The Feliciana Democrat., 1855-04-28
The latest European News.

The steamship Nashville arrived at New
York on the 23d inst. bringing dates from Liv
erpool, to the 7th.
The circulars of the Liverpool cotton mar
ket, report an advance Of Lie to I'd per pound
PEACE Prospects, present there ap
pears to be nothing whatever in the proceedings
Of the Vienna conference to justify the expec
tations Of an early caectng of peace
Previous to the adjournment, the Russian
plenipotentiaries refused to admit that in &c
cepting the Third Point they have acknow
lodged the principle of diminution Of Russian
power in the Black sea and asserted that th'
demand for the destruction Of the Russian flee
in it would be contrary to the dignity Of thu
Government and to the rights Of the Empire
The adjournment Of the conference alluded
to- was ten days, in order to await intelligence
from st. Petersburg.
SEvAsropoL.-The Russians at Seyastopo
made powerful sortie from before the Mala
koif tower, Immediately after the dispatch o
the last previous advices, but they were vigor
ously repulsed, and experienced loss Of 2, ,O0(
men. The French lost 600 on the occasion.
A Russian reinforcement of $4,000 men hat
reached Sevastopol on the 18th ut.
On the 23d ult the Russians made another
sortie in which they were successful. Severa
English and French officers were killed ant
others wounded,
The French set the city of Scvastopol OF
fire in two quarters on the evening Of the 23d
RUSSIAN PosIrIoYs.-The Russians in thu
Crimea still occupy the ambuscadc which th'
French unsucccssfully attacked on the 18th.
1t was expected that the Allies would com
mence the regular operations from Balaklav'
on the Sd inst
The allied troops encamped at the Bay o
Kamiesch have been ordered to take up posi-
tion nearer Sevastopol.
THE BALrrc.-The emperor Alexander i
evidently preparing for desperate struggle.
An army of 10000 men had been marched
to the neighborhood Of the Baltic
Two fortified camps Of 10000 men each
have been established between Riga Revel
and Narvas
The approaches to all the Northern seapor
towns are being blocked up by the sinking o
vessels.
Heavy batteries are being erected at Dams
monde.
The Grand Duke Constantine has gone t,
Cronstadt to inspect the east Gulf Of Finland
Observation-Disclosures intelligence Of tn
death OF Menschikoff has been received.
AUsrmA.-A panic had broken out in Wen
na in consequence Of a fear that the negotia
tions of the conference would not result in tn
effccting of peace.
| The Austrian Government, it is said, differ
from the Western powers, regarding the pre-
prety Of insisting on the limitation of Russia
power in the Black Sea.
1t is rumored that she will remain ncutra
should the Allies demand the destruction {
Sevastopol and she has stated that she entel
ed into her present engagement with the A
lies for the purpose of checking, not Gripping
the power Of Russia.
PRUssA.-An utimatum is said to hay
been agreed to in London, under which it
resolved to force Prussia to declare her il
tcntions.
Lord John Russell, and NJ. Drouyn de I
Huys have declined an invitation from I'll
King of Prussia to spend the Easter holiday
at Berlin
The PRINcIpALIrIEs.-Not til
other reports with regard to the intentions
Austria, it is said her army Of observation
the principalties, is about to draw nearer IL
Pruth and the Danube
GREAT BATTLE AT EuPAroRIA-Later di
pntches furnish the following additional new
received by the steamer Nashville:
Reports were in circulation that the Frenc
Government was known to have received de
patches of great Importance from the Crime
1t was not pretended that their contents WEI