The Press. — London, England, 1855-01-13 00:00:00

-.... 32 lortign anb Qtoluniat Initiligtitte. FRANCE. A letter from Lord Clarendon, addressed to the French Ambassador in London, appeared in the Moniteut of Sunday last, in which the English Foreign Secretary acknowledges the receipt of an official copy of the address pronounced by the Presi dent of the French Legislative Corps when the law authorising the new loan was unanimously adopted by that body as well as of the Emperor's reply thereto. Lord Clarendon adds have placed before the Queen the communication of your Excellency, and am commanded by her Majesty to express to you her high appreciation of the cordial terms in which were recognised, both in the speech of the Presi dent of the Legislative Corps and the reply of his Imperial Majesty, the co-operation of the British military and naval forces who share the trials and perils of the soldiers and sailors of France. Permit me, at the same time, to express the thanks of her Majesty's Government for the communication, of which your Excellency was the interpreter. Your Excel lency knows how completely the British Legislature and nation are penetrated, towards the French army and navy, with those sentiments of sympathy and gratitude so grace fully expressed towards the military and naval forces of her Majesty, both in the address of the President of the Legis lative Corps and in the reply of the Emperor. On Wednesday, at mid-day, the Emperor reviewed the detachment of the Imperial Guard destined to join the army in the Crimea. These troops, com manded by General Ulrich, were composed of a company of Sappers, of detachments of the Ist and 2nd Regiments of Grenadiers, of half a battalion of Rifles, of detachments of the Ist and 2nd Regiments of Light Infantry, and of two troops of Horse Artillery. The review took place in the grand court yard of the Tuileries. The infantry was drawn up in three lines, and behind it was the artillery. His Majesty, having passed down the tanks, placed him self near the Pavillon de l'Horloge, where the batta lions were formed into square, and addressed the men in the following effective speech : The French nation, by its sovereign will, has resuscitated many things which were thought for ever dead, and now the empire is reconstituted ; intimate alliance exists with our ancient enemies ; the flag of France waves with honour on those distant shores where the bold flight of our eagles had not before ventured ; the Imperial Guard, the heroic representation of military glory and honour, is now before me, surrounding' the Emperor as formerly, wearing the same uniform, carrying the same flag, and having, especially, in their hearts the same sentiments of devotion to their country. Receive, then, these standards, which will lead you to victory as they led your fathers, as they have just led your comrades. Go, and take your share of what still remains of danger to be overcome and glory to be earned; yon will soon have received the noble baptism which is your ambition, and you will have lent your assistance to plant our eagles upon the walls of Sebastopol. The Emperor and Empress honoured the Grand Opera with their presence on Tuesday evening, to witness the first representation of the ballet of La Fonti. The Moniteur at length announces the return of Prince Napoleon to France. The fact had long been known that the Prince would not resume his military duties in the Crimea. " Notwithstanding his severe sufferings," says the Moniteur, " Piince Napoleon was preparing to leave Constantinople to return to the Crimea, but the Emperor, having been informed by the medical men that the state of health of the Prince would not allow of his con tinuing the campaign, has given him orders to return to France." A letter from Meta says :—" During the last month we have sent by railway for Marseilles and Toulon, for the • army of the East, upwards of a million of Congreve rockets, large bombs, and howitzer-shells, and 150,000 kilogrammes of gun powder." The railway companies of France have come to an understanding among themselves by which they are to subscribe 10 o,ooof. to the fund now raising for the skit and wounded in the army of the Crimea. On Thursday it Was announced that the whole amount of the new 500 million loan had already been subscribed for, and it was believed that before the time arrived for closing the lists the total sub scription would exceed S(X) millions. Among the great capitalists and trading companies in France the company of the Credit Mobilier has subscribed for 00,001,000 E, and MM. de Rothschild, it is under. stood, for the same amount. The company of the Agens de Change sent in a subscription-list amount ing to 22,000,000 f. The notaries of Paris subscribed for the capital of 120,000 f. of Rentes (about 1,1 ,40 0 , ) . The Comptoir d'Escompte is to send in a long list of subscribers, but the precise amount is not vet known. The accounts from London are elan favourable. Lists have been opened by Messrs. Baring and Messrs. Rothschild, both of which will be more than filled up. The Minister of War has received a despatch from the Governor-Oeneral of Algeria, announcing that, THE PRESS. after several feints of submission, Bou-Baghla pre sented himself unexpectedly, on the 26th of De cember, before the Bordj de Tarmalt, and endea voured to take possession of it. The Caui Lakaar, the son of Mokrani, met the attack with courage, vigorously repulsed the assailants, and Bou-Baghla, having been taken prisoner, was beheaded on the spot. The Algerine coast has been visited with one of the most dreadful storms ever remembered. During the night of the 30th ult. upwards of twenty vessels and as many coasting-boats were wrecked near Store; amongst them was a steamer, the Vile de Cette, laden with coffee and other valuable cargo, from Marseilles. The remainder of the vessels were laden with merchandise. The losses were immense, ex ceeding two millions of francs. Fortunately only two lives were lost. GERMANY. _ _ _ Vienna, on the night of the Ist, was visited by a tremendous hurricane. One of the old walls of the church of St. Stephen was blown down, and the roofs of several houses were carried away. A telegraphic despatch from Frankfort of the Bth inst. announces that the Cabinet of Berlin, in a note dated the sth, has decidedly sent a refusal to the demand made by Austria for the immediate mobilisa tion of a portion of the Prussian army. The despatch adds, that the secondary kingdoms, as Bavaria, Saxony, and Wurtemburg, have resolved to adopt the same course as Prussia in refusing to comply with the demand of Austria to mobilise the Federal contin gents. Hanover, it is said, has not yet come to a decision on the subject. ITALY. The discussion of a bill for the suppression of con vents in the kingdom of Sardinia, commenced in the Turin Chamber of Deputies on the 9th inst. Reports were still current that a treaty of affiance was about to be concluded between Piedmont and France and England. A special department has been created by the Regency of Parma, charged with the administration of the military force of the duchies. The Marquis Pallavacino is appoined president of this depart ment, and General Crotti, who served under Napoleon, is named vice-president, with the command of the army. The Moniteur has the following respecting the French army of occupation in the Papal States : "The Emperor, in deciding that the effctive force of French troops at Rome should be diminished in pro portion to the security now enjoyed in the Papal States, in his solicitude for the cause of the Church and the Holy See, has consented that until further order the army of occupation . shall not he reduced below 8,500 men." SPAIN. A number of capitalists held a meeting in Madrid on the 3rd inst., to discuss the proposition for a loan of 40,000,000 reals, which the Cortes have authorised the Government to raise in order to make up the deficit caused by the suppression of the octroi duties. The result was that the Government received an assurance that the loan would in all probability be taken by the capitalists and merchants of Madrid; moreover, the Bank of San Fernando at once sub scribed for 10,000,000 reels, and some of the capi talists for 3,000,000 each. The committee appointed to inquire into the con duct of the Queen Mother wish their proceedings to have the fullest publicity, and have requested the Cortes to appoint a shorthand-writer to attend their sittings. The proposition of M. Pareda, who demanded that the bills voted by the Congress before the Constitu tion should not be submitted to the royal sanction, was rejected in the Cortes, on the 4th inst., by 144 votes against 66. RUSSIA. The Emperor joined the Finnish and Volhynian regiments of the Life Guard reserve at divine wor ship on the (Russian) 25th, and afterwards inspected the corps. All having been found in order, his Ma jesty expressed his approbation to the officers, and ordered the presentation of a silver rouble to each man. • A letter from St. Petersburg states that the Crown serfs have offered the Emperor Nicholas a eontin gent of 60,00) men, who are to be employed as sharpshooters. Among them are to be all the ermine hunters, who are estimated at 20,000. These are said to be skilful marksmen, who pass their whole lives on the banks of the Ural or the Oby, in the clime of the fox, the beaver, and the ermine. It is known that this animal can only be aimed at from a considerable distance, and must be hit in the nose to avoid injuring the skin. The whole of these hunters, so the letter says, are to be immediately organised and sent to the Crimea. They are to be armed with the Minis rifle. Since the departure of the allied fleets from the Baltic, the Aland islands have been governed by pro visional authorities, and the Russian Government seems not to attach any importance to repossessing them. Those families that have chosen to repair to SATURDAt, St. Petersburg have been received by the Emperor with great kindness, and recompensed for their fidelity and attachment to his Government. The new batteries planned by General Dehtn, to the north of Cronstadt, are said to be complet‘d, and armed with fourteen guns of large calibre, and carrying an immense distance. The northern side of Cronstadt was the weakest, and it was feared would be chosen for attack by the allied admirals. From the commencement of the present month the legal journals of Warsaw have been daily filling their columns with long lists of absent Poles, condemned by the tribunals for being in arms against their So vereign. It Is remarked that the reason assigned for the sentence of the large majority is that they are now in the service of Turkey. Their property is de clared confiscated, and if the former os ners make their reappearance in Poland they will be handed on to Siberia. Three Belgian rifle manufacturers are said to have engaged to found a manufactory of arms in Warsaw. Prince Paskiewitch and the Emperor will make a tour of inspection, which will include all the head quarters of the active army corps. CI RCASSIA. The Journal de St. Petersbourg states that in the first week of October Sohamyl assembled 20,000 men, with eight guns, on the Bass, and menaced the pla teau of Koumyk. The excellent arrangements of the Russian generals having convinced him that he had nothing to gain by an attack, he disbanded his men and disappeared. In the Caucase, another Russian gazette, it is said that on the 23rd of September another band of mountaineers, 1,000 strong, attacked Ternirgoievska, and carried off 2,000 sheep. It is added that the troops of the neighbouring station attacked the invaders in their turn, retook all the prey, and inflicted a loss of 44 men and 60 horses killed on their disturbers. News from the Caucasus takes apparently as many months as that from the Crimea does days to reach St. Petersburg. UNITED STATES. The latest New York dates are of the 28th ult., brought by the Pacific steamer. The subject of authorising the President to offer a friendly media ti n the part of the United States Government, with the view of terminating the difficulties between Russia and the Western powers of Europe, was again attracting attention in Congress. The Committee of Foreign Affairs in the House of Representatives had passed a formal resolution requesting the Presi dent to tender such mediation to the belligerent powers in whatever manner be might in his judgment consider most likely to lead to a pacification. Mr. Chase, a senator, has stated his intention to bring in a bill to abolish African slavery in all the territories belonging to the United States. A resolution has been passed by Congress for the immediate erection of a lighthouse on Cape Race, a point already notorious for frequent and disastrous shipwrecks. The ratification of a treaty between the Dominican Republic and that of the United States had been postponed, in consequence of the opposition offered by the British and French Consuls. Colonel Kinney's expedition for the colonisation of Central America and the establishment of a confede rated Republic, in conjunction with the several States there, was nearly ready to start. Some difficulty had arisen between the District Court of San Francisco and the British officers on board the prize-ship Sitka, relative to the discharge on habeas corpus of the Russian prisoners on board that vessel. The officers, it was alleged, committed a contempt of court in not obeying the writ and allowing the ship to sail. The affair was to be re ferred to the United States Government. The news from the gold mines continues to be of a satisfactory character. A lump of quartz gold, weighing 160 lb., had been found. The Russian ship ICamptechatka had arrived at San Francisco, after having escaped the ships of the allies. The United States Government had purchased the Gallapogos Island of the Ecuadorian Govern ment for the sum of 3,000,0(0 dollars. From Peru it is stated that a battle had been fought between the Government troops and the revo lutionists, when the latter were defeated with a loos of 1,200 men. CANADA. The Canadian Parliament closed its labours on the 18th ult. Lord Elgin, previous to his departure, was presented with an address by the Quebec Council. -- 5i...--... r Edmund Head, the new governor, was sworn in on Tuesday, the 19th ult. LORD WESTMORELAND, on the part of our Govern ment, made a contract six weeks ago with the house of Weikersheim and Co., at Vienna, for an immediate supply of furs and winter clothing for our troops In the Crimea. A large portion of the goods has already reached its destination via Trieste.