Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-01-16
Arrival Of the Atlantic.

| By the arrival of the Atlantic we find nothing
of Importance from the seat of war. Parliament
was convened on the 18th, and the time was occu-
pied by the Queens Speech, which dwels at
length on the state of things at the East. The
treaty with Austria is looked upon by Lord John
Russell as very precarious. Other items of inter-
| est can be found below.
The announcement as to the character of the
treaty, coming from a source entitled to so much
confidence, gave evident dissatisfaction, and un-
settled the funds both in London and Paris
The news from the Crimea is thus brought down to
the Sd ult., by the special correspondent Of the
London Times.
Nov.l9-There is really nothing to record of the
siege. The French have established themselves in
side an earthwork near the Quarantine Fort. Volta
tour.
Nov. 20-Nothing to report.
Nov.2l-A smart skirm;sh occurred during the
night, between three companies of the Rifle Brig
AIDE (English) under Lieut.. Tryop, who dislodged
| three hundred Russians from position they had
taken up in a ravine. Lieut.. Tryon was killed.
Later in the night there was false alarm that
the enemy was moving in force. There was some
firing in the course of the night between the
French and Russian pickets on the road to Balak-
lavia.
Nov. 22-Several heavy brass guns (Turkishl
were placed in position yesterday and to-day
Accounts do not indicate the exact locality Of the
battery. :,
Nov. 23--Rain, rain, rain. One of the vessels
in the harbor of Sevastopol, having been dislodsed
by the storm, the Russians Immediately sunk an
other in its place.
Nov. 27-The advices from Katcha.- They COM
plain OF the bad anchorage and the danger to which
the shipping is exposed BY the frequent storms.
Nov. 2e-Notbing important. r.
Nov. 3O.--Advices are from Constantinople-
They mention the continued arrival of reinforce
ments en- route for the Crimea. They also mem
ton that Omar Pacha has sent strong complaint
to Government that his troops are neglected.
Dec. Separations suspended BY the rains.
The Monteur contains the following from Gen.
Canrobsrt:
"CAxP, before Sebastopol, Dec. 3.
Rain is falling in torrents. Our roads are cut
up, our trenches filed with water, and our siege
operations as we'll as all our works remain in q
state of suspense.
The enemy remains immovable, for the same
reason as ourselves Is, 80.
In spite of these trials the spirit of all is ex.
cellent, and we remain firm and ready to resume
our operations as soon as ever the weather and
the state of the roads will allow us to stir.
Gen. DE Montebell0 arrived on the 5th at Con.
antinople, and left the next day for the Crimea.
The health Of Prince Napoleon was improving.
Signed, CANRoBERT."
burgh that to the 4th Of December, nothing new
had occurred before Sebastopol, excepting some
tri6ing (Russian) sorties, without success.
An English letter says that on the 23d party
Of British spiked sixteen Russian guns. No de.
tails given. e'agres %
The bes'egers' third parallel is completed.
A storm in the sea of Axof has wrecked 40
Russian vessels. at s74 ~ el4
FIRsr BRIDcr-A grand celebration will take
place at Minneapolis on the 23d, in commemorar