New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-10-01
Foreign News.


s1sle. Foreign News. I'LL. fl.
FURTHER BY THE AFRICA THE foreign details
by the Africa to the 10th inst. are at hand:
RUSSIA AND TURKEY
The Russian troops still continue to fortify
the left bank of the Danube A dispatch from
Odessa, August 8, says: &c The settlement of
the Oriental question is not so near at hand as
lis generally believed. The most active prepa-
rations for open hostilities have not at any time
been suspended" The Russian armies were fast
wasting away from sickness and epdemics pre-
vaiing in the localities along the Danube.
The advices to the 10Th state that the army
of Omer Pacha consists of $4,000 men, and $50
pieces of cannon. He was daily receiving re-
Inducements, whilst the Russians, it was said,
/ lost Is, 900 men since their entrance into the
Principalities by the ravages of the typhoid
fever and diarrhea. The Russians, to the num-
Der of 5000 men, on the 10th, pitched new
| tents on the west bank of the Danube, SO that
| the sentinels of the two armies are within mus
ket shot Of each other. The troops Of the Sui
tan are said to be in most excellent spirits, AMI
ardently desire an opportunity to distinguish
| themselves.
1t is stated that fever had broken out in some
of the British ships at Besika Bay, and small
pox on board the French fleet The accounts
were thought to be exaggerated, only few in
valids having been sent to Malta. l3lN3'iA
| ~ ENGLAND.
! The British funds, foreign stocks, railway and
| other shares, have all fallen in value during
the week. The harvests had set in all over the
| country, and operations carried on with vigor
The quality OF the new corn is not as fine as
anticipated. The samples produced are vari-
ous--some fine, others coarse, and in inditferent
| condition Barley and oats are still expected
to yield more than an average crop.
Upwards of $40 vessels have arrived in the
Thames, on Monday and Tuesday, chiefly laden
with grain for the Northern ports, .{l,tg.-.
| The reports from Ireland are of q highly
satisfactory character, in all respects. From
Scotland, also, the advices are of a favorable
| character Complaints of potato rot have
almost ceased throughout the United Kingdom.
| FRANCE. -.r.
1t is rumored that the French Government
are about negotiating for a loan of 500 900 900
francs, but not generally accredited. ..
The Constitutional contains an article GEN.
| surfing the conduct of Capt. lngranam, and dis
approving the policy of the United States.
/ Letru Rollin is dying.
| SPAIN.
The Madrid correspondent of the London
Morning Chronicle, writing of date LIST inst
says that the question as to the reception or
non reception of Mr.. Soule, as Minister of the
United States. has been much agitated at the
|
proceedings had been much commented on. 1t
was believed that the Spanish Government will
oppose no objection to his reception as American
Envoy, but If any passage in his address on
presenting his credentials can be found fault
with, il will be seized as an opportunity to dis
miss him. Mr.. Soule, the writer adds, will at
best find his position a difficult one.
| RUSSIA
| Vienna letters state that cholera was making
ola in mag llxy Co..
ern provinces, where large bodies of troops
| were stationed. 1t had also made its appear
ance at various points of the frontier of Eastern
Galicia. as 4 aa.it-
A letter from Irkutsk, July l, mentions the
discovery of several rich gold placers on the
| right bank of the river Lena. Thousands of
ldiggers are there at present. -
+ The frigate Diana and the brig Pollux have
sailed from Cronstadt to reinforce the Russian
squadron in the Japan seas. The squadron
now numbers five vessels An army of 5000
men was this summer collected at Irkutsk, the
Ieatrsp0t of Russian commerce with China, pia
Kiakhta 1t was asserted that these troops
were destined to keep watch on the undefended
frontiers of the Chinese dominions sas
| VENICE s2s,s
The Venice official Gazette contradicts the
rumors of scarcity, and says that so large a
quantity of corn has arrived at Venice that the
authorities are at loss where to stow it.
| PRUSSIA. 7i.s.- 100.
The Prussian Board of Agriculture has pub
lished circular, wherein it is stated that there
is no foundation whatever for apprehensions OF
q dearth of corn st7e4sfi \ slll 81
1 L4a.al 81 LATEST. e.. ,,afsts4 IL Is rs
i The Gear Refuses the Turkish .Note.-We
give the following important dispatch from the
London Times, with Recommendation to receive
with caution whatever is published exclusively
IN that paper, and Immediately preceding the
sailing of a mail steamer for America
"Pdris.-It was positively stated to-day
Thursday, Sth, at the Russian Embassy, at
Paris, that the Emperor of Russia had refused
to accept the modification. 1t was added, that
when the Emperor was informed that the Porte
had modified the note of the Vienna Conference
before accepting it, he observed in q tone Of
much moderation, that he would willing make
concessions for the express purpose meeting the
wishes OF the European Powers; but he would
not humiiiate himself in the eyes of heworld
by submitting to propositions proceeding direct
from the Sultan Is -
1t was also asserted that Napoleon had stated
that he would not go to war at present, in tn,
present scarcity of food among his people.
MISCELLANEOUS
Com. Vanderbilt, by somewhat singular
coincidence, arrived in his his yacht, the North
Star, at Civita Vecchia Just as the discovery O
supposed Mazzini conspiracy had thrown the
fapal Government into n state OF terror. The
police of Civita Vecchia, staggered by the i'm
posing size of the steamer, and the number o
persons on board, Immediately concluded thai
it was an American sympathizing expedition
and refused the Commodore permission to land
After two or three days of useless negotiation
the North Star proceeded to Naples, where-a
least the newspapers say-she was also an oh
ject of suspicion, and had eventually to seel
refuge at Malta. On the 23d ult. the zach
arrived at the Bosphorus
LATER FROM AusTRALIA.--By the arrival o
the bark Elizabeth at st. Johns, N b., advice
from Melbourne to the 10th of June have beer
received.
Great joy was manifested at Van Diemanl
Land and throughout the Australian Colonies
in consequence of the dscontinuance of tn,
transportation Of convicts, and in Hobart Towr
and Launceston the 10th Of August had beer
fixed upon for a grand demonstration in homo,
of the event.
The markets at Sydney were declining in con.
sequence of the large importations. CORES
pendent of the Argus, writing from Sydney I'M
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