The Press.
London, England, 1854-08-12 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

SATURDAY,

when they are efficiently performing the work required from them.
But the reports from the fleet are the reverse of satisfactory.
The evacuation of the principalities by the Russians may now be
taken as an accepted fact. The Turkish avant-guard entered Bucha •
rest on the sth inst., the Russians having quitted it two or three days
previously. The Russians are not interrupted in their retreat, and
several regiments have already recrossed the Pruth. The ground
being thus clear for Austria, her troops have entered, or are on the
point of entering, the Danubian provinces, but evidently with no
hostile intentions towards Russia. It is stated that Count Buot has
exchanged notes with Lord WESTMORELAND at Vienna, recognising the
bases laid down by the Western Powers for the restoration of peace,
and engaging not to treat separately ; but, considering how long Aus-
tria has refrained from any act which could in the slightest degree
tend to embarrass her northern neighbour, we must receive with sus-
picion any rumours similar to those which have been diligently circu-
lated in certain quarters for a year past, to the effect that even as far
as diplomacy went she would decidedly join with France and England.
The retreat from the principalities will give the Russian com-
manders an immense force to resist any attack of the allies on the
Crimea, and it might be with a view to the probability of such
attack that the retreat was decided on. The war has rolled from
the banks of the Danube, and the whole disposable army of Russia
will be free to defend her own territories. Intelligence from Varna
will now be anxiously expected, as the expedition, if undertaken at
all, must be undertaken at once.
In the Baltic the allied fleets remained at the Aland Isles. The
whole of the French troops under General BARAGUAY D'HILLIERS had
joined, and accounts of the 3rd say that the attack on Bomarsund was
expected to take place the next day.

The sudden, perhaps violent, end of ABBAS PACHA is quickly suc-
ceeded by news of the death of the King of SAXONY. His decease
from the injuries he received seems to have been almost instanta-
neous.
The last accounts from Spain indicate that ESPARTERO'S dictator-
ship is likely to meet with more opposition from the revolutionary
spirit which has been evoked than was anticipated. Queen CHRISTINA
has been prevented from leaving the capital, and the Junta at Madrid
demands that she shall be detained till she has been tried by the
Cortes, and the Council of Ministers has acceded to the demand.
O'DONNELL is supposed to view the ascendancy of ESPARTERO with
jealousy.

Among noticeable items of domestic occurrence is the cruise of
the Queen, with her family, in the Channel. The royal yacht anchored
off Alderney on Tuesday, and the Queen, with her party, visited the
island the following day.
The trial at Kilkenny for the Mountgarrett title and estates has
terminated, to the surprise of most persons, in a verdict for the plain-
tiff, Mr. PIERCE BUTLER, thus affirming the validity of the pretended
Scotch marriage between the Hon. HENRY BUTLER and Mrs. COLE-
BROKE. Our: journals seem to have paid little attention to the trial,
though most interesting from the peculiar nature of the circumstances,
from the points at issue, and from the extensive connections of the
family. We imagine the whole case will shortly be brought before a
higher court.
The first court-martial on Lieutenant PERRY has resulted in his
virtual acquittal. The second trial, not yet finished, has thus far
proved more damaging to his character.
The wretched woman, ANNE Baouon, who murdered six of her
children at Esher, has been acquitted on the ground of insanity. The
Times, which is always indignant when a maniac escapes the gallows,
exclaims loudly against the verdict, and quotes the dictum of the
judge, that the object of law should be to prevent criminal impulses.
The dread of hanging, however, cannot be required to prevent mothers
from murdering their children, and, should this wretched creature
ever be raised to a healthier state of moral feeling, and be made to com-
prehend her loss and her guilt, her punishment would be far more se-
vere than the scaffold she has escaped.

PARLIAMENTARY PROSODY.
CAUGHT BY OUR OWN ECHO DURING THE PAST SESSION.
JOE Hunts informs the House that he shall
Oppose the bill for reasons " special,"
Feeling in conscience bound to meddle
Both with the clauses and the "sheddle."
Lord JOHN, though anxious to " obleege,"
Must still resist the Papists' siege,
And ward from England's Church the doom
Prepared for her and hers by "Room."
PETO declares that doctrine very odd,
Not fit for an enlightened " period."
WILLIAMS inquires what such gross folly meant ;
Such waste of profit and of " 'moliment."
HEYWOOD, in tones quite conversational,
Approves the phrase because 'tis " nitional."
FITZGERALD rings his loud lIIRTUMS;
Ireland he swears will be in "arrams."
And BRIGHT proclaims, in his belief,
The measure fraught with dire "mischief."
Thus is it shown by many a talker
The Commons' work is not all " W alker ."