The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-02-08
IMPORTANT NEWS.
An2lVAL OF THE ASIA

The Asia. with Livsr,,i iew York, Ian. 81.
inst. arrived here al abop. oates Of the l4,b
this morning @st IL o'clock
Latest rurnors from st. Pc,ersbu..
more pacific, and had Tended in mensugcre
restore conhte .ce in speedy adjust IN, MT Of Dr..
ficuliics Cnnsois advanced per cent
| Liverpool cotton market steady AT unchanged
prices, Hreads'uf had considerably declined,
whilst provisions were The rise Depiston
q Co, report, that the market was active and
prices continued TO advance rardly until Tpes-
day, The I0tb, bu, since then ,lcre has been hs.
dong. and prices have fali~n Oft, leaving how
ever, an advance be week of Id to 26 IN
| y heat, and /, to Is Sd on flour, and Is on Ia
dian corn.
Present quotations being for western canal
AS Cd to 45s; Philadelphia and Baltimore AS
"a "a to as 81 Ohio AZ I'd to 45s hf.rior 37s
39s. While Wheat l2s to l3s &c Other. saw
l2s 9d mixed l2s Id. Whie Indian Corn 45s
to SIS yellow aud mixed 4os 10 SIS
Paris, Friday We have received tele-
graph despatch fom Vienna confirming the
accounts reported yesterday Of the defeat Of the
Russians by tn. Turks before Ksl,fat and add
ing that the contest was renewed on The Tth,
neither SIDE claiming the victory On the
morning of he S'h fresh struggle was about
to begin
Lord Dudley Stewart was TO leave Cons'nn-
for the meeting Of Parliament, when he will
bring the whole Eastern question before the
Bri i.h people.
A crowded public meeting wss b. Ia at Shelf
field TO me moriaz. the g. .vernment to act with
vigor against Russia. A similar meeting was
held in Chester
The Partisan strikes continue and are as far
as eyer from being settled.
The bread rioters at Exeter, already reported,
Of IN fuaa ha ho;n
mostly women and children, commanded ,ha, the
Bakers should give them bread. The Mayor
called out one hundred Dragons, at the sight
OF which the crowd dispersed
BKLeIrM.-Kins Leopold is ,deavor.ng 10
negotiate marriage between his daughter and
the young King OF Portugal.
LIVERPOOL PRovIsIoS MaRKErs beef in
more active demand Prices sitter, fer Pork
owing to Naval contrac, advertised, had in-
creased inquiry. American also slightly ad-
vanced Bacon moderate, holders meeting buy
ers freely. Lard advanced 2s per 100 cwt;
sales Of the week were 100 tons on the SPOT. 100
tons 10 arrive, and quoted firm at Sis TO Sc -
Cheese Is to 2s per vt dearer and stock CON-
ing lighter. Talow advancing Is to 3s per
cwt
New York, Jan clap M
The Asia from Liverpool, arrived this morn
ing,-passed steamer America bound for Liver
pool. The news is interesting
The allied fleets could not enter, owing to
storms, but OH the Sd all proceeded TO the BLACK
Sea, except sig, left al Besk Raw to guard the
Bosphorus The first division Of the Turkish
iieet accompanied the Allan Sechoph Second
d vision remained anchored
The Gar appeared to view the entry OF the
fieet as declaration of war, and he has order
ed all bis fleet TO Se5asiopol
On the fifth pf January ,Lo T,,.L,
brilliant success on the Danube They stormed
and captured the Russian entrenched csmos of
At'ita and put 800 of the enemy To tine sword
Ihey also attacked body Of L. 900 Russians.
sent to relieve Attta, and after sha, D encoun.
ter, compelled them to retreat
The Russians are thus driven back from the
position at which they propose 10 cross the DAN
ube
The Turkish force of battle was $4,000 mon
and I5 guns.
1t is admitted that Qmer Pacha has brill
anty outElanouvered the Russian Ccmmon
der.
AsrA.-The defeat Of the Turks under the
generalship of Abdi Pacha is confirmed but
Gen Gugn has gone tn the army with ulI now.
er, and the spirit of the Turks has revived nou,
that The allied fleets are in the Black S.n' and
reinforcements can be sen, to Asia in safety
Schamyl has sent n messenger to the Porte
anhouhcHg tiiat ne IS prepared To act energetic
ally against the Russians.
1t is confirmed that Russia has resumed ne
gotiati"ns with Great Britain, and will not at
present attack Turkey.
The American ships i. D. Fletcher and
Condor had been fallen in with at sea, in n
wrecked condition The passengers and crews
were landed in Holland.
The Infant Princess of Spain had died sud-
denly.
Rev. J. e. Richmond complains that he is
detained prisoner by Austrian Police i'm Hun.
gary, and calls GU the United States for relief
The Chinese Eewsis, that Han Amor was re.
captured by the lmperiasts, who massacred one
thousand inhabitants.
NIESsA, Tuesday.-It ia rumor d that tie
Emperor will leave for Warsaw, in order to have
conference with the Emperor Of Russia
From Persia We learn that the afghan Envoy
left Scheron before the arrival Of The new Rus
sian Minister, With threat tina, if Persia formed
an alliance with Russia, the Affghans would in
10, hem