The Press.
London, England, 1856-09-20 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

An imperial manifesto issued by the Emperor
Alexander, upon the occasion of his coronation, con-
fers great benefits upon the Russian people. His
Majesty grants :
A commemorative civic and military medal for
all who took part, directly or indirectly, in the war.
Freedom from military service for four years
throughout the empire.
A more equitable assessment of the plll tax.
An amnesty to the political offenders of 1826 and
1831.

Freedom to the Jews of the empire from the special
burdens of the recruitment that still oppressed them.
The children of soldiers brought up by the
State, and as such bitherLo formed part of the army,
in which they were bound to serve as soldiers, are
all restored to their relations, and permitted to enter
any station of life they may choose for themselves.
As regards the amnesty, the Emperor restores to
condemned political offenders, and to the children
born since condemnation, their titles of nobility.
The amnesty divides the persons who benefit by it
into three categories :—those who may obtain a
diminution of their punishment in the place of their
banishment (it is probable that Siberia is referred
to) ; those who are to be allowed to reside in the
interior of the country, and those who may establish
themselves in any part of the empire and in the
kingdom of Poland, with the exception of the two
cities of St. Petersburg and Moscow. By another
part of the document the western provinces of the
empire, which had been subjected to an exceptional
regime, are to enjoy the same rights as all the other
provinces. The Emperor, moreover, has abolished
the tax on passports to foreign countries, merely pre-
serving the stamp duty on them.

The ukase also enacts that such Poles as are suf-
ficiently prepared by the study of the Ru ►n lan-
guage and institutions may be admitted iti o he dif-
ferent branches of the civil administration of Russia.
This measure is to have a reciprocal effect, and
Russians are eligible to all situations in Poland.
Several promotions had also been granted. Count
Orloff was raised to the rank of prince, and Genera
de Berg to the rank of count. Upon Count Ester-
hazy, the Austrian Ambassador, was bestowed the
Grand Cross of the Order of St. Andrew.

The coronation fetes had passed off with great
splendour and eclat.

Count Kisqeleff left Moscow on the 16th for St
Petersburg, Berlin, and Paris.

SPAIN.

RE-ESTABLISHMENT OP TII CONSTTEHTION OF 1845.

The Gazette of the 18th publishes a royal decree
re-establishing the Constitution of 1845.
An additional article lays down the nature of those
offences of the press which shall be cognisable by a
jury.
It is also stated in the decree that the minimum
duration of the ses,ion of the Cortes shall be four
months—that the existence of the C uncil of State
is solemnly acknowledged—that the consent of the
Cortes shall be necessary for the marriage of the

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Sovereign, or that of the heirs to the Crown, for the
alienation of the royal patrimony, altl for general
amnesties.

Marshal Narvaez, according to the Espana, has
been refused his passports by the Spanish Govern-
ment.

Diplomatic relations are about to be renewed with
Russia. The Count de Benkendoff has been selected
to announce to the Queen the coronationlof the Czar:

NAPLES AND ITALY.

M. Hubner arrived at Naples on the 6th. His
excelleney had an audience of the King on the 12th.
The political trials in the Mignouna case,
sus-
pended for some time, were ordered to be continued
on the 15th.

A strong force of troops, some 45,000 men, is now
concentrating at Naples, G,teta, and Capua, and ex-
tensive works of defence are progressing rapidly.
The state of siege in Parma has been raised by the
Duchess Regent.

Mehemet Djemil Bey, the Turkish Ambassador,
accompanied by Kia-imo Bey, Saladin Bey, and a
numerous suite, has arrived at Turin. His excellency
has come in the name of the Sultan to offer congra-
tulati ms to the King as a mark of alliance and
friendship.

The Piedmontese Government has decided on
having six steam screw frigates built of the same
size as the Victor Emmanuel. Four are to be built
in that country and two in England.
The Marquis Sauli has been appointed Sardinian
Envoy to the Court of Russia.