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received a]

adhesion. It seems that the act

of the propositions was not sent ti
instant, the very day of the reported
Emperor in Petersburg; but a pr
outline of the arrangement therein suggeszeu
in advance, and elicited some expressions of approval
which were tantamount to an acceptation of the terms
proposed. Another copy of the propositions:was on he same
day forwarded to Constantinople._ Though theprecise terms

Vienna till tY
acceptance "

gramme containing the

of the arrangement thus proposed are yet unknown, its lead-

I throe

ing features have transi,— —,gn the diplomatic cor-
respondence received in Pans and Vienna. The Morning
Post gives, in an authoritative form, the following par-
ticulars :—" The definitive project of settlement was sent

was sent to St. Petersburg, that is, on the 2ndinstant.
The acceptance of the Czar will be received at Vienna
about the 14th. This will, of course, at once be despatched
to Constantinople, where it will arrive about the 20th. A
Turkish ambassador will be ready then to start for St.
Petersburgh ; and we understand that as soon as the
telegraph informs the Russian Government of the fact of
the ambassador being on his road, the Emperor will tele-
graph his orders to Prince Gortschakoff to evacuate the
Danubian provinces. These telegraphs, being for the most
part old semaphores, will, of course, not work with
same speed as the t they, and the course

events, will b,

ectric ; bu
ifficiently rapid to warrant us in expect
ing that by the 10th of September the last Russian soldie:

will have re-crossed the Pru th. The mode of settlement
will be this :—Redschid Pacha will address to Count
Nesselrode a note, in which he will enclose the firmans, in
which are accorded to the Greek Christians, subjects of
the Sultan, more privileges than even Russia had asked
for them. He will say many civil things to the Czar, and
assure him of the excellent disposition of the Sultan to-
wards his own subjects, to whom he has accorded such
and such. rights. This note will be presented by a
Turkish Ambassador, and the affair will be at an end."
The latest advices announce that the Sultan had issued a
manifesto to his subjects, calling upon them to place their
entire confidence in the wisdom and sagacity of his Go-
vernment. It is also stated that a new ultimatum has
been addressed by the Porte to Russia. But this dispatch
left Constantinople many days before the propositions of
the four powers would have been received there.
Letters from Schumla give a flourishing account of
the state of the Turkish army on the frontier. Omer
Pacha, the commander-in-chief, had established a mili-
tary cordon of 70,000 men, extending from Babadagh
to Schumla, and joining the entrenched camp formed
there, composed of eighteen batteries, each
llea artillery, and num-
beringde- from forty to fifty gu vy

fended by 50,000 men, forming the centre of the army.
The right wing of this army had its quarters at Silistria,
and was composed of 30,000 men ; whilst the rearguard,
formed' of a similar number of men, was encamped at

gcliunllalnTs been rendered next to impregnable.
This stronghold, which is well situated as a strategetical
point, and, on account of the climate, contains already
provisions for 100,000 men and 40,000 horses for the term
of two years. The fortress of Silistria has also been fully
placed on a war footing.
The celebrated Turkish financier, Nafuz Pacha, died
suddenly on the 27th ult., leaving £600,000 to two sons
and one daughter.
The Russian authorities in the Principalities refuse. to,
forward letters through the postoffice, which they have
taken possession of. The Russian flotilla of the Danube,.
which has its centre of operations at Ismail, is composed
of 150 gun-boats and 50 other light vessels, well armed,
They command completely the inner part of the Danube;
which on the side of Turkey is not defended by vessels of
the same kind. _

A later telegraphic despatch from Trieste, confirmatory
of the preceding one, is to the effect that the Sublime
Porte accepts, in all its parts, and "without any modifica-
tion," the note which had been drawn up at Vienna by the
representatives of the four Powers who signed the treaty
of 1841; that that acceptance, couched in the most, e,our-
teou.s terms, is accompanied• with assurance of a sincere
friendship on the part of the Ottoman government; that,

" owing to a delicacy of sentiment, easy-to be understood,"
the Extraordinary Ambassador charged with conveying to
the Czar the adhesion of the Sultan, will leave Constanti-
nople for St. Petersburg so soon as the Russian troops
shall have received the order to evacuatethe territory that
has been invaded.
THE RIVER PLATE.--A letter dated Buenos Ayres,
July 2nd, says :--" On the 20th June the commander of the
to.o.Xedmg act... Aron belonging to -Genera IJrquiza's party
raised the blockade, and placed the whole force at the' dis-
posal of the town's party. This unexpected event has re-
lieved the inhabitants of this pLce from great searcit of
provisions, and caused great rejoicings; and they now hope
that the besieng force will follbw the example. To get
provisions at a moderate rate is a great boon, still our po-
sition is most melancholy, and exports will. not be allowed.
On the 23rd' ult. the Government gave notice to all the
foreign agents that only four days would'be given for ves-
sels to leave the Salado, Ensenada, Las Conchas,andother
ports in possession of the besieging army. This will pre-
vent us shipping off our produce, even that, purchased' and:
in store. Produce in Monte -Video is very scarce and very
high; prices with you must improve; the demand in the
river for produce is great, particularly for American ac-•
count. I fear these countries will not be in a, settled' state
for many years."
PEusrs.—There is a story current, that 3lr. Thompson,
the British charge d'affaires, had sueceede(Yin thwarting
the Russian minister, Prince Dolgarouki, and had con-
vinced the Shah of the necessity of keeping. up the Persian
army.. It would appear that the prince wished to engage
the Shah in making a hostile demonstration against
Turkey. On the other hand, the British minister and the
Turkish ambassador urged the, claims of the Porte. They
succeeded so well that Prince Dolgarouhi resolved to quit
the court of Persia. It will be observed that i‘dirza Ahmed:
Khan has been at Constantinople for some time as minister
extraordinary from P ersia.
Is-DlA.—lntelligence has been received by overland`
mail from Bombay to the 2nd July. The Arab ship Faze.
Kareem, on her passage from Aden to Bombay, with the
Bombay portion of the India mail which left London on,
the 24th of Juno, foundered at sat; twenty miles from,
Aden. The mails, consisting of sixty-eight boxes, wore.
lost, and 179 out of 190 Arabs and Lascars who were on:
board perished, with the officer in charge of the mails.,
A report is current that the Burmese field force is to
immediately broken up, and it is surmised, that the.Pegu
division will be then divided into two commands, of which
one will be allowed to the Bengal, and the other to the
Madras may, Nothing is known regarding the intentions
of the King of Ava. The Burmese still expect us to
advance on their capital, and. as yet confine themselves. to
defensive measures. From the decks of the steamers new
stockades are seen rising between Prome and Meeaday. A
famine appears to be impending in Bunnell.. Owing to
the disturbed state of the lower provinces scarcely any
nirg uane
seed was sown-last --seasorc dat present rice bears a
famine price even at Rangoon and
Peguit
acid Government
quantities
is urged to lose no time in importing
from Calcutta.
AVSTRALIA.—We have intelligence from Sydney to
the 30th of May. The Adelaide steamer arrived' there on
the 21st ; the incidents of her voyage have almost brought
steam itself into discredit, and the condemnation of the
Royal Mail Company, on all sides, is deep and hearty.
It is doubtful whether the Adelaide can attempt to
make the voyage back to England in her present state ;
the general impression is, she will be sent to India
for very extensive repairs, as there is no dock or slip at
Sydney large enough for a vessel of her tonnage.
The accounts from the goldfields are almost limited to
the returns of the quantities of bullion brought down by
.„'l propsrations made by the diggers for
the winter ; many will quit the grounds to return in the
spring ; the more steady and determined will camp out
and work on ; bark huts and log houses are being built,
and in many places the diggings present a more settled
appearance.
The following return gives the quantity of gold de-
livered from the Victoria fields at Melbourne, by the
Government and private escorts, in the first four months,
of the present year : Ounces.
January
February 172,329
March 169,654
161,431
April ............. .

Total
In the corresponding months of 1852 the produce of
the same fields was as follows : Ounces.
January............ ............ ........ 034,834
February.................... ......... 56,108
March ................................. 51,865
April 67,556

Total 240,383
The increase is 449,066 ounces above the pro-
duce of the same period last year, or 187 per cent.
The ship Washington Irving, Jones, arrived off Ply-
mouth on Saturday. She has a cargo of wool, tallow,
and hides from Moreton Bay, and 15,000 ounces of gold
from Sydney, which she left on the 27th April. The
Tamar, with some gold, left Sydney on the 22d of April ;
the Cambodia, without gold, on the 24th. The Regina
was to sail in three days ; the Alberton in a fortnight,
and the Oriental in three weeks. The steam-ship Cleo-
patra was at Sydney. Her proprietors then proposed to
send her one trip more to Port Philip, preparatory to her
final departure from Sydney on the 28th July for Eng-
land, by Cape Horn, touching at New Zealand and the
South Sea Islands. The Agricola was loading at Moreton
Bay on the 12th of April. The Washington Irving ran
from Sydney to Cape Horn in 33 days,
having rounded
the Cape on the 30th May ; spoke, on the sth August,
the ship Kent, 130 days from Bombay, for Liverpool ;
6th August, the Yankee Blade, 14 days from Liverpool,
and the barque Essex, nine days from Plymouth ; and,
on the 9th, the barque Abigail, outward bound.
CHINA..—The Hong Kong papers contain some further
particulars regarding Sir G. Bonham's trip up the Yang-
tse-Kiang. It appears that the unsuccessful attempt of
the Susquehanna to get up the river to the assistance of
the imperialists at Nankin, was thought at Shanghai to
have irritated the insurgents greatly against the foreign
community in general, and it was, therefore, deemed ad-
visable to despatch the interpreter to the British consulate
to the rebel head-quarters, to explain that the English
were neutral. On arriving at Nankin, Sir G. Bonham at
first intended to meet the rebel leaders in person; but,
considering that such au lateryin Wight be ulAscoptrued,

paying nightly visit

One of the lat

form an erroneous estimate,
t army encamped at Nankin

from what was

xte of very proper

outlyir

scipline ; of
g pickets, and observing

It is expected that Canton will be the next attacked.
Reports are current that, within a day's march of the city,
large bodies of rebels are ready for attack at a given signal.
It is a significant fact, that the English papers in China
7." insurgents, ' the present

the patriot arm
n •-•n1,4-msnil A

Vctil
'bout 450 mil

es north of Canton, and 706 south of
Shanghai) on the 18th of May. The very day after the

capture of Amoy, the shops were op,
sumed, foreigners were unmoh

1, business was re-
d, and, indeed, more at

been fully prepared for the
arrival to tln:ow of a paint

aid only waited their

—We ha

The river Nile was

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