Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-03-25
Foreign News.
ARRIVAL OF THE WASHINGTON.

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ARRIVAL OF THE WASHINGTON.
The steamship Washington from
Havre. via southampton, arrived at New
York on Thursday nigh! OF II o'clock
with dates 10 the 1st inst. Her advices
have been anticipated by the Arabia at
Halifax. 4.
The Washington brings 1ls passen.l
gers, amongst them troupe OF female female
eques,rinns.
The papers received by the Washing
ron contain some interesting items Of
nsws not embraced in our Halifax dis.
FROM INDIA.
The Indiun mail had been telegraph
ed from Trieste with Calcutta dates to
Trouary goth, and from Hong Kong TO
,hesli,h, ana gBurmah TO tho 18th. The
Governor General Of India had taken
posses aiita. Of tho Provinces Of Mendy,
n Burmah, in the name Of the Queen
Of England. l,,.. .l.,l3 ars X
A party Of British troops, sent n
pursuit of5,he Dacorts, having been leg
inso,ambpsh, lost twenty;three men and
onenRser. gs.
Trade in India was active. Exchange
on England 2s, Id. tas'
siSIi5 FROM CHINA. y q 81
The latest dates from Canton state
.hst Foehsxo,ur was, closely invested by
thepatriot army. !.
n The French expedition had returned
TO Hong Kong from Nankin..
Exchange at Canton was quoted at
/ 81, and ii, Shanghai, G5.
RUSSIA.
The Russian army of tho oxns had
haked two marches north OF hhlya.-
The Khans Of Buchara and Khiya have
been brough, 10 terms. aud an offensive
and defensive quadruple alliance has
been concluded between them, the
Russians aud Dost hfahammed.
iTbe British Ambassador left St. Pc.
tersburg on the 18Th February without
seeing the Emperor, his passports hav-
ing been sent him.
The French Ambassador demanded
Ia. be treated in the sameway,s but the
Car expressed the wish to see him, an
interview toek place, during which he
was invested with the insignia of the
order of st. Alexander Nonsky.
ENGLAND. "a Gs
The British sqnadfon.stSpitbeadwill
soon number forty sail. Athird French
squadron had been formed, consisting
OF. ten sail Of the line, fourteen trigates
and fifteen corve,tes. It is supposed
that this fleet will join the British tiee'
at spithead.
Lord Raglanllcit London on tho e5,f
for Paris, in order 10 have an interview
withlNapolcon.
InS,he house Of Lords on Tho sSth
lord Aberdeen stated that a bill wa'
ID lie introduced, increasing the Eng
fish militia fnrceto 10000 men, am y,
ruisiag so,o0oin Scotland, and 10000
IN ireland.
Several small failures had been an
nonnced at MANCHESTER. among then
Mr.. Vickers, for e4l,o0o. 4'la
The English force in tho East is:t'
bs 40, 900 men. A second detachmen
ispreparing toenbark. y Z
III isrumored ,hat.tte combined fleet
atspitheat would be reviewed byQnee'
a Victoria, and the Emperor Napoleon
prior to their departure for the Baltic
Sir Charles Napicr's appointment t
The command Of the feet is considered
as indicative olsthe most severe meas
,rcs against Russia.
: The French Government has prohih
tied the expsrsation of arms, ammuni
ton, &c.
sf'l RUSSIA.
\, A telegrapi,ic despatch, dated s. Pc
.tershurg, 18th nlt., states that Prince
ssPaskiewi,ch had been appointed 10 tn
chief command Of tho Danubian army
Orders have been forwarded to ,b'
Russian aees in the Black Sea, TO nci
thor seek or avoid collision with th'
allied fleets. N -'@,a
s,aos; TURKEY. 81 Rs.ul 5
The sheik ElSIslam has advanced
100lOO0 Of piastres To the Sultan o