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The Royal Mail Steamship Canada, Captain‘ Stone, from Liver-
pool on Saturda morning, the 18th instant, arrived at Halifax at
4 RM. “'ednes ay March 29th, and Boston” on Thursday morning.
In attempting to mu-r at low water she grounded. she wsp got
all‘ however by 9 A.M.
At midnight on lVedi-lesday, the 29th instant, the Canada came
in collision with the brig Belle, Capt. Muger from Boslon, bound
for Halifax, and sullk her almost immediate y.
Mrs, Keetier, a lady passenger, and the steward ofthe brig were
drowned. All others on board were rescued la the Canada's
boats, and at 9 A.M.,on the 30th, were put on board the steamship
Arabia, bound for Halifax.
The Canada lost her bowsprit, and sustained other damage by
the collision. ‘
on Canada reports that she exchanged signals, st8 PAL, on
Saturday, the lath insz., near Holyhead, with alarge steamer, eup-
pased to be the Collins steamer Baltic.
THE WAR.
The Czar‘: reply to the last peremptory intimation of England
and France, was due on the 15th March, but had not been received.
There were current, however, numerous reports of concrssions on
the part of Russia. These produced no effect on the Stock Man
kct, and were regarded as being originated solely to create con-
flicting discussions, and to retard any complete combination of the
European Power ' I
As regards hostilitics, a.fIai1's rennin nearly as they were. On
the Danube, we hear of no movements of importance,-and from
Asia there is nothing new ; ‘if’
The London Tlillfl received the following from its correspdlldent
at Vienna, by telegraph: (
“VIXNIIA, VVcdnes-lay Evening, March I5.
“ The following is from an excellent source, though its correct-
ness cannot be vouched for implicit y. -, - F V
‘ ‘ The new propositions of Russia are based on the maintenance
of existing treaties between Russia and the Porte. If this be ad-
mitted. Russia will quit the Prineipalitics, provided that the com-
bined fleets quit the Black Sea and the Bosphorus. ‘
“ ‘ Negotiations will then be resumed, in which the propositions
of Prince Menschikoif will form the base of a new convention with
tho Porte, in which the four Powers are to participate. ‘
, “ ‘It is asserted that Austria and Prussia were willing to agree
to these terms, owl that Baron Bourqncney, on the part of France,
thought them worthy of consideration, but that Lord Wurtmoro
land insisted ofthe revision of the existina treaties.
“ ‘ It is also said, that if the VVestorn powers reject these terms,
Austria will consider herself free from her engagement to them.‘
“According to advices from Constantinople, of the 6th instant,
the fleet: were still at Beicos. Some Egyptian troops were to be
lent to an '0.
“ Redscbid Pasha had made use of menacing language to M.
Mctaxa, the Greek minister. ,
“ According to advice: from Athens, of the 9th instant. the
Turks had made a second sortie from the citadel of Aria, und vio-
latod the Greektcrritory.
’ “This is not probable, but, if true, the insurgents must have
been completely routed."
PREPARATIONS IN RUSSIA. ‘
The rllanilcur, under the date of St. Petersburg, Marrlt the 7th,
‘ vs uflicial documents, declaring various purl! of
the Russian dominions to be in I state of siege. an ocument
‘ ' the form of an imperial ukanc ated March 5th.
is EPIIB hr-st states that, undsr presdnt circumstances, his hlajecty
thinks it necessary to declare the government of Ekathennowtiln,
and the Arrondissemcno of Taganrog, to be in a stats of siege, and
places those lscrliliss under lbs orders of the General of Cavalry,
M. Khomoulolil with the privileges granted by the regulations
' d the 5th of Dccemhcr I346.
mils osldcond ukasu drrlsrrr'sr. Petersburg to be in a etatu of
siege, nnd places the government urlderthc authority of the Grand
Duke, heir to the throne, Commander-in-Chief of e Guards and
Granadicrs, with the prerogatives accorded to the Comma.urler-in-
Ch" I of the army.
W the third uksse, the government of Esthonia and Livonia are
placed in a state of siege; Elthinia to blpd under the orders of
General aids-ds-csmp Berg and ivoniu u or those of the Aide-
dc<Camp General. Prince of hsly, Count suwsrolr Kiminsky, nil.
itary Governor of Riga. '
‘The next ukaso declares the government of Archangel to be in
a state of siege, under the orders of Vice-Admiral Boel. Military
Governor of the lace.
B the lifth ukaea, the kingdom of Poland and the overnmentl
of Uourland, Kowno, “Kilns, Grotkm, Volhyuia and odolio, are
declared to be in a state of siege. The ukaso also states that the
government of B1.-suarahia, and that part of the government of Chen-
son, situated on the right bank of the Bug, which were declared
to be in a state of liiege bylthe ukase of the llllh of November,
1853, are to be now in a similar tuition; andthal all these places
are to be under the authority of Field-Marshal General Princeof
W'arsaw, Count Paskewitch d'Erivan, Commander-in-Chief of the
active arm '
The ukaso, in addition, states that the Emperor ordain: that the
government of Podolia, the ‘part of the government of Chcrlon,
niluated on the right bank 0 the ‘Bug. and the Province of Bon-
. 4 be placed under the authority of
Aided&Camp General Prince Gortscbakod‘, commander of the
lrcopi of the ad, 4th, and 5th corps of infantry, who is to have the
prerogatives granted to L23 coturuandern of detached carp: by the
lt r D cemberb, is .
“ Tliiairkuii then provide! that the kingdom of Poland and the
governments of Cuurlanll, Kowno, Volh nia, a d rotlno, urin
General Baron Onten-Sacken shall retain in BE.!I3f3bi3v and in the
ovcrnment of Chereon, the powers granted to the commanders of
detached corps by the ukalio of hovcmber l9r 1353-1 g
-11,, gem". paper! publish letters from Russm, according to
which ‘H mm,;;,,, landed proprietor: must dchvcr to the Govern-
ment 3 wagon ind.-nwiih a certain quantity of wheat, andtho team
ofborsesiiilolhc burwain. Refusal or dcla will lncurlhs severest
punishment. The lfsllschlsn volunteers are been obliged to be
into the Russian regiments, on account of the Ihtmcful ex-
cesses they have been commiltin evcryw em D5 19"" ““h9
21th ult.,‘fi-om Janey, published in the Crommdl (rtlttfll of the
tub lnst., there is a passage as follows: I p
" The bands or volunteer! are perpotrallng revolting Plcimla
’CITIzEV, “ SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1854.
than, we could not wonder at them, but they pretend to be defend-
ing the Gross, yet commit crimes at which an unbelicver would be
hon-iliad. On their march to Gacshti they so ill-treated u Bayard
woman that she has since died."
VVe read in a loner dated Warsaw, March 9 : “ “hen foreign
papers brought us the news that the Russian Government had laid
on embargo on the exportation of corn from the Sea of Azoff and
the Black Sea, the announcement was treated as a pull‘ cleverly
got up by forei speculators in corn to profit by the rise in the
corn market. twae thought impossible that Russia, which has
every motive not to increase the aversion to itself already existing
in the provinces most concerned, would resolve upon such is HIGH!
sure. The consequence of such an embargo would he in part the
ruin of commercial towns, the Ilourishingtrade of which has hither-
to so effectually promoted the prosperous growth of agriculture
and the internal trade of the Empire.
THE BALTIO FLEET.
Aillniral Corry, with his division, led by the Neptune, 120, had
sailed tojoin the Baltic fleet under Sir Charles Napier. Of this
deet the following illustration is given in The Tab! . -
“ The screw-ships of the line and frigatcs, from the Wellington
of 131 guns down to the Tribune of 30, are all armed with batteries
of tremendous ower ; the we’ ht of metal in some cases bcing
double that in sailin ships of the same rating, and we believe the
eighteen vessels of t ‘in alum fleet would not hesihle to engage
as many Russian ships of the line. As an instance of the heavy
armaments carried by these screw-ships, we may mention the
Blenheim, rated at 60 Fine but which in reality is a fair match for
any ordinary 90 gun a up. This vcssebwltich in own to many
of our readers, having been for months last summer in Kingstown
harbor, is ntvvo decker, carrying on the lower deck 26 long 32
poundcrs of the heaviest sort; on the main deck 28 medium 68
pounders ; and on the quarter deck and forcastle, 8 monster pieces
used for throwing 10 inch shells. or hollow 98 pound shot, and
capable of firing solid balls of 120lbs. weight. '
guns are placed on swivels, and can be fired at either side of tho
vessel, so that in reckoning the ship’: broadside, those six guns
should count for double their number, or if we consider their cali-
bre, for four times their number of ordinary ship‘: calm '
brass 12 poundcrs on the quarter deck and forecastle of the Blen-
heim to repel boarders, or for boat service, are not thought worth
reckoning in her armament, though in the last war nearly half the
guns of: linerof-battle ship were 6 poundcra, and oven 3 poundcrs
counted inthe armament of a nrst-rate; The three other blockships,
tgue, Edinburgh, and Ajax, are, we believe, armed in exactly a
similar fashion, and this other vessels of the steam deal, though
armed in I manner less disproportioned to their rating, carry but-
tcriel such as have never yet been tried in actual conhict, and the
etfect of whose dre must be most deadly an destructive, The
Tribune of 30 guns, the llnnllest of the screws, but one ofthc finest
and rlcctest vessels of her sort in the world,is described as a match
for any three English sailing ships of her sizes‘ number of Rus-
sian ships not known. t tan rate, she would probably give I
account of any um class ussian frigate, while none of the
large screw frigates would bsulk at a Russian 14. a paddle-
steamcrs, though carrying few cannons in proportion to their size
and steam power, and from the exposedittatc of their machinery,
unlittcd for close condict, are capable, from the long range and
heavy metal of their guns, of damaging an enemy at such 2 dis.
tznce as would probably be quite out of range of his fire, while
from the speed at their command they would leave him no chance
of comingw closer quarters." -
RUSSIAN AND TUIIKISII ITEMS.
Public expectation look: now to the Baltic for the next move.
Kulufat continued to be strengthens .
Unimportnnt skinnislu.-s continued to talie place along the
Danube.
I-‘rom I-Iermansudt, thi-re are acrounla of a Russian expedition
to the right bank of the Danube, to engage a Turkish battery b
land, while a dotilla, with supplies, should pass up the river. The
movement was successful, and the tlolilla having passed, the Rus-
sian: withdrew. ,
. A similar event had occurred on the part of the Turks. 2.000
Arabs hav-in crossed near Silistria, made a dash at a Russian
battery, and retired with little loss.
The Russians deemed to have suspended their intentiom to
attack Kalafat, and manaoed the Turks at Gnlatz and Brailow.
Omar threatens various points, thus keeping the Russians on
the alert:
A part of the Russian form, withdrawn from before Kalafat,
had moved towards OMDV
An order of the day of March 1, h Gortchaliolf, announces
that‘ in three weeks Princc Psskiewitc , commander of the Rus-
sian army, would inspect the troops on the Dal-lu .
The Greek insumction had not quite subsided, but was no
longer formidable. '
Village: on the Greek frontier had joined the insurgents, but
the cities were quiet.
Tho insurrection manifests itself in South Albania.
The garrison of the Citadel of Aria had chased the insurgents
across the Greek frontier, where they were themselves rrpulscd by
the Greek troops. h ’ -
Egyptian troops ad beun sent to occupy Candis. '
Servla was quiet-the reported disturbancss were not correct.
The allied dccts wen still at Boycott, on the 6th lllarclh-and
thl Russian llcet rsmanded at Sebaslopol, on tha 22d of I-‘glynury.
‘It is reported that the nut operations of theAnglcrFrench arlny
Willi‘ be to Clgllmea. .
mo - an at Balaldav 5
while dis decks attack it by lea. E 9- ‘nick claim?" 5’ ‘mi’
The Russians were fartif in the interior cities of lVallachia
and Moldavia, especially Fo chani, on the Schnyl. ' ‘
One thousand workmen were ltrellgtlu-ning the fortifications of
5‘l""“'Iiol. The Russians are slso foni ing odssrs and the en-
trance of the Dneipt-r--as well in (houstadt, VVilborv;, and Swea-
bors. in the Baltic. .
The Baltic is still closed hy ass,
3“, the line-of-battle ship Ahstcrlitz will onl be sent to the
Ba"-c .-I present; but Admiral Duchesllt-'0 squ ron will soonjoln
Sir Clmrlel Napier‘;
Twcnty--even -ailing ships .n.l six steamship: were embarking
men and hours at ‘voolovi , , .
Much excitement prevailed upon the Baltic coast. - ,
A Nsw Pscrsorlnr.-In Constantinople a manunctory has been
established for those fatal explosive balls of vvhinll so large a
covered b In npothecury, srnl srs ml is 1.. hard with sorss
FPNIBI 0 gas. or chloroform, and explud on falling upon or strik-
such as are a disgrace to the Christian name. If they were hea-
ing against any object. An expenmentl aid to have been made
The French Ilect bcin occu led with convcyinglroops to the ‘
quantity has been of iris imported into the But. ‘my were die P
7.’ 211
at Chcrbuur with an old vessel, in the hold of whim: some thirty
dogs were shut up, all of which were found dead wiLhin Ifcw"
rninutes met the ball had entered. . ’ ' i ' r
EUROPEAN MCWEMENTS ON THE WAR.
IVSHAH insist: ts almuviv.
cmr.pm..lrm .1 the Daily Nan
. Pans. Wednesday, March 15, 1854.
I learn by privale letters from Hungary that Russian eminarir-s
2. View to frighten the Emperor of Austria in s .
It might be thought that the Hungarian patriots would not readily
land In car to any propositions crnanatin from the destroyer of
their iudrpcndascc ; but in the Mnygn: Ifelucnt ufthe population
hatred of the Auntriml rule is so intense that whole provinces are
ready to rise against it under any circumstances. They do not
look to consequences, but desire only to have arms in their hands.
Thus the Gut has I fme held for his double aloe. e s
Hungarians ready to rise at his bidding, at the risk of balng be-
nycd, and when they are in arms he will say to Francis Joseph, ,
“ I alone can save your crown." i
THE PORTE AND AUSTRIA.
‘ Bnoscns, Sunday, March l2, I854.
It is positively asserted, in a well-inforrnod circle, that the
Port: decidedly objects to the occupation, oven temporary. of any
portion of European Turhy by Austrian troops. and that Oruer -
Pacha has made strong nprercntntions on the subject to the Gov-
emmcuta a! t commander having long been fully cogvri>
um of the extent outuslrisn inn-iguu In lloinia, Herzegovina,
and Montenegro.
THE POLICY OF PRUSSIA.
According to all reliable information the fact of a turn in Prus-
sian policy to the advantage of Russia is placed be ond doubt.
The Orlod propositions submitted to the Vienna con creme, and
by it condt-rune , are now roken u , and are now to be once
more urged at London and Paris by diplomatic agents specially '
appointed for that pu ac. ,
The Prince of Hohentollcm-Sigmaringcn. the envoy extraordi-
nary sent to Park by the King of Prussia, has prclented an auto-
graph letter from his sovereign to the Emperor of lbs French.
The letter has not been published, but it is said to be stndiously '
rsspecitul,srnl a sit obsoquioue. The ng of Prussia declares.
that at the same lime that be up vovll of the conduct of England
and France wilh regard to tho aelem question, he cannot con-
sent to abandon the system of strict neutrality which he has lai
down for himself, and that in this attitude he was perfectly agreed
with Austria and the German States. From her position between
the belligueut Powers, Prussia would be exposed to the brunt of
the battle. without being quite sure of being adequately defended.
The letter terminates with an attempt to enforce the considera-
tions in Lsvor of the maintenance of peace, name] 1 that there
was no longer any ground (or war, since Englan and France
were not asking cater concessions from Turke than Russia
herself had deinan ed-that in to lay, apcrfect equality of position
one. -
and rights between Mussulrnam and Christi
FAILURE OF THE Ill] ‘IAN MINISTER 1'0 FMNC%
, GENERAL NE“'S. ‘ , , ‘
1 , Plus, Wednesday, March is-5 r. r.
I am in a position to oonhrm the fact I yesterday announced
oftlle failure of the mission of Prince Huhenxollern-Si ruarinrvul.
That minnion was Intended to remove the unfavorable impression ,
cuused by the weakness and vacilluiau of the Berlin Cabinet re.
specting the alliance of the “'cstern Powers; to assure this Gov- V
ermnrnl that tho neutrality proclaimed by Prussia, and forced
upon her by the peculnru of Ier. position with reference to
Russia, and the cunparativc y slight interest she possusnl in the
East, meant nothing whatever hostile to Franco or England, rior
favorable to Russia-, snd that even in this lets stage of the unfair
meal: was still animated by the desire. and did not entirely give
up the hope, of bein in some measure useful in prev-rung the
peace of the world from bring disturbed. To tbcsa and other arr
gumentl of: Ilmilal kind the reply wn, um it was impossible
to interpret the declaration of III neutrality of Pruuil. in the
scuse which Prince Hshcnsollcrn gave to it, namely, that it in-
plisd no favor and no leaning to Ruusia. It was known that on
two important occasions Russia had demanded from Prussia
declaration of neutrality, and Prussia, having mzdc that deolurar
tion, it could not now be sci at no concession had been granted
to that Power, and that nothing hostile to the allied Powas had
been done. Prussia was not asked by rules and. England to put
her army in movement, or to send any portion of ll to co-operate
with the allied forces; all that had been required was, that, n she
had joined hitherto in the corrrrmrsr, Ibo would now -do notlzmg
which would have the appearance of making a concession to Rue.
si . This Prussia Id not done, and no explbnatlen could do,
away with the facts which were More the worm. With rsrpm:
to the anxiety of Prussia to preserve , the but Proof we,-314‘
be to give the same adhcn-race the bad ltherto done to the policy
ofthenllics." “ ’ .‘ ' " A
I alluded yesterday to what was and respecting pnothcr part of ,
th. mission ollhe Prince, relating to scream propiortlonl to which i
o
-r a treat which vi’
the chrisrirn Iuhjecu of the Portenand place them on a
[caring or equality with tho Turkl, there existed no further eaulu
of war; that the Emperor of Russia never had any other pruten-1
siona than to secure to those who professed his aged what Eng.
land and France wen to drvrnuirl for all the Chlisuans ; and th -
t such
t forward b the Prussian Envoy; I xng1(f::1r3d.
. it! not absolutely denied, at lsast siurh- '
doubted in a quarter that ought to be well informed. ‘But then is
reason Io bclicvo that, independent ofthe explanation: of Rnuim
neutrality already sdverted to, s pro'cct of mediation or. 9,
of Prussia fonned pan of that micsion. But it is certain that.
neither (he proycct, of whatever kind it may be, nor the explana-
tion: were found satisfactory; and while Pr-in“ Hohwnugm wu
rocecding to urge them, the Emperor took hold of his hand,
shook it in a very ‘emlly manner, and said, ‘- nine.‘ 1 m .,,,,,.;
happy to see you as a friend, but, as respects the obju-for your
mission, I hnve only to uay,lt is too late." From this it may be
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