Washington sentinel., 1855-07-21
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SUMMARY OF THE FOREIGN NEWS
BROUGHT By THE CANADA AT NEW
YORK, JULY rs.
From the Crimea.

From the Crimea.
Lord Raglan was buried on the Sd Of July with
great pomp and circumstance.
Rumors prevailed that Pelisser the command
erin chief Of the French army, would be super
seded.
The Allies were strengthening their advances
against the Malakotf.
A telegraphic despatch of July 4th, says the
works of the Allies are progressing satisfactorily
A French battery of thirty guns has been near
" completed in front Of Careening bay, TO keep
of the Russian ships.
The Vienna papers say that Prince Gortscha-
koff has sent $4,000 additional troops.
General Lprandi's army has been reinforced
With another division.
The Sardinans and Turks, under Omer Pacha,
had made excursions to the interior from Tcher-
maya without resistance.
Numerous works of art have been captured,
and the Kertsch Museum is now on its way to
Paris.
A careful estimate shows that the war has al
ready cost half million Of lives.
From the Baltic.
Russian accounts of June 18th, say that the
Allied flotilla, with one hundred and eighty guns,
fired eight hours against the batteries at the mouth
of Narva river, on the south shore OF the Gulf Of
Finland, without effect, and then withdrew. The
Allies aiterward made descent on Cotka Island,
and destroyed the government stores there. Sub
sequently an attack was made on the port of Ruel,
without effecting anything.
The bulk of the Allies squadron was off Cron-
stadt on the 5th instant
General Simpson teegraphed on the 4th
that there was nothing new since his last
counts.
The main facts have been already stated Of the
unsuccessful atiact upon Sebastopol on the 18th
OF June. The papers per the Canada contain fur
ther details, including the dispatch of Pelissier
II is stated that General Margan's French Di-
vision, on the way 10 attack the fort on the ex-
treme right, by The Careening llarbor, commenced
the attack prenaturely and before the other dI-
vision had taken their ground. Margan fell NOR.
tally wounded and his division beng thrown INTO
disorder the Russians turned their concentrated
fire upon the next division, as II came up under
General Brunei, and shattered il badly Brunei
also fell. Orders were then given 10 withdraw
the troops iuio the trenches although General
Auievane Trad meantime reacted the Malakof
Tower. The retreat effected with good
order, but with great loss.
When Lord Raglan saw the defeat of The FIRST
French Division, he hastily ordered an attack on
the Redan, 10 effect division in favor of the
French, although il was previously intended that
The Brush should NOT attack until the French
had captured the Malakof inasmuch as the Mala-
kot1s guns quite commanded the Redan. 80 lar
as civilians at a distance could Judge, Lord Rag
lan's order 10 attack was a great error, for the
British storming party not being sufficiently strong
10 carry the works were repused with much
slaughter A curious Incidents that General Eyre,
with 2 600 British troops, penetrated into the
suburbs OF Sebastopo itself, and held possession
ofthe houses in one street Tor seventeen hours;
bnt being totally unsupported he retired al night
fall The inference il, that had the assault been
general, or systematically planned the city would
have fallen. or nj least rs first line OF defence
might have been carried
Mr.. Roebuck had been refused committee of
INQUIRY in the House of Commons into the brutal
Of fha I'll in tha trad
bill riot.
Miner ellison asked an explanation OF Lord
Russo's statement recently III Vienna, ''that
England never contemplated the restoration Of
Hungary and Poland.
Golden, Roebuck and ID Israeli, all attacked
Lord Russell on this score, after which, the mat
ter was dropped.
The Russian Secretary of Legation at Portugal
was recently discovered on board an English
steamer from Southampton for Lisbon. He had
been OH a secret mission TO France and England
France.
On the 5th of July, the Legislature voted loan
of 100000, 900 francs in addition to the recent
loan.
An increase of taxation has been proposed,
which is expected will yield 70,0O0,00O francs
per annum.
The Emperor's speech was well received in
France. Ii is reported that the Austrian Minister
asks an explanation.
Adyices via NIarseles state that n rising had
taken place in Catalonia, nomnally about wages
Two manufacturers had been assassinated in Bar
celona The National guards refused to march
against the insurgents, and the Captain General
shut himself up in the citadel with few faithful
troops, and sent medators to the insurgents, who
received them with shouts of vive Espartero.
Atelegraphic despatch from Madrid, dated July
5th, says that the insurgents still held Barcelona
Carst leader had been defeated at Perpig-
nan.
The London Times correspondent says that the
Spanish Minister at Paris had long conference
with the Emperor on the state of Spain. Napo-
leon expressed a determination to prevent any at
tempt TO unseat Queen Isabella.
Russia.
The English papers are manufacturing state
ments of revolutionary movements in Russia in
favor of Constantine, but they mere inven-
tions without any foundation in fact