The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-03-17
uH JEWS BY TIE PACIFIC.

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The steamship Pacific reached her dock
a little before O'Clock this afternoon. She
brings Liverpool dates to the 9th ult The
Pacific arrived out on the Odd
The Africa and Sarah Sands had not ar
rived out, but the Pacific saw a steamer or
the Skcrrics at =. VI. on the 9Th, suppo-
sed to be the Africa. The Union arrived OH
Cowes on the =. ". of the 2G,h.
Cotton qdier Some descriptions one.
eighth lower. BeadstuiS slightly lower
Console unchanged.
The news is Of an interesting character
The Palmerston ministry has fallen to pic
ces, Graham, Gladstone and Herbert having
resigned, ostensbly on account Of the pas
sage Of Mr.. Rocbuck' motion for committee
to inquire into the acknowledgement Of the
war.
Private squabblcs in the Cabinet are also
believed TO have been the cause. Rumor says
the Roebuck party viii no, be- Hatisfcd with
out the Impeachment Of Raglan aud one or
more Of thcex Ministry. Palmcrstonis much
troubled in demonstrating the Cabinet and
has not fully concluded it, Lord john Rus
sell takes the Colonial Sccrciaryship as a
stop-gap but completes his mission to Wien
IA.
Rumor gives Lord Elgin a scat in the Cab.
met as a member Of the Board Of Control.
The Earl of Carlisle is the Viccroy of Ire
land. The new Chancellor Of the EXchcqucr
is Mr. Lewis, an untried man.
Sir Charles Wood takes Sir James Ora
hams place as Lord Of the Admiralty.
The proceedings in Parliament have touch
ed upon several points Of interest. On the
nth, the Royal assent was gwen Ia tbs North
American Fisheries bill.
The COZ ycnl,on between Great Britain
and the Porte for the enlistment ofthg Tur-
kish contingent has been signed.
An interesting debate arose on the motion
to 20 into Committee on the army estimates
Lord Ii,lmcrstsn contendcd that the suffer.
ings Of the army IN the Crimca arose from
physical causes, in the power Of ho man to
control. t.kjt,---- suffering, WEie- not confined
to the British army The Russian sick and
thai the debate in parliament had created 80
much Indignation on the continent that the
government had been prevented from getting
the foreign enlistment act into oppration.-
Lord pnmcrston announced that Lord Lucan
had been recalled in consequence Of his diff.
ference with Lord Raglan.
The Duke Of Cambridge had taken his seat
in the House Of Lords.
In debate ON the conduct Of the war the
Earl OF liarroby expressed the opinion that
great mistake had been made IN not calling
the oppressed nations Of Europe to aid in the
pre-. ut struggle.
Lord Panmurc replied that compulsory
MEASURES must unquc,tonably be rcsOrtcd to
to fill the ranks Of the service
In the House Of Commons, discussion
arose with regard to commerce with Russia
since the commencement of the war II is
stated in the debates, that under the present
system Of blockade, the interior Of Russia
had suffered no injury, and that go, 900 had
gone from Great Britain to that country
The right or search was urged as necessary
in order to prevent the Introduction Of Rus
sian gold.
1t was deemed not advisable to lay before
the House the correspondence between Great
Britain and the United States ON intcrycn-
tional arrangements during the time Of war
1t was stated that the two countries were on
most friendly terms.
Lord Raglan is said to have resigned to
avoid recall. The Earl ofLucan and some
other officers have been invited to resign.
Members of the Cabinet express confident
hopes tina. the pending negotia ions will lead
to an honorable peace, although war meas.
urcs continue all over Europe.
Louis Napoleon seems determined to pro.
coed to the Crimca. England and Austria
have advised him to stay at home.
Russia las declared war against Sardinia.
IL gf.fpI 1,,tf M 90 a., h.,
ny hasjoiucd the Western Powers, but Ma.
pies has not.
Dcstitudon in England had almost reached
its height, from the combined causes Of an
unusually severe winter, unusually high
prices of al kinds Of provisions, and q total
stagnation.
The poor are in a dcplorablc condition
many thousand laborcrs have been for weeks
without food, expecting the supplies Of char
ity.
A riot Of Two or three days duration had
occurred in Liverpool and London. Some
disturbance occurred among the unemployed
in other placis, and much distress existed.
At the sailing Of the Pacific, a change had
taken place FIR the better. A sudden thaw
had set in, aid business improved decidedly. !
Joseph Hume is dead, much respected and
regretted.
Very nclencnt weather caused suffering
among the p'or in England.
TnE WAR.--On the 18th of February the !
Russians, unlcr Liprandi, 5000 strong, at
tackled the turks at Eupatoria, who were
much inierir in number, and after four
hours fighting retired beyond the range of
the shells iron the English ships, the Turks |
not pursuing. The loss of the Russians is .
said to have leon 5000. Omcr Pacha COM
mandcd the ilrks in person and their loss .
was nconsdcablc. 1t is believed that the .
importance othc battle is over estimated.
The wcathc had greatly moderated at Sc.
bastopol, andsnow had almost disappeared.
The health o the army was much better,
and the sicgcopcrations were progressing
with vigor
Orders havtbccn received ut Constantine.
pie to prcparchospital beds for 50, 600 men.
from which IL INFERRED that an assault is to
be made upon StNstopol
The Baltic hS is to consist Of 80 war
steamers carrying 20G6 guns, five floating
batteries with so ans & mortar ships, and
% steam gun boat, carrying Go guns, form.
ing total Of 100 sips and POTS guns.
tn. MAlSE Law We learned, last night
with great astonslm cnt, from member,
that, "cloakcd IN bill to build brick
house," there was smugglcd through the
Missouri Legislature about the last day of
the session. proviIn practically applying
the Maine Law to - Louis county.
II might better has been styled, "a.bill TO
take the bricks out a mans hat."--H
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