Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-05-24
. NEW Yonk. Friday, May 10.

= New York, friday May IL.
The steamer Baltic, with advices from Liv-
lerporl and London TO Saturday the 9Th inst,
aud fr m The Crimea 10 Friday evening the
ilh inst, arrived at this port OF half past five
o'clock this evening. The news by her from
HE seat Of war, though moi Of a decisive char
acteI, is highly interesting.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Richardson, Spence & Co. say the market
for BreadStuffS closed dull, and prices nominal
at The advance. The weather was cold with
a hard frost OH the Sd. The same circular
quotes Beef advancing, with an active de.
mani. Pork less depressed. Bacon better,
with an active demand. Lard firm at 49a5Os'
TAllow less active. Iron declining.
Trade at Manchester dull,
Earrings London Circular quotes American
Stocks inactive, and rate nominal. Sugar 10.
per cwt higher. The money market easy, the
Bank Of England having reduced the rates Of
discount 10 A per cent. &,
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. 81
Advices from the Crimea were received BY
telegraph up 10 Friday evening the 4lh inst,
and dispatches were being received daily by
the government by this means, but only a
small portion of the news thus received was
permitted TO he made public, TIE government
retaining The exclusive use Of The lines.
The allies were gaining ground, and had
taken mos! if not oil the Russian outworks,
together with a large number Of guns and
MUTlarS. The encounters had been frequent
and SancUinary. A large number of Russians
had been taken prisoners. Notwithstanding
theSe advantages, the effects produced 10y this
Donihaldment were not OF such a character az
0 justify an assault, and The bombardment
uf The allies, not having produced the anlici-
pated results, had slackrned of very decided-
iy, for The purpose, ii is stated, of not ex-
~hausllng the ammunition. There can he no
doubt whatever that the situation OF the al
lies was generally regarded. as critical in the
extreme.
Immense Russian forces are reported con-
centratIng in the vicinity OF Sebastopol,
amounting il is ADMITTED d, 10 one bundled thou
sand men.
A most determined attempt had been made
o assaSsinate Louis Napoleon, by an Italian,
while lie was riding out. He fred Two pistols
at him, and his escape is represented as ex-
ceedingIy narrow. The only object Of tie
assassin is said 10 he private peIsoual revenge.
Lord John Russell had returned 10 London
from Viz ma, and the French Minister, D,onyn
lie rliuys, 10 Paris.
Tie British Budget passed both Houses Of
Parliament.
The King OF Prussia is i'll Of fever.
Lord Raglan III an official dispatch admits
hat the commandment OF the allies had not
produced the expected result
The nuaiher Of lie allies killed and wound.
Ell i, rot large.
The impression in England was becoming
iui'e general that the selgt would be aban-
iOned for the present, and that the whole Of
he GeienSeS Of Kamiesch and BaIaklsva
would he left 10 the defense Of a few corps /;
While the main portion Of the armieS would
try and penetrate into The interior, and attempt
10 cut oil The supplies from Sebaslopol, aid
then completely invest The city.
Numerous re endorsements Of the allies
were continually arriving.
The French reserve OF eighty thousand were
near ConslanIinople, and were expecting 10
be sent TO Balaklav0.
The Russian official account of the progress
of The Seige are TO the Gath. 1t ss2s The dan.
ages sustained had n I been heavy, and has
been repaired with promptness and facility,
while The Skirmishes were generally success
Iul. The loss sustained by the garrison from
the 18th to The 18th Of April were seven su.
%balterns, and four hundred and ffly.six men
killed; and six s%Lperio', lhiity-four Subaltern
officers, and eighteen hundred and ninety.
nine men wounded.
Ga the night of The 18th, the English caI.
iuGed the first Russian rife pit, after q dea.
pe.atc encounter, in. which CLl. Graham Fg.
crtOn, The field officer in command. was kill.
Cd. On the ooh an attack was made on the
second Russian rife pit, and it was almost
Immediately abandoned,
According 10 the statement OF two Polish
deScrters, one hundred thousand Russian for
ces were in the vicinity Of Sebastopol, sixty
thousand OF whom had arrived from the forts
at the north side Of the harbor, and had taken
part in The cannonade, carrying The balls clear
into the enemies lines. The telegraph liuts
from London 10 The Crimea were comp!etefs
except q small portion over the Danube, and
dispatches were being received every foIP
hours by the governments but few Of them
were made public, though questions In re-
gard TO the nature of the adyices were be-
ing daily asked in Parliament, but the Minis
terS declared that due dis secession IN juld be-
used in regard 10 the publication OF the newf.
Lord John Russell had again taken o seat
in the House, when he stated the substance
Of The negotiations, and intimsted that tho
protocols should be submitted 10 Parliamen's
On The night of the first Of May sharp en-
gagen.ent occurred. The front and left Of tie
Russian rife pits were attacked and taken,
with eight light mor,arS, and two hundred
The affair is represented as o most
one FOX the allies. On wednesday
night, the I'd inst, the French, under Ger.
PellssIer, attacked the advance works OF The
Quarantine Bastion, and carried them at Tho
point Of The bayon net, taking twelve mor,ars.
and established themselves in the position.-
following Thursday night the Russions
made a Sortie 10 reg"in the possessions but
driven back.
Lord S;rHdrord de Rsdcliff returned 10 Con.
'tontinople on The I'd inst.
Mehemet Ali has been recalled from exile.
The British Baltic feet had left Keil, and
he French fleet was about 10 sail from Cher.
An instruction in Ukarine, in Russia, had
broken out, an1vtwenty landed proprietors,
~ith'their wives and families, had been ces
rOyed.
Late adviceS from St. Petersburg say all Or
.icles of food were up 10 famine prices.
The monthly report Of The British Board Of
rade, including FIVE days less than the cor.
es pondlng period last year, shows q falling
III OF about one million sterling; the greatest
alll1g of is in METALS, owing 10 the DENIM
Sneu demand for iron from The United States.
Sir John Burgoyne before the Roebucx com
nlllee, gave important testimony 10 relation
o the war in the Crimea.
Strong feeling has been manifested through
nj England against The Ministry, and indigo