The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-05-08
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aniaVorseie 10 the Russians. The Russisns sny
prised, responded slowly. the Flagstaff and CO...
zen batteries excepted. These doubled their Are
up 20 noon, when the superiority was on our ala
At o'clock the fire of the Mamelou WA siIennaS'
and only four guns were fired from the Ro,,nd
Tower. The Redan continued to fire six annsM
The French have silenced the Flagstaff Battery"
According to a letter from Kaniesch. in tba
Noareitiste of Marseilles, the French and EnrIi.h
batteries, on opening the fire, had $50 guns In nosi.
lion, aud ammunition for $50, 900 rounds
Gen. Blot, French engineer, had been killed
Russian Admirais kornilof, Istomine and Metliu
have been killed and Pamiotf and Nachimoff
died OF camp disease since the siege commenced
From the London Times of the Odd
THE AusTRlAss IN THE PRiNCIPALlTIEs.
private letter gives the following account Of the
An Austrsn officer, on the 18th March, saw at a
window a lady, whose beauty attracted him. and he
,or'hw.h entered the house and demanded admit
lance to expei the intruder Fer husband came and
addressed the Austrian, but too ciVilly: "Whet do
you want heref do not know you-you are not bill.
my wife"
Without word. tn, Austrian drew his sword and
stabbed the husband to the heart Much excitement
ensued. Come of the bystaLjers went to Iod ae
formal complaint with the oce; Others sent intel
gence to the Turkish commander at Kslafat, who
iost no time in ssading to Krajovs bsttaon of in
fantry and squadron Of cavalry and artillery. A
crowd procai ded the Austrian General to demand
tue dfIest the oHohqeF. inc Generals DIV yyaa
bIief. but TO the point: go to the devil, WINS
punish my soldiers for such fellows as you ]"
THIS brutal reply reused the indignation of the
assemtled in the Streets crying death to the Aus.
tIiaIs. They are but ons against four! We woa't
submit TO DO slaughtered like tae people of Bucha
reat!, general riot enaued and the citizsus
armed with sticks, iron bars aud axes ana
quito desla every Austrian they met. The Aus.
TRANS, on heir side, turned out and attacked the
people, killing 40 persons in the first charge Al this
Juncture tAe national 9ens daraes and the Roulnan
soldiers attacked the Austans. and after fierce sht
drove thea at the point of the bsyonet out of the
city, where they yet remain encamped In the fields
The Official statements return 247 killed on both
sides The excitement continues, and the citizens
have not rs-opened their stores They demand ius.
tice and are about to send deputation to Constan.
tnople to seek it from the Sultan.
FRANCE.
Previous TO setting out to England the Emperor
received the Deputies of the Tuilleries, and made
them a speech, In which he said
believe shall express your sentiments by
assuring the Government of her Majesty the Queen
OF Great Britain, that you appreciate, as do, all
1--WE all desire peace, but on honorable condi.
lions, and on such conditions only. If we are to
continue the war, count upon your loyal support
Cries of yes 'yestI
NJ Ducos, Minister OF Marine, died at Paris on
the 7th. Admiral Hamelin succeeded him
Hon. Robert NJ McIane, u s Minister TO China
who ID visit to Paris, had been confined to his
room for several days by indsposition, but on the
ride out, and would soon leave for China.
8 G Goodrich, late u. s. consul at Paris. and
family, had returned to France from Italy DR..
Holland, of Houston, Texas had also returned to
Paris, from tour through Germany and Switzer-
land. DR.. E. Warren, of N. Carolina was ia Paris
previous to the 14th ult
The Paris Moniteur publishes the conclusion of
Louis kapoleon's History of the Crimean cam
Austrian alliances as a sufficient recompense for
all the disasters with which the military operations
of the allies have been attended. Stocks fell so
centimes on the publication of this article after five
days OF successive tails, OF over franc In ALL
SPAIN. $3.50. -.
The Madrid journals of the 10Th state that con.
siderable agitation had prevailed during the few
days previous but 1t had entirely ceased though
by way of precaution, the guard of the palace of
the Cortes was considerably increased, Ii was
reported that the Minister of the Interior had rer
signed, and that the Minister of Justice intended
to follow h is example.
NJ Alonzo, formerly Minister of Justice Is dead.
On the 18th the Cortes approved budget of
civil list, granting to the Queen % 600 600 reals
to the King 100000 reals; the Princess of Astu-
rias 900 900 reals and the Duchess de Montpen.
sier SOC, 600.
II Ia stated In letter from ST. Petersburg In the
Gas of Crscow, that all the bridges in the lower
part of the Neya, have though In granite been de-
stroyed and cast into the river 10 order to prevent
large vessels from ascending.
The konigsberg Gazette says:-"We have re-
ceived intelligence from Riga to the 10Th, which
states that 1000 men, composed partly of soldiers
and partly of mdn sentenced to imprisonment Tor
various offences, were employed constantly in for.
flying the port OF Dunamunde. The works there
have now been very nearly terminated, and every
day heavy artillery arriving from the interior
to arm the fortress and the other works erected
along the coast"
"a letter from Archangel states that the Govern
or has Notwithstanding the severity of the winter
which still prevailed there when the letter was
written in the middle OF March, caused strong bat
teries to be established on the neishboring coast
and has fortified the convent of Solowesko Ia such
a formidable way TO place the port out of the
reach of all danger. The fire of the new works Is
combined with that of the fortress 10 such manner
as to expose vessels 9th enemy to terrible cross
fire. Large stores of ammunition have been col.
lected at the fortress of Novodwinsk not far from
Archangel. and sledges were occupied every day
in conveying powder and proectiles to the convent
of Solowefkoi and to the new batteries
ENGLAND.
In addition to the account of Napoleon's visit to
England already given, we have the fact that con-
excitement was caused ia London by a
report that French refugee had attempted to
shoot the Emperor while returning to Buckingham
Palace ltturned out, however, tn at the man had
only attempted to throw letter into the carriage.
He was, OF course, Immediately arrested. Several
persons said to be Chartists, were arrested for
gathering a crowd and circulating handbills Of the
following description during the Imperial progress
through London
"England.s Diserace-Ihe Real Day of Huns;lia.
tion-Louis Napoleon. =
The murderer the oath. breaker the destroyer
OF the French and Italian Republics: who bribed
the soldiers to massacre the peaceful citizens upon
the Boulevards. exiled the best men of France
and paved his way to power with the corpses of
upofensive men, women and children, Is coming
to Eagland EnglishmeD, do your dutyl" -
SUTHERLAND. +l4a
The Helvetic government was officially informed
the 9th instant, BY Austria, that the bloch ade
maintained for the last two years along the from.
tiers OF Lombardy had been raised on that day, 10
consequence of the ratification by the Cabinet of
Vienna of the convention concluded at Milan on
the 18th ult, between Austria and the canton of
Ticino.
sweden
The present feeling In Sweden Is said to be,
tina, strict neutrality ought TO be preserved until
the allied powers secure 10 Sweden some material
advantages In the event OF q successful campaign.
TURKEY. ssk gt#5FaE ls
Correspondence from the British hospital at
Scutari mentions Q rapid decrease Of disease.-
Medical stores were pouring In In the most random
protusion.
The annual caravan OF pilgrims was about to set
out from Constantinople for Mecca
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