The Press.
London, England, 1853-10-08 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

STATE of THE DANUBE SULINA Mortns.—The
Trieste Gazette, a first-rate organ of the commercial in-
terest., has the following communication from its
own correspondent :—" In the Salina embouchure
sixty-two ships have entered, and twenty-one have
left between the of August and the fith of Sep-
tember. The steam-barge was in operation two
days, and removed seven barques of mud. An Eng-
lish brig, lately damaged, could scarcely alive its
whole cargo, and the craft itself broke up afterwards.
The ships at at before Salina cannot leave, as
they require all a depth of at least 14.5 feet, while
the present depth of the shoal is only 6.5 feet! 4/n
the '!nil an empty lighter was driven on a mudbank
and went to pieces. tln the rah a Wallaehian schooner
got leaky, and 1,500 kilos of grain had to he thrown
went oard."
Aestatxx ME3toin V:1)1.31 IN THE KOIIZTA A I:-
vvm.—The ()extern, ieh isqehe Correspowlenz, semi-otti-
i•ial Austrian paper, has published mane statements on
this affair, of which we give the following risinn'::—
"Abstracledly from the que.tion, whether the mere
declaration of the intention to become an American
citizen can make a person entitled to the protection
of the republican Government and its agents, it has
been objeeted further that die arrest of lieszta has
been 4'4.4144 unlawfully, in a neutral country, t►n
the territory of an independent power. Without dis-
puting that any Christian country has the absolute
jurisdictien our all people staying in the country,
whether permanently or temporarily, yet, in 'Turkey,
all Franks are enjoying the privilege of extra teni-
toriality, recording to very 44141 treaties, whence it
eemes that Isiah the Austrian and I•'reueh Consols at
Smyrna have each pistons attached to their resi-
&flees. The right of jurisdietion of Austria over its
subjects in Turkey is based originally on Article V.
of the Pasaarewitz tweet., .luly 17, l i IS, the Sened
of the I high Porte, February 11, liBl, and the treaty
of peace of Sistow, August 4, lint Etti it is not
the European powers alone who have acquired a
similar privilege; even the Cluny' States themselves
have stipulated as much in the treaty with the High
Porte, eonelmled May 7, 1►(80, ratified February 1,
lis:11, and promulgated by the President of the I 7niteil
States February .1, 1531. Article IV. of that treaty
states :—' And even when they (citizens of the
United States) may have svnmnitted some otlence,
they shall not hue arrested and put. in prison by the
basal authorities, hitt. they shall be tried by their
Minister or Consul, and punished according to their
Aimee, following in this respect the usage observed
towimls other Franks.' If treaties so plain and
stringent have been lately somewhat infringed upon
- instance, by the Porte taking the refugees
of the late revolutionary war in Ilmigary under their
especial protection —still Austria never connived at
such preeeedings; on the contrary, entered her pro-
test against it in the strongest way possible:.

A SKETeII VIDIM 111.murz.—This little congress of
two Courts, with so many greyheaehsl veterans. un-
avoidably carries back tho mind to the still more
moving period of lsl3-14-Iri; and Prince Paskie.
witseh and Count Nesse'rode, having been less seen
in the west of Europe• than our enrtvnt Freneh.
English, and l ;emote' soldiers and statesmen, have
been objects of considerable interest, from the' asso-
ciation of their 1111,111 CS with the politiral and military
development of the Russia,' power alining nearly two
generations. The following anecdote emineeting the
two epoelis is given from a source that may lie relied
on. I Westmorland was relating to Prince Pas-
kiew•itseh that in January, INII. at the advance on
Paris, after the heights of Belleville had been
storm's!, an officer attached to the Corp* d'arnse, of
General Milorailowitsch called out, Vp with the
artillery ; let its at length have al shot at Paris!" The
artillery was linnight up. and, when the last shot was
tired, !Itiloradowitseh said, " What a singular coin-
cidence! This was the very artillery officer who
opened the first tin. at the beginning of the retreat
&aim Nlosciaw." When Prince Paskiewitseh had lis.
toned to this anecdote of the alpha and omega of the
decline and fall of the empire of Napoleon
added, " Allow nu• to conclude the series of eoinci-
alenees, and inform you that the name of this yonng
artillery otlicer raSlill'i% 11401. and that. he now has
the pleasure of renewing in I thnsitz. in ISM, the
camaraderie Or P*4l i on the heights of Belleville.-
Unlike the tall and brawny Emperor, Count Nesse•l-
-rotde. is brief in every propniiiini of length and
breadth, lint with rellneill anal intelleetnal features;
and, although tine of the very few statesmen who pre-
veiled the t 'ongress of Vienna, and piditically survived
the tempests of IN IS, he is still fresh and active,
exeept having no longer the youtliftd strength of
eyesight. Ile is still at /Imiitz, not having left. with
the Emperor. Ms eomisels are said to he of great
value. not only teethe peace of Europe, but to the.• in
Wrests of Russia herself, its he believes that a pacific
development of the empire will carry it further than
111011. amhitious and warlike policy.

Tim B‘NK off• Fit %WE hill raised the rate of dis
count from 3 to 4 per cent.

SATURDAY,

RECENT ANECDOTES OF THE E MPEROE NICHOLAS.
As every care and precaution had been taken in
relation to the journey of the Emperor through the
Austrian dominions, Hefted' Francesconi had gone
expressly to Oderberg to conduct the engine of the
Emperor's train thence to (►lmutz. The carriage in
which the Emperor came from Warsaw was broad as
compared with those of Austria, and M. Francesconi
expressed some tear les► they would pass with Mt..
culty through the stations ou the road. He pro-
posed, therefore, to the Emperor to use one of the
Austrian railway carriages. Nicholas had listened
attentively to what was said, but answered him, "
shall ride in siy carriage, even if it were to go to
pieces." The Emperor was dressed quite as simply
as his courtiers and attendants, and only his tall and
imposing figure showed the ruler of so many millions.
As in the camp of Ohniiti there was a regiment of
Greek " dissenting" Croatians (Selaves I, the Em-
peror attended the Sunday service in their chapel.
As soon as he had descended from the carriage ho
bared his head. With a deep inclination of his body
he ascended the steps, and, having reached the foot
of the altar, threw himself on his knees on the bare
stone, pushing aside the cushion prepared for the
occasion. He folded his hands, and fell in a long
trance, a kind of prayer and contemplation. During
the last moments of the Emperor's stay at nhnotz
all eyes were directed towards him, as it' to divine
t'ut►uity from his looks. But nothing seemed to
agitate that marble repose of the face, nothing to
shake the unalterable strength of his broad chest,
and the silence of the Sphinx rested on his high
I orow.—Gcrum a Papers.

DIPLOMATIC Co3IIINATIOM AOAINST THE i7NITED
STATEI4.—The representation made by the Austrian
Cabinet iu the Koszta affair has now been despatched
to Washington. It demands in a very serious tone
satisfaction for the behaviour of the American otli-
eials at Smyrna, which is characterised as being in
antagonism with the law of notions. The despatch
thus conceived was communicated to the Cabinets of
Russia, France, and Prussia, which expressed their
adherence to the Austrian iihno Meg, by special
notes of their own. Especially Privy Councillor
lhslisko, Russian Minister at Washington, is in-
stnteted to demand tin appropriate satisfaction for
the wrong committed, in support of which he has to
put forth the declaration made by timers' Pierce on
assOllllllg the presidency of the republic.
A M ELBOVIINE correspondent of the Nation has
furnished some particulars of the escape of John
Mitchell from Van Diemen's Land, which assume a
particularly unheroic character. Mitchell is said to
have waited on the police magistrate with a letter
resigning his parole, but before the magistrate had
time to peruse the letter he left the office in haste,
mounted a horse which was in readiness, and gal-
' loped ott; accompanied by two other persons, who
were prepared to defend him.

HALIFAX no 1114)ri :11 REGISTRATION.--CONSERVATIVE
TRW NlPll.—Siteve the enfranchisement of this ho.
rough there was never so animated a contest in the
Register Court as on Friday and Saturday last. It
resulted in a great victory for the Conservative
electors, as the following statement will show
Conservative claims I; I

Whig mail Radical tiro

ConATvative gain

strtiek otl..
Radical's 00.. , 40

Conservative. 10m,4

of 1'01)N-1-votive gain
Wlti)!.4 otol 11111,lical+ ritrk
off the itrevittito re4rlote.r
by reilio‘itl,, sleiltbs, 1111•
i)tehl rote-4, Ate.
4;ottverveitives do.

-- eons* maw gain

Total t'on.,frvnt iv,. gain
The importance of this result will be seen from the
fact that, in the single contest between Sir Charles
Wood and Mr. Filwards, in January last, the two
sections of the Liberals put forth their whole united
strength, and gave
sir Chart..~ Wood
Witttat the con,,,ervatives polled for Mr. Ed

c.lutservittive ittiotority on the previons

fie
tIH R..kbiter I.'otart lO9

!Wt. majority nn the present rtizittior . h:t
which must Ilecide the contest in any election on
this register.
Tut: lio‘un %OK returns for the month and
eight mouths ending the :Alt of September have just
been issned. The total declared value of exports for
the month last past is 1.1.297,0M14., whilst for the cor-
responding month of Is4l and 1552 they were re-
spectively anti 11.$711,:iNi1.
The directors of the Great Southern Railway hare
done everything in their power to mitigate the suffer-
ings of the petNotts injured. and in other ts
acted with kindness and liberality tmvardaresrM
any way &fleeted by the *ad calamity who rtsittired
ititellt lone

OCTOBER 8, 1853.