The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-01-06
EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.


The British mail steam ship Africa, Cap
Harrison, has arrived ut New York from Lii,
erpool, which port she left on the 18th u!t.
Lord Palnerston has resigned from tn
British Cabinet, in consequence of his indis
position to support Lord John Russell's X,
form Bill 1t was thought in London on tn
18th inst, that Lord John Russell would sue
coed Lord Rlmerston. The Marquis o
Iansdownc, was, also, expected to resign, ant
Lord Panmure had been sent for. Some o
tho London papers intimate that disagree
ment in the Cabinet on the subject of the
Eastern question was the cause of Lord Pal
merston's resignation.
Advices have been received in London that
William Smith O'Brien, the Irish Patriot, had
escaped from Van Dicnnn's Land.
Letters from Bucharest, dated the 9Th inst.
announce suspension of hostiities on the
Danube.
There is strong impression prevalent in
Vienna that the Eastern question will be
satisfactorily adjusted, and diplomatists are
still busy with their notes.
The carnage at Sinopc is said to have been
immense, although Tie affair was not so dis
nstrous to the Turks as at first reported. The
Turks lost eleven ships, not thirteen, of
which three were transports The Russians
lost seven ships, among them two of their
largest. The town of Sinope was totally
destroyed.
Telegraphic dispatches dated Friday night,
the 10th inst, received at Liverpool from
Paris, state that the allied fleets had entered
the Black Sea.
1t is reported that Russian Naval Divi-
sion with 5000 troops on board, had been
rcpulsed at Chefkatil-Fort Nicolai-and
that one Russian steamer had been destroyed,
one frigatc dismastcd, and 1900 Russians
killed.
Another engagement occurred a. Abou be-
tween two Turkish steamers, and Russian
frigate and brig, the latter of which was with
drawn in n shattered condition.
An engagement is also reported to have
taken place in the Black Sea, between some
Russian vessels and three Turkish steamers,
in which two of the Turkish vessels escaped,
and the third was blown up by her Captain
rather than surrender.
The Russians fired into Turkish brig near
Odessa and sunk her, and all on board
persisted
Ten powerful Turkish steamers left the
Bosphorus on the afternoon of the ed inst.
Four of the allied steamers have gone to
Constantinople.
The Defeat ut Sinopc caused great sen.
sation at Constantinop'e, and Grand Divan
WINS held, at which all the foreign ministers
were present.
The Russian manifesto Of the lst Of No
vembcr had also caused IN immense excite
mcnt.
The Greek Government was taking severe
precautionary measures.
1t was reported ut Vienna on the 18th inst,
that the combined Russian and Persian army
were about to march on Erzeroum.
The Russian Consul in Scrvia having de-
nounccd Prince Alexander Of Servia rs the
secret adhcrcnt OF the Porte, the elders in the
various districts met and resolved to watch
his movements, and talk of recalling from
exile Prince Adrcn Eiyilsch.
1t is reported that Rod:envitsch, the Sec
retary of Prince Gortschakofi, had been shot
ut st. Petersburg, in consequence Of having
been detected in corresponding with the
Turks.
An instruction is stated 10 have broken
ont in Russian Armenia.
The Russians had gained n battle on the
Armenian frontiers, in which four thousand
Turks were killed. The Turks, however,
had been generally successful, and had cap
tured the important fortress of Alexandrapol
al Gumri in Russian Armenia.
Schamyl, the Circassian leader, and Selim
Pacha, were gradually approaching each
other, taking fortrcsscs on their line Of march.
The former had taken six, after hard fighting
and heavy losses on both sides, and had de.
feated fifteen thousand Russians under Cen
eral Orlanof.
Prince Woronzoff was surrounded at Tells,
the capital city of Georgia, in Asiatic Russia,
and his retreat cut off by the Turks.