Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-03-27

In addition to the foreign news We gave yester-
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'sFef NEW YoRx, March Ia e.
The steamship Pacific reached her dock q little
before O'Clock this morning, bringing Liverpool
dates of Tuesday, Feb. 81, and 81 passengers. |
The Palmerston Ministry had fallen to pieces,
Graham, Gladstone and Herbert having resigned,
ostensibly on account of the passage Of Mr.. Roe
bucks motion for committee to enquire into the
Encouragement of the war. Private squabbles in
the Cabinet are also believed to have been the
cause. Rumor says the Roebuck party will not
rest satisfied without the impeachment of Lord
Raglan and one or more of the ex-ministers.
Palmerston is much troubled in reconstructing
Cabinet, and had not fully completed it. Lord
John Russell takes the COLONEL Secretaryship as
a stop-gap, but completes his mission to Vienna.
Rumor gives Lord Mgin a seat in the cabinet as
member of the Board Of Control. The Earl Of
Carlyle is to be the Viceroy of Ireland. The new
Exchequer is Mr.. Lewis, an untried man.
1t is stated but not confirmed, that Tuscany has
Joined the Western. powers, but Naples has not.
Affairs before SebastOpOl were unchanged. A
battle has been fought before Eupatoria on the
17th.. -.el,e
Gen. Liprandi, witha force about equal or per-
haps few thousand superior to the Turks, attack
ed them and after four hours firing, retired beyond
the range of the shell of the English ships, the
Turks not pursuing. Omar Pacha commanded,
ube. .t.t.. 4 t,5,
Lord Raglan is said to have resigned to avoid
recall. The Earl of Lucan, and some other officers
have been invited to resign.
Joseph Hume is dead-much respected and re-
GREETED. $50 . .'N az
Sir Charles Wood takes Sir James Graham's
place as Lord of the Admiralty. The proceedings
of Parliament have touched upon several points
of interest.
The Royal assent has been given to the North
American Fisheries Bill. ~
The Convention between Great Britain and the
Porte for the enlistment of the Turkish contingent
has been signed.
An interesting debate arose on the question
of going into Committee on the army estimates.
Lord Palmerston commended that the suffering of
the army in the Crimea arose from physical causes
in the power of no man to control. These suffer-
ings were not confined to the British army. The
Russian sick and wounded was $4,000. He fur
Their urged that the debates in Parliament had
created so much Indignation on the Continent that
the Government had been prevented from putting
the Foreign Enlistment Act into operation. y
Lord Palmerston announced that Lord Lucan had
been recalled in consequence of his differences
with Lord Raglan.
The Duke Of Cambridge took his seat in the
House of Lords. IS
In general debate on the conduct of the war,
the Earl of Harrowby expressed the opinion that
oppressed nationalties of Europe to aid in the
present struggle.
Lord Panmure replied that compulsory meas
ures must unquestionably be resorted to, to fill
up the ranks of the service.
In the House of Commons, discussion arose
in regard to the commerce with Russia since the
commencement of the war. 1t was stated in the
debate that under the present system of blockade
the interior of Russia had suffered no injury, and
that 10000 200 pounds had gone from Great Bri-
tain to that country. The right of search was
urged as q necessity, in order to prevent the in
PRODUCTION of Russian goods into Great Britain.
1t was deemed not advisable to lay before the
House the correspondence between Great Britain
and the United States on the international ar
rangements during the time of war. 1t was sta
ted that the two countries were on the most friend
ly terms.
Destitution in England had almost reached its
height. From the combined causes of an unusu
ally severe winter, unusually dear prices for all
descriptions of provisions, and a total stagnation
of trade, the poor are in a deplorable condition.
Many thousand laborers have been for weeks
without food, excepting the supplies of charity.
A riot of two or three days duration had occurred
in Liverpool and in London. Some disturbances
occurred among the unemployed in other places,
and much distress existed. At the sailing of the
Pacific change had taken place for the better.
sudden thaw set in, and business improved de-
cidedly.
The WAR.-On Feb. IL, the Russians under
Liprandi at the battle of Eupatoria, were $4,000
strong and lost 500 men. Omer Pasha, command
ed the Turks in person, and their loss was incon-
1t is believed that the Importance of
the battle is greatly over estimated.
The weather had greatly moderated at Sebasto-
pol and snow had almost disappeared.
The health of the army was better and the seige
operations were progressing with vigor.
Orders have been received at COnstantnople to
prepare hospital beds for $4,000 men, from which
it is inferred that an assault is to be made upon
Sebastopol.
FRANcE.-Whether the Emperor will 60 to
the Crimea is still matter of question. 1t is
said he has drawn up plan of vast military stra-
tegy, which he wishes to superintend. England
and Austria think he had better leave it with his
Generals.
The French papers mention that the city of
Catana had almost been destroyed by an earth
quake.
The Imperial Palace at the Prague, the resi-
dence of the Emperor of Austria, has been des-
troyed by fire.