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NOVEMBER 19, 1853. body, and a great number of distinguished per sonages. I TALY. l'io Sono is reported to be much more anxiou s about the result of the present political crisis than people would imagine. His Holiness does not look with great satisfaction at the prospect of the Rus sians getting the upper hand in the management of European affairs, and to many persons he has openly said that all his sympathies are with the 'Turk►. Between falling Mahometanism and tireek schism the Pope would prefer the victory of the former, as he is aware that Mahometanism cannot maintain itself much longer in Europe, whereas the Greek Church may become a very dangerous foe. Cardinal Antonelli himself, who only a few months ago w a s thoroughly Russian, has now entirely altered his views and agrees with his Holiness. SPAIN. The English cemetery question is now definitively sAtled—not in quite so satisfactory a manner as might have been expected from the professions of the leading members of the present Government, but still in a more liberal sense than before. Protes tants may construct cemeteries, and the funerals may have the usual appendages of hearses, mourn ing coaches, .1:e. No chapel will be allowed in the semetery, nor any open celebration of funeral rites ; but when a procession enters the cemetery there will be nothing to prevent the funeral service being read therein; and the repeatedly-expressed intentions of the leading members of the Government are, that, without going further than this in any official &en limit, the greatest toleration will be shown. General Narvaez was received by the Queen and King Consort on the sth. The interview was a very brief one. Next day he went to Aranjuez. Ile had been visited since his arrival by the political nota bilities of alt parties, the opinion prevailing that he would be in office again in a few weeks, notwith standing the influences at present opposed to him. The ex-Queen Marie Amelie, who had embarked at Genoa on the 7th, arrived on the following day at Bowl, on the coast of Spain, at a short distance from the frontier of France, below l'ort-Vendres. Her Majesty had arrived in good health, and had borne the voyage very well. PORTUGAL. A smart shock of earthquake was felt in Lisbon on the 4th inst. Elections in different parts of Portugal to fill up vacancies in the Chamber of Deputies had tenni mated in favour of Ministerial candidates. There was a great influx of gold, and English sovereigns consequently were at a discount of 511 reis. Silver was scarce. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. ANOTHER NESSELRODE N oTE.-4Contemporanenusly with the Imperial manifesto which we published last week, Count Nesselrode issued a circular " note" to the diplomatic agents of Russia at foreign Courts. The following is a translation of this document : "St. Petersburg, t►et. 19 (31 ), " Sir,—The efforts which we have not ceased to make for the last eight months to arrive at the amicable arrange ment of our differences with the Ottoman empire have been hitherto unhappily fruitless. Nay more, the sitnat ig seems to tend every day to aggravate greatly. While the Emperor offered, during his interview at Olnnitz with his intimate friend and ally the Emperor Francis Joseph, new facilities to the Ottoman Cabinet to clear the misunder standing which has been attached to the motives set forth by us for rejecting the modifications which the Porte wished to introduce into the note concerted at Vienna, the Porte. yielding, notwithstanding the ciattisels of the Eurliptsui representatives at Constantinople, no the impulse of warlike ideas and of M ussulman fanaticism, has, as yon are already aware, formally declared war against us. That precipitate measure has, neve►theless, made no change in the pacific ilispirsitions of the Emperor. We do not on that account yet abandon the resolutions announced from the begh eee il ig our Oreiller of the •t ith of June (id July I. At that period his Majesty declared that, in temporarily occupying the principalities as a material guarantee destined to venire hint the satisfaction which he demands, he did not wish to push further the measnres of coercion, and would avoid an offensive war as lung as his dignity and his interests ":tot the present I and in spite of the new psi% nen lien which has now been addressed to him, the intentions Pliny august master remain the mime. Possessed of the material pledge which the occupation of the two %ado- Wailachian provinces gives us, although we are always ready, aecording to our promises, to evacuate them front the moment that reparation shall have been made to us, we shall content ourselves provisionally with maintaining our Isisitions there, remai 111 l ig on the iiefensive, as long as we shall not have been forced to quit the circle within which we desire to confine our action. We will await the attack of the Turks, whined assuming the ill i l Wive of hostilities. It will consequently depend altogether on the other pavers not to enlarge the limits of the war. it• the Turks should persist in absolutely commencing it, and tint to impart to it a eharacter different from that which we' intend to leave it. This situation, altogether of an expectant character, d.e.fg not throw any obstacle in the way of continuing nego tiations. As is to be expected, after the declaration of war whivb has been natio, it is not for Ituviiit to stoic for uvw THE PRESS. expedients, or to Assume the itt i t iatire of making overtures of conciliation. But if the Porte, hero ' g wore ..ntight. cited as to her own interests, should hereafter lee disposed to put forward or to reeeire fay ourably suet* tAt . lilllV4. it will not he from tin Empenir that any olattaeles will tens reel to their teeing taken into consideration. Such, sir, is all that at present we me allowed to signify to you. it our incertitude to to whether the thulium' Porte will Minn , distely carry out the warlike projects which she lass just adopted. State our e‘ chimed intentions to the Cabinet to which you are secredited. They will once more attest the desire of our august mister to eireituniciibe as much as possible the eircle of hostilities, they take place in spite of his wishes. and sib spare the cc ns spiences of them to the rest of Europe. N Tilt` JOlllll4ll de St. Prtenthentry containa oflirixl announcement, from which it appears that an embargo will he laid on Turkish vessels in Russian harbottrit on the of November. After that elate Turkish merchant vessels will be declaretl lawful prizes, even though they may have other titan Turkish property on board. Neutrals will enjoy complete freedom, even after the commencement of hostilities. The same authority states that on the Tith of Oe • toter the English merchants established in the capi tal had received from the Minister of finance, in the name of the Emperor. the most satisfactory assn. rances of proteetion to their persons and property, in the possible event of a rupture between Russia and England. They had addressed to the Emperor, through M. de lintels, an expression of gratitude for Stich a mark of his solicitude. Liters from St. Petersburg of the :Ind inst. speak of a fresh levy of recruits, to the extent of seven in the thousand, having commenced throughout the eastern part of the empire. The foundries and arsenals are busy day and night, and munitions of war are sent off to the south every day. The Emperor had suffered for some days from an attack of influenza. Ills departure for the principa lities was spoken of. The Russian fleet in the Bailie was lawoming frozen up in winter quarters at Cronstrult and Port Battle, where they will have to remain till next spring. They have been partially dismantled. This fleet consists of twenty seven sail of-the line, exclu sive of frigates and smaller vessels. Oreat exertions are represented as being made in the equipment of a screw fleet of line-of-battle ships. Three si.gun screw ships and two frigates were receiving their machinery, which had arrived from this country. Two other si's at Cronstadt, and one at St. Peters burg, were building with expedition ; whilst one other, together with a :11 gun screw frigate, had arrived at Cronstsult from Archangel to be fitted out. The Czar has ordered that all the Crown students at the universities be gent to the army, without wait ing to complete their studies. The Itussian Government has appointed a governor for the two Danubian principalities. The Paris I *nircrs publishes a letter from Bucha rest, of which it guarantees the authenticity, stating that six Polish soldiers in Moldavia, who had read the proclamation of the Emperor of Russia, 'solicited their discharge, declining that, as Cathelies, they could not conscientiously tight in defenee of the (reek religion. This fact was communicated to the Government of St. Petersburg, with a request for in struetions, and the answer received was, that the men were to lee shot. The order was immediately carried into execution. The ,ripener Gazette of Berlin states that the numerous desertions in the Russian army are owing to the vast number of Poles forming part of it. The Russian army also contains many Alussulmans, Islamism being the religion of the majority of the inhabitants of the southern and western provinces of Asia; and there are even mosques in Poland. In general the Mahomerlan population is about one eighteenth of the monlation of the whistle empire— that is, :le millions. Their religious affairs ate managed by two muftis at 11a, in the governments of Orenburg, liaktschisstri, and Tauris. The com munes are administered by ulemas anal imans. The Russian commissariat is said to be even more deplorable now than it was during the Hungarian war. The men, as a rule, get nothing but oatmeal Mead, slops, anal spirits. An army sur;.feon writes from Bucharest, on the as follows :—" In utter ignorance of what is going on a few miles from this place (for all commu nications anal reports are strictly forbidden), I write these few lines just to say that we are quite overdone with sick and wounded. Besides Brancovan, Kolza ( formerly a prison ), Kash's-oda, Michai woala, and Sveuta Posinlni are full, and many other temporary buildings have been opened. There is a great want of surgeons, for already we have wounded soldiers from Olten;tza, Kalarasch, Ginrgewo, Kalafat, and from before Krajown. Judging from the transport of s ick Mid w. anuled , there must have hem very hard fighting at those places. It is especially notices! that a large proportion of the men have sword and bayonet wounds, as if they had been engaged in a hand-to .band conflict. The cholera has found victims in all the detachments of the army, but its malignity is abated. On the other hand, typhus is very preys lent. t►ne of the great evils of the Russian army hen. is the practice of lodging the men in huts par tially excavated in the earth, and not sufficiently protected against the weather. The men cannot stand against its injurious effects, especially in the absence of fuel, of which there is a great lack. The present state of likings cannot long continue without leading to endemic and epidemic diseases, from which may lletoen preserve us, in whose memories the horrors of war and plague in the Balkan, in I$2U, ars still fresh." Aeeonling to the Vienna journals, Montenegro bt perfectly tranquil. Prince I toilet's has forbidden bia subjects to invade the Turkish territory•, and his orders have been respected. The Wladika had re• solved to remain neutral. Ile eras, however, arming a body of regular troops. It is said that the Titrks have obtained possession O f severa l Russian forts in tieorgia and the Caucasus. These forts are eartoor, which was taken by the Kurds, Fuliler by the maps fr►m Itamaxcus, and Sunnine Istrat and Ktichat by the Ilachillozouks, or irregulars. The property of Austrian subjet is at kalafat has been placed under the special protection of duo Paella. The Turks have not committed any plunder there, and pay for the forage required for their horses. Since the :Nth ult. the communication between (Watt awl (Msso has bevel intemtpted. The Sultan's Kati has created the greatest enthusiasm at Constantinople. Ilia Majesty will pnweed in Alan' to Adrianople, where an arti” of ltlo,lloo men will be collected ; from thence he will proeeed to `heeds. and Bucharest, if the rood is open ; it' not, he will comoiand in person, and attack the Russians with 311.0.000 men. Orders have been sent to the IWo‘illees to call under the standard all Mussulmen between Is and 40 years of age. If these onlem are obe S punetually, upwards of 150,000 men will be collected. Ono thousand five hundred volunteers, mostly belonging to wealthy families, arrived on the 3,1 Wed, fr*iin Drumlin, and were immediately embarked fur Varna. Au Arab chief, belonging to the pnwince of Aleppo, has idlered to ann and support, at his own expense, a body of A,OOO irregulars. This splendid offer has been &everted, and the Bey rewarded with the Mejidie devonition of the :Id order. The French Ambassador is stated to have offered the services of Ceneral Borquet and six offices% of rank to the Turkish t;overnment. Poly Paella, the Ottoman Ambassador in Parts, has purchased 10,IMMI new muskets 114111 carbines de Vincennes, for which he at. once paid two of francs. On the 2nd inst. the long-expected arrival of the English and French fleets was .witnessed in Con stantinople. At nine a.m. Admiral Dundas, in the Retribution, passed the Seraglio Point, and shortly after Admiral Hamelin, in the Gunter, entered the port. The Vengeance entered at about midday, but the Albion NW the French ships of the line could not make head against the current, and anchored outside the Seraglio Point until the following day. The admirals paid their visits of ceremony to the Turkish officials of um tine on the 4th inst. - - According to th►+ Pairie, the report of Scbiunyll having eut oft' 2U , INNI ltioe,istin in the Caucasus is well founded : " A private letter front 'l'reltitteettl, of the 144th oft., an• malacca that the Itsinitiate fort of Itarret, in 4 ire i umis, e n the right bank of the 'l'erek, between Sloadok Anti Teals, wax toirrountletl I. the sintotbinitted linear% and a taro hotly of irrassiants, and it wax on the point of falling into their power. The name letter Klatt% an authentic the re• port of the grand ankh . which took place in the Cauca'a at the coil of the last to 1111 l tier, and in which a lint din & m i n i on ..f 2o,imin tints, recently arrived at the theatre of war, had been xtirrottudetl and cut tat pieces by the troupe of Sell/oily!. Snell of the !Wooden tothlirra as did not fall wl•I'l• !IWO prisoners by the l'ircatotiaiste. It was at this period that Prince Wuroiszoff, poirroistideil hy the 4 'Arcane Attu tribes at Itarrel, watt requited by a 'tummies, rums ,tisrulie, which 111114 its el-litre .4 111Wratifin. at Krbashrpol. and which prot..velleil by forced tuarehes to the relief of the prince." UNITED STATES. New York papers ►►f the 2nd inst. have arrived by the Asia. Like their preilecessor they are devoid of any political intelligence Of importance. One of those desti octave fires not of unfrequi itt occurrence, mil involving the loss of a barge amount of property, had occurred at New York. Fowler's buildings, situated in Fulton street, became a prey to the fire on the 29th ult., sacrificing property to the value of four hundred thousand dollars. To IRACIII MO oltlt.li in nn state (luring the month ended the Intli to 5,11:1,55111 , ., against 1,317,4114111. month in the preceding year. The were respectively 73,0141 h. this year, and last year. iteteuinfsetelred emeseted at the Noe na aepoetetisse 1,130,1111 b)