The Press.
London, England, 1854-10-14 00:00:00

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Two thousand French and all the English troops
in the Pirteus have been ordered to the Crimea.
Others from Marseilles replace them.

TURKEY.
By the treaty of commerce between France and
Turkey it is enacted that the tariffs on imports and
exports shall expire on the Ist of March, 1855, pro-
vided that in the six months preceding the Govern-
ment of either country shall demand the revision of
them ; but in case no such demand shall be made
they are to remain in force for seven years longer.
The Chamber of Commerce of Paris calls on
merchants and traders to make known any objec-
tions they may entertain to the tariffs, in order that,
if necessary, they may be submitted to the Govern-
ment.
The committee appointed in Constantinople to
carry out the last hatti houmayoun is completed.
Prince Stirbey made his entry into Bucharest on
the sth inst. He was received with due solemnity
by his Excellency Lieut.-General Count Coronini and
his staff, as also by the Wallachian military and
civil authorities, and escorted to his palace, where
Austrian and Wallachian guards of honour were
drawn up.
A Vienna letter in Voss's Gazette of Berlin states
that on the sth the Turkish Ambassador at the Court
of Austria had a long conference with Count Buol
on the intended operations of the Turks against
Bessarabia, and received the most positive assurances
that no obstacle should be placed in the way of them
by Austria.
The running of the steam-boats between Braila and
Galatz recommenced on the 26th of September,
after nearly a whole year's interruption.
RUSSIA.
A Russian report of the battle of the Alma was
issued by Prince Paskiewitsch at Warsaw on the 3rd
inst. It ran thus :
On September the 20th an encounter took place be•
tween our troops and those of the allies on the banks of
the Alma. Prince Menachikoff, realising his plan of cam-
paign, to engage only in a combat with the advance guard
of his army, and to fall back on Sebastopol, has led the
troops under his curlers to the neighbourhood of the for-
tress, and has there taken up a strong position. It was
thought that other combats would take place in a few days.
'We have lost a thousand men, killed and wounded ; but the
enemy, having attacked us in our entrenchments, and un-
der the fire of all our batteries, must have successively ex-
perienced much greater losses.
UNITED STATES.
A conference of American Ambassadors is now
assembled on the Continent. Acting under the
directions of the President, the representatives of the
United States at the various European Courts are as-
sembled to exchange information, to consult, and to
report to their own Government on the state of
affairs on the Continent. Subsequently to the last
great European war American interests have been so
far developed that they may be regarded as the
creation of the intervening period. American trade
is now carried to every part of the world ; and the
conference has in view the due protection and ad-
vancement of those interests in any new arrange-
ment of treaties that may be made in Europe. Mr.
Buchanan left London on Saturday last, and has
already been met by the American Ministers from
Paris and from Madrid. Ostend is the place of
meeting, being neutral ground.
The latest New York dates are of the 30th ult.
Three thousand passengers arrived in that city
from Europe in a single day of last month. The
Irish and American riots at New Orleans have
again been renewed, and two men and a woman
killed.
During the last six months 25,110 persons have
been arrested for criminal offences in New York, in-
cluding 11 for arson, 94 for assaults with intent. to
kill, and 46 for murder.
Captain M'Seavy, of a vessel trading from Glasgow
to New York, passed a hull, which he supposed to be
the missing City of Glasgow steamer, on the 18th
ult. The wreck seen was of iron, and had had all
its woodwork burnt out.
A terrible storm commenced on the coast of Texas
on the 18th ult., and raged with terrific fury for four
days. An immense amount of property was destroyed,
and several vessels and many lives lost. The town of
Matagorda was totally destroyed, with the exception
of three houses. The crops, both of the canes and
the cotton, were nearly ruined.
CANADA.
The session of the Canadian Parliament opened
favourably to the new Conservative Ministers. The
Opposition were defeated by large majorities on
several questions connected with the address. On
the passage referring to the " adjustment" of the
clergy reserves an amendment wag moved to sub-
stitute the word "secularisation ;" but the original para-
graph was carried by 70 votes against 33. The
Opposition then changed their tactics, and sought to
delay business by repeated motions of adjournment.
This attempt was baffled by the persistency of the
Government members, who won six divisions on this
point, and fairly wearied out their opponents by pro-

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trotting the sitting from 3 p.m. on Tuesday, the 19th,
to 2 p.m. on the following day-23 hours, with but
an hour's interval between nine and ten on Wednes-

day morning.
The reciprocity treaty was confirmed by the
Canadian Parliament on the 20th ult. Mr. Sidney
Webster, private secretary to President Pierce, was
on the floor of the house when the vote was taken.
The Legislative Council has appointed a committee
to inquire into the charge of undue speculation by
some of the late Ministers.
Lord Elgin and suite arrived at Detroit on the
29th ult., where a dinner had been given his lord-
ship by the Common Council.
It is estimated that the Canadas will raise the
present season a surplus of 12,000,000 bushels of
wheat, which of course will look abroad for a
market.
The city of Quebec is about to be supplied with
pure water from the lake at Lorette. The lake is
about ten miles distant, and sufficiently elevated to
enable the water to be conveyed to the top of the
highest houses in the city. The water has hitherto
been carted from the river, and has proved a fertile
source of disease, being full of impurity, and with a
large percentage of saline matter.

INDIA AND CHINA.
The overland mail reached Trieste on Thursday.
The dates are—Bombay. 11th Sept.;• Madras, 10th;
Calcutta, 6th; Hong-Kong, 22nd Aug.; Canton,
21st.
India throughout is tranquil. At Calcutta trade
is depressed.
Shanghai is still in the hands of the rebels.
Canton continues in a state of siege. Ningpo,
Fuhchan, and Amoy were quiet.
No tea has arrived at Canton, and business is
quite stopped there. Much tea will be exported from
Fuhchan.
A great fire broke out in Canton, outside the city wall,
on July 23rd. More than six hundred houses were
burnt down. The conflagration was said to be ordered
by the mandarins, who believed that a large number
of rebels were living in that quarter.

(Saud arils lastion.

Her Majesty and the Prince Consort left Balmoral 1
at nine o'clock on Thursday morning, and reached
Edinburgh in safety at seven in the evening. The
royal party spent the night in Holyrood Palace.
Yesterday morning they proceeded to Hull, which
was reached at six p.m., and where, at the Station
Hotel, the Queen purposed sleeping last night. This
morning the royal yacht was ordered to be in readi-
ness to convey the Queen and Prince Albert to
Grimsby, her Majesty wishing to inspect the new
docks there. This evening her Majesty is expected
to arrive in London by the Great Northern Ra►lway,
and will at once proceed to Windsor Castle.
The younger royal children who have been left at
Osborne during the sojourn of the Queen in Scot•
land are to travel from the Isle of Wight to Windsor
to-day.
The Premier arrived at Balmoral on Tuesday to
wait on the Queen. Sir James Graham had left on
the previous day for town.
Lord Burghersh reached Balmoral early on Wed-
nesday morning with despatches from the Crimea.
His lordship, together with the Earl of Aberdeen,
accompanied her Majesty in her journey southward.
THE MINISTRY.—Lord Aberdeen is expected to
return to town this evening from Scotland. Lord
John Russell has returned to Scarbcrough from a
visit to the Earl of Carlisle at Castle Howard. Sir
George Grey remains at his seat at Falloden. Lord
Palmerston continues at Broadlands. The Chancellor
of the Exchequer is residing at Hawarden Castle.
Sir W. Molesworth arrived in London last week. The
Duke of Newcastle has been staying in town.
Sir Benjamin Hall, M.P., has visited Southampton
to examine the extensive operations going on in that
town for sewering it, and supplying it with water.
Lady Raglan and suite arrived at Dover on Monday
afternoon by the South-Eastern boat from the Conti
nent.
Lord Dudley Stuart has gone on a tour to Denmark,
Sweden, and Norway.
His Excellency James Buchanan, the United States
Minister, accompanied by his niece, Miss Lane, has
left town on a continental tour. Daniel E. Sickles,
Esq., Secretary of the Legation, is accredited Charge
d'Affaires ad interim.
The Lord Mayor gave a splendid banquet on
Tuesday evening to the members of the corporations
of Norwich, Halifax, Bradford, and Banbury,
Among the guests were the representatives of
several of the foreign legations and many members
of Parliament.
The Duke of Buccleuch having obtained a fresh
lease of Montagu-house, Whitehall, from the Crown,
an eminent architect, by his grace's orders, has pre-
pared plans for the construction of a new mansion on
the present site, which will shortly be commenced.