The Press.
London, England, 1854-04-01 00:00:00

EGYPT.

Several Turkish steamers have arrived at Alexan-
dria with a very pressing demand for Egyptian
troops, to assist the Sultan in quelling the insurrec•
tion of the Greeks in Macedonia and Albania.
Abbas Pacha has been obliged to leave his place
of retreat in the desert, and come to Cairo to meet
the Sultan's envoy, to arrange the preliminaries of
the marriage of his son, who is sixteen years old,
with the Sultan's daughter, six years old. Abbas
Pacha's expenditure on this-occasion will be enor-
mous. The sums his Highness has already presented
to the envoy amount to upwards of 20,0001. sterling,
and he is to send to his son's bride a diadem of the
value of 200,0001. sterling. This marriage has appa-
rently been proposed by the Sultan in order to
recruit his finances for the war he is carrying on
with Russia. The removal of so many men from
Egypt does immense harm to the country, which is
in want of an increase of population. Under ordinary
circumstances the army of Egypt does not exceed
30,000 men, while now there are 25,000 men on the
banks of the Danube and 75,000 men in Egypt, of
whom 12,000 to 15,000 more are to be sent to fight
the Greeks.

GREECE.
The Turkish Ambassador at Athens demanded his
passports and quitted that city on the 24th ult.
According to advices from Epirus of the 24th, the
insurrection was spreading, but the Turks still held
the fortresses. Letters from Athens of the 24th say
that Turkish troops had reached Arta vii Salaora,
on the Gulf. They had as yet only had one or two
unimportant rencontres with the enemy in Epirus
and Thessaly.
The Gomer and two English steamers have been
sent to Athens. King Otho has again been called
upon to prevent collections and levies for the insur-
rection

THE PRESS.

THE lONIAN ISLANDS.

The Lord High Commissioner at Corfu has pub-
lished a decree strictly prohibiting all assemblages,
the purchase of arms, ammunition, &c. Passports
are delivered very scantily there.
The lonian Parliament was prorogued on the 18th
ult. W that day month.

UNITED STATES.
Several arrivals from North America have taken
place during the week. The latest New York dates
are of the 18th ult., brought by the Arctic.
The outrage by the Cuban authorities upon the
steam ship Black Warrior had caused another pro-
tracted session of the Cabinet at Washington. Pre•
sident Pearce had sent a message to the Senate on
the affair. The President intimates that the outrage
is so clear that he shall expect full indemnity as
soon as the matter shall be made known to her
Catholic Majesty's Government. In anticipation of
contingencies, he suggests to Congress the propriety
of adopting such provisional measures as the exi-
gency may seem to demand. The message was
received in Congress with great satisfaction by all
parties.
A Government messenger was despatched by the
Arctic to convey to Mr. Soule, United States envoy
at Madrid, instructions to offer serious representa-
tions to the Spanish Ministers on the subject.
The outrage has infused fresh courage into the
Cuban exiles, and a million of dollars has been
raised for another filibustering expedition to Cuba.
The ice on the Hudson had broken up, and the
navigation was open.
The boilers of the steamer Reindeer, trading on
the Ohio, had exploded, killing upwards of forty
persons. Fifty persons bad lost their lives by the
sinking of the steamer J. L. Avery in the Mississippi
river. The steamer Caroline was burped on the
Tennessee river ; forty persons were burned and
drowned. A fire had raged at Rochester, which had
done twenty thousand dollars' worth of damage.