The Press. — London, England, 1855-04-07 00:00:00

APRIL 7, 1855. c lortign ad' 6oloitial 3nttiligente. FRANCE. M. Drouyn de Lhuys left Paris on Monday morn ing for Vienna. M. Thouvenel has been intrusted with the Foreign-office department during the absence of the Minister. The French Legislative Body have it in contem plation to impose a duty on dogs. A committee has already reported in its favour. The new bill to establish a tax on horses and carriages in Paris will, it is estimated, produce an annual revenue of 620,000 f. The tax is to be 60f. for a carriage and two horses, 40f. for a carriage and one horse, and 30f. for a riding horse. The French Government have formally complained to the King of the Belgians of a calumnious pamphlet, published at Brussels, respecting the Crimean expe dition. The subject was at once referred to the judicial authority. GERMANY. The Conferences closed for a week on Monday last, when the discussion of the third point was still unfinished. It is said that the allies proposed to ex clude all ships of war indifferently—those of Russia inclusive—from the Black Sea. The next meeting of the plenipotentiaries stood adjourned to the 10th inst. Lord John Russell and M. Drouyn de Lhuys have declined the King of Prussia's invitation to Berlin. Several usually well-informed German journals, quoted in Thursday's Constitution/id, speak of the ap proaching accession of Prussia to a friendly co ope ration with the Western powers, and of the proba bility of Prussia taking part in the Vienna Con ferences before their conclusion. It is rumoured that an ultimatum has been agreed to at London, with the object of putting Prussia in a position to declare definitively its intentions. General Wedel left Berlin on Wednesday toreturn to Paris. The Empress-Mother of Russia will visit Berlin in June. Prince Charles of Prussia has lett St. Petersburg for Moscow. The death of the Princess Charlotte of Meiningen, eldest daughter of Prince Albert of Prussia, took place immediately after her accouchement. She was born on the 21st June, 1831, and married Prince George of Saxe Meiningen in May, 1850. '1 he deceased princess has bad three children, the second of which, a prince, died a few days ago. It is supposed in political circles at Vienna that the mission of Field-Marshal Degenfold to London re lates to a loan of sixty millions of florins, which the new Finance Minister, Baron de Bruck, has, it is said, proposed to contract abroad. The Weser Gazette, in mentioning the subject, states that to this sum will be added another of twenty millions, to be employed in withdrawing from circulation the paper-money issued by the Bank. ITALY. Acoounts from Genoa state that the staff of the Sardinian contingent had embarked for Constanti. nople. General de la Marmora is appointed Commander in-Chief of the Sardinian expeditionary corps. Gene• ral Durand° is to be Minister at War. A letter from Naples bays, " I am glad to confirm the report which I sent you some time since, that l'oerio was better treated. Greater lenity is shown to him; he has better food, and is permitted to have books and writing materials." SPAIN. A Madrid despatch of Tuesday states that the Mi nistry had introduced a bill authorising burial grounds for dissenters from the national creed. On Thursday it was reported in a subsequent despatch that the Spanish Government had demanded tho re cal of Lord Howden. The Conatitutionnel publishes a mission from Madrid of the 3rd inst., which says— Lord Howden has addressed to the newspapers a com munication contradicting the Ministerial account of the measures taken against the Protestants of Seville. The Spanish Government has addressed a remonstrance to the English Government on the subject. The Duke de Valencia (Narvaez) bas authorised his friends in Madrid to announce, in his name, that he is firmly determined not in any way to embarrass the Government. TURKEY. Constantinople letters of the 29th ult. have been received. A slight shock of earthquake had been experienced in that city on the 22nd. The Sultan has contributed 300,000 piastres to the relief of the town of Broussa. _ The Porte has ordered a levy of troops in Syria. All the allied vessels lying at anchor in the Bos phorus were ordered on the 20th to leave imme diately for the Crimea. The works for the establishment of the camp for 40,000 men as a corps of reserve, which had been marked out near the Turkish capital, were being carried out rapidly. The Piedmontese troops, as well as two new French regiments of African Chas seurs, which were expected from Algiers, would, it is said, form part of this camp. Preparations on the THE PRESS. most extensive and brilliant scale continued to be made at Constantinople for the reception of the Em peror and Empress of the French, and it is said that in the event of his Alikjesty going to the East, the Sultan will proceed with him to the Crimea. RUSSIA. A ukase of the Emperor Alexander, just pub lished, grants fresh privileges to the tradesmen and manufacturers established at Sebastopol, Eupatoria, and Yalta. It permits them to exercise their callings in all the other towns of the Crimea, and releases them from the payment of certain corporatioa dues during the continuance of the war. The Berlin National reports from Finland that the harbours of Abo, llelsingfors, and all the hex. bours from Wyburg to Tomes, are being stopped up so as to thoroughly obstruct the navigation. The death of Prince Menschikoff, which has been asserted, denied, and reasserted, is now confirmed. His decease took place at Perekop on the 17th of March, arising from mortification in one of his legs caused by a wound of long standing. The Patrie contains a letter from St. Petersburg, dated March 18. The writer says, it is remarkable how liberal the Government is just now about news papers. The Charivari, Punch, and all the London and Paris papers, are distributed, and may be seen in the cafes of St. Petersburg. The language of the European press towards Russia, it was supposed, would create an increased hatred among the Musco vites towards France and England. The nobles, according to this writer, are animated with much devotion towards the new Emperor. They are making, however, immense sacrifices of men and money. Prince Cheremelieff is reported to have given 2,750,000 f., and 20,000 serfs, provided with clothing, to the State. They are to be conveyed to the Danube also at the expense of the Prince. Another noble, Prince Yousoupoff, has given thou sands of roubles and men. I)emidoff and Yakowoloff have also contributed very largely towards carrying on the war. The whole military internal force had left for different points of frontier defence. Fortifi cations of every sort have been erected about St. Petersburg and Cronstadt. A telegraph is in course of construction between St. Petersburg, Riga, and Abo. The war has taken quite a religious character, and no occasion is lost to address the serfs, with a view of exciting Church enthusiasm anti hatred. The Government does not any longer pay the soldiers or the sailors. The whole resources of the country are consumed in finding arms, powder, black bread, and spirits. In another year, if things go on in this way, Russia will be ruined in a financial point of view. UNITED STATES. The latest mails from the States bring little news of interest. For the expedition to search for Kane, the Secre tary of the Navy has purchased, at 50,00 X) dols., the steam-propeller City of Boston. The new light ship at Philadelphia will go on the expedition as soon as refitted—probably the Ist of June. California news of much importance has been re ceived in New York. A commercial panic had oc• curred in San Francisco. Page, Bacon and Co., Adams and Co., Wells, Fargo, and Co., Robinson and Co., and the Miners' Bank of San Francisco have all suspended. Business of all kinds was com pletely dead. During the panic the excitement was intense, and a rush was made upon every banking house in San Francisco. The other bankers were able to sustain themselves, and the panic was sub siding. There are rumours of heavy failures among the merchants. Owing to the scarcity of water but little gold has been taken from the mines since the last steamer. WEST INDIES. The West India mail has arrived, with dates from Jamaica of the 14th March. She brings on freight 2,601,708 dols. on merchants' account, and 00,0(X) dols. to pay the Mexican dividends. Jamaica and the other islands were generally healthy. Some districts were suffering from drought, while others with suffering from wet. Yellow fever, to a slight extent, was felt at St. Thomas's. The Customs' House in the latter island had been destroyed by fire, and the damage done was estimated at about 80,000 dols. The books and records were happily preserved from destruction. Tho riot at Kingston was entirely suppressed, and Afty persons arrested. Trade was dull. THE EARL OF HARROWRY has been appointed Chancellor of tho Duchy of Lancaster. This, with Mr. Bouverie's appointment to the Vice-Presidency of the Board of Trade, and Mr. Brand's acceptance of the Junior Lordship of the Treasury, leaves but one office—the Colonial Under-Secretaryship—vacant in the Administration. Mr. Brand, says the Globe, will undertake the English department of the Trea sury, Lord Monck succeeding Mr. 'ortescue as Irish Lord. stout an lastin. Her Majesty left town on Wednesday last for Windsor•, where the Court is spending the Easter re. cess. On Saturday last the Queen held a Privy Council at Buckingham Palace. By command of her Majesty, fifty men of the brigade of Guards on service in the Crimea, in valided during the different military operations, attended at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday after• noon, and were inspected by the Queen and the Prince iu the Grand Hall. Prince Albert, attended by Mkjor General the Hon. C. Grey and Colonel Seymour, left Buckingham Palace on Tuesday morning, and proceeded to Alder shott, to inspect the works in progress for the ac commodation of the troops. Viscount Harding° ac companied his Royal Highness. Her Majesty's usual Easter gifts to the poor were distributed on Maundy Thursday at the Chapel Royal, Whitehall. The Rev. Dr. Jelf, the Sub- Almoner, officiated. Cabinet Councils were held on Saturday and Wednesday last. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston had an assembly on Saturday night at their mansion on the Terrace, Piccadilly. The reunion was brilliantly attended. The Rajah of Coorg was among the visitors. He wore a magnificent eastern costume. ditttin nttiligt nu. THE LLWES ELECTION came off on Thursday, when Mr. Brand, who had vacated his seat by accepting office a.s Junior Lord of the Treasury, was again re turned without opposition. AT GLOUCESTER, Mr. W. P. Price, who accepted the Chiltern Hundreds in order to relieve himself from any disabilities he had incurred in consequence of the extensive firm of timber merchants of which he is a member having constructed the tents for the soldiers in the Crimea, was re-elected without opposi tion c•n Saturday last. A requisition to Sir Charles Napier was got up, and signed (it is said) by five hundred electors ; but the friends of Mr. Price having communicated with the gallant admiral he refused to come forward. Mr. Bouverie, whose acceptance of the office of Vice President of the Board of Trade has caused him to vacate his seat, has issued an address to the electors of the KILMARNOCK district of burghs. Ho states his intention of visiting them without delay, to ask for a renewal of that trust, the duties of which it has been his pride to think that he had endeavoured faithfully to fulfil. The people of CORK were taken by surprise on Sa turday when they read that one of their representatives had accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, and a now writ issued for their county. Two candidates are now mentioned—viz., Mr. Alexander M'Carthy, who formerly represented the city, and Mr. Deasy, Q.C. The election will take place on Monday the 16th instant. In CAVAN the excitement attending the canvass of the rival candidates increases as the nomination•day approaches, audit has been deemed advisable to send down a strong body of troops to aid the civil power in preserving the peace on the occasion. (grtlant. A ceremony of no ordinary interest, and quite unique in the Irish Church, took place in the archi episcopal palace of Armagh, on the 20th ult., when an address from the prelates and clergy of Ireland was presented to the venerable primate, on the occa sion of his completing the fiftieth year of his episco pate. The address, which is understood to have been drawn up by the Archbishop of Dublin, bore the signatures of all the bishops, and of more tha►► 1,900 clergymen of thelEstablished Church in Ireland. The electric telegraph is now in operation to Waterford. .................. Arrangements have been made with a coachowner in Dublin to furnish when required, at a moderate charge, easy coaches, drawn by two horses, and place them at the disposal of invalid soldiers arriving from the Crimea. Mr. Edmund Burke Roche, late member for tho county of Cork, has been raised to the Irish peerage by the title of Baron Fermoy. Three Irish peerages having recently become extinct, Lord Palmerston has had the power of recommending to the Crown the creating of a new one, and has done so in favour of this gentleman. The late Bight Hon. James Grattan bequeathed the sum of 8,800/. to be divided among some a the most deserving medical charities in Ireland. Half of the bequest (4,4001.) is allotted to the infirmary in the Queen's County, in which is situated the great bulk of deceased's landed property. The Clonmel Chronicle reports the death of the widow M'Cormick, upon whose cabbage-garden the Irish rebellion of '4B was decided by arms. . ri -~