Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-03-11


France, (which take to be provisional arrangement
ian engagement has been proposed to Turkey by which
We shall be assured besides other things which
cessary such occasions that Turkey will agree
any peace with Russia while giving aid and
assistance, without consent and concurrence" In
other words understand Lord John Russell to mean
that defensive treaty of alliance between England
France and Turkey has been to the acceptance
OF the Porte to the allies of Turkey the
theatre of war; conditions for carryngt on and powers
to bring it to o termination.
The following formal announcement is made in
the London Daily Advertiser:
sit gives much pleasure to be able state that the
QUEEN has most gracously intmated to Mr. BUCHANAN,
the American Ambassador that it will in future be left
to his Exceency to appear at State balls and her Males
tvs dinner parties in whatever costume agreeab
to himself The Lord Chamberlain has also made sin IL
tar communication to his Exceency relative his s
tune on the opening closing of the sessions Of Par
ment"
MANNING TIE BaITIsH NAvY-The Lor don
Chronicle of the 22d ultimo says:
at will be learnt with extreme satisfaction y the
maritime interest that the Government has not the re-
hottest idea intention Of resortng to compulsor y mea
ures Of any kind for manning the navy The ore ex-
tended this statement is circulated the BETTER il will at
aay any fear that may have been enter aimed at
the outports that the Government about to esort to
forced ballot to compel in the Royal Ma
Wy, that mpressment itself may be had purse to-"
fRocnnplsas PEACE DEPyTATIoN or BRIrIsu
QUAKERs AT ST. PRTIRsBuRGH.--Joseph ST. rge, Of the
English Peace Society," writes his brothe ut Brming
ham, England particulars Of his miss ion to St. Pc
tersburgh to request the Gar not to ght Brother
Surge writes under date Of February 4 , that early in
February he and the two other Friends composing the
deputaon left Riga in sleighs for ST. etersburgh and
arrived there without any exraordinai accident On
arriving they found report prevalent hat the Emperor
and all the Royal family as well as Count Nesselrode,
we're earnestly DESTROYS of peace This encouraging
and it became still more go when gentleman Of their
acquaintance who had resided forty years in Russia adj
vised them to send note TO Count Nesserode, which
they did, and the Count politely sent Aid requesting
them to call When they did call the Count stated that
he had mentioned the subject to the Emperor who would
receive them but had gone out to review his troops and
interview must therefore be postponed Count Mes
serode however, requested them leave copy of the
address they had prepared and in the sentiments which
assured them that both the Gar and himself sincerely
sympathzed They then bowed out and up Satur
day, tn, had not obtained an Observation-Disclosures paper
DREADFUL CoLLIERy ExrLosIoN.-A dreadful colery
explosion occurred in the Arey mine of the Ince Hall Coal
Company Wigan, on the afternoon Of the 18th.
About two hundred and forty men and boys were in
the pit Soon after o'clock the persons above ground
heard two loud explosions, and Immediately signal was
made from below to haul up the miners. Thirty men
were Immediately hauled from the south shaft and
ported that the north shaft fire in such
cut off the retreat Of the rest Of the workmen 1t
hours before the fire could be extngushed so
allow body Of searchers descend On arriving
ut the north level they found the unfortunate piled
in heaps and dead. Eighty bodies at taken
and from another part the shaft twenty bodies
Only few, and those much exhausted got out alive
Some few had escaped into another pit that the exact
lost is not known but forty persons known
be in part of the mine where the roof has fallen in
the number Of the dead be less than hundred
and twenty In the mine sixty lives lost by
explosion in March OF last year.-London paper. $780,.