The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-01-25
THE AFRICA,s MAILS.
Blowing up Of Docks at Sebastopol
Peace Neutrality-suspicious. Caae. 6cc

Eeace OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Case, DC
The mails by the steamer Africa arrived in th
city yesterday afternoon. The Africa left Liver
pool on Wednesday morning, the 9th inst Mucl
of her news Is composed of specuations on peace
and is rendered uninteresting by the Baltc's new
in our telegraphie column. which is three days La
ter.
Count Esterhazy has had an interview witt
Count Nesselrode; the subject discussed was the at
titude of Austria. Col Manteuffel has arrived q,
Vienna, and presented the King of Prussia an au
tograph letter to the Austrian Emperor Its con
tents have not transpired
The following Qrom the London Times) is recciv
ed as the most likely estimate of the proposed
terms of peace sent to ST. Petersburg:
"A good deal has been said about the propositions
presented by the Emperor Francis Joseph to Rus.
sia, and accepted by France and England. Until
they are officially known, We may as well rive
you what is stated in the German Chancelleres in
Paris, already alluded TO, and we have reason to
| suspect that it is perhaps nearer the truth than
anything as yet published on the subject With re-
spect to the Danubian Principalities we are as
sured that, as already stated, the complete aboli.
ton of the Russian proectorate is insisted upon
Russia Is to have no exclusive right of protection,
nor Intervention in the domestic affairs of the Prin-
cipalities. 1t is demanded that the Prncipalitiss
shall retain their privileges and immunities under
the su-erGiaste of the Sultan and that the Oto-
man Porte, in concert will, the contracting pow
ers shall grant to the Principalities inter-
nal organization according to the necessities and
freely expressed wishes of the population.
In concert with the Sultan also as their sa.erdin,
the Prncipalities will adopt permanent defensive
SYSTEM such as is required by their geographical
position, and no obstacle and no impediment shall
be offered 10 then IN their adoption of any extra
ordinary measures OF defence they may require to
enable them to resist aggression on the part of q
foreign Power 1u exchange for the fortified places
and territory occupied by the allied armies Russia
will be required to assent to the modification of her
nftnrx xxyIth IN
tier thus modified conformably to the general inter-
est, will commence from the neghborhood of Cho-
tym, following the line of mountains which extend
i'll a southeasterty direction, and terminating in the
Lake Sasik. The line will be definitely regarded
by the treaty of peace and the ceded territory will
be restored to the Prncipalities, and consequently
to the Sa=eTaEaete of the Porte.
With respect to the Danube, the opening of that
river and It's mouths will be eifectuauy secured by
regulations III which Europe will have, an interest
and in which the contracting powers will be duly
represented excepting the portions belonging to
powers who have territory on its banks, which
viii be regulated according to the principle estab
lished by the Congress of Vienna in matters reat
ing to river navigation Each of the contracting
Powers will have the right 10 maintS in one or two
small vessels of war at the mouth of the river with
the object of insuring the execution of the regua
tons relative to the freedom of the Danube. The
Black Sea will be made completely neutral. Its
waters will be open to the merchant shipping of all
nations, but will be interdcted to navies and,
in order to make that naturalization bona fide
naturalization, the prest Mt military arsenals will be
destroyed ana no new one hereafter created. The
complete protection of the commercial and mar.
time interests of all nations will be ured in the
various parts of the Black Sea by regulations
based ON and in conformity with international
right
The two Powers possessing territory on the
Black Sea will accept the engagement reciprocal.
ly to maintain therein no more than the number
ofght vessels, the force of which shall be deter
mined previously, necessary for the service of their
coasts respectively 1t is also provided that such
stipulation or Convention as shall have been agreed
to for that object shall be appended to the general
treaty. 1t will be previously submitted to the ap-
proval of the powers who sign that treaty, and
will have the same force, and be in every respect
considered forming an integral part of that in
strument. Those stipulations or conventions
forming part of the general treaty and secured in
the same manner, shall not be altered, modified,
or cancelled without the previous assent of all the
Powers who sign the said general treaty.
FROM THE CRIMEA.
One of the five celebrated dry docks in the Kara.
belnaia suburb of Sebastopol was demolished by
the French engineers Saturday last, the 22nd
instant, at p. N., by the explosion of mines. The
destruction of the dock was fully accomplished, the
blast having almost instantaneously reduced the
massive fabric into ruined and confused heap of
stones.
No sooner had the explosion occurred, the crash
of the falling masonry had scarcely died away
from the ears when the sharp reports of several
shells about the docks and neighboring buildings
told that the enemy had been no unobservant
spectators of the scene. They hoped to hit some
OF the troops, whom they suspected to be in the
neighbOrhood of the explosion, the nature of which
they no doubt understood, but, as usual, fired
without etfecting any injury or causing casualty.
Report says that all the preparations will be
completed for the demolition of the three docks to
be destroyed by the English in the course of
week from the present date
The weather in the Crimea was intensely cold,
the thermometer standing at Is deg. below zero.
About !oo French soldiers had been sent to Con
slantlhople frost bitten. Many of them would be
manned for life
FALL KARS.
The grossest peculation and mismanagement
took place with the provisions of Kars, and what
little was done was entirely due to the exertions
of Gen. Williams and the foreign officers The
garrison behaved nobly, and maintained discipline
to the last.
GREAT BRITAIN.
EXTRAORDINARY POISONING CASE
most extraordinary case of poisoning occupies
considerable space of public attention. The cir.
cumstances are briefly these Dr. William Palmer
surgeon but who made betting his profession, in
other words sporting man." was in company
with gentleman named Cooke at Hugely, Stafford.
shire, settling up some gambling accounts when
Cooke, who had just drank glass of liquor sud-
denly became sick and exclaimed that Palmer had
poisoned him. Cooke died next day, and Palmer
was arrested A discovery that Palmer was in
debted large sum to Cooke confirmed the suspi-
cion against him. and it was then remembered that
his (Palmers) wife had died suddenly of symptoms
similar to those that had carried OFF Cooke. This
led to further inquiry, when the astounding fact
gradually out that sixteen persons all immedi-
ateiy connected with Palmer, had died suddenly
within shert time, and that on the lives of some
of these persons he had effected nsurances, while
with others had betting transactions The most
astounding incident of these developments is that
Lord George Bentinek (who, it will be remember
ed had died suddenly had transactions with Palm
er and it is now believed he Was poisoned! The
corpses of some of the supposed victims have been
exhumed and submitted to chemical research for
traces of poison Strychnine or some other vege-
table preparation is supposed to have been the
means employed. 1t is somewhat curious that the
accused had fast horse that figured conspicuousy
in his turf speculations, and bore the name Of
"Strychnine
Madame Goldsmith Lind appeared at Liverpool
in the Messiah and had crowded audiences at
tickets from los Cd 10 2ls.
Admiral Seymour has completely lost the sight
OF one eye, but has otherwise recovered from the
injuries he met with from the recent explosion OF
Russian torpedo.
The London Times denies the reported mobbing
OF Russell, its correspondent in the Grim es..