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European News.
WE condense from the Columbia papers,
the news by the late arrivals of steamers
from Europe.
In the Crimea, things seem to be wagging
on pretty much as heretofore. The Vicn-
na Conference was to be opened in few
days. ,All parties seem dee; us of peace.
A battle had been fought AT Eupatoria, in
which the Russi"rs, comprising forty thou
sand men, were r,, ulscd with loss of five
hundred, by the Turks under OMAR pAcuA,
after an action Of four hours Affairs at
Scvastopol are unchanged. Lord RAGLAN
is said to have resigned, in anticipation of
his recall, and several other officers had
been invited to "go and DO likewise" Lou
is NAPOLEON seems bent on visit to the
seat Of war, but England and Austria advise
him to stay at home. 1t is reported that
Russia had declared war against Sardinia,
and that Tuscany had joined the Western
Powers. 1t was said in the British Parlia-
ment that suffering was not confined to the
English army, but that the sick list of the
Russians run up to about twenty five thou
sand. Sevastopol is considered more i'm
pregnable now than ever heretofore. Thou
sands of Russians are constantly employed
in adding to It's dcfcnccs. The allies, cspc-
cially the English, were suffering drcadfully
from cold-many dying, losing hands, arms,
legs, and so on. England seems to desire
peace, but Russia evinccs no such desire un-
less upon her own terms. The allied force
now in the Crimea numbers one hundred
and fifty thousand.
In England it was deemed not advisable
to lay before the public the correspondence
between that country and this on intcrna.
tional arrangements, in 4 time of war. 1t
was stated, however, that the two countries
were on the most friendly terms. Destitu-
ton in England had reached a fearful height.
The poor were in a most dcplorable condi-
ton. A riot, of two or three davs' dura-
ton, had occurred in Liverpool, and dis
: turbance in London, among the unemployed
The above rather contradictory accounts
are by the Pacific, which left Liverpool on
the 2sth February, and arrived at New
York on the 14th instant
By the arrival of the Africa, on the 18th
we have Liverpool dates to the Sd instant
1t was announced in the British Parlia.
ment that the Car of Russia, Emperor
NICHOLAS, had died, on Friday, at one
O'clock, of pulmonic apoplexv. The an.
nouncemcnt had caused the most intense
excitement in England and France. The
Peace (Vienna) Conference was to assemble
on the 5th, and hopes Of peace were enter.
tained. The advices from the Crimea are
Of the same general tenor as those ne,
steamer Pacific.
The most startling news, it will be per
ceived, by these dispatches, is that of the
death Of the Gar. 1t may be true, or il
may be false. We shall neither admit no,
deny, until further advices are received
There is certainly possibility of its truth
for it is possible for any man, king not ex
cepted, to die at any hour; but the state
ment may be a trick Of spectators to ad
vance stocks,or an invention of some hard
run news-gleaner. 1t is said that his ex
.treme illness had been previously reported
and funds had advanced in consequence
We have no doubt the people of England
would rejoice almost as wildly over The
death Of old NICK Of Russia as they would
over like disaster to aOld Nick" of thu
mineral kingdom below But why should
theya VIII the spirit of Russia bow will
the head of herEmperor7 Nay, rather il
there not possibility, not to say proba
bility, that hemay be succeeded by. a more
ambitious and rapacions ruler, who vii
striye to excel inobstinacy even ahe stub
born NICHOLAS himselfi The tfitlf is, The
Russians, under almost any leader, upon
their own soil, and backed by their imn,ense
resources, are s. full match; not only 70,
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