New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-07-21

pER STEAMSHIP YANpERBILr.

John c. Heenan, the i" Benlcia Boy and his sec
ond, Jack Macdonald.
Col. Cipriani comes here to perfectthe necessary
arrangements for the reception of His Royal High |
ness Prince Napoleon, who will shortly visit our
shores in his steam yacht Gassard.
The voyage of the Vanderbilt has been most un- |
seasonable = strong westerly winds prevailing
nearly the entire distance.
On Thursday, 5th inst, at $40 P. NJ, in lat. l9o
So, lon So, passed steamship Arago, bound east
llth inst, exchanged signals with Swedish bark
Amazon, in lat. 46o 30' Ion. 81 80, heading west
18th, in lat. 42o l6 Ion. 64o spoke American bark
Racehorse, bound east.
The agitation in Naples continued. The Com
misserat stores and archives had been burnt, and
cannon had been placed inside the palace. On the
29th state of siege was established in the city.
Subsequent to that date there has been no out
break.
In Sicily, the liberal concessions Of the Neapoli-
tan Government, far from checking the enterprises
of the Dictator, have, on the contrary, determined
him to precipitate the annexation which he had
previously been disposed to delay.
British Parliamentary proceedings have been of
an important character.
The official tables of the English revenue for the
quarter and year both Of Wneh r Teanstea on on
the quarter amounts to f326,9ls. The increase on
the year is E5, ,727,g14.
The grand rife match Of the British National
Rife Association commenced on Monday, July 2,
on the ground on Wimbledon Common, under the
highest auspices and the most favorable circHnl-
stances. Her Majesty the Queen and all the mem
bers of the Royal family attended. After the Queen
and Prince Albert had taken their places the das,
the President, on behalf Of the Association, pre-
sented addresses from that body, to which her Ma
jesty made q suitable reply, The Queen fired the
rst shot ana struck the bulls eye AT distance OF
400 yards. The whole scene was more ike the
Hill at EPSON, on the Derby Day, than what is
usually witnessed on any other pubic occasion.
Among the volunteers, remarkable as not being in
uniform, appeared q line Of men OF ao0ut lou'
They were Swiss. proceeded by thefiag of the Swiss
Confederation. Competition fof the prize being
open to all nations, the Swiss are picked men, the
best shots Of their respective societies.
ton docks on Monday, from Copenhagen, to be
fitted out for survey service in connection with the
projected North Atlantic telegraph to America. !.
Lord Pah1erston has directed that a donation of
fl0 should be paid, out of the Royal Bounty Fund,
to Abraham Cam, who i nearly seventy years Of
age, and was formerly champion wrestler OF Eng
land.
The decline Of pauperism in England, as coma
pared with last year, continues. The decline in
| April as compared with 1853, IS above two per
cent; in May, nearly three. The decline is still
/ more considerable in the cotton district.
The Times has the following: Martin Escalante,
British subject, has returned to Gibraltar after
| thirteen months Imprisonment in CadE. In May,
| Of last year, he was sentenced by the Judge OF
/ ChinchilIa to nine years penal servltude for at
i tempting to change the religion Of Spain by dis
/ tributing copies of the New Testament.
i Considerable uneasiness has been created in
Paris commercial circles by accounts from Mexico
announcing the failure of two OF the greatest Mei-
/ can houses, with which some Paris merchants had
extensive dealings. 1t is said that the losses here
| will amount to nearly 2,000,000f Dull as trade is
at present, an additional gloom has been cast over
| it by the report that the Government would be
/ compelled to have recourse to new loan. The
feeling produced by this report was SO unfaVorabe
that tie Government found it necessary to contra
dict it in the Monaeu. The Emperor intends to
place 100000. .000f at the disposal OF the Minister
1 of Agriculture and Public works, TO pc expended
| in improvements.
/ Accounts from the country in reference to the
i wheat crop are favorable. Wheat has fallen from
If to If Soc the I20 kilogrammes, and flour to At.
/ The postmortem examination of the body OF
/ Prince Jerome led to the discovery OF q ball which
4 had remained in his chest after duel which he
| fought in his youth with brother OF Marshal Da-
/ voust.
The funeral of Prince Jerome was magnificent.
/ The Ambassadors attended the ceremony, and an
i immense crowd was present. All the theaters
/ were closed in the evening, on account OF the OBJ
/ sequies of Prince Jerome. A circular had beer
/ addressed to the Ministers by the Duke OF Gambia
ceres Grand Master of the Ceremonies, requesting
| the functionaries of their respective departments
to wear mourning for the re length s oi time and viii
In Galignanis issue of the Sd of July, we find tht
following paragraph:
Preparations are very nearly completed tt
celebrate, with unusual spirit omorrow, the
Fourth of July. the Eighty fourth Anniversary q
| American Independence. A charming f9te cham
petre is to be given on the occasion at one of the
| the most beautiful spots IN the nelgn0ofn00d o.
Paris, being o highly ornamented piece OF grount
| of upwards of ten acres, at one time called thu
Palais des Fleurs and now the Pare de Nilers
near Neuilly.''
The London News says: " A report is curren
in Paris that the Emperor will confer on Prince
Napoleon all the political prerogatives enjoyed bl
Prince Jerome, particularly the post Of Presden
of the Privy Council, and of the Council of Minis
ters in the absence of the Emperor. 1t is statet
that the Legislative body, before its separation
will have bill presented to it for giving the Prince
Napoleon the dotaton of Prince jerome, and th
former is also to occupy in the Palais Royal tn
apartments of his late tather.n The Post says Ii
will replace his father as Marshal of France.
The Times Paris correspondent says: TIL
Minister of Marine has ordered two frigates to pro
| ceed to Beyrout. 1t was feared that the disturb
ances in the Lebanon might produce serious CON
plications. The French frigate Zenobe has alread
arrived there"
| A telegram from Vienna states that:
sSince the meeting of German Soveregns q
! Baden the Prussan Ambassador has had severf
conferences with Count Reehberg, with the objes
of bringing about perfect understanding betwee
Austria and Prussia. The fact that Austria
longer insists upon guarantee of the integrity
her dominions will greatly facilitate such an unde
standing
, The Gazette of Augsburg says: g We are abb
l. to announce, upon good authority, that the Prime
I, Regent of Prussia intends to return the Emperor
. visit to the Camp of Ghalons Immediately after N
: poleon has taken up his residence there