Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-03-16
BY TELEGRAPH.
Arrival Of tho Paei6c.
FRESH BREAK ~ OF NE .KxGLisH Mtssls


t TRY, &C.
New York, March Ia.
/ The steamship Pacific reached her dock
a little before 8 o'clock this forenoon
She brings Liverpool dates to the 9Th
ult.
The news is Of an interesting character.
The Palmerston ministry has fallen to
pieces, Graham, Gladstone and Herberthav-
ing resigned, .oste nsibly On account pf the
passage Of Mr.. Roebnck's motion for COM
mittee to Inquire into the mismansgement
OF the war. essY't r. 80,
Private squabbles in the Cabinet are also
belle, cd to have been the cause. Rumor
says the Roebusk party will not be satisfied
without the impeachment clifford Raglan
and one or more of the ex-Ministry. Pal
merston is much troubled in demonstrating
the Cabinet and has not fully concluded II.
Lord John Russell takes the Colonial Sec
retaryship as stop-gap, but completes his
mission to vienna. E Yts&ssi
The Earl of Carlisle is the viceroy OF
ireland The New Chancellor of the Ex-
cheqner is Mr.. Lewis, an untried man.
Sir Charles Wood takes Sir James Ora
hams place as Lord the Admiralty.
Louis Napoleon seems determined TO pro-
coed to the Crimea. England and Austria
have advised him to stay at home.
Russia has declared war agains, Sardinia.
It is stated, but not confirmed, that Tusca-
ny has joined the Western Powers, but Ma
piles has not. ~
Destitution in England had almost reach
ed lis height, from the combined causes OF
an unusually severe winter. unusually high
prices of all kinds Of provisions and total
stagnation vi trade.
The poor are in deplorable condition;
many thousand laborers have been Tor weeks
without food excepting the supplies OF char
ity.
A riot of two or three days duration had
occurred in Liverpool and London. Some
disturbance occurred among the unemploy-
ed in other places, and much distress exist
ed. At the sailing of the Pacific change
had taken place for the better. A sudden
thaw had set in, and business improved de-
cidediy.
Joseph Hume is dead, MUCH respected and
regretted.
THE WAR.
On the 18th February the Russians, IN.
der Liprandi, 26,00o strong, attacked the
Turks al Eupatoria, who were much inferior
in number, and after fou. hours fighting re-
tired beyond the range of the shells from
the English ships, the Turks not pursuing
The loss Of the Russians is said to have been
5000. Omer Pacha c, m handed the
Turks in person and their loss was ineon
Siderable. It is believed that the impor-
lance of the battle is over estimated.
The weather had greatly moderated at
Sebastopol, and snow had almost disappear
ID nF ~ upb
better, and the siege operations were pro
crossing with vigor.
NEW HAMPSHIRE ELECTION. i
CoscoRD, NJ 4rch IA.
Returns indicate that the usonists have
made clean sweep in this State, electing
their Governor. Legislature and members OF
Congress by handsome msjorities. The
vote of thiscity is: Baker 779, Metcalfe 1894
Bell 100, Scattering SO.
All the towns heard from show the same
relative vote, and with only two exceptions
have elected Know Nothing Representa-
tires.
Letters from Merideth, the scene OF the
awful disaster yesterday by the falling OF
.he town hall floor, state that James w.
Dargin, Gen CLARK, S. Nicholas and r. NJ.
Tuck have died from their injuries and M
ny others are not expected TO survive. Ov-
err 100 persons had bones broken.
We have returns from 1872 towns embrn-
cling more than three-fourths of the State.
The vote stands, MetcaIf, K. ~, 27o9i |
Baker, Dem. 2l,102; Bell, Wing, 2.409 |
Fowler, Freesoil S3l. Metcalf's majority
over all others 2,647.
The full majority in the State will prob
ably be from $500 to $500. As far as
heard from the Know Nothings elected 1877
Representatives to the Legislature, the
Democrats SO, and Wings 5. A majority
OF the Know Nothings were elected by the
aid of Wings and Free Soil votes. The OPP
position 10 the Administration have in NIL
probability elected all the members of Con-
gress and all the State Senators and they
viii Of course elect the two United States
Senators.
CONCORD. March IA.
As the people were baloting in the new
town hall at Meredith the floor gave away
and precipitated some 20 Of them Is feet
on the stones and rubbish beneath; 40
were taken from the ruins with limbs bro
ken and others were severely injured.
The Ca pitol at Washington City.
This building when completed will be the |
orandest on the Continent of America. And |
indeed, there will be few grander in the |
word. It's total cost will be over five mil I
lions Of dollars.
The sum Of 100000 has just been app-o-
priated by Congress for the construction of
q cast iron dome, to over-top and crown the
whole ard complete the symmetry The