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:" ""e Shspe OF an annuity lerMinabte IN 81
years.
The taxes have been increased.
-. The Emperor Napoleon accompanied BY
abe Empress has been q week in England
fundamentally elori6ed. -
England assen,s to Louis Napoleon taking
command Of the siIied army in the Crmea.
This. however, is regarded as only doub,-
fnl rumnr by many. 4,s. tss
There are strong indications that Austria
will now refuse to &C, against Russia.
n Lord John Russell and M. Drouyn de L.
Huvs have left Vienna. et.......
The bombardmeni Of Sevas,opol with
500 guns commenced on The 9Th and was
continued necessarily up 10 the 18Th, .,
which time an assault was not deemed prsc-
ucsble, bu, the intention was 10 storm the
place, if possible. ,a7s,.rgE
From the seat Of war we Learn that during
the frs. two days of the bombardmen, the
flre oil the besiegers was superior to that Of
the city, and much damage was done to the
Russian works. During the nigh, Of the
18Th The left attack Of the allies obtained
considerable advantage over the Russians,
who were twice dslodged from a strong
" fortified position, which remained in the
hands of the French. The possession of
this position enable the allies 10 for,ify the
summit Of the ra,ine, which is Of gres. i'm
por'ance. Since the siege began Eve of the
seven Admirals Of the Russian fleet, in Sc.
vaslopol, had either died of wounds or been
killed. ,.I
Gorlschakof has published an address to
the garrison in which he states thu, mat
sers look more encouraging 10 the besieg-
ed. ..v,..-..
!. Official statements return two hundred
and for.y-seven killed on both sides. The
excitement continues and deputa,ion is to
be sent to the SULTAN to demand justice.
The operations for strengthening the Rus
sian for.s 10 the Baltic were going forward
with great activity, and one hundred and
awen.y thousand troops were concentrated
in. The Russo Baltic provinces. Most of
the British advance squadron was detained
in the Gres. Bel, by The ice.
Parliament assembled on The l6.h. The
estimates for expenses Of governmea, for
the year is eigh.y-six million pounds. The
three hundred. and ,hir,y-nine thousand
pounds. l. is though. the. much party dis.
cord will arise from the manner Of securing
abe. new loan, as it involves a great princi-
ple Of finance. a.as ,...-
The Russian prize, the ship Sitks, has
been handed over 10 the French.
: The Roebuck committee is progressing
with lie Investigations.
The twelfth Conference was held on Ss-
,urday the 2lst Of April. j. lasted four hours
and half and concluded by sdjourning sine
die, Russia having absolutely rejected the
demands Of France and England. II now
remains 10 be seen what course Austria will
pursue. E~1.t
AusrRiA.-Among the conflicting ru-
mors. tina. which appeared to bear the mos.
consistency was, that Austria refuses 10 de-
msnd from Russia any concessions further
ahan these three:
Firsl.-The Russian feet in the Black
Sea to remain in statu quo. q. is said to
consis, Of three ships of the line and four
steam friga,es.)
Second-The Western Powers to have
Consuls a, Sevss.opol, 10 be under tie pro-
tec,lon Of their ministers residing al ST. Pc.
Iersburg. s}
Third.-The allies to have tigh. to con-
s!ruct war ports on some part Of the Turkish |
coast. g."
France and England after vsinly insisting
on the unconditional reduction Of The Rus.
sian power, ADM, tina, Russia's propositions
arc worthy Of consideration, the more so
that Austria has definitely refused to second
the Western Powers in their humiIiating de-
mands on the Car. !, is now generally
confessed, although reluctantly, that the ut
mos, to be expected from Austria is the
maintenance Of strict neutrality.
r.eTuRKEy.-Mehemet Ali notifies the Tur-
kish government. that he has put down the
Kurdish instruction and has killed 1,40O
and .sken 500 prisoners.
Rhodes and Sinope are to be fortified.
ENGLAND AND FRANcE.-The English
papers ere filled with accounts Of The feslivi-
lies incident 10 the visi. Of the Emper or
and Empress Of France 10 the Queen. The
distinguished visitors arrived q. Dover on
the l6,h, and from thence 10 Windsor, re-
msininp the guests Of the Queen for five
DAYS; and receiving distinguished recep.
uon from the Court. They were over.
whemed by congratulat"rv addresses from
corpors.ions and institutions. They return
ed TO France on Saturday, arrived at Bou
lopne on Sunday, where Napoleon held .
grand review Of 10000 French troops.
IrALY-An alarming scciden. had occur
red al Rome. The flooring of . room in
The Conven, Of 81, Agnes broke through
where the Pope had assembled . number Of
dis,ing uished personages, oil Of whom were
nrecipitsed into the room below. The