The true Democrat., 1854-04-25
Arrival of the Arctic.

Arrival of the Arctic.
 Louisville, April 17.-Liverpool dates to the 9th have been received. Sales of cotton for the past three days IA 1000 bales. Price steadier, with porters took 1000 bales each. Fair Orleans, 636d; middling, 61ad; fair Upland, 656d; mid ding, sgd. Wheat has advanced 2d; flour 6d The Russians have taken several strong for tresses, and seized upon the Island of Damarri. The Russian fleet was threatening Wanna. Pub lie feeling was much excited at Constantinople, causing disquiet to the government. News al- together unfavorable.
 France has ordered new levy of 8OOOO men. Austria still wavers. Prussia quiet Lord Russell stated in Parliament that England had addressed a communication to the States, about the Black Warrior affair.
 Four thousand Russians reported left Sebas- topol in five steamers, to aid Gortachakoff' s operations beyond the Danube The British fleets were cruising off that coast. Napier's 26 ships were anchored off Moen Island. The Baltic portion of the Russian fleet frozen up at Kerel. Omar Pasha was falling back before the Russians
 Arrival of the Herman. Highly Important from Europe =. Formal Declaration of War by England and New Fork, April 14-The Herman brings dates to the 18th. The Nashville arrived out on the 18th.
 The Queens message to Parliament on the 29th concluded that she relied on the bravery of the army and navy in the present emergency.
 The declaration of war appears in the Lon don Gazette of the 28th, and the same day the Legislature of Paris received message from Emperor Napoleon declaring that Russia had placed herself in state of war with France. and the French government announces that it will not grant letters of marque.
 A cabinet courier had been dispatched from England and France to Russia with the ultima tum, and has returned with the announcement that no reply would be made. The result has been announced by the Queen to the Cabinet.
 There was great excitement in Russian pro- duce, and hemp, cotton, aud grain had advanc- ed at Liverpool, and large speculative purcha- sers of American flour were made at As advance. Richardson quotes Baltimore and Ohio flour firm at 36s 3d. white wheat Ills Cd, red and mixed los 6d@11s; white corn 42@43s, mixed 41@ 42s Sd.
 Live,pool, 29th.-Cotton is flat at decline of 16d for American.
 McHenry quotes beef scarce and wanted: pork firm, bacon steady, and lard advanced 2@3s
 Wheat has advanced in some cases l8d- the average advance is Is. Corn has advanced As sbove the Europa's quotations. Money tighter
 It is reported that Austria was inclined to- ward the western powers.
 This report is coupled with the rise in En- glish consols, and caused a rally at the Paris Bourse; 3s closed at 62, and after the regular hourse was done at 62 84; h's at 88 90.
 The failure of Seecy, Decharroll, & Co.,, bankers, of Paris, is announced
 Trade at Manchester is almost suspended.
 The Emperor Napoleon's announcement was received in both chambers with extraordinary enthusiasm.
 The Russian fleet has left Sebastopol to pro- vision the Russian Actresses on the Circassian coast.
 The overland China mail reached London with dates from Calcutta to the 18th, and Hong Kong to the 11th. Trade at Calcutta was fair
 Shanghai was in possession of the patriots The rebel army was wintering near Pekin.
 Exchange at Shanghai and Pekin was falling,
 Dates from Australia are to Feb. 4th. Re- turns from the gold fields are increasing and new rich mines have been discovered.
 The following is the Queens declaration of war:
 Her Majesty, the Queen of the United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland, is compelled to take up arms in support of an ally, and is desirous of rendering it as little onerous as DOS sible to the powers with whom she remains at peace, and to preserve the commerce of the neutral powers from all unnecessary obstruc- tions. Her Majesty is willing at present to waive part of her beligerant rights appertain ing to her by the law of nations, but it is im- possible for her Majesty to forego the exercise of her rights in seizing articles contraband to war, and from preventing the neutral powers from bearing the enemy's dispatches, and she must maintain the rights of belligerant to prevent the neutral powers from breaking any effective blockade which may be established with an adequate force against our enemies in forts, harbors or coasts, but her Majesty will waive the right of seizing the enemy's proper. ty ladened on board of neutral vessels, unless 1t be contraband of war.
 It IS not her Maesty'S intention to claim the confiscation of neutral property not being con- traband of war, found on board of the enemv,s ships, and her Majesty further declares, that being anxious to lessen, much as possible. the evils of war, and to restrict its operations n. try, it is not her intention to issue letters for prvateerng
 Sir Charles Napier's fleet anchored off Kiel. on the 27th.
 Eighteen thousand Russians crossed the Da- nube on the 23d, and B, 900 crossed at Matchin without molestation.
 A skrmish occurred between the Russians and Turk; on bridge at Island Tutale Dur ing the engagement 2,OOO Russians were pre- cipated into the river and drowned.
 The Duke of Parma was stabbed by an as sassin and died the next day.
 Vienna, Friday.-A dispatch has just been received, announcing that on the 29th, the Russians attacked Kalafat and took three re- doubts.
 The rupture between Greece and the Sultan is complete.
 Dates from Constantinople state that the steamers Retribution and Canton have return ed from the mouth of the Danube, without