Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-06-14

the 26th ult., arrived at this port at 4 O'Clock
this afternoon.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
The Liyerpool Circular of Milligan & Evans
saws the Cotton market was in a very excited
condition, with an extraordinary active specu-
lation and export demand; the sales OF the
week footing up $4,000 bales, OF which
spectators took 5000 bales; prices further
advanced u @Nd, the market closing active
and buoyant, the sales on Saturday reaching
5000 bales, of which 10000 bales were
taken by spectators The quotations are
New Orleans fair, ESD; New Orleans mid
ding, 61sd; Upland fail, Sad.
The adyices from Manchester are more
favorable.
The market for Breadstufs continued dull,
and rates nominally unchanged. Western
Canal Flour is quoted at 40@42 and Ohio at
45s@ 45s. Cd; White Wheat lbs. 6d@ Us Sd.
The provision market firm, and prices were
slightly higher, closing steady. Lard was
steady at the last quotations.
Sugar and Coffee were firm, but the market
closed dull.
Iron was in active demand. Pig had
slightly advanced.
Barring & Brothers say of the London Money
market, under date Of Saturday morning,
Nav 26: "The money market is easy. Uni
ted States securities are in good demand, and
prices generally better. Consols advanced =
per cent this morning. closing at 9l34
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.
The adyices, though interesting, are not Of
startling importance.
The Vienna Conference will probably be
again opened.
The general aspect of affairs Of the allies
before Sebastopol is unchanged, though there
has been some hard fighting
Gen. Pellissier contemplates an attack on
the Russians in the field.
The motion of a want of confidence in the
English Ministers was not successful In the
House of Commons.
The latest advices from the Crimea, saw an
engagement took place before the Flagstaff
Battery, in which the French destroyed the
Russian outworks.
The Conferences at Vienna, it was reported,
would reopen on Monday, the 18th ult-
Count Buol had an interview with Lord
Westmorland, at which Bourgoney suggested
that the members of the Conference would
again meet, but the French and English Min
isters could not give reply. 1t is said that
if they again meet, Buol will attempt to ar
range the third point"
The Berlin papers report the following as
the proposals made by Austria to settle the
third point
That Russia and Turkey settle between
themselves the number of ship each shall
keep in the Black Sea that England and
France keep each ten ships there and that
Turkey shall not conclude treaty with Rus
STA without first submitting it to France and
England.
According to the Vienna papers, the first
meeting of the members Of the Conference
was TO be held on the Goth, at which the
Russian Plenipotentiary was not to be present;
the second meeting was 10 be held on the
Monday following when the Russian Minis
ter was TO participate.
Certain explanations given in the British
Parliament by Lord Palmerston. in regard to
those meetings, would indicate that they were
only preliminary.
The Austrian Envoy was to leave Vienna
Immediately for Frankfort, to urge the mob
ilization Of the German federal forces, and it
is reported that Austria had sent several cir
culars to all the German courts, insisting that
each shall specify distinctly the line Of con
duct it proposes to follow
The appointment Of General Pellissier to
the command Of the French forces in the Cri-
mea was immensely popular and operations
on a grand scale were confidently looked for.
il was surmised that he would make bold
attempt to cut off Lagrandi's army. 1t is
stated that Omar Pasha offered to take and
hold Simpheropol with the Turks, il the
French would support his advances
The secret expedition had again sailed, but
its destination was unknown.
The recent arrival of three French divi-
sions swells the allies force in the Crimea to
two hundred thousand-say one hundred and
twenty thousand French, thirty thousand
English, forty thousand Turks. and eleven
thousand Sardinians.
The correspondent of the London Tines,
writing from the Crimea, says the army was
well supplied with not only all the necessa-
ries, but the Inquiries of life Some fever and
cholera still fingered.
There was spirited attack on the 10th,
with considerable loss on both sides it was
reported on the night Of the nth; on the
night of the 18th, sortie was made on the
left attack Of the English lines, when the
Russians charged up TO the British trenches,
and some of them leaped over the parapets
and were bayoneted. One hundred Of the
English, including captain, were placed
hOrs de combat.
On the 18th, Gortschakoh' telegraphed as
follows:
"The enemy's fire is weak, and our loss is
moderate; both parties are repairing and erect
ing batteries. A severe battle was fought
last night before the walls"
Gen. Pellissier telegraphs under date OF
the oath nit:
Eve made an assault on an out position oil
of the Russians, which lasted all night, We
obtained complete success The Russian
loss was enormous, and ours considerable"
The Pars Pdtrie gives further particular
of this affair 1t says on the night of the
22d the French attacked the Russian en-
trenched camp near bastion, and again or
the night of the sd, when they carried it by
assault. The same paper of Saturday morn
ing has dispatch from Gen. Pellissier, unde
date of the 25th, stating that the French had
occupied a large place, ddrniie, between the
Central Bastion and the sea shore, the enemy
having had enormous losses the day previous
coded moie easily.
MdlcWskl, III MS circular 10 lDe ffencI
agents abroad, answers Nesselrode's last note
The French fleet left Kielon on the 23d Il
join the English.
The cruisers had brought several prizes in
to Elsinore
The bulk of the English feet was at Mar
gen.
Official information had reached the Bri
fish Consul at Elsinore that the Russian gov
eminent had ordered all the ships-of-war a
Cronstadt to be sunk, except eight liners.
AdviceS from St. Petersburg TO the lot
ult., say that all the fortified harbors in tn
bay of Finland had been placed in state c
seige The Austrian squadron was about t
leave Trieste, TO rendezvous at Salamash
The mortality in the Austrian army in Gal
) lacia continued awful Fifteen thousand ha
died, and twenty-three thousand were in th
hopitals.
Lord Palmeston stated that the proclama
ton, declaring martial law in the Principal
ties, only referred to persons inducing Au:
TRAN soldiers 70 desert