The Press. — London, England, 1856-05-03 00:00:00

TURKEY. A deputation from the Circassian chiefs who lately assembled at Anapa to sign an address to the Emperor Napoleon, Queen Victoria, and the Sultan, demanding the recognition of their independence, and expressing a determination to fight for it to the last, had arrived at Constantinople by the 21st. The deputation had been received by the Ministers. The disturbances at Nablous, Aleppo, Damascus, and Syria, have been suppressed. Devish Pacha has been appointed to the com mission for the ratification of the Bessarabian frontier. SPAIN. The reception of Espartero at Valladolid has been enthusiastic. Ihe Madrid Gazette of the 25th publishes the following autograph letter, addressed by the Queen to the Duke : Espartero,—Go into Castille and Aragon, preside in my royal name at the inauguration of the works of the Northern and Saragossa Railways, and make known to the Castilians and Aragonese the ardent wishes which I form for the aggrandisement and future prosperity for the loyal population who are beloved by their Queen. ISABELLA. Palace of Madrid, April 23. Previous to his leaving Madrid, a grand review of the National Guards was held on the 21st, at which flags were presented to the different regiments by the Queen. At the conclusion of the revie•.v Espartero addressed the Guards in the Queen's name, calling upon them always to preserve public order, obedience to the laws and the constitutional throne of the Queen. The address excited the greatest enthusiasm. Espaitero was expected to return on the 4th inst. INDIA AND THE CAPE. Intelligence from Bombay to the 3rd April, and Calcutta 23rd March, informs us that the Santhal rebellion is completely quieted, and the rebels engaged in work on the railways. Oude continued tranquil. The King had left Lucknow for Cawnpore without any demonstration having been made in his favour. From Burmah we learn that a terrible fire had completely destroyed Prome on the 25th February. At the Cape of Good Hope serious apprehensions were being felt about a possible recurrence of a Kaffir war. A steady emigration of all Kaffirs, with their cattle, from the frontier colonies to the interior was going on, and several Kaffir chiefs were known to be actually roaming about the country. A corre spondent of the Frontier Times, writing from Graaff- Reinet, says : I do not yet know what the Kaffira contemplate—some say a general "trek," northwards or eastwards. I myself think that war is in their heads. They think that the English are "fast," as a Fingo expressed it, with a war beyond the sea, and are not able to assist us now. AMERICA. Intelligence from New York to the 10th ult. arrived on Monday by the Asia. In reference to the position of the relations between the Governments of England and America, a Wash ington letter written on the 15th says : Prtvate accounts assure the Government of a decided change of opinion in England towards the United States, shared partially by the Ministry. The Government has reason to anticipate, in a week or ten days, an answer to Mr. Marcy's despatch requesting the recal of Mr. Cramp ton, and to suppose it will contain concessions, though not fully up to the demands made. This reply was prepared under Lord Palmerston's supervision, and will be forwarded to Paris for Lord Clarendon's signature, if the Peace Con. ference should not have adjourned. These overtures may produce hesitation and division here, but it is doubtful if the Administration will abandon the position they have taken. General Walker, in his invasion of Costa Rica, has been totally defeated at Santa Rosa by the Costa Ricans, and his four hundred troops killed or dis persed. AUSTRALIA. Letters and papers received by the Hellespont and Beemah, up to the 18th February, state that• the acting governor of Melbourne, General Macarthur, had succeeded in forming a Ministry, and was con solidating the new Government to the satisfaction of the greater part of the colonists. His Excellenc3, it is said, VMS gaining golden opinions by his pru dent conduct and determination. The public meeting convened for the purpose of getting up a petition from the colonists to the Home Government, praying for the right to elect their own governor, had failed, and the subject had fallen to the ground. In Sydney the elections under the new act were being pushed forward. A Ministry was bei.ig at tempted to be formed by Mr. Donaldson, in con• junction with Messrs. M‘Leay, Holroyd, and others. Sir W. Denison supported Mr. Donaldson. THE PRESS Gut Imo cfastion. Her Mtkjesty the Queen held her second Drawing room this season on Tuesday, at St. James's Palace. The Court was very fully attended, more than two hundred and fifty presentations taking place. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess, Princess Mary, and Duke of Cambridge, with Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, were present. The presentations in the diplomatic circle included Mr. Ferdinand de Lesseps and Rear-Admiral de fa Graviere by the French Ambassador; M. de Naegler by the Danish Minister; and Comte Mornor by the Norwegian Minister. Her Majesty gave a concert on Wednesday evening, to which the Foreign Ministers and 370 of the nobility were invited. Her Majesty on Thursday inspected the Royal Academy Exhibition, and attended the Haymarket Theatre. Itttrolplitan. PROCLAMATION OF PEACE. THE proclamation of peace was made in due form on Tuesday morning. The procession, consisting of the Westminster beadles, the Knights - Marsha.lmen, pursuivants, and heralds in full costume, headed by the Garter King-at-Arms, and preceded and followed by detachments of Life Guards with trumpeters, formed at St. James's Palace a little before noon, and after a flourish of trumpets thrice sounded, the Garter• King advanced and read the following pro clamation VICTORIA R. Whereas a definite treaty of peace and friendship between us and our allies and his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of all the flimsies was concluded at Paris on the 30th day of March last, and the ratifications thereof have now been duly exchanged : in conformity thereunto we have thought fit hereby to command that the same be pub lished throughout all our dcminions ; and we do declare to all our loving subjects our will and pleasure that the said treaty of peace and friendship be observed inviolably, as well by sea as by land, and in all cases whatsoever ; strictly charging and commanding all our loving subjects to take notice hereof, and to conform themselves thereunto ac cordingly. Given at our Court at Buckingham Palace, this 28th day of April, in the year of our Lord 1858, and in the 19th year of our reign. God save the Queen. At the end of the proclamation, the heralds again sounded their trumpets thrice, and the procession proceeded along Pall-mall to Charing-cross, where the proclamation was again read. The procession then advanced to Tempiesbar, and, finding the gates closed, demanded admittance, which, after a short parley, was granted by the Lord Mayor, when the proclamation was read inside the gates, and repeated at Wood-street and at the Royal Exchange. A great crowd was of course gathered at each point, but, beyond laughing at the grotesque appearance of the heralds, and their evident uneasiness in the saddle, for come of them had not crossed a horse for forty years, the spectators evinced no other signs of satisfaction, and refused to raise a single cheer. Previous to the arrival of the procession at the gates of Temple-bar, a Court of Common Council had been held at an early hour, when the Lord Mayor read an official intimation received from Sir G. Grey announcing the ratification of the treaty and the conclusion of peace, and requesting the attendance of the magistrates and officers of the city of London at the proclamation thereof. THE LORD MAYOR gave a banquet on Wednesday evening at the Mansion-house to Lord Brougham and the members of the Law Amendment Society. In proposing the health of the learned lord, as president of the society, the Lord Mayor gave a slight sketch of Lord Brougham's distinguished services in the cause of law reform, and spoke earnestly of the learned lord's good for tune to be known to the public, alike as a great lawyer, an eminent statesman, a great judge, and one distinguished in art, literature, and science. Lord Brougham, in reply, alluded to the immense advantages of an improved state of the law to the commercial body among the rest, and denied the truth of the objections urged against the Law Amendment Society, that it did not proceed syste matically, and acted upon no systematic plan of law reform. The principle upon which it had through out acted was the substitution of natural for tech nical procedure ; and if he could only live to see Courts of Reconcilement instituted, a system which would prevent a vast amount of painful and expen sive litigation, " he should go to his account, and think that they of the Law Amendment Society had not lived in vain." THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S RETURNS show a mor tality of 1,048 persons during the past week—a low average, taking into account the increasing popula tion. The number of births amounted to 1,861. ■ SATURDAY, SIR CHARLES NAPIER, on Wednesday, was enter. tamed at dinner by his Southwark friends at a tavern in Southwark. The gallant admiral, as usual, fired a series of broadsides into his opponents, who, it is needless to add, were not present. THE ERECTION OF A MEMORIAL CHURCH AT CON STANTINOPLE, in commemoration of the services of the British army, was decided on at an influential meeting held at Willis's-rooms on Monday. Th e Duke of Cambridge took the chair, and resolutions according to the objects of the meeting, proposed by the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Granville, and the Bishop of Oxford, were unanimously passed. A subscrip. tion-list to the amount of 2,0001. was read out. THE LESSEES OF THE METROPOLITAN THEATRES held a meeting on Saturday last for the purpose of considering the position the various theatres would be placed in on the 29th inst. from the promised public display of fireworks in the parks. All the leading managers, except Mr. Charles Kean, were present, and it was unanimously resolved that a de putation should wait, upon Sir George Grey to repre- sent to the Home Secretary that, unless Government would throw the theatres open gratuitously on that night, every manager, with the exception of Mr. Kean, would feel compelled to close his establishment. THE SALE OF THE ROGERS COLLECTION has con tinued during the week with great success. On the first day (Monday) a curiously-carved mahogany pedestal was sold. The carving on this pedestal was executed in mahogany by Chantrey in 1803, when, unknown and in poverty, he was employed by Bo gaert, a German, at the rate of ss. a day. It is related, with reference to the very case, that Chantrey one day in after life said to Rogers, " Do you re member a workman who came in at that door to receive your orders? I was that workman." The four days sale of the week realised 4,3001. The sale of pictures commenced yesterday and continues to- day. A GREAT MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE REFORMATORY AND REFUGE UNION was held at the Mansion-house, last Friday, under the presidency of the Lord Mayor. The Earl of Shaftesbury, Lord Ebrington, M.P., Mr. Smith Child, M.P., &c., were present. Resolutions in favour of the establishment of reformatories in London, and for appealing to the public for support, were proposed by the Rev. Canon Bickersteth and Mr. Edward Corderoy, seconded by Lord Shaftesbury and the Rev. Grantham Yorke, and carried unanimously. Subscriptions to the amount of 1,1001. were announced. A NEW TRADE SCHOOL, mainly founded by Mr. Green, the eminent shipowner, has been opened this week in the Sailors' Home, at Poplar. The object of this school is to offer to all the artizans, operatives, and mechanics of the district instruction in thepnn ciples of their work. Not to teach the practice of the workshop. The subjects of instruction, as arranged in rotation, will be arithmetic and algebra, practical mechanics and mechanism, the steam engine, practical geometry and mechanical draping, free hand drawing, surveying and gauging, physical and commercial geography, and bookkeeping. The hours of attendance will be from seven to nine p.m. in summer, and from six to nine in winter. The foundation of such a school is, of course, merely experimental, and its results will be looked forward to with much interest. THE DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS IN THE PARKS, fixed as originally stated in THE PRESS for the 29th of May, will commence about nine p.m., and last for about three hours. Various devices are in prepa ration in addition to the vast numbers of rockets and ordinary fireworks intended to be used. The dis• plays in the parks will be precisely similar. That on Primrose-hill will be mainly confined to the discharge cf rockets in great variety. THE RED•hILL REFORMATORY SOCIETY held their annual festival at the London Tavern on Wednesday evening. Lord Granville presided, and in an elo quent speech upon the advantages of reformatory schools stated that the Government had resolved to grant a moiety of the salaries of reformatory schools, and to advance a certain sum towards the erection and maintenance of the buildings of those institu tions. Lord Granville concluded with a forcible ap peal to the members of the House of Commons present to support this proposal of her Majesty's Government. roinntial. FATHER GAVAZZI last week lectured at Oxford, and his reception, as at Cambridge, was rather stormy than otherwise. His first two lectures upon " The Papal Army of Great Britain and its Protestant Allies," and upon " Tractarian Encroachments;' created the liveliest manifestations of disapprobat ion among the undergraduates. Shouts and hooting, with cries of "Apostate," "Go back to Rome," were mingled with the sharp cracks and hiesss of squibs 418