The Press.
London, England, 1856-09-20 00:00:00

A despatch from Madrid, Sept. 17th, states :

The constitution, as well as the additional act, has been
very favorably received. Nothing has yet been decided on
relative to the sale of Church property and the question of
the octroi duties.

Intelligence from Constantinople to Sept. Bth, via.
Berlin, announces that, notwithstanding reports to
the contrary, it is believed that the settlement of the
Bessarabian frontier is not progressing :
Russia still refuses, it is said, to cede Bolgrad, and
frequent conferences take place on the subject at Vienna
between Count Buol, Sir Hamilton Seymour, and Baron
Bourqueney.

The few Russian soldiers upon the Isle of Ser-
pents are reported by the Post Ampt Gazette to have
left the island.

Admhal Lord Lyons was to leave for Smyrna,
Athens, and Malta on the 11th.

Intelligence from St. Petersburg states that there
will be a reduction in the actual existing strength of
the Russian army, by the diminution of the strength
of companies, and the disbandment of one battalion
in each regiment.

A letter from Vienna, in the National Gazette of
Berlin, says :

Austria and Prussia have, it is affirmed, come to an
understanding as to the following steps to be taken with
regard to Denmark :—The question relative to the Duchies
will be brought before the Germanic Diet by the two
powers, and negotiations will be opened by them simul-
taneously at Copenhagen. The Prussian representative
will tile the initiative at Frankfurt. Tlese measures
will be carried into effect in the course of the present
autumn.

The Independence of Brussels states that the
Empf ror of Austiia will extend his visit in Italy as
far as Rume :
The Milan journals themselves have given this news, 1 THE SECOND SITTING of the russels Interns. -
d add that the Austrian Ambassador at Rome is tional Philanthropic Congresses h taken plass this

SATURDAY,

week. The Hon. W. Cowper, the president of the
British Board of Health, was requested to act as
chairman of the third section. 111. Charles heftier
(formerly Minister of the Interior), the president,
Opened the proceedings by an address. Amongst
the secretaries to the congresses appointed is Mr. F.
0. Ward. M. I)ucpetiaux announced the gratifying
fact that he had received a letter stating that the
King would honour by his presence the sitting of the
Congress on Wednesday. A letter was also received
from the Duke of Brabant, accepting the office of
one of the patrons of the congress. After some fur-
ther business had been disposed of, ➢lr. F. 0. Ward
addressed the meeting at consideiable length in the
French language. In the course of his speech he
explainedwhat had been done by the British Govern-
ment, as well as private individuals, towards improv-
ing the sanitary condition of the working classes in
England. He also took occasion to mention, that
though Lurd Shaftesbury, Lord Ebrington, and other
distinguished individuals were unavoidably absent,
they heartily concurred in the objects of the con-
gress.

THE FLIGHT OF THE CASHIER AND SUB-CASHIER
OF THE NORTHERN RAILWAY OF FRANCE with some
2,50,0001. from abstracted shares, was managed very
cleverly. The cashier Carpentier first asked for arid
obtained a fortnight's leave of absence, on the pretence
that he was about to be married, but begged that his
intention might be kept secret. At the end of a few
days the sub• cashier Grelet pretended that the weight
of business thus thrown on him was too heavy, and,
having insinuated that the cashier had not really
absented himself for his marriage, he managed so
well that Le excited doubts in the minds of the
directors, and was sent to bring him back. Grelet
joined Carpentier at Havre, where the latter awaited
his arrival with the common spoil. Carpentier was
accompanied by a girl named Georgette, his fins-
tress, and by a man who had taken part in getting
rid of the stolen shares. From Havre the party weht
to Liverpool, where they embarked on board the
Fulton fur New Yolk, and where they have now pro.
Wilily arrived. Immediately after their flight the I:xi
permtendent, al. Lueriu, disappeared also. The
company have determined upon sparing no sacrifice
to catch the fugitives. A special agent, accompanied
by French and English detectives, has started kr
New York, but meanwhile our own Forrester arrested
M. Leurin on Tower-hill, an ominous spot, on Wed:
nesday morning.

THE CLIMATE OF THE ISTHMI:s OF DARIEN in
Caledonia Bay is spoken of very favorably by Dr.
M'Dermott of Espiegle, alter expeditious of
21 and 20 persons into the interior for ten or
eleven days at a time. The usual doses of quinine
wine were daily given, but there appeared nu occa•
sion for that preventive measure, as no symptom of
endemic fever appeared. Dr. M'Dermott writes:—

The ground being mountainous and devoid of marsh,
and the rivers being all running streams, with rocky and
sandy beds, hiving no allu% ial deposit, 1 feel confident
the causes of endemic fever do not exist—ut all events,
during the period of the year 1 have mentioned;
nor do I think, even at any time of the
year, that the fever so fatal and injurious to health
which prevails at tirey Towu and Navy Bay can exist.
I made frequent inquiries among the natives, and 1 could
not ascertain that any particular form of fever or disease
prevailed among them, and, from their appearance, I
should say they are a very healthy race. '1 he teuti•tra-
ture and climate of Caledonia are fear superior to those cf
any part of the West Indies that I have visited; a cool
and steady breeze from the NN.W. prevailed, with scarcely
any variation, during our stay there. The heat does nut
possess that feeling of oppression experienced in the
West India Islands, and the nights are delightfully cool.
Previous to the ship leaving 1 wade particular inquiries
of all the medical officers, and found that nu case of
disease had occurred which could be attributed to a (Jima•
torial cause.

THE GERMAN ASTRONOMERS are divided in their
opinions as to the re-appearance of the great comet
of 1556, and their learned discussions on the subject
take up a great deal of room in the limited columns
of their newspapers. It was known that Peter
Fabricius, a lemons Austrian mathematician of the
sixteenth century, had written a very erudite disser-
tation at the time, and published his own obervations
of the comet, but the work itself had been lost. A
French translation, however, printed in 1537, has
just been discovered by the bookseller Herr K. F.
Kohler, of Leipsic, amongst his old books, and he is
now reprinting it for general sale. It is written in
the form of a set of letters addressed to the Abbot of
the Monastery at .Lilienteld, in Austria, and contains
a series of illustrations, one of which repres nts a
segment of the starry firmament, on which is marked
the course of the comet according to tLe matheina-
deletes own observations.

SEPT. 20, 1856.

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