The Press.
London, England, 1854-06-24 00:00:00

set out for the Danubian principalities, and to draw
up an accurate report of the position of affairs in a
military point of view. The operations before Silis-
tria were especially recommended to his notice.
This measure produced a profound sensation at St.
Petersburg, as the Emperor never intrusta his Minister
of War with such a mission except on occasions of
serious importance.
The rumours which are more or less probable
refer chiefly to the health of the Emperor Nicholas.
From Hamburg we get a report that the Czar was
unable, in consequence of ill health, to accept the
imitation to an interview with the King of Prussia.
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Letters are said to have reached Paris giving an
account of the extreme irritation produced in the
mind of the Czar by the reception of the Austrian
summons, and especially by the arming in Austria.
The public mind was full of anxiety, and some coup
de tote on the part of the Emperor was feared.
Berlin despatches convey the same statement, and
add as an on dit that much disunion exists among
the Russian generals at head-quarters, probably
induced by the ill success of the late operations.
The Emperor of Russia, according to the Presse,
has sent military governors to different places,
amongst others to Cronstadt, Helsingfors, Odessa,
Archangel, &c., charged with secret instructions.
They are to correspond direct with him, and are to
keep a watch over the general officers who command
in these places.
It has been officially announced to the Czar that
the Eastern European provinces of Russia can yield
no more levies upon the customary principles of re-
cruiting. The War Minister is accordingly pre-
paring anew scheme for further levies, in which large
classes of the population hitherto exempt will be
made liable to military duty. Owing t 3 the immense
numbers lost in harassing marches through the in-
terior, the war, it is stated, is causing a consumption
of men far larger than Europe would be prepared to
believe in.
A subscription has been opened at Hamburg for a
Russian loan of 16,000,000 of roubles, at 87, for a 5
per cent. stock. The proposal is not reported to
have attracted many subscribers hitherto.
GREECE.
The Austrian Lloyd states that persons attached
to the Russian legation in Greece are expected in
Vienna. The Emperor Nicholas had addressed to
King Otho a letter, in which he declared that the
representatives of Russia can only be accredited at
independent courts, and he reserves to
the
the
right of taking measu•es serviceable for the future,
From Missolonghi on the lith we learn thatiihe
insurrection in Epirus was quelled. The troopsyffire
marching to Thessaly, where the insurrection con-
tinues.
According to &snatches from Amiens of the 12th,
Hadgi Petros still refused to surrender' and was re-
ported to have occupied Nicelii with 0,000 men.
'tiaras has defeated Abdi
Several general officers had been dismissed by the
Greek Government., and replaced by others. Among
the new appointments are to be found the names
of Mauroniales and t)ilaunis.

PERSIA.
Letters from Tauris atinotince the recall of Prince
Dolgorntiky, the Rtmitiftn Ambassador ; and that M.
Aniscoff; Consul General at Taurus, was proceeding
to Teherah as Russian Charge d'atiliirs. M. Kani-
koff, who has just come from Tiflis, has succeeded
him at Tauris.
AMERICA:
Lord Elgin and Mr. Hinckes left Washington on
the Sth of June for Quebec, rid Portland, whither
they were invited by the authorities. A treaty of re-
ciprocity of trade, a settlement of the fishery Ties •
tion, and other points in dispute, is said to have been
coticluded between Mr. Marry and Mr. Crampton,
which only requires the sanction of the British (Io
vernment and United States Senate to beconte
The recent proclamation of the President against
" fillibustering" had created considerable stir in the
south atnotig the rabble connected with the order of
the " Lone Star." This aasociation is said to have
received a large accession of nnthhers.
The Black Warrior case was in a fair train of
settlement.
In Texas deplorable massacres arc said to have
been comthitted by the Indians. At Victoria they
killed sixty American and Mexican soldiers. Travellers
are exposed to extreme peril in cossing the territory.
A company of eight Mexican rope-dancers and six
Italian harpplayers, travelling from St. Antonio to
Laredo, had fallen victims to those wretched: The
United States mail, while on its way from Corpus
Christi to St. Patrick), was attacked by the Indians
and robbed. This war against the whites is renewed
under the direction of " Wild Cat," the noted
Seminole chief. A general Indian war will, it is
stated, inevitably ensue.
A serious riot has taken place in the city of
Brooklyn between Protestants and Catholics, in
which two persons there killed and several severely
wqunded.