Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1854-05-31
TELEGRAPH NEWS.
HALIFAX. MAY 94--9

The Royal steamship America, Capt Long,
from Liverpool on the 18th, arrived this evening
and sailed at st for Boston, where she will be
due at an early hour on Thursday evening.
The lates! negotiations for an alliance, oflen-
sive and defensive between Sweden and the AL
lied powers are said to have progressed favor
ably, and that they are on the point of being
concluded. tits also contidentialIy stated in Pa
sthat Spain, Portugal and Piedmont are willing
to join the Western Powers to supply coptn.
gent. Hanover has declared against Venice let
tiers of marquee The Paris Moniteur announces
that Austria is about to do likewise.
The Arab Chief Yessup, with 1000 followers,
has embarked for Turkey.
Fourteen Russian merchantmen have been
captured in the Black Sea- Admiral Dundas has
proposed an exchange of prisoners A new
French loan of 100000 francs is talked of.
A correspondent of the London Timesa at Carl
skrna, Sweden, writes, on the 4th of May, that
an English frigate was reported ashore in the
vicinity of Reul
Paris, Thursday.
The Bourse wastirm to-day. The funds close
at $66,45 $92,9O. The national discount Of
fees had lowered the rates of discount one per
cent.
Odessa, May 10.
The inhabitants are beginning to return to
town, and places of business are open again.-
The banks have removed some distance from
town. The bank Of England on the 18th, raised
the rate of discount to 81 per cent and the bank
of France has reduced the rate to per cent
Since February the bullion has increased $4,-
100000 in the bank Of France, and decreased
the same amount in the bank of England. Off
cial accounts are now at hand Of the lombard
ment of Odessa. AS surmised, the affair was far
from successful. The English accounts report
the attacking force as consisting Of the English
steamers Sampson, Terrible, Niger Retrbution,
Furious, and the French steamers Magadar,
Beaubon, Descartes and Cation. Also, detacll-
ments of English rocket boats. The steamers
continued for IL hours to sail around in circle
OF half mile in diameter, 200 yards from the
batteries, and each steamer endeavoring to fire as
it passed.
The rocket boats continued to throw "a
pound rockets to set the shipping on fire. The
steamers also continued to throw red hot shot.
The Russians fought with extreme bravery re-
plying to the fire Of the ships. Towards night
the battery becoming untenable its fire became
slower, though regular and at length the ship
ping in the rear being on fire it was senced.-
During the CESSATION the red hot shot from the
steamer Terrible blew up the Russian magazine
on the imperial mart and silenced formidable
battery. Three Russian frigates in the harbor,
took fire and burned to the waters edge, also
IL smaller ships and ships of war. The rock
cts also set fire to the lower part of the city and
burned for Q days. Three Of the attacking
ships were disabled. The Beaubien was set on
fire but was extinguished. The British estimate
their loss at less than 20 killed and 60 wound
ed. The British Admiral after the action sent
a circular to the fleet that he had inflicted ret
Iibuton on the Russians for firing on flag Of
truce.
The Russian accounts look as little like truth
as the British. Russia says that on March Goth
the British steamer Furious approached Odessa,
and two guns without balls were fred from the
battery, and the steamer ordered not to ap-
proach nearer, and the steamer therefore stop
ped and sent boat ashore with flag of truce.
The boat was allowed to land at the wharf, when
it was sent back to the Furious with the inform
alton that the British Consul had left. The Fu-
rious, however, again got up steam, and APP
preached nearer, as if to survey, when the bate
ries fired seven shots, not on the boat with the
flag of truce, but on the advancing frigate,
which then left. On the I'd of April, 3 of the
allied steamers came to Odessa to demand an
explanation General Austihpacken expressed
In writing, MS surprise that the allleu a0mlrals
should imagine that the Russian shots were at
the flag of truce, explained how affairs were,
and of course refused to deliver up the shipping
in the harbor, as commanded by the admiral
accordingly the bombardment took place. 1t
was reported that for the present the admirals
had abandoned their intention of attacking Sc
bastopol. The repor: of the ship Badear of
the steam ship seen on the 21st April, is refuted,
bu: with this important addition: The Baldear
steered to the spot and saw large quantities of
buiscuit and boxes where the steamer was first
seen.