The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-07-18
foreign News.

The FoREieN NEws-Thc full intel.
ligorce by the Pacific has come to hand
by the mails from New York. Though
highly interesting, it is loss important
and less supplied with recent details
than was anticipated. There are a, vet
no full accounts Of tho attack made bv
tho allies on the Malakoff and Rodan
fortresses on the 18th Of june, though
tho official dispatches have reduced tho
killed and wounded to AVA, of whom
1887 were British, and 1897 were French.
The operations in the Sea of Azoif are
given in great detail by the special cor.
respondent of the London Times, who
accompanied the expedition in anticipa.
ton OF more exciting scenes than lie has
yet witnessed. The bloodless achieve.
mohts of Kortch and Ycnikalc. however,
appear to him to be small affairs com.
pared with the sangunary assaults on
the outwcrks of Sebastopgl His letters
confirm the impressions before received
in this country, that the Crimea is al.
ready virtually lost to the Russians -
Much regret is expressed in England at
the destruction Of the valuable museum
at Kcrtch, by the Turks and hangers on
in the allied army. 1t appears that our
countryman, Mr.. George Sumner, who
had known the extent and value of this
museum, wrote to Lord Panmure, to en-
list bis efforts for its preservation, and
orders ore said to have been dispatched
to this effect from the war Office to Lord
Raglan, but the expedition had already
departed and the museum was left TO the
chances of war. Had Lord Panmure
succeeded in saving it, and that the in
stance of an American citizen. it would
have reflected credit on the civilization
Of the age md done something to restore
the confidence Of the Russians in the
honor and humanity of the allies The
affair at l1ango turns out to be greatly
exaggerated as several of the English
officers and sailors who were said to
have been killed, are known to be rris.
oners in the hands of tho Russians. The
Internal machines, which have been sunk
in large numbers oil Constadt, and prob
ably in other parts Of the Baltic, prove
less destructive than was anticipated.
FtrtyGyc Of them have been taken up
near Cronstadt, one of which exploded
on the deck Of the Exmouth, and iniur.
cd severely Admiral Seymour and Capt.
Louis, who were examining its structure.
The late repulsc at So5astopol had ev-
identity done nothing to dcprcss the srir-
its of the allies, and preparations were
making to renew the assault. Reinforce.
ments and supplies, both of provisions
and munitions, were going 10 the Urmca
on scale hitherto unprecedented. and
in England and France public expecta.
ton is very confident Of the speedy fall
Of Scbastolol. The Times says at the
close of an article reviewing the recent
progress Of the campaign, " there can be
DO reasonable doubt as TO the early issue
of the struggle on the scene where it now
RACES. Sebsstopol will soon be ours"
Political events are comparatively I'M
interesting. Tho report of Mr.. Roc.
bucks committee is stupid aud weak
affair. entirely without results The
friends Of administrative reform have
had second monster meeting at tie
Drury Lane theatre, and the enterprise
is gaining strength, but is thus far with
OFT definite propositions. In France
the Chambers were convoked FIR the I'd
of July at which time a new loan was
to be proposed, Its amount it is said
will be five or seven hundred millions
Of francs. Whatever the sum demanded.
it will be promptly taken up by the
French people So Providence Jou,nal