New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-12-05
NUMBER 234.
Particulars Of Foreign News.
PER STEAMSHIP vANDERBrLT.

1hc steaulsnlp fanderDilt lert southampton 8t mid.
night Of the 18th ult and reached New York on the
18th. From her advices we extract the following:
The financial crisis had been severely felt at st.
fetersburg, and silver coin was excessively scarce
The price of everything but meat was extortionate.
Her Britannia Majestys ship Scouree left Lisbon
for England on the 9th She comes from the coast of
AFRICA TO report TO the British government that sew.
era vessels are on that coast, fitted out as sIavers
with Spanish crews, who sail under the United States
flag The question that is about to be raised is,
whether under the present treaty between Great BIZ
tain and the United States English cruisers have
right to search and seize such vessels.
The Cars visit to Poland had been officially an
nounced to have produced order that Polish is to
be the language of tuition employed in all the old
Provinces Of Poland. ,t'
Marshal Radetzky celebrated his 91st birthday on
the I'd inst 80 80 1917 - ::
The French legislative body was convoked, and an
imperial decree directs the meeting to be held on the
2Sth Of November. - HN5t# 59
In conyoking the legislative body for the 2sth,
says the Paris Pays, the Government wished TO re-
spec the letter Of the constitution but we think we
can state that the session will be short one and the
business of it confined to the verifeation OF powers
The new session will open in January, at which time
the only imperial sitting and the convocation of the
Senate will take place. Had not the government
been desrous Of respecting the letter of the const
tuition. il would most probably have waited until the
Council Of State had terminated its labors.
The value Of exports from Spain in the month Of
September was 9S 723 423 reals, which was upwards
Of 10000 reals more than in the corresponding
month OF 1885, In the total 900 900 reals are set
down for wine l6 600 900 for rasiDs and IL 900 900
for lead.
Accounts from Cronstadt state that English divers
had been sent down by the Russian Government to
examine the neofbattle ship the Lefort, which re-
human bodies were found below. The effect produced
on one OF the divers by the sad sight was such that
no report could be obtained from him. and be refused
| to descend second time. IN y 81
hoao that T,1-..
was on his way to England dsgusted with his Chinese
mission. '' ' =
Advces from Teheran, of Oct. ls, state that the
| civil war in Persia continued. Two Turcoman col
| umns had entered the country, and the Ambassador
OF Russia was urging the Government of the Shah to
! consent to an armed intervention. This the Shah
refused, and had sent an Ambassador Extraordinary
to Tlis with authority to proceed to St. Petersburg
in case OF need. The same arrival announces that
Ferouk Khan had been recalled and appointed Sad
| rasam.
The Russian journals are as unanimous as they are
perseverng in assuring the world not only of Russias
| of Europe being disturbed again for long time.
1t is stated that the ukase abolishing serfdom in
Russia will be published on tine 18th Of December,
the birthday of the late Emperor Nicholas.
| The Bombay Gazette of the 18th of October pub.
fishes full particulars of the siege and stormng Of
Delhi, related by an eyewitness. We extract the
most interesting portions:
Your readers will have understood, from the intel
gence which has been from time to time published
that from the period of the arrival of our army before
Delhi in June last, up till very lately, the position
occupied by our troops has been in effect purely
defensive one. 1t extended from the picket at Met
caes house. close to the river on the left along the
ridge facing the north side Of Delhi, as far as the
Sudzee Mundee suburb on right, where this ridge
termnatesthe distance from the city wall averaging
from 200 to 500 yards. NJ
AT the beginning of this month we received the
trajn nd fnrt, ra;pfov
ments of European and native troops from the Pun
jab, and it being known that there was no hope o
any aid from down country for a considerable time
was resolved that the siege should be at once com
menced and prosecuted with the utmost vigor.
Our available force amounted in round numbers tt
$500 infantry 200 cavalry and 600 artillery Europ
cans and natives-the regiments in Camp being he
Majesty's 9th Lancers her Majestys 9th Dragon
ments of the lst, I'd and 5th Punjab cavalry he
Aajesty's Sth foot (part off, SD foot, 60th Rifle
(part off, 6lst foot 10Th foot lst and I'd Bengal Fu
seers, Srmoor and Kumaon battalions (Ghoorkas)
4th Sikh infantry, Gnide infantry, lst, I'd and 4tl
regiments Punjab infantry four troops of horse ar
tillery (Tombs, Turner's, Remingtons and Renne's)
two light field batteries (Scott's and Bourchier's,
and some companies of foot artillery attached to the
siege guns, which numbered about forty heavy gun.
and howtzers, and ten heavy and twenty light NOR
| tars
The means of the engineers were very restricted
not in officers but in trained men, of whom thert
were only about 100 regular sappers. Some compa
MES of Muzbee Sikhs had, however, been rapidly
raised and partially trained and body of coolies
had also been collected, who worked remarkably
well. The park had been at work for some time il
collecting material, and 10000 fascnes, $1,000 ga
bions aud 100000 sand bags were ready for future
operations; field magazines, scaling ladders, ant
spare platforms had also been duly prepared, anG
great credit is due to Lieut. Brownlow, of the Engi
neers in charge of the park whose activity and intel
gence contributed not little to the eventual success
| of our operations.