Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-04-02
LATEST NEWS.
THE CANADA AT BOSTON,

BOSTON, March 3O.-rhe steamship Canada.
VIA VIA Halifax, has reached this port. The Erglish
"'es contain the following additional Items
| THE cRIMEA.
There was considerable sickness in the French
army. The English surgeons having little to do,
| had onered their services to the French Hos
! pitfalls at Constan,inope.
The Russians Mere also unhealthy.
| The armistce was proclaimed throughout the
| Crmea on the LIST of March.
ENGLAND.
The London Times of the 10Th March contains
brief abstract of the enlistment correspondence
IN letter from its United States correspondents
but makes no editorial ausion to the subject.
Mr. Layard in tho British Parliament, has
given notice af enquiry to whether a hostile
expedition is fitting out from India against Per-
STA, and whether the India or English Govern
ment Will pay the expenses.
Mr.. V. Smith, in reply to Mr.. Layard, said
| there were two vessels, one Of 500 and the other
| OF 229 guns sent into the Pension Gulf from our
| Indian possessions. He could not say whether
| the Court of Directors of the Indian Government
had been called upon to prepare an expedition
| against Persia, but there report that Per-
STA had increased her army by 10000 men, and
was meditating an attack upon the northeast part
OF India. He hoped when Persia learned the
altered state Of things in Europe, and the pros
pect there was of peace, she would be induced
to pause in her aggressive designs
Mr.. Gladstone hoped the county would not be
emhroed in war upon another Eastern Question
until the opinion of Parliament had been taken
upon it.
Thu hopes for the safety of the missing mail
steamship Pacific have ceased in England, it be-
ing believed that tn. unfortunate vessel has been
crushed in the ice
The accouchment of the Empress of the French
was daily expected. The preparations were on
! the most magnificent scale, and immense crowds
| of people assembled to view them. At one time
rs many as 5000 women were present. The
| cradle to receive the infant cost $4,000 francs,
and the fittings of the cradle room 40. 600 francs.
curious programme OF the appearance of the
expected little stranger had been published in
| the Monteur.
| Prince Jerome continued to recover.
| SPAIN.
| The government had laid new customs tariff
| before the Cortes.
The Madrid Gazette officially denies that Ma.
poleon had addressed any remonstrance to the
Spanish government respecting the internal state
OF the country.
| PRUSSIA.
| Theodore one of the Aztec children, formerly
exhibited in the United States. )ded at Berlin of
| fever.
1t was stated in Berlin that Price Frederick
| William of Prussia will visit England again in
May next and make stay Of some length An
alliance between the royal families of Prussia
and Great Britain is looked for as the result.
| ITALY.
| A letter from Rome. of the 5th. says
| "Rumors are current that Cardinal Alieri will
go to Paris to represent the Pope as godfather to
| the infant of the Emperor at the cerimony OF the
| baptism. but others think it probable thpt there
will not be any special envoy, the Nunco in Pa
rs executing the mission On Sunday last be-
ing the fourth Sunday in Lent. the Pope gave his
| L.. A. a., ~ Sisfln
Chapel. 1t is said that it will be sent to the En-
press of the French. 1t is very ancient rite
of the churchthat the Pope should,on the day just
mentioned. bless golden rose, which it is custom
tosend sovereign,to celebrated church, orto some
eminent parsonage. If it be not presented to any
one it receives second benediction the year fol-
! lowing Ills pious present was substituted TOR
the gold and silver keys. and for the peices cut
with file from the chains which are said to have
bound the hands of St. Peter, which were former
ly sent.
Preparations are being made at Moscow for the
coronation ofthe Emperor. which will take place
after the conclusion of peace
TURKEY.
he Sutans brother is dead.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
| London Money! Mdrket.-Consols hnd I'D
yanced, closing on Friday at 924a92s. Bar sill
yer quoted IS. Cd: dollars 5s I'd.
| american Securities.-Messrs Bell q Co. re-
| mort American stocks steady at former rates,
with n Quiet market for railroad securities. State
securities in good request and rather better.
Messrs. Barring Brother report 3 dull market.
The following the quotations OF Messrs.
Stokes, Hughes Pevor:
| United States bonds Of go, buyers at lO4s;
| Massachusetts SIS. buyers at par: Maryland
Bonds S7aS9; Pennsylv stock 75a77; Ohio
bonds 80; Tennessee's 80; Virginia bonds sou
50; do sterling S4as6 Pennsylvania Central
| Railroad S74aSS1; New York Central Railroad
95a944 Erie bonds of '62 78ao0; Illinois Cen
trail sellers at 80 ex. dv do. Freeland sellers at
| IS ex. div.
London Markets.-Messrs. Barring Brothers
q Co, report Welsh bars and rails quiet and
wholly unchanged; Scotch pig us. Cd. Bread
stuffs considerably advanced; white wheat 74a7o;
red 6Sa73s; -four 37a40s.
Lirsrpool Cotton Morket.-The Brokers Cir
cuIar o,otes decline upon the quotations advis-
ed by the Persia, Il ! Cd per 10, ON the lower
Qualities owing to the last advires from the Uni.
ted States. and a pressure on the market; while
on the middling and better descriptions, although
dull tone prevailed, prices we're generally un
changed yet in some cases they are called Lilo
| lower.
Female Riot-Whiskey Belor Par.
On Saturday last. about twenty or thirty OF
the most respectable ladies in Farmngton-back-
ed up and protected by about three hundred men
and boys-turned out armed with suitable impe-
| ments, and went to every grogshop in the place,
and emptied ali the intoxicating drinks they could
find; which, from all that we could learn, was