Show foreign news HALIFAX I 1 april the steamer america has arrived bringing Liver liverpool poo I 1 dates of I 1 april I 1 ast 1st st the arctic arrived out on the THE tripartite TREATY the five articles of the tripartite treaty are as I 1 follows 1 ast 1st at france and england engage to I 1 support turkey by force of arms until the conclusion I 1 of a peace that shall secure the independence 1 and integrity of the sultans dominions adly the porte shall not conclude a peace I 1 without the consent of her allies ardly the 1 allies shall evacuate the turkish territory terri territory tor y after the war this treaty to remain open to I 1 the adhe adhesion sion of the other powers of europe schly turkey guarantees all the subjects of the porte without distinction of creed perfect equality in law i THE WAR I 1 the campaign along the danube has begun in earnest it is is confirmed that the russians have crossed the danube in great force to strike I 1 a decisive blow before the arrival of the anglo I 1 french force on the alt I 1 crossed the danube above which place he occupied capturing 11 II guns and making some prisoners he be also captured several small forts on oil the turkish side of the river gen auders with the main body of the russians crosse crossed d from galatz without much loss full russians are now on the right bank on the gen luders commenced preparations for the siege of jetschin Met schin on the 1 a large body of russians attempted to cross near nitza A desperate battle ensued in which the russians were routed with the loss of 3 killed the turks were also so badly cut up that they bad to retire to their entrenchments the russians have now however effected a passage odthe of the river at three points on the very day the russians commenced crossing the river omar pasha had bad to attack the russian headquarters head quarters at bajana the plan of the attack was drawn up and the entire force put under the command of the french colonel drew but tile the russian movements disconcerted the plan the russians were abandoning their forts on the east coast odthe of the black sea liam kale had been burnt and plundered by the cereas it was rumored that the turks were preparing to attack sebastopol sevastopol Seba accounts were unfavorable the kigh minister had left athens and the greek insurrection 01 was reviving but the turks hold the fortresses and have troops in spirus i envoys were daily expected at athens with the final commands of and france it was reported that several nobles had joined the insurrection the whole french army of men will be in turkey by may 1st ast it was reported that the british force would be increased to men the first division of the expeditionary force was being rapidly forwarded from malta to constantinople ten russians ships from sevastopol sebastopol Seba were wen 1 reported to be near the gulf of Pe off the eastern coast of the crimea the allied fleets was still at beicos bay WARLIKE MOVEMENTS ON THE BALTIC the fleet under sir chales napier was again under way for the purpose as was supposed of seiz seizing irig upon the island of aland bay ay was named as the place of rendezvous the british minister at berlin had sent the announcement of the declaration of war to sir charles napier with instructions to commence hostilities the russians were making great preparations for the conflict in the baltic all the lighthouses and buoys have been reviewed and formidable fleets of gun boats are collected in ili shallow water at all the principal points attempts are being made to block up intricate parts of the channel with rocks all the houses at cronstedt Cron stadt incata ble of defence are being pulled down N new e w ba batteries I 1 I 1 are everywhere in course of erection and two hundred additional I 1 gun boats have been ordered the czar and his hie son were personally tending these preparations Consid considerable emble discontent prevails in finland towards russia and some arrests had been made ENGLAND the london papers are full of proclamations regulating the details of the war in the house of commons the attorney general stated that england does not and cannot forego the right of search of vessels for articles contraband of war the bill to double the income tax had passed the house of commons FRANCE the government makes an announcement similar to that of england respecting the commerce of neutrals and will not at present issue letters of marque the subscription to the french loan amounts i to francs the minister of marine had addressed a circular to the Cham chamber berof of commerce highly applauding the united states for refusing letters of marque SPAIN the queen lias has amnestied all the prisoners implicated in the expedition of lopez against cuba ITALY the duchess of parma will act as regent du during allne the minority of lier her son the assassin of the duke escaped baron fara fam had been ordered to quit the country forever I 1 THE CONTINENT switzerland austria and prussia have not taken sides by an over act in the war no change had bad occurred in the danish I 1 ministry nini stry constantinople the steamers retribution and calon have returned from the mouth of the danube without succeeding in removing the obstructions placed there by the russians LONDON SATURDAY the debate in parliament on the queens address was very lengthy war was formally proclaimed yesterday at the royal exchange in the presence of the civil authorities |