Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-06-12
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The VIENNA CoNFEREEcE.-On the evening
of the 25th of May, the following conversation
occurred in the House of Commons:
MIR. Roebuck.--I wish to ask the first Lord OF
the Treasury question. There is report cur
rent out of doors that the conferences at Vienna
have been renewed; wish to know whether gov
eminent has received any information to that eft
feet?
Lord Palmerston. conference has been
held since the last recorded in the papers, and be-
fore any fresh conference can be held her Ma
iesty's minister at Vienna must receive authority
from here To attend them.
Mr. nj. Gibson.--The noble lords answer to
the honorable member for Sheffield was not UNI
derstood here. The noble lord stated few days
since that the conferences not finally closed,
only suspended, and that Lord Westmorcland re-
tanned full powers. | wish to know, therefore,
from the noble lord, whether these powers have
been withdrawn; and, If so, when!
Lord Palmerston.--Ihe powers have not been
withdrawn. Lord Westmoreland still possesses
them; but it is one thing to possess powers and
another TO exercise them in circumstances not
considered favorable by the government at home
1t is known that negotiations are pending be-
tween Austria and the Courts of Paris and Lon
don, but of what nature has not transpred, and
il was not certain when meeting of the plenpo-
tentiaries would take place. 1t is announced
from Vienna that the conferences proper, includ-
ing the representatives of Russia, are to reopen
next week; but the above language of Lord Pal
mefston tends to discredit the statement.
RUSSIAN VESSELS CAPTURED. - The English
ships Geyser and Archer have taken large num-
Der of prizes in the Baltic; twenty-five have al
ready been reported to have been captured by
them, all laden with valuable cargoes of taiow,
hemp, bristles, &c., most Of which, are now on
their passage home.
Latest AUSTRIAN PRoposITIoN. - The Paris
80 ho nn;b he,rc writ nj on
nesday the Odd, says:
ssThe latest Austrian propositions Tor conditions
of peace to be offered to Russia has been, as am
assured in an official quarter, favoraby received
by the French government; but some doubt IS felt,
or affected to be felt, whether it will be thought
equally acceptable in England. understand
that the proposition, whatever it may be, has
been forwarded to London this morning. When
say that it has been favorably received here,
mean that the government looks upon it as
pledpe of the cooperation of Austria in the war.
It is not for a moment supposed that the PROPOSE
ton will be accepted by Russia However, di-
pomacy is hard at work. and it is difficult to say
who is most likely to be deceived.
FRrcHrFuL SnlpwREcK--600 CHINESE Emf
GRANTS DROWNED .-Melbourne Australia, dates
Of March g. furnish us with painful details OF the
wreck of the Peruvian ship Grimenza, Penny,
master.
The captain and FIVE of his crew had reached
Melbourne in the barque Rio Grande The Girl
menza was wrecked on her passage to Callao,
with GAO Chinese emigrant passengers on board,
nearly all of whom were drowned The few
survivors, mostly officers and crew, underwent
terrible suiferings in the boats before they were
picked up.
TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE IN New ZEALAND
Private letters from Wellington New Zealand,
dated February u, give the details of the earth
quake at Wellington. The first shock occurred
at p. m, without any previous warning, and
more or less injured every stone or brick building
in the town, hardly leaving single chimney
standing in the whole place.
The branch of the Union Bank of Australia,
the Jail, and the government suffered the most.
Although the alarm and destruction of property
were great, only one life was lost. The shocks
continued at intervals for several days. but none
was SO severe the first.
A LUpIcRoUs HoAx-Tbe Paris correspon-
dent of the London Daily News, writing on the
ODD, says: sfThe Patrie and the Presse have, with
all gravity, published, as from the London Ca
zette report the expedition from Lord RAJ
CLAN, which is palpable hoax, copied probably
from some London paper without being under
stood. In this report Sir George Brown is spoken
of as a promising young officer, who had assured
Lord Raglan personally that the men carried
their arms and shakos in an admirable manner.
The Highland regiments, it is said, were chosen
well adapted TO strike terror INTO the enemy
by their dress The French journals have swal-
lowed all this as serious; and the Presse, in a
leading article, calls attention to the report.
This hoax will make great sensation; all the
morning papers will fall into it Perhaps it may
draw forth an explanation from Government
on a subject which loudly calls for one"
On the following day the same writer adds: 81
made singularly felictous guess yesterday when
predicted that the morning papers would fall
int he tran yx-hic hn cauuht PatrIe
and the Presse. With the single exception of
the Constitutional, they have every one swal-
lowed the hoax. But the cream of the joke is,
that all this absurdity is published by the Mont
teur itself as an extract from the London Ga
zette The Moniteur, with its forced circulation
in every village IN France, will present to its
millions Of readers the above caricature of the
British commanders true picture, and will
sorely perplex the rare students who attempt to
understand what they read"
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