The Press.
London, England, 1858-12-11 00:00:00

COMING EVENTS.

The National Italian Society of Turin has just
published a pamphlet which states, among other
matters, that the army of Piedmont on a war looting
consists of 112,000 infantry, 19,000 cavalry, and 40
batteries of artillery. The pamphlet says these
statements are made in " the expectation of conflicts."

PORTUGAL.
THE KING'S HEALTH.

A letter from Lisbon announces that the King
Dorn Pedro, who had been indisposed, was better,
and that his recovery had filled his people with joy.
RUSSIA.
TRILL OF RUSSIAN ORNER.A.I.S.

The trial of the Russian generals accused of pecu-
lation during the campaign in the Crimea is to
commence in January. The principal wir.ness is a
French corporal, retired from the service, who was
taken prisoner in the Crimea, and having by accident
discovered where a sum of 100,000 roubles was
concealed, gave information to the Russian au-
thorities.

INDIA.
THE ROYAL PRO ';LAMATION.

The Proclamation of the Queen, announcing that
she has assumed the sovereignty of India, was made
all over India on the Ist of November, and was re-
ceived with enthusiasm by all classes of the country.
Bombay was a scene of great rejoicing on the occa-
sion, and the other large cities are reported to have
equally manifested feelings of loyalty and satisfaction.
The following is the text of this important docu-
ment

Vicroara, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the Colonies and
Dependencies thereof in Europe, Asia, Africa, America,
and Australasia, QUEEN, Defender of the Frith.

. _ .
Wher -as, for divers weighty reasons, we have resolved,
by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual
and temporal, and Commons in Parliament assembled, to
take upon ourselves the government of the territories in
India, heretofore administered in trust fur us by the Ha
nourable East India Company.
Now, therefore, we do by these presents notify and
declare that, by the advice and consent aforesaid, we have
taken upon ourselves the said government, and we hereby
call up.m all our subjects within the said territories to be
faithful and to bear true allegiance to us, our heirs and
successors, and to submit themselves to the authurity of
those whom we may hereafter from time to time see fit to
appoint to a.lminister the government of our said territo•
ries in our name and on our behalf.
.._ . .

And we, reposing especial trust and confidence in the
loyalty, ability, and judgment of our right trusty and well-
beloved cousin and councillor, Charles John Viscount
Canning, do hereby cmistitute and appoint him, the said
Viscount Canning, to be our first Viceroy and Governor-
General in and over our said territories, and to administer
the government thereof in our name, and generally to act
in our name and on our behalf, subject to such orders and
regulations as he shall from time to time receive from us
through one of our Principal Secretaries of State.
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And we do hereby confirm in their several offices, civil
and military, all persons now employed in the service of
the Honourable East India Company, subject to our future
pleihure, and to such laws and regulations as may hereafter
be enacted.