The Shasta courier., 1855-02-10
From Europe.
SEVEN DAYS LATER.


By the Uncle Sam We have Liverpool dates TO
the 29th Dec. We avail ourselves of the STATE
Journals summary of the most interesting items.
1t will be seen that the various Governments.
now and heretofore neutral, are fast being drawn
into the strife between the Allies and the Cxar.
and the chances for general European war are
rapidly increasing.
No change has taken place at Sebastopol Re-
| Inducements amounting in all to 5000 men had
been received by the Allies, by Dec lSth and
5000 Turks had landed at Eupatora.
The French had mounted three batteries on
the shore.
On the night of the 9th, the Russians evacua-
ted the redoubts at Balkalava, and carried with
them IS pieces of artillery.
By the 18th the damages done by the rain TO
the Allies works had been repaired.
1t is said that the Russians have removed part
OF their artillery to the ships, 90 of which are
equipped for sea. Sortes take place frequently,
but the Russians were generally repulsed. Gen.
MenschikoH was sick, and the command had de.
volved on Ostensacken.
The Cars sons have returned to ST. Peters
burgh. The Car is concentrating troops around
Moscow and the Austrian frontier, locking. il is
said, to the possibilities of decided rupture
with Austria.
A ukase, dated atSt. Petersburgh, pronounces
death as the punishment of numbering wounded
soldiers on the field of battle.
The Royal assent was given to the bill for the
enlistment of foreign soldiers, on the 2Sh of
December. After which both houses adjourned
to 23d of January.
The Government is becoming decidedly un-
popular. The Times attacks it with unmeasured
severity, and change of ministry may be ex.
pected.
On the Goth instant the Emperor Napole IN
opened the French chambers with speech He
holds out no prospect of peace, and calls for a
loan of SOC, 1000, 900 francs, which was voted by
the legislative body. The speech was well re-
ceiyed by all parties, but depressed the fnnds
A story is circulated that $4,000 Spanish vol.
unteers are to be placed at the disposal of the al
lies by the government OF Spain
Mr.. Soule present at sitting of the
chamber, In which the sale of Cuba was dis
cussed. The Spanish government refused to adj
nit the principle that the flag covered the goods
carried under it.
Musedom, Prussian Envoy, had arrived in
London, and speculation was rife on the subject
of his mission. 1t was supposed by those best
informed, to be only to watch events.
A conference was being held at Vienna. at the
rooms OF Lord Wes,moreland, who was i'll, be-
tween the representatives of the Great Powers
A correspondent of the Times, writing from
Turin, gives an interesting review of the present
complicated state of Italian politics, and notices
the renewed activity OF the revoluionists for the
promotion of their objects.
1t is limited that the States are full of Russian
agents. who, it is alleged, stimulate the Mazzinia
party to action, and actually afford funds
In commercial and financial affairs there had
been no change of importance.
The following from the London Times. in re.
ference to Lord Reglan, is severe:
There isno use Disgusting the matter. We are
not speaking from our correspondence only We
are not saying what we think alone We saw on
the evidence of every letter that has been re-
ceived i'll this country, and we echo the opinion
OF almost every experienced soldier and well
informed gentleman, when we say that the no.
blest army England ever sent from these shores
has been sacrificed to the grossest mismapase-
ment 1ncompetency, leihargy, aristocratic
hauteur, official Indifference favoritism ner.
verseness and stupidity, reign revel and riot in
the camp at Sebastopo, i'll the harbor of Bala-
klava, in the hospitals of Scuari and how mucb
nearer home we do not mean to saw We saw il
with the EXTREMIST reluctance. No one sees or
hears anything of the Commander-in- Chief Of
ficers who landed the 14th November have
been necessarily engaged in all the operations
OF the sege, are not even acquainted with the
place Of their commander.
The Crimea.
CoNsrANT1NoPLE Dec. 20-It is confidently
asserted that the resolution has bean adopted to
storm Sebnstopol, as soon the Tuokish rein
forcements come up. The French, it is said, are
to storm, while the British and Turks attack
Menschikoh
There is a report that Omar Pacha has written
to the Sultan, making it a condition of his ac-
cepting the command, that he shall have two
votes in the Council of War, in order to prevent
his being over voted by Lord Reglan and Can
robert.
VIENNA, Dec. % "A dispatch from Warsaw
announces that the Russian naval artillery had
been taken out of the Baltic fleet, and had ar
rived at Sebastopol and that to their presence Ia
due the recent position of the fire from Sebas-
topo, as well as the new found boldness of the
feet.
Another dispatch from Vienna, states that at
the conference held in that capital on the 28th
notes were exchanged between the representa-
tiyes of the other Allied powers defining the
sense In which their cabinets understood the four
points proposed as conditions of peace. Prince
Gortchakaff, it is understood, demanded time to
obtain the instructions of his Government
From Spain there is report that the subject
OF Cuba is being considered by the Minister
The King of Naples is Jesuite.
From India assurances given that Dost
Mohommet, the ruler of the Affghanistan, and
| into friendly communication with the English
Government
The accounts of the state of the Allied fleets
before Sebastopol, given at length by the cor
respondents of the London journals, are very
unfavorable Great distress and suffering exist.
Sebastopol is four times better fortified than a,
the commencement of the siege.
On the 9TH of January there was terrible
storm at Aspinwall. A schooner sunk between
the wharyes The brig White Squall was ashore
among the breakers, and had signal of distress
flying. The United States Mail steamer North
Star was compelled to put out to sea. The
steamer from New Orleans was obliged to put
out to sea again. The wharyes of the Mail r.