Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1853-07-21

peremptory instructions to NJ. de Fremont, to
confne himself to official intercourse with the
English Secretary of State.
Additional Foreign News.
England.-The debate OH India has terminal,
ed in favor ofthe Government by a much larger
majority than was antlclpated-322 against $40
in the proportion of more than two to one.
Russia and 1urkeJ-Thc London Times Of
the I'd INST, had received positive information
from st. Pctersburgh, by the packet which left
that capital for Stettin, on the evening of
The 18th Of June, that on that dav. on the re-
turn OF the last courier from Constan,nople, the
Emperor of Russia dispatched immediate orders
to hls troops to cross the Pulh. 1t was expect.
ed that tins determination would forthwith be
announced to the Russian nation, and to foreign
states, by manifesto.
letter dated Constantnople, June 10th, gives
the following Intelligence
"Couuers have brought dispatches by Bel
grade, which assure the Porte of the union and
complete understanding watch animate the
western powers. The English fleet is in Beska
Bay, the French fleet near Nytllene. The staff
OF the army OF the Roumela left on Saturday for
Narna. Omcr Pasha will command the army
of Shumla; that Of Rushbuck will be under the
orders of Mehemet Redschd Pasha The Has
sa Muchu leaves, 10 enter on his functions at
The end OF the present week In the two cams
there are apout $4,000 men under arms. and be-
fore long from $1,000 10 10000 redils Will ION
this army.
The Turkish fleet will be in the Black Sea
either tomorrow, or the day after. The A,neri
can irgate Cumberland, under the command of
Commodore Stringham, has obtained PERMISSION
to accompany II. It Is now certain that the
bFeakwaters Of Sulina have been DESTROYED by
the Russians, IN order to close the mouth of the
Danube against mercantile ships, and unfortu-
nateiy more ihantwo hundred vessels are caught
within as in trip.
The Chiefs of the Patrarchates have made a
declaration to Lord Siraiford de Redchffe, 70
cognizIng the clemency aud the good admlnls-
tfatlon of the Sublime Porte, and have protest.
ed against the aggression of Russia"
The Jena ship of the line, of 80 guns. sailed
from the Voulon, on the 18th, to JON the fleet IN
Beska Bay.
Letters dated the 30ih ult., from the Danubian
Provinces, speak Of the preparations for the pss.
sage Of the Pruth by the Russians.
he French War Office has agreed 10 fur.
nIsb $4,000 muskets 10 the Turkish government.
ana orders have been sent TO have them despatch
ed forthwith to Constantinople.
The Turkish feet is concentrated at the OK.
trennly Of the Bosphorus, from herapea Ia the
Black Sea, and consists OBS ships two of them
three deckers,) 10 tugates, coryettes. brigs
and steamers This force will be increased by
ships recalled from other stations, and 3 others
"hich are IN the course of equipment at the ar
sensL The mercantile shipping is more want
ed than ever at Constanunople and the Black
Sea ports
The Paris correspondent of the Morning
Chronicle suites that the Porte, encouraged by
the presence of the French and English fleets.
had followed up their rejection of the Russian
nlumatum by demand of the armed interyen.
ton OF the four great powers of Europe.
NEw YoRk, July II. The following news
was brought by the Arabia TO thus port IN a nr,.
va,c letter which reached us to day, via Boston
Liverpool, July ID. Just as the Arabia is
leaving her wharf, 1t IS telegraphed from Lon
don, on the authority of an extra of the london
Times, that 10000 Russians entered Jassy on
the 2ath of June. Ii Is not mentioned whether
they were opposed or not.,'
TERRIBLE STEAMBOAT DIsAsrrR. Al n.
bout two o'clock on Saturday morning. the
steamer Empire, when abou, FIVE miles below
Poughkeepse, n. T., on her down passage, was
run INTO by sloop with such force as TO knock
one OF her boilers and some parts of her ma-
chinery overheard This caused the steamer
almost immediately to take fire, spreading the
utmost CONSERVATION among her passengers.
who we're reused from their slumbers by the
force Of the sloop running into them They
were, however, all rescued safely and brought 10
Poughkeepsle by schooner the same mprning.
except some ten or twelve who were badly
scolded and three or four killed. Among The
killed we're the bartender, two females and a
boy, names not known. There were also sew
eral bodies, taken from the river and placed on a
sloop bound for Poughkeepsle Among the
wounded were J. ID. Scott, book peddler; Ed
ward q. Surtan, second engineer; Mr. Cushing.
,hirc engineer; Charles Cushman, fireman;
Mary Beedes and Mary Wooster two squaws
rom Canada; and Robert T. Cunningham. of
New Haven, badly scalded and leg broken; y.
;. Built, Of Washington, d. c two deck
hands, named James johnson and Peter Van
tealen and g. Parritt, of New Jersey. All of
he above are badly scalded and probably seven
Or eight will die. 1t is feared that some of the
passengers leaped overheard during the con.
sternaton and were drowned The fire on the
boat was extinguished as speedily as possible,
but she Is badly mutilatcd.
LATER FROM HAVANA Baltimore, July "a