The Press.
London, England, 1854-10-28 00:00:00

SPAIN.

The Queen and royal family returned to Madrid
on the 23rd, and were received with the due salute
of artillery.

RUSSIA.

Letters from St. Petersburg affirm that the re-
lations between that Court and Vienna are of the
most cold and formal nature, and cannot continue
long without an open rupture.
At last, according to the Hamburg Correspondent,
the Emperor Nicholas has made up his mind to
send his two youngest sons, the Grand Dukes
Nicholas and Michael, to see active service with the
southern army. The Grand Duke Alexander has
left St. Petersburg to join the Guards on their march
to Warsaw.
The Journal de St. Petersburg of the 15th an-
nounces that Prince Menschikoff is appointed Com-
mander-in-Chief and Governor of all the imperial
forces in the Crimea. The same ukase appoints
General Tcheodjeff, hitherto commanding the 6th

THE PRESS.

corps, to the command of all reserve infantry troops;
and gives the oth corps to General Prince
Gortschakoff 111., a brother of the hero of the
Danube.

The Northern Bee of St. Petersburg of the 14th
publishes a list of voluntary contributions made by
the inhabitants of Taganrog and Rostoff, to buy
ships to sink, in order to block up the Kertch Straits
leading from the Black Sea to the Sea of Azof. The
subscriptions amounted to upwards of 20,0001.
sterling.
The following is given as an authentic ordre de
bataille of the Russians :—lmperial guards, 41,000
infantry and 12,0(X) cavalry, with 120 cannon ;
grenadier corps, 36,000 infantry and 6,000 cavalry,
with 112 cannon ; math infantry corps, 288,000 in-
fantry and 30,000 cavalry, with 720 cannon; and two
reserve corps, 80,000 infantry. The army of the
Caucasus numbers 30,000 men, infantry ; Orenburg,
25,000; Siberia, 20,000; Finland, 20,000. The total
of the cavalry attached to these four armies is cal-
culated at 20,000, with 530 cannon. The grand totals
are 540,000 infantry, 07,000 cavalry, and 1,482 guns.
These are thus disposed. In the kingdom of Poland
and on the march thither are troops to the number
of 90,000 men infantry, and 24,000 cavalry, with
224 cannon, viz., the Imperial Guard, the Grenadier
corps, and some divisions of the 2nd reserve corps.
In Finland, Liefland, and the northern provinces,
are 60,000 infantry, 15,000 cavalry, and 120 can-
non. These belong to the Ist corps. Prince
Gortschakoff has 180,000 infantry and 20,000 cavalry
under his command, and 240 cannon. In the
Crimea Prince Mensc)iikoff has 74,000 infantry
and 15,000 cavalry, with 100 guns. Cossacks and
irregular troops are not included in this estimate
UNITED STATES.
New York mails of the 14th inst. have arrived by
the Atlantic steamer. There is no political news
from the States. Business was dull and money

tighter.
Greater mortality prevailed on board the ships
arriving at New York. The Piscatore' from Havre,
had fifty deaths from cholera, and the Harvest Queen
seventy four.
The loss of the Arctic continued to occupy the at-
tention of the citizens of New York. lOU view known
to have been saved, while a late telegraphic des-
patch announces that Captain Luce and forty others,
names not given, had arrived at Montreal, having
been picked up by the ship Cambria.
The steamer E. K. Collins, which left Detroit on
the Bth inst., caught fire in the course of the night,
when a little below Malden, near the lighthouse at
the mouth of the river. The greatest consternation
prevailed among the passengers, most of whom,
aroused from their sleep, ran wildly about the decks
or plunged at once into the water. Twenty-three
persons perished by fire or drowning.
Mr. Gibson has left Europe for America, with
despatches announcing the result of the Congress
held lately at Ostend by the American Ministers of
Madrid, London, and Paris, under the presidency of
Mr. Mann, Under Secretary of State of the American
Government.
CANADA. - _ _

Lord Elgin, the Governor-General, passed through
Montreal on the 6th inst. on his way to Quebec, after
having made a triumphant tour through the Upper
Province. Everywhere his excellency was received
in the most cordial manner, and every manifestation
was shown to prove to him that it was with much
regret that they had, in all probability, to look upon
that visit as his last. Addresses were presented to
him wherever he stopped. At Kingston a holiday
was made of his arrival in that city, and a sumptuous
ckjeuner prepared for bis excellency.
Sir Edmund Head, the new Governor, is on a tour
through the State. He is not expected to enter upon
his official duties until the beginning of the new
year.

AUSTRALIA.
The clipper-ship Lightning reached Liverpool on
Monday from Melbourne, having made the run in
sixty-three days, the quickest on record.
The Adelaide papers report that the produce of
last year's clip of wool was almost all shipped. The
total quantity exported in the first six months of
1854 was valued at 142,9001., against 182,1031. in the
same period in 1853, showing a decrease this year of
40,262/. The land sales continued far above the
anticipated average, and the revenue for the second
quarter of the year from all sources was in excess of
that of the corresponding quarter by about 40,0001.
The total quantity of public land sold in June and
July was 48,950 acres, realising 98,000/. The Port
Adelaide Railway was in a course of rapid con
struction. Loans to the extent of 85,0()01. bad been
taken, of which 40,0001. were secured by the Banks
of South Australia and Australasia, at premium.
The previous amounts had been taken at par.

TUE REV. E. OwEN and the Rev. J. Shepherd are
appointed chaplains to the army serving in the East,
and have been ordered to proceed without delay to
their destination.

Court allh lastion.

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Her Majesty remains at Windsor, where a succes-
sion of guests have been honoured with invitations
to the Court circle. The French Ambassador and
Countess Walewski have spent two days at the castle
during the week. Many of the Cabinet Ministers
also, together with Lord Hardiuge and other military
functionaries, have formed members of the royal
dinner parties.
The Countess de Neuilly and the Duke and
Duchess of Nemours visited her Majesty on Monday.
Prince Albert went to London on Tuesday, by the
Great Western Railway, and visited the Duchess of
Gloucester at Gloucester-house. His Royal High-

nebs returued to the castle at two o'clock.

M. Foucault. had the honour, on Thursday, of
exhibiting before Prince Albert some experiments
with the gyroscope, in demonstration of the rotation
of the earth.
VISIT OF THE FRENCH EMPEROR AND EMPASM—.
The anticipated visit to the English Court of the
Emperor Napoleon and his Empress is now formally
arranged. The Queen and Prince Albert, immedi-
ately after keeping the birthday of the Princess Royal
at Windsor Castle, on the 2lst of November, will
proceed, as usual at this period of the year, to the
Isle of Wight. The Court will remain at Osborne
until about the middle of December. Here, at her
Majesty's marine residence, and about this period,
the Emperor and Empress of the French, it is ex-
pected, will pay their first visit to the English Court.
On the arrival of the illustrious visitors her Majesty
and Prince Albert will accompany them to Windsor
Castle, where a series of banquets, balls, concerts,
&c., on a scale of magnificenle and splendour un-
equalled in the present reign, will be given. During
the stay of the royal visitors at the castle, which, it
is expected, will he about six or eight days, the Em-
peror will be installed a Knight of the Garter. The
three knights who have also been nominated to fill
the vacancies occasioned by the demise of the Mar.
quis of Anglesea, the Marquis of Londonderry, and
the Duke of Beaufort—namely, the Earls of Carlisle,
Ellesmere, and Eglinton—will also be installed at
the same time. The insignia of the Emperor of
Russia as a Knight Companion of this order retain
their position over one of the stalls in the Chapel
Royal of St. George ; but it will no doubt be removed
before the Emperor of the French is installed. It is
understood that the portiou of the castle occupied
by the King of Prussia when that sovereign last
visited England will be fitted up for the express use
of the Emperor and Empress and suite during their
stay at Windsor.
Her Majesty, out of respect for the memory
Captain Hyde Parker, has been pleased to adopt
two little kusttankjie orphans, whose sad case
lately caused so much commiseration. The little f
lows are to on board the Firebrand until
safe and suitable opportunity for sending them
England shall occur. They are very intelligent c
dren, and the eldest displays &proficiency, not me
in speaking English, but also in the sword and in
ket exercises.
The cost of entertaining the Queen in Hull oti
Friday and Saturday week amounted to 65,0001., in-
cluding all expenses. It is stated that one man
received 8001. for the use of variegated lamps, which
he let out at 4d. a piece.
A patent engine-room telegraph has been fitted up
on board the Royal Albert. It communicates from
the conning stations on both sides of the poop direct
to the engine room, by a connecting galvanised wire
of sufficient strength to ensure security. The ship,
in addition to this apparatus, is also fitted with Mr.
Bentley's patent gulfs-perclia speaking-tubes, which,
together, must give every facility for
from the poop to the engine-room.

THE QUEEN has appointed John Thomas Abdy,
LL.D., Fellow of Trinity Hall, Regina Professor of
Civil Law in the University of Cambridge.

THE anniversay of the Bedford Literary and
Scientific Institution was celebrated on Thursday
evening last week by a soirée at the Bedford, rooms.
The mayor of the town presided, and among the com-
pany were Lord John Russell, Sir Hamilton Seymour,
Baron Parke, Lord Charles J. F. Russell, the Hon. C.
C. Cavendish, M.P., Mr. Hastings Russell, M.P., Mr.
S. Whitbread, M.P., the High Sheriff, Sir D. Dundee,
d:c. The Duchess of Bedford, with a distinguished
company from Woburn, was also present. Lord JoLi
Ru,sell delivered along speech in favour of the exten-
sion of knowledge, and concluded by moving " That
literary and scientific and mechanics' institutions
have greatly tended to the benefit of the people in
this country, by cultivating their minds, refining their
tastes, and improving their social habits." The
motion was carried unanimously. Sir Hamilton
Seymour, Lord C. Russell, Mr. S. Whitbread, M.P.,
and some other gentlemen, also addressed the meet-
ing.

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LORD J. RUSSELL AT BRISTOL.

THE new Bristol Atheninum opened on Wednesday,
with the customary formalities for such occasions, in
the presence of LordJ. Russell, the Attorney-General,
Earl Ducie, Sir R. Peel, and other distingished
visitors. The Athenteum is a new and exceedingly
commodious building erected in Corn-street, which
is situated in the very heart of the city. It comprises a
lecture-room, spacious reading-rooms for ladies and
gentlemen, class-rooms, libraries for circulation and
reference, and all offices suited to such an establish-
ment. After the inauguration ceremony the com•
pany assembled in the lecture-room of the new insti-
tution, where a handsome dijeuner had been provided.
The time for toastgiving having arrived, and Lord
J. Russell's health being drank, his lordship returned
thanks for the compliment. He added :
Your mayor has well said that this is a moment ofvery great
anxiety; no doubt that it is so for every member of the Go.
vernment. But we, who have to depend upon the exertions
of our countrymen, may feel full reliance that our confidence
will not be misplaced. My noble friend at the head of the War
Dsp irtment, and my right hon. friend at the head of the
Admiralty, may feel full and steadfast reliance that any
service whioh British soldiers, and any service which
British sailors, may be said to perform, however difficult
that service may be, will be performed with that courage
an 1 skill which have distinguished our country at all times.
(Cheers.) And so likewise I may say with regard to my
own department. This country, having resolved in its
variousbranches, and in various manners, that the people
shall be educated, depend upon it the task will be likewise
adequately performed, and we shall in a few years, I trust,
be able to say that the remaining defects have been
amended, and the remaining deficiencies supplied.
For my part I have always looked for the further security of
of ourjustly-venerated institutions to the knowledge and
learning, and to the cordial support of an enlightened
people. I was to-day shown, while looking cursorily over
this building, a part of which it was said there had been
some doubts in respect to its stability, but it has been sub-
jected to the severest tests, and has gone through those
tests with success, its supports being found to be unshaken.
In the same manner is the support of a free Government
like ours unshaken when its rests are an enlightened
people. (Cheers.) I, therefore, believe that in furthering,
in the office which belongs to me, and which I have the
honour to hold, as far as in my power, the efforts which
the people themselves are prepared to make for their edu•
cation, I am not preparing a means ty which the Govern-
ment of her Majesty the Queen or her successors will be
mpaired, but a means by which that rule will be per-
petuated and strengthened. I beg again to thank you, and
to assure you that it gives me the greatest happiness to
assist in the performance of the duties of this day, or in any
way to encourage the object for which we are met. (Loud
c hers.)
There was a soirée in the evening, at which the
noble lord made another speech, developing at much
length his ideas on national education.

ADMIRAL DUNDAS AND THE " TIMES."
THE following letter was written to the Times by the
son of Admiral Dundas, upon whose professional
character constant obloquy had been thrown by that
journal. Not appearing in the Times, the letter was
subsequently transmitted to till Morning Herald, in
whose columns it was duly p, ,lished:—
Kintbury Vicarage, Hungerford, Oct. 24.
Sir,—Admiral Dundas's character as an officer has
been attacked in your leading articles and the letters of
your correspondents with such persevering venom that
people begin to suspect there must be some private
motive.
Your honourable correspondent from her Majesty's ship
..47ameinnon I leave in the hands of Sir E. Lyons and his
officers, who will no doubt teach the learned gentleman
that, although in the House of Commons personal invec-
tives may pass unnoticed, there is still a code of honour
among the officers of her Majesty's navy which excludes
the slanderer from their society.
Now, sir, I do not complain of a journal publishing let-
ters, even should they emanate from an attaché to the Bri-
tish embassy, or the open enemies of the party assailed,
but I do consider it a gross act of injustice when a paper
of your vast influence attacks the character of an officer in
a leading article, founded upon mere rumour.
As the editor of a newspaper, your object ought to be to
promulgate truth, and not to injure an honourable
man's name, by publishing anonymous libels and ward-
room gossip.
Let facts alone be stated, and I fear not the people of
England will find that Admiral Dundas has acted through-
out to the satisfaction of the Lords of the Admiralty, Ad-
miral Hamelin, his senior officer, and the generals of the
allied army, under whose approbation all the movements
of the fleets have been guided. My object in addressing
ou is to claim fair play for an absent man, a demand all
honourable men will join meJAMES in making for my father.
W. for
then.
On the same day in which this letter appeared in
the Herald, the editor of the Times sent a private
reply to the Rev. Mr. Dundas, in which he assures
'him " that his father shall receive all the fair play'
that even his son can claim' at his hands." The
Times editor adds
As to the " private motive " of which Mr. Dundas writes,
the editor is aware of none but a strong desire to put the
most favourable constrnction upon the conduct of an old
acquaintance, from whom he has received many civilities,
and generally on that of every officer holding so responsi-
ble a post. Mr. Dundas need not be informed that the
sots of an admiral, to whom is entrusted • principal share
in ORO of the politest eepeditioat of mode= time, ere ne.