The Press.
London, England, 1858-09-18 00:00:00

THE PRESS, SEPTEMBER 18, 1858.

but if he is to be taken from among the tidiest,
Stirhey has the best. chance." A Bucharest corre-
spondent of the Nuremburg Gazette ststes that
Stirbey, during his Hospodariate, which only lasted
five or six years, managed to scrape together a
capital which brings a revenue of 80,000 ducats per
annum, hut the charge is absurd. Wallachia is
land which yields well, but even such a clever
manager as Prince Stirbey could not get half so much
out of it as the sum nientioned.

THE DANUBE COMMISSION.
It is definitively settled that the St. George is to
be the main arm of the Danube, but the Galatz
Commission will, before its dissolution, have to
specify what changes are requisite, and what the
expense of those changes is likely to be.

WURTEMBIJRG.
THE KING AND THE PROTESTANT RELIGION.
A letter from Stuttgardt states that a report having
been generally spread that the King of Wurtem burg
was about to change his faith, Ins Mtkiesty a few days
ago summoned all the Protestant prelates of the
kingdom to the palace, and assured them that the
rumour was altogether unfounded.

AMERICA.
THE GOLD REGIONS.
Considerable excitement existed at Kansas in con-
sequence of the recent arrivals from the gold regions
of Pike's Peek confirming the existence of the pri;-
cious metal in abundance in that locality. The gold
found is similar to that of Frazer River and California.
Two men, with inferior implements, washed out 600
dollars worth in one week in a small stream fifty
miles from Pike's Peak. A second Frazer River
excitement was apprehended.

CAPTURE OF A SLAVER.
The slave brig reported in last week's PRESS as
having been captured by the United States' man-of-
war Dolphin, arrived at Chatiston on the 27th ult.
in charge of a prize crew. Her name is behaved to
be the Echo, and she hails from Baltimore. When
the Dolphin's cutter hoarded the Echo, the officers
and crew of the Echo were found to be twenty in
number, half of them Americans and half Span;ards.
The slaves were 327 in number, the number when
they left Africa having been 470, shoeing a loss,
during the voyage of lofty days, of 143. The ex-
citement and amazement among the poor creatures
when they saw their late masters in irons was
intense. The filth and stench of the vessel are
represented as being perfectly horrible. Shortly
after the Echo's arrival the Africans were landed and
placed in charge of the United States' Marshal. The
Government was preparing to take active measures
for the restoration of the poor creatures to their
native shores. The New York Times, however, fears
that the people of South Carolina will enslave them
and set them to work on the plantations. It thinks
they should have been carried to Boston in ti!e first
place, and delivered up to the Abolitionists of that
city. The Dolphin is the first marpolwar that has
captured a cargo of slaves and landed them in the
United States. In making the prize the officers
and crew of the Dolphin have had a stroke of good
fortune. The law of the United States not only
gives them one half of the value of the vessel, but
twenty-five dollars a head prize money. The captain
of the Echo is said to be an " Eastern man," and is
kept a prisoner ou board the Dolphin.

INDIA AND CHINA.
THE BOMBAY MAIL.

The China, Calcutta, and Bombay tuails have
arrived. The dates are Hong Kong, July 22; Cal-
cutta, August 8 ; and Bombay, August 10.

HEADS OF INTELLICIDNCE.

Sir Hope Grant's force reached Fyzabad on the
20th of July, and occupied it without opposition, the
rebels having retreated before their advance. Rajah
Maun Singh joined the British camp at Fyzabad on
the 30th of July, and order was being rapidly restored
in the city and its neighbourhood. On the 4th of
August a force was about to start for Sultanpore,
to disperse the rebels congregated there, under Ma-
homed Hoosein. _ _

General Roberts, after a laborious pursuit of the
fugitive rebels in Rajpootana, encountered them on
the 9th and 18th of August, and completely dis-
persed them, with severe loss. On the last occa-
sion, at Kotarea, he captured four brass guns, with
ammunition, dm. A force had marched from Ah-
medabad to intercept the advance of the fugitives
into Guzerat.
Behar continues in a state of chronic disorder,
and the rebels at: one time occupied the Grand Trunk
Road, cutting off our communication with Calcutta.
They were soon dislodged, however, and vigorous
measures are being adopted to restore order in the
province.
The Governor-General and Sir Can Campbell
are at Allahabad, and Lady Canning is on her way
thither from Calcutta.

Lord Harris has been seriously ill at Ootacamund
having at one time lost the use of his limbs; but his
n
lordship is gradually recovering health, and
is again able to attend to public business. Sir
Patrick Grant will continues to reside at the Neil.
gherries.
Lord Elphinstone has left Dapoorie, on a short
visit to Ahmednuggur, where he will remain about a
week. Sir Henry Somerset is at Poonah.
DEATIIS.—CoIoneI Joseph Turton, Bengal Artillery,
at Kedegeree, July 20; Lieutenant-Colonel Charles
Otter, her Majesty's 61st Regiment, at Calcutta, July
27; Captain George Evatt, her Majesty's 70th Regi-
ment, at Peshawur, July —; Captain E. J. Hard-
castle, 53rd Bengal Native Infantry, at Ajrnere,
August 5 ; Assistant-Surgeon F. J. M. Musgrave,
Bengal Medical Service, at sea, on the voyage to
Kurrachee, July 29 ; and Edward Salmon, Esq., bar.
rister at-law, at Madras, July 30.

OUDE.
DISORGANIZATION OF THE REBELS.

The cessation of hostilities in Oude seems almost
to have told more powerfully upon the rebel cause
than our victories, as symptoms are now manifest
in all quarters of a thorough break up of the con•
federation. They only wanted a little leisure to
quarrel amongst themselves, and the sending our
troops into quarters has afforded them the oppor-
tunity. Sir J. Hope Grant, whet had marched,
with a small but well appointed force, from Luck-
now on the 21st ultimo for the relief of Matin Singh,
is besieged in his fortress at Shahgung, in the
neighbourhood of Fyzabad. The rebel army is said
to have amounted to 8,000 cavalry and 40,000 in-
fantry, of whom 10,000 were sepoys, but these
figures are doubtless a random guess without
authority. Grant's force could not have exceeded
3,500 in all, but the enemy showed that they had no
intention of again meeting the dreaded gora logue,
and while he was yet fourteen miles away broke up
into three divisions and retreated precipitately. The
men flatly refused to fight. In one night 13,000 de-
serted, having been seen no more.