The Press. — London, England, 1856-06-21 00:00:00

JUNE 21, 1856. of the disaffected, and the police hastened to the spot in order to seize the delinquents. Their sur prise and disgust on finding the culprit to be the English Ambassador were amusingly evident. The houses of many of the English in the town were similarly ornamented with tricolor flags and decorated with festoons of flowers composed of the three colours—red, white, and green. In the evening the manifestation was still stronger, and the fireworks emblazoned again the three colours in every variety of device. Monsignor Franchi has been nominated Papal Nuncio to the Court of Tuscany. His appointment is said to be owing to the influence of the Arch duchess Maria Louisa, who yet hopes, through his means, to persuade the Grand Duke to enter into a concordat with Rome. The Nuncio is strongly sup ported by the Ministers Landuoci and Buonerotti, and M. Baldasseroni will encounter great difficulty in maintaining his ground. _ _ _ At Naples the king has expressed his astonishment to the Ministers of France and England that any attention should be paid to the calumnies of Sardinia, " un governo tanto birbaccio," and that they must be aware, by their own experience, that his people are happy and contented. In illustration of this state of contentment the Giornale delle Due Sicilie issues an official notice, threatening the severest penalties against those in whose house arms of any kind may be found. The possession of a fowling. piece is to be punished by confinement in a dungeon with bread and water, and, when brought before the judge, the accused is not allowed to plead or to be defended by an advocate, as the fact is taken as proven. In Sicily, the vessels with the Crimean regiments that touch there, are hailed with unbounded enthusiasm. Orders have been sent to repress by force any mani festation in favour of the allied troops ; already per sons have been imprisoned for shouting "Viva it Piedimonte !" The latter amounts to a capital crime. C. A. H. Sore* anb Orinlonia! 3ntelligcnce. FRANCE. The baptism of the Imperial Prince was per formed list Saturday with great eclat. The Senate on Tuesday, by a majority of sixty to fifty-six, threw out the Government measure for imposing a tax upon horses and carriages. The proposed bill on the Custom Duties will, it is anticipated, meet with a strong opposition in the Corps Legislatif. The text of a project for a Senatus Consultum, for the organisation of a Regency, has been laid before the Senate. The Conatitutionnel, in a remarkable article upon the subject, argues for a Regency in favour of the Empress during the minority of the Imperial Prince. The Senate was to consider the question yesterday. Forty persons implicated in the " Mariamme Society " have been arrested at Lyons and Vienne. M. de Bourqueney, at Vienna, is said to be charged with a mission to effect the return of the remains of the Duke de Reichstadt to France. The army is to be reduced only to the extent of ninety-five thousand troops, who obtain provisional dirt Th arges. The American question excites a good deal of attention in Paris. The general feeling appears to be that Mr. Crampton is made the scapegoat by the Emtlish Government, and that the American Govern me it have obtained an advantage which will make them more exacting. The Assemblie Nationals writes Scarcely has Mr. Crampton set foot on British soil than he is openly disavowed by those to whom he has intrusted the defence of his public character and of his honour, tarnished in a cause which was that of his country. He is accused of levity ; he is declared to be incapable of the functions intrusted to his management, and he has re turned to London in order to be present at. the triumph of Mr. Dallas. These accusations are not only strange in existing circumstances ; they appear to us (we may be permitted to say en peasant) supremely unjust. In mixing himself up with this miserable question of recruits Mr. Crampton only followed the instructions of his Govern. merit, as the whole workl knows. This desertion of an agent who was declared np to the last moment worthy of responsibility, astonishes us above all. The Count of Paris is reported to have forwarded to M. Thiers a warm protest against a fusion of the Bourbon and Orleans branches. RUSSIA. The Emperor returned by sea from Revel to St. Petersburg on the 11th. General Kokonovitch, the late commander of Kin burn, has been convicted by court-martial of cowardice, and sentenced to death. The general is under arrest at Odessa, and awaits the Emperor's decision upon the sentence. The Putish Secretary of State, Turkul, died at Warsaw on the 11th from typhus fever. Prince Golonischeff Kontonsoff, has been appointed it 4 his plate, THE PRESS. The Russian Government is developing its naval resources on the Siberian coast of the Pacific Ocean. Intelligence from St. Petersburg states that " for the purpose of furthering and developing the Russian naval power in the Pacific Ocean, the administration, building, armament, and fitting out of the fleet and harbours there, are confided to the independent control of the Governor• General of Eastern Siberia." Admiral - General Prince Menschikoff, who had retired into private life, has been unexpectedly sum moned to St. Petersburg by command of the Grand Duke Constantine, and arrived there on the 10th inst. He has since then had several audiences of tip% Grand Duke, and it is believed that these conferences have reference to a military expedition soon about to be undertaken. ITALY. The King of Sardinia held a grand review on the 18th of the Crimean troops at Turin. In an address to the troops the King said : I take again the colours which I consigned to you, and which you have brought back victorious from the East. I will preserve them as records of your fatigues, and as a sacred pledge that whenever honour and the interest of the nation oblige me to return them to you, the , / will he by you, as ever, on the field of battle, both equally well de fended and illustrated by new glories. These words were hailed with enthusiastic vivats. The Sardinian Ministry has undergone a slight modification, G meral de la Marniora taking the War portfolio, on the retirement of General Durando. General Serra is to be placed at the head of the Marine. In the sitting of the 14th, Count Cavour, in reply to M. Montezemolo, who called the attention of the Government to the political condition of the cowl. try, said : Nobody believes in any imminent peril, although the situation is such that it may become very serious tl.rough unforeseen events. Negotiations are still pending on the subject of Italy; the facts adduced by us have been ad mitted by a power that had refused to discuss the ques tion; indeed, there is not a power that does not admit that the situation of Italy is abnormal, and that a remedy is necessary ; this is a great fact which must lead to some results. But there is a great dirt' rence of opinion as to the remedy to be applied, and it is difficult at present to foresee what it will be or what will be its effect. Political persecutions still continue in Naples. No amnesty, as expected, has been granted, and the trial of eleven political prisoners is at present proceeding. In Farma and at Ancona political arrests still continue. The Austrian army was to be reinforced. SPAIN. The Government has accepted the mediation of France in the dispute with Mexico. The motion of censure brought forward in the Cortes against General O'Donnell, has been rejected by a majority of 147 to 11. The Gazette declares that th' Duke of Victory will always govern in accordance with the opinion of the majority of the Cortes, whatever that opinion may be. The meaning of this statement doubtless is that should the Cortes decide upon the impeachment of Queen Christina, Espartero will not shrink from giving effect to their vote. A letter of the 13th says :—" The Government will maintain the strictest neutrality in the affair of Queen Christina, which is about to be brought before the Cortes, but will incline to the prevention of any prosecution of her Majesty for her acts as Regent." AMERICA. The arrival of two mails by the Canada and Baltic this week has brought intelligence from Washington down to the 3rd and 7th of June respectively. Mr. Crampton arrived in the Canada. The American papers were generally full of anticipations upon the effect in England of Mr. Crampton's dismissal. The Cincinnati Democratic Convention, after sixteen ballotings, tit minated Mr. Buchanan their candidate for the Presidency, and Mr. Breckenbridge for the Vice Presidency. The Democratic Convention has also passed resolutions in favour of the non interference by Congress with slavery throughout the States ; for the admission of slave States into the Union upon a perfect equality ; for free seas and progressive free trade; that the sacred principles of the Monroe doctrine be applied with unbending rigidity; for sympathising with the attempts of Walker "to regenerate " that portion of Central America ; and, lastly, calling upon the next Administration to make every effort "to insure the ascendancy of the States in the Gulf of Mexico, and to maintain a permanent protection of its Courts." _ _ _ The assault upon Mr. Sumner had created an immense sensation throughout the country. The struggle between the Abolitionists and Pro-slavery men is felt to be coming to a crisis. From Central America we learn that the war with Costa Rica is at an end. The Costa Rican army had evacuated Nicaragua. A revolution had broken out at Hayti, and the emperor Souloaque is repoTted to hate bon 4eposod, Court ant f; Her Majesty, accompanied by her royal guests, visited the camp at Aldershott on Monday, reviewed the troops, gave a grand dinner to the commanding otficero in the evening, slept at the camp that night, and returned to town the next morning. Her Majesty on Tuesday gave a State ball. Upwaris of two thousand invitations were issued. The Royal Family, the foreign and diplomatic corps were also present. On Wednesday afternoon the Queen honoured the fête at the Crystal Palace with her presence, and in the evening attended the perform ance of Mme. Ristori. Her Majesty held a drawing-room yesterday, and the Park and Tower guns were fired in honour of her Majesty's accession to the Throne. The Regent of Baden paid visits of leave on Thursday to the several members of the Royal Family. Her Majesty has intimated ber intention of honouring the Marquis and Marchioness of West minster with her presence at Grosvenor-house on the 26th instant. Her Excellency Mme. Musurns's ball at the Turkish embassy, on the 23rd instant, is unavoidably postponed. The annual Caledonian ball went off with great eclat last night at Willis's-rooms. The costumes were brilliant, and the company numerous. The Earl of Elgin has returned to town from Paris. Volitiral. CABINET COUNCILS were held on Saturday and Wednesday ; all the Ministers were present. The councils sat three hours and three-quarters and three hours respectively. MR. CRAMPTON, late British Minister to the United States, arrived in London on Monday morning, and had interviews in the course of the day with the Earl of Clarendon and Viscount Palmerston. SIR EDMUND LYONS ' it is announced, will he raiPed to a peerage in consideration of his services during the war. The gallant admiral will retain the com mand of tht Mediterranean fleet. Sir Baldwin Wal ker, the Surveyor of the Navy, will have the honour of a baronetcy conferred upon him. MR. HINDLEY, M.P., was presented with a hand some testimonial on Wednesday by his constituents at Ashton-under-Lyne. The list of subscribers in cluded some 3,000 names. The testimonial con sisted of a portrait, a silver inkstand, and a gold pencil-case. THE AMNESTY lately granted to political exiles is held to apply to the Hutiderstield rioters of 1820, who, tried for high treason, were sentenced to trans portation for various periods. A correspondence upon the subject is at present going on between Mr. 'l'. S. Buncombe, M.P., and the Barnsley Weavers' Association. THE OF THE PRESENT SYSTEX Or GOVERNMENT AUDIT i.s sufficiently exposed by the Parliamentary Return No. 215. The last finance accounts appear to have been published without audit of any kind, while the Post-office accounts, among many others, have only been audited to 1851 and those of the Customs to 1852. lttrorolitan. THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAOATION OF THE GOS PEL IN Fteamos PARTS held its annual meeting at Willis's-rooms on Wednesday. Mr. Gladstone, in moving the first resolution, "that the growth of the Colonial Church was an encouragement for the society to persevere," said : The experience of the past was full of encouragement. The society carried upon its brow a zentury and a half of dears, yet it showed none of the marks of debility atten dant upon age, but, on the contrary, had exhibited within the last twenty years a youthful vigour which any institu tion even of yesterday might envy. About twenty years ago the society was mainly, though not exclusively, stipen diary upon the bounty of the State, the voluntary contri butions of private Christians not amounting to more than 6,000/. or 7 0001. Nothing was now received from the State, but the voluntary contributions had been increased from 6,00)11. or 7,3001. to 0.000/. or 70,00)11., and he did not anticipate the society would stop there. Ever since the Reformation, it had been made a matter of reproaoh against the Church of England that under the shade of State protection she could live, but if thrown upon her own resources the native poverty of the institution would not fail to exhibit itself. That question had been fairly tried in the colonies, and the result was that in every quarter we saw not only the complete development of the Chinch in its organisation and ministry, but a steady and program. sive movement on the part of the Church toward. giving tisiq twd etacsoy tQ itt Q! iMni 6414 aPtOali I