Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-07-29

general meeting to be held next week q favora-
BE statement will be submitted by the direc-
tors The general operations and plans Of the
company are SO excellent that there is little
doubt il will command in due time very large
share of public support and favor, and outliye
much opposition and distrust which have hith-
erto existed. M gEe 8Nr .3 \
An agent from an American company has
lately been in Copenhagen, to request the per-
mission of the Danish government to lay down
wires over Iceland and Denmark, as part Of
the line from America to Europe.
A parliamentary paper gives the following
estimate of the mail service tor the year, to the
5th Of April, 1855:
Liverpool, Halifax, Boston, and New York
Cunard Company, fl72,84O sterling, Tor, in
round numbers, $900,000.)
Halifax, Bermuda, st. Thomas; Halifax and
ST. Johns, N. F.--Cunard Company, fl4,700,
($75,O00)
southampton and West Indies-Royal Mail
Company, f24O,O00. Southampton, Brazil and
Buenos Ayres, Royal Mail Company, 100000,
($l,25O,O00).
Callao and Valparaiso Company,
s25,OOO, t$loo0oO.l
Total, about $2,325, 900.
In the case Of Capt Breck, master, and
Thomas Devine, mate of the ship Harkaway,
Devine was fined f5, and the captain was adj
mitted to ball.
The ship Arabia, at Liverpool from New Or
leans, reports forty to fifty icebergs, some of
them 300 feet high, on 25th June, in lat. 43 N.
lon. AZ W. The Universe, at Liverpool from
Montreal, was among ice eighteen hours, on
2lst and 22d ult., in lat. As N. Ion. 81 w.
The uniform of the British army is to be
changed. The guards will retain their present
costume, but the soldiers of the line are to wear
double-breasted frock coats of scarlet cloth,
without epaulettes, and with pockets dark
blue pants, and felt hemlets.
Government has purchased the Peninsular
and Oriental Company's steamship Himalaya,
as troop ship, for sl4O,00O sterling. to-
The recent engagement betweenher majesty's
steamer Prometheus and the pirates on the
coast Of Morocco does not seem to have resulted
in sufficient chastisement, as a report was made
to the governor of Gibraltar on the Sd inst, by
the master of British galliot Mary, that he saw,
near the Penon de la Gouiera, brig sur.
rounded by great number of boats full of
Rifians who were firing into her. A smart
breeze sprung up which enabled the Mary to
get clear of the pirates.
Spain.
The Paris Moniteur publishes a dispatch
from Madrid of the 18th July, according to
which Madrid was quiet at that date. The in
surgents were near Despenapenos. Their
ranks were rapidly thinning by desertion, and
the royal troops were hemming them in. Gen.
eral Serrano, who had joined the insurgents,
did not succeed in carrying with him any of
the soldiery. Government troops from the
north were rapidly advancing towards Madrid.
The governors of Seville and Granada had
taken the field in favor of the government, with
all their disposabe force. On the 4th, body
of the insurgents left Tembleque for Alcazar
de San Juan, retreating in the direction of An
dalusia bec ~
General Jose de la Concha has been ordered
by the French government to remove from
Bayonne to Bordeaux.
~ France.
BogLoGSE, July 1.-THE Emperor to-day re.
viewed the troops intended for the Baltic His
majesty delivered an address, which was most
enthusiastically received. The first division
marched for Calais Immediately afterwards, and
will embark on Friday.
The following is an official copy of the En-.
perors address to the troops:
"Soldiers: Russia having forced us to
war, France has armed 500 900 of her children.
England has called out considerable number
Of troops. To-day our troops and armies,
united in the same cause, dominate in the Baltic
as well as in the Black sea. / have selected
you to be the first to carry our eagles in those
regions Of the north. English vessels will
convey you there-a unique fact in history,
which proves the intimate alliance Of the two
great nations lpeuples,) and the firm resolu-
ton OF the two governments not to abstain
from any sacrifice 10 defend the right of the
weak, the liberty Of Europe, and the national
honor.
$50, my children Attentive Europe, open.
" or secretly, offers up VOWS fpr your triumph
our country, proud Of Struggle which only
threatens the aggressor, accompanies you with
its ardent vows and ], whom imperious duties
retain still distant from the scene Of events,
shall have my eyes upon you. / shall be able
to say: 'They are worthy sons of the con-
querors Of Austerlitz, Of Eylau, of Friedland,
and of Moskowa.'
$50, may God protect your
Long and prolonged shouts of FIRE rEm-
pereur" and other loyal cries followed this
address. ne So
Admiral Lspierre is TO superintend the EN-.
barkation of the French troops for the Baltic
on the l4th. 5000 men will be embarked at
Calais on board the English ships and 1000
men, with siege artillery and 100 horses, will
embark on board French smiling ships, which
will arrive at that port two days later. The
English ships will anchor at the distance Of
mile andahaf from the shore, fitted up as
transports. The troops will also arrive the
same day, part on foot from Boulogne, and
part by railway from st. 0mer. Fifteen French
steamers will be ranged along the Calais quay
In order to convey the troops from the shore TO
the English ships. The embarkation will begin
on the morning Of the lath. The 5000 men
win be embarked in one operation, and the rest
viii be taken day or two after on board
French sailing vessels. The total force that
will proceed 20 the Baltic in subsequent de-
tachments will be about 10000 men.
Russia AND THE SANDWICH IsLASps.--A
letter from Honolulu, Of May 2, states that
Russia, after long negotiations, had failed in