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BY the ship Kent, from London May 12, wo have received files of English papers to latest date, for which we are indebted to Mr. Robert Tooth and to Mr. R. A. Hunt, of the Post…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lord Panmure has this day received a despatch and its enclosures, of which the following are copies, addressed to his Lordship by Field-Marshall Lord Raglan, G.C.B.:â…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE "Vienna Conferences" having ended in smoke, and Sebastopol turned out to be bomb proof against the combined action of the shot and shell of the Allied armies, it is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →On Monday afternoon the instructions required by Prince Gortschakoff and M. Titoff from the Czar arrived from St. Petersburg. The courier was five days on the road. On…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The portion of the town opposite the French is a heap of ruins. The flashing of musketry over a space of some miles, and the immense number of shells travelling in the air,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—I pray your kindly notice of the following suggestions which, in my humble opinion, if promptly and vigorously carried out, would soon terminate the war with honour and glory to England, and benefit to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This gentleman, who is a barrister, and was one of three members of the commission sent out last year to Scutari by the Government to examine and report on the state of the hospitals, stated, upon his recall, that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We see from all the reports coming from the Russian capital, that the extreme fanatical party, which is headed by the Grand Duke Constantine, entirely rules the councils of Alexander…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Russia has refused the preffered terms of peace so absolutely that accommodation seems to be rendered impossible. The Western Powers have committed themselves to an advance from which they can scarcely…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →lt is a matter of great astonishment in planning defences for the harbour of Port Jackson and the [?] that the tremendous auxiliary power of steam applied to vessels of war, as well as of merchandise, should be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Sir,—Like Lord Dundonald, I beg permission to call public attention to a similarly interesting case. "After two months' misadventure, I at last, on the 3rd of March, had the honour of introducing to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We often hear of then who are overeducated for their understanding, and, indeed, it is of such persons, that the bores the praters, and sciolists of society, are composed. Such persons have furnished themselves with an instrument, which they…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The great Crimean expedition is now apparently destined to realize the lowest deep of humiliation. Having expended their combined strength upon the fortifications of Sebastopol, harmlessly as a wave breaks upon a rock -- the Allies have…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →We are, at last, apparently on the eve of ascertaining the fate of the Anglo- French expedition to the Crimea. On the 9th instant the Allies actually assumed sufficient courage to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE following letter has been handed to us for publication. We hope that the very large sum subscribed to the Patriotic Fund may be an fairly ami as beneficially applied…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"THE dogs of war," is an old poetic phrase. Unhappily, our times too frequently show us not the dogs, but the puppies of war; the young bow-wow unbroken animal, full of unseemliest tricks. How…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE following despatch has been received from Lord Raglan by the Secretary for War, Lord Panmure:â SEBASTOPOL, May 11, 5.45, p.m.âThe enemy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In last week's impression we pointed out a few of the considerations which might not unnaturally incline even sensible and thoughtful men to conclude a peace on terms materially short of our original and just demands…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The last hope of Peace has vanished, and now it is war to the knife. Early this week the wives carried a message across Europe, the sternest to mankind in our days. Russia…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →VARNA, May 17.—There is heavy firing every night at Sebastopol. The expedition to kertch has not been renewed. Three divisions of the French army have left Muslak for the Crimen. Cholera has almost disappeared…
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