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The Steamer Canada arrived at Halifax
on the 18Th inst with Liverpool dates Ia
the 7'b, three days later than those by The
Arsgo.
The advices by this arrival, though int.
resting, are no. possessed Of much impor.
lance.
FROM THE CRlMsA.-Lord Raglan was
buried on the Sd Of July with gres, pomp
and circumstance.
Rumors prevailed that PelIissier, the com.
msnder- in chief Of the French army, would
be superceded.
The allies were strengthening their sd-
vancee sgsins, the Mslakoff.
A ,elegrsphic despatch dated July 4,h
says The works Of the allies are progressing
satisfactorily.
A French battery Of thirty guns has been
nearly completed in front Of Careening bay
to keep off the Russian ships.
The Vienna papers say that Prince Gor.-
schskof has cent for $4,000 additional
troops.
General Liprandi's srmy has been rein
forced with snother division.
The Sardinisns and Turks under Omar
Psehs had made excursions to The interior
from Tehernays wi,hou. resistance.
Numerous works Of or, have been cap
tured and the Kertsch Museum is now on
its way 10 Psris.
A careful estimate shows that the war
has already cos. half million Of lives.
C,o,s nun Q.,r,, D,..;.n .....n,.
N June l9 say that the allied fo,ills, with
$50 guns, fred eigh. hours against the bat
teries ., The mouth Of the Nsrva river, on
the southern shore Of The Gulf of Finland,
wi,hou, effect, end then Withdrew. The
allies after ward made q descen. on Ko,ks
islsnd, and destroyed the government stores
there. Subsequently on attack was made
on The por. Of Ruel, wihou. efec,ipg any.
thing.
RUSSIAN ACCOUNT IF THE ASSAULT ON
THE MALAKoFF AND REDAN-On the 9Th
(l8.b) Of June, at sybresk, the enemy, in
dense chain, supported by strong reserves.
a,tseked simultaneous BOSTON No. l, the
fortified barracks Between bastjons and g,
bss,ion No. 2, the KorniIoff bas,ion, bsslion
No. 3, and The eo-cslled Gtibok work, stu
a,ed on the righlof The Peressypp; the enc
my entertaining the hope Of forcing pas
ssge somew here along this line of defence
The number Of troops they brought. TO
the assaults was 5000 men. wi,hou, count.
ing their reserves. The French advanced
on The RICH, fsnk and centre, The English
on the left flank.
The besiegers, provided with ladders, fss-
eines, and sapper.,ools, sdvanced rapidly to
the attack. Despite the heavy fire Of grspe
and musketry we poured into them, their
columns advanced, reached our dilches, and
commenced scaling the parspe,s.
Blu, the line Of The intrepid defenders Ct
Sevas.opol never swerved. They received
the daring sssaiIants with the points Of their
bsyone,r, and threw them back into The
di,ches. The enemy's columns then threw
themselves on the Gervsis Battery, entered
II, drove out the battalion of infantry 10
charge Of il, and following in pursuit, occu"
pied the houses nearest the Karabeinais fsu-
bourg from the Mslskof Mamelon to the
top Of The docks.
The success Of our adversaries was not
of long duration. Lieut.. Gen Chrouleff the
vigilant chief Of The line of defence Of the
Ksrsbena 10 Faubourg, ordered up reserve
Of 600 ri6emen to the curtain between Bas-
tions 2 and Kornbileff. When The enemy
had passed through our line near the Ger.
vsis Battery, Lieut.. Gen. Chrouef, placing
himself 81 The head Of company Of the
Sevsk Regiment Of Infantry, which was re-
turning from q cosree, and taking with him
a battalion OF the Pollowa regiment, led
them to the charge.
These troops, reinforced in good lime by
FIVE companies Of the Yskoutsk Regiment,
and later by q battalion Of the Yele,s Regi-
ment, routed the French, end having driven
them out Of the Gervais Battery, pursued
them to their own trenches, putting the
sirsgglers in the rear to the bay onel. The
company Of The Sevsk Regiment Distinguish
ed itself by it's inlrepidily (adnegation) dur.
ing the combat.
On all the Other points Of the line Of de-
fence the troops, animated 6y their CON-
manders Rear Admiral Panfiloff and Major
Gen Prince Ouroussof, Tough. with exem-
plsry courage, and drove back The assailsn,s
Our batteries on the north side, and our
steamers, W hich swept the enemy g columns
on every poin. upon which they could
bring their guns 10 bear, contributed con.
siderably TO the success of This brllisn, az
fair; the steamer VIadimsr in particular.
commanded by Cap,ain Don'akof; ap-
preached repeatedly the entrance Of Careen.
ing Bay, from which poin, j. swept The en-
emy's reserves.
The loss of The enemy, whose columns
were exposed TO mos. terrible FIRE of grape
and muskety, 10 veiy considerable the re-
movsl Of the dead, which took place on the
following day q, the reques, of the Com
msnder n.Chief Of the allies a, elk in the
evening, is proof Of it. The number OF
en.naes WAS so considerable thai the French