Miscellaneous.

Lyttelton Times, Volume VI, Issue 402, 10 September 1856, Page 9

Miscellaneous.

An Imperial manifesto, published at St. Petersburg, announces that the coronation of the Emperor will take place at Moscow. 1 Letters from -Constantinople dwell upon the heavy amount of sickness which still prevails amongst the French troops, especially in the form of typhus. The sailings from Liverpool in May included a considerable number of vessels for the Russian ports and the Banubian Principalities. The Austrians are forming a large camp of operation at Somma. It was expected that the English Government might be called upon by that of Piedmont to send a squadron to the Gulf of Spezia. The relations between Piedmont and Austria are anything but pacific. Navigation in the Gull" of Iliga was re-opened on the 26fch ultimo, when the -Swedish screw steamer, the Unit, arrived at Riga with a cargo of salt. Eighty other vessels were in sight. The sum set down in the budget for 1856 of the French minister of Foreign Affairs for Abd-el-Kader and his establishment is 120,000 francs.

His Highness Ali Pacha, First Plenipotentiary from the Ottoman Porte at the recent Congress, accompanied by a numerous suite, arrived at Claridge's Hotel (late -Mivart's) at a late hour on Tuesday night, from Paris.

His Excellency Baron Brunow, has arrived at the residence of the Russian Legation, in Cheshunt place, from Paris. His Excellency is the bearer of an autograph letter from the Emperor Alexander of all the Russias to her Majesty the Queen.

There is some talk of an intended visit of Queen Victoria to Berlin. It is said that Prince Frederick William wall bring a pressing invitation to her Majesty to be present at the marriage of the Princess Louisa with the Prince Regent of Baden in September next. ,

The Circassian Deputation.—When the Circassians, on receiving the news of the conclusion of peace, learned that nothing had been stipulated for them, and that nothing was changed in their condition, they displayed a good deal of agitation, and four or five thousand of them assembled at Anapa. There a deliberation took place between 300 0r.400 of the chiefs of the principal families, and it was decided that representations should be addressed to Turkey and to the Western Powers. An address was drawn up in Arabic, to be presented to the Sultan, to the Emperor Napoleon, and to the Queen of England; and it was decided that it should be sent off by a deputation of twelve Circassians. The address says that from the beginning of the war up to the present time not a single Russian had appeared on the Circascassian territory, and that during the whole of that time the Circassians had preserved order, and had administered their afiairs in their own way; that things had not gone the worse for that, and that having enjoyed absolute independence, they intended to do all in their power to preserve it; that consequently they would incessantly combat the Russians, and that they had asked Turkey and the Western Powers to support them. Some of the members of the Assembly of Anapa declared that if Turkey and Europe were to abandon them they would, "go to St. Petersburgh to give in their submission; but that is more a menace than anything else, for they say that, if Circassia were to be annexed to Russia, Turkey would have no frontiers in that part of the empire, and would have to iear the greatest dangers; and Safer Pacha, a Circassian chief, who possessed great influence amongst his countrymen, declares that for his part, if Circassia be abandoned to her own resources, he will make a war of partisans, and that death alone shall make him and his countrymen lay down their arms. A number of Circassians have already arrived in Constantinople to endeavour to excite sympathy for their cause. — Letter from Constaii'tinojrfe* A portion of the foreign press ascribes to the Pope the intention of presenting to the Emperor of Prance, by the hands of his legate, Cardinal Patrizzi, a protest against the inculpatory declarations of Count Walewski's speech. Prince Oscar of Sweden (the suitor to the Princess Mary of Cambridge) was to embark at Carlscrona, on his visit to France and England on the 10th inst. President Roberts, who, with has family, returns to England in the Niger, has resigned tha gov emmet of-Liberia into the hands of" Mr. Benson, the newly-appoint.'d President.

The ' Aspinwall Courier' of the 17th ultimo, describes a terrible massacre by the natives of the Isthmus, on the night of the loth, at Panama, whereby some twenty passengers on their way to California were killed, and between thirty and forty were badly wounded. " The quarrel originated in a dispute about one dime between an intoxicated passenger and a native, respecting payment for a- piece of water melon. It appears that the native, being much exasperated by the conduct of the passenger, drew a knife, on seeing which the passenger fired and wounded him. The natives then mustered in strong force, and commenced a terrible assault on the passengers^ among whom were several women and children. When the survivors w-ere attempting to escape on board a steamer in the harbour, the natives formed a guard on the beach, and stripped men, women, and children. They also ransacked the office of the Panama Railroad Company, and those tit' the Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company, carrying oif everything of value." In the American House of Representatives, a resolution has been adopted for the purchase of fifteen thousand copies, at five'dollars a copy, of Dr. Kane's Narrative of the Arctic Exploring Expedition,' and directing appropriate medals to be struck, and presented to all engaged in the exploration.

The Maine-liquor law is no longer the law of Maine; the Lower House of the Legislature of that state have passed a new temperance bill, concurring with the Senate, by a vote of 78 to 68. It was strongly opposed by the advocates of the prohibitory principle, which it repudiates.

The Captain of the Imogen, a vessel just ai'rived from Algoa Bay, reports that he and his crew saw the .sea-serpent on the voj'age. "Hd appeared in sight full thirty-five minutes, and had the same appearance that I have before seen represented in drawings, but without the hairy mane; in fact, looked very much like a very large conger eel. It was full forty feet lon^ above water, and from the wake he left I should say sixty feet would not be an exaggeration." A great number of our screw gunboats will be sold by the Government to the East India Company, and will be employed to root out the hordes of 'pirates up the Creeks in the China seas. ISTo description of vessels could be.-better adapted for such a service. The Italia c Pcypoli of Genoa quotes a letter from Malta, stating that the Anglo-Italian Legion, which was on the point of being disbanded, has accepted a new agreement for service in the East Indies, the engagement to last five years, at an increase of pay of sixpence per day. It is said they are to occupy the territory of Oude. Only 150 men have refused* the new engagement. Mr. Mayhew has issued a prospectus of a new charitable brotherhood, designed to assist in the restoration of the criminal to society, to be called ' The Howard jSoeiet}*.' The. machinery proposed consists of "a home for prisoners on discharge from gaol—a bank for deposits or loans—a school for instruction —a registry for employers—and a guarantee society. The first half of the choice collection of paintings belonging to the late Mr. Rogers was disposed of on Saturday, and realised nearly £19,000. The great gem of the collection was The Straii-hcrri/ Girt, by Sir Joshua Reynolds, which was knocked down, amidst great applause, to Mr. Agnew, for 2.100 guineas. The pictures purchased at the Rogers sale for the Xational collection are the follow ing:—2 So. 726. The Triumph —Rubens, after lUanteirna. —£•1,102 10s. No. 60S. The Sketch forAho Alh-.qov-i/ of War in the Pitii Palace —Rubens —miQ*. 2s To. 709. The Good Samaritan—' Bassan—£24-1 10s. No. 721. Fragment ofu IJ'aJl Painting —Giotto —£7S 15s. In ail. £1,632 15s. Pexsiox to General Williams. —On th> motion of Lord Palmerston, the House of Commons, on the 9th May, went into committee on the consideration of her Majesty's message recommending" the House to grant a pension <-i" £1000 a .year upon. General Williams. Sir J. Pakington seconded the resolution, ;uui passed a high compliment upon General Mouriivieil' i'ev his treatment of General Williams. A resolution similar to that- proposed in the House of Lords w:is then unanimously agreed to. The Spanish vonos has iuU>piou. by an immense majority, the basis oi' the organic iuw on the press. The signature of the writer is required to all articles, and the proprietors will have to put in securities.

By the current number of the Journal of the Society of Arts, it appears that-Mr. Thompson, of Weyniouth. has been successful in producing a photograph of the bottom of the sea in Weymonth Bay. by sinking a camera enclosed in a plate-fflass box. Prussia has refused to take any part in a convention to regulate the issue of paper money in Germany. The expenses of the celebrated '■ Dyce Sombre ' case, in the Court of Chancery, have already amounted to £'SO ? 000. and the 'case is not yet concluded. The proceedings connected with ithave extended over twelve years. Mr. Mechi, of Tiptree Hall and Leadenhallstreet, has been nominated-Sheriff of London for the ensuing year. ' f The Spanish papers say that the Emperor of "Russia will shortly recognise Queen Isabella, and that the Marquis del Duero will probably be nominated Spanish Ambassador to St. Petersburg. The Houses of Paeliajiekt.—Sir Charles Barry's great work is approaching towai'ds completion : the whole outline of the clock-tower is now seen, and the Victoria Tower is finished to tiie top of the parapet and foot of'the turrets. Tliese latter, however, will be seventy feet in height, and there will, further, be a flagstaff of great elevation to bear aloft the banner of England when the Monarch is present. — Builder. To MAKE BUTTEB O2f THE DEVONSHIRE Pla^t.—Set up the milk in tin or copper vessels, and, if possible, on the stove on which it is to be heated: it should stand 12 koxirs, and be very gently placed on the stove if needful to be moved there: it should be gradually made scalding hot, so that the cream just rises in blisters, but on no account to boil; it should be allowed to cool very gradually, and the cream remain for 12 hours longer on the milk, when the whole should be taken off and beaten with the hand for a few minutes, when it will become butter. Two or three days 3 cream may be kept, to be made up into butter altogether, if more convenient so to do.