Washington sentinel., 1856-04-15
LATE FOREIGN NEWS.

The steamship Washington, from Bremen,
via Southampton the 26th ultimo, arrived at
New York on Sunday morning.
Her dates from Liverpool are to the oath,
and from London to the 25th. The Cunard
steamship America, from Boston and Halifax,
had not arrived out.
The Treaty Of Peace was yet unsigned. The
Conference was less harmonious, owing to a
demand put forth by the Prussian plenipoten-
tiaries to be admitted to sign the treaty on the
same footing and in the same character as if
Prussia had been a party to the alliance
throughout. 1t is said that Russia supports the
pretensons of Prussia. This took place at the
meeting of the 22d. Another meeting was
held on the 24th, but nothing had transpired of
what then took place. The opinion prevailed
that the Conference would ultimately resolve
itself into an European Congress
Peace is generally regarded as certain The
correspondent Of the Times in the Crimea says
that the war party there still cherish the hope
that the peace negotiations may break down.
1t may suit the French (he says) to make
concessions, but it ought not to suit the Eng
lish. The French doubtless consider that they
have done enough for honor glory, and to
revenge their reverses of 1872, and they cannot
afford to carry on the war as England can
But their army, however numerous on paper,
is dwinling sadly. The scurvy and fever are
playing havoc in its ranks The mortality is
cta ad to ha bun o,xJ a.
and frequently more. The Allies had com
menced the demolition of the enclosure lines
around Sebastopol
The Copenhagen correspondent of the Lon
| don Times states that the Danish Commissary
had submitted to the Copenhagen Conference
| proposal for the capitalization of the Sound
dues, fixing thirty-fve millions of rix dollars
as the minimum indemnity which Denmark
claimed. The writer states further that the
United States having declined to take part in
that conference, the question would in all
probability be resolved without their co-opera-
| ton.
| Mr.. Buchanan was to leave Southampton on
| the 9th of April, in the steamer Arago He
had gone to Paris, accompanied by Mr.. Camp
| bell, the American Consul at London, and Mr..
Croskey, the American Consul at Southampton.
He would visit the Hague before his return.
The city of Parma, in Italy, had been again
laid under siege to the frequent disturbances
and assassinations there.
Sir Hyde Parker commander of the English
naval forces in the East Indies, died at Deven-
port on the 2lst of March. Sir Henry Pot
| finger died at Malta on the 18th.
Advices from Hamburg state that Commo-
| dore Watson has declared all the Russian Baltic
ports in state of blockade.
| Advices from Persia state that Dost Mahom.
med had taken possession of Candabar. Per-
sian troops were marching against him.
A telegraphic despatch from Jassy states
that the courier who was the bearer of the
formal demand for union Of the principalties,
addressed to Count Walewskie had been arrest.
ed at Czarowitz.
Advices from Nicolaieff state that COM
mission arrived there from st. Petersburg, on
the 4th of March, and Immediately commenced
| operations for the abandonment of that place
as military depot. II was stated that it
would be declared free port