The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-01 00:00:00

:FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

PRANCE.-The Emperor and Empress .returned to
Paris from Compiegne on Thursday, and in a few days
will set out again for Fontainebleau. A serious accident
took place on Wednesday morning on the Versailles rail-
way. In consequence of a rail breaking, the train went off
the rails between Courbevoie and Asnieres, ran with great
violence against a bridge, by which three of the carriages
were ups'ot, and two of them dashed to pieces. Three pas-
sengers are said to have been mortally, andiaine very dan-
gerously wounded.
A deplorable event has occurred at Chalons-sur-Marne.
Count de Neuilly, the general commanding the division,
has been killed by his aide-de-camp, Captain de Laporte.
An improper intercourse, it appears, had taken place
between the wife of the General and Captain de Laporte.
High-words ensued, and the captain discharged two pistols
at:the general, killing him on the spot.
The Paris correspondent of the Guardian says :—" A
little while ago, the cry of alarm turned not unnaturally
-upon the scarcity of bread; the fear, now, is for a roof to
cover us. Louis Napoleon, calling to mind, no doubt,
the proverb that, in the event of a row, it would be in
vain to talk to hungry stomachs, very generously under-
took to pay a portion of the bakers' bills of his faithful
Parisians. But what he gives with one hand, he takes
away with the other. He has pulled down so many houses,
and is so beautifying the city, that one-half its inhabitants
are being turned out of doors. The 15th of October term
is always a bustling moment in Paris, as is apparent from
the streets blocked up in all directions with furniture-
carts. Your landlord is certain to raise your rent, if there
be a chance of your submitting to it, at the moment when
Paris returns from the country or the seaside, and the
demand for house-room is brisk and lively. But such a
15th of October as the last has been, lives not in the
memory of the very oldest inhabitants. Better fall into
the hands of the Red Republic itself, than into those of a
French landlord who thinks he has you at his mercy.
You may have been the most desirable of tenants for a
century past, he will double his rent upon , you for a six
months' advantage if the opportunity offers. Such a
chance has been given to those of the Paris householders
whose premises are left standing, and they are using it
with a vengeance. Wherever you go, you are certain to
meet the blank face of a friend, who asks, with a look
which tells plainly of his own fate, whether your rent has
been raised ?—though raised is hardly the adequate term
—doubled is the more accurate expression, under the
system of exaction which is being pursued So great is
the demand for house-room at this moment in Paris, and
so entirely inadequate the supply, that families are under
the necessity of submitting to almost any terms rather
than be turned out of their abodes. At a period when so
many vacancies are usually to be found, you may wander
over half Paris without seeing a house with " to let" upon
it. Not only are people being driven to the remotest
districts of the town—flying to such unknown quarters as
the back of the Invalides, or the exterior Boulevards—but
whole families are going bodily off to the provinces, or re-
signing themselves—an act of despair in the eyes of a
Frenchman—to pass the winter at their country seats.
Even the petit bourgeois keeps on his now dreary little
cottage at Auteuil, or Asnieres, to escape the unheard-of
dearness of the town."

POBTUGAL.—The wine market at Oporto is very active.
The vintage this year promises a wine of good quality,
and the production is estimated at 60,000 or 70,000 pipes.
In consequence of the stimulus given to exportation,
freights had risen to 50s. per ton.
SPAIN.—A very singular occurrence took place at the
Madrid Opera on the 18th instant. When the qneen
entered the royal theatre, the orchestra struck up the
royal march, but was interrupted by hisses and cries of
" Que continue la opera ; basta, basta de eso ."' (" Let
the opera go on ; enough, enough of this"). The king
became as white as a sheet. The queen did not change
countenance, but preserved her colour, and saluted the
audience very politely ; she did the same on leaving the
theatre—a civility which hitherto she has never deigned
to bestow on her loving subjects. Those only who are
accustomed to Spanish etiquette will be able to appreciate
the importance of such an occurrence. At the theatre it
is contrary to etiquette to give any sign of approbation
when royalty is present, unless royalty gives the signal
of applause ; but disapprobation, when the queen or king
presides, is what seldom or never occurs. Advices from
Madrid of the 23d state that the Minister of the United
States had been received by the Queen. On the request
of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, he had consented to
withdraw several expressions considered objectionable in
his speech to her Majesty.
AUSTRIA.—It is rumoured that the Austrian Govern-
ment has addressed a circular to its representatives abroad,
assuring them of its strict neutrality in the Eastern ques-
tion, and of its intention to continue its mediations, even
after the outbreak of hostilities.
Rrrssia.—The Russian Minister of Finance recently sent
for four of the principal English merchants in St. Peters-
burgh, and intimated that the Czar was desirous of disa-
busing their minds of any idea that, in the " improbable
event" of a war taking place, their persons and property
would not be held sacred. The merchants requested to
know whether British shipping would also be secure ; but
on this point the minister professed himself unauthorized
to make any positive statement. Subsequently the same
parties were informed that the course to be pursued by the
Emperor of Russia on this point would depend on the
policy adopted in the same case by the Government of
Great Britain. The corps d'armee detached to serve on
the Asiatic frontier of Turkey has a strength of 70,000
men. The regular force consists of 55 battallions, 10
squadrons, and 180 guns; an irregular force of Tscherno-
morian Cossacks and Georgians, in number about 10,000,
completes the army.
teleg,raphic clecpatell, rlated. Trieste,
day, contains news from Constantinople to the 17th Oct.
Prince Gortschakoff's reply had arrived. General Prim is
said to have obtained a command. The united fleets were
advancing to Gallipoli. Exportation of corn was forbid-
den by proclamation at Constantinople. Omer Pacha's
aid-de-camp, who was sent to Giurgevo to notify the de-
claration of war, had returned to Routschouk on the 14th
ult., after a stay of eight days at the Russian head-quarters.
Direct accounts from Constantinople, of the 13th ult.,
state that more than ordinary tranquillity is enjoyed in
that city, and that the general question is, " What will
England and France do at the crisis ?" Letters from
Constantinople state that the Russian agent, M. Argyro-
pulo, has had an interview with the Austrian Internuncio,
and has formally placed the Russians in Turkey under his
protection. A letter from Galatz, of the 14th ult., says :
" The Russian troops were occupying in force the little
town of Giurgevo, and were entrenching themselves there.
Letters differ greatly as to the force of this corps
d'armle. Some estimate it at 15,000 men, and others at
30,000 men. In Wallachia great terror was felt at the
expected passage of the Turks. The Turkish camp is op-
posite Giurgevo. There were there a good many irregular
troops who inspire great terror. The; weather continued
to be magnificent. There was a large Russian camp near
Galatz, on the Lower Danube. The strong places of the
Turks along the Danube appeared to be in a good state
and well armed. That of Routschouk was specially re-
marked on account of its imposing aspect. It is the centre
of a numerous corps d'armee. The following telegraphic
message, dated the 25th October, was received from the
French Consul, at Bucharest :—" Two Russian steamers
and eight gun-boats forced a passage on the Danube on
Sunday, the 23rd, and encountered a smart fire from the
fort of Isactcha, situated on the right borders of the river
between Reni and Ismail. The Russians had a lieutenant-
colonel, commanding the flotilla, three officers, and twelve
sailors killed, and about fifty wounded. They pretend to
have set fire to the fortress of Isactcha." Another tele-
graphic despatch dated Vienna, Friday, says :—There is
reason to believe that an armistice has been concluded
between the Turkish and Russian armies, On Friday,
the French government received an electric despatch
from its ambassador at Constantinople, bearing date the
21st instant. Prince Gortschakoff's reply to the summons
of Omar Pasha was considered as a refusal. Nevertheless,
on the entreaties of the representatives of the Four Powers,
the Ottoman government had issued orders for the post-
ponement of hostilities to the Ist of November, provided
they had not already commenced, in which case the order
was to be considered void. The fleets of Great Britain
and France were to pass through the Dardanelles on the
22nd ult. A private telegraphic despatch from Marseilles,
of the 29th ult., states that on the 23rd, when the Caradoc
sailed, the two fleets had not left Besika Bay, and that,
owing to the badness of the weather, they had not pro-
ceeded to the Sea of Marmora on the 22nd. Admiral
Tinan, with three vessels, had, however, managed to reach
Gallipoli, and Admiral Dundas had proceeded to the first
castle of the Dardanelles. Omar Pasha. being informed
that the Russians had evacuated Kalafat, sent a patrol to
that place, which encountered a detachment of Don
Cossacks. The two parties were equally seized with a
panic, and each evacuated the place in great disorder. The
Turks, however, came back with fresh forces, and fortified
an island in the vicinity of Widdin. The Russians are
still concentrating their troops in Bucharest.
MADEIRA.—By the screw steamer Brilliant, arrived at
Southampton, we have intelligence from Madeira to the
22nd instant. The Great Western, with the outward
Brazil mails of the 9th instant, arrived in Funchal Roads
on the 18th, and proceeded to her destination. The wea-
ther at Madeira was very fine, no rains having recently
fallen. In lat. 44 the Brilliant spoke a large screw-
steamer with a red funnel, supposed to be the Taurus,
from Liverpool ; and between Cape Finnisterre and the
Chops of the Channel she passed a large fleet of outward-
bound merchant ships, the wind blowing strong from
north west.
INDIA.—We have intelligence from Bombay to Sept.
28; Calcutta, Sept. 20. The subjugation of Burmah is
far from complete ; in fact we may look on the "peace" as
only another form of war, the Dacoits, who carry destruc-
tion throughout the country, being notoriously in the pay
of the Court of Ave. The resumption of open hostilities
was considered certain, and not far distant. An attempt
to assassinate Colonel Mackeson, Commissioner of Pesha-
, was made by a fanatic from Koner, on the 10th of
September. The murderer rushed into the verandah where
the Colonel was sitting, and plunged an Afreedie knife
into his breast. He was immediately seized, and confessed
his intention of murdering the Deputy Commissioner.
Captain Parker and Ensign Bosworth fell in an affray with
Arabs in the Nizam country. The .Arabs had seized upon
a fort near Bajeerpoor, the property of the Rajah of
Dewalgaum, but were defeated. There had been a fight
at Goreer, a village in Shekwattee, between the followers
of the Thakoor of Soorujghur and the retainers of the
Ranee of Ketree. The lady's troops were victorious, and
after an obstinate fight stormed the village, which has
since been fortified. From the Punjab we learn that the
son of Azeem Khan, eldest brother of Dost Mahomed,
once Governor of Kashmere and subsequently ruler of
Kabul, died in great destitution at Lahore. The Nuwab
of Bhawulpoor pursues his dissolute course, and it is re-
ported that the Nuwab Emam-ood-Deen has been selected
for the post of British Agent at Bhawulpoor. Accounts
from Lucknow still represent the King as passing his days
in debauchery and riotous living. His Majesty's debts
now amount to £BOO,OOO. The whole of the country up
to Prome was in such a disordered state when the Indus
passed up, that Major Minchin was obliged to write to
Sir John Cheape for a reinforcement. On the arrival of
the Indus at Prome, detachments were sent down. After
the troops had embarked, the steamer returned to Yean-
gyen, and found that nearly the whole of the village had
been 'burnt to the ground, Lieut. Masey severely wounded,
one native officer killed, and several Sepoys Irounded;
while the two native chiefs, Moung Gee and Moung Gain,
had made their escape with sixty boats, and had recap-
tured most of the boats which had been taken ;V iffag
Indus the previous day.