Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-06-20
Foreign News.


received from the seat of war since the |
battle Of Alma.
The intelligence comprises three dis.
tnct successes Of the allies. First: The !
success OF the French in sanguinary con-
hicls lasting the whole Of the nights Of the |
22d and 23d Of May. in which they took
and still retain mn important position of
defense in the place d'armi before Sebas.
pol. Not less than 800 men were killed
or wounded, mostly by the bayonet.
Second. The allies made rapid adj |
vance and seized and retained the Russi- |
An lines on the Tchernaya without incurr-
ing much lusS-Ihe Russians retreatipp to |
the hills.
General P, lisSirr says the Russian loss !
was enormous and that Of tie French
troops considerable, though much less
than that of the enemy. The French at
she latest accounts retain, d the positi n !
4hus won.
Thirdly. The secret expedition has
obtained easy osseSsOn Of Kcrt<ch, and
now command the sea of Azoff, in which
are now fourteen allied steamers.
The Russians. on The approach OF the
allies blew up the forts and burned
four steamers and thirty transports, with
half a m'lllon sacks Of breadstuffS.
IKACE CoNFEREHCE.-FrancGa and Eng
4and have declined further conference Al
Vienna, AS proposed by Austria.
FRAEcE.-The French exposition was
beginning TO attract more attention, but
AZ lar short OF the expectations enter
tanned. The first free day attracted 80,
900 visitors.
The king Of Portugal was in Paris.
ENGLAND The British Parliament was
not in session.
The British shipping returns for A pril
conllnUc 10 exhibit u considerable decrease
IN the employment Ct Tonnage.
UssIA.-Princc MeuschlkOff had re-
turned to ST. Petersburg. and WAS we'll re-
ceiVcd by the Emperor.
SOven hundred and fortv-six Russian
prisoners are in the hands Of the English.
while Russians have but on" hundred and
ten officers belonging to the British.
SPAtN,-A dispatch from Madrid states
that COrtes had granted The extruordnl.
ry powers demanded by the government.
by vote of 1874 against 40
Twenty-Five insurgents have been cap
tured at Dierems, and 25 have surren-
dered Mt Caspe.
From 1HDIA-ExPED1T1oN AGAINST PER-
6IA.-Letters from Bombay TO the BOIL
OF April, state that an important and
powerful expedition, consisting Of 5000
men and an extensive fleet, was ready O
proceed To- the Persian Gulf 10 M
mence offensive opc' atoms against the
Shah
lrALY.-Thc new Sandman ministry
has at length been re-compoSed
The eruption at Mount Eesuvius has
Rubsided
GREECE A conspiracy to nssassinate
Gen. Kalergi. the Greek Minister ofWar,
had been discovered at Athens, and some
arrests had been made.
EarPr.-The Viceroy Of Egypt has
given orders for the construction of a
railroad across the ISthmus Of Sucz
CHIXA.-DAtcs from Shanghai TO the
9Th Of February represent that all was
quiet, ami tI.Ht the troops were with
drawn towards Nankin. In the interior
change. The insurgents were making
such advances AS led to fears that they
might stop the export trade of Shanghai
Famine threatened the people of Can
ton, and food riots were apprehended.
British fleet Of eight vessels Of war
WAS at Japan. and were to proceed to the
Russian settlements on the north.
The U. 8. ship. James p. Kennedy was
at Canton the Vandalin at Whampor,
and the Powhatan ut Singapore.
Captain Adams of the u. S. Navy. |
proceeded homewurd by this mail. with
the ratified ia pan treaty
When the steamer Driver was sent into
lVi
there with official notice of the blockade
she found. among other ships, the Samuel
Appleton, Of Boston. which was also serv-
cd with warning to clear out within six
days.
A day or two afterwards, when out
cruising. the steamer fell in with the Ap
pIetOn, and an officer Was sent on bLarI
who examined her papers, and found
them perfectly in order, whereupon the !
officer demanded 10 see tie bills Of land
ing. The American captain objected,
and began 10 make difficulties, but the
ofhcer insisted. when it turned ont that
the Appleton had just landed at the BAI>
TIC port $4,000 rifles and 10000 revol !
TerA, OvSides about 800 bales of cotton, as !
'ne ostensible part Of her cargo. The !
EMP WA" then ovcrhauIed. but nothing
0onttaoAnd Of war was found.
:. Inc Vienna papers publish consular
dispatch from Varna, according to which
the number OF allied troops landed at
hertch under General Brown amounted |
to 10000. The advance on TechrrnavaI
was made on the same day by $4,000
men.
A French private dispatch, also from
I"rna: states that the allies are in posses
sion Of Techerguna, on the right bank of
the river. Two Russian batteries and