Daily American organ., 1856-04-21
Arrival of the Steamer Affica--Three Days
Later From Europe. ~ -

Arrival of the Steamer Affica-Thres Days
Later From Europe. ~s
Nrw YoEK, April 20.--The British and North
arrived At this port yesterday, FROM Liverpool,
bringing three days later Intelligence She arrived
at Liverpool about 10 o'clock A. NJ, on Saturday
the 9th instant.
The Baltic sailed from Liverpool at S.b0 A. NJ,
Wednesday the I'd, with SO pas5engers
The following fiom Lloyds List may or may not
have reference to the Pacific:
/" FIGUrRtA oath March.-The Skpwith, Ryan,
arrived here; in coming OF the Newfoundland
Coast, fell in with ice to the distance Of 200 miles
from the land, and saw the lights of steamer In
the ice."
[Memorandun.--The above vessel left 81. Johns,
newfoundland, 18th Feburary.l
.aF THE cKIAEA.
On the morning of March 18th a shocking acci
dent occurred on the slope of Kadkoi, in the burn
ing of some wooden huts occupied by men OF the
Commssariat works corps Notwithstanding the
most prompt assistance, sixteen men perished In
the flames They were doubtless suffocated by
the smoke. Their bodies were charred past all
chances of recognition. Ga
The correspondent of the London Times,
writing from Sebastopol Of date of 22d of March,
thus describes the present condition OF that city:
For the last week our army has been cutivatiDg
its tastes for the drama, improving Its acquaint-
ance with the Russians, preparing Tor active SER
vice, If needs should be, in the field, and 0rganz-
ing the grand Sebastopol Spring meeting, which
will take place on Monday next by the banks Of
the Tchenaya not very far distant from the scene
of the memorable charge Of the light cavalry brig
ade on the 10th of October, 1854. The demolition
of trenches works, and houses in the city contin-
/ slx.ss
will soon be as desolate and ruinous as Thebes or
Palmyra Every hour long trains of men pass by
with beams of timber and planks on their shoul-
ders, which are taken out of the remains of the
white buildings
sa GREAT BRITAIN ika
The business in Parliament has been mostly of
home interest Papers were laid before the House,
of Lords on the subject of torture exercised in
Madras to compel the payment of taxes. Mr.. Scott
moved for select committee of inquiry into the
ticket-ofleave convict system. $50
Among the notices of motion is one by Lord
Goderick-"to to ask whether a document which
had recently appeared, purporting to be despatch
written by the British Minister at Washington to
the Secretary of State of the United States the
9th of February last, with reference to the dis
putes between Great Britain and the United States
on the subject of Central America is authentic"
FRANCE.
II Paris was again Illuminated Tuesday night, and
the iluminations in private houses were more gen.
eral than on Sunday. The reason was that many
people understood the illumination following the
review as a tribute to the army of the Crimea,
great part of which had appeared upon the ground.
and at least this was the feeling of many--as
homage to the dead, whose bones are whitening
on that distant shore. The public buildings and
embassies were not generally lighted up on this
occasion, but numbers of private individuals, who
were out of town on Sunday, took this opportu-
nifty Of putting lampions on their windows. The
Boulevards were exceedingly brilliant and to late
hour dense crowd thronged both sides of them
to such an extent as to render it difficult to move
The number of vehicles was also so great, that
more than once all advance became impossible
Several of the passages were lit up with great
taste, and sort of triumphal arch in the March
ST. Honore attracted much attention. A transpa-
rency OF the Emperor Alexander I'd at the Russian
print shop on the Boulevard des Itaiens had crowds
around it during the evening. 1t is significant
fact that the Orleanists and Legtimsts, who have
never illuminated since 1848, made an ostentatious
display Of light on Sunday and on yesterday. The
hotels of M. Guizot, M. de Montalivet, and the
Duchess de Duras, in the Fauborg St, Souse, ane
very many great houses in the Fauborg st. Gerd
main were particularly remarked. Did they light
up to show their sympathy with Russia The
general belief is that they did
Later from Hdvana.
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