The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-09-13 00:00:00

HORTICULTURE

STOVE, CONSERVATORY, GREENHOUSE, &C.—The plants
for winter display will now require all the attention of the
gardener. The seedsmen have received their stocks of
bulbs, which are in excellent condition this year. An early
selection should be made, .as the best are usually chosen
first. A good number of Hyacinths, Narcissus, Jonquils,
early Tulips, Sachenalias, &c., should be put in, as they
supply a most agreeable means of decorating the house
when other flowers are scarce. Lay out the stems of
Chrysanthemums singly to neat sticks ; this is not only
pecessary.for improving their appearance, but it also assists
in preventing mildew, by admitting the air thoroughly
to all parts of the plant.
KITCHEN GARDEN.—The fruit crop is now ready in
most places for gathering and storing : this operation re-
quires much care and attention. Dry weather and very
careful handling are essential to its future preservation.
Those intended for the fruit-room should be perfectly free
from bruises and other defects, and all windfalls should
be rejected. Take up the onion crop, and dry it under
shelter, if possible, with free admission of air and light to
ripen the bulbs. If new beds of strawberries have been
planted, they should be watered with weak liquid manure
during dry weather. - Earth up the winter crops, such as
alery, cabbage, brocoll, &c.

FO_RER

FRANCE

INTELLIGI

the Corps Legislatit have terminated

vernment candidat

" abstentions" took place amongst the electors, particu-
larly at Orleans, where in five cantons of the town nearly
8,000 electors " abstained" out of 9,969.

For many years past, long before 1848, the question of
the transatlantic steamers has been concocted in France,
but the rivalry of the principal seaports as to which was to
get this bonus never allowed the matter to be definitively
settled. The Emperor has given the grant to a certain
M. Lefevre, a French gentleman established in the United
States, where he has, by inheritance and industry, made a
considerable fortune—of some millions of dollars. Having
asked an audience from Napoleon, he declared himself
ready to undertake the.whole scheme without the assist-
ance of government, which the other contractors had
invariably asked, provided he was allowed to buy his
steamers ready-built in England or America. This per-
mission was verbally granted, in spite of the opposition of
some of the ministers. The first boat is to start a; the end
of October for New York. Dieppe is the port designated
as the principal starting place ; of course, the necessary
arrangements for a seaport must be made by government.
There are to be, for the beginning, eight vessels, which
number afterwards, however, will be increased in, 16, and
they are to run in three lines between France and New
York, the Gulf of Mexico, and.Brazils.

It was declared very positively on the Bourse on Thurs-
day that accounts had reached the French Government of
the refusal of the Emperor of Russia to accept the note
of the Porte in a modified state, and that it was for the
purpose of discussing the course to be pursuel that M.
Fould had been summoned to Dieppe by the Emperor
Napoleon. An opinion is held by some politicises in Paris
that the Emperor of Russia himself has, by means of
corruption at Constantinople, assisted in producing a
decision of the Divan which gives him a pretest for pro-
longing the occupation of the Principalities.
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BELGIUM.—A succession of fetes, almost unbroken since
the marriage of the young Duke of Brabant wits the still
more youthful Duchess, has marked the royal condescen-
sion and the popular sympathy, in all the principal towns
of Belgium. At Antwerp the king and the newl3-married
royal pair had a most enthusiastic reception.
HANOVEIL-It is stated that the reigning Duke of
Brunswick, who has no issue, is about to abdicate. The
titular duke, so long notorious in London and Paris, is de-
barred from the succession, having been deprived of his
duchy by the Germanic Diet. The consequence of the
projected abdication of the present duke will be, commer-
cially as well as politically, important. The duchy of
Brunswick is merged in the kingdom of Hanover, which
thereby becomes nearly as large as Saxony.

AUSTRIA.—The 'Russian reply to the despatch contain-
ing the modifications of the Porte is expected at Vienna
about this period. The Russian cabinet's objection to the
modifications will refer principally to the treaties of Kain-
ardji and Adrianople.
To prevent further complications, the Austrian govern-
ment, supported by the Ambassadors of the great Powers,
has proposed the opening of direct negociations on the
points in dispute. These negociations are to be conducted
by the Count Nesselrode and the Ottoman Ambassador,
who is to be sent to St. Petersburgh. This proposal, it is
hoped, will be accepted by the litigant parties. The Rus-
sian Ambassador is said to assert that the evacuation of
the Principalities will shortly commence, and that in any
case the Russians will not pass the winter in those provinces.

TURKEY.—The news of the 25th from Constantinople
and of the 26th from Odessa is not satisfactory. The pre-
, valent impression in the Turkish capital is that Russia
will consider the proposed modifications equivalent to a
rejection of the Vienna note. At all events the Porte is
preparing for the worst, as fresh troops are continually
sent off to Varna and Shumla. On the 25th a detachment
of the Imperial Guard left Constantinople, and it is again
rumoured that Mehemet Ali Pasha, the Minister of War,
is about to follow it to the camp.
A letter from Shumla of the 15th ult., states that the
army of Omar Pasha consists of 65,000 men and 180 pieces
of cannon. He was daily receiving reinforcements, whilst
the Russians, it was said, had lost 13,000 men by typhus
and diarrhoea since their entrance into the Principalities.
The Russians, to the number of 6,000 men, pitched their
tents on the 10th at Totragun, on the left bank of the
Danube, so that the sentinels of the two armies are within
musketshot of each other.
Letters from Odessa state, that the wheat in the town
stores amounts to 2,000,000 of chetwerts,' and that the
rent of warehouses had been quadrupled.
The latest accounts from the Danubian provinces state
that the Russian army is suffering severely from disease,
and that provisions have reached a famine price at Bu-
charest. It is believed that the Emperor would willingly
withdraw his troops if an " honourable excuse" were
offered to him.

It was positively stated at the Russian Embassy in
Paris, that when the Emperor was informed that the
Porte had modified the note of the Conference of Vienna
before accepting it, he observed in a tone of much modera-
tion, that he would willingly make concessions for the
express purpose of meeting the wishes of the European
Powers, but that he would not hnmilitate himself in the
eyes of the world by submitting to propositions proceeding
direct from the Sultan.

Russa..—A letter from St. Petersburg, of the 27th ult.,
in the Hamburg News, says : " The manoeuvres of the
corps of Grenadiers of the Guard has just been terminated
by a grand review in presence of the Emperor and of all
the Court. The next day the troops took repose, and then
were marched off to their winter quarters. The Emperor
is shortly to set out for Warsaw, and may perhaps even
visit Austria." Another letter from St. Petersburg, of
the same date says : " Intelligence has been received here
from Teheran, that the proceedings of the sect of the Babis,
who some time ago attempted to assassinate the Shah, still
continue. They lately spread a report that the Shah was
dead_ and flip rumour mainAd sneh irronnd that his Majesty

through-
the bazaars and the principal streets. Several
Babis were arrested, and tortured in the most cruel man-
ner in the presence of the people." _ _ _

AruicA.The royal mail steam-ship, Forerunner, Capt.
Barnwell, arrived at Plymouth, on Friday, with mails
from the west coast of Africa, &c. The Forerunner made
a good passage, and would have reached home earlier but
for her being obliged to call at Ferrol for coals. She
brings news that the boats of the Faith, which were sup-
posed to have been lost, with the purser and crew with
mails, had since been seen, and search was being made for
them by the Ferrol and Waterwitch.
H.M.S. Volcano and the American frigate Constitution
were at Sierra Leone. The Britomart sailed the day pre-
vious to the arrival of the Forerunner at that place. The
Polyphemus was off Accra.
Admiral Bruce was expected at Lagos on the 16th of
August. The slave trade is said to be more than usually
brisk.

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA

By the British and North American royal mail steam-
ship America, Captain Shannon, which reached the Mersey
on Sunday afternoon, we have intelligence from New York
to the 30th and Boston to the 31st ult.
The America brought 79 passengers, among whom were
the Earl of Elgin, Governor of Canada, Lady Elgin, and
three children. She also brought $127,569 on freight.

The steam-ship Europa, which sailed from this port at
11 35, a.m., on the 20th ult., arrived at Boston at 5 30,
a.m., on the 31st.

gold dust on freight and $250,000 in the hands of pas-
sengers.

..tne great snip of o,ut
by Mr. M`Kay, and intended for the Liver
lian trade, had been named the Great Bel
was to be launched in about five weeks.
papers announce the formation of a joint-stock company to
run six iron ships, of 800 tons, between that port and
Liverpool. Two bales of the new cotton crop, received in
New York from Charleston, had been sold at 13c. per lb.
The first bale of Sea Island cotton was received in Savannah
on the 26th. _ _ .

)1 and Austra,
nblican. She

ie Montreal

From New Orleans we have the following communica.
ms !—Ano. 26th. The interments yesterday were•2l9.

Deaths by-yellow fever

The ' interments to-day

caused by yellow fever. The New Orleans papers give an
account of the operations of the Howard Association. The

of these 2,204 were discharged cured; 723 died, and 1,606
were under treatment still. They were providing nurses
and homes for 162 parentless infants, and had 300 nurses
employed. Five deaths from yellow fever had occurred at
Mobile on the 23d ult. The firing of cannon in the streets
had been discontinued on account of its bad effects on the
sick, but the burning of tar was continued. A correspon-
dent of the New York Tribune, says, "The officer in
charge of St. Patrick's Cemetery informed me that they
have fights there every day over the dead. Many of the
Irish pull up the pickets of the fence and bury their dead,
without a certificate or any account taken of them. Cattle
had got into the cemetery and trampled upon and in
the new-made graves. At Potter's Field they bury in
trenches, dug from two to two-and-a-half feet deep. A
deputation, of citizens from Baton Rouge has arrived to
assist in nursing the patients."
A disturbance had occurred at Niagara Falls. It ap-
pears that the Deputy Marshal proceeded to arrest a
coloured waiter, named Sneed, alias Watson, on the
charge of having killed a Mr. Jones, at Savannah, four
years ago, and for whom a reward of $1,500 had been
offered. The other waiters, believing that their companion
was arrested as a fugitive slave, rescued him from the
officers, and, after a severe fight, started with him for the
Canadian shore. The ferryman, who had some misgivings
about the matter, rowed out into the stream, and then
came back to ascertain the nature of the negro's offence.
Upon being informed that it was murder, he promptly
returned the man to the American shore. By this time
upwards of two hundred negroes had assembled at the
landing, fully prepared for a desperate resistance. The
officers, however, called to their assistance some three
hundred Irish railroad labourers. A regular pitched battle
ensued ; the negroes were put to flight, and the prisoner
was conducted by the officers to Buffalo, where he will be
detained till the necessary papers are received for his
transfer to the south.
Advices from the City of Mexico to the 9th ult. state
that the establishment of a national bank had been unfa-
vourably reported upon. The black vomit was prevailing
at Acapulco. Many deaths had occurred. Geu. Manuel
Villada had died of the disease. Accounts from New
Mexico announce that the Mexican troops had again ad-
vanced, as if to take possession of the Mesilla Valley.
Letters from Montreal report the arrest and liberation
on bail of the Hon. Charles Wilson, mayor of the city, on
a charge of murder. This charge arises out of the colli-
sion between the troops and the people on the occasion of
the Gavazzi riots.

The British mail steamer Quito was wrecked on the 10th
of August. She struck unexpectedly upon a rock, twelve
miles from Huasco, and, rebounding from it, was dashed
against another, so as to stave in her bottom ixnmediatelye.
The Quito was a new iron vessel, the property the
Pacific Pacific Steam Navigation Company. One passenger, Don
Cruz Tobar, was drowned. '
o with
H.M.S. Thetis put into Panama on the 6th ohm _
$420,000 in specie, of which 2,,W,000 would be sibipped
arig to
across the isthmus, and the bAla.uog Vale a o
England.

PTEMBER 13, 1853•