The Press. — London, England, 1855-02-10 00:00:00

FEBRUARY 10,1855. The Chevalier Toggenburg, a statesinsu of Count Staddion's school, has been appointed Chief of the Department of Trade. . . . The aocouohement of the Empress of Austria is expected to take place very shortly. Prayers for her health and safety are ordered to be put up in all the churches. It is arranged that the event shall be an nounced to the citizens of Vienna by a salute of cannon, twenty-one guns for a princess, and one hundred to had the birth of an heir to the Crown. ITALY. The discussion on the treaty of alliance between Sardinia and the Western powers commenced on the 31d inst. in the Turin Chambers, and has since pro ceeded favorably. The co-operation of the Piedmontese contingent in the war against Russia will be very speedily effected. It is stated that an arrangement has been entered into between France and Austria by which the Sardinian troops will be allowed to pass through the Austrian territory. Count Kiverel arrived on the 28th ult. at Constantinople, to organise the reception and passage of the Piedmontese army. General La Marmora, who is to command the contingent, is daily expected in Paris to arrange plans in common with other military commissioners of the allies. The Holy See has sent a monitorium to the Pied. montese Government concerning the proposed monastic laws. The Queen of Naples was safely delivered of a princess on the 21st ult. The Grand Duke of Tuscany has, by a decree of the 28th ult,, ordered a levy of 2,0(X) men. Above twenty participators in the last revolutionary intrigues of blazzini were arrested at Verona on the Ist inst. SPAIN. The Ministry presented to the Cortes on the sth inst. a project of law, proposing the complete sale of the estates of the clergy, regular and secular. The measure was received with approbation. PORTUGAL. A t• eaty of alliance, according to the Indhpencianee Beige, is reported throe on the eve of being signed with Portugal on the same conditions as those made in the recent treaty with Piedmont. The Portuguese legion will, it is said, be 12,000 men. TURKEY. The Sultan intends raising a national loan, by voluntary subscriptions, in Turkey. Omer Pacha has withdrawn his resignation. Is mail Pacha, who continues under his orders, arrived at Ibraila on the 31st ult. Soon after his arrival he issued a proclamation as Commander-in-Chief of the Danubian army, in which it was announced that a great contest would probably take place on the Lowet Danube. Vely Pacha, the present Turkish ambassador at Paris, is replaced by Mehemet Pacha, a son of Res chid Pacha. Vely Pacha is appointed governor of Broussa. _ _ Much progress has been made towards clearing up the diplomatic differences existing between Turkey and Greece. The two Governments appear finally to have come to an understanding which will lead to the re-establishment of relations. It is reported that 70,000 men are to be raised in Moldavia and Wallachia, the expense of their uni forms. maintenance, ,Lc., to be paid out of the re venues of the Greek convents, which have been confiscated. RUSSIA. According to Russian accounts, the total forces of Russia now in the field amount to 695,000 men, and before the lapse of six months a reserve force of t/00,000 bayonets will be established. These troops are distributed over a vast space of territory in Eu rope and Asia. The Prussian Gazette, in a despatch from Warsaw, dated Feb. 5, states that an order has been received that all the Russian forces in the vicinity of Cracow, and on the Austrian frontier, should retreat with all despatch into the interior of the country. Large reinforcements are being sent to the Crimea. Two grenadier divisions, 15,000 riflemen from Siberia and Oaenburg, and fifteen battalions of reserves, garrison Perekop. A third corps, under General Read, occupies the second line of Bessarabia ; its eolumns reach to Chotegon. The fortresses of Ismail, Kilia, and Bender have each been reinforced with N,OOO men. General Sievers is reorganising the Baltic corps. Despatches received in Vienna on Thursday state tha► the Grand Duke Michael is lying ill of ague at Cliersun. The Grand Duke Nicholas is at Sebas topol. M. Bontkoff is appointed " Secretary of the Em pire." The English missionaries to the Jews in Poland were banished. Their printing and bookbinding establishments, library, and chapel have been appro priated by the Government, and offered for sale. UNITED STATES. New York dates 1111.3 of thu 24th ult., rueeived the Baltic mail steamer. I'" n rw " •' ".." the Baltic mail steamer. carried on with THE PRESS. In the United States Senate a message had been received from the President, urging the adoption of measures to suppress the hostilities of the Indians along the overland route to California, and submitted to the Military Committee, who would report a bill without delay, organising a force of 3,000 mounted men. Mr. Soule has resigned the Spanish mission, and the Hon. John C. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, has been nominated and confirmed to fill the vacancy. In the Assembly at Albany a bill has been intro duced for the suppression of gambling, particularly policy playing. The labourers on the canal near Rochester struck for higher wages, demanding tis. a day. A serious riot occurred at Buffalo among the railway labourers, which resulted in the death of one man and the wounding of several others. The rioters were in possession of the railway, and the sheriff had de cided on employing a force of British soldiers against them. The followinr , extract of a letter from New York, dated the 16th of January, appears in au Irish paper : While I write, a melancholy procession is passing beneath my window. Thirty thousand fine-looking men, all starving, aro going down Broadway, to hold a meeting in the City Park, w try and induce the Americans to give them work; they won't have charity, they say. THE CAPE. The General Screw Company's steam-ship Natal, arrived at. Southampton on Tuesday, with dates from the Cape of Good Hope to the 12th of December. Mining operations occupied the entire attention of the colonists, and large discoveries were continually being made. At* a meeting of the Eagle Mining Company 11,000 applications were made for 5,000 disposable shares. The crops in the neighbourhood of the mines looked well. In Namaqualand they were never better. The granaries of the colony were never in finer promise ; all throughout the crops were most abundant an 4 in excellent condition. From Port Natal is no political news, The colony was tranquil and healthy. On the frontier matters wore a more encouraging aspect, and no fears for an outbreak were entertained. A HERO OF INKERMANN, A Poamc DINNER, as we learn from the Ayr Observer, was given to one of the heroes of lnkermann, Dr. Wilson, of the 7th Hussars, by his fellow townsmen of Stranraer. The chair was taken by the Provost of the town, and 130 persons assembled to do Dr. Wilson honour. The festival was held on the Ist instant. The chairman brietly stated to the com pany the claims of their distinguished guest to their admiration:— It is enough to distinguish a man for life to be able to say," I was iu the battle of Itilterinium." (Loud cheers.) Among them was a young man, a uon•combatant and vo lunteer, who, seeing how hard his countrymen were pressed, dashed into the fight, ra►lied a small body of men ( who must have lost their officers), and, when the hearts of the bravest were beginning to fail, maintained an important post in the crisis of the day. (Cheers.) How perilous must have been the state of affairs when the safety of a post, whose loss might possibly have endangered the whole army, depended km ouch a contingency! How well-timed and energetic must have been his interference, to have had such a result ! The service was an important one ; it gave him distinction where all were great. ,Clteets.) He was thanked on the battlefield by a Prince of the Blood-- (cheers)—and the Commander-in• Chief acknowledged his conduct prominently in the official despatches. ',Cheers ) If that young man were a stranger they would be proud of him as a Briton—(cheers)—pronder yet when they learnt he was a son of Scotlaud. (Cheers.) And shall we not give expression to our feeling►, shall we nut greet him publicly on his return when we recognise him as a fellow-townsman—(cheers)—the son of one of our most respected citisens—(cheers)—as a familiar friend whom we have known from his infancy ? (Loud cheers.) In reply, Dr. Wilson simply expressed his thanks. He had nothing more to tell of the war, he said, than the company already knew : I can say very little about the Crimea that would in terest you. You in this country always knew better than individuals engaged as I was could ascertain there. lu fact, most of my information of general events came from England. The bad weather had not set in when I left the Crimea, and consequently I did not experience such hard ships i s ninny have since done. I trust, however, and I have great hopes, that all shall terminate happily. It is a source of far more than pleasure—it is a source of deep and heartfelt gratitude—for the soldiers of England who are there, to think that their noble countrymen at home feel and sympathise so thoroughly with them. 'they are at this moment as proud of their country on that account as their country is of them for their devoted gallantry— ( cheers)—and when the time conies, I have no doubt they shall het add fresh laurels to those they have already reaped. (Cheers.) When Igo back to the Crimea, which I expert will be very soon, I shall carry with me a warm remembrance of this meeting. The festival was not otherwise remarkable, except for the fervent hope expressed that the war might be carried on with the utmost 'rigour and determination. Cori anb Sastia. The Queen came to Louden front Windsor on Tuesday for the purpose of being at hand while ar rangements were pending, under Loni Palmerston, for the reconstruction of the Cabinet. Her Majesty gave audience to the noble viscount in the coarse of the day, and returned in the afternoon to Windsor. General Sir De Lacy Evans was among the guests invited to dine with the Queen that evening. On Wednesday her Majesty held a chapter of the Order of the Garter with the customary state, at which the three new knights of the order, the Earls of Elles mere, Carlisle, and Aberdeen, were duly elected and invested. In the evening there was a grand banquet in St. George's-ball. On Thursday a Privy Council was held at Windsor' at which Earl Granville was ordered by her Majesty to take his place as president. The rest of the newly-appointed Ministers were present at this council, and kissed hands on accepting the seals of office. The members of the reconstituted Cabinet who attended the council were Viscount Palmerston, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir G. Grey, Earl Gran ville, Viscount Canning, Lord Panmure, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, Sir C. Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and the Hon. li. Fitzroy. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Glad stone had a dinner party on Tuesday, at the official residence, in Downing street. Mrs. Gladstone re ceived a select party in the evening. The Speaker's first parliamentaay dinnertook ►lace on Saturday. The guests included the chief Ministers of State and their personal friends in the House of Commons. His Excellency the Ambassador of France and the Countess Walewski entertained a distinguished party at dinner, at Albert gate-house, on Saturday last. Prince Napolean, before leaving Constantinople for France, presented Dr. Fanvel with a gold snuff-box set with diamonds, as a mark of his high esteem for the valuable services he had rendered him (the prince) during his late severe indisposition. Sir James Graham has been suffering fmm a painful disease, which rendered a surgical operation necessary. The operation was successfully performed by Sir Benjamin Brodie, and it is hoped that the right hon. baronet will soon he convalescent. Admiral and Lady Emily Dundas arrived in Lon don on Tuesday afternoon, accompanied by his eon, the Bev. J. Dundas. The gallant admiral has com pletely recovered his health. BRITISH PREMIERS. THE following is a list of the successive Premiers who have held office during the last century. The dates of their appointment show an average tenure of administration for each successive Minister of three years eight months and one day, the Marquis of Roskingliam's being the shortest within the period Duke of Newcastle .. .. April, 1754 Earl of Bute May, 17142 George Grenville (father to Lord Grenville) April, l71i:1 Marquis of Rockingham . • 9. • . July, MO Duke of Grafton . .. Aug., 17118 Lord North (Earl of Guildford) Jan, MO Marquis of Rockingham .. .. March, 17e4 Earrof Shelburn Duke of Portland .. .. • • William Pitt .. • • H. Addington (Lord Sidmouth) W. l'itt Lord Grenville Duke of Portland .. .. • • Spencer Perceval .. • • Earl of Liverpool .• George Canning Viscount (Juderich (Earl of Ripon) Duke of Wellington Earl Grey .. . Lord Melbourne Sir Robert Peel Lord Melliminte Sir Hobert Peel . • Lord John Earl of Derby.. Earl of A berdeen Vircuunt Peltueraton .. July, .. April, 1783 .. Dec., 1783 .. March, 1801 .. May, 144 .. Jan., 1808 .. March, 1807 Juue, 1810 .. June, 1812 .. April, 1997 .. Aug., 187 .. Jan., 1808 .. Nor., 140 .. Aug., 1884 .. Nov., 1884 .. April, 145 .. Sept., 1841 .. June, 1848 1862 J lec. , 1862 .. Feb., 1866 A LtnnAnY, consisting of nearly three hundred volumes of books, has been fitted up on board the hospital ship Serern, which is about to proceed to the Black Sea. Ihe books are intended for the in valids on the passage between Balaklava and Scutari. The idea of this library otiginated with Messrs. Forbes end Marshall, the booksellers of Southamp ton 4 who gave a number of volumes towards it. The rest of the books wero given by the ladies and gentle men of Southampton and its neighbourhood. Mr. Pitcher, the purser of the Sewn, will actas librarian. The library consists of light and seriously arittim books in different languages. IT is said that thelieutenant-governorobip of Chel sea Hospital, vacant by the death of General Sir A. F. Barnard, was offered to General Sir De Lacy Evans, but drained. 133 1 I