Washington sentinel., 1854-05-25

Dusrny lrouin, the screw-ship Annibal, the
tne Dassas, and Cocyte, were daily expected
rom rams. The screw-ship Wagram will, it
y peheven, De launched in the course of the
war, OF all sizes, on the stocks at TOrient.
several OF which are in sufficiently advanced
condition to be speedily launched, if necessary.
The Sentinellc Toulonnoise, Of the 4th IN.
stant, states that orders had reached from
Paris, to embark, in the briggs CERT and Oliver.
and in the steam aviso Solon, four companies
of the third regiment Of marines, who are To
be landed in the Grecan Archipelago The
steam corvette Pluton arrived that morning
from Algiers, where she left the steam frigates
Magellan, Montesuma, Sane, Cacique, Tanger,
Canada and Cerbere, taking on board troops
and material for Constantinople.
The Infereal, Capricieuse, and Narval, with
troops for the east, were to leave Toulon on
| the 4th.
The Ocean, of Brest, states that the French
arsenals held in reserve twenty-seven ships of
the line and upwards of 400 inferior vessels,
| such as frgates, coryettes, brigs, schooners,
steams, &C., mounting together $500 guns.
Fifty siege pieces of artillery are being
| shipped at Toulon for Constantinople.
GREAT BRITAIN.-The sudden death of Mr.
| Adams, partner in the house of Messrs Bar
| ing Brothers, has been announced this morn
ing, and has given rise to general feeling Of
regret in commercial circles by whom the loss
| will be severely felt.-Loadon Standard.
In the House of Commons, on the evening
of the 9th instant, Sir j. Graham stated that
Goals would not be considered absolutely an
article "contraband of war;" but as they might
be designed to aid the enemy in his warike
preparations, discretionary authority was
80 thn a.. -
| were to deal with the commodity when found
on board neutral vessels according to their i'm.
pressions of its destination.
We have letters here from some of the
pilots. The Duke of Wellington's guns are
| splendid. One of the pilots has returned from
i'll health, and he gave me a glowing descrip.
| ton OF her firing all her guns broadside. They
can be brought to bear SO as to strike space
no larger than good door or window, and they
can direct the shots with SO much precision
that very small boat, placed mile distant,
was shattered to pieces by the first shot.
1t is considered by nautical men that q
broadside from the flagship was equal to, and
would do as much damage as, all Nelson's
| feet.
Letters of the 30th ult., from the Russian
frontier in Asia, announce that at that date the
| snow was six feet deep in the neighborhood Of
Kars, which is the first fortress the Russians
would have to take in order to penetrate into
the Ottoman territory.
"The ecommandant in-chief, powerfully
ed by General Guyon, is making every effort to
prepare warm reception for the enemy. In
front of Kars is a hill which commands the ap-
proaches to that fortress. Zarif Pasha is throw
ing up on it eight redoubts to be mounted by
forty-six pieces Of heavy artillery.
PREPARATIONS BY SwEDEN.-Sweden con-
tinues her warlike preparations. Five fresh
batteries of artillery have been ordered to be
put on war footing. The national sympathies
are decidedly in favor of the western powers.
The fleet is at anchor at Elfsnabben
RUssIA.-Two or three. English merchants
at Cronstadt have built houses in the immedi-
ate neighborhood. The Emperor has seized
them, turned the owners out, and made use of
them for barracks for his troops. 100000 men
of all arms are located there, and about 100000
more all along the coast Of Finland-some at
one place and some at another. At st. Peters
burg there was the greatest CONSERVATION, and
the English were leaving as fast as they could.
One poor fellow, who had got his little pro-
perty converted into cash, was seized and
robbed, except handful Of sovereigns which
he snatched, and with which, by good luck, he
escaped He said they would give all they had
to leave the country. Sir Charles Napier is
dreadfally feared by the Emperor and his
trOOps