New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-09-01
ONE DAY LATER FROM EUROPE.


The steamship North Star, Capt. Womack,
from Havre and Southampton, arrived at the
New York Quarantine on the morning Of the
Oath inst, at o'clock.
She left Southampton at Ii o'clock, P. NJ, on
the 18th inst, and, consequently, brings intel
ligence two days later than the advices re-
ceived by the Pacific. ....5.=..
The North Star brought one hundred and
twenty passengers and 400 tons Of freight, and
reports seeing an iceberg 200 feet high and 600
feet long, on the 10th inst, in lat 46 48, long.
48 %.
The U. S. mail steamship Arsgo arrived at
Havre from New York on the evening Of the
10th.
Intelligence from the Baltic states that on
the 9th inst, the English and portion of the
French feet weighed from Nargen and anchored
the same day off Sweaborg. On the 7th the
two fleets were drawn up in front of Sweaborg,
and the bombardment was to commerce the
same afternoon.
In the House of Lords, on the night Of the
10th inst, Lord Monteagle took advantage Of
the committee upon the Exchequer bills bill to
discuss the financial position of the country, the
enormous cost at which the war was conducted,
and the mode in which that cost was betrayed.
He objected to the expenditure upon military
establishments at home, the issue Of exehequer
bills as means Of raising money, the waste Of
productive source Of revenue by the repeal of
the newspaper stamp act and the liabilities as
sumed in contracting the Turkish loan, which,
as he urged, would give France the opportunity
OF escaping from her share of the burden and
leaving us to pay the whole interest alone In
the course of the debate Earl Grey made re-
markable speech. He said that no man in his
senses believed that Turkey would be in exist
ence forty years hence, that England was get
ting ruinously involved, and that the result Of
excessive taxation would be to force an artificial
emigration to the United States and elsewhere
to escape their burdens.
In regard to the British naval policy in the
Baltic, the London Times, of August / It'll, says:
We learn by telegraph that on the 7th inst.
the united fleets of England and France had ar
rived off Sweaborg and that an immediate bonn
bardment was expected Some such measure had
been for some time anticipated, nor was this at
all unnatural, for we have sent TO the Baltic
one of the most powerful fleets which ever floated
upon the ocean; our offensive means are appa-
rently enormous, and the valor of our sailors is
incontestable We hope and believe that the
expected operations will, if attempted, be
entirely successful, but we do not consider that
any sound reasons would exist for public disap-
pointment if none such took place.
1t is perfectly true that our naval arma-
ment in the Baltic is exceedingly strong, and
equally SO that certain amount of positive
performance is naturally looked for at first sight
from force SO large, but it would, we think,
be misconception Of circumstances to expect
or desire, for their own immediate result, the
mere bombardment Of any of the enemy's ports.
The primary object of the Baltic expedition is
the maintenance of the blockade, and the as
sertion in those waters Of the supremacy of the
Allies up to the very coasts of their foe. We
offer battle to the Russian fleet, and, if this
much-vaunted squadron dares not venture out
to face us, we seal it up in its own ports, and
shut the flag Of the Gear from the seas. After
obtaining this complete and bloodless triumph
over the navy OF the enemy, we destroy his COM
merce by depriving him of all means of mari
time intercourse, and making prize of every
vessel under Russian colors.
1t appears to US, we must say, that the strug-
gle in the Baltic greatly resembles the fight
between the dog and the fish, but with this ma
terial advantage on the side of the fish, that
the standing results of the contest are largely
in its favor We have not been able to get at
the Russians, nor can the Russians get at us, but
the dead lock which is produced answers our
purpose without answering theirs. We simply
send fleet to their shores, and by this pro-
ceeding we infict upon them incessant loss,
trouble and humiliation. They are compelled
to fortify their coasts with the utmost care, to
maintain large forces at various points, to SUBJ
nit to blockade entailing ruinous embarrass-
ments, and to be uncertain all the while,
whether, in spite of their defences, we may mot
at any moment, accomplish something more.
Every day tells against them, for every day
carries Its own account OF loss.