Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-02-07
EUROPEAN NE WIS. !
NEW YoRK, Jan. as.


Of the 18th, reached her dock about past o.
clock this morning.
The Pacific arrived out on the 9th. In run
ming up the Mersey, the night being very dark,
che ran into the brig Cornthian, at anchor, out
ward bound, with cargo valned at 100000 ster-
ling, for Calcutta. The brig sunk at once. No
lives were lost ..fU 1al
~ The loss of the Canning frcm this port for
Hamburg, is confirmed, and it is supposed all on
board, l6O in number, persisted. The papers
and passengers baggage from her have been
washed ashore near Heligoland, which is all that
is really known of her. $50. uon 1' m 3.
The eastern question has assumed an entirely
new phase Prince Gortschakoff has announced
to the Austrian Government that the Car has
accepted, not only the five points Of guarantee,
r but also the Interpretation given to them by the
three Powers; but as no armistice is agreed to,
hostilities will continue during the progress OF
negotiations. .al n. %
Sardinia has joined the western alliance.
The conduct Of Prussia and the German States
Is still equiyocal t1ot
The allies, it is said, will insist on the Rus.
sian naval power in the Black Sea being placed
on level with that of other Powers, as proof
of their success; and on this point, it is expect.
ed negotiations will split as Russia will on no
account assent to this.
The Russians have again invested the Princi-
palities. A dispatch dated Brailow, Jan. 8, says
the Russians have crossed the Danube, and inva-
ded the Dobrudscha, and taken both Tutscha
and Babadagh. Sadik Pasha defended Tutscha
as long as possible.
We have dispatch from Menschikoff, which
says: "Nothing new has occurred. We contin-
ne to annoy the enemy by sorties. In one of
these we made ten Zouaves prisoners"
The weather continued very variable.
The railway from Balaklava to the camp was
10 be commenced at once.
The fire of the allies continued very feeble,
and caused scarcely any damage
Sickness was on the increase
The garrison were constructinga bridge of
boats TO connect Sevastopol with the north
side. $500
Omar Pasha embarked on the LIST for Baak-
lava He has taken means to bring force of
$4,000 men and 60 guns into the Crimea. AL
ready 10000 Turks have been landed at Eupa-
toria.
Menschikof is reported to have called in all
his detached forces.
Osten Sacken was watching the Turks at Eu-
patoria, the garrison of which place had been
augmented.
The 9th or 9th Of January was looked upon
as the probable time when an assault upon Sc
vastopol would take place.
Odessa letters of Dec. "a, mention that there
had been dearth of supplies at Sevastopol for
some days.
There had been another tempest in the Black
Sea, causing some distress. Two ships of the
British fleet had suffered damage.
The prospect of pence receives additional con.
firmation from the intelligence brought yester.
day by the Pacific. The Gear unequivocaly ac-
cepts the basis of negotiations proposed by the
Allies, and Congress to settle the defnitive
terms of peace or at least to attempt it, is about
to meet at Vienna. The starting point from
which the new negotiations are to begin, and
upon which the parties are all agreed, Isl
!. The revision of the treaties between Turkey
and Russia; 2. A joint protectorate of all the
great Powers over the Christians of Turkey; 3.
The free navigation of the Danube; 4. France
and England to have respectively the right to
maintain on the Black Sea the same naval force
as Russia These terms the Russian Envoy at
Vienna refused to accept without special orders
from st. Petersburg; but, much to the surprise
of everybody, such orders were promptly receiv-
ed