The Press.
London, England, 1856-01-12 00:00:00

FOREIGN MISCELLANEA.

THE RUSSIAN ORGAN, Le Nord, in publishing the
current version of the Austrian proposals, remarks
that if the Emperor Alexander, from the explana•
tions and commentaries given in support of the pro-
positions, " can derive the conviction that the Western
powers really desire peace without wishing to inflict
an injury on the dignity or honour of Russia, the
propositions will be received with a' good will," from
which the friends of peace may expect much.
THE NEW SPANISH CONSTITUTION will be promul.
gated immediately on the recovery of lieneral
O'Donnell.

THE KING OF TIIE BELGIANS gave a private
audience to the Duke of Beaufort on Monday at
Lacken.
THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON lately made her Majesty
a pretty and precious Christmas gift in the form of a
lady's albums containing watercolour drawings by the
first artists of France illustrative of the various inci•
dents of her Majest)'s visit to earis.

THE GRAND wMII.ITARY COUNCIL AT ST. PETERS-
BURG is dissolved. Every emergency in the possible
future campaign upon the shores (31 the Baltic or the
banks of the Danube is said to have been provided
against, and the few remaining months before spring
will be devoted to consolidating the armies and ful-
filling the strategic plans agreed on by the Council.

AN [MPORTANT POLITICAL MOVEMENT in the matter
of education has just occurred at Turin. The Muni•
cipal Council have decided to dispense with the ser-
vices of priestly teachers in the communal schools of
the capital.
THE KING OF NAPLES, in his late interview with
M. Brennier, the French Ambassador, refused to
withdraw his prohibition upon the export of grain.
BAVARIA, it is reported, is about to follow the
example of Saxony, and send a special envoy to
Russia to back the Austrian proposals.
M. VON STACKHAUSEN, the Hanoverian Minister at
Vienna, invited a large party to see the old year nut
and the new one in. Sir Hamilton Seymour first
arrived, and chanced to be so deeply engaged in con-
versation that he did not remark Prince Oortschaltoff's
entry. The Russian Minister had hardly made him-
self comfortable in his chair when M. de Bourqueney,
accompanied by one or two of the members of the
French Embassy, entered the room. I'rince Liorts-
chakoff retired almost immediately.
M. D. NISARD, Professor of Literature to the Sar•
bonne, and once a stanch Republican, and redacteur
of the Naticual, when making his first appearance in
the amphitheatre of the university last Saturday, was
met with a charivari by the students for his apostacy.
It is reported of him that when lie was offered his
present appointment he said, " I have my opinions,
but 15,000 f. a year is a matter of consideration to my
family ; " and it is also reported that lie justified his
acceptance of the place by insisting upon the theory
that there are two rules of morality, one for the
vulgar, and another for men of genius.
PREPARATIONS AT THE ROYAL PALACE AT TURIN
have lately led to the belief among the Turinese that
the King is certainly about to contract a marriage.
It is reported in Turin that such a step will be the
result of the King's visit to England.
THE KING OF DENMARK has issued a r 0.141
proclamation decreeing that his marriage with the
Countess Danner shall ever remain morganatic, and
be so inscribed in the State calendar.
M. CAMPE, THE HAMBURG BOOKSELLER, arrested
at the instance of the Grand Duko of Mecklenburg-
Schwerin for publishing certain secret memoirs of
the Court, has been ieleastd without bail by order of
the Senate.

JANtAttY 12, 1856.

TEE EniraEss EUGENIE will use the same bed-
chamber in the Elysieon the occasion of her con-
finement as was occupied by Queen Hortense on the
birth of Louis Nspoleou.
PRINCE GORTSCHAKOFF, at Vienna, is said to lose
his habitual coolness when speaking of Austria.
" Ces miserables," he is reported to have uttered the
other day, " to whom a few years since we gave back
a kingdom, are now ready to assist in taking from us
a province."
GENERAL MounAvlEFF's appointment to the su-
preme command of the Russian armies in the South
is considered certain by the war party at SL Peters-
burg since the appointment of Menschikoff to
Croustradt. Prince Gortschakoff, it is believed, will
resume his secondary command in Bessarabia.
POLITICAL ARRESTS are reported to be taking place
in different parts of France with " great results."
In the departments of the Cher and Indre, and even
in Paris, arrests and domiciliary visits of the police
have been lately very frequent.
GENERAL CAVAIONAC AND BERANGER were the
principal pall bearers at the late funeral, in Pere-la-
Chaise, of M. David, the sculptor.
THE AUSTRO-ITALIAN BISHOPS have already com-
menced to act upon the provisions of the Concordat.
The Archbishop of Milan has issued a rescript or-
daining, "as the press is the root of all evil," that
every publisher shall, previous to sale, lay before
him a copy of every book printed or foreign work

imported. -
A MEDAL STRUCK IN THE FRENCH MINT comme-
morates the celebrated loan of 750,000,000 f. France
is represented as receiving the tribute of Agriculture,
Commerce, and the Arts, over which soars the Genius
of War.
MONSIGNOR ANTINOIII, one of the auditors of the
Sacra Rudta Tribunal at Rome, has lately obtained
permission from the I'ope to abandon the prelatical
garb, and marry. The event has caused a great
sensation in Rome.