The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-02-14

ArrivaI-of the Atlantic!
ENGLISH CABINET BREAKING I
not yet Taken!
RUSSIANS TAKING coURAGEI
New YonK, Feb. 9.

evening OF the 9th. She arrived Out
on the morning of the 22d. She brings
So passengers among them, Hon. N.
F. Upham and family.
The steamship Great Britain arri-
we'd at Liverpool with sS5o,ooo ster-
ling in gold.
Her dates have been anticipated, the
chief interest of the news centers in the
proceedings of the British Parliament,
in which the government has been de-
nounced severely.
Lord John Russell resigned his seat
in the Cabinet, a break up of the min-
istry is talked of.
Vienna Peace Conference will not
meet till the middle of February.
Sevastopol dates are to the 18th no.
thing of moment had occurred.
The Russians had made two s%orties,
but were repulsed with considerable
loss. The weather had been cold, but
at the last dates it was milder. Con
siderable reinforcements were reaching
the allies.
Liprandi had again advanced his out
posts to Schernaya.
Forty thousand Russians with so
guns are said to be at Perekop.
Letters state the flagstaff battery, and
only wanted a favorable opportunity to
blow it up.
Sickness in the camps was increasing.
and Menschikoff is reported to have
said, our troops may rest, Generals Jan
uary, February and March will fight
our battles far better than we can
The Russians had repaired and re-
occupied the quarantine fort.
Gen. Brown was about to resume his
command in the Cremea.
St. Petersburg mercantile letters of
18th Jan are of a pacific character.
The allies are going TO establish a
hospital at Smyrna for 1000 men, and
an establishment for convalescents at
Rhodes. The Russians report numer-
Gus deserters from the allies to the Rus
sian ranks. An Odessa letter of the
9th says:
The Russians will shortly resume the
offensive in the Crimea, having received
the necessary reinforcemeuts. Large
bodies of Russian troops have been or
dered to concentrate themselves at Per
ekop, with a view of attacking Eupati-
ma. 1t was reported at Vienna on the
18th, that a battle had been fought be-
fore Sebastopol, in which the Russians
were victorious, but authentic advices
from Balaklava next day. c%ontradicts it.
It was positively asserted that Omar
Pacha's forces would begin operations
on the 18th January, by advancing uu-
der cover of the artillery of the fleets,
along the coast.
The last of the Turkish convoy left
Varna on the l4th, for Balaklava.
A Constantinople letter says the
French gun-ship, Henry ~, which u
over on Nov. 18th, has been turned into
a fort, and is of great use to the Allies.
New and startling cases of misman-
agement in the British Commisscriat
Department., were coming to light.
A despatch from New Chikoif, dated
18th January, was published in st. Pc
tersburg on the 25th, to the following
effect: The seigc operations do not ad-
vance. Two successful night s%orties,
made on the 18th and 18th, we took IA
English and 9 French prisoners. The
Allies lost a considerable number of
killed. An Arab despatch says that
the Turks are treated with very little
cODSlOefdIloH ny tue-EAilieo.
1 THE DASUBE.-The Patrie saws the
recent passage of the Danube, by the
Russians, has given rise to a demand by
Austria for explanations from Gortsha-
kof, and orders have been sent to Count
Coroninni to prevent the Russians from
recommending a campaign On the Dan
-ube.
rL VI -l-szI- -@-1.I.-a1 Ill H.
ports of the Black Sea, and Sea of Azoff
in a state of strict blockade, and have
captured OF laid m embargo on several
ships laden with provisions for the Rus
SANS.
The screw steamer for the Black Sea.
with a submarine cable connecting Var
ma with Balaklava, had put back to Har-
wick damaged.
The appointment of Ismal Paoha to
the command of the army of Antoria
had produced the best results upon the
troops. The Turks had opened com
munieation with Schanlyl, whost force
numbers 10000. Il
Prince P~eratyuskt, a Pole Lieut.. in
the Russian guard, had deserted to the
Turks,
IH0 uThS nave q TQlDOL-lhhV DI-i
mylisd ead-
The Vienna conference will probably
meet on the sixth of February. Vari-
u rumors are afoat in regard to chan
ges in the plan of negotiating; but lit
tie weight is attached to the supposition.
Russia ipterprets the four points thus
lst. No abolition of the Russian pro-
tectofatc over Noldavia and Wallachia,
these Provinces being placed under the
guarantees of the five powers. I'd. Free
navigation of the Danube. Sd. Rel
sumption of the treaty of 194l, to at
tach more completely the existence of
the Ottoman Empire to the balance of
Europe. 4th. A collective guarantee
of the FIVE powers, for the conservation
and observance of the religious privile-
ges of the different Christian communi-
ties, without distinction or form of wor-
ship.
PRussIA.-Psussia claims a right to
participate in the Vienna conference, in
her capacity of a great European power,
and has sent a protest to the Cabinets
of Vienna, Paris and London, against
any resolutions passed without her par
ticipation in the Conference.
SARDNIA.-The troops furnished by
Sardinia, number 10000 men of all
arms.
The Swedish army is to be placed
en- a war footing.
1t is thought that Prussia viii accede
to the demand of Austria to mobilize
her army, should che be outyoted in the
diet.