The Press. — London, England, 1856-10-25 00:00:00

1.022 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION FOR Zbe V reSO : ( STAMPED.) Per Annum .. Hal(•Yeatly .. Quarterly .. .. 41 6 0 .. 9 13 0 .. 0 8 8 Payable in advance. Subseribers are requested to send their Ordersthrough thel News Agent; if direct to the Office. accompanied by a remit tmce. Advertisements also must have a refereuee or remittal:ea Mona' Orders to be made payable to Mr. ALlah:D Dili, 110 Sirs. d London. 7. - 'lit :1;)rlf0,04 LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER. 25, 1856. POSTSCRIPT, THE NEAPOLITAN QUESTION. The Paris correspondent of the Times (second edition) says :—" A despatch was expected to-day from Baron Brenier announcing his departure from Naples if he had not received the proposition from the Neapolitan Government to which I alluded yes terday. It seems that, as I anticipated, his last instructions were to demand his passports and take his departure unless the King intimated his intention to comply with the demands of the allies. The despatch may be received in the course of the evening, but up to four o'clock I believe it had not arrived. It is possible that he may have left, but it is hardly probable he would do so without in f )rming the Government. People are naturally curious to know of what nature are the demands of the allied Governments. They cannot refer to the enactment of good laws, for according to Italians themselves no State in Italy is in possession of better laws than Naples : the complaint is that they are not executed. There is one, but most compre hensive demand, and it is no doubt that which the allies put forward—namely, the putting in force the Constitution, which alone would be a sufficient guarantee for the good administration of the king dom, and the Constitution has never been abrogated. Something is said of a proposition on the part of Russia to act as mediator between Naples and France and England." The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post (second edition) says :—" It appears information has reached Paris and London that King Ferdinand can show how bale the allies have reason to com plain of his severity towards political offenders by official documents; and that it England and France will put off the withdrawal of their envoys he will grant an amnesty; but, on the contrary, if they follow out the declarations made in the official Moniteur, the King will do nothing whatever. In addition to these official declarations, private letters from the agents of the King have been sent to London and Paris in the same tone. When I inform you that no telegraphic notice has reached here from Naples telling us of the retirement of the French and English missions, and that nothing of the sort is expected at certain quarters in Paris, I think I have said quite enough !" THE QUEEN OF SPAIN. The Paris correspondent of the Ti mes (second edition) states that the Queen recently proposed to General Narvaez " a project of law for the restitu tion to the clergy of the national property, not, how ever, the property which still remains unappropriated, but the whole of the Church property that has been sold since her accession to the throne. General Narvaez literally stood aghast, a•id the ve r y hairs o f his moustache twisted with affright. What! the property to change hands which had been he.d for the last twenty-one years by thousands and thou sands of Spaniards, and of which so many of all par ties have become legally the possessors !" The general refused, as did also the Marquis cf Viluma (the head of the Absolutist Farty), whom the Queen next called in. The King, it is said, is the instigator of this reactionary proposal. The correspondent adds :—" It was expected that the Queen bad some idea of sending for the Archbishop of Toledo to form a Ministry ! From these and other circumstances it is much to be feared that still more serious events than the last are likely to occur in Spain." MISS JULIA WHIM'S INSURRECTIONARY SUBSCRIPTION. We extract the following letter from the Daily News of the 20th : TO Tiir. EDITOR OF " THE DAILY NEWS." - _ Sir,—l forward you the first list of the sums received for the " Emancipation of Italy," fur publication in your columns. Several persons having called at 8, Percy-street, to leave subscriptions for " The Musket Fund " have objected to THE PRESS. deposit them with any other than the authorised collector. Will you kindly state that I remain at 8, Percy-street, on Saturday, between the hours of twelve and four, and am to be found on any other day at the office of the committee for the emancipation of I taly, , 22, Sloane street ?—I am, dm., J. MEI:MON Wurrs. Committee•room, 22, Sloane street, Oct. 19. Subscriptions for the emancipation of Italy, received by J. Meriton White, 8, Percy-street, Bedford•square. For the ten thousand muskets to be given to the first Italian province which shall rise against the common enemy : U. Montazi N. N. Albion John Hull A. I erren Count Pepoli W. S. Latidor B. Johlison lt. L Truro List returned by John Nicholson, &aside, Penrith 2 15 6 Zl2 10 6 For the hundred cannons to fortify Alessandria From Birches Green Benjamin Smith t 4 0 To be intrusted to Joseph Mazzini for the " Etnancipa• tion of Italy " : J. Cowen, Newcastle J. Stansiel,l Sir John Fife, Newcastle 5 0 0 M. S. Mrs. Fletcher 3 0 0 N. N. U 10 0 Two Clerks Sir John Furbes £J 2 0 Total Three studies from the " Vita Nuova" of Dante, painted by E. A. Hawkes, to be raffled for by two hundred sub scribers at ss. each. The proceeds to be intrusted to Joseph Mazzini. The " Thunder Shower," painted in water colours by Barbara Leigh Smith, to be raffled for by twenty subscribers at 10s. 6d. each. The proceeds to to intrusted to Giu seppe Garibaldi for the emancipation of Italy. Holders of subscription lists are solicited to send all fresh names, and the amount of the subscriptions, to 8, Percy-street, every Wednesday for publication. Mr. Nichol son's, of Penrith, is the only list yet returned. TO THE EDITOR OP " THE PRESS." Sir,—l have just chanced to meet with your un manly and insolent attack on Miss J. Meriton White, my daughter. Your assertions are as false as your style is vulgar. My daughter has been established in London for some time past, with my full con currence, and, while mindful of nearer duties, has been working in behalf of oppressed and struggling Italy in a manner I very highly approve. If, because she has published General Garibaldi's letters to herself, detailing Austrian atrocities, and has translated Orsini's narrative, the Genoese Com mittee has deputed her to collect subscriptions for the 10,000 muskets, to be given to the first Italian pro vince that shall rise against the common foe—is that a reason why a paper, arrogating to itself such respectability of opinion as yours does, should (fail ing to suppress the public feeling in favour of truth and right) demean itself to insult a woman labouring for one of the most sacred causes that a human being can labour for? Without going into the question whether a woman is, or is noi, justified in ent'ring on any sphere of action to which her abilities or tastes incline her, would it not be well for the men who would fain sneer away her usefulness, to come forward and undertake the work for which they deem her unfit? Of this I am sure, that if any Englishmen will undertake to collect for the Genoese Committee such sums as the " liberal•minded" of England are willing to give, my daughter will gladly withdraw from public notice, and work silently and alone as she has hitherto done. I request that you will publish this letter; not that I feel my daughter in the leastwise injured by your unworthy attack, but that I, her father, choose it shall be known that we are one in thought and sympathy on the great question of the day—England's duty concerning the oppressed nationalties.—l re main, sir, yours, THouss WHITE, Ship-builder. Portsmouth. P.S.—I send you a stamped envelope, that if you decline the insertion of this letter it may be returned to me for publication elsewhere. [The only question raised by this letter is, whether Miss White has fairly exposed herself to the com ment of journalism by her conduct. As it is ad mitted that she has been forward in collecting subscriptions to bromote Italian insurrection, and as she published without any expression of dis approval the letter addressed to her by Mr. Landor offering a reward for the assassination of ' conti nental tyrants," it does not strike us that her friends have any reason to complain at her being exposed to the natural consequences of that notoriety she evidently desires. Miss White has chosen to make SATURDAY, herself a public character, and must not hope to escape public criticism, especially in relation to a "cause" which we are so far front thinking "sacred," that we regard it as utterly foolish, or criminal, or both.] ptiant. Tu CRIMEAN BANQUET on Wednesday was a magnificent success, and in every respect worthy of the traditional hospitality of Ireland. The banquet hall was handsomely fitted up for the occasion. By noon hundreds of ladies and gentlemen crowded the gallery to the topmost seats. At half-past twelve the troops were marched in, and by one p.m. 3,409 men had taken their seats at the tables placed in the body of the hall. The spectacle of so vast a military assemblage, the decorations of the tables, the bright colours of the flags round the wall, the brilliancy of the military trophies, the groups of cannon and shot, and the radiating piles of lances, muskets, and sabres, completed a coup•d'oeil at once unique and magnifi cent. About twenty minutes past one his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, accompanied by Lord Seaton, Lord Gough, and attended by a brilliant staff, entered the hall. A procession, headed by the Lord Mayor and corporation, was formed and marched to the head of the table, when the Lord Mayor took the chair. Grace was said, and dinner commenced. At two p.m. the first Oast, " Her Majesty the Queen," was proposed and received with enthusiastic cheers. Then followed in rapid succession those of the Lord Lieutenant, the Royal Family, the Emperor of the French, and the heroes of the Crimea, the two latter proposed in eloquent speeches by General Lord Gough and Mr. Isaac Butt, M.P. According to pre vious arrangement, a non-commissioned officer of the artillery, cavalry, and infantry, a petty officer of the navy, and a non-commissioned officer of royal marines, returned thanks on behalf of their respective branches of the service. Sergeant Bruce, of the Royal Artillery, Sergeant-Major Woodin, of the 17th Lancers, Quartermaster-Sergeant Lefong, 77th Regi ment, had each returned thanks in a few manly words, when the boatswain's mate of the Hogue, John Poulton, jumped on the table, and, making his way to the top, blew such a call from his pipe as took the whole audience by surprise and created hearty laughter. Jack then made a characteristic speech May it please your Excellency, my lords, ladies, gentle. men, all round, we feel highly honoured for the kindness you have bestowed upon us in inviting us to this grand banquet in acknowledgment of our services in the Crimea ; and should any foreign nation ever again be at war with great Britain they will find the '' wooden walls of Old England " and the tars that man them able to hold their rights, and that in them lies the best safety and the noblest means of defence of the country. We are ready to fight our battles over again to prevent any foe or stranger invading our coasts, and for the protection of our rights and liberties, and all that we love. May the British flag fly triumphantly over every sea, as it has always done—the Queen and the navy for ever. Great cheering followed this speech, during which the gallant tar retired from his conspicuous position, waving one of the miniature union-jacks taken from off the dinner table. The dinner as on the most liberal scale, and, to give some notion of the con sumption of 3,500 men, we subjoin the list, viz.:- 250 hams, 231) legs of mutton, 500 meat pies, 100 venison pasties, 100 rice puddings, 200 plum puddings, 200 turkeys and geese, 250 pieces of beef, weighing in all upwards of 3,0001b5.; three tons of potatoes, 2,000 loaves, 100 capons and chickens, and six ox-tongues. The potatoes and the plum puddings were brought in hot; the rest of the dinner was cold. To each man was supplied a quart of porter and a pint of the choice port wine given by Mr. Bren nen. Several other toasts followed, and about four p.m.the proceedings terminated, and the men, having left the hall with the utmost regularity, were mus tered outside, and marched to their respective des tinations : The finale of the proceedings (says a local paper) of this most interesting day - was in keeping with all the preceding stages, and was alike creditable to the soldiers individually and characteristic of the occasion. The crowds of people which lined the streets cheered the gallant fellows as they proceeded homewards, and many a laugh and joke was passed. A jolly tar full of fun might be seen exchanging his hat for a soldier's shako, to the grea► amusement of the spectators; and when the good old port exhibited its effects upon some young heads it was a source of the highest enjoyment to the spectators. The recognitions were frequent and most cordid. One of the 17th shook hands and embraced an 88th man. and when the fervour of their meeting in a degree subsided, " Jack," says one, "do you remember the day you cut the ball out of my arm and the piece of shell out of my leg ?" The most perfect satisfaction was evidenced by every one of the men as to the manner in which they were received. One sturdy soldier being asked if he were satisfied said, "If they gave us the same treatment in the Crimea we would never have left it." One fine young soldier, a Limerick man, had received n►ne wounds ; four of them were still open, and yet he was not invalided,