The Press.
London, England, 1857-05-16 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

Dear Baron de Krauss,—ln order to consign to eternal
oblivion the political aberrations of a sad time past, and
more particularly the revolutionary movements which in
the year 1848 were directed against the existing order of
things, I now, in the way of grace, remit all further
punishment to all my subjects, being civilians, who belong
to those parts of my empire which do not appertain to my
Lombardo•Venetian kingdom, that have been condemned
for high treason, rebellion, or sedition (paragraphs 58, 61,
68, and 7•i of the State laws), and are still imprisoned in
this country.
At the same time I ordain that no criminal process
shall be instituted for the above-mentioned crimes com-
mitted before this present day, unless the accused shall
have escaped the hands of justice by flight, and shall still
be fugitives; and I do further ordain that all the penal ex-
aminations now carried on for the above•mentioned crimes
shall be discontinued immediately.
This act of grace shall also extend to the individuals
included in the afore-mentioned category who have been
guilty of one or more of the hereinafter named crimes or
offences:—lnsult to Majesty, insult to members of the
Imperial family, disturbance of the public peace (para-
graphs 63-66), exciting to sedition, as mentioned in para-
graph 300 of the State laws, or aiding and abetting in the
commission of one of the above•mentioned acts. (Para-
graphs 212, 215, 217, 219, and 307.)
Thus, all the afore-mentioned persons, whether impri-
soned for punishmentorfor examination, shall immediately
be liberated.

In respect to those individuals who have been guilty of
other punishable offences, in addition to those which have
been enumerated, you will proceed to a corresponding
(entsprechend) diminution of punishment, agreeably to
the instructions which you with these presents receive
from me.

You will take appropriate measures, so that this act of
grace may immediately be made known to all those whom
it may concern, and be properly carried out.
21tkNCIS JOSEPH.

It is again rumoured that the Archduke William is
to be appointed Governor-Genersi. of Hungary and
Transylvania, instead of the Archduke Albrecht, his
elder brother, with whom the climate does not agree.
The Emperor was to come lip to Vienna on the 10th,
in order to be present at the opening of the agricul-
tural exhibition, but he would return to Pesti► on the
same day.
RUSSIA.

The Empress on Monday night was safely deli-
vered of an Imperial l'nnce. This is sixth child and
fifth son of the Emperor and Empress.
A Russian envoy, it was reported at St. Peters.
burg, would shortly leave for China charged with a
special mission to the Court of Pekin. A frigate and
corvette now fitting out at Cronstadt would accompany
his Excellency.
SPAIN.

A private letter from Madrid, of the 9th, gives the
following particulars relative to the project of recoil.
ciliationbetween the Spanish Bourbons :
The Count of Montemolin appeared disposed to recog•
nise the legitimacy of Queen Isabella, his cousin, on con•
dition that he himself shall be recognised as Infanta of
Spain ; that he shall be indemnified for the property
belonging to his father, which was confiscated ; that the
arrears due shall be paid up; and that he shall be paid a
yearly allowance corresponding to his rank as a Spanish
Prince. On these conditions he will acknowledge the
authority of the Queen, and thus admit the injustice of
the war which his father waged against her. There is no
doubt that these terms were not accepted at the Palace.

The arrangement of the Mexican dispute is be-
lieved to be probable. The troops are all embarked
at Cadiz, but M. Lafragua, the Mexican Envoy, has
this week left Paris for Madrid, bearing satisfactory
explanations.
AMERICA.

Intelligence from New York to the 2nd states that
the Cabinet at Washington intend waiting for the
next news from New Granada before they take any
definite action relative to that country. .
..

The foreign appointments are now under consider-
ation at Washington. The President has deter-
mined to replace all the United States' Ministers
and agents abroad at the expiration of their four
years' service.
It is said that the President has determined to
consider the whole state of the foreign relations of
the Government about the middle of June, and that
he has resolved npnn opening a new system of policy
both at home and abroad.

The steam frigates Minnesota and Mississippi, and
the sloop of war Germanstown, are fitting out for the
Chinese seas. _ _

The State Senate of Pennsylvania at Harrisburg
has declared that the judgment of the Supreme
Court in the Dred Scott case is a violation of
the plain provisions of the constitution of the United
Staff es.
There was no doubt that Walker was in the last
extremity at Rivas.
A great discovery of guano upon the new Nantucket
islands was reported.
Mr. Reed, the Chinese commissioner, has gone to
Washington to receive instructions. The Washington
correspondent of the New York Daily Times says :

Mr. Reed is to be charged with making a new treaty,
but is not required to make it at Pekin. He will go there
if permitted tor the purpose, but will not be instructed to

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force his way in conjunction with the naval forces of Eng•
land and France. He will be instructed to secure for
American trade, besides the five Canton ports, access to
various other ports, and also to the chief marts and centres
of commerce in the interior. Whether he is also to be
instructed to protect the opium trade is not settled.