Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-07-04

of Withdrawing from the municipalities con
sequently the probabilities are that the Rus
sian forces will be SO placed that they can, il
lease of need, be quickly concentrated in Mol
davla, while the siege of Silistria will be carries
ION until either the besieging army be attacke,
&by the allies, or until some occurrence demand
ling their presence further north, shall cause tn
Russians TO retire. Omar Pasha's whole fore,
now numbers LOG, 900 infantry, $4,000 cavalry
and lao guns. We have no recent estimate o
1.-THE Russian strength. M
THE SUMMONS FROM THE GERMAN POWERS
The Paris Moniteur contains the following
ARTICLES:
"VIENSA, June l3.-The Austrian govern
ment congratuates itself upon the results o.
the interview at Teschen.
"The cabinets of Vienna and Berlin arr
agreed as to the reply to be made to the obiec
tons of the conference of Bamberg, and as IL
the means of obviating the difficulties which
those objections excite.
"Colonel Manteuffel is about to set off fol
st. Petersburg, and will be the bearer of 3
despatch from the Prussian cabinet in suppor
of the summons addressed to Russia by Aus
ftria."
The London Tunes correspondent telegraphs
from Vienna, evening l5, ut is not doubted
that Russia has rejected the Austrian sum
mons"
rumor prevails that the Emperor of Aus
Htria had said publicly to the Duke Of Gotha
i give you my word of honor, that if the en-
2perior of Russia does not evacuate the princi
qualities, ! will declare war against him" He
is also reported to have given the duke per
mission to repeat the remark This seems
livery unlikely to be true.
A letter from Berlin, dated June 10, says:
"The king has returned from Teschen. Much
excitement has been caused by the news re.
yceived from Vienna, that the Russians were
Changing their headquarters to Jassy. The
sparty OF the extreme right consider this move
ment as commencement Of evacuation, but
this opinion does not appear to be generally
shared. The Prince of Prussia will receive, al
his chateau Of Babilsberg, near Potsdam, the
Occupations which are to be sent to him from
various points OF the monarchy, the number OF
(which on the 9th amounted to 10. It is not
|yet known whether his royal highness will be
present at the approaching .fetes at Berlin
Asia.
OPERATIONS ON THE CIRcAssIAN Coast
I'VE have no later intelligence from Asia. Adj
|miral Hamelin's despatch narrating the recent
Operations on the Circassan coast is published
lin the Moniteur. From this it appears that the
|fortresses of Anapa and Sujack Bay are the
Ionly ones now retained by the Russians, but in
these they have augmented their garrisons to-
the strength of 10000. affairs have there
fore" (says the admiral) "taken favorable
turn on the coast of Circassia and Georgia q
AT Bardan and other captured places, English
|and French engineers were experimenting the
Reconstruction Of the defences. AT Souchum-
'Kaleh, the Turks found 80 guns, 5000 shot and
shell, several hundred tons of -four, 800 tons
|of coal, and other useful articles.
The following is the account given of the
taking of Redout Kaleh, of which, as yet, only
Imperfect reports have yet come to hand. The
ships under Sir Edward Lyons left SuchumI
|Kaleh at o'clock in the morning of May 18th,
and at midday arrived off Redout- Kaleh. The
Sampson steamer was sent in to take sound
|ings, and found that all the ships could come
within six or eight cables length of the bate
|ries. With the view of taking possession Of the|
place rather than destroying it by lombard
|ment, the ships returned to Choorooksu, and
having there embarked force of Selim Pacha's 81
Turks, returned to Redout- Kaleh, where i'll
was seen that affairs were unchanged on the|
part of the Russians. A message was forth
with sent to the Russian commandment, sum !
uiohihR utti W ouITtuutT W u superior IOrce,
and allowing him ten minutes to decide. The|
officer bearing this missive was courteously re
ceived by a number of officers, whospoke French
fuently, but tho commandment being absouL, heI
was obliged to return at the expiration of Isl
minutes, without reply. The fire from the|
ships Immediately commenced, and the disem-
barkation of troops was proceeded with. The|
forts did not return the FIRE. On landing, the|
troops ran to the fort but found it deserted,
The Russians, as they retreated, burned some|
villages. They had intended to FIRE Suchum-
Kaleh in their retreat from that stronghold Il
but by request Of Michael Cher6ldehidzl,|
Prince Of Abasia, they consented not to do SO,
on condition that his forces would not annoy
them in their retiring.
A letter from Calcutta, April 18th, mentions|
that the British ship of war Spartan, sloops|
Rapid and Lilly, steamship Baracoutia, screw
steamer Rather were at Singapore, with the|
frigate Sybilla on the way from Trincomalee, !
and the sloop Saracen due from England. Id
was considered that the force was more than Al
match for the Russian squadron in those seas.
When the Mary Wood mail-steamer with theI
mails from England approached Woossnq,
China, on the last trip, she found the Russian
ship Printz Menchikoff waiting outside for|
news from Europe, which, having obtained, she|
started, no one knows where, but probably to|
some rendezvous in the north, the captain hav1
ing given out that he was going TO Manila.