New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-07-26
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near Siitstria- $500 Russians Rifled-The
TURKS Defeated IN .asia.
HALIFAX, Tuesday, July Is, 1854. royal
mail steamship Niagara, Captain Leitch, from
Liverpool on the morning Of the 9Th instant, ar
rived at Halifax at s O'clock on the afternoon of
the 18th. e
From the Baltic.
Sir Charles Napier's fleet was laying in line
battle before Cronstadt, but up to June 20
no attack had been made. The English frigate
Desperate fred some shots, which the batteries
returned. aF
Bomersund was second time bombarded on
the 18th and 9th of June, and the Notifications
were destroyed.
The Black Sea.
On the 24th Of June, eight Russian steamers
came out Of Sebastopol, and attacked three Of
the allied ships at the batteries. The allied
| ships engaged were the Furious, Terrible and
| Deseartes The affair seems to have been a
| running fight. The Furious was considerably
| damaged. The main body of the allied feet was
at Baldjik.
Some English boats taking soundings at the
mouth OF the Dnieper had exchanged fires with
| some Cossacks.
| The Danube.
| On the 2lst and 22d u1t an important battle
was fought The particulars are derived from
dispatch stating that the Turks under Girolte,
| Meher Pasha, fell on the Russian rearguard of
$4,000 near Silistria, ON the 2lst. The battle
lasted during two days, and the Russians lost
2500 killed they, however, made good their re-
| treat.
The Russians continued their concentration
toward the Sereth and Pruth, but apparently
mean to return to Matshin, Isaktsha and Tult-
| scha, on the right bank of the Danube.
| The plan Of the campaign and the movements
1 Of the allied army are kept profoundly secret.
The cavalry are supposed to be advancing by
land to the Balkans.
| A telegraph was being built from CONSTANT
nople to Varna, Shumla, Widdin and CALI
poll.
| 10000 Anglo French troops are still at VAR
ma, and st. Arnaud and Prince Napoleon are
| also there.
Gen. Bosquets French division has left
Adrianople for Shumla
l On the I'D the cannonade in the attack on the
Russian rear guard was heard by the French,
and Cen Canrobert sent two squadrons to re-
connoitre.
omer Pasha is prepared to establish his head
quarters at Rustehuk.
The communications from the Danube are
kept open as far as Sistoya by the Turkish
iotilla.
On the LIST of July, Gorchakoff removed his
headquarters from Kalaresh to Wiyitsent.
Gen. paraguay D'Hilliers commands the
division Of the French army presently embark
ing for the Baltic.
The English line of battle ships ST. Vincent
Royal William, Algiers, Hannibal, Termegant
steamer Sphynx and others, are embarking the
force at Cherbourg.
4 From Asia the news is bad. 4.. -. .5.-
On the 18th of June, the Turks met with o
severe check in attempting to storm two re.
doubts between Usurgnot and Kutais. The
Russians attacked them in the flank during the
assault, and defeated them with 1900 to 1000
killed, Is cannons, IS standards, and the entire
camp equipage captured.
An erroneous dispatch was published, revers
ing the fact, and stating that the Turks under
Selim Pasha had defeated the Russians under
Prince Audronkotf, with the above loss-bu
reliable accounts show that the Turks were dis
astrously defeated.
The crew of the English steam frigate Sans
pareil are fortifying Shukum Kale, and the crew
! Of the English frigate Samson are fortifyins
Estriuchid at Reout Kaleh.
Greece
1t is announced that Hadii Petros had beer
completely routed at Kaladaka, in Thessaly
The harvest in Greece was every where abun
dant Piracy was increasing.
French troops continued to arrive.
Cholera is reported to have made its appear
| ance in the garrison of Cronstadt, also SOM
cases in the British feet.
It is affirmed that Duke Alexander is abou
to join the Russian army in Moldavia.
Warsaw is being doubly fortified
Fourteen neutral merchant ships, now il
Riga, have petitioned Amiral Napier to permi
5 them to leave.
. Great Britain
The official return Of the quarters reyenu
to July 5, is unfavorable, showing falling o.
of e8l2,000 on the quarter, and 100000 O.
9 the year.
e Nothing important has TRANSFERRED in Parlia
ment.
independence day was celebrated by ban
quet at the Star and Garter Hotel, Richmond
given by George Peabody to $50 guests. Quee
9 Victoria sent her own and Prince Alberts po1
8 traits to decorate the dining room. Sir jaime
Emerson Tenent proposed ''The memory {
| Washington"
: Speeches were made by Messrs. Buchanan
E Peabody, Buchanan Of New York, Barnard,
a Connecticut, ETC., and song was sung write
by Mrs. J. r. Peabody.
Kossuth addressed a large meeting at Glas
cow on the 9Th, at which resolutions wei
:. adopted to petition the Crown for the re-estat
9 lishment of Poland.
i, Captain Bradish of the ship Ashburton, a.
| rived at Liverpool from New York, rescued tt
. crew of the ship-wrecked vessel Susan fro
!, Cadiz.
:. II. W. Lord & Co., Colonial merchants
If London, have failed.
Spain.
The instruction continued, and Governmel
was severely pressed. The Queen had throw
Il herself on the protection Of the troops. 1t
: impossible to come at the truth. From ii
statements published by Government, the il
y surgents numbered 1000, Of whom 1000 we
J cavalry. They demand the dismissal of Il
s Ministry, and the Queens favorites. The gu
y breaks as yet have been entirely military.
An action took place near the village Of Vica
varo.
The insurgents charged three times unsucces
fully, and at length, after great loss, retreat
upon Toledo. The royalists would again alta
" them, when the expected reinforcements a
|, rived from Saragossa, etc.
L. Madrid was quiet, and there was no gener
II rising in the provinces
The news had reached Barcelona, and all W
D. quiet there.
= Anxiety was felt as to the part that Genera
If Naryaez and Serene will take. Meantime t
N insurrection is formidable, and it depends up
is accident whether the insurgents or royals
will triumph.
lie Italy.
Is Letters from Italy say that the alliance
Austria with France and England has great
III dampened the prospects of the Revolutions
I'd party in Lombardy and the Roman States.
D. Harvest had begun in Lombardy, and n
unusually abundant. "-~