The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-18 00:00:00

FOREIGN rNTELLIG_ENCE.

FRANcs.—The Emperor and Empress left Paris on
Wednesday for Compiegne. They drove along the 136-ale,
yards in an open carriage to the Northern Railway, pre-
ceded by a detachment of guides, and followed by an
escort of dragoons. The Moniteur publishes a list of the
different forests formerly belonging to the Orleans family,
which are to be sold in the present year in execution of
the decree-of March 27, 1852, and'which together are equal
in extent to about 62,050 English acres. The Alschd
Dequevauviller, Apostolic Missionary and Chancellor of
the Patriarch of Jerusalem, was received by their Majes-
ties on Sunday. He presented to, the Empress a cross in
mother-of-pearl, sculptured at Bethlehem.
IrALy.—The government of Naples has decreed that
all vessels arriving from the ports of London and New-
castle shall be subjected to a quarantine of ten days, if
they have clean bills of health. If not, the vessels willi
not be permitted to enter the Neapolitan ports. Vessels-
from Gibraltar and the northern ports of France are to,
remain seven days in quarantine.
DENMARK.—On the 3d inst. the King of Denmark-
opened the diet of the kingdom of Denmark -Proper with
a speech from - the Throne. His Majesty referred to the
efforts he had, 'made towards unitrof constitution, and
alluded to the new law governing the succession to the •
throne in the whole monarchy of Denmark. Princess-
Christian of Denmark was safely delivered of a daughter"
on the 27th of-September. The family have -now mounted:
the royal livery of red and gold, and - will soon be men-
tioned in the prayers put up for the royal family in the-
liturgy.
TURKEY.—The Fury, having left Constantinople on the-
2nd instant; arrived at Marseilles on: the' 9th, and her let-
ters fully establish the fact that a declaration of war, in
due form, has been made by the Porte; hostilities to com—
mence forthwith, unless the evacuation of the Provinces
be instantly proceeded with. At the-date of the Fury's-
departure, it was reported that the Turkish and Egyptian:
fleets were entering theßlack Sea. We learn further that the
Fury had met Her Majesty's ship Ardent, carrying orders
for the British fleet to enter the Dardanelles. A.later
despatch informs us that a manifesto, !declaring war, had
been posted, on the sth, at the entrances of all the Mosques.
Omar Pasha had been instructed to inform Prince Gorts-
chakoff that he must evacuate the Principalities. In case
the Prince were to reply that he must have the permission
of his Government, a delay not exceeding the time strictly
necessary for communicating with St. Petersburgh, wa& to
be granted to the Russians. In the case of a peremptory
refusal on the part of the Prince; Omar Pasha was in-
structed at once to commence hostilities, without, however,
crossing the Danube. A courier; conveyinethe text; of the
manifesto, was expected to reach Vienna on the 13th. A levy
of 150,000 troops had been decreed. The remainderof the
Russian-functionaries were about to leave the country. The
navigation of the Danube and of the. Black Sea is left open,
hythe declaration ofwar, to vessels sailingunder neutral flags.
Vast masses of Russian troops; continue to pour westward.
On the 26th four battalions of Jagers and 32 six-pounders
arrived at Bucharest. On the 27tIu came eightrbattalions
of -Jagers, and the day after' three battalions, Dino Jagers,
withethe 3.othCarrakeeptain Leroudrtserschaarkrioviredinusontetrsheed the26thinc
several corps at Aleko Ghika, Magureta, Kalugaren, and
Scherbanetschi. A despatch from Bucharest of the Ist
instant, says,—Prince Menschikoff is charged with the
their
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Administration of the Principalities,. and Prince Paskie-
vitch nominated Commander-in-Chief of the Russian army
on the Danube. The .(ournal des Dobai:, upon the
authority of its correspondent at Constantinople, says that
the Ottoman Porte had' determined to resist Russia,
though the Four Powers should be opposed to such an act,
for the Divan were unanimous in their decision, which the
Grand Council supported by 160 against 3. The repre-
sentatives of Austria, Prussia, France, and England (the
latter with reluctance), anxious to avoid such an extremity,
endeavoured to persuade the Sultan to accept the Vienna
note, but without effect. The Turkish fleet is to be sta-
tioned at Battslaiki Advises. from Bucharest state that
the Metropolitan was to give his blessing to the flags and
troops on the 3rd instant, and that on the 6th or 7th an at-
tack would probablybemade on theleft bank of the Danube.
A telegraph despatch, dated Paris 16th Oct., says :—lt is
asserted that an important despatch has been received
from St. Petersburgh. The Czar, who had promised to
accept any Rr?posals the Mediating Powers might make,
has, on receiving the news of the Turkish declaration of
war, declared that he retracts all his concessions. He
added that nothing remained now but war to the- knife
(guerre a l'outranee.) A private telegraphic despatch
from Marseilles, dated Saturday, announces the arrival
of a mail, steamer which left Constantinople on the sth
instant. In Besika Bay she met the two fleets preparing
to enter the Dardanelles. The Porte has addressed a
manifesto to the Four Powers. Orders have been given
for the immediate armament of the frigates Le Vauban,
Descartes, Asmod4e, Catiqui, Montezuma, and Panama.
ALTSTRIA.—An Imperial decree orders the reduction of
the Austrian army by means of an extended system of
furloughs. The Voss Gazelle of Berlin states that Lord
Westmoreland, on his return from Olmiitz, had declared
that the Emperor Nicholas would make no further con-
cessions. The Czar has sent his portrait to Prince Met-
ternich, and has given decorations to more than eighty
Austrian officers. The Emperor left Vienna for Munich
on Monday. Conferences are still being very frequently
held between Count Buol, Lord Westmoreland, and M. de
Bourqueney ; so that the Viennese were of opinion that the
exertions of these distinguished diplomatists were not yet
come to a close as regards the Turkish question. Various
merchants in Vienna, trading with Constantinople, have
received instructions from their correspondents,not to send
any more goods by way of the Danube, fears being enter-
tained that hostilities would soon break out there.
Russil.—The Grand Duke, heir to the throne, arrived
at St. Petersburg, on the Ist inst. Several wealthy and
patriotic Russians are sending large stores of provisions as
gifts to the army encamped in Wallachia. It was re-
ported in Paris on Thursday that the Baron de Kisseleff,
the Russian Minister, had been recalled.
EGYPT.--According to accounts received from Alexan-
dria, to the 6th instant, the exports of grain from Egypt
were still going on, and the question of stoppage unsettled.
The Nile had done some damage, but was falling.
JAPAN The American squadron, under Commodore
Perry, reached Japan on the Bth July, and left again on
the 17th. It was well received, but the opening of Japan
was postponed to the spring of 1854.
WEST INDIES.—By the Royal Mail Steam-ship La
Plata we have the West India, and Pacific mails of Hon-
duras, 18th ; Jamaica, 26th ; and St. Thomas's, 30th ult.
In Jamaica the position of affairs was unaltered, and the
arrival of Governor Barkly looked forward to with the
utmost anxiety. Rain continued to fall copiously through-
out the island. A few cans of yellow fever still occurred
in all the islands: Trinidad at present suffers most; but
it is abating there. Four cases of cholera had broken out
at Kingston just before the packet left. Tortola is quiet.
Sixty-one of the ringleaders in the late riots are in custody.