Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-05-19
TIE FOREIGN NEWS HY TIE ATLANTIC.

TIE FOREIGN NEWS BY TIE ATLANTIC.
he nc~'s from the Black Sea and the Danube !, o!
Stirring interest. Til" allied fleets ri England ans!
france have made an attack on Odessa and ri,l,llei
u'r cny. ihr contest WAS not without loss on ifr
P" ol Inc allies: three nj the British steamers were
badly damaged and m ATTEMPT 10 land c"h.ru buu-
e'' men ialle,, tie Russians having rcpul-cd Them,
l ne contest II appears. was kept M for ten honrs
"'i'" SHOWS tllht the Resistance WAS formidable. and
~ lar me ullits have effected nothing rvr, th de-
str,lc'i0n ct private property nid the smn,,Iir., -.
several tortrcssCa. The attack will doubtless h. -
nrwe'l, Hirl, most probably viii, better srrcrss-
Odessa Is senp"r IN the northwest coast .. ;hn
biark Sea, ana Tie emporium -. Southern Eusna.--
IL Is Tile cncpo: -; III" commerce ut tho Ru sian do
llinious on the Black The bnv, or roads;cad in
front OF the city is extensive the water deem and III.
anchorage good The port. which is uriirial, hr!ue
formed by tw" moics. il fitted i rrnnn"!ar about
w." hundred ships. Tho civ is defended NJ ';crc,
towards the sea, which have been rc!tIy strengthen
Ell s!ncc war became imminent. On the east side j. t.
citadel, commanding the town and port. Tie syac.
comprising he city is bounded by n rampant Tie
city contains about SO.UOD nhuhitan.s II has many
fine buildings and tuurisLng Lyccun |. las !.
great tra'sr, exporting wiIca; and u:rr productions Of
Southern RussIa, and importing mos; %! Tie !nrrga
nric les for home consumption. The total amount "i
the foreign trad" "t Odessa ast year 3i.bC..076
silver rou1lrs. viz Imports II 40 Il. slIc.rouDr-
imports, ?,S2' 81? silver rou1lcs.
On the Danube the operations appear 10 bc hut pre-
paratury 10 great buttic between the Russian, ami
Tie Turks. The accounts from that quarter aro no,
81 clear aS they might BE-. tn" correspondents al
the English and French papcrs have way Of marni-
tying Turkish successes and covering up their ~'ats
till it is almost impossible 10 know the r.ric state Of
affairs on the Danube. Ii is stated that the Rus,ana
are abont I" bcslcgc SistrG, and that they have rN
pcricncc on" defeat before that fortress Ii tho Rus
Sims ARE before Sllisia, then the rcpor, by prey or
arrivals afterwards denied, that they had pnsse.siVn
Of Rassova AMI kostcnc, i. likely Ia be true. At
any rntc they are gradually working their way down
towards the Balkan Mountains. The Turkish in,r,g
giving way before them. Silis:ria, Rrs,cuck arG
Shnnn arr he only places ~: any importance which
stand IN their way. They appear by wiih.Irlwilg.
from Little Wallacia 20 be roIlrrl:ranr their vast
army II" three hundred thousand :urm. Tor grand AZ;
tack upon these plnrcs. Whether the Turks viii
really stand the hazard n! pitched battle is nu; 80
certain. They appear to have IL" confidence in them
selves. Nrly Pacha, the Turkish ambassador. has
c"ivcd instructions from his Gnvcrncn, I" dvciag,
tn the French Emperor that ''thr military
Turkey having been stretched Ia their u!mos, Limits
it was utterly impns-ih!r for the Turkish army
make any further Resistance. in the advance oi the
Rtssiniis, unless immediate and ciiicm; assistance
were afforded by the Allies And he Asked i".
speedy rriniurccincntS 1o the amount; il possible, o
200,DUU mcn.- Pki0d.iDa,n Icdgtr.