The Press.
London, England, 1854-09-02 00:00:00

UNITED STATES.

New York advices to the loth ult. have arrived. It
had been ascertained that ten men were killed in the
recent riot at St. Louis. Some villain fired a gun•
powder•mill on the 17th at Maysville. Thirteen
houses were destroyed by the explosion, but no lives
were lost, except that of a lady, who died of fright.
Lieutenant Bonaparte, formerly of the United
States army, has sent in his resignation, which has
been accepted at the War Department. He is now
with his uncle in Paris.

The barque Briton's Pride, at Boston, reports
having passed a green chest, in lat. 41 deg. 50 man.,
long. 00 deg. 5 min., with the words " City of Glas•
gow " and the initials "G. B." painted on it. This
is probably a relic of the long-lost steamer.
Information has been laid before the Secretaiy of
the Treasury, accompanied by proofs, by the United
States Consul at Cnracoa, that certain subordinates
in the New York Custom-house have been bribed to
pass false invoices of goods prepared at Curacoa, in
many instances putting the merchandise at 20 per
cent. below its real value.
The landlord of the Market Hotel in Cambridge,
Mass., was arrested on the 11th instant, and fined
350 dollars, and sentenced to four years imprison-
ment, for eighteen violations of the liquor law.

EAST INDIES.
There is no political news in the Indan papers
brought by the overland mail. Some fragments of
gossip and items of local interest are, however, con-
tained in a Calcutta letter of July 15th. We read :
" Sunday next (the 10th) the Governor-General has ap-
pointed for a day of humiliation throughout India, on ac-
count of the war, following the example of the home
Government. It is expected to be • remarkable day here;
and there is no doubt that the whole European population
will combine to make it marked. There are to be collec-
tions in all the churches for the wives and families of the
soldiers and sailors engaged in the war.
" It is understood now to be decided that Lord Dalhousie
shall remain in India until IMO, unless the Russian war
terminates, or his lordship's health fails. There is a good
deal of anxiety about his health, for he has lately got
corpulent; and his unceasing application is evidently
operating upon a constitution not very strong. Lord
Dalhousie's continuation in office is regarded with universal
satisfaction here.
"We have had a partial opening of the railway. It has
been tried with carriages for about thirty-five miles, and
everything has proved satisfactory. The line itself is ex-
pected to be opened to Burdwan about next January. It
is understood that contracts for completing the construc-
tion of the way are taken up by English engineers as far as
Cawnpore."
The King of (ludo has offered to the English
Government 12,000 infantry, I,t 00 horses, and 100
guns. Russian agents are intriguing at Cabul.
The order for sending the 10th Hussars to Turkey
has not been literally carried out—in fact, owing to
the present state of the vessels of the Indian navy,
it could not be. They will not leave till the end of
September or later.
Captain Haines, who was removed from the Resi-
dentship at Aden because of defalcations in the
Treasury there to the amount of 30,0001., has been
brought before the grand jury of Bombay, and, a
true bill having been found against him on five out
of six indictments for embezzlement, he was shortly
to be tried before the petty jury.
A private telegraphic despatch from Marseilles


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