The Press.
London, England, 1855-06-16 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

most beautiful. I can only compare it to cool
weather in the tropics ; not a breath of air stirs the
waters during the daytime; and the light evening
and morning breezes are charged with delicious
odours which make all long for a run on shore. Our
blockading squadron in the Gulf of Riga are still
watching for prizes ; they consist of Geyser, Archer,
and Basilisk. The hospital ship Belleisle has arrived
at Faro, where she is to be stationed. Pylades has
just come in sight with three or four gun-boats in
tow. We are anxiously expecting the Volcano with
other gun-boats.

A despatch dated Nyborg, June 13, states :—" Her
Majesty's steam frigate Retribution, 28, carrying the
flag of Rear-Admiral Baynes, has arrived in the Belt,
with the 80 gun screw blockships Hawke, Cornwallis,
Hastings, Pembroke, Russell, and nine gun boats.
The squadron is at anchor at Knudshead. The
French sailing-frigate Isis, 36, Captain Cleret, ar-
rived at Kiel on Wednesday."

PARIS AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITION.
THE cattle-show in the Champ de Mars terminated
on Saturday last by the sale by auction of the animals
exhibited. The exhibition, the second of the kind
held in Paris, has been much better attended than
that of last year. The company was every day com-
posed principally of country people, but, notwith-
standing the distance of the locality from the centre
of Paris, there were a good many Parisians, and it is
expected that in two or three years this show will be-
come a national institution in every sense of the
word. The French country gentlemen and breeders
have expressed almost boundless admiration at the
excellence of the English animals, and freely con-
cede the palm to them. They antizipate immense
advantages from the greater attention to breeding
which these exhibitions are calculated to bring about.
During the auction there were many expressions of
regret at the low prices at which splendid English
bulls and rams were sold, and fears were expressed
that the English would be so dissatisfied with the
sale that they would not readily send their cattle next
year. The English exhibitors have, however, every
reason to be proud of their harvest of honour and
glory. Among the prizes awarded to the owners of the
bulls of the Durham race, brought from England for
exhibition, Lord Feversham obtained the first prize
of 1,000 f.; Mr. Crisp, of Hawkhill, the second of
0001 ; Lord Talbot de Malahide, the third of 800 f.;
Prince Albert, the fourth of 500 f. Lord Berwick
obtained the first prize of I,ooof. for bulls of the
Hereford hreed ; Lord Talbot for those of the Ayr-
shire breed ; and Mr. Turner of Exeter fur the
Devon. Mr. Webb, the owner of the South Downs
that excited the ecstatic admiration of the French
breeders, received a complete ovation. The jury, not
content with awarding him two prizes (the utmost
that the rules allowed), and thirty " honourable
mentions," gave him a large gold medal, as an ex-
traordinary testimony of their admiration of the
beauty of his animals. At the same time it must not
be supposed that the French are mean competitors.
There were magnificent specimens of the Charolais,
Flamande, Normande, and Cotentin races, as well as
ot successful crosses with English breeds. But the
French cattle are apt to be long-legged and bony,
showing traces of that breeding which has in view the
plough as well as the slaughter-house. The exqui-
site perfection of some of the Herefords and Durhams
is not to be seen in the French pens. In sheep the
superiority of the English breeds is by universal con-
sent still more remarkable.

THE Hamburg News contains a letter from St.
Petersburg, which says :—" Captain Vernlow lately
made his appearance in the drawing•rooms of the
capital, and has excited much attention from the fact
that, although he is only 23 years of age, he has 24
years of service. First, he has been eight years in
the army ; second, he has served six months at Se-
bastopol, and as, according to an order of the Emperor
Nicholas, each month's service there is to count as a
year, his six months are equivalent to six years, which
give fourteen years in all; third, he wears the Order
of St. Anne, and of Vladimir, the Cross of the Order
of St. George, and has a sabre of honour, which
reckon for ten years more ; and in that way he makes
up the twenty-four years. Strange to say, although
this officer has been in twelve sorties, he has never
received a wound."
THE AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT requests the directors
of the railways in the empire to plant young trees of
a description indicated, at convenient distances along
the lines, intending them to replace eventually the
posts upon which telegraphic wires are at present
affixed.
AN official announcement in the Journal de St.
Petersbourg states that between the 12th and 28th
ult., upwards of 59,115 silver roubles, besides various
medical and surgical appliances, were placed to the
account of the Empress of Russia, on behalf of the
wounded at Sebastopol. The subscriptions are
chiefly made by members of the Imperial family.

*ATURbiIt,

Int* gorrtsponbtatt.

FRANKrouT, June le.
THE speech of Lord Palmerston at the closing of the
debate in the House of Commons on the amendment
of Sir F. Baring is accepted in Germany and at the
Diet as a plain declaration that no terms of peace
will be listened to until Sebastopol be taken, and
that the Crimea, being once in the possession of
France and England, will not be restored to Russia.
It was to save Russia from this mortification that
Austria proffered her amicable interference; it was
to preserve her own position, now lost as a primary
power, that the Camarilla plotted to betray the
allies, by inveigling them into a peace. The knights
and princes can now afford to beard Austria and
scruple not to tell Prussia at the Diet that the Czar
is their avowed protector. Such has been the result
of the treachery and duplicity of Prussia and Austria.
It has reacted against themselves. The imperial
crown for Prussia, and the attempted extension of
the Austrian empire, have been failures.

This new bearing—this defeat of the Hapsburg
and Hohenzollern factions—is the work, and the sole
work, of Mr. Disraeli. In bringing forward his
original motion he placed Lord Palmerston in a
dilemma with his Cabinet. Lord John Russell, on
his circuitous road to Vienna, despatched the mes-
sage "Le mot d'ordre, c'est la paix." What will
become of this versatile Minister? Either he will be
dismissed from office, or Lord Palmerston will be
beaten sooner or later. The general feeling of dis-
trust and dislike continentally feh-, and expressed for
the Secretary of the Colonies cannot be otherwise
than damaging to the Ministry, and for this the
people in England have to thank Mr. Disraeli. At
last Lord John Russell and Sir William Molesworth
have insulted and betrayed that Chesham-place
party which maintained the first and introduced the
second to place and power. Meanwhile the greatest
activity prevails amongst the petty Courts of the Con-
federation. The princes laugh at the anger of
Prussia, insult the petition "ad misericordiam "
of Austria, button up their pockets, which have
been well filled by M. de Benkendorf, the nephew
of the Princess Lieven, and they aid not the course
of events.

J. E. L.

Jordon 10 6olonial

GERMANY.

It is said that the Emperor of Austria will have an
interview with the King of Prussia in the course of a
few days, at Gallicia, where his Imperial Majesty
goes to inspect the 4th division of the Austrian army.
The two chief Governments of Germany are endea-
vouring to arrive at an understanding upon which a
common line of action may be established. It is
said that the army will be reduced by 100,000 men.
Considerable drafts have already been made from the
corps d'armie of Gallicia.
ITALY.
A telegraphic despatch of the llth, received from
Rome, announces that an attempt had been made to
assassinate Cardinal Antonelli, Secretary of State to
the Pope. His Eminence sustained no injury, and
the assassin was immediately seized, and placed in
sate custody.
A decree of the King of Piedmont has indicated
the religious orders of men and women which are to
be suppressed. The number is considerable : 334
monasteries will dissapear ; they contain a popula-
tion of 5,598 persons. Among these monasteries,
289 were inhabited by 4,125 monks, and 45 by 1,473
nuns. In the orders still preserved there remain
863 monks and 1,899 nuns. The monks and nuns
who belong to the orders suppressed will receive for
life a pension of 500 f.
SPAIN.

Notwithstanding the statements of the journals
about the suppression of the insurrection, it does not
appear to have been so effectual as they would hays
the world believe. Even as late as the 11th instant
a band of seventy unarmed men formed near Pampe-
luna, and was about to proceed to France to procure
arms. The Queen's troops quickly following in pur-
suit, the rebels fled, crossed the frontier, and took
refuge in France. An insurrection in Catalonia was
also apprehended.
The Government has entered into a contract with
the Bank of St. Ferdinand for the payment of the
half years' interest on the foreign debt.
A letter from Rome of the 2nd in the Univers says
that the Pope, who has already protested against the
sale of ecclesiastical property in Spain, is about to
interrupt all diplomatic intercourse with that country'.
PORTUGAL.
It is reported that Portugal is on the eve of en-
tering into the Western alliance, which will be ratified

JUNE 16, 1855.

when his Majesty mounts the throne next September,
and that the Portuguese Government will then con-
tribute a contingent to the allied forces.

TURKEY.

Letters .from Constantinople state that the dis-
• missal of Riza Pacha, the Minister of War, arose
from a threat made by OMer Pacha that he *ould
send in his resignation if Riza did not retire.
Riza Pacha is appointed commander-in-chief of
the Imperial Guard, instead of Mehemet Reschid
Pacha, the head of the war party at Constantinople.
The sultan has consented to hand over 3,000 of
the Turkish troops, to form a skeleton for the Anglo-
Turkish army of reserve at the Bosphorus. The
Turkish officers will be replaced by English officers,
as soon as the latter are able to give the word of
command in the Turkish language.
The Anglo• Turkish army is leaving Buynkdere for
Asia.