The Press.
London, England, 1853-07-23 00:00:00

The Austrian police are on the track of a projected
nsurrection iu Central Italy.
The tiraud Duke of Tuscany has commuted, for
perpetual exile, the sentence passed upon Co ucrrazzi,
and three of those convicted with him.

SI'AIN.
The Madrid Gazette of the 14th contains a royal
decree exacting various retrenchments in the official
expenditure. The salary of directors in the Ministry
of the Interior is to be reduced to 40,000 reads ;
those of employes of the first class to 3.2,000, of the
second class to 30,000, the third .26,t100, and the
fourth 22,000. The decree, besides, suppresses the
sub-directors, but declares that the director of the
Post-office shall continue to receive 50,000 realm.
RUSSIA AND TURKEY.
Grand manoeuvres of troops took place at St.
Petersburg on the •::sth and 3talt of June, and on the
Ist of July. The Emperor expressed his gratifi-
cation at the appearance and discipline of the men.
Every soldier and non-commissioned officer who took
part in the mano•nvres received a silver ruble, as a
mark of the satisfaction of the Emperor. Great
activity continued to prevail amongst the superior
officers.
The Emperor left St. Petersburg on the 11th for
Warsaw, where he was expected to arrive on the 15th
instant.
The head-quarters of the Russian army have been
established in Bucharest. The troops, to the num-
ber of about Slll,OlO. are encamped in the environs.
The Russian artillery arrived at Jassy on the 7th
instant, with seventy-two heavy guns.
Bucharest and Jassy were being strongly fortified
by the invading troops. The supplies for the army
were conveyed up the Danube as far as to Giurgewo,
and thence by bullock-waggons to Bucharest. The
Russians have taken possession of Oltenitza, on the
Danube. it was at this point that General Roth
crossed the river in the campaign of Is2s, with
40,000 men.
R•he news of the entrance of the Russians into the
principalities was only known in Constantinople on
the ith instant. The greatest sensation prevailed,
and fears were entertained for the peace of the
capital, in consequence of the presence of a number
of undisciplined and fanatical troops from Asia
Minor. On the same day lteschid I'acha wa4
obliged to resign, but he was reinstated almost im-
mediately. All the European Ministers hurried to
offer their mediation and "bons offices" to the dis-
tressed Porte. Various proposals were made, but
that proceeding from M. de la Cour proving most
agreeable to the Divan, it was accepted, and a mes-
senger extraordinary despatched with it to St. Peters-

burg.
Meanwhile the Turks are organising their military'
position with gigantic ettiarts. They have *heady
collected together an army of 00,(N10 men on the
south bank of the Danube. At \aria, by last
accounts, there were 7,000 men, at Shumla 14,0110, at
Silistria %(M, at. Rustchnk s,MO, at Widdin $,OOO,
and at Baba l)agh 14,000. On this side of the
Balkans they have at Aides 12,000 men, at Adria-
nople 0,500, at Philipopoli 5,000, and at Nizza 11,(Wita.
The enthusiasm of the Turks is at its highest pitch ;
for instance, the province of Brussa was called upon
to furnish 2,000 men, but :1,4)1K) came forward, and
with one accord refused to proceed to Constantinople
unless the whole number was enrolled. From the
district of Keshan 500 men were required, but 1,300
offered themselves. An army of nlymo men will be
collected in about a couple of months, bat they have
no cavalry, whereas Russia can bring forward 50,00
well-mounted Cossacks. At sea the Turks will be
much more formidable : they have a numerous and
well-equipped fleet of thirty-three sail, which will do
much mischief in the Black Sea.
The excitement in the whole country was very
great. The harvest was completely interrupted, and
all the beasts of burden used for transport of military
stores.
Mehemet Paella, ex-Ambassador in London, has
been appointed Governor of Adrianople. Ile is well
known ns a good soldier.
The Egyptian fleet that is to be sent to Constanti •
nople will consist of three line-or battle ships, four
frigates, three corvettes, and one brig ; lint their ves-
sels will be very inefficiently manned, the crews
being far from complete, and the numbers being
made up by young conscripts recently taken for the
army.
In consequence of the demand for men for the
army and the fleet, Abbas Pacha has interdicted
the departure of Egyptian l'ilgrinis fur Mecca this
year.

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A conspiracy is reported to have been discovered
in Constantinople, the object of which was to de-
throne the Sultan, and to place his brother on the
throne. The conspirators are said to be twelve in
number, all of whom have been arrested and
strangled.

NITED STATES.
The 4th of July (the anniversary of the declara-
tion of American independence) was celebrated as a
holiday throughout the entire Union, and no business
whatever was transacted. A riot occurred in New
York that morning, which the police, after some
fighting, succeeded in dispersing, after having ar-
rested thirty-seven prisoners.
A despatch from Oswego, dated July 5, states that
a terrific fire had raged there the day previous. The
fire extended over a space of about fortrtive acre.
Many mills and nearly 24K) dwellings were destroyed,
and 300,000 bushels of grain. The loss is not less
than a million and a half of dollars, including goods
in store. Although several persons have been in-
jured by falling timbers, it is believed no lives were
lost.
A fearful riot occurred on the 4th at Annapolis,
I between some of the citizens anti the passengers on
board the steamer Powhattan, on au excursion from
Baltimore. The inhabitants tired into the boat as
she was leaving the wharf, badly wounding several of
the passengers, one, it is feared, fatally. There were
over 500 men, women, anti children on board the
boat at the time she was tired into.
Mr. Crampton, the British Minister, has left
Washington for Halifax for the purpose of having a
personal interview with Admiral Seymour relative to
the fishery question.
'rho President accepted the invitation to attend the
opening of the Crystal Palace. The ceremonies of
the inaguration were to take place on the 14th of
July, the day before the Exhibition was opened to
the public. The price of the season ticket has been
fixed at ten dollars.