The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-12-15
FOREIGN NEWS BY The AFRICA.
ine following are some items of interest by Il q
Africa's mails from Europe.

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Atriea's mails from Europe.
ENGLAND.
a statue has been erectad Ia Trafalgar sou.r.
| LONDON, to the memory of Gen. Chas J Nanier
| tae coDquerer Of Scinde:
| Dr Rae had stated. at q meeting of the Geo
graphical Society, tha. he did not think Fran kiln
been met with, bu. he CDR Rae) intended 10 max
| Iuftner search The Times urges the govern
| pediton. '" "a
= a letter from Mr. stansiesd, Secretary of .h.
emancipation of Italy Committee, to the Times
se's I down the number of political executions in
ltaly between the years 1881 and 1854 ;neiusve NJ
the large number of 6773
James u Collins, third mate of the American
sap neptune, is under arrest in Liverpool, chars,
ca with the murder Of John Smith, . seaman on
tne trip from New York
| FRANCE.
some OF the American ship powners have been
fortunate In selling, At Marssilles, the ships re-
Gently chartered by the French government -
Among others, the clipper Ocean Herald" has
been purchased for el3000, by the house of
Rali
Louis Napoleon, an xious to secure the favor os
the working class in Pars, is constructing dwell.
iinss for them on the principle suggested by Prince
Aioert for similar purpose in Eugland To allie.
Viate the distress Of the poor during the preser.
winter, tne efforts Of the Emperor are also con.
stant and most assiduous
SPAIN.
Inc correspondence from Madrid ia full of sin;s.
ter forebodings. Since the new regulations on
the press were put in force three liberal Journals
quently seized
The intensity Of the food crisis is equally threat
ening with the political crisis Bread is =, an un
neafd or price All the cavalry in the garrison of
Madrid are to be sent to the provinces On account
OF the dearress of horse corn
The manufacturers o Barcelona Lave sent nae.
moriai to the Qaeen. Ia which they that the
most part OF the factories are closed, and the rest
| are only working three days a week.
TURKEY.
From a letter dated Nov 6h we have further
particulars OF the catastrophe which recently De
lei the city OF Rhodes. The writer says:
on the bfn Of November, at four in the after.
noon, during storm, fash OF lightning set fire
| to tue powder magazine, situated at the upper
eno OF the town, and close to the church of =:
John. The shock from the explosion was terri
nc; 81 Johns church. that ancient relic c. the
knights, and the buildings of the whole adioinip,
| quarter, were thrown down, and their uufo-tu
nate Inhabitants buried beneath the ruins. Ihe
number OF the houses and public dive elimgs entire
| ~ destroyed may be estimated at 200, without
reckoning an almost equal number of edifces
half destroyed
This amount Of the dead, which cannot be
exactly ascertained to day, is ct least from $50
300 II tue Audir's house alone 25 persons have
pefeaeo, ef which 10 belong to his own family.
Telegraphic dispatches frem ST. Petersburg,
dated Wednesday, the 26.h, state that, although.
efforts were sill being made, very slight expecta
tions were entertained of the release OF numerous
ships detained the ice extending seven versts or
about four miles from the hSrbor Of Cronstads-
Very large purchases of tsliow had been lnsde in
| st. Petersburg for next year. For delivery in
August Is much as l55 ro. had been paid A fur
ther rise CT 81 to cd per cwt has consequently Ia
ken place in th g London tallow market. -5-
| DENMARK AND THE DUCHIEs.
popular Copenhagen journal shows how ina
possible it is that kingdom entirely Danish and
Duchies SIS entirely German, can ever complete
| amalgamate Abiding to the threats of the Ger
man Powars, the writer says that every true pa
triot must rally round the Danish constitution
which can alone give Denmark strength to with
| stand the perils W hch menace her.
| ITALY.
The Turin correspondence OF the Times speak,
of the recent evacuation by the Austrians OF two
or three small towns in the Legations as a dra
| matic deception The aggregate Of Austrian
| troops has suffered no diminuiion.
ltis now asserted-probabiy with moro truti
| than maay previous declarations-thst the Nea
poiitan rupture Is about to be settled, and tha
| 6omba will declare amnesty, and decree Ger
| tain reforms in criminal Justice.
| PERSIA
| A. private dispatch in Paris announces that ii,
| Perstans have taken Hera..
SWITZERLAND.
| The Federal council unanimously refuses to 40
cede to the dem and of Prussia to iberate uncondi
tionslly the royaiist prisoners made at euchatel
but declsres that is ready to enter into pegotia
tions on the subject and is willing to renew friend
| ly relations. AS regards the prisoners the nsess
| sary preparations are being made for justice K
| have its course.
| MISCELLANEOUS.
The U. s. corvette Constellation ia at present ir
| the Golden Horn, Constantinople.
1 ,nfa haSa aof In h.1r~ hfa =
| lier than usual During the 14l years of which
record has been kept, the river Neva mas been bu
sixteen times frozen over IL The early part OF No
| vember.
Mr. Norris Moore, an English srt connoisseur ant
critic, was sub jected at Berlin to domlciliary vi
sit by the police, In quence OF his having beer
tbs brarer of letters to- suspected" persons Ia Prus
sia The matter was trihing, but the English pa
pers magnify it
| PREVENTIVE OF SCARLET FEyER.-A co,
| respondent of the Boston Post suggests a simpl
| preventive of scarlet fever. He says: "Globul
| Of Betladonad taken every morning by each an
| every member Of family-adul.s, children, ser
wants and all innates-wil certainly prevent tn
spread Of this dreadful disease in every housshol
that may adopt it, SO certainly As vaccination wi
prevent the smsil pox. Ten cents will purchase
| years supply Of any CT our Homepathists. !
| wet finger applied to i. gobule aud placed upon tb
tongue of child or adult is all THAI is necessar
to DO done to prevent the spread of this disease
JAMES e. MURDoCH-rhe uninterrupted tr
umph Of this gentleman still continues at the Hay
narks. Theatre, unprecedented in the annals of tb
| London stage. A bill advertses on Saturday, Nc
| vember 49, his performance of charles Surface, 1
| Sheridsns comedy Of the School for Scandal, 70
| the twepty-frst iime uninterruptediy except on
| evening, when ne played Duke ARABIA in the He
neg Moon. for the benefit of Miss Talbot. HI
sp zagement will be prolonged eighty sh.s, wbe
be soes 10 Paris TO pass the Holidays, IS pante
minaes are always produced ct Christmas by th
British shes,res. Early III the ensuing year q
will again appear under the judicious manageInen
of Mr.. Blackstone
| PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATIC STATE CohyEs
TIoN.-Coi. orney, chairman of the State Centrs
COMMITTEES, has published call for tue Dernocrs
| estate Convention. TO meet At Harrisburg, o
Monday. second Of March, 1857. Candidates 70
Governor, Cansl Commissioners, and Judge Of ii
Supreme Court are 10 be nominated.
UNDERGROUND OPERsTIONs.--rhe Cieyelan
(O) papers state that seventy-five lagit:ves Law
passtd through that city, during the last six G
eight weeks. They Were from Kentucky, Virgin
Ia, Georgia and Souih Carolina
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BIRTH OF A RUSSIAN PRINCE The Gran
| Duchess Alexandra Petrovna, s3nssft Of ii