The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1855-07-26
Arrival OF the Canada,
THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.


HALIFAX, July 1s.-The Cunard steamship
Canada, from Liverpool, with dates 10 Saiur-
day, tie 7th inst, arrived here al II o. clock,
to-day, and sailed agair at Q o'clock for Bos-
ion.
The weather in England has been favora.
hle, and the accounts as.to the growing crops
were encouraging.
From. the Crimea.
Lord Raglan was buried on the Sd Of july,
amid great pomp and military display.
II was rumored in the camp, and al Consian-
tinople, that Gen. Pelissier was about 10 be
superseded.
The Allies were steadily strengthening
their advances against the Malakof.
a lelegraphic despatch from before Sebas-
lopol, dated July 4lh, says the works were
progressing satisfactorily.
The French battery of thirty guns was
nearly completed in trout Of the Careening
Bay, 20 keep off the Russian ships.
General Simpson Ielegraphed on The 18th
that there was nothing new since the last &C.
counts.
A curious incident is, that Gen. Eyer, with
1000 British tfoops, penetrated into the sub
urbs of Sebaslopol itself, and held possession
OF the houses in one street for seventeen hours,
but being totally unsupported, he retired al
nlshtfall. The inference is, that had The as
sault been general, or Systematically planned,
The city would have fallen, or at least its
first line of defence might have been car.
ried.
French letters of June 23d say that the ar.
my was full Of confidence. The approaches
were pushing forward to the Malakoff tower,
and French battery of 80 guns was nearly
completed in front Of the Careening bay, 10
keep off the Russian ships, their fire having
caused much loss on The 18th.
Vienna papers SAY that Gostschakof had
sent for "a, 900 more men, as he had re.
inforced Liprardi's army with another divis-
ion.
The Turks and Sardinians, unler Omar
Pacha and General Marmora, have made
incursioLs into The lateral valleys Of the Tch-
ernaya without meeting resistance.
Numerous works of art, captured from the
Kerlsch Museum and from General Wran
gels private collection, are on the way 10
Paris.
MIR. Stow the Commissioner sent by the
London Times to the Crimea, 10 administer
the balance of the Hospital Fund, fell sick
from over exerlion, and 'routine" excluded
him from the very hospitals he was aiding
He was carried in a scorching sun, 10 the
church at Balaklava, where he dieJ a victim
10 official inhumanity.
The Turko- British contingent force, now
numbering 5000 men, is in camp near Dom
usdere.
Careful estimates show that this war has
already cost half II million of l~ivres, and YET
no decisive battles have taken place.
A despatch from Berlin, dated July 4ih,
states that the town of Nystadt, at the en-
trance of the Gull of Bothnia, has been bonn
barded and destroyed.
Russian accounts under the date OF June
10Th, say the Allied folilla Of 1870 guns fired
for eight hours against the batteries at the
mouth of the Narva, without effect, and then
Withdrew 10 Seskar Island.
June 20.-The Allies made a descent on
Ko,ka Island, destroyed The telegraph, and
burnt The Government stores.
Great Britain.
On Friday night. MI. Milhor Gibson asked
The Government for an explanation as 10 Lord
Jonn Russelfs recent conduct at Vienna, in
stating, among other things, that Great Brit
ain never contemplated a restoration of Po-
land and Hungary. Messrs. Golden, Roe
buck and D'Israeli all attacked Lord John
after which the matter was dropped.
General Peel was 10 move the previous
question against Mr.. Roecuck's vote of GEN.
sure.
Lord Elgin, i, is said, will be- appointed
Postmaster General.
France.
On the 9Th of July the Legislature voted
the loan Of $50, 900, 900, francs. In addition
In this loan an increase nf tayafion is nrODo.