Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-06-29
NEWS By THE CANADA.

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Flour at 38@38s. Sd, and Ohio SOS. Sd
@4os., with a moderate business doing
Lard advanced IS. Pork, Beef and
Bacon unchanged.
The Bullion in the Bank of England
had increased slightly.
| The London markets are reported BY
Barring 4 Brothers as follows:
| Lard firm; Breadstuffs steady, witt
a fair demand, but holders of Floul
anxious to sell.
| Consols functuated greatly during
the week, closing atsi4@9os.
| GENERAL IErELL1eENcE.-Intense ex.
citement prevailed in regard TO Sillistria
The Russians, at the last accounts, had
10000 men on the spot, and were as.
ssulting the fortress day and night, and
had succeeded in making practicable
breach, but sudden rise in the Danube
prevented them from taking it.
The state of affairs were very critical,
and the last advices, which were up to
the a5th, say that probably Sillistria
would hold out fifteen days longer; and
when it is understood that the Anglo
French troops were not expected to ar
rive there before the 14th inst, it will
be perceived that the fate of this brave
garrison looks gloomy.
A change has taken place in the Brit
ish Ministry. Lord John Russell has
been appointed President of the Coun-
ell; the Duke of Newcastle Minister of
War, and Sir Geo. Grey Secretary of
the Colonies.
The commandant of Sillistria threat
ened to blow up the fortress, rather than
surrender. On the night of the eth
of May, the Russians made three at
tempts to storm the citadel, but were re-
pulsed, with fearful loss, leaving over
fifteen hundred dead beneath the ram
parts, besides large number killed be-
yond them. The killed and wounded
on the Russian side was fully four thou
sand five hundred.
The Turks were defeated on the 31st
Of May, at Szlatina, on the river Aluta
by twenty thousand Russians, and five
hundred killed; and the guns and
large quantity of small arms taken
Several other engagements, more or
less sanguinary, are reported.
All the Russian troops at Bucharest
had been ordered to advance to the
Danube. and the Russian forces in Lit
tie Wallachia were still falling back.
The allied fleets were still cruising
about, none of the enemy's shipping be-
ing in sight.
From the Baltic the intelligence is
notinteresting. Napier's squadron was
off Helsingfers, and Commodore Conis'
including the French squadron, were
cruising off the southern coast until ar
irving near Cronstadt, when both fleets
would unite and anchor across the
Gulf
A force of steam gun-boats was be-
ing hastily fitted out in England, and
five English ships of war were on the
way to blockade the White Sea.
From Asia our advices state that the
Circassians under Schamyl, were pre-
pairing to attack TITLES.
The occupation of the fort of Kaleh
by the Turks, is confirmed.
Anassa, and Kutaih have been evacu- !
ated.
A dispatch from Athens confirms the
report of the victory gained by the in
surgents in Thessaly. Seven hundred
Turks were killed and MANY of them |
taken prisoners.
The new Greek ministry has been in
stalled and is dismissing all the public
functionaries engaged in the insurrec-
ton.
The American squadron was at Syra-
cue June 1st.
The inhabitants of Russian Poland
were still being disarmed.
The Emperor OF Morocco has forbid
the entrance of the Russian flag into
ports during the war.
A meeting between the King of Prus-
sia and the Emperor of Austria with
their respective Ministers was to take
place on the 9th inst. on the frontiers of
Saxony. The movement created some
especially as Count Monstiso
is the bearer of letter from Nicholas.
1t was also rumored that Russia was
inclined to authorize Austria to propose
an armistice.
The advance of the Russians towards
the allied armies, produced great un-
easiness in money affairs both at Paris
and London. 1t was reported that the
citizens generally were fleeing from St.
Petersburg, under the impression that
the troops arriving there were Cos
sacks.
The Paris correspondent of the Lon
don Times alludes to an ingenious in
trigue in the Turkish Councils, and mis-
in the war department, and
in this connection intimates that Rus
sian bribery is in question. An import
ant movement is discernable in the
Turkish Ministry.
Lord John Russell had laid before
The British Parliament a treaty with
Spain regarding the Cuba slave trade.
Kossuth made great speech at Shelf
field on the nationality of Poland.
By the overland mail from India, we
have dates from Calcutta to May /, and
rom Canton to April go. From China
{ is reported that the insurgents, assist
d by Europeans, had driven the i'm