The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1857-08-22
From Europe.

The Columbia, at New York August II,
and the Arabia August 10, from Liverpool,
bring European dates to the Sth inst.
These arrivals brought little news. There
had been no later dates from India, and the
English papers were mainly filled with de-
tails Of the previous news, and with rumors
and spcculations on the state If affairs in
the East.
In the House of Lords on Monday, Lord
Panmure introduced a bill empowering the
government to embody and call out the mi
litia at any time before the 25th Of March
next, without having to call Parliament to-
gcther again. He said that state OF things
existed in India which caused as great
drain upon the Queens forces as If the
country was engaged in foreign war. 10
meet this drain ten new bataliions We're to
be raised and the reg iments were to be in
creased to from $40 to 900, rank and file,
and those serving in India from 1000 to
! 1900. All this could be done without going
beyond existing acts, and the charge would
mainly fall on the East India company but
as time would be necessary to provide this
increase and the country in the interim be
| drained of troops, the embodiment Of the
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proposition. After some remarks from the
! opposition, the bill was read the first time.
. In the same house, on Thursday, Lord
! Campbell presented a petition from the
Queen and the Princess Of Dude, residing in
i England, expressing regret at the revolt in
( India, and the suspicion attached to their
relative, the eX-king. The petitioners stated
that they had received assurances from the
F. King that he was entirely innocent Of any
completely in the outbreak, and they prayed
that charges against him might be made
known, so that he might establish his inno-
ccnce Objections were raised on merely
technical grounds, and it was withdrawn.
Experiments in laying the Atlantic tele-
graph cable at Vaulentia Bay had been en-
tirely successful. The expedition for laying
the cable is said to have put to sea on the
9th, but the weather in England had been
rough and stormy, and the supposition was
that up to Saturday the laying Of the cable
had not been commenced.
The Emperor and Empress of the French,
accompanied by Count Walewski and a
small suite, arrived at Osborne on visit to
Queen Victoria on the morning of the 9th,
and were received with a royal salute from
the fleet at Spithead The visit was q
strictly private one and would, it was not
believed, extend beyond the Isle Of Wight
and probably Portsmouth navy yard.
in France, the trial of the Italians accused
of an attempt to assassinate the EmperoThad
resulted in a verdict of guilty, with eXtenua
ting circumstances in favor Of Bar.a!otte and
{ Grill The Count sentenced BalCi to trans.
portation for life. and Bartalotte and Grill to
! 10 years Imprisonment. The trial excited
very littlc interest.
SPAIS.-The Paris correspondent Of the
Times in letter on the Spanish Mexican
question says that from 10000 to 90, 00C
Americans were ready TO march into tht
Mexican territory as auxiliaries against the
Spaniards If the difficulty on the score Of
nationality had been raised. they would have
assumed the Mexican flag and enrolled
themselves as Mexican citizens or soldiers
The Mexican government seem to have no
. objection TO war with Spain.
The same letter says the Spanish govern
ment goes on with its operations as if nc
mediation had been accepted. The effective
strength OF the army is ex. ected soon 10 be
10000 men, and there was a rumor If
Madrid that the royal guard disembodict
under the regency of Espar.ero would scor
be rc-established.
TUrKEY.-The Morning Post publishes tn,
following despatch:
ConstantiHople, Aug. 6th.-The Porte
having refused TO amend the late election il
Moldayia, the Ministers Of France, Russia
Prussia, and Sardinia have broken off diplo
matte relations with that power.
IIvEEPo0L MAEEEr Richardson, Spence
& Co. and others, report -four and whoa
steady-thc latter article having recovered
the decline advised per the Columbia.
con" 'r.y d"ll aud rather lower, excep
white which was nominaly 45sa4es.
Red Wheat. IS ldaSs Cd. White 9s 3da
IS Sd.
The Brokers Circular reports decline OF
the week in all articles. say Cd on flour, ant
2da3d on wheat and sd on corn.