Washington sentinel., 1854-03-29
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BY the House Line, expressly for the Sentinel.
ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA.
Three Days Later from Europe.

NEw YORK, MarcA 2S-The steamer Africa
with Liverpool dates of the 1lth instant, arrived
this morning. The statement that Kalafat had
been captured by the Russians was an atrocious
falsehood Tho latest report from that quarter in
dicated that the Russians were about withdraw.
ing from that neighborhood. No lighting worthy
OF notice had occurred either on the Danube or ii
Asia.
The London Daily Ne,cs says that the czar had
sent another proposal 10 Vienna, which the repro.
sentatives OF the four powers had found inadms-
sibe and had rejected. -
The mcssrager bearing the ultimatum Of Franco
and England LEFT Vienna on the 7th for ST. Peters.
burg Prussia and Austria have not signed thls
uiimatum their policy being still defined as neu-
trality for tho present, aud mediation for the fu-
ture.
The first division Of fourteen British ships uu-
der Admiral Charles Napier, was 10 sail from
reported that three thousand British troops will
go to the Baltic for land service The 77th regi.
ncnt embarked at Liverpool on the llih for
| Turkey.
bulk of the Russian fleet was al Sebaslopo, and
some ships We're al Secumkal Both fleets hnd
cruisers in the Black sea.
The Russian fleet in the Baltic is pushing
through the ice to Sweaborg.
All the passengers OF the ship Robert Kelly had )
been landed safely, and the ship itself, with the
mast cut away, was got oil the rocks and towed
10 Kingston.
The ship Panfheon struck on the rooss near
Holyhead on the night Of the Sth and sunk Eighs
of the crew We're landed, bur the fate oil the fo-
mainder was not reported.
The French Senate had unanimously voted tho
loan Of $50 100000 francs.
The first division Of the troops for the east was
TO leave Toulon on the Goth. .
Some excitement had been created in CONNER
cial circles by Lord Clarendon's announcement 10
the Riga merchants that, all Russian produce 10
whomsoever belonging, and even in neutral vrs-
sells, shall be lawful prizes in the event of war.
Lord John Russell was quite i'll on Friday, and
unable to attend TO his duties in the House, in
| consequence Of which the House adjourned till
| Monday.
The last advices from Paris fully confirm the
! news respecting the attitude Of Austria aud Prus-
sia on the eastern question. Austria expressed
| perfect willingness TO join the western powers
but Prussia positively refused, on the ground that
as she was not maritime power she had little
comparative interest in the struggle. A despatch
| from the Austrian minister, Buol. was received in
| Paris on Thursday, explanatory of the affair but
its language is said 10 be obscure and unsatisfao-
tory and indicative of change OF policy on the
part OF Austria.
Advices from Spain, state that the insurgen,
chief, Col. Latohie had been captured near tho
French frontier. and shot.
A despatch from Athens, TO the London MORE
ing Chronicle states, that the Greek nsurrection
was extending throughout Thessaly. General
kanyos had joined the insurgents. The city OF
Arta had been taken by assault, and the Turks de-.
feated in several encounters. Prevessa still held
out.