The Press.
London, England, 1855-11-17 00:00:00

GREECE.

The intrigues of the United States with the Go-
vernment of Greece are exciting considerable
attention.
A letter from Athens states positively that the
object in view is nothing less than the possession by
America of the Island Milo, in the Greek Arabi-
pelago, so as to obtain a footing in Europe.
The late visit of the King and Queen to tho
Russian chapel has been corroborated by further
letters.

A letter from Vienna in the Hamburg News, states
in reference to this fact:—

The want of tact which has again been displayed at
Athens has produced a most disagreeable impression here,
since efforts are being made to settle the difference which
has arisen between the Western powers and Greece, and
the present moment was considered favorable for regulating
the succession to the throne of Greece in the interest of
dynasty. We learn that notes have been already exchanged
on the subject between the Cabinet of Vienna and the
Bavarian Government, and that M. de Hubner had been
directed to give U. de rfordten his support is the matter.

NOVEMBER 17, 1855.

All these efforts have now been paralysed. Count Buol
has expressed to Bavaria his regret at it, and sent de-
spatches to Paris on the subject. Austria is still willing to
act as mediator, though with but faint hopes of success,
as England in particular wishes the severest measures to
be adopted against Greece.
UNITED STATES AND MEXICO.

The Atlantic, which reached Liverpool on Monday,
brought dates from New York to the 31st ult.
The arrival of an Ambassador Extraordinary from
Russia with full powers was confidently expected at
Washington, and the mediation of tho United States
between Russia and the Western powers considered
not improbable.
Attorney-General Cushing has issued the follow-
ing explanation with regard to the rights of bellige-
rents in the United States :

1. It is a settled principle of the law of nations that no
belligerent can rightfully make use of the territory of a
neutral State for belligerent purposes without the consent
of the neutral Government. 2. The undertaking of a belli-
gerent to enlist troops of land or sea in a neutral State,
without the previous consent of the latter, is a hostile
attack on its national sovereignty. :3. A neutral State
may, if it please, permit or grant to belligerents the liberty
to raise troops of land or sea within its territory; but for
the neutral State to allow or concede the liberty to one
belligerent, and not to all, would be an act of manifest
belligerent partiality, and a palpable breach of neutrality.
4. The United States constantly refuse this liberty to all
belligerents alike with impartial justice ; and that prohibi-
tion is made known to the world by a permanent act of
Congress. 6. Great Britain, in attempting by the agency
of her military and civil authorities in the British North
American provinces, and her diplomatic and consular
functionaries in the United States, to raise troops here,
committed an act of usurpation against the sovereign
rights of the United States. 6. All persons engaged in
such undertaking to raise troops in the United States by
the military service of Great Britain, whether citizens or
foreigners, individuals or officers, except they be protected
by diplomatic privileges, are indictable as malefactors by
statute. 7. Foreign Consuls are not exempted, either by
treaty or the law of nations, from the penal effect of' the
statute. 8. In case of indictment of any such Consul or
other official person, his conviction of the misdemeanour,
or his escape by reason of arranged instructions or con-
trivances to evade the operation of the statute, is primarily
a matter of domestic administration, altogether subordi-
nate to the consideration of the national insult or injury
to this Government involved in the fact of a foreign Go-
vernment instructing its officers to abuse, for unlawful
purposes, the privilege which they happen to enjoy in the
United States.

Mexican letters announced the resignation of
Alvarez, and the appointment of Comonfort to the
Presidency.

EAST INDIES AND CHINA.
Intelligence from Bombay to the 17th ult., and
Calcutta to the Bth. has been received. The
Santhal insurrection still continued, and the rebels
were committing great depredations. Serious out-
breaks had also occurred among the Rohillas in the
Nizam's dominions, and the religious war in Oude
was by no means suppressed.
The Governor-General was still at the Neil-
gherries.

THE KING OF WURTEMBURG has conferred the
Order of the Crown on Dr. Barth, the African ex-
plorer.
OF THE SULTAN an anecdote is told which exem-
plifies on one hand his personal good-nature, and on
the other proves the singular attention which at
this moment is paid to the French at Constantinople.
Tavernier, formerly French Consul at Bagdad,
visited Constantinople a short time since and revived
an old claim which he had against the Government,
and which dates as far back as the destruction of the
Janissaries, when his house was pillaged and he lost
all his property. M. Tavernier visited Achmet
Pacha, the brother-in-law of the Sultan, and, while
relating the particulars of his loss to him, the Sultan
was announced. M. Tavernier went into another
room to wait until his Majesty had left, hut in a
short time be was sent for, and requested to detail
his claims to the Sultan. The interpreter attempted
at times to translate what he said into Turkish, but
the Sultan stopped him, saying that he understood
perfectly well what M. Tavernier said. On the
following day the Sultan sent him 800,000 piastres as
an indemnity for his losses.
LORD OLANRICARDE, in reference to a rumour that
Lord Dunkellin was to proceed from the Crimea to
India as Secretary to the new Governor-General, has
expressly denied the report, and states that his son
has no intention of quitting the Crimea at present.
A SOLEMN REQUIEM AND MASS for the repose of
the souls of the soldiers who have fallen in the
Crimea during the last twelve months was performed
on Tuesday last at the Roman Catholic Church,
Moorfields. Cardinal Wiseman attended on the
occasion, and after mass gave a short discourse. A
large cenotaph, surmounted with a silver cross, and
bearing military trophies and the flags of France and
England, was erected outside the altar rails, and at
the conclusion of his discourse the Cardinal pro-
ceeded round the cenotaph giving absolution to the
souls of the dead. The church was crowded by a
large and influential congregation,

THE PRESS.

Court anb SasOn.

The Court remains at Windsor for the present, no
change being intended until after the visit of the
King of Sardinia.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert arrived in town
on Tuesday morning, and visited the studios of Baron
Marochetti and Messrs. McDowal and Bailey, to in-
spect their works.
The Queen and Prince, attended by the Duchess
of Atholl, Major. General ion. C. Grey, and Captain
Du Platt, left Windsor on Thursday morning, for
Aldershott camp. Her Majesty, on arriving at the
camp, was received by General Knollys and the staff,
and inspected the different regiments, drawn out near
their respective quarters. The Queen returned to
Windsor Castle at half•past five p.m. Her Majesty
also intends to visit the hospital and barracks at
Chatham, this day, to inspect the wounded.
The visit of the King of Sardinia, accompanied
by Count Cavour and a numerous suite, to
this country has given occasion fur the most exten-
sive preparations being made for his Majesty's
reception at Windsor Castle. The King will inhabit
the same suite of apartments occupied in the spring
by the Emperor and Empress of the French—viz.,
the Rubens room, the King's Closet, the King's
Council Chamber, and the Zuccarelli and Vandyke
rooms.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, at,
tended by the Hon. Colonel Macdonald, and Colonel
Tyrwhitt, left town on Tuesday morning, for Paris.
The Royal Duke reached the Tuileries on Wednes-
day, and was present at the ceremony of closing the
Exposition.
The Duke of Rutland has derived considerable
benefit from his visit to St. Leonard's on-Sea. Lord
John Manners, M.P., is still staying with the noble
duke.

The Marquis of Winchester is to be married to the
Hon. Mary Montagu, daughter of Lord Rokeby, at
St. James's Church, on the 24th inst.
Mr. Locke, M.P., continues to progress very favor-
ably from the results of his late accident.
The Right Hon. B. Disraeli, and Mrs Disraeli, are
on a visit to Baron and Baroness de Rothschild, at
Gunnersbury park.
The Bishop of London continues to progress,
though slowly, towards recovery from his late severe
attack

Mr. A. Stafford, M.P., left for Naples on the Bth,
in the Vatican, French postal steamer.
The• Bishop of Gloucester has been suffering from
a severe attack of illness during the week. His lord-
ship is stated now to be out of danger.
The Earl of Lucan arrived in town on Wednesday
from Castlebar, and left on Thursday for his seat at
Laleham, near Staines.
Lady Emmeline Wortley, according to letters from
Beyrout, was very ill at that place, and not expected
to live. She and her daughter have been travelling
in Syria during the hottest summer months ; their
maid died of a coup de soleil; two or three different
servants and couriers were obliged to leave their ser-
vice from their inability to stand the fatigues of tra-
velling in the hot season ; the daughter had a coup
de solei 1, and Lady Emily, after having dislocated her
leg at Jerusalem, had suffered from intermittent
fever, and was suffering from dysentery.

COMMISSIONERS FROM FRANCE, ENGLAND, AND
TURKEY are shortly to proceed to Bucharest in order
to investigate the present position of affairs in the
principalities. Great preparations are being made
for their reception, and ten thousand ducats have
been placed by the Porte at the disposal of Prince
Stirby to meet the necessary expenses. The corn
missioners, on their arrival, will immediately corn
mence taking efficient measures to meet the require-
ments of the principalities.
A BELGIAN NAVY 1$ about to be created. A com-
mission, of which the Count de Flandre is the presi•
dent, hare examined the project, and have lately
visited the maritime establishments near Antwerp.
The commission intend to propose to the Chambers
to vote from five to six millions of francs for the first
year, and from three to four for the following years,
in order to commence by building some large steamers
and gun-boats.
THE AUTHORITIES OF HAMBURG have instituted
new proceedings against parties enlisting for the
Foreign Legion. Several peisons have been arrested,
and among others the captain of the steamer
Heligoland, who has taken many persons to the
English recruiting depot. lie has been placed in
solitary confinement.
THE DANISH MINISTRY are said to have demanded
that Prince William Frederick be excluded from the
succession to the throne, for refusing to sign the new
Constitution. Denmark, it is thought, is not unlikely
to give up her neutrality, in order to engage the
Western powers to confirm this change in the Tine of
succession,

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'Dcttings.

SIR JOHN YARDE BULIXR, BART., at the South
Devon Agricultural Meeting, at ASHBURTON, last
made a few remarks upon the subject of week,
agricultural statistics, which, the hon. baronet
observed, was a subject well worthy of consideration,
and, in effect., not likely to expose the extent of a
farmer's property too freely to the Government :
He knew there was a feeling abroad that the system
would bring the property of farmers too disagreeably under
the surveillance of the Government. (A voice—" No,
no.") He (Sir J. Buller) would agree with the gentleman
that it would not have that effect ; but even supposing that
it would, the Government was not a despotic Government,
and what harm could it do to be in possession of the de-
sired information? They were all represented in Parlia-
ment by members of their (the people's) own selection,
and they (the represeutatives) would do their duty, and
protect the public from any sinister use of the statistics :
and if they did not perform that duty, they were amenable
to their constituents for their conduct. (Hear, bear.) But
it would be desirable that first the subject should be dis-
cussed in the country at large—it should, to use a vulgar
expression of the day, be " ventilated " throughout the
community. They might then candidly weigh the objec-
tions against the advantages of adopting the system, and
if, as he was inclined to think, they should find that the
hitter preponderated over the former, then they should set
about devising some plan by which the statistics might be
fairly and honestly laid before the country.
In conclusion, the hon. baronet observed that ho
believed if correct agricultural statistical returns
were at present to be procured, the difficulties which
the existing high price of corn tended to create
among the poorer classes would be easily explained;
and while declining to prejudice his hearers one way
or other by the expression of his decided opinion,
Sir John Buller remarked that he would be happy to
hear any objections to the system, and then give his
judgment in full.
THE WAREHOUSEMEN AND CLERKS' SCHOOLS
ANNIVERSARY DINNER took place on Monday even-
ing. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, who was in the chair, in
proposing the "Army and Navy," made a few
remarks upon the bravery and fortitude which our
army had displayed in the Crimea :
They would all remember that when privations of
every kind—cold, and want of fund and clothing—had re-
duced the physical strength of that army, yet that its spirit
and courage had sustained no diminution. At the battle of
lnkermann that spirit and courage had been triumphantly
displayed against five and six times the force of those who
stood resistless and unconquered upon that hill. (Cheers.)
But, however much they might honour the daring of those
who had fought these battles, they must still more admire
the unabated courage I nd firm discipline of those who went
night after night into the trenches with no chance of
encountering an enemy face to face and hand to hand, but
who stood there exposed to all the danger of the artillery
of the enemy, and feeling disease creeping upon them
from the cold and wet in which they were placed.
(Cheers.) However great had been the courage dis-
played by our army in the battles of the Crimea, the ex-
ample of that fortitude was still higher, and would be
honoured to all future time.
The noble lord, on proposing the toast of the even-
ing, " Prosperity to the Schools," spoke at some
length mien the objects of the institution, and
entered into various details. With regard to the
term " working class," Lord John Russell considered
the term rather a misnomer, as all classes, more or
less, should strive to claim the appellation of a
working class. The health of the noble chairman
having been proposed, Lord John Russell, in a brief
reply, observed that,
he should be the last to complain if any person present,
or if the whole country, should differ from him. There
was no use in our free institutions if men were not to
form their own opinions. He would only say that in all
the opinions he had expressed his chief object and reward
had been the welfare of the country. Totally mistaken,
no doubt, he had been on many occasions, but he had
always said on those occasions, "If I am wrong, lea the
opinion of the coun•ry set me right and direct me."
Meanwhile, all be could do was to follow his best judgment,
and to thank them fur the kind acceptance of his name.
(Cheers.)
Other toasts followed, and, before the noble lord left
the chair, the total amount of subscriptions nearly
reached 1,1001.
AT the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of
the new National Schools at Luni.oiv, last week, the
Very Rev. the Dean of Hereford preached a brief
sermon on the occasion, and made a few remarks upon
the subject of the " Education of the Labouring
Classes." Having adverted to the variety of talents
and gifts intrusted to a Christian body, the preacher
remarked that one of the main ditties of a Christian
was to give the means of education to the lower

classes :
Many persons thought that more than reeding and wri-
ting was dangerous for working people, but his own expe-
rience went to show, that the more the lower classes were
educated, the better they were fitted to fulfil the offices of
life. Some said, " %Vio was the net of so much educa-
tion?" He would ask, what was the use of so much
ignorgiAce ? If okcittiou X 8 LLDsofeguird to society,