Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-01-20

Canada arrived here this afternoon from Liver
pool with dates 10 Saturday, the 10th inst.
NEGOTIATIONS FOR PEACE.
At the Vienna Conference of the 2Sth. the Aus
TRAN. French ami English Plenipotcntiaries met
and drew up and signed the interpretation of their
governments on the four points. The Austrian
Minister then carried the document to Gortschn.
kohl. who was IN company with Count Amin and
Mantuehcl, the representatives of Prussia. The
Austrian Minister explained the propositions to
Gortschakof aud asked il he prepared to &C
cept them without modification or reserved
Gortschakotf replied that his instructions did not
20 far. His orders were To negotiate only on
the four points A fortnight was then granted
i'm to communicate with his government
Meantime hostties will continue. The terms
proposed To Prussia are understood to be neither
hard nor humiliatng. The Russian interpretn-
ton, it is said, differs little from that Il the AL
lies.
Prussia is still in diplomatic concert with the
allies, aud even engaged under certain eventual
tiles to military cooperation.
II is stated that treaty has been actually sign
ed between France and AUSTRIA the former guar
antceing AustraS possession of the Italian prov
inces. The London Times dishelieves the report
Austria has called on Prussia 10 place her ar
my on q war footing
The Prussian semi official Journals say that
Prussia will not consent.
TIE SEIGE OF sEBAsroror..
Tho soige of operations at Sebastopol from the
It'll to the 2lst were unmportant. Frequent
sorties and repulses were occurring. General
Canrobert says officially, under date of the 2lst,
that sorties had been male against the British
and French lines, but they were ropulsed and
pursued by the French with considerable loss
On the 22d General Camohcrt in his oficialro.
port says that Notwithstanding the bad weather
the seige continued. Scarcely night passed
without some portion of the French line being
assaled, costing the assailants dearly. Tn"
French works extend 10 tho bottom of Quaran-
tine Bay, and the enemy warmly disputed every
inch of ground.
The works advance steadily A reconnoi-
zance reports only pickeis on the left bank of tho
Tchcrnaya, the main Russian army having moved
probably toward Eupatoria.
The officers of the garrison of Sebastopol are
to have each months service reekoned as year.
The Car sons, Michael and Nicholas, were
to return to the Crmea on the 9TH inst.
Eight thousand French reinforcements arrived
at the camp between the 18th and Goth, besides
others at Constantinople
The French on the 22d had only ! 400 wound
ed, and 300 sick.
heavy snow storm prevailed.
On the 25th of December General Canrobcrt
writes that he shall soon be able to take the of
fensive and make good his losses more promptly
and more solidly than the enemy can. The army
was full OF confluence
The allies on the 25th had opened fire The
plan of operations is that the fire be continued
without cessation for fort y-eight hours, followed
by a general assault by both the French and the
British
A letter from the Sultan, dated the 25th. orders
Omar Pasha te go Immediately To the Crimea to
concert measures with the Allied Generals.
On the Goth Menchikoff tclegraphs that be-
tween the goth and Goth nothing remarkable had
al tl,t, Of tr, ,,t,
the LIST, in one Of which eleven officers and thir
ty-three soldiers were taken pri and con
siderable number killed. That both the English
and French were preparing to assault the south
side of the city.
On the 28th considerable Russian reinforce
mcnts reached Odessa
Admirals Duudus an1 Hamen were ut Com
stantinope on THEN way home Admrals Lyons
and Bruet were in command of the fleets. Gen.
cral Cardigan has also left for England. Sir La
cey Evans has resigned in disgust
The Turkish Government was using great rX-
petition in providing supplies of ammunition,
&C. for the allies.
FRANCE.
The subscriptions To the new loan were open
ed on the 2ud. A considerable amount was from
England.
The French Baltic fleet has been ordered to
re assemble at Brest and Cherhurg.
Accounts from the industrial districts Of
France are very satisfactory.
An increased demand existed for space in III"
Crystal Palace for the exhibition of products and
manufactures. A new gallery has been order
ed to be added to the building.
SWITZERLAND.
Mr. Fay presented the drafts of treaty with
the United States to the federe Council, and re-
quested its ratification.
Private dispatches from Bernc dated Dec. %.
say that the British Charge de Aifares address.
ed an official demand TO the Federal Council for
permission to enlist Swiss soldiers for the war.
The Council, the report says, formally refused.
stating that Switzerland would maintain absolute
neutrality. This is thought to be doubtful.
AUSTRIA.
The cesson of the Austrian railways to the
French capitalists for 10000, 900 francs con-
cluded on the LIST inst.
ITALY.
A riot broke out recently among the laborcrs
at Carrara, and the city was placed in Il state Of
seige. All the arms in the hands of the rioters
were ordered to be delivered up.
The PRONUNCIATION Of the dogma of the lmmac-
uate Conception had been celebrated through
out the Italian States with fortnights festival.
FROM THE BALTIC.
Important changes were being made among the
higher officers in the Russian army. Gen. De-
berg has been appointed the commandant in Fin
land, and general consultation of the officers o,
the Baltic provinces has been ordered at st. Pc
tersburg.
RUSSIA.
An imperial manifesto was issued on the Goth
of December, calling on the nation TO make eve
ry sacrifice for the prosecution of the war An
additional revenue is to be raised on salt and to-
bacco. The export of furs from Poland is pro-
hibited.