The Press.
London, England, 1854-09-30 00:00:00

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LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1854.

POSTSCRIPT.

THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.
A telegraphic despatch has been received at the
Admiralty from Rear-Admiral Sir William Carroll, at
Cork, announcing the arrrval of her Majesty's ship
Phernix at that port, with Captain Mg:lure, of the
Investigator, CM board.
The following is the text of the message received
at the Admiralty :
" Arrived her Majesty's ship Phantix, bringing captains
of the Investigator, Assistance, and Resolute, and part crews
of Assistance and Resolute.
" The North Star and Talbot convey the remainder of the
crews of the Assistance, Resolute, Investigator, and tenders;
first and third lieutenants and surgeon of Resolute, master
and clerk in charge of Assistance, and Monsieur de Bray,
arrived in Phcenix."
The Emperor and Empress of the French left
Boulogne on Wednesday for Sculiques, where a grand
sham battle took place. The Emperor commanded
the attacking troops, and several hours were occu-
pied in manoeuvres, in which a largo body of forces
was engaged, and several briltiant charges of cavalry
were effected. The mamenvres extended over four
miles of ground. The Emperor and Empress got
into town about eight o'Aock. His Majesty knocked
up four horses in the course of the day.
The squadron under Admiral Parseval has been
highly complimented by the Emperor and the
Minister of Marine for its past services in the Baltic.

Constantinople letters of the 18th announce that
Fuad Effendi has been elected a member of the
committee for the reform of the haratsch, or poll
tax, which is to be abolished. A reform is also to
take place in the jurisdiction of the Gretk patriarchs.
All rayahs are to be included in the general military
conscription. The administrative system is to be
reorganised. All non-Mahommedans, subjects of
the Porte, are to enjoy equal political rights. Nego-
tiations with Greece are prolonged for a month. The
Sultan has reviewed 8,000 troops.
The Moniteur states that while Fuad Effendi was
at Volo he availed himself of the opportunity to lay
the first stone of a Greek church authorised by the
Sultan.

Advices from St. Petersburg assert that a new
issue of paper mcmey had taken place to the amount
of 6,000,000 roubles. The new notes are to bear in-
terest from the 13th of August.
A correspondent of the Fremden Bladt says, that
one of the heads of the Russian commissariat,
General Zuroff, defrauded the army-chest of 75,000
ducats at Oltenitza and in the Dobrudscba. At
Ibraila he took possession of the receipts of the taxes
and customs, dt pretence of applying the money to
the use of the army. The fraud was discovered after
the raising of the siege of Silistria, and General
ZurolT was arrested at Kalarsch (in Wallachia).

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In an Athens letter of the 22nd we read that
Mavrocordato is still opposed to the quartering 2,500
French troops at Athens this winter.

The Cardinal Vicar of Rome has just published an
edict, in which, after attributing the cholera to the
sins of the Romans, he directs that the finger of St.
Peter, the arm of St. Roc, the heart of St. Charles,
and other relics, shall be exposed to the adoration
of the faithful, in order to avert the wrath of the
Almighty.
A letter from Leghorn, in the Gazette de Savoie,
says: I regret to announce to you that the health of the
great composer Rossini has of late declined so imtch that
there is no hope whatever of his recovery. A violent
attack was lately near carrying him oft but he partially re-
covered, and was able to return to Florence. BM even if
be should live, he will never recover his clearness of ideas.
The deepest melancholy has had possession of him since
his last illness."