli gence in not keeping the army well supplied with all the necessary munitions of war. Prince Dolgorouki gruffly answered that the assertion was false, and that there had never been any want of either provisions or munitions in the Crimea or elsewhere. Prince Menschikoff retorted that the Minister of War did not know what he was say ing; and that a person who had neither smelt nor burned powder was incompetent to give an opinion on that ques tion. If the Emperor had not dissolved the Council, by ordering General Aide-de-Camp Count Alexis Orloff to institute an inquiry, with the view of ascertaining the truth of the two statements, no one knows to what length the dispute might have gone. The writer adds: — The continuance of the war will destroy the military reputation of Prince Gortschakoff, as it has already done with regard to Prince Paskiewitch, Prince Menschikoff, General Denenberg, and many others. General Pe rowski, known for his unfortunate expedition to Khiva. and whose brother is Minister of the Apanages, is already spoken of as his successor. Russia has been aq unfortunate in her diplomatic as in her military acts. The recent circular of Count Nessel reds remains without effezt. It was hoped, through the interveution of Austria, to open up new ground for *ego. 877 tiations with the Western Powers, but the attempt has not succeeded, and the Court of Vienna has declined to inter. fere. However, Russia is dissatisfied with the timid and almost clandestine policy of the Cabinet of Berlin. SPAIN. The Court on the oth inst. was about to return to Madrid, when the Queen would make known her full approval of the regulations of the palace. The floating debt was increased during the month of August by 1,000,000 reals, and amounted up to the Ist oft September to 606,043,333 real*. According to the Gazette, the forced loan will be made up by voluntary subscriptions. Not less than 450,213 domains were sold on the 11th ; the upset price was 3,500,000 reals, and the purchasing price 7,000,000. An unfortunate affair has taken place at Malaga. Four sailors, belonging to an English vessel, gum relied, while in a state of drunkenness, with some of the inhabitants. Two of them were killed and one wounded. Two or three of the assassins have been arrested, and will be severely punished. UNITED STATES. The American steamship North Star, Captain Wamack, belonging to the Vanderbelt line of packets, arrived off Cowes, en route to Havre, on Wednesday, with New York dates to the Ist inst. A terrible railway accident occurred between New York and Philadelphia on the 29th ultimo, by which twenty-one persons were killed, and about seventy were seriously wounded. The accident was caused as follows :—Two trains sighted each other upon a single line of rails, but, in time to reverse the engines so as to prevent running into each other ; a waggon, drawn by two horses, happened to come in contact with one of the trains while backing, and broke through the carriages of the line. The screams of the wounded were horrible. Yellow fever still prevailed at Norfolk and Ports mouth ; the deaths at New Orleans averaged four. teen per day. A letter from Brownsville states that San Louis had pronounced against the Government, and that 1,500 men were to march on idatainoras on the :20th ultimo. News from Fort Pierce report the troops healthy and the Indians quite quiet. The submarine cable for connecting Newfoundland and Nova Scotia had been lost. WEST INDIES. In an article on the prospects of the sugar cultiva tion of the island, which the writer looks upon as hopeless, the Jamaica Morning Journal thus ex plains the great want of the colony : One thing is certain, however, that whether or not sugar cultivation in Jamaica ever experiences a revival, or whether it becomes extinct, the time has arrived when, if it is desired that the island shall enjoy even a moderate share of prosperity, united and well-directed efforts must be made for the development of our innumerable re sources. It is as clear as the sun at noon-day, that if we obstinately determine to stand or fall by the cultivation of sugar alone, our destruction is inevitable, and not far dis tant. Equally self-evident is it that if we would be saved, we must put forth our hands and help ourselves. The cry which has been raised of our innate helplessness, and of the absolute necessity of Imperial aid, is a notion fraught with incalculable danger, and, if persisted in, to the exclusion of all efforts to achieve our own salvation, must result in sinking the island below the contempt of other countries, naturally far inferior to this fine island. We are really ashamed of the lachrymose manlier in which certain big children amongst us are continually crying to " Manaus" fur a piece of bread and butter, as their whinings about the obligation of the British Government to assist them may he termed. We hope these continual cumplainings are not taken in England as the reflex of public opinion in this island, or we would have cause to blush for the estimation in which the manhood of the island must be held there. We have said it is absolutely necessary for attention to be paid to the development of the ether resources of the island, besides sugar and rum. We need not particularise, in this article, for our brother journalists and ourselves have done so so frequently that our readers must be as familiar as ourselves with the immense number of articles which might be prepared amongst us, not only for home con 'gumption, hat for exportation, instead of our being de pendent, as we are at present, on foreign countries for such articles as maize, corn, meal, rice, peas of various sorts, cocoanut oil, and other articles of food, fie., besides everything necessary and ornamental in the way of clothing. We require in the island a race of small farmers, constituting a stout yeomanry. We have as what cannot be denied, that the island is thinly inhabited ; we would be glad to see every valley and hillside studded with farmsteads ; and we would welcome among us as many honest, industrious immigrants as we could obtain of the same description as are constantly pouring into Canada, the United States, and Australia, as permanent settlers. lf, however, we cannot get such peo ple, we ought to employ the bone and sinew we have among us for so desirable a purpose. Thinly peopled as Jamaica is, it is, on the whole, more densely stocked with inhabitants than the United States, which have increased front a small laegitiniug into a mighty nation, in less than a century. Would that oar own people could be induced to follow the example of the Americans, and that those who cannot find employment in the towns would seek a home in the woods. We say esspbaneally—ths is the future hope of Jamaica.