The Press.
London, England, 1854-08-19 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

The Prussian Correspondence announces, under
the head of " Tilsit," that a new levy of recruits is
about to be ordered throughout the Russian empire.
This will be the fifth since the commencement of
the Oriental complications, and will raise the total
amount drawn to about forty per 1,000 souls. This
shows the enormous wear and tear, and that the re-
serves are already exhausted.
The Russian Guard and its reserves are advan-
cing by forced marches towards the southern fron-
tier.
Prince Paskiewitsch returned to Warsaw on the
14th, and again takes command of the southern army.
The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Presse
writes from thence, under date of the oth inst.:—
" On the Ist the English prisoners captured at the
attack on Gamla Karleby arrived at Helsingfors, escorted
by a detachment of Cossacks. The Emperor has thanked
the mercantile community of Odessa, through General
Osten•Sacken, for their offer to establish a telegraphic
communication between that town and Otschakotf. Not a
word about peace is uttered here ; and, if any one wishes it,
he dare not express his thoughts, as the old Russian war
party entirely governs public opinion. The voluntary con•
tributions do not seem to flow so plentifully as heretofore,
fur lately only some isolated gifts have been announced."
The St. Petersburg Journal of the 10th contains
Count Nesselrode's despatch to Prince Lieven
written in January, 1830, in reply to Lord Aberdeen's
despatch.
The Moniteur contains a letter from Bagdad, in-
timating that the new Russian Envoy was shortly
expected at Teheran, laden with gold and valuable
presents for the Shah and his Ministers; but that
the attempt to win over the ..iovernment to the
cause of the Czar was not likely to succeed, the
Court having received the overtures and advances
of Russia with great coolness.
GREECE.
An Athens despatch of the 11th states :—The
British Minister has signified to General Kalergis
the satisfaction of Queen Victoria at the measures
taken for the pacification of Greece. King Otho has
not accepted the plan proposed by the General for
the reorganisation of the army. Kalergis has gone
to the camp of the allies at the Piraeus. Metaxas
and his accomplices have been tried and acquitted.
EGYPT.

Accounts from Alexandria of the 2nd inform us
that Said Pacha, the new viceroy, has abolished the
duties for home consumption on corn, and has
exonerated the fellahs from the pasture duties for
lands cultivated with wheat. The quantity of corn
which will be thrown open for export by this mea-
sure is estimated at 500,000 arrobas. M. K►enig, the
ex-French preceptor of Said Pacha, is appointed
to be the chief of his secretariat. Mr. Green, an
Englishman, is appointed director of transit. The
foreign officers of instruction are to be recalled to
devote their talents to the army, which is numerous,
but badly disciplined. The public debt is to be
liquidated by the sala of the depiA of merchtindise;

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Said Pacha's principle difficulty is want of money,
the finances of the country being very low, and the
public treasury empty. The debts of the Govern-
ment are, however, unimportant, 200,004. being tLe
highest sum estimated for arrears due to the army,
navy, officials, and to the trade; but the demands
of the Sultan will cause a constant drain on the
finances of Egpyt; and on Said Pacha's investiture
of authority at Constantinople be will be expected
to disburse very large sums of money, not less
than 100,(XX)L sterling.
The tribute due by Egypt to the Sublime Porte
is paid up to the !resent time, and the expenses for
the construction of the railway, the only public work
now in progress, are also paid to the day.

UNITED STATES.
The Pacific has arrived with the New York mail
of the sth inst.
The Colonial Reciprocity Treaty was ratified by
the Senate on the 2nd without amendment. Con-
gress bad postponed its adjournment until the 7th
inst.
The destruction of Greytown occupies much pub-
lic attention. The conduct of Captain Hollins is
much blamed by the New York press. The otficiii
correspondence shows that the responsibility re4S
with the American Government. The Washiniton
Union recommends granting ten millions to therm-
sident to enable him to settle the Spanish did: Pities
or to commence war.
Another messenger is said to have &Tired at
Washington from St. Petersburg, with :till power
to treat for tha sale of Sitka. To this preposition the
American journals add another for oujing Van-
couver's Island from the English.
There was a dreadful gas explosion at New York
on the 29th ult. Three persons kilted, and thirteen
wounded. The cholera was still :aging, and on the
increase in that city.
Besides a heavy failure at Boston in the shoe trade,
with liabilities to the extent of 300,000 dols., a still
more serious suspension has occurred in Philadel-
phia, Mr. Tucker, President of the Reading Railroad
Company, having stopped payment for the present,
in his privates affairs, for a million and a half. The
cause of this calamity ii understood to be the failure
of an extensive iron company, with which be was
largely connected in bill transactions.
A horrible tragedy has been enacted in New
Orleans. An altercation took place between Colonel
Charles Loring, of California, and a gentleman
named Robert M. Graham, of New Orleans, who ran
a sword-cane through the body of the former, killing
him on the spot. Colonel Loring was a man of high
standing in California. Mr. Graham has been fully
committed for trial for the murder.
The editor of the Daily Freeman, of Brooklyn,
J. N. T. Tucker, while in a state of temporary de
rangement, or drunkenness, it is hardly known
which, murdered one of his children ; and his wife,
in endeavouring to save a second, was terribly
wounded. It is hoped, however, she will recover.