The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-17 00:00:00

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

FRANCE.
Lord Cowley has left Paris for Compiegne, to
join the Imperial party. Lady Cowley has been
prevented from proceeding there- at present by a
slight indisposition. The Princess Mathilde has
also gone to Compiegne, as well as the Minister of
Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Justice.
Cardinal Wiseman has arrived in Paris.
The Countess de Persigny has been safely deli-
vered of a daughter.
The Emperor and Empress have just acted by
proxy as godfather and godmother to the infant
son of the Count and Countess de Lapeyrouse, who
was baptised three days ago at Besancon by Cardi-
nal Mathieu by the name of Napoleon-Eugene
Amblard Bonfigli de Bonfils de Rochon de Lapey-
rouse. Their Majesties were represented by Gene-
ral Vicomte de Bois-Lecomte, commanding the 7th
military division, and by the Marquise de Montho-
lon. The Count de Lapeyrouse is Prefect of the
Doubs, and the Countess, who is daughter of the
late Gen. Montholon, was born at St. Helena, and
had Napoleon I. for godfather.
The first caravan of French pilgrims to Jerusa•
lem arrived safely at their destination on the 12th
ult. As soon as they perceived the city they
alighted from their horses, prostrated themselves,
and prayed fervently. They were all clothed in
white, and as they entered the city by the gate of
Jaffa, musket shots were fired in their honour. It
is said that a French frigate is expected at Jaffa to
protect the pilgrims.
Several of the Paris papers remark at some
length on the proceedings at Manchester at the
inauguration of the statue of the late Sir Robert
Peel, and praise highly the speech of Mr. Glad-
stone on that occasion.
The Bourse opened brilliantly on Saturday. The
Threes began at 73 50, being a rise of 30e., and
this price was maintained with little variation for
the first hour. At 25 minutes past one the price
of Consols at 12 on Saturday were posted. The quo-
tation, 92l to f, gaveincreased firmness to the mar-
ket. But during the last half-hour a regular panic
set in, for which no canes was assigned. The
Threes dropped to 72 75, and recovered only to
72 80 for the close, being a fall of 40c from Friday,
and of 70c. from the highest- price of the day. The
railways, which had been very firm, fell propor-
tionably in most, though not in all instances.

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.
It is asserted in Paris yesterday (Sunday) that
an important dispatch had been received from St.
Petersburg. The Czar, who had promised to ac-
cept any proposals the mediating Powers migh t
make, has, on receiving the news of the Turkish
declaration of war, declared that he retracts all hi s
concessions. He added that nothing remained
now but war to the knife (guerre a l'outrance).
The following private telegraphic dispatch was
received on Saturday afternoon at Paris :
" MARSEILLES, OCT. 15.
" The packet which left Constantinople on the
sth, at midnight, found the squadrons on the 6th,
at Besika, making their preparations for entering
the Dardanelles.
" Orders had been sent to Omer Pacha to sum-
mon Prince Gortschakoff to evacuate the Princi-
palities, giving him a delay of fifteen days only.
" The Porte had addressed a manifesto to the
Powers.
"M. de Crevecoeur, Prefect of the Bouches-du-
Rhons, suddenly left yesterday for Constantinople.
" Pressing orders have been given for immedi-
diately arming the frigates Vauban, Descartes,
Asmodeus, Cacique, Montezuma, and Panama."
That the delay granted to Prince Gortschakoff
for evacuating the provinces is really 15 days, is
confirmed by the ASiecle, which says it has reason
to know that this, and no other, is the period
fixed. The most striking part of this, the most
recent dispatch, is the news that six frigates are to
be armed with all possible 'speed. The Siecle says
it is not Redschid Pacha, but his son, who was to
go to Prince Gortschakoff to inform him of the de-
termination of the Porte.
Iskender Bey, one of Omer Pacha's aides-de-
camp, has arrived in France, charged, it is said,
with a private mission to Paris and London. He
is said to be a Polish renegade. His name was
Slinski. Iskender Bey was in the service of the
Porte before 1848, and he then went to Hungary,
where he became aide-de-camp to General Bern.
He was afterwards interne at Aleppo, and it was
oniy after the death of General Bern that he
was allowed to return to Europe. Omer Pacha
took him as his aide-de-camp in the cam-
paign of Montenegro. There are several versions
afloat as to the nature of Iskender Bey's mission,
but the general belief is that its object is to recruit
Polish and other officers for the war in the Cau-
casus. The celebrated General Dembinski, who is
now residing in Paris, and to whom many of the
friends of Turkey have recently applied, has de-
clared that he would henceforth never undertake
any command, unless the object of the war was the
restoration of Poland.
The following is from Constantinople, of Oct.
3 :—" To-morrow will be the first day of the new
Mahomedan year, 1270 ; and it is generally be-
lieved that the decree will on that occasion be read
in the mosques, and otherwise promulgated. Ac-
cording to the construction put upon a passage in
the Koran, by the Mahomedan priesthood, the
year 1270 will be the era of a great war, in which
the Turks will be successful. This prophecy, as
may easily be imagined, will be taken advantage
of to influence the masses ; and it is generally be-
lieved that the irade has been kept back, in order
that its appearance may be simultaneous with the
commencement of the new year."
The conditional declaration of war by Turkey
against Russia arrived at Vienna on Friday after-
noon. It is of a decisive and peremptory tenor.
The term which it fixes for the evacuation of the
Principalities expires on the 25th inst.
Tlle frigate Labrador has sailed from Toulon
with 750 sailors on board, who are to take the
place of an equal number of sailors now serving in
the French fleet in the Mediterranean.
Letters from Bucharest to the 2nd inst have
been received. The warlike resolve of the Porte
was known, and Prince Gortschakoff had called
to him the superior officers of his army, and an-
nounced that they must now be in readiness to ad-
vance southward at any moment.
The semi-official Zeit has an article alleging that
Prussia, although neutral, does not remain pas-
sive ; that, on the contrary, her position is that of
a " mediating neutrality." The more Prussia
maintains her disinterestedness in the Russian and
Turkish strife the more will she exert herself, and
the more likely is she to be heard.
The Lithographic Correspondence of Berlin de-
nies that there is any truth in a rumour current
in that capital of a part of the Prussian army being
about to be called out.