Demoine courier., 1854-11-30
Late Foreign News.
ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA.
R E N e
MORE HARD FIGHTING IN THE
CRlMEA-L LARGE REINFORCE
MENTS ORDERED IN FRANCE
AND ENGLAND-ADVANCE IN
FLOUR.
PORTLAND, Nov. 22.

FLOUh.
PORTLAND, Nov. %.
The arrival pf the steamer Canadian
a. hit por, was announced by The firing
Of guns and rockets. She left Liverpool
OH the 7th, at ! P. NJ and arrived a, this
nor, las! evening, with "A cabin and 1913
s.eerage passengers. having made The
passage in Ia days.
The news by The Canadian is three
days later, and IL highly interesting and
important. W. give The following sum.
mary with regard TO the ommencemcn
and progress o: the siege of Sebas,opol.
Th. official dispatches from Admiral
Dundas. General Canrobert and Admiral
I1amlin, had been received. On the
the first day Of The bombardment,
1he whole OF the fleet commenced the al.
lack. by engaging South aud North of
the Ilarbor. The French squadron took
up a position at about a cables length
' distance.
The English squadron turned L, on the
en-, my The 1870 gins Of The Fort Con.
s~'antine AID the telegraph battery. A
large number Of the land forces were
placed in a formidable and advantageous
position on The heights Of SebasIopnl.
The action Of The fleets lasted from
half past twelve TO half past SIX, p. NJ :,
when, il being quite dark, the ships haul.
I'D oil. Al The commencement, Of the
ACTON, The enthusiasm was ex,a. me, and
nlso during the engagement.
Before finishing, Admiral IIamlin made
a signal,-"France observes you
which was replied to by shouts of The
fleet. The English loss on shipboard is
Iieu,enants Chase and MAIDEN killed. and
l6 officers wounded; IN all, al men kill.
ed ard 266 wounded. The ships are
considerably damaged by rho, and shells.
Tie French loss Is 80 killed and ls6
wounded.
Accounts have been received Of an al.
tack made by the Russian troops, 10000
/ IN number, on The forts in the ,lcini,y Of
SDalakiaya and town, in the rear Of the
position OF The Allies. They succeeded
~ capturing three batteries manned by
Turks, and driving away The men sta
toned at The guns, who are mostly Ievies
OF young men. The English cavalry,
The Scotch Grays and the Filth Dragon
Guards. however, speedily came TO the
rescue. and though The Light Cavalry
suffered severely, the Russians were re.
pulsed with great loss, and driven behind
,he TWO batteries.
On the evening Of the 2Gh The Rus
SLAMS, 5000 strong, made . sortie from The
sown, as well as from the direction of
Balak!ava. and were repulsed with grea!
slaughter, 5000 being lefl dead OH the
field.
The latest sdvices state that the BON
bartmenl from The heights was still Wig
,rously carried on. The Quarantine
port aud For, Constantine had been raz-
I'd. The southern ,owu and other parts
had been demolished. The Town is also
stated TO be on fire in three different pla
ces. 1t was evident that Sebastopot
could no. hold GU, much longer, and. &C
cording to one account. the assault was
10 be made on the I'd of November.
A telegraphlc dispatch had been re
ceivcd in Llverpoo! from a Greek house
that Sebas,opol had positively been cap.
tured, but the news needs Confirmation.
a dispatch states tina, The town is a mass
q! ruins, and thai all the artillerym men
who showed themselves al HE embra
lures were instantly kiIlrd. All nigh,
.helIs were poured irlo the city and tort,
leaving the enemy no time 10 ,epair dis.
asifrs.
The Russian Flee, had sought shelter
under the buildings along the quays. bu,
The allies were about TO fire upon them
from new batteries with red hol balls.
Tne Russians have Withdrawn from
the vicinity Of Balaklava.
1t was stated lha, the French had lost
1000 men. principally by an explosion.
while the English loss is under 500 killed
and wounded on the land side.
As both the English and French forces
have been Gu. up by disease and losses
N the various engagements. reinforce.
menls nave been called for by both gov.
crnments. They are TO be forthcoming
during the presen. week Abou. 10000
men have been sen. from England
These include the last Of the detach.
men,s which have arrived from Canada.
,he men of which are in a fine state of
health end efficiency. The bounty for
each soldier enlisted has been raised to
&c. and the standard heish, increased
throughout the service by n inch
The British force in ,he Crimea will
then amount, to 100. O00.
! thirteen Of the fourteen iron cylin-
= lers which were ordered at Woolwich
for conveyance to Sebas,opol, TO blow up
The sunken ships. have been completed
; and shipped. Each Of the cylinders
will contain one thousand pounds of
powder. One hundred and twenty gum
boats, together with forty floating batter
les and seventy guns. making a total Of
$500 guns, are TO be ready for an attack
on Cronstadt. The fees are shortly
expected home for the winter. A camp
Of lOO.O 900 men is TO be formed 10 be
ready for the spring campaign in the
! Baltic.
1t appears very doubtful whether Aus
tria and prnssin will not, after all, have