The true Democrat., 1854-05-16

Napiers fleet at last accounts (the 2Oth March) was again under way, the supposed destination being to seize the island of Alond. Klege bay is named as rendezvous.
 Lord Bloomfield, the British Minister at Ber- lin, telegraphed to Sir Charles Napier the de- claratiOn of war, with instructions to commerce hostilities.
 The Russians were making stern preparations for hostilities in the Baltic.
 It was supposed that the first collision would occur at Vesel Island
 All the lighthouses and buoys are removed, and formidable fleets of gun boats are collected ln shallow waters at the principal points.
 Masses of rocks are dragged along the ice to intricate parts of the channel, to block it when the ice shall melt.
 All the houses in Cronstadit not capable of defence are pulled down.
 New batteries were erecting everywhere, and two hundred additional gunboats had been or dered forthwith.
 The Czar and his sons were personally super intending the preparations.
 Discomfort prevailed in Finland against the Russians, and some arrests had been made.
 The accounts from Greece are unfavorable The Turkish Minister had demanded his pass ports and left Athens
 The Greek insurrection was reviving, but the Turks hold the fortress, and have 5000 troops III EpTus They have as yet had only one or two unlmportant rencontres with the insurgents An Anglo-French occupation of the country was not improbable. Envoys were daily ex- pected at Athens with the final commands of the English and French governments.
 It was given out that several nobles had join- ed the insurgents
 The Final Summons to the Car. THE EARL OF CLARENDON TO COUNT VESSEL
 RODE.
 Foreign Office, Feb. 27 1854
 NJ. LIE CoMTE: As the ordinary channels of communication between England and Russia have been closed by the recent interruption of diplomatic relations between the two Courts, 1 am under the necessity of addressing myself directly to your excellencv on matter Of the deepest importance to our respective govern ments and to Europe.
 The British government has for many months anXiously labored, in conjunction with its allies, to effect reconciliation of differences between Russia and the Sublime Porte, and it is with the utmost pain that the British government has come to the conclusion that one last hope alone remains of averting the calamity which has so long impended over Europe.
 It rests with the government of RuSsiato de- termine whether the hope shall be realized or extinguished; for the British government, hay ing exhausted all the efforts of negotiation, is compelled to declare to the cabinet of St. Pe- tersburg, that if Russia should decline to re- strict within purely diplomatic limits the dis cusSlon Ill which she has for some time past been engaged with the Sublime Porte, and does not, by return of the messenger who is the bearer of my present letter, announce her in- tentlon of causing the Russian troops under the orders of Prince Gortschakoff to commence their march with view to recrOss the Pruth, so that the provinces of Moldavia and Wallachia shall be completely evacuated on the Both of April next, the British government must con- sder the refusal or the silence of the cabinet of St. Petersburg as equivalent to adeclararion of war, and will take its measures accordingly.
 The messenger who is the bearer of this let ter to your excellency is directed not to wait more than six days at St. Petersburg for your reply; and earnestly trust that he may convey to me an announcement on the part of the Rus sian government that by the Both of April next the Municipalities will cease to be occupied by Russian forces. 1 have, etc., CLARENDON
 THE CARS COMMENTATORS REPLY. CONSUL MICHELE TO THE EARL OF CLARENDON.
 (Receved March 25.)
 Extract. St. Petersbury, March 19 54
 At 10 o'clock last night I received note from the Chancellor of the Empire inviting me to call upon him at l o'clock, F. M this day. 1 was punctual in my attendance, and on sending up my name to the Chancellor, was informed that the French consul was with his excellency.
 After waiting short time, was told Count Nesselrode would receive me. On entering the room his excellency's greeting was of the most friendly description. He said, "Ihave toke,a las MVestys commands aoiM rsference to Loro Clare,adons note and tue Emperor does not tiak at becoming to nsake any reply to it." Ireplied, 'M le Compte, in matter of such importance l am sure shall be excused for desiring to con- vey to my government the exact words em. ployed by your excellency." The Count at first used the words, His Majesty does not think it becoming in him to give any reply to Lord Clarendon's letter." (nel e croft pos con. venable de donner aucune reponsea la lettre de Lord Clarendon.) Upon my repeating this phrase after Count Nesselrode, his excellency said, "REmpereur ne juge pas convenable, J etc.; and l had again repeated after him the entre sentence. After 1 had dones so, the Count said ies .aat is the answer wish you to convey SI your government: EEmpereur ne juge pas convenable de donner aucuue reponse de lettre de Lord Clarendon"
 
 "THAT SAME OLD CooN."-It is some time now since we heard anything of the wherea- bouts of this celebrity. He has "turned up,' as MT. Eicawber would say, in that most likely of all places for such resuscitation, the city of Washington. A few mornings ago, an em. plovee of the House of Representatives library on going to get firewood, discovered two brig gh1 eyes peeping at him from dark corner of the wood-house. On close inspection, he found 4ho4 4bo,r holonnod tn a living coon How the