The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-04-22

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VOL. IX.--NO. 92.
THE DAILY DISPATCH.
Tuesday Morning., April ~, 1855.
TIE ArRICA's MAILS.
The malls by the steamer Africa, with Liverpso
dates to the 5th inst arrived In this city yesterday
afternoon We make the following summary Of
the news contained in them: aRt %
Tho Diplomats at Dinner.
The London Times Paris correspondent gives
sne following paragraphs of gossip respecting the
banquet was given yesterday by Count Wa.
Iewski. sinister for Foreign Affairs to the Pleni-
posentiaries, the Members Of the Diplomatic Corps
the Members Of the French Cabinet and other
nigh functonares Of State, comprising in eli about
iorty persons. The noble apartment used for such
occasions ~ beautifully decorated, and the band
OF the Guides attended and played select passages
from the favorite operas during diuner. Count
Waiewski OF course presided, and the places of
honor At his right and left were occupied BY Eord
Clarendon and Count Buol. All the guests were
In fun uniform. and wore the decorations of the or
ders to which they belong When the dessert was
placed on the table, Count walewski rose And. IN
| the midst OF profound silence, announced that he
| was about to propose . toast His manner was
grave, ~ became the occasion and some evan re-
marked that his features wore . more serious cast
than usual His speech was brief and to the
point =
He said that be drank to the duration of the
peace they mad just signed, all the more ~ that
peace was erected without inficting humiliation
on any one, and was q peace worthy of the ma.
tons which had made it; it was humbline TO no
one, and highly honorable to all The toast was.
OF course, well received It was expected that
i1o.a Clarendon would have said few words, and
that Count Orloff would have responded to the
sentiment; but both English and Russian Plenipo-
tsntiaries refrained am assured, from offering
any observations, probably from the conviction
that Count Waiewski had said quite sufficient for
the purpose. -----.--.-
From the Crimea.
On the night Of March 18th, shocking accident
occurred on the slope of Kodiko in the burning of
some wooden huts occupied by men of the Com
missarlat works corps. Notwithstanding prompt
assistance, a.. sixteen men perished in the flames -
they were doubtless suffocated by the smoke
Their bodies were charred past all chance of re.
e0gnition.
The thermometer at Sebastopol had fallen a.
low As II degrees below zero, (nesrly at zero of
Fahrenheit,) so that the troops remained shut up
IN thsir quarters.
The dealers at Balaklava had decided on raising
the price of their merchandise 20 per cent The
European merchants established in the Crimea are
waiting for the conclusion OF peace to convey
their merchandise to Odessa and the Principal.
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France--NIore RejoicIngs for Peace.
Paris was again Illuminated Tuesday night and
the iiluninations in private houses more gen.
eral than on Sunday The reason was, that many
people understood the illumination following the
review, as . tribute to the army of the Crimea q
great part of which had appeared upon the ground
and 1t least this was the feeling of many, as hom-
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distant shore. The public buildings and embassies
were not generally lighted up on this OCCASION bu
numbers Of private individuals who were out of
town on Sunday, took this opportunity of putting
lampions on their windows The boulevards were
exceedingly brilliant and TO q late hour dense
crowd thronged both sides of them to such an ex-
tent rs to render it difficult to move. The number
OF vehicles was also SO great that more than once
| all advance became impossible Several of the
passages were Lit up with great taste, and sort
of triumphal arch in the March St HonOre attract
cd much attention. A transparency of the Empe-
ror Alexander I'd, at the Russian print shop on the
Boulevard des Italiens, had crowds around it du
ring the evening. .l.
It Is significant fact that the Orleanists and Le
gitimists, who have never illuminated since ls46
made an ostentatious display of light on Sunday
and on yesterday.
Lord Cowley had an interview with the EN-
peror on Wedn esday, to present the reply of Her
Majesty to the notification Of the birth of the
Prince Imperial. Count Buol Sehauenstein had
An interview for the name purpose. He present
I'd An autograph letter from his sovereign. On
the same occasion Baron Manderstrom presented
| An autograph letter from the King Of Sweden and
Norway.
The French army viii, It seems, return from
the Crimss in bodies Of 20 600, with corresponding
material. F
All Pasha will give grand ball on the 10th,
which the Emperor of the French, 1t 10 thought,
will honor with his presence, as the Su ltan did
| the ball at n. Thouvenel at Constantnople. The
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the model of those of the Empress at the TUT
leries.
Ba1pn Brunow has made known to the French
government that the Introduction on Russian mobiles
visiting France has been removed.
The Journal des Debats has an article express
ing its great qualification at the conclusion Of
peace, and expressing the belief that in peace
| In war, the alliance between England and France
will continue.
1t is said that an expedition is fitting out at Tou.
| Ion to operate, necessary, against Madagascar,
| some differences existing between France and
| that government.
England.
The business in parliament has been mostly Of
home interest Papers were laid before the House
| Of Lords on the subject of torture exercised In
Madras to compel the payment of taxes.
| Among the notices Of motion is one by Lord God
erck-"to ask whether document, which has
recently appeared, purporting to be . despatch
| written by the British Minister at Washin gten to
the Secretary Of the State of the United States on
the 9th ofFebruary last with reference to the dis
putes between Great Britain and the United
States on the subject Of Central America, is au.
thentic"
In the House of Commons, Lord PalmerSton in
reply to q question by Mr.. Mitchell said that the
blockade of the Russian ports in the Baltic is at an
end
The weather in England is favorable for the
crops.
The Irish papers record the sudden death of the
venerable Judge Torrens, of Dublin.
The Hon. Geo. Robert Dawson is dead He was
a brotherin law of the late Sir Robert Peel and
formerly q member of Parliament
Intelligence has been received that the Thames
sailed from Geelong on the 25th Of January with
Al, 78S ounces of gold, valued at 2167, Isl. The
Anglesey and the Red Jacket had also left Mel
bourne with considerable amounts
No order had yet been given for the clearance of
vessels for Russian ports
A letter from Mr. Dallas to the Earl Of Claren.
don is published In the English papers, requesting
Lord Clarendon TO pay over ESQ sterling on be-
half of the President of the United States to Cap
tain Ferguson, British seaman, who rescued the
crew Of an American bark at sea. The money
WAS paid. through the Liverpool Sailors Home, to
Capt. +. tfH