New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-10-08

returned to the capital, and was present st 4
Cabinet Council held at St. Cloud on the 11th
inst.
In consequence of the financial measures Of
Government the French funds have again de-
clined
The Moaifeur publishes another denial Of the
statement that large quantities of corn had been
purchased by the French Government The
purchase of 419, 900 hectolitres made about six
weeks since in England, for the army and navy
is the only fact of the kind, says the .Nonifeuv,
which can have furnished pretence for such
allegations Beyond this purchase, which was
made for the express purpose of not influencing
thought Of meddling, directly or indirectly, with
any operations in the grain market.
RUSSIA AND TURKEY
An answer, to the effect that the Russian Gar
refused to sign the modified note, had been des-
patched from st. Petersburgh to Vienna on the
7th inst II was not certain whether the rejec-
tion was pure and simple, or whether, says the
London Times, reasons for the rejection were
stated which would necessarily lead to further
negotiations War between Russia and the
Porte was now considered inevitable.
Telegraphic accounts from Constantinople to
the 2sth August state that the Turks were wait
ing impatiently for manifest from the Sultan
explaining the position of Turkey with respect
to other powers
1t was again stated that Lord Stratford de,
Redcliffe had sent in his resignation as Embas-
sador of the British Government.
The cholera was making havoc in Bessarabia
The Cronstadt Zeitung has advices ofthe 30th
August from the Lower Danube After inform
ing us that the Turkish army is ssmad for war;"
the correspondent says: eff it should come to
blows, the campaign would not last long The
Russians move slowly but surely, and even those
who are hostile to them do not doubt that their
advance to Constantinople would be little more
than parade march.
M. Nogues, editor Of the Jouwul de Consfa,s-
finopie, has received hint from the Turkish
Government that if he writes any more violent
articles against Russia his papor will be stopped
1t lstimated that the ornaments OF the
Porte 3ip to the middle of August, must have
cost 12O,00O,00O piastres
The greatest discord is said to prevail in Da-
mascus. Some fanatical Mahomedan had ILL.,
used the Ere ( and Russian Consuls. The
former got SAT- action, but the latter none.
venture to ride out in the environs of the city.
In Aleppo, where there is an energetic Cover
nor, things are better. Two primates, who at
tempted to create disturbances, were sent off tc
Constantinople. The envircns of Jerusalem are
very insecure, and no one cen venture to trave
on the Jaifa road without an escort.
AUSTRALIA.
Advices from Adelaide, South Australia, h
the LIST of June, describe constant advance i,
the value ofland The town lots sold as fast a
they could be offered. Average price els PEI
acre.
Advices from Pcsth, Western Australia, t
the 9th of June, contain satisfactory account
of the progress Of the colony Public meeting
had lately been held, at which the desire of tn
inhabitants to continue to receive convicts from
England was strongly and unanimously OK
pressed. The number of convicts in the colonJ
at present was about 1000, and it seemed to b
the general wish that fresh arrivals should TAKE
place to the extent of 1000 year. IL appears
that a less severe system has been enforced ioi
their treatment than that which has prevanea
in the other colonies and the result is alleged %
haye been SO favorable as to render offences, es-
pecially those Of a violent character, extremely
rare. ss ~ s sss
The last Jewels Of Hungary, affirmed oy the
Austrian Goyernment to have been stolen BY
Kossl,th and his Ministry. advices from Vienna
| state had been discovered near Orschova, buried
under the ground. The jewels comprise the
Hungarian crown and insignia and the cloak O
St. Stephen The latter was almost destroyed
i Hailjar, September 80. - The steamer Amer
Iics, with Liverpool dates Of Sept. ~ md ia
passengers, arrived last night he tneoun