Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-06-02
NEWS IRON EUROPE.

terday, bringing Liverpool dates of May goth,
and 1862 passengers.
The Arctic struck on Tuscan Rock on Thurs.
day morning and was obliged to put back to
Liverpool, and will probably be ready for sea
in week. Her passengers waited for her
A despatch dated Paris, May IS, states that
Revel had been bombarded by Napier. The
report is considered unreliable.
The Russian feet had left Helsingfors, to
join the division lying at Cronstadt
The Cologne Gazette says the Emperor OF
Russia had had a relapse Of illness Tho inhab-
itants of st. Petersburgh wero obliged to had
quarters for the troops and there are In the
environs Of the city 20 600 Cossacks
IL is stated that the Russian Government
has insured the Greek Government subscrip-
ton of 600, 900 drachmas per month. Ii is
also stated that the Greek Government had
granted letters Of marque to the pirates who
ut present infest tho Levant.
Napier lay twenty five miles from Cronstadt,
to intercept the Russian fleet from Helsingtors.
The Turkish feet had entered tho Black sea,
to destroy oil the Russian positions on the Cir
cassian coast
The plan of the campaign resolved upon by
the allies was said to be the invasion of Rus
sin proper
The Turks had achieved two victories on the
Danube.
The position Of Austria ives decidedly hos
tile to Russia. She, had called out 100000
men to defend tho frontier from the Russians.
II was reported that the Vienna Conference
was to be received on the basis Of the Austro-
Prussian and Anglo French Alliance
The difficulty between Spain and the United
States oxcitcs great attention.. Mr.. Soule has
sent u messenger in the Asia, with dispatches
to the Government.
liverpool, May 20. - The cotton market
has been dull, Mt y decline Of l-l6d o I'D. in
middIing and lower grades
Breadstutfs were in active speculative de-
mand, at am advance of Is. Cd. Is Ga. per
barrel in -four, Is. per quarter in corn, and I'D.
pcr quarter in wheat.
Consols closed at S916 American stocks
quiet.
Vienna, Maq 2O.--A Government messenger
reached Galatz on May | /, with reliable intel
igcnce that Sebastopol had been bombarded
for four days by the allied fleets.
bucharest, May 1.-THE English steamer
Tiger, of l6 guns, had stranded close to Odes-
81, and been captured by the Russians. Two
Other steamers went to her relief, and lombard
ed the Russian works, but with little effect.
A general rising was expected in Monte
negro in favor Of Russia. Six hundred Monte
negrins had made their way into Turkish ter
ritory, and killed number of inhabitants.
Colonel Salimen Boy had defeated the Rus
SLAMS ut Kradova.
The Vaenna Gazette states, that in conss-
quenoe Of the great concentration of troops on
the northeastern and eastern frontiers of Aus
tria, 5000 recruits had been raised. This
measure was considered as a declaration of
Austria not to be bullied by the Russians.
The general depot of the Russian artillery
and stores at Fort ebony has been burnt by
the inhabitants, from feeling of revenge.
The loss is immense
A terrible FIRE occurred at Constsntinople on
the 4th, which destroyed 400 houses. II caused
immense panic and distress.
Twenty Russian ships have been captured
since the bombardment Of Odessa
The Russians had commenced the lombard
ment Of Silstria, with eighty pieces of cannon
The evacuation Of Lesser Wallachia had
been suspended.
1t is said that Prussia and Austria have made
proposition to Russia, which may be accept
ed but England and France will decline it.
The Russian troops were on the march from
St. Petersburgh towards Warsaw.
About 49, 900 Russian troops wore put hors
Noricdy-The leprosy was spreading 80 rap
its becoming a general sickness.
Great scarcity Of money and much com.
mercial distress was felt at st. Peters5urgh
Provisions, together with oil kinds Of neces-
saries and luxuries were extremely high.
The Spanish Minister has refused the COM
pensation demanded by the United States for
the detention Of the steamer Black Warrior,
and will make no concession beyond renting
the penalty Of Sc, 1000.
The Liverpool Times expresses the belief
that war between the United States and
Spain is.nevitable.
Twenty-Five ships Of the Turkish fleet had
entered the Black Sea.
II is reported that Austria has ordered her
armies at Gallyra, in Italy, to prepare for war.
The Augsburg Gazette states that the lest
demonstration by Russia on the frontier Of
Transylvania was occasioncd by On intmation
from Austria that an advance towards the
passes Of Galscia would be regarded as
canse of/war Russia responds by ordering
10000 men TO DO stationed between tho rivers
Sereth and Pruth. Austria Immediately dis
tributed 10000 troops in Transylvania, Gala
cis and Moravia
The plan of the campaign by the allied
forces includes the attack Of Sebastopol by
land and water, raising an instruction in
Crimea and Circassia, az soon as Suchem Ka-
lea, Redoubt Kaleh, and Anapa, have been
bombarded by the fleets.
The Paris correspondent Of the London
Times says, that during recent interview
granted TO q foreign diplomatic agent, on his
way 10 distant mission, the Emperor Napo.
leon is said 10 have expressed himself on the
prospect Of aggrandizement attributed to the
Americans against the Spanish colonies, and
manifested his decided disapprobation Of the
ambitious encroaching spirit, which character
ized the American Government.
He declared that his foreign policy was based
on the faithful observance of treaties, and OPP
posed TO all attempts on the part Of any Power
TO take advantage of the weakness Of a noigh-
Dor, 10 rob it Of territory; and II is said that
assurances were given that Spain had nothing
TO fear about Cuba.