Washington sentinel., 1854-07-12


aid, for none Of the allied armies have vet
reached the seat of war.
The announcement of Lord Clarendon in
Parliament, last night, in reply to Lord Lynd-
hurst, has given great satisfaction. He says
that the allies will no longer be satisfied with
the status qu0 ante beiium. They knew, he
said, that the power and policy OF Russia were
dangerous to the tranquility of Europe, and
adverse to the cause of peace and the progress
of civilization, The object of Europe, he ad-
ded, must be to cripple that power aud to check
that policy, and the allied powers knew that
the means for doing so were never so great and
so efiectual, while the opportunity for il was so
wonderfully favorable, that il would be in vain
to hope it might occur again. The peace of
Europe was not to be again disturbed for in.
sighcant purposes.
Lord Aberdeen, however, who spoke with
more caution, has given rise by his language
to strange misgiyings respecting the stability
OF the present cabinet a
There has been dreadful slaughter among the
Greek and Turkish population in Albania.
Villages were burned on both sides, containing
several thousand inhabitants, accompanied
with an indiscrminate slaughter of men,
women, and children. The Albanians had set
fire to fifteen villages, and the Greeks in re-
venge burned the town of Calabria, containing
1000 inhabitants, the greater part Of whom
perished.
Both Austria and Prussia seem at length to
have assumed a hostile attitude towards Russia.
convention has been concluded with tho
Turks, with the appreciation of the allies, ac.
cording TO which Austria is to occupy the prn-
cipalities, in the event of the retirement Of
Russia.
Sebastopol is supposed, by well-informed per-
sons, TO be the main object of attack on the
part of the allies. For this object an expedi.
tion by sea and land is said to be in active pre-
paration. Should this succeed, it will put an
etfectual end to the power of Russia in the
Black sea and the Crimea. The English have
already opened communications with the Cir
cassians, and have been enthusiastically re-
ceived.
One Of those barbarous acts which, had al
most said, IRE peculiar to the English, has
caused considerable sensation here-a woman,
who was formerly wet nurse to the Prince OF
Wales, and who resides at Claremont, had, in .
ut Of revenge, for having been detected in inf
deity by her husband, cut the throats of six of
her children. One happened to be from home,
her eldest daughter, aged l9, or she would most
probably have shared the same fate She after
wards attempted her own life, but unsuccess-
fully. The funeral expenses of the murdered
family were generously paid for by the ex-queen
OF the French, who is now at Claremont
10 turn to more agreeable subject. After
many days hot weather, we have had few
delightful days. One of these, yesterday, was
the first shillng-day at the Crystal Palace. The
number of visitors, however, was not so consid
cradle as might be expected. 1t did not ex-
ceed 10000. The ground looked lively. AS
the attractions become greater, it is to be ex-
pected that the number of visitors win increase.
The building at present, as compared with
its predecessor at Hyde Park, looked empty and
unfurnished. The galleries do not yet contain
a single article. The portions which appeared
to me most striking were the Assyrian, Egyp.
tian and Medieval courts. The complete resto-
ration of one OF the houses Of Pompeii is also
singuarly attractive to the lovers OF classic an
tiquity. One of the most curious scenes in
the grounds is the geological valley, where
the ichthyosaurus, the megatharion, and the
mastodon, with other gigantic monsters, are
seen, as they appeared some 10000 years since,
the sole inhabitants of the primeval world.
Many portions of the interior are yet unfin.
ished, one of which is the court of the Al
hambra.
had nearly omitted to say, that the arrange
ments for refreshments for the passengers by
the first, second, and third classes are all well
conducted, and on q fair and economical scale.