, 1854-05-06
OLYMPIA WASHINGTON TERRITORY SATURDAY, MAY g. 1854
Minister of Police; but the government i,

Minister of Police; but the government i
powerlPss.
The Turks were concentrating force il
ElbaEson, under command Of the distinguish
ed HALL Pasha.
The insurrection does not extend fathe
north than Albania. Montenegro is quiet.
A statement is current that couriors ar'
on their way to St. Petersburg, with join
note from England and France, demanding
a categorical reply within one week, wheth
er the Car will evacuate the principalitiei
before April 30th-a refusal, or no answer
by the 18th or goth Of March, 10 be con
sidered as declaration of war against lhC
allies. The reply will be laid before Eu
rope. Again, though such vacilIaIiOn il
scarcely creditable, il is said that the CEaI
signifies through Austria some other uodif
cation Of negotiations.
The fact that Austria adhercs 10 the Al
lied Powers, was officially announced blythe
Emperor Napoleon to the French Legisla.
ture. She will not, however, be called OF
at present 10 take offensive measures agans
Russia, but merely to keep peace on the
frontiers.
The Vienna correspondent Of the Time,
says, under date 2d-"An Austrian NANTES
10 is about TO announce that Austrians will
occupy Bosnia and Servia." There was !
panic in consequence on the Vienna bourse,
The St. Petersburg Journal Of the 2Itll
contains the following as the substance oI
the answer sent by the Car 10 the Emperor
Napoleon :-"lf his Imperial Majesty ex.
tends his hand to me as extend mine, am
ready 10 forget the modification | have ex-
perienced, harsh though it DO. Then, but
then only, can discuss the subject treated
Of in his letter, and may, perhaps, arrive al
an understanding. Let the French feel
prevent the Turks from transporting rein
forcemenis 10 the theatre of war, and let the
Emperor send me a plenipotenliary to ne
gotiate with, whom will receive as befls
his character. The conditions already made
known TO the Conference at Vienna are the
sole basis on which will consent 10 treat. j
vienna, Feb. 81, 1854.
The movement Of troops towards the
frontiers continues.
The government has decided, in conjunc-
liGn with the Western Powers, TO summon
Russia TO evacuate the Principalities, and,
if necessary, 10 employ force 10 compel her
to do so.
The Brussels Independence Beige publishes
a Hamburg letter of Feb. %, which stat es
the Russian feet was preparing 10 leave
Cronstadt, probably with the view 10 gain
the sea before the arrival Of the combined
fleets.
The negotiations between the Russian and
Swedish governments have mol yet termina-
ted, and il is feared at Stockholm that Rus
sia, in order to give more weight 10 its de-
mands, will make a Demonstration by send
ing its fleets 10 that capital.
The Russian envoy had private audi
ence with the King of Sweden on the 2lst
Of February.
Lord Raglan, the commander-in- chief oI
the British auxiliary army in the east, lefl
London for Paris on the 25th ult., 10 have
an interview with the Emperor Napoleon,
with reference TO the approaching military
operations in Turkey.
There were rumors that the British feet
Of forty sail under Vice Admiral Sir
Charles Napier, on its assembling at Spit,
head, would be joined by the French feet
of 10 sail Of the hne, Is frigales, (oi
which 8 are steamers) and 15 corvetles, al
steamers, and that the allied fleets thus mum.
berihg so sail Of the most magnificent shin,
in the world, would be reviewed prior TO-
their departure for the Baltic by the Queen
and Prince Albert, and that the Emperor
Napoleon would cross from Cherbourg 10
his imperial steam packet Reno Hortinse
to be present at the spectacle.
The appointment of Sir Charles Napier
has been received with fhe greatest sa.isfac.
lion, as an earnest that tho English Minislr,
was determined 10 infiet a terrible blow up,
on Russia. The entire determination Of
the Russian feet IN the Baltic, the deslrnc
iion and ravaging the Russian ports, III,
bombardmenl Of Cronstadt and the burning
Of ST. Petersburg, together with the seizort
of Finland and its restoration 10 the Swedes
are measures said to be positively determined
upon by the "fire eating old Admiral,1 a,
Sir Charles Napier is COMMONLY called.