The Press.
London, England, 1854-04-29 00:00:00

UNITED STATES.

New York advices to the 13th have been receive d
by the Canada steamer.
The proceedings in Congress present no features
of particular interest. The House of Representa-
tives was still occupied with the Nebraska question.
The Senate had carried an amendment to the Gads-
den treaty, making the 31st parallel the boundary.
It was understood that the Mexican Minister had
assented to the amendments proposed by the Pre-
sident. The greatest efforts were to be made to
quash the treaty when the vote on its passing was to
be taken.

The New York Herald states that a draught of a
convention has been agreed upon between the Bri-
tish Government and the United States Minister,
Mr. Buchanan, regarding the right of search and the
impressment of seamen. The United States is
understood to pledge itself to strict neutrality in the
present war.
Intelligence had arrived from California to the
16th of March. A physician of San Francisco had
been killed in a duel with a district attorney. The
accounts from the mines were highly favourable.
The news from Lower California is to the effect that
the Walker " filibustering " expedition was totally
disorganised. Fresh discoveries of gold are reported
from Oregon.
At Jacksonville a very destructive fire had occurred,
which consumed upwards of 300,000 dollars' worth of
property.
INDIA AND CHINA.

An overland mail has arrived with dates from
Calcutta of March 18; Madras, 23; Bombay, 28;
and China, 11. There is not much news of im-
portance by this arrival. Burmah continues to be
as unsettled as ever. The King of Ava is reported
to be dead—some say by poison,—and that his bro

Seventy two large guns, of 9 and 11 inch calibre,
cast for the Turkish Government, have been proved
at Woolwich, and sent up to the dockyard, that a few

describe the Russian army in the Dobrudscha as An overland mail has arrived with dates from steamer Prince, engaged by the Government; and it
suffering considerably from sickness. Entire corn- Calcutta of March 18; Madras, 23; Bombay, 28 ; is said the great 3,500 ton steamer Himalaya will
panies were daily carried off by dysentery, and the and China, 11. There is not much news of im- come home and take most of the remainder.
mortality was so great in several newly-arrived portance by this arrival. Burmah continues to be Seventy-two large guns, of 0 and 11 inch calibre,
regiments that they were ordered to recross the as unsettled as ever. The King of Ave is reported cast for the Turkish Government, have been proved
Danube. to be dead—some say by poison,—and that his bro at Woolwich, and sent up to the dockyard, that a few
The news from Finland continues to be very ther, of an impetuous and warlike disposition, has of each may be sent out in the transport-ships for
melancholy. The whole country is nearly ruined, succeeded to the throne. This intelligence, how- their destination. These fine pieces of ordnance are
and starvation stares the peasantry in the face. ever, is of very doubtful authority. The Governor- different in the calibre from the 8, 10, and 13 inch
Their corn has been seized for the army; not even General is not expected to leave India for England guns used in the British service. They appear to be
seed-corn has been left them; and they have been until 1856, previous to which, it is fully believed by cast on Monk's principle, or closely resembling it,
paid in worthless assignats. Their horses and those well informed upon the subject, that he will with a great solidity of metal at the breech, and are
cattle are employed for military transports, and order a march upon Ava, as the only means of well adapted for defensive operations.
themselves fear every illegality. Prices are rising securing the peaceful possession of the province of There have arrived at, or passed, Gibraltar:—Tho
every day ; no raw material exists for the Nandi- Pegu. Brigadier-General Tennant died at Lahore Niagara, paddle, with the 88th Regiment (Connaught
craftsmen and manufacturers. Last year the harvest on the oth ult. His scientific attainments in the Rangers) on board, passed on the 10th.—The Royal
was very poor ; this year their barns are plundered, military profession proved of great service to Lord Mail Company's paddle-steamer Orinoco, with the
, • and their homes filled with Cossacks. The precious Gough during the Punjaub campaign. The electric 7th Royal Fusiliers, under the command of Lieut.-
metals have been removed from the Finnish Bank in telegraph in the north-west provinces was opened on Colonel Yea, arrived on the 10th. Having taken in
Helsingfors, and have been deposited " for safety" the 15th ultimo, when the Queen's speech was coals, she proceeded to Gallipoli on the evening of
in St. Petersburg, the whole country being thus flashed along the wire from Sepree to Agra, a dis- the following day.—The Trent, paddle, having the
made bankrupt at one blow. The inhabitants are tance of 160 miles, to the great delight and amaze• 23rd Regiment (Royal Welsh Fusiliers) on board,
flying from that town as quickly as possible, fearing ment of all who witnessed the interesting and ex- commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel H. G. Chester,
a bombardment. The University library is trans- perimental fact. The annexation of Nagpoor has arrived on the 10th. The Trent will return to
ported into the interior, and the archives are simi- taken place without the slightest opposition. Colonel Gibraltar, after disembarking the 23rd at Gallipoli'
laxly secured. • Outram resumed his office of Resident of Baroda on and take the 30th.—The City of London, with part
;

APRIL 29, 1854.

of General Raglan's staff, including General Sir De
Lacy Evans, a number of other officers, and a com-
pany of the Royal Sappers and Miners, which are to
form the pontoon train, arrived on the 12th.—The
Medway, peddle, with the 95th Foot, arrived on the
12th. She will return to Gibraltar and take the
detachment of the 30th to Gallipoli.
The Inspector-General of the Ordnance Depart-
ment has visited Tynemouth, and surveyed the en-
trance to the harbour. The Sappers and Miners
have staked out ground for a powerful battery com-
manding the estuary of the Tyne and the line of
coast. It is stated that the coast from the Tyne to
the Humber will be immediately surveyed with a view
to its defence.