Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-05-21
SEVEN DAYS
LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRITAL OF THE BALTIC.


100000 bales at an advance of l.Sd. Flour
advanced Is.
The Bank of England had reduced the rate
of interest to per cent.
The WAR-Ihe siege of Sebastopoi was
! progressing, and the Allies were apparently
| gaining ground. The bombardment howev-
er, had slaekened If not entirely ceased, in
order not to exhaust the ammunition.
Lord Raglan admits that it has not produced
| the result looked for. The list Of casualties
| to the Allies was not heav-.
The general impression in England appears
| to be that the siege will be abandoned for the
present. and that while Kamiesch and Balak-
| lava are left to the defence of few corps, the
main portion of the allied troops will pene-
trate into the interior, and cut off the supplies
| from Sebastopol, an then completely invest
| the town.
Numerous achievements were constantly
reaching the allies.
The Russian official accounts are to the oath
| of April, and represent the damage sustained
as of little account, and actively repaired dur
ing the night, while the skrmishes are gener-
| ally successful. The loss sustained by the
garrison from the llth to the 10th Of April is
set down at Z subalterns and 433 men killed,
and superior and "a subaltern officers, and
| 1899 men wounded.
on the night of the 18th, after a most desper-
ate encounter, in which Colonel Graham
| Egerton, the field officer in command. was
killed.
On the goth, an attack was made on the
second rifle pit, and it was almost Immediate
| ly abandoned.
According TO the statements Of Two Polish
| deserters. there are 100, 900 Russian troops in
the vicinity. 10000 Of whom have arrived at
Sebastopol.
The English alone fired 200 tons of shot,
and SOC tons of powder; so that the total
consumption of the allies for the week proba-
bly, amounted to 6000 tons of shot and 1900
tons of powder.
The telegraph between London and the Cri-
mea was perfect, except a portion across the
Danube.
Dispatches reached the British government
in few hours, but were not generally com.
municated to the public, although nightly
questions were asked in Parliament as to the
news. The Ministers had declared that they
should exercise due discretion in it's pubHca-
ton.
The Vienna negotiations are of course at an
end.
Lord John Russell had roappeared in his
seat III Parliament, and NJ. Drouyn de Lhuys
had returned to Paris.
Lord John Russell stated the substance OF
the negotiations, and intimatcd that the
Protocols would soon be submitted to Parlia-
ment.
The following are the latest dispatches from
the seat of war.
A sharp engagement took place OIL the night
of the irst OF May, in front and left attack,
the whole of the Russian rifle pits " ere ia
ken, with eight mortars and two hundred pris-
oners, The whole affair was brilliant for the
Allies.
On Wednesday night, May 3D. the French
under Gen. Pellissier attacked the advanced
works of the Quarantine Bastion, and carried
them at the point Of the bavonet. taking
twelve mortars from the Russians, and e,tab.
fishing themselves in the conquered position.
The following night the Russians made sor-
lie to regain the position, but after a sanguiu-
AIRY engagement were driven back
The British Baltic fleet had left Kiel. and
the French feet were about to sail from Cher
bourgh.
The King of Prussia was i'll with fever.
the instruction in tie Ukraine, Russia had
extended to three other governments Tween
ty landed PROJECTORS. with their wives and
families, had been destroyed.
AT st. Petersburgh, every article of con-
sumption, was at famine price. A few cases
of cholera had occurred at Maalak
u
Persian frontier.
Baiazid is reported to be in the hands of the
Russians.
GREAT BRrTAiN,-The bill for loan of
&l6,000, 900 was read third time, and uass
ed on. the night of the LIST by the House of
Commons, and OH the same night was order
ed to be committed to the House OF Lords.
Metals have experienced the greatest de.
cline, owing to the diminished demand for
iron tor railway purposes in the United StaVes.
Sir John Burgoyne was before the Roebucll
Committee, and gave some important evidence
in regard to the conduct of the war in the
Crimea.
The budget has virtually passed both
Houses, with but little opposition and little
modification.
Throughout the country a strong feeling
against the ministry is manifested. Indigna-
ton meetings regarding the conduct of the
war have been held in Derby, Sheffield. and
other places. and meeting OF the inhabtants
Of London will be held, at which an admins
tratiye reform association is proposed to be or
gained. Similar meetings, prompted by the
principal men Of all political parties, are to be
held Ill Liverpool and other towns.
FRANCE.-The Emperor Of the French had
narrow escape from assassination on tho
evening Of the 2Sth ult., while on his way to
join the Empress in their usual evening ride
in the Champs Elysees. The Emperor was
accompanied by the officers of the household,
and when near the Barriere de l. Etoile, he
was approached by a well dressed man, with
an action ntimating a desire to present pc
| tition, He had advanced to within five or
| six PAGES of the Emperor, who had not dis
| covered him, when he was noticed by po-
| lceman, who, thinking it was the intention
OF the stranger to present some document to
| the Emperor, advanced quietly TO inform him
| that such an act in the street was strictly for
hidden AS the policeman was proceeding
| towards the man, cab was driven rapidly
between them, and i'll the interval the individ-
ual had drawn double barrelled pistol, and
aiming point blank at the Emperor, discharg.
ed both barrels, but without effect He was
| Immediately seized by the police, but not I'M
| til he had drawn another pistol, and made
| another attempt TO shoot. 1t is said that one
of these balls grazed the Emperor hat. The
| would-be assassin is an Italian named Piano.
| ri, and was a volunteer in Garabaldi's army.
He was in London While the Emperor was
making his visit, and would have made the
attempt then if it had not been prevented by
the great concourse Of people. The Emperor
| proceeded with his ride and visited the opera
| Comique with the Empress in the evening,
where he was greeted by an immense outburst
| OF loyalty and enthusiasm.
Pianozi is i'll close imprisonment, and in a
terrible state Of excitement from the effects of