The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-06 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE',

FRANCE.—The Emperor and Empress returned to P'arfs
from Fontainebleau on Thursday. Letters from Vienna
of the 27th ult. inform us that the Duke and Duchess of'
Nemours and the Duke of Cobourg dined with the Comte
de Chambord on the' previous day. The cholera gains
ground in Paris. At present the eases amount to about
fifteen a day.
Bevaure.—The Pavarian Chambers were opened on the
26th ult. by Prince lAitpold. A letter from Munich states
that on the 23d, on the occasion of the anniversary of the
Krieg s birthday, a new order was created under the title
of the Order of Maximilian. It is intended for the arts
an& sciences, and already 30 savants and. artists of Ger-
many have received it.
Pozuvoe.L.—Disastrous news, if true; has been re-
ceive& from Galicia. It states that a rssing has taken
place at Oporto against the' Regency of the' Kiw-Consort.
The Clamor Publico has, Besides, a letter Kum Badajoz,
dated the 21st inst., statina,(,..that the 13th Regiment of
infantry had risen, in the threction of the Douro, and
proclaimedlDon Miguel; and that Miguelites of note had
already brought many recruits4o their ranks; It may be
proper to add, that although the letter • containing the
alleged fact was received in Madrid on the 24th alt., the
Madrid journals of the 25th, and the. telegraphic des-
patches of the: 27th, make no allusion to the rumour in
question.
SWEDEN.—The following intelligence as to the speech
of the King a Sweden shows that' the concentration of
troops in Russian Finland and the naval squadrowsta-
tioned at Helsingfors, have excited the anxiety and appre-
hension of the Swedes :—Stockholim-Nov. 24.• The king
opened the Diet to-day in person. His Majesty's speech
contained the follbwing passage :—" Agreeably to the de;
mends of my royal-duty and the present political aspect
of Europe, I will cause to be laid before you a statement
of a complete system of defence. Suciva system is • impe,
natively called for in-order to place therountry in a posi,-
tion to preserve its independence."
CHINA.—The Neal York Commercial Advertiser gives,
the following as a letter from Dr. Parker, -Secretary to the.
United States Legation I hear what lam assured is*
contained in a private letter from Peking, . that Heen
Fang, the present Emperor, on the 2nd of August fled to-
Gehul, in Tartary, ana that Prince Wei Chin, fifth
brother of Taou Kwairfc.. was left in charpenf the empire,
and that the inaurgeuli troops were within • sit days of
Peking at that date. This news bears marks of probabi-
lity, and the sonrce of niformation is as reliable as any we
can ordinarly get in China. In speaking with the British
Consul, this evening, lie informed me that he •heard the
same news two or three days since, which corresponds
with the time my informant states the intelligence reached
this city. Mr. Robertson-seemed to receive the.intelligence
with some doubt. I can only say that L think it very
likely to prove true, and` that Prince Wei Chin is the man
of all others who would 3e-raost likely to be called upon to
take the reins of government. He is the man who is said
to have written Taou Kwang's answer to the President's
letter, delivered in 1844, hy Mr. Cushing." Dr. Parker's
letter is dated on the 3r&ofSeptember.
CAPE OF GOOD Hors.—The South African. Commer-
cial Advertiser of the 24fh. of Septemben-states that:—
"The colonial estimates presented to the• Legislative
Council exhibit for 1854 i a. serious probable decrease of
revenue and increase of expenditure. The revenue ;is
estimated at £228,811 15s, and the expenditure at
£275,091 9s. 6d. Difference against the revenue, £46,279
14s. 6d. In former years-- the revenue received has gene-
rally greatly exceeded the • estimated revenue. In 1852,
the revenue received amounted to £281,146165. 3d ex-
ceeding the estimates by about a fourth, of the whole.
But that year, and some others, brought into action many
temporary sources of revenue, on which it would be im-
prudent to calculate for 1.854. 'l'here is,. therefore, every
chance of a deficient revenue for • next year—a deficiency
not likely to fall short of £40,000 or £50,000. In the
course of the last 20 yeara-,the revenue and expenditure
have risen from about £130,000 to £280,000, without any
considerable augmentation o€ existing taxes, while some
have been reduced or abolished. The increase has arisen
mainly from the growth. of the colony, and augmented.
consumption of articles taxed. The chief augmentations
was in the Customs in 1847. In. 1846 the revenue from,
the Customs was £100,759 s in 1852 it was £143,946; in,
1841 it was only £48,058.. It is probatile, therefore, that..
financiers will look to this; source, in, the first instance, to
make up the apprehended: deficiency far 1854. With the
exception of coffee, sugarv, tea, rice,. tobacco, and a fear,
other articles, the present duty is—on British goods £5,..
and on foreign £l2, for eyery £lOO. 3a value. Supposing
the imports that pay thity, to be. £1,200,000, an aveiage-
rise of about 4 per cent. on, the whale would be required,
to meet the deficiency. "
Aaarea.—The African Steam-ship Company's packet
Charity, Captain Atkins, reached Plymouth on Thureday.
Her dates are—Lagos, Oct. 31; Accra, Nov. 3 ; Cape
Coast, 4th ; Liberia, 7th ; Sierra Leone, 9th ; Bathurst,
15th ; Goree, 16th ; Meneriffe, 22d ; and Madeirra. 24th.
She made the voyage•out and home complete in 67, days.
By the last accounts,the West Coast squadron was-gather-_
ing round Lagos ; 11.1 IL frigate Ferret was off Lagos ; the
Polyphemus was four hours from Lagos, bound', in ; the
Penelope was at Accra;, bound to Lagos ; the Plumper was
off Cape Palmer;- the. Volcano, at Monrovia ; and the
Philomel was spoken ot Sierra Leone ; the Britomart,
which had been on a cruise with Governor Kennedy, for
the benefit of his health, had returned with his.excellency
to Sierra Leone. The outward mail-packet Forerunner,
Captain Barnwell, was entering Sierra Leona; on. the 9th
November. The Charity has a large cargo. of cochineal,.
palm oil, palm nuts, ivory teeth, bees'-wax,. ginger, &c.,
and 1500 ounces of gold dust.—Akatoi, King of Lagos,
died on the 3rd September, and was succeeded by his son
Docemo. On hearing of his conusin's death, Kosaks sent
a message to, the chief people of Lagos. and,the British
Consul, to, the effect that he was preparing to resume the
throne from which he had been driven. On, this the con-
sul claimed the interference of the British. Sovereign, and
an expedition, in conjunction with the Docemos people,
ascended the river with boats, burnt some deserted vil-
lages, but could not bring the enemy to effectual action,
and, returned, having sustained a loss of two men and
three wounded. The British squadron were collecting off
Lagos, for the purpose of preparing an expedition on a
more formidable scale.

THE WAR IN TURKEY.
The letters from Constantinople, of the 15th, declare
that the report of an armistice between the Turks and
Russians, often repeated, and as often contradicted, has
no foundation. Orders, on the contrary, have been for-
warded to Abdi Pacha, the commander-in-chief of the
Turkish forces in Asia, to advance as actively as possible.
A combined Turkish and Egyptian squadron is to cruise
on the coast of Asia to support his operations. A report
that the Turkish government is about to issue paper
money is also denied.
M. de la Conr, having left Constantinople in the Solon,
arrived at Trieste on the 30th.

It is again asserted that the first regiment of Osten
Sacken's corps passed through Jassy on the 12th ult.
But the German papers publish letters to the 17th, in
which it is positively affirmed that to that date nothing
had been seen of the Russian reinforcements on any point
of the Pruth.
Letters from Trieste announce that the Turks have ob-
tained further advantages in Asia. They not only defended
successfully Fort St. Nicholas, but captured the fortresses
of Usurgheti and Souchoum Kaleh. It is added that the-
3eorgian people are favourable to the Turks. The Rus-
sians, in attempting to land 1,500 men at Batoum, met
with a severe repulse. It blew a rather heavy gale at the
time, and a well-directed fire from the battery almost im-
mediately sunk the large transport steamer with the
troops, and all perished excepting 27, who were conveyed,
per steamer, to Constantinople. The Russians have as-
sailed Shefkatil five times, hoping to regain their lost
laurels, but hitherto in vain.
A despatch from Vienna, of the 29th lilt, says the
Turks are still at Kalafat. They have evacuated the
island of Moknan, opposite Routchouk, for the very good
reason that it is overflowed by the river, which has risen
to a great height. Kalafat is strongly fortified and gar-
risoned, Another despatch, dated Vienna the Ist instant,
states that the Turks, on the 26th, had constructed a
bridge between Routchuok and the island of Moknan,
having on the previous clai Ativaueed from Kainfat twelve