The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-12-07
FURTHER FOREIGN INrELL1aHNcE

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pY THE sTAEMER ARCTIC.
I The Asia arrived at Liverpool on the 18th
Nov. at f.past seven o'clock in the morning.
She had fine weather on her homewad pr ssage
1t is said that she was detained four hours for
want of water at tie bar.
ENGLAND.
A government conn issioner has been appoint
ed to report upon the practicability of removing
the transatlantic mail station from Liverpool to
some point on the western coast OF Ireland
The American and Liverpool Chamber OF CON-
merce oppose the project, and are sirenuousiy
engaged in erdeavoring to cause the dock trus-
tees Of Liverpool to give greater facilities to the
American trade and shipping Of the port.
| FRANCE
The news from France is not of much cOnse-
quence, except in the appearance of "a decree OF
the President, directing that $4,000 of the young
soldiers, out of the 1880 still at the disposal
of the contingent Of the class of the year l849,
be called under arms. Although this caused
some surprise in Paris, it is believed by some
that the only object is to relieve a similar
number of men, whose term or service has ex-
pred
FATAL EXPLOSION ON BOARD OF A French
SHIP-oF- WAR.-A private letter from Brest,
announces the following melancholy disaster: :
"A terrible misfortune has occurred to the ship
of-the-line Valmy, while at sea, and on her pas
sage from Torbay to Brest About five o'clock
on the morning of the 9Th, tremendous explo-
sion was heard, like a clap of thunder, on board
The shock was so great that the whole of the
lights were Observation-Disclosures the most
complete prevailed, and the crew ran risk of
being suffocated by the smoke of the powder.
7 he men began to get command Of the fire.
But what frightful chaos Twenty seamen,
whose forms had lost all human appearance,
were found among the ruins. Ten of them
died in half an hour after, and it is feared that
very few can be saved. This terrible catas-
trophe is, it is said, owing to the imprudcnce of
} n gunner, who had in his possession boxes of
fireworks, one Of which exploded"
THE GERMAN EMPIRE.
The Court of Vienna is to concede to the
Prussian Cabinet the nOn-recognition dc jure of
the old confederation, but still the Frankfort
Diet is to be the organ Of that body de facto.
The Prussian troops are to occupy part of
Hesse Cassel, which Prussia is entitled to oc-
cupy. In return, Prussia is to allow the Federal
armies to do all that the non-eXistent, still ex-
. listing diet wants to do, to proceed to the paci-
tication Of Hesse and Schleswg Holstein.
v, PRUSSIA.
Our advces from Berlin are of the 10th ult
: They state the last Austrian note was accom-
, panied by private communication to Baron
Prokesch, the Emperor's Ambassador ut Berlin.
The purport of this communication is to ex-
press the pacific intentions and hopes of the vi
! emma cabinet. Austria offers to discontinue her
ornaments if Prussia will do the same
The Prince Of Prussia has been appointed to
the chief command Of the second, third and
fourth corps Of the army. These corps are to
hold the ground between the Oder ard the
Elbe.
The opening of the Parliament is expected
with considerable interest.
The cabinet will have to encounter formida-
dabe opposition.
DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.
Our Hamburg correspondence is to the 18th
ult 1t gives the details of the skirmishes which
we mentioned in our last despatch.
The Danes are fortifying their position ut
Ban. Their forces are concentrated upon SaEd-
derburg.
The Iosteiners advanced on the l4th ultimo
upon Sekhom Ockcnber. They took four
prisoners, and lad several men wounded and
two killed After this the 1iolsteiners retreated.
The Berlinch Leitung states that the Dan
ish Ambassador at London has been allowed to
purchase II quantity of blankets from the British
government. The spirit of this concession is
very satisfactory to the Danish journals.
TIE INTERVENTION IN HESsE.
Our Frankfort letters are OF The 10th nit
They c"lfrn our late statements Of the Wur-
tembcrg Ambassador having demanded tho in
tervention of Austrian troops.
No movements have taken place amongst the
federal and Austrian troopsin lIesse.
The Prussians were in full retreat from Ba-
den.
The general opinion at Frankfort was that
peace would not be disturbed
The cholera has broken out at IIanau
SPAIN.
Our advices from Madrid are of the 9Th inst
They announce the arrival there of Count Mira
sol, from Cuba.
The Heraldo states that the Queen has
granted II pardon to the two American captains
who had been condemned by the tribunals of
the HAVANA to eight years preside in Spain,
and who have just arrived at Vigo. 1t is evident
from the arrival here of these men, that the or
ders sent out to postpone the execution of the
sentence had not arrived in time, and the present
proceeding is, therefore, of Importance, as pre-
venting the disagreeablc consequences which
might have arisen between the two govern
ments
| INDIA AND CHINA.
The overland mail arrived on Monday No
event of political importance had occurred in
India proper since the departure of the last mail
The Hill tribes on the kohat frontier were
again mAnifes'ing hostile Disposition and the
passage through their detles was Interrupted
Dsatfecton and mutinies among the Mizores
native regiments still continued to exist
From Hong Kong We learn that the insur.
gents were getting the better of the Imperial
troops. Numerous bands of robbers were plum
deling.
Intelligence had reached Singapore of VIC
tory gained be the Dutch over the Chinese, in
| the ComtaS river.
The commercial news from India and China
is very satisfactory.
THE BURNING OF THE AUGUSTA INSANE Hos
PITAL.-Further dispatches from Augusta, Me-,
confirm the burning of the Insane Hospital there