The Press.
London, England, 1853-05-28 00:00:00

SPAIN.

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Bermudez Castro, brother to the Minister, has
been nominated ambassador to Paris.
The ar►ival of the King of Bavaria is looked for
very shortly. lie comes to Spain, it is said, in order
to negotiate a marriage between Prince Albert of
Bavaria and an Infanta.
The official Gazette publishes the text of a re-
formed built The reforms extend to 4541 articles
•which will for the future be admitted free of duty.
It is announced that the Queen is in an interesting
sit nation.

1 TALI%
A very painful discovery has been made in the
Basilica of the Lateran, where Pope Martin N.. hesltn-
tied in the nave. The hotly having to be removed, in
consequence of certain architectural repairs in pro-
gress, the coffin was opened in the presence of the
chapter. To everybody's surprise, nothing was found
but the hones of the dead Pope ; the rings, gold and
silver chalices, the tiara, all studded with previous
stones, had disappeared. Their existence in the
coffin had been verified about fifty years ago.

TAHITI.
An unhappy circumstance has occurred at the Isle
of Anita. The European and American residents are
Protestants, and it would appear that. an attempt to
force a so-called Mormonite to become baptised 1141
to a collision, in which two priests were killed. This
act brought. down the French in three, and, after
some hanging and shooting, order was restored.

TURKEY.
The position of affairs continues to be exeeedingly
critical. From among the efoitra4 heti •ry reports
which are transmitted daily through Vienna and
Paris. these facts may be counted upon as certainties.
On the 6th inst. Prime Mensehikoff sent in an
nitimatton respecting the protectorate which the
Emperor of 'Russia claimed, as head of the Greek
Church, over the Christian population of Turkey. To
this he demanded a formal answer in six days. The
Ihitish, French, and Austrian 'Ministers were con-
sulted on the subject of the answer to be retuned,
and all of them sent home despatches to their
Government', and the two first mentioned are said to
have communicated with the commanders of the
Mediterranean fleets belonging to their respective
countries. Subsequently Prince Mensehikott con-
sented to prolong the period of , and
meantime a change of Ministry took lamp, Itedschid
Pacha being appointed to the Foreign Affairs,
Mahomed Ali to the War Department. and Mustapha
l'aeha, Brand Alzier. On the 17th the Porte defini-
tively rejected the ultimatlvire, and the Prime quitted
Constantinople but took up his Mamie at the slimmer
residence of the embassy at llnyukdere. 'l'eh'gra-
phie announcements of his having actnally left
Turkey continue to reach Paris; lint according to the
most credible statements the Prince still remained on
the 19th, and, although the diplomatic relations were
interupted, he still continued to interchange commu-
neatit 1114 with ltedsrhal l'acha. The Russian tromps
on the frontier are said to have been strongly rein-
forced.

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UNITED STATES.
The last intelligence from America comprises the

THE PRESS.

record of new catastrophes. The steamer Jemmy '
Lind, formerly plying between San Francisro and
Sacramento, exploded in San Flautist.° Bay, blowing
out the plate of the boiler, and arattecing ;Leath anti
destruction among all on board. Eighteen dead
isalies were recovered, and thirty persons were so
dreadfully scalded that not one of them is expected
to live. Among the scalded were eight ladies. The
steam-ship St. Lewis, one of the Nicaraguan line,
went ashore in a fog near the same spot as that on
which the Tenneuee struck, anti shortly after became
a total wreck. Her passengers, 111110untiog to 355,
were all saved.
A dreadful calamity had occurred in llntthlo by
the falling of a building, occupied as it banking.
house, by which upwards of twenty the peewits were
killed and wttantled.
The coroner's jury, in the recent railway seei-
dent at Norwalk, after sitting several days, had
returned a verdict that the necident was mused by
the wilfnl negligence of the engineer. The survivors
of several of the victims who hail prudently insured
their lives will receive the amount of their policies
from the several insurance companies, and it is un-
derstood that the latter will sue the New Haven
Railroad Company for the amounts. 'rho whole
subject of railway anti steam navigation accidents
has excited due attention at Washington. and there
can he little doubt that Congress will take an early
opportunity of legislating upon the matter in a severe
but proteetive spirit.
It was rumoured in Washington that the lion.
James Buchanan had resigned, or would resign, his
ambassadorship to England.
Accounts front Texas deeltuvli that gold mines of
a very productive character had been discovered in
that State, and that at least 4(I diggers an+ now at
work in the Hamilton Valley of the Colorado, each
averaging front five to ten dollars a day. It is said
that the country has been examined, mil found to
contain gold for a distance of PIO miles around.
The commissioners appointed to draw the boun-
dary line between Mexico anti the territories of the
United States have been, ever since their organisa-
tion, in a state of extreme penury. The head of
the commission has been robbed by the Government
escort, and abandoned by them among the Indians
on the frontier.

31 EXI CO.
The latest arrivals from Vera:Crnz give a splendid
aceount of the inauguration of Santa Anna as Presi-
dent of Mexico. In his speech ho declares his in-
tention to eultiv ate peace at home and with foreign
nations. His Ministry is thus composed :—Foreign
Affairs. Maroon ; Justice, Lams ; Treasury. T. Teri-
nel ; Minister to the United States. Almonte. Santa
Anna lout proclaimed a new arbitrary law with re-
gard t►► the press, requiring all the papers to be
licensed by Government, and the proprietors to de-
posit large sums as securities, and copies of every
article to be submitted to Government officers before
publication. Political discussions are strongly pro•
talked. Severe penalties attend the infringement
of these rides, and also as to publishing matter de-
nominated subversive, seditious, libellous, immoral,
and calumnious. In consequenee sit' this law, several
of the most prominent Nlexican journals, including
the Nonitur, bad been disenntinneil.

INDIA AND CIIINA.
arrived at Trieste on the
with the India mail.
The news from Minna'', to the 1:111i of April, is
mifityourable, soul more troops are wanted. There
is no prospect of !WIWI! Short of A%a. The Bur-
mese commissioners had refused to sign the treaty.
The latest dabs.; from China are to the I Ith of April.
The American, French, and English ships of war on
the cosoit of China have, on the urgent requisition of
the Chinese authorities, consented to g 11 Nankin,
Shanghae, and the mouths of the great canal against
the rebels.