The Press. — London, England, 1855-11-10 00:00:00

NOVEMBER 10, 1855. 50,000 men is to be established this winter at Silistria. DENMARK. The question of the Sound dues still excites a con siderable amount of discussion at Copenhagen. A Cabinet Council was held at Copenhagen on the Ist inst., and the final policy of Denmark decided on. Russia, it is stated, had offered her mediation, and proposed, as an adjustment of the difficulties, that Denmark should cede her island of St. Thomas to the United States for the sum of five millions of dollars, and total exemption of American ships and cargo from the future payment of the Sound dues. To this proposal Denmark is said to have de murred, out of consideration to the Western powers, to whom such an acquisition of terri tory on the part of the Americans, so close to their own West Indian possessions, cannot be d Negotiations, it is stated, are at this moment going on between our Government and Denmark for the establishment of a submarine telegraph between the coast of England and Jutland. Denmark is, however, desirous, before coming to any decision, to have the question of the telegraphic communications between herself and Prussia finally settled. A Danish commissioner is expected to arrive shortly at Berlin to arrange the matter with the Prussian Go vernment. SWEDEN. General Canrobert arrived on Tuesday at Stock holm, where he was received with the utmost enthu siasm by the people. The journey of the gallant general through Germany was also marked with peculiar significance by the enthusiasm with which he was greeted on all sides. The German Govern ments have attached great importance to this popu lar manifestation. SPAIN. According to letters of the 2nd, from Madrid, we learn that the Carlist chief, Estartus, has been cap tured. The Carlist bands of Catalonia continue also to make their submission. A committee of the Cortes had proposed the adop. tion of the bill for establishing a general credit bank in Spain. The privilege of establishing the bank is conceded to Messrs. de Kervegen, Millaud, and Co. The bank is to have a capital of 800,000,000 reels (200,000,0001.), and is not to come into operation until shares to the amount of 200,000,000 reals shall have been subscribed. Amongst other things, the bank is to make advances to the Government on security of the taxes to the amount of 100,000,000 reals, at four per cent. per annum. NAPLES AND ITALY. The correspondent of the Morning Post, writing from Naples on the 30th ult., states decidedly that a revolutionary movement had broken out in Sicily, and that numerous arrests had in consequence taken place. The correspondence of the Daily News, dated the 81st, contains no allusion to the subject. The Neapolitan Government continued as warlike as ever. M. Lacour, the French Ambassador, had been re called. M. Brennier was to take his place. The Times correspondent writes that — General Filangieri's name bad been much mentioned as likely before long to be called on by the King to form a Ministry. This was no doubt partly in consequence of the visit of the Archduke Albert, as Prince Satriano is known to he a favorite at Vienna, and, indeed, is generally re garded as the only man at Naples almost who would be able to manage both the King and the country at the pre sent crisis. From Genoa we learn that the departure of the Anglo-Swiss Legion from Genoa has been counter- Wended, and that it will not set out for the Crimea until next spring. The health of the King of Sardinia had consi derably improved. THE UNITED STATES. - - - - The Canada, with:dates to the 24th ult., arrived on Sunday. There was very little political news. General Cazneau bad published facts and statements relative to the interference of France and England with our relations with the Republic of Dominica. The general conceals the fact that he failed in his nego tiation because he declined to admit people of all colour to equal rights. The American papers were for the most part silent on the question of the relations between the Governments of England and America. The New York Daily Times considered that the President had dealt " too gently with Mr. Crampton and the English Government," and that the case demanded the " prompt and ignominious dismissal of the British Minister." The Washington correspondent of the Commercial writes : The next steamer will carry out the American Govern ment's permission to Mr. Buchanan to return home im mediately. The liritish authorities in this country have certainly committed wane errors in their anxiety to obtain men for the Crimea ; but. instead of quarrelling with Mr. Crampton, our Government has simply called upon the THE PRESS. British Government for explanations and an apology, which will undoubtedly be forthcoming in due time. The Herald states : This is the proper place to remark that all rumours and reports representing a demand from the United States for the recal of the English Minister are without foundation, and that of the letters sent to Lord Palmerston the first has been answered; but, not proving satisfactory to Mr. Marcy, the second and last was written and despatched as above related. The question of the Sound dues of Denmark ap peared to be capable of a friendly solution on the part of the American Government- The Providence Journal writes:— We are happy to be able to state, on the most reliable authority, that measures are in progress by the United States Government which will put to rest all fears of any collision with Denmark, growing out of our refusal to submit longer to the Sound dues. A messenger is on the way, if not already in Denmark, charged with important despatches to our representative at Copenhagen, directing him to enter into negotiations anew in regard to these taxes. MEXICO. Intelligence from Vera Cruz of the 7th ult. is to the effect that General Alvarez had been elected Provisional President of the Mexican Republic, and had taken the oaths of office. General Comonfort was the only candidate who received any considerable number of votes in opposition to Alvarez. Matamoros had surrendered to the revolutionists without giving battle, and matters there were quite tranquil. At San Luis Potosi a fight of three days' dura tion had taken place, but the city still held out, the revolutionists having only gained possession of the field of battle. Reinforcements had been sent from Monterey. COMMANDERS IN THE ROYAL NAVY. (From a Correspondent.) Ws are anxious to call the attention of the Lords of the Admiralty to the contents of a memorial presented to their lordships about five months ago, and signed by four hundred commanders of the royal navy. This document sets forth in the most plain, yet respectful, language the great anomaly of their position, when compared either with their superiors or inferiors, both enjoying much greater advantages; and we beg to place before their lordships the following "Scale of Retirement" at present existing, and respectfully ask whether the case of the commander in the royal navy does not deserve at their lordships' hands fair consideration : Per Diem. Per Diem. Captains above fifty-five years of age. and ten years seniority, retire on lBs Od, being is ad' Commanders, when at the top of their list, age seventy to eighty, and from thirty to forty years seutority,retlre on los 8d „ sixpence Lieutenants, by Order of Council, 1816, when at top of their list, age sixty to seventy, seniority thirty to forty c years, retire on Masters above fifty-five years of age, and twenty-five years service,retire ou 12s 6d „ 5s 8d Masters above fifty-five years of age, and twenty years service, retire on Surgeons after thirty years service, ir respective of age, retire ou l ss Od „ 8s Od Surgeons after twenty years service, ir respective of age, retire on l Bs Od „ Od Paymasters, by recent regulation, after twelve years service, irrespective of age, retire on lOs 6 d „ 38 6d, Surely the above statement only requires a perusal by their lordships, and an alteration based on justice would be an immediate effect. Before concluding we would ask their lordships' consideration to one particular point the memorial contains, with re ference to the age, which restricts the commander from being employed in the coast guard service. This age is limited to forty five years—and here again is the striking anomaly as well as injustice—the lieutenant, master, late mate royal navy, late officer of the East India Company, and others (none apparently too late) are all permitted to enter as chief officer of station at the age of fifty-five, and each continues to serve on until sixty or seventy years of age ; and very recently lieutenants and civilians, who were fortunate enough years ago to obtain the Treasury appointment of in specting commander of districts, served until near seventy years of age. Now, the present regulation as to age shuts out the commander at fortyjive. To this must be added that the duties of the chief officer of station, performed in accordance to the coast guard instructions, far surpass in manual labour and anxiety those of the inspecting commander. Sir Charles Wood at the close of the session promised, in an answer to Admiral Walcott, that this memorial should be considered during the present recess. We shall wait anxiously for the result. THE KING AND QUEEN OF GREECE on the 21st ult. suddenly visited a church which had lately been given over to the use of Russian subjects. Their Majesties found there all the clergy, the singers of the choir, and all the staff of the Russian embassy in full uniform. A solemn service was then per formed, and, after prayers addressed to Heaven for the success of the Russian arms against the enemies of the orthodox faith, a "Te Deum " was snag. saw ant Volta. 1071 THE HYDE-PARK RIOTS. THE Sunday Hyde-park meetings have at length become such au intolerable nuisance, and resulted in such acts of positive riot and brutal easatilt against the passers-by, that strong measures on the part of the police are called for to put a stop to such disgraceful proceedings. For some Sundays past each succeeding meeting has been more riotous than the other, till at length, on Sunday week, and lezain on Sunday last, the proceedings of the mob very clearly demonstrated that they had met there more for the purpose of robbery than in the hope of listening to denunciations against the high price of bread. Upon the first of these two occasions they pelted the police, ill-treated one or two gentlemen who happened to be passing through the park, and finally broke numerous windows in the neighbour hood ; but on last Sunday, not content with pelting the police, and quarrelling among themselves, they hunted every gentleman they could see, knocked down well-dressed ladies, and pelted and ill treated women and children of all classes. The police behaved with great forbearance, in fact with far too much ; but, after the abuse heaped upon them last summer, so little interference on their part is not remarkable. However, upon one or two occasions they made a dash into the crowd, and succeeded in capturing five of the ringleaders, who on Monday were brought before Mr. Hardwick, at Marlborough-street. Michael Shone, a labourer, was first brought up, charged with violently assaulting Thomas Ward, a gentleman's groom, and also with an assault upon the police. The prosecutor, who appeared to be in great pain, stated that as he was passing through the park on Sunday last, he was surrounded by a mob of some two hundred people, of the prisoner's class, who commenced pelting him with clods of turf and stones Some of the mob had large sticks, with which they struck him, and made him run the gauntlet. They used him shamefully, and he distinctly saw the prisoner pick up a great stone, which he threw, and hit him on the back of the head with such violence that he was felled to the ground. Witness was much hurt, and would no doubt have been seriously injured had not one of the park con stables and some other police come to his assistance and taken the prisoner into custody. While accompanying the police to the station they were surrounded by a portion of the mob, who beat them with sticks and pelted them with stones and turf. Witness was positive intentor was the person who flung the atone at him. The evidence; of the police corroborated that of the prosecutor, and Mr. Hardwick, considering the case fully proved against the prisoner, tined him 51., or two months' imprisonment, for the first assault, and committed him for two months for the assault on the police. The remaining four, charged simply with rioting, were committed for one month each. on giving his decision, Mr. Hardwick made a few ob servations upon the unbearable and disgraceful nature of such scenes in the park ; and, in compli menting the police upon the forbearance they die. played, Mr. Hardwick very justly observed that they perhaps carried that point to excess : I see no reason (continued the magistrate) why you should permit these persons any longer to assemble on a Sunday in the parks, to the exclusion of the decent and well-behaved classes, and to an infringement of their positive right to ride or walk there unmolested. Don't wait for acts of riot or violence, but when you set such persons as I have just punished gathering into groups, or conducting themselves in any way from which their mis chievous purposes may be fairly inferred, disperse them at once. It is becoming a question whether the parka are to be abandoned on a Sunday to the possession of a set of lawless ruffians, to the exclusion of the quiet and orderly classes of society, or whether the latter are again to be permitted to enjoy their accustomed exercise and reere ktion in them. That is the question, and the sooner it is determined the better. From the tenor of these remarks, we may hope that if a further attempt is made at a repetition of such proceedings to-morrow, the police will act forcibly and effectively at the first appearance of any such intention on the part of the mob. M. THEIRS was the hero of a scene the other day in the Exposition. Two gentlemen approached him, and one of them, speaking with great emotion, said, " Will M. Thiers permit twc of hia admirers to thank him respectfully for the happiness be has procured them, by proving so ipropos to his country 'qua la precieuse semence qui vent d'y lever encore n'y trou vera jamais de jacbere.'" The gentlemen then bowed and withdrew before M. Thiers bad sufficiently recovered from his surprise to find words to reply. The tribute of admiration paid to the historian by the strangers referred to that passage in the preface to his twelfth volume, which has been so much talked of within the last few days :—" En nous Isis stint la gloire Napoleon, nous a lai:Ae la semenoe des heros ; sentence precieuse qui vient de lever encore ei nous a donne lee vainqueurs de Sebastopol." M I