The New York Herald Newspaper, May 23, 1854, Page 2

‘Clarles Napier is not the man to remain idle, if there was work to bedone. The navigation is not yet free, and he may be waiting tili his flotilla of gunboats is ready, The popular feeling in Sweden against Russi rising daily. After his visit to the King, the English Admiral was cheered through tie streets by the po! = lace of Stockholm, and the students of 1 charter —— a steamer to proceed to the fect nnd sang aational eomgs | Cur Paris Correspondence, under the bows of the Duke of Wellington i} Paris, May 8, 1854. quoted at 8775. | from France, and therefore their seizure was not legal. It has been well observed here, that though the Czar is master of two seas—the Baltic and the Fuxine—he dares not show his flag on either. sala When the war does commence ia earnest, a rising in | fhe Ateemblée Nationale, after the Administration of an Sweden is not improbable. A prombe to restore Finland | Imperial Currectine—Ezcitement im the Counct's at the to her would make it certain. Sweden would prove @ | Twilerie—Awm Illustrious Victim to Superstition—The powerful ally so ear the Iussiogghores. The Swedes | Universal Hahibition—Awniversary of the Death of Na- | have not forgotten bow Charles XIL, they made | poleom—Memorable" Souvenirs—Zhe evince te Beaufre- head against Russia. Meantime, Sweden will observe a | _ ment placed under the Surveillance of the Police Arvest strict neutr: | of o Russian Count—Extrication of Giraud, and Gener- Our latest advices fom Constantinopleare by letter to | osi'y of the Empress. the 26th April, and by telegraph to the 80th, The Sultan | Napoleon the Third possesses, certainly, that qualid. is reported seriously indisposed. The bombardment of | cation which his great ancestor considered the most im- Odessa was not (ben known at the Turkish capital, A | portant attribute of a public man, namely—success. » Bill for war expenses, of about £6,000,000 sterling, and difference had arisen between General Baraguay d’Hiliiers | He wills bus to realize, and strikes but to conquer; and the Porte relative to the expulsion of the Greeks. | illustration of which, the Assemblée Nationale has just ‘The French Ambassador demanded that the Roman Ca- | re-appeored in the ranks of journalism, after an eclipse, tholic Greeks should not be included in the banishment. | by imperial soleil, of two months. And ite first tones are | The Porte said it could make no exceptions, and was sup- ported by Lord de Redeliffe. confirmation) that the French Envoy threatened to | leave Constantinople. We learn by te'egraph that the misunderstanding has been arranged; but how, we are | Lord Raglan, the English Commander in- Marshal St. Ar- still ignorant Chief, had arrived at Constantinople. naud was hourly expected From the Turkish Greek Provinces of Thessaly, Epirus, and Macedonia—to which latter province the insurrec tion bad spread—we have the most disastrous accounts of murder, slaughter and rapine. No quarter is given on either side. The insurgents, though supported by the Greek government, have no chance. Money, but all the arms and ammunition sent to them re seized by English and French cruisers, According to telogvaphic despatch, dated Athens, May 2, the insur- Russia sont It is said (but this requires | the gentle bleatings of the Inmb delighted with its free- dom after a temporary restraint. All its naughty Rus- sian sympathies are forgotten or absorbed in a patriotic declaration ogainat raising loans in stock. Consols were ont Russian Count, living in Paris, who seems to have exempt from the operates, of Many of the Russian prizes seized in the British Chan- | called all Russians to ‘coun’ rel will have to be given up, as they had cleared out | keeping nationality, which, “under the altered circumstancog of the times,” renders it wholly French, The bombardment of Odessa seems to satisfy the public | mind better as the details are more comprehended. The in- | sult offered toa fing of truce required chastisement. Sinope was to be avenged; and the manner of effecting it—that aring the city, the quarantine station, the foreign ships in the harbor,and all private and neutral property, while the destruction of the Russian land batteries and Vessels of war was tremendous—pleases the French, who think that while Russia is mortified, Museovites will be | conciliated, and fancy they have reason to believe that the most chivalrous character of their own hostility has been chiefly instrumental in preventing a more | | | Jents have been beaten on all sides | wholeeale onslaught. The state of the Turkish army in Asia is most deplor- | There is evidently immense excitement at present pre- Wle. The soldiers are literally starving, and have no | Valling in the councils of the Tuileries. Yesterday, Yoney. The Russians will soon be down upon them, | Lord Cowley was closeted for four hours with M. Drouyn An outbreak is feared there, if they are not speedily re- | deLhuys andthe Emperor. It was understood thata | foved despatch from Vienna, containing some important in- Some senration has been created bythe announcement in ‘the Paris Moniteur, of tho formation of two French camps | —one hundred and fifty theusand men, at St. Omer, the other of fifty thousand, at Marseilles. The camp at St. Omer is regarded by many as a demonstration against Prussin—by others it is regarded asa preparatory step to sending a French land force to a Baltic. The attitude of Prussia is still hostile to the Western | Powers. The king has dismissed General Bonin, his Minister of War, for saying that an alliance with Russia woula be murder of German interests. hand Austria gives signs of drawing closer towards the Western Powers. All this is enigmatical. Both Powers signed the last protocol at Vienna, and an offensive and defensive treaty has recently been signed between them. | Yet one pulls one way and the other another. How is | this to be explained? Identity of action ought to be the result of identity of opinion. The Vladika of Montene- gro has raised his standard against the Turks, and Aus- tria will, it is said, immediately act against him, and by | so doing commence hostilities against Russia, for which ; Power the Viadika has declared himself. A great meeting was held at Paris, at the hotel Lam- bert, on the 3d of May, the anniversary of the day upon | which the Polish constitution was promulgated, in 1791. | Prince Gartoryski took the chair, and in an eloquent | speech pointed out the necessity of union amongst the | Poles in the war now waging against Russia. He said he was sure that if General Wysocki succeeded in forming a Polish legion in Turkey, that other illustrious Poles would not hesitate to serve under him. The Prince held out the prospect of a regeneration of Poland. On the other | ssist the fleets in the | | | | telligence from the Duke of Cambridge, was the subject of interest. The Duke—and though it is impossible to indicate the source of my information, I cannot for a moment doubt its authority—is said to have impressed on Lord Cowley the necessity of urging the French government to commit itself more and more to the al- Nance—to increase by every possible exertion, its forces | at last, a hole large enou; in the East, in order to insure success on the Danube— that Austria wants support of this kind—wants to feel that the French have no arridre pensée, and that once witness of some brilliant operation, she will feel herself justified in flinging her arms into the scale of the Weat- | | ern alliance—that the young Emperor has clearly his eyes | open to the desperate game which Russia is playing, but that his firm belief is, that whatever occurs at Odessa, | elapsed since the bombardment of Odessa on Sebastopol, Cronstadt, or even St. Petersburg, the Czar has made his calculations for resistance, which nothing but some personal casnalty—such, for instance, as his own death—will be allowed to interfere with. Last night a telegraphic despatch was sent to Lyons, that the 42d and 72d regiments of the line should imme- diately embark in steamers on the Rhone for the East. 12,000 oxen have been contracted for at Marseilles, for the supply of the French troops at Gallipoli. Ten go- vernment steam vessels have just left the port at Algiers with troops. Constant conferences have been taking place at Vienna, in the Hotel du Foreign Affairs, between Count Buol-Schauenstein and the Ambassadors of France and England on the one hand, and between the Count and the Russian Ambassador on the other. It is reported that Austria has apprised Russia that she will maintain the neutrality of Montenegro by force of arms. In the account 1 gave of the loss of the Ercolano, I mentioned that among those who perished was the Prin- Lonpon, May 9, 1854. cess Ceteaeg aan es of saan he unbappy lady oy ", ‘ ”, 40, a victim to the marine superstition wl ids Naval Operations—The War Budget of England—Position | bee dice nefastus. By her influence as e prinelpal share. of the Northern Powers—Strength of Louis Napoleon— | holder, she prevented the steamboat from putting to sea ‘The Conduct of Greece—The Effect of the War in Eng- | on that day; had it done so, as was the original intention, dand, de. Admiral Dundas, who commands the Black Sea fleet, hhas chastised Odessa for firing on a flag of truce. This | is the first serious blow that has been given to Russia. If | Dundas is now active and victorious, his previous tardi- | Ress will be forgotten, or at least forgiven. The British inisters and the nation are proud and pleased with What he bas just done, Old Charley Napier has done Jothing rerious yet in the Baltic. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has brought in a little Jobm Bull looks blank enough at it. The tories say there | would have been no war if Aberdeen had not been Prime | Minister; and this appears true enough, for the very moment the Czar heard of Aberdeen being in office he ‘could not conceal his joy; he proclaimed the friendship | that existed between Aberdeen and himself, and imme- it of course would not have met the Sicilia in the night, from which the catastrophe occurred. Sir R. Peel tends writing @ more precise account than has yet been made public. It is understood that some of the passen- era were Americans, but whether among those provi- lentially rescued or not, I have not been able to ascer- | tain. ‘The imperial oommission of the Universal Exhibi- tion, nothing daunted by the war, is making the most active efforts, It has already organized committees in all the departments, and elected the necessary presidents and gecretaries. ‘The Palace of Industry has now a thou- sand hands employed in its completion. Commerce ap- pears to be recovering, by degrees, from the uneasiness | of the Imperial mole. which had been caused by the war, and though capital continues to be kept close, and the discount of paper is frequently impossible, or only to be effected on very | cnerous conditions, still business is more active. The retail trade has not been for the last month below the average of previous years, The stock of goods, both in warchouses and manufactories, has never been s0 low | as at procent, and the ordinary wants of consumption will uplock capital and produce an improvement in , people with the Western Powers. Never were states- general business, Friday, the fifth of May, it may safely be predicted, will not, for centuries tocome, fail to be a marked day in the annals of France. It was exactly on this day, thirty-three years ago, that the great Napoleon, im: | risoned on lone rock in the midst of the Southern At- tic, breathed forth tg& mighty spirit which had shaken Old Europe to its @™tre. And now that his re- mains repose by the fair waters of the Seine, the youth who have read the wondrous story of his deeds, ands few who still survive to tell how with winking eye-lids they watched that sun of human genius, repair on the anniversary of the day, and offer in the chapel of the Invalides, prayers for the soul of the departed hero, and | to meditate by the side of the gorgeous tomb which now contains his ashes. It was a touching sight,to see Prince Jerome, his only | diately revived his designs on Turkey. ‘The English peo- | ple, even when convinced that they owe the war to | Aberdeen, will scarcely regret, however, the fall of Lord Derby. Mr. Cobden has protested, in the House of Commons, ‘against making prizes of Russian merchantmen engaged in peaceful traffic. It does seem miserable work for British vessels of war intercepting poor Finland salt traders. There is, however, no other way of teaching the Crar that he has a joint to his neck than by spoiling | his foregn trade and exasperating the Muscovites against him. The Chanceller of the Exchequer is losing caste; he cannot raise the wind. That is a bad sign. His financial measures may be right in theory, but their scope and tendency are not obvious enough for practical men. Mr. Baring, the head of the great house of that name, is dead against the Chancellor's policy. | ‘The Northern Powers— Austria, Prussia, Denmark and Sweden—still stand aloof, evidently afraid to take a aide. The governments sympathize with Russia—the to the prayers of the veteran brave, ‘He leaned apon the arm of M. Aneclin, the curé of the Invalides. Council of State, Gen. Lowestinc, M. Hausseman, of the Seine, several members of the Senate and Le- gislative body. The body of the chapel was number of the invalides and old soldiers, in the uniform of the Empire. After the service, the Prince visited the tomb of what, truly, without the usual ex men in such a predicament as those of the Northern | ingéoms. ‘They dread the success of France “and = England, liberalism would then | triumph; and they dread the triumph of Russia, because of its ping ambition and their own weakness. Their neutrality cannot, however, last long. It will scarcely be regretted if Austria side with Russia, ‘because of her crimes against liberty. If she side with | the Weatern powers, Russia will probably attempt to stir up Hungary andItaly. It is generally believed, however, that neither Kossuth or Mazzini will fools enough to ‘de cats’ paws of Russia, who would assist in crushing them as socn as her were answored. It is not im- probable, however, but what Poland, Hungary, and Italy, will get their own out of the coming struggle. With re- gard to France, the Emperor has acted so judiciously no one is safer on his throne tea he is at the vernt time. Nothing is now said against him the English press, and the republican ref, in hat and the channel islands, who have made sure ofj their restoration to France, are about to emigrate to the United States, en occasionally have their misgivings about | ‘the Tarks. Although they feel the necessity of keeping Russia out of Constantinople, they cannot help knowin the express! by ceased; and it is possible that the stran events, which, but a few days before, had sent the Mar- shal’s own son to fight side by side with the nation, the bitterest and most persecuting of his brother's foemen, was not altogether absent from his mind. But the fact of Jerome's prevenee there, with the baton of « French Marshal, with his nephew Emperor at the Tuileries, and his son heir presumptive to the throne, was in itself a wonderment so great that little room must have been left for other marvel. Some of the veterans, as they stood by tho splendid mausoleum of their great captain, dressed in the old uni- form of their ancient glories, presented an appearance which, it must be confessed, bordered on the serio comic. | The little bobtail coat, crossed with the white leathern belt, the bell-shaped shako, those yellow breeches, too, a world too wide for the shrunken haunches they en- cased, and the long, closely fitting black gaiter, offered certainly a strange contrast to the military garb of the preseriy cay. 'rderenton® cf avérything connécted with the occasion, there’ is something ‘melancholy in this re- suscitation of poor mouldering humanity. bent and that the Turks, with many estimable qualities, are desti- stooping shoulder, the palsied shake of the head, and on- tute of go-a-head ones, and, mixed as they are with | feebled, shuflling , Seemed to grin in mockery on Christians as numero: themselves, there will always yanting feather,” and one could not help “glory's thinking ¢ be internal struggles which no government can endure for the poor souls would be better at home in - “* of time. If the Western Powers could give to | their beds, with a wocllen night cap, and a bowl of soup. ary beng - ovduring strength, the present war | Sic transit, &e. the‘Oteman empire... ““ady or expensive, because | — M. Alexandre Dumas has escaped from the fangs of would pay, no matter how “von keeping | Madame Balsac. He pleated his right to obtain. the the prosperity of those Powétl depeno- ..° | hs e Sena ae ‘eonerranaia, ‘aah means from his countrymen of raising a monument to a He did not desire to erect a tomb. ; iin | grand public writer. Sere meee meee. a, ee be | Such there was already, though shamefully neglected aby Lait of Tushey, The pressat war will, be most | <sdAme Balsnc, who now impugned his present proceed. Valuable foroue thingit will enable the world tojadge | ing. inc hs they thet s monument was diferent ce of Russia, and whether she iss bugbear | from # tomb, } M. Dumas hada right to eree a national Jebt, but not the latter, oe Giraud, of whom [74V@ 6n account in, my last, has been emancipated from his perilous positfen, with _ oravt. ‘The Western Powers, in commencing the war, harrassed by an intolerab] ance in the conduct of Greece, which hax cy stirred up an insurrection of the Christian subjects of the Sultan, tty king- | prospect of uninjured health. Nothing can exceed dom in ad to Furope, in ita want of eect nth aud | the interest he bas occasioned, in al quarters, dating bis honor, and has proved utterly unworthy the blo and | nineteen days dreadful incarceration. The Empross has sst- tled upon him an annuity of six hundred francs, has artist to bring her the exact oo orn P the Locality . From the first, the imperial ly has evinced hor ea and sympathy for the poor trgaoure spent in raining it to Most fortunate for England, at the present time, it .{5, that Russia is not a formidable naval power, and thy * her fleets are secured in the Baltic and Black seas, If she had been 1 man’s fate. Gamage to the trade of reat” Biltain, although there } The deaw monde has been thrown into a state of great are bat few Russian ships-of-war at sea, and they ,, ‘tement in consequence of the Same of a are ‘and watched, dis paying at the rate | of th, * highest rank and station in Franc~ Indeed, fours oe sterling « year for insuring her mercantile | Ihave ty 08 oxpreneed, Is SAGRW Yas OSS Genet Oe eee y capture. u which was enacted man; Test fearful A of the Duke de Preslin, where, you re- 1 the Chancellor of the Exchequer brow oi Sforwsed bis wer budget He will want nearly £10,000, 4 pe be 2 ‘e Duchess was mi her hus- Sie doetid tas meecegcus Parzen, he Tacome taxis | Tana, shall MVS, teen, AOD TPs ae Deaatte come pears that twou extra daties are to be imposed on spirits malt, marr’ ody wi fortune was not less than ‘There will be row about this, The whole schors 380,000 francs per a, "2. She was the daughter of a0 -rmous wealth, and the Prince gave be defeated. OF course vmily most of all coveted, name- ‘dreams but be carried on; and if'eo, it | Iy, vamke Doth parties, e, ZounR and handsome, must be paid be a great distarbance feeerally popular, and eva, ha ay — well ho the House the Chancellor gets the | happiness of their wniou. pte tee that the | rte, however, have fer som Prince not only restricted his». | but denied her the common necem ‘fe in hor expenditures, ries due to her rank; inte all fn ohergs if the public | that he prevented her from enteriog “tual that ar life «Minintry S pretty time of it Vefore they get | eivently beat her ina mannerse 4 ‘the unfortunate eee vest | retcoaanered, er some seat eh hucrlius os ‘he war abwor' éverrthing-—pothing eae is thought of | she sutjeet the Prince baa giren tuch unsm “faa ces —aa if it were # life and dea struggle. Nothing is read | swers that serious # ‘Arte awakened, religions ‘Dut the newspapers—the ordinary trade is rained. | have been sent round to all the convents ana ‘. The ‘The news brought by the Hermann from the United | institutions in France, but with no favorable reso. ““nseif ‘States, on Sunday, was noticed in the London | Prince has been informed that he must consider ha. ogs papers, end Australia is ly ignored. The steam | ‘under the surveillance of the police, and that if tid. "e pcp chee Lome w ships to government for | of the unhappy lady are not .speodily forthooming, . conveyance of troops, and army and navy contractors, | will be put under dorance. ore making fortunes. | The hotel of the Prinoe is situated in the avenue Ma- } The wi of the early frait in Englend has been rigny, immediately a dens of the Riysce, destroyed by the cold and ungenial weather | and with it charming wa ond skrabbeny is one of the most beeutifcl boures in Paris, surviving brother, habited in the full uniform of a Mar- | that only one battery of four guns shal of France, and followed by a brilliant staff, move | stroyed, after a fire of many hours, when the troo} slowly and reverently up the nave of the chapel, sacred | according A ‘the resent were M. Baroche, President of the | pears to md to the battery No. ouncll of State, Gen. 1 ran, Prefect | Feport, and. thks td | great | | | | | = | the order which re- was suspected of a secret correspondence St. Petersburg, and the police yesterday paid him @ domiciliary visit at | ae at a villa in the os Lafontaine, io Amat. Although the commissary and bis its executed their duty ith due courtesy and Gabenisees, the Russian became furious, and should enter bis apartments. He was at length secured, and after undergoipg.an examination at the Prefectour, was sent to the prison Mazas. Sir Hamilton Seymour isin Paris, and since the days of Abcel Kadir there has not been seen such another At the theatres, the great event of the week has been the benefitof Mario. Such is the favor enjoyed by this now unrivalled tenor, that had the opera house been twice its present size it would not bave contained the applicents for admission. The selection was ‘I Bar- Here,” and Mario was never in better voice, His Alm. viva exhibited a spirit, gaiety, and enlrain which outdid | himself. One thing the world is sure of: while Mario re mains on the stage the modern or vociferatiag school, in which vulgar strength of lungs stands ip the place of art, sweetness, and finish, all that gives a charm to vocal rpuaic, will find an unconquerable opponent. Mélle. Naw has left the Grand Opera snd is about to proceed to America. She takes with her a prilliant reputation. ‘The case of the poor Giraud, now, as I have said, hap- pily relieved from his perilous durance, has caused a | general opening of purse strings, and_ consi lerablo Sums are daily being forwarded to. Lyons for the benefit of the sappers who s0 courageously exerted themselves for hisemancipstion, Such was the stench from the dead body which for ten davs had lain best4~ 7" let seyeaw waem@ud, BNAt One | of the sappérs on entering {t, after Giraud’s extrication, fell down in a stupor, from Which he did not recover for two hours. Something similar o¢cntred in 1886, at Champ Vert also near Lyons. Workmen were occupied in sinkin, well in that commune, when they perceived that | woodwork employed to keep up the earth, bent beneath its weight, and they immodiately ascenled. Dufavel, however, the contractor, determined to go down and ex. amine the state of things, and had scarcely reache! a | depth of forty feet, before the earth above him fellin, | der of ‘Militar; He was carried to the bottom, which was sixty-two feet from the surface, and his retreat cut off. ‘Tho woodwork aie in, had made a sort of arch, on which the soil rested, and in this tomb, without air, and without light, he remained for fourteen days, supported by somo food which was sent down to him. He was buried in sand up to his thighs, and stood on part of the woodwork, the re- mainder of which, forming a precarious arch above him, seemed likely to fall upon and crush him st any moment. Those who let him down in the basket thought to res- cue him by pulling the rope violently throngit the wood- work; but Dufavel observed that every movement en- dangered the fall of the whole mass. He cut the rope, and to this circumstance owed his ultimate release, for his companions, perceiving that the rope had been ‘cut, concluded that the centractor must be alive, and thus works to extricate him by @ corps of engineers wore set on foot. For thirty-six Bours be remained, before a hole could be perforated, through which food could be sent him. His only companion and solace was 9 blue. bottle fly, who shared his meals, and broke, by its loud buzzing, the melancholy stilluess of his to admit light was dug, he suddenly drove back his head, because, he said, he felt so cold! This impression, he afterwards declared, was more painful than anything he had previously suffered. THE EUROPEAN WAR. THE BOMBARDMENT OF ODESSA. (From the London Times, May 9.] It is remarkable that, although seventeen dx have e224 ult., and several accounts of that important operation | have been made public by the French, the German, and | even the Russian government, no authentic or official ac- count of this event has been published, or, as far as we | know, received, by the British government from the officers in command of our own fleet. We have now be. | fore us a short despatch from the French Admiral, dated from his flag ship the Ville de Paris, in the roads of Odes- 8a, on the 25th of April, and published in the Moniteur of the 6th of May. We have also a despatch, or report, from the Russian General Osten: Sacken, of the 234 of April, which gives the | Russian account of these operations; and, lastly, we | have a more detailed account, which has gone the round | of the German papers, and has been transmitted to us | from Vienna, but which includes a variety of particulars | not confirmed by any official information. With regard | to this last communication, we may at once observe that the other and more authentic accounts do not coincide in point of date with the statement it contains. We have no reason to believe that any considerable portion of the combined fleets reached Odesea as early as the 14th of April, or that any negotiations wore opened with the Rustian authorities, or that on the 17th the fleet thundered forth a salute’‘of 900 guns. The actual oc currence lies ins narrower compass, and the Russian Military Governor of Odessa seems to have been ex- tremely anxious, by the immediate publication of his report on the subject in his order of the day, to dispel, or at least to diminish, the alarm which s1 an attack was calculated to excite. There is no doubt that it was on the afternoon of the | 21st of April that the combined feets, consisting of 6 three-deckors, 13 two-deckers, and 9 steam frigates, cast anchor at a distance of about two miles from the town of Odessa. At 4 0’clock, P. M., Admiral Dundas and Admi- ral Hamelin sent in a flag of truce to demand the sur- render of the Russian, English, and French ships lying in the quarantine harbor, to which summons no answer was returned. At half past six on the following morning the nine steamers of the fleet—or, as the French ac- | count says, eight, of which five were English and three French—eame within range, and attacked the batteries | | these | 1 Russians appear to have greatly overrated the meal force steamers, for General Osten-Sacken affirms that | one was a yersel of fifty-four guns, and several others of 34 guns; whereas the Retribution, which is | the heaviest steam frigate of the fleet, carries bat 28 guns, and the other vessels. have a considerably smaller armament. The Russian batteries are stated to have been armed with 48 pounders only, and in the steamers were enabled to pour in the fire of their heavy guns without suffering much inconvenience in re- turn, “It does not appear thas the large ships took any part in the action. It seems, however, that a successfal attempt was made in boats’ to throw uence | threatened to kill the first man who | rison. When, | changing a few shots retreated to and Hamelin sent me me to deliver Fete sare uarantine ports. I gave no answer to thi predeeptuohs demand,” as thay | min reasonably have expected. | the enemy, one carrying 54 guns, and eight carrying for the most part 82, baving passed beyond the resch of the | first or right hand battery, attacked in turn, the five others, sending at the samo time shells into the town, aad then the whole stationed themselves in front of the sixth battery, that on the left placed on the point of the mole of the pratique port. Our batteries on the bank mount 48 guns, as follows: — The Ist carrying 6 mortars, ibre, 90, and 2 howitzers, co” 48) 2, “ 6 guns, “94 a a we “2% 4th, “ 8 « “48 Sih, “ 6 howitzers, “ % ah “ “« calibre of The enemy taking savaninge of the hear his guns, and particularly of his paixhans, of 68 and 96, kept for the most part out of range. For this reason the fourth and fifth batteries, being distant, took little part in the contest, although they were within the rai the enemy’s guns; but the sixth, or left battery, placed on the extremity of the pratique port, foughtat Arst with four guns, and afterwards with two—one of its guns being dismounted; and the enemy being out of the range of the other. This battery, commanded by Ensign Stche- | golew, of the reserve battery of the 14th brigade of artil- lery, maintained a contest of six hours against the | enemy’s steamers, which towards the conclusion of the | battle were seven in number. In addition to ‘how tay | Dads adie steamer cf the ling Corrine battery at length ceased firing, and Stehegolow only drew off his nen when the vessels which were in the pratique port behind the batteries, as well_as the fortifl- bom caught fre. The coolness and self denial of En- ai lew sprea: mselves amongst his ery - | men, anda theend of the battle three of the Pit steamers Were obliged to be taken in tow. In virtue of the powers which haye devolved upon me, I haye honored those who particularly distinguished themselves in the above mentioned battle with the or- Knighte.”” When the battle was fini«hed, I reported to his Highness the Field Marshal the brilliant exploit of Ensign Stchegolew. ‘The hostile steamers, being built of iron and drawing very little water, were enabled, in spite of opposition, to ound the mole and approach the bank—one of them going towards the suburb of Pereeipe, accompanied by ate, from which they threw congreve rockets, whic burned the vessels in the pratique port and the houses in fhe suburb. They then attempted to elfect a land- ing, but were repulsed by the grape shot of four guns from battery No. 8, garrisoned by the 14th brigade of artillery, and covered by six companies of the reserved battalion of Tomsk and Colyivansk (chasseur regiments) placed in ambush. Driven back to their vessels and ex- posed to a cannonade during their retreat, they suffered A sensible loss, whilst we had only a fons ‘men killed and wounded, and two gun carriages destroyed. During this time the en my’s line-of-battle ships left their line and drew near the country honse of General Luders to fire broadsides into it. They were received, however, by the fire of the batteries 1, 2, 3. and after ex- eir line. This ma- neeuvre they executed several times. The battle lasted about twelve hours. About seven o’clock in the evening the line of battle ship and the steamers left our left side, regained their position, at the same time that the vessel which was opposite batteries 2 and 3 withdrew to the ne. ‘The relation of the brilliant manner in which the offi- cers and troops conducted themselves is the best proof which I can give them of my lively gratitude. May we always then, aided by divine grace, continue to serve God, our Emperor, and our country a8 con- scientiously as we have done to-day. P boda by the Aid-deCamp of General Baron Osten. acken. ‘The Viena Presee of the 4th inst., has an Odessa letter of the 26th ult., of which the following is a translation:— The last ship belonging to the combined fleets has disappeared to-day, and the excitement and terror of the inhabitants of Odessa have in some measure subsided. As the Anglo-French vessels neared the city, the greater part of the people fled. Ason the 18th, the Furious, which had nominally come to fetch away the English of ve rockets | out interruption until and French Consuls, was fired at by the:strand keeetycan the commander of the port probably had a presentimen: that the protecting fleet would soon appear. Accord- ingly, on the 14th of April, be addressed'a proclamation to the inhabitants of Odessa, in which he summoned them, as a blockade, or even a bombardment, was to be sree, to remeve their goods into the interior. At half-past three on the 14th seven men of war hove in sight, and announced their arrival by discharging a few guns at our port-batteries. In spite of the assurance of the Russian officers that the danger was not so near, the terrified people fied from the city, which was garrisoned by strong detachments of soldiers. Without loss of time intelli; was forwarded to St. Petersburg and Sebastopol t the bombardment of Odessa, begun on the 14th. The newly arrived ves- sels, however, kept out of the range of the port batte- ries, and snapped up all the merchantmen that attempt- ed to enter the harbor. During the night between the 14th and 15th the vessels sent a few broadsides into the magazines near the beach, and one was burnt. The watchfulness of the commander of the port, who had made all the necessary preparations for extinguishing a fire, raved us from any greater misfortune. On the 15th, the ships left for Varna with their }, and every one thought the danger was over. On 16th, towarte six in the evening, some seventeen vessels appeared on the horizon, and on their arrival placed themselves just | within range of our batteries, and no more; they then | turned, their first salutat was ® broadside from 900 guns. On the Mth Aprila steamer, with a ‘flag of truce flying, entered the port,but’a few shots which were fired from the batteries prevented her advancing. A Russian ship went off to the steamer, which had brought a writ- ten summens from the Brit Admiral to surrender all the ships which were in the port. This was peremptorily: refused, amd at three on the same day the ships, then at & greater distance, opened a tremendous fire on our strand batteries, two of which were dismounted. Two magazines took fire, but ss night drew on the bombard ment cessed. From the 18th up to the 22d negotiations were carried on, during which the Russians were receiv- ing reinforcements, and the injured Datterien got into more | order, Om the 2d at eight in the morning, as Yolent vombardment began, which was continued with- -past nix in theevening. Mbst into one of the suburbs where the military stores were | of the strand batteries were injured, an‘ those inthe collected, and to burn the shipping in the port. Bat th Russian ‘account suppresses the important faat, ex. | pressly stated in the French despatch, thatthe powdor | Magazine exploded, and that the ‘naval establish. ments in the port wore either burnt or seriously injured by the shells. All the accounts concur in stating that the town of Odessa, properly so called, | was untouched, and, although by far the greater part of the inhabitants had fied in extreme dismay, those who remained seemed to have incurred very little real danger. ‘The Russian bulletin acknowledges only 64 wounded on the side of the enemy, ani it is asserted to both aecounts, burnt out of it. The | Were a four killed and | has broken all the w' was offectually de- | fleet also sn! wero, | and taken in tow to Varna. foniteur land at the southwestend of the port, but were repulsed north-east corner of the port yere almost entirely. dis- mount ‘od. The lossof the Russians, who displayed the greatest intrepidity, io erttinaten tt Seo toon tio teen So wore ously, and more than twice that mumber less se- verely wounded. Six were burnt. The city soffered comparatively little, though a. few of tho prin- | ¢ipal baildi and among the rest the Woronzoff pal y to the flames. Odessa has completely its external appearance. The terridc cannonade wa, many chimneys have fallen, les of many churches are i |. The fered, for five sb: age put hors de combat, French and the st. ates, however, that the mole or jetty of the quarantine | with loss by powerful Russlan force. Weare still oc- harbor was defended by a battery of 1: Jy defended with | ¢ ven is described as rough di was undoul ing approacned, the conflagration of the vessels amd the stores raged with terrible eifect, but the intebitents Bea. | caggeration of | already evacuated the town, and, though arenewalof the jon, may be -termed, the “Illustrious De- | attack mutations of | on the the heavier ships of the line was aj mnded quitted the ‘coast. tion, as one of the first occasions we have had to try the effect of modern gunnery and modern e of destruc- | tion in the still undetermined question of ships versus forts; but, if the particulars we hate collected from these accounts are correct, this experiment is not of a decisive character. The large ips were not engaged, and the effect of a broadside of a 90 or 100 gun ship con- verging upon a few feet of stone wall was not tried. The admirals appear to have thought that these pett forts of Odessa were not worthy of so severe a trial, ‘and to have accordingly sent in the steam squadron to do the work. This steam squadron consists, however, almost entirely of paddlewheel steam- | ers, ’ ved we are not cn , Agamemnon, or rlemagne were engaged; and it is a matter of essential consequence to the move. ments of the fleet to b petoeeve the machinery of these ves- sels from damage. ‘e infer, therefore, that the frigates took up positions in which they had little to apprehend from the fire of the énemy, and that they contented themselves with throwing shells and other projectiles from a long range. Their objeet was not to destroy the town, for, on the contrary, gréat pains were obviously taken {o reenect both the streets and squares of Oil and the merchant shipping. The original motive of tl attack was the necessity of punishing the Russian thorities for their outrageous conduct in firing upon @ flag of truce from the Furious before even the declara: tion of war could be distinctly known to them. The Moniteur justly remarks that this object was attained, but not exceeded. The Admirals kept in reserve their’ most formidable engines of destruction, and showed no disposition to injure Odessa, although it was clear that the town was entirely at their mercy. Neither the batteries of the mole nor the Russian troops, to the num- ber of sixty-eight thousand, who were said to be col- lected there, could have preserved the town from total destruction if the fleet had really opened its fire; and it is evident from the result, supposing that the statement of casualties published by General Osten Sacken is at all correct, that the attack was not of a nature to inflict a very formidable isement on the population. Al though a bombardment is one of the most appalling ope rations of war, we had occasion to remark long ago, with reference to some former examples in Spain and else. where, that very large number of shells may be thrown even into an inhabited town, with an incredibly small loss of life, and the general ‘effect of bombardment. is rather the destruction of property than of the forces of the enemy. In this instance no attempt was made to compel Odessa to capitulate; the pretended landing of a party of troops is either altogether an invention, or it bs confined bea men teed a nag i a boate ahs the squadron, ‘ma! ve Jan to a some guns, although we Eten the fact. Our opera- tions will assume a more im; it character when they are directed I the itime forces of the properly so called, or st those t naval P ments on which the ror of Russia relied for his former ascendancy over those seas. Without striking s severe blown on those establishments it is vain to expect that we can materially shake the ir of Russia over East,nnd we hope te learn that the operations against Odesta are only the preinde te measures of a m ore seri- ‘The follow: ited four days later than - ment which we gave ete is pow ‘ote Russian troops in Bessarabia, Chersor, and on the Bug, | | | cou nine. dist, Wile i aan talLing of the police I may as well mention | at the, whereas that of lerday was t military. It is fon tees fn substance, Tsp dlifers fooen come details, and supplies # few additional facts. ith, the fleets weighed anchor on that day and | is the so-called war informed that tho Sans- | of four Gans, which ap- | cupied in quenching the burning ruins. During the ac- tion the sea ran extremely high. ‘According to another the batteries at the north. t tenacity. ‘the | Bete filed. by a | whole day, and the wind blew from the shore. As fven. | worked, althoueh they were, cxpooed ie Ske tae ote worked, although they were exposed to the fire of six steamers, which sent in an incessant shower of bom! rockets, and red hot balls. The harbor, or poieaatien Odessn are artificial. There are two moles. The s0-cal Pratika (or quarantine) harbor is in the centre; Cherson rt. Among the taken to prizes | Varna i hi ia ‘conside! Great interest is attached to the effects of this opers- | sum in silver on Matte ete — ‘The Preussische Correspondens publishes some extracts from letters from Odea, which also give a Russianly- tinted description of the affair of the 22d of April:— In the afternoon of the 20th of April there appeared in the Roads a fleet consisting of ten Engiish and nine French vessels, of which six were three masters, and nine were steamers. Tho Cela hag ‘Ddoat was sent to the shore with a flag of truce, mand, it is said, the surrender of all Russian merchantmen and all can- non there. At half og 6 o’clock on the 224, the nine steamers opered their fire on the Pratika harbor, in which were lying certain Russian vessels that, having performed quarantine, had taken prati A batte ins at the mouth of this harbor answered this fire; but aftera contest of seven or cight hours, and after its magazine had been blown up, it was dismounted. The number of vessels taking part in the attack had in the meantime been hermgrenry A increased. The pra- tique harbor was in flames, and the ships that were in it were part burnt and part scattled to prevent their being carried off. The enemy’s balls set fire to several of the houses about the also fell in the town amount of damage. ‘The quarantine harbor, in which three foreign vessels were lying, two of which were Prussian, remain unin- jured. At 6 o’clock in the evening cf the 22d the fire ceared on Loth sides. In the course of the dey consid- erable reinforcements, both of beg and troops, were Lrought in from the neighborhood. The garrison of the town was estimated at 30,000 to 35,000 men. Up to noon on the 224, at which time the report closes, hostilities had not been recommenced. The English and French dron at that time remained motionless in the roads. “athe Journal d’ Odessa gives its history of the visit of the Furious to the roads of Odeasa, and, by its ambiga- ous wording, evidently betrays ite desire to prepare the Sobel for fusure exculpation, foreseeing the outery that would be raised against the breach of the custom of na- tions in firing on a flag of truce. It says:— “On Saturény, Maren 27th (April 8th), at half-past 5 A. M., the Furious, an English war-steamer, of five hundred horse power, and carrying sixteen guns, approached to within two cannons’ range of the quarantine mole. Two Diank shots having been fired, the vessel hoisted the English flag, and without coming to anchor, sent off a launch to t! rps =," & flag of truce. The Eng- lish officer asked if the English consul was still at Odessa; the officer on duty having infor ned him that the consul had left, the launch returned to the ship; when it had got out sens y our guns, the steamer advanced to- wards the mo! the steamer was now within range, four ricochet shots were fired at her, the third of which hit ber. At the first are te the vessel put about and soon disappeared, aided by a brisk and favorable breeze.’’ this statement it is endeavored to be shown that the Russians did not fire on the boat with the white flag, but on the steamer, which, after recei the ret boat, advanced with her sixteen guns within teecttewten, for the purpose of threatening the - cations of Odessa. The Paris Constilutionnel contains the following par- ae “We find ina If, but without doing any interesting respecting the situation of the On ihe 17th, a division of English and French steaui-fitgates prevented iteeif Meas. their the faded the cliy. ‘The wealthy families ORDER OF THE Day. Addressed to the troops in quarters in the ptovines of Bessarabia, and in Ungd hd Si povernment of Cher. | ron on the right bank ‘Opraea, April 28 (( feamers, ¢ test terror perv Sirea all the post horses amd other means of conveyance a i bd the interior, and the on the Eee! sougut boring: coun: French swamers faving witharawd after taking's survey of the ronds, the alorm subsided by degrees, ned, and the were re opened. | "On the 21st, however, rane of thirty-three on | sail on the borizon created a still ter terror, for it mt, anchoted | was evident that they were coming soa ee insult to an English flag of truce—an act sh Was, at > ‘ ancy ite 8 cups. The | | then the action became genoral. It continued until five attempted to | harbor, a number of balls, ‘ish and | Veh geratgeten, cure et nara, a constant hension of @ catastrophe. fears redoubled whew the gun; magazine blew it Es powder and the militery stores were seen on fire. The sigh: | the wounded soldiers brought in from the batteries, the 10th of April, about 6 A. M., mine steamers of | the brutality of the governor and troops towards the | inhabitants, were pot calculated to allay those fears. This affair produced great discouragement among the troops, and sn excellent effect on the population, who | therm, and that if the city was not reduced to ashes it | was solely owing to the generosity of the allied powers.” | ‘Phe following order relative to neutral vessels was published at Odessa on the 23d of April:— 1. The versols under ancutral flag now in the port of Odes" #0, chunct leave itso long as the enomy's fleet shall be in sight of the town. |. The captains and sailors will find an asylnm in 9 locali ty which will be eapecially destined for tue purpose, boyond the'vench of projectiles, and in which they must submit to the quarantine rerulation ‘essels with cargoes ebouse) which tl allowed to capoute their uthorities will place at we Captain 4 4 sailors who may not desire to avail them- selves of the fy ane the ich is offered to under @ neutral flag, the au nd all responsibility av regards 18. inder ® neutral flag may leave the port stacle, as soon as the enemy's fleet shall have departed. TEE rRENcH ACCOUNT OF THE BOMBARDMENT. | Nothing is spoken of here (Paris, Saturday evening, May 6,) but the successful issue of the attack on Odessa, 1? -~4iAeation felt at the news is enhanced by the | audithe gi... ‘aa on the subject for some days uncertainty which preva. s ved in Paris to- the 25th previously. A telegraphic despaten gives intelligence from Constantinople to .. ‘and fully confirms the accounts already received. despatch adds that the combined squadrons had sailed for Sebastopol, with the intention, it yaesergores, of merely blockading the place. The following is the ac- count given by the Moniteur of the proceeding at Odessa: The governmect has received the following details of the attack care eens Odessa by the admirals of the combined fleets. We know not which to admire the most, the energy and rapidity or the certainty of the blow which the two fleets have struck on this occasion. An attack had been committed against the law of nations by the military authorities of Odessa. The object of he admirals was to chastise the authors of it. It is on he military part of the Russian town, on its war- ike establiahments, that our sailors concentrated their fire, and eue will remark with what scruples of humanity; and with what precision of movement they respected "the commercial part of the place, and spared t as well as the property of neutrals from any damage. n acting with this consideration and generosity, tho Freech admiral conformed to the eral instructions which he received, in compliance with the wish of the Emperor, and which Prescribed to him to spare open towns as much as possible. ‘Vite DB Panis, OpEssa Roana, April 25. @n the morning. of the 22d, eight steam-frigates— three French and five English—proceeded to the im- perial port of Odessa, and at half-past six four of them ad opened their fire on the land batteries. The two moles as well as the intermediate batteries warmly re- turned it. At ten o’clock four other frigates joined, and aie. This o’clock in the evening, when Admiral Dundas made a signal to the frigates to join the squadron. The fire |. had gained the battery of the imperial mole; the powder magazine bad blown up; fifteen vessels, with the exce- tion of two or three, were either sunk or on fire. The | naval establishments ‘were also on fire, or very much | injured from the shells. The town and the commercial port, where a number of vessels of all nations were moored, were reapected. Several of these vessels took advantage of the confusion and got out, and among them the only two French vessels that were there. OPERATIONS IN THE BALTIC. The London Shipping and Mercantile Gazette bon ta) in opr to the operations of the combined fleets in the tic :— The enemy is taking effective steps to create difficul- ties on the part of the combined fleets in approaching ‘the long line of coast which borders its territories, espe- cially in the vicinity of the Gulfs of Finland and Both. nia, which ope-rationa will have to be watched and well considered by the Baltic fleets. The advices received from Copenhagen announce that the Imperia) Senate for Finland has, in con- sequence of the commencement of hostilities between Russia and the Western Powers, sanctioned various re- solutions regarding the light and pilot service in the Gulfs in Fiuland and Bothnia, to the effect that ell lights in the Gulf of Finland will not be lighted until furth notice, with the exception of those of Norskars and Eus- kare, in the Gulf of Bothnia. These will, however, be extinguished as soon a8 a ship eisai ie} the eniemy makes her appearance in the neighborhood. lot stations on the outer coast of the Gulf of Finland, and the inner pilot station at the Furkala-Odde, as well as those of Aland and Signilskar, are to be removed to the nearest place inside the island, orto the main land, with the exception of the one at Pellinde on Glas- holm, which will remain for the purpose of piloting goi inside the islands the Sidra perceived tbat the Russian army was not able to protect | wee dent as ee ey can reach ve 8 seaigcs Scemmamion Dea pene ehbeaaiey, ere is Hee | beveamelt by SirChatles Nagler before they cea resol destination. Indications all a hope that this preponderance of [Serie ence oe foree the combined fleets ‘the Baltic, | well as with those in the Euxine. Semething will of course depend apon the attitude os by rofessedly neu Powers in the people of which we have throughout fidence for sympathy and fair play, teem to be rapidly gaining ground. there that neutral: ty is for them the least safe policy. They have too much reason to fear that the umbrage avowedly taken by the | Russian government atthe neutral attitude they ‘have ossumed will not be forgotten, and that the frst o be | tunity will be embraced to punish them for it. | is much probability in. this viow—enough to ren- | der it worth the while of the Swedes and Nor- wegians to reflect seriously how far their true interests may be subserved by establishing claims upon the future protection of France and Eng- land by fairly taking part with them in the pre- sent struggle. As for the eouthern shore of the Baltle, a historical resume which we presented to our readers on Monday, establishes these important facts: that all the German Powers (great and small) are quietly but ear- pe ry thelr armies upon 8 war footing; that re- conciliations (a la Peacbem ani are taking place between Prussia and some of the ai(bies Powers with which it was at odds; that the German governments are becoming if anything, more bold and peremptory in their reactionary policy; that both Prussia and Austria—re- garding Russia as the bulwark of despotism—are more anxious to shield it from any weakening or mortification they can avert, than afraid of and propared to resist its Grasping and encroaching spirit, It is, therefore, according present appearances, the reverse of im- probable that more States may cre long be absorbed | Dto the vortex of actual hostilities than aro. at present eling ip jt, In that case France and Fryiang tha; Bivee ze ” ( “4 eeu upon eden <1 Nornay. (an Denman aa low their lead) as efficient 2° . Pete ane hol- of Sweden alone outnumbers that ~~. feel low courts of Germany will, on the contra, "= disposition to enter the ‘as the allies of Hussia. + only two things can prevent them: The firat is the comme! interest of the whole north of Ger- many, and especially Prussia, avail- able outlet for their merchandise is the Memel, Vistula, Oder, and intermediate Elbe, —— se Deaton: france can eheck-mate loge raffic on ithe Upper ine, the navi the Lower Rhine is not yet placed on the eet ais. factory footing. The Belgian railways can only be turned to account by Westphalia and’ the Rhine pro- vinces. The steamers of the French and English Baltic fieets would, in the event of war, herme' seal up the trade of North Germany; while for South Germany in the Adriatic, Trieste and Venice, would be blockaded on the east, and the route by Havre and the Rhine cloned on the west. Germany cannot afford to be thus beg ova in; Germany will not submit to be thus hedged in for the sake of Russia, which, after concluding a commercial treaty with Prussia, evaded its fulfilment for many years, and ultimately declared it annulled without assigning any reason. For the German sove- reigns to throw themselves into the scale of Russia wil ‘be to sow discontent and disaffection broadcast thi Nn out all their territories. In that case another Frankfort Parliament may be convened, forewarned by the weak- nesses and errors of the last. IMPORTANT FROM PERSIA. Under the title of ‘‘ Rupture between Persia and Rus- sia,” the Journal de Constantinople publishes the follow- ing on the incident mentioned the dispatches from Constantinople:— According to letters from Teheran, written by persons ima positon to be well informed, the Russian ambassa- dor extraordinary, Count Kanikoff, who had been sent to Persia to extort fresh concessions from the Shah, and foree him to declare himself inst the Sublime Porte, and who, from unfavorable cireumstances, thought it prudent to stop at Tiflis, is said to have sent from that lace to M. Dolgorouki, Russian minister at the court of, erria, an order to call on the Persian government, by means of an ultimatum, to declare within two hours whether it intended to take part with Russia against key. The same letters announce that the Shah of Persia is said to have replied to this a1 by giving orders to 50,000 men to to the Turco- ‘sian frontiers, under the command in chief of Mehe- met Kahn, his mimster of war. The Shah is said toin- tend to demand from Russia the restitution of the pro- vinces which have been taken from him at different pe- riods. If this news be confirmed, it may be considered as very favorable to Turkey and her allies. ATTITUDE OF AUSTRIA. It is stated on good authority here that Russia recently notified to Prussia that she had determined to address an ultimatum to Austria, calling upon her to explain her conduct, and summoning her, rather peremp' 1, to declare herself either for or against, but, at all to declare herself. The Prussian Minister replied, that Fe ord of Russia need not give himself the trouble ef addressing an ultimatum to Austria, as he (the Prussian) well knew, and could tell beforehand, the nature of the answer that would be 5 — the same time Austria informed that vessel pce a All lots to the northward of Aland, | and al ae coast of the Gulf of Bothnia, are to re- | main at their stations, also, until fusther notice, except in the event of any vessel of the enemy ap ‘ing, when they are to depart without delay.” All beacoms und sea marks established on the outer coast, and at the eutrance from the sea, are to be removed. and, if neces tary, all the marks and beacons on both sides of th: Tairway of the inner pilot station at Furkala-Odds. | Should Hangé Odde be occupied by the enemy, the pi- | lots are to depart, and all the sea marks aro to be taken | oe from Jungforasonna and froma both entrances to | Pargas. | Cormymacrn, Saturday, May 6. a Sante ttes are taking prizes off Sundsball, Gefle ani } Aaland. ‘At a banquet in the park, on the Ist of May, the Swedieh House of Yeomen drank with enthusiasm the health of the admiral. | esi ments Stat shore parc contine ier’s force StSieckiole = A stirring habe ye Paes tg bea] sh yester- rumor day.” Tt deciared that the division of the Russian fleet, | which has been lying frozen under the guns of Sweaborg —being at last liberated from the ventured to creep out, and that Admiral. Napier, on recit this in- telligence, had hoisted a si to make for sea immediately. Could any reliance be placed on this story, | we might look for immediate news of some decisive blow | having been struck. The rumor has, however, all the characteristics of that numerous class which at present are born and die daily—ap; , like bubbles on water, but to burst. There are, r, features in the more reliable news of recent date which at this moment draw the eyes of men irresistibly in the direction of the Gulf of Finland, notwithstanding the report that the combined | fleets on the Black Sea, after leaving Odessa, sailed in the diriction of Sebastopol. Of the two camps of reserve which the French government has resolved to establish at Marseilles and St. Omer, the latter is avowedly set on | foot with a view to the ic. The simultaneous de- | mand by the English government for the means of rais- ing additional soMiers, taken in connexion with this fact, ecem to indicate that the Western Powers are be- coming conscious that land troops may be ‘inn to follow up any naval advantages they may in the pes or ei and the be seit oe been ireu! Tespecting the strength assian gun- boat flotilla, have turned the current of conjecture u) our face) 's in the Baltic. i The Russian Baltic fleet is estimated at 80 ships of the | line, 9 frigates, 8 brigs and corvettes, and 10 paddle wheel steamers. The Em calculated also on three | Serew ships of the and three screw frigates; but one | of the ships of the line, with all its ery, and the | machinery for the other two, sre now in of | her Majesty’s government, as all the world knows. One of the tes is in the same predicament, another is just laid down, and the machinery of the third is incom- plete. The ships of the line are said to carry 2,468 guns; ut as about ten of these ships are mere hulks, this | weight of metal must be abated—say 3 740 guns. The | united batteries of the Russian Baltic ships of all clarses | probably do not exceed 2,200 guns. Of this force eight | ships of the line, one frigate, two brigs, and three paddle- | wheel steamers, carrying in‘all 786 guns, have been laid up during the winter at Helsingfors—the remainder are at Cronstadt. It is highly improbable that this divi- | sion can bave ventured to sea with a view to meet the | English fleet. If it has really left its anchorage, its ob. | ject more probably is to work its way up the gulf toCron- | | stact. Ifthe #hipe at the latter [place were free from | the ice, and the two divisions were combined, possibly fue Russians might venture to make a dashat Sir Charles | Nopier vefore the French fleet could come up. Even in thet care the number of screw steamers under Sir Charles apier’s command would go far to compensate for any perior weight of metal in the batteries of the Russian fleet : and if the IH fors division are working ne and our prem | their way up to fc raues | them, he may overtake them before they acoom| the 260 miles which iutervene between Helsingfors and Cron- s‘adi—in which case there can foe little doubt but he will give a good account of that part of the Czar’s por- sessions, at all events. ‘There is only one ground of apprehension. Tho coast is low and rocky, studded with islets and scheeren, (rocky reefs), with narrow channels between. The Russian crews are at home in the locality, while our men are ut- terly enacquainted with it, and at the marey in a got measure of Russian charts (rarely remarkuble for ir accuracy), and — pilots. We have confidence in the skill and combined boldness and jon of our seamen; but if in purauit of the Rassian ships they get ent he ea Soe See advert , they may be scparated dually to attacks from the hornet boats about which report ‘20 loudly. The oat flotilla had of lave yeas been allowed to fall | f 22 ii ii bie z Mul ts #8 z i Ef Fi Z i HH i 37 if; Es Fat called to the strengt! | Cefentive naval w | Brit I factory. its own tre! which it must ultimatum to Russia, q] Itrigues, aid her Yovolutiogery atiorsate ta the Slates She is AN ria) determina dor when she (Aust was dete: to put: foree The revolt She also Buasia with her os such a kind are passing to and fre THE PRUSSIANS AND THE MO! ay 3 1a The Austrian government having the ‘late treaty engaged to acq: the Prussian See with the course it repre pursue in res to the Eastern question, have given notice that it is resolved to march upon Mé if the Viadika should continue hostili- ties against Turkey, and that it will maintain the nea- tality of Montenegro by force of arma. TURKEY AND GREECE. Turkey is going to blockade Greece. i At Toulon, on the 5: barked for Greece, to the French there. The Archduke Ferdinand igo i ae the bot’ on Duke See im highness Radetaki, and himself take A gprcone' of her. THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR AT CONSTANTI- NOPLE. ‘Vinewa, Sunda; . According to advices from Constantinople of tne 37th frigate Greeks say een no to iors y kip ey ve Constantinople, Generals Jellachich and Mamula have received orders to enter the and Upper Albania im- mediately, should the Montenegrin cross and the Pachas demand the aasittance of Austes CONSTERNATION AT ST. PETERSBURG. Peo letter = eo er of 3 le ak in the ir, SBy82— ne thee. ‘pected days. the ice has siready tetken ip inthe little distance from Cronstadt, which will be very e ap) Hf ably accessible at the end of the month. Tn of hostilities is strongly felt at St. Petersburg, sures are being taken with a view to dangers pret apprehended, though denied. Four ve just established at entrance Tne treasure in the fortress was sent Oe From the 27th, the command of the uh Hl to be divided between four ying 5, and the state of ‘will be applied in hy rigor. per- sons are les for the interior of the country. de- parture of the for Peterhoff, where the court was to have gone on the 27th, is adjourned. The ‘méconientement) caused by policy of Ai ae every day expressed more openly. It had been affirmed py ey ied —_ oe fe ent wos to Pl Power, by an ul under ‘ne cessit of pronouncing for te against rad ; ‘v INTENDED RUSSIAN MERCIES TO THEIR PRISONERS. A letter from St. Petersburg of the 30th ult. in the Col op shows how the Ri are “reckoning their cl ens before they are hatched’’:— “Tam now looking at a regulation drawn up and rela- ting to the treatment of prisoners of war. It will be pub- lished ina few days. It corprises 47 and concerns those who may be taken with arms in thelr hands on the field of battle or on board and-who may belong to this or that nation. beg hens when made are to sent to Siberia, or z ‘e kissh, th rtretigurs to Kaloga and. Riazan PREPARATIONS BY SWEDEN. continues her warlike preparations. batteries of artillery have been ordered to be | war footing. The national sympathies are in | favor of the Western Powers. fleet is atancber at Elfspabben. NAVAL PREPARATIONS IN The Armoricain of | f t i ky Fl ig H i i is: the allied And if it the teries at Cronstadt, i fi rs