New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-05-18

lish stations in the Me1iterraueaa ana b.,.
been engaged ID making large Purchases Of coal ire
" 2, pi n Or Quality = y s timaed that
the spanish Government, and the inference ~ ts.e
Spain would throw herself into the seryics ~ Fsrs
As many as ~ gun boats Of very light drsuaht, o.
10 the Thames, for the Spanish GovernmenS II - .
soegested that Spain might possibly be acting messTY
French agents said to have been very actiyu 4
ats IN Purchasing provisions for the army In Duhl}n
and IN oAher parts OF ireland. 80
Large quantities Of ammunition and Ruus Nupu
oe'Ig shipped from England to Gibraltar snd Malse
Aaiortienerl Sir Fenwick Williams. Bsrt- a
y hass Is appointed Chief 81 he force
NJ. Morphy had again been a1tosshfue The London
most e p,asss; hs played simultaneously i've Of the
w. LoM,.eniha! hviere, Barnes Bodn aud Blsd,
me result was that Mr.. Barnes won m ssse tI,1s
W .n mersss. Lowsntha and Bodin were drawn, and
MI; Norpny won The other two - - X
FRAscE-The Ministry of Police 1. h =. ,.s.s.h-
pire. 9 80 s'se : ny - - :
The French Army Of Observation Al sbe rhsn.
Will ibe conspicuous chiefly Tor ia yr -
heavy cavalry. It will consist Of eieht aisi.;rssS
cavalry and as many Of infantry - :, 4
asi ~, seansnRs ts lss aoSca on Tuesday the
The French army collecting % de sIopes a. H.
Alps will be Of the most formidable cbarscfer Tt,;m
consist Of no less than sixteen divisions 81 fn6stfv
duu tuS AEtIltSEy mufE8s
teen out of the twenty-five battaons Of esseufs ~
to form part OF the army Of the Alps Genoa 4 10 -
occupied by the French as . basis of operations
whence they can threaten the Austrisns' lefy s6k.
be also fortified AID made general depot fT II
troops that arrive throughout the Alpine passes 81
Inc Mo'aiftur states that the corps to be plxced
under we command Of Prince NAPOLEON would soen
The French troops experienced some daiicaIty IN
crossing Mont Cents. -Four thousand vorkrnen yera
employed in clearing the pass Of immense rnasss Of
Le Word, q the 18th, says the Emperor NapoIeou
had notified the English Government that be I'D feie
himself Obliged to send French army of occupation
nnse ~ INTO me ssrnsn territory 70 ne po
attack OF Austria. The Cabinet Of London repFed
that under the existing circumstances, EagIsud would
make no objection. 81 ~ "a
1t was rumored that the French seuate - ss.,,.,
to present an address to the Emperor beseechine I'm
not to leave Paris. Arrangements were however. ~
ing prepared for him at Lyons a7a slstt
Austrian merchant ships il Marseilles were prepsr-
ing to depart, at the suggestion of the Consul.
The movement Of French troops was very active.
and il was expected that the end Of the week thes
would be 1000 of them in Italy. 81,
The ATTITUDE OF PRussIA-In the Chamber or
Deputies, at Berlin, the 2sth the Foreign Minster
made statement respecting the crisis. The following
is summary: Recent occurrences are yerv threaf-
en1ng. The differences between Austria on the one
hand, and Sardinia and France on the other haya
reached point that the outbreak OF war may be No.
mentarily expected. England has made the last en-
deavor at mediation bot the hope OF her success =
extremely small In this position Of uncertainty 10
communication Of any intermediate measures which
either OF the opposing parties may have taken han
come to the knowledge OF the Government. The
placing Of three corps darmee Of the Prussan forces
on war footing, and in readiness for war has been
resolved upon by the Federal Diet Besides our own
safety, we must keep in view the safety Of Germany:
the more so. because another great German Powers
on the brink Of war. But the present condition Of The
preparation Of war, which the Federal Dict has M
stituted IS purely of the nature ~ the coneea
ton is to say, essentially defensive and
with this object Prussia in concert with her German
Federal associates is armed on all sides. Above an
things she adheres to the principle that the interest
of Germany is the interest of Prussia