The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-07-12 00:00:00

FOREIGN NEWS.

FRANCE.—Considerable [sensation was created in
Paris on Wednesday, upon the occasion of their Imperial
Majesties going to the Opera Comique, when it was
reported that an attempt had been designed on the Em-
peror's life. Among the crowd who pressed around the
carriage was a man in a blouse, from under which a pistol
fell to the ground, that led to his immediate apprehension,
as also to many others, some of whom were soon after-
wards liberated, hut the remainder, being found with
arms on their persons, were detained until further inquiry
should be made. Their Majesties went to the theatre un-
attended, where they were received with enthusiastic
applause ; but upon their retirement, at the close of the
performance, they were accompanied by an escort of
Cuirassiers.

Admiral Hamelin, who replaces Admiral de la Susse in
the command of the Mediterranean fleet, left Toulon on
Sunday in the La Plata steam corvette, to take command
of the squadron.
The departure of the Emperor and Empress for the
Eaux-Bonnes is said to be fixed for some day between the
16th and 20th of the present month.

A rumour having spread through the mercantile com-
munity in Paris that Lord Aberdeen had resigned, a de-
cline in the funds took place on Friday. As, however,
the news was not confirmed, the funds gradually steadied.

GERMANY.—From Coburg we hear that Prince
Albert is expected there for the arrangement of family
affairs in August next, and that it is not improbable his
royal highness may also visit his relatives resident in
Vienna.

SWITZERLAND.—Immense damage has been done
in the canton of Grisons, and, indeed, throughout Switzer-
land and Lombardy, by torrents of rain, and by the

SPAIN.—A Ministerial crisis, and this time a decisive
one, is generally expected.
Unpleasant scenes are reported to have taken place at
the Palace lately, and the Queen and her mother are said
to be on very bad terms. Indeed there seems little doubt
that matters are in a serious state.

Queen Christina is making preparations to leave Madrid
for Dieppe or Biarritz; and the Duke of Rianzares is ex-
pected to visit Paris. Great importance is attached to
the approaching departure of Queen Christina and her
family from the Peninsula, though the motives assigned
for it are very various. -

DENMARK.—SeveraI cases of Asiatic cholera have
occurred at Copenhagen, in the quarter of the city where
the barracks or dwellings of the sailors are situated.
Hopes are entertained that the change of temperature,
combined with effective sanitary measures, may stay the
progress of the scourge. Meantime the Swedish autho-
rities at Helsingborg refuse to allow passengers to land
coming from the Danish coast.

PRUSSIA.—The King, Queen, and Prince Albrecht
of Prussia, together with the Archduchess Sophia of Aus-
tria, left Sans Souci, yid Berlin, for Hamburg, on the
30th ult. The royal party observed the strictest incognito,
the King and his suite being in plain clothes, an extremely
rare circumstance. The King and Queen of Prussia travel
under the name of Graf and G: Um von Zolern. The
Queen of Greece and the Grand Duke of Oldenburg
joined their majesties at one of the stations on the road
to Hawburgh.
RUSSIA.—The Russian ships in the Black Sea con-
tinue to show great activity. Ships of war are constantly
leaving Sebastopol to maintain strict watch along the
coast. The Kolurhna Russian frigate had on the 20th ult.
advanced and tacked within three miles of the entrance to
the Bosphorus, the wind having permitted her to fall into
the eddy of the current.

The agents of Russia have been industrious in exciting
fermentation among the Christian inhabitants of Servia
and Montenegro, against Turkey, and their success will
probably be heightened by the news of the Pruth being
passed by the Russians. The purpose of this agitation has
been to complicate still more the Eastern question, and to
excite greater difficulty in English and French inter-
vention.

TURKEY.—A despatch from Bucharest, dated the
2nd instant, states that the Russian troops had occupied
the Principalities, and that new negociations were to be
opened at Constantinople, for which purpose the Czar had
commissioned General Ozoroff to proceed without delay
to tho Turk-jab. oapitol. Another th,ortstch,tctl Vieuua,
the Ist instant, states that the Pruth had been crossed
both at Leova and Skoulisny, the troops passing at the
former point being destined for Wallachia, and those at
the latter for Moldavia.

It is a general belief that the Aberdeen ministry has
determined not to allow the English fleet to enter the
Straits upon the Russians crossing the Pruth ; the fact of
such an event not being considered important enough to
justify so warlii:e a proceeding on the part of the British
government. _

An Austrian corps d'armee is preparing to enter Bosnia
and Serbia.

The Turkish armaments arc carried on with unflagging
zeal, and the popular excitement has risen to such a height
that the government scarcely ventures to talk of ncgocia-
tions. Admiral Mustapha Pacha had left Constantinople
for the Bay of Besika, to confer with the British and
French Admirals as to the must convenient arrangements
for anchoring their fleets in the Dardanelles.
The Prince of Serbia has offered to place at the Sultan's
disposal 45,000 troops, of whom 15,000 are for the de-
fence of Belgrade, and 30,000 for the protection of the
frontiers of the Principality.
Gold is being coined in great abundance at the Mint,
and four machines are at work day and night. Four
ships are being fitted out for immediate service at the
Arsenal. The Sanitary Intendance has abolished the
quarantine of Syria. The English Ambassador received
despatches on Friday, the 17th, brought by land, and on
the following day the same courier left.
From Salonica, under da►e of the 11th ult., it is an-
nounced that Omer Pacha had gone to Schumla, where
large masses of troops were being concentrated.
Advices from Jassy, to the 24th ult., state that the
Russian consuls in that city and in Bucharest have been
summoned to appear before Prince Gortschakoff for the
purpose of giving information of the resources which the
Principalities can afford the Russian army. In pursuance
of the system, by which Russia intends to prejudice the
inhabitants of the Danubian provinces against Turkey,
the Sultan's firman, granting fresh guarantees to the
Christians, has been prohibited circulation In the
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M. Ozeroff is at the head quarters of General Gortscha-
koff. The peasants in Moldavia are selling their draught
oxen at any price, fearing their impressment, and the
introduction of the murrain from Bessarabia.

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE ASIA.

By the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-
ship Asia, Captain Scott, which arrived on Sunday, we
have advices from New York to the 29th ult.

The Asia sailed from New York, at 1 15, p.m., on the
29th ult., and 3 40, p.m., passed the steamer Africa, and
ships Upland, American Union, and Intrinsic hence for
New York ; on the Sth, at 2 19, p.m., passed the screw
steamer Taurus hence for New York. She arrived in the
Mersey on Sunday at 5 15, a.m., having made the run in
10 days, II hours, and 4 minutes. The Asia brought 139
passengers, and 4'391,082 in specie on freight.
PASSENGERS : Mr. M'llwain and brother, Mrs.
Taylor, Miss M'Lean, Hon. J. Hillyard Cameron, Mrs.
Cameron, two children, and two servants, Miss Easterly,
and Miss Watson, Mrs. Dunlop, infant, and nurse, Mr.
R. Tyler and lady, Miss NI. Jenkins, Miss Clayton, Miss
F. Jenkins, Mrs. Hurtado, two children, and nurse, Mr.
Brand, lady, two children, and nurse, Mrs. Hamilton,
Miss Hamilton, Miss Easterly, Miss Hamilton, Mr.
J. M. Leigh, Mr. Cowlishaw, Mr. Jordan, Mr. Leisey,
Mr. W. Smith, Mr. Lovett, Mr. Laza, Mr. Hart, Mr.
Perry. H.8.M., consul at Panama, Mr. Kuhn, Mr. Oser,
Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Slidell, Mr. Masendorff,
Mr. Watson, Mr. Clayton, Mr. Carew, Mr. Vander
Henvel, Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. Battey, Mr. Barr, Mr.
M'Lean, Mr. M'Conkey, Mr. Parker, Dr. Bell, Mr.
Goodman, Mr. Westcott, Mr. Carvalho, Mr. S. Bull,
Mr. W. Reid, Mr. D. Ropes, Mr. E. Crepin, Mrs. Praderas
and four children, Rev. G. Perkins and lady, Miss
Hutchinson and maid, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. C. Patter-
son, Mr. Bogle, Mr. Ramsey, Mr. Gates, Mr. Benjamin,
Mr. Myers, Mr. Goodenhover, Rev. B. T. Hafkenschied,
Mr. Morris, Mr. Clay, Mr. D. M'lnnes, Mr. A. Walker,
Mr. Brenan, Mr. Lay, Senor Don Juan Antonia Fer-
nandez and son, Mr. Rodgers, Mr. E. B. Smith, Mr.
Clough, Mr. Roy, Mr. Markham, Mr. R mmein, Mr.
Genibrel, Mr. Juintana, Capt. G. Heation, Mrs. T. Con-
nor, Miss Juintana, Master Juintana, Mr. C. T.
Stewart, Mr. R. L. Fabrian, Mr. Young, Mr. John
Mure, Mr. R. Taylor, Mr. C. Graseman, Mr. Chotte,
Mr. Mackenna, Mr. Simmons, Miss A. Heation, Miss
C. Heation, Miss Hodge, Mrs. Cobden, Mr. Pcnjohlkir.
Dudoussat, Mr. E. C. Angiolim, Mr. F. Attwood, Mr.
Poulteney and lady, Mr. Fluck and lady, Mr. Y. R.
Smith, Mr. J. Lyons, Mr. A. Ogden, Mrs. Walker and
child, Mrs. N. Kochilberg, Mr. F. W. Stone, Mr. R.
Kortosk, Mr. J. Stevenson, Mr. S. Hope, Mrs. Newell,
and Mr. M'Lever and lady.

The steam-ship Baltic, Comstock, arrived at New
York on the 26th ult. from this port.
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An extensive fire had occurred- at Baltimore. In con-
sequence of the rigid enforcement of the 18th article of
the new constitution of Indiana, the black population of
that state were leaving in hundreds for quarters rceer,tly
vacated in the Eastern States. All persons whose
mothers are unable to prove the possession of a greater
proportion than one•sixteenth of European b10,,d, and
who came into Hoosierdow since November 1, 1851, are
forced to leave. All negroes, mulattoes, quadroons,
octageroons, duodecaroons, &c., who can prove a re-
sidence in the state prior to s.Tovember 1, IBsr, are
allowed to remain under certain conditions, and by re-
gistering their names with the county clerk. Any per-
son who employs a negro who is in the state, contrary to
the new law, is liable to a tine of not less than ten nor
more than five hundred dollars."
Her Majesty's frigate Leander sailed from New York
for Halifax on the 25th. Shortly before sailing one of
her boats was sent ashore, with eight men, in charge of a
midshipman, to bring off stores. While at the wharf,
four of the men deserted ; the other four preferred re-
maining. The midshipman attempted to prevent their
desertion, but a crowd of bystanders threatened to throw
him into the dock if be left the boat.