The Press.
London, England, 1854-08-26 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

ship, and not that of the Emperor Nicholas. This
proclamation is expected to have an immense effect
among the lower classes of Christians in the Ottoman
empire, who are under the impression that their
own ecclesiastical authorities openly side with Russia.
The Patriarch had been previously pressed to issue
a manifesto to the Greeks, but refused to do so,
tendering his resignation rather than sacrifice his
own personal feelings, which are in favour of Russia.
A line of steamers is about to be established be•
tween Constantinople and Varna by the French
Messageries Imperiales, under an engagement with 1
the Ministry of War. The service, which is to con-
sist of six voyages per month, going and returning,
will be performed by two steamers of 120 horse
power, and the departures will be so combined that
the boats leaving for Varna will always carry des-
patches for the army brought to Constantinople by
couriers from Marseilles.
The Turkish Government has finally come to a
decision regarding the telegraph. A French engineer,
M. Delarue, has been engaged for the purpose of
setting up a line between Constantinople and
Belgrade. A grant of 40,0001. has been allowed by
the treasury.

RUSSIA.
It appears that Prince Paskiewitsch has again been
Generalissimo of the active army since the 15th of
August. Prince Gortschakolf will have the command
of an army corps in Bessarabia, but naturally under
the marshal. Prince Paskiewitsch will himself corn
mand the grenadier corps and the Ist and 2nd in-

fantry corps.
According to the Journal de Constantinople, four-
teen Russian soldiers, with an officer, a Count Lobs-
chetin, not long since fell into the hands of one of
Halim Pacha's reconnoitring parties. They were
the bearers of three proclamations, in which the
Emperor Nicholas informed his army :-1. That
Prince Gortschakoff had received orders to give every
soldier who bad crossed the Danube a reward of two
silver roubles; 2. That the Russian Government
would take especial care of and would improve the
position of those persons who had actively shared in
the present war; 3. As the whole of Europe was
against Russia, her troops would be recalled to their
native country, and there, as in 1812, await their
enemies.
Constanstinople letters state that Sebastopol is
being enormously strengthened. Ships of the allied
fleets are cruising in sight of the fortress. The forti-
fications of Sinope are being restored. An imperial
proclamation has been issued forbidding the emigra-
tion of the natives of the Crimea, but they are
allowed to withdraw from the coast into the interior
of the peninsula.
According to the official bulletin on the 29th of
July, in the morning, there were 319 persons under
medical treatment; 12 fresh cases occurred during
the day-26 were cured and 5 died ; 300 remained

ill.
The journals of Moscow announce the death of the
Tsarevitch Elias Georgievitch, son of the last King
of Georgia, George XIII. He died at Moscow on the
14th of July.

SWITZERLAND.
On Saturday, the 12th inst., there was an emeute in
the market-place of Geneva, in consequence of the
high price of potatoes. Three thousand individuals
assembled in the square. They placarded a notice
fixing If. 25c. as the maximum price for the local
measure. To every dealer, as he came into the
market, this maximum was offered, and when he
refused to deliver his goods at that price his stall or
car was upset, and the contents scattered about the
street. All who resisted were ill-used. The police
walked about in the midst of the crowd without
daring to interfere. The Council of State remained
in close quarters at the Hotel de Ville, and took no
step whatever.

UNITED STATES.
The latest New York dates are of the 12th inst.
The President wa.s assaulted in his carriage on the
sth, just after leaving the Capitol at Washington,
subsequently to the adjournment of the Senate. His
assailants were three drunken men, not of the lower
class, who accosted and insulted him ; and one of
whom, Mr. Jeffards, of Charleston, threw an egg at
him, which damaged his hat. Jeffards was arrested
and held to bail, but subsequently liberated on be-
coming sober and penitent.
An extensive conflagration broke out at New
Orleans on the sth inst., and damage to a very con-
siderable amount was sustained. A great deal of the
losses will fall on the Liverpool insurance offices.
Several other fires are reported. San Francisco,
which has so often suffered from similar catastro-
phes, was visited by a most calamitous conflagration
on July 11th. About sixty-five houses were de-
stroyed, and the loss is estimated at about 225,000
dollars. The whole tract burned over was built of
wood on piles. The town of Columbia, in Toulurnme
county, was burned down on the morning of the 11th
July. The loss is estimated at 500,000 dollars.
The town of Minesota, in Nevada county, was burned
down, excepting three houses, on the Bth July.