Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-07-21
ARRIVAL. OF TIE STEAMER NIAGARA
THREE DAYS LATER FkOM EUROPE.


HALIFAX, JuIy lS.--TEc steamer Niagara arrived
this afternoon o'clock. with dacs from Liverpool
to ,JulyS
The news is both interesting and important, COM
merciaily and politically
The Gar has returned courteous hut craslve re-
ply 10 Austria and rrssin, protesting hls Willingness
To evacae Tie Priucipalities when the allies cvacu-
ME Turkey but III the meantime insists OH retaining
MOldavt.
The Austsuns had began to enter Wu!lachia.
The French arl". under paraguay d'Hillcrs, was
cnharkng III English ships from Cherb"urS for Fin
land.
Napier wus in line ut Ln;tlc before Cronstadt, and
had exchanged Shots but nothing decisive had occur
red.
There had been fighting Mt Scbastopol be-
tween eight Russian and three English -tcah-
er. the latter being considerably ';.nGGc.
Tn" Russiaus lost Nv" Thousand Killed, but :nade
good their retreat.
Greece continued quiet.
The imsurrccti"n in Spain is formidable. the in-
surgcrts inaintan themselves, notwithstanding the
battle near Mnurld.
PROGRESS OF THE WAR.--Princc Gortscha-
koif (not general, arrived at Vienna on the 4.h q"
july and is the bearer of the official reply o Russia
to Austria. The precise terms of the reply Aad not
trarspir,l, but Gortschakof also carried m hutu-
graph from Nicholas 10 hu-;ru, the tenor oi winch
wn- laid To be th; by the evacuation of Naiischln,
leaving free the Danube 10 the Car, considers he
satisfies all the reasonable demands of Austria Mol
davlH is not TO be evacuated, as the occupation "i
that pri!clpay Is icccssary rs Il EuurUhtcc loi uic
conditions of future treaty OF peace.
Colonel Muntcuiir arrived on the 6th at Berlin,
from ST. Petersburg with the Cars reply 10 Prussia
The reply is courteous, stating that ;e Gar woaI'l
consent To resign the exclusive lroicctorntc over
Greek AusriaIS Ii Turkey would nrcGdc 10 tile l"in.
procctornte of the Five Powers that the Car will
rvucuatc the Princpalitics when the Western Pow
crs cvacuutc Turkey, but will mnntgin stlog mill
tary position in Morlavia us provisional security
The Cur has nlso sent Colonel islkoii To Dresden
,yitl a
and other sovcrcigns who were represented IN the
Hamburg Conference.
In the meantime ustilitics continue and fighting Is
reported from the Baltic, Black Sea, the Danube
and Asia.
The Austrians have entered Wallnchia, aud the
French army is cmbarking in English ships at Cher
| bourg for Finland.
Respecting the Austrian occupation of Wallachia
NIL vet known is, that OH the III OF July, seventeen
steamers with Austrian troops ON board droppct
down the Danube.
| Napicr's fleet was lying in Inc of battle before
Crons,adt up to June ~, but no attack had bcci
inudc.
The English fricnte Desperate fired some siot
which the batteries returned.
| Bo,ncrsund was the second time bombardcd or
the !6th nid Eth OF June. and the fertilization de-
| stroycd.
| TIE BLACK SEA.-Ou the 9th oi June eight
| Russian steamers came ont from Sebastapo aud nj
tackled three allied ships NJ the batteries. The allied
ships Engaged were the Furious the Terrible, and tht
| DcSChrtlcS. luc uHhlr sccLns III HuNc b'tli uH
ming fight. The Furious WAS considerably dam
| aged.
| The main body of the allied feet wns at Balduck
Some English boats, taku.. soundin-s at tn,
mouth Of the Dnlcppcr, exchanged lrcs wlthh Nos
| sicks
ANOTHER BA1"rLE.-On the 2lst and :s2d III
! important battle fought. The Turks under Gcn
(iivuite and Mcsha Push. fell on the Russian rca
guard OF :!j,OOU, Silistria Oh the 2st The bat
tie lasted Two days, and the Russaio lost 2O0 inci
| kil,Ii md made ruou tnrr rstrrut,
The Russians continued the concentration OF troops
towards Scrcth and the Pruh. and apparently ncnr
10 retire to Mascill, ltschka aud Tu!tsca, On tiC
| right hank OF the Danube.
! TURKEY.-Thc plan uf the campaign and move
ucn;s of the allied army still kept profoundly re
crct. Cavalry is supposed to be advancing by lant
to Tic Bulkar-.
\ telegraph Is hciu. built from Coustautiuope L
4 Nnrun, Sh;llnla Widdcn and Gal!ipoli.
Fifty thousand Auglo French troops are still n
Narna, and Prince Napoleon is ulso there
| General Bosquct's French division has LETT Adrl
nnDplc for Shumln.
Oner puclla has prepared to establish lis head
! quarters ut Rustcluck.
Communication Iru.a The Danube is kept open Il
| lar Us Sistova by the Turkish hDtia.
| On the lst ot July, GortschakOH removed his head
| quarters from kalaresch to Wagii-ocut.
The crew Of the English steam irignte Sans PareI
are terrifying Soukum kalc, and the crew OF tho En
gsh .rigntc Sampson fprti:yinS Eukinchld at he
| doubt knch.
| FROM ASIA.-Thc news is bad for the Turks from
| Asia On :hc 9TH of June tue Turks smC' with ~
| we're check III attcmpt!n. 10 storm ~" rrdohOiS bc
! tween the UslnvucD aad kutai. The kus'ias ht
tucked them in hauk and during the assault 'lctenten
,iicin with 1870 10 1000 killed. They also captured
| the entire camp e'uipasc, with is cannono and y