New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-05-05

and Cowes on the morning Il The l4tbs and -.
encountered strong westerly winds for the noe
Of the passage Arrived Of Sandy Hook On
Monday night, making the passage n about
The Canada, from Boston, reached Livsrps,l
on the 10th April rl-'s
We have intelligence by teIeeyaph 4 ia -
rival Of the overland mail with Bomb4v dnf.s =
the 18th March. The treaty Of peas VIII ~
Burmese was expected to be Immediately Co.
cluded. 'Disturbanc had broken outat BsW11,
pore, and the intervention Of the BritisA ~
been called for. y, w
Accounts from Constantinop1e had been ~
ceived TO the 9th March. At that date Pffnce
Menschikof had not made any cficial commu-
nication to the Divan, and the intentions q
Russia continued to be involved In the most
complete mystery. The Prince had de-
seemed little disposed to grant him. On ssch
sue delay seemed to be the object, the Su1tan
under the pretext that certain questions Con-
cerned the other powers, declared that be woald
not negotiate upon them till tke Bfftish and
ana frencn Ambassadors had arrived The
liminary discussions. At malta rumors ~ var
had completely subsided. The French neet va
lying in Salamis Bay.
The correspondent of the London Tjmea. Il
Constantinopley states that Russia is trying 6
conclude secret treaty with the Porte, imilaR
tuaS VI Oukalr OkeleeSL, anu I01fI0R tUI9. CVB~
stantinople would probably be taken by conp
de main.
The Ottoman Embassy in London, had issuef
an official notice to the holders Of the abortiye
Turkish Loan, that the amount would be st once
refunded. together with premium x "a ffancs
to each 1000 franc bond. .....'... =.
Marshal Redetzky had refused the henmn
proffered to him by the Emperor Of Ausfria. ~
preferred not to leave Italy. It was mpposea,
therefore, that the substitution Of civil N
military power in Italy would not yet ta1s
place.
The health of the Queen Of England wss be-
ing rapidly re-establshed, and the young Prince
is reported as doing we'll
In the House of Commons on the 11sh instant.
the third reading Of the Canadian. Clergy Re-
serves Bill was carried by majority of sinhtv
in favor of the Cabinet. In the House Of LSxds,
on that day, nothing of importance was tsans-
acted.
A trial trip of the new screw-ship Duke q
Wellington, of 131 guns, lthe largest lipe of !,
battle ship in the WORLDLY was made as Ports
mouth on the 1lth inst. Her speed averaged tsa !
knots, and was considered very satisfactory fbr
| first performance. s,@@
LONDON, April 11.-It was announced today
that the arrangements which have been long
pending for the formation If general syste6
of railways for Canada, by a consinu5ds aain
line that shall connect and ineospsvuse she7ihsv
L
completed: The new company is to Be .cslIed
the Grand Trunk Hallway Company Of Utp&r
| Canada, and its aggregate capital Is 6xed ntj
G9,5G00O0, of which 1923 900 is now TO b.
raised in England, in shares and guafaat6ad
debentures. OF the remainder. the sum of El,-
4l6 400 has been already raised in Canada.
9S37 600 is still to be allotted there, and E3,.
623 ,OO0 is taken by the contractors, With tie
stipulation that they shall reserve two- thirdso Of
| that amount to offer them to the preeeus tuh-
scribers at par on the LIST July, 154, twsays
months after the anticipated opening Of an in
portant section Of the line. The shares are to
be for Sos each, and the debentures will Be
issued pro rata. - sit svs4 cag ,ssRs-t 81
These debentures are divided into two clasnss,,
one class being simply debentures Of the eomnA-
ny, payable in % years, with half yearly inter-
est at 9 per cent, and the option Of converting
them into shares any time before 1858 and me
other being virtually the bonds Of the PruvinsiaI
Government, payable in 20 years and hserilg
interest at per cent They viii both be n,
amounts Of Gl00 each, and thus every subsc11-
ber Of f200 in shares will also take E1OO Of the
railway and e101 Of the Government debentures.
The entire length Of the line will be lll2 nilas,
and it will extend from Trois PistOllea, the GFpat
. shipping port of Canada in summer thfoueh
Quebec, Montreal, and Toronto, to Sarnia, On
! Lake Huron, including likewise the st. Lau-
, renee and Atlantic Railway, the American por.
, tion of which viii be leased, and by which the
whole route will be opened up to the port Of
Portland in the State of Maine
Accompanying the prospectus is a copy Of the
recent dispatch from Lord Elgin to the Colonial
office, short abstract of which was given in
the Times of the Oath February, showing the
extraordinary progress made by Canada during
the last ten years, and consequently the favora-
BILE prospects of cheaply constructed national
railway, secured against all competition sand
supported by the Government, passing through
av,I
all the produce and passenger traffic from the
far west to the Atlantic. The directors in Lon
don are Messrs. Barring, Glyn, Blake, Meal
mont, Kirkman, Hodgson and Alderman Thomp-
son, and in Canada the Board comprises some Of
the principal pembers Of the Government
FRANCE.
1t has already been mentioned that il was no
longer matter of doubt that the Pope does not
come to crown the Emperor. 1t has been 70
} decided at Rome; and dispatch received very
recently from the Pontifcal Government men,
tions at some length the reasons why that reso-
luton was adopted. Fa aieF
The Government has presented to the Council
Of State bill to regulate pension to the widow
Of Marshal Ney, from the day of his death to the
present time. The arrears, thus accumulated. |.
amount to about 290, ,0G0f
A few days ago some arrests were made at tho
Carre st. Martin, on the charge of distributing
secretly, and Of course illegally, certain produe-
tons, either pamphlets or manifestos, Of Mn.
Felix Pyat and Caussidiere, and Sergeant Boz
chot; and yesterday and to-day other arrests
have taken place on the same or similar charges.
The number Of arrested Is said TO be l4O, but
this is believed to be exaggerated, and perhaps
from 80 to 60 would be nearer the mark b.
, A letter from Lorinet gives the following de-
tails Of the escape and recapture Of Blanqui and
Caravan: uR l 8s.t ~ 'NSe ASA5
, sin the morning Of the 9th the town Of Palafs
I was thrown into great agitation in consequsacs
of Blanqui and Cazavan having contrived to
elude the vigilance of the jailers and escaped
from the citadel by climbing over wall hy
means of a rope, and afterwards crossing the
ditch. The troops of the garrison, the gendar-
merle, and number of the jailers were soon in
pursuit Of them. The two prisoners were found
at nine o'clock, and recaptured in the village Of
Radence, near the great hght-hous They
were concealed in the barn of farmer, from
whence they hoped to find the means of reaeh-
ing the mainland The iugitives were brought
, back to Palais about noon. Blanqui was placed
on cart, as he prevented from walking by
u slight wound which he received from the glass
placed at the top Of the wall over which he had
.l;,nhad Tbav hod with thar, 1lQHf 4