The Press.
London, England, 1857-04-25 00:00:00

FOREIGN MIISCELANEA.

THE CELEBRATED RUSSIAN WRITER on political
economy and statistics, M. Tengoborski, died at St.
Petersburg on the 11th inst., within a very few days
after his return from Copenhagen, where he had
been engaged in connection with the treaty for the
redemption of the Sound dues. The Journal de St.
Petersboury thus announces his decease :

We have just been informed of the sad news of the
death of M. Louis Tengoborski, Privy Councillor and
Member of the Conned of the Empire, who expired in
this capital thts morning, at eight o'clock, after a short
illness. The works on subjects of finance and political
economy published by this high functionary have gained
for him a reputation that has extended far beyond the
limits of our country. His death deprives the Emperor
o: an enlightened adviser, whose eminent talents were of
great utility to his Sovereign and his country.
SEVERAL PORTIONS of the loaves of bread which
gave rise to such strong suspicions of poisoning at
Hong Kong have been forwarded to Baron Liebig, at
Munich, for analysis. From the circumstance that
such a distant authority in chemistry has been
sought out, one so perfectly aloof from all local and
political sympathies and antipathies, one may con-
clude that it is the friends of Alum who are desirous
of corroblrating the verdict of the English jury at
the hands of the German analyst.

A PENILOUSADTENTURE AT NIAGARA FALLS is related
in the American papers. 31r.Taylor, of West Green-
field, Herkimer county, New York, who had been to
Illinois and was on his way home, stopped at Niagara,
to wait for a friend whom he expected, and while
there went down the steps at Whitiner's mills adjoining
the bridge, to view the river. He sat upon a large
rock close to the edge, and, suddenly seized with diz •
ziness, he fell into the river. He states (observes
the account) that for the first ten rods he was under
the water, and was thrown against large rocks which
were under the bridge. When he passed the bridge
a gentleman saw him and gave the alarm. He went
down the rapids about 200 rods, when ho was drawn
by the current towards and upon the rocks, to which
he clung and got from the water. Our village was
aroused in a moment as it were, and the rope ladders
b.ilonging to the Bridge Company were brought out
sad on the spot at once, and let over the bank some 200
Let, when Millard B. Coburn went down and got the
1 elder over the lower ledge ; then a German, name
unknown, went down to Taylor, who was almost ex-
hausted with cold. After about half en hour Taylor
commenced to ascend the ladder. He was some time
in getting up. He is a man of about sixty yearl of
age. lie was greeted upon his arrival on the bank
by a general shout of welcome, and was taken to the
La Den House, where, by the kindness of the worthy
host, John N. La lieu, he was provided with a change
of clothing. He is now smort and well, but says it
was rather a bard road to travel, and would rather be
excused from a second trip. The rock upon which
he got out has been named " Taylor's Rock," as he was
the first man who ever went there by that route.
A FAMINE IN FINLAND.—The latest accounts from
Finland continue to give a most distressing picture
of the state of that unhappy country. In every part
of Sweden subscriptions are liberally entered into,
and balls, concerts, and theatrical representations
given for the charitable purpose of raising funds for
the relief of our distressed brethren on the other
side of the Gulf. Several vessels have been char-
tered by the committee, and laden with corn, but
they cannot move till the ice breaks up. In the
districts of Ulleaborg, Wass, and Kurpio alone, out
of a population of 057,000 souls, no less than
250,000 have no ether means of subsistence than
hogging, or else eating the unpalatable bread made
from the bark of trees. The mortality is conse•
fluently very great, and daily on the increase, as the
d ead:ul famine typhus has broken out with great
m dignity. Upwards of 80,000 dollars have hitherto
been remitted from Sweden, and as soon as the ice
disappears, the above-mentioned vessels with corn
and flour will be de-patehed to their relief.

THE PRESS.

Court Altb lastiton.

Her Majesty the Queen has so far recovered, that
no more bulletins are issued.
Her Majesty and the Court will leave town shortly
for a brief sojourn at Osborne.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester is
seriously ill. Daily bulletins pronounce her Royal
Highness to be suffering from the general weakness
consequent on advanced age. Inquiries are daily
made by members of the Royal Family and the prin-
cipal nobility.
The Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz has
arrived on a visit to the Queen. The Princess of
Hohenlohe Langenburg and the Princes Feodore
have left for the Continent.

The Count]Chreptowich, Russian Minister at this
Court, has left town for Paris.
His Excellency Don Luis Gonzalez Bravo, the
Spanish Minister at this Court, left London on
Saturday evening, en route to Madrid.
The Earl and Countess Granville have arrived in
town from Paris. _ _ _

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The Earl and Countess of Derby, and Lady Emma
Stanley, come to town for the season about the 10th
of next month. _

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Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston have arrived
in town from Broadlands. . . . ...

Earl Fitzhardinge still continues seriously ill.
During the past week his lordship has suffered a
severe relapse, and but slight hopes are entertained
of his ultimate recovery.
The Bishop of London is suffering from sudden
and serious indisposition.
The Bishop of Exeter is also seriously ill.
The health of the Bishop of Uloucester and Bristol,
which for some time past has caused some anxiety,
has been sufficiently restored to admit of his lord-
ship's removal from his residence at Clifton to his
seat, Rodborought Manor, near Stroud.

Volitttal.

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