Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-05-16
COMMANDMENT OF ODESSA.

Ii was prematurely announced in most OF
| the English and French papers week before
the event took place, that the allied fleets had
bombarded the city of Odessa.
Without stopping to comment on the remark
able circumstance that the intention Of the
English Admiral evidently leaked out in ad-
vance of his acting upon it, We have now to
| announce that a portion of the allied fleet has
actually bombarded Odessa.
An account Of the b0mbardment is officially
promulgated at Vienna, whence it has bean
telegraphet to the French aDd British press
1t seems but a half mea. ure after all but
| perhaps the accounts yet to arrive by mail
may show it in a more satisfactory light.
At all events, on the morning of the ODD
| nine st amers' of the allied fleet took up a
position before the forts that command the
eutrai &C to the harbor, and imMed u ely COM
| mencel 20 throw bombs and rockets upon t he
| forts aud the city.
We have, As yet, to CLEAN our information
from telesraphic scraps and flying rumors
c. MS quen,ly do not know what steps preceded
The bvii. D .tdmen.-wh ether the British Ad-
mr.l made any formal demand upon The city
which was refused, or whe her the Rus iaus
at once acted upon aggressive. Not unlikely
bOth these circumstance occurred.
One stat eneiit says that the bombardmeut
was over In two hours; another that il con-
tnued in ess .nuy for ten hours. and only
closed with the night The Austrian official
account published at Vienna, 10th, states as
| the result of the action, that a battery of
ur ans was destroyed and one Austria ship,
(the Sta Catherina,l and eight russian (mer-
chat ships III narbOr) were burned
The iuss an telegraph account is signih-
cant 1t is in these terms
The English and French Admrals de-
| manded the surrender of the Russian ships in
the port Of Odessa. This being refused. bonn.
e. IL t,.,x
part o. the city is destroyed. -dn atempt to
lana 1850 men tatlea. Tie 6om61rameut
pr0fuee@ no effct -
Three Of the English steamers were badly
damaged.
\ dispatch to the London Daily News states
that on the 22d Il partial bombardment took
place, but not much damage was done except
setting some buildings on fire. On the 23I
hJstIlIties we're Suspended, and a summons
was sent TO the place to surrender
In the event Ut refusal, the French and
British admirul5 threatened TO destroy the Gil y
Oh the suceeedins day. On the oath, was the
attack 1t was further stated that the Russi an
Reet sailed out Of sebastcpol and advanced
against The allied fleet, either with the hope of
drawing the lattes away from Odessa. or Of
getting it between two fires. bat, on a PORTION
ii the British ships Offering battle, the Rus.
slams Withdrew to their stronghold.
Prince WorowgafFs palace at Odessa was in
jured by the 'mbardment. Four English
Fri gates were badly damaged. A-private dis
patch states that the whole Of the allied feet
left Odessa on the 18th, aud was to or, Use of
oebastapol to prevent the egress Of the Rus.
slams. f.r
Prussia has forbidden privateers to enter
her harbors Smallpox had broken out on
board the British ship James Watt. and Sir
Charles Napier has caused q number of the
| sailors to be vaccirated.
million Of paper roubles are just issued at
Warsaw. .sl.. ...- ..... ....-. -.
a. THE SIEGE OF s1L1sTRIa. @
The important position of Silisria is closely
invested, but q teiegr,phic dispatch Of date
10Th says that to that date the fortress had suf-
| fered no damage -'' IS ~
| Accounts fir ,m Bucharest, April 10th, men
ton that it {SiIistria) had -been hard pressed
| since the l4th, and would ere then have fallen
bat for the determined valor Of its defenders.
who expressed themselves able to hold out
until aid shall arrive.
Inc russians, on the contrary, expect to re-
| duce the place in a few days. 7Mustapha
Pasha has a strong garrison. but is said to be
| neither we'll victuaied nor pr perly supplied
| with ammunition. The ford is in the posses
| sion Of the Russians, as are also the intrench-
ments at the junction OF the Dristra, the Turks
having retired within the defences.
"a The russians were expected to assault, on
| the list Of May, with $4,000 men. They had
erected seventeen heavy batteries, andsrcoyer
Of which they will cross the river. The pas.
sage at Olteneitza is expected at the same
| time. Notwithstanding all thess Formidable
statements we must not forget that Silistria is
| too strong a position to be carried without q
severe and perhaps prolonged struggle.
---a a51i THE BALTIC. go z
letter from an officer of the feet dated
I 18th, tells the following rather good story
One morning, few days since. we saw q
large vessel eight or ten miles ahead, which We
| fully believed to Russian man, of. war. as she
made all sail to get away, and showed no