The Press.
London, England, 1857-05-02 00:00:00

THE PRINCIP ILITIES.

The elections have been adjourned, it is roported,
until the 10th June. Constantinople journals and
letters of the 20th explain the reason. The com-
missioners assembled at 13uchare5t having experienced

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great difficulties in the application of the firman for
the convocation of the Divans, had written to Con-
stautinople to demand explanations. A Council of
Ministers assembled on the 19th, and it was then
decided that the representatives at Constantinople of
the powers who signed the Treaty of Paris should
again assemble and revise the articles which have
been found not to be drawn up with sufficient clear-
nesss. These principally consist in the fixing of the
domicile of the boyards who are called on to vote,
and the voting of the clergy. The first conference
on the subject was to be held on the 21st, under the
presidency of the Grand Vizier. Whatever diligence
the representatives may use in deciding on the ques-
tion, it is not probable that the elections can come
on at earliest until the end of Mey.

Nothing new had transpired relative to the affair
of the bank.

AMERICA.

Intelligence to the 16:h of April has arrived.
Respecting the sentiments of the United States'
Government towards China and the work to be done
in that part of the world, the New York Courier and
Enquirer, alluding to the appointment of Mr. Reed
as commissioner, says :

There has been no effo►t at concealment. The Govern-
ment has felt from the start that there are no politics
involved in this question; and, cmisequently, have
promptly met the public feelieg, so clearly and unanimously
elicited. They adm►t the necessity of a large fleet being
immediately sent to Canton, and the new commissioner
will be instructed to express our friendly feelings towards
the Government of China, at the same time that he will
demand, in connection with France and England, that the
United States be placed upon the footing of the most
favoured nation. Th. Emperor of China having admitted
to Pekin an ambassador or minister plenipotent►ary from
Russia, it will be insisted that a similar right be conceded
to the United States, Englapd, and France. In addition
to this, the Chinese will be told that we agree with Eng.
land and France in the necessity of the whole coast of China
being thrown open to the commerce of the world; and that,
although we shall not go to war with them to compel such
a course, England and France will have our sympathies in
their efforts to produce such a desirable, just, and neces•
sary change in the policy of the Chinese empire. This
course o:► the part of our Government will receive the
approbation of the whole country. In addition to the fore-
going, we believe it is safe to say that, in rega►d to our
ioreign relations generally the policy of the Administration
will be as pacific as the greatest Conservative in the land
should desire.

The same journal, in a previous article upon
President Buchanan's policy towards Mexico and
Panama, observed :
It is believed that the expansive ideas of the Presi•
dent are bounded by th: annexation of Cuba and Porto
Rico But this is not the

policy of the Cabinet, which will soon declare for the
purchase of Tehuantepec on the south, for the purpose of
securing a convenient inter•oceanic transit, and the annexa-
tion of Tamanlipas, Coahuila, New Leon, Senora, and
Lower Cali:brain.

Intelligence from Nicaragua states that Walker is
in a deplorable condition, and that the Costa Ricans
were successful at all points on the San Juan.
The New York Legislature closed on the 15th.
INDIA.

The regimental mutinies up to the 23rd of March
were not at an end, and the 19th Native Infantry
.vas ordered to Barrackpore to be disbanded. There
was a certain feeling of uneasiness about the result..
A correspondent writes :
There are 5,00:1 Sepoys at ilarrackpore. There is a bad
spirit among some of them, and it is barely possible they
may refuse to obey the order, or may display their sym-
pathy in a manner involving a breach of discipline. In
that case the fort, if not the town, would be in danger, and
Government has acted wisely in providing against the
possibility of resistance. With two European regiments
on the spot and three batteries in reserve, the Sepoys,
however excited, will obey in silence The
Government is quite prepared for such a contingency, and
the next instance of insubordination will, 1 doubt not, be
visited by a punishment that will ring through the native
army. It is greatly to he regretted that it was not inflicted
at once by Colonel Mitchell. while the 19th were in open
mutiny. Had the regiment been mowed down by artillery
we should have beard nothing of disaffection for another
decade. 1 ant not giving you a private opinion of my own ;
this is the universal cry of the public, as well as of the
official world. The Europeans in India are too well aware
what mutiny means to have the slightest mercy for the
criminals. There are men among us, men in every
other relation of life of the highest charity, who almost
wish that the disbanding of the 19th may be resisted.
The occurrence would relieve us of mutinies for a
generation.

The Government has published a notification
asserting that on the :11st of December the cash
balances in the treasuries throughout India
amounted to 12,65,96,0t►1l rupees, It is greatly to
be wished (says the same correspondent), some
patriotic member would compel the Indian Govern.
merit to explain this statement :
If they have got a reserve of nearly thirteen millions
they have no bosinetta to borrow ; if they have not,
what do they say so for? l believe the greater part of
this sum consists of running accounts—that is, the
balance exists, but is already appropriated. But Ido not

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know this, nor, I fear, does anybody else, the financial
secretary included.
There is no intelligence of any importance from
Central Asia. Thst Mohammed was . still at
Jellalabad. On the Punjaub frontier General
Chamberlayne was engaged i❑ the punishment of
the Bozdar hill tribes.
The extraordinary cake movement continues to
traverse Central India. No explanation has been
given of its origin.
Mr. C. E. Boileau, Deputy-Commissioner of
Gouda'', in Oude, has been murdered. Ho had
displayed much energy in hunting the dacoit Frusyl
Ali into Nepaul, but failed to arrest him. He VMs
riding quietly through his district, attended by only
four horsemen, when be was attacked by Frusyl Ali
and his followers. Mr. Boileau and his horsemen
were cut to pieces and his head subsequently carried
into Secrora. The act has no political significance
whatever. Frusyl Ali is simply a bandit, whom the
police have been unable to catch. Oude remains.
quiet.
Major Cuthbert Davidson, now Resident of Baroda,
has been appointed for the Residency of Hyderabad,
as a successor to Mr. Bushby. The major is sac •
ceeded at Baroda by Sir Richmond Shakespear. Sir
Henry Lawrence is gazetted to Oude, and Sir
James Outram to the Rabootana States, Colonel
George Lawrence acting there during Sir James's
absence on duty in Persia. Sir Robert Hamilton,
Resident at Indore, has come home on abort
furlough.