New Orleans daily crescent., 1859-11-08

LATER FROM EUROPE.
ITALIAN AFFAIR-THE GREAT EASTERN
AMERICAN MINISTER AT PEKIN.

''"ue"s o'ef py the steamship Ar2go, which ar
rived atsew York on the evening of the 1st inst:
Latest per Arago.
thy fdee'rc Telegraph from London Southampton Oct 49,
LIVERPOOL cotton MARKET.-Market continues
5000 bales. pa''" as
Frsns.-Consols for money, oss@esa, and for
account, 962. =
Wheat, at fully Mondays rates. Foreign brings
full value. Flour met steady sale, At former
terms. Good demand for Barley, at full prices.
Value Of Malt unchanged. Oats sell readily At
Mondays rates. Terms for Beans and Peas unal-
tered.
Affairs of Italy.
THE TREATY OF PEACE.-We do not receive, by
this mail the number of the Moniteur which OF.
icially announces that treaty of peace between
France and Austria had been signed by the Pleni-
pOtentiaries at Zurich The act completed on
the l7th of October. According to telegram for
Paris the second treaty of peace-tlat between
Austria and Sardinia would be signed on the 10th,
King Leopold's award respecting the amount Of
the Lombard debt having arrived at Zurich. The
Paris Pays, however, says that necessary formal
ties may delay its signature few days longer
The APPROACHING CosGREss.-Al Although there is
now scarcely for doubt that the long talked
Of Congress will assemble, the pessmists still shake
their heads ominously, and anticipate many diff
culties to be overcome. As to the Powers that
are to take part in the Congress, various reports
are current but the prevalent belief seems to be-
that besides the five great Powers six others will
DE represented al BRUSSELS, or Whatever other
place the Congress is to be held at
lParis correspondence of the Times.
| THE EMPEROR AND THE ITALIAN DELEGA ATEs.-To-
| day Sunday the Emperor received the deputa-
| tons from Parma and Tuscany, at st. Cloud. The
| Parmese Enjoys were the first to be admitted
The audience commenced at 10 o'clock, and lasted
quarter OF an hour only But if the interview
was short was in the highest degree satisfactory
to the deputies of Parma, whose countenances on
leaving the Palace, showed their contentment
The Tuscans remained in conference for more than
an hour and half. The Deputies cannot of
course, report that this interview will remove
every difficulty, but they will at least be able to
say that the Emperor remains faithful to himself
and persevering in his role Of protector of the Ital
| ian cause and they have the assurance that the
principle upon which the whole question hangs
namely, that of n0n-ntervention by arms, will re-
| ceiye no injury from any quarter whatsoever. AT
2 o'clock Gen. Dabormida. Sandman Minister was
| received by the Emperor, and the consultation
| lasted for a long time.
(Paris Correspondence of lie N0yd.
The Great Eastern.
| POSSIBILITY OF HER GOING TO AMERrcA-REAsoSs
| FOR POsTPOS1NG HER TRIP.-HOlyiledd, Monday,
oct. 1.-THE exact time for the departure of the
vessel for America seems as undecided ever. 1t
has been stated over and over again that Monday,
the oath instant the 27th at latest was positively
to be the day for starting; but We should be de-
| ceiying our readers if we did not dissuade them
from entertaining any expectation of this kind.
The day when the Great Eastern will really leave
these shores rests with the Board of Trade, ana is
only with the Company in so far as they exert
themselves to comply with the very proper re-
quirements which the Board of Trade demand fol
the safety of any passengers the Great Eastern
may carry. That the number of these same pas
sengers will be limited in the extreme on the occa
sion of the first voyage seems beyond doubt
Rightly or wrongly, the public evidently entertain
wish to see this great experiment fairly tested by
the only test by which the merits of the vessel car
be judged-a real trip across the Atlantic and
back. Or course before the Great Eastern leaves
@t,a orl 1T In 4 1-A..
every precaution is adopted to secure the safety o
the ship and those on board; but even with this
qualified guarantee passengers will prefer to wait
and judge for themselves what the ship can do OF
a regular voyage. The cOastng trial trips which
have as yet been made can no more be fairly takeI
as criterion of what the great ship will do in al
Atlantic gale than if we were to Judge from rul
at the measured mile wkat vessel could effect Of
will never pitch heavily seems to be believed OF
all sides that she will roll, and, to certain ex
tent, deeply, appears equally undoubted, thoug
the motion will be slow and steady,
Sometime back We informed our readers of th
principal requirements of the Board of Trade
Very many of these still remain to be done. Don,
J they must and will be before the ship leaves; bu
we mention the fact that they still have to be eff
ected as reason for our belief that the great shi1
cannot and is not likely to start before the mid
, die of next month, if she leaves this winter.
The patches which were so unwisely put on til,
forward boilers before the ship left Portland arr
now being removed and replaced with entirely new
plates. The India-rubber packing between tn
lower fiange of the iron masts is to be done ava.
with. and its place supplied with hornbeam. Thi
take time to perfect. No bge and feed-pump
have been fitted to the main machinery, which i
still dependent on its feedwater being supplied b.
the donkey engines. This, as we have befor
pointed out, is a most Objectionable arrangement
as, in case of donkeys breaking down (and, ii
spite of every care, on both trial trips they hay
always done SOD the engines must come to deaf
stand AS this is a matter which can only affec
the speed of the ship, and not in any degree inter
fere with its safety, the Company, of course hav
right to their own way; but if they have an,
; regard to the commercial success of the Grea
Eastern, they would be wise to adopt every Dre
!, caution against the possibility of slow voyage
1t is urged and with truth, that to tit these fee
pumps now would require a delay of at least tw
or three months and that the vessel could not the
, start for America before next spring. Those bes
acquainted with the internal arrangements of til
ship think that such delay would be of great a,
vantage to the future success of the vessel,
ailording time for thorough administrative orga
zation Of all its departments. This, at present
: much needed, and until the vessel is solely ar
!, entirely given to the charge of Capt Harri
u son and the officers under him, it can scarcely
looked for. One of the chief requirements Of IL
board is that fire pumps shall be fitted to the au
iliary engines Of the screw, and to do this will
J quire such an amount of time and labor that it
: most probable that two powerful hand pumps W
, eventually be supplied instead. 1t is rumored, i
e deed that at some remote period two such har
u pumps were put on board, but of their whereabou
= at present none can tell. These, with the fitting
l. extra boats, communication in case of accidel
with all the stoke-holes, better ventilation of til
= ship in some places apportioned to the crew, etc
are the main conditions insisted on by the Board
/ Trade before the vessel can receive her passenge
y certificate; and to do these they ought to b
g done will require delay which makes it absurd t
7, expect that the Great Eastern possibly eav
e England during this month.
e There is precaution, however, which, thong
e not required by the Board, is so mperatiyey nece:
y. sary that unless it is adopted not even sailor
u would venture now to start for America in til
Great Eastern. We mean, of course, precautio
'f against cold Only those who know what Mort
e American winter is or who have been off til
Is Banks of New Foundand towards the end of N,
3 vcmber, can appreciate the extreme severity
the cold which prevails there. Yet throughout til
Great Eastern there is not yet single stove {
hot air pipe fitted, to prevent either crew or pa
l. sengers from almost freezing in such weather.
e is true that these will all be put up before the We
sci leaves, but this is only an additional element
delay, and one which makes it still more certa
y that the ship cannot leave at the time stated. No
= as to the passage across, and the rate of spec
u which may be fairly expected. The results of ii
last trial trip have been carefully weighed so th
a fair approximation of her future success in pol
- OF steaming can now perhaps be better given tina
r during the hurry and confusion of the late tri
u trips.
y If the Great Eastern go to sea next Spring, III
u run is likely to be one of great success for by til
time both ship and engines will be in full wOrkil
~ order, which they most certainly are not now.
T. the contrary her trial trip acrossthe Atlantic