The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-02-09
THE DAILY DISPATCH.


ed. The most important news contained In then
ia that Canson has been again bombarded by th,
British. This news Ia received by dispatch from
Trieste. and was received there per steamer.
We make the following summary from the files
CHINA
Yeh, the Governor OF Canton. continued obdu
rate.
The French Folly fort had been taken and de
stroyed.
the 'hongs" were destroyed. The Oriental Bank
Bank of Agra, and Mercantile Bank were on fire
" ith no hopes OF saving them.
twas said that the city of Canton would M
longer be spared. and that the discharge Of rock.
eta and shells had already commenced Th.
Hongs, which, the telegraph dispatch says, thu
Chinese have destroyed, constitute the European
qua t.r They embraced a range OF buildiDg
about and half il1pgs in length, bniit upor
fa', raised on piles, and separated from the rive
by q quay 100 yard. in breadth, called Pesponden
tia walk There were thirteen honRs in all--in
ciudng those of the British, Dutch, American
French, Austrian, Swedish, Danish, Parsee, ant
other merchants and which merely consist O
four or five brick or stone houses, ranged arouH'
a closed court; two of them were partly occupied
by good Europe an hetels. One tatal accident nat
occurred, o T. Lane, nephew Of Sir J. Bowring
being killed by the falling in OF Wall.
SPAIN.
MADRID, Wednesday. Jan'y 2l.-The govern
ment " ill grant reasonable freedom in the forth
coming elections. The proposed law relating t.
the works of the Puerta del Sol will be submitted
to the Cortes.
ENGLAND-A SHORT SUPPLY OF COTTON ANTICi-
PATED, ETC
At the annual meeting of the Manchester Com
mercial Association, James Aspinwall Turner
presided, and large number of mem bers wert
present. The annual report was very lengthy
referring to nineteen subjects; among others, Il
rels tons with Brsz and the Atlantic telegraph
The cha rman, in addressing the meeting review
ed some of the main features contained in the re-
port, and congratulated the commercial world tha
since the close OF the war our exports had increas
ed by s20,000C00 amounting this year to 41l5,
600 Ot0 thus showing their commercial and man
ufactuIing prosperity; but there Was one clout
which darkenCd it,
He alluded TO the probable distress which wa
likely to be felt and before long too, in this com
muniiy and the manufacturing districts, from tht
inadequate supply of the raw material which af
forded employment to vast number of the inhab
anita of that district. Hear, hear From 1874.
t. le6 the imports of cotton ftoE the United Statt
into England had doubled. In le47 the imports
were 234 600 bales, aud In 1856 100000 bales
but in the face of this, such was the progress o
British manufactures AID the extension of theil
cotton trade, that whereas at the end of 1916 ths
stock on hand at Liverpool was 4o0 600 bales OF
twenty weeks consumpIion-in ten years after
wards that in 1856, with an import OF 2 467 :
COO ba e they ended the year with stock or
hand at Liverpool OF only 332, 900 bales, or eigh
weeks consumption Hear, hear
This stimatei crop from America this yeal
only O0O, 900, and at the present rate of con
sumption we could not with that estimate, have
anything to spare in hand at the end of the year
for at the present time the United States and the
continent were using 40 much cotton as Great Bri
tain herserf. This, then, was a serious question
Hear, hear How were they here to provide
for the con iugency to which he had alluded p
The manufacturer here had been in the habit o
putting himself into a railway train, going down
to Liverpool and telling his broker to buy him SC
much cotton: but If this state of affairs to which
we have alluded should be re allied what was tc
be donet
He believed that if all the spindles now in opa
ration continued going, aud these addition al ones
which he [he cbsirman) knew were to be set il
mott IN should be in use, there would not be bale
of cot in Liv verpoo al the end of 1857.
Robson, the crystal palace forger, has become
maniac and there is talk CT removing him from
prison 10 Bethlehem Hospital for the insane.
The London Times publishes a circumstantia
account of the last illness and death of the Rev
DIR. Grant, a Roman Catholic bishop of Southwark
London. DR. Grant himself declares that he il
alive and perfectly we'll.
Rev. DR.. Richersteth, the newly appointed
Bishop OF Ripon, was consecrated on Sunday, th.
18th.
Actions have been commenced ia name of tn,
depository against the shareholders of the Roya
British Bank Bankruptcies and insolvencie
must follow.
Ata meeting at Manche ster, 81 600 were sub
scribed to erect statue to the late Joseph Bro
herion, M. p.
The weather in England was very mild
FRANCE The TRIAL OF vERGES, THE assassin
VIOLENT CONDUCT OF THE PRISONER.
The trial of Nerges, the assas sin of this Arch
bishop presented q most extraordinary scene
The prisoner behaved with the utmost violence
iuterrupting the witnesses, denouncing them Al
liars and scoundrels, and appealing to the specta
tors fer sympathy and protection. At last the pri
soner became more violent than ever. He declared
that only garbled letters were read against him
and loudly demanded that everything should b,
read He sat down and rose up repeatedly will
furious gestures, and called the cure Miserable
miserable y
The resi1ent.-Prisoner, by virtue of my dis
cretionary power, shall send you out of court AM
proceed with the trial iu your absence.
The prisoner La parole on la guHtotiae l an
atIait of nothing. / will brave death as BRAY
this tribunal You are a set of wretches. i fea
God alone.
The President ordered the gendarmes to TAX
the prist ner away. He resisted and cried "Help
people; people, defend met" cry here aros
from the audience, NO no; you are assassin
an assassin and the prisoner was dragged ava,
from The bar amidst scene such as was probabl,
never before witnessed in court of justice. Th
court then adjourned for q short time
No person ever remembers instance of
prisoner on trial for his life, having misconduct
ed himself that the Judge was forced to take tn,
extreme course OF proceeding to condemn him ii
his absence. Such, however, 1t was thought
would be the case with the assassin OF the Arch
bishop of Paris, but on the Judges resuming the
seats he was brought back to the bar by the gepd
armes, aud appeared somewhat calmer.
The trial again proceeded, aLd the evidenc,
being completed, notwithstanding the frequen
Interruptions Of the prisoner. and the Procure III
General was about to commence his speech fol
the prosecution, but appeared overpowered by BIZ
emotions.
The prisoner here exclaimed, "You trembie
sir, you tremble, iiadipg yourself opposed to sucl
an adversary as am. Yes, am your adversary
in every thing. You shall not speak. You have
prevented me from speaking, and will preven
you"
After vain attempts to make the prisoner con
duct himself decentiy, the court on the motion Of
the Procureur General pronounced . decree reci.
ting that the prisoner had by incessaut clamor,
and insults obstructed the course of justice. and
ordering that, by virtue of the law of Sept 25
1856. be should be removed from court, the tria
proceeding In bis absence
The speech of the Procureur General being
closed, the President summed up, and the jury
rendered verdict of guilty. Sentence OF death
was then pronounced, the prisoner being still abs
sent
PARIS, Jan. 10th The appeal of verger from
the sentence of the Court of Assize was received
tnis day by the Procureur General at the Court oi
Cassation. II 10 believed that the Court win pro
nonnce Its decision on Thursday.
VeTger appeared less detected Yesterday Hi
father having obtained permission to zee him pre-