Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-05-24
Advance iva Breadssufss -.
THE BRITISH FUNDS STEADY !,
New York. Nav l8-P. \

( this evening. The news by her from the seat
/ of war. though not of decisive character, Is
/ highly interesting.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
At Liverpool, the demand for Cotton had
been active during the entire week, with a
/ large speculative movement The sales COM
prise 10Y 600 bales, of which spectators took
$4,000 bales, and exporters 1000 do. All
grades had advanced y the market closing
active.
4 The market for Breadstuffs opened with an
active demand, and wheat advanced 4@6d
| p bushel; -four 1@2s p Dbl, and corn rs p
/ quarter, but the market closed dull, the de-
mand having fallen of, owing to high prices.
Philadelphia and Baltimore flour is quoted at
41@42s, and Ohio 44@45s; white Wheat at
Us Sd; and white Corn at AIS 6dQ48s.
Richardson, Spence & Co. say the market
for Breadstufs closed dull, and prices nomi-
nal at the advance The weather was cold,
with hard frost on the Sd. The same cir
cular quotes Beef advancing, with an active
demand Pork less depressed Bacon bet
ter, with an active demand. Lard firm at
| 49@50s 1allow less active. Iron de-
clining.
Trade at Manchester dull.
Barings London Circular quotes American
Stocks inactive, and rate nominal. Sugar Is
! y cwt higher The Money market easy,
the Bank of England having reduced the
rates of discount p cent
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.
Advices from the Crimea were received by
telegraph up to Friday evening the 4th inst,
and dispatches were being received daily by
the government by this means, but only
small portion of the news thus received was
permitted to be made public the government
retaining the exclusive use of the lines.
The allies were gaining ground, and haLl
taken most if not all the Russian ontlsorks,
together with a large number of cans and
mOrtaS. The encounters had been frequent
and most sanguinary. A large number of the
Russians had been taken prisoners. Nctwith
standing these advantages, the effects pro-
duced by the bombardment were not Of such
a character as to justify an assault, and the
bombardment of the allies, not having pro-
duced the anticipated results, had sackened
off very decidedly, for the purpose, it is stat
ed, of not exhausting the ammunition. There
can be no doubt whatever that the situation
of the allies was generally regarded as crit cal
in the extreme.
A most determined attempt had been made
to ass;lssinate Louis Napoleon, by an ltali. IN,
while he was riding out. He fired two pis-
tolls at him, and his escape is represented rs
exceedingly narrow. The only object of DE
assassin is said to be private personal revenge
Lord John Russell had returned to Lond, III
from Vienna, and French Minister, Drouy u
de PHuys, TO Paris.
The British budget passed both Houses Of
Parliament.
The King of Prussia is i'll of fever.
d i :. 4 L. "a
that the bombardment of the allies had not
produced the expected result.
The numbered the Aires killed and ,ve.tfti-
ell is not large.
The impression in England was becoming
quite general that the seige would be aban-
doned for the present, and that the whole of
the defences of Kamiesch and Balaklava
would be left to the defense of a few corps;
while the main portion of the allies would
/ try and penetrate into the interior and at
tempt to cut off the supplies from Sebastapol,
aud then completely invest the city.
Numerous re-enforcements of the allies
were continually arriving
The French reserve Of eighty thousand
were near Constantinople, and were expect
ing to be sent to Bslaklava.
The Russian official account OF the pro-
gre:s of the siege are to the oath. 1t says the
damage sustained had not been heavy, and
had been repaired with promptness and facil-
] ity, while the skirmishes were generally sue
cessful. The loss sustained by the garrison
from the 18th 10 the 18th of April, were
seven subalterns, and four hundred and fifty
six men killed; and six superior, thirty four
subaltern officers, and eighteen hundred and
ninety men wounded.
On the night of the 18th, the English cap
tured tie first Russian rifle pit, after des-
perate encounter, in which Col Graham Egg
srton the field officer in command, was killed.
On the 10Th an attack was made on the second
Russian rifle pit, and it was almost immedi-
ately abandoned.
According to the statement of two Polish
deserters, one hundred thousand Russian
forces were in the vicinity of Sebastopol,
sixty thousand of whom had arrived from
the forts at the north side of the harbor, and
had taken part in the cannonade carrying the
balls clear into the enemy's lines. The tele-
i. graph lines from London to the Crimea were
+ completed, except small portion over the
Danube, and dispatches were being received
} every four hours by the government, but few
! of them were made public, though question:
In regard to the nature of the advices were
being daily asked in Parliament, but the Min
r listers declared that due discretion should be
used IN regard to the publication of the news.
Lord John Russell had again taken scat in
; the House, when he stated the substaJ zee of
the negotiations, and intimated that the pro-
tocols should be submitted to ParliaD emf
On the night of the first of Nav sharp
engagement occurred. The front aD d left of
the russian rifle pits were attacked and taken,
with eight light mortaIs and two hundred
Irri he is
! brilliant one for the allies On "Wednesday
! night, the "a inst, the French, under Gen
Pelissier, attacked the advanced works of the
o Quarantine Bastion, and carried them at the
: point Of the bayonet, taking twelve mortars.
: and established themselves in the position
7 The following Thursday night the Russians
made a sortie to regain the position, and, af-
ter sanguinary encounter, were driven back.
Lord Stratford de Radcliff returned IN
Constantinople on the I'd inst
MehOmet Ali had been recalled from
4, exile
e The British Baltic feet had left Keil, and
IS the French fleet was about to sail from Cher
: bourg
o An Instruction III Ukarine, in Russia, had
g broken out and twenty. landed proprietors,
!. with their wives and families, had been de-
stroyed.
Late advices from St Petersburg say all
= articles of food were up to famine prices.
The monthly report of the British Board
d of Trade, including five days less than the
o corresponding period last year, shows failing
:, off of about sne million sterling; the great
!, est falling off is in metals, owing to the Iii.
l. minished demand for iron from the United
States.
lie Sir John Burgoyne, before the Roebuck
n Committee, gave important testimony in re-
lation to the war in the Crimea
Strong feeling has been manifested through
out Engiend against the Ministry, and indig-
- nation meetings were being held in regard to
the manner in which the war had been con-
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