The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-09-06 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE,

FEANCE.—The latest Parisian news of any importance
concerns an expedient by which the French Government
have endeavoured to 'tranquillise the people's fears of high-
priced food. rrom the rate of flour in the central market
it became necessary for the bakers to increase the price of
the 2 lb. loaf from 44) to 45 centimes, and the increase was
publicly notified; but suddenly appeared an ordonnance
of the Prefect of Police, fixing the price, for the first fort-
night of September, at the former sum. At the same
time it is positively declared that the bakers are to be
indemnified. This proceeding is, we believe, without
precedent.
The Emperor having offered a premium of 60,000
francs to any person who should apply electricity to prac-
tical use or otherwise, an Italian engineer, named Bonelli,
announces that he has discovered a plan by electricity to
do away_with an expensive and tedious part of the opera-

Lion of the Jacquard loom. -
The "Ocean' squadron of evolution is now completely
organised. It consists of the first-rate mixed vessel the
Montebello, the second-class ship Hercule; the "mixed"
or steam-sailing vessels" Austerlitz and Jean Bart, the
Duguesclin, the steamer Napoleon, expected from the
Mediterranean squadron ; the mixed frigate Pomone ;
the steam-frigate Caffarelli ; the steam corvette Infernal ;
and the steam corvette Roland. Brest is the rallying
point of the squadron, and six of the above-named vessels
have already arrived there.
SPAIN.—A decree, inserted in the Gaceta of August
29, prohibits the circulation of the Times in Spain,
account of some recent articles, in " which instituti
have been criticised and persons calumniated -
News from Madrid to the 28th sa:
are busily engaged in re-organising

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the troops nand.gaged consist of 46 battalions and 57
13qu8arOus, With 88 .
field•pieces and two pontoon brigades,

34,7130 men, of which 6,960 are cavalry. The pontoon
practice will be tested more than once during the opera-
tions, on a large scale, according to the Prussian system.
The new cavalry manoeuvres will also be tried.
- latch from Vienna of the 31st ult.
kmbassador, Ariff Effendi, is to meet

II sTRLe..—A deg
: —The Turkish

L ting is considered the most striking proof of the
,;( -qtion of the difficulties between Russia and Turkey.
.ase of the sth of August gives pub-
licity to a convention between Russia and Bavaria for the
benefit of the commercial marine of bah states. The
Emperor declares that " throughout the lower course of
the Danube, from the point where it first enters the Rus-
sian territory to its mouth ,in the Black Sea, Bavarian
merchant vessels, shall be placed on the same footing as
the merchant'vessels of Austria, and shall enjoy the same
advantages as are conceded to the latter." The only
advantages at present enjoyed by Austrian merchant ves-
sels at the mouth of the Danube seem to be the privilege
of striking upon the bar which Russian indolence or bad
faith has allowed to accumulate. The permission is, in

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fact, a piactical joke.
TuuxEy.—The following is a translation of the note of
the four Powers, with the alterations proposed by the Porte:
" His Majesty the Sultan, having nothing more at heart
than to re-establish between his Majesty and the Emperor

of Russia the relations or goon neiguooursmp ana perreci
harmony (entente), which have been unhappily disturbed
by recent and painful complications, has carefully under-
taken the task to find the means to efface the traces of
those different points.
"A supreme trade, in the date of -, having made
known to him the imperial decision, the Sublime Porte,
&c., congratulates itself at being able to communicate it
to his Excellency Count de Nesselrode. If at all times the
Emperors of Russia have shown their active solicitude (1)
for the maintenance of the immunities and privileges of
the Orthodox Greek Church in the Ottoman Empire, the
Sultans never refused to confirm them anew by solemn
acts which attested their ancient and constant benevolence
towards their Christian subjects.

"His Majesty the Sultan Abdul Medjid, now reigning,
animated by the same dispositions, and being desirous to
give to his Majesty the Emperor of Russia a personal
proof of his most sincere friendship, only listened to his
unbounded confidence in the eminent qualities of his
august friend and ally, and has deigned to take into serious
consideration the representations (2) of which his Excel-
lency Prince Menschikoff rendered himself the interpreter
t the Sublime Porte.
" The undersigned has consequently received the order to
declare by the present that the Government of his Majesty
the Sultan will remain faithful to the letter and the spirit
of the stipulations of the treaties of Kuseuijki Kainardji
(3) and of Adrianople, relative to the protection of the
Christian worship (4), and that his Majesty regards it as
a point of honour with him to cause to be preserved for
ever from all attacks, either at present or in future, the
enjoyment of the spiritual privileges which have been
accorded by the august ancestors of his Majesty to the
Orthodox Church in the East, and which are maintained
and confirmed by him ; and, moreover, to allow the Greek
worship to participate in a spirit of high justice in the
advantages conceded (5) to other Christians by convention
or special agreement.
" Moreover, as the Imperial firman, which has recently
been given to the Greek patriarchate and clergy, and which
contains the confirmation of their spiritual privileges, must
be regarded as a new proof of those noble sentiments ; and
as, moreover, the proclamation of that firman, which gives
every security, must dispel for ever every anxiety as
regards the worship which is the religion of his Majesty
the Emperor of Russia, I am happy to be charged with the
duty of making the present notification. As regards the
guarantee, that in future nothing shall be changed at the
place of visitation at Jerusalem, it results from the firman
provided with the Hatti Houmayon of the 15th of the
Moon of Rebbi Ulakir, 1268 (February, 1852), explained
and corroborated by the firmans of -; and it is the
formal intention of his Majesty the Sultan to cause his
sovereign decisions to be executed without any alteration.
" The Sublime Porte, moreover, officially promises that
no modification shall be made in the state of things
which has just' been regulated, without a previous agrree-
ment with the Governments of Russia and France, and
without prejudice whatever to the different Cluistian,
communities.
" In case the Imperial Court of Russia should demand
it, a suitable locality shall be assigned in the city of
Jerusalem, or in the vicinity, for the construction of a
church consecrated for the performance of divine service
by Russian ecclesiastics, and of an hospital for indigent
sick pilgrims of the same nation.
" The Sublime Porte engages itself even now to sub-
scribe in this respect a solemn act, which would place
those pious foundations under the special surveillance of
the consulate-general of Russia in Syria and Palestine.
" The undersigned, &c."
" I PROPOSED ALTERATIONS.]

.
" (1) For the worship of the Orthodox itlreek Church,
the Sultans have never ceased to watch over the mainte-
nance of the immunities and privileges of that worship and
of that Church in the Ottoman Empire, and to confirm
them anew by solemn acts which attest, &c.
" (2) The communications.
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" 63; Of Kouschouk-Kainarji, confirmed by that of
Adrianople, relative to the protection by the Porte of the
Christian worship. . __ . .

" (4) And to make known that his Majesty the
Sultan, b.c.
" (5) The advantages accorded, and which may be ac-
corded, to other Christian communities, Ottoman subjects."
A telegraphic despatch, dated Bucharest, August 17,
states that on the previous day the Austrian Consul-
General received despatches, informing him that peace
may be considered as established, and that the Russians
will evacuate the principalities in September.
The -Egyptian fleet arrived on the 14th instant in the
Bosphorus. It consists of 12 fine vessels, of which two
are first-rates and four frigates, with two large steamers.
All communications from Constantinople were written
before the decision of the Council of State was known.
WEST INDIES.--The Royal West India mail packet
Magdalena arrived at Southampton on Wednesday, bring-
ing accounts from St. Thomas's of a riot in the island of
Tortola. The blacks rose in a body, burned down many
houses, and attacked the inhabitants, with what results
does not appear. The Magdelena had been sent by the
company's superintendent at St. Thomas's, Mr. Cameron,
to fetch troops from Antigua, to quell the insurrection.
All was quiet at Tortola when the Magdalena left. The
riot is said to have been caused by the imposition of a tax
for the repair of the poor-houses.
MALTA.—Accounts have been received of the 29th
ult. The mail, with letters from the fleet at Besika Bay,
had arrived the day previous, and it was asserted that the
fleet would return to Malta in the course of the month of
September. All the letters written by the English naval
officers to their families were in that sense. Several trans-
port vessels had been despatched from Malta, with coal
and stores required by Admiral Dundas. The Austrian
consul at Malta had returned to that island from Smyrna.

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA.

By the British and North American royal mail steam-
ship .Africa, Captain Harrison, which arrived on Sunday,
we have intelligence from New York to the 24th ult.
The Africa sailed from New York at 10 20 p.m., on the
24th ult., and was abreast Tory Island Light at 9 11 am.,
on the 3d inst., and saluted the Rock Light at 840 a.m.,
on the 4th. She brought 92 passengers, but no specie.
The Royal Mail steamship Arabia, Captain Judkins,
arrived at New York on the 23d ult., after a splendid
passage of 9 days, 22 hours and 23 minutes.
The United States mail steam-ship Pacific, Capt. Nye,
which sailed from this port on the 10th ult., met with a
severe accident to her machinery. When four days out,
her main centre shaft broke, and she lay to nine hours to
disconnect her machinery and take the floats from the
disabled wheel. The remainder of the voyage, 2,000 miles,
was made with only one engine and one wheel. Even
under these circumstances she made, in fair weather,
eleven knots, and arrived at New York at 6 30, p.m., on
the 23d ult., eleven hours after the Arabia.
The screw steam-ship Glasgow, from the Clyde, arrived
at New York on the 23d ult.
The comet was exciting considerable attention.
A destructive fire had occurred in Pearl-street, New
York. Williamsburg had also suffered from a confla-
gration. The ship Telegraph had arrived at Boston from
Valparaiso in forty-eight days. During the voyage a
whirlwind crossed the ship's bow, taking the head sails
from her. The Star of the East had sailed for Para,
having on board two steam-engines and boilers and two
steamboats, intended for the river Amazon.
Dispatches had been received from Commodore Perry,
at Shanghai, dated May 16. He expected to sail imme-
diately for Japan. He had heard that the Japanese were
preparing to receive him through the Dutch officials in a
friendly manner, although they were increasing and
strengthening their fortifications on the coast.
A communication, dated. New Orleans, Aug. 21, says,
" The number of interments reported to-day was 270, in-
cluding 248 from yellow fever. The total number of deaths
during the last week has been 1,580, of which 1,350 were
from yellow fever." Another communication, dated Aug.
22, is to the following effect :—" The interments in all the
cemeteries of the city for the week ending at six this
morning show a total of 1,534, of which 1,365 were victims
of the yellow fever. The report exhibits a total increase
of deaths over the previous week of 16 ; over those by yel-
low fever alone of 88 ; this, too, in the face of the fact that
the population has been constantly declining by desertion
and death. The total number of deaths for the four weeks
ending this morning was 4,162, of which 3,669 were of
yellow fever. It cannot be denied that the disease is fear-
fully on the increase. The weather continues intensely
hot, and the authorities. in the hopes of staying the ravages
of the epidemic, have c: —red tar barrels to be burned and
cannon to be fired. We learn from Mobile that the yellow
fever is slightly increasing in that city."
Yellow fever was also raging at Natchez. Up to the
30th ult. there had been over 200 deaths out of a popula-
tion of 5,000.
ht had arrived at New York, with
The Northern Lig
advices from San Francisco to the Ist August, and
$1,124,953 on freight, besides a large amount in the
hands of passengers. The trip between San Francisco
and New York occupied 22 days three hours. The British
mail-steamer Trent was at Navy Bay, on the 15th. The
favourable to mining operations in all
the ognolldvlisdistricts; the miners seemed to be generally
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possessing valuable claims, which were yield-
ingby the use of improved means for extract-
fort unabunatedianntly
ing the metal. From appearances the total production
erimimmeinc, with ill. '

r
une, wouiu perioa
ince the opening of the mines. This result would be
. iaropr urofits to the miners engaged than

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Leretofore. In the south, murders and robberies were
ery frequent. Some executions, according to Lynch law,
Lad occurred. A successful strike had taken place
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Letters from St. John's, 8.., state that, from some
An the Newfoundland

le works or,

Electric Telegraph had been suspended, and Mr. uistiorne,
the superintendent, had left the province. A subscription,
amounting to $5OO, was raised at St. John's for the relief
of the suffering German passengers, by the wrecked
barque Charles Clarke, from Hamburg. The government
also provided a passage for them in the brig Escape, to
Quebec.
A letter from Prince Edward's Island, of August 15th,
states, that the American schooner Starlight had been
taken in there, a prize, for Llhing within hounds ; that