The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-20 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

PRANCE

The political arrests have not entirely ceased
but they are now very few in number. It is said that c

those which have taker place most recently, some are in
connection with a plot for assassinating the Emperor on
the occasion of the inauguration of the Rue de Strausburgh.
A timely warning prevented the Emperor's attending the
ceremony. Placards ' have made their appearance in the
streets of Paris, announcing, on the part of the adminis-
trators of the Royal domains, the sale of the chateau and
estate Rainey, belonging to the Orleans' family, in virtue
der " tl of -1"

-.re confiscation decree of _le 22L January, 1852.
The upset price is 1,383,098 f. Major Magnan, who assisted
Omer Paella in constructing the immense fortifications
erected on the Danube and in the Balkan, has arrived in
Paris, and has had an audience with the Emperor. A
French Cabinet courier left Paris on Wednesday night
with despatches for the ambassador at Constantinople.
His orders were to proceed by the shortest route, to em-
ploy the most -rapid means of conveyance, and to rest
neither night -nor day till he arrived at his destination.
His despatches are believed to contain instructions suited
to the exigency of the moment.

SPAIN.-The Official Gazette of the 11th contains
several important decrees. Six members of the Council
have been sUsrnissed. General Jose de la Concha is de-
prived of his place of commander-in-chief of the cavalry,
and General Ros de Olano is no longer director of the
Military Board of Health.
PORTIMAL.—A letter from Lisbon, in the Heraldo of
Madrid of the :7th, says that the King Regent of Portugal
intended to demand from the Cortes the proclamation of
the majority of his son, King Pedro V. ; also that it was
reported that the young King intended to make a journey
in Spain and Portugal.
ITALY.—Negotiations are said to be in progress for the
simultaneous evacuation of the Romish States by the
French and Austrian armies of occupation. It is stated
that a secret treaty exists, by which that double occupa-
tion was to last for five years. The five years being about
to expire, the Pope is anxious to get rd of his foreign
protectors, and to trust to the safeguard of Italian troops
alone. The King of Naples is organising a body of
20,000 men, which he promised Pio Nono, during his
residence at Gaeta, that he would place at his disposal.
The whole of these troops are to adopt the Pontifical
cockade, and to protect the Holy See, along with the
12,000 men whom the Pope has already in his service. _

Governnient of Baden has informed the
various German Governments of the quarrel between the
Grand Duke's Cabinet and the Archbishop of Freiburg.
That prelate still insists on suspending the priests who
refuse implicit obedience to his orders, and the Govern-
ment, in its turn, continues its coercive measures against
the priests who obey the orders of the Archbishop.
ALISTRIA.—A despatch from Vienna of the 9th states
that ever since the collective note was despatched to Con-
stantinople, the conferences of the ambassadors have been
long and frequent. That very day M. de Bourquene had
an interview with Baron Meyendorff. The export of arms
and ammunition to Bosnia has been prohibited by an
order of the Austrian Government. The Christian popula-
tion of Bosnia is in a state of great excitement.
EGYPT.— We have intelligence by Overland mail from
Alexandria to the 6th instant. A great number of mer-
chant vessels arrived during the last fortnight, and are
taking in cargoes of grain and pulse. The stocks of grain
in Alexandria seem to be greater than was at first sup-
posed ; and, though the exportation is still limited to the
quantities held by the merchants here, the apprehensions
of deficiencies to fill the vessels are not yet felt. It is also
now known that the stocks in the Viceroy's stores are very
great, and the only reasons that can be imagined to induce
his Highness to hold these large supplies are either that
he meditates a great speculative stroke by selling when
prices rise still higher, or that his intention must be to
ship off supplies to the Sultan's army.
PERSlA.—Persia has declared war against Turkey. Be-
fore this step was definitely taken, the British Chargé
d'Affairs at Teharan had suspended his diplomatic relations
with the Persian Government, in consequence of that
power having resolved to take part against the Ottoman
Porte, and to march an army to the frontier. This move-
ment on the part of the Schah of Persia had for some
time been apprehended, as his relations with Turkey were
such as to induce him to take advantage of the increasing
difficulties whieh encompass the Ottoman Empire.
CANADA.—We have intelligence from Quebec to the Ist
instant. The winter season has fairly set in. The British
ship Britannia, while at anchor off Quebec, on the 28th
ult., was cut through by ice and waterlogged ; she was
towed to Wolfe's Cove. The British ship, John Campbell,
had to ship her anchor, to escape the ice, and was towed
to the Cove. Capt. Howell, of the British bark Elizabeth,
which went ashore at Reviere de Loup on the night of
the 28th, reports nine British vessels ashore at Hare
Island and River Side. One of these barks, the Mount
Washington, has since passed Riviere de Loup in safety.
Another bark, the British Queen, was surrounded by ice
on the 28th, and the crew had abandoned her. Twenty-
one square-rigged vessels, of upwards of 12,000 tons,
some were loaded, would probably have to winter in
Quebec. Several had taken up winter berths on the 30th.
The ships Wilson, J.K.L., and Waterlily, and brig Sutton,
were also ashore at Hare Island. Several ships are
reported ashore at Bic.
CENTRAL AMERlCA.—Advices have been received by the
Steam-ship, La Plata. It was rumoured that the Govern-
ment of the United States was negotiating with General
Cabanas, the President of tie Republic of Honduras, for
the purchase of the island of Tigre, on the Pacific coast.
This island is situated in Tonsegay Bay, and is considered
one of the best anchoring places in the Pacific. Its posses-
sion would be of considerable value as an intermediate
coaling station for the steamers on their route to and from
San Francisco, and also a depot for merchandise, which
would find a good sale in Central America. A political
object was, however, supposed to be concealed in this
attempt of the Americans to obtain possession of a colony
in the vicinity of Central America. Every effort was being

made to complete the Panama Railway as soon as practi-
cable. 1,700 labourers are now employed upon it, and ad-
ditions were being made every fortnight by the steamers
from Carthagena. Besides this, two shiploads of Irish
labourers were daily expected from the Emerald Isle, who
would commence work with an equal number of Coolies
now on their way to Panama.

Sou= AMERICA.—The Brazilian screw steamer Olinda,
Captain Haram, has arrived at Cork, and her mails were
received here on Saturday morning. The delay in her
arrival has been caused by a slight derangement in her
machinery, and a detention of five days in quarantine at
Lisbon. She left Monte Video on the 4th, Rio Janerio
on the 13th, Bahia the 18th, Pernambuco the 20th, St.
Vincent the 29th ultimo, and Lisbon on the Bth instant.
She brings dates from Buenos Ayres to the 29th October,
forty-three passengers, and £7,726 in specie. On the Bth
December the Olinda passed the British squadron of six
sail near Lisbon. At Rio, the anxiety relative to European
affairs had tended to affect business. Exchange closed at
27/ to 27i. Coffee firm. At Buenos Ayres the Ministry
had .not announced any definite programme of policy.
Important reforms in the import and export tariff were
pending in the Chamber of Representatives. Buenos
Ayres remained tranquil, and business was reviving.
Obligado had been elected Governor. Judicial proceed-
ings had been commenced against the perpetrators of the
murders committed during Rosas' Government, and some
executions had taken place. In Monte Video the only
political occurrences of any moment were the death of
General Lavallija, the Provisional Government Director,
and the departure of Oribe for Spain. The accounts from
the departments are satisfactory, as all of them have
declared in favour of the existing Government. Govern-
ment had disposed of one-half of the Customs' revenue
to the former contractors. Under a decree of the 10th
ult. the navigation of the interior rivers is open to the
flags of all nations. In hides and tallow supplies con-
tinued stinted, with an improved tendency in prices. At
Pernambuco business was limited : the sugar crop was
very late. Exchange 27 to 27k. Money scarce, at ten
per cent. At Bahia exchange was quoted 27d. Freights
had advanced. The crops of sugar will be very deficient.
At Rio the shares of the New National Bank had been sub-
scribed for with a feverish excitement, and maintained a
premium of 10 per cent. The Emperor had granted a con-
cession for a railway from Bahia to the River San Francisco.
From Chili we learn that the Congress had closed its ses-
sion, and the extraordinary powers granted to the Exe-
cutive last year had expired. Congress had empowered
the Government to enter into contracts with the company
proposing to establish steam communication with Europe
by way of the Straits of Magellan, A grant of $50,000 to
General Bulness had been sanctioned by the Congress.
The intelligence from Peru is important. Don Domingo
Elias had raised an insurrection in the north, and seemed
determined to upset the present Government. His first
attempt at Tumbez failed, but the last accounts left him at
the head of a fresh revolt at Chiclayo, near Lambayeque.
General Torrico, the Minister of War, had gone with 300
troops to endeavour to put down the revolt. Hostilities
have at last commenced between Bolivia and Peru. The
Bolivian army in the south, headed by General Belzu, had
passed the frontier of Peru. The movement appears to
have astonished the Peruvians and roused them into sud-
den activity.

TURKEY,

Further details of the disastrous affair at Sinope have
been followed by the hasty news of another Turkish
defeat. A despatch from Vienna of Thursday, contained
the intelligence that the Russian General Andronikoff had
defeated the Turks in a battle at Akhalzik, on the borders
of Turkish Armenia, leaving 4,000 of their number dead
on the field.

Although there is nothing of such magnitude to set
against this triumph of Russia, the news which reaches
Constantinople of Turkish successes, in detail, is very en.
couraging to the Ottoman cause. Near Fort St. Nicholas
(Chekvetil), the Russians were repulsed in an attempt to
land 18,000 men. Their retreat was attended with heavy
loss, and was cut off in the direction of Russia. The
Mussulman population of Georgia had risen in arms for
Turkey. Schamyl and Selim Pacha had taken various
fortresses ; and amongst them Redut-Kaleh, on the Black
Sea coast, Kislar, Zahkatala, Kahetty, and Djeln.
As regards the affair at Sinope, the news of which
caused much excitement at Constantinople, it is certainly
true that ten Turkish vessels of war and three transports
were destroyed ; but it is also true that the immensely
superior Russian force, although victorious, came out of
the engagement in a scarcely less shattered condition than
its opponents. The carnage on both sides was immense.
Osman Pacha, who was wounded, fell into the hands of the
enemy. Several officers, both English and French, were
on board the Turkish fleet.

The defeat at Sinope was known at Constantinople on
the 3d. A grand Divan was held, of which all the Foreign
Ministers were present. The English and French Am-
bassadors were urged to despatch the combined fleets into
the Black Sea ; but they had an audience of the Sultan, at
which it was resolved not to send the whole fleet at once,
but four frigates, to obtain more precise information, as
well as to afford medical assistance to the wounded.
Through a Russian source we are informed that Prince
Orbehan encountered 30,000 Turks, who had passed the
Arpatchai, near Alexandropol, and, after a sharp engage-
ment, drove them back. They were retreating on the
14th November. _ _ _

It is also said that, in another direction, General Brum-
mer charged 7,000 Turks with the bayonet, and com-
pletely routed them, taking a cannon, two standards, and
a part of the Turkish train and ammunition. The Lloyd
of Vienna states that the Austrian consuls in the Otto-
man Empire having taken Russian subjects there under
their protection, the Porte requested the Austrian Cabinet
to take under its protection Turkish subjects in Russia.

The application has been complied with, the Emperor of
Russia having consented to the arrangement.
Several German journals publish atletter from Vienna,
which speaks of a very warm engagement on the road
from Kalafat to Krajova, between the Turks, commanded
by Ismail Pacha, and the Russian troops under the orders
of General Kynevitch. After a sanguinary struggle the
victory remained indecisive, but the Russians retired
within the entrenchments which they have established
near Krajova.
CoNsTANTniopLE, DEC. :6.--intelligence has reached
this capital of a large corps of Circassians marching upon
Souchonm Kaleh

,RONSTADT, DEC. 6.—lt is again asserted that Prince
Gortschakoff has been instructed to hold himself in readi-
ness to pass the Danube. The British consul from
Bucharest arrived here on the ard instant.
TRIESTE, DEC. 11.—A conspiracy against the Vladika
has been discovered in Montenegro. The conspirators
are members of the Senate. Petrowitsch is one of them.
On the plot being discovered they took to flight, and
sought refuge at Cattaro.

Intelligence from Constantinople states that the Phoebe,
or Hebe, an English merchantman, has been fired into by
the Russians and then boarded, in thevicinityof Trebisond.

On the demand of M. de Bruck, the delay accorded to
Russian merchantmen, before seizing them as prizes, has
been prolonged.
The Turks have not taken the fortress'of Akalsik : they
only occupy the town..

The Pc;r7te has prolonged the permission for Russian
trading vessels to pass the Black Sea and Mediterranean
for forty-five days ; elsewhere for three months.
Via Lemberg we have advices at Vienna from Odessa of
the sth December. An English merchantman was burnt
at Sinope. Osman Pasha was severely wounded. The
town of Sinope was wholly destroyed.
VIENNA, DEc. 16. —The Turkish embassy has received
advices warranting the conclusion that the combined fleets
have now entered the Black Sea, to prevent further
hostilities.

Swami, DEC.L—Official advices, received at Belgrade,
state that the Russians have attacked the Turkish entrench-
ments at Kalafat.

The following account of the engagement at Sinope is
forwarded by the correspondent of the Times at Malta:—
" A bloody action took place on the 30th of November, at
Sinope, on the Asiatic side of the Black Sea. An Ottoman
division, composed of four frigates, two corvettes, three or
four small vessels, and two steamers, was in port, when a
Russian force, comprising three line-of-battle ships and
several frigates and corvettes, favoured by the wind, en-
tered, and the fight commenced. The struggle was dread-
ful, and sustained with heroic courage by the Turks. The
batteries of the town were brought into play. The city
was burning in two places. The Taif, which brought the
news to Constantinople, reports that when she left Sinope
the fight was continued with determined obstinacy. They
saw on board one Russian liner go down. The Taif was
attacked, had several bullets through her, and many men
killed and wounded. It is added that the steam-frigates
Retribution and Mogador, one from each division, have
left to convey assistance to the wounded, whilst a third
steamer (English) has been dispatched for precise details
of the action. '

CIRCASSIA.—SchamyI is rendering most efficient co-ope-
ration to the Ottoman forces. As soon as the old Imaum
found that serious obstinate war between Russia and
Turkey was a certainty, he collected 16,000 men and 20
guns. His lieutenant, Daniel Bey, was intrusted with
3,000 and four guns, the Naib Emir with 5,000 men as a
reserve, and Abdnul Ghamar with 2,500. Schamyl him-
self attacked the fortress of Zahkatala, while Daniel Bey
assaulted Khagetty, a strong position commanding an
important military road through the mountains. Zahkatala
fell after a most sanguinary battle, which lasted 36 hours.
The Russians fought most desperately, and when they
were unable longer to hold the place, they spiked their
guns, broke the spokes of their ammunition carriages, and
burnt their barracks. Schamyl next turned his arms
against Lignay, where he again was conqueror, and drove
the Russians in the direction of Tiflis. At Khagetty
Daniel Bey encountered a stout resistance, which he
endured for several days, but in the end the place fell into
his hands. After this Schamyl took four other fortresses
from the Russians, among them Dischten. He then
divided his little army into three corps, the strongest of
which marched updn Tiflis ; the second, led by Daniel Bey,
marched against Skirwan, and the two other leaders
remained at the head of the third division, which was
appointed a reserve. Prince Woronzow sent off dispatch
after dispatch for help. At last General Orlianoff, with
great difficulty, got together 15,000 men, with which to
come to his superior's aid. We are expecting further par-
ticulars respecting subsequent operations. Daniel Bey
subsequently attacked the second Russian division on the
River Mohacz, and took the fortress of Messer by storm.
General Dolgoruki marched against him in vain. Schamyl
Naib attacked and defeated him. On the shores of the
Black Sea another Turkish corps has taken the fortress of
Seffo, about five miles from Schefkatil. The Russians lost
400 men, and 200 escaped.

CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 9.—The English and French
steamers returned from Sinope on the 9th, bringing about
400 wounded. No less than 4,000 Turks perished in the
battle. They fired first, and are said to have behaved
with great bravery. The Russians, who were the real
aggressors, acted with great cruelty. The accounts still
leave it uncertain what loss was sustained by the Rus-
sians, and how much their ships suffered. Nor does it
appear whether the Turkish squadrons were met at sea
and pursued, or whether they were found and attacked in
harbour, although the latest supposition is most probable.
The movements of the combined fleets, consequent on the
return of the steamers, were not known at Constantinople
on the 9th, but it was reported that they were immedi-
ately to enter the Black Sea, and it was further reported
that the Turkish fleet would attack Sebastopol. The
Times believes that the fleets have left Bercos Bay, and
the Chronicle's Vienna correspondent telegraphs that
they are said to have entered the Black Sea. A e.espatch
in the Post says the whole of the Turkish squadron was
sunk at Sinope, and the town and fort nearly destroyed.
The Russians continued their fire long after the necessity
for it had ceased. The Russian ships sailed for Sebastopol
the following day. The attempt at negotiation and paci-
fication are to be continued at Constantinople, though
without hope. In Wallachia the Russians were marching
to dislodge the Turks from Kalafat. The last accounts
from Asia reduce the reported loss of the Turks at Acalsik
to 1,000 killed, 200 prisoners, and thirteen cannon, action
lasted eleven hours ; the Russians had nine officers wound-
ed, among whom was General Treitag, and their loss severe.
HERMANSTADT, DEC. 7.—lt has been stated that Gene-
ral Aurep is marching to dislodge the Turks from Kalafat.
This news is confirmed by the latest advices from the
Russian camp.

ODESSA, DEC. 4.—A great many Russian ships are
cruising off Varna. The Turkish vessels find great diffi-
culties on their passage from Constantinople to Varna.
Two Russian steamers are stationed off Galatz, and watch
the movements of the Turkish ships. The Russian cruisers
advance almost daily to the mouth of the Bosphorus.

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA

By the British and North American Royal Mail steam-
ship Canada, Captain Stone, we have intelligence from
New York to the 6th, and from Boston to the 7th instant.
The Canada sailed from Boston on the 7th, and from
Halifax on the 9th instant, and reached the Mersey about
one, a.m. on Sunday. She brought 101 passengers, and
$700,000 dollars in specie.
The screw steamer Andes, hence, put into Halifax, on
the sth instant, short of coals.
The United States mail steamer Humboldt, which left
Cowes on the 23rd ultimo, met with very heavy weather
on the passage, and ran short of coals. In making for
Halifax, on the morning of the 6th instant, she ran ashore
on the Sisters Rocks, at the mouth of the harbour, and
remained hard and fast. At latest accounts she was full
of water, and was certain to prove a total loss. Crew and
passengers were saved.
. . .

The-American steamer Atlantic, from this port, with
advices to the 16th November, reached New York on the
morning of the 29th.
The Europa arrived off Sandy Hook on the sth instant,
at ten o'clock, p.m., but did not enter New York until
nine o'clock on the morning of the 6th, in consequence of
fog. She made a very long passage, having encountered
very bad weather the whole voyage.
The emigrant ships that had arrived at New York were
more healthy, and but few additional deaths had been
reported.
Congress assembled on the sth, when there was an un-
usual expedition in the organisation of the house, and L.
Boyd was elected Speaker. The estimates for the army
proper are $10,151,000; for the naval establishment,
$10,234,000; and for the steam mail service, $1,496,000.