The Press.
London, England, 1855-12-15 00:00:00

INDIA AND CHINA.

The India mail has arrived with advices froms
Calcutta of the Bth of November, and Bombay of thei
18th of November.

The Santhal rebellion was being put down by'
martial law.

The Bengal army had been strengthened by 6,001:0
men.

The Governor-General was at Madras, on his way'
to Burmah.

DECEMBER 15, 1855.

FOREIGN MISCELLANEA.
r THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON i 8 reported to have
written a private letter to the King of the Belgians,
stating that, should the Countess of Neuilly, for the
entire restoration of her health, choose to stay for a
time in some part of Southern France, no impediment
would be thrown in her way.
THE GRAND DUKE CONSTANTINE OF RUSSIA Will,
it ix stated, succeed on the death of Marshal
paskiewitch as Viceroy of Poland.
THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA is expected at Milan
by the end of February, from whence he will, on the
special invitation of the Pope, visit Rome, and be
present at the consecration of the column erected to
tie Immaculate Conception, to which his Imperial
Majesty has subscribed 250,000 francs.
A PRUSSIAN NOBLE, according to the Berlin
papers, was lately prevented from purchasing a
chateau in the Tyrol, Austria, solely on the ground
of his being a Protestant.
THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR at Berlin was received
in special audience on the 7th by the King of
Prussia, for the purpose of receiving an autograph
letter from the Czar announcing the betrothal of the
Grand Duke Nicholas.
M. ANSELEM ROTHSCHILD, of Frankfort, the eldest
of the family, died last week at the age of eighty-five.
GENERAL CANROBERT, according to the French
papers, is about to marry the daughter of one of the
Court physicians. The Emperor is said to be ex-
tremely interested in the match.
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DANUBIAN PRINCI-
PALITIES will not, it is now believed, be settled by the
allied powers until the conclusion of the war.
RUSSIA AND Palm's have lately agreed that a
considerable modification shall take place of their
existing frontier restrictions as respects their several
subjects : a mere certificate of identity from their own
Government will now permit a Russian or Prussian
to cross the frontier.
M. Kens, ex-President of the Republic of Venice,
has lately addressed a letter to the French papers
calling upon them to express themselves in favour of
Italian unity and independence, as the people of
Italy unjustly believe that France and England by
reason of petty rivalries are hostile to Italian unity.
THE JEW BANKERS OF VIENNA, who subscribed
largely to the late Austrian national loan upon the
understanding that their political position would be
improved, consider themselves ill °treated by a new
domestic police regulation, which compels every
frequenter of the Exchange to bold a ticket upon
which is inscribed the name, address, and religion
of the holder.
M. DE BISMARCK SCHtiNHAUSEN is at present at
Berlin, and is not expected to return to Frankfort
till the end of the year.
AN EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF NAPOLEON THE FIRST
is about to be executed at Cherbourg, facing the sea.
It is to be completed in !„857, and the inauguration
is promised to be on an imposing scale.
COLONEL TURK is about to be delivered over to the
Austrian authorities, Lord Clarendon having dis•
covered that the law is entirely in favour of Count
Coronini.
THE CONFERENCE UPON THE PRINCIPALITIES will
be held at Constantinople, and not at Bucharest.
Among the candidates who aspire to the office of
Hospodar, Prince Alexander Glika, the ex-Prince
George Bibebsku, Prince Calimachi, and Janku
Ghika are mentioned as the more prominent.
A RAILWAY MANIA has seized the Hungarians.
New lines are daily planned, and the whole energies
and resources of the people seem turned to that
point.
THE CHEVALIER BONELLI.B TELEGRAPHIC APPA-
RATUS for holding communication with trains in
motion has undergone several successful trials. M.
Bonelli's system consists of a thin iron bar running
parallel to the rails, and fixed edgways upon insu-
lators of earthenware, which raise it about three
inches above the surface. A combination of springs
establishes a communication between this bar (which
the inventor calls a " line-bar ") and a telegraphic
apparatus fitted to one of the waggons.
THE KING OF NAPLES continues his military pre-
parations. New field-guns are daily cast, and the
corps of engineers has been increased. Orders
have also been given to build several large steam-
frigates, and it is said to be the intention of the
King to turn the Lake Averno into a great military
port, by opening a communication between it and
the sea.
THE VICEROY OF EGYPT, desiring to join in the
relief of the wounded, the orphans, and the widows
of the French army in the bans, and
offered as a
gift to the French Government the whole of the
rich and curious articles sent by Egypt to the
Great Paris Exposition.
THE PROSECUTION OF THE SERVANTS OF COUNT
GERLACH for stealing his private despatches has
been discontinued, on the plea that there is no
enactment in the penal laws to meet the case. In
consequence of the affair, the Russian Government
are now extremely cautious in their telegraphic
despatcher.

THE PRESS.

Curt alai lastion.

Her Majesty, accompanied by the Prince and, with
the exception of the Prince of Wales, the younger
members of the Royal Family, and attended by the
Court, left Windsor at an early hour on Monday
morning for Osborne. Her Majesty reached Gosport
at twelve o'clock, and was received with the usual
ceremonies. Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane,
the Lieut.-Governor, and the usual staff and flag
officers of the port and garrison, were in attendance.
The Queen immediately embarked on board the
Fairy, and, under a royal salute from the ships and
batteries, proceeded direct to Osborne.
The Court is expected to return to Windsor at the
latter end of next week.
Her Majegy and the Royal Family have enjoyed
perfect retirement during the week.

Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston returned to
town on Monday, from a visit to the Duke and
Duchess of Bedford, at 'Woburn Abbey.
Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood arrived at their
residence in the Admiralty on Monday, from a visit
to the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, at Woburn
Abbey.
The Duke of Rutland has arrived at the Clarendon
from St. Leonards-on-Sea.
Colonel Lord West arrived home from the Crimea
on Monday last.
Sir Robert Peel, Bart., is about to marry the Lady
Jane Hay, daughter of the Marquis of Tweddale, and
sister of the Duchess of Wellington. The marriage
is expected to take place immediately after Christmas.
His Excellency the Earl of Carlisle left town on
Thursday on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of
Sutherland, at Trentham.
His Excellency M. Fontis di Mello, the Portu-
guese Financial Minister, has returned to Claridge's
Hotel.
The Earl and Countess of Perth have left town
for Brighton.
Lady Molesworth has returned to her residence in
Eaton-place, from Folkestone.

Volitical.