Washington sentinel., 1854-04-29
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wards. suppose Sebastopol. Here we shall wait
| The declaration of war. A finer fleet never swan.
| The best spirit and the best disposition prevail.
The chiefs are in good health and much more hap
nv than in the Bosphorus. NO Lord Stralford here
| 10 bother them.
"The Russians crossed the Danube the other
day, at Galaz in great force, (50,000) but they will
| not attempt 10 come down in that direction. You
| will see that am right.
g We get on splendidy with the French, and
| they have a fine fleet here
Since the date OF this letter the declaration of
war has been received, and the following signal is
reported as having been given TO the feet by the
| gallant vice admiral Take burn, or destroy
| everything Russian This is, indeed, BRITISH
| signal. No brag--no vaunting-no wordy display;
il cannot be misunderstood. As we have all along
stated, the Black sea fleet has always been ready.
| They only wanted the word and they now have
received q signal which will never be forgotten
whilst pendant flies from man-of-war's mast
head. There is not an officer man in that feet,
from the chief 10 the stoker, that has not been
burning TO avenge the cowardly massacre at Sin
ope, and 10 help the gallant Turks to roll back the
tide OF invasion upon the savage hordes Of ussia.
The country may depend upon it that the ma
tonal gnal OF Dundas will be obeyed TO the letter.
and England will confess that every man in the
Black sea fleet has done his duty.
The Baltic Fleet.-We stated few days
since that Rear Admiral Plumridge, with squad
ron Of frigates, had left the fleet for cruise up
the Gulf of Finland. II is now telegraphed, un-
der date of April IL, that the Dauntless, 33, screw
Captain Ryder, had returned with the information
that Is Russian ships of the line were seen in
Sweaborg harbor, and that the Imperieuse, 81,
scrcw, had chased Russian corvette back to
Sweaborg.
Under the reception Of this intelligence the feet
it is said, suddenly left Kioge bay" In all prob,
| ability Sir Charles Napier has gone TO Join Admiral
Plumridge, who is, perhaps, doggng the Russians
until the English fleet reaches them.
Observation-Disclosures letters of the 9th inst,
contain no accounts OF any further progress OF
the Russian forces, which were still at Trajan's
| Wall. The rumor of an affair at Rassowa ap-
pears to have originated with Turkish agents, and
| seems 10 be devoid of all foundation 0mer Pa
sha is said to design attacking the Russians troops
| under General Luders. The Turkish forces at
| Traian's Wall Were reported at $4,000 strong.
| Adviccs from the lower Danube, of the Sd inst,
state that the Turks succeeded, on the 1st April,
| in destroying Russian pontooh train, near kala-
rasch The fight which has been waged there
since the 2Sth of the last month is still undecided
Our former communications-those namely
| that the Russians intended crossing the Danube
| at Kalarasch--are now fully confirmed by later
Bucharest letters, of the Cd instant which brings
the additional intelligence that the passage of the
Russians would probably be undertaken even be-
| fore the arrival of Prince Paskewitch Investing
or siege artillery, probably destined for Silisria,
| is collected IN great force at kaarasch where two
| rocket batteries are likewise stationed. Prince
| Gortschakof is shortly expected there Sillstria
has been barricaded since the 2Slh ult; its garri-
son is 10000 strong, and two Egyptian regiments
are amongst them
VIENNA, Aprii4.
| A serious conflict took place on the Both Of last
month at Kalafat. The sally was made from Kali
afat by the advice of Colonel Deu; but, be this as
| il may, on the aforementioned date, 10000 foot,
| 1000 horse, and GO guns advanced against the
| Russians, who Were posted in force at SkripetZ.
| After sanguinary engagement, which lasted four
| hours, the latter Were routed and pursued to a
| considerable distance. The loss of the Turks is
1 given at 200 and that of their adversaries at 600
From the 2Sh of March up to the I'd of April there
were engagements Of greater or less severity. AT
Simnitza, where the Turks remained two days,
the Russians said to have lost 1000 (D men.
| AT the very outset Of the campaign, Colonel
| Dieu has fallen in Of the late skirmishes with
| the Russians on the Danube. This officer was at
| tachcd TO the mission Of General Baraguay dill
| lers at Constantinople and he had spent the win
| ter in visiting the theatre of war, advising Omer
Pasha, and preparing the plan of the ensuing ope-
rations. He was officer of the highest charac-
ter and promise, and his premature death is Sc
i rious loss to The allied armies.
| A Coast Squadr0n.-We have reason to be-
| eve that Rear Admiral Bruce, recently returned
from the coast of Africa will shortly hoist his flag
| as commander-n-chiefo of light squadron, for the
protection of the trade and ports of the northern
| and notheast coast.
Gun and Despatch boats for the Baltic
| We announced about ten days since that the Ad-
i
| built as gun-boats and despatch vessels for the
i Baltic. They TO be of 400 TONS and TO have
| screw engines Of about 16O-horse hover. Mare &
/ Co. are building four, and Messrs. Green have
i two in hand. Messrs. Penn, Messrs. Maudslay,
] and Messrs. Humphreys have each two pairs OF
/ engines 10 construct; and it is expected that in
| the course of ten weeks some of these ships will
| be ready for the warm work in the north. They
/ will be powerful in speed as well as in armament.
The Transports and the Tro0ps.-Economy
| r,,sn fb.,, nf he finu
| peace was observed with perhaps reasonable scru-
| pulousness but now full advantage will be taken
of the great of the empire, and as pre-
| limnary we hear that, instead of paying enor-
! inously for chaytering the immense screw-shps at
per ton per month, the absolute purchase of those
vessels will be decided upon, for il is Judiciously
| seen that to buy is much cheaper than to borrow.
The government must have feeders for the fleet
and the army. They feel, therefore, that at fair
| price, the purchase OF some half dozen screw
transports, say ships OF GOO 500 TONS ships in
dispensable 10 the for the conveyance OF
| stores, &c, and the purchase of perhaps half a
| dozen of the screw steamers OF the largest ton
| mage for the conveyance of the troops, they will
be securing the due performance Of the service OF
the service of the country, and they will not be at
| the mercy by.and-by of those who cannot part
| with the ships of the government and cannot do
without, either for hire OF. for purchase except for
| a most extravagant consideration
Seizure of Foreign Vessels by Russia
| u
| Lloyds from their agent at GalatZ dated the Both
| March g There is nothing precise known about
| the operations on the other side Of the Danube
| All the vessels in Suna, it appears have been
sequestrated by the Russian government. The
| mouth there is barricaded by two strong chains,
| in consequence of the appearance outside OF one
English and one French steamer that were sound
ing there. Judging after Lord Clarendons circu-
lar, / think that all vessels coming out Of the
/ Danube will be captured, and declared as good
/
/ into the Black sea, it is quite certain that they
will be stopped at Constantinople for the wants OF
| that place"
The Germaa papers good deal taken up
with speculations about the protocol agreed TO be-
tween Austria and Prussia, but their partial infor-
nation need not be analysed after the communi-
cation made by Lord Clarendon in reply 10 Lord
Beaumont. The following extract from Berlin
letter throws out some intelligence:
| Prussia is desirous of not positively engaging
herself TO support Austria in the event of her at
tackng Russia, but TO see the policy Of neutrality
/ strictly maintained. Colonel Ruff, il is added, was
! expected at Berlin on tho 18th with the Austrian
notifications, and commission consisting of the
Prince OF Prussia the minister of war, the chief of