The Press.
London, England, 1855-01-13 00:00:00

Volama anb ftntral.

THE HON. CHARLES A. MURRAY, C.B.,the newly-
appointed Minister to the Shah of Persia, has
arrived at Teheran from England, via the overland

route.
AT ST. PETERSBURG Lord John Russell's declara-
tion in Parliament that the allies were content to
leave Russia a great and powerful state has been
adopted as the refrain of a popular political song,
the inscription of which is—" 0 how sour are the

grapes." -
Is consequence of the constant interchange of
communications kept up by the Government with
our ambassador at the Turkish capital and the
British army in the Crimea, several of the queen's
messengers had been compelled by excessive fatigue
to relinquish their duties. An increase in the stall'
has been found necessary, and within the last fort-
night Captain Howath (late of the Rifles) and
Major Binge Hall have been appointed. The first-
named gallant officer left town on the night of
yesterday week with despatches from the Ministers
of War and the Foreign Secretary for Lord Raglan
and Lord Stratford de Redcliffe.
TBE last Constantinople mail brings intelligence
of the deaths at Scutari of three fine young officers—
Major Glazbrook, of the 49th, who died on the 18th
ult. of tetanus, consequent on a gunshot wound;
Captain George H. Hughes, of the 23rd Fusiliers
and Lieutenant T. Morgan, of the 63rd, who died on
the 11th from cholera. Major Glazbrook bad for
a short time filled the office of deputy • assistant
adjutant-general to the second division, and had just
been promoted to the rank of major. Like his old
commanding officer, General Adams, however, he
did not live to hear of his promotion. Captain
Glazbrook was attended by his wife in his last
moments. He entered the army in 1841. Lieute-
nant Morgan entered the 63rd only a year since.
Captain Hughes had been eight years in the

service.
ON TUESDAY the ship Shakspeare, which arrived at
Liverpool, from Ner► Orleans, had on board 6,431
bales of cotton, being the largest cargo of that article
ever cleared from the United States.
TELEGRAPHIC COHNUNICATION WITH THE CRIMEA.
—Mr. Liddell, the engineer of the new Leicester and
Hitellin Railway, has obtained leave of absence for
two months, in order to fulfil an important duty with
which Government has intrusted him. This is no
other than the laying of a submarine cable for tele-
graphic purposes from Varna to either Cape Cherso•
nese or Balaklava. The cable. is ready, and Mr. Liddell
is on the point of sailing to complete his commission
of thus briditing the stormy Euxine, 300 miles across,
for the flight of intelligence between the allied
armies in the Crimea and their respective Govern-
ments, and vice versa. It is expected that by the
time this work is accomplished the telegraphic line
across Europe will also be ready ; and the enter-
prising engineer, who has already laid cables in the
Mediterranean and other seas, confidently anticipates
that within two months the beginning of a despatch
will be received in London before Lord Raglan has
ceased dictating it at the telegraph office of Balak-
lava or Sebastopol itself.
THE LORD MAYOR AND LADY MAYORESS gave their
first state dinner ou Tuesday to the gentlemen con-
nected with his lordship's household and a select
party of friends. Covers were laid for sixty.