Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-06-22
ruREloN INTELLIGENCE.
EUROPEAN WAR INTELLIGENCE.

EUROPEAN WAR INTELLIGENCE.
The following art the latest dispatches, which we
take from the London papers:
PARIS, June 1.-The Monteur has the following
The Minister Of War has received the following des-
match from General Prllis-cr, dated May MGy 5 ii
y NJ: | have news from kertch ri the 18th OF May.
| All goes on well. The f";iIla of the allies had re
turned fran h, Sra Of Azoif. 1t destroyed 100 mer
chnutnlcn az B.rdiaIlsk. The RussiHns themselves
burned four =" their steamers and considerable stores
of grain. \ strong garrison eil nc lsm'hae "sule T
10 ,Is the pusI,saun III the Straits. Inc eNpeha,
has rapturnri ~ guns III different c"nole'. nc
Minister of Marine has received Inc Ioii""His u'S'
| patch from Vice. Admiral Bruat ,
| STRAIT, OF kERrCH, May %.-Comnahder Le-
saiges Of the Lucer, and his c"iichguo, ChPln,n ~
ons, of the Miranda. announced tlh' Oh .he ".iI VI
Nav the allied Hna sent into the Sea ot AZol INV
ing appeared before Berdansk, the enemy set hre I"
| four at their steamers and two large storohouscs'I
On the following day the Bay OF Arafat was y,stru'
but no vessel was to be seen. The aiicd ho'"Ht ca
| changed a brisk cannUnude with the iOrts, uuu ohc
| of its shells blow up a powder magazine In thlec
| days l0G merchantmen have been destroyed Oy INC
cruisers of the allies The Russians have only one
small steamer OF thiryhorse power lett Ill Tile ecu o'
| Azof
PARIS, juno 4.-Thc Monitcur publishes the fol-
lowing despatch from Cen PclIissier TO the Minister
| of War
CRIMEA, June !, 10 p. VI.
We haze sprung two mines in front OF the lag
/
damage to the enemy. In the ravine of CareeninG
Bay. III advance OF our works, our engineers disco
| vered transverse line of II cubic cases filled with
runpowdcr, cach 40 ccntnetres thick in the inside,
| placed Ut equal dstanccs and buried Just beneath
the sod: each containing one.tittirth of kilo-
| Gramme of powder, Is covered with Illuminating
| apparatus, which would explode by the simple pres
sure Of the foot. These have been taken up by
| our engineers.
| ADMIRALTY, June 3.-The Secretary of the Admi-
rally presents his compliments to the editor of the
Times and bcgs IL acquant him that intelligence has
been received from the Admiralty from Sir +. Lyons
at Kcrlch dated the 'i: May to the effect that the
suuudron in the Sea oil AZoli has appeared before
l;.nitchi, landed body OF scamcn and marines, and
after driving the Russian force from the place has de-
strnved all the dcpots ind vessels laden with and
| supplirs for tile Russian army One man Only was
| wounded Since entering the Sea OF AzoIi, four
steamers of war and 10 vessels employed in convey
Inr supplies To the Russian army III the Crmea have
| been destroyed.
! VIElxA, June 3-The following authentic nclli-
| ,,cucc has been received from Narna The latest adj
vices from the Sea of Azof state that the steam flo
ta ni the allies has destroyed above 2OO vessels aml
six millions u ruriOns of corn and Hour, destined Tor
| the Russian army at Sebastopol
| PARIS, June 1.-THE Moniteur announces That the
Minister of War has received the following despatch
| from Gen. Pcll!sser
| CRInEA, june :, p. M.-Advines received from
Kertch dated the }lst of May, announce that on the
refusal The military authorities Ol tjcnitc situate
Araba' tn give Hp the government stores and W YES
sells laden with provisions for the Russian army IN the
Crimea the squadron under the orders OF Captain
Lyon, bombnr,lcd the place drove out the troops,
and destroyed all The Stores. The enemy has thus
lost in four days inmri-. quantity at PROVISIONS.
four war steamers. nnd iO Vessels employed eXclu-
.ivrly III provisioning the troops i'll the Crlmca."
WAR DEPARTMENT. Jurc j.-Lord Panmure pre-
sent. hl- cun mrms I" the editor Of the ImeS nll
has Great pleasure in transmitting the enclosed intel
Er, j.l has rruclpl
Raglan:
SEB.srnPOl, June 3.--News from Kertch Of the
I'd inst. Everything was going Satisfactorily
Cnpt. Moore had arrived from Crcassa with the IN
tegcncc that Souiat Kulch was evacuated on the
18th of May The Russians had burnt the principal
buildiEga, and abandoned % guns and six morarS,
having first rendered them unserviceabc.
teicgraphic icspstc:: i:nH! ST. Petersburg states
that tho following dcapa;ch had been .ccaj veG there,
dated S.baS;"p"l, june LIST:
"On the eth May, the enemy burnt two houses at
Bcrdinnsk, cuasiing vcssc6, and considerable
stores III grain. On the 99ih May seventeen OF the
cnemys vessels caunOnndcd Gcnitch, burnt the
transport vessels there, aud the stores Two of
our guns compelled the rnrny's boats, that Set
ting ro IL tile place In retire. On the 3Dth, the
onciny had not undertaken anything new against
GrnItci.'
vienna, May 3l.-Thc only news worth COMMUNE
eating, is the following. which Is from The OeSt /e'-
taag. ,,,
",
O0DD SarliAi.ns ard vUD Turks. Is aboutto attack
the Russian army at Inl:crInGn. II - generally ru-
morrd that Rrschld pacha will agar Gc Grand VIZ
xi,r with the hi :hnr title Of 'DIvlct Nclikl'
"BUCHAREsI Mny 30.-Eightccn steamers belong
ing the allied fleet cruising i'll the Sea OF Azoit,
in search al Russian vcssrls."
Up to the 2Ith OF May, none but Austrian and o.
dcnburg vessels had received Russian certificates
authorizing them to pass from Galatz into the Bi"ck
Sea.
Letters received from the East mention the proba-
biIity of an attack Anapa b. the allied armies,
! supported b. Mustapha Pach"s corps and the Cir
CassiulS.
In le2patch dated 2lst May, Prince Gortschnkoif
informs his government of the arrival Of the Sardin-
inn Contingent, AID cf the sailing OF the second
Kertch expedition though tbs object OF the expedI-
ton st a of conisot I: them A dos
patch, ria Berlin dated St. Petersburg st June,
says "Under date OF 10Th May, Prince GortschakntI
writes, that the 9th, the allies doubled Cape
Kaincscl Cnd occupied kcrtch and fenlkale Oar
garrison having spiked their guns and destroyed eir
vessels, retired Argiyn.g without having suffer
cd very considerable loss To- !:e 18th tile enemy
/! Ind hot penetrated into the interior
! "The allied iina haisppearcd before Berdansk
| TIE EVE Of GREAT EVENTS.
The following lsttcr has been received from the
French Camp before ScnGstcpo, dated the =!
al length on the eve OF great events; every
thing is prepared The last arrangements iav3 been
made in u council of war, M which Generals Canrob-
! er, Poinaicr, Kusquci, Lord Raglan, Omay Pnsha,
| Brown, Della hagInnra, aud Admirnls Bruat and Ly-
Ons present. All ucs requirements have come
up, and if my information 30 correct, tho army
amounts 10 ,OOO men.
"On sunday and Monday two dsvisions embarked
at KamiscII. a. the commanders Of the steamships
have their orders scacd the destination Of The cxlc-
dpton il moi known. il weighed anchor on Tues
day, and il is gr,eatiy believed that j: is proceeding
| 10 krrtcl. Two other divisions are gong 10 the
Tchernayn. 1t il supposed that it is the GdVnnced
guard OF the expe'!itIunary army. for when simple
! reconnaissance is made it is not usual TO take luG
| guns. The whole OF the cavalry Is in movement
The RGssals ar gong io he attacked at every point
| Ii is supposed ltuut IT, take possession OF
Snphcropcl in order to cut OK tho communications
with the Sea of Azni and the rcst OF the peInSpin
In this the Russians will he obliged to accept
bnte. 6hO0O French to take part in tho oIprdi-
! ton The enthusiasm ut the troops is difficult TO de-
scribe aEI the disappointment felt the recall of the
fret expedition Is already forgotten. The sanitary
condition Is excellent, GLd cur trOopa could not be
better prepared to undertake 6fur yhic ~ 40 i'm
p0rtant. l5'u1 OF the best troops Of Gmcr Tasih
| have come here; Egyptian troops have takeD their
pnce at Eupaora. The Sandman troops Hr6 mag.
, nicGnt They will, ! assure you, be worthy of tue
allies, by the side oi whom they are to ighf. Geuc-
raj Cnnheit las :"rc MI act which has obtained i"r
him higher place la TIE e3ec.n and hearts nf ihc
soldiers ttan II h1 had won victory. Gen. lclss'er
takes the command under the most favorable ci.Guh'-
stances. liecnl"ys IN an equal degree the confidence
and esteem nj the sOl"ra.''
| a letter from C"nstantinOple OF the 2lth says:
'MarIai law proclaimed in the PrInripaIlties a'''
Bucharest /" atate OF siege have produced IN |ci.
| stantlnnplc most painful effect. Count C0r"hiNl
acts precisely as if Ec in conquered country
Lord Sfra't"rd must now repent having GrgeH ING
Porto To the Convention Of the 18th OF june, which,
have often told you has been considered ~ Sc
| cond treaty OF BaI,a Liinanr
The ScmGphore nf Marseillcs contains letter from
kamicsch, Of the 81. which says:
! II have no important Increment TO communicate
| to you. Firing has almaa: ceased, but il ID known
that the formation At mines is continuing The YEA
thcr il delightful and the health of the tro"ps excel
lent. This morning Goa. Pellsscr sent direct To the
chiefs OF the staff ri the three allied armies lnStuc,
tons under the inrin ni notes. This new method oil
proceeding appeared, it is sud, to cause some sur
prise. Canrnhrrt. division tic LIST Of the I'd corps