Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1855-05-10
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The Collins steamship Atlantic, Captain
West, from Liverpool, April %, arrived at
Sandy Hook on Friday.
The new British loan was taken up.
The Emperor Napoleon, accompanied by
the Empress, has been a week in England
immensely glori6ed
England assents to Louis Napoleon TAX
ing the command of the allied army IN the
Crimea. This is regarded as doubtful ru-
NOR, however.
The Vienna Conference has broken OF after
the twelfth session.
The twelfth Conference was held on Satur-
day. the 2Ist of April. 1t lasted four hours
and half, and concluded by adiourning sine
de- Lord John Russell and NJ. Drouyn de
L'Huys Immediately took leave of the En-
peror, and were to leave on Sunday, the 25d.
1t now remains to be seen what course Aus
tria will pursue.
Russia had absolutely refused the assent to
the Limitation of her power in the Black Sea,
but offered the maintenance of Turkish ar
mament equal to her own on the waters of
the Black Sea, providing the fleet of no other
nation have the right of entree.
France and England, after vainly insisting
on the unconditional reduction of the Russian
power, admitted that the propositions Of Rus
STA were worthy of consideration, the more
SO, that Austria had definitely refused to sec
ond the Western powers in their humlliatlng
demands of the Gar.
Prince Gortschakof1-s instructions arrived
at Vienna on Sunday, 18th, and the confer
ence was held on Tuesday, the 18th. After
four hours conference, the Russian Plenipo-
tentiaries left, and the allies remained in ses-
sion an hour longer.
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the allies on the third point, but made counter
propositions.
At the 10th conference, on Tuesday, 18th
April, Prince Gortschakoff announced that
Russia will not assent to reduce her power in
the Black Sea, nor TO have the sea opened to
all fleets. Russia would, however, propose
that the Black Sea be a closed sea to all
fleets, with the exception of Russia and Tur-
key, those two powers to maintain ornaments
of equal strength on its waters. These pro-
posas were viewed by the Plenipotentiaries
as worthy of consideration on the lIth, and it
was supposed a final conference met on
Thursday, 10th of April
Dismissing the thousand and one rumors,
we believe that the only circumstance the pub
lie know is that France and England drew up
their demands as 10 the third point in a specif-
ic form, and communicated them to the Pen-
potentiaries of the other powers. Ii rests
there.
Austria refuses to support the allies. All
hopes of Austria taking the field against Rus
sin appears to be at an end for the present.
Among the conflicting rumors, that which
appears to bear the most consistency was that
Austria refuses 10 demand from Russia any
concessions further than these three
LIST. The Russian fleet in the Black Sea to
remain in stdtu quo. tit Is said at present TO
consist of three ships of the line and four
steam frigates.
I'd, The Western Powers TO have Consuls
at Sevastopol. who are to be under the imme-
date protection of their Ministers residing at
St. Petersburg.
Sd, The allies have the right to construct
war ports on some part of the Turkish coast
The War. Fire from all the French and
English batteries was opened upon Sevasio-
POI on the 9th On the 10Th both French and
English regarded the bombardment as efec-
tive, but nothing decisive had occurred 10 war
rant a conclusion as TO the immediate ISSUE
The French left batteries had made a breach
IN the indented wall. The two fronts of the
last erected Russian battery were much in
Jured, and one of the Russian works of coun-
ter, approached near the Careerlng Harbor,
was slIeHced- During the first two days the
beslegers' FIRE was superior to that of the city.
The progress of events is thus narrated
Fram St. Petersburg, April 18th, we have
despatch wherein Prince Gorlschakoff an
RouRces that at five O'Clock on the morning of
the 9th of April, the allies opened cannon
ade from all their batteries, which lasted until
evening, and was carried on in a lesser de-
gree throughout the night. On the 10th, the
bombardInent was resumed. The Russians
replied with success causing considerable
loss TO the besiegers, with loss 10 the garri-
son of 1913 killed and wounded
The fleets were in line of battle before Sc
vastopol.
Prince Gortschakoff on April 18th reports
from Sevastopol, 'that the bonbardment of the
city continues without interruption, and that
the damages are repaired during the night
Sevastopol is to-day in almost the same state
Of defence as on the 9th. The loss sustained
by the garrison, considering the tremendous
fire of the enemy, is but small. Canroberi
telegraphs on the 18th that the fire continues
undated, chiefly BY artillery, but engineers
are operating, and have established us with
the French) much nearer the place.,
Other reports say that the loss of life was
very great on both sides. A council of war
has been held, at which it was decided to con-
tinue the fire one week, and then make the as
sault.
There is nothing new from other parts of
the Crimea.
Operations for strengthening the Russian
forts in the Baltic are going forward with
great activity, and there are 10000 troops
concentrated in the Russo Baltic provinces.
Most of the British advanced squadron was
detained in the Great Belt by ice.
Two thousand laborers were employed In
II H. &. &
stadt, Sweaborg, Helsingfor, Revel, Weiberg
and other fortresses on the Baltic, which have
been provisioned for eighteen months, and
ships laden with rocks have been sunk at the
entrance of the harbors.
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