New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-10-28
Arrival Of the Asia.
THREE DAYS, LATER NEWS FROM EUROPE

| THREE DAYS LATER NEWS fHDd kDhDfEs
The steamship Asia. bringing advices to the
| 9Th instant, arrived at New York on the after
noon of the 10Th. The Asia brings 162 passsn-
| gers, among whom is Rowland Hill. The Frank
I lin arrived at Cowes on the 9Th.
The New York papers contain interesting de-
tails of the Asia's news, from which We take the
following:
According to the best accounts from Constan-
tinople, which are yet imperfect, the Sultan has
not signed the declaration of war, but the Grand
Council has voted that war against Russia should
be declared, leaving it to the discretion of the
Executive when to commence hostilities.
A correspondent of the Post says dispatch
from Vienna states that the Sultan had fixed
upon four weeks the time in which Russia
must evacuste the Principalities.
Omer Pacha has at the present moment nearly
115, 900 men under his command. and befor'
winter he expects TO raise 10000.
The United fleets we're to enter the Bosphoru
on the 9TH inst.
Letters received from the Danubisn Province
state that the cholera was making great ravages
among the Russian troops, as well as the popu-
lation.
The Hospodars of Moldavia and Wallachia
have announced to the Divan that they are ready
to pay the usual tribute.
The Russian corps for the Caucasus were said
to amount to $4,000 men.
| The Russians have already constructed .
| bridge from the fortress Of Ismail to Dscheddal
, on the Danube.
The cholera was committing greater ravages
than ever among the Russian troops ON the
Danube.
Commander Inglefeld, of the searching ship
| Phoenix, has returned, but brings no news Of
Sir John Franklin He succeeded in depositing
the supplies. Commander Mcclure, in the In
vestigator, had accomplished the North West
passage, having passed through Behring's Straits
into the Arctic sea and returned home by Davis
Straits. Inhabitants had been discovered further
northward than known previously. They were
very friendly. Large quantities Of very pure
copper were discovered.
A dreadful accident occurred on the Great
Southern and Western Railway, at Straffan,
near Dublin. A cattle train run full force into
o passenger train, and literally dashed it to
pieces. All the cars were broken to fragments,
excepting ole, which, attached to the engine,
was propelled by the shock Of the collision to the
distance of nearly three quarters Of a mile: Ten
or twelve persons were killed, and SO mutilated
that their bodies could scarcely be collected
Fifty persons were wounded, some of whom can
not recover. The cause Of the accident was
sheer stupidity in the driver Of the cattle train
n who by-the-by, escaped unhurt
e The bank of France has raised its rate Of dis
l. count 10 IOur per cent-
e The funeral Of NJ. Arago took place on the
d 5th. a brigade of infantry marched with the
procession, and the Emperor was represented al
e the ceremony by Marshal Valiant, Grand Mar
!. shall of the Palace. Though it rained incessant-
n ly three thousand persons attended the remains
n to the Cemetery Of Pere lie Chaise. In addition
! to NJ. Arago, the Academy Of Science has just
lost another of it's members, in the person Of
! | Augusta st. Hilare, of the section of botony.
Great activity prevails in the mercantile
!. dock yards of Havre. A company of ship.
> | owners is about to fit out feet of twenty -hvt
9 ships to trade between Havre, Chill and Peru
= !. One of those ships the clipper Mafechal d.
!, Turenne had arrived from Bordeaux, where sht
J was built. Another clipper, the Caiiao, Of f0e
> tons, was about to be launched at Honheur
!. The Quito, of 700 tons, had been 1sunched a
n Naples The Journal du HARE states that thu
. projected transatlantic steamship company
= going forward favorably, and that Dieppe vii
.o .o be its port. Ef
- The marriage of the Emperor Of Austria |
N definitely fixed for the oath Of April next
y :, The Duchy of Parma has become party
= = the treaty of Commerce and Navigationcon clu
p ded between Austria and Piedmont.
According to letters from Rome, an Englis
Company had applied to the Pope for the cor
= cession Of railway between Ancona and FrlI
I'M disi passing or not passing through Rome. Th
aa Government had appointed commission to e'
%. anime the project
ot Mr.. Soule arrived at Madrid on the 29th ul
10 The Government, it was said, had resolved
VI receive him as the envoy Of a friendly rews
ned and to await his acts. General Mazarredo,
TO-, Senator, and who has filled the post of Minist
al of War, was spoken of as Minister to Washin
IN ton, General Ros de Olano, the Minister of NJ
red rine in 1S47, as Minister to Mexico.