Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-03-01
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Arrival of steamer St Louis

Arrival of steamer St. Louis
New YORK, March The st. Louis, from
Havrs and Cowes, with European dates Of d,
18th, arrived here this morning ct 9 o'clock
She brings thirty passengers, among whom i
Mr.. Souls.
Nothing important has been received from
the Crimea since last advices.
Lord John Russell proceeds to Vienna o.
Minister Plsnipotentiary to attend the Psat
Conference.
THE MARKETS.
| LIvHRpooL.-cotton il unchanged, with q
limited business at previous rates; sales 70,
| two days. 10, 600 bales.
| Breadstufs-Prices are unchanged, with q
limited business.
Consols for account 9Is9It.
London Markets are dull.
| SECOND DIsPArcH.
The Paris correspondent of the London
Daily News says: "Mr. Soule consider the
scheme for the purchase Of Cuba, as complete.
u knocked In the head"
The Englih Parliament 10 TO r..asseubls on
the I6 h.
| Lord John Russell was to leave England In
few days for Vienna. Mr.. Hammond. the
under Secretary Of State for Foreign Affairs,
accompanies him. =
The Duke Of Genoa is dead.
Dispatches from Lord Raglan of the 9th,
| report the weather in the Crimes to be ane.
with frosty nights. Huts are being erected
with much difficulty.
The first detachment of British tloors from
India arrived at Suez.
The India mail had telegraphed from Bonn
bay dispatch dated Jan. l6th) that An ipsur
rection had broken out at Cabool.
Twelve thousand Persians were ts,;s,;r,
Bendo Cebasi, and a murdsrous conflict had
taken place; but The besieged continued their
resistance.
AFreneh company had offered to raise in
France legion Of from ten to twenty five
thousand men, for the service Of the English
goVerpment-half Of which number to b
ready In fifteen days; and it Is stated that the
English government are disposed to sntsrtain
| the proposition.
telegraphic dispatch, dated Vienna, sa,s
the Gar has issued manifes.s, under date of
St. Petersburg, 18th Feb in which he calls
upon the entire male population under (which
Will create an additional force Of 800, 600
men, to be dispatched to the Crimsa.
The latest dates from Sebastopol are of the
slst January. The weather was growing
milder
dispatch from Varna, of the 4th of Feb.
ruary, says: 10000 Ottoman troops had land
cd at Eupatoris, and others were on the vsy
to Earna, destined for the Crimea, who would
embark as coon as they had arrived at that
port.
The French Government had received ad.
vices from Varna, dated the 9th inst, which
state that Omar Pasha had left for Boipges,
to inspect the cavalry and magazines, and On
his return would embark deHnitiyely for the
| Crimea :
Tho Russians were encamped partly in the
villages of Alma and Belsec, and partly at
Simpheropol and its environs
| General Ulrich, with the Guards, had set
out for the Crimea on the 3Oth January. Tie
Egyptian reinforcement had arrived.
The artillery at Sebastopol kept up an in
cessant fire during the night, and the allies
replied during the day by tirsileurs. -,
The Journal de ST. Petersburg Of the Sd
inst. contains an address Of tho Csar to the
Hatman Of the Don Cossacks, in which be ex.
presses entire confidence that they will fight
eouraseously for the church and throne of the
country
The reported mutiny among the Zou ayes
created painful sensation at Paris; but 1t is
thought there tina. accounts of it were much
exaggerated.
A London firm, in the provision business,
proposes, through the Times. to feed the army
! in the Crimsa at the rate Of 3s Sd. per day
per man, giving substantial meals three times
dsily-binding themselves to fulfill the con-
tract under the heaviest penalty.
The India mail brings Hong Kong dates of
December 10. and Bombay January IL.
The Burmese envoy has demanded the res
tuition Of Pesu, which was peremptoriIy lie
fused.
At Canton Affairs were still in threat snpR
position, and trade was quite depressed. Ex-
change on Canton was Is. 81; on Shangb al
Is, Sd. to IS Gid
monetary crisis was looked for at Cal.
eutta.
The report Of the inspectors appointed to
investigate the loss of the steamer City q
Philndslphia had bean laid before Parlia
ment. 1t sxculpstes Capt. Leitch and bis
| officers from all blame, and recommended tie
erection Of light house ct Cape Race.
The vice roy Of Egypt has abolished ell Gus
ton.-house uties except at SueI.
Arrival Of the Canada,
| HALIFAX, March 1.-The English nail