Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-05-30
& SUMMARY OF
Foreign News By the Baltic.
LIyERPooL, Nay 9th.
the ASSASSINATION.

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LryrRrooI, Nay 5th.
rns ASSASSINATION. fs VI
On Saturday, June..a, one Pianori, 4
Rotan, residing st Paris, by trade ashoe-
maAer, deliberately fred pistol upon the
French Emperor and missed him. It was
. political assassination which wasattempt-
ed no personal revenge, no religions fana-
ticitm being mixed up with the affair.
PiaAori (one Of Gariboldi' soldiers) iseyi-
DENLY man Of the stamp Of Harmodius
and Aristogeiton, Of Timoleon, Of Br,,tus
and sof Libeny. You will remember that
4 FfAnchnsen shot at the Duke of Yelling
ton, Sin 1915, when he was entering Paris;
that Napoleon I in his will left him a leg
acya that this legacy actually has been
paidsto him by Napoleon III: and that the
manstill lives in Brussels and is :likewise
by tsade shoemaker. But Napoleon has
different measure for the same act if it is
,donesagainst himself. n sa~ r..
i. l. EAPoLEoS WILL NOT GO.
Tie Emperor has at last finally given
up his visit 10 the Caimea-the champaign
being irretrieyably lost. Sebastopol has
held aut against the bombardment with
scarcely any injury and the prospects OF
the Allied army grow desperate. You
may q future head your articles on any
arrival of European news with The Anglo-
French army not get taken, instead of Sc
bastopa not yet taken, Accordingly we
hearaaain ola re-assemblng ofthe Vienna
Confefences, Of Prussian meditation, and
Of a peace :dishonorably to England and
France. Napoleon's lease Of power can
not be Sflong DURATION Heis q European
Santa Anna, and his prestige is falling.
UPPER CLASS INDIGNATION. J.. l.
On friday last the House Of Commons
was thrown' into tremendous agitation.
All the obbers rushed upon Layard and
denouuced him for having made false
statemtnts about jobbery and patronage
in the amy. Out of four cases which the
Member Of Aylesbury had mentioned, two
were shown TO be- incorrect, and though
it looked rathor suspicious that it was just
the son5bfLord Hardinge, Commander-in-
Chief, hho got a Captancy without pur-
chase; and his son-in-law who was pro-
NOTED % a Colonelcy-still it proved to
generafsatislac ton that both nominations
were entirely Just, and no blame could be
attached TO them. EBut the cases of Capt.
Henea& and Of Lord Cecil Euston, were
fully ADMITTED by the assaihnts Of Mr..
Layard 1to have been an Infringement Of
the military rules. Sill, as Mr.. Layard
did not aetract his charges aginst the Ad
ministrfaion, he was abused in the most
ungentltmanly way, and in the Clubs his
declared that he was no gentle
man! noAe Of the so.called Independent
Member. came to the rescue Of Mr.. lay
ard except Mr:totway.
y Z MIDDLISG CLOSE TALK H. -. T..
Meanwhile, in England, a great popular
agitatio1is sPringing up against the Min
istry. Meetings Of the most solid classes
of citizens have been held in Sheffield,
Derby, Eondon. Liverpool, and will no
doubt wA be repeated all over the king
dom. TIE imbecility of>>the aristocratic
system, ne the themes discussed at these
assemble; and there is every Indication
Of a movement unparalleled in England
since the 3.eform Bill In the face 1of
these exciting events, Parliament drags>
through is weary round Of stereotyped
d,bates, ia which tho public. take very
little inteffst, and which command the
attendance Of comparatively few members
OF the. lIohsc. 1t il manifest that the real
public lifesof England is not now to be
found eitlter in Parliament as IN the Cab.
met, and that the questions which most
concern her future history, are We at last,
through tfe force Of circumstances, carried
into the popular arena, for agitation and
decision By the people. 49,.
AMOUNT oE AMMUNITION IN THE ALLIED
III, a. CANT.
The Pafis correspondent ofthe London
Times, wriSng on May LIST, Observed
The ANNOUNCEMENT Of the suspension Of
the fire ~betSre Sevas.opol has produced an
unfavoaable effect here, and has given rise
to yarietkof rumors, more or less un-
founded, respecting The loss ofthc army,
the state ofsour works, and the want of
ammuuitiou. With regard to this last
point, ! uniformed on good authority
that there 3 no scarcity. Ammunition to
an enormous extent has been sent to the
Crimea, and is still sent without intermis-
sion; and wi,h the reinforcements il is cal
culated that the total fierce, including the
Sandman contingent and the reserves at
ConstantinoSle, will be little, fiat all, short
Of zoe, 900. Such an army--the greater
part composed of French and English
ought to be blc to dOanything al d 20 any
where. ~ /. 4 -,
THE BRITISH NAVAL COMMANDMENT.
The Londhu Times of May 4th, says
eat 1880 e NJ, on the goth ult., all
hands were burned up on board the Daunt-
less of SeyastopoG for the purpose of ta-
king their turn ut firing on the batteries.
The steam was up, and she got under way
and gradually advanced in along the
shore till within 700 yards, her guns being
loaded with she'll. Shefred a broad side.
The Russsiana in reply let fly about one
hundred SHELF, which burst around the
ship, one shell passing through the fore.
stays. Another broadside was immediate
ly fred from Gle steamer, when an explo-
sion took place The cry Of fire was rails.
ed, and she WAS steamed ont "A uuickly,