Jasper Banner, Volume 2, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 March 1855 — Three Days Later from Europe. ARRIVAL OF THE PACIFIC. [ARTICLE]
Three Days Later from Europe. ARRIVAL OF THE PACIFIC.
Great Battle between the Turks and Russians in the Crimea!—The 'Turks Victorious!—Resignation of Lord Raglan.—Another change in the British Cabinet.*—Death of Joseph Hume. , New York, March 14. The steamer Pacific, with advices from Liverpool, to Wednesday the ‘27th ult., has arrived at this port. — She did not sail for four days after her appointed day, hence the apparent delay in her arrival. The steamer Union had arrived at Cowes, but the steamers Africa or Sarah Sands, had not arrived when the Pacific sailed, nor did she see either of them during nag^ngp Another change has taken place in the British Cabinet. Gladstone, Herbert and Graham had resigned, because Roebuck’s motion to appoint a Committee to inqure into the management of the war was carried. — Subsequently the Cabinet was remodeled but the same men are in, except,that Lord John Russel is in again, as Colonial Secretary. The celebrated Joseph Hume is dead. r The Vienna Peace Conference was to be opened in a few days. AIT parties expressed a strong desire for peace. ~ It had been officially announced from the Crimea, that on the 7th of February, the Russians under General Lassardi, fifty thousand strong, with seventy guns, attacked the Turkish forces at Eupatoria, under the command of Omar Pacha. The battle lasted four hours, and the- Russians had to retire finally, leaving upon the field fully two thousand in killed and wounded. Adairs before Sebastopol were unchanged. It was confidently reported that sjOTU TXaguln iluQTcd 1 U, oTi(j lußl Lord Lucan had been recalled. The weather in England continued very Bevcre, and great riots had taken place at London and Liverpool, in consequence of the distress which prevailed amongst the working class. The weather had changed when the Pacific sailed, and shipping were arriving at both places, which greatly improved business and gave employment to the laborers. The steamer Pacific arrived out at Liverpool on the 23d. She saw a steamer off Skenus, on the .evening of- the 27th, supposed to be the Africa.
The General impression in England, was that the l'almerston Cabinet had fallen to pieces, and could not be remodeled permanently . It is stated that the passage of Mr. Roebuck’s measure was only the ostensible cause of the resignation of Mr. Graham, Gladstone, and Herbert, and that the real cause was private sqaubbles in the Cabinet. It was also believed that the Roebuck party would not rest satisfied until it had impeached Lord Raglan, and one or two other, ex-Ministers. Lord Palmerston had experienced great trouble in patching up the Cabinet and it was not fully completed, and Russel only takes the Colonial Secretaryship to stop the gap, but will complete his mission to the Vienna conferences^ 1 It was rumored that Lord Raglan was offered, and would accept, a seat in the Cabinet. The Earl of Carlisle is the new Viceroy to Ireland. A Mr. Lewis, an untried man, is Chancellor of the Exchequer^— The members of the Government express strong hopes that the negotiations at Vienna will lead to although all Europe was preparing loFwar. - -
Louis Napoleon seems in earnest about going to the Crimea, and has publicly expresed his determination to leave for the seat of war immedi ately, but England and Austria advise him to stay At home. It was reported that Russia had declared war against Sardinia. Tuscany has joined the Western Powers, but it seems Naples has not. The battle between the Turks and Russians, at Eupatoria, was fought on the 17th ult., and not on the 7th. The Russian force is said to be a few thousands superior to the Turkish. Z .—, Lord John Russell has published an address to his constituents, defining his position, and casting himself into their hands as a candidate for a a renewal of their confidence. On the 19th ult., the Queen signed the North American fisheries bill. A Convention between Great Britain and the Sublime Porte,for the enlistment of a Turkish contingent, has been signed. An interesting debate arose in Parliament, upon the question of going into Committee on the Army estimates. Lord Palmerston contended that the sufferings of the army in the Cei-
mea, arose from physical causes, beyond human control,and that the sufferings were not confined to the British army, inasmuch ait the sick and wounded of the Russian! reached thirty-five thousand. Lord Palmerston announced during the debate, that Lord Lucan had been recalled, in consequence of his differences with Lord Raglan, and also made the startling announcement that compulsory measures would have to be resorted to, to fill up the ranks of the service. The right of search waa urged as a matter of necessity, to prevent the importation of Russian goods into England. It was deemed advisable not to lay before the House the correspondence between the United States and on., the international arrangement during time of War. The weather in the Crimea had become moderate, and the snow had almost disappeared. The health ot the army was better, and the seige » 'SI* - '| -rr«. operations were progressing with vigor. Orders had been received at Constantinople to provide hospital beds for 5000 men, from which it was inferred that an assault was to be
tnfrde upon Sebastopol. - The Baltic fleet for the spring campaign is to consist of four war steamers, carrying, in guns; five floating batteries, of eighty guns each; eTgh't morrar ships; twen-ty-eight steam gun boats; in all one hundred vessels. Whether the Emperor of France will go to the Crimea or stay at home, is a matter of some uncertainty lt iB eaitf he has drawtr up a vast plan of military strategy, which lie wished to superintend in person. hut . England and had better leave the matter to his Generals. The Americans residing in Paris gave a grand ballon Washington’s birthday. Nearly all the members French government, were present. “The City of Catania, in Italy, has been nearly destroyed by an earth quake. The Vicnnna semi-official Journals, that Austria intends negotiating a loan ot fifteen millions in England. The Imperial Palace at Pragna, the residence of the Ex-Emperor ol Austria, has been destroyed by fire.
