Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-05-14
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| ARMIES sSsAkxsKxr.
| Letters from Const.ntinop, the nth of April
four thousand French soldiers whose term Of the -, W.,
hal expired. have c@buksd iiom the Crimea One hall
al tho Sari,nan force hal ssrciy lcit Marshal pels.i,s
would rrurn home about the end OF tho month General.
ludcs- and Pehser had eIehSged visit. Of coarie.,
The weather good. aud The health Of tho troop. i,u
proving
letter from the Camp. dated April Ia, SAYS
Yesterday the 18th inst. Gen Lud rs rrvie~ %. body
Of Russian troops the Mackenzie plateau In prcs.nc,
of Marshal Pelssier and Generals CoJn,ton and La Ma,
mora. who had been invited to stness the Inspection.
The stated number of Russian soldiers present WAS Ia
but the general calculation that n,ore than o
were assembled. They seemed to be picked men wer,
clcsuy aud vel. attireJ past Ia excellent time and or
der THE bands each containing from musicians.
~cre much admired Aner the revie~ Gen. LADDERS gave
adssHsr at which the commanders OF the allied ar,nie.
and many other officers we're present
THE French soldiers Of the class ls4s have al left for
France and to-day thosc OF the class sI9 Who lust
completed their period Of service. marching Ksmi.
ssch Tor smbarkatioo. Tonorros Marshal Pels>,er l. Il,
review the main body OF the French the Crinea
when Gen Ludcrs Il expected To be present The Ssri.
ias have commenced hsr departure. They are embark.
ing Ia English Transports and t said the Engs troop,
Will not leave, With the exception of the brigade aar
until the whole Of Sandman allies have quitt. the
Crin-a-
Many parties OF officers aud Others leaving the
British camp for short expeditions into the interior The
famous site OF the battle VI the Alma in one direction
Bskteh sra Simcropo and Tchoout k.le tb. pl,cr ,f
setemes ut the karaic Jews, in another; and Baiar
Pas To Alupks and ialta In third direction are the
chief objects of attraction Yesterday, morning
the camps almost appeared have chan
gi inhabitants, the French Sandman mud
English visitors tive tho harbor and among
the Russian canps the nkcrnan plateau aud so many
Russian soldiers wandering about the camps OF the
| Allies"
"A general censurc Of the conduct Of the army works
corps appears in general oricrs OF this day'. date
Lieutenant Colonel Haewel Assistant Quarterua.t,r
General OF the fourth DIVISION has been ordered on sp,
e,a duty to Baakava He Is Tn have the supcrnendence
oi the embai kaon of all British troops leaving that
port, and To DC the medium Of with the
naval authorities respecting the arrangements OF the
| ports.
THE review OF the English army nv d Q commando of
the forces Is announced Ia take place the inst
All officers aud soldiers obtaining permission TO LEAVE
camp are warned To he back by the both"
DISTURBANCES IN SYRIA
serious disturbance has taken pac. al Napous Tn.
Rev. Mr. Iyde, English missionary, was leaving NapIous
when halt sitted Arab looked upon by the natives As
holy man, demanded aims, aud seized Mr.. Lyd-- gun
~hlch was hanging before him the saddle. UniortL.
naely the piece exploded and killed the man The Arab
population immediately rose plundcred the hous. of the
English Consul, English school, and Greek church. tore
down the French and English tags aud ended by KILN.
the father OF the Prussian consul was stt.n,pting 10
defend the property Of the English Mr. Lydc touk RI,
huge IN the "overnors house AMI brought Jerusn
r by AN escort al cavalry sent for him by the Pasha
The north OF Syria IL ia very disturbed state la aud
abontt the mountains there are 10000 men, all CARVING
arms, and the Turkish Government would be poweress
| against any rising OF the people.
FRANCE.
The French government is sorely dspleased With the
premature publication OF the peace treaty the London
Journals lie Nord and Independence Beige As the doc
ument was obtained suucpiitously It says that pains
should he spared for discovering the delinquent Several
arrests have already been made
KATFIcArIoN.-rmE TREATY
The ratification OF the by the Sultan has aread,
reached Paris. That OF Sardinia left Turin o the TWEEN
eth aud one from Russia dispatched Berlin Oh the
twenty fourth
sitting of the Congress was held in Pari. on Sunday
afternoon when the exchange of atca took place in
due form. The plcnipote ntarics in fall costume
The Paris Universe throws doubt upon the Authenticity
OF The protocol respecting the Dinuba ptincipates.
POLAND
An official decree raises the siege of Poland.
RUSSIA.
The late reported speech of the Car Moscow pro
nounced humbug-a fabrication. so it reliably a.
| eIted in Paris.
| ENGLAND.
The PAlmerston Government had resolved on dssolu
| ton OF Parliament
AMAN VoLuNrARrLr BIN roR FoRrr-xrxr YE,Rs
the last London Illustrated News has the following
On Friday, 9TH inst consigned To their final
resting place ia the church ward Krghlcy York shire
ais that lived; in acta parallel scarcely poe,
sibe, of man voluntarily going bed in good health
aud remaining there for period OF forty nine years lie
went by the cognomen OF "od Threeaps" in the neigh
borhood, but his realname WIN. Sharpe. He lived
III AN isolated house called Worlds" (probably an all
brevation of wv ords End") not Tar from i'm
the parish OF Keighey. lie the son of small farmer
born A. d. l157, and from early age showed little pr,
disposition steady work. When thirty years OF age he
took To his bed aud the ROOM which he never LEFT ill car
ed thence Oh the day of his funeral The this
aordinary conduct is believed haze been matrimonial
disappointment his wedding day xed accompan by
a friend he wended his way down to the parish cbutch
aud there patiently awaited the arrival of h- bride elect
but she came her father having stenly and sea,
refused his Henceorth the young man con.ig
ed himself 10 small room, feet square with the de-
termination Of spending the remainder of his existence
between the bankes-which resolution he kept most un
/ fiiuchingly
At the time of Shapes death the window of his room
bad been opened for thrty-eght years, In tbi,
dreary abode did this strange being immune himself He
constantly refused 10 speak one and IL spoken to
never answered. even those who his constant aten
dants His father by his will made provision for the tenn
pOral wants Of his eccentric SON and so secured MIN a
constant attendant During the whole period Of this self
imposed confinement he had any serious illness the
only of ndispostioO those about him can remember
being slight loss Of appetite for othree DAYS caused
apparently by Indigestion aud this nOtw handng he ate
ON the average much any farm labourer Though
arrived at tile of seventy nine years his flesh firm
fair aud unwrinkied, with far and his weight was
estimated about 30 pounds The curious TO come
from far aud vide To him, but whenever stranger
ushered into his deu he Immediately buried his head
beneath the bed clothes About u week before his death
i+ appetite began to a anl his limbs became partially
bcnumhcd that he could not take his food in hi
customed manner. From this attack he seemed 10 rally
aud not until the evening before his death any appr
tensions entertained that the attack would prove ultimately
fatal However. during the night of Sunday the 2d s he
became rapidly worse, and died four following morn
ing Shortly before h. expired he was heard to eSclain
Poor Iall-PooF lin-Poor Bill Sharpe the most
connected sentence he had been known many
a year.
TIN ScESEs THE WAR.--A letter from the camp be-
fore vasopo describing the scenes Of the war says
that pes Of shot have been found in every rayine that
every Is full Of iron and that guns are buried
| ia the earth ali sides. The writer adds
It only yesterday passed five six fine En-
gish cannon, apparently 32.pOundefs, which had been
flung dOWn the side Of the avne from the French battle
overlooking the DOcL yard Creek and living psde
down IN the ground The artillery are daily enhaerd in
singing guns add mortar, and sending them osn Ia Bs
ikltva Tor shipment. IL is calculated that the Russians
fired about 5000" uus Of iron IL j. certain We
them about 81 600 tons IN aud possibly the
French 6rcd about 10000 tons 80 that betw, en- co 900
aud 10000 TONS weight Of iron must be lying about
| plateau
! MssONiC.Thc various lodges Of the order OF Masons
IN thu Canadian provinces have separated themselves from
the Jurisdiction Of the grand lodges Of England Scotland