The Press.
London, England, 1855-11-03 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

occasion of the thanksgiving in the churches for the
fall of Sebastopol. No opportunity was lost to heap
every possible indignity on the Sardinian Resident;
and although the Count Soipione 13argagli, the
Tuscan Minister, who has a brother high in the Sar-
dinian naval service, adopted every method to pre-
vent a too glaring affront, still it was not possible for
him to avert that which was studiously intended to
be made evident to all. Mazza, from Naples, has
had a secret interview with Antonelli. His agency
has been secured, by purchase, to bring about a
perfect understanding betwixt the Jesuits, the King
of Naples, and, it may be said, the bandits of both
kingdoms. The Roman brigands have been hitherto
inclined to Mazzini, the Neapolitan to the "Re
assoluto," but a coalition is sought to be effected,
according to the fashion of the day. It may be said
without exaggeration, that the Pope and Austria are
supreme from Prague to Otranto. The Jesuit priest
is up and stirring, he is busy and at work—

Weave the warp, and weave the woof,
Give ample scope and verge enough,
The characters of hell to trace ;
and they have been fitly traced in the Austro•Papal
concordat. N. T. A.

3oteign au (Colonial Intelligente.

FRANCE.

The sudden departure of General Canrobert on a
mission to Sweden, for the ostensible purpose of con-
veying to King Oscar the insignia of the Legion of
Honour, has created some little sensation iu Paris
this week. So immediately after the arrival at the
Court of the Tuileries of the Baron de Kundi and
Admiral de Virgin, there can be no doubt that the
mission of General Canrobert concerns graver
matters than the mere delivering of the insignia of
the Legion of Honour. The Moniteur of Monday
simply announced the general's departure, without
stating for what purpose. According to the lack-
pendance Belge, he is to demand winter quarters for
the allied ships in the Swedish ports. Several foreign
journals speak of a diplomatic mission from St.
Petersburg to Stockholm, in order to counterbalance
the influence of General Canrobert.

On Sunday the Emperor received envoys from the
Kings of Bavaria, Saxony, and Prussia.
The Duke and Duchess of Brabant took their de-
parture at the close of last week for Brussels. The
Moniteur had a highly complimentary paragraph
upon the visit of their Royal Highnesses. " Nothing,"
says that journal, "can contribute more to cement
the union of the two peoples, and to facilitate their
dealings, than these cordial relations between the
reigning families."
With regard to the difference between France and
Naples, the Moniteur of the 29th had the following
explanation :.

On the 15th of August last a ship belonging to the
imperial navy, the Gurgone, which hail touched at the
harbour of Messina, celebrated while there the fete-day of
the Emperor. The military governor of the place, although
informed by the French vice-consul and the civil governor
of Messina, abstained from complying with the usage that
obtains among friendly nations, and did not hoist the
Neapolitan Slag.
The Government of the Emperor having complained of
this want of courtesy, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of
the Two Sicilies has just presented, by order of his Bove-
reign, to the Minister Plenipotentiary of his Imperial
Majesty at Naples, a note which happily puts an end to
this untoward incident. The Neapolitan Government ex-
presses its regret that the military commandant of Messina
should not have complied with the invitation of the civil
governor, and it gives the assurance that formal instruc-
tions will prevent, for the future, a repetition in the ports
of the Two Sicilies of the omission which has elicited the
just complaints of the Emperor's Government.
The butchers of Paris continue to manifest the
greatest repugnance to carry out the recent ordi-
nance of the Prefect of Police, which requires them
to sell meat at a fixed price, and without unneces
nary bone.
The question of transferring the Bourse to the
Exposition building is tinder serious consideration.