The Press.
London, England, 1856-08-16 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

Intelligence from St. Petersburg up to the 11th
states that " an Imperial ukase has ordained certain
measures for the facilitation of the import of foreign
goods," but no particulars are at present mentioned.
Another telegraphic despatch from St. Petersburg,
of the 9th instant, contains the late diplomatic ap-
pointments, including that of General Count his-
selef ai ambassador to Paris.

Earl Granville, Count de Morny, and Prince Ester.
hazy have arrived safely at S. Petersburg. Count
Mornv was received by the Emperor on the 7th at
Peterhoff.

The total evacuation of the Crimea by the allies
has been officially announced.
The commission appointed to examine the books
and accounts of the commissariat of the Crimean
army during the war has made its report. The ex-
pense of the defence of Sebastopol is estimated at
1,000 million silver roubles, of which 90 millions
have been embezzled by officials.
The cholera still lingers at St. Petersburg.
The Emperor reviewed the Baltic fleet oftCronstadt
on the 4th. Great activity existed in all the naval

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establishments. The entire fleet was to be fitted
with screws, and a large flotilla of powerful gun and
mortar boats created.
SPAIN.

The Government, it is reported, have determined
upon not publishing a programme of policy.
Marshal Espartero bas retired to Logrouo.
The Gazette of the 13th publishes decrees naming
General Serrano, Spanish Minister at Paris ; M.
Pacheco (now at Rome), Minister of Spain in
London; and M. Souza, at Turin. _ _

M. Corradi, Spanish Minister in Portugal, bas
resigned, and M. Target, French Ambassador, has
requested and obtained leave of absence from
Madrid.

M. de M. Ls Rosa, it is anticipated, will be ap-
pointed to Rome.
The general disarment of the National Guard was
being carried out with success.

The Marquis Orense, chief of the Democratic
section in the Cartes, has published an explanation
on the political principles of his party :

My present opinion is that the partial movements ex-
cited in so many different quarters are the work of our
ancient oppressors, and are designed to produce a pani•
among capitalists and the wealthier classes--a stale plagi-
arism of the French farce acted out from '4B to '52. It is
clear enough that disorder and not triumph is the object
in view. And this is the solution of the enigma.
Now we democrats are not a secret society, or a school
of levellers. We want a simple cheap government, a
government carried on at half the expense it costs us now.
Far from wishing. like the communists, that all property
should pass into the hands of the State, we would even
have the mines and wastes converted into individual pro-
perty, a true source of national wealth.
Far from wishing, like the socialists, that the State
shotild be all in all, constituting itself the universal
manufacturer and the universal cultivator, we contend on
the contrary that it ought to leave every department of
productive industry to the energy and enterprise of in-
dividuals, whether isolated, or combined in free associa-
tions.

In our opinion Government ought only to concern
itself with those collective interests, which, as they pro-
duce no surplus of profit, would in consequence he ne-
glected if left to the exertions of individuals. Of this
kind are, the army, the navy, and the police ; the law
tribunals and central offices of administration ; the diplo-
matic service, and the management of the Customs; the
Post-office, the Mint, and the standard of weights and
measures. For the maintenance of all these branches
of the public service 0130 millions or rests is amply
sufficient.

The Marquis then enters into a detail of the system,
and concludes :

In a word, there would be liberty in all and fir all, and
as a consequence a rapid increase of wealth, the imme•
(Hate and inevitable result of freedom.

Let us never be weary of repeating it: our desire is not
to impoverish the rich, but to enrich as far as possible
the poor.
Never—come what come may, will we unite ourselves
to those who were our oppressors and destroyers from
1844 to 18.54. They know this well : and that is why
they are incessantly attacking us. According to their own
account it is they who are the victims ; they cannot appre-
ciate our generous patience. But let them beware. If
this patience should be at length borne out, they may yet
see us assume the attitude which, in dealing with enemies
like these, we ought to have assumed in 1.8*4.
I implore the democratic portion of the press to give all
the publicity in its power to this communication. I thank
it for the energy and talent with which it has defended the
sacred cause of reform, for it is by this word that we ought
to designate the revolution accomplished by organised
powers, reserving the word revolution for those reforms
which the people accomplishes in the hour of its triumph.
In Spain, unfortunately, we have had nothing but pronun•
ciansentos, and that is the reason of the well-grounded mis-
trust which the masses feel for the politicians.

The Esparterista, published at Saragossa, has
changed its title to that of the Avisador, and gives
the following explanation of its change :
Espartero, during several years, contended on the
liberal side. Espartero, when he was in exile, as well as
when at the height of power, always held up the standard
of the Progressistas, on behalf of their great work of
social regeneration. He showed himself always as a great
man, a liberal, and one devoted to his party. But now,
when the people, invoking the name of the Duke of
Vic•ory, have, upon the occasion of his Ministerial over-
throw, rushed to the combat in the streets of Madrid, of
B ircelona, of Saragossa, and a thousand places beside,
this man has remained, apparently, at least, quite
apathetic, and not one word has reached us from him cal-
culated either to suspend the struggle or to determine its
triumph. To the clamours of the populace, to the thunder of
the artillery, and to the groans of the victims, this man has,
at this most critical moment, returned no answer but a
silence which was only too significant. That is the reason
why, unless the time should come when circumstances
may be adduced to explain and justify every particular of
the conduct of this man, we must cease to regard him as
the representative of our party, and efface from our journal
a name which we can henceforth nowise accept