The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-02-11
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armv r,iIl ba commissioned officers of the English
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WRECK OF AMERICAN Su,cS
r,r III 0I, su ship sailed for Liver,,,1i
,or HeM oreans and on the 18th ,r,,s me ieth
~" Dank ana became a total yvraor aeA on Hark-
The Mary Green belonging 10 ,bar
Philadelphia line sailed from Liyernoo, n npooi and
KS, ana on January was abandoned IN .ehoer
state In iat ooo n, Ion. l1o w. Crew n;.Insg
and landed at Falmouth P'eAeo up !
The near approach of the meetipy nc p,.
occasions unusual activity in political ;r.i M
the shadows of coming events are ,r,usnalI put
tinct. The Derby Conservative party show a,a5
aniinauon a. oeokens an expectation of an active
lament The Wings intend to put forward Adan,
Black, the publisher, to represent Edinbnrpb ;n
Macauley's stead The Hon. Spencer Walnole
and g. Denman are contesting the University of
Cambridge. -
The Coroner's Court has returned a verdict
against William Palmer, to the effect that he mur
dered his brother, Walter Palmer, by prussc acid
An unusual number of murders are on record in
the English papers just at present
Public meetings arc being held throughout the
country IN aid of the Nightingale Testimonial fund
Peter Cony,aged lG, sailor on board the Ameri-
can snip Driver, is committed at Liverpool on a
charge OF manSlaughter, for having stabbed Will
liam Henry Barnes, able seaman in quarrel that
occurred when the ship was off Cape Clear.
n pretInlnary announcement is made in the Lon
oon papers OF a new JoDt-Stock Bank-proposcd
capital $500 O0O with power to increa SO To Ell oO0
600, with chief offices at London, Paris RrusseIs
and New York, and branches at Bordeaux- Mar
seliles, Lyons, Nantes, Havre, Antwerp. also At
New orleans, st. Louis, and other cities of the
United States " ~
Irish papers contain accounts from Drognela of
the loss of the American bark Independence of
bath' Me-, captain Marshall, on the Strand, near
Bettystown north of the Nanny River.
Her Majesty will open the session of Parliament
IN person, Jan 3lst. The address in the Lords will
be moved by the Earl of Gosford, and seconded by
the Earl of Abingdon.
The fifth volume of Mr.. Macaulay's History Of
England has been committed to the printer.
FRANCE
ENGLISH DECORATIONS TO FRENCH GENEB.tS 4
presentation of the English order of the Ratb
to distinguished officers of the French army and
navy took place at the British Embassy, January
%. Gems Bosquet and Regneut de st Jean
d Angely were presented with the decoration of
Knights Grand Gross; Gems Martmprey. Mel
Dulac, Delesme N elinet and Count AmireI (navv3
were made Knights Commanders; and Gen Esni
nasse and fifteen other officers were invested with
the Companionship of the Order Lord Coxrlay
the British Ambassador, made the presentations
Sir Colin Campbell Sir A. Woodford and Colonel
Clermont, the Queens Commissioner were pres.
ent on the occasion.
The Nautical Commission appointed to report on
the improvement of the port of Havre has recon-
mended that not only should the port of Havre be.
enlarged and deepened, and an outer dock be built
on the site of the western front of the fortifiea-
tions, but that boarding warehouse dock
should be established and the bank deelat be rem.
dered safe.
The President of the Republic of San Salvador
has sent his congratulations to the Emperor Napo.
leon on the fall of Sebastopol
The Moniteur of Friday gives an account of the
banquet which followed the presentation of the
Queens honors TO the French officers of the 23d
Lady Cowley sat on Prince Napoleon's right, and
Lord Cowley opposite to him The Prince pro.
posed the Queens health, and in doing so said
'1f, devoted as we to the most lust of causes
we needed any encouragement or recompense, we
should find it in the thrilling testimony of the favor
of an august sovereign, and the gratitude of a
great nation, our ally. Let drink, in the name
of the army, to the Queen of England"
Lord Cowiey proposed sentiment in favor of
the early conclusion of peace and that the new ne.
gotiations might give to the Allies and particularly
to the English people, the satisfaction of seeing the
evils of war.
The Moniteur says that this fete will cement the
alliance of France and England, on which reposes
the future peace of the whole civilized world
Viscount d d'Arlincourt the author of several Don
ular works, has just died in Paris
RUSSIA. ..
The Gar has granted charter to the merchant
Morosoff to establish cotton factory, under the
name OF the Joint Stock Bogorodsko Gluchowski
Works capital 10000 silver roubles, in $50 shares
of 5000 roubles each. Another company is in pro-
cess of organization for the steam navigation of the
Lower Dneiper, and for opening up the resources
OF The southwestern provinces of Russia. This
company has the privilege of importing ships and
rigging duty free
The national debt of Russia amounts at the pre
sent moment to 1,l589l6,000 silver roubles In
1874 it was e33 02i, 900 roubles.
Prince Paskiewitch is still alive but beyond the
possibility of recovery. His disease is internal
cancer .a.
General Osten-Sacken, who commands the 4th
corps in the Crimea, has been recalled. He will be
replaced by General Helfreich.
The mvalde Russo at last publishes an account
of engagements between the Russians and Schamyl
in last September
SPAIN s.-.
THE MINIsTRY--THE BoYAN CAsE-The Ma
drid Gazette contains decree refusing the resigna
ton offered by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs
Finance and Marine (Messieurs de Zabala- Bran
and Santa CRUZ, and appointing the new Ministers
of Public Works, Justice and the Interior.
The Cortez have adopted the bills for the Credit
Mobier and the Bank of Spanish Capitalists. A
decree comedies the Saragossa Railway to the
French Grand Central Company.
Mr. Boyan recently at Havana publishes a let
ter stating that he is Roman Catholic and conse-
quenty that his expulsion from Cuba was not owing
to his refusal to abandon the Protestant form of
faith.
The second daughter of Maria Christina was
married at Maimaison to the Italian Prince Drago.
PORTUGAL.
Torrents of rain continued. Much distress had
been caused principally along the banks of rivers
and houses and walls had given way in the towns
Several shocks of earthquakes had prevailed, prin
cipally in the Algarves, but without doing any Sc
rious damage
ITALY.
Mr. Clegg, of Manchester is at present in Naples,
endear oring to organize extensive growth OF
cotton by free labor, partly with commercial
and partly with an anti slavery view.
TURKEY
Said Effendi, Jester TO the Sultan, has just died
in Constantinople, at the astonishing age of 100
years and months He held the post Of buffoon
under four Sutans, and retained his comic powers
to the last.
THE LATEST.
MARsFILIEs, Jan. 25--The steamer Thabor has
arrived She brings home Gen. Levaillant French
Governor of Sebastopol, who Is invalided. His
probable successor will be Gen. Forey. From Sc
bastopol accounts are to the 9th January. There
had been much snow. The cannonade from the
northern forts continued and was replied to at in
tervals by the Allies. Two more Of the docks had
been blown up Accounts from Kerteh state that
Gen Vivian, fearing an attack, had sent eff n re-
QUESTION for an additional number of officers for
the infantry and artillery. II is stated that 10000
Russians had appeared between otchskoff and Pc
troyski Fearing an attack ON Ainburn, the gsrri
f,y,. had haa, and the Meet