The New York Herald Newspaper, June 14, 1854, Page 7

}* ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA, Burope. i } Advance of Omer Pacha towards Silistria. ‘THE CONTINUED BOMBARDMENT OF THAT PLACE. IMPORTANT FROM DENMARK. COUP D'ETAT AT COPENHAGEN. ‘Our London, Paris, and Athens Correspondence. | THE AMERICAN JAPANESE EXPEDITION. IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON, deny, de, dic. “The Canard mail steamship Arabia. Capt. Judkins, ar- spived-at half-past eight o’clock last night. She left Li- ‘verpool at 2 o’clock on Saturdsy afternoon, the 8d inst. \The news is three days later than that of the Pacific. It is not of much importance. ‘The Vienna Post states that, after conferring with the French and English commanders, Omer Pasha advanced @owards Silistria with 90,000 men in two columns; his tight wing leant on the heights near the Taban, and his Seft on the River Driste. News from Bucharest of the 30th ult. states that the Russians had been repulsed in an attack on one of the Getached forts of Silistria, and that the Russians admit Ghat the place is not likely to be taken for a fortnight. On the 26th the Russians attempted to force the pas- gage of the Danube at Turns, Simnitza and Guirgevo, but were repulsed. Austria, by the convention, will oceupy Montenegro, Albania snd Servis, should any disturbances arise there. Belgrade letters say the firman for carrying out this ati pulation is already signed. Kaleh and Potion the coast of Circassia have sur- rendered to the allied squadrons. ‘The independence of Georgia is said to have been pro- Claimed, and the Princes banished will be recalled. Advices from Pillan state an effective blockade had ‘been established at Riga. The news of the cannonading of Wittaland, Ekanas and Rango is confirmed. Tntelligence from Athens announces the occupation of \ the Pirsmus by the French troops, the acceptance of the English and French terms by King Otho, who has pro- claimed neutrality, and effected a complete change of Ministry. It is stated that the Queen of Greece appears pearly demented on the subject. ‘The London Post says:—Authentic advices from Athens report the defeat of an Egyptian corps with great loss by the Insurgents in Thessaly, who captured a gun, many rms, and 600 prisoners. As the source of mischief is stopped at Athens, it is hoped civil troubles will soon be put an end to. Advices from St. Petersburg report exchange a shade lower. With regard to the dispatch of produce overland ‘Mor export, horses were scarce and cost of transport In apite of the repeated statements as to the existence -f a blockade, a large sale of linseed has just been made dn London, deliverable from ships now loading in tne Sea pf Azoff. ‘The news of the coup d’état in Denmark is looked upon here as a matter of exceeding gravity, as it is thought probable that England will be forced to treat his Majesty of Denmark with an expedition similar to that with which France has treated King Otho. It is stated that Austria, on Monday, the 29th ult., @ummoned Russia to evacuate the Turkish provinces; when this is done, Congress may meet to settle the con- Gitions of peace. It is again ramored at Paris that the Emperor of Rus- @ia is disposed to renew negotiations for peace. ~ The fret ateps towards the mobilization of the army in Prussia have already been taken. The U.S. mail steamship Washington, Capt. Lines, arrived off Cowes on Friday morning, the 2d inst., an! proceeded to her destination. ~ Cotton at Liverpool was firmer, having recovered one- eighth of a penny. Breadstuffa had been dull, but closed with partial re- ‘@overy and greater steadiness. Consols, 913. There is a tremendous glorification in the English papers over an exploit of the British ships Arrogant and Heels, which have succeeded in cutting out a merchant ship from under the guns of the fort of Ecknass. Sir James Graham, in Parliament, mentioned the circum- gtance as ‘‘one worthy of the brightest annals of British aval warfare.’ The two shipe proceeded—one towing « the other—up a narrow river, from the banks of which the enemy kept up a continuous fire of musketry, which ‘the ships replied to with shell and grape. On arriving ‘at the harbor, Capt. Hall, of the Hecls, landed witha party of marines, and succeeded in carrying off a gun as @trophy, Then, taking in tow the only merchantman that was afloat, he made his way back to the fleet, with ‘the loss of only two men. Prince Gortachako@ is recalled to St. Petersburg. It ‘is surmised he will be sent on a special mission to the German courts. Tt in eaid that the evacuation of Lesser Wallachia not having stopped the action of the German Powers, as it ‘was intended to do, the Ozar has given orders to reoccapy dt. This may be well regarded as doubtful. In the British Parliament it was stated that the Ionian flag being under British protection, cannot be consider- - @d as neutral. ‘The new screw steamship City of Philadelphis, 2,400 tons, for the Liverpool and Philadelphia line, was launch- ‘ed on the Clyde, on Tuesday, the 23d ult. The Saltan has presented swords of honor to Gen. Prim. nd threeother members of the Spanish military com- mission. Advices from Singapore of April 15 state that the British ships of war Spartan, Rapid, Lily—with the Ba. racouta, Sybil, and Winchester, daily expected—were on the lookout for Russian ships on the Indian and Japanese waters. r Since last a ivices no news whatever has come to hand respecting the movements of the allied fleets in the Black Sea. Sir Peregrine Maitland died at London on May 80. He ‘was formerly Lieutenant General of Upper Canada, slso of Nova Scotia. Our London Lonpon, Tuesday, May $0, 1854. he Turks and Russians in Asia—Schamyl—The Englis) and French Commanders-in-Chief at Varna—The Siege o Silistria—Greeee—Ausiria and Prussia—The Las’ Protocol. From Kare, in Asia, we have advices to the 25th April. ‘The Ottoman army there is in the most unsatisfactory condition, and it is reported it has actually broken up, part forming into guerilla parties, and the remainder falling back upon Erzeroum. “ The Circassian coast is now nearly abandoned by the Russians. Ali the forts and towns occupied by them slong the Abasian coast have been evacuated and burnt, and the unfortunate inhabitants driven out breadiess and chelteriées into the woods. Soukem-Kaleh, Anapa, and Redout Kale were to share the same fate. The Russians {oeued an order that the place was to be burned down on the 2ist April. Onthe very night two of Schamyi’s lieu- tenants, with five thousand picked men, informed of what Of the Abasian coast. Russia has already lost the fruits indefatigable toil to subdue the brave ‘mountalseersof Giresaia Circassia The news from le is interesting. Lord | Boxer, have also to ee Lannea ing at Scutari to start. reporta are contradictory. The Rus- —_, to ome version, stormed the outer forts, and sea Pnats Chetorsener, Smapige Fhe taf ae bg Prince 'Pasile nd. Prince Gortschakofl, ‘the two generals in command, returned to Kalarasch, to concert measures for another attack. It is to be hoped that s Sr ee eae pai er ceo os reply 5 Lerd France to the Ptreas, and Litt at te get which bed lal Win grey would lake pect la wh i ane 8g Qi 4 Es E i HF 5 i ny i SEES of the Principalities by the Russisa troops. Lowpon, May 30, 1854. Political Attitude of Portugal—Real Value of the New Protocol—Russia not so easily Subdued as was Supposed —Plan of Campaign of the Allies— Resources of Russia and her Political Destiny. ‘The refusal of the Portuguese government to join Eag- land in the Russian war, is » significant ‘fact. This go- vernment bas always been a pet of England. It was to Preserve it that she buckled on her armor in the great war, and she has always been at the expense united with France, omnipotent against Russia, and it shows, also, that the sympathies of the Portuguese go- vernment are with the Autocrat absolutist. The English and French journals are again reiterating for the fiftieth time, that the Northern Powers are ap- priaching the Western alliance, and are giving signs of a breach with Russia. Vienna protocols have again been signed by England, Prussia, France, and Austria. The people are sick of this trifling, and will not believe that Austria and Prussia will go against Russia until they seo them in the ba‘tle-field against her. The funds, indeed, have gone up both in France and England, on account of these protocols; but there is as much roguery on the hery in Austria and va- mge as there is treac ssia. The English journals admit that Denmark would ere this have joined the Western if she did not fear the treachery.of leave her to the vengeance The attack on Sebastopol has not yet been confirmed. It is even declared on good authority, that it is impossi- 1 without the assistance of the mili- ch Admiral has written home for troops for service in the Crimea. An army is to be form. ed in France for service in the Baltic. the chastisement of the Czar is not so easy The Russians, though re- Danube from the 60 England, who would of Russia when the war is ble to take Sebasto; tary, and that the Everything tends imagined. ceiving powerfal checks on the Turks, are still advancing, and it is believed that the the Northern Colossus will be made Turkey, France and Kngland at the Balkans. fussians have arrived at that mountain range, they will be hemmed in by the allied for are defeated, then there will be no retreat they will be cut to pieces. Immense preparations have, however, been made for de! last extremity, at about fou The accounts circulated respecting the revolutionary discontent said to prevail amongst the people in the heart of Russia, may be looked'upon as who ed. Russia, according to the French and nals some time since, was so poor that she could not afford to war. Cobdertsaid she could be crumpled up like of paper, yet she has raised money enough to move immense armies and to covertly assist her. It was si sian soldiers were discontented—that they died off as fast as they were formed into an army; and yet we find them inst the powerful and 8. The romancing of the English journals respecting the inability of Russia to incidents of the war remarkable, considering the matter of fact character of people. There cannot now bes doubt but that the resources of the Russians are immense, and that ple share with their Emperor his love of are now migrating southward from in- rampart to arrest progress. Thousands in England believe that the phecies are about to be fulfilled, and ined by God that Mahomedism should present time, through also that the Rus- require a powerl be banished from Europe at the instrumentality of Russia. Our Paris Correspondence. ; Pais, Thursday, May 25, 1854. Feast of the Ascension—Paris Gaping from the Dearth of Political Excitement—Fortunes of a Well known London Courtesan—Truth Stranger than Fiction. This being the feast of the Holy Ascension, and one ob- served with especial deference by the faithful disciples of the Roman Catholic church, the city of Paris, which, like the smooth water of some glassy lake, takes impression from the slightest breeze, assumes @ marked change in its aspect. Despite the earnest zeal and powerful elo- quence of the hierarchy, the Sabbath still witnesses the money changer’s spirit; and the mart and magasin in- vite with all their creature comforts and mundane vani- ties, a systematic violation of the Seventh day of Rest. Not so the Feast of the Ascension, when even the magni- ficent dépots for the sustenance of the Gallic stomach make as short work of it as the finessing bargaining genius of the people wi'l admit. All shops, howeveig and warehouses, and public offices, and even the bureaux of many of the daily journals, are hermetically sealed for thisday. Over night everything is taken down, from what may be termed its field day position, and consigned to darkness and repose for six and thirty hours; and the dreary shopman and charming ouvrietie, with her delicate corset and her double bandcau,are free for the solemn du- ties of the morning and the light revelry of the evening. At St. Roch, St. Eustache, Notre-dame-de-Lorette, the Madelaine, and St. Germain |’ Auxerovis, these churches are e in their efforts to elevate the hearts ly clad servitors Td military, cavalry and infeniry are all en grand tenue. A tbunder storm has deprived the ai the sun sbines iris teems from end toend with mirth ey apa tag ‘the dance, which a1 ulations are rife as to Napier’s reall; est France and England is, to-day—and as men of-war are known to be in the Pirmus, read: blockade, considerable interest attaches itself quarter. Eventful news cannot be [ i L Hp ae 5 Py i i if a 3 i a8 22 i i Hs ‘ E E SE¥EE i i if 2 i t | Hi i | Z &, z= 34 e. ij i ‘z F i af hy t i i é ; A ip ie H i i | i 3 ‘0 2 rH A tH ef iF i q z i # ‘iy There are signs abroad that the political horizon is gradually though surely deepening its shadows. ‘The position of America in respect to Spain is by no means the most insignificant of the ominous portents. ‘The “small cloud in the West’ is now an engrossing topic in diplomatic circles, and M. Drouin de L'Huys is known to have said that a storm in that quarter would bea Godsend to the Czar too fearful to think of. The Opinion is certainly se prevalent as almost to be general that the present juncture offers an opportunity to the United States, of which, it cannot be supposed, she will not naturally avail herself. The late bickerings which have occurred in the Otto- man ministry, the cause of which has been attributed to certain omissions of Prince Napoleon, in not properly complimenting Reschid Pacha while he was deprecating the contemplated removal of the present Tarkish Ambas. sador to the imperial court of the Tuileries, has provoked discussions as to the general capabilities of Prince Napo- leon’s character. In the early days of his imperial cou- sin’s Presidency, an opinion prevailed that, with an ex- terior resemblance to his great ancestor, this prince unit- ed a very large portion of his talent; and those who know him best assert that he only requires a fair field to justi- fy ra pyr Eat eneiene aay be hint » its certain that itis very much neutralized by a ichety and naturally overbearing temper. This was evidenced both in bis conduct as am! of the French repub- lie to the court of Spain, where, it may be remembered, he muddenly fiung up bis credentials, and returned before the appointment of his successor, and the course he chose to adopt in the National Assembly as Prince of the pig new it is onetarens intboe his 4 fault or not, he rf e le ere the prime minister sends in his ition. 5 General ay a’ iers is to be made & Marsh: is General a’! nutpoul, and M. Decos, whose lad lately presented him with twins, and with whom somo one took the liberty of telling you that the Emperor was #0 angry, that losing for the nonce his characteris tic phi y commenced smashing the furniture— whether his own or that of his ministers’ was not stated —has been presented with a portrait of the King ‘of Rome, set ina double row of diomonds, and an exquisite picture of “The Napoleon ’’ bogies} under steam. The Em- ror and Empress, too, bave signitied their intention of ing sponsors to the aforesaid twins, who are to be called reaprctively ‘apoleou and Eugenie. ‘Our anxiety to hear tic is only satisfied by reports of un- ceasing attacks of influenza, Commodore Seymour, the flag captain of the flcet, and Napier’s right arm as a manager of details little in the rough Admiral’s line, will have to give up his appointment, in consequence of his promotion to the rank of admiral,caused by the death of Admiral Parker. At St. Petersburg,a mob has been bullying Count Neseelrode, and obliged him to quit his carriage and take refuge in a house; and the Czar, en revanche, has despatched an unfortunate tradesman to Siberia for ‘his impertinence in becoming a bankrupt. The poor man’s shop was in aconspicuous part of the capital, and such a glaring symptom of distress at the existing crisis, was lsagréen le to the Emperor. After. wards, it was discovered that the bankruptcy had been caused by the demands of the man’s landlord, a noble- man, put to it in consequence of the conscription depriv- ing him of his serfs; and the last accounts were, that Emperor was thundering on to the great Russian Thane, Garibaldi, the ancient chief of the Roman revolution, is at Nice; and the Prince of Prussia has recovered his dudgeon, and returned to his brether. And sanguine Prole talk somewhat less hopefully of Austria and her ‘estern tendencies. The King of Prussia, to show his good will to the Queen of England, faves banquet at Sans-Soucl on her birth- day. Lord Cowley, the English ambassador at Paris, did 80, a8 & matter of course. ‘The company consisted of the French Ministry, the ambassadors from the different fe a courts, including, of course, the American Minister, and all the officials and of the English embesay. In consequence of what had re- cently taken place in don, at Count Walewsky’s, on the Emperor's birth day, when the Queen was present, a more than usual ioe grace attached to the present oc- casion. The English Ambassadress was the only lady at table; the number of guests was forty-two, and the ser- vants in state liveries in attendance were twenty-four. ‘The dinner, which lasted two hours, was served with royal magnificence. The ball room of’ the embassy was appropriated for the occasion, at the endof which is the rone room, where is suspended the portrait of the Queen. A conservatory intervenes betwixt the lawn and the windows, and grouped among the beautiful shrab- bery was placed the exquisite band of the Guides, whose charming mus’c gave animation to the banquet.’ Every guest was in full uniform, the chaplain in his robes; and, at the conclusion of the dinner, a bill of fare of which, printed on satin, had been originally placed before each person, M. Drouyn de L’Huys, the Foreign Minister, rose and proposed the health of her Majesty the Queen of England, which was drank by all the compaay up- standing, the band immediately striking up—“Go | save the ”? after which Lord Cowley proposol the health of the Emperor of the French, which was drank in 4 similar manner, followed by the new Gallic m air— Partant la Lyrié.”” Both the Ambassador and Proposed their respective toasts without comment, after w! the company adjourned. The agitation set on foot for closing shops in Paris on Sundays, is mahing considerable ; Inthe Ruo Vivienne, one of the most fashionable marts of com- merce, & vnantmous vote has been come to on the sub- ject, and all the various dog closed yesterday for the first time. Talking of shops, a little incidant eccur- red a day or two since which gave great pleasure, at all events, to one al per. ¢ house of Monsivur De- Ulle, in the Rue Cheiseul, was visited by two ladies, one of them of a ‘certain age;’’ the other, who leaned upon her companion’s arm, was about twenty-six, and of s countenance si ly prepossessing. It proved to be the Empress of the Feeney ‘who, breaking. lovee from from her palace at the Tuileries, and, ‘with her pretty feet, had tramped it to M. Delille’s fascinating warehouse. It was some time before the fact was discovered, but Those regione of alk and tefetye han alfeady tl w a led 1th wings over Dell's Tair portal’ and it, Lou PI ya wi were to return to ‘haps the benabes marchand would forget that over eonde: 4 to kiss her feet. Ble csinny be} fountains played at St. Clond, and the Sones or Shatner eis Se Schein aie trae when they thither forthwith. ‘thi just now—consists of 93 vessels: frigates, ) seven , ers, two lu, . thirty four Ay aw ineteen bi and fifteen steamers. the six frigates, one has guns, another 80, and the four others 42, 82, 31, and 10 guns. The total is 744 gums. The Thestre ue @ brilliant success with M. Méry’s “Maitre Wolfram.” The ecene lics in Germany. ee oe music rival each other in grace, fweo' }, and originality of style and treatment, an: “Maitre Wolfram,’ the organist and disappointed lover, may be considered one of the greatest successes of the day. Tie Minister of War has just decided that the national airs of ‘God Save the Queen’’ and ‘‘Rale Britan- nia,’’ and the march of the Grand Sultan, Abdul-Medjid- See, Steet ae ad ee are ed e e army. ‘er- Rites en yesterday the English national anthem was played more than once. Pants, Mai 29, 1854. Le Protocole de Vienne—Ses causes et ses effets pro bables—La flotte alliée dans la Baltique et la Mer Noire—Antagonisme du Prince Napolton et de UV Ambassadeur anglais & Constantinople, et rem- placement de M. Baraguay-d’ Hilliers—Réorgani- sation de ' Armée de Paris—Ajournement de la Session du Corps légisiatif—La grossesse de l'Im- ptratrice démentio—Neutralité politique dela Reine Marie-Amélie—M. de Salvandy se rallie—La Princesse de Beauffremont retrouvée—Littérature —Beauz Arts—Dernibres nouvelles. L’aspect de Ja situstion extérieure est devenue in- contestablement plus favorable aux puissances occi- dentaleé ; le nouveau protocole de Vienne qui relie les deux traités austro-prussien ect anglo-francais, fait préter pour le moment a la France et a |’ Angle- terre, sinon un concours actif,au moins un sppui mortal par la Prosse et l'Autriche. A quel motif peut-on attribuer cette contradiction apparente des deux grandes Cours Germaniques avec les principes qui paraissent les enchainer A la cause de la Rus- sie?.. Il y en aplusieurs.—L'agression du Czar est tellement un acte de vol, qu’il n'est plus permis de 8'y associer—d’antant qu'il n'a pas (té soutenu avec Vénergie et la promptitude du succes; le brigan- dage audacleux qui détrousse instantan‘ment une caravane, l'usurpation qui escamote lestement une couronne, ont dea chances d’impunité dans une réussite qui ne laisse pas aux victimes et aux témoins le temps de se reconnaitre ; fhais Is filou- terie qui se d¢bat longtemps les mains dans la poche, finit tot ou tard par amener l'intervention du gendarme : le gendarme, c'est le sens moral euro- Pas de croire que l'Autriche et la Prusse eunsent agi autrement, si le Czar avait ¢té plus heu- teux et avait tout d’abord frappé des coups plus di claifs. Pour le moment, elles sont généea par cette occupation prolong‘e dea provinces Danubiennes, inquidtcqe par les pccigente ineurrectionnels qt Le maréchal Paskewisch serait sur le point de prendre Silistrie, d’apres les dernitres nouvelles ; mais il est probable qu’une victoire des Russes, de ce cdté, ne leur servirait qu’a faire honorablement Ia paix, puisqu’ils ne pourraient profiter de leur vic- toire, le passage des Balkans, opéré par eux, sem- blant (d’aprés l’annexe du traité austro-prassien) en- gager l’Autriche et la Prusse se liguer avec les puissances occidentales. Dans la Baltique, on n’a pas pris le fort de Gustawa- ferd, comme le bruit en avait coura, mais on a dé- truit les forts d’Hango, pres de l’endroit ov il y eut une bataille navale, en 1714, entre les Suédois et les Russes. Le vice-amiral Parseval-Deschénes, et sa flotte, si longtemps fictive, courent apres |’amiral Napier, et faisait avant-hier demander de ses nou- velles au ministere de la marine frangaise. Dans la mer Noire on croit & un coup préparé contre Sebastopol. La conduite du prince Napoléon, envoyé & Con- stantinople, n’a pas lieu de satisfaire son cousin im- périal, qui I’a revétu de sa conflance ; il a sigualé son arrivée en faisant maintenir a la légation fran- gaise a Paria Vely-Pacha, dont l'incapacité est no- toire, et dont le remplacement avait été décidé en conseil par le Sultan, avec l’intervention active de lord Redcliffe et sur les instances de Mustapha Pacha, pere de Vely, (qui le ruine et le compromet). Te général Baraguay-d’Hilliers, ce brouillon telle- ment proverbial qu’il a du étre rappelé par son gou- vernement (qui manque cependant complétement d@hommes, méme médiccres), avait monté latéte au prince en irritant contre I’influence anglaise, qu’il accusait de contrecarrer ou d’annihiler tout ce que faisait Venvoyé francais (en ce cas lord Redcliff fai- sait bien) ct c’est parle maintien de Vely-Pacha que Baraguay-d’Hilliers a youlu engager une dernitre bataille contre l’influence anglaise avant de rentrer en France. La déférence étourdie du prince 4 ses suggestions, l’antagonisme maladroit entretenu par lui & Constantinople entre la France et l’Angle- terre, qui ont tant besoin d’union, tout cela a été fort mal vu aux Tuileries. On croit toujours que M. Thouvenet remplacera le général Baraguay-d’Hilliers. bs M. de Habnes est l’objet de grandes attentions aux Tuileries. Le bruit court que Mme de Seibach (fille de M. de Nesselrode, ministre russe,) a tourné le dos & cet Autrichien trop occidental ; mais la conduite de Mme de Seibach edt été dans ce cas bien peu logique, car en sa qualité de femme du ministre de Saxe elle dine souvent aux Tuileries. On va refaire ’'armée de Paris, disloquée par les emprunts Aan lui a faits pour les camps différents. Le général d’Hautpoul. qui se dit commandant de Varmée du Midi, parlo avec une grande vantardise de... ses exploits futurs... en Italie... en supposant que l’Autriche bronche. C'est le2 juin que finit la session du Corps légis- latif; le sent ler l'Empereur regoit les députés pour leur faire compliment de leur obéissance. II ne faut pas trop plaisanter cette bonne asseyblée si elle n’a pas une seule fois pu constituer un veto contre aucnn des projets présentés; si elle alivré M. de Montalembert, elle a, en définitive, opposé 39 voix de minorité A la derniére loi anti-cléricale de 1’Ins- truction P tlique, sans compter de courageuses abs- tentions!... Et, & propos d’abstention, il y aura une loi gre, grace ® ce méme systime, elle aura évité de Voter: il s‘agit de I’étrange Bryet qui met les municipalités de Toulouse et de Marseille (Bor- deaux a été effacé de la loi par faveur, et sur lea ré- clamations de ses députés) sous le régime de Paris et de Lyon, ov le conseil municipal est nommé di- rectement par itt sang Il parait que, d’a- ake? le retard calculé de la commission chargée du vail, la loi ne pourra étre discutée cette année ; le gouvernement parait y entir (ce qui diminu le mérite de ce courage d’inertie des députés. Cette hostilité contre les puissances municipales n’en est pas moins en ce moment le fonds de la poli- tique intérieure qu gouvernement. Tot ou tard ces franchises seront confisquées en masse par un grand projet et déja dans le Conseil d’Etat. M.Denjoy, ui fut des réactionnaires les plus fougueux les ase! républicaines, a proposé sans fagon la suppression des matres, donnant pour raison que dans Ja lutte locale entre les préfets et les maires, le maire est en i un homme riche et estimé, ayant de nombreuses et anciennes relations dans le pays, et que les bad y arrivent parfois sans au- cune de ces conditions ; donc la lutte est imp asible ; de la, nécessité de détroner les maires; on verra —_ quel point cette ¢trange logique portera ses it Mentionnons pour compltter le tableau des actes du courage Tegblatit, un rapport de M. Legniers— rap) fort peu connu du reste, ou ce député se 7 int amérement au nom de la commission, que le ' ‘dnseil bs a eu a geen de degen leur surveillance lea mentaires qu’ s’ouyre dans l’intervalle des flea % Une autre du gouvernement était, comme vous le savez,l’accroissement de l’influence cléricale, il met une grande évérance & faire acheter la ville de Paris ge Stanislas, qui tombe en déconfiture sous la d’un prétre nommé Goeshler—juif converti, 4 qui l’arche- véché a retiré (pour cause) le droit de confesser des femmes—notez que M. Fortoul, de l’Instruc- tion Publique, veut laisser 14 direction de 1’établisse- meat échappe aux Jemifes qu allalent acheter ment pe aux qui allaient I’ac $ Or ledit. Goesbler ‘qui recevrait 225,000, franes de la ville, ne donnerait 4 quarante .ou cin- quante- pour cent & ses créan ce qui ferait que la ville s’associerait & une Doge de a Le Conseil Municipal qui avait voté le ier article ily a bled do hostile au r du projet vendredi dernier ap ‘une séance orageuse—une maladresse du Préfet s compromis beaucoup I’affaire; il au- rait insinué (en voyant la rés! ce ue {'on ap- portait & la mesure) que le Conseil Municipal pour- rait bien y succomber. Cotte intimidation mala- eed Sap Hg A fsa if été coger & ment sur le Corps ropos de Montalembert) a révolté le Consait tout entier. M. Fortoul avait du malheur le méme jour, car il échousit & l’Académie des Inscriptions et belles- lettres contre M. Longpérier—bien qu'il se fut préalablement défait par voie d’intimidation d’an concurrent, Mr. Egger, professeur qui dépend de sa nomination. L'Empereur veut aller habiter l'Elysée, résidence qu’il aime beaucoup, et s'est fort irrité des retards qu’on apporte é l'achtvement des travaux. L'impé ratrice ge donne tovjours & l/Empereur l’espoir d’au oo Ampere suivant sa double politi éjoult Em, r, suivant sa dou! ne, £e réjou! de l’appui de l’Autriche avec ype ld et nenlive PS tout espoir cependant aux grandes no- tabilit’s italiennes réfugices ici, quant a l'indépen- dance de la get En on sévit bean coup contre les réfugi¢s obscurs, spécialement ceux qui écrivent dans les journaux ¢trangera, La reine Marie Amélie va revenir de Génes par l'Allemagne, et ne verra ni le comte de Chambord, nila duchesse d’Orl‘ans, n’adh¢rant ainsi ni a la fusion ni an contraire. On affirme que M. de Sal- vandy, ancien ministre de Louis Philippe, et quia travaillé & In fasion, a demandé une audience l'Empereur, et veut étre s’nateur. La princease de Bauffremont est retrouvée; elle était dans un convent d’od elle intente un proces en s¢paration & son mari. Rien dans la sphtre dramatique et littéraire de remarquable—si non un petit fait caracteristique. On avait fait une. pitce fa un petit théatre sur la lib¢ration du puisatier Giraud a Lyon ; elle se termi- nait heureurement, mais au moment de Ia jouer on spprend qu’on lui a coupé Hs jetie et qu'il se meurt. m héaite si on changera fe dénoument ou si on laissera Ia Ia piece. DERNIERES NOUVELLES. . Le bruit court de la prise dcfinitive de Silistrie. A Ia date du 15 Odessa n’avait point été de nouveau bombardée. On m’affirme que l’Autriche veut, dans le confit, gagner de s’¢tablir sur la Mer Noire. Kile aurait <té surtont déterminée A fon attitude occidentale par le désir d'assurer sa pré-minence gur |’ Alle- magne ix l'aide de la France et de I’ Angleterre. Lentente est plus que jamais rita! entre lea Tuileries et IEspagne ot: I’on favorise un coup d'Etat ; on l'attend de jour en jour au départ du roi Othom Our Greek Correspondence. Aruna, Greece, May 17, 1854. Greece as Hreally Is, awd Not as It i¢ Represented—=Her Astonishing Progres since the War of Independence— Capacityand Energy of the Greeks as a People—Ruinous Effects of the late Measures of the Maritime Powers—Is Sympathy to be Shown only for Turkey by Christian States ?—Appeal to the Peopte of the United States on Behalf of Greece. ‘The French papers bring ua the startling news that Athens is in a state of anarchy! Travellers erriving bere yom Copetantipople inform me teat they wery ad: Tentered the port of the Pirmus on the 6th of this month. Passing between an English and French ship of their white wings, alarmed at the clang of arms which ring along their familiar shores, As soon as « few hours of quarantine were over, Ilanded in the well built cheer- ful looking town before me, and took a carriage actos the Attic plains to “‘augdst Athena,” which agreeabl disappointed me vy its prosperous thriving ‘appearance, its cheerful aspect, it picturesque position. Is this the place, I asked myself, that not a quarter of a century ‘ago could hardly bear the distinguished a) tion of a “fishing village?” Are these noble men that now throng the streets those base hirelings, those crafty cut throats, they have so long been represented to be? Teannot, will not believe it. When, a few weeks ago, 1 entered the town of Her- mopolis, in the island of Syra, and was told that it had sprung up within about twenty-five years, and that too from'dyraite enerzy alone; whes I leased thar hee dor ishing schools, her churches, her elegant houses, her well paved streets, and her almost countless merchoot craft that crowded her finely sheltered port, were the result of a few years of peace, and the exercise of that native esprit which marks thé Greek of the Levant. I could not but assent to a declaration, made in my hearing, by a late governor of Sparta: These are a aufficien Proof that people are capable of self-government.”? compared ite cleanliness—w! is never a feature in an Eastern town, its thrift, its t, ite police regulations, its facilities for business, with ‘what I had seen and experienced in Turkish cities, [and was filled with astonishment and admiration, ‘Athens no less pleased and surprised me; and when Tone day an intelligent native the pleasure I experienced in wit- nessing such advancement, he exclaimed: “Do not our schools, our system of education, show our desire to rank among cl ula ich tion be compared with ours? And which, thinl should have European protection and sympathy ? should hold this fair land, which is indeed Helenic? Is not our religion the same as yours? Are not our ieee, og our aspirations the same? And what have shrist ations in common with the Turks, who do, and ever will, hold them as but dogs, whatever may bé their promises to the contrary, and who consequently fastieo? admit their evidence on oath in any court of justice 7”” ‘What is the prospect now? Arrosted in her most prosperous career, where is poor Greece to look for re- ress? Her commerce, the source of her wealth and power, that which gavs to her her former greatness and splendor, is now paralyzed; and that, too, by no act or will of her own, but by those who would tect the barbarian on her hearthstones, and give a rich soil to an idle and infamous race, whose highest prosperity leaves no mark of beauty, whose every energy is a blight upon humanity, whose very religion is the deathblow to all civilization. The Sultan proposes reforms. The Sultan may indeed be a well meaning man, and intend to introduce such ameliorations into his government as will at least have the semblance of the civilization of Western Europe; but it is asked here, how it is possible without capable agents, men of alike energy and worth. And do such exist in Turkey? It is denied that they do: berides, the spirit of Mahomedanism is utterly opposed to that species of advancement which gives to the escutcheon of the nineteenth century its | proudest emblazonry. Can it, then, be wondered at that the Greek, when op- portunity offers, should rise to assert his claim to Euro- n sympathy, and strike deep into the bosom of those rbarians towards whom he has inherited a hatred as just and natural as it is deep and abiding? And do you suppose that the late act of the Turkish government, which, with only fifteen days notice, drove from its do- minions every foreign born Greek, has enhanced their love of tF” opmnessing, Jealous, never progressing race ? The y ung Sultan’s position, and the work lately writ- ten by Lamartine, bave, doubtless awakened much sym- pathy for him; but de ‘he Americans forget the noble lescendants of that noble race, to whom we are in- aebted for all that is beautiful in art, sublime in philos- ophy, and soul Inspiring in freedom’ ' From Leonidas to Bozaria, does not Greece rise proudly in your memories? Aré not the Suliot and the Hydriot name still a watch- word for liberty? And does not the blood of the Sciot child, the Missolonghi mother, the Spartan’s son, still cry to you from the ground? But Greece does not now ask your money or your arms, but she does in all justice demand—since the united Powers seem to think that only Turkey must exist— that the voice of the American people shall be lifted u till their representatives at the European courts ‘shall & there the assurance that their country will no longer be an idle spectator of the further negligence of thore rights Greece claims as a civilized nation, one that dears on her banners, in bold characters, religion #7’ Progress. THE WAR IN EUROPE. THE ENGLISH, FRENCH, AND TURKISH COM- MANDERS-IN-CHIEF IN A COUNCIL OF WAR. [From the London Times, June 1.] ‘The Commanders-in-Chief of the allied forces in Tur- key, Marshal St. Arnaud and Lord Raglan, accompanied by the Beraskier or Minister of War of the Porte, pro- ceeded in separate steam vesselt, on the 18th of May, from Constantinople 10 Varna, to hold « Council of War and to determine the operations of the eampaign. Ac cording to some accounts it was expeoted that Admiral; Hamelin and Dundas would also attend this meeting, but at any rate it is known that the French and English asmade. The Russians, at the demand of shal St. Arnaud has issued to them the f mation :— Sorpiers or FRance— recent operations in the Baltic, at island.’ She immediately opene Generals bave had an interview with Omer Pasha, the result of which was hij tisfactory to the chiefs o 5 sa the allied armies, and pan hv equally so to the Turkish General. We may presume, therefore, that the next operations of the troops we been discussed and determined with that particular knowledge of the resources of the Turkish army and of the nature of the country which Omer Pacha possesses, while Marshal St. Arnaud and Lord Raglan have considered the subject with the science and judgment of their respective sta! This conference must have taken place at the very tit when the Russians under Prince Paskiewitsch were recting their fiercest attacks against the fortress of Si- Ustria, and, consequently, the principal officers of the allied ‘army were in the best position to decide on the | measures which might be taken for the relief of that Jace. Their determination appears to have been, that feta: not expedient to expose the Turkish army to the risk of a general action for the sake of repelling the attack of the Russsians on the fortresses which cover the right bank of the Danube. Neither is it supposed to be their intention to | throw any considerable portion of the allied armies on the coast, soa8to come into immediate collision with the at advanced ports of the Russians. If we are right in conjectu: at the operations contemplated axeof a diferent nefure, although they may disappoint the natural impatience of the public, we can only hope that experience will show that the decision of the French and English commanders is based on sufficient grounds. It is said that the Turkish fortresses on the Danube are capable of very considerable resistance, and that the Russians, at the outset of the campaign, are losing prodigious numbers of men in attacking them. The attempt to carry Silistria by a coup de le having Lieve ay aed ad hal regular approaches the operation is no’ to be a short one. The place is weil garrisoned, wel commanded, and, according to the last accounts, com- 1 for a siege of some duration; we re, Teerefore, to speak of the probability of ‘its resis- | tance with moze confidence than we felt some days back Rastebuck and Rassova, above and below Silistrin, aro | still in the hands of the Turks; and, although they would | probably not hold out very long after the fall of the greater fortress, they have not yet been regulariy at- tacked. But, though we do not underrate the impor- tance of these positions, and we know that | their garrisons are rendering incalculable services to the common cause by their resistance to the | enemy, these fortified places are in reality the out works*ot the Turkish oaltion, and do net coustitate it rincipal strength. Bulgaria ia cofen the line be ane, and by the line of the Balkan; bat the latter is the reat bulwark of the Ottoman ompire, and it ean profit the Russians nothing to carry the outor line of | circumvallation with a heavy loss, if fresh obstacles of incalculably greater itude rise up before them as they proceed. The further they advance within this region north of the Balkan, the worse their position becomes. The bulk of their army ia exposed to the pestilentiol marshes of the Danube during the heats of summer, while the al'iea forces occupy the heights, At this'reason of the year abundant pasturage may be found for the horses and oxen of the army, but in afew weeks hence it will be consumed and burnt up. ‘The invading army exhausts ita strength against the for- tified places on the river. and the eat detachments of the enemy; but, in the meantime, the forces in de- fence of the main’ position remain comparativeiy fresh and unbroken, hers the pS of the Balkan a Earo- anarmy ix preparing to advance at the proper time With Irreafatible force, and the conelading months of the campaign ought to effect the annihilation of the enemy If such be the plan of the allied generals, they would, in fact, apply to the atrate ements of the cam paign the «ame principle which regulates the tactics of a great battie—to hold the defensive in ap advantageous position as long ss possible, and then at the turn of the day to assume the offensive. and rout the assnilonte, We speak, of course, ys cally, for, whatever be the plan formed in Varna or Shuma, it can only be known by its results, But weare confirmed in the opinion we bave hinted at by the fact thet a very considersble portion of the expeditionary force remains at Gallipoli, whence it will probably ad- vance by way of Adrianople to the rear of the Balkan, a dintance not exceeding one hundred and rixty mil while the troops already at Constantinople may by sea cither to Dourges Bay or to Varna, The last in- telligence received from Constantinople, ‘and dated the 22d of May, expressly states that Adrianopie is to be- | come the headquarters of the allied armies; and this decision concurs with the information which had reached us 9x to the general plan of the en: ‘The conduct of great operations of war differs «o ma terially from the mere impulse of fighting, ant ultimate | svecess in these achievements depends #0 much on strict adberence to the principles of the art of warfare, that,we cannot too sti urge upon our readers and the patie to suepend their nt upon movements and ocourrences of this nature, which must in the firet in- stance be very imperfectly understood by the lookers on. No one wou! me to decide on so much a of chess by the firet moves; but in the ble game on which the eyes and mind of intent, we all know that the honor, securit; 4 welfare of the ighiient empires aro atstake, and that the inte. rests we bave sodeeply at heart will best beserved by copfidence in the generals upon whom this enormous re- " ibility haa been laid. To commence « contest of this serious kind by rushing at the enemy where he is atrongest and best able to defend himself, and before our | own resources are perfectly collected and SS before Hangoe Pcint, and was to bom! fortress of Gustavavern. ‘hamiral Plomidge fi Gator section, may bean act of foolhardy, valor; indicate a total FE ; i br H | j F E i H fr E | j | ii i i 23 I | die JE OF SILISTRI. 'A—OPINIO’ Saou Press ASTOITS PATS. the Paria Montisurs— mat saps May 20; states that the Sees sith all in diponable foroee thoy had This attack, aim and i rH ! F i 2 ia ab i ttt Eeks #: i { f E a oF < ret te fn A; fii tiona by the bombardment, ‘were repaired al ft if have promised not to direct their fire on the hospitals. Tate accounts do not mention the personal of Prince Paskiewitch before Silistria. He had ordered. General Gortachakoff, who was at Karasu, to march te Silistria with theartihery of reserve, but the being kept in check by er Pacha, had not been fect that movement. So late as May 26, the comma- nications were open between Silistria and Shuma. ‘The French papers discuss the probilities of Silistria holding out, and come to the conclusion that its fall is not imminent. REPORTS FROM OTHER POINTS OF THE DANUBE. » igo} Sy have occupied Micon sito pre st and Ibraila. T! ven to a report that he intended to raise the slege of Schumla, 26th May, it was that Gen. Paskiewitch bad countermanded the reements: ordered from Bucharet ‘his had g Ustria. Skender Bey, on the 224 of May had s rencontre wit: the Russians near Turnu,and had sent in many prisoners to Kalafat. on , Omer Pasha, had reviewed the Turkish army. Marshal St. made a flattering h, to the effect that he was to serve with such troops asthe Turks have Marshal St. Arnaud and Lord Reglee Arnand a to be. "There are now 60,090 French troops at Gallipoli. ‘Mae- ollowing proces We are ona foreign strand, but the Sultan is our and treats us with hospitality. Do you know what meant by hospitality in the Orient’ ‘The guest is made the equal of the master of the house. You wil not abuse this hospitality. Weare come hither to de- fond our ally against the barbarous na of Czar. Our mission is great; and if, with the assistance of God, we succeed in accomplishing it, we shall cover ourselves with glory, as did our ancestors. Our Emy thinks only of the glory of France, and of your welfare. He expects from you, in the struggle against the bar- barians of the North, the courage and valor which will increase the glory of our country. Let Vive U Em \pereur’ be our war cry, for it is that which led our immortal ancestors to victory. With the cry of Vive 'Emy we will conquer or die. 8T. ARNAUD. THE ALLIED FLEETS IN THE BALTIC ANI WHITE SEAS—REPORT OF THE BOM- BARDMENT OF HANGOE. We have received the following details of the most Hangoe Roads, om May 250:— ‘he allied fleets, with the commander-in chief, arrived on the 20th ult., and anchored within ran; (extreme) of the enemy’s guns. The walls and embrasures were crowded with the Russian soldiers, who stood at thei quarters as they approached. They did not fire. ‘Ther ships and forts thus remained silently watchiog eat other’s movements until May 224, wag altered for one of a more exciting charaeter. when the programme Three insular forts protect the entrace to the harbor, massive structures composed of huge blocks of granite, casemated, evidently heavily armed with guns aa well a8 mortars, ‘The principal fort, called Gustavus Svard, aweeps the approach to the harbor with » long tier of guns, en ber- bette, and also from casemate batteries benesth. Twa other forts, Doman’s Holm and Gustavus Adolphus, te the eastward of the central fort, rake the entranes, and are pierced with embrasures’ looking to seaward. The shore all around is covered with batteries, | raised in commanding positions, concealed by trees branches, and not very readily distinguished. In the afternoon of May 22, the B. 8. Dragon, Caj Wilcox, waa ordered to take up (2 Position close by am nel re, The first ahot (the experimental one,) was good in direetio avery little short; the second struck the fort about the cents of the wail; the succeeding ones commenced up the turf forming the breastwork on the summ the walls and sending the facines and sand bags flying into: +* the fort in profusion. After the second or third shot the fort replied. The ship and fort thus continued the en- gagement for about three and a half hours, during whieh several of the Dragon’s sbells burst right over the centre of the fort, and must have caused severe loss. The Magicienne was ordered, somewhat later in the day, to a corresp»nding position on the opposite side of the small, narrow, rocky island in question, and an effective fire upon one of the masked batteries on the land side, into which she threw several sbells. The bat- tery replied with shell, and, it is Pry with red hot thot, but the Magicienne was evidently out of range. ‘The Basilisk next joined the rose. The Dragon alone had any casualtiee—one man and another wound- ed. She was struck three or four times. The it and Hecla took a fort of four guns, and after a spirited engagement with the Russian troops, om the bn) narrow river, succeeded in capturing The Journal de'St Petrabourg, Of tre 28h lt, wate ie i |, of A 2» that on the 22d of May the Napier (which, as that voracious journal bad been augmented to 26 sai the French seat Se il of oe ine, by the arcivalee: ers, which, for the spage of Avo hours, trend sides of heavy shot, and threw shells of 6b aad @6 Weorteamers were fore oto et, coneraby deemed e steamers were fo: ele ape ey stat at pone an ni Emperor, in consideration, of Gillan raised this t exploit, has Lieutenant Colonel Moller, who commanded the batteries, to the rank of Major General, and distributed. ‘arious orders, together with a gratuity of one eilver r ’ in the affair, rouble to each man THE FLEETS OF = BALTIC AND WHITH ‘AS. teh (doubtful) fi ‘A despatch (dou ) from Copenhagen, _statee thet Guatavsvern was cannonaded on otfect. ‘Advices by letter are of date 28th. from Copenhages, They tate that on the Qist, Sir Charles squadron, had been sont om npecial ania te ¥ GRE Admiral Corry lay at Gottska Sandoe. Stockholm ters of 234 mention nothing of Napier having capture Gustavavern. THE ASIATIC COAST. From Trebizond, May 5th, a letter states that Sou- choum-Kaleh, which was abandoned by the Rassians, | nas been occupied by the Abastotes, who took possession: of the warehouses and the merchandise coatainee, apd hoisted the Turkish fing there. The the number of 5,000 or 6,000, marched upon Redout- Kaleb, whence if is thought they will endeavor to resol Anapa ‘The regiments organized in the Caucasua will the Turkish Danubian army. It is agein stated that recently gained an important Perhaps tho statement is merely an echo of the above re- ported evacvation of the Circassian forts. over the Russians. Two ships, under the Greek flag, with 345 Russians ou board have been taken off the coast of cassia. INCIDENTS OF THE WAR. It is stated from Vienua, on Sist of May, that on the @& of June the Austrian summons to the Turkish territory would be sent toSt. Petersburg. Lett ers from Belgrade and Widden state that Austeiam troops were continually coming down the Danube tn the | Girection of Orsova and the Wallachian frontier. Com- niderable forces are now concentrated in Hungary are er deopetdh snyh-h caieda wens to Oreeve.. Another deepat says Au " eto Marshal St. Arnaud, commander-in-obi ihe allied in Turkey, sccompanied by Lord and kiero Minister of War, of the Porte, ie separate steam vessels on the 1fth of May, from Constan- tineple t mine the operations of the canny ma, to bold couneil of war, and to deter- and paign. It was expected that Admirals Hamelin and Dundas would also attend the , but they didnot. The reult of the deliberations did not of course but it was #urmised that the French and ld proceed to lament gn i ‘a bet expedient to expose Turkish 4 portion of the allied armies on the const, so as to come inte immediate collision with the present advanced poste: of the Russians. A rumor from ways that betes Becken was menaced with on account of miseppropriation of funds entrusted to him for use of the army at Odessa. This may or may not be true. A letter from Dr. H, J. Doraville, of the In the British House of Commons, Sir James Grabaan bas stated that an A: French squadron bas seiled fog the White sea, but present tioms to bloolk> ade Orega or Archangel. AID TO THE SULTAN FROM THE BEY OF TUNIS, ets try, @Rgaralry and tre battecten @ vader