Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1854-05-25
Tie Wur in Europe Intelligence of the Steam
CT Atlantic.
LONDON. May 3

LONDON. May
1t was prematurely announced in most
Of the English and French papers a week
before the event took place, tina, the al,
lied fleets had bombarded the City Of
Odessa
Without stopping 10 comment OIL the
remarkable circumstances tina: the in.
len,ion Of the English Admiral evident
ly leaked on, in advance of his acting
upon ii. ve have now TO announce that
a portion of the allied feet has actually
5om5arded Odessa.
! An account Of the mbardment is Of
fcially promulgated at viennn. whence
it has been autographed TO the French and
British press. L, seems but half meas.
ure after ell. but perhaps the accounts
yet to arrive by mail may show it in
more satisfactory light.
At all events. OH the morning Of the
23d nice steamers of the allied fleet took
up position before the forts that com.
mand the entrance Of the harbor. and
Immediately commenced 20 throw bomb
and rockets upon the forts and the city.
We have, as yet. TO CLEAN our informa
,ion from telegrsphic scraps and flying
rumors. consequently do not know what
steps proceeded the lombard one Mt whe III
er the British Admiral made any formal
de mand upon the city which was refused
! or whether the Russians at once acted up.
OH the aggressive, Not unlikely both
/ these circumstances occurred.
One statement says that the lombard
ment was over in two hours another
that it continued necessarily for ten
hours. and only closed with the night
The Austrian official account published
at Vienna, 30ih. states as the result OF
the action, that "a battery Of four guns
was destroyed. land the Austrian ship
(the S.. Catherine and eight Russian
! (merchaDO ships in barbor. were burned"
The Russian telegraphic account is
significant. II is in these terms:
The English and French Admuals
demanded the surrender OF the Russian
ships in the port of Odessa. This being
refused. bombardmen, begun from eigh-
teen ships. A small part OF The city is
destroyed. An attempt to lend 800
men failed The bonlbardmeHt has pro-
duccd no efecir'
Three o: the English steamers wero
badl. damaged.
A dispatch TO the London Daily Neps
states that OH the 22i partial lombard
men, took place, blu, moi much damage
was done except setting some buildings
/ on fire. On the ODD hos;iliiies were sus-
pended, and II summons was sent TO the
place to Surrender.
La the event oil refusal. the Admirals,
French aud British, threatened TO destroy
The city on the succeeding day. On the
9Th, was The attack. Ii was further sta.
,e that ,he Russian fleet sailed out Of
Sebaslapol and advanced agains, the allied
/ fleet. either with the hope of drawing the
latter away from Olessa. or of getting it
bs,ween two fires, but, on portion oil the
British ships offering battle, the Russians
Withdrew to their stronghold.
. /, may be remembered that on tho 9Th
uli the British steamer Furious was sent
with Gag of trucs 10 Odessa TO bring off
the Brush ex Consul and some seventy
/ British subjects. The Russians refused
10 PEI nit the steamer to enter The harbor
and on her presis:ing, fired some six or
seven shots from the walls. and sent out
some ships to chase her. The Furious
escaped. and brought back 10 The feet Il
report OF tho Treatment she had met with.
/ This was on tho 6h of April, and the mex,
we hear of was the arrival, off Olessa, on
/ the l4th or 17ih, {ior accounts dffer) of
several ships of the allied fleets. The
last advices from Odessa, received here
per steamer CAnada. wero to April 20
a, which date, although some English
steamers wero in sight. oil was quiet
Consequently the accoun, in the papers
/ thai the city was bombardei for one hour
on the 18Th, is maniseslly incorrect.
LATER.
Prince Woronzoff's palace at Odessa
was entirely destroyed by the lombard
men,. Four English frigales were badly
damaged. A private dispatch states that
the whole of the allied feet LEI. Odessa
on the 26th. and was to cruise off Sebas-
tapol to proven, the egress Of tho Rus
! slams.
Prussia has forbidden priva,eers to en-
ter her harbors. Smallpox had broken
out on board the British ship James Watt
and Sir Charles Napier had caused a mum
Der Of the sailors 10 be vaccinaied
A million of paper roubles are jus. issu
ed at Warsaw.
THE SIEGE OF SILISTRTA.
The important position of SilistIia is
closely invested. bu, telegraphic dis
patch of date 26th says that up to that
time the fortress had suffered no damage.
Accounts from Bucharest. April 10th.
mention that Silistria had beeu hard