Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1853-06-21
FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
Fg Arrival Of tho Pacific.


lf New York, Juno l3-Thc steamer
Pacific from Liverpool to the ls inst,
arrived hero yesterday afternoon.
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.
The steamer Asia arrived out on the
2sth, md tho City Of Manchester on the
29,h May. 4H iIQJ
The British Ministers in answer 10 tho
enquiries made Of them in both houses
Of Parliament, had refused TO state
whether or not tho Mediterranean feet
had been ordered 10 assistTurkey.f
An interesting discussion took place
in the British House Of Lords, respect.
ing the conduct Of tho Captain General
Of Cuba in rcgarl 10 the slave trade.-.g
1t appeared that all tho Captains wcro
implicated, except Valdez. Concha
onl Cancda were shown to be deeply
guilty. Spain has bccu demonstrated
with, and has promised amendment, but
the British feet on the Cuba station hos B
been augmented. Dt.. ... =
The Steamer LnPlanc had arrived in
Englnnl from Vera Cruz. Among her
passengers was Aris,a late President Of
Mexico. .................
Gold was coming in abunlantly from
Australia.
It wds rumorel in England that Mr..
Crnmp,un was about 10 be recalled from
Washington and appointed to a better
mission. ... .
The BLACK SWIM was giving con.
cer,s at Stafford House, at which Mrs.
Stowe and her husband were present.
Swiizarlanl has ordered out all her
citizens to fight Austria If necessary.
II. G. Plcl. & Son, Of London, have
faile,l. .'s. ta-r t....,.. 70.
Mcnschikof' left Constantinople on
the 23l May, and arrived at Odessa the
following day. The Russian army. ono
hundred thousand strong; werc concen.
tra,ing on the Turkish frontier. The
Ministers Of France, England, Russia
and Austria hal made faint attempt to
reconcile the parties, but Mcnschikof
AMI the Divan were equally inacxiLls.
The Ottoman feet were sent for. The
Porte had sent disatchcs to Egyp, for
troops, and coutiors had been dispatched
10 all the Ottoman Provinces to call ou,
the troops, and all the warliko resources
of the Empire are to be Immediately
brought into rcquisi.ion. .HI u
1t is not known where The French feet
is, anil the orlers in rcaarl 10 the Brit.
ish fleet are kept secret.-The general
aspect Of affairs is critical IN tho extreme,
yet some think matters may sill be ami.
cab!y adjusted.
Julge Jones had presented his crelcn.
tiaIs to the Viccroy ofEsypt. AUni,ed
States corvette frigatc hal sailed from
Alexandria f"r Europe. 10 '7@+5''qeT
All was quiet at the Cape Of Cool
Hope. ~ .t
The British affairs in Burmah look
very gloomy.-The British forces hal
been repulscl and Gu, off in several
skirmishcs. ~..tH ..'..
A steamer hal been despatched to In,lia
expressly for China news, it being
accmel Of tho highest importance to the
British interests. The latest reliable
news was received from Shanghai, under
date Of April % 1t was then stated that
Nankin was invested by the rebels,
and the Imperial Commissioner had
hircl fleet Of Portuguese vessels to re.
lievc the city, but the whole fleet were
captured by the rebels. The Commits.
sioner then soush, assistance from the
American, English and French Consuls,
who agecl to reulcr assistance; and the
British Consul sent the war vessels
Salamander, Lily AMI Hermcs, all
steamers; the French Consul sent the
steam frigatc Cassino; and Mr.. Marshall,
the American Commissioner, had under.
taken to place the frigate Susquehanna
before Nankin. No reliable account
hail been received Of the rcsult.-Thcre
were several statements Of victories
gained by the Empcror's forces in the
interior, but all were disbeievcl.
The Uni,el States frigate Mississip,
pi arrived at Hong Kong on the 7,h April
anil proc,e led with dispatch to the mouth
Of the Shanghai. l'
A private letter received BY q Man.
chester house, dated Shanghai, ,ons day
later than the above alvices, states that
Naukin had fallen, and that the British
commander had refused 20 permit Brit,
ish merchantmen so gopp the river with
stores to either par,y.-it was expected
that the Americans would also back out,
The Vanderbilt steamer North Star
at Southampton. Oil the lst. "a
Among the passengers by the Pacific.
are H.J. Raymond a Lewis Cass, Jr.
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Macci1o uo1Iav Afro;r