Show FOREIGN NEWS intelligence has been received from constantinople that the last note of the vienna conference has been accepted by the porte the proposition ropo sitio ns embodied in that document were submitted to the tha grand council of the empire discussed at much length and were pronounced by the majo majority rity of amb to hs he such anah as might he be areep accepted ted hy by turkey without dishonor or humiliation the representatives of the four powers employed afi their air best efforts to produce that decision it remains I 1 to be seen what russia will do tile the same des despatch which announces the fact of the acceptance of the vienna propositions adds that if russia still maintains her arrogant demands refuses to negotiate and continues n finues hostilities as at aino pe the powers w wilt el wi without phout any delay assume the attitude of energy which becomes them and which in fact means nothing more or less lessin in reality than war both the turkish minister in persia and the p persian arsian minister at constantinople have quitted their posts contrary contrare arv to the advice of the french and english ministers the tha turks axe are preparing for an expedition against sevastopol confirming the above b elwa wo have accounts from vienna that I 1 persiana and russians have opened a adirent communication and that the russian general Yer is to command the persian form forces by advices advises of the ad we also learn that the persian Begler begs have received orders to prepare quarters for the reception of I 1 I 1 I 1 troops I 1 the overland mail brings confirmation th tha the shah of persia has left teheran with his army numbering cava cavalry liy with 1000 pieces of cannon candon can don and 00 earnel camel loads of ammunition to co operate with russia at latest accounts the army had passed jabrez the shah had also sent an envoy to dost mahammed Ma hommed to point out the advantages of mil siding aiding with persia and the russians I 1 11 according to the kolner curious developments ts are coming dolight to light which indicate that russia has long been preparing for the present crisis A large expedition has imn been secretly or ionizing under pretence predence pre tence of a campaign against the ahan hwa of khiva for fifteen 1 years yam past russian 4 N agents have been busied in organizing the mongolian and Kirg esian hordes supplying with money and arms and teaching them to act in concert from this source it is is asserted that russia may obtain the aid of irr irregulars kulars mostly horsemen men so 80 that if war does break out tn in earnest between russia and the western powers the war will rage along the entire line imp of europe and asia and d the eo colonies lonies of north western america odessa letters of the ath state positively that Jagon dib 90 gun ship was at the bat battle tie of the official bulletins do not mention this loss tins this ship was bravely attacked by a turkish frigate and both vessels blew up one of the turkish admirals aides decamp de camp had died of his wounds at sebastopol sevastopol Seba the admiral osman pacha has himself had a limb amputated and now lies in a dangerous state the turks themselves estimate tile loss they sustained at in ships munitions and treasure at twenty m millions illions of pias tres the levies of recruits were made in in poland on the nights of and dec ath at the rata of 8 men in in 1000 of oatlie tile inhabitants and the luck less conscripts were forthwith sent off under escort to kiew to be drafted into the fleet on the black sea and the army in the caucasus part of the russian force in poland has been ordered to join the army in Wal lachia from bucharest we learn that the past three days large masses of tj t oops had been marching upon lesser Wal lachia and that prince Gorts chakoff had taken the command and at constantinople a telegraphic despatch from omar pacha dated esth states that thai he is aware the intention of these movements is is to attack kalafat tho the european residents of smyrna pave flave collected francs to send sand to tile the frank volunteers in the turkish army the governor of smyrna and the french fi anch consul general have given orders s to seize all incendiary publications coming from greece it appears that the Walla chian militia recently incorporated with the russian forces cannot be trusted in the field against the turks they are therefore to be employed to do garrison duty in the principalities tile loudon london times has an all editorial on the prospect of war with russia referring to the treaties of 1734 1766 and 1793 between britain and russia which seem to have been renewed under tho the treaty of in in 1812 a years grace gr ice is is allowed to the subjects of either country to return home in the event of war between the two powers no such provision appears in in the com nier mercal cial treaty of 1840 lint but may be presumed to be still in ia force the large number of british engineers inders and artisans arli arti employed in in russia makes this his an important mutter joae clearly understood u ane commit committee tee of the shipwrecked Fi fishermen ghermen and mariners marinero Ma royal benevolent society have entered on their minutes a resolution complimentary compliments to captain ludlow of the american bark monmouth for his heroic exertions in rescuing persons survivors of tile the ship indian Mn Meri dian wrecked on the isle of amsterdam adam the committee further farther resolve to use their influence in in favor of the subscription now making nuking in london for a monid moni d to captain ludlow A nie meeting tink is is called at southampton to petition for active measures against russia I 1 the duels fought by soule father land and son have caused a great sensation the following is is the french version of the story and is is of course as little favorable as possible to the J soule I 1 li is translated from the Messa gerde de bayonne on the icib of november the french ambassador at madi id gave a ball on oil the occasion of tile the fete of tile the emperor mr soule minister of the united states was present with madame soule and her song son aged 23 during the fete the duke ofalia and the french ambassador in in the course couise of a tete a tete conversation made some observe tiou tion and exchanged some pleas pleasantry autry on the toilet of madame soule the eccentric taste oi of which hid had been remarked by the entire company mr soule jun overheard tile conversation the following morning mr perry secretary of legation of the U S and col del bosch waited bathe on aue dake of aba aa they handed mm him a letter from mr soule jr arid said they were sent to demand satisfaction for foi the pleasantry of the previous evening the duke of alba was w greatly greata y surprised and throwing tile ho letter which 11 lind hid b been een given to him on ill his stable table explained to ahe te two witnesses of his adversary what lied really leally P passed 1 in in f fact act that it was nothing al more or a than a simple joke in in a private conversation he at the same I 1 i taws expressed his great regret that a son should 1 have considered his mother at a lemark rk which only hid had reference to her mantua ma adker ker and he fie reposed proposed to write a friendly letter to mr soule to remove from his mind tile the error under which he fie labored tile the friends of mr soule took their leqve leave perfectly satisfied the following duy day the duke of alba found on ins his writing table the letter of tile the day before and winch which he had not opened he read it and found that it was couched in terms so vio violent ant so se insult ing that he considered himself bound to send in turn two or of his friends to mr soule jun to demand the withdrawal of what he had just read and to demand also that the letter of explanation winch which he himself haq had written should be returned to hirn him mr soule goule withdrew the edsul ing expressions pres he had made use lisa of and asked to be allowed to keep keap the letter which he be had received from the anke of alba pledging at the same time his word of honor that he would never make use of it and that the result of the affair completely satisfied hm him several days after so sone some ne english papers related the facts we have just mentioned but bui they trw trav testified esti fied them in a manner offensive to the duke of 0 f alba being irritated by these attacks the duke of alba sent general generall lose jose de la Is concha to mr soule to demand reparation he consented and accepted the duel with swords as proposed and nd the of december was named as the day subsequently mr soule asked that tine the duel should take place with tile the small sword which was agreed to he then demanded V delay adlay of 48 hours which was also granted on the day fixed axed for the duel which was to 0 o take place in fit the pardo mr soule who had to be waited for a considerable time under the pretext that he was writing dispatches des patches to the government at length ai rived followed hv by six six carriages car nages full of his countrymen residing in madrid I 1 though surprised at witnessing such indiscreet curiosity which made the affair resemble acock a cockfight the seconds of the duke of alba consented ho however homeier weier to the americans rema remaining jaida on the ground the two adversaries took their ground 4 onder and crossed ossed swords mr soule was continually interrupting and he be demanded several times a cessation which was granted to him at last the witnesses declared that the duel ought to bac I 1 0 and that they would only allow civo more mr soule jr was slightly wounded and he then promised on his word of d conof to contradict the facts recounted in the english papers and to cause causa a letter to be published to that effect in the journals of england and america he also pledged himself to b burn urn irk in of the witnesses the he letter he bad ba id received from the duke of alba I 1 thus i terminated ermina I 1 ted this affair those these were the first two acts of the drama we ive recount now for the third anamosa aad most important after the events just related mr soule sen the minister wrote to the marquis mu quis do de target the french ambassador an angry letter informing him bim that it was not the duke of alba and his son who ought ht to have fought but that it was he mr soule Tw who ho ought to avenge the honor of his wife attacked by the pleasantries pleasant ries abi eh the ambassador of france permitted himself to indulge d ge in the marquis de target accepted the challenge addressed io him his seconds were lord howden the english ambassador and G gen e n oral eral collier callier at present presen t at madrid mad rid A third combat the consequence of tile the two first was also expected to take place between mr perry the secretary of the united states legation and the French Consul Con stil at santander the same paper says in another part jhb prep preceding eding article ww was composed when our letters arm madrid brought us the denouement which we expected kiare aware of what was passing the spanish government took measures lo 10 prevent the combat tile ithe jwo adversaries in order to evade the precautions taken against them changed the day of the meeting which took place on Sat saturday the the seconds of mr soule were general valdes known for his extreme ol opinions linious but who is no relation to the Oe general ueral valdes so well known in madrid M galindo Ga mindo haid and M one of the I 1 I 1 11 edit editors ors of the clamor the pistol was the weapon two shots w were e r e e exchanged ael d mr soule was not hit M de hurgot fe fell if augis his adey ball it bit it him iu in the leg about inches iches above the knee the w wound was serious but yet it is I 1 hoped op that the he life of our ambassador will ill not be endangered dang ered the whole of the spanish nobility liability all 1 men of honor in madrid have left their names at tl the I 1 b house se of M de hurgot A subsequent account says that the ball has b been een extracted after some difficulty and that the wound was going on favorably |