Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-06-06
Foreign News By the America.
New YoRK, MAY "a

Il ASNht 4tA19 81
The steamer Americawith advices
4 from Liverpool and London to the
18th inst, arrived at Halifax this
morning. r + :5s<
The English funds continue steady
with but little fuctuation, the closing
rates for Consol$, for money, was
ISS IL. rs,T.a ,.-.s :. + !.
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. <Ejt
i The news from the scat of war,
4 by this arrival, contrary to the gen.
:, eral expectation, contains nothing
of an interesting or decisive charac-
ter. The affairs i'm the Crimea are
reported as unchanged, though the
telegraph news published BY the Gov
ernment was brief and somewhat in
4 definite. s e.a>~a.
Drouyn del Hugs, the French Min
lister, had resigned, owing to his un-
Willingness TO carry on the war: r.
/ Being opposed, to protracted war
Count Nalewski, the French ambas-
sador at London, had been appoint
led his successor. +. | La =. IL.
/ 4 All the documents relating to the
Vienna Conference had been laid
before parliament. lalS\
The Italian who attempted to as
sassinate Napoleon, had been con-
demned to death. - l-.. + y
/. The emigrant ship "John," bound
from Plymouth to Quebec, was wreck
ed, and a large number of lives lost.
| The English papers admits that
the hopes ofpeace have departed,
and that no assistance can be expect
from Austria, and but little from the
rest of Europe, and that consequent
" France and England must fight it
out to the end.
J. The correspondence from the
camp, under date of A pr;l 9th, ex:
planning the difficulty of the siege,
states positively that the advances
of the allies of the acquisition ground
bit By bit,R and that while the works
thus advance, there can be no doubt
Of ultimate suecess-provided the
Russians in the field shall be unable
to compelthe allies to raise the siege
Canrobert announces that when
reinforcements arrive, he will enlarge
the circle of operations. 2. !.
" THE LATEST
/ The last official adyices which had
TRANSFERRED on the the 10th ult., upon
which morning it it is stated the Rus
SLAMS in large force had a sortie on
the right Of the allies, and were i'm
mediately driven back by the French;
subsequently the Russ ians made N
second attack and were rcpulscdwith
great loss. -... =. - j
General Mannera had arrived at
the camp with four thousand Sardc-
Man troops. .. .
I -The English Baltic fleet was work
ing its way up to Cortland, AS the
/ ice would permit. NJ Il.
4 1t is said France has asked per-
mission to establish French camp
on Swedish territory, ar id if the per-
mission is refused. Bombarsound will
be occupied and fortified by the. al
! lies. c..... X
! Three ships had left England. \on
| the 10Th, to blockade the White Sea.
| The following interesting news
items is from the London Stand
ard" - + ~ .
"a very extraordinary circum.
stance reported from a source which
does not admit of a DOUBT ofits truth,
comes to Ills by letter from St. Pc
ltersburg. t.., ::
II 1t appears a fine: American frigate
Fbuilt ship, recently arrived at q port
in the Baltic. twas stated she had
on board eight hundred bales ofcot-
ton, but our correspondent visited
the ship, and found in addition to the
cotton, fifty thousand rifles and five
thousand rcvolvers. >Messrs., c..
Merchants, from Boston, were on
board as passengers. I
The STANDARD" asks: f.. J.
What are our Consels in the Uni
ted States about, that they should
permit such acargo to leave without
apprising our Government of the
fact" : "a FL. + -.
The. indications are growing
stronger thatPfussia and Austria arc
attempting to effect general accord
among the German States, and the
editors of the semi. official journals
are, united in favor Of the govern
ment. -f.- = j. ILL., z