The Press.
London, England, 1854-11-18 00:00:00

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A GERMAN COLONY IN PALESTINE.
THE official Gazette in Wnrtemburg published at the
commencement of this month some account of plans
now rife in that country for emigration to Palestine.
A " Society for the bringing together of God's people
in Jerusalem" has constituted itself, and among
other proceedings has prepared a petition to the Bund
at Frankfort the purport of which is as follows :—That
the Assembly of the German Confederation will be
pleased, through the agency of the two great powers
of Germany, to induce the Sultan to permit the
" Society for the bringing together of God's people in
Jerusalem " to found communities in the Holy Land,
under the following conditions:-1. Self-government
in all civil and religious matters, thatthey may be able
to be arranged entirely according to God's word. 2.
Security for person and property against the arbitra-
ments of Turkish officials, and against uncontrolled
and oppressive taxes. :3. Exemption from Turkish
military service. 4. Guarantee of the. same rights to
every one who shall subsequently become a member
of this society, whether he may have previously been
Christian, Jew, or Mahommedan, Turk, or fore►gner,
5. The assignment of the Holy Land to these com-
munities, in order that they may settle there con•
formably to the object and purpose which they have
stated above. This plan is by no means confined to
a few or to illiterate persons. During the sittings of
the Evangelical Kirchentag, the seventh of which was
held in Frankfort towards the close of September, a
number of its members endeavoured to procure the
adoption of a motion, that the Kirchentag should in
its totality apply to the Band to take steps to procure
the Holy City of Jerusalem to be declared a free
town and put under the protectorate of the great
powers of Europe. Some of the leading members of
the meeting, possessed of a little more wordly wisdom
than these enthusiasts, advised them, however, first
to apply to the sovereigns of Austria and Prussia, and
endeavour to induce them to favour their views when
engaged in settling the terms of a peace and in
arranging the affairs of the East in general.

CHLPLaNS FOR THE ARRY.—The following gentle-
men have been appointed assistant official chaplains
to the army in the East in connection with the
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel :—Rev.
14. A. Taylor, Rev. W. Freeth, Rev. L. J. Parsons,
Rev. L. W. F. Robson, Rev. L. W. Whyatt. The
two former are ordered to embark in the Bra rulon in
the course of the ensuing week. The Rev. W. Ross
has been appointed Presbyterian chaplain, and is
under orders for immediate embarkation.

H.R.H. Prince ALBERT, has, we are informed,
ordered a eeal-skin fur coat to be supplied, at his
own expense, to every officer in the Crimea or about
to proceed thither. Some officers on the eve of de-
parture have already received these acceptable gifts,
which reflect equal credit on the consideration and
bounty of his Royal Highness.

MR. WILLIAM HAzurr, barrister, whose name is
well known in connection with law reform and
literature, has been appointed registrar to Mr. Com-
missioner Fonbianque, in the room of Mr. Pollock,
the late registrar, who has recently retired, after a
long absence, through ill-health.
TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS between Vienna
and Kronstadt and Bucharest have been temporarily
suspended in consequence of the breaking of the
wire. Lord Raglan's despatch of the 6th to the
War-office was delayed for some days through this
accident; and the Moniteur makes the same state-
ment respecting the messages from General Can
robert to the French Government.
FARMERS IN THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND are pur-
chasing sheep in the north of Scotland to fat them
for the London market. Four-year old sheep are
purchased for about 17s. 6d. a head. The con-
veyance of them to the south costs about 3s. a head
more. These sheep have been fed on the Moors,
and have never tasted a turnip. They are found
rather wild at first—almost too wild for the fences.
THE total number of deaths registered in London
last week was 1,160. In the ten corresponding weeks
of the years 1844-53 the average number, raised in
proportion to increase of population, is 1,112. It
appears, therefore, that the mortality is now net
much in excess of the usual amount, hut it exceeds
in a more important degree the point to which the
usual mortality, in an improved condition of London,
might be reduced. Cholera, which was fatal in the
two previous weeks in 66 and 31 cases, was fatal last
week in 23. In the same weeks diarrhoea numbered
40, 33, and 35 deaths. Nine of the deaths from
cholera occurred on the north side of the river, the
remaining 14 on the south side, 3 of which are re-
turned in the sub-district of St. Paul's, Deptford, 4
in the district of Lambeth. Scarlatina has for some
weeks predominated among zymotic diseases. In the
first week of October the deaths referred to it rose to
upwards of 100 ; since that time it has fluctuated
near the same point, but its tendency has not been
to decrease.