The Press.
London, England, 1855-12-08 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

THE KING or Panama's SPEECH has excited the
bile of the French papers, which declare that France
cannot rest satisfied with so Jesuitical end thoroughly
evasive a reply to the straightforward tone of the
Emperor's Speech. The Siecle declares the late
mission of Count Munster to St. Petersburg has en-
tirely failed, and that the rumour of peace now float-
ing about is utterly unfounded.
THE VISA ON PASSPORTS BETWEEN FRANCE AND
Pnussu, and vice versa, is about to be abolished.
Negotiations on the point are, it is stated, on the eve
of being satisfactorily concluded.
THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH never loses an
opportunity of rewarding personal bravery in his
army. It is said that a few days ago a young ser-
geant of Zouaves, distinguished for personal courage,
who by a severe wound had been ircapacitated for
service, and sent home for a pension, petitioned for
promotion to the rank of sous lieutenant, offerinp at
the same t;me to give tip his pension. The affair
corning to the Emperor's ears, he sent for the young
sergeant to the Tuileries, heard his story, promised
him his promotion, and taking off his own cross
attached it by the side of the Inkermann medal on
the breast of the future sous-lieutenant.
GENERAL CANROBERT arived in Paris on Sunday
night, and had an immediate interview with the
Emperor. Subsequently the gallant general visited
the principal Ministers of State.
THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON has presented to the
Princess Royal of England the fan once belonging to
Marie Antoinette, and to the Prince of Wales a small
watch, of which the case is
,composed of a single

ruby split in half.
AN ULTRAMONTANE JOURNAL, to resemble the Urti-
vent of Paris, is about to appear at Vienna.
THE PROVINCIAL CONGREGATIONS of the Lombardo-
Venetian kingdom, suppressed in 1848, and since
then existing provisionally, have been declared
definitely reconstituted by Field-Marshal Count

Radetzky.
PRINCE CALLIMAICI, it is asserted, will shortly take
the place of Arif Effendi as Ambassador of the Porte
at the Court of Vienna.
BARON PROKESCH OSTEN left Vienna on the
morning of the Ist inst. for Constantinople.
PRINCE PASKIEWITCH iS said to be dying. All the
leading physicians of the empire have been consulted,
and the Archbishop Arsine, on the 25th ult., ad-
administered the last sacrament to the brave old
general.
THE PRINCESS CHRISTINE BELOIOJOSO has lately
been recalled from an exile since 1849 by the
Emperor of Austria. Her large estates in Lombardy,
sequestrated upon her banishment, will be restored
to her.
DELIBERATIONS ON THE STATE OF THE PRINCI-
PALITIES will commence at Vienna the moment Sir
H. Seymour arrives at his post. Count Coronini
will take part in the conferences. The new consti-
tution for these provinces is said to include the follow-
ing leading points :—The Hospodar to be named for
life; the slavery of the Teiganes to be abolished;
the Boyards subjected to a land tax; and foreigners,
not excepting Jews, to be permitted to purchase
landed property. The Porte is anxious that the
future government of Wallachia should be given only
to a native of the country. France and England, it
is said, are in favour of a Phanariote ; while Prussia
and Austria are intriguing for the appointment of a
German prince.
THE SERVIAN GOVERNMENT have formally an-
nounced their intention to permit the free exercise
of the Protestant faith throughout the country.
THE BELGIAN MINISTER OF WAR, in a late debate
upon the budget, remarked upon 'the necessity of
keeping up the effective strength of the army, and
observed, " That it was a duty they owed to them-
selves, in presence of their neutrality, to be always
ready for war." An effective organisiation of " Lea
brave Beiges " is too important an item in the
balance of European politics to be neglected.
THE DUCHY OF BADEN, it is believed at Vienna,
is about to follow Vienna's example, and conclude a
noncordat with Rome. The Prince Regent, on open-
ing the Chambers last week, announced in his speech
that, owing to the unsatisfactory relations of Church
and State, " negotiations had been opened with the
Papal Chair."
GENERAL COUNT BENCKENDORFF, Russian Military
Commissioner at Berlin, lately accompanied the
Emperor Alexander to the Crimea, and applied for
a high command. The Emperor is said to have
given him a division at Nicolaieff, but that on his
Majesty's return to St. Petersburg the count was
ordered to return to his post at Berlin.
"VAN DIEMEN'S LAND" has been now changed by
authority to "Tasmania." The good colonists are
so desirous to obliterate every trace of convicts in
that territmity that they lately peti ioned the Queen
to change the name of the island Crum the first to
the latter term.
THE UNITED STATES Will not, it is believed, take
any part in tne approaching conference on the Sound
dues.

SATURDAY,

(fart sub jastion.

Tam presence of the King of Sardinia at the Court
during the week necessarily changed the usually
quiet routine of the Royal Family. A series of state
dinners have been given every evening, except Sun-
day, to which the most distinguished members of
the nobility and the foreign ambassadors have been
invited.
Her Majesty, ou Wednesday, held a Chapter of
the Garter, for the purpose of investing the King of
Sardinia. The investiture was accompanied with the
greatest state and ceremony, and in the evening
her Majesty gave a grand banquet in St. George's-
hall.
The King of Sardinia took his leave of her Majesty
at an early hour on Thursday morning ; and accom-
panied by Prince Albert, the Duke of Cambridge,
and a numerous suite, left Windsor for Paris, vik
Folkestone.
The;r Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam-
bridge and the Princess Mary arrived on Monday, on
a visit to the Queen, and remained at the castle until
Thursday.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has
been on a visit to the Queen during the week.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, after accom-
panying the King of Sardinia to Folkestone, returned
to Shornecliffe, and inspected the Getman Legion.
At the close of the inspection the Prince presented
new colours to the different regiments.
Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar has been on a
visit to her Majesty during the week.
Viscount Palmerston returned to town on Thurs-
day from Windsor.
The Duke of Devonshire still continues at
Brighton.

VISIT OF THE KING OF SARDINIA.
His Majesty the King of Sardinia, Victor Emanuel,
whose arrival in this country was announced in last
week's PRESS, has principally passed his brief sojourn
in this country in a series of inspections and
visits. _ .

On Saturday, accompanied by the Queen, Prince
Albert, the Duke of Cambridge, and suite, the
King visited Woolwich Arsenal, inspected the work-
shops and reviewed a troop of horse artillery, and
a field battery on the common. Everywhere the
King was received with great enthusiasm by the
people, and, after an inspection of wounded men
from the Crimea, the royal party returned to
Windsor. _ _

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On Sunday the King left Windsor at an early hour
and attended divine service at the Royal Sardinian
Chapel, Lincoln's-inn-fields. On his arrival, his
Majesty was received by Cardinal Wiseman and the
Chaplains of the Embassy. The cardinal, in a brief
congratulatory address, offered "the humble homage
of the clergy to the King." After mass, Beet-
hoven's in C, the King returned to Windsor.
On Monday, accompanied by Prince Albert, and
attended by a numerous suite, his Majesty paid
a visit to Portsmouth, inspected the dockyard,
where be visited the Excellent, witnessed shot and
shell practice, and examined several ships now build-
ing, with great interest. On leaving the Repulse, a
90-gun ship, the King was informed by Prince
Albert that her name was henceforth changed to
Victor Emanuel, a compliment at which the King
appeared to be highly gratified. His Majesty then
lunched with Sir Thomas Cochrane at his official
residence, and, after a brief inspection of the fleet at
Spithead, returned to Windsor.
On Tuesday occurred the most important and
formal affair—
HIS MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE CITY.

The King, and suite ileft Windsor at an early
hour, and arrived at Buckingham Palace shortly be.
fore ten a.m., when various deputations bearing ad-
dresses of congratulation were received. The Lord
Mayor and her Majesty's Commissioners of Lieute-
nancy of London were first introduced, when his
lordship read an address expressive of the admira-
tion felt in this country for the enlightened policy of
the King, and for his magnanimous alliance with us
in the present war.
To this address the King replied in French,
thanking the honourable deputation for the senti-
ments they expressed :
The happiness of my people (said his Majesty) has
always been my dearest wish. It is, then, with no ordirusy
satisfaction that I find my efforts to attain that point so
favorably interpreted by the municipal representatives of
this great country.
The aim of this great struggle is too just and
honourable to doubt that the energy and perseverance of
the allied powers will cease but by being crowned with a
peace at once glorious and durable.
Deputations from Edinburgh, from the bankers and
merchants of the City of London, from the Protes-
tsint Dissenting Society, and from the religions

DECEMBER 8, 1855.

societies of Great Britain, were in turn received, after
which a presentation of the corps diplomatique took
place. The various toreign ambassadors, with their
secretaries of the embassy, were present at the
levee.
His Majesty, attended by Count Cavour, the Mar- 4
quis d'Azeglio, and a large suite, left Buckingham
Palace at a quarter-past twelve o'clock for the Guild-
hall. The royal cortege embraced four state carriages,
the King occupying the last, and preceded and
attended by a squadron of the Royal Horse Guards.
The procesion, at a moderately fast pace, took the
s ime route that was followed on a late state occa-
sion, and reached the Guildhall a few minutes
b.:fore one. Throughout the whole length of the
City, in spite of the dull murky weather, the
streets were well lined with people, and at the
prominent points, Whitehall, St. Paul's, and the
Mansion-house, were very densely crowded. The
King was warmly received by the people, and on
his arrival at the Guildhall was met by the Lord
Mayor and aldermen, and conducted with great cere-
mony to the throne. As his Majesty crossed the in-
terior of the ball the whole assembly rose en
incase and cheered with a heartiness which produced
a great impression on the King. As soon as silence
was restored, the Mayor and Recorder advanced to
the steps of the throne and read an address con•
gratulating bis Majesty upon his visit to our Queen
and country, and expressing the determination of
the citizens of London to support the Queen and
her august allies "in the cause of national indepen-
dence and of civil and religious liberty."
His Majesty then advanced from the throne, and,
speaking in Italian, replied as follows :
My Lord Mayor,—l offer my heartfelt thanks to you, to
the a dermen, and to the commons of the City of London,
for the cordial congratulations whi2h you present to me on
the occas►on of my visit to her Majesty the Queen and to
the British nation.
The reception that I meet with in this ancient land of
constitutional liberty, of which your address is a confirma-
tion, is to me a proof of the sympathy inspired by the
policy I have hitherto pursued—a policy in which it is my
intention constantly to persevere.
The close alliance existing between the two most power-
ful nations of the earth is honourable alike to the wisdom
of the sovereigns who govern them and to the character of
their people. They have understood how preferable is a
mutually advantageous friendship to ancient and ill-defined
rivalry.
The alliance is a new fact in history, and is the
trinmph of civilisation. Notwithstanding the misfortunes
which have weighed upon my kingdom, I have entered into
this alliance, because the house of Savoy ever deemed it to
be its duty to draw the sword when the combat was for
justice and for independence.
• If the forces which I bring to the allies are those of a
State not vast, I bring with them, nevertheless, the in-
fluence of a loyalty never doubted, and supported by the
valour of an army always faithful to the banner of its

kings.
We cannot lay down our arms until an honourable and
therefore durable peace has been secured. This we shall
accomplish by seeking unanimously the triumph of true
right and the just desires of each nation.
I thank you for the good wishes you this day express for
my future happiness and for that of my kingdom.
While you thus express yourself with respect to the
future, it gives me pleasure to speak of the presee, and to
congratulate you on the high position attained by Great
Britain. This is to be attributed to the free and noble
character of the nation, and also to the virtues of your

Queen.
The King shortly afterwards left the throne, and
partook of luncheon, at which the Lord Mayor pro •
posed the "Health of the Queen," and then the
health of " Our August Visitor and Welcome Guest,"
his Majesty the King, in return, proposing the
health of the "Lord Mayor and Prosperity to the
City of London." Shortly after two p.m. the King
rose and left the Guildhall with the same state and
ceremony as on his arrival. His Mtkiesty, on his way
to Buckingham Palace, paid a state visit to Viscount
Palmerston, at the noble viscount's private residence.
Lord Palmerston, with the different members of the
corps diplomatique, received the King, who left after
a brief stay, returning to Buckingham Palace and

Windsor.
On Wednesday a Chapter of the Garter was held by
the Queen at Windsor, and the King installed as a
Knight, with all the usual ceremonies.
On Th irsday, at the unusually early hour of five
a.m., his Majesty took leave of the Queen, and, accom-
panied by Prince Albert and the Duke of Cambridge,
left Windsor ior Folkestone, arriving their safely at
twenty five minutes to nine am. After a bri f rest
at the Pavilion Hotel the King bid farewell to the
Prince and the Duke of Cambridge, and, embarking
on board the Vivid, started for Boulogne and Paris.

THE EMPEROR OF RTISSTA on his arrival at the
imperial palace of Izarsko-Szlo, on the 18th ult.,
from the Crimea, was immediately attended by C uont
Nesselrode, Count Panim, Count Rudiger, Senai-
vine, and several senators. For three days con-
ferences were frequently held ; and, though their
object has not yet transpired, the Emperor's opinion
is known to be favorable as regards the present
position and prospects of lithe Russian armies in
the south.

THE PRESS.

Vo!Huai.
PUBLIC OPINION ON THE WAR, dm.
Mn. WILLIAMS addressed the electors of Lambeth
on Monday evening at considerable length upon the
various measures of last session, and upon the pro-
spects of peace. No man, he said, was more anxious
than himself for peace, but it must be a peace honour •
able to the nation and one that would attain the
objects of the war, the only way to obtain which was,
be believed, by a vigorous prosecution of the war,
when " we should not have to wait long for a peace
established upon the safest and most honourable
terms."
MAJOR REED, M.P., at the Abingdon cattle dinner
last Monday, referred in his speech to the aspect of
the war, and expressed his hearty concurrence iu its
vigorous prosecution until an honourable peace was
obtained
He believed that the people of England, throughout the
length and breadth of the land, were unanimous on the
war. They had borne their burdens cheertully and wil-
lingly; were prepared to submit to additional burdens, and
even to the ballot for the militia, to secure the object for
which they had struggled, and such a peace as should be
honourable in its character and lasting in its duration.
•

Mn. Hunsow, M.P., in a letter to the late meeting
of shipowners in the north, expressed the following
opinion upon the war and the Bank Charter Act:—
My views may be stated in a few words. I s►n for a
vigorous prosecution of the war t►ll we obtain a safe peace,
but no longer. I very much deprecate war, and trust no
opportunity will be lost by her Majesty's Government to
effect a satisfactory termination of the present contest. It
is probable that the bank charter will come under discus-
sion next session. lam in favour of some modification of
the bill of 1844, which in its operation is restrictive, and
does not fairly represent the increased property of the
country. It does not work when it is called into operation,
and when dormant it is useless.
Mn. H. K. SEYMER, M.P., at the dinner succeed-
ing the annual cattle-show of the Sturminster Newton
Agricultural Society on Thursday last, in reply to the
toast of " The County Members," touched slightly on
politics, and, alluding to the war, declared himself in
favour of its vigorous prosecution. On the question
of agricultural statistics, Mr. Seymer expressed con-
siderable doubts as to their success or importance.
MR. MERYWEATHER TURNER, formerly a candidate
for the representation of the borough of Stroud, in
anticipation of a speedy dissolution of Parliament,
has offered himself aga►n to the electors. In an
address issued on Saturday last he observes, on the
question of the war :
To me there seems only one certain means of estab•
fishing a firm, healthy, and prosperous peace, and that is
by the most undaunted perseverance—by pushing the war
with the utmost vigour and determination until a peace
can be secured upon terms honourable to the position and
the name of England.
Mr. Scrope also we believe fully intends to offer
himself for re-election.
Sin ROBERT PEEL addressed a letter to the Morn.

ittg Chronicle, on Monday, in order to correct the
" erioneous interpretation" attached to remarks
which fell from him on a recent occasion at Tam
worth. The right lion. baronet there remarks that he
neither seeks to retract nor to explain away, but his
political connection with the Admiralty induces him
to give a plain honest statement of what he did say :
In addressing my constituents (observes Sir Robert) I
stated that, rightly or wrongly, an impression was afloat in
the minds of some that all had not been done by our fleets
during the past season that might have been expected. It
was not attempted to discuss whether that impression was
correct or erroneous, but the case being fairly put—perhaps
made too much of for argument's sake—l proceeded to
detail the six great operations of the year from April, and
which sufficiently stamp the character of the Government
for energy and determination in the prosecution of the war,
leaving it to the appreciation of my audience to draw their
conclusion, which, however, 1 believe myself to be justified
in saying is in thorough accordance with my own opinion
and that of the public generally. When, moreover, I stated
that formerly we gained naval victories at two hundred
yards of the muzzle of the guns on the enemy's batteries,
whereas in the present war, with one exception, we had
not fought within a range of two thousand yards of similar
defences, 7t was not intended to impute blame to our corn.
rounders ; on the contrary, I distinctly disavowed any such
intention, but merely to state that which the history of the
war confirms. Again, I said that last war we had to ma-
nceuvre in, ber the enemy's fire, and then sheer off as best
we could with a
damaged masts and spars, upon which the
movement of the vessels depended ; whereas now we could
move off in a few minutes by the aid of steam. But this
was put for the purpose of showing that the extraordinary
advantages which the application of steam power must
afford for offensive wui fare had not yet been adequately
appreciated. so as to have- led to those important results
which woula inei Wilily ensue. I can only odd that no re.
flection whatever was intended in these remarks on the
character of the allied fleets.
GENERAL MOURAVIEFF on the recent capture of a
Tatar with de'patches for Kars, finding among the
despatches a private letter, containing the Burmese
medal for Captain Thompson, one of the English
officers now employed in the defence of Kars, sent in
a flag of truce next day with the letter and the medal
for its gallant owner.

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CARDINAL WISEMAN, after vespers on Surday
evening last., deliver, d from the pulpit of the Mier-
fields chapel his opinion upon the Austrian t. on-
cordat. The treaty, he said, bad only been concluded
after the most profound consideration between the
two great powers, and the reason why it had been so
abused in this country was :
It was drawn up in the peculiar language of Catholic
ecclesiastical diplomacy—that was to say, the words u
in sa
it had a different meaning from that of ordinary lAtitt
in which it was written ; and it required a person versed
in ecclesiastical Latin and In the principles of the canoe
law to uudertsand it and interpret its meaning and
significance.
The result of all the abuse laviahei on the
Concordat would be that people would regard it as
an act of singular wisdom and consideration. The
Cardinal also delivered an ad ress on Monday at the
St. James's School, Matichester•row, in which he
criticised Lord John Russell's recent lecture in Exeter.
hall, and appealed to the cruel persecutions of
the earlier Christians, and the rapid spread of
Christianity notwithstanding, to show that rellious
persecution did not necessarily obstruct progress.
Against the instances given of persecution by the
Roman Catholic Church, he set the penal laws, the
Massacre of Glencoe, and the cruelties exercised by
the English soldiers towards the inhabitants of
Acadia, in North America, as related in Mr. Leng-
fellow's "Evangeline." The object of the lecture was
to show that, if there had been persecution on the
one side, there had also been persecution on the
other.
A MEETING Or SHIPOWNERS AND MERCHANTS took
place at SUNDERLAND, on Monday last, for the pur-
pose of considering various questions affecting the
shipping interest. The Mayor of Sunderlami
presided, and explained the object of the meeting,
which was to agree upon certain resolutions pro-
testing against the local charges upon shipping, end
to petition Parliament for the abolition of all exdu-
sive privileges and all restrictive imposts, such as
light and primage dues, by the Trinity Board, as wall
as to compel Government to arrange a better system.
of management of the public harbours. Varies
resolutions in accordance with this explanation wee
proposed and passed, and a deputation appointed to
confer with the Government upon the subject.
THE RESTORATION Or POLAND was seriously cos
sidered at a public meeting held at NOTTINGHAM, On
Tuesday. The meeting was attended principally ty
the working classes of the districts, and a memoial
embodying resolutions to that effect was unanimouly
adopted for presentation to the Queen.
THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIA-
TION COMPANY held their fifteenth annual meeting in
Wednesday last and declared a dividend of seven pr
cent., exclusive of the underwriting account of as.
per share. The position and prospects of the compay
were considered highly satisfactory, and the report atir
some discussion was adopted, when the ceremonylf
a presentation of two magnificent services of plate)
Mr. Anderson and Mr. Willcox took place, as a mu
of the esteem of the proprietors, in testimony of the
sense of the high services of each of these geutleme,
THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY'S evenrn
meeting will be held on Monday, the 10th December
at half-past eight o'clock. Papers to be read:-1
" Notes on the Geography of Central Africa, from the
late researches of Livingston, Monteiro, Garcia, and
other authorities," by James Macqueen,Esq.,F.R.G.S.;
2. " Geographical notes on Siam; with a new map of
the lower part of the Menem River," by Harry
Pukes, Esq., F.R.G.S.
EARL STANHOPE, in his recent lecture on art
education at BIRMINGHAM, entered upon the ques-
of the defects found in our own manufactures, which,
although pre-eminent in execution, yet tail in design.
The noble earl then proceeded to show that this
deficiency arose from the want of an !academy at
Rome, the institution of which, after the example of
France, would confer inestimable and lasting ernes
fits both upon artist and manufacturer: In conclu-
sion Lord Stanhope conditionally promised as soon
as peace was concluded to bring the matter before
the notice of the Houses of Parliament.
THE BILLETING SYSTEM gave rise to a meeting of
licensed victuallers in Weeslite-setraer., on Wednes-
day evening. The chairman briefly stated the object
of the meeting, which was to protest against having,
at a heavy annual cost, to provide permanent pro.
vision for the militia. The tittle, he stated, had
no
objection to provide for the militia, or the line in
transitti, but it was unfair to impose a heavy annual
bt.rden upon licensed victuallers for the provision of
men permanently e•-tabbshed in a particular locality,
and for whom barrack accomnitstation ought to be
found by the Government. Several licensed vic-
tuallers stated that they bad provided for lour of
five militiamen within the last few menthe. A reso-
lution was then proposed for the adoption of a
memorial to be presented to the Home Secretary,
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