The Press.
London, England, 1856-01-26 00:00:00

FOREIGN MISCELLANEA.

PRINCE ADOLPH HOME NLOHE INOELFINOEN has
been elected President of the Prussian House of
Notables, in the room of the deceased Prince of
Pless.

THE EMPEROR ALEXANDER AND BARON SEEBACit
had a most affecting and melodramatic interview,
it-
is
according to the Indipendance Belge. The Czar,
said, threw himself into the arms of the Saxotz
Minister, wept aloud, and spoke touchingly of his
father, his own childhood, and the happier days wlito
he had shaken M. Seebach by the hand; but, suddenly
recovering his Imperial dignity, observed in a
firm tone that he trusted M. Seebach bad not come
" hoping to weaken him !" The Paris correspondent
of the Indipendanee Belge is no doubt a remarkably
well-informed person.
PRINCE PASKIEWITCH, it is now feared, cannot sur-
vive for any long period. The cancer has shown
itself externally. The brave old veteran is said to
bear his sufferings with much resignation, and to be
prepared to meet that death which has been so often
denied him in the field.

JANUARY 26, 1856•

THE PFRSIAN GOVERNMENT regard their quarrel
with Mr. Murray as one so purely personal that the
official Gazette of' Teheran latAy stated, although the
British Ambassador had thought fit to haul down
his flag and leave the country, the relations between
the two Governments were not at all affected. It is
believed that the mediation of the Turkish Govern-
ment has been sought, and that Lord Stratford de
Redcliffe has been consulted with a view of bringing
this ridiculous affair to an amicable termination.
THE CABINET OF ST. PETERSBURG has determined
to declare itself in a note on the state of the discus-
sions relative to the frontiers and the reciprocal pre-
tensions of Russia and Sweden. The treaty lately
concluded between Sweden and the Western powers
may be regarded as the cause of this proceeding on
the part of Russia.
THE COUNTESS DANNER, the King of Denmark's
morganatic wife, has not been raised, as was ex-
pected, to the rank of duchess. There was a report
that the countess would be proclaimed Queen, but
the late rescript of the King announcing his marriage
with the countess as morganatic "for the present
and for future" would seem to set that question at
rest.
THE GREAT GERMAN MUSICAL FESTIVAL in honour
of Mozart's birth will this year reach its hundredth
anniversary. The most magnificent preparations
are already being made all over Germany for next
27th of June. A symphony, two concertos, two
operas, and a cantata, all original MSS. by Mozart,
are about to be given to the world for the first time
by Herr Andre, the son of the publisher of Offenbach.
The genuineness of the MSS. is undoubted.
AT NAPLES an attempt is being made by a Man-
chester manufacturer to induce that enterprising
people to grow cotton. The soil in many parts of
the coast between Lecce and Brindisi, and between
Castellamare and Torre del Aununziata, is stated to
be admirably adapted for the growth of cotton ; while
our consumption in England of some 915,200,000 lbs.
every year, shows that we could afford to buy up all
that Naples could give us. The speculation may not
be bad, but we doubt if the Neapolitans have the en-
terprise to enter upon it, or the energy to carry it
out.
THE COUNTESS DE NEUILLY, the venerable ex-
Queen of France, is in a very serious state of ill
health, such as to justify every alarm on the part of
her friends. She is at present surrounded by her
family at Nerri.
THE CARNIVAL SEASON at Turin, Rome, Naples,
and over Italy generally, is being celebrated with
great brilliancy. At Naples there was some hope
of a political amnesty, but his Majesty of the Two
Sicilies is inexorable. His wretched prisoners groan
out their agonies in their Neapolitan dungeons, while
the King smiles and the Court declares "il re asso-
luto" to be the best of monarchs. Whether they
would be KS willing to declaie his Government the
most pleasant to live under is doubtful.
THE AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT is at present said to
be carrying on an angry correspondence with the
Vatican upon the use made by the Catholic clergy in
Lombardy of the powers granted by the Concordat.
Having invited the general principle of interference
by the Pope in the domestic government of his em-
pire, the Emperor of Austria appears surprised at
its application.
GENERAL PRINCE GORTSCHAKOFY has resigned his
command in the Crimea to General Luders, receiv-
ing in lieu the appointment of Governor of Poland.
Great reforms in Poland are spoken of'. The
country is to be divided into three Governments in-
stead of five, the chief towns being Warsaw, Lublin,
and Radom. The governors are to unite the civil
and military powers, and are to remain subordinate
to the Governor General of the kingdom; while the
finance department is to depend altogether on that
of St. Petersburg.
GENERAL WILLIAMS AND HIS STAFF, according to
letters of the Bth ult. from Tiflis, had arrived there
from Kars, and met with an extremely kind recep-
tion from the Russian authorities and people. A
large house has been given to them as a residence,
while horses and carriages are placed at their dis-
posal for rides and drives within certain limits. On
the previous Sunday they were present at a dramatic
representation in the theatre of the town, and upon
entering the house were warmly applauded by the
audience. _ .

THE EMPEROR of: AUSTRIA first announced the
intelligence of Russia's acceptation of the proposals
at a private Court ball on the evening of the 16th.
His Majesty is said to have entered the room in the
highest spirits, and, saluting the company, exclaimed
with much animation—" We have received good
news: Russia concedes everything! "
A COURT BUFFOON, one of the last of his class,
died on the 3rd inst. at, Constantinople, at the age of
121 years and 7 months. Said Effendi had served
four sultans as jester, and, notwithstanding his ad-
vanced age, the venerable old gentleman was
frequently called up by the present Sultan and
ordered to say witty things and perform antics,
both of which he did with remarkable success to the
ast,