The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-10-04
Forsign Nsws.

BY tho america. which arrived at
Halifs1 last Thursday, VIC have odvces
from Liverpool to the 10th of Soptcm
Der. The news is interesting.
TnEWAR.-Thc expedition to the Cri.
mea has sailed. 1t was the largest ma.
val force ever concentrated consisting of
seven hundred ships, carrying at once
70 600 men, with horses, guns, pontoons
gabions. tents, provisions and all the ma.
tcr'a Of war. The feet is manned by
$4,000 scamen, aud carries 5000 cannon
The land force comprises $4,000 English
soldiers. $4,000 French, 10000 Egyp-
,iane. 5000 Tanisians, and 5000 other
Turkish soldiers. On the 3d. the great
er part of the English squadron, with
the British troops on board and on the
9Th, Marshal St. Arnaud and the Turk
ish part of the force, left Varna to join
the expedition at Fedoniso or Serpent
Island, off the mouth of the Danube and
opposite Eupatoria. in the Crimea The
debafkation will take place at a port
, pesr Babs, near the mouth Of the river
, Katchs, where there is fifteen fathoms
water. Once landed. the Allies will en-
trench themselves. The Russians must
/ next be driven from the field, or they
will occupy the hci gifts above the city
From the sea, Fort Constantine, mount
ing ! 10 guns, will be the principal OBJ
jcct Of attack. A position has already
been discovered by which tho Russian
feet can be cnfiladcd, either set oil fire
in the harbor or compelled to come out
and fight. Not much is known of the
Russian preparations Prince MenscL.
kof in person will conduct the defence
Of Scbastopol. He attaches great im-
portance to Forts Oczakiff and Khcrson,
and about thousand men are engaged
in Strengthening these places continual
reinforce ments arrive at Odessa and pass
on. 10000 men are said to be in camp,
besides full garrison in tho city. A
number ofships were being converted into
fireships. Al the available pilots we're
being distributed among the ships The
Allies were seemingly prepared for their
coming out.
A new levy Of ten men in every thou.
sand throughout tho western part of the
Empire has been made
There are strange rumors current that
the French Admiral Hamelin strongly
opposed tho expedition sgainst Sebasto
pol that Marshal St. Arnaud takes the
sole responsibility, aud that sealed or
dcrs were on their way from France to
discontinue it. But this may be all ru-
NOR.
THE BaLrIc.--There il a report that
the Baltic feet is ordered TO return to
England, which causes apprehension,
that the Russian feet will escape from
the Baltic and commit depredations upon
commerce in the open sea There is al.
so rumor that Sir Charles Napier wish
es to resign.
The Anglo French detachment had
landed at Ubricssborg, near Sweaborg,
destroyed some gunborts and set the
town on fire.
The DANUBE.-Thc Russians have
evacuated Brrilor and Galatz, conse
quently the navigation of tho Danube is
free. On the 4th, Gen Luders removed
his headquarters from Galatz to REM
Before leaving, he blew up the fortifca,
tions aud strand batteries. tits reported
that the Turks entered Fokschany on
the 9th.
| Count Coroninis at the head Of 1000
4 Austriuns, entered Bucharest, ard was
formally received by Omar Pasha with
Turkish division and detachment OIL
Wallachian militia.
The London Daily News reports that
there are already Engagements between
Omar Pasha and the Austrian Com
manders ~
| Cars RErLY,--Tbe abswcr Of Rus
sia has been officially notified by Austri,
to the representatives Of the western
powers. The Independence Beige siss.