The Press.
London, England, 1856-07-05 00:00:00

THE Pit Egg.

fete du 21 Juillet ne serait pas complete sans avoir
I ses cote un amide vingt-cinq ans."
The courts of law will shortly have their attention
directed to a trial of considerable interest. Veli
Pacha is about to prosecute the Nord for libel. The
Russian journal stated that the Turkish governor
had forcibly abducted a Christian girl from her
parents, and refused to give her up on demand,
under the stipulations ratified by treaty. Upon
being pressed with severity by the proper authori-
ties, the girl was murdered. This statement Veil
Pacha insists to be a libel. It is not denied that the
abduction took place, neither is the death of the girl
contradicted ; hut he affirms the murder to have been
committed without his authority or knowledge. The
Nord is prepared to justify. Time has been given
to bring the necessary witnesses from Constanti.
nople, and on their pro luction in court revelations
will be made in reference to the social habits of the
Turks that will make their toleration by Christian
powers a matter of wonder. A more correct view
will be obtained of the real state of Turkey, by the
evidence adduced in this prosecution, than all the
works published either by the friends or enemies of
the Ottoman power.
The tone of the Austrian journals continues to be
most insulting to Russia. Both the Gazette Autri-
chienne and the Prease reject Ministerial moderation
for an indulgence in accusation that could not be
more provocative even in a state of actual warfare.
No reliance, it is broadly said, can be given either to
Russian action or Russian word, therefore it is
right " qu'on conserve a son egard le droit de me-
fiance "

There is an abyss that separates Russia from the politi-
cal system of Europe, over which Russian " finesse " can
never throw a bridge. By her national barbarism and in-
sincere policy she is placed in a forced isolation that can
only be got rid of by a radical change that must afftct her
very nature (naturzustandc ), and which she must abandon
before being admitted within the pale of confraternity with
other nations.

These be hard sayings from an old ally, and are
rather more calculated to work mischief upon the
censor than the one censured.
Prince Gortschakoff and Count Buol have had re-
peated interviews to discuss the Danubian question.
Austria is supported by the Turkish Minister against
England, Russia, and Prussia, and it is surposed,
when the opportune moment arrives, that France
will side w►th Turkey and Austria. An Aus-
trian bank has been established at Bucharest
upon the same conditions as those awarded to
Prussia in Moldavia. To foment discord betwixt the
two provinces, the Austrisn journals have strongly
insisted upon the superiority of Wallachia over Mol-
davia, and the injustice of allowing an equality of
right and an identity of privileges.

In Piedmont the Roman clergy are caballing
against the Government, without attempting to veil
their measures. In proportion as the country gra-
dually settles into a constitutional tranquillity from
the assurance of justice and the experience of free
dom, the priests conspire and preach against a
general contentment destructive of their corrupting
power. The Minister Ratazzi, by way of caution,
has issued a circular demonstrative of the danger
attending such a pernicious course, and of the cer-
tain defeat of an endeavour to rescind the measures
that curb the prelatic sway within rational limits.
The embargo laid on the Sardinian revenues belong-
ing to the Archbishop of Milan, will be made good,
Lombardunless the property of the refugees be
faithfully returned to them. This question is one
of serious offence to the Austrian authorities, and
the relations of the two countries are hourly more
distant and offensive.

An order has been sent by Cardinal Antonelli to
the different Romagnese legations, to get up peti-
tions in the towns in favour of the Papal Govern-
ment and against any reform. Signatures are
bought—the clerks in the several offices are
threatened with the loss of place unless they affix
their signatures, women sign for their husbands,
and school children write names as the prescribed
task of the day. In due time the Giornale di
Roma will proclaim the popularity of the Papal
Government. Persons are daily taken up into the
mountains by the brigands, and it has become a
regular system, against which the police do not affect
to contend. The country houses are abandoned, but
even this precaution fails to secure personal safety.
The bandits come into the towns and upon the pub-
lic walks, select their victims, and carry them away to
be detained as a marketable security for large ran-
soms. At Ancona, the " Sareoni," or Papal spies,
rival their brethren of the "Campagna." Upon the
termination of the theatrical season, an entertain
ment was given to the manager—"impresario"—and
the leader of the orchestra, by the Counts Masturi,
Fazioli, Malacari, the Marchese Mancini, and the
hanker Barretta. The banquet took place on the
island of San Clemente. It was on a Friday. The
"sacconi," by some means, got access to the kitchen,
and were provided with a true and faithful "caota,"
and therein they found that there were more dishes

SATURDAY,

of "di grasso" than "di magro." A report upon the
commission of this heinous sin was delivered to
Monsignor Antonelli, the Bi,hop of Ancona. He
condemned the non-fasting jubilants to a fine of five
colonnati each, with five days' imprisonment. The
"impresario" escaped because he was a Jew. As
Count Malacari had brought with him his wife and
sister-in-law, he had to pay a further sum of ten
scudi, with ten additional days of confinement, and
the banker Barrette had to pay proportionately in
pocket and liberty for the crime of taking his wife
and partaking of the forbidden " grasso."
The state of siege in the territory of Parma will
cease, it is said, on the 13th of July, the birthday of
the young Duke Robert. A French party alone is in
the secret of the plan that the Duchess has deter-
mined to adopt. General Crenneville is said to be
making preparations to depart. He is of French origin,
and in his time has been employed in the diplo.
matic profession. One source of confusion has been
the interference of Mr. Ward, the ennobled English
groom and former Minister. Fresh evidence has
been obtained respecting the murder of the late Duke,
who was assassinated by a " colpo di coltello " in the
abdomen. It is known that the deed was committed
by a delegate sent on his murderous errand by the
decree of a democratic council in the Romagna.
With proper energy and care the discovery of the
murderer would be certain, but there are reasons
that induce those intrusted with the investigation to
hesitate. C. A. H.

lortign anti &lonia! 3itteiligente.