Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1855-01-18
european Mus.
NEW York. Jan. II


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New YORK, Jan. II,
The Collin. ma steamship Baltic, Capt.
Com>iock, from liverpool eally on Sa'ur.
day moynulg, 3Oih nit, reached her dock
here al halt past 2 o'clock this aft, rnoon.-
She brings ~ passengers, oin"ng whom is
Commodore Perry.
Their is ~ news Of ippor;ance from the
Crimca.
A DIPLOMATIC CONFER ENCE, NE
GOTlATlONS, &c.
a high diplomatic conference Was to be
held a. the residence Of the British Minis
ter at Vienna, on the 2Slh of Dccrinber. -
Tie Ambassadors Of England, Fra nee, Aus
tia. Prussia, and Russia, (Pri,ce Gortscha.
Eo:..) .'crc .o take part in The di-sussion.-
Tue conferences was 10 b. OF positive
character.
4 Enna despatch Of tho 2jrh SAYS that
Pinco GorlsclmkotI had presented to Count
Buol noe which be- had rcci,yed from -
Petersburg. Ii is believed to b. unsalis-
iacio"y, but is not the final reply oi Russia.
In regard TO the Prussian mission 10 Lon.
don, OF which high expectations had been
formed, il as surnised that NJ. Uscdom
was merely the b'artr Of an autograph let
ter to the Queen, and that his instructions
are merely 10 walch,on The spot, The course
oi events. Nothing certain, however, was
known
AFFAIRSIN THE CRIMEA.
Affairs before Scbastopol " ere unchapg-
slams claim 10 have done considerable dam
age TO the approaches of tn, Allies. New
er,h-l ~, The third French parallel was
completely mounted with cannon.
The reinforcements of the Allies up to
the lS.h ot ID cembcr had reached $4,000.
POLAND,
Order. have been received at Warsaw to
complete the additional works of The oiidel
within the first fortnight of January.
RUSSIA,
Marshal Paskiewitsch has ordered the
immediate enrolment of three parks of fly
ing artillery.
The recruits of the new levy are to create
a second grand army of reserve TO- be con-
ccntrated at and around Moscow.
Twenty thousand men were employed in
fortiiying kicr.
France and England have notified the
Swedish government that a | intercourse
between Finland and the Russian harbors
in the White Sea is TO be stopped.
A Russian ukase is published, ordaining
that, whoever, after battle, shall commit
acts of cruelty on the wounded or unr 'sist-
ing, shall suffer The penalty of death.
Gen. Ostcn Sackeh is removed rcm the
comm,nd of the third to tina, Of The fourth
corps, vice Danucbcrg, disgraccd.
Tho chief engineer officer who conducts
the defence OF Scbastopol, is Gen. Destrein
Frerclman.
Gen. Schobclsky is appointed Govcrno,
of Odessa.
Eight English steamers were taking
soundlugs of Etcharkoff, from which it is
surmscd that the Allies will make an at
tack upon Kinburn, preparatory to an attack
OH rerekOp. !A
A levy of ten men in every thousand is
ordered in the eastern halt oii,hs Russian
Empire, to be completed by The 18th Of
March.
THE VERY LATES rBYTELEGRAPH.
Cons,aniinople, Dec. 2O.-lt is conf
IDENTIFY asserted that the resolution has
Leen adopted to storm 5, S,brstopol as soon
as lne uTklSn TcltllOTCeIneHtS come up
The French, it is said, will furnish the
s,orming party, while the British and
Turks attack MenschikoG.
There is Il report that Omar Pacha has
written to the Sultan, making it condi-
ton of his accepting the command, that he
shall have two votes in the Council of War,
in order to prevent his being outvoted by
Lord Raglan and Gen. Canrobrt.
VIENNA, Dec. 28 A desw tch from
Warsaw says that the Baltic Russian fleet
have been relieved Of their guns, and that
they have reached Sehastopu, and also
that to their presence was to be ascribrd The
recent heavy fire from the place as well as
The new-iound bodness Of tn fleet.
Another despatch from Vienna states
that at the conference held in that city on
the 2Sh, notes were exchanged between the
representatives of the three allied powers,
defining the sense in which their respective
Cabinets understand the four points pro-
posed as conditions Of peace. Prince
Gortschakoff, it is said, demands time to get
the Instructions Of his government.