Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-06-28

The latest accounts Of tho operations before Sistrii
are decidedly favorable to the Turks We yet
possession Of full particulars Of the several engagements
which took place in the last days Of the month of Nay
but there appears to he doubt that the 9th ut
the Runrs made another attempt to carry tho place by
storm, in which they repuised with great
lose and that on the 3O the Turks were able TO assume
the offensive against the be5eging army Ii is stated
that information has been received 10y the government
from Admiral Dundas that the garrison had succeeded
countermniug the Russian engineers such an extent
that 900 or 900 of the assalants had been blown
up II thssatcment be correct ii fail to be Veri
fled within short time by other channels and IL may turn
out 70 be no than which reached Admiral
Dundas at Baschik for il accompanied with some
other particulars which certainly Inaccurate Atany
rate however, may with confidence that Sis.
iris has been dclguicd with far greater skill energy and
than could DO anticipated that the Russian army
ha. suffered tremendous losses before this place the
outset Of the campaign aud that IL il by i'm
probable that the fortress will be able TO hold out
iii IL can be relieved The result Of these opera
lions il 80 dscreditabe TO the Russian arms, that
il must tend 10 increase the irritation OF the En-
peror Nicholas and TO render IL than
ever unlikely that he will accede To The demands OF Aus
tria which probably reached ST. Petersburg the
day a. tho Of this fresh check before Ssria Il "
even that the loss sustained by that portion Of the Rus
sian which has passed TO the right Bank Of the Dan
ube il 40 considerable induce Omar PachI TO attack
IT, But this point speak with great hesitation
Down 10 the goth Of May, the British light Division under
are confident that neither Lord Raglan nor Marshal St
Anud will expose their troops 70 field operations against
the Russians without their proper complement OF artillery
and certain amount Of cavalry. About 1000 horses
beloning the British army had arrived at Constantine
pie When the last accounts e but The transports have
been retarded by contrary winds. The military huthor
tbs must be fully Of the enormous importance OF
an adequate force OF arllery-an arm In which British
armies are too commonly weak; and We should certainly
learn with satisfaction that tho whole artillery force Of
this expedition, guns horses aud had been doubled
Whio the intelligence from the actual seat Of war has
assumed thus sra very favorable characterize political
Of the Last few days tends rather TO strengthen
confidence in the united action OF the four great Pow
err Of Europe. The Emperor add Empress Austria
had proceeded Prague for the purpose Of paying their
respects to tho Emperor Of Ferdinand aud the ecud-
ed Court Of the Hrsdschn. While they we're In the cap
Ial Of Bohemia the King Of Prussia suddenly proposed
interview and started within few hours by railroad
with Of his ministers for Teschen, the frontier Of
the Saxon and Austrian domnions where the two sove-
fegns have just When this interview took place IL
appears 10 have been already known at Rsru, from some
previous communication with st. Petersburg, that tho
last Austrian demand for the evacuation OF the Ppcpa-
ties would be rejected made and u Is surmsed
that the object Of the King Of Prussia 10 having recourse