Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-11-17
ONE WEEK LATER FROM EUROPE

The Royal mail Steamer America, arrived at Hall
fax, the 9th, bringing Liverpool dates to the 2Sth,
being one week later.
The intelligence by this arrival is quite interesting,
though there is nothing decisive from the seat of war
Commercially the advces very important.
Sebastopol at the last accounts still being
bombarded by the allied army, but it had not been
taken.
Austria and Russia are on the poin of actual war
Mr. Soule the American Minister to the Court OF
SPAIN has been prohibited from Entering France
PROGRESS OF THE Wharf.-The latest adVices show
that but twenty days elapsed between the departure
of the beseging armies from Bslakava and the open
ing of their fire upon Sebastopo The batteries
ready on the 18th, and the 18th the fire opened
from the land and from the
The bombardment continued till night the Rus
slams losing 500 in killed and wounded. Admiral
Korileff was among the killed.
The Notifications suffered but little damage.
| On the morning of the 18th the bombardment was
resumed from the allied batteries only.
The Russian dispatches say the garrlsons make
| frequent sorties.
When the mail left Constantnope on the 10th
FIVE steamers had arrived at Balaklava with those
wounded in repelling great sorte from the Rus
sian forts, twenty thousand strong.
| Lord Raglan and Marshal Canrobert had formally
summoned SebastOpo to surrender, and required that
the women and children and the sick should be sent
away and that flags should be hosted upon the hos
pitfalls,
So far as known, the Russian army is concentra-
ting on the Upper BelIeck, and already numbers
there $4,000 men.
The allied army is divided into siege army and
army of observation. The latter is posted the
tensve table land which separates Balakiava from
SebastapOl accessible only from two points.
The Russians were lowering on the outside of the
allies positions, and on the 9TH they made strong
demonstration the northwest extremity of the
camp, but kept in check. Finally they retired
without battle.
On the I'd, 5th and 1lh of October the garrison Of
Sebastopol made sorties and destroyed some small
work
with 1000 Russians succeeded in entering Sebasto
e pol.
The allies number 10000 men at Sebastopol, and
5000 additional French troops ready to EN-
bark from MarsellleS on the 21st, and 5000 Turks
, from Varna.
Letters say that the allies have 800 guns in their
batteries, and after few days firing attempt will
be made to storm the GARRISON, which is estimated a
DO, 900 men.
e Admiral Machinoff, who commanded at Sinope, il
J, the commandment at Sebastopo He has published ar
address saying that he will defend it to the last anC
that anv is welcome shoot HIM if he does not
Advices from Constantnople to the 18th say tina
the Russians had retaken Eupatora, the English gar
rison of 500 men retiring wit the loss of one gun
This is however denied by the English papers
The allies have sent force, under General Bos
quote and Achmet Pacha to Perekeof to prevent the
D advance of the Russians
AUSTRIA AND RUssIA.-Afairs look stormy between
Russia and Austria. great council of war has
been held at Vienna, at which the Emperor presided
S 1t is reported, in connection with this fact, tina
n Austria has summoned Russia to withdraw from TIT
u frontier of Gallacia
The whole Austrian army has been put TIT
footing, and the 26th the garrison of Vienna
" has orders to be ready to march in at forty-eigh
= hours notice.
p Russia in the meantime menaces Austria, and tn
Car has gone TO Warsaw.
Large Russian forces are concentrating on tn
n Austrian frontiers and there is but little doubt en-
:; tertained at Vienna that long there will be &C
10 tual hostiIities between the two powers.
AUsTRIA.-Austria has concluded an immense fl
nancial operation, by which she has transferred to
company of capitalists all the railroads consructe
r and worked by the government in Hungary and 30
|" hemia. The company pays 2O0,0OO.OOO francs an
70 the government guarantees per cent.
PRUssIA.-Austria returned answer to the last des
patch of the Prussan government repeating that Aus
tria will adhere infexibe to the policy expressed il
\. the note of the 3Oth of September. The action
20 Prussia III regard 10 this is looked for wit
much anxiety.
ne ENGLAND.-The British feet will leave the Bait
about the end of November returning in squadron
D. to Portsmouth, Sheerness, Plymouth and Cork
4 Five floating twenty-gun boats drawing four fee
49, of water, are building in England for spring opera
y tons
Id Another Polar expedition will be sent in the sprin
as to bring home the remains of Sir John franklin
ar party. DR.. Rae will be given the command.
49, galvanic apparatus is being constructed at Ne,
nc Castle. on the Tyne, 10 blow up the ships sunk
or Sebastopol
wv FRANcE.-The Emperor Napoleon has written
he letter of coincidence TO Madame ST. Arnaud and be
slows pension of 1000 francs as national r.
,. compense.
TIC The whole camp of the South will embark for tn
lat Eastern war required
I'D SPAIN.-Mr Soule's return to Madrid caused qui
nd excitement, and clamor was made to induce tt
e. Spanish Government to solicit his recall
III Queen Isabella has abandoned the idea of ADD
I'D eating.