The New York Herald Newspaper, March 30, 1854, Page 7

\* “ ies Aa. * e British flag i * ARRIVAL OF THE FRANKLIN. FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. “The Departure of the English . Fleet for the Baltic. Important from the Central Powers of Burope. TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKES IN CALABRIA. Over Two Thousand Lives Lost. Deaths of Talfourd, the Author of ‘‘ I and Rubini, the Tenor. e DECLINE IN BREADSTUFFS, ea &., &e. ‘The United States mail steamship Franklin, Capt. Wot- ton commander, arrived here at four o’elock yesterday afternoon, bringing four days’ later news from Europe thagt received by the last Liverpoo! steamers. ® The Franklin left Havre on the 15th inst,, and touched off Cowes the same day, to embark the London mails sent via Southampton, leaving Cowes at ten o’clock im the evening. She brings s fair number of passengers, and about five or six hundred tons ef continental merchan- disé, of a costly and valuable character, from Havre. The British and North Amorican royal mail steamship ‘Canada, from Boston and Halifax, anchored in the Mor- sey at 4P. M. on the 12th inst. The United States mail steamship Hermann, from this port, en roude to Bremen, arrived in Cowes Roads at 11 P. M. of the 11th, and after Janding her mails and passongors proceeded to her port of destination. At the corn market at Mark lane on the 13th inst. there was an increased supply of home grown wheat. The market was very heavy ata decline of fully 8s. per quar- ter. Foreign wheat 2s. lower. American barrel flour was frecly offered at a reduction of 1s, to 2. per quarter, without encouraging buyers to operate extensively. At Liverpool, on the 14th inst., an extensive business was done in flour, at a decline of 34. {o 4s. per barrel on the previous week’s prices; 36s. to SCs. Ga. were the top quo- tations for Baltimore. Wheat, offered at a reduction of 6a. per 70 Ibs. found few buyers. Indian corn 1s. lower. ‘The news from the manufacturing districts was on the whole favorable, and the commencement of the war was attended with far less disturbance than had been anti- cipated. Tho Manchester market was languid. In Bir- mingham contracts for iron manufactures could hardly be executed, except upon a stipulation that the buyer shall be subject to any advanco in price that may be de- clared at the next quarterly mecting of the trade. Woollen districts dull. Irish linen market active. Money was likcly to get lighter in tho London market, owing to the large exportation of gold going on from the Bank of England. English funds and shares were pretty steady. ‘The financial measures of the French govern- ment had been attended witu entire success, and the new loan, taken by public subscription, was likely to be eagerly taken up by the public. Subscriptions had been opened in London, and the loan commanded a premium both in London and Paris. The Austrian loan had been taken by local capitalists, and bore a small premium at Vienna. Consols were last quoted at 91 to.91 57. The colonial markets had a downward tondency; sugar being Gd. per cwt. lower. Coffee dull. Gladstone, Bond & Co., Manchester; Warwick, Harrison &Co., and Thos, McGregor, of London, have suspended payment. ‘The tallow market in London was very firm, at 64s, on the spot, 65s. for May or June. The Liverpool cotton market was very tame, with a Umited demand. Sales on the 13th, 4,000 to 5,000 bales, of which 1,000 were for speculation. Sales on the 14th, 3,000 to 4,000 bales. Prices flat, but nominally un- changed. An awful instance of sudden death occurred at the Stafford assizes (England) on the 18th of March, when Mr. Justice Talfourd, whilst charging the Grand Jury, was seized with an attack of apoplexy, and died before be could be removed from the court. The loan of the French governinent, owing to its hay- ing veen submitted to public competition, had turned out to be a most successful financial operation, been received with almost unanimous eeaecay adel Several carthquakes bave taken place im Calabria, and have excited great alarm. The damage done was im- mense. The number of persona killed exceeds two thousand. The Italian papers announce the death of the once greatest of tenors, Signor Rubini, which took place on tho 24 inst. at Romano, in the province of Bergamo. He was sixty years of age. THE EUROPEAN WAR. THE DEPARTURE OF THE BRITISH BALTIC | FLEET FROM PORTSMOUTH. The chief event recorded in our advices by this arrival is the sailing from Portsmouth of the first portion of the | British fleot, under the command in chief of Vico Admiral Sir Charles Napier, for the North Sea. This division is composed of the following sixteen ships :— SCREW LINE OF BATTLE SHIPS. Guns. Men. Horse Power. The Duke of Wellington. 1,100 780 The Royal vente 121 990 400 The St. Jean d’Acro. 101 900 650 The Princess Royal. . OL 650 400 ‘The Blenheim. . bt 660 450 “The Hogue. 660 450 The Ajax 630 450 The Edinburg... 630 450 680 6,42 4,030 SCREW FiGATES. Guns. Me Horse Power. The Impérieuse. .. 530 360 The Ai nt. . 450 360 | The Amphion. . 320 300 | The Tribune... . 0 300 300 | 161 1,600 1,820 PADDLE WIELS. Guns. Men. Horse Power. 18 280 580 6 200 560 6 160 500 16 220 400 46 860 2,020 The above vessels were to be joined in the Downs by the Cressy, 80, and the Euraylus, 50 guns, making the force of the first divicion to consist of seventeen ships of 1,019 guns, with 8,170 horse power, and 10,160 men. Queen Victoria, on board of her little yacht Fairy, pre- coded the fleet out to sea, having previously received the visits of the Admirals and Captains in command, who, in obedience to a signal to that effect, repaired on board the Fairy to take leave of Her Majesty and Prince Albert. ‘Mhe day.was magnificently fino and the weather all that eould be desired. Hundreds of thousands of spectators, both afloat and ashore, witnessed the spectacle, and the greatest en- thusiasm wag displayed. Admiral Napier was received by the population of Portsmouth with expressions of joy, and his embarkation was a complete ofatlon. The corporation of the town having presented him with an address, the gallant old sailor replied as follows:— Mr. Mayor and Gontlemen—Whon I tell you that I havo had onl: hours to cot ready to go afloat, you 4 if I decline to make a long speech; kind and band: from bein 1a expected from the fleet. 0 much. ut, gentlemen, you must not ox- Cheers.) We are going to meet no common to moet an enemy woll prepared. Iam the floet will do his duty glo- warn you ageln t ers.) The feet i ; great consideration is ow it is best-to mamage n fleet urzed ‘of warfare is ontirely diferent now req to that ie Till do our post (oh hat it an ae ly; wo 5 sees I ehall remember to sure the last da; fo ihe. exe of tho people of Portsmouth. (aad cheers.) The second division of the fle et was to be got ready ely, and would sail as soon as possible, under Faaiecia tenor Admiral Chada for. the Baltic. The total force in the North soa will thon comprise forty- four ships, of which twenty will be ships of the lino. They will mount 2,200 guna, manned by 22,000 men, and Propelled by a steam of 16,000 horses. ‘8 paper, refering to the probable operations to be undertaken by this stupendous feree, says:—The fleet, of which the first division had so prosperous on Is, i y, will consist of about forty-four vos- luding three three-deckers, and twenty line in all, the total number of guns being 22,000,’ and of horse power 16,000. The will be ‘rendered nearly as available as the assistance of the paddle fleet, and the whole fal armament sett ove left the Y will soon be joined by two 90-gan and Hannibal, while the state of all the dockyatds would seem to | overwhelming strength still will | is much speculation, of course, | batte of operations. | Pp aca ha of ‘the bom. large quantity o| that serious mis- A ia construction & governmont so- jeemed that cach ship's egistered in a book, and AREESES lap Hy = 3 i i i i 2 3 g ; =z i 2 i B ? i ; Ej : [ i = : i Be, F = a= eens, ¢! | ty, his | State, or potentnte, or of any foreign sheer I. lockade, and » third hint at the of the Isiand of Aland, as commanding the Gulf of Fin- land, and at once settling the doubtful neutrality of Sweden. In support of * bypothenis, it is al sappers and miners go out, that the ships supply of scaling ladders and other si¢ge accessories. few months will put to rest all these speculations, and perhaps add another to Professor Creasy’s list of the de- cisive battles of the world. ation of the fleot, the that out s ries. A Speaking of the dest London News of the 15th instant says:—Sir Charles Napier’s fleet is bound first for Wi Sound, on the coast ef Sweden, where the ships will,anchor fora time. In that position the fleet would guard the outlet of the Cattegat, and enjoy the advantages of being uear a great town like Gottenburg, with its pre ion of nearly 30,000 souls. The noxt step would be to pass the Sound or'the Great Belt, and enter the Baltic. ‘The Portsmouth correspondent of the London Times concludes his description of the scene thus:—The hur- rahs from the crew of the Duke of Wellington at bidding farewell to their Queen and country, will long ring in the ears of all who heard them, Hor Majesty stood waving ber handkerchief towards the ty ship as she Cg and for a Jong time after the whole fleet had gone the royal yacht remained motionless, a8 if the illustrious occupants desired to Linger over a spectacle calculated to impress them so pro. foundly. Well might they do so, for seldom has royalty gazed upon a scene more touching and portentous. The wer and fertunes of England suil with her navy. That force, therefore, tho first division of which Queen Vic- toria saw this day go forth to war, must exercise anim- | tant infuendfpon the Tature history of a reign | hitherto unprecedentedly prosperous and peaceful. Whatever belies we bare tent out stout ships, manned yy stout and wi , PTO) 0 same agenc, which has eo incaleulably’ inereayed our Internal te. sources, and commanded by a gallant Admiral who is not | likely to lose any opportunity that may present itself of having his name inseribed in the book of fame with those | of Nelson and the other heroes whose victorics have es- tablished our supremacy upon the seds. THE SURVEYING EXPEDITION IN THE BALTIC The London Timer publishes the subjoined interesting account of the voyage of Her Majesty's ship Hecla, dur- ing her surveying expedition in the Baltic. ‘This vessel he vent northward to prepare for the coming of the | ect. ‘The Hecla steam sloop, commissioned for the spesial service of conveying a large number of surveying officers to the Paltic, to make soundings for the approach of Sir | Charles Napier's fleet, returned to Spithead on the 12th inst. She left Hull on her outward voyage on the 19th ult, and anchored in the harbor of Flekkefiord on the 224, and left on the 284 for Christiansand, (weather very threatening and snowstorms very prevalent.) where she anchored the same evening, and Mr. Wel yn commu- nicated with the British Consul; from Christia: she proceeded to Christiania, and carried a line of soundings across the harbor, thence to Fre(ericks- varn, a small port near Laurvig, where she an- chored on the 24th. The commandant of that port furnished s government pilot and a sot of Nor- wegian charts for the whole of Christiania Fiord. Sho | left on the 25th for Laurvig Bay, and steamed about | there; then proceeded up Christiania Fiord, Past Hosten to Drobach, where she anchored in the evening. The an- | ckorage of this place was found very bad; she left on the | 28th, and proceeded down the Fiord of Christiania. On the Istinstant, she sighted the lights of Wingo Sound at mid- night, hove to, and proceeded at daylight in and through Warhol, Flemish snd Hawke-roads, and in and out of the north, middle, and south channels, She left Wingo Sound on the 2d, and made for the Skau, on the coast of Zetland, and proceeded along Albeck Bay aud Fredericks- haven. She sotinded all, the way; in the evening an- chored in Nyborg roads; and, on the 34, passed between Kalsko and Spogo, noting tho leading marks in and out; also the marks’on tho Vengeance shoal. Thence she went by the Langland Deop, S.S.W. through the Great Belt, and anchored at Kiel tho same night. She left Kiel’ about eight o'clock in the evening of the 84, and arrived off Copenhagen on the Sth, having made Bars Point on the provious morning, and examined the locality of the Plantagenet shoal, where aline-of-battle ship sunk some long time since. She found the shoal accurately marked on the chart, and commenced her return on the 7th, so as to be in | the Channel or the 12th, as ordered. The Dutch govern- mont, she found, had recently issued an order that no yossel should anchor within @ certain distance of the ‘Trekroner battery. The Hecla found that the Great Belt | iscasily navigable, Christiansand appeared to be the | best port for a ficet to anchor in on the coast of Norway, Wingo Sound on the const of Sweden, Nyberg in the Gest Belt, and Kiel Bay on the eastern coast of Holstein, a little to the south of Schleswig, the most advantageous of any for alatge fleet. It is a capacious and most beautiful bay, and possesses the paramount advantage of communication by railway with Haraburg, besides any amount of victualling supplies, which are both good and cheap. Coals are also plentiful, and may be had at a rea- nable contract price. The Hecla arrived in the Downs | at one o'clock yesterday (Sunday) morning, and left for Spithead at 10°. Mf; sho fell in with Sir Charloa Napier's floet, off Dover, at 1 30 P.M., in two divisions, under steam and all plain sail. ‘The Admiral made signal to shorten sail, and for the Hecla to commence supplying the weather division with the masters and second mas- tera belonging to them, and two pilots (forty of whom sle hadon board) to each. She commenced with the last ship of the lee division, and did not finish tranship- ping all tho officers until? P.M. Sir Charles expressed {o Master Commander Wellington his high eatisfaction at the opportone punctuality of falling in with him, and the manner in which be bad porformed the a intrust: ed tohim, ‘ter king NN. tains c ata . bb; of the she arrived between 7 and.8 this to harbor this afternoon And co1 urn to the fleet with des; , and some necessaries for the Commander in Tho Hecla met with no ice in the Balti. Her survey took her over 3,000 milos of ea. : . Bhe came , to re- THE LATE DINNER AT THE REFORM CLUB TO SIR C. NAPIER. On the 18th inst., in the House of Commons, Mr. French alluded to the speech made by Sir James Graham at the Napier Banquet, at which the right hon. baronet was reported to have said that he gave Sir Charles Na- pier liberty to declare war. Sir J. Gnaman—although T do not admit the right of the hon. gentleman to put a question to me in respect of What passed after dinner (laughter) —perhaps it may be respectful to the honse that I should give an anawer to the question. I havo to state to the hon. gentleman in respect toan authority given by mo, as alleged in the | report, that Sir Charles Napier observed that he hoped before he entered the Baltic he might have authority to declare war, and J in following up said that when he en- tered the Baltic I hoped there would be no difficulty on his part in declaring war. ButI have to state to the houte that at present there is no declaration of war, no order has been given to Sir Charles Napier to enter’ the Raltic, and when war is declared proper notifications will be made. Mr. Brion concluded an address by stating that the government were sending twenty-five thousand men to the otber side of Europe, and twenty-five thousand British homes at this moment were fille@ with the deepest anxiety, fear, it might, be alternating (with hope; and they knew that before the heat of summer was passed they might have nows that the swamps of the Danube or the imdiscriminate slaughter of the battlefield might strike down with sorrow hundreds, if not thousands, in this country. He wanted to know if it was right for the noble lord, the member for Tiverton, whether it was be- coming in him to entertain the country with jokes at a time like this. He (Mr. Bright) said this was one of the gravest questions that could possibly be undertaken by a government, ard the reckless levity that was displayed on that occasion by the noble lord, the member for Tiver- ton, was eiscreditablo in the last degree, and unworthy ofa'minister of a civilized nation. Lord PALMmaston immediately rose, and was received with considerable cheering. He said:—Sir, the hon. and reverend gentleman (laughter)— Mr. Coupey, interrupting—I rise to order. The noble ford has, I believe, made use of an epithet in speaking of my hon. friend, that is not justified by the rules of this House. (Heat, and some Isughter.) I trust I shall not misinterpret his meaning when I say that it was not intended to be personally offensive; but I think I shall not be contradicted by a majority of this House when [ say that it was flippant and undeserved. ord Parxerstox—I will not quarrel about words—(a laugh)—but as the honorable gentleman has been pleased to advert to the circumstance of my being chair- man at the dinner to which allusion has been made, and as he has been kind enough to express an opinion as to my conduct on that occasion, I deem it right to inform the hon. gentleman that any opinion he may entertain either of me personally, or of my conduct, private or po- litical, is ‘to ‘mo a matter of the most. perfect indi Ter. ence. (Cheers and laughter.) I am further convinced that the opiniorf of this country, with regard to me and to my conduct, will in no way whatever be influenced by any anything that the honorable gentleman may say. 1 therefore treat the censure of the hon. gentle- min with the most perfect indifference and contempt. Some cries of Order.) Is that Parliamentary or not? Laughter.) If it is not Ido not insist upon the expres- gion. (Cheers and laughter.) The honorable gentleman has stated that he felt tho greatest pain on reading the proceedings which took place at that dinner. That pain arises, no doubt, from the manner in which the mem- bers of the Reform Club were pleased to testify their copfiderce in Sir Charles Napier, and their satisfaction at finding that a distinguished momber of his profession, happening also to be @ member of the club, had beon selected for a most important post, at a time of great public emergency. ‘The honorable member, I dare say, read with great pain an account of any manifestations tending in any degree towards tho expression of an opin- jon that there should be a recourse to arms, no matter what might be the interests or the cause at stake, (Cheers) ‘Mer some remarks from Sir Wm. Molesworth, Sir Jaries Graham and Mr. Cobden, the discussion dropped. THE QUEEN'S PROCLAMATION RELATIVE ‘O PRIVATE ARMED VESSELS. BY THE QUEEN.—A PROCLAMATION, Victoria, R.—Whereas, by an act of Parliament passed in the 59th year of the reign of His late Majesty, King Georgo II, entitled “An aot to prevent the ealiating or engegemont of His Majesty’s subjects to sorve in foreign service, and tho fitting out or equipping in His tea 4 dominions vessels for warlike purposes without His Ma- jerty’e license,” it is, among other things, enacted that if any yerson within any part of the united kingdom, or in any part of His Majesty's dominions beyond the hall, without the leave or liconse of Hix Majes- heirs, or successors for that purpose first had and obtained, under the sign manual of Eis Ma- jesty, his heirs, or successors, or signified dy order in council or by proclamation of his majesty, his heirs, or successors, equip, furnish, fit out, orarm, or OF endeavor to equip, furnish, fit out, or arm, or to be equipped, farnahed, ‘Atted out, or or shall knowingly aid, assist, or be concerned tn ing, furnishing, fi out, or of any shi TNE, ie teeth: ox, vordbe thet woth thine tekst ehall be employed ‘inthe service of any fore! 'y, provinces, or pret of any provinge or people, or of eng persgmor per- powers | gevernment in or over any ‘State, colony, province, s ‘and intelligible policy; but when the day of re- or part of or people, as a transport or Aagaes coment, Jee est nat be ship, or with it to cruise or commit ities to see herself to keep away from all con! any , Btate, or potentate, or against the s and refuge to shed the blood of her and 6x; or of any prince, State, or tate, or against | hor treasure to save her ibors.’” the persons , OF assur to exercise the | Such, Iam inan juarter, were the ob- | powers of government in any col province, er part of | servations by the Emperor to the am! ' fond a wo or country, or against the inhabitants of | They were, 1am assured, faithfully reported, for some any foreign colony, province, or part of any provinoe or | days after, the editor of one of the most widely circu- country, wth whom his jesty shall not then be at lated journals of Vienna was severely rej 5 | war; or shall, within the unit ym, or any of A letter from St. Petersburg, of the 2d, in the Col his Mi *s dominions, or in any it, , | Gacette, says:—People only occupy themselves here with territory, island, or place or subject to his | the warlike pre tions for all eventualities by land or | Majesty, issue, or deliver any commission for an; sea. Twenty thousand pounds of gunpowder for the ship or vessel, to the intent that such ship or roast navy have been sent from Cronstadt and St. Petersb: shall be employed as aforesaid, every such person 80 | to Petrozamock, and cannons and shells have been sent offendingyshall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, andi to Cronstadt and Arc! 1. About 40,000 Ibs. of gun- shall, upon conviction thereof, upon any information | powder are to leave for latter town. The war forts or indictment, be punished by fine and imprisonment, | are being fortified and the coast batteries strengthened. or either of them, at the discretion of court in oe Prince Paskiewitech are to leave us short- | which such offender shall be convicted, and every such | ly. Prince will first of all go to Warsaw. Patriotic ship or vessel, with the tackle, appared, and furniture, | donations are continuing to be made. New voasels are together with all the materials, arms, ammunition, and | ready. The screw man-of-war, the Orell, of 84 guns and stores which may belong to or be on board of any such 500 horse power, is almost terminated. The construction ship or vessel shall be forfeited; and whoreas it has | of the screw frigate Maria, of 46 is rapidly ad- been represented to us that ships'and vessels are built in several places within the united kingdom, with steam machinery, with intent that they s! employed as aforesaid Without our Royal leave or license fonresaid; we have, therefore, thought fit, by and with tho advice of our Privy Council, to issue this our Royal against taklog part in such’ proseedings, which we are determined to prevent and reprom and which eannot fail to bring upon he at. the violation of the laws. Given at our Court at Buckingham Palace this 9th year of our reign. God say THE NEW ORDER IN COUNCIL—ITS EFFECT IN THE UNITED STATES, ru expressed the hope that the government’ would, on the enrliest possible day, stato their views and intentions statement which the Secretary of the Treasury aad made on Friday appeared to be quite inconaiatent with the in- Consul at Riga. Sir C. Woop pointed out that this was a subject requi- liberation, before any declaration should be promalgatod on the part of Her Majesty’s government. ‘Tho :wject, ant earnest attention of the government for some time past, and they would be prepared, at the carliest to the House and to the country the course they intend to pursue. one public declaration on the subject, in the shape of Lord Clarendon’s despatch to tho consul at Riga, anit lost in laying before the House, and before the country the completo views of Government on the matter. (Hear, despatch was not to be considered as the rule that was to be by usin the Baltic, for such a rule would not only af bringing about collisions, with friendly Powers and neutrals, bué would infallibly have the effect alse of indefinitely prolonging the war, (Hoar, hear.) tl are being equipped, furnished, and fitted out, onpecially for that purpose first had or obtained, or signified, as proclamation, warning’ all our subjects the parties engaged in them the punishments w of March, in the year of owgLord 1864, and in the 74 vouhe Queen. " In the House of Commons on the 13th inat., Mr. Mrrou- with regard to neutrals; and the more especially as tho # ructions which the Foreign Secretary had sent to our ring the most grave consideration, the most mature do- hy could assure the House, had been engaging tho close posible date consistent with their public duty, to state Mr. Ginsox said, tho government hal already made was therofore doubly essential that no time should be hear.) He trusted it would appear that Lord Clarendon's Pea fect ‘The government, who must haye long since foreseen the occurrence of war, had surely had ample timé to deter- mine upon the course they intended to pursue towards the ships of friendly nations, of neutrals, and of our own subjects, To delay the announcement of their views and intentions on this subject until the ice had broken up in the Baltic was wholly unjust to our merchants, who had been making their ar- rangemeuts in ignorance of what government meant to do, and who would, therefore, bo fully entitled to com- plain that they were taken by surprise; that they were, in fact, robbed, owing to the ne: st and delay of our government, of the property which they might be de- prived of under hostilities. (Hear, hear.) Jf the despatch @f Jord Clarendon wasto be acted upon, we should aseured- be brought into collision with the Americans, whose mer- chantmen would be liable to be searched by the British cruisers, and, if they had any parcel on board which, di- rectly or indirectly, could be mace out tobe connected with Russian commerce, to be condemned in some Court of Ad- mirally. He bad hoped that the sounder and safer policy that ‘free ships make free ports’? would have saved us from the risk of collision with friendly Powers. (Hear, hea ‘Mr. Wi1sox said he had been misrepresented in several papers the other day. The question that had been put to him had no referenee to imports from Russia, and his answer had referred altogether to Russian produce im- ported from neutral ports, in neutral ships, and the property of neutral subjects. THE EASTERN ARMY OF FRANCE—OPERA- TIONS AT THE BOSPHORUS AND DAR- DANELLES. ‘The Paris Moniteur publishes the composition of the army of the East, which, it will bo recn, command- ed by the general officers we already mentioned. Marshal de St. Arnaud is to be commander-in-chief. The chief of his staif is Generalde Martimprey; the under chief, Lieutenant-Colonel Jarras; the commander of tho artillery, Colonel Lebeeuf; the commander of the engi- neers, Colonel Tripier; the chiof of the commissariat, Bf. Blanchot, and the principal chaplain, Abbe Parabére. ‘The first division is to be commanded by General Canro- bert, who is to have under his orders the Generals of Dri- gade Espinaaso and Vinoy. ‘Tho second division is commanded by General Bosq ict, and the. two brigades by Generals @’Antemarre an Bovat. General d’Alionville commands the brigad of cavalry, composed of the First and Fourth regiment: of chassenre of “At Prinee Nay Commands a corpa of reserve, for the chtel of his staff Colonel Pemmarete; his deeamp. The corps consists of the Second Zouaves, the Twenty-sécond regiment of light and a regiment of marines. A seéond division of reserve ix placed under the orders of General Fore, the two brigades of infantry being con manded by Generals de Lourmel and d’Aurelle, an) ¢ brigade of cavalry by General Cassaignolles. e Courrier de Marseitlea of the 10th inst. quotes a letter from Gallipoli of the 26th ult., stating that the Anglo-French commission of officers of engincers, charged with the inspection of the Bosphorus and Dardanelles, was every day tiont actively engaged. General Joho Burgoyne, Messrs. Wellesley and Wrottesley, who have been sent out by the Board of Admiralty, Colonel Ardent, Commander Jourjon, and Liout. D. Varennes, French off: cers of engineers, were constantly on board the Carodoc, which conveyed them successively to all the military ints. A detachment of English Sippers, who arrived at ‘onstantinople on board the Banabeo, exeeuted the works under the direction of those officers. All the forts and bat- having nide- iment of fautey, | teries of the Dardanelles have been most minutely in- spected, repaired, or extended, and will shortly be in a Hate of defence tapable of repelling the most formid- able attacks, The Caradoc waa to Ieave on the evening of the 26th for the Bosphorus, the two banks of which are to be equally visited, and fortified in such a manner as to render the principal positions impregnable. | Con- stantinople, which, owing to its position, can be 4o casily defended, will also be protected on the ‘side of the Bos- phorus, By works representing pretty nearly the eele- brated lines of Torres Vedras before Lisbon. The fort fications of Constantinople, the Bosphorus, and the Dar- danelles, ate to receive French and English garrisons. WAR PREPARATIONS IN ST. PETERSBURG— ADDRESSES OF THE EMPEROR. ‘The following letter, dated Memel, March 4, givos re- liable infermation from the Russian capital relative to the preparations for war. Iquitted St. Petersburg on the 27th ult. Along the road from Narva to Riga, and from Riga to Mittau, in Fethonia, Livonia, and Conzland, I observed @ conside- rable movement of troops. At'St. Petersburg the de- parture of the Imperial Guard was spoken of, but with- out any precise date being fixed. An extraordinary ac- tivity pervaded all the navy officers, those of tho War Department, the Foreign ‘Affairs, as also the private Chancellerie of the Emperor. A service of special esta- fetes was organized for the province of Baltic Russia, with which an uninterrupted exchange of couriers is kept up. The garrisons of Helsingfors, Sveaborg, Frederik- shau, and Rotschensalm have been greatly augmented. ‘That of Eveaborg, which the Russians are wont to cali the Gibraltar of the Baltic, has been reinforced to the amount of 10,000 men. Within the last few days an ald-de-eamp of the Empe- ror, a general officer, has been despatched with orders to inspect all the coasts on this side of the Gulf of Finland. He first proceeds to Revel, where a part of the Russian floet haa been laid up for the winter, and ho is charged with the duly of providing the promptest and the surest means of placing it in sa‘ety from a coup de main of the Anglo-French squadron. Other general ofticers of the engineer and artill have also received the missioh to urge on the completion of the works in the military ports, and the fortresses of the coast. These are not the only measures of defence that the Russian governmenthdopts. It docs everything to excite the national pride and the fanaticism of the nation. All their efforts tend to give to the impending struggle a character of religious ardor which is not that of 1812. Thus the Greek cross Appears everywhere as the sancti- fying symbol of the present war, and on every side we Kear the words repeated of ‘Orthodox faith,’ “Hol confidence,” “Holy Russia,” &c, Toxts from the Holy Scripture have conve to be mingled with the jargon of the far} ionable saloons. The Fmperor himself ndops them in gonversation of the most crdinary kind, and in ol bis puMfic addresses, and he appears struck with the monomanie of preaching and haranguing to all about bim ina manner that is truly ridiculous. Very recently, and in presence of his whole Court, he delivered a sort of sermon, which termi- nated nearly’ with the following words:— Trussia, whore destinies God has expecially entrusted me, is menaced. But wo, wo, wo to those who menace un.’ We shall know how to defend tho honor of the Ras- sian name, and the inviolability of our frontior. Follow- ing in the path of my predecessors—faithfal, like them, to the orthodox faith—after having invoked, like- them, the aid of the Almighty God—wo shallawait our enemies with a firm foot, from what sido soover they come, per- suraded that our anciont device, the Faith, the Csar, and the Country, will open to us, a8 it has over done, the path of victory. Nebiserm Deus! Audite populi, et’ vin- cimini; quia nobiscum Deus! The imyerial court was astounded; it nover suspected that the Crar possessed this biblical erudition, and could seareely contain its-astonishment. It never suspected that his may, was so profoundly versed in scripture, or in the Latin fathers, It is cortain that for some time + most people are convinoed that something oxtraor- Rieasy fathe matter with ‘or, for wi his memory appears not to have failed him, his othor facultees appear to have been seriously'affected, 4 morose to an Intolerable degres. become sombre ai Whether it be the effect of years, or of the annoyancer.or embarrassments in which he sees himself pt |, Ikaow not, but such isthe fact. Perhaps all combine to duce this effect. The result isa state of exas] ion which he can Leonie 4 keep within bounds, evea in pre- sence of the foreign ministers. One day last mapél, whon speaking with the Austrian Ambassador on the wabject of nome articles very hostile to Russia, which ared in the Vienna journals, he burst Into the bitterest re- t the Austrian governmont, who tolerated sattwtat ao yon 4 ‘ng paket ae ritating . au 1 attagha,” he étied. “ff the Intention te fo repudiate the These reinforcements for the Russian fleet are Prince Menschikoff also. Cronatadt states, that by order of the Russian admiralty, another ship of the line, of 120 guns, tic powers, and ‘A lotter from the Empress Mary, has beon fitted out. Thia will make the Russian Baltic feet amount to twenty-eight ships of the line. The Emproms Mary is comman Captain by Bondischeft, and will form part of the first dtvision of the fleet now at Cronstadt. A letter from Bucharest, 25th ult., in the Wanderer of Vienna, says:—The Russians will not cross the Danube until about the month of April, for although they are continually receiving reinforcements, they have only 140,000 men ready for combat—that is to say, 60,000 in Lenser Wallachia, from 65,000 to 70,000 in Upper Walla- chia, between Aluta and Ibrail, and '24,000 between Ibrail and the mouth of the Pruth. It appears that the Rus- sians have abandoned their plans of operation, which consisted of passing the Danube between Kalofat and the fervian frontier. General Schilder, who proceeded from Galats to Ibrail, went there for the purpose of repelling the attacks cf the Turks, and not to prepare for crossing the Danube. Under the heading of windfall for the Czar, the London paters publish the following:—sir James Wylie, for so ong a time the chief physician at the Russian Court, has Just died at St. Petersburg. Uo is reported to have be- queathed the entire of his very large fortune to the Em- eror of Ruasia. Sir James Wylie was a Scotchman, born in 17¢8. He entered the Russian service as military sur- geon in 1790; was appointed physician to the imperial court in 1798; a in ordinary to the Emperor Paul, and physician to the heir npaerens in 1799; director of the medical department of the minister of war in 1812; physician in ordinary to the Emperor Alexander in 1814; and lastly inspector-general of the Board of Health in the Russian army. He was also president of the Russian Medical Committee of the Minister of war: Director of the Russian Medical Department of the Im- Court, and a vy Councillor of tho Czar. Sir me ‘Wylie was knighted at Ascot Heath Races, in 1814, by George IV., then Prince Regent, and was subsequently created a baronet at the Sonne of the Emperor Alexan- der, on his departure from England. The wealth of the deceased {s stated to have been very considerable, and that he should bestow it upon the Czar instead of allow- ing the cro Me pasa to his relations, has given rise to much astonishment, and doubtless to considerable re- gret amongst those of his own blood. THE LATEST VIEWS OF THE CZAR OF RUSSIA. Trom the St. Petersburg Journal, March 2.) We have just received s report of the sitting of the House of Commons of the 17th of February, and the speech which Lord Johp Ruascll mado on that @ecasion, It. is not hero the place to repeat brutal outrages, of which overy faithful cervant of the Emperor will pre- serve the recollection, but which do not reach the august person to whom they are addressed. We shall confine ourselves to remarking that the parliamentary annals might be scarched in vain for an example of such intem- perate language from the mouth of a Cabinet Minister in reference to a sovereign against whom the country of that Minister has not yet declared war, What are of im tance in this speech aro not the invectives of tire inister, but the nature of the determinations of tho government whieh the speech reveals. It mast be very cvident henceforward that the peaco of the world does not depend upon chance only, but that war forms a de- cided elenient of the plans of the English Ministry. From this cause has necessarily arisen that fatal distrust, which in the Eastern question was tho origin of all the previous difficultics, and which will lead at last to the most deplorable result, ‘That such distrust may havo been entertained by France—that it may up to certain point have found a place in the mind of a government stil recent, which has not had time to acquire by long experience of former re- lations with it an exact idea of our roal intentions, and abandoning itself voluntarily to the almost traditional opinion which has been formed of Russian policy in the Fast—that may be easily conceived; but on tho part of England, which is aware of the antecedents and the cl racter of the Emperor from s connexion of long date, an opinion of sucha nature justly excites surprise, Less than any othor the British Government should entertain such suspicions. It haa in its hands the written proof that there is no foundation for them; for long before the present condition of affairs, before the questions which led to the mission of 'Prince Menschikoff to Constantinople had assumed so serious an aspect of difference, before Great Hritain had adopted the same line of policy a8 France, the Emporor had spontane- ously explained himself with tho most perfect candor fo thic Guecn and her ministers, with the object of es- tablishing with them a friendly understanding, even upon the most insportant result which can effect the Ottoman nothing to deserve. The circular concludes by affirming | that a policy of intimidation has been carried ous by Eng- land aud Frarice, and the conduct of Rursia is described asa success’oa of sacrifices. THE POSITION OF PRUSSIA. [From the Preussische Correspondenz—official.] ‘The nearer the decisive crisis of the conflict in the Fast approaches, the more reason have we to congratu- late ourselves that Prussia, thanks to policy as honora- bie as it is independedt, Wag beyond the immediate influences of a dispute which, in spite of every attempt at mediation, threatens to increase in importance and ex- tent. Whoever has followed impariially the progress of the late negotiations cannot deny that tho policy of Prussia —and this enaures her the national sympathy—has boen characterized by an independence against which all pr sure from without has been powerless. But Prussi poliey, however national it may be, has not escaped suspicion of foreigners, because it proclaims openly ita object and its tendencies. To preserve the interests of Germany, and the equilibrium of EuropS—those are the two objects which she cannot lose sight of, but, on the contrary, she must consider them asintimately connected. Prussia has clearly marked out her position in regan to the disputing parties by her participation in the confer ences of Vienna. That ition she will maintain when the latter shall have ceased to exist. In accord with Austria, she held out her hand tothe Western Powers, in order to insure by an Ly a a4 well the possessions and the nes of Turkey as the rights which belong to Christian worship in the Ottoman empire. Alth the conferences of Vienna did not lead to the result which they had principally in view, they afford testimony of the united offorts of the four governments to maintain the balance of power and the peace of Ku- rope. The effect of this unity between them is not con- fined within the limits of been crowned with success. But, however sincere may have been the intention of the four governments, so far as relates to the basis of an honorable compromise between Russia and the Porte, the protocols of Vienna do not comprise any engagement respecting an armed intervention in the Oriental quar- rel. On the contrary, they leave to each of the govern- ments interested the liberty to employ the means most appropriate to its position, with the end of maintaining that line of policy which it had traced for itself, Ac- cording to our 06] on, the great German Powers are, above all, not bound to acquiesce entirely in all the ac tive measures which the two Western governments have ut in execution from their own decisions, whether in the course of the conferences at Vienna or when those conferences failed in their object. If latterly inconve- nient doubts arose regarding the independence of Ger- many, the present appeors to us to bo the proper time to furnish from all sides the proof that such indepen- dence is perfect. In spite of their attachment for a government which has been thelr ally for many long years, the Ge:man governments did not hesitate to defend with all the weight of their moral influence the independence of the Porte against the great pretensions of that ally. But it is allowed to them to leave the Powers whose influence is decisive at Constantinople and whose fleets command the Plack Sea, the charge of giving ‘armed assistance to the threatened Ottoman empire, while by their attitude they reserve to themselves the right, when circumstances may be moro favorable, of making the words of conciliation heard by both sides. ‘We entertain the sincere hope that upon the basis of this independent policy, the union so happily maintained hitherto between Prussia and Aus- tria may be consolidated more and more, and in order that she may also show it when, under tho influence of other events, the interests of Germany and the balanee of European power may require that a more decisive at- titude should be assumed, As regards Prussia in particular, under prosent cireum- stances, her neutral attitude between the disputing par ties is alone capable of preserving the peace of Central Europe. From the moment that she might raise her arms either for the East or West, she would infallibly create war on the bake of the Danube, tho Rhine, or ose endeavors which have the Vistula. This is what neither Germany nor the test of Europe oan desire; ‘For these reasons wa hope that he gove ‘nment of his Majesty will recollect the duties it has to f respons fl asa great European power, as well as the lity which the private interests of Russia and Germany impose upon it. SPECIAL MISSION FROM BERLIN TO FRANCE. The Paris Moniteur announces the arrival in Paris of the Princo of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, and also states that he comes on ‘‘a confidential mission from his Majea- | ty the King of Prussia to the Emperor of the French.’? The mission” alluded to is no other (says the eorres- | pondent of the London Zimcs) than to give explanation | about the neutrality of Prussia, and to declare that the | neutrality means nothing hostile or unfriendly to France nor favorable to Rusnia. T have not heard that the Prince has yet had an inter view with M. Drouyn de Lhuys or with the Emperor, at least on the fubject of his mission, as ithas been stated tome in an official quarter that the said mission will not be favorably received. There appears to be little doubt thatthe King of Prussia has been influenced to take the step he has done ty the Empress of Russia. ‘Tho neutrality of Prussia will probably be one of expectancy. Of Austria the opinion among official persons sooms to-day more fa- | vorable, and it is believed that should the Russians mako | the move in advance already noticced, Austria will, after | all, act as becomes her. | NEUTRALITY OF SWITZERLAND. The heads of ihe Swiss Confederation appear to have seen, in the still imperfect understanding existing be- tween Germany and the French empire, a reason for taking precautions for safeguarding the neutrality of the republic. Tn a ciroular, which the executive has addressed to all the mombers of the Swiss confederation, we read:— ‘Ue politien! cireumstancea created for Europe by the conflict that haa been ealled into by the Eastera empire. Since the ycar 1829 his Majesty foliowed with areas siterition the march of events in Turkey. The: POrér could net shut his eyes to the consequences of changes, which were, one afler tho other, introduced into that State. ‘Ancient Turkey dive) red from the time when it wag sought to establish those institutions diametrically opposed ae well to the genius of Islamism as to the chara and usages of the Mussulmans—in- stitutions more or less borrowed from modern liberalism, aud consequently entirely opposed to the apirit of the Ot: toman government. It became evident that Turkey was undergcing a complete transformation, and that there experiinents, ot least doubtful so far as regarded the re- organization of the empire, seemed rather calculated to lead to a crisis which would overturn it. It seemed likely that. new order of things would arise, which, al- though undcfinable, would at all events destroy that which existed. | To these permanent and increasing causes of dissolu- tion recent complications have been added, resulting from the affairs of Montenegro, the religions persecutions exercised in several Christian provinces, a difference with the Austrian government, considerabje financial embar- rassment, and lastly, the important affair of the Hol; Places, to which the imperious demands of the Frencl Ambassador at Constantinople were beginning to give a nenacing ebaracter. These complications, sullen excitement among the Christian population, were likely from one day to anothor to bring about a sudden catastrophe which it was urgent to pre- vent. Penetreted with the extreme importance of such a re- It, and having at that period almost greached the region of the possible, if not entircly of the provablo— convinced of the disastrous consequences which might result from it, the Emperor thought it necessary to as- sure himself beforehand whether the English government shared his apprehensions. He wished more particuular- ly, by a frank previous understanding, to remove every subject of nilennles eee between Great Britain and himself. It seemed of the highost importance to his Ma. jesty toestablish the most perfect identity of views with the government of Great Britain. ‘With this view the Emperor engaged the English Min- ister at St. Petersburg to cause her Majosty to be inform- ed of his anticipations with respect to the danger, more or less imminent, that menaced Tarkey. He requested on this subject a confidential interchange of opinions with her Britannic Majesty. ‘That was certainy the most evident proof of confidence which the Emperor could give to the Court of St. James; and thus did his Maje: openly signify hia sincere wish to prevent any ul vergence between the two governments. Sir H. Seymour acquitted himself forthwith of the im- ortant commission which the Emperor had impressed on Dim tne long and familiac conversation. The result has shown itself in a correspondence of the most eer, character between the present English Ministers and the impertal government. It is not permitted to us to divulge the contents of non- official documents, which do not concern the Emperor alone, and which contain the expressions of a mutual confidence. What we are permitted to say is, that in examining the circumstances moro of less likely to affect the duraticn of the statue quo in the Easi—an examina- tion undertaken from the conviction respectively onter- tained that overy effort should be made to sustain that statas quo, and to prolong it as long as possible, there never was any question of a plan by which Russia and England night dispose beforehand, and between them- selves, of the destiny of the different provinces which constitute the Ottoman empfre; still less of a formal agreement to be concluded between them, without the knowledge and unassisted by the counsel and interven- tion of the other courts. ‘The two parties were limited to o frank and single con- fidence, but without reserve on either side, to communi. cate what might be adverse to English interests, what might be eo to Russian, so that in any given case hostile or even contradietory action might be avoided. In looking over the different parts of this confidential correspondence—in rool, the spirit in which they themeelves had interpreted it—the Ministers with whom | at the timo it was carried on, and who since have permit- ted themselves to be swayed by prepossessions to be re- tted, will be able to decide it Trove Pprepossessions aro Fist. Let Lord J. Russell more eapeeially reperuse that cor reapondenco, in which he was the firet to take pest, be- fore ceding 'to Lord Clarendon the direction of foreign affairs. Let him consult his conscience, if the passion which leads him astray pormit him to recognise its voice. He can decide now whether it be really true that. ti Fmperor has been wanting in franknsss towards the in a government; or if rather his Majesty has not unbosomed himeelf to England with as little reserve ns possible; if there exists the least reason for believing that we bave ambitious or exclusive views on Constan- tinople; or if, on the eontrary, the Emperor has cot ex- plained himself in a way to remove all doubt as to his real igtentions on the subject of the political combina. tions to be avoided, in tho extreme case which he st the time pointed ‘out to the foresight of the British go; \eanment. ‘The Journal de St. Petersburg of the 34 of March pub- lishes, in an extraordinary supplement, a circular, ad- dressed by the Russian Cabinet to all the ambassadors. and diplomatic agents of the Emperor of Russie, giving an account of the negotiations on the Kastern question, and justifying all ita proceodings. This circular fills no Jess than seventeen columns of the official paper, and consists of history of the Eastorn affair, intesporsod with arguments which have all been provionsly brought forward in the notes of Count Nesselrode and the lotter of the(Czar. Throughout this historical review the desire for peace and the moderation of the Emperor of Russia are constantly spoken of, and he is represented as hav- ing been continually thwarted by the doubts, cuspicions and distrvate of the Western Powers, which he had dono ae ay ir 10. BA deop tance, that Settee tpi va tabaletor, attact Tre the pisponn of preserving ftw independance, whatever may be the issue of the impending stzuggle. Although the neutrality of Switrerland is recognized and consecrated by solemn treaties, we ought not to for- get that war often leads to the entire violation of the most solemn Chay et td making might prevail over right. In order that the nculrality of Switeerland may be a reality, it Lehoves her to take measures calculated to show that this noon is resolved to cause her neutrality to be needs le, yy force of arms. It is by starting from point of view the federal government circular calls the attention of the cantogs to the necessity of completing the arming and equipment of the military contingents, and to make such provisions aa to enable the military force to be called out ready to march at the summons. THE ENGLISH REVIEW OF THE ABOVE. [From the London Times, March 11.] We have before us three official communications ema. nating from,the governments of Austria, Prussia and Rus- sia, and published by their respective organs, usually given to the ministerial doclaration Towers. They aro all of the highest importance, and throw considerable additional light on th political state plicit, but, asfar as it goo, it is clear and firm. She publicly ‘records the conviction of the imperial government that the peremptory summons of the Western Powers to the Court of Russia is founded on substantial rights, and to which Austria has eo stantly adhered. She adds, that up to this time A tria has endeavored to reconcile as well as she cot the gencral interests of Evrope with the duties which her friendship and alliance with Ruasia imposed upon her; but that on the declaration of war she shall consult her own interests, which compel her at once to take measures against the imminont dangers of war and insurrection. Considering the circumstances in which she is placed, and that her diplomatic relatlons with Russia are not yot broken off, this language ia, por- haps, as much as could be expected from the Court of Vienna at this moment, embdfrassed as that court is by minor German States. This document is more re markable for what it omits than for what it saya. It does not pronounce the word “neutrality”—it does not profess any hope of reconeiliation—it doos ndt threaten to stand aloof in the easy attitude of expectation, and to side with the winning party in this convulsion of Europe. The Austrian governmont continues its preparations for war with unremitting ac- tivity. Troops are on their march to the southoastern frontier. General Coronini has advanced his headquar- ters from Temesvar to Somlin, and the Archduke Albort is appointed to the chief command of the forces. Itmay here be observed that the attitude assumed by Austria siana to mi a retrograde movement in Little Walla: sia unbappily presents. The Prussian the 7th of March, publishes an elaborate m, calculated, as it seem: to us, to bear ‘extent the’ observations we liad made uct of Prussian few days before. Prassia alone, in this great conjuneture of European affairs, renounces all participation in the active measures contemplated by the oth Prussia alone, ond truly, boasts that she is bound by no positive engagements to that’ extent. But by withdrawing her ective concurrence from the other Powers she concedes to Rugeia ail that the Emperor Nicholas could presume to ark, and sho aggravates the general position. of the continent by neutralizing the part which the pecs ple of Germany were called upon to play. The individual contest, but the effect produced by this abandonmentof the publie interests of Kurope for the most paltry moe tives and confused reasons, is olearly tho result of Rus- sian influence over the King of Prussia; and it willafiect every raan who has a heart for the independence of Gor- many, with moro pain, humiliation and 2osontment than we, care to express. Tha importance of thia determination om the part of the Prussian. government is considerably inoreased by the circumstances under which it has been, formed and published to the world. The German papers have algeady slated—and we believe with perfect truth—tl weeks ago the draught of a formal troaty, binding the Four Powers to settic the Eastern question.on the broad basis of European interests, and providing means for ‘inguring that object, wan propnrad by ng lend and France, and presented to the German Powers for their adoption, Yho Cadineta of Vi- enna sod Berlin were at taat time of opinion that such ® measure was premature; but more recently, and since Count Orloff’ mission, the project of the treaty has been resumed st Vienna in'a manner high- ly honorable to the Austrian Ministers, and thero waa reason te suppose that no, obstacle would provent the completion of thisimportant scheme. The obstacle, such ‘aa it in, has come from , And it ts in consequence of the pressure applied to Anat vacating and feeble Conrt Wy the other Powers of Europe that she haa put forth the declaration which forms the subject of these. obser- vations. She is therefore not only my ag a herself from the general policy of Europe, but distinotly opposing the measures required and rocommende: by Austria hor self, to give effect to that policy. A course moro utterly unworthy of sftate which is allowed to rank with the Great Powers we never remember to have witnessod;and the King of Prussia, in his absurd attempt to retain an expectant posilion between the two great ‘teresta which divide ee een decerves to draw on himself the hostili- avd the contempt of both belligerenta, We aay no- Of the poopie oc Pryusta ond of Germany; it us for the form | of those | of Eurore. The language of Austria is not entirely ex- | the tergiverration of Prussia and the intrigues of the | appears already to have had the effeot of causing the Rus- chia; the troops which were concentrated in tho villages | round Kalefat are falling back on the Schyl, and the threatencd attack on that position scems indofinitely postyored, ‘There cannot be a greater contrast to these measures of the Cabinet of Vienna than that which the language of the Court of Pr Corre pendence «Meial declar: forces of Prussia may be of little importance in such & | tneveral | them to notice as it their government the ‘e now arrive at the third, ble, of these official prodi the the Russian cabinet, inserted in the Journal of St. Pe- fersbury of the 2d of March, to Lond John Russelite 5 of the 17th of February The Russian government teste fit to declare, that whatever might be fhe of mistrust entertained by other Powers, the Ministry bad ne reason to doubt the views of Russia, im- asmuch as at an earl, Period, preceding Prince chikoa’s the Emperor Nicholas had “ spontame- ously communicated with the Queen of England aad ber Ministers, for the purpose of establishing an intimate agreement with them, even in the event of the most formidable contingency which could befall the Ottoman empire.” Inal we are informed that in the course of Lord John Russell's brief administration of the Foreign Office—that ix, in January, 1! Hamilton y was requested by the Emperor, and empor his own government, to enter into a detailed conver. sation with the Emperor himself on this subject: B and a correspondenco ensued, not of an character, and the secrecy of which does concern the Emperor alone, but which disclosed the fullest confidence the ‘views of the Court St. Petersburg with refereuce to the approai lution of the Ottoman empire. We assume these be correct. We have not now to loarn for the first time that before the Emporor Nicholas engaged in these ex- traordinary transactions he had attempted at varieas times, and in different forms, to lure almost every Comré in Europe to share in the plunder of Turkey. As long ago as his own visit to this country he held the same laa- guage, and it may have been repeated in greater detail im the course of ‘last winter. But what answer aid he get to these overtures? What answer did he get when he sounded Lord John Russell, of alf men in tho world, on the subject of an eventual partition of Turkey? We confidently reply, that he wae met by am indignant refusal on the part of the British government. He was told, if we are not greatly mistaken, that this country could entertain no proposal in any form which pi Be ie ws of an empire the in- grity of which we had frequently engaged to reapectamd even to protect; that the British government atrent opposed any change in the status quo of Tur source of and diflculty to the world; as this communication had been made in’ fri apint, England strongly recommended the Emperor Kuasia to abstain al and scrupulously trom aug interference in the affairs of Turkey, which must be ‘As those com- a » and wholly anterior to and unconnected with the affair of the Holy Places and Prince Menschikoii’s mission, the government appear to have thought that they cid not properly form rt of the correspondence recontly laid «before Parliament, but ted « reparato transaction. This mpletes of the Russian government relieves them from all further uncertainty on that point. Lord John Russell’s answer to the Rus- sian overture will do him no dishonor; and, although im time of peace it might have been inconvenient to lay bare the pretensions Russia has sometimes indicated, our present relations are not likely to suffer from an “indis= cretion’ she herself haa provoked; and we trust the whole correspondence will be immediately [From the London Times, March 18.] The Russian government has thought fit to publish, ér @ supplement to the St. Petersburg Journal of the 34 of March, a more elaborate attempt to explain and vindicate their conduct throughout the transactions which have now brought the Emperor Nicholas to the verge of hosti- lities with several of the + Powers. This document, which is too long for us to publish to-day, is moderate in tone, for it is addressed to the Russian agents at the different courts of Europe, and its object is the very op- osite of those furious and fanatical manifestoos to the Russian people which ave astonished and disgusted the civilized world; it is strictly argumentative in form, for it is intended, if possible, not only to exeulpato Russia, but to establish a case againat the Western Powera. SYRIA, The accounts from Syria are very unsatisfactory, and the whole country seems to be in a state of anarchy, ow- ing to the withdrawal of the troops fer the war with Russia, and the Pashas are left without the means of forcing their authority. The Greck and Latin clergy at Jerusalem have renewed their shamofal contests the Holy Places, whilo the Turkish officials had not the power to prevent them. from coming to blows. Tt in ad- | mitted, however, that this tine the Latins claimed | er privileger than they were entitled to, and the Patriarch and French Consul (M. Botta) findit selves under the necessity of yielding to the Greeks, left Jerusalem for Beyrout, Sevoral persons wore killed in the various affrays that took place. THE VERY LATEST. KAtaragci, (opposite Silistria,) March 4, 1864, About 1,200 Turks crossed the river in three places They encountered about an equal number of the Rus- sians, and, after an engagement which lasted some hours, and dismounting sevcral Russian guns, they retired te the right bank. Sr. PrrersnurG, March 6, 1854. ‘The Gazette of the Senate publishes an imperial ukese, ordering the immediate issue of notes fora aum of atx million silyer roubles. It publishes at the same time the ordinance prohibiting {he export of cereals from Odesss | and other ports of the Black Sen. Vinxxs, March 10, 1864. The Loyd, which has lately distinguished itsolf by advocating an Austrian policy, and proclaiming the me~ cossity of opposing Russia, if necd be, in the flold, has | suddenly been suspended by the government for eight days. Tho event has produced a great sensation, not only because the public spirit and courage of the joursal were highly esteemed, but because the appearance of those articles had been pointed to by the government \ itself (in the Correspondenz) na a proof that the press om- | joyed a large extent of freedom in Austria. A desire to please Russia is evidently the motive for this proceeding, | the Lloyd having in a recent number exposed the Oxar’a | government (but not by name) as not being at all com | servative, but essentially revolutionary in its character. | Virxnxa, Monday Evening, March 13, 1864. | Austria was invited to join the Western Pyersines | alliance against Russia. Austria forwarded the proposl- tion to Prussia, with modifications to the following ef- feet ;— She does not feel herself called on to join the Weaterm « Powers in a declaration of war against Russia, but is pre- pared to sign a'convention for securing the integrity of Turkey in the spirit of tke treaty of 1841. Austria will maintain peace in Servia, Montenegro, and Bosnia, leaving it to the Western Powers to care for Greece and the Greek provinces in Turkey. It appears from an article in the Oest Correspondensot yesterday that Prussia approves this. Paris, March 13, 1854. General Canrobert is to leave Paris this evening for Toulon. He expecta to arrive at Gallipoli between the 26th and 26th, with his division. By advices from Corfu of the 9th, received via Viouns, we learn that three Turkish steamers had landed 2,600 men at Prevesa. The budget for 1855 was presented to-day to the Legia- lative body. Tho receipts amount to 1,559,914,440f., end the expenses to 1,563,922,076f. There will, therefore, be an excers in the receipts to the amount of 5,992, 365f. Panis, Tuesday Evening, March 14. Advices from Toulon state that the Napoleon had left for Algeria in order to transport troops. The Suffrom, the Ville de Paris and the Alger were just finishing their refit. The Christopher Columbus was expected to carey | to the East, Marshal St. 4raaud and his staf. Advices from Malta of the 9th state that » Sardiates frigate, arrived from the Pireua, bad brought news the the Adglo-French squadron in the Adriatic had interg. cepted a supply of arms and munitions of war destined for the Albanian insurgents. The position of affairs in Albania was improving. Advices from Madrid of the 9th state that M. Inturite had made no complaint {o the British government before he left hix post. ‘The Three per Centa were 347% Mazshal St. Arnaud is to leave Paris on the 24th. Gerg Jove Concha has arrived in Paria. ‘There was again a slight rise in the funds today, The | Three per Conta closed at 66F. 85c. for the end of the moath, and the Four-and-a-Half per Cents at 02f. 06¢. Brrus, March 18, 1864, The President of the Second Chamber put ® question 0-day to the Minister,as to the course which the govera- m intended to take in the impending war. M. Mam- eufiel answered that the government will soon mate proporais to the Chamber which will givean opportunity, ‘of explaining the course hitherto taken by the goverm> | ment, and in which it will persevere. Prussia ia om terena, | of amity with France and England. | India and China, | The steamer Calcutta, with the overland mail, arrived | at Trieste at 2.16 on the afternoon of Saturday, the Lith instant, from Alexandria, having made the tranaitin AY | hours. | She brought the following summary of news, dated at Alexandria, March 6:— | The Indian mail arrived at_ Alexandria on the 4th, and | is waiting the arrival of the English steamer expected te- ea} Tine navices by this mail are—from Calcutta, 6; Madras, 10th; Shanghai, January 20; Amey, | Hong Kong, 27th, Singapore,’ February 3; Penapg, GaN, 18th; Bombay, 14th, pio = ‘the condition of cotiam ia declining, and there is the promise of an abam- ) | dant harvest ‘The Nizam coun’ is overrun bands of horse, co are telng hunted cows by tie Suobpe ol ae contipgent. Money is abundant at Calcutta. Indigo has sold well, ‘Trade fair. Ler pre ge) 2.1. | The Aukland had returned to Bombay from the Per. H sae Get, and all was quiet at Bushire, Teheran, and | anghai, it waa thought, was likely to be retaken by | the imperialists at Tookooms. . at from China are large. Exchange at Cams jon, 5.2; ral from America, vices fie ‘Feb i; Blo, de fhe Tits, Woraambege asibese, 16th; St. Vinoont, ont isbon, the Frenob steamer L'Avenir, far whose Aa Hngiion ablp from Msteire, with onpigrante ter Be s y t