The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-04
FOREIGN NEWS.
We give below the latest foreign news that
has reached us:

We give below The latest foreign news ina
has reached us:
HALIFAX, Thursday, Oct 81.
The royal mail steamship Niagara, Captain
Leitch, from Liverpool on Saturday, the l5tl,
arrived here about twelve O'Clock last night
bringing l45 through passengers.
The Eastern Quesiion.-The news is brief
but important, and warlike. The Sultan ha,
appealed TO the moral, and if necessary to the
material aid of France and England, by dc.
handing the presence Of their fleets before
Constantinople.
A Trieste letter of the 18th says the de.
claration of war was published in an imperial
manifesto, and was posted on the walls Of all
the Mosques
Omer pasha, on the 9th, formally summon.
ed Gorchukoti to rvacuatc the Ottoman terri.
tory. II Gorchakoif refers to his Govern.
ment, Omcr Paslla will allow fifteen days
but it Russia definitely refuses, he will com.
mencc hostlitics 1T onre-but in the mean.
tune will not cross the Danube. This would
delay operations till the oath Octnbcr.
A corps of 100000 additional Turkish
troops had been ordered.
The navigation of the Danube and Black
Sea is guaranteed to ncutra. flags.
The Clergy had offered TO place 100000.
Oo0 pi strrS, (SS,OOO,G00) OF Church proper
ty ut the Sultan's disposal.
The Sultan had represented to the Am
bassudors Of Foreign Governments, that h,
desired To settle the difficulties with Russi:
peaccably: but lis his ancestors had gained
their Empire by the sword, the Turks would
perish in ills supporter it fate ordained thai
their country should fall to another master
they would quit Europe rs they entered it
sword in hand.
The opinion is that the French AID Eng.
Ish will allow the Turks and Russians t,
fight their own battles, but if the Turks ar,
defeated will prevent the Russians from
marching On Constantinoplc. With this view
protecting force might occupy st,"ny ro
sition between Broussa on the Danube and
Kestcndg &c on the Black Sea, or they mn,
perhaps occupy Rodosto Oh the Sea Of Mar
mora or Riestchant.
Neither France nor England are arminc
openly, but the forces of both countries arc
in very effective condition.
The Russians on their part are active
Gen. Luders had arrived at the camp. The
troops were in motion up the river. Fifteen
BataIions OF Infantry with 81 pieces of Ar.
tiIlrry had marched through Bucharest
Prince Gorchakoh it WAS reported, had in et
feet annexed the Principaliics, having form
ally notified the Ilospodars, that Prince Mon.
chikUH will in future administer the Govern
ment. The remaining Russian officials had
lett Turkey. Thirty thousand Rodif, unde,
the F'rcnch Colonel Ala.nan had been pushed
forward TO the Bosnian frontier to watch the
movements of Prince Daniel Of Montenegro
who is again arming.
There was rumor, (but it was dsbclpv
ed.) that the Porte had appointed Dembrinsk
and KIapka, the Hungarian General to high
commands.
All the offers Of volunteers received BY the
Turkish ambassador ut London are politel,
and thankfully acknowledged, but no hop,
has been held out to the parties that thei
services wiI be accepted. The Turkish Gov
eminent will probably decline such aid, i
!: regular ass stance be given by the French ant
English Governments.