, 1860-08-13
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ARRIVAL OF THE "ADRIATIO."
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SAsp1 HOOK, Aug. l1.-The Adtiat'c brings
eou passengers, including Lady Franklin and
niece, and donald Mckay. She lett ssouthaml,'
ton q 6 O'Clock on the evening Of the lst.
Allthe war steamers in tue English dock.
yards are to be made ready to meet an eme1-
gency.
Turkey has accepted The proposals for inter.
yention made By tbs Convention at Paris, With
aome notifications.
Il military convention hnx been conclued be.
tween Garibaldi and Gen. Cfary. The Neupoli.
tans keep open their ports Of Syracuse, Angus,
ta und Mcssina- The navigation Of lie straits
Of Meesinn IL free.
The convention agreed to BY Garibs)di and
Clnry also says tie citadel OF Messina will no.
fire on the town. The Gariba!di colors will
take equal rank with the Ncapoltan dag,
Naples is tranquil, but agitation prevailed in
the provinces.
The French proposal for intervention, sub.
ject 10 the acqn1escence Of the Porte, was &C.
copied by the Powers. The Turkish Au1bassa.
doris cInin essential notifications. Russia nu
thorized Lord John Russell to sign for her,
Tie notifications were adopted.
Napo'eon's letter to the French Ambassador
to Lopdon, dated e5:h July, is published. lie
says:
but one thought, one object-to inaugurnte a
new eTa Of peace, and 10 live on the best terms
gland. lad renowned Savoy, and the extra
ordinary addition to Piedmont alone caused me
to assume the desire to see reunited to France
provinces essentially French. You object that
you ~iah for peace, and you increase im,nod-
e:ately the military forces Of Fraace.' deny
the f&ct IN every sense that my army and 1eet
have in them anything OF threatened charac.
ter. Ny steam navy III eyen far from being
equal to our requirements, and the number Of
steamers does not nearly equal that Of sailing
ships thought necessary in the time Of Louis
Philippe. hare 400 900 men under arms. but
deduct from this amount Go,N0O in Alxeril,
6,00o ut Rome. 5000 in China, .O,O00 gt,s u
ar'nts, the Sicily new conscripts. aud sou will
see my regiments are Ut smaller effective
strength than during the preceding reign. The
only addition to the army list has bsen by the
creation Of The Imperial Guard.
Moreover, while wishing peace, desire al
SO to organize the forces OF the country On tue
best possible footing, for if foreigners have only
seen the bright side Of the last war, /, close at
hand, have witnessed the defects, aud wish to
remedy them.
"Having said thus much, I Lave since Villa
Franco, neither done, nor even thought, rny-
thing which could alarm any one. When Lar
alette started for Copstantinople, tue iustruc.
tons which gave him were confined to this i:
Use every effort to maintain the statuqHo- Tie
interest Of Francs is tha: Turkey should live us
long as possible"
Napoleon then touches on Syrian affairs, aay-
ing his first thought in the matter was to COME
To m understanding with England, and asks
"Whus other interest than that Of humanity
could induce me TO send troops to that coun-
try?" lie also says tile interior organization
Of France a7d to increase her resources are
fields large enough for his ambition, and sutli
Gent to satisfy It. lit WIS difficult ior uls 10
come to an understanding with England on the
subject Of Central Italy, because was bound
br the peace of Villa Franca. AS to Southern
Italy, am free from engagement, aud ask
nothing:but concert with EDgfaud on this point,
AZ on others. In Heavens name, let the emf
nent mcu at the head Of tie English govern
ment Lay aside petty jealousies aud unjust mis-.
trusts. Let US understand one another in good
faith, like honest men, as We are, and not Ike
thieves who desire 10 cheat each other.
To sum up, this is my innermost thought.
desire Italy should obtain peace, no matter
how, but without foreign Intervention, and tut
my troops should be aGle to quit Rome without
compromising the security Of the Pope. coulj
much wish not to he obliged to undertake this
Syrian expedition. and in auy case not to un-
dertake it alone: 1st, because it will be greAt
expense; I'd, because fear tins Intervention
may involve the Eastern question; but, on tie
other hand, do not see how to resist public
opinion i'll my country, which will never under
stand how We can leave unpnnished not only
the massacre Of Christians, but tba burning ot
cur consulates, the insult to our flag and pill
laged monasteres which were undes our pro.
tectiun.'
The London 1im<s, while evidently distrust.
ing the Emperor, is glad Of any occasion which
has elected 4 profession Of such friendly senli-
ments, and trusts they foreshadov policy un-
der which We may enjoy peace without being
compelled longer 10 support ali the burdens Of
war.
GENOA, July 3l.-Advices from Damascus
are 10 the 18th OF July. 5000 Christians had
taken refuge in the citadel occupied by Alger-
ioes, uad.r Abdel kader. The town is in the
power Of murdr.ers and incendisriek, to the
number ot 5000. The Turkish gur1ison Of
Stu was inactive OF hostile. Soldiers had ds,y-
en- the Christians into the flames OF buruiug
houses.
The sume account computes the runber Of
victims ut from 1000 to 8.o00, but the state
tnrnts may be exaggerated,
Rev. Sir. Graham, Of the Irish rresbrte rterian
Mission at Damascus. was murdered in the open
street. LIS had guard Of Turkish soldiers,
but they did nothing towaEd defending him.
The Turin journals speak Of the probability
Of IL meeting this month between the King and
Napoleon
4 letter from Milan states that some Hnnga-
riau soldiers having obtained ball cartridges,
fired into corps Of Chasseurs noted for loyal.
tr to the Emperor. One Seargant was killed.
Several Of The Hungarian officers afterwards
deserted.
The appearance Of the French wheat crops
has much Improved, aud prices were lower at
Paris.