The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-09-29 00:00:00

TURKEY

AND RUSSIA.

The Turks are concentrating an army of 100,000
men on the frontiers of Persia. The Persian and
Ottoman soldiers fraternize, and large numbers of
refugees, Hungarians and Italians, have joined the

The Mottiteur states that, upon the demand of
the Ambassadors of F'rance and Great Britain, and

with the consent of the Ottoman government, two
French and two British frigates had passed the
Dardanelles and anchored off Constantinople.
The Czar will remain three days at Olmutz.
Complaints of certain losses of property; which
Austritiff

subjects have suffered on Turkish soil/
are still pouriffg in upon the Austrian Embassy at
Constantinople: The indemnities demanded by
Austrian subjects represent a very large sum. M.
de Bruck has the most energetic instructions on
this

subject, and the Divan may expect peremp-
tory demands on his part, which will be even more
exorbitant than the demands preferred by C

Leininget

The followin

g letter of the Constantinople cot'

respondent of the Times appears in tiiP second
edition of that journal. It is dated the I.stk inst.
" The Niger and the Tiger, and the French
Mogador, and Magellan, arrived
Yesterday morning from Besika Bay.

steamers, i

kjacci

" The day before yesterday the Mussulman sacri-
ficial feast of KOUrbal Bairam was ushered in
by salvos of artillery from every Turkish man-of-
war, and from the different forts in the Bosphorus.
At a very early hour in the morning the Sultan
issued from his palace of Top Ka.pou, clothed in hie
Imperial costume, having on his hea.:l a fez richly
ornamented with diamonds, and surmolinted by
the white plumes of the egret. He was surrounded
by all the dignitaries of the empire, and followed by
every grade of officers, civil and military, in their
official union. The cortege passed between files of
soldiers to the sound of military music, and en-
tered the mosque of Sultan Ahmet, After certain
religious ceremonies, the Sultan and his suite re-
turned to the Palace, where his Majesty took his
seat on the throne. Each officer of the empire
within a certain rank prostrated himself to the earth
and kissed the foot of his Sovereign, this homage
being due to him as the Caliph and head of Islam.

" The feast of the Kourb-an Bairam continues
four days, when the whole of the Mussulman
population, in their gayest dress, indulge in feast-
ing and merry-making. At the commencement of
the feast the streets are choked with thousands of
sheep led by wild-looking armed Turkoman shep-
herds, who bring them to be sacrificed. Each head
of a family is bound to sacrifice at least one, and.
thousands are distributed to the poor for this

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" The bearers of the petition for war were referred
to, the Sheik it Islam, who endeavoured to recon-
cile the acts of the Ministry with the precepts of the
Koran ; with doubtful success, however, since simi-
lar events recently occurring prove that there is a.
strong fermentation in the minds of the Mussul-
man population. About two days ago a deputa-
tion of Mederess, or theological students of a lower
grade, waited on Rifaat Pasha, the President of the
Council, and late Foreign Minister, and in the most
energetic terms told him that the peace party, of
which he is an influential member, were betraying
their country, and that there were thousands of
good Mussulmans ready to defeat their machina-
tions ; that they were determined not to allow any
further negociations with infidels, but were pro,
pared to march to battle. Having thus expressed
their sentiments, and frightened the Pasha ex-

ly, they quietly took their departure. The
other day the police discovered a monster petition.
going the round of the Mussulman quarters, and
being signed by people of all classes, including, I
am told, several high officials. The petition was
precisely of the same nature as that presented the
other day to the Council." •
On his arrival at Moscow, the Czar listened to_
nn address from the Metropolitan Philarates. The
address was to the following effect:—
" Most pious Lord—The orthodox Church has
at all times beheld in you its defender, but to-day,
your power is revealed to it in a far more striking
manner. You have arisen with the armies which
support the overwhelming power (toute puissance)
of the Imperial word. The terror which those
armies have spread among the foreign Powers,
convinces us that your august word aid your arms
will vanquish the forces of your enemies,

COLONIAL

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE

By the screw steam-ship Indiana we have advices
from Calcutta to July 15th ; Madras, July 21st;
Point de Galle, July 20th; Mauritius, Aug. 9th;
Cape of Good Hope, Aug. 20th ; St. Helena, Aug..
29th; Ascension, Sep. 10th; St. Vincent's,;Sep. 10th ;.
Vigo, Sept. 25th, which port she was compelled to
put into for coals. The Indiana made
,a splendid
run from the Cape to St. Vincent's, and would have
arrived here some days earlier had she not expe-
rienced a succession of light weather. She is now,
however, only two days after the Post Office time.
The storm which prevailed along the coast for
several days does not appear to have extended south-
ward. The news from the Cape continues of the
most satisfactory character. The whole of the na-
tive tribes are reported to be quiet and submissive.
Within the colony every thing prospers. The want
of tonnage was still felt at the Mauritius. The
fluctuation in price of sugar was confined to a
shilling up or down ; but unless 50,000 tons of
shipping can be obtained between this and the
shipment of the crop it will be delayed, and those
who cannot wait be compelled to sell at a decline.
Even if the required shipping is to be had high
rates of freight must be anticipated. The Loharre,
iron vessel, was met by the Nina on the 13th of
July, in lat. 30 50 S., long. 20 14 30 E., abandoned;
cargo, jute, hides, and linseed. From papers found
on board, it appeared the vessel left South Shields
in August last year for Calcutta, and that she left
the latter port in February or March last. There
was no date on the log slate after the 24th of June.
The captain of the Nina stated he could do nothing
with the vessel, as he had hardly hands enough for
his own. _ _

The Meander, Commodore Talbot, the Dart,
brigantine, Lieutenant R. Deane, and the Hydra,
Commander Morris, were in Simons Bay. 7he Dee,
steam-troop, Lieutenant Commander Smith, sailed
ou the 2d of August, for the Mauritius.

AUSTRIA

The Emperor, on his return from the conferences
Olmutz, would proceed to Ischl, in the early

part of October.
The Earl of Westmoreland was to leave Vienna
on the 23rd, for Olmutz, and M. de Bourqueney,
the French Ambassedor, at the end of the week.
A letter from Bucharest, of the 13th, in the Press,
of Vienna, says. : _ _

The Ost Deutsche Post states that the trial of is
moveable telegraph has been made at Olmutz-
Batteries placed in carriages, having the form of
mnibuses, and wires covere d with gutta percha,
place the Emperor's tent in communication with
all the commanders of corps, and through Ohnuti
with Vienna.