The Press.
London, England, 1855-06-23 00:00:00

THE WAR.

A despatch received yesterday via Vienna, from
Varna, states that the Russians have been repulsed
in an attack on Kars.
There is no certain news from Anapa ; but it is re-
ported that it has been retaken by the Russians.

The detachment of the Baltic fleet under Rear-
Admiral Baynes, consisting of five liners, two
frigates, and ten gun-boats, left Kiel Harbour early
on Wednesday last for Cronstadt.

It is the intention of Government to apply to Par-
liament for a vote of public money, which is to be
applied in erecting a monument in commemoration
of our soldiers who have died at Scutari. A design
for the monument has already been prepared by the
Baron Marochetti. This tribute of respect to the
memory of so many brave men, the victims of disease
and neglect, will, we are sure, be willingly rendered
by the nation. It was suggested some time ago by
Miss Nightingale, and her Majesty is said to feel a
lively interest in its realisation.

A letter from Naples mentions the removal of
Poerio and his associates from their prison Monte-
fuoco to the modernised and repaired Castle of
Montesarchio. They were removed on Whit
Sunday, two days before the King's name-day.
Having had their bands tied behind their backs,
they were placed in twelve carriages, and, guarded
by Gendarmes and Chasseurs, they were conducted
from one place of detention to another. Along the
road were distributed parties of military to keep it
clear and prevent the approach or communication
of sympathisers. Yet, with all this care, every step
of their progress was marked, and every incident
noted. On arriving within the walls of their new
prison they were ordered to shout "Viva it Re! "—a
request which, it i 5 unnecessary to say, was not com-
plied with.

An additional step towards the establishment of
electric communication between America and
Europe is about to be effected in the course of a few
weeks. The submarine telegraph cable to connect
Cape Breton Island with Newfoundland has been
shipped on board the Sarah L. Bryant, at the
works of W. Kuper and Co., the manufacturers, at
Greenwich, and in less than two months the line is
expected to be in operation. The length of the
table is seventy-four miles, weighing 400 tons, and it
contains three conducting wires. Mr. Canning, who
was engaged in laying down the Mediterranean line
from Spezzia to Corsica and Sardinia, is to superin-
tend the work.

MME. DE LAVALETTE, who distinguished herself in
1815 by the energy and presence of mind she dis-
played in saving her husband from the prison of the
Conciergerie, died a few days since in Paris.
THE IMMENSE NUGGET OF GOLD, the arrival of
which at Havre, on its way to the Paris Exhibition, was
announced with much pomp, turns out to be a
deception. The men who brought it took it to the
Bank of France, in order to obtain a loan of money
on it, when it was found that the bulk of it was lead,
covered over very ingeniously with gold, put on in
such a manner as to closely resemble the valuable
metal. The man who presented it has been
arrested.

SATURDAY,

BANKRUPTCY OF MESSRS, STRAHAN, PAUL,
AND BATES.

Snwa the examination of Mr. Bates at Bow-street,
on Wednesday, the other two partners have surren-
dered themselves to the authorities. Mr. Strahan
gave himself up that same evening, and was briefly
examined on the following day, when he was also
remanded. On Thursday Sir J. D. Paul surrendered
at Bow.street police court, declaring that he had no
intention of escaping from the officers who cap-
tured him. The three defendants were placed
at the bar before Mr. Hall yesterday, when Dr.
Griffiths again gave evidence repecting the charge
which he preferred against them. Securities
worth 22,0001., chiefly in Dutch stocks, he stated
had been lodged in the bank for safe custody,
Messrs. Strahan being merely empowered to receive
the dividends, and lodge them to his account. The
securities were now missing, and Dr. Griffiths de-
posed that Mr. Strahan had confessed to having
taken them, together with similar documents
belonging to different parties, to the value in the
whole of 100,0001., to a discount house in the City,
for the purpose of obtaining advances. The only
object being to take enough evidence to justify a
remand, the further investigation of the case wag
postponed until Wednesday next, and the prisoner*
sent to the house of detention of Clerkenwell.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE.
Tuesday, June 19.

BANKRUPTS.—FREDERIER TALLIS, Upper Chadwell-street,
Clerkenwell, and Crane-court, Fleet-street, printer and publisher
—JOHN MAHEw, Clarence Villas, Ringsland, and Lendenhall-
street, mine share dealer—JAMES WILLIAM WOOLDRIDOE
Wickham, Hampshire, tanner—THOMAS SHEPHERD, King's
Lynn, hop and seed merchant—CHAßLES GEORGE GRAY, Grant-
ham, hosier—SAMUEL and ROBERT WILLY RCBE, HODiton,
drapers—WlLLlAM JONES, Ewloe, Flintahire, licensed victualler
and auctioneer—SAMUEL and NOAH HOWARTH, Radcliffe, Lan.
otehire, dyers—NEWYEAR LAYITY DYSON, Macclesfield, grocer—
CHARLES TIOT JUDRINS, Manchester, and Cannon-street West,
sewing-machine manufacturer—THomAs lima, Bolton, cotton
spinner.

Friday, June 22.

BANKKUPTS.—WILLIAM WATSON, York-terrace, Regent's-
park, Middlesex, hotel-keeper—Joww DURRANT, High Holborn.
Middlesex, victualler—Ng/mm.4x AARON Ronnie, Sutton, Surrey,
licensed viotualler—CimaLsa VINER, Barge-yerd, Bucklersbury,
Wholesale ironmonger—Wuzuw BATLEY, Northampton, en-
gineer—FANNY LIT rI.EWOOD and SARAH LITTLEWOOD, ratan.
ehester. licensed vietnallers—Josimw HAMMEN, Webb•street,
Southwark, bricklayer—Memoir BARTLAM, WOlVeThlraptON
grocer—JOHN PARKER MARSH, late of Salvador-house, Bishops-
gate-street, wool broker.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.—JAwits THOMSON, Edin-
burgh, family linen merohant—HaaiY Lugo, Glasgow, merchant

A NEW PAPER in the Russian interest has been
started at Brussels. It will be edited by Belgians
and Frenchmen, and will be, of course, the enthusi-
astic advocate of the Russian cause. It is called the
Nord, and a specimen number was issued on Wed-
nesday last. The regular publication is to begin on
the Ist of July ; 200,000 f. have been subscribed by
wealthy Russian families to enable it to begin opera-
tions, and it will very probably receive a subvention
from the Russian Government. Another Belgian
journal, well known for its great circulation on
the Continent, does Lnot quite realise the wishes of
its Russian friends. Owing to the pecuniary assist-
ance it is said to receive from the French Govern-
ment, it cannot go entirely against France, as that sub -
vention and its 1,500 subscribers in that country
would be endangered. It has, therefore, to prepare
an edition expressly for Russia, where it also enjoys
a large circulation. The edition for Russia would
not be admitted into France, and vice versd. The
Nord will be entirely Russian, and its projectors have
therefore no expectation of its being allowed to cir-
culate in France.

M. LAMARTINE is announced as being about to
become a redacteur of the Siècle. This does not
mean that he is going to resume the political pen,
but merely that he will contribute philosophical and
literary articles to the journal.
THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT has granted a fresh
delay of three years for the completion of the two
dictionaries, French and Arabic and Arabic and
French, for which two prizes of 5,000 f. each were
offered by a decree of the 29th November, 1852.
ALREADY no less than 5,000 members of conti-
nental choral societies have engaged to take part in
the celebration at Lille on the 17th.

THE GERMANIC DIET has rejected the proposal
from Prussia for the suppression of gaming, carried
on in most of the German watering places.
M. HORACE VERNET has been charged to execute,
for the Palace of the Tuileries, a picture representing
Napoleon 1., surrounded by his principal officers who
died on the field of battle during his immortal cam.
paigns. Among those which will stand most promi-
nent are—Lannes, Bessieres, Poniatowski, Caulan-
court, Desaix, d'Hautpoul, Duroc, Espagne, Gudin,
Lassalle, Montbrun, Morand, Saint-Hilaire, A. Col-
bert, Lacost, and Letort.
A PROJECT has been started to construct a sub-
terranean railway, which is to run all round Paris ;
the idea has probably been suggested by Sir J. Pax-
ton's magnificent idea of the London Arcade.

'JUNE 23, 1855.

Coat au fastlon.

The Queen gave her last state concert for the
season on Wednesda; evening, when a numerous
party of guests had been invited. The following
artists, Mesdames Bosio, Ney, Castellan, and Didiee;
Signori Lablache, Tamburini, Goldoni and Lucchesi,
and Herr Formes, attended and performed a selec-
tion from the works of Mozart, Mendelssohn, Weber,
Rossini, Meyerbeer, Peer, and other composers.
On Saturday the Queen went to the new camp at
Aldershott, and on Tuesday paid a second visit to
the military hospitals at Chatham.
Wednesday being the anniversary of her Majesty's
accession, the day was commemorated in the cus-
tomary manner in London, at Windsor, and in the
various royal establishments.
The Queen, with Prince Albert and the youthful
members of the Royal Family, intend, according to
present arrangements, to leave Buckingham-palace
on the 9th proximo for Osborne. Her Majesty pur-
poses to visit Paris soon afterwards, but the precise
day is not yet determined on.
The Sardinian Count Massimo d'Azeglio left
Turin on Monday, on an extraordinary mission to
Paris and London.

A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign office,
Downing.street, on Saturday afternoon.
The Countess Colloredo gave her second ball on
Tuesday night at Chandos-house, the residence of
the Austrian Embassy. Their Royal Highnesses
the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary
again honoured the Countess with their company.
The Earl of Eglinton gave a grand ball on Thurs-
day at his mansion in St. James's-square. The
entertainment was one of the most brilliant that has
taken place this season, being attended by upwards
of six hundred of the elite of the aristocracy and.
fashionable world.
The Lord Mayor on Thursday entertained the
Archbishop of Canterbury and a large party of
bishops at a grand banquet in the Egyptian-hall of
the Mansion-house, on the occasion of the anniver-
sary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel
in Foreign Parts. The civic chief mtgistrate on this
occasion invited a large number of the heads of both
universities to be present, and the Mansion-house
has rarely received so large a number of clerical
dignitaries under its hospitable roof.
11111'he second Chiswick Horticultural Fite took place
on Wednesday at the gardens of the society, and
although the weather in the early part of the day
looked somewhat doubtful, it eventually proved to
be roost congenial for tl e purposes of a floral exhi-
bition. The company was numerous, and the
plants in beautiful condition and of unexceptionable
excellence.

AT THE MEETING OF THE ROYAL LITERARY FUND
SOCIETY, held on Saturday, the report drawn up by
the committee appointed to examine the condition of
the society and suggest changes in its organisation,
was presented by Mr. C. Dickens. A letter was also
read from the Marquis of Lansdowne expressing his
disapprobation of the change which it was known
the committee designed to recommend, and declar-
ing his intention to resign the presidency if their
report was adopted. Mr. Swinburn, the Vice-Presi-
dent, also wrote in disapproval of the proposed
alterations. These changes involved a complete
transformation of the character of the society by
converting it into something between a literary club
and a company for granting insurances and loans.
After considerable discussion and several long
speeches from Lord Stanley, Sir E. B. Lytton, the
Bishop of Oxford, Mr. Dickens, Mr. Dilks, and Mr.
M. Milnes, an amendment proposed by the la,t-
named gentleman, declaring the inexediency ote
recommendations put forth by the copmmittee,f was
carried by a large majority.
MLLE. RACHEL has been twice to see Mme.
Ristori, the newly-discovered actress, play Mirra,
and although report says that she suffers acute
torture at the thought that there is another success-
ful tragic actress in Paris, and fainted away when
she saw the Italienne called before the curtain for
the third time, she had the magnanimity on the last
occasion to go behind the scenes, and while con-
gratulating Mme. Ristori on her success, to offer to
play for her benefit. Mme. Ristori, with at least
equal magnanimity, accepted the offer. M. Clesinger
is about to execute a marble bust of "La
i Rstcri."
An English lady (Mrs. Vansittart), an admrer of
Mme. Ristori, sent her a ticket for the ball at the
Hotel de Ville on Monday last, accompanied with a
handsome lace dress to wear on the occasion.
A VERY IMPORTANT DISCOVERY bas been made by
a M. Petit, of Lyons, of a means of impregnating
silk by a chemical process with gold, silver, brass, or
iron, so that it can be woven with perfect flexibility,
and thus form, as it were, stuffs of those metals.
The invention has been secured by patent, and will
be worked by a company of capitalists. Permission
has been given to place a specimen in the Universal
Exhibition. It is said that the price of this new ma-
terial will not be high.