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London, England, 1855-11-24 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

in Sweden was manifesting itself more and more
decidedly in favour of General Canrobert and
France.
The principal corn and flour depot of the garrison
of Paris on the Quai de Billy was almost totally
destroyed by fire on Sunday evening. Forty thou-
sand quintals of corn, and property to the value of
four millions and a half francs was totally destroyed.
The Emperor, all the Ministers and generals in
Paris, and large bodies of troops were early on the
spot, and by their example and exertions saved from
similar fate the Exposition, which stood a few hun-
dred yards in the rear of the Manutention des
Vivres. . .

• AUSTRIA.
The The Concordat is generally felt at Vienna to be a
great triumph for the Pope. The Gazette, in an
article on the subject, sums up briefly thus :
Without any consideration as to its contents, the fact of
the Concordat having been concluded is a great triumph
for the Holy See. Its ancient dignity and its historical
rank are thereby sealed and invigorated anew, and the
importance of the circumstance is many times doubled by
the treaty having been concluded by a grand power like
Austria, by a race of emperors which has borne the
crown upon its head for centuries, and by a State which,
since the days of Maria Theresa, has been peculiarly sen.
sitive of any encroachments upon its prerogative by the
Holy See. It is easy to explain the joy expressed by the
Holy Father in his address on this subject to the Collective
College of Cardinals, for the Concordat with Austria forms
the most brilliant point in his career as Head Shepherd of
the Church.

The question of the principalities still occupies
the serious attention of the Austrian Cabinet. Baron
Prokersch has not yet left Vienna, and will probably
not do so until the future government of the princi-
palities is clearly traced.
Count Coronini has arrived at Vienna, and been
admitted to a long conference with the Emperor.
Lord Elliot, according to a letter in the Silesian
Gazette, had an interview with Count Buol on the
13th, on the affair of Etienne Turr. The Cabinet
of Vienna declares itself quite disposed to accede to
England's wishes on the subject. In the meantime,
Turr will remain in the prison of Hermanstadt.
The chaplain of the British Embassy has re-
ceived an apology for the treatment he met with at
the hands of the two gendarmes about a month
since. "It has not yet transpired," writes the Times
Vienna correspondent, "how and under what circum-
stances the apology was made, but it was accepted
by the principal party concerned, and is therefore
not likely to be again brought before the public."
The subscriptions for the shares of the Credit
Mobilier will be opened on the 10th of December.
The founders keep 50,000,000 ft. for themselves, and
consequently 10,0110,000f1. only are left for the
public.
The Ost Deutsche Post of the 15th contained a
remarkable article upon the present situation of
affairs. The Post is generally supposed to be anti-
Russian, but is believed to under governmental in-
fluence at Vienna. The tone is excessively hostile to
England. We cite a few passages:—
" England wants mercenar►es and foreign legions, but
not alliances," said a well-known French statesman in the
month of August last. The Eastern question is more
particularly of importance to England in a naval point of
view, and she is desirous that no other European affairs
should be mixed up with it. She is willing to wage war
to the knife against the Russian establishments in the
Black Sea, but she is resolved not to enter into any conti-
nental engagements. France is still inclined to listen to
reasonable propositions, but England is desirous to con•
thine the war until Kherson, Nieolaieff, Odessa, and
every place in which a Russian vessel can find shelter
shall have been destroyed. In continental matters, on the
contrary, the British Government is extremely Conserva-
tive. The grand phrases employed in some of the organs
of the British press about Poland and the Nationalities are
mere humbug, as are the tirades against Austria and
Prussia; for Lord Palmerston is as little inclined as is
Mr. Gladstone to increase the influence of France by
means of an alliance with Germany.
RUSSIA.

His Majesty the Czar arrived on the night of the
19th at St. Petersburg, on his return from the Crimea
vii Moscow. It is stated that "he was in excel-
lent health."
The Journal d'Odessa of the 7th November gives
official details of the visit of the Czar to that city.
The Emperor arrived on Saturday the 3rd Nov., at
seven in the evening, and received the various mili-
tary and civil authorities on the following Sunday
morning. He also received a body of merchants,
who presented his Majesty with bread and salt; and
perhaps breathed a wish favorable to peace, as his
Majesty in reply, expressed
his entire reliance on the Most High, that ho will grant
a happy issue to this war, raised against us by nations
whom we have constantly nourished with our bread, and
his conviction that, after the conclusion of an honourable
peace, the commerce of Odessa will resume its original im-
portance.
At the Cathedral his Majesty was received by the
Archbishop with the following address :
Pious Sovereign, thou host scarcely put on the crown of
thy ancestors when it has pleased Providence to surround

SATURDAY,

it with thorns. Our bodily eyes are not accustomed to see
such an ornament sparkle on the head of kings, but the
eyes of faith see in it, with piety and respect, a souvenir of
the crown of Christ. Has it not been, in fact, such crowns
that the most pious kings and princes have worn since
David, Jehosaphat, Constantine, Vladimir the Great, until
Dimitril, our hero of the Don, and finally thy patron, Alex-
ander Newsky ?
" Have courage, and let not thy soul become weak at the
sight of these smoking brands," said the Prophet to the
warrior-king Akaka, when the two kingdoms of Israel and
Assyria united against him in an unjust war. How closely
do these words of the Prophet apply to us and our enemies!
This unhappy France ! Is she not, in truth, the brand
which for half a century has carried fire throughout the
entire world ? And the proud, but to-day abased and
jeopardised Britain ? What is she, if not the other brand,
which, after being extinguished for two centuries, recom-
mences to smoke in the midst of a yawning gulf? And we
also will say with the Prophet, "Let not thy soul grow weak
at the sight of those two smoking brands before us." At a
sign from the Most High the winds abate and the rain falls
to fertilise our fields. These brands depart, and Russia,
protected by God, recovers itself for the joy of her chief
and for the well-being even of her own enemies.
Enter then, 0 pious Sovereign, the temple where thy
august father lately came in the depth of the night to raise
towards heaven his thanks for having escaped the tempest
and shipwreck. Enter, and in thy turn raise with us thy
prayers to the King of Kings for the cessation of the tem-
pest which now rages both upon sea and land. May
Heaven grant that this temple may again see thee kneling
before God, but then only to render acknowledgments and
to give thanks. Amen.
The city was illuminated in the evening, and his
Majesty left at eight o'clock on Monday morning for
Nicolaieff. _ _ _

The Invaltde Busse adds details of the Czar's
visit to the Crimea, from which it would appear that
he advanced as far as Mackenzie's Farm, and was at
one moment in the close neighbourhood of the allied
troops

His Majesty the Emperor left Nicolaieff for the Crimea
on the 7th of November, at 10.30 a.m.; he passed through
Perekop the fellowing day at 11 in the morning, and con.
tinned his journey by way of Simferopol, where he arrived
at half-put t in the evening.
His Imperial Majesty was received in that town by
Prince Gortschakoff, Commander-in-Chief of the land and
sea forces in the Crimea, and on the 9th of November he
left, at 10 a.m., for Baktchi-Serai.
During his journey the Emperor inspected different
divisions of the army in the Crimea, and on the 10th of
November his Majesty visited the troops in the advanced
positions from the north side of Sebastopol as far as Mac-
kenzie's Farm.
On the 11th his Imperial Majesty visited the troops
near the Belbeck and Youkhara-Karales, and was perfectly
satisfied with their condition.
In the morning of the same day some of the enem's
battalions, together with artillery, appeared anew on the
crest of the hills which divide the valley of the lielbeck
from that of the Haider. Our outposts drew near with their
reserves, but on the departure of the enemy soon after-
wards resumed their usual positions.
On Nov. 12 the Emperor inspected the troops upon the
river Katacha, and near the village of Tasch-Basty, and
found them, like all the other positions of the army, in a
perfect condition.
In these different inspections the Emperor was com-
pletely satisfied, nut only with the perfect state of these
brave troops, but particularly and still more so with their
healthy and vigorous appearance; and on the 12th left fur
St. Petersburg, vii Moscow.
Up to the night of the 12th nothing new had taken place
in the Crimea.
Late despatches from St. Petersburg, via Berlin,
state that the war party in the capital were confident
that Prince Gortschakoff would hold his position in
the Crimea. The loan at Berlin had been con-
cluded.
The kat de siege has been raised off St. Petersburg,
in consequence of the definite withdrawal of the
allied fleets.
The St. Petersburg Journal of Commerce announces
the prohibition of the export of grain across the en-
tire European frontier of the empire of Russia, as
well as of the kingdom of Poland, with the excep-
tion of wheat, which is still allowed to be exported
from the kingdom of Poland.
Accounts from Warsaw state that the Emperor will
visit the militarypreparations now being made in the
Baltic provinces. The recruitment in Russia is being
conducted with the greatest vigour.
TURKEY AND THE PRINCIPALITIES.

The Journal de Constantinople of the Bth denies,
on authority, that the Sultan has conferred the rank
of Serdar Ekrem and a pecuniary recompense on
Marshal Pehssier, and the dignity of Capitan Pacba
on Admiral Bruat, as stated in several European
newspapers.
THE TUNISIAN TROOPS AT CONSTANTINOPLE.
A serious affray lately occurred between the French
troops at Constantinople and a body of Tunisian
soldiers. The following account is given in a letter
from Constantinople of Nov. 8 :
For some time past it has been remarked that there
assembled in the neighbourhood of St. Sophia groups of
Tunisians and of Sottas who bad looked with an evil eye
on the strangers who were in the habit of visiting the
it osques. For some dap; past their attitude had become

NOVEMBER 24, 1855.

more aggressive, and several persons, among whom was a
French priest, were insulted and otherwise ill-treated.
About five o'clock on Sunday evening last a corporal of
Sappers, who happened to be going from the hospital of the
University, was suddenly surrounded by Tunisian soldiers.
One of them begun his insults by catching hold of the beard
of the Sapper, and pulling it. The corporal at first thought
it was a mere pleasantry, and took it so; but be was soon un-
deceived when he beheld one of these fanatics attack him

with his fists, and another attempt to throw him to the
ground. Another drew his sabre, but, in spite of the assist•
ance of his comrades, the corporal disarmed him and called
out for succour. A Commissariat officer brought up some
soldiers, and the Tunisians at once made oft, excepting the
man who had drawn his sabre, and who was conducted to

the neighbouring French post at the hospital of the Univer-
sity. A few minutes afterwards the Tunisians, who had
gone to their barracks, returned with from 100 to 120 of
their comrades, all armed with sabres, pistols, and clubs.
They demanded the release of their companion to the cry
of " Death to the French ;" and, without waiting for areply,
commenced flinging stones at the windows, and rushed like
madmen to the assault of the hospital. It was clear that an
energetic repression of the disturbance had become neces-
sary. Some officers of the Commissariat, two gendarmes,
the twenty-three soldiers that constituted the post, and the
hospital attendants charged the Tunisians with the bayonet
or sword. There were no other means of bringing tliese

barbarians to reason, and they had to retire, carrying
such of their comrades as were wounded. Among the
latter were a few of the Boftas, and these had not
been the least forward at flinging stones at the win-
dows. The Tunisians, having returned to the barracks,
again issued forth completely armed, and in defiance
of the Turkish officer who commanded the post of the
barrack, and who was himself maltreated in his efforts to
appease their violence. It was then that from the angles
of the streets and the houses near the University the
Tunisians opened a vigorous and well•sustained fire on the
windows of the balls where the sick and wounded were
lying. The hospital attendants, to whom arms were issued
for their protection, replied ; the soldiers of the post, and
the gendarmes who guarded the principal entrance to the
hospital, also fired on the Tunisians, who had to beat a re-
treat again, leaving on the ground several of their comrades
hors de combat. One fact excited great indignation. Two
hospital attendants, who were quietly returning to the hoe-
pita', were assassinated, and their dead bodies mutilated
in the most horrible manner. M. liaise, lieutenant in
the navy, and two Commissariat officers were attacked in
front of the Tunisianartillery barracks. The former, who
bad no weapon but a walking-cain, received sabre cuts
which cut his head open. He staggered on to the gate of
the hospital, where every attention and care were ad-
ministered to him. The two Commissariat officers took
refuge in the house of a Turk, the door of which was open,
and they remained there till the following morning. M.
Blaise had also tried to take refuge in a Turkish guard-
house, but the officer exhibited the greatest pusillanimity,
and made no attempt to protect the three Frenchmen,
who were thus exposed unarmed in the midst of these
miscreants. Another French soldier, who was passing
near the Sublime Porte, was, in a most cowardly manner,
killed by a pistol•shot tired by two Tunisian soldiers.
Dismay spread throughout the whole quarter of the city,
and couriers were sent off to the French authorities at
Vera. Generals Larehey and Parizels, Sub-Intendant
Missi, and M. Bouttier, Commandant of Gendarmerie, at
once proceeded to Constantinople with a detachment of
troops from the posts of Galata and Pere; but all was over
ay the time they arrived. klehernet Rushdi-Pacha, Minis-
ter of War, and Mehemet Ali Pacha, Minister of Marine,
also proceeded to the hospital of the University. The hos-
pital attendants of Gnlhane, who had been sent for, were
not needed. Thus this unfortunate affair has cost us three
men assassinated ; a naval officer, an apothecary, and three
Commissariat officers have been more or less severely
wounded, as also four hospital orderlies and two gendarmes.
The very same evening the Seraskier had the Tunisians, to
the number of 250, disarmed, and conducted to the Seras-
lariat, where they are in custody. A mixed commission
has been formed for the purpose of inquiring into the
affair. The guilty parties will be punished in an exem-
plary manner, and the rest of the body will be sent at once
to Asia.
A commission of investigation, presided over by
the Seraskier I'acha, has since inquired minutely
into the affair. M. de Thouvenel, the French Am-
bassador, took up the matter warmly, and the result
has been that several Tunisians were condemned
and shot as instigators of the riot.
PRIJSSIA.
The supplementary elections have not much
altered the character of the House of Deputies. The
Government will have a majority of about 50.
A Royal edict on the 17th restored the privileged
courts of justice, abolished in 1848. The object of
this edict is to conciliate the princes and Courts of
the German empire, who hitherto have refused to
treat separately with the Government. Such privi-
leges as cannot be restored to them are to be made
the subject of indemnity.
A visit from General Canrobert on his route to
Paris was not unexpected at Berlin. The general's
mission to Sweden was regarded as certain to be un-
successful as far as any endeavour to seduce Sweden
out of her present neutrality could be made.
SARDINIA AND ITALY.

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The King embarked on the morning of the 20th
from Genoa for Marseilles, with a brilliant military
suite. The Duke de Gramont accompanied his
Majesty. Count Cavour and M. d'Azeglio had left
for Leone, where they will rejoin the King.