The Press. — London, England, 1855-10-27 00:00:00

OCTOBER 27, 1855. Saxonism, to be unconditionally vituperated for the misdeeds el the Russian "parti de la Croix," and for the Jesuit artifices of Austrian satellites In following the example of the Times, but at a halting pace, the Sun and the Daily News counsel the discontinuance of foreign connection, and point to such es be of a closer proximity. History, in their exuberance to intensify Anglicanism, has become a dead letter for them. The wars of the Roses convey a. political moral, and they would see without dis pleasure the advent of another king-making War wick, as they might be disposed to justify the inter necine contentions caused by a civil war of succession. To dilate upon these absurd opinions would be a waste of time. Birmingham, for the nonce, will not furnish forth a royal consort, nor Manchester provide a Quaker bridegroom. But the Times has a fair occasion and ample scope to make use of the liberty of the press in the justest sense. It is difficult to convey the indignation—the wird might almost be consternation—experienced in Germany at the positive atrocities of speech de livered at the meeting of the Red Republicans in John-street, Fitzroy-square. The personal insult to the Queen of England, to the Emperor Napoleon, and to the Anglo• Frank alliance, is only another form of the same sentiment expressed by M. de Gerlach, of the " parti de la Croix," and published by royal permission at Berlin. The Prussian Minis • ter denounces France and the Emperor Napoleon, reviles England for its apostacy to the Holy Alliance, and calls her Majesty of Great Britain to account for receiving the Imperial guest at Windsor, and for her visit, in return, to Paris. The French democrat, an exile, and under the safeguard of English laws, ac cepted the theme and the creed of M. de Gerlach, and thus he enlarged upon it :—" Procedes oftciels, politesses politiques, avec un pareil etre (Napoleon III.) violent la morale et entachent la conscience," — and to her gracious Majesty of England, " 01.111, YOUR avez tout sacrifie, dignite de Reine, scrupules de femme, orgueil d'at istocrate, sentiment d'Anglaise, le rang, la race, le sexe, tout, jusqu' a la pudeur, pour l'amour de cet allies' The honest execration of all classes here and in Germany at this unparalleled in sult to one who, irrespective of her royal position, is an honour to her sex, does an English heart good to witness. It is difficult, however, to reply to their astonishment at the tacit permission by Government of such an insult, coupled with an authorised and public announcement of a repetition, in due form, and on an appointed day. The simultaneous speeches and pamphlets of M. de Gerlach at Berlin in the same spirit, and apparently in consentaneous arrangement, has not tended to exalt the "parti de la Croix " in public estimation. Let the Times employ its vast and avenging power in chastising the republican and M. de Gerlach of Berlin, the Prussian Minister. Let the amalgama tion of the Red democrat with the "parti de la Croix " and the Russian, as shown by " Felix Pyat," be emblazoned in all the infamy of the unholy league. Then will the European journal deservedly earn the approbation and gratitude of all men. But, apart from the righteous flagellation of these cup prits, steeped in crime and dishonour, let the Times remember that, in open condemnation of Prussian policy and of the Prussian Government, the Prince Royal departed from Berlin, and has retired with his accomplished and high-minded Princess to Cohlentz, there to await for more auspicious times, when Prussia shall assume an independent and dignified attitude, supported by Germany, free, powerful, and united; when the Jesuit and Austria shall have re ceived the meed of their demerit; and when shall have been accomplished in all the honour of con stitutional justice the impending transition of Europe from feudal privilege to federal right. And will England turn away from Protestant union and anti- Cathulic alliance? Will she accept instead the crimson hand of the Austrian Jesuit? _ _ J. E. L. Sortign an (colonial 3nttiligtut. FRANCE. The financial crisis has almost entirely absorbed public attention this week from all other subjects, not excepting the war. The situation of the Bank of France does not at all improve. Up to Tuesday, from the demands made, its bullion had decreased since the Thursday preceding by some 18,000,000 f., and the question of forcing a paper currency had been mooted by the Directors, but was opposed by the Government, on the plea that it would produce a serious affect abroad. By a circular letter last week the Bank had summoned depositors of Rentes and railway shares either to give new security, or to re inibui se a portion of their loans with cash. In addi tion to purchasing from England, the Bank had also p•irchased gold in Holland to the amount of 41,000,000 f. It was generally believed at the latest dates that the Bank would refuse to take bills of more than sixty days' date, as the Government had 4ecljned sanctioning a forced paper currency. THE PRESS.- The circular of M. Billault, the Minister of the In terior, to the Prefects on the employment of the credit of the 10,000,000 f. for the necessities of the poor, enters freely into the question of high prices and famine, and enumerates at length all the measures which have been adopted by the Imperial Government to give means of subsistence to the poorer orders. M. Billault then announces that the most severe punishments will be inflicted upon those dealers who seek to keep up false prices. After pointing out to the Prefects the various modes they should adopt to mitigate the present hardships of the time, the circular concludes in these remarkable words, words which indicate something existing and apprehended under the present smooth surface of affairs : If, in spite of your efforts, some agitators endeavour to profit, for the gratification of their passions or their folly, by the sufferings of the people, repeat to the labouring classes that agitation and disorder could not add to the harvest a single grain of wheat, but must give a sudden blow to cmfidence and employment, and aggravate their own misery; and, while rendering to them help and counsel, make them understand that they have au evident interest in resisting the authors of disorder, and strike these last with a repression immediate and severe. Generals Bosquet and Trochu had embarked at Kamiesch on their return to France. RUSSIA. The Emperor Alexander is stated to have left Nicolaieff for Elisabetgrad, 130 miles to the north ward. The presence of the allied fleets off the mouth of the Bug is supposed to have been the cause of this sudden departure of the Imperial suite. The Emperor, by an ordre de jour, had dis missed General Kordfrom his command, and ap pointed General ltadziwil in his room. General Korff commanded the Russian cavalry in the late action with the French cavalry outside Eupatoria. The new levy in the provinces of Orenburg and Samara is expected to produce 33,000 soldiers ; bringing up the total amount of militia raised in the present year to 380,000 men, exclusive of Cos sacks. An Imperial ukase issued on the 23rd permits the free importation of European colonial produce into the Transcaucasian provinces, via the overland fron tiers of Persia and Turkey, during the continuance of the war. Private letters from St. Petersburg, according to the Paris correspondent of the Daily News, a ffi rm that the mind of the Emperor has become affected by the serious state of affairs; that he has suddenly grown exceedingly religious, prays incessantly, and is in constant intercourse with his priests, many of accompanied him in his suite. The Constitutionnel, of the 24th, publishes the following highly interesting letter from St. Peters burg : St. Petersburg, Oct. 15. Unfavorable accounts succeed each other with such rapidity here that the greatest despondency has seized on all classes. We had scarcely learned the defeat of General Korff, near Eupatoria, when we were informed by telegraph of the strive! of the allied fleets before Odessa. On the other hand, the anxiety observed among the upper classes, and even the members of the Imperial family, has con tributed in no small degree to increase the popular alarm. A report prevailed during the course of the day that the Empress had commanded General Gezevitch to proceed express to Nicolaieff with a letter for the Emperor, in which she entreats him to return to St. Petersburg. The approach of the enemy has aroused the fears of both Empresses. The Czar is no longer safe at the extremity of the liman on which Nicolaieff is built, and the Metropolitan has ordered general prayers to be offered in the churches for the Em peror's security. T have this very day assisted at one of these ceremonies in the church of Kagan, and the serious countenances of the masses that thronged round the images of the saints convinced me that they are beginning to feel the gravity of the crisis. Besides, the Government openly admits that fresh sacrifices must be submitted to. In the western part of the empire preparations are already making for the fourteenth levy, which is to take place before next March. The decree relative to this levy is expected to appear in a few days. The diplomatic accounts are not less unpleasant than the military re ports. The representatives of Russia at foreign Courts are by no means satisfied with the attitude assumed by the different Cabinets. Taking, for instance, the neigh. bowing States, it has been observed that in Sweden the King is more and more disposed every day to adhere to the policy of the Western powers, and Count Nesselrode has determined to send to Stockholm an Envoy-Extra ordinary, with a view to counterbalance the constantly growing influence of the Ministers of France and Eug• land. At the other extremity of the empire the conduct of Persia does not inspire more confidence. Notwith standing the honours paid to General Bronsiloff, the Rus• Man Envoy at Teheran, it is not considered probable at the Home-office that, with the victories of the allies before him, the Shah will persevere in a strict neutrality. On the other hand, the very marked reception given %y Persia to the representative of France must be regarded as a most significant fact, and nobody any longer talks here of the Persian embassy, whose arrival was so pom pously announced about a month since. As to Austria, be assured that the Russian Government does not flatter itself that the Cabinet of Vienna will long persevere in its pre sent neutrality. The Cabinet of St. Petersburg has directed its agents in foreign countries to state that it is reducing the army in Poland, in order to show how little she has to fear from Austria. But that statement its totally un founded. According to a recent decision of Prince Dol. gorouki, the army of Poland is not to be diminished by a single regiment. In point of fact., all the acts of the Russian Government indicate a resolution to continue the war. You will soon have an additional proof of it. I am informed that the Privy Council have just decreed the raising of a militia of reserve intended to defend the territory without actually engaging in the war. As I was about closing my letter I learned the departure of a courier for Stockholm, with important despatches for the Russian Minister, Jasow-Andrewitch Dasulikolf, accre dited to that Court. AUSTRIA. The Emperor returned to Vienna on the 17th, and immediately sent for Baron I'rokesch Osten, who had an interview alone with his Majesty for upwards of two hours. The late visit of this Minister to Paris is presumed to have afforded the principal topic for conversation. Baron Prokesch shortly proceeds to Constantinople to arrange the affairs of the princi palities. Negotiations and notes have recently taken place between the Austrian Government and the Western powers and the Porte, but with no result, owing to the great differences which eiist between the Turkish authorities and General Coronini. Baron Bruck was endeavouring to bring his financial projects to a successful termination. Ne gotiations continued with the houses of Rothschild and Periene. It was generally believed, on the 21st, that the mortgage bonds of the new Mortgage Bank would be issued at no fixed rate of interest. The capital of the bank was to be 35,000,000 florins, in 50,000 shares of 700 florins each. In order to complete the different railroads in the empire, the tiovernment are about to form a perma nent Railroad Building Fuud, with a floating capital of 50,000,000 of florins ; the sum to be raised by loan, the Crown lands of Upper Austria and Hungary being mortgaged to the capitalists who take the loan. As an instance of the manner in which " voluntary loans" are raised in the Austrian dominions, we quote the following notice of the Mayor of Milan : The list of the State Loan not having answered the expec tation of Government, the commercial and industrial classes, who have not voluntarily subscribed to the said loan, must deposit in the public cassa civila, not later than the 31st of this month, a sum of ten per cent, on the money reported as having been paid. The visit of the Duke and Duchess of Brabant to Paris is regarded at Vienna as a political event of some importance. l'he Times correspondent writing from Vienna on the Dith, characterises it as " an event likely to produce a favorable impression in high Austrian circles, where everything that tends to strengthen the present Government of France is con sidered an additional guarantee for the future peace of Europe. Some highly-placed Austrians," continues this correspondent, "still affect to consider Louis Napoleon a parvenu,' an adventurer,' Ste., but the Imperial family invariably speak of him with extreme respect. PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin in the Borsen Halle, of Ham burg, states that the report circulated by the Vienna Gazette, to the eifect that all the Russian Ministers at the German Courts had received orders to be ready to leave for Warsaw towards the end of Octo ber, when summoned by Count Neeselrode to meet the Czar, is doubted in the diplomatic circles of that city. A deputation of the electors of Berlin has pre sented to the Minister of Commerce a memorial relative to the high price of food. The Minister, in his reply, declared that, from all the information that he had received, there was every reason to expect a speedy fall in prices. On the question of the late elections the Miele has the following remarks : On the whole, the Prussian Government cannot deceive itself as to the result of the elections. Ignoring none of the causes to which it is indebted for the election of 150 functionaries, it will have turned its attention to that of the 120 independent deputies. The elections of Berlin must have particularly struck the Ministry. Out of nine deputies elected, seven belong to the Left; and, what is still more serious, Count Schwerin, formerly President of the Chamber, was elected four times at Berlin, in spite of the direct opposition of the Prefect. At Berlin, also, M. de Matiteuffel was defeated in three districts by candidates of the Left; in another district the Minister of the Inte rior, M. de Westpbalen, was set aside, owing to the exces sive zeal of a police agent; and in a third the same Mims ter was defeated by M. de Patow, one of the chiefs of the Opposition. The political opinions of the elected and the defeat of the Ministers show clearly that Berlin has de sired to condemn the policy of the Government, even at the risk of losing the little royal favour it has possessed since the events of IS4B and 1649. DENMARK. Great sensation has been created in Copenhagen by the King at his birthday court and levee, causing his morganatic wife, the milliner Lolls Rasmussen, to he present, and, after presenting the foreign am bassadors to her, requesting them to notify his mar riage to their respective Courts. This lady, whose antecedents are of a very questionable character, has I ■