The Press. — London, England, 1853-10-01 00:00:00

OCTOBER 1, 1853. had changed the position of 40,000 men forming the 4th corps d'armee. The troops were stationed between Bucharest and Kalafat, by Krajaowa. From these movements it appears that the Russians pro pose to pass the Danube near Widdin. The Jtutenieut published in our late edition la .t weak, that a s:iluu.iron of English and Freneh ships from B sika flay had passed the Dardanelles. is am ply confirmed. At the date of the last accounts 'lvan Constantinuple twelve vessels had arrived ow that city, or were anchored at Buvukdere. They consisted of —British, Retribution. Fnrious, Niger. Tiger, Fury, and Carador : French. Noyadar,Gtotter. Said., Chap tal, Ajacciu, and Fried/and. The immedate cause of their summons to the Bosphorus was the alarm excited in Constantinople from the movement of the Ulemas. anti apprehension of disturbances e t t h e Mikan'. It is stated that the French Ambassador took the initiative in demanding the presence of the naval force; and that the combined detachment of vase's is under the command of the French Bear- Minkel Le Barbier de Thum. A Dutch squadron was to leave Malta on the sth nit., composed of the Pri nee ran (Prange and the Palau:bang, the former bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Bouricions. They are to be shortly followed by several other vessels of war from the Texel. It was not known whether this fleet would comae up to C onstantinople or cast timber at the entrance of the 1) irdanelles. The Dutch were showing strong sup port to the Sultan. The matitime forces assembled at Besika and in the Bosphorus, comprising the British and French squadrons, the Dutch fleet, and the Turkish and Egyptian fleets lying in the Bay of Buynkolere, form t ogether a naval force of almost unprecedented a rength. The Retribution and Caradoc were an etureti within a quarter of a mile of Therapia, the r.Nidence of Lord Stratford de Redefine. In order to lessen the impression which this de mmstration is calettlated to produce on the Emperor of Ifussia, the French and English Govenintents h eve directed their Ambassadors at Vienna, Baron d Borqueney and Lord Westmoreland, to proceed ti Olmutz, to pay their respects to his Majesty. They are also directed to embrace with eagerness any overture that might by possibility be mule to wards resuming the negotiations. Notwithstanding all the apprehensions that had Lem excited, the Feast. of Bairam, which commenced on the 14th of September, and lasted four days, passed off in perfect tranquillity. ExtenSive mea sures of precaution had been taken. The garrison and police were reinforced by strong detachments of troops and peace-otlicers, and 1110 crews of the ves wals in the harbour were confined on their ships. During the feast the whole population was, as usual, out of doors. The Fumpeans, more numerous Rout ever at Constantinople, were present at the relit( ceremonies, without being in the slightest degree molested. On the contrary, the greatest considera tiou was shown them from every quarter. After the Ilairam a special Cabinet Council was convened, under the presidency of the Sultan. None were present but the Crand Vizier, Redschid Mehemet Ali, and the Sheik-i-Islam. Nothing transpired respecting the deliberations of the Council. The news of the rejection on the part, of Russia of the modifications of the %lentil' note arrived in Con stantinople on the 15th. It produced a profound sensation, but there seemed to he no danger of a popular rising. A good understanding is said to be restored be tween the war and peace parties in the Divan. The Ileums, upon better advice, had rescinded their war like manifesto. Petitions and placards emanating from the war party out of doors we-me still, le.wever, evtensively signed, and circulated in spite of attempts ru ole to check them, and the arrest of several persons supposed to be concerned in their concoction. Terrible instances are reported of cruelties per petrated by the Turks upon the Christians in the in terior of the Ottoman empire. The Augsburg :Ilk genteine %Minty publishes a letter from Salonich, dated 10th of August, which contains the follow ing: "The situation of the Christian population of MonettHa IS becoming more fearful from day toobq•. The Christiana are Snacked, plundered• ilboosed, and 1111 l rdered, not merely on the high roads by rtobbers and soblicrs—termot hial are quite synonymous at present—lost these armed wretehes enter their house,•s by flaw to eolumit their ratio levo hnooliwork with impomity. Convents are no longer respected. The gates of two of them ut Kytros and Voting were lowed by armed Osmanli ; the abbots were scalded to death in boiling hot water, and the monks were stuck upon spits anti roasted alive; 1411111 e of them were also flayed alive. Those who (-Anent t e r on boant the ships or into the mountains umst It • ut home in con stant fear of ,loath. As for the protection of the consuls, or SS for business traffic, no one thinks, of these things, for they exist no longer. Ws' are happy if only our lives are spared. The scenes of the worst times of this barbarian a hainiatnothao are rentrned again.•• A European staff officer writes from Saturnia on Sept. II th that the Turkish army was making the la , t preparations usual before entering on a cam• THE PRESS. paign. The different bodies of troops were all pro vides' with the necessary means of transport. Large magazines were foretell tier the maintenance of the army during six months: and in Rountelia an army of reserve, eomposed of ((edit's. was being organised. The marching army numbered upwards of stimoo regular infantry. and 10.0(K) irregular foot soldiers. about 10,000 cavalry, and upwards of lt 4 o picees of field artillery, of different sizes. Three lines haw been fortitied—the Danube, the line stretching from Varna to Selma's'. and another line situated further back. eommenciug at the river Kamesick, which iv prolonged towards the east, and embraces every pass of the Balkan to beyond the city of Sofia. Upwards of forty-four points are fortified. and altogether l'2o different fortified works have lwen constrnete.l. Works of colossal proportions have been undertaken and exeettted, and the greatest energy illt• irct'll dis played. Schumla itself had become a Nflst inlpreguulde intrenched camp, which it would be almost impossi ble to take so long as it is garrisoned by a stitheient force. The Si;•e/e states that more than slit, Polo. lime inscribed their names at the Turkish Embassy, with the offer of their services in the event of a war be tween the Porte and Russia. tieneral Print has been plated by the Sultan at the head of a body of .20,414111 mot. The general had not received any authorisation trout his own tise %eminent to tweept ally such 4•0111M1111d. In eonsequenee of the outbreak of cholera at Odessa, quarantine of tire days had been established at that city. and a sanitary eotvlon haul been drawn from Widdin to Sulam. An energetic movement is loving made for deve loping the great mineral resources of Turkey. A short time since the Turkish tiovemment sent. Messrs. Leahy, the engineers of the contemplated railway, together with an that major (Safet to make a detailed report upon the mineral deposits which they diseovered whilst engaged in examining the route for the railway. They have now returned, aunt have brought with them large quantities of ?almost every sort of metalliferous ore, viz.. gold. •silver, mercury, caliper, lead, antimony, anemic, and .iron : and also mat, alum. salt, saltpetre, and sill plum The Sultan has taken mite(' interest in the inquiry. It is ealeulatell that the ',mance of these mineral fields will amount to four millions sterling annually. The gold has been found near Adrianople, in plains formed by the earthy deposits, its the ferruginous sands of the river Aran, and also on the slopes of Mount Pelion and Mount l )ssa in Thessaly, intermixed with extensive deposits of lignites. The silver and lead mines appear to be of most value, and of immense extent, particularly those of 'Mount Peli 111 l , where more than two hundred olitfiTent galleries have been already opened, oho Willg an amount of richness in mineral deposits almost fabulous. In general the silver and haul atv gaunt together in beds and veins, traversing the ancient. or crystalline limesnow formation's, which alter nate with clay-slate, said to be the usual position' for the richest mines of that sort. The great ad vantage the lead mines of Mount 'idiots possess lies in the fact of their being only three or loom- Dales from the harbours of %kira and Vol°, and baring ass abundance of water ismer and fuel. There exist also considerable coal 'nines on the coast of the Black Sea, which are worked by the liovemment. This coal is used by the steamers of the Turkish fleet, and by those that ply on the bosphoorus. 1,1. de Bruck, the Austrian envoy, is said to be charged with the tube,' of exhorting the Turkish (iovernment to open ways of eommunieation towards the Adriatic ports and Austrian frontier. The pmject of a railway front Constuntinople to Belgrade had been anbmitted to the tiovernment of the Sultan by British engineers, and was in a fair way toward"' being realised. Russian influence, how aver, interfered, mid stweeeded in laying dittictfities in the way; and than subsequent political differences between Russia and Turkey have proved a IlitallralWe to the immediate prosecution of this design. AMERICA. The AlWaif steamer lorings New York papers to the lith ult. 'rho political news is unimportant. A despatch from Washington suites that the ltttn- Sian Minister has cominimicated to the State de partment the feet that Itushia approves of Austria's course in the Costa affair. The proeredings of the ('oust of Bishops held in Philadelphia respecting the case of the Right Rev. Hr. Dome, Bishop of New Jersey, had at length ter minated. The presentment against Rishop Doane hiss been dismissed by unanimous vote, the bishop buying admitted his imprudence and indiscretion, solemnly disclaiming any evil intent ; also exone rating the presenting bishops from any other motive than a conscientious sense of duty with regard to their action in the premises. The Court passed corresponding resolutions, and then adjourned sine 511 The yellow fever at New Orleans appear, I n k iwi , abated ; but at Mobile the pestilence continued very fatal. and was extending up the countr. Through out the Union 115.71 1 s dolls. had been raised fur the %litre Vert4 at New Orleans. Upwards of 1,1,0:11 had been contributed by four title , : for the benefit of the unfortunate at Mobile. A se‘ere carilliptake hail beon experienced in Louisiana. doing nmelt damage. A despatch from New Orb ilis contain% intelligence from Me‘ii , o to the nth and era Cruz to the Stli tilt. Simla Anna, assisted by Spanish agents, had raised a tint' army of ;smite) mem The Government was making vigorous ;liens to stop robberies, and ~e v , rat executions hail taken place. More troops were being sent to the frontiers. 0 ,4, 011 ,414 to rep o, the Indians. saws Anna continued hi s hi g h - handed me;tstires, executing all pi•rsons against whom suspicion was entertained, without warning. It was believed imother resolution lutist soon follow this arbitrary course. At St. John's ' New Brunswick. on the 14th ult., tile first soil of the European and North Am er i can hail road was turned by Lady !lead, assisted by the Lieutenant •tiovernor, in the presence of about '25,000 persons. The grand procession of the trades, tire companies, masons, .te., accompanied by bands of musk, was two miles long. Commodore Shubrjek mid suite were invited. The Railroad Company gave it Intuit to the distinguished guests, w hi c h I d i om ;NMI were present. A splendid display of fireworks took place in the evening, and n mag nificent ball 11144 given by the citizens, under the auspices of the company. CAPE OF (Mon IIoVE. By the Indiana Cape news of the :0111 of August has been received. The intelligence is of u %cry favourable th•scriptioti. Nothing has occurred ll' interrupt the peace on the frontier : the witch' of 110 native trilN.,4 along or within the banner are stated tip 110 quiet 111111 SIIIMOS•i‘e. iiakas 1111%0 !Mid in 11111 whole Of their tribute of arms:. Th e thief toil missioner states "that, with the of occit illterViOW% Nillt the chiefs, Ile coercive mea...41111••;, or even threats, have b ee n h e ld out to enforce the surrimili•r of the arms demanded." The tiovernor bus iswiteil it notice Oho result of the hat. Inver commission) containing di e n a m e s of those kat Inver Hottentots who hire remained loyal during the relielli , unit to %%luau he has restored their property ; also a list of the se against wl there had been clear 'mil sufficient evidence of rebel him, whose limas are declared to be ; and I'OIIittIiSSIOIIVES 1111% t' Leeu 111111114110*41 Igor t h e allot• of these mill the hit-felted T a nifiankie The all engrossing torte in the VOlnilly was t h e 40111111 g 414C1i01 4 , 1 inembi•rs fiir the Commit. If tho fifteen required fi,r Ilie Upp e r Mo lls . ) not l ess than twenty ei.;lit qualified emendates hail accepted respirations to so l ed. Commercial attair4 have greatly improved, owing to the large demand nor the Australian market.; and. notwithstanding an abundant homest, the prices of all artieles of Cape prance hail increased nearly fifty per cent., and cargo after cargo 11114 leaving for the 441141114'4. A. great desire 1111.4 114441 11111111fe..11.41 al the Cape for the pure laved of 'Merino sheep. Se‘i.rill cargiies have arrived from Eitri ie. and renlisi.if large 16,4-4 —iii some instances as high us 1:00/. far a single raw. A eimilikny has nisi) 114.41 folioed for the intri alitction of Angora goats. At la/I'lllw, on the I Ih ult., a frightfill tieeitlent oreurred by the explosion of 111 powder magarine. used by the :loth Regiment, situated at the further most or south end of the rock nt Windmill bill. The disaster wits mit fully areounted for, lint Mtll4 to ho properly investigated. The loss of life was x•ery lamental.le : live out of six men beltaiging to the t%lio Were nt work in the magtiline, were. killed, end the sixth, the el qv thingenuisly wimmled, tool not expeetetl to survive. The funeral of the e1,.1.e ~.ed 141411( 14111.1• on the Pith. It was 'Wendell by the whole of their corps, the regimental bawl, and detachments from other regiments in the garrixon, military honours hieing paid during the ceremonial. INIMA. ......... The Bombay overland mail of August 3 0 Pt 4 Marseilles. The iiefsfunt• front nur new territory ere nowt, favourable. ,1 letter from regn says-- All rumour.; of WHIN 111141 111 1 / 1 1'11 1111V4. 41011 away, RIM :I more general s ill y'. ll6l) . Ulla con fidence in the poisioatietiey of the. British role is shown by the iiihnifitatits." The %enmity hail mueli ditninished in the Inver prtoitiees . , 111 Ihr dry crops, Infiniti porn. beans..t►•., limile; b e en got in. Rice was being exported lamely, but was still rising in price, and, 1114 no ioultly ( for seed 1 wits procurable, there was very litthleihi .1, 11111.1sur l 11%Iiel.101: 1.071:T chief 1 1 gulag on. ecalledel.A attempt to surprise n Muting-lifer had failed, when on the point o f miecems . owing to a panic ha% ing seized the intending captor.. Except at l'egu, the health of the troops was gene-