The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-02-16
ADDITIONAL By THE BALTIc.-we have the
following additional BY the Baltic arrived at New

ADDITIONAL By THE BALTrc.-we have th
following additional BY the Baltic, arrived at Nev
York:
from china we have the following paragraphs:
sunimodofe Armstrong attacked and dismau
aea 'ne barrier forts, in consequence of the Chi
nese wantonly firing on nan-of. wars boat unde
| American colors
The prices Of tea had advanced. The supple
Strt wese snort everywhere. The silk arrivals a
Snanghae were 67 600 bales: the settlement,
9i wv oales. Prices 90 dolls to 25 dolls. higher
E4enange Is. Exchange at Hong Kong SIS. Sd. +
~. sd, owing TO advces from India"
| ~ DnfAooLif EErWEEN PRUSSIA AND swift
| ZERLAND.
Letters from Berlin coufi,m tho ronor,s os =,
aesire OF Prussia to negotiate directly with Swift
zersand. Prussia, it is said. Ia TO communicate 4
france the conditions on which she ia TO repounc
,-sns1,s. uxse,teIgn'y over Neufcha.el. France wi
nausmit mem TO the Federal Government. askin
whether Switzerland ia ready to treat on that ii
| "Hn frussia If abe is then the renewal of d;nIr
matte relations between the two adyersaries NJ
Immediately take place. -A ..
Inc Roy yalist journal of Neufchatel b.a brots,
| ,'s silence 1t declares the Federal Assemble q
nave acted w4ey, and adds lis opinion that ths in
dependence ef NeufchateI is henceforward an nm
| avodsble thing va" al un
| The WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND cIRcassIa
me vienna tJan. 23) Correspondence of the
| London Times saws: Va 'AAs
| According to n report received from ,ba c;,o..
sian coast, Sefer Pasha has defeated the Russians
Accpunss aus OF victories obtained by the nhabi:ant
| OF the Caucasus over the Russians must ha re
! ceiVed with extreme reserve, but a person 70
| must be tolerably well Informed of what ia pass;ne
on the East coast Of the Black Sea, yesterday ac
| kno"iecget That since The spring of 1856 the Rus
SLAMS had obtained no advantage "worth mention
| ing over the mountaineers. If / rightly under.
| stood my inform ant such great changes are helms
| mace IN the Russian military system that no oper
| ations on large scale will at present be under.
taken against the Inhabitants of the Caucasus -
| Positive information has reached me that the Rus
slams are just now extremely busy ION both sides
| OF the Caspian, and that very many transports
| have been built within the last few months"
AMNESTY FROM THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA
Telgraphic dispatches from Turin and Naples
state that on Sunday 25th, the Emperor of Austria
signed, at Milan, decree granting full pardon
to all persons in the LombardoVe TERRITORY
condemned for high treason, rebellion or insur-
rectiop; that the prosecutions which were pending
for such crimes are ordered to be suspended aud
the specisl court at Mantua to be dissolved The
city was Illuminated on Sunday evening, in honor
of this amnesty A dispatch from Marseilles of
Fridays date, says that decree has been publish
ed st Milan, by which the Emperor of Austria has
annuled taxes, the collection Of which was In al
rears, in Lombardy, to the amount of two millions
of francs
This lews was received in England with dis
trust.
The London Timer of the oath ut. says;
The Resoute Arctis exploring ship, stationed at
Chathsm. has had nearly the whole of her internal
fittings removed, and yesterday her tanks
were taken out and placed in the dockyard The
men holonsins to the dockyard are busily engaged
dsnanting her. and great part of her rigging has
bs removed She is lashed alongsice tts r. esstance
but will be removed to the saser hulk the purpose
OF having her maats taken out.
The fol owiag tssgrapnic dispatshes have tesn
received ON Trieste:
Bu,hire surrendered on the 9Th Of December after
four hour fire from tie fleet, without sinsle casu.
atty Fort Bushire was captured the previous
day, after smart action Brigadier Stopford, Colu.
mel Malet, and Lieutenants Utterson and Warren
were kills d. beside about 10 rank and fle Only one
officer, Captain Wood, wounded. Kalrak was
occupied on the 4th of December. Large reinforce.
meats are to be sent up the Gulf
The London Globe of the Goth ult sayG
Tho latest details received by Constsntinople from
Persia announce thai the Persian garrison OF Bendar
Buschir had Withdrawn into the interior of the coun.
try, where 1t had been largely reinsrcsd that Mira
Khan, the originator of the diplomssic dispute be-
tween Sir Charles Murray and the Persian Court
had renounced his En- slish nationality, and that
eral princes of Csrdshar had refused assist Eng
land, and had offered their swords to the Shah.
Queen Victoria has ntmated her intention not to
hs IN Of on
therefore be delivered By LCId's Commissioners On
Tuesday, February
The Londp nTimes of January 27 saws:
Tbs f.ct thst Ar. Paul, the clerk charged by the
City of London Union with frauds to the exts Mt of
more than 4l7,0oo, had been twice bankrupt at the
snie "hen ne was ssected by the guardians Tor tho
post In which he was allowed the uncontrolled dis
bursement OF the Union funds, should receive par
t!cular notice
The monteur publishes the official returns Of the
French Customs' revenue for the past year, well
as for the month of December For the latter they
amounted to IS, ,207 S6f, being increase of 1885
72of ON the corresponding month Of 1855 The re-
ceiFts for the whole year ia 1913 664f, being
decrease of 6,lo508lf. those of this previous
year The itsnA which shsw the greatest fa ing off
are cof-e, oil ,946f; bar ron 597 497.; raw wool
G, sS7 763f; foreign sugar, Is 1874 $751; brandy $50
7slf; oils, SAG, 7o4f Those which show an improve.
ment are corn, 1907 525f.; raw cotton, 1854 66f
cos ZIG G9Sf; pepper 20 024f; French colonial su.
gar, S759 490f; linen goods, S48 4sof.; esgnous
seeds, 237, 268f
THE CRUISE OF THE BARK RELEAsE.-The a, =
rival Of the U. S. bark Release, at New Orleans
with specimen of sugar cane, not in cultivation