Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-05-16
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By the House Line, expressly lar ii, sentinel.
ARRIVAL OF THE ATLANTIC.



NEW York, May lathe steamer Atlantic
reached her wharf at quarter before2 O'Clock this
afternoon.
The report that Odessa was bornbarded on The
Oath Of April is authentic. The city was BON
barded by the allied fleets for ten hours and .
large part Of the city laid in ruins. -Four gur
forlresses were dismantled, and eight Russian ane
one Austrian nerchant-ships destroyed by fire II
the harbor
Three British bombarding steamers were badly
damaged. An attempt of the British 10 land eigh'
teen hundred men failed.
The Russian feet came out of Sebastopol during
the bombardment, and threatened the allied fleet,
but, without battle, retired.
The Russians have completely evacuated Little
Wallachia. The Russian right wing now rests
on Alata, with their headquarters at Bucharest
therefore the interest of the campaign again con-
centrates on the operations below Nicopolis.
The Turks have come out of Kalafat, and are
occupying all the towns in the track of the Rus
SLAMS. aG
The Russians are besieging Silistria, and would
attack il about May LIST.
The allied troops remain idle
The Greek instruction is unchanged.
From Asia there is nothing new
Napier's feet is awaiting orders, and the French
feet is bockading the Cults Of Finland and Both
MIA. On the 2lsi Napier was with nineteen ships
at Stockholm
France has ordered the Russian consuls to
leave.
The Preston strikers over.
The Europa arrived out at midnight on the l5th
The Bremen barque Favorite, for Baltimore
was sunk with $50 passengers, in the channel
bya collision with the barque Hesper, from Charles
ton for Antwerp. Only five saved.
The Markets.
LIVERPOOL May 2.--Cotton.-The market is
very dull Prices Of all qualities below mddling
fair, very irregular; and lower, say 3D. Sales Of
three days 10000 bales. The quotations are fair
Orleans, 6sd; middling, 5 7-l6d. Mobiles and up
lands CT middling do, S 5-l6 inferior TO good or
binary 50 a sd,
Breadsta6s-There have been large arrivals.
| FIonr-the market is rather lower, having given
away Cd, and corn 2s., at which there is good
demand
Wheat maintains previous rates. White wheat,
lis Cd. % lis lOd red, los ID to lis. 3D.; canal
-four, 36s. 10 36s 3d. Baltimore, Philadelphia, and
Ohio, 37s. Cd. Corn--whle, $685.; yellow, 3ss.
| mixed, 37s. ,Ha
| Another circular reports that Ohio -four was
not obtanable under 3Ss. q 3Ss. Cd.
/ Money market tighter; consos closed at S7a tc
s7s.
Latest by Electric Telegraph.
The Greek insurgents had been defeated with
immenseloss.
/ Russia had imposed heavy war tax on al
classes.
The Russians were making tremendous prepa
ratons 10 attack Silistria about May L.
BERLIN, May 2.-The Publications of the Aus
trn-Prussian treaty were exchanged to-day.
4 PARIS, May 2.-The funds closed firm Threei
GA 40; Four and-a-haf's, 81 10.
In Parliament, Lord Russell stated that Servi
had not been occupied by the Austrian troop
nor had any arrangements been made for such a
occupation.
i. Three Russian ships with cargoes of salt ha
been captured
! Rowland Hill has been appointed secretary
the post Office department
Montgomery, the poet, died on the Goth nltim'
aged So
Prince Moronzof's palace, at Odessa, was e
trely destroyed by the bombardment The Who'll
allied fleet left Odessa on the 26th to cruise o
off Sebastopol and prevent the egrcss of the Rus
sian fleet