New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-06-05
] NUMBER \ I. / so.
THREE DAYS LAgER FnolT EURopEl
ARRIVAL' IA oF THE. sTEAMsnIp AFRICA.


The British mail Africa rom rvsrroor i.
rived at New York at o'clock. j. on Weanas.
day the 2sth ult. The Africa left LIveroa N a..
urday the 17th, at 8 O'Clock "A. nj. @
The United States mail steamer Arags srofa NJ
York, arrived or Cowes 1T 10 O'Clock ori she /,
Of Thursday the 18th, en- route for Havre.
The Africa does not bring much news ot irnpoYs
tance Parliament not being ID session, there Il H.
tie of political import excepting the repeated reports
that the conservatives are employed in Weeding ont
the luke#arm and disaffected Of their party. VERY
little has been said regarding the battles il
Costa Rica One influential journal, in the Govern
ment interest, explains Lord Cfarendon's IetteFre
specting the 900 rifles by saying that the British
Government have quantities Of old muskets on sale
and will be glad to meet with other customers besides
NE costa Rlcans Italian affairs continue pronln
emily before the public. From other Uarts Of The
continent there is nothing new. ''#5 g 3;5S
Great BriGains
4 pension Of e, 900 sterling per annusn has been
voted BY the East India Company to tie Marquis 81
Dalhousie, the @tiring Governor General Of India
The ground Of the pension is that be has annexed
four Kingdoms within the past four years.
Lord PaImerston has raised quite an outery against
himself by undertaking to prohibit the playing Of the
military Tr band IN Kensington Gardens Sundays.
time since by Sir benjamin Hall, and was much an.
precated By the people Of the lower og lite,
who had, IN fact no other innocent recreation within
thelr reach g on Sabbath their only holiday. The
rchplshop OF Canterbury, however, wrote to Lord
Palmerston personally requesting him to prohibit tie
music as Sabbath deseerationy Lord PaImersfon.
like dntfnl son Of the church, obeyed aItEona be
stated that the prohibition isagainst his own eovc-
lions. "a similar band performs every Sabbath for
the aeen at Windsor Castle but the Archbshop sees
no desecration in it, f 81 a n VI
Es France. .i5s
The Empress appeared in public for the first time
SINCE her accouehment on Sunday, the Hth, and on
one Or tWo subsequent days rode il carriage accom-
panied by the Emperor. She was everywhere cordi.
a4l.y ally received BY the crowd. 55s
Turkey. a834 a $s
The London Times correspondence makes feature
OF the enormous losses sustained by the Russian
the Crimea, and argues therefrom that the Russians
would not have been able to sustain themselves MANY
days longer had not peace been declared. Their
losses in and around sebastopol are set. down. al
$4,000 men, while 100 900 perished Of fatigue and
disease. After all, this is no more than the Aes
lost. q 0 7577Si &
Correspondence continues to describe Syria as in
very unsatisfactory state The Sufan's decree ofre
lgious equality peases neither Aiussumen nor Chris
tians; the Moslem rebel against the Concessions fc
the lnfdes, and the latter would rather pay q tai
than be compelled to serve in the army. The rioser
at Naplons (Nazareth) have become alarmed at ths
consequences Of their ndiscretion, and are attempt
ing to pacify the Pasha Of Jerusalem who threaten
them with punishment A shocking outrage ha
been committed at Marash near Aleppo, an Englisl
horsedeaer having abeen shot and his house set ol
are his vile and two children perished in the flames
Ihe famous imposture Of the Holy Fire was eGflh
tied IN the Church of the Sepnchre at Jerusalem ol
/ Saturday, April 25, and, as usual, the ceremony wa
attended with scenes Of frantic rowdyism the Wol
Shippers being eventually beaten out Of the sanetuar
Lord stratford de Redclife has applied for AMI
obtained leave Of absence. The London papers infa
/ that he has been recalled. 6s'
Hostilities have recommended between the Russians
| and Clrcassians. I'll N. l s E%B&
Fifteen hundred families of Tartars are abandonint
the Crllnea, and intend to colonize the Dobrodia.
Persia. a
The TREATY WITH THE UNITED STATEs.-The
following curious statement is from the Constantine
| pie correspondence of the London Times 81
J" told you in my last that a treaty had been con
cuded between the United States and Persia 1t wa
concluded under the auspices Of the Russian fnisssol
and its spirit is directed against England 1T pretend
4 tosbe commercial treaty and so it would he were
not for three articles The first Of these says that
Perslans, not being amaritime nation, the American
will be obliged for the advantages which the treat
grants to their commerce, to have fleet in the Pc
sian Gulf norder to defend Persia against the ente
prlses OF Shatevermartime nation should attack hel
IN Inc second gives the Americans the right to hav
their ships OF war in the Shattul-Arab-the moutl
Of the Tigrs and the third of the articles allow
| them to have factory at Kurnah
Such IS then the result Of our late mistaken pol
ICY with Persia. We have competitor on the Per
r''h Ai, iuo iSob ealious tuui Is tHhI the amer
| cans are to have Kurnah as a factory-one Of tn
places which we persuaded the Turks to give up Ii
the Persians, in the Frontier Convention"
i The Latest.
SATURDAY, May II, 1s56.-The Daily New
thinks the Cabinet will wait for some indication
that the nation is thoroughly interested in tn
Italian question before it can intervene seri
| ously in Italy. The opinion of Parliament ough
to be ascertained without delay. The question i
| practical and urgent Italy must be regarded as
whole; words will not suffice, but the demonstration
must be made in earnest The Pest asserts that thu
Italian question must be settled; the actual state
Italy is dangerous in its bearing upon European ALI
ances. What Italy wants is that moderate freedom
which contains within itself the principle of develop
ment. E.ts :
The Very Latest.
| [By Telegraph from London to Liyerpool1 &;
LONDON, Saturday, May IT, ls5G.-The Englis
| Funds opened this morning at an advance Of / III
on the official quotations of last evening" and ate
a temporary reaction, consequent upon the extrem
pressure for money to provide the deposit of 10 ne
cent on the application for the new loan the mrke
\ closed with an appearance of great buoyancy. Th
4 pressure at the Bank of England for advances wa
continuous throughout the day, and in the Stock E,
change and ont of doors very high rates were oce
sonally paid 1t is believed the applications for IL
loan exceed 92O,00O,0Oo.
INDIAN WAR IN FLoRrDA.-An extra of the Ocal
Examiner of the 23d ult., has the following interes
ing intelligence from the seat of war in Florida:
i BY the arrival of Mr.. A. N. Pacetty, expressma1
from Tampa, yesterday evening, we learn train cal
rying provisions to the State Volunteers. on Pea
Greek, was attacked by ten or fifteen Indians on Sa
turday last, within twelve miles of Tampa, at plac