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forttgit nub 6 I it .1111444..■ oilmen() otit--11 ..- iicidt,ellifff-obloti sift PRANCE.—The Emperor has been enjoying thit-11--il b"ag ibils' Marshal St. Arnaud and General Canrobe.rt, espeta y, eolaktig Alvin iple..1 9:0 and the sports of the woods, at Compiegne. I-t hi, meg had frequent private interviews with the Emperore.: tali 59-1097q NAM/ 09v.

The Mbniteur of Thursday contains a deeree gni-UO*0°61 credit of 5,000,000 francs to the Minister of thee' Iffer4n6..,LA saving made in the marine budget of the year-by lif.'/IttfidY. terial report on which this decree is founded'. states that present two squadrons of forty ships-of-the-line, with •a - pp aulti crease in the number of steam-frigates and corvettes. . paw* Dtkej French navy a steam-line-of-battle-ship, the Napoleon •,letar,2witheauthris lieu- power, completed; while nine others are:being At'ted.lemstefini,tinid ivlll be ready for sea within the next two anonthe. Six newisteapa-vgsaOlar after the model of the Napoleon, are on the stocks, and Witlhailsatible41 about the ,end of .1854. The total of the Freneir, 'levy suittfilletteit° vessels, manned by 33,625 sailors, gunners, and miiiinedIrc'"`1.' -1)9i 'l 1 It is stated that six war-steamers in the harbour' ol a-)tironingern,reaBligs need for active service. It is surmised that -they are tianspOk;&..ms intended to convey troops to Constantinople. And although jbi e first made by the Constituiionnel, has been denied ''lie are still inclined to believe it. -. ...2. The Sultan has requested the French Government to officers—one a general of division, the other a general 4 & e was visited by the Police; as well as other,merohtegaefatieergetaigilstri party. 2: .;;.■ ..-ti11101i 10 J11511193fP3011:000 htotWithstanding thwineamires adopted by the-Pietthheelfigt___..."to keep down the price of bread; it -is -still 'on :the- ifferrlltlelIMEW bakers of the banlieue ,efTeris: dbnipliriu -thee the beesurfer yield wen paid the indemnity promised tiiihera,by *07.001*g:tient 101)24{dtP #144 of bread was limited, and•threatemto alb/elitist:1'4h 001 ties ithasliami to twenty e 1,1 So " 31111i LemaaD

attached to the army of Omer Pacha. • suspicions of plots, and searches have been made hare gees, •

For some time the Goverruneiat of Louis Napoleon hes'betan. Mnini

oteraiaer week matters seem to have arrived at a crisis. The Itosiesiotchlearfiad

chaux, Minister of Finance under the Provisional Go either:lee- public, was searched by the. Police on Monday. ..They miedm receipts for monies paid by M. Gondehausis.ehartlyttd3altinfilo and forthwith they arrested him, detained him',eivrestillotlfsh. iftlk liberated him, on condition that he should, er1 ' Ifia Delescluze, a partisan of Ledm Rollin; was also were seized. Delescluze is under sentence for partic five insurrection of M. Ledru Rollin in'1849, and had ItO France. M. Marche* well known in. Paris as the Secretary mous society styled " Aide-toi et le ciel Caldera," enclitheig club entitled "Les Amia de la Constitution," after t4e-reveljitisge }644 is also under arrest M. Baatide formerly Mininti;nifeftillioreigsdAlfaises • a. Pea ert the idussidman New-Year's Day,' flui .o ; • eonfaining the deilaration of, war was read-in

e,, Vieleeti _duounient gravely -recapitulates the facts, of

Airp, Areets..nr,;:.starting -from the question of the Holy Places; end narrating: the ins and outs of the subsequent negotiations. This re- capitulation; althongtc superfluous to history, 1/3 rendered necessary in the vicepoetheikurte; by the new solicitations for the adoption of the Vienna natts,.oethlits the modifications which had been made. The prim 'the -Sultantlesires to give prominence are thus expre very beginning his conduct has furnished no motive of "'kph:Elated with the desire Of preserving peace, he has acted emerit of moderation and conciliation from the commence- erenee unto the pre:Sent time." asks whether, the question of the Holy Places having been 4411ift,,M8§410t f‘ seeking a pretext for quarrel," when she insisted ope, -rfMing on_:the question of the privileges of the Greek Church ekau the Ottoman Government ? Russia has been the aggressor by oecupying the Prinoipalities- ." Could the. Sublime Porte, which has always observed all her treaties with a fidelity known to all, by infringing them in any way, do more than deter- mine Russia to a proceeding so violent as that of herself infringing all these treaties ?"

The Porte holds that the Vienna note was not essentially different from that of Prince Menschikoff, and therefore it could not be received ; and the assurances of the Great Powers on that head have given the Sultan lively satisfaction. The Sultan justifies himself, by a statement of facts, from the probable charge that the haste with which the Vienna note was drawn up resulted from the backwardness of the Sublime Porte to propose an arrangement. "Before the entrance of the Russian troops into the two Principalities, some of the representatives of the Powers, actuated by the sincere intention of preventing the occupation of those provinces, urged upon the Sublime Porte the necessity of framing a draught note occupying a middle place between the draught note of the Sublime Porte and that of Prince Menschi- koff. More lately, the representatives of the Powers confidently communi- cated different Schemes of arrangement to the Sublime Porte. None of these latter responded to the views of the Imperial Government ; and the Ottoman Cabinet was on the point of entering into negotiations with the representa- tives of the Powers on the basis of a project drawn up by itaelf in conform- ity with these euggestioes. It was at this moment that news of the pas- sage of the-Prath by,the Russians arrived ; a fact which changed the face of the whole question. The draught note proposed by the Sublime Porte was then set aside, end the Cabinets were requested to express their views of this violation of treaties after. the protest of the Sublime Porte. On the one hand, the Ottoman Cabinet had to wait for their replies; and on the other it drew up, at the suggestion of the representatives of the Powers, a project of ar- rangements, which was sent to Vienna." uThelsole_andwer bi theta active steps was the Vienna note.

.rfl The Ottoman .Government, justly fearing everything which might imply erightok_interfirencein favour of Regale in religious matters, could do no more than give assurances calculated to dissipate the doubts which had be- come the subject of discussion ; and it will not, after, so many preparations and easuidess__N,,aceept prepositions which could not be received at the time of the stay of Prince Menschiliaff at Constantinople. Since the Cabinet of St. Peters4bas not been content with the assurances and pledges that have been o —since the benevolent efforts of the high Powers have remained

fittitlets--sin in fine the Sublime Porte cannot tolerate or suffer any

longer the actitaLstato!of_things, or the prolongation of the occupation of the Moldo-Wallachian Principalities, they being integral portions of its em- pire—the Ottoman cabinet, with the firm and praiseworthy intention of de- fen • g the sacred rights of sovereignty and the independence of its govern-

Mff employ' Pet repriaals against a violation of the treaties, which it coon ais•li epee 'bet& It notifies, then, officially, that the Government of his Idajaer Ito-Sultan finds itself obliged to declare war; that it has given most precise instructions to his Excellency Omer Pacha, to demand km,NpAnao-Gortschaltoff the evacuation of the Principalitiee, and to com-

lsoatilities if-after a delay of fifteen days. from the arrival of his de- al the RUS8i£1n head-quarters an answer in the negative should be re- 4"Tt-ris distinctly understoed, that should the reply of Prince Gortachakoff be negative, the Russian agents are to quit the Ottoman empire, and that the commercial relations of the respective subjects of the two Governments alien be broken off.

the'same time, the Sublime Porte will not consider it just to lay an embargo-upon Russian merchant-vessels, as has been the practice. Cense- pentl3r,,they 'will be warned to resort either to the Black Sea or to the Me-

a}, as they. shall think fit, within a term that shall hereafter be- fixed. Moreover, the Ottoman Government, being unwilling to place hiederances in. the -way of commercial intercourse between the subjects of ftlOgly$Otrirs,will, during the war, leave the straits open to their mercantile

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r.„Icac9i4afr instructed to communicate the resolve of the Sultan ee•GortschakOff ; and he did so, in the following note. • flageneral—It is ty the order of my Government that I have eye address this letter to your Excellency. illitthieEtibIime Porte' has exhausted all means of conciliation to

• tam at once, peace and its,own independence, the Court of Russia has

Aiifieulties in the way of any such settlement, and has with)fhE1tlohtinn if tielties—invading the two Principalities of Mol- diviatineWillaehiti, integral parts of the Ottoman empire. -',91True to Use:mite system, the Porte, instead of exercising its right to tardee,Mpriiials, :confined itself even then to protesting, and did not deviate tr9Wijbelway that.might lead to an arrangement. ottt la, on the contrary, far from evincing corresponding sentiments, enby rejecting the proposals recommended by the august mediating eposals which were alike necessary to the honour and to the the Porte.

only1 for the latter the indispensable necessity of war.

But id 1 qinvaszo Principalities, and the violation of treaties which

have it &MA the veritable causes of war, the Sublime Porte, as a

last e pacific sentiments, proposes to your Excellency, by my interventiesetdseetracuation of the two provinces, and grants for your de- cision- a terin:ofSfifteen days, to date from the receipt of this letter. If with- in amegative answer shall reach me from your Excellency, the commencement of hostilities will be the natural consequence. ".1)Y.MAsethase tinkbanotir to make this intimation to your -Excellency, I eraPqn,Antopportunifty, to offer the assurances of my high esteem."

this summons Prince Gortschakoff replied, according to one version, that he "'has no miles to commence hostilities, nor to conclude peace, wilt,teeNsieuate.tite,Peineipalities." Another version makes the Russian General reply, that "Russia is not at war with Turkey; that in any sea- 116ficlieuiftelfi'betielpitreljtri i+vskttatecithreaPrifirk9dAtesn'tie soon as his master had obtained the moral satisfaction which he demanded; and that vif he were attacked he would defend himself."

. , A telegraphic despatch from Constantinople, dated the 10th instant, States that the Sultan had made a formal demand for the entrance of the combined fleets into the Dardanelles, and had received the promise of the Ambassadbrs of France and England that his demand should be complied with.

The military preparations of the Turks have proceeded with great vigour since the declaration of war. In one day, 18,100 men of the Re- dile, the entire force contributed by Constantinople itself, are represented as having flocked to the standard at the first summons. They form part of a corps of reserve, 80,000 strong, to be stationed at Adrianople. Gifts of all kinds, jewels, money, horses, houses, lands, have been offered to the Government. The camps at Schumla and other places were well supplied with provisions, and the army was " on the best terms with the people." In Asia, all the vulnerable posts have been reinforced. The Kurds and the Druses are reported as entering the field in great numbers. A part of the Turkish fleet has been despatched to Batoum, and several ships had started for Beyrout for troops. Great hopes are entertained of a diversion to be made by the Circassian on behalf of Turkey. From the Persian frontier the accounts are conflicting : the Shah had an army on foot, but his purpose was doubtful; on one side we bear that Russian gold and honours have seduced him from the Sultan— on the other, that he will not attack the Turks.

The entire Turkish army is said to exceed the number of 500,000 men ; of whom 200,000 are in arms in Europe, and the rest in Asia. But it must be remarked that the 500,000 is the full strength, including irregu- lars, when all are equipped. At present the number in the field through- out the empire does not probably exceed 300,000.

A report is current that the Porte hai offered the command of the Turkish army in -Asia to Abd-el-Kader ; and that the Arab would be guided by the advice'of the FrenchGovernment. • The report that Prince Menschik-off has been instructed to superintend the government of the Principalities is followed by another, that Prince Paskiewiteh, who is now very old, is named Commander-in-chief.

Gansisevo—The reduction of the Austrian army, ordered by the Em- peror on the 9th instant, seems to be generally accepted as a fact ; yet only a few days-before orders haetheen issued to Radctzsky to recall all the men on furlough, and retain those who were about to go. The rumoured Austrian loan is the subject of a dispute, and no one can say whether there is to be one or not,

It is now stated with, confidence that Prussia will be neutral. The Paris correspondent of the Nornivg Pori states as much with an ad- dition— " With reference to the proceedings of the Emperor of Russia during his late visits to Ohniitz and Berlin, I am able to inform you, upon undoubted authority, that, so far from making ' concessions' or advances towards a peaceful solution of the present difficulties, the Czar's chief object was to make a new allian•ce between the Northern Powers. In this he failed, chiefly in consequence of the firm resistance of Prussia. To overcome this resistance he used every argument—I may say every bribe ; for he offered, in the event of his advancing into and holding Turkish territory, to yield the occupation of Warsaw and the military dominion of Poland to Prussia. The King; however,waa steadfast in his rejection of these overtures."

Writers remark that the foreign policy of Austria has suddenly changed, and that her neutrality is no longer, doubtful.

The Imperial.Gazelle of Vienna :published .a decree on the 7th instant abolishing certain privileges granted to the Jews since 1848. The de- cree states, that hitherto it had been deemed legal for Israelites to acquire an " irremoveable property" ; but that thenceforward, in respect to irre- moveable property, their socialdisabilities are to be placed on the same footing as that which existed previously to 1848. It appears that the Jews have been buying land lately, and proposing to erect synagogues. It is said, but it seems incredible, that there are 70,000 Jews in Vienna.

Cuninghame's liberation appears to have been a sudden affair. " Despatches,' says one of our private letters, " were received from the Foreign Office by Mr. Searlett on the 8th, at two o'clock in the. afternoon, and on the following day, Sunday, at one o'clock, en order was signed for the immediate release of Miss Cuninghame. Report says that the demand for her immediate release was peremptory." " I am credibly informed," the letter. continues, " that the French Minister here has energetically- supported Mn Scarlett in the demand for Miss Cuning- heme's release ; and, that he had done so by special order of the French Government, before the despatches on the subject from the Foreign Office had been received by Mr. Searlett, and on the ground that the enact- ment and execution of laws repugnant to the sentiments of the present civilized age would have the effect of lowering the character of despotic governments on the Continent generally." Some of the newspaper versions state, that when the order of release was communicated to Miss Ouninghame, she refused to accept her liberty from the Grand Duke "as an act of grace" ; alleging that she had been imprisoned a month without being brought to trial, and that her advocate told her she had a good case. All that day she remained in the gaol at Lucca; but in the evening she was informed that force would be used to eject her if she refused to walk out quietly. Upon this she demanded a written statement that she had been forced out of prison. We cannot vouch for the truth of this story.

It is now said that the contents- of the publication distributed, what- ever it was, do not sustain the charge of violating the law of Tuscany ; that the Ecclesiastical Council of Lucca had examined it, and found no- thing offensive to the Roman Catholic religion.

The Austrian army in Lombardy will not be sflIcted by the proposed reduction; which will be confined, we are told, to the regiments on the Turkish frontier.

Seam—Queen Isabella, in commemoration of her birthday, (the 10th instant,) has ordered three screw-frigates, each carrying 31gims, to be constructed ; and to be called the Berenguels Petronila, and Blanca, in memory of the three Queens from whom her Majesty derives the crowns

of Castile, Antigen, and Navarre. .

A decree also fixes the naval force of the country at ninety sail of sail- ing, paddle,. and screw ships : 6 ships of from 80 to 90 guns, of from 400 to 600 horse power ; 12 frigates of from 30 to 50 guns, of from 300 to 400 horses ; 12 corvettes of from 20 to 30 guns, of from 200 to 300 horses ; 14 brigs and schooners of from 6 to 20 guns, of 200 horses.; war and mail-steamers of from 400 to 500 horses; 8-war and Transatlantic steam. err of from 300 to 400 horses ; 12 -ditto, coast guards of from 100 to 200 horses ; 12_ditto, to navigate among the shoals, of 100 horses ; and 8 transports.

CAPE or Goon HOPE.—Letters dated the 6th August have been re- ceived from Cape Town. The news is of the usual favourable cha- racter,—uninterrupted peace on the frontier • activity in carrying out the constitution ; and plenty of trade. Sir Andries Stockenstrom has de- clined, on the score of ill health, to become a candidate for the Upper House. Sir George Clerk had reached the Orange Sovereignty. The, inquiry into the Hottentot rebellion had terminated; and a Go- vernment notice issued by General Cathcart announces its decisions. The number of " erf holders" who are declared entitled to reoccupy their lands and tenements is 236 ; the number who have forfeited their rights by rebellion is 160; many of the latter are dead, and the survivors are outlaws.