The Press. — London, England, 1853-10-08 00:00:00

OCTOBER 8, 1853. SECOND EDITION. SATURDAY El'ENlSti. TURKEY. By Lleetrie Telegraph.) [From our oars Correspondent.] ♦'tPNNA, Satnrd;►y.-Ilespatches announcing the declaration of war by the Porte have been received at the Turkish Embassy. Hostilities will begin in earnest if iu four weeks the Russians have not evacuated the LATEST FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. Letters from Bucharest in the Berlin Zeit of the 4th inst. Mate that 1,300 Redifs crossed the Danube near the WMWhim 1:11age of Baulasse, that they sacked the village, and returned to their quarters on the other bank of the Danube, *ahem being pur sued by the Russians. There was a 'amour of the intended seizure of Turkish vessels. A report on the subject had been made to Prince Gortmehakoti, and now awaited his decision. Before the Czar left Oltniitz he signed an ukase for a new levy of troopS, and sent it off by courier to SL Petersburg. The Emperor of Austria and King of Prussia reached Warsaw on the :trd, having travelled toge ther from Kosel. 'the Emperor Nicholas had ar rived in that city on the 80th. The King of Prussia was expected to return to Berlin yesterday (the Ith), accompanied by the Czar. The Weser Zeitung states, from Frankfot., that the Emperors of Russia and Austria have resolved on publishing a proclamation to the Christian na tions of Europe. General I;nyon, and the French offices who at core patty him, have not gone to Warsaw, according to the invitation of the Russian Emperor. They have been recalled by telegraph, and have left Vienna for Paris. _ . General l'erewhki, Governor of Orenburg, who, in commanded the unsuccessful eXpolition against the Khan of has lately stormed the fortress of Ahmetzi. The road to is now open to the Itussiatis. _ Paris letter; state that a Corps of IM,OII men is being organised in the towns of the south of France. to be embarked at Toolon to reinforce the army of occupation of Rome, should such a course seem ne cessary. . . vv M. t:ranier de Cassagnae has a very warlike article in yesterday's Cenatitationnel. The article is re markable for the complimentary tone in which it speaks of the vitality of Turkey. Accounts have been received in Paris from fifteen towns. In ten the price of corn had Wen If. per hectolitre. _ . BERNE, t►ct. s.—The Government of Tessin() has called to arms the whole Burgher contingent, which marched to Lugano: but no interruption of the pub lic tranquillity took place, in spite of eel.P''► revolu tionary manifestations. _ _ The Spanish Cortes are convoked:fur the 111th of November. ... The Queen, attended by her Court, went on the :till instant to the Church of Atocha, to pray for a happy issue to her present condition. This religious ceremony attracted the whole population. A CAME"' Cor Nell. was held yesterday Obi noon at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The ministers present. were the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the lhike of Argyll, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, the I of Newcastle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Charles Wood, and the Right lion. Sidney Herbert. The Council sat three hours and a half. The Turkish question was, of cor , Ne, the subject of their protracted deliberation. Respecting the final resolution of her Ila t iesty's MintsteN we find the following very intelligible hints in the T of to. •' The last telegraphic destiati It. and the very last news of any kiwi from the Turkish capital, arrived last .Nlitittlay. It came front Semlin. considerably more than 2.01111 miles. in two ham's. and it might be supposed that it would have {tern followed ere this by later intelligence. No such intelligenee has MITI% c4l, and at this time no one knows wltnt has happened at I 'onstaittinople. or whether the city exists, since th• 21;th oat. lin that vet,; they, however, and before the Soltsii could possilsly act on the recommenda tion of the the ovetie•etl en incident fiery likely to have a great awl latielit4' rata:t. alld that with LIU! arrival of her M tijesty . s steamer the Triton with despatches, the purport of which was anything hilt favourable to an immediate declaration of war. Diplomary certainly is a very tedious process. The passage to and f►u of ' Notes,. emendations, and explanations of all sorts. honest .a• other• wise, is not very satisfactory. Emperors and diplomatists art THE PRESS. not tht' mo.t firittering stiuties of human nature. rapecially a hen they are rued tlsl bi t h tits. Hut. annoying and ardrionte the proet--s may be. i t ',AS only ink. luiper, pationee. mist, oveiveiontilly. tht' Itonoo• of some wile potentatte. It dove , not coNt 1,100,1, or even uioncy. I Irate , no bloody 14nzt. in tht *inn& 1 1 0.t01 . 5. nu name of ill 1 1 1111 ell on the map. no Non. !lint et-uturie.: cannot heal, Ito feud that future wars umst expiaty. N ,, luny a., there is a .611 f Chtlllo' of h OHM. ralsk N oleftron, it gig warth deny amount fif .'.;fill./. 1.1 it cannot 6e attained by these Wafts Ettglelll.l Mort nni hesitate In use ntherx *MOW eayeilt. Thai twit. of krr iladesty . , fen—thew UNANIMOUN riete, and tee 010 POW Kr. what th, rr 1,1 lo say o9ftiota it." Sir W. Molesworili wit. not present at the Council, being prevented from attending,—somewhat oddly— "in consequence of an error in the officer whose duty it is to summon the member: of the Cabinet.- LoSa OF AN EMIGRANT SHlP.—Tiinvi: 111 NIIItEIb AN I' FORTY-MOM PAM:WWI:IIS PROWNEI).--Vs. i . regret to stmounce another terrible catastrophe—that of the total loss of the ship Annie Jose. Captain Mason enumituttler, belonging to Liverpoell, which was driven ashore on the "vit bound VOW., of Barra Island. during the recent Keay gales, on the night of Wednesday, the '..lsth alt., when no Ewer than 34$ passengers, town, WOMOII, and children. met with a watery grave. The .1 snit Atone was a large Ne sse!, awl sailed from Liverpool for iliteloes. and Montreal on the 9111 of September, with some Vs) emigrants, most of them Irish families. It is presumed that she littailillae SOUR' prolgECK.4 across the Adman., when she encountered the tearful south westerly gales. which disabled her and renelensl her nnntounigeable. and in that helpless condition was driven bark and &Isbell 011 the COMA of Itxrra. This ishlllii is oils. Of the ilehriiies, siX liners i n length allot 1%1.1 gild a half 'woad, atoll about tive miles southwest of I The inhabitants are mostly employed in the cod-fishing trade. Thew is a lighthouse on the hmul, which i. the highest in the United Kingdom, hieing Itso feet alcove the level of the sea. Such is the tett-Hole. slut meter Of the coast, however, that there belittle chance of it vessel being flywheel when once it is untangled amongst the reetS. Several eel' the s io.vivora eon trived to get a passage from the kismet Over to Tether Insley, a small seaport on the. Isle sit Mull, a nd fr o m them the sullies:ties learned amt. 815 passengers were drowned. t !apish' Mason, Mr. Bell, the chief officer, 1. of the crew, and passengers, were savisl. Tut: Commissioners I'', inquiring into the disci pline and management of the I Acestembire I i and and 'louse of Correction will reassemble at I Aneester ou Monday next, it is Said, the application Of the ilitineeS (.0 Viscount Balmer-4/m. BY THE DEATH 40F M It. DAVI! , IffiEw, the elerkship of enrolments in the Conti of Chancet j is lent %111 cant all office the emoluments Of which auaamt. 146 I,lffnl. per annuin. Mr. Drew was also eolleetor of income and properiy tax front the officers of the court. Ile had been attached to the ettert front his boyhood. A TELEtatvrtiti• MEssmir. room Brous this morn ing states that no fl! Cher deaths had occurred aiming the sufferers from the late railway accident. Eleven of the wounded are, still, however, reported to be in a dangerous condition. IT is in contemplation to pe”chase the Iffike of Buckingham's late residence, Chandt l'all mall, (Srt the site of the Junior United Set% its. Club ; in which event eliandos house will be taken slows, and upon the ground a new and magnificent strut titre will be raised. THE 1 JAWSON 4 MsEnvATORY.—A deputation from the committee at Nottingham appointed to carry out the above 0041 has waited upon Mr. Lawson at Bath, for the purpose of requesting that gentleman to allow a longer period to elapse for raising the required sum than was at first decided upon. Mr. Lawson has consented to extend the time of his offer for several weeks longer, in consequence of which the Fund has this week received an impulse by severe' 118.14U:time subset ..ptions. CITY, Saturday, Half-past Twr The Chancellor of the Exchequer has adopted the recommendation contained in our City article of to day, and raised the ;nterest on Exchequer Billy to 2.1. per diem : the effect is, that Exchequer BMus have risen, as we predicted, to sd. pm. The following is the notice " T. the Gatveo ones (of the Bank 'of England, " Treasury, fief. 01, Won. " ietttleinen.—The I.ords no asiotieri of her Mars. tN's Tr•wsniy sletermioeil that all Exchequer hi lts which. metier the authority of the wet of In Vie.. eap. shill, on itud inter the I Ith of 4 kii,l•er ailment. bear an io terest at the rate of per diem. I am uottinintelefl by their Liordall;pa to request that you wi" inake this de termination known at the Stock Exchange ; and my lade will further take th.• neectootry steps fur rerrying s. • into effect. ( Signed) ".I. W11.••ON Consols are 92 to 1. Shares much the same as yesterday. 439 M. FaANcots .kttAoo. the celebrated it.tronoiner. died un sunday evening Us atter a protraetill dine.... The Academy Of seience., of tt to r t ' l ie had long been the ino , t ili,tingttiNheil member and Ile • • plug seeretai., po.tponed their intended meeting on the following tin) Ullt of respect Us 111, 1 'floe deeeiwted 01111 . 11 • itt . S.lll(th Wing Set' itt . tut thu Academy of Scietiees. %at a member of the Board of Longitude, and grand officer of the Legion oC Honour. M. Arago was horn at rotin,tel. in t h u south of France. on the llith February, lino. At an early age he was placed toy Inv father at a littblio 'who()) at Toulouse. from which he reinined to become a candidate foe a ~.t i t id i t esliip at the l'olyteeh&c School of Paris. A% 1%11,..eti t Ins required examination with honoitr--his answer Us a-- the hrst question at tawe deciding the trial-- he entered upon his studies, and rapidly rose to dl. tinction. Ile left this l'olytischnic to J oin ibis staff id' the t ihaerilitery at Paris, where he s i ts destined Its acquire 1411 ell reel f 4 4. Shiftily later till': 1111pejet Meta he resseived the honourable 1ii i..1.4 011 to pro i vett with NI. lhot to spent, there to stwastue au are of the inei Alan. W hits' NI. Avows , wits at I Maiiorl'a• war broke out between France and Spain and, under pretence that the tires nitwit he made to aid his sicientifie measurements were intended to en ; lightest the man+ of this Fr e io.li s mo r„ Nn a tt em pt w i ts ta l i& by the tiopulaisis misize him. Ile e. eared tal the coast us disguise, but was reinsuil stiessair by the eltplaill of the M yst ique, tit Who VW Nie l , he hail Neil, and who hail hitherto obeyed his orders.. In this extremity he turned for safety to the when he plaeisl hinsself under this pristissusosi isr his *Whin ities, having first to rim thrsingh a Unisons crovid, sine of *loan alittilicit him is the aid. It) hilt. eeIIItiVAIIIT of the Spanish ca ptain. ge lii.nil, Arago, assisted by it faithful foll o wer, 11,1.11111 A from priison after a brief efillthlelllellt, 111141 rellelleil a him'. which wits waiting for him at. the shore. lii this his passed through the English squadron, V 111.1141 the IN frt all A Igier4, where he pnicioreol a ti.ssisl for this voyage to France. Emliarlosol afresh, Ile arrited within view of Alarseilles, but. then , this slop wits attswkeil by a Spanish corsair. ausl A caws sits taken faissmisr to fhtM a gy. all the pristiarations for a military et 1.1.111 ii Its WIT.. made ' w hore f i t. wills it \ lea Lo frighten him into this comes...lion thou. he was an emigrouit Spaniard, and sis gain a pristeisisi for eistifisrating this vessel. In this hti wan its the cellar of a laanoll, *holy h 0 lutist without. light, rim wills %es iinn, mill sits fillets left for two slays fogisther withi silt food. It happened that the Algei ine vomits' by which Armco hail sailed had carried Isis bilious, ittended by the !fey as it present to this Essipenir. site these died too the p ft ...4 lll te, Mel . 1 -ago eon rived to twilit a letter t. the Dey, 111114111IUg him that his lion had been started to death loy this Spaniards ; which was probably it good guess at ths• truth. The I fey, enraged at the bras of the lasamt, addressed an angry listUsr to the Spanish tioveniment, riwiiiiipiseiso for the arbitrary seizure of this vessel, and threatened war if it worn not immediately fissions'. A iseristission to set, Nail fiw Marseilles sisal afterwards reaches' Ants°, jot. I. SS he thought his affairs were at the worst; but an incompetent. pilot conducted the 4141 at a telalite itlillltt the 111eiliterritheati for several slays, stud at last made a landing at Bougie. Amino then riatolted to proems' Its Algiers by land, disguised its an Arias, and conducted a Marabout. This Hey !lasi its di4 4 .1; a revolution. of which Arago was a Ile41:0yell t m e w ru l er a il is ala sko I• .1 the F 11.11411 1141T11111111I 1111'11t el at pretended debt ; and, a. a rcra , al arrited from Paris, Arago, with every Frenchman in Algiers. was inseribeil sits the hat of .late~, expecting etery slay to lie VIM. 111111 ell to 1110 galleys. Al. length, ea I 1'419, idler en• during many 1'14E41%11405, A ragoo obtained pet miss...hat to leave Africa wills a comity of Algerian %woods and a corsair of the .111,4 Ns line wen, in bight, of Algis rs this egoist ity was stopped by twas English ftigates, and brought to Lord Coollingwood. The corsair its which Arago sailed managed to es_ cape, and, alter being chased Once or tali e, safely landed him in France. We cannot here essunierato the brilliant aeltievements by which 411stgo subse quently built up his world-wide reputation. His detettnination of the diameters of the planets, after wards adopted by Laplace, the discovery el polarisation, and that 101 magnitude by notation, which gained hint the Copley medal of the Ifs) Society, are only specimens. fits c ontributions to scientific literature were voluininsons. Asa politician often ocenw hug a eiMsloirtlous Amps was earnest, sitnple-minded, and c oii i ..istent, When it youth his avonved his reptilthead - pioneiple by ionising 1.41 bUilmTibe to the e,ubtitWlon of the OMNI c,8111.1. when grey headed he elleffe 111 We. suer.. 1,1. 10 ,-,it io n at the th-servatorry ratlicr than take the new oath tor lonia Bonaparte after tjoe owilis sit December, 1047)2. To the credit of the iliovermueest it consented to forego the exaction. Inning the brief administra tion of the Provisional I imernment in 11445, Arago enjoyed an oppurtesit) of &assisting to apply the principles kw which he had contended during a lite.