The Press.
London, England, 1856-02-16 00:00:00

THE CONFERENCES.

A despatch from Paris states that the Conferences
will not open before the 23rd inst. Aali Pacha was
not expected to arrive before the 22nd.

The Paris correspondent of the Globe, on Thurs-
day evening, states :

It is reported, but on rather doubtful authority, that
Prussia is after all to be present at the Congress.
Count Buol and Count Cavour were expected at
Paris hourly.
The King of Denmark has appointed the Here-
ditary• Prince to be Viceroy of Norway.

A despatch from Baron Manteuffele appears in the
Prussian journals, accepting, oh the part of the
Government, the propositions of Austria as sub.
mitted to the German Diet, and expresses itself
willing to take part in the Conferences at Paris if
the other powers should invite it so to do. The do-
cument further says that a representative of the Con-
federation at the negotiations would be very desirable
for the general interests of Germany.

Letters of a recent date from Persia states that
Post Mahommed is now close upon Herat. The
Shah has mustered an army to meet the invader.

A despatch from Berlin of the 13th states that in-
telligence has been received from Tiflis vii St. Peters-.
burg, announcing the illness of General Sir W. F
Williams.
One hundred guns captured at Kars had been
placed in the great square at Tiflis.

Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons will leave town in the
course of next week to resume the command of the
Black Sea fleet.

Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour has been ap-
pointed to the command-in-chief in the East Indies.
He will proceed thither overland. Captain Hall, of
the Exmouth, the gallant admiral's flag captain in
the Baltic last year, is appointed to the Calcutta,
chosen for Admiral Seymour's flag-ship.
Lieutenant- General W. G. Moore, an old Penin-
sular and Waterloo officer, who has been forty-five
years in the service, has been gazetted to the colo-
nelcy of a battalion cf the 60th Rifles.

The Hon. and Rev. Montague Villiers will, it is
stated, be the new Bishop of Carlisle, in the room of
the late Dr. Percy.

The return moved for by Mr. Disraeli of the pay-
ments made on account of the Turkish Loan up to
the Pith inst. has been printed. The total sum paid
out of the loan of 3,000,0001. is 1,891,9191. The first
payment took plat on the 25th of August last, when
100,000 sovereigns were delivered to the War De-
partment for shipment ; four similar payments took
place before the 15th of September, and on the 21st
a bill drawn by the Ottoman Government, amount-
ing with interest to 283,000/., was paid. The sub-
sequent payments, made in insignificant sums, have
occurred at long intervals.

The Ordnanc-e Estimates amount to 1,346,023/.
Mr. James Fergusson, F.R.A.S., has been elected
to th office of general manager of the Crystal Palace.
Sir Charles Barry has declined to accede to the
terms of the Treasury, which offer three per cent. on
the entire outlay, with one per cent. remuneration.
The Lords of the Treasury state their decision to be
final, and have ordered no more money to be paid on
account until a settlemeut of the dispute is ar-
gored at.

THE PRESS,

HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY.
BURIAL BOARDS.

Lord BROUGHAM having presented a petition from
Carlisle, complaining o: some delay in the conse-
cration of a new cemetery,
The Bishop of EXETER explained at some length
the relationships between the Church of England,
the burial boards, and the public generally, estab-
lished by recent statutes on the subject.